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PHYSICIAN, SURGEON;
ACCOUCHEUR,
Office :-Upstairs in the Macdonald
Block.
Night calls answered at. office.
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PHYSICIANS - SURGEONS • ETC.
Josephine Street - Witigharn
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• (Member of the British Medical
Association)
GOeD MEDALLIST IN MEDICINE.
Special attention paid to Diseases of wonten
and. children.
Orszes nouns :--1 td p.m.; 7 to 9 p.m.
W. T. Holloway
0.13.S., L.D.S.
Graduate of Royal
College of Dental
surgeons of Tor-
onto, and Honor
Graduate of Dent-
al Depl. of Toron-
to University.
Latest improved methods in an branches of
Dentistry. Prices moderate, Satisfaction
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Closed Wed'y. afternoons in June, July, Aug.
HOW H1 REPORTED
HORACE GREELEY.
far beyond that ot hie age, and ahnday
have poesassei chendeal knew/ dee
; therefore knew the Seeret of the
life their. Overiookins the little
seraeo,
clatunestanee that tlie goil thine:- IN.1 It gel& IlliONAte filetiSON NO. V.
1 ing preseribed by Moses was a pun- AUG DS r 3, 1902.
ishment Instead oi a bliteseng the
men of cruetbies 'hastily concluded
(BY AN OLD-TIMER.) that a, solution of gold wail 1.,l1tN true
afe-giviTig agent. tiohl was to them
Letttetteetteedeedoe,eaeoo.--e.eas,,,,-- ossa-o.e.„-esee - tee most preeleus of all substancee;
the aell that caul dissolve gol wart
11 ?elite •
Yee, I wed to anew Horace teree-
ley, of the New York Tribune, very
well, Kahl an Old -Timer the other
dey. Of all the eccentric men I ever
Itliew‘ I thtalt he was the most pee
enliarly tee. I had oceiteloo to call
at the Tribune office often when Dlr.
Oreeley was there, ance I never Beall
forget a little Wildcat that made
a good mechanic out of a poor news-
paper man. Mr. Greeley, You know,
prided elinself that the columns of
the Tribuoe were always accur-
ate, and that, too, the Tribune
never got left ort any important item
at newe.
On the reportorial force of the Tri -
Wow at the time I Epeak of, was a,
dashing young Maesachusetts fel-
low, a man, so New Yore newepaper
men said, who lead a good nose for
new. Tile • young man had been
vonnected wLta tee Tribune but a•, Greeley, when the man had appeared.
week, when one afternoon he west "The new map," replied the man-
eummoned into the editorial sanctumager,
by Mr, Greeley himeele I happened
to be chattiug with Mr. Greeley at j 'bee nil him up," roared Mr. Greeley,
te, and remember the tware.1 Tee reperter who took hie girl to
he tim
f tl e re orter s countenance the coiera tile night before (same up.
Mr. Greeley Ivan -white as a sheet
th
youth baeked into the sane.
ARTIER J. IRWIN
D.D.S., L.D.S.
Doctor of Dental Surgery of the [t'-
nsylvania College and Licentiate 01
Dental Smgery of Ontario.
(Mee over Post Office-WINGHAM
Closed Way. afternoons in June, July, Aug.
_ .
The Tribune reporter took ins Awl the mos pow
erlel
to the opera. His didn't. enjoy him- combine the two and there Is the
self very much, and after the cur- elixir.
lain tell and the girl was liome be Duped by the Atelteinists.
sought his reportorial friend, and
found in his den. They "wrote ailly stories were soon invented to
up" Mr. Greeley, antl put over the corroliorate the belief. Even Roger
article tile most breezy headlines in Hawn, Nebo in other respects pos-
their newepaper vernacular. The missed good, hard common sense, had
speech was printe on the first his credulous fits and in one of these
Page Of the Tribune.
he tella a story or an URI Sicilian
Y farmer whose plow one day upturn -
Tho next morning Mr. Greele
came down town and tumbled into ed tiny golden vial. Toe farmer
the editorial chair at 7 oalock. He removed the stopper, found that the
took up the Telbune, and the first bottle contained a liquid, and, un -
thing his eye fell on was Horace der the impression teat a vessel so
Greeley's ringing speece. at R--- costly must contain something ex -
last evening. He read the article ceedlogly goal to drink, drained Re
to tiller end without a word. contents. This proeeeding seems, in
He then threw the Tribune into the tbe opinion of honest iloger, to have
waste basket and pulled the bell for involved a sinful waste. Tee old
the Manager. man *as instantly converted into a
"W wrote that article 2" sala Mr. hale and vigorous youth, but the
same result, in Roger's opi Mon,
might lia.ve been attained by a. sin-
gle deop or the life-giving fluid and
all the rest in excess of that amount
was therefore wasted.
Not a few of tile alehetnists, after
preparing, and, as they suppoeed,
bringing to perfeetion some cure-all,
recommended it to their fellow men
and cited themselves as examples df
its efficacy. There was Artepliiiis,
for inetance, who invented a nos -
tram which he claimed to be the true
elixir rieds worthy man put for-
ward his own personality as an il-
lustration of its virtues and claimed
for himself an
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when lie ushered himself before the
great Greeley, and the conversa-
tion thot tame took eilitee.
"Young man," saki Mr. Greeley,
'there as to be a dallier at R- to
night, and I leatall speak. Be there at
8 elearp, and report me. I want a
column and a half."
Tho reporter bowed himself out of
the Banality, Is further develop-
ments! proved, the newspaper loan
had made arrangemente to take las
girl to the opera that evening. Ile
wale up a stump what to du. Ho wits
afraid of Mr. Greeley and he was
afraid of his girl. Ile consulted with
it reporter Friend of his on /trim!
paper to the Tribune, and his friend
thus talked: "Ole that's nothing.
Geese you haven't been in New
York long. How much did Greeley
gay he wanted? COMMA and a half?
Oh, that will be all right. You just
get your claw hammer and take the
gal to the opera. I know what Gree-
ley will talk about. I've been to din-
ners lots of times and heard his
speeches. After the opera come
over to my office, ana I'll dictate
Greeley's after dinner speech, you
write It down and I'll wager a $5
note that the editor will compli-
ment the report,"
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erinary College. Office and Infirmery,
corner Victoria and Minnie Streets,
•Wingleam. Day and night calls prompt-
ly attended to. Telephone connection.
.4e2nWe•MgEr.
tum.
'Did you write that article ?" thun-
dered Mr. Greeley, referring to the
hlif column of head lines under whieh
wae tee speech.
"Yes, sir" eplied the reporter, 'I
foliolved you the beat I could. You
lower you spoke unooramonly fast laet
night, and tbere teas a. noise and I
had to stand up,"
"Spoke unoonnnonly faet, did I ?"
thtuaiered Mr. Oreeley. "Young man,
you lie! I 'was sick last night and
didn't go within three wiles of R--,
and didn't make any speech." MA.
Greeley grabbed the retreating form
of the pencil -pusher, and actually
booted him downstairs aud into the
etreet.
The editor tried to recall the great
edition of the Tribune, but it was
too late. Be sent men all over ihe
cite- with inatruetions to buy every
morning Tribune iu New York, Said
ha "Buy them ati any cost !" •
Mr. Greeley paid tie high as fifty
crate a. copy for. some of the papersi,
but the speech that he didn't make
was the goselp of all New York for
a. week. The reporter never dared to
show his face to Mr. Greeley after
that night.
'rho Tabernacle- -Es. 40: 1-38.
Commentery.-Explanatory. The
tabernaele oeueliateel of three apart -
Ponta, the outer court, the sane-
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
The tabermxcle ortleree. Ai; Mount
Sinai, after the Lord given Mons
the Jaw, the ten cononanaMents, he
We:meted him to prepare a place
Which should be taxies visible abode
among Hie people.
So menet° were the directions
which tbe Lord gave as to the size,
• aterial and workmanship of
tasteet ankl the holy of Imitate Vile
eneire enclosure Was 100 caries bY
W), thy allowing' 18 Welles to a .oabit,
150 feet by 75. It Was sorroundedi
by fine twined linen sereens, bung
by silver !hooks upon ptIlars of brass.
2. Fb:st day -The 1st day of Abib
olr Nissan, nearly a, year from time
they had left Egypt, and mere thee
eight months Sluice the worship of
tee golden r,alf.
3. Ark of the testimony -This was
R.n oblong chest made of acacia wood,
overlaki within and. without ;with
itoed. It was 3 3-4 feet in length
and 2 1-4 feet le width, and depth.
Its lid was called the mercy seat,
and wets ov•eriael with, gold, with a
golden rim around Lt. 'There were
two eheriebirm above the mercy seat,
....•••••••11.
,
the tabernacle that there was no
uncertainty as to what woe intend- ee„„1,, at ,d,re
ed, and so ready wore the WW1' c‘ro.41,4t.l'ea-were 'rhea, one load selling
with their free wi I Offerings tliat
tliere was no lack, but rattier a sur- ate,*:11°:
I etHioe.9--The rinelpte Were large,
Plus, anti so provalent with i ohovald ,- - - ' -
Ln endowing plea whit recill that 1 fair el a d d
a' toad eulEll& a"
wiling hearts did their part in this itacto le ton y
Poultry -The offerinee Were fair,
teem were readily foetid who with the, wee co was 0 y ata. .
The connestion betvreen obedience tho deraand Was sine% owing to the
hot weather, and the peareet was
stonily
holy service,
and approval was very close. We --- •• . ' .
read; "So Moses anished the work. Efee•se-The erfer-nge were not very
large, there Wile a moderate IneldeY;
Then a cloud covered the tent of the
I
Pf 11, E M II KE,PFSI
lee -onto ieermerie 0 erect.
july 28.--ellhe reeeipte of grain on
the etreet market were light; Whew
were generally ieteady.
Wheat -Steady, one load of goose
Lord fined the tabernacle. A. cam- anti the pelues were ;steady.
13utterealre otterings Were fair,
congregation, and the glory of the
pleted Strork for God on wan's part there was a good demand for choice
Is endorsed by the Spirit. There wee eudOse; and the market was steady,
no tedious delay,. The reemel stir iltie and Straw -The receipts) were
"teen.' God was pieased with t le einall, there Was. Only a fair demand,
work of Moses and las people, and !tea the market wee steady, two
loacte of old bay selling at $16 40
they were all assured that their
work and faith were acceptea. $17, and eight of ueer at $10 to $12;
An expression of faith in God. The one load of straw, sold at $10.
Itritelites believed that Jehovah ex- Dressed leoge-The reciepts were
lilted, and that He was with them, heirs, there was a fair demand from
therefore they Were ready to make the loon) butchers, and the market
itiatiane at oodt liiteama tipahattlimillry.4T11011% ikuna017.
old'heyforbekllioomvec_d was steedy at $9.50 to $10.
to 80e, vireo 770; spring, 67 to See;
rye, 59 to 62e ; berley, malt, 5fee to
lithIrtnit atlidewesancirrIffiePelfr sei. Wheat; White, 7:3 to 8511; red. 7.,1
ner delivered then frotn Pharaoh's 60%0 . feed„ 53 to 51e; oats, 510;
peas, 7een ; hay, tenothy, old, $1G to
bondage and the Red Sea, and every
glance at the Tabernacle reminded $17; new, $10 to $12; straw, $10 ;
them that they were In a, peculiar tutter, pounl roils, 15 to 17e ; croske,
sense God' people. litee to Sete; • eggs, new laid, 16 to
A symbol of tae divine presence. 18e.
The tabernacle 'wee holy. There were General elteese Markets.
two apartments, the holy place, and ,Covransville, Q., July 20. -At tile
the most holy pitwe. The former was weckly meet a; of the leeetre Tewn-
ten cnbite by twenty, and contained Fleets Dairymen's Exahangie heas to -
the altar of incense, the golden can- clay sixteen creameries offerel 1,-
d1eet1ck and the table of shewbread. 609 boxes of butter, and 20 tactortes
This could be entered twice each offered 970 boxes of clieese. I). A.
by the priests, at 4110 time of the McPherson bought 317 boxes or
morning sacrifice and at the even- cheese at 9 15-16e and 97 boxes at
Ing sae:ahem 9 7-8e; F. Duckett bought 397 boxes.
A type of heaven. As we turn to at 9 15-16e; Mi ler & Wily 50 boxer/
the New Testament ere discover at 9 15-16e; and A. L. Hubbard 109
pornethIng of the significance of these boxes at 9 7 -Se; all sold. James
types and ehadowe. Jesus on the Dalrymple bought 40 boxes butter
croes uttered the cry as one of death at 19 5 -Bei A. A. Ayer & Co., 35
and of victory, "It is finished," and boxes at 19 8-4o; Meier & Riley, 34
tile veil, hiding the holiest of all, boxes at 19 340; 147 boxes at
wboxes at 20e, and A.
to the bottom, and man had per- 3". Bryce, 1,093'boxes at 20e and 50as rent in twain from the top even 197 -Se; 210
renal aecese to the mercy seat. boxes; at re 340; ail sold.
Jesus, our great High Priest, has Belleville, July 20 -At the Cheese
entered once tor all, not without Board here to -clay 2,220 white and
blood, into the holiest of all, even 260 colored cheese were boarded;
hen.ven itself, having obtained eter- ee0 cold at 10c, 1 015 at 97-80; re-
nal redemption tor 'us. rnalinder refused at 9 7-8e.
Cornwall, July 26 -To-day 2,082
+ w"all crheetesewBeroae rbdo,n111,0edelatwiehree
+ ++•..+4; 0++++ 4+444 *44 *4 4 a •;..,,c. bonoxr:
+ + white 942 colored and 49 Am•trican.
e
v How tie is viewed by one $4. tileamiAlt:e9r1;4-10.at 9 3-4e. Lest year at
+ Ole date 1.850 were gold at 9 11-
4. Wil0 Knows Him. + "
*
aue at each ends Gayer 'the ark -
"Screen the ark." -R. V. Thls veil
oft* curtain bung between the holy
oe teelles'and tlie holy place, suspend -
e(1 .1 roan four pilla.rs. The most holy
place was completely dark, and no
one was allowed to meter except the
high priest, once a year, ons the an-
nual ditty off atonement, the 10th of
Tishri (October)
4. The table -This oceupied a place
an the moth side of the sanetuary.
It was made of acacia wood, overlaid
with pure Reid, and had a rim of
gold around iit. It Wats 3 feet Le
lengths 1 1-2 in breadth ,and 2 1-4
iat height. The lamps - The lamps
welch were placed on top of these
arms were separate from the cane
diestock and were sapplied with pure
calve oll, xxvii. 20, from oil vessels.
Tilley were lighted and trimmed daily
by the priests who kept them. burn'
big cointinually.
5. The golden altar (R. V.) -This
wile set in the sanctuary just be -
tore the "screen" which separated
It front the ark of the covenant. It
was square, being 11-2 feet In length
and breadth, and 3 feet in height.
It was made of acacia Wood overlaie
witi1 pure gold, and had tour horns
of gold, one at each corner, and a.
rinti of gold round its sides.
6. Altar of the burnt offering -
This sat in tee centre of the open
court in front ofthe tabernacle. It
was 74 feet in length arid breadth
and 4% in height. It was made of
acacia. wood covered with brass, was
without eteps, and lead four horns,
ono at each corner.
7. The laver -This was put between
the tabernacle and the altar of •
leant offering, It was made of
braes with a pedestal of brass and
was filled with Water. Here the
priests washed their hands and feet
When preparing themselves to en-
ter npon their holy work. xx..17-
..041. It was also used for washirig
certain parts of the victime. Lev.
1, 9.
8 Set up the court -The hangings.
or screens, which were to serve ee
a fence about the court were attaeh-
ed by silver books to pillars of brass
resting in solkets of brass. There
were to be twentyof these pillars
on the north and einetb sides and
ten en the east; arel west sides.
9, The anointing oll-This was a
particular oil compounded for tee
puiposee here stated and for no
other. The Lord had given Moses
careful directions both as to the. oil
and the manner in which It was
to be used. xxx. 22-33. It was
not to be used upon foreigners, or
for the purpose of anointing the
flesh, but it w.as to be holy. And
anoint the tabernacle, etc. -"T130
ceremony of aao nting with all de-
noted the setting apart and con-
secration of an object to a holy ese."
12. Wash them witit water -They
were to be clean before they minis-
tered before the Lewd. This washing
symbolized the putting away tee
"filthiness of the flesh and( spirit"
which is urged upon us by the apostle
Lim II. Cor. vii. 1.
13. The holy garments -The attire.
of the priests, and especially of the
high prieet, was very eIaborate, and
is minutely deecribed in chapter
mill. Tao sacred dregs of the priest
coosisted of short linen drawers, a
tunic of fine linen reaching to the
feet, a linen girdle, a linen bonnet
or turban,. ana &leo a linen ephod.
The priests did uot wear their sacred
dresses outside of the temple. Anoint
him -The anointing of sacred persope
signified that they were set apart to
the service of God. The holy a.noint-
ing oil is' an emblem of the Holy
Spirit. Sanctify him -The work of
consecration was not complete until
a ram had been slain, and some of its
biool had been put upon, Aaron'e
right e,ar, hand and foots and sprin-
kled upen his garments. eats. 20, 21.
15. Everlasting priesthood -To be
perpeteal "throeghoet their genera -
done" until superseded by the office
and work of tbe priest "after the or-
der of eleichieedele"-Wbedon.
38. Set up the boards -The taber-
nacle (proper wag 45 feet in length,
151.11 width eel 15 in height. The two
eides oil the north and Beetle were
each composed of twenty beards of
acacia .evcod, overlaid with gold, eaeli
boara teem 15. fret long and 2 1-4
feet wide. These boards were placed
on .end side by eisle.Mighlt such boards
were need in the construction of the
west •end, Which included two corner
boards. txxvi. 15-29.
19. SrpreaSe the tent-"Tlie
tont here refers to the our -tains of
goats' hale, which, in chap. excl.
7, are called a covering ripen the
tabernacle. They were probably
thrown over the board structure
and fastened on the outside. Put
the covering above upon it-
Thie was an adaltionaa covering
made of ram's skins, dyed red, and
sealskins, and spread on the top of
the goats' hair canvass for a Cur-
tber protection from the weether
-1Vhedoer.
20. Put the teetitnony trite the
ark -The two tables of atone of
which God had written the ten
commandmenta Those written first
were broken, but aZterWards they
were again written.
27. Burnt sweet intense - Thls
Wen made according to (spathe di-
rectione from the Lord. sea 3.1-38.
28. Hanging itt tho 41o0r-$ee xxei,
29. Burnt Offering - The whole
burnt offering was wholly burnt.
Meat offertng-"eleal offering." --
II. V..
32. They washed...4%1s was an eta-
blematical washing, fee the
Ilan& and :eta are pattleularly
0:Motional, it must refer to the
purity of their Whole condwite-
Clarke.
01. It oovered, ete,u-Thus did
God approve of the work and the
divine glory filled the place so that
Moses WAS nOt Able to enter. Tent
tabernaele-"The tent is bore
4littinguished from the tabertittele,
and is to be understated as the
ooter covering of curtains, while
the tabernacle proper was the
dwelling within consisting of the not of, and so ho stays on ti 1' safe
board stroptors," side or the Rubicon.
Age of 31ore Thou 1,000 Years.
Ile did a great business with his
goods, bat after two or three exeeri-
ences vrith the friends of customers
who died even while taking a couree
of his medicine he learned wisdom
from experlence and made only a
short stay in each town that he vis-
ited, selling what he ecmid and
clearing out to pastures new, for
fear something might happen to the
purchasers of his elixir. There was
another, one Frederick Guaido, who
claimed that by the use of a pre-
paration which he made and dis-
pensed to have axed over four cen-
turies.
Deceptious were so numerous that
people finally became suspicioes of
the elixirs advertised, after the
manner of the times, by the alche-
mists, although one discovery did,
indeed, make a sensation, and at
hest use was pronounced by every
ono who tried it the genuine aqua
vita.° or water of life. It was niade
by Abucasis, in the twelfth cen-
tury, who, while experimenting
with various substances, in Lee
hope of discovering the elixir, ;tee
eidentally manufactured a first-
rate
Article of Alcohol.
MAN'S LON SEARCH FOR
THE ELIXIR OF LIFE"
sw....-wmaNkti Moorer--,,,-,
Some of the flany Efforts flade to Attain Iluridane
Life Eternal,
602-eg.seegeees•W'aseR222-ereedaW"...OWX2KR,Fee, eeser
Tito love of life is the most in- It is the beginning end the end of
all things tieing, so If the decay
tense emotion known to man. It is
di the cell epee be stopped, there is
lergely instinctive. eLlie Instinct ot'
rea-son alt least to be hoped tor some
eelapreservation ma.nifests
ttselt prolontgaitton of Me. ,
under any . and all circumstances. etarcli for 14:lirrirs.
Even ;ellen lite ie apparently not But cold science is a mere abstrae-
worth the living, when death' wi.uld tion to the lover of life, and no one,
scientist or pretender, who claims to
ba• hailed by the sufferer himself aa
WEN SAW MILL
possess th.e secret of a combination
a rt lief, nature seeps in, and, when to extend life, definiteiy or indefinite-
utition danger threatens, comp.'s the ly, ever failed. of a hearing. Quacks
ealividual, even against his wishes • of forty centuries ago did not adver-
tise their wares ; it may be there was
and will, to ca,r,,) for his ONV11 lite. a medical code even then which (er-
ne eaves illinself first, then after- bade advertising, but they got their
ward reflects how fortunate he would nostrums into public notice just tee
have bsea had he been k'lled. A few same and had their dupes then as
years ago a Parisian eviao had met their like have now. With the birth
e ith mieeirtune determined to cud 01 chemical research during the mid -
hie miseries lis a plunge beneath the die ages the hope of ' finding the
waters of the S:ine. lee wrote a elixir of life was cherished equally
letter explanatory of 1119 intention, with the hope of discovering the pith-
ead gicing ffirectians 'trete regard to osopb.er's stone. He who was fortune
certaia burinese matters left it on ate enough to find the one would
his bureau and started to the river: surely also discover tee other.
03 lir' 'way he etet a drove of cattle, Two Opinions Prevailed,
,
ercliwil from Qv? battoirs, chargi ig
through the streets maddened with howev", °Ile set of philosophers
claiming 'that if the elixir of life was
tee k. The discevered and men rendered immor-
tal there would 1 e plenty o: time thus
Melia goreig tilt w nom they over -
instinct of Self -P, est rvation ' afforded for the search of the phil-
osopherr's stem% while (*erg de-
' •
oltieed that if tee stone were dis-
covered its fortunate possessor, be-
sides becoming the owner ot bound-
less wealth, would be able to unlock
all secrete. and. thus the elixir. of life
would be discovered. The scientists
were thee divided into two hostile
camp% tile membees of which wrote
controvereial folios abusing each
other and belittling moll other's ef-
forts, just like some scientists and
Medieal men of more recent times.
Day .and eight the alchemists toiled
in their laboratories, inspiring surge -
(lion among their neighbors and occa-
sionally calling down on their devot-
ed headsOthe wrath of the cliureli
for tbeir supposed dealings with the
evil one. E'very new and strange dis-
covery was greeted with the hope
tbat it would prove to be the desired
paescen for all human allmenta.
When Glauber, a sober chemist with
little of the imaginative in hist men-
tal make -ma discovered the salt
which bears his name he bastened
to deal/ire It
Of course, he tried it; alchemists
then tried every thing they made
and. tines shortened instead of pro-
longing their days, but in this ease
the exellaration produced by the
new discovery was so satisfactory
that the good Arabian felt sure he
had at last attained the secret. He
itastened to eaanufacture the neve
elixir and to dispense it to those
desirous of long life, and each and
every one, at first trial, was rer-
fectly satisfied that the discoverer
of an discoveries had at last been
made. The poor old gentleman was,
however, his own best customer,
and soon learned front the head-
aches and nausea Which followed
his liberal potations that, after all,
lee had been eelf-deceived and that
shortness rather than length of
life was the most likely result of
his diecovery.
Men lost faith in the alchemists,
but not in eome or their beliefs,
Lor long after the lb.st of the num-
ber had gone from hie bottles and
jars Ito the grave he sought to
avoid there was a lingering confi-
dence that somehow the
Grisly Iteaper 3light. be Cheated
The rabbis had a tradition that in
tee human barly there was an in-
destructible bone, from which, as
train a seed, tale human body would
spraut at the resurrection.. A long
and vain search few this bone fol-
loWed. Tire ideas, however, was not
so generally satisfactory, as the
notion for an elixir, as it involved tbe
coining of deaths and this was ex-
actly what men, wished to avoid.
The tradition of a fountain of
youth wee far mere to the taste of
mankind, mild so we ftnd the early
SpainWh explorers combitnIng In
seareei foe gold win that for the
magic foontatns end 'trying, one al-
ter another, the beautilul springs of
tropical America, in the hope that
among the number, one might 'be
found whose waters would efface the
weinleles and 'restore to jetty black
tbe grizzled leelre of veterans wino
had seen tiertice a.gainet the Moors.
We laugh let the Spanktrds as we
laugh eik the alchemists, but per-
haps without reason, for only the
other day Dr. Brown-Seque.rd stim-
ulated the scientific to unusual ac-
tivity with the annmeacement of
hie elixir of life, and now on the
heels of that last comes a new dis-
covery. Nor will tins be the last,
for as long as men love ilie they will
wok to prolong it, and any meas.
eine, axry cuee-ell vveleh affords re-
lief trout pain or alleviates unfavor-
able aymptoms wtil be regarded as.
to a certain extput, en elixir of
za
Instantle asserted itself, the life -
weary Frolehman went up a tamp-
\
post like a monkey, and in this posi-
tin of seeu itv was seen ane laugesd
at by several of his aequaintances
ia a neighboring bouse. The danger
MCLEAN & SON over, he quietly descended, went to
the liver, from which las body was
All eines of roe gb and dressed.... take:: the f0110Wieg day.
3 there' is a deep abidiag principl f,
But le hind this instinctive law
LUMBER LATH. SHINGLES
Iultich in.delli. i. all the aetions, the
doings of hinnan life. It is the love
Hard and Soft Slabs, also a I euilditi ,111 under which that life IS
of Ilte itself, within+. regard to tee
reed or the eireumetances by whieli
it is earrouedvii. Lenz 11 0 s • '
1.01, in the abstract, be clesirabla to
ariy one. 01.1 agi. is full of miseries.
There ls ',Attiring tare terrible in
immix life than the s-pectacle of tipe
il.mv decay of the mental and physi-
cal facultiee. Me be- one they fide
we repair here, semit there to ree
&tore; and with may momentary'
ElleeeSS ; we ithoW that our efforts
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EXPERIENCC I ?are nothing 'untried to prolong life,
even when self -convinced that the
Wort le not 'worth the trouble.
The bore ot
"MI titnt a mon hath will he give
for Ids tile." said Sa.torr, and the
statement is as true to -day as it
woe Wbent, the book of Job was writ-
ten. The love of lite Is, therefore,
resort:able for le host of vagaries.
poetical owl ecientifie. Weien the
mind of man !het began to penes
trete the mysteries of nature, miters
tier curative properties of natural
e7rarsge '[he idea s assert
itself teat there might be some cure
atts e agent welch would indefinitely
prolong the days of men, which
might In %fact secure for him that
immortality crf ettlich all mendream-
t certain herbs.
i end bat for all that, we
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THE BACHELOR
4 All !Mit 120 boxes were sold at 9 7 -Bee
4.
a ent -Isere irst observed, it Ott
ed. It 'was known ot
roots mei tweets, certain, mtnerals and
metes were e•apable of exercising a
beneficial inthience over the hotly of
man, partionlerly illneeses were Vi-
ler:111ot ty epeeist' agents, leo, men
argued, 'Melt it not be pongee Little doebt Wee entertained that
timt some ngent Or seine combinn,.. Moses, sk:Iled as lie wag In all the
tion of ngenee exlisteci, eyelet; woulil knOwledge Of the Egyptians, knew
(aversely aiteet the entire system, also the Secret Qf l'fr. He lived to
strengthenang every organ. tolling the age of 110. his eyes were npt
rune- &Intactl nor his natural strength
up to lire pltea of youth every
tern of ant body, gLving immortal abated. anil bow eetill I tling ht unless
lie bad poesessed the 0 eret of Ile ?
life, aiel ditat was as well Immortal
Ito was a chemist, too. was Motive,
youtee The for, aceeriling to the story tola in
Seareli for the 1013t1r of Life INOilue, lts tock the gOldell Calf,
the my sterlerue combination. of cur- grouni it to eewder, streared it on
1 adieu! principles', aletell 'was to make tile water of the bro014 which Cow -
nom immortal. began; far bo.ek. erere 1st by the ealep, and made the pro-
Itopo among the Egyptians; it may plo drInk of it, and the alehentists
in, among the Babylonians, who pre- understooli tide statement to sig-
ei tied t lenii, The Searelt is not fin- ray teat lie diSSOlved the gold and
i 1.911:41 to -day. tor only last week a forted the people
! telentiot of Chicago announced that To Drink the Solution.
he lia:1 illsralVerCa an, agent which
could t•Lial did arrest Cm process of Only very powerful wide can 11111.
q, in Cis. andiund cell. All life iq noise gold; the alcoendste kriew
hegira 60 renttinfied wi:01 the cell. that muela Ulf midges, ID Merges must
0•4 4+++++4+4444+4++40+++++1.•
tions at importa,nt wheat wen -tees to-
,
11. 15 one of life's little, ironies stay ;
that, so far 3.8 men are co
the world advoeates matrimony, and New York... ... ... ... ... -C...-ash. 786e1Pet
ncerned,
puts a premium On iselibacy. An une Mileage ... ... ... ... ... -- '71 1-4
married man is a perpetual storm Toledo_ ,,, ,,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, rre, less 741_2
centre of interest to every weina.n Duluth, No. 1 Nor- ... 75
poor as to do him, reverence -not Duluth, No. 1 hard ... 771-2 -- .
Lee es 00 eo ell 60
en the community In which he lives.
As soon as he Ls married none is. so ,
even las own wife. A.nd yet we won- ExPg.:lineellii•Aaehote°
forouto Live Steel( Maricets
. "1 c 4 25 to 5 00
. do COWA ........ .,..._ .... .. ale to a co
der that wedditag rings' are at a ells -
there are three etas ' Butchers' coda, Picked .. 500 lo 5 30
tiamarried men. There are men who
eoveontyr. ,
here born: old bachelors, men who
ries of Butcher.' ecatudi:, fcalittoice ..
Butchers' 34 2755 itoo 44 252
btelneve old bachelorhood, and men alien' ....... . „... 3 63 to . 1 00
'2 50 to 3 21 •
3 50 to 4 75,
The man, who Le born an old bache- Shoop, ewes, per ewt
Feedd:rbe:1131sho..ri.keop.: ' *
what is a f reek of nature than the llgig fig,ht, im ow[ 275 00: ttoo 405 00001
bor deserves no more ered:t for Milch cows, each
man who is born dumb deserves ere- Iki,..078,s1a7pienrg,cowtrich...... 630050 tot° 30 61)00
'hole() per tiwt 7 25 to 4)30
can't help Lt. He was made that 7 00 to 0 00
dit for not talking too much. He
way, says the New 'X'ork Weekly. July Failures.
for feminine society. He bites and of commercial failures for three
R. G. Dun & Co. 'report liabilities
In his cradle he evinces a distaste against;
kicks and screams at his nurse, and weeks of July, $4,419,928
a contempt for the femimine Intel. $5,074,557 last year. Failures tide
Wee and refuses to be =trolled by NiVne,x0 kw In theweek
1 as t1.1:i. year,
e dr , S•mtlautiesin iteraent2tOdSa
against, 213 last week, 193 the pee -
while eta in pinafores he displays
A little later, at school, he eats ceding week and 193 the correspond -
It to some Little girl with ni En.11 11 against 20 last week, 19 the pre -
hes mother,
mot be beys marbles with his pennies ceding. week and 28 last year. Of
instead of investing teem in chew- failures this Week in the United
las red apple instead of presenting
ling gum for the behoof ea a j'ii-eg-e-n-i-1-: States 81 ware Ln the East, 59 south,
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flame, 52 west and 16 In the Pacific States,
in and 65 report liabilities of $5,030),
pocket letardkercheefe le orderly' Piles P
neatness and order, and keeps hig moderately active title Week. RO-
01* more.
orto from the country retailers are
Toronto wholesale trade has been
that he is possesseld of a iipSrit of
Io is also unlike other boys, Bradstreeti, on Franc.
Lir bureail dellevare, to plume of using encouraging and the turnover the
them for late tale, coming season shoeld, if present in -c .
As a sroemg mans be views mere dieations hold good, be considerably..
girt with suspicion, as having de- larger tha.n last year.
signs of marrying lam againet his At Montreal the past week trade
will, anal whet:, other youths are rave has been benefited somewhat by
ing over Blaud's eyes, he is figuring finer weather conditions. Although
ep how welt it costa to pay a, mod- wholsesale trade cannot be sale to
ern rimodene angel's dressmaking be very active, there is still a• fair
bills.
married -mistakes will happen -hut in some eircles.
moZtemcieunetbefeora01.1111;1
ntylia-sgtitillillinererr.evaile
Occaslonelly the born. bachelor gets , i
dragged to *Ale altar lie oemains a
no matder how many times he is In Hamilton there has been a fair
domestipate there, and he never be- movement for thee period of the see, -
mimes broken itei driving. in double son. Retail sales have expanded end
bachelor stet. II: is impassible to
ildirneses, 1 • there is a. disposition among retail -
fee is the sort of husband who la ers to circler liberally for the fall
looks under tiro bed end on the mane season. Tlie volume of fall orders,'
taken so tar ..this season Is poet-
alwaos erittical ernd• captious, wlho
tel shelf for duet, enel who tovari- ably, on the whole, considerably
Able wallets hie wife's clresstnaking larger than at the same. time last
year, rule the prospects are that by
The men wito ,aohloves old beam- September 1, the incense will be
bels.
Loreto:id is of quite a. different cal- Very marked. Values of staple goods
, .
aro firmly held, •
like tho man who is born an old In London this week trade has
ibre. Hb Is among the cleverest, fend
bachelor, the man wile, aehleves ein-
gie blessednerie does .not kill4131 the been of fair VOlurno for this season.
The retailers are selling more light
summer stuf f and they are goner-,
ally well aatiefied with the outiooec_
most adventualous of Ilia sex. Un-
theught of matrimony,
He delights in in acne plays with there has boon a farther improre-
At Pacific Coaat Cities this week
It. Ho recognizes it as an ever -pre- ment in wholegale trade.
sent clanger, and Lt gives to! his life . At Winnipeg this week the 110141111g
the same sort of awful zest that of tho Exhibition gave considerable
tam spertanian feels in hunting big stimulus to wholeeale trade.
game when he realizes that at any Ottawa wholesale trade has been
moment the tables may be turned fair this season,
and the pursuer beomne the pursued. .
•
Ile adores Women's society, and is
found at pink tear( ana atterreaoll One on Morgen
known ne a lady's man. lee is to be
receptions, and invariably Morns A member of Parliament le said 10
the opera box of the prettiest de- wiectli he eolemely &Marts is intend -
a typewritten copy or an epitaph
be circulating about Jew London clube
batante of the season. Ile is a con- ed for ;rolut riorpoot Morgan and
noissear In fendeine charms, end his should be •taketi by hint .s a warning
dm emong rival hertatleti.
Muele experience in love -making bast loert; „
prates too far. Tho epitaph 10 as foe.
earth lee( woeid-grabbing enter -
dictum grates the crown or belle-• not to intalt 1 I
or mon, in contraM, to seem mere
made him an adopt that eku.ses oth- "Imo Am las bond at last upon this
thinga alone 1" le made
to a einehonatioal nicety just the Ile now belongs to what 1
bee own I
bnngling meateetle, Ito can gauge
degree lit wistful tjatitoe to threer lie bolIght 'the World for what he
thought It worth,
amount ot pressure that should go%
into a hand clasp, and the proper
into a glow,.
Re is apparently always on the And OW oboe more is running;
yorge or proposing, bat lie never pro- .
fowler spread before him. Tie Is a WANTED.Agents
poses, and in vain is the not; of the
fly bird, and ho alwaye flatters away
at the psyehologieal moment.
Ito loves women, but he loves him-
eelf better, and he has no notion
ot spending on the support of a wife
and eldhlren the money that makes
even a moderately well -oft baelielor
eto comfortable. Even in his Mo-
ment or disgust with the °lob chef
he refleets .that f,t la better to en -
dere the cooking yon have than to
fl,v to the housekeeping ;von knelt'
Loading Wheat Markets.
Following are the closing foota- '
3 00 to 3 50,
tave old bachelorhood thrust upon Stogi2eZ,:locottle;Yeatlie ..... " 3 30 to 1 000
them.
Not Only a Panacea
bat also a means by widen life might
be Indefinitely prolonged. Yet Glauber
lived in the zeventeenth century,
long after the palmy days of alehenty
a.nd at a time when men were begin-
ning to perceive the ttbsurdities and
contradietione in which the al-
chemists involved themselves by their
basane pursuit. A. couple Or nundred
years earlier no one who studied
tnedfzane or effi-liniaal c1Oflce doubted
the existence of the magical elixir,
and, altbough Eome den'ed thatIt
wont' confer immorality, no (plea -
tion was raleed regarding the be -
lost that it wont 1 imnraseif inns, ase
the length of human life. The patri-
arehs lived hundreds of yearte said
they; men now attain no such
length of life; therefore the patri-
archs must have possessed some see
eret which enabled them to live
longer than other people. Time rweret
was the elixir.
Secrets 'Comet% to elcieies.
000 FOR PM
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Peels Sale CeSld lilly T 11011441 ,1118 ol
Aeres of It.
But IL le When parchasing pow-
er of tt thou:mud and a quarter 11111'
110118 of gold dollars as app ied to plo,
1.1 oonnidered that the ordinary mind
may 4 ome nearest to grappliog With
thei real meanIng of suck it vast sum.
Good, fair ple.t can b bought for 10
cents apiece, an I thus the coined gold
note in the country wont buy twelve
hilions and five hundred millions of
pies. The !square surface eoScred by
the pie Variee, bat fifty square Welles
for eaelk would mot he far out of -the
way, allowing for the wa.ste reom
that would have to be alinwml for,
cuppoellig the pies are round. On
idiot hatdb the gol 1 coin in circulation
111 Enele $airee dotniniOns WOuid buy
pies enongli to covet.. at least 44)00
acrelt of ital. How malty pie bakers
it would take to bake the enormous
a gg"egation of toothsomeness in
orm dttY 18 EL matter for conjetture
only.
Yet all tide goil could be packed
into a very small space, relatively
*peaking. Mule into a pile forty
feet gotaye, it tvonli Oily a. lit-
tle more than nine feet high ana
Ito wv light of 5,000 tons would not
fisrldias ft tali earg0 for any ODA Of
several of the gtett ceean triers now
plowing the AtIontie oeean, though
it vvould build hundreds of them. -
Stat.
-A`
In every' town In CANADA
to gen our „
PERFECTION
OFIAROOALIRON
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Proper eleng for het Weather.
Mt Medley to active peruons.
Wrtto for Dorttoutarto to
JOHN M. BOND 8e. OM
nAumvAitiei
diIIELPIS, ON
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