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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-03-16, Page 6From Tea Plantation to Store WE WATCH H., It RH HI i.10.21110$ 'TEA. Lineleaping vigilance selects the TENDEREST LEAVES, scrute brirea every prOcess Of their manufactUre and Carefully SEALS them in Lam) PACKETS to PRESERVE the PULL FLAVOR. No wonder the BEST is BLUE RIBBON TEA. TRY THE RED LABEL, The Unlinown Bridegroom. .CHAPTER XXXVIL "1 erhold base perhaps stated bo - for," Mr. Leighton continued, "that ,Ael soon as a was able, I wound up fatber's affairs in Sidney, as well a 1eauld, end then staeted Immediately for London,'to ascertain white settlement I eauld make tee' e. was kindly received by the firm with whom NVO had been dealing, had a Song talk with them, stating plain- ly the predleament in watch 1 found meeelf, and asking for th.eir forbear- ance until 1ba4 time to reeover from my illeuels. e round. them moat courteous .and considera,te-yonder , they sit-blessrs. Sa.underson & Richards, wool merebents, of Lon- don," the narrator explained, and indicating by a gesture the strang- ers who entered with the attorneys. "They commisaioned me to go to Areerlea,u and arreertain what terms could make with the New York brancle giving me letters of intro- duction apd reconamendation to them, and encouraged me with the asentrance that they believed that the whole business could be amicably and sattsfactoray settled. I accord - Web, eased immediately and arrived in New, Yorklete th Juue ut lase year. I interviewed the menebers of that branch. buz ;was told that thee must have time to consider the prroposi- tons made by the London firm. It then oceerred to me that, While 'I was waiting, I would look up, the daughter of nee father's old friend and former partner. Not, I assure you," interposed the young man, darting a quick glance at Florefice, "with the intention ,of referring, even In the remotett manner to the plans th'at our parents bad once enter- tained for ue; for my) position at that time did not 'warrant any theught of in•arriage. and my pride would have revolted agallest the Idea at aspiring to the hand of any one (for, the !Sake a moneyj ; but e bad a desire to meet Miss Richardson; simply because she was the child of m'y father's old friend. "I learned that her guardian, Mr. Seeve,r, lived some miles out of town, and one evening I took the train and started forth to make my call. The dee bad been intensely warm, and the air was still heavy and life- less, and, before 1 was aware of It, I fell asleep in the car and ;was carried several miles beyend my destination. -- "On alighting, I found there wee no train back until after ten o'clock. It was ten nearly eight, and dense Metals in tho west, with occasional Cashes of lightning, portended a shower. I went to a livery stable and hired a horse, telling the owner me, errand and asking him to direct me how to tind mei way back 'to the town I 'had passed. My plan was to go arid Make my call, tben return with my horse, catch the train if I could, but, in ease ar failure, remain there for the niglit and go back to the city in the morning. "The man gave me minute direc- thane regarding ray road and kind- le insisted that I should take his mackinto.sh along, as I was sure to get a wetting before I could get back. I etalted, but it grew sud- den1y! very dark and ere long I Was chagrined to 'find I had lost neyevay. I turned back, retraced a portion of the distance, and finally found meself again on the right road. Bat But the storm -a fearful one travel- edfaster tban I, and overtook me, and, as 1 neared a little 'village I observed a dim light in a small church 'by the roadside. "It occurred to me that I might take ehelter svithin it u•ntil the shower should pass. I guided my horse into the adjoining shed, dis- mounted, and tied hiin, and then sped for the church. "A carriage 'was at the entrance and two men were standing in the vestibule, which was densely dark. Neither observed iny approach, and, thinking that ecnnething might be occurring within the church upon which I should not intrude, I stood quietly where 7 was. "Suddenly I was startled to hear my own ame-Walter Leighton - uttered byone of the men. envolun- tartly I shrank bellied a aillar, and nearer to the speakers, and waited to hear nere, wondering who, in that region, could know anything abolet me. , "Thee I WAR ;amazed to learn tbat the man ta whom tbeel were speak - leg was on the point of marrying Pomo wealthy girl for ber money; wha eke was I failed to ageertein, ail she was mentioned only as the girl; bat for some unaccountable renecan the bridegroom had not .ar- rived •et, and the whole wedding parte wore inapatiently awaiting : "Pho affair was very freely dk- efseed, and It was gradually unfold- ed to Me that MY etaueiri was also In America, masquerading In me name, but still as great a villain an ever; that be had won the nffee- tione of e, lovely, innocent girl widi a largo teatime, had I:fere-meted her to coneent to a, secret marriage be- aseeasa her friends dieapproved cf him; and these 'minions of lea wore to re- teive a handeeme return tort heir fiervices. • "Pilled With indignation, and de- termined to manatee the pretender and BONO the poor, misguided tittle bride, ifemild, ntopeed forth froin Rey ritteb coneeelment, when to my neutteetnent, they seized igen me as the belated bridegroom, and hurried Me Intride the gleoine church, and straight to the altar." *Slag enit 1 1 uepeetteas mueb Olen 1 foand out 1" the prisoner here interpeaed, but abruptly paue- ed and dropped into• hie old attitude. "It 'wee all aro quickly done," elm Leighton proceeded, 'without notic- ing tho Interruption, "1 bad fie time tra retie:Ma clearly:, and before tinclreoly realinid 11.36ition, the tanabling little bride and her ttf-- it were .altattrilag beivide tee it ed the clereyman bad began the ser - elm I oould not distinguish' the features of either of the ladies, for both wore spotted lace veils, and the place wee .very dimly lighted -to avoid attracting Deten- tion, se 1 eurposed. 1 knew teat tie real groom wee liable to appear at any instant; tort I was boiling with Indignation, and eetermined to denounce and expose hirm, and so I resolved to carry out the farce un- tie he did come, and then ha,ye It out with! bine It del not occur ito me that he might not oome at all, the young man observed, With some, show a emote:tie as he again t glanced at Florence. "I looked far lane -I listened for him every in - stint, scarce teeding weat the clergymen was saying, and going through with my part of the cere- mony mechanically. It wag only . when the Mang war called for that I began to estalize to what ex- tent I was carrying the 'farce. 1 ItrlaS appalled bad no wedding ring I Whet shoalcl I do? How ac- count for any remitssness ? Should I atop the servile.° then and there and explain everything 1 [each were were (sotto of the dirsconnected thoughts that flitted through Ivy brain. Then, guided more by In- stinet than reason, as I hastily fumbled in my vest pocket, my fingers suddenly , came in contamt sveth--" • "Tkae ring! There 117111.9 a ring! De- scribe it -oh, describe It !" Florence here interposed, almost w'eldly, as she sprang breathlessly to her feet, and ecvntrointed every partiole of color receding from; her face, while her agonized eyes search•ed hie weth an eager, appealing look, , He turned to her 'with exceeding gentlenesal "Yes, Miss Riehnedson, here was a ring," he repliera ; "a queer little affair, composeoe of three strands braided together and fastened vrith a. Israeli plate upon which some Greek ehara,cters were engraven, and whech:isignify "Love and Hope.' It belonged to my mother -she gave it to 81319 Vainly a 'short time ;before she died. It Ives a peculiar relic that had been in ber fatally for more tisa.n a hundred years, and she requested ane to keep it and pass it down to me (son should I ever have one." . "Alt! ThrereI ean glad that I can restore it to you," .said Florence, as she nervously extended one hand, and, opening it, showed hips the ring upon her palm. The moment he bad begun to tell about taking refuge In. the c hurch by the eoadiside on that tempestu- ous June eventng, the mystery of the strange marriage ceremony was 'solved for .b.er, and, slyly unfasten- ing the cha,in about her neck, she had slipped ;the ring from it to re- turn it to time "Yes, that is the very ring," lie observed, as he took It front her; "but I !never expected to .see again -I never knew,, until this hour, when I heard yonder adven- turer claim you as 'his wife and so cruelly expose that long -kept sec- ret, upon whose hand I had placed eV" "But he told me that it bad be- longed to hie ?mother," said Florence, indicating Andrews by a gesture; "he described le to inc only the night before la,st, and it was this fact alone that made me fear, for the first time, that eiossibly after all, Toy braise had been half turned with fear and fever, as he claimed, and I had itmegined • a ,stranger stood beside me that night. Even now I cannot understand how lie knew; et was in Iny possession,f or I have kept it toncealed • most sac- redly from, every one," A isneering little laugh from An- na. Folsom at tiler momeht eatized Florence to glance tweed her. "Ah fit was througe that spy," .she exelaitmed, weth sudden °envie-. tioneehe hes watched me constant- ey.er iSiimela I came to the ?rowers. Tell me," ;she commanded, tamer- iously, as she turned toward Anna, "have you, seen this ride' before and del you eell him o bout it ?" The girl eneered again. "Yes," she retorted, with an im- puden1 toes of her head; "1 Was balend the curtaine; of your bed one morneng, &nil lease you looking at It. Perhaes It may be interesting to ties company to knew; that Miss Itiehardeon has worn it (upon a chain next hoe heart, as a treasure too veered to be trusted anywhere else," the girl oonolutled, with a teen° laugh that breught the hot blood lin a, quick flood to Florence:1e brew. Whereupon Mr. Seaver marched straight across the room, look the insulting meld by the arm, with a, grip that (ramie her NvInce, and led her out rnto the hall. "Go! leave thie house immediate - lee" he thundered. "If you show your fate my presence again, I will have you arrested as the aCeoln- /dice of that villain yonder." The NVae thoroughly frightened, and well she might 'bo, for the man's aepect was soinetteng terrible; and, 1!avIng been paid her wages only three beforo, she hurriedly • pakked Itor trunk and precipitately ; l'.ft the Towers, neither Florenca nor ihe Seaver.; ever seeing her again, "Ali! row it la may to untlerntand ; Low A ralretvo ma q enuidad to deseriLe ; 1 hr... ring co ozeura.tely to you," *It'. ; Leighton observed, as tho two din- , pmeated traria tin room. "Tile gill, I having ;seen it in your pook,ession, 1 vould give hitt soma him of 1.4 when iv+ must latitantly hav.3 recognited it, . for he had sean it a great many time., upon my ineitirr's finge;*, an,1 Iccmw hiato,w. Intuit h ea 1„ulte rt vel tt: a 4 ft OM io Mid, deubtle 4,1 explained to Wm at otrx. th) inyit-ry that Lail her cm' Dowd xi tit o c. rfaa y il. thal,t toe% pla.co in ROseattle ehapel, 44 mi. told hull who the btranger watt who bad laoted the Rat of tho groom 1111 1 11 meet thee enveslon. a Pia fliii4,111,ru ill la; (1;0%) 4.1'113'iillilerfill11141111?ti, 1,0 h.f.4 ;brew plainly 'betrayed that bt'f4ureilscs were Cermet. "To V beek to thee .seene in tits tho '`oollg man re. wind, and atiarosaing IFI.uonco "wiran lee fWrs Caine coutaot with atit ring, I mechanically drew it "forth nal pasee.1 it to the Wrgyman, . hurri e ani the c' remany, 4.11d Milt the miasing bridc-g oom bad not one. I was manta -tar brain was its a. tilled -he) eI know that the Wliolo affair lied betin but a 14w...religious farm and le another lumina 1 ehoul 1 tiara enteseed the p at -that I had ,playoti ; but you 1.41310.1 ly to mo and began to beg me to take you home. Your entreaties were Abruptly torminatee with at cry of terror, east as a fearful crash Of thunder 'shook the building to Its foundatious,„and you fell fainting into my yams, which t extended to leave you, carried you quickly from the place and put you into the oer- riage, telling the Cli'lver to get you home with all possible dispatch. Then I turned baok to have it out with tho person who had acted as best man. He had just secured the certificate from the olergymam. I demanded tt of him, for I knew that It Should not be allowed to exist, and, asi I woke, he realized for the first/ time thee I 'was a stranger, lie Was greatly disturbed for an in, stat, but he refusea to give me the paper -he refused to enlighten me re- garding your Identity, although a to:lowed him to the door, detne,ndina your name. There he eluded me, sprang upon the carriage and was gone berme I could detaiu hIm "I then returned to the church, to interview the elergyman, hoping to clear the matter up through him, but the sexton told me he had gone- haveng Mt by the rear door, I in- quired where he livea, intending to follow him; but the maa said he did not know -he was a strange minis- ter from out of town, there being no reetdent rester there just at that time. Thus I was baffled at every point and was never able to learn the identity Of her with whom went through 'that farce on that tempestuous summer night. As it MIS then much too lete for me to go on end make my °all, I rode di- rectly back tto the tome where I had procured my horse, spent the night there, and the next morning made a is.econd attempt to eali upon the daughter of my father's ole friend. But Be I drew near Mr. Sea- ver's residence, I found every blind on the .front of the house closed, and ton -bark spreal upon the attest before the doer. Item, of course, there meet be smis.us 1 lness within, and E o weut away a.. am welaut ;oven making any inquiries, and thinking that perhaps later I would make, an- other effort, But I had taken a ;se- vere colt on the niala previous, and On my Xi:tura to Now York weal at- tacked by my ale enemy, which had so rearly cost me my life the yea.r before, and for several sv.eseke I was an inmate of a host-AA:al, the proprie- tor of the hotel where I was stop- ping elecIaring he could not have a lever patient ia the. house. It WaS nearly five w,acks before I was able to get out again, and then I devot- ed myself to the business which bad brought me to America. Atter a few, daye the New York firm inform- ed me they had decided to accept tbe proposition of the London firm, and, this meteor settled, I determined to sail for England the follaveing !Wed- nesday. 'Meantime, I pought I would look up Andrews and demand of Una the papers whiell I kisser he had etobene I cid not get trace o: him until two days before I was to sail, when leo,ree.1 that ha was loeated for the 'summer in the town where Me Sea - e'er had las. country home. It was evening, when I arrived at the place, and Andrew,* was out. But I was de.. termtned to ;see him, and Insisted upon awaiting his return. He found me in his room when he mesa and was as startled as if one had sud- denly risen from the dead before him, for, Until that men:lent, le had believed me to be dead. 1We had a sternly. interview for be re- fused to restore the papers I de- manded, and when I taxed him with palming 'himself off as my father's son, and threatend to expose him, he only' sneered at nie and' said that would be h difficult matter, since lie had everetbang to prove bis posi- tion, and I 'would only! make ineself ridiculous. "I realized the truth of this, and disgusted and discouraged, I fin- ally. left him, without even refer- ring to that clandestine marriage and taxing him with trying to de- ceive an Innocent girl, as I had telly intended to' 'do. I foued I ('wast help- less, at that time, to prove abathing; but I resolved that as soon as was firmly: re-established in business • would make another effort, and, hacked by the London firm of San- derson & Richards', who had it in their power to identifyl me, I be- lieved I should be able to above bee cousin up as a rogue and eeta,b- lish myself as Walter Carrol Leigh- ton." "Then you Would have been the heir to this estate, if the son of Sir Julien had never been discovered," Mr. Seaver here observed, as the narrator paused. • "Yes," the young man replied, "for It was 'my mother who was sister to Lady Page's father; there is not a drop of 'Vincent blood in Andrews' , wine. Oa ray return to X ea York on the evening following the inter*: viols' with AndrOWS, 1 Toandt on glancing over the World, the names of Mr. and hire feeaver and Misa Florence Richardson as booked to erail for Europe upon the same steam- er in 'which I contemplated taking passage. Now, I thought I would have a fine opportunity to aseertain what the daughter of My ratberee former partner was like. Bit I re-, solved that 1 fwould not force neyeelf epee her at all; Ives poor, she was Mob ; and if she should learn who. I was she might be embarral- sed by may presence. Beside% 1 rea- soned, sho might paastbly have met the man who Manned my name, and that might: occasion unpleasant com- plications. Aceordingly., I engaged my reit:wage tinder an aestuned Alamo, or rather be simply tro,nopoeing my ; names and calling myself W. L. Car- rel. eliss Itichardean and I did not become acquallited until the voyage was nearly over, but even then never dreamed that she Wag the poor little bride ,who bad stood beside tie ; in Rosedale ehapta. Teat incident , wee becoming like a, deepen to Me, & and Y., believed that no one would mei. di-neova-r that I.ad been con. ' netted with it in any way. Ile i was destined to he deneledleted in i this, for alined the bra person 1 met on hoard the steamier uraa Mr. I Merrill, sender, ell acted net best Mari, and eve instantly reeog- I. I ed ;If % eae ether." l "Why! now / underetend now - 1 thing that has ithia,y4 in'," murmured Florence, an she reealled the dheek that Wel q livered through • Addienn Morelli that warding when thee bad Mitouritered Itite Leigh:an oil the upper ti,ek. ere eentimade _ IL"A BUILDING DV CLASS, Me• 44 *4 To he BUM iu Cliastec 'Design, for a NA, tieing Bat* of Do Wilma —That's what a prominent druggist said of Scott's Emulsion a short time ago. As a rule we don't use or refer to testimonials in addressing the public, but the a,bove remark and similar expressions are made so often in connec- tion with Scott's Emulsion that they are worthy of occasional note. From infancy to old age Scott's Emulsion offers a reliable means of remedying ire - proper and weak develop- ment, restoring lost flesh and vitality, and repairing waste. The ac tion of Scott's Emulsion is no more of a secret than the composition of the Emul- sion itself. What it does it does through nourish- ment—tb.e kind of nourish- ment that cannot be ob- tainecl in ordinary food. No system is too weak or delicate to retain Scott's Emulsion and gather good from it. We will send you a • sample free. Bs sure that ifdapleture fn tha formal a fabel fa on the wrappo, of every bottle of ginuhlon Too by. SCOTT & BOWITE Chemists Toronto, Ont. 60c. and el; all drugghhe THE RAINY DAY. "Archie" Gunn, the artist, tells a story of a fellow worker who was recently in receipt of a letter from a chap who has, regularly made it a practice to borrow money of Mr. Gunn's friend. In this letter the chap who is always in financial difficulties surprised his cor- respondent by saying: "This time I have decided to reverse the usual order of things, and, instead of borrowing from you, I enclose herewith $50, which I • am going to ask that you will lay aside for me for a rainy day." But the friend of Mr. Gunn couldn't find any remittance in the letter. Be searehed for it on the floor, under the table, in feet everywhere he thought he might have dropped it. Then quite ac- cidentally he turned over the sheet on which he letter was written and. discov- ered this 'postscript: "I've just looked out the window and find it's raining like: the very chimer -Collier's for Feb, 25.! 0. V. Veda= has submitted plane to tbe offielaiS et the DOS Moines Nanette) ;nook for it beer buildine of cease deafen, :to he Wilt of glans, after hie now plan of slime conetructioll. Tho buildlaa, IC con- [Arnett:a, MYettld be most Unique and would he especially attractive, with Its lleavY not" ,14inne at Wire glee% The general plan fol. lows; ;, consist* of a steel framework, Min, ;ported by brackets, attached to the beams of the floors, in dupileate, making two walls ;of opaleecent wire glasii, the sleep being het In the eteel framework. Tile glees walls are appropriately a foot , apart, making ,an Insulating dead air space to prevent a loan of heat in winter and to Prgelite =1.411 itieg Iu t=gelti Tito Y o n 'Iowa cif any anraugernent et floor plan, because win- ds:Iwo aro unneccesary; and for the flame ma - sou the exterior will adinit et any style of treatment, entirely free of the restrictiona of fenestration. Mr. Boatman hollow:1s winder/1i to be an Insimmonntable evil In hulltlinge because of the admission of air through them whieh Is reanonsible for the dust, smoke, odors, in - !sects, leakage of heat, danger of falling out, adMisaion of rain, not to raention the dan- ger and necessity of waahing them, loss of papers, colds from draughts, eto. The wall is fire resiating to it practical de- gree, as it has been demonstrated that wire glass will resist a hot fire, and though ne- mem to replace it, tile tiro damage would Ibe local and easily replaced, wainecoating half way to the ceiling witri The inside treatment allows of a marble lass th h able for desks, counters, shelving, eto., en g over so at t e wall space is avail - all sides of a room, and at the same time more light is produced than with windows, -r IsT. Y. Mail, - AUSTRALIAN TEA DRINKERS. The tea drinkers of Australia. rival those. of China and Japan, not, however, in the quality, but in the quantity con- sumed. Tee men eepecially drink the beverage in large quantities, and all day long and at a strength which would make the queue of a tea -drinking China- man curl. On Sunday morning the tea drinker ..starts with a clean pot and a clean record. The pot is hung over the fire with a sufficiency of water in it fore the daye brew, and when this is ' boiled. he pours Met' it enough of the fragrant herb' to produce a doop coffee - colored liquid. On Monday, without removing yester- day's tea leaves, he repeats the process; , on Tuesday the same; likewise on Wed- nesday and so -on through the week. Toward the close of the seven days the pot is filled with an acrid mash of tea leaves, out of which the tea a squeezed by the pressure of a tin cup. By :this time the tea is the color of rusty iron, incredibly bitter and disagreeable to the uneducated palate. The natives call it "Mal good old post and rails," the simile being obviously drawn from a stiff and dangerous juneasend regard it as having been brought to perfection,. HE is Ebipludig MESSRS. C. C. 1!ICI1ARDS & CO.: Gentlemen, -My three childrett were dangerously low with diphtheria. On the advice of our priest my wife began the use of A.IINARD'S LINIMENT. In two hours they were greatly relieved, and in five days they were completely well, and I firmly believe your valuable Liniment gaved the lives of my children. Gratefully yours, ADILARD LEFEBVRE, Mair's Mills, 10th Jane, '99. People Eating Leas Nowadays. "Health fads, no doubt, have their U55,1 said the manager of a fashionable restaurant, "but they are bad for our business. You would be surprised to know how many people go without breakfast nowadays. They call it the fasting cure. Some limit their meals • IN WHAT HE 811.1.8 to one a day while taking the cure. . --: They don't touch food until the dinner hour, and tlaen take a light meal. Oth- 1 erse take a snack in the morning -prob- ably a toasted biscuit and a cup of hot . I.mille and a fairly substantial meal, with - Bond of Bright's Disease. out meat, late in the afternasoon. People, as a rule, do not eat as much they His Doctor, Who Said There Was No Hope' for Him, Now Pronounces Him • Well -He Tells His Own Story. Mt. Brydges, Ont., March 6. -(Speciale -Among the many people in this neigh- borhood whotell 01 the groat work Dodd's 'Sidney Pills are doing, none is more em- phatic that that old and respected cite ee Rb t did a iew years ago. Many of the doc- tors advise light eating and all the books 'and publications devoted to health and physical training berate overfeeding. We still talk about a `square meal,' but witb. some it has a difference meaning from what it once had." -New York Sun. B "I believe I owe me life to Dodd's Kidney Pills," Mr. Bond says. "My at- tending physician said I was in the last stages of Bright's disease and that there was no hope for me. Then I commenced to take Dodd's Kidney Pills and used in all twenty boxes. Now I eat well, sleep well, and my doctor saps I am well. Dodd's. Kidney Pills and hothing else cured me. Do you wonder I am always ready to say a good word for Dodd's Kidney Piller What will cure Bright's disease will easily cure any Other form of Kidney Disease. ,Dodd's Kidney Pills will always cure Bright's disease. They are the only remedy that will cure Bright's Dis- ease. Be sure you get Dodd's. I How Jay Cooke Placed the Loan. , In advertising the Government loan :which he placed- during the Civil War it • is said that the late Jay Cooke distrib- uted 2,150,000 circulars and. 72,0001 copies lof the book, "A National Debt a Pub - die Blessing," throughout the United. !States. But that was over forty years , ;ago. The art of advertising has devel- oped svonderfully since then. Nowadays financiers seeking to place loans use cia culars only as adjuncts of newspaper ad- , vertising, which covers it wider field at a smaller expense. -Philadelphia Record. e Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. - IA New George Washington. Hearing a noise in the pantry, Mrs, Jerrums opened the door ,aoftly and went in. Her youngest son was standing on a ; chair, with his back to her, helping hasirli:esde.lf to the eontents of a glass jar. I"What are you doing, Clifford'?" :she , Clifford turned arourid. 1 Hie face was srneareil from chin to FACTS ABOUT OREGON. Here is a little cargo of information about tthe State of Orsgon, where the great Lewis and Clark' Exposition will be held from next June :to October: , Rainless summers. Rich in 'minerals. Deepest gold mines. Largest forest reservation. First in hop production. Mountains 15,000 feet high. . Largest fresh water harbor on Western ' coast Only 1,671 miles of railroads. Land area, 94,560 square' Ilas one-sixth of tthe standing timber of ttlie United States. Has 143,757 school children. Has 50,000 more men than women. Only 2.3 per tent. of women and but 3.8 per cent. of whole population illit- erate. Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, etc. ' Dress of Golf. (IOU hose, long and short, are shown fIn grays, heather mixtures and the so- , called "mastic" adore to 'match linen • suits. Brilliantly colored gole squares in extracted and printed India twills of 'bottle green, chocolate, cardinal, royal, and also ombre effects of hello, indigo 1 and tan, are decidedly English. These !sgeares measure twente-eight inches and 1 are wore loosely knotted around the neck. Knickers are "out oi it" for fierd use, and long flannel trousers are preferred. The mode allows -yes, eommands-a free , and easy manner of iress on the links, and the dandy looks as strange there , as would a Fiji Under on Fifth aventte. IStleli things as patent leather boots while ;roughing it in tlie country areas greet ,an incongruity as hobnailed boots would I be ilea ball room. All Japanese male subjects from full - Seventeen years to full forty are liable I for military service. Unless the soap you use has this brand you are not getting the best Asir Re fee Octavo a w, ea "MY SON BILL," . Democratic State of Things in the Brit- ish Consul's HMIS% The captain of a second -clans cruiser, which hos lately returned to Devonport from the North American station, to pay off, tells an =Using atory against tilm- eelf. The ship Welled at one of the French Iolanda of the West Indies, ond the captain went ashore in due course to return. the visit to the British, Con- sul. Qn his arrival he 'beheld one et the senior petty oficers of his step, to whom he had granted eight houra' leave, sprawling In a luxuriant chair on tho veranda, and puffing at a big Havana. The captain eurtly asked him what he was doing there. The sailor, between the putts of his big cigar, blandly retorted that Ile was there on a visit to Dill. "And who the deuce is Dill?" enapped the skipper. "Why. the consul here -hint as VII allow you've gem° to pay your respects to." "How dare you speak with such familiarity of one et His Majesty's consuls?" thundered. the captain. "Oh, Bill's all right," explained the petty officer, complacently. "He's my son." And as the captain fell back breathless with indignation and inereduilty, the consul hail - self came in and explained: "ah, captain, I'm glad my old man was here to receive you" -St, James' Gazette. Have r au heard of Oise New Century Hall Beare ireg Waeleing Machine? If you use it once you would ring this in on all your friends, It is the acme of perfection -you sit when using it -no handling of the clothes necesrary to clean them perfectly -five minutes does a tubful. Costs only As% your dealer can procure them. We will semi a descriptive booklet on appli- cation. THE ilOWSWEll WO. CO. LTD. HAMILTON, CANADA IVALIgeggiSHDWHOWADT.S. . All Through the Year. Just to be tender; just to be true; Tust to be glad the whole day through; just to be merciful, just to be mild; Just to be trustful as a child; Just to be gentle and kind and sweet; Just to be helpful with willing feet; Just to be cheery when things go wrong; Just to drive sadness away with a song; Whether the hour is dark or bright, Just to be loyal to God and right; Just to believe that God knows best; Just in His promise ever to rest; just to let love be our daily key - This is God's will for you and for me. Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere. : r Prizes for Cleanliness. In order that the small householders of Belfast may acquire it love of hygiene, the corporation have formulated a scheme of prizes for the best -kept houses, yards and premises, including furniture, fittings and families. v- . Shocked by the Name Only. (Now York Weekly.) Bair Devotee -I don't see any way to raise our church debt, except to have a lottery, Minister (shocked) -That will never have my sanction, madam, never, unless you call it by some other name. Do you catch coleeasily? Does the cold hang on Try , • ilokes Consumption Curp Pgikung It cures the most stubborn kind of coughs and colds. If it ; doesn't cure you, your money i will be refunded. • Prices: , S. C. WErza & Co. 303 25e. Mc. 11 LeRoy N.Y., Toronto Can. No Inducement. "Gentlemen of fortune offers himself for election as Mayor of small town, which. would benefit by his will to the extent of 20,000 marks. Reference, etc." • So runs the advertisement in a Berlin newspaper. The new big African diamond recently found near Pretoria is said to be as big as a man's fist. It has been valued for insurance phrposes tit e500,000. , ISSUE N 08 I, 1905. Mrs, WineloWe bootleng Syrup ghoul* nirenys be wee tor tandem. Teeteine. 18 beetle the child, aottens the gum, cures wise collo and is the best renlear for Diarrhea. _ HELP WANTED-FElYIALE, AIM WANTene mONIOY MAY 13II Al earned; arlistie employment at home gilding tweets; writo for parte:Mare, Was- ing stamped, addressee envelope, a J. Noel, 22:Ith street, Nov York. HELP WAN.TED-MAI.E. eeeeeee. )(effect MAN; MONtlY MAY Ile BARN- tieketTP addressed envelope, le 3. Noel, 21e W. faith street, New York. MISCELLANEOUS. tor free trial of our never- fLailAirigprileinEeSdy °DEellieD, M. Paris Chemical Co., Milwaukee, Wis. VVANTED, eNCIIN10411S, IlLUCTRIC- fans, firemen. weemen, and =chin - lots, to send for Spangenberg Steam and Electrical Engineering; 6,13 illustrations; I,- 035 questions and answers: 'peat book ever S4t0.-PLaoguets ,PaelnioP.11, tr"" G". 11, Zeiler, le Rea A HANDSOME FOCH-BLADED Icnife, or beautiful ring, to anybody selling twelve packagee of the Novelty Nee - die 0ase at 15e each, Sell like hot cakes. Write immediately to It. Coleman, 31 st. Mary street, Toronto, Ont. D. H. BASTED° CO. 77 Ring Street East - Toronto 85 years in the fur; trade. . FUR MANUFACTURERS. 440.000 worth of rine Fere clearing at lowest prices in Canada. Send for catalogue. RAW FURS. We are paying hIgheat New York prices. Send for price list. BRITISH AMERICAN ASSUR- ANCE' COMPANY. The seventy-first, annual meeting ef the shareholders of the British America .Assuranee Company was held at the of- fices of the company on Monday last, the President, Hon, Goo, A. Cox, pre- siding. The statement presented show- ed that the premituu income for 1904' had been larger than that of any pre- vious year in the company's history. In common with ether fire Insurance com- panies the British America suffered from the conflagrations at Baltimore and Toronto, but the adieu of the share- holders in writing off a portion of the capital after these disasters and sub- scribing for new capital to the amount of $350,000, couhled with the favorable • experiences during the latter months of the year, resulted in placing the com- pany in a stronger financial position -ale+ than it occupied a year ago. The se- eurity whieh it offers itapolicyholdera is, as shown in the financial statement published in another column, $1,874,- 042.95. The board of directors were unaximously re-elected, and at a. sub- sequent meeting Hon. Geo, A. Cox was re-elected President and Mr. J. J. Kenny Vice -President for the ensuing year. Energy, Integrity and Printer's Ink. "Untiring energy, strict integrity, the liberal and judicious use' of printer's ink -these are the fundamental requisites of business, and many a man has been swept from the commercial board of in- dustry because he failed to recognize their importance," said L. B. French, a successful merchant, at a recent meet- ing of the Salem (0.) Business Associa- tion,' With a 'foundation of energy and. integrity there is no limit to the height of the commercial structure that may be built with the aid of newspaper ad- vertising. On those rare occasions when it business edifice reared by advertising topples, the flaw is almost always trace- able to the foundation. -s„ MAPS OF NEW YORK CITY. Write L. Drago, 69te Yonge street, Toronto, New York Central Railway office, for map of New York City. Sent free on receipt of lc. stamp. v Curious Features of Life. The degree to which the remaining senses can be trained when the sight is lost was illustrated the other morning by two blind men from the home at Thirty-sixth street and Lancaster ave- nue. The men came from opposite direc- tions, and as they approached each oth- er another man standing on the corner was surprised to hear on'e of the blind men say, "Hello, Ed; what aro you do- ing out this morning?" When the blind man was asked how lie had known the other with a distance of five yards between them, he answered: "By the sound of his cane, of course. I can tell at the distance of half a square the tap of the cane of any man in the home -Philadelphia Record. t Lever's Y -Z (Wise Head) Disinfectant Soap Powder dusted the bath, softens the water and disiufects. t • War of Composers. Signor Leoncavallo hats sent the teals- er's letter commissioning him to com- pose the opera, "Roland of Berlin," to the Perseveranza newspaper to refute Signor Mascagni's assertion that he was himself first asked to do the work. cheekbone with something deeply arid darkly red, but the light of truth shone in his blue eyes. "I cannot tell a lie, Inarnialft," 'Tin eating raspberry jam." -Chicago Tribune. Liehlitill Cores 'Dandrolt. • - t • - Foghorn Melody. A novel courtesy of the scs Was pale Play i.g411,114iTeratiltUrtabtaMetiliTXDZU the drone, wereerle gale. .She had no sooner anchored under the lee of tan Brig, and swung round with her head to the Wind, than bY 'mem re d.n orgsa pipe arrangentent. On he,' slim% sit gave lull bloat to "Anal Lang :gym)." The tone 'was alriloot ably played, end brought ,fe.nre:.; of folk tun. ,ning to the foresbere and Off tope to here , - taste the rtran;:e esurrente.Awe a viler .144188 th8 Siren broke Into "A Life on the . ,ceeen waive," the beat inennWhile pibfbnig :aunt at ber snow, tele timuderelq f:0'l , geLgI1411141:46t6;11111111APigg; Pitted to "The Thqtit Of 1181.0o " 'f'bn mime. 01the town eel acknowlediree by the dipping of fats, r -oes er :i tteareer chr. s'' "feta Drimenia," eel -hoe .:atc2. • , .1 INDURATED FFL[ WARE There is nothing in, the market appreaehing the quality of C)Nr a make of this Ware. Soo that EDDY'S M111160 111 on tho bottom of each pail and tub. va-.444-ao-•-•-•everes-6.0444111 'aeteltleellikt•\e e USE MICA 0 ]N6 Per Flat or Steep :Roofs. It /1 waterproof, fireproof, quickly and very easily laid, and cheaper than other roofing. 'Send stamp stet sample. Hamilton Mica Roofing Com Rebecca Street, lisinfitek