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The Wingham Times, 1905-03-02, Page 7l- �IR04?...P.E.1.I 444.11 1.1.A.11fNf 414•.'.14 94 till bRi t..4 c4:.71414t.'44/4414/141:1111114: ,,I,I..hai144,1%414Hj,::, rF..�,4'SH'�,n`,'rc, tt, Gp.C3tateeb.I1221jitE,1r'dE�' Covii>Prmat`werS"i'Citsa,'rlPiedM •19A' .'11 444. 1/ 44. ", Copyright. 1901, by Charles W. Hooke •44.11,2,.y VHwil�,YtiHYI'iH�!'�HV'-o!`LTi%�H•,.LJi Li�M�MYit,���t�tfb0{:i14.�iK+�Hz e Girl ���f the r c rd Tfy.., Hoarrd Fielding:'(..��.. strange evenings! It Was s silly trick- ery. 1 am ashamed. *But I bad lots of fun. I shall never forget hour you looked wben Miss Scott came down through the orchard wearing the lilies that Jimmy had got from Air. Trask. Of course I told him what to do, and , he carried my Instructions to Miss Cocoa, and you looked so blue," My throat was dry with excitement, l so that I could hardly speak. "We have played with fire," said I. "Sibyl, you have set my heart ablaze. Do you love me, dearest dear? Don't make me wait another second for the answer." '3' "Always! From the old days," she replied. "Too much. Oh, see what I have done! It looks perfectly shame, less. But I had to know. I really had to know. I could not be in doubt" My father had risen slowly to his feet and was staring at us as if it were a way of holding us so that we might not vanish. Suddenly he raised his hand to his eyes. Ise was an old man, and I suppose the tears .hurt him. though they were tears of joy. And in that instant, as there was no- body to see us, I took Sibyl in my arms and kissed her. THE END. ,would better meet at once without dis- guise. She is waiting for you in the . apple tree lodge. I was there before t came here." "You have been there today?" "Yes," said he, "and the poor child was rather blue. I think she knows bow matters stand with you. She told me about singing to you and how you • sang to her and how she dropped the rose"— "So it was really Sibyl who sang?" • said I with something like a groan. "Heaven grant that her voice will not always ring in my ears." "It was she," said lie. "Aad now go down to the orchard. Sho has some- thing to say to you. Then take your time. •Don't hurry about anything. If you really love Miss Witherspoon and she loves you, you'll love each other a great deal better a year from now— tive years from now, for that matter. And if there's a mistake, it may be set right. Time will set all right, my boy, and that's a hard doctrine for youth to swallow. If there's no mistake and you bring her to me at last to be my daughter—well, I think you know me, Marshall." I took his hand, and there were tears in my eyes. Neither of us spoke as I groped for my hat and found my way out of the room. • Unon the driveway to my otter aur- lprlse I beheld Derringer and Miss La- moine. My mouth opened for speech, hot no word came out of it. I was dou- bly surprised, for my father had told ale that Sibyl was in the lodge, and I had supposed that Derringer had gone back to New York. In the last few days I hadn't seen him. Fk He came up to me hastily while I stood hat in band. "Terry," he said, "I am the chief of idiots, and I leave"the luck belonging to that kind. I was all wrong. She is nearly MIss Lamoine." I gave my hand to the lady, who at idbat moment extended hers. "How could we have been in doubt?" said L "She really looks like her broth - sr very much. You must know, Miss Lamoine, that Jimmy has been the !solace of my days in this place. He is s great boy." "Jimmy Is a little monkey," said she. 'T suppose he has played tricks upon you without end." "Slightly assisted by Providence," I replied, "Jimmy has accomplished won- iders for my entertainment. .But what am I to infer by Mr. Derringer's re - stark about his luck?" "We await congratulations and best :wishes," said she, "in the old fashion- - led way." "If ever since the world began they Jbave been sincerely given, it is now," 'said I, taking a hand of each of them. She looked quickly at Derringer, and !ln that instant she was a different wo- man to me. She had come out from be - "Come," I cried. "I haven't time to ex- plain." [hind the veil, and there was a sweet and beautiful sincerity in her eyes. As ifor Derringer, he was admirably ab - !surd in his happiness. THE MOTHERS' .. FAVORITE .. REMEDY for Croup, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, • Chest Cold, and Hacking Coughs is DR. CHASE'S SYRUP OF LiNSEED AND TURPENTINE. This medicine is composed of - simple ingredients of unquestioned curative- power, is pleasant to the taste, 'well liked by children, and can be used with perfect safety by • old and youjtg, so lone as directions are followed. Dr. Chase's Syrup of xinaeed and Turpentine•, 2& cents a bottle; family size, reef tntaasmuch,80cents;atalldealers. To protect yen. Against, iMitations,, the Dortraiband algnatare of Dr. A. W. Chase the famous receipt book author, are ,on • every bottle, As 1 walked down toward the or- chard this little scene was with me, and I surely saw love for the best gift of heaven. No one was in Eight at the lodge. Miss Scott's part of the house was clearly deserted. I walked around to the southern front and looked along the veranda nervously, but Sibyl was not there. I knew not in what guise to ex- pect her, but the thought of Scovel's adyenture was painfully present in my mind. Turning back for an instant, I saw a fluttering gray gown speeding away. It must have been that Lucy Ann had passed around the little house in the reverse direction, presumably to avoid me. I called to her, but she continued to run. Totally forgetting my errand, 1 gave chase to her, and, having a great advantage in the matter of stride, I quickly overtook her and laid a gentle hanyl upon her arm. She stopped and bent forward, biding her face in her bands. "Don't cry, little girl," said I. "Tears were for long ago; smiles are for now. Come; I can't say what I would"— And really I couldn't. I seemed to miss an inspiration that I had felt of- ten in the last few days and had re- strained. There was something strange in the clasp of my hand upon her arm. Some message came to me along the nerves. I stepped back hastily. She started to run again, tripped and in recovering turned half toward me as I sprang forward to assist her. 1 saw her face 'and knew in a flash that it was the face Scovel bad seen from the hill. By heaven, the secret was out now! I had caught the real Sibyl at last. 1 called her by name in a voice that was a trifle hoarse. "No, no!" she cried. "I am not SibyL 1 am Miss Scott." "Where is she?" ' She waved me back toward the lodge and then ran on. I retraced my steps hastily. Just as I passed the side •of the little house I heard a noise upon the veranda. It was clear that when I had been there before Sibyl had been with- in. I advanced cautiously and looked around the corner. At a little table sat Helena Jones, a book in her hand, which she seemed to be pretending to read. Her face was turned aside, and she did not see me. Thoughts of strange vagueness whirl- ed in my bead. Surely Trask would not have jested upon so serious a mat- ter as an engagement. And then it all rushed over me. Trask had said, or bad permitted Lucy Ann to say, that he was engaged to a certain lady, but he had never told me who Helena Jones really was. Obviously Sibyl had mas- queraded in the guise of her friend, as I had long before suspected. Really the discovery was of little con- sequence, for the story was told. I cared for neither Sibyl nor Helena. For one instant the echo of the voice rang in my ears. Then I turned back to the house. It was in my mind to see my father first, to tell him that I knew all. Perhaps be did not know. It was quite possible that he was altogether in the dark. I walked hastily up the path and was nearly out of the orchard when I became suddenly aware of Lucy Ann, in a greenish gown. very tasteful and becoming. S" gave a little cry at the sight of flow Corn was Ground at One Time. The water mill is older than the wind- mill, but prehistoric corn—such wheat, for instance, as Pytheas, the first trav- eler from civilization to Great Britain, saw the natives of Kent drying in large sheds on account of the absence of sun —was ground in band mills, as is still done in the east. Querues, as these mills •are called, are frequently found in the cyclopean underground dwell- ings of Scotland. Their simplest form consists of two thin circular stones, the upper of which is pierced in the center and revolves on a wooden or metal pin inserted in the lower one. The grinder dropped the grain into the central hole with one band while the other caused the upper stone to revolve by means of a stick inserted in a small hole near the edge. The laboriousness of this operation is well illustrated. by a story told of Co- lumba. He was studying under St. Fin- nian, and every night on which it fell to his lot to grind the corn with the querne he performed his task so quick- ly that his companions enviously as- serted that he bad the assistance of an angel in turning the stone. Wilson thinks that at this time (the early part of the sixth century) the querne was the only mill in use. Large water mills were introduced in the thirteenth cen- tury into Scotland, and legal means had to be employed to render their use com- pulsory.—Gentleman's Magazine. The Word 1 Ilnxom: ” When we now speak of a buxom per- son we think of such a one as Mrs. Lu- pin in "Martin Cbuzzlewit," a plump, middle aged, good looking, good na- tured, kind, agreeable woman. We do not usually apply the term to a thin woman, or to a young girl, or to an old woman. Assuredly we should never think of calling a man or boy buxom. The word, however, once really meant pliable or flexible. and afterward obedi- ent. It is the same as the Anglo-Saxon bocsum, or the high German beugsam, from beugen (to bend), which root ap- pears in bough and bou (in all its mean- ings.) In the Salisbury Manual the woman at the marriage service promised to be "bonair" and "buxom," which is ex- plained in the margin to mean meek and obedient. We are hereby reminded of Milton's line in the most beautiful of all odes, "So buxom, blithe and debo- nair." This original meaning of the word appears in Chaucer's "Merchant's Tale," "For who :an be so buxom as a wife?" The word in its application was not limited to women. In "The Clerk -'s Tale" we are told of men, "And they with humble heart full buxomly." In Henry Cochrane's dictionary (A. D. 1626) buxom is defined as pliant, obedi- ent,—National Review. me. In an instant I had both her bands. "Come," I cried. "I haven't time to explain."Many Women Suffer "Where?" she gasped. "Where are we going?" "You are going to meet my father." "I thought the house was on fire," said she. "What is the reason for such a terrible hurry? No, no. i don't want to meet him—not just yet. Tell me more. Why"— "Don't be frightened," said I, hold- ing myself with a tight grip. "I merely told him that I would bring you in, and he is waiting." As she still hesitated I took her by the hand and led her to the house in a fashion quite bucolic. Sho hung back a little as we reached my door, but 1 pushed it open and drew her forward. My father was sitting at the table, with his elbows upon it, and I think he bad been having a very bad time. llis heart bad been so set upon Sibyl and me—we two together always in Lis love and thoughts—that it was hard for him to yield. "Father," said. I, "this is Miss With- erspoon. I want you to"— right hand bad gone suddenly to his forehead; the other was slowly ex- tending itself toward us. Ile half rose from his chair. "Sibyl!" he cried. "You! You were"— "Yes, sir," she replied in a weak voice. "I was Lucy Ann, and—and ev- erybody else, We—we were all—every- body. It was Miss Scott in the orchard sometimes, and again it was Melena. And sometimes Miss Scott wore Lucy Ann's clothes. Yeti ea* her so, uncle, the day you lunched 'with Me, and'I told you"-- . "And there isn't any Lucy Ann!" I cxclat/Se& "Ob, yes," said she, "but she's not hese I took her place. Itlt'd. Wither - Wets is really a 'relation if taint, tbodgk tlbb'ft 1+5t iny• MUM They lt•Il 11t0l01, a Selena • and. .Titntnr La. mane. Jimmy was nay guard In they evenings en tbo rocks •. tboss dein Untold Agony From Kidney Trouble. Very often they think it is from so- called " female disease." There is less female trouble than they think. Women suffer from backache, sleeplessness, nervousness, irritability, and a dragging - down feeling in the loins. So do men, and they do not have "female trouble." Why, then, blanie all your trouble to female disease? With healthy kidneys, few women will ever have "female dis- orders." The kidneys are so closely con- nected with all the internal organs, that when the kidneys go wrong, everything goes wrong. Much distress would be saved if women would only take DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS at stated intervals. Miss Nellie Clark, Lambeth, Ont., tells of her cure in the following words :—" I suffered for about two years with kidney trouble. I athed all over, especially in the small of my back ; not being able to sleep well, no appetite, menstruation irregular, nervous irritability, and bride - dust deposit in urine, were smite of my symptoms. I took Doan's Kidney Pills. The pain in my back gradually left me, say appetite returned, I sleep Well, and am effectually cured. I can higlil' ' recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to all Sufferers front kidney trouble," , e Mee' 60 tenter per box, or ki far•$i.0. 1111 dciklErs, or Doax i{IDNtiir Plr,r, CO:, ' 'Natbft'11'O, 'tuff: . ;.: . WINGIIAM TINES .�ARCII BE LOYAL. Remember the stores at home—the grocer, the dry goods man, the butcher, the baker,'the printer, and all the rest who do business here. They are not in business for fun. They are out for the money to help push the town along. Buy Canadian goods. Be loyal to yourself, Be loyal to your chureh, your pastor and your home. Be loyal to good clean sport, spend a shilling or two to help it along. A sound mind in a sound body is good reasouiug. Be loyal, kind and charitable and do not look for perfection this side of Jor• dan. Be loyal to your friends and kind to your enemies, Be kind. Be kind to the boas. He may wear better clothes and have shorter hours, but often when you're sleeping he's up against the bills payable. • So be kind, be charitable. Don't knock the chap in the lodge or in the church who received more votes than you did. Perhaps he was elected because he was the better man. A knock is like a chicken, it will come home. So just be kind. When father does not have much to say in the house, perhaps he is troubled about his business. When mother was cross, perhaps she was tired out. When the youngsters fight, let us remember they are just immature bits of humanity, heavy with inexperience. Be charitable. And what if some are narrow and see the infinite in the stream, in the cloud and in the voice of the wind, what if sorne behold Him in the simplest ser- vices, be still, hu,1h, remember there is that gloat circle of which we are ignor- aut. So be kind and charitable.—Ex, MR. A. BROWN *OF OTTAWA, ONT., SAVED BY PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND Mr. Alfred Brown, 91 O'Connor Street, Ottawa, Out., prouoauced incurable by oily sicians, was cured by Paine's Celery Compound; he says: -- "I acknowledge with thankfulness and pleasure the fact that I have been cured of a very painful illness of eight years standing by the use of Paine's Celery Compound. I had during the years of my illness tried almost all the advertised medicines without deriving any goodresults. I was also treated by several of the hest doctors of this city, hoping to find that one of them at least would understand my case. "I was getting worse, and was told I was incurable. I was indeed in a critical condition. I could not go fronn the house alone, as I was liable to sud- den collapse. I tried hospital treatment, but no relief or good results came to mo. I could not sleep; anything that 1 ate increased my agonies; I was extremely tdeak, restless, tired and despondent; was obliged to walk about with my hands pressed firmly into my left side to ase my pains; my feet and hands were cold continually; had inclination to vomit, had profuse cold sweats, quick breathing and would be racked with pain for hours at a time. • "After the regular use of Paine's Celery Compound for a time, I am now in the best of health, have good appetite and can use any kind of food. Thank God I am my old self once more, all through the use of Paine's Celery Com- pound." SAVES LIFE WHEN OTHER MEDICINES FAIL. TRY ONE. BOTTLE Lonesome in the City. [Cincinnati Commercial Times.) Since I moved here to the city life's not what it used to be; There's an atmosphere of doubting --folks are not so glad and free; On the street I'll see a fellow, think I'd like to know him, too, But he passes in a hurry, never even looks at you. Back at home I'd surely know him, and 1'd likely say to him: "Ho're ye, Joe?" and he would answer: "Purty good; ho're ye, Jim?" In the evening after Supper—dinner, though, they call it bere— I confess to feeling lonely, life seems cold and sad arid drear; Then 1 wander past the houses that are clustered on our street, And I see through cheery windows lots of folks I'd like to meet. How 1 wish them folks would see me, look at me and nod and smile; How I wish they'd holier to ate: "Como in, Jim, an' set awhile!" Seems to me, sometimes, that millions move about me every day; There's all kinds of human nature, good and bad, and grave and gay; And it strikes the as distressing, as I watch them come and go, That there are so many people in this world whom I don't know; Back at home such things were different, knew most everyone I met; Here I haven't got acquainted with my next•door neighbor yet 2, is►U. MILBURN'S LAXA-LIVER PILLS. Stimulate the sluggish liver, clean the coated tongue, sweeten the breath, clear away all waste and poisonous matter from the system, and cure Sick Headache, Bilious- ness, Constipation, Heartburn Jana - dice, Water Brash, Catarrh of the Stomach„etc. Mrs. C. Windrum, Baldur, Man., writes :—I suffered for years from liver troubles, and endured more than tongue can tell. I tried a great many different remedies, but they were of little or no benefit to me. Some time ago I got a trial package of Laxa-Liver Pills, and they proved so beneficial to me that I procured more, I highly recommend them to anyonesufferingfrom disordered liver. Price 25 cents or 5 for $1.00, all dealers, or TEM MIr.BUaN Co., LrMITgo Toronto, Ont. "THE BLOTTED PAGE.” A Defense in a London Parser of American Spelling. - A l;nil.ed States citizen of consider- able scientific attainments was good enough to give to a representative of the Daily Graphic what may be called the American view of British spelling. "I see," he remarked, "that some of the correspondents of the Daily Graph- ic have been complaining of the dis- figurement of English books by Ameri- can spelling. I should like to tell you that we think our way is right and that your way is wrong, and perhaps your editor will not mind if I venture on a few remarks in defense of our corrections. For example, we iY rite 'favor' and 'honor.' Well, 'favor' and 'honor' are nearer the Latin original than 'favour' and 'honour,' which have acquired their unnecessary `u' by com- ing through the french." "But if they have been spelled 'hon- our' and 'favour' for centuries, why change them now?" "Why not? They were as often spell- ed 'favor' and 'honor' in Shakespeare's day as 'favour' and 'honour.' You mud remember that spelling was extremely uncertain in those Elizabethan days, whence we are believed to have drawn the well of English undefiled. Ben Jonson and Shakespeare, for example. spell 'recede' in four other ways—'re- cead,' 'receade,' 'reseed, 'reeeede.' " "Let us leave 'honour.' IIow do you defend 'center?' " "Why should you spell it 'centre' when you write 'peritnenter' and 'di- ameter' and when Shakespeare wrote 'scepter?' By history and analogy 'cen- ter' is more easily to be justified than 'centre.' Then again," continued the United States citizen, warming up to his, subject, "you write 'criticise; and we write 'criticize,' but our version harks hack to the Greek original; you write 'almanac,' but why don't you write 'almanack,' which is more ar- chaic? You blame us for 'program; but you put down 'dram' without n scruple. Many English people write 'tyre' for 'tire,' which any phililogist knows to be a gross error, and almost every Eng- lishman, for no reason whatever, writes 'waggon' instead of 'wagon.' You know what Horace Greeley said when he was reproached for malting that mistake. Ile said he had been taught spelling in the good old times, when people built 'waggons' heavier:"—Lon- don Graphic. BiTS FROM THE WRITERS. A. brave man doesn't think; he acts.— H. Rider IIagggard. Iiurry, excitement, bustle—these are not good for people. Let us go slow and live long.—Frank T. Bollen. There is only one way in which a man or woman can develop real strength, and that is to fight unceas- ingly and to stand absolutely alone.— Gertrude Atherton. To borrow one's mental fare from free libraries is like picking up eata- bles dropped by some one else on the road and making one's dinner off an- other's leavings.—Marie Core11I. To go a -fishing in the pond. of the past is a pastime not devoid of charm. What old, forgotten, faroff things can be dragged up by the assiduous an- gler!—Ella IIepworth Dixon. By leading people to suppose that you are as wise as themselves you lose opportunities of obtaining useful in- formation. They won't tell you things they think you know already.—Sarah Grand. OUTSIDE ADVERTISING Orders for the insertion of advertisements such as teachers wanted, business chances, mechanics wanted, articles for sale, or in fnet any kind of an advt. iu any of the Toronto or ether city papers, may be left at the Timums office. This work will receive prompt attention ,end will save people the trouble of remitting for and forwarding advertisements. Lowest rates will be quoted on application. Leave or send your next work of this kind to the TIMES OFFICE. Wine:haul. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN TIIE TIMES LIFE INSURANCE. Get Fnliy Aegnnlnted 'With the' Terms of Your ropey. "What the average purchaser of life Insurance doesn't know about the thing ]re is purchasing would fill n good sized book printed with very narrow margins," sttys an insurance expert. "V or instance, I talked not long since with a man who fancied he was in- sured for $10,000 on the fifteen year endowment plan. That is, he thought Ise had to make payments for fifteen years—which was true—and that at tate end of that time Ise could get $10,- 000 in cash or take a part in cash and a part in paid up insurance, which, as it turned out, was not true. The rate he was paying •was so very low for what he said lie was getting that I asked to see his policy, and when I looked at it I found, just as he might have found ou a brief examination, that while he was insured for life, with only fifteen yearly payments, he could not get the $10,000 or any part of it for a good many years more. No in- surance company in the world will permit the fooling of a patron like this if it can help it, and yet to attribute sucli a mistaken idea to fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of an unworthy agent would not always be fair. Many men who take insurance, and especially those who do not decide to go in until they have looked at it a long time, go in finally with a rush. They don't give the agent time to tell them what they are getting, and often don't find out for years afterward. Another thing that many insured per- sons do not know is that a rebate on the first payment. arranged between the insured and the agent, sometimes renders the whole transaction invalid." CHRISTMAS DAY, Rah=- the Festival 7s Celebrated on Dec. 25. There are no definite allusions in the writings of any of the disciples of Christ as to. the date of his birth, nor has there ever been produced proof of any character as to the exact period in the year when Christ was born. There are, very true, occasional references to the event in the Scriptures, indicating that the Nativity occurred in the win- ter season. The institution of the anniversary dates back to the second century of Christendom, and it has been since uniformly celebrated by nearly all branches of the Christian church with appropriate rejoicings and ceremonies. The frequent and somewhat heated controversies, however, relative to the date of Christ's birth early in the fourth century led Pope Julius I. to order a thorough investigation of the subject by time learned theologians and historians of that period, which re- sulted in an agreement upon Dec. 25, and that decision seemed to have so settled all disputes that that date was universally accepted except by the Greek church. While this date was newer changed, the reckoning of it is made according to the Gregorian cal- endar, which was adopted in the latter part of the sixteenth century, and up- on which computations of time in near- ly all civilized nations have since rest- ed. Cosmic Horror. The two infinities of Kant did not chill or hurt him, but bis fearlessness is shared by few. Only for a short in- stant, at best, will most persons con- sent to look open eyed at any clear im- age of fate or of infinity. Scarcely a friend of mine will look steadily at the clear midnight sky for a minute in si- lence. The freezing of the heart fol- lows; the appalling shudder at the dread contemplation of infinity, which may be called cosmic horror, is more than can be endured. If those stars are absolutely and positively infinite then there is no up or down, and they knew no beginning, will have no ending. With any such staring gorgon of fatal- ism the surcharged attention is shaken, and the chemistry of common life seizes upon the liquid crystals with avid hunger.—George M. Gould, M. D., in Atlantic. A Scotch Person's Clever ReiIS. When musical instruments were first used in the services of the Scottish churches many strict Sabbatarians ob- jected to the iniquitous proceedings. One of these persons, on meeting the minister some time after leaving the "kirk" because of the introduction of a harmonium, said with a sneer, "Well, and how is your fanner getting on?" (A fanner was a winnowing machine resembling the bellows of an organ in its working.) "Oh, splendidly," an- swered the reverend gentleman. "It's just keeping the good corn and blow- ing the chaff away." No Judge at All, "Isn't that young man fond of mu- sic?" exclaimed the young woman. "I don't know," answered Miss Cay- enne. "Judging by the way be will etand up and listen to himself sing by the hour, I should say he isn't." Strong Diet. Veterinary—So your new bull pup is sick? What seems to be the matter with him? Owner—A little of every- thing, I guess. While we were away this afternoon lie chewed up and swal- lowed the dictionary. The Small Children, "I wonder what it is," said the faint- ly man, "that makes landlords and janitors dislike to have small children in fiats." "The small children, I moss," replied the savage bachelor. If you 'Malt to please people you must begin by understanding them. --Reade. 7 ABSOLUTE SECURITYI Genuine artees Little, Liver Pills. Must Seca SlGnattlerei of Sp* Fac-Slatila Iltrmirper flelow. Vary stein and ax o«aT - - to tag o a,aegisa 6 ry IiEJin,!CISE. F p, alae W EIfESs. !3Jr.►;sfiTTi�, FFF1 T11 SPC IDS LiNiESSESP:. � . u ." pi i.1.c1 Fart CCHSTIPAT!W . MAMA ""ritt F11{ SALLOW S)1Iff. l , FOS TUE COMPLEXION trice e, cr.•,o.oq .u,, N,.v. NATunC. e/'s cot.ti i tlrcly'regesablo`� ✓.. w(� . CURE SICK HEADACHE. General Sehenek s Last Game., General Robert E. Schenck was a famous poker player. Just a week be- fore his death he sat around a table in his otvn house with General Schofield, ';eueral IRucker• and two United States senators. It was a jack pot. Every- body had passed up to Schenck, who promptly opened it for the limit. One of the senators raised, the general rais- ed back, and the senator stayed. Each drew one card. Then the betting be- gan, fast and furious. finally the sen- ator said: "General, I have you beaten. I think I have a sure thing, and I don't want to bet any more money on this kind of a hand." "But I don't think you have me beat- en. When I get enough of it I will quit." So the merry war of chips recom- menced. Then the senator renewed his proposition and offered to fatten the stakes by a wager of a dinner for the five gentlemen present. This was ac- cepted. General Schenck had four nines, The senator had a straight flush. But the little dinner for the five never came off. Two clays before the evening set for it General Schenck died. How Much One Should Rat. One of the much discussed questions of the day on which there are almost as many opinions as individuals is the quantity of food one should eat. Doc- tors all agree that the majority of peo- ple eat too much. Babies from the day of their birth are forced to eat too much, and they grow up with this arti- ficial appetite. The most reasonable estimate yet made is probably that which fixes one -twentieth of the aver- age weight of the body as the average daily quantity required. If you weigh 140 pounds you should consume seven pounds of food. This includes drink as well as solid food. But it is ridicu- lous to set down a bard and fast rule. Such a quantity might kill some, and there is a case nn record of a man wasting away on a diet of seven or eight pounds of food a day. Ile cut down his diet to three-quarters of a pound of liquid and the same of solid food, and as a result he grew stout and lived to a ripe old age. Siamese Love For Gaines of Chance. The Siamese are devoted to the holi- day making and ceremonies and pro- cessions which accompany the most important anniversaries or incidents of Life, death and religion and which cause an infinite amount of money to be squandered and time lost. 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