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The Wingham Advance, 1911-10-05, Page 6Brootithall estimates the world's wheat crop at 10,000,000 bushels less than last year. That is a very small difference. Following closely upon the rise in the price of sager colnee a rise in the price of .whiskey. The cost of living semi to continually tend Janata Up to the present the new valuation at 13r1tish. estate e has eovered 800,000 properties, and from all those have come only 25 appeals. It is a splendid. show- ing. John D. Itockaeller "admit" that great wealth is somewhat of a burden. But it is a burden of which thousands stand ready to relieve John D., it is to be observed. .• • The dry season has hit Britieh dairy- men, too, and they are considering a boost in the price of milk to lle. and 81/ed. per gallon wholesale al winter and summer rates, ,Sassex farmers refused to join in a demand for Is. and 91. as the rates. * New York City is about to purchase the largest automobile fire engine on the eontinent. It is mounted on wheels heavy enough to sustain a, locomotive, it weighs 13,500 pounds and la of 125 horse -power, Its pumps viII throw 7,444 gallons a minute. The price is al0,000.. • -* • The Standard Oil Company is to be broken up by Dec. 31, a ratable distribu- tion of the shares of the subsidiary companies being begon on Aug. 31. But, although the trust will end, it does not by any mean; follow that business will not be done along the same lines under "a gentlemen's agreement." Arabi Pasha is dead at Cairo, Egypt, Arabi was a great figure in the early 80's when he led the military insurrec- tion in Egypt. He was taken prisoner and condemned to death, but his sen- tence was tater commuted to exile tb Ceyloa. Subsequently he was pardoned and had of recent years quite dropped out of eight. ••• The blank-aballot in New York city promises to become a great deal worse under the law recently passed to reform. it. In Queens County, N. Y., in 1909, there were 24 political parties, and the ballot was 48 inches long. In Munroe county, under the new Act and with simi- lar, conditions the sample ballot will be nearly two feet high and seven feet long. Thirteen 'poultry dealers are under conviction in New York, and will go to jail for a year as members of the Poul- try Trust. This is the first conviction in New York under this law in which jail sentences have been imposed. The Poul- try Trust was formed in March, 1909. The proeees of fleecing the public will become less popular when jails yawn for the conspirators. _ • The question of controlling juvenile •cifime is one that properly attracts much attention. The effect of the Gib - sen act has been excellent and the juv- enile courts anti the children's play- ground movement tend in the some dir- ection. It is good to repress crime; it is better to prevent the making of crimin- als. • - • The recent annual report of the Com- missioner of Police, of London, England, presents. the following interesting table: 1870 1910 Population of London 3,618,992 7,252,903 Thefts reported . .. 19,095 17,982 Property stolen .. 4396,110 $660,105 Property recovered .. 98,620 214,9`2() That shows that the annual ratio of reported thefts to population was as 1 is to 189, while this year it is as 1 is to 426—a, decline of,emore than two- thirds. Evidently crime in London is a declining profession. The Court of Appeals of New York hos decided that a mechanics in the em- ploy of a religious or charitable corpora- tion who suffers injury through its negligence may maintain an action for recovery thereof. The court decides that the immunity from liability of such corporations in the case of injury to an inmate or beneficiary does not extend to an outsider employed to perf.orin work oft one of its buildings. The &chasm' is of considetable importance as it is tht first Hine the question hag been passed upon by a Court of Appeal. The Philadelphia Record says that the auto owners ere .1,i -taking out a strong ease agaiast the misuse of the machtnee. "It it :tot," it says, "precisely that, they mean to kill men, women and children who ao not get out of the way as they approach, but that they do kill every day is one plaet or another." In the In - terms of public safety, as well ea in the gee/we of automohiling the =cane owiters should join in repressing the reeklesenese of chauffeurs in the streets of eitioe. A Chicago paper says: "In Ameriett there are no 'ritiajestlea' nor 'serene high. noiS5' nor other anguet aria 'awful' ptemences' wherein we must bend the knee ant Math can says us from the ptnalty of the foulest crime through it own atraeloite favor,' It ie the whole aim and end of 'government of the peo- ple, by the people mut for the people' that every man shall have plain juatihe to the utinost extent that hanneetus may mecum it and ehall neither stiffer nor be favored by the more will of any matt nor even trf all Mena' Please ex - (tate ns white vte Muhl ,11...n.M.,1110.1.1004,•••••••,....4•01,1•1.14. 401,1,1•1,1II,M Sweet Miss Margery On the night after Sir Douglas Ger- ant's deathn in the seclusien of bis room Stuart had broken the eovering of the packet intrusted to his care, and read the eontente. The funeral was over aew, ilia], the will read. Beecham Park was left to Stuart, with the proviso that he fulfilled certain eoralitione con- tained in a letter already pliteed iba nds, n bie Tile writing was close and crabbed. but it was distinct, and Stuart read it easily. "Nalien I first decided upon making you my heir, Stuart, I determine& to couple that deciaion with another that would perhaps prove as irksome to you as it hue been sorrowful and disappoint- ing to me. But a aew influence has since come into my life—hope, aweet, bright, glorious hope, with peace and gladilesa behind it. Let me tell you my story. "You will have heard of your cousin Douglas Gerant as a setteup, a proflig- ate, a disgrace. I was wild, perhaps- foolieh and bot -headed; btit, Stuart, I never dishonored my name or my fath- er's memory, My brother Enstace and I were never on good terms. He bat- ed me for my wild spirits, 'my good Woke and my gnome with women; and I on my side had little sympathy with his narrow cramped life end niggardly ways; so one day we agreed to piut and never meet except when absolutely necessary. I left him in his dull home at Beecham Park, where his one idea of enjoyment was to scan rigidly the accounts of the estate and eartail the expenses, and went to London, . "From my mother I inherited a small income, which proved about sufficient for my extravagances, and I passed my days with a crowd of boon companion, travelling when and whither I pleased, just as the mood seizedme. Among niy acquaintances was one whom I held dearer than all; we were bound to- gether by the firmest bond—true friend- ship. Conway was a -handsome fellow, with a reekless, dare -devil style that suited my wild nature, and an honest heart; we were inseparable. And, next to him in my friendship was a man call- ed Everest, a strong-willed being with a plain face, but having the manners of a Crichton, together with a 'fund of common sense. Everest was e barrier to Conway's and my wildness, and to him we owed many lucky escapes. We were with one imoord railers at matri- mony, and a very bad. time of it any poor fellow had who deserted, our ranks to take unto himself a wife. ' I laughed and bantered like the 'others, deeming myself invulnerable; yet, when I laugh- ed the loudest, I felt wounded. My ral- lery was over, my whole natare ehang- ed. The laughter and jokes of my com- panions jarred on me; my soul revolted from the lazy, useless life I was leading. I grew earnest and grave—I had fallen in love. I had seen a woman who sud- denly changed the current of my life. "Gladys, My angel, my sweet star! She was the niece of one of my mother's 014 friends. I rarely viaited any of the old set, but one day the mood !seized me to pay a visit to a, Lady Leverick, with whom as a boy I used to be a great favorite; and at her house I met my darling. What need to tell you all that followed? I haunted the house, unconscious that Lady Leverick grew colder and colder, heedless o fall but Gladys' ,sweet face and glorious eyes. "At last the dream was dispelled; her aunt spoke to me. Gladys was an orphan under her charge; she was pen- niless, dependent on her charity, and she would not have so wild, so disso- lute a man even propose for the ,girl's hand. 'I was mad, I think, for I an- swered angrily; but in the midst of the storm came a gleam of • golden light. Gladys entered the room, and, in re- sponse to her atint's commands to retire, Put out her fair white hands to me, and, leaning her head on my breast, whis- pered that she loved me, and that noth- ing should separate us. "We were married. Lady Leverick re- fused to see, or even receive a letter from my darling; and my brother Eats- tace, in lieu of a wedding -present, sent a curt note infotming me that I was a madman. A madman I was, but my mania was full of joy. Could heaven be fuller of bliss than was my life in those first three months? My income was all we had, but Gladys had had little lux- ury, and we laughed together over our poverty, resolutely determining to be stlictly economical. We took a small house in St. John's Wood; and then began my first real experience. l" sighed over the money I had wasted; but Gladys never let me sigh- twice, and al- ways declared that she would manage everything. Out of all my old friends I invited only two to our home, Guy Con - Way and Hugh Everest; but very hap, py little reunions we had. "We were quite alone; and. though Gladys tried over and over again to reinstate herself with her aunt, from affectionate desire only, she failed. Lady Leverick would not see her or own ber and my darling had only me in the wide World, "How happy I was then; Through Ev- erest's influence I obtained the secre- taryship of a good club, and the . ad - Milan to our income was most welcome and helpful. "The Months sliimed by with incred- ible swiftness and sweetness till a year Was gone and oar baby born. All this time Conway and Everest were•our loved mid most itnniate friends, and Gladys seemed to like them both. We ehrietened the child Margery; but she was to me no earthly being-- her beau- ty ant delicacy seemed ecareely mortate She Was like her mother, and both were marvels of loveliness, so much 90 that Conway, who was it bit of an eaglet, in- sisted on painting them in angel forms, "Ifes-e you ever seen A Stornt gather in a smnmer sky and 40 elle moment darkeft the brightness of the sunshine with gray heavy clouds? Yes? Theo you can conceive how my life was changed teat swift fell stroke that almost trush- ed nmy numbood./ was much oecupied at the elute, and was away from hotne many hours. SOmetirties it 'abet& me, wheo I returned at night, that my wife' face W5 e disturbed and tad; but the feeling did not last, and as soon as we were to- pellter the expression changed. "'One evening I was leaving the club, and in pessing out of the door to enter ths cab- / could afford that lastury now felt myself touched on the arin, anti, turning found myself bee to faee with tingli Everett. 1 weleomed hhn woolly, yet something in his nntnner emita ehill to my 'heed. "'Mollie your cab, and walk a little wey with me; I want to speak to yen; eald. f turned to the ealnetan and did KA my friend visited. "'Now what le year importeat laud - bat*,, Everett' "'Have you sem Conway to -day.' he ask"e&uabviatyr Yes. He came to say good- bye; lie starts for Monte Carlo to -night, .Nothing wrong with him, I hope?" "'Not with his health.' "I turned. aud looked at Everest; he watt deadly pale and greatly agitated. " It you lieve•anything to tell ate,' I said firmly, 'do so at ouee. I eau not stand suspense.' "Then prepare for the .worst. Con- way has gone to Monte Carlo alone; but he will be joined in Paris by it woman' te-morrow night. That woman is your wife.' "My hand flew ,to his throat, but he was prepared, and vaulted rae with al- most sapethuutan strength against some railings close by. We were at the corner of Pall Mall, and, suddenly put- ting his arm through mine, he dragged me toward the steps of St. James' Park. Here it was quiet. I loosed myself from his grasp. "'You are a coward and a villain!" I exclaimed, 'Your words mtuldened me at first, but I am sane now. Great heavens, that you Should have dared to utter such a lie and be alive!" "He grasped my hand with his. "'Keep your head cool,' he said. 'If I had not proof, do yeti think I. should speuial..roaosf v Ihave done?' "1 stagggrea to the steps and sunk down, burying my face in my hands. "'This afternoon,' he went on quick- ly, 'I called at your house. Your wife was in, the maid saki, and I entered ,the drawing -room. I waited several minutes, and then the maid returned, saying that her mistress was not rit home after all; and, leaving a inessege for her, 1 teok my departure, At the gate I picked up this note in Conway's band; you can see it by the light of this lamp. It says, "Comae to my studio at once for final arrangements, To -morrow, I trust, svill see the end of all your trouble, suspense and anxiety. Then will come my reward; for yeu,will trust in me henceforth forever, will you not?" I was stunned when I read it,' Everest went on. 'My first impulse was Lo tear it into shreds to to cast it from me; but I thought of you, Douglas, and a vague sense of danger stayerl me. it was still early, and I determined to go to Conway's studio and reason with him —demand an explanation. I went: "Everet's voice grew husky fora mo- ment, Stuart, while every word he ut- tered went to my heart like a knife; my youth died in tliat moment 'of su- preme agony. "'I went,' he continued, 'and asked to see Conway; he came to me for a sec- ond, looking strangely agitated. I sug- gested 'staying with him till he started that evening, but he refused to let me, and hurried away. I took my depar- ture, ill at east; for, despite his repeat- ed asseivations that he had much to do, I felt he had a visitor: and my suspi- cions were only too well grounded, for, on turning my head when I' reached the road, I saw your wife standing with him in the studio talking earnestly. Then 1 came to you.' "'To crush my happiness!' 1 exclaim- ed, recklessly. 'It was thoughtful!' "'You judge nu, as I feared,' he an- swered, sadly. 'Well, I have done what I considered my duty; the rest is for you,' "The rest will be forgotten,' I an- swered. _ "'What—will you submit to dishonor, you will stand deceit! You will receive her kisses to -night remembering her lov- er's this afternoon! You are no longer a man, Gerant1' "His words fanned the flame of my jealous passion to madness. Hitherto 1 had -spoken mechanically, remembering my wife's. purity and sweetness; but at hie taunts the blood iii my veins became like fire. 1 wanted nothing but revenge. "Everest tried to calm me, but it was useless; he had set the match to a train that would not lad extinguished. "The remainder of that night is like a hideous nightmare to me, I cau sec my- self now hurrying him from the steps to the street and into a cab. I can remem- ber bow sharp was the pain at my heart when I repeated the vague, yet self -con- demning words of Conway's note. i can see again the houses seeming to fly past us as we dashed homeward. 1 can feel again the agony 'I endured when, in an- swer to my hoarse inquiry, the maid said my wife was not at home. Again 1 can feel the agony of suspense , rage' mad- ness I suffered. as 1 strode up anddown the road before the house, with Everest standing a little way off, watching me with a calm 'anxious face, till the sound of light feet came to our ears, and 1 stood before Gladys. "1 lean see her pale startled face, her shrinking form, as in a suppreme.d voice I demanded to know where she had been. She did not answer at once, and her hesitation maddened me. 1 lost all manliness, Stuart, It haunts me now— the misery of her face, the pleading of her lips. But I would listen to nothing. In it flood of passionate words 1 de- nounced her, thrust aside her hands when they would have held me, and then, telling her We should never nieet again, I rushed away, leaving her dumb and pallid as it figure of stone. "One I turned to go to her ---a mo- ment of remorse in my madness—but Everest pushed me on, and so we part- ed. Everest never left ine all night; he took me to Ills rooms, and sat watching me like a mother, with HS grave face and strange earnest eyes. I was wait- ing only for the morning; then 1 started for Paris—for Conway arid revenge! "Gladys I would never see again, 1 left my money and the settlement of my affairs in Everest's hands in cage of my death, ana he promised me to look after Gladys; for, though I deemed her dig - honored, I could not let her starve. He Was anxious to stay in England, but 1 kept him beside me and refused 'to let him go. "I crossed to Paris the next day, and nought everywhere for Conway, but could not find him. Everest grew tape - tient, but atill I would not release him; and two days passed without incident. On the third day I learned that CotiWay had never left England, that he 'Was Reixed with sudden and severe these, at Dover; and, when I reached that place, lie Was dear). "Itobbed of in revenge, I sunk into gloomy &spent enty. Everest went to 1 London to Took after my wife. My body twined paralyzed; 1 teemed Ito longer a man. My friend Was away a week, I and then returned sudaetly and 1 teia me, with a strenge pale fate, that i Mulls was goue-elma dieappeered with her oatta, and could not be found. "My miter: was se great, 1 sanely realized the horror of this. My brain was dulled, by intense pain. As in a drew, 1 listened to him, hardly heeding him, and conscious oaly of a vague re- lief as he left Inc to go abroad, to shake off, he said, the anxiety he had out- ferred. "I stayed on another week or so at Dover, still in the same condition. Then my brain 'suddenly eleared; but my ode- ery returned in greater force. I was mad onee more with an agony of pain. I left Dover; it was hateful to me. I travelled to London. A longing, a crav- ing seized me to see Gladys, to look on her once more, though elm was aced to me forever, 1 drove to the house;. and 4140 memory of Everest's words came bacle to ine then—that she was gone. Pale and faint with afialety, I alighted at the well known gate, and I saw at a glance that the Inane was deserted. "What bad become of Gladys? How had she managed? Was elle starviag— lost in London, with not a friend in the world?, In an instant my rage wale quenched. I saw her only in her sweet - nese, her beauty, and I leaned againat the gate, overwhelmed with the flood of miserable thoughts that crowded up- on me. "But it was not A time for dreams. I felt I must act. $o I hurried to, the house agents, feeling sure that they eould tell me something. From them I gleaned the barest informdtion, My awife had visited than' early in the morn- ing following that dreadful night, paid them the Tent to the end of the gear - ter, and left the key, I questioned theta closely and eagerly, but could gather nothing more, and then I went away, feeling like a man whose life was al- most ended. Over and over again I whispered to myself, with a twinge of remorse, that Gladys was innocent, and would have explained all if I had only let her. Then the memory of Everest's words, the damning evidence of Con - way's note, returned, and I koew not what to think; but on one point I was certain—henceforth life held no duty for me till Gladys was found. Though the golden dream of our joy was ended, though I doubted her, she must be found and cared for, "I began a search—a search, Stuart, that has lasted. all my life. By good hap at this time a distant cousin, dying, bequeathed me his property, -which, though not large, came like a godsend at the moment, .for every available pen- ny I had had been expended in my search. I was haunted by my wife's pale, horror-stricken .face gleaming in the moonlight, by the memory of my baby -child, whose prattle had sounded like mule in my ears. I knew too well the miseries, the horrors, of London, and 'I could not bear to think that the woman I had held so near and—heaven help mei—still treasured In my heart, was thrown into its terrible jaws and left to perish without a helping hand. "I pray heaven, Stuart, you may never know the darkness of those days, the unspeakable anguish, the depth of de- spair! Weeks passed. I could find no trace, and when I was tortured with the conflicting emotions which surged Within me an event occurred that put the last stroke to my misery, added the ghastly weight of a wrong to my bur- den, r, wrong which I could never wipe y "I had resigned my post at the dub, and, in my eager restlessness, wandering about the London streets, either alone or with one of tuy detectives, I was lost even to the remembrance of the fre- quenters of my old haunts. One day, however, I Met it man who had been very friendly with me, and in the course of conversation -1 would gladly have avoided him if I' could—he told nie there were several letters awaiting Inc at the club. None knew where to send them. "I went for the letters, urged by a wild hope that Gladys might have writ- ten. She had. It was a letter 4404 13 graven on my heart in characters of blood. Heaven give me strength to tell you; for even now, after so many years, I grow faint when I think of it! It was a long, hurriedly written letter— the letter of a distraught Woman. I will not give it to you here; there were no reproaches, but there was a clear statement of facts given by it broken heart. In my anxiety I eould scarcely read the first lines, la some words fur- ther on caught my eyes, and held them as by magnetic power. They spoke, Stuart, of the persecution she had en- dured for •weeks from , Hugh Everest. Aeain and again, Gladys wrote, she felt urged to speak to me, but she knew I valued him as a friend, and she trust- ed that his honor, his meanness, would overcome his baser feelings, and that he would go away. Of Guy Conway she spoke tenderly and earnestly. The let- ter I had brought forward as it proof of their guilt was indeed written by him; but it referred to a painting he was engaged upon of herself and her child, which she had intended leaving at her aunt's house, hoping that the sight of the baby's angel -face would break down the icy barrier which caused her such pain. This had been a little plan of Ids, suggested when he Saw how the es- trangement troubled her. She was at Conway's studio, but only for the pur- pose of discussing the delivery of the picture; and, eittcbing sight of Hugh Everest, in a moment of agitation and dislike she openly exptessed a wish not to see him. Conway at once undertook to prevent their meeting, with what ter- rible result you know. My wife ended bet- letter by stating that she was gone front my life forever with her child. The shock of my suspicions had destroyed all joy or happiness evarmore for her; but, though separated, she would live as become my wife and the mother of my child, for whose sake alone she could now endure 1140. This ended it; there was no sign, no clue no werd to lead me to her. "I was not it man, Stuart,when I led read that letter; I was a brutee-a sav- age animal. Had Hugh Everest been near me, I should have torn his eerie' heert :rem his body, and his tongue from his false, lying lips, A fury seized me to find him—find him ,though T searched the world round; face to face with Itim, 1 couh1 breathe out the pas- sion, remorse, revenge, seoren and agony of my bursting heart. tut I amid not leave Eugland till I knew where my darling was, nay sweet, wronged angel —till I had knelt iriethe dust at ber feet, and bowed my head in shame; and so my search went on. "Years passed, but only a slight clue tamed up now and then, always with the smile ending. 1 have wandered --led by these disheartening clues—ftom one country to another; and at last the men I employed grew tveary, and I had to work alone. But 1 WAS kept alive by my love and my desire for revenge. Ev- erest never eame to England—coward and villain—but the day came, it day eame, It day not long past, when we met and on his +tying bed I forced him to confess lit wrong and Own his deceit. Then, when he was gone, the misery of my wasted life returned, Ana I +sunk for a while beneath my load of mire. (To be Continued.) PHI:twin the world did yon ever tome, to merry filet horrid Man in the first place?" "It Was all nty Mural§ fault.' "Did the tell you that he was rich?" "No, she pretended that the Wanted latts herself."—Heueton Post, 'Lost 16 Lbs. in Weight' Was Kept Down by Bilious Indigos - tion, and When in Despair Or. Hamilton's Pills Cured In the following iatereeting letter Mre. 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Delegate James Wickersham, of Al. salta, at a reception in Washington, nodded „ rather contemptuously toward a much -decorated general, "Yoe see those three superb medals ori the general's breast?" he rad& "Well, I'll tell you how he got them. He got the third bemuse he already had two, He got the sepond because he had one, And he got the first became he had none,"—Washington State. WORSE AND WORSE. 'PM you ever notice," Crim' es "how it fellow when he once gets 'balled up' aud sap the wrong thing he a tendeeey to get in deeper and +deeper? "A friend was first telling me of hie experience iu attending a reception' in Indianapolie some time ago. During the progress pf thev fuuction an elaborately gowned woman sang for the guests, lier voice wasn't anything to brag on, and my Woad, who Is very plain spoken, turned to it Meek looking little man sitting,at his right, and aeked in a low voice, who WAS that old hen who has just squawked for us?' " 'That replied the man addressed, "is my wife.' ."aty friend gasped, 'Oh, b -b -beg your pardon,' he stuttered. aelte's really it renther nice looking woman end I know slie'd sing beautlfull yif elle had mede a better selection of her musk', W110 do you suppose ever wrote a rotten Bong likc that?' "I am the author of that mita,' re- plied the meek looking little man:" — Louisville Times, JAPANESE FRUIT TREES, Among the ninny ways of their own that the Japenese have for doing things is their system of pruning and training fruit trees. The system is call- ed. "tine," and consist; in training the branches overhead on trelliswork, made of bamboo or wire, supported on wooden poets about five and a half feet high. This offers advantages in gathering the fruit, and not only serves to protect the treee against wind and Storms, but is said to increase produetion, Only very light pruning is done, ahd that usually in the winter thne. This eyetent Is generally adopted. for pears and vines, less often for apples and plums. St. Isidore, P. ta., Aug. 18, 1904. Minard's Lintnent Co., Limited, Gentlemen,—I have frequently used MINARD'S LINIMENT and also pre- scribe it for my patients, always with the most gratifying results, and 1 con- sider it the best all-roundiiniment ex- tant, . . Your truly, DR. JOS. AUG. S1ROS. ..•••••••{, THE RESURRECTION PLANT. One of the most extraordinary plants in the world is undoubtedly that known to bontanists as anastatica, commonly called the "Resurrection Plant," or oc- casionally the "Rose of Jericho!' It Is an annual inhabiting the Egyptian desert. It is so highly hygrometric that when fully developed It contracts its rigid branches so as to constitute a ba.11. 'Exposed, then to the action of the wind, It is blown hither and thither toward the sea.. when it is gathered and ex- ported to Europe. Li, then, when ap- parently dead and dried up, its roots is plunged into water, the buds swell with new life, the leaves of its calyx open, the petale unfold, the flower -stalk grows, and the full-blownflowers ap- pear at if by magic. When removed from the water the plant returns to its original apparently dead condition, un- til again placed in water—hence its title of the "Resurrection Plant." There are many superstitious tales concerning this so-called rose afloat in the East. It is said to have first bloom- ed on Christmas Eve, and continued to flower till Easter, at its birth heralding the advent of the Redeemer, and immed- iately before His departure honoring His resurrection. 4 • * A WINDSOR LADY'S APPEAL To All Women : I will send free with full instructions, my home treatment which. positively cures Leucorrhoea. Ulceration. Displacements, Falling of the Womb. Painful or Irregular Periods, Uterine and Ovarian Tumors or Growths, also Hot Flushes, Nervousness, Melan- choly. Pains In the Head. Back or Bow- els, Kidney and Bladaor Trouble, where tat,sed by weakness peculiar to our sex. You can continue treatment at home at a cost of only about 12 cents a week. MY book, " Woman's Own Medical Ad- viser.' also sent free on request. Write to -day. Address Mrs. Sununers, Box H. S. Windsor, On. DIRE NECESSITY. (Judge., 'Yes, sir, in a year from now this Am- algamated Bailoon Stock will' be worth ten thousand dollars, and I'll sell it to you for fifty cents." "If it'll be wOrth ten thousand dollars in 0 year from now, why don't you keep It yourself?" "Well, you see I need a shave and a hair cut, and be a holy show if / waited that long." Minard's Liniment for sale every- where. eis • 6 LOVE, THE GIVER. True love is service. You who sit apart And wait for love to bring you happi- ness, Who drop his hand if mice you feel distress, And if he stumbles, drive him from your heart— You know not love. This have you seen no more! His faint, swift shadow as he passed you by; You have but heard the echo of his cry; Ile enters not where pride stands at the door. But if with him comes sorrow, and you• meet .And bid it welcome in love's holy name, If With eitch grief still brighter buns the flame, And you would grasp eaeli arrow, keen and fleetr To save the other heart a pang of pain— Then know von love, the king, and own his reign. --Nieette M. Lownter in 'New York Sun, Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia LIFE OF THE GRAPEVINE. There nye some who toutend that the life of the grapevine is longer nail that of the oak. It is rare that it wild grape- vine is found that has died- of ohl age. Pliny mentions a vine 000 years old. There is it vine at Hampton Court, England, planted in ITO, while here in America there is a wild grapevine on the it horem of 'atobile Bay, within a mile of Daphine, Ala. eommordy known as the "theierni datel;mon" vine, more then 6 feet in eireuniference itL ite has. There is it grapevine in C ttpentet itt.Cal. under which more than eight hundred remits may stant. its trunk is eight feet in diameter at the Italie and it has borne as high as ton tont of fruit. It 14 said that thie vine- WAS planted in ---- -_.= —.------ _ ,_:: olit,LErr ' 0,-"P: giria'=."PI -,.,. FOR MAKING SOAR SOFTENING WATERM REMOVING PAIN"; DI SI NFECTING SINKS. CLOSETS,DIRAINS,ETC. SOLO E,VE.FtYWHER REFUSE SUBSTITUTES VI --F. A GOOD PLEDGE, (Niagara Valle journal.) The me:liners ot the inen's Sunday tielio01 class of the rich and fashionable ::::::venue Episcopal Church, Paso- denu, have all taken what they term the are aume uf the promises Included in the "ilea) the Other Fellow Pledge." Here Not to shop after 5 p. ni..Naturday. Net to ride on street cars Sunday. Not to get mad at telephone girls, no onitahtetrerplewowiebawd the telephone service is, grceer to deliver s wares more than a month and a half before Chrlstmae. keep, but they are all for the better, once a day. To do Christlnaa shopping Not to require the butcher, baker or W Some of these promises \vitt be hard to saebrily.eav..'ere thesrliilledbgeeslielptaeditherouni;idaebr: Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, Etc. tar THE PICTURE'S NAME. An engaging 015 gentleman teetered softly into our office yesterday afternoon and apologized gracefully for telling us this story: "I was in a picture gallery the other day and just ahead of me was a young couple. They paused before one large painting. "What a lovely picture!" exclaimed the Woman. " It sure is,' answered the man. 'What is it about?' " 'Why, can't you see, stupid The man has evidently Just proposed to the girl, and she has said "yes." Isn't it dear?' "'Very dear, 1 have no doubt. But what is the title to it?' '"I don't know—but isn't there a little label In the corner?' " 'Why, yes—I didn't notice it. Let me look—yes, you are right. He has proposed and she has accepted. The lit- tle card says 'Sold," Soniprt•••••••••.• Well, ell! 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A certain lady ealed up her grocer by telephone the other morning and, after she had sufficiently scolded the man who responded, .said: 'And, what's more, the next order you get from me wil 'probably be the last PI ever give you," 'It probably will, madam," said thh voice at the other end of the wire, "you are talking to the undertaker." ISSUE NO. 40, 1911 AGENys WANTED. LINE FOR EVERY HOME — 11 Write us for- our choice Ilst of agents' . Suppitee. we have the greatest agency proposition in Canada to -day. No outlay necessary. Apply B. C, Co., 225 Albert street, Ottawa, W ANTED, REPRESENTATIVES OF either sex, locally, on big Holiday Inducements; sell at sight; SS per day and commission; experience unnecessary, J. 1. Nichols Co., Limited, Toronto, Every Woman 4 Interested and should know about the wonderful MARVEL Whirling Spray The new Vaginal Syringe. Best .--/dost convenient, It douses Instantly. 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"011, well," said the Optimist after the Supreme Court had declared time' evil law not only constitutional, but also quite reasonable, "perhaps the A.dministratlun will forget to execute it." "Oh, well," said the Optimist after the Administration gave evidence of Intend. !lig to execute the law, both In letter and in spirit, "perhaps It will be repealed some time.' THE GERMAN CENSUS, (Vancouver Province.) The Canadian census questions are considered sufficiently inquisitorial, but they do not compare in pertinency (or impertinency) to the reported require- ments of the German interrogations. A few exampres or the demands: Al'e. you married or not? When were you mar- ried? Have you been divorced? What age was your wife at the time of your marriage? Are you or your wife sub- ject to nervous attacks? If you have children under 12 months, state how they are nourished? Are you blind, or sim- ply in one eye? 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