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The Wingham Advance, 1905-08-17, Page 3The Gray Kimono. A Little Story of a Japanese OW and ilow a faith.. lei Lover Was Rewarded. ..e.**4-044-1r-e-11-0-•-•-•-+4-****•-•-t-e-•-•*,-..4-e-e-e-e-a-e-e-..+44-ess-e-.4.4-e-e4 It was the only frivolous thieg. ie "Yes 1 ao, now that I am in basil the studio. Justin Flower did riot be, ueas. I Awe moot to be indesenulent long to that school which uchuireis hang' eirectly could talk English, all 1 love ings and curios, and other artistie prop- working beautiful things." Seeing a erties pleasing to the eye of the lay qaphy coming, the added: "I work em - mind. studio --he called it his, broaderiee for ladies' dresses in Bond though Miles Marchmont paid the rent street." -bore witness to his taste; it was all Miles saw bis •opportunity, bareness and Simplicity, the sok orna- "I love beeutifie things, too," he said, ment a plarto, and on this lay the gray "Oddly enough, when I was in Japan' kimone, some time ago I bought n kimono for During some of his wanderings abroad a cousin of mine to paint. Unfortunately it had caught Miles' fancy. The shim- - I have never been able to find enyone mering cloud -gray eatin, exquisitely em- for him to put in it. It just struck sue breidered with almond blossoms -every blossom with a gold thread woven into She grasped the Idea before he put it its heart -appealed to his taste, and he into -wares. brought it home for Justin, "And you would likeme?" She clasp - "You :must use it as a property one ed her hands impulsively:, "011! how I of these days," he said "If you get would like to put on a kitnoto again, andi those almond blossoms on canvas any - remember -end forget -and—" shel thing like they are, they should go some broke off, "AM but at could only been. way toward making your reputation." Sumlar; work. the rest ef the week 1 mat, ae Justin winced; he was not fond ot be - Ing reminded that he had not yet "ar- "That would not matter a bit," Inside raved," delight Miles was ready to make any "My dear chap, ritr, got to find some- concessions. "Penletps," takiiig out a card, you would come up to the:studio body to put inside the garment before 1 paint it, and Japanese ladies are not •mnand let axle introduce youeto mSuncla,y and lave a look at the ae:Ly in the habit of offering themselves to • cous me as models." She accepted as simply as she hadatlone Miles 9'111114° the diffiellttY; lie • ' las invitation to tea; but before he' put usally Acquiesced where his cousin Was lier ' to ber hus he concerned. 'ntled. aer that the had not told him her surname. Twelve years before Justin Flower'si eBrowaa, parents had died, leaving their only' was the answer, and the roll of the "r" made tele commonplace little child with, little in the world beyond) neane soma almost attractive. an artistic temperament and a, band -I Justin was graciously pleased to be some face. Miles had taken the lad un-! vastly interested when he hearo. aboat . der his wing from that hour, finishingthe rencemtre. his education lavishly, completing it bit"Let's hope, at any rate," he xemark- Paris ateliers and Florentine schools n ed, "that she'll bring meisome luck, your he had even restrained his own wander- miss Saya Brown." ing spirit until Justin was old enoughl Long before show Sunday the "Studya to be left alone. Finally be took a) of a Gray Kimono" was finished, for sItaidio on the Chelsea Embaekments, Saya had come and put on the almond) where his protege might make has name blossom robe, and. Justin knew directly and fortune; and when in England Miles he saw her in it that he bad found ai shared it. with lam, subject after his beart. At a time when the gray kimono After the regtear sittings began befall had lain over the piano for nearly a .men -though neither 'admitted it to the year, two pictures upon which Justin other -looked 'forward with extraor- had set more than usually high hopes dinary pleesuro to each Sunday. The were rejected by winter exhibitions. girl, with her half-foreigu eharm andi "Save them for the Academy," Miles 1NOtolly naive ideas, was an element novea suggested consolingly. "Perhaps the •and entertaining to both elder and: powers that be at Burlington House will 1 younger. have more discernment. Or," he con- Willie Justin painted she invariably tinued, a twinkle in his eye, "start some- ;sat silent; later, when the light went, she thing new, something quite different made coffee in some peculiar fasluon, front your usual style --say a Japanese and talked halter quaint, ingenuous way study with that," indieating the kimono, of every subject that flitted through her with his cigarette. vivid imagination. Justin laughed rather bitterly. „ And so it was that the woman brought a new elementsinto the two men's lives, "I rather think my luck is so dead out that not even your Jap garment and under itseguidance all three drift - could hang me a picture," Ifq was ed slowly butasurely on to different standing at the window and after a shoals of thatisea. into which every man, pause he turned suddenly, ddenly. and every wocznsai is eventually borne - brief "See here Miless I'm dashed if I don't Miles willingly, Justin unwillingly, Saya; have a shot' at your idea -only, how am unconsciously, Each. man occasionally' 1 to find a model?" wondered what he end. would be; the; pp' . "Oh, there must be some way of get- girl merely acee e • a p When the picture was finished Miles ting one," the other answered. Miles e would have tried to find a South Sea began looking hem developments. The: Islander had Justin expressed a desire sittings, over, e aaur er e. there for one. "We've got time; leave it to I ? Should Die — Would Justin - ince" And although his plans for find- tut aNxVi.t8 Justin:, who brought about the hag . the necessary model were utterly arrived (ho iMiles had been out to luncheon and nformed, before night chance flung her right into jes pathway. he had. me to find the studio The winter afternoon was beginning empty. The Frieneh window, leading to to close as Miles was crossing the parke the badcony, Mills open, and as hel- fu from the Marble Arch to Piccadilly, and vaneed. he saw, Justin and Saya, sitting togeer. there were so few people about that a thHe caught a fragment of eon- wonaan walking slowly, with bent head, :ersation beanie they were aware ,of kis attracted his attention. pproaeh. The young,: man's band was laid on It was obvious from her attitude that something, and her arm; theipassionate tone ini his voice she was searching for so was unmistakeable. as Miles passed she looked up, their. "You promise, Saya, that you will dcA, eyes met, and he saw the face he was as I ask -that no one shall know i" I seeking for the kimono -the Mongolian Miles saw the dark eyes turned on4 type, with the high cheek bones, oval Justin searchingly. She beat her befell face and dark, sleek hair. But then "Need yous ask?" came the difference. • They were no or- , The obvious complete -understanding dinary Oriental eyes, such as he had seen between them hit Miles hard for an in - teems of times, but deep and indescrib- stant; then he recognized the unreason- able, reminding him of a pool hidden in, ableness of such a feelang. Justin and autumn woods. The small mouth was ' he had started level; one was bound to too thin-lipped for pure Eastern blood; be the loser. it was like the mouth of the Clytie on When he joined.' thean4Justin seemed a the studio mantelpiece. trifle disconcerted, andathere was' an un - Evidently she was in trouble of some wonted seriousness Ind Saya's ;manner kind,- for ner eyes were full of distress. that set Miles wonderIng. He was in Miles approached tentatively. the habit of makingaup his minds quick - "Can -can I be of assistance?" he ly, and as they sat avateliing theespring salmi, raising his hat. afternoon fadeThe answer came in a charmingly soft I of action and •spolobe /decided on a course e of it as tholugh it . i voice, a slight hesitation and roll of the had been maturing eontertame. "r" betraying a foreign origin. "Your climate spoilseone of I our cold "Thank you. Oh, if you only would! English springs, Saya, f so Pm( going to I have lost my lotus flower," holding see if I can't eat& oh bit of l sunshine out a thin gold chain of strange pat- directly." / , tern from which hung an empty ring. His companions i exelaitned: . "It must be somewhere quite close here, "You are goillw away ?" . FalAl for but a minute ego I saw it and I Ile todded. % would not lose it -oh, I would not!" "Yes, I sail for - for the East in 0,4 - Together they searched, and at last few days." Miles discovered the tiny gold model of 1 Justin caught in biss breathl sharply;' --ia a lotus flower. k ,Saya looked out over the rivereand bot "Thank you -oh, but how I thanh! men watched her incsilence. you!" she said as he laid the treasure "What are you tihinking of, Soya?"' • in her palm. "If only Tacoud tell you Miles asked at last. bow graeful I am, and show you--" "Of almond blosporns," • she sanswered) she paused, and Miles, realizing the ser- slowly, 'without turning her head.. vice she would do "Look, there is et tiny tree in bloom. him, tvondered how he could shape his request. = there,' pteinting to the gardene At that moment some big raindrops• began falling, and seeing that she had ..7t2mean /you Would. like to go - to "Thank you, as far as Knightsbride; '''ilie-rms o.e", no wnhirella, he proffered the use of his. there I find my 'bus." g"Yes, I. mean. that----" ' The corners And do together they proceeded, the of her mouth drooped a little; then she rain gra.dualy developing into a heavy smiled. "But I can always see them downpour. They walked almost in si- now; Justin has given me .his kimono." knee, Miles trying to find some wayof 1 And then she went slowly- through the tm formulating the reest he was lonigng window back anto the studio.. to make. As they reached the street an It was httelin autumn when Miles re - idea etre& him. turned. The sdirect reason) of hie emu - "It is raining so very hard, don't you ing back was a letter from Justin an - think -if I night suggest tea -perhaps' neelielng lth s'engegetnelit to miss Mir - it win have 'sleazed in half an hour or Mtn Dubbs, whose papa-Elitts T. Dubbs, ex)?" of Chicago -had bought for iti consider - "Your climate does play one such able number of dollere what l the art funny tricks," she remelted as they en- critics had described ea the picture of tered a tea. shop; "I cannot get used to the year, "The Study of a GrayaKimono." it at all. Vell see I am Japeneset The point in Justinaeletter which most Although Miles lied been well nigh cer- struck, Miles was that it was the first fain Of it, ae felt a little thrill of Setts- in wheh he heti, maille no mention if faction on bearing it front his oompasse SaYa. Previously ihe had invariably ion's lips. mentioned her, although not frequently enough to satisfy tae etavinst in Mike' "At least my mother was Japanese," she tontinttea, '`ancl I was born, in A- heart' The news, of jvistin's engagement pattp • canna 118 an intense•surprise to the wan. "Then year are net entirely---" he 'ventured. "Oh, no; my father was English. He eiend for 4 NV.hilit to tee If our climate would make him strong, but it AVIM of no tree; he died -before I WAS born. That is why my mother called me Saga little bit of Nilo:Saes whiels natant farewell." Mile hese getting intensely interested. Veld inc that eome day 1 Must go to Eng- land?" he inquired, as she stopped, came because ehe died." The red mouth quivered, "Long before she had "Aria you have been long in Eng- land and be a, wenian of iny father's peo- plat so, after ohils bit Me, 1 found a lad Nebo Wanted a Japanese Maid to tele Mate. That is three years ago ; KW IS then." A sigh followed, a.nd Miles wondered hOW much ft meant. "You like England?" She headed, montis-only lie bed tot thought of Miss Miriam Dubbs inthat conteetioe, What had happened in hie, absenee ? It struck him in the filet half hoer of conyersatioe 'with Justine on his re- turn that suecese does not invariably inaprove mankind. There avass a super- ficiality in the younger rman's manner that was novel and unploasing, and it was at the mention of Seiya that this new trait became most )aptpatent. "Haven't heard of, her fkr ages," Was his reply to Miles'iquetstirm. "You. see, ranee I berme agprospeetive Beneilick Pee to-ere-wela arranger t things rather fferently, " "Oh I" tone wee notjenentfraging;Pustia readeried. "In feet, Miriam/ 'happened to 'eon* herb one lay whenitI was doing t little Sketch of Sq r4 fel; equevr plata% \i'm • • 4 thinking t4, andte-ea-aWelli aim reeOlf* It Contains all That is Good for ,ki w k One of her frocks, Ana Site -Well, She diatat seem to think that-er-dresss the System and Nothing Injurious making and posing AS it model were exactly compatible occupatione; oso Miles' mouth bed. become a herd lines "So," continued Justin, with obviolis IdiscOmaort, told Saya she's better got tome here any more." he Ahl and ssaid-" "011, she clidn't sey mach, Seented bit sorry, Rem:Irked she was glad I 'given ber the kimono." Miles leaned forward. it ever strike you why she was glad to have it?" Justin shrugged las shoulders, I suppose she liked to be ee- ,stilnedi,a of the good time we'd given he jiler Miles laughed -not mirthfully, "It strikes me you might have - !However," breaking off, "perhaps I can elo something toward toning down the labrupt termination of that good time. • He rose and. went toward the writing table. Justin threw away his cigarette and spoke jerkedly. "She isn't -living at -the same ad- dress 110W -I believe. Nvrote there since she -since— The letter came back, .As inatter of fact," he kicked a, corner of the rug, "Miriam said some- thing to her dressmaker aboub seeing Sap, here, and. the woman -er-sacked her." al don't think," he said, slowly, "I have congratulated you on year en- gagement. Let me do so now." Justin located up. The other's face was inscrutable, though his eyes were bright- er than usual. Miles continued: "Your letter eame back, you say?" "Yes; marked 'gone away'l was sorry, for I thought getting chucked like that rather rough, so I sent her—" "Aeother Cohteheicr" Thnodded. Miles half raised his right arrn, and, then let it fall again, the fist clenched, "You-y,oa cad!" he Rad slowly; then he left the room. For Weekaleliles spent time and money searching for the woman he loved, and. it was only when he began to consider the task hopeiess that fate was good to him. 'Pessing one day throug,h some Westminster shims, he saw, among a heterogeneous collection in a dirty sec- ond-hand 'shop window -the gra ki- mono! The gray was a little bit grayer, the blossoms a shade paler, but it was un- raistakable. With a throbbing pulse he entered the shop. The Jew proprietor , pointed out the kimono s beauty, adding, "It vos shold to me by von real Japan- ese laty, so it is not von of your imita- tionsae herein . g an " Miles felt he was nearing discovery. "Really? That is interesting," The Jew continued, evidentiy with an eyp, to business: sell me several little things first; I think sae was almost starving pefore she pring the kimono. Since then I see her puss' here effery evening and morning, so ber'aps ehe was only out of watrvice.; morning and evening! The words rang in Miles' ears as he kit the shop. It was only noonday. He would have time to take the kimono back to his hotel, and then be back to wait for her. Frad 5 Mita nearly 7 he paced the street where he had found his clew. Then she came. Saya, but another Saya, with deep !shadows under the dark eyes, with piti- fully shabby elothes, and a tired droop to her •shoulders: Her face flushed hotly when. Miles advanced. "Sesta! Why didn't you let ine know? Why didn't you write? I have been looking for you weeks -ever sinee I got back to England." "Tb,ere was nothing to say," she an- swered, sadly. "I could go no more to _the studio. Justin told me that—" "I knew -I know," Miles interposed heathy; "but you •mighe have written to me." - They bent their steps toward the river, imnd it was on a seat on the embankment, !with a dull mist envel•oping them, that ISa.ya recounted her bitter experiences and fight for existence, after being cast scharacterless adrift -thanks to .Miss Mir- iam Dabbs. "It was only at the last, the very, very last, I :sold the kimono. I tried to keep it, for it was all I had to remind me of --of—a He laid a hand on hers. , "I understand. .But you shall diave it back again if you will to.ke axle with it." She pulled her aand away. "No, ah, no—" she began, He continued:. "1 fancy I understand more than you think; but I shall not ask for anything except the right to take care of you. I loved you well enough to let you go glad- ly to -to anyone worthy of you. Things have turned out differently, however, so will you -let me -take care of you?" Her reply was unex.pected. "Justin onee asked me the same ques- tion," she said, slowly. alife made me promise never to tell anyone; still, it tiantot matter now." Miles remembered the day he had de - tided to go out to the east when he ovetheard the conversation on the bal- Cony. Several things became clear to him, and lis fingers clenched and un - %clenched. "Soya," he said, rather hoarsely, "I evant you te be rny wife. Will you?" The eale face turned toward. hitn, the Buie inouth quivering. ."Did, you ever wonder?" she asked, al. most in a whisper, "why I was glad Jug- tinsgave me the kimono?" "I thoughr-----" he began, hesitating- ly. Site interrupted. "It had. been yours -once." "Sega!" He gripped. the , shabbily gloved hend. "And you are mine -now." -Tae Lady's Realm. t THE SUMMER SALAD. A Pew flints on—llow to Serve the • Dish. The success of a salad depends epee Ihitving the vegetables thoroughly dry. „yet fresh and crisp, and not adding ,meat et dressing until ready to serve. iMany cooks prefer to omit onions from is Salad, and some simply rub the bowl lin which the ingredients are blended 'with ft clove or garlic. Thiless one 1ms very fin' vinegar, lemon juice is a bet - Aar acid to 'use, and phrtieularly for ,fruit.saleds, should the juice of n lemon itake the place of vinegar -though het - ter :AM is the use of &all lemon and • half tirsinge juice. A epoonful of acid 'sedate wine aprinklest over the fruit ia •consislered Mt improvement by many. Cooked vegetables and meat have ,Isetter flavor if marinated before the alreeeing proper IS added. TO "Wain - ..Atte, meats to pour a French areesing loves; the inrgedients of the ettled, 4t1 - lowing 'MOM to Iseeome well seasoned .arat then carefally drained to prevent the mayonniesm front liquefying. Prefielt dressing is gentrety used for green Vegetables, fruits and unts,.mayontaise tor meat, fish end • .somo.vitrieties.of . vegetal)] es. A hojted .,dressing is that ,i4gt#0),I$811:1Real amt ',utter or Meet 1 e eaes for oil; and the erten dressing is that in which main b the beets. In Combining Ceylon tea direct from the gardens of the finest tea producing country In -the world, Sold only In Lead Pockets. 40e, SOC, 60c per lb. By all -Grocers. Black, Illged or Greet?. Highest • Award, St. LooiS, 1904« cheese or eggs with &dash, if the vege- table ipi a, puree, shape in the desir,.il form, wrap in Waxed paper and lay Cue the refrigerator unta time to serve. Oelx- eate, yet nutrieious, jellies for molding I or deeorating salads may be made by thickening the water in which various Ivegetables have been cooked with gela- 1 tine. Season with salt, pepper and onion, and, if transparent jelly is desired, add the white of an egg before straining elipough a cloth. I A salad suitable for luncheon or sup- per is anade from the cooked livers of several chickens, or half a yelled of 'calves' liver boiled with a dozen pep- percorns and a half inch oif bay leaf. iTh,a meat ehould be put through a fine chopper or grated over lettuce leaves and tile Seifal dressing served sepere.te- ly, Cold, cooked fish makes an appe- tdzing salad, served in tomato cups or cucumber boats placed in lettuce nests and topped with a spoonful of mayon- naise. If the supply of fish is a little scant, add one cold, boiled potato, Cooked epixiaoh, seasoned with salt, pepper, and a French dresaing, makes a piquant salad. Chop fine, pack in tiny molds, garnish with hard-boiled eggs and. cress awl serve with additional dressing. ' -July Pilgrim. = KEEP CHILDREN WELL. If you want to keep your children hearty, rosy and full of life during the hot weather months, give them an ince- atonal dose of Baby's Own Tablets. This medicine will prevent all forms of atom - 1 a& and bowel troubles, whick carry off Iso many little opes during the hot tinTrt- imer months, or it will cure these troubles if they come on unexpectedly. It is just the anedicine for hot weather troubles, because it always does good and can never do barm as 11 18 guaranteed free from opiates and harmful drugs. It is good for children at every stage from birth onward, and will promptly CUM all their miner ailments. Mrs. J. J. ialea'ar- lane, Aubrey, Que., says: "My baby was troubled with colic until I gave him Baby's Own Tablets, and they proraptly cured lam. Now when he is a little out of sorts, I give bim a dose of Tablets, and they promptly bring him bank to his ueual neaith," You can get the Tablets from your druggist, or they will be sent , by mail at 25 cents a box by writing The 1 Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont. t Sanitation and Expectoration. In recent years there has come the definite realization that all the excretions of the body (and in a certain sense the fluids of the throat and nose are excretions), may be, Iand often are harbingers of many kinds of pathogenie micre-organisms. There is ne doubt, then, that a very practical element in modern sanitation is the enforcement of re- ' gulations against public spitting. Owing to bad habits formed in previous generations, It is not going to be easy to break up the /spitting nuisance, but even severe measures -.are justifiable, since so much good can be accomplished, and physicians must be lead- ers in the movement. In New York city the death rate from tuberculosis among the sweepers in the street cleaning department is so much in excess of that of the rest of ' the population as to make it very clear that the spitting habit is an unfortunate source of serious evil, and an important element in ' spreading one of the worst of modern dis- eases . English sanitary statistics show that a correspondingly high death rate ex- ists among the scrub women of the English Imetropolis, and especially among those who are employed in cleaning large office buildings. A clXinct lowering Of this death rate has b n brought about in re- cent years by th P distribvt ion At on -Alit *q tbrougbout the corridors of such buildings. IAs can readily be realized, this custom is only of comparative recent origin, but 1 tt'15 Art :Ai" t?. eliow roll; xiji3gilit, 1;1 s ff g a ri a Q or sanitary matters may accomplish. In New York city the arrestof a number of vio- tors of the city ordinances against spit- ting on the streets has led to many pro- tests in the newspapers, and the assertion by not a few intelligent people of the ne- cessity for expectoration. The answer to this would seem to be that only one sex finds it necessary to spit upon, the sti•eet, and that this Is due rather to a bad habit fostered in early years than to any Spe- cial liability of the reale sex to catarrhal conditions, requiring the ejeetion of oral discharges. Peahens, however, for a time at Mast, or until there has been an edu- cation of the next generation in this matter, the provision of city authorities of recepta- cles for expectoration an each block may be a desirable addition to the sanitary precau- Hens necessary for city life, -American Med- iciee. Eggless Salt Pork Fruit Cake. Chop fine a pound of very fat salt pork; pour over it a pint of boiling water; set at the beck of the range for 20 minutes, then strain. What remains in the strainer sthoeld be put in a frying pan and. set in the oven, so that alt the fat may fry outaothen strain it into the other liquid. Adel one pound of brown sugar, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful .of" nutmeg, One eup of MO - lasses and two teaspoonfuls of baking soda. disolved in a little hot water. Do net use the liquid while hot. Cut in I halves one and a half pounds of seeded raisins, add a pound of currants, one- fourth of •a pound of citron and two ounees of orange and lemon peel mixed. I Dredge the fruit well with flower; add I five cups of flour to the liquid; then put in t e fruit Diet of nil. Grease your pans well and dust them with flour. , Bake 1 for about two hours in a moderate oven, covering with paper. for the first hour or two. If the frurt 28 hard or dry, as it sometimes is when it comes in pack- ages, steam et before using. This cake I C.all alto be served as a pudding, with ' sauce. -Kindness of a Correspondent. , - - Something About Marie. Marie Corelli is of mingled Scotch and Italian blood. She was adopted by Charles Mackay, the song writer and litterateur, and brought up during child- hood in England. She was afterward sent to France and educated in a. con- vent, where she received, with other in- struction, a first-class musical training. She commenced to write an elaborate opera wh a barely 14. Her first at- tempts in literature were three sonnets on Shakespearean themes, entiled "Ro- meo and Juliet," "Rosalind" and "Des- tlemona," Her adopted father had in- tended to fit her entirely for a musical career, but a curious psychical exper- ience oecurring to her, personally, caused her to write "The Romance of Two Worlds," which was an instant success, end from that time she devoted herself to literature. She has never,however, abandoned her love for music, and is proficient on the piano and mandolin. She has published many successful books, including "Vendetta,» "Thelma," "Ar- dath," and "Tbe Master Christian." She is unmarried and resides at Stratford - on -Avon. s Oppression Suicidal. Booker T. Washington is right when he says "The oppressoratare lost." No race which needs to protect itself from another by oppression has a character or civilization which can stand the test of time. TliE TU'.N LIFE A Time When Women Are Susceptible to Many Dread Diseases—Intelligent Women Prepare for It. Two Relate their Experience. The "change of life" is , the most critical period of a wornan's existence, and the ataxiety felt by women as it draws neh,r 1 is not without reason. Every woman who neglects the care of her health at this time in- vites disease and pain. When her system is in a deranged condition, or she is predisposed to apoplexy, or congestion of any organ, the ten- dency is at this period likely to become active -and with a host of ner- vous irritations, make life a burden. At this time, also, cancers and , tumors are more liable I to form and begin their Idestructive work. Such warning eymp. toms as sense of suffo- cation, hot fleshes, head- aches backaches, dread of impending evil, timid- ity, sounds an the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipa- tion, variable appetite, weakness and anquie- tude, and lizziness, are promptly heeaed by in- 7„gcrittzwerne,.....g.' so.,03..,4441‘aliu.e. telligent wotnen who are approaching the period in life when evotnaJeas great change period had patsed, ena it restated mo to per - may be expected. fect health. My advice to suffering women Lydia la Pinkharres Vegetable Com- is to try your Vegetable Compound, and they pound was prepared to itieet the needs gill tritho disappointed." -Mrs. B. Powless, of woman's system at this trying °seilDn "lit vigoratAnother Woman's Case. period of her life. It ines and strengthens the female organism and Ditgarzr. pinkhanri be ids up the weakened nervous s:vstetn. tiecniodnitteatlittliRitotrifLynativaeft PinklunnVeliglict: Pier special advice regarding this im- pleased to write and MU ygiti 14 experieneYe portmat period women are invited to with it. I am the mother of three ehildren write to Mrs. Pinkharn at Lyme Mass., grown to womanhooa, and have safely passed be aridit will furnished absolutely free tlio rilangil of Wei 41"1 feei all Yowl aael as staving iis T did tweety year; ago, anct I blow Read what Lydia E. Pinithrian•'s Com - 1. ,„ that theses all due to your wonetn's friendA Pon nd di d lOr ldra• ratiless eta aere. ayala m 1,, ki • v tau c i e in lams ege )0 .•ompoine . Mann: used it before my children were born, and it Dear Mrs. Pinkhosn:- greatly aedsted nature and eased me much " an my opinion, there is no melleirm made pein durieg the change of life. I tAok it, dr for WOMen =oda' can compare with Lydia and on, 211' tow years, /Mil had blit little E. Pinkhanes Vegetable Compound, and you trouble and sickness that most womeri have have no firmer friend at the Dominion than te endure."-Mra. amnia X. Mann, SW Bath- ! am. At the time of Mange of life I sufs burst littast, Toronto. Canada. fere4 until 'was nearly erasy, and wits riot Whet tytlitt E. Ankh:Ian's Vegetable .fit to live with. I wits ea irsittible, irrational Comet:laid did for MAI. Powless and and nervone that I eves a torment to myself a1 S 0 0. 11,lili Mann, it Will do for any WOtnalt end othees. a surely thought that r wood low my reasetet befeas I got through, when t t1ii t' IMO f l'i f fortutietely an old friend reeommehdal your It haa aalialleaaa Pain, r•osibmi Vegetable Corapoand. I took it for five health, and prolonged life ill eases that months and then off and on until the critical latillea physicians. Lydia 11. Nihilism's 'Vdietable Wood Sweats Where Others Fail. CURRENT COMMENT' The Japanese peace envoys have al- ready had. to eontrediet some Judd stories told by New York reporters. If they hope to set that crowd right, they Will be kept busy. or. t New Yor.. papeehangers are tryhig to orgaeize as it separate body-, with the object of restoring old scales under which they made $50 a week. Who wouldn't be a paper -hanger? Perhaps those people who say they suspect that John Bull is behind Japan in her demands for indemnity may not be far wrong. If anybody else inter- feres, Britain is by treaty bound to see her plucky little ally through. f ) The Tanners' Combine has put up the price of hides "owing to the war in Manchuria." Well, that is almost as good an excuse as if it had said the 1 - crease was because of the eclipse of the sun, or the Peary raid on the Pole. It will hit the coesumer just as hard, - I Chauncey M. Depew is a director in seventy-two different companies, not counting the Equitable, from which he retired. In most of these he must be only a sleeping partner, as no man could give attention to such a variety of in, terests. - _ It has been decided that under the present Sunday laws farmers are not prohibited front laboring on Sunday. This is immaterial. The farmer has a certain amount of necessary work to do every Sunday, and few there are who care to do more on thet day. - Iowa has 40,000 more men than women, and the spinsters are said to be a little.. "stuck on themselves." Meanwhile the sclaool ma'ams of New England, who are 4 per cent. short of material for hus- bands, think of spending their holidays in that state when it's not the close sea - 8011. - It is believed that the operators of the big July wheat corner at Winnipeg stand to lose heavily. We hope the be- lief is well founded. There will be lit- tle sympathy with those who enter such conspiracies against the public and gamble with the foodstuffs of the eourx- try. - - Farm help in this -Province is scarce, and it will be scarcer yet before the Northwest crop is harvested. In some parts wages range from $30 to $40 a month with board, and day laborers sel- dom get under $1.75 to $2 a day with board. These are comparatively big wages, but tie farmers are prosperous and able to pay. The only complaint we have heard this season so far is that the hay crop has been so heavy it was diffi- cult to harvest it. 1... 1. Eleanor J. Omphalius, of Buffalo, sued Harry Copeland for $500, the alleged value of one single little kiss and hug. After hearing the evidence, seeing the plaintiff and thinking over the matter for several days, Judge Hammond dis- counted. the claim 02 per cent., treating it as a sort of special bargain day deal, added $1.20 for costs, and let Harvey off for $41.20. It was a big discount. But think of all the unkissed kisses available for which the tender of cold cash would be an insult! -1 1 We still hold the opinion expressed when this project woe announced. That is, that while the United States no doubt has a, full legal right to leave the wreck [of the Maine] where it is, an unsightly obstacle and nuisance in a foreign har- bor, to be dispoeesl of in any way which the Cubans may see fit to adopt in order to get rid of it, a measure of moral ob- ligation rests upon the United States to see that the remains of the ill-fated ves- sel receive proper and fitting burial in the clean waters of the Gulf Stream. - New York Sun. A moral obligation also rests upon the United States to see what caused the vessel to sink to the bottom of Havana, harbor. Among a great many people there is something stronger than a suspi- cion, there is a belief, that the Spaniards did not do the sinking. • -e The dummy telephote is the latest accessory to the bucket shop. Inquiry into the failure of 3. H. afansfield & Co., Neve York, shows that a dummy telephone was installed in the room set apart for the women customers. The telephone had a mechannical buzzer, which was set in action whenever the receiver was raised. Whenever the women patrons gave orders, they were promtly and realisticaly transmitted over the dununy telephone, the ends of whose wires were simply concealed under the (*.met. A good niany of She fleeeea creditors who call at the office, refuse to give their names, not being willing to let the public know that they speeu- lated in such a place - Beware of the water. The Toronto News says that within the last thirty days the Torouto daily papers have re- corded no fewer thau twenty-one boat- ing accidents in which fifteen persons lost their lives, while twenty-eight more narrowly camped the same. fate, These aeeidents oecerred in sweetsailing boate, eanoes- and rowboats. The large proper-. tion of these mei:lents were the result of carelessness or thoughtlessness on the part of the mempants of the boats. Far too many mai:leuts. oceur simply beeause people persist in standing up or champ,- ing seats while on the water. Perhaps some day a boat or a once will be built • width will net capsize when a person • does either of the above two things. Meanwhile beware of the water. We do not think that Kaiser Wilhelm will suceted in making the Baltic a closed see without objections being risked to the proeess. Indeed, w tney that the attempt to close it would probably be resisted with all the force Great Britain conld, bring to bear, The Baltic Sea is nearly a eleeecl sea by nature ---almost much so aa the Mediterranean. Co channel by which it opens into the Norhh Sea runs between Denmark an the wog and, that southerly tip of Sweden on the east 'which used to be ealed Sicania. The Ka, is about 000 miles long and from 75 to 200 wide, and, ineasive of the Quits of Bothnia, Riga and Finland, has an area of aboat 150,000 square 4nilu.S. fe the thirteenth century Denmark undertook to exclude at her discretion ft:ridge ves- eels or to exact from them the payment of a, toll, but in the following century the Hanseatic League defied it, took Co- penhagen, subjected. Denmark temporar- ily to a sort of vassalage and maintained its own ascendency in the Baltic for nearly three hundred years. Later, how- ever, for three centuries Denmark levied tolls on shipping in the &tape sif Sound dues, now abolished, It is not to be sap - posed that Great Britain will consent to any arrangement that would restore them. She has maintained the freedom of the Mediterranean and opened the short route to the East via. the Suez Canal, and it is likely that if the Kaiser or any other sovereign attempts to bar her way into the Baltic Sea he will have to be able to stavanee such arguments as will convince British seamen and gunners.. Not even Russia, Sweden, Denmark and Germany combined dare try that; and it does not yet appear that Denmark would be willing to do so. I SKIN OF WILD ANIMALS. Many Are Becoming Scarce and Increas- ing in Value. Skins of wild animals are daily becoming more rare and valuable. The spread of civili- zation is the extermination of the menarche of the plain, the forest, the jungle and the hills, and their hides now ornament many a rausuern, clubhouse and drawing room. The skin fo the lion, the king of beasts, Is among the most valuable of the rare skins, It Is kingly even as was the animal itself, and reveals the great strength and courage of the mighty form that It once protected. The skin of the full grown lion is about three yards long and one and cem-bait yards wide. Its hair is neither bright nor Pretty, but its great shaggY mane crowns it like a rare jewel and makes it valuable. Tbe skin of the Boa, the king of beasts, it the skin of the lion, and 12, too, reveals the character of the beast which It once protected. Its bearded cheeks reveal the tiger's ferocity and cunning, and is yellow and black tiger stripes and its white belly tell of the stealthy nature of the great cat, The American Jaguar furnishes a pretty skin, despite Its reddish white belly and Rs spots instead of stripes. Tile leopard, too, has a pretty pelt, its fur being light yellow with black spats. The skin of the black panther Is also much admired. Bear skins are trophies in many a civilized home. The black or the Canadian bear Is the most common. The polar bear sup- plies a beautiful, soft, white, furry skin, but it is very rare. The skin of the American grizzly la now almost quite rare. Although deer and moose are common game for hunt- ers, yet few have succeeded La preserviag their pelts 'with the fur on for any long period. The American black wolf skin, with white spots on its snout and breast, is admired by some people. The Siberian wolf furnishes a fine, soft fur skin. Among farmer lads in this country it is popular to catch foxes during the winter and to tan their skins for rugs and for ornaments, but the fox skin to -day isn't by any means as valuable as are the skins cif larger and fiercer animals, though the fox is growing more and inore scarce. A coat of skins of reindeer fawns only a feu days old is said to be worth thousands of dollars. The skins match perfectly In color, and they are doubled so that the coat is the same inside as outside, This coat is an light as an ordinary raincoat, but warmer than heavy fur, and it is also water- proof. Some skins of Manchurian tigers are also valuable. One skin is fourteen feet long. A monster skin is that from a 2,200 -pound grizzly. It measures 14 feet long, and the bear's bead is two feet thick. Some rabbit skins from New Zealand may also be seen, though rabbit skins are not as rare or valet - able. -Shoe and Leather Reporter. _ _ Raising the Young Lapps. Little Laplanders spend the first few Months of their existence in baskets of wickerwork, provided at the top with a °onkel framework too close for the baby to fall through and yet giving the infant plenty of light and air. Before comenincing her work for the day the Lapp mother places her child in the basket and hangs it on the limb of soane nearby tree, occupation being found for the little one by stringing toys upon a cord passed across the top of the bas- ket. Thus provided, the child spends the en- tire day m the open, and yet at the same time is guarded from the trouble-% and dangers of outdoor chilki life in other countries. The basket idea curiously parallels the Indian idea of strapping the papoose into a carrying ease, but the La.pp baby- has the advantge over its Indian Wow in that its limbs. are unconfined and a cer- tain amount of liberty- of movement is afforded. The child is carried from place to place in the same basket, the cord by which it IA attached to a tree being slung over the shoulder. - - A. Ghost of x86o. A new device for stiffening airy ma- terials is the insertion of horsehair braids -the kind the milliner uses -in the hent of skirts. Very often, most often, in fact, these supports are put in- to the foundation or drop skirt instead of in the outside skirt. If hints of the fearsome hoop skirt they be, they are ghostly and ethereal and, like other spectres, east no shadow under the strongest scrutiny. There is more ac- tual danger the the bustle and hip pads will return than that the hoop -skirt will return. In some quarters the latter ogres bave actually appeared, but they are very far yet froin aceeptation in fashionable eircles.