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The Wingham Times, 1903-05-07, Page 71" .�:*-fir*` ' s •.. ♦ `, i ,\ST*i/�tT,7,n''t;r'Jiat.71'",I-iS' Cruel Revenge tit }, BY LAURA JEAN LIBBI Y Author of "A Broken 1 etrot1ial," "farted et the Altar," "'Tie Heiress of CaMeron Half," Etc., Etc. rlafnty cream -colored silk }ta11-dress:$♦X'4.Y l which Ida held upon her lap. "Oh, you horrible, clumsy girl!" shrieked Ida, fairly panting with t rage. "Just see what you have done; fairly ruined my beautiful dress, Get ! out of this house this instant," } called Mrs. el'aldrOn. huat has she rrying, Ida a ting, intothe ;room attracted by her daughter's shrill, angry voice,, "What has the girl done, Ida?" "z+ook: at — my—Dresden vase," gasped her daughter, panting with 'going "And the ball -dress I was going to weer to -night. See, it is o 1 completely ruined." If • e glance • could have killed, } Rosebud would certainly have been struck had by the scowling, glaring gaze Mrs. Waldron bent upon the , trembling little culprit before her, • • ,Js 1Te well scow not a belles .'a New York would have refused hhn-- wettlthy, self-confident and winning, a millionaire in his own light --yet ile trembled with suspense as he serv- al himself to outzke a declaration of his love to the childish, little crea- ture beside hila. CHAPTER XV, "Little Rosebud," says Raymond, breaking the. perilously sweet silence that had fallen between thein, "what clo 1t'ilcl roots. ou eegaa ?y to tl Thereever rare stranger romances in real life than ever have been written. Let us snake this one of them. I lore you, Pretty little runaway that yon are," he went on, laughingly, his passionate dark eyes t Aaider hadthe crept into lighting up wonderfully. '"I loved glum you t? gfrom the tirst..itlstant I saw you, and blue eyes drooping beneath the white When you gave tae the cut direct at lids, a deep red spot was glowing in the depot, I thought I had lost all, rho centro of her death -white cheeks., and I vowed to myself I'd find you, !but with all her old -tune pretty, and marry you if you would have ,willful defiance, Rosebud raised her me." #stir head proudly to lneet her aunt's "slush!" she cries, in such a startle det}ant gaze. i ed voice that he pauses and looks 1 "It was an' aecldent, Aunt Edna," around to see whet has frightened 'she begins, in a voice so strained her, "Oh, don't!'• she sobs, pitiful- ' and hollow she scarcely recognizes it I,y; "you anust rat talk to me so. . as her own, "it slipped from nlY tin- i--I—don't want to marry any one. gers." } I rnuicl not--" "It is false!" screamed Ida, yen- 1 Rosebud pauses in sheer fright, Oh, olnously, "you envious vixen! You ! merciful Heaven! how near she had could not bear the idea of my wear- conte to divulging the .horrible see - leg so beautiful a robe to the ball ret that was crushing her stingingyoung life • to -right. You ruined it, I say, out out with its stir of Sheer envy!" time. g b, mocking tor- . ' "Go directly to your, room, Rose- "Why may I not?" ho demanded bud Arden," said Mrs. Waldron with endeavoringd tavoran g to clasp sI the little white strangely compressed Iips and shin- finite of a hand that was so ing eyes. "'1 will see „ 1 dpng ry Rosebud turned and you , of distress, andr his the strange wn. Her sharp the roots. So nutch bitter, withering sioit which had flashed so suddenly sorrow was falling upon her ore all 1 into her great blue eyes embarrassed sides she looked forward from mo- him, in spite of all his easy non ehtt_ lant grace anis self-esstu•ancc, Itis handsome face flushed; he scarcely knew how to return to the interrupt- ec] subject. Ile looked into the lov(1- ly, spirited young face beside hire, which was turned so persistently from him, and he could not keep back the read torrent of love any louger. In an instant all the story of his adoring love burst eloquently •front his trembling lips, brooking no check or remtottstrance. Rosebud in- teryuptet1 hien with frantic haste; ,'You--love—rte—ItIr. Leslie!" sho gasped; "I—thought that we were— only friends." The frightened, won- dering voice fell like ice upon his heart. lie raised his handsome head and looked at her. "Iso not be angry at nay presump- tion, Little Rosebud," he said, "if I tell you that I believe that you do care for fine but • , you are only trying r •' t to tease mo; fuek up into my face, and make tie the happiest fellow in all the wide, wide world by saying; 'Raymond Y d ct a` e I, I love•leu, and z y will be your rei£e,' " "Oh, I know nothing of love, be- lieve me," she cried out, incoherent- ly; "I like you better than any ono else," she murmured with all the in- nocent frankness of her inexperienced heart, "but I can never marry you, 11Ir•. Leslie." Again graceful Bay Leslie turns his ltan'clsorne, smiling face toward her, with all his passionate heart in his eyes: "My pretty, coy liittTe darling," he breathed, softly, clasping her confi- dently in his strong, manly arms. "1_ was sure you cared for me. I shakl make you the happiest girl in lkllasclf, as he Ifstencd to her sluff- all the world." incoherent, faltering reply, as to ms with Tow front his clinging ,why she was upon the street at so arms with a law cry; "()h; k£ he early an hour in the morning. only knew the fatal truth,"gthe elf. Iter fragrant breath swept his " tined young heart sighs to itself. cheek. "Would he not doOise Inc if he knew Raymond Leslie, was young and that I ani already bound by a cruel IXOPimpulsive, Lith blond tie that I hate and loathe,' and like ]Siv in his veins, youthful a rearm a flash the sudden thought struck her bourn boating is veins, s, and heart keel, as a sword thrust—of the N<) wonder at that est. etlt the sweet possibilities that .might have been, if she were only free. God pity wealthy young battler would have bartered every dollar of his wo11dl her; an too latae the startling truth possessions for love. Y had Durst upon her—site lovers Ray- mTieond would not tell her of the harm- mond Leslie. Oh, the pity of it all! lois would ot tell hl of made. What had she done, that fate should Ire meant to win Little Rosebud. weigh down her bright young Iife with such heavy galling chains? for his bride and transplant elle , "You shall never sweet little flower to the garden of go back to your is. onex.hatiat a>.>ii talc nalatialhome. aunt and your cousin at Wildrvoad, my darling. he went on, clasping t.:_:_. the quivering, shrinking little figure • t all the closer; smiling amusedly as he thought what a stubborn little shy darling elle was in her girlish Strong � �g p t��g bashfulness. "We meet he harriers Iron g nerves v•1 ta-"as The words s.,„wd to fall t II unhee:lce�l b Whet! the blood gets thin and watery, upon Rosebud's ears; her heart. and as it usually deem at this Hereof year, the brain were ill a whirl. The warns, nerves are fieet to Suffer; they are starved burning kiss he pressed upon the and exhausted. Headache, dizzy spells, quivering, eherr v -ripe lies recalled I indigestion, weak action of the heart,herr ` s atterad senses. languid, ,depressing feelings, weakness At that illomeut a youn • } ' teed $1netlona f-, 1 o ran- : l derangements of the bodily tered slowly doryu the road lett a Organs are the result, magnificent, coal -black: You can feel Dr, Chase's Nerve rood the coach, glancingPony, Passe;} doinb at its occupants. g you goodday by day, as it at As she 'curl s() her trace grew ashy a cheroot of trouble .and creates new, rich white; a flush, swift dark blood. 'Yon can prove that it builds up Ica utl from her • , t diet as now tissues and acids iech if You weigh 1 l ,a i t i' shunt).- eves as 3,' g they fell upon Rosebud's.) fa<•e. yourself each week while usingit. lf• fl "1 have found , c f)1 r Ild t t ' . you out .lGic ` v a is I'aix}C tltt carpenter, to m Moretti, n r > p , x Manning Y Amend,. 'Toronto, states:---' I have used 1{tele 1)1tUytfaced beauty!" etre criers, )r, Chase's Nerve hood for acuteintiiges• bees oher Ttarso ral)idiy about•, tial. nervousness and following f >, , e vousneY►t t r slea 11 San.•C ns d friability t a safe f ab it ta O sleep, y ee n p r and dim t i•c now, t1 n "tri , after .ate t 1 a t you sl thorough at feel ooix 1 h test ttI t -leased to say that my nervous'systetn full force- of Maud Arden's veu cer as been `ly ancc. built u , and I rest and Ice I: have found out aur sec - wen. I cat. speak v s ret and I it" 1 y p wry highly of this s t 1 halal it over Your knowing preparation, awes proud Mord! r It to o h + k • assesscixr t' p head like a swrn 8 a tyle d, You have properties which i have ailed to find in won Iktrey Fielding from me, but I other remedies." 50 cents a bot, at all sw.iar that I shall have a most .gtor- dealers, or I:dntanson, Bates & Co., sous revenge!" Toronto. anent to moment to see what was to • happen her next. ) Ilt'r brain was in a whirl, her heart on fire. She forgot that she had been sent to her room. The air seemed to stifle her, and scarcely knowing what she did Rosebud hurried down through the fragrant garden, past the ferneries, the archery ground and the fountain, out into the street. } The very first person whorl she . inet was Raymond. Leslie. "Little Rosebud," he ejaculated, with delighted surprise. "Why I was just this moment wondering haw I toted contrive to gain an interview ;with you. Why, where are you •inir- ,rying to, little- arm?" he asked, kind- ' ly. "There are traces of tears on your cheeks and your face is as ral- , lir. as death." The kindness in his tone touched tele frozen spring in the poor girl's aching heart, and quite unconscious of g {12e thought t o h t of • any woe that .night accrue front it, a sudden, un- accountable longing seized Rosebud to trust hint with her pitiful story to cried 1 ont t to herself that her - heart would surely break without someone to sympathize with her. "Let us take a drive through Cen- tral Park," he said, 'hesitatingly. ""I have something very particular to say to you." .(l few moments Iater they were seated side by side, driving slowly through the park. Rosebud looked so shy, so girlish and so sweet Raymond Leslie could scarcely refrain from, clasping her to his madly beating heart and telling her that she was all the world to hint. "She is such a timid little bird I must riot frighten iter," he said to RICH BLOOD Dr C/A� '1.y�tJ .. Dr. r1ri� �A7rwr a7 erve Food She pondered long anti earnestly ns to who the handsome stranger could ha who seemed so vitally interested in every word that fell frons flow bu(rt lips. not there IS THE WINGILUI T, 31,;s, MAY Pure soap!" You've heard the words. In Sunlight Soap you have the fact, 5 LifiLiGiff birye)toftonh ger t1t'k•haekeS m1iaLuf11'feI-yo> t,Il)iat(;;x1u}cll;hro n l tr obtr•upr()tlQy•neLt1again ity." Pate favored her; fito el;;ht cough followed by sigh. Ietring bersalf I1to thetcsk the lad set for horse Arnett in an inetitnt ritty111nnt4 Imo "taut- inat�, a ('ecd her in his strong, 1(ung arms. a low, "Cling close to lnc=, darling," he cried, clouting hes' Whitt, orals round his leek. "I wits save you, or we will (lie together." Clasping his precious burden close to his madly beating heart. Ray. mond turned to mac the perilous tlescctt, but the Eight that. roes', his gaze nearly took ills breath away — the ladder was wrappers its fl(trues! , It WAS a irtotueatt of intense sus- pense. The people down below fair- ly ltel(1 their breath, expecting each luonient to s a the handsome, daring Yount; fellow and his lovely burden precis itatod headlong down into the flames below. Its that vast throng one pan' of eyes were fixed upon the thrilling teldeau with afascinating gleam. "lay the Lord .harry, if It isn't that little beauty, Rosebud Arden!" cried Paul Howard, excitedly through his ciecched teeth. "And saved by that infernal Leslie, too!" Anikl shouts and cheers the daring young linin had cleared the last doz- en rounds of the ladder by a desper- ate jump, just an it broke in twain beneath the double weight upon it, Paul Howard pressed as near to the spot where IRosebud and her res- cuer stood as he possibly dared. A subtle plot was working in his fer- tile brain—t() gain possession of be- witching Little Rosebud again. He well knew nothing short of the most adoring love had induced the weal- thy young banker to undertake such 0harar(ious feat in the very jaws of death. While: he was pondering how he should manage the affair, an un- looked-for opportunity :nddenly oc- curred, • Ilaymottci Leslie had left Rosebud in charge of friends while he hasten- ed in search of a coupe. Now here was the opportunity. It was a daring venture, but Paul .Tow- ard was just desperate enough to ear_ ry it successfully through. HIe was unknown. Ile weighed his chances in an instant. Itosebud. had fainted—he had nothing to fear froln her. The walls of the building fell in with a loud crash, and, while all eyes were turned in that direction, Patti Howard quietly lifted Rose- bud's slight figure in his strong arms and bore her quickly to the first veh- icle in waiting. The affair had been managed so dastttrd- If Matti" carefully whence had proceeded the low, weery et sigh OAP ExPEKsz The'idght, Which met ber gave would R.X-DUCEP She pusher/ eieen the door, stand- ing irresolutely upon the threshold. bane melted to pity• any other heart, Ask her_the °dame Ear, As; than Matte Arden's. The eoft pearly light from an over- harteltor chandelier fell tenet Rose - biers otee. Ali the weary vexatione cares of her youpg life were in obliv- ion. She slept. lier fair hair was tossed about her flushed, tear -stain- ed face. and the varlet lips quivered with each momentary sigb. Maud Arden had never hated the chile -like beauty of the young girl so deeperately as sbe did at that white heauty stole my lover from Ane," MINI out fiercely to her- self, "and that thought will make me firm in my purpose. Love and jealousy will turn the temper of au angel, " she mu ttered. "They who have never loved caul never ender - stand the wild, bitter throlibings that rend the quivering heitrt-string-s whim they germ upon the thee of their rival. A littie couruge awl this girl will be swept forever from me. path. No one ean ever trace this night's work to me. The world would re- fuse to believe it, and Percy Field- ing's love shall again be mine." Without the least compunction she gresped a long silken scarf that lay acroes the table, and deftly and noiselessly with her skillful fingers she bound the sleeping girl eecurely (as she imagined) in the chair in which she sat. "Sleep, little fool!" she cried, con- tentpt uously, Under her breath, ''it is better that the mad, leaping arms of scorching flame infold you to be revenged that night in the Pane arbor when diecovered that you had won him front me. Writhe and shriek out ia vain; there will be none to hear, mine to help you When I see the flames sweep over you any re- venge will be complete!" The next instant there was a dull, seraping sound in the room, followed With unflinching fing-ers Maud :Ar- den applied the lighted match to the table -cover, and hurriedly left the room, locking the door, after her. fairly flying down the corridor and out into the etecet with the key of Itoreibud's door firmly clinched in her firlAgelli.tst:le More time and a tretible cry of fire hroke out on the etillness of the night. With a wild, maniacal beagle Maud Arlen hastened swiftly away feom tee eloomea building, which was fast becoming. wrapPed in a fiery sheet of dame. itamest. what about flet' t11i't carrle8 hen's nearts so by storm," tulle muttered, grimly. "1 hate hes' for her beauty! I shall have e, most glorious revenge upon Roe/abed At:dett before another sun sets!" The coach stopped directly in front of a magnificent .louse in the most fashionable part of the city. Maud Arden drew her veil hastily down over her face,. but her keen eyes luta read the name on the door- plate --"Mrs. Mina, ii'aldrott," "Can it be possible slio Is living with her aunt, who was the judge's worstfoe?" site ejaculatetI, surp t'is- ed}y, catching her breath hard. "I shall not take 'no' 'for an an- swer," she heard the deep, musical voice answer itt reply to something Rosebud had said. "1 shall come to- morrow for my pretty little sweet- heart," Raymond Leslie never forgot her es he saw her thou, the sunlight fall- ing upon her upturned face, showing every exquisite feature in the main, golden light. Ile could not understand the ex.: - 0'013,4°n of her face. There was some- thing almost like tragic despair in the blue eyes as she turned front him and sped quickly, like a, frightened deer, up the green, velvety lawn, her blue, shimmering dress, bluer than the sides that beat over her head, disappearing quickly front view be- hind the trees. Rosebud fairly flew up to her little room, flinging herself down on her knees by her couch, weeping the bit- terest teats those lovely blue ayes had over wept before. "lseaven help me!" ,site cried out, piteously. "How can I part with hint when I love hint so? Yet I must—I must! Oh, what a blind )mistake it was! she weeps, wildly, rocking herself sobbingly to and fro with all the abandon of a child. "If It had not been for illy rash marriage with Percy Fielding I could marry the man I lore!" To -morrow site must part with him forever, tell him all, of her pitiful story. A sudden longing, strong as 'her very soul, seized her to fly forever from the chains that bound het• to tho reckless, handsome, debonair forger who was her husband in name only. Forger! her soul turoed sick with horror at the very word, which Seemed to clutch her, heart -strings. 021, Raymond! niy love! my love! Is there no mercy for rile, no way out of lny mad, foolish vows!„ she cried, bitterly. The world would never know of that fatal marriage. Could site not marry vRaymond L sli Leslie., and d It hint with m rcherc no alio would ever find her -again? No one, not even Raymond him- self would everknow of the fatal 1 secret burit*d in her past. Poor child, she was •so young and inexperienced, she never once stopped to count the cost. Tier pure, guileless young soul was innocent of any thought of the bitter fruits which would spring up from such a harvest of. woe. She never once dreamed that the tie.^, which bound her could not be instantly -snapped asunder in a, mo- ment it site so willed it. That the• eonsegt(ence of such a step would recoil with a cruel venge- ance upon her• own defenceless head. (list not occur to her in her reckless, heedless, childish resolve. In that dark hitter fight with }ler own. soul, her love and her pitiful despair, Rosebud forged the last links in the coil of fate that Was tightening about .her. IIer love had conquered. - "Raymond Leslie is the other half of my soul," site wailed out, sharply. "I can not give him up, sty life is desolate and lonely, he is my World. Tile die was irrevocably cast. She had settled her future. Rosebud laid her weary .lead upon her arms with a long, sobbing sigh. The night fell dark anis starless around her, still Rosebud lay there, long after the gloaming had settled into the rayless darkness, her head on her arms as if she .lever eared to lift it again, repeating over and ov- er again the sweet words of a love poem that occurred to her: feLeve is the magic. wand that rules the heart; Youth yearns for love, nor counts •the. viva.;y cost; The world is roseate, life. -a blissful •clreun.; Lore rules supreme, for love the world's well lost," 111 the halt below stood a woman heavily veiled end all alone. ''' ou say TIrs. Waldron and her dung}iter are not in the city," she said, slowly. '•No, ma'am," replied the servant, who 11aa1 answered her 8a)llrtione, "There. 111 no one i)1 the hottee ext'e11t little Miss R'os+thud, that's Miss Ida's CU1t11"a1i1f)tl. I1: -•y Itch and her nut went aft' elle. t it 'V t, e 12 .,s • 1 to tt,, „ Y t .Lin - f1t g t 1. .,1 ,w. 111 S t (. rite. i:rl i )5 f; u . else , d I know the way to het; apartments," she replied, pushing her way least the elan, who still stood with the door-khob in his hand,. uneasily eye- ing. his s 1' rc t au1 I visitor e. i r t <) r is . the 1 t e d' 1111 rvanirlg Iigrllt, ilIauit Arden, for it was sbe, spud quickly down the long corridor and or the short flight, of velr-et-earpcted the hall steles that ltd to- the hall above; 1 tn,�' itis rr and there she. paused in an cancer- ltotiel tale, bewildered manner. apatite "now shall I final he • r below, 1 room." site "I am nnntttl)'ed hard under ]Ler breath, +, enget 34,ere rant metope., now, I Owl) /dreams, T am her groped her arty CIIAPTEet Paster and faster flew Maucl Ar - den's feet as the wilt} clang of the fire bells peeled. forth on the night air. Site saw a the engines and hurrying throngs of pedosttinns dash quickly past her toward the volume of smoke and eflame she had left Ue- h!nd, In an instant am excited multitude stud gathered around the beautiful llomc of the Vt-o1drona�, "'1'ilank (sod there is none of the family at horse," said one of the by- standers. "Escape front talose fat walls would have been iutpossib the fire flus run completely around the hors,', fed by the dry, twining vines." - N0 was lt'ent wants adroitly, and under their very eyes, leo one noticed Rosebud's absense un- til :Raymond Leslie, with a coach- man at his heels, dashed breathlessly into their midst a few moments lat- er, to find her—gone! Immediately the greatest consterna- tion prevailed. Raymond was al- most wild with anxiety. In an In- stant alt' > his handsome face grew as white and haggard as if yars of the cruelest suffering had fallen upon hint in that brief space. No one could tell Low, when, or where she had 'gone. 1f the earth had suddenly opened and swallowed Icer, she could not have been more (To be continued} BABY'S BEST FRIEND. Tho best friend IcI baby can have is a simple medicine that will relieve and cure the minor ailments that snake his little life often very miserable. Suck a friend is Baby's Own Tablets. They cure indigestion, sour stomach, constipa- tion, simple fetors, diarrhoea, and allay the irritation accompanying the cutting of teeth. All mothers who have used these Tablets praise them, Mrs, P. L. Bourgeois, Eastern Harbor, N. S., says; e(1 "I have used Baby's Own Tablets anti le; I have f' look oundon iem thenras an excellent re's best fm•edy for r cOlic, and they have done oar baby mu h good in many ways," Little ones take ant these Tabors as readily as candy, and at the lnotherhas aguarantee that they con• re Itain no opiate or other llartnful drug. Once used always used where there are little ones in the home. Sold by drug- gists or sent by snail at 25c a box by writing direct to the Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co,, Brockville, Ont, one was in the fated lamest the comforting. assurance th from lip to Hp, as the s dazed and speeeitlees, we hurried front the doomed halls. Suddenly a yotlter Man almost frantic w1111 excitement and pale as death. dashed among then, "'(ih, my God, where -is Little Rosebud!" he cried out, hoarsely. "'Rosebud, I.ittle Rosebud!" he shouted, '•iu God's name, answer me a11(1 tell 1110 you are mar!" He pushed his way through tiro tl'longg that silently made ,way fo 111111, for Raymond Leslie, the yawn Wall Street banker', was titles known and tresesycu11y popular. Rosebud!" he called, loudly, "Rosebud!" A hoarse shout went tats from Alia surging multitude. There, standing at an upper window, shut off front all aid, clearly outlined against th lurid lumen' mind, was the figure o a y()t111g girl• The scarf wllieh Bland Arden hat bound about the sleeping girl had been cttrelesel;v fastened, and whet ,. the. fluency entree Itosebutl her fiul2ti struggles had freed her, "ilelp, help! will no one save me,' she canal out, ',ittee urly, 51.1',t,11;n' out her little white arms in tet•r0 to the horrified ntlltit.ut!e; below, The next instant at dense trloutl of smoke hill her freitt view, l:tttnt,rt,d Leslie ten,+ his way mad- ly through the te)'ror ett'iohen crowd. In tttl instant he had recognized Lit- tle IZat•elau(. "1 will ;;iVe eVtery dollar of my fort (heel to the stein that. rescue:1 herr!" he cried, wildly. '•her la alio, cave hrr! •' The f!reauetl ':'took their heads; it could tld tat ) 1-� d )u ( i . •11 j� 11 r'•`;. t nos <t hun- dred 11 dl'rtir f a. s tosweet t ( , recce life It wars worse t) st t.lteut lmuin,•s:( tet 'vent 1111i into II r the hurtling ,ul lt, mntis. Not 0211‘ . Ili all the t vest throng dared venture it. I.il:e n 1t:tslt }tatltu/nd Leslie torr off bis coat. Iso thin 1 nundedl past the eager, detaining hands that were stretched f o l,td )u h out lel( 0 1 hint'back,r and Sealed the ladder kit t1 trice. Through the 11 215(1 smoke and leap- ing tongues of tierce flange iluy star• int Stung hero blindly right - rely. std dtlt•lint,•,'°' he cried out lit unmindful of the tpectators ,, Where , . ( t .L1• , e. yl)lt 111 dolling?" y .slings ]tern, 11uyntalnl," cried a appealing' voice, "Save tie! c Jtt, your feet. I aria faint - Sate of Stock and Implements. Unres(•rved auction sale of farm stock andsnlplements at lot II, con, 4, Turn - berry, one and one-half miles north of Biuevalo, on Saturday, May 9th, at 1 v t o'elock p, nt. A good list of artieles and everything to he sold as the proprietor has rented his farm. John Black, pro- prietor; A. ItfacEwen, auctioneer, a A Lucknow resident is advertising in f i the Country Gentlemen not he has 1 ! leached ashes for sale. There is a sig- ! ! illficanee in stle]) en adnertiselttent that i should arrest the attention of everyfar- t mer in Canada, There is a wonderful folly in sending out of the country one ' r of the most important fertilizers in the I world to increase the fertility of a for- eign country, that ought to be kept to fertilize the land of our ow11. Our far- mers send to towns and villages to obtain suitable Snaltnre and I ( the straw that has 1 been used to tow.' stables, while iashes . which contain )'early all the best elo., nrents of plants, aro collected and sent out of the country to enrich the soil of another. Nothing is given for this vas- uable fertilizer, but a little bit of cheap; soap,bnt it is turned into a ld . hn ' golden crops s on gi the ether They itr , ldq, neo applied to otherbesides, e Its es b Orr r uI Y v (avr'tl(: 11011411bors, Tho point we desire to make and to emphasize 1s, that farmers should snake arrangements to collect the hardwood ashes tltronghont the country and use them ( elft their land, instead toad r of letting theta go out of the oonntry as is now the case.—Gletteee Transcript, t1 d.o wroormi 1111f1i11itl1tUtr111P9!II)1.1111 tl 1 ,.o,.. .777 JVegetablePreparatiourorAs- Imitating tlteFoodaa(Regula.- titig the S tomachs WlcWowei l of 11,1 i'romotesDigestiongheerful - ness andRest.Contain , neither NO lutn,Morp'hine nor Meat.. ow aaaseaowc. • Pwnpkua Se:,li- ,,ttlr,-.,ttratur r RoacelDSai'lc-, 1lnite Secd ' Pc rarOrniiatSo ♦ 71111J 1'cer4- clr.7ke,l frrgrr . itriftryrcca Norm Aperfect Remedy forConstipe- tion, Sour Stotnacil,Dierrhoea, Worms,Convulsions,Feverish mess and]Loss or SLEEP Facsimile ignature of 'NEW YORK . E THAT THE FAC'R%%1'/'IILE BIGNI.f"tTirlif R it-ez? seh(-/ X$ ON THE WRAPPER O:' EVERY BOTTLE r *� Oastorka is past up in ore size bottica ccly.. It is net sold in tell, 1)oa't Olga aw;,caa to toll 1 yon e)syteine else eu tee figs, cr promise teat it is "just es good" ares ttVill cza er every pure pose.' .eteh rco thee yea get 0-11.8-'.,'-C'-remit. Ali mha tao- o- i ri:.lo _ n. -aa. t`% n i s n e ` `o! ss(! r /uv7 rcl/�� oven eenUMZBEEMMeenal ,, � sear. )... F'.,•[h' J:. r w/'�•t SAF �:�.: 7, in . 't'b Ni�`'Fa`!seren EgAc'J• Coir' OF WRAPPER CURIOUS FACTS Lily Lantry owns a Neve(a gold mine said to be one of the richest in the world The income of the gambling establish- ment at Monte Carlo fell ofF by e+00,000 last year. Two hundred and twenty-seven dif- ferent insects have been classifielci which feed on the sugar cane. The first mention of surgeons in. the British army was in 1223. Edward L had a paid surgeon accompanying his army in Scotland in 1000. 1. bee, unladen, will fly forty miles an hour, but one coming home laded With honey does not travel faster than twelve miles an hour. In the late Herr ICrnpp's model tene- + lnertts at Essen suits are let at less than a dollar per room per mouth. Twenty- two cases of consumption have been reported front a single heetw reit tenement of the bad, old type. Oa the strength of fuortality statistics Prepare:. by the government of the pro- vince of Ontario, it is claimed that •Ou- I tario is the healthiest place in the world. The death rate last year was 13 6 per 1,000, Many cheap chocolate sweetmeats contain paraffin wax, which has a 'tend-,: ency when eaten to Pring on appell(licito4 ! states the chief inspector of foods and drugs for the county of Durham, Brig - 'land. Benjamin Kidd, the econolmist, who ! has made a toter of the new British South Africa, says lie believes the country to be richer Cher than the United States west of the Mississippi and believes that its future is assured. The total tomato pack in the United States for 1902 isgit•enas 0,282,912 cases, of which Maryland is credited with 4,514,381, or almost one-half the entire output. The eastern shore of Maryland is the heaviest producer in America, A French statistician estimates the number of cows in the civilizled world at 53,880,000, and the amount of butter they yield at 2,640,000 tons a year. Five thousands dollars has beenpaid for the drinking glass used by the ato Empress of Austria, while taking the waters at Langen-Schrvalbtch, near Wiesbaden. If you fear a sleepless night, undress In the dark. Lig;_t stimulates and , arouses the activities. Darkness is sup- posed to produce drowsiness. - BACK 4a COULDN'T TURN N ba A citizen of Trenton, Ont., who suffered Egon with his back and kidneys, tells of his rapid and compleCe restoration to health by the use of Dr. Pitcher's Backache Eithley 'riblets. We desire to present to you the Id tory of the case of Thomas Douglas, of Trenton, Ont., venose occupation is that of elites• for the Gillman ea, all avocation whi,ah i:lvo1%'(-' heavy lifte and fre- quent exposure to wet and cold—all hazel on the kissers. That Dr. Pitchers Backache Kidney- Tablets ooule . o c}uuaay cure ,-e ease so serer: as that of Mr.` Douglas ie. it 1:•tidi,l tribute to their rapid -acting, tltorougit•t;oing our/Lure pts lities, MR.:DOUGLAS TELLS HIS STORY'. "I had been a very healthy man until a fern months ago �'�'"'•" when 1 was taken with a very severe pain ago, , metres the `mall of t}tt! back. As 1 had a alit;ltt colts, I attributed tee •[r,tiat to that, t;.nr1 ue,a;illeucttl lt,,itl; liniments, which I found gave mo no relief. "Seeing the testamental of Me. Milted. a Trenton gentle:e•:tl, ole) hell wc(1 Dr, Pitcher's 13ackachel lei role T:tlele11'. I not:.11' ups by mind to try tl)t121. I h• used very few Tablets. before I fustics relief, and 1 can tell yott 1 'WW1 very ' ,<l for this, as I had been ter had th1t I had 1,) l.:v o0' we,_' '` niglti tut cored mot turn in bol. Dr. Pitcher"s liateet -h,, IChiuev T for ( 1,'v :,nal 10 aerie I and thorough erre in the e:i`;e. 01.' ltt� 1' •7 .111,,e a perfect I :ui2 :<t recess. (vna;v cl:tl• I'ct•••«• , a.m., and work hard all day, and I can ase' 'o yon Sic well: is not mgt., es heavy lifting; to tial, and the vow -rata stele,":irrr '. great I 0 1.1) (t eleatdeal of thankful ti say I have Stever had =. ,i a of loistraits 18 dm back but .'rim me deco I)r. I'itelaer's BaekaehotiidnetlTablet3 geed neer me." Tar back 'bothered 3 tiered tne. (Signed) T;.:• . et'rt,l.0, tt1 5, DOUGLAS CONFIRMS IT. "I gladly endotee all thy heel:at 1 ni, elemt, I)<. recline,. tees Tablets. They acted splendidly ill l:i,a c,t• : otos }utr•e inspired • .`•rhe Kidney (a .1 of their tau th It it I such ,- , (fli,�at t ui(tit:neu tel• + /,et I ,'• arts 1 t. t.2 .Il('I, I e, ' A t +l: . "1 r± t I.1r^.:' 12. ere been troubled for sotio t h,r' Ni /Of 1leul:te•1tP. ret t. : t,eP . f:.•.+l fool c � nd generally' run (lurt-n, 1 It:ar•e u. -ell the 'heirlets oulyfor ash o . s rtee I tr't., time. lu lamb ) 111 ) ..t y l,,a• t that you r (,.< (, bottle Or two t:r' the, Tal you will hear forst nit+, ` `.'� coon AS 1 have; taken nt,t}ser "T tell a'1 my friends that I1r. I'itt'hers Intel;tle Kidney a ltets Levi. ling ospleudilly for u5, and bath ids. Ionres teal have n0hesitation ftt :Rlorsnyou to use our names in en(orsationosuch l reliable remedy." t u-• t�(.a:� I••" 1 s. 1 Oi t-,1„15. SO netts' rdR. snug -az, ti a 657'. cox anti well aegnaitited with Thos. Douglas, Of t1.i town, r;•ho is a (041811(1' le employ of the Gillman Co. "1fe is to hare -noticing and reeIleefalile Citizen, end I have no ,, endorsing e 11 ttut=r. rli rhoa statement tet ten tlta• give C.r „ of Ilia tetra IT lir. 1 r r , . � +.• ; •., 'Tablets, as it WAS front my store the Ta Mets were t •, s' l.,t :l 1,.,c,.w t Kinney he WAS in prior to taking1)11(11, t 10 :mil I hewn the, 1I 1; -, „ them, and that Ire is now, t•t tLr., lt:•,t ut t.)y I:11Vt'It.!; working hard every flay without any trace of his fot-mcr trouble," Dr. Pitcher's iischs,-het l Witc;v'li'l't fc, nt•( :int, 11 1,.'t", t; a3i f ? r21,•'`•, atil� druggists or by mail. The fir. Lina 1 itciter 4o., Toronto, Oat.. • C'emuNT.----Car of Durham; cement lust arrived. Parties who intend using cement soon will !lo the wise act if they buy it now. as cement wk1I likely Fed. Vallee int price before long. We aro also agents for Mutterer cement. �. Yottio 4.5. .SON.