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The Huron Expositor, 1897-04-02, Page 6"Saved ray Life °Several years ago, while in Fort Snelling, Minn., I caught a severe cold, attended with a terrible cough, that allowed me no rest day or night. The doctors after exhaust - ink their remedies, pronounced my case hopelesse, say- ing they conld do no more for me. At this time a bottle of AYER'S Cherry Pectoral was flent to me by a friend who urged me to take it, which I did, and soon after I was greatly relieved, and in a short time was completely cured. I have never had much of a cough since that time, and I firmly believe Ayer's Cherry Pectoral saved my life." —W. H. WARD, 8 Quimby Avo Lowell, Masa AWNS Cherry Pectoral Eighest Awards at World's Fair. TORN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate et Ontario 0 Veterinary 001%. All de et Domestic endinahrimated. prompely attended to and *Mara! moderate. Vete rhsary Dentist:). a specialty OW* and residence on Goderich street, oue door 411 of Dr. ficoWs office, Eleatorth. 1112U Veterinary Surn and Dentist, TOT011$0 College of veterinary dens„ Honor Graduate 02 Ontario Vet. erinszy College, Honor member of Ontario Veterin- =Arica' -elety. All diseaaeo of domestic animals y treated. Ali calls promptly attended to day or night. Dentistry and Surgery a 'specialty. Offioe and Ilispensery—Dr. Campbell:. old office, etreet &Worth. Night calls answered from the °Moe. 1406-52 LEGAL JAMES KILLORAN P.arrieter, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. Money to loan. Office over Pickard's Store, formerly Mechanics Institute, Alain Street, Seaforth. 1628 AT G. CAMERON, formerly of Cameron, Holt & Ontaiio. Office—Hamilton street, oppoeite Colborne aotel. 1452 TAMES SCOTT, Barrister, &o. Solicitor for Mol - eon's Bank, Clinton. Office — Elliott lock, Clinton, Ont. Money to loan on mortgage. 1451 1)1) S. HAYS, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and It Notary Pethilo. Solicitor for the Dominion Bank. Offloe—Cardno's block, Main Street, fleaforth, %Loney to loan. - 12216 T BUT. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, &c. Moe—Rooms, efe doors north ofOommereis Hotel, ground floor, next door to C. L. Pepsis eats—Cameron, Holt and Cameron. 1216 VARROW 6 PROUDFOOT, Barriaters, Solicitors, Paocareoe. 638 Belton in Mowery, &e.,tiodistices, Ont M. 0. 0S110111, Q. C., PIE= Hour, Duman' Howes 1,31 IIOLMESTED, successor to the late firrm of McCaughey & Holmeeted, Banister, Solicitor Conveyanoer, and Notes". Solicitor for the Can artists Bank of Commerce. Money to lend. Farm for *ale. Office in Eloott'a Block, Main Street DENTISTRY. son & *Annie' shoe store, corner Main and nu. BELDEN, dentist ; crowning, bridge work Xi and gold plate work. Specie' attention given to the preservation of the natural teeth. Ali work carefully performed. Office—over Johnson Bros.' nardwore store, fleaforth. 1461 nit-H.S. ANDERSON, gvaduat• of Royal Caws .1.„7 of Dental Surgeons, Ontario, D. D. S., of To- ront0 University. Office, Market Block, Mitchell, Ontario. 1402 Eal AGNEW, Dentist, Clinton, will _ph visit Heneall at Hodgens' Hotel every Monday, and at Zurich the sewed Thusstay in ascii month 1288 • Dr. John McGinnis, Hon. Graduate London Western University, member of Ontario College of Physicians and Burgeons. Piokard, Victoria Street, next to the Ca Church SI/FNight calls attended promptly. 1483'12 Z. ARMSTRONG, M. B., Toronto, X. D. 0. M., Victoria, M. C. P. S., Ontario, sucoessor to Dr. , aloe lately occupied by Dt. Ellett, Brum- .1‘1 Glasgow, Phydolan, Surgeon and Ali. molar, Ocastanoa, Ont. _ 1121 LEI. BETHUNE, EL D., Fellow of the Royal '•Jollege 'of Physicians and Surgeons, Kingvton. r to Dr. Meokld. -Moe lately 000npied say Dr. Mackdd, Mats Street Seaton's. Residence --Corner of Victoria Square, in house lately octoupled by L. Darioey. 11.17 Late resident Physicien and Surgeon, Toronto Gen- eral Hoepltel. Honor graduate Trinity University, member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Qatari°. Coroner for the County of Huron. d2rOFFICE.--Same se formerly occupied +sy Dr. Smith, apposite Publics School, Seaforth. Telephone - No. 48. ',EL B --Night calls answered from office. 1888 DRS. SCOTT & MackAY, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Goderich street, opposite Methodist church,Seaforth J. G. SCOTT, graduate Victoria and Ann Arbor, and member Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Coroner for County of Huron. e. MeolrhY, honor graduate Trinity University, gold medaliet Trinity hiedical College. Member College of Phyeicians and Surgeons, Ontario. 1483 -D !CHARD COMMON, license d auctioneer for the IA) County of Huron, reties and, bills "attended to promptly, charges in keeping with times, Seaforth, Ontario. 1523-12 Auctioneer for the Ootintiee of Huron and Perth, and Agent et Herman for tabierstaMacletarrie Mann- rt,osedeg Company. Salm y attended to, charges moderate and guaranteed. Orders bf addresteed to Heasall Post Office, or lett at his roOdence, Lot it Coneession 11, Tuck. essmith, will rewire prompt olliontlon. 129641 TWIN 11. MoDOUGALL, Lioensed Auctioneer for ei the County of Miran. Baled attended in all pert' of the County. Terms reaeohable. From Mr. McDougall's long experienoe as it dealer in farm stook of all kinds, be is specially qualified to. judge of values, and eon guarantee satiSfaCtion. All `orders ieft at TIIII Ka-e081TOR office, or at his resident*, Lot promptly attended to. 1466 —The annual teameeting in connection with Bethel church, 16th coneemion, Grey, was held on Wednesday evening of last week. A bounteous end tenepting supper was served, after which an excellent pro- gramme was carried out. The evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. The proceeds amounted to $26- A ROS OF A HUNDRED LEAVES. LOVE STORY. CHAPTER II. THE HURON EXPOSITOR Ptesented at Conirt FORGIVE ME, CHRIST. , _ The altimettim reached by Fenwick the consideeation of any sUbject was to please himself. In the case of Aspatria Anneys he was particularly determined to do so. It was in vain °Lady Redwane en- treated him to be rations). How could he be rational ?t It; wee the preponderance of the emotioneLl oven the rational in him nature which itnpah ed so strong a personality to him. He gresped all oircumstauces by feel- ing rather than by remelt. Amban AsPattia drew him, as the candle draws the Moth whioh has once burned its wings at it. ! And among the simple Anneys folk he foudsd a hearty weldome. With Squire William he travelled the hills and nted the Seeks, and speculated on the con value of the iron ore,cropping lout of the ground. With Brune he went line.fishing mad in the wide barns tried -his skill in wrestling or hinglerstick. He tolerated the rwsticity (di Ilse life for the charming momenta he found with .Aspatria. No one like Ulfar Fenwick had ever visitd ed Ambar-Side. To the young men who read nothing but the Gentlemenee Magazine and the Whttehaven Herald, and to Aspat; ria who had but a, volume of the Ladies' Garden Manttel, Notable Things, ehei Bible and Common Prayer Fenwiok was a-. book of travel, song and sitory ef adventure!, of odd bits of ineirledge Med fanny experi- ences. Things old and new fell from his handsome lilts. Squire William and -Brune heard them With grave attention, with de- light and latighter ? Aspatria with eyes full of wonder and admiration. As the semen advanced and they grew more familiar Aspatria WEI'S thrown natur- ally into his hiieiety. The Squire Was in the hayfield Brune had his task there also. Or they went dOwn at the Long Pool, washing the sheep, or on the fells, shearing them., made some pretence of assistance ; but they both very Mon wearied of the real labor. Aspatria would toss a few furrowe of the warm sweet grass, but it was much sweeter to int 'down ;under - the oak tree with Fen- wick at bet side and wat3h the moving pia- ture and listen to the women singing in their high shrill voices as they turned the swaths, the; Song of the Mower, and the men mournfolly shouting out the chorus to " We be all Ilike grass ! We be ail like grass !" As for thei tale it liked them tolikeunder ; ali its leaves talked to each otfflrabont them. The Btarlings, though theY are always in a hurry, stopped to look at the lovers and went oft with a Q -q -q- of satis- faction. 'The crows, who are a bad lot,, croaked innendoes, and said it was to be hoped that. evil would not cores of such folly. But Aspe.tria and Fenwick listened only to each other ; they 82.w the whole round world in each other's eyes. Fenwick spoke very low ; Aspatria had to droop her ear to his mouth to understand his words. And they were such delightful words she could not bear to lose one of them. Then, as the sun grew warm and the scent of the grass filled the soft air and the haymakers -were more and more subdued and quiet, heavenly languors stole over them. They sat hand in hand—.Aspatria ometimes with shut eyes humming to her: self, sometimes dreamily pulling the long grass at her tide ; Fenwick mostly silent, yet often whitspering those wordis which are tingle beers! they are too sweet to be the words drew her eyes th his eyes, drew her lips to hie lips ; are she was aware her heart had paessed from her in long, loving stolen kisses. On the fells, in the garden, in the empty, silent rooms of the old house, it was a repetition of the same divine song, with wondrously celestial variations. Goethe puts in Faust an Interlude in Hea- ven' n Fenwich and .Aspatria were in their One evening they. stood among the wheat - sheaves. The round, yellow harvest moon was just rising above the fells, ahd the stars trembling into vision. The reapers had gone away ; Their voices made faint, fitful echoes down the misty lane. The Squire was driv- ing home one load of ripe wheat and Brune another.' Aspatria said softly, "The day is over. We must go home. Come. She stood in the warm mystical light, with one hand upon the hound sheaf, the other stretehed out to him. Her alim form in its white dress, her up -turned face, her star -like eyes;—he saw 'all at a glance. He was subjugsted to the innermost moth of his heart. He answ,ered with inexpresaible close to Ins heart ; he claimed her by no formal special yes, but by all the sweet re- luctances and sweeter yieldings the thous- and namelessconsente won day by day. - Oh, the glory of that homeward' walk ! The moon beamed upon them. The trees bent down to, touch them. The heath and the honeysuckle made a pose for them. The nightingale sang them a canticle. They did not seem to walk ; they trod on ether ; they moved as people move in happy dreatas of other stars, *here thought and wish are motion. It would have been heaven upon earth if theme minutes could have lasted ; but it wan oniy an interlude. That night Fenwick spoke to Squire William and asked him for his sister. The Squire WaS &Meetly confided by the ques- tion. Aspateia was smolt a little lam 1 It way beyond eyerything to think of marrying her. Still, his heart he was proud and pleased at Buell high fortune for the little lase, and he mid as soon ao Fenwick's father and family caine forward, as they should do he would never be the one to say nay. Fenwick's fatherlived at Fenwick Castle, on the shore of the bleak Northumberland. He was an old man, but hie natural feelings and wisdom were not abated. He consulted the history of Cumberland, and found that the family of Amber Anneys was as ancient and honorable as his own. But the girl was country bred, and her fortune was small, was in a measure dependent upon her brother's. management of the estate. A careless =star of Amber -Side would made Aspatria poor. While he was considering these things, Lady Redware arrived at the castle, and they talked the matter over to- gether. " I expected Ulfar to marry very differ- ently, and I must say I am disappointed. But I suppose it will be useleasto make any opposition, Elizabeth," the old man said to his daughter. Quite useless, father. But absence works miracles. Try to secure twelve Months. Yoe ought to el) to a warm clim- ate this winter ; ask Ulfa-r to take you Italy. In a year time may reshuffle °th cards. And you must write to the girl, an to her eldest brother, who is -a fine fellow' one as proud as Lucifer. Ii'called upon them before I left Cumberland. She is very hand - emotion,— " Handsome! 1 Old men know, Elizabeth, that six months after a man is married it makes little difference th him whether hie wife is handsome or not." " That may be or it may not be, father. The thing to consider is, that young men unfortunately persist in marrying for that first six months." Tke fate simile shrunue ot is se snry mann A young woman about to be presented at court receives the fullest instructions as to her behaitior. She is told how to driss; how to manage her train; how to courtesy coin 'reedy. Every incident is carefully rehearsed so that she may commit no blunder in the presence of royalty. If all this trouble is worth while -for the satisfaction of one brief moment; how,infinitely more important it is that a young girl about to enter into the sacred precincts of womanhood, should be properly instructed in all that concerns a lifedime of possible happiness, or possible 'IniEsevriry. mother ought to see to it that her daughters are healthy and strong in a wo- manly way. She ought to make them aware that. any neglent or irregularity of the' spr. cial functions of womanhood may result in Life-long weakness and disease. _ , Amy mother or daughter may write con- cerning these delicate ailments, with 0 the utmost confidence to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institnte, of Buffalo, 'N. Y. Her letter will be answered free of charge with suggestions for self -treatment at home, bywhich these oinplaints may be overcome without need f mortifying examinations. Dr: Pierce ha had over thirty years'- ex- tierience in th treatment of women's dis- easea, and is a eminent specialist in this articular field of practice. His " Favorite nently the most obstinate cases of feminine weakness and disease. It heals all inflamed conditions, strengthens and tones thetnerve- centres and the entire womanly organism. For prospective mothers and nursing perfect strength sustainer. " Well, then, fortune pilots many a ship not steered. Suppose we leave things to circumstances ?" " No, no 1 Human affairs are for the most part arranged in such a way those tvuornted.rt best to which most care is de - 5o the letters were thoughtfully written, the one to Aspatrie being of a paternal character that to -her brother polite and complimentary. To his son Ulfar the old - baronet made a very clever appeal. He re- minded him of his great age and of the few opportunities left for showing his affections and obedience. He regretted the necessity -for a residence in Italy during the winter, but trusted to his son's love to see him through the experience. He congratulated Ulfar on winning the love of a young girhso fresh and unspoiled by the world, but kind - insisted upon the wisdom of a little de- lay and the great benefit this delay would be to him. It was altogether a very temperate, wise letter, appealing to the best side of Ulises nature. Squire William read it also and gave it his most emphatic approval. He .was in no hurry to lose his little sister. She was but a child yet, and knew nothing of the world she was going into ; and " surely to nominees," he said, looking at the child, " she will have a lot of things to look after before she can think of wedding." This last conjecture touched Aipatria on a very womaidy point: Of course there lad never possessed more than a few frocks at a time, and those of the simplest charac- ter ; but elle was quite alive to the neces- sity of an elaborate wardrobe, and she had also an instinctive sense of what would be proper for her, position. So the suggestions of Ulfar's father were accepted in their entirety, and the old gen- tleman was put into a. very good humor by the fact. And what was a year ? " It will pass' like a dream," said Ulfar. "And I will write constantly to you, and you will write to me ; and when we meet again it will be to part no more." Oh the poverty of words in such straits as these ! Men say the same things in the eame extremities now that have been said millions of times before them. And Aspatria felt as if there ought to have been entirely new words, to express the joy of their betrothal and the Borrow of their parting. The short delay of a last week together was perhaps a mistake. A very young -girl to svhom great joy and great sorrow are alike fresh experiences may afford a pro- longed luxury of the einotions of parting. Love, more worldly-wise deprecittes in de. monstrativeness and would avert it alto- gether. The farewell walks, the sentimen- tal souvenirs the pretty and petty devices of love's first dream, are tiresome to practised lovers and Ulfar had often proved what very cobwebs they were to hind a straying fancy. " Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Perhaps so, if the last memory be an alto- gether charming one. It was, unfortunate- ly, not so in Aspatria's ease. It ,should have been a closely personal farewell with Ulfar alone ; but Squire Annoys in his hos- pitable ignorance,gave it a public character. Several neighboring squires and dames came to breakfast. There was cupdrinking and toasting and speechmaking ; and Ulfar's last glimpse of his betrothed was of her standing in the wide porch, surrounded by a waving jubilant crowd of strangers whose intermeddling in his joy he deeply resented. Anneys hadiinvited them in accord with the traditione of his house and order. Fen- wick thought was a device to make stronger his engagement to Aspatria. " As if it needed such contrivances 1" he muttered angrily. " When it does, it is a broken thread and no Anneys can knot it again. The weeks that followed were full of new interests to Aspatria. Mistress Frostham, the wife of a near shepherd lord, had been the friend of Aspatria's mother ; she was fairly conversant wieh the world outside the fells and dales, and she took the girl under her care, accompanied her to White - haven and directed her in the purchase of all considered necessary for the wife of Ulfar Fenwick. Then the deep snows shut in Seat-Ambar and the great white hills stood round about it like fortifications. But as often -as it was possible the Dalton postman fought his way up there with his packet of accumulated mail ; for he knew that a warm welcome and a large award awaited him. In the main, the long same days went happily by. William and Brune had, a score of resources for the season ; the farm servants worked in the barn ; they were making and mend- ingsaoks for the wheat, and caps for the sheep's, headiPin fly time, sharpening scythes and tools, doing the in door work of a great farm, and.mostly singing as they did it. As Aspatria sat in her room surrounded by fine cambric and linen and that exquisite English thread lace now gone out of fashion, she could hear their laughter and their :tong, and she unconsciously set her stitches to ith march and melody. The days were not long th her. So many dozens of garment* to make with her own slight fingers ! She had not a moment to waste, but the neces- sity was one of the sweetest delight. • -The solitude and secrecy of her labor added th its charm. She never took her sewing into the parlor. And yet she might have done • dant is ea gnat= mete a mann. affectiOn fon her which would have made them blind te her occupation isind densely stupid as to its design. So although the days were I mostly alike they were not unhappily tto ;*and at inter- . vale destiny mut her the surprises she loved. One morning in the beginning of February, Aspatria felt that the postman ought to come ; her heart presaged him, the day was clear and warm-eso much so that the men, working in the barn !had all the windows open. They were singing in rotts- ing tones the famous North Country song to the barley -bow and drinking through &With verses out of the jolly. brown bowl the nip- perkin, the quarter pint, the pint aud the bottle—the gallon and the anker—the ho.gs- head and the pipe—the well and the river and the ocean—and then rolling back the chorus, from ocean to the jolly brown bowl. Suddenly, while a dozen men were shouting in unison,— " Here'e a health to the ba‘kley mow." the verse was broken by the cry of " Here comes Rime/ham the pottman 1" Then As- pstria ran th the window and sew him climbing. the fell. She did not like to go down stairs until Will called her ; but she could not sew another 'Mob. And when at last the oohing silence in her ears was filled Here is such a parcel es never was—from foreign parts tool" she hardly kaew how her feet twinkled down the long corridor and stake. The parcel was from Rome. Ulfar had sent it to his London banker and the bank- er had sent a special messenger to Dalton with it, Over the fells at that season no one but Ringhani could have found a safe way ; and Bingham was made so weloome that he was quite imperious. He ordered himself a ration of bacon and a bowl of the famous. barley broth, and spread himself comfortably before the great hearth -place. At the table stood Aspatria, William and Brune. Aspatria was nervously trying to uncle the seals and cords that bound love'a message to her, Will finally took his pocket- knife and out them. There wao a long let- ter and- a box containing exquisite orna- ments of Roman cameos—precious onyx made more precious by work of rare 'artistic beauty, a comb for her hair, a necklace for her white throat, bracelets for her slender wrists, a girdle of -stones linked with gold for her waist. Oh, how full of simple de- light she was She was too happy to speak. Then Will discovered a smaller package. It - was for himself and Brune. Will's present was a camera ring, on which were engraved the Anneys and Fenwick arms. Brune had a scarf pin representing a lovely Hebe. It was a great day at Seat:Amber, A.spatria could work no more Will and Brune felt it impossible to finish the game they had begun. There is a tide in everything ; this is the spring -tide of Apatria's love. In its over- flowing she was happy for many a day after her brothers had begun to speculate and wonder why Bingham did not come. Sud- denly it struck her that the snow was gone and the road open and that there was no let ter. She began to worry, and Will quietly rode over to Dalton to ask if any letter was lying there. He came back empty handed, silent and a little surly. The anniversary of their meeting was at hand ; eurely Ulfar would remember it, so Aspatriathought,and she watched from dawn till dark, but no token of remembrance came. The flowers began to bloom, the birds to sing, the May sunshine flooded the earth with glory, but fear and doubt and dismay and daily dis- appointment made deepeet, darkest winter in the low, long rooms where Aspatria watched and waited. Her sewing hadbeen thrown aside. The half finished garments, neatly folded, lay under a cover she had no strength to remove. In june she wrote a pitiful little note to her lover. , She mid that he ought to te11 her if biee was tired of their engagement. She told Will what she had said and. asked him to post the letter. He answered an- grily, " Don't you write a word to him good or bad I" And he tore the letter into twenty pieces before her eyes. "Thou art a woman ; bear what other women have tholed before thee." Then he went angrily from her presence. :Brune was thrumming on the window pane. She thought he looked sorry for her ; she touch- ed his arm and said, "Brune will you take a letter to Dalton post for me'?" (To be continued.) Irish Bulls. INSTANCES OF UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR BY SONS OF THE WILD SOD. said the wife of's jolly eon of Erin who had just returned from the fair in a cleoidedly how come -you -so state ; " you must be dreadful tired, sure with your long walk of six miles." " Arrah, get away with your nonsense," said Pat, "it mallet the length of the way at all that fatigued me, 'twee the breadth of it." —A poor Irishraan offered an old sauce- pan for sale. His children gathered around him, and inquired why he had partedtwith would not be either parting with it but for a little money to 131 something to put —A young Irishman who had married when about nineteen years of age, complain- ing of the difficulties to which his early marriage subjected him, said he would never marry so young again if he lived to be as ould blethusalem., —An invalid, after returning . from a southern trip, said to a friend, " Oh, share, an' its done me a wurruld o' good, goin' away. I've come back 'another man alto- gether • in fact, I'M quite meseff again." —An'eccentric lawyer thus questioned a client " So you, uncle Dennis O'Flaherty, had no family ?" " None at all, yer hon- or " responded the client. ,The lawyer in;tele a memorandum of the reply and thus continued : " Very (tood. 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If so you cannot find anywhere a preparation to equal OR. cHASE'S SYRUP OF LINSEED AND TURPENTINE for the throat and respiratory or- gans, We have hundreds of testimonials from public speakers, singers, ministers and others. One rev. gentleman says : " I never think of entering my pulpit without Cha.se's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine at my side." Such in- dorsitions from the ministry 'should give con- fidence in Dr. Chase's Medicine. If you are troubled with that tickling sore throat, so common among speakers and singers, you will find DR. CHASE'S syoup OF LINSEED AND TIMPENT1NE a positive and per- manent cure. Teaspoonful dose, pricens cents.. Edmanson, Bates & Co., sole manufacturers for Canada, as Lombard street, Toronto. ly and,pay for the same, he will be adver- --Two Irishmen were working in a qttarry, when brie of them fell into a deep quarry -hole. The other, alarmed, came to the margin of the hole and called out, " Arrah, Pat, are ye killed entirely ? If ye're dead, ehpake. ' Pat reassured him from the bottom by saying in answer, "No, Tim I'm not dead, but I'm spachless." --!At a crowded concert a young lady, standing at thecloor of the hall, was ad- dressed by an honest Hibernian whohwas in attendance on the occasion. " Indade, miss," said be, " I should be glad to give you a sate, but the empty ones are all —Gentlemen, is not one man as good as another- ?" " Uf course he is," shouted an excited Irish Chartist, and a great deal Pat, do you understand Fren ch ?" • In Memorium. In memory of the late George Walker, who died on March 5th, 1897, aged 82 years : Our sainted friend has gone to rest, He has oroesed the crystal sea ; Has gone to the blood -washed throng, Fr011f care and sorrow free. Forever and forever more In that bright world of light, Where the weary cease from troubling Where is known no shade of night. Thou heal been a loving Father, Companion, eouneellor, friend : In darkest scenes of sorrow Thou wer't near, thine aid to lend. How oft we've listened to thy voice, Here in the church below, While speaking of a Savior's. love To redeem A world from woe. But now we see thy vacant choir, We hear thy voice no more, ; But hope to meet in Heeven again, Where partinge are no more. We would not call our dear friend back To this bleak world of pain, For what to us is earthly loss To him is heavenly gain As the Sun Went Down. Two soldiers lay on the battlefield - At night when the elm went down, One held a lock of thin gray hair; And one held a look of brown. One thought of his sweetheart back at home, Happy and young and gay„ And one of his mother left alone, Feeble and old and gray. - Bach in the thought that a woman oared, Murmured a prayer to God, Lifting his eyes to the blue above, There on the battle sod. - Each in the joy of a woman's love, Smiled through the pain of death, Murmured the sound of a woman's name Though with his parting breath. Pale grew the dying lips of each, Then, ars the sun went down, One kissed a look of thin grey hair, And one kissed a look of brown. W. Andersen. Trapped by a Lawyer. The story of Abraham Lincoln's confound' ing an opposing witness with an almanae record of the moon's phases, finds a parallel in the case of Waterson, recently acquitted on a charge of murder in an Iowa court. The main witness was one Delafield, who swore he was working just outside the win- dow of the accused on the day of the alleged crime, and SAW Waterson open a cupboard, take down a bottle, move about as if pre- paring, a potion, and then administer the draught, to Mrs. Waterston, who died in great agony later in the day, A la wyer named Bradford, for the de- fence, had asked the jurymen ori examina- tion of them as ito competence, if they had faith enough in the Weether Bureau reports to attach credence th them, and had found every man in the panel believed the records were fair and reliable. The State had not understood the drift of these questions,but had not objected. When it came to cross-examining, Brad- ford asked the Witness Delafield, what he was doing outside WatersOn's window, and he said he was digging a cistern. " When did you begin digging that cis- tern ?" " November llth, the day Mrs. Waterson died." " Oh,about three feet." " No, the ground was mellow." " Work in an overcoat ?" "No, my shirt sleeves. The day was very warm. " Had you anything to drink?" "Had a little pail of water on the ground within reach. " No." The witness Smiled scornfully. Then Bradford offered in evidence a cer- tified copy of the Weather Bureau report for November 10 and 11, and snowed that the temperature had been bele er freezing the first day and below zero the day of the alleged crime. The jury accepted the official document, and to that extent regarded the witness as impeached, for Waterson was acquitted. Just for Fun. A few years ago two men were convicted of horse stealing, in the district court, Chateau county, Montana. They deserved a sentence of tan years' imprisonment, but Judge Du Bose let them off with three years. The worse man of the two, suppose ing that the sentence once pronounced was past revision, addreased the court : " I jest want to say,"he told Judge Du Bose, " that when I get out you'll be, the first man I'll come here to kill." " Oh, well," said the judge, "in that case I'll make it ten years. Then you won't trouble me so soon. ' Having said this he turned to the other man. Is there anything you would like to say ?" " Not a single word," answered the ptisoner. Ike faci_ nano lo apauo• env sf weeper. tee FOR SPRIN Our new goods are beautiful arid well -selected, an our assortment, - is large and complete. We will meet your wants in every line; and if we do not make you prices that, meet your expectations in. every way, you are under no obligation to buy,from. us, With this matter thoroughly understood, we think no one should feel. any hesitancy in. coming in to see our seasonable aisplay of attrac, tive styles. We are here expressly to show. goods. We like to do it, and we shall deem it a privilege and a pleaSure to show gm through the stock..--Oome in at any time, you will be welcome; We do not ask for tiide, unless we deserve it. We are sole agents for the celebrated Langmuir Trunks an Valises manufactured in Toronto. We carry . a large stock, and our prices are the lowest, taking quality into consideration, and and we sell more of them than all the others in. town, because• they are better and eleaper. Remember the place— Whitney's Corner Store, Seaforth -one North of our old stand. RICHARDSON & Mr, John his place of e .directly heir.; the Olcl Gold pied by R. everything to We lave tion in auy 1 Our good therefore, in mit critic hie our furnitur same old s furnitame ilooked for We bu sold be an 99 Cranky persons frequently owe their rascibility to the wearing of uncomfortable • shoes. A mysterious telegraphy exists between the nerves of the feet and the brain. Dr. Brown &guard tells of a patient who, whenever he bore upon his great toe became vio- lently insane. The bisection of a nerve cured him. Constant though slight pain from inflamed or comieressed feet wears upon the system, as the falling drops of water do The "trouble upon stone. office." An Elating shoe puts an ac- cent on trouble, and shrouds enjoyment with a inurky " Slater Shoes " have more fit—more of the _peculiarities of feet lit their shapes, than any other make. They have comfort first—appearane4' next —wear according to the leather selected. A tag tied to each pair thlls just what it is made of, and the service it will giye. Goodyear Welted—makers price stamped In the ant two hearees, other a light We guarauty 25% leas than at the Chanty der Profeset List nese. Any -carefully atti and I Night and to et Leo .in the rear IA ROBERT WieLIS, SOLE AGENT FOR SEAFORTHe. LOOK 11XFORE ITOU LEAP Is an adage which has saved many persons fromithei twinges of conscience and from the depths of remorse. Butinoe only has it assured them of peace of mind, and consequently iilappiness,but .has many times spared THEIR POC-KTITBOOk, And thus may we have raised them materially. WS have givenk them the best clothes to be had, and at prices consistent with. good workmanship and superior fit and finish. By looking at our stock and prices before buying, you will always have the pleasure. of knowing that you have the best and latest clothes at thee minimmn prices. BRIGHT BROS,9 SEAPORT THE FINEST OF TEAS PURE CEYLON *THE Ztii, Saddle4 your harneot- 11 ba or If you ore ,e3uits, or an -Shades rind C If you 12 yon wait you nave a. in Oanadai ja A Gene Interest ea 5 per ee SALM OFFIC pURg AND R1401.11 LACK MED IN LEAD PACKETS, ONLY --1/2 AND 1 POUND THE DAVIDSON & HAY, LTD., WHOLESALE AGENTS,_TORONT CUTTERS 11' 1 were a mother 1 would insist on havin_g ShOrey's Clothing for my boys. Their Clothing is all sewn with linen thread, the matetial is all thoroughly sponged and shrunk, and the workmanship is guaranteed not to rip. Might justas well have it, when it doesn't cost any more than inferior You can ralways be sure of getting it by ins -lading on seeing the guarantee ticket which is in the pocket of each eut. 43 Now is the time to prepare for winter, and get your CUTTERS and SLEIGHS. We have on hand now a full line of all styles made from the hest materfal and 'by the best workmen, Cali and examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. Lewis McDonald, 1488 I 11 111111011110" - TtEMOITED. Having remoned into the -store fo occupied by Mr. J. Downey, in the .13lock, opposite the Commercial now purpose carrying a full and ooze ine of all kinds of Harness, Whips, B And everything handled ley the trade. received this week a large consignmot BLANKETS, GOAT ROBES Which we are now offering at aa low prices. * Sys rort of Memory Demos, F LABOXia Mo Sold PRO Murtha, bee M. BROti1310 SEAFORTH. There. N Junes Cum John C. X ete