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The Wingham Times, 1902-09-25, Page 7J •t p.., ���:J�� � .-i: : Wil. •:�.•• ' acted byFate By LAURA JEAN'LIBBEY Author of 'Parted at the Altar," ''Lovely Maiden," "Elorabel's Lover," " Ione," Etc„ Etc. a aeteee noes teen rererteng &At.tt fee'ctme •and jltleue presented themselves ae. .Madame Pubois' terttiblisliment, The ivaedame looked in wonder nt the 'N'c•; dtously beautiful fuee before her. "1 'Mould like to take her in," she said. aside, to Emily, "but I dare not on 8cPouet of any still. No, n0, Eadly; • dare not. Something warns me I must not. 1 fete it !at my heart." "She is so Semler and friendless," geld Miss Lennox; "and with a face hke that. it would be most dangerous to cast her adrift on the world." "'rebut is true;", i;eaponded madalnte, nervously, "But what grouter danger could she encounter, Emily, than meet. ing my eon? 'Theie is a skeleton in every hunsehoid, You know what ours is. '1'heretore, I •say, it would be best not to take her In." A 'happy thought occurred to Emily. "You send out a great tleaal of neirk, madame. Why net give then work to do out.ide?" , "She is a stranger to me, Emily. I had rather nut, unless yuu chose e to be responsible for it;" and =dente mit .ed faintly, "1 am perfectly willing to agree to that arrangement," responded Emily, bra el1 cannot � c � . " cur t tea why, but I t ate 1 .a grettt interest in this young girl, tend • cannot help the conviction which steals over me, that if 1 should not j watch over her she would destroy her- ' self." - ! j "lou are an angel to the wretched. and needy," copped allaldaiue Dubois, warmly. "You shall have your way. I suppose your protegee will shore your aparrtmeuts, in that case, for the lire - .sent." "We have Made That arrangement, env demo," mid Easily, A tow moment liter she crossed the scum to whole Uldene was sitting. ":4L!ss Dean," shi said -that was the amine L'ld. ue Burse to call herself - "fate ter L'rovidel'ce, whichever yoit " • will, hos been L ud. al:ada•nte Dubow • will tut n r11 you employment. It tv;ll .be sent sem at tree cottage." '•I ant toy thankful to madams', and to yell," resmiadtJ Uldene, gratefully. The next two weeks dragged :slowly by. It was wee by hard work Uldene Algot fur a moment the bitter pain at leer hurt. ' E•he had ptout;red herself, after gaz- • ing upon the farce that was clearer than life itself to her, ehe world go quietly eau ay; but she found herself too weak to cantly out her resolve. She toast be near him thsagh separated from hint as fur as the earth front the sun. • At the end of the second week a ;pitiful event happened that (hanged the ,current of three lives. On rainy morn- ing, one of the ship boys of Madame Dubois' brought Enmily at large bundle of woilc from the lst:a:railutent, with the message it might be completed at her hums!. if she preferred, as the you're; .faaly whom the work was for would call there, in the r rturst• of an hour, to give instruct:oils concerning it. "Oh. yes, it is tate bridesmaid's dress . that *ante in to madame yesterday," said Miss Lennox. unwsa;'pang the btndle. and di -closing to view soft, billowy folds of wh.te epeah silk and :old point lace. Uldene berm over it with. a sigh. It 'brought with it such painful te'(oilee- ticns of the life. so short and sweet, , i hasa forever. which alio put behind ind her f ley er. "Beautiful! is it not?" snit! Entity. "And. t ' e a beautiful young �u1 in- deed. cc. who is to vcar it. Yes, Mire: Neddy Temple will look almost as sweet .as the bride. I think." "Noddy Temple!" How the nacre startled Tilden. "Miss Noddy will be very particular -.over it, I'm sure," pursued Emily, "for it is to be worn nt one of the grandest weddings we have had this season. The .bridegroom is handsome and very wealthy. He is the son of the late Senator Chester. Wily, Miss Dean, what are you doing? You're dropping the ice water all over the beauttift'1 white sural :ilk!" gasped Emily, in dis- mr•.y, as she sprang to rescue it from Uidene's lap. "Are you going to faint, Miss Denny" elle asked, gazing an- • xiously into the beautiful white face. "You look as though you had seen a .ghost." "I have seen a ghost of the past; it has eutnfronted me." Aden muttered 'silently to herself. But aloud she an- swered: "I did feel a tittle taint. i am better now. Have I ruined the sunlit si k?" .t. i_, ... not. INA in time ti Twenty � �� :„tie neig mom. , f�tx�Ct \.r 41 i? Ctr�' Ta Il knew he ehoithl have made. his pre- see re- i. prf vci t' yoni• doi'na slee'eteilten rebate. "I was telling you about the wedding Which this. is to be worn at," she went on, 'holding the' half-fa,hioned dress oft et arm's length to admire it, "Jt quite startled .me when I read the aunauneement of handsome Rutledge Chester's approaching marriage. It car tied me back to a pitiful paragraph I real[ in the papers about two years ago, mhnttt the death of his first bride. .eh, met how time flies! Two years!" "She lived in' the great stone house on the hill, and they say'she was as be.buti- rue as a poet's dream --torose who halve 'seen her. I wonder that he could ever have forgotten her so fur its to marry again, poor lady! Alts! nowadays they are searcely (AY with the old love tie - tore they are ou with the new. "It was rumored a few months ago tluat ;11r, Chester sus to wed pretty •\eddy Temple when they met abroad Met your; but it 'scents that the rumor was fills*. Ile had another lady love in his mind's eye. As for Miss teddy -- Miss !lean, surely you are ill! You are going to faint." "Not" muttered Uldeu:e, piteously. But, despite her denial, she suddenly throw up her white hands and fell farce down - •H i down- ward c n .t death -like senors to the fluor at Emily's feet. Poor, tortured soul! silt' had borne ell she could. Had her hetut broken with one awful throb in her bosons at last? (2uiekty calling in her landlady from her rooms ctcruss the passage -way, Emily ext►!:tined what had occurred in at few brief words. and they lost no time in disrobing Uldene an rbeariig her to her couch. The usual remedies which they applied failed to bring Leek the fleeting breath to those pale lips, and, in atinrnl, the nearest phyrsielun was summoned "It's a bad ease of brain fever, in - (limed by some great and sudden shock," was the doctor's verdict, as be bent over beautiful, hapless Velem,. "I fear the young lady is destined to be confined) to her bed for many a weary week." "Is it dangerous? I mean, do you think she wilt die, s'_r?" "It is a pretty severe ease." replied the doctor, dubiously. "But while there is life there .n hope. The chances are evenly balanced as to her seeovery or-" "Her death!" breathed Emily, in • a low voice. The doctor nodded. If Emily could have rend the future the would hive prayed heaven to take Uldene then and there. .THE ucnit,A fl TIMES. SEPTEMBER 251, 4024 441tfA'htiti 91i3 el►mjtlt(tioii. xotift^J1AI1#tett!$, TIIEY MUi)RD FOIJR "This uuteh. same of it." returned the other, sheen; "Mr the bal(((l Suupl' Were ort rale; the threshold. 'surmounted by handreda of gay, laughing Menthe Oh lowing In the rt•ur, a dark forma a(prat•a rut from the shadow of the Yes rude, Those n0Aret;t the groom and b ld caught a fleeting glimpse of N won) to e false,• bursting with the reginrt fires of , jeuloppy awl :Pule. '!'here was a startled sereann-a pitiful groan, The brat• fe'l- back in the Irma of her t'rentie bride- frimen-tread!--strleken le dsuth by tlae small. white 'hand et x beautiful r•val that had plunged, Into her white breast, ct long, thin, jeweled snv-er pin, whi,:h she had drawn from the Meshes of her rt'veat•dark hair, Xie. the bride foil dead oa the threshold of the house site was never destined to muter." "So you think the preemie* of the herd foretold that tragedy?" •asked the other, thoughtfully. "I am snare of it." was the reply; "anal that is not the first instance or the kind I have heard of, either, I eo! ld tell yon of at score or inose--" Rutledge Chester wanted to bear nc litre, 11 ith as white, set face, he theme; on his heel and walked rapidly away Ile tried to laugh the matter .•vfi, bul etenehow it troubled him, evelf though he told himself it was ridiculous Ione Mr a person. of sense to give one nue meat's thought to superstitious ontent or signs. "Nothing colied happen to my beauti• ful Verne," he muttered, ivap tieney. "1 till forget the matter." As he turned the corner of the avenue he beheld a nutty little phaeton, draw): by a coal -back pony, whirliug repidle toward him. ltutledge's heart beat with pleasure; and his fate flushed tie he .sate that its occupants were Verlie and Nedde Temple, Neddy's sharp eyes 'ha.d been the first to discern. him. "Look who's coming, ng, 1oil e she ex. claimed. "(food gracious! look at his face! It's the color of my flaming, red milk umbrella! He's blushing like a school -boy as his eyes fall upon you." It was now Verlie's turn to smile anti bineh confusedly. "IN I never saw sueh a pair o1 lovers its you two acre, anyhow," cried Neddy, laughing uproariously, much to bashful Velsio's distress. Noddy saw Rutledge .had drawn close to thee,edge of the pavement, and ryas waiting for thein to approach; and, sera ed with the irrepressible spirit of, late chief that characterized her, she gash ed the reins and the dainty ivory riding whip from Verlie's hand, and with s cut from the whip which the pony wtu not soon to forget they whirled with the velocity" of the wind past Rutledge and on down the avenue, without giving him an instant of time fa which to salute them. "Ola, Neddy, you little vixen,' he will feel so hurt about this," cried Verlie • 1 soot as she could regain her breath; but Neddy only laughed the more up. roariously. "He will have you to himself soon *rough," she declared. "I was deter mined he should not have one single moment of your society this morning.' As they rode along through the golden sunlight -girl -like, they .fell to discussing the approaching wedding, and where 11 u as to take place. "ars. Renwick is trying to induce int to itav'e the marriage take place here while mamma is equally anxious thal it shall take place at our home near !richmond but father ,has quite a dif• ferent view of the matter, and I must say I like his idea the best," smiler! Verlie, "and that is that I shall be nor ried where I was born -and that is al Black -Tor Light -House, on .the Florida coast." "Black Tor Light -house'." echoed Reddy, aghast. "Why, Verlie Sefton, 1 actually think you have lost your senses, I -I thought you were going to have au elegant, fashionable affair of it," all cried, disaplaointediy. "'That will make it none the less se to be married there," Verlie answered, serenely. "Indeed, it is one of the most weird. yt 1 romantic spots in v the whole wide world. "Too weird," cried Neddy, shrilly. "1 have .always heard and read suet, strange tales and traditions about th-ss isolated light -houses, that somehow the very mention of one makes me shiver. It is a marvel to .roe that you and Uldene could ever have passed your eh lilhecil there." "I was eon'tented-Uldene never was." sighed Verlie, thoughtfully. "Her one longing was to break away from its monotonous loneliness and see the gay, bright world beyond. She was very much like you, Neddy„ in there old days. It snakes my heart ache when I think of 'i.'ldeue," said Verlie, in a lbw voice. "I loved her so well I would have web ingly given my life for her it it wont! have saved her." • "In that ease you would never hats been Mrs. Rutledge Chesser," rep.ieJ Neddy. The words were thoughtlessly, c,ue• lessly spoken, and Xeddy repented hate ing spoken them tate moment after they were uttered. "Heaven forbid that I should be bit ::tfq at, tee exneuse nf. Clclaiw s lit e' (To be couttnned) -- • CII iPT.EIt XXXII. PREPAneer NS von VEELI1•:•S WEDDING GO see:ADILr O\. Verlie Sefton's visit to the Itcnwick's was fust drawing to a close. On the fol - letting week she was to return to Mich - mord. Nelly and dark cenld spare their darling no loiager. Verlie had iusitited upoit a year's be- trothal before she would name the wed- ding dtty; but her impatient, handsome lot er would brook no delay. "Foal must marry me nt once, Verne, my darling," he declared; "then.this per- petual, haunting fear that I may lose you will be forever laid at rest." He pleaded so eloquently, and she bused hint so well, how could site refu-s,'? And, at length, much to ltutledge's Cee• light, the older for the wedding trees- seuu was given, and Verlie consented to becomehis bride as tooon as all ttrrau •e- s s u b me.:ts could be completed. When Verlie wrote to Neatly Temple asking her to be one of the bnidestnatids, \eddy had bent her dark, curly hair over the leiter with a startled ery of dismay. "Verne -going to be innrried-to.- Itutledge Chester!" she seeped. "I can hardly believe it. I .should almost fancy peer Cldene's ghost would rise between bleat. Still, if he is bent upon marry- ing again, I would Tether it would be Verlie who is to take t ldt ire `s place in. his heart than any one else." 1'reltmrations for the ntarrhtge went aatead.Jy 011. Rutledge Chester had purchased one of the snot magnificent vines on the menus, an -d it was being rapidly put ill rend: cess by the decorators au:l uphol- rterels for the oct'upauney of the bridal pair s-lteit they should return item their tour abroad. 'reeve tats one event which hap;,eited that annoyed Rutledge more 'thaa he ('turd to *wit. lie had dossed the lawn and was enter- ing through one of the Iung french wa:dews of the drawintg•roam, when he 'was :suddenly brought to a statad:,t:il by the vonversation ofthe decorators in a m seo a eenee known to them, for ate vias too ei Evickign rgges hirmubic to piny the part of an eaves- dropper; taut the sound of ;tis own hoer*, and the wore* which followed after, held •1n:nt steelen:real. "I'm urruid Jit: Chester's oriole Win find this rather m1 nehmen- ho,lse roe Mr, Alex. McLaughlin, thirty years '"resident of I3owmavville, Ont., write ;- "For twenty long years I suffered from itching pin's, and only persons who have been troubled with that annoying, disease can imagine what I endured during that timo. About seven years ago I asked a 'druggist if he had anything to cure me. He said that Dr. Chase's Ointment was most favorably spoken of, and on his recommendation. I tea. a box. " After three applications 1 felt better, and by the time Iliad used one box I was •on a fair way to recovery. 1 continued the treatment until the•roughly cured, and as that was Soren years ago, and I have not suffered any since, I am firmly convinced that the ointment made a perfect cure. " I consider Dr. Chase's Ointment an invaluable treatment for piles. In my case 1 think the cure was remarlca1ile when you consider that I am getting up in years and had been so long a sufferer from this disease." 6o cents a box at all dealers, or Edmanson, hates & Co., Toronto. Dr C 'll t•~r. Co 3 fisc t ,¢e ti�ji BLOOD her," said one of the workers t.a hi; ,� tom, s sersttee'; nee, gee • companion. "Poll may lilth[1 end e).e•t`r (;,$y t1 61,111eE.*r Ill you like, but I tell y -nn omelet are e:a•t'lt5, and etgils tiro signs. When :1 bird dies in through the open window of :t house they are preparing for a or a blatek cat strays in, look out fur a namely. 1 say." "1't -haw!" laughed his ea aipanil:l, "1 don't believe in such uonseu.;e. It's ttdr surd." "It is not nonsense." returned elm first speaker; "it is a warning or itupon+flu; evil, as I have attuaIly exp rienecd. A ft w years itgo, I tetra these:etilu the wells of a beautiful honse. svthleh was lacing mnile ready to -receive a lovely seeing bride, when, all or a sudden, :t eaten. black as night, Ilutterr:l in through tate open window, quite in the wire manner as the bird flans- into the hot.'e teele3, attd, es in this eats*, it n.aeIr tour of the 'Melte Melee till. fere it flew out again." Here the lean carate to a full stip, breatbing hard. "1Ce1L.tdiet tutstbintt oohs!• of that?" Is a purely vegetable System Renovator, Blood Purifier and Tonic, A medicine that acts directly at the sante time on the Stomach, Liver, Bowels and Blood. It cures Dyspepsia, biliousness, Constipation, Pimples, Balls, Head- ache, Salt Rheum, Running Sores, Indigestion, Erysipelas, Cancer, Shingles, r ingtvorns or any disease arising from an impoverished Or impure conditionofthe l..oad. Fol" talo by all 'Drevalata. Fourniter, Sohl Oenfessed AGoom.' Om Tells thea. Story. BLAMES SHOOTING AN LABELLE The Whitey Out et I'eur Frenela-Carpis - Inntr In the ?idem- furder' Mimed Doliheru44ty, Money Ileing the 11441re •- EWO Eastern Men Kllleel tat a Min. shun Sunday. j)awson, Sept. 18. -(Toronto Globe .Spbcial,)-Fournlet', the confessed ace c otnplico. • in the murder of four French - CaUaflicns Constantino, leauddin, Tlouthillette, on the island below Stewart River, in July, and Gilbert Defoe, near Circle City, be- low Dawst.n, a Week later -asserts that Labelle did the shooting in each case. The murders were planned de- liberately, the motive of the crime being looney. Labelle was found in n Nevada'lnining camp by a North- west' mounted I:oliee detective. His brother-in.law, *F. Leonard, barris- ter, Montreal, is hurrying to Dawson to defend Lnlelle,. Both men are now in jail here. Tato Killed in Mine. Robert le addeek, Kingston, Ont., and Daniel Mackenzie, Prince Ed- ward Island, were killed on Sun- day while descending a mine shaft. The cage dropped, killing them in- stantly. The News at Ottawa. Ottawa, Sept. 18 -Controller White of the Mounted Police has no know- ledge of a confession by Fournier. Cleoi•.has Labelle, atrrestMl in the SI ates, has made certain admission eh eh may or may not be used against him. Their nature Controller 11; to refuses to,,disclose, but they end to incriminate Labelle, as an accessory. The crime for which La- belle and Fournier aro to be tried is the murder of one llouthillctto and two others The throe murdered men were members of a party that set off from White horse in a boat. They disappeared, and the discovery of Bouthillotte's body with several bullet holes, in it revealed the fact that a murder had been committed. Suspicion fell upon Fournier and La - toile. '! ho former was kept under surveillance in the Yukon, and finally arrested.' Ltt.helle had gone to the %western States, but was traced by a clever piece of 'detective work, and consented to return without formal extradition proceedings. 1 -lo is known under two or three aliases, and has lived in C'hicag'o. CHENG TU NU !LUST FALL. Unless Help Is - at hand 60,000 Boxers Will Take I1. London, Sept.. 18. -Cabling from hart;beti, .under • date of Sept 17, the correspondent of 'Pito Daily Mail says •thitt `*noir Nat Fu; Ea)3ita1 of the Province ` of Szcchuen, is sur- rounded by 50;000' Boxers, but that their attempts' to take the city Lave so fax failed. Without immediate help, however, Cheng Tu hu must ftt(l. Eleven Converts Killed. Pekin, Sept. 18. -The United States Minister, Edwin H. Conger, has presented to the Chinese Foreign Office a letter from Dr. Canright, the American missionary of Chong Tu Fu (capital of the Province of Sze - chum), describing the massacre of native Christians there in. July. Dr. Canright says that 11 converts were killed by Boxers. Acquitted. of mind tilt! irinrdor. London,Ont.,'"Sept.t. ] S .- Dr. Alex- ander Grhatm and Mrs. Einma Agues Mayo (nee Rilbcnn•ne) were yesterday afternoon found not guilty of the charge of having murdered the lat- ter's infant child. Mr. Justice Lount charged strongly in favor of the pris- oners. 1 -To told the jury that if they found any part of the evidence of Urs. Clau'li•, upon whose story the ease for the Crown practically de- pended, to be disproven, then they t•hould disbelieve the whole of it, His Lordship warned the jury against mateing aray mistake, and told them it would he far safer to err upon one redo than the other, for they could riot mill back the dead. The jury were out only 85 minutes. • May Ile Murder. Wo,.dstock, Sept. 18. -Jacob Selby, •'-(t years of age, colored, is lodged its the county fail here, charged with rssaniting James Clark, a West Ox- ford farmer, « ho now lies at the point of death in his horn, five miles west of here, as a result• of blood - poisoning setting in in a wound in- fected on the side of his head by u blow from a bottle, struck, it fa n1- e' Selby,who with ed1 hadrow 1 boa S t Y ur mal to t t hotel i rho injured a 1 o in Iieachville. • Absorbed ::Ino steamships. Lond::ni, Sept. 1 8.-A news agency stays that the Norfolk and North Ain: ericnn .Steanisllipl,ing Coanpenv, owns tri nine large si trotters, trncl'n r be- tween England and the United States in connection with the Iehislt Val- ley and Reading Railroad, had been taken over by the !Morgan :•(tipping Combine. The agency's annotulee- Inent adds that this report has creat- ed. a sensation in local shipping cir- cles. • Tour Danish officers Drowned. ICorlskrona, &pt. 18. I!'our o11i- eters belonging to the Danish train- ing squadron, now in these Waters, were drowncd.last night by the up- setting of a bona while returning to their ships from, the shore. 'Loaded 200 Cars of Wheat. • Winnipeg, Sept. IS. -- 17p to dote, about 1,000,000 bushels of wheat have been delivered at Teats Superior points, There, were w00 ears loaded 'i uosdal t with 'nheat for Fort Wil- liams . . THE QUESTIONS OF TO.DAY. - t Mlnfster of j1�['nthg!1Vwiferatrys: soy, *Tory gmouxo t+houlel J(eoety M t e. Aug Wince and Moore I'loranisnt Rl i MK, Winnipeg, .Sept. 113. --AM the ses- Mon of the ]'dethodist erecta( Con - femme a yesterday tris report of the (.Ntfltnitteo on SOclologieal questions .teas presentee( by the •,Kev.••])r, S.:1). - Chown, en ttlticir the attitude of t:he church toward the infiuetcts at worif in the progress of the world was ex- pressed. It recognized at want of harmony between the principles 01 t'hristiunity and the inereuitalte con- ditions that mark the present so- cial t'r*utionpltip, '.l'he church find not always fully rccohniyod. the' import, once of the Social conditions.'1'he feel- ing was expr•esaed that'ever'y employe should receive a living wage. and than there should bo as reduction .of the hours of labor where practical. Also that the'r'e should be sanitary conditions which would male) work a pleasure, affording leisure for recrea- tion rents :metal and. intellectual de- velopment. lltu weekly day of rest, it •conttneled, should be preserved and. a weekly half -holiday on Setter, days provided,. where poesible. The right of employes, else of Laborers, to combine was urinated. A liiw to provide for couapulsot•y arbitration. was favored, and the need of honor- able election conteets and the preser- vation of purity of the ballot-box was insisted uon. The increase of gambling in th Dontinipn was de- plor, d. elev. W. FL, TTarvey Presented the retort of the Committee on Sabbath Observance, which consisted chiefly of a statement of the situation. '.rhe committee recommended that 011 ministers continue to urge more close observance of Sunday upon tlic peo- ple. fESOLIJTIONS:l hLEROUS. Thirty -Two Submitted - and the Labor Field Pretty Well Covered. Berlin, Sept. 18. -The entire morn- ing session of the Trades Congress yesterday was devoted to the deliv- ery of the annual address by the President and the reception of reso- lutions. There were thirty-two reso- lutions submitted,- and referred to committee, and alnong then. were resolutions denouncing the act for settlement of railway labor disputes by compulsory arbitration, asking that provision be made in Mr. Blair's railway amendment bill for 'compul- sory equipment of all rotting stock with proper safety appliances; that the Dominion Government investigate the grievances ' of British Columbia Indians and fix annually the price paid fishermen for salmon; that pas-' sages bo constructed thhrough - open street cars for the protection of con- ductors; that a protest be sent to Icon. G. W. Boss against the apathy shown in the enforcement of the fac- tory act; requesting the Postmaster - General to recognize the claims, of dotter carriers to better remunera- tion; condemning unnecessary parad- ing of troops in case of labor troubles; urging trade unionists not to join the militia unless the country is --: invttdecl1, . ,placing . the • -Gurney Foundry Company or Toronto on the list of unfair firms. A public meeting wits held in the Opera house last evening, presided over by J. A. Flett of ITatnilton, at which different labor leaders address- ed a crowded house. NOTHHING WAS ACCOIIPLISHED. Sir Robert Bond Returns to Newfoundland and Home.. New York, Sept, 18. -Sir .Robert Bond, Premier of Newfoundland, ar- rived here Tuesday on his way home.. \l'L•en seen at the Waldorf-Astoria re- garding his interview with Acting - Secretary of State Adeo on the sub- ject of the fisheries reciprocity treaty with Newfoundland, Sir Hobert said: "Nothing was accomplished. 1 had hopes that something, could have been done to further the interests of the treaty. The fact is the present pol- icy of the United States Senate is not one which favors reciprocity treaties, so there is nothing to • do hut let the matter rest. It is 0 pity that it should be ro. The treaty would be the greatest of benefit to both countries, and I was ready • to make every possible concession, so that a final decision could be reach- ed." FISHING DOATS,LOST. Ten Schooners Found. Within Two Weeks -Crews Staved. St John's, NRd., Sept. .LS.- The steamer Virginia Lake reached lure yesterday from Labrador. *The re- ports the toss of tan fishing schoon- ers, with their cargoee of fish and their outfits, during the last fort- ni;ht. The crews of the lost schoon- ers were saved, and brought her by the Virginia Lake. ()Ricers of the steamer also report the finding on hello Islo of the body of e,, weininn, ntpioselto o b e Mrs. Betts 'of St.(aiharines street, Mont- real, who ware a •passcllger 011 tit:e ii)- :at'.4 British steamer Scotsman, tvh:ch was wrecked on I3eiie lets' in October of 1 Set). It is believed that atrti:lcs found near the body will 'i:lentify it ns tett of Mrs. Bates. Max Wolfe Found Guilty. Toronto. Sept. 18. -Max Wolfe. the well -I iiOe'n Y onge street furrier, was funnel guilty 111 the (Criminal Ses- sions yesterday afternoon of at tluu'go OL' ete.tling some fan•-trint- miugs and a sealskin eauquc from As- signee Zttcltnriuh 'Hemphill, who had charge of the Wolfe business, pending an arrangement with credit ors. 'Wolfe haus renuutd:'d for stnttn:e, Liverpool Does lOtit need.. London, Sept. 18. -On the invita- tion of the Liverpool provision *!Rade Association, Sir. Wilfrid Laur- ie will on October the r th, open the new Produce lexchange in that city. eieserter ,enteneed. l<ingston, Sept. 18. -Gunner Irea ter, tried at the 1)eseronto camp on a ,, .desertion, cl of sentenced sal. ge was Sol e to 108 days imprisonment. Ito will serve his stenence in the county jail. 4 Beware of i:mithtionf We self Stanfield's Unshrinkable Underwear—Truro Brandi We have it. consisting of- -New Dress Goods --Wool and Cashmere Hosiery --Knitted. Wool Shawls —All -wool and Flannelette Blankets 75C to $.1.50 a pair --Ladies' Underwear, Wrapp erettes, —Table Linen, 20c to $1.25 aya dr... , —Towels, . Towellings, --Grey Flannels, from 12.14e up --Men's Suits to order, $10 to $20, • --Ready-made Clothing, -Carpets —Boots and Shoes, Groceries, etc, I3 sure U see our bargain counter. Cashmere Hose 19C a pain. The �•'TradingWin ham 'Ltd. Co., Successors to '1'. A. MILL'S. WTNGIAM.I F R GOOD HEAITH To preserve or restore it, there is no better prescription for men, women and children than Ripans Tabules. They are easy to take. They are made of a combination of medicines approved and used by every physician. Ripans Tabules are widely used by all sorts of people—but to the plain, evety-day folks they are a veritable friend in need. Ripans Tabules have become their stan- dard family remedy. They arc a dependable, hon- est remedy, with a long and successful -record, to cure indigestion, dyspepsia, habitual and stubborn constipation, offensive breath, heartburn, dizziness, palpitation of the heart, sleeplessness, muscular rheumatism, sour stomach, bowel and liver com= plaints. They stregthen weak stomachs, build up run-down systems, restore pure blood, good appe- tite and sound, natural sleep. Everybody derives constant benefit from a regular use of Ripans Tabules. Your druggist sells them. The five cent packet . is enough for an ordinary occasion. The Family Botttl-e, 6o cents, contains a supply for a year. -�' ,are' -,t`, At -t9 'y..,..•i �,'. ,•!... Have • you seen or heard the Berlinor Grain pi,o4:e? If n o1, y should It's a talking machine. Thousands of them are one. Sold for cash o write for catalogue and It reproduces all kinds of music being sold, and you should have r on easy payments. Call or full information. �. JAS. MeKELVIE, Agent for WINGHA:11, Ont. :tIanufactured by B. Berliner, 2:115 St. Catharine St., Montreal. ( 4.6444.4.44 Trliff f-13 -Feffkr 1,30130T VAMILY Doctors are all right as generat eractitloaers. but they are trot spectatiets. Tile sexual organs cora price the most fattiest* and important system itt the human t•ody and require the most skillful treatment. Yon might as well expect a blacksmith to repel• your waters, as a family physiciatt to cure Sestat complaints. We tey* made a specialty of tot se d ttea•.ee for over 3e years, have. invested tens of thousands of dollars and have every facility lniowu to Inimical sci^ace to cure them. Beery case is taken wit,. a positive guarantee, of 1 o Ci e -:a t'aay ELOOrD Eio r0klaf CS. wheth-r iuttnr!1t'd or areeitea'., lepoeitivefycured t-steeer. Tee virus is eliminated front the s,etetu ee no danger of return. IIuetareds of cases cured by as ^S years ago and no return; best evidence of a once. lattElipiiOttg MEI/ATV-and other +•Aanpl[cafias_ts, Such as emissions, drains in the urine, earieocete, sexual weakness, etc., are =eel by oar New lkMethoelltireeite• went under a positive guarantee -NO CONE --Nd PAY. WE CURE ALL DISEASES OP MEN AND WOMttt. Conseitstlan Free. Books Frotl.Write for question blanaor private liome Treatment. Everything confidential. • DRS. KENNEDY it KERGANI lot! BITIOLi Flt STREET DETH®IT, MICH. ;: Kt , .'ell's :.;o t K:• °IC' The Isi 30 .141 4 .