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Me Augments Sheringliam, entered his "Why?" asked Ir.Sheringhain, start-
privatie hansom with much the domain- lea into aa upwind /dance.
or with which an incl.:threat sailor nnglit I "1 ou want an anewer to that ?"
climb into a seagoing elip. lie had a bad 1 "Of course,"
half.hour before him, and he wars well 1 Beeauei. it made me niore molta ancl
anare of the fact. Having direated Ilie happy than anythiag 1 have evor read. in
coachman to an address in Sloaue Gar- 1 ilia Lao
den, 1u81 straightened hie immaculate ; '1:hen, quite suddenly, Mr. Sheringliemi
tie at the etrip of lookingalasa beeido : caw that the taiiie; wee not to be done.
hina (Ode last a purely 7nee1ianlea1 pro- i Better it lieel,nier, miainderstandiug than
coeding), lux anut forward, and, with : a dieeloeuren-neter that.
Yixed, uneeeine• pee, that Seamed taa I "eand yet you refueed me," lie Baia,
$corn the traffic of Constitution Hill, wane,'" Ind Lula Leming for the first
again surrendered himself to the problem ; mom., a aaa. "why? It
that had been torturingbis haaiu fur : wee not theteethet a&tin dietaoteful to
hours. What on earth ehould lie Say to your
her? How could he ever hope to *explain 1His voice wae unreesonably anxious,
the positiou in which ho foundlaineola?1 and he was unabie now to te his era
Presently he drew from his pocket a from her them How beautiful it wee en
in:letter, and fixing hie monocle:1, regarded 44,
atbe paper -with a frownina concentration "8 ull'exPeeteti 14114"1
no! You unit underetand that
that eeemed determined to gain nano !
i
nsphation from its mere erosalThe at let it wee net that. But, eurelyea
action was, however, p, ]
as
dad ! we have known each other too long, you
an empty one,
he already knew the contents of the i and I, for any nonsenJa of sentiment be -
letter by heart, had read and re -read.! twe" lath"
"Our e
it fifty times since it had burst like a. • engagement could have been th
bombehell in the midst of his placid ha- ; 41"td•r$1' retuned Mr. Sheringaano al-
thelor breakfast. But for the fifty.firet most geyly, Now that his ordeal was
time he strove to gra mle with the pro- 't Tealovial ho foam!, Ithaeolf enieYia; the
blexu that it proseate • interview amazingly. "And so, for this
My dear Mr, Sheringliam—Your note 1 )10 reason at all, a whine which you can
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only reached rue this morning, but I am ; not even explain, you have condemned
obemiug your wish and 'replying to it 1 mete solitude!" Me aloha', with gentle
with as little delay as possible. Perhaps ; selapity, a mental picture of his bare
it is unneceaeary for me to say how bachelor lodging, in contrast to this
mach your proposal has touched. me; it I &linty room, comiug to add pathos to
cannot be otherwise than flattering to ! words in which already he more than
a woman of eight -azul -thirty (my age!) ; half believed, "Ala cruel, eruel!"
to be aeked to be his wife by a. man "Nry dear friend," said the widow, "is
whom aho both actiniree and esteems. it poeeible that you have not yet seen the
But, dear friend, while fully sensible absurdity of wishing to join your lifo
oftheworth what I renounce, you must ; with thet of an old women like myself ?"
forgive ine it I say that 1 fear it can- "out" replied Mr. Sheriughana, gal.
not be as you wish. Some day, oerhapei lantly. "Perish the thought! You have
I may try to explain to you my reasons; the advantage of 1110 by years!" Re
then, and always, please permit um I meant it, too; with the claimer behind
tZ remain, eta before, your sincere and'jilin, he felt that he could safely allow
attached friend. 1 lumeelf the luxury of A little. sentimental
Annette Pilkington. regret. "11 you are old, Annette, what
A suffielently straightforward, and of Toe?"
;
"A man is different; a bachelor is a charming letter, you will admit, for a
woman to send in reply to the prop?me youth at sixty."
has
of any man, Why, then did. Mr. Shoring-
"Because he never lived!"
ham, whose appearance was hardly that
She smiled, and half held out her hand
as though to place it upon his, then drew
' iof the rejected suitor, regard it with so
.
Much perplexity and apprehension. The it beak again. "Your views are not al -
!reason is very simple. He haa not writ- tered then," ohe said softly after a mo -
ten the letter to which this was an ans. ment (and surety the hesitation might
ever. Mr. Sheringhann in short, had have warned him); "you still wish to
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iniever proposed to Lady pionneen, and : hear my reason for replying to you u
I did?"
was now faced with what he conceived
to be the unpleasant duty of telling her I
"Can you ask it?"
O.
"Then I will tell you. It was became,
He had email doubt as to the ads. ! having. to answer you imraediately I
anent who was almost certainly the • wrote in such haste that perhaps"—again
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she hesitated, then fihished in tones that ause of his dilemma, Not for nothing
had Mr. Sheringhaut 'been a bachelor un. !were barely auclible—"perbrips I did not
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ee for the past fourteen years. He re -
wait to knoniy own mina."
membered with grim satisfaction how of-_ 'What!" Mr. Sheriughain had been
ten he had reproved his sister Marry for listening in a pleased reverie, soothed by
the gentle murmur of her voice, He
absurd leniency towards those uncoil,.
scion:dale boys; how often he had predict-
prang up, white with emotion.
ed that, Immo day Tom, the eldest, with • "Is it so diffieult to undorstand?"—
iis capacity for imitating Lady Pill:legion raised her .eyes to his,
handwriting, would achieve some serious smiling shyly --"ho woman's privilege.
:mischief, 1 tun an old woman, but not yet, I fear,
He felt that he owed it not only to 'a very wise one. How astonished you
the lades dignity but to his own that look. Could you not see what it was
no living soul should ever heat of the ; that has beenmaking me so foolishly
affair. Vengeance, secret, but severe, up.' nereoue ever sine° you came in? ennie
on Master Tom was a matter to whieh you, too. had regretted your decision, you
A Uncle Augustus could attend at his grea- ; should never have kroiyn. 13ut now—
ter leisure. ; now, Augustine it you still want me, it
Meanwhile in the immediate present shall be as you walla"
was the interview with Lady Pilking. : Mr. She,rinehara gasped. The comely
ton, With a final quiver of bells the , figure of Lady Pilkington danced gro-
hansom drew up before the door of the tesquely before hie vision, the floor
widow's home, awl Mr. Sheringbam slow- secnied to be giving way beneath him.
ly descended. He felt ease:oily as he • Only two i»Lelligiale thoughts remained
-did when, as a small boy he was Ied to in his mind—one that it was now become
the family dentist. He walked up the absolutely bnpoesible to .deceive his old
ateps and preased the bell. friend, the other that somehow, in the
"There *ill be no occasion for you last ten minutes, he had fallen in love
-to wait, Henry," he said, in, a hollow , with her.
voice. Then he walked up the steps and ! "Annette" he said. "Annette!" M
prestsed the hell. was the only thing to say, and he fol.
The room into which he was shown , lowed it gallantly with the one :Lotion
'was one that had long stood to Mr. Sher- that was appropriate to the airmen'.
!Ingham as it model ler all that such a stances.
*Vain should be. It was long ad low, full "How we shall astonish people," inure
of soft, delicate color, and odorous with mured Lady Pilkington.
flowers. The dim light of the drawn "Yes," said Mr. Sheringliaan, truthfully,
'blinds was grateful to him in his nor- "it is no doubt something of a surprise
emus and over -wrought condition; he felt —for everybody."
-vaguely rather than realized an atmos- * * * * * * * *
,here of tranquility. that had already be- So they were wed (about four months
;gun to soothe him as he creased the later), and merrily rang the bells. That
threshold. was at the encl of the summer holidays,
At his entrance the address of the and when, on it bright September morn -
house rose with a little startled gesture. ing, Mr. Sheringlime, raeliant now and
Lady Pilkington was a tall and remark. more than reeonciled to his fate, left St.
ably graceful woman, whom time had George's with Mrs. Sheringham on his
treated with gentleneee. Her age, given aria, his nephew Was observed to be
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by herself as 38, might well have passed • among the most delighted of the guests.
in that subdued light for at least ten The bride was given away by her Mo-
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years less and she wore with distinction ther-in-law, SiCharles, but so far the
a gown of kind occasionally described true history of the proposal has beet.
:by- masculine novelists as "same sat, given away by no one. Perhaps this is
clinging neaterial." accounted for by the fact that Master
(
Tom returned to school next tem -in, after
"Oh," she said, in a voice which, while
a severe lecture from his justly indignant
:agitated, betrayed no great astonish -
uncle, with whet is vulgarly I :town as
,zileat, "you have come, then."
a flee in his ear. But in the pockets
"Yes," reepated Mr. Sheringharn, me- were ten golden sovereigns from the same
thanically, "I have come." After an source.—Arthur Eckersley in the London
tnaperceptible pause he added, "I—I felt Sketch.
that it was better, that it was due to
.bdth of us, that I should do so."
"Sit down," said Lady Pilkington, bee -
leaf sinking again on to the couch from
Which she had risen.
Mr. Sheringnam oveyed in silence.
,With returning self-possession, there was
beginning to grow upon him an ahnost
.overwhelnaing sense of the difficulty of
'the task that ae had undertaken. He
.dreaded the humiliation which lee must
brine upon the charming woman before
THE MACE. , 1!".ad•:
History of the Emblem of Legislative
Authority Used in Congress.
At the right of the Speaker's desk in
the hall of the House of Representatives
in the Capitol at Wa.shington stands a
large cylindrical pedestal made of highly
polished green marble,
.him—how charming, he realized in that When the House is eailed to order
:moment as never before. His eyes, that each day, the Sargeant -at -anus, or one of
has deputies, places upon the pedestal the
mace, which is the symbol of authority
in the House. When the body adjourns,
says St. Nicholas, he removes it, and.
keeps it in safety until the House meets
again.
This mace is of very ancient and hon-
orable origin, Under the aid Roman
republic, the magistrates pa,ssed on foot
from one place to another, administering
justice, trying public offenders and im-
posing penalties.
Each of these magistrates was attend-
ed by a small body of men known as
lictors, whose duty it was to make way
for the officers of the law, presetve or-
der, make errests, and inflict punislinieht
On condemned eitizene.
tub of these lictors carrriea with him
a bunch of rods tied together with
red not look up, were attracted, sud.
*4k, alenly, by the delicate beauty of the hand
ithat played nervously with the cushions
die:Aide her.
Vor it would have been obvious, had
-atat Mr. Sheringham been' still to pre-
enacupied to perceive it, that Lady Pim..
;kington was extremely nervous, far more
o than the tone of hor not would have
t. fed him to expect, Not only did this
Involuntary movement of the hand be-
-tray her (in ono usually 80 restfully
composed) but it little agitated color
that kept comiug and going in her
cheeks. Mr. Sheringharri, however, was
• now looking a,st his boots, and saw noth-
ing of this.
• "I—I have something to explain," he
began, unsteadily, "something that it is
right you should learn from me persom
ally. He paused before the final leap.
"Itis nixed that lettet."
"My dear friend," she interrupted him,
d'Surely no explanation is moiled. "Your
aetter, which I shall alevoys be proud to
have received, was quite sufficient in it- A
eielf. It told me everything."
Mr. Sheringham felt then that he
would gladly give a large sum of money
to know -exactly what that implied.
"Yon -you have kept it?" lie asked,
• "You weak," she laughed back, but
with au uncertaia ring in her velem "fte
though you were tinximie to withdraw
the offer, Ile reassured. I shall not
bring mi. adieu."
Tien at once wies hie oppoetunity, gim
en by liereelf . Before he eould peke et,
however, she luta eontinued in an alterea
tont: 'lint /10 not think that I shall part
'ifth that letter?
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thongs end !loving an Sam boana to the
outside of it. The thoege were need foe
seOurging and, the Axe far beheadiag.
Seuteoces lueleasea by the megletratea
were we Ono carrieil out.
Theae buralleeof rods. were IMOWei
twee. -When the magletretee palmed
along the theroughfarce the lictore pro-
wled. them, bearing the fasces Aloft,
and tile eseelublea eitizerte Immediately
matle way tor them.
When any disorder arose nearby, the
lietoat appeared witk the faeces, upon
the sight of ahi.Ji gala wee instantly
reatored, itonieu citizen ever yen.
tured to queetion the authurity of We
emblem.
When, the Romano conquered Britain
the use of the fitecee as a symbel was
brought with thou, and like many other
Houma custonie, rematned with the Brit.
leh people,
When it was no longer neeil for infliet-
ing puniehnient, it continued to be used
ea
it eyelloa by the early lerelish raagis-
trates, and when an officer appeared, ear.
eying the fasces his authority was inn
enediately accepted by ail. It Was, in
efihet, kis badge of °Mee,
The English tom of the fames was
slightly changed, in that the axe was
placed. luta° of the bundle of roas, with
the blade protruding from the top.
The great councils af the early Saxons
gradually developed into one general
body, which la the feurteentle century
became known as tbe House of Commons,
In all them earlier vouncils the use of
the fasces WAS coutinued, but it then
mono to be linown as the mace, whieh
hes remained :le the emblem of legisla-
tive authority in that body down to the
present day.
Tbe House of Representatives of the
United States was modeled closely after
tee House of Commons by the framers of
aur Cionstitutiou, and the usage of the
mace was barrowea from the Engltah
custom.
The first elate adopted by the House
was destroyed by fire when, the •British
burned the Capital ia 1814. From 1814
until 1842 a mace of painted wood did
service, but in the latter year the pres-
ent mace was ma,de, after the niodel of
the original one.
It is about three feet in height and
consists of a bundle of ebony rods, bound
together with a band of silver, after the
fashion of the fasces, Froin the centre
of this bundle of rads protrudes a silver
stem, on which is a silver globe four or
five inches iu diameter. On this globe
is an eagle of solia silver with outspread
wings.
This mace is the emblem of authority
in the House, and when, as sometimes
happens, that body beeomes unruly and
seems to be quite beyond the Speaker's
control, the sergeant.-at.arms appears,
and, lifting the mace from its pedeital,
bears it up and down the aisles of the
hall. Instantly every member sinks into
his seat, ordereis restored at once, and
absolute silence prevails, .Any member
who disregards the mace is in "con-
tempt," and is liable to censure or even
expulsion.
OS 0'
PEEPS /NM
WOMEN'S LETTERS
If our readers could spend one lemm-
ing looking through the letters receiv-
ed from all over Canada by the Za,m-
.
Buk Co., it would bring home to them
i with irresistible force the healing vir-
tues of toes of this great hd
household balm. Old -
W081511, young women, wives., mothers
and. even young girls have something
to say about how Zanalauk did, this or
that good, office iit their home. Many
of these writers give permission to
make -extracts from their grateful testi-
mony.. 'From these the following were
taken at random:
"I was troubled for some weeks
with salt rheum in hands and arms and
• was using a salve which did mo little
i good. On receiviug a supply of Zane,
Buk I applied it, and it realty seemed
to net like magict the itching and burn-
ing ceased, and in a. few days the skin
was cleared and healthy." So writes
Miss E. A. Butehard, of Norte Koppel.
"Three bone, of Mam-Buk cured. me
of Eczema, from which I had .suffered
a lOng time." ao says airs. Gladden,
of Mansonville, Que,
"Zam-Buk cured a case of blood
poison in my family, and. I wish to
thraik yon for the great blessing it has
proved," is tbe effect of a, letter from
Mrs. Webb, of Dovercourt,
And ao one could go on quoting ex-
tract after extract, showing how Zam-
Buk cures chronic sores, ulcers, abseess-
es, bad leg, itch, and blood poison; takes
the soreness out of cuts and burns, and
grows new, healthy skin over injured or
diseased places. All stores and, druggists
sell at fifty cents a box, or the Zane-
Buk Company, Toronto, will mail for
price.
Local Option at the South.
• (Washingten Nereid.)
The toraporance inevement at the south fa
characterized by such persistence and listen-
er/roe that It eannot be placed in that cate-
gory of eettemodic reforms which at timee
air the mercurial people of that section to
frehzied enthusiasm. Nearly every estate oa
tohe:tilter IrIL'iletd"b1;°ThIrnatiresallrellt2. Pali;
Xehtucky the ohly counties that heve not
*teeaGPa"are"Bi wbih r5
cMarlluatedand in%enert1:
g
being kept up in a„recet determined fashion.
In Texes quite as large a proportion of
oounties has swung In -to the toeal
anoveanant as in Itentecky. About tho same
°outtakes exists in Alabama. south care-
atita're dispensary haw has receutly been
is:Kennel, but not on the side o the OppoIt
tints of temperance. Tenneesee is just rimy
the theater of determined activity againat
the easy public drinking piece.
Avoirdupois a Foe to Art.
(Washington Star.)
(bseare lIstenvectetein, the Now 'Work Thea-
ter builder and opera -tic impresario. is it -
ways interesting. He is often anore entee-
teining than the thows that are given in
Lis playhouses. the latest offering is an
innovation ie the way of a contract with
on operatic sitar. This singer Is noew ap-
pearing itt tiarninewistein's new 'oeera lemma
and but for ono elrouthetance le an that
the heart of it manager eould desire. Bet
that (Me eircumetance is a. weighty Otte.
The sineer is toe at. When it *omen to
tho aueritoo or girth the re-mere:4Ul limn-
merstein Is right there With 'the remedy. no
notifies this 'particular letrItene, who has it
marked tendency to EnibonpOlttt, tleet he
meet reduto his wait itte by aye inches
by the, opening of rtext eetteen or he cannot
sing. It is a cesa of bent or lose the enea.I
ticket altogether. So tbo iberltone hes de-
cided to bane.
Imaginary Grievances.
A schoolgirl in Milled by ,her mother and
takes ateepisee but 18 lemmed out in tithe.
A young wife Is lett at home me evening
by her husband, wee eald; "We all 'right
for a husbood to go eut—With bit brother
and leave Me Vol at home," anti when he
got hack he found her data, with it locale
et tenet Mimeo, on her dreid, on Vetch was
Ivrittent "That etenteek you tome brei -at
Inc 'Otos boubttee; thee° named -
betel, and en ette other girls who kill then-
itelVeip bromee their enothcat weld or their
it/there &Ivo tbo boyci VAdilr treat the house,
mid all Om evivee who idet themselvta be-
muses their httebetteie commtata of the heals
or ere eat *Moat Itteeelne Rhein, 4.1•0 Yell?
UtilrgbY; 60 one WeIlla kill TeNlelt telleSS
▪ felt very bed. Put there aro ninny real
arievencee in MU tliet It le bard to be ,art-
vethette 'with etreacie who home to eat eat
el 411:* "Mad for eutat tioecete at thikia.
Or• foeuves Pres, Tonle
*nd 1it04:3 Destroyer
YC IN
9'4101101,$NOlin 1114isSe4
Used in Thousands
of Itiornes in Canucla
THOSE WHO don't now what Psychine
le and what it deem are ;felting about it.
THOSE WHO da know what Peychine
le and what it does are using it. They
regard it ea their best physician And
friend.
'11.106.10 wzro un 11 ere being goickly
and permanently curea of all forms of
threat, chest, lung and etorae,o
troubles. It Is a scientific prepara-
tion, deeteoying all dieeaee gernas in the
blood and syetem. It is a \vendetta)
tonic and system building remedy, nod
in a certain, cure for
COUGHS, Bronchia/ Colighe,
rea, GRIN% Vattils and Wirier,
Coles, Bifacult Breathing,'
Pneumonia, General WeaRitoss
Bronchitis, Foenala Troubies,
Catarrh, FIcRIo Appetite,
%PROS Voice, Ifemorrhages,
aleopteeenees, Hiatt Sweats,
Nervousness, Coneuraptioa, 4
Malaria. Catarrh of thee
Anaemia, Stomach.
Ali these disetieee are serious in, them.,
selyee, and it not promatly cured in the
early stages aro the certain foreranners of
Voneumption In ite meet terrible fornas.
Psyebine campers and cures Consump-
tion, but it ia much es,sier and safer to
prevent Its development by using Psy-
chino. Hero es a sample of thousands of
voluntary and tamolicited statementsfrom
all over Canada :
brt T. A. Slocum, limited:
Gentiornene—I feel it my duty to 114,1118 von
of the remarkable euro affected by roar payoblite
and exanuisien, which have wino under my
personal observation. Three men, well known to
me, Albert Townseud, teazel Mom aud John
McKay, all of Shelburne Comity, were pro-
nounced by the best seedless' men to have
consumption, and to be incurable and beyond the
reach of medical aid. They used Pap:Mine and
Oxoraulsion and they are now in good health.
I feel it it duty 1 owe to autfering humanity to
state these facts tor the benefit of other sufferers
from this terrible disease,
Youre very trelv,
=ANDER I.P.,
Green Natter, N.8,
Psychirxe pronounced Si-Iceere, is for
sale at all 'up-toolato dealers. If your
druggiet or general store cannot aupply
you, write Dr. T. A, Slocum, Limited, 179
Kiug Street West, Toronto.
MEXICO LIKES PHONOGRAPHS.
"Greaser" Peon is as Fond of Music as
His Master,
The Mexican is a lover of music. It is
nothing strange to hear a "greaser" peon
whistliug selections from the latest op -
LIGHTS o11_oz2sx Tam.
anterne, 1,4orps Ca/4W Um on
InterestWg Ifistory.
Tiee 090E00 Ana the lantem were in
general use throughout the middle ages.
The sconce wee A llgbt, covered
gliardea from the wimi, lifted down by a
handle and diStinet trOM the 1A)Itern$
ehtl'irivIgiugiuireo onizi-thiet the same purpeme, but
Lauterns in the thirteenth venture,
were made of gold, Willer, copper or iron,
:wording to the means of the owner.
The light in the latter WAS shielded from
the wind hy thin sheetof horn. Lan.
itnerlie)arrizkime ivas an important industry
Noblemen and rich merchante took to
having luxurious little travelling equip-
ments made for them, mad amoug these
were travelling candlestickand Wash.
baains in fine enameled work, the secret
Of which is now lost.
The eustone of baying servants earry
flambeaux at festivals also became gen-
eral about this time, and a Strange and
tragic indieent is connectea wit)t this
fashion, At a ball given -by Charles VI.
the torehee carried by aorne careless ser-
vauts came too near the headdresses of
eertaia persoine dressed AS BM:Agent And
set them ou fire, The iinfortunate gueste
were burned, to dentin and the king at
the eight lost Itis reason, a nia.dnese
which haa a serious affect On the ilietery
of France,
Magic Lanterns were invented in the
time of Icing Fronde I. A device on a
somewhat similae plan was used as a sign
before alum doors to attract custom.
Lampe fell into disfavor at the begin-
ning. of the seventeenth century and
were oialy used by the poor and in pass-
ages and in ste,blee where the smoke
could evaporate and a great deal of
light was needed. Cauellee had reached
their perfection antt candlesticktheir
most exugisite form. A candlestiek of
crystal given by Louis XI. to Lit Vale
Here is still iu existence, arid it was at
this time also that the crystal pendants
came into fashion.
Street illeuninatiou was not seriously
attempted in Paris until about the mid-
dle of the seventeenth century. In the
first years of that notable century the
streets of Paris were ;lark. The rich
were escorted by lackeys bearing torches,
the middlemlass folks picked their way,
lantern in hand, while the poor slid
along, feeling their way by the wails.
In his edit of September, 1047, Lae
king provided that candles enelosed in
a cage of glees ohould be hung by cords
at the height of the first storey of tne
house, three lanterns for every street,
one at each end and one in the middle.
At the sound of a bell, straok, by a.
watchman, they were lighted.
Paris was, however, considerably in
advance of other cities of the world at
this time. In London link boys stood
about in public places, calling out in
lugubrious tones: "Gentlemen, it light!"
The origin of the phrase, "holding a
candle to you," is somewhat doubtful,
but some authorities trace it to the fact
eras, illogic to be popolar in Mexico: that as the small light stand had not
been devised attyone who desired to read
must be such as is or eau be understood
ind bed. had to have a servant stand be.
by the people, whose taste in this dime- side hun to hold the candle.One can
no
tion is the direct result of Spanish not •magine hat reading inbed under
t
teachings. Mexico boasts of a number these circecurtitzecanolvotuoldobnee who
oy has of good composers and the so-called folk
jaaibacieCustomed to solitude and it gas jet
songs are very numerous and in many easily turned on of off, bo 1 there is
instances pleaeing even to foreigners. everything in habit. --Gas Logic.
Dance muein Li preferred by the masses
and this is alinost universal, if the nit. 1.
tional dances -peculiar to the different
sections of this country are accepted.
Consul W. W. Canada, of Vera, Cruz, Babies do not cry for the 1 tm of it,
writes coacerning the sale of musical and nor is it alwame because they am
other instruments in 'Mexico as fellows: hungry, as eo maey young mothers
"There are two music dealers in Vera think. Nine thrice eut of ten baby's
Cruz. In all the larger towns through- ery indicates that bis little stomach
out the interior musical instruments is iot of order. Mothers will find
may be pmabased, but there are feW who instant relief for the•ir suffering little
make this a special bnsiness; it is gen-
erally conducted in combination with
other goods, Meeeico City 15 the central
point, ni this country for music dealers.
This consular district ("flees a splendid
field for the sale of talking machines,
having a population of not less than 3,-
000,000, which number ie increasing
daily. It must vet be supposed that the
machines are unknown, but they have
never been put before the public sys-
tematically. It is extremely doubtful if
an all established business house here
could be induced to semi in an order, pay
for the same at the place of shipment,
take all shipping and packing risks, pay
'duties and take its chances on wrong de-
clarations of mereltandise on consular
e
manifeet, usuidly resetting in fines and Dr. Willianie
aldleine Cm, Brockville.
double duties, and finally spend from 1 Out,
fotw to seven days in clearing the goods
from the custom house, on the wimp -
ported statement of the manufacturer m
hia. cireulars.
"It has repeatedly been said that the
American manufacturer who desires to
cultivate trede with this country must
do so in a systematie and thotough man-
ner with it representative. After the
manufacturer has established the busi-
ness at this port he could prooeed to
another town, and so the entire field Jaddresaed the League for Political Edo -
could be covered, and it is a large mime tcittion at the Hudson Theatre on "Men
CRYING BABIES.
°nee bit Pahede, Own Tablete. A few
dose:will mire the most obstinate
eases of constipation, indigestion, or
vomiting, and a Tablet given now
ana then to the well child will keep •
it well. airs. Mary Pollock, Oftwa,s,
Ont., says: "Itaby'a Own Tablets
have been a, great, benefit :to my
baby. They have made him happy,
peaceful and contented, when Mote
he used to ery all the time. I have
More .comfort with him sineo giving
him the Tablets than, 1 ever had be-
fore. He now 6iti arid plays and
laughs while 1 de my work. What
greater praise eta 1 give Baby's Own
Tablets." For eale at druggists or
by mail at VS cents a box from The
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WHY THE CZAR LIVES.
Terrorists Have Not Marked Hint for
Death, Says leIr. Francis.
The feet that the Cur of Russia still
lives is sufficient proof that the terror-
ists have not decreed his death, accord-
ing to the Rev. Alexander Francis, who
At.
A SPRING DANGER.
Many People Weaken Their Systems by
Dosing With Purgative Medicines.
.A, spring medicine is a .necessity.
Nature demands it as an aid to en-
riching the blood. and carrying off
the impurities that have accumulat-
ed during the indoor lifo of the win-
ter months. Thousands of people xe-
oognizing ahe neceeeity for a, spring
in,echeine, dose themselves -with harsh. knows, and occasionally be endeavors.to
griping 'purgatives. . This is
tell you that the use of purgative •
a' MI5' break through the trammels that confine
take.' Aelt any doctor and he will.
medicines 'weaken the system and him but through laele of lenawledge and
cannot possibly cure diseam. In the expe'rienee he is unable to aecomplish
aping the system needs Wilding up_ anythiug, and is soon famed back again
purgatives weaken. The blood should into inaction,"
be made rich, red arid pure—purge.' •
,inARIlostisteiglle Mr. Eraneis has observed
twes cannot do this, What is needed point a revolution by conyul-
is a tonie, and. the best tonic medi. I 1 et • t t• , bet he thinks that
ad science has yet devised is Dr„:foreivii netiOtte might ao something to
Williams' Pink Pills. Every dose of prevent Hag by refraining from inais-
eriminate praise of everything the
tins neeclume actually., anakes flow,,Douma; does and says.
ib bloed, and this new bleed itia‘e'le tfhiorathoZobutincio,f" ilti: said, r`ttioinclitrot,
streagethens ,every organ owl every The men of eulture proved not to be men
Para of the lhalY. , That is why these of action. The men of artion were lack.
FIN- 'banish PhaPeos mut 1m9isnt.13, ing in prantical experienee—ho\v- could
&sin eruptions. That is why they they be
mire hectitaches, batkaelies, rheu- otherwite?—arict no wisdom was
rostisoi tioursigia, and a host of founa in them. The peasanto evere one -
other eroithles that Immo from. sided and. full of false theories, and no
watery blood. That is why the P°IneTz. ellt°t1PemPatmed.e ft1:1°IeM tivilroulle.satilcalivirlictitDtio°tilltiolf
laItin'ale Ptileienleelattlirl't:111 allit8de slit)elp% e\vVeliitlittalnitsd' getirditeteethheed°,relieePe'altnides
feel active and strong. Miss Mahel quicaced to it large degree in its Mesa-,
ilmfuntialtirynainndstinacC:
Synnott, Lisle, (bit., :says: "I Was lotion. Thee sittitude wits fostered by
pale and weak and suffereit greatlahthe foreign press, which was studying
from heailitelies, nod I found notbitighfirst ItneSian Parliament from a safe
,
to help me until I began taking Dradaeademie distance and praising all its
te
Williams' Pink Pills. Theta have icom-
it
pletely vestored my 'health all& I bless If the eeenral Dnie.
onis dissolved, Mr. ways toworkeaT
tliti,udtayioslio
lieieatata7ilelittoeget
tillt,:eheni.. tEraneis foreseee a terrorist Outbreak, in
l
gement which the aristocracy rout bureemeraey
Pills, with tbe full name. "Dr. Wiatewill be wept away, leaving it chaos out
Hams' Pink Pills for Pilo Pecepie ' of which order will ultimetely conic—.
i
on the evnaper iwouna wit boX—all.New 'Stork Tribune,
I
other sew:tiled pink pills en frivadulett .............4.0.4...--o
imitatione. Sold by moliciiie dealers of Nitipledillinfr in Aeon empilays 10400
by mail at 50 come It Imo or pjet holtel met at Ntigneaki, 1,000 at Kobe and 4,.
for WO from Tar De. Willianes, Medi- WO at, Osaka.. Ail the 'liveliest) /tilde
0188 CO,, Breekville, Out, are full of mime.
and Affairs in Russia." The reason for
this, he explained, is that the autocrat
of all the Russias is not regarded as
being responsible for the present condi-
tions.
"Nicholas IT. is not a mere puppet,"
Mr. Francis continued. "He is equal in
intelligence and probably superior in
probity to most of his 'Ministers, and
those who enjoy his intimacy speak en-
thusiastically of his personal charm,
But be is afflicted with the impossibility
of being great. The fact that he is look-
ed upon as A negligible quantity ie the
80nren of the keenest inieery that he
Ana
Via„ MST PAW.
'TO paint 'YOU HOPS* %sae
• And out with int the eight ten
of color for freshness, beauty a
strersth,
TO kagP Yam nougOo awn,-
rul en4 bribe tbroueboue *um -
am and Wiater.
To brand ,YOUR 001.11911 with a
• quiet cogeoce weicagst Its fel-
• loom
Pilo Mat rieat for the pared eed
lean.
Write for our Post Card Series
"C" showing how soneo bowea
are painted,
, A. RAMSAY ft SON O,. moroms,
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STORY OE IHDIA.
Discoverers of A Guarded Treaeure Wim
Vett Emitted Handkerchief.
India Lae Jimmy false delusions, one of
them being that crimee precticea in days
gone by ere now extinct.
I have seen it written, ekes a corres-
pondent of elle Loudon Field, that the
thuggee'beei been eradicated. It has been
generally accepted that tlie fea,rfal meth.
oil of inakiag away with mankind ale.
closed years ago by hir. Taylor in "The
Oeuferesions of a Thug" hes ilisappearea;
hut in my olenion, as long ite Taal°, is
India that aneiton systema of murder
will remain as ao heirloom to the race
of Aelaties prone to that peculiar erime.
The story 1 have to relate is indirectly
conneeted with the clacelt Tamale gait his
followers.
It was in 1634 that I searched a cer-
tain watercourse in the Aesearghter jun-
gles fee tracks of tiger. I found them
about five miles from it village called
Egkria, in surroundings that softest usy
methods in every way for the erection
of a niaehan, and I called opon followers
to tie up the buffalo and prepare the
place for s kill. Nearby was a temple,
ancient and moss bound,
Much to my -surprise, my man refused
en inasse to help me in any way. They
at first offerte1 all sorts of feeble objece.
dons to the position, which did not de-
ceive: ine. I felt that there was Some
strong superstition cm other feeling ef
repugnauce which niade them hostile
to a mitchari being erected 0 nthat parti-
cular spot. I went to iny tent and pon-
dered, and while so doing iny head ehik-
aree appreaelied rae, and told me that he
would explain matters to the best of his
What the shikaree said to me I will
endeavor to repeat in his own words.
"Sahib," he said, "natia the daeoit is in
these regions. He is a friend. -cf the poor,
but a hitter enemy of the Fereingee
sahib and. :be riCe. He hue murdered
many men ena the lichee he, has gather-
ed are hidden In Many places. Cheetoo,
one of hie followere, has served you well,
and lie once knew what I am saying is
true.
eIt become known that "Pantie, Pheel
had laddeu half a Mc of rupees to the
vieinity of the temple. near where you
wish us to erect a macham. Cheetoo,
your late hunter, know it also, apd he
comnninicated the news to his bother.
They both resolved to gather the wealth
while Matta. Was elsewlecre, and. having
collected seems digging implements they
set out at sundown for tbe temple. The
treasure was actually buried beneath
the temple MM. Cireetoo and. his broth-
er Rugoo never reinrned, to their homes
and when two of their relatives set
forth to 'find them they likewise return-
ed not.
"Some days after these events it ble-
ther if Ini1:0 was hunting for thateh in
the neighborhood of the temple and came
aernee fear dead bodies. Two of them
were skeletons, the third. was partially
devoured, but the fourth, whieb. WI; ite
side the temple, was—owing to th-e inci-
dent baling oceurrect aboot Christen-m—
in a fair Eitato eb preservation. There
were not womule on the body, but, simply
a dark blue mark around the aeek, prov-
ing etraogulation by the Thug's knotted
handkereliief and it bruise at the nape of
the neck."
The shikaree added that Tantia had in
hes employ two rimowned Thugs, wao
could kill their vietinis before they
reached the ground, and those experts
watched Tantieee treasure. I was not
sueprised that the shikarees avoided the
spot, though it wan known that Taatia
had long age lifted his ill gotten gain:e
and platted them elsewhere.
BIRDS HAVE A HARD TIME.
Always Dodging Death and Have a Severe
Struggle for a Living.
"I was sitting at my winaow the other
day," said a bird lover, "while half a
dozen sparrows were picking furiougly
and savagely crowding One another round
a, bit of bread about the size of it boy's
Marble. They were hungry. 2 knew
that by the way they pushei and shoved
and. elbowed oue another around the
bread itil by the disputes and side fights
that were constantly taking place.
"A carriage rolled by in the streets.
In an inetant every bird took wing and
flew up to the branches of it tree over.
head. After the carriage had gone by
they mute heel:, but hal hardly got a
bite a piece when it boy appeared, and
away they flew again. Then a man, next
wonian, after her a dog, saii after the
dog a delivery wagon scared them oft,
so that oro the ertunb disappeared. the
birds at least it dozen times were fright-
ened up into tae tree, to eorne back and
be searea off again.
"The incident set -me to musing over
the vieiesitudes of nature's life and the
comforts men enjoy, tut do not appre-
ciate. Suppose that alt the boarders of
a first class house had to rush away
from the table an,1 run into the third.
storey half a dozen times during the din-
ner, to keep iron bong lolled, do you
think they would have much appetite?
Suppose you bad to bolt out of your
room into the street a hundred times a
day to save your life, -wouldn't living
become it hurtle)). Yet the birds are bolt-
ing all day long, every day in the year,
and all their lives, from real or imeginary
danger, for the one is as bail gel the
other.
"Suppose when we got up in the morn.
0641
40,1111XPIWO
ing in a room without a fire We had to
go out and work for our breakfaet be-
fore we got any, then find another job
to pay for dinner and a third. before 1VQ
coul1 eat supper; suppose that all eur
victual*: were cold, that after hutting
all day and not getting enough to eat
we had to roost under the eaves of a.
hem or under somebody's porch, And,
watoh for cats all night longe -wouldn't
men go axu1 jump in the river rather than
worry with such A life? Yet, that is the
bird's life in winter. In summer food Is
abundant, the temperature is pleasant
and the birds seem happy in spite of
their constant danger from boys and
stones and guile by day and from oats
and owls a night. Maybe- birds bay* no
meraory for dangers past. If a man runs
tbe risk of being killed by falling off a
street car all his acquaintaricea have to
lieten to the ataxy at intervals for weeles,
but a bird dodges death every ten min-
utes through the day, then mounts
twig and sings as cheerily as though
there were not a stone nor a gun in the
world. No regret for the past, no fore-
boding for the future, no worry about
rent or taxes or coal bills; no pantry and
no fear that anything will spoil in keep-
big—who wouldn't like to be a bird?—Bt.
Louie Globe -Democrat.
HELPS THE BLIND.
Portable Printing Outfit for the Benefit
of Sightless People.
An sonertus 01 widespread importance to
C., heed hes been invented by lir. Ernest
Vaughan, whereby the 1141,n0 eau toreekniad
freely. either among themselves or with their
friends who ere not ea afflioted. The device,
as described by the Selentifle .Amerieen, cam-
priees as it were a portable printing Amer-
atue. There is it small box about 8 blokes
it icneth by 1 Mabee Wide and 2 inches
deep divided into twe oongilarimentt, 0A0
comprising a reek containing the type char-
acters with which the printing is to be ac-
complished, and tho other a email empty
grating.
The type is of special design, having the
Braille character at one end and the earners-
pcseding Roman letter at the other. At the
• .e.e. (vest letter is a small notch, by
recene of whieh the blind opereeor ears as-
certain the meaning of the uartieular tile*
handled. This notch fits Into groove* pro-
vided in the small rack, eso that the char -
eaters may be stood vertically in tho rank to
form 'words, one by one ere= left to right.
When the rack has been thus filled, ow-
ing to its working upon a lenge, and by
e hely reeeleg it the sheet ed etni h
inserted in position betweeen .guides beneath.
The rack is then dropped down into position,
sled by a elight pressure the characters are
emboseed upon the paper beneath. If a copy
or the communieation is desired, a sheet of
, 'Dauer Is -placed upon the uppermost com-
• position at tenons, and by a elleht presnere
the cluplleate or oopy Is thus procured. The
, operator can correct his cempositton line by
lino. and effect arty revisions that may be
: required.. Ill this instance, the type he.ving
the Braille letter utmost, the resultant Dent-
,
ine is in Roman ehareetere, so that the Or-
tinery person etn easily read the cOMBUUni-
• cation.
iItt corresPonenng with a blind friend the
a Sag
letters downward. In tbe ease 01 an or-
' artery persons desiring to write to a blind
friend, the eheraetbre are set with the Ro-
mat letters uppermost, eo that they can be
seen by the operator. The resultarst Islorss.
don below is of course In Braille and the
reeipient can readily' read. the miiisive trek
lett to right by the touch.
I THINK Of THEE.
I think of thee
1Vhen the sweet'voice of the nightlagale
Its sweet and plaintive warblinge to the
night .
Sounds through the vale.
When dost thou think of met
thinlegloo: thee
By the bright waters of a shaded foun-
While in the glistening rays of twilight
Glisten the mountain.
Where thinkest of met
I think of thee,
With tenderest hopes and deep, anxious
fears,
Passionate thoughts for the one 1 lave.
How dost thou think of me?
Love, think of me,
When we shall meet again another day.
Till then how distantly your feet may
stray
I shall forever think and. pray only for
thee.
—Oeorge Ilawkesworth. Armstrong.
What Makes the Sky Blue.
It is the atmosphere that makes the
sky look blue and the moon yellow. If
We could. eacena 18 aa elevation of forty
I miles above the earth's surface We should
see that the eiloon be a brilliant white,
; while, the sky would be blaglc, with the
stars shining as brightly in the daytime
hia at night. Furthermore, as a most
piaturesque feature of the specMcle, we
ehould take notice that some 'Of the stare
aro rea, others blue, yet others violet,
and still otherreen in abr. Of counie
all of the stars (if we bar the planets of
our system) are burning suns and; the
hues they wear depend upon their tem-
pera:Wm—Reader.
Dainty Dressing.
Comfort is a good slave.
As a master it is en ogre.
It drives Bohm women to be dowdy.
°there manage it very artistically.
IsTot a few make it synonymous with
dowdiness,
Of comae, there is a comfort that 11
most praiseworthy.
The sort that allows a 'mitten to wear
soiled eallar, or a baggy veil, gloat& be
called by another name.
00:96.04104001360000410434644.0.10.
Consumption is less deadly than it used to be.
Certain- relief anti usually complete recovery
will result from the following treatment
Hope, rest, fresh air, and Scott'
Ematsion.
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