The Clinton News-Record, 1911-02-23, Page 3FOrtlary 23rd., 1911
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BETSTS n HS,
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. The Mottatte, who lived three doors
away, bad just beq9me the proud own -
era of a moto"ar, and little Mrs.
Pendleton's soul was wrung with envy.
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. Mr. Pendleton endeavored to console
)Aer by Pointing out that oliq 1vas now
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I be sy, 11161,11114 tile twixil Ji *Rh% -1
It 'is
kitee avil one liksid, did some mirsew
1"O feats of steering with the other,
wid, with ;x frenzied'ery for somebody
to stop her, disappeared round the
comer.
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A young lady who Was Seated fan
ther up the road In a car, waiting
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I patiently for bar fiance to res,ppeat
with a stock of petrol, gave ,a shriel;
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of dismay as she saw Betsy zlg-zAg
past. But, loud as that shriek was, It
-was nothilir to the one she -ave
,MulSPUtablY tile Dest-dresop,ti woman
lif the street, Mrs. Moffatt, till then
when Mrs. Pendleton, white- L faced and
.her greatest rival, having taken to
With blazing .eyes, daghed up and
sprang Into the car. �
..wearing a cap like a German bands,
-maWs. a voluminous. dust -coat, and a
' "My childrent" she gasped, Ignor.
iveil like a perforated blanket.
Ing the amazed occupant. Fumbling
, 'wildly amongst the levers, she had
Mrs. Pendleton refuised to be com-
forted, however; indeed, she was
just started the car on what would
,slightly hurt at the nature of the con-
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have been.,a. career of destruction,
when Mr. Peirdleton clambered in an!
solation.
1 "I always (lid dress better than
took charge of the wheel. Wasting no
time In explanations, he set off In hot
she!" she declared, "Look at the
- -pursulf.
'hats she used to woarl Besides It
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) A pale, languid young man, $trolling �
Mr. Moffatt can afford a motor, I
don't see why we can't!"
leisurely out of a shop near by, bear.
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Mr� Pendleton gruffly pointed out
19 a can of petrol, was just in timv
to see -both his, car And his fiance
that Moffatt earned twice his income,
suddenly disappear. I
and. furthermore, had no family. He
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The mildest man would be ausloyed
offered to drop Into Long Acre and
at having his motor stolen but when
see If be could manage to change the
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his future wife happens to be In the
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,XwhIs for a second-hand car.
I Mrs. Pendleton hysterically said It
car, annoyance. becomes po
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'Was Inhuman of him to suggest suck
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- "There's a bloke gone off with my
4 thing even In tun; If It were meant
petrol!" panted the shopkeeper, hur
fn�tun, she added, darkly suspiclaus,
rying on the scene,
I Mr. Pendleton, ornitting his fare-
Nxiell kiss for the first time since their
"Petrol!" cried the young man
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'wildly. "He's my
inarriage, stalked ,out of the room
got car arid my
girl! 11 . �
and slammed the door In a manner
*%rriedly re-enterliag the shop, he
which hinted that he had gone for-
made frenzied bids for the fastest car
ever.
I As he passed the Moffatt's house
they had. Three Minutes later, a
blood -thirsty Avenger, be. met out in
lie was waylaid by Mr. MottAW-71it
Vursuit. .
pre -motor days the best -dressed man
.. Betsy, all unconscious of the rapid -
In the city -clad In a blue dungaree
� ly lengthening -tail which was wagging
overall suit, his face and hands like
after her, was devoting all h6i mind
an Impressionist picture In oil. .
"Haven't
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twins In the middle of the road.
about you?" said Mr. Moffatt,
; Mr .. Pendleton, with biting sarcasm,
I Country drivers are uQtoriousik and
mulishly obstinate to their rights
. . "gretted that he had forgotten to
bring one with him that morning.
As on
. the. King'13 highway, but when they
'. "Taking a day oft?" he asked, re.
beard Betsy's furious "Honk -honk!"
und caught sight of her bearing down
coiling from Mr. Moffatt's proffered
hamd.
upon them, they didn't stop to argue
. "Can't find tl'
me for the city now&-
so'to who was.on the right side of
the road. 'They just pulled Into the
,days,'* explained Mr. Moffatt. "Chap
I bought the car from Said a child
hedge as quickly as possible, and I
could look after it. Suppose I'm too
br�athed Prayers of thanksgiving
when they- found' themselves, Safely
,Did for it, or something. Quite sure-
there. I
you haven't a spanner?"
. Mr. Pendleton Fissured him that the
A Young policeman, with a keen de-
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nearest approach he had to anythin 9
sire for the safety of
. the public, en -
deavored to bar BetRy's wild flight by
of that sort was a pair of nell-clippers,
and, again avoiding the friendly but
standing in the middle �Of the road
greasy ]land, continued his journey,
with his arms outstretchLid. For one
moment he stood'there, as cold and
leaving Mr. Moffatt gloomily wonder-
lug why everybody shunned him nowa-
iLs stern as Pate; and then, his nerves
(lays.
failing, he gave a yell of alarm and
Shortly after Mr. Pendleton's de ar,
P
I dived for. the nearest ditch. -By the
time he had. recovered himself the.
1x1re, Betsy entered the breakfast-
room, and found her. Mistress tear-
tail of Betsy'A comett had passed, and
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liffly sympathizing with the twins be-
. It was with a trembling hand that he�
Jptt,ld down, the number of the pale,
cause they could not go for nice rides
_i "honk-lionks" like other pe ple.
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languid young man by mistake.
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" "They'd rather have their pram,
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Ten miles farther on the petrol of
'Betsy's car became exhausted and, i
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ninin," said Betsy. .
"Pranis have to be pushed." said
nearly fainting, she clambered thank- I
1,Irs. Pendleton pessimistically.
"So
, fully - to the ground.' Picking up the
. twins, she tottered to the hearest cut,
llave motor -cars," returned
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lietsy,
, "and they're a deal heavier."
"Good. cars," said her mistress,l,
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. A few minutes later Mr. and. I Mrs.
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Pendleton the
-.*;Ith as inuch assurance as an out' Omo.
Itile advertisement, "practically never
.and young lady dashed
upon the scene. . Another minute and
1-reak clown."
the languid young man alto alighted.
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Betsy shook her head sceptically. ,
-"My bables! "shrieked Mrs. Pendle-
ton, gazing wildly around for, the rem-
Owilig to Airs. Pendleton suffering
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from ail acute attack of motoritio-4
malady which keeps the *Sufferer
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The ,ypung. man, too furious for
*clutch
awake all night, and also the patient's
speech , could'!only his. fiance
in a vice -like grip.and shake his flat
husband -Mr. Pendleton rose the next [
threateningly at Mr. Pendleton.* ,
mo ning with his mind made up
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Mrs. Pendleton was on the verge- of
We can't possibly afford to keep .
fainting, wholl, Betsy -stepped calmly
h car," lie announced at the breakfast-
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.able, 'but I'll hire one this afternoon
out from a cottage door. . .
"T40've
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,znd take you out for a spin."
"Run
. Just had 6=6 milk,*' she
said softly, "and now they've dropped
into a brick wall with it,"
said Betsy, sotto voce, "and then you,
into a nice sound sleep. They're
A have to keeep It." . , .
"So
tired, -Poor little .mites! And I'm
sure," she added frankly, "I don't
you and the twins be ready
about two o'clock.. Mind you're punc-
'wonder at It." I . �. . .. . �
After apologizing to the young . man,
4* !ual, because I shall hire It -by the'
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Mr. Pendleton asked his Wife if she
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'Betsy, passing bphind her master
were ready.to return. . �. .. . I
- "Yes " said. Mrs. Pendleton declsive�
Nvith a dish of kidneys, nearly upset
ly; Betsy, the babies. and I are
,hem down his back In her.anxiety to
."b�t
going by .train,-, I,neiver want to see
catch her mistress's eye. .
Mr. Pendleton, as tile dish caught
-another motor as. long As I live. And
don't �ou dare,11�she added, With true.
Mm� 4 crack oil the head, turned And
f�yed her.
feminine disregird;for facts, "ever to
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"011, Yes," lie said. rubbing his
suggest buying one agalu.11 - I .
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head; "You're to conic, too, to look,
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Rfter the twins!" .
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Betsy smiled her gratification, and
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Mistress.(to, TaaI41 . '-,"I understand
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,t was only with ail effort that she re-
strained herself from giving his head
that you bad company, 79sterday after -
a. soothing pat.
noon, Mary., �Who was it?" . - - .
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Pl'oi',Ii)tly at two o'clock. Betsy' so
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Mar�:-"Oiily in . y . Aunt . Nell'y' '
disguised with an enormous pai; of
mum.". . I
goggles that, to use her own words,
I Mistress: -"Well, when you see. her
"you wouldn't tell hTr from a feel
kindly tell! her that she
agaln,,111ar
, ady," seated licrself .with the twins
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left acco-Plouch and matches
4n the real* seat. ..
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Mr. Moffatt, as they drove -past,
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halled them cheerfully. - .
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I VERY GOOD REASON .
"Thinking of'going in for one?" he
;tsked, with a ,q%,ave of Ills hand.
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TWO Youilg men we - re lunching to- I
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"Yes," said little Mrs. Pendleton,
gether-when one of them in � entioned a
with a blight smile. "Well, we are
mutual acquaintance. . �
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�hinkliig about it. Ted," she defended
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"Brown Is a.go'od'fellow, no -.doubt,"
Itierself, as her husband eyed her re-
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said the' 6tber a. little *stiffly, "but
bukingly. "When they make you a
somehow or otber he Xiever a Pdaled
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k artiitr wvT got one."
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For several hours they eareered
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"I SUPIMso ht luiew -it woul,dn't *be I
a
-long, to Nirs. Pendleton's huge de-
any -use," murinured the first dbeaker.
light, iintil Mr. Pendleton drew up at
"YOU are nFunIlY. broke!" -
a smalPvIllage to lay in a supply of
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petrol for the return journey. . .
ALL THE DIFFERENCE
. While lin went into a motor shop,
*"The '61ng,
' Mrs. Pendleton alighted, and at her
, only I find against YOU' ,
suggestion tilt, twins were placed Ili
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.1s that your washing bill is far . too I
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the front seat, to see if they displayed
-or
I e.xtravagant. Last week you had at-,
an aptitude I motoring. .
blouiles Ili the wasli. 'Why, Jane, my
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Presently Mrs. Pendleton went into
own claught . ar --ever gelids more than
t 4as detaining
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her husband, while Betsy continued
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Ali,: that. May b6, inuin," replied
the lesson.
Jatic., "but I 'ayo to! Your.daughter's I
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) "That's the wheel you steer with,"
sw'e'elhpart Is u ban . k clerk, while my
she explained, bending over the back
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young man is a chimbly-swep.p. It I i
of the seat. don't know what all
makes a difference, mum."
these silly handles and things are for.
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Yes, that's a pretty brass handlej
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cluelde-, but don't touch It."
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lipaning forward to check the baby's
A c,Lrtfthl fruant officer rowently
hand, she ne8,r)y lost her balance, and 'I
111ade a c
.ali at tile .home of a pupil
in recovering It, clutched at the start-
whose absenco.had extended over a
iT19 ]ever. .
week And Inquired of tho lad's -Mother,
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Quite unexpectedly the car started,
a genial -looking Trishwoman, the
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-ind, with a loud scream, Betsy clani-
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loered over and hurriedly seized the
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I ,,Why," she said, 'lie$ now patit Ills
id gteering-wheel.
i thirtetrith year, an' Ine All' 'is father -r
. With a loud cry of "Ted!" Mrs.
think he's afther-r having s011ooling
Pendleton set off in frantle pursuit its
oilough, sor." I .
$he car shot down the road. Mr '
I "Schooling ellough?' 116peated the
Pendleton, seeing what had happened,
,offle'er. "Why,_ I did not finish my
darted out of the shol) still clinging
education until t was twenty-three.11
"Be the ill
o P. can of petrol, ani wildly Joined
"In
that go?" asked mother,
the chase, The shopkeepo_r And
Amazement. Then, reaABuringly, at -
two assistants, as they isaw their pe-
(er a moftiont's tholightful pause.,
Irol disappearing, followed with lusty
"Well, sor, yez see, that boy ol ours
)Yells.
has b-bralus." . � 1.
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THE TEST
It WAS with A Ilght heart that young
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BOW100a bounded up the ate , PV of the
Peterby house. Re.was very much iii
love with Miss Mabel Peterby. and he
had reasont--joine Of them Quite sub, -
a
stauttal-to t Ink that Ills adoration
was returned. .
lie was ushered Into the back par-
lor In a moment he was poined by
I' M 'so Mabel.
!'What Is the Answer, dear?" he
whispered, Scarcely wa . Iting for her
to sit down.besicle, him On the Sofa.,
At this moment Mebel's father en.
tered thQ room with a formidable pair
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of pincers.
,"!Rxcuse.me, k6ung People," lie said
poiftely, "but this Jet needs'A slight
re -adjustment. I will be through In a
moment."
He �.nkered_ with the jet, screwing
It and unscrewing It, peering into It
and blowing through It. At last the
Job wak done, and he departed. Bowl-
sors, beside himself with Impatience,
turned once Again, unheeding the
sound of distant hammering.
"SayP that It is all right," he whis-
pered, "I must have you for my little
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In. reply Mabel's face. graw slober,
the face,
".Now Jack." she said,, 'we, may as
She turned and looked him fully In
well understand each other. Of
course I like YoU1-,*'but there Are other
things more Important. We shall, I
hope--�-tbat Is, in case all Is well -be
married & long time." .
.#Forever! 11 �
. "And' It Is important that we. get
on well together-pructically, There
must be no friction. You see. I have
received a modern education. I know
Already something, About tharried life
-cooking, sewing, hiring servants and
nursing. Papa has Insisted upon all
that. He Is very practical. It would-
ti't do, therefore, to. marry you unless
we understand each other perfectly "
Bowlson shrank back mentally. �k
sense of his inadequacy almost uu--
manned him., 'He had frequently ob-
served on Ills nuniero'us visits , to the
Peterby house' Nlr. Peterby's know -
,ledge o , f practical affairs. lude'ed, the
sound of , harnmering Arid sawing was
quite usual, lie began to hedge
"Isn't a fine disposition ,%�orth
something?" he asked. ... .
"Yes, but it is only a part. , You
must be able to do things. Can ,YOU
tinker?" I
. "Tinker?" repeated Bowlson. "Oh,
yes! I %iippose. so. I once put on an
automobile, tire," ,he said brightly.
"Ali, but are you what Is termed a
handy 'man around a house" -
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� "I should be willing to try:- said her
lover timidly. "Mabel, I NvUl do any-
,
thing for you." . ..
, "' Of' course
Piat isn't the poinL
you would. .But you know a good -
,natured willingness, without the skid
and -experience would count for noth-
ing, You must have a genius for It-.
you must jLsf love it for its own sake.
� Hear Papa now. That is the ,way he
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works. We scarcely ever have to call
. tiny ono, in, from . the -outside. Can you
do all that? Do -you love It for Its
own sake?" she whispere.d. , I . .
'.'Yes, yes" .hoarsely . whispere4
Bowlson, desilerate with love and anx.
lety "I am sure I could. .1 know It,'
lie �enton. "Nothing I dote on morc
than going around -N.vith i s6# of tools
Plumbing! I edn't wait forl4t- td'ge,
out of order. Faucets are my special
�tY. I love to.. take up floors iind put -
them down again. Picture hanging is
a passion with me. BeAtt . ng. . car.
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She, held up a warning'finger. -.
1�4,M'careful " she said, "Don't,' In.
Yoi*enthuslasm, exaggerate, dear,- b--
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cause you will have an apportunity to
Put your skill to the test. I wouldn't
marry any nian unless I had fully tried.
-him out. Papa agrees with me In
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this.' - . . . �b . .. . �
.,"What '.do you- mean?" chattered
Bowlson, turning pa I le. I.. .
"I mean this, Papa is going .away
:on a trip to -morrow, fishing. At first.
we douldn't persuade him tor go',: be,
cause: hd, feared .that. something Might
happen to'the house. Rut I suddenly- .
thought of A brilliant idea., I - sug-
gested Whim that you come here and
take � . charge Of,' things. 'And that
-would give me a chance to, see.what
you'can do.. You sO , , we be -_In house-
cleaning to-i4o*rrowj ,.and, Papa says
there is so Much to be done. It he
'didn't.like fishing so mur.h and it he
didn't care so Much fopr mo,. nothing
could persuade' him- to go at this- im-
portant time. But It's all right�
Everything has been arranged. ,. - ,
. "You 4neau," said Bowlson, weakly.
'!that You want me to come And-" " ,
. A'Yes, yes. 'You'll have to get leave
of absence for a few days and, help us
out. You see, dear, it's A test. of
cdurAe," she added, 'qf you really love
'
ai-ij. want me you will.come anyway,
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_or if you don't like the work, butt4-"
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e m with a sweet
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"'Sqrow that you tell ilic that you do
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.like kc, you will )love as plendid time.
You'can 'take ybui luffelleon with us.
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We won't have much, -of .course. We
-never do.af these upset timeg.-IBut
n6vle.r.rilind. You will come, will you.
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. Dowlson. gathered himself together
by it supreme offort, But lie 16ied
.Mabel moro than lie said, and hb.waa
young. and strong. . , - .1 .. �
"Yes, clarling,"_-be ventured the
"darling"- for the I!IrsL 1-Inie-."I will
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. It �vas four o'clock the next after-'
-noon. Mabeli quietly readli�g a bestm
sallor Ili a secluded part bf the living
Idenly ralsed her head, The
room, sud
-methodical sWaid of n. rug being
b,,.ateii In,the back yard h1a,cl stopped.
There was arf owh;�)Us slionce, 'I'll'o
sound of feet dragging themsel,rep
throtigh the lious,�� could ba heard.
Hastily throwing dow.n tbe book and
springing to n pall, Of half-heinme(I
eiii-taffill, Mabc) Nvait,.,d. .
A haggard form crossed the 1hresh.
old. .A voL*,e freighted with cal -e- and
citsperation brok2 the stillness.. ..
,,Oood-bye! " . . � .
it was the volve of Bowlsoll.
"What do .Nou. mean, dear? Sure -
)y_0 .
Mabo
I .1 smilod up at him serenely, '
11W)ly thillAs are not half done," she
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.;aid, 1,yoxi-don't mean to Say that you
are tired?"
,,tired! That's not the word for it,
I ELM dcact, And what Is more. I have
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Clinton News-Rocord . J
oWe to mr sens,�$, Mabel roterily, FARMER$ AND RECIPROCITY,
I love von b7tter than Anything (ps, Mat Has Dau*%N Cot To,
earth. But never again for me! Dur. The Canadian Century of Montreal, believing that Recipro. DO Wuh Im4ness ?
Ing the short space (it eeveri ho, -r$ 1. City with the United.States would imperil the future of Can-
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have rutned ,your gas and plumb us ' I
' tb4l,,,h,,,,,,h, statement every #ar
0 c ume of baldness is dazt-
system, put fovr clo.ra or.t of ordei fida and that it would be opecially.&advautageous to Canad- 4)rmff. But Is At?
,en raripe. T wan, ian farmers, wishes to place its view of the question before rrue, dandruff often Precedes tho
to tell :jou that I know notiiin- o . de arture of the hair.
house Affairs; i�clfher d.-) I ir,tp*. a ,, the whole farming community and bas arranged Ior a eeilea rit Is equally. true that you know
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� I I men with a shock or hair >*on oaa
learn. it I couldn't niaic�.- it -ore of articles in newe papers of both politibal parties, bardly pull a comb through, -w.bo b%yor
enough to hir? soma one e'sa to d , carried aroull(i a dandruff laden collair
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manual labor for m.- I would Vo ou. The first article followsand others will be published, from as long as you liave known them.
, You have also seen men whose scalp
Lomd drown myself; but as for bein. week to week, .
a man of all work around anv Orl f I was kept as clftn, as a baby's wbesii
I house, not for me! Fafewell!"
lie staggered as sternly as he coubC
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THE DOOR WI 1) E OPEN.
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theconditions of the home market,
but when he bas to compete with, the
jul�,to wbore she stood.
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You can marry ma as I am," Ilc
(From The Canadian Century, Feb. 18 )
farmers of the world at large it is, rallch
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whispered, 'or not at all." �
If the reciprocity compact merel
moredifficolt todetermine what the
futitre wilt be.
He startcd feebly for the d6or, .*but
opened the cluor of the Uanadlan too
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a pair of clinging arms wound around
market toAmerican farmers K would.
It is now proposed to add 0 the n -
his neck.
Jack, dear," said a soft voice,
be very iuJurious to thousands of Can-
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adian. farmers. 16 costs no snore to txan-
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certainty of Canadian farming. Im.
posted tarm prQducts from the United
"don't you understand. Don't you see
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Port Amesicau farm products to, Can.
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States,tba Argentina Republic-, Den , -
., are just the kind of a man
that you
adain towns, and cities, than it does, to
'producto
mark, Nor wity" Sweden., Russia, Aus-
I need. I wanted to make sure of you,
.tT ansport lVanadian farm to
a
� Era]! NewZealandanda sidinber of
that is 611. Pap
,a has been the trial of
my lifefor evei olure I can remember
citiesefthe United States, arid the
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American farmers have the advantage
otb er'countries coltillig Into Canada
without payment of any 4 atles will to
---a, perfect nuisance around the house,
of an earlier season. Moreover there
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a considerable extent aisplace Canad-
morning, noon and night -and I made
are at least ten times as many iartners
!an farm produetb, in the market as a,
UP MY mind that I wouldn't marry a
. man like him for all the money In the
N the United States as there are In
in Canada, and so ten American far
result of the reciprocity compact,
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era, will get entrance to the mat kim,,Z
To make up for losses in the home
He lay on the sots and gazed up at
of Canada for one Canadian farmer
market the Canadian farmer will have
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her joyfully.
. "If
who gets entrance into the markets of
the United States. That the American
,to very greatly incrense Ills exports to
the United States. In sowing seed, 'in
you mean that, dear," he said
I have �
'send for a bottle of whiskey, .
farmers-viiii *take advantage of tho
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0 �pen'dooz there'ean be no doubt. Even
raising stock, in growing vegetables
and frilit-he will always have to con -
square meal cooked arid telephone for
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with, a tariff wall against them they
sider what Is most lfkely I o satisfy
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have succeeded In sel1liog immense
American demands. And after he has
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Wa0e his arrangemen to, while his crops
KEEPS HIS vow
more than Canadian farmers have been
are still ungarnered and the live stock,
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which he is raising specially to suit
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a the ten
the American market, Is half grown,
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Creat Musician Who Plays Once a
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American farmere will crowd theone
"`e United States Congress ma* sud-
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Canadian farmer pretty close to his
ow . a market. ,
denly decide to shut out Canadian
farm products of all kind&. Remember
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But this is not all that the Canadian
the Reciprocity Corn act is n6t ri. trea-
A curious story
farmer has to face under the rieciproc�
c-m,Ay be endex at will by the
Mill
guate Van Biene, the famous� actor"
ity compact. Owing td favoured riat-
ed StatesCongress or tile Canadian
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musician. whose comedy-drassid, "The
has been over
ion treaties, any tariff advantages
Parliament. It is well that we are no , t
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. Broken Melody." played
granted by Canadato the United8tates
to permal iontArrangenient.
MOO times. The title Of "The Broken
tillust also apply to the following tit-
Even the Free Twile Farmers' Con -
Melody" to derived from the beautiful
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ries- Ai�gentjue Republic. Austriacofludn,
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venticin in Ottawa on December x5 and
16, 1910,
vefralu which Mr. A i uguste Van Blone
'cello, Is
& y Bolivia, Columbia, Denmark
lapr'L.
reconirdended that a perman-
ent treaty
plays on the and which Pub-
Norway, Russia, Spain, Swed-'.
should not.be made, butany
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en. Switzerland. Venezuela.
understandAng arclied iLt should be
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Colio," "That particular melody," he
Then it is, provided "that the advan-
Put into effect by con'curren legi.Qlat,
pays, "was written expressly for the
'rather
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tages granted to the United States
ion. All classes of the commutnity, were
of the same -in
piece in peculiar circuift-
stances. Two days before the first
shall extend to the United Kifigdom
� And the several British colonles." This
opinion 't is
hi regard,
and the Goverment could' not have
production, eighteen years ago, I was.
will bring about fr6e ont - rance of farm
defied the unanimous sentiment of the
still without this most Important item
� In tho now work. I had written dozens
. products fron) those great food export,
. olonieti, Australia and New ..
lug c Zea-
community. So when we point out
thatelther the Unitud States 0ongress
� of melodies, tried them, and torn
them up; and I %vas beginning to des-
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ln'fact Canadian farmers will have
or tbe*Canadian Parliament is at jibes�-
ty to end the agreement at short notice
pair of getting just'what I wanted. L . .
"Travelling frorn. Brighton In
to compete in: their own borne mat ket,
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wiEh farm products from all the
"ve .%to not blaining the Government
for this. We believe that Canadians in
a
Pullman -car, I Was having a game of
grea,
food producing centrlei of the. world. .
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ketleral, including both farmers and
city people, will f I lid tbe'arrangenient
cards with Mr. George Didwardes and
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other. friends, lind doing my best to
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thankful Parliament has the power
forget all about ,Tlle .j3rokpn Melody.'
&DDING TO THE UNbERTAIN Ty.
to terminate it, but if *this foreca'st
Right in the middle of the game an
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should prove wrong there will . always
Idea occurre& to me. Getting a piece
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There is always souie uncertainly
'The
Overhang the cloud'of uncertainly re.
of paper I drew lines to represent a
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about farming,
I farmer never
garding the attitude of the
Musical L stave, ai)d on tills rough
knows when he puts seed in the ground
.UAited
113tates Congress, I
home-made 1AIS, paper I jotted down
what the weather conditiotis will lie.
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the melci.dy that has done so much to
There may lie frost or hall or drtitight
There will always be strong influ-
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rrake the success of the piece. and
or too much rain. . . . I .
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at work in United States
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also to ellsur? my own success, I am
inclined to think,
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thlitillaYcause Congresstoalter the.
tariff. Arnericap faralel-s may be dissa.
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By the way, on Nov'embe,'r 18th .
every year for the last forty years:
to nature's vitriationq there is the un-
certainty regarling the prides which
tisified or, American manufacturers
may think they dre not*gefting enough,
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lfr', Auguste Van Bione has played ta
will, prevail when the crop is ha rvested.
How rua ny acres �hould be devoted
out of the agmetuent, and deniand bet.
the streetsi. Ili Xulfilnient of a vow
made. when lie' was rescued. from. the
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toone C10p fl.nd how inany to anoth4t
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ter WHb& Mr. Taf t has.made no secret
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of hi expectation that the United Stat -
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gutter by Sir MicliaM Cbsia. The
poll guess to what de.�
mand theure will he for the different
ps is to get gres iter conceeRiont; later on.
If the United States Congress
money he thus earns goes.,io ,Charity-
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endorses
the compact it will he because
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FIRST EFFORT
harvesting and whia priices will prq_
. vail. What is true 'of farm crops is al-
. expectation. Under such '.co n t 0 8
with what feelings of iincertainty will
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so true of -live stock. It is compar-
a:tively easy for the., fartner 'to study
the Canadian farmer plan his work for
it'year ahead. I
celebrated. her sevms.ty-thlrd birthday,
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first thing of mine that ever appeared
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In print was a song, In the seven-
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Lo'comotor Ataxia Cur- -ed
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1857;" This first printed effort of the
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Hospital Treatm ent also
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Falfled'@r. William S'.'.
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Pink Pill W
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- Tliv rclati6ns .ol Itussia and China
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-ail infante; he lost .ill, coil tr.ol'()f . hi'L
the Grand Trunk"IlEtween Toronto and
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iams, 11 -ink Pills, Iccomotor ataxi I a
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llospi'tal, 'ficiping '..haf, the
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The many friends of ,Mrs- ,Samuel
where -
treatment 'is persi%ted 'im,
and the directibns carefully followtol.
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tills, tliotlkll�,* we.were diskipli(iint4gj, �
and t � lit, doctor adl,i�7ed,
Treleaven, who is now in Alexandra
hospital, Godetich. will be pleased� to
LOcomotior atia,da .in a. disease - of
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I .hospital ilie
to takti. him hoitc, as Lhev ,sairl. i i,t.y
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hear that she -is recovering nicely,
the spinal.cord, :and"l,'rst shows its(If
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could do riotihing fo;1iira. 1vt 1his
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Robert Bell! bas'purchased from Jesse
irr.an. inabllitN� tu stand oreet, - when
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time a friefid afti,lul tli�! uFiy ()r ul,�
M � ounta , in -the Queen's hotel, which
the eyes ate cl()se(l, or Ili -the . dark.
I 11-ifflanis' Pink Pilln, Bc-irill - NN Ming
has been closed sin�e local option. car,
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to try anything in.tht, hopt! ---.i., finding
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bances of the gaii and difficulty in,
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itillef for niy boil. I bought! a 'supply
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is in fair conditiorl. $1,000 is mentioned
gOVVI'lling tilt' motions of the legs.
Ill. less than threv:mont-lis I no&r a-
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as the purchase price. - . �
Offi! of blie, colninciamt, and-earlieat,
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sliglit. 'iulp�ov(.rll(,n,t it, lii�,; c(Ill,liti(q.L. _1
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A,0ery quiet wedding was- solem-
nized on Wedengday week bv'ltev, Lk
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signs is a th-d fc1c,litig, particula�lv.
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4 be e tit I 'Avalk .1.: 011CLI
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Bartlett at the howe of Mrs— litigil
n0ted in. tlwt knees and -ankles. 1* Tilis.
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More ,and from that olf th6 Aiulyrove-
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Glen', when her youngest daughter,
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smsation, ih pr(lvok(,(I q sligh't, exer-
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liwot coatfillued, Aill now ilo. is fuliv,
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Helen; was .united in -marriage t o J. J.
tioll, and Is- -not relievvil by, resti.
curea �ilitt (;,lc(!.lnn.i,,� abI6 to attl,�nd
Ityan. Orily Immediate relatives ofthe
Oftcu a numb feeling is� as�ociated.
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school and (to- tile chores About tile
bride and iroom w6re present. Mr. and
Mrs. Rvari will tuake their home in the
with I , t, aud ill( -.Se* two synititbIllis are
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hou%v, U'lial. Di. Williams' Pink Pills
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village, Air. Ryan having lensed Brad.
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always pre8calit Ili the early stagrs,
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havv dbife for libills truly won&�rful,
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ford's blacksmith t,hop. .
As tht, dis'cowse progre.-�scs, thure iv ail
and I would strongly reconiniend thetir
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O%ving tothe severe storm .the day
lucreasc, in tlic, duration and t,xtent. of
to all suffc-rurs, - foi, they nids t eft -
I I lot at large attend -
previous. there wits i .
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lobe numb fteiings, coverli,ig at tfines
tainly saved nly boy's, life." I
lqlce at the installation meeting (if
O.OX. The installing officer was,J, A
flic foot alono, thea exteudingAo thd
, In, sub�tantlaiiall of W�at%rtrs..Rulz-
Ste%vkrt, of Seaforth. A,numbev of out:
leg, Tilt, disease j.-4 usuaIly of slow
ItIr says, Mr. A.'E, S�Ut,clv, the wellr
I side brethern were � expected, but only
growth, and tb,.� -increase and.inten'sity
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known Iti.iliber and coal, deal,er 'of
A. Archibald, of Seftfortb§ orid Wrn.
of Jlit Symptoms is noU nuticed, but
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Thompson, of Goderich, were present,
Installed G.,
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its progi!L-ss I.,; constanti, and grh'du-
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what Mrs. Huller .says coneeriling heik
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Tile officers were- .N.
Will. Baffle;"V. (4,, S. 1 Young, record-
allv approacliv.i a total lack of feeling
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.son'% curto by Pink 11111s, ,I bave ito
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Ing secretary. W-1. Moffat' tinancia
'treasurer�
In thc Iv9s, 'e, bbling gait
llllsill�g a Wo
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hesitatioli !it saying that -it qbo
secretArly, isz,- F. Whyard;
and an entire Inability t4.), gorellll) 00
say% is absolutely true in tv.'ery par-.
A. P. Dishers P. 0.4 W. A. Stewart,
chaplain, J. it, AlcNAb; warden. W.
steps. As the dio,�,ww progrilssts Iliv
tolcular, as I aiii pcil.,imnally acquaint �
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a. (Iti,Tr-, condiietor� J. 140. Mallough; R.
patient loses all control over bo,wo!s
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ed with iliv caw."
,& �N. At..G.. Win. Thompgon; L. 8. N.
and water, sind b0conies utterly help-
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This great, cut-(' is not the otilt 40C
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. �Vjkj. Watson, R. S. V. G., Roy
less, and bas to be cart d' for lihv a
jwrfornied by Dr, Willialus' Pilik Pills,
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I Oirvin-, L S. V. (4- George Smith, R.
child.
Vitty have brought tlioul%an(N b ack to
.4..,4,, Cecil Ryan, L, 8.8.4 W. T. Scott;
In proof of tho p6wer of Dr. �N*1111-
livalth and %irmigth after .somv of tile
inside guard, 0. B' Augustitle, out-
scleGuard, D. (;. Henderson. After
iaiws' Pink 1111,fi; to cure this terr&e
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I)tt.t doctonj in the cotifitry have beon
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the insta,flation ceremonies,, adjourn-
inalady, Mrs, 8arall .Taile 11uller (if
foreed to give up the cas., as hicur- I
ment wits wade to theirviallough House,
Antl"Pil, sask., say,%: "Por seven
ablv. Not only iii ea:,,�s of locomotor
. Where A SUMPtUOUS hanquet had been
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),ears from 1900 to 1907, an�, son,
ata\ia, but Ili casos ot partial pltralv
prepared', the remainder of the even
MID: was spent in ,social Intercourse.
. 11'rimu.4, wa,v afflieted with locomotor
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sis, sciatica, actite rhetianiat'i"In, and'
The lodg,o hAs IpAsed Chas. Elliott's
ataxia. During, that titne he was*
many other severo ailments have they
h&II for 11 perio(l Of L five years, has
treated 'by several ot the b0st dovtors
bec,ji succomful. The whol(# secrot of �
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en c derable time and money in
op t oin o'
in t1le w(,st, but their tercatnienL fail-
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their wonderfti? success i.4 in tb(-.Ir po-
- vi t ng and refurnisbing it find
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now bas It very comfortable meeting
ed to bto of any batiefit, ail([ lie kvPt
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wer to maka rich, red,,hoalth-giving
place. I I
growing. worse and, worse, till finallr
blood-tho ono esselitial for gooa
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lie lost all control of his limbs, and
bivalth, Tilt, pJIILs are
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could, not inovti. -it All. I had to car-
inedic-ino dealers, oil dimeA by ma I I
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ry lifin from his IiM tx) ,it thair, where
at 50 emts a box, or. six boxes
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for $2.50, Vrom The I)r, %Villiarn-l'
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him to sit UP, 110 Was al� hell)10.41; a%
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pices of the Rome Circle recently Wits
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Ives In Buffalo and Fort Erie.
it decided atiecess, Therp., was it large
,%ttendil,ndo and Auctioneer Otindry
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T. G. Allen WAH in Goderieli last
wielded the hammer.
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The Goderich 1111rAl Telophone COIn*
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,country iteeonlits.
pAny is putting in polAS on thS 9nd C
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Wv, J. P. Mlarl. of Toronto,
tessigh of West Wawariosh to p
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Illair was surely departing.
That dandruff talic soun(Is well. and
convinces 0. good many of us L , but let
Um not tool ourselves. .
Of course dandruff isn' a goo4 thinle
to carry around, but it is only an [a- I
d1cation.
The sarne trouble Mat cauees theL
buIr to fall 6ut ursually <-ausea .dan-
druff. so If You get at the cause anM
arrest the loss of hair, you ,Will ste.p.
clandruff too.
Those 'who use Xyal's Hlrsutone 11n(*
" th most satisfactory hair beater
and Mir dressing they haVe ever used.
It does StOP tile hair from faUhlir
out..
It will also stop dandruff,
.rQ,4r Xyal Druggist cheerfully rec-
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One for each. everyday aftea , - ,
Pollcoman Demoulm of MontriQl
gallantly rescued nine persons fFom
a bul0ning bulkliug.
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fractured by Ice falling from, buildisils
in differoat. parts of the city.. .
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. ests and of the Dominion, Millos dis-
cussed taxiff -matttrs with Mr. Field- ,
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Gauthier good-bye,. and presented hift L
Wit1l L a purse of, $2,000 in gold. ,
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The Clivistlan mission -at Clive Foo '
China, hae boun infocted with plague,
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The Hague tribunal has now. -before
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right of asyluni, .
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In Central America many natives are
eathering the seeds of this plan t. Cedrom - . .
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6eed I a rare medicine that has vplimable .
curative powers. But few drng atotes .
.carry this seed, owing to the high cobt
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C. P'.. R. by a jury at Montreal, . .
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Col ' Irugho; that the Ooverhtllt�ut has
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lie bit . ildings at ,111 S . Vapor� and bbrd- '
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eivators in th.e 8onate, Tli(� Govolm- -
MeTat limpo%'t, to appoint a coulniii-si(m
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Stove MINI
is a handy paste in a large
can. With a getith- - tub, it
protluces a brilliant, lastiog
shine. Splendid for stove%
i, grates aud iron,work.
1ptipe,.8 ,1,,L,I, to use, and
gives last ' ing results whielt
do credit to your house-
keeping.
it your dealer does not catry
13lackKnight" stove Polishift
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stbek, send its his tiatue and 140#
and we will send a full size tin
by return inail.
to F. r. DALtgv to., UAMM,
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Arakeri klshofmlons ,,.I f0tt" SAVO i'lls".
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