HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-10-07, Page 6The other dey hop sold, at 0e. a lb.
Uv e weight, off the ears et Winnipeg.
There le danger of the Canadian hog be-
coming a leoatee. arietoerat.
Now there N tells of Co* mane
Peery for libel. Whether he gets. any.
thing out of such a suit or nat2 it might
snake good advertioing metter,
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it is aunounced that Pr, Cook will sell
autographphotographs at $10. etteh,
Mere% your opportunity to Bee= hap-
piness ter the remainder of your life,
The new British torpedp boat destroy-
er Swift, testea the other des*, made 30
knots an hour. That is about 411$ Miles
an hour, A. pretty speedy vessel, and
worthy of kir name,
A Philadelphia paper complains about
asaurege makers mixing- potato flour in
their product. It takes faith to stomach
commercial sausages in !route United
States cities. Potato flour N the least
harmful of the many sausage adulter-
ants alleged to be used.
The information that in the Niagara
fruit belt there is an area of 14,504
acres of grapes in bearing gine an idea
of the importance of the vineyard in-
terests of the district, And the insists -
try is as yet only in its infancy, And
all the Lake Erie counties are capable
of developing grape growing to a high
degree of success.
Prof. Emerioh, of Munich, has found
that the fatal agent in Asiastio cholera
freo nitrous acid, the formatiop of
which is rendered possible by the ma
then of bacilli in transforming, the ni-
trees of food into nitrites. The discov-
ery may make prophylavis possible. Even
whon the infected one may fortify him-
aelf against the disease by avoiding' ni-
trogenous footle and drinks.
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There are now over 160 cases of ty-
phoid fever at the Cobalt Red Cron Hos-
pital camp. In. addition to the typhoid,
hog cholera has also broken oet near
the town, and there are fears that the
milk supply may be contaminated. A
little activity on the„part of the Govern-
ment healthauthorities a year or two
ago might have saved much money and
suffering, perhaps loss a life, to Cobalt.
*as*
A woman near Cleveland rejoices (?)
in the-neme of "Emancipation Proclamas
tion Coggleshell." Her father was a
friend of Lincoln and an ardent advo-
cate of emancipation of the slaves, and
the poor girl born on the same day that
the news of the proclamation reached
him was loaded with the absurd name,
which has in mercy been by friends ab-
breviated to "Proekie."
The, publication of a lot of faked
eight-year-old pictures -which were Works
ed off on the public as Dr. Cook's "tak-
en at the Pole,' will not help either
the N. Y. Herald or Cook, Moreover,
the public will naturairje ask why Cook
did not immediately repudiate the fraud,
instead of remaining sdlent -until it was
discovered and exposed. It doesn't k
well, in view of the doubts cast en
Cook's entire story.
At the -coming Monetary convention,
to In; held in Holland; the establishment
of an international coinage will be con-
sidered. The idea ce, to provide coins
that will pass at a definite value in all
the conferring countries. Some of the
European nation; already have uhions
in uhich certain coins Rase at fixed val-
ues, Thus, in France, Italy, and Spain
the franc, lira and peseta pass freely as
of equal value. Something definite and
beneficial may be the outcome of the ap.
preaching congress.
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There is a good deal of eomment on
the almost utter absence of British flags
from. the official decorations for the
fete in progres,s in New York just now,
and several letters drawing ideation to
• the obvious discourtesy appear in the -
New York papers. The foreign nations
contribute much to the success of the
celebration by sending squadrons from
their fleets, yet but few foreign flags
are diaplayed by the official entertain -
ere, fewest of all British flags. Per-
haps it is an oversight; if so, the matter
will be early remedied. We shall see,
Ti is not at all improbable thet Mana
tobe will yet be an apple producing Pro-
yittee. At Gretna, tide year, -some or-
chards have borne well, and quite a lot
of apples have been sent to Winnipeg
The Winnipeg Free Press reports that
there are two or three orcharder in Gret-
na that are really worth going quite a
dientnee to eee, those of Alex. Smith
end J. D. Pierson being especially fine.
The apples, both the erab and Duchess,
ate large and of good quality, having a
betner tete than thoae shipped into
Ifenitoba. It would be a great theey
for Manitoba if it could grow its supply
of apples.
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Eartleur is a "dry" State, but if the
NeW York Sun is to be believed sortie ofs
the netives reut there who have acquired
the habit of Making a heatty thirat have
eonerectsed a tipple which enables them
to endure the tedium of a whiskey:en,
exietente. It is thus destribed by an ad
-
miter who says it is named after Attor.
norGetteral Jacket/in and Is :strictly
the
The drink is three parte apple eider
and tele pert Jamaica ginVr. it is mid
to lx a reeilly palatable coneoetion. elder
ia elwaye good, and ginger, belly chiefly
itleoliol, gives the mixture a flexor filet
topers say le alenit the finest ever.
besides, the drink iss quite -waive and
right away. Two good eltsgs will make a
wee funny, three will make hirn rob his
own* trunk, led five give him a prefer.
onto for a hod of shueks irt a vanint lot
to a downy eoueli at liorrie,
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A Fair Invalid
QII.A13TE1e L
who tell this story am Constance
Neville, of Neville's Cress, My husband
clieel when I Was twenty -coven, leaving
the whole of hie vast tortures to me,
without restraint er restrietiou, to en-
joy as I would, to bequeath wording.
to own will and pletieure. He wee
uot "of blue blooa," m yhusbaed. His
father had. been me of the richest mer -
eland prinees in Belgian& Etta he, at his
death, transmitted ale fortune to my
husband, Richard
It happened by a strange coincidenee
that the Ancient mansion and estate of
Neville's Cress soon eame afterward,
through the death of the heir, into the
market, Ivin husband decided stepott buy,
Ing it. "I shall be Rieherd Neville, of
Cross, then," he (said, "anderey
highest ambition will be gratified."
I fancy ne had some vague idea that,
in buying the estate, he would become
at once a country gentleman of asteieut
Vieligree aud long descent /tow many
thousands of pounds he spent in putting
the grand old plage into order I should
not like to say; but;wheeall arrange-
ments had been mane, it was one of the
most magnificent houses in England.
Every country had been placed under
requisition. The most Imperil) pictures
and statues, wonders .o.f ancient and
modern art, the choicest flower% the
rIehest haugings, the most costly fund-
ture, seemed to hey° been gathered from
all parts of the world,
We lived there happily enough for
some years, going to London for the
season and abroad for the winter, but
spending the early spring' and part of
the eutumn for the shooting at Nevillee
Cross.
At twenty-seven the whole of my hus-
band's vast fortune, and his large es-
tate, with, its innumerable responsibili,
ties, became mine. I had no children,
no relatives, few :with whom I could
claim kith or kin, and I was at a loss
how to act. I had loved my husband
so well that the idea of a second marri-
age. was -hateful to me. What, then,
was I to do with my money and my
lifet I desolved upon living at Neville's:
'Cross, and being as happy as possible
under the circtunstences. So years glid-
ed away:
One fine day in June I was sitting
alone when nay steward, James Payne,
a shrewd, envier business man, came in
to see me. Re had enews, I felt sure,
from the expression ' of his face. After
his usual bow and some preliminary re-
marks, he said:
"You will be pleased tie hear that we
have a tenant at lest for the River
Roues." "An eligible tenant?" I inter -
Posed.
"That is a point I must ask you to
decide, madame," was the cautious re-
ply. "I cannot undertake to settle it.
I will lay the whole matter before you
-the decision, of course, rests -with
you.,,
bowed. my man of business contin-
ued: •
"I was in mer office yesterday -my
office In Daintree--When one of my
clerks oa.me to say that a lady wished
to see me. There came into the office a
4.especteble-looking woman, dressed • in
black silk and a. Paisley shawl. I am
pretty quick at coming to conclusions,
but I could not for the world tell at
first whether she wanted the house for
herself -whether she was a lady's raaid
or companion, or what. She spoke well,
and seemed to have a good head for
business."
"'X understand, Mr. Payne,' She be-
gan, 'that you have the letting otethe
house known as the River House. I
should like to know the rent, terms of
letting, and other particulars.'
"Briefly enough I gave them to her.
Perhaps, madam, in ono respect I have
done wrong. She seemed so like one
who would bargain, and make the best
possible terms forheeeelf, that I asked
twenty pounds per Annan' more than
you decided on asking, quietly expecting
that she would want me to take it off;
but, to nly surprise, she made no com-
plaint at all about the rent."
"You are a good man of busbies," I
put in, "but we must not take more for
the house, Mr. Payne, than
it is hotestly worth. ,Yes
Must manage so that the twenty pounds
per annum are made up to her.' My
agent bowed.
"I am not sure, madame," he said,
"that you will find the tenant an eligi-
ble one. My visitor, whose name latter.
'wards found to be Mrs. Jane Lewis, eon-
tin,ued:
"'My mistress has been for some
weeks looking for r. 'very quiet and re-
tired house. It striick her at once, 'whetl
she read your advertisement, that she
would like the River House. It is, I sup.
pose quite out of the nubile way -quite
solif:ary
"I said 'Yes,' and that our thief all-
fieulty in eating the house had alwenis
beeit its isolated situation. Iter face
beamed With satisfaction, readable, when
she heard that.
" am. sure It will do,' she said. 'You
heat no Sounds but the rushing of the
river, the songs of the birds. and the
murmur of the trees?'
"'You hear no other sounds,' I re -
"The yokes of the men, and the laugh-
ter of children at play, the distant nutr-
ient of traffie, the roll of carriage..
wheels, the stepe of passes -le -by, are all
absent?'
"All absent,' I answered. 'When the
lerteres are on the trees, the house is shut
in completely.' X
"Tt le the very thing,' she temerkea,
'that my mistress wants:
"And then I remembered, madame,
your chief motive in letting the bowls,
and 1 said to her:
"I should tell yeti, Mrs, Invele, that
the River lIottS0 belongs te Mrs. Neville,
of Neville's Crosse. Xt has been, used in
by -gone times as a noweielicrese, Mr.
NeVillo tete it in order that she limy
find at agreeable Meta it the tentint.
The teighborhood is lonely, and it melees
a great difference to her tot to be able
to visit at the Rivet House:
"Mtn Lewis lOoked embarrassed.
4'Then the owner, whom you call Mite
Weeld expect to be on what is
eellecl Visiting terms With the tenant ef
the River IteuseV
"Certainly,' X replied; 'thee i lier
thief objett in lotting it. The neighbor.
hood Is a dull oho, and she likes toddy.'
• "Itt that ease/ Said Ma, lavale, litay
give up all thought of it; it will riot
no for rity Mietress. hsWiShes to bd
alorma-eitite tolitary. She evotild
not elite to take it it thetas tenet?
*Yon Ivey iritegitie iiiy onliattanernerit,
itirtddree etnitinued /err. Payee. "I
to,*the liberty of tainitig that Mien
Neniti43 "n'Iti highly tetomplithed and
• eagerly sought after, but she etopped
me quite abruptly.
'That 40es uot matter at all/ she
said. 'You had better coneult Mrs.
Neville. Say that my mistress, Mise
Vane, Is looking for a house Iyhere she
ettn live in complete 8olitu443 and retire-
ment, that ghe cannot receive visitors,
and that ehe does not go into soelety,
If, knowing this, Mr, Neville consents to
receive her tie a tenant, the rent will he•
punctually, the house kept in ex-
cellent repair, and site will nave 'no troll -
"It seems strange,' I remarked.
suppose, Mrs. Lewis„ your mistress can
give satisfactory references?'
"Her tone clouded' with a look almost
of indignation.
"'References,' she repeated, 'Certainly
not! I have told you that my lady's
objeet is complete isolation --entire soli-
tude. he would not wish that solitude
to be broken even by a letter, If she
gave you referemseee that would make
her addttese known. You can tell Mrs.
Neville all these things, and let us know
her decision, My mistress kr not exactly
an. invalid, hut she objects to *moiety of
every kind; she wishes to live in retire-
ment and seclusion. I will call to -mor-
row for Mrs: Neville'e answera"
"Aaul now, madame," oonoluded my
agent, "it is for you to decide. I have
an impression that Mise Vane has plenty
of money, and that she will not care
what her object costs her, if she can but
attain it." I felt puzzled -at a lees how
to decide.
"What should you imagine to be the
reason of her 'wish for solitude, Mr.
Payne?" My agent apAn looked discon-
oerted. -.1
" "There may be several reasons,
madame. Possibly the lady is old and
dislikes society; or she may be au in-
valid and not care to see anyone; or she
may Ise troubled with some kind of
mania; or she may have had. some ter-
rible trouble. Any of these reasons will
aecouet for it,"
"Let her have the house," I directed.
"Say that I emdertalce toreseeet her
solitude, if that is all 6ho requires."
Many people were puzzled to Anew
why; the River House had ever been
built. It was so remote that even the
ehinting of the church bells did not
reach it; no other habitation was near,
and tio OM ever approached it except on
business. In the annals of Neville's
Crossthere was a tradition to the effeet
that the house had been erected by one
of the Ladies Neville, who, having sud-
denly lost her husband, built for herself
such a retreat, vowing that she would
never look upon the face of man again.
Whether she kept her vow tradition did.
eot say.
Well, I had a tenant at last, but owe
tainly one who was of the stamp of the
Deane Neville who so long ago had built
the house as a place of refuge irons'. all
mankind -one I was neither to see...nor
her. Nevertheleee I must plead guilty
to the truly feminine sin of curiosity,
for I resolved by *owe means or other,
et some time or other, to see what she
was like.
I arranged to meet Mrs. Lewis at Mr.
Payne's office. I found her a comely,
shrewd, homely woman, but, like my
agent, I was puzzled to know whether
she was lady's maId, or what. She seem-
ed to be a well-spoken, well-eduea.ted
woman, frank in every way except where
her mistress was concerned, and then
she was very reserved. "Any docu-
ments," she said, "that want. signing I
will take with me to my mistrese."
She was most civil and deferential to
me, at the same' time insisting on her
demands. She looked at me fixedly with
her large, bright eyes.
"You will pardon my mentioning it
again Mrs. Neville," she said, "but is it
cleterlY ands distinctly understood that
my mistrees will have perlect freedom
from all intrusion?"
"It le quite understood, Mrs. Lewis," 1
replied.
."That no vieitor need call under any
pretext whatever? She has no wish that
the clergyman of th.e parish even should
wait upon her."
"I am sura that her wishes will be
respected," I returned, again wondering
more and more whi
at t was that cause
this singular desire for solitude. "I
hope that your mistress does not suffer
from ill -health?" I added, impulsively.
"No," eh° answered, slowly. "If you
will pardon me, Mrs-. Neville, I should
prefer not to speak of my mistress; she
does ont wish it. I know."
I felt rebuked. Some people might
have dielikedthe blunt honesty of such
speech; I liked the woman the better
for it. She told us tbal if all WeS
snti-
faetorv her mistrese would like to take
poseeesion of the house on the week
following. And there as we parted, I
tend to her that I respected her atten-
tion runt devotion to her mistress' or.
ders, but that, if ever she found herself
dull or lonely, I hoped she would visit
my hotteekeeper at Neville's Cross.
She thanked' me without saying whe-
ther she would accept the invitation. She
took the needful documeate away with
her, and in a, few days they were re-
turned. The 'hue was signede"Huldah
Vane,"
I have a Intsiness-like Method of care-
fully reading my papers, end this signa-
ture struck Inc very much. "Huldah
Vane" -the name was an uncommon one
to begin with, the writing strange and
peculiar; it was the writing either of
one who was old or of a pereen whose
force of character was all repressed --
which of the two it was I could not tell.
I heard during the week that followed
of the arrival of the stranger at Bever
House. Dr. Rawson was the first who
mentioned it.
"I am so delighted, my dear madame,
he said, "to know that we have neigh -
hors at last. I held that your new ten -
ante have arrived."
"Yes," I retutned, "but I fear they
will not prove to be of Much advantage.
The lady -Miss Vane -Objects to soci-
ety."
"W110.t a strange thine he sea. "Ob-
jects to society --why, nutdanier
"I knew of no other realon Save she
!thee not este for it,"
"Not dare for It! But, Mrs. Neville,
she will receive me."
"I think bot," was my answer.
e "I shall most eertniely wait upon her.
/ intended doing Bo. She may be per.
haps a tensible lady, of Middle Age, and
who eaten little for the frivolities of
life; she will surely not refeee to tin
Calve inc.. She MUSt Understand that my
duty ooMpele me to ode oval 'retools un.
at my thane, rid& or poor."
"Try it, doctor," X tan', laughingly,
picturing to myself the Mee of Mrs,
Lewis. And then X retneethered suddenbhat X had pledged my word no one
should intrude upon ray tenant.. lull of
tainteitioft, I turned litteeny to bint.
"Dottiner itssevisere" X Said, had gage
forgotten, but I promilled When thie lady
took the lumina that her whinee sbould
bo reepected, and. that no ane sleould eall
liken her."
"My dear Mrs. Neville," he ioeid, 83141.
ing blenilly, "you are exceedingly kind,
but permit me to say thet thie is
:natter about which you eatial not pus.
sinly make any pronuee--yon eoula no;,
indeed, lady is new One of My
flock, under my eharge, Indeed, the more
you rely, the more certain am 1 that I
tun needed therit Sin and eorrew must
be gently dealt with,"
''Peellape there le neither, (lector, -
nothing but disinclination for soelet,y."
"We shell see," -wee the concise reply.
And we did, He.
I met the noctor a week afterward
there was in them ucertitie —
et Leder Glendon'e, end I me
geed that AS hie eye* met tairie
Divers was. in them a tleeidedly
abashed expression. "Did you call at
the River Hewer I asked.
lnis face . flushed, and, noMething
stronger than clerical iedignation quiv-
ered round his lips,
"I called, reeciarne,"abe replied, "but I
did not see your tenant),
It would not have been generous to
ery oat, "I told you so," but I fell
'your reeeption Was at least courteous,"
strongly inclined to do so, "I hope that
I ventured to observe,
"Modierately so, I drove over to
River House three days ago, and re -
quoted to see Mise Vane. I was some -
whet startled by the aspect of the
house, winch is Oriental in its magnifi-
cence. I was shown into the library -
the Nona that looks over the river on
the west. I canal tell you what etrauge
fancies came into my mind as I sat there
Presently the sound of foot-
steps startled inc. I do not know what
I expected to see, or what my idea, of
Alis Vane was, but when the door open-
ed I felt a thrill of disa.ppointraent.
There entered a stout, comely, shrewd
woman, with keen, bright eyes -eyes
that seemed. to look me through. I bow-
ed and inurraured something about Miss
Vane,
"'I am not Miss Vane,' she said, quiet-
ly.am her maid.'
,
'I look for the- pleasure of aeoing,
Miss Vane,' I observed. •
"'It is impossible; sir,' she said. 'My
mistress receives no visitors.'
"'My good woman I do not some as a
visitor, but as one intrusted. with the
souls of all under his charge. Go back
to Miss Vane and tell her from me that
it is not as a visitor, but as the rector
of the parish in which she resides that I
wish to see her.'
"'I will go,' she said, doubtfully, but
I tell you candidly, 'sir, I do not think
It will be of the least use.'
"I looked very stern, and she hasten-
ed away, only to return in a few min-
utes looking brighter and more deter-
mined than ever.
"My mistress. sir, wishes me to say
that if she could break through her rule
for anyone She would do it for you -
but she cannot. She regrets that you
have had the trouble of coming, and
regrets also that Mrs. Neville's agent
did not make her wishes on the matter
known."
"So I came away without seeing your
tenant, Mrs. Neville, I felt annoyed,
but I managed to say that if Miss Vane
ever found herself ill or in distreas I was
at her service."
"That was very good of you, doctor.
She is a strange person." ,
"I only hope, madame, that It may be
all right, and that you may not repent
of having taken such a tenant."
. CHAPTER II..
Three years had passed since my silent
and mysterious tenant had taken up her
abode at the River House, ane during
that time the silence that surrounded
her had no been disturbed. \eit first
she had proved a marvel in the neigh-
borhood.
As there was generally round Dein-
tree a dearth of topics for gossip, tide
one gave new life to our social meet-
ings. Who was the lady? Why did she
choose to live in that peculiar way?
What was theemystery surrounding her?
These problems continued to be discuss-
ed until time showed the utter futility
of doing SO. All inquirieos and curiosity
were baffled.
Every week the confidential maid,
Jane Lewis, went over to Daintree and
gave her orders. They were such lib-
eral ones as to prove that, whatever
else might be deficient at the River.
House, there was plenty of money there.
From the tradesmen who executed these
orders, it was gleaned that besides Jane
Lewis, or rather under her, there were
two other servants, and there was a
gray -headed butler.
.From the servants no information
could be gained-ethey knew nothing,
except that their mistress was an In-
valid and declined all aociety. The ser-
vants appeared at chureh, the mistress
never -indeed, Mise Vane herself might
have been a myth.
Time modified opiniori. Lady Glendon
said there was no doubt the poor lady
suffered from spinal complaint, and was
unable to leave her room. Mrs. Con-
yers was inclined to think it ft ease of
melaneholia-she had known a few such.
Miss Hurst had it theory of her own,
and it was that the strange tenant of
ihe River Horne was a political refugee.
But as time passed on, and. new sources
of interest arose in dile neighborhood,
the outiosity abciert my strange tenant
died away. I myself never ceased to
think of her -the very name, "Huldah
Vane," had. a charm for me.
One morning 1 was shopping in
Daintree When I met Jane Lewis,
and I stopped inurtediately to in-
quire about her mistress. The
comely face was clouded Endhanxiotle;
it !seemed to me that she was even re-
lieved by any addressing her. She did
not this time mitts° to answer my
question, but told me frankly that Miss
Vane Was not at all well, "Iiitie she long
been Mt" I asked,
"No; she is not exactly ill, but seems
to be fadbag slowly away."
She looked at Me With wistful 'eye's,
aria then seemed to regret her candor.
'Cap I ad anything to help your I
asked, abtirptly. She sighed deeply.
"No, there is no help possible."
"I' ben do one thing, Nile. Lewis,"
said. "The simmer is a very hot end
exhausting one; at NeVille's Cross we
have Solna" exquisite frait-grapes,
peaches and apricots. X will eend some
Vette will find them refreshing."
She shook her head cloultfully,
"You heed not tell her that they
hews come front Me," X said. "She will
think yeti 1taVo provided there."
"It le net that, Mrs. Neville -my. this -
btu never notices what is set before
her. I was only evotelering if elus would
take the trouble to sat them"
"1 ain quite Suite she will when elle
Mee how fine the ere, 1 hall send
them, and yeti ean try."
Later o nthat seine irlotning,
bueleseee at Daietree railway ettitioth I
was surprised to tee Jane Lewis tornittg
out eof bbs telegraph °Mee. She looked
So distaineed for tbe monteet that X pee -
tended not to hoe itati bor, After-
ward 1 liened that the eminent London
phyelelategir Jahn nmat, bed pained
through Dalettee, and X felt a dettailt
COirtletien that he had been hturtiln
tarintioried to the Enter Milne
(To be tentiented.)
Doctor C-Ademn
Qity Liniments
The PO lo Are Wn.annel to be
Careful . of These Strong -
Smelling Oily ,1,,inirnente
Containing HarnrAni Acids,
Ammonia, Eto.
Many people have clung to the old-
fashioned. idea that a thick, greasy lini-
ment is Um best kind, Doctors say not
-riud they know.
unli'imeceenettalywaernettgarevrzoeftlttnnensed. etvulleitye,woeilrye
fp°elit. (11: ttaoge Donft alti=fnulelamliristitYal shin
Irritating theinicale as aemnonia, etc,
For the moment they may mese a warm
eeneation wlwn Bret applied, but their
coutinued Use never cues thetunatism,
and only deteriorates the skin, hets up
inflonneatioe and causes endless trou-
ble.
When a doctor wares you to quit
teeing a white, oily liehnent-do so, Re
knows that a thick liniment can't pene-
trate, pant sink through the pores and
reseli etni le inss dt olfastheopPinalonii a few days
ago, Dr. Roberts stated that he consid-
ered a strong, penetreting, pein-subdu.
ing liniment, ouch as "Nerviline," to be
superior to any of the white ammonia
liniments, Di his twenty-five years of
predict, he had, witnessed eases qf rheu-
nudism, sciatic, and lumba,go that sim-
ply would not respond to ordinary treat-
ment -bet Nerviline cured them, The
same physician also spoke of the great
adventeges of keeping it preparation like
lierviline in the houses always'because
of cramps, diarrhoea, stomach disorders,
earache, tpothache, headache and sent
minor ailments, Nerviline is a first-
class euro, There is scarcely an ache or
et pain, internal or external, 'that Nervi -
line won't cure. In thousande of homes
no other peinerelieving medicine is used.
Fifty years' continued esteem and the
endorsement of the profession are proof
that Nerviline is the liniment for the
e.,
Any good druggist or dealer can sup-
ply the 1arge,25e. bottles of Nerviline.
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THE NATIONAL COALBIN.
Pennsylvania Produces a Big Share
of the World's Output.
Pennsylvania alone produces more coal
theft any single foreign country except
Great Britain. Pennsylvania's produc-
tion of coal exceeds, in fact, the com-
bined production of all foreign countries
outside of Great Britain, Germany and
Austritiellungary.
Pennsylvania's output in 1908 was 3.8
times that of Austria-Hungary, 4.8
times that of France and 7 times that
of Russia, these being respectively
fourth, fifth and sixth among the coal
producing countries of the world.
In the produetion of bituminous coal
alorie 'Pennsylvania far outraeks the
other coal producing -States,. the output
in 1908, having been nearly 2% times
that of Illinois, which is second, and
having exceeded the combine(' produc-
tion of Illinois, West Virgil:4a and Ohio.
The total production of coal in Penn-
sylvania in 1908, as reported by the
United States Geological Survey, was
200,448,281 net tons, 'tviniz, a spot value
of $276,995,152. This included 74,347,-
102 gross tons (equivalent to 83,268,754
net tons) of anthracite, with a spot
value of $158.178,849, and 117,179,527
net tons of bituminous, with a spot
value of $118,810,303.
The produetion of both anthracite
and bituminous coal in Pennsylvania
in 1908 was keg than in 1907, says the
Iron Age, but owing to the fact that
anthracite no loneer enters to any great
extent into manufacturing industries,
it was less seriously affected by the
ofionaai. dnal hepression than bituminous
A Sensible Merchant
Bear Island, Aug, 26, 1903.
Minaed's liniabent Co., Limited.
Dear Sirs, -Your traveller is here to-
day and we are getting a large quantity
of you MINA.RD'S LINIMENT. We
find it the best Liniment in the market
veiling no exception. We have been in
business 13 years and have handled ell
kinds, but have dropped them all but
yours; that sells itself; the others have
to be pushed to get rid of.% '
M. A. HAGERMAN.
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MAKING SOUP.
Soup should- not contain fatty matter,
but should contain all other meat prop-
erties. It takes longer to- make soup if
one sets the stook aside to cool before
using the liquid. It is best to take a
muslin cloth, wring it out of ice meter
and run the liquid through it. The fatty -
substance will cling to the cloth, If
meaty particles boil through the soup, it
clouds it. This is merely the boiled
blond, and should be skimmed off as
soon as it rises to the top. Should it
get into the liquid, break an Ogg into
the soup, stir it around 'aud when it
boils, it will come to the top, bringing
all substance wit it. It quickly clears
muddy looking Fio4up...
M Liniment Relkvea Neuralgia
4peni
Headquartees for the Juice.
Once upon a time a child who was
asked upon an wmatinatioe paper to de-
fine a mountain range, said: "A large
sized cook dove," The same method
of reasoning seems to go with older
growth. A receitt examination paper at
the Sheffield Scientific School at Yalo.
conteined the question, "What Is the
office of the gastric juice?" And the
answee on one paper said, "The stem -
eek," -Cleveland Leader,
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What Will He Eat'?
Shee-i'm living on. brown bread and
Waler to improve my 'complexion.
Ile -How long eitti yeu keep it up?
She -O, indefinitely,d guess.
He -Then let's get Married. --Boston
Tratteeript,
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Deathfrom, hydrophobia it Europe
avenge only a, small fraction over 0110
a year.
KtigOIVE OPPOSES POLIQAMY.
Hie HotroaLife an Example Which,
Chrietlarte Might Ennelete.
LI the middle of the day the ruler of
Egypt lunches with the only woman
who has ever sustalued to him the re-
lation of wife. Ills highness could, were
he so inelined, allow himself the coin-
plement of four wives affected by the
Piaui effendi ef the land. Ile has none
the less remained atrietly monogamous.
The one wife deells itt etrict
eselu-
aloit On the khedive' domain of lIeub-
beh except for the oecasional visite
to the great Abdin Palace at Cairo.
She is a Creek with Circassian blood*
%Om(' fire'yeara younger than the Elis -
10 nearing forty -end excluie
.sitely beautiful, Its does not appear
than any European or American of the
male, sex lute gazed upon the features
of this lady. ,
She is the mother ef six children, five
• girls and a boy. The latter is now about
ten years of age, and, unlike the eldest
born of Moliammedan rulers generellY,
he is to inherit Ids father's throne.,
This young "prince heritor," as he is
officially styled, quite overshadows Ids
sisters in importance. The lad is under-
stood to resemble his nother inthe
fairness of his akin, the slendernese of
his frame and the tallness of his form.
As ,e family man, the 'Khedive *sets
an example which •the Christian father
might emulate with profit. The girls
,study English, French, Arabic and. -Turk -
IA, with the idea, it is: saki, of fitting
themselves for the position of morn
-
anions wives,
Abbas Hilmi seems to have set his
face firmly against the plurality of
wives, which is the vogue among the
wealthier of his subjects. He -will not
allow a daughter of his to become the
inmate of what is commonly under-
stood by the term harem. In all re-
spects but this be has long been famed
as the most Mobammedarily pious of
potentates, for his orisons ere per-
formed with infinite fervor and an un-
deviating regularity.
The five daughters receive from their
mother a training which, from the
point of view of the Mohammedan
faith, is orthodox enough, but their
father deviates markedly from Mo-
hammq.an ideals in les -relations with
his son. The boy is to be brought up
with the dynastic conception strongly
defined in his education. He will be
the first scion of Mohammedan royalty
to inherit a throne upon the formally
recognized principle of priniogeniture
alone.
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CHILI:Moor) AILMENTS.
Most" of the troubles that affect
stomach and bowels, and if these
are put right the child will get
well and thrive well. Baby's Own
„Tablets cure all stomach and
bowel troubles and all the other
minor ailments of babyhood and
childhood. The Talilets are easy
to take andare guaranteed free
from opiates. Mrs. H. Matthews,
Canfield, Ont., says: "I have used
Baby's Own Tablets for my little
girl, who had a weak stomach and
was badly constipated. The Tab- •
lets cured her of both troubles,
and I really feel as if they had
saved her life." Sold by medicine
dealers or by mail at 25 cents a
box from The Dr. Williams Medi-
cine Co., Brockville, Ont,
London Mulberry Trees.
Finsbury Circus gardens, which ha,v8
jest furnished fruit for the Lord Mayor,
are by no means the sole city haunt of
the mulberry tree. The wisest of
trees," os Pliuy termed it, evidently
"likes London," and flourishes even at
the Charterhouse in murky Smithfield.
A thriving -little sapling has recently
been planted in the picturesque north-
east corner of St. Paul's Church yard
hard, by the spot where once etood the
famous Paul's Cross. Asked howthe
prospective fruit would be protected
from marauding street arabs, chapter
gardener replied, "1 hope he won't never
bear no berries in my time."
London -mulberry trees are supposed
to' derive their descent from an attempt
of James I. to found a silk growing in-
dustry, but seem really to have been in-
troduced by the Itoma,ns. Another un-
likely tree which appears to do well in
the beart of London is 'the fig, numer-
ous epeeimens ' of which can be seen
flourisbing under the most depressing
conditions. -London Daily News.
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BETTER THAN SPANKING.
Spanking does hot cure children oi
bed-wetting. There is a constitutional
cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sm-
itten', Box W. 8, Windsor, Out,, will seed
free to any mother her successful horae
treatment, with full instrutions. , Send
no money, but write her to -day if your
children trouble you in this -way. Don't
blame the child, the chances are it can't
help IC This treatment also cures adults
and aged people troubled with urine dif-
ficulties by day or,night.
•
No Mistake,
"The constable stone wonderfully eer-
tein about the details of Inv ease," said
a defendant, with a sneer, -"but how is
it he doesn't call his fellow offieer to
eorroborate what he says?"
"There's onlnone constable stationed
in the village, sir," explained the pollee -
Men.
"But I saw- two last night," indig-
nantly asserted the defendant.
"Exactly," the policeman rejoined,
sntilIng broadly, "that's jest the charge
against you." -London
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Red* Wevilc,•Weary, Wittery nye.
Believed By Murino itys Iteinedy. Try
Urine For Your Bye Troubles. You
WtIcLlice etturitte. It Soothes, 60e At
YOur DrUgglists. Write For Illye Books.
Free. Murine Eye Beinedy Co,, Toronto,
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Life irnsis.
The opening Of railtoad from apoitt neartiitothaeLibyan
. Luso des-
aeeann0z
ert has rendered easy the approach to
the oasis of Xhargeh, which IS regarded
as a typieal example of thee° isolated
centres of life. For three eetere just paet
11. I. L. Beednell has resided la this
oasis, studying the plummet -la of
springs, moving eandel welle, and so
forth. The Libyan oasis are deep de-
pressioes in a lofty plateau, which has
a maxiniurit elevation of nearly 2,000
feet, but the bottoms of the MOMS are
only from 100 to 300 feet above eeaneven
They are underlain by beds of eandstorte
*hien are the sources of the etrathe
.Artesian Welle 400 feet deep fetal-
preeticall/ inexhaustible means of irri-
gation, and Such deep wells have been
need from anefent tinea. The depres.
ekes wets, mire the beds( of lelcee, and
the Water in the* eatelstone probably
1 hiatinsalte sources111 the Abyssinian high-
land.
to look milk bettlee to ticks
of deorvvaye have been invented by a
reeident of New Jatiey, to defy thievee
figUSE CLEANING
instead of being mono-
tonous drudgery becomes a
labour of love when Sunlight
helps you, Remember -Sun-
light does all the work,
at half the cost and in
half the time of other
Swim.
AVIATION AND V,OLITATION.
Trying to Find a Scientific Name for
the Art of Flying.
When the automobile, that now some-
what antiquated vehicle which is Already
threatenetl with the fate of, semi being
considered only fast enough for the
timid and elderly, was first invented, the
task of linden a name for it was hope-
fully undertaken in many lands, but
.nominative faculty has been so weaken-
ed in =here man that he made an ex-
tremely poor job of it, says the New
York Times, At first he could only de.
scribe it by telliiirnot what it Was, but
,what it wasn't, and called it a "horse.
less carriage." At last he allowed the
mongrel word "automobile," at once
sweet and pretentious, to enter his vice
eabuthry. And there is has remained, a
reproach to our linguistic ingenuity, and,
when clipped to the. vulgar "euto" hard-
ly endurable by the sensitive,
• A like inability to make geed names
is evidently to be illustrated in the ease
of the automobile's destined successor.
"Aeroplane" leeks some of the faults of
"automobile," but. it is a poor thing when
all has been said for It that can be, and
nobody has ventured to speak or write
its necessary eompliments„ "to aero-
plane" and "aeroplanist." Instead, we
are expecte to accept '"aviator" and
"aviation," and, for all we know, "to
aviate." They are all bad in half a doz.
en ways, as thus used, for the feature
to be brought out is not a remote and
highly imperfect resemblance to birds,
but the power to do after one fashion
something that birds do after quite an-
other, and that is, to navigate the air.
If this must be called flying -it is not
at all inevitable-"volito" is obviously
the Latin verb that should supply a
foundation for the group of words now
needed. Exactly as we get "agitator"
and "agitation" from "agitate," so we
could get "volitator" and mvolitation"
from "volitate." They look pretty well.
It must be admitted that they sound
pretty ill, but that is probably due only
to the fact that they are strange tp the
ear. Anyhow, they „are properly built
and newel exactly what we mean and do
not 'say when we talk about "aviation"
and "aviators." Certainly there is no
more reason why flying machines should
recall the existence of birds than that
ships should recall thet of fishes or au-
tomobiles that of horses -or radio -teleg-
raphy that of wires.
It is a curious fact that our remoter
ancestors seemed to have no difficulty
hi inventing as many new names as they'
needed, and in making them .all good
ones, while nowadays such work is al-
most never well done. Perhaps it is be-
cause we have so much more of it to do
than they did and can't stop to think. -
New York Sun. '
I OWE MY LIFE
TO GIN PILLS.
If you want to see a happpy woman, just
call on Mrs. Mollie Dixon, 59 Hoskin avenue,
West Toronto.
"After ten years of suffering from Kidney
Disease, L 12elive I MO my life to Gin PON.
Before I began using Gin Pills, any back ach-
ed so much that I Could not put on my shoes,
but after taking three boxes 01 Gin Pills,
those troubles are all gone. It is a pleasure
for me to add one more testimonial to the
grand reputation of "Gin Pills."
MRS. M. DIXON.
500 a box, 6 for MR At all dealers.
Sample tree •IP you write National Drug &
Chemical Co. (Dept. H.L.) Toone", Ont.
On the Amateur Stage.
The Shakespears Club of New Or-
leans used to give amateur theatrical
performances that were distinguished
for the social promthence of the actors.
Once a society celebrity, with a gor-
geous costume, as one of the lords in
waiting, had only four words to say:
"The quehn has swooned." As he
etepped forward his filen& applauded
vociferously. Bowing his thanks, he
faced the king, and said in a high-
pitched voice: "The swoon has queened."
There was a roarsof laughter, but he
waited patiently and made another at-
tempt: "The sween has coohed,"
Again the walls trembled, and the
stage manager said, in, a vothe that
could be heard all over the house:
"Come off, you doggoned fool!"
But the ambitious amateur refused
to surrender, aed in a rasping falsetto
screamed: "The soon has sweened."-
Success.
Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere
•
AN 'UNCERTAIN PROPOSITION.
Cyrus Townsend Brady, the author
and clergynian, told at a dinner in Tole-
do story ahont charity.
"A millionaire." said Dr. Brady, lay
clyby. He hadlived a life of which, as
Ite IIONV looked back on it, he felt none
too proud. To the minister at his bed-
side he muttered weakly:
"If I leave tt hundred thourrand dols
'are or so to the church will my salvo -
tion be assured?"
The minister answered eitutiotisly:
"'I Wouldn't like to be positive, but
Ws Well worth trying.'" -Washington
Post.
ISSUE NO. 40, 1909
AGENTS WANTED.
liwra WANTSerseseTO azoxyarrT On
0ailse,
irreOlotaluirde9dni 0144ibist.rel ludacoment..
Alfred Tyler. whOleaale tea laseerter and
.0150gr,
--sTAANGE BRIR17 BELIErS,
Say Ciiliost o Nan Killed by Tiger
The uneduvated Ilinda tend ho In
Rides on, 1349.14'0 Read,
tlie great majority) believes that the
ghost of a nme killed by a, tiger rides
ou the head of the beast that slew him,
to warn -him of danger and to guide him
ter Peet victims. It se deelared that God
ii-cotvoldsesafour 4110 ttigigeerinki;I:lalycowlatn:or:oh.
the tunount of one rupee a day; taxi:
six rupees 1m will not be allowed another
vietbn for five days.
Eating the flesh Of A tiger is. euppoeed
to give one great coerage and alertness,
but the whi4kera Must first be singed off
the beast or his spirit will haunt the
man who fed on him and be is likely to
be turned into a, tiger hi. the next world,
In a email Indian village in the inter,
ler a villager was killed by a tiger, says
the Washington Star, The police inves-
*gated the aocidental death and render.
ad the Verdlet; Vanclu died of a tiger
eating him; there was no other cause of
death. Nothing was left of him save
larienotneng:dtmei
bones soo etarte
fingers, orepriobti
bly
hand."
Sunlight Soap Employees,
Given $2,500,000 Worth of Stock
—Generous Treatment of Work.
men by Lever Bros., Limited.
btoetwaoelevne et!
Lever Brothers Limited, Manufacturers of
ttroblem oSf°s"elishfasevetorbyeernelatrrusg
Dloyer And employee, The village of, Port
,Sunlight was built at an expense to the Mrs
of 5200000 and 52,000,000, and was simply
for the purpose ot improving the oenditions
under which their employees live, and is with-
out any financial return to Lever Brothers
Limited, whatsoever. They have also adopted
sYstern fit petudoning their employees when
they aro no longer able to work or when
they reach tile age of 60 or 65. RecentIv„ Mr,
W. II. Lever set aside 52,500,000 of stock to
be given to the various employees of Lever
Brothers LinUted, The first distribution of
this stock took place on July 23, 1909. The
stock is given employees 'according to lensth
of service, and Is theiss go long as they re-
main with the gompany. Dividends will be
uaYablo annually, including the present year.
Lever Bros, certainly are eolving the problem
of capital and labor in a manner that must
win the admiration of everyone.
A Pepper Duel.
A certain literary and diplomatic
friend of ours once took part in a
pepper duel at a foreign restaurant.
He was provoked to the contention by
the quantity of stimulating condiment
that a stranger across the table in-
idltouoltkgoed -in. The stranger sprinkled an
unconscionable quantity of red, pepper
upon his -food and proceeded to devour
erts.
he wonder and admiration of on -
Thereupon with studied nonchalance
the American swallowed an immense
piece of chili pepper. Then the stranger
added more red pephdr; then the
Ameriean another large. slice, covered
with cayenne, and so on, till it seemed
as if both would explode, while the
other diners looked on aghast-- the
American finally winning out with a
prodigious dose, defying all emulations.
s..
Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, eta.
The Apple Cellar.
An apple cellar should be the tidiest
and sweetest corner of the house. Noth-
ing else should ever be stored in it. Its
walls should be at least twenty incite*
thick, and it should have abundant light.
All summer it should be open to drafts
of air and kept entirely free of any de-
cay. There should. be no mouldy boards
nor any smell of mildew; in other words,
the air should be fit to breathe. When
the apples are stored the draft should be
stopped; and when steady cold sets in
you should shut the cellar tight and let
it stay tightly closed until May.
You can place such a cellar as this
conveniently .under part of your barn,
possibly, or Wider your carriage house,
only there should be no stable adjacent.
The floor overhead should be covered
with 'autumn leaves, spread thickly to
prevent any change of atmosphere be-
low. The thermonaeter all winter should
stand at about thirty -three -just above
freezing. -Put your apples iu shallow
bins; cement the floor to keep out rats;
and if barrels are used, set them 'up
somewhat from the floor. -E, P: Powell,'
In the October Outing. ,
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Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff.
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Tommy Tact.
There was a slight conunotion under
elle sofa. The pretty girl and her fianeee
peeped under, and were startled to see
Brothel. Tommy's toe -s protruding.
"You, Toramy," said his sister, with
much emphasis; "what are you doing
under there-watehing us?"
"Naw," grumbled Tommy, "1 ain't
*seething you,"
"Then what are you doing?"
"Why, I was playing that 1 am mend.
• Ing a motor cat -that's what,"
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*Lifebouy Soap is delightfully refreshing for
bath or toilet. For washing undereiothing it
to unequalled. Cleanses and purtnett.
FEARED W,011SE RESULTS.'
"What has happened to met" asked
the patient, when. he Ina reeovered •
from the effects of tha ether.
"You Were lit tt,trolldy ear. aceidenteA.
amid the riuese„ "Lind if has tehiCfinithf
necessary to amputate ye-Ili-46.6440dg
"Cheer' up," said the- nurse,. patting
tim on the head, "you'll eons learn to
got along all right with your left hand."
"Oh, it wasn't the loss of the band
itself that 1 wits thinking of," sighed
the victim "Istrt the'forefiriger was a
string OA my wife tied eround it to
remind me to get something for her
this :nothing, arid flOW ril never be able
to remember what it was."-Clevelend
Plain Dealer.
ME BEST WOORN PAIL
Can't tlefp But Lost Its Hoops and
rail to Pieces. You Want Some.
thing Better 1)0111 You? Then Ask
for Pails and Tubs Made of
EDDY'S. FIBREWARE
rack Oat a Solid, Ifsnliated, 1-tuedif Me** Edd. totohes
Without I -humor Stant Just as. Good at U
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