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In Washieetelli Ce a nuni must
eiot eeep 4 erovving rooeter within 70
feet at n resideuee -unless he obtains the
writ co consent of 7?) per cent. of the
neighbors. Good .orelnanco.
_
Wv can't tire Shoe Cuiniene de ite
Mee, ing of diti people without trying VI
put ;Ile idanle on the heathen Chit%.0:
Wan excike the extortion by sayin•g tivit
mot- leather le being need by the Veen-
tial-
. .
If that preacber who'extraeted $61,00e.
from his hearere at a mennonery meeting
had aerated his eneegiee to hie detect-
ing, what a howling suceJss ha might
have become! Of couese tone a the
conerniutore of dint lueetinee, owed any
A 4 per cent. bank rate is said to be
probable in Englana before Christmas.
The minimum rano lute now been raisca
to it per Ont., •and the tendency is up,
ward, Tigliter money will doubtless
Iuix a eepresfing effect on speculative
otoeks in Canada and the ITnited State&
Barrill, the man who accompanied
Cook when he Alleges lie aieended Mt.
McKinley, has made an affidavit that
the highest point reached was fourteen
miles from the summit. If Cook's story
about ascending Mt. McKinley is not to
be eredited, what about the North Pole
story?
The seventeen bookmakers arrestecl in
the raid on the Jamaica race traek in
New York have been discharged, the
magistrate ineding that registering and
reccading bets is not a crime. This is
a vietory for the gamblers as against
the Hughes acts. The next mOVC wUl
he watched with interest. •
•
Renders of news from Spain will do
'well to bear in mind that most of what
reaches this country filters through
United States sources ani receives pro-
nounced color in the process. Our neigh-
bors the United States news dendors
have not yet been able to forgive Spain
for being "snored out of America," and
they show it on every occasion,
The disturbances in Rome call atten-
tion to the fact that the conditions in
Italy are not reassuring: There is a
violent. anarchist element which is held -
in eontrol only by the persuasion of bul-
lets and bayonets The Italian Govern-
ment has thus far dealt very firmly
with this element. It is not to be ice.-
soned with. It is to be suppreseed and
.educated.
in September 371 Toronto school we-
enie were punieked by strapning, while
only four were sospended, e are free
to et elfees that we think the strap, wel
laid en, ia raetly more elnedive en deal-
ing with bad boys than suepeneion or
expideion. Many a lad grows up to be-
come a penitentiary inmate, liecause his
parents took his pert againet the teach-
er, instead of heartily tapproving ef
whaling the contumaoy out of lam. •
An interesting ease has arisen out of
snitefor damages for injuries sustained
in a. wreck on the 0, Pe R. by ii: man
who was on his way west in charge of
a cargo of horses. His claim for mem-
pensatiol for damages is resistecl on the
ground that he WAS travelling on a pass,
it being the custom of the road to fur-
nish transportation to the caretakers of
these shipments. The outcome of the
case will be watched with much interest.
China is not so slow. She is going to
circler some naval equipment in the
United States and she will borrow $20;-
000,000 to pay the bill. It appears to
be her intention to place orders with
other nations on similar conditions. This
way of "raising the wind" not only
overcentes a eondition of chronic hard-
upnees, but it makes these nations in-
terested in preserving the integrity of
China.
a 4 n
The great strike ht Sweden is turnieg
out to be as clieasfrous to those engag-
ing in it ns we predicted it would. Over
60,000 of the etetking workmen find
that when they *Mild intern to work
there is no work for them. • The strike
hes become a lock -out, and there Se
much dire seiffering throughout the cone
-
try. Would net the inethoile of reedit'
he better than such attempt.; at blind
foree?
-1.• •
Lipton is on the Oecan pit his way to
New York to arrange smaller race for
the America's Cuie Liptoe will donbt-
less get some advertising oat of a race;
but its long as the Yankee yachtsmen al-
low techniealities to stand in the way of
making conditions equal for the rou-
ted:lets, he ims but little donee Of
seoring a Win. If he will build his yacht
in Canadian waters, however, there is
little doubt that he will be able to "lift
the (up."
• e*
Dr. Cook's reply to Peary'e etatement
ae to why he doubts that Cook Wire at
the Pole is not a very impressive one.
Its prineipal features are an ansertion
that the lesquimaux were instruetea not
to till Peary the truth alma his
(Cecile%) swam:A-a very timidity earn --
and :hie further stetement:
win not enter into an ar,gunient
about the matter, but I will bring the
Mild nee to New York at my own ex-
pencor, and they will prove, es die Mr,
Whiten% all 0140 have elaimed.
Now, •as Whitney oonfeesealy knows no -
inure than Cook told him. this Story k
pitifully weak. Megittime, Cook le
raking in the motley, mid whether he
le honed of faking beam/time tt rich Mari.
A Fair Invalid
C'HAPTER "VI.
Miss "Vane recovered slowly, but sure -
In; the peltor on her face gave place
to the dsietlesb bloom. The tbue esenie
rem I saw that I could leave her be
safety. I told her co ono day when we
were sittive Mona She looked at me
with wistful eyes, "Yon have Ince -eery
Irina to me, Mrs. Neville. 1 neit it perfect
stranger to you, yetyou nay° treated
roe as thoufth 1 were your °WU Slain."
"4 will crown my goodness by keeping
my prioniee and peeing out of your
life, lend Yana" -
Ellic meraed slighly confused, and then
alancea up Lite my face with the frank-
ast guilt, that I had yet seem on her
own, "Mrs. Neville," she said, "1 should
liko to ask e, fever of you."
"3 am quite sure that I shale grant
it," I responded.
,. "Will you be my friend?" said Miss
Vaeo "I do not feel that I own pert
from you."
I smiled to myself, thinnisig of the
soul that was strong enough to live
without love, end that called all love
treachery.
"I should like you to be ray friend, if
yet, will—to come And see me some -
Canon" Miss Tan* wont on, "You can
perceive that in my short life I have haa
it great sorrow ---so great as to out me
off from my kind, to make me hate the
eight and sound of almost every living
creature, to turn with loathing from all
that is fairest and brightest on earth.
I cannot tell you what that sorrow was.
You aro kind enough not to seek to
know it. Will you be my friend, yet res-
pect my secret, which 7 choose to with-
hold?"
"I will; it is yourself, not your eee-
rat, that 1 care for."
"Yon will promise to let me live my
old life, not to try to draw nee
frozn it, never to bring any-
one to see me, never to ask me to yoor
house, but at times to come and welt
me, content to know no more of me
than you do now?"
"I promise to keep the terms of our
compact, Miss Vane, as long as 7 live."
She held. out liar Moue to me, and as I
clasped it in mine, I eald to her: "Whet
beautiful hands you have, Mies Vane! I
have seen none so perfect izt shape and
color."
There was not the faintest -gleam of
pleasure on her face, such as most girls
show 'when they are contplimented and
praised. "Do you think them beauti-
ful?" she asked, indifferently.
"I do indeed, I wish I could see them
mare busily engaged. What will put
more life and busy zaotion into those
hands?"
"Nothing," she replied. "There is lit-
tle life and little motion in my heart—
what can you expect at my hands?"
So we made our strange compact.
was always to be her friend—to visit
her—to care for bee; but I was liever
to know more of her than 1 did now.
I went back to Neville's Gross, and was
pleased to find that none of my friends
or neighbors knew that I had been stay -
Ing at the River House; they were all
content with the explanation I owe
that I had been visiting a friend.
And then the seeond pbase ol my cur-
ious acquaintanceship began. I went
regularly two or three times each week
to visit Miss Vane. I took her the
rarest flowers, the most exquisite fruits,
all the new books untouched; but I nev-
er remonstrated with her. "How does
Miss Vane spend her time?" 7 asked of
Lewis one day.
"In her usual way, Mrs. Neville, when
'yeti are not with her. She passes whole
days in dreaaning and thinking—some-
the piano, draw, paint. or write?"
She seems to be always watching the-
river—always listening to it; and she
has done the same for more than three
yeans. now."
"Doe,s she ever read, sen', eing, play
the piano, draw, paint, ler -write?"
(lanver," replied the maid, briefly.
"Does she take no delight in flowers
or bites Has she not one occupation?"
"Ido," vans the reply. "I wish she had."
It seemed to me incredible that a life
should slip from one's grasp in_ this
fashion, "But does she not talk—talk
to you—to anyone?"
"No, it is the rarest thing for my
mistress to open her lips. 1 have known
her to pa.ss whole days without speak-
ing. She seems, indeed, to have a root-
ed dislike to the sound of it immitn
voice; that is the cause of the strange
silence in the house. The only time
when she seems to be interested Is
when you are with her, Mit. Neville—
she talks to you and listento you."
What could have happened to blight
her young life? The girl's whole gout
eemed dead. That same day, when we
were talking, something was said about
ago, and I naked Miss Vane abruptly
how old she was. She was too much
surprised for any heattation, and. an -
severed nt once: "I am twenty-two,
MTS. Neville,"
"Twenty-two I" 7 repeated. "Then
when you came here, you were not
notch more titan eighteen?"
"No—eighteen and it few meths." -
"Have the years seemed long, niy
dear? 1 asked, gently.
"Long!' she repeated, "Eaeh one hes
been An age?"
"And you may live for another fifty
years, Miss Vane."
"I may—hut I hope that 1 shall not,"
the rejoined,
"If you do, would you be eontent to
*end them as you hare spent, the past
ones?"
"There 'Would be no other resource,"
she replied, shuddering.
"I am almost agraid to say What T
think, lot I displease you, Miss Vane,
If I have thot iniefortuee, 7 tisk you
beforehand to forgive me. Eighteen is
not generally considered a very wise
age, is it?"
'It is ae wise ne any other age,
elietila imagine, Mrs, Neville."
%icy, nmy dear, you aro wrong. Only
age and exprelence give Wisdom, / net
older than you by some years—time het
taught me wittily lessons that you have
yet to leant"
°X do not inten(l to learn Metro," ishe
said: "I have leitrnea enough."
"At eighteen," I tontinned, "We Mel
pletienre And pain acutely. We are
either at the height of happinete or in
the deptne of despair. At forty We real.
Ire, reason, analyze, And endure, Has it
ever °mitred to you that Minty hummi
life is it Dreelons gift, teeeived for some
wise purpose? What usenet will those
eve that have to face the Great Giver
With their life ell testetedt"
°My life has been' blighted, not Wad-
ed," elle replieti, looking sit Me eteaelly,
"Ihte two things are different,"
"But ney clear dlite Vane," 1We.»
reef pardon meddlo yen not think
nt eighteen is tee wit an nefit et
• Winch deliberately to set Aside all that
is best and brightest in life—to diel4
one's self to a dull, men:awning sorrow?"
"Noe" 'she replied. "if the time and.
the sorrow were to come agate, 1 shoola
net just as i have One."
.After that there was no more te be
said. I did my beet, in one Way, and
that was to direct her attention to
every good ;leen ,every earnest lite, that
crime under my notifie. One morning
persuaded her to sieve with me MY fa-
vorite ramble through the weeds. The
day wits so fine Unit we went further
than e had intended, until in the die -
twice we saw the grey spire of Deintreo
Church. We stopped to look at it, for
it Made 4 striking picture, the tall grey
steeples standing nut in bold relief
against the sky, and while we demi,
suddenly there pealed out the merry
(lime of weeding bells. I smiled—the
sunshine,' the clear air, the blue shy,
the bells, all seemed so pleesant to um.
"Hark!" I cried, "Theme nee reddied
bells; smneone is being inside very haPPS'
today."
She turned her pale face to inc. "Hain
pyl" she repeated, "Why, the arearied
farce under heaven is it weadin i"
"My dear Mies Wiwi" 1 cried, s rtled
by her vehemence, "what a etrange
idea in
She laughed, mid a dreary sound it
was that came from the young lips,. 'It
is the dreariest farce under the sun,'
she insisted—"a, mockery in most eatie&
it cruelty in others, 4 happiness never."
• "It is well that everyone is -not of
your opinion, Mists Vane," I said.
"If they were, there would be fewer
sorrowful hearts in the world," he re-
joined ."Oh, Mrs. Neville," she cried,
shuddering, "come away --conte away
from the sound of those terrible belle!" -
They seemed to make the old church
rock with their merriment; they filled
the air with a joyotze clang. But 1 sew
that the sound made my oompanion
She placed her ha,nde over her ears, as
though she would fan shut it out, while
her line grew white as death. Biwic we
hastened through, the woods until we
were beyond the sound of the bells; and
,nresently Miss Vane rested anainet the
little gate that led to the coppice—rest-
ed in eilenoe, which neither of us cared
to break.
"You have tired yourself," I said.
She looked at me, all passion and feeling
repressed, as it were, with an iron hand
—the dank, proud beauty appearan more
indifferent than ever.
"Mrs. Neville," she said, "I will go out
with you whenever yomt wish, but never
take me again within hearing of these
belle."
I promised to remember, and she went
home witzhout alluding to the subject
again. As time passed, the dark beauty
of her faee seemed to acquire u new ex-
pression. I saw lines of firmendurance,
of patient gravity, deepening thereon,
Ade the power of self-control and self-
restraint, the dull, oaselos brooding
over wrong, the Berge rebellion that
never found it voice, the sotrow that
Sound no relief, the despair that in its
anemia asked only for death, Increased
day by day.
CHAPTER VII
About two years after Miss Vane had
come to the River Hous, a railway com-
pany was formed, and, after it long re-
sistance, I was compelled to sell one of
my best fields, through which the line
Was to Ixtfisi and then, to My great hor-
ror, a 'bridge was built over the -widest
part of the river, just above the Rivet.
House, for by that route the trains were
to enter Daiotree.
was very grieved and vexed—now
the shrill railway whistle would drown
the sweet song of the nightingale, and
mingle with the rapid rush of the river.
I did not like the bridge either; it was
plain and ugly, with nothing pleaeing or
picturesque about it.
When I knew whateehad been- deeleled
upon, I went to telt Miss Vane. She ap-
peared perfectly indifferent, merely
inising her beautiful eyebrows in, won-
der at my excited tone of voice.
"At least you might pretend to sym-
pathize with me, Miss Vane," I eitia.
There was a strange, fax -off look in her
eyes.
"It will not matter," she replied; "I
shall not mind the railway whistle -1
snail not even'hear it --and you will be
far enough
"But it will completely spoil Neville's
Cross," I observed.
"Never mind," she said, "it is not
worth troubling about."
"I wish I eieuld attain ;your height
of enlin philosophy," I rejoined. But
that bridge was destined to be the scene
of strange oceurrenees.
A frost, unatually long and severe,
ad in. It was followed by n rapid theew,
during which the River Leit flooded the
whole country -side. What was the
cause of the terrible accident no one
quite knew. Whether the unusual rush
and weight of the water had ceueed the
foundation of the bridge to give way,
�r whether it had been insecurely built
from the Brat, no one seemed quite sure.
One day—toward the end of May—the
weather was brilliantly fine, and I went
to the River House, hoping to induce
Ulm Vane to eoine out with me on the
river. She consented, and the Leir
never seetned more beautiful. The
sky Was blue, the air fragrant
with the breath of odorous flowers.
We stopped just opposite the River
Mime to admit° the beauty of the day.
"Now do omen" I said to my companion,
"that it is it privilege to live on such it
doe,
Looking at her, I was More than ever
struck with her beauty. She had dipped
one white hand into the water, and it
gleame*1 there like n lily. The fresh,
brachig ivied had brought the biome to
her fate—had brighteeed her eyes, anti
seemed to liane driven the ssecinese front
her beauty. It was n Mee of peerless love'
linos. All the features Were perfect,- but
the mouth Was most beautiful, With
sweet, sensitiVe Iips. I thought as I
looked at Mist 'Vane how moth 7 should
like to See the calmness of her perfect
nice broken, Little did 7 drawn of the
deer fulfilment of my wish.
We rested on the sunsliiiiy river in
the fragrant spring teem. Glacing elm-
cloWs fell over the *etre and rover the
grant. We could See the bridge hi the
distence. After ale it did, not look SO
very ugly. I VAS just saying to to Misti
Veil& When: I saw for Away the tenant
of an etptest. "Look," t said, "Mild
you not Minty that it was Wine great,
bin* serpent with fiery owe? Yet,
&free all, there le eomething gentid
aletett it,"
"I shall neVer bellere that 4ti1ck, lis y
trail% Will be ettfe 011 that badge,"
einerked Huldrili
Wo setee the etecint atitottet the trees,
eta thee at the train mite nettren'to tht
bridge it eltteked speo& We were both
rate log it intent y. How shalt X de.
*Imo the horror then matted"' Thotrahl
wee running slowly when tlie engin
reaelna the middle cif the 'bridge, am
then the etone-work 'seemed to quiver
to totter, to give way. Suddenly
parted, and the great engine, Mime
by three er foto carriages, fell into th
river, with four more carriages remeln
lugF((iTthbraindogle'
it few uentie 7 shaded my face
with one hand, not dering to look, while
eried out in hereon There. in
the sunlight, was the terrible realltd-
Alumet immdliately I recovered myself,
and, eelzing tbe seulls, rowed rapidly to
the seem of the accident, lt had been
.seen by the men at work in the fielelel
and in the next few minutes willing
banns came to miler asssietance, In Toe
than half an lieur the news had reached
Daintree, and there was na laeh Of heli.
Strong men soon set to work, Some Of
the unhappy passengers were drowned,
and their bodies were not recovered for
liens; but those who remained in the
carriages were reamed .sie quickly as
poseible. Two or time men were taken
out quite dead, and wore laid in ginietly
order on the green bee*. The wouedea
were not it few. I grew faint as I looked
at the forms of the sufferers, with Hun
doh Vane by my side. We had done
what we contd. I had been attending to
little child whom wa lied found cling-
ing round a dead mother's neck. I
thought it would live, but it aied in iny
anus, and was widen to the gluestly row
on the green bank. Presently there was
it cry from ono of the carriages that
seemed to hang between the bridge and
the water—some one signalled for help.
It was it wink of almost superhtunan.
difficulty to rescue those Jennie; more
than once, eve who looked on in breath-
less :suspense, thought that the rescuers
wouldnose their own twee in the effort.
At length the tall figure of a man was
brought out, and then a lady—and it
proved that they two were in the ear-
riage alone. "Are both dean?" I asked
one of the dodoes.
"No," he replied, "The gentleman
seems severely hurt; the lady is stunned,
I fancy. If we wide get them removed
somewhere, their lives might be saved."
"You would like to take them to the
nearest house?" I said, quickly. "That
is the River Ilonee; /et them be driven
there at once, Miss Vane will be quite
willing." And then, remembering her
peculiarity, I thought it advisable to con-
sult her.
"It is against your rule, against your
wish, I know; but the doctor ensures me
the gentleman's life depends on the ex-
pedition with which he can be treated,"
"Throw the whole house. open," she re-
plied, "I am quite willing, If 1 can
help, let mee'
A few minutes afterward one of the
.Divintree carriages was driving slowly
with the two rescued passengers to the
River House.
CHAPTER VIIL
Dr. Fletcher liad gone with the two
patients to the River House. I rameinen
some little time longer with Miss Vane,
We saw the wounded taken away to the
different hotels and the hospital; we sew
the dead carried in mournful procession,
and we saw the few passengers who were
uninjured, pale, trembling, hardly 'laving
to believe that they wero saved. We
could do 110 more. Slowly and sadly I
rowed. down the stream to the Rivez
House. Miss Vane looked very pale,
"1 thahl never like the river again,"
elle said to me in it frightened VOieo,
used to delight in it; it wis all music
and poetry to me, I eliallNinwer like it
again, grave." it has peen traneformed into
m
•
She trembled so violently and looked
seotiiit
i.: tihet:1u
; le.oiolily: renelie.d the River
'Tense I made lier drink some wine and
v
ought to do eoneething for these
poor people," she said. I could have
blessed the words; they were the first
evincing the least interest in others
-
'that litaa beard from her lips. 7 tvas.so
pleased that I forgot myself and kissed
her, Her .feceefluehea Reid her nip quiv-
ered; but she aia. not draw back proud-
ly, as she would once have (loon
"You must rest -the horrer of that
terrible accident has beeti too mach for
you, 1 Will ,attend to your gueste,"
Drawing e.ownethe Wine so as to shut
out the glow of the sun, I left her, There
was no confusion in the loos; no noise
sound;itogdtof
etlies4gt
r‘e"anteh'ehiaru4ubseeantoo well i
I %yea first to the north roem, where
the lady was lying. There was not
much the matter wide her; sbe bad beer;
etunneel, terribly frightened, the maid
who was watching by her sited; but the
doctor nad given her it composing
draught, and she was fast asleep. That
was good news, I went gentler to her
bedside and looked at her.
Most people would .have called her it
be,autiful woman. She was very fair,
with a profusion of light hair; but her
face did not please nio—I was repelled
rather than attracted by. it. It was nei-
ther true net noble, Although I could
well inuigine it to be brilliant, I hent
over her; she was sleeping soundly. One
hand lay outeide the quilt; it was white
and well -shaped, and shining with jew-
els, and on the third fiziger of the left
hand I saw a wedding ring, "She is
married," I said to the maid. "Is that
her husband itt. the other, room ?"
"I think so," was the eeplye "they
were travelling' together when the acci-
dent occurred!' t
"Do you know the lady's _mem?" I
asked.
"No, ennetnedI heard thddocter men-
tion it, but I 'do not remember it."
It was not of much importance, I
thought, How little did 1 guess of whet
ituportanee it wain And then 7 wont
to the Blue Room, where the gentlennew
heal been carried, Here the scene wee
far Mare solemn The doctor, with a
grave, troubled face, bent over the bed,
engaged in counting the beats of Ins
ne of the handsomest men I bad ever
patient's Pleesee I Went up to the hut
ei
seen in my life was lying On in pelf),
exhausted, witli closed eyes and pareee
lips, "Is there ranger?" 1 asked of the
(looter.
"Yes," was Ids brief reply. Danger!
WO the shadow of death evetywheret I
stood in silence, never remembering to
have seen anything lihe the nice and
heed before nee, It Was beetity of the
purest notseulirie type --mi zunale heed,
With eletaters Of dark -brown ha1t-1.0-
tors that Waned lit it *wakes, graceful
fashion—a broad, noble brow, it Mee
oval,elianed ittui veiled in contour.
"What is the injury?" I asked, *
"Brain cencitstion," replied Dr. Viet -
cher, briefly,
"Will you levee further advice?" I
inquired,
"Yell if no thenge takes plaice hi n
short time."
go change did take place; the patient
did not open his eyes Iie seemed per-
fectly unconscious; and the doctor's Uoe
grew mere and More anxkmus f wretched
hita as intently as he watehed. the 811f.
ferer. "I)e reit think it .will end fat-
ally,• Deafer?' 7 asked,
"I am afraid so, Vale Nevilke eVhile
there is life, though; wo will hope,"
Mad you not better try to dna 'out
whoIse la ef anything whom is likely
Imppere his (Hellas ought to bo sent
fore!
eThe lady Is his wife," stie Dr, Flab -
then "She le sleeping soinidly, Pee-
Ilapsnou Are right, Mrs. Neville; it
Weeliel be -as well to knee,' who he ix,»
ITo be tiontirinedd
-tiorses Leg Swelled
d',) 404114 WAS. To Sore And Lime
- to Virork---Qnicirly -Cqreti ly
NervilinCo
tre'a7tiuller hohrsael, atinirg7 cal411seateryeatiaien,
that 7 know of no liniment for strains,
sprains, and swelling that is ea usefut
around the stable as Nerviliue." Thlia
writes Mr, hslitlit V. UnrellisOn, front
ilis home, Crofts Hill P. C. 7 1131 v,fino
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IS A
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TRUSTY w e n oho a her
right fore leg, and
vilin7eL I aNnifiM ib wTorked8faswol-
1 itolltfir411:076 Slat ajripee:111111frtin:elldna: er
that mars was in filiape to •wefeh
a day after I need Nerviline,
"We have used Nervilinc on m00'41111
for twenty-five years and never found
it wanting. For Irian or beast it is a
wonderful liniment,"
We have received yearly five thousand
letters vecomneending Nerviline as a
general household liniment, as an all-
eound mere foe itches and pains, Ono
million bottles Used each year. 'Pry it
yourself, Large 25e bottles of Nervillue,
five for $1,00. All dealers, or The Cate
ar4ozone Company, Kingston, Ont.
WISE FROG.
Foils Snake Which Tries to Swallow
H
The following snake story was told
ecerie years ago by a reputable citizen of
Anson county, says the Charlotteville
Oneerver. Drivieg' along it public reed
ono day he saw a frog crossing the road
at top speed—bitting may the high
places, ancl few of them, els the frog
disappeared in the bosky underbrush on
ono sid.e it black snake in hot pursuit
made its apearance on the other.
The dory teller followed the two into
the bushes to see what the result Would
be. He bad proceeded only a short dig.
tame When he found the frog at bay,
facing the snake and with the later eir.
cling about iu the effort to nutke an at-
etnaerny.
cie from the rear. His frogship kept
turning all the time, always facing the
The reason of this manoeuvre on the
snalee's part was that the frog haa in
its mouth, held crosswise, and about the
middle, a stick about the size and length
of a lead pencil. The frog knew the
suake eould not swallow him so long e.s
lie presented such a front. ' The men
watchecnthe performance for some time,
and wben he left the snake was still
circling the frog, and the latter fatting
its enemy on every turn,
WHAT NEGLECT
• DM FOR HIM
Jao, .E, Brant Sqffered Tor -
Mein% Prom Kidney Piseaseo.
Then He 'Used Dodd's Kidney Pills
and Became a Well Man—His Ex.
perience a Lesion for You.
Athabasca Landing, Alta., Oct. 25,---,
(Special,)—That Kidney Disease, neg.
leaed in its earlier stage; leads to the
inosi terrible suffering, if not desalt
iteelf, end that the one !nun euee for
it in ell etages is Dead's Meilen Pille:
is the experienee of Mr. eamee E. Brant,
it farmer residing near here,
Mr, Brant, contracted Kidney -Pla-
ints; when a young man, front a strain,
and, like hosts of others, neglected it,
expecting it to go away itself,
But Itkeptgradually growing worse,
tilt after thirty years of increasing sua
tering the elimax dune* and he found
blioself so clipp1e:1 that at time bn
Vitt notturn in lied, and for two
weeks Oen Pine it was impossible for
blue to rise, fro*
41, dinir without put-
ting Ins hands Ids knees,
He could' not diuttori his clothe/I, He
was troubled .With Lumbage. Gravel
ann. Beek:mime and tried euedicenes for
each and sal of them, without getting
relief, till good luck turned him to
Dodd' s Kidney Pills.
Dead's Kidney Pills started at the
cause of his troubles and cured his
.leidveys. With cured Kidneys his other
troubles speedily disappeared, and to-
day he is it well man,
If youcure your Kidneys with
Dedd's Kidney Pills you will never have
Tennba.go, Rheumatism, Heart. Disease,
Dropsy or "13right's Disease.
• One on hte Boss.
Having heard that the men did not
tart work at the proper time. the
master builder the -light he would cheap
down about 6,30 one morning and i.v.
Going up the yard he caught eight of
a joiner standing smoking, witb his kit
not even opened. Simply asking kis mune
which he found to be Malcolm Camp-
bell, he called him into the office), and,
handing him four days' pay, ordered him
to lope at mice. After seeing the man
akar of tho yard, lwi went up to the
foreman and explained that he made an
example of Maleolui Campbell by pay-
ing him oft for not starting at the pro-
per hour, "Great Scott, sit! fajaculated
the foreinan, "tient chap Was only look.
111' ter n
0 ir 0 •
Minard's Linimecnotwe?ores Ciarget In
Imitation Aniericana.
Nowadays it is neenseaty to be violent
if you 'would move the world to ex-
citement, and a very French old lady
pends Mitch fine irony on the instiller
in whit/ the present generation takes
-
its pleasures,: "Ils ne tont plus Fran-
eide, Ies France -Lis, ils iee soot gee les
Menvaites itilitatiolie doe Anieridaen,"
and all this Ineause of Luna. Park,
edfeee the populace of Paris Speeds ina
time in frightethig iteelf 'with water
shoot*, mightmere staireatet and
drod other horrors.—Proni the ,Queen.
SeOd foe free sample to Depertrrient.
II. L., National Drug met Chemical Co.,
Tole/ate,
L.1TT.LE. KNOWLEDGE
h a DaRterou3: Thing in Handling
ns is oy ostly ex.
,l)ruhunGer:at brassliii;
t,
elainwd .13tohop ualpe in the Ituuse of
Lord:3 on n fonebratent <Knee:ion, says Ali -
WKS. HOW hlpmviiied was the prelate to
reed in the papers the next mera,xig that
iiijiacelikgAinieligiaireelelittittteb9rilt.4,11"uleeritt4tel.iruesle'erlYs
lolly!" Lord, was 4 master
Plihisentaker; but one Of ble best paints
wale tented, when it cerelese reportin
tinned ilia referencia to emenstelee slue
veilL.ii4uoltlozani"i,,ninttot tite bmtera/inntees "mine-
nir Ilarcourt INS balDY
partud e,,nucee.42,c`',UlariemaetaleuDp al antic)! ;ilia?, fF-41,14111,-.
pia it eauntif pnper had it, "Oreet Dine
ehl. What 4 false the isl" Leek of
ge (.1 femillar quotneleen ie 4
prolific source ef misreporting, For in-
stancee, a peker onew mono ase 'of the
web kuown liaes. from Milton's deell-
.1`littubteaelo,eninyee,tleiopeti hgaupil1),
ece.tls,s3,yolaoi; end free,
The .corintry eeporter deputed to "take
hlin slown" was in deepen'. He coeld uot
ntouiroae
ketnt,,
eatoe' Latiloowfinti:4g
itsinyoostuenr4i0Ua4s
as pozible, be .eoleed his pen ena Pre-
dueed the following gem:
eBut acme, thou, goddeenefeir .anil free,
in heaven ehe erept, fuel fehea her knee."
The speaker was. "eaken down" ittmore
senses titan one.
NO REST FOR TERRIBLE ITCH
Till Oil of Wintergreen Compound
Made His Skin as Ptire as Ever.
Mr, jamee Lulloolz, of Iron Bridge,
Ont., considers the D. D. D. Prescrip-
tion of oil se wintergreen, thyme',
glycerine, Men a wonderful owe foe
skin troubles. He has good reason to
think so, too, aceording to his letter
of Mar, 27, 1909.
"1 have suffered or years," he says, "with
eczema, and now through using two bottles
of rour-wouderful "cure, my sitin is as pure as
It ever was.
KY time was so bad I could not see. I
eould not sleep. I could net rest at all for
tho terrible itch.
Thanks 'to yoUr wonderful medicine I am
cured."
As Eczema is a germ disease, and
as the germs are right in the skin,
blood medicines will not cure it. The
only effective way is to treat the itch
where the itch is, D. D. D. Preserip-
tion penetrates the pores of the skin,
kills the germs which cause the (Be-
gonia, gives instant relief from the
ewful itch and permanently cures.
For free sample bottle of 0.'0, D.
Prescription write to the D. D. 0,
Laboratory Department D„ 23 dordan
street, Toronto,
For sale ley alh druggiete,
• • • • •
- A WONDERFUL EXPLOSIVE,
The Touch of n. Fly's Foot Would be
Enough to Set It 'Off:
"What would be tlee eonsequences of
firing e barrelful of nitronehet MOW It
would be impeasible to say," declines A
writer in the Strand, "simply became
tli•e stnef ill too awful to -be made in
sueh quantities,
elt may sound like a joke, bat it is
nevertheless the truth thett the tread
of 4 ionize fly is euffielent to explode this
dangerous material. It is not necessary
that a fly should weld over the conn
puorad, It hoe only to let one foot one
into content with the explosive, When
the jolt 0aus(.9 it to explode and to blow
the insect into the air,
ennether manner in which the'peculned
prop,enty of this expeosive San be denion•
stinted is by seattermg it small quantity
of the dry powder over a sheet of eleen
paper, 7t then resembles pepper, and
only tmede a few sliarp breaths of the
manipueator-eust suffieient to Inake
them roll—to mime eaoh speek to ignite
and explode, meantime giving die a long,
thin column of dense purple siboke. /f
a barrelful of nitrogen iodide could be
made it would bane to be kept moist to
prevent danger. Sy comparison, gun-
powder is 4 ineld, innocent, inoffensive
mateelel." '
PRICE OF ABSTTNENCE.
(Victoria Coloniet).
"Ys," said the doctor, "I can cure
you if you will follow my directions rig-
idly."
"4.11 right -411 take anything."
"I'm not going to give you anything
to take. You must Simply quit drinking
intoxicaeing liquors and give up smok-
ing for at least six months."
"And you are going to charge for
ordering me to do that?"
"Certainly. My fee is two guineas."
"Say doctor, holy much would you ex-
pect to get in advance for hitting a
man on the head with an
Lakefield, Que., Oct. 9, 1907.
Minard's Liniment Co., Ltd.
Gentlemen,—In July 1905 I was
thrown from a road machine injuring
my hip and back badly and was ob-
liged to use a crutch for 14 months. In
Sept. 1006, Mr. Wm. Outridge of LA -
chute, urged me to try Itinard's
Lini-
fent which 7 did with the most satsi-
factory insults and to -day I am as well
as wirer in my life.
Yours Sincerely.
1119
MATHEW x BAINS.
. mark
,Proof.
"Of course you have proofe of your
stony?"
The Anted explorer loOked pained.
"Observe that ebrasion on my thumb,"
neplied,
"It eat be seen phileise" they werieedech
"That abration was caused by a split, -
ter of the North Pole," rejoined tem ex -
plower, with dignity, eenfonneling his
eritio.4 titterly.—Philadelphia Leciger,
Mintird's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
4 4. in
coutia DO IT.
in a certain church in trehunt a young
prioat toelt for his text. “Tho feeding
ef the multitude." But he said: "And
they fed ten people with ten thousand
loaves inedton thOueand fishes."
Thereat tin old Inisaman said:
"That's. tie Miracle.; begorra, 1 eould do
that myself," width the priest, 0Oer-
beard.
The next Sweetly the priest tifinotteleed
the same text, but he saiil it eight tine
times "Ana they fed ten thousand people
on ten losinhe oe bretaa eta ten HAUL"
TM welted A tie0011t1, and then
otter the pulpit and said: "And squid
you de that, leer. Murpinft"
Muiphy replied: "Sure, your Inver -
enter, T could."
"And hew could yott cle it t° Cad de
priest,
"Sure, your invereriee, 7 Could ibe 1
neith *hat were left over froin last Sao
ISSUB MI 48, 1909
AGENTS WANTED.
di,oL:faly.wkill,m)-7onazus 01.40/.E., 128
li.ot You? Alfred. Tyler,
Loudon, Om,
DON'T BJ AFRAID
that sunlight soap will spoil
your clothes. There are no
injurious chemicals in Sun..
fight soap to bite holes in
even the most delicate fabric,
$S,000 aro offered to any.
one finding adulteration In
Sunlight Soap. 5:
nrroltigs OF ROOleEleELLER.
Of the many stories that are in oirett-
lotion about John D. Rockefeller here is
one ivhich is not only absolutely authen-
tie, but which throws u, ourione light
uppn the character of the famous mil-
:1•11al. 4Jytar:o. of tilelinett.lrdlkYo 1 ter 4ner te.vi4.c."leegkN°.13h%Holeut house,
,c(1.1 tf ace 114;
ailment which required a simple malt
harnelese operation. lee went to a sun,
geon of high repute in Clevelasid and. me
rangedi ago t tiPittiosldo cniOriphintintl°r011ititiNteesbaetti
itedif again, and Mr. llockefellor Sent
rfoomr it.trheioddo:ctor ef las _youth.
When the examination WaS over, he
al,
won't keep you waiting for your
money this time. Things have changed
with me."
"Oh," said the other, "I am out of
practice; I wish no fee."
Bbtlifleketfothe aont
ejlaerStZPietitto$
of h11,009in
his desk,
an envelope, and handed them over to
the surgeon with the remark, if
you don't 'want to take a fee, perhaps
you will kindly give these to sorne,poor
young doctor of your acquaintance.'
.Apeopos of Mr. Rockefelle,r's decision
to give no more interviews to the press,
a very amusing story is told of tow he
baffled a young New York reporter dur-
ing the proceeduaga against the Standard
Oil Company last summer. The reporter
in question handed him a note, askiug
fiDunery. ou believe .you should receive inn
munity from criminee prosecution for
your testimony here should criminal pro-
eeedings be brought?"
'Who sent this?" inquire& 'Mr. Rocke-
.
"The editor of my paper," stammered
the reporter.
The oil king leaned forward, placed
his Ilan& an the young manes shoulders,
stepped down from the platform, and
taoppienlisreindtaelbroougttatoox7bhuistpehrinsittoeasedienioie:t
pering he said aloud;
"Tell your editor I am t
THE WISE MOTHER
DOCTORS BMW WISELY
Nowadays wise mothers do not dose
their children with nauseous, griping
castor oil or purgatives, nor do they
give them piosonous opiates in the
form of soothing medicines. Baby'i
Own Tablets take the ,place of these
harsh and clan,gerous drugs, and the
mother has the guarantee of a gov-
ernment analyst that the Tablets are
absolutely safe, and will cure all
stomach and bowel troubles, destroy
worms, break up colds and make
teething easy. Mrs. Thomas Craft,
Ilinecarth, Man., says: "I have used
Baby's Own Tablets for constipation
tied teething troeblen and do not
lcuow of any other medicine that can
'equal them, -They are always satis-
factory in their results" Sold by
medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents
mi box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
0
Vegetable Suspension Brigde.
I remarkable suspension bridge spans
the River Apurimao in central Peru.
The ropes of this bridge are composed
of pliable roots and vines, while the
planks are made of branches. In the
humid climate of Peru it would be by no
means extraordinary if this vegetable
bridge were one day to start growing.—
From the Wide World gaganue.
4-4
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
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South African Meteorite.
A South African correspondent tells
the story of it large meteorite, weighing
more than half a ton, which has been
sent by Dr. Rogers, of the Geological
Survey from Prieska, in the Kenhardt
territory of Cape Colpny, to 'the South
Afriean Museum at Cape Town. The
meteorite was found at Rateldraai, and
it looks like a mass of molten metal,
with a number of eavities or pockets in
it, and where not earth sOiled is of a
dark bluish leaden color. In parts it
has been chipped with it chisel or pick.
(Ow ,and insuch cuts it shoWs small
shiny specks. It is described. as a dull,
warped mass of tickeliferous iron, and
Dr. Peringuey, the director of the mu-
seum, ascribes its advent as due to the
disintegration of some cometary
London Standard.
Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc.
e 0 •
All Talked Over.
Mistress (hiring servant)—I hope you',
know your plade.
Servont—Oh, yoS, mum. The last three
girle you had told ine all about it.—
Boston Transcript.
Lifebouy Soap Is eenehtfully rofreishins for
bath or toilet. For Washing underclothing It
UPeqUallOd. CICEillfiell and purifies.
The Nondescript.
Itotel Clerk ---Who eaine just inow in
tiKtt. auto?
Bell Boy—Three men and it eimulfeur,
Oil of Sassefree for insect Bites.
It is not generally* knOwn bow Yalu -
able a preventive against the biteof
mosnqitoes, fleas, gnats, midge*, ole.,
of sassafras Ls Tlie Met has recently
been mauled again by A. T. Ceirdler,
in a euseeptible person the oil le applied
itt one to the plane tlmt isa been bite
ten it almoet Invariably prevents: the
peisoneng altogether. If applied to the
inflamed spot it day or two alter the
bite it at once stop the irrttation,
To those wno live in the eountry and
wieose life le tttad it bureen by undue
susceptibility to in -scot bito ami. to
times who have not yeb returned from
holidaT auChi»g la regions inieste4 by
biting line -eta, oil of saseafran iambi be
it great boon, and it is harmlese as an
external application.—From the London
Globe.
A la TO MOTHERS,
When Children Are Injured!
Children are always sustaining cuts, bruises,
burnaate., aud not Infrequently contraot
rInaviorm. nab diseases, skin
troubles at school. Makers will find Zam-
Bub. 'without equal for all these accidents
and diseases.
1Vtra. Thomas Alton, 156 Water street, St.
Mary's. Ont., says: -'My daughter Mildred,
4 years old, was severely burned by falling
on it hot flat iron, She leas burned on the
heel, instep, and on the thigh very badly.
I at oneo LWOW Zam•Bult, whieh eased the
mitt. and in the coarse oi ti few days the
the wounds were thorougly healed."
bil% George Aldridge, Ill Louise Street,
Stratford, says:-WhIle playing barefooted
about the yard. my sou Bertram, 8 years old,
stepped on mi brokea glass bottle, which (jut
very deeply into his big toe. The out, was
so deep tbat I sent for it doctor and, bad the
foot oroterly dressed, the doctor leaving it lo-
tion to be applied daily. 'under this treat -
merit, however, the wound seemed to ((et
no better. but on the contrary inflammation
set in. A kindly neighbor then recomended
Zam-Buk. We obtained a supply, and after a
ew applioations the child seemed to rest bet- •
ter, and the pain was very muoh reduced. In
a few days, under the Zam-Buk treatment,
the wound assumed a better appearance, and
from that time healing was very rapid. In-
flammation and soreness were many com-
pletely banished, and in ten days from the
first application ofZant-Buk, we took the
bandages from the Mot. I feel sure that but
for Zam-Buk the child would have haul a
very bad time, and might have had to sacri-
fice his toe,"
Not only tor cuts, bruises, ole,, IsZam-
Buk effective. but also for serious skin dis-
eases such as eczema, ringworm, ulcers, etc.
It also cures poisoned sores, chronic wounds.
bad leg, piles, festering sores, chapped hands,
cold soresfrost-bite, and all skin Injuries
and diseases. Druggists and stores every-
where sell at $0c a box, or post free for
price from Zam-Buk Co., Toronto; 3 boxes
81.25. You are warned against harmful Imi-
tations sometimes represented to be "juscaa
good."
Opera Under Difficultuesk
In exciting chapter of accidents
Marked the concluding performance at
the Opera House at Milan.
Miss Elsa Bland, a prima donna, was
hurrying to the theatre when she fell
down and severely sprained her ankle.
Throughout the evening she had to be
wheeled about the stage on a hider in
such fashion that only the upper half
of her figure was visible to the public
as she sang her part. Meanwhile atten-
dants crouched below the screen were
busy bathing and massaging the foot to
ease the atrocious pain.
Signor Barren, the tenor, hobbled
about groaning with gout, and the first
bass, Signor Girino, while taking air
in the afternoon, had the misfortune to
slip into it ditch and strain the muscles
of his knee. He seized every opportunity
of retiring to the wing to ghre vent to
his feelings.
A. fire threatened to destroy the seen-
ery, while a thunderstorm raging out-
side extinguished the eleoblie light.—
From the London Chronicle,
• •
jJJj .Cure
quickly stops coughs, cures colds, h-ais
the throat and lungs. • • • 25 cent&
• • •
. t
Real Thing.
"And this," said. the hostess, who was
showing some relies, "is the trunk ono
of my ancestors brought over on the
letayflower."
"in other words," rejoined the guest,
"it is the trunk of your family tree."
4 • •
BETTER THAN SPANKING.
Spanking does not cure children of
bed-wetting. There is a constitutional
cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum-
mers, Box W. 8, Windsor, Out., will send
free to any mother her successful home
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 chancee are it can't
help it. This treatment also cures adulte
and aged people troubled with urine dif-
ficulties by day or night.
-
MS REASON.
(Philadelphia. Record.)
At the Restaurant.—"VVaiter, why do
feu recommend everybody to take beef
a la, mode to -day?" "Because, sir, If it
isn't all oaten we shall have it for din,
ner ourselves."
'
ilea,. Weak; tveurr, ,Waltery tires.
irelleYed .$41,Mur1nu 133To Atemedy. Airy
Mormon For 'Your 'Eye. Trou'bies. 'non
Wit i nuke en:exerted • it Soothes. 600 At
Your 1:immolate. • •I'Vrita /Por,'Bye Books.
lered Murtriejlye RemedyOo., Toronto.
•
POLAR ETIQUETTE.
(Louisville Courier -journal.)
"thiamin could you spare a hand-out
or cold bite? 1 wuz wed de mane dab
diseovered de pole."
weVhere's e'er proofs 1"
"De peeper thing, ninth, is to provide
de banquet, and eon teek.fer de proof."
ititRESTWOORN PAIL
Can't Help But tOse' ,hoops and
fall to Pieces. •Yoti: Want Some.
thing Better Don't You? Then. Ask
for Pails and lobs- Made -of'- • wA.RE
Nth One a Solide 111Wed. Leal* ManeEdileiehe Meefnhds
without a tit00001, seam JIM0004 UUY 0 DIU U