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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1904-11-24, Page 6C1 4E4141 14,4 dee ha .e4v 1:9V-r,e4A. 44 4 -01444° .‘,;t4teltedij ai.„4 4e0. 134e, Age/v. eqte•OrilleeerlinereiesergeseeelboPelreeee—teesisreaseatesseassesseeepasieses. 41 The Unlinown Bridegroom. 11, ebr a. few days, after learning :that Inez Was going to Rome, he seemed rather depressed and absent - deluded; but he made no comment regarding leer movementnd ex- erted himself in every wta.y to pro- vide for her comfort on the trip, and wae also most kind and attentive to Mee. Clalrensont When be, with the twO ladiee, en- countered Me. Seaver's/ party,,on the night of the reception, and he first oaught a glimpse of Florence, a ter- rible shock Ileed, for an instant, al- most deprived bine of the power to move or breathe. Surely that fair flosiveraike face was the face of Uonica—surely the girl he Wed wen ncit deraA, as he had been told, but now stood before him in all hor fresh young beauty. This was his first thought. But love, mush as he entertained for his bone. factor's daughter, is very keen, and some instinct discerned an unfae miliar air and movement on the part of Florence, although she was won- derfully like leenica, and convinced him that she 'was' te • stranger, "Did you see her?" gasped Inez, lee log _a tembling . hand upon his arm, just as they entered the buLld- ing, while her startled eyes, in welch there wale a terribl efear, eag- erly search.ed his face. "Whom, senora ?" meetly inquired Augusrt, wew had now completely re- covered hie self-possession. "Mat giri juett crossed our path— Mouica," returned Inez, with tremb- ling lips. . "I pawl the young lady who was with the Englishman—who used to visit You in Paris; I saw the re- eemblanceo, certainly ; *bet' elle' was not Senora Menica," August posi- tive/7 responded, we tell you she was," retorted Inez, paeslonately, "her face, eyes, hair, were the same, and--" "But senora, pardon—you have told me that the Senora. Monica is—dead; that she died in London," the young man interposed in tones which he tried in N -4.1a to, 'keep steady; "how, then, could she appea.r to you, here, In Rome?" "Yee—yes—I know,—that is, she was eapposed to haxe died in that hos- pital; but—but—th.ere may, peesibly have been—some mistake," faltered the, girl, in seine confusion. She realized, too late, that she lia.d betrayed wlutt for world she would not have done, if elle had not lost command of hereelf. "Ale then you did not see ber— dead. You did not attend her bur- ial ?" queetioned August in lows re- pressed tones, and sweeping her blarehed face with his burning eyes. "I? All, no; papa wouldn't allow it, the doctor would not permit eith- er of us because—because of the con- tagion, eon knows" "Ale then, you are not sure, from your own personal knowledge?" questioned August? "Why, of course, we are sure," re- turned the girl, impa.tiently, "only that young lady, w,hom we paused juet 'sow, was so like her he gave me a, fearful start. Did you get a, full view of her Lane?" "Yes, senora, and it is true that she is very like; but she is not the Sonora Monica, all the same," Aug- ust reiterated with. an assurance which proved that he firmly believed what he said "Well, I eincerely hope a than not meet her agatu, or I shall begin to think I am heented by a ghost," Inez obs:erved, and then dropped the 'subject. But he was by no means con- vinced that she had not seen her cousin In the fleeh. The thought that Monlea might poseibly have eseap d from Lr. Flint's sanitarium and tra.kal her her to Borne, haunted her oontinu- ally, spoiiing her pleasure In the receipt oa. Even after her return to her hotel the r.oesibility of her Ps-, Cape dlOVe EL op from her ;allow and kept her toss_ing resaessly upon her pillow the whole night. Lisa le.neee euepisions that Menem had followed her to Rome were con firmed a few later. After im.v- Ing spent a couple of hours In St. Peters, with her cbaperon, Mr.. Clairemont, on suddenly rounding ono of the huge pillars whieli eup- r,ort the dome, b came la full I lew of her cousin, who we etantling not a dozen feet from her, by the railing of St. Peter's; tomb. Sho was gazing down upon the kneeling figure, in bronze, of Popo Pine the Sixth. and was wholly un- to:Wiens that anyone was observing her. Inas atw her datinetly, and knew that the gest woe Moneta. Then, With a ailed moan of mingled pave sion and terror, Lex-) serarils beck out of sight, her fate ea white no ber ham/leer:he% on I a. gleam of vine dietive tette in her eyee. She Immdiets ly zouht Mr', Clairement, who Lad lingered he. - hind her to exemine a line meenLe And, r 1 eedlig ev, a: in -rg, harried b r Trani the thee, enter( el her carriage and oiderel it -r 'mete:leen "home." A few mOniento after aniving her I otcl, siet stole ferib, etetly, to rand a cable message to ter fattier, informing him tliat heel astaped, and wan even then in Remo. Mr. Xing wag, dir tourse, aware of ilianien'e ;Menet* foe, after bi ; en- counter with Fiorcnee Melia/dem eewhom held teenel to 111 hin Wardsel i Regent etre ei., hat ted of to Om Viintet sanitarium anel rive:tattled tire b. Viten a. one Into ths preeenee of Monrea. The etartiell ilonior Lad tried to erve,do tem by el.:inn:ire that tim part 'was ill awl rot ell• tlf allY6n0; bet the m in teel he+ ted and threat., Steed, until, weeing no alternaeLive. Ate eonfeestel that lee patient bad Mantel Then there fol!owed a lively toene, for the plbyeielau had been receiv- ing his pay regularly every month, and it wae only upon hie offering to refund evcry dollar that Carl Klieg • at larst coneented to settle the mat- ter without reporting Ills inethoes to the authorities. It may no well be eald here, how- ever, that Mr. Miley hod already ale. In motiod a scheme for inyee 1 - gating Dr. Flint's sanitarium, and soon afterward the avarietenis and heartless physician was obliged to close his hospital and take 'almost' away to parts unknown with all poesible dispatch. Two days alter Inez sent her meg- eage,•he received an answer that causee an ova emle of satisfac•ion to wreath her red. lips. It read thus: "Spare nothing to get her safely lodged smmewhere until I come," and. she secretly resolved that Monica slional be under leek and key again .before another weck was at an end. It she oeuld by any means accom- plish such a result. That same evening ehe attended thee Teatro Apollo, and 11 anything more had bean needed to drive her to the utmoet l'mits In her purpose, It was to find herself in a box 41- rectly oppo Ito one, occupied by the Seas -ere, and to see her reereant ad- creant admirer. Sir Walter Leigh- ton sitting beside her feared and hated cousin, as she supposed. She tried to meet th.e party on leaving the theatre, to put herseU In Florence's path, to sae how she would appear on beholding her. • . But she was a trifle late for this. She came suddenly upen Leighton, howerer, who had Mrs. Seated on his arm—Fl.orence has in g per: on ally fastened epee her guardian to es, - cape him, and thus they vere come - what in advance of the others. The baronet paused and shook lusnde with Inez, introducmg Mrs. Seaver, and remaiking that his en- gagements had been so pressing ince receiving her card, he bad had no opportunity to tall upon her; but would give himvelf that pleasure the next morning, if the arrangement woald b.s agreeable to her. Miss King was a trifle cool in her greeting, but courteou Ay aeasnted to his apeo.ntment; tie n, after vainly soarciiing tor hs.r cou..in's Jane in the eamel. arounl thane she passed them with a loftyj bow and sought her carriage. The next morning she arrayed her- self in a stunning house -dress gown, and sat down to awoAt 'the coming of her visitor with no little impati- ence. He came about a beef an hour be- fore lunch, and Inez thought she had never seen him look so well or so handsome. Gradually and skillfully Ieez turned the conversation upon the opera of the prevlous evening, and the com- panions she had semi with him. Yes, be said, they were the friende of whom he had told her—efr. and Mrs. Seaver, and their ward, Miss iticbardson. "Have sorti known tbis Ansa Rich- ardson lenge" she inquired. "I have known about her nearly' all my Ilfe; but my personal acquaint- ance with her is not of very; long standing," he replied. 1 Her beart sank at this answer, for it seemed to confirm her suspicions. "Is she an English lady?" she de- manded; and then the blood in her veins: seemed turned to molten fire as be returned: 'Oh, no; she is an 'American." elle was sure now, and 'that this baronet, upon whom she bad poured all the wealth of her fiery nature, was in league witb these people to , reinstate Monica and rob ber—Inez 1 —of her ill-gotten gains. Butethe dropped the subject 'at this • nounced and which silo invited her companion to share with her. 1 Sir Walter excused himself, upon * the plea of another engagement, but made an appointment for a drive . with her for tbat evening. ; The young earonet came almost OVeryi day, bringing her flowers and 1 fruits, and showered flattery, upon • her to her heart'a. content, iThen be would go directly' from her to Florence, and play the role of I devoted lover, accompanying her and i Mr. and Mrs. Seaver almost every- where. i One day, while Inez King was mak- ing purchases in the Via Babulno shops, •oho care° face to face with Monica. 1 Yes, she "Ms sure now that the ' girl was Monica ; for the look of fear in the girl's Ogee as they en- countered hers and the deathly Pol- , lor that irivepti all the color from 1 her beautiful face, told her 'that ! even before her almost rigid lige . parted to give utterance to her I name. "Inez!—,yon here in Rome 1" ishe Ibreathed, in eearcela audible tones. "Hai elonleal" Cried her trencher. ous entisin, a look of he-te sweeping over ber face and vibrating through 1 her every tone. "Then I have not been mistaken—it was zee; whom 1 . lia,vo wen several Ulnae, after all. 1 A—stopi— 1--" , a nut tbe startledgirl had recov- ered herself sufficiently to enable ; ber to turn quickly' and 'weep out of 1 the rem, thug leaving her astonish - 1 ad eezein again alone. Inez elaehed alter ber, bat fonlea , made etraiglie for the outer door, • eroeeed the pavement and gprang In- t o Welting carriage. ; Wistin Thee reached tbe entwine° to ; the chop she me a 'vehicle rolling rapidly down the street, but her i cousin WaS nowhere 10 eight.. I •f (11.1a1,e1l1ele XX. , Ito next week %multi be earn!- ' eel eve-ee nevi 1.-onv 1,4 the. Eieeltell ' and American residents had arrang. . ed to deeote ono evening of it to a fancy4Ii.Nis7 ball. Tlicc; . invittql were Ter -vested to Eta their own 1.1e:twine regarding wearing masers, but It Iwould be obligatory for every ono to appear 10 senile ellartiotee. Den le:lanai that etr Walter livemin attend this auto:ion, also that tliti rt."0.10r.; ansi Moss ineltardsurt 'would be (prevent. Thai inspired ber 'tveth a cunnee; plot whielt she deter. Eelleed ee carry. Mit OA any cost, and. preetiring tivire Le Or herself, leer eletperan and 'A.uguot, elle proceeded Eite enee to act on foot meaenree to being it to perrection., The intervenliee daye were ipant. In diligent peeper:ellen for the maid, ansl the ell imnorittitt evening; Meetly arrived. She had lean eliosnot to represent Nielit, stud had seared no expellee to naoho the character most elfeet- ay. Her costume emu of jet -Mace vel- vet, flaunted Imre and there with dia- mond stare, while hor jewels—the neeklace that eucireled her perfeet rock and the crowt upon her mid- night head, with ite dazzling eyes. rent, and all composed of pure white • eforte, were a marvel to every one who relield them. , Over her face sho wore a mask of black gauze, fringed with held, while from ber shonleorar depended a Mag- nificent train, borne by two pages, ale° clad in blank and gold, who ;fol- lowed her as she slowly and with haughty mien peeee around the great bail -room, in line 'with other ehrir- rioters of oveny description. It was a brilliant scone, for there wore hundreds of people present, In every variety of costume and color, while the display or costly jewels, rare laces and rabriese wee impre- cedented; but .consplcueus among them .all was the goddess of Night ta her dead -black velvet and die.- • mends. room, her keen oyes roving' restlessly k Vbile slowly promenading the ball - hither and thither, bile Euddonly es- p.ed a Might, stately figure in white satin, the corsase having been 'skid- !' fully made to represent a male Illy; 1 the eliort eleeves revealing a beau- tiful arm, almost to tbe shoulder, was frieblonee in the form of the mime flower, and one pure white Wax- en blossom arese trual a coioaet of golden hair that ,surmounted the Amoll and shapely head. Pearls, set with dia,mnds, gleamed upon the marble-wlate neck and arms, and fastened the Illy In places among tbe gloaming yellow coils of hair. A white lace mask, embroidered and fringed, with pearla, concealed • the features, but did not quite hide the dainty "pink ears" and the port- ty dimpled chin. The moment that Inez belield this exquisitely unique figure, with its familiar proportions and bearingeehe was sure she recognieed her cousin, 'It is elonica 1" slus muttered, un- der her breath; "but who would over believe that she could get ner- saelf up like that? Those people doeet don't spare their money, either, for It must cost a. pretty penny to deck her out as thley do." She followed the Illy queen, for a while, occasionally coming very near to her, aad becoming more and more convinced that she was correct in her surmise that she was her eousan. Once she paused and beckoned ter pages to her. "Behold the Illy queen," she said, In a low cautious tone, and with 'a gesture whom she nieant, Two pairs of glittering black eyes were at one fastened upon the girl, and two raven blank heads nodded a dumb asseet , "Watch when she unmasks," com- manded Inez, in the same tone as be- fore. "II I give you the signal, katew that she is the signorina„ and—do your work." Again the pages nodded assent; and then the trio moved slowly on again. As the hour drew near for unmask- ing, Inez managed to be near the lily queen again, and stationed her- sler where she couli not fail to see her when she removed her ownenask, when she was sure her couein, would betray some sIgneeof repugnance or fear upon discovering her proximity. At last the signal was given, and the °oddness or Night gave ft low oxelamatioa of isatiefacteon as that pearl embroidered face covering was • removed, and she found herself look- ing directly into the face& the wronged ale:ilea, as she supposed. She loosened her own mask at the same moment and bent forward to attract the girl's attention. Their eyes met, and a flush of anger wont surging up to Inez King's brow as elle mins, beautiful orbs gazed for an instant into hors with an ex- pecosion of tvoll-bred surprise, but without the slightest sign of reams- nition. i The treacherous girl drew haught- ily .back, an evil look flashing over her face, I • • "She plays it well," she murmured, with savage vehemence; "but—her day will be short." :She glanced back. over her shoul- der at her plow, and nodded signifi- cantly to them. • ! 11 I Then, unclieseingi the train 'from her .slioulder, she let it fall into into thole hands, and they bore it away, after bestowing another fleshing giallo° sit the lily queen. Almost at the same instant, Airs. Clairemont, regal in a. Queen El- izabetll to:lotto of mauve satin and deelease lace, and August Gastaldi, in the character ot a Spareali hie dalgO, Joined her, the latter pre- All animals uppreciate a little senting both ladies with an em- manage. boesed and gilded dance order. Ikea experiments are not wise in hot "Auguet, look yonder," seed Ine calling the youllg, man's detention' we'ather' to the resilient girl oppossite them; Horse bats ore a good thing, if not 'there is Monlea agaitee t alwesa becoming. An animal's actions tell eeactly, hew' He turned quickly and glanced in the direction she ineicated, all the he is *Gael color receding from las faces •No 'wonder soine animate act mad A puzzled exeireselon earn° info his these days' syos as lass, ss,gpriy sweat ale I All enimals require a coiesto.nt supply countenance of the lovely Illy queen, of fresh drinking water, whether they Walter ,Leighton.. with Sir i scanclljeatiode dno.ogis. . . should not be given too Item wa4 now convereing llo etudied her closely for a endch meat, nicely -cooked vegetables and minute or two, then turned back cereals being good. to Inez, a look of keen pain eu. i A big family of children keeps one • his glance. • . • 'animal too busy, often :expecting it to "Sho is not the Senora Monies:0 play till it falls from exhaustion or he quietly, but positively ober:ore& nape. They should be taught better. "I tell you ,she Is eloniest," retort- - •• • a " elle does not act quite like hertaelf t ed Dien, Impatiently. "amnia that nr, but sh.o Is Tutting on airs; and 1 .P; DOCTOR SAID, ;I Our facilities are Wiser - :1 passed for obtaining the tes lee best possible assortment in cut glass, tc: tol:C/7rVeVilfir N4t4;:,tei: V. No. cart at only 4e.ao. 'V• Send for our mail-order catalogue, Careful consider- ation is gieen to seeing Oust goods are delivered at just the' time required. "DIAMOND 'TALL" • 1 18 to 124 -Son*a Street TORONTO •••••••mponlill•MIMMOIMNIsn ,1•14..1••••••••• Living' Expenses in Japan. (New York Press.) Japan is no longer the la-nd of cheap liv- ing. Renta have adveneed from 200 to 300 per cent. Europeans who used to pay from 96 to ,913 for a whale house now content them- selves with a single room. Prices of food, drink, ole, are a long way beyond those of 3urope, A bottle of 'beer costs from 18 to 25 cents. A. 2 -cent cigar fetches 13 cents. The only clump article is French champagne, owing to the low duty paid. Germany's trade with Japan is falling off; America's and England's is increasing. STATISTICS OF TEE MEG. Death Rate in thia Country Nearly Twice " Pure soap I" -` You've heard Thet Of the White, • the words. In $unlight The Mud census bulletin on the negro Soap 3/ou have the fact pofulatien shows that there are 0,201,- 53 negroes in the United Stets, in - eluding Alaska, liawail and Porto Rico. Ilan of this great number are under 10 years of age and front 11 to 10 .per cent. of them have 'white blood in their Vehle. The center of this black popnlation • De Kent county,. Alabama, it lia,vhig moved from Ullmann° county, Virgima, northeast 470 miles, since 1790. Thus the negro population constitutes 0,bout ono -fifteenth ef the elty popula- tion and one-seventh of the country population of continental United States. Tine proportion, although atilt large, is the result We steady decline during the nineteenth century. The death vote of negroes approximates 30 per cent, while that of the whites is 17 per cent. At present fully 00 per cent, of the negroes live in the southern states and 77 per cent. of them reside upon farms. Tint the northern migration to the big cities Las been noticeable during the last two decades stud le in a large measure responsible for the excessive death rate among them. Bad habits, poverty end disease make terrible inroads upon m- ercies living in the big cities. • The largest numbers of negroes living In compact masses aro found in certain urban counties, several of which lie out- side the great' cotton -growing states. The four each linving 75,000 negroes are District of Columbia, co -extensive with Washington; Shelby county, Tennessee, containing Memphis; Baltimore City, Md., and Orleans parish, Louisiana, co- extensive with New Orleans. Tho ne- groes form one-third of the population of the 'entire :south and 48.6 per cent, of them are reckoned among bread win- ners, as again 40.9 per cora. of the sou- thern whites, but these figures appar- ently in favor • of the southern black mu ate accounted for by the prevalence of female labor sunong the negroes. Among females at least 10 yeara of age 4.7 per cent. of the negroes and only 11.8 per cent. of the southern whites report money -getting occupations, — Kansas City Journal. 4 INDU ATE FIBRE WARE There is nothing in the raarket approaching the quality of . . 1r' .make of this ware. See that EDDY'S name is on the bottom of each pail and tub. reansea+see-e-e-e-ea-asee.aaaseassaaaf 'LIFE OF A CHILD IN CHINA. Boys Have Many Presents and Feasts and May Have Three Names. At birth it is supposed that many spirits, both good and evil, attend the Chinese child. Red candles are lighted in the birth chamber, as for a wedding, and attendants must speak only good words. The little one must not be frightened, but it is to be received with joy. The baby boy's head is shaved on the twenty- eighth day, but the ceremony is on the thir- tieth if the baby is a girl, and in either case this is done before the ancentral tablets or the shrine of the goddess called Mother. A boy receives many presents, while girls are not altogether forgotten, the gifts taking the form of gay little caps ornamented with tassels and bells, and gold, silver or copper images of Buddha, ta hang about the neck. Although baby receives his first name at this time, it is changed by his schoolmaster when he is old enough for school, he receives an- other when he is married, and if he succeeds at the examinations, which may not happen before middle age, he receives a third. Often • such names as vagabond, dog, cat, good for nothing, ugly, are given the baby, that the spirits may think the parents do not love him. By the time he is 001 en- ough to go to school it is supposed that the spirits have forgotten aboet film, and be may be given a better name. When a child is •a year old there is a feast, •always with a difference in favor of the boy. These feasts for the boy are repeated every ten years.—Good Housekeeping. Most people think too lightly of a cough. It is a 'serious matter and needs prompt attention. Take. Corastira 'don Cure "R% -ting Tvhen the first sign of a cough or cold appears. It will cure you easily and quickly then—later it will be harder to cure. Prices, 25c., SCle., and $1.00. 311 OUD DUMB FRIENDS. Don't tease the dog. Evert the eat has feelings. Give them, some time to rest. Only painstaking ones should keep caned pets. head know. What I em talking about, tor I met her at Itainaldies, in the: Via atalatilio, only Met week." " tou met elesiora Miila letot iwires.ek 1" repeated August, with while "Yee, 1 saw her and' epoke to her —she spoke to me and, called nee W name, and then =the hurried from tho store and Was gone before could detain her," Inez affirmed. Then elm turned astray to greet an acquaintance. Auguet found a convenient Place where he could watch the susiposed Monica, without bang himself ob. served.' Dut his sensitive, adoring heart Could not bo deceived. Ile knew that the fair etranger Woe Ma the girl whom' he MEd Sae- retly Idolized for ree Many years, and for whom he bad been eliligentle searching for long months teeth' tho hope of being able to eight the wronge she had mitered. (To be colitinued.) ousisi.air.o.+4116121414 A woman 1tA 011137 one tongue and Iwo ears but elm eau generally talk fasten than elm tan listen. TUT HE MUST DIE 11.4W.4.* But Dodd's Kidney Pills Cured J. J. Perkins. Itari.t.. • 110 Wsie Unable to Work, and Itecom• • ingtlestibuite, 13e1'orle treed the Great Canadian Kidney etemedy. • Trek% Mane Nov, 14,—(Special.)5-- Unable to work because of Kidney I/W- ow, pronounced incurable by Um &e - tors, and fast becoming destitute, Mr. J. J. Perkies, of this place, found new life and health in. Dodd's KidnesePills. In his outitude he wants all the world to know of his eure, and that he owes it to Kidney Pills. Mr. Perkins ova: "After two years of Kidney Trouble I got no bad the doctor said 1 WM incur- able. I get aliti worts, and at time* had such teerible peins in my back and kens,* Unit 1 thought 1 would die. • 'I was unable to work and was boom - lag destitute when o, friend pertinaded tald 110 try Dodd's Kkiney Pine. Dive hetes oared rne completely." Cocoanut Oil for Toothache. Mr. Consul Werner's report on the trade of Kiungehme for 1903 says: With regard to cocoanut oil it may be useful to mention that it is used by the natives aa a specific for toothache, and it is said to be a never failing remedy. The directions for use are as follows: Pro- cure a fresh cocoanut, cut it in half, plate one-half with the cc:naive side fac- ing upwars on a large cup containing some cotton wool, and inside the cocoa- nut put some live charcoal. When the oil exudes on to the went, take the latter out, and insert it with the aid of a blunt needle into the aching cavity. Care meet be taken not t6 let the oil drop on to the tongue or skin, since it raises a most painful blister.—Indian Review. PATENT TROU- ser and Skirt a Hanger, holds 4 garments„ steel, heavily nickel - plated, will last MUT a lifetime. Send '50c and secure one. Endorsed by all leading tailors. Novelty Mfg. Co., 219 Queen street east, Toreuto, Ont. • The Telephone Ear. A peculiar development of the sense of hearing has been discovered as be- ing the result of the use of the tele- phone. Most people when using the in- strument hold the receiver to the left ear because it conies more natural to adjust the mouthpiece with the right hand, So it happens that from an ex- tensive use of the telephone the -hearing of the left ear is shaepened at the ex- pense el. tho right. In the majority of cases the difference between the two is not very great, bet in some persons it is alarmingly .so. The sensitive nerves are so irritated. by the sound coming di- rectly on them, and in a tone which is strange, that it sets up a reuction which has a cumulative effect and upsets them. e • • Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc, The Czar's Many Houses. A prominent and distinguished member of the large Russian colony in Paris, writes my Paris correspondent, has been giving a French interviewer amazing ac- counts of the magnificent possessions and properties of the Czar. In all he is the master of 100 ',maces and chateaux, scattered about al over his vast empire. and each one of them is a marvellously furnished and. marvellously filled with servants. Something like 35,000 butlers, grooms, footmen, valets, chefs, coachmen, gardeners, etc., are housed in the hued - red residene.es, and their total sa01,storolcz amount to the enormous sum of 2 000 francs or £800,000. In the many stables are some 5000 horses,while tlx heads of cattle may be placed at 50,000; but even the distinguis- ed members: of the Paris Russian colony hesitates at statinrthe number of ne habitants of the Cotes kenftels, the dogs being entirely innumertsble. Naturally, the Czar is not ftenilistr with ell his pal- aces and chateaux. Out of the hundred indeed, there are not loos than sixty-two upon \Well he tuts laver sat eyes; and which, in all probability, he never wile' Ilut the servants sire there, and every- thing i ever in readiness in ease the I Czar should take it into his head to look just onee upon his truly magnifi- cent abOdes.---From Ai, A. le Advertising and Dricere A prominent shoe nianufacturer pre- sents the side of advertising in thie sue - Chat and convincing way: "A store paying $20 a day rent and selling twen- ty pairs of Awes, without advertising, must therms one dollar a pair for relit alone. By spending vo a day Inc ad- vertising the same store can sell 200 pairs and* thee Tent . and advertising combine(t would coet only twenty cents a /mile" The store which ndvertisee the store to dealt with. • —ease— Due Precaution Taken. (Nov York /Weld.) "/ amulet think you'd ba afraidto let your little boy run your auternebilee, "Ma am 1 have it insured.' RXDUCES EXPNIS Alt ler she octegonitar 030 The Corean Flag. The Corean ensign and merebant flag la 0 white flag bearing the great mama in blue anti red, This is symbol of great antiquity.. 11; is to the Mongolians vitae the cross is to the Christian. To them it is the sign of deity and. deity, while the two parts into which the circle is divided is called the Yin and the Yan—the male and female forces of nature. Some three thousand years ago one of the writers, spealdng in reference to it, said: "The illimitable producea the extreme. The great ex- treme produced the two principles, The two principles produce the four quar- ters, and from the four quarters We de- velop the quadrature of the eight diagrams of Feuhle." This means little to us, though the writer may have ex- plained the 'natter to his entire satis- faction.. But so much we know—that the symbol had 44 mathematical as well as all. °milt meaning, There is a little puzzle connected with the Corean flag which may or may not be perplexing to the novice. Divide ,the great naiad by a straight eut into two pieces so tbat each half of the circle may contain an equal share of the Yin and the Yan. Lever's Y -Z Mice Head) Disinfeetan t Soap Powder is a boon to any bodes. It disin- fects and cleans at the same time. To Care for Plants in Winter. Give plants all the fresh air you ean.. Open doors and windows 'at some dis- tance froin them on pleasant days and give them a chance to breathe in pure oxygen in liberal quantity, Give ell the sunshine you can. And aim to keep the temperature of the • room between 70 degrees by day and 55 at night. It will probably exceed these figures iu both directions, bet try to regulate it in such it way as to avoid the extremes of in- tense heat and dangerous cold. Use water liberally on the foliage of your plants. By washing off the dust it keeps open tbe pores of the • leaves through which they breathe, and it tem- pers the hot, dry- atmoipbere usually pre- vailing in the living room. Tire only 'way to modife this condition is to keep water constantly evaporating on the stove or register and make frequent use of the sprayer.—Lippincott's Magazine, I belieese MINARD'S LINIMENT will awe every ow' of Diphtheria. Riverdale. MRS. REUBEN BAKER. I believe MINARD'S LINIMENT will produce growth of hair. MRS. CHAS. ANDERSON. Stanley, P. E. L . • I believe MINARD'S LINIMENT is the best household remedy on earth. AfATTHIAS FOLEY. Oil City, Ont. , Deepest Gold Mine. The deepest gold mine in the world is said to be at Bendigo, Australia. It is called the Now Chum Mine; and its main shaft is sunk to a depth of three thousand nine hundred feet, or . only sixty feet sbort of three-quarters of a mile. The most difficult problem of working a mine of such a depth is how to keep tbe tunnels and general workings cool enough for the miners to work. The temperature is usually about 103 de- grees,' and this is, of course, terribly enervating. To make it possible for the men to work at all a spray of cold. water is let down from above and kept con- tinually playing on their bodies. They are naked from the waist up. se • e WhereDoetors do agree!— Physicians no longer- consider it catering to quackery" in reeommending to practice so meritorious a remedy for Indigestion and Nervousness as South American Nervine. They realize that it Is a step in advance in medical Eclectic and a sure and permaneat cure for disenees of the stomach. It will cure you. -60 • THE CLOTHES BUSINESS. The effect of advertising on many dif- ferent kinds of business 'has been noted by a Well-known 'writer. "Wearing ap- parel of all kinds," he says, "is now lib- erally advertised, and the result, accord- ing to recent ste,eisties, has been to increase the sales all the way from 300 to 800 per cent.—without increasing eels* price to the consumer or reducing the; profits to the manufacturer, but the reverse." ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT Removes 511 hard, soft 'or calloused lumps and blemishes from 'horses, blend anoxia, curbs, Opllnts, ringboac, svieeney, itifies, sprains; mires sore and evroolen throat, cough, etc. Save $50 by the Use of one set- tle. Warented the moot wonderful Blemish Cure ever knoivn. Question of Politeness, Not Opinion. • (Nashville Danner.) Representative cooper, • of Texas, tells a story ebout (len. Sam Douston, of his 'State, and a practising' phyaiehos, who did not like the old General, being strenuously opposed to him politleally. One day, atter a heated discuselon, the pliyalciall said: 'General, I like you web enough sociallY, butvplitleally 1 would hot bailey° you ou would believe you, doctor," was the quiet reply of the General, "Then, sir," vehemently exclaimed the doe - tor, "you have 1(1011011 better Opinion of me than I have of you. "Not a better opinion, doctor, but I simply lave a. Iittle more politeness theft yowhave." .0 • 41/ Minsrd's Liniment Cures Distemper. Are•Soldiers Great Smokers? 11 reeent statistics are to b0 relied. uponn the number of meti—higle placed officerseein both servicee tiviio do not smoke would hear out the theory that smoking ix going eat of fashion in the British army aml navy. It appears that the majority of navel °frame are con- tent, like the l'reneli and Unseeing, with ari imeasional cigarette. Of metros there are es:rept:ion 4, The priny 110 no of ft- cer W1i0 13 0 mere Inveterate Smoker than was the 1 :to General .Gortion, man wits miserable mem lie had an ample supply of .eigarettee. Time imam time nonsmokers we fine Lore Weave Oen- flat MacKinnon, 14e0eral f4ir nedrers Buller and General Gatlin, ISSUE N01 48 1904. sae -- Mrs. Winelowe booming Stirrup slioule always be need tor Children ',teething., h soothe tho OWL sottotio the gumseureswlal collo and Is the beet remedy tor Dierrhcete oppqapp..m. LA 1)1 E S th1.30,v1.8125rtirleakkta0, and Weeks. Bend tor styles one cloth samples. SOUTIleCri"lv Sere Oa, Loudon, Can. Butterflies and Moths. Though butterflies and moths are): found widely distributed all over the' globe, they are by far most abundant ut the tropics. For instance, Brazil can show to the collector riot less than 700 different specter; within an hour's walk of Para. There are not hall as many in all Europe. In Britain there are 07 epi - 02.58, soul in all, ramp° thee° are 300 dif- ferent kinds. They are bound ser far north as Spitzbergen, on the Alps to it height of 9,000 feet and on the Andes up to 18,000 feet, As there are tome 200,000 species, it is easy to eee why butterfly hunters aro great travellers. HOW'S THIS? We otter One Hundred Dollars' Reward for any case of Catarrb thet cannot be cured by Kaila catarrh Cure. F. J. GURNEY es• CO., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known P..1. Cheney tor the last S.5 years and believe him perfectly honorable In all business trans- uctione and financially pale to carry out any obligattone made by this lirm. 5V4I4DING, KINZ11N & MARVIN, W11010134410 Druggists, Toledo,0. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internanymee Ing directly upon the blued and mucous ems faces of the system. Testinioniala sent Ina Price -..75c per bottle. iold by all druggist. Take tfall's FaintjyrIlls, for conetipatioe, ts • e A Birthday Mystery. Here is a strange little puzzle, wbich has the same answer, independent of the fact that no two people solving the puz- zle were born the same year and conse- quently use the same figures. Write down the figures of the year you were born, and from -this take away four. Add your age at next birthday if it comes before • Janstary, otherwise your age at your last birthday, , Multiply •the result by 1,000 end: from this deduct 685,423. Substitute for the figures cor- responding letters of the alphabet, as A for 1, B for 2, ete, The result is a Chin- ese table delicacy which is used in this country • for 'electioneering purposes. Strike out the first letter and. trans- pose those that remain to form a word, o 4 * Like Tearing the Heart Strings. —"It is not within the eencep- tion of man to measpre my groat sufferings from heart disease. For years I endured al- most constant cutting and tearing pains about my heart, and many a time would have welcomed death. Dr. Agnew's Cure for this Heart has worked a veritable inn- aele."—Thos. Hicks, Perth, Ont. -60 A Question of Age. IIOW old are you? The adage, says that' It;. women are as old as they look and men as old as they feel. That is wrong. A man or woman are as old as they take themselves to be. Growing old Is largely n habit of the mind. "As a man thinketh le his heart ,se is he." If he begins shortly after midddle. age to imagine himself growing old he will be old. To keep oneself from decrepitude is somewhat a matter of will power. The fates are kind to the man who hangs on to Me with both hands. He who lets go will go. Death 14 slow only to tackle the. tenacious. Ponce de Leon searched in tho wrong place for the fountain of youth. It is In one's self., 'One must keg.- oneself young inaido; so that while "theater man perishes the inner man is renewed day by day.' 'When the inner man ceases to exert itself, when there Is no longer an active interest in the affairs oC this life, when the human stops reading ma thinking, and doing, the man, like a blasted tree, beging to die at the top. You aro as, old as you think you are. Keep the har- ness on. Your job is net done. FLORIDA AND THE SUNNY SOUTH Winter excursion tickets now on sal; by the Lehigh Valley Rjiiroad and Its connections via Washington or New Yorlc, to Florida, Virginia, Carolinas, Geor- gia, Nassau, Havana, Cuba, and all winter resorts in Florida and the South. Connecting lines, Atlantic Coast Line ,Seaboard Air Line, Southern Railway, For rates of fare, maps, time tables, ilustrated literatere, etc., call ob or athlress ROBT. S. LEWIS, Canadian Passenger Agent, 10 King Street East, TOROTNO, ()NT. - Matrimony and Longevity. (Kansas City journal.) ' et ,e'lne*r n'1117.::egre 1;;.;;: gall'iroZiEr.V1 n(Infiti;- / reply that it only seems longer, wee conceiv- ed in a spirit of tun, but it is now 1- cally certain n asserted that matrimony Is °Pot= o ong y. has calculated that the mortality among bachelors from the age of 30 to 45 years le 27 per cent., while among married inen of the same ago It is 13 per cent. For forty-one baehelors who attain the age of 40 years there are seventy-eight married men who reach the same ago. The difference is still more striking in persons of advanced age. At se years there remain but twenty-two bachelors for fortye-ight married men. At '10 eleven bachelors for twenty-seven mar- ried inen, and at 80, three bachelors for nine married men. New PATENT Foldiug Seat. 'only 0410 ot its This seat is the kind on the Mar- ket, and should be seen and used to be appreeiated. The advantage- flIgurere is no the fact, that the seat dregs soirigarenateit fraanipowtitgraoupti:tnfootroi gaisdg top. Largely used in deeratmental stores and any per at' sivr lracalai4earnnVAII: Is quired write for special terms. Novelty Mfg, CO., 219 Queen street east, Toronto, Ont. • ' Bavaria's Mad King. There is a rumor that King Otto of Bavariae is dangerously ill. The made monarch, wbo is now fifty-six years old, has been insane for more than half his life. •IIO was publicly declare(1 insane in 1872. Fourteen years later he succeeded hiel brother, Ludwig It who had been deposed en ateount of insanity. Otto has never realized Ids royal position, ex- cept in so far ae it pleases hunts: be ad- dressed as "Your Majesty." • • • Mittard's Liniment Cures °argot in COVA Homeopathic Power, Natrtun muiaticum, a homeopathic re- medy, is common table salt. Dut in the process of dynitieization, homoopathi- '` only, its particle; are sub -divided till they approach the infinity. A German druggist onto bet $50 that be could take a certain number of doses of it every day for a month, reasoning that in that time he would not take as much salt ne could be heel on the extreme point of a delicate penknife. But Ire lute not cal - Mated on the power of homoepathie doses. Before the inontli was half passed lie willitigly paid the bet. Ile had inside ti "proving" of natrum muriatieum end did not like it, "Affections of the inner note, headache no though it thousstrel little Iminmers were knoelsieg at the bride, ete.," is the way Guernsey gives it. Alinard's Lin Merit Cures Diphtheria. placo for informetion. \ (Town Topic%) Afloat wish 1 know weether the duks Iste Lowe es promo Pamalae-Wby don't you Inquire of his sole