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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-12-11, Page 3FOUR GOOD SHORT STORIES Oa elm ivast (mast 01 Scotland:,Cwv fellow-fislitemete McLean and Caitlin In 11 ey ina le:liner of whom wore reel, at (heel' very often, tenueliow one 'day began a, diecusslon between tacineaves, regarding the Bible, chtuati oust g people, wiIth the remit that they made an agree- ment to attend chervil together the followinp; Salantit morning. Fully fifteen minutia before clutrela Meletesis war; at the asepoilatel plata C( nieetinga end titer waiting Lill pin the time of oommencement of set:sloe for ('ampbell, wee) del not :sigh'. at all, he decided to go to church alum.. The servisip over, McLean nt mita repaired to eneuplell's aanoyiel somewhat at the lattetas failure to keep the agreement, yet compaseion- ate by reason of what ho litta heard at eiturels. Compbell, having given a ratisfac- tory explanation, in that he had been ill during the whole of the previone night, proceeded to query Aleleiali upon, the substance, of the eerman he 11v...11 hparil. "Wull, an' what deed the metinieter hoe to fay ?" wave his quesitium "Ole Ciun'mell, he wile hairs' on you,'repaed, the other. "Haled on nee? And how id that? What; on airth 110,11d 910 aghl 111e ?" dad C11/111A)011. "011. 0z1,111:111011, 1 wud nate lake tae be In yuir ichoe. The meenister ettpi, 'It is sassier for a reeelt maun tog gao through the eye off a needie, ter a Canimell to enter the Kingdom ' ot Heave:eh' " -- " palamon I eome iere, quick:" The veeaker, named Isaac Cohen. - who kept a clothing store in 'South street. Seitianon was hie Work &Amnon," resumed the speaker, "'how many of dem five -dollar ofer- Peate bat we left from der batch WO. got in two years ago ?" " Teree," saki Silo:mon. "Oaring dean %here rIghe agay or We Mill lute dean left ofer atnodder year, and eve nmet sell dem," said Isacte. While Salomon wee gone after the overecsate Idea° event over to the showcase, ;took out 11, peckeebook, and proceeded to stu.'f it ;with paper, and by time time Selomon got back iwith the coats. " Now vaecli ane ct1 dis coat," said Imam, as he dropped theeposakethooe Into one of the eide pockets of the overeoat. Pretty soon a negro came in to get a pair oe shoe stringe, and isaa.c got to talking overcoat to him right away.' "No, don't avant no o,bereene no - hew." said the negro. " 'Vele dry It on, id won't eurt you to try id on," said Isaac. So the negro put it on. " Misder Blehanan, der hanker, had doe coat on the odder (ley, and wore It to lunch," Isaac continued, ebut las wife dicilet like it, so he brought It back ; beef a rich plan, ,he Is," said Isaac. " Cletet feel how deep der pockets are," Isaac. continued. A look of joy overspread the taco of the negro as he felt the ipocketibook. "kfow much did yer say dis hyer coat was 7" asked the negro. "Thirteen delta -re" anewered Isaac!. " Mewl dat's pretty steep, eut rn :taw it," said the negro. "No, yoa needn't ,wrap it, Ill just • rear t die way," said the negro, In avower ,to leame fencing leau if he should ,erear it ; And Rastas went out svhisellng. "Now," said Isaac, ;turning to Solo - num, "sell ;the rest. of dem coats." The old doctor and the old cap- tain were fast friends, both, inveter- ate jokers, and both, despite their aggregate s:xscore• yeate, label sportsmen. The doctor's frightful otammer did not seem to impede the flow of a joke, nor 'did the captain' equatorial girth lessen his agility. One afternoon the old 'man eat oat on a ranbit hunt. As they Passea through an orchard something scur- ried into a burrow. "A r-r-wist -rabbit," sheeted the do' otor. "L -1 -let's p -pall him out"; and kneeling at the hole, lie thrust his arm In up to the shoulder. "S -s- ay," he remarked, after a moment's Jumbling. "1 c-c-wist-can't q -quite g -get h -him. Y-y-ult-yoa t -try it John; y-y-uh--your arm's 1-longce. than m-m-wist-mlne." - The captain knelt 'and thrust his arm down. In an Instant no was executing a war dance around the tree, w-agIng a bloody finger. "Blegkety-blank-blank. That's no rabbit ; it's n, ground -hog." "D-d-wiet-did he bite you, J -John 7" queried the doctor, anxi- ously. "Bite ? Blankety-blank. Don't you steel he took off the whole end of my finger ?" "Wheveh-uh-tvliy, that's t -too b- b-wiet-bad," said the doctor, tak- ing his own hand from behind him and showing a sadly lacerated thumb. H -he b-e-wiet-bit me, too." • i An Ingenious young men oneetoolc his fiancee to church in a small country village, and when tee time for "colleation" came round rather ostentatiously aispleyed a movereIgn. Presuming upon their engagement, the young woman placed a restrain- ing hand ueon the arm of lior fi- ancee. "Don't be Eo extravagant, George:" she exclaimed: • "Oh, that's nothing," he replied. "I always make a point of giving a sov- ereign when I go to a strange ceurch." Just then the deacon en,me with the plate and George dropped a eche Everything seemed favoeabie, an.] elle young man beatteel with a sense of generosity. Then the min- ister gavo out the notices, for the wak, nnd concluded with the whol- ly unexpected .announcemera of the day's eollertion, "Tho collection to -day," mill he, "n.mounted to nineteen and six- pence." George hadn't much to say alt tho way to his flaneeeet Immo. A doctor whom practice la largoly among t1tc mVl halide of hie loenlity, Is. telling an amusing ettery at ties expettee of an cile Irishman. Jhtli lin nerd his wife, were taken with severe to118 that threatened to (levelers into Influenza, and the doctor advieed quinine and whiskey fie an " Yen must both take II," he said. " Take it every three Ileum -two evilness of (minime anil a little whin - key." The next clay he tailed again. The titan 'wee lip reel his W1:0 Wad 11111".1. " voll follow my heti:tic-these ?" listed ties slottor. "Pro the letter," replied the bend. "llow emelt !quinine have eau left 7" ,wer-7 the next question. '• Sure, I Viler have ttiken the Whole av it," said the man. " Anti abet you take 1 t, too ??" asked the fleeter. " Nivver a bit," wao the reply. "It kept hue Way talthe th' whiskey every 'While elle, took the Cminines an' share she'a in bed, an' 01'm up I" Oua. •Fla • 9 Weal INomes Mediclut So says Mrs. Joie Irwin, of 325 So. College St., Nashville, Tenn., of Lydia E. Pinkham's V.egetable Compound. Never in the history of medicine has the demand for one particular remedy for female diseases equalled that at- tained by Lydia EL Pinkhara's Vegetable Compound, and never during the lifetime of this wonderful medicine has the demand for it been se great as it is to -day. From the Aelantie to the Pacific, and throughout the length and breadth of this great continent come the glad tidings of woman's sufferings relieved by it, and thousands upon thousands of letters aro pouring in from grateful women saying that it will and posi- tively does cure the worst forms of female complaints. Mrs. Pinkliam invites all WO.. men who are puzzled about their health to write her at Lynn, Mass., for advice. Such corre- spondence is seen by women only, and no charge is made. Red Tape in Russia. Through the explosien of a pow- der magazine several persons were recently injured in Batoune in Rus- sia. Among them was the soldier who was on guard at the gate lead- ing to the magazine. One of his arms was shattered and there was an ugly wound in his chest. Still, though on the verge of fainting, he rdmained steadfastly at his post. There his colonel saw' him, and said: "What are you doing here ? Don't you see that the magazine has been blown up and that there is noth- ing for yob, to guaed? You look half-dead, and I order you to go at once to the hospital." "Colonel," WAS the reply, "I can- not do it. My sergeant instructed me to stay here." "But your ecageant has been kill- ed," remonstrated the colonel. • "nett does not eancern me," said the soldier. "There are only two persons who can relieve me from duty, my sergeant anti my Em- peror." Seeing that the man was deter- mined to remain on duty until re- lieved, the colonel telegraphed the fact to the Afinieter of War and the latter at once laid the matter before the Czar, with the result that the latter sent a despatch relieving the soldier of duty and at the same time announcing hie inten- tion of conferring upon him a gold medal and a decoration. Nat un- til. this despatch was handed to the soldier did he consent to go to the hospital. He had then been fourteen hours; en duty. What She Couldn't Remember. A Boston servant, like many of her class, does not know her age. She has aved whit the family 11 years, and has always boon 28, But not !Ong ago she read u the newspaper Of an old svonn•an who had died at the age of 0.06, "Maybe I'm as oulci as that mesilf," said slue. "Indade, I can't remember the time wben 1 iWasne t alive." 4 , 1 1 •-gt. b S LiKe 30 CENTS." Ire* The Origin oi a Very Silly Slang Phrase. The erigin of slang ha alwaYs bon a puzzle to plalologiels, but owe in a whale a current phrase mut be traced to its souroo, says the Philadelphia Telegraph, The colloquialism, "To feel like OD cents," Is, apparently, nonsen- sical, but U is at'saainly ilto most forceful expression of tire day for de- noting sntali, mean and ooutemptible io one's own sight. Ite origin is thee explained by a Philadelphia lawyer, who Sometimes prootieee in New York: "There is a vagrant law in Now 'York, under winch a person bootee no enable meaus of support may be placed in durance, et has ale° been decklecl In that Sento that a person naving so small a sum as 30 coati in his possession bas "visible means of eupport. ' Now, there is no law in New York, except the vagrant law, under widell imoleelling and gamblers of that sort my be held. Shortly af- ter 'the decision just mentioned* was formulated, two gamblers were cap- tured in a raid and teken to the ten- derloin station -house. They sent for lawyer, who came and had a talk with them. "It will never do to make any show of money here,' he E11.14 'Give me yonr rolls.' They handed their wade overt to him, and he gave malt of enema quarter and, a eickel, with instructions to produco tee eoine when he asked them to do so Int boure "When' theli" oases were celled, the lawyer got theta oft on the plea, that they were not vagrants, each having the legal amount of funds in his pos- emotion. Just as the decision was rendered in favor of his clients, a ineseenger entered the courtroom and required the lawyer's presence in the Supreme Conrt, Ile left without see- ing his clients, and they wended their way to the nearest saloon. "411ow do yon feel?' said one. "'1 feel Like .30 cent,' eald the other, 'and probably will until I get my roll back, or tvhat's left of it.' "And that is how the phrase was started on its travele." Apple Chili Sauce. Pare, core and cat into small pieces Sour pounds of sour apples, eigat to- matoce, three onions linely minced, and two red peppers. Put into a por- celain -lined kettle ,with one pound hrown Lugar and ewo quarts vinegar. Cook until thlok. Wurn into a pan and add to the mixture chopped rai- sins, one ounoe eaoh ground, mustard, ginger, salt and, one teaspoonful of pepper. Stir thorou,ghly, and when perfectly col& put into wide-mouthed bottles, seal and keep in a cool place. Tilliff recipe 'makes a delightful accom- paniment to meat, and is Just the thing for many kinds of salads!. The Blood Tee blood is life. 'We derive freint the blood life, power, beauty, and reason', as the dootors have been saying from tine Immemorial. A healthy 'body, n ?reel' appearance, and generally all the abi?ities we possess depend on that source of life. It is thieriettore the duty of every see- able man to keep the blood as pure lend normal as possible. Nature, in its infinite wisdom, has given us a thermometer Intlicating the state of the blood, which appeals to our rea- son, by giving notes,: of its impur- ity. Small eruptions, or the skin, to whiell we scarcely pay any attene ten, headache, ringing noises in the care, lassitude, sleeplessness, are generally a eIgn that the blood is noti In itse normal state, but Is filled with noxioas substances. These symptoms deeerve oar full attention. If more attiehelon were paid to those siesrugtoms, aincl steps taken to re - reeve them, than many illnesses from which we seater would become lei: - known, and the lennete body 'would become stronger and beteethier. At- teation therefore resoled be paid to those warning signs, land the blood can be petrified and poisonous sub- strancee removed from it by the ase of Dr. August Keemig's Hamburg Drops, discovered neore than 00 years agos kTo Wasn't Troubled. It was evident that the obedient little maid was troubled. "Diamexa insists that I must not en yen any more," she said, regret- fully. The reeioureeful young man only OrnIIed, "Well," he replied, carelessly, "If She is satisfied to have us meet in the clark, I ani." -Brooklyn Eagle. Tnz Oxit ortrt TISFACTION" embodies practically the entire contents of the myriad letters daily receimed from our patrons. -This universal and unqualified stollen°. eon to patrons is 9 ur proudest achieve- ment. It has bev.:sin fact, the corner - •stone and foundatIon of eUR MAIL, ()Reno BUSINMS-the secret of our growth -the builar of our success., -11 you are out of town, and not con- versant witia tit.) design, quality and price ef our Watches Brooches Rings Pendants Chains Lockets Silverware Toilet Articles, Etc. sawn Von. OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGU1. containing photographic production of our goods. -on sage 28 eou win find our special Ladies, xie Gold Watch, fitted .with ottr • special inovement. Price $2100. Mb Watch is full gum -lensed ey us. 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I prepay all express or postage (regis- tered), and thue deliver to you free all over Canada. Send money with order, one or more boxes, and you shall be a customer of mine. Some have ordered tho fiftieth time. Say whether mild, medium or atroug. R. K. FERRIS Toronto, Canada 07 King St. East Artificial Eyelids. The latest eurgical triuraph ie the. grafting of a now set of upper and lower eyelids to the oyes of a man who lost las original eat in a lira The accident had left both eyeballe entirely un,proteetea, and there was danger of the, victim boslug his sight icartirely. It wan resolved to replace them by grafting four new eyelids? if possible, by taking the skin from the hip of the patient. It was necessary to peoimed slowly, but the experi- ment was successful from the start. The four new eyelids perform their normal Iunotione naturally. _ MOTHERLY ADVICE To Mothers Who Have Cross or Sickly Babies Cross or crying babies are either Wok or hi pain, und make everyone in the house miserable. Healthy ba- bies are always happy babies, and all little ones an be kept both healthy and balmy by the cocasional use or Dany's Own Tablets. If your little one Is cross, give him a Tablet and see how enickly it will work a elia,nge for the better. Mrs. W. 11, Austin, Farmington, N.. S., says: "Baby's Own Tablets are just what every mother needs when her little oneo are cutting their teeth. When my little ono cries, I give him a Tob- lot; and it helps him: at once. Moth- ea's who use the Tablets will have no trouble with their babies." Ttese Tablets aro sold under a positive guarantee to contain neither opiate nor any poisonous drug, and they will promptly cure all the minor ail- ments or lLttie once. Sold by drug - glees or sent by mall post paid, at 25 cents a box, by writing direct to the Dr. Williams' Afeclicine Co., Brock- ville; Ont., or echenectady, N. Y. &Way Sckool. INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. XI DECEMBER 14, 1902. The Boy Samuel-15am. 8: l.1. Commentary.- Explanatery. Sam- uel svas prebably bent abotht B. C. al40. Very early in life Imams taken to Sitilolt, ,the religious malted of Israel, and pat under the charge oif N11, the high priest Sein,uel wo,s Ell's assistant until the death es the lat- ter, after iwhich liegecame allege and prophet in lame!. Ile was the last: of ;the judges and ,the first in the regu- lar succession 0t1 prophets. " Eies patine dates ,may have engrossed his attention and energies so teat lie aegIceted the proper training of his 0.W1.1 etaldren. Be that as it n nee it is true to -any that many a man is so absorbed in public agars as ;to neglect the government et his. own eamily." 1. The elald Stomel-Samuel is supposed to ,have been about -twelve years old set the Cole. Ills duly In the ,tabernacle ,was to penforur those easy services which his strength would allow, math as opening ;the doors, lighting the lamps, etc. Ha did not reside In the sanotuary, but in on.e of the tents around it, evilest), ;wore kegt Ior the um of the priests and Levi:tee. Eli; the high priest, kept Samuel as his epecial attendant, not became melt ,a,neoffice •wate assigued him, but because of the deep inter- est lhe felt in elan. He even AJanuel's instruetoy." Was precious - The meaning le that direct revelations from God had :become exceedingly rare. This twas 'because of the sin- fulness of the' priesthood and the people. 2. At that "time -At the tine ;when eihe ;word of God was rare and there nets great spiritual darkness. In hie plape-In his unmet place of regt. It hvao la tho night. 8. ,,Samuel wan laid down to sleep -Near to room, ready within calling distance'if the old man vhould want anything in the night. It would mein -that he lay somewhere near the holy place, and went to bed before the branch-lampu of the can- dlestick went out, (the main lamp never went out), probably toward midnight. 4. The Lord called Samuel -God called him by his name. Some think tho call came from the moet holy place. He answered, Hero nen I- , "Being unacquainted with the vire lone of the Almighty, he took that to be only Eire on,11, eehich w,ae .real- ly the eall of God." 5. Thou callediet me-Sainuel's in- duetry and readiness to wait on Eli, are good exampleS to children to . come when called. Ife hears and runs nt every call. • 7. Did not yet know the Lord -.- "Ile knew and worshipped the God or Perael, but lie did not understand tho way In which God revealed hint- eelf to els prophets. He had never even heard that God spoke in this Wily. 8. The third time -The call woe repeated again and again, for God maw that flanuiel's failure to Wer WW1 not from clisobedienee, but from lack of knowledge an to who gelled lihn. In fact, the quick ane- wer to Ellie supposed call Mimed that he W0,14 ready to obey God as 'soon tin he understood it. 0. Speak', etc.-Thle was the usual way in which tho prophet; upoko, when • they had hittnettione that the Lord wee about to make gene epeeial revelation.-Ciarke, 10. Canso and tithed -Prom voter vleim,rtinalsettvrrtnqi tnlisatimaPeriteti4tuelvobieelese,litanda, therefore, it le the most Totter:LI to underFrtand the words "came and stood" an meaning a vtelblC appear - atm. Samuel anivered-He was emnponee tale time, and did not rise, bet gaVe attention, unit Ailed for Got to speak. 11. Said to Sitninel-litrOugh WhOns Eli loved, God ettit a ter - Obit) 1110013140, SIM112111 to one wIzteh to had proviouely sent by ft< holy mail (I. Sam. il, 27-86), but whieh did not have $11r1101.0141; afoot to en- able Ell to compel his sons either to live a different life, or to leave the enrolee of God.-Peloubet. The earsi shall tingle -With horror and &emu. AO a loud, eharp, Ole- cordent noto thrills one's ears with pain, eo the bitter tidings, of Israel's woo in the Judgment alsout to fall oxi Ell's house would elsook all Is- rael. 12. In that day -It is probable that this message was seat to Eli some years before his death, and he and his sons had ahumlant time to change their course. will Par - form, eto.-I w11 bringall the judg- raente against/ the house of Eli that have ePoIlsen. les I have told him -God gave Eli notice on what the end would be of eueh indifference. .Will Judge his house ferever-"I will continue to execute judgments until It is des- troyed. God regards it as iniouity to allow; children to choose their own evil ways. Ell's sons were wicked. Their father knew the Lord, hut te neither taught his children, nor reetrainod them by parental authority." Restrained them not-Sehis does not signify that he showed no sign of displea- eure against their wickedness, for he did 'chide them, 'but too gently; bet he did not severely reprove them. and when that would not restrain them, turn them out of their office.--143enson, ' 144. Mall not he purgetl-That is, the punishment threatened against Ell and his family shall not be prevented by all their sacrifices, but &ball certainly be executed. - Benson. Thoughts. -"The lesson here for the young is most intortant. Sam- uel Wad industrious In serving God ID the little things which he was able to de. This prepared the way for God to reveal greater things ID hint. If the young will be humble and diligent they will find that the surest way to higher things. PRACTICAL SURVEY. Samuel, the subject of this les- son, was a very interesting char- acter. He had been given by the Lord in anewer to prayer -and had been given 'to minister before the Lord, and it Is while a mere lad that God speaks to him. The sensitive ear to the spiritual voice. "Speak, for thy servant hear - eel." So many ears are filled with other sounds and voices as to not hear the gentle, menet voice of the Lord. It moans much to live with One ear open to the heavenly and MRS. YOUNG'S CASE A Strange Case That Baffled Doctors None of Her Friends Believed She Could Recover and tier Case Has Excited Great Interest. From: the Conner, Trenton, Ont. The case of Mrs. Robert Young, of atariley etreet, Trenton, is one that has Caused a greet deal of talk among them who are acquainted evelli her. Anre. Young is now, in her uoventy-eiglith year, and is quite vig- orouo for a woman of that age. Three yearo ago she took a chill, which appeared to affect her whole eysteni. Her lower limbs and boily, swelled to sueli an extent that she could scarcely move them. Her stomach became so disordered that sho could not take solid food, and her heart fluttered so violently that sho could not De In bed, and for two years had to be bolstered up day and night. : The chine which were ap- parently the origlisal cause of the trouble became chronic, and affected bee two or three time; a week, a,nd after a. chill •her Mein would turn a dark brown color. Her friends del not believe she could recover, but noverthelees did all they could for her. Three doctors tried their skill, • but. to no purpose, and the strong- est consolation they could offer was "Well, you know we are ail growing old." Several advertised medicines were ,then given her, but with no lb:steer remits. In August, 1901, Dere Young had become so bad that ber daughter-inelaw hail to come (rein a dietance to nurse her. She brought i with her some Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and persuaded the old lady to begin their use. In the course of a few weeks there could be no 'doubt 1 that they were helping, her and the doctor advised continuing their use, ilad now, after using thori for some months, the swelling that had affect- ed her -limbs is gone; the chills no longer bother her; bete stomach 'Id . restored to its normal condition, and ;the heart fluttering tbat had made I it necessary to bolster her up in 'bed has also disappeared. It is no I wonder , that the 0080 has excited , much comment, and the editor of the ;Courier, who has personally inyesti- I gated it, canvouchfor the .facts re - !fated above. Such marvellous cures as this prove Dr. Williams' Pink Pills / to be the best medicine offered the publio to -day, and all those who are ailing should promptly give them a 'trial. All druggists sell these pills, , or they cam be obtained by mall at 50 Cellte ri. box or six hOKOS foe $2.50, by writing direct to the Dr. On71.1 la.ms 7....edicie Co., Broc vl le, t. . cliz;i7e;h1r1 of title world, and our Minds so disentangled from the exciting, soul -alluring and spirlte • distracting concerns of earth, sec- ular and sensual, as to ever have one mire oYpen tol tho heavenly and divine. So closed are the ears of the general wags of people to the 'voice of Gad, and so engrossed are they with interests that simply re- ' late to time and sense as to no- ; cessitate the blessed Lord to use severe measures in order to enlist their attenth.M. The condmeens'on of God -"Ho cameo to speak tto and commune with fallen man. Tills fact is so full of wonderful meaning as tO astound and almost bewilder the apprecla,- tire listener. Thank God, He comes to -clay. "The grace of Goa Wideil briegeth salvation bath appeared to all men." Ito comae, the Shepherd, tfeektne the loot and wandering °I1aIc riti)‘ Tforbearance-"He otood." Mew patiently Tle waits, even when He is not recognized or receives no re- sponse. Ills glorious thission is to instruct as eounselor, to assist as benefactor. It is love that actuates Illin in Ins wonderful misstate Ho deelres naught but the welfare and eternal happiness of Hie subjecte. His faithfulnese-"He called as at other times." Thougli not recognized at MIA 110 0111 repeats the eel'. There is naught to be gained in de - forting submisaion to the divine man- date to mule future period, with the expretat'on of having the way made moiler, tee erose eivertenea or re - 41111T -11, Or 11111(1f, lees abhorrent. tie "the Old man." rt in the sure imam- ment of death, and will -erectly to the World and eh). ItemeMber Allah .45110 111 bie rebellious course woe overtalcee by the fierce storm, mad W0.8 thrown overboard and swallow- ed by the Notate. There in the fish's belly, With opportunity lri the mercy of Ood (for lie might have been I0. hell), for calm and emend dellberas Mai couclailes, "I will pay that that I have vowed-ealvation is Of the Lord." When iiits will thug/ swung isack into toueli with the divine will he wag. at once released %rem hie pecu- liar prison holm°, but the Lord call- ed as at other times. "And the word of the Lord came uuto joitah the Elwood time, saying, "Arise, go unto Ninevat." The same old arose was on hand for prompt and full reeog- ration. Jonah responded, and gime- osts were the results. MEN WHO PERSISTED 4 IN THEIR WOOIND. Lf...itp......"... :When men of dietinetion (semen() the role of lovers it is not always owooth sailing for theni. Some have met with! frequent rebuffs, but they persisted in their love -waking and ul- timately won. lAn amusing and characteristic story is told of Lord Beaconsfield in the days when he was wooing Mrs. Lewis-, to whom in later years of Married life he was ea touchingly devotee,. iOne day Mrs. Lewis, who •was than living In retlrere•ent at her iceat in Glamorgarshire, saw es gentleman walking, Namely up tee drive, "Jane," else exclaimed to an old servant, "I really *believe that horrid man Die - 1 reel' is coming up the drive. Do, pleeese, rum to the door and *say Inn not at home." Jane opened the door to the •un- desired caller and gravely amienneed her message. "I know," Merton coolly answered. "bet take my bag I to a bedroom and prepare luncheon. I will wait until Mrs. Lewis is ready Ito come down emirs," which, of cot rse. itirs. Lewis; felt compelled to Ido a few minutes later. 'OM dear, what can I do with even an obstinate, thick-skinned man ?" the widow asked desperately later in the day when Disraeli elbowed no. sign of raising the siege. "Marry elm:. I suppose, ma'am," was Jane's : philosophic answer; and, as the Werra knows, the persistent wooer lvaal hie way in the end in this as in most other things in life. . "Ave. man can marry any woman," Voltaire once cynically declared, "If ID only pursues her long enough." This, at any rate, was the expert- ecne of Jacob Hallialay, m well- known character in the north of England, a emele of generations ago, Never did a lover ivin a wife un- der such discouraging conditions as Jacob, for after Ids first proposal lie was eauselly horse -whipped by the young lady's father and clueked in a convenient pond. "I'll ask her again next year," Ja- cob splattered as he emerged from bin bath, the fire of ills passion not a whit quenched by his cold &tech. "Regularly meg a year, on the an- niversary of his first proposal and Immersion," Nicholson says In his biography of lir. Halliday, "Jacob attired himself In his flneet gement and presented his petition, always with the same negative result. When Ro presentee himself, now a middle, - aged man, for the twenty-fourth time the lady greeted his appearance wit'n1 a peal of laughter, 'It's no good, Jacob, I see,' she exclaimed, 'I trey as well give in now as later; bust what a faint-boarted creature the Importunate widow Was com- pered with you 1" Sheridan tooe an equally bold course when he sought to win the f•eirest of the beautiful daughters of lelltleY, comPosee Of Bate, who was strongly opposed to the snit of the brilltan•t young poet and drantatiste Ills lady love, too, was beset by an maroremy eligalealteptartirtaileasaYthaafn them plan! elless law student. The circumstances called for bold and decis:live &Mean. After threa- tening to destroy Mosel! If the lady refused las advances, and fighting a couple of duels, %vita one of his most ! forMideble ileitis. Sheridan took the bold step of running away with Miss l'Aeley and conduothig her to a confinement until, succumbing to her lover's daring and persistence, she consented to marry him. An English judge, not lomg deceas- ed, used to tell a diverting story ot Ills wooing. In those days he was a struggling and obscure barrister, withoat even tlie pimspect of an in- come, and the lady upon whom he had sot hie affections was then daughter ot a purse -proud trades - 025,11 with a leglosountilng name, who was strongly opposed to giv- ing Ns daughter to a "pennilese lawyer." The father said when he was asked for his daughter's hand -"do you know, car, teat my (laugh- !, bteArtesb ?a,,ecesters have o,11 been noble- men, and that 0410 of them was a favorite mtnister of Queen Eliza - "Om, yes, I know all that," tho young barrister placidly answered; "a.n.cl do you know that Queen Eliza- beth once slapped your ancestor's face, and unless you are more civil "v will de the same for you?" It is scarcely suepriteing that so bold and daring a lover had his way in the endh even in the face oe each a barrier of ghostly noble ancestors. The late Prime Bismarck, it is said, won iels wife by a similar coup de main. Although he had not known • • tee lady of his love more than a 1 few, clays, and Ivor parents were not even awake es pits existence, he pre-. Belted himself one day before them and boldly asked permieslon to mar- ry their daughter. In vain the fa- , they fumed and blustered and three, - 1 tensed to hoe the young mon for- cibly ejeeted from the house for bin impertinence, ; "I an sorry to annoy you sir," the young soldier said, "bat I must respectfully decline to leave the house until X lia.ve your committal Nor did ha although the coesent was given let these ungracious words: I "Well, I suppose you must ease your ' way, but 1 cannot ecimpliment my daughter* on her choice at a mule for a husband." $.0461000AMOVV~A$AAAANVSAAANkANYVVYNAMAANYWV V401;;i AORICULTURAL SHOWS IN BRITAIN. #v1+/VIAA,"AisA/Wi. AstiAllsWWWWWWWWVIWII.OSAWOOVW1I4 A, private letter from .Mr. W. A. lifoKiiinen. Chief of the Fruit Divi- sion, Dominion Department. of Ag- rinelture, who le now in flreit mums, esesteaus Nolga intereeting notes ou the development of agri- cultural shows in that country. Some of his •orltieleme given here- with aro well worthy of notice by those interested in agricultural education In Canada. One striking feature of the re- cent Royal Show at •Varlisle, Ong., was that all bat two or three of the buildings were simply frames coVerod with canvas ; in other words, the show, took place under a series of long touts. The advan- tage of this system le that the framework can be taken down, anil the tents shipped from Point to point, and used nuuly times in the season. This arrangement alio makes it possible to use grounds for an exhibition, whip!' are re- quired durixig the rest of the year for another purpom. The tents are arranged In a com- pact and eystenettio order, in such a way that visitors can go in .Y110 dil'Oet1011 and return in another, seeing always new exiebite. The classes are arranged in blocks, Dot In long lines. There are Four ChISSed or agricultural glows in (treat Brit. nth -(1) The largo eliews devoted to breeding types, and implements; those are open to the kingdom. (2.) Local shows : For tit s benefit of ten- ant farmers; and breeders in the neighborhood; there may be certain opea conmetitIone In those, and the achlition of voctions for horticul- ture, apiculture, sports, etc., 0P- lional. (8.) leat Moak Elbows for the encouragement of the production of legleclaliS butcher's meat. The chief ones are :held at Bbereingliam, Leede and Norwich; the finals so: to epea,k where the winners in the three former compete take place at the great Smithfield ehow. (4.) Specific ehows these are helcl for the bene- fit of ono or more particular branch-. es of agriculture, such as dairying, fruits, poultry, horses, etc. A. good type of tido cla,ss of show is that held at the Agricultural Hall, Lon- don, during three consecutive weeks for special breeds of horses nes fol- lows: First week, Shires; second week, Hackneys; third week, Thor- oughbred bunters and polo ponies. Ono of the best of these specific :shows is that held at Ashbourneh Derbyshire, a great Shire horse centre (owing to local conditione Line grass, climate, etc.), here they have three main divielens of the dhow. Ono for general classes, (2) reale bred by tenant farmers, (8) foals from stallions belonging to local be eocl era Another notable show le that called the Cart Horse Parade, held in Lon- don, where prizes are given for the beet single, pair, unicorn and four - horse teems; these must be workin:g homes attached to vehicle without load. No now harness; or vehicles are allowed; the tura-out must nave been arced up to the day of the show - Whit Monday. The prizes are given for the beat working condition, the object being to encourage carters to take good care of Cele animals and a pride in their appearance. This is one of the most commendable of the epe- clue shower, There are , • Many Local Poultry Shows and village shows of varying •import- tkno0 ; some of thew prisee are given to the school children for the best echleetions of named gra,aies, weeds, eto. Title ablo is found to Du a very satisfuctory aid to education. Privatt land owners also tiometimes hold fillOWS for the encouragement of agefoulture amoug their tenant far- mers, antler loixel fttmmers. Chief among tiles° Is the llow held by the Duke of .1.) 1.111, lid, known ae the "Wei - beck Teneatt Farmers' Show." Tile Secretary of tbe Royal Agri- cultural Society states that the Year 171)0 saw the beisinning of agricul- tural shows in tireat Britain. Partiousar onquiriee about the stan- dards aclopteO in judging stook at these shows failed, to elbalt a definite etatement on this point. In fact, the offloials themselves were not any too clear as to what is or ought to be the standard,. Tilley appear to have fallen into the easy error of looking on the prize itself as being the end and goal of tho exhibitors' ambition. On pressing the matter somewhat closely, certain offici Is admitted that too little at. tantion was pad to either the edu- cational value of the show or tlie cash result to the farmers at large. In the catalogues and prize lists judge.; are warned not to be Jane - °twee by the market value of stock In making their awards, and a high official stated that in his opinion too little attention was peed tC. the econenge value of the exhibits, and that farmers are sometimes misled by the &weeds: go as to produce an article which Is not remunerative. With regard to the Smithfield show they have begun to make improve- ments) in the direction of market demands; that Is to be expected, me the object of th2 show is to encour- age the Production of Butcher's Meat. Formerly prizes were given for arta male four years old, but lately this lias been out elown to three and under, and no primes are given for cows. The result is that they get fewer of the "tallow" animals which ased to be seen there; yet they still give awards la some eases to animals which would not be sought for by & butcher. The Smithfield judges are breeders, and the Lessons learned by farmers from the judgment have to be picked up without the benefit of any ex- planation of reasons front, the judges. Partnere are supposed to learn from the shosv that oertain types of ani- mals can be made to put on flesh at a, certain rate, weight for age. There Is also a sla,u:gifter elan whielt the judges view and rank alive aucl afterwards when killed. The secretary says that theaver- age result is that Up° same a,nimals aro ranked first Path! alive and dead, but there are exceptions and ecrine dissatisfaction In cone-mm=0e. In this team one judge is usually a farmor and the other a butcher; these have shnilax• Ideas for the blook tea. Heifers must be killed if they take a prize, this beings a meat show, and not a general or agrionleural show. Ndueatianal meetings are all but unknown. At Cognises there were demonstrations of'dalrying process- es, but no word of explanation seem- • ed' to be given. Guelph leads them all for native, energetic, intelligent education, for in )3eitein the farm- er seems to be considered highly honored in being allowea to.exhibit and they let him pick up •some crumbs of information if he can." -F. W. Hod- son, Live Stock Commiseloner, A PEEP AT SOME PAM'S STYLES. Velveteen, says a Paris correspond - oat, has ;taken its usual important glace In the early ,winter fashions. There le ;really no material which amkes a more atylish and generally usaful visiting or afternoon gene for the:winter. At a fashionable wed- ding, for inustanee, four out of every far of the sweetest evomen will ise men svenging velvet dresses with their furs. Green appears to be the anted faehionable .color in velveteen Mae seasen, 10 quite a bright Avatar - cress of eincrael tone, and Japanese earenoiclery le the meet etylisli trim- ming usied as revers, vest and cuffs and combined nett a great deal of • thee. Salle of the newest velveteen dresses aro tepee math e.cetin up the scams, the seine trimming ,being ag- putted get the edger; of the wide cuffs and of the elpautette capes which Ogee the ;bodice. Velvet is desirable also As a trimming for tweeds. IV,hare a ba•squo is much Wafted, Tbe Correct kiffect may be gained by having ithe top of Itho skirt trimmed :with a yoke piece of velvet, She same material of course 'being then considerably pre- sent ppon tbe bodice itself. The mix- ture of green and 'blue so popular -in fact, too much co at present -eras favorably sem upon one model :gewn. The anaterkti WrIld a heather mixture, in ;which brown and green and old gold fine :threads ,were cleverly In- ecesvoven ; the top or the elcirt had a yoke pine of greeit velvet, and of Vail a cape collar an,d the revers aelech turned back the bell isleeves were also composed, while the lower part of the skirt ayes piped up the mune with pale •blue sett silk, and beneath the hanging sleeve ending like a hell pale blue mit like forDied full pats for andersleoves; a narrow Bodice Vest of the Blue Was leo centre of the hodke. With every gown, day or evening, a string of pearls sitting closely to the throat is beeembig and usually Worn. Vor estate occasions, of e01.1C110, thld sample partite) will be exchanged by my ladyfor a deep collet' of pearls ana a full display of diamonds. Pearls aro so very be- coming to a sviiite thront, however, that their effect is Hot to be part- ed with at ane lime of the day. While a ba,sque of some kind is al- most indispensable for an appear- ance of newness in a dress, it may be quite small, only perhaps coming five or six inches belowthe hips in front, with a longer postilion -tail behind ter quite eliort all round. It is treo that some of the newest and smartest models have basqiues so long thet they give an effect of a double skirt, But these are The Newest Models from Paris, so the long basques will not be thoroughly in fashion here un- til this thno next year, when, if all pest precedents be followed, noth- ing elm will be in vogue. Perhaps, therefore, it le best not to be "too previous." If you step ahead too fast you get tired of the mode before your contemporaries have caught up with it, and in dress, 0.5 In every- thing else, belonging to the , aver- age is the path of the greatest safety and comfort. Therefore, my dear, in order yea may look up to. date. I counsel you to have more or less of a, phort basque, but in order that you may not hold the doubtfully pleasing position of a pioneer I do not advise you to have ono of those basques that come so low as to give the effeet of a double skirt. The ingenious Chinese. Peter Sands, Of Castle Valley, eel* pleted recently a tour of ,the world. Of the people he eoniversed with the Chinese meet impiressed him. This Is what ho says on this topic: "They tell you the French are economical and ingenious. They point out to you how the Frenent train rats to dean the flesh twat; bones that are used In menufactur- ing, end they declare tills people, when they kill ra,ts, use their gene for gloves, their furs for caps, their bones Sor tootlipicks and their tendons for gelatine. All that may ID true. "But in certain parts of China they have trained gulls that fislifor teem, and a good gull well fetch Ito master from 8C) to 100 pounds of flge a day. They have trained cats Mutt kill little birds for t,lvene-e0 or 40 birds, maybe, to an animal. And they have trained dogs that, day in and day out, work like trojans keeping the crows out of the rice fielder, -chit dish Polly. Nodd-What, married eight years and got seven chlidrenZ. That's doing pretty well, old man. Todd-Tes; a, great deal better than wo expected. MANY CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL With Coughs and Colds, and Parents Everywhere are Proving the Wonderful Curative Powers of Dr. ChaSe's Syrup of Lingeed and Turpentine. Whorl grown .geople Tieglect their Aliments and allore Ithein deVelop Into serious disettem, they have no one to blame but thomselres. • With children it Is alfferont, be- cause they to mot realize the se- riousness of a stegleeted cold nor the means of obtaining cure, and many ; thild, as he grows older and finds hilaselt a victim of pneumonia, eon- steniption, bronchitis, asthma or throat trouble, cannot but see that hie paean:Is were responsible for neg. looting treatment when Isis Milstein began in the Virtu of a cold. the schools hate many a Meant float oa account of coughs and Colds, and hearty children who aro there 8110010 be at home. Whitt treatment aro these children gmt- ting / Do their ptrents reallZe the veriousnes of neglecting to cure it cell': Have they proved, the merit of Dr. Vtia:c's ,F.vrep of Linseed and Turpentine af.4 a cure for conghs and , colds, brottelapw lle, (wim, hooping eough, and all kindred tile? ;Very alloy luvvo, for thoro ID no preperetion for throat and Inligdia. easee that has anything like the sale at Dr. Mole's (lyrup of Linseed and Turpertine. no careful when you buy to see that the portrait and signature of Dr. Chase is ere the wrapper. If yest send the children •to the store, warn them 'not to aeeept any hnitation:or enhstitution. Children like to take Dr. (lingo's feertretr Tenseed and Turpotaine, and there In no remedy 00 prolupt And offee:tivs. il, emits a bottle ; ramie' "lee diree thnes 118 meth, OD wale; at all dealere, or Dimativiou, Batt,s & Co., Toronto.