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The Signal, 1898-6-30, Page 7tESS \D `FASH1�►N NICNAa:t MATFMAI.B-A NUMBS ata AND S1YLISrt MOULLe. ow relate la ?tee, 011aitrs um., • rr.ereareet /abrba see amu, 40 -Oral • hwrtte Ooler- N s.�' •Iib mute aad C.rdlsas. lose week passes the importune p meed, ists. And these m•tertela /ate Wt, an looted t., cut, "nee t`• �� riw'ipiem of ail it,. 'oaten* of p ,roecut Not,ant, tee eteof hes. 1 lee Isaias terlcul:atod W adverts:. fed'tuth the of the distant sem of the fabric ae red w their fashioning. Every - H awls to the cliugiug and supple. ales, such as moire and taffetas'. Eng into tide mow scheme the tense being di.ttuguirbei by s •' and "tuouse tltna." Tranxpar'' even amen act introduction takes place ' An iuclivattuu ,d the head and a few pleasant wont' are all that are necessary. A gvutleunw never exwuds his hand W • lady drat. This would be respelled. by a woman elf gaud moiety as fansumedittn and might warrant her snubbing the anfortnnate trauseive`in'. A lady may shake immix with &umber lady wheel an introduction taker plass, but it it not a noes' ry sot and 1. often omitted. A hurt's mune never apptare 0u any invitation except toe wedding or dinner. A bachelor who glum a daubs o r re- ception always melees his own gucstr. A teemed lady may chapescn young ladles w an eutArtaluweut givon by a bachelor friend. Ladies are not entitled to use [Tests; therefore after the death of a huihaud at father the crest would be disxtutin- urtd. 'This rule, however, is often disre- garded by lakes who are otherwise ex- ceptionally 'strict w matters of etiquette. Never retitle or move the eyebrows penrptibly. It always appears like a bid fur attention, and therefore is a rndeuese A late guest spoils a dingier. To be late at any eugsguniewt is not only irri- tating t o the otter party, but an iutul feeble rndenter on the part of the dila- tory ase. Five minutes may not aerie mach W the person whose time is prac- tically of uo value, but to Chore whore beeriness instiucte have taught them that prasupsnarr is the ooutrolling power of their lives it Maths a groat deal. Be an hour too early rather than a minute tot late. Oultivate the habit of exactitude In all your eugagements, of whatevel .obarwler, autj.onoe you have matte a promise keep it, if you have w break your amok to do ate- says The. Stendanl D igner, gigiiiteeiti for thele'.Itule points of etiquette. A GHOST TRAIN. By W. L. ALDEII, f(opyrigbt, Ile1, by W. L Alden.] "Du yea wean to tell we," 1 asked the dation waster, "?bat you really be- lieve that a train bar • ghost and teat ghostly trains run over actual railway' at eight?" "It you were a railroad win," replied you don't give them a pretty big tip you "ire r good deal worse thou a slave driver. The oar was lit op after a fasb its by • single oil lamp, and all tbe berths looked a. if the prrwugers bad just jumped uutot thele red tue puttee hadn't been rouud w make up the beds. I couldn't tbiuk what bad become of the passengers, reelug es tloy cater audl t have gone Tutu tbe baggage didq't mem probable that a whole car falouuld have distilbuted themselves' in way stations. However, that wesu't auy my friend, "you'd rue the toollrhmees affair of wine. of arkiug such a question. Do 1 believe "1 ()pelted both doors of the car to let in ghost trains? Yon might as well ask a little air blow tbruugh, for it Woe me if 1 believe In Pullman cure- Wby. very musty, and tbeu 1 picked out a good berth ted calculated to turn to for the uigbt I soon found that %bore berths weren't fit for any Christian to sleep in, fur the belclutber were di damp as It they had been left out in • rainstorm. Where the water bad corse from that had staked them I eouldu't imagine, for it badn't rained any for a week, and it stood W reseal that the snow eooldnit have drif ted luta the car, shut up as tight as it was. Their it puz- zled me to imagine wby the porter hadn't taken ttf6 dei- stly+way and what had become of the nigger anyhow. man, every railroad mw kuuwa that gboet trains are liable to be met with almost any eight. 1 don't my that ?buy are commun. but I do say that there are lots of mea who have seen 'ecu and have just as much reason believing in 'ern a they have for believing lel auy regular train." "Have you yourself ever seen a ghost train?" I asked. The dtption master chewed his cigar for a oosome to silence and then said: ")Bering es it's you that asks me, I'll tell something that 1 haven't told STYLUS DAT dowers. Mtieteriale too, of every description, lare eftpeaa'.ly those of the barege and liedoltoe ohs:QOteat mod nertainty. Gray is a favorite shade in gowns jest ow. A tate treating motes -the in the ray of a etching gown is of due, sift repro in the poles' shade of gray. trim - sed with w beeline* cif ivory white Ltfiou on the skirt, the dainty little reeve, similarly adorned, opening over i fall bodice et ivory white chiffon over 'ilk. .i sash of chiffon encircles 'the waist and u tied in • bunchy fashion at the left side of the trout, the hilted oda filing to the hem d the skirt. Cheeks are distinctly fashionable, and ' little black and white checked mohair bodice speaks Inc itself with mach elo pence. The trimming of narrow black velvet ribbon is effective, ted • unique 'ouch is afforded by elongated epattlet$. The ever awful blouses promise to be prettier if i edible than last season. Even the simplest have a certain style about them. Glace silk of any color is well made wheu tucked lmaogthwiee at the back, the front having a central plait, el -ed with a double kilted frill, and at either side a company of tucke. while at the neck as a finish to the tamed down collar with its points of embroidery, there is a smart bow of silk. the ends edged with $ tiny frill. A more elaborate design. or•iginelly made up in yellow shot silk involves match work, as triple mordiugm outline the pinafore effect of the biome in front aid edge the yoke and little daring you lag • Pdltnlau car wltbu•ita • pasa or without a volured porter and with the budc)otber staked with water and the balloted rlwuat tau rotten to bear Its own weight. 'There wasn't a thiug to be seen through the oar wtuduw., for t$.y were thick with dire So, wauttug` to get swam idea of the locality that we had gut to. 1 weut out ou the rear platform agate, and getting duwu ou the lower step 1 hsued out to ,have a look all around. Just thou we started mound, another curve, and what with my t1n- leere beiug a little uuwb and what ith the swaying of the oar I lost my hold stud war allot off that train like a mail bag that to chucked ou W our pletturw wheu the Pacific express; goer booming by "Luckily 1 tell into a rnowbsAk and wasn't seriously hurt. However, the abock stu ued me fur awhile, end when I Dawe to and found tbat.1 bad 0o bows brokeu aud that my skull was all right 1 picked myself up ted started W walk duwu the track till 1 should come to a house. After walking, ar 1 rhuuld judge, about halt • wile, I Dawe to East Fa- biueville, where there is a little tavern, and nighty glad I was to see it. 1 knocked tbe landlord up and got a bed, and it war noon the cul{ day before 1 woke up. "There wasn't any train to Jericbo until after 8 o'clock, so not having anything to do I looked up tits land lord and found be was au old •oq - once of mine, :mined Hank Simwous. When- i totd' -btm--that 1 had eome to F.biusville by a night train. be sort of ®fled, aud 1 could epee be didn't the train me. j't �say t'for the last 1 sew of it was a mile or so up the road, .Wainer platform into a m0wbank. But, sl►--isi aune, t tete conte, woet of the way from Manlius last eight in • Pullman sleeper.' "'Then yon must have tome on what the boys call the gbort train,' says Hank Wbatrtraln'e that?' saysL it's the ghost of the train that went off the bridge on the nMu.ka- sa boot river. The boys du y e t every once in awhile tbere to a train made up of a locomotive, a b.gg•ge car tPullman *teepee that outlier duwu the road beetling and goes off the Ideate-- hoot eaka-boot bridge into the river. I never saw iucb train myself, but there's lou of Iilib�11on4 t to Toed thee -time. 1eah lL 2on d have bard vier to 0dnvimoe 'eon thee. "ti.116''2'Mls' M the wrecked train. Comte to think of it, that tbere train was wrecked just,• year ago last night, and it's probable that her gbort was out for au airing, as you might say.' "Well, wben 1 came to think the thing over 1 came to the concluriou that Hank was right ted that the Pullman with the wet bedclothes and tbe rotten belicurd was nothing more or lees than the ghost of a car. However, I didn't say m more to Hank about it at the time. for the lest • man talks Mout see- ing gbostrthe better it ie for bin if be wants to be considered a reliable man. But as soon a. I got back to Jericho 1 went w see the division euperintepdent and told bim the whole story. "'See here,' be said when 1 bad got through, 'I suppose 1 ought to report o. but ognsidering that you were not 3 on duty last night and that you're not- e ot e drinking mau se a general thing 1 shan't my anything about lt. Bat it you'll take any advice you'll not tell that ridiculona story to anybody else.' " 'Then you think I was drunk and dreamed the whole thing, do you?' 1 asked. 'I don't tbiuk so,' rays be: 'I'm tare of it. I've just been over the di- vision repents, and no such train se you describe bas been seen at any station. Besides. I know where every car in the company's service is just at this identical time. and it's impossible ?bat a Pullman should have been ou the Manlius brauch last night. No tanto of any kind weut over that branch between 8 o'clock laat4tight and 7 o'clock this moruiug.'1 "I hed'1 wish you'd explain bow 1 traveled from Manlius station to East Fabiasville last night bei of t� ud 12. I eau prove by the__----_ op train that, he let me off tat Mauling atter d o'clock last night, and I can prove by the lstdlord of the Fabinsville tavern that 1 put up at his bouse just before II o'clock. A man, wketber be is drunk or sober, can't travel 70 miles ititJsrei hours unless be does it do a railroad train.' 'Tbe superintendent wee a mighty apart man, bit this counudrum of mine was more than be could answer So he oily smiled in an aggravatiu sort of Nae and said: 'You'd bet I lth nay advice and keep quiet You know bow down the directors are on any man that dritike too much whisky. If you go •boattalking of ib is adventure etyma*. any mon for more than ten years utiles" The whole budnesa war enough to throw be happened to be w experienoed rail- � a man off his balance, and 1 gave up road man. You see, I got tired of hay. thinkiug about it, and, going lobo the tug people doubt my word and insinuate washroom. 1 .at down iu the wash basin, that I was a lanais or bad been drink-, which was two only dry teat in the can, Wow le Cleo. Cara.?•. The method employed in the British factories ter cleaning velvet. tnogmstte. .abissii and other heavy carpets 1e is be ouuutiended for its simplicity ae well as the good respite obtained. Togo -Lodi pails of hot water are provided, eras clear and tepid, the other bot and soapy. made so by shaving white soap into waw ter. Plenty of good, strong, white cotton rags are $ requisite and a scrubbing brush t•7 be 'dial if care is taken net Eng too much whisky. You'll perhaps think tbe same, bat what 1'04 going to tell you 1s a cold teet and there Adlei .s bit of lying or poetry or political argo- t or any of these elf imaginative trj s about 11. ee know the -rest bi el, a to Tiberius Center? It'■ pretty near a s�fglatliae,-but wises - hess ts the trains used ttston from and. hewing up against the curuer, tried to get • uap. B7 fel* time the traiu had lett the station several miles behind and was running at the rate that rlin.dew would letaload have been risky no any aa rough $ road a the ore we were op. At first I didu't mita tiler, the -marring ai ahs train not kiio4 my lowdown. bat pretty ansa I fod'�'that 1 -.e67d• ta mighty keepiu any seat without holding on bete w Tiberius Center by roundabout way. The line as it was with both bauds. I've been to airs that crigtndl/ laid oat ran in • owlet metn1- pave done souse pretttygbll rennniin.' and 1 circle, taking In half a doaen small over some mighty oWna lying northwest d this place. never before or since knew a car to After awhile the company t#raged the jump and roll and shake hereetf general - few line and bored kb. big tunnel ly as that car did. I b'gnu to thipk that through tbe Sloe Eagle mountain. The the eugiueer was either drank or crusty Old line wasn't entirely abandoied 0n- and that the paseugers had gut so scared .{(liAbout two years ago, but after the that they bad all left for train. To tell tunnel was neighed there was only one the truth 1 would baself, Lot 1 nu ae er to Jlasaenger train each way daily on the have left the )train my mud if there it old line and a freight train three times was fond of jumping. that he therliker 1. any man who say to jump from a train that nr doing 40 or ne ISO mtteret► beer, witee - . it1ti- dela be- lieve him. •.. MME:'ofs•eaddes•I.tte.,,sghsesi,.Abu.' bellcord. and I de•idel teat 1 would pull it and rice the tram Thee if any conductor appeared I would tell him who I was and inform lien that if be didn't make his engineer rum the train in • decut way 1 would take good care that the division saperiuteudemt'should know .11 about the thing. So I gid hold of the bellcord and gave it a fairish i sort of pull—nut the very barbed curt of a pull, you understand. but just 1 moderate pull The cord broke iu my band as ears as it it bad been a piece of thread, and all chance of stops R trate that way disappeared. I looked at the bellcord and saw that it was as rot- ten as •pobtician'soonecieucs. so 1 just broke off a piece of it about two or three yards long and put it iu my pocket, in- tending to show it to the division en- periitemdent as a specimen of the way 1n which Pellemie - due at- tended to tbeir badness. "Ml the time the train was rushing ahead at a .peed that would have been counted worth noticing even on the New York Central. When rhe struck $ Cone—sod there were lots of them— sbe just left the track entirely and swung round that curve witb her wheels in their, and when she did strike the track again you can bet that things shook Of coarse I don't mean that the train actually did leave the track, but that was the way it would have seemed w you it yon had been aboard that ear. 1 went to the forward door to e"e 1f there was ary chance cot getting into r,r over the Me^;rare cur and so rr."hing the etl(oneer, but it would have taken a moukey 10 fine rate traiuiug to have climbed 0% er that baggage car without breaking 1 el neck at the rate at which we were entitling 1 went back auto the sieeper again and, boldiug ou to a berth, tried to light op a otgar. but ognnebow the match didu't em to take much interest in tbe thing. 1 felt con fident that in • few minutes more the car Would leave the track and go tc everisstiug smash, and I remember Reel- ing thankful that I bad gone over my accounts just before leaving Jericho and that nobody mould fail toe understand them Just then I thought of the brake. If 1 should go out oe the platform and put the brake on, tbe engineer would feel the drag on the car and would etyp the train unless he wait stark mad At auy rate the thing was worth tryin•t "I got out ou the platform, bonen'' to for all 1 was worth to the band tail until 1 got hold of tbe brake wheel. it was im rusty ss if it had been scaleup to water for a week, bat i didn't mind that. 1 jammed that brake down Knott and hard, ,pot the brake chain .nseped almost a* espy es the bellenrd, and there was an end of that plan for .top- ping the trate (1f course I knew tb.t • brake chain sometimes shape and you can't prevent it. bat it wee errioas (hal both the bellcord and the brake chair, r on that car ebttald have been good fur aotbing. 'Well, 1 got back Into -the car retain. and I inset • middling geed drink of the whisky, and 1t sort of warmed ep me moorage 1 Dever was • drinking' man say car on this road Inc more year Tbe last cur that bed • curd like that was the one that went into tbe llue:Abu.; river. That's a uuttuu etr.l, and we don t ere auytbiug but hemp nowadays.' ''Then you tbiuk that 1 was on a ghost trate after all,' says 1. ' 'Think' says be, 'that the lets you may about it the better—that is, if you Dara t0 folloW.lu7 advice. If you keep ou talking about i1, you'll have half the tratuweu uu the divisipw w•atc1tug for ghosts and ueglectiug their regular do- tter.' "of c•onrse 1 promised to do as the .uperinteudeut said, stud I never 'lieu, Stoned the ghost traiu until this particu- lar supuriuteudent had skipped to Cnu- ada with over el 00,000. He was a most awaziug Swart man, and if 1 had gone meatier; his wishes 1 wouldn't bav t timid ie the company' eservice very bug: However. wheu f did begin to tell the *try uubdy believed me, except now rod then au old train band who bad ace ghost trains himself and knew all about 'eat. I've told you the story as straight as a die, and you eau take it or leave It just as you choose. Ar Horace says. 'There's. more things in heaven and till Other plane thaw any philosopher ever dares to dream about.' " THE END. n I to apply it cite vigoxkealy. A alone 01 a weak..'1 bad •a brother who lived up at the carpet is filed eaten at • time-eni_d- filedManlius, •town on tbe old Ilne ebomrt fibs surface waxbed quickly with a coca ss freu here—that is to key, =�itMOd kddr$ , • a as much of the piled water lived in • house that wag three miles p from the station. ted there waaa't any We. there wring out the rend into a town of Moselle' except the station thinl pan of tepid water End withw a beetle mid a little shanty that was 'trod cloth soaped from the ede modem wipe as a portefllce 1 was a kind of • gen- the shaped pin -deftly v rfaoe tlror- ot oral assistant at this here station where wiping wiping mettle over. but the in. Now wipe with cleat cloths we are now, and there net being very wit i i Enoch work ou hand, I get two days' this it u asn dry aamitt surfacele. 1. din leave and took the traits up W see my this any ante the entire frequently is Dov- brotber. it was lust about a year after when Change the water fry..nnny aid the new line bad been (Tenni- and as when overman let the dry. 'twiny tae the oaupauy sliest w abaution the old sweep over and raise the tuft of tete line, they hadn't put auy repairs on it weaving until it is as good as new. worth rpx•akieg ofo and it was 'boot the roughest road you ever traveled over. '•1 was a little scared myself, tboogb, as a rule. I never trent le myself abet railroad accidents, kuowtug that they're bound to conte and you can t bele your- self There had been to rrnule bad hetort the i dent on that very expresses gent retuning over it A train with a Pullman car full of peas'ngen went off the track just a she bad struck the bridge cur's the Muakahoot river, and as the bridge was over 60 feet high and the river was over 20 feet deep no- body ever saw bid' or hair of ?bat train or of anybody connected with it from Shot day to this •'Well. 1 got op to dlv brother's along about 8 or mebbe half past 8 o'clock in the evening. and found bim gone sway as pond - cletirldid this ?te l atydlret. A1S' woman rvtotmmenda the following : Take Manlius Manlius "was This washing is good for the textile and should be dine every six months if pos- sible.—New York Tribune. White C.etame.. A feetnm of the wary w semis atm promisee to be the white ooh. Acn,rdiug to the New York S.W. tai- lors and dressmakers. shoemakers and milliners. all tell the same tale and as- sure the inquirer that many of their patrons have registered solemn vows to wear only white the whole mason through. 'There are innumerable white serge, satin. cloth and poplin costumes, richly and elabrrately designed. white silk, lisle and cxoton hose in the ahpps, white duck muslin, linenamend white pique skirts made up by the greet varnished loather ties and white pique legging& The leggings are to be worn with white canvas ties and white ck snits in the immaculate etwesu i new bicycle 'treat . saw moven. frills of the cuffs Than crossing the yoke with its alternate trade of lace applique and groups of cording there is • band of silk with a trellis work effect of white and gold silk ocrcl. and piped edging which continues its car'e'r over the Moulders and passes down thec rater d the sleeves, only amain. So ate IPA Ides** cuffs pat in an Ngarse i rev as•sgtaS eels' clip. Mitt silk 6r ratan may ba wonder- fully revived by sponging with potaba water and ironing on the wring side when alightly damp. The potato water is made by staking the peel. not the po- tato, for some bonze W. Wad stases OF The superior court was iu 1sttn0(, and the little mountain town wascrowd- ed with people. Along the middle of for dry when alta judite was worried with a tedious trial, Hill Williams of 1ne Lick Creek 'settlement began galloping g ep•aaa down tin street on his little red mule, tiring oft his pistol, wboopinit like a Sioux and otherwise dispensie energy-wbsi±_u liberal sepp17 u• "Mr. Bailiff," couamauded the -fudge sternly, "go out rcpt arrest that rump and bring him luno court." The bailiff west timidly out of the 'tburtrotup, and ibe judge attempted t0 proceed with business', but the Williams - racket outride did. uut cease. 14 J[>r'tT worie, and the judge luuked over the 100111 for some oue-else to rend out and observed the bailiff sitting complacent- ly on one of the book seats. did "Look here. Mr. Bailiff! W b7 you not west that disorderly mau? Are yon mot an officer of the court?" "Y -y -es, " replied the bailiff, quak- fear, "1 wus, tat I've done ding aA"—atleuta�oarnrL simosserr remold. WILL YOU REACH SEVENTY The alloted span of life. if you do, and are careful and provident All your life, none of your children or Jcpendonls likely to suffer want, front any Leh 01 yours. But are you sure i+ Ilow m.uty Own -are always careful and provident? These aro quest ions that must occur to any righefinded, thinking man whose•ua- .teitttely death might bring untold priva- tions w his wife and family or dependents. To 'wive the question simply join the CANADIAN ORDER 0?' FORESTERS. enjoy the privileges of the safe and sound In,uran'ee they pros id e. The price of a cheap cigar a day will do it. Their policy is a comGwt in time of misfor- tune during life, and a blessing to your loved ours after your death - a perpetual reminder of your kindness, love and forethought. TW1S SOCIETY 11 no Loading 1 loot and Presence 1.aaras.e 1Mletf of Cozad*. Giving $50o• 31,000, $I,Soo or $noon Io- surae e. and Sick and Funeral Benefits 10 its members. A tub.v.r a.ntr Needed. "There's one thing, dear (}eorge," NIA Vous, "that you mustn't forget Stand on tiptoe when those great gnus' go of end stuff year earn full of cotton Don't forget the often when you pass through the south. Get two bales while you are about it " • And dear George rubbed bis ears end wondermi what she meant.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. irse.11y Ab..atmIu0S Miss Dollars—What a lot of people there are in that box. Count Oarloses-1 lief no toe but for Miss Dollars—Ob, but see, there mast be five, count Count Carioca' (forgetting that be is not Engliab)—One, two—yet five, Mie. --et, si. (But the engagement is off).— Piok Me Up. ... Certain labels. For general purposes no curtain fab- rics are Isere imitable than the various oottoa5 thatt appear in many different forma Perhaps as useful and in as great favor as sexy ?.curtains are the madras muslin& These are daintily patterned •wst$r 1. ./am anvar. M•. Glean in softestand most charming shades is a oder hoeing great vogne in glassware as pretest "Oameo" plaques to/ui.h en artistic wall decoration. These w of china, with a Cupid, group of dancing fauna or other light and greeful design ap- parently eat in white In cameo fashion Against • pale greenish ground. Gracefully shaped silver bowls pro- vided by the silversmiths in different sires serve • number ort purposes They An mtaet* on the dr ab( case, 0001.00• Lent toe holding ('rawer fruit and deco- rative as odd pieces for the table. Wen Mesita* est Timm leather goods. sioh as tettelatiineilb photo- MO er"Mash hew*, desk 'ttthip, S. show mesedittdy haaisowetleittdit a A nee - •111 a shtenlind a Aji .d effect lib thou of richest dlltkooeaMd or wa- ters& i. dtfereet tasty at calor. --Paw elan' Circular. LITTLE POLITE POINTS. w tan Wnplwtq t.e. e.. varveas lweilN . oesr./er. G00tIselst do not take off their bets to each other. This U a ooariee7 watery eti fes lie ladies. lY ons getel4a.ai asses _,.. 1 r, abs lamb r imlag with a 1.4. the forma des .os' sKeitt(* bet win take off bill baker Ih.t • he Wale may swam to tided% lirk ?Ls., w.d the le - Iodise es -iist ow to gym boob with • gektlanme, stir act Moak* hatoleM sit with atltl' tl,,e alter Lakes. There bas been for many years mot- or less speculation as to the cause of boy water lake. The most plausible theory is tint by woe smbterraueau cbanucl or passage they connect with volcanic heat and fill with tot water, ou the princi!.le of Abe rauge toiler. This way he Ca) Davie of the golf stream. Somewhu a tar below the'surface of the water theta is an inlet, where a tremeudoas volume of water sweeps chose Tutu the brave uI the great subterranean tires. A portion of the water ti cl;tiogod to steam. 80m3 Of it may be thrown out by the erup- tion of the volcano, but au immense O0 ' rent sweeps op to the surface of the mirth again and pours upon the coast • perpetual stream of warm water. It would be au engaging study to follow the course of the gulf stream and die- --if- ptenthle.lxuw -what deptb.lt pro -sada and by what fire the beat to kept rap. There are few lisore tataeSt- tam phenomena than the gait ttresIir. Scientist. have .peculated cud gec;,- repber. have wouder•d at it ever since t* existence Was discovered.—New York Ledger. THE. HORS:. TRADE. "1 swung myself up on the rra r platform ' and the hoose locked tip I hammered au the doors and tried the windows till I had settled that there wasn't any one at home and. that I otnldn'1 break is and then 1 meandered track to the 'ta tion, calculating to pees the night in the wood abed and take the train back to Jericho the next day. It had been anew • Ing hard, and then wks neer a toot of snow on a level, let alone the big drift, that were here and there. I was pretty well fagged out when I got to the station. which. of coarse, was .bot ep ter the eight, and if it hadn't been that I had a quart flask of wblaky in my pocket 1 Should have come near freezing to death. "I went into the wood .bed and got round behind the w o ed, w here the wind couldn't reach me. and after ewees my brother for a .peel an amount ort his having gone off sed abut rap hie hems' 1 made my preparations for taking a nap. Just Wen 1 beard the rumbles of a train. This naturally astenishrd m knowing an 1 did exactly whet train were running -,n that road and tl•a. there wash's any sort of train due al tbat'tatiow for the next 16 hon». lines ever, the train kept onnlug nearer Audi nearer, end pretty soon 1 begird the grinding of tete brakes end anderetried that the train was ootntng to a stop 1 didn't lose any time In gettiug trot d,f that wood shed and going for that train 1 could see it atandiug elope to the ural ler Mitt, ilbont 60 yards down the road, and knew, of oonree, that the engineer was taking in water When 1 r'nched bey, 1 saw that the train consisted only 1.1RR TRAIL 1ADRAI }Bail.nit. with graceful deign Z►hich look very Wonky wpmw the aurtalns are hang. and Mat skirls. is alsao*t uniformly good. la no. ertample of madras the ground M • pretty tome d ivory whits, on which is laid • lily design In light tlIm- re oo/R light vase ay Illi, low or erearo. ThS "''*Ser trail" pattern kers illnstretrd is sngnlarly affective and 1s carried not 1n dainty china bine, p01. yellow, salmon pink light run sea Jest w'1M tt aMt a. "it wawa Iik* s dreier^.." ha said In speaking of hue euartrhlp My box." replied 11M ve/sna ..:'tz3 "•-..".cora weans& alit is& Moat Mad 1.pea M-s&Nh1111 i111M • of the 011ixrfurther .or U Member. e( thers y der.. or address H.t.R., Mtorae& W, A Seey.'Be+atkri er ERNST GARTURO, /.asiJbd LONSLEIIAT1ON. In the summer especially should the bowels be kept free, so that no poisonous material shall remain In the system to ferment and decay ' and infect the whole body. No remedy has yet been found equal to B.B. B. for curing Constipation, even the most chronic and stub-, born cases yield to its influence. "I cannot ay too much in favor of Burdock Blood Bitten, as there is ao -remedy emote* it fur thaCura oC.Caf.._ '?-house tipationt We always keep it In the as a general 1111 icy enpt1Claei "'"""'.e""" ' would not be without it." MRS. JACGe MOSHER, Pictou Lauding, N.S. . 0 B.B.B. not only cures Constipadms. but is thefuBilious- remedy Burdock known for Bi.- n e s s, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach, Biood Jaundice, Liver Complaint, Kidney Disease mad Blood Bitters. Namur' ONLY RIGHT TO TELL THE TRUTH. G ONTLEMEM.—Now that I am in the _ �A very best of health I consider it only right to thank you for the cure Dr. W and a Blood and Nerve Pills have made in auy case. Prior to using these ills 1 became a martyr 16 dyspepsia au • inirratesame. and at times the -ass of my lett arm became impwdble. Twitching of the muscles would at- tack my left arm and tips of my tiu- gers, which became almost unbearable. L'n teems and medicines of all kinds I used, but seemed to get no better, in fact ll nothing seemed to do me any good until your wonderful rem- edy, Ur. Ward's Blood and Nerve Pills. which l used with the best possible 'v- aults. l began to feel the good effects in them after using two boxes. My • muscles got stronger and I was feeling so well that 1 purchased two more boxes which made a complete cure. -- Before using Dr. Ward's Blood and Nerve fills 1 weighed one hundred and thorny -tine pounds, to -day 1 weigh one hundred and forty-eight pound.' and feel ae though there is nothing to equal Dr..Warti,s Pills for dyspepsia and .111 nervous troubles. 1 remain. gentle- men, yours truly. Gilbert Abraham, Brock St., Ooderich, Ont. Dr. Ward's Nerve and Blood Pills ars sold at 6uc. per box, 5bozos for - es druggists. or mailed mit of p ice by THE DR. W.AR,D.7711 Victoria street, Toronto. Book' of in- formation tree. Swladlera, 'hars,ee. sod Renk„ el..r• /a Tht. HY1oea. Are Doomed. Men whn want or need borer, fr gneutly know little or nothing.abe them. They meat rely on the wor 1 guarantee o,1 the eviler. the same to.. any other busiutwc transaction. At se,• lie seles the. principle imalwayshob : oownday's Lt is the Enver nble esl .le rare 1 . bores ranee be as gem buten. may reject them. Legal deeixipnt uphold dills principle also in privet transaction& It s man guarantees ; horse to be towel. the a,:.imal unmet b M gnnrauf,ed or the ltnpirrtR.Bible+• both civil and criminal wit& A Bus.: dealer has lot ly been rentthrcctl' to year's imprisonment Inc ewinuliug . buyer by else = vting the animal . sound wheu it wag decidedly otberwi: An English court has recently givrn Mmilnr decision. The buyer bought n horse in the dark. Dayliebt rev', • 1, sidebones on both forefeet end thrash 1' one, a .pr'in on hock. a "t^ -•:d" ixmmd, and the further di!'!rnity th, the animal wouldn't do anything ht.. "spend ,till stud refuse to move," n the English reporter. pate it, "or el kick." The judge ordered the buy-: money returned. int said nothing shone, the horse. witch mid buyer had silt: meantime for a email sum. So we infri that the seller who misrepr'w•ntet ht- bora' lost beim. money and had to ps: the costs IM'sides. When this iiwal de beim' is promulgated throughout the length and breadth of Goat [Iritain, u great wave of emotion alamt describing horses and likewise about trading In the dark will doubtless weep over that conservative d0mxin. Perhaps even th.• American honker, promoter ted space later will find it safe to go over there again, um in the boom dayrt of yobs, and bny horse*. Rut great reform, move slowly, so it may be best to allow the horsemen to g1' on buying one horses and make than guarantee their stock. We ant glad the new order of things has come. There i. no more excites or jn.tlfl'stiotn for ewlndling n bneevr in a horse trade than in any other branch of bneinese [Myer; ehonld understand that they van get horae,nowabayswith- tint daeger of being swindled. "'hen the pnblio understands thie. it will he more wady W invest In hora'1oah and specially to invent a scxmdtimo.—Na natal Rtoekman and Pawner. even it my young day" for 1 despise a dtnnkard, eepecielly It be is a railroad man. But 1 hadn't bad above six or eev- ee drinks that day, and 1 knew that an- other moderate 0110 wouldn't do me any harm. I was beginning to feel a little better, when I remembered that I had el a baggage oar and a Pullman deeper. 1 muss myself ep 00 the near platform et the sleeper and pushed the door aper witb a good deal of tremble. for the wondwarh ssetned en have awaited, and there wris.'t anybody to help me from the inside et the sett. "When 1 got inside. I lnnkwt sronnd tut the paseengera, bot then warm'? s mingle owe. Neither was there any sign et t1ks shape porter, wko ought to have beet there to ask me toe my enlist kis • wad M pwM .,Ilrtl 1 will islaking .,vW - ff sur+4s. ... Yaws Yanot ways of alma jrtit " 1s0 *51 atwaa trate ytl. feel'hab R never beard the whistle nt the locomO tive since we bad started from Manlius station. That ahnwed in. that the eugi• near wasn't eltbor drank or mad, for in either tame he weold have blown him whistle about two-thirds of the time, there being nothing that a orusy man Or a drunken engineer finds as adotbin( as a steam wbiatle. I couldn't explein our flying around curves and neer level crow Ings without Rounding the whistle es. oepton the tbeory that the eaglnear had dropped dead in his esti. But then then would have been the fireman. Both of the ?nen needn't very well bare died at the same millets, and It then was say - thing the matter with the englneet the fireman would naturally either have .topped the train and tried to get help et he would have ran it very mistime ly, that tins being hie usual Mita. amid woeM have beet very t whistling at as er throw" "t-lkiioet'id the frivol/mid up and got a t iced.,, IIN eb•moes are yo&ll lose your place.' "Jost then I happened to think of the piece of bellcord that 1 hal taken frhm the car. 1 pot my hand In my pork't, and there 1t wan, ante ennngh. i held It up end maid to the 'superintendent: 'There's a piece of the rotten bellanrd that I told you about. Perhaps you'll my I dreamed six feet of (ford into my pocket.' 'The anperintendent took It, and I afield me that he war otnatderable stag- gered. ' You say you Rat this out of the Pella'' sleeper' ?bat yen dreamed ' beet?' be asked. ' '.That'. just exactly and precisely the identical place where I get that mood • toreesid,' says I, as mimeo as it I was ea a cath, ihll.' sa M, '1 Mb bask what A MODERN MONTE'CHRISTO What te. stay flee India No War lel sa mea At& It was at the for'eclnmure sale of. the Toronto, New Hampxhire and Benton - "Remember, gentlemen," said the auctioneer at the conclusion of hisgl W- ing descriptive harangue, "remember that though this magnificent property has suffered beery reverent it Is never- theless one of the (next systems in the onmttry and will in the coarse of a very few years undoubtedly be one of the most profitable. What am I offered foe this unequaled opportunity?" Tbo representative of the great west- ern syndicate puffed mot his chest "Five million dollars!" he cried im- pressively. Five million dollars!" echoed the auctioneer. "What advance upon the absurdly inadequate enin of (ve"-- ' Tert million dollars!" The words emir from a broad ehotl- derei young ,man with s 'unburned face ted a keen, gray eye. At this Mubetantial increase the repre- sentative of the great western syndicate turned purple in the far*. but rapidly recovering himself he bid again: "Eleven million &Marst" "Twenty -fan million dollars!" said .he bread 'shouldered young man. The representative of the re t4IACIS gamed for breath. "Great snaked" bs muttered. "What am 1 rap method? I say," he whispered. edrteesoutg s by- stander, "eau you tell the who that young Kietubiko is over there?" The le/Wander regarded his gnostic! er in setofhshment.' "What.," he exelaimed "Don't you know? Why, We one of Uncle Som's blaejackfts, and he's got prIse money to burn. "—New York Journal. Th. Poor Anther. Vidtor (at Bowie For Aged and In- digent Literary Workers)—And whn 11 that venerable and meek looking old ow? The Warden--t)h. he's the Rothe" of "Pugh; or, The Pathway to Fame and fortune."—Roston fid. Afton aman malts • job b•tellni.. .4 that It was noose/wry b biro UM* l — I[ 3 ill.(nwk•''w AM'e.s" *Ov Oa Time. In reaponee to • vociferous encore at a QOAOert the other evening in Rtrathav en, the chairman, a clergyman, *cwt and said "that Mr. G. waald appear again later on; Mine F. would ming now 'For All Eternity.' " The concert finiebed at the nsaal 11002, however.—Glsegow Tames _ $ to Aerwdiad w Bata». Mamma --Johnny, ?IRO that you give Etb61 the lion's share ref that orange. Johnny—Yea, ma. Ethel—Ystnms, he hasn't even sae Minns—WAIL *Ws all right Lions TMs Hefe"iNNI hadn't teao fa warn. (llogst het