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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1913-07-24, Page 6NOT PAY FOR IT, (Philadelphia. Iteeori Idellite-rottr Trloud ihe poet seeniS :to think he hae a message tee tint -world. IC he takes my ailviee, he'll eeiit it VIAIPVto 4 A SAD REFLECTION. (Philadelphia Itecord) "I ant alwaym dull and stUpld When I have it 1,0141," reillitrited Softleigh. ,,yoit iny symna itnswero (Tonle, teed Most he dread.. rtil a flee time". •••• AFFINITieS. (Boston UN'Oril) "Shakespeare Nays there aro NeriPhils In stoneq,.. "Anil obji.et le?;90ns," folded the mettant euffragerte, "to windows." --- • A FINANCIAL tOILEMMA0 (Puck) Clerk (Marriage Lleenee lbireau)-Two dollars, please. Pete Pneettm-Lortly man! ilte yo' s'eose A lee :ovine hale two dollars when An utn't eve. married ylt? I se THE OTHER MAN'S JOB, elialilmore American) "Do I' take this train to llostmi?" eNo: :111 you have to do ls to got in. The englueer will attend le taitine It .1•••••••att THose PARIS STYLES. et ti ago) "T see that liand-pitIntee dreseise tire the lastest steles frnm Parts." "Yes: :Intl now the futurists anti Leib - hits wilt thier fortunee." 4 I SYMPATHY. (Chicago News) "Maelieu," seta Plodeing Pete. "I once hail a wife mut family, but f emildn't be eontented. so I left. home." • s chives" esriaseise roe you. efielity few husbands are so t,on- ee 1- . PRETTY NEAR. (Judge) It was Sunday afternoon, and lfithel's little eister, nged four, was seated beside 'Mabel no the sofa. Presently the l'ttle girl asked or .Unbelis finance: "Aren't your sweetheart, Ma numner?" "Well," answered Mr. Bumper, with, a fond gimlet% at 'Nobel, '',vou're the next Lithe,* to it" beat. HISTORIC. (Cleveland Plain Dealer) "r :•lee Yon eel! your little boy Tip. Is that 1115 name?" "Olt, no; that's Flynt for Tippecneoe, ills real name is William IIenry eon." .10;•4 THE COMMON LOT, (Boston Transcript) • Ethei-leltty hasn't a thought for anY- thing nowadays. except her new COr. :4140'g pereerti3O lit MVO WW1 it. Jaek svadly)--another ease Of man be- ing displaced by machinery. s.; .CANDOR. -(linstort Transcript) Rig,gs (facetiouslY)----This Is a pleture of my wIfe'e first husband, Diggs -Silly looking guy! But, :$4:_k•,, know your wife wae Married he - fore she met you. Riggs -She waen't. This is a :Vetere of myself Whell was OLD REMEDY DEFEATED. (Washiugton itereldi "Sore throat, eh Get your wife to give you one of her old stockings to lvraP around your neck," -"Tried that and it did me on good. She had nothing hut these new -tangled ope»works." WATERLOO. (Slietell) The Tiost (showing family portraits. proudly)—yortrait of my great-unele— lost an arm at Waterloe. The •)•orith (hopelessly hored)---Putrid place. aVaterloo; lost my golf clubs there inst week. GOOD BUSINESS; (Boston Thanserlpt) Mrs. Rich -Why do you pay your mala such awfully high wages Mrs. Itoxe--Oh, it paYs in -the long run. She never oreaks those expensive vases any more for fear we. take it out -at -the end of the month. • FASHION AT THE SHORE. (Judge) "Tbero's no• limit to women's idea, of fashion." "What's jarring you now?" "Oh 1 saw a, girl on the beach to -day, awl I'm a goat if she didn't have tee eel/I or her bathing suit slashed:" A DEFECT. itfouston Post.) "Money talks." "I know, btzt Iny husband }111:4 an int. Tiedinletit in hiS income." 4 QUITE VISIBLE. (Boeton Traneeript). "T Nee her 'finish, all right!" ., . "Shouldn't wonder. !She'," certainly laid the ensineties on thiek," • : THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE. tWaeltington Star). te, "When people laugh aloud. it ee. a pretty sure eign they are amused. isn't it t" "Not nlwaye." roplied the • sarl-eye4 comedian. "'Sometimes they are merely making an errort to eonvince themselves That they hriven't wastrel their money." THE PROPOSITION. :Brooklyn Life. Dalladist—Don't you think if 1 -would ea out ene iny songs it would, Im- prove my net?" Stage Manager—Yes, about SI per cent. NO FANO YSHAVES FOR PAT. (judge.) The wenther was warm. and Pet de- cided to shave on tile hack porelaa.,Lairs. (also., aerials the way, .observe.d this, "Pat,' she milled, "shure an' 01 see Ye xlittvin" nutside." "Itegnrrai" he responded, "an' dld ye think 01 was furelltied?" 4 • 0.•-• NEED TO ECONOMIZE. - axe.) . "1 feel as if were going. to have nn- oetulieltis." "Well, 1 neea a new gown, Po yete11 lust twee te wait." a. • om n. all I 441 4 I I • oya. • TERRIBLE THOUGHT. (Melt ingtou Sta te ) -I hope they will neanage ter Ilia a poet laureate 1,100n," said the high. benwed young woillall Nvho weite4 glaseee, "Whitt differenee does it inaleet" "Well, don't think Georgett faiente run very lunch to literattire. It might he a terrible thing if lie bed tO mehe up hie own. - .A FRIEND !Note°. -'"'; len per's; Wt.ekly) 1410; phtee around here where 1* eon pet my phoeit alworber fixed " ask- Petiow, addressing the man la front of the rural gar )tge. "Wn.a1-1 durum. Minsttf," Avila the re- islY. "'Phis bole's a prohibition state lett I may Ilev smile on hand rol' Medi- mntferin..- A JULY IMPRESSION. Waobington St or/ "Why don't 'you work in tictrtIell and 444 on appetlter "Tile npluaranee of the vatetable.4 in titv Parderr," replied Me, (leosseete, eourteeu an appetite." • . L.11, u ' 'itesseeet... ,34.404.4eemeoliewetietiletioetieesteeteeeie + • - • • • , I runinetsumuzineurittngSIMI PLOTS THAT FAKED IcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX21 ~MI . She knew how they had been at- treeted froze the beginning and that three weeke of eonstant eompanionship must have drawn theni irrevoeably to- ward' eaeh other. Iler guilty soul trent- blea with fair leet in an tolgtiarded 1110 - Went Vignette, Neville had' revealed. to Bali that it le t who had resened her hi the terr:ble deehlent whieh he - /alien her • left home• -instead of Rupert Downing. 'rile pewee 1....11 greeted India kindly -• eourteotiely but there wae oeither g:adness nor vegerneee in hie eyes, nor 21. the totielt of hie hand. , "I have 10et greut deal of time," she thought to hereelf, and her anger at Bab knew no bounde for not teequainting her of the 'fact in her lettere that Clar- enve Neville Was at Long Braneh. "She is learniug tu be tricky," site thought, She aetuhl seareelv wait to get Bab alone to queetion 11;n% and \viten lindia taxed her with nol ntentiuniug that he was there, ;he answered: "Rollie% Italie. it eeemed. to of ouch little moment that I quite forgot it." The Vrenell girl luoked at her long awl keenly, searchingly, but Bah'e filee did not betray what tea* in her heart. Daring the next two days that fol- lowed, Clarenee Neville did not get the opportunity of exelianging ISO 1111101 as a word with liab• India wee NVith ber so Coliti111101011s, ‘vae. growing desperate --see her or eommunieate with her lie must, In eheer deeperation he wrote her a little note. whielt he bribed one of the maids to eonvev to her. ft it emit:titled hut a few w4nels, and was as follows: "Mies Barber]: I leave Long Branch to:night, Shoold apiireelitte, more than words c!.an tell, your kindness if you would. hitt mite down on the besteli alone in the gloaming to tOty good -by to me, if this is askino too muelt, forget that I have requested it and forgive lue. Yours einesqely,,.,. ;'-'.:',,s;:,%,•;ytarence Neville." A Very Th.701` nerest seizad him -- the very food isc ate semed to burn hie lips ite he ko‘1,14ed them Ile did. not s ITateeit, Or ;the two girls enter the :spa clone trill m.t...renn. "What (Vet:tined theme," he wondered; 3"Wa an:ailing .111114" Then lie_fc11 t ) womlerinv whether or not Bab wetitilij Atm) the appointmena The tWilight deepened into the night, the Stars slOwly fixed themselves one by one in the Witte arehed dome overhead. gleaming the dark watere like points of (WM0-flame. • • .,, "Ten thouseell stars were in the elty. Ten. theetieand hi the box." The water 41,:sheil upon the beaeh, breeleing at hie feet in a low. mormurine. sol)---lhe moon was ris;ng over the water •aud great path of gold seemed to lead direetly to i 1----lert he was obli0ou-- to -she beauty 04 sky or water, - to•the thronge or wople promenading heaeh. or to the be- wilderiug straina of unteie that floated out upon the' night eir from the hetet verandahs; "Will i•lic'erimel" he muttered, glanc- ing at his watch- for the twentieth time, but the waVes at feet could give him 310 SuSWer. In her room .et the hotel at that mo- ment Bab' Was twieting the note about in her fingers•in a very distreseed way. Shoula she''cibey' Clarence Neville's re- quest --or Jura?. lie Wei _killing her -- she mighlrarceer look upon his- face egain. Windt' vel'Y wrong' to stet) down onethe'beaeli to set, good-bye to him? , • India waSavritieg a letter for Mr. Mt - Ven, dintie.! oVer. :tux it WaS the hour When innst Or the guests were grouped .abdut on the piazzas. Hew could Abe arrange to go without India or her father nothals irer abeeuce? lf she were 'to ask his permission a re - fusel wonld eertiiiely be the result; he would t ot'eVell let her' go if India ae- eompaeied her; lie had often given it as his opinion. tweet emphatieally, that it Wa3 deehledly ant of place for ladiee, uneeeorted.. to premenade the beitelt, even thouglt they' were in plain view of the hotel of whiell they were guests. No; if she kept the appointament, she must slip ;Out inlobserved and risk her fether's anger ail'Wel las India's. "1 will .git," she said to herself, elaep. ing lter bend over her beating heart. She erossed to the window and stood looking °a upon the Kends; the silken portieres. of the bay windows quite cote reeled th 'et slender berm from watehful eYes. With a sigh of hnpatienee she gave herself up to the letter in hand. She was anxious to get through with it and get down upou the verandah to see the object of her mad adoration, Cleeemee 'Neville, to WhOtri site had given the great passio»ate love of her heart, un- asked. She did not see Bab emerge from the clutained reeess, glide SlOWIV tnWard the door and disappear through I it, her light i'netstepe making no 5011181 ' in the etni•idor without. 'With fleet eteps Bah hurried to the trysting place and on to *her fate. CHAPTER VXVili. "Love took lip the harp of life, and smote on all t Anvils with might; Smote the ellOrd of self. that. treatblitig, passed in music. oet ref stet, lrany an evening by the sealers did we •wateh the Ptittely ' And oar ep:Ete molted together at the touching of •the lipe." Over the t4iInctil Bah sped, her heart c heating. her milers throbbing% with but s one thought in her mind -she was going 1 to the tryetintr plitee where Claret:see I Neville awaited her. Tie was peeing up atilt down the salute as she approeelted with trembling feet. 1 Slight as the eomid of her footsteps t were, lie heneel them and turned (Intel& ly, "You have mime. Bale" he Med, husk- e ily, as though he email seareely belieVe the evideeee of hie own eyes. Ile held t out his halide trod elasped the trirl'e Et- I Ile fulttering white ones, uttering -no word; indeed. lie emild not. for at that (, moment his lie.irt was too hill tor lit- terative. Be a mighty efloi he elm. higteelf. "T asked you 10 eome here that we 1 1 might eat, good -by ou the opot where we t !lave spent so many happy hours, ,little I 1 Bab," he whispeted. "I leave Long 1 Braneli on the, midnight train." A little ory broke from the girl's lips: 1 the words •eetenea to pieree her serV f heart. Site reified a Noe paled with suit- 4 den pain, to him. He eruelted the hatid.e he held eloser againit brettat, t "BOO eried, huskily. "to go and t yriu behind me geeing tearing 1 the beeting Iteait flout botly. t 1 have tIone my best to eeltool myself to the thought, but it has been a failure, and 1 was uned to have remained. in the ounlight ot your presenee when you were not fin. me to woo and win. 1 have pley- ed with a fatal fire, and 'IOW my li.tiert • is IS eared beyond healing. 011, Barbara, little Berbera! teach me how to eay good -by 11 you, "My darling," he added, "I meant to go away without uttering one word of the anguish thet fine my heart, but woe not mot ageinet the Wad deeire to stand. here face to lace with you alone, just tonee more, telling myself af- ter death: for it will be death in life to me to go out into the world and leave yoo behind me. My heart Int»gere for Nee one word front you, Bab." The girl flung her arMS about him with a wild, piteous cry,. "1. cannot let yuu go," she 'sobbed, hiding her face on. his breaat. "Oh, Clar- ence, stay. stay for my sake; canna. part from you." "Do you mean it, Bab?" he .cried hoarsely, "Surely 1 must be mad oil dreaming, Whisper theete stunts to me again, He eaught her in his arms, straining i her elosely to his madly throbbing heart. "lf you love me, Bab," he cried, "they • shall never merry you to Rupert Down- ing; you must be mirse; all ie fair in love and war." la that moment the full madness of stilialtzsy :upon 141111, and ile Went On pas - "I am going to put your love to the test, Bab. Marry me twilight, this very hour,. and I ean take you with ma." "1 -1 cannot, Clarence," eite stebbed. "Papa would never forgive me." "Yes, would. Hundreds of 'mar- riages have taleFit place in the same way. lle woula forgave you at .onee, hae not 'forgotten what it le to love, and the uncontrollable desire that Amon' Parties to wed tile one beloved," lie deelared, eagerly. She was silent so long, with her fame still bidden on his breast, that he grew painfully aoxieue as to what her decis- ion would be, Be raised her face and - looked eagerly. dowft into it, "01. Bab. love you so fluidly. you miest eonsent," he whiepered, "Could you live for centuries. you WO11141 never know a love like mine again, Nrydarl- big% will you consent?" She wee young, and the passion of his words was beginning to influence here, She did not. consent nt onee, al- though the novelty, the romantic and the promised happiness templed her. "Say yea. Beb, will you not? he mur- mured, his hahdiOnte 'face flushed with eagerness, his eyee and lips eloquent worde he whispered to her! What unal- terable devotion he swore! He wooed her with stud' eloquent words, with such passion. with Snell -romance, that it Was little wonder that the girl yielded at length to his entrea- ties, loving him as alie The hour of night. too, had ite own witchery. its own glaznor; the light of the earii was so tender and bright, the wind and the waves rippliug at their feet sang of nothing but love and its joys; the plaee and the surroandings notstered her. She did not resist when he bent his handsome head and kisaed. her lips, the first kiss of love that she had ever known, ,althoue,;11. she was bound by a pledge to wed another, "Thie solemn kiss settles it, my darl- ing," he whispered, eagerly, and, trenab- elinnegel,ike a flower in a chill wind, Bab whispered baek a, faltering, "Yes, Clar- That Was the beginning of one of the most pitiful tragedies that was ever enacted, "Here is the New York boat," he exelaimed. "We will take that. and in teuaninutes We will leave all trouble and heartachee behind us, sweet." What happened af terward alwaye aeemed more like a dream to Bab than a reality; the:night boat cutting its Ataliye through the bright, atarlit waters, hum and buzz of the passengers who crowded the deck, and the face of the lover whom she was to wed so roman- tically bending over her, his low -spoken words of love making strange, sweet nubile in her beating heart. Still more like a dream seemed the landing, with the hurrying throng at the dock, the ride in the hansom cab, and.' at host standing before the old white- haired minister, who uttered the words that bound her for life to the hand- some young lover by her side. Then the sail back over those same Starlit waters, with Clarence Neville elasping • her bande tightly, and calling her in every breath his darling little bride - his. to have and to hold, to love and to cherish until death did them. pert. "And. are we really married, elate nee?" .she whispered, clinging to him like a frightened child. "It seems so unreal." The $ound of hie happy lauohter and the enswer he made her rang in her ear* until the hreat site died. "It is real enough, my darling. have nuehored you. so fast to me that no one this world can ever take you from me: we may have to face a little anger at first, lett it will be like the Clouds that obscare an April sun -it will pass tway directly, leaving the sky of our future all the brighter." Another thought crowd his mind. He . ittd saved her from a fate woree than loath in resetting her from a merriage eith Rupert Downing, of whose halite le knew altogether too mue.h. Ile never meant to tell eweet, ent Bab of the girl who had worn that Downing should never lead any other girl then herself to the altar, She defied hint to ever attempt tt, vow - ng that It would end in a tragedy; that the bride shonhl be claoped by the eridegroom death, at the very altar; bat she ehould never .turn from it alive. Since those old eollege dates in whit+ Itipert Downing 1841 been dare.devil nougle,in every way possible, Clarence Neville found that after Downingla re - urn from gay lite abroad he had de - eloped into a libertine and a, gambler. - fe had done his best to arreet his ohl chutu`s downWard (entree, but to 1"IflenilliPa(4.11seitearriell more of Rupert .Down. zig'e t rne chareeter during the , week ie had paseed with him in Eitet Haven - lien all the years he had previously ;nitwit him, and on the very illy of • lab's memorable birthday porty he had to the conelneion that hie old col- fgt. ehum was no longer a fit eompanion or an honorable MAUI and that be NV011id ira'W hid ViSii; Short and drop hiS tet- pteintauee forever. It had alSO been be 4,a1100 of weft agitatitm to lth» 44 whether he ought to inform %lee ether of Downing's trtte character when he holt of hie betrothal to N.12'. flawitee /lovely &tighter had firet heoome kuown toUlleiitad insisW41 to Kupert Downing that he should make a dean breast of the 14tit ta 31v. llaven: that it W4444 line one. for hie initoeent ,young daughter's 4ake, anti in coneequence they had parte: clinin mil other the hittereet of enemiee 411, "It its simply a cese of je-14011,14y 01 I NERVOUS PEOPLE MADt MEM Dr. Williams' rink Pills Rebuild Shattered Nerves. evotteetpart," Downing 1,4%1.1 Said, With a '4neetie "i 410 not thank.you for interest so 14-moineuously in: my .buktiness. What they do not know co» lierning my past will not huit them; i ewill be time enough to acknowledge- my ledsdetels, as you are pleased. to tern tl-em, when they come to light and. eon frOut me. Von would like- te make your Self out a model young man, and me a libertine; but it will not work, Clarence Seville. 1 Would kill you -do you hear?, .1 ivoitid kill you. ere you shout: w in from me the little beauty upon whom 1 haVe set my heart." Clarence Neville knew Rupert Down- ing. well enough to know that he would ellallenge him to a duel on sight; but he had DO fear. They were both equally skilled in the nee of firearms, and he would have gone through tietiS OX WOW for Bab's dear sake. lie and Bab loved tacit other; that MI6 reason' enough for the step he had tekee. wae willing to take ehy eon- wequeneve which might follo..y. Thie hasty marriage bad. been born of the impultie of the moment; he had meant . to say farewell to Bab forever when they met on. the sands, and, at the last moment hie mighty love fur her had 'conquered hint. He eald to himself that ehould never regrea .wlsat he had done, ner the dear little girl who had truweed hien with lier future, No, be would make her life too bean. - Win a reality for that. Mr, Haven would naturally be dis- pleased. but when he learned how de- votedly they loved each other he would forgive them willingly. no father woulit 'atand in anger against the happinees of the child he loved better than life iteelf, eepecially when the lover who had won her was worthy of her. And egein he said to himself, comfort., ingly, "That all wee fair in. love and war." Meanwhile the Ntettmer glided rapidly on to Iter destination; already the „am& . tone t Immered in the distanee. eurATTER so engrossed were the bride .auft bridegroom with each other as they sat sat upon the deck that neither hint no. tieed how the sea and the sky chang- ed on the homeward trip. The young 1noon eityly hid. herself behind a huge bank of dease clouds, the etars. died out one by one, and a void, gray mist Seem- ed to rise up from the waters.. Even the light of Loog Branch seemed Oink- ing, and very indistinct, considering how near they yere to them. :indite/fly, and witlurut moment's warning. they discovered the meaning of it a tog had arisen; a, white mist enveloping !tad Oalei•euring ail things,Ten- dering it an imposeibility .to recoguize objects eearcely three feet distant. "Come into the tabin, my 'darling," exelaimed tlarence. "See,*the dock is quite deserted by all save ourselves. Yon; will. take your death of cold, and The rest of this sentenee W116 drOWn- ed by the loud clanging ef the fog bells. "Conte, my love," whiepered the Soli- citious yowig husband. anxiously. "i sluntlal never forgive myself for permit- ting you to have one moment's diecom- fort which, 1 -could Ward frOM you. Come, Bab, let ua go into the cabin,. Of course, it is not so delightful aa.sitting out on the deck, where we ean make love to each other to our heart's, eon - tent, but we shall have all the remain- der, of our lives to adore each other in, and that will ma.ke up for this brief half hour." With those tender words ringing in her ears, and making sweet inusie her pulsing young heart, Bab turned. to follow his .entstretelted hand. That was the last clear remembrance she had of .what transpired. Before she could take the. first etep forward. a violent shock hurled her to the .farth- .est cnd of the deck. leeo tbne than it takas -to tell it, • ecieid blood -rich, red blood -makes all the different.° between henith end . sieknesa. If the blood is thin and wit - e tery, the health of the whole body tea- fers. The sufferer becomes nervoue and irritable; the stomach fails in strength . and the appetite becomes poor. Food • .(10es not give the neeessary nourish- . meta, and the firet feeling of weaknees Passes-, ae time goes on, general breakdown in the heelth, The vase of Mrs. .Angelique Gagnon of St, Jerome, Que., illustrates • the 'truth. of these • statemente. Mrs, • Gagnon says; "1 am fifty years of age and up to a few monthe ago always enjoyed the hest of health. Then 1 began to feel rundown and. weak, without patienee _or ambi- tion. My appetite eves pour, and tuy nerves seemed to he on edge, and the least noise or worry would make me irritable and nerV011s. Life beeame an Actual louden and I 'could no longer look after my household duties. My doctor pre,scribed and ordered a change, saying that 1 was a nervous wreck. 1 tried- to become interested ia other things but fulled, and my eondition Wag really deplorable, I continued In thie condition for several months, gradaally going down, and. as mv doctor was not helping me •was eaeily pereuaded hy a friend. to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. After taking the Pills for a, few weeks, eould see an improvement, and glad- ly eoetinued ming them for a. couple of months, when. found my ilealth .fully restored. 1 ant more than thank- ful for whet Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have done for me, and I gladly recom- mend them to all who are weak, ner- vous arid rundown." -making rich, red blood Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills cure stud: eases as Mrs. Gagnon's. in the same way they cure nervous headoehes, »enralgia. indiges. tion, rheum:ahem, St. Vitue dance, and the ailments that vome to growing girls and wonten of mature years. If you are at ell unwell start to -day to cure ;yourself with. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, what they have done for others they will surely do for you, if given a fair trial. Sold by all druggists or by mail. post paid, at 50 vents a box; six boxes for $2,50, by addressieg The .Dr. Wil- liam' Medicine Co„ Brockville, Ont. the wildest pandemonium reigned, hoarse eriee from men and. chrieka of horror from women and eltildren. Then above the :thrill try. "Two steameraltave NEVER. CAUSED collided; our 'boat .sinking; gather the women and -children on the forward deek with all haste!" The awful holocaust which followed will be a matter of history as long .as time shall host When the lifeboats landed with their human freight, luau Haven ,was standing among the .frantic throng on the dock. enveloped in a long dark cloak, eagerly watching for Bab. She had missed her quite as soon • as she had left the room, making • huirrie,4 exettee to Mr. Haven that her head tithed, and that she would be glad if site eoul be permitted to finish the letters On the morrow, she had arisen hastily and had eta.rted off in search of her cousin. There should bemo more interviews be- tween Bab and Clarence Neville, she told herself. At that moment she caught a glimpse of a bit of crumpled' paper on the floor in a bay window at which Bab had. been etanding. She pounced upon it quickly, and ,stnoothing it out and read- ing it found that it was a note from Clarence Neville, begging Bab to.'eneet him just once more at the old trysting place. Her rage knew no bounds. She did not ktiow just what place the note referred to, but ehe knew it was somewhere in elotse proxitnity upon the beach. 'Bab will tell him that Itupera, Down- ing conies on the morrow, and ten to one, it will end in the elopement of Bab. With the Malt she loves, unleas ean in SOIlle way prevent it." she muttered. Like a, veritable 'shadow India Haven glided up and down the entire length of the beach where it Was possible they might be, but her search wae in The sande were erowded with young and beautiful maidens, with their escorts and chaperons, but Barbara Maven Was not among them. .As a lest desperate effort she reached the pier just as the N'ew York boat was moving out ;And there upon the forward .deek the beheld them She shrieked out frantieally to them, but the crash of the da»ee muffle front a near -by pavilion, and the hum of the hundreds of people rushing hithet and thither about the pier drowned! her voice, She hurried to 8, lone spot on the beach, and there, throwing herself faee • doWnWard UpOn the amtale, wept as. feet women weep in a lifetime. Despite -all her plottings and planning to keep thent apart, they had tipped to- gether at last, the -meet, babyelteeed young cousin whom .ehe so heartily tle• Vetted, and Clerence the. Man whom she loved in secret, land tvith emelt pied idolatry thAt she grew frightened terself at timee, when she feil se wondering what she would do with her life if Berbera Haven sueeeeded in Will- ning him from her. And now what *he iota feeted and dreaded moot had.actuel. 11 Wetted, rro be Cottlentd,), BETTING} ON SPORTS. Gambling. Evil's Alarming Spread in Britain. The spree's* ur ;ambling among .the English petipie, both men and wumen, as causing eserios Ana growing concern. No measures yet have been devised 1.0 Ntop. tne habit, which rapidly is beeurn- ing more and more of a menace. ull big races practically •eeei'ybOdy .trout the newsboy On the street to the peer in his motor, hes soniethin-g on his favorite horse, and even un the everyday race an immense amount in the aggregate I:1 wagerete Laterly in his been disclosed that women working in effleeS and res- tauraunts pt the city have become as in- veterate gamblers as the men and boys. Nowadays both M401 and women, dur- ing! the afternoon hours, are distraeted trent their work by. their anxiety over the results of the raves, alai employers complain in vain. of curbing' this Increase in the betting noose or Commons, with a view habit, passes' a iaw Prohibitig commis- sion. agunts from accepting money on a bet, but this was easily evaded by the egents carrying wagers vil a credit sys- tent, settling once a week. As the sys- tem works to -day teed hoy with a, shill- ing to bet on a horse eitu go to almust any newspaper seller and get his money down. Another measure to overeome thiS condition was met by oppusitien from the Workingmen, who claimed for himseir the same priviieges and opportunities ac-, cording- his wealthy neighbor, ishu can wager as freely as he likes hY either go- ing to the truck or telephoning bis cum- :::;rielso (1st. opialolgriellitlittigi golf. At most of the• big; it is made also that gambi- clubs to -day niclubers will not play un - les assured of a good side bet on the re- sult. It *started with half a dollar a round, but ut some clubs a game is sel- dom played for less than $25, $50 or even $100 a round. 'The profeesional, too, *110, gets his lee wor taking a novice around, haw wants a wager on reeult. Evert if he gives, the novice all be deserves, the professional generally can win. t A URIC ACID RtIEUIVIATISM chronic—tiO 'matter lvliat tion. If you have Itheumatis T WANT to prove it to yso•outit.r satisfae- nt, avute or Thousands ;Ittrwt,o,tx,.4Ti. r,17,iltitz; ann:i (;(nlitilli it .Ie°u. 1 1 book ever u.(:11riltiteliti." Dilo:ini'Liseladwitenj st tearritilpi 17',1 tietSsSitt3-Ar Ci"jA.Ci-T111111,rilY/ent. 45ti, 13roekton, Mese., 1 . s. A. loOMAN SUFFRAGE MAKES HEAD. _11 = 4, WAY. (Philadelphia Recurd) Woman auffrage is Making headWay In the most unexpected quarters. Tlie re- commendation by a United States Sen- ate Committee of a woman suffrage amendraeut to the Pedeetel Constitution was a distinet surprise, but nut greater than the passage of a resolution es the l'aris Municipal Cuunell to give women the right to yute et municipel electiuns, There is nu civilized country In the .Norld where there is a greater siluw of defer- ence to yvOlnalikind than in Prance or less substantidal rgearli for esitplity of treatment un er aw. s .Parls. ian movement may teed to a very de- sirable betterment when the mistress of the house bas her say in that part or eivic management which is lied near- est concern. 4 : Minard's Liniment Cures Garget In Cows. At = i WEALTH THE -MERIT STANDARD, (St. John, N. 13., Telegraph) There is a. strong elass animosity grow - Ong up in the 'United States, and it Is being daily fed by the increasin evt- if dec:e of Malta:Ole avtirIce on th part of the privilege eeekers. The pr viiege seekers are playing havoc with demo- cracy. At present the common man Is Impoverished trot merely by au absolute want of Money and the increase cost of livirtge hut by the current way of thinking which makes pecuniary succese the standard of merit, and so he is ma.de to feel that failure to make wealth is failure 01 life. Dandet, received $200,000 "Sa_1910"; 'Vidor Hugo $100,000 for "Les Miser- ables," but Dwight L. Moody received $1,000,000 for his share of the profits on the faMOUS hymnebook, . 41 I I 1 411, A SAVE NAME. ;Meg "Rugh ,Always Escape Moiasut?- -Thero may he nothing lit a mune, hut if you witall poaeeee what might bo termed a really safe e04110111011, ealt youreelf flugh William. Here are reasons for this choice culled from eoureee whielt cue he relied, on 84.4 trutleworthy. In the year 1064, em Dee, 5, en Nog- shi, the Monia was ca,peized in a gide while eroesing 'the Straits. There • were eighty-one passengers on board. Only one WAS eaved. was named _kluge& 'Williams, the tootte day in 1785 a pleasure echooner wee wreehed 011 the lele Man. There were sixty persons on hoard, ineluding one Hugh Williams end his family, Of this three seore, Hugh William only eurvived the wrecla Agehe on Auk 5, 1820, a pionicking party, moetly eltildren under twelve years of age, were run down by a 1,00 hero on the Thamee, Little Hugh name, aged five years, a viettor from Liverpool, was the only survivor of the twenteefive young and happy pieniekers .who left their homee so gaily in the -morning. Finally, on Aug, 19, 1889, a Leeds eoal barge, with nine men EIS erew, foundered. Two of them, both named Thigh Wile an uncle and nephew, were res- cued by spine fishermen, They were the only men of that illefated. crew who lived to tell of the calamity, These incidents may be merely singu- lar, but tit eyare true. Possibly, thee, there may be something in a name, after all, Who knows? Cures for Garden Pests. The rose chafer is one of the worst pests. Use arsenate of lead, even though the treatment mean4 some discolored foli- age. Collect every bug Too see and drop it in kerosene, Tltis pest attacks grape Nines, chrysanthemum bushee, aieunies and other plants, as well as roses. White grubs tbat are menece to lawns are said to be easily destroyed, by spray. ing. the affected ground well with kerosene emulsion diluted 1.5 tittles, and then water.. Ing it copiously. Aphis, thrIps anti various leaf-hoppere may still be seen, but they disappear where emulsion of kerosene or of 'Miele oil soap' are used. Current worms becoMe innocuously je)coa..\iisleile.wir:ellebore is used, and tbie. is to be preferred rather than a, more virulent rots and similar fungi should. be controlled by the use of potassium sulphide. Boreaux mixture used for title purpose causes undesirable stains on or- namental plants. Cooper carborate can be used. for this purpoSe well-developed fruits. For Women's Ailments Dr. MartePs Female Pills have been the Standard for 20 years and for 40 years prescribed and recom. mended by Physicians. Accept no other. At all druddists, - Heat. Consider it. It is invaluable. What doesn't it mean to us? The sun-worshippere understood. it. But let us eome down to earth about it. The humble hot water bottle is a real inedieine. An _application of heat will cure ever so many. pains. Pains in any part of ,the body result- ing from a. cold will respond if treated at 01100. A- woman, fagged by a tiresome jour- ney, who had to sleep in a damp ream in a hotel of a small Virginia town one night last winter saved herself an illness by demanding that her bed be warmed by eume hot stovelids- done up in pap- ers. was• a bright iren, the absence of a. hot water bottle bringing out afresh that necessity is the mother of invention. Mlnard's Liniment Cures tDiptheria. WHY AND WHEREFORE Answers to Some Frequently Ask. ed Questions, eeee the owl come 011i; al night? Why does the moth fly around the can- dle? Wh) insist we always detrelop photographs in a red light? Why does wood rot away? Why du teolgreph tines hum ' The owl emnee out only at night be- cause the food on which the owl feeds le to be found during these hours. Mee and other email ereatures are active during the night, and the owl, with its peculiar noiseless flight, duo to its soft plumage, einnea out and devoure them. The moth flies around the candle be- cause the moth lovee.light and turns toward it; a baby would do the 4ialhe thing if it were allowed. People follow sunny side of the street, and Mowers when they turn toward the light. There are other ereaturee which illet naturally seek darkness as the foolish moth doee the candle. Why have we to develop pbotorapbe in a red light? We know that white light is really a mixture of light of all sorts of colore -red, yellow, green, blue and so on, Some of these lights of Vari- oue colors have one kind of power and Some allather. Now the kind of :sight that bite the power of causing chemise:11 clianteee, ie tile light we phl)to- graph by, is mainly violet light. We ean.see in way by red lioht, but Ted light has practically uo influenee on photographic platee. We may say that photographie .platts •eannot eee led light, and so we van nee red light to develop them by without fearing flint the photograph -of our faces or the walls of the room will be printed on. the plates. it scents there are kinds of wood tliat will not rot away elft.11 thought they are kept in water. The ancient eity of 'Venice is actually built on wooden piles buried in the shallow sea, !and these have lasted for many eenturies already. Thia wood does not rot because the things that make wood, rot eannot at- taek it. Sometimee wood le soaked with creoeote, and the perticalar pro. perty ereomote whiree nuthea it So Val- uable is that it es poisonous to mierobee, So the' answer to the iitteStiOn Mierubet. Wood Will mit rot it it is eherged with cometIting thet kille Mi- crobes or if it is Made of *duff so hard and tough that even mierobee cannot Sliest it; or if, as in the case of Votive, it -is good wood: and 10510 protected from microbee by being kept in salt water. Wiry do the telegraph lines hmn? . Anything that Is stretehed is apt to be thrown into vibration by the foree the air blown against it. If it vibrates so fast as to produce thr air waves that our tars eau hear, thou that is what me call sound. Tithe what lteppene to the telegraph wires when they ittid NVO put our hand on the telegraph polo Shali feel thet the wiree vibrate strongly enough NI Set the whele poIe trembling, too, But when the air 15.4 quite stilt the telegraph wire* do not innn,- -Chicago Tribune. A 1301entiSt. 1133.4 fiat t1/011ghtA fa» be seen, Prolmbly 111014 of them will look, so small that the old -established 'Aeries of a penny for 3 our thoughts wiri be grottly reduced.--leantae Star, RUSE TO OANAVA. But British, Emigration to Aus. tralia Drops Ott, There,lias been a remarRablo falling off in emigration from Oreat .0ritain to the Australian culooles during the prs:14111, year, et:or:eine to the steamship coMpaie. les concerned in this tariff. it is put down to the present high level of wages and the continued trade hewn which give men employment in ,itigland. liesPite this, however. (*amnia continues to get a very large utunber of emigrants from Ilneland anti Scotiand, so there are pro- ' bably other causes for the decrease in the Australian figuree. This loss In traffic has been felt rather seriously by the steamship lines running lo the South Seas. Lost yeer there was, a tremendous demand for passages to .Australia and New Zealand, and to meet this trade the stearnehip companies in. I creased the aveommodations on eselt yes- - sel and also put on new steamers. To. day the ships are running. very light, even on reduced schedules. DI 5 fRtNal N'o. 217e Proprietary or Patent Medicine A04. etarmlees ana never failing' MonthlY regulator. No JadY 'should- be without them; they are pleasant to take and act eromntle. Mailed perfectly welled to any paet of the world. $3 per box or three boxes for 45. Canadian Medicine Co., Dept. .A, Montreal, Quebec, Science Notes. An American university is being or. ganized in Siam The Alps have been crossed for the seeond time by an aeroplane. The elevatore of the Woolworth Build- ing in Neer York have a vertical travel joefs,05.76 f eet. marine cable will be supplanted by wire - planned, In Argentina, Several large rojeete are There is a great engineering activity There ie no indication that the sub - A patent hes beeti recently issued cove ering the manufaeture of dog biseutt made in the shape of a bone. Recent irrigation worke Fegypt have cost $53,000,000, but the results have more than justified the expenditure. Boston will spend 4;3,000,000 on the construction a. dry dock which -will accommodate the largest liners now afloat or buildings A gnn for use of submarines dieltp. peass under the deek and is covered by a watertight hatch -whet'. the boat is about to be submerged. One thouisanie-foot piers will be built New- 'York, and the Mayor of the eity is in favor of making them lat00, to take care of future needs. The electric bell eignel, without soinie epecial. protection, is not suited Tor use 3511110Y311ililtigeS('OlaltaiteltiSe , ospf taerlki. SgilvIlae doe f ftiy8 parree. A new system which is free from tide deiseengtzeLlaitlaLs been invented by a foreign elinard's Liniment (0., Limited: Dear eirse-This fall I got thrown on a fence and hurt my chest very bad, so I could not work, and. it hurt me to breathe. I tried kinds of Liniments and they did 111e no good, one bottle of MINARD'el LINIMFINT, warmed on flennels aud applied on iny breast, cured me eompletely. C. (11S -SA Boom. llyeeway, Digby (2o., N. S. Evening in Paradise. Now t,arne still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things elad ; Silenve aeeompanied; for beget and. bird, 'They to their grassy eouch, these to their neste, Were eiunk, hut the wakeful night- ingale; She all night long her amorous descant 61111g; Silence was pleased: now glow'd the fir- enament With living sapphires; Hesperus., that led. The starry host, rode brighteet, till the Moon, Rising in elouded majeety, at length Apparent queen, unveiled her peerleee And o'er the dark her silver mantle tit rew. -John Mileon. BUY YOUR FRUIT From the Grower Direct Send your order at once and get the best. Satisfaction guaranteed. Cherries, Best Red Sour, 5 baskets, 1 1 quarts, $3.50, Raspberries, '24 (mart (Tate, $3.23. Peaches N'o. 1 best varietlee, baskets, 11 quarts, $5,00, All other small fruits to order. Plums, Pears, Peaches and Grapes a epevialty. Write for in- formation. 'Reference: Royal Bank, Win- ona„ Ont. 'Nlooey tb accompany orders, All rruits delivered to the nearest Express flrflee free, V. & ete et. Varpeirter, ona, Ont. Treating a Boil. One great miStake often madoby most people in the Veatinent of boilsrand car- brincles is to poultice them, oloutinues the writer on the subject of "Boils." Poidtieee'of any kind should beotvoided. They are not antineptic, and onlly tend to spread the infeetion among the sur. minding hair follicles. and to prodnce a tzood crop, of young boils. !Hee general 'treatment consists in adjustang the diet to a more luatithful standard, to avoid stimulants of tiny kind. but 110t nee0S- surlily to be confined to bed. the above simple meastiree are not suffteitnt to cheek the boil. then' the assistateee of a surgeon is reenired. THEIR SPECIAL PROVIDENCE. ta newt Mercury) There seenis to be a special providence hanging over the greenhorn and Ids In the canoe, fut. the casualty list lx pro- pertionately small. I P. (Toronto Telegram) Tf every pessimist who is out'iooking for hard times was busy working to cul- tivate the soil or otherwise avert herd times, this country would enjoy etn ex- perience of prosperity much as lis.e never bleseed tiny lend -on earth. e Outing,Stioes. r for - • Eittrybady. THE PERFECT SHOE FOR SUM1VIER SPORTS ASIt "YOUR DEekhOete ° 1 eseseseisemestielesessekepeesteeeeeiremereamitirem ISSUB 30, 19.13 HELP WAN A V1t013.4413(./N 'Is;C;r1).S.V.S. vv. three-year course. Apply to Super- intendent 1)1 Nurses, The Veoper past. vumaert. N. 17- 4, A. FOR SALE. Ootortotektottet...r. SALlii---A NO. GOI1DON PRINT. ing Press With. Steam loixtures, good vondition; will sell eheain also 30810 tYpe. Apply Waldorf ilotee namilton. Ont. PRIVILECR113, Ambasadoro Ca,n Turn Backs on Xing. ae oil;r:aep' 1We'. pr npba,arsr ofb' °44();:lb6lai:liksbes:tteile:dota 4 irr;:g14. W vountry. But there. at tbe court of Saint jaineS, ;Nfogt P410- eurioa's privileges pie know that they aml their households are many less well known, The einhae- eador is the only person about a court who has the :right to turn hie bask on the sovereign at the end of an Were view. And he always exercises it, turn- ing to bow after walki»g three paces. Tine, of egk1r80, refers only to state oe 0816110411s28, -worked out rether fuenily in Queen Irietoria's time. To turn one's back on a lady would be rude, to retire baekwards would be to resign a privilege nileed by edging eidewaye tweeted the deo-eoor ikl ee ta 1:1:aas s.a4 1 0 r d always eompro. Another privilege of ambassadors is the right of having both leaves of the folding doors thrown open when being nehered into the royal presence. No one Wee can claim this privilege. Another highly prized privilege of the ambassador -one thee sovereigns muat often regret -is that of being able to demand an interview with the sovereign whenever he chooeek at any hour of the day or night. The sword is the ambaseadoes emblem of honor. It ie a long rapier with s. blunted point. One great diplomatist - the late Lord Dufferin-ueed to say that the only praetical use he ever found for it was to poke fires with. and file on.,--Pearsou's 'Weekly. 4 HOW THE SCRAP STARTfD jonee stepped on Smith's favorite eorn and, of cour5e, there wits tr011b]ei What Smith needed. is Putmun's Cern leetrae, ter-ethae. painless remedy fin, corns ano warts that cures in twenteefour Imre. Pittnam's iS the only standby. Try it; 25e, at all dealere. Chili's Wealth in Guano. The guano. eeposite of Ohile are worth More money than the richest gold mine in the world. it would seem. that the precaution taken by tee Catilcan Govern- ment/ in restricting the exportation of this fertilizer is hardly., warranted when we realize that the depoeite of the Islands. where this material ebounds, are computed to be 180 feet in depth, and as the removal proceeds the quality improves. The. value of the guano of Ow islaeds competed to be $1,000,000.000. In 1840 firm of Lima merchents sent the first cargo to Eur- ope, consigned to a commiFeeon man of London. Two Veal'S tdterWard the traimported to England was 18? and. 20 years theerafter, 11(12, it WHO 435,000 tons. Between 1851 and 1800 the amount of shipping that loaded P:.1 the Chineltas represented 2,860,000 tons, end between 1853 and 1872 guano to the amount of 8.000,000 tons WINS shipped from the north and middle islands. Ja thie last year the Peruvian Government prohibited the further export of guano from this group. Minard's Liniment, Cures -Colds, Etc. 4 ;4 I11 -Fated Explorers. Among the Spaniards who won fame as diseoverere and eonquerors in Amer- ica only a few died peacefully. Here is a liet ,of some of the more important who suffered -at the hands of fete: Col. mnbus died broken hearted, Roldin and Bobodina, were drowned, Ovando We14 harshly superseded, has teteas eought fuge in a yowl, Ojede died in extreme poverty, lencisco Was deposed by his own melt, Nieuesea perished miserably- by the eruelty of his party, Vaseo Nunez de Balboa was diegracefully beheaded, Nar. vaev, was impritioned in a tropieel dun- geon and afterwaiel died of hardship, Cortes was dishonored, Alvarado was garroted, Pizarro was murdered and his four brothers. cut off, and there was no end, to the assassination and executions of the eecondary ehiele among the en- ergetie and daring adventurers. - Rhubarl; Pie. (13y Caroline Coe.) Peel and eut into une-half inch pieees two cups of rhubarb. Over tide eprinele two level tableepoons of flour, mix outil all the flour adheree to the rhubarb. Beat one egg with one eup of eager and it pinch of ealt. Put the rhubarb into the egg and sugar mixture. Stir up well. 'Purn into pie pan lined, with rich pie :must. Weer with upper eruet and .balie twenty minlitee and evert pieee of maearoni niplut three inelies long and allow it to remain in while baking. Then the pie will met "Irt% out." Minard's Liniment CUres Distemper. New Device for Baby. If he Itieen't reached the playtime of his young life give the baby something ftzwehilisloolowenolclotonlfouorvtetsoarriebsi! littioltieheei.: very, very Young, arid- I'lls mother has net one, get him baby scales, for there are sorts that some for MA Parthallar use. They may be EIS simple or elab. orate am you like, from the plain. 114tie affairs that hold wicker baskets on top of tile measuring arrangement:to quite beautiful affairs. with white enamel bas- kets that are ribob tarn -rimed and padded, 440 that the process May be. more luxur- : ipeeetirastollii)a.}as:ke.etst a neloavyerebtel ou ore at all eieVer. Illoilitarileiytei ftioakttri.ot 11 it, aeo,illci -letofy11111atgo; 5.. %VIM white -Swiss may be used anti Pale pink or ente used as a tonedotion—with nocieets to hold the little accessories and pin eueldons to hold these quite neCesSary 8 10.tirivel"iif the gifts that etottr ,n,cil:e6.01t:glf $4.41;011enlitgtO t (t)110erielrotheitl. el trolno. ereening fence,. enelosee n epnee of a. habY Just steellitipite: !Islir ititlitalet liatIttiletaetyl 331eieth fletiiirdIded flaili tine set up out of the way when not 81 bath mats, In ilretty• delft eoloringe, cap - robes are shown. some rniede of felt. Willi tleiteteirritgl acottlor, while others are genuine Able ef Istamittig anY live. To belt lixiiisioodrgawrIttollilitutfilliilget:::1:ottilen:1:01:11:: "pen" for the 'small one, fascInatfno Minter and tberefore alwaye fresh and about five foet Square, giving the babY taenty of room to ecatter arid toes about his playthings. - Cleveland Plain -teenier. ut71,44.411.1.1144. Aid1111144101.6...-..+1,,...1 Hot Day Food. --It eliould be ceoling. mumt he nutritious. need not ell be piping bot Meat- 'often thetea VerY ge44, —Prealt fruit tasites better than Dud. figs. -Of couree. Matte hot cooked food must figure at a Meal. eelth gas cooking the ktiehen need eat he the inferno It Once Vetee., 1,••-•` ,