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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1903-04-30, Page 7THE WINGIIAk TIMES ARIL 1903 A Cruel Revenge BY LAURA JI AN' LIBBEY Author of "A Broken Betrothal," °Parted at the Altar," "The Heiress of Cameron Hall," Etc., Etc. i-W4ij(Oili. NE4ii:+34)K.i"i',..i'i'4i' W ` i'ntro's side, ''Oh, sir," she s$libed, ;paattingly, in the deepest c]isu•css, '•1 did not know any one vas around! I thotight 1---" i She stopped short, her face crim- soning with dismay, recognizing hint instantly as the handsome hero who ;rescued. , csc it( her from 1 oui the couch t •I at the 1 very instant she had thought }leaven .had surely forsaken her. She re- membered how she had fled while he was in search of the "Directory." What must he think of her ungrate- ful conduct? All these thoughts flashed through her brain as she raised her blue eyes timidly to his ' lace. (►• "1 am a very long way from being ]cineol, 1 assure you. I have suffered only a slight scratch," laughed Ray, gallantly,. winding • his white silk handkerchief round his bruised hand, and raising his hitt politely with the other. '•I see you recognize ate," he went on, eagerly, in his boyish, veh- •ement way. "I was almost begin- ning to despair of ever finding you .again, Won't you please look up into my face and tell me you aro only one half as well pleased to see ane as I urn to meet you? • Aird I would be glad to suffer the pain of a thousand arrows for the comforting assurance." If .Rosebud's face flushed the deepest -crimson, but instead of turning to- ward him, she moved half coyly, half Shyly away. "How chick you are," he said, laughing winningly, "to seize every. opportunity of evading me! If you tried to get to the other end of the world to escape ole, you could not do it," he declared. "Oh, I Hurst not listen to him!" thought Rosebud, frightened at the very eagerness she read in his dark .e t os. '.i'he hot tide of color sweeping ov- er her cheek and brow made her charming confusion prettier than ev- er. "Why have our paths crossed •again?" she thought, confusedly, "I —I like him," she admitted, child- ishly, with innocent, maidenly frank - mess, "even better than Percy, to wltonn I ant bound by my own reck- less' folly." "You are wondering how I happen- ed to find you out," he said, read- ipg her tell-tale face. ".I -et me tell L,you, why: it was surely fate." a CIIAPTER XIII. "Pate" — how cruelly the word ;tuocked. her. She had wrecked her .own fate on the rock of a reckless marriage. "You have the advantage of me," -continued Raymond. "You know my name, but I have not the pleasure of knowing yours. Will you not tell ••me by what. sweet name they call you?" , he pouted, in that gay, bant- ering .Hunner of his that was irresis- se tible. "My* name is Rosebud," she an- swered, .imply. I. "Rosebud! What a beautiful, poet -4' t •ical, ideal name," he mused. "The eidea is at. pretty one, now I come to think of It. I wonder that it is not 'more of at custom to name fair I, young girls after some beautiful Iflower. Yet it is not every face that. •could carry out the idea. 33ut how dries ithappen h ) you have been at n [I Wildwood over atortnit,Yht, and 'yet I loan not met you before?" he ask - 1, ed, suddenly. "flow is it your aunt I'9rs not introduced you into so- ciety?" Rosebud turned red and white by turns. • "You are mistaken about my po- sition here, Mr. Leslie," she said, flushing painfully. "1 am not here as Mrs. 'iValdron's guest -only as her .daughter's companion." She expected to see the pleasant i senile fade from his face when he I found he had been waisting his cora- 1 plintents upon a little paid cou.pan- • ion. But she was Mistaken; the I smile gave place to a look of intense 1.astonishment. "Do I gather from this that you ':failed to find the aunt for whom. you 1 were searching that night, or is Mrs, j Waldron the person whom. you -sought?" he asked. nervous Headaches Mrs. Bailey, 632 Queen's Ave., London, 'tont., whose husband is with the Globe Casket Co., states;--" My nervous system was in an exhausted condition. I could not sleep 'well and suffered a great deal from headaches. Experience has proven Nerve.value of Dr. Cheat's to me the remarkable hve found it a splendid Food. Ihave tonic and can now say that 1 am free from r headaches, I rest and sleep better than I ' have for a long time and feel real well in i • every way." Nervous headaches can only be pertnait• • entry cured by enriching the blood and betting the nervous :system in perfect •.order. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is not a . relief for headache but a thorough n Tasting cure. It ereetes new. rich blood And nerve force and makes the weak and i sicklystrong, well and vigorous. It is 'ftaturc s greatest restorative. Sa Cutts a :box, at all dealers, or Ed:Mumps Bates it thCo., Toronto. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food • "Airs, Waldron is my aunt." ad- mitted Rosebud. "Can it he possible!" he cried in ;;ennine surge ise. "Why I never could }tare believed it poseil)le that. Airs. Waldron could have consented to employ her own niece for the drudging duties of—of—" "Mr. Leslie! liil'. Leslie! where are you?" called Ida 1Valtlron, flut- tering down the path, het' white laces curd 1 ink ribbons glimmering through' the trees.' ".I have been searching ov- e.ywl.ere for you." With a, glance like a fright- ened bird from her appealing blue eyes, Irosebud darted away, scarcely a moment too soon, for en another instant lea had reached the archery grounds. • "I have almost a mind to lecture you, Mr, Leslie," elle pouted, co= quettishly, "You promised to have your cigar finished in just fifteen minutes, and it is almost an hour since we ordered the phaeton to the door. My poor ponies are more than impatient." "I beg your pardon for my want of courtesy in keeping you waiting, miss ]ala," he said, apologetically. "I seemed to have lost sight of the old adage. 'time has wings.' Again perrnit me to beg at thousand pardons for the delay," liaymond Leslie could scarcely re- frain from broaching the subject of Rosebud's presence at Wililwood. All the long drive through Central Park his thoughts flew back to the pretty little film he•']tnd seen tinning the roses in the archery grounds: )le tried hard to interest himself in what Ida was saying, but he could not. Suddenly ho found that she had stopped talking, and lie had not noticed when she stopped. She laughed a little shrill laugh. "I found it \\•n:i useless to say any more. You did not hear ate," she said. • "I was wondering who that pretty little creature was I saw flitting through your gardens this after- nocu." ire was wonde"ing how she would answer hint: a strange fancy possess- ed him to learn all he possibly could in reverence to Itoecbud. Ile felt quite sure she would never mention their chance sleeting in the giounds —or, in fact, that tney had o%er .met befu' e. The color died out of Ida Wald- ron s 'face'under the pink •rouge. w"1 can not iltlagine to whom you rc fen'," she said, carelessly. "There are no stranger's at It ildwood," She told the deliberate falsehood unblushingly, and a vague idea •oc- curred to Raymond Leslie as he look- ed down into the fair, treacherous, smiling face of the girl at Itis side, in some way or other she was not a true friend to her pretty little cou- sin; but he could not resist the temp- tation of talking about her. "The pretty little creature with flaxen curls raid large blue eyes. I did not notice her dress, I was so in- tent upon wetching her face," he re- sponded, prum.litly, twirling his dark, silky moustache nervously with. his white, shapely lingoes. He never liked to remember the lurid glance that , lighted up lda W'aidron'8 sle mbrous gray eyes as they were raised to his. "I warn you not to lose your heart," site returned, laughingly, "for the paragon of beauty you, se much admtil'e is only one of the ser- vants connected with Wildwood." Raymond Leslie's keen dark eyes were fixed searchingly upon the fair face beside him. "Only a servant," he repeated. "You surprise me; site has the grace of a queen." Ida curled her crimson lips s: orn- 1ully, but offered no comment; silence Seemed to be safest. ldtt was bitterly chagrined to huow that this wealthy young lover, whom she had set her whole heart upon Winning, aidmtirtd Rosebud Alden, whom he thought one, a hireling. She made up her mind to take summary vengeance upon poor Little Rosebud immediately upon her, re- turn hone for daring to show her face in the grounds. She would take. care to see such a thing did not occur again. ]nstead of showing her bitter, an- gry jealousy, itS many a less worldly girl would have done, on the can- trary, slte did her best to win his thoughts from the subject so lately under dismission,- and site Battered herself into the belief she had quite succeeded as they bowled slowly along in the dtt'ection of Wildwclbd. Meanwhile Little Rosebud had fled precipitately into the house, the words of the handsome young banker still ringing in her ears: "It was fate that they should meet again." ]f she had been older and more ex- perieneed, she would hs.ye undo stood better the meaning of the strange thrill that filled her heart at her un- expected )meeting with the handsome stranger who had so nobly rescued her flout the witch. Row strange it was that she could not forget the'stt'a11ge, wltfnitlg dark ey.'s that had looked so frankly into ber own •ais be had handed her his card in the (.rand twntral Depot. Rosebud ryas such a child in thought, she scarcely realired how often of late slie had dreamed of that musical voice and those (lark, tuag- netdc eyes. She never once r'ealtred that her little feet Were straying ort - ward in a path of roses that led to a precipice. 1t: y. lttd to i tos littt the, opera,r a "t'vondd never be over that night, Mt she sant, sleepy and exhausted, in the • tow, cashiotied rocker waiting for Ida. It VAS past midnight beforee' 8110 More titan half the battle in cleaning greasy Dishes is in the soap you use. If it's Sunlight Soap it's the best... GB • heard Ides step in the corrk:br; moment later the imperious beauty had dashed the door open and strode angrily into the room directly to where Rosebud sat. "ITow does it happen, girl, you managed to see Mr. Leslie in the arehery, grounds to -day?" she de- manded, furiously, breaking into her subject at. once. Rosebud sprang to her feet in dis- mey e at her, cousin's angry tone and gestures. "1 did not mean to see him!" site cried, breathlessly. "It • was all an accidents," "An accident!" sneere'1 lila, a bane. f Q light blazing in her gray eyes until they fairly looked black. "I'll teach you never to let it occur again, you inipertinc'iit little beggar— thrusting yourself upon the note e of my guests! I'll teach you better than to do it again! 1 hate you—yes haste you!" she screamed, aiming a gt'ick blow at Itosebud's white, stau'tlod face, but the blow never descended. "Ida! Ida!" called Mrs. Waldron's voice at the 'door; "open the door at once! I have startling news for y9u!" `1Vitit a heart fairly bursting with the indignity of the insult which had been so timely averted, Rosebud has- tened to admit Mrs, Waldron • She held an open newspaper, in her hand. Without so much as noticing Rosebud, she glided to a low, cush- ioned seat opposite her daughter, turirlltg up the „ gets to its. full, height. There is quite an item in to- night's paper. A young graduate of Harvard has been found guilty of forgery! The whole affair was 'kept a Profound secret up to the very hour of triol yesterday, then the whole of the startling affair came to light. The y0ung✓inan was reckless, and .appears to have got among a fast set, and to have spent a. great deal of money in gambling. Ile drew so heavily upon his inheritance he be- came bankrupt, and worse still, deeply in debt. The upshot of the whole natter was he forged largely, and was about absconding with the money when he was arrested, thrown into prison, and yesterday convicted. IIis sentence Was only a year in the penitentiary, however, owing to• his youth and the strenuous efforts his college churns exerted to secure his full pardon, for he 'was a general favorite." "Is that what you call interesting news?" yawned Ida, frowning •sleep= ily. "I thought you had some good scandal, er an elopement, or eomc- thing worth listening to." . Rosebud had not taken the least interest in the conversation; all that she was thinkiiig of was, could she manage in any possible way to earn her own living if she were to run away from the cruel persecutions of her cousin? "You will not say you are not in- terested when 1 tell you the name this handsome, clawing forger," con- tinued Mrs. Waldron. '114s 4)411110.M,— Percy )a1n10ilk•Percy Fielding!-- CIIAPTE1. Rosebud fell back half fainting in her chair, and a low, gasping cry broke front her white le s which neither of the ladies not iced, so in- tent were they in discussing every detail of the horrible event. liusebud's heart beat painfully; her streegth seemed leak ing , her; her limbs trembled. The young husband whore she had married—a forger nide a thief! Oh, cruel fate—cruel destiny! The words seethed scorching her brain with let- ters of fire. "lt was a good thing Percy Field- ing did not propose to me!" laugh- ed Ida, exultantly. "I should have married hint, and now I would have been a felon's wire! Just think of the terrible disgaace of it! Men would have looked curiously at lee, and wo- men would have pointed the linger of scorn at nee as 1 passed, and saki: 'She is a forger's wife• --her husband is in a felon's cell." "You . were lucky to have escaped such a fate!" cried Mrs. Waldron, shuddering, as she rose from her seat and ,Walked rapidly to the door. Ma was cross and sleepy, and Rnon dismissed Rosebud, whose courage commenced to giveway t5 soon est she reached her own little. :noun. She flung herself down on the floor with a low, passiollttte cry. She, the bright, petted, willful daughter of Judge Arden --whose hon- or was his shield -••the bride of a criminal! Now she realized why sire had felt such a growing distrust of the young husband to whole she was bonne] by her own mad follet. "'firs did he persuade Inc to nnr- ry him," she cried, in passionate ctgo- ny, "when he knew he might be at' - rested for forgery at any moment? Ite did not care if he .sacrificed my young lifel Why did he not have pity upon tale an(l ewe ore?" Poor Little Rosebud shrunk from the very thought of ever gazing upon Percy 1''ielding's face again, with all the abhorrence of her pure young stature. Low, agonised cries came from her lips—cries of hopeless despair. if it had not been for those teats her heart would hate broken then and there. trifled in The gentle moonbeams through the part. -i1 curtains, failing leith seftt i radiance upon t the White, ttgoniretl 'rhi!dish face and the long, flaxen, ditlteveled hair. Alai the prayer fell from her lips that falls from the lips of countless :`i.:alauat:bs sit (do(1's creatures whose leeeiens seem ;leiter t .::ca t•:,^,v• .«:. beer. She paean d to (foil to let her die then and time, nt• the fierce tor- tune that wrti'ng her soul would drive her to the brink ef m finees. Poor Lit 11' Iter !,'t(!!! Poor ]ittle blighted flower! All through .rhe long ni.rht she lay there, her face t'u'itti front the pitying :thus, stun- ned and I•araly;ea by the terrible force of the blow that bad fallen so cr .5hingiy upon her young life. 1 f there had only lean one • faith- ful it'iend to whom she could have gone for solace and comfort in her hour of greatest need, wheat tt \vetld of 1 eIiof it would have been to Iter! But there was nut one in all the wide, wide, pitiless world. She wonder(si why Percy Fielding hart not told them that he was mar.r- t i,ni. "Wats it because he cared to spare her name the disgrace which wo'.ld over after be attached to it?" :he asked herself. u d even Poor Little Rosebud d ]nu s n so little of rile in her short, bright six- teen years—she• was so innocent and inexperienced. She knew, in some vague way, that there were sin, sor- row, and etinte in the world—she ]:new that there were prisons, and criminals confined in them for vari- ous crimes. But she had never seen tiny thing of crime; now she was sud- de.ily brought face to Sane with it. "15 but should she do?" she cried out to hoe..e.lf, "if he shcUkl ever at- tempt to claim her when the terrible year expired." She raised her beautiful despairing face to the star -sown heavens. ".I would kill myself before I would ever acknowledge it!" she cried out. "No one knows any pitiful secret. No oneever shall know it. I will hide myself in the f.u•thest end of the world from him. 11 he hunts me down I cent die." Better death than that the world should call her a fot:gct"s bride. She dreaded lest this terrible secret of hers should be ever known. 1 would suffer any torture!" she cried, "endure any punishment rath- er than that. It is Heaven's venge- ance l.esause I married Percy Field- ing. in secret, without poor papa's Consent." '1'hc great dread. of her life.was, "Would her sin ever find her ou?•" Uvea Ida Waldron was tuna'red at the white, worn face, as ]rosebud opened the door of her boudoir the next morning. "The little fool has been crying herself sick because I struck her last night," she thought, exultantly. All the rose tint was faded from Rosebud's cheeks, and the pretty blue eyes were heavy and t•'ttr-swollen. "You look as thought you were half deed on your feet!" cried Ida, spite- fully. "flurry up and help me to itress,,, lda has not forgotten how silent and thoughtful Raymond Leslie had been at the opera the night before, and her quick eats had detected the thoughtless words, "Little Rosebud," on his lips as she had turned to him charmingly, defiantly playful, asking what ho was thinking about that be took so little interest in the divine Pa. She meaner to have it out with her prettyttilift o••cetede. this morning in good earnest, and an opportune oc- casion occurred that very instant. Rosebud was removing a vtise of rage exotics from the centre -table to the mantel opposite, when, by. some unlucky chance, the vase fell front her nerveless fingers, crashing into a thousand fragments on the brass fen- der below. The freshly gathered roses, togeth- er with the water the vase had held, Were precipitated directly upon a (To be continued) A BLESSING TO CHILDREN. Thin; s Ta.' Ne'l.r fXe. [Charles D:akens.j !The pure. the h"ig'nt, th' bet t'atiful, 1 'I'ii it stirr d )ur he it is eta youth, The impulses of workless prayer, . The dreams of love and truth; The 1)ngiugs after something lost, I Tee spirit's .v'"trniti; cry, 1 The striv uie after b atter !erne— These flings can never die. Thin timid 111tnrl stretched forth to aid 1 A brother in his need. ' A kindly word in grief's dark hour, Tlvt proves a friend indeed; Tbs plea for mercy softly breathed, Whoa justice threatens nigh; The narrow of a contrite heart— These things shall never die. Tha memory of a clasping hand, The pleasure of a kiss, A'irl all the trifles, sweet awl frail. That make up love's first bliss; If with a firm, unchanging faith, And holy truth. and high, Those hands have clasped, those lips have met -- These things shall never die. The cruel and the bitter word,. That wounded as it fell; The chilling want of sympathy We feel but cannot tell; The hard repulse that chills the heart, Whose hopes were bounding high, Iu the unfadiug record kept— These things shall never die. Let nothing pass, for every baud Mast find something to (1o; Lose not a chance to waken love -- Be firm and jest and true So shall light that cannot fade Beam on thee from on high, And angel voices say to thee— These things shall never .die. Spring and Summer Fashions F1Gwar effects are the chief distinc- t:on of the sheer Summer fabrics. The Louisine silks have acquired such soft.. mess and grace that they are exten- sively used for the all-around Summer gown, and the Habutai and Tokio vari- edies exhibit an embroidered elabora- tion that makes them appropriate for dressy wear. Taffetas are now pro- curable in a soft, rustlers quality, The chiffons approach the silks in wearing quality, being much, heavier than their predecessors. Canvas is assuming great importance in the realm/ of Spring frocks and coats ; it is used es cloth, with strap- p:ngs, atitchings, etc. Basket -weave cotton cheviots, mad- ras and mercerized cottons: offer mod- ish suggestions for the shirt . waist suit, and the smartest shirt waists are made of mercerized fabrics, such as vesting, cheviot, linen and canvas. Nearly every gown, whether made of a soft woollen or a sheer wash fabric, is characterized by shirring. The reign of lace continues. Soft and filmy Tenerriffe and Mexican laces are• the novelties of the season. The new braids, which will be used in profusion, arc soft and pliable and well suited to forming designs on the gown, and the new buttons, glistening with colored stones and enamel, are examples of the highest art of the .i; w•ellor.—From The Delineator for May. NEWS NOTES Strong words, but truthful, and the experience of a mother who has thor- oughly Senator Elkins has an intercollegiate tested the value of Baby's Owng family. He divided his three sons be- tween, Yale, Princeton and Pennsyl- vania. OatNoi:S—J.Buckley has just received a shipment of Redland Brand Navel oranges, best on the market to -day. Have some. Designing artistic jewellery is the latest profession taken up by women. In England the fair designers have met Tablets. Giving her experience with the use of this medicine, Mrs. Goo. Hardy, of Fourolin, N. S., writes: "I have used Baby's Owu Tablets and find then a blessing to ehildren, and I am not satis- fied wi hout a box ie the house at all times." These Tablets Cure all the minor troubles of babyhood and child- hood. They are prompt and effective in their action, and are gua ituteed to con- tain uo opiate or harmful drug. They always do gold—they catmint uossihly do harm, Geod-natnre'l, healthy children immediate success - are found in all homes where Baby's Own Tablets are used. You can get these Tablets from any druggist, or 1 y mail at 25 cents a box by \i riving direct to the Dr, Williams' Medioine Co., Brookville, Out. " Health Day." In St. Louis the proposition has Wen in u10 to add "Health, Day" to The small tenements is the rule in Chicago. Sixty-two per cent of front tenements and 00 per cent of rear ten- ements are two stories or under. Berlin strives to solve the tenement problem by rapid transit lines to the suburb. In 1880, 117,702 people lived in cellars. Not nearly so many now. That the United States has regained the 1?st of general holidays in. the lie- lost prestige in its trade with China is public. The idea is to have citizens shown bye gain of $10,572,995 in Chinese unite in public house cleaning, after exports to this country during last years the manner, that alt neat, respectable over the preceeding years Alm tepid was citizens would undertake en their own 27 189 283 gold, II`` g b: lullf. The matter still remains in i`8 , , ' the "proposal" stage, bei the idea will The eitie'retifla of wheel discipline has be. tested to put St. Louis in fshape been solved by the Indian boys good girls tot next ear's fair. T}ur fro Incc gnome at Carlisle. There is no thought taken y p i by members of the faculty on the subject a18 outlined by tits Civic Improvement of rules and obedience to them, All such League. is as follows : m "Every man, woman and 01111(1 ie re- quested to dev'ete April 24 to putting the gutters, ,alleys, yards, vacant let,, Bernard Shaer, a learned Londoner, etc., in order its their aura localities. insists that'(copper"isaproperdesigna- elO., ee war by their a legal tion for policeman and much preferable 1 holiday by the. :Wyatt and to empha- to the term "bobby" now in common use I Az,„ th.' signifteatice oe the movement, in the world's metropolis. Copper, he 1 badges and flags will b a displayed. says+ is tttt excellent Saxon :Word f g Y describing a man who pursues and cap. tures. questions are attended to by the young Tndians themselves. "Sunday, April 26, all 'clergymou are requested, in cenneetion ,With their regular service, to emplr.'tsive the rni- The London municipal authorities Ourtafrc,l and b'nefits 10 he derived condemn "slum" quarters, tear down from nt more lto 1thful and attrae. the rookeries and rebuild model houses. I tivc local environment." The ,eity has thus rehoused some 9.6,000 Ilalielays that t /Man work are hard- in eight different places. Private •cont- ly likely to fascinate the masses, and Miles have built 24,000 model houses. it t•efnuins to Ire seen if tltu people The London Peabody trust alone has of St. Louis Wit consider that tidy -1 housed 11),000 people. Another company .rag up vuctltut Iota and, gutters is the has housed 20,000. Things have been m•(ap.+t' way for t.h, ni to ep: nd the Worse. In Liverpool in 1940 20 per cent day of the Peo i cellars. •. l01% ed in p v What G a, ,, "t'` asse.` eses Castoria is for Infarcts and Children, Castoria is a !harmless substitute for Castor 011, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups., It contains neither Opium, :lIorphino nor other Narcotic substance. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by Millions ol!! Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays Feverish. ncss. Castoria cures Diarritaea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipatioln and. Flatulency. Castoria assimilates the Foote, regulates the Stomach and Bowels of Infants and Children,, giving healthy avid natural sleep. Castoria is the Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. Castoria. Castoria: u Castoria is an excellent medicine for , "Caetoxia is bo well adapted to chiXdre,t children. Mothers have repeatedly told me that I recommend it as superior to tiny pre - of its good effect upon their children." 1 scription known to Hie." DR. G, C, OSGOOD, Lowell, Mass. I 11. A. Aacusa, M. D. Zlrooklm, N. Y THE FAC—SIMILE SICNATURET OF APPEARS ON EVERY WRAPPER. INC CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY QTREET, NEW YORE CITY• tTi t in summer the continuous cgil Page 'Woven Wire Fence takes up the slack. All fences slacken in warm weather and tighten in cold—except the Page Fence.'; In the winter season pays it back. Page spring coil takes up the slack tge- au>a- �___' mer and lets it out in winter. Noloose sagging' �' in summer, no straining or brealcing in win- ter. Common crimped wire isnot spring tempered and if it slackens it stays slackened; if it tightens it loosens again worse than ever. Page wire is tempered to regulate its own tension summer and winter. 60,000 miles of Page wire fence in use now. The Page Wire Fence 00., Limited, Waterville, Ont. Montreal, P.O.. and St. John, N.3.9 Uncle Abner's Philosophy. [S. E. Kiser, in Uhicago Record- Herald] I ain't a-makiu' much complaint agiu this world of ours; I know there's lots of weeds that ain't producin' lovely flowers; But if they wasn't growin' here to scat- ter seeds arouud, The birds'd eat up everything we plant- ed in thegr ound. I ain't a-.fudin' fault because sometimes the ground's too wet. For pdowin' or for plantin'; laws! there's dry days comin' yet; And when the rain is poria' down as busy as it can, It's fun to get the checkers out and beat the hired man. I know the weak must serve the strong, and vet I dont complain; Fer nearly everything that's wrong there's something that we gain; If all affairs was perfect we'd have no excuse to go To meetin' fer to see 'em straight and so rest up, you know. -- • Gems of Thought. A man is but what he knoweth. Tho morning hour has gold in its mouth. k well -regulated home is a millenium on a small scale. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good. We often do more good by our sym- pathy than by our labour. Behaviour is a mirror in which every- one displays his own image. Late repentance is seldom true, but trne repentance is never too late. What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? Prosperity does best discover vice, but adversity does best discover virtue. Only he who lives a life of his own can help the lives of other men. The rule of self -obedience to the right will bring all things into order. An abundant life does not show itself in abundant dreaming, but in abnglant living.. •e Gi'ieerfulhaeleiesatr' heel i't working gtialfty, imparting great elasticity to the character. Ile that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass him- ttelf, Luck is ever waiting for something to turn up, Labour, with keen eyes and strong will, turns up something. If a elan once falls or seems to fall, a hundred ears spring up to bark at hint who dared not open their mouths while he was on his legs. True greatness is the character; never in the circumstances. No matter about wearing acrown, make sure that you have a head worthy of wearing a crown. We steep but the loom of life never stops; and the pattern • which he was weaving when the sun went down is 'wearing when it COMM up to -morrow. The e'binfortfble acid comforting people ; ore triose wile look upon the Bright side of life gathering its Nees and sunshine, i and making the most that happens deem the best. CURIOUS FACTS It is estimated that there are 80,000 barmaids in England. In the United States 40,000 locomotives haul 1,500,000 cars. The United States has thirty-eight towns which have more than 100,0001 popnlatiou. .. Near Tiverton, Devonshire, there is to be seen a blackbird with a white head and speckled back. A - Japanese workman . wears on Ids cap a description of his business and the name of his employer. Electricity for lighting purposes is now being supplied through penny -in - the -slot meter at Eecles, Lancashire, England. There are 106 independent anthracite operators in Pennsylvauia, with an ag- gregate output from their collieries of of 14,1)23,606 tous yearly. Water is so scarce in the island of Oshima that it is the custom for a bride to take a large tub of drinking water with her to her new home as a kind of dowry. Dr. Daniel Elmer Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal industry of the agri- cultural department, has !held that office since 1884, and has been in that depart- ment of the government since 1870. London is on the eve of a great revolu- ` tion in the platter of street passenger traffic. The two most important omnibus companies are conducting experiments. with various types of motor vehicles to replace the horse drawn omnibuses. General Greely, chief signed officer of the army, has reported that nearly every civilian engaged in putting up military telegraph lines in Alaska has quet work to go to the new goldfield in. Tanana district, said to be "richer than. the Klondike." There are about 50,000 Free Baptists in the south. The mountain education, - al commission hasc}.n ur p sed 800 acres of land fit I nittoi-notttitj», L 1?euu,, fOtt .. 114' 'piuf'tioa r4tii' `h confute;. 'ed!Qcctoptat bnililings farti9 instruetiotr of large s'rc number of mountain whites. The children of drunkerds are Ver liable to bo epileptic and idiotic as. well as criminals. The 'children of alcohol drinking parents when young do not appear different from other ehildren,but about the age of puberty that criminal instinct begins to !manifest themselves. A revision of the civil service rules briugs several thousand new positions under the competitive system, leaving the dipleniatic and consular service, tthl'S government of the district of Columbia, employes of postoMces not having free delivery and 'fourth class postmasters the only large groups still ulneladslfied. Professor G. II. Parker at Wood's ' Hall, Mass., lands that f'ishescan ,hear. An arrangement of a viol string in the, aquarium which made a sound 'withee.t the =distur ing b g e avtitmr proved: by making the fish start that they had the !tense of hearing. Those from which the auditory nerve and ear hacks iota been. temovect made no motion.