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The Wingham Advance, 1905-02-23, Page 6.41114~0mayforamomr•awasamproiliwwwwwom, I k II I I •••••.44100f ll'ee,/ 814AIL 4;11/ ega//&444ce ,44741fr* lie e gjge 7 t Ciat 46, iil-e?", a"""w4 4,1aporr.aa [lidseePentedatiteeltd"isa•MeeladtasellarthaWadanizeethllasial The Untinown Bridegroom. "MI right—that is just witat I want e•ou :to dm But now go he, please—I want to hear Wore about these women, the nurse and the houeekeener," said Mr. Seared set- tling back in tis " Well, there ts not much more tell, only that when the house- keeper pounced upon the long-mies- ing nurse—whose name, by the way, ts not Mary, but Jaue—tae shock ef the meeting .seemed to complete the good werk that Dr. Field had been doing, and she came at once to herself. The housekeeper, as I said, took her home with her and began to 'questben her about her - elf end the child. Jane could re- call everything up to the moment that ,the reached the ground atter descending the ladder with the brave fireman wale had gone o her re-mue —after that all wee a blank until quite re,cently, when glimpses of memory have returned to her, only she eould not think connectedly long at a time. It ,seems that they have been here two or three time' to seek me /during the last few: days; hluitI I have been out of town, only returning this morning. I had, questioned Mary or Jane, a great deal, first and last, asking her If she could remember anything about hating the care of a child before site lost her mind. Sometimes she thought she could remember a 'baby, then • her memory Would fail her, and then all would be a blank again. It emems elle told the old housekeeper of this, and the (woman 'became inspired with the idea that I must know some- thing abort the boy; so insieted up- on coming to me. It strikes me as a somewhat remarkable coincidence that they should appear upon the scene right in The midst of these ex- planations. I have kept them.—theyl are in tbe next room—for I want them to go with,us to (Wellington & Hayes. Beta are almost paralyzed with joa. when I assured them that Sir julien's May) was alive and Would eat come to his inheritance. It seems that the present butler visits the old housekeeper, whom he has privately informed that he does not fae-or the reigning baronet—he claim that The Iona a born 'eontle- man—be 'aren't good blood in te veinot " "The butler has the right of it - 1 agree 'with hint. said Mr. Seaver, WWI a laugh. "Now," Mr. Carnal resumed, "I can account for Leighton's sudden aed pearance before me during my holi- day. Jamie and I were down on the beach one afternoon, when he stumbled upon us, and I wondered to see him there, for I believed bile to be an America. Now I can also understand whote was ea strangely agitated when he observed and ques- tioned me about Jainiets scarred lega and feet, for he was barefooted end barelegged, and I told him the by's story. tie had heard of the neysteri- 011,9 diSa.PPearabC.1 e the child and hi; nurse, in all probability, and put- ting: this and that together—reale 'zing the age of the bey and that the date. whien I mentioned coinoided with what lie knew, he doubtless came to 'the concluaion that he was the lost their, and that if that fact sho,ald beconte known he would be hurled front the proud position pind lose the Magnificent fortune which he had oo recently. acquired. Ab, what a fiend lie isi—he met even then have coneeivea the plan ot kid- naping Jamie, for I remember now '• hearing him tell him where he could find all the starfish he wan Led. Ile directed him to a certain group dr rocks, where, on the next afternoon, I found his hat and beaked and be-. Ileveid he 'had met with an accident and been drowned. But be will have a long acceunt to settle •vvith me now—he bas reached the end of his rope at last. Ileavens! It makes 'ney blind boil evben I think that ho dared aopire to the hand of Mho Riehartioon," he concluded, with h blazing eyee aad sternly compeeseed lips. leaver colored slightly at this lo.st remark, and wondered what he wmild think if he knew that. Walter Leighton even dared to claim 'dor- once au hit !wife, and bad 'threatened her with a penile ocan‘dal and the law. But he refrained from mentioning these facts, heaping that, through (some geed luck, they might be (lon- e ,aled Florence was UR waril, he was Nery fond ef her, and it was hie duty', ao well as Me desire, 1.0 shield ber in every way peeeible. . "lie certainly: In a Imre bratty, unprincipled fellow., and I heartily wish that I had never accepted hie invitation L. vieit at tbe Towers," lie obizerael, with a annewliat de- jected tOlo pray in not riay that, vvIten ober mad tax resulted in se much good ; but tor it Jamie might nev- er have teen released," exclaimed Mr. Carrel, eitz.thealy. • "Well, I Am rather irritated to be, under obligatiene to Emelt a villain to have nartakeo of the hospitality!, of 0, finan agatide w loan I wait g,ive evidence •tvlueli will dottotlees doom him to i deliviehe face," the lawyer gravely replied. do lien. think :you whould erderi- ; mice the elightee. twinge, when you tent izito semi:Angelical tlie good you have iteideved by going to 'Worthing Tower;," ebe aining e'en returned, with einteateroule rlt. "Now, will , doe memo te till me to gm Wellington lla yid r.:" "Yes, with ell the heart," reheated- • ed Mr. feimiee•it "and there will be jmt alerat 'et tell theta this marry. I Wink 11,41,1•0 oiq, train leaves.' , wont t,:t, florae f',ri1 dens 11103 old boneekeeeer eta." tmie Calling a Oitariage, they ere driven direct -. I : • le to Lincoln's Inn, where they were fortunate enough to find both mem bers of the firm In their office, dewy', concisely stated their business, and Ithe, staid old lawyers could hardly have been more startled and nenaz- , od it a bombshell had exploded at their feet. They sat literally speecla I less and spellbound wbile the usurp- er's plot 'was unfolded to them. But they found their tongues at last ! and the four men talked and corn - i pared notes uhtil it Was ( too late for Mr. Seeder to catch the train he bad intended to take 'and -then it was decided that It I would be impossible to bring runy action against Sir Walter Lelebton that night, as the law required cer- tain fortnalities walla( could not be compbed with et so lato an hour in the day. Msesrs. W( Irnaton re Hayes strong ly advised Mr. Seaver 'to return to the (hewers alone, and ,conduct him- self throughout the evening as If nothing unusual had occurred to dis- turb his equanimity. It would be very -unwise, they (10010.red, for Mr. Car- rel to accompany bine as they had planned, for hie presence would cer- tainly cause the baronet to scent anger, and he would 1e very 1 ke y to give them the elip and escape the justice which he meritEd. Ile was ad- vised to tv.att and go down on the morrow, together with the pro.per officials, and the old housekeeper and nuree. This plan W,I14 somewhat dlsap- pot1ng 'to tlie young, We' was very impatient to see Jamie; :but he plainly saw* the wisdom of It, and sularetted ti it wit!, a mace. gess that proved his desire to have full Justice meted out to the criminal who had at last everreached him- self. He, however, went out And bought ramie the nicest beoks for boys that he could find, and, slipping be- tween tbe leaves an affeetienate noite--aseurieg him that he "would surely co,me to -morrow, when he would have great news for him," gave it to Mr. Seaver to take to So -the lawyer returned alone; bu upon his arrival he found his wife and two, wards in a sate of cen.-11- (gab1e exedement tever a someweat thr fling iecieent that had occurred earlier in the (lay. I It will be remembered that bath Plexence and Monica mut down to lunch—Mrs. S.etwor remaieing on guard wth Sande—and "Mei red for a while afterward in the drawing - room Here Monica was selkited to play an accompaniment for one or the guests, who bad that morning re- ceived a newsong, and she Obrg- ingly at down at the piano toCoin- l' 'with the lei:mesa e A. few mehionts afterwards Flor- ence stole quietly out, intending to El p upstairs to her room and dande. As she crossed the hall, and had almost gained the stairway, she heard. a coarse vOce, in the vestibule Inquire ,ef the butler if Miss Monica. King was a guest in the "tome. "Yes," the butler replied, '-the lady is there, and will don please step tato- the reception -room and send our card to her?" "It Isn't necessary to send my eard," the vole° returned as the stranger stepped inside the door; "you can tell her tbat some one wishes te see her at once in the re- c.eption-room." Flerence boa paused at the toot et the stairs—something familiar in the mon's tone attracting her— and glarced back at lam. Re saw her, started, then, with an evil gleam in his eyes, he stepde rapidly toward her. , "Oho 1" he said, with triumphant I vibratien in his tones, "so here you are right Wes° at hand I Come, now, we den't want any scene, so you Just put on your things and go with me without any 1 -ave takings." ; Flerence for an instant shrank In- voluntarily from him, for she rceog- nizd at Ottell ail the man who had so amd- ly ect osted lit r in lemaon the prev-hut fall ; see knew, else, that e must be Carl Xing, and had dolubtless come with the Intention to compl Monna to go away with him. The next moment she etraigh ion - ea herself haughtily aud looked him steadly in the ore. "I de not mulerstand you, gm" she icily returned; "you have ovIdentlY eie.e. a mistake, and de not know whom you are addresing" "Don't 1 1:6W—really 1" tho in- truher sneered "Yeti can't ploy that 1'ttle gamin on ine—you Ye' tried once or twin before. with Inez, but it won't go down with the old man. tiarela now, and eel on your thinge," lo centinued, fiercely, "or there 11 be a devil of a row; for, by Heaven 1 you Muth not give me alio Wirt a emend time." "I tell you, sir, you have maderm mistake—you do not know the lady yon ar aadregflingi" VlOrPtICO pr- &t4d. The man swilre, end grew red In the face. "Itnew you —lot course / know you, Monica Xing:" "I ant not Monica Xing. 1 nou thee Ireenrile .n ; but I now recoenizo you 418 to man wto once before in - elated tit t. 1 wits s ,n11 ono you knew :n fed t tilt 4 131 01 Reg hi: Arent 2.0 11,4.1:don, nearly a year ago," Ithnelice undauntedly re• tur ni "Alta 1 and who woe that tempo, wile pedalled to meddle with reline wee mete 01 hat hueiness ?-4 owe him One for tbat!," the man retorted, duelling Thiarenee ,delemed no reply; but, turning with an air of hrOud dignity ti Utz vett z -eyed, weeded/1g butler, elm Quietly oheerved '•Jtpii. 1 think eon had better tall your master and let him deal, with Ole man." 'Deed trotible aenirself to 'do any- thing of the Fiore,* nia! good fellow,"t glad Carl It nig, and going Mau au ugly loot:. "I don't want anything 01 that ---- baronet. I have simply. ovine to take away' tioa young lady, whose guardien ; ana if site' won't go with hue peoneenly, ellen ' uso timetable measure's." Even as he epolte perpleaea look began to gleam in bite eyes, for the girl surely dal not .act like Monica.) "Yoe are not my guardian," sa.id F101'0100, "1 reitcrwto I am 1%1,130 hichardeora, and tho ward of liird itobert Sica,ver, ol New Yorre United header of dnieriett," "Meat 1" Peareely retorted Mr. I King; 'you can't tool me witli any such tetauped up story'. mand pointing at Burnie "hate net told me that Monica King is in this home. flow le it ?" be questioned, turning angrily: to the butler. "Isn't Ohs eoung woman, thee Xing?" I "No, sir; this in Miss Itiollerdeong sir," oespondea Burnie with grave precision. • Ile had learned to dietingulsh the emote,' ladies by their dem. "Then where I. Miss King?" de - weeded the man. "Yoe told me that she was bere." , "I—air—excuse me, sir," stammer- ed the butler, who began to fear Ito bad made some serioue blunder. But even as be spoke the drawing - room door opened again, and Moni- ca berself appeared upon the scene. Otte swift glance was sufficient to show her who was there, and a startled cry esca,ped her; then, with the speed of light, she aarred to- ward the stair& ' But the titan intercepted her be- fore she could react) them. "By the powere!" he exclaimed, as he glanced from her to Florence, "so there are two of you! Well, title le the biggest sorprise I ever had In - my life! Great Scott 1 and you are as link° as two peasi—it Is no won- der Inez was fooled!" , Florence stepped forward and con- fronted him. "If yoe will step into yonder re- ception room," elle saki, indicating the apartment wath an imperious gesture, "I 'will explain this riddle, to eou. Monica, go upstairs if you like onsumption q There is no specific for consumption. Fresh air, ex. ercise, nourishing food and Scott's Emulsion will come pretty near curing it, if there is anything to build on. Mil. lions of people throughout the world are living and in good health on one lung. CI From time immemorial the doctors prescribed cod liver oil for consumption, Of course the patient could not take it in its old form, hence it did very little good. They can take SCOTT'S EMULSION and tolerate it for a long the. There is no oil, not excepting butter, so easily • digested and absorbed by the system as cod liver oil in the form of Scott's Emulsion, and that is the reason it is so helpful in consumption where its use must be continuous. q We will send you a , sample free. and I twill conae presently" she ad- ded, turning to her cousin. "No, site don't!" said Carl Ktng menacingly. "No dear, I evIll remain,with You, Monica. calmly observed. as she slip- ped one arm around arlorencehe waist and herself led the weal to the re- ception room. "Burns, will you please remain in the hall." Florence comnianded, as, she closed the door, but wondering to herself what could have made Monica so fearless of her enemy all q 13e sure that this , picture in the form of a label is. en the wrap - 1, per of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. Scott 8c Bowne Chemists Toronto, Ont. at once Then she turned again to con- front bine and shivered slightly as she caught the malignant look with which• he was regarding her cousin. "It is, peieraps, superfluous for me see. and p; all druggists I-, , %ievered Sleighs for Invalide la Stormy IWeather. The .calnuan of Quebec eity is known: at all seasons as a "railer," but in win- ter he dame a lowset "eariole" with a fur robe hung over UM back seat, al. most touehing the snow bebind. lie • -opens the :side door of his sleigh, aud , tueks in his passengers, first with a blanket, then a Me rug, mut plants him- self on the high, narrow seat in front. ciaa in his big coon eoat, lie makes a i ; fine »Mehl from the wind in that direc- tion, while the bigh back,of the eariole, 1• topping our heads, proteers 'Us fr0111. thO • rear, A covered sleigh le; preferable to i , these open ours for invalids in stormy • ! weather, or for party -goers in evening : dress, but none would choose it for a I ,. pleasure (hive. The motion makes some 1 people seasick, and to be bounced up aud ' down theeehots, slowea around the cor- iners, and to be apparently on the vedge QUEBEC CABMEN. ' of upsetting every minute without being able. to see where one is going, are not ! enjoyable sensations. The drive up these steep ley slopes is fearsome enough, even when one can see what a grip the sure footed Canadian pony has upon the ; road as he tears up hill and down with unabated speed. Horse and driver alike know then business. We may shave breirthlessly close to another eariae--- • that cannot be helped whore the streets • are so narrow—but we will not collide, nor will we upset on the ear tacks though we slam across them at a lively 'rate and at any sort of an angle, Some- times the carter stops off and runs for I a, bit, not talighten the load, but to 1 warm himself. Most of them are French Canadians, but our man proclaims a a different nationality by hie first remark. "An English lady I had out to -day said she was charmed wid our white 'wooed. Shure an' if she'd be drivin' round in it so long as I have Ede'd get her fill of it." 1 From the middle of November till the middle of April does indeed make rather a lengthy sleighride. The latter part of it is dismal Anough, when the collets, or hollows between the drifts,. have be- come slushy pools, and the erstwhile solid country roads, that successive snow falls have raised above the level of the fences, are turned into sloughs of de- spond, apparently bottomless. General- ly, for about a week in early April, when the air is balmy and springlike, and the crows are flying overhead in search of the first clear spot of dark, damp earth, there is neither wheeling nor sleighing . in the region round Quebec. In town it is different. The mayor gives 'orders that householders must have the pavements chopped out of their iey overcoats by the first of April: Spring freshets will Ito rushing riotously down the gutters FATALISM AND FEVER. Welsh Custom Which Helps to Spread Disease, to tell wou that I 'mow you are An epidemic of scarlet fever wilt% is Me. Carl King and that you hare raging sa Goginan, near Aberystwyth, cruelly wronged Monica," Florence began, coldly; "but told you that I would explain our likenees to each other. We are eouaing—tionica's fa- ther was ens! mother's brother, but even ed It seems very strange that • we should resemble each other more closely than seine twin Meters. We met, Tor the firm time, on °inkwell front Rome, diecovered our relation- ship, and I, after hearing her story,, insieted thee she. should remain with me and share with ine, as a sister —at least until her wrongs could be redressed and her own roa tune re- stored to her." • "Indeed! Really:, eties 'You are decidedly independent and plain-spoken for a young womeabf your y:*itra," sneered the man, 1113 A•000 elaaking with eimpreEsed wrath. "'There are times when plain speak- • Wales, owes much of its virulence:to tale ,spirit of fatalism which peryails among the Welsh, The people believe that if they are fated to catoh the fever no precautions will save them from it, and that, on the other hand, they can come in contact with it with impunity if it is not. their fate to be infected. Ilhis'spirit of falalism, says the Lon- don Express, is shown by the Welsh cus- tom of holding "wyinosau" or prayer - meetings. at the house of a deed person. The friends of the dead crowd into this house, a,nd remain for an hatir or two re- gardless of the cause of death. 1 At the end of the service they marell in procession round. the coffin to, take it last look. Although ministers of religion and members of public bodies Ave uttered •.b , . g sleighing in the country, and suburban- ites frequently bave to change from wheels to runners, or viee versa • at Ufa tollgate, leaving or entering the 'town.— Cor. Nev York Evening Post. 1 Yofuroincantleuoruetsfiaec.ougiotatr coul:t cure it through the blood. , ShiRoh's Consumpti Ira cure'The Lung is the only renaedy that will do this. It gets right to the root of the trouble. It is guaranteed to sure. Prises: ' S. WELts & co. 312 25c. 50e, $1: Latoy, N.Y., Toronto, Can. ing in neceseary," retorted Flop- ;vehement pretests, the custom of the• _ ence, sententlouely'. I dwyinoseu" continues to flourish, and • n more an one ns a co las been 'Humph! Se you are the irl I Saw 1 th a I; n it 1 • an 'Regent greet that day!" king'oprOved to be 'directly responsible for the rtaelagIS observed. "Welt It la 'no spread of the infection. -* -wonder I inintook you for Mon Ica ; but I would ju att like ' IIFE 0 1HE RAIL 'to get my paw On that fellow who • gave me such a plunger. Well," he : continued, turning with seowl to abenlea, "now that the riddle Is ex- plained, and I Mese unearthed you at last, you will just march. your- self out of this in double-quick time. D'se hear ?" "Carl King, I shall neverg' any- where with you again," saia Monica, In a low but resolute tone. "Your < authority over me• :ceased on that eight when you so cruelly consignee mo to that private madhouse." "Shut up !" interposed the men, • fiereely, and, striding angrily to- ward her; "I am in no mood to bandy words with you or take any of sour impudence. I say that I have unearthed you, and now—you aro emning with .me." 1 Florence very, deftly slipped in ba- tmen her cousin and the infuriated man. "Deed presume to lay so much as ono finger upon Miss King," she ex- , claimed, vv.itli haughtily uplifted he.ad , and flashing eyes; "she shall never ' leave this house with you—she shall • never fall into your power again." I "By Heaven, she shad!" snarled the villain, and raising a heavy hand as it 'to Sweep tb.e dauntless girl from Ids path. • But sho rumor flinelled bair be - him. She stood her ground ttaid held lain with her blazing eyes. "Allenica, go quickly—go' to your room !" she, pleaded. A low, cold laugh rang through , the t'oom. "I will, Floy, presently," slut re - 1 plied; "but first I will attend Carl King while he makes his exit. Now, atand hot upon the order of your I going but—go!" And before tho men method her latention, the girl had leveled 0, Fiord). Ealter-mounted revolver at him. 1 CHAPTER XXXV. A Startled and a:retitled oath leap- ed to Carl King's lips as he found himself covered by that deadly toy in MOntert.'s . hand. • Ile shrank back involuntarily anti , paled visible. He knew that tho , girl was an almost tinereing marke- ( Dian, for her father had taught her, 1 years ago, to handle firearm, for, :. in the rough and uncivilized come ) try 'where they had lived, it was ' a, imeessitse to know "now to defend I one's self, and Ito had oftori seen thia ! frail girl shoot a hoed( upon the I wing. I- - Ile had kilo:win, too, that she had long owned a fine brace of revel,. ! eerie but Ile supposed that they were 1 bath in her trunk, which 110,4 been in his possession ever since the night Ithat she was taken to Dr. Flint's so r it melon . , But the present eituntion proved i that she hail determined to .14011 her ' retosereil liberty dearly, and had ite- Icortlinely provided herialf with inertnii Gf eeltalefenee, and with a 'View to Just Snell an emergency as thia (To be continued.) IgtOf lie vi 11 o ft 21 I , 111° ItTehrIX ,Erto bean ext,enoIvr to that organitation. oat et a total tlmemlitnre of eisi,000 during Isai si15.4(41 wilt; w,e.1 In r,upporting strikes, The F Parl ( 1 tbe refit, of die eau- ( payee to inerease the mimmuni scale wage rremiS aid 00 to eine and .3:4 cents an Lour. • Boating on the Nile. Navigation on the Nile is not so com- plicated a matter as upon the North At- lantic. To run full speed upon a sand bar is an occurrence of such frequency as hardly to elicit a comment from the • -passengers. The crew take nude inter- ' est because they are obliged to push the boat off again with poles, and this. en- Italie a groat tamount of shouting a,nd . • C. P. R. Engineer's Experience with Dodd's Kidney Pills. They • Brought Back His Strength When IHe Could Neither Rest nor Sleep. Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 13.—(Special). —Mr. Ben Rafferty, the well known C. P. R. engineer, whose home is at 175 Maple street, is ono Winnipeg man who swears by Dodd's Kidney Pills. ' 1 "Long hours on the engine and the ;mental strain broke down my constitu- tion," Mr. Rafferty says. "My back gave out entirely. Terrible sharp, cut- ! tine pains followed one another, till I I felt I was being sliced away. piecemeal. '1 would come hi. tired to death from a Iran. My solo desire would. be to get rest and sleep, and they were the very , 'things I could not get. Finally I had Ito lay off work. I "Then I started to take Dockla Kid- ney Pills, and the first night after us- ing them I slept soundly. In three days t.I threw away the belt bave worn for years. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me." - I Lead Pipe for the Razor. (Philadelphia Record.) "Lead plae will keep your razor sharp," confided the garrulous barber. "Get a short piece of the smallest, softest lead pipe yottr plumber has in stock and keep it handy , when you are stroPping your razor, The ; scheme is to rub the strop %vith the pipe, ,A I tb I e Just us ou Would strop tbe Isome work, The Nile below the first , cataract is a fairly broad, muddy river, 1 ' flowing between deposed banks varying from six to eight to, twenty or thirty feet in height. Its surface is inter- rupted 'everywhere by sand -spits add isl- ands upon which are to be seen thous- ! ands of birds. Hhe channel, if such it I can be 'called, winds from one side to • the other 'and. changes conipletely with every flood. Hence even the best pilots run agromul two or three times a day.. 1 It is, of coulee, impossible to proceed at night, and each day's voyage comes to an end wherever darkness 'happens to i overtake one. The boat's nose is simply run .plump on the bank, -two men leg) out and drive' stake a to which to make fast, and. there you are for tho night. • A very simple and effective • method, 'without any ostentation and requirieg very little• IcnowIedge of mathematics. It has also the advantage of variety. • Sometimes one finds une's tell alone be- neath the wonderful . Egyptian moon lighting up the river, the distant cliffs ' and the silent, 'empty plain. Or perhaps , e stops near somb little native11 , in which case the bank is lined with silent, . curious figures, who crouch for hours wrapped in their white °loth coy- ' cringe One we tied up beside a lonely) inc red flare of go furnace, fed with sugar cana cast intermittent flashes of • light into the niglat, in and out of which moved black, balanaked natives, evbile overhead wits the cloudless, star -lit sky of Egypt.—Alonze Clarke Rplanson ni razor, to t e unfinished side of the leather. PP J. P g , Sunlight Soap will not ininte your blankets or harden them. lt wilt make them soft, white and fleecy, 114 • . When a Reindeer is Angtl. We bad travellea half the day without any serious mishap and were beginning to forget our fears at starting ona when we aped Merrily ;Wawa mountain side, singing and hollooing at the top of our voices, and ran into, a 'gulch ana stuck • there. The songs stopped in our throats, and. we sprang to our feet to sink waist deep in the drifts that had entrapped us, Every movement of our bodies sank us deeper in the snowdrifts, and the he furiated reindeer, finding themselves caugat in the banked up snow, alniost to their haunches, turned. upon us and would have pawed us to death but for the forethought of Oosilik, who, min our danger, sprang forward, and, heat- ing the overturned pulks in bis strong arms, brouglit them clown over our heads jailulthsehosunlodserr.s and pinned us out of sight We heard the hoofs of 'Uncle Ben beat- ing on the mines side as he pawed up the snow in Ms efforts to get at as, and if we had not held to the straps ami had not kept the pulk over ue he would have tossed it into the air with one sweep of Ms horns and would still have Mut his bout with us, in which case we should have been helpless ana completely at his mercy. For the first time we had occasion to see how fierce an angry reindeer can be. We spent an exciting half hour under the pinks, with the hoofs of the reindeer rattling like bail on the frozen, boards, and then the unusual commotion ceased, all at once, for the reindeer had found it lichen bed. In a jiffy they were pawing • up the snow in their hurry to get at the succuleet,mossa and we were forgdtten. By the time the reindeer Mid eaten therm selves into a passable humor, Amalik and Oosilik led them back to the pulka —St. Nicholas. Fairville, Sept. 30, 1902. C. 0. RICHARDS & CO. Dear Sirs,—We wish to inform you that WO consider your MIN'ARD'S LINI- MENT it very superior article, and we use it as a sera relief for sore throat and chest. 'When I tell you i would not be without it if the price was one dol- lar a bottle, I mean it. Yours truly, , CHAS. la TILTON. Sad Result of Indulgence in Jimson • . Weed. A Mrs. Marshall, of this city, will be a little more careful in the future as to how she takes old women's prescriptions, She had a cold, and Bill Smith's wife— everybody knows Bill Smith—"fixea" up some whiskey and horehound and gave her a tell dose one day last week. A yery good. remedy,. perhaps if old lady Smith had not mistaken jimson weed 'for horehound. As it is, Mrs. Marshall is very sick, and fiir hours riftereshe drank the whiskey, etc., it took the combined efforts of three dtictors to keep ler alive.. "She is now like an owl," said the physi- cian who gave us the facts.' "Site can only see in the- night". The jimson weed had the effect of enlarger, the pupil of the eye eintileshe cannot see a wink in day time, but her vision isgood at: night: —Mount Airy News. • SETTLERS' t.OW RATES -WEST. ,Via the' Chitago and Northwestern Hr., every day from March 1st to May 15th, 1905, settlers dine way second-claes tick- ets at -very low rates from Chicago to points in Utah, Montana, Nevada, Ida- ho, Oregon, Washington, California, alio to :Victoria, Vancouver, New Westmim ster, Roseland and points in the Kootenay district. Correspondingly toW rates from all points in Canada. Write for full particulars and folders to B. H. Bennett, General Agent, 2 East King street, Toronto, Ont.. . I e - I Planting and Harvesting. There is no seed Of value to mankind that will sprout so quickly and bear fruit so soon es the seed of advertising; , but to accomplish the' best results it must be planted in fertile soil, and where it will get plenty of the sunshine of publicity. The time to sow is cal the time, and the harvest may be gathered the year round. There is no more pro- ductive ground for this kind of agricul- ture than the Columns of a good home newspaper. fillinard's Liniment Ceres Colds, etc A Boy on a Ilan's. tumid. . The manufacturer whose products are attributed to °enemata through thou- sands of 'small retailers and who depends tt on them to acquaint the public with bock The in lit was a mead one. t ie merits of bis goods is milking the old mistake of sending a boy on it man's errand.: The little fellows can at best stitnulate the demand each in his own particular neighborhood, wbile the man- ufacturer, by judicious newspaper itd-, ; Strop your razor on that Mae, wind up With February Outing. 'a few passes on the finished side of the strop and you will have a first-class edge on _ _ the tool. never took the trouble to get Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. 1 tl th vi tu f teal 'pipe as an aid to whetting, but it Is all to the good in that respect." Mart's Liniment Corea Oarget in Cows Hoe's Maxim. Robert 116e, the fitment builder of printing presses, has this for his favorite maxim: "It is better to get behind it thing and pudh It along than to get In front of it and drag it after ye% in other words, it It the work, not the man, that }should attract attenion." This exprettion of reserve helps o expiate why: it is tbat Mr. lioe is Dover Inteetiowed in the emendators. Ito has an ale of ele- gant lelaure, but works as hard as any of his employees, thoroughly understanding every detail of kis vast business. If, (Chicago Chronicle.) If all UM world Vero bread and cheese And seat wore made to drink, This 'world Would be a sandwich them A good one, too, 1 think. And we cottla all sit down, yOU See, And have 0 tine tree lunch, And atter all the weed was gone The moon is left to munch. For it is Made of cheese, they say, And green cheese, too, et that, And if the tun were mode of broad 1 geese we'd ell get M. -..••••••* • do-•-•-e-44-e-e,a4-44-0•0441 INDURATED FIBRE WARE There is nothing in the market approsoblag the quality of ocovos make of.thia ware, ams that ADDY'S name hi nal the ItettOM eisaoh vd1 end 10.414+4+.11+#+046.4+44404411114A+++++.4-4+44+4+401+4+444441$ vortising, can educate it whole nation 'to insist upon having his specialties. Plant as the proposition is, there are too many manufacturers who do not seem to see that by helping the retailers they would be belping themselves. ze Mintird's Liniment •Cures Diphtheria. 1/Tarried Another Man.. Some years ago the business 'of hunt.- ing for persons entitled to forgotten or unclaimed deposits in the Savirtga hank of Baltimore was lucrative and the em gregate amount of such deposits was very large. Now, it is said, they have been so reduced by th finding of the persons 'entitled to them that the am- ount of such ileposits in the Savings Bank of Baltimore is only about 000, number of such deposite, is now Mr. Malcolm V. Tyson, who lies sue- ceeded hi finding the pereone entitled to hunt- ing for the heirs of George IL llicliara. toe, to whose credit about $1100 is on deposit hi tlie Savings Bank of Delta more. The information °Maine(' by Mr. Tyson is to the effect that Mr. Rieharta son became calmed to ming it flirt in this city find went to the goal fields in California to make a, fottune for him- self and his prospective wife, INlien Ito returned to this city after an alnenee of about three years lie found that the girl who had engaged to marry him hid martial Medlar man, Then Mr, Ride arisen disappeared mid nothing 13 known of what berme of himealkiltimore A corkscrew has led many 4 Man int* (looked ways, ISSUE N (,). 8, 1905, NW vereemeroinpor ',awn Moe Winelowa boothieg sernu always, be ,used for Children 'loathing. Is soothe the child, sultana the gums, cures win a colic and the hest remedy fur Dlarrhuns. mrscELL4in.-coifs7 LADIES -WREN lel Nelloa SONO for free trial of•our never- w failing remedy; relief quick and. safe. Dept. KO, earls Cheancal co., Inilwautee, Wis. - - -r WOULD LIKE EVERY WOMAN To ot o‘uvrrigi.4rt."42"glill, lustre.' also raincoats, skirts and waists!. WriteMe to -day. Manager, 8outheott one, Co,, Dept. 1, aoneon, Ont. •I). H. Et.:ASTEDO 84 CO fl Ithig street East, 'Toronto , .0 1:3iilurtYea.5risAli4tlivetA(t;irli.utritad.e. rt.4. 440,000 worth of Vino logs, clearing at -1Qns.4tPVie4S1.n Canada IS=41°111 retg°Atg;t York nricear Send tor 'wit Iles, g • IMMARKABLE PROORESS. The diellefeeturerd Life Insurence Co, During teoe Suipasseel 411 Its Previous Records, The Manufatituyers • Life Insurance Co., which publishes in another place in this issue a report of its progress during 1004, maturity gives evidence of a very healthy development. Two or three polets which emphasize this fact, such as the smallaess of its Death tite decrease of its Expense Ratios, and Lite increase in its Surplus to Policy -Holders, are such as to recom- mend it, strongly to probable insurers. The report this year makes much of thei fact that this s the close of the tenth year under the present manage - meat. Looking at the figures given for the ten years we get some conception of the weederful growth being mado in our country, when its financial cor- porations can elt1VIllICO tit the rate the Manufacturers Life has dime. ,An in- crease in ton years Of $5,261,023 in assets is certainly no mean accomplish- ment. 'We heartilycongratulate the Manufacturers Life on such a. magnifi- cent statenlent. Something Happened. As little Jim was going 'to bed, crawling under the coverlet, his mother asked him if he had not forgotten some- thing. "Nope," he answered. "Didn't you forgot to say your pray- ers?" ghee "Nope, 1 didn't say 'em last uigbt, — an' nothin' didn't happen to me. I ain't pint to say 'ern to -night neither, an' if nothint doesn't happen to Inc to -night, I ain't never goin' to say 'em." • But he die; something happened.— Chicage Record -Herald. tree— GRAND TRUNK EXHIBITS. The Graral Trunk luts arranged to make two extensive exhibit.% one at the Sportsmen's Show in Neiv York eity, and the other of it b•avelling nature. The exhibits will be somewhat similar in both instances. They Will consist of large photographs identical with those 'shown at the Wordl's Fair last year, Ted. resenting scenes along the line of the railway, in the haunts of the summer tourist, ;and where thit huntsman fine, his paradise. There will also be moving pictures illustrative of Canadian life, also mounted fish and game. The Sports- men's Show opens in Madison Suaa•e Gardens, on Feboutry 21st, and will last fur two weeks, ami it it expected. that 150,000 people will attbne, For the pur- pose of it exhibit, the G. T. R. has ire': eurqd 500 square feet of floor space, and 1,600 square feet of wall space, so that the pictures may beseen to the best advantage. The towelling picture exhibit will leave Detroit early In March, and At will open at Milwaukee on the 20th of that month. Subsequently exhibits will be made in all the principal cities of the following States: Wisconsin. Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, alizisouri, Kansas, Ar- kansas, West Virginia, and Pennsyle vania: This 'vigorous policy 'of adver- tising means it great dealt° Canada in attracting summer visitors,, to her con- fines. A North= Venice. Th old city: of Ghent, Belgium, is built on twenty -sec islands, winch are eon- neeted with eine another by eighty bridges. 'Three hundred streets and thirtypublic squares are contained in i these slands. Ghent is famous because Charles V. and John of 'Gaunt vvere born -there. It has been the scene of many treaties, insurrections and revolts, and it was there the treaty was made ter- minating the -war of 1812 between the. United States and England. 'I Use Lever's Dry Soap (a powder) to wash woolens and flannels,—you'll like it. 32 From Tree to Newspaper. (Editor and Ptiblisher.) A London writer says that a German paper manufacturer at Essenthal has just made nn experiment to see bow rapidly it is possible to transform a tree into a newspaper, Three) trees in the neighborhod 01 1113 factory were cut down at 7.36 in the morning. They were instantly barked and pulped and the first roll of paper was ready at 0.34. It was lifted into' an automobile that stood waiting and conveyed to the machine -room of the nearest dully paper. The paper being already set, the printing began at once, itrid by 10 o'clock precisely the Journal was op. sale In the streets. The entire process of 'transformation bad taken exaotiy two hours and twenty-, f • ven:tes; 4I ‘xti011'Rovg, A HINDRANCE TO • FAI1M IMPROVEMENT. If the efforts of certain parties aro suecessfill, the farmers of Canada will have to face it very unjust end .bur- densoine tax. A movement is on foot to home' fence wire, wbielt has for a number of •years been adinitted 10 the country (hay free, put oat the duti- able list. 1:116 grades sought to be affected are galyanized iron or steel 1,4w wire No, 0, 12 and 13. Practically none of these are made in Canada, 'and since enormousquantities are used. etielt year • in replacing • the primitive rail •strue.,- tures, and -enclosing prairie farms, the injury that a ditty -would ingeme upon itilyieeis•utitnetilateeoaimuunity could not be read. hinee the admiedon of wipe duty free, Canadians have enjoyed Vie benefits of cheap. fencing of a very desirable kind, This has not only vastly im- proved the eppearamm and value of bundreds of farm houses, but it has added, Immensely to the comforts of winter travelling over roads that were formerly very often impaable 05 Ito. count of mow biota:make To mit a Odd': mem Oak eine of improvonent by a tite tbat enalil work (ay injury to the rural _population without Wile - fit tt) any* other clam of the people wine!" bit haaeol it ttOrioll4 matter. 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