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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-01-26, Page 6'4);e•aleo • it 4tt-st-4/ i'M44444-X*-0 ei -4a4watv. -ere.' es-eue.weeeeeeineearlbe.r`eee,"Te+, 1 0 The Unknown ...m.rawaseik e room. 1 a...eiresa-eseele-eareeeeereeeneefeetelfeeeeareilt..egees-efebea-dseetta-,vete_ "Yes, sir, 1 think I can," August returned ; I have it in my power to prove Carlos Xing n. robber from beginning to 'end. I think, if need be, we can even prove bim it murderer, bee Mr. William King-Monica's fa- theneAold me when he was dsinie, that his cousin etruck the blow- 'that sent those deeayeng timbers crasb- ing down upon him, and then left bine to die, like a rat in a trap." , "Are eon sure you eau prove this?" Mr Seaver gravely inquired. "If you eound him dying there in the mine, fas ;yea say, and were alone with him, It might he assumed that you fabricated the story. It will .need something more subetantial Ulan than your word to prove it." "Well, I can at least prove that he' gave Into my possession valu- able papers, which bad been signed that very day, and eviech he wished me to deposit in Los Angeles in the name ot his daughter. That, at tlae same time, be told me where. to find other valuable documents which he wished disposed of in the same way. He alga confided to me a secret re- garding a new vein of rich ore, re- cently* discovered, and whieb he ac- e used his cousin of secretly! mining. Ete gave me a diagramt of thie cw vein, and told me to make use of it For myself if I feauld." "Those are strong points, Mr. CastaWi, and they will certainly prove tbat Mr. King was able to end did converse witb 'you: after hie accident -the paper signed on that same day 'will be very strong evi- dence. But, oft course, Carl King's crime against bis cousin, and his rob - beret of Monica, are offenses which must be answered for in the conntrY where they were committed, and the mom le here in England with no in- tention, I fear, of returning to America." . "No, sir.; tee'y are making every preparatton to remain abroad. I have, at air. King's orders, been pat- ting his faffairs into shape during the last week to enable himto turn all his property into money With all possible dispatch. I have an Idea tbat he meane to conduct this bus- iness through an agent, and thus It nek be difficult to bring the law of hie own cou,ntr,y to bear upon him. But 1 have secretly.: made cop- ies of all ma; work, so that I know fast where every dollar is invested a,nd haw arech there Is of it." "That will be a great help; but It io a Wonder to me that the man would trust you so far as to Inako you his private secretary, knowing Our affection for Monica and her father," Mr. Seaver observed, mus- ingly. "He thinks I believe the report re- garding Monica's; death," Auguset ex- plained. "Cif course, if ehe were not living, he and his daughter would be ber direct heirs, and no one .could question their right to succeed to ter property, and so, believing me to be trustwortlee, and knowing that I am familiar with hie affairs, it would be far less trouble to him, to have me do the woak than be obliged to ex- plain everything to a stranger." "That is true, mai young friend,, end you deserve a great deal of cre- dit for the manner in which you bave eondueted thief businees," said Mr. Beaver, in a co/amendatory! tone. 'But I want to clinch thie business right here, and I an more ,than glad tbat he boa pursued his critnee In this country, else we might have found it difficult to corner him. His sending. Monica to Dr. Flint's van], itarium glace us just the pretext we want to have him arrested, and I think I will go directly' to London to -morrow morning and gwear ont s warrant for his apprehension, and, aleo one for that scamp of a doctor. I 'intended to leave 'the mat- ter until next week, when our vita here will be over; but I am now of the opinion that we had better; be as exp•editioue as possible In our tnovemefltg." "I am mire that would be WitiO)• Or," August gravely' obeerved; "it will take me one naymore to finisar up my' accounts, tlion 1 will join year heart and hand. "I hope," lie edded, with evident anxiety, "that Carl King will not learn the t Mon - lea le here." "He eflowe it felready," Mr. Seaver replied, atel then explained how they had snet and paesed Mr. Xing and hai "laughter on the day of their arrival at the Tow,ere. "Ha, !" exeleaned hie componion, With a violent /tiara 'ahem I Mil sure they /Omuta.' have mine scheme, efloat to get lter oleic into their never; for an eva-looking man Lae been to see Carl Mile: three or /out' • tams durinte the toot week, and they have Lam eloeeted privately, r beta Lt:a," he continued, in a troubled tone, "Oita you will guard her meat etteefully wail after to- ; morrow, end then, w:th your ap- itrewal, 1 tlenk w wel b:. married," and hi.:. explailial farther, that he and aloniea bail detailed that it would tbe /le well t / take the Alm in) WW1 ifttelv%, "1 son not air* bat you are right, inv e ming friOnfl, t hn you sauld le. wail lter eonetantly awl Foetal her eon Linn:illy," air, Faaver tate!, "Mai tri' we vell do tee. beet for liere• eere-/ rviel Ii4V It t net to lt•triee tho holm. Flom., tool win be aieeftil thet '11- lea; a pear? 4', Jrt wit et - PS Or ';In. "tiara!' itatermeal we, In an neoaltae• wiOtet ,e, will. et. ;emelt.. el 10); P, t,13f.L.,Iii.).1 :;11 rt'fli! !Jr.!! /aid ;ad- a lv "leo t. ties i toatit sea, • eee• '." t ,r tit . areal waist 'Lew •et tee •,; " i'ete tee. •- sefee ei7ee eeeee.ee 3.; ° !.•• *ii 11o4 l . '• . • .• Mr. Lit i! ' . " ;*' • LI .:,,t here," the lawyer returned, uoder la's breath. "1 well etation myself at the door, and the moment be pre- sents himself there, I will light lem fat*, end do you reale sharp and see if be Is the man who , has been oloeeted wale King. If he is, you can (signify it by a cougar The twat men subsided into silence axial latened again, and the Twat moment a, tall figure darkened the entrance to the pagoda. Instantly Mr. Smear, who bad taken him stand near the door, struck a parlor match, and as the flame elared upon the :intruder, it revealed an ugly -looking epecimen of Ionnanitty, ;rattle sinister eyes and a, cruel, heavy mouth.. August tearer a slight cough. "Well, ea., what are you doing here ? Wbat are you prowling about Du this fashion for ? What's wanted?" tiemlanded .Mr, eaver, in a 'tern, authoritative tone, as he boldly confronted the Intruder and struck another !travail]. The agan wax taken back for an instant ; but quickly recovering him - elf, he pulled his hat low over hie taco and rudely responded; "It's none o' yer business." Then he turned abruptly and made off witth all possible speed, muttering angrily to Illm,self, as if greatly disturbed to have liaa his presence discover ed.; "Yes, that is the same man who hear been closeted with Carr King several times during the last week," said August, in a trembled tone, as the pan disappeared, "and he must home Peen here before, or he wiould not have been /so familiar with the location' a the tsummer-house - doubtless he has mu'de at his hiding n "I believe yoa are right in, your conjecture," Mr. Seaver gravely re- plied; "but we will put a stop to all ;snort deviltry before another forty-eiglet houre are passed." "But muab can happen in forty-. eight hours," said August, 'anxious - lye "1 am iSure that wretch has or- ders to kidnap Monica, or perhaps do even :worse. Ah. ! if anything should happen to her, now that victory and ham:threes seem so near." • "Nothing ohall happen to herony friend," aald Mr. aeaver, soataing- ; "I will eaution my wife and both giriso beN ery careful. You say you will be through with the King's to -morrow, V he added, after a mo- ments reflection. "Yes, and 1:shall feel as itarelea.sed from a terrible bondage when the day le done," said August, with an anticipatory :sigh of relief. "Then ;suppose you meet me Imre again to -morrow evening, about this time, and I will let you ;know the ,result of my visit to Landien," Mr. Seaver suggested. "Very well, I will be here," the young man replied, and tleen after a few more ques- tions and an:Avers relative to Monica:a confinement in Dr. Flintes sanitarium, its location, the name of the servant with whom 'Augueei had been go friendly in his charac- ter of the gypsy peddler, etc., the two men shook hands cordially; and parted. ; Mr. Seaver returned thoughtfully; to the Towere, while August sped swiftly down the avenue eo a epo.t 'where, among a thick growth of trees, he had a horse cormealed. * 1 * • * Menial, after sending Mr. Seaver to meet her lover, hastened swiftly; upetairs to seek Florence, and con- fide to her her happy secret and all that Aoguatt had told her. As elle slipped quietly into her chamber to throw 'aside her wrap, she was astonished to find her cou- sin upon her knees before time panel behind which she had heard such strange noises before she went out. "Why, Florence!" ehe exclaimed, "have y,ou, too, been hearing those uncanny' sounds?" "Yee -such queer noises," saki the young girl, looking up with a trou- oriel lace. "1 realty belie“a there is some one in distress behind this door or panel, or whatever it may; be. And yet I have always thought that lie side of the room .wate a solid wall. But I have certainly, heard Nobs and monad, 8,nd once it seemed ao if a weak Voice said, "Oh,, let lure out' " • "The hoetee may be 'haunted," said Monica, laugting, her heart, jest at that moment, too full of her own happiness' to give much heed to neve- tariotio sob e and moans. " You'd hAter stop your ineestigationa or the gleeet of the Castle may, appeam. to you." . t "It is a pretty lively and sub- stantial ghost,- if cud' it is, with lie erieg and clamor," Florence re- turned. "There! listen!" elle 'con- tinued, 00 the tapping began again, auJ ficeompanied by meant:. "Oh! do :am suppose) the; WILS onec a door?" elle went On, turning ber attention again to the panel. "I have been trying for a long One to find some way to opan it --X have read and 11:..ard 09 mach about eliding gook/ in 1 hive tile 1ng1iulm hou am There! -etta, 1 itelleve it will move!" slur t tool, javottelY, no rate ?melted with oil her etrength, and It Famed to a trifle. "Wait 1" Naar aloelea, now tiler- intereeted ; "there rimy be a eoroia or a, bolt sainewbere that !meta it." 'ey both begat to gearch for th imeret spring, but itoparealy there evag malting of /awl that oporatel the panel, 'et 1, ea no Linea the noareg 00 'OM Otinl 1440 tied ceased. "It y.u3 like a hopeleee etteea' ; ilea na loot, with a vigil ; ,/ at: "1 am afrael Ivo droll lia. it to Vivi it rip; but Mel 1)111'1w:it y enelly :tlemee et, and 1 am Oh 'it/ do (to." "Vata," Munleat Meath. Aft titto began at the floor, on one Ode, to :watch tit ery inch ot epee toward, "W bat le title'?" elle exclaimed a moment later, ati elm touched what leuked like a equare-iteadee nail at the top et n lower beeettei a the panel. It Inid been Feinted tit° same eel - or no 1.110 141101, alid wined ilf,%er have been notieaa by) 0earelocei oe. Verver. "Oh, that le nothing Mit a nall," 'etted Florenee, who had become weitey of 'Melt' ion awl fruitleee eiettreb. "? Dan net vie sure of that e-1 be- lieve it is the head of a bolt 'that holder the door," Said her cettuill ; and springing to a table, she aelzed a sarong pair of filleare and, return- ing, tried to pry the Ohjeet irony its: place. After a fow vigor's/Mx efforts it began to -yield. "Yes, it is a bolt," she cried, in a voice of tritimple "and it fastens the door in place, 1ani, sure. See: -therel"- as it yielded atilt more and had now dipped fully! three [norm into -clew, "Now, 1 believe, we can eiale the panel either ode Way 0r the other. Past, Florence, past up 1" ' klorence did an she was request( ed, alt ber energy returning aerobe Saw a prospect of having their ef- fort& rewarded. The panel moved Plower upward a Couple of IncheS. wiefl It stopped us if eaught, and their united gtrength could not stir It °Vele the fraotion of all ineh fare ther "It is of no uge-that 15 as taxi ae it will go!" said Florence, pant- ing from ber efforts; "but perhaps now we can find out what re on the other side." She dropped upon her knee& again and, putting her face close to the aperture, peered curiouelyj through it. . She could dietinguish nothing, for the opening beyond wast perfectly lettreelt presently the tehic,and upon her cheek eent a shock B acof a small, h olf.ear and dismay $1100ting thrOUgh i "Heavens I" &to cried, In a startled tone, and shrinking bapk as if: she had been struck: Before Florence COUlde recOvor her owe) breath to reply, a weak, plain- tive voice 'sounded from the other sidenof the panel, • . "Oh, pleaae, can't you lift it up higher and let me out ?" "01.1" cried Florence, wait° to her lips from that chilling touch upon her cheek and the sound of that pathetic voice, "there is somebody out there! -it is no ghost, either, but a real Iniman .", "What can it mean ?" questioned Monioa, shivering in sympathy. 'Why! I thought there was nothing but a solid wiJ1 bapk of us; these ropms surely battik up against tbe end of this end or the Towers." "Yes, 1 kno,w, there is nothing but a solid wall outside, though there are a couple of shimneys that run up through it," Florence responded, "but there certainly mast be a pass- age between two, walls, leading some- where. It he vory strange, but per- haps this creature -whoever or what- ever it is-ean tell vs. I Mu going • • • -44÷44444-44+4-94444444444+4-.44,444441.1-4-++444-**-4.4-14+4++. IN U AHD FI AR There is nothing in the market approaching tbe, quality t;f MO If S make o thie ware,. Sae- that name is on the bottom of .oaoh pail and tub. -14,....44+4?-s.4444-s+.4-4-444,41-.+++1e,-+-44-•-e+++++•-•• WHY GLASSES ARE NEEDED, I "011 age doesn't nffeet the sight ce. atictiltilY1sIgshitirttsel idainZuliSt. "U eel;Fi cot' "All old man, for instance, can sit down the same as ti young man, but lie site dawn slowly and stiffly, because his eittingelown Muscles are no longer sup- ple. So it is with an old inan's eyes. They see quite as well as ft young iumea, but the Muscles that do the focusing. - the muscles, that is to say, that alter the degree of coovertity of the crystai. line lens -are hardened and don't work well. The strain trust the managing' of ethese muscles demands of an old man gives hiM a headache, Herm he adopts glasses, which do Ids foeueing air him-• one pair focusing for reading another pair focusing for long distances. ; "Old age glasses don't actually improve the sight. They only take the place of certain muscles that age has stiffened, They don't even do that, though, unless ; they are cleaned, frequently. Glasses • should be kept perfectly clean -should be cleaned when M use once an tour, with a silk handkerchief, never with a linen one." No, Maude, dear; horseplay is not once' more, having recovered some- , what from her shock, elle bont to the floor and placed her aps to the aper- ture. "W.ho are you ?" oho inquired, "and haw does it happen that you are out there; in 'the drr?' "Ole please, can't you get the door up?" pleaded tho weak voice again. "It la dreadful out here, and I've been 'Shut up so long." "1 cannot get the door up any far- ther just now ; but I will noon Italie time one here ma can," Florence returned in a rens,u:inee tette, fur she reaugelzed the voice to be that of • c b:Id, a nd it appealed to her etrangely. • New toll me," she added, "who yon are, and Low you happen to he eliere." "I -I am jamas. Cerrol, and a bad, Wicked man brought me here and serut Me into a dreadful place down belew-undee this great house," came the astoniShIng reply that sent an - ether Shook quivering through every fiber of Florence 11.1/4thar1son's being. CHAPTER name of "Jamie Carrel" had star tied Florence beyond measure, for her mind instantly reverted to Mr. fearrol's erotege, of whom he had given her a histery during that even- ing whicet he; bad ;spent with lier in London, previous to her telt) to the Continent. ele hale told her that he had given the bey bls own name until lie could restore him to his parents and learn lila identity. , But how could it be possible, she asked herself, that the bey was there at WOrthing leivere, and a prisoner -for allele be Boomed to be -In a seeret passage ? Surely it could nl;t be the same Jamie; and yet it did not seem Lkely traaht'sh there ould. ba two Jamie Oar- is. , But her ,sympathies and her cur- tosity were now all etrouseel, and she was deternl:ned to stilt the mystery to tho bottom. "Jamie ,Carrol," she repeated, as soon et,s elm could recover her breath, "where le your home? and who es the beid Man who •baki ehut you up?" 'I haven t any home, cnly with my Uncle ;Carrel," replied the boy, "and ho lives in Leedon at No. 130 Wel- Fr:gime ter, e.e. We came down to Worthing for a holiday and board- ed at the Reed cottage. Ono day roo,met a man, who didn't seem to be • very good friend to Uncle Carrol ; but he told me whore 1 could get eeme other sii. I went mule, the next Mining to the pla,ce to 'got them, but tho tide wan in, and I had to wait. Mitile I was Waiting, the eaule Man name down to the melee, -whore I w,a4, and Asked me if I wouldn't like to, See his nice horses, while X ry,ate waiting !Oreille tide to go out. I late leerSeS, and s 1 wont with him. Ile took nie through a window VI a beautiful room Wiwi.° there Were stacks and sitaeke of boaks---" "Doi didn't e•oti meet anybody on the way ?" in terpased Florence, wonderingly, "No; it Wag to early nobedY 0t,4111-, el te be up," said the) boy. "After 110-1.110 maat-hral Mt me look about a little at the pleturee, and the mite leo men 41,.041 women, lie Opened it detor Ireland a eurtoln, and said wo aleuld go out to the stables through a side pesenge. We wont down a few, steps, when he opened another door into a peter,' that EAeoinod like collet', only It Wag lighted a little front the top. 1 had aid Mapped down into it When be gain he Must take tho key with him, and went batik to tilo (1001'. lie went 'Mite ehut it, Merl locked it, and left ole there for some reason -perhaps 'to plague Uncle 'Carrol, whenti I'm sure be hates, Der when I've iteked him tte let me go baelf to him, lie al. woye miler; horrible Mel -swears." "Why, Ando, wliat et dreadful Platy!" lion -twee obsereed. "And yell fo.ty you .w.f.int out of room that ft lot of looks in it, to title ill,Pedful Wier 9" "Yes, ma'am ; and thee aeor Ohl up A Prayer, (Our Dumb Animals.) Maker of earth, am sea, anti sky, Creation's Sovereign Lord and King, Who hung the storey wade on high. Am] formet alike the sparrow's wing. Bless the dumb creatures of thy eare, And listen to their voiceless prayer. • Ivor us they toil, for us they Ole, These humble creatures, Thou east made; How shall we dare their rights deriY. Of whom Thy seal of love Is laid? Teach Thou our hearts to hear •their plea As Thee ant a man'e In prayer to Thee. Those whora neglected coughs have killed were once as healthy and robust as you, Don't follow in their paths of neglect. Take Consumption CUMTonic The Lung right now. It a guaranteed to cure. It has cured many thous- ands. Prices: S. C, \Yuma & Co. 308 25c. 50e. m LeRoy. N. V.. Toronto. Can. races.ys 000tineu to tile • • 4 THE FEEDING OF LONDON. 1\10 DOUBT ABOUT The Sunday Strand tells that the food hal for Lonlon for a twdlvensonth ddes not fall short of £125,000,000. London ROBT. BOND'S CASE consumes large quantities of bread. It takes 4,000,000 sacks of flour and 5,000,- 1 -le was Cured of 3right's Disease by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dootors said there was no Elope for him but he is a Well bean Now. Mount Brydges, Ont., Jan, 10.-(Spe- cia.1.)--That Dodd's Kidney Pills cure Bright's Disease completely and perma- nently bas been clearly shown in the case of Mr. Robert Bond, a well-known resident of this place. Mr. Bond does not hesitate to say he owes his life to Dodd's Kidney Pills. "My attending physician," Mr. Bond . states, "said I was in the last stages of Bright's Disease and that there was no hope for me. I then commenced to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and' no other remedy. I used in all about twenty boxes when my ;doctor prenounded me quite well. I Imre hal no return of the trouble since." Bright's 'Disease is Kidney Disease In its worst form. Doll's Kidney Pills al- ways cure it. They also easily cure mild- er forms of Kidney Complaint. Holiday Bank Advettising. Bank advertising is of comparatively recent development, but it is making rapid strides. Illauy banking institu- tions have already learned the value of imparting a seasonable turn to their "ads," and several in the West are call. ing attention, through the newspapers, to the desirability of giving young peo- ple a newly -started bank account as a Christmas present. The time will come when the bank which fails to advertise will be on the stone fobtingavith the merchant who neglects publicity. . MESSRS. C. C. RICHARDS & CO.: Gentlemen,-Last -winter 1 received meat benefit from the use of MIN- ARE'S LINIMENT in a severe attack of La Grippe, and I have frequently proved it; to be very 'effective in cases of in- flammatiou. ; W. A. HUTCHINSON. 1 e (Philadelphia Press.) ••yeset eaed the conceited bore, "she was quite frigid when I called, but she beeamo' more pleasant the longer I stayed," "I understand," replied Miss Peppery, "the longer you stayed the nearer approached the time of yOur departure." S.oters, 000 sacks of ungeounl wheat to appease London's bread -eating capacity, and of this vast quantity Canada 8 -implies 'One- sixth yearly. This amount of bread is not, of course, all eaten dry, and the quantity of butter eonserned is given at 94,000,000 pounds, besides a very large quantity of • margarine. Home dairies supply London with but 10 per cent. of its butter. Into the pockets of dairy- men of Normandy and Brittany, Den- mark, the United States, the Argentine, Canada and Australia, woes close upon X.250,000 per annum ferbbutter alone, Of milk London consumes 0E3,000,000 gallons per aireum, and a quarter of a milli= of cows are responsible for this contribution to the table. It is impossa ble te get absolutely correct figures as to the number of eggs eaten yearly, but approrchnately they enumber about 500,-. 000,000. What number the British hen contributes to the quantity it is impos- sible to say. Of cheese London gets rid of a large quantity -each London'er's Aare being 1.2 pounds, and just half of it comes from abroad. The Londoner ranks high a a meat -eater --the Metrop- olis every year receiving about 450,000 i tons of meat, alive and dead. A fair quantity of fish also disappears, put down at no less than 574,000 tons. 4 II Minard's Liniment Cures Cola, etc. LITERARY RELICS. A wen -known Englishman constantly wears in a mall locket attaelied to a chain around the neck a portion of the charred skull ot Shelley. Of late years a great many persons have visited the former resideue of the late Victor Hugo to see a tooth of that cele- brity, which is kept in a small glass case with this Inscription: "Tooth drawn from the jaw of Victor Hugo by the dentist on Wed- nesday, August 11, 1371, at Viandeu, in the gardeu attached to the bouse of Mme. Hoch, ta3 o'elo ayear iu 1111% oli af tetronooton. In the oi tbe famous Sir Isaac Newton was sold at auction by a relics monger ot London, and was pur- chased by an English nobleman for a sum equal to $3,050. Tho buyer had a costly diamond removed from a favorite ring ad the tooth set M its place. The wig that Sterne wore while writing "Tristram Shandy" was mid at public auction soon after the great water's death foi• the sum of woos, ene the favorite ceair ot Alexander Popo brought $5,000 at a sale in 1622. • Explained in Simple Fashion, THE SOUND OF BATTLE.. In the January World's Work is a curious description of the sounds of battle, written by a correspondent In the Par Bute "Only those who lie in the flring-liae and hear the constant screch of the shells as they 33:;ee 0110w the titieerrtirbil: slit%dsthorfounliOdei•lirevV. The whip -like smack of the bursting sheil, Ole swish of the scattericig bulleta, are noth- ing to the moeking screech of these .damned 14,688a6nndgeft of dce:IIii.trtitot'YtcfgrpiTt:11 tho awful obJe.et of their hideous mission. The 'whole weillin is discordant with their tumult; you feel the rush of misplaced air, splinters sIng In 3ears, thmo earth Is In cOn8taDt tremble ;voittilri the vloience 0! the 51lscharge; yeti feel It pulsate against your theels pressed to the moist mud of the parapet, and thee a bullet saps tho life-bloof of the comrade To)P7,14"(itu'g, t,'rtineoli•Od I 'Fyours 111 ton 411ggili. endurance lin these straits," Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheitia, THE LANGUAGE OF IND/A. Among the 145 distinct languages spoken in British India are some pos- sessing only a few hundred words, others rivaling English, as Dr, Grierson says, or Russian,. as I would stiy, in their copiousness; some in whichi every word is a monoeyllable, others in which some are elongated by aggiutinatiert till they run to ten syllables, like de-pa-I-Nilo- akan-tabon-tae.tin.a-e-a Sontali word, meaning: "He who belongs to him wile belongs to Me Will continue letting him- self be made to fight." Ftellit) of theee divers tongues lack verb and noun, ethers are its complex' and systematic as Greek and Latin. -Nineteenth Cera tury. • 140 Mittard's Liniment Cures Distemper. .4 e THIS AND nut. Save up for Easter. Remember Lent is coming. Exeliangeosis regal for a week, Tina to lay in thin summer Wear, Women With large families titan aunt- Iner sewieg. We may rejoice that the days are getting longer. We near not fear more than three baa months at the most, It will be, tiine to take down the Christfas green the last of the week. With twelfth night We feel that Christrrats is really over until neXt year. lase this eme, only It wont nw:i IVe ean at least "get busy" heing up up. It iota a red euettan over It." ' to the good resolutions we MVO Made. unless' loiee ielVe Yeti been here. 1 We may bo thankful that not all our P0!Loy ?" holidays Ara celebrated with a noble kir- (To be eontinued.) ly rivalinx that on the first of July. Myers' lloyai Spice - Good for little pigs and big hogs - for lambs and stairdy sheep. Nothinglike it to keep them fat and well. 'Used all over the contineet by successful farm- ers, 'Write for free literature and testimonials. MYERS ROYAL SPICE, CO. niAoAnA reeee,oNv. & N.Y NO HAND RUBBING New Ce:rnettsry Washemt tenders it (mite etiteeesstay 16 lese a washboard. Pete or sie minutes, arty move/rant of the trachint while seated he it elleir thoioughly wash a tub - fat cl ttotbcAt. reit teetinge and etroto spina eteei retinal 13 tet. 'teeth re/ prates% as cagy on tee clothes or the operate., /f your dealer trientiot show rut tee -gum:eine mite us fer oartfetiletee IKE DOWSWEli MAII5FADTURISO CO, LID, greel et vs ts. HArst.tothibt 188E14 NO. 1905« e,tre„ Wineloreet Neaten's aria", elicaut alwaye be uset ion V1iiliiv Teetillug. le ficotice the felled, vottent, curt% win f Celle fuel the beet remedy for inarrlia P01 t SALE. r Shirt em hirad t waists an& ainty line ade delightfully blucit,ti:F:Z.In 50(51 clean and fres1.1. with Sun-, - light Soap. 033 OLDEST or =mg THINGS. liege Cypress Tree Which Has Num- bered 6,200 Years. The StateMent recently made that there are yews in England which are the oldest liv- istet,tobuingsaloonbeesetmliolcerart correct, saYe 014 These yews are old, very, yery ole; there is no doubt abOnt teat; ewe° of them were stalwart trees even before Loeser landed on these singe% There le one now state:ling in the churchyard at Fortingal, in perteshire, %Miele Decandole, nearly tt, century ago, prov- ed to the'eatisfaction of botanists to be mote than twenty-five centuries old, and another 0a1t0Heilisoowr, Diner altudeore oervrilivi flat last 3ene0 apyraro enuy correct estimate of the enormous age oi thriensceollevinigs taroeuesb,oiesatee Iscuilonwpine ttholudga,y In the world, as Humboldt declared, for now inc about b 811,o1410o4 The yew, Ince most trees, adds one each year. He provee thee after an inyeetiga' the tenth of an inch, to its eircumferenee tiou extendiug over several years, mei we know now, a hundred years later, that Ms de - (Motions were correet. Tbe ole yew at lied- sor, Las a trunk twenty-seven feet in diame- ter, proving its great age, and It is a a flour - 01 ?tante oliretai nI thy, condition now, like its broth - Their years are few, though, compareci With those of the trees I had in mind when made my first.esertIon that the enactment printed about them ht a seientifie Journal was incorreto. In ono chapter of his writings Humboldt refers to a gigantic boabab tree In Central Africa as the "oldest organic) man - =ant" in the world. This tree has a trunk tti•e-11ffeecta In Mani:Val: sir.% AddauBt serieso re in me s e ts, emo strated conclusively that it had lived eor not less than 5,160 years. Still. It is not the oldest organic monument laexlearc scientists have proved that a huge cypress tree standing in chepultepee with a trunk 118 feet and m inches iu Circumference, Is older than it -older, too, by more than a thousand years -for it bad been shown, ae conclueively as these things ean be shown, that its ago is about 6,.26e roars. To become impressed with wonder over this one has only to dwell on that duration for o. little while in thought. Yet it is not so remarkable when one stops for a moment to remember that, given fav- orable conditions for its growth, and susten- AUG, the average tree will never die of pia youngeraee-i tsda enadt hm oi sr inveiro rely an accident. Other up near it, and perhagpesrtiot tirtrrsoomtsayotoptrhieng proper nourishment; Insects may kill it, , floods or winds may sweep it away, or its br0000tosme50111come in contact With rook and gnarled and twistea, because they bay° not ram to expand in their growth, that they literally throttle the avenues et things do not eappen a tree may live on for sustanance;' but these ere accidents. If such century after century am robust, still flour- ishing, sheltering, with its evide-spreacl bortmres, the men and women of age alter oz CALIFORNIA EXCURSION. The Chicago, Union Pacific and North- western line tuns through first-elass Pullman and Tourist sleeping cars to 'points in California.. Personally eon- Ikduece.ted excursions' from Ohmage every v Lowest rates. Choice of routes. Finest scenery. Special attention given to family parties. For maps, illustrat- ed folders. and rates address 33. II. Ben- nett, General Agent, 2 King street east, Toronto, Ont. Vast Conceit of the Rooster. (Minneapolis Journal.) Were it not for the disgusting self-conceit of the roosters we might enjoy the poultry show next week. The rooster is near to na- ture's heart Ifte has not civilization enough to veneer his opinions with common politeness and savior faire ansi his disgusting exhibi- tion of the art of being it offends good taste and refinement,. How the hen manages to pus Un with it is certainly one of the mysteries of the cOop. IE six or eight hens would join a hens' club modeled after Sorosis and throw the rooster down good and hard once or twice he would soon discover that he was not um only kernel on the cob. et a *Wash greasy dishes, pets or peas with Lever's Dry Soap e, powder. It will re. move the grease with the greateit ease. 30 COST OF LONDON FOGS. The dense fogs whielt have prevailed re- cently in Lonodu, on one day paralyzing street traffic, call attention to tee expense in- volved in such visitations. It is eatimated that a real, dense, persistent fog costs Lon- don from 150 000 to 1200,000 a day. A large Proportion of this Sum, however, is spent Upoa gas and electric light. To take e singte other item -fog signals, They aro bought for about ninepence a dozen, and on one foggy day alone a big railway compauy running into London may: use 30,00 of them. As is well known, the fogs of London, lying low as the metropolis due In c40 T1101000 valtpy, often do not extend beyond its boundaries. While the Londoner gropes in pea soup, the sun a few miles away may fe shining brightly. Yet some fogs that en- velop the inetrtopolis may he, in a sense universal. Three years ago one such fog, black in London, stretched from Land's End to Yorkshire, from Ireland to Germany.' • Naturally, it is tlie amount of coal refuse in the air above London that makes the fog there often of so rich a quality. Here may be gleaned IMMO idea of how cast that quantity Of smuts and sooty atoms it. An ordinary dwelling houGe having, say, two fires going, spreads a tremendous quantity of smoky air around it daily -namely, See tone. Factory chimneys are supposed to be grave offenders in contaminating the air. But the total number of tons of smoky air poured out daily from the factories makes a emn- paratively poor show when contrasted with the 6,500,000 -ton *loud of smoky air that ie created by the Londoner's domestic fireplace. ; How many foggy days does London have In a year? The total, of course, varies great- ly, and in latter years has been usually Tess than the avow. Some experts have ascrib- ed Ulla effect to the increased popularity ef gas stoves making no smoke. Others deceit° it to be simply accident, and promise that itTwwielintmyaykeenrsup afgeor iotr I r don'sLootaverage Was twenty foga a year, in the hard winter of 1876-80 there were 43 foggy days, but MO - Si had the record of Seeders of fog. saw then, fogs ,whieli kill off thousands Of poo - pi 5 each winter, happily leas prevalent. One of the longest lasting fogs Of which record hag been kept occurred in December, 18ee, 'With slight intervals of more liligtiteSay It lasted from the beginning of the second week of that month until Christmas Eve, London's ehimneys send up into the air become, in h fog, saturated with moisture, All the pertieles of seotyarnm%;:titteetiltve thoate aniloidurocoendigoupoorne Lacywidoeyno, incidents. Pickpockets than invariably reap o god haul. A winter or two back some cattle being driven to merket were lost in a London fog, and some of them Were not found Vail next morning. In nearly -every thick London fog numbers of totwes of bread' are Et01011 from bakers band barrows while the mon are on their rounds. But these, of course, are minor matters. M ‘OVING STAIR 1TAVS. ruriosity. cr t • and water' -00celi—ttdialiomeoinlrt.t. I Definite t t g stairway has long be n he uptown elevated station tTe street and S oetth avenue. • v Y ricers wn whom tat co a fikens the workings of one pue in operation a tow dew ago at tbe 'clowntewn Tway -tame etrect elevated station, eat there ara still maty Deanne who ride on it moving etair- way for tho feed time. Mow are ;afraid ot it, and heeltate Meg berme getting na It, turvancing and drawing hetet seve.ral time!) before intrueting their preemie boatel to the unknown and untried. -What }theme I de if it stutter mete one Neiman, who uwillitoblesastoo, f 'Whyyt,i)tota.etajoi:timoinsgo oyfooar tonlavint Scotexpeesrtiligne"fliikt onvi•lePrilieir inlet's anti) 71.1e'ee(:uo 51 111 ride on the stela/Foy for ttto Ord tame ae. erelionsion, untidily, or tits pleanure derivee font a new awl comferiable 13(q1 intim], as the ceett fluty be, manifeeting One W01811 viltat,e returnee Leled bee Hite other day /ear014 to go tlewn tee tenire iltat were reovitte up. Only le' forelb'et seeeeire and 41(10114 bit by a nen Woo her prevented err nem 'what 1,11 lit hue reettitel in it It.):*111.1 reldent. Aiinthor women 1100100- 4 t, that tlitt moving stairway can be tiveleel in Into lean ono way. 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"For bacteria, of couree." Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows Dripping a Gentle Hint (Philadelphia Press) "jaMee," saio Mr. Rektor; "I ealieve you saw ine-er-saluting the maid:" "Why, no, eir," replied the butler. "Well, I watt you to keep quiet about it, Do you understand?" 1.0 "Yesileir," said the butler, Nvith outstretch - d hand, " "silenee is golden,' you know, sir." HE above picture of the man and fish is the trade- mark oNcott'sEmulsion, and is the synonym for strength and purity. It is sold in almost all the civilized coun- tries of the globe, If the cod fish became extin* it NV0111(1 le() a world-wide calam- ity, because the oil that comes crow its liver mime:lee 011 other hits in nourishing and life-giving properties. Thirty years, ago the proprietorh OIf Hen t Cs Emul- sion found 0 way of preparing cod liver oil so that CV(11701.10 can take it and gob the full value of the oil without the ohivetionahic tasty. 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