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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1902-10-23, Page 7THE.- •: 1 1;)FAIL :IJMES,. {)(30101 2 , 1902. Parted byFate LAURA By LAtRA JEAN LiB'aEY Author of "F t•tecl at the Altar," "Lovely Midden," "Florabeles Lover," "Tone," Etc., Etc,. - r+:.'t ",':"�+;,:.,��i+�C�s Q kelIMO:8,4"1"704Z,SZEZZW",':=.:•:*.MMAI�r• .'!r�'fi. �s�n .hi...�. L'�M+t•�%7N�. .. lrltter 8( 40, ',;,.•.( 44911 tt, owe ,-.,....,, ,,stud to hint 1 must ever bel' '•++'hat It +est me to live +inert Dorm dt'itu only Lleaveu knows, and the phying . eig,•eds. Two years passed, and, famish• in for one glance ut Ills tvril loved fee y T dated go to Washington, where h rtes. •I was. hettelly vene'd ars 1 passel unn hy, and looked at lion wipe yearn- . tug, wistful rye+: but he did not kno,41 rue. 1.1e never dreamed the duri:-r'rb.ed figure he had tic) carelessly passel h' •i: felt on the spent where he had stood, !tend, with passionate, burning lours, kissed• the rota pavement over which he had fused." . CII U'iEJt XSXIS, '"; Wouto 'T s1AUIIV sow To saw; noun • lam" "Matters might 'have drifted on iu this wily forever, lutd out au unexpected ,event hnppeuod," subbed Chime, break- ing down compiet('ly now, "and that was the announcement that greeted toy eyes .tett 'tate paper one day—of my husband's nvpronehiug ui8:rt'iuge. Only Clod know' what I stufer'ed its 1 held the paper la .toy hand. 'the words seemed to stool .out before tug dozed eyes in letters of lire, Sty .heart gave one great, lieu! :throb, null 1 fell to the floor like our (lead, . It was molly a day Ileure 1 re- .guiued consciousness again. and realized what Wits transpiring (.round rue. '•'i\us I in time to stop the mor• Hage'f' 1 asked thyself, wildly, for It must be' stopped at any coat. I dared .not offend find mud m1:01 by letting the .ceremony go on; and then—though sever- ed front llutledge us completely as though I were rmhmed dead --still he was any husband; d yes, c � mho—mine! "I made my . ,e t t 1.t t Clack -Tor ! t Id t House, reaching there one hour in Light- House, 111 the eergiuurny, I had barely .stepped upon the Wand ere a uia11 came Ihestdy up the path, :std I drew buck into the tindew of the trees until he should pass. As t110 moonlight fell across h.s 1;ece, I 411W, to my horror, .it was he—the man whom you are hold- aug yuader--he who had wrecked ley life by teviit,l; me the fatltl story of the ,past—ate st ho claimed to be my uncle and ginIrd:an. "aeuuthor step wus heard, and he drew back motion:lays, townie the tee's—so ;near the spot where I had shrunk beef: thut 1 o'lull 'have put out my hand and teut•hed hit(. As the t11•:ell person ad- vance d hastily, a terrible iulprectltiun . burst from my get:irdi:ul's lips, " `lt is ltutledge Chester,' he cried fit'retcy, below his breath. yet local eemutt+ for ate to hear. 'Ile shall not :marry the woman I love tn-iteght. I-1 will kill hint first. I owe hint anothet grudge, too. It was he 1Y]W forced rue from the ranks of society; he it waif •ware Mond me out and hunted me down, dieco.('ring +blit+ I was •a 011 of g10r, :t robber, and all that was infamous to 1•i: thous eyes; and he even traced to .me the duel that took place at midnight ,in the graveyard, back of the old church ut the suburbs. But he little knows ('hitt there card then I first met sweet .Verlie Sefton, and held ,her captive in our rendezvous until she escaped. 1 would never Stave harmed one hair of .iter golden tread, I loved her too well, •even though 8111: +abhorred 1110. I paid ,'back the old debt I owed I(uticdge ...Chester in parting his first bride from him, but it has recoiled on 01e . Ile iS . about to many the woman I love; but 1 say he shall die first—hero and now: "I tried to ery out, but the sound died • on my lifts• The tall fornu drew nearer. .I, who knew Rutledge so well, saw that it was not 1►e; yet the young man ap' ,Proaching was fatally like hint, In a moment he was abreast of the trees; then the wonld•be assassin sprang front the sltadoves. I heard :t ery, I saw the flash of a cruel steepen, and only the anercy of Heaven prevented it from be- .ing buried itt the young loan's breast, In the excitement following the wound- ed man's startled cry, the men yonder . escaped. 1 scow Captain Lansing cone hurriedly up the path, stumble over the Prostrate farm .in surprise, and there Alley canto 111)011 hit(, it 5001)•1. "In the confusion I made vary Ivey to ;Verlie, whout I found alone in her bridal robes. She thought oto et ghost at first, risen from tate dead. I told her all, and .she knew, poor girl, that her marries+ with ltuticalge timid never be—he had . a Jiving wire. She 04,01(1 see, too, that I nrttsrt never reveal myself to Rutledge, but go quietly away again. "Verlie failuted, and I, with bitter tears. silently ars a,shaduw, gilded swift- -The Torture of Itcthhg Piles Mr. John Harvey, Mayor of Arnptior. ' , Ont., states:—" Only persons who have .experienced the torture of itching piles can forte any idea of what I Betfered worn this horrible disease. I was advised to try Dr. Chase's Ointment, and can positively say that it has completely cured me. I tried very many so•called cures for piles, and can truthfully say that there is no remedy on the face of the earth like Dr. • Chase's Ointment for this purpose. I would not be without it for any amount of money, and cab heartily recommend it tet •. alt sufferers, al it is the best thing I ever used." There art! several ltnitatlons of Dr. Chase's Ointment, but so far It is the only preparationextant which isa positive land certain cure for piles of every form. You can zety on it absolutely, and it 15 may a waste of time and looney to try substitutett. 6o tents a box, at all dealers, • or 1sdmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto. Dri, Chase's Ointment 17 away. that is why poor nettle 101)' been tossing in the ravings o; ►t' brain fever ever sftue that night, Heaven soften the sul'r44W +hitt will be hers with the retire of. memory, 1 would have gull+ down to the grave without reveal- ing 1ny5i•lt if it 11at1 not been for the pitiful crime fastened upon the inherent prisoner here, and from whieh 1, len e-re- w•itness, alone eau salve Slim from the Unjust centelce of it term of hum -Isom meet for long years. e•i have told my story --saved from 111• 11'((07 an honorable mime, I have. Clone my duty. '!`his is •the fatal they—my Oghtcenth birthday—awl here told eon' let me die. My ovine eunfess:on has sealed my fate, but I Implore you not to inelircerate. tut in an asylum. I 1011 weak. 1 feel that I am dying—tlyiug. ' "I have parted you from Verile, love," site sobbed, "but you will forgive nle-,- toig;it a-1-10-0—you-5t).," The words trailed off heavily front her white lips, and, fur the Ifrst tine. she turned her eyes, in affright, toward. her handsome young hnshuud. Should she lied horror and (118)0ey on !tis face, or gloomy sorrow bec:utsc she had parted hint front his loye? "•itutledge," she murmured, holding out her white tomee, But ere he could reach her side she had ft11e11 back 1(1 a deep, death -like Swoon at the judge's feet. O; coarse, the greatest excitement 1(gHeil, nod the sttnnger soon found himself in. the prisoner's box, in the place of noble Uuptaht L:unSiug, who titld been honorstble discharged, "1 tun now in the hands of the law, where you hove.111tvllys wished to be- hold no'," erieal the stranger, turning fiercely, yet with n mocking smile, to Rutledge Chester; "but I have cheated you, after all, from wedding the woman I lave. t \tsh yeti joy with voter maiibe0 bride, for such she will surely • be when she recovers from this shock and returns to conlseiotemess," Loud cries and hisses from the crowd greeted this remark, and tate judge, fear• ing personnl violence to the prisoner, 11841 10nt conveyed inuncdilitely, to an in- ner room. and the throng was sum. warily dfspje"sed. +'Ilene v;.s :'arried to a couch, and Rutledge gave the order: ••P0 the nearest hotel." 1 "Poor 1'ldea.el Poor, hapiese iTldenr!" he murmured, laying the beantif.11, nuarbte white face against his bosom, 1 while tears, that were no shame to hiy ; ultnlitoo(1, stole down hie face. "I1011' iwell you have loved me!" 1'n that • moment his heart fought a i great battle with right and wrong. Ile I must put Verlie out of his life forever. more and turn. his every thought to poor Uldene. Ile was only ltunurii, dear i reader, and if he shell a few bitter tears I fit er his vale:shed hope of %%analog his lost love for his bride, we nun*. re- member "to err is but hunuut.' Let it be said' of him, he struggled want one to put 811 thoughts of %'girlie's fair face frau him, and to learn to face the world without her, fund remember oily t'Idmue, .his young wife, who had been restored to him from the very grave, it seemed, An old physiei:U1 was soon in attend- ance upon Uldene. It was the salve old phystc;utl, older and grayer now, who had held +'None iu his arms when she was a little babe, and who had predictce,l such :L strange, miconn11011 life ,for the child as he gazed at the wee, pink pelta lying like a crumpled •ross."leaf within his own. "le my opinion," decanted the doctor, "there are no symptoms of hereditary in- to nay here, and 1 81 1 counted an expert in smelt eases. 1 firmly believed. n5 I listened to her remttrkttbie story to -day, that the man claiming to be her Miele, 11, in reality, :1 true descendant of tiro gypsy girl site spoke of, and that for generations past they have de1il, r:ttely set about preparing this story, 1811(011 has been. lauded down from father to son, sod setting it afloat to terrify and destroy the hapless daughters of this race. These frail and beautiful women were so shocked by the ptcdittk ii, and brooded over it with suoh horrible an- ticipation, that constant brooding in time turned their bruins and made thele raving maniacs, The child of each fair daughter was born before this period, v was •' of the uutlaeI therefore no taurt ltauded down to the child." 'The (11a11 is it 1.118111, an old offender against the lute," replied Rutledge. "No crime is too atrocious for hint to at- tempt. "I imagine he is at tate end of his rope; he is wanted for too mltny crimes to ever again regniu his freedom." It is pl'estanable that the malt knew this, for in less than Ott hour there WAS news that he had, by his own hand, Marled his tutforgiveh soul Into eternity. Ile left a written confession hyalinel him, however, and, strange to say, it was :(1111031 word for word the rame pts the doctor had predietCd. He was the last deseeudant of the gypsy girl, and his people had for generations back de- liberately destroyt'd` the fair daughters of at bunny race, laid all fctr revenge s stoke. The man died ens he had lived, unre- pentant. While this SCOW wu5 being enacted, t1nile another, and 11 sweeter one, 11.11 being reputed in the shady orange grove .that skirted the beautiful island1 tipped by the silvery waves of the glistening sea. '1`wa persons sat an a mosey, fallen lent they were ptetb', capritions, black- eyed Noddy end gallant Captain Loa - sing. Yott will answer rely question, Won't you, Neddy--dear Neddy'?" he drys, winningly, edging up a little closer to the slender figure, and attempting to take one of the little, restless hands that were toying with the will! iiowers, "Yon have been my staunch, true little friend through the darkest hours of toy Ile. Ile my tsunheuul in brighter hours, :try that you milt be 'My littte bride, Millie. darling." •,6 oubni t mtirrr7 7ofl to moot you lite, t.'uponi1 !aloea(g," rate inlet:it's, stm$llg +114 room the mossy log,. "11111 not; tell 11,10 W1ay, Nt'c,dy ?" *alt' pits:1ls. "L'ecousr I --T -don't mire very lunch for you; no, vet n frit„" she persi-ts: hart tate blushes on the dimpled facts tot -111114 !tetter, he dome (;ere for •hit(, the sutfl.ng vaporer earth!+'• the wit. fat +'prior bestiary 10 his, :hills, and -11+ade her there, emelt aga.ust her w'.J—and !olds her thew 11111.1 r;lte lot's aaew•ert',t Itis 111 onion; tool the answer ;Dust boyo pleased !rite 11t+.tiy, for, halt tut hour later, Neddy, bhr5hfiig rimy 1e41, sips Into Vela. B room •tt the grrtu, dark 411 MAI hulls Ull a ail, I • whiter hand, on the betlt,t•hul Meter of wit en u nieunuud gliste'us like a star, "01i, it's true, +'+'lair," she p):uds-- "eillile 1111+, aftnil. Cap18.11 1.4J. iaa; ;eves 1111', and may ole: and, oh, Vert e, 1',11 50 happy! 1 have ptuta..S'd to be his bride," Verne rooked with quivering lips int) the bt'gltt fuer su trullsfigured woo beentiut; love; uud alto Jt,ssett the g,rt's ripe', tea lips. "May ytni ever be happy 111 your love, Neddy," she who:eters, softly, 11e- nn•albel; Love is the sweet boon Leaven does out give to 'ell." Then they talk of tldene in low, peeler whispers. "'tine is. very low, they say," Ntdily whispers, "Stay God grant her hie in- stead of death." ".Steen)" breathed pure, gentle Virile, uttering the word in which a whole prayer w•us compressed with all her heart. And bow farce! it with Ultimo at that critical utunteut? We shall see. CHAPTER .l'L.• "two von ;1i1' Sento DA1trrxa." All day long Chime 'lull lain In a death -like stupor; front whieh she arous- ed Just its take belts In the fat -off belfry Rolled the midnight hunt. Itaising her great, dark, fathomless eye„ she saw the t'Itce of the good old doctor, whom site had known from iu- Miley, bending over her, • "Where 0111 1? Have I been ill?" she murmured, attempting to struggle up Dom her pillow, but the effort was too touch fur her, and she foil backward, half feinting. "You are -very i11, toy dear," said the doett r, gently; "so III that your Life have • single .tab•asttlttlltend You intuit 1. t 6 3 b not exert yourself if you would live. IIere, drink one drop o; this," he said, taking •t small villi from the stand Mose by the bedside, and dropping nue drop into 0 wine -glass full of cold, clear water. "'Phis will preducc refreshing sleep. 'fen d•rups would be fetal. But you ore to live." He held it to tldelie's lips,. and she drunk the potion, •anal shortly, after the white lids dosed surly over the great duck, piteous eyes. Believing she., slept, the doctor had stolen softly from the room, •uud Rut- ledge had ,taken his place at her bed- side; not at .the side of it, where she might awaken, and, seeing him there, receive a great shock to her nerves, but at the head of the bed, where he could watch' ljldeue, while he himself remaiti- ud unseen, The sound of his footsteps tee he approached made no sound on the thluk velvet carpet. A low moan brake trom rldene's 1ip41, and peering breathlessly from behind the sc'reeu of silken , curtaius, Rutledge could see that there were tears on the long, dark lashes. "1 .ani to live," she mooned, feebly— "live to curse the life •lot the one being on earth I would die to make happy— live to be a barrier between Rutledge told the girl he loves—live to know thatt he hates rue, and will rue Mite hour life struggled back to the breast that should have been stilled in death. "Ohl, Rutledge, love of my life, you w'111 never know how my heart bleeds for you." A. moue that !was most piti- ful to hear broke from her white 131)8. "CO hat is my life nod my poor, blind, worshipful love to you, dear? I, whose Jove has been your damn? But I will repair the terrible wrong I have done you iu taking you from Verlie. You shall [t foie to woo and win her for your bride, love—yes you shall be free at the cost of any own poor, worthless She put out her feeble hand toward the little marble staurt close by the bed- side, and grasped one of the vials, and held it up in the flickering light, mac Inuring, faintly: •411e .said nuc drop of this gave ettength, 1811110 ten meant death, swift, sure, and with but one fierce throb of rain. Ten drops, then, shall be 1117 portion; and ars I dldnk ,tut let the sweet thought sustain me that I am giving my my Ii1te—to make my darling nappy, for then he will wed Voile, whom pie Moos. He will reeves. know that his happiness was purchased with my life—never knew that my past words were, 'Ohl, love of my heart: my darling husband, farewell:" Uldene raised the vial to her lips. Its liquid contents flashed like gleaming pealrls in the flickering light; but it vas dashed from the little •'hand by a stronger else. and to hearse. thrilling cry HAVE you been srnok• ing a good deal lately and feel an occasional twinge Of pain routulyourheart? Are you short of I breath, nerves unhinged, tensa. tion of piny and needles going through your arms and fingers? Better take a box or two of Milburli s I•leart and Nerve Pills and get cured before things become too serious. As a specific for all heart and nerve troublesthcy caan. not be excelled. A true heart tonic, blood cnricherttnd terve re• newer, they cure nervoushesa, sleepless. nets, nervous prostration, smoker's heart, palpitation Of the heart, after effects of is grippe, etc. Price peeper box M. 17o:ecs for$t.e$ st ell druggists, or will be 1118)1 on 7ece11'1 11f price by The T. Tnionle. to.. }iitltetl.• IEIE4 ""8" "14" . i'Ti1i. EDUCATfA D1•1 Hen Ways; . of Oa i tg for Oaby that 1, Our:Gr1sndmothera Newer Knew luu%' situlost fate!•' d ttnditioue or 1 e nar.t'ty Lava been 1 a .t !Pohle by the 1►1 IeR- l be- mother. Cine tl the OLIN) rasp) - tstat''rfth.11•mita'trident found ht the mono bit swot 4 by baby's Iq'eh((1tn6. T1.., cavern 1(241;7 is pot ted e've'ry'- woe cries Dries batt Olen the C.0w1t not annum. t pr eve time. Thr doctor 1per )t1S id 1 i$ *111(1 insbv l5 la f to r for it, but despite r i;U a' hula'+. foo le (din, le Orly q1( the 4 1t►rtter1 Of it';»nts (a,U eaum tl Ily (le• rn*ig,'m1 1Mfol 1110 vfa111114 it 0(141 h+lwe 141. Viet he s' greatest r bluet is ti t , lttruvilt for these ills that %till be geteli hilt ere C01'b, 1141(1. above all, safe(, Mrs. J. W', 1.3aihey, of tired Janke`, Oat ( attire s 111141 OP. tllr.1811ners ur txneiitti (4 when be flys: "I have. use d liallp'$ Own for uty six tu(•ntlts trl4 Lnby alto w•as.truublt•rl withiteliOnsIfrll. P1►0 results wf rte leyo 'tl toy expectation.. Worth.mo'"1)t maivey to those tvlto ha%i u •t• trityl the n the worth of them, Y'etlr 1s. I 8,w tweet nimbi use may rarer prepay/Moo for the baby, tie I ►(n (•m►• t tutted th0rti le nothing e0 t;vod t,s Baby':!. Own Ttildida " Th se Tubl•ets aro (a to utle laxative torr to it'urtitt medicine for 1, Pante 113 4 411 1,trt u. They t're pie+ fa It 10 litho atl.l *uo gparitnteed t0 u,n1i•,eu 0 opiate. If yunr drnit,tist dues net not kelt Trby'a Own Tahh'ts send 2511 to !tot D•'. \•Viitiunts' 3leutioine t7 e., 13ro(tlt- tilln, Out , or S.Me11et:tadv, N Y , tend a fell e.ired box will be mailed, post paid, toy(((' )I(ictr($4. eehatt7 'i"iti'Unf,Li 1 10 gilent+ or the room: "Uldene,. my wife: live for my sake) for my Iove!" The voiee.anil the words thrilled poor UJdene's heart to the core, -In that one supreme U1v111etrt Itn'tledge (.!tester's heart was touched and awakened as it liud uever been touched before, When one moment of entente' would have given him his heart's desire, his freedutn batik agilin, he had atwltkewed ,to tab: truth. Uldene, his young wife, was dearer to hint than all the %world beside. In that awful moment he had chosen between l'terlie aid llrdilu-yes, his heart had gone out to poor hupdeess Lldeate, who !youth have given her young UM to have purchased his hap- iriui'ss. . A true, deep love, such ns • .110 hen never felt for tldene, encu in the old days, 'a ]t' y cattle to him now. The great strength and depth of 111" dome's love had, iu the supreme'utomeut when her life (hung in the balanee, won his in return, 11e clasped the frail form of this poor, desolate, got-brdie is his strung arms, piliowed Iter dark, curly. head un his breast, murmuring, brokenly; "Live for 1117 sake, tldene. I have heard 1(11. Live, and we will continence life anew.:urd be cell the world to teen other." Two white atlas stole around his peek and a joy •that he nevem forgot came into her beautiful fete+. •'!s this 'a -dream, • llutledge?" sine whispered, nestling closely, fearfully within tate shelter of those strong arms; "If this is but a dream, let me did dreaming thus. Oh, Rutledge, has my grout+ lute won you cut lest?" As soon its Chime Crus able to travel, Rutledge. took her abroad, leaving 41 farewell note to Verlie, every line of which t'Idenc heartily endorsed. , Rutledge and Uldene remained abroad two. Tears, and, returning alt the end of that +time, the first persons 1.110111 they met as they 181010(1 were Captain I,an- s�ing and his bride, piquant, gay Neddy stet "You ought to Varve tome a week earlier," ale declare d, giving Uldene a hearty school -girl hug. "Oh, we had suet a pond wedding in Washington, and, oh, the bride was jnet it:rfeetly lovely. Guess who site wets." "Not yon, surely, Nedkly; you've been married longer than that." • •'lel" cried Neddy, aghast. "Do you think I'd speak of myself as 'perfectly lovely'?' 171 Jet other people sal that" she added, with a z;•auey little roguish laugh. ' H1'1W .description would be by no means out of the way, Neddy," laughed Rutledge Chester. "Bat it wasn't me," declared Neddy. "Yon both seem determiued not to guess right; so, as I'm dying .to tell. you may ars well know that it was—Verlie. She Stas manned m7 brother Dick. He al- ways adored her, pear fellow, but there were alae! -8 so many rivals in, the path, sold he, be'ng bashful, airways thought ale Medal t the least ghost of a +!tepee of \tinning her." Our story is elided, deur reader, un- less, it is to stall' that three handsome 11118.•fb ride by side, grace one of the finest avenues of the ,;ay capital, and iu one of them dwell ltutlethe' and his Idolized young wife, who is now the imide of his heart and home: in the next mansion lit es Cat actin Lousing and e t Neddy; and last, but not '1:ust,Mls the' imiosing home in which Mir \'girlie nu'1 her husband live, and :ir0 the most de- voted couple to each other the sun ever shone 1)15)1), livery ono at the gay capita+! knows the strange, 70188nl10 story of these three pretty brides, !1101 how their lives were cnt:ulglea at 01ne 1100' so molly by the• 1tuu1 of ernel fate; and they toil, tc:o, how happy they are now; for in" this world, out of durkucss, through trials and cremes, "!:very heart- finds its own trite urate Soule time in ]ife; for this is fate." 8111x11 Sefton and Nolte are lvelmene guest, at the .thee 10811Nien0. So is Miss Lennox, the poor, patient creature who was 'Chime's flieend in her hour of need; ,noel, if report speak+ truly, side will het he MISS uuleeh longer. Verne and Eldon+' never lettered to j the past but otlee, and that was to mur- t tune, as they twined their arum 11nun(1 each Other us tltey had done in sunny childhood: "It is best that everything hnppencd os tit did, +']derv, The mystery Hutt shadowed ;tour early lifts is a mystery no longer, And if Rutledge and I had not been parted by fate Ott the very altar almost, I wouid never have been Dick's bridle." And in their happiness we will leave them, clear render, r('ntenlbering the Nurse of true lore never does run 50100111, but, to quote Happy, dark -eyed ydldc•nt' s words, "Ail's well that ends wen." CIM Ut\ll. • Barques Notable A fditiarlto ih Carltrt yers1f. WHAT THE AOirAItON JOVE TO J're,nkr tuella: why the Guverstnietit Ines hoses' to 1llaturb the .I:411tCatlo)ay4 a,'eace--t:'rwteut System of J1eluctt•' 'hen (:ttitotte, tiletreetuttl Anil ]!elated the Age -411 Apunt Lieu ltptcs, . Manchester, Oct, 15.—A notable addition to tate c()ntro%e1•8y ()101' the (Javenilia:et'S b tiueeation !lilt • was Made last night by PA outier hall our Irl un address he delitered brio e a moss rtu'eti0b held In C0'111eetion with the animal tontinenee'of the 1atlon- atl Chitin t ollsereath©• Constitution- al Association. Ile Premien declared that the agi- tcttiott against and the op1Q5ition to the bi11 were • due to •)nis(gltlet stand - Imo caused by false Statements of its yrovi lolls end intentions, Mr.Balfour staid tete %oleo of the cil.huuf- u:(ter had been too long uninterrupt- ed, but that the country would 1)0 longer 1.43 boudoirliett by the traves- ties of truth whit It had been drunk in by those front whom. better things were to be expected. The (lovertlnlent had chosen to lis- tltro educational peace he''ttuse the exisiting system of education w•as chaotir, ineffectual and hehin(1 the age, making Great Britain the tough- ing stock of other nations. and it was bound, the Premier said; to pro- lific : CCOndlu;v public education and co-ordinate all the branches of public education under, the control of the , boroughs end the County Councils. If, in doing this, the Government had given a tonic to the Liberal Tarty, Mr. Bal- four dict not begrudges it: ' Continuing, the Premier asserted that a maim ity of the people 1•e'iev- eel religion should be Oki in the srltlools, but that it slid not agree as to What religion, and that the only 1'n %• e1tc ati a w s system permitting e : deuonlieationni teaching in schools wholly supported by rates ns well ns promoting it in those schools which W1,1.0 not «h 1It' FO yn11110.te'(1. • The threats of the Non -Conformists to refuse to Pay the entre. Mite Pre- mier :Paid, were unworthy the citilens of a free eoueltrr. Cii•ili;ed go'•er•n- ment was iritpoesible if !beta iSned emeriti; refused to obey the laws. The Non -Conformists, the Premier declar- ed. hail the bill with a leasute, for it was nn effo''t to glee the moot+ 1111- 10miterl content of erbientirn. nail their ohiections, too, were In reality'. political. TIIOVCA\7)f( 11'3(U31 mon NED, Tidal Waves Swept Amity Villages on Coast of China. Victoria, B. C., Oct. 15.—A steam- er from China yesteP(lity brought de- tails of a typhoon and tidal wave, which 'swept away Yokohama ma break- water, stranded ocean liners and a warship, and drowned t•.ousands. 1111111011541 tidal waves also swept away villages along the coast 01 China, from 1Codytl to Ocfawala, . and causing terrible Ioss of life. Carry's Story Near the Truth. Toronto, Oct. 15.—"I fear Mr. William Carey says more than he knew.. At the sante time he has somehow produced a story which is more nearly the actual truth than any that has been produced in this country. I ant confident as ever that when the Government cease to be afraid of the truth I shall be able to show that I did my duty for - my country." The foregoing is an extract from a letter received by 111•. Murray Mc- Farlane of Carlton street from Gen- eral Sir Redvers huller. Dr. Mc- Farlane forwarded to the dogged fighter a Toronto newspaper contain. ing an interview with William Carey, who was a signalist with Gen. 11u1- 1er's army during the march to the relief of Ladysmith. Windsor Pollee Rant a Itusbltnd. Windsor, Oct. 15. — Airs. • Israel Hammel lies in n very precarious condition at her home on Aylmer a ultimo, and the notice are looking for her husband. It is alleged that llatmuel, who is a'ddictea to dritti on Sunday afternoon beat his wife severely. A 1 hysician tot nd Mrs. JJtunrnel suffering; front injuries heti: intntnal and external, and at tired did not think she would recover. '!elle police seer° not • notified until last telmine, and when they went to 1001+ for Hammel ho couldl not be found. A Youthful lIero. Montlean, Oct. 1.5. -•Joseph Griffin ono,-o a vette•-t;lgL hon', gate Ulf -elilt "11!�i1 "t: end 1;t'' ivcl,'tug to siL%•e his ,,five• e.4.11-oinetinot11t•r: _'they were jritiyinp in the rear of tate New York, Laund- ry, St. Catherine an 1 Sturbar et reel s, when an out Side ei CVO or de- setn.lccl, miler whieb the little fellow was playing. Joseph, seeing hie broth -es danger, s0110(1 him, but ir, se) loin+; 11118 pirnol underneath 111.e Mt:tater, and died soon afterwards. Wanted elicu•e 1800. ITanlilton, Oct. 1a5.-1)etective. Coul- ter arrived here ]test night fro= Windsor with (la5110 Davis, the young mall wanted here since 18119 on n chargee of Obtaining; goods under faise pretences from R. S. Fraser, tailor. Toms May Mt. Winnipeg, Oct. 75.; -Henry .t, TOews, the Altona murderer, Was moth 1tcal. et. $esterday, and blood poisoning is expected to set in, ir. which case he would soon succumb. ltexteo's Debt to The Hague, Oct. 15. -••'}'ire arbitror tion court in the riots rase has erne 4i'u.ned lliexico. to 1•ay the United States $1,8.304000 t0 Mexican cur- renry. • ,.. What i . • C.astolrin' is for Infants and 'Children, Criteria1 is q itstrialess substitute for Castor 011, Paregoric, - Drops au(i +toothily;," Syrups, It contains. ueitller Opium, i Iorphiuo nor other. NNarcotisc substance. It islea t t3aln . Its guarantee is thirty years' use by li riuiuns of !others. Castoria destroys Worms and allays l^everisll. nese. Ctastoria cures Diarrlu a and Win*1 Colic, Castorist, relieves !Teething Troubles, Cures Constipation antl Plittuleue3, Catstoria, assimilates the rood, regulates the Stomach and I3oweis ofIntants and Children, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cnstoria is the Children'!. Panacea --Tho Mother's I? ricntl. Castoria, • • Castori.a, .. C atonia is u excellent e t a n e Cr,l It medicine for "Cast -aria is to well nu:+pted to children children. 'mothers 'lave repeatedly told ate I that I recommend it us superior to any pro- of its good ef'ect upon their children:, i scriptiuu known to rue." Dir. D. C. °scoop, Lowell, Afars. i II. A. AILCSRrt, M. D. /hooktyn, AT. Ye THE FAG -SIMILE SIGNATURE OF APPEARS ON EVERY WRAPPER. 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