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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1908-01-16, Page 6'he True and The False WEWANNIZNAvoututaZIOSICXXXXXXXXIM r • r The Life of Obrist. (By Frederic, 13. lnieal, D.1 -"The life wan the- light of men," John 1, 4. O Thou tho only holy life, Oidairsed the light of men to be, I turn front a•11 my mental !strife, And pray Thee to enlighten me. Threugh all the avenues of earth :Sly soul has wandered: in Ile quest Of lasting goods but finite a dearth, And meekly tune to Thee for rest. There is a spirit all men feel, • myetie form they could not trace, A kinship needful to their weal That lingered- long with veiled. fan -- This heavenly kinstip, gracious Lord, In Thy pure life I fain would see; This hidden glory, long adored, Thou &at in love reveal to me. It lights the way to life divine, Aad strength affords to walk therein; It upward draws to love like 'Able, And purifies the heart from sin. With sorrow for the worthlees past, I turn repentaut toward Thy way; With nbastennel tope a peace at last • I'll walk with Thee, my light and etay. • Winnipeg, Dec., 1007. Prayer, Almighty God, the father of our spir- its a.nd the founaein of all blessing, we thank Thee for the revehttion of Thyself in Jesus Christ. We bless- Thee thatnne Who was•in the begioning with God, and who was Himself divine, became flesh and tabereacled emong men. We thann The for that grace and truth manifested in Hie earthly life, by which we are still nersuaded and enabled to seek Thy face. We would open the door of our hearts end welcome Christ Jesus praying IBM to enter and take -possession as our Lord and Saviour.- May we recognize bis presence and His power, as He brings ue into loving and ctilnlike fellowship with the Father and gives ns the spirit and the. ehaarcter of God's sons. For His name's sake. Amen. ANSWERS TO PRAYER. I looked through a volume of "Re- markable Answers to Prayer" and I was struck with tbe fiancee of its contents. Thirty years ago it Would have been wen come in more ways than One; new it did not seem to fit. felt how lucom- • patent the large class of devout persone are to do the part of an analyst. Here is a city for a. million people, and the drinking water has to be analyzed, How many could do it? Perhaps a dozen, and. when done, only half onthat number ean write a report so as tie be under- stood by the common reader. There is no greater mystery than the mystery of prayer. There are many mimics of thought; at the end .of every one there is an impenetrable mystery.. If so, our ideas of prayer are inadequate and. unworthy, and we never arrive at the final point. A. devout man takes his • pen to write about a recent experience. Can he delineate, mark off as in a dia- gram or chart, and so reeder it as to be fit for publication? • We may ask -who is he? What combination of qualities cluster round him to give him full equip- ment, delicate and profound, for such a eask? Was there ever such a crowd of 'functions conceutrated in one person? - Ile is eulprit, judge, jury and verdict. He tries to describe matters faithfully, but like the woman at the well, we may sa- in the spirit 'she said it in, "Thou haat nothing to draw with, and the well is deep." 'What is the duty of the an- alyst? lt is to separate, examine, class- ify,• weigh, measure and test, combine, strike an average and give result. Thera are rnellions of prayers an- swered every moment, but that they arc capable of publication gravely doubt. Can you penetrate the inmost climber of private worship, where the lonely man is with the only God? Tell how the fur- niture is arranged in that most holy place. No other eye can trace, for you are alone. "There shall be no man in the holy place" -Lev. xvi. 17. Your own eye cannot trace, for you are M the dark. The folds of the tent ave dark, fold on fold; the light of the sun is not there, nor moom nor stars, nor glimmer of lampseand, 'Ile kingdom of Cod es within you"; all others are excluded, and you are incompetent. Your ink -horn is not in your girdle; you have no girdle: you are naken before the Lord; your naked feet stand on the living rock. To try to look in upon yainis indelicate and impenetrable. This sacred region is in- violate, and most sacred epen in thought. The solitude is as deep as death. Only to stand. and think of God! 0, what joy it is; To think the thought, to breathe the namn; Earth hes highee bliss. Father of Jessie, love s xeward, What rapture. will et be Prostrate before the throne to lie And griee and gaze on Thee. "Like as a father „Meth his children so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him." An earthly father pitieth his Often. he cannot help him, but behind God's pity is His purpose, plan, provision. We see the present pain. Ile sees it too, but ITe. sees also the pleasure and the pur- pose, which are hid from us. We know not what will come in an hour, but from His eyes nothing is hitt His hand is not short, nor is His storehouse empty; in silent night He guides thee, with muni- ficence Ile equips thee; His love is ex- panding. His light is -enlargina, and all this is to help you to stem the hostile tide, to bear tim cross, carry the pale erown of submission. 0 glory under a cloud, 0 songs sung in the night. What 'harvest of answered .prayers gathered on. - the bettch after the long storms of life! IL T. Miller. -"""7"-- The great soft, downy .snowstotm like a cloak Deeeesuls to wrap. the Imo world. head • to feete It :gives the dead another minding - sheet, tr buries all the roofs until the smoke Seems like a eoul that from its clay bas broke; It broods moon -like upon the .autumn wheat, AM visits all the treea in their ree treat, To hood. and mantle that poor shivering folk. 'With wintry bloom it fills the harshest 'mime En jagged pine stump knees. Every sound It Invitee to the footstep of a nun. Sweet Clarity! that brightene where it Moves, Indoeing ibtriost bits of elm -diet nroutin To gine Stradiant answer to the eun. P*Atiteltriat Wetherald. ssismossosormorosSoormisr.r., • .............srp.,,,RaszirSokwror....• roworam.4.004.1.4.44.010pAsSrmaRk4ROONOR Vasmov.— oso, . The saloon was superbly fitted up end illuniinatesl, ann filled with tho most brilliant and imposing. emu- pany that had ever gathered there. Ilere Were asesmbled some of the moet distin- guished men and. most beautiful evonien from the four querters of the Indio's; men high in military or eivic.rank, re- nowned in the field or the forum; schol- iast% celebrated in the arts or scleaces; general officera in their gorgeous uni- forms; foreign ministers and ambassa- dors in their sumptuous court dresses, and. attended. by theuesuites; in a word, all the splendor, talent, beauty and cel- ebrity of tbe capital city in its best season filled the President's saloon that night, • lt must be confessed that our rustic boy, with hie pride and geniue and sew sitiveness, was at first somewhat dazzled and dashed, Yet he need. not have been, In all that brilliant assemblage there was not so litendsome or graceful a man as Falconer O'Leary -with -his classic profile, and his gypsy skin, his large, dark, flashing eyes, and shilling raven hair, and his fine,. free, athletic figure, clothed in the simple suit of black -he was literally "handsome as Hercules ere his first labor," and. more than one pair of bright eyes lin- gered on the boy. and wondered. who be `WU. His eyes eemeen- their etar,. Maud Hunter. ' There. she west -the beautiful girl -seated on one of the side sofas, and, as lumen with her father and her /nether. And unobserved for a while he watch- ed her, and neerly auffocated with strangely mixed emotions of love jeal- ousy, anger and admiration. 'Maud had been beautiful as a star, when clan in her pieta, tremble gown of black cal- ico, without a siagle ornamemt. And -now her peerless beauty was enhanced by all the advantages of a rich and. elegant costume. She wora a robe of rose-col- ored brocade, made low on the neck, with short sleeves, and trimmed with a gossamer lams pearl necklace and. brace- lets, and a string of pearls twined in and out with the sunny braide of her hair, and looping baek the long, bright ringlets from her rosy cheeks. Her face • was averted, and her teen bowed over a bouquet that she held in her haid-she was blushing under the too admiring gaze and speeds of some perfumed for- eigner, who was bending over her -and whom Falconer at once stigmatized as an. impudent, conceited French poodle, whom he should like to seize by the goatee and send whirling from the room. 'Can you tell me who that• foreign jack -a -nape is, standing before Miss Hun- ter?" he asked of Donzoni, who was paseing near. "That! Ohl Is it possible you don't know? Why, he is ona,of ehe foremost .among the competitors for the hand of the beautiful heiress -said to be a dan- gerous, if not a successful rival of Sir Henry Percival. "Who is he?" muttered Falconer, be- tween his clenched teeth. "Why, Senor Don Emillio D'O—, the son of General the Count D'O—, of the Argentine Republic. One of the lions of the Washington salons. I am sur- prised you .did not know him!" "No, I 'know nothing of the foreign monkeys that fine ladies choose to make lions of," growled Falconer with a bit- ter look directed toward Mind, who had not as yet lifted her head. Other gentlemen had appioached the beauty, and among them were Mr. --, the nephew of the President, a stanred and ribboned. foreign minister, and a military officer. They -closed in and in- tercepted his view of the lovely girl, and he anathemized them for the aet . The very heart in his bosom was corroding with chagrin. He had never seen Maud M full dress before, and now, insignifi- cant as such a superfleial matter really was, it seemed to the boy's vexed and morbid feelings as if the very elegance of her dress, as well as the nature of her surroundings, separated lier farther and farther from Win. And when her face was turned away, she seemed. quite an- other person from the little, loving crepe ture M the plain black calico frock, who used to sit by his humble cottage. fire and knit or sew -and who was ell his own, with no one to interfere -and whom he could love, caress, chide, praise. flat- ter, quarrel with, and make up with at his pleasure, with no one to oppose. Nose she was drawn away and lifted high above him -set like a star in the heav- ens, above him, and he growled behind his set teeth: "No I no! this is not my gentle love - this is every ineh a superfine yoong lady -this is really the queen -beauty of Washington, and -she has forgotten that she ever was anything else!" Thus he thought and spoke when Maud's face was turned away, while she received the adulation, conveyed by glance and tone and sigh, of the circle around her. But presently the circle opened, and at the same moment the beautiful girl lifted up her head, and her eyes fell upon Falconer, and the smile of joy that suddenly illumined her sweet, pensive cauntenance, revealed that she was still at heart his Maud. She took and premed her mother's fingers, and stooped and spoke to her with a gladdened. snarkling glance. And Mrs, Rutter smiled gently, and looked to - Ward Falconer. . But then the boy's proud, jealous sur- ly demon instigated. hint to grumble to hinted' that he would not stend there to be made a spectable of, and, turnieg abruptly, he moved off to a distant part of the salon, where, from an oblique tingle, unobserved himself, he continued to- •vvateh the maiden. There was a, little stir and murmur around hini, which he soon understood to be occasioned by the quiet entrance of the Preeident mto the saloon. But the President was a subject of profound indifference to our boy, until he saw his venerable but still met and int- posieg form standing before Afre.. Hun- ter and her daughter. He saw him bow and amile, and fall into a pleasant, lively chat with the mother* and then, after a little while. turn and aadreet the dangle ter and offer ler his arm, Aral he MN Maud bow end smile and arise'. And saw them pass off together for a promenade. The boyee jealous heart everflowed with bitternees. "It litas not enough," he said, "that her head was turned with flattery before, but now ties President must do her this very unusual honor!" A.nd lie %good and" wattled them ete they joined the eirele of ptomenielerts that almeln revolved aretintl the saloon. Ile watched the pair eIosely. They walk- ed, and talked like friends. In the Pre- sident's manner to the beautiful 01 there was a sort of fatherly fondness and familiarity, mei Meutl'a demean- or to his excellency a filial respect and Affeetioe that seemed to dispeeise with cereineny and reduce their Intercom -Re to a primitive simplicity. After making the circuit of the salon two or three times. the President led her back to her -place, teak the seat by her side and continued the pleasant, lively chat with her there. Falcouer ob- served thein some time longer, and then, nodding his head grimly two or three times, lee said to himself: ' "Now will try herl I will put her to the testi I 'will 'put them ell to the test! Come! I will go and Invite Miss Hunter to take a promenade with me. Let as see if she will aecept the invi- tation, Let us see if die will not rather be 'very sorry,' and too much fatigued, and beg to be excnsed. Oh! haI kuow how it, will bel" And so. saying, the boy deliberately sauntered up toward the sofa where they sat. The President was seated between Mrs. and Mies Hunter-Da.niel Hunter on the other side on his wife. The fella were gayly converaing with their heads together, and did not perceive the ap- proaehnof Falconer until he stood before them, He bowed to the group, and then, turoing to Mand, addressed to her some words en the neerest commonplace cour- tesy. "A very pleasant evening, Miss Hun- ter -1 hope that yon have enjoyed it." She looked up-tte same flush of pleasure lighted up her face, and out flew her little white hand like a bird into Ins -and: "Oh Falconer! I am so glad to see you!" she said. Spoiled child of seeiety, as . he lad called her, she Wan still far more natur- al, simple and genial than himself. "I am so glad to see you. But why have yoftnot called?" "Circuenstancea beyond my control," Mists limiter, have deprived me ef that honor. I need scarcely inquire, Miss Hun- ter whether you are pleased with Wash- initon city. Your leaks entire me that you have enjoyed your winter here." "Yes; It is a pleasant place in its sea, - son; we meet interestina people from all parts of the world here.°And, beet of all, I like it because it is a truly demean: tie city; there ie little exclusiveness here." "1 tun truly rejoiced to hear that yet have been so well plemed, Alieri Hunter." "And yet- and yet, *lir, I might have been better pleased." "Miss Hunter, if you are not already' too weary, will you do me the honor to accept my arm for the promenade?" ."I will do myself that pleasure, rath- er, if the President will excuse inee' she said, turning with a beaming smile to- ward the latter. The President assented with a bow and a smile, and jest as to wbat.he ehould answer were Ile forty years younger. "And will your excellency permit me to present to yon my earliest friend and foster -brother, Mr. Felconer O'Leary, of Maryland. No doubt," she added, with smile full of girlieh gayety and in- nocent freedom, "Mr. O'Leary, as in duty bound, made his bow to the President M his reception. room, but we know that his excellency finds it impossible to re- member every one among his 'dear five million friends.'" "Miss Hunter may do her utmost will with me," said tbe old gentleman. shak- ing his hand; and then welcoming Falcon- er with cordiality. And our boy felt a twinge of compunction- anel also of mortification to think that he had really committed the vandalism of passsing through the reception room and entering the salon Without having had the grace to pay his respects to the master of the house -not to say the President. But this slight feeling of self-reproach was but as a ripple upon the stormy waves of his deeper and fiercer emotions, in which it wee soon engulfed. He drew the little hand of the maiden within bis arm and joined the promenaders. The thick press of the crowd was now be- ginning to thin off -the salon was only moderately full of company. And Miss Hunter, hanging on the arm of a stranger of distinguished manly grace and beauty, was now the observed of all observers. She was endifferent because unconscious of the attention they attracted; but he, on. the coneraiy, with his heart bursting with suppressed emotion, and desirous above all things for a confidential inter- view with her -he was painfully eon. seems of tho hundreds of eyes that saw him. Ho was pale and silent -now winh her arm resting trustiogly on his, with her touch. thrilling hirn through every nerve and vein to his heart's core, te could no longer affect to addeese her with the conimonplace nonsense of a drawing -room chit-chat. He looked toward Mr, and Mrs. Hunter to see how they took his promenade With their daughter, and whether they watch- ed him, But, no! they appeared. cheerful and senfident or indifferent, he tould not decide whicle The President and Mr. Hunter- were earnestly discussing. some subject of- inteeest, ann. Mrs. Hunter was listening to thein with yleased attention. There was evidently no jealous surveil- lance on their part. But, oh! the crowd -the crow.i, 'with its argils eyes!. pressing so close wen them too -two or three couples (tureen, imme'cliately 'M front of • them-tWo or three couples treading on their heels be- hind -and a -couple on the right bard, and a couple on 'the left -and no oppor- thrifty of relieving his bosom's weight 1)3T speaking one earnest heart -word to his beloved that would not be heard ty a dozen pair of ears, and repeated, most likely) by as "many gossiping tongues. And this their frist meeting after their Stormy separatioft and long, weary ab. berm They made one et tWo turns arearul. tlw room, and then another fear seized him -the company were now thinning Off so fast that he thought their partiug hour would come before he .had said utat his heart Was bursting to say, At Test lie stooped and. whispered huskily% • "Maud Hunter, must speak te you alone,' or diet" She pressed her fixigers on the orm whieh sbe rested, and without further reply raised her head and. looked 1.oward distont comet sofa that act beee lately occupied by a parte! who -vere upw . leaving 16 to entire, Etneoner &nerved her glance and led liar toward it. .'lley reacheil it, and took the vacua aeate, "Maud," he eommeneed, "you sale a feW moments Agee that you might toot been better pleased with Waehlegten. Dearest Maud, will, you tell ine whet ,yoti mean?" "If you had ertelet1 to gee its freptently as others eel AM do, I gimlet Mine been happier." ' "As others do: And do yoU liArtgine, eland Menem., that I could visit you as. other* do? yonr hieeperable outran* ion from infancy! I, who for ,yeere, rind until the very moment of our siettim eeperation, looked upon you ae ray wife? Oh, Sylvia, how blind, deaf, ineensllee you must be to all I Melt to all I suffert Visit you, as others dot" "1 did not mean. that, Falconer. You must know' di4 mot mean that. should lieve been gladder to sea you than to Bee any one else, my dearest brotheri" "Your brother! limn -yea! You in- troduce4 me to the President ea your foster -brother -was it as your foster- btor° stebeerintentapt you would baye been glad "Yes, dear Falconer." "Miss Hunter! I have heard a rumor to which I have bitherto given nut little credence, but which your manner would seern to confirm." "I do not underetaral you," said 'Maud, "Aliss Hunter -pardon me tor askivg a •.plain question, which I, nevertheless, think may be consideeed entitle4 to ask and to Which I may have a right to a candid answer," "What is it then, tIr. O'Leary?" Mr. O'Leary! It was the first time she had ever so addressed him, , and though he might beve known that oho coned not do otheriviso, slime be perse- vend in calling her Miss Beintee-the name went through hie bosom like a sword, Ile was very pale with restrain- ed emotion-aad hie voice had an unnat- urally low, level tooe, ar he inquired: "Miss Hunter, pardon my presump- tion but are you engeged to be mar - "Falconer, you wound. awl dietiress me." "1 a,m grieved to 40 ee—I beg pardon -neventhelens, beseecti you, answer my question frankly, and to the point - are you engaged to be monied or not?'' "I coesider myself engaged," answered the maiden, in a low voiee. "Enough. mough, Miss Hunter! par- don my presumption, and permit me to lead you back to your party," said the bey, in a smothered, suffocating voice, "Faiconer, my dear brother, aseat is the xuatter,?" asked. Maid., in alarm. , "Nothing-nothing-ncithing-- except _that I am what many men haveeteeen tie- ' fore me, and many men will be after me -a, fool!" He got up and offered his num and she also arose with a look of perplexity and distress, took it, and suf- fered. him to conduct her back to ear parents. And then the boy bowed deeep- ly and withdrew. He imenediatel:hlleeftvtle: salon -the light of life seemed dying out within litim-tia &Seeks were white and ourdled---his lips bloodless eyes stagnant in their eockets--he was elok of existence -be could derive n.o otmolation or relief even from his art now; he oould not have touohed the Latwoon.. he 'ooind not even 'have -Works* ed at tile Niobe; he could do nothing. he thought but die, if death would oneY come. Maud retired from the salon with her *parents. On reaching home alit/ went immedi- ately to lice own chamber, where. throwing herself upon the bed, all ele- gantly devised as she Wa,S, elle gave way to passionate fit of weeping. Mere came a tan at the door; she knew her mother's moan and arose and opened it. • . "Now, I have Come to have a talk with you, (Send; now tele me what it is between you and Falconer? .eteehy be look so much like a deatb's hea,d when he brought, yeu back eo use and why have no ubeen weeping so much? Tell your mother," said the lady, lead- ing the maiden to the sofa, and embrac- ing her. . . Maud threw herself upon her mother's bosom, •and wept heartily before she an- swered. And when Mrs. Hunter repeat- ed tlee question, she replied: • "Oh, mother, dear mother, I- do not understand it at all. All I do know is, that Falconer is very, very wretched, and behaves en a manner that is as in- comprehensible as it is torturing to las db eo at.1111.1, " What does he stsy? What does he what manner does he behave, my do? He must be very ithstaken, and very unreasonable." "Oh, viamins; I could not explain it 'to you, because I do not comprehend it myselfeonly 'I feel that Nine are just now both very. miserable, and that I am un- grateful, dear mother, in not being per- fectly happy with you and my best fa- ther. "My love, tell me all teat hes passed between yourself and Ftelooner, and I shall be better able to judge." "W -e11, dear mother, I will; listenee stied Maud, beginning and telling the lady word. for word the whole of the ehort but significant neonversation be- tween hereelf and her evild lover. In conolusion, she seid, "Now, dear' motto er, what otin any one me,ke of suoli con- duct? juet at the very inoment I assur- ed him that I considered myself bound to him, that he should have changad. in such a deathly way, and left nee so abruptly." ' The lady sat la thought a few mo- ments, and then a smile came over her face, and embraeing bee daughter, she said: "I. see it all, my love. There ie a misunderstanding between you. were apeaking at cross purpmes." Y." "How, dearest mother?" • "Why, thus; it is clear enough to me; he has heard of -a silly rumor . of your beine engaged to Pereival." nIt's there suet. a rumor, mamma? Ohs I am very muds mortified!" "Yes, there is soich a -report, my dear. I have contradicted evherever I neve' heard it. Yet it still prevails." "1 ane'very sorry! 'And that unhappy Falconer hoe heard it." "Undoubtedly, and he was talking about your rumored engagement to Per- cival, while you were thifildng only of your pledge to himself! That explains his wretchedness." "But, mamma," said Maud, gravely* "it is impossible that Falconer could, for an instant, eatertain the idea, of My being so false! No, no, mamma Fal- coner never, never thought so ill of me I" "My ehild, Its long as Felconor lived with you he evidently does not fully understand awl appreciate you. His judgmerit is blinded by his passions," "Mid, oh, mamma! could 'Filleoner neve that tould be a traitor to my loye, and engage insiseif mi. other?" "It is evident that be did Se, my ebild; arid that he understood you to confess such an engagement," "Oh, how coact Palconer ? HOW could. he? 011, mamma, let us undeceive hinil Oh, mamma! tell rne how ten utide- ceive him at once!" said Maud* clasping her hands. • The ledy drew her toler bosom, and gravely and tweedy answennd: 7 ene corgi/Mean' ' t L - • Oti the SoUleVat,d. . "AnOW MO to intrOaliee thee man who luts written more sibsolitte noreselise than anyone else in Paris." "Momtlette iiettelolernelistt" • • "No, madnine; 'stenographer to the Member of Deputieel"-Transatlatitie Toles. • -4144tirseiskies....mw cm. TALLER SILK HMV FOR MEN. • Changes In Style Thallut#04.0a9mion Hatters Aro Considering. The <mot= whether the tall hat 011411 b0001110 taller is now bailie 411* knurly debated by the half dozen west end hetters who -rule the fashion, and several of' them have tamest decided to lake etep in that direction by OA 111. crease. of one -sixteenth of ati. inch 111 height "Tlie Englishman," said a west end batter "is never violent or conspicuous , in changing a fashion, and only a very slight alteretioa can. be made at a time. For two or three years, however, there has bee» ne deciden change in the shape of the top bat, and it seems about tivie there was some Alteration. The limit of shallowness seems to have been reached, They are now being made six inches deep in small sizes and ohout she and a quarter in. the largest, so that they can only grow taller again. A sixteenth cm even a quarter of an inch does not sound very muck, but it really makes a great deal of . difference in, tite Appearance of a hat. The very tall hat of fifteen years ago was only six and five-eighths inches deep, "rde oot believe, however, the top hat will become as deep as that again. The bell shape has. come to stay, and if you inereese the depth the ishape enust either become nearly etraight or display a con- spienoue ansl inelegant evaist-London Daily Mail, - -.- What He Liked Best. Speaking of critics reminds me of one old friend. long dead, who considered himself a grand judge of ministers and their perform- ances. One day I was out of rar own pul- pit, and a friend conducted the servIcest for HR was a Beane:nee in style, .and fair- ly took the congregation bY storm. 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I was about to consult a doc- tor when a friend advised me to try Zara. Buk. This I did. Zam-Buk began "by draw- ing out the inflammation and lu one week the wound was nicely healed. Since then I have bad no healing balm in the house but Zam-Buk. I feel so grateful for my speedy cure that I unhesitatingly give my testi- monial to the merits of Zam-Buk," Zam-Bult 'cures Cuts, Burns, Chapped Hands, Chafings, Cold Sores, Itch, Chilblains, Bczetna, Running Sores, Sore Tliroat, Dad Chest, Ringworm, Piles (blind Gr bleeding), Bad Legs, Inflamed Patches, Rheumatism, Neuralgia; Sciatica, Absce.sses and all dis- eased, injured and irritated conditions of the skin. Of all druggists and stores, 60c., or post paid upon reeeipt of ,price, from Zam- Buk Co., Toronto. 60c a box, 6 boxes $2.60. - Held It All. . Maud -"What very large teeth. Seotehmen have, mamma; haven't they?" Marnma-"Not any larger than we English people have, Maudie." Maud -"Oh, yes, they have; for when epapa asked the new Scotch gardener to -day if he would take just a tooth- ful; and rm sure papa made the but- ler give him more than half a tum- blerful, and his tooth held it all, for he didn't .spill a drop!" - ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT Removes all hard, soft and calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavin, curbs, splints, ringbone, sweeney, stifles, sprains, sore and swollen throat, coughs, etc. Save $60 by use of one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by drag - gists. . Doctors at Sea. First interne-Doetor, there's some- thing wrong with the ship. The surgeon conunander-What's the nature of the attack? First interne -It appears to be an in- cision on the outer integutnent, sir. The lookout calls it a leak, The surgeon commander -Never mind what the lookout calls it. Treat it with sterilized cotton and surgeon's plaster. If the symptom do not abate report to me aud wilnarrange consultation, - Cleveland Plain Dealer. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc. - - ' - The Busy Bee. The value of $26,000,000 placed on the annual output of honey puts this farm crop only slightly betinel raw Game sug- ar, which had a valuate* at the refin- eries of $28,000,000. Comparisons with the output of the eixty-four beet -sugar factories, Which tave a capacity of 49,- 600 tons of !Seas daily, moyseem odi- ous.. Yet the product of this toddled and fostered industry -$45,000,000- was leas than double that of the busy hive cerminutities. The. bee. in effect pays the interest on the public debt -e$24,310,326. Shall not the les•ect whieli Napoleon made an iin- learnt]. emblein have some State recogni- tion "such as Maemehusetts gives to the codfish in its legislative halls. As amat- ter of fad, the products of the New Englann fisheriee, which have been the subject of treaties athd international con- ventions. and occasionally rraisen the epectre of War, amou,nt dri value to only half the ime'e procluet.-The New York Worlit . Make a Frame House LOo11 Like Stone Bilas tile moat dutstle, bon *MAY oatstdd fihigt foromy house -makes it W'stmer winter?, cooler' authmers-westhepproofsit--helps matte it fits-moof too—that's PEDLAK tRifb5TENtot Ilerairetit pattemt, to suit mill Wes you hove,—• actfeet imitation et Wok. an stone, tough stone, ao. Coe lea than you'd think breech value. Sold for the obout modem metal finish, fa all keels th :mutates, 16 FREE, Mares 51,5 " A Ts . tit'd The rED Lamm reopao Odium Montreal Gttairt Toads Ian 'en Winelettg. THREE MEN IN TUE SAME TROUBLE Italian Engineer Plans to Use Steam From the Globe's Interior. VOLCANIC POWER. A Voluntary Statement by a justice of the Peace Showing HOW Conellittp- tion is Being Cured by Paychine. There are few people who, either themselves or smile of their friends, are not ?suffering from some farm of throat, chest, or lung or etomach trouble. To Steele the following vol- untary letter, written from a sense Pf duty, to those who are suffering from these troubles, will briug en- couragement and help. 11 is 11 source of coinfort to know that there is one remedy which, after all othere have failed, and the physiciates skill has been eihausted, can always be relied on to 'bring . help and reliet to the euftering, and restore health and vigor. Dr. T. A. Slocum, Limited: Oentlemen,-I feel it my duty to advise you of the rexnarkable oures effected by your Psychine and Oxo- mulsion which have come under my personal observation, Three men, well known to me, Albert Townsend, Hazen Hipson and l'ohn McKay, all of Shelburne County, were pronounc- ed by the best medical men to have oonsueription and to be incurable and beyond the reach of medical aid. They used Psychine and Oxomulsion and they are now in good health I feel it a duty I owe to suffering lumanity to state these facts for the benefit of other sufferers from this terrible disease, Yours very truly, Leander McKenzie, Green, Harbor N.S. Peychine positively ' oures coughs, oolds bronchitis, la grippe, chills, sweats, wasting 'diseases, and consumption. It strengthens the siomeoh, creates a ravenous appetite, destroys all diseases germs, and builds up the system quickly, mak- he sick people well and weak people et Yong. Psychine (pronounced ei-keen) for calk at all drug stores at 50c arid $1.00 per bottle. • - ' The Ebb and Flow of Immigration. That imniigmtion flood of 1,286,000 people M the fiscal year 1807, whieli ended on June 30th and which left all the records far behind, attracted far less attention than did an Millet of a quarter of those dimensions half it een- 'Wry ag.o When the potato famine in Ireland in 1840 aent the- immigratien into the United Statee in 1847 above the 200,000 mark for the first time in the ociuntry's history, and wben the abor- tive insurrections M Austria, Hungary, Prussia, Bavaria, and otter European countries in 1848-49 re -enforced the Irish inpour mid sera the immigration above the 300,000 line in 1850, and abeve 400,000 in 1854, many persons feared that the alien deluge .would overwhelm America. and aubvert ita instetutions. Then started that wave of nativism which resulted in the esbablishment of the secret, oath -bound Know -Nothing party, which swept Massachuseta and several other States in 1854 and 1856, and whine, under the name of the Am- erican party, polled 875,000 votes for Fillmore for President in 1856. The 'Civil War, and, the Ilecessity of getting as many soldiers as possible from all ele- mente of the population, killed nativism and, except in a few feeble and sporadic outbreaks, it ha.s not reappeared since. - From Leslie's Weekly. .71 7 t Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. The Philosopher, He came bomo at. night to find the house deserted, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. There was a crumpled note on the centre table. He read it. His wife had eloped with a fascinating billsticker. He flung the note on the floor, Then he shrilly whistled. There was no re- sponse. He evhistled again. He saw it all now. She had gone and taken the dog with her! itioHued. picked up the note and read it "I have gone away with William," she wrote. "I felt that I needed a change," Twenty- minutes later he handed this "personale over the "wants" counter fo the leadina morning daily: "Viola -%end back.the dog and keep the change." • - BETTER THAN SPANKING. Spanking does not cure ohildren of bed- wetting. There ls a constitutional cause for till! trouble. Mrs. hi. Summers, Box W. 13, Windsor, Ont., will send tree to any mother her successful home treatment, with full instructions. Send no money but write her to -day if your children trouble you in this way. Don't blame the 011118, the chances are it can't help it. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled with urine diffieulties by day or night. Time To and From Sometimes Varies. Howard Carroll, of Denver, whose busi- ness -like presentation of the invitation. to the Democratic leatonal Convention to come to Denver was largely instrumental in the victory of that city over Chicago and Louisville, told a good story in the course of his speech. "An old mime' boarded train at Denver one day to go to Pueblo," he said. "When the conductor came around the man inquired how .far it was from Denver to his destituttion. He was told about 130 miles. "Well, how far is it from Pueblo to Denver, then?" was the next question. •"If it is 130 miles from Denver to Pueblo it most be 130 from Pueblo to Denver," replied the conductor, sonseevho.t - testily. "Not necessarily so," said the miner, "It is one week from Christmas to Neee Year's, but it 18 a long time from New Year's to Christinas."-Chicago News. Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in COws. MAKING ROMAN' CANDLES, A Good Deal Like Solitary Confinement -One Man to A Hut. The most solitary person in the world during working tours is the maker of mien candles. ' Ile ocenpies nn iswiated cell, says the "Nankai 'World, arta nobody conwa near him while he is engaged in bis patient toil. , The wages he gets are high, but not by reneon of the lonelineas to which lie is eendernned; he le peed for the rieke lie Is obliged to -Enke. The quarters otetipied by this ermite attietin Are it, tiny house, which might al. most be ealled hut, with a floor space notemore that. six feet 'squnre, ellauding by itself. at 'least sixty yards from auy other '„stineture, the little building is of wood, of the simplest nrchiteeture. If it were to be blown up the finite - chit loss would be almost n11-11, 1}01111.) of tome importante initennith as its , diurnal tenant is obliged to use men. stable quantities or explosives in the •basiniete which teepee* hie ettention, Mr Milne ft mod of nuegazine oe repeeting gnu, with a 'visor tube for beetel toed 'belle ef fire for projeetilee. no much has been saki regarding :the daingere of deritroying the pietur- ague beauty of the great falls of the Niagara. River by using the enorenom Inatin of water tt. 1)13Wer Prodlwers that an engineer we° turns his attentims to the inuer fires of the earth may be regarded as a eore of &dentine saviour of sfseiety. Pieturee have been publiehed showing the oorelition to whith Niagara will be reducetl in a single cleande of years, and the sa,thist mat the sentireen- tenet nave :joined bends In attacks up- on the sordid commerciaJism whieh des- troye what nature intemled to be lanes- truetible, But volcanote, though picturesque, are not so alluring ore watertaels, and might be utilized to almost &lay extent for practical purpasee witheiut fear of a public protest. An Italian engienee, uative of Tueceny, purpmee to aitenept this feat on a large stale, He has unnee. a olose observation of the temperature .of a steern iesaing from the inuffoni, and has found that during the past ten years or so the temperature hm warmly altered, 2101' has the amount of steam altered, nor has the amonnt of steam varied much in quantity. Tbe steam rises thirty and oecasionally ninety feet, the temperature ranging from two hun- dred and fifty degrees% to two hundred and eighty degrem Fahrenlieit This ingenious Italian has already suc- ceeded in, harnessing the energy for the operation of a 'small steam engine to which, a dynamo waa connected, and is confident of far greater rundevements. He is now malcing enideavors to drive a turbine with the steam itz.sitin front _ three 'large saffoni, representing an ag- gregate of some four thousand horse- power. If these firet reports are to be meepted as accurate, It would seem that in the n•ear future a new unit of en- ergy will be created -namely, volcanic poweee Shiloh'6,tetshwithrisst ccze thesharpest cough Cure t eo y r ntryeit onf a Tir. money back if it doesn't actually CURE etuicker than anything you ever tried. Safe to Cures Coughs and Colds take, -nothing in it to hurt even a baby. 34 years of QUICKLY success commend Shiloh's Cure -- 25c., 50c., $1. 315 - Who Does It'? 'Tis not the maid well groomed and fair, Tee maid with merry eye, Who fills the world with woeful care For men like you and I. 'Tis not the gayesteof the gay At party, ball or show, Who make life seem as fun'fal day For all mankind -0, no! . All thanks to her with laughing eye And ruby tinted lips, Who at our elbow lingers nigh AM of love's nectar sips., 'Tis not the jolly girl, I claim, The one with saucy wink, It's just the over -proper dame That drives the men to drink. -From the November Bohemiare TAKE NOTICE. We publish simple, straight testi- monials, not press agents' interviews, from well-known people. From all over America they testify to the merits of MINARD'S LINI- MENT, the best of Household Rem- edies. MINARD'S LINIMENT CO., LIM- ITED. . Abyssin ian inistry. The decree of the- Emperor Menelik announcing the construction of a Cabinet on European lines is as follows: "The lion of Judah has prevailed. - "Salutation be to you. "It is some time since we tfiought of introducing a European system to our muntry. You have always indicated (this), and said it would be good if we, too, woulel adopt some fo the European systems. "I have now taken steps to appoint a Ministry, and if it is the will of God I will complete it. I inform you that I have appoiated the following persons: Affa Negus Nasibu, Intaurari Habta Giorgis, Privy Seal Gabra Sela.ssi, Beji- ronce Mulugata, Likamaquas Kateena Nagadraa Hallo Giorgis, Kantiba. Waldo, Sadik."-From the London Standard. rirc .1, 1 Mange, Prairie Seratolies and every form of eontagioun Doh on human or animals mired in 80 minutes by liVolford'e Sanitary Lotion. It never fails. Seld druggiata. ECCENTRIC AL:PRED NOBEL. Traced the I rregularities of H is Pulse N ew Pictures for His Walls. Alfred Nobel, whose memory receives its annual revival in the award of his munificent prizes, has little personal knowledge of England. Ile dialiked our climate and cooking -in all London he founa July one hotel and one restaurant where dinner was posibility, and he qualified even this plirase by describing their cuisine as "the least disagreeable" InAndgisintillpdpOintrnent that he never got over was that. be was not .elected niember of the Royal Society, while his lifelong weakness and uervous dispose, tion and whiter bronthitis made first Pittia and then elan Item Ida ehosen abode ea his ateainment of wealth. Only twice did Nobel ever visit the greet high expleetve factory selikli he eetablished in Scotland. In Paris he woe te be seen daily huddled up in his rugs in bis earriage -driving to his laboratory outside the eity. He had an extraordin- ary knowledge of languages, a distrust of lawyere-he made his oven When. heart disease came upon him he wore a spvernograph to tmee the irregti- larities of htilstempillestet.tres arrIalerginegil owfith Au art dealer to have his on his walle he V001115 MIN( With pleturee on hire, te- turning then* and receiving othem ht Aimee its often ns he liked. He took out 120 pittente in EnglAnd, and the invettion to svhieli he itttaelies most im- parttime* was hie artifieial India rubbet, of whieh few 'people have ever heard, Weenie" hie dynamite /OAS AO loudly far itikett•-tondon Citron -tele. ISSUE No. as 1908, " Could Scarcely Timm INTal Rheumatism" Now he is free of pain and as active as a schoolboy— thanks to his good judg- Ment in giving AJAX OIL a fair trull. Mr. Coder of says: " AJAX *OIL worked wonders for me. I could scarcely hobble with ,RIAeumatism. Nor I am as right as I ever was.,' 8 ounce bottle, sent on receipt of price, MAO. Ajax (MO°, Toronto, Ont. X A , OIL Liniment " made him right as ever" A Dunfermline 13enefactor. Benefactions continue to be showered up- on that most fortunate of Scottish burghs -- Dunfermline. The latest benefaction comes from Mr. Peter Donald, New York, who has announced his intention of giving 21,500 to endow A bed in the Dunfermline and West of rife Hospital. A native of the city, who has, like othera belonging te Dunfermline -notably, of course, Mr. Carnegie -made a fortune th America, Mr. Deflect is a partner of the firm of Inglis & Co., Dumfermlinz, who have two large damask works. IBM- erto be has been in the habit of giving a treat to the poor of Dunfermline on New Year's Day, a custom eetablished by his brother Robert while he was provost of thee of iv. - '_- Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. - Pat and H is Property. There was a special celebration of some kind in the church where a certain Irish- man owned a pew. The building was crowd- ed and just as the service began this pro- prietor made his way down the aisle to tho door of his pew which was only two seats from the front. In it were two or threo ladles, strangers to him. There was an a'buntiance of room near the head of the seat, but be stopped at the door, Mid one hand upon the back of the pew next in front. and with an impressive wave of the other said, in a voice loud enough to be heard over half the church -"Come out ave. that nowt" The ladies eurprised and greatly. confused, obeyed with all hasva, but no soon- er was the last one out in the aisle thani the man waved his hand graciouely. "No*. in will Yez again," he remarked, louder thou before. "An' make yourselves at home. 011 only wanted yez to know who owned the new.'' Red. Itching Shin Continuous Itching with Eczema, Salt Rheum, Tetter and constantly scratching until this skin h taw and bleeding? Nothing gives relief ? You're wrong. Just try TRADE MARK REQISTERED. 0, such relief, as this wonderful Ointment h, applied! Itching stop -red, angry places heal - and k a short time you will not have a sign oC skia disease. 50c. box -6 for $2.50-Triat size 25c. At druggists or The Chemists' Co. oE Canada, Limittd, Hamilton -Toronto. it A Co -Ed Conondrum. Out at the University of Chicago the women's uormitories have developed fountain heads of /tumor from which wit springs as spontaneously as oil from John D. Reeekfeller's wells in Indiana. Most of the 'numerous "gags" at the founder's expense are suspected to have emanated from this source. Recently the co-eds have evolved a new jest, or, rather, a new version of an old one, which starts off like this: "Why is J. Pierpont Morgan like Pharaoh's daughter? "Can't you guess et? Why, how per - featly stupid of you. ".7. Pierpont Morgan is like Pharaoh's daughter because they both found a lit- tle prophet in the rushes on the banks."' Remark- able for watchrichndess an .pleasing flavor. The big black plug chewing tobacco. 2287 14/1 I .lioactwoai Extraction Without Pain. An electrical instrument recently in- vented for avoiding the pain incident to the extraction of teeth has attract- ed considerable attention. Briefly is consists of adjustable prongs, car- rying buttons and connected with an electric battery. The buttons are placed 0I1 the face ever the nerves leading from the teeth to the brain, and a circuit is established the mo- ment the extracting instrument: touches the tooth. - It's a toss-up which elass peopte womari dislikes most, them iv)to talk about her or those who Ignore her. "It's siLaple astonishing the *a St George's Baking Powder has faked hold of my customers." "They say it melee lighter, tastier, fieetegrained Biscuits and - altes then any other they evet used I " Sena for our liter -Cook-took-free. Rational Drug &. Qhebilml ea. ill cebicie, zit:atm, Itreetreel. 14) ,ov