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The Wingham Advance, 1905-08-03, Page 6*"-P- Fragrant a Fresh Violets zee, 1 EA comes to the home as FRESH and PURE as when it left tke p:antation to b:: 1n'nufactured with special care, and closely sealed in LEAD i'ACKAGE:5. ONLY ONE UEST TEA. BLUE, RIBBON TEA, AkJCR,,N,,,,„„ ai..x. ..„ ......Nt•K.rC.C..... iN:INt.4.,....i ..t 1,, 1 LOVE AN A TITLE "All right," repeats IIal, patting her encouragingly on the back. "We'll talk it over when you come baek-before then, for Vane bas asked me to go down to Castle Ferndale; and, I say, that's where you're going to spend your honey - mon -not abroad. And, aunt, why dont you get these fat -lass off her. and some decent togs on ! Vane will be wanting to start directly, and she can't go look- ing like a figure off a Twelfth Day cake, you know." The boy's breezy voice and sound com- O en sense rouses them all from their stupor. Pushing him, with a kiss, out of the room, Jeanne slips off her veil, and her bewildered attendants proceed to attire her in her traveling costume. CIIAPTER XVIII. When Jenne carne down, the carriage, which was to bear her away from New- ton Regis was at the door, and Vane was waiting for her, dressed in a loose tra- veling suit, and surrounded. by Uncle John and Mr. Lambton and Bell, while Hal was rapidly and apparently super- intending the placing of the luggage. To see the reverential airs with which Mr. Lambton watched Vane -the marquis - how he listened to every word he said with the most profound eagerness, was amusing. And when Jeanne came for- ward, bowing and smiling very much like his own butler. But Jeanne had no eyes just then for anyone but her own people, and it was not until Vane glanced at his watch, and Hal declared stoutly that they couldn't possibly catch the train, that she could tear herself from the embrace of the only mother she had known. "Are you sure your lordship hasn't any commands for me ?"reiterated Mr. Lamb - ton for the hundredth time. "If there 's anything I can do, any of us can do, please remember that we shall be only to humbly delighted to be of service. James" -to the coachman -"be very very careful, be extremely careful, sir, how you drive. My lord, he's a very steady man, and you can rely upon him ! Good -by, your ladyship." "Good -by, Jeanne !" exclaimed Hal, poking his head through the window-, at the risk of being run over. "Good -by. Jen I Good -by !" and the blue eyes suddenly dimmed by tears, as Jeanne re- luctantly loosened his chubby hand, "Good -by, Hal !" cried Vane, leaning forward. "It's not for long, remember. I'll take care of her. Good -by !" "Good -by, Vernon," shouted Hal, who not once had caled him "my lord." Jeanne kept her hand out of the win- dow until the excited group was lost to sight, then Vane put his arm around her and drew her toward him. 'Well, darling," he said, "and now have you quite forgiven me, or not ?" "Forgiven you ?" said Jeanne, softly; "for what ?" and she rooked up shyly." "For my deception," he said, with a questioning smile. Jeanne dropped her face upon his breast. "Why did you do it ?" she asked, in a low voice. "I have to tell you that ?" he answer- ed, and Jeanne, quick to note the slight- est inflection of his voice, remarked the sudden, half -pained gravity. "Do not tell me,' she says, quickly. "Yes," he says, "I must. from this moment there must be no concealment not the shadow of a shadow between us, my darling; and I must tell you. But weren't you surprised, Jeanne ?" This quetistion made Joanne's heart leap. Now is the time for her confession; now is the time to tell him of the break- down on the Newton road, and Lady Lucelle's visit; now is the time to whis- per meekly, confidingly of her doubts, and fears which led her to keep from him the discovery of the secret. Why does she not speak ? Why doesn't she say, "I knew it, Vernon, last night; I knew it was the Marquis of Ferndale whom I married this morning !" But Jeanne is silent. Jeanne, the proudly candid, and fearlessly frank, dreads the confession. So precious is the touch of his hand, so sweet are his loving words and voice, that she dares not risk losing them. So Jeanne, alas, is silent. He waits a moment, then laughs soft- ly. "0 course you were; how could you be otherwise? It was my fault; I ought to have taken Bell into my confidence when I gave him the license, but I clung to my secret as long as I could -I pre- ferred being Vernon Vane till the last moment; and no wonder. Was it not Vernon Vane you loved, and not the Marquis of Ferndale?" Jeanne opened her lips to rush upon her confession; but be goes on, and his next words decide her forever. "Yes, Jeanne, it was cruel, it was un- kind to keep you in the dark, and let them spring a mine upon you at the last moment, and before them all. But, Jeanne, listen, and confess that I have some excuse. He pauses a moment, and gently ear - eases her hand, and, lover -like, lets his eyes wander over her graceful form lrng- "Jeanne," he says. "it is too true, un- fortunately -I am the Marquis of Fern- dale. "Unfortunately?" murmurs Jeanne. lee nods, and musingly divides the slim fingers and entwines them in his own. "Unfortunately," be repeats. "Jeanne. it is better for a man wlio has an honest heart to be born peasant than peer - better to be a hewer of wood and drawer of water than to wear a coronet and a peer's robes. Your peasant gets the truth sometimes, and wins true friends and true love --but your lord, in his crimson and hie ermine, seldom or never. Some live and thrive in/an atmosphere of lying adulation and !Tattering false- hood; but, thank ]leaven, there was enough honesty and truth in nre to make the life I led unbearable. Jeanne, but for you I should have been a misan- thrope, a hater of my kind, a disbe- liever in the honesty of men and the purity of'tvomrn-but kr you, my sweet reseuing angel --my wife!' Ilia wife! For the first time the words fall on Jeanne's ears, and make her heart beat with a thrill, half of pleasure., half of pain. Like an ilinoeent child ( says, with a little laugh, "I was oven 1 jeajaus hqf mere Lord bane, I veli waifs route than half in lova with you • himself, but yon didn't know it, did I Now; Jeanne I There are to belle Con• cealments, no shadow, speak out. ! ..;1 envied.ltal•-dear old Hal, the (rttest, bravest boy 1 had ever seen. I .imVia'd him the caress of those little hapds, and the kisses of those soft lips. - oh. brit I may kiss them now as often as 1 please, little wife," and he kisses likr passionately. "Well, Jeanne, what' ,a leng story it is, But 1 like telling it. I'le ;ed you more pasionatoly each day. Then tame the question ---shall I tell her my real mune and position ? No, I thought. Isere is a chance of winning love, if it is to be won by me, for itself alone. Here's Clarence Fitzjames - the Honorable, and there's. the Reverend Peter hell. These are my 'rivals; now, if I, plain Vernon Vane, supposedto be a poor, struggling artist,, can win her from these, why, then, I shall have found true love at last. And so I went on, still fighting against my desires, until Fitzjauies goaded me one night -it was at the park -into revealing my love. Do you remember ?" Is it likely Jeanne has forgotten -will ever forget ? aaseese • Vane pauses and draws her other hand into his. for no child could be more ignorant of "Then I ought to have told you, but the full significance of the word than I could not. Tho greatest happiness 1 Jeanne -Jeanne, who bad been brought had ever known came to me as Vernon up like a nurt in a convent, spotless and Vane, and Vernon Vane I wished to re- uncanseions of all the deep mystesier main. Jeanne, your love is twice as of life, she nestled closer as if for pro- sweet to rue, giving it, as you do, to the tection from her own love. poor artist; though you had loved me "Listen." he says, as he presses her ten times more than you say you do, I closer to him. "I was younger than you should have been tormented with the were when 1 first saw you, when they demons of suspicion and doubt if I had came and told nae that the grins old man, wooed emu as the marquis; some time or my father, was dead, and that 1 wasother, m one of my black fits—" the Marquis of Ferndale. Up to that ) Jeanne looks up, with a little smile of ]tour I had only a vague idea of the incredulity curving her lips. Black fits. mening and significance of my rank and Ile, the most courteous, large -hearted power. Suddenly 1 realized that I was and good-natured ! the possessor of one of the oldest and "Yes, Jeanne," he says, with a little highest titles in the ]and, that I was remorseful smile, in answer to that look the lord lof thousauds of acres, which of hers, "I have my black fits; we all of I had never seen or heard of. of castles us have. You haven't heard of the castles and houses into which I had 'Ferndale temper' yet." never set foot, of wealth which went be- Jeanne flushes and starts slightly. yond the dreams of avarice. Pleasure, Was Lady Lucelle also true in this point they told me, was henceforth to be my too, that Vane was fickle, passionate, handmaid; the world was at my feet. capricious and changeful ? So I found it. I tried pleasure; I launch- "I say, in one of my black fits, the ed myself upon the charm of life, and ugly doubt would have crept into my went madly upon my voyage, and it led mind. Oh, she loves me for my cor- rue -where? To Newton Regis, Jeanne, onet, and not for myself; she is like disgusted with pleasure which I land the rest. But now," and he takes i found bitter as Dead Sea fruit, weary her face in his bands, and kisses her, of the world which had proved false, "but now, no doubt is possible, for it and distrustful of every soul that ap- was Vane you loved, and you had no preached nie. I loathed my title; 'my suspicion that he was anything more lord- sounded in my ears as a term of than a disagreeable, struggling and out - reproach -as the preliminary to some at -the elbows artist. No suspicion!" he falsehood. Friendship I bad tried in the laughs, not the faintest. Jeanne, it was balance and found wanting, save in one cruel; but I enjoyed, I reveled in—" instance. It was not the man they eared But confidences are cut short for tho for, but the marquis. But all this I present. The carriage pulls up at the could have borne with an easy contemptstation, the park footman -who has for myself and my kind -but -but, I learned the importance of the individuals Jeanne, ah, Jeanne! how can I tell you, 'he is attending -hurries to and fro with you who have had no lover but me, save 'unwonted excitement; wraps, .books and Iwo' heli -poor Bell!" paraphernalia are arranged in a carriage, Jeanne blushes and clings closer, and the second stage of the journey is - "How on; just commencing a How can I tell you,"he goes when groom rides • you who have brought me a heart so a panting and sweating horse into the fresh and unstained, of this dark, mean station yard, swings himself from the passage in my history? Jeanne, I tried saddle and dashes on to hte platform, . to love - Jeanne starts, and her face pales. My lord marquis, if you were a wise Looking up and down the platform, he sees Vane standing by the c"rriage talk- ing to the guard, and hurrying up, he, man you would have stopped short ere with a touch of the hat, held out a let - that word was said. With all your ter. Vane took it, and glanced at it, and knowledge of the human heart you have his face darkened. With a curt nod he failed to learn that where the passion dropped the letter into the huge poc- of love is, there also lurks, dormant and ket of his travelling jacket, and as if asleep, the dread demon jealousy. Jeanne with an effort, cleared his brow. scarcely knows herself the meaning of "Are you ready, my lord," asks the the thrill of wounded pride and sharp .guard -it is wonderful how soon a men's pain which runs through her. scarcely title is known -Vane jumps in, and the knows why she shrank a little way from train starts. the broad breast which she had found so comfortable an abiding place. But Vane, much as he loves, had not yet gauged the hidden depths of the nature tion!" exclaims Jeanne, leaning for - of the child -woman he had made his `yard to open the window, through which wife. Knows nothing or little of the in- tense pride, the intense independence, the innumerable perfumes of a summer for exacting honesty which beats in the evening are wafted as the train pulls breast of the girl whose frist maiden love into a rural station, as if it were dropped he had wo. He hesitated a moment. from the clouds, amid the Surrey stills. "Jeanne,"he says, there shall be no shadow between us, that I swear! I They had been travelling all day, and will tell all. I tried love. Among the it is nearly eight o'clock when Jeanne women who -shame be to thein- hung gives tongue to her admiration. A long about me -the marquis, mind, not the journey is a wearisome thing generally, man -was one whom the world had but there are exceptions, and this is looked upon, and still deems its purest. ' one of then,. Jeanne is dusty and slight - She was -yes, she was beautiful. Not ly-only slightly-ntiff, but she is de• with your sweet, fresh young beauty, my liciously and bewilderingly happy, and darling, but with a loveliness that hadliciously to a slight reluctance to arriving dazzled courts and made the world of at their destination. fashion agape. She was of my own rank They have halted midway and partak- and above the petty mercenary motives en of luncheon -whose luxuries hadof most of her sex. I will give her that been prepared for then, at the railway credit. It was not my rank that alio hotel -and where, though unknown to • drawed out his cigarHa pauses and absently Jeanne, some of the castle servants had draws case. I beg your come down expressly to wait upon them.' pardon, darling, he says, arousing. With each mile, my lord marquis had 1 But Jeanne stops his hand ere it can thoughtfully attentive, and replace the case, and she takes out a grown more g y ve ' cigarette and holds it out to him. Ile deliciously loving and tender; sometimes takes it, kissing the little, soft hand as being prevailed upon to light a. fragrant , he does ,and puffs quietly for a minute cigarette, and once, actually once, insist - or twoed upon Jeanne's lying at full length and "Jeanne, it did not last long. I brought resting her silky head upon him for a my whole heart and she -well, she had pillow. Yes, notwithstanding the heat, no heart to throw into the bargain. It and the dust, and the slight stiffness, was all outside -a lovely hollow shell. Jeanne is happy and it is with a cer- Some men would have been satisfiedtain pang that she hears Van reply: , "Pretty, is it? Well, this is Exton, hollow as it was, but not I, Jeanne. We and our station." parted with a. few quiet words on both "Ours?" says Jeanne. "Look, Vernon! aides. 1 asked what she could not give, isn't that a magnificent carriage! I won - and she thought me unreasonable, a sad der—"' ' sentimentalist, and so on. Then, tired, Before she can finish, two footmen, in tdhe rank I chtdetermined broughtto throw nothingasihandsome liveries of almost a royal kind, the rank which had me come forward to the railway carriage, but disappointment and disillusion, and and opening the door, stand fora mom- -thacamt to as enoug Regis. I had swore ort ent with their hands to their hats, then thatf was t alon forme, and I lead the way to the grand travelling that for that alone T would live the rest of the life which fate -under the guise carriage outside. Jeanne starts and pulls down her veil of good e, do a ou r made so the er. to hide the sudden blush. The carriage "Jeanne, do you remember .the winter g night you stood behind the old wall with the snow falling softly down, and the is hers. All well, James?" inquires Vane. stars beginning to peep out of the clear "Yes, my lord," is the respectful reply, blue sky ? I had taken leave of the as the man closes the carriage door. world in the shape of one man who had, "home quickly," says Vane, and in an - proved himself the one true, disinterest- , other minute, as a wagon, with more ed friend, and I was going to my lonely handsome liveries, drives up for the life of solitude with a heavy, sinking luggage, the magnificent bays dash along heart.the road. "What put that madcap freak into 1 "Now, my Jeanne," says Vane, "look your little head ? Was it chance ? I out to the left -see there's the village. think not. I remember, as I felt the I wonder how long it is since they've cold snow failing down my back, that I had these bays out? We are going pretty awoke from my dismal dream and turned 'quickly. There's the village; pretty, isn't to see -what ? Only a little, slim girl, it.? That's the river running under that with silken hair blown and tumbled about : hedge. and there's---" her titer, and a pair of soft eyes, bright) Jeanne breaks in with a sudden ex - with childish misoldef. I remember the . elanration, wrung from her by the sad - very dress you wore that night, remein-;den vision of a palatial castle, its Gothic her the haIf•defiant, half -fearful curve of turrcnts and battlemented walls &.a - the red, routing lips, as you looked up ',kg brightly in the setting sun, and look - at me, half boldly, half shyly, and pant. ling down from a greenly -clothed hili. cd out your little impertinences." .Teanne, smiles and blushes, IIt is a eight that many an artist has exclaimed at, and yet it is only one of "It is so long ago -4 was a child then!" the many noblemen's seats with which she murmurs, almost inaudibly. the little Wand is studded. What was "Long ago 1 Yes !" be says, putting it the shalt said to the prince, when ho the hair from her face and kissing her was being shown over a certain noble- passionately- -"six oble•passionately--"six months! Well, I took man's vast estate? that little face home tvitlr me against my "Your highness should behead this will. It haunted me ! I even asked duke, he's too powerful." Mrs. Drown to whom it belonged, and II And what was the prince's laughing looked for it the next morning like a reply? Hungry man for a morsel of bread. And, I`Your majesty, there nre too many as Jeanne, T felt in love with that little,,powerful as be to make it Worth while proud, defiant face that night. Thento behead one." came the days that followed close upon A faint smile of satisfaction Sets up - it; how I fought against the spell that on Vane's face as he looks at the rap - the little child -fate had cast upon nre. turns admiration on Jeanne's. .1fow 1 swore that love had passed from "Oh, Vernon," she says. "What a Via - me; but bow I looked and longed for ion. Is it Windsor Castle?" you. Trow 1 bated those gold people- "No," he says, "it is the palace of an - the Lambtons, and that vulgar pitted that other queen. however," flaw to much of you, Why, Jeanne," he (To be continued.) CHAPTEH 61X. "Oh, Vernon, look, what a pretty sta- VMS Hump Back SCOTT'S EMULSION won't make a ihum back straight,h!.neither will i t mak e a short leg long, but It keds soft bone and heals diseased bone and is among the few genuine means of recovery ki rickets and bone consumption„ Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto, °m ' • c. and $i.00; all druggists. BANANA IS A REAL FOOD. Supplies Animal Heat, Builds Up Muscle and Repairs the Nerves. Professors of dietetics tell us that the banana is not, as. 8o many fruits aro, a flavor and nothing nmore, but a rood and a source of real nutriment. It is at once useful and delicious. it not only gratitles the palate, but supplles material for combustion and the maintenance of animal heat, while it also builds up the muscles and repairs the worn and threadbare serves The flour made front it In its dried state Is equal in nutritive value to rice, and how lavigorating and sustaining rice is has been demonstrated In the recent achievements of the Japanese. Dried and sprinkled with sugar, a form In which it has been recently Introduced into this country, the upstart ban- ana is, weight for weight, as nutritious as the venerable fig. But it Is In the fresh state, clad In its prim- rose tunic -the stripping off of which lg in itself a fascinating operettas -that the bana- na chiefly appeals to us. Its creamy succu- lence and delicious odor are inviting and Its pleasant sapor Is a prelude to good digestion. Dependent as that sapor Is on an ethereal body which the coal -tar investigators have not yet been able to imitate by any chemical essence, it is a subtle stimulus to all subse- quent alimentary processes. And thus It is that the banana is an eminently digestible food. No sense of oppression or drowsiness follows a meal of It, and a meal of it may be bulky enough. Pall Mali Gazette. 7. T GRAVEL WAS SURELY CURED, Dodd's Kidney Pills Removed the Stones. And now Reuben Draper is Well and Strong after his Long Suffering. Bristol, Que., July 24. -(Special) - Reuben Drupes, a well known resident here, keeps the proof right with him that Dodd's Kidney Pills will surely cure the niuch dreaded Gravel. The proof consists of two stones, one the size of a small bean and the other as big as a grain of barley. He passed these stones and was relieved of all the ter- rible pain they caused after using Dodd's Kidney Pills for a short time. Mr. Draper is confident that Dodd's Kidney Pills and nothing else paused his oc cure, as he tried two doctors without getting help, and was fast getting weak and despondent when he stopped all other treatment and started to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. 1n a week he passed the large stone and four days later the smaller one. This cute causes a feeling of relief over people in these parts as it shows those terrible operation, long thought to be unavoidable in case of Gravel, are no longer necessary. Plants That Imitate. Many animals are enabled to closely CAUGHT SHARK WITH HANDS. Marylander Landed Large l; ish After Three Minutes' Struggle, Dr. l7. E. Tull, the noted gynecologist, came to New York from the eastern shore of Maryland, commonly supposed to be a part of the (laiden of Eden trans- planted, Last Saturday a shark appear- ed in the shallow waterunder the pier of the Wa-Wa-Yanda Vhrb on (kip Tree Is - hand. In less time than it takes to write It, Dr. Tull sired Itis clothes, leaving on notating but his shirt, and was wading in the direction of the monster, tiptoeing so as not to disturb him. The tiger of the see appearcl to bo hypnotized. "Heard me as gaff," the Marylander whispered, and a small instrument, such as we fislh- enraen,save a seven -pound bass with, was passed to him. The water was just up to his knees, When within five fent of the shark •aro drove the gaff into its neck, at the same time plunging forward and grasping it by the tail, The struggle lasted three minutes, then Mr. Shark was dragged ashore. It measured 41-2 feet. -New York Press. do SPECIALISTS ON THE CASE. - In the ordinary run of nodical practice a greater number than this have treated cases of chronic dyspepsia and have failed to cure -but Dr. Von Stan's Plueapple Tablas (00 in a box at 35 cents cost) have made the euro, giving relief is ono day. These little "apselalists" have proven their real merit. -72 I= THINGS JAPANESE. Our Little Brown Allies Are Men of Action. .A steel floating dock, 412 feet long and 85 feet wide, built by the Mitsui Bishi Dockyard and Engine Works, was launched. at Nagasaki on May 4. The dock has 'a lifting power of 7,000 tons, and will accommodate the largest of the merchant vessels owned in Japan. The day of "little things" for Japan is past. Japanese is now to be part of the re- gular course of study in the German for- eign language schools, particularly the Oriental Seminary in Berlin. It is to be a feature of the education of German military officers. Gens, Kuroki and Oku are member$ of Hie Presbyterian Church, Vice -Admiral Uriu is a Presbyterian elder, Gen. Sar- rata, who •commanded the Japanese forces in the war with China, was, up to the time of his death, President of the Tokio Young Men's Christian Asso- , ciation. It has been noted before that both Field Marshal. Oyama and Admiral Togo are Christians. B the use of the two ferry steamers nearing completion at Nagasaki, Japan, the entire Japanese railrod system will be brought into close connection with the Corean system, and through that with the Manchurian and Siberian roads, Iso that when the short gap between Wiju ani Liaoyang is filled, as it soon will be, says United States Consul Chas. B. Harris, of Nagasaki, a traveller can make the journey from London to To- kio with scarcely twelve hours on the water. Japan's 'demand for pianos is increas- ing, Bays the Canadian commercial agent 1 at Yokohama. Qualified. "Poor Mrs. De Oldel Her eyesight is failing so fast she is of very little use in society." "Oh, she is in great demand." "What for ?" "Ali the girls want her for a imitate leaves or shrubs to escape de- eron." teetios by enemies, but plants in turn are able to resemble stones for the same end. 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These are the weapons on which he runs, and also de- fends himself by extending those in the rear in a parallel direction toward his' foe, but this be does only when in a vexationus mood. His fooding is gener- ally grasses and grains. He is also use- ful to take on his back a man or wo- man as well as some cargo. He has pow- er to run as fast as he could. He has got no sleep at night time, and always stand- ing awaken, Also there are horses of short sizes. They do the same as the others are generally doing. There is no animal like the horse; no sooner they see their guardian or master they al- ways crying for fooding, but it is al: ways at the morning time. They have got tail, but not so long as the cow and other such like similar animals." N. Y. Tribune. Floating Homesteads. On all the great lakes of China, aro found floating islands, which are enor- mous rafts of bamboo, overlaid with earth, and upholding above ,the surface of the water pretty houses and gardens. They are, in fact, aquatic farms, bearing crops of rice and vegetables. The rich bottom mud, utilized as an ar tifieiai soil, is extremely fertile, and yields bountiful harvests, though on a small scale. In a country where there es such a lack of available land, owing to the overplus of population, these floating plantations aro most serviceable, large sails being at- tached to the dwelling house as well as whenever it to each corner of the island is desired to move about. After gather- ing a crap of grain or garden truck from ,the •surface of the lake, the floating far- mer casts his nets into the waters and from their depths brim up a supply of fish for his family. . To Protect the Angels, A Richmond (Va.) judge tells a story which illustrates the difficulty met in trying to stop the carrying of pistols, A 'fough youth was brough before the judge, charged with firing a revolver in the street. The testimony in the case was to the effect that the young hoodlum bad filled himself with whiskey and had discharged his weapon in a crowded street. "Twenty dollars and costs," said the magistrate. "But your honor," interposed counsel for the prisoner, "nay client did not bit anybody." "Wiry you admit that he fired the glint" "Yes, but he fired in the air,' explained the lawyer. "Twenty dollars and costs," repeated the judge. "Ite might have shot an angel." And the riotous fellow went to jail, not having the money to pay his fine.' --New York Tribune. .am There art at least 700 wheel savings banks in the United States, The sprinkling eat is out for the dust. " Pure soap 1" You've heard the words. In Sunlight S o a77.76 have the fact, IJW IIT /REDUCES EJLPENS4 Asir fur the Octagon Itar, ISSUE N O. 31. 1001, Mrs, Wirtalow'a hoothing elFrupp should always bo used for ,,ll,tidren 'teething- 11 i soothe the child Bolton/ the kUOIY cures Whirlcolic uu4 ill the froYt tromedv tar lriaar r eeu AGENTS WANTED. A GENTS WANTED, TO SELL A SPEC[- is alty; good demand for article In rural seetlora• write for special offer. Will adver+ Ilse article In title paper. Ilox 44, Perth, Ont. ' FOR SALE 235 TWO ELECTRIC MOTORS, Direct current, 1' and 8 horse -power. AAP 1 dress ilex 10, TIMES OFFICE, Hamilton - Montreal Making Marbles. Germany maintains a nronoply of making stone marbles in spite of various 'efforts made to wrestle the trade away. In the marble and. agate quarries there are innumerable chips and hits of stone from the cutting of the largo blocks,' and this refuse is broken into cubes about the size of a marble. An experieneed 'worker produces these cubes of stone at an incredible speed and •with remarkable uniformity. When about a bushel are ready they are drop- ped between a grooved bedstone and a revolving runner. Water is kept con- stantly supplied, and in half an hour the stones are turned out perfect spheres. With abundant water power the cost is slight, as a couple of mon can keep a dozen stones supplied, and the raw ma- terial costs nothing at all. In other countries the cost of prepar- ing the blanks ents up the profits and competition with the Berman made pro- duct is impossible. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA In going to above points take direct route, Lehigh Valley Railroad. Five fast express trains daily, from Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls. Trains of G. T. R. make direct connection at Suspension BridAsteeeTheeeLthigh Valley -has three stations in New York uptown, near all first class hotels and business houses; downtown, near all European steamer docks, saving passengers for Europe a long and expensive transfer. Secure your tickets to New York or Philadelphia via Lehigh Valley Railroad. Kipling's New Story. It is an old ,trick of Kipling to preface a story with a scrap of verse. He has ehosen for introduction to An Habitation Enforced, which appears entire in' the Au- gust Century, these lines of Thomas Tus- ser: My friend, if cause doth wrest thee, Ere folly hath much oppressed thee, Far from acquaintance kest thee, Where country may digest thee . . . Thank God that hath so blessed thee, Aced sit down, Robin, and rest thee. ARRANGE YOUR VACATION ACCORDINGLY 'The popular time for a trip to New York will be about the time of the West Shore or New. York, Qe;►trel =melon on August` 14th ana' August 24111, respect- ively. espect- , Louis Drago, at 00'jn Yonge street, To- ronto, will gladly furnish particulars on application. eee— Writing Treaties innE gland. It is not so remarkable es it may at first seem that Japan should specify that peace negotiations iwth Russia should bo conducted in the English lan- guage. And yet it is a sign of the times and may have the effect of establishing an important precedent. It will be the first time in history in which two non- English -speaking nations have made use of this language for treaty or conference. Japan's preference for English is only natural. The Japanese have been coming to America and England for their edu- cation; the English and American influ- ence is the greatest in Japan. It is fur- ther appropriate because the preliminary negotiations are to be conducted in Washington. But it is a significant of the fact that English is becoming the world language. Already it is the lan- guage of trade. -Cleveland Leader. se-- zo YEARS OF VILE CATARRH. - Chas. O. Brown, journalist, of Duluth, Minn., writes: "I have been a sufferer from Throat and Nasal Catarrh for over 20 years, during which time my Tread bas ben stopped up and my condition truly miserable. Within 15 minutes after using Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder I obtained relief, Three 'bottles have almost, if not entirely, cured me." GOO. -72 e f. - No No "Alleged" Stealing With Him. An English prisoner on being put into the dok in a ondon court leaned over the front of th'e boxand handed a "dock guinea to a young member of the Bar. "You defended me one before sir; do you remember, and got me off? It was at Hertford Sessions, sir, for stealin' a watch." "For the alleged stealing of a watch you mean," corrected the barris- ter, as he pocketed his fee. "Alleged, be blowed1" replied the prisoner, promptly, "I've got the watch at 'ome now." Not Yet. "So you have married, and have a queen to rule over your domestic es- tablishment, have you?" "Well, I've married, but we haven't hired a cook yet." - Dallas (Texas) News. Hamilton. Line Steamers Belleville, Hamilton and Plates , pLeavy Hamilton 12 noon and Toronto 7.30 .m. for Bay of Quante, Montreal and Interme- diate portsou.Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays LOW RATES ABOVE LINE. TORONTO -MONTREAL LINE STEAMERS TORONTO AND KINGSTON. Leave Toronto at 3 R. m. daily, except Dan -I days. From July 1 •Bally, Rochester, Thou- sand Islands Rapids, St. Lawrence, Montreal.. Quebec and Murray Bay, Tadousao, Saguenay, River. For information apply to R. R. agents or write H. Foster Chaffee, Western Passenger' Agent, Toronto. A Beggarly Compliment. A woman who moves in the best so- cial circles saw an old, stoop -shouldered ' woman begging, says the Philadelphia Telegraph. Tho heat and the look of , distress, real or assumed, on the aged mendicants- face, appealed strongly` to • the more fortunate woman, when crossed the street and bestowed a half dime. Glancing at the coin which lay in the deeply lined palm of her hand, the old woman said: "God bless you! Many a younger and i prettier woman has passed me by this day without giving so much as a thought to a poor old woman. God bless you!" RHEUMATISM WILL SUCCUMB to South American Rhheumatio Cure, because it goes right to the seat of the trouble and removes the cause. Many so -colied cures but deaden pain temporarily only, to have it re- turn again with doubled violence. Not so with this great remedy. It eradicates from the system the last vestige of the disease and its cures are Permanent. -74 Artificial Surf. 'Not even Father Neptune himself is free from the encroachment of the imitator, and an open air bath in Munich offers to the swimmer a roar- ing surf, not dependept upon wind or, tide. The surf is created in a tank some two hundred feet long and fifteen fif- teen feet wide. At one end a mechani- cal device is employed to send huge waves crashing against the other, and the swimmer enjoys all the sensations of an ocean dip with the assurance of absolute safety, since the tank is but n. dozen feet deep and the surf may be shut off during the rescue of a swim- mer overcome by his struggles'. The surf basin is one of the attrac- tions of a bathing resort, and a small fee is charged spectators for admission. PACIFIC COAST EXCURSIONS. During June, July, August and September the Chicago and North Western Railway will sell from Chicago round trip excursion tick- ets to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland. Ore., (Lewis and Clarke Exposition), Seat- tle, Victoria, and Vancouver, at very low rates, correspondingly cheap fares from all points in Canada. Choice of routes, best Of train service, favorable stopovers, and liberR1 return limits. Rates, folders and full inter- 'nation can be obtained from B. H. Bennett. General Agent, 2 King street east, Toronto, Ont. A Case of Second Sight. A Scotch minister and his friend, who were coming home from a wedding, be- gan to consider the state into which their potations at the wedding feast had left them. "Sandy," said the minister, "jus stop a minute here till I go ahead. Maybe I don't walk very steady, and the good wife might remark something not just right." He walked ahead of the servant for a short distance and then asked: "How is it? Am I walking straight?" "Oh, ay," answered Sandy, thickly, "ye're a' richt-but who's that who's with you?"-Harper's Weekly. Lever's Y•Z(Wise Head)Disinfeetant Soap Powder is a boon to any home. It diain. facts and cleans at the same time. Queer Sex. "Clarence, dear," said the bride of three short weeks, reproachfully, "it was after midnight when you came, home last night." "Well, if that isn't just like a wo- man," growled Clarence. 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