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The Huron Expositor, 1900-08-03, Page 6•.- •-t 6 1 -on • tatatateratotto-attor'°: THE HURON EXPOSITOR AUGUST 3 1900 amatietetle.Meall..1010110.111110IMINIM111.1110Mea„ ABSQIAITE SEBURIT Cenuine •1 Carter's Little Liver Must Sear Signature of See- Fac-Sithile Wrapper Below., asaassmay Tare small and ac (Aar *catlike as dragara LIVE4i0111 HEADACHE* EKS R' toitomutPATIOli. ita.inuousuit, ron DIZZINESS FON TONPIN LIVEN: FON THECOMPLEXION muirruv arrow i Purely vegetable: I 1110.14saat4eele beta • t.„.. CURE SICK klEADACHE. VETERINARY JTORN GRIEVE., 'V. 8,, honor graduate of Ontario Veterinary College. All diseasee of Domeetha animals: treated. Calla promptly attended to a,nd ohargee moderate,: Veterinary Deetetty a specialty. Office and residence on Goderich street, one door Sae of Dr. Soott's office, &Worth. 1112 -ti LEGAL JAMES L KILLORANI Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyanoer and Nottrt- Publio. Money to loan. Office over Plokard'e Store Main Strott, Seafortlat 1528 R. S. HAYS, Barriater, Soliettor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dominion Bank. Offi3e-in rear of Dominion Bank, Seatorth. Money to loan. 1235 • JT M. BEST, Barrister, Selkitor, Conveyancer, • Notary Publio. Offices up stairs, over C. W. Papat's bookstore, Main_Strett, Seaforth, Ontario. 1627 5 IIENRY BEATTIE,t Bairister, Solicitor, &o. Money to loae. Office-tiady's Block, Sea. forth. ° 1679-tf 7, (N ARROW & OARROW, Barristers, Solicitors, Scc. Cor. Henri ton St. and Square, Goderioh, Ont. J. T. GARR0WQ.0, 1676 CflARLES GARROW, L. L. Bt SCOTT-& Barristers, Solioltors, etc., Clinton and Sayfield. Clinton Office, Elliott block, Latino street. Bayfield °flit*, open every Thursday, Main street, first door west of post office. Money to loan. Janice Scott & E. H. M4Keuzie. 1598 rtAMERON, BOUT as HOLMES, Barriatere, St - k.) lieltora in Cattaogrta &c.,Godezatti, Out. M.O. LAYIROBI, Q. 0., Lime, DUDLIT HOLMES Lti 110LMESTED, tft100915BOr to the late firm of • McCaughey re aolmeeted, Barrister, Solicitor Conveyancer, arta Note*. Kolioitor fOT the Can &than Bank ot Commezce. Money to lend. Farm for vac. Oft'a- i Soott's Blook, Main Street fleaforth, DENTISTRY.. G F BELDEN, D. D. S DENTIST. Roome over the IN fLir.ion Beek, Main Street Seaforth. 1691-tf U1 W. TWEDDLE, Brussels, Dentitt, (former y of Seaforth,) Graduate of R. C.- D. S., Tor nto. Poet graduate couree in croan and bridge woi at Itaskill's School, Chicago. Offioe over A. 'R. Sreithaietore, Brueeele. 166941 treR. F. A. SELLERY, Dentist, graduate of the jj Royal College or: Dental Surge ne, Toronto, also honor graduate of Department of Dentistry, Toronto University. Office in the Petty block, Bengali. Will visit Zuriolt eveet Monday, commencing Mon- day. June let. 1687 TAR. R. R. ROS, 'Dentist (81100mi-or to E. W. Tweddle), graduate of Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario ; 6 r -t class honor graduate of Torotto Univenety ; crown and bridge work, also gold wok in all itd forms. All the most modern methods- for painless filling and painksa extraction of _ troth. All operations carefully performed: 3flioe Tweddle's old stand, o er Dill's grocery, Seufortie t_ 1640 Dr. L1i McGinnis) Hon. Giaduate Loo Western University, member of Ontario Coln:oat of Phtsicians and Surgeons. Office and Reeideno 3-b'ormer13, occupied by Mr. Wm. fickard, Victoria Stai-A, next to the Catholic] Churoh oarNight calls ata in I 3d promptly: " 1463x12 LAURA CHAPTER The -girl had been sitting burning faoe • buried in thoughts in a feverish rio straight habit of thinking when through her numb there crept the sense of it ring sound. At first shop but little by little the " ta bore in on her, drawing he tion to an almost unconscio " Tap !" Tap i" Ski The sound was unmista perience of four months' cient to indicate its source mining a tunnel under her the face of the cliff. The s proceeding, intensified by the hour, suddenly electrifi a etate of vivid interest. whieh she was sitting was from the edge of the shel A W. IIOTHAN1, M. D., C. 5.,t1Ionor Graduate • and Feline, or Trinity higdical College, Gra- duate of Trinity Unit ersity, Member of College of Physicianand S•treootie of Ontario, Constance, On- tario. Office forintra oceupied by Itr„Qcoper. 1650 A,itX. BET a uzi- M. D., Fellow of the -Royal Opllege ,of eat-ea:is and Sergeants, Kingston. aneeeeeor to D. Maarkld. Otto: Ittely ecoupled Dr. Maolad, kw. 8treot. tieretorth. Residence -Corner of Vlatartioattrate, in house lately °couple:I L. S. pelmet 1127, Dit, F. 31,, BURROWS, rAdont Pit -3'O sad Surgeon, Teronto Gen - ori iloapital. Timor graduate Trinity University, member of the College of Phyla -lane and Surgeons et Ontario. Coronae- for the County of Huron. Office and Resider' .73 - Goderioh Street, East of the Methodist Church. Talephone 46. 1386 DRS. SODi & MacKAY, PHYSIC:A:7qt AND SURGEONS, Godutioh street, op:Jai to Methodist 'ehurch,Seeforth • a. fa. eaten, grtletta Vittoria and Ann Arbor, and member (tette.; tOollete of Phesiclatie sad • -1 Surgeona. tttem te tor County of Huron. o. MacKAY, Loner graduate Trinity University, gold medal; it TnnIty Medical College. Member . College of Pays. atria and Surgeons, Ontario. 1483 McKillop arectory for 1900. JAMES ItOCKHAitT, P‘oevo Seaforth P. 0. - ALEX. OARDINFit, Councillor, Leadbury P. O. JOHN O. GRIEVE, Cottecillor, Winthrop P. 0 JAMES O'LACtillaiN, Beeehwood P. 0 ARCHIBALD MaoltatoOlt,Cetincillor, Seaforth P.0 JOHN C. M0iHtLiN. Clerk, Winthrop P. 0 DAVID M. ROSS, Teateuror, -Winthrop P. 0; WILLIAM EVP,Net Aaieeser, Beet-awn:I P. 0. - CHARLES Cntleottr, Seaforth P. 0. - RICHARD POLEAttlat Sanitary lueptcter, Lead • bury P. 0. The IiicKiiipp Mutual Firt Insurance Con2pany, FARM AND re2i D LAT E D TOWN PROPERTta ONLY INSURED I. - some time, er hands, not, even- uld disentang d consciousn ersistent, rec idno heed to /) tap,), "ta from iistrosp e- s curiosity. -k !" able. Her x- ining was su • Someone ,•as-- eet-there bel i w rangeness of he the lateness of d the girl i to The boulder ot ten'feet a ing cliff. er - er er e, ' 88 T! :t, I le 1 On ay crept silently, forward, and, lying flat on er face, leaned far over, liste ing. The son d came now quite distinctly. She could h ar the tap of hammers, mid en timbering a tunnel. Now and then floated up, and now and th of shale soudded doWn t some twenty feet in front Her breath came and we tively, she felt ehe was ,on great discovery, and he - raced madly through h lower tunnel." Her quic ed to the gloom, noticed neath her was honeyco .oracks and strewn with a. On the hot- impulse of. t writhed round and let her over the edge, clinging small, strong hands to t grass. She had lowered feet, when ishe'noticed a li kind of cave hollowed out the shale was ever and age in on a ledge, she glanee hoarse whis er n, too, .e. w irr e smooth r ok f her. t fast. Insti co the verge of a father's wo ds ✓ brain-" he , 'oyes,' accuse m- ! hat the cliff oe- bed with gr at wiry-brushwo d. e 'moment, he body slip slo ly ereely with el. e tufts of in- erself about tle to her righ , through .,evlaic n thrown. AR s backwardt' er left, An added blackness in the cliff sh w- ed her almost instantly j at such ano s er opening. With infinite care, her yes blazing, er lips set firm, she hauled erself from uft to tuft, her eyes and feet seeking' wildly the irregUlar foothold of the brisken cliff, till her bent face looked full into a round h le. For a moment she hesitated, fear of the in- side holding her breath upended. ut again, the memory of th se words, " he lower tunnel," came on her. Inside wa a faint flicker of light. But the voices ere more blurred, Vac tapping almost mu ed. She set her teeth together 'end squeezed boldly through the hole, inding herself on hands and knees inside narrow tun • el. The first things her hands became awar of were that she was kneelin between 8. air of rails. "Truck rails, my word !" she murmured under her bre th, as she -ose softly to her feet and stro e to piercethe darkness in the direction f that flieke ing light in front. After a little pause, he collected her energies and courage and itdvanced tip toe towards the light. Su deny- her toot 'struck the metals, the lig t vanished,. and her outstretched hands fo nd the damp cliff. She followed the trend of it, her heart in her mouth, and in a mom nt, with a swift movemente sank huddled to the ground. For as she rounded the cu ve, she came in- to full view of three me'. A lantern on the ground threw a coppe y, dull glow onto their faces, and in the lig t she saw as in a flesh of lightning the fa e of her father's quondam partner -Johns n. The recog- nition staggered her, 'and her breath came in short catches. It was true, then, she thought, after all, and Johnson was a rogue. As she shivered, iuddled up against the wall, the conversation left no room for doubt. " We'll never get it bnished to -night, ekipper," said one of the en. Ale° Johnson turned on him savagely, one hand supporting a 1 rge plank, which he was driving &garnet h'wall „by a ong wooden peg. " Who asked your d d advice, Ja- cobs ?" he said. "1Js a ase of must. The escort comes to -morrow, nd all the bullion goes down in the afternoo . There's {60- 000 in the safe to -night. And get it we must." If it hadn't been for that deluge last night," rejoined the oth r of the three, We'd be all safe. - But I don't see the use, More than Jacobs, in al this timberiag." Don't you ?" sneered Johnson fiercely. 'ciu'd look smart, woul n't you, if ,when we had the sada in the trolley the rrides caved in ? Very jolly ep ee for us all ! My colonial ! Do you think, ' hewent on, with rising ire, " that I've pia ned and watched, worked and lived in a bla ied cave for six months for this to have i in the last moment? When I let,oli Joe Kinnom3 in not that I ever thoug t he'd kick the bucket over it -I -neant ,to grab the lot. As you boys know, the e's a million of money lyiog down in the ine below there. Once we've got the ban safe down and blown the tunnel away, ho the blazes is to find us ? There's eixty tho ,eand in that !afe, and I guess thet'e enough to buy old t oe's chit and rim the Lone Sar 'as ib ought to be run. So that safe's got to be run to- night. There ain't more han two or three planks between it and th trolley, arid by midnight it will be in he lower tunnel. And now you beck to, ni boys, or quit." - The eyes of the girl lyi g huddled beaind the wet rock mould have tattled her lc ver: • atiettriaa, • J. 11. MoLea Faaeltion:),- Mtli.:t.r.1 P. 0. ; Thomas Fraser, viee-preel5 e. I'. 0. ; Thomas E.- Hat a„ b -ey-Tr.• Paatfortai P. 0. ; IV. 0. itroed • fo 1, Inepettor Eateate, Saalorth P. 0. W. G. Broadfoot, aaafreat. t John G. Grieve, WI throp ; George Dab, Staforth • John Senueert is, preeln ; Jaanta Evetle. lieechwood ; John Watt, Barite k ; Thar Fettiar, Brueefiald ; Jahn B. ift,J Lean, Rippe° ; Jam te Connelly, Clinton. eaarre. Rola. Stolth, fite7ao b: Raot. Mealtime, Szafortit ; Jet ee (tri mato rattail . A :J. W. ,Y7 -to, Holmes- • P. ".; 0 or, tetra: ard John C. Morrison, mai:tore eertiea des"rovat t ert Inenzencet or tee e -'t crit,tr hteateart att ti promptly attended to n, tolo It! •r.. to 3,3; Of Pt 3 V.k..),/ a Dt007E, a -dental -3d e inns s•.;,“.1 pltit 4' There was eomething of t le same ,steel -like glint in th,ern that made os Leslie a feared man in camp.-- Inch by i sire drew her- self backward toward the hole by which she had entered. No doubb ; as in- her. 'rind. The fearless spirit of old 1 oe Kinnoms was on her, and .its wealth, too, of resouree. Even in the moment of r velation she had formed her plan. No wird to the bank manager ! She would se- k.oub her partner, Jos ! The two ot them mould trail the garg to the " lower trinnel," w ald vindicate her father's mennory,•and hol up the ruffians in the very moment of their success. As she crawled out of t le hole and wrig- gled up the slope she had races of the deadly depths a mountain goat. Once wound herskirts up over ran like a wall -say, leap point till she gained Jos gave a gasp of joy to fin eyed -ittibd stolidly inquisi rand in such haste. " I've found it, Jos. ,!" he gasped. "The lower tunnel. They're g ing to hold up the bank and we're going to held them up. Don't sit staring there. Put all the re- volvers you have in 'your poeket and come along." . If the girl'a eager, flu hed face roused Joe's suspiciobs as to he sanity, a glance into the hard, shining eyes undeceived • him. Ile rose solemnly and leaded three revolvers. Then just as olemnly eunlotded one and handed it to the girl, seuffitig the other two into his poeket "You won't kill me wi h. that," -he said no more 001.18Q ous- beneath 'her than on the top she her arm and ran, ng froml, point to eslie's hut. She old Jos, steely- ive as to her ere CONSUMPTION.1 never stops becaus the weather " is warm. Then why stop t king SCOTT'S F.: ilLS-143N simply because it's surnniar? Keep taking it. It lin! your .S.1 n strung for -11. soc. and ; a lirLie. )24DO*16`b Litat .1tottat lungs, and make the another winter'. Th 61141i11 fag Is n.ot i fre uently followed by a long lenten p n , of enforced fasting and fleshly in • rtification. The cheek grows hollow, •he eyes are dull and deep ringed, a d the step. is slow and languid. There is an "all dragged -out -feeling," - -which makes life an utter burden. -The great func- tional changes which follow taarriage are not usually antici- pated, or the wife- ly suffering might be avoided. Dr. Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription is the best friend of weak and sickly women. It cures the womanly dis- eases that rob the eye of brightness and -the step of ight'ness. It tones up the system and establishes the -womanly organ - sin on a basis of sound health. • llravorite Pre- scription /aenon- tains no ale' neither opium, cocaine, nor oth -cotics. Accept no substitute. There is no other medicine • just as good" for weak and sickly women. et had been a great sufferer from female weafe- nese for about two year' writes Mrs. Itinina Richardson, of Goss, \Vat ne Co.,`Ky. "Could not do my work para ofthe time. I took four bottles of Dr. Pierce's Fay rite Prescription and felt as well as I ever did." -Young married wo len will find a lastipg friend in Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser. It contains loo8 pages and is sentfree (in paper co er), on receipt of 31 one -cent stamps t ' pay expens_e of- custoins and mailing ' ;doe Cloth bind- ing, 50 stamps. A ldress Dr. R. syt: Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. utimaionwrimatair kocrociaricamoro grrivelY, with unconeci u irony.- "And now come along, ray pre ty, and you shall -tell me all about it on th road." It was a good hour's c imb from Jos Les- lie's shanty to bhe spot where Laura had .escaladed_the cliff, tand by the time they reached the place a tutst drizzle had set in, and Jos had been told a hill account of what had happened. le ura, gazing at him now and then through t e darkness, felt her breath catching between a breath and a sob at therigid outlines of his face and the grey glowing of hie. eyes. Jos had loved old Joe Kinnoms as mate in a breast -high stream sometimes.learn o love a man com- pounded of cheerful un elfishnese sod un- varying pluck. He 1 ved the daughter too; -in a different way, as the wild natures of rock and riot and bue life love the glint of a particular star -it silence rendered ,very dear and holy by reverence strange to their lives, a rever nee incarnating all the unbidden, harnati g, smothered im- pulses of lives cast in al'ee ways. Laura's hopes, her f ers, her love, and especially her Vengeance -Were his. Body and soul he knew no other aim, sought 'no other reward than her satisfaction. He had the elemental clearness of the savage in hie perception of emotions, and the present occaSion filled him with joy. There was a man's work in front- of him and he meant to fulfil it, cheerfully, completely. He would not allow the -girl to lead the Way to the hole, but,. leaningfar over, swung her to and fro by his wiry arms, till her feet , found footing beneath it. A minute iiifterwarels he had joined her inside tfie tun7el. The sound. -of a sudden clang and a muttered oath, warned them they were. only just in time. A few strides brought them to the corner where Laura had sheltered, and, crouching low, they listened to the faint hum and groaning of wheels rapidly approaching. " Get right beliind-me, my pretty," said Jos, in a whisper; as the light of a lantern eveung to the corner. In each hand he had sareaolver, end as the girl crouched behind him she whispered, "Don't shoot ! Re- member the tunnel." •Jos'e head just moved in respotise. Next moment a trolley, with a lantern swung on front, rolled softly past them, casting a thin, shadowy light down tho glistening rails. , Oa the trolley was a huge safe, and sitting on the sale was •Alec Johnson, his face flushed and eager, and in his hand the handle of the brake. " Softly boys," he'wfiispered, turning' to the two mem pushing at the back. " Soft- ly does it round the corners. tVhoa ! Hold her! So!" _ " Now,. Jim," he went on, adaressing one of the men, 'a you go back and fire the mine. Me and ,Jacobs will take on the trolley find wait for you round the- next turn." The two in the corner, the man and the girl, crouched • lower and lower . 'in the shadows. The lamp cast its light away from them, the great safe enveloping all the rearward in black shadow. • They could barely- distinguish the form of the man " Jim " as he.returned slowly, and- by the diminishing flicker and sudcien disappear- ance of the light, .they knew the trolley had turned the next corner. " Sib like a moue, pretty," whispered Jos, as the -.returning figure approached. Then. before Laura' could ,breaehe a word, he had glided away to the corner. Next momeot there was a muffled groan, a stumble-, and then Jos teturned, dragging after him the forth of a man, one huge hand on his throat, the other on his mouth. " Quick, miss !" he whispered. " Your -hat or scarf, or anything for a gag." In a moment Laura, had uupinned her Tam o'Shanter, and as Jos removed his hand, before the man could recover his breath she had crammed the soft woollen thine into his mouth.- Within two minutes Jos had him tied hand and foot and knees, Light., incapable. " Take my advice, sonny," the ex -troop- er whispered, as he was about to depart. "Lie still,- and we'll collect you for Queen's eVidenco." Then, taking Laura : by the heed, the two crept cautiously along, fol- lowing the feel (lithe rails by their feet. For a full half hour the two etrocle on- wards, ever down by a gentle descent. The place was in dersest darkness, and they dared not strike a light. Sudcleuly; how- ever, the tunnel took a swift turn, and the next moment Laura and her partner stood in a subdued flood of light. • The scene betore them was an extraordin- ary one. They were in a smell, natural cave, and tbeir trained eyes could see at a glance thatone . of its sides was seamed with a dusky , red scar, the hall -mark of reef gold. In -tho. centre of the cave the ' trolley stood with the safe still untoluched, and the lantern flashing its flieketing light on the sullen, wealthy walls. By the side of the trolley, the two men, Alec Johnson and Jacobs, were wrestling in deadly com- bat, each with knife in hannd, hard gripped and writhing in the other's clasp. The ef- fect was almost instantaneous, for even; as Jos and,Laura entered, the two struggiing men felllwith a crash, Johnson uppermost, Jacobs lying helplessly entangled and strangely still between the wheels, whore a thin red pool began to grow. Johnson' l knife was held on high, and he snarled travagely. " Did yolathink I'd chuck old Joe to share with such a whitedivered---" then he paused, his eyes catching the growing pool of redahis seine numbly eoneeious of the other's blay-like 'inertness. He shrank back, hastily rising to his fcet, and furtive - • ' • • ! ly shoving his knife into his belt. Then with a swiftnfearful glance he turned round -and looked straight into the barrels of Jos Leslie's revolvers. "Hands up, Alec Johnson !" said Joe's crisp, snarling tones, "No palaver! Hands up !" Johnson obeyed, mechanically, stupidly, his eyes fixed on the strange apparition at Les- lie's side. The girl's face, white, rigid, avenging, her great blazing eyes, the thin scarlet thread of her compressed lips, par- alyzed him. He found no room for thought, much less for resistance. And as in obedi- ence to Joe's bidding, her empty revolver covered him, he suffered himself to be bound to the trolley by Jos's truety knote. Jos'a task was scarcely completed when a rush of feet wee heard, and the next mo- ment the cave was flooded with light and men, conspicuous among whom was Jack Harrison's towering figure and excited face. "You !" he gasped, falling back at the sight of Laura, as the police agents rushed on Leslie and secured him. "You 1" " Yes, Jack," she answered, simply. -" I struck this trail to -night, and -Jos --and I fol- lowed them." Explanations were speedily exchanged, and as the police agents heard how the girl and man had held up the gang, their fleet suspicions changed into hearty congratulations. Nor was their content diminished when they heard of the scheme ef the mine. For the bank manager, having been by chance in his office at the moment when the safe disappeared bodily from his view, had promptly telephoned the police, at once hitting on the plan of the hhievea. They bad followed the way of the safe, struck the trolley lines and arrived as has been shown, all unconscious of the deadly peril that, save for Joe's little bit of garrot- ing, had sent them all on another path. As the agents took off Johnson and the still -unconscious Jacobs, Harrison lingered a moment behind with the girl. Won't you say 'yes' even now, Laura?" he begged, as his arm stole around her waist. Laura looked at him, e roguish smile about her lips and demurely veiled eyes. "Do you think," she answered, pointing to the dull glowing of the reef gold, "do you think it will pay a dividend of ten per cent?" Then with a sudden twist releasing her- self, she turtted to Jos, standing stiffly by. " What do you think, dear old Jos? Will it pay ten per bent ?" " There s never no knowing," he said, gruffly," how them kind of dividends run. It may be ten, or fifty, or a hundred, or agen it may be nothing -or wens. But I guess it might be worth trying." And if as he walked up the tunnel again there was a strange moisture about his eyes, there was a still stranger .smile about his lips, in which no cynicism mingled, and it was in Jack Harrison's hand that Laura's rested as they walked down the mountain path to her shanty." (TiIE END.) • WHEAT PROVINCE AGAIN. William Lloyd, of Oakville; Cur_ ed by Dodd's Kidney Pills, - the Favorite Medicine of the Northwest. OAKVILLE, Man., July 30. -There is no doubt about it, Dodd's Kidney Pills have become the most indispensable medicine of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. The latest case reported is that of William Lloyd, of Oakville. Mr. Lloyd had Dia, betea. For three years he tried to cure him- self. A doctor in Portage la Prairie tried in vain to cure him. Mr. Lloyd lost thirty pounds in three months, and thirst made his life a burden. "1 am taking Dodd's Kidney Pills regu- larly," he says, " three time3 a day, and am picking up very feat. My thirst has left me, and I do not pass half so much urine. I have taken six boxes and intend to take more. I am fifty-five years old, but I am confident vodd's Kidney Pills are cur- ing me." • The Absent-minded Man. Many stories are told of the absent- mindedness of the late Dr. McAllister, rec- tor of Trinity church, Elizabeth, and brother of the late Ward McAllister. One night he was returning to Elizabeth from New York, and, took a train which was not echeduledto etop at his station. Discover- ing his mistake he appealed to the conduct- or, being anxious to get word to his wife. Presently the conductor came back to the doctor and said that a railway official was on the train, and that it would make an extra stop at E'izabeth. " That is good," said Dr. McAllister, with great relief. ' When you stop at Elizabeth won't you send a message to my wife that I've been carried through to Trenton ?" " Why don't; you get off,. yourself?" sug- gested the conductor. I " Oh, I never thought of that," said the doctor. -New York Times. • Think'of It. Never before in the_aistory of the world was there a remedy for corm as safe, pain- less, and certain as Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor. It, makes no sore spots and acts speedily. Try Putnam's Corn Extractor. At druggists. ure, Jafe, and painless. Boys and Gitrls in China. Boys are always w leome when they ap- pear in a Chinese hole e, girls never, Boys often marry at 16; ankl it is said to be snot infrequent' eircumstarice for these juvenile . husbander on occasionlof some grievance to run crydug to their *there for comfort, as they have been in thel habit of doing, and to be met; with the chillOg,inquiry, "Why do come to me? If you want anything go to her !" The ratio in which fortune tellers allot happiness in the Chinese family is gen- erally about five son to two daughtera. " Whatsoever is 'mor than these cometh of evil." The murder o female infants accor- dingly prevails to very large extent. Many Chinese girls a e sold by their parents, and in some province the trade in girls is Poor Qr.--ality o Blood ,• A Frequent Cause of Consumption, Heart Failure and Othe Constitutional Ms- - eases -Dr. Chase s Nerve Food as a ood Builder. The heart, the 1 ngs, the stomach, the laver, the kidate s, and bowels can- not perform their f notions and repair wasted tissue when supplied with blood that is deficient in nutritive qualities, and sooner or later the weakest organ succumbs to the at licks of disease The indications o thln, watery blood are paleness of the Ips, gums, and eye- lids, shortnese of •reath, weakness of heart action, and languid, despondent feelings. These symptoms are usually akoompan led by ner vousness, sleepless- ness, and general wealenem of the body. It Is, pesitively useless fo doctor the Symptoms, and injurious to use opiates -or. stimulants. cure can be brought about gradually, and certainly by the use Of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, which contains in condensed pill form all the elements recnaired for strengthening and revitalizing the blood. As a blood builder and nerve restorative, Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is of inestimable value. In -au form, 50 cents a box, at all dealers, or Ilielmanson, Bates & Ce., Toronto, conducted as openly as any other traffic. In cases of poverty husbands occasionally disposed:if their wives, Dr. Smith mentions a Chinaman who, being deeply in debt, was thrown into prison, from which he found deliverenoe hopeless. He accordingly sent word to his relatives to have his wife sold, which was done, and with the proceeds the man was to buy his escape 1 -Westminster Budget. • Itching Piles. Mr, 0 P. St. John, Dominion Inspector of Steam- boats, 246 Shaw street, Toronto, writ3s :-" I suffer- ed for nine years with itohing piles. After trying many remedies in vale I began to nee Dr. Ginnie Ointment, and it has entirely cured me." More peo- ple have been cured of piles by using Dr. Chase's Ointment than bY all other treatments combined. It never fails to cure pile.. Does It Pay to Be Polite. The outer door to the office building was a massive affair that swung either way. The man who (intones was in a hurry, but he considerately looked behind him to see that he did not let it swing in the face of any tile who might be following. The woman who was following seemed t� be paying no attention to the door, so the man held it open for her to enter. The thought that occurred to the woman just as she got in the doorway appeared to make her doubtful as to whether she wished to go in or out. The man still held the door open. The woman said : "1 wonder if I have the paper that he told me to bring to this office," and began to search through the little bag that she carried i s her hand. The man said -well, never mind what the man said. He still kept _the door open in order to prevon it from sweeping the wo- man into the st eet. The woman found the Paper she was after and looke across the steeet, as if un- certain whethe she had the right address, The man sei "Pardon me, madam, but I am in a h rry." The woman aid : " Sir ?" The man sai : "1 can not remain here and hold this d or any longer." - The woman aid : "Sir, you are the mnst insulting an I ever met. The man sais things softly to himself, the' woman e tered, and 'the ,door swung back with gee force. The woman I okecl scornfully at the man, and said sonnet ing about telling her hus- band how she ad been insulted. The man ma e no reply, but later he was heard saying to himself : "And yet people claim that it p ye to be polite." -London Tit -Bits. AP Lately star could not diges King's New him. They s digestion, pro appetite. Pri satisfied. Sol or Millionaire ed in London because he his food. Early use of Dr. ife Pills would have saved rengthen the stomach, aid ote assimilation, improve e 25e. Money back if not by I. V. -Fear, druggist.. Ans-weri og His Own Letters. A ourious an amusing story is being told respecting a young man who, being the chief of the audi ing department of a cer- tain railway company, had occasion recently to dictate a letter to the head of a c rresponding department of another railwa . There was a, point in dis- pute between the two companies involving money, and t mis young official had taken the stubborn round that the other official was totally a fault, and advanced what seemed to hl unanswerable arguments to prove it. A short tim after he had forwarded the letter he received an offer of a situation from the other railway company, which he accepted, and within a few days he became the head of t e department with which he had been in di pate. The first letter which he found on th file ready to be answered was his own o the point in question. , There was o ly one thing to do. He im- mediately dic ated an answer to his own letter, refutiu and repudiating its argu- ments, and wo nd up by the suggestion that the writer did not know his business. The letter was ad • reseed to himself and signed by hirneelf.- ondon Tit -Bits. - A F rally Necessity. Mr. 3 Wright, f 126 McPherson avenue, Toronto, sap) :- ' I am al% 'aye glad to say a good word for Dr. Chase's St•ru ) of I blared at d Turpeetine. It has bee 3 in our fi mily for two years, and we have never found it fai to cure coughs, colds and eheet tronblee. It is et r regular stand-by." Dr. Chases Syrup of Linteed and Turptintine is a f tmily necee- site in the how e of Canada and the United State, 25 cents a botde. Family size 60 cents. • ' TO Avoi Lightmng Stroke. PROFESSOR KR .3ISER TELLS OF THE PRECAU- TION ONE SHOULD TAKE. - Th Berlin,Germany,' correspondent of the N Yel: World, says : ° Th recent c is,aster at Charlottenburg, in which two per ons were killed by lightoing and n arly fif 5/ people were seriouely in- jured; has in uced the eminent scientist, Profe sor Kre ser, of the Berlin Meteoro- logiha institu e to give to the public,through the.Press, a n mber of precautionary meas - urea to take during a thunderstorm. The p roieTs shoehtrisi gaysi:ing, as is well-known, strikes highoints. t is therefore important that ei, we k ep aw y from anything that rises above he gro nd, such as trees, mastseivalls and fences. "Al wires i f iron and steel are danger- ous, n t simp y because they ,are metalic, but beeause td ey are excellent conductors o f,,I) islii ie el enc oteni c fluopenaldfield the erect human body i an eas attraction for the lighteing. The m ist yen ible thing to do, therefore, is to etre eh at ull length on the ground at the pe il of re .eiving a thorough drenching. " It is, ho ever, better to be on terra firma t an on vater, as the water attracts the ligirtning I ora easily than the dry land. " Since most people seek protection in- doors, which i not .always the best place, let them keep away from chandeliers, and especially the hearth. Chimney flews are the best lightning conductors. " One of th greatest mistakes made dur- ing thunderst rms is to close all thc win- dows. Only those windows should be closed hhroug• which the rain is blown, as the lightning ollows the rain and wind. Windews on t I e opposite side can be safely left o en. "Ae most of the victims of lightning are - not h rued, b t succumb to a sort of paraly- sis of he nery t18 system, it is important not to give up hope when a parson has been struck, but to call at once a physician, who can apply effe tive restoratives. , • It G rdles the Globe. Th fame of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, as the bcst in t e world, extends round the earth. It's the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalps, Boils, Ulcers Felons, Aches, Pains and all Skin Eruptions. Inly infallible Pile cure. 25c a box at Fear' drug store. We Sho • ld Stick to Simple Food. "There was in the old days far less wear and tear upon the nerves ; and, under such conditions, di estion was more completely performed," rites Mrs. S. T. Rorer of "Why I am Opposed to Pies," in the Aug- ust Ladies' II me Journal. "The mothers of to -day musi look more carefully to the building of their bodies and brains than their mothers and grandmothers did. In- deed, at the •ace at which we Americans are g ieg we se our brains at full speed. nearljt!all th time. What man can build brain and bra n on pies, layer cakes or pre- serve, or an other mass of material which f from is ver complexity requires labor and and t me for sigeation, drawing the blood I The Slater Shoe for Boys Made with the knowledge that most foot distortions are the result of ss..•';,7edeente hev-77'7-4.' iese'. ine- ' st Catalogue wearing ill -shaped shoes in youth, when the bones of the foot are passing through the developing stage. Boys who wear "Slater Shoes " will never be troubled with foot ills in after life. Just made as carefully as father's, same selected material, same expert workman- ship, same perfected machinery. Sites, "Little Gents'" 8 to 12% 0 0< 00 0 0 Youths' 13 to 234 Boys' 3 to 534 Prices $z.eo and $3,o0, stamped on the Goodyear welted sole in a slate frente. <> V V ra 't a> a a 0 0 '> R. WILLIS, SOLE LOCAL AGENT FOR SEAFORTH. from the brain to the stomach during work. ing hours ? Observe those who eat their complex foods carelessly and hastily, and you will see at a glance the conditions that necessieate a complete rest every now and then, or an early nervous breakdown. " In my close observation in the lash twenty years I find very few people in our common struggle for existence who can for any length of time eat carelessly of complex foods. At forty or fifty a man may per- haps have accuniulated wealth, but not health; and of what earthly use is the firat without the second? Many persons in thes generation gorebefore have eaten pies at least onoe a day, but they have not had meat three times a day, nor have they rushed at our pace. They gave more time to the digestion of the pie. People who' recommend these Hell foods rarely know: anything bf their complex conditions, and still less of the complexity of digestion." • Astounded the Editor. Editor S. A. Brown, of Bennettsville, S. C., was once immensely surprised, "Through long suffering from Dyspepsia," he writes, " my wife was greatly run down: She had no strength or vigor, and suffered great distress from her stomach, but she tried Electric Bitters, which helped her a once, and after using four bottles, she is en- tirely well, can eat anything. It's a grand tonic, and its gentle laxative qualities are splendid for torpid liver." For Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Stomach and Liver troub- les it's a positive, guaranteed cure. Only 50c at Fear's chug store. The Sandman. Oh, the 21ock upon the mantel strikes the dreaded hour of nine, And the winds beneath the window start to whimper and to whine? 'Tie then the Dwarfs and Ogree back to their caves are drawn, For the Sandman'e en a forage -that is why the children yawn! Bine eyes that -sparkled roguishly all tbrough the long bright d Brown eyes that flashed with eagerness for jay and fun and play, Now blink and roll and turn about and strive yet more to see, But the Sandman'e on a forage, and he flings hie eand in glee ! Mr. Yawn is also busy with the rosy mouths of youth, We see dark, gaping caverns and a glisten of a tooth, And heads begin to droop and nod, and toys fall from the hand, For tho Sandman's on a forage, and he's castir g round histeand ! Rare picture books lie on the 1130T, and drums now silent are, And voices seem to drooping heeds so dreamy, die, tent, far ; The clock booms out half after nine, the breath more slowly drawn ; The angels now are all asleep, the Sandman's come and gone ! -Harold MacGrath in Syracuse Florald, o To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. Speak Out. Self -repression is the special &eager of sensitive and refined natures. There are a great many people to whom frank speech about their own affairs is extremely dis- tasteful. Their instinct is to remain en- tirely silent about themeelves, and, melees the instinct is trained, the habit of silence becomes fixed. This is a miefertune in many ways. Expression is one of the !awe of nature, and that a man or woman should speak to those about them of what presees most closely on their own hearts and con- cerns moat ,closely their own lives, is as normal as that, the tree should put forth leaves or that the birds should sing. We cannot violate a law of nature without some kind of injury to ourselves, and the failure to give constant and full expression to our lives means some kind of loss to us. We miss something which we should otherwise have posseased. Some kind of -health is sacrificed when, that 'which was meant to flow fret ly is pent up and remains stagnant. One of the great ends of life is expression. The heart or mind that is absolutely eelf- contained may _gather much, but it sows nothing ; and its own development is ar- rested, just as the development of the arm is arrested when one ceases to use it. A perfectly healthy nature speaks out frankly, clearly and fully whatever is deepest in it; any form of concealment becomes repugnant to ib: and while it must retain a certain reserve in disclosing the things that are most intimate and pirsonal, so far as all its relations to others are caneerned it will insist upon clear and complete muteal understanding. We wrong our- selves and those closest to us when we fail to talk out things that are of common in- terest. Half the problems that perplex us would disappear if they were only openly discuseed with those nearest ansi best quali- fied to comprehend and advise; half the misunderstandings in life that lead to BACK= ACHE If you have Backache you have Kidney Disease. If you neglect Backache it will develop into something worse-eBright's Dis- ease or Diabetes. There is no lige rubbing and doctoring your back. Cure the kidneys. There is only one kidney medicine but it cures Backache every time- Dodd's Kidney Pills serious results some, not from any kind et treachery nor from any wrong doing, but simply from the lack of frankness and candor, and therefore from' that complete understanding of motives and purposes which prevents misconception. The _man who finds his nature tending to silence and repression ought: sedulously to set about overcoming the tendency; he ought ter force himself to talk freely with those who are his intimates about all matters which concern himself. In this way the pressure of pent up emotions will ofteu fiud a natural relaxation, and the confused and bewildered . thought will find the path plainly marked out. In all our relations to those who are closest to us in the family sr in the ranks of - friendship, complete understanding through frankness and candor are duties of the firse importance. The nature which acquires' this freedom of expression will rarely find itself misunderstood or misrepreeented, and -- will rarely become eeither over intense in feeling or morbid in thought. HAGYARD'S YELLOW OIL ewes all pain in man or heist ; for sprains, note, bruises, eallous -Iumpg swellings, inflammation, rheumatism and neuralgia t is a specific. Wit and Wisdom. --A man who goes out to meet trouble will have a short walk. . - -Man was made to mourn, and woman was enade to see that he does it. That's the whole story in a chestnut shell. -The only period in a woman's life vslsen she gives any thought to drese is that which comes between the cradle and the grave. -" My wife is the commander-in-chief of our household," said the thin man. "Ansi what- are you?" asked the other. Mel Oh, I'm the paymaster." -" Why do you call me birdie, my dear ?" inquired a wife of her husband. " Because," was the answer, "-you are al- ways associated in my mind with a bill." --" My husband is very plain spoken. He calls a spade a spade." "So dis. Mine ; bit I wouldna like to say what he ea'ed the lawn mower whin it broke doon last nicht.' -Little Ethel-" I wonder why Adam and Eve had such an awful time, just be- cause they ate one little apple." Johnny (reflectively)-" Perhaps it wasn't ripe." -" Willie, how did you get along at school to -day?" 1' First rate." "Now, Willie," his mother went en severely, "don't tell stories. I heard you had to be - punished." "Yes, but it didn't hurt as much as usual." -One morningla minister, on meeting a little boy, asked him if he had got his por- ridge. "Ay," replied the boy. "And did you ask a blessing before you took them ?" "No' me." " What 1 not ask a blessing ! Were you not afraid they would choke you ?" `c Deed, I wisna ; they were that thin they cudna choke me 1" * -An Irish quack doctor was being ex- amined at an inquest on his treatment of a patient who had died. " I gave him ipec- acuanha," he eaid. "You might jnet an well have given hirn the aurora borealis," mid the Coroner. " Indade, yer Honor, and that's just evhat I ehould have given him next if he hadn't died," -One day as a clergyman/was walking along a country road in Sentland he came upon a number of boys wlip were playing themselves in a mud -hole by- the wayside. " Hullo 1 boys," he said, " what's this you are doing " We've been buildin' a kirk." replied one of the boys. "See;" he contin- ued, " there's the pews an' the pulpit." "But where is the miniaterer asked the gentleman. "Ah !' replied the boy, "we hinna enough dirt to mak' a minister." -" Mamma," said little Eehel, " Mrs. Gayley's husband isn't dead, is he ?" "No, dear." Then what's she going to be Mar- ried again for ?" " Never mind, dear, You can't understand such thieghs' eabh, know," exclaimed the little girl ; "it's just liko getting vaceinated. It didn't take the - first time." -The veeerable Bishop Wilmer, of Mo- bile, Alabama, was possessed of a wit that burned brightly to the last. We have here- tofore recorded that when on his deathbed, when asked if he felt as though be were passing away, he replied : " Yon must re- member that I have never passed away, and' may not recognize the symptoms." Here is one of a like character. Is was deemed ad- visable to learn what were his withee about his last resting place, and the question ask- ed was : Bishop, where do you want to be buried ?" The answer was immediately. "1 don't want to be buried." THAT aching head can be instantly relieved by taking one of MILBURN'S STERLING HEADACHE POWDERS. One powder, Se; three for 10e, ten for 25e. • A Dog's Sagacity. A correspondent of the London Spectator sends that paper the following anecdote. He says : " The airecilete comes from a distinguish- ed naval officer, and is best given in his own words: "This is what happened to a spaniel of mine. It was given to our chil- dren as a puppy about three or four enontbe old, and we have had it about five or -eix months, making it about ten months old. It was born about three miles from here, at Hertford, and has never been anywhere but from one home to the other. When the time came for breaking him in for shooting purposee, I sent him to a keeper at Leigh-- ton-Buzzird, and, to insure a safe arrival, sent the dog with my man -servant te the train here, and thence to King's Crowe He walked with the dog to Euston station, turned him over to the guard of the 12.15 train, and the animal duly arrived at Leigh- ton -Buzzard at L30, and was there met by the keeper and -ak-en to his home about three miles cff. That was on the Friday. On the following Tuesday, the deg having been with him three full days, he took him out in the morning with hie gun, and at 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning (that being the following day) the deg appeared here, rather dirty, and looking as if he had tray- ellel seine distance, which he undoubtedly had There is no doubt that, this puppy of ten months old was sent away, certainly forty or fifty milts as the crow flies, and that he returned here in a day. How he did it no oee can sav, but it is, nevertheless, a fact. It would be interesting to know his /Outs and to trace his adventures. This anecdote is the more remarkable in eon- ee uence of the extreme youth of the dog, and partieularly as he belongs to a breed of sporting digs which are not generally sidcred to rank among the most intelligent of the species." 1, - t b ba zfl bu th4 an e ha WC b -a U 1 it $.1 traaetn, ishoti of yi Metal l tel they• mire' Seete aental beel the 1 it. " SW A wri anti thaele garding a maps : 44 children p 'cornea a ti'.. the harneil neither tin volved, it Plish it el thing to b aeverity ni the powerl in the rigt ed -and ma -cation ef ei companied You eaten Derby, an child a cle wherein ti pen sittion I ly in comp have begus ness,, color to do with too often Oa tion. Eve defect exits] ences as 1 phenemen arithmetic put the ele fact that t etra,ct idea than the ei istie tem when Bee. natural te demn as things soh ,schoolmas tem -called bad not ye - The Heiveti of his eau, trained an quainted win the co liberal pat Present is please the elispensing "Under a , disease Pa sure and n .and -condi „ Compound fail, and it letmenn. Ontario. To keep 'quire allot' would fatt in Dev to butter eiej pedalo , the ehurn. The exile cf tbe Bas pony es a. evisra a ha Three t .fidence an small qua from the and Untie .The otet stock, ansi. milk, as milk like cost of all dietary p The old born on a - should ne that ever once lott than to h ANXIOV, -SYRUP the like it-a-wo Captain firet whit claini is is of his life Journel, whether h itt Kohut pioneers. Whom C t There boy 19, he he and with build the atiorY na