The Exeter Advocate, 1895-3-7, Page 6WNW
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hanging Her intuit
"Good-bye," lie s tid simply, "gaod-bye
This is aal?" She nodded "Yes, yea ;
Fm sort so sorry. but I—
Well, ove doesn't like me, I guess,"
"You're g ang ?" "Yes going," he said,
"And yet there ust'one thing Eaore.7
Ton remember"—his face grew quite red—
The fellow you jilted before?
"The last one ---3h, no, I forgst,
I'm the last—it's the next to the last;
Well, he stool on this very same spot—
I tell it now that it is past—
"And after your 'no' had been heard,
And ere you had told him good-bye,
He asked for a kiss—you demurred,
fiat you gave it—to him—n tw, may I'?"
Her face was a study, There earns
To her white neck a deepening hue -1
"Yes, take it," she sad; w lose the blame, ?
Poor boy 'Tss the least 1 can do "
Efe turned, yet ant toward her face.
"I thank you." he said "bat no, no;
With myself I should be in disgrace
If 1 shmld accept ere I go.
"What only your pity might give,
Your love 16 denied me, so then
There is n >thing to do bet to live
Without it ; so good-bye again.
sht gos 1-1)ye " and he took
, Her hand, while her blue eyes grew wet,
And she sigh ad as sh t gave him one look.
And site tnuratured, "Oh, please don't go—
yet."
The Rattle Call.
Fall in line, we're marching heav'nward
Hold the standard higher still;
Shout aloud with glad hosannas
We are elimbmg Zion's hill
Hear the bintle notes resounding ;
S on the roll call will begin,
Will you not enlist now with us,
San our ranks and enter in?
We have Christ for our commander,
And with. Him we're sure to win;
On the battlefield of glory,
We will triurmsb. over sin.
With His blood He has redeemed es,
rrom our sins Ha set us free;
Bowed His head and cried 'Ss finished,
While he hung on Calvary's tree,
Forward, march, with doable quickstep,
Pressing onward to the fray;
To be free from Satan s fetters,
We will watch, and fight, andpray.
Robert Rardette's Inspiration.
Yesterday it was—March 4, 1870—that
we were married, writes Robert J. Bur -
debts in a teederly pathetic article on
"The Woman Who Most Influenced Me"
in the February Ladies' Home Journal.
When we went to our home—a tiny cot-
tage in Peoria, big enough for a play-
house—she was a butterfly in the very
joyousness of existence. Life held so
much tor her. Hers was the happiness
of a child—the caroling delight of a bird.
Every day sparkled with radiant hopes
ani new-iledged pleasures. She was mu-
sical, her voice was one of surpassing,
sweetnese, and it was the list of God's
beautiful gifts to be taken away from
her. She was a brilliant pianist she
used to say that wlaen her husband did
his work at home, she could. make him
write in what mood sh.e would. .And. in-
deed she could. and dia. His nand could
not help but follow the leading of her
magical tonches as the piano gave forth
its ripples of singing laughte ,r its tender
strains of life's pathos that fell across the
heart like Nevember shadows or the
martial Ta0a.4111SS of some rolling mareh
that thrilled the blood like the cadenced
step of marching men, the fluttering of
banners shaken out in the fierce gusts of
the battle -storm. When. after many
days, the increasing weakness and dis-
tortion held her hands, and wrested from
the chidish fmgers their power to charm
-these musical sp ites from. the white
slumber of the ivory keys, the trial was
indeed bitter. Many tears and pangs it
cost. The closed piano was eloquent iitt
the very silence of its pathos. But, as in
all her struggles, there could be but one
ending—vietoiw. The piano was opened
again. She could still, even with her
lame hands, which could not lift them-
selves to wipe tee tears from her eyes,
play simple accompaniments, and down
to almost the last days she would be car-
ried to the instrument and accompany
herself while she sang, for to the voice of
her girlhood clung all the sweetness of
the morning time. How many times,
when tie night was long and filled with
pain, did we hear her, softly singing to
herself itt the daxkuess.
One day, when they laid her baby in
her arms, there dawned the hope that the
baby boy would bring to his mother
health and strength even as he brought
her the deepest, sweetest happiness of all
her life.
But the hope was transient; the im-
prJvement in her health wee but brief.
That Settles It.
The editor of the Texas Galoot is e-vi-
dently not considered by his townsmen to
crowd the lamented George Washington
very hard on the score of veracity. The
other day two of his principal advertisers
-walked in, and said one :
"Howdy, Major ! I want you to ans-
wer a question, just to decide a, little bet,
you know. Now, sir, be so kind as to
pay a little attention, and thiek before
you speak. Did it rain this morning ?"
"Why, of course it did !" said- the
moulder of public opinion, much sur-
prised.
"Exaetly ; much obliged," said the
citizen, with a relieved expression.
• "Yon see, Judge Barker here bet me
forty donee's that you couldn't tell the
truth on any subject end under any cir-
cumstances -whatever, and It sok him up.
Come out a -el take a drink."
And, as the winner further agreed to
pay his baek subscription out of the
stakes the Major concluded to call it
square.
Robert Louts Stevensores Lovable
'remits.
Mr. Stevenson possessed, more than any
man ever met, the power of making
other men fall in love with. him, I mean
that he excited a passionate admiration
and affeetion, so mush so that I verily be-
lieve s wae men wore jealous of other
men's place in his liking. I have met a
stranger who, having 13-ecorne aequainted
with him, spoke of him with a touching
fondness and pride, his fancy reposing, as
itSeemed,. in a fond. contemplation of 80
much gen] us end charm. Whet was so
taking us hire? and how is one to analyze
that dazzl ngsurface of pleasantry, that
changef ti shining humor, wit, wisdoms
reekleseness, terseath which beatthe most
kind and tralerant of hearts? People wore
fond of him, and peopio were proud of
him : his achievements, as it were,
seneibly raised their pleasure in the world,
and, to therm beettarie parts of themselves,
They warmed their hands at that centre
of light and heat, It is not every success
whieli has these beneficent results. We
Sae the seceessful sneered at, d-seried, in-
sulted, evert whea success is deserved,
Very little of all this, hardly as,aght of all
this, 1 think, came in Mr. Stevenson's
way. After the begimeing (when the
praises of his earliest admirers were irris
tatiug to doll seribers) he foaled the makes
fairly kind, I believe, and often enthriel-
astie. He was so muels his own severest
critic that he proeably paid little heed to
professional reviewers. In addition to
hie Rathillet, and what other MSS. he
destroyed, /mance, sn the Highlands, long
ago, lost, a portmanteau with a batch of
bit writings. Alas, that he should have
last or burned anything 1 "King's ehaff,"
says our eountry proverb, "is better teen
other folk"; corn."—Froai "Recollections
of Bobert Louis Stevenson," by Andrew
Lang, in North American Review for
February.
Vessel Training for Children.
A general prejudice exists against the
cultivation of children's voiees. Parente
believe that their daughters should reaeh
the seventeenth or eighteenth year before
beginning vocal studies, and any teacher
will tell you that a male pupil who has
not passed his twenty-first year is an ex-
ception. The fear of strainmg the voice
by training it too early s ems universal;
but it is a. matter for grave consideration
whether even greater risks may not be
run in neglecting to train it in time.
Talent for music is almost invariably
demonstrated during ehildhood. Those
who have voices usually begin to sing
when they are children—sometimes as
soon as they can talk. The gift is con-
siderel a wholly natural development,
and the little one is left to warble its
songs as it pleases. While one child is
beingcarefully instructed in the rudi-
meni
t n harmony, with a view to subse-
quent piano lessons—while she is taught
bow to sit at her instrument, hold her
hands, practise fing a- exercises, and, in
short, is thoroughly drilled year after
year in all that may establish a founda-
tion of correct method—her little sister
or brother with a voice is left entirely to
Nature, who alas! often proves herself a
most inefficient music nustress. Most
children labor frank the first under con-
genital defects, and those who are fortu-
nate enough to escape frequently absorb
the defects of those with whom they are
constantly brought in contact.
With the exception of some extraordin-
ary temperaments, aesthetic feeling in
any marked degree is purely a question
of cultivation. A child with a sensitive
musical ear but a healthy normal phy-
sique shrinks from a discordant note, but
imitates unconsciously ugly pronuncia-
tion, throaty or nasal delivery, and in-
distinct enunciatiou—tricks which will
send her later on. to the throat specialist,
or assuredly cause her and. her teacher
many a painful and weary hour.
In America, where the voices are beau-
tiful in timbre and possess resonant pow-
er, we are peculiarly afflicted with defects
of utterance. Words are swallowed,
jerked out and carelessly run together in
most insinga,ble fashion; the national
habit of leaving the lips stiff and half
closed while speaking rapidly, causes
overwhelaning diffieultaes to the vocalist
who attemps to sing in a foreign tongue.
How many children hear all about them
errors, which they cannot fail to carry
into their songs? Otto listens to a choir
of boys, and their tones are enchanting
in their clear purity; but when the solo
comes, on.e can scarce endure the mumbled.
sounds, which leave us to guess at the
meaning- of the familiar anthem. The
breath is taken in the middle of a word,
the voice is badly placed, every possible
rule is broken and it is evident that no
vocal chords can stand the strain placed
upon them by faults which should have
been uprooted before taking such a deep
and injurious hold. Is it not wise to guide
by a course of valuable instruction the
children who possess singing voices ?—
From H_arper's Bazar.
She Made a Mistake.
She sat right opposite a bashful looking
young man in a Jefferson avenue car, and
looked at him so steadily for five minutes
that he grew impatient. Finally she
shifted the market basket, two bundles
and stalk of celery to the seat beside her
and leaned over and said:
"Exeuse me, sir, but isn't your name
Biggs?"
"No, madam," he said, blushing.
"Then you're not a son of Hiram Hart-
ley Biggs, of East Saginaw 2"
am not."
"Not Hiram Biggs' nephew or cousin?"
"Name isn't even Biggs?" she urged
persuasively.
"It is not."
"Well, I thought fer sure you was one
of 'em. I never saw such a family like-
ness."
The victim smiled that uncertain smile
which is played, like trumps, when in
doubt, and there was a, welcome silence
for three blocks. Then the owner of the
market basket leaned. over once more:
"It seems to me you favor ole Mrs.
Biggs more'n you do Hiram," she said.
'Alt
"Yes.ge
"Yes. She was a Higgins. You have
her eyes and hair. There is a Biggs look
thought sure enough," she added reflect-
ively, inspecting the young man still
more critically.
"Boni in East Saginaw, weren't you?"
she inquired suddenly.
"Ever been there ?"
"Well, tain't chance," she declared em-
phatioally, "and if I had three blocks
more we'd get to the bottom of this. I'm
sorry I have to get off here," she added as
she gathered. up the market basket, the
two bundles and the stalk of celery and
started for the door.
"Too bads ain't it, to leave it unsettled
like that," she said regretfully to the
conductor as she climbed off the ear.
But the young man didn't think so. He
looked as if he had sha'rea a brick off his
devoted head, and even the conduetor
seemed relieved as he started up the oar
again.
"Hold on, conductor," s Teamed the
friencl of all the Biggers, dropping the
market basket, twO bundles and stalk of
celery and hurryine alter the car.
"It might be on his mother's side," she
said breathlessly; "ask him was his
mother a Popham or did—" but the car
wee gone,
Remarkable Indeed.1
"You have been introduced to Miss
Brainie, I believe ?"
"Yes, lastnight,"
"What do you think of her ?"
"I think her a very xernamkable young
WOMan,
it. very remarkable young wo-
man,"
"Inde d ?"
"Yes; I had quite e abet with her,
end she did net ask me if I had. road
Trilby,"
NOwrg Ammaw,AIN larig„
•A Tear of Great and Unprecedented
Success,
Th s annual meeting of the North
Americana Xsife was held at its Head cm-
fiee, Toronto, on Tuesday, January 291h,
The president, John L, Blailde, Esq., was
in the chair, and surrounded by a goodly
num.ber of prominent polioy-holders and
guarantors. The managing director, Mr.
Wm, McCabe'acted as secretary. The
Annual Report subme teed, after adverting
to the intensity of the finandial string-
eney which had. characterized the year
1894, presented the following successful
results Applications were received for
new insurances and restorations for
over eJ,000,000, the amount exceeding
that of any fernaer year. Entire sati a -
faction had been expressed by the Jeolders
of invsstment policies which had matur-
ed in 1894, and the report of the consult
ing aothery alloting ehe profits to those
maturing in 1895 had been approved by
the direetors.
NOMMARY OF TRE FULL FINANCIAL STATENEST
AND BALANOE BERET FOR TEE YEAR END,
ING DISCRERIal 31ST, 1804,
Catilt 111COM0 • $ 558,994 es
Expenditure (including death
endovr.nems, profits and
pa j smuts to policy -holders).— eseaes 40
Reserve Fund
Assets
5061 ;04'21 0030
Net surplus for policy -holders.-- 338,218 75
Wir*""Mv•PflIgakiliESBbirecbor.
Audited and found. correct,
• WILLIAM CARLYLE, MD,
Auditor
Auditing Committee of tbe Board,
EDWARD SALLEY,
JAM:E8 SOOTT.
The report of Mr. W. T. Standen, of
New York, the company's consulting ae-
tuary, was very full. Referring to the
very careful investigation which he made
of the company's methods and systems of
business, he declared that an investiga-
tion had conclusively proven to him the
very great degree of executive and ad-
ministrative capacity brought to bear by
the officers of the company. The secret
of the company's prosperity must be found
by lookingback to 1881, the suceess
achieved ranee being the logical result of
the strong and enduring foundation then
laid. He further said: "In view of the
serious depression in badness circles dur-
ing the past two years, your increase in
premium income is very noteworthy, and
will be found to be very unusual. The
increase of $53,859.65 in premium income
for 1894 evidences the adaptability of
your agency staff, and proves that it con-
sists of men of vigor and intelligence,
who know how to apply their energies
-with the best effect. Your gain in inter-
est receipts speaks well for the judicious-
ness of your investments. The compara-
tively high rates of interest obtainable is
something for which the holders of your
deferred dividend policies may be pro-
foundly grateful. The valuation of your
assets and the determination of your
liabilities have been conducted conserva-
tively, and they show a clear surplus of
$388,216.75. This surplus fund shows be-
yond any question the absolute security
you are enabled to offer to policy-
holders during even the severest
of monetary depressions. The pro-
fit you are in a positin to earn is
very largely in excess of what can be
earned by companies debarred from priv-
ileges of being able to invest their assets
in Canadian securities. Policy -holders
are often carried away by the size or age
of a company. The crucial test is the
ratio of assets to total liabilities. Next
in order of importance, probably, stand&
the surplus, and surplus -earning power of
a company. With assets held down to a
rigid gold basis, you nevertheless cover
every liability and have a large margin
of safety over and above every require-
ment. Undoubtedly the North American
Life Assurance Company has attained
that degree of solidity which can best be
understood by comparison with any of
the large companies. In all essentials—
especially those of aequired surplus and
surplus -earning power—it is not excelled
to -day by- any other company. Insurers
are too apt to overlook these requisites
and give undue importance to mere age
and size, which, unsupported by other
valuable eonsiderations, really count for
nothing. Illustrations of this can be
seen to -day in the United States, where
many of the smaller companies, although
forced into competition with their larger
rivals, are giving much better and more
satisfactory returns to their policy -hold-
ers than many of the largest companies.
Stupendous assets are offset by corres-
pondingly large liabilities. In the bal-
ance sheet they do not add strength, the
test of which, in well established com-
panies, is the true ratio of resources of
assets to liabilities, which is absolutely
independent of the question of size."
The adoption of the Report and Balance
sheet was moved by Mr. John L. Blaikie,
president, who had no doubt that they
would be heartily approved, as, in all the
vital particulars which indicate solid suc-
cess, they marked gratifying progress, as
shown by the following figures :
Total cash income for 1874 $ 558,349 93
It 1898 482,514 08
Increase (16 per cent) 75,880 85
Total assets December 31, 1894. 1,987,446 30
43 • • " 1893 1,709,459 39
Increase (17 per cent) 283,992 91
Total reerve and surpluelfueds, De-
cember 31, 1894
Total reserve and surplus fnuds, De- 1,9°2,286 75
ember 31, 1893 1,616,572 26
Increase (18 per cent) $ 285,664 49
These large increases are all the more
gratifying when we consider the dull
times experienced by so many, and the
kenness of competition for business.
They cannot fail to convince any thought-
ful and intelligent student that not only
is ample provision being made by the
company for every contract, but that a
large surplus is being built up, out of
which alone profits for policy -holders can
come. A comparison of the business of
the company at the close of 1894 with
what it was five years ago showed an in-
crease in payments to policy -holders of
123 per cent.; in insurance in force, of 60
per cent.; in. cash income, of 91 per cent.;
in assets, of 143 Isar cut; and in surplus
of 874 per cent. Thus while the assets
have increased about one and a half
fold, the surplus has increased fourfold.
The more closely any person acratinizes
the figures of all the life insurence done-
panies doing business in the Dominion of
Canada, with tb.e view to ascertain which
can do the best 'for insurers, the more he
will be eonvinced that the Nortls Arneri-
elm Life stands in the very front rank.
During the pese fourteen years the Com-
pany has disbursed for death Josses, all-
clowraents, profits on inesestment policies)
etc., over thre -quarters of a million of
dollars, and at the present time holds a
seeuriey lor its property holder& assets,
as per balance sheet, $l,987,446.80, anti
itt eddition tun:ailed guarantee fund of
240,000, or itt all the large SUM of $2,-
227446,80, thus giving a relative eectteity
•
doubtless unsurpessed by any other com.
The Vice -President, Hon. G. W. Allen)
seconding the resolution, said that he
fully endorsed every remark of the chairs
man as to the progress of the Company
and the solid position it had attained,
and as a Canadian institution we could
all look forward with perfect confidence
to its increased growth and future pros-
perity, The motion was unanimously
carried.
Owing to the absence, through illness,
of the chairman of the Finance Commit-
tee, his able and comprehensivereport 011
the satisfactory position ot the inveet-
ments of the Company was read by the
Hon G. W. Allan, who further said: "I
should like to be permitted to add to what
has been said with regard to our mortgage
investments. Perhaps I may clams to
speak with the adva,3atage of experience,
halving been connected as a director and
president with loan companies for over
thirty years. I have taken a gocsi deal
of interest in the subject as a member of
the Board of Directors of this Company,
and I 0931 say without hesitation to our
policy:holders and others that I doubt
very rancb if there is any other company
in the country whose securities are of so
high a character as those held by the
North American Lite, They have been
selected with great judgment, and we
have the advantage of a, man of very large
experience in Mr. Galley, who exercis s
great eare in reporting on all propertiea
offered to us for leans."
Jathes Thorburn, M.D., presented his
full and interesting annual report on the
mortality expense of the Comps y, after
which Mr. J. K. Kerr, Q.C., moved a vote
of thanks to the medical director for the
able m inner in which he had conducted
the affairs of the medical department.
This was seconded by Sir Frank Smith,
who expressed confidence in the future of
the Company and his satisfaction at the
excellent financial result of the past year's
work. Hearty votes of thanks were ten-
ders& the board, officers and agents of the
Company, and at a subsequent meeting
of the newly elected Board, Mr. John L.
Blaikie was unanimoasly re elected Pres-
ident, and Hon. G. W. Allan and. J. K.
Kerr, Q.C., Vice -Presidents.
PROPOSALS OF MA dRIAGE.
Statistics of How Men and Women Act
at an Interesting Moment.
There is a clever statistician who could
teach a thing or two to the novelist. This
statistician has attempted to classify the
action and methods of proposals, and, as
a result, has presented tabulated figures
extremely interesting to psyeholoeists.
Out of 100 cases thirty-six gentlemen take
lady in arms, sixty-seven gentlemen kiss
lady on lips, four gentlemen kiss lady on
cheek, three gentlemen show very good
taste by kissing lady- on eyes and two
gentlemen kiss lady on hand. It is to be
presumed these two out of a hundred are
•the timid, diffident kind, though it is pos-
sible that they might be of the quiet y
sentimental nature. One gentleman
kisses lady on nose. It must be added
that the statistician is careful to insert
the saving clause (by mistake). There is
even a record of a man kissing a lady on
edge of shawl, but, thank goodness, there
is only one in a hundred, and the chances
are that this man is peculiar. Seventy-
two hold. lady's hand, sixteen. hold it very
tightly, fourteen have lumps in their
throats and nine exclaim alo td: "Thank
Got I" Only seven out of a hundred de-
clare themselves to be deliberately happy
and five are too full for utterance Three
out of a hundred stand on one foot when
they make proposal and go down on one
knee, while nine make a formal prelude
—something like the slow musie in the
play, we suppose, when the villain ap-
peals to heaven to witness the consuming
flame of h‘s affections for the heart he
plots to ruin, etc.
The behavior of the lady under the cir-
cumstances is equally entertaining and
instructive. Out of a hundred cases
eighty one sink into the arms of gentle-
man, sixty-eight rest their heads on gen
tleman's breast and only one sinks into
the arms of a chair; eleven clasps their
arms around the gentleman's neck, six
weep tears of joy silently and forty-four
weep tears aloud—whatever that means;
seventy two have eyes full of love, an.
nine out of a hundred rash from the room
and tell everybody. Only four are great-
ly surprised, and eighty-seven Lut of a
hundred knew that so eething was com-
ing; five giggle hysterically and one
even sneezes. Only one of a hundred
struggles not to be kissed, while six kiss
gentlemen first. If we believe the statis-
ancianeone out of a hundred women will
say, "Yes, but don't be afoot"
The Baneful Influences of Romantic
Fiction.
Who that has read Rousseau's " Con-
fessions " will feel to remember the em-
phatic avowal that he was unfitted for
life by the reading of novels? Like the
opiumha,bit, the craving for fiction grew
upon him, until the fundamental pax t of
him had suffered irreparable harm. It is
barely possible, of course, that Rousseau,
m lookmg back upon his past life and
trying to account for its vagaries and
misadventures, exaggerates the effect of
his intemperance in the matter of fiction.
He may have had a taint from his birth
making him nervously unstrung and li-
able to excesses. But he is not the only
one who has experienced detrimental ef-
fects from dwelling too long in the pleas-
ant land of romance. As soon as a alma
—and particularly a chill—gets acclima-
ted there he is likely to become of very
small account as far as reality is con-
oerned. He becomes less and less able to
apply sound standards of judgment to the
things of this world; and as the success
in life for which we are all striving de-
pends primarily upou this ability to see
things straight and judge them (nearly,
no Imo can eseape the conclusion that a
large consumption of romantic fiction.
tends distinctly to disqualify a man for
wordly success. A habit of mind is pro -
awed by the frequent repetition of the
same or similar impressions; and if, while
young, your thoughts move among ab-
surd and lurid unrealities, and your eyes
become accustomed to the Bengal illumi-
nation of romance, you will be likely to
tumble about like a blundering bat in the
daylight. Many a time, I will warrant,
you have had this very experience of
waking, as from a delightful dream ,
when your novel was finished. The world
and all your daily coneerns looks pale,
dreary ancl vagely irritating, while your
mind is yee vibrating. with the courtly
speeches of some fascinating d'Arbsgrusit,
to whom life was but a stage for gallant
adventures, or with the clash of Isembee's
sword or the impossible heroism of an im-
possible Esmeralda. The youth who gobs
hie mind adiroSted to this style of speech
and action will be severely handicapped
in dealing with affairs whiell require a
nice discrimination of praetical values,
Ile will And it neat bo impossible to eous-
mond. 'bloat supreme concentration of ef-
fort withlent *hie/1 no greet achievement
is aceonsplished. lapse into, sues
eioority, even though he meat hews beers
equipped for disbinebiou—Rjaimeas Hjorth
in the February Fora
• •
AFTER MANY' YEARS.
A STRANGE TALE TOLD BY A
WELL-KNOWN MN swo.
The Painful Results of an Injury Be.
milted Keay 'Years Ago—Wasareat-
ed in the Rest Hospitals of T wo (ion.
tine Wei. buttProsiouuesti Ioeurable
A Fellow Patient Pointed Out the
Road to Recovery. ,
Froin thejOwen Seoul Times.
The marvellous efficacy of Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills has again been demon-
strated itt this town., The Times referred
to the astonishing cure of Mr. Wm, Bel -
rose, a well-known citizen. This was
followed a iew weeks ago by the remark-
able mire of Mrs. elonned, ot Pearl street,
whose life had been despaired of by her-
self and family and friends. .A. few days
ago the Times reporter was passing along
Division street, ethers it was notieed that
anew barber shop had been opened by
Mr, Di& Uousby, a member of a family
who have lived ill Oarell Simnel 1' or nearly
half a century. Knowing that Mr Colts -
by had beea serioasly ailing when he
came le= Englaud a few months pre-
vious, and at that time had little hope of
recovering hie health. The Time; sna,n
dropped in to ha,ve a chat, and before the
conversatiun proceeded very tar, it Was
evident that there had been another
miracle performed by the wonder working
Pink Pills.
" Weil, let us start at the beginning of
my troubas." said Mr. Cousby, when the
Times began probing for particulars.
"Twen.ty-one years ago 1 lett sehuol here
and join.ed a, minstrel company. Sinee
that time !have had parts iu manyof the
leading minstrel companies as comedian
and dancer. in the spring of 1887 1
theught 1 would try a sammer engage-
ment and took a position with Hall &
Bingley's cireus'then playing tb.e
Western States. Oste morning during the
rush to put up the big three -pole tent, I
was giving the men a hand, when the
centre pole slipped out, and in falling
struek me across the small of the back.
While 1 telt sore io . a time, I did not pay
much attention to it. After workieg
week I began to feel a pain similar to that
of s iatio-rheumatism. For a year I
gradually grew wor e and finally was laid
up. This was at Milwaukee. After some
time 1 went to St. _Paul and underwent an
electric treatment, and thought I was
cured. I then took an engag-ement with
Lew johnstenex Minstrels and went as far
west as Seattle. About three years ae.c
I made an engagement with Bowes &
Farquharsoa to go on a our through
Europe itt the great American. Minstrels.
Before sailing irom New York I suffered
from pains between the shoulders, but
paid very little ettention no it at the
time, but when I reac.hed Glasgow I was
scarcly able to walk. I remained. in this
condition until we reached aLanchester,
where I obtained ,emporary relief from a
doctor's prescription. For two years the
only relief I had was by taking this medi-
cine. In May of 1898, whi e at Birming-
ham I was tatten very bad and gradually
got wo,se all simmer. An engagement
was offered me as stage manager lIl ante
ley's Minstrels aud I went out with them,
but in three months' iime I was so bad
that 1 had to quit. All this time 1 was
consulting a physician who had been
recommended as a epecialist, but without
any relief. Hydropathic baths and other
similar treatments ,vere resorted to with-
out avail. Finally there was no help for
it and I went to Manchester, and on Dec.
12th, 1898, went into the Royal Hospital,
where the physicians who diagn.used my
case pronounced it transveise
or chronic spinal disease. Alter being in
the hospital for live mouths I grew worse,
until my legs became paralyzed Imre the
hips down. Dr. Newby, toe house sur-
geon, showed me every attention and be-
came quite friendly and reg•etfully in-
formed me that I would be an invelei all
my lite. For a change I was sent to
Barnes' Convalescent Hospital, Cheadle,
having to be carried irom the hospital to
the cariage and then on to the trein.
Alter a aveek there, a patient told me of
a cure effected on himsslf by the use of
Dr. Williams' .Pink rills. Being thor-
oughly discouraged, I asked fur my dis-
charge and 1 w as seise back to Manehes-
ter, where I began taking Pink kells.
After the use of a le w boxes 1 A eouvered
the use of my legs sufficse.stly to welk
several blocks. I then concluded to start
for Canada and join my emends here. I
continued takieg the Pills, constantly
getting stronger. I had taken .no other
medicine since I began the use of Pink
Pills and 1 have no doubt as to *lust cured
me. I now feel as well as ever end I am
able to take up the trade uf barberiug, at
which I worked during the summer
months. When I remember that the
doctors told me I woulci be helpless all my
life, I cannot help looking on ray cure as
a miracle," As Mr. Coueby told me oi the
wonderful cure, his guod-natured creme
traumata fairly shone with g atitade. He
is so well known hare as a streightsur-
ward respectable citizen that ti.113 lames
need say nothingiu his behalf..
unva,rnished statement would go tor a
feet with everyone who kno es tune
These Pills are a positive cure tor all
troubles arising Irene a vitietea conditioa
of the blood, or a shattered aervous sys-
tem. Sold by all dealorasor sent by Mail;
from Dr. Williams' Medicine company.
Brookville, Ont., or Schenectady,
at 50 Gents a box or six boxes for $2.50
There are numerous inaitations said sub-
stitutes against width the public is eau -
Rory to Dress a Girl.
Ibis a very common saying that it is
an eaay metier to dress a girl, but very
difficult to clothe it boy. This saying'
must have originate 1 some years ago, Ice
in these days there is no drffieulty what -
over in buying every thing needful for a
boy at any of the ready-made clothing
establishments, anci at tar more veissons
able ptices, and iadefinitely more engin
factory in every pertioular, than the
same dolling mado at home could pos-
sibly To .tder'ess a girl as she sxhould be dressed
roguing a greet deal of thought and time,
0.111068 one se forbunnee enough to be alai°
to walk into one of our largo establish -
meats awl give e eerbesblemehe order for
ovorythilig. 111 3/1080 days there /see few
who can do this, and it is a), eel:hese ques-
tion to all mothers hew to attain the best
result 'with tee least expenditure of
money,
now to avo;d
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NOWVILEA.I.
To begin with, shoes and stockings,
which are extremely in evidence with lit-
tle girls, must be carefully ohosen. Until
a girl la eleven or twelve she should not
wear heels on her shoes • they seriously
injure the shape of this foot, and are
othewiso injurious to her physical health.
Sprin.gh- els, as those heels are called
which are only raised enough to have the
foot placed in the proper position when
walking, should always be worn. For
school wear pebble -goat or straight goat
shoes are the best. Calf -skin, even itt the
lightest quality, is not desirable, as it is
apt to produce earns. antiesehildren's feet
are exceedingly tender. For dancing -
school or for dress wear patent leather
tips with cloth tops. or patent leather
tips with kid. tops. are t'ne proper thing.
Slippers and low shoes should be avoided,
as they are apt to induce bad habits in
walking and standing. All children will
stand on the sides ot -their feet if possible,
and in slippers and low sho, s the habit
grows apace. No child can get along
without two pairs of shoes, which must
be kept in good order; no buttons off,
and no dust and. unbrushed look. It es
not at all necessary nor desirable to have
more than two pairs of shoes as children.
outgrow them very rapidly. Black stock-
iness are universally worn by children as
-well as grown people, unless with brown
shoes, when brown stockings are the cor-
rect thing. A. good cotton stocking is by
no means eheap, and in children s size
is much more expensive than in ladies'
sizes. It is a, very good plan to have a
pair or tvro of silk -finish stockings for
dress. Woollen stockings are not very
much worn, because wh.on there is any
tendency tapers:pia:at-iozi they induce it,
and oftimes itt this way make the feet
colder than a cotton stocking, which doers
not produce those results.
Woollen. underwear itt our climate is
necessary for the health of any child, but
there is no need of buying very heavy
weight; half wool and half cotton is ali
that IS required.
A girl's under -clothing should be as
dainty as possible, and she should be
taught that neatness and fine materials
are particularly desirable. Embroidery
is very reasonable at present, and little
rirffies of embroidery on p 3tticoats and
drawers make an exceedingly niers finish.
There is a great question as to whether
money cannot be saved by buying under-
garment ready made, fur they aro now so
well made, and sold at sucb low prices,
that the argument advanced that they
do not wear so long as those made at
home avails nothing, for girls outgrow
their clothes much faster than they wear
them out. 01 course more elaborate ones
can be made at home for the Sara° money,
but one's time must be counted into the
outlay to be absolutely just.
sleep on the Floor,
"I have neva- slept in a bed since the
war." This remark was made by A. M.
Warner, of Boston.
"The 'reason," he continued, "is not
because I am a vegetarian or a crank. I
simply am unable to go asleep in a bed,
and for twenty years f have not tried.
During the evarI was no service four years
and itt all that time never slept, in a bed.
I had no home, and consequently had no
farloughe. The habit of rol ling in, a blan-
ket and sleeping grew so fixed with me
that when I got baok from the war and
settled down a bed was a nuisance. I
have rolled and tossed and tried hard to
sleep night after night, but was not able
to keep my eyes c osed until I sought the
floor. For ten years 1 teied to reconcile
myself to a bed, but it was no use. Fin-
ally I gave it up, and now he my home in
Boston I sleep in a room in which there
is 110 bed. I simply roll myself in a blan-
ket or two, according to the temperature,
and I sleep soundly. My health is good,
and I am slue that I shall live just all
long as if I slept on a down mattress."
Ills Wisdent.
,faek—I wish I were able to go out of
town for the eummek.
Tom—Aiert"t you? Tr; doesn't cost
mach
jaek*PerhaPS not, but if 1 did that
once, I'd never he able to stancl iny land-
lady and, tailor off again.
rIchat a sponge or a rag meturated with
ceyeause pepper solutine and stuffed into
a, rat hole will drive the poste away.
A wine Wield.
"14 this it a ood town for an editor ?"
"fest inthe world! Sheriff is tore -v-
itt", all' the bill eolleetors go to church on
Sthaday I"
That an ounce of alum dissolved in the
last •weter in widish Mothee are Y illE0C1 will
render them almost inflammable,