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ever e itee limy moored the ea: : lp% e .
bari be:m a steady si neon tie :adieus
lLViII ZN,Zew BrUlifiWitk pubns on
tater way to join the reties ot ,,
aittly. They are gents voltoeuria.
Tlie Buffalo News sty e that it is
Vainerted that 750,000 sides uf aide
letather have been sold in the r Wes
to Russia, representing a ca..11 :ante
of ever $1,000,000. That mean.; an
increase hi the mice ef sht' emit:tat
Russia intends to continue the
until victory is won,
New York has a new cab einuirtny
with 30 new ItiXtenths, Which eau be
aired for 20 ovine the fleet third of
sL mile and 10 cents iter moil succeeding
tiara, or in other words 40 dues Or
the find mile anti 40 cents for each
eticceeding mile, regardless e: tae
'number of passenger. This le beeya
the regular tarift; yet it sees it Will
lett er the are as business mg:ea:vs.
And It is doing a leg busitteee..
Paderewski, the musical geelue, is a
Pole, and has interested himeeir in the
welfare of Poland since ever the war
began. But he sees no freedom for
her in the independence plan pro-
posed by Germany and Austria. "This
re-establishing of the Kingdom of '
Poland," he says, "means only niore
trouble for my people. It means that
another army will be raised, and that
there will be more killing, and devas-
tating,"
Another reason for the hish eust
of living may be the increaced re-
ceipte from ccStonis taxatitn. Tee;
year this taxation will be some fifty
millions larger than it wait last tar.
This money cornett out of the fae.Letts
Of the people,
• • te
According to U.S. censete Ofeiletti, cor- I
rected by the immigration statieties
for subsequent years, there are 36,-
00,000 foreign born residents of the
United States, of whom not more than 1
0,500,000 have been naturalized. Thee
HER HUMBLE
LOVER
"Dean be an Idiot." says her lady -
leap, with a grin. "Sit quiet and en-
joy a concert for nothing and without
the troeble of goiug to the theatre.
Order my carriaael Certainly noti
ara enjoying wolf."
The song went on to its close,
amidst, hem this point, profottml sil-
ence, then arOse a inurutur of well-
bred surprise and excitement,
"Didn't know you'd got a profeesion-
al," grunts the captain to tile =lazed
and bewildered rector.
"A professional! My dear captain!"
exclaims the rector, gasping in horror.
"1—assure you; no, no, quite a mis-
take. Mr. Warren is a friend of Lord
Delamere's; be brought a letter of in-
troduction."
The captain shakes hie head.
"I dont care about that. 1 say he's
a professional, I don't care, it's
nothing to me. d like it."
"But—but," stanuners the rector;
I thinle you are mistaken. A friend of
Lord Delaniere's--"
Signal Sat beside the piano in the
shadowthrown by the candle -screen,
listening to the sweet voice with al-
most a heartache, so perfect was the
pleasure, and it was with a smile of
thanks that she looked up and greeted
him as he left the piano and stood be-
fore her.
!'Thank you," she says, with a little
sigh. ''It was all too short. What a
wonderful voice you have! Do you
know what they are saying?" and her
eyes gleamed with amused curiosity.
"What?" he says, looking half over
Ills shoulder at the little group whis-
pering with their beads together.
"They are saying that you are an
opera -singer. Is it true?"
He thinks for a moment.
'I wish, I could say yes." he says,
with a smile. "But it would be of im
use. You would know better."
She nods.
"Yes; you sang beautifully, Out not
as a professional, who maireetfle
moat of his best notes. You wasted
them."
He langlis.
"1 suppose so," he says. "I sing al-
.
iti a large body of people who own al-
most entirely by ear, and very !emer-
rectly, as a rule; but to-uight I tried
'Wanes to foreign governments. Most my best."
of these speak a foreign language. There was a significance in his
This ie not a pleasant state of affairs tone that made Signa's eyes drop.
"How hot it is!" he says. "May
for the native American to contem-
we
not go out on the verandah?" and he
plate. , puts his hand on the window tied
1 opens tt, "Will you not come outside
THE WAR OF WORDS. 1 for a breath of fresh air?" be pleads.
Signe. hesitates a moment, then sha
Yesterday Lietionann-Iloll eg, the
glides out and stands beside him, Be -
German Chancellor, made speee4 fore them stretches the bay, with the
which he threw the blame for tee war silver river running down into the
on Sir Edward Orey, the 13ritis1i ben= sea. There Is no moon, but the sky
is light, and here and nein the stars
tam Secretary, and declared that Ger-
shine faintly through the warm night
It is a lovely scene, and as Signe,
stands and looks at it, a vague feeling
her. Ho stated that Britain's desire of peace and happiness steals over
to destroy her was destined to fail her. In her ears still rings the song
"before our aell to live." Of course, of the Spanish lover; beside her
etands the man who has shown her so
mime sympathy. It is a strange feel-
ing that pervades her whole being; a
feeling of half -fearful, half -painful de-
light, that she cannot define, and
clings to almost desperately, lest it
should fade and vanish if she were to
ask the reason for its presence.
The soft summer night is a night for
love; love's breath mingles in the
warm, balmy breeze and floats up-
ward from the lips of, the sea; but
Signa does not think of love; she is
too happy with this vague happiness
to think or to analyze.
And the man beside her?
He stands leaning against the back
of a chair,. which he has tilted to the
upper angle, and his eyes are fixed,
too, but not on the sea. They rest
on a fairer picture even than that
which lies below them—on a young
girl's beautiful lace, on a young girl's
lithe, graceful figure. Never in all
las life—and what a life it has been—
has he who calls himself Hector War-
ren been enoved by woman's loveliness
as he has been moved by Signees. It
has etruck home to him, when he had
concluded that he had no heart to be
struck at. The charrn of her fresh
ming presence, her voice, the very
swae- and movement of her form, have
sunk into his innermost soul, and he
knows that the passion within him
whieh Mims tonight, at this moment,
is the last love he will ever expel-I-
C:We.
And yet he stands with a sad, al-
most a tragic shadow on his handsome
face.
He longs with ail the ardent doeire
of a nature little used to the check, to
take her in. his arms and whisper the
tierce, hot words, "I love you!" And
yet no! Not so would he evtio her!
Rather would ha approach her as the
chi -stained devotee creeps to the feet
many was fighting a defensive war
against the allies, wuica seek to crush
the Chancellor knows well enough that
nobcdy desires to prevent German),
from living. This es only his way of
trying to convinee the German people
tbat Britain is seeking their deetruc-
non: The Kaiser is now co trial, and
tho circumstaucee aro all agaiast.
The loss of the war would ineue . itt
overthrow and the blasting oe toe
toles to phaco his foot upon the neck
of Europe and rule it with his mated
fist. The German people would live
and live more freely were the hohen-
zollerna banished from the country.
In the meantime the Chancellor feeds
the people with lies so as to keep them .
in baud. Bethmann-Hollweg may
boast as he pleases, but the war map
is not as satisfactory as it was to the
Germans. Verdun was a bad black
eye to them, and the retreat in the
Dcerudja is another disappointment.
'While the Chancellor was thus enert-
ing defience, Gen. Brasiloff Was- a iling
newapaper correspondent that taa
ear was won, and that it wee merely
rpeeulation as to how niece ionger
would be required betore the enemy
N11.8 convinced that the cause for the
sake of .whigh they have drenched
Eurotielat blood was irretrievably lost.
Leuefloff declared that the Germans
Lad lost the initiative in -Galicia and
were now on the defensive. •
Premier Asquith was also talking
w Ile Bethmann-Hoi weg was deliver-
ing his speech. The Pemier did not
Make a blood -thirsty speech. He was
not clamoring for the life of Gement,. of his patron saint, and kissing the
hem of the soft, filmy skirt, whtsper,
Ile only stipulated that "Our pettee "Signe, look down at me. I am not—
must be such as will build up on euro not worthy to touch you even as I do,
arta stable foundationa the security of But them, pure saint, look down at nie
the weak, the liberties. of Europe, •ind still. Pity me, for I love thee, and
know myself unworthy. Love me a
a free future for the woeal." 'eels little, Sigma for sweet pity's sake."
looks. different. Bat it h e ibzet ex This is his temptation, his desire.
aetly the attitude of nrioen in this Dut he fights against •it. Ilis brows
v or. She seeks nothing herself knit, his hands clutch the chair. in a
Nise-1ike grasie
except that the sucrineee of the war I "How lovely," munnurs Sigma "It is
khould not be made in eirs more beautiful now than at sunaeti
Aequith drew atte,ntion to .ite fact that you would have seen the sunset froni
Germany had never assereat that she here if you had come to. dinner. Wily
was prepitred to encode eaything to I did you not?"
Ile puts his hand to his brow as if
the dellenel of the allies for tho to recall himself-
:Art:Men utid ill‘bpond•inee of llerbia. 1 "Why," he says, with a grave Amide
Calamine tient to war with the avowed L "You yeirlx/i,?orh a
t flher IM7laahs—rbeg
voraturned
rrrpose of destroying Serbia, and she crimson and moved away slightly—"I
entertales that purpose. The Pre- 1 beg your pardon! Forgive me, Miss
inlet. had some warm words to awe of Grenville. 1—'1
Romania, and dee:ared that Iltetait, 1 Signe, laughs. She recovers her-
et.nted to vave Greeee from hereele self in a moment. .
1 "That wa•s what Lady. Rookwell
ecothi eall a pretty speech," she says.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, the anta.y.ie "T did not meen It encl.," he
explorer, says that as 000n 41Z4 tnye. "And I opoke the truth, though
ones his companions marooned in he 1 did it rudely and abruptly. You
?toss Son, he. will return tolengland have forgiven me? did not eome
beCaUSO---noW let me be careful"--.
and ennsl "If the war is not -ended end lie emileti—"becatise I knew that
when I get back," benuild, "I prow did not mean to dine, tied I felt
to enlist and fight with the BIWAthal-1 am -going to be candid—that
by smite word or look 1 hould resent
After the •war I may embark again - %our Absente...
upon 'exploration tours and try once "That is rather a worse speech than
inere to eros.4 the aouth polar conti, 1 the first ane,' says Signe, laughing.
nen" Sir Ernest la no slacker. but with a -strange feelitig of Might
Buttering like a bird In her besoln.
• _
'1 muat take eare not to ask ladls-
Boil ft clothesline and it will not
crest emotions for the futures'
kink like e new rope does.
"You can atilt none of me that I
shall deem indeitreet," he says, bend-
ing near her that he may eaten the
play of the great gray eyes.
"Well, then, I will ask YOU to Sing
again?" she says, with a smile.
"We should lose this," he remon-
strates, pointing to the scene,
But he movee toward the window,
nevertheless, and opens It for her. Ars
they. re-enter the room Lady Reek -
well was saying something in the
epigrammatic way which seemed to
afford her listeners—and they were
all gathered round her—eujoyable
sliocks of borror Or amazement.
"Oh, dear Lady Rookwell, it caneot
be true?" Signe. hears Mrs. Plumbe
neurinur, incredulouely.
"But I tell you it is; it 'a all the
talk of the town. Sir Frederic
heard it at his club, didn't you? and
my nephew heard it at the Rag and
Famish. Oh, there is nothing too
bad for him—nothing. He is worse
thar ever now. If it wasn't for his
never -failing good luck he would have
eost every penny he has -got, but he
wins instead of loses; he is lucky in
everything. This young girl; She
was going to be raarried—indeed, I
believe it was the day before the mar-
riage—and he met her, met her com-
ing home from naarket, very likely
had gone to get her wedding things!
I don't know anything about foreign
ways, and I don't want to. At any
rate, he met her, got into conversa-
tion with her, and the result was that
the bridegroom waited at the &tura
the next morning in vain."
"And—and he really pensuaded the
girl- to go away with him?" asked
Mrs. Plumbe.
"Yes, She was very beautiful, it
seems; one of the better class of peas-
ants; quite the belle of the village.
Yes, he ran away with her, took her
away, as I say, the night before the
wedding day."
"Really dreadful!" murmurs the
rector. "I trust it may not be true!"
"True! It's as true as the sun,"
says her ladyship, with a grin that
denotes there is still more to come.
"But I' haven't told you the end of it.
Of course, the bridegroom the old
lover, you know --wasn't going to sit
down calmly and bear such an insult
and wrong. I euppose we only bear
these things quietly in England; we
go to a court of law—if we can; if
we can't, we sit down and put up
with it. But there is still some
pluck ixt foreigners; this man follow-
ed the gay Lothario and overtook him
and the false-hearted girl—"
"Yes," says Mrs. reumbe, eagerly.
"Overtook them on the road, and
they fought there and then, with the
girl looking on, and two farm laborers
as seconds "
"Bless my soul!" murmurs the rec-
tor. "And the result? Dear mei
This is vere, dreadful. Were either of
them hurt?"
"One of them was killed," says
Lady Rookwell, with intense enjoy-
ment in the excitement on) her audi-
ence.
"Which," Says the rector, eagerlY.
Lady Rookwell looks up, and her
eyes takes in the two tall figures
standing almost irt the centre of the
group, for Signa and Hector Warren
have pawed to listen; Signe with a
look of deep, pitying interest, he
with a calm, impassive look on his
face.
"Which?" she echoes. "Why, of
couree, the wrong man. It eiways
Is. Lord Delaniere shot the poor
fellow through the heart."
A murmur of horror rises from the
group, and Lady Rookwell sums up
dramatically.
"Yes, robbed the poor fellow of his
bride and then took his life. That is
Lord Delaraere!"
There is silence for a moment, and
then Signe turns to make some com-
ment ou the awful story to her com-
panion, and is surprised to see his
Pale face frowning; and as she looks
he fixes his eyes upon the wrinkled
face of the old woman and seems
about to speak; but suddenly the
frown chartgea to a smile, half ead,
half scornful, and he turns to her
with a laugh.
"I -will sing you that song, now
Lady Rookwell has finished her
story," he says.
Andthat is all. Not a word in de-
fence of his absent friend.
CHAPTER VIII.
Thd evening is over, the guests have
gone, and Signe stands before her
looking -glass, with a face faintly
flushed, and with a Curious, dreamy
look of happiness in, her dark -gray
eyes. For she feels that the evening
has been a triumph for her, and that
a change has corne Over the spirit of
her dream, and that the tide of her
lite has changed. When she had oilier
good -night to Aunt Podswell, that
Who had not thought her niece
good enough to sit down at the table
with Lady Rookwell and Sir Frederic
Blyte, had actually impressed an icy
kiss on the sweet, white forehead, and
the rector had held her hand and pat-
ted it with a nervous, embarrassed
playfulness which spoke volumes.
-The worthy couple felt rather
'ashamed of themseivei3, but they
would not have done so it Simla had
not made sUch' a sensation .
But it Was not of het tritiinpii, or
her uncle and aunt's changed manner
that Sigma wae thinking, but of Hee-
tor Warren. As she stood, looking into
vacancy rather than at her own beau-.
tiful reflection, she recalledhis hand -
(tome face, -With its hendred-and-One
fleeting expressions; elm heard hie
voice upeaking land ringing in her
ears. The sad, grave look of the dark
eyes haunted heti there was some.
thing strangely fascinating for her in
the very bearing and Movement of
the graceful, distinguished figure. She
could hot unerstand Why It should be
so, but Mut was conscious that when
he spoke to her, something within her
went out to meet his words, es it were,
that When he teuthed her, A sharp
thrill, half painful, half pleasurable,
ran through her. •
Love? She never thought of It, and
if she had done so, would have laugh-
ed at the Idea; how could he love a
man of whom elm knew nothing, of
whom she had seen Sts little?
Then,
no she )1110W1Y got rid of tile
gauze dress, theta flashed upon her
remembrance the awful eiterY whiclt
Lady nommen ho.d told se &Multi*
tally, and the Strange eXPreselee WI:deli
had oroesed Meeter Warrens face a p
he likened. Ile had Wined ae If halt a
Menne(' to contradict her, and pra.
aennee the romantic tale a fietion, blet
he had net done SO. We it true, and
diti he know that It was true? lt It
woe not true, why did he not speak up
In defence of hie abscat :Hoe
Signe, could net repress a shudder
as iMe recallee the story. That Lord.
Belamere should rob a man of the girl
he loved wag bad enough, but that
he should afterward kill the man in
cold blood was terrible.
The very naille of DelaMere Wee
growing fearful in her ears. alle could
Picture him standing over the Way of
the man who he had robbed of his
' happiness and his life—attulding .with
the cold, itilpessive look of a heartless
man of the world, caring for ills own
Pleasure cnly, and careleaS of the cofil
to himself or alleles. It was a terrible
story, and it made ber ehudder. For
relief elle- turned to fleeter Warren,
nod recalled the =doe voice with
Which he bade her good -night, the
gentle pressure of his hand as he
held hers. How was it possible that
iie eould own such a man as the cruel,
heartlese Lord Delamere for friend?
And so elie goes to sleep at last, and
In her dreams Hector Warren and
Lord Delamere mingle in strange
confusion, the one with the sad, gen-
tle simile in his eyes, the other *with
the hard, cold scowl, as he Mande over
the man he has robbed and killed.
When she conies down in the morn -
Ing a little pale, perhaps, but woad -
rowdy beautiful in her pallor, her
aunt greets her with a Miff smile, and
the rector rtses and puts a chair foe
her at the breakfast-table—a courtesy
he has omitted until now—alid Signe
feels that indeed things have changed.
' "Well, my dear," he says, with his
head on one side, and an affable smile
"and bow do YOu feel this morning—
not knocked up, I hope, eh?"
"Not at all," says Signe; "I enjoy-.
ed my.self very much indeed, and etl-
joyment never knocks inc up."
"I am glad of that, very glad," says
the reotor, rubbing his chin, "Ahem!
Yes, it was a pleasant evening, thanks
to you anti-:et:iv—our friend, air, War-
ren."
Signs feels the blood mounting to
her face at the eudden mention of his
name, but ehe bends over the coffee -
cups and conceals the uncalled-for
blush.
"A—er—most accompliehed gentle-
man," continued the rector; "quite a
geutleman, don't you think, my dear?"
"Quite," assents Signe, "Yes, he
played and sang beautifully."
"Lady Rookwell said he was a pro-
fessional," said Mrs. Podswell, grim-
ly.
Signa shakes her head confidently.
"No, I am sure he is not." ^ •
"Ahern—how do you know, MY
dear?" asks the rector, curiously. "Did
"No, he didn't tell me; at least he
admitted that he was not," says Signa,
reflecting.
"I wish we knew who he was," re-
marks Mrs. Podswell, complainingly.
"It is very awkward; Lady Rook -
well asked a hundred questions about
him last night, and I could not answer
one scarcely."
"11 doesn't matter," says the rec-
tor. "I believe he intends leaving the
place shortly."
A sudden vague pain strikes Signe,
and her head droops; but see recov-
ers herself, and looks up calmly
enough a moment afterward.
"And what do you thiiik of Sir Fred-
eric?" asks the rector with a smile,
'Sir Frederic," replied Signa, absent-
ly, "Oh—he was very polite!"
The rector coughs and takes ub a.
note which lies on the table.
"Ahem! lie has sent over by one
of the grooms an invitation, ttaY
dear."
"An invitation?" says Signe. "For
Mrs. Podswell, do you mean?"
The rector colors and coughs again.
"I thhink, my dear," he says awk-
wardly, "that you might call your
aunt by a more affectionate name—
ahem!—"Aunt Amelia' would sound
better."
Signe smiles and flushes a little,
"Very well," she assents in that
Calm, quiet way which so awes the
rector
"The invitation is for your aunt
and you, my dear," he goes on. "It
is—er—rather short notice; but Sir
Frederick apologizes, and presses you
to take advantage of the fineness of
the weather. Would you like to go, my
dear?"
Signe, looked over at her aunt, in-
quiringly.
"Oh, don't study me!" says Mrs.
Podswell. "I dare say I shall manage
it. In fact, we'd better go. Sir Fred-
eric wouldn't like us to refuse."
"You see, Sir Frederic is the most
influential man in our part of the
country, my dear Signe," explains the
rector, deprecatingly, "and he is—
ahem!—rather Mueller. It Is very kind
of him to send over so soon after last
night, and so early. The groom is
waiting for an answer."
"Pray, do not let us offend Sir Fred-
eric," says Signe with a laugh. "The
consequences would be too fearful.
But what about :Archie's lessons?"
and she looks over with a smile at
Archie, who sits open-eyed, and lis-
tening 'with all his might.
"My dear," said the rector, blandly,
"You really Must not Id your self-
imposed &ley interfere with your 'in-
nocent pleasure, It was very kind of
you to undertake Archie's education,
but of course we understood that it
was merely as a pastime lot you, and
that it was not to be an irksome task.
Archie will do very well; we couldn't
think of allowing You to cohsider
yourself an ordinary governess."
"Oh, but I can't give up my position
as Archie's guide, mentor and friend,"
says Signe, smiling at the blank look
on A.rehie's face.
"Well, Well, miinnurs the rector,
awkwardly. "We shall see about it;
at any rate, Archie can have a holiday
to -day, eb, Arehle," and he smiles
across at the child, who takes no no -
tide of him, but watehes Signals face.
'Sigettes a great lady, now Lade
Rookwell and Sir Frederic have made
friends with her, I suppose," he says,
and at this shrewd thrust SIgna colors,
the rector rubs his chin, and Mre.
Podswell says solemnly:
"Arehie, it You have finished your
breakfast you callgo and play."
"I don't want to go ahd play if Signe,
isn't coming," he replies, calmly, and
Podswell is about to retort ang-
rily, when •Signa saYs in her quiet
way:
"Cle now, Archie; I will oome in a
Minute or two," arid he gets off his
chair and gems out obediently. •
"What time do we etart for the
park" (take Mr e Podswell,
(To be tentinued.)
Willie—What'a it boob? dad / Crab-
eittw—He'oa a fellow who goes On a
Idols and alwaYS matiages te sit in
the custard pie.—Yudge.
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tra,, Java and the Malay States. Prev-
iew to that time all Tubber used came
from South America and Africa, and
exclusively from the wild trees, To-
day that eupply continues, but 23 Pee
cent. of the whole and Great Britain
controls the market with the reat,
So closely does she guard this privi-
lege that in order to cut off the Ger-
man 'supply she refused to admit rub-
ber to the 'Melted States at the out-
break of the war, until finally an
agreement wee reached with American
rubber manufacturers, whereby all
rubber is shipped to the States through
the British coneular office at New
York. Canada's rubber comes direct,
but the Dominion can export none
except through the British Consul at
New York. Witit this advantage and
With the fact that England ia using
thousands of tons of rubber to eup-
ply her army she has benevolently and
patriotically reduced the price from
$1.25 to 67 cents a pound, which is a
conaiderable decrease from the price
In 1910, when it was three donate a
pound.
The soaring price of leather is fast
bringing boots and shoes to the point
pf luxuries, but Britain has eolvea the
question by giving us rubber—the only
satisfactory Substitute for many lea-
ther goods—aa a price within the
reach of all. To be sure chemicals and
fabrics used in rubber manufacture
have increased and Mao the price Of
labor, but the decrease in the crude
rubber price ha e kept rubber goods,
and particularly rubbers and over-
shoes at about normal.
Here is an opportunity for the
patriotic man. The mother country is
generously giving us rubber at a re-
duced price in return for the fact that
she must have leather. The approach
of winter gives us an opportunity to
use more rubber in our footwear, buy-
ing at a lower price and at the same
time saving on the more costly lea-
ther footgear.
BETTER THAN SPANkiNG
Spanking does not cure children of
bed-wetting. There io a constitutional
cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum-
mers, Box W. 8, Windsor, Ont., will
send free to any mother her success-
ful home treatment, with full instruc-
tions. Send no rnoney but write her to-
day If your children trouble you in
this way. Don't blame tho Child, the
chalices are it can't help it. This treat-
ment also cures adults and aged peo-
ple troubled with urine difficulties by
day or night.
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ABOUT 'YOUR GIRL.
Are her fingers, neck and arms covered
with gaudy jewels, cheaply Imitated on
the five and ten -cent counters? Is her
one would think site was •on her way to
the opera and so high that the color of
her stockings is discernible?
ls she fonowing the fashion set by the
undressed chorus girls of the stage?
Is she bedecked in fliinsy garments
meant to display the contour of it shape-
ly figure?
Is her walking clress cut so low that
face rouged and powdered with the free-
dom of the brazen demimonde?
Is she dining, drinking, and dancing
with the giddy midnight throng in an
atmosphere of excitement?
Is she Soy -riding on Sundays and ne-
glecting the church of her father and
mother?
Is the pursuit of pleasure, frivolity and
faahion the consuming passion of her
heart?
Is she going the pace in a restless de-
sire to shine in the blazing light of the
cabaret and to be known as one of 'the
fast set?
Is she walking the primrose path of
dalliance with no thought of the jour-
ney's dreadful end?
Are her companions lifting her up or
dragging her down?
Is she seeking the love of one true man
or basking in the sunshine of many with-
out manhood?
Is her modesty a mockery. the prayer
book and Bible relies of the past, and
mothes's advice the play -out whim of the
antiquated?
clefs? she no longer a chinfort to those
at home, the confiding delight of her
mother and the pride of the family (dr -
If this Is your daughter are you proud
of her? Look at her latest photograph.
Then take down the picture of her
mother or grandmother.
Which do you like the better? And
which do the men of real worth prefer?
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Minard's Liniment .Cures Garget in
Cows,
• strpE.zING OMENS.
At One Time a Sneeze Was Re-
garded as a Deailt Warrant,
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Sneezing from vdy remote times
has been regarded with superstition.
Our forefathers went to bed, again
if they sneezed while putting on their
Mmes. A sneeze to the right was
deemed lucky; to the left, of evil por-
tent. To sneeze near a burial place
Was very unlucky.
Tradition has it that sneezing was at
first .a fatal sign—every human being
sneezed but once and then died—but
Jaeob petitioned the Creator to re-
move the sneezing ban and succeeded.
Thence arose the once universal cus-
tem et saluting a eneezer with "God
blees you!" or "May you lige long!"
ii•TAN&,•••••irmiawfamOmir.• .
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The custom still obtains in some parte
of Europe.
In England not only was a sneezer
blessed, but friends raised their hats
to him as well, in an old book, -The
Code of Conduct," it Is directed that
"if his lordship sneezes ye are not to
bawl out 'God blees you!' but bow to
Min handsomely." All over the world
the sneeze was recognized. Whole na-
tion e were under °niers to make ex-
clamations when their king sneezed.
Sneezing was believed to be a sure
cure for hiccough and was also looked
upon as a sign of sanity. If ancient
and univereal belief goes for anything
it is good to sneeze.—London Tele-
graph.
CHILDREN OF ALL AUS
When :sick the newborn Labe or the
growing child will rind prompt relief
through the use of Pabya Own Tab-
lets. They are absolutely safe for all
children and never tall to banish any
of the minor ills from which little
ewes suffer. Concerning them Mrs.
Arthur Sheask. Adaeae, sash:, writes:
"I have used Baby's Own Tablets and
think they are splendid ,for children
of all ages." The tablets ere sold by
medicine dealers or by mail at 25
cents a box from Tee Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Brockville, Out.
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South American Hats.
Throughout the West Indies, Central
and South America the native women
make wonderful etraw hats. The Dutch
island of Curacao, near Venezuela, is
famous for the eXteutional women
straw hats that are there produced.
Porto Rico and Cuba make excellent
ones from the leaves of the palm.
while Ecuador, Panama, Honduras and
Peru are noted for their Panama hats.
While wealthy men have been(
known to pay as high as $100 for a
Panama hat, such prices are decided-
ly unusual. Hats of the best quality,
pliant and flexible so that they May
be folded and carried in the pocket
without injury, can be purehased for
from $2 to $40, depending upon the
shrewdness of the buyer and the fin-
ancial needs of the maker or seller.
Women and children, owing to the
deftnees of their fingers, make the
best hats, and but few men are en-
gaged in the industry. No factories
exist for their prOduetion. A. the
hats are finished they are either trade
ed to the village storekeeper for ne-
cessarlea or sold to the native buyera,
who send them let Iota of fifty to a
hundred to the m.erchants at the port.
—W. E. Aughinbaugh in Leslie's.
M 'nerd's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
ON TIME,
(Boston Transcript.)
"My tailor has promised to have my
suit done to -morrow."
"Do you think he'll give it to you on
time?"
"Oh, no; 111 have to pay cash."
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used to wear smelt wide wedding rings, 11021.00
Blase Matron—Bei:mem at that tine,
oor things, they eXpeeted them to last
lifetinte,-1414
- m-eangre,
640/IWO Al
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Combination Cooker
and Heater
Liatt_h2oeltaffielarit a stews made.
a Will burn Coal, wood, coke, corn WA
`51 or anything burnable.
ge Fitted with Duplex Grate, /tot attain
1.2 Tube and SOW" Dampers.
gl Will hold fire over night, eek, boll
'if and bike equal to the largest reuse.
Hail A fitte Overt ot heaVy steel sheets
'J Closely riveted together, nodp of
polished steel.
a If your dealer has not a sample for
-2 your inipeetion, send $21. (bred to us
and 'we will prepay freight to your near.
est ratizatid station,
HAMILTON STOVE 86 HEATER CC LIMITED
Hamilton, Ont Canada's °idea Stove Mokerek
A GERMAN AXIVIY 001M.
What It lYfettna to Move and Fee
and rem in righting Line,
In tile nonmilitary Inlaid there le onl
a vague idea as to the space require
fur tut army corpse
According to a clermen writer„__a Ge
num ariny corps ooneiste of 111,400 me
KM hones and 2,400 vehicles, litchi
Ing the cannon. Such a, body of Men an
Weir belongings on 0, 8le4041 road Ma
a procesilion about thirty mile* long.
Even when in tairly doe° touch wit
the enemy the length of a corpe
about fifteen miles, and when the fro
detachment becomei engaged in a batt
it Is five or six hours before the men i
the rear get into action to assist the
,An AMY Of ten corps would fight on
front about thirty-seven miles long, a
U man Who undertook to waik from 021
lying to the Other would require twel
or fourteen hours to do It.
An army corps consume' nearly SOO,
pounds of food a day, about 100,000 noun
for the .men and 200,000 pounds fgt. t
horses,. Even tinder the mast favorab
conditions it requires a train of MO Wit
ons to bring up a day's road.
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A Blood -Food Discovered
That Entirely Overcomes
Anaemic Weaknes
carefully Investigated Reports E
tablish Truly Wonderful
Results.
Heretofore it has often been a hop
less task for a thin -blooded person
gain either strength or weigh
Neither food nor medicine in many Ir
stances had beneficial effcct.
What is practically a perfect bloo
food, containing such elements
Iron, has at last been produced, an
when taken after meals will put ne
Iife and vigor Into people that ha
despaired of ever being strong agai
This truly wonder-working trea
ment consists of taking two amet
ehocolated-coated Ferrozone Tablets
the close of every meal.
This wonderful blood -food suppli
nourbehment, vim, energy—sends
stream of vigorous, atrengthenakin
blood to every nook and corner of th
body, makes every muacle and fibr
sines with new-found life and healti
That gnawing tiredness leaves yo
—Ferrozone drives it away. Slee
less nights are turned into periods
rest, and you pick up fast. Day b
day your appetite improvese—thi
means more food is transformed i
nutriment that will build and energiz
weak organs. The inclination t
worry passes away because Ferrozon
imparts nerve — tone and bodil
strength that prevents depression.
Think it over—Perrozone is a won
derful tonic, because it este
lishes health that lasts. Thou
ands use it and thereby cleanse an
restore the entire syetem to a perfec
condition. You'll feel the upliftin
power of Ferrozone in a week,—it'
bound to help you if you only gee
it the chance. Sold by all dealers, 50
a box or six boxes for $2.50; be sur
of the name leerrozone. Forwarde
by mail to any address if price is re
mitted to the tiatarrhozone Co
Kingston, Ont.
DELUDES ITS ENEMIES.
Cunning of the Castor Oil Plan
in Protecting Its Seeds.
Dressing them up to look like fou
tasting bugs, this plant protects be
children from hungry birds, If It wer
not for their disguises the children
mignt. be eaten ana Dever have
chance to grow awl become big plants
The wise mother plant realizes this
hence the masquerade. It'e the caste
oll plant.
To the average person anything re-
lating to castor all is not regarded a
much of a delicacy. Birds. however,
think- otherwise. The seeds of the plan
are like candy to them.
So the mother plant schemes to pro
tect them. When she sends them on
into the world she e.lothes them i
i a riega ted and fan testi e dress until
the seeds resumble cocctnalla beetles
Now if there is Anything, birch dis-
like more than anything oleo It is
coccinella bettle. .es a result they
nia.ke a wry face when they see the
castor oil beans and pass theta ty.
These seeds are oval and about
half inch long. They grow in piny
capsules, three Beetle in each capsule.
Pc show that the castor oil plant is
nn newcomer on the earth, archaeolo-
gists write of finding seede in tombs
of ancient Egyptians,—Philadelphia
North American.
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A FRIGHTFUL DEATH
SUFFOCATED ASTMA ATTACK
Every sufferer from Asthma knows
the terror, the abject fear, that over-
comes them when etruggling for
Meath. The old-fashioned !anodise
ntay relieve, but never mire. Best
results come from CATARRHOZONle,
which cures Asthma. after hope is
abandoned. It's because Caterrhozone
kills the Asthma germ that it cures.
Choking spells and labored breathing
are relieved, suffocatingetensations and
loss of breath are cure& Every trace
of Asthma. Is driven from the system,
and even old chronics experience im-
mediate relief and lasting cure. Equal-
ly good for Bronchitis, Throat Trouble
and Catarrh. The large one dollar
outfit includes the inhaler end lasts
two months.' Sold by all dealers or
from The Catarrliozone Company,
Kingston, Canada.
Pinnish Grammar.
Finnish grammar is of a difficulty
absolutely repulsive, None of the oth-
er languages of the same group Is half
eo hard, litingarian—•nay, even Tterlt-
ish, despite the vexatiotte initial im-
pediment of the Arabic alphabet—is
ettay in cOmpariaon. The eyiatax is at
once prOvokingly elaborate and per.
piexingly obscure. It poseesses fifteen
dietinct cases and tiVetity-four differ-
entiated Infinitive tonna; but, on the
other hand, there Is no real distillation
between amine, adjectivea, adverbs,
prepositions, nifirtitivce and parti-,
So that the studeht must not
be etartled by finding infinitives re-
gularly declined like nouns and nouns
taking upon them degrees Of eoniparie
son like adjectivee,
Minardis Lln)nierit Cures Colds, Etc.
NO VULGAR DISPLAY.
(Now York Times)
"Congratulations, in' boy," mild the
attorney, "nu haVe inherited a nice
little fortune.'
ammented the fortunate Youth.
"/ auppota you vvill pay a lot of your
debts now?"
"1 had thotight ot 11, but toneluded
to Make ho change in My Manner of
living. X -don't 'want to be seetifed ef
vulgar display:1
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HELP WANTED.
wANTIDD.-011tron TO IVORIti ON
tie gait underwearaeeamere end fin.
lotted stitohere preferred. WO aluo teach
merners, any girl 'with good knowledge
01 Wein aeWiligi good wages; ideal fat -
tory conelitiona. Zimmerman AlartUfac-
twins cc. Ltd. Aberdeen and OW tit
etreete, 1-141111to14 Oat.
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WANTED— EXPERIENCED COOK.
general; no lanrldry work:. wages
N6.00: reference*. Address, ii:10 Queen
street south, Hamilton, Ont.
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WANTED
Experienced knitters and loop -
ors, also young girls to learn,
Clean work and highest wages.
CHIPMAN-HOLTON KNITTING
CO., LIMITED.
TiAmiuroN, ONTARIO.
FOR SALE. •
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FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN
9 POTT4R CYLINDER PRESSER—A
4. half sheet Double Demy and 3 hall
sheet Double Royal size. 'slake oi an ot-
ter for them. Well Suited for a Comt-
try Printing Office. Address, Timee
Printing Company. Harnilton, Ont.
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Recipe for Troubles.
Would you like a recipe for the little
vexations and annoyances of life that
keep the mind uneasy and disturbed?
Let as give You one. elet out in the
silence of some starry night and look
up at the stars for a minute or two.
Get within their influence for a mo-
ment. Take in the spirit of their tran-
quility and peace. Think what they
are and where they are, and you will
soon lose yourself in the infinity of
their being, You will begin to feel
God has made this world big enough
you and that the little cares that
vex you are only intruders that you
despise and scorn. .Tust try it,
and if it does uot cure you, you are
the man you think you are.
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Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper,
-English, and French.
It is truly a graceful speech, the
Preach tongue. Plain, homely thinge
life, so bald Rod bare and disheart-
in the Anglo-Saxon, are less un-
in the French, indeed, the
French word for "rags" in so pretty
we have conterred chiffon oh one
our daintiest fabries, Bat M the
of the language lies also its
weakness, It does not nee to sup -
utterances. I have been read -
the Bible texts on the tombstones
the little cemetery of Chardonne,
est mon berger" can never
in loftiness with "The Lord is
my shepherd," nor "Que votre eoeur
trouble point" with "Let not your
be troubled."
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Minard's Liniment Co., Limited.
Gentlemen,—Theodore floral% a ens-
tenier of niine, was completely cured
of rheumatism after five years of sua
1 fering by the judicious use of Mlle -
i ARD'S LINIMENT.
i The above facts can be verified by
writing to him, to the parish priest,
t or any of his neighbors.
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A. COTE, :Merchant.
, St. Isidore, Que., May le, '98.
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that
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damp
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States
ginning
approximately
there
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before
seavenger
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suits
birds,
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know,
between
wants
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larger.
gled
raise,
'keep
would,
matter?
Odd and Interesting Pacts.
Hamburg has an experimental plant
obtains power from the ebb and
of North Sea tides. '
Russia's population will be 600,000.-
by the end of this century if it
its present rate of increase.
To 'prevent skidding and slipping in
weather the streets of San Fran-
are sanded by a machine mount-
on a motor truck.
The net inveatinent of the United
reclamation service at the be-
of the present fiscal year was
;100,000,00.
The first sewing machine or wbich
is authentic record was patented
England in 1755, eighty-one years
the first American machine.
The Egyptian vulture Was the chief
of the land of Pharaoh,
Coat of government meat inspection
.the United Statee le said to am-
to 4 cents per capita De:Quante
How a Bird Dresses,
As bird fashions do not change, two
a year are quite enteigh for most
but they need to take great care
them. Each separate feather must
cleaned and looked over and the
ones pulled out. These feath-
are not peeked close together, you
but Ile loose ,and have places
filled with 51 r. Wheu a bird
to get warmer he lifts his feath-
so that these Mr spaces may be
But if his feathers are tah-
or wet and dirty he Could not
them, and soon he could not
the heat in his little body and
of course, die.
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What is mind? No matter. What Is
Never mine.—T. II, NeY.
"The White Flour
Pinch"—have you felt
it? With the advancing
price of wheat "the seven -
cent loaf' is doomed," say the
bakers. In its place we have
the eight -cent loaf—in many.
cities only the sixteen -cent
loaf'. A loaf of white flour
bread is not a coinpltte
ration. Ilowever wholesome
and pure, it does not supply
all the proteids the hurnan
1 , body needs. In Shredded
Whesst Biscuit you have all
the body-building' nutriment
In the . whole wheat grain
prepared in a digestible form ,
It is always the same price,
always the same high quality.
,—at it for breakfast with
milk ot cream' or with Masi
Made in Canada