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The Signal, 1898-10-20, Page 5THE NIGHT CLERK'S STORY, A FACE esu ..ERuK A very bad attack of the Grippe ems year ago lest winter left my, syglein hi., wry weak state and my nervous system completely unstrung. After getting over the dangerous stags, of the disease I naturally expected to gain strength, bat, unfortunately, did no- do w. On bks contrary, my blood b.ieame wether, daily loot strength and vitality, and My stereos/ system became so weak this it was a constant *puree of suffering both day and flight. I lest sepiolite, the sight of food arrested the, the weak stat, of my system caused shortness of breath and unnatural action of the ,heart, such as fluttering and violent palpitahun, ono my face was like chalk. 1 was in this condition and constantly getting weaker when 1 began taking Dr. Ward's Blood and Nerve Pills. I had read the books they dirtributed and their advertisements in the papers, and thought, " Well, 1 have taken so much medicine without benefit it is useless to spend any more money. However, l finally made up my mind. It is a forlorn hope! I can but try. 1f I am not benefited I will not be hurt. So 1 bought one box and received great benefit therefrom, sea continued their use, and today am a matinee in consequence; my blood is strong, my face has the ruddy hue of health, my appetite has returns& 1 sleep well, 1 have not the slightest i.. dications of nervousness or heart trouble, and from a sick, weak, nervous man De Ward's Blood and Nerve Pills have transformed me in six weeks to full health and areagth." I am yours very truly, (St.ggted) WiLLIAM WILLARD, .Night Clark Grand Central Hotel, Peterbere, Dr. Ward's Blood and Nerve Palliate sold at 3oc. per box, 5 boxes for gi.00 at druggists, or mailed on receipt of pries by THE DOCTOR WARD CO., Limited, L1Victoria Street, Torment. Book of - ormatan fro... at.«t.. Dr. Daniel O. Brinton contributes as article on "Popular Seperetftlotts of &t- rope" to The Century. Dr. Brenton rye: G bests were naturally more n u niettes le earlier conditions of society, for then Inas had to many souls. Now we are centre with one, and then are some who try to maks us doubt even that modest allow. ane, but In the good old days each pue son was credited with sevens There wee one, for Instance, which belonged ti les body and must abide in It or death wood arrive; then then was the dream soul, which. I have said, might wander through ficost and specie as will during sleep, and, mere imeartaat, ata many. la rehsames soul, that which ghee us distinctive I. divtduillty In our personal rues, and, not to continue the Iles to • tiresom, length, them was the bone soul, which se manned in the bones after the body had pared to duet The last mentioned ens of peculiar value, for on la per istr to ds prided the chanes foe rtsurrectlon Into Ila ea earth. The faith In this was nigh ural• venal. When the booty ut Elijah wooled the dry boner of the long dead warn" they clothed themselves In flesh end wile restored to living beings. The rabbis taught that especially In the hose luta the last of the spinal vertebra, dwelt the spirit of the dreamed. 1s Is Indestroctl. hie, say they, and nos even • strong nail With • sledge banner can break it TOBACCO HEART, 7'y HAVE, y.. been emok- -eli3O:e J ing • good deal lately and feet /M.n twin et cocod pantaal e+HEAR Ta , Are you short,( i ,, R G NEPVE ' 1 round yourbts1 breath. nerves \4acbinged lease of pins and needles *FIN irons through year 11 arm and pagers? Better take • box or twee Milburn's Heart and New Pills and get cared bafas things become too serines. Hen's what Mr, Jots James, of Caledonia. Oat. has to say abed them : " I hew had s•rioas heart trouble for four years. eaasad by roseate' use of tobacco At times my heart would beat very rapidly and then seemed to stop beating only te *ssam.aoe again with ma/Aural rapidity. "Thu unhealthy action of my had abased shortness of breath, weakness sad debility. I tried many medicines sad smut a great dell el stoney but add not get any help Lad November, betrayer, I read of . man, afflicted like mrself, being ewr.d by Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pill.. lease to Roper's drug store and bought • let 'When I had finished taking` it I was M mach better I bought another bot tad this the °ere. My been bee nos bottierP eed me Mow, and I 00041 recommend all suffer rm from bead tad Serve trouble, oared by easessive meet gobaeoo to give Milburn'. Mere sad Nerve Pills a fair and faithful trial." Prins 500 • box ora boxes for 11.26, .a druggists. T. Milburn sit Os., To,nntoy,, OM- M1esmPU1.0 sore W ggqsla held lbs. DR. FOWLiIt'S sxT-OF WILD STRAWBERRY euR[s DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY • - SUMMER COMPLAINT. I►rlee net.tear. ell aereet evens ',were.. Mar •nit •esus.•,• C' eaa gevaaw •- i# HEIRESSES FUR CASH. American Girls Hawked About Europe Like Merchandise. /TORT OF A FSEMCM COUNTESS. reslerabil errata. Amens the We- Wlty an • Maslow write - Lance■t also Wb. Unwittingly Pay Per Their gtasaesb en the l.m.ltareat elan. ti-Comtus .Lumen deCbauvaune, who was Mir Amide Bonsit before her unfor- tunate marriage Into the French nobility, mammies to write a book In which elle will gall the story of her life. She will endeavor so portray true W life the greedy, unecru- pulous set of foreign aristocrats who look upon American girlies their especial prey rhe will ten just what they think of un- suspecting asuspecting American glrle who accept their protestations of friendship and are fleeced and sold and laughed al to return "It is sl easy," says the countess, "to delude the poor tial., American girl. What does she know about titled pertunages ex- npt from the pages of novels/ Wben she aWlr'rfM or ell aCVaxir& U first introduced Into the arlstocretie air ries ot the Faubourg Rt Gernsel°, she is amazed with the high sounding titles atsnrt her. How can elm know that she is en rrr a nded by • heartless snot' speculators who tolerate her damply because they hops to make money out of her? How own .ls te'I that every one of them 1s trying to reach Om depth of bar purse and when she has been plucked she will be thrown aside as e worthless lemon peel! S be meets t M Printer de Sagan, Id me ledfnrd, the Counter of Craven, mother of the Karl of Craven; the Duchess de Huffrememt Pbe 1s flattered- Her filly little heart beats high She Is delighted with these ladies. She 1. Introduced le men of the nobility. Who to ten lbw that the marquis who over bur hand has entered into alk t with the sordid matchmaker•at whtr•h he has already rellnqulsbed • certain share of her fortune! "One or the other of the mends earls rites bee to Worth's. fir tweet ..f la twin opine, le 11 not, to take an Interest in la petite Amer -Maine, to see that she is dewed In good forret! Who Is there to enlighten the girl, to tell her that her titled friend retelves • oomm5se10u from Worth for the •rrvtnw she dose! N hen new Ame ie.os arrive 1n Paris, their names, please of Itwmldence on this gide and their Pari ola n addresses are at one•s published in The America's Ltrtgteeter. a newspaper whirls has a very large local lirculallon. for renenns which you ran beadily sea Then naps and particulars are easily Obtained at the honking houses. where newcomers generally roport them seine at once, and are Invaluable to the els of people wbo make . specialty of be Ing attentive for • don.Ideratfon to wealth and society and ambitious dr*nger. In terpretera and guides flock to the rodent snivels, proffer their earvl0s and if en gaged manage to learn everything pn.slble oonoerntng their employer's circuit] gum cee home standing and social aapfratlons "This information has • distinct money value and Is made the mad of, hat some of the titled society mongers disdain such snbrns of knowledge and prefer to form their opinions and plan their eampalgns from personal ohn rvatlon and the prudent inquiries of their awn servitors. These ladies mad gentlemen frequent such planes as the beautiful °Dart and approaches to the Grand hotel, • recognized fashionable rendezvous, mud make acquaintance with the right kind of people for their purples, with oonanmm.ts art and skill. "Being careful to observe the ontwsrd form of the mod punctilious and serene - nom. courtier. the Patlalnn after some del Irate preliminary skirmishing cable upon the Americana, who are generally only too dell ',ted to be taken rap quhkly or kindly by position or mantes bank and metal t'fsttra A plesese t inttim•ey is at ems stabliabete end ale obliging nen► as- lwsfnntttfvnl e..t takes by or ler American aeraataand invitations aextremely taemdyD • very delightfn) way Bet all bble does not as 11 seems, awing from mere enjoy meat of the nherms of A mewlean compo fonehlp "When Mme l* Marquise lntrntincee hs new Amierkan Inlisa.a.s to her own °"'diste cit las own espial** tred,•ps°Pht 0.. reedy= • ImbtftaMMI11M11ssMdnn iron her tradesmen far His IN& apt of kind 5111 Whoa Ihg dgilaaftly Mata that for toms menial 061111111011111011111 et gamier elry.ne» are-M.a.a-y, lie ptreheaing •f "howl so lee. odd • l fo. y .bra M hale Mon ‘8017 many. M -Wbuc.the tradespeople et 'Woe area s a rnle, fate said Lomat la Malt d.•I1ngs with tteeMlseelgwM —a la alba.. .Inns I naistwd wpm 11 OW - -_- 1' 011.1. Internet wh.r 1,1111111100.011106" r • onmMtes ad ttkla. b'saalla 11• War' nhsre's Tse.. Pithiest, ala MIA. sire gee a titbit r "I'M • pe rm ea aM teener mases to the Intrt.dtlpte that the estnbllth olein le the proper thing In Its ILtu. "Opets bona are rented la Paris by the year, and u well u.en*ge:d can be made quite a paylog letcs(nit e. For instances the Marquise de St. Paul, an *rioter -rat to btr finger tips, dune not feel like golug to the opera ',ere elebt-.very night 1" not faeblunabla•-so natal dttuutereeted flint persn suggests to L.rr Atuuri'.sn moment *noes that It w.itd give her and hers a very desirable oe i,d stomp to be aro la the lex of the marquise.. "The matter of Money is easily sr ranged. It would be a graceful w•k•.o,sl edgmnnt of the toanlulse's courtesy In allowing than the caw of her bon to con tribute • certain sow to that lady's choir Itable fund, and the contribution is made most willingly. The marquise, however, being • flnn believer In the adage that charity begins at home, pereta p•reon.11y and satisfactorily by the transaction. "Where there Is •daughter awbeluus to own a ::ale a wider field of operations is entered upon. There are crowds of envoy erlsbed suione of noble nominee w bo are only too willing to barter potation fur wealth, and one of these being selected as e ligible he Is obliged to sign a regular contract speollylug exactly how touch of bis prospective wife's fortune he will pay to the arletocratlo matchmaker In the event of his marrying her doar young American friend. Sometimes where there M a dowry the amount is paid down, and again It 1s mild to much by the month, so that there are niauy American girls who quite unconsciously bare literally paid fur their buslmnds on the Installment pl•o." GHASTLY VENGEANCE. Tit !last Draesatle Poeae seer Witnessed _ 5. a Nepal Court Oseet the stransreet of Span lab romances li that of the beautiful lues de Castro The scene is laid In Lisbon, bus to those days the Sp.nteh and the Portuguese were ono people. Portugul for a long tlme was under the political mntrol of Spain, and the royal houses of the two were so clorly allied that only the experts In heraldry could differentiate their branehea The story Is of Ines de Castro, a Spanish prin- cess of Castile, who contrscratl a love alli- ance with Isom Padre, the cern prince of Portugal. She had been first maid of honor to Constancla, the wife of thecruwn prince, and after the death of this lady Pedro in 1334 persuaded Inez to o0nse0t to a secret marriage. Tbe alll.noe was against the wishes of King Alfonso, and Marine a temporary absence Ines was as- assetnssed by three murderers hired by the king. When I'edro returned and learned of the crime, he was so inturl.ted that his friends bad the utmost difficulty In pre venting him trent attempting the king's lite Hb revenge tame titre gibes be nee- ceeded to the throne Upon Investigating the papers of his father be dlaooverttd the names of the.ssassfna They had fled, and one escaped his vengeance. but the other two were arrested, one In France, the oth- er In Italy. and both were returned M Spain They were put to death with the most frightful tortures that the ingenuity of the executioners could det;ise. Their bodies were burned, their area scattered. After bbo wet of revenge Pedro produced the certificate of his warrf•ge to In... caused the wither to the ceremony and the priest wbo had performed It to appear before lbs royal council and thus estab- lished beyond a doubt the fact that Ines was hts lawful wife Thea mane the most dramatlo scene Oyer entne•sed In a royal court. The body of Ines was{ disinterred, dressed In queenly robes an4 placed upon a throne by the side tel ate ltlig The condition of the body was such as to matt the utmost horror in those who beheld lt, and finally the king was induced to allow the tape of the corms to be covered but otherwise would permit no change In the $rrangvn.enta A .OUT* re- oeptlon was held, the king seated himself on the theme beside the corpse, and one by one the nobles, the prober, the high dignitaries of the land, approached and did obel,anos to the body, kissing the hem of the dead queen's nibs. Tbe 'Gory le char- acteristically Spanish. Ruch an Incident would be Impossible among the Anglo Saxon races. It could happen only among the Mins. But Spanish annals are full of sorb ghastly tales. The critics have found lit- tle historic basis for the story of Bernardo del Carplto, .rd pee every Spanish annalist g ives 1t as • fact and brakes i*s deabls as horrible as the coronation of Ines. Nor time all th.'trag*c.l romances confined 10 Um Spaniards, ter flee Moors had their Own and the story of BoabdII crossed In llae, rebelling, deposing his father from tea Shiers and himself awcuming the seep fife, L M tragical as any story of the Span lab *Isle Tbe tale of the Abencerrags ✓ ef of the frightful arngeance taken by iilobamtsed III of Grenade in the kOgebery of a wings family for the ,lobs of his karat'week by onset itean knee tied DUD 1:101fe• 1615 o0 TAR THRolrt the dnry of the erection of the Alhambra by a Moorish prince to gratify the tastes of his favorite spoor are tales which breathe the true spirit of Spain. Nor L the romans extinct, for nn story t• wilder than that of Isabella II, twice • queen, twice an exile, living tore her son ascend the throne and her grandson ruling the nation over whoee dr'sttnls she once pre sided. It may be that the wild Temente elm e mentf- elem of the Spanish character has some- thing to do with the degeneracy of the race. it may be that the romantIOlsm Y • symptom of the degeneracy, hut then le evldeney a "moo...'... v"twer the two r. Hie Miner. Mr. Realms (at his swabore oMtege)- My dear, piers tell our daughter to dtng something ler doleful. Mrs. Reelove-That Isnot our daughter, any love. That le the fog horn. -New York Weekly. •o Remetememeastes. Ooldshnrough-Yon may say what you Rkr*beet Bilslusllt.hut .e•'s tta.ggodels_ his word. Poindexter -Bet ennsder how many bad words be nes!-Detroit Free Paw. Attlee and •o.aetive. "This war eritictsre reminds me of the emo ilstere she keep my boarding boose. " "How's th.tt" "One dam the work and the ether des fM grumbling."-Cbiny0 Reiumd. The Wenn." Chasse. Mrs 1.psek-The philosophers tsll ns that bl•seingaoften mm, to no In Ahern/IP. Mr. Napaek (with a madden show of .pelt) -Bay, Marla, wbea are you going at naaaskf-Cieveland ieader. p.: alp«. A11/re'PvI$* r"11 uiIdM71•nll you won the hen" ribbon, se *0 "nasi, tt Me 'sis.M tans for tine Men srelee," "I --air--wesid hardly .all it that." as- gweted the istbi.16bag fan. "Lease fes. 1 mos the red tape "--Indlitimeelll Jeer- er! FOOD FOR THOUGHT. WE NEVER WILL BE MISSED. The earth well not in grief disband, When you and i are gone, '7' will hang out at the .some old stand When you and i are gone. The little "super" part we play Will be forgotten in a day; .JV 11 be just like some last year's- When ea'sWhen you and t are gone. And men will read our epitath, When you and i are gone, And of its import lightly chaff, When you and I are gore. The world will still be dust as glad; Our children even, -oh, /ww sad! - May call some other fellow "dad" When you and i are gone. A MEAN INSINUATION. A woman doesn't mind it ff•• she isn't richly dressed; And she's seldom ell at ease because Her gowns are not the best. N nth perfect firmness she can fact The crowd, however great, If she's only/tall-way certain that • She leas her feat on straight` They talk about a woman's sphere, As though et has a limit: There's not a place on sea or short, /here's not an office, shop, or stmt, There's not a spot beneath the sun {There aught worth while is being d.ne, 11'ithout a woman in it. DIDN'T REMIND HIM. 1■4 the 15.te.er'. Kl erliaesa Only ae- rate • lbsasfisee. Perhaps the story of I31. entire loci • dent will relieve the streiued relations sow existing between the parties in in- termit. They am • certain dote town merchant, his wife and hie butcher, all prosperous and highly respected per- .ouage., the merchant and the botcber being decidedly chummy uutil of late. One forenoon receetly the butt-ber•n wagon slopped in front of the mer- ibant's residence on second aveuue, the driver proceeding to carry in a big fat turkey, a pair of ducks, a leg of mutton ands whole sirloin a pork. "Some mistake," rid the woman Of the house so her attention was called 1' the wbolesale stock piled up of the kitchen table. "No, it's all right, mum. The boat told me to leave 'em and say nothiu. Number's on the basket, and he epjke to me peslic•!sg 'bout these goods." "Ob, he did? Told you to leave tbilrn and say nothing. did he? Well, you just pack those things out to your wsgou again, take them, every one, tack and tell the bdtaher that we don't run • ho- tel or boarding house; that when we want things we'll order them. and that it will probably be a tong while before we'll again want anything from him. 'Just leave them!' Tbe impertineuo5 of the man." All this was faithfully reported, the butcher was to mad ,bat be forgot and out the move oat of the next order be - tare weighing it, and be and the mer- chant have rant spoken since. The trnth is that it watt the n.ercbaut's birtb,Ilsy Wben the things were gent, they being a dight token of the butcher's steam. He had incidentally learned of what in many families is a forties' occasion, but nejt,her the merchant nor his wife so mach ■s remembered that tt was hie birthday. -Detroit Free Press Aaewereet by the Parrot. A parrot owned by an Areb street physician gave signs of possessing "sl moat human intelligence" the other night. A party of young folks were ou the lawn and were spending an hour 111 guessing riddles. Finally • young lady asked, "Why deo» a dog turn around twice before he lite down?" Before anybody onnld answer the par- rot croaked, "One gond tarn deserves another." -Philadelphia C.IL She Evrd Her By.. - Miss °batter -I knew you would be here today t0 see dotter. Mr. Ondler (interrogatively) -Into - Dion? Miss Chatter -No. Observation. Yon always appear on the same day that Ethel refuses onions at dinner. -Metro- politan. The ('.mwtw.vlbte sago. "It ie a little and an easy thing," laid the Cumminaville sage, "to give • sonny anile and a cheerful word to the downtrodden and unfortunate. The only drawback is the danger that it nosy en- courage him to try to borrow money from yon."-Cinoidhatl Enquirer. Revl.ed Answer. "Is life worth 'Wing?" was at one time a moob quoted question, to which the most popular answer wee that "it depended no the liver." Nowadays ■ poorly paid and hardworked clergy- men replies that "it depends on 'the living.' "-Punch. Reber" CewrtMN. "The new boarder has not maid • word about the meals yet," said the boarding boar mistress. "No, I ielieve he's • very religions man." replied one of the victims. - Yonkers Statesmen. (tore Per lwertmala. "i've morel my hnsb•nd's insomnia." "Row Aid you do int" "Pretended i was ill, and the (Metre istl medicbre which Hoary was to give me every half boort all eight long. "- Vanity Fair. ' 'tirerasf s Thorne. "Witty, 1 snippet* y0e won't write to Ise at 011 now yon are married?" "Yes, 1 will, Non. Jack's awfully swot, 0t creme, hat It can't alk to Lint pleatmy mew eloI .u." -Chiesa" inset?.:, r Jot Mer Leek. Conductor -No, ma'am. This air' the car you want. Parrenger-It isn't, Goodness mel I Ifbppose it, it was the car I wanted you wouldnit have stopped. -New York World. At What Aare b+1E0a Itereeestr The musclee, in common with all the organs of the body, have their stages of development and decline. Oar pbyrioal strength increases up to a oertain age and then decreases Tattle of the strength of several thonsands of people have been made by means of a dynamoo'rret (strength measurer), and the follow are given as the avenge figures for the white nee: Tbe "lifting power" of a youth of 17 years 1s 980 pound& In his twentieth year ,bis immature to 820 pounds, and in the thirtieth and thirty-first years it reaches is height, 856. pounds At the end of the thirty fleet year the strength begins to declite, very slowly at first ' By the fortieth year it has decreased eigbt pounds, and ends diminution con- tinues at a slightly increaring rate until the fiftieth year •is reached, when the figure is 830 pounds. After this period the strength fails r*etteemore rapidly' until the weak - nem of old age ie rencbed. 1t is not pea side to give .tetistice of the decline of strength after the fiftieth year, as it varies to • large extent in different in divides's. -Strand Magazine. Contusion •t These Dinners. In hie dieing room Sir Joshua Rey. g olds coustautly entertained all the best known men of hie time, including Dr Jobnron, Ooldsmitb, Garrick, Burke, Sterne, Hogarth, Wilkes, Allan Ram. say and a score of others, who formed the brilliant Literary club of which the g reat painter was the founder. There doubtless in the familiar lines of tin author of "Retaliation," White they talked of their Rapbaels, Gwent sloe end n uff, He shifted hie trumpet and only took seas. At these dinner parties, according tc Malone, though the wine and the dishes were of the beet, there seemed to be ■ tacit agreement that mind should pre dominate over body. Tbe table, we err told, though set only for eevenoreight, often bad to accommodate double that number. There wan usually a deficiency of knives, forks and glasses, and thl guests had to bawl for more supplies, while the brat calmly left every one tc shift for himself, though he lost not e word, if he could help it, of the oonver- sation.-London Telegraph. Asetesprt.tet ethane.. Some people have peculiar notions cal what is "appropriate." Some time ern • resident of a neighboring town war preaching at the Gladstone jail and prefaced his remarks by regretting fhe mall attendance. At a race meeting held at — a band was engaged to play "appropriate music." and it was found that the numbers selected were from Moody end Sankey. "Go Bury Thy Sor row" was min of them, and the other. were all equally "appropriate." Christtnan religious service was held at the lora) jail and hymn' imitable tt the occasion were of tonne selected Tbe first sine was "Free From the Law, Oh, Happy Condition." end the lad. "We'll Neper Leake This Safe Abode, • Refuge In the Time of Storm." TM funny aide of it all appealed to some of the inmates, and the intended goal of hot d the service was lost -Adelaide WS. A Pettit et t7eaaefesee, Mamas. -Baby, dear, yam meet say that you are very worry for saying "shan't" M trued& (Pante). Now, say you are vary sorry, dear. Baby (after a henget and more pelnhl piano -Rat, mamma dear, isn't 11 mem aawghty to tall wtekad eery that to arty "shoal" to Itelftlle?-Ptlaoh. SAWLGti .X O.IiTING. Hew the peettl.■ Arrest. Our Datl.s.l I'ru.p.rlty. The qusstloo how before she Quebec conference whleb most vitally rniteer.s the people of /he ermine* of Cheerio 1s. that of the retettiole or abraon of see • slating provincial statute lying all sawlogs cot on the Crown in to to YND lab lumber before - exportation. Tbe parer of this enactment, with the praetlyd.approval of the whole .ouotry IrrMpeMtyat of party linos, bas born Llt- lNsnted by the tinge and inttuentlnl slam of Atnerloan Iun,Lenusn mud mill *tenets to whose internee the inmp oltlon a • duty or g2 per thousard nn Cana dean lumber 'sported to... the (tubed B15tes wet lie. '1 he re opening of inter national questions by the Quebec confer ensu offers theist a whetted tor opportunity to bring to beer the resource; of diplom- acy with a view 10 this abolition of the unwelcome restrlotlun In rater.' for wino, Inadwluat oonesenlon or simply as • makewelghs ",o curry through ,.tine in- ternational agresu+en1 of Lor less impart• Ince to the Canadian peed., that 'he principle involved in its maintenance.' Forest P than The subject of preserving the forts so as to provide for the timber supply of the future and at the name time retain those conditions of climate and moisture essential to agricultural prosperity has for some years occupied the attention of the tiovernmtent. Some Imperial's ad' v+ux'm have been mad.' In the direction of forest preservation by the establish- ment of • system of are ranging which nam greatly dlminiebed IbgJ,rctlueney and deatruetivener of bush fire., 6rYlI"i4scnes 501.-b..,. ' rt'7y1•tt-notanty silat 01 Algonquin Park_rsb.r.111,1 whNclt-will grow profitably nothing elite she!' trees may be permanently d: voted to that pur pose. The recently constituted Forestry Commission may be expected to male 1wrtb•r r.eemteesdesioe for meas .este• of the policy of regarding our woodlands as a perpetual source of supply and pre- venting the premature exhaustion of :be timber by reckless cutting and lank of doe precautions to scour. a future crop. The A merlton people, like ourselves, had • magnlaoent natural baritage 4n-*belr pine forams, which, if jndlctou=ly pre served, would have yielded an mmpl• supply for many generations to come, If not for all time. These have been de- stroy.d by mutate methods of cutting •nd the neglect 4v take the most obvious metbode of providing fo: their reproduc- tion, The principal sources of the supply of whir mine remaining to them are the forests of Michigan. Wisoon.fu and Min- nesota. in the former State very lithe remains and the timber of Wisconsin and Mta•w5. W to repidig,opplumMeinnese point of exhaustion that, 11 the present rate of cutting oontlnues, a very few years will witness la total disappearance. As the supply In Michigan farad the Iambertnen of that Sate have been In Monroe nor degree sopplenienling the deficiency by securing Ontario timber limit and rafting the loge *oras to their own mills. 'I'bey hays largely furnished the supply of loth* lumber required 1n increasing quantities by New York State and New England, wbl:otheotherNorth- w•etern Satee find their prinnlpal market 1n the Welt. To rear, the )•.tern market for th.msel e. the Mlchlgan jun, hirers suoo.i0) In having a duty of $2 par thousand feet imposed upon':anadlan lumber -at the snore tin.e that they were Irene Mg more completely depenflunt upon u. for their raw material. Under the eircumetan','., to penult thein to an- eaue to ttrlp our forests, giving the very least pns.ILle nem n In oho way of In- vestment of carnal or etnploynu•nt for labor here, would be simply W give them every Induren,en' anti Incentive to keep uptheir tar1R on our lumber. Pleweers .f aettlrrent. Our saw m111 Industry has done much to build up the back country. The Mtn barman hie done the pioneer work, and where mills and factorfee have been built labor has toned permanent einolr.ymeoi, merobsntt have eatahllshed themselves and farmers lava found a home market for their produce. Many prosperous eom munition acknowledge the lumis•r trade as the main factor upon which their wel tare depend. Let conditions be changed. Let the mills be elo.wf down or removed actor the line, enol no money is spent In the manufacturing branch of the In- dustry. and many towns and village, will be ruined. The American. Ilmltaalder whose Interna are all in SIlnhigan will simply tarn to exploit the timber on hie holding as quickly a. p,.,lble• and it will 001 take him long to do It. 'Then In plate of ban, thriving eon ennitle. there will merely remain s wilderness of stamps and .orubbr ;Imbue or a fire. devastated waste. The Iahor will have followed the logs over •the lone. The numerates ether braneheef of tedus..y and nommwce which are dependent upon lumbering and In their turn furnish em• ployment fbr labor and lnvlrtmcnt for [_pial will also have taken their depsr tare. - ere oar weed -Working I.d..trle. ARert.d, A wee and Judi:lowt pollny of ent'our aging hums industries demand' that our lmsst products sbonld be given to the lentil In as complete •end tlnlehrt a stem of mnnnenctan an pns•ltde Wa shall not to prodigal of our raw material if we have profited by the warning conveyed by the s'pe•rlenee of our nelght:ors-for we now know that our fore.m are by nn 105004 "ineebsnatlhlefv' but can be two sanity nerd up unlit., carefully ho.•M,,d ed. N hatwe 'Moffitt aim at le to nevt.op not merely the lumbering Indietry but the further and filler pro-e.esse or ivauu facture for whlrh Mintier or wood In some form furnl•hee the prinnin.l raw material. Tia+ preieoos of a petrma'et.t lumber manaf•oture enommragse ant. e timulatee these stilled 11.doatetee .run 'as carriage and .mon bulldmg, furnl Lure manufacte'rtng, paper mills. the making of pale. Marvel. and w'seienwore g enerally, sash. deer and blind factories. Then there ..re Icdue'les 1n wtoI the coarse lune rte and the refuse of 'be Sun, - ber mill emu tit• worsted up to •Otantsare whleh ongitt o brava nems a.oraroomful. y 'unitise then ha. been the rase. Now. 11 our prowlnn. It to become niers', • fl^'d of explotatl vo for three who. having r.ekles.lr need up tn.'r own raw meter ta:, come here so ampply themnsl,em, .11 these other subsidiary indnarls will he pursued at a dleadvanaire ■rad revelop men* in thin devotion will he thanked, 1 e"trial 4 been (*else'. The Comedian lnmherman whether of native or foreign north, who eslahtlsb pW mweicitifi• etr►iillt• r IY art the general pro.perliy of the notry. The outsider who merely 0011110 hei• to tab cot loge not only has no such con- cern In Canada's welfare, but is interest- e d In melding tip a rival coountry. it has been the nhject of the Government to g.t the Inmhnrmen to co-njaerre with ahem 10 economizing the forests. and .n to se5Mlsh the indaewy nn • lading Mets A Canadian mill owner who as a entre and • large Invs4r of rwpltal has the future w.11 -being cit the ereintry et heart w111 far more readily fail 1n with the idea of forest prmservatIon and the manful menterment of him tinkling as a perman- ent investment than the American she MVO nothing for our future sad merely wants M gel all he mean eat of the emin- try as golekly and with es little outlay es posetbls. The ahasulmis Ignitor lord Is es grsat aa Insslfe. M preepeMty as the s1.agem landlord. Cambia Onetrels the sitm.tl... Oa dos* tlhs wtntessaee of the pre latest sr Om expert of loge insane raa+.rr.,.n wlu0 temporary lust eu this rutn.u..+--au remittent wbluh In view o' all the facts ought not to weigh an Institut. Support bug that wider the pn•.eure of a Vuvt+v throned AwerWan deu..ad sueh MIs sure to follow the final dlutppearanoe of tee Aueorican white pine, the whole of our pine timber uoul t be cut and shlp pal off In loge Inside of eau years -.•r ow year. '1be gain to the revenue wird. Ina process lasted would be enoru0u4 -but at Its close we should tea stripped of the natural write which, rightly huslooded and judloluusty uttllmd, would have made us permanently pro.p+rws and bull up our Industries upon no enduring hurls. In a Very few yearn the Americans must look to us both for lumber and wool pulp, and It they choose to IoItuue their policy of imposing an Import duty they will have to pay it themselves, as they w4l1 have no native product to keep down the prloe by competition. - If we should remit them to Iniport10,. thucuutluued supply of Atnerionn suwu lumber which had Wild no duty would to an 'tegument In favor of their keeping up this duty on Canadian lumber. The gr lug Auatrlomtn demand Inuit be supplied by the Cana- dian tomato In one form or other. It le to our interest W ane that It she0itl be mot lu the wwy that will give Can.dlats the u'auo10 peafble m'vantage In the tuanufactunng of she aruclu Nettie. all this expenditure of canted and eunpluyu.uo: Of resident labor involved, and not stmt fits our fu'.0 res for the very trlflut;; and temporary benefit of all b.crea.wwl r. •en'ue for a few year. FAHRENHEIT .THERMOMETER. Coa.erel s_t10 Mas Wire Inyeu ted This "iiesearer erliest sad fold. Ii septemb*''17ia,-"Itibrlet Daniel Fahrenheit died to 11ol1an4 probably at Amsterdam, In which rite e Ifid .e!tlest martyampreviously, end where he found mor* suitable scow tar 41 saW.tlan re . enrolees than at Denizli, ills (? $ sea port 1n northeast Germany, where he wan born on May 14, leen. Till jest befcre the seventeenth century men Gould eine mate the temperature by their personal feelings oily, but several attempts were then melte, to treasure the degree of heat or cold by tuts containing spirits of wine, olI and other aubotnnce,. Inroad of the first and all of three, Fahrenheit 1n 1711 substituted mercury, or quick silver, whlob 1s a metal naturdly fluid He selected for bis scale as aero (a name derived from the same Arabia word as "cipher," and signifying "nothing" 1 the lowest temperature olwerved by him at Danizlg during the winter of ilou, which he found was that produced by mixing equal quantities of snow end salammon- ),N4 procottlAtlut anile., and the elutes lets - toren this point and that to which the mercury rose when expanded by the heat equal to that of boiling wa:rr, or plung- ing the thermometer tato boiling water. be divided about the year 1720 Into 212 parte. Mounties the eelertlon of the freezing point of water as zero, which was trade about 1750 by Kane Antoine Ferobanit de Re.umnr, *11 Meat from Feb. 28, 1638, till Oen.° 17,.1757, was simplerreadier, more 6nnlller. and natural. The system wan adopted also In 1712 by Anders Ce:Plus, the rwsll,h astienoaaer and physicist, who lived from 1701 1111 1754, and whoa' thermometer In divided Into 1110 degrees between the freezing point And boiling point of water, as Reautmur'n 1s divided Into eighty. It Is therefores generelly dbstingufshe.l a. the "centrlgrado" or nl a "hundred steps," and 1s the one etnpinyed In other parte of the Europeen continent, and for international purposes. "THEY CALL ME CHARLIE." - 14.1 HI. tomp•'Jon Wad, •urprlyd to ,find I1111. r'awmsndrr-In-r hie!. Anyone who ha. known whnt It I. to watt -day alter day In some nut of the word nook fir letters which were +.11 th.• time safely reposing in souse neglected corner of s sleepy post office can approci ate the. Gory that Is told of Lord \Vol.° ley by Mr. Nourse, who was with Hcr Mnjesty'e foyer through the Soudan a.tsp.tgn. At Kortl Nntree went Mtn the post once to lo tk after tome letters. The per- suasive was • native end not !much used to handwriting. He made a •uferflclnl e xamination of is Mg pile of lettere, and while he was holing them over is nutti with nothing to dealgnette his rank emu. into the -Oboe. He took In the alta,tlon at • glance. "l.es'. ober 1h1e thing nut." h. said. They jumped raft the counter and two Deeded to "clear It out" by tint bundling out the pcelmanter. Then ihny 1terin a careful exatnlnatlon of the hist office and found it oongested with mall for fhb army. They ecarohod every nook and cranny, thrnwtng the lettere for eneh regiment Into a different pile, and heap• Intl op n11 the npwepapore in the .'entre of the room. 'Then they want through each pile and separated It into companies. Before night every letter wap In .ramp and dletrlbuted and the nett dor the parer* were nut. enures did not knuw the name of hie rompanlon In the I.eu.vnlant deed. and when he oinked the anewnr war. ' They oall me Charlie." Sonia time after Nola est found 11 necessary to see the nonrenandat.t, and, sitting under the fent to whlrh he hal been directed, he Paw his eo1upatnon of the pont office. "Hello, Charlie'" he .mid. "I'm look Ing for the commandant. Where shall I find lime" "lt'ell," 41111 Charlie, "you won't have tae look 'a:. I'm the cnnimamlant. ('nate -eerie and have a 1.11 to eat and drink." It wan Lord Wolseley. A 11.1.,e a Ina VrrA..1. "Why doesn't some wainan start a Bible Club one of these dee.," says the woman .Who Glome not usually believe in Globe "and do the world a great servicer" The Bolton Chrletlan Register said creamily "A large part of the llteratnrd of the world le becoming unintelligible to this generation thrnngh the lark of ability to understand quoatlona from the Hlhle. Allunlnnt to .eyinge end 'venni whtch our father' would und.reand at a glance now signify nothing to many renders." Seo and an 15 50 and on, e4 the Bede ✓ ye, rid v woman the other Any, given' • gmorettnn from Milton. TAO, areaes an ignorance of Milton I1 wt II at the Billie. Lot It Is wife to any that the tenet• w'titaisa jt.carstn tbsia,,Ikgght$aseaaasb►f g clnerally. If there was a club And the 111511. was team tip se Moraine. It might tome into fashion again an rwaAing matter Tren.parea Prssrl. Colonel -What Maine you think this man Is shamming! Captain -He claims that his Illnen le doe to the bed water. Colonel -Well. that has played havoc with • good many of the boy.. Why may 1t not he rsepon.ible for hie trouble! Captain -Ten evidently evan't under sand. This men 1s trona Kentocky.- CuIeatlo News. leder. "DM you ever hear of • snoewfnl meet order," the. yonmeert Mwrder ' eked, "that was era solely to the interest of women,' "They do see " Asbnry Peppers said, "'lhat in *fie Aspss+*ment ,tares the wanes art faddy stett•ils served la tlal4asps "-oiestaww tapaira r. frasetresenf WOMEN OFTEN .OBJECT W31ea We kmb•ad or .nn joiss a Court M • Sorlaty brow it taker up one or two suable a month. but wham they are bereaved of thew helpmeet .u.1 re- ai.. the ln.uraaa so long worked and piauod for by the loved one who has faun called bene, *ponce e6ang.. q,eckly. ,There• .re in. .,ranger freed. of th. Oa..dlem Order we ..,essays thaa the Iwo widows and orphans who h... • bees kept from possible west and au. arty by the Issue. awe and Sick Benefit moneys paid by the Souety. 1'311s is nota chanty, to mosey is fairly earned, •ad .ot the least part of the aoesideratios to the . alt-secriacing work of the Brethren who Owed lodge .rad conduct the business, of the society w ab- out fee or pria for their Services It is for the benefit a/ wires, sons .d daughter*, fathers and mothers. that the C.U.F. carrier os ite great work, and its noble principle+ have hese amply su.tai1ed by Ca..rban wo.unhood. Benefits. 'b wart '..hd. far Sick and Finer 7 e a and the attendance cgs skated physician during .eaa,a The I1.gb Court gives a weekly alinwaece el from Ss to Ss during ,line.* or disability M pro- t in the Seis and Funeral lf.nefit Law. Karl os death of a member contribute. i.P toward. bM fum eal expenses. After satisfactory proof of the death of • mane bar in guns standing, the wife. children, or desig- nated payees of deceased. receive front the Order ,,a.unt of insurance provdd for, ss named .a their Insurance Certificate or Certiacatea, elm" may be $so'• amen, 5,.3.01 $o..1. r Fo,..r. .hrther particulars enquire of any of W Offers or Members of the Ueda, or address , E. ELEIOTT. Tiers WB)TF, JrC d., t.gves1. Mize -Ser'7. Br.MJMi et EENST OARTUNG, Beisrlfkrt. AtI UM N STYLES. ------.,--• risw•a sad • Hats 1'.r Lae Dela, roster ereatler-A YIIItItis awwa. Brecht) silks, '1r onssellnee eye' -sole got,' - ed with embroidery end made up over light silk end chnug'+nble taffeta wall employed for minuet] reception t.dlew. las fancy being allowed full play as regards , those costumes to be wore by tbs bootees , and her redstarts. Felt hats of all onion are worn In beige, pearl 'gray, 'putty, rose, mauve, Riede and sanitise delicate tints and are trimmed with pinnies, which are arranged In clue- . Gens et the Aide or In a fan In front, fas- tened by a jeweled ornament. Cutbroldered felt and felt c ovore d with lncrnstratlons are new and very rich, requiring little Spangled hats and bonnets for oere- naofllous wear are sen 1n great force, jet, steel and gold being the etaidbys, al - TA Irr l- TAP'r el'A 10II4*7. though enlernl spangles sod pearl em- broidery on satin fn the oriental style are also seen. Memorywings of spangles, Jet and lace are still 1111111 employed as as millinery trimming. but aro now premed close to- gether or used In two {sale& Thl. mode he.e heated for an unusual length of Ibme and hat Isteonto s little tiresome. Bands of havily spangled net am need In earl - ells ways, end not In and net crowns em- broidered with beads and spangles rare among the autumn Itnperatlone. Todhoy'n,keteh shows an attractive gown of elle green taffeta. Tb. front of the skirt in trinue:.-,l v.Ith Insertions of Richelieu onibmld.•ry.wMeth forma Inlhcs• work. The plaitol bodice hen lengthwise hands of talc emelt ribbon, through which are woven r•rnsswlee !HI rubs of theedibrofd- ery. Tho sleeves are nl.o decorated with emhrnldory betide, and on each .hounder V a bow of satin ribbon fastened by a jew- eled buckle. Tho collar, belt and write bows are also of Title green satin ribbon. The hat of pretty felt hi trimmed with black pinnies and it how of nee green motel with a jeweled buckle. JCb1C CeoLLst, Twenty -nide Sheep iutroloced into the An.traftab'onlotties in 1788 are now mereseuted by 120,000,000 of the finest Wool sheep in the world. Weak Kidneys. si Always Cured by Doan'a Kidney Pills. r Mr. 1. 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