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The Wingham Advance, 1904-06-30, Page 6Violet's Lover errepaucee Seame pots elsearie ' 0)=1. -40j 'a uutoi aelaeg si eouj pelennee V.. 'HUI truirtdu,) *tag ui q..ad ininnvoq v 2upuni jo same "Every beautiful woman is not, rave Deed hike Lady Chevenix." Then matters pertaining to the estate were dlecuesett by the oxen - tors ; and it was aerauged that, with the young widow's consent, all buranese should still be left in the hands of Mr. Lonsdale. A very different scene was passing In the room where Lady Clievenix sat with her mother. Mrs. Haye Wat; walking up and down, her pride and elatiou altnost more then she could conceal. "I always liked Sr Owen, my dear.. / always said that he was a most honorable man. What could be nobler than his treatment of you? I bates known such terrible things happen." "What kind of things, mamma ?a aekee the widow—but there 'was nate Interest Ia the tone of her voice. "Terrible things, my dear. I have heard of rich men dying and leaving; • leandsome fortune to their wives on condition that they never wea- ried again. Now. I call that most stroclousiy mean." "So tt is, maannaa," said Lady Chevenix—"and very wrong, too." Shie spoke, however, as one Nyliose thoughts were not with her words. She had untied the wIdow's cap and was caressing with heri fingers the long golden hair that fell over her shoulders. Airs. Haye dld not observe her. "Sir Owen, you see, Violet, had! more sense than that. I have', never beard of a more generous / wIll. Only 26—and you do not look 20—young, beautiful, with: a tune like like that—wbat mare could any woman desire ?" "I desire no mole, nramula. I only feel as though I 'wanted e. long rest. *I am very tired; no faze can tell hew, tired I am." "Your income w,111 be over thirty thousand a Tear. Only thine: of that I And it was so good ot your dear husband to leave •your fstther and myself five thousand post:lids; it showed such a kind feelingIt seems strange thlat so much good fortune should have fallen'. to Four loitr • The young •wSdrity looked rolled bier sumptuous room. "Yes," she said, "it geems stranigee td remember that I wpm once Vio- let Havel' "'Beautiful 'Violet Bye' all 'the young farmers %railed ;you," rejeln- ed Mrs. Hoye. Then she save ;the golden hair lying on the folds of crape. An expressisen of •horror came over 'her fate. "My dear • hew can yaw t'be so care- less," she cried—"and stater such ' a Will as that? Put on our cap, my 'deer °Mid, at oncee Only imagine my feelings if one et the :servants saw you! I should never forgive myself." "I did not think of whet I wao do- ing," said Lady Chevenix, languidly. "But you must thimk of such thiege. You must gladly appearances. It Is a duty." Mrs. Haye basteued to her daugh- ter's side, and wialt her own hands wound the golden hadr into a, large knot, and placed tbe cap securely on her head. "Do not take It off again, Violet," she said; "aftee such a will, it seems quite heartlesai" She wondered why her 'daughter lauglied, with a tired, hopeless ex- pression—she who was mistress pf th1rty thousand a year. • ; , PHAPTE.R: XLIII. Long months had passed since Sir Owen was laed in his grave; and mew. August was come round again, with its eitpe 'runs and yel- low corn. Lady *Chevenix, every one agreed, was n. model widow. Dur- ing the interval that had elapsed since her hesband's death, hardly any one had seen her. Visitors had called, but 'had -ismer been admit- ted; they had lefts cards una con- dolences, and had each approved of the fact that • Lady Cluevenix kept herself quite secluded. Mrs. Haye spent a great deal of time wita her dauerter. It was in- deed th'at most estineable lady who had advised the long melee of se- clusion—who saw that the golden head was not uncovered until the proper time—whe brought to her daughter all the news of the outer world, and formed the one link be- tween her and society in general. Nothing could have been more de- corous or proper; and every one felt it to be quite the right thing to speak of Lady Chevenix as reel- ing her husband's loss to 'keenly that she was no longer able to see any one. Did she feel it so keenly? She never asked berself the qttestion. She had been overweelined with the berror of the closing scene—as in- deed had every one else who had !witnessed It. It 'had haunted her sleeping and waking hours, as it hiad the days and nights of every Other witness. She had been stunned and bewildered by it. She had been so frightened that all her natural higb repirite had left her. Did she regret Sir Owen very much ? She crauld not tell—she never asked her- self the question. She had been shocked, etartled, horrified—but it Wag not the keen sorrow of her logs that made her ehrink from all ob- servation. It Was' rather the reac- tion from which idle had mitered. seen. She Often started In ctinami from Ilexneat, her heart beating with terror, thinking that elle heard ler husband's voice; then she remem- bered that lie war: dead. She wohe often from her uleep, her fallow wet with teats', her whole frame trems hang with Llie horror of rime ter. riblo dream, in which her haeband wan an active figure—and then alio remembered with a :Amigo emotion that he watt dead. It waft etrange to go about the hone withont tear; it was Orange to give her order:: with the certain- ty that they would be obeyed; It eritell etrange to know that elie need trent, hie and retiree no more. There were te be no more anxeme hours event In Waiting for her leteband'a going out mi eomili:t in ; it wan all oNer Irk Wall dead. elm said the worde to hereelf Imieleed 11ltiPt4 8lay "Sir Owen I:: deeiha She had foniel It diffieelt ;lit' lt-.' titre:Men ti: filo found it jtvd :tti Clifficat tO iff! 'EOM hereelf at timee that she Wae atom - Re inietriori otGarewoort—abeOltIto as:trete of thirty thousand n, year; but the %Ionia neither realize tier underetasel It. Onie ilay Lord Arlee;tott found a neepsNary to tee Lady Chevenix 'on buelneee :he leile Iteeorapanled by Captain 1111, klt.3 rteelved theta With quiet grace, and listened with intel- ligence to all their bueinese state - meets ; then fillo Kalil it was her ex- press Nvieli that Darey Lonsdalo should continue to act in every way for her, but, es he would have more to do, elle Insisted on doubling tho salary Sir Owen had peed bin. Lord Arlington. was very pleased about it, and the interview ended satisfaetoe- ily. Meanwhile Darcy Leetsdale spent whole days at diarswood ; ane it was et:range that he never once men- tioned Felix to Lady Chevenix—nor did 6110 enquire about him. But one day, when eame protraeted business was tomlug to OM end, she looked up suddenly anti said: "Tour son was very kind to me In my distress, Mr. Lonsdale,. I can never forget how kind he was. But for him I do not know what I should have done." "I con sure that he would be pleased to be of service to you, Lady •Chevenlx," he replied. 4'1t was doubly kind of him. fre &leaped coals of fire on raY head," she declered, warmly. After a few ruble Utes slit added; "I should like very sauch to make him a, present, Mr. Loesdale—just as a slight acknotv- lodgment of les kindness to me. I ehould like to present him with a diamond ;ring. e thought I would consult you first. What do you think of it 1• ; She saw Darcy Lonscla,le's face flush'. He clla not a.newer for a fete minutes: then be readied; "I will speak to you quite franke ly. Lady ChevenLe. I do not thin% that ho would like It." She bowed to him. "I am glad that I asked you," she replied, eyou know best." "I am quite sure that the fact of hie having been of service to you will the far more to him than anY diamond ring or anything that could be given to him," said Darcy Lone - dale. • "How is your son ?" she asked. 'Is he well? He never comes here." " Ho is quite well, but so busy thee we see little of him at home. He works without intermission." She looked as though she would fain ask some other question. She played for a few minutes with the strings of her widow's cap, and her beautiful face flushed. Whatever the question nright have been that she wished Ito ask, it remained unspoken. On that same evening her mother was at 1Garswood. Lady Chevenix seemed restless. She changed her seat continually; and then, tired of sitting, she walked up and down the room. "You are very. restless, Violet," said Mrs. Hoye. " W.hy is it, my dear ?" " I want to hear.some news of my Lilford friends; none of them come near me. How is Eve Lester, mam- ma ? Has she a fiance yet? Is there any rumor of her marriage ?" " No. People say that she 'has re- fused some geed offers—no one knows why,' said Mrs. Haye. " And—and Felix Lonsdale, mamma. Is he going to maary ? ' Floe a moment Mrs. Haye looked keenly at her daughter, and thenshe answered careiessly "I hear nothing of him. I do not think lie writ ever find time to marry; he has too much business." "Does he—let me think—what is the Lilford phrase ?—does he 'pay his addresses' to anybody ?" She waited restlessly for the arts - ere r. "No," replied ?re. Ilaye, "I have not heard that he does; in fact, he has reo time." She looked again at her daughter, but Violet's face wee turned to the window. Later ow Mrs. Itaye began talking to her of the brilliant second mo,r- ria,gee she had heard of—marriages of fair young widows who had 'been left with large forutnes—howthey had made most brilliant matches, married lords and dukes, .fIlled grand positions, and made famous names. : She did not say that there was a moral to be drawn from all this; nut she left it for her daughter to think over. • time passed; and at last Lady Chevenix wrote to implore Marken Rethcote to return to her, if only for a few days—for she was longing for a, change. Bat when Marian came it was found that she had per - :n1081011. to remain six months if Lady Chesenix desired it. Mee; Hetheote deplored the sudden and entimely death of the master et Garswood ; but there could be no doubt bar emend visit was more pleasant thee her first. Lady Cliev- enix was cheered by the presence of her young guest; it was novel to hear the sound of a laugh in elm gloomy Hail. Marlon said to her one day: "Dear Lady Clievenix, do you know what, it / were In your place, I should do ?" "I cannot guess," site replied. "I should leave Garswood for n, few months, or longer. T1114 110uS0 Is haunted, 1 am sure, for you." "That 19 just it," acknowledged, 'it le haunted. If 1 go into the lib- rary I Elee, any husband there. I fancy I hear his voice In the eorrldore. There is not a room In the house which has not some sad or sorrow- ful association. 1 should like to go away, Merman. Will you come with me ?' Mernme cannot." "I will go with pleasure," she re- plied. "Where elutll wo go? Shall It ho to Scotland, Switzerland or France'?" "Let us go to Normandy," rain Lady Cheverilx; "and I should like ter stay away some Unto. Per- haps it your mamma wante to see you elle will pay us a visit there. We eluilI take :mime pretty chide:an; and then I salon regain what I letve lost—my health and youth and epi gt..) 11 stee eiettlee; and in three weeko after that eonversatioa Lady Clips max and Mire nettle:eel left 1.0 spend gone muting In eictureeque Nermandy. Lady Cites mix :mitt for letrey Lonedele, and Faid In.rOWell to 111(11. .the ilid aro:tiler thing which paaeol y nnuh, t mug 1.. !said Hale &Lilt it. When pans- • mg through tendon Pilut, :mit melt a hamper of toy:, to the Lonedale elill- eitein no had never been men before. There tot one unioneetheni for- gotten. Lean elie Heat Snell or. raments that her ayes were daz. Peet art mho lookensat them ; to Davey Ri10 sent a, mileirit einanotill Mug. Tii the letter that necompitnied tilf prefientm site said: "11 did not Nee your trori to bld, him fare:well; but tell hint that I :rand my kindeet wieites, and .theanes foe telivulrtoosinl.ry, and help. that I shall e Dean Lenetlale looked at Me son when he read thamessage; but Folis; teletext away without a word; not' did Ito over :mention Lady elteventess name. Parry Lonolaile was pleased with tier thoughtfutneee. "Iler narrow has done her good," he said to Ids wife. Unt Met olotinate Inely ehosk her head gravely; even the spark- ling ornaments had not changed her . opinlou. The etate-roome at Gale:woe were eloeed, and silence reigned. where .0001' Sir Owen line at times made dayllglit hideout; and eight terrible. Again tlie neighborbood vies de- lighted, Nothing could have been wore proper. People told each other, with eympailietle reeve, that "dear Lady Lilieversix" had gone abroad to recruit herstilt after her great tilal. Even Lady Half° said to herself that it wee one 01 the most tensible Mugs olio -could have done, and that alter all she had turned out better than ebe„ for one, had over anticipated. "I think, Lavinia," she said, "that It was fortunate you lost melt a °hence. A. widow with so much wealth 1 It is very gad. 1 never like to think of it." "1 would uot have changed places gith Lady Chevenla; for all the nreneY Sir Owen WAR wortlee said the curate's wife. "I have at least a good, kind busband, mamma, while the poor girl lived In fear of losing her life. Money is a great advantage; but it ie not all the world. I am happier now than I itould have been bad 1 nmrried Sir Owen." After a, few days the gossip about Lady Chevenix died away; while else and Marian made themselves corn- eartable in their pretty chateau. Vlore. :zee -leered her bloom ; lovely tingle as of a blush rose caerie to her face; her oyes grew brighter, and lost all their shadow; the lase few years seemed to fall trout her, and ehe looked young and fair—as she had Looked when she naarried Sir ‘O7e11"lau appear to be so well," • said • Marian to her one day, "yet elbu are so thoughtful. What aro you always thinking about, Lady Cheve- Iiix' Vra • "AI atways thinking 2" she ashen, with re, happy brooding light In her eyes. "I did not knew it." " Wlott is it about? Someehing pleastort, I am sure, for you smile as you think, and at times a, little pink flush creeps up to your hair even. X weak to you, and you de not hear me. I leave you, and you do eot miss me. Why is It, I won - dee?" -e• But Lady Chevenix made no an - ewer. She never Imparted to any one these the most reasured tboughhts of her life. int:AMER XLIV. All Loomshire was shaken' to its vary center. Surat news had not been heard in the neighborhood for years; there was a general sentiment of re.: Soloing. Lady Maude Arlington wag going to be married—Lady Maude, whom all the inhabitants of the county looked upon as a princess.; Whom was she going to marry? That was the question every one asked. And the answee gave une, venial pleasure. It was the hero of the Vietoria Cross—Major Rawson. Every one was delighted with the alliance. Lady Maude was so be-, loved; while the name of Major Rawe son was known wherever bravery mg valor war: honored. The county awoke suddenly. There had 'been many ,queenis since Ledy firot began to reign, but nonct were like -he'; and Loomidrire awoke to the knowledge that it was about to lose its chief ornament, and that the time was come to do all honor to the earl's daughter. No one was more delighted than Felix. In his heart Ise thought no one good enough for the noble, beauti- ful woman whom he admired, and who had been to him the best and truest of friends. He was sorry to lose her; ho knew that Bamber Towers 'would never again be the place it had been While she reigned there.; a.t the same time he was de- lighted that her noble life had its reward in a noble love. Lady Mande rould have told how ehe had loved the bravo soldier before he went to the war in which he had gained each renown. She could have told how she had garnered her love In her heart, arid had kept it as a priceless treasure, never dreaming ttnt it eould have a happy ending, yet preferring to love a hero, and love in vain, the.n to be tlio wito of a peer. But Maier Rawbon loved her, and there was no obstacle to eheir mar- riaee. Ito was heir to an ancient title, toe, and a largo fortune. She hail a airtime of her own. So all Loomshlre awoke, and roused itself (tieviedeenr. honor to the marriage of its l The marriage was totake place at the obi parish church of Lilford. Lady Maude would have it me. Thin Coat/tea: or Arlington has euggested Londen, •and St. George's, Hanover Square, Lady Maude hul laughed. 'Lot it be tho old church on the hill. mamma," elm had said. "It Is ag odd fiancy,..but I thenle I should not feel that I had been married unless those eotente old oaks had Oaken their heads over me, and the rooks' had held a conference about my, wedding," SO, am Lady Mituile had bad her way all her life, elle had it now, find the re mutiny tree to be per- formed itt the old church. Tim reJbleinge were great ana many. It would lieve clone any 00ee.4 heart good to 11/IA0 seen the cero. Mossy end Llio crowds of children' with flowers to btrow before the birdee-to have ueen the poor, the • old, the infirm, all going up to the ehurch to Isave one last look at her, wile had hscii T) gool to them lila It war: a magnifieent ceremoriyamere aol peerensee, with some of the first ' people in the land, were there. The little gray chile:ill mime.; to be filled Nen mulling rattle and coetly dreesee I But to Lady Maude nothing ots her wedding -day woo so dole in, go etree- tom itri blessinge 0: the children; arel the poor. The wedding breakfast • IVILA givoii TOIVerti — and so goodly' a company had never Nat there.1;oftrro. 31r. nod Mrs. tons. ilatA, with Felix, were -invited. Of all (ho gueete who churtered round the beautiful beide to bid her tarewell, gam) most liena to Felix. She went lielde will' him Tor ft moment, for site read In hie face that Ito longed to may fioniething to her. elle never for- got the few worth: time lie did say. tem laid ber lilted le hie for a gee:slid; Ins bent down and Melted it 'with tears ln Ine oyou. "MAY am 1 to thank you, Lady Nfaude," lie ltd, "for all that *.y.od lutvo tiono for me? You came to me ht the darlo.st moment of my Ilfe, and I owe tit eeii, :deer ileaven, rill thee 1 am. How much / thank 4,0114" lot11;44 With 11 F111118 Intl) UM handsome face that was full of emotioo. tTo no Continued.) Visit orc found in !wheal, end yet they often play hookey. ' 01111101111011.01.1.111114.10iti1NI II. 1 1 1 1 1,11 1 • Insist on being supplied with cue of the following brands te- e In Rolls—" t•tandard," "Hotel," "York," "IViatrininth," &Go • In Sheets—" Imperial," 66 Royal," "Regal," 66 Orient," ie. II Use ONLY the SOFT, SILKY, TOUGH arcrit-m-r diCk FNE ReS1 MANUFACTURED SY .11.11 'L. .I44it,i, jj tII LLL4!(I LILJI'Nt!'4j!i.LI LJL "••••••••*. •••••••••—...,- OLDEST CLOCK IN ENGLAND. STEAMER RAMS AN ICEBERG. Erected in zsco in One of the Towers of Peterborough Cathedral. Peterborough Cathedral has the oldest working clock in England. It was erect- ed about 1320 and is probably the work of a monastic) clock maker. It is the only one now known tbat is wound up over an old wooden wheel, This wheel is about 12 feet in. circumference, and the galvanized oble, about 300 feet ia length, sapports a leaden weight of 3 cwt., which has to be wound up daily. The clock is said to be of much snore primitive construction than that made by Henry de Nick for °aeries V. of France in 1370. The clock chamber is in the northwest tower, some 120 feet high, where the sunlight has not penetrated for hundreds of years, and the winding Is done by the light of a candle. The gong is the great tenor bell of the cathedral, Nvhich weigns 32 cwt., and it is struck hourly by an 80 -pound ham- mer. The gong and the striking parts of the Week are some yards apart, commun- kation being by a slender wire. Tao clock has no dial, The time is shown en the main wheel of the escapement, which goes round once in two hours.— London Chronicle. RAINY RIVER NAN HAI) TOMES Till .Dodd's Kidney Pills Cured ' his Kidneys. Then his Rheumatism and other Pains Vanished once and for all—His C/aso only ono of many. Barwick, June 20.—(SPect1a1a— Mho& Geldney Pills will mire Rheumatism, or any other disease re- sulting from' disordered Kidneys Is the experience of many of the set- tlers in this 'Rainy River country. The cose of William Sohn Dixon, of this place, is a fair sample of the work the great , Canadian Kidney Remedy Is doing. , •, . "I had Reeureatism so bad I had to( use a stick to wnik. I had Pains in my back and right hip and I had, no comfort in sleeping, "I could do 'no more than drese or undress my'self for , nearly two months, ape 1 was for nearly three weeks. I could not lace my right shoe. "My brother advised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills eend I did so. Af- ter takIng three iboxes I could walk around and lace up my shoes and do my work. Six, boxee cured me com- pletely." Dodd's Kidney Pllls are, the one sure cure for sick Kidneys, Sick Kidneys are the cause of nine -tenths of the ilis the human family suffer from. FROZEN RESERVOIRS. New Plan in Montana in Connection With Irrigation. A travelling man recently returned from a trip through Montana tells of a curious Method be saw there for storing oter needed for irrigation purposes. This consists of ' nothing more nor less than freezing the water until it is want - ea. As soon as the weather becomes such as to melt this ice it is fit for the operations retquiring the water. The plan, which so far Is in the nature of - an experiment, consisit in making a se- ries of shallow basins on tbe slope of a llnl in such locations that, when water is plentiful they may be filled, each of those below the average reeeivinb sue- ' cessively the overflow from the one above it. Once frozen, the iee in these .shallow reservoirs is there until the thaw sets in, when ot melts so slowly as to keep up a seply of moisture sufnelent for the germination and growth of the early crops. This unique method has been tried so far only m the vicinity of Dil- a n, but it appear° to be successful and is to be given a trial in several other fevorable . _ • 1 . You can't cure a cough or cold from the outside. You raust cure it through the blood. 41 Con5u.mption cure Renikung ; is the only remedythat will do this. ' It gets right to the root of the : trouble. It is guaranteed to cure. Prices: S. C. We= & Co. 312 . 25c. SOc. et LeRoy, N.Y.,Toronto, Can. The Plant Re Wanted. • Tripp recently bought a piano, but rued it as soon as his wife and all the children began learning to play. The , ether evening Mrs. Tripp recta in a music journal that it is e good lace% to keep a plant or two in the room with a piano, to prevent thc sounding board from becoming too dry. „ "What kind of pled do /you think would be best?" she asked her husband. "Well," said he, "if you leave it to este, 1 think a boiler -seeking plant would 'he about the right sort." .— Minard's Mamma Cures Dorget In Cows. What Can We Believe/ (Chieago Clironielee The esteemed New York Sun having demonstrated to its own satisfaction .6A ColeRoosevelte theme up San Jurm Hill woe away from the scene of the fighting; the" Wood inquiry having, de- veloped testimony that the. "Doe" was in the rear at Santiago whew aceording to bis own testimony lie wits at Oct front; the Kansas text -book eommia- sioner having -deeided that Funston never swam the Bag Bag River, to- • gether with anndry other triumphs of iconoclasm,the next thing in order is to .aseertain whether Gen. Joe 'Wheeler aetttally elimbed a tree on the firing line to Ioettte the enemy. This is alt im- portant incident, the historieal aceuraey of which:should be definitely netermined. • Many ft dull intellect is encoded be. •hnia HMV, features. An ounce of pate is worth a ton of frown& Able to Make Port, However, After a Run of Thirty-six Hours„ The most remarkable case on record of an iceberg collision is that of the uion liner Arizona, in 1870. She was thea the greyhound of the Atlantic anti the larg- est ship afloat --5,750 tons—except tbe Great Eastern. Leaving New York in November for Liverpool with 500 souls on board, she was cruising across the Banks, with fair weather, but dark, when near midnight, about 250 miles east of St. John's, she ramined a mon- ster ice island at full speed—eighteen knots. Terrific was the linpact and in- describable the alarm. The passengers thing themselves from their Meths, made for the deck as they stood, though some were injured .as to be helpless, .and the calls of those for- ward, added to the shrieks of the fren- zied mob of belf-clad mert and women who charged for 'the boats, xuade up a pandemonium. 'Wild cries arose that the ship was sinking, for she had settled by the head, and with piteous appeals and despairing exclamations, the passengers urged the boats over, that they might escape the death that they thought in- evitable. But the crew were well in hand, eye officers maintained order, and a hurried examitatition being made, the forward bulkhead was seen to be safe. The welcome word was passed along that the ship, though sorely stricken, would still float until she could make a harbor. The vast white terror had lain aeross her eourse, stretching so far each way that when descried it Wari too late to alter the helm. Its giant sbape filled the foreground, towering high above the masts, grim and gaunt and ghastly, Im- movable as the admantine buttress of a frowning seaboard, while the liner lurched and. staggered like a -wounded thing in agony as her engines slowly drew her back from the rampart against which she had flung herself. She was headed fer St. John's at slow speed, so as not to strain the bulkhead too mune and arrived there thirty-six hours later. Her deck and forepart wire einnhered with great fragments of ice, weighing over 200 tons in all, shattered, from the berg when she struck, being so wedged into the fractures and gaps as to make it unwise to start them until she was docked. The whole population of -St. John's lined the water front to witness her arrival.—MeClure's Magazine. WREN ROYALTY IS ENTERTAINED In entertaining royalty many restric- tions must be observed. One of the strangest of these unwritten laws is that which forbids the use of finger Weds at dinner for any of the guests except the royal ones. This custom dates from the early days of the Georges, wben the nobles were divided in their allegiance between the reign- ing house of Hanover and the exiled Stuarts. To many of these nobles allearance to the Stuarts was a religion and often the outward acts of allegi- ance to the reigning sovereign were per- verted "Into treasonable acts of homage to the exiles. No dinner was complete without its toast to "the King" in those days ,to evade which was an act of treason punishable even with death and loss of titles and estates. The Jacob- ites, however, discoverd a way to avoid this penalty without sacrificing their loyalty. Holding the wine glass over the finger bowl, they draind the glass to "the King," with a mental reservation "over the water." This simple ruse was soon discovered and the use of finger .bowls was forbidden. Minard's Linament Cures Distemper. DOG DIED OF BROKEN HEART. Scut Away From Kind Family, He Griev- ed to Death. At the Dog Show to be held at St. Hartin's Gren there will be exhibited a yoeng St Bernard dog that is expected to distinguish himself in the way of blue ribbons. It was the intention to also exbibit the dog's sire, which has taken blue ribbons et former shows. This will be impossible, as news of the poor dog's death has just reached ids former owner. lie simply grieved to death. Here, his owner, who lives out on the Main Line, made the dog feel like one of the family. The intelligent creature loved every member of the family, espe- cially the children, and knew every friend end never failed to distinguish between 1 delivery man and an objectionable character. He seemed to take a pride in roing to shows and to understand and like the honor and admiration heaped upon him. SO ellen Ise was boxed up to Ine sent to Virginia where the man 1,V110 bought him lived, lie barked with joy. Poor dogl The family grieved. The children wepts constantly remindful of their beautiful pet. Something over a month had passed, and they were think- ing of trying to buy back the pet they missed so mueh when they received a letter with a Virgleitt postmark. It was to the effect that the Si. Bernard dog had mourned himself to death. Lonely and refusing to eat or to bo comforted he had at last died, Ile Had Noted IL "That was a great • sermon you preached this morning," said the old warden, "and it was well timed, too," "Yes," rejoined. the parson with a deep siglAt "I noticed that." "Notieed what?" asked tho punted WArilen, 'Matt severe:I of the eongregatihn looked at their watches frequently," amovered the good mate with another deep sigh. • Wildon's Ply Pads, Threr5 hun- dred tittles -cheaper than sticky paper. crismiaft,•••••• Wheat Blood for Orientali. (Brooklyn Citizen.) nat wheat is taking the place of vice as the principle article of food in Japan and Mina is a conelmion arrived et by eonsulto,tim of atittisties, anti the rea- son is to be found in the development of wheat fields latherto left to the growth of trate, as in Canada, Australia and Ilitseiten. The mere wheat is raiftea the more Will he used, the larger yield keep- ing the price down, and as it la the en grain grown, it Is bound to take the SW of *11 others. .1) 0 - , - ISSUE NO. :47 1904. Unless the soap you use has this brand you are not getting the best Ask for the octagon Nary a45 ENGLAND OUR BEST CUSTOMER, Tight little England, no bigger in area than New York State, yet with a point - Wien of 40,000,000, is by far the largest importiug nation in Rurope. Tho most I remarkable feature of England's trade with the world is the preponderance of trade carried on With the United States. During 1003 Great Britnin bought from the United States more than eight hun- dred million dollars' worth of our pro- aucts, and this Anglo-American trade is by far the largest trade between any two countries on earthi The amount named exceeds by more than half a bil- lion dolhas the value of imports from the next largest seller, namely, France. Thus at the outset it is not hard to un- derstand that with the output of our plantations, farms, ranches, ait dairies, and with the products of our mills and factories, we feed, clothe and shelter, and provide the comforts and necessities. gan- erely, for the people of Great Boatels. —Gilson Willets in Leslie's Weekly. — Lever's Y -Z (Wise Head) Disinfectant Soap Powder dusted in the bath, softeus the water and disinfects. 2.8 LOST LION. Irving Baeheller at a recent reception was asked if he could tell the prime ef the expression "literary lion," Running his fingers through his iron gray hair, he smiled, shook his head slowly and said: "That rerainds me of a story. Not long ago I attended a musicale at the house of a well-known literary woman. In course ot conversation I asked her what had become of that long haired genius to whom sae always referred as her liter- al? lion. 'Oh, that is really a sad story,' she replied. 'You see, he was poor, and I per- suaded myhusband to lend him $50. lint that ruined him so far as social ptu poses were coneenfide "'How did it ruin him?' I asked. "Why, the foolish man went and (ought a suit of ready-made clothes and then actually had hie hair cut short! Just fancy, a liteiary lion with no mane!'" St. Martin, Que., Miaj 16, 1895. C. C. Richards & Co. •Geatlemen,—Last November my childstuck a nail in hie knee, ceasing inflammation so severe that I was advised to take him to Montreal and have the limb amputated to save his life. • A neighbor advised us to try MI- NARaYS LINIMIENT, welch we did, and within three days my child wars all right, and I feel 6o grateful that I send you thie testimonial, thcal my experience may be of benefit to oth- ers.• Louis GagnIer, NOVEL•e.OVERTISEMENT. That sentiment can be used with good effect in an Advertisement, the Germans evidently believe; otherwise it is difficult to account for the following letter 'Which rontly appeared among the business not- ices n a German pager: My Dearest Charlotte: "My heart is almost broken because emir father has forbidden me to mill on YOU, and I know the only reason is be- cause I am not wealthy. I cannot, how- ever, live without you, and so we must meet somewhere. "Meet me toenorrew morning about 10 o'clock, at in ---- stre.et—I niean that large store where they sell u.en's clothing. You know it's such a pcpular place that it's always crowded and therefore no one will be able to spy on us. Besides, I intend to buy an over- eciat, and I'd like to lia,ve your adyice. Ir. this store they have clothes of all eclors and styles so that ould never make up my mind if I were alone. Now ronember, my darliug, Pll expect you at le o'clock, and I hope you won't disap- point inc." Wilson's Fly Pads: the original and only pnuine. Avoid cheap A PERSIAN PESSIMIST'S WHINE. to Richard T. Gottheil, of. Columbia University, who has a broad knowedge of Oriental tales and proverbs, says the Now a ork Tribune, was condemning pessimirm one day at Columbia. "Nee'. sem," he said, "is as old as the bills. Manklnd has always regard- ed it and has always derided it. s. "There is a Persian story aboat a pessimist. That story is so old that no date can be assigned to it. IS con-, cerne a pessimistic farmer. "'Good friend,' a visitor said co the farmer. 'sou are fortunate this Neer.' Tte pottaea to the heave and rich gr ten fielde sp,eading so far as the eye could title. 'Yon can't grumble,' he Went en, 'bout our crop this season, eh?' ''Nee, whined the pessimist, crop hke this is terribly wearing en tee e Wilson's Fly Pads. One ten cent packet has actually killed a bushel of flies. Following Directions. Mr. Justhusband an the kitchen)— Darling, darling, why are you throwing away the yolks of all those eggs? Mrs. Justhusband-13eceuse, James, you goosie, the recipe says use only' the whites. Minard's Linsiment Cures Colds, etc. ITS FIRST RAILWAY. Madagascar is celebrating the opening of its first railway, its 160-8111e mitred- amized road from the coast to the inter- ior, and the completion of fifty Miles of eanals, 118 results of the lerancifying of,the island. It was in 1802 that Lord Salisbury gave Franco a free hand, under the Zanzibar convention, to chastise and subject the insolent Hams; who had flouted every nation mid disregarded their treaties, 'mending -Um one made with the 'United Sallee in 1867 and MO - NT by President Andrew Johnson. Frame undertook the task for other nations in general, end herself its particular, of wiping out a ettitury, if not seven con - tittles, of insults to, and nittossaeres of foreign envoys and travollers..--lrom "'rite Frantifying of Iliadagasear," by W, Ballo% in Vour-Trnek News for rattle Tidy—Dont you get awful tired doing nothin', mister?' Languid Lannigan Amy, butnevber oomploin. Everybody hu their troule*. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing eirritp sbGukt always be used for Children cetillug, ootlis the child, rem eettena pound, cures wind colic and is tiv, beat edy tor inarrhons. I, LONG HIP) A POPULAR CORSET FOR 1904 STYLE 253 „: 5,1..11 111 141i131=Mainglin. NO BRASS EYELETS AI1 LI MANUFACTURED ONLY BY RUSH L GO., TORODT.TO, - ONT. .101MAIAnioi.11 111 11,1( '1* FLIGHT OF METEORS. Observed in Their Passage for Over Two ' Minutes. • The Monthly Weather 'tureen pub- lisbee a summary of the observations covering three remarkable meteors ob- served by the U. S. S. Supply, at Bea, on Feb. 28 last. The meteors ap- peared in it group, the largest heving an "apparent area of about six suns." It was egg-shaped, the sharper and. for- ward. This end Nvas jagged in outline. The other two meteors were round, one apparently "double the size of the sun" and the other "about the tem of the sun." The meteors were in sight over two minutes, and were cm:dully ob- served by three people, whose accounts agree in all details. Curiously, they first approached the carties surface and then receded. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars' Reward tor /my case of Catarrh that cannot be curd 1»' Hall's Catarrh Cure. P. J. CHIINEY 8: CO., Toledo, 0. We, -the undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfedtly honorable in all business trans,. actions and financially able to carry out any obligations fai.cl.* by this firm. WALDINO, '1C13.1fiN a MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Teledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,ae Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur, faces of the system. Testimonials sent free% Price -75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's FamUyPills for constipation, VAN VIABILITY OF TYPHOID GERMS. Especially Sensitive to High Tempera.. tures and Sunlight. Some recent experiments conducted in this country in regard to the viability of the typhoid bacillus are of especial interest to Philadelphians. It appears that this organism is rapidly destroyed t, by cold and heat. Rapidly, however, does not mean instantly at a freezing tem- perature, as the typhoid germ may sur- vive when frozen in ice for a consider- able length of time, although the num- ber of living organisms is rapidly dimin- ished. They are much more sensitive to heat. An exposure of about five min- utes at rt temperature from 176 to 186 Fahrenheit is destructive. This figure is a eittle higher than is usually assigned for this germ. Typhoid. germs are also rapidly destroyed by sunlight, an ex - poetise of 30 minutes to one hour usual- ly being sufficient to sterilize a culture when spread in a thin layer. NINE MILLION ACRES Government Lands tor Ilomesteaders In western Nebraska near the Union Pacific Railroad in section lots of 640 acres each, for almost nothing. The sal- ubrity of these lands is something re- • markable. Distance front railroad is three to thirty miles. There will be a grand rush of homesteaders. This is the last distribution of free homes the Unit- ed. States Government will ever make in Nebraska. Write for pamphlet telling hoiv the lands can be acquired, when en- try should be made, and other informs, - tion. Free on application to any Union Pacific agent. Correctly Described. A village inquisitor, having plied a newcomer with every coneeivable ques- tion as to hopes, sneaks, prospects, etc., finally asked him if leered it family. • "Yes," was the reply, "I have a wife and. six children, and I never saw one of them." • After a brief silence the bore com- inenced: "Were you ever blind, sir?" - Another paese. "Did I understand you to say you had a wife and six children at home, and had never seen one of them?" "Fact." "How can that bpi" "Why," was the reply, "one of them was born after I left" New York Central Excursion New York and return $1o..15. from Suspon6lOn Pelage, Niagara Fells and Buffalo. Tickets good going Thurs- 'day, July 14, and for return within fifteen days from date of issue. Paesengers also have the privilege of a trip on dItulson River °teenier's between Albany and New York in either direetIon, without extra charge. Words of ours cannot picture the beauties of a trip along the great Hudson River, 'Tie to make, the trlp to aripreciate it. Full particular:4 by applying to Louie Drago, Canadian Paseenger Agent, 60h Yong° streere Toronto. Striving To Please. Gireetteo-I say, Britumer, why do you Wear a menecole? Briiniher—Just to please my friends, old boy—juse to please my friends. "Please your friends?" "Yes, some 01 (1)01)) think I look well in glasses and some of them thmit. All they have to do now is to take their pick of the profile that pleases them. Minard's Linament Ogres Diptberin. OR/GIN OF PiCl!theif, 1 OST • CARDS, Acording to the Westmineter tiazette, ihe originator of pictorial postal card was a Frenchman. M. Itesnardeau, of Sille.:letiuilautne, in the Department of Tat Sarthe, To GIN gentleman mewed the happy thought, at the time of the ar with Germany, that, as there were 46,000 eonseripts, most of them some. eliat illitemte, in the camp of Conlin, be might as well sell them eards instead of paper and envelopes. Ite did so, 11. lustritthig his muds with pletures of erin* tone and eluals, quickly cleared out his Stcek, and responded to lint continuing demand by issuing a second F;eries with tiptoe; on Whoeit isolaiere were invitea to ONO the name of any battles in WW0lit thOY Might hoe taken tart,