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The Huron Expositor, 1898-02-25, Page 6, W THE IIRON EXPOSITOR FEBRUARY 25, 1898. FEBR HA nrETBRINARY • 11111N 11131EcE, V. 13.„ honor graduate of 'Ontario ti Veterinary ()allege. All ises of - DernestiS *shoals treated. WI, promptly attended to and °bum moderate. Vete finery DentisWy *specialty Moe and, raddenoe on Goderloh street. one door esit of Dr. Soott'e office, Seaforth. 1112Id G. H. GIBES, Veterinary Su n and Denidst; Toronto College of Veterinary den Honor Graduate of Ontario Vet- erinary College, Honor member of Ontario Veterin- ary Medtml Society. All disease* of domestic animals skilfully treated. All calls promptly attended to dsy or night. Dentistry and Surgery a specialty. Office and Dispensary—Dr. Campbell's old office, Main street Seaforth. Night calls answered from the office. 1406-62 LEGAL JAMES L KILLORAN, Barth/ter, sacitor, Conveyancer ana Notary Falba°. Money to loan. Office over Piokard's Store, formerly Mechanics Institute., Maio Street, Sesforth. 1528 Aar G. CAMERON, formerly of Cameron, Holt & Dee Cameron, Barrister arid Solicitor, Goderioh, Ontario. Office—Hamilton street, opposite Colborne Rotel. 1452 TAMES SCOTT, Barrister, &o. Solicitor for Mol- t, son's Bank, Clinton. Offiee — loek, Clinton, Ont. Money toioan on mortgage. 1451 HAYS, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dominion Offloa—Cardno's block, Main Street, Seaforih. 4oney to loan. iM. BEST, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, &o. Moe—Rooms, live doors northofOommercia obit, ground toot, next door to 0. L. Pepsi s *welly store, Main street, Seatoria. Goderich eats—Cameron, Holt and Cameron. 1216 /NARROW & PROUDIOCYT, Banisien, Solleitora, ko.,Tiodestea,Outourio. J. T. Gamow. Q. 0.; tnounroor. see rik11101021. HOLT & HOLIES, Bardsters So - kJ Miters in Mowery, &o..Goderich, OM M. O. CAIna01, Q. (1,., Pinar Mom Dynan Horan -Et HOLMESTED, enooeseor to the late firm of „ - McCaughey .11 Holmested, Barrister, Solicitor Conveyancer, and Notsay Solicitor for the Can adieu Bank of Commerce. Money to lend. Farm for sale. Office Soott's Block, Main Street Beaforth. DENTISTRY. )E, W. TWEDDLE, Dentiat. Office—Over Richard- son & McInnis' shoe store, corner Main and ohlt streets, Steforth. nR. BELDEN, dentist ; crowning, bridge work .1)/ and gold plate work. Special attention given to the preservation of the natural teeth. All work carefully performed. Offlee—over Johnson Bros.' nardware store, Beaforth. 14, IMR. EL ANDERSON, graduate of Royal Celine j../ of Dental Surgeons, Ontario, D. D. S., of To- ronto Univereity. Office, Market Block, 'MINA Ontario. 1402 A. R. KINSMAN, L. D. S., D. D. S. 1/ Honor gradnate of Toronto University, Den- tist, will praetee dentistry at his father's rooms in Exeter, and at his room at Mrs. Shafer's restaurant, Henson, every Wednesday. H. Kinsman, L. D.13., at Zurich the last Thurdedily of each month. 16454.3 MEDICAL. Dr. John McGinnis, Hon. Grsduate London Western University, member of Ontario College of :Physicians and Surgeons. Offfoe and Residenee--Formerly occupied lay Mr. Wm. Piokard, Victoria Street, n xii to the Catholic Church il girNight calls attended p omptly. 1458x12 1 -NR. ARMSTRONG, II. .. Toronto, M. D. 0. II., J.J Victor's, M. 0. P. Ontario, suocessor to Dr. Elliott, office lately cocuOied by Dr. Knott. Braos- eld,Ontaxio. tilia E. COOPER, D M. B., L. F. P. and S. .LAI. Glasgow, &o., PhYsielan, Surgeon and Ars eaueher, Constance, Ont. 1137 ALEX. BETHUNE M. D., Fellow of the Royal College 'of Phdoctians and Surgeons, Kingston examissor to Dr. idd. Ofiloe lately occupied ay s Dr. Ilsokid, Mai*. Street Seaforth. Reiddenoe —Coiner of Victorie Square, in house lately occupied by L. ;. Dancey. 11.27 DR. F. J. BURROWS, Late resident Phytdcian and Surgeon, Toionto Gen- era& Hospital. Honor graduate Trinity Univendty, member of the College of Physician' and Surgeons of Ontario. Coroner for the County of Enron. STOFFICE.—Samet as formerly occupied V Dr. Smith, %meet. School, Seaforth. Telephone Mo. 4A N.B.—Night calls answered from office. 1386 DRS. SCOTT & hiacKAY, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Goderich street, opposite Methodist ohurch,Seaforth d'. G. scan, graduate Victoria and Ann Arbor, and member Ontario College of Physicians end Surgeon". Coroner for County of Huron. 0. ItAcKAY, honor graduate Trinity University, gold medalist Trinity Medical College. Member College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario. 1488 AUCTIONEERS. WM. M'OLOY, tuotioneer ter the Counties of Huron And Perth, „. snit Agent at Hensall for the Massey -Harris Menu- : s'adurWg Company. Sales promptly attended to, !- Charge* moderate and satirisation guaranteed. Orders by mall addreseied So Hensall Post Office, or left at his residence Let 2, Concession 11, Tuck- s/smith, will reoeives prompt attention. 1288-1a • TORN ticDOUGALL, Licensed Auctioneer for the Comity of Huron. Sales attended in all parts of the County. Terms reasoeable. From Mr. MoDougall's long experience as a dealer in farm stook of all kinffs, he is specially qualified to judge of values, and can guarantee satisfaction. AR orders left at Tun EXPOSITOR °Sloe, or at his residence, Lot 25, Huron Road, Tuckeremith, near Alma, will be promptly attended to. 1486 211t5t:51t1-.. FOR BREAKFAST life." Flake Barley for the break- - A CHANGE " Variety is the spice of fast porridge is a good thing—if 3.) -oat meal has lost it's breakfast charm, for a while. p Flake Barley pis most easily digested. - Rich, yet deliaate. Served with cream or sugar, it almost melts in the mouth. Ideal for children and those of weak disgestion. Sold'by the pound by best grocers. THE TILLSON CO., LiQted, Tilsonburg, Ont. 1527-52 CkCetzcietz9 SEAFORTH PACKING HOUSE. To HOG BREEDERS. T. R. F. CASE ft CO. Of the Seaforth Packing House are pre- pared to handle any quantity of Hogs, Live or Dress„ for which they will pay the highest market price. Will have man call on any 'Ambles having live Hogs to dispose of, if notified. For par- ticulars call at Retail Store, Carmichaers Block, Seaforth. T. R. F. CASE & CO. 15184.t. 45:N - jam, -...6,;;;00-- -Azt.:4111111.111-- 1111 , Many of the North Anterican Indians were magnificent specimens of physical manhood. This was due, largely, to their active out -door life. Nevertheless, they bad the wisdotn to know that an active life in -the open air alone, would not keep a man healthy. They had their medicine - men, who gathered herb§ from field and , forest and brewed decobtions to assist the natural processes of the various vital organs. Modern civilized men do not as a usual thing recognize the same necessity until it is too late. They ignore medicine until they are within the grasp of somk serious or fatal disease. The time for a man to be- gin taking medicine is when he begins to feel out of sorts. If a man is thoroughly well and healthy he does not feel that way. If he does feel that way he maY be pretty sure that he is half sick. When he is half sick it does not take long before he is "whole -sick." Dr. Pierce's Golden Med- ical Discovery is the best medicine for a man when he is sick or getting sick. It puts him all right all round. It puts his stomach right to begin with, and that is the most important point. It puts his liver right, and that is the second most import- ant point. It purifies his blood and fills it with the life-giving elements of the food be eais, and that is the third important Obit It drives out all'disease germs and impuritiee of every discription. It makes the 'appetite keen and hearty. It is the greatest blood -maker and' fiesh-builder. It cures g8 per cent. of all cases of consump- tion, weak lungs, spitting of blood, 'obsti- nate coughS anal kindred ailments. Thou- sands who were given up to die haVe testi- fied to their recovery under this marvelous medicine. An honest dealer will not urge a substitute for the sake of a little extra profit. He gives you what you ask for. THE ONE GOOD GUEST. BY L B. WALFORD. CHAPTER XIV. A PINK DRESS SCORNED. Tke last echoes of the dinner -gong had died'away, and the solumn butler had made his anno'uneement and retired. `" Where is Ida ? " exclaimed Mr. Lytton, who -liked his soup hot, and was accustomed to strict punctuality in his own household. He had, been well pleased with the precision of the previous evening, and had formed the conclusion that hisinephew was an admirable host, and his niece an attentive hostess ; but now here was Tom on the rampage—not Tom's fault of course, but still, there was no denying the fact—and here was Ida on the sick list ! He had been informed that Ida would, however, be euffieiently recovered to present heraelf at half -past seven ; why had she not done so ? Other people also wondered why. Maud and Caroline expected their cousin to ap- pear radiant in the pink robe which they knew all about, and which Flowers had, in her own phraseology, been working her fin- gers to the bone to have ready ; and the two deeply interested damsels who figured for themselves a grand dressing up before the mirror, now presumed that a hitch had taken place in the performance. Every moment they expected to behold a dazzling apparition. Ida, arrayed for conquest,aches and pains forgotten, would burst upon their view in all the perfection of youth, beauty, and happiness. She would startle every eye and eclipse every woman present. Maud did not mind being eclipsed : but her sister did—a little. We might as well have brought our other dinner frocks," she had observed plain- tively, earlier in the evening, " if Ida means to be so smart. I am sure what' she wore. last night would have done very well. It was a very pretty, good gow n—quite good enough for a house party like thia, where we are all relations except Mr. Stafford." Except Mr. Stafford ! " echoed Maud, merrily. " But that exception reads the riddle. Don'e tell me you would not put on all nour finery if there were a Mr. Caroline inthe question. Naturally Ida wiehes to look her best for her Mr. Ida." " She looked ber very oddest- this morn- ing, and he admired her none the less." " That's different. You can wear what you like to go skating,—and besides the cap and tie were becoming toIda,and she knew it. But evening dress is evening dress ; and though I haven't seen this pink satin, I suspect it will throw us all into the shade. It is pink upon pink, Ida says." The " pink upon pink " was, however, a long time in coming. Maurace Stafford, who sat near the door, turning over a book of prints with which he appeared to be en- grossed, lifted his head at every opening of the door, and glanced quickly and furtively round ; but it was always someone else, some insignificant member of the circle who, late and breathless, hurried in. Little Charlie, who was sitting by,looking over the prints also, spoke more :than once to Mr. Stafford, but got no answer. At length came Richards with a formal summons and a figure in the doorway behind him. . When Maurice saw that this dimly - outlined figure was that of Ida's maid, and that she made her way across to Mrs. Lyt- ton with an obvious apology on her lips, his heart misgave him. And yet there was a kind,of bope in such • an apology. It was cruel to hope that any one was suffering, but what would be such suffering compared with—he bit hia lip, and bent over the volume in front. Mrs. Lytton 'was explaining aloud the `absence of her neice. - To Mrs. Lytton he had next to offer his arm. That could be done with alacrity ; she would eaturally begin about the unfor- tunate displacement of the dinner table, and might be led into saying more than she knew, ,He would pump her—pump her dry. She should tell him every `single thing she knew, or suspected. He would force out of her how Ida had looked, and what she had said when last seen ; and drag from the poor lady by main force her own opinion on the matter, It did not escape him that Mrs. Lytton looked more astonished than com- miserative. She did not believe in Idars ill- ness—peither did he. On the opposite side of the table sat little Jenny, and it struck Maurice that Jenny looked mournfully at him. Presently, however, the little girl forgot, and made merry with the rest. That din- ner table ought not to have been a merry one by every rule and reason—the two prin- cipal entertainers being absent, the one on a sad erraucl, the other from a sad cause— but honestly, the dinners at Duckbill during the regime of Lady Sophia Clarke and General Thistleblow bad been infinitely more oppressive. People out of humour, and habituated to self•indulgence, are not to be won from their mood by a well -lit, cheer- ful bpard, bright with flowers, sparkling with glass,—whereae kindlier and simpler souls, however much they may feel they ought to be sympathetically pensive under certain conditions, cannot for their -lives subdue their blithesome spirits, nor &oda- late their accents, when gathered together to satisfy healthy appetites, and enjoy for weary limbs a well-earned repose. Every one present had been for many hours that day out in the keen, wintry air, an& brought in that delicious efterglow which exercise beneath a frosty sky,diffuses thtough thenfremen- The schoolboys cheeks flamed like red apples, -and 10 first they were too busy with spoon and fork to speak, or look about them.- Eyen their elders were not sorry , to be permitted to gen through a course or two in peace ; but by- and-by all was clatter. Harry found his torgue, and Charlie his jolly little laugh. The grown-up _young lady eousins good-humouredly drew the little fellows out, their father made fun of them, the others -befriending them, their mother left off talking to Maurice Stafford, and watched her darlings with beaming eyes, while Jenny wriggled in her chair with de- light, and tittered more loudly than she would have dared to do in any other pres- ence. Stafford alone took no part in the general hilts! ity. Mrs. ' Litton's communications were lying like a stone in his heart. Under his skilful treatment she had indeed owned to everything she knew, but it amounted to nothing he did not know before. She had been as much surprised as himself at her niece's non-appearance, for at three o'clock she bad left dear Ida quite recovered,. and only needing rest and sleep to be her bright, bonnie self again. On returning from her sleigh ride, she had been informed by Flow- ers, who was. on the watch, that her youeg mistrees had retreated to her bedroom, but that she was no worse, and would be nown to dinner. " I am telling you all exactly as it happened," said Mrs. Lytton, with what what she considered Machiavelian diplomacy, beoa-use naturally you and I, as chief offenders, of this morning, feel a cer- tain responsibility-. I `ain sure I for one, whehever I think- of myself thundering down that bank--" "At my instigation," said Maurice, with a half smile. " It all comes round to me in the long run, Mrs. Lyttop. I made you come down—than I ran my skate into Miss Barnet's face. A jolly mess I have made of it altogether." . After which it was com- paratively easy to be silent, and permit it to be supposed that he was repenting his misdeeds in the depths of his glooniy con- science. He was sharp enough to perceive that he might avail himself of this general eupposition, while other thoughts occupied his breast. One thing he would do ; he would get speech of the solitary person present who knew something of the real state of the case and that as soon as might be. When pres- ently the silks and muslins rustled pant, and the file of departing women was brought up by the one short skirt present, while 'Maurice held open the door, he leaned for- ward, and murmured, " Don't go to bed till I come, Jenny:" And she had to go to bed ! It was really dreadful to Jenny. Mau - rice's whisper thrilled her through and through with a deiightful sense of conse- quence, and she began to expect him almost from the moment of entering the drawing - room. Louie was there, bat she must not get en- tangled with Louie. If Louie were to be with her, bothering to know how it all looked, and what a downstairs dinner was like, and how the boys behaved, just when Maurice came up, it would simply spoil everything. She would shut up Louie with a few brief seneences, at once, and then tell her that it was not pollee for both of them, Cie only Bermes present, to be talking to each other. Accordingly Louie was relegated to sit be- tween her aunts and show her new pieces of needlework,while Jenny herself flitted from one to another of the younger people, inter- changing a word here and there, paying an» attention, or discharging an errand, bat carefully abstai ningfrom anythinglike settled conversation, and keeping an eye on the door even while superintending thestrnggles of Maud end Caroline, who had severally got hold of " Pip in Clover " and "An - s -vers." At anyenomeno " Piga in Clover " could be left behind, if Maurice would but appear in tbe doorway. But halnpast nine o'clock came, and the gentlemen -had not yet quitted the dinner table. Theltwo elderly uncles liked to sit for some time over their wire, and Stafford had forgotten about children's early hours. He had not missed the little girls on previous evenings—Ida had been all in all. Ikl`ow he was stolidly sipping Tom Barnet's excellent claret, while Fate was thwarting him on the other side of the hall. Enter the drawing -room, Flowers. " If you please, Miss Jennie and Miss Louie, I am to remind you it ia-your bedtime." Jenny's jew dropped. Louie' rose obedi- ently. " What's that, little girls ? Bedtime, is it ? ,cried the cheerful voice of aunt Bess from germs the hearthrug. " How is Miss Ida Flowers ? " Somehow it was always " MIiss Ida " in the.household. " She has got into bed, ma'am, thinking she would be better there. She sent me down just now to rerriind the young ladies it was half -past ',sine o'clock." The young ladies in question glanced at. their aunt. " If she would only say we might stay," thought Jenny. Ida had strict ideas, but still they might be made to give way. Do you think Miss Ida really wanted us to go, Flowers ? " ennuired the. little girl, wistfully, Flowers having turned to depart, " or did ske only think it was our usualbed- time? YOu see, this isn't like a usual even- ing." " And the boys being:' here, perhaps an- other half-hour might be granted," chimed in Mrs. Lytton, perceiving the blank disap- pointment of Harry and Charlie, who were in the act of proposing a round game. " Suppose Flowers were to goland ask." " Oh, do, Flowers ; do go and ask." " You will, won't you ?" cried little Charlie, runnng, up to the maid and catch - Mg her hand. I say, do look sharp ; we'll have to go ourselves .in half an -hour, you know." • • " Yes, prleane look sharp," added his brother, We shall be awfully obliged, you know." What abigail woald not have foand the situation flattering ? Mrs. Lytton requeht- ing, the little ladies beseeching, the boys entreating—what could the amiable Flowers do but yield? Back she came, howeeer, looking less airy than she went. " I am sorry, ma'am " addreesing Mrs. Lytton with a some wgat frightened face, " but Miss Ide won't hear of it. She seemed almost vexed. Better come at once, young ladies. Miss Ida wants you to go in to her to say good -night.' She seemed disappointed you was not with me before." ° " Oh—of course --very well -e ou had better RELIEVES IN 30 MINUTES. A MAGICAL LIFE -PAVER. The inoit . pronounced symptoms of heart disease are palpitation or fluttering of the heart; shortness of breath, weak or irregular smothsring spells at night, pains in.- region of heart. The brain may be congested, causing headaches, dizzi- ness or vertigo. In short, whenever the heart flutters, aches or palpitates. it le diseased, and If life is valued treatment must be taken. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Fleart is • the only remedy yet discovered which always give relief In 80 noin- utes, and' cure absoluteiy.---28. For eale by Lumsden & Wilson, Seaforth. • • Throat lined with Utters A Young Lad.y"Cured of Long Standing Catarrh and Ca- tarrhal Sore Throat by Dr." Chase's Catarrh Cure. Miss Anna A. Howey, of Eden, Ont., says that she suffered from Catarrh for ten years, used a number of remedies advertised, but Was always disappointed in the result. Last fall she suffered intense pain in her head and her throat was lined with ulcers. The doctors called it Catarrhal Sore Throat, but did not 'cure it.- Bhe saw that Dr. Chase's Catarrh Cure was being highly recommended, so procure& a box froih C. Tbomson, druggist, Tilson- burg, Ont. and commenced its use. Soon the tilcers cleared away from her throat, the pain in her head ceased. She says that Dr. Chase's Catarrh Cure doe' not cause distress or sneezing when being nsed, and is the most effective catarrh remedy she ever tried. Mr. J. D. Phillips, a Justice °of the Peace,declares that he knows Miss Howey and her mother, and can vouch for the truthfulness of her statements. Dr. Chase's Catarrh Curs, sold by all Dealers. trice 25 cents, complete With blower. go my dears at once ;" even annt Bess struck her colours on the instant. "Ida is so right and wise about you "—kissing them both fondly—" she thinks a rule ought to be kept. We must begin earlier temorrow night—no, on Monday night—that is all. If we had thought about a game sooner we could have easily started one long ago, and got it in before bedtime." " We can come, Flowers ; we dont need to be waited for ;" in the midst of her rue- ful " good -night " Jenny was still listening for Maurice Stafford's step. " We'll oome this moment," she continued, impatienty, and jerked down a candlestick as she spoke. The `candlestick had to be set up again— that took time—but still Maurice did not appear ; and he was not even in the paesage outside—a last hope. The door of the din- ing -room was shut. "Yoa are late," was Ida's greeting, as the two shamefacedly made their appearance, "and you know you should not have asked to sit up. It was too bed td make me seem a sort of orgress--" " It wasn't we who began it. It was aunt Bess, and the boys they set us on to ask." " You ought to have told them you never sat up for anyone." " But, Ida, we have you know—lately— now and then." They had ; Stafford had asked for them. I don't think Jenny wonld now have recall. ed this to her sister—instinot would have held her back—but Louie knew nothing. " That's it—that is just it," exclaimed Ida, sitting up in bed the better to take command of the mutineers, " you do a thing once, or, perhaps, twice, and expect to do it always ! One cannot give in to a single indulgence without your encroaching. There was Jenny—I allowed her to sit up to late dinner, and have a place and every- thing—and yee she has never geen near me since I thonght, of course, she would have been np the instant dinner was over." And Jenny had been about lda'sown busi- ness ! " I thought I—I had better not leave the drawing.roorn,l' faltered she. " You mean,you wished to stay there," retorted her ouster, in withering accents. " You hid better speak the truth, ' The brave little gni held her tongue. " It was not very kind," said poor Ida, bitterly, " to forget all about me lying alone here, and be enjoying yourselves laughing, and talking, and playing games down- stairs," Still Jenny was silent. It was true that she had been laughing and talking and wanting to 'play games—even if unable to accomplish this last feat—but it was not true that she had forgotten the interests of one so dear. And somehow she was learn- ing not to blurt out Maurice Stafford's name either. Something was wrong between Maurice and Ida. honelessly, lamentably wrong, and it behoved her to tread with wary feet betwixt the two. "What are they all doing now ?" next de- manded the inquisitor, .from her pillows ; having had her say, and eubjugated the de- linquents, thoroughly, she now resumed a more ordinary nine. " I suppose they are having a good-time? " And something of the resentment the thought inspired breath- ed in the question. " Splendid," responded Louie, perceiving that the worst was over, and scrambling up on the bed as she spoke, " those boys are such fun--" "Jenny, can't you speak ? What are they doing ? Who is speaking to who ? How are they sitting ? " " The gentlemen have not come in from the dining -room yet," replied Jenny, 'in fun- eral accents. " Oh," said Ida—and asked no more. The next morning, Sunday morning, dawned ; and long ere the daylight established, the rattle of hail and the howl of sweeping winds betrayed what manner of day was in etore for the occupants of Duckbill Manor. They were back to their old weather again. " Beastly, isn't it ?" said Maurice Stafford, cheerfully, as the party assembled at break- fast, and one and another returned from a gloomy survey of the outer scene. " Even the anow.plow road has been snowed -up afresh, Jenny, We shan't get out to -day, that's certain." He was, however, equally certain that he should get somewhere else that day, and with renewed hope came renewed cheerful- ness. A night's rest had shrunk all the ill omens of the previous evening into trifles not worth consideration, and he had made up his mind to disregard them, and forget their existence. ' " Beastly weather, sir," sad he addressing Mr. Lytton in the pleasant tones which Jes- sop and Thietleblow had founds() irresistible. " No doubt the same all over the country. This will do for our ice, I expect, boys." " Do for our ice ?" echoed the little fel- lows, who had not thought of that. " Do for our ice ? Do you mean we shan't have any more skating?" in accents that might fitly have queried regarding the end of all things. " Why, look for yourselves,"said Maurice. " Hark to that !" es a blast swept by, and flung its rattling hail like sharp -edged teeth against the windows. " What does that mean, eh ?" " I doubt we shall have a storm," sub- joined the boys' father. " I thought so last night. There was anhaze about the moon " and' the dismission wandered off among the elements. Jenny, however, wondered at Maurice. He seemed quite in good spirits. She had looked in on Ida, on her way dpwnstairs, and Ida was in bed, and scarcely spoke. In re- sponse to interrogation she had avowed her intention of remaining where she was. Ob- viously she was still in_ yesterday's vein, if Maurice were not. Neither Jennie nor Louie knew what to say about Ida. However, breakfast passed and the party broke up. Nobody could go to church, that was certain ; and, whatever. other people thought about it, this was an experience both novel and exciting to Harry and Charlie. A whole Sunday of story -books aed liberty ! By the end of the day they Were heartily tired of both, but during the early part of the forenoon the prospect was alluring. Se it was to Stafford, who felt he should now be able to chows his own methods of procedure. He did not ivish to resort to strong measures, if ordinary ones came to hand. An invalid naturally would not rise in the early morning ; he would wait till she had risen, eaten her luncheon, and estab- lished herself in the little boudoir. Crossing the hall he met Mr. Trusty, the farm bailiff. " Oh, Mr. Stafford, sir, it's you ? I was hdping it was you. Perhaps you ein ad- vise me. I'm in such a confusion with Mr. Tom's being called away and noletter from that Hodgrn we had. in view for the farm— I " For Beech Farm ? Mr. Barnet told me about it. Haan% tbe man written ? hat's odd. You were to have heard yester ay." " We were, sir ; and I made sure Mr. Tom had heard. I was expecting some one to be over every minute last night. Then I heard about Mr. Tom's going off ; but it seems there's nothing been said about a letter." " There may have been a letter for all that. The bag came in after he left. I saw it myself, with a heap of letters for your master in it." " That's true, sir ; but I've sent upn and Miss Ida says there's nothing, and she' was to open all the lettere. It will be a pity if we lose that man ; he is the very tenant we want ; I have a great mind--" and the spe,,aTkoergpoauupsetdo. London straight awa 1 I should," said Maurice. " If you trust to oats they play you tricks at the best of t es, and now, there's no saying what they may, not be up to. Go to London to -day ' " To -day, sir ? no, sir ; not on the Sab- bath day. rm a religious man, Mr.Sta rd ; I never do business on the Sabbath." " Oh, ah, yes ; I had forgotten it was Sunday, that's the fact," replied Maurice. " But the case being urgent, if you went by to night's train—there is one about nine o'clock, isn't there ? The day will be over by then, you know." . The bailiff eyed him dubiously. There was such a train, and he knew it. He knew, moreover, the importance of action and the neceesity for prompitude. On the other 'hand a freezing journey, by night ? Mr. Trusty shook his head. irll wait till to- morrow," he said turning away. " May be there'll be a letter to -morrow ; or I'll hear - from' Mr. Tom—or something. If Hodgson is to` be our tenant he'll not be put off for wfoarndt.,,of an answer on the instant. If it's to be—it's to be. Good mornim5„ Mr. Staf- " Good Morning, old fool." People sometimes presumed on Truaty's deafness. 1 1 CHAPTER XV. THE SOLITARY LEGATEE. ° Meantime Tom Barnet, whom fate had thus isolated from the rest of the party, found -himself in a position which was not without its pleasant side. He had surmount- ed the miseriea of the journey, arrived at Mrs. Hilary's residence, found that he was in thee not only to see his elderly cousin alive but to a -certain extent in possession of her faculties, and, after an excellent night's rest, had risen sound in wind and limb, to which there was added a delightful qonsciousness of having done his duty in the teeth of adverse circumstances. There was' no one but himself at Pine Ridge. He was glad of that, All the way thither he had been cogitating as to whom he should find there, and in what light he might expeot to be looked upon, supposing some Hilary relations—there might be Hil- ary relations, although he had never heard of them—were on the spot, in response to a summons like his own ? Once or twice he had told himself very plainly that it was a duced awkward position he was placed in, and a monstrous disagreeable thing which had been laid upon him to do. Of course Mrs. Hilary had a perfect right to do it ; and if she chose to impose any other unwelcome ordeal upon him he must submin—but 'he had hardly been able to forgive himself ter cutting short his shooting and making that luckless detour by the village. If it had not been for that urfortunate freak of wisdom, the good old lady might have peacefully passed away before he could possibly have reached her, and all who can °uteri into a bashful young Englishman's reluctance to face a formidable scene will make allowances for Tom. He did hate the thought of driving up to Mrs. Hilary's house in:a station fly, with perhaps another fly on in front -nor behind—containing another ex- pectant legatee, and of being received by in- telligent servants, perfectly aware of what these arrivals meant. Would he and the other legatee have to introduce themselves to each other, and eat, drink, and smoke together afterwards ? Would they be alone, or would there be a phalanx of legatees al- ready in possession ? What, again, would they think of his droll appearance ? He could explain of course : but would not the very explanatIon raise secret surmises ? It would look as if he had indeed been in a violent hurry to come. Added to which Bowdler's coat and Bowdler's breeches were hardly becoming. And he grew tired, and hungry, and etiff as the night wore on ; the flight had begun for him so very soon. In the morning, it must be remembered, he had had his first skate of the season, and he hed skated inde- fatiga.bly. Then there had been the trudge over rough, frosted ground, hard as iron, together with the weight of a heavy gun to carry. He would have been pleasurably fatigued even if he had been at home, while as it was, between the hurry.skurry of departure and the succeeding irksome hours of blankness, he was at a low ebb altogether when he stepped out on the little platform of the station for Pine Ridge. (To be Continual_ A SA.RNIA WONDER. W. Barton Got Health and Strength From Dodd's Kidney Pills. SARNIA, February 21.0. -n -The 0Alie of Mr. T. Johnston, of Osborne,- excites wide- spread interest here, as Mr. Johnston is well-known in Sarnia, and the published report of his case is known to be true. But William Barton, of Sarnia, claims to have been a still worse ease than Mr. John- ston. Mr. Barton was afflicted with Blad- der trouble for many years. Doctors and medicines utterly failed to relieve him. His . sufferings were almost beyond human endurance. At length he tried Dodd's- Kidney Pills.. As is scores of other eases iin Sarnia, a cure followed in an astonishishingly skirt time. Six `boxes were all he used.: But they gave him perfect health and manly strength. , Thackeray's Oyster. • Thackeray entertained a deei d euxiosity 1: as regards American oysters, s marvelous storiea, which he did not belie , had been told him about their great size. " Although," said Mr. Fields " we had taken pain:, to procure the larges't specimens we could find, we apoligized for the extreme smallness of the slaters, promising that we would do better next time. Six bloated bivalves lay before him in their shells. I noticed that he gazed at them anxiously with fork upraised, then whispered to me with an:agonized look, " How shall I do it ?" " I described to him the simple peocess by which Americans accomplish the task. lie seemed satisfied that the fact wan feasible, selected the smallest oyster and then bowed his head. All eyes were upon the great British author to watch the effe t of the new sensation. Opening his mo th ve . ry wide, he struggled a mo ment, then, all was oven. I shall never forget the look of dee- pair he oast at the other five over -occupied shells: I broke the stillness by asking -him he,w he felt: " Profoundly grateful,' he gasped, and as though I had swallowed a small baby.' " The Old Home Paper. BY CHARLES MOREAU HARGER. III -printed, old-fashioned and homely, Brewing name of a smell Country town ; With an unfeigned Sneer at its wrapper qiteer, The postman in scorn throws it down: Dispatches and pietures are wanthog, For cablegrams terse search in vain ; Yonder great city sheet, with its " features" re- plete Makes the columns seem shabbily plain. But I can, every line that it offers, Each item brings something to view, • Through the vista of years, of youth's pleasures and fears, And serves their keen touch to renew. The death of the girl I once courted, The growth of the firm I once jeered, The ries of a friend, whom I loved to commend, The' fall of a man I revered. Ad I read I drift dreamily backward, To days when to live was but joy ; I think and I pore, till the eity's dull roar Grows faint—and again Pm a boy k Rare perfumes of green oountry by -ways, Far mutt*, of moiler* and bees, And the quaint little town with its street leading To thed:renek and the low bending treee. Around me the forme of my comrades ; About us, earth's glories unfurled ; Etch heart undefiled, with the faith of a child, Looking forth to a place in the world. And the paper tells how all have prospered, I follow their lives as they flew, Applauding each gain and regretting each pain, For thesake of the days long eace Then somehow my cares seem less heavy For the voyage I take as I road, And I fancy, forsooth, that the vigor of youth Is imbibed to replenish my need. Above all the huge city dailies, With ponderous utterance wise, This scant page has power to opted out A fairy land sweet to mine eyee. 111 -printed, old-fashioned and homely, Bearing name of a emelt country town, I wait and I seek for the moment each week When the postman in scorn throws it down.. for an hour • Care of the Complexion. it is a well known fact that s torpid liver produces a sallow hue and a dull yellow complexion. You need not expect a clear, inteutiful complexion if the blood is rendered impure- by a sluggish union of the liver, whieir cannot properly perform its function of purifying', and filtering all impurities from the blood. Ladies, Dr. Obase's Kidney -Liver Pills is an invalu- able remedy, for by their action on the liver and blood they promote true beauty by rendering the blood pure. This is the secret. • Victoria's Wedding Ring. The man who made Queen Victoria's wedding ring is living in Philadelphia to. day. While the splendor. of the jubilee is still in the eyes of the world, and the jubilant voices of the Englieh people are still ring- ing in the ears of nations, tnis fact is of some interest. Yet the one whom it most concerns is apparently indifferent to the fact that it was he who joined two kingdoms together with the band of gold fashioned for that momentous occasion. " Ja ! ja !" he nods, when questioned about it. " I made it. I learned the trade inHGeerlemaarnnySit well, too, and his hand has not yet lost its cunning, for he fills many orders from the large jewelers' firms 'in the ci tiy. But how did it happen that the com- mission was given to you ?" The little old German took off his specta- cles, and with an effort called up the detail!, of the event. " I went over from Germany to Eng- land," he answered, " to a shop in London, to work. So ! It was a big place. One day the word came to make the Queen's wedding ring. I had the specialty • I made all such rings ; and so ehey gave it 'to me to do. That is all." And, with this simple explanation he turn- ed away and went back to hia table. Such is the unostentatiousness of genius ! The wedding ring that signalized Vic- toria's alliance with Prince »Albert was one of the many instances of the Queen's prefer- ence for richness and simplicity. It was quite plain and more solid than is usual in ordinary wedding rinse. Daring the marriage ceremony Prince Al- bert wore it on his own finger, and, taking it off at the proper moment, passed it to the Archbishop of Canterbury. His Grace handed it back to the trince, who placed it on his bride's finger. Thouriands of eyes saw the gold band pass between the two royal personages, and at the same moment the cannon fired a royal selute and all Lon- don knew that Victoria was marriede A pretty incident is related of the return to Buckingham Palace. The Queen left the cathedral ungloved,and whether by accident or design, Prince Albeit inclosed Her Majesty's hand in hie own in such way as to display the wedding ring to the beat ad- vantage. There were twenty miles of people who saw that wedding ring as Victoria drove back to Buckingham Palace. And yet, the German who made it mentions the fact as an unimportant incident of hie life, and lives on contenteded in a little Philadelphia store.— Philadelphia press. Plan—thig S.trawberries. A 1;dietin of the Ohio station says : " Al- though strawberry plants will not thrive where the soii is permanently wet, they do require an abundant supply of moisture both during the growing and fruiting sea- son. The non -observance of this require- ment is the omission of heavy losses. In the first place the grou-'-' for strawberries is often left until planting time before plowing and breaking up in clods occasioning much labonin preparation with -harrow and roller. Although it may be possible to put such a soil into fairly good condition for plowing, the water which has been lost cannot be re- stored, and weeks may elapse 'before suffi- cient rain falls to keep the plants alive. It has been shown that more than 1,500 bar- rels of water per acre may escape from un- plowed ground in one week, in excess of the quantity which will pass off from an equal area which has been plowed early and har- rowed at frequent intervals. Moreover, the ground which has been plowed late will con- tinue to dry out during the season at a rate in excess of the early plowed. This shows plainly that early plowing and frequent harrowing are essential in order to retain the soil moist, even though planting may be delayed. The difference between fall and late spring ,lowing is still greater than between early a d late plowing, eapecially as affect- ing the.capacity of the soil to retain moist- ure du hug the season. The beat prepar- ation fdr a strawberry bed is fall plowing, where the soil will admit ; if not, as early in the spring as the ground is fit to work. The prevention of the escape of moisture from the soil during the growing seasoo is also important, and this can be acoomplish- ed veryelargely by frequent cultivation, ere pecially after every rain. It ie quite as im- portant to stir the soil after light showers as ti vation.1" eil after h vy rains. Retaining the moisture by mule ing during fruiting season is no doubt a More practicable method than cul - 1 . —Oamen Pasha, uncle of the Khedive, is dead. }Ile death was diie to apoplexy. , —A heavy snowstorm prevailed recently in Sioux Falls, North Dakota, with tenspera- ture at VJ degrees. Snow fell steadily until it reached a depth of eight inches. There had been no snow on the grOund in that state for two months, and fears were enter - ,storm ex ended over the whole State. tanned thr a dry spring would result. The THE SEAFORTH TEA STORE 110TION SALE OF HOB JSMOS JO diens from Mr. John o ovation in the Village of 3rd, 1898, the following s —One 'general pu * rag horse eix pima d. 4milch tows, -some talved arch or April ; 15 good st eronghbred hull calves, f Old. These animals -are of ee. One Brat tiest grede --Three sows with pig, The stows ere well bred, etas old. Two of the thor xn imported Blue Ilibbo elms pedigree. No rate othing offexed ovill he sol o'clock p. sharp. Tt it will he given cot appro t of per cent. per arum -cash. JOHN McCONNE ES, Auctioneer. Has just reoeived another large con- signment of _Te,m, Coffees, and other goods which will be sold very cheap, Two pounds Japan Tea, for 25e ; and I am giving one pound of, Jersey Cream Blend Coffee, for 50e, and a coffee mill with every pound of coffee. I sell one pound of Baking Powder, which is equal to the Royal, for 50e, and I give a very handsome wall pocket with each pound of baking powder, which is worth 75c. Besides these I am giving 10 or 12 other useful articles, with every one pound tin of baking powder. A fresh lot of Apricots, 100 a pound, or three pounds for 25o. , Also three pounds of Pited California Plums for -- 25e, or 10o a pound. The highest price paid fer goo& Butter and fresh eggs, in cash or trade. A. G. AULT, C4th. -a r ?c NOS. HOf 1:4 tit CD CD Sn 06, 1.:361 NM 40 NNIS COTTON SALE OF FARM • IdENTS.—Mr. -a. P. Brine; iron Mr. Isaac Miller to 14] premises in Harpurhey, 1893, ot 1 o'elock p. va., -SO : -Striek.—One driving mar coming two, tired by Sidi" k Rooker," tieing 4 yawl "'number of fowl. Implei 13, I buggy, 1 lIglit wegono light ,bribiletehe, 1 eutte] w ; - 1 hey reek, 1 gang pios harrows 1 fannieg mfil, 1 e harnem, 1 oet,eingle hern e. Also a quantity of sow and green feed, arid A nunil whole Inuit be void, aa thl of bit property. Terre* under, - cath : over that 1 t Will be i'llo eed ori furni A diecount Oil perteni on credit amounts. II ; J. P. -BRINE, Auotionei s------ CTION SALE OF FAA MEETS IIIND FIOUSE1101 Thomas Brown has been I stohestori :to tell by pu ,z. ncession 9 MeKillop, two'. , on Friday, March etb, I, Mowing .vsulable proae hog horse six year* old, years old, 1 drivb4 nl ,—Twe steers risin.g two, two vearsold, Sitcom 11-* fers rising three yeAte oil! 'extra, large, to ado* in Isar pan buggy, imindle box, roe new ; 1 fanning raid, s obeleighs, 1 set iron' hot tibia harness, 1 tit :tingle Ope, *to. ; 3. Whitman pea w, 1 barrel.churn, 1 washi et, tap pails, ,orocke, forks, -small articles. Ifortseh g stove, 1 other stove, 1 eX , 2 cepboards,•mota, 1 bed e, bediprings, wash stand*, es. Also sbout 10.tons :611 previously sold, The who): es the proprietor has rented, est. Terms.—Ali tures -of & hat -am GI nt 8 montheeredit hirk appreved joint notes nt. will be sllowed -off fr SION,- Proprietor ; T. BRO, 1 g' 9 P 1.42 es- 0 Ca at eas . sp sae 0 5 Pri -*qt et_ ,..1 a) p 0 cz., /22 g pp o vo 0 $:14 cl) 0 1:s PCS • et - P a.a.."' Cel — l=b C/2 gt ct-• to a) 0 E'%.1 g Isse en P *1 C4 pe,, 0 " . 1:5 • P5' VD. tz°' 1-3 ea. 0 oo ed let • P Pla P— o 0 1-1 ra 0 0 /73 17:1 ee see en rer o‘. ae • lz$ et- cm )1•4 0 , 0 a) n p-1 Fri- -1A4 •.1 c.so a) 0.1 1-1 0 0 cc :1"4 tzi cr.) r:2-4 Ommod o -CA o ef. 4;- SA; 5 o `as AD 0 „al 1.1 P 0 01 Wei Notice to 04 tioe Is hereby given, that ell wis MoDonald, of Seafortli tither by oash or note, withi e up the books. Mr. Steph lacksmith ship every de nd Mr. McDonald will be accounts not paid within n court for collection. 1::).A.'117-8 thoae who have not Sett . McDonald it Co., of Waite t once, or they will be pa - tioe is Here application will be made to a, at its next senior" for an piny with power to coast te a railway, by SiOitll or el e power, between the city y of Middlesex and Province Or noir the village of Do rem a point in or near the it a point in or near Central* phen, in the COur3ty of lau ar Greed Bend, on Lake II r to construct and operate t e lines, to take and Use W r, and to transmit and diiin)e therefrom, to build. lequire ther vessels, and ali uceee , together with such other as may be necessary. M. r for the applicanM, Dated rich, in the County of Huron, y, A. D. 1898. LUMBI rties intending to build., advantage to huy thei EATING, as I handle ni SHINGLES.—I also de of Red Cedar Shingle at the lowest possibl unt of Cedar Peat for -sal r p. KEATING, Are you aware of the fact that {, The Canada Business College) CHATHAM, ONTARIq, Is doing more for its pupils than any other Business., Coliegeln the Dominion. 48 pupils were plat:fed in two months. Student*. from all quarters are flocking to this worthy l3usie nese School. Berddes a large attendance from Chatham, there are a'ready this year, 93 pupils registered from out— side points, 80 of them from points nearer to other Business Colleges than to Chatham. We presume these people investigeted the merits, - of the different schools, and deckled that nothing - but the best would satisfy them, hence, they are here. Write for catalogue of either department, and st, list of the 48 pupils placed in two monthe. D. McLACHLAN-• & Co., Chatham, Oht. MONEY TO LOAN. To loan any amount of private or company money, on town or fent sroperty, at 5 and 4 per cent, and on the .most reasonable terms. alpply THOMAS E. HAYS, Seafarth. 161241 • mcLEocovs System Renovatot —AND OTHER— TESTED - REMEDIES. A speoitheand antidote for Impure, Weak and Ime poverithed Blood, Dyspepsia, Sleepleesness„ Palpate - lion of the Heart, Liver Complaint, Neuralgia, Loss - of Memory, Bronchitis. Consumption Gall Stones, Jaundice, Ki ney and Urinary Disealses, St. Vituar Dance, Female Inegularieies and General Debility. LAISORATORY—Goderich, Ontario. J MeLEOD, Proprietor sna. Manu facturer. Sold by J. S. ROBERTS, Seaforth. 15014 Cheap Mill Feed. CHEAP' MILL FEED. We are now offer. - lug for a limited time Oat Dust and Seeds at 42.50 per ton in ten ton lots and over. Chemwt feed en_ the marker. Seaforth4)atmeal Mille, W. ,W.TneasCroa. Manager:- 1556 41•1•11•0•MME.E. THE NI311140 & HARRISON- Business and Shorthand College, Cor. Yonge and College Ste., Toronto,, solutely first-class Business iSehool. Indivis • ua instruction by experienced teachers holding nighest qualifications, Gocd results. Prospeottue ,mailed free. Enter now. R. D. NIKKO, F. 21. P. S., JAS. HARRISON, a • Principals Undergtaduste of Toronto Univenity and IL of P. lis ARMERS, PAY' Mortgages. Reduce your - my. Any terms desired. No delay„ -Charges I urred unless loan Is grante ranteed, or no loan. th local agents. Agenis _Ite. Enclose stamp. R We can't cure every easel The bestdoetors No one but a nu claim so. No re just fit every ease. elaim that in a portion of oases of tion, dyspepsia troubles DR. CL K Stomach and Live Will effect a speedy cure. Our faith in it is str Test it for yourself. Price 50c. At Fear's, Ses,forth, a generally,. The Imperial Medicine 11. Barr has removed his Dye DERICH ST. near th DIST CIIIIRO, would take this opportunity to I eustosners /or Shelf liberal g Seatorth, and to infomt t I am now in II better positie my customers satisfaotion, clothes and have them Clain nd Winter. R. H.» BARR, Se -