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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1904-05-12, Page 6Violet's Lover Sir Owen, awed by the presence of his distinguished guests, behaved with great propriety, tend altogether the dinner was a great success. Lady Cheventa gave the signal to the C'ountees of :Arlington, and the ladies rose. Felix sprung up to open the floor for them. Ills eyes met silo. let's, and he saw a red flush cover he rface, an(l rico evert to the roots or her hair. Was the ashamed of the price of herfaithlessness?1 e wa dered 11 i wondered. Was the ashamed to parade before lam her wealth, her grandeur, her jewels? The more shame silo felt the better for leer --it was a good sign. The gentlemen had a pleasant half hour and then the, rejoined tile ladles. "Surely," thought Lady Chevenix, "I shall be able to see Idea, to say a few words to him. I must know If he always intends to be as he Is now, so cold, so proud, so unforgiv- ing" But at was a far more difficult matter than she had thought. She could not speak to him without at- tracting observation, unless he either purposely or accidentally found him. himself near her. Perhaps lie would make the opportunity, she thought —but he did not. He talked a great ea n deal to Lord and Lady Arlington, and at times to Lady Maude; but at Lest came an opportunity. Some one asked for the old-fashioned glee, "When Shall We Three Meet Again?" and Lady Chevenix remembered that the had the music. Fella was to take the tenor part—he had a glorious tenor voice, rich, clear and ringing. She turned to. hint with a charming smile. "The music is with some old books of mine in the canterbury—welt you help me to find it ?" So, while the room was filed with laughter olid song, Lady Chevenix and Felix bent over the old music -books to look for the glee. She turned her head, and said, in a low voice: "I want to speak to you. Felix— will you listen to me for a few min- utes V "If you wish it," he replied, coldly. "I do wish It. I want to know it all our lives we are to be like this." "Like what, Lady Chevenix 2" he asked. "You know what I mean—if our lives are to be so entirely apart, if you will always be cold and distant and proud to me—!f you will always avold me and iguore my presence." Ile looked at her in mute wonder. "Must I remind you of one thing, Lady Chevenix ?" he asked. , "What is that 2" she said. " That it was your hand that separated us—that broke all ties." les, Iknow that; but could we not be friends? Could you not come to see us sometimes—talk to me, tare our amusements, and be really a friend—could you not do this, Felix ?" 'No,' be said, "I could not'' " Why ?" asked. the • sweet, soft voice. "Because I happen to. be a man, rot a statue—.because I have a human heart, and am not made of marble. Our lives lie apart, Lady Chevenix." " You might be kinder," she said ; and the beautiful woman shrunk from him as though he bad struck her a blow. • No," he rejoined, "It would not be possible. As the wife of another man, you are nothing to me; to anter into a compact of friendship with you would be to endanger what I hope to keep stainless until I die —my honor before men and Heaven. Our lives lie apart, and nothing can being them into contact." " Can I help you, Violet ?" said a voice near them ; and, looking up, Lady Chevenix maw the anxious face of her mother. Mrs. Haye bent over the music - books. "I wiil assist my daughter, Mr. Lonsdale;" she said, coldly. Felix bowed and left them. "My dear iVolet." said Mrs. Hoye, "how can you be so imprudent ? Why do you talk to hien ? You will cause remarks that will not please rue' "Mamma," replied Violet, raising her white fa,ce, "be says that he will not even be friends with me." "So much the butter. my dear. Lady Chevenix of Garwood will ohooee her friends from among the highest in the land, not from her old playfel- lows. Try to look like yourself, Vio- let." r "I will : but u I tv'sh I t werele d t A , mamma." "Nonsense, child. See, Lady Maude Is waiting for you. Come, l.ow, my darling Violet—courage ; this is but childish nonsense." So with lusp:ring words sho brought the smiles back to the sweet face; but in her heart she resolved that Lady ('lievenix should see but little of Felix Lonsdale while she was there, and she kept her resolve. CIIAPTER XXXIV. 'I've years had passed since the peal of Violet Tlaye's wedding -belts had driven her lover Felix almost mad, since the wonderful turn of good fortune had come to the Lonsdalee and made them famous—five years, )• and they hadbrought b ught svittt them many changes. The business and the fair fame of Lonsdale & .Son ha•l wonderfully increased; they were compelled to engage more clerks, to enlarge their offices. Times had marvelously changed. elrs. Lons- dale had a pretty carriage now and I no stintr o silk dress the, t . es rl tl )ren hrul most of them gone to college and n taboo!. ,• The house had b ec,r beautifully' furnished; there was a gereral air of prosperity about it that was p'.easant. Darcy Lenstlnle seamed to have re. Covered more than his usual health, , and strength; he had never been so.. Mafia, a T"p3', E;a prosperous and contented,,. Over and over moan he said tot himstaf that Itis misfortune had boon a teeming. He at- tended almost entirely to air Ow- en's business --I: elix Beldam inter - tied with it; but he in Isis :turn attended o ntirely to Lord Arling- ton's;. The firm was elninently prosperous, nntl it was fast taking the plaeo of one of the most em- inent in the county. A great change had come to Pelle. ')these five ',•ears had wonderfully improved him. He was tooketl upon' rot the rising man Of the clay ; hie eoelety wag courted; itis opinirtn was Nought neon every lending question. Ile had not riven, how- ever, rtlihoat effort on file awn part. ] "10 one but himself 1f v Y ho who had Wol „e rl, how ire had etnclietT fair into the shout hours of the taglit, iso whe h'd Rant trt It 1 rending the !Kora tlrit other iurnt e afro to einnsomeut and reere1 tion. Ile wee like :t knee among lull) itd- low-tow'netnen; p:o Made for idtttey self a reputation tar beyond I.11 - ford; he was known as a clover writer, as the author of some of the most brilliant essays and arti- cles published. He retained all the simple habits of his boyhood; he reverenced and loved his father, lie loved Kato and the little ones. lie might have set up a separate es- tablishment for ttilnself, but he was quite content with the old liozue at Vale House, The only luxury in • which he ( pur- chase indulged ed was the uz t g J chase of a spirited thoroughbred. When he lead worked until eye and brain and nerve were exhausted, he would ride through the green lanes, gallop over the breezy commons, and returi} with renewed vigor. They asked themselves, those who' loved ]rim beet, if 11e had forgotten his unhappy love affair. It was im- possible to say; those who watched him most kindly and most keenly— Eve and Kate—could not tell. They could see that he devoted himself to business and to study, to kindly in- terest in his home; he seemed to care nothing else. 11ad he forgotten the past ? He never mentioned Lady Chevnix; he 1 never madea 1 1 of those half -bit- ter, b ter, half -cynical remarke in which disappointed men so often indulge. If any one spoke of her in 1)18 Pres- ence, he listened, and replied if neces- sary ; but there was nothing reveal- ed in his manner. Kate said to her- self proudly that he had forgotten her, that hie heart was too noble to keep alive the memory of a w0 - man so False. Eve knew him bet- ter. There were times when even a gallop over the areezy uplands did not set him straight, then he would go over to Outlands. "I have Come to chat with you, Eve," he would say, "Have you an hour to spare?" fallen one look at itis face, at the shadowed eyes, would tell her that he was doing fiorce battle with his foe. She would go Into the pretty old-fashioned sitting -room,' and making bleu sit in a comfort- able arm -chair, would talk to nim. To herself she said often that it was like the laying of an evil spirit. She 'would read to lrlm, converse with flim, give him all the news site could. She knew, and lie knew, why he was there, what cell- ed him, ftvJlat old sorrow was cry- ing aloud, ;what vail wild passion, what vain deep regret, was in his heart; but it w,as not discussed. She knew when her wise, sweet, tender words took effect; the sha- dow would fall from his face, and lie would listen in silence. At times he would sit for an hour lietening, never speaking, and then; rising with a brightened look that did her heart good, lie would clasp her hand warmly in his own. "Thank you, EvRe," be would say to her; "I kno'ty, best what you have done for meq' Miss Lester was not very well pleased just then with' her niece. She had received two good offers of marriage, and had refused them both; and, though Miss Lester disliked men, she had al- ways a keen eye to the main chance,/ and mid that if Eve refused ono she ought to have taken the other. She confided her grievance to Felix.; ''I wish," she said, "that you would talk to her ; you have known her so, long—you are an olcl friend. Talk to her. Felix; tell her how fooifch it is to refuse every good offer." , 'But I thought you disapproved of; marriage, Miss Lester, and diallked men ?" #(80 I do—so T do; but I shall r,ot live forever, and Eve must haev some one to take care of her. )quire Meth- way would have inade her a good husband. Talk to her, Felix." "I .really do not like to speak to Eve on such a matter," said Felix; "she might not like it. She must have ]tad ber own reasons for say- ing ' No' " "Reasons!" quoth Miss Lester. "She hasn't any. She is waiting un- til the man in the moon proposes to marry her, and I hope it will be soon." Felix went away laughing, hut lie thought of Evelyn that evening more than ever lie had thought. He won- derecl•why she would not marry; and then he said to himself that after all he was not sorry. His friendship for her was the most pleasant part of his lite, and he could hardly Im- agine her devoted entirely to an- other. She was not beautiful, but there was times when he saw on her face loveliness brighter than any physical beauty; she wag eo Lender, io earnest, so pure, so noble and 11ig1I- utnded. "Whoevee marries her," he thought, "will certainly have a treasure of a wife, Eve deserves the truest love that a man can give her." Yet it never once oeeurred to him to love ber Illmself. In hie honest heart he believed that love was all ended for him ; he could not realize that a man could love twice in a life -time. Ills love, he toldd e } n1s 1P plats boon slain. lie never thought -now of any future ror himself ; he never pictured hlmneif with fair wife or loving children. He never dreamed again of a home. Ile filled his mind .with work and study—love had ceased 'lo be for him. While he steadily rose e in the world rld Sir Owen justas steadily went down. Five years had served to injure 'both the baronet's character awl estate; but for the straining hand of Darcy Lonsdale, he would Have been ruined. The elf=ver, honest lawyer had acquired a kind or inch- race over him: he WO i1d not allose hint to live above 111.; Invent(); 1% 11511 Sir Owen made meet extraordinary tdemande for money, his -answer was' always; '•If yen persist In spending more than your income, Sir Owen, 1 meet resign my offices; and that threat invariably brought thebar. onet to mown. Hoknew trit he was) about 115 capable of mtlnagi,tg his ertate ne of translating t;,reek. S1r Owen had one great disappoint• meat --heaven Hail not blessed hint with a Yvon and heir. 'One good qual— ity . ity among a bora of bare "ones was. hit; lose of children.'While he wok cruel to anlntalre, almost furious at timet; with Ins wife and eervanin, 110 loser( ti'tt1;' Oradea); and the chances 'were that if he bad had eitdren nt'ound ham he would have been a lat. ter loan, .1s It ware„ Lite disappoint. m(:nt nrrde hint sour and moroure; he r t 1 1 x111 u) t t lame [ ,• 't t he Was sullen Mid fierce by turnn. "No Ion to suecec•'l 11)e," 00 would say. "Why slieuld 1 (*ire atulrt I►I,v fame or my nubs'' 1 w;'it't n elm. 1 Litaut=1 sirup t;unrethittg tl► lite for if thad' u Ion. lvfly. *ante of the :abu:errl on fay cttate havo half a dozen strong, sturdy sone t . wh should not 000 at least have be. given to me?" " You may depend upon it, al Owen, Heaven knows best where tir place the Itttlo envie" Darcy Lens dale would say; and then lair Owen .knowing bow far he was from 'being able to train a child, would soy no more. lie would have loved his Wife bet ter if little eldhl.'en had been there to soften lam; as it was, lie now U. bee r spent half his time in quarreling witi tier an(1 tyrannizing over her, ant the .other half in fiorce love -making That to her ewas the worst moot of the two. bit' was not loved, the Arlt bar - (met ; the simple townspeople told strange tales wlien gathered round their fire at night -- strange evil Stories that never came to his wife's ears, or she would have left slim. "I would not have let him marry my daughter," the poor woman rvoulcl say, no, not it he had been twice as rich," There was no nlistit.ke about the fact that Ide Pante was in very evil odor among both rich and poor. 1 1',• Rn cls ARYe talked 1 over the mat- ter with his wife sometimes. Mrs. Hoye looked at it quite plrilosophl- cally. "I am told," she said, "that he drinks over a bottle of brandy each day; if that is really the case, he cannot live long." "I do not se scot, that improves matters," rejoined her 'husband, "I do ; she is sure to have all his money. and then in a short time she can marry? again." Francis Bettye was not particular- ly sagacious ; but this view of the matter struck ]rim at once. CIiAPTBlt YXKV. TUE I UEABLR GUIIEf .. d J.rl Qe cloy Qwe$ His Life to Dodd's Kidney Pills. t Manitoba Man helpless From Kidney Disease Made Strong and Hearty by the Great Cnnttttlan Kidney • Remedy.. Lady, Chievenb,; was standing in her superb drawipg room alone ; she held a folded papor in her hand which she was reading attentively ; then she meditated for a few minutes, and afterward rung the bell. To the ser- vant who answered it she said: "Will you ask Mrs. Hoye if she can come to me ;! I wish particular- ly to speak to iter." Mrs. Hoye was spending a few days at (arswood---that was what the world was told ; in reality sho was there because Lady Chevenix feared for Iter life. Sir Owen had been drinking heavily, and he had grown dangerous, as she believed. She had lost all control over Nina, and the terrified servants told each other of sobs and cries that sounded at night when all the house was still. She grew alarmed at last, and sunt for Airs. Elaye. That philosophical lady said noth- ing to the fiorce, angry man, who was beyond reasoning with ; but she sent for a physician, and the appear- ance of a doctor frightened )rim into better behavior. Lady Chevenix Would not part with her mother. "You nittst.stay with me, mamma," site said. "I have been through scenes that would make you'sltudder, and I have lost all heart—quite lost all heart. You must stay with. me" llrs. IHaye was one of those women Vehe, even when alone, never under- value appearances, and she always moved and spoke as though people were looking at her. She merely an- swered ; "I shall be very pleased indeed to stay with you until your husband is stronger and better, my clear." And it was arranged that she should do so. Lady Chovenix stood waiting for her now. As she stood there, so tall and stately,, with such Ineffable 'beauty and grace in lace and figure, she did not look like one who bad lost heart. Her girlish loveliness had developed into womanly, magnifi- cence ; but there was little trace in ber of Violet Bayo, the sweet girl coquette—little trace of the girl wlio had loved Felix. Lonsdale, or even of- the woman who had asked him so piteously to bo "friends" with her. A darker sheen lay on the gold- en hair, a deeper, light lay in the lovely eyes, the red mouth had not Its wonted smile. One could see at a glance that the gears, had embitter- ed her. She had not grown soft and tender, but stern, proud and cold. She had hardened her heart, and tried to care for notaing but the wealth and luxury she now possessed. ,She looked exquisitely beautiful her morning dress fell in artistic folds, a tiny cap of white lace and blue ribbon lay, lightly on her gold en bead. Yet, though she was so won- derfully lovely, and was surrounded by all that was most desirable, she did not look like a "happy woman: Site raised her eyes as ber mother carne into the room. "Mamma," she said, holding out the paper, "I wish you would read this and tell me what to do." airs. Hoye took the paper from her daughter's hand and read it. "The Loomshire Ilunt Ball," she sal -I. "Of course you are going?' "That is what I want to know, mamma. Yon see, Sir Owen is one of the stewards. If I show it to him, and ,1c. goal, a, you can guess what is almost Imre to happen—he will not keep sober. If I (lo not show It, and he tltldl' out that n I have received it -- A shrug of the beautiful shout. dere conveyed the rest. "What do you advices me to (10 2" "Yon nntst show it to hila; tn3' dear; there •i,1 no alternative. As steward and patrol be must attend—that is, if he let well" "Ile ought not to go, mamma. You know what will happen. Dr. dell ad- vised lne to keep hint at Itonle and quite .;uiet; but if he finds out that tit)) ilea been withheld from him, I can imagine what will follow." TJuou was 110 sorrow, no despair, in her voice, ;Site merely gave hard, e0t 1 1 utterance to what the knew to be certain. She looked musingly at her another ; Mr,•1. Have gazed at her. "-You can not ),hut 3ourself away, front all society, Violet, because you are afraid that your husband wilt not behave himself. You might as well be out of the world." "Well, Atie11 artnet �t m els stand, that i g quite true," she replied. "Yon do not know, mother, wlrat I r;utfer when he believed in lint way. I thank sometimes that if I had been born :tn oriatoerat I releuld not feel it so mach; thein 1 00)11(1 have stood aloof from the disgrace; now it fatly) upon m0." , "Nay, illitt it dose not, Violet;' wait arra Ii'1ye, warm'y.Yo.t can not force air Owen to kepi) (ober. ii'e drank before he knew you," "Yes, that he' did. I ran not ex- pect any one to ttncler;rtand mo; but that in really my reeling„ thnt 1 share in the dlsgrace. Stili that le not the point in gnei.tIon. 1)o ,you advir-:e to stow him this or trot ?" 'II think you mutt thew it to 1dtn,," said :firs. Ilaye- -' 1 t wcntt4 not be enfe to keep (tint in ignoratt".e„ I tint }•fisc --ants sre mint ('u our best after. ward with hint. Yost need not remain very Iona ret the hail„ yt,tt know," wIa'cl., ;t.. yen bay, tnantnrt," ellty rep:fed; and Mrs. lfaye could read neither Panetta) nor pain in her fare. .Loft )loge aloin, Violet walked to the whitlow, and (.food looking out on the brilliant flowers) and the tat ate'y tree:). ''Of all earwig() turtle," Nlln 5ai(1 to i,r•ree'f.'•to think that my life shoniti I,ave takee title: --that the brightest p, er t of 11 la to b'' : p•' tt 1.1 Leapiltg a fit•ree, e• 91'.=+ �'i.)'*' 1 hide l;t)b?r1" t'1to TA 'Continuez,l . Tyndall', ]slats,, May t3.—(Speela1.)— tamong the 'many itt the great West • who co1(sldentlyl state that they I owe their Uves'to'I.to (1's Kidney Pills i(t air. .T. ,T. Pctyklns, a tied known Maslen t of tills place. "Voir tiwo yca;rsf I was trouh leas With t pay lcidneyal," Mr. Perkins ,states, "and ,att last became so (bad that tlto (looter gave) inc up and" lsai(l I (won limitable. , `'I, .at titnieee 11at1 eteeh severe pains In my Wok and kidneys, that I thought I e1 ohtld /lave to give Me 11 ho d ,a e n die. wag a I z unable) p � na o t d 7 0( work and wee beeo(tnfttg destitute. "While in t)(i,i ilonditton a ,friend persuaded me to try Doeld's lridney rats. I ]lad 1ltitle faith in them, and it was More fro please' lam than any- thing' cane I gale them) a trial. "To me ,surprise (tits first boa slid (me iso ululate good that 1 telt like p. new man. lave boxes cured me lr'':tlnlpletely. "Doeld's Kidney Pills .saved my life and I reanetlo't,fereise'Genre too mulch." Thousands of gases sine:lar to that of, Mr. Perkins are the proof that any Kidney Diseane from' I]Iaokaohe to BXriglit',s Disease yields readily to Dead's. Kidney Pills. • , , Too Many Zaws. The truth is, of course, that we have too )daily laws already. We neiZ1 not more laws, but the enforcement of those that we already "lave. Every law that is not enforced -constitutes a peril to the entire legal fabric, anis it is notor- ious, unfortunately, that fewer laws are enforced titan are unenforced, The ratio of punishments to offences com- mitted is so small as to be almost in- flitesimal. This inevitably breeds contempt for law and constituted authority, pot only upon the part of the criminal class, but 01 the minds of people higher up in the social scale. It has been well and truly said that the lynching snob is by no means the most sinister and menacing manifestation of disregard for law. Let the They can do it easily with the New Century ▪ Ball Bearing • Washing Machine and quickly, too. Five minutes' easy - work will thoroughly clean a tubful = • of clothes; no handling of the gar- - meats or rubbing on the board neces- sary. It is without a peer. Your deal- ' - er can get it for you, or you, can get •- a booklet fully describing It from THE DOWIWEIL MANUFACTURING 00. LTD. HAMILTON, CAN. A~Sweet Time. (Toronto Star,) It appears from the despatches that the King and Queen ate having a suite time of it in Ireland. Wash greasy dishes, pots or pans with Lever's Dry Soap a powder. It will re- move the grease with the greatest ease. 36 Made a Mistake as to the Place. light Rev. • Alexander Mackay -Smith, the witty coadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, told a story recently at n dinner which was to the effect that a young Scotch min- ister having married the daughter of the wealthiest member of his church, in a country town it. Pennsylvania, was obliged to apologize publicly for an error in the report of the wedding. The re- porter had asked where the pastor and his bride intended to live, and had been told "At the old manse." As this state- ment appeared in print, the reply was "At the old man's." There is more Catarrh In this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. Fora great many years doc- tors pronounced it a local disease andpres- cribed local remedies and by constantly tail- ing to cure with Local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore re- quires a constitutional treatment. Hall'sCa- tarrlt Cute, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is Ole only constitutional euro on the market. Itis taken Internally in doses /ron 10 drops to it teaspoonful. It acts direetly on the blood and mucous sarins of the system. They offer ono hundred dollars for any case it fella to cure. Send for circa - tare and testimonials. Address V. X. CHENEY &DO.,Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists -75e. Hall's. ramify Pills constipation, Price Going Up. 'Winnipeg is threatened with another land boom. Instead of raising buildings they w111 b a isinglrices. ' Port Mulgrave, Jan. 5, 1807. C G. t� '• D I G AIL fel & ( . x�l o Donr Sirs,--:1IINA12,11'S L]NISSF,NT is my remedy for Colds, etc. It is the best liniml^1nt I have ever used, , . um. ,JOSIA11 HART- ' PROOF POSITIVE, =She -•--Do you still adorn ate, George? Ile ---Didn't I stop reading the base- ball news toltear (theta your new waist? —Chicago :`•Nevus. Dropsy and Heart bissteor-"i or ten years I angered greatly from Heart uteeaee. Muttering of the heart and Hntotbering ripens made my life a torment. Dropsy set in. My physteian told me to patinae forthe worst. 1 tried hr, Agnew's Cure for the Heart. One dose gave great relief, one bottle mired tan completely," --ti's, .lames Athams, gyrates), le. Y. 107 A hybrid. ft , The older nt r elnhe ns t, • t tLc, family hav- ing departed in gale. attire to attend a wedding. the two-year-old Elbridge in- quirecl of sister Helen, aged five: "What a a wedding?" "I'm 0traid you're tt,r, eating to lurderetarel," tone 'flip tvu,Idly- seise reply, "i:eC it'.a fi0)dctlu tl1t, l*ltstt-:r a fiteelal Slid ;t d.tt,Cin edema". • TAKING SLUMBER IN VOLTS, Properly Applied Electricity is tot 'excellent Sleep Producer. There seems 00 end to t11e uses to teh}olt elec'tr c:ty cast be applied. It le now drr. fonud that It .aRu b 0 se c - U) played as to ha the bast soporific in existence. 'Zietnseen bus s'iown that tho cerebral 'substance is the Let contlttctor in the human body ,A1811 exceed, by ;J,OOlI tinea the tuil- (h1i11ivity of tito muscles, this alt- . thew further t,tat:ng that it elietti- o:ty has not been ntoi•e eateneivcly employed In (Reamers of ibo brain this is clue to oxn,ggera,ted tears of the Gangers wheel woulri result therefrom. A currant of etectr;eity pursing front one ear to the other (:.uses stop; fat•t'oil and oreates tire impresslon that obj rets seen by rho subject aro all placed on a. moving wJrel, WW1() temente Paas:ng from tho forehead to the peek appear to be not only lutrudees, but benet:olal. An eleatr o current rais4(1 to five mallfamperce In fIve mhtutes •end maintained n An('cs l at this intensity for five more Iu notes with filo electrode -1 011 the forehead, and the neck in:•rea.ses nluseull1' Rowel' from 0 to 7 per cent. On the other Land, it )las boeu discovered that the best way to produce 11.ep's a current of four m'ltiamperes at thirty volts, inter- rupted 10J times per s'ooll(i. Speech comes at first, thou the motor fac- ulties aro suspended, the respira- tion and ,pulse being unaffected if late electrification. remains wt•tlrin the I mete indiantcd, although arrest may be produced by an increaaa of tho intensity of the current. Imme- (liately atter the electrification — that is, whoa the operation ceases—. the suhj et awakens, but a gentene eons:It:o;t of comfort is experienced. When you think you have cured a ! cough or cold, but find a dry, - hacking cough remains, there is danger. Take i Consurn lovtion Glee The Lung Tonic at once. It will strengthen tho lungs and stop the cough. Prices; S. C. WELLS & Co. $05 25e Sec $1. LeRoy.N,Y.,Toronto. Can. The Russian Rooster. (Toronto World.) In vain do the nations meet and en- deavor to ulinintize the horrors of war and protect non-combatants. "A Japan- ese 12 -inch shell exploded in the yard of General Stoessel's house, outside Port Arthur. It broke a rooster's leg." The rooster probably knew little of the merits of the conflict, and it is not even stated that it wis crowing over any Russian victory. Wandering harmlessly round the general's house, and • rejoicing in the approach of spring and the reappearance of the succulent worn, it observed the ap- proach of a shell, which it not impro- bably, mistook for an eggshell. , Taps without a moment's warning it was struck down and crippled for life, its beauty destroyed, its lordly strut gond forever. Henceforth it must limp through the fields of its ancient pride, condemned to listen to the remark, made with tedious iteration, that it was the victim of a fowl outrage. Its only consolation will be the reflection that it takes . a twelve -inch Japanese shell to break a Russian rooster's leg. Mlnard's Liniment is used by Physicians. The Deadly Microbe. "Germs cause an enormous amount of sickness, don't they?" said the super- ficially informed young )Pan. "Yes," replied the old fashioned doc- tor; "if they don't get into a man's sys- tem they are liable to get on ltis mind and worry ]tion half to death." CATARRH TAINT More Lives are Blighted by Catarrh than by All other Diseases. If There is Hint of Catarrh Taint Apply Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder without delay It will save you suffering, heal you quickly whether you have been a slave one mouth or fifty years. It relieves cold in the head and catarrhal headache ill • ten minutes. The Hob. David Mills, Minister of Justice for the Dominion of Canada, In- dorses it Ton Cents buys I)r. Agnew's Livor Pills—the best, 87 The Strong Barred.. Fort—Tete Japanese have a system of physical training calices jiu-jitsu, which, it; is claimed, enables the weak to mas- ter the strong. Knok—Why? Are the strong barred from learning it? Too Grabby. "Some of the young girls nowadays," said Miss Ann Teek, "are positively ter- rible. The idea of a girl being engaged to two young men at once! it's shame- ful!" "And," suggested Miss • Peppery, "it's aggravating, too, isn't •it?" • Ask for Minard's and take no Other. d1AGNil:+'IC1i1NT EX111Ii17'. Who Myers Royal Spice Co.,' of Niagara Falls, Ont„ and New Pork, have just Shipped a magnificent ex- hibit of their Cattle had • Horse Splee, slog Pt/Wears and other goods to the St. Loris I3xhibttion. Their in t • n1t t et rets display i the ma f t u b 1 s1 1) y Lug illustrate will be unique andfit- tingly it -tingly ti.e fact that they are the oldest manufacturers in the world of this elass of goods. There is lit- tle doubt but that they will take the honors of the great Fair. Ono striking feati;re of their ex- hibit will be a p0iotogritph I. dig - play of their large plants on both sides of the river at Niagara and in England., Minard's Liniment Lumbernian's Friend. A MILE IN so YEARS, A posteard, posted in Swindon on April 10, 1872, lifts just reached the ad. dressee's son, having taken 3a years to arrive et its destination, which hi 0on- sfdorably peas than a mile front the piste() Where it was posted. Moth sender and the tarot to whom the lettre was addressed have been dead for many ,years. =London Express. Shirt waists and dainty linen are made delightfully clean and fresh with Sun- light un-li;ht Soap. 011 Natural Deduction, (Chicago News.) "That singer gets $500 a week," re- marked the critical patron of the vaude- ville show. "yet she has a vcien like a buzz saw." "Perhaps," rejoined his friend, "that is why she makes so much dust," v 91VL1G I '1 CANADA. Ltr ND C 1,. 1 N ,!i A. 'f To- ronto, a Point 1a miles north of To ronto, on the Grand Trunk Railway System le repotted one of the most magnificent districts in the High- lands of Ontario, and which has been named by many world-wide travel - are "the Switzerland of America." The region is knorvin as the. Lake of Days district, and comprises a ser - los of connected lakes, over which large steamers aro navigated. What greatly adds to the Lake of Bays vlalue as a health giving and sport- i):tg resort Is the tonna-tolled purity of the air onto breathes upon Its Llstghts, The cltattky grumbler, un- less h eis a ooiifirnted dyspeptic, for- gets his ills under its reviving influ- ence in loos than a week, and sees life's problems in a smoother light if lie only has the noose and capacity to enjoy than good things in this life wh.tolt Mature and Providence have prepared for him. The whole reg- lon le placed 1Jglr above the level of Lake Ontario, and its 'bracing morn- ' lug breeze weabli rivals the celebrated atmosphere of I'lke's Peale, Col., im- parts nem lung, power and fresh vi- llty 11or alt information, full Particu- ltaiars, d.escriptive matter, maps, ote., write G. T. Boll, General Pat.(sengcr & Ticket Agent, Grand Trunk Rail- w(le' System, tll(ontreal, Canada. At the Horse Show. There are many costumes at the Horse Show that are perfect (hefting, but in the whole equine parade there is not a single nightmare. ISSUE NO, 1904s Mrs. WYAtslow's e.00thIng Hern)should ahvalys be used for Children 'leuthlug. IA Hoe the the chile, soften)) the gums, cures wine cults and 1e the best remedy Inc Dtarrrtwa. jAN'TEU••--lotoshMAWD, ()001) WA(1•I;S, eo)nfortable home, tour maids kept, Mrs. Colltneen, " "'Weald tichoul," Ilantil- ton, out, AGENTS Arar14NTit)N -- "f)AYIS" Placket IIltehing Device; sold any. where on its exceptttaual efmpdrity and effectiveness being demeustritte 4; can bo carried In tho pocket, and no person with driving rig )Mould be without one ; sample by 111ai1, lice ; circular letter tree. Novelty Jtlanufaeturing CO., Toronto, Ont. ���� /� A ¥l4411ANDI1XL'1.NSI:S • 8004 0 for men or eneigotic woutou to visit our weeueies, to establlel( pow ones, procuring names and addresses, to advertise our go0tle ; experience not necessary, butt honesty and lndnsiry. Bradley-Uarretson Co., Limited, Brantford, Oat, A POPULAR CORSET FOR 1904 STYLE .1.6/41111 I1111.t.:.Y1. ,,11,1 Li; g 4 ,Ill rl2, hull. i. NO BRASS EYELETS 1 hi li1161 ItJ1 !Hai MANUFACTURED ONLY ay RUSH A/ - - TORONTO, - plv.r. r, �' IuII 1 I•lv I �G Y t11.JdI:LlalLsa tl.I IJXXIX , W+ � of , . nk.l ,.. Jct � 11 Cures all Creeds.—Fiero area few names of clergymo t 0f different creeds who oro firm believers In Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder to " up to the preaching." 1n all it claims: Bishop Sweal man, Rev. Dr. Langtry, (Episcopalian) ; Bev. Dr. Withrow and Rev. Dr. Chambers, (Methodist) ; and Dr. New- man, all of Toronto, Canada. Copies of their personal litters for the asking. 50 eta, 105 How It Strikes Us. We do not rant and rave about the • Horse Show; We can't go crazy o'er four -legged brutes; But we'll gamble all our money that we do know That the lovely girls up there are simply beauts. Wit' 'w? For DaintyLuncheons There is notiting'so'femptine and satis- fying as Libby's Luncheon meats. There are many delicious ways Libby's Peerless Dried Beef, Potted and Deviled Flam Chicken Loaf and Veal Loaf•aa can bo served for Luncheons. L1UUY S (Natural Player) Food Products Send for our book, "How to Make Good Things to Eat." Libby's Atlas of the World sent postpaid for five 2C starnin. Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago, U. S. A. New York Central Lands .You in Grand Central Station Above station in New Yoric is sit inted on corner Fourth avenue and 42nd street, and the Now York Central is the only trunk lite Whose traits enter it. It Does Seem that Way. -.•(Cattaraugus Times.) Licking a boy to make hint go to Sun- day School is a first-class way of lead- ing him to the devil. HEAVY LIFE INSURANCE. It is a tossup, since the last policy, was taken out, which woman carries the heaviest life insurance, Mrs. Leland Stanford, of California, or Mrs. James Dunsmufr, of Toronto. I'he odds are in favor of Airs. Stanford, for site is .note, rated as insured for "over" a million, whereas DIrs. Ifirlsmuir is put down ab an even $1,000,000. There is no ques- tion they are the most heavily insured women on the American continent and far ahead of any of their sisters in the east. The next nearest is Mrs. Basil N. Duke, of Durham, N.- O., who has poli• cies amounting to $385,000. • II I.H. ul.1 1,i.w.+,.1�.1 I. in.BBING,L*I.11Id-r:LYIlI.11uY',LJ.J.���iCZL�sI:��,.e11...GLZBABIICiu.1,A"ru tI 1.. Use GAILY the SOFT, SILKY, TOLJGt9 MANUFACTURED BY ESTABLISHED Insist on being eupplted with one of the following brands :— ,i In Roils—"standard," "Hotel," "York," "Mammoth," &.e. i In Sheets—" imporia'," "Royal," "Regal," "Orient," &C. .L .Fp 1 I, 1..a, .1 i 011. it.11 1 .1116.4. l .I.II,1.1EABNINSA ,lei, I III 5200.00 GIVEN FOR CORRECT ANSWERS TO THIS SEED PVEZLZ We ars spending thousands of dollars to advertise our business. Each of these six small pictures represents a well-known dardon Vegetable. Can you think out the names of three of them? If so, the money ie surely worth trying for. Three correct amine win. If you cannot make itout youteelf,get some friend tohelp rott. EACH OP S PICTURESREPTHEREIX- sNT D SAGARDEN E R cm-Feli-.\\44014 VEGETABLE. CAN Tis YOU NAME THREE' G1* It does 1101 cost yot1 ono cent to try and solve trite puzzle, and if you are Cornet you may win a largo amount of Casl't. Wo do not ask any honey from you, and ),contest like this is very interesting. It does notmatter where you live; tee do not caro one bit who gots tho money; if you can stake Out the tunics of throe of these Garden Vegetatbles, mail your answer to us, with your name and address plain'y written, and 0 your answer is cornet wo will notify you. We are giving away 5300.00 for correct )newer), and a low minutes et your time. Send in your gimes At once, withour full name and address, to ITU MARVEL BLTJZNCr CO.. DEPT 1407 TORO1'JTO0 ONIN The Tail Missourians. (Kansas City ,'fottrnal•) Missourians are said to be 111e tallest hen, en the average, in the world. They average, it is assert0(1, 5 feet 0 int•hes. Keep Minard's Liniment in the House. His Time Was Limited. "Ever se do devil?" "Only one tine." ,) " What (101 he look lis.(+? r, "Yon reckon I waited' ter sect MOTHER OF A FAMOUS SON. In the old thtttelled voltage of Iloek- hanipton, near I)o1•ebeMtel'. in whielt sho lead spentr nearly all her lite, rho inother of Thomas- itanhv, the novelist, • hag just passed away at. the age of 00. From all par•is,of ilia world admirer$ of her Tann brttl gone to vigil. Ler, anti she alwee'8 ereelved them kindly, To the last she rentalio l Icirnple-nliude'1 and genereua-benrted. It was in that typical. humble 1)ortt't Sea: home that the'V'cseex novelist. was limn and Bron„lit upr. E METAL GATES 3 rest vide, 4 foot &I40, 3rlotnding hinges and Iateit,,,,,,..........$2.78 Supplied 10 root wide. 4 root Thigh. Including bingos and It'Jteh 15.7!4 Uy its ur 203 °flier 81908 its proportion, local dealer• TUE PAGE WIRE FENCE CO, &`,.Imam,, . WiIkarvltl•, Montreal, Winnipeg, Stl,:ltlihn