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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-07-22, Page 6FFS••••••••••mw The Best for God. The heart has a great place, a lead- ing place in the Christian structure. The strength or weakness of any man comes front within, from his heart. The great *Alexander conquered all the known world, and still because his heart was wrong, -he died as the result of his own lusts. aniel, on the other band, stood sine, but becauee his heart was pure and true he came to a place of chief among the people. The church of to -day needs more of the hearts of its people in it. If time heart of the Christian hair been touched by the word of Goe to the prc per depth the stream of love and zeal tor the lord's work will gush forth just as the copious stream of water gushes from the artesian well which has pima - ed the earth's amotains to the right depth. Such a well needs no pump; and the- Christian hear that has been touch- ed to the right depth needs no satifi. dal stimulus to cause its love to flow. Another thing which the people ought to bring into the work of the Lord in this day of startling things is original- ity. We folloiv too much in the ruts which others have worn. The Israelites brought to the temple the best they had, their finest jewels, most precious metals, costliest cloths, We should give to the work of the church as deep thought and as potent effort as lie gives to the con- duct of his business or profession. Every machine should' be run to its full cap- acity. Every one of the human machines should turn out all the good of which. it is capable. It should not be run be- yond its capacity, however, for it is God's machine and it must be cared for properly. If the best is given the church to -day as the best was given by the Israelites to the temple, the king- dom of God will triumph,—E. R. Curry, PRAYER. • • 0 Than who 'dog satisfy the wallas of every creature; Anadost give us each day our daily bread, lead our settle also with the bread of life. Supply our every need according to Vie, tithes in glory in Christ Jesus. Pardon our sins, cleanse and renew our hearts. Enlighten our mind e the knowledge of Tey truth. Give us strength for conflict and grecs to overcome. Set Vetere us our daily task and make us wise and faithful that we may accomplish ft. Give us the rest and relaxation that we need the better to do Thy work, Bring us often Into Thy presence thht we may tell The. our perplexities and our desires. amen: Thou to us and manifest Thyself to us in love. Grant ns sometimes a feretaste of the heavenly communion when we shall see Thee face to face. Amen. Believing in the Best. A man's best side is his true side. When we see a man whose life is a mass Of faults and sins doing a good thing, it is pretty small business for us to dis- count that good thing because we know of the many defects he has. Indeed, the more we know of his defects, the more eager ought we to be to recognize his merit whenever it appears, and slight though it is. For it is only by the en- ccuragement cif recognition and approval that the little good in any one grows and amounts to anything. We could not stand it if our every effort toward de- cency and. virtue weep critically'weighed and tested in the light of our shortcom- ings. Christ does not treat us sinners in that way. He forgives, ignores, for- gets, blots out, the multitudinous alma and He rejoices in any slightest show of righteousness. For lie knows that our sins misrepresent u-s—as God's chil- dren; and that our feeble efforts to do well are the evidence of our real selves as God made us. To believe in others when they do well, and to keep right on believing in them when they do ill, ia to show that we understand them as they really are.—Sund•ay School Times. Vernal Adornments. (By a Banker.) In temperate climes late spring is in some respects the most lovely season of the whole year. Although the flower beds are less brilliant than in summer, for the early spring flowers are fading, yet the flowering trees and shrubs and the delicate vernal rues of the foliage, make ample compensation, for now they are in the prime of their loveliness. The graceful pendent floriage of the labor - tem is ablaze in a perfectly dazzling wealth of tasselled festoons of gold, hanging in graceful symmetry in lavish profusion; the lilacs are glowing in a clustered array of perfumed blossoms, some white as snow, some a delicate mauve; and the azaleas in varied hues are redolent with a fragrant aroma vy- ing with the sweet fragrance of the lily of the valley. Rhododendrons in varied tints are now a 'blaze of color; and the profuse redundance of the deep crimson of a variety of the pink thorn, regarded by many with such foolish superstition well contrasts with the lilac and the gold of the neighboring shrubs. Then the mountain ash --.which is real- ly a pear—is now covered with its less brilliant corymbs of grey-white, soon to., be transmuted, to the delight of black- bird and thrush, into scarlet or amber berries; and the Siberian crab—now however past its prime—a vision of pink and cream color; bird -cherries with their hanging racemes; syringes adorned with beautiful floriage similar both in appear. ance and in perfume to orange blossom; with many another beauty of the garden too numerous to mention. But far surpassing them- all is the su- perb and stately horse-chesenut, a ma- jestic tree emblazoned with a profusion of magnificent candelabrum shaped spikes of flowers; some pink, orange and saffron, others cream color, lake and gold, rearing its head above its compeers and rivalli g in splendor and grandeur perhaps any other tree existing. Every spike is of itself a beautiful bouquet; and later -on in the autumn the hand - come foliage is transmuted into a bell- liant picture of primrose and sea -green. Altogehter, perhaps a more lordly and majestic arboreal decoration of this fair earth is not to be found throughout the length and breadth of the globe. And if this earth is so lavishly adorn. ed, how magnificent, must be the inert. titre of that glorious Kingdom where is the Throne of the august Creator of it all. But it was meet that the favored orb which, of all the planetary orbit Nattered throughout the illimitable tealm of apace, was selected by the Son of God Whereon to make atonement for ,the sins of, surely, all the fallen throughout all the noiverene, should be a muster/dere of 'creation. And whose - every will may participate in the bene- fits of that great eamation, and gain an inheritance in the glorious Kingdom of Ifeaneti. • IOF ERNA THE WOOING "Do it Well, I will give you an an- swer to -morrow. I think I may say that." "Is there any hope, marehionese?" he asked, "How can there be?" "Marquis," she said, sadly, "I ought to tell you the truth, and 1. will. There is every hope that Erna will accept your offer. She lots coquetted with the earl in order to lead hint on to p„ proposal, Which he intends to refuse." "My dear marchioness I" "Both he said Lady Gertrude have of- fended her, ancl she is like a mad wo- man. I tell you this franklaShe has driven Lady Gertrude away, and now she will send WM away, too, I ant sure she will refuse him; but I am equally sure she loves him frantically. There, marquis! that is the tragedy that has been going on under your roof. And I cculd cry may old eyes out to stop tt. Now you know all." "Good heavens!" "Do you withdraw your offer of mar- riage ?" 'No; I would marry her under any dremnstances. Perhaps—who can tell—' "Ole do say it, marquis!" snapped the cad lady, "If there is a thing I eannot bear it is a sentence left unfinished." "I was afraid. you would scoff at me," he, said. "As if I did not scoff at you anyhow," she retorted, "I was going to say that perhaps I could help her in some way. My love for her is as incomprehensible to me as it is to. you. But ills so great that I would make any sacrifice 'to help her. Do you understand what I mean? I might learn to understand her peculiar disposition, rieul help her in that way." "You are right," said the marchioness, oring most of what he had. said; "hers is a peculiar disposition. Mercy on us! if you are going te. spend your declining a.eare"—the marquis winced— "in fathoming the springs of a girl's ac- tions— Well, I don't envy you." "But you are sure she will not ac- cept hiine, he queried, • "Sure? No. Who can be sure of any- thing in relation to her I believe she will send him away witheanbroken heart, with her own. broken ae well. Therel don't talk to me any more. If I were not as foolish over the girl as yourself, I Would never put up witth all his non- seose, and worse than noidense." "Look at them now!" groaned the mar- quis, pointing out of the window. Lady Romley put up her lorgnettes and looked. Aubrey and Erna were walk- ing down the avenue together. She was looking up into his face with a witching and he was looking down at her with passionate longing. CHAPTER XXVI It was early morning when the More - hams shook the dust of Melrose; -'ho to speak, from their feet. In reality it was the horses of the marquis that shook the dust from their feet; and they made sufficient noise in doing so to apprise Erne. who was lying awake'of the fact. She rose up from her bed and stole to the window and drew the curtain. Lord and Lady Moreham, personifying dig- rdty, sat bolt upright in the carriage, as it whirled by; but Lady Gertrude, either indifferent to, or unsuspicious of obser- vation, lay baok against the cushions, her face drawn and white; bearing evid- ence of dime cruel hurt from which she was suffering. And Erna, looking out at her, felt a pang at her own heart; her own face was as white and drawn as Gertrude's; and under her brown eyes were dark rings which betrayed the unrest of body and spirit. But whatever compunc- tion she might feel in her breast, she smothered savagely; and, she stamped her little bare foot on the soft rug as She cried out: "It is their own fault, Why did they treat me so?" Later, when she went downstairs, only Lady Roveley suspected the turmoil that was going on beneath the gay and brilliant exterior. But the old lady, studying the beautiful face, shook her head sadly, and murmured: "Ah, my dear! you are making a bit- ter sorrow for yourself, and I cannot .help you." Usually Aubrey was given first place near her, but this morning, without seeming design, Ernst contrived it so that she could obtain no more than a word and a glance, And it seemed to him that the glance was cold and indifferent. Be understood neither*himself nor her. He did not know why he was so madly infatuated; he only knew that he was, and that it seemed to hint that he hail loved Erna from the first moment of meeting her, but without comprehending his feeling until now. It seemed to have dawned upon him suddenly. He watched her as she sat in the midst of the laughing throng, and wondered if she cared for him at all; if all the kind words and soft glances she had bestowed upon him had been only such as she would have given to any other. And as he watched, it seemed to him that he could bear the suspense no longer. He must know if she had any love in her heart for hini. Sometimes he was sure she had, and then he was as sure that she had not. It came ovet him many tinsel that morning, as he watched the eager atten- tion of the gentlemen about her with jealous anxiety, that within a few days he had passed through a strange revolu- tion. It was so short a time ago that he had beeh fixed In his determination to ask the hand of Lady' Gertrude; he had met Erna, theft, -only to anger her, and to call front her hitter, scathing 'wads. Now he thought of Lady Gertrude as of some one far apart fron hint; and he and -time had had many delightful Walks and talks tofsether, in which she had unfolded to his astonished . eon- ecionsness such a wealth of wit and in- tellect that he had become enthralled— bewitched, it seemed to him sometimes. He watched her until he could bear it no longer, but he had already learned to respect Ease's metals; and since she seemed to -wish that lie should not be With her, he hastened from the Castle, Intending to take a walk, in which he alight at least think of her undisturbed by the untoward reflecting aroused by the sight of so many adoring eyes upon hvite Nervous and rstlegri its lie was, how - ;Vet, hie Walk brought Intri no peace of mind. 'Sometimes his thoughts were all on Lady Gertrude, tote the wistful look lie had seen hi luir eyes the ink time lie bed met her. He 'wondered if he had done her any wrong; if lie had gone so far in his attentions to her, as to give het A right to feel assgrieved at him. It Is to easy to btlieve what you wish ten -believe. Aubrey persuaded Write& • teens that nothing stood between him, and Erna but her will; and he was deter. mined to know what that was before the day was out. Love is a thing which many scoff at; and yet its power is beyond that of any other factor in human affairs. Kings have bartered their kingdoms for its .gratification; and men have tossed them immortal souls to perdition for it, Aubrey strode off that morning far into bite country, wrestling with himself, and trying to adjust his sense of right with his inelinaion. When he turned into the park again on his return, and walked slowly through the woods, there remained but one thing clear in his mind; and that was exactly SS he had set out on his walk—he loved Erna with A mad ihfatuation which no reason could control, no sense of any other obligation could mitigate, no sug- gestion of her possible refusal could cheek, You May temper the steel to the utmost. limit of hardness, and yet the softer magnet will attract it. Place a barrier between the two, aud. stile the hardened steel -will leap to the softer one. Something there was in the manner of Bran's treatment of the earl, which warned him that an insurmountable bar- rier stood between them. What it was he could not tell. There were time when it seemed to him that he could see to the 'bottom of her soul, where all wool ,calmness and womanly strength, and then his own soul grew strong and serene, and he felt ce sublime and peaceful security that her love was all his. But there were other times, and they came as the hurricane comes, suddenly, a-nd with dark portent, when it seemed to him that between him and her was a passionate, swirling storm of wrath, which hid her soul'from him, Then she was all mockery, More be- witching, mere enthralling, it might be, but saddening and unapproachable. It was at such times that the earl felt that he was but a plaything in her hands, and yet it was at these very times that the madness to tell his love was the strongest. He had never thought this out, but the feeling of it was strong in him. He was never certain of her mood, and often found himself watching with bated breath to discover how he might ap- proach her. Now, as he strode along slowly, he wondered what her mood would be when he came upon her again. Would she be cold and distant as when he had left her, or would she "greet him with a sweet smile of gladness, as if her greatest joy was with him? But, ehi he soon would have an an- swer to that question; for there she stood now, under a spreading oak, like a sylvan goddess. She was quite alone, and was leaning against the rough bole, her little white hands engaged in idly tearing in bits a dried letf. "Erna," he said, softly; for she had net started at his approach, and he'was ,afraid he would startle her. - She looked up quietly, but with a dancing light ia her brown eyes that madehim sigh. She was in her mocking mood. "Ah guardian," she said, her red lips dimpling in a smile that showed her mien, white teeth. "I thought I had been dislissed from the office," he said, trying to fall in with her mood. "Oh, yet," she replied, "it was on that morning when we met on horseback, Was it not?" "Before that, I think/' he said Ida thoughts flashing back to that morning, however. He wondered now if he ever. again would have the courage to onpose her in anything, no matter how wild. "Perhaps it was," she carelessly ans- wered. "What a disagreeable guardian you made, did you not?" "I do not doubt it. I have tried hard enough to atone since." "You have?" she queried, her eye- brows going up with a sort of mocking surprise. "If you have not noticed it," he said, real pain in his voice, "I cannot have. succeeded very well." "Oh, that does not follow. I don't al- ways notice unless I am interested." He looked into her face with troubled eyes. Never had he seen her at once so radiantly beautiful and bewitching, and yet. so forbidding. Her wonderful brown eyes were fairly luminous, and her, moist red lips were slightly muted in a smile of mockery." "Erna," he said, aridly, "have you nev- er forgiven me for the terrible blunder I made when I first met you?" "Was it a blunder?" she queried, laughing softly. "I am not so sure. I think you were quite right. What a for- ward little hoiden I was. Bat, there! won't let the thought trouble me I have altereii since then. Oh, I know I pan. still willful. Is that what you were going to say?" 'Mete was a light in her eyes now that was not of,mockery; but it disap- peared at once. "I was not going to say that," he gravely answered. "Perhaps you have al- tered; perhaps you are willful, however. etsly wish you were the same, and that Once more you were calling to nee from your place on the chilff,' - "You 'would go around by the safer path now, would you not?" and she laughed in a singular way. "But I would not make your acquaintance that way 1101P. Since I have been to fin- ishing school, I have learned how to ac- complish the same object iii a less re- preliensible way." Ile winced as she recalled the finish- ina school. That was another of his blunders --offenses, "I think," he humbly said, "that if you knee,' what my life had been before I met ye -a, you would think my con- duct less strange!' What a hard light leaped on the In- stant into the brown eyes! "Pray eleuse lite, Lord Aubrey," elle said, with delicate but cutting sarcasm, 'telt however interesting the recital might be, I am afraid' it would hardly be previa." A dull ref color rose to the earl's 'cheek. "I do not understand you, Erna," he Said, sadly. Ile was not angry with her for her cruel words; only heart -sick, "I made a miserable mistake when / first met you. I was a self-absorbed man, who fancied hie own sorrows were greater than those of any One eke. I could tot see anything beyond myself, I would give, anything to Undo what I did. CM 3,011 not forgive me?" "Yes. NOW." She answered Curtly,. her eases dilating. • , Re did not andertitend what her to , I e isemeant; be was only aware that he Was the, other Side Of that strange barrier that sontetsinusrose tweett them. But the oneciousnesa only gave him a feeling' of deeperetion AO recklessness. "Erna," he said, his voice rich awl try- ntuloue with fellng, "I gannet find fit- ting words to. say What I wish to say. I know I shall blunder, that the very in- tention of speaking is a blunder, bet I cannot help it, I have offended you time and time again, owl always without a shadow of excuse. Now—oh, how can I say it so that you will understand1— now I love you. Love- you, Era? 'Ile word gives no notion of the overwhelm - Ind Passion, I tun yours to reject, threw away, trample on; yours to sew, yoare btoopeeiii,ther an the fire of your disdain. Heeven help me! you have my life, my soul in your hands, Erna, Erna, give sue It was the hopeless moan of a doomed man, lie had seen her face harden, her lip curl as he spoke, and he knew be - fere she answered what her word weak' be, And yet he had gone on pleading with the sublime pathos of hopelessn.esse, He was not on his knees to her; larii his hands were outstretched, and his eyes were beseeching. She laughed. He shrank within himself, shuddering. "No," she answered contemptuously, "I gave you no hope. I wished you to say these things, I have wrought for It, I drove Lady Gertrude from here. Now you may return to her. "How startled, how shocked you look!" she laughed in a bitter, hard way. "I tell you these things because I wish ) ou to know. When I first met you, I was a foolish, open-hearted girl. All this is your handiwork, Oh, I do not eccese you; I merely state a fact. It was erott with your delectable past, who came home to make a, finished wo- man of the hoidens Well, I am finish- ed, but not for you. Why, I have learn- ed the charming lesson of the finishing school to perfection. "Shall I tell you what it is? It is so simple. A poor young girls if she happen to have beauty, must marry for money. If wise, she will take a hus- band who is tolerably near his grave, get a good settlement; and then—let hint die as quickly as possible." She laughfully scornfully, as if his horror were a most amusing thing. Then she went on: "And to think that if I had been left to myself, I might have married for love. For love! How absurd that Would have been!" "Stop! stop! in mercy stop!" inter. posed the earl, hoarsely. 'In heaven's name do not say I have 'wrought this ruin! Oh, great heaven, this ie worse than all the rest! I am accursed!" He had no reproaches for her, but only for Limself. A frozen horror was on his face; and he turned and fled as if from a cataclysm. . Erna, stood and watched him until he was out of sight; then slowly drooped and sank to the earth, a moaning cry rising from her lips: "Oh, let me die! let me die!" CHAPTER XXVII. "Are you ill, Erna? Have you a head- ache?" "No, I am quite well, Lady Romley." "But your room is darkened:" "I prefer it so. I hope it does not disturb you enough to oblige me to let the light in." "Non it doesn't matter: Did you know Lord Aubrey has made a sudden departure? Hs has already gone?" "I knew he would go. Why do you ask me? You were sure I was the cause of it. That is what you wish to say. Yes, he did me the honor to offer me his—I think he called it love. I did not care for it, and suggested that he give It to Lady Gertrude, who would aceept it." . The voice was dull and hard, and Lady Romley shivered, knowing the storm that raged within. But she had settled upon a course of action, and be- lieved she was acting for the best. "You don't. wish me to comment bit what you have done," she said. • "I would. not permit it," was the quick, • passionate reply. -"You have something to say to me. Please say it." Lady Romley could have cried with pain. "Yes," she said, gently, "I have come to tell you that the Marquis of Melrose has made a formal proposal for your hand." "It is what I thought. It is a great honor, which I accept. Will you tell the marquis that I will receive him in my own parlor in an hour?" "It is. not necessary," cried Lady Rem- aly, pitifully. "Nevertheless, I shall receive him." "Erna, Erna; have some pity for him, if none for yourself! The marquis is an old man, and the whole world Will laugh at him, even while envying him; but he loves you with a greatness of soul that lifts him above your .con- tempt and scorn." "I shall not wound him. I respect him. I do hot laugh at him. I am very sorry for him." There was something so terrible in the calmness of the suffering .giri that Lady Roraley could not renhun in her presence. She could not trust herself to speak, but left the room precipitately, tears in her old eyes. "There is a tragedy in every word she utters," she murmured. Brim's luxurious little parlor was not darkened when she received her aged suitor there. The light was softened, but that was all; and Erna was dressed with unusual care. "You have done me a great honor, my lord," she 'said, abruptly, on his en- trance. "Oh, no, do not say that. It is you who do me honor," lie said, eagerly. "I ilo uot comprehend, now, how I have ever had the presumption to "My lord," interrupted Erna, "you must let me have it My way. You do me an honor in asking me to bear your name. But I did not ask to see you to say only that. I do not wish there should be any misunderstanding between us, because I believe you to be a gen- erous -hearted gentleman." "There can be no misunderstanding," he said, eagerly. "I do not expect or ask any love from you. Was it not of that you were going to speak?" "Yes, but perhaps we do not under. stand love in the same way," she fetid, in a, calm, even tone. "I think we do. I ant an old manse - old. enough to be your grandfather, peo- ple will say—but—but----" he stain - mored, and then event on, with a pa- thetic sort of humility: "/ have haver loved—really 'loved—a Woman before, and it seems to me that all the love of a life -time is working in my heart now.. It is not passion—it is not so poor a thing, or perhaps so precious a timing, but it is an abiding as the love of a lover, A brother, and a father all in otte, Aim! I do riot express myeelf as I thought could. What I mean to say IS,- that I will strive to make you happy, without expecting apse love front you.' There Was a sudden Moisture lit the brown eyes, and for A second the full under lip was tremulous. The old man Was not, ridiculous; he was noble . Erna put out her hand aral placed it in his, which quivered at the touch as if frora a shock. (To continued,)' • -rrw-,r-,1•17,1•r^.. lormaysm.7.-,rr Prepare for Lumbago If You Have "Isierviline" Handy One Rubbing Will Cure the Pain IIIOUSANDS USE "NERVILINE" The "strike" of lumbago is like a bolt of lightning—you never kiiew when it. is eamhig or where it is going to alike. Pribaaly the one certain thing about lumbago 15 the filet that it can lie cured by Nerviline—thd only liniment that penetrates deeply enough to reach the congested chords one museriee. "Years! ago I strain. ed my back and suf- LETTER ferred considerably with weakness over NO. the spine," writes Dog. .4875 ins l', Milian, a well known farmer, maid - lug near Kingsville. "Then. lumbago attacked time weak spot, and for *deed at a time I would have to lie up in bed, unable to 1/10'Ve or turn. Isiniments, poultices and hot applications I ailed to bring the desired relief, and I was in despair of ever getting really well again. I at last decided to tog "Nervi - line." I got five bottles from the drug store and had it rubbed on three times a (ley. Time 'Oiliness and pain left TRY buck quickly, and by continuing Nervi - line I was completely cured of Isumba. g9.0 This is similar testimony to that of nearly. five thousand Canadiane who have written unstinted words of praise to the manufacturers ,of Nerviline. For the cure of lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia and theumatism there is no liniment with one-fifth the pain -relieving power of Nerviline. Refuse any substitute. Large 25e bat- tles of Nerviline, or five for $1.00, at all dealens„ or the Catarrhozone Co., wire:- stou, Ont. • • • The Barber's Pole. Although the modern barber does not make, such a point of displaying the conventional striped pole as was once -commonly the ease, the quaint object may be seen in many parts of the coun- try, says the London Globe. It has a strange origin, and one which accounts for the red and white stripes with which it is invariably painted. In years gone by it was the usual custom among barbers to combine surgery with them other accomplishments, and the striped pole is the modern representation of the bleeding staff carried by the old-theo barber in the practice of his arts. It was the custom then of village raction. ors to give a staff td their patients to grasp while in bed; the strips were formed by the tape which was wound round the staff when not in use, and so signified on the painted pole of to- day. In Edinburg. and other Scottish towns, to the pole is frequently added a cupping dish of bright brass, •-••••••••-•—••••••-•--.-4.-•-• HOW WEAK GIRLS MAY GROW INTO STRONG WOMEN The Blood Supply Must be Kept Rich, Red and Pure—Good Blood Means Good Health. Healthy girlhood is the only pathi .to healthy womanhood. The merging of gleamed into ev,omanhood -. lads new tax upon the blood. It Is the overtaxing of the eoanty blood sups ply :that makes growing girls softer from all those heaelaehes, backetehee and eildeaches---atla that poem -lees, weakness and. weaainees—all that languor, dee- pondeacy and constant die health. Unhealthy gerithood is bound to lead to hunisealtby womanhood and a nife of misery. Nothing but the blood-anal:snag quantice of Dr. nitilliones' Pink Pills mat save a girl -when the undertakes the •.trials and tasks of womanhooa. That is the 'Uwe when nature makes new de - Mande upon tlse blood supply. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills actually make new, rich blood, which meets those new de. marten with ease. In 'this simple soien- tiffs: way Dr. Williams' Pink Pills fill a girl with overflowing heal% and strength. Miles Eva Dennis, Amherst, N. S., ends: "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have done me a world of good. I was cam. pleader run down, was very pale, easily tired•and suffered from frequent severe headaohes- Though I tried many medi- cines I got nothing to do me the least good until I began using Dr. Williams' Pink Dills. Even the first box of these seemed to help me, and after taking a half dozen boxes I eyrie again a strong, ere..atelly girl. I haw not had any illness since, lent should I again feel run down Dr. Williams-' Pink Pill e will be my only medicine, and I strongly recommend them to every' weak and suffering girl. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all medicine dealers or sent by mail 4 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. • • And He Lived Happy Afterward. A sailor with a cork leg was once salp. wrecked on a, cannibal island. He saw preparations being mare 'for the feast, of which he 'was to be the piece de re- sistance, and with commendable presence of =hid he asked the chief (?"chef") if he did not think it would be as well if he Mated a sample first. The chief thought it an excellent suggestion, and so the man held up his cork leg while a sample was cut from it. The chief de- cided the men was too old, tough and tageless, and, so his life was spared— Cleveland Leader, , • _ "Burn's Favorite Word A contributor has had the 'curiosity to look up ,Mr. 13. Reid's "Burns' Con- cordanee ' and measure the amount of space devotee to certain words. In the result he found that Burns used the Word "heart" more than any other, the quotations under this word fillind no fewer than six of the closely printed deleting. "Lass," "friend" and "heaven" conic next, each having about two co1. umme—From the Glasgow Newt DAILY NEWSPAPERS' 41.1wr.401••••• First Duty Is te Its Readers, Says Successful Editor. (New York Herald.) Melville E. Stow, at time head of the Associated Preis, speaks with the en- pezienee of it sucoesstiti editor fula pub - Usher ef daily newspapete on the eche- tions that ntivertising should hear to news and editorials. When asked- for !de views on the subject yesterday Mr. Stone said; "I heartily agree with the attitude of the 17Ierald in maintaining the in -depen- dence of its editorial and news columns free from dictation by advertisers. 'Ile' first duty of a daily newspaper is tie its teatime, and it can only be sueesssful in the long run if it is loyal to those readers. If ite news and editorial 0')'!' warms are to be governed by the wishes or whims of its advertisers such loyalty is obviously impossible. "In Ty awn experience I have 'always maintained an absolute divorcement of the news and editorial departments from the business department. I remember an expeelence io the conduct of the Chicago Daily News. The paper was young and struggling, but was building up what conceived to be the most valuable asset a newspaper can have, namelye the faith of the public in its integrity: A herg,e day goods establishment in Chicago which had been advertising extensively in the Pn aoptieoer .asked for a three line editorial "The advertising of this firm was ex- ceedingly valuable, but the good faith of' the newspaper to its readers was of higher consequence. I therefore sent back a copy of the editorial paragraph with a note advising the dry good -s merohant that the first line would cost him a mil- lion dollars and the ether two lines would cost hint nothing, because he would then own the newspaper, and that on those terms alone would it appear. Having established We principle, the wisdom of which the advertiser himself saw, I nem had any more difficulty with him or any other advertiser in Chi. cage on this score, a -4 It is an undisputed fact that one packet of Wilson's Fly Pads has actually killed a bushel of house flies. Fortunately no such quantity can ever be found in a well kept house, but whether they be few or many Wilson's Fly Pads will kill them all. 4 - Th, Flamingo. The beautiful Flamingo is a bird of feeble intellect, delicate appetite, and genteel tastes. It cannot eat fish, for its slender throat would scarcely ad. mit a pea. Besides, the Idea of catch- ing anything, or even picking up food from the ground, does not occur to its simple mind. Its diet consists of certain small crustaceans, classed by naturalists with water -fleas, which abound in blackish water; and it has an instrument for taking these which It knows how to use. I kept Flamin- goes once, and, after trying many things in vain, offered them bran, or boiled rice, floating in water. Then they dined, and 1. learned the con- struction and working of the most marvellous of all bills. The lower jaw Is deep and hollow, and its upper edges turn in do meet each other, so that you may fairly describe it as a pipe with a narrow slit along the up- per side. In this pipe lies the tongue, and it cannot gee out for it is wider than the slit, but it can be pressed against the top to close the slit, and then the lower ja.w becomes an' actual pipe. The root of the tongue is -furnished on both sides with a loose fringe which we will call the first strainer. The upper jaw is thin and flat and rests on the lower like a lid, and it in beautifully fringed along both sides with small, leathery points, close set, like the teeth of a very fine saw. This is the second strainer, To work the machioe you dip the point into dirty water full of water - fleas, draw back the tip of the tongue a little, and. suck in water till the lower jaw (the pipe) is full, then close the point again with the tip of the tongue and force the water out. It can only get out by passing through the first strainers at the root of the tongue, then over the palate, and so through the second strainers at the sides of the bill; and all the solid matter it contained will remain In, the mouth. The sucking in and squirting out of the water is man- aged. by the cheeks, or rather by the cheek, and that is situated under the ohin. When the bird is feeding you will see this' throbbing faster than the eye can follow it, while water squirts from the sides of the mouth in a continuous stream. I should have said that the whole bill is sharp- ly bent downwards at the middle. The advantage of this is that, when the bird lets down its head into the water, like a bucket into a well, the point of the bill does not stick in the mud, but lies flat on it, upside down.—Prom "Bills of Birds," by E. H. Aitken in the February Strand Magazine. o • • Minard's Liniment Cures Colde, etc. BAD NEWS FOR OUR DOCTORS. "And now that you are through col- lege what are you going to do "I shall study medicine." "Rather crowded profession already, isn't it?" "Can't help that. I shall studymedi- eine, and thosei who are already n the professoin will have to take their chances, that's all/—Boston Transcript. +1 e FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS. (Chicago 'Tribune.) Gayman! What's your hur- ry?" "Got to catch a train." "Whither bound?" "For Halifax." "What's the object?" "No object. My wife told me to go there, and I'm going." Some people are only enjoyment out of being miserable. *Mi.* THE BEST WOODEN PAIL Can't Help But Lose Its Hoops and Ptdi to Pieces. You Want Some- thing Better Don't You? Then Ask' for Pails and Tubs Made of EDDY'S 11113.KWARE rach One a Solid, flanlentsi, Lasting Melia Eddy's Matches Without Mop or Seim Jost iti Good I AO UNCLIG t'r Do you know the difference between working and having the work done for you? Sunlight Soap actually makes the dirt drop out—saves you time and money—but injures neither hands nor clothes, That Is just the difference be tweet' Stintight Soap and ordinary soaps. II 0 • • Vanity aiicl the Teeth. "There, my friend,' said the Market street dentist to the trembling patient in the chair, a he dropped a big eye tooth into the receiver, "your troubles are over as far as your upper teeth are concerned.' "Thank goodness!" the vic- tim exclaimed. "If you hadn't got them all to -day, doctor, I don't believe I could have over summoned up courage enough to come back. Looking back at it, how- ever, it was not such a harrowing expere ince. But tell me, doctor, why is it that a woman has so much more courage in facing the dentist than the average man? I can remember when my mother, up the state, calmly sat down on the back porch, and after a fussy old dentist had nearly pulled her head off in ex- tracting all her teeth, went about her household duties as usual. I know young women, to, who think of their engage - merits at the dentist's parlor with no more trepidation than a trip to the hair- dresser or manicurist. But the ordinary man will suffer every agony before con- senting to have his teeth treated. I have known big strong fellows who were afraid of-oothing (the dentist excepted), who have lost their nerve and also the pain in the affected tooth the moment they placed their hand on the knob of' the dentist's parloer." "My friend," ex- plained the dentist, as he softly closed the door leading to the waiting room, where a half dozen chatting women and one miserable, shrinking man were awaiting their turn. "It's vanity; sim- ply vanity. The avet age woman realizes that ugly teeLli are a serious menace to her entire appearance, and no though of personal pain can keep her from at once having the defect remedied, I'll expect you to come in one week from to -day to have the impression made. I know you will come, became that does- n't hurt."—Philadelphia Record. _ • Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows. 4 • .11., A Napoleonic Library. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once told an amusing story of an illiterate millionaire who gave a wholesale dealer an order for a copy of every book in all land lieges treating of an aspect of Napol- eon's career, He thought it would fill a case in his library. He was somewhet taken aback, how- ever, when in a few weeks he received a message from the dealer that lie had got 40,000 volumes, and was awaiting in- structions as to whether he should send them on as an installment or wait for a complete set.—M. A. P. If every housekeeper would use Wilson's Fly Pads freely during the Summer months the house fly peril would soon be a thing of the past. • 4 44 NOT INFECTIOUS. I used to be very much afraid that my children w.hile playing' with others would be exposed to some contagious disease, and they were constantly an the lookout for trouble of this kind. One day little Louise (aged four) came rushing in from the street where she had been playing with a crowd of children In a very exciting manner she buret out, "Well, mother, twe of the Meyers children have something, but eds- ter says she don't think we'll catch it, though.' . "Well, what is it, darling,' I asked. • "It's pigeon toes," she replied. • • • Minard's Liniment Cures Listemper. How to Avoid Fires. Avoid matches whose heads read- ily snap off. Scores of deaths and destroyed homes are traceable to this cause. Liquid stove polishes, of the kind Nod by fakers, e are nearly always dangerous. Furniture polish should be used with great care, too. All cloths used in rubbing polished floors should be burned away from the house, neither should they be thrown carelessly around at any time, as there is danger of spontane- ous combustion. Cleaning compounds are always dan- gerous. Never use benzine, gasoline, or like fluids in any room where there is artificial light. These oils are extremely volatile and their fumes catch fire at a great distance, the flames travelling back to the source. Explosions and scattered fire are the result. Never drape a mantel near a gas jet or a stove. Be careful that no por- tieres or curtains are so hung that latey can blow against the flame. Many fires are duo to such careless- ness. When you retire for the night see that all the doors in tho houses are closed. Open doors create a draft. Danger from a dumb waiter may be miminized by seeing that ibis tight. Iy closed at night. Where open fireplaces are in use the bricks of the hearth should be imbedded in coinent and should not rest on wood. Each hearth should have a fine wire screen shield to pre- vent sparks flying on rugs or ear - pets, Bird Slaughter in Florida. "Unless the wholesale butchery of birds in Florida is stopped, there will be none left in that section of the Coun- try," said It. A. Austin, who spends a large part of his time in the south. "In the last three years the everglades of Florida have been stripped of every vestige of bird life to supply the world's millinery markets with the plumage of the losroh that formerly bred there in countless numbers. Now that the heron has practically gone from Flotide, the bird robbers are killing almost any oth- er kind of tropical bird that they ean find. It is a fact that Aerie% is almost barren of birds at this titne.—From the Washington Poet, 144.4.4441.44•44,411 ISSUE NO, 29; 1909 AGENTE WANTED. flANVAedentii WANT= TO Olean A line of supplies umee delly in everY howls. Amer Alfred Tyler, hondon, Oat. HEIM WANTED. PA. Now ","rri A Good General Servant who can do cooking. Small Family. HIGHEST evaggs MRS. JOHN AC EASTWOOD, Hamilton, Ont, FARMS FOR SALK. Farm for Sale Fine 50 acre farm with frame buildings; clay loam; in township of North Dorchester; easy. terms, NI, KENT, BOX 419, LONDON, ONTi.., Summer Hats for Horses. A local newspaper argues that it is better for both horses and humans to go Without hats in summer, because a French scientist has found that the tem- erature of a horse is less without a hat than one. But this editor does not an. flounce his intention of facing the sum. mer sun without a hat, and does not seem to realize that in spite of a high- er temperature the animal or man may be better off with some protection from sustroke. Dr. W. Blair Reid, veterinar- ian and pathologist of the New York Zoological Park, says that the use of a horse sunbonnet is horse sense. This is the opinion of our Massachusetts agents. We urge that on no account should sponges be used under these hats, for the minutes the water is absorbed the sponge serves to make the head hotter instead of cooler. In hot weather horses should be allowed to drink four times a day. It is also well.to sponge off their heads, ears, nostrils and necks with cold water at the same time. "Water is the first great need of every animal during the summer months."—Our Dumb Animals," Minard's Liniment Co., Limited: 1 Deer Sirs,—This fall I got thrown on it fence and hurt my chest very bed, 80 I could not work and it hurt ins to breathe, I tried all kinds of Liniments and they did me no good. One bottle of MINARD'S LINIMENT, warmed on flannels and applied on my breast, cured me completely. C. H. aosse.Bobar. ; Rossevay, Digby Ca., N., S. Madrid a Noisy City. Someone had well divided the inhabit- ants into two classes: those who go to bed after 3 a. in., and those who get up before 4. It is true that the streets are never quiet. The stone cutters, who are mending the sidewalk, began chipping at daybreak. Next we heard the electric cers, with their loud gongs, and the mule carts, clattering over the noisy cobblestones. By breakfast time the sound of the hurdy-gurdy echoed in our ears. Street fakirs shouted their wares and singing beggars, with their weird yodel, roamed up and down all day. Just before dinner the women who cry lottery tickets and evening papers took their stand at the corners, and their stentorian voices never stopped until after midnight. Madrid carries no latch -key. .The concierge holds it by day, the street watchman by night. Con- sequently the hours of sleep were ,son - gently broken by the sound of hand - clapping, followed by the quick, heavy step of the watchman in response to his ruedia,eval summons. Altogethed unhes- itatingly pronounce against Madrid as a rest cure. It is by far the noisiest place I was ever in.—Outing Magazine, ee- • • • Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. .• • te UNIVERSAL OWNERSHIP. "I am a socialist," said the man with a large voice. "I believe in a universal ownership in which a man's needs and his ability to use shall take precedence over our preconceived notions of arbi- trary proprietorship." "That system is now being tried," an- swered Miss Cayenne, "with most un- satisfactory results." "In what way?" "With. umbrellas."—Washington Star. OPERATION HER ONLY CHANCE Was Cured by Lydia E.Pink- ham'sVegetable Compound Lindsay, Ont.—" I think it is no more than right for me to thank Mrs. Piiikham for what her kind advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Corn- - pound has done for me. When I wrote to her some time ago I was a very sick woman, suf- fering from female troubles. I had, , inflaramation o f the female organs, and could not stand or walk any distance, At last I was confined to my bed, and the doctor said I would have to go through an operation, but this refused to do. A friend advised Lydia E. Pinkbam's 'Vegetable Compound, and now, after using three bottles of it, I feel like a new woznan. 'most heartily recommend this medicine to all women who suffer with ferriale troubles. I have also taken Lydia B. Pinkham's Liver Pills and think they are fine."—Mrs. FRANK Einer.Ev, Lindsay, Ontario. We cannot understand why wometi will take chances with an operation or drag out a sickly half-hearted exist. once, missing three-fourths of the Joy of living, without first trying Lydia It. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound.. For thirty years it has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has cured thousands of women who have been troubled with such ailments as displacernents, inflammation, ulcer4 ation, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion, and nervous prostration.