The Wingham Advance, 1904-01-28, Page 3Tho Duclieem consadered. ,giate recoverettrafrom bee rant, len:
or thine I knOW wheal yOu mean. Uri' Vale and Odlet, 4
Where Biddy is, he le never tar '^1 110 Welts must wafter °clime," •
Apart from that, be thaws no sign the pleyeecian Auld; "ebe lute been
y 0
Man; lie wonld net are ltft hie eyes tattle C0 try Your grace. Let her ,
to ley R»ndyea teleep rOlund tbe ohmic and feed, 011 '
Tbe not till,YeLord Henry wae gene. sweet ulna and new-lald m --
ega. Let
witliout r 11 '1
of being a lover Soule plain gentle. initloing too pa 1
ersietenti ke r
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halgings. Mectewhile % Wilt find, A
pleysilelent;
lluisele the ,assemielel Mono/ they,
found elle coach, tt plain and modest
eeutpage. (fee tels time M. Bliley
was tonreng to, Me laid her hi the
mace ta her motherer arnm, arid,
lile head Unoevered, watelled the
ceacb tittle k!!. A little later 0 phyleician earrleee
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It 'reale soleetiting ot a etir tat the
Nene witen the Decline Orli'reuet
NvIali known te be there 3eith her
tWie little daughter:1 or her becond
Marriage., The dooliefee had aston-
ished the worle within ten menthe
of the ,dulteei by hicelltling
pialp,Itenorable gentleineel, one Wm.
Attelitellextg,„ wate bed Peitber title
nor e061a1(, nor birth, nor 'good
leek's, Per anything else exeept hie
•Iteortli. Considering that elle- wee,
leCeOrding to the judgment . of Iter
contemporaries, 'elm Weariest anti
most expensive woman within the
;three, kingdoms, and had borne -110
lles0 tintn nineteen ebildren to the
• delta ,It may ba imaglued that box'
marriage was' lietle lose than
seandale
wore two little girls born.
, of the scoop(' marriage, a.ncl It may
Obeeimagined they fo'und -themselves;
nin a very different position from
-the lords ana. ladies,. their half -bre -
'Mete ane sisters They. were beau-
tiful little creaturee, and from the
beginning they were the pets Axle
.pleythings or the °times. •
When, in eciertie of time, ull ehe
,duke's children were Nettled in one
Way or another, the clueliess retired
With lmr Atiehtericilly ti.nd her little
Melo to 8. (Mali hoime within a
hedge of sevteet brier, a preeent to,
her teem her sen the duke, and
busied herselr there weth the train -
leg of the twos who learned from
her heusewIfely virtues and elle ac-
compliehmenta proper to; ladies, while
their father Impartedthm
to etnore
solidlearning'. It eves a fragrant,
Wholesome, lamest coantry life that
the dueliess had there with her
Auchterlony and ber Ogle. And the
' children grove up fresh as milkmaids,
witlt. couiltry dew upon their eear-
let ',ape ..na grey eyes,' veitli wildly
curling little heade or. dark imir,
with. oountry roses ln taeir, cheeks.
end the walk of Flora's 'self, with
voicee sweet as the blaciltbird's otyn.
It was whispered amopg the Much -
s' frauds that she was verydot
airbus of making good matches, for
her girl; She hael an 'odd senae Of
havin e wrought them some injustice. since their brothers -and els-
,' tens Were persons of great coileal-'
„ oration, and. they only of any con-
eleleration so long 88. she livea,
Beforeethe lIttIe adiee wore eon-
erally seen it WAS rumored ebou.t
thatt Mr larummel had peeped at
thorn ona hhm
had declared tegoca
dessee in minia,ture; and Mr., Bruno
ariel's judgment was enough ler the
,..,The 'tee° little ladies were 'named
• Bride and Lydia, and ware*ktiown as
tiro. Biddy and, Mrs, Lyildy. 'They
were so atike tha.t 'they were hardly
, to be ,distinguished apart by those
who dia not know them very well.
'Bet once yen knew, them You She, a
differenee. Mrs. Biddy; the elder by
fifteen months, hid te spirit and fire
in her eyo lied her glance which Mrs.
Lyddy heel not. fehe was also the
taller by nag a bead, although that
gave Lei no great lietglit. Mra Lyddy
was the graver, the inorteretiring of
the two oand it may bemeld at this
poiet that Mrs. Lpady, gratified the
laleheres•and *satisfied her own heart
, by .weddIng tvitlan the year Lord Ar-
e &riga eaulet -notaftry, 'gentleman, de-
voted to 1118 tenants and las beeves
1111(11111(1his'country life, wao never went
to towneand wait him and their chit-
: ere
dneled- elite Of •panterhe )ettoe told
team city. . .
"My poor Biatly !" the Ductless. said
to Lady Lbufea on ,13free- eeeddy'S
wedding dayo'"Xf but my'Bindy weee
• • well eettled as my Lyddy X should
Ahalre nothing left to wish for but
" their babiest I ebouttago baok to my
. bermitage and'inlay. my peeler tura-
tare with the new eastern work,
wliLlo Auchterlony finished his trans-
.1a,tion °lathe (*elegies."
eleteer Lord Moore' is' bewitelieee"
• said Lady Louleae lea w,hisper. "Ole
,my elea,r sister, what a. triumph that
wouldli
be So ancleoxpe, o vertgems,
such talent They atter Mr, Pitt will
,axot kest till he has hien. leetbeettin.
- letry."
"It *would be an odd thing if that
. 'match were to come to pees," the
'Dnoheris:eald, aliee in a, whisper. eHis,
Matter' deteets Me. They say she will:
. • b03"0..111111 olitierY meney,And that she •
destinee bile for the plate looking
.
greathelreas whoai she is never eeee
without I Weeder Winer Biddyealit-
ale faccwI1 tell aga'net-the guineeila
Teat day br Mrs. leydily'e wedding
everyone wan .a. witness to Lord
Henry's infatuation. Ile hung over
Bicideet • be had 'no eeree fee ' any
• but her, and it was. evident to all.
that Mit 'Biddy lead ho oyes for any
but him. Teo thing was as good as
dettled, eVeryaile declared.- Mr, Drina.;
met brought relate a tale to London
that Mr. A.neeeter laid the Earl or
resi a thousand guineas on Mrs.
.
Biddy's marriage to Lord 'Henry
Wittan three menet&
' Meanwhile, what was the old Buell-
eseeeer Mull tieing ? Was see so men-
•
pled with! tierVethodist friends 'in her
•Scottieb castle that she had not
• beard of her younger son's infatutee
tion ? All her heart •and bcipos -were'
• in Lord Henry since las brother, the
•'dukes, lied! tea.reled a Fretteilayeronali
..of the 'PlaYlionee.a '
ett wish it evere done,".the Ducheos
of iltrenett.. eau/idea to her Sister-in-
law, the sentimental 'and susceptible
faady Louisa. 'Tillit hi done 1 con-
feeIn1 anegidraid orthee ole wereale•
fiVe Wore never friends, and even ele.
;Wesley Will not bare brought her to
1;hti point cif forgaririg Me. I . shall
amaze. you, Vaitsa,,- with my confes-
sion.; but I think less Of the 'bride-
groonl's foraine and Ids
titre than of my ,Biddeets heart. If
BiddY'e Ileatrt to he broken, I coal()
not forgive Myself that / had over
• hire the petieefirt shades or Manua -
:40P" •
1 S
oX weeder why he de ay to epealt?"
Lady Totes& Paid, mueingly,
"Xt 10 *lint X feat that he Will nest
apoak till lie has 1110 Mother's bleat.
ing, sho will not bless his marriage
With elind Of mine, far lose my'
-Biddy, Who 113 not the eleld of 0.
Duketert, but Only the °laid et much
love. X ren terribly afraid, Lenisa."
; There wan silence in the room for
A), few mitertee. Then Lader Louisa,
iWno tete ettelly diet:Meted, •askeil
4.1 with lively in,tereet- ;
attlee woe the gallant that IM
himself behind the third, pillar of the
aisle, and from time to time fient
Melting glandes, towaede our Biddy'?
no, too, 'W119 a lever 1017 411 the
woeld, to see." •
The 'Duchene- frowned imptatiently.
,ifotr ;dieted know'? They tire all ,
In love with Blade. 1 tinee not int
tier Walk to the waters, and liereebrale •
ts Mobbed If she but movelebritelown•
the etreet. X conteee1 wish their ad.
nakratitin Were quieter-Idon't dare to
' have imy girl a rareteehow,"
"Theee was a young gentleman lei
chocolate eult with lace rufflee,
very temple, Wearing hes own brown
curie, plain In the face, but riot un-
distiegulehed. Not to be looked at In
the 4461310 dny With lord ilenry, but
interesting, X thought,"
Gray's
Syrup
of Red
Spruce
.Gum
eis
CurCoughs
GRA.103 SYRTTP doer tbd else thing,
9,134 doesit well. ,103 no "cure-all," but
a MIX ler all throat and Ling troubles.
CRAY'S SYRUP Olt sPRTJell
CUM stops the irritatingackle --takes
away 04 setanelle---400020 and beitia the
threat -4134 COUGIIS to etay
;three.
None the lose eireetivet because it ie
pleasant to take.
%ate, bottle.
alowe visitand un forget tho corde end tbe (lance
the Ouches% the proudest woman in and theeevere." - •
the tbree eingdora8, hllcd tears( alone alley, 'were en Ade way to Arden
wiee tbe ,gyeepeteiging Laity Louisa. PIA00 eleXt inorning before the Welle
"Lt is as I teared." she said, 'Ilin Wag astir. The aleang gentleinedi who
filtal arfeetione 110,Ve Mit hint back had eeedered them sueh eervieeei was ,
to nee lile raothera bleesieg. It will turned away: from tbe door when t
be withheld, and ray girl's heart will he prevented hiereeir ne early as
be broke." miglit be to Inquire for elm Iliday.
But Lady Louise. would not believe He look toe much on hImeelf for I
thet the lore idyll Mast end 00 nadlY. a plain gentleman," tbe duchess said
elle WA nrItvaya eptimistio-a ghat- to. Lady Voittea. "Did zoo eee ilow be
tow, teneer creature, and her heart hold har I?"
-had been cauglit by Lord Henry aS "As8 lover ,
lee appeared, at the wedding in, a eSlacei lie is no hover for my, girl,
Petiole colored brocade, with elk 'Us as well that we go se eeeeellye,
stockings alltiLsOes witit ecarlet heals At first Mee. BkiLy showed like a
to tuna, Ixis betinieoine, fresh-of/Dared white ease among the woods lend
face ond blaok eyes dazzling by con- vales of Arden, and made attempts
Crest Wrtil his pewdered head, at gayety .tbat were sorrier to thew
beautiful could be faithlese to love, content to be lean. At first it
W.oul not believe that aoything [that lovhr th
ed eala if elm bad been
ee
'however, the days passeci and grew• as though the sprieg of her young
to weeks, and Lore Being did not re- I Me, had been broken, but little by
turn, gie tap thee lengthened and it little' she corn° to herself. With a
became evident that she Was not g0- shamed surJwiso si founil hcrself
ing to return, a geed twiny ouriotte laughing one deer with the old gay -
eye watched the duchess and Mi. et,y. She found herself delighted With
Leidy. From theducheete tespeet real- the '0'13gs of the birder and the spring
icei *Wen no e'tsl'aitioii ixo Ny45 freshness of the woods. Spring
peouder than ever, if tbat were pOsi-.. brongirt an air to Arden, and, hold-
Bible.xng Teydtly's preeloue son In her Arnie
In Mrs. Biddy the curious eyes IahV wheel he was a month old, Mrs. Biddy
only an enhanced beauty. Iier CO.0L waS zoom -nous of a °Menge witbin
won brig:leer tha,n of old, her eYes hereon'_
more sparkliag. She learned to laugh "Why," sive said, "It is worth and •
and talk like a faationable lady, and kindness, ' ernth and honesty, that
.satd vertty 'things, whieh Were care , are worth loving. What is a hand-
rlea erom one to another, like wore some face when tlie heart le poor
the moot killing:41es and graeee, and ' and inconeietent?"
dazzleo wherever She went. It anY. "I have Dem waiting for you to
one missed the equilt lltLle milk- slay as mulch, Baxley," oiled her Fes-
ineaci in tee nee lady, he Would have ter, ',before epalthig, to you of a
been hard to elease.. true heart that loves you "
Uleey had. need for alltheir courage, "There NvaS OucIi. a coe at the
. for eine day tee noes came to tee Wells,". (mid Mrs, Biddy, dreamily.
Wells that Lord Henry had married "he event everywhere evIth me, and
.the heirese, M:ss Angel Penn. slno 1 dreamt that I lay upon his
Tihe deoheas was dietraetee and d d heart. 1 do not know hie name or
net know how to tell Mee Biddy, and Ids station. But I mew him even when
yet was terrlfted eat: anytme Should
bit hut,hersek.
"Your father is lonely at Hermit -
the other filled my eyes and heart
the moot. I thelnOt I could have loved
Wm." .
age, ohe said, olenchiug her hands Someone came leto the room while
inside too muff t 11 the nalle bit In the she spoke. and, looking up, Mrs.
. fleeb, 'Leaps go hotae to him, Biddy." peet,ony saw him who was 1/1 her
'.,Or, a geepond a loolt came into Mrs. thoughte at the moment
Biddy'8 little false, a4 Inolt of dead-
tiredness-tbe deadetiredness of one xt;ist. 33111dtdiyYptheRe 103altied,oirnmae,trgwemeueitzt
who looks on vest ; then it passed so voice,
quickly that the duehess could not be Then Lady Arden took up her
eine it bad ever peen there. sleeping baby' and carried him back
"La l't she said. "I have made to hie nurse. Having left him she
enough engagements to keep me a want and knoelted at her mother's
month." . , • door. The duchaes was writing to
"I tun tired of tee Waite," said -the Mr, AueaterlooY. pronating that soon
duebees, "and Lyddy longe to show, us they would return home_
ter house and her dairy, her garden . "I must show Beclely in St, James,"
and bees, her oraffigery and rose -gar. sem wrote; "she is lovelier than
den, and ail bee thousand deliglits, ever, and the 'queen has written
Then Mrs. Biddy turned and took. me a letter. Would X stay away
died.
ed at her mother, and all nor roses gfriorineriyou only for eny duty to our
He Is 'Married," she said, in a Lady Arden came in and stood be -
(eying voice. Have I not known it eide her, flushed and happy.
ail the time r' "You remember the gentleman at
Yet, when -the first transports of the Wells to whom you believed SO
her grief •wiere over,' she would not unn2annerly ?" ehe said. "It was not
hoar of returning to Hermitage, lace you, my dearest mother."
flier z Of going to her sister., t. "Ile held Richly in .hier arms--"
"Shall they say he has brolcen my "Ile halite her theee now. She eeems
heart ?" eh°. asked, "even though he i I tvli niteleglilliabreoci,Etoeattalp
y tIteno
erte.n. genii:
has broken it r' onerA
And then sire . disengaged IterSelf teaaittoetelg,ahremaosrequolertboasksArclamend's opiwen.,
frolo her mother's compassiona,to
tgres. And lee evould be married for
arms and went ane looked at her -
himself, not for his titles and es -
nett pa the Masa ' • ..
,5441., 11,1at a riggye le she said. px ta,tes. So he went to the 'Wells as
plain country gentienaan."
Oce1 X shall have to i•ouge to -night." a .
"He is a greater inateh than Lord
"You are not going to the aeseno, Henry," said the duchess, with sol -
'"1 caff going, anti you are going.
Dogive up 51. jamas' and go back to
Don't you see that Vile must show your poor, noble-liear ted, patient
ourselves, clearest of mothers ?
shall dance, I sha?t. laugh, I shall 1
' I ittIrtexitaI EatiL:1.!n. see the, tepee blow at
be gezost of tbe • gay. Yon alone 'ivilndileet ogfeeplielelya,-,alC.tiAtb.'aerine Tynan.
And aanet Mull
vvill know that your Biddy is heart-
broken."
That nightelfra Bald:" was lovelier CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. .
than ever. She eras the belle of the ...___
assenably and drew tat the beaux Freezing, and Starving Cattte-Sulrer
about her to feast on her beauty
lug and P31111 on Texas Ranches,
end delight' in her voltage Nv,hile the
other beauties sat and whispered to Mr. E IC. Whitebead, of D en V el',
eacle otherebehind their . lane,
superietenclent of the Colorado State
"Site hare grea,t spirit," said' Lady • .
Doord of Child and Animal Proteca
Loul a., . •• • . -
eos, •
Per only She know the dead -tired „,„
is berolealee said the du'cle tilion,einhtliohnis pope:: read at the best
., . ..
i meeting of the American Plumate
, oe The Annual 'Star -
little girl who, was put to bed every .aa------
' night 'when tire rouge- was Washed vatIon of Cattle on the Western
on a.nd all the watching eyes) were Plaine," gives the fbIlowleg touching
gone. description of their sufferings :
One night, Mts. Biddy was playingeThere •Is no 80 C1 stain en the,
at =bre ie the ea,rd-roonis-she
had pretended to assume the eves clvilizatioit of thio nation than this,
of the fine ladies gthe better to Imagine in December .e 'single ant -
play her part -when she looked up mal already ,gaunt frone cold, hunger
and saw across the light of the four and thieve; and of the tbree, the
wax candles lier faithless lover thirst is most terrible. Imagine
Itreking at her; By his side was a this wretched creature wandering
lady in yellave brocade, with a pow. about on an Manitoba" plain covered
dered aged and patcbek on her with snow, With nothing to eat ex -
Cheeks. .'. There eopte diamonds hi eept here and there, buried under the
her hat of browe ' velvet, and her mow, a sparse tuft of scanty inoee-
stomacher of the same precious liko dead grans ;, eating snow, for days
itchtee wag 'dazzling to look upon, and weeke:beeittise there is nothing
She Was handsome enough -they had to drink ; by day wandering and
beenless than pet wao had called pawing In tile snow, by night ly-
her pleite-exeept for the • line of ing down in it, swept by pitiless(
Itaie 'on her upper `lip, welch some- Weide and ice storms, always shiver -
what marred her. i ing with old, always gnawed with
..
Vie" 'a. second Mrs. Biddy ' looked hunger, always parched with thirst,
at her old lover, who was yet her edWays 00ex-citing for something to
lover. If, hisaimpassionect and '2111e. eat where there is nothing, always
erablo face spoke truly, 'all her etarng tvItli clumb, hopeless eyes,
Voted seemed to sway about her. blinded, ewellen and 'festering from
The candies moved up and dow,n. the ender glare on the snow,. Imag-
There Wm a roar Of Many voices, lee that, and imagine yourself en -
'timely lall to *Ma side, like a Ilttla by twenty-four; multiply that by the
'iri. Mrs. Diddyee ears, Then she sud 'during caul hoer of it ; multiply that
crushed poppy 111 her scarlet sacque. slowi.MOving eights and dftys from _
.Thero VAS a 001.01110tiOn about her, • December to April, if life lasts so
Tim bride and bridegroom had ear long; then multiply that by forty
API:leered, Lady Lottlita, - Who lied million, arid you have the etatisties
been watehing Mrs. teddy from it of the brute atiffereng, In thia one .
eette,e by the wall, ran Up wringing way for end year and ovary year in
her 'bands. A. footisb, chattering, this unspeakable trade. Take all
helpless ,enenwel surged around the the brute euffering in the City of
mime tables', Neer York ter a 'aear fuel it would
eleddeoly Into the eorainotion step. Poi brt.set that of the teeth) on some
eyederemeon,e. By tide time Lady angle ranches In the West In One
"LottliSit had, trOwn aged to him tat- nay, it to like the figures waren.
teridanee wherever Mrs. Beide neglit mere gee ee*meeteegiese, leeetteee -
be. rehe had nOticed hem teem ber -net,
,, WO eannOt grasp theta. The natal
1.°0 10the 01144w .°' or the 4°°iIv'04 and heartomelet take in what it
aeober eedt elleeene figure in a pearl. litaann. Its saddens one for a lite.
gray ratt. it was the young gentle- time to see the ghastly corpses of
men obe had observed In the cinirell ; eturved cettle on the platen, end the
tile day Of Me.4. Lyddy'e ittarrlafr,e. i
With cominand hewple
;44111 mere ghastly living onee. Poor,
air ale ce e e
the brood to one eltie end re/teem Ilesilleee edialles. :Witch it 8(01118 the
teal:y.013103g lite cermet let g0
the Tainting girl. tebeeping evith tbe fg..
uteimet gerntleneea lie lifted her in ol,,,,tbsetir drill beains so ?Ridden with
i they hardly •know tiler -
10 arinia, heeding her little heae *full" li
seemed; lee breast tur ti, feeder me. ...Sailer a Illp i.)1,4e Voty .11411: On their
tea), (aloft bele eel. meepee Tie. ee„ I oodles bleat elite, nee coioriese with
coglitted lInitly Lohtleta wire ettele up !amine, a nfeltereig ,•ttbeitt. With stale
to 1111)1 vvevanag. . 1 mg env!) nail neatest; %neve, grow,.
"I alive a math at hand," he teed, . ing eVer weaker, nntil they etumble
"AIM fettle wants freer air, and to be end fall iii little hearts of hide and
tree of thee -crowd. Come whit me." bootee. 301101 even the coyetee, the
• 11Y this 'LIMO the finehees intd heerd seaseelgere of the P13,1•11% 4011'1°3 4114
and came naming no, very pale, IMO Will net tottele
petteeemetal. Welke Lady Loniette Whose I "Oa One Angle panell in 11Wfallt 'lad
eyes evere fluttering end her 1 felted Whiter, 'eve hundred theuteend del-
henerletig AM teoligh hygeteriee were tare' WOO Of cattier alga On Many
met Tar Wt. . teethes hall were lost; en some,
11,14.0 teach lie ortiltingt ;teen* artier," three-quarters; on tamest all, many;
be tette. "You ehael be drivel teeter White all the red went devela el) the
1
Very verge of death, awl aliffered all
ttee rate without Its relief.
"The oweers of theme anlinale are
'Our beet citizens,' foremost le poli.
ties, saolety, business mid religion,
warmly' elad, eating three equate
reeale a daY1 and sleeping in com-
fortable bedsr paid tor by the nutter.
nga of these helpless 'Waste. (Willa
eratele put .out whore their owners
knirew, they are dying lingein
rg
hs;
deathut enough of whom will
enirvive to Inake a profit. nese
respectable gentlemen bitterly re -
omit tine attempt to interfere with
their business, oven by the enforce -
meet of law. De some States they
ttave ;succeeded it preventing theen.
actment of lame for the protection
or dumb nxiltnals, On the avowed
ground that it vvpuld be bad for their
Dub -teas"
THIS CLIMATE Is eriel enough roe anybody
with 1
vvitit the help of Alert's Lung lialsarn, taken.
11088
IfftIlleillittirtel!VAI:Ttatgfiggite3f. 84°21
eeelela.
•
An Illustration.
lEinffalo Commercial.
°Do you eat sometimes have squire'
yearnings which you long to convey
in words, but cannot ?" leaked tee
sentitnentn,1 girl,
I
"Yes, indeed,' replied the you:•g
Man. eI waSonee drench:14'Y anxious
teesiend home for money, and 1 didn't
liege the price of a telegram," ,
Fossil Rilts.-The demand is proof of
their worth, Pr. Agnew's Liver Pills are
heating out many fossil formulas at a rpm --
ter a box. They're better medicine, easier
doses, and 10 cents a vial. A thousand nib
ments may miss from a disordered liver.
1Ceep, the liver right and you% not have
klick Ileadaebe, Biliousness, Nausea, Coast!.
nation and Sallo‘v
QUEER WALL PAPERS.
One Girl's Hoene Decorated With
Written Proposals of Marriage.
Among unique wall .decorationix the -
the young heiress to a million who
bite covered the walls of her boudole
with the offers of marriage she lias
'receivett since her debut certainly
:take e the lead. But the desire to es-
cape the bacaneyee and eommonplace
sometimes degenerates into the gro-
testlue, as these examples . of wall-
papers which are not to be bought
In tile usual emporiums of house de-
coration will show..
Among the Chinese theta is a craze
roe goetage stamp oipartuients, hat
the immensity of patience required
before tbe four "Walla are preperlY
covereil In tbe minute ecluaree rendere
It unlikely ati 0 modern Ainerlean
Minion. A Berlin beauty,. bowel/ea .
bas an idea akin to it, having her
boudoir papered entirely In colored
pictorial postcards, collected from
every part of the world, and repre-
igniting both ia,ndscapee and flge
tireiref every eort and abed.
°RAIN OROWINO,
The improyementof Grain al
Other Seeds.
COmulieeloneral Branalla
,Goo1 woe); lues been della alOng
varioue 'Mee by the Doolialon De..
pertinent of Agrioulture, and by
WM 0 of the Pruvinelat Depertmento
Or Agriculture - in Canada, With
view to encourage the Use or high -
clogs; seed of the beet earletiell, but
there hi yet room l'or a caximielerable
Inereaee la the average yield el gem-
nion field crepe by tile 1160 or better
seed grata.
The Objeet of fOreeing aegoela"
tiOnd Of eee(1 grewere may not be
pertectly eleor to ail, The Idea inae'
be new In Caniala, but there exit a#.
realittlene of twee growere 1IL other
countriee, euch as the Illinois lieed
,Corn (lowers' Aesociatioa tlutt are
are deeig goae wo3k, T1e benelits
derivee Dom ageemlet.one of breede.s
oi live Kock oat pretty well under -
A more tharming originality is
that of the troveller who, wimp he
axially settled down, had his room
arranged as it a Cabin on Ware a
gaellt, with portlarea life buoys and
everything he funild think of to
create the Illuelon of havIng still the
great wine sea tearing past on O-
ther side of elm.
The' singer Mario, who became the
Prince of Canada, and who married
• the great Grist, and it room covered
with rowspaper clippings containing
enthusiastic notices of nia wife.
The tang of Carnet:oda bas hidden
the wolls Of his palace with por-
traits of las Wire& The longest part
of tar, work was the pitotogra,plier's.
Eight tbousallia women made up the
royal harem, and to sttek the eboto-
graplis on the wall VMS a. compara-
tively simple procesa to satisfyleg
the 8,000 Mines upon, so nice a. point
as their owa likenesses,
alma Nilssoe, thagreat singer, liati
papered one room 1,11 lier house at
Madrid with the sone she has sung
most secceserally. A New York den.,
Vat has also larder' las walls- le mem-
°etas of his life work. But as he could
Lardly concent the walls with im-
bedded teeth extracted from las pa-
tients, lie lies replaced them by play -
Ing cards -Ono for each tooth drawn.
Ile has already pelted 0.000 cards-.
• "In memoriam."
, An Bee:Minna% on the other hand,
' has contrived a unique wall paper
with travelling tickets -railway,
steamer and street scar. In order to
keep the first two he had always to
pay an extra sum, arid eyen then
many struggles ensued before he was
at last allowed to Issue triumphant-
ly with Ids fragment of mural decor-
ation. In the centre of the room are
the tickets of the collector's honey-
moon trip.
Portmos as an offset to the girl
mentitmed in elm beginning, a morose
Freaelt 'eccentrin papered his walls
with the deep • bordered 'invitation
cards received to the funerals' of
frieede and acquaintances. -Chicago
Tribune.
foe e7 4
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j /
lit /SI•
Young women may avoid much sick-
ness and pain, says Miss Alma Pratt, if
they will only have faith in the use of
Lydia E Pinkhatnts Vegetable Compound.
— "Drum Mn. PiNt/fAlf : —I feel it my duty to tell all young women.
how much Lydia E. pfiughanes wonderful Vegetable Compound has
done for me. I was completely run down, 'unable to attend school, and.
did. not earo for any kind of soeiety, but now I feel like a new person,
and have gained seven pounds of flesh in three months.
",1 recommend, it to all young women, wbo suffer from female weak-
ness: —MISS ALNA. Pala; Holly, Mich.
• tartEE MEDICAL Ar•vion TO ItOlING Gams."
„.P.An young girls at this period of life are earnestly hrvited to
Write Ittreerinleham for advice; she has guided in a motherly way
hundreds of young tvonler3; ber advice is freely and cheerfully
given, and her address is Lynne Mass.
aadgitig from the letters she is receiving from so many young, girls Mrs.
Pinkhara believes that our girls aro often pushed altogether too Dear the
limit of their endurance nowadays in our public schools and seminaries.
Nothing is allot -Ma to interfere -With stuclies, the girl must be pushed to
the front raid graduated with honor; often phyalcal collapse fellows, and it
takes yeare to recover the lost vitality, -often it is ueetee recovered.
' Young Chicago Girl Saved from Despair. •
"Dun Mug. Pfellettailt; —I wish to thank you for the help and ben-
efit X have reteived through the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and Liver rills. When I was about seventeen
years old I suddenly seemed to lose my usual good
health and, vitality, Father said I studied too
hard) but the doctor thought different and
prescribed tonics, which X took by the
quart without relief. Reading ono day in
the paper of Mrs. Pinkham's great cures,
and finding the seMptcens described an-
swered mine, I decided I would give Lydia
E. rinkhaires 'Vegetable COMpOilled a
trial. I did, not say a 'word to the doctor;
I bought it myself) and took it according
to directions regularly for two months,
anti X found that I gradually improved;
and that all pains left me, and I was my
old self Mee more. ---
...ateLtn E. SteretAM.
17 1.1. 22d. Si., Chicago 111.0'
Wia E. rinkhana's Vegetable Compound 111 the One Sure rent.=
edy to be relied upon at this important period in a young girl's
lite; 'With it she tan go through 'with courage and safety the work
she must accomplish, and fortify her physical well being so that
her future life may be insured against sieknessand suffering.
50
oorortititiTisismo
itrrtt fotthsith Dmattes_tlis etIgIng 16iitors and itlgohi
tre. of
wet. twtonalSUI.Ithirnt will toe* their tibd014L4
Vitiklata 100604 tkhr 1410$ MIS/ j
• . The adectniageo te be derivea
from orgenized efforts on the part
01 seed gloWers• are net dissimilar
L o 111.004 whieb breeders of neve-
erealive eteek obtain through their
aesocuttiolis, and the general op-
eratierte of an organization of Rea
growers are temilar to time •er
tire stoek ageociations.
Aesoalations of breeders of pare -
bred stook fix a stamdare 'which 111115.
be attained before auiniale will be
recognized as pere-bred, in fixing
ttairdarde 0 (mahatma for pedigreed
1.0 iiup atvielemeontinett.rpeleyeeolvolglinelized,unciTetru3-
ectine principles that are appligi 111
the improvement of vieriedee 01 farm
crow. fieralay is the lever by 11111011
ImprovemeetN are made, and on
winch areedere of other 1)10n10 or
anibutle depend to fix desirable
characterfeties; but the law tbet
like begets ilea, must be
taken 111 Its 'exceed sense, because
it would hiot be pooeible to make ini-
poayemeet if It were net for the
tentlenca towarde latriatton. Hertel-
ILY land, the emiOeney tow,a,rde varia-
tion eau es turned to account. in the
improvement of pittnte equally as
well as In tee improvement of ani-
mals, but unfortunately fa [tL1I1hei•
make any attempt to systematically
trieSe pciumplee to tlie• Imerove.
meet et efitete. Derough heredity and
variation improved varieties of field
Crops tentkto revert to the wild types
Event lattice they evolved ; but when
Che se Improved sorts are provided
%vete the.3 envi.rotouent best Eillited to
theta growth, and a eolith:meet selec-
tion of -tee poet desirable specimens
practised, this natural tendeney to -
THE GRIP AGAIN,
This Dangerous Epidemic has
Made Another Appearance.
et....,•••••••••
• Suggeation etri to Mow Le; UuaI
. etgeinst the Trouble and it Pernt.!
01000 Alter Ofrrets.
'Every winter InflUenZa, or. as it
ts 'mere generally known, the grip
Illakea its apeearauce in Caxistele.
Every fele ,yeare it epreade and al-
io:new alarming preportioeie er'rom
Mt appearanees this Is one of the
7e0rt3 in which it will seize epee
ft great number of victInle, for
every clay new; comes( are reported,
As( ID scarlet and typholil fever, the
.after effects or grip are often,
. wOran tben the ellecase iteeir. The
'sufterer IR left' Witte a nebiletated
eystein, short tit breath upon the
slightest exertion, ento.leot tO head'
aelte and heart palpitation, affeet-
, ed by every ehange le the weatimr,
and iu a ploalcal conditiou to
, late tile aatock „of more serious
elleeases, sUeli as pneumonia and
conSlimptioll.
• A timely suggestion, tes. to bow,
, to enable the system to resist tlie
I limonite . of tlie grip and 11;e after
, effeetFe Is given by Mrs, Emma Dee-,
IVett, St. :galena Que., Naito says: "1
had an attack of the grip, whielx
, left 'Inc 'a sufferer from headache.
.pains in the atoraloh and general
eveakuess. I used aeveral raedicinee,
but found nothing to help pee until
'I 'began to tete Dr. 'Williams' Pink
1 Dills. When I began to take these
pine I was very, much ruo down
and very tv,eak, but they soon tie -
gen Ice help ore, alid after using
themea few weeks K WAS not wily;
sae Well as over, but gained An flesh,
las well. I can 'hardly toll you how
4 pleased I am with Dr. Williams"
Pink _Pills, for I was feeling Teri
ixopeleee when I began their use.,"
These pills cure by making neve,
rich, red blood, thus strengthening
every part of the' body and enabling
it to throw off Woe -axes. You' cast
4alwayS avoid Imitations by seeing
• that the full name, "Dr. Williatesr
Pink Pills for Pale. People," IS print-
ed • on the wrapper around every
box. Sold by all ;medicine dealere or
sent post paid at eef) cents' a box or
six for $2.po be' Writing to The
Dr. Williams' Medieleue Co., Brook-
ville, Ont.' • ' I 1 ,
wales reversion is overcome.
Toorigh it is highly important that
the gariety of green be well elated
to tire Meanly,' where it is to be
gnewn, too much faith bas been tan-
ned tothe names of varieties without
due attention to the quality of the
seed itself. It is not always reoog-
nized that there may be ae much Cafe
ference between two strains of eeea
of 'deepen:le variety of grain as there
is between two distinct °varieties. So
raloas capacity of the seed to give a
large gield of grain of good imitaty
is concerned. It is thereiore import-
ant to use seed of the best variety
that bee had kindly treatment and
continued selectee for several year,
In tee productioa of -good paying
crops the cost or the seed IS small,'
but the influence of the seed is great.
Pluninneae ande.treedom froni Jaipur-
itielielsenot sufficient area that Seed
grain is capable of giving it geed
crop. Breeders of poultry do not pay
much teetotal -oat° eke size of eggs for
incubations; they want, first or all,
to know something about the good
qualittes that the germ in the egg has
inherited from the pareets, and
not, onty from -the parents, but
froze tee ;majority of the an-
cestors. It Is equally important
that seed be taken from a crop in
which the individual plants havo.
had an opportunity to attain a
maximuni vigor and yield per plant,
and it is just as Important to have
definite infordiation , about the
crops; and how( tbe work of selection
was careled on tot' several preced-
ing years, as, It is 'to have a know-
ledge of the anceetors of breeding
animals, In consideration of these
principles which underlie improve-
ment in common grain crops, and in
view of the limited Supply and
growing demand for high-class seed
grain, an effort le being made by
the Departinent of .Agriculture at
Catawa to tome an association that
win operate for ;the mutual benefit
of seen produaerst and seed consume
era,
Aceording to the provisional rules
of the association, seed grain that
Is pure, true to • Variety, and that
had the benefit of it system of
'careful growing and continued se-
lection for three coneeettiv'e yeara,
Is recognized as anprovecl seed,
The operations of members are
closely inspected, and records are
kept of the amount and pedigree
of the seed they produce It is pr0.
posed to issue, a catalogue Tor gen-
eral distribution each year, in
Which names and addresses of -mem.,
beets Wilt be given, together with
the kiwis and varieties of seed pro-
' ducal by them, the pedigree of the
seed, the amount of seed for sale,
and the .price per bushel. It is aleo
proposed to supply members with
certificate forms, having printed
' thereon the rules with which mane
bers ,are required to comply in the
produotion of seed. Purchasers of
pedigreed seed stay obtain one of
'these eertificates with seed bought
from a member; the signatute of
the member would be a guarantee
that the seed supplied had beea
produced in actordenee with the
mica The purehaser would then
have en opportuttity to verify the
pedigree of the seed by lievaig it
registered. , F. A, Clemmens,
Publieation Clerk.
THE DISCOVERY OF RADIUM.
,
Experiments With Eectpierel 'Rays,
Which Gave Radium to World.
The "inveatigations whicla resented
in the detection of Becquerel raj,*
began soon after the diecovern of
the X-rayia and were intinateelg
orennected with it. In the early detyisi
of licemtgen rays, there were many
1 facts which suggested that Otos-
,
• phoreseence had eometlang to do
:with the e reduction of these reale,
; It ,occurreil to several France, .phy-
elciets tnat X-rays eaglet be pro-
.' predueed pnosphoreiseent sub.
Stanceg were exposed to .sanlight
in -
«led of to the electrical action, et,
a, Crookes tube. Prof. Henri Becquer-
el, of Itbe Unteettaity of Paris., un-
dertook experiments to test this
,suppresition as .earla as ispe, oniy)
a few mantas after X-rays had been;
descoyered, Among tbe substances
ueed tn these experireente, •vv-,a.s one
containing the metal uranium. Thiel
woe placed upon, a photographic
plate, which tied firs1 been wrap-
ped in black paper in order to pro-
tect it from the "light*:-. After the
elate, had atood inbright aunligtal
for several hours, it was ?aria:meal
front its paper covering, anti devei-
,o,ped. A alight trace of photogeaplac
aetlon was found at those parts
of the plate ,directly beneath the
uraedum, just as Becquerel had ex-
peeted. It ware cle,ar that rays ot
sonic kind were being produced tha,t,
were capable. Of passing through
black paper. Since the Xereeye were
the only one then known to possess
tate power, it 'seemed as though the
problem of aroduclog Xerage bye eon.
eight wee ;solved.
; Them came the fortemate accident,
After omega' plates had been pre.
pared for exposure to sunlight, ts
atone came up and the experimente
had to be postponed for ,several days.
Wben the work woe resumed, the
plates had been tyling in the 'dark
room ao long that they might easily
lia,ve deteriorated ht 'some way, so
Ulla it aeemed hardlyate to use
, them. Bat, Ineteed of &nape? threw,
• Ing the plates A:war. Becquerel for-
: tunatelrY developed theta, tbinking
that some action might possibly have
taken plee to the dark. The result
was that he obtained better plc..
tures than before. The exposure to
sonligat, which lia,d been regarded
tes essential to the success of the
former experiments, hoe really bad
nothing- et all to do evath the mat-
ter. The eesential thing was the
presenee of Oranium ; and the photo..
graphic effects were not due to X-
raya, but to Becquerel. rays. There
were many tong and &Moult oitegs
ice take before even our present in.•
complete knowledge of the object
could be reached; but lathe fortenate
accident was the beginning of the
long series of • experiments which
have already; led tp the dlegoverg�f
the new element radium, and which
bid fair to revolgtionize eeme oe
the' most fundamental COneeptionis ot
, phyelce and cheinietry.-1 rota "The
• NOW ZIOMiela ItA,41111M" by &tote'
Merritt in the emanate Century. 1
CLOTHES OP PREMIERS.
The “Shocking Dad Hat" Worn by
Gladstone.
The late Load SallOniry Ethared
with ler. Glacletoile a disregard for
clothee, and several times his at-
tire was referred to with regret by
sartorlei Writers. SO tong as his
• coat hung rattly welt from the shout -
dere to deceased Premier eared lit -
'tie, net he never went the length
ol j,tr. thadelone, whose elethes were
erten 80 shabby that only an ,eml-
Mutt Devoe would wear them. Lora
Salletairee eats were enormoim af-
fairs, quite equalling Mr. Med*.
• f4t,0110'0 IA site and more respeetable,
Mcleod, says the Londoil Men and
Women, Mr. Gladstone's headgear
,Wita generally in the "shocking bad
• hat" category. While In !attendance
mi tee re:preemie; Mr. illatistone dress-
• rd fairly well, but outside the 'loner
he (111111 little attention to his gar-
ments. The succeseors In offlee of
the great neperted are, ou the
• other hand, careful dressere, capece
lay Lord Tlosebery, who designed
a cellar for lentecif with the turn-
over peaks roneeled for greater rem -
fort and durability. Mr. Balfour's op -
;maritime le nnually very Smart on
rOnial otleatiOns, although he gem -
!hely deem not endeavor to attain
'the we/I-groomed condition ig Ur.
Cininaborlin. 1,
.11,EST1ESS AND CliOSS.
Airlien infants or young chileren
are restlees and erase or peevish It
la a vety certain sign that they ate
tot well. 'rim mother may not
know just .wliat the trouble to, bOt
elle Mtn depend UpOn it the troitble
rexiete. Mao the little one Paby's
Owt Tablete, flee Dow preiriptly it
will be ehan,ged ieto a, barely, emit-
ing, good natured tittle. The little
ono will 4:lee13 annuity mid naturally
enti the avatar Will also obtaia het
much needed reel:. Here le the proof
glee.» by atee. ,Iohn 1. namsay,
Pint 11111, P. 1.1. 1. ,Who %SAYS; "110
WA4 rags, reetiess, and did not
elopes well, but after giving him
Patty's 0Wr3 Tablets, he became bet-
ter natured, ieleepit well and le grow-
ing finely. The Tabletn have been
,gtesit !Waite* to both lie,by rual
, nreself."
I The Table -to are a trowel and ere.-
tain cure for ouch troubles
geetion, sour stomach, eolle, consti-
teatime dlarrlioeft, elmple fevers and
other miner ailments. They alwaes
do good and Cannot rosistbly harm 'the
most delleate child. on can get
tho Tabletm teem ftriy trictlicine deal -
or, or they wilt be sent by' mall at
25 center a bee by writing to rite
1)r. Villitra $6,d101114% CO.t,
Ont . .