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The Twenty -Third Pea
IM.
By Wifliaiii1Nhee Smith.)
The Lord is my Shopingd: my wants ;ire
a' kept;
The pastur I lie in is growthie end
green!
I fellow be waitra ta peeve and. eontent,
'.and 'when weary aud. Wito Ile reeteree
2110 atTain!
lioits ine, for tithe oWit 1104110 aud
1119
In paths o' xriholiness,. Perim and
free --
And then 'rnid the hove eeltaur the deal.
shadows fed.
His rod and Ills cruich iny reliance
shall be!
My buird is 'weel-graceh i' the eieitt o'
my faes;
IIy heid s anointit tvi" heavenlie oyle;
oup, ye hem filled a' the length id
my days,
Is a' Tinnia' ower at the end ed nil
toil!
Sae gudeness and grace, illea clay that I
leave,
Shall follow and blese, on my ham-
gauu way;
And at the lang-last, and Wi' a' that be.
Hove,
roe bide in God's palace, for evir and
aye!
Prayed.
Ond Father in Heaven, we bless Thee for
the goodness and mercy that have fol-
lowed us. When youthful folly led one
feet estray, and we wandered in the
wilderness of death, the (hood Shepherd*
sought and found us; and sometimes by
His gentle milling, and sometimes by the
sharp reproof of pain. Ile brought im
back. May Ile lead us even in the paths
of righteousness! May the Sol of man
still seek and save the lost. Into the
blackest darkness of ignorance and uttbe-
lief, into the profoundest; depths of sin
and minty, may the love of God pur-
sue the perishing and theme •titene ere
they die, Hear, 0 Lord, and help and
save, for Thy mercy's sake. Amen.
Death That is Gain.
the transformation of a cateepillar
to a butterfly we may see a type of
resurrection, The caterpillar cannot.
while it continues its nreseut habit of
life, attain to the higher comlition of the
winged insect. Eating and crawling
cease before the change ie effected. It
spins a cocoon or shroud round itself
and lies torpid. A wonderful Menge in
its structure takes place, and in due
time it emerges as a 'butterfly, sailing
through tho air at -will and feeding on
honey. The female lays egga from which
caterpillars are produced to go through
the same experience.
Our Lord. taught the necessity of sur-
rendering earthly conditions, ceasing to
live for the flesh, if we are to attain to
the resurrectien state, and He pledges
His word to raise all who believe in
Ilim, John vi., 39-40.
Every Easter morning Wo say of Our
Lord,. "Death heti' no. more dominion
over Him, "because He has passed out
of this earthly condition where death
holds sway:
But Re phssed through death to at-
tain to the higher condition. Ho died
between two thieves but how different-
ly. In Gethsemane 5Efe yielded Hitneelf
absolutely to His Father's will, and af-
ter that He did nothing but endure. He
went quietly and patiently through the
long and terrible ordeal that followed.
llpheld by Jehovah He bore all the suf-
fering, "the power of darkness" inflicted
in almost silence. Ho spoke kindly to the
thief who appealed to Him and assured
him of safety "to-da,y." He also coma
mended His mother to John. His ery,
"My God, My God, why hest Thou
forsaken Me" was about the ninth hour,
just before His suffering ended. But it
was quickly followed by the victorious
cry, "It is finished." Then proof that it
was finished to His .own satisfaction, He
once more cried out, "Father, into Thy
hands 1 cotnmend My Spirit." He knew
He had conquered. Body, soul and
Spirit Ire yielded willingly to God's will.
"Lo I am come, My God, to do Thy
will." "-Not My will, but Thine, be
done."
The thieves, ignorant and. -unwilling to
die, suffered longer and died hard.
Brethren, I beseech you by the mer-
cies of God, present your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable, unto God,
-which is your reasonable service. Be not
conformed to this world, but be trans.
formed, by the renewing of your mind,
tidal ye may prove that good, acceptable
and perfect will of God. Rotuma xii. 1-2.
Mere Peejudice.
Before beginning his morning sermon
the Rev, Avery Goodsole stepped to the
side of the hulpit, rested his foeceirm
and elbow on the top, clasped his hands
and looked slowly over the canghegatiou,
"My friends," he said, "you will par-
don art old' fashioned man for making
what may seem to be a strange request.
I have never asked the women of this
church to remove their hats or bonnets
when attending service here, having
been inclined heretofore to agree with
the Apostle Paul, whose views on that
eubject you will find recorded in the
eleventh chapter of his First Epistle to
the Corinthians. But from Ruch know.
ledge ag has filtered down to us, through
tradition and otheruhoe, I am satisfied
thee the women of Paul's day did not
-wear the two ond three storey 'creations'
of marvelous, design and architecture
that seem so prevalent this spring, and
his opinions •in that particular, there-
fore, have no binding effect as regards
the epring styles of 1009. Looking at
the Matter in that light, I shalt request
the ladies present this monting to re.
move their hate. They obstruet the view
of those present who are sitting behind
them, and thee interfere with the ser.
vice."
Here the good paetor pauged. The
great majority of hie fentiehle mullion)
complied with his request. But he was
not quite satisfied
"/ Muth have to ask the ladies in the
rear seats to eemove theirs also," he
said. "While' it is true that they do not
obstruct anybody's view of the preach-
er, it is equally time that the preacher
eannot help seeing them, as they are all
the More completion:2 beeaue,e oh—but I
eee you are taking them off. Thank you,
Sisters."
Steppinfr back bellied the pulpit he
gave ottehit; text end began to preach
ng if nothing unusual had. happened.
-titivate° Tribune.
IN CANADA.
Nlatiolteeter eleig,yntait,
demote, ear that tionlede in hie men
die- vnj1i seieh 1211125 be ;Mewed lie
seen in Toronto. An 'hien vieitor
ale° eay e that, the ten ideate in Mont-
real are wore,:' than fruything in Bel -
feet
aereareeeeitroathaseeth .
I ••
i pair. Ile turned from inlii to the Otle
; Pr, undo:idea. The eyes etol words of
i the dying tuna drew him. but the mtge.;
1 of ide ighle held him.
1 "A11, ah! ' geared I thine, i5 a entitien
egony of mein. ',the told 2p2 ht Iv! An-
ti -idyl I lied to them herei ).nor wife
poisoned met 'Vitae. papers!" he fum-
bled Hindle under hie pillow,. "Iteed•oh
It
was hie Ian word. 'the agony of
death overtook him, and he expired with
a moan of anguish,
i 1 I AKER VII I.
le eetned to hint Glut Ludo was a 1 he yielded, meauing o 1%111W oi a
very sweet ;tame, and he had green
fond of using it.
-The fatigue!" elle eagerly cried, "I.
am not tired. You do not think ma
f
001W1.? 1 wee afraid you would. 011, It -1 There wart a strauge gleanain the eyeA
Of Lucie us Me followed the landlord
Ito the staira and along the narrow 002"
22401'. Alta site drew something from
l;er poeket, and held it in her hand 21$
eir went Alen.
"Which is the reom 1" she said, per-
leuntauptonrjethelyr, 'itor?,,
withtothe light thin -
"Yes, milady,"
"Yon need not come farther," site
said, in a low, intense tone, "He will not
nieh te see tee many."
The -landlord did not dispute her, but
turned and left her in the corridor.
Shewent swiftly to the door, and ali-
ened it withont stopping to }mock.. The
sick man ley on the bed, tossing and
groaning as if in aeute pain. lie turned
at the sound, of the opening door, 4134
loohed to see who woold eater.
At sighe of Lady Aubrey 148 •7eyes
eeeined to start from their sookets, end
he hall -rose from, the • bed. •
"Aubrey:" he sereamed, as if he wish-
e'l to make himself heard beyond the•
door. "Where ie Aubrey?"
The physician, wit° had been wetelo
lag him, turned else, and stared et the
beautiful woman who stood in the door-
way, She dosed the door with a mitt
motion.
"Lord A•ubrey is downstairs, site au-
swered, in a soft voice, gliding near tc
the bed. "What as the matter?"
Sir Charles shrank neck to the far
side of the bed, and glared at 1i5r in oh
meg The physician answered for hire
"He swallowed some peison by rids.
take","Al" 'ejaculated Lucie, in au indes-
cribable tone, "What a misfortune!"
Then she drew nearer to the physi-
elan, and whispered in his ear:
"Please to bring my husband from
downstairs. Go quickly!"
The dying man seemed to bear the
whispered words, for he ,started up
again and essayed to 'meek.. But Lucie,
with an almost 'fierce corumend, sent the
physician from the .room before the sick
mau could recover from a sudden spasm
which overtook him at the moment,
hhe followed the physidan to the door
and closed it after him. Then, with the
swif t, gliding motion of a tigress; she
turned. and was by the bedside.
"Go awa,yl do not touch me! I have
not betrayed you! Ileip, help! Oin
G odhle"
She
had leaned over the bed, her eyes
burning fiercely, and had caught in a
grip like that of a man the hands that
were waving bee off. Then, with her dig.
engaged hand, she was striving to pont'
On his convulsed lips a drop of a liquid
from a vial she held. A. more hiaeotts
thing never was.
The dying man fighting for the few
minutes of life that were left 'him; and
the beautiful girl, who could be so shy
and so gentle, fightiughlke a tigress to
rob him of them,
"They oomeathey come!" he screamed,
avoid the death that hovered over his
lips.
"Too late for you!" she panted!", fore.
ing the vial down ou his lips.
. In another instant she was standing in
an attitiede of horror by the bedside, and
he was lying rigid near thewaan11. SAb
outhreey;
were when the door opened,
4
entered with the physician.
"He is dying!" whispered. Lucie,
Aubrey was by the bed in a second,
"1 am here, Loftus," he said, gently.
"Is there anything I can da for you?
You know you have only to ask. Can-
yon not speak? Do you not hear ine?"
The eyes of the dying man rolled fear-
fully, but he did not move.until he saw
that Aubrey was nearer to him than
Lucie. Then he raisea the sheet with
one feeble, quivering hand, and wiped
his lips -with it.
"Some water, doctor, Lucie!" cried Au.
brey.
Quick as thought, Lucie turned to the
pitcher and snatched it up. She under-
stood that the poison had not penetrat.
ed the mouth of the dying ma,n, and that
he wished the water to wash it away.
And he did mot dare- to speak until it
was done.
She dipped a towel. in the water, and
leaned over the dying man. He pushed
her away, and looked appealingly at
Aubrey. The look was not understood,
but. Aubrey drew Lucie back, and asked:
"Do you not wish your lips wiped?"
.As weli as he could, the look of mortal
agony deepening on his face, Sir Charles
'nodded his head.
"Shall I'do it?" queried Aubrey, at a
venture.
The look of joy on the upturned face
was Unmistakable, and Aubrey took the
moistened towel from the murderous lit-
tle hands of his wife. -Gently as any wo-
men he wiped the parehed lips. But Sir
Charles was not satisfied. Be groped
for the towel, and wiped and reed:1)6d his
lips himself. Then he fix -ed his eyes on
Aubrey, and gasped:
"I have something to say, Send 'lite
dealer away!"
Aubrey sent the physician away, tell-
ing him, however, to remain withirt eat.
As soon as the door was closed on him,
Loftus whispered;
"Aubrey, I ant dying, as I hoped' for
mercy from my Maker, I Mall tell you
only the truth*?
"/ believe you, Loftus. You may
count on me to do everything
Ire did aot .eomprehend, but believed
he was goitig to be called upon to right
some wrong done. aide watched the
dyiiig man with mildly glistening eyes.
The fight tette about to open. Would he'
1111•1, 01arsaiki,ldR57
`I11.vLoftus widepered, his
eyes wanderieg to Luele's face"that I
swallowed poison by mistake. 'It is not
trtte1 have been poisoned!"
"Ily Whom'?" demanded Aubtey, horri-
fied.
"Listen!" gete.pecl Lotto. "X was in
the way •
•1118 eyes were fixed rot Lucie.
She knew that in another moment she
would be denouneed. As the Word trent-
bled on the dying nutn'g teepee,. she
emitted an awful gereafft and fell m
conVoliion on the floor. .
"Ah, Itetteenti" tried Aubrey, "it lidit
been tee moth for her!"
The phyticiatt burst into the room,
ne meat, Beeidee, 1.0 weld not eat 1(2
Neve that her womanly sympathy wothd
soothe Sir Charles, if in feet he -vie dy•
• leg,
WI can go, and you (10 1102 object'
"I will speak to the lendlord now."
lie went .eway and was gone a half-
hour, hhen he returned he was tri-
umphant,
"We can go as soon ae wegre ready.
We ean cetch an earlier train. A Blower
one, it is true, but time is not so much
now," he said, looking meauingly into
her beautiful face.
The truth was thet Lord Aubrey was
falling in love with his wife, and he con-
eidered nothing but how to be with her
as much as possible,
lately Aubrey proved that she was one
woman who could be swift In getting
ready tb go anywhere; for withtn, halt
an hour elle stood waiting 1Q1' the car.
rine. Perlectpe she was even feverishly
ready; and wiles.' at lest they were seat-
ed in the carriage, and it was rolling off
down the road, she let her head fall
break against the cushions like one who
is almost exhausted.
"You are tired, Lode," Aubrey said to •
her, noting her action, and for the first
time putting his arms around her end
drawing, her to his side,
"Yes," she said, nestling closer toltim,
"I ant tired, but I am happy."
"Happy to be away front there?" he
queried, softly.
There was a long pause before she
answered, and, when she did, he was
obliged to lean over to Nadi the low -
spoken words.
"Happy to be here," she said, as if
afraid to utter the words.
"Are you learning to love me le lite
tie?" 125 aeked, drawing her closer to
hint, and bending over her until his coil-
ing blonde moustache swept her cheek.
"If you only knew how much," she
whispered.
Lova Aubrey, who had laughed at
love so' long, was made as happy as a
child by theConfession and hie lips
sought hers, and clung !there, while he
pressed her to his heart.
But even while he held her .so there
came a clattering of hoofs behind the
carriage, and Lucie broke from his em-
brace and listened with a terror in her
eyes that he could not see for the dark -
nese.
"Stop there! stop!" they heara
voice ery out, and the carriage drew up
instantly.
. Aubrey threw open the carriage door,
not noticing in his haste that Lucie Was
trying to prevent hint.
"What is wrong?" he demanded. "Why
do we stole? Who are you?" ,
"Oh, miler!" was the answer, "I am
sent to call you back. Your friend, the
English miler, is dying, and. he begs
you to return, as you value your happi-
ness; Be must speak to you. He begs
that you will let nothing keep you from
hint."
"Yes, I will return," answered Aubrey,
affected by the news, '
"You -will at once?" demanded the mes-
senger.'
"At once."
"Then I will ride back and tell hint
so."
He had been promised ten pounds if
he would do this errand within a, given
time.
"Ily Lucie," said Aubrey, "we shall
have to return to the hut. You heard
what the man said?" '
"That terrible inn!" moaned. Lueie, It
is fatal. Wait ustil daylight. Something
terrible :will happen, if you return now.
To turn back on the bridal tour brings
misfortune."
"That is a superstition," said Aubrey.
"Sir Charles is dying, and I mat go to
him. Go back to the inn, driver. I ani
sorry, my Lucie," he said, as he taok
hie seat by her again, "but I would nev-
er forgive myself, it I did not go."
"Yes," she said, faintly "you are
right. I will be strong; and since a wo-
man's presence la a solace in the face
of death, I ni11 go toThim,' too,"
"Alit" he weed, admiringly, "that is
the spirit I like in my Lucie." ,
"Let me see hini for one minute
alone," she murmured. to herself, "and
he will not speak what is on his lips.
I have dared too much to lose it all
now."
"Did you speak, .3ny Lucie?" asked
Aubrey..
"I said a 'Cheek dawn makes a, bright
day.' It is 8, proverb of my ountry."
CHAPTER VII. ,
•
The ride 'up the hill back to the inn
was necessarily slower than the ride
down, had been; but it was all too quick
for the beautiful young bride, who would
have prolonged it hours hail she been
able.
The crisis of her life was near at
hand, and in the darkness of the earriage
she fought within herself for a solution
of the problem of how to prevent her
husband from hearing the dying words
of Sir Charles. And at the same time
that she was wrestlingwith this terrible
problem, she was receiving and return-
ing the caresses of time husband, whose
lore might be turned vo hate within a
few hours,
How could one so young have trained
herdelf to such perfect dissimulation?
The Marquise de Senate might- have ans-
wered, but she Was dead. Lord Hawks -
hoist might have guessed, but liegtoo,
was gone, How muell could Sir Charles
guess or tell?
Thh inn was all astir with the 'un-
welded ehcRement when they reached it.
Aubrey leaped. froin the carriage, snd
helped Lucie to alight.
The landlord earne hustling up, big
with importanee. If it had been in .the
season when guests were plenty, he
would have bee,t angry at having so
much death at his holsteled. As it was,
Is Paw profit in it, end WAS dem.urely
happy.
"Sir Merles!" exclaimed Aubrey, "He
is ?still alive?"
"Alive, but sinking, mita'," answered
the host. "lie eontinually asks for yon."
"nes a physielan beat called?'
'Se is with him now, miler.
''Show me to his 100211, 1.1.1610, pray
excuce ine. Even neglect of yen Is ex.
cutable nt seek a time, when 1 owe a
duty to Um dying.'
*TM not think of mr," the answered, in end hurried at OM to Lieezes side, The
9, stilled Voice. "I do not think of ntY- dying man found himself deserted, Life
Self, Indeed, believe it Will be better, wee ebbing away, end he know that
If I go to ltim first. 1 tun used to Sick- hie antagonist would play luir dread
noes, and I eau de something for him. pot to the last. Ilite seeret might yet
I will see him first. 1 !mist. You shall die with hint. The fear of it gave him
tee that your Luck is not 11. melees, sup strength. He read On his S1b6w, and
•erstitions Mild. Take tfis t the skit- tried 'out in a terrible yoke:
roan, landlordi ilupert, 1 beg yott to "Autrey, 1 ant dying! Haw my last
humor mel" Words. Come 10 my 'nide'!"
af if to atone for what the Witted do Lucie imaged egain, nua bogstd to
think Youth Ire a fault in his ere, that moaxt piteously. .Aubrey was in 441.
The unfit] tare egeivet doeile wee.
uVer, Ludo l,.td W011. Opis these few
words of tiehaeetion, end it WAS plain
that Aubley lool.ed upon them ae
tered in a deliritua of death. They had
hien sptiken 15 thIglibli, and the doetin
had not entitle:ate& tehe Was safe, but
for the papers. What were they? how
could she obtain posseedoe ot theut?
She thought of them thins; ae she
lay in a eeeming cotiveleion on the Door
tit the Member of death. The horror of
121 (214 not trouble her. The only thing
she thought of wahi her oWn safety.—
was whether 6hie was to keep the prize
she had won ,It eleverly.
Iler recovery was rapid, but she would,
not release Aubrey; clinging to him as
though her life wee hi Win, Ana it
pleasett 111122, even'in the drean preeenee
of death, that it W522. So.
Ile soothed her and led her froin. the
room. She remained hystericel, and
sobbed every time he suggested Iceving
Ilea She was playing a terrible come.
dyi And ell the while her thoughts
were busy with trying to devise a Way
of gettiug the }tapers ot wide]) the dying
men had spoken.
She said nothing of the acousation;
and Aubrey believed she had not boo.rd
it. He Was rejoiceh that it was so;
for he thought how terrible to her pure
and innocent soul such an. aecusation
wonld have been, coming, as it did, with
all the solemnity of death,
The landlord kneeked at the door
while Aubrey was yei soothing hie trent.
Wog bride, Aubrey promised Lucie
that he would not leave her yet, and
opened the door.
"Here," said the landlord, Ns itpaek-
age of papers belonging to the deceased.
The doetor thitiles they were intended
for you. They were under the pillow.
There will have to be a post-mortem
and an inquest," he whispered,
be done as it should be. I will pay for
stune whispoyed tone. "Let everything
ep4e4,r',41,Vitt..,e:di:nyase well,' ' foolishlute•epiaie;LonglAbeaetnbardie;otion4 stohie,
landlota was gone, of wished to show
°myself so brave,; f r your strike, Ret -
everything, The body must be preserve
said. -Lucie, softly, to. him, when the
She had a faShidn of saying Rupert
that . always sent a thrill, of delight
through 11.121,
"You 'were breve in trylug to over-
come yonr natural Weedoess," be an-
swered, tenderly, "Who would expect
an inexperienced girl to pass through
all you have withoat being affected by.
The finest fAbritz Is
net to &Mute tO
be safely washed with
Sunlight Snow When
other soups hare injured
yeur linens
anti inciod
the COlOtireci
'Ohne, hee
enefrihqr the
Word Eon.
light, 0,,
h:0
Steel idridgas Short Lived,
Tho late Genrge S. elorriein„ one of
the foremost Ainericen engineer's of Ida
day. deleted steel bridges are built to
last fifty yeere, but they us -Lathy last
hardly half this time. This condition
is dne to insufficieut, of entire ubsence
of maintenatice, says Cement Age.
(NS Y.) A certain highway bridge. 10
Wisvonsin had to be repaired atter only
eight years of service. Of eourse, this is
an exceptional ease, Steel bridges over
rellroad tracks where lecoutotiee erase*
021.21 proaine their full destenctive effeet,
have been known to lest heat. about the
eeme pericid. A, Well-known authority
cites ert example of a girder erected in
1585 and found with Re Nveb entirely
*tam away at many points in 1907, A
eonserVatiVe deduction frau the 'fore-
going, and nutny other observations,
would lead to the eonelueion -Met or-
dinary highway bridgee should not be
assigned an average life exceeding 20
years at most, and 15 'would be a really
better period to which to limit the life
of steel highway bonds. Railroad
bridges usually receive better care, anh
their life may be cenaidered as some-
wbat danger, except that front time to
time they must be strengthened In or,
der to make them safe for increased
loads.
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PILES CURED AT HOME BY
"Must you look at Mose papers now?"
ahe asked, "1 want to rest close to
you, and I ara jealous of telly attention
you bestow on anything else, Am 1 too
exacting, Rupert? -I don't wish to 'weary
you,"
"It Is Very sweet to me to be so much
to your he answered, "I do not need
to look at the papers now. They can
wait, You are the ono consideration
nOW,"
He reached over and placed. the pack-
age on the table. Ali! if he would only
leave it Mere, and go a -why! She feign-
ed drowsiness in a little while, and he
begged her to rest. She had had so lit-
tle Sleep,
"And will you crone back to me,
soon?" -she asked, coaxingly.
"I will. not leave you, if you 'do not
wish me to," be answered, not having
intended to do so until she suggested
it,
"Yes," she said. "1 'will not, be selfish
any longer. Go: I am quite well now,"
She watched him, tre.be sure that be
did not take the papers with him. But
he hadn't' thought of doing so. He press.
ed a kiss on her brow, and left her to ge.
see what he ought te do about his de -
555554 Mend.
"flow dreadful it is!" liS murmured,
as he went down the stall% "But it is
making me know my dear little Lucie!
How she elingd to me! Poor Loftin! I
am glad Lucie did not heat his last
liana! She is so susceptible she would
never have forgotten them."
Lucie, meanwhile was alone with the
papers. She softly 'locked the door after
Aubrey, and. then caught up the package
and examined it. It was sealed with the
seal of the dead man.
. She turned it over and. over. There
was no -way of gettieg at the contents
without breaking the sealland that she
did not dare to ilo. But Aubrey must
never see the papers.
"All dead!" Me murmured. "And only
this remains to threaten me. What shall
I do with it? Dare I destroy it? What
story should. I tell him? No, that will
not do. It must disappear in a natural
way, so that he will not suspect, Ahl
to what a height have.I climbed! It is
more than I ever hoped for, All is mine
now, if I do not make a mistake. Only
thied-this—stands between me and
safety I"
She paced the floor with a eat -like
tread, little like the gentle timidity of
the Lade that Aubrey knew, and had
learned to lace.
"Can I not prevent his reading it yet?"
She milled With a sense of her power
over the earl "Why need I -be troubled?
He is not, anxious to read. it, He will
wait until 'to -morrow, and to -morrow we
shall be on our journey, and 1 anal load
it inesorne way. Yes, that will be the
way. And now I must sleep. He nnot
read without waking me, andeif X aNvalee,
he will not read."
She unloeked the door, disrobed, and,
slipping on a' dressing gown, threw her-
self upon the bed. She wag weary and
veont out, but, if she had deemed it deceit.
fiery she WOrtld have renutifted awake ell
night,
"He le like wax in my handed' she
inurnittred, as she dispoeed 'herself for,
slamber. "How easy- it is' for it Clever
woman to 22151(5 121 foot of a man!"
She }icemed to have forgotten the hor-
rors of Me deatlobed, and fell asleep With
all the peacefuluess of atl inneeelit 01104,
Ahl such 121 beautiful picture she made
with her long lashes 'Weeping her mind
cheek, toul her red lips half -petted in
the relaxation of sleep!
Aubrey found the whole household stir-
ring. The least servant in the pleee wish-
ed to be on hand to catelt mine of the
golden shower which was eoefidently ex-
peeted when so wealthy a nobleman gave
to mtteh trouble.
He listened to all the dolor and land-
lord had to say, acquiesced in everything
siuce he hail no opielons of big own, ex-
cepting that the body must be properly
tared for and tent home.
There was a great deal for him to be
told, moreover. The sudden illness was
deseribed with lunch 'detail by the land-
fall; and 'the terrible eagerness of the
dead man to tee Aubrey before he died.
"TM you think be died Hi poleonl"
Aubrey agked the doetor.
"There 14 no doubt al it."
dTo tantititted4
NEW ABSORPTION METHOD
•
orrrona,...•
If you suffer front bleeding, itching,
blind or protruding Piles, send me your
address, and. I will tell you how to cure
youreell oh, home by the new absorption
treatment; and will also send settee of
this home treatment free for trial, with
references from your owe •locality if
requested. Immediate relief and per-
manent cure assured. Send no money,
but tell others of this offer. White to-
day to Mrs. M. Summers, Box P. 8,
Windsor, Ont.
On His Journey.
The greet American travelfer Waa
looking through his gleaming eyeglases
at the shores of the Red Sea.
"It might have been somewhere along
here," he reflected, "that Moses held out
his big stick over the waters cand Phar.
•aoh, the Egyptian malefactor of great
wealth, came to grief."
With a momentary pang of regret that
he had not lived during those strenuous
days, he resumed his ten mile walk up
and IlOwn the neck of the ship.
HU,1, AS A PROPHET,
A. story comes [rem Waithiegton that
.1. J. Bill .expreseee the opinion that the
(nice of wheat will never be ettbetand-
sith lower thau at present. Ifedoes not
wan to think Petten's corner lied 1154
an:. -thing of a .eaustie effeet 121. the pre.
seut ettee, but rather that population Is
outrunning the moms of atlbsistelies
far 0' wheat 1, temente& Hill le quitn
A ritilWay man hut decline to accept'
him as a prorliet when Kent questions
eco.s.unies collie up. The eepaelty for •
ih'sdhstidu of eveu the Culled htatee
has hardly been teeted yet, (Ueda. 14,
saps bis of an enormously increased
yid& hlany other eouneries aro yet
able to doltble or treble their output of
aheat. We shall Pot ulwaya go on stile
sidizing ann Winging other anduatries
tn "eneourege" them et the expellee of
marieulture. The world's wheat crop is,
aceordieg to goverment and specula.
Ugh reports, short this year. Bet it
will not always be short. It i8 not even
echtaln that the reported shortage will
be realized this time. If prices should
remain long at the present level,
great boom .will be given to wheat ettle
ture, oud the result will be reflected
In the markets of the world.
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USES BABY'S OWN
TABLETS ONLY.
.1t12's. Wm, Bell, Falkland, 11, C.,
says: "1 have five little onea rang-
ing from one to eleven yetire or
age, and when any of them are
ailing 1 Always give theta Baby's
Own Tablets, which always brings
prompt relief. I do not think
there is anything you eat, keep in
2110 home eat good as Babehe Own
/Tablets." Thoneands of other
mothers speak just as warmly of
this medicine, which never fails to
cure all stomach, bowel and teeth-
ing troubles. Guaranteed by a
Cloyernmene ahelyst to be perfeet.
ly safe. Sold by medicine dealers
or by eneil at 25 cents a bon front
the Dr. Williams' .4edicine Co.,
Brocleville,, Ont.
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Polar Night Delights Eskimo.
The polar Eskimo, the most northerly
dwelling people in the world, are said
to miet only by the exercise of great
ingenuity and the practice of social vir-
tues. The cheeriness, kindliness, and
practicel socialism of the Eskimo front
st
night. Greenland to Alaska may be
'regarded as much due to their environ -
ea
remit as is the necessity of &ging large
quantities of fate The Eskimo hail the
first dark evenings with the same glee
as the first daylight after the polar
nig
When a whole summer through the
eyeghave been bathed in light, clay and
night, they long•to see hhe land vaoish
into darkness again. And with the idea
of a change they associate all the good
things the winter will bring, the froz-
en sea and the hunting on the ice, the
swift sledge drives, far from the swelt-
ering houses, after bears. "Ha! now the
dark night are coming, soon the ice will
came in the -sea!" the men ery as they
meet toward evening, or "Be glad, for
soon the blubber lamps shall light those
who go mit te fetch meat from the
flesh pots!" Others call out, "Ind win-
dows and fires shall tight far igto the
night, and hasten the lagging pace of
'late returning sledges." .
*lb
Repeat
A Woman's Sympathy
Arli'• you discouraged? Is yOuPdoctor's
bill a heavy financial ioad? • Is your pain.
a heavy physical burden? / know what
these mean to delicate women—I have
been discouraged, too; but learned how to
cure myself. L want to relieve your bur-
dens. Why not end the pain and atop the
doctor's bill? X can do this for you and
will 14 you will assist me.
All you need do is to write for a free
box of the remedy which, has been placed
in hly hands to be given away. Perhaps
this one boX -will cure you—it has done so
for others.,. If so, I shall be happy and
you will be cured for 2c (the cost of a
postage, stamp). Your letters held confi-
dentially. Write t0 -clay_ for 2222' tree treat-
tnent. MRS. F. 10 CURRAI-X, "Maser, Ont._
_--4
Perfectly Simple,
Gh•l With the Clara Morris Eyes—I al-
ways feel like a fool when I try to talk
about art.
Girl with the Viola Allen Voice—You
don't need to feel that way. If you leen
your head a little to one side when you
look at a painting, and throw in a
rnerk now and then about "perspective"
and "tonal values." you can peas for an
art critic with the best of them.
•
Repeat it:—"Shiloh's Cure will
alwayt cure my coughs and colds."
India Victims of Tigers.
e,
The to:Getty of the tiger can be seen
from the fact that according to a recent
writer he is made responsible for 37 per
cent. of the human beings killed by the
wild animals of Hindustan. The writer
adds that once a tiger has tasted human
fle-sh he is satisfied with nothin gelse,
and that in southertahndia one of them
man-eating tigers ltas devoured '200 hu-
man beings.—Fro nithe London Globe,
, * • 0,
Miriarths Liniment Ceree Dandruff,
4.,..
Letting The Cat Out.
"Say, grandpa, make a noise like a
frog," coaxed little Tommy,
"What for, my son?" •
"Why, papa says that when you
Croak we'll get fiVe thoudual
Success.
Minord's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia.
44 -
There Are Exceptiotis.
Ilpgardson—"Xsn't a lawsuit ever a
patent rihglit about the dullest thing you
ever saWr
Atom—Not always. h attended a triel
of that kind once 'that was too 1duny
for anything. A tall lawyer named Alert
was reading a 6,000 word dedinneat he
called a brief,
it: --"Shiloh's Cure will always
cure my coughs and colds."
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Always Dreaded the Fourteenth.
Most dismal of men—off the stage -
was Grimaldi, the dawn, whose tomb in
St. James', Pentonville, is to be rester.
ed; and his father fathered him. He
had that curious dread of the date which'
caimans so many. The elder Grimaldi
hated the fourteenth of the month, and
when It was past he regarded himself
as sefe until the next.
He was born christened end married
on the fourteenth of the month, and be-
ing discontented with all three events,
we will hope his death on March 14,
1788, satisfied hinh—From the London'
Chronicle,
41*'
Lucky for the Vicar.
During one of the banquets of the
Church Cougress in London a certain
Bishop heti as his left haud companion
a clergynian who was completely bald.
During dessert the bald headed vicar
dropped his napkin and stooped to pick
it up. At this moment the Bishop, who
was talking to his right hand neighbor,
felt a slight touch on his left arm.
He turned, and beholdiug the vicar's
pate on a, level with his elbow-, said
"No, thank you; no inelon.h—From Suc-
cess.
Nlinard's Liniment for sale everywhere.
CENTRAL BOOTH.
Few men have accompliehe(l as much
for mankind as General Booth, and
fewer still have lived to see their work,
begun i11 a small way, grow' to
wide proportions.
•6 •
Repeat it:" Shiloh's Cure will al
ways cure my coughs and colds,"
44 —
Prayer for Landlords.
Sir John Becit in the House of Can-
teens mt.:Monday questioned the Prime
:.N.linistee upon the advisability of re.
storing to the prayer book the follow-
ing pra.yer trim the liturgy of Edward
"The earth is thine (0 Lord) and all
that, is entailed. therein. * * We
heertily pray Thee to send Thy Holy
Spirit into the hearts of them OW; pos-
sess the Weeds, pastures and dwelling
places of the earth, that they, relne111-
bering themselves to be Thy tenants,
may not reek 8114 streteli 0112121h0 route
of their houses end lauds'nor yet take
mireasomble fines and incomes after
the manner of covetous worldlinge, but
so let them out to others that the in-
habitants thereof May both be able to
pay the -cents, and algo honestly to live,
to nourish their families and, to relieve
the poor " " not to join houses to
louse, nor couple land to land, to the
impoverishment of others, but so he.
have thenlaelVeS lo letting out their ten -
entente, lands and pastures that after
Oda life they may he recelveid into ever-
lasting dwelling places; through Jesus
Christ, our Lord. Amen."
Mr, Asquith, in reply, -Wet his hon.
friend had, he thought, (tone a public
service by reviving the recollection of
Ode xemarktible prayer, but he did not
think any advantage would be gained by
his taking the, steps suggested,
The matter then dropped.
The man 'tvho yam; dearly for his
experience would be willing to sell ib
Aeon,
In lowering a retard it Mitt Mika ritte
to the oanalori,
Chills, Colds
Pleurisy
Dressing lightly, exposed to
drafts void is easily taloa. Clive
twenty drops of Nerviline in hot
water at 011ee. Circulation and
warmth will be restored, and
pleurisy, inflammation, or eon-
gestion prevented. Mil:lolly good
foe eolds, breaks uptheir be-
glen:lugs at once. If yult WAY'
knew what a great remedy Ner-
h4, that it is five times
ntrOnget than other liniments,
more penetrating, more pain
it.you would not be
'withot
erviline
N11102Y-eine sicknesses out of a hundred
can be prevented at the very mightiness
liv the use of Norville°. Saves doctors'
Wills—the great pain sayer a tbe age—,
in use 4,0 years. Large 25e bottles solo
evereywhere,
TOWN OF GOLD BRICKS.
Wealth Found in the Walls of Mexl-
,pan Adobe Houses.
There are many remarkable towns in
Mexico, but none raore interesting than
Guanajuato, "The Hill of the Frog." It
might more properly be called the "gold
brick town," for the houses have been
found to containemuch gold.
'Otis is a curious situation, but it
came about, naturelly. Guanajuato—
pronounced Wall-nah-Waht0-44 0110 of
the oldest mining towns in ailexia0, but
the value of the place as a town. was
discovered when a railroad company de -
aided to- build a station them. It was
found necessary to tear down about 300
adobe buildings, which were made of the
I,NefttseextorfuLlad.
rious mines after the ore
Nas
nen it became known that the old
adobe buildings would be torn down
pieces taken at. random were assayed.
It was found that because of the old
process, which lost much gold and silver,
they assayed from $3 to 11324 a ton, The
mean value Wal, astimated to run. about
$8 gold a ton.
The old buildings have brought about
$30,000 Mexicanin gold, and persons
who have built since the new machinery
hes been installed in the mines are be-
moaning the fact that the new houses
do not contain as much gold as the old,
—Scientific American.
BE A STRONG MAN
Increase your vitality and nerve en-
ergy; restore vial and force to your over-
worked body. Ferrozone will de this as
it did for Walter Wood, of 13eauport, N.
B. who writes: "I can say Ferrozone has
given me a new lease of life. A year ago
sufferedrso muM froni nervous- exhause
tion I was scarcely able to drag myself
around. Ale,- appetite was gone, and I
had go color or ambition, and felt used
up. One box of Ferrozone started me
back- to health. I took a number of
boxes, and my health wa,s completely re-
stored," For men who are tired, pale,
nervous and thin -blooded. nothing com-
pares with Ferrozone; 50e. per box at all
dealers:
House With a Wrong Tablet.
.A curious example of the mistakes of
history comes from Paris. For more
than half a century a house of the Quai
Conti has borne on the front a tablet
with this inscription: "Historic Memor-
ial. In 1783 the Emperor Napoleon Bon-
aparte,, officer of artillery, on leaving
the school of Brienne, lived. at thie house
in the fifth story." Then follows that
the tablet was placed in position by his
Majesty Napoleon III. on October 14,
1858.
After this great length of time it has
been discovered that Napoleon never
lived in the house, so the tablet has been
removed. Only another instance of how
our most aherished beliefs are shattered.
—London Globe.
Horsemen, Read This.
I have used MINARD'S LINIMENT
in my stables for over a year, and con-
sider it the VERY BEST for horse flesh
eith get, and would strongiy recom-
mend it ho all horsemen.
GEO. HOUGH.
Livery Stables, Quebec, 95 to 103 Ann
Street.
in the Magazine Office.
Editor—How is the poem that 0211110
in this morning?
Reader—Won't do.
Editor—Did you understand. it?
Reader—No, but I saw I Wita going to.
--St. Louis Post-Despateh.
4.,
Minard's Liniment. Cures Burns, etc.
The Parental Pessimist.
'Papa. whet deice `Hon.' before a
man's mune mean?"
"It (limn% 111041.11 anything nowadaye,
my son."
ISSUE NO, 17, 1909
A 42hN113 WAthrtina—atION CAN eihtne IN
aa. even/ home fidia tee etart. Why tun
get au sionoy ta-dayI Alfred Tyler, toendon,
UM.
Qi,PAPSIIOT ran; ANY
bright- bee or 1rJ, cau, eerie a saRehot
camers in an hour. Bend 235 7011' atuav OVA
04044 ItiOPene0a and we will
tell YOU OW to get a 5131343152 demerit tor
aa itourei weds Bijou Sp#01sItY 4-losse, iiim-
ilton Out.
W ANTEP—A4EN1,4.-4441410 AND PE-
TE male; make Mg mono 0°111.44 Cthr
Goo and household /4mtia1le.s; energy new;
everyeue wants them; write quick. Agencies,
144., 2191 th. Paul tweet, aiontreal,
I* MOW
AGENTS IVAN'rED IN EVERY RANKING/
town to sell the "5 Is 1" System of
Correspondence withont snye1ope4 winch entre.
Mete tee use, expeuse and trouble of en-
velopal Lind addressing them, tired extort -
sleety for letters, notice'', enreiten 8(3(8'
1225015, ceknowleagmeats, assesemedis, etc.
Ask 7009 banker about it. They ail IWO it.
12ah14 clerke espeouthr itt spare moments will
filla selling -5 in 1" it pleasant and profit*
abIe recreation, Send for samples. ante "a lo
1" Letter -Envelope oce, tea., 'reroute.
60,••••60.04,66.46..660.046,4y404,•••••••••06.60606466.6666.6
EOlt SALE -011'P0 RBI,VV-14.0 AORIOS,
close to Bothwell; good Ionise and farm
buildings; good roads: terras easy, Apply to
Gibbons, Harper & Gibbous, London, Can -
Ida,
Farm For Sale
ingrarmsitt34Stataa.$ttout'3
New Monthly Bulletin, of Resi
Rosales, profusely illustrated, sashed/peg; we pay
your R. R. fare. E. A. STROUT CO.. Book C 1.
WorirsLargost Fano Dotkrt. Balvenityllittp,Syraeuse,NY
FOR SALE,
T OTS IN PRINCE <MANI)
.1.4 Trunk Pacific* terminus, will be put ou
the market in May or June next. Persons
intending to invest should, write for !odor:
mitten and advice to the Prince Rupert Real-
ty-coramercial co., Limited, 420 Richard
street, Vancouver, Li, 0,
LAND WANTED. •
ANITD—SOUTII AFRICAN VETER-
T T atm' land warrants; spot ()ash paid, W.
P. Ilodgers, real estate agent, 608 McIntyre
block. Winnipeg, man,
DIMINUTIVE FARMS.
Those in Portugal Cut Up Into Very
Small Portions,
The Portuguese ere an extremely con-
servative people. Every man follows
rigidly the methods employed by his
father and. forefathers. To very many
parts of the country the old wooden
plows are used.
When a, man dies instead- of one of
the heirs taking the whole property and
paying the remaining beire for their
parts the whole property is divided into
as many parts as there are heirs. More
than this, each separate part of the
property le thus divided.
Thus is a property consisted of ten
acres of pasture land, eighty of vineyard
and ten of grain land, and there were
ten heirs, each heir would receive one
acre each of grain ana pasture lanctand
eight acres of vineyard. This process
has been going on for a very long time,
so that now in the most fertile part of
Portugal the land is divided into incred-
ibly small portions. . .
The immediate result of this, accord-
ing to the Uaited States Consular Re-
ports, is that the procleht of the land is
barely sufficient at best to sustain its
owners. South of the River Tagus, on
the other hand, there are enormous
tracts of excellent land lying unused, •
but it has been found impossible to in-
duce the farmers of the north to move
into this region and take up large hold-
ings. •
THE "CHAMPION"
GAS and GASOLINE
ENGINES
ft must give Satla-
faction or YOU don't
pay for It.
..• SOLD ON TRIAL
tbe 0411 (Imam linglne that yon231* ,:san trj
befors wylltt 113.,i1,y's:n1d IIII"wwantwVa be°hfuailia;
:Wed erttb it before 7.01i pay for tt. Th.
1.3 low. Pull pniac:111m free.
Wm. Gillespie, Dept. "VW
lill!kirront St. East, Toronto
SUNDAY'S FOES.
(The Lord's Day Advocate.) - '
What ft host of foes the Lord's Day
has in this new. century! There is
the Sunday saloon, the Sunday news-
paper, the Sunday excursion, the Sun-
day theatre, the Sunday ball and other
games, the Sunday diuner and social
funetion, the Sunday concert and. vaude-
ville, the Sunday travel, for convenience
or to save time, and not of necessity,
the reading of secular books, the doing
of secular business, the unnecessary op-
eration of fattories, Red mines,
the forwarding of freight, and the many
other wave in which it is attempted to
change the holy day to a bottled, or
the rest day to a work day.
44 4 •
• • tioeirctleVetiliaatninhira.
C * N ever before
A. new discovery. Ilea more
been offered Sufferers front lack of vigor and
vital weaknesa which sap the Pleasures of life
should take C. N. One box will show wonder-
ful results. Sent by mall in plain package only
on receipt of this advertisement and one dollat,
Address, The Nervine Co„ Windsor, Ottt.
4 4 •
Ne Limit to His Ability.
"Now here," said the salesman, "is
a• cigar I can recommend."
know you can, young man," said
the customer. "X tried one of them the
abet day on 'your recommendation.
What I want is a brand you can recom-
mend -without
**I
POPULAR SHEET MUSIC
AT LESS THAN COST OF PRODUCTION
100,000 COMB'S Of popular, etandard and climatal aneet music must be sac-
rificed at once 'without consideration as to value or cost
stock sells at the retail Price of 15 to 3125 a copy. Our prices as long as
the stock last,"are placed on a basis which will niove them quickly. All goods
are ln erfeCt condition, denelter or dealer never had an opportunity of this Rind
offered before. Sec tha prices—thee actetude
50 homes Assorted Sheet Music,, „ „ „. ,„ „, „
100 Coples Assorted Sheet Music ,„ ,„
WIll send a huneh of navies for 25 cents Post4.1d. Special Prime oted in loll
„ „„ „. • • qu184,00
of 1,000 or mere. De not 1102517—ordee to-day—stamps tweeted for small alumna.
CANADA MUSIC CO 1420 Queen Street West TORONTO ONT.'
THE FAVORITES
EDDY'S
'SILENT"
MATCHES
" Siient et the Sphinx!"
TINE MOST PERPECT MATC1IES YOU EVER STRUCK
Aiways,. tverywitere in Unsold, est to Eddy's /imam
Yu.
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