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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-09-02, Page 6r!cr il,„ 4erl, 144'AVII There is likely to be SOMO peach pie this season to remind UR that it le good to, be alive and in Canada,. e. George Meredith, the late novelist, disposed of ,032„350 by his will. Tide is muish larger sum than his admirers. had eupponci he possessed. . The Northsvest now has hung out the sign "hien Wanted," Fears are express- ed that lack of suffielent help may lead to difficulty in .savieg the harvest. The Powers will compel Crete to re- spect Turkish iglit in the island, and to lower the Greek flag. .A. firm atti- tude on their part :nay evert the out- break of e, ever, * 414 The Britieh suffmgettea have taken to the roofs and bombard meeting bane with showers of brickbats, Surely that ought to prove their Meese for the frauchise and their eminent womauliness The Fort William labor difficulty is prolmbly over. That is well, Now let appropriate punishment be meted. out to all who set the law at defiance, brought expense upon the city, and dam- aged Canada's good. name. . •.• e Employees of the sardine peeking industry in Fran' ee, and .ntaily of the farm laborers turn to lace ninking dur- ing the off season. There are no more thrifty people than the French laboring classes. 4•4r The United States naval specifica- time for aeroplanes requires that they must be able to rise from or land in the Water with safety. It will be some time 'before the United. States navy will be equipped with air ships. • The 0, P. R. is determined that there shall not be any of the disorder on this year's harvest excursions thet was com- plained of last year, and a etrong force of .speeial constables will go with eaeh train to ensure, good order and comfort. The Transvaal output of Old in June was $12,7513,103, and the total for 1900 seta probably exceed $150,000,000, ap- e proximately, 35 pee cent, of the world -Si total. This stream of gold is increaeine in volume yearly. British South Africa is a counbry of great richness. D. F. Yokum, chairman of the execu- tive committee of the Rock Island Com- pany, in a speech to the Farmers' Un- ion of Oklahoma, the other day, pointed out that farm products are a better de- fence to the United States than war- ships. The 'United States army and navy last year cost each family in thecoun- try $17. He deplored the fact that the United States were making the mistake which has proved so costly to Europe. a. • 4 • o At Brietol, Va., the other day an engine.er, fatally injured in a railway wreck, refused to ;take the whiskey the reselling par1y wished to get him to swallow until four men promised to bear witness to :the fact that he was perfectly sober. 'All an engineer has is his record," .he said feebly, "and be cannot afford to hen anything against that." First, the safety of his pas- sengers; then his personal vindication as to the faithful discharge of his duty. No, the heroes are not all found on the battlefield. A Toronto hotel keeper charged with selling cigars on Sunday in contraven- tion of the Lord's Day Act, sets up the defence that -the provisions of the act do not applysto hotel keepers; that he Must carry on his business every day of the week, and that the sale of cigars is a part of that business. In °thee work, he claims the right to rue an Open cigar store every day of the week. It begins to'kkok as if there was an organized attempt being made to break down all' legislation for the preserva- tion of the clay of rest. Justice in the case of .Dhingra, the as- sassin of Sir W. Curzon -Wyllie, did not move with leaden feet. Decently and in order, British law has in his case been vindicated. It is satisfactory to know that the crime of the fanatic is depre- cated by the Indians generally, by none more than by his own father and fam- ily. In commetion.with the deplorabli event Iteir Hardie has been subject to much not altogether undeserved era', cisnt. 'It is to be hoped thab he, and. Others, will be more careful in future in appealing to passions and prejudices Which they caunot control. Director Steatton, of the United. States bureau of standards of the De- partment of Labor, is going to co-oper- ate with the steel Yell manufacturers in experimente !Mended to lead to better raids. Very many of the, railway neci- dents have'been due to tail faults, and econplaints made abroad are so numer- ous as to threaten the ruin of the Veited States export tilde in that line. The inequaLties, flaws and splitting of end:: have become eo serious a drawback thet the trade is alarined eta seeks Govern - went aid in finding a remedy. • • Many experiment:: have hten made in the effort to obtain eatisfaetory milk bathe width would b so ebeip ill it they Would not he ised t mond time, A. Chienge company now sthrtoutees the manufaeture of paper sihgle service milk bottles, in toatem sizes—varte and pints and half-pint size for cream They are made of pure fibre paper and refined pnraffine. The idea is to have them nheolutely eanitnry. The hottive are to cost half a eent eaele and it i$ tee peeted that at thie price their use will be etonOrnical, tis there will be no hreek- age% no Witehing or sterilising, and they Will be exteedingly light to transport. Thie it the paper age, THE 00ING .OF ERNA "Yes, I know," assented Erna, absent- ly, "The world will ery out at use if it disemvers thet I have seen him at tide time; but no one else will do. He must tot marry Lady Gertrude; tun/ no Mes- senger but myself will do," "hlerciful heaveni what are you talk- ing of? Do you forget that you are the dowager hien:Maness of Melrose? Do you forget that you owe the niaii who is dead some consideration? Wosild you make your name a by -word?" Itwas seldom that Lady Rowley re - tented to :meth energy of expression. I3ut in truth she was teeribly shocked. And Erna knew that it relation of the Meta of the ease would hardly make her feel differently, She would insist that some otie else could, do the errand as well. "You do not understand, Lady Rom - ley," she said, with kt sad sort of gravh ty. "I at not :seeking him to win him again. I have a duty to fulfill toward, him, I must, save Lady Gertrude from a terrible znistalce. I must go myself. Will you not go with me? 11 you will go, no one needever know. It will be thought that I have accompanied you to London. Where is he now? Will he not be at Morehten Hall?" "Yes; but I shall never go with you, Erna. Do not ask it." "I tell you, Lady Romley," said Erna, earnestly, "that my errand is to 'save the very lanor of those two people. I am not what I was, I seek no one's in- jury; but I do seek their good. You will come?" "Then I shall goritIone, and there will be a scandal which nothirg can avert. Well, let it be so. I shall not fait now, be the cost to me what it may." Lady Romley looked as miserable as evoinan very well could. "You will not do it, Erna," she said, half pleadingly. "I shall. e And you will go with me to save me." "I am an old fool-" cried Lady Rom - ley. "To think that I have ruled every- body all my life, to be at last led about by a wilful girl, who copets with posi- tive ruin." "I was sure you would. go," said Erna, gratefully, "Yes, I will go; but I know I shall rue it to the day Of my death." CHAPTER JCXXVI. • When Lady Gertrude left Melrose, it was with a deep feeling of hatred. for Erna. She did indeed love Lord Au- brey, and regretted losing him; but, after all, the keenest feeling was one of anger at Erna for winning him from her. She returned. to Moreham Hall, believing she had. forever lost the earl, and devouring • her soul with shame and mortification. Then, somehow, the rumor came to her in it few days that the earl had left Mel- rose, it rejected suitor. for the hand of the beautibuf Erna. The Stnry told also how Erns, had be- come the alfianced wife of the old. mar - pis. And for some time after that Lady Gertrude continued to hale of Erna's social triumphs. One day her mother said to her: "Gertrude, why do you not make an- other effort to win the Earl of Aubrey? Some o,ne will have him, for I am told that he is determined to have a countess for Aubrey." "You wish me to try, mamma?" cried Gertrude, it flush of shame rising to ber fair cheek. "How can you think of such it thing?" "It woul(1 he it nice thing to be Count- ess of Aubrey," said Lady Moreham, qpietly. "After the way he has treated me, mamma?" said Gertrude. "My dear," said Lady Moreharn,--cold- ly, "I trust there is no nonsense here about love, and that sort of thing." Lady Gertrude flushed. "I did think I loved him, mamma; and you did not discourage it." "So long as your sentiment helped tem policy, my dear, it was wise to encour- age it. But it would be the height of folly to permit it to interfere. Lord Aub- rey, rejected by Erna March, is just . desirable a part! as Lord, Aubrey with virgin affections to bestow, if that, is the idea." "What would you have nee do, mane ma?" asked Gertrude. "Simply give him the opportunity to ask you to be his countess. Do n.ot avoid him by keeping away from, every place you think he may be.", "But sometimes almost hale him, mamma." "Nonsense! I have talked the matter over with your father, and he quite agrees -with me. If Lord Aubrey hed ever spoken to you in such it way as to cone mit himself, it would 'be different, but you have told me more than once that he never did. I don't see why yoki should have any feeling. Surely you would like to be Countess of Aubrey?" . "Yes, mamma." "Thet is sensibly said, This afternoon we shall meet the earl at Marly ToWers, where the duke is giving a little enter- tainment. You will go. Please bestow a great deal of attention On your toilet; and practice some of the songs the earl likes. I will contrive to have you sing," "My dear," whispered Lord MorehaM to his wife that evening, as they were driving home from Marly, "the Earl of Aubrey has tequested an interview to- night. Ile will drive over after dinner." Lady Moreliam lemma back amid the cushions and. beamed mysteriously at Gertrude, who was at Weery as if she had been through a hard-fought engage - tient. "For goodness' sake, marnme," she exclaimed, petulantly; "don't look so wise, but de say what you have to say I'm tired to death." "1 thinkl can rest you, my dear." "Then I wish you would." "Were you not satisfied nith the at. teation of the earl?" 4 "He was polite to me. He praised iny singing. Ile has done that a score' of times. Ugh! I could not look at him without remembering that Erna March coUld bring him to her side by a aook of her little „finger," • * "That was rather it vulgar eXpressiete my dear." "1 felt vulgar,' 'said Lady Gertrude, rebelliettely. "The earl," etlia Lady Merchant, with solemn .emphasis, "has requested an in.- terview with your father this evening. What do you suppose that means?" .An inserutable exPression paesed over Lady Gertzeide's ftkee. It. 'was not tee exay for her to recover from the sting ef her humiliation by Brim), as her Mo - tiler Would have it, no am loved the earl enough to wish to marry him) but somehow she hated hitn, and would, have Made hint atifferitt ome Wity it Whoa boon in las treat me—ft:rankly, UN—/Mabry, .shall he pleased to ACeept yea as a, In-law." '.bo '.1he earl sinned eynieully. "But Lady Gertrude? She may wieh to say something in the matter.' Lord Morehaut almost betreyed Wm. self ia his boisterous laugh, "Gertrude? She is too good a, daughter to rejeet the man I aecept for her. No, not she will do as I say. A gooddaugh• ter and a good wife, zny lard.' "Nevertheless," pensisted the egad, dry- ly, "I sliafl request that you acquaint Lady Gertrude with the 040=8U:ewe8 of my offer of marriage, when I :shall. nen speak to her myelf." So the following day the eerl rode over again, and was met in the drawing-rooM by Lady Gertrude. It was a painful meeting for both of them; for both were conseloue in a measure of how the other was feeling. The earl bowed very' low before lier, as if he woulki convey en un, spoken apology for any eet of his which might have troubled her, "You know why I am here, Lady Ger- trude?" he aaid. 'Yeur father has spok- en to you?" "Yes, my lord," "May I nope the.b you look with favor on my request?" he asked. Not a word of lovel No pretense Qf it, Lady Gertrude shut her lips tight. He might at least have made that little eoncessioa after having won her head. She might have forgiven him then, "Yes, my lord," she answered, coldly, "it will give inc pleasure to be the Coutese of Aubrey." t He felt the meaning of. her manner; but he only bowed as if in acceptance of her answer, If she were offended with him, it was her right. Possibly he was a trifle disappointed, as if in his innermost heart he had. nought she might refuse him. 'There was no need. to prolong the in. terview beyond. the interchange of con Ventiontel courtesies; and within. o, few minutes the mid was again closeted with Lord Morehem. So far as the latter was concerned, the meet interesing portion of the converse, - tion that followed was contained in these words of the earl: "Then, if the amouat seems satisfac- tory to you, I will settle fifteen thou- eand it year on Lady Gertrude, and - con. vey to her the Westmoreland plane, whieb comes to inc from my 'mother:" "A princely settlement, my lord," :said Lord Moreham, CHAPTER XXXVIL The earl bad been in no eapecial haste to be married, 'and Lady Gertrude was positively indifferent. She enjoyed all the eclat that .atene from her position as bride -elect of Lord Aubrey; but she would not have done a thing to hasten or postpone the wedding. Lady Moreham was of a different mind. Erna, March still existed, and every day there came new evidences of her social suceess. When the London season opened. no one hesitated to say she would be the great card of the sea- son. She was engaged to the Marquis of Melrose, it was true, but he was an old man, and. might die at any moment; and, what was more, she was a capri- cious creature, who might change her oind. Lady Moreham had seen something of her hold upon the hearts and minds of men, and she was not disposed to take the risk of 'having her meet with Aubrey again until the latter was safely wedded to her daughter. So it was due to her that the wedding was fixed for so early a date. Oa he morning of the wedding -day, Lady-Moreham made her appearance in her daughter's boudoir, her eyes rather big with startling news. Gertrude die. Missed her maid, and looked inquiringly at her mother. "Gertrude, my dear! whet do you suppose has happened?" Gertrude turned a little paler, but asked, indifferently: "Lord Aubrey changed his mind?" • Lady Morehara was shocked at the levity; but within the last few weeks she had lallen into the habit of defer- ring men than before to the future Countess of Aubrey. "My child! No, certainly npt. Erna March has nuaried the Marquis of Mel- rose." Gertrude's eyes snapped with exulta- „Eon, but -she said. nothing. Her mother gave out the next piece of news. She married the marquis on his death- bed.” Gertrude stayted up, but fell back again in her chair. After all, what did it matter? The wedding was to takeplace in a few hours. "Then she is the dowager'marchionesse I suppose she nip,de a good. bargain?" "Really, Gertrude!" exclaimed her mo- ther, too shocked to restrain herself, "you do sometimes make the most vul- gar remarts." „ r Gertrude, smiled unpleasantly, her beautiful face marred by a sneer. "Did you not think the salmi thing?" she calmly asked. She did not recover her serenity after her mother left heie but sat near her window., gloomily tapping the floor with her daintily slippered little foot. She was not having at all such a wedding - day as she had dreamed of. In the early days she had laid but lit- tle stress out the part that love would play in her ntaxria,ge. Then she had dreamed mostly of a cornet and it large settlement. Well, she was getting both. But she had dreamed of being imperious- ly happy, very much as a queen knight be supposed to feel. But she was not happy at all. It wee not so much that the love was laelcinge She might have put up with that fea- ture; but instead of having won her lotd triumphantly, by virtue of her beatity and aeconiplishments, she had only re - calved him at second baud from her most hated rival. She had had rivals in her dreaens, but then she had always played Erna's part. Alm how she hated Ertel there wae no ill she would not have wished. her. If she had felt more sure of the earl, it would haee been different; but there al - Ways haunted' her the uneasy feeling that Erna would need no more than VI look at the earl to make hint indifferent to his plighted troth, and bring him back to her feet, "My lady I" lIer maid had entered the nem, her face expressive el startling tidings. Gertrude stamped her foot Angrily et the interruption. "Why do you conic) here with that idlotie air? If you have anything to say to nie, say it like a rational being." "Yee, my lady. 1 would not have trete bled yeti at all, only I was sure you would thank ate for telling you." "Miss Mareh—" "Are you going to tell MO that sli Is ihe Marchioness of Meiroser cried Ger- trude, in exasperation. ""I didn't know she was, my lady, Pae - don Mel Then it is all right, of nurse." "What is al right? Bo tell me what Is on your stupid mind." "1 40 not know, my lady; itpd I Was to see her hen when---" Gee.rtleide eterted to her feet, her fate witit (To bo tont1tkued4 "1 suppose," she answered, "that he is going to ask for my hand." "Of eouree' " was the triumphant ex- oleanation ofher mother, Lady Gertrude'a lips lesed itt a herd line. If be had spoken first to here it would lien: been possible to *give bent, Of course she would, accept hiiu. 11 did not oeeur to her not to, but it would be a matter, first of all, of a good. setae- ment; and, after that, oe repaying him for the humiliation he had owned her. Hers was not a very large soul. But perhaps that was natural, considering the training it had had since its advent into the world. That night the earl was ushered into the library where Lord Moreham awaited him, with no little anxiety. It meant a great deal to Lord More - ham to get such a son-in-law as the rich Earl of Aubrey. Lady Ger- trude and any possible happiness in her future did not enter into his oat- cultations. She was merely a valuable eommodity which he had for :kale. He was nervous, though he hid his em. otions under a conventional mask, Lord .Aubrey was nervous too. . Ile had taken this step from a sense of justice. What he had suffered after' leaving Erna no words could depict; but little by little, he gained control hiniself. He went over all that had happened; and by and by seemed to see his duty clearly enough through the cloudthat bad for a time obscured it. lie had said. nothing, done nothing to .give Lady Ger- trude .any right. to hold. him. That was tree, And "yet he could not. disguise the fact that in intangible ways he had given her a claim on him. He was very cynical, again, now. It' was inevitable that he Eiltould be so. It was his experi- ence that he always met with treacle ery from tbose he moat trusted. Ile thought neither of loving nor trusting. It was as clear now is ever that he must ina,rry. Somehow it seem- ed a duty to soeiety to provide an heir for Aubrey. And. that was all he oare& Lor. If he had given Lady Gertrude a claim on him, he would redeem it by asking for her hand; but there should be ito nonsense about loving. He did 10t. love her, He loved. nobody. Ah, well, h3 was not so sure ef that. But, at any rate, he would not have taken Erna March for his wife under any circum - Perhaps his infatuation was ne less, perhaps his thoughts of her were as ag- anieng as they might ever be; perhaps he grew haggard and stern in his ef. forts to cast her out of his heart. -es Nevertheless, he condemned her for her heartlessness. It did not occur to him that she might' really love him. He did. admit, freely and frankly, that he deserved some punishment for his treat- ment of her; but not a punishment which seemed to him to most degrade her who administered it. Ah l that was it, then! The sting was that Erna had ceased to be the lofty, high-souled, if willful, creature he had believed her. He could. have forgotten her harsh words and treatment; but not her deliberate treachery. Poor fel• low!, he was lost in. the effort to ad- just a woman's feelings with her ac- tions. .'Lord Morehara," he said, abruptly, as soon as he was seated, "I came over. here for the purpose of having a frank talk with you, if youwill permit me." "Certainly, my lord. On what sub- ject?" "On the subject of your daughter." "Ahl" in a very non -committal man- ner, as if that were a subject requiring great reserve in treatment. "You know something, no doubt, of the stories whiele have been in circula- tion abosit?" "My 'dear earl!" exclaimed Lord More - ham, deprecating/y. "Of course I have. -I—edinit that frankly, as between two men of the world. Those stories belong to gncient history. We all of us must sow our wild 'bate." A look of supeeme disgust passed over. the earl's face; but he shrugged. his shoulders and went on. "I• have never seen fit to deny any- thing that has been said of me," he said quietly; "but now that I come to, you on my present errand, I think it pro- per to tell yott as much of the truth as need be." "Unnecessary, nay deer earl; but, just as you please. In fact, Lord Moreharn had consider. able curiosity to hear the• stony from the earl's own lips. The earl, however, had no notion of making Lord More - ham his Confessor. "I only wished to say," the early went on, "that in the first instance I merely took on my Mil shoulders the fault of another. It did. not matter to me what was said of me; but I was foolish en - them to look upon royalty as a sacred thing, to preserve whin' any sacrifke was not too great." "Ah, yes," said Lord Moreluun. "I re, tneskaber to .have heard something of that." "As to the stories which, are told of my career abroad, I will only say that I kept sufficiently bad company, but never did a dishonorable thing. But did contract a foolish niarriage with len aaventuretsa." "Ah I" lord Moreham began to Scent complications. "There are 110 children, for the separ- ation took place almost at once after the marriage. The woman Nvent to Atn- erica, when she died about a, year later. She was everything that' was bad. I tell you of this because it seems the horror - able part, since I come to you, now, ts a suitor for the liand of your &tighter." "Very honorable, indeed. 'Your con- duct does you great credit," :said Lord Mereham, warmly; thought itt reality he thotight Aubrey very foolish to makeso mueli of the matter. The delicacy of the earl leetellieg him, he could not in the least -appreeiate. "And you wish to make out dear Gertrude your dottntess?"..- "Yes, • I feel that I -should intimtuul I have deeided that Lady Gertrude would do hotior to my nanus and wealth.: speak of it hi this businesslike way, my lord, beeause I wish it tinderstoorl that there is to sentiment involVerl." "Very aensible, indeed. .1 cart meet you half -way. Sentiment luis no place in tn affair of this sort. You wish a countess, and' you go straight to the point," Lord 11forehtves delight was so great that It was difficult for Iiiin to -Maintain his dignity. "You are tiet-tiVerse, then?" suggested it ear, dO, "Why," replied his lerdship, "I suppose Should hem Oil haw, and make some debittri lAt 1 aiti disposed to treat you ..1-leaviness .at . Pit • of the Stomach A Feeling of 4,7neas1oos Before Antf After Meals is Quicidy Cored With Nerviline.. Nearly everyone gets int occasional at- tack of indigestion and knows just What that heavy feeling means in tlic eloni- ecu, "I wassubject to stonnielk derange- nionte and my health was seriously hampered on thia mount. After meals belebed gas had te weighty' eensetion in rny stOundi and over my left side. The first relief I got was froM Nerviline—I used it three times it day e and we's cur- ed. I continue to nee Nereiline ocea- atonally, and. find it is a wonderful aid to the stomach ,end digestive organs." The above letter conies from airs. I'. R. Stetson, wife of an important merchant in Brock- ton, encl. still Inv, !her proof of the exceptional power of Nerviline is fur- nished by A. E, Roseman, the well- known upholsterer of Chester, who writes; "Let everyone with a bad, stom- ach use 'Nervilinei and 1 tun sure there svill be few sufferers left. I wed. to have cramps, rumbliug noises., gas on My etornach and severe fits of indigestion, NerViline . was. the only remedy4liat gen me relief, and I found it so entire- ly satisfactory that I would like to have my letter of recommendation published broadcast in order that others may pro- fit by mv experience." , You'll find. it hundred cases. for Nervi- line—it's a trnsty houaehola remedy that sae to the extent of a million bot- tles per year—that's the best proof that ib must cure and give unlimited eatisfae- tion. ' Refuse anything' offered hi place of Nerviline, 25e. per bottle, five for $1. All dealers, or The Catarrhozone Co., Kingston. Ont, NERVILINE RESTORES WE AK STOMACKS Horse -power and Foot Pounds. 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If you are suffering from any of these ailments, don't give up hope until you have given Lydia E. Pinkhara's Vege- table Compound a trial. If you would like special advice write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, lVfass., for it. She has guided thousands to health, free of charge. Cigarettes in England. Sixty years have passed since ',dur- ance Oliphant, the notable journalist, traveller and novelist of that day, stOod sponsor for the introduction of the cigar- ette into England by being the first per- SOO of note to smoke the slender paper eovered little rolls of tobacco publicly in London. At that time smokieg was regarded as vicious and vulgar. "Do you wish to be taken for an orne iilbus conductor?" was Charles Ure question to younger men of his ae- cinaintance whom he found smokizig in the region of St. James'. But with the introduction of the 'dig- arette that eondemnation of tobacco be- gan to wane, for not only dia the cigar- ette avoid the clumsiness of the pipe and the heavy flavor of the eigar, but it also for the first time offered to English smokers the rare dent itibi delicciey of Tutkish- tobacco.-111ustrated London N eves. THE THIRD PEGREE. A Mere Revival. of the Torture chamber of the Middle (St, Min. Sun.) This "third .degree" business is by no Means new. It was and is atill the favor- ite device .ef those who spend their time in enforeing law in China. Per centurice the plan there has been %to keep prisoners from .sleeping until the desired confessions Are made by them. Even if/ the TInited States the martyred won194 Of Sa.19Iii on Wel for witchemit were subjeeted to every form of cruelty that could be devised for the purpose 01 making them admit the crimes with, which they were eharged. Meier modern police methods there is it refinenteutspf torture against which prisoners inevit- ably give way, long continued questioe- ing, suggestion, ninseitlar fatigue, and in short every plan by which the sub- ject may be made to suffer instil the answers sought by the offiekere ere ut, tend. Li nine epees out of tee these ans- wers are nutrue; they are given -either through desire for relief groin the in- quisition, or are the) result of suggestion to wore out brains. Dr, Hugo Munsterbeeg, professor of psychology at Harvard, in his recently printed book, "CM the Witness Stand," deals very carefully with 'this phaseof police work, "A prisoner," he :Says, nervous and tired, and eager to: ee, cape the repeated questions after hours of interrogation, realizing that the. Only way of relief, though it be but temporary, is to say the thing whin these seen desire, often says the thing regardless of its untruth., and this not infrequently leads to a conviction' where in fact the self -convicted one is innocent, Carterhall. Nfld, Minard's Liniment Co,. Limited: Dear Sirs,—While in the country last summer I was badly bitten by mosqui- toes, so badly that I thought I would be disfigured, for a couple of weeks. I was advised to try your Liniment to allay the irritation, dila did so. The effect was more than I expected, a few appli- cations completely curing the irritation, and preventing the bites from becoming sore. MINARD'S LINIMENT is, also it good article to keep off the moequitoes. Yours' truly, W. A. V. IL A House Built in a Day. In the September Wide World Maga- zine, Mr. Irarold J. Shepstoxie describes a most remarkable building feat which was recently accomplished in St. Louis, viz., the complete erection and occupa- tion of a house in a single day. It was the bride's ardently desired wish to have a lunne to go to that caused the builder to attempt it; and he succeeded. Twelve hours before the evening meal was served the plot of ground where the house was to stand showed not the slightest sign of. human. activity, Rag- weed and golden rod ggreeted the sun- rise, and the scene- was absolutely in- nocent of a stick of timber, a piece of stone, brickor other material. But when the 7 o'clock whistles blew on the morning in question, however, there was a concerted inovement of men and wagons toward the lot. , In the erection of the dwelling sev- enty-five thousand nails were used, eleven thonsand feet of luinber cut and fitted, twelve thousands, shingles put on the roof, six thousand laths used to make the walls, three hundred and sev- enty-five yards of plaeter spread, and several gallons of paint used. Twenty-five carpenters were employ- ed on the job, of whom eighteen worked ,ten hours, and the remaining seven about eleven hours each. Twelve lath- ersand twelve plasterers did the lathing and plastering in three hours. Two men built the chimney in four hours n,ncl forty-five minutes. Pour mei put the roof on in -three hours, while two men did the plumbing and gas - fitting in five hours. One man did the eleetrie wiring in one and a half hours, while four men did the necessary paint- ing in five hours. The builders had hardly eleared away before a large furniture van arrived, together with a caterer's. cart. The furniture van contained the owner's goods, and willing hands quickly trans- ferred them to their rightful places in the record -built home. In' just under an hour the newly -married couple and their friends, who had meanwhile come upon the scene, sat down to a sumptu- ous dinner. Twelve hours previously, as already stated, not a brick or a stone was to have been.seen at the site of the dwelling. CANADIAN *HOLIDAYS. .(Nicidara Falls (N. Y.) Gazette.) In sharp contrast with the rush and hurry of life on tfiis side of the border, is the rational attitude of our Canadian cousins. * * * Life is our Canadian friends live it is worth while. They pluck the flowers by the wayside while we waste our energies in mammon wor- ship. 4Minard's Lin'iment for sale everywhere • • * Veteran Composer of Church Musk. The veteren composer of church hymn music, Luther 0. Emerson; has just ob- served his 89th anniversary, end is yet able to walk about the region of Hyde Park, where he lives, mid visit Boston. It is said that he has colleeted more than seventy books of ehurch music, as Well as directing more than 300 musical festivals and conventions. At his family perty he sang "The lvy Green" and alt - other song. Mr. Emerson belongs with W. B. Bradbury and the rest of that day, whose style of music is mire to recur in use after the popular religious jiegles of the last thirty years are forgotten.— Springfield. Reptibilean, Witiard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia .4.* Seall's Legal Status,. The Prench Afinister of Agriculture, after it careful examination of the tub- jeet, has established fhe legal status ot the snail by issuing it circuity in which :snails are defined as aniinals injurious to vegetation, mut therefore legally sub - Jed to eapture and destruction rtt all times and all seasons, This deeision has created excitement and dismay among the numerons persons who earn a liveli- hood. by e011eeting snails for enerket. Snails are in high favor with French epi- eurea, end imniense numbers of these teolltiolcs are .eateet in Paris. In the win- ter of 1000 the consmnption of snails In the French tapital amounted to tight hundred torts. The eolisteurttion lete :Since diminielied, but More than eighty , relilionArians itee still reeeiveS annually by the Mlles Centrales, the great mar - of Paric—Philadelphia 1to0Ord. 113 nes! 5--51 JUST THINK WItb half The labor, and at half the cost of other soap/ Sunlight does the. whole washing in half the time, yet without injuring the trIOSt deliCatO fork. 2 WHERE THE BLoSscrIVIS PLAY. Three City Children With a Garden of Their Very Own. The children's garden„ whioh Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Blossom of 281 Henry street, Brooklyn, have *rooted for their two little girls and their still younger boy on Garden place, near their home, is a private application'of thecity playground idea. Mr. Blossom purchased the plot from William A., Read three yeam ago, but it was originally the Nesinitle ,garden, itt the rear of the • family home on Henry street. It is to that ownership that the magnificent copper beech and other old trees, as well as the great clumps of privet, date. Aside from these trees and shrabs, says Brooklyn Life, the plot was bar- ren when Mr. Blossom converted it into o plaoe for his children and their friends to romp in, The first important change was the installation of a Saginaw port- able /lease With two rooms and a piazza, and here the life of the place centres. .Close by the house are a see -saw and elide and behind it is -the mountain, OS the youngsters call a high sodded bank with a flagged platform on top. Then there is a big swing with a lad- der running up to the top that is mucb used for indulgence in acrobatic feats. And other features in the spring—the name of the hydrant under the old priv- et bush that supplies the plot with wa- ter. There is ample space for a small tennis court, croquet ad volley ball, so that the children have plenty of variety in their pastline. 4 8-0 PILES CURED AT HOME BY " NEW ABSORPTEON METHOD if you suffer from bleeding, itching, blind or protruding Piles, send me your address, and I will tell you how to cure yourself at home by the new absorption treatment; and will also send some of this home treatment free for trial, with references from your own locality if requested. Immediate relief and per- manent cure assured. Send no money, but tell others of this offer. Write to- day to Mrs. M. Summers, Box P. 8, Windser, Ont. MAKINGS ROOM FOR HIM. (Cleveland Leader.) Dr. Edward Everett Hale was a foe to long sermons. He used to tell a story of a long -winged preacher and the minor prophets. "This preacher," so Dr. Hale would be- gin, "once preached over an hour on the four great prophets, and then, when hie exhausted congregation thought he was through, he took a long breath, turned. it fresh page and, leaning over the pulpit, said: 'We now coine to the more complex question of the minor prophets. First let us assign to them their proper order. Where, brethren. shall we place Hoeear • "An irascible old gentleman in a bacIs. pew rose,' took his hat and stick and said as he departed: "'Place him here, if you want to. I'm going.'" 1 • &Chard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. s. Milwaukee's Sunday. In Milwaukee Sunday is the great pla.y day of the people, when picnics, trolley rides, excursions and fishing parties de- light the week -day toiler. After church the Milwaukeean takes his family and their lunch basket and goes to it resort. On the lege frenb of Milwaukee the breakwater on a Sunday morning is black with fishermen. Young men sail eatioes in the harbor. At the yacht club the members tinker on •boats and en- gines.. From the jetties great exeursion steamers emerge, loaded with holiday makers. At night the streete are filled with promehaders, • The restaurants aro crowded, and there ie music in them. The theattes do the best business of the week, The people are using the eity for - their pleasure. Theirs is the freest Sab- bath observanee in the Wintry, yet they are sedately gay, and at 11 o'elock at night one might fire it Gating gun up Grand avenue without hitting any one. —Collier's Weekly,. Practically all Canadian drug- gists, grocers and general dealers sell Wilson's Fly Pads. If your storekeeper does not, ask hilt why. WILL IT COME TO THIS? (Detroit Free Press.) "He's no gentleman," said the first suffragette. "What's the matter now?" asked the second suffragette. *Whet I gave up my seat in the street car to luini he never even said 'thank A Mall and his wife ard olio, and aorne- titnee it is one too many. ISSUE NO. 315, • AGENTS WANTED, 4.9VTSMit$;" cusrousits; 4, fullers! or; gOAM11840X1. Alfred Tyler, Leailea, Ont. HELP WANTED. W ANT IMO A Good General Servant who can do cooking. Small Famliy. Hogitgor WAGES MRS, JOHN M. EASTWOOD, Hamilton, Ont. Deaf to the Pall of the Tub. A coal company of Pullmans in Scot- land has proposed to provide bathing accommodation for its employees which they Can make use of after leaving the mines wbeireheir work is completed. A miner is apt in the pursuance of his labor to become More or less dirty, so the innovation of such baths on the part of the coal company ought to merit much appreciation as tending to bring ita employees nearer to the quality of god- liness. But no! There is doubt that the mire era will accept the concession, many of them having already refused to bathe in the manner prescribed by their employ - era. Only 250 out. of 1,500 miners have .e evinced their willingness to take advan- tage of the bathing accommodations.— Van Norden's Magazine. can be made by Package of Most Delicious drolhiietora Parke's Pickle Mixture in it gallon of vinegar, boll for fifteen min- utes and pour over the pickles. This mixture keeps the pickles solid and nice the year round and imparts a most delicious flavor to the pickles. Sold at 25e, by grocers or sent by mail, pest paid, wi receipt of 80c* PARKE & PARK[ HAMILTON Druggists CANADA Beneficient Vesuvius. 17 'Volcanoes and sharks are the latest drafted allies of "the man with the hoe." As a result of extended investigations into the results of the 1906,eruptions of Vesuvius, the Italian Experimental Sta- tion, reports that the fall of valcanto material caused a notable increase in the fertility of the soil. It hurts crops then in the ground by reason of its crushing weight and the excess of injurious salts and acids. But these harmful elements were all highly soluble and have already vola- tilized or washed away, while the re- maining eiecta have added vast quanti- ties of needed potash, phosphoric acid, and nitrogen. Far away Tasmania, whose shores are infested with sharks in apparently un- countable numbers, has ceased to dread the monsters and is now getting rich by• using them as fertilizer in its immense apple orchards. 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 OD many Wilson's Fly Pads will kill them all. • • • PREFERS GERMANY. • (Ottawa Free Press.) % Those Englishmen who have been pluming themselves that in the event of trouble between Great Brazils and Germany the sympathies of the United. States would be with them have had their illusion dispelled by Medill Me - Cormick, of the Chicago Tribune, who in a letter to the Daily Mail asserts Americans eare a good deal more for Germany than for England. And yet Mr. McCormick, when he visits Canada, is very pleasant spoken! 1 a • Lif ebUOY Soap is delightfully refreshing for Bath or Toilet in hot weather. For washing underclothing it is unequalled. Cleanses and Purifies. Catching Fish in an Umbrella. A novel method of catching mullet was practiced lately by John J'. Jan- dreau, of Fort Pierce. While at the inlet last Monday, ac- companied by his wife and little girl, he noticed a considerable number of large mullet feeding in a small creek: Ile built a dam across the mouth of the creek and then little Miss jaudreau, barefooted, splashed about in the water; the fish, becoming paniestrieken, ran for deep water. • Coining to the dam they leaped over it and fell int O open silk umbrellas held by Mr. and Mrs. jandreau. There seem- ed to be no limit to the number to be caught in this manner, but only enough for present consumption were taken and now his family and their friends can always have fresh fish. WHERE AMERICANS CAN COMPETE. (Philadelphia Publie Ledger.) "I see an Anierican girl is to merry a Portuguese pretender? "She might as well stay at home and marry an American pretender. I did." 4 8 * BETTED, TILSN VACATION. "Bill, where ye got& to spend the su miner ?" "I don't have to go anywheres thie gunmen 1 got a job drivin' an ice wagon." 4 • The heiress who thinks of wedding a Count should wait and count the cost. THE BEST WOODEN PAIL Can't Help But Lose Its Hoops and NI to Pieces. You Want Some. thing Better Don't You? Then Ask for Pails and Tubs Made of .LI DY'S FIBREWARE boo a Solid Hardened, Lotto Mon M WIlleepot a tio•p•r Sopa hoot 11111 411001i as radi Eddy s sigh's