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The Wingham Advance, 1904-10-27, Page 6- AMYL Oman., - -' wail for-ior. Cott bless her! August, olio wol la tho rotloot lath+ Wools.: ) in tho atate'-If sbo gots her isghte I .r......." , Odamgay() a, or two. and nil o ask ettli. lis Nomad f$%:. gas.p, 'William Kill% 1110, wooltliy mine owner, wail Jived. Iteallaug ilia, Auguot sprang to his feet, and (oozing bin torch, outdo ithi way from tb.'. wine with ail polo atm spools, ashen lios arid routines ciloSt; hoss lie earang Into tbo 'first house bo . canto to, atm1 told las o soar wi o Mr. Kilos, failing, to put in an aps I was our& then that lie was, up to aria; wader the fallen titular% lova. Pearallee, he boil gone name to the nOu•s to seolt Iran, and Initt found lain I inlechief, although I aopearea not to anti earth at the tOd entrance 'to think' it otrongo lao being bete. I tiro astral van. was about tho nape as usual duriag .an alarm woo instantly' given. pad the afternoon, but Just betoro it woo grefit excl.-foment prevailed, at tills time, to leave I tattooed down here report beauno generally circulated. mssolf, to see what he had been up It 'Wan with sorrowful roosts and to. And now, Auguot, I will toll heavyhearts thot the *leers wail oou Ids secret. Down at the end of to remove the body of their noteter this tunnel there is a, bag of gold froni the in.ace whab he had forbid- nuggets--" den themto enter, but where, un- mindful of his own caution, he Rad "Gold nuageto," exclaimed August, mot las own doom. , aetociolial. "Yea; I hove lolig known of a An hour Later all that waft mortal very rich vein Of gokl here, the ex -et Whiliain xing mks borne :W its 'home . . latent* of whioh I did not suppose in the valley below any "QUO else suspected; I found al. MA. XlVI. moot a solid mass one. da.y, walla Monica, ond Inez *wore immediate-. PrOspecting at tlie end down there; lyl Mai/fled by telegraph, of the but it turns, abruptly. and runs frightful traaedo, while Carl King Bais E;traight out into another claim. Otarted by the next train for which, by tho end of another week A.ngeles to bring titein home. • . I sbould havo owoed. This arch -schemer had a cunning "It seems tbat Corl bas olers dia. pDat in mind wlacli lie intended to covered tido vein, and had been se- giving orlon tbo unwaryi young heir- oretlY working fot it. Ilehael lou•- egs before airy) one else could find ied hie bag Of nuggets in a, an opportunita to interfere. , ale feigned -great grief <iota tbe heap of sand; they are there now. I untimely death of his cousin, To had just discovered this, and was on MY way outo-had Almoist reached the whom troth he end Inez owed so much, and wo.s so tenderlyasympla- tbetio In his manner and attentions to the bereaved orphan 'that Obe placed tbe utmost octurldence In him. and felt that now she had no tate else to leam upon, , Tilos, whom the man informed heft that her father had bad ii0 time to make suny will, and It *cold be necesoary) for ber to appoint some cao as her guardian and attorney to settle tire property that WAS Caroling to ter, It woo no wonder that, In the midst okf lier terrible grlef, and the weakness that fol- lowed the shock she bad received, she ehould look to him for advice tund al - 10w herself to be guided bak him, . "You were papo'o foreman, anti 1 suapose WOO lr.nOM more about his buolooss them anabody else," sheep-. served wearily when he forced the subtoot upoin her. . . "Yes, mOj girl, I suPplase I 'do," the mon said, with a sigh. "Well, them, Collate ()art I don't see but that ;you are the Tone best oalctilated to help me at title time," returned the unsusspicions girl; "I do not know anYthing about busi- ness matters and must have some one to mamage for me. If Mr. AP- PaelYS's Papa's lawyer, were here, I suppose he Would be tbe One for ma to appeal to, but he Is in Europe." "Yes, and ble Isn't coming home Tor another Wear," hastily interposed the- villaln, "and it won't dO to neg- lect buotness matter until that time." "Then what must I do V Monica inquired, with a sigh of perplexity. "Well, if you think you can trust me, I will do the bast I oan for you," said the man, warily, "and 1 will bring a lawyer here this after- noon to make out the necessary Papers," Manic basented. She was too psol- strated by her grief to be able to think clearly for herself, and two hours later she had signed papers that made Carl King her guard- ian, and that •gave lamspower of at- torney to act for her in all (mat- ters of business, That same evening found them all on the way home, whero they ar- rived late the next day, and the following morning William King was buried besOle the wife whcnio he had loved so well, and whom he had laid to rest in a quiet nook opon his own estate. These events occurred in Novem- ber, near the and of the school quarter, and Monica. and Inez de- vided to remain at home until the beginning of the next terns. . In the afternoon after the funs eral Carl King demanded of August the keys to Mr. King's safe, re- marking that he wished to exiunino its bonterits, "Pardon, senor," said the young man, with the, utmont politenesS, "but Would It not be well to (await Mr. Appleby's oeturn. He was Mr. OCiug's man of business, arta I shove telegraphed to him to Inquire if he will come immediately." • . "You have telograpned to Apple- by 1" esciainied Carl King, growing almost purple In the fo.co at this unexpected intelligence. "Who in thunder ordered you to do that?" August smiled genially. He did not wish to offend this man; be wished to appear to be upon friend- ly term: with him, so that lie might have a better opportonity to carry out his master's instruc- tions. "Mr. King has often told Me that if anything wore to bullpen to him to send an once for Mr. Appleby; con.sequently I felt obliged to obey his orders," be explained. . "Well, I kauppose you wore right to do so," his colinaaalkorn returned, more calmly, after a moment of thought; for he, on his part, did not wish to make an enemy; of August, whom he knew to bei a remarkably clever accountant, s,nd Who lie realized might be very usofal to 'him. "At the same time," he went on, shifting uneasilY beneath the young man's clear, direct gaze, "1 natty as well tell you that Monica. has deoided that she wants me to not as her guardian, and so / want- • ed to see if there pas a hvill pad what shape the estate ti in." August's heart had leaped into his throat at his words, but hecon- faaled his agitation and foreed himself to obervo 'with outward calmness; 'But you will have toi act .under legal authority, you know„ Mr. i'r0g11',1 tbat ill all right, my boy," the man glibly returned; "we've at- tended to that matter before we left Los Angeles. Here Is the docu- ment, and it you know anything about laws You will goo that it is all 611111;;StillraePettP7::ithe paper froml a pocket fte he spoke and pressed it to las o ompanion. August WAS almost paralyzed. by this unlooked-for disclosure, but lio took tiro document and read it through carefully, while he tried to think Wilat Ito could thy.to check - mato this unexpected move, Ito RAM that lie oonlki 410 almost nothings -Elio deroi woe dorm peat recall, unless the man could be caught misusing his power ; so he preserVea a diecreet ivileneo and fin. ally passed the paper batik without questioning Isis authority or his mothOti of obtaining It. Ma be continued.) ' IP 1 The Unknown Bridegroom. "Yes, lad; Ise was Maisie about th,reesquitrter.it Ot 11012r ago, and gave oraers for the men to begin on the gOatii solo to -morrow morning," Ohcorily responded the foreman. "Where did he go after 'that ?" the young man questioned, while lie gravely studied the inan'a too° ; in spite of bla frank manner, there woo a oecultar paleness about it tbat attracted 1iis attention. Ile bad never ohared his employerai magical:ice In the mac; ha had al - way& been impressed that lie was treaolierous, and lie instinctively diss tru,sted InnT. "I nouldn't say, lad; the last I aaor of Wm be was talking with Tool JenIcin,s," WAS tbe indifferent re- eponse, as the mo.n passed briskly on toward utE cottage. Augugt turned to Intercept Mom Jenkina whom he sow not fax off, amajust about to cross the street. Tine mon said. thot he had, only ex - Wronged a few, words with the mine owner, wit° had oimply inquired. after hOY, who had been sick for more than a month; tiara he saw lare turn towed the eouth, vein, where they were going to work in the morniag, and that waa the last ot Wank t-whon I thought II heard a 1 • ID) A.uguat went book to the office No eP Pear me. I sprang forward, poron, where he sat down and waited same fifteen minutes loner, but with n. feeling of great impatience and in- creasing -uneasiness. Almost everybody had disappeared from the atreet, for it was the min- ers' supper hour, and all had been eager to gat home to the evening meal nosoiting them. Suddenly the young man aprang to his feet with a. muttered expression af alarm. "The South vein 1" he breathed, with, svhiteninf Boa. "Santa Marla preeerve him! .- He knew there were two ways or tunnels leading to this vein; one that had been utterly abandoned no unaafe and a now one that had been recently opened, It Mr. King had gone thither to examine tor himself the poin.t where ;work WWI to be begun on the mor- row, and had taken a short cut through the old tunnel, some acci- dent 'might ha.ve befallen him, and *bat was the reason of his protracted absence. It weal very dark now, but August knew tbe wa,y well, and, leaping from the porch, he haatened toward the naine to aocertain it anything had happened to hia friend. Ho would not ask 'anyone to go with him, for he did not wish to cre- ate excitement among the men ; Bo be sped on his way alone, a terrible fear oppressing bins., , At the entrance to the mine be looked tsround for a tonal. found one and lighted it, though with trembling bands, and then, turning toward an opening on Ida left, sped onward. Some twenty or thirty yards be- yond he balm to where two tunnels brancaed a.af from the main one which he had been traversing. One plainly ishtowed that it had been\recerttly excavated and was strongly supported; the other was evidently ,a,n old one, the timber's were rotten and. discolored, some of •them had even beconae loosened, aaid the cloth. o.nd rocks had begun to tumble about. Rork What SVA/3 that 2 Au,gust stopped short, every nerve In lite body vibrating with pain. Ple was sure he had oaught a sound as of some one In distress. He Pushed forward under those loosened timbers, regardless of his orwok safety, and two moments later a, sight met his eyes which caused a groan of agony to burst from him. Elie way was suddenly blocked by Li. great mass of earth and rock and fallen timbers, while Tram tl.e midat of the debris he caught sight of a protruding hand and foot. "Senor, caner," he goo -ped in tones that were shrill with distress. A hoarse, groan responded, and he l.'s:loco that his friend and benefatotor lay crushed and probably dying be- neath that mass of debris. lby crept lover the (stones and earth and peered between the timbero that had, in falling, interlaced them- selves and so prevented the man from being literally buried alive. Here he could see the ghastly face of the mine owner. "On. senor," he faltered, fearing the man was past reeognizing him, when •tio hie great joy he spoke. "Yea, August," be punted weakly, "I am Wed it la you who have come to me." "Are you badly hurt, senor ?" in- quired the young man breathlessly. "Yes, my boy, I'm done for -I am very sure that my back is broken." "No, no. Oh let me go for help. won't bo long," mad the young man Is an agonized tone. "No, Auguot, I should be dead be- fore they could get me out," Mc. got his juot dessarts. King returned, mho Speaking more "Senor, nay good friend, [et me go Naturally. "I do not suffer so very to some other lawyer; give all much, except from this Iona that these matters into his hands, tell presses upon my chest; but I know, him, or thio man's treachery, and the that it would bo useless to attempt dead he has done this night, and tot got mo out of )ire alive." have him suffer for his crime," oaid "Oh, let me try, sir," pleaded Aog... august, earnestly, as Mr. King not," he continued, imperatively,"and Paused. clot not vonato precious moments, for "No, Asigirot, melt couroo would do no good, for you could prove have oomething very important to nothing-yoo 4111 not too the deed tell 3,ott-I know, that / can trust done; you have only my word and you couid moko out no ease g 1 t "Ouleked you ma, senor," almost 'aim. Besides, I do not want a 13161e trobbed the young man. "Oh, that I girl'o oclool life, disturbed. Inez is can trust oca--" brig'nt girl, and I have •promioed "Indeed yousmay, igenor," n-inloso that sbo shalt have her e„ourse a,t sobbed the young man. "Oh. that my expense, and / will not go back 1 could save you oven by the Merl- on my word. When she graduates floc of my own life." Olin wilt be able to teach and look "That Lo a vain wish, nlY boy. No, out for herself, and my pledge w1,1 you tnuat live to avenge me." have Wen fulfalcd. I have a fear, "To avenge you," interposed Aug- however, that, having Wen so treach- not, amazed. trout; toward me, Carl King wilt not "Yo -.you remember you warned ho,itate to wrong my child alto af,. tie woke to bo on my guard ngainot tor I am -gone. But do you Watch him clOsolY, August; bs sly and "Ila, Carl King -your room," gasp:. secret about it; be faith - ad Auguat, as he recalled tile unttqoal fru' sot: 00.11001:11enclohn initnereaetnsy; tar:fri) pallor of the manis face half an hour do not besitate to pineh bim hard. prov Jou to. "Yee, / did not heed you, for ittilidgongw.„_tultilndilivi'utomr..yhtitheternm, rntJe b:te too t 0 trme mo; dwildiuneotI tlwrinakeltalis reoLnIdyboor tialita9e(itaoux.toil when a trementloue blow of a. pick, froin an unseen hand, was dealt on one of these rotten timbers. In an instant the whole framework tot- tered and fell. Oringing tons of earth ano rock with it. One of the tim- bers otruck me across the back; tho shock was terrible, and I fainted, I think, for a few minutes. When I came to myself I was paralyzed - could more neither hand nor foot, and I knew my back wan broken. Now, Aug•tis•t, do you think you can get nearer to me without danger to yourself? There is an important paper in the inoide pocket of my coat that I want you to take charge "I will try." Saida/to young man. He faotened his torch firmly In the sand, then crept cautiously to the oide of his friend. It was a dangerous exploit, but he would have risked far more ra- ther than bare denied the man's re- quest. Very carefully he removed the stones and earth suffielently to en- able him to find the pocket, and the next moment ht. had the paper in his hands. "Now, back, August, (snick!" /Anted the dying man • "get out of danger, and then I will tell you what to August obeyed, but only went Just beyond the range of the• l000ened timbers. "First of all," said Mr. King, "con- ceal that paper about your person and tell no one that you have it. It as a certificate for a hundred shares in the Mexican National Railroad, made out In Monica's name. When -all -is over. I want you to go secretly to my 'den' some night, when you are mire that no one is around, lift the centre tile in the hearth, and you will find there other 'valuable papers. These with the certificate, I want you to take to Los Angeles, and deposit them In a safety satin in Monica's name. Among those papers there le a plan of the claim it was my intention to purchaee-I am sure the vein runs around to the rear of the Hodgkins' claims which has ,been abandoned, and which I think can be bought for a song. Of course, I cannot say certainly that the vein extends very far, but if It does it Is the richest one I ever saw, and the man who gets and tootles it will soon make Ids pile. The plan, of tourers, will to of no use to Monica; but, Augu a if you can do anything with it for yourself you are wel- come to It." • "Thanks, senor," said the young man infifferently. He was so alas sorbed In his grief over losing his friend, matters of self-intereet had little attraction for him just then. "XY will," the man went on, but now speaking with more diflioulty, "wilt -be found. In the safe in the library at home. Of course, I have le,re everything I tOOSZO3 to my dear girl, and 1 haver made Appleby, of Los Angeles, my executor. But he Is In Europa just now, and will not return for some time. I want you to telegraph to him, however, and If he will come home to settle af- fairs for me, it --ill be so much the better for Monts.a. But until he ar- rives, August, you are to have the oversight of these papers I have told you about, and retain the key to the safety vault in your pos- • oession. If anything happans to Ap- pleby, tell Monism to eho)se for her- self someone else to settle my busi- ness; but warn her, under no cir- cumetancos, to allow Carl King to have any part or lot in It. Too late ham I learned of his treachery; had I lived but a week longer I would have exposed him, and he would have . have ter," Mr. Kato rejoinetl; "butd little or Me night'scrOros, /t will weight then that It would no: Mt hay by Moo Et Imo beeo forceuson g , ago, sae will tot his snot de. Mo that your warning woo not un - a carts, August, aw'mr that tomwin timely. and I have been watelilloon lava 'watch over n51 iChild, and tliat you during the Iola year. Tosday I too will never eon ber wronged 11 put tame satisfied that he is a scheming, can prevent It" treacherous knave. Ile thought I Nienor, I swro.r It," solemnly re - was going to be away all day. but I Nod the ykung Want arid bonding returned tit toxin arr I tola YOu 1 forward bo sealed to VOW by; touch- trhouki, and canto directly here and ing his lips to the cold, limp hand mot him faro to Thee coming Oat of that lay near hi.M. tikla parelago. Ile WAN ft tartINI ond Efrisat IS 'Well, oat boy, fund -arid Naito rfis uvs41 I; I s embarraoginent; lout will find that 1 list.ve not fOrgots and when 1 flaked hit* If it Waen't ten you," faintly broothed the feet rather valor, 110 nervounlY obrarval tanking meat. "It Is grOlOr Int( darks 44 • 4ima tri.10.9.....",•=.111*,nr,..... 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There hod whispered a. volOe—Ivitts the voice of her God - 1 love thee; i love thee—paea tinder the rod." I saw a young mother In tenderness bend; O'er the couch of her slumbering boy; And she kissed the soft lips as th y murmur- ed her mune While the dreamer lay smiling in joy, 01 sweet was the rosebud encircled with dew When its fragrance Is flung on the air, So fresh and so bright to that mother be seemed, As be lay in hie innocence there, But I saw when she gazed en the same love- ly form Pale as marble, and silent and cold; But paler and colder her beautiful boy. And the tale of her sorrow as told! But the Healer 'was there who had etrigken her heart. And taken her treasure away; To allure her to Heaven .He has placed it on high, And the woman will sweetly obey. There had whispered a volee—lwas the voice of her God— "I love thee I love thee—pass under the rod," r saw a father and mother who leaned On the arms of a dear, gifted on, And the star of the future grew bright to their gaze, As they saw the proud place he bad won. And the fast coming everting of life prom- ised fair And its pathway grew smooth to their feet; And the starlight. of love glimmered bright at the end, And the whispers of fancy were sweet, And I ;saw them again bending low O'er the grave Where their hearts' deerest hope had been laid. And the star had gone down in the darkness of night, And the joy from their bosom had fled. But the Healer was there and His arms were around And He led them with tenderest care; And He showed them a star in tho bright upper world— 'Twas their star shining brilliantly therel They had each heard, a voiee—'twas the voice of their God— "I love thee, I love thee—pass under the rod," ?? Who Knows Anything About " ES aCk IN NI I itl) IE F2 77 ?. 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"He and I were ,put one iloy when we Met a friend who stuttered. " %tell% Joe,' mid Horace, 'Where are you goinge" " `To the st-store,' Joe replied.. "'What after?' " 'After t -t -tacks.' "Horace said good be to Joe and then he lituried me around to the store by another way. He enteted the place - and he said to tbe cleria "Have y -you got any at -tacks?" 'Yes,' said the clerk politely. .""then s -s -sit oriothem,' Said Horace, and hastenea out. • "Ea and 1' then hid behind a barrel, and in a little while Joe appeared. Joe sauntered into the store *and the -clerk went over to him. "Nave you got any t-t-teteks," said Joe. "Well, of all the impudente •I ever heard of the dale exclaimed, and he took poor innocent Joe by the back of the neck and ran him out into the street. Alcohol Depopulating Normandy. The population of the five departments moats of Normandy is 160,000 less than it Was thirty years ago, and the de- crease is attributed wholly to the ex- eessive ORO of nicohol. M. Debove, the dean of the Paris Vacuity Of Medicaid, shows hew alcohol operates in Iwo &free - time toward the dinunution of the pop. tilation by raising the average of noor. tality and by weakening the vitality of the majority that survive. There aro places M Notinandy where the tonsure!). tan of brandy is more than a quart per day per head of the adult population. Alcoholism is said to have got a, firnt hold on a large port of the female popu- lation .In the "fairly temperate" canton of TourOve the itVerttge weekly consump- tion of raw spirits 38 a little over three and A half quarts for each male adult and ebout two quarts for grown-up wo- men and young ehilaren. Coitly kisses. The pretty daughter of a COM County farmer offered four kinsts to the farm hand who would do the moat work in Iwo aityki lost week, and before nlght three mem had been lorostalad by bbs hatts-Ittounts City Star. Sunlight Soap will not bum the nap off woolens nor the surface off linens. UNLIGI1T Irina REDUCES laikrr EXPENSE 4811 for the octagon Bar. 351 • British Humor. Tim most curious Mayor elected in Britain is the mock Mayor of Worston, a tiny Laueaehire hamlet of some dozen Ionises at the foot of Perna° Hill, Its residents have a standing entertain - anent by masquerading aa the "ancient borough of Worston,' and. annually electing a Mayor. With splendid setiousness the candi- dates issue addresses and the residents are supplied with voting papers, the women voting as well as the mon. The duly -elected, Mayor Always assumes the style of a Privy Councillor and the rank of a knight says tits London Chronicle. o The holder of the office for several years has been tile, Hon. Sir WilliainBulcoOk," a laborer. He Las his robes of office, a gorgeous cocked. hat and huge brass amin and badge. The corporation meets in the village inn, and there ponderously diseussea such • mov- ing questions as the repainting of finger. poste. At the coronotion this mock bor- ough bad .its civic rejoicings and for- warded an address to the King, who acts!, nowledged it ns courteously as he did the congratulations of London or Edin- burgh, Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. Plus X. and the "Non Erpedit." ISSUE NO, 44 i 904, There is one burning question in Italy which never loses its vital ' irttereit, namely, whether clericals should take part in the political life of the country, now forbidden by the Church. On this subject the Secolo says: "There are fifty-eight candidates stab ask the Vatican for the authorization to enter Farliament. The Secretary of State, Cardinal Kerry del Val, second- ing the humor of Pius X., who has al- -ways had a weakness for polities, has arrived at a decision. A discourse on the following lines will -be made to the would-be deputies: '.As tbe aon-expe- dit" is simply a pontifical disposition, An which conscience, but not -faith or dog- ma, is involved, the Holy See iirdisposed to alsolye your, consciencee nod author- ize you to put forward your candida- tures in the approaching political elec- tions. The Holy See, however, imposes, its an absolute condition to the 'permis- sion, the formal undertaking -which must be in writing -that in the 'exercise of your legislative functions, never tin- der any pretext will you concur in or support any law which is contrary to faith, dogma or papal inatitutions.' The candidates who accept these conditions will: be authorized to present themselves tootbe country, and the electors will be absolved from the 'non expedit! Thus it is safe to argue, also front one huh- dred other indications, that Pius X. in- tends to apply on a vast scale the fa- vorite electoral -political system of Car- dinal Sarto, Patriarch of Venice." -The Pall Mall.Claiette. Marts Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. Little Cash Among Millionaires, Pierpont • Morgan, James Stillman, William Rockefeller, James J. Hill and Chauncey M. Deism attended the same board meeting in New.. York recently. While the meeting was in session a messenger arrived with a note and a package for Senator Depew, the charge being $1.40. All five of the millionaires were called upon to contribute, but tbe amoont could -not be made up. Mr. Hill's stenographer finally paid the boy, alio possibly departed with: a new idea of whist it is to be a millionaire. : Catarrh and Colds Relieved in 10 to 60.Mlnutes. —4 One short puff of the breath tlirough the blower sup- plied with eaoh bottle of .Dr. Agnew's Cat- arrhal Powder diffuses this powder over the surface of the nasal pasaages. Palnlesss and delightful to use, It relieves Instantly, and Permanently cures catarrh, hay fever, colds, headache, •sore throat, tonsilitis, and deaf - 11088. 60 cents.. --41 Handkerchiefs for the Navy. All sailors in the King's navy are obliged to buy a black silk handkerchief. They get it ftom the goveriunent stores, and the price about $1, is deducted from , their pay, Tius,year the Admiralty has ordered 100,000 handkerchiefs from the largest silk manufaaturers in the world. This number is 40,0000 more thitn has ever been required before. Each hand- kerchief is thirty-five inches square.. • 0.0. RICHARDS a CO. - Dear Sirs -I have great faith in MINARD'S 'LINIMENT, as last year I cured a horse of Ring -bone, with five bottles. It blistered the horse but in a month there was no ring -bone and no lame- ness. DANIEL gurtculsoIsr. Pour Palis, N. B. Oddities of One Family. (Boston Transcript.) ruddy -What a difference there IS sometimes between the boys and girls a the Some family. Duddy -Yes, I've noticed that. There's the. Begotten family, for instance. The boys are, every orb of them, red head- ed, while the girls, whose locks are of tho Same hue, are auburn -haired. Lever's It -Z (Wise Head) Disinfectant Soap Powder is better than other powders, as it is both soap and disinfectant. m Conundrums. mrumisn, I am taken 0 and shut up in a wooden case, from which Is am never releosed, and yet I am mai by almost everybody? • A lead. pencil. „- What ie that svhich by adding some- thing t it will become smaller, but if you ad nothing a will grow larger? • A hole in a stocking. What is that Which never asks qua tions, yet requires many answers? A door bell, What is that wlach every one can di- vide and no one can see where it is divided? Water. . On, yonder hill there ia a mill, and in that mill there is a wheel, ond now it goes, and new it steads still? The tongue. Bound the housts, round thabourie and leaves o. white glove in the window? Snow, CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the emit of the disease, Catarrh 13 a blood or constitutional disease, and in Order to cure it you Must take internal rein , Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and 'mucous sur- faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a outwit medicine, It was prescrjbed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is corn- rtZleidthe(f btOiset litleoec,c1 =Muir tT.retnge= on the mucous surfaces. The' perfect combin- ation of the two ingredients la what produces such wonderful results In curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. o. a CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. • Sold by Druggists, price 76c, Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Wind and Weather Permitting. In Sumatra the length of time that 4 widow must wear her weeds is determin- ed by wind. Just after her husband's death, elm plants a flagstaff at her door upon which a flag Is mimed, While the flag remains untorn by the wind est- quette forbidsthat she should marry. But as soon at a rent appears, no at. ttr how tiny, site, eon lay aside her weeds and don her most becoming gown and bowitkiiing smile. Unlucky for the Fish. (Somerville Journal.) illeks-Itow do you happen to he going fishing on Friday/ I thotight you be- lieved Friday WAN an unItto y day. Wicks --Well, 1 always have. But it oosurred to ros this morning that pinta". it wonid he mrlacky for the fish. Life in the Street. A woman visiting here was struck by an automobile yesterday and seriously injured. Not long ago Bishop White of the northern Episcopal diocese of this state ventured to visit his old place of residence, which ' was here. He Was promptly knocked down and run over by an automobile. It is to be added that there is no discrimination here.' People that live here are -knocked down and run over just the same. The police make arrests, but they do not make enough of them, and generally they per- mit too much fast speeding by all sorts of vehicles. The automobile is the greatest and manifestly the most dan- gerous offender, but the bicycle scorcher and the reckless driver of vehicles - especially the delivery wagons of busi- ness -contribute their share. Indeed, taking the differences in the number it • is doubtful if the reeldess wagon driver is not the greater menace. -In- dianapolis News. ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT Removes all hard, soft or calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavin, curbs. splints, •ringbent, sweeney, stifles, sprains; Mires sore and- sweeten throat, coughs, ete, Elev.:IVO by the use of one got - tie. Waranted the most wonderful Blemish. Cure eVer known. • • • A Fasting Serpent. A large Japanese python, which died at tlie Museum of Natural History in Faris a couple of -years ago, had refrain- ed. from eating for two years and nine months. It arrived at. the musetim 1899, and 'was in the fullest of health, and strength. It was eight feet long, of brilliant coloring, enormous diameter and of a singularly aggressivedisposition. its keepers, finding that it refused' orainary food, pressed every dainty upon it which was known to tickle the palate of rep- tiles -geese, dueks, sheep, hens -but it would have none of them. It passed away after a voluntary fast of two years and nine months. The Covernoes Wife a Pris- on CM -Mrs, g. A. Van Luven is the wife of the governor of the county jail, Napanee, Out., and Was a great sufferer from rheuma- tism. 'When the best doctors in the cern- munity and "speclaliste" failed to help het she buried her altepticisni of proprietail remedies, and purchaeo South Amerintni Rheumatic Cure, 4 bottles cured Icer. -42 Be Kept at it. A prominent dealer in real estate writes: "For three months I advertised hi the newspapers four houses without getting a reply and was tempted to dis- continue the ads, as the cost had been great. But it finally came to an exten- sion of the campaign through a fourth mon* when I got an inquiry from 0.11 out-of-town buyer, who paid more for the property than. we had hoped to realize. It doesn't do to be afraid of the ebst of newspaper advertising. Keep at Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, etc. Figure Seven ill the Bible, The phenomena of the figure 7 ami its Multiples occurring in the New Testament hove been tottelled Open by /van Panin, Mission student of the Bible, who for a number ot years has made his home at Gia! - ton, Masa. This significance of the "seveao group will not be tont, even upon the super- stitiouti, Who aro outside the pale of Scrip-. tural points, tUld, ae Mr. PAII1It 11138 shoWtt them, their relations of their groupings to the first eleven 'aces of the New Testament Must suggesttlit they were scarcely chance, - says the mileage Oribuna per instanee, In these first eleven Venial; of Matthew, the vocabulary motets of 49 words, or even laYteni; of these words there Ire 2S, or fair sevens, Whittbegin with vowels, and al, or three sevens, which begin with cerise:lama "This distribution by sevens between vowel word,, anti consonant welsh; justly Might haVo been kotned acciderite but, for the fact that of the 41 words 42 of them AM nouns -six sevens -and 53 oven are not nouns," 18 tho (=mint of the writer. "Of the 42 410uns there are 33 simper nouns. nr titre sevens, while seven are remote nouns. of the o. proper 1=11105 four Sevens are male aneeStors of SOSUD end nOVt•rt are not sum. Not only, then, Is the distribution of the 49 words of the vocabulary by sevens as be- tween vowel words and ennsonatt words, but Mao as between the parte of speeelt.' As tt further anti absolute proof that that) plienontena of the NOVella are not areidentiti, Mr. Paton pante out that the 49 words or th.. vocabulary allow 14 words that Itte not used but onto, while 25 of them, or flea sevens, areteed morn than otter. IBS OM. elutlione, after an exhaustive arrangement el' the "moven" feetures my. the "not event the 'tholes of the langneges in whiph the fi • tures were Written Wile made without mar (I astroariewl design st the threabold of the iub. Jett." t7 1 Mrs, Winelowa Soothing Syrup ebould alwaos bo used tor Mona 'lathing. Is soothe the child, softer= the game, come wind Mite and is the best remedy for Martinet]. , rillOICRI FARM PROPIIRTIDS FROM THIN l.) to tour hundred acres each, for sale; le all parte of Canada; write for catalogue. Intercelonial Realty Co., Limited, Loudon. NOVELTY MANUFACTURING CO, .A.gents wanted for our eneelaities. Com- plete outfit does not exceed 12.09. An good sellers, Write 237 King street east, Toronto. Agents Wanted • ta fon impnevnD (007111,1INED) •KETTLE AND STEAMER Needed by every familY. Three Mos. Boils and Meatus lu separate compartments. trrsiin.. IONAMOLI4D. Cover locks with back handle for (training. stoat useful alai eafest cooker Made. FRED SAMPLD. Freight pAid au orders.Illustrated eireulara, Write quick. TARBOX BROS., Toronto, Ont. _ There is one burning question in Italy which never loses its vital ' irttereit, namely, whether clericals should take part in the political life of the country, now forbidden by the Church. On this subject the Secolo says: "There are fifty-eight candidates stab ask the Vatican for the authorization to enter Farliament. The Secretary of State, Cardinal Kerry del Val, second- ing the humor of Pius X., who has al- -ways had a weakness for polities, has arrived at a decision. A discourse on the following lines will -be made to the would-be deputies: '.As tbe aon-expe- dit" is simply a pontifical disposition, An which conscience, but not -faith or dog- ma, is involved, the Holy See iirdisposed to alsolye your, consciencee nod author- ize you to put forward your candida- tures in the approaching political elec- tions. The Holy See, however, imposes, its an absolute condition to the 'permis- sion, the formal undertaking -which must be in writing -that in the 'exercise of your legislative functions, never tin- der any pretext will you concur in or support any law which is contrary to faith, dogma or papal inatitutions.' The candidates who accept these conditions will: be authorized to present themselves tootbe country, and the electors will be absolved from the 'non expedit! Thus it is safe to argue, also front one huh- dred other indications, that Pius X. in- tends to apply on a vast scale the fa- vorite electoral -political system of Car- dinal Sarto, Patriarch of Venice." -The Pall Mall.Claiette. Marts Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. Little Cash Among Millionaires, Pierpont • Morgan, James Stillman, William Rockefeller, James J. Hill and Chauncey M. Deism attended the same board meeting in New.. York recently. While the meeting was in session a messenger arrived with a note and a package for Senator Depew, the charge being $1.40. All five of the millionaires were called upon to contribute, but tbe amoont could -not be made up. Mr. Hill's stenographer finally paid the boy, alio possibly departed with: a new idea of whist it is to be a millionaire. : Catarrh and Colds Relieved in 10 to 60.Mlnutes. —4 One short puff of the breath tlirough the blower sup- plied with eaoh bottle of .Dr. Agnew's Cat- arrhal Powder diffuses this powder over the surface of the nasal pasaages. Palnlesss and delightful to use, It relieves Instantly, and Permanently cures catarrh, hay fever, colds, headache, •sore throat, tonsilitis, and deaf - 11088. 60 cents.. --41 Handkerchiefs for the Navy. All sailors in the King's navy are obliged to buy a black silk handkerchief. They get it ftom the goveriunent stores, and the price about $1, is deducted from , their pay, Tius,year the Admiralty has ordered 100,000 handkerchiefs from the largest silk manufaaturers in the world. This number is 40,0000 more thitn has ever been required before. Each hand- kerchief is thirty-five inches square.. • 0.0. RICHARDS a CO. - Dear Sirs -I have great faith in MINARD'S 'LINIMENT, as last year I cured a horse of Ring -bone, with five bottles. It blistered the horse but in a month there was no ring -bone and no lame- ness. DANIEL gurtculsoIsr. Pour Palis, N. B. Oddities of One Family. (Boston Transcript.) ruddy -What a difference there IS sometimes between the boys and girls a the Some family. Duddy -Yes, I've noticed that. There's the. Begotten family, for instance. The boys are, every orb of them, red head- ed, while the girls, whose locks are of tho Same hue, are auburn -haired. Lever's It -Z (Wise Head) Disinfectant Soap Powder is better than other powders, as it is both soap and disinfectant. m Conundrums. mrumisn, I am taken 0 and shut up in a wooden case, from which Is am never releosed, and yet I am mai by almost everybody? • A lead. pencil. „- What ie that svhich by adding some- thing t it will become smaller, but if you ad nothing a will grow larger? • A hole in a stocking. What is that Which never asks qua tions, yet requires many answers? A door bell, What is that wlach every one can di- vide and no one can see where it is divided? Water. . On, yonder hill there ia a mill, and in that mill there is a wheel, ond now it goes, and new it steads still? The tongue. Bound the housts, round thabourie and leaves o. white glove in the window? Snow, CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the emit of the disease, Catarrh 13 a blood or constitutional disease, and in Order to cure it you Must take internal rein , Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and 'mucous sur- faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a outwit medicine, It was prescrjbed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is corn- rtZleidthe(f btOiset litleoec,c1 =Muir tT.retnge= on the mucous surfaces. The' perfect combin- ation of the two ingredients la what produces such wonderful results In curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. o. a CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. • Sold by Druggists, price 76c, Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Wind and Weather Permitting. In Sumatra the length of time that 4 widow must wear her weeds is determin- ed by wind. Just after her husband's death, elm plants a flagstaff at her door upon which a flag Is mimed, While the flag remains untorn by the wind est- quette forbidsthat she should marry. But as soon at a rent appears, no at. ttr how tiny, site, eon lay aside her weeds and don her most becoming gown and bowitkiiing smile. Unlucky for the Fish. (Somerville Journal.) illeks-Itow do you happen to he going fishing on Friday/ I thotight you be- lieved Friday WAN an unItto y day. Wicks --Well, 1 always have. But it oosurred to ros this morning that pinta". it wonid he mrlacky for the fish. Life in the Street. A woman visiting here was struck by an automobile yesterday and seriously injured. Not long ago Bishop White of the northern Episcopal diocese of this state ventured to visit his old place of residence, which ' was here. He Was promptly knocked down and run over by an automobile. It is to be added that there is no discrimination here.' People that live here are -knocked down and run over just the same. The police make arrests, but they do not make enough of them, and generally they per- mit too much fast speeding by all sorts of vehicles. The automobile is the greatest and manifestly the most dan- gerous offender, but the bicycle scorcher and the reckless driver of vehicles - especially the delivery wagons of busi- ness -contribute their share. Indeed, taking the differences in the number it • is doubtful if the reeldess wagon driver is not the greater menace. -In- dianapolis News. ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT Removes all hard, soft or calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavin, curbs. splints, •ringbent, sweeney, stifles, sprains; Mires sore and- sweeten throat, coughs, ete, Elev.:IVO by the use of one got - tie. Waranted the most wonderful Blemish. Cure eVer known. • • • A Fasting Serpent. A large Japanese python, which died at tlie Museum of Natural History in Faris a couple of -years ago, had refrain- ed. from eating for two years and nine months. It arrived at. the musetim 1899, and 'was in the fullest of health, and strength. It was eight feet long, of brilliant coloring, enormous diameter and of a singularly aggressivedisposition. its keepers, finding that it refused' orainary food, pressed every dainty upon it which was known to tickle the palate of rep- tiles -geese, dueks, sheep, hens -but it would have none of them. It passed away after a voluntary fast of two years and nine months. The Covernoes Wife a Pris- on CM -Mrs, g. A. Van Luven is the wife of the governor of the county jail, Napanee, Out., and Was a great sufferer from rheuma- tism. 'When the best doctors in the cern- munity and "speclaliste" failed to help het she buried her altepticisni of proprietail remedies, and purchaeo South Amerintni Rheumatic Cure, 4 bottles cured Icer. -42 Be Kept at it. A prominent dealer in real estate writes: "For three months I advertised hi the newspapers four houses without getting a reply and was tempted to dis- continue the ads, as the cost had been great. But it finally came to an exten- sion of the campaign through a fourth mon* when I got an inquiry from 0.11 out-of-town buyer, who paid more for the property than. we had hoped to realize. It doesn't do to be afraid of the ebst of newspaper advertising. Keep at Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, etc. Figure Seven ill the Bible, The phenomena of the figure 7 ami its Multiples occurring in the New Testament hove been tottelled Open by /van Panin, Mission student of the Bible, who for a number ot years has made his home at Gia! - ton, Masa. This significance of the "seveao group will not be tont, even upon the super- stitiouti, Who aro outside the pale of Scrip-. tural points, tUld, ae Mr. PAII1It 11138 shoWtt them, their relations of their groupings to the first eleven 'aces of the New Testament Must suggesttlit they were scarcely chance, - says the mileage Oribuna per instanee, In these first eleven Venial; of Matthew, the vocabulary motets of 49 words, or even laYteni; of these words there Ire 2S, or fair sevens, Whittbegin with vowels, and al, or three sevens, which begin with cerise:lama "This distribution by sevens between vowel word,, anti consonant welsh; justly Might haVo been kotned acciderite but, for the fact that of the 41 words 42 of them AM nouns -six sevens -and 53 oven are not nouns," 18 tho (=mint of the writer. "Of the 42 410uns there are 33 simper nouns. nr titre sevens, while seven are remote nouns. of the o. proper 1=11105 four Sevens are male aneeStors of SOSUD end nOVt•rt are not sum. Not only, then, Is the distribution of the 49 words of the vocabulary by sevens as be- tween vowel words and ennsonatt words, but Mao as between the parte of speeelt.' As tt further anti absolute proof that that) plienontena of the NOVella are not areidentiti, Mr. Paton pante out that the 49 words or th.. vocabulary allow 14 words that Itte not used but onto, while 25 of them, or flea sevens, areteed morn than otter. IBS OM. elutlione, after an exhaustive arrangement el' the "moven" feetures my. the "not event the 'tholes of the langneges in whiph the fi • tures were Written Wile made without mar (I astroariewl design st the threabold of the iub. Jett." t7 1