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The Exeter Times, 1890-10-23, Page 2A STRANGE COURTSHIP CHAPTER XXV'III.—FtaileeDl.as„ he had forgotten her—he was not a man It was the third morning after Mr. Sire- I likely to forget anything upon which he had fete's visit, and not more than a week siuce i once set his mutat and she bad hithertegiven Martha had undertaken the cnlivary depart- j slim credit, since he had beeu informed by meat, mid 'Mabel lia+htonned the blue apron, • Mm. Marshall of her lance fortune, fordeli- and accepted the portfolio of (above stairs) caey of feeling in not persecuting her domestitt ;Whirs, when an incident occurredwith offers of assistance—those proofs wheal was destined to be a turning -point in ! of disinterested friendship which he their existence. There is at least one of bad ante threatened to exhibit in !erose iii most of our lives. We come to a ; c se she should need them ; but he cress -rt ad with ie finger -post that points up had only hided his time, it seemed, and and down hill. if we fu the been hitherto selected it most opportunely for ids purpose. pursuing the latter course, the indication to It was skilful of him, ton -and vcry, very' Prt +yt,,, re"rf is in most eases very attractive, !creel—to Mare fent Ibis .tuoney to :►Iartl;a for it seems that Rappinfs$ must also lie ins and not to herself. It would be a very bit- the same direction. But let us not ,intiei- ter cup to have explain the ]natter to her pate ; and especially do not let us attempt hostess, when Cousin Job's denial should to guess at which of these two virgins will arrive ; but site merle up her Mind tbat it be wise, and which—.well, over -sanguine; should be explained at ate costs. Nothiug for if we do, we shall probably be meow,. i should tlreu induce her to touch that money They were seated at breakfast.whcrezhey or let Martha tenth it ; whatever bap tee ld great state, which was maintained so i pone , she to Mr.would l{' utter herself uiahow ng ae the excellent Itee ere services were in requisition. -Not till noon, when the front- was she to deeliue his protlered gift yethile a door bengal behind her—she ahrays bangedl iertiele of a doubt existed as to who was the it—ilia they udtlenly descend fit►m their I giver ? To express her conviction by letter, high station, and as Cinderella~ slid at • le, that Mr. Wiuthrop had sent her two hand - pan., after the ball, commence their menial rete pounds, when, asa matter of fact, hehad to. Rachel brought in a letter en a japan- sent nothing. would be terrible indeed. and ned salver, and alartaa, to whore it was ate.!' worse than all. Her cheeps turned crimson dr e,esed, having eyed it with suspicion, latae" at the thought of it. ie down lamina her plate. she alio, not re- In the meantime, not a syllable of reply colonise the llalulwriting.antlexperieneehail Milne front Cousin Job. ahttily taught her dont one should com complete "That is so much like line, my dear," ex - one's };reeiri st',afore opening an errGrope plaiued .Martha. "He is just the man to be that max eotitain a bill,obstinate about confessingto a good action, "i2 :s registered,. remarked Rachel sere � particnla•1y in a case like this, when it tentiouslyand the man's a•waitin in ttouldseetatlakeowningbunself to here been rain." l g in the wrong for years. I ani not in the ,.ltrgistere,.i 1" cried Martin.. Barr. "0 n least sur r}sed. Eow, if be had not sent dear : Give hue the pen and ink. There,] this money, he would have written a most 1 take him the receipt. The aka of its be -1 ulseonrtenus letter is reply to urine, to ask in; registered, my clear alahel; think n of upon what grounds I took him forsuell a !hest :" "Yon mean to make use of these two ••slut why don't you open it t" .inquired 9 ahead calmly.hundred pounds, then : ' "Ah, my darling.," sighed Martha, "it is • ``areleemyldear chihl; it wouldbe flying clear yen have not been lrml accustomed to +. In the face of 1 roe idenee not to do so. here peer. To his a cure, !hare are each thinps' el restored to us ;anare all our little bills paid our g000d Raeh- as love -letters, though i kuowuothiugaboutte quite :i fortune to go th.m, the Mere mate -ides of whiell are saiilto on upon. 'la'tter than all—as your dear make the heart sheat, awl the clime emus ' father would have said—alae opportaunty' and ;hut !bort+arc only for �onuil;peaple. for lisnevelence has been afforded to a fel- Now. a registered letter leeted for all l0w•ereature ;' that was a favorite expire• }s a sta•.es of life. my dear. I've lead one at sign of his when he had screwed anything soba al, from my poor mother, with half a for his pour people out of a rich neut." 'Mabel lead no sntlicient answer to this teaselling ; and her chagrin was the greater inassinuch as she well knew that, even if this help did aleous' 1e from the toaster thus mill= cated, it was solely upon her account that her hostess hall accepted it, liartlia'n in- dependence of eltaracter, in matters that rtoneerncd herself only, was as great as ever; but it bad broken down—as, to human Da- tum's d't ' ere it often r ow..w • s- ill 1 lira the per sure was fi t}'lied zudireetly, through one she loved. The little bills were paid ; the excellent Rachel was reinstated in her former high commend ; and all things went on as lidera, even to the tea-parties, with their shrimps and sacred mesio. Mr...Siineoe was not so merry as of yore; Mr. Claude W4,1 A, Outdo more desponding, and the object of his hope- less attentions naturally relished these en- tertainments less than ever ; but still it was evident tbat a weight land been removed from Martha's mind, and this was, at any - rate, a source of satisfaction to Mabel. Moreover, .as time sveut on, sho began to hope that Cousin Job might, after all—like sir John 1plumpuddiug of the Grange, who hanged himself ono morning fora change— have undertaken for once (as in a iniracle- piny) the part of the good Samaritan. It seemed as though her lot was cast for life in the little harbour where it now lay, never more to be agitated, save by the mini- ature storms that raged between. Simcoeite and anti .Simeoeite ; the pleasures of su..h an existence, such as they were, were denied' to her; she was unable to appreciate thotrhnnph of the sisterhood of St. Etheldreda, when it oozed out, in spite of the most strenuous ef- forts to hush it up, that the secretary of the Dorcas Society was given to liquor, :and car- ried brandy in her duelling -bottle; nor, on the outer hand could sbo share the wild joy of "the Darras," when one of the sisters, de- voted to celibacy and sacred vestments, el- oped on a saint's day with the church bead- le 1 Since scandal failed to interest her, the ordinary gossip of Brackmere was, of course, fiat and insipid enough. Its continual drop. plug might have worn a heart of stone away; but she had wisely shut her ears against it from the first. Miss Jennings paid a daily visit, whether it was wet or dry : if the for- mer, she wore pattens, and in themafforded a living illustration of the cynic's represen- tation of her sex: Hear the ladies how they walk, Pittie-pattlo, pittle-pattlo; Bear the ladies how they tails, Tittle-tattle tittle-tattle. sovereign acne up in the seal, if thopostmau bade .% stole it ; and owe 1 hail ten pounds mat me at a very sail time tit was to bury her) from a. friend who never reve• led 123123. self, but who. Ihnow, must have been your own dear father, aull no one cleat and this ie the tiara." Bore she broke the seal, autl uttered a. great 01701 joy. "'What is it, Martha?" "I don't know, my child, exeept that it's banknotes. "I'M all of a trernbk', and haven't a dry thread upon me. Open it your. self, my darling ; do." Mabel obeyed, though not without some trembling too. •"rhere are two notes," shosaid. "Two notes? Now think of that 1" "For a hundred pounds apiece.,, <: A what ?". Mabel repeated her statement " There is 210 letter ; but insidetheenvelopois writ- ten --.l rom aFriona." • " For these, and all Iiia mercies, the Lord's name be praised 1" exclaimer. Martha fervently ; than she burst into tears. "Hc has not chastened me long for my voltam- sameness and obstinacy," t obbeti she ; " 2ny darling has not been put to shifts and toil for very long. All that is over now. I'll ring at once, anti tell our good Rachel the glad news; and tben I'll just run over to 311W-enpings, for I know she takes her as much for my sake as her own, and"---- " But my dear Martha," interposed Mabel gravely, " do you think it will be right to 1-eep the money, not knowing front whom it comes?" "But I do know, my darling, Who on earth =should it come front lint Cousin Job ? I would never have asked him for a sbilling—not even vtoto" (and she put her hand m Mabel's lovingly) ; "but since he has sent it of his own free-will, I accept it gratefully. Why, fifty pounds will pay all we owe in the world, and the rest is quite a little fortune 1 When people like Cousin Job do make a present, it is almost always a handsome one like this. See, the envelope has the London post -mark ; I am quite persuaded that it's Cousin Job." "You had better write and ask, I think," said Mabel doubtfully "Of course , I'll write and thank him for it," answered Martha, "which will make certain. But who else could have sent it ? If it had come to yobs instead of me, I shoula have said it was Mr. 1)uncombe ; but then from what I know of him, I am sure he would have written to—to apologise, as it were." Mabel nodded acquiescence. She did not tbink it was Mr. buncombe, but still less did she believe that the money came from Cousin Job. There were two persons much more likely to••have sent it, and the idea that neither should have done so filled her with unutterable shame. It was impos- ;ible, however, to communicate her suspic- ions to Martha at present ; it wouldbe time enough to do so, when Cousin Job had re- pudiated all share in so uncharacteristic a transaction. In the meantime, the notes were kept in Martha's desk. If she could not spend them, she already, in imagination, enjoyed the fruition of them. She was in such tip-top spirits, thati1r. Samuel Simcoe, whom she met that evening, inquired wheth- er she was going to be married. "You are every impudent man," she said ; and then, unable to withstand the old gen- tleman's cordiality of manner, and burning to communicate her good fortune, she told him what had happened. "I'm delighted to hear it," exclaimed he gravely ; "I eish I had sent it to you my- self." "You send it? Why should you have sent it?" inquired Martha simply. "Why, indeed?" replied the old gentle- man, not without some confusion. !'But, at all events, I did not ; I never did any- thing so smart as that in my life. • Cousin Job must be a good fellow—if it was Cousin Job." "Why, that's what Mabel says," cried Martha; "as if it could possibly be anybody " We are getting on," said he, clapping, else." bis huge hands. "It would be 'worth a "Well, if she asks, you may say, et all pretty penny in my pocket if the fellow had events, that it was not me," growled Mr. but a handle to his name. I have sometimes Simcoe, and with that he trotted away. thought of investing a hundred or so in a His manner was most extraordinary, my needy baronet for March and April. I'll dear," •said Martha, when relating this in- have a paragraph in the local paper about terview to Mabel. "lie really seemed to. this Mr. Winthrop ; see if I don t.—Kollo think that you mighthave attributed the Dropt your work, Miss Mabel. I'm sorry I thing to himself, so anxious was he to dis- can't stoop to pick it up. Never can stoop claim it. He is such a funny man." now ; not even to folly. It's " lovely One of the two persons whD had fallen woman" that does that, though, ain't under Mvbel's suspicion being thus exoner- it ? Talking of lovely women, old Mrs. ated, the probability in favour of the other's Jobblin has just called ou me, and guilt -for such she deemed it—became very let me in for one pound five, for her father's great. This money could have come, in benefit. He was an actor, about half a short, but through one channel Who was century ago, and they' re•gou g to give bun Hell enough to have sent it? Who could have a perfor nance at the Assembly Rooms, to had any object in sending it, except Mr. puta little money in his pocket—or to Miles Winthrop? She did not believe that bury him with, as I should think. He's the The numerical state of the congregation at the new church ; the price of periwinkles ; the increasing size of dear Mr. :Simcoe, " which was such a pity :" such were her topics. An arrival or departure in Brack - mere was a godsend to her, for in winter- time such incidents were s ery rare. One morning she came open-mouthed with the news that a gentleman had put up at The George—apparently with the intention of a prolonged atay—with a body -servant, and no less than three horses. His name. was Widdrop or Wildrop ; his fortune im- mense ; his air and appearance most distill. gnished. One of the horses would—or at least could—carry a lady ; of that she was personally cognizant, because she had seen the groom riding out. upon it, sideways ; how he stuck on she could not imagine. " But how do ladies stick on when they ride on horseback?" asked Martha, smiling; she really did take some interest in this sort of talk, and had to affect snore, to make up for Mabel's rather marked indifference. "I am sure I dou't know," , said good Miss Jennings; "I could never understand that either." Miss Jennings upon horseback would in- deed have been a portent. Mr. Simcoe called in the afternoon, and discoursed on the same topic ; not that gossip had much charm for ham, but. he . was : moved by all that related to the well-being.of Brackmere, of lvhieh the arrival. 'of a distinguished visitor latterly spring was a most satisfactory proof.. oldest men in the world, and might have been exhibited ou that account (as I told ber) without any play at all. However, he's going to act in the .Honest Farmer= Thurs- day night, and you two ladies—why, Miss Mabel has run away 1—must patronise shim. I've brought you a couple of tickets in the best places." area sure your very kind," said Martha. "Theatres are not much in my wag, though, I confess, I see no harm in them; buts think 11 will do Mabel good, She wants a little shaking up, poor girl, for she has but a dull life a i with me. Ne e 1 be there, my good Metal, r certain," afar l had flown lip to her room, and lecke the door behind her, The blow for wh' she had been looking salon; , that she ha . almost hoped it might aevee- f ill, had falle 1, then, at last 1 If Maeliles Winthrop had i deed arrived at Braelniere, she could guess o easily the errand ou which he had. cont. He had despatched his amour, mous gift ; ,waited a reasonable tiule, until the money had been spent beyond redemption ; and was now conte he prison --for repayment. It was a base alio cowardly part to play, and not the behavior of a gentleman ; and at one time in Mabel'slife that. consiler: tioitmight, hetet caused her to have a:quittcd 1.ir. 1t iuthrop of Wapshot from suspicion of such. a course of conduct. Te a young lady, of competent means, attractive and beauti- ful, whese father, too, is a beneficed clergy- man, of some force of character, society paesents attother aspect .thea that it shews to a pew►iless orphan. In her halcyon days, every man whorl Mabel suet au equal terns ball seemed. to be agenes! man. She could never understand the rector's grim remark that the breed was dying out. The ob. servation, indeed, was fallacious, ivasninieh as at no time have specimens of that race been otherwise than very rare; but that of Mabel knew nothingg. The ordinary ac- ceptance of the teen is catholic enough, blame it includes all our beloved urirtoeraey, and all our county families,, by right of birth; but the word has also another sense, which it not so comprehensive. In the school of a'lversity, where the tleftuitions are very sharply define!., Mabel had leagued this fact, and she felt that if she should count up all the true gentlemen with whom she had ever been acquaiuteil, uponber fingers--• and one 1►aila would have sufficed for the es- petinunt—:.1r. Winthrop of Wapshot would not have been included ria the cateulatiou. , Se1f-conecit had no part in her appre? '11,:1023 that he hail come Clown to lit.tekntere upon her account ,• she was ulnen too alarmed and distressed to be influenced by vauity, even if it had been her nature to be so, which ie was not, Was it likely a 11 th, t it inn like Mr. Winthrop should have . come down to Drachmae without some defr-: its object? She thought over that last meeting between them on the cliff at Shing - lotus, and remembering his eager wards, his trembling voice, and above all that patient reply he had given to her denial : "I mune make up my mind that Providence is really against hue i11 this matter, her heart sank , within her. " I shall novel, never forget you," eloped said ; " mud if at any time there should come a chance of proving my devo- tion to your intorests,Ishall demand 11ognor- al on beyond the gretifieationof assistiugyou." Howohddnotdeneand it,parhaps, but would he not, very reasonably, expect it? In the court of honour, if not of law, had he mit, in fact, advanced hor,two hundred pounds upon her personal security to be redeemed only by her becoming his wife 1 As to re- paying sum the money, much of it was al. ready spent ; and to whom could she apply for help to make it good? A month ago, her heart would have answered : "To lir. Sim- coe;" but to ask such assistance from that quarter WOW was impossible, since it would have placed her in precisely the same situa- tion with respect to the Roe. Claude Simcoe as she felt herself to bo in with respect to Mr. Miles Winthrop. There was just ono ehanlce: if Mn Win- throp should perceive that she studiously avoided him, if alio took pains to prevent meeting with hint, and succeed, he might abstain from any direct persecution, such as coming to the House : his perseverance ]night wear out, and he retire, convinced that her answer to bis suit was the same as that which she had already given him, With that slender hope she was obliged to be content,and from that moment she e did her best to obtain the fruition of it. For days she remained within doors, as resolutely as any princess in her tower forwarued by fairy godmother of some open- air misfortune. The shnulation of a head- aehe was her defence against all Martha's entreaties that she shonitl venture forth, but it does not need au expert in doms;ia maladies (such as Martha was) to know the fresh air is not inimical to the headache. Her hostess was not, therefore, deceived by this simple device. She deemed that Mabel's disinclination for exercise was an- other symptom of that `` moping," from in- dulgence in which she was so anxious to win her darling. "I do hope, my dear, at all events," said she•in her gravest inauner, "that you will not disappoint poor Mr. Simcoe, by declin- ing to make use of his ticket on Thursday; he quite depends upon seeing ns." Mabel had it upon her tongue to say : "Give my ticket to Miss. Jennings," but she had not the heart to do it : Martha really ".looked forward " to this altogether unaccustomed piece of gaiety ; and Mabel knew that it would be robbed of all its pleasure if Martha went without her : she would be thinking throughout the perform- ance of the guest she had left unwell, or, what was worse, unhappy, at home. More- over, little as Mabel knew of theatres, she reflected that no poor show, such as could be afforded by the dramatis personce of the Brackmere Assembly Booms, would bo likely toattract Mr. Miles Winthrop. " I daresay Mr. Simcoe would survive it, even if Iwere not to go to the play," answered she ; then smiling roguishly, " but I will not disappoint somebody else, you dissipated Old darling 1" Martha was delighted with this reply, and spent half an boor that evening clean- ing up a pair of ancient white kid gloves with bread crumbs, in preparation for her dramatic treat. "I hope I shan't look fast and fashion- able," said she apologetically ; "bat , since. Mr. Simcoe has been so kind as to give us such good seats, one can't do less than do him credit, so tfar as far as appear an. goes." (TO III) CONTINUED.) Row to go to Sleep. "If you want to go to sleep quickly,"days a physician, "drink a half pint of hot water or hot milk. I don't say it will act in every case, but I will venture my opinion that it will act in eight cases out of ten. Beef tea is also good, Of course you will always find people ready to overdo this. When I said to a lady patient some time ago that feeding the stomach on retiringproduced sleep I was mailed on the following day. She had eaten what you would call a square meal." There is a joy in sorrow which only a mourner can know. When to Marry. Some discussion Lae recently taken place as to the proper age at which girls should. harry ; one of the weekly lone/eels request- ed its readers to state what in their opinion was the best marrying age ; and of all the answers received, tete vast majority fixed on twenty-five as the roost suitltble age, while none mentioned a egore lower than twenty - Aa I myself was married within a couple of montes of leaving the schoolrnom, I shaped not lake to be to severe on early marriages, late I feel sure that there is growing feeling in British society against allose lug ,.tris to make their final choice too early to life. it is quite the exception for', gine in good society to marry before they, are eighteen. (altleongli the Marchioness of Stafford awhile future Due 'less ofautlterlaud entered into the bonds of wedlock on their seventeenth birthday), and many parents talratee to their dao?h'ers marrying till tbey are over tiventy. lit -ay part, it seems to fine that it is a question impossible to setts by a fitted rule. There are plenty of girl regardiu whom it would be very diliicul to bring forward any tangible reason, either physical or moral, to prevent thein marry - mg while still in their teens. Oa the other hand, there are a large manlier of English girls—many more, I Matey, than iii America. --who remain curiously girlish and unde- veloped untie long after their school years are passed, lander such circumstauees mothers ought certainly to elder the mar- riage question until their daughters are three or four Hutt twenty. A Clondemued Man'sNerve. One of the coolest and most deliberate attelng�i�s at -suicide recorded is that of Ben- jamin Router, the murderer of John Arm- strong, iu Camden, N. J., in 1879. Bunter ►vas couiined in the "murderers' cage"in the county jail mailer cleat' a of the death watch. He esnuplalutel of eltilliuess one eight, and was permitted to wrap his lower extremities in a permitted He 1►ate previous] • tern oft the rim of his tin cup with his tecth,'and had it concealed in his trousers pocket. Talking on commonplace topics to his guard, Bunter secretly took the jagged strip of tin from his pocket, and, concealing los movements with the blanket, began cutting into au artery in left kg. Tito blood spurted out meets, anal the flaly Was concealed by Hunter spreading the blanket out like a skirt. He be.nune so weak that be was Unable to mutilate the conversation, and the e; ral'l'y snapicione were aroused. He Made an examination, anti founts that the murderer xvus.deeiliug to death. 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I was under the care or three physicians: bat did not get any relief, A friend sent me a bottle. of Nortbrep Lynzan's Vegetable Discovery, shad it affords me much pleasure to inform you that the benefit's have received trona it Is far beyond, ray expectation, J feel better now than .X have done for years." a R tin k tagJew- Just: 3' t,)p a cfRtan� GYfttM�� Lrona suamtoori. t9siary earl ,i:spgmacp lu'�ut M in liar advantages to beginners, Stool: tmuip10te,tvitit i tsclti"2.$Decia;ties. CD PIT F]MEE. Bra yuamdce nvhat'+iw t:dmilita. Write LtaIZ;Ia'tena'i)J lai.L �R�iL9.lnseaveaen, artt ,4ntuih t otaraN.) Exeter Lu ber w a�a'3+ cl Tho Undevei ited Wishes to informhe publlo in general that he keeps —constantly in stook— All Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL DRESSED OR UNDRESSED, A large stook of leunlok arnys o1 hand at mill prices. Flooring, Sid d2•eesed—inch, inch -and -a -qua ter, inch -find -a half and two inch. Sash Doi g Blinds, Mouldings and all Finishing Material, Lath, &c. SHINGLES A Sl'l1CI:1.LTY.---Ct»trpetition challenged. The best and the largest stock, and atlowest prices. Shingles A X. Ml dressed lumber thoroughly seasoned and ready for use. No shri'tlta-e assured. A call will bear out trio ]above. THE OLD DST r ED. Jas. • i1�.is, T vin St ABLISIi Freemasonry at a Drug Store. Stene: Chemist's shop in a temperance town out West, where, among outer goods, "soda water" is retailed in pretty consider able quantities. Eater young man, who in- quires if there is a vacancy for an assistant. "]Have you the requisite knowledge and experience ?" was the proprietor's first ques- tion, as he drew the applieant aside. " t think I may safely say I have," the young man answeredin an undertone. "Been long in the business?" "Three years." "Where ?" "In Milwaukee," `Humph what would you do if a customer gave you a nod of the head as he went up to the soda fountain ?" "Let hint have good old corn brandy and soda." "A couple of short nods and a clack of the tongue ?" "Fill the glass half lull of Jamaica rum." "If anybody assts for -banana syrup with his forefinger and thumb stuck in his left waistcoat pocket ? "He means cognac with ginger." "Three -node while pointing with his thumb over the left shoulder ?" "0111 Holland gin, and the same for his friends behind him." "If somebody says `Hudson,' and expector- ates to the left?" woo`corn with peppermint and worm- ' "Etemoves the quid from his mouth with his left 121212(1?" "Eland -made sour mash." "Very good ; that will do. You can start to -morrow. If anything out of the common is wanted—you'll find all these things in our cellar. You see. we have to be very careful in making up our prescriptions; as people's lives are at_stake." Two Borns Lords Meet, A peculiar incident, says the Empire, took place on Sunday last. A man came up from Mow York and gaiited permission to see Birohall, who was at the time•in the yard. Tho stranger gazed at the prisoner long and earnestly, taking note of every movement and. every thing about hint, When his keen observation was got through he turned away with the remark: "Psbaw, he is only a shopkeeper any way, a cad.',' This visitor was a man arrested in Philadelphia some years ago for' fraudand swindling, carried' out tuider the name of Lord Somerset, which he had assumed, and with 'which -title ho had gained amass to to the best society in the city. At the pres- ent time ressenttime he is in New York running n„so cetypaper,-and he Came tip to Woodstock for the sole purpose of seeing the other bogus: Lord Somerset, who had got into worse trouble through his lying than he had. It is a strange thing that there is a likeness be- tween the two men. The Marquis of Hertford, who has for some years given a bonus to the bailiffs of farms in hand which showedremunerative re- turns, has intimated that anysurplusexisting next year on the account of these barna after paying a fair rent and interest on capital, 1 shall be .divided among the labourers em- ployed. The announcement has been re ceiv- edwith. great satisfaction.bythe men. Platen Iicmedy for Catarrh is the Best, Lastest to Lse and Oheapclt e M•' • Sold by drngg11ts 01 tout by moll, res, E. T. llau:ltlne, Warren, Po,, U, u. A. c C+ ..ad9o1*2 nlwelch. mal Wd furs$ watch i until latelyworld, Lust rs oaten epthe War- ranted. , - rerfecs timekeeper. War- _� rmn tin Weary Gond ]:old oad gl 1Casc,,natb ladies and getus'sizes, whit troths and eases of equal value. Unel'crisoa in each 18. reply can secure one free, together with our lege mutual. =bin lino of Illoueohol,l. Samples. Thcso samples, ns well as the watch, tva send Free, and after yen have leapt them In your home for 2 mouths and shown them to those whom). Mara called, thry become your oust propertyy, Those esho write at once ren be sure or receiving the Watch end Sampien. 1w3 my' all express, Well bt, e:;, dddrtse istiaaun. Kir. 4)9..itLux QE? r'-=a:•t,:nulla 55 a1n.e. • CARTER'S iTTLE BIER PILLS. Sick Headache and relieve all the troubles in et • dent to a bilious state of the system, such as Dizziness, Nausea. Drowsiness, Distress after eating, Pato in the Side, Sc, 'while their most remarkable success has been shown in curing Headache, yet 0.unua's LiTTLIA Cries Plats are equally valuable in Constipation, curing and preventing this annoying complaint, while they also correct all disorders of tliie etomsoh, stimulate the liver and regulate the' bowels. Even if they only cured Ache they would be almost priceless to those who suffer from this distressing complaint: but fortunately their goodness does not end -here, and those wiho once try them will find these little pills valuable in so many ways that they will not be willing to, do without them, But after all sick head is the bane of so many litres that here is where we make otic great boast. Our pills cure it while others do not. OsaTsa's LITTLE arena Pitts are very small anti very easy ;to take,; One or two ppills make a dose: 'They are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or purge, but by. their gentle action. please all who use them In vials at.25 cents; lave for $t. _ Sold everywhere, or sent by avail. CASTES MED101Ng 00„ Von Moak. rag�ry'1 �) Dm, 4��'6 .1211 32.1 ���� �S�e�s b� .11 m �� �h s . ERRORS OF YOUTH. Nervous Do- bility, Seminal Losses and Premature Decay, promptly and permanently cured by oes not interfere with diet or usual occupation and fully restores lost vigor and insures pperfeot manhood. Price $l per box. Sold by all drugs gists. Sole Proprietor, H. SCHOFIELD, $eho- Aeid's Drug Store, net Srnnse, ToilOsTo.