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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1904-09-29, Page 6The MtKnown Bridegroom. IrMir•WIWT A bate:and theelean clothier,. /Valle a Won*rtuI Change In the little fel- e:Oro awl ween be wag telly tireserie and hie hair eembed nee brushed, Mr. Caerol permitted bins to leek in the COM. • An expr*easiOnet laatonislivaelit lighted lee feee ae ne gezed at the reflected figure—a, pate, gpiritual. looking hoet, With delieate. refined features, and rentariceble heautiful was, , • Clove qtiestioning induced the lox to tell weat Iio isnew of les anteeed- mate. Ile hat:i been an inmete itf the poor:house, where continued ill-, tresement forced lens to ruu tweet ad teheetlaire tile tbeSeebate ot istreet gaM1)36, newsbays end bootblacks, who posed their nightin a low (Us- ti -Ice in the neighborhood ot Wappng Way. Re WAS veiled Jim, tied having for time been in tea liael tot eicep- ing in a erockery crate, he bore the eiekasene nt eelm-oatbe-Croelcery- Crate." His only warm friend W4B 7OUPE',111O.11 earned Tom Dal, a fire, Men. Atter a few, days, when nm bad aeacovered les strength, Mr- Cart rot put his young charge in a4 private isehool welch was kept by a. worthy wentain in be neighborbood; and, by agreolug to Paer an extra aun for (tuition, the lady promieee to take especial riming with her now pupil. Millen Mr, Carrel endeavored to find ft itraoo of Tom Dill. After a long searrelt ti discovered him in an hoa- rds." :or dleabled firemen a. sufferer from ,an accident that hAd occurred neerlY two years preitioue, causing a r• ippled leg. Otheriviee th.e manwas Ip faerly ood Ilealtle. Yer to eee her. Ye 1U1ya4 ber :forty questions au"slieli leek tet Yer in a dated Utile 0' viaty for a minute an' then go on with her scrulabine know, Cor I've triee Maim her talk notteni o' :tinsels." • • "When did you, go to see her last?" elr. Carroll 'inquired. filx =Oaths or MOM. 1 reelf011 ; my rhounAtla have made roe no lame ant Stiff I eouldlet git about Vera' wall," •!.11ana Dill explaineth • "ghee na.ree iff see know e by radi the brespitae?" 'The help .tebout the belie°. call 'er 'Crazy' Wine but I'VE+ heard the nue s epealt gentle to her and call lier alio be very good to work, raiadin' what's told heran' makes no tette" 3. "De you thinl ehe coulci be the tellies mother ? Did he look like bel?" questioned Carrot° "Nee sir, be 'didn't," the moss re- turned in a pesitive tone, "She WAIB no mother to hen." , "What makes you think so ? Bow* thou, did they bappen to be toge- tber ?" ( , " "Dinta pie's' eneugh, air. let alone tbe nuree's cep an' apron ehe batron; an' that wee another tiling tbat ma,de me think the little °nap was a blue -blood." t Mr. Carrot at last began to teel that he wits gleaning some rays of light 10 ConneetiOn with the little Wair W210 had SO strangely fahen into his , • .. • I, allow that .Tim bad come rom of good f EverYtliine. thus far, tended to family. Cerrot bad lett sure of thee i in We own ntind before this letervieW Mr. Carrel announced Ms busine.sswith, the tiremen, for be was veryl far and Tenn Dill told him all he knew from beingi common -looking cbild. awarding TIM, the Waif, "It's a little over Mx years ago," • he tale& ''when the fire occurred at the Ardmore Hotel, in eastlemaine street. When our engine, No. 45, dashed up, the tire vras all over tbe ileum, and 'twasn't no use to try to same the house. Tee moat we could do wee to prevent the flames Knead- ing into the other boasts. Everybody was thought to be out ; bat. all ot a Re 114il welletaped bead, with delicate, refined features; his glossy brown nalr was fine am ailk ; les hands and feet were small and sym- metricalle Sormed, And now, added to these self -e1 - dent point's, to learn that he bad been ricelysclad and stopping with hie nurse. In a drat -class hotel on the night of the fire, were facts that afforded Mr. Carrel no little antis - sudden there camean orful serearn 4faptiolo. from a winder in the fifth atorY, and Be wiendered it the bora parents a big groan was let loose rwhem'twa.s had also been inmates of the ill-fated found that a woman an' a baby Was hotel, and had pp -sealed in the flames, actill in that eere aurnin' shell. No- notwithstanding the fireman's asser- body wanted to risk goin' to 'em— tion tbat It was supposed: everybody, for there Wag little hope of iver had escaped. xempain"em, let alone savte"em. I One of to th&ngs he felt sure was the only man in the company must be the fact: either they had Ziat (hadn't a family, an' 1 said fallen victims in the fearful confhig- I'd try for it. Ladders were ration, or they could not have been belated, an' up I went like, a la the city. . t • * 0- I equIrrel — I was spryer'n 1 He aeke d Tom Dill what he ithought be now. Neon I giat to the woman abcrut it. , she was whiter nor any sheet; but "No, Mr—tbey never was burned," she was game. I tell ger. She reach- be posittvely asserted, Pfor no signs ed the baby down to me afore I got of any bodies was found ween the to the top. rubblah WA cleared away." elfer stronger In I, an' surer -foot- "But t!b� woman must have been ad,' *ha said; 'save him an,' I'll take regletered—did no one think to exam - care o' myself.' Inc the booka to ascertain wile she eeio I went fust with the young was?" Mr. Carnal inquired. one, axe she followed as close as she "Yes, sir ; I went myself to tbe could. But, Lord !"—here the man's clerk, but the books was burned, and lips grew treinulous and be turned he told me there'd been no inquIrlal Ma eyes away from his companion— for the woman or the baby. It's a esomehow, the little fellows clothes puzzle, sir—a puzzle that 1 fear me, got afire In twain' a winder, where will never be cleared .up," the man the flames burst out suddenly on us— cancluded, with a. grave ehake of bis though the/ put a stream on from head. below afore the woman got Into it— Mr. Carrot also feared that such an' the clothes were all ablaze in a Cwould bethe cage, but he had no in- to London; but that they, should look minute and. he yellin' like murder. i tention of relinquiebing Ms efforts res. a cd -if from Atm seityi soon. The I tried to smother it out, but the ' net 1 te should exhaust every posslble kid's poor little legs was burned means to solve the mystery regard- orful afore we got (Iowa." lug his protege's identity. reth 1 thie explains bow those un- Be thanked Mom Dill for his infer - sightly scars came on Jim's limbs." 1 naation and promised to bring .Tames oldent, which no. nearl3l proved a fa - Mr. Carroll here interrupted. to see laim very soon; then, slipping tat disaster. We should have lost 'Yes, sir; an' Pit neyer torget 1 a generous guertlon into the man's our dear girl, but for eou." hoer / :felt when. I saw them great hand, he bade him good -day and went away. . • He proceeded directly to the Hale nemann HooptaI, weere, seeking the eaperintendent, he continued to push bis inquiries still further. he murmured. Sao man, however, did not appear The second day after receiving Mr. to know. =oh about the casie, as be Seaver's note he niado a careful tole bee but recently succeeded the pre- let and etarted forth to make bis how ho lied at length. tallen Intel becopalue deople intereetea In Wail, he had rekiolvPd to see If be could not trace lile friende and restore hint ..to them. lie , eine/hided, arltie 11 doubtful shake of Ida head. "It teaks mete as if that would be WS !Miles- etbility." 'What would roe do with MM, then r the .weinan ingeiree. ear. nestle. "011,1" elle added, teelingly* 'he wile such a beautiful Child I was nttro that he belonged to afine family, tied it nearly brolce heart. to ba,vo elm tient to that _dreadful almeliellee." "I have not yet decided what to do with hint If I do not eueceed in gelning some yew, oleo to Ms par- entage," Mr. Carrot greveLY ; rues "I- have no hones of my owe — 004 r4,- fr1ende With whom I could Platte him; but of one thine; e am Imre- eliall never aliaw him to- drift back lUto the elume, whence he came to me. You reel eure thee the woman was his nuree, 4" 6CerLade1Y—allie could have been nothing else; there was nothing in common betw,oen them; eal.d. be. sides, site wore tbe oap an neeen, treats the baby loolstel the little aristocrat ia every line and feature.," dAnd does now," said &Or compete. ion, hin spite of his rude lite. I was amazed, after lie had been sub, lected to a vigorous bath and Wee deoently dressed, to find whet tin intereettng child he is. Will it he possible for one to see this sectimail, Crazy Melt, as she is called 4" he lee mitred, in conclusion., 'Yes, If you mesh.; althoughl sure wou will reap no sati,sfeotion from the loterviewl. Bet I will ar- range for b.er to cense to ewer," the uurse returnee, with ready com- pliance, as sh.e arose to leave tile recite, She Wes absent some time, but finally returned, and was follow- ed be a woman of perhaps thirty., five years, She was a quiet, deniure looking person, having a good, honest faoe, in spite of its vacant expreselon, black hair and eyes. She was very neatly clad, 'had a plump, well - formed figure, although she was somewhat awkward in her move- ments, . "This is the gentlemen who' wish- ed to see you, elary," sald the nurse, by *sty of inteoduction, and Mary mecle . an asekrrard courtesy, but without betraying the slightest in- terest in her Visitor, "I suppose it well be of nol use tO question her ?" Mr., Carrot re- marked. "Not th.o slightest — that .was tried, tienes without number, years ago," the woman returned. AU expression a sadness swept over the young man's countenance; but after studying the unfortu- nate creature's tone intently, for A fele moments he put a couple cf shillinge into her hard red ha,nd, and kindle] told her that she maght go. She now looked eagerly] up tr.t blab and la,tithed, Out like a child that bad received a eoeeted test, thus showing tbat she knew something of tite raltre of moirree if She was daft on all other subjects. She thauleed lam, made Another courtegyi and the.n, at a. gentle signal from the nurse, left the room. Durin gthe afternoon Mr. stare roll called at the apartment 'to tvhich Mr. Seaver had directed,him, but, to Us disappeintment, he was toad that the famillyi had not yet ar- rived. . On his return to his own bodg- ing o he found a letter from that gentlemo,u, telling bim that they, would to one day, late in °getting letter closed as follows: Mrs. Sea- ver and Miss Richardson join me in kind regards and the „hope that you are fully' recovered from the on - Waters on the -poor little chap. ef it bad beem me I wouldn't ha' flinch- ed. but to see that 'ere tender baby squirmin' an' suferin' was more'n I could stand, en' I was just ready to blabber when the woman touched ground an' reached out to take him. But just that mihute a brick oame tuniblete down from the wall, hit the ladder, bounded off, and struck her plump on the head." "eh!" ejaculated Tom Dill's listen- er, with a shudder. "Sho dropped like lead, where ebe stood, an' then she and tbe baby were both trundled off in the ambu- lance to the 'ospital." Oh 1 did she die ?`" demanded ''.fr. Carroll, with almost breathless ea.g- erness. "No, poor thing 1" returned Tom with a sorrowful shake of Ms head. "1 was so cut up over the baby's belie burned oni ray' hands, I went to the eta,hnemann 'Ospital Ivery bless- ed visttln" day to see how he.was git- tin" along. His f eet an' legs were 'Urea' sore for a. svhile, but tbey healed fust rate, though the scars used to make my eyes water. After a svelte he got to know me., an' would dance ase caper, tit to make my heart glad, ivery time I ehowed my old: mug inside the door," 'and emile of pleasure lighted the man's face at tbe remembrance. "How old woe; he ?" air Carroll ine quired. "Nigh on Ito :two year, should` eay, fue he twasset no common sort o' baby either," Tom Dill continued, impress eively. eoule 'a' sworn he bad blue blood in him." ".What made you think that 7" in. (tiered his companion. . 'Nall, he looked It Ivory Inch of him, an' in vette- of the bubble, an' danger. the night o' the fire, took tette of the clothee be bad on, an' they Was like some o' them fancy things yogi eee in tie bang-up shops uh Itegrent street."' "I wonder if they were preserved?" Wad Mr. Carroll, Inquiringly. "I don't think It, sir, they :was scorched an :burned almost to a der afore we got to the ground, an' not worth tuppence." "Well, now tell me soneithing about the eveman," commanded the young Man, with a regretful eigh. "Waal', sir, she was sick a long tims, from that 'ore hurt ors tho head, an When elm did begin to mend, it was keine 004 her brain didn't work right, and she couldn't reinenther anything that 'ad 'appened an' she paid no more heed to the 'MAY, than Of she'd never seen him before.' "DO you mean that the bleu,' from that briek left her no Idiot ?" 10. quired ale Carroll in a etiocked tone, "Waal, within' after that Boren -1i thinkite," replied Tom Dill. eShe knew roomer te eat an' drink, wash, troll an' etrule but elvi could - let tell tier own Time, nor wire° elle was from, nor iiiithhe ohm the people' wanted to knew al.oul." "is elie living now?" "Yea, eir, an' elm be as Weil an sttong as yersiele" "Whore is she f" "At the 'ovals.' wiiere she bag ever mineo." ot'sn any ono gei perrnicssion to tiq. A very tender, tremulous smile que vered ebout the young man's ex- pressive mouth as he read this. ".Ahl they: can hare no suspicion of bow 'dear' she bas become to me," .k,;(4s.. -1; ,•,7-• Who Ktitiete Anything AbOnt "13ANISIJCPEIR°P? Ml buyers, senora ood eagre ot EDDY'S IMPERVIOUS SHEATHING PAPER are intersittio In this question ? ? ? ? ? V Will every reader of this enquiry a'W*10 KNOWS ANYTtlING ABOUT DANNIDERP please drop a lino on the *gibbet to THE E. Di EDDY CQMPANY1 HULL CANADA r?? TO IPIGHT CONSUMPTION. 'DOZED DOWN WIliDOX Good Houses, Good Air and Good Eater- : cise Necessary. While tuberculosis is spread through infection, it must be remembered that its predisposing cause is in the body it- self. If one could get rid of narrow chests and bring up children, ie healthy surroundings, we should resist the sourc- es of infection more succesfully, what- ever they are. We. are all in danger from btu:elle but we do not all get con- sumption, because mane of us have con- stitutions with a sefficient power oere- sistance. Good houses, good air, good ex- , wise must be brought to the help of weak constitutions; and° they nee also nec'essarY if we ake to bave strong con- stitutions end the weak are to be elim- inated. By so Much bygiene as we have already practiced, and before any special precautions began, to be taken about con- s ti n th mortalit from it has de. vioue manager, veto had died benne six months before. But he said the 'bead nurse in the woman's departraent who had been in the Institution for ten years or more, migbt be able to give him forma,tion regarding the matter in question, , s • "Yes," the superintendent replied to his eager query, "there was a chore woman DA the premises who was knovsn as Crazy Moll, or Mary, but she tvnir little better than an Float, however, he -bent his steps toward a welalmown florist's in Oxford street. Ae he drew near to it, he observ- ed a lady; just emerging from a book- store. She was elegant1y! and tastefully • and there was :something fa- miliar about her air and figure, al- thougb be could not see her face, that sent the levet color into •his cheek and an electric thrill into ev- Then, eeousing himself, he went to ere" Page. Summon the head num of whom he Almost at the Instant a tall, coarse had spoken. looking man approached her, and ads CHAPTER. X. dressed her with a menacing air. The heae nurse of the woman's de- She turned and •glaneed bins eaetment goon made Iter appearance with a book of astonishment, and and isaid that she remembered, per- now Mr. Carrel save* that the lady featly, all the facts manected with was Florence Richardson, as he had tho a:estnission ot the poor victims of already, suspected. that terieble fire in easel:it:mine As he approached nearer lie heard street. the man observe in a harsh tone of The woman, who had never been Irritation: known by any other name than "eon can't play' that game tan me, Crazy Moll, or Mary, had bsen you obstinate husey ; you just come very critical condition when she along -with me if you don't want was brought to the hospital. to make a scene." She was .unconselous, and re- ai do ,not tome -oboe you mean, mained so for a long time, and sir," said Florence, nackied, awity when she did filially arouse, it was from blin with an air of batiteur that was only to rave for Weeks er the became her well, her blue e.yea flash - delirium of brain fetter, ing indignant fire upon her tiessall- The ehllet, she statese was vere ant. "I never saw you before, and badly burned On his feet and legs, ;you will let me tidos, If you pleas(*.": but he recoVered very quickly, and "Well, but I don't please, Miss im- being Stleit an attractive ched, be. pertineece ; and am neve'r saw me Came the pet of the children's ward. before, so you think!" sneakd the Ile Was retained in the institu- lean. eoateho. "Ito pretty woo ton 11211011. longer than p, patient done, iny girl, but it's a games that e y creased, since 1850-5 by 53 per cent. It is probably still deereasieg steadily, though it accounts for a tenth of the annual mortality, if all the forms of tn• berculosis that appeer dn the registrar Generale report are reckoried. Bronciiitie and pneumonia are more familiar than plithisis. In the arnisr the death rate from tuberculosis has been reduced from 12 to 1,2 per 1e00 per annum einee the Crimean War. It is a well known story how a commission reported that con- sumption was much more prevalent in the line reginieuts, where each man in barracks had only 350 cubic feet o space, than in the Guards, where mob man bad 500, and how the death Tate began to fall when the barracks beeaane more fit to nee in.—Plat Ledger. • • * I HE FEELS AS YOUNG AS EVER It is impossible to choose our own *tweeters. It doesn't require mucli push to go down hill. • Success is a target Walt Miglity *mall bull's-eye, A corkscrew hes led many a man into crooked paths. It is hard for the man with corm to stend on bis dignity. Money talks, but silence soinotimes commands a better price. The woman who- wears paste dia- monds is generally stuck up. It ought to be smooth travelling to the man who is on the level. 'Unless a man is a good listener he can't expect to be happily married. It's all eight to begin at the bottom, except when you start to dig a well. The fish that has sense enough to keep its mouth shut doesn't get caught: Mr. Chester Loontis Took Dodd's - Kidney Pills •••••••••••11 And from a Used up Man he Became as Smart as a Boy. • Orland, Ont., Sept.' 19.-e(Special).— Mr. Chester Loomis, an old and respected farmer living in this section, is spread- ing broadcast the good news that Dodd's Mew Pills are a sure cure for the Lame Back and Kidney Disease so com- mon among old people. Mr. Loomis says: "I am 76 years of age and smart and active as a bpy and I give Dodd's Kid- ney Pills all thes credit for it. "Before started to use Dodd's Kid- ney P lis I was .so used up I could hard- ly ride in a buggy, ane I eould not do any work of any kind. Every body thouget I would riot live long. Dodd's Kidney Pills are a wonderful remedy. The Kidneys of. the young may be wrong but the Kidneys of the old must be wrong. Dodd's Kidney Pills make all wrong Kidneys right. That is why they are the old follcs' greatest eriend. How to Hear Plants drew. Two Germans have discovered a meth- od by which they can hear plants grow. In the aperetus the growing plant is connected with a disc, having in its cen- tre an indicator which moves visibly and regularly, and this on a scale fifty times magnified denotes the progress in growth, Both dee and indicator are metal, tied when brought in contact with an electric imanner, the electric current being interrupted et each of the divided interetices of the disc, the growth of the plant is as perceptible to the ear as to the eye. ' Wafl USUally allowed to remain, for Won'tea you lust come ftiOng It was hoped that the WOmea W01114 as you ftre tOld, or—there'll be a devil ultimately recover and be able to 00 a row—d'eti hoo2" Identify the boy, when he could be Ile toed les powerful hand upon her retutned to his parents. shoulder as lie con -eluded, and would "'Rut When Mary at lest began bave forced bet' away with bine sig. to rally'," the nurse observed; ewe nalleg at the same tnoment a page - were shocked beyond measure to find Eng tab, if Mr. Carrel, had not Bud- tlin,t her mind Won gone—er, ra.ther, deftly appeared upset the scene and that she could remetube.r nothleg confronted eine about her previous lite, and did riot With one upavard blow of hie hand show the faintest reeognition ef the , lie released Florence trom Ills grasp. Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere. Just a Smile, um, long have you teen married?" "Oh about tWe Years."' - - "Mad do you cousider your wife an angel retri "No, not yet."—Superior (Wis.) telegram. She—Tons says I grow more beautiful ev- ery' time he zees use." Ile—Why don't you ask him to eall of- teneet—Providenee Telegram. Tourist—Can I have a eoupie of towels? Landlady—Are you going to stay here all surnmer?—Lustige Matter. Jones (to his fair partner, after their op- ponents had declared "clubs"))—Shall I play "clubs," partner? Pair Partner (who has never played bridge before) -0h, no, Meese don't, Mr. Jones. I've only got two inue ones.--Puneh. "May not be new, but I Just heard it," old the man at the head of the table, "'Give it to us." "Man from California mild that they raised eabgages out there as big as wash tub. Ban froM Missouri said thet they didn't breg much on cabbage but ho had been in' Mel- bas City mid had' seen three policeman as- leep on one beet."—Detrolt Free Press. child; although he knew, her in- dewiest is eh c meaning of thin out- stantly tho moment we toOk .11101 rage?" he sternly demanded, as he to her, and elung to her until elle , the earne Instant shot a rue:miring W0'1°11811 illta lly* "Atellieg 11"21 bOok bite the frightened eyee of the roughly from her., fair girl. "As she grew stronger, she begen The men gave vent to an angry* to make hereelf nada about the oath and crinsted with vain, for the wards, was <Met and littudY, and blow had lieLn an 11;lit tne. the nurses petitioned that she be eit's Ilene sti' your Internet bunifiess, allowed to remain in the institu- tion as a servant, instead of leeng ,I:(11;iilt ulgeduittill;t1Yr°1;1111tegi47.1.PrZejitYalnd TAT! sent ,to the workhouse. tend to your own affeiro. The alrI 'It Was it Sail day for all tho ibelonge to me and with nut sho's nurst.s when It was at length des going, in :mite te her stabblrnes.o 4,101od that the boy inuet W. &were' and fitty 'officious- dutlee like your. had made strenuous efforts to fled ge,110 a /good home tor him; lest OrithOut And *talking to Fiorenee's side, he avail, anti Ito was flualir sent to again weed bee needy, by tlie arm, tine of the home; it - the teefir. I One agile eyeing forward, sale i have utile won lien 2 3 6311310 Of quick, and powerful et ',eke ; tiineis since then, for my eated have straight from the eboteder, i been sir homy- f eould not ea to itml heoremeen istitat, raw- i -visit isimtt tile nurse etnicludeeevith booed, ungainly pereovior 1 :y i It her ?" inquired the young man, a rpg.lrettal MO. 'Trawling teem the II:event:int at i essterly, Mr. Cerro' then relate' steltetiling our kerne, feet. "Vs, Mr, bet littlo good it'll do of what Jantide life letd been, and rho he tenitinuele oximmooirmagigumameek. AriaramWamor e ;•1: he 'tee ef '44 ete. ewelry by Mail CuStoMere all over Can- ada tell us that our Mail Orcitr Depathrient has meant to theta added con.. Venieneetuicilessetierleost The fiftleyeer reputation of our store assurer! eatisfac- slut to mail order purchesere of Seater* WAtellety, liytr- Wate, stationery. ea Our ter:Miele catalogue will gladly he seat ors teeuests 12NVIE suos. "DlAsiqpn HAW 1 to ere Wages Siete' • TOBOtiTO 0. 0. Richards St. Co. Dear Sire—For some ems I have had only partial use of my arm, caused. by a sudden strain. I have used every rem- edy svithout effect, until I got a sample bottle of IVIINARD'S LINIMENT. The benefit I received from it caused me to continue its use, and now I am happy to say my arm is completely restored, R. W. HARRISON', Glamis, Ontario. Bits of CoMaii Wisdam. CAPTIMING WIDOWERS. Matrimonally Inclined Women *Prefer lAse AlretnlY Drelten In. • One of the puzzles Warded by the mat- rimonial ixiarkets M the preference of witiow- ens for sal:Were and the indifference of wi- dow* to bad:eters. Statistics, manipulatea 3,1 an expert statiserian, prove tizet ties wetl- tillnd preitidice exist. 'rimy show that in sstraven ported Jean widower* sought to heal tile breach ia their domestic arrausements bY espousing 28,141 apineters, VIAllti only 10,0 widows were considered available for that purpose. Vint left many of tee widows 411. provided for. ana. although on thetr QWn tee- th:WY, most of the widowa weed have pre- form; consraine Menisteves with widowers, more than woo or Mein chese aecond pots ors from the renter ot bachelere. Having thus marshaled his tiguree, the statistician proceees to the inevitable detec- tions, Re exponds theories purporting .to account for the predilection of the sexes when, choosing 4 itelpinatO for the kieleund, third, or fourth time. Several explanations are advanced. The thoughtImas herd who have neitbor statisttes WO theories of their own may take their choice. To start with, the statistician meheins that feline oho has suffrod conjugal be- reavement is more anxious to repair his loss than e woman similarly afflicted. 'Weed, so immoral is he of the matrimoute state thet he 13 willing to give it several trials neeeeetiry, and each time, if left to lila ovin Inclinations, he will choose a spinster. This the statistician. partly accountsfor on the ground that the female population exceeds the nage; nonce each loan who 19 eutitied by law to mare than ono 'wife is required le, chivalry to assist as many WOIXIOR as possi- ble Into'ineir true sphere of home -maker. In case some hard-headed pesaimiet should regret tbat•philanthrople view as too vision- ary for his strenuous age, he offers another more presume suggestion. Every man ekes to be boss in his own borne, Having learned from experience that lie ie likely to bo do - posed as soon as the female member of the teem learns the knack of mentsing tee reins, be prefers at each new venture to set out with a partner who is as yot unial- Hated, so that be may enjoy at least a month or so of lording it betore.elle finds out ler power. possibly each of these hypotisosis will hove Its adherents. Either or neither may be cor- rect, but it is unettestionabiy a fact tbat Mr. Pickivicic bimeof never mere strenUoualy opposed the threatenee entanglement with Mrs, Dardell than does the average widower the blandishments of a bereavoe representa- tive of the opposite sex. Fortunately, how- ever, their reeistance is unavailing. Widows are shrewd. A man who has once showe himeelf anienable to discipline can be die, etplined again. Widows mew that. They infinitely prefer teeing up a man's educa- tion wbere somebody else has lett it off to training a new consort from the kindergarten stao on up; hence In spite of their r esistance severe thousands of protesting widowers • are captured annuany.—exclienso. The Borston Transcript Is indebted to a citizen of Corea for a number ef proverbs aud sayings whicis afford au interesting in- sight into Cores,n modes of tlioueht, and in this way ilustrate the inteliectual aptitude and power ot observation ot people: "A thing is good when it is new; a m'an Is pod when he is old." "He who bath eaten salt drinketh water." "One can paint the fur of the tiger, but not his joints. .• "One knows the face of a :nem, but not his interior," "If one is not observing, one sees noth- ing," "Even Um blind man oan find his way through an open door," "When Use. tiger is gone, the fox is mas- ter." •".As soon as the moon is full it begins to grow :smaller." "The higher the mountain the deeper the 9141:ge;:smoke come out of the fireless chim- ney?" "Elveit a hedgehog says hie young ones are weak." "4 baskettul of gold Is not so valuable for a son as instruction in one of the clas- fifes." "0 IB the tig:tlb4t;adifiiraour51*0 raprepairs are first made." 'A. family who has no sickness for ten suers utast be rich." 111.1•••••••••••• ISSUE NO. 40 19044 — Aire WM:40We Soothing Srrup 01(0014 always: be uted for (Andrea leetniute soothe tbe child, memo the emit euree collo awl to the best recede for Muratori*, 0104" IeOlt SALla-VAltie OF lit Afeltee, ON ii, Lake ,Meeph, litusetea, 4ppiy W. dole, Ileawooth Ont. O1 t: 'Saki, 01,01111 - se yfllugo of Ilillodule: with license, furni- ture, 1oc13 etc., prem toter let r nif 10010 bmIrdlneer:suritaabbiaro gtapinpultrecuoalasorri,ght Aawppary; tteQrin Gecko:Igo, Hillsoree, Ont. OUOICH FAEH I'ROPI'IRTIES FROM TEN N.) to four bundrea stereo 0503, for sate; in all nava at Calumet: write for cetalogue. Intereeiontal Realty Co., Limited, London. , • A Curious Fan Clock. A remarkable timepiece is a clock fan manufactured by a Swiss jeweler. The' clock consists of 12 leaves hinged like lip ordinary fan. Tao number of the hour is marked. frein 1 to 12 at the end of each of these leaves. The fan time- piece starts at 6 o'clock and expends regularly for 121ours, when it suddenly closes up and starts all over again. 'lee half-hour is indicated by the 'leaf of the fan being only belt extended. - away 07 0010, am 07 TOLEDO,}50. LUCAS COUNTY FRANK 7. ORKNEY' makes oath that hole the senior partner of the arm 01 13'. 3. CuENalr a Co„ doing bueiness In the City of Toledo, Couuty and State aforeen id, and th at oaid firm will par ithe sum of oNE HUNORED Dor, Lana tor each and every criee ot Gs-TARIM that cannot be cured by the use ot HALL'S CATARRH Cons. FRANK 3. CHENEY. Sworn tq before me and subseribed in my presence,thle Eith day of December, A.D., 188b. REAL L. W. GLEASON, Hairs Catarrh Dere is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, tree. F. 3, CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0, Sold by all druggists -75e. Take Hall's Fatally Pills for Constipation. Notary Public. • A VICIOUS THEORY. - These eohools are designed to devolve . • on ithe state the etre ofttlie young,or the socialistic theory teat the state as wiser, better aud kinder teen the parent The idea appears to be 'diet Cie state is a coleisal person, with an intelligence, -wis- dom and. conscience ah superior to those Rarest aird in the World. A certain kind of pheasant found in the mountaina between Annan end Lone le said to be the rarest bird in existence. For a long time its existence was known only by the fact that its longest and most splendid plume was much sought after by the manharins for their head- gear. A. single Skin is Worth $500, and if elle bird, wouldlive in- captivity its value would be fabulous. ENOLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT Removes all hard, soft or calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavin, curbs, splints, ringbone, sweeney, sprains; cures sore and sweeten throat. cough's, etc, Save $50 by the use ot one got- tle. Wax -anted the niost wonderful t3lemish Cure ever known. Japs Carry Fans in 'Battle. The cool and deliberate actions of the Japanese may in part be due to the fans they carry, writes- Correspondent Palmer in Collyees Weekly, After describing a fierce morning battle Mr. Palmer felle- d their use of fame as tams: "Some infantry reserves nearby were fanning themselves. To a Russian who had xot tasted their fire these "efakaki" might lave seemedquite effiminate. "The fans which the littlemen use to cool themsebies in the march are pres- ents from the Emperor. On them is in - "scribed, in the handwriting of the corn- manderen-ehief of the army, qViarquis Oyama, the words: `Do your best for your country.' "On a hot day a fan may beat up a breeze in front of a soldier's nose'which will save him from suceumbing." Minard'i Liniment Cures Dandruff. . of 'the p000nt as the p , aide is superior to him numericaly, The ' state is viewed as the collective virtue 1 and intelligenceof theentire community, end the natural went -of every child in- cluded in it.' This theory ie as wrong as it could be. In the meanwhile ehis sort of school is edueiting the people fester than it is ed- ueeting tee pupils, and its teachings are of the most pernioious obaratter. " These teachings are summed up in Mgr words paternalism 4a.nd socitelisin, The penned selrool is a part of the general idea that the state la seen to4o everything for everybody, even to the bringing up of his children. no family and the hidivia- ual, accoeding th this plan, are to be nothing except beneficieries of the state. -e-Chicago Chronicle. AA/ ANTED—DIEN TO LEARN • DARDER, trade --eight weeks Average thno re - (meet; wages Saturdays while learning; $10 to $1.1 Weekly Miami:toed when tbroupe 0 - Mounted catalogue menial free. Maier s Bar- ber College, 350 Callal street, New stork City. CASINtTMATCLIItS WANT=— TWO first-class beach hands: steady work, Aper to Burton e lialdwin Mfgco., idmited, Itanelton. Indian Etiquette. In India a letter sent to a native prince is often a very elaborate affair. The paper is epecially made for the pur- pose and is sprinkled with gold, leaf. Only the last few lines of the somewhat lengthy document Contain the purport of the letter, while the remainder is made up of the usual roundabout and com- plimentary pleases. It is folded in a pe- culiar way, with the flaps outward and placed in a muslin bag, and this latter into one of crimson and gold tint, with a slip knot of gold thread attached to Whielt is a pouderede seal. The address, written on a slip of parchment, is at - tubed to the outside bag. These (Janne are very importatit for polite letter writing in India, ped if any one of them Was omitted it would be en insult to etre WE PAY A 6000 SALARY to ladies and gentlemea. Permanent peretion, rapid advancement, soca salary and eapenses. Clean, desirable business. Write the J. L. ' Nichols Co., Limited, Termite. (Mentien this paper.) 0.•••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••10. LADIES' RB0,1111..susttti,idoiazklz, - Waists. Send for styles and clotli samoleir, THE SOUTHCOTT SUIT CO., London, Can. ogres Eczema, klrYeiR" OWEI, Plmpbes, 11.10104 Berns. cuts, Larg 3 Mao a imPle and box PitEe,, VOSTilit tiles CO„ TOTtONTO, ONT. 8jilartillt0/110. , irking" Toronto- ilontreal 'Line Steamers leave Harnilton at tem., To- ronto 7.80 p.m., Tuesdaye, Thurastaye and Saturd•ays. " Fall Excursion Hamilton to Montreal; single $7.00, re-. turn $12.00. , Toronto to Montreal, siugle eO,50, return $11.00. •Low rates between ptirts. Further intormation apply to It. agents, or write to PosTER, OHAFFEE. Western Paemeger Agent, Toronto CHEAP NEW YORk EXCURSION Septenaber 20111 Via 'West Shore rail- road, $e00 round trip from Suspension Bridge and Buffalo. Tickets good for return trip up to and including Octo- ber 8th. Hudson river trip included in either direction if &sited, For full particulars regarding train service, re- servatioe in sleeping cars, etc., 'call on or Write L. Drage, Canadian passenger agent, 69% Yonge street, Toronto. Annual Diamond Output. Mr, Louis Tate one of the best known dismond'brokers estlinetes the output of the De Beers mines annually at $10,- 000,000, end of other mines at $4,500,000. Ade :to this the ,cost of labor, the profits of the eyndieate, eta, en31 he thinks that the anual outputi of diamonds is teorth about $35,000,000. Do you catch cold easily? Doee the cold hang on? Tre Sitiiolits 1Cortsuroptiora Clallia. c. Tonle 4 gi 4rogi.h 'The Lung — 1 It MIMS the most stubborn kind of coughs arid Colds. If it doesn't cure you, trait money Will bo refunded. , Prices: S. C.Vnets te Co. tie ale. sec, st LeRoy, 14.°5t., Torento,Can. roan addressed . Pe 0 1Viinard's, Liniment Relieves Neuralgia, Ote Dozen Dent's, Don't worry the children. Don't worry about them. Guardian angel; still exist, even hi the Twentieth tottery. Don't lose your temper with there. ISolet give way when you have a de- cided plan for them. Don't leave too mueh with the ger- yards. Don't repel their little confidences. Don't get impatient at their Meet MI- anewerable questions. Ihnet indulge them faddishly. Dein forget to imecurage theln and • praise their little efforts to please you, ! Don't show favoritism. ! Don't disagree about them. 'Their father and moth should Always he 18 unison in their training, Don't forgot tha3± they are tiod'a chil- dren, lent to you for a season.---Woin. att's We. DIRECT EVIDENCE. The lawyer shook his finger warningly at the witness and said: "Now, we, went to hear just what you know.' not what soine one else knows, or whatyou thinb, or anything of that, but what you knowe sew Do you understand?"' ' "Wal, I know'" said the witness, with emphasis, as helifted one limber leg and laid it across the other, "I know that Clay Grubb said that Bill Thompson told him tbat he heard John Thomas' wife tell Sid Shuford's gal that her hue - hand was. there when the fight took place, and that he said that they slun•g each other a round in the bushes right consid'able."—Youtles Companion. City Independent. ONE-WAY RATES. Every day from September 15t11 to Oc- tober 15th, 1994, inclusive, the Union Pa- • cific will sell one-way tickets from Mis- souri River Terminals (Council Bluffs to Kansas City, inclusive) as follows $20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake City. *20.00 to Helena and Butte, Mont- ana. *p2.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee, Washington. • $22.50 to Huntington and Nampa, Idaho. $25.00 to Vancouver and Victoria. , $25.00 to Ashland and. Astoria, Ore- gon, via Portland. • $25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, Correspondingly low rates to many other California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Utah, and Idaho points. Through Tourist- ears runevery day on Union deteifie bettveen Missouri River and Pacific Coast; double berth $5.75.,....0‘ For full inforniatiort call on or address' F. B. Choate, G. A., 1t6 Woodward ave., Detroit, Mich. Elephante and the Plague. Human beings are not alone in suffer- ing from plague in Xndia, says' the Lon. don Mail. The disease has been so bad of late in the Mysore State, Where It ie rellorted, writes our Simla correepond- ent, that ono of the %lace elephents has suecumbed after developing what seemed to be the typical plague swele A Mysore correspondent writes to Bombay paper that elepleints rind deer are also dying in the Iteggiuldevelikot forests of iviiat is believed, local/3,', to be nothing else. than the plague, which lam been prevalent among the human in- bilyitallts of some of the villsigee in the neighborhood. .01.44.01.4..A.itomigioMe laInroplai 1Viinard's Liniment Cures DarnS, etc, Always 'tell the Truth. (Stray Stories.), • Father—I hear, my boy, that you have lately told your mother several false- hoods. Title grieves me to the heart. Always tell the truth, even though it may bring suffering upon you. Will you promise ine? Bop—Yes, father. Father—Very well. New, go and See who is khocking at the door. If it's the rate collector say I am not At home. Hope Ahead. (Puck.) I 4 Heed° rtur father and mother both 4- '1147-* tint don't wrerr.*Pnee one filena- me miver aline very lons about iturtehile" South A tri 0 rl ban Kidney pure is the only kidney treatment that has 'proven equal to correct all the evils that are likely to 'befall therm physical regu- lators. Hundreds of testkaonitils to prove the curatiVe merits of this liquid kidney ape - Cilia ' le cases of BrIght'e disease, diabetes, irritation of the bladder, Inflarranellon, drop- sical tendency. Don't delay. -22 Why He Swam to Shore.. Xing Vie* recently etartee on * Cruise in the royal yacht, and all went well until one afternoon, when the news reached him that his wife . bad, given birth to a child. "Put in to shore," he Said to the • captain; "for I must go to Her Majesty at once." linforturiately ai storin was raging and it wasImpossible to bring the yacht to land. The 1ing, however, would not be thwarted in his designeand without a. Word be threw off his mit, sprang over- board and swam ashore.. A few }mere later be WAo isa the toted. palace, and next morning all mos, was talking about his daring feat. ' Death or IUnacysocnted the only alternative for a weil-known and moly rats pected lady of Winghten, Ont., who had travelled over two eontineuts in, a vain search for a Ore for nervous debility aria dyspepsia. e friend recommended South Ant - Mean. dee bottle. helped, six bottles cured, and ber own testimony closes with thole words: "it eas saved 1111 I31e."-20 Chinese BOA Customs. Whtii a rich and. impottaet, (Thinaesaii dke his funeral is conducted with nuich pomp and splendor. His friends and, re- esee lativee instead of sending wreaths, end innumerable banners. T Mae are M040 of vaiite silk, with inseriptione beauti. fully Worked in black velvet, sine express the sender& good wishes to the deceated himself or to the members ef his fam- ily many generations. On the day of the fuller:11 these banners are earried by. hired mem who are all dresiled alike for the °erasion. After the funeral, width bulb; several bottle at the cemetery, Is over the banners, are all brought back and amtnally avaoe the Minns of the late Ohinalertna hotise, ,