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The Wingham Advance, 1905-02-09, Page 6, --lieseerNisee'rekePrIeseseeelesee-voseaceeee 1 The UnKnown Bridegroom. amp •••••••• • • lestirfteserelleares 'I tide's: we, een massage It se that no, one lea •She Imeee except oer- selves will euspect you ere here." Mr. Seaver reelled. Tben turning te .. • Eloreaee, aseed; Canno and eionioa ecest hies dark until I can get Carrot here 4" "Yes," said Monica. who had jest returned to the room. "There is that great etoset lealitng out a olar direseing-room. Oar trunks are stomel there, sled we ean easily make tee a bed for him behind that at Saratoga. of Florence's and no one would ever dream of look:3w, for hee :there. "That :strikes me as a every good ela,n," Mr. Seaver observed, "only you. well {have to keep a shares eye en 'the meads - particularly u,pou , Anna; for if the boy is missed, Sir •• 'Walter wall spare no effort to re- cover kerne" - "We will:look out for him, never fear," ssatel Florence, with /lash - tag eyes; "Monica and I will tate tures remaining on guard all the titriaie; and ass I have forbidden An- na to /low. herself here again. I k thinuse need not fear that he evill 1 be diecovered. Are you, huagry, Xamsse V" she questioned, the boy's wan face smiting her keenly. "Not very, ma'am -I had some bread and m:lk this morning," the ' beer responded, in a patient tone. Quick tears rushed to the tender- hearted girl's eyes, and springing to her feet, she went to her own room and brought the remnants Of a, lunch that had been served to I herself and MOntea, earlier In the elaYs . v. • Tesere were bread and butter, eome dainty 'ices of cold tongue some tarts, and part of a bottle of evene. Thie,she placed before the little waive axe' rtold him to eat, a teem - mend rsehith he eagerly obeyed, and after drinking the small Mass of ;type which his new friendd poured out for erion, a little color actually fehowleci itself in hie Java. "Now prepare a bed for himl and get hien pet ot sight as 'quickly as possible," said M. ace. sea, In ess than fifteen minutes Jamie, after -a refreshing 'bathevas coeily tucked away behind the big Saratoga, upon an inviting pile oi blankets, where Ile torso fell sound , asleep, it intot las head to investigate that I leleanterne Mr. Seaver ead taken • panel., mesterious passage behind 1110He took a candle from one of I -t110 candelabra, and, estesing" out, ; found leauself in a narrow: eassage I that terminated, in a long flight of stone stairs leading. down into reg- ions unknown. On each side of him ! th.ere was a blank wall -the outer I one, a rough hewn stone, ' the inner one - a 'plastered !Air - face. Descending the steps, he at leegth ea:me to another land- ing, where he found another door or panel similar to the one above. "Ii'm 1 this evidently leads into tile library, through he lerought the bay," he muttered. "If he should appear upon the scene at this mo- ment, it might he rather embarrass- ing for both parties." Passing d3w.n a, few steps more, he ca.me to a p,onclerous door partially open, and with a great key in the lock outside. Pushing it wide, he descended some more steps ana found himself in weat appeared to be a (miler partitioned tele Jet° various compartments, damp, ill -lighted and gloomy. Passing on, he peered into en.211 We, leut found them all bare until he came almest to the end, when be EM,V4 that ono was rudely fur - tanked with a bed, one chair, and / a table strewn with Solna scraps of bread and meet, a glass, and part of a bottle of milk. "IVm 1 the fellow: is surely a, ; but hitt eleent-whet was his objeet ?" be muttered, in a, tone of perplexity. Leaving this compartment, he eame twee another that had no entrance apparently, for the wall, from floor to ceiling, was solid. he observed as he betsan to retra.ee "Well, well, this is a, queer place," his stepe; "it was probably built in an age weer' secret plesages and I, plat.es of concealment were neces- sary; but in theses enlightened days 1. nothings; of the kind le needed except ; to cover up deviltry. I'd Suet MOO to know, Whatp Leighton is u He made Ide way Ina up the long flight of steps, and, when, lie reached the landirg leading into Be-mica:0 ! room, ho obeerved for the first time, ; a door at the bead of the stairs. 1 It was a penclerous affair, and as he attempted to shat it, the rusty , hinges shrtelese like a, human beteg in distress. It was a weird, uncanny rsound, hut the man persisted, and gave a grunt of oatiefaction -arson closing it to see that there was a rusty hey in the leek. It required to little exercise of strength to turn it, but he sue- ceeded, a tal experienced cons! (tern Ids satiefaction in the thought that no nly ono would bo able to come upon his wards, frOin that direction, no - Then be entered Metie.a.'s room, closed the ranee pushed the bolt baelt Into its Froeket, and eareitilly adjuet- ed the draperies. "There I" he ribeerved, es he re- placed the eamile Itn eecliet.; "when that scrimp not:eels tins hoe hes will find it a, diffiv nit matter te trate him ; lost, doubtiesS, the DINTI- Wy Will be ft tont:dieing Imo, atilt he Will da same pretty etrome rav- ing to himself. .111, I iv:eerier if I ocuinot foal laid 10114 ahim thiuk that lie left tle, e;„,:ee foe the t,lt lo(neat.- ; p neliaw te„le A little later Mrs. Seaver wale ale and was token into the confi- dence of tese othere, when they ar- e:Inge:I just how xlizsv would ma:a age with their little refugee during ties uext day or two„ ante Mr. esl'esie ver and lea Carrol conld confer with eerie other and decide what conree to pursue. Had it not been for his appoint- ment with. Aug,ust, for the next even- ve, and the eeereey -welch he steeli- est tes riaserve la connection with: his plans for the apprehension of tbe Kings, the lawyer declared that be wenid boldly confront Sir Walter with the lad, and then take him directly to his uncle in Loudon. After arras:gees their Mans the tidies retired, wialle Mr. Seaver went below- to have bis "tieght-cap smoke." to inform his host of his intended trip to London on the morrow, and to try to carry out a. certain plan whieb be had in eitind. Doubtless the reader has expere, enced some curiosity to know how Sir Walter Leighton discovered a, seeond entrance to the old wine - :emits of the: Towers, and wbieh en- abled him to celiceal his youthful victim there and minister to his needs without arousing the suspic- ions of his household. After his return from 'Pans, and just previous to the visit of the Seaters and other guests, he was one day examining the furnishings of the drawing room and library, with. a view to freshening them somewhat them somewbat-especially draperies -when he discovered a.paaleeof what appeared to bare once been a door, in the wall of the library. 'Why, this must have been a door leading to that old dining -room of wIrlen the butler told me," he mused, and eortnwith began to study to see haw it had been fastened up. . He found the bolt, like the.one in M•cmica'a room, and upon removing it, found -that the panel would slide upward as If arranged by a pulley. "Aim I" he exclaimed, as, peering out into the passage humid, he could just cistern the -flight of steps leasling b-ath up and down, "this grows interesting." paesed out and down, ani came to the, door giving entrance to the It wave closed and looked, but as the key was in the leek, it was easily opened, and be soon found lamscif in veliat ee was assured must have been t ee!ehl wine vaults of which bis but- ler bad told him. Reagent some time exanoining tbem Out aver.ank with a shiver of disgust upeee reapbeng the compantment wet ees bad been walled up, and which les bed surmese.d to be the tomb of the unfortu etee Page who had end- ed las miseraele existence in that dreary prson. • , 7 1 , On emerging frhm the weird place Ise merely glanced up the long flight of ,dreps. "Teey must once lietee led to the apartments over the old dining - room," the mussed, but he did not have interest enough to pursue Ills inves- tigations further, and so returned les the library, in utter ignorance elf the fact that another panel or sleor led into a room above. Ile was convinced, howe-ver, that ead descevered bow the unfortun- ate broiler of a former baronet had been eared for, and the knowledge of his existence kept a. secret Iron all the wo 11 f and the keeper in charge ot him. He decided not to disturb the fur teehings of the Unary at this thee te t e° h those in the drawing-rooini derea,t and almost of despair, after were repiaerd by more modern ones. discovering that hie bird lied flown And thuIt happened that, when . he dashed out of the Imes° and pent s he Ived come so unexpectedly upon nearly an hour in searching the I. for even hive 'frenzied tieterelittatiOn to iseeripe. eh• Welter had flung him teeVagele faun .11 ia, en I. teen 1 ft billt hru st. d 1 elle • al Wee: ,a AI uron ilze cold ticvar ' oi I) 6 Wiliam, T ,. 11 I Lad pryer matle a Wont' • settemet, real eelg bow utterly wee - 1 -$1., at U%rt11.1 11(', ant he begall to I k N.'11 am v.n i te ft 1. Id ,y leelly Porn o, 4.lz aZ t Iota it i2vii.,t saw It and at thame ilt Ca IIIIty iti'tin would ereep otvil DAR GS C3d, /ossfliti? luseesBile , et :reeling another- wadi. walieti nee, a la tite veer attune tesearred 'to lam. a Fees": I, J ene 1 the gertlenten in .: • t e via tar.g-room aft r 1 ets leg 111 le, eoes scone hus t fter all ;t ine eoeleb: 1 ls ate. t.:1 0,,- Nona h ,. r. et irked thee : '*0 lia f b is:. cs , Whi eit smile tiall him t t ho...e.se oa ilse (early train the . fellowing Menthes and if Sir Walter werde excuee lathe he would go to hies 1['.try tev write a couple ot let - ten befere retiring. -Certainly," the baronet affably ref 1 Os exel a el d that he wcule give espaers to a groom to breve the dog- e:en at the 'Ivor In •tseason to lake him to las 'truth. far. elem.:* tlanketl him ; tben, bids it tee cernrevey good-nightedle re. peirea Os the library where Ito WiliS won eesorbeti, toall allpearaece, le hie letter -writing, . While he was time engaged, Ile heard las rent eompanione go Bp ' to eteir several rooms. A little later the butler came into the 1 Orrery and thstened the win eows R r the mget, and put out all the Fgets exeept tee shaded lamp, wlech • the lawyer was using and welch he tola the man he would extingalsb weea be feasbeti. Ills work. As on as the man wee beyond !leering, Mr. Seaver quietly lett his seat, and, gains to the end -ot the room, pulled ado some draperies and found meat he expected to find -the pant 1 wh.cli he bad seen earlier in the evening while he was investi- gating the 0.0ret etairwey that led to the vaults below's, , I Bo vsearelled for the bolt, found and pulled it out, shoved the panel up abeut a foot a-ud a half, after yveloh he slipped ta the low French win- d:see anti unfastened that. This was the plan he bad been maturing in his mind all the erening. 'Naive Sr Walter, will tbink his own cerclosenese is wboily to blame," be muttered; then stepping again to the table he k1ln:47d the paper upon which he teed been writing in Ms pocket, after veleeh be extinguished the light and quietly and quickly went up - states to Ms own room.. It was scaretly .ix o'clock the next rnorniag cw, ea he dec..centied to snatch a. cup of coffee and cierall before leaving for Loadon, Tee first pees= he encountered on reaching the lower hall, was Sir Walter, Nebo was just emergeng from the library. The elan was white to his lips, and there was an - anxious, (right- ened laok in his eyes. "Ale good -morning, good -morn- ing," ;said the lawyer, in his genial way; "you are unusually early, are- n't you? I hope you did not sacrifice - your morning nap on my account." "No -yes -I -that is, I wanted to J e sure that you had your break - fat before you started," the young man faltered, with some embarrass- ment "Thanks -it was very good ot you, Leighton ; but Lot at all necessary - a. cup a coffee is all I need," said Mr. Seaver, in an otf-band tone. "But" -observing him more closely - "Yu ;don't look at all a well this morning •, I hope nothing serious is the 'matter." "No -oh, no," returned Leighton, trying ' • " very well -that is all. 'But come," he ,adilea, turning toward the break- ! faat-raom, "you'll lave to be ex- tod tione or eenel. lo:se yoar train." Fts naw him stat: d, then ceiling the butler to attend Min, he excused himself and tesappeared. 1V11en, at five oteloek, he had 037n?. down as Leine to take the bas- ket of !col to .Tdra;e, he was almost pare:lye:el up -an sweeping aside the draperies, to, find the panel -open. An angry oath teepee' to his lips, and with bated breath and sinktng heart he daehed clown into the vomits to diecovee what he most feared - that hie prisaner had escaped. Ile lolleved, as the lawyer intend- ed he sheer], that his own careless - nese was aleno at fault, for he feet sure that no .one save himself had a P.:11Sp:OlOn Of the sseret paesage lead- ing to the wino evault. "I could. have sworn that I bolted it yesterday morning," be repeated- ly &tiered to himself; "but, of curse, I didn't, since It was open this morning." • Be was in a wbite rage, condemn- ing leaner:1f for his carelessness, end it wee in no wag assuaged when he diecoeered that the French window was also untarstened, thus preying' to him that the bey had escaped 1 bs: the same way that he had entered r save s own amity the Towere. As soon as the baffled baronet cauld rallesfrom his firrst cense of Mr. Carrot and his prothee down by g- -rilli-nds for 11411- CHAPTER. XXXIII. tile sea, on that quiet afternoon, and dinaversd, art he 1r rested, that Jamie But, of courts% he did not ' find a w.as the leng-nessing heir of the trace, o'/ ithe beg; and finally remem•- Pages, be convolved the diabolical jeering that Mr.'Seaver was going to plet to kidnap the boy and imprison town, and mutt leave Mese on six. • him in tbe very vaults wbere Ms o'clock, Ile returned to the house lueklees ancestor bad died. east in season to great him as be Xie toped, in GM way, to prrserve made hirs appearance. to, himself the title and magnificent After the laws:er's departure, how- propertY to illici he bad, so recenely ever, he reneveed hits eearch and extent proved eimerir to be the only Iegrti- homes riding along the coast and in-, mate heir. y quiring of eve7 one he ntet if they 8 had met sursh beef as he described, ' e Wei al ewes eitd almost b ond • 1 si and little dreaming that all the les thins, am] everything' had slutp- - • pened just es Janne had told the story to Florence. It w,es so. early In the morning that none of the reervante wren absut -at least In the front of the house ; therefore sir Walter had easily Odd- ceeded In getting the by into the I ierary, tereugh a, lew French wea- sel% Which he Mel s lett 'even on leaving the house, with the hope of while Jamie was cozily ensconced be- hind a tall screen in Florence% room and being petted and entertained byt both cousins,who felt that it devolv- ed upon them to make the time pass as seciftly and pleasantly its pos- tibia to him until idr. Carrol (load pia in an appearance. et was a curious state ot affairs -a AH Run Down HIS is a common express sion we hear on every side, Un less there is some organic trouble, the con. dition can doubtless be remedied. Your doctor is the best adviser, Do not dose yourself with all kinds of advertised remedies — get his opinion, More than likely you need a concentrated fat food to enrich your blood and tone up the system. Scott's Emulsimi" of Cod Lwer Oil is lust such a food in its best form. It will kind up the weakened and wasted body when all other foods fail to nourish. If you are run down or emaciated, give it a trial: it cannot hurt • kind of meckeryi of fate that this. youthful beir to a grand eotate and neeentpeshing refar,ous purpOse. a title Ishoulti he a refugee in his Jamie had been utterly unsussee own castle, biding front the usurper eams of any wrong, and as 'the baronet iuid made aaeseir very 60e. W110 Was ;MAWS,' HCOUring the eountey laele and entertaining, he rienom. for rented the man with the most lin At the usual liOur Anna, tapped up- plailt cenfielence and truly boyielt Floreneeee door. It wee only wl eu fie at Met towel cspi at'teleire air orned (119=11 'senile weielt were (slily IF" enter- eagerneee ste the "Mee hersee.' t 'WOG ildekted$ but, motioning Inanle hintseli alone aed locked in -these io lig i no 'at g you. • It is essentially the best possible nourishment for delicate children and pale, anaemic girls. We will send you a sample free. Be sure that this picture " In the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Elnulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE Chemists Toronto, Ont.' , 50c. and I. All Druggists Servant Turned the Tables. A story is told of a high Anglo-Indian officer, who was in the habit of soundly threshing his servants when they dis- pleased hint. One da,y lie ordered ft ser- vant to go to a summer -house hi the compourfd and. wait for him there. Pre- sently turning up with a heavy horse- whip, he thus addressed the offender: "Now, you scoundrel, I've got you in a place where no one can hear, and P11 thresh you within an ince of your life." The servant, though a. num of power- ful physique, squirmed, native like. "Sah you sure ,no one can hear?" "Yes, you scoundrel. I've brought you here on purpose." "Then, sail, I think thresh you." And he did it so thoroughly that his master was not visible for a week. -Scotsman. y• PI WA$ EN AP FAITH 01111E • Dodds Kidney Pills Cured Mrs. Adams' Bright Disease. She did not Believe in Theta, but To- day She is Strong and Well. Colling,wood, Ont.; Jan.' 30. -(Special.) -Mrs.. Thos. Adams, who moved here. about two years ago from ,Burk's Falls, is one of the many- Canadians who nee had Bright's disease,and are now strong and -well. Like all the others she was cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. "I was eight months an invalid," says Mrs. Adams, "and no one can tell me what I suffered., My doctor said I had Bright's Disease and Sciatica, but I got no relief from anything be gave ine. At last a ffiend of my husband induced me to give Doda's Kidney Pills a trial. I had no faith in them, for .I thought I never would get better, but after taking three boxes of them Vas able to -do my work. I have had good'health ever since I used Dodds Kidney 1 ills. The Cat as an. Advertiehig Medium. A western genius recently got into collision with the laws for the preven- tion of cruelty. to animals' by eapturing a number of cats, attaching advertising placards to them and turning them loose. Assuming that he expected to sell his wares exclusively to cats, and therefore desired to attractthe attention of the feline world only, his plan pas a good one. But if he aimed to interest his fellow -men he could better have ac- complished his purpose by putting bis• announcement in it good- newspaper. Cats circulate in the back alleys. News- papers circulate in the homes. , 4 - *-- Lifebtioy Soap.-diainfeetant-is strongly recomtnen ecl by the methcal profeesion as 14 safeguard againse infoctioue diseases, ss The Fascination of Daits'er, (New York Run.) The risk involved in automobile racing is one of the reaSons for its great popularity anume venturesome men. Were there ao danger to the occupants of the tars thole would be little sport In the eperience. M- ing to hounds, steeplechasing, faotball and many other outdoor sports eau not be pita sued without clanger, but this does not act in may way 48 a dctorrant to til080 interested In them, Greet as is the sattstattion felt by the winning tontestants over their sue(xsoes in the field, the desire for pre-eininence not the only came that loads men to ciute,,,e In dangerous pastimes. The mirk of advear tore, the love of excitement for its own sokw, the institietive rebellion of many minds against the humdrum, commonplace existeet.as of most. of un moderns Olmraie make dan- ger and, risk attractive, ly ligliteri Id• meatus e ctlie thlek "1 told. reit not I.0 mime," she mid ------- '' - . . — , ... , Walkenlee. ve, that he began to realize 'But soma one must wait on 3•011 • how imprudent he bad boon to trust -mono Cain nniet attend to ferittilM an utter etranger. . the rooting in order, and the other Every mornitg, before any of lie Maidis are all bney," the girl returns I IICUKILAI tvaa astir k.ir Walt r sio'e 1 eel -with sullen determination, and 4 CINOER IN TRIM TIPPIX The Sunlight way of wash. N'tchus of the Ilabit Become Pitiable Wrecks iu Time. The takiug of ginger in the form of eesenee or strong tincture, Is revealed by a meilleal man as ft growing form of inebriety both in, thin country and Am. erica. As its alcoholic strength is about double that of whiskey or brandy, the deleterious results of excessive mice can. be imagined. There is one recorded case in which theitlaily dose of a victim of "ginger - isn't' was increased from tea drops to a pint in the comae of three years, Al- though the habit is more precticed in the United States than la Ilegland, there are numbers of chemists in Lon. don who admit that they have regular customers for the pungent. essence, who buy ,comparatively large quantities ev- ery week. The eause of the habit is nearly el - ways the same "Gingeristse are people with weary lwaine and. disordered sto- mulls who seek palliation of the results of overwork, 'limy know that- Suck drugs as morphia, eillomi, 'cocaine and chlorforin are accumulative in their ef- fect upon the human system, they know also that ginger was the homely remedy Of their youth for stomachic troubles. It seems incredible,. but it is it fact, that from the taking of few drops of this powerful carminative for Mile I gestion, "gingerist" will grow into the habit of taking large doses, as a tonic, e sedative aud palliative. So far, inquiries fellow that women are as much addicted to &prim as men, but the actual victims, are diffi- cult to trace, essenee of ginger is eas- ily purchasable in any chemist% shop by or grown up person. "It must be, a, very vitiated taste that can endure large doses of tincture of ginger," saki a wholesale cberuist "But, of course-, tho same cen be said of most violently iteting drugs. Once there is a, physical deemed created for a. particular stimulant, the pa.late is dis- regarded. It is the result which is look. ed forward to not the immediate im- pression. In this connection at least the ordinary alcoholic •drinker is more sane titan the morphia. taker or the gingerisb. Ile may put that in bis mouth which steals away his brains, but at least he gets some physical sensation of plea- sure in the operation. Gingerisin is a a depraved 'form of drugging.", The result of the practiee seems to be a negation of the results Mined 'at. A doctor said yestertley that this form of inebriety, after giving relief at first, completely disorders the stomach. and, gives no relief to a busy_ brain. -Lon- don Mail. CALIFORNIA EXCURSION: The Chicago, Union Pacific and North- western lime runs through first-class Pullman and Tourist sleeping cars to points in California, Personally con- ducted excursions from Chicago every week. Lowest rates. Choice of reutes. Finest scenery. Speciae attention given to family parties. Per maps,. illustrat- ed folders and rates, address B. H. Ben- nett, General Agent, 2 King street east, Toronto, Out. s. - WHERE LIFE IS ESTEEMED. • The System That MAO English ,Rail- roads the Safest iu the World. They inamag'e then railways better in Engla,nd. With one-tenth our mileage, but with nmey time our density. of pas.' e......•••••••••• 4- sengei tome Englishmen have a record oi fifteen morals .without losing a life in. a train accident. The reason is be- cause they do things in the autocratic, arbitrav, English manlier whiph totally disregards the inalienable rights of a citizen to be massacred by the railroads. Parliament 'compels the adoption of the block system. A 'supervision is main - Joined which has no. parallel in the Uni- ted States. Here in America, the rail- way, inspectors for two hundred; thous- and. miles of railroad are just fifteen in number. Hero no official exists who has es a duty or even is authorized to say to "Y • • g your rail -twee tinsefely. Stop." . •IfifGkeat Britain the Board of Trade takes the place of the Interstate Com- merce Commission. ..The chief inspector of the Board -Col. Yorke is his name just now -is a gentleman of military habits, and whet be says goes, .and goes instanter. Behind him is the Whole pow- er of the British army. Not hong ago an inspeetor, impressed by certain eenger- ous conditions.. in braneh of the London. Subway, telepluined Ode Yorke. The colonel is not given to expostulating or corresponding. He sent peeemptory or - dere to stop the running • of all trains on the snot, and not a wheel was dm - en till the defect was corrected.. -From Leslie's :Monthly Magazine for February. Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in COWs . GASLIGILT FLASH SIGNS. The electric flasheights ha.ve proven so popular for advertising purposes that the gas -flesh has been designed, which is 'said to answer the same demands at One-eighth the cost. The letters forming the sign eve made independently, and in each is it cluster, of male jets, in the midst .of whieh is a pilot light, which .is always burning. By an ingenious de- vice the supply of gas is regulated. BO' that a certain amount is delivered at re- gular intervals, and as the flow is start' ed it is ut once ignieed by the, pilot jet, ana for it short period there is a blaze of light. The appearance Of the gas flashes is Haiti to be identical with those operated and illuminated by electricity, . and tle cost of their maintenance is said to be about one-eighth that of the current. • , , M tined's Liniment Cures Colds, etc I. *Raising Geese for the Fea.theits. • (Country Les in Amorien. ing requires little or no rubbing. You, should try Sunlight Soap, Will not injure dainty lab. rics, 313 '` The fisureT7hhetisriarwraeysSpelvayenecl an import. run nart in Watery, It may be interesting or boy and g rle o road a few or the traditiods In welch it rigures, is said tilltettilegoirgrO"rascutit itri,t.(11 7Vliseci4Yantg• ordered to the children of Israel. ' They feasted 7 days and stayed 7 clays in awe tents. elle 7ti year wait d year of rest. At tee end of 7 times 7 yeare begun a year 01 Jubilee: Nvery 7tb, year the land lay fallow. Ilvery 7th year there was a greed relOaso from debt and bOnderaen were s'eFtetirdiaap. s from these old las% says the Brooklyn Bugle, canto the later customs In which the magical 7 plays so Important a part, A young maa was bounS out to service for 7 years. Prisoner!! were con- fined for 7 years or 14 Or 21, ascot -Mee to their offense, In -olden times cella was uot named until it was 7 days old because he was Dot Mangle really alive until then. The itoteigla htiora ntillintam=tod , ithig the 7th year they are expected to !cave the gums in favor of set 2. A man be- comes of age at 21: at 4x7 he is supposed to be .111 full possession of his physical strength; at 74 Ile is mentally °Waged at his beet: at 7x6 if he- Is ever to become grave and full of wisdom then is the proper time ter him to begin. At 7x7 he is at the full tide of life, and after that. according to this terrible rule of 7, he Is to go dowu hill at a 7 times mte of speed. raSauoinea oyne ab:safigure11 ed trhat on athe anrMill int. seven large nails, the fat_ for 14 pounds of candles, the carbon for Ga gross of crayons and phosphorus enough for 820.000 xnatches. Out of it can be obtained, besides, 20 spoon- fuls of salt, 50 lumps of sugar, and 42 liters of water.. 1 -.e. -- ' -- he ' ....• . -- Tile thousands of people weo write to me, saying that hileh's Consul= 03 tion mea. The Lung Nom. vae- Tonic cured them of chronic coughs, cannot all be mistaken. There must be some truth in it. ! Try a bottle for that couch of yours: ' Prices: S. C. Werge & Co. 310 : We. 60c. $1, LeRoy, Nee, Toronto, Can. a 414 s • 4.1 pp LI e 614,424=4040244:14:=4141, An Old Servant's Devotion: A touching stoyy of an old reeainer's devotion in times. of nelyeesity was told in the Marlebone Coroner% Court, Lon - 'don, when an hupsest was held on Mar. tha Barton, 81 of Langhtort street, Vest, .who died from pneumonia. ana bronchitis. Weeping biterly as she gave her evidence Emma Turner, an old women, said the 'deceased had lived. with her for a, long time. , The Coroner-"Yeers ago I believe you were in the employ of hte deceased as servant ?" "Yes; but she failed hi bustness, and then I tok her to live with me, and she had Hyatt with me ever since." Another witness said that Mrs. Barton had ne relatives, and the only one who had any regard for her was her old eel-- vant. • oe vermin .tooss. farm in the lifiddlO Wtht there ia lecubreor with a :capacity 10'llile°.;e11(1')eellm'are not, however, Placed in the Incubator at ono time, but are so arranged that one peened will hatch mug day,•being Igt?It'3rdijitt et4T1i4W Uie iosl1ngs aro taken their feathers alone, whin aro used in the upholstirilig ImAness, Meeks of glnes that oompored the oortig, w ion Ole FAW WItO Warltliord, seses-4-4-seeeseesee-444-4,4,414-4-4,44-4-4-.+404-oreevesses-404-.4,4+44.•44-44-4-44.0. 11,w,11 to ilim, .4,,,,arlym 0, Irif.att oz 1 poring within On room to Gee ir , t Vico.' end a batill of nfilc, WIti4:11 lil an Packing WAR going on. ; 7 hitimeiti had inskretiy.,, conveyed from • "VOrY' Well ; the monist can valet . tase ra.ntry. selitt he would never until .tionte one else le at libeler: 1 • talk !with Vie, by or heal lee plerel. Yoa eralnot enter there again, while Inge to be reheased. lio simply itto- 1 remain Imre, and / wish you to tlise i penited tele fuel iipoa the tribe?, eta tirictly mideratstiel It," Florente v. le en hurrleil Away ae gni Ikly es pee- . oternlY respondsd. "You MVO liatd • oar lard crp_ortunity 'to play Om , 'wee .Taillte, Laritig tqt.pWit tldfinTo Spy, Up011 MN !Nii+-W lf0.1" slif! fiOlifinlif' ' !trot ;lad sf:rttri,.; p ri.. him and' anwit . oil, with a loak and In a tone the mimed the deer, tiell, Iteitre, when girl dared net if. '; .by, and she <avail:LT:ea by lee eattor, he lied turnfil angrily away. f‘tit.Ita ltko a, young. -tiger for hie up, fa, eimionued.1 1 fe-ety. ..._........,aseeee.-. --o. . Vet It was fie nee a the brute fore, The pretest, worry ie alwees paused oi elm ri.ta wee tiria,o •‘.7tts a tileteii 1.3- the thint,•4 that timer 1..7,-;•,tn, 4 4 4.444-44.4-* 4- e.4-4:44. IB 'in,ATED EWA Thereis nailing In the rearketi appreachist thi quetity ot iIs�tl Ira) tin) v et Milks; ef tbis wktre. i#st t1t FIDDY,S name II do the bottom ot each pail arid tub. 4:0444* * • *44 •4 -******-44.4,4+.4444•••• I Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. I I MUSIC OFTHE INSECT WORLD. The trne wing peeformere, are the crickets.and long -horned gresslioppers, ,or true locusts, of which the katydid is a characteristic representative. These fel- lows -for it is elways the melee the spores and lovers of the insect world - perform serenades by the hour on what might be called living fiddles. Most in- sects are devoid of hearing. The locusts and -crickets possess acute hearing. Their eourtsbip is carried on entirely through the medium of their ,serenades. The males remain in oee epot playing upon their instruments. The females undoubt- edly, etteatted byekliese songs, seek the players with untiringenergy, mi • Most re arkable. s the character of the sounds produced in relation to the instruments played upon. These instru- . Monts seem umeh too flirusy to produce ,metallic and fargeachieg seends. The goundeprodueing portion of the wings is unlike the musical instruments of inen. But the tightened, parelunent-like sound- ing board and the manner in which the -wings are scraped together correspond Somewhat to a stringed instrument. With the ,crickets proper the wings are raised ,almost or quite veitically whee • stridulating. With the locusts the sound-produeing argyle are elevated so as •to permit a eeraping motion. • Always Me inusicid organs are attaoh- ed to the lore wings. The hind wings are used only•for flying. The fore wings of the cricket are for the most part taken useby the sound -producing, tight- ly etretehed.•portion.'This part is :strong- ly but openly veined, and the toothed' vein or bow extends 'entirely across this 'horizontal portion near its base. The roughened edge, where the toothed bow serapes, is upon the inter netegin. The rieht ema left ford wings are precisely alike, so that either may be used for -the bow or fiddle.-01ilea,go News.. 1 V HARNESSING THE SUN. . A company Jies been ionised' of Bos- ton, New York Mat London canitaliets for the Manufaeture and installation of solar motet's for pumpiiig and irrigation purposes in the and sections of Novada, California, Arizona Utah and other States. A plant Will be established, at Mice Ill.; to turn out . the machines, which have been perfected and tried sue- cessfully at Willcox, Mese and Tempe, Anis,; and Pasadena, Cal., find Deiwet, Cofol. ANew Yorkers heeded by Clarence nimas time* interested are a group Sacket, a trustee of several large es- tates. George Vawston, of Ragland, multienilliomire, is rase interested, and 14 fonmhug ft (enemy to operate in Egypt, South Africa Mille and 11tisc 71 ie underetnea Ord the Southern Da. eifie will oilier 11 littilliter of tlie inetera for use at its desert stations, and nee 14 already being coast:meted for its Will. cox, station, Advertising Household Necessittea. ISSUE NO. 19054 urn. wtradaw,s bombing syrup stwela tawny* lio wed for (,iIAIldroll leettilrig• 18 801)1148 the child, softeas thermals, cure* Wind collo and 14 the beet remedV fqr Diarrham, FOR SAM „.....„.... ......2..„.... .„,,, irtet, Mos SAW MILL COMPLETE-gbeiglf- . kok., spi.dt.ii.,,... term; reason able. b. T. Ilodgeon, Ili webridge, Ont. AGENTS -WANTED. ITAVII YOU USN IT? WHAT? LON'S „4-g. 'Viceless lteeloes; 3,000 secrete for tile ilerile, farm, laboratory, workshop, and every department of iiinutin endeavor; with full in.. (lex to contents, 303 penes, bowie In cloth; send 21 cents for ith copy, •atel if sae Weis tirdb;raet Is flu: Irtor money seed a mole a ur I no Will bill returned; this is a good side -line for canvassers. William Iiriges, methodist Tenet nom, Toronto, Out. . A GENTS -OUR, LTNE is Juin WHAT tile people want; our prices are low, ana lust whet everybody wants; .write for full la- forraatioa. Wllilani 13rIggs, Wesley leonine, Toronte, Ont. • ,An observeitt eon -respondent of a west. ern journal devoted to siublieity notes that the lionsehold necessity 14 the leo,n1L advertised of all art101e4 in common tote, Xliclum utensils, in particular, seldom, reeeive the atimition in newspaper ad. vertishig, wbieli tee ineversel neea for them noutil seem to warrant, The man- . ufaehirere depend larafely Upon the ve. seers to properly exploit their wriree, eberees if !Ley troly fa did la keep- ', lug mviituriatt3 article; lief ire tile pub. lit! The (michemd deinesid onthe part of distrihator• would in. re than recoin- ponse them Inc their outlay, 1VIISCELLANEOUS. LAD1.S NB IN ED, SENO • for free trial of our ,nover.' failing remedy; relief oulek and .eafe. Deg.' 100, earls Clennical Co., Milwaukee, Wls, T woul.so Lam rivartY WOMAN To -IL write for our Bering, styles and samples of our 24.50 to $12 suits, in cloth, silk unit lustre; Mee raincoats, skirts end waists. Write mo to -day. manager, Soutlicott tem Co., Dept. 11, London, Opt. D. H. BASTED° & CO. 77 King St, East, FOROTO. MANUFAOTUSEOS OF FORS Everything in Furs at lowest prices. Send tqr ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. RAW FURS. We will pay highest New sYork prices for mink. Shane, Coon. FoS,, and all other Pure. seed for price list. Trees Which Cause Headache. A curious member of the eegetalen. kingdom has ben discovered in the ear East. It is a` species of acacia, whielt grows to a height, of about. eight feet, and When fell grown closes its leaves together in curls eash day atsunset,. and curls its twigs le the form of AP pigtail. After, the nee has settled it- self in this way for a night's sleep, like most sleepers it objeets to being disturb- ed. If touched it will flutter as if tated and impatient at elie interruption of its slunebere. The oftener the foliage is molested the inore violent 'becomee the shaking of the bra:miles, and at length the 'tree emits a nauseating odor which, 'inhaled for a few moments, will cause a violent headache. MESSRS, C. 0.,RICEADDS es CO.: - Gents, -After suffering'for seven years with inflanimatory- rheumatism ,eo bad that 1 was eleeen • months confined to my room, and for two years could not dretis myself witeenit help, your • agent gave • me a bottle of MINARD'S LINI- MENT in May, 1897, and asked me to ' try it, which I aia, and was so well pleased with the results, Lprocured more., Five bottles coinpletely cured nie, and I have had no return of the 'pain for eighteen months. The above facts are well known to everybody ite this village and neighborhaad. 1.A....D.Am.wi • Yours gratefully, St. Timothee, Qua, 16111 May, 'Ca • Offbnjdeicatneadp °tie, 61- aNeRwisdoe. -An 'old colored Woman slippedand fell on the sidewalk 'way out in Indiana avenue last night. Two patrolmen hurried to her assist- ance, got her on her feet and prepared to take her In a nearby store. .The old womau. was very ulnCii excited as she was behag assisted along. "See 'Unit; /distal' Plieem;n," she cried, "doan you go full to sen' fur no avalancher I ain't done hurt (mut fur no avalanche!" So no avalanche was sent for, and friends tookrBN hceEr home.wB *I SHOULD NOT BE TAXED.,,, • Mho Dominion Government did a good • thing for the farmers of -Canada when, it placed certain grades -,of fence wire on, the free list & few years age. Since then, genie:lied stet:rote wire Note '9, 12 and+ 13, weieh are more used in farm fine - Mg has been kept down th 'nice which, enabled thousands of farmers to replace at, unsightly, wasteful wooden fences with neat, new wire structuiee, thereby improving their own property o,nd en- hancing the value of elie surrounding neighborhood. Now it transpires that pressure is being brought to bear upon - the Gomel/met to go back to the old duty on these grades of wire. That such a change would work ihjury to the farming community admits of no argu- ment. At present, practically none of the grades of wire on the free list are manufactured in :Canada so that any duty that would be .eitt on the ,wirei would prove an. equal -tax upon. the • consumer -the fernier. A tariff of say 25 par Cent. would tmdoubtedly en- hance the cost of fencing fully ten to fifteen cents per rod. , This would mean, . • that •the owner of it medianiesized. farm ' would have to bear an extra tax of fully $150 to fence Isis farm.; Were fencing ait unimportant matter there would be no reason far alartnebet with the, pass-, ' lug Of etim 'old fences, and the increasing attention to *trick raising, new fencing • is an,alsolute necessity. In elie older parte of the -Dominion • ' the :improvement of farm buildings and tee cementation of new fences 'have beeix. snaking very Tapia strides during the - past few years, and • it eve aid prove ix very unfortunate matter if a cheek wee° given to tills annelaneeded adva3ice by the impoeition of it tax that CetilLworle' no benefit to elle fermer .and at the Ramo time Stamper the Canadian manufactur- ers of fencing W110 U80 wire as a rase material. Rather than hamper farm Me proveineut, ana demoralize an indastry important to agriculture, by placing wire whieh is new admitted free of.day on the dutiable list, it woula be much bettor ea 'wipe out the present tariff. of . 20 per cent. on. Nos. 7 end 11, Whiee 4o3:121 'enable farmere to get a. stronger • style of fence without intreitsing the 00, • • • • Raccoon That Stole Ducks. (ellleago Tribune.) A duck -stealing raesoon van killed labia pagoda building in -Garfield Park yesterday' afternoon by Park eolteernan Jumper. During several days the disappearance of the (leeks had been neticed. In the iterated . the animal tral4 trilek03 011011111 VIP 44:10W After the raccoon bad been kilted it wee lNiPc'iln!igt1180itgri7t;;!4AVTIV.his nock, 111$' AlinartIss Linattent Cures Diphtheria. SPRING BIRDS ON HATS. • Owls' heads remain. Vagles' (1111114 fip13e. Coq plumes are seen. One SPOR tall feathor rosettes. There are pheasants' Turkey tail feathers serve teloptilit, Crimpesl feathers were a '.,14 -$Shift Olney, Just what bird ei eesponeibleefer the sky-blue 'wings 18 a mystAnt. ' • Indeed' the idea seems to ha to oartt(f'' birds pieNmical on hats, and eaeli a head, S. 'wing, i bather oiliY4i • else suits her style and taste Tif . ;vita