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