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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-09-27, Page 3■ iS"-ei ktaxat MAL.S Mitac C MT OF THE POPULARITY OP CEYLON GREEN TEA NO ADUIX-ERATION. NO 1MPURITIi S. NO COLORINU MATTER. ABSOLUTE PURITY TELLS THE STORY Lead packets only. 40c, 50c and 60c per Ib. At ail grocers Arawropoisusuarommamummermaarinratumennw "You are rapidly becoming n.' primo "I understand, I think," he said. "lata• favorite with my uncle, and you must gine any man refusing you! I did not rivet your chains before we venture to think you had iso much quiet sarcasm." broach the question of your marriage. Lot us write to your mother, begging an extension of leave." 'Phis advice prevailed, Mary adding to her consent with a soft sigh - "I am just too happy here." * * * * The fine weather which had prevailed for some weeks now broke up, and Octo- ber presented itself in gloomy guise, with wild winds and driving rain, which per- mitted but little outdoor exercise to the girls. Nothing kept Kenneth at home. Ifo came in to his meals,. damp and glowing from the exhilarating struggle with wind and weather, and beaming with the hope and happiness which grew more and more as he perceived his beloved Mary was creeping into his uncle's heart. Uncle Sandy himself was a little com- plaining and cranky; but, on the whole, music and reading, the state of the stocks,andbo k-ke i h Kenneth's o ping, w t help, kept thein tolerably amused during this period of imprisonment. Lisle made no sign. Mona was not sorry. His presence, without having a distinctly disturbing effect, awoke pain- ful memories, and obliged her constantly to think before she spoke. At length a fairly bright morning broke upon the deluged country, and Mona undertook to drive into Kirktoun to execute divers commissions. Uncle Sandy objecting to being left alone, Mona, departed with only "the boy" in attendance. !laving finished her business, she turn- ed her horse's head homeward, and had alighted to walk up the steep road which led -from the loch to Craigdarrooh, when a sportsman, with dog and gun, suddenly emerged from a small wood which filled a sheltered hollow, and approached her. Sho recognized Lisle, and paused to speak to him. "It is more than a fortnight since I saw you l" he exclaimed, in an aggrieved tone, while his keen, light eyes sparkled with the joy of seeing her, and his hard mouth relaxed into a pleasant smile. "I suppose it is," returned Mona, smil- ing. "It is a delightful day for walking. 'Will you not tell your servant to talc% the trap home, and let me have the plea- sure of escorting you by the short way "I ani unaware of it," returned Mona. "And you will not listen to my ex. planation?" 'I do not see what you have to ex- plain; and, were any explanation neces- sary, there is no time; we are close to the house, and I suppose you will come in and see Uncle Sandy?" "Most certainly. But, Miss Craig, 1 must insist—I mean, I must implore you to hear the explanation I wish to make." "I really want none!—,perhaps I un- derstand more than you think." "I fear you may understand in a wrong way." "Well, here we are at the house, and hero comes Uncle Sandy and Mary. If, in a paroxysm of anxiety, my uncle asks you to supper, do not stay I know the menu, and you would not Eike it." Then hastening to meet them, she ex- claimed— "I have brought you each a letter, but there is none tor me from Madame De- brisay. I fear something must be the matter with her." CHAPTER XXII. Lisle had never before been so piqued and frustrated as he was by Mona's mode of receiving his advances. Had she shown coldness or resentment, he could have understood the position. But liar sweet friendliness was utterly barffling. His impatience, the eager fire that quickened his pulses, urged him perpet- ually to seek her; while pride, and his habitual reluctance to commit himself, held him back. It was a running fight between these two forces, through the couple of weeks which succeeded Mona's visit to Straith- airlie; but the strongest finally prevail- ed, and telling himself he really ought to let that old boor lit Craigdarroch know that the right of fishing question was settled, he started in wonderfully good spirits for his morning's sport, in- tending to end the day in Mona's society. It was an especial stroke of luck, ho thought, to have a tete-a-tete walk with her; but when ho reviewed their conver- sation in the evening, while his friend and partner slumbered, he was obliged to confes that he had made very litle way. Did she—or did she not resent his throwing her over, as he undoubtedly to the house? 1. have a message for you had, when her grtindmother camp to from Lady Finistoun, and was on my way to clehiver it." Mona thought for a moment, and then said, "I will." Directing the boy to go on, she walked risking nlarriag°, even with a richly on beside Lisle, and they turned off al- dowered girl --a more enlightened, a most iuunediately to a path to the left, more mature woman would have seen that led by a steeper and more direct and understood the difficulty, nor loved line to the house. him the less for being ready to give her "And what was Lady Finistoun's mos- up to a richer rival. Women are aw- sage?" she asked, as Lisle did not ,break fully selfish and unreasonable! Now that silence immediatey. Mona had seen more of life—the seamy `Olt( she finds the extreme dam re side of it. .too—she ought to appreciate judicial to the darling baby, so she s ul- the motives which actuated him; per- judicial determined to start for their ownor said haps aro did; for she never avoided him, in- place witltihei rland. Finistount of and (Everard fernallys calm sharp.things, rank i sIt was quite remained for ten days or so longer. Lady possible she might have fallen in love Finistoun begged me to say how deeply -with some on else in the interim. Who she regretted not seeing you again, and could it be?—some brute of a foreigner? that she would write as loon as she had Lisle felt savage qealousy, as though reached Melton Court." his sacred rights had been infringed. He "When did she leave?" would do or sacrifice anything to call the conscious color to her cheek—to win grief ? She was so young and inexperienced at the time that she could hardly realize the impossibility of a than like himself "Yesterday morning. They drove as far as Loanhead, and took the train to Perth there." "I am so sorry I did not see -Evelyn again. 1 am really very fond of her." 'Oh, you will no doubt meet in the winter. I suppose you will escape from these solitudes sometimes" "I do not think it likely I shall." "You aro not •hound here for the term of your natural life!" cried Lisle, draw- a amused Who'd thetl a confession of love from her lips, even the sacrifice of himself to the fetters of matrimony. Now that he was rich— richer than people generally knew—it was possible to escape the worst ills of indissolubleunion. Of course, the con- nection was most objectionable, but now- adays that mattered little. Mona her- self was always a social success. All so- ciety asked was to he soothed and ing closer to har, and looking eagerly into her eyes. "That. unspeakable bore, Miss Morton, mentioned some absurd re- port of your uncle intending to marry you to his wild Highlander of a nephew. It cannot be true!" "Why?" asked Mona, demurely. 'Why? A creature like that!" "He is very good-looking, and most amiable in disposition." 'But ono knows how an amiable dispo- sition may faro at your hands," he re- turned, somewhat bitterly. "Tell me, for God's sake, is it posible you can contem- plate such a sacrifice? Do you really think of linking yourself with a mere re- spectable farmer?" 'Pray remember, if you please, that Kenneth Macalister is my near kinsman; he cannot be socially beneath me." "I dare say you think me an ill-bred brute, but yon know how profoundly in- terested 1 have always .been in you, and once, in a crisis in your fate, you per- mitted me to advise you - '1 do not think you waited for per- mission!" said Mona, with an arch smile. "I think 1 never made such a mistake In my life! I stn always burning to lin- ploro your forgiveness for my idiotic sug- gestion. What is there to forgive?" she re- turned, gently. "On the contrary, I ought to be grateful to you for breaking through the principle of non-interven- tion, which, of course, would have pre- vented a man of the world doing any- thing. ny thing so quixotic as to offer a way of escape to a damsel in distress." "May I tell you what my own state of mind was at that unhappy juncture?" "No, Hol there le no use in looking back, Lot •us thank heaven for the pres- ent." "I do not," said Lisle, gloomily. "But do not he enigmatic. You are not going to harry this ---this cousin of yours?" "No, Sir St. John!" returned Mona, assuming an air of sadness. "I cannot, seeing that leo has rejected rite." "What!" cried Lisle; "rejected you?" "Yea! I ]tope you empathize with me in the shook I have received! But Ken- neth prefers not to marry mc" 'Then old Craig wanted to arrange a marriage,?'' "Ire did; but his purpose has been frns- traiett!" returned Mona., with tragic em - 7e laughed. prove es too tmg and amusement matters very little. The old "peasant proprietor," her un- cle, did not matter. Lisle was not the man to allow any one he objected to to. cross him. And ii Mona loved him (which, iif he once surrendered, and ask- ed her to marry him, she would, warmly, deliciously), she would yield to him in everything. The thing was really worth risking. Life with Mona would be very charming for a year or so. So Lisle reasoned, as he thought, coolly; but,'in truth, the tide of passion was rapidly rising to that height which- demands gratification at any price. Having made up 'his mind more thor- oughly than he was perhaps aware, Lisle found shooting, and oven door -stalking, a less satisfying amusement than it used to be, and two or three days after his chance encounter with Mona, he started for Craigdarroch, determined to begin the siege in earnest. It was a crisp, clear afternoon, and seldom had "his bosom's lord sat so highly on its throne." Of his success he never doubted. Tho only question that ho debated mentally, was how soon it would be in good taste to declare him- self. They were not strangers. She must know that he had b'cen a good deal smitten with her' nearly four years ago. It was only taking tip the dropped stitch- es in the web of their lives. He would be guided by circumstances. "Is Mr. Craig at home, and the young ladies?" he demanded of the little mai who came when he rang. "The maister's in. but—" she was be- ginning, when Mr. Craig himself appertr. ed, with his inevitable stick, at the lib. lary door. "Eh, coffee your ways!" he cried, "I saw , o as ye walked up the drive. I'm glad to see you. I'm here Mane; they're a' not." "Indeed!" said Lisle, going into the li- brary, intending to give the old lean n few minutes, to find' out where Dtona 'had gone, and to follow her. "What has become of your nieces?" "Mary Black is no niece of mine. She is a nier.-liko girlie, but I have no kin except Mona and Kenneth. Well, they aro aw t' to sot Mona on her road." (Ire railed it "red.") "(►n her road! Where?" asked Li,ln. "To Glasg'a'. She'll get there this evening', in time to catch the London night express," "London!" repeated L]sle, in angry surprise. "Hats alta gone to London?" 0IL[ANS AND CIUANGE OIC S.EASOON FLOWERS THAT KILL FURS. SOWS "• ie-} , "Yea. She had a letter free madame*1 ifaj#►.11a: f Alt(' 5 a,% STORY maybe you'll (mail J!?adaroo Pebrleay, the Inddy vim took fay i►Isee in when you lrand folks turnedItee got. Wesi, the etter waena free hersel'. It was the landlady -au ]tonest-like woman -•who wrote, at madame's order, to explain wily she could not write. She Was. Parra rzero the next, how few people would after selling annually thousand.. of telt •cu I ainlr with hromhit;a i d k},n In,l nhn HOW THIS VEA,ETARLE Destroy the Anneytug Insects, ! darn. I. Hunter, of 111 amt., ways: - "1 Pato ettlfered }with kidney and liver twin bit, and t.i'on.n consti- pation for s:'t11H tithe. I was subject to dazzi- her to have a nurse. With that, notatin r, miss, bi;innd headache, r, change quickly enough, But from Sep- those his friends who aro la the se.=,.. - k nerwousu<•sa, druwsi world keep Diona; she trust go to nurse For several days the elreggi i who 'i a her. I was angered against her, for 1 timber first to the coaling winter the lover of ttowors, has trail uranu l,t:i front rza^n firs. I. (footer, Heti, jl tis;s to the bask didna think it right for her to go off in body bas to pieparo for arch a change. �riRina11yo1 orrAtetorntai sant mesal morning I g and aide, and a tired, a jiff free me, tuba is as a father er to. Generally it need* a little help and Bileana wearyfooling nearly all the time, her, and maintains her." provide that heap, The liver, stomach and aronmcirc to (passe Dfrtho vessetfttiittatnin� tiro "1 tried nlntn}t every medicine, was "Dut she went?" ejaculated Lisle. bowels are the organs which suffer most peas quite an accumulation of d." td files. 1 treated by da+ctm_s and dt-ttggiiets, with "Ay, she did that. She put her arms from change in temperature. For tile fh':tt day or so he ret•arde-1 the maw little .or no benefit. round my neck and she sys wi' her The liver is composed of thousanals of ° atitae+ringt ldlpt� roux ut1 :'t 1 : a ani tw i Vtsen l 1 "1 tried Dr. T.eolthardt'a Antl•I'hll, and Sweet feat Freshly Pt -ted Lsfeettlellr ;�•jff .Itrsulte al -ca "Truly Marvellous." REMEDY AIpS TI'IE BODY A local drursirt has found a new ca•`it b" , �' fir Pa clan 1'r td, Kingstnn, the 4eetructloa of flies that for activity .end ; If the thermometer jumped. from 80 effectiventsa discounts auy(1d11•; leers tart in the shade one da to 20 below offered for that Durpor0. And sat cal! ti It , y J►armi b l e s D91: of ^.tu y n v, , at added that she was frightened hersel', escape a terrible chill. Why? Because for she was that bad the doctor wanted the body could not adapt itself to tbo of fly paper of tho attsey tine poisoned vari•.- tic:: and a ton more or lois of Wert powder tho new antidote of the pest bl'ls fair to su- ,tsa+,a ail previous method•► with hint au. u ►o a g.t or tw o oa , Donnie sen full o' testa, 'Aon'! seek to tiny cells, and in these cells the bile but curiosity prompted him later to watch t11e +the results have been truly tivol►aerful. At1i''11 stop nte,mtele. She wa, good to ire befor. a is secreted, and the blood is purified. rotlduct of the tow illesa lett la rho iters. It I um 1=o nttteh better. n - ► is a T knew you, and don't you think,' sato : eiutunter's heat has weakened, them- rraa ob^creed when hhe 1Mas arra ii sIiiv mast }vunderful m.,,,erly." says, 'if you were ill, I'd come awa' free , made them feel limp like you aid. Wilt- nj cid lnl�the tva'ses 4lioao flies►iutthe rvi `fifty All dealers, lir the Wil$on Tyle Oo., everyone to nurse you?' an' I salt she ;ter has some heavy work for thea( to do manned upon the petals and proceed: d to Limited, hiat,ara Falls, Ont. 003 spoke true -she would stick to me, so I if your health is to be preserved. ilileans cestcn them: elves thorn. Shortly aftervrartl just said, 'I'll no' pays for your whist- aro a vegetable help --not a mineral poison t1 igtpie,tutnedttirat titto tcaar9of t2ln peas et- like so man liver p Anether War on IVlosquitoea. whams. And she says, No, uncle, I have ty ver Hie iiehtes. Bileana tracted thaw first and that afterward thoy "lie's got a now plan to exterminate mos. money enough for the journey. Just let' tone up the liver, strengthen and en-nbcorb«t ronin polaououa exudation that the goatees," ing o with our rood will; An' I said i i•ielt the secretory glands and ete•engthon.flowers poem and sited to rnacyuannc . t'o !:oat ail, 1 suppose?" g y f , , „ far as known the peas oszent no toxic ' t.'i•t "No; Lis idea is to cross them with light - 'Go, then, niy lassie,' an' she's gone." the walls of the Intestines. They thus upau the hnmau being-Sprinl held diurnal, ring bugs se that you may sen them coming "Good heavens!" cried Lisle. "Along;, aero indigestion, liver disorder and con- _ r •and thus swat them easily 111 the dark." to go through the worry and annoyance' stipation, and in females, various inept --Not Worthy of Notice. of changing -of-----" ' (ascites, -all those mean that the body is (London Tattler.) "What's to harm Iter? Sho is nae a I run down and out of order ---heeds PO soe Bl Al • bairn, ]netsiupted 'Undo Sandy. W leaps , 1 dlug�gists supply them live in a ceevilized country." ( at 50 cents a box. Ask any friend who Lisle was silent with vexation. Had ho but known, ho might have escorted her to Glasgow, if not to London, and what a different journey it would have been from the last they had taken toge- ther! He was certainly out of luck. "Still, I am surprised you did not send young Macalister with her!" exclaimed Lisle, when he had mastered his impulse to swear audibly and energetically at the self-satisfied, miserly old 'scarecrow that had let his charming niece -the tempo- rary idol and future wife of Sir St. John Lisle -go off alone, to struggle with por- ters and pasengers like a poor servant girl going to a new place. "What for should Kenenth waste his dime when I wanted him here, forbye the Biller it would cost there and back? Young people have nae consideration -- and yet you're no lad any longer, Sir St. John!" "The greenness of my youth has cer- tainly departed. But I am greatly an- noyed about this sudden journey. I have nothing on earth to do! If I had had an idea Miss Craig was going alone, 1 should certainly, with your permission, have escorted her to Glasgow, and seen her off to London." "Eh, ye needna fash garsel' about my permission! Mona is varra headstrong in some ways. She does not bend hersel' to my wull as she ought -considering I am willing to provide for her; and she has crossed me in a matter I had set my mind on. Still, she's a guid and a kind lassie. There's just one thing we canna agree on." "And what may that be? asked Lisle, to keep the old 'tan going, while 'he pon- dered what step he should take to re- cover his lost quarry. "She is just awfu' set against my ney- few Kenneth -a guid laddie and a braw young mon--and I should like to see any bit o' land and gowd go to baith, but she's aye resolved not." "But, my dear sir, you do not suppose that a girl like Mona -I mean your niece —could marry a mere young" -plough- man, he was going to say, but he changed it to the word, "countryman. It would be too incongruous." "He is no that countryfied. He was for two, years in the city of London in an office. - "Oh, of course ,that makes a vast dif- ference," said Lisle, gravely. "Where does this Madame Debrisay live?" "In a varra nice part -Westbourne Vil- las, nigh the Royal Oak station. You'll ken it, Pm thinking." "1 cannot say I do," returned Lisle, while he thought, "Old blockhead! Why did he not give one the number?" 'There are varra fine hooses aboot there, nn' Plenty omnibuses to a' pairts." "Very convenient, I am sure 1 "Vhat is this Madame Dobrisay's number? Lady Finistoun will want to know Miss Craig's address." "Eh, but she knows it weel. She has been there hersel." "Obstinate Dad idiot!" thought Lisle; 'rho will not tell. Olt, indeed(' he said, aloud. "You roust miss your niece very much." "I will do so. Sita' doot o't. She is a remarkable, wiselike, deuce lassie -only a wee self-opecnionated! It's amazing that, being so long among a lot o' fule- folk, she kept her senses so weel." By this time Lisle had gathered him- self together, and said: "1 ought to apologize for speaking so warmly, but I always take a lively in- terest in Miss Craig." "Sao it would seem," returned Uncle Sandy, with a chuckle, which struck Lisle as peculiar. Did the old duffer. presume to form any surmises as to the source of that interest? Lisle thought lie had talked to him quite long enough. "I brought you the last communication from the factor of Balmuir," he said. "You see he has caved in, and you may consider the question settled." "Oh, that's weel, `vena weel," putting on his glasses. "And. I must say good -morning. Can I do anything for you at Kirktoue? 1 am going back there." "No, I thank ye. Kenneth will bring back a' that is wanted." "Good-bye then. I hope you will hear to -morrow of Miss Craig's safe' arrival." Liele strode away in an intense ill humor. Mona was altogether inexplic- able. At the shortest uotiee she was ready to put miles betwen herself and the man that she must know was ready to throw himself at her feet! And all to nurse a broken-down music mistress. Yet there was something in her generous rcniiness to help a friend that appealed to his better nature. Whatever she was, she had a sound heart! Tine, this wo- man might have some hold over her! IIe rc•iected the low suspicion. And after el. it would be well to have such a girl by his side to comfort and sustain ltitn in the inevitable dark hours which come e}en to the wealthiest and most pros. perous. Lisle would not have given much thought to this side of the ques- tion had not tho character he was con- sidering belonged to a young and charm- ing woman who had for the moment escaped hien. Still, to the most selfish comas, in occasional glimpses, the per- ception of what is good and true. Crafti- ness, and cold, worldly wisdom are use- ful within certain limits, but once caught in the tangled brake of doubt, difficulty, sorrow, suffering, there love and truth 1L:•++ thn only „aides. Some such ideas considerably modi- fied, were floating through Lisle's brain when he heard the "flop -flop" of Mr. Craig's heavy-footed steed, and Aeon the ramshackle phaeton and ridiculously ills - proportioned horse canto around a bend of the road. In the vehicle were seated MisA Black, whost eyes looked susphe- ioualy red, and Kenneth, who held the reins. He pulled up as Lisle waved his hands. "So Miss Craig has deserted you(" he r, feta. "She has inkeea," returned Kenneth. "1t is a bad business -.poor Madame 1)e- brisay being so ill. I never knew Iter to bo ill before." .(To be continued.) has used them what Means can do. BIRDS AS DANCERS, A writer in the Strand says that danc- ing is the' principal play of many barite. Perhaps the finest of ,bird dancers is the South American -rock o' the rock, These birds have regular dancing Mutes, level spots which they keep clear of sticks and. stones. A dozen or more of the birds assem- ble around this spot, and then a cook bird, his scarlet erect erect, steps into the oentre. Spreading leis wings and flail, Iho begins to dance, first with slow land stately steps, then gradually more and more rapidly until he is spinning like a mad thing. At last, tired out, ho sinks down, hops out of the ring, .and another takes his place. Some of the quail tribe are great dancers, and so are the American sand hill cranes. It is a most ludicrous sight to watch a crane dancing; lie Is so desperately solemn over the whole per- ,for+maneo. He looks like a shy young man who has just learned to waltz and is runner ashamed of the aceomp'thshment. "IMPERIAL" PUMPIIIO WINDMILL Outfit which won the CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD against 21 American, British and Canadian manufacturers, after - a two months' thorough trial. blade by GOOLD, SHAPLEY Si NOIR CO. LITIITED. Brantford, Canada. FALL EXCRUSION TO NEW YORK. 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They have gone so far in opposing the killing of these smell creatures that they have notices put up in every rural community in France. One of these bill -boards contains the following exhortation and recitation of facts: "This board is placed under the pro- tection of tine common sense and honesty of the public. "Hedgehogs live upon mice, snail's and wire -worms, animals injurious to agricul- ture. Don't kill a hedgehog. "Toads help agriculture. Each one de- troys twenty to thirty insects hourly. Don't kill toads. "Moles destroy wireworms, larvae and insects injurious to the farmer. No trace of vegetables is ever found in his stom- ach; does more good than harm. Don't kill moles. "Birds -Each department of France loses yearly many millions of francs by the injury done by insects. Birds are the only enemies capable of battling with them vigorously; they are great helps to farmers. Children, don't take birds' nests." -Selected. Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. Identified. "This," remarked Mr. Softe, "is my photograph with nay two Frey.•h poodles. You recognize mc, eh?" "I think so," said Miss Caine. "You are the one with the hat on, are you not ?"-Cassel's Journal. The Chemists Company is an association of Ontario Chemins, formed to make pure, safe. thoroughly reliable remedies. Each remedy is made from carefully.seledted formula, on Strictly scientific principles. For skin troubles and burns their Mira Ointment is quick in cure. While Mira Tablets and Mira Blood Tonic Strengthen the nerves and cleanse the blood. Ointment and Tablets, each 50c. Blood Took, $1.00. At dru83ists-or from The Chemigts' Co. of Canada, Limited, Hamilton— Toronto. Look for the trademark, iii.• rS=K' ' 3 TRADE MARK Rctt15TERED, THOMPSON VS. SIMPSON. . A Neighborly Correspondence Tilt Be- tween Two Britons. The following 'correspondence which 'recently passed between neighbors in the north of England, may not exactly rank with the famous Shuekbrugh leters, but it is certainly worth reproducing in this col unui: DIr. Thompson presents his eonnpli- meats to Mr. Simpson, and begs to re- ques that hliewpigkeshiods.$the quest that lie will keep his dogs from trespassing on his grounds. Mr. Simpson presents his compliments to Mr. Thompson, and begs to suggest that in future ho should not spell "dogs" with two gees. Mr. Thompson's respects to Mr. Simp- son, and will feel obliged if he will add the letter "e" to the Inst word in the note received, so as to represent Mr. Simpson and lady. 11Ir. Simpson returns Mr. Tl►ompson's note unopened, the impertinence it con- tains being only equaled by its vulgarity. --London Mail. The Crime of the Ages. (Cor. N. Y. Herald.) We laugh at the ludicrous blunders of the statesmen of tato mediaeval times, with their emargoes, drawbacks and other hinderances to cotnnieree, but the evil effects of their economic ignorance were trivial compared With out own tariff. The ,protective tariff, so long in practice in this country, is the Most monstrous economic alum of all 1111. tory. is- tory. and, in view of the seeming enlltilnt. Ment of the age and the nominally high standard of education in the United States, causes ono t0 almost despair of the success Of popular government did wo not see older and dcstpotic governments equally guilty. WANTED Ladles to do plain and light ening nt borne, whole or spare time, good pay; work tient ally distance, charges paid; nand stabil) for full partloulars. National Manufacturing Ce., Idontreat. band to occupy separate rooms, even, at times, causing divorce. Snoring is, of course, the commonest, if not the worst, of sleep's bad habits. Snoring may bo remedied. There are a dozen patented devices that, holding the mouth abut tight, prevent the cnore. (lrinding the teeth is a disagreeable habit in the same room with anyone who emits, at regular Intervale, this hideous sound. The trick is said to be incurable but a. rubber cap worn on the teeth ren- ders the grinding almost noiseless. Nervous persons sometimes leap in their sleep a foot or, more in the air, shaking the bed an tithe whole room. The roan who gives eight or nine of these leaps in the course of the night soon becomes an intolerable bed -fellow. Nerve tonics and exercise should be preseribea forNhaicaml. whistling m e s a habit less easy to cure than snoring, The sleeper keeps his mouth closed, but breathes with a dis- tressing sound through his nose. The sound resembles a low whistle, and, heard in the small hours, is guaranteed to mad- den. and landing at Diamond r01 Promptly and well -and at reason• able prices -we attend to the repair- ing of Watches and Jewelry of all kinds. A special mailing box in which to forward your watch to us will be sent you free on request. 'We have unequal led facilities, too, for the designing and manufacturing of special articles in Jewelry, Silver. ware, Lodge Regalia, insignia, Etc, We buy old Gold Jewelry at high- est prices. ll'c send +Oen request free of charge our large illustrated catalogue. Cis" Rya L;Etha ORgta, Gut. The Bad Boy's Quotation. The Sunday school class had been asked to bring a donation of five cents each, and to study up an appropriate quotation, to be repeated to the pastor as each one should go up to his desk to place his contribution in the poor bas- ket. First boy (dropping his nickel) said: "Cast thy bread upon the waters and it shall be returned to thee an hundred- fold." Pastor -"Very good, blaster Tom." Second boy -"What you give to the poor you lend to the Lord." Paster -"Good, my son." And so on, each boy recited becom- ingly until the bad boy's turn arrived, and he said as he threw in his nickle: "A fool and his money are soon parted." Had Good References. (Detroit Free Press.) "Did Stiffteigh know his wito long before they were married?" "No. but he says she was very highly recommended to him." ISSUE .N Oa Ivey 190111 P1CTURs POS 16 fur sec; 4e lair see; IM trent; Me for l$ awaara+4; (M anct tae; 1.841 foreign. stems R. AJatua tui "Yonne street, Tase*be, Mrs. Winslow's tleettain *rim 1111/04 ways be tia*d for chltdre• Sootbees tee &ttkl, sootlsse tate sve.,,s °O4 4 Lee le iia. beet remedy ser rhos*. DR. i.EROY' FEMALE PILL$ A sat.. sw9 a,:4 rati&Ltr tor. Tbaw ra..0* taro tor (war may pont sa twills puipwie it.iiii til twit by Ow 741a1..dn rewire chw,ti.sr. i,i•w UV Drs ••iia ts; ' - y roast wwuno sealeS, ou,wtlyr et um LSE ROY P1141 C10.. Box 4f, Itsentlton, osae4as She Landed flim, "You see it Was very late, and dewnstales in the parlor her eider sister was entertain - tug a young man. She naturally felt a deep interest in the entertainwent. she was can- iag to ]leer (tow it would terminate. "And at last there wit sa *mind in the hall. a crash Of the closing door. and It was lain to the impatient girl that the youn;; Ulan bad gone. 'Weil, Maude; she said, 'did you (tint( him?' • There was no immediate reply to her question. There was a silence, a peculiar silence, a alience with a certain strained " 'She Gilds' " A SENSIBLE MERCHANT. hear Island, Aug. 211, 1003. MINABD'S LINIMENT CO., LIldI'TED. Dear Sirs, -Your traveler is here to- day and we are getting a large quantity of your MINARD'S LINIMENT. We find it the best Linitnent in the mar- ket making no exception. We have been in business 13 years and have handled all kinds, but have dropped them all but your's; that sells itself; the others have to be pushed to get rid of. M. A. HA.GERMAN. Cost of Little and ]dig Wars. so far as it has been figured up at Tokyo the total money cost of the war with itussia amounts to $1,100,000,000. This does not In- clude the interest on the war debt, to hp paid hereafter. It cost Great Britain little, 1f any. less than that to conquer the small Boer republics of South Africa -some S700,- 000,000 being added to the principal of Eng- land's public debt alone. Little less amazing than Japan's overwhelming of Russian power in eastern Asla is the comparative smallness of the money cost. Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere. TITLES TO ARCTIC LANDS. Lands Hitherto Unknown Discovered and Named by Explorers. The voyage of the Canadian government cruiser Arctic to the far north suggests for consideration the question of the owaership of some far northern lands. For many years explorers of various natlonalitles--British, American, Scandinavian and others .- have ventured into the frozen wilderness lying be- tween tho dominion of Canada and the north pole and have there disoovered lands thither- to unknown and have named them and plant- ed flags upon them. There has been much international rivalry in the work of elabo- rating the arctic map and of pushing on toward the pole. But there has been little thought in the minds of the adventurers or in that of the public of the delimitation of international boundaries in the realms of paleocrystto ice and ternal snow. But now the Canadian government brings that thought to mind the intimation that the Dominion extends clear to the north pole and that all the lands which have been discovered and explored in those regions, no matter by whom, are under the British flag. Academically the question is somewhat complicated and might form the subject of interminable argument. There are those who hold that discovery and exploration give title to new lands, while others insist that title is not perfected without actual occupation and permanent settlement. But bow it the lands in question are not fit for or susceptible of settlement? -New York Tribune. Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. ..111, Signals Fail in Foggy Weather. (Boston Herald.) r 1 lees battleship Mon- taguloss on Lundy Island in the Bristol channel has started in the English papers a discus- sion of the well-known fact that a foggy s eather sound signals can not be relied upon with any degree of certainty. Where - ever a complete study has been made of fog signals it bas been found that atmos- pheric conditions, the direction of the wind and the density of the tog make a greet dif- ference in the distance over which sound will carry. It has been shown that a vessel approaching a fog signal after bearing 11 ing it for n while may miss it, although gradually growing nearer to the source of the Bound. BETTER THAN SPANKING Spanking does not cure children of bed- wetting. There is a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mrs. S. M. Summers, Box 1. Windsor, Ont., will send free to any mother her successful home treatment, wale full instructions. Send no money, but write her to -day tf your children trouble you in this way. Don't blame the child; the chances aro it can't help it. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled with urine difficulties by night or day. Mormns in England. (London Daily Times.) It is some seventy years since the first Mormon missionaries -Brigham Young was one of the number -preached their tenets in England, and it is claimed that they have in the interim converted over 120,Oe0 in this country. District Agent Wanted To Secure Subscriptions on a Commission Basis. 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