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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-03-22, Page 6NO oii I1ML to buy that trial packet of t LON TEA. The quality is such that you will never regret it Lead pctckete only, 40c, See, and 60c per lb. At all grocers. i31,I1,C1�. m1Xlite OR GREEN, W • "1)0 see him, Mona; your feelings may be touched when you find yourself i.'e to face with a man who sincerely levee you. Arid this luau has proved his sin- cerity,,, "Or his determination to gratify hie whim, cost what it may," added Mona. "Yuu have no right to impugn Ilk mo. tives. Great as my desire is to see yuu lifted safe above the bitter flood of pov- erty, 1 would not urge you to a repul,ivt; marriage." "Forgive me, grannie. I ata ungra- eious, selfish. If 1 marry Mr. Waring, 1 will do it cheerfully." She rose and brought the writing ma- terials. "I wilt see him, but I do.not promise to aeeept him, unless--" "Let him plead his own rause," inter- rupted Mrs. Newburgh, stretching out her hand for pen and paper. 'lie will induce you to take a different view, I am sure." With difficulty she traced a few lines, excusing their brevity on the score of illness, and asking him to call ou the following day. when Miss Joseelyn would ?twelve him. "You must address it, dear. He does not know your hand." "It is of no consequence," said Mona. Removing the writing materials, and taking out an envelope, she sat down to direct it. "It is not natural, Mona, to be so cold and indifferent. Yet 1 have not detected tiny liking on your part for any other man, except, indeed—" "No, no," interrupted Mona, quickly. assured, dear grannie:' "Then, Mona, you will love young Waring when he is your husband," "Oh! yes, I dare say I shall. Now, grannie, I am going to read you the pa- per, try and listen—it may rest your brain a little," "I will, Mona, I will; because you have given me a little hope." The rest of the dull, drear November day Mona moved slowly perhaps, but firmly, as if keenly alive to the work she had to 'do. But side by side with her clear perception of duty and responsi- bility, was another sense of coming pain and sacrifice. Were she alone, with only • sell to provide for, she could launeh her- ' self upon the ocean of life --fearlessly, if hopelesslyy. But she must not desert her • grandmother! and if she could provide for her by "accepting service"—so she termed it in her own mind—with Mr. Waring. If only—it was not to be mar- riage. Late in the afternoon a card was brought her. "Captain St. John Lisle, —th Hussars," She thought an instant, penciled a line on it, "So sorry! I can- not leave Mrs. Newburgh," and sent it back to him. This incident was in Waring's favor. "I should like to tell hint that I am engaged to his protege, when we next meet," she thought. "Yet how base it is to be thus influenced by pique against one man, in my acceptance or another— another who .perhaps really loves me, for I suppose I shall accept him. As George Eliot says, 'One may rave upon the heights, but you know that your per- sistent self awaits you on the plain,' the terrible dead level of necessity to which I am fast sinking. But, right or wrong, I will pose to Captain Lisle as a hard- headed orldling. He shall not pity Ire, or suspect my contemptible weakness. Ilk shall not fancy he was in such danger of being dragged down by my misfor- tunes that it was necessary to pass Inc to some ono else, Could I have betrayed any feeltngs so completely, that he should think it necessary to take decided mea- sures for self-defence? Yet how utterly I believed in him! Was I self -deceived, or—but I will not think any more of my- self, and my folly, my contemptible folly! I ought to forget self altogether, It is the best way to be happy. Ahl shall I ever be happy again?" Captain Lisle waa not the only visitor to Green street that day. Late in the afternoon Sir Robert Everard was an- nounced. "I cannot see him," murmured Mrs. Newburgh. "You must go, Mona—ex- plain how incapable I feel." Sir Robert was a thorough country gentleman. He seemed to bring an at- mosphere of the woods and fields with him Into the chili, diili dining -room, which had a deserted air. A middle-aged, middle-eized man, plump and rosy, with pepper and salt colored] mutton-ehop whiskers, looking always as if he had come fresh from abath, His shirt fronts were the snowiest, his clothes the glossiest, his voice had a mellow ring in it, which atoned for the loud, au- thoritative key in which he usually spoke. "VVell!" he exclaimed, taking Mona's hand in one of bis, and patting it with the other, "how is the poor grannie? 1 protest I neiier was more eut up than when I found how desperately she has been swindled! She would stick to the ship, in spite of all that Oakley or I could say. The few solvent shareholders backed out some years ago, and the test are mostly men of straw, so they'll not leave Mrs. Newburgh a rap." "Poor dear grannie is very, very mis- erable, Sir Robert. It is so curious that so clever a woman should have believed in what many of her friend* and ad- visers doubted." "She was always obstinate, my dear, devilish obstinate! However, 1 have a bit of good news. A friend of mina wants to buy the house. lie will give a decent tum, too; and 1 want your grand- mother to convey the money to ene for you, or some legal jugglery of that kind. Go, ask her if she well be able to see ms and Oakley to -morrow, that we may settle about it. It will be n something 'batten you anFl want." "I will go and telt her,se laid Mons, hretening away. "Will it be enough to save sae from the necessity of marrying any one?" she thought. iiir Robert Everard emit his hands in his pockets, and paced the room, whist - lime softly. Poor old soul! ! won, t last long, I dare tlrrlhl'. The cid 'Will marry; no doubt of that; At1, aettoed handsome --:t well- bted` one too. Would run smooth and In double harness. yellows are s*& more cautious that they were ltttt di 1 but tItoro its* y rlrf lrielt ter ones who ruight, indulge themselves in a handsome, penniless: wife." "My grandmother will be glad to see you to -morrow at twelve," said Mona, coaling back. "All right; just sit down while I write a Hue to Oakley, asking hint to meet use here. We will have a consultation, then we'll see what is best to be done; we must secure whatever money Mrs. New- burgh gets for the house from the claws of the liquidators. Lady Mary wants her—both of you—to come down to the Chase, 1 am in to shoot in Ross -shire; Evelyn comes with ate. The other two are going for a month with their aunt to Biarritz; so you will be quite quiet. A change will do your grandmother a lot of good, and set her up again, hey?" "Thank you so much; it would, indeed. I am afraid it will be some time before she can be moved," returned Mona, who shrunk from the idea of visiting the Chase again. "You wilt be all the better for beiug turned out to grass yourself, nay dear," he resumed, kindly. "It's hard lines for a young thing like you to be plunged into such trouble. Why, you are not as old as Evelyn. I suppose grandmamma is not in the sweetest of temper—a little hard in the mouth just now, elt?" "Oh, no, Sir Robert; she is an angel. She seems to have lost faith in herself; sbe has not the force to insist on any- thing; it breaks my heart to see her so pitifully gentle." "She must be badly hit. I am awfully sorry for her—for both of you. Just write that, my dear, will you? I'll post it as I go along. And I must leave you now. I ani going to dine with Rivers. You remember Rivers who was at the Chase when you were with us? Rich old dog—wouldn't spend a penny on any- thing but his dinners—they are first- rate. He a crotchety old sinner; seldom goes to anyone's house. Lady Mary was rather proud of his staying nearly a week with us; but he did not get such dinners in my house as he has in his own." Sir Robert Everard talked on in his kindly, easy way, while Mona wrote the note. Mr. Oakley obeyed the summons. Mrs. Newburgh, revived by her new hopes, was up and dressed when Sir Robert and the solicitor arrived. She bad, with the help of Webner's arm, descended to the drawing room; but she looked like a ghost of her former self, Then ensued a long, melancholy discus- sion, at which Mrs. Newburgh insisted her granddaughter should be present, and from which the latter gathered that it was of no use endeavoring to save any- thing out of the wreck—that whatever the unfortunate shareholders possessed must pass into the clutches of the com- pany's creditors; a call had already been made, and would be followed by others, until all was swallowed up. It was therefore deemed more prudent for Mrs. Newburgh to reside in the house she had bought, than to move to another for which she would have to pay rent. Her income had of course been narrowed to a miserable eighty or ninety pounds a year, and even on that she could not long count. "You see, Mona, the condition to which we are reduced," said Mrs. Newburgh, when their friendly counsellors, with grave faces and kindly expressed sympa- thy, had withdrawn. I purposely asked you to be present at this eonference, that yon might understand the *tie state of the case. I leave you to draw your own conclusions. No, dear, do not reopen the discussion. I trust to your own common sense and right feeling. 1 am quite exhausetd. Ring for Wehner to help me to my room. I can see no one else to-day—no one—remember, Mona." Thus cut off from remonstranee, Mona felt she was left to her fate, and Mr. Waring; grannie was resolved to leave the decision—the responsibility—to her. Mrs. Newburgh had not long returned to her own room, and had just taken some refreshment, when Mr. Waring's card was brought. A strong feeling of humiliation and disgust arose in Mona's heart, the eahn indit?ferenee of which she boasted the previous day failed her at the moment of trial. "Do not keep the poor young man waiting," said Mrs. Newburgh. "It is frightful, having to go deliber- ately to listen to an offer of marraige," Cried Mona, starting up and walking to the window instead of the door. "I thought you would not mind." "1 thought so, too; but I will go, dear grannie." She came back quickly, kissed the old woman's cheek, and disappeared. Mona went rapidly downstairs, and straight into the dining -room, without allowing herself to pause for a moment— half frightened, half angry, at her own faintness of spirit, Mr. Waring stood on the hearth -tug, He was not so tall as Lisle; his broad shoulders and rather short neck further diminished his height. He was built more for strength than grace, and, though not fat, was, it must be admit- ted, fleshy. Itis ]hair was dark, almost Mack, abundant and wavy, and his broad, good-humored fate was redeemed from absolute plainness by a pair of fine, soft, dark -brown eyes. lie was in gen• oral ruddy and fresh -looking, but the ex- citement, indeed, it may be said, the ter- ror of the moment, had blanched his - cheeks, till he met Mona's eyes, when he blushed furiously. She hesitated after she had crossed the threshold, and closed the door, standing tall, infinitely sad, in the simpleet morn -1 ing-dress of black silk and cashmere she , possessed, a lace scarf pinned round her - throat with an old-fashioned broach, ler brighthair turned loosely baek sur- mounting her fair, pale face like an aureole, "I ant to Hauch, so very rnueh obliged to you for teeing me!" exclaimed War- ing, starting forward to take her hand, which be shook nervously and dropped immediately. Mona murmured f 0nle- ihing, he did not hear whet, and tat down beside ,the fire. sharing resumed his position on the ~cart~-rn'r. An awful pause ensued, el,,n,t ga.r,l et the glowing coals, and thought t.i I.i Ie'' rxpressivc voice anti. pr) Pert, r:t,y self p • seen jinn, \!'acing .•trdgcletl hie brain for smile suitable 'amuse to teem the dreaded yet longed - fur ewlvers,Uion. The result was reit- ; lees rla;tn;tt' of attitude, and the words, ! "Awful natty heather." His voice was I strong ttnd harsh, "1 Lulu yon took no 1 rein on your journey to town." It was all unitn'k,' allusion. -Nut n cold; 1 hall a slight chill," re- ' turned Mona, who had some sense of luttike ulor, raised her eyes as she spoke: and meeting his, eould not restrain it kindly smile, feeling lin little sympathy with his uneasiness and evident sense of dif- ficulty. "Yuu are amused, I dare say," he cried, his power of speech unlocked by the magic of her smiling eyes; "you must be antneed, to bear me blundering like err idiot about the weather, when my heart and mind are filled with hope and fear. Tell me, Hiss Joseelyn, did Mrs, New- burgh show yuu my letter?" "She dill." "And will you will you let me tell you how awfully I was taken watt you the first time I ever saw you at tlutt Richmond dinner Lady Mary Everard gave last year—before you were present- ed, you know?" "Were you there?" asked Mona, dreamily. At that, dinner she hall first met Lisle. He had not spoken to her, but she had even then felt a degree of attraction to him which surprised her, and he had remarked her--or—said so. "Oh, I don't suppose you saw me. I never can push. Young Everard and some other fellows were round you all , the time; but I have thought of you: eversince. Do you know, last season's balls were the first I ever went. to. Il thought they were all rot. 1 like the! racing set better, 1 used to go only for the chance of meeting you—and you would scarcely ever dance with me. To be sure, I am a stupid beggar about dancing," A pause. "I think I always gave some dances," said Mona, rather at a loss what to re- pt ee Oh, you were always civil!" exclaimed Waring, taking a little eup from the mantel -piece and turning it round and round as if examining the pattern. "Not like some girls, who are either killing sweet, or snub you •right and left. You - are gentle and grave. I used to think I should never have the pluck to ask you to marry me, but—a—you see, when Mrs. Newburgh came to grief, I. was ashamed of not offering at least to be of use to you." "And are you content that I should accept you as a refuge from the ills of poverty?" asked Mona, looking gravely, salmly at hila. "I am," said Waring, after a minute's pause, putting down the eup, and speak- ing more collectedly. "It's not pleasant, of course, but I have faith in you. If yon promise to be my wife, yon will try to like nje, and I'll try to please you -with alt my soul and with all my strength, as somebody says in the Bible, I think," added Waring, to enforce his professions—his religions studies were slight and somewhat mixed. "And it will go bard if I don't get you to love me, unless—unless," his large brown eyes grew imploring—"you care for some oth- er fellow! For God's sake, don't say you love any other fellow! I never fancied you did," "I do not indeed." Her tone carried conviction to her hearer. "Then—then, Miss Joseelyn, could you make up your mind to marry me? I think you might grow to like inc by and by, and I need not say I would be de- lighted to carry out any plan, and," with emphasis, "that yon think would be best for Mrs. Newburglt's comfort." "It is a tremendous question to an- swer," said Mona, hesitating, yet feeling she must accept him, There was no other way left, and she was touched by his unaffected humility. "Yesterday or the day before I looked on you as a stranger; to -day I air to decide if I am to pass my whole life with you or not. I must say what sounds unkind, that I do not love you that if this great mis- fortune had not befallen Mrs. Newburgh, I should probably have refused you—so I do not deserve your love!" "But I cannot help giving it to you! And if you do make up your mind to take me, you might just let me forget that you were driven to it' "Yes; I am very ungracious. There is another circumstance I ought to men- tion; you may not like to know that my name is not Joseelyn. My grand- mother always called me by my second baptismal name; I am really Mona Craig. My father was of very humble origin, I believe; and Mrs. Newburgh never for- gave my mother for marrying him; but I dearly loved him as a little child, though I have forgotten what he was like." "I don't care what your name is as long as you will take (nine. I am no great thing as regimes family myself. I have heard something of Mrs. leew• burggh's whim before." "Is it possible?" "I don't fancy that anything is a se- cret," said Waring. "Perhaps it is not fair to press you for an answer to -day. But you see time flies, and I long to be able to tell Sir Robert Everard that I have it right to discuss with him what is best to be done. Don't you fancy that I would hold back because you refused me. Whether you saeyes or nee I would ask nothing better tan to be of use to you; but not being a relation, it would be awkward for----" "It would be impossible," interrupted Mona, in a low tone; then pressing her clasped hands together tightly, she said with some solemnity—"Since you believe I eould make you happy---" "You will be my wife?" interrupted Waring eagerly in his turn. "I will, Mr. Waring, and try to,be a good one." She grew very pixie as she spoke. "You are it great deal too good for me; and as you do not care for any other fel- low, perhaps you may end by caring for me" Thele was an awkward pause, then Waring Walked over to the writing table and took up a aper -knife with which he played nervously, "there are one or two things I should like to tell you, if you do not mind?" 'What can he be go'ing to confess?" thought Mona. She, however, only bent her head in silence. "I have not been as steady as I ought to be," resumed Waring, looking down and growing red. "You see, my brother and myself were brought up by an old bachelor guardian. We had no women in the house, and that made us rather rough. Then 1 have Yost a odd bit at ear et and rads. I'm a littI6 too fond Iof play, but --now that you are so very good as to promise Inc your hand, I have an object to live for, and I will ' never toueh Yt Bard twin, and !never lay anything beyond a pony 1 en a racy, and, and I'll try to be --not unworthy of you. I will indeed! Now, have I your pernib sion to go and tell i Sir Robert Everard? He is a good fel- low, and well settle something About Newburgh. She ought to get out of town away froin annovanced." i "Thank you," returned Mona, toue'hed by his eagerness to verve her. "I am grateful to „you, Mr. Wining." (To bt continued.) • M!Ppet,r i,i Wonderful Intelligence Displayed is Eluding Ills Enemies. 'The wolves now found in Jaole=. county are in size between the coyote of the western plainsand tire big waives found In the Ozark region. In general appearance they bear rf resemblanee to the Scotch colic dog. They live in un- fregnented places, generally its the tim- ber or along the streams, and a favorite abode is in eaves or overhanging ledges of stone. Seratehing out a shallow bole in the ground, they liue it with small sticks and dry leaves. Ilere the mother wolf takes care of her young white the father is scouring the country for moles around in search of food, Ile is rarely seen by day, and then only for an instant, for tie seems to )melt away Iike a mist into the weeds or brush, his teevny bide making it easy for hila to disappear from sight. It is said that he hos an especial Inking for mutton, especi;tily youtlg iambs, which fall an easy prey to hen, and that he is most frequently Mound :where sheep are numerous. But the will not turn his nose up at touter little uigs, and when Ire cannot find other things shove to his liking he will not scruple to became a common chicken thief. 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Whatever it is the powers interested in maintaining China's territorial integrity tare directly affected, 1 Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ebould al- ways be used for children 'teething. It soothes the child, Soothes the gurus, cures wind collo and is the best remedy for Diar- rhoea, "None is" or "None Are." All the friends of liberty of speech, says Harper's Weekly, owe gratitude to Professor Lounebury, of Yale, for his de- fense of the use of "'none" as the subject of a plural verb, What idiot precision- ist it wa athat started the movement to schoolmaster that use of "none" out of existence we do not know, but his effort has had a deplorable degree of success. An awful example ought to be made of Some of the grammarians who try to make language conform to rules instead of making rules conform to language. It will take yenta to untwist the tongues of worthy people who have compelled themselves to learn to say. "none Is" When their ecngenital impulse Wile to say "none are." Alt PlainSailing-on Paper. (Detroit Free Press,) Note Iv'O are going to invtmdte Mina. A hos• tile alrnty et fully 5,00 Men is to be tent Mom the Philiptituot end 20,015 mora aro to be sons Srom 'the Factitia c,crt t, all on con• amiM beat. 'Wtlti!ie •x+o don't know what tills Mighty hag Is to de particutarlyly, we pro- f:Mee ttbM. its ,niseeleaa is 4o overcotne and .subdue 400,000 Chinese, Our 25,000 Wnt walk ,traigltt through (thine front rest to west, 55 pawl -+rang;.! ea the Craw S11ot leaving death tend dteaolatioat. or complete humilia- tion Irl their trait: 'rhtnt dike wfil march noctheeet 410 oaseeranga, alA as the crow riles, leaving the same, in ruder leo snake a point front which 'trey pity beere the eater - try front north to south, C0)lparss,angs, and cornet est Clean on the C0uthern meet with glad cries of ""rhe seal The sear" runs a banquet, awiaiting theft at liex,g Hong. saris t Soap it hatter than Mtbet soaps, Int it best when meed in the Sunlight Ivey. Bey Sunlight Soap and follow dirsotlat i 11 11 111111 II 11 111 1 Big and Little Nuisau efts, (Boston 'lleausoript.) Geluig to the protest of several New York women the aidermen will probably ;lake ac- tion to dimtinish the street cries of various itinerant merchants in tame parte of the city, And yet what is the huckster passing one's door ou the street compared to the permanent gnamaphone of a next door neta'hbor. ENGLISH SPAWN LINIMENT Removes alt Bard, soft or calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavin, curbs, splints, ringbone, sweeney, stifles, sprains, sore and swollen throat, coughs, ate, Save $50 by use of one bot- tle. Warranted tho most wonderful Ble- mish Cure ever known. Growing Monopoly in Fuel. (POthladelphia Record.) It is believed in the •anthractte region that the *oat railroads ere eliminating retie indc- pendeent pioduoere by buying them out. Sur - sateen nutlrion (Means is reported to have been paid dor coal lands within a short time. Senator Tillman ewe the Hepburn bill must contain a stringent rmothibition of the own- enshtp and control by public carriers of ar- ticles to be shipped over their lines. Taut that might not reach a railroad operating wholly in one state, - r. DR. AGNEW'S CATARRHAL POW- DER.—Rev. W, H. Main, pastor of the 13apkist Eimer:Axel Church, Buffalo, gives strong teettiuony tor and its a ibm believer in Dr. Agnew's catarrhal Powear. I•Ie has tried many kindls of remedies without avail, "After using Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder I was .benefited at ooze," are this words. It is a 'woandetful remedy, GO cents. -65 Uncle Sam's Trade With Spain, Speaking of •toreiga trade, one •would never judge from the trade ctntiattes that the United States were not only Baying mesa things of each other but actually fighting leets than eight years ago. Per Imports into this country from Spats have increased from $3,500,000 in 1897, Sbe last year prior to the Spanish war, to 38,500000 in 190,1 and exports bave Lnttneased from 511,000,000 to 317,000.000 in the same period. The largest exports to Spain are of a•aw cotton, wallet'. amounted to 312,725,778. ZVtis its where the south "came in." I'=1 Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. Newlywed— .After a man is married he looks at things from entirely different point of view. " Oidbach --Yes, his wife's. rt .S ij ?i NO, Ws 1906. ... ' Sd•tiA1441! A+ :NTS WANTED, A G1!NTS, WE ARl9. PAYING L,RO1t$r xa coninriratons et any company doing a* honest business; we manufacture the 1dgq- VA grade of flavoring powders in enamels): you can make from five to six dollars. a day. Apply to us for particulars, Iwanta Manufacturing Co„ ilatalltuu, Ont. FARMS FOR SALE In and round the Etagere Fruit Growing District, Immediate poseearlon, easy terata, small payment down, low interest. We have tiro following choice propertlas to offer: _ (1) 100 ereres, tine stone house and bank barn, 'township of Beverly, main road, 7 miles froax Galt. Price $1,000. (2) 140 acres, Township of Waterloo, meg- nitioent lamb and good buildings, adjoin lug Town of Preston. Price 37,000. (3)100 acres, West Fiambor0; fine buildings, good soli, part timber, 7 miles from Hal. Ilton. PtIoo $5,000, (4) 36 -stores, goal laud, Township of Bin:. brook, 14 miles from liamtlton, Price 81.000. (G) Beautiful 8 aeras, 3 milds south of Ham. liter, fine fruit, good buildings, Prize $1,900, (6) 50 melees, Township of Nelson, new bones and new bank barn, 15 acres clear, bal- ance firewood. Price $900. (7) 25 acres, Townebip of Willoughby, 18 relies east of Welland, good building; good x011. Prlee 5900, (8) 100 acres, Township of Trafalgar, 14 miles from Toronto; good buildings, black loath, orehard, Price $8,000 or wilt rent. We can give an tladuetrlous man with small capital a rare opportunity la any 02 the above oae:es. Wetv111 arrange free trausportatton Prong Hamilton to Inspect any of the above pros parties. _ Apply to --____—_ FARMER. ee GOULD, 37 Jttine.e street south, Hamilton, Oat. FARAIWp SALA?, 164 ACRD 7$, 3o tCyLE�A t ea, frame house and barn. Price 8604, John II,'Cioi ]well, Huntsville, Muskoka, Ont. MISCELLANEOUS, wANTED, IMMEDIATELY, TWO GIRLS about 20 years of ago for positions as cook or housemaid sal a private family; good wages to reliable girls. Aaldness int writing to Mrs, Goo, to. Glamor, 74 Hanmaa street east, flateditea, 'ANTED, COMPETENT GORDON press feeders; wages et to $10, to. cording to qualltieattous, Robt. Duncan Co., Hamilton. ft ELEGRAPII OPERATORS Allis IN DE- .Lmand by Now Grand Trunk Pacifico Company and other Canadian lines, We are exceptionally well prepared to train young men for railroad operating and to supply competent graduates. Address Central TO. egraph School, 3 Gerrard street east, To., ronto. W. H. Shaw, president. Souvenir Post Cards 12 for roc; 80 for 600; 100, $1; 200, $2; 600, $5; all different. Largest and finest atocit in Canada; 600 mixed, 33; albums, all prices. W. it, Adams, Toronto, Ont. WANTED, TifhiN P011 CATTLE STEAM. ers, free passage and return front Montreal to European ports. D. J. Lyons, authorized agent, 123 McGill street, Mont-. real. Enclose stamp for particulars. 1 PPLE TREES — 13EFORE BUYING write us, or see eur agent near to you for prices. We have the largest stock of fruit trees to be found in Canada. We pay the freight. The Browns, at Browns' Thur. series, Ont. DR. LEROY'S FEMALE PILLS A safe, sure sed reliable monthly rev's.; tor. Tite,,o Pills hay, teen used in Francs for over fifty years, and found Invaluable for the purpose designed, and are guarana trod by the makete. Enclose stamp for sealed circular. Price $1.00 per box of )rttg;;ivt,,- or oy mail, securely sealed, on receipt of price' LE ROY PILL CO., Box 42, Hamilton, Canedat, That precious remedy, is a positive cure foe all female diseases. Write for descrij>;ttorlt circular and free sample. R. S. MCGILL, Mincoe, Ont. Farmers and Dairymen When you require a Tabs Pali, Wash Basin or Milk Pan Ask your grocer for E. B. EDDY'S 11111 E WAREA 'HUES You will find they give you satis- faction every time. THERE 15 NO 511135TITUTE Insist on being supplied with EDDY'S every time. +M tweeatersetnatwsye, natsatoe l a koce,v.eLl =sews a,rk Zwgenres.,:.,• ,110 FARMS AND BLOCKS OF LAND F" ® /A. .., In Otzas to tuft purchasers, from 160 acres upwards, eltus,ted on or near nail• ways in the famous wheat growing districts ot MANITOBA,SASKATCHEWAN AND ALBERTA T RAAR so GENEROUS ane HEUPPTIL that 1Y8 every a PROFITABLi'3 and CO MPORTABLEarm Home ansa may own The character and purpose ot our company, which is organized UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE INUEPENDENS oRbER 'OF I'"ORE:STERS, may be dos- Mined-as os-at'ibed-as STRONG, RELIABLE), HE LPPUL, PATRIOTIC. ror information and prices apply to F. W. G o a () 1 MANAGER LAND DEPARTMENT, A G18N Ts W aNTIell 10VMAY W HE1UO The Union Trust Company, Limited TerJP Ei CIUiLF ING, TORO€aro When writing mention tilts paper. Milearelite'its• . Grand Prize Competition A 1POIR•YEAR UNIVERSITY COURSE, A TR1p AROUND THE WVGI, ,D, or tO0,000 IN GOLD. 1 A choice of Which we otter to the 1St dividual securing 5125 l:trgt'.t mother off aubs'Oripttona during 1101 to The Busy IIaI;'s 1a .azine in addition to these wins Clemeco ,;may oti:ert. nee*, taotnpetftot' ban weft i. sA (alit entr eniariaft +::lit lie Liven c r *very eub5erlytton taken, evert one ,betnit OW for his et her weak. THE 11USY AtAN'dt 9tAGakI TIS is tt nlrylro tiny etUrr, 1h3 can �t it1 et+b a txuletul tole tion frets thio brat tial pp.a s in t leading pulbiba.ta0ns of the world, Itt �e puStiwh.el by tae preyrictor:l el rho Caltad1 n Grocers, Ilardamro nal 1'astal, Cants4� fan Mttchtnery, The Dry (.Bods ILeview curl Other sueotswatul papcx*-erad, wile ski Cfaoada's lentttnd tluhitihertt 11ubtert Clens tiro tt t rh fti'ntt tic Ooaule--fit bank clerk in Cnt+rlo look 35 In tole i w,e ek 'by !frusta to tr bli f7 to.nt'rs. 1, "'51113 ft1J8 ittkN'd tIAGA71Nf1 is the batt I nvn' had the pisasuro of rtlnittntw W. WYNN, Eisler Torktoa 1tOn4ertbtlees, • Rena veered for artieulnro e1 tempetitten to our neneclt office, Y')0 IT NOW, ! 'runt plkayU mN1U68%eonitpIeNeC Caonf3tol]inteydo,uHr oa:riesae Toronto, %%sifter', e r London,* • l<. i ,.4, Tt Lae; The St. l' tions p evadonet partioip the pop of the Assemb: aeter. absolute ganizati fight fo ferenee tricts al,, stances local off sion of t eompelli village the sone which t were pr that tin most eel ever, is the citk most de popnlat: sale an their le many 11 advice election taking inducing 1U' Plea Thee( elat,)— McCree peter t. of the DuMo &mplor It is so that t in lin, with MU' Shot t. P R A' !ace tern: Howe year hours stron prism on tri date LSclatt who crime Th to p cowa insta an e in o grati Awe Mrs. Selai of g Itusb aqu goa. stab turn that Won pro fate the nrr) his deet wa: tim rept Un con M1 Ar ill sir da !t C1 er d a sf ti 01 fl et It I' s