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then went on morn firmly "Nora, look me m the face and tell me all the truth The children kept commg one by one Till the hoys were five and the g1rla were I can bear that, dear, whatever it may be , tlus cruel suspense I cannot You thought threll And the big brown house was ahve with fun" the b011d between us was wholly b:roken, From the basement lioor to the old roor i;hought me dead, and, true ancl tender as tree your heart is, you might 111 time forget Like garden flowers the httle ones grew, Nurtured and tramed with tenderest care Have you.forgotten, Nora ? Have y< u Warmed by loves sunshme bathed m its ceased to love me i If you have, say so dew, They bloomed mto beaaty like ro~es rare. w1~hout fear, and without one reproach I will set you free ' But one of the boys grew weary one day And leaning his head on his mother's breast " Qh, ~10, no, J o I the gul cried, ·n He eaid " I am tired and citnnot pll'-Y· Loo me sit awlllle on y0ur knee ai;id iesu,' shnll and pass10natc demal , had shame She cradled him close m her fond embrace, aucl death been the mstant p-enalty of She hush<>d him to sleep with her SJ\: etest speech, she could have kept silence no song, longe1 "Arthur, I thmk my heart is And rapturous love shll hght:ed ms face "When bis spmt hadJomed tho heavenly broken , .but it has never changed to you throng. I loved you-love you-shall love you al l Then the eldest girl, with her thoughtful eyes ways till I die , but you must go I must Who stood where " the brook and the river ue' er see you agam 1n13et, :fI1s fi;1ce, which 1ad b)lghlred w1,.tb.. her Stole sortly away mto I'aradise, E're the 'river had reached her slender opemng words, grew dark and troubled feet, once again \Vhile tho fathers eyes on the graves_ weFe "You received my letters 1" he asked, bent, The mother looked up beyond the skies- abruptly, spealung sternly-though Ill " Our treasures' she answered, were only truth he was filled with pity-that he lent1 · , Our darlings wcroangels mearth s dia'{Uise. might the bette1 checl, his compamm:1 s b,ystencal passion The years flew by and the children began She laughed-actually laughed-a slmll \V,t\l longmg to look at the world outs1de, n:nrthless peal that made Arthur Beau ..A.nd as each m h~s tmn became a man The boy's proualy went !rom the father's pre shner side, "Yes, I received them, a little lateThe g1rb were woman so gentle and fair That Javers were speedy to woo and wm sce" And with orange blossoms m their hrtlilded She held up the letters, and, ,is Arthu hl;J,U The old home they left new homes to begm, took them, he noticed, with a sudden ter ro1, the wild unnatural glitter of the So one by one the children had flownl l '.lhe boys they were five, and the girls were ove Y eyes three"See I" she repeated, impatiently as And the big brown house >s r.loomy andane, he held the letters l'l a mechamcal clasp With but two old folks for its compan)': and ga,;ed with wIStful tenderness pt her They tiilk to each other about the pa~t As the) mt together at eventide, "Look at the lettern, Arthur , do you sec And say 'All the children w~ keep at last 0, Are the little ones who in childhood died,' not1ung strange ' ____ __._.,_·· ____ Re turned thetn ovi'.i1 with a deepenmg perplex· ty m 11111 kmd eyes )J, " The seals are unbroken still What <'toes this mean I ' he asked gr~vely, still exe~cismg a giant elf control, though his CHAPTER VII -(CON'l;INUED) hcmt throl5bec1 wildly, and somethrng " We loved so truly and faithfully , why seemed to pulsate unnaturally and con were we thus betrayed 1 ' fusmgly withm his bram But the wild quest10n was unanswered, "It means that you 'must tell me all even m h er own heart Hor eyes grew that t hose letters hold , they never dim with anguish, not with tears, she roached me till to-day," Nora said, could not see the placid splendor of the with a rnpetit1on of the ternble Jarrm" waters, the sun dippmg below the hou laugh ;?;On and tluowmg a last roseate glory " They tell you only what you know 1ound ]um as ho sank to rest-could not already, tho man sai1d, v.1th ai kmd 0f see the sleuder upnght figure commg weary pam-l'that I am not dead, but hv with rapid steps across the red sand, mg , that I was wounded m the head, with an eager ie.flect10n of that sunset and re1namec1 for eighteen months, a glow m the da1k blue eyes- saw notlung, senseless log, devoid 01' mem01y or sensa heard nothing, until a shadow fell across twn m a Zulu kraal, saved by a capn he1, a hand touched hel. shoulder, ~nd a cwus acc.:1dent from the fate that befelmy yoice she had thought hushed forever-a fellov. prisoners Like all savages, these mans voice, full of an exquisite tonder- hold the msane as sacred , and for the ness and JOy-fell on her ears m the low great er portion of my captivity I was m 13poken wordsdeed mad Then slowly, as the wound " Nora, my own darlmg, at fost, at healed, the cloud lifted from my bram, last 1 and little by httle sense and memory Then she looked up, and mto Arthur awoke-little by httle I came to be the Bcaupre's face, and then-- Somehovr harmless pnvilegJd playthmg of the Zulu o~ other the horrible present, the barrier camp, contenbed to amuse the 10und between them, the revelatwns to come- eyed dusky childre;n, and bask" 1th blunt a.11 became fo1 the moment as nothmg, ed senses 111 the sun, and became the and drifted utterly out of her thoughts llrnart sick, 1mserable prisoner pmmg for The mterview dieaded and shrunk from friei).ds and home. 1 m antrnipatwn as an mtolerable torture "The war was over ' when my senses changed to a sudden bliss It was enough came back-so much I underntood from to look once more on the dear familiar the broken words of, those arnund meface, to touch the hand she had thought and my heart leaped w1thm me with the cold m death, to know that the same thougl1t that I was free But when, with earth held them still many express10ns of gratitude for the With a cry of utter rapturn she sprang earn and kmdness shown me, I proposed to her feet, both hands extended m eager to leave the camp I was 0 crently remmded · welcome and the pass1011ate silence of her that J. was a puso~er st1ll hps most eloquently mterpreted by the " The terms of peace had been signed gladness Qf the dark dilatmg eyes · ' and they had mcluded the surrender oi "My true love 1 ' Arthur Beaupre all livlll" pnsone1s by a ce1tam date the pried, as he drew her fondlt' to lum a11d clue£ mfonned. me " ith serene gr~vity ~iased agam afld agam the trnm~us hps and pohte regret ' He had retamed me Norn, a:re you so very glad I will by the wish of his women, who thought abuse my fate then never agam A wel- tliat a madman w uld brmg luck to the come -such as tlus is worth JOUine:r. kraal Smee I was mad no longer, and throug~; the Valley of the Shade>w of useless m my other capacity, he would Death w1llmgly set me free , but to do so would For one breathless, mot10nless moment be to adnnt a disobedience to the orders :Nora looked mto he1 lover s eyes, read the of 'the great chief above hun,, who mvari unchangmg love m their blue depths, and ably pumshed such default with death to forgot how soon that happy light must the smner and demoliilion to h~s kraal In fade 11way or change to cruel scorn If she these circumstances I would, he was could only die so, the gnl thought, death sure forgive him for keepmg me pnsoner would be welcome mdeed still ' But Death was not so merciful He "I could do nothina 'Nora but chafe was busy strikmg down Wlth rem0rseless madly at the bonds "'that he'ld me, but arrow the young and liappyl Jhose to pl'ay and plead and threaten alternately, whom life was full of promise and rarely and try to l!mbe my captoni with eve:r; sweet , the harassed and s~rely troubled mcreasmcr promise of r eward I thoucrht 1 and h eart broken might call on him m of Engla~d of those at home of y°ou vam, as Nora m h er throbbrng pam called Nora , and' my heart bmned 1~ore and now more hotly witlun me witli the wild ach · W'lth a long shudd~ung sigh she drew mg longmg to be free But neither herself from Arthurs close clasp, and threats noi; prmmses availed me both turned her white face and wild angmslaed were received with equal mdifl.'~rence, eyes out towards the slowly darkenmg sky and at last l began to uri.qerstand that 11-nd sea here my fate was fixed, here m this The llmet resolute movement surprised scmchm~ alien land, ~mid these squalid, ~nd htM him ·was this a time for.J?rtld- savaae surroundu~gs Fifr frnm all r;l1JaI iiry 01 r eserve on the partof. lus pi;oh11s'ed tom~, and from all to whom I was ~ear, wife- this moment m v; lueh he had come 1 tnust hve and d~e back to her, 11ot only acr osq a weazy Wll.afo ,, , ' · of land and sea, but almost as it "ere There came to me with that over irom the conjlnes of another w 0 rld ? powenng conviction, Nora, no~ even the "Nora 1" he said almost ano-rily and sullen res1gnat10n of despair, but somethen as he came a' pace or t,~0 n~arer thmg of the wild impulse that leads the and 'cavaht a side glimpse of tho beauti~ c:11nt1ve bird to ilutter and beat out its ful face ith its look of wordless wee httle life ag,imst the cruel bars that prison the an,;er died out of lus h eart, and feai: it I n either ate, nor drank, nor slept, imngled with an mfimte and a tender I watched w1~h a ~erce JOY my wastmg compasswn, took its place · Sheilooked limbs and daily fa1lmg strength I even hke Olle whose reason trembled m the taunted my~captors with the power to es balance What 1£ the shock had be~n too cape them shll I might n ever see the much for her~ "What if she had not English chfts agam, my bones might }mown~ whiten m t h e red African sand , but I "Nora dearest !" He toucl:ed her should look upon that abhorra11t blue sky t , ,slendet shoulder gently and the touch and tread the accursed eaith! red with ' aent a thnll of a.crony tht~U<Yh the <Ytrl's the blood of my felJQw soldiers, but a few ., t> "' 0 d ~ overwrought and tortured n erves She ays mo e , diew farther back still, covenng her face "They were wild reckless w01ds , I with both small shakmg hands, as wonde1 that the fier<le savages to '\1hom though to shut out some sight of utter I spoke did not pumsh them "ith ;instant horror "Nora what is it 1' h e w:ent death I thmk I wished tliem to shorten en , and the h~ndsome worn face, the· my agony , but the wish was vam ' They eage1 eyes, and pleasant mauly voice listen ed m silence , and I drngged my were all £lled with perplexity al!d pam achmg limbs away to my accustomed co1 1· Surel:i you knew?. Surely you have ner, to wait m sull<;n patience for the heard from Cnstme ~,, laggmg fieedom that must surely ~ome " 'l: es, l have heard from Cnstme," she soon answered, m a stiamed b10ken t one, "And it came, at last, though not m no' er turmng h e1 h ead or lool, mg .it hei the shape that I exp ected 'Ihe chief lovei as she spoke lmnself VlSlted me soon after that, and " And you expected me 1" told me, with evident reluctance, as " I ex pected you, ' she echoed mono though the confess10n were wrung from tonously lnm by outside mflueuce, t h1J.t on ce1tam "Then, m Heaven's name, what does condit10ns he would sat :me free, this mean?" he cned with an~ry energy "My strength an1d courage revived agam "Nora, am I dreammg or mad, muaculously with that word 1 Wlmt cqn 1)1 ,ue you ? That my letters were unan dit10ns, consistent with honor, could he awered was nothmg- I crossed 1ih em on unpose that I would not accept 1 And their outward voyage, but that sucha lus were simple enough He only asked welcome should await me here--' He that I would travel moogmto to EnglaRd, paused abruptly, his worn features con and, sh1eldmg hiwaa much as possible iractmg with a spasm @f mtolerable pa111, fro!ll the unpena~ wrath, wlucb. wa11 but The Children We Keep. CUPIDITf AND {)ft.ll'l Tl.fli'I ;o" a secondary ~onsideratwn, save him at D,ll "Hush, Nora 1 ' he said gravely, no costs from tho rnmous ven<:reancti of lus ticmg with growmg pam how restlessly immediate chief "' the over bright eyes shifted under his " Of course I JDrom1sed , and to the steady and controllmg gaze ' I forgive best of my ab11tty I have kept my word you from my heart, child, if that asaur Only to you did I write the story of my ,mce 1s any comfort to you and if I have caphv1ty and release, and you I bonnd to mdeed anythmg to forgive Fate has silence until I should reach Engh111d I been hard upon us both, dear, but we m1"ht have lefb that wrnh unspokun, ' he will bear om burdens biavely-will we added bitterly, with a glanue at the un- not 7" brol,cn seals "I did. not guess that you But the slende1 scoIChmg hands only would not even read nw lettai s tigl1tencd their clasp w1 th a sort of desN or a had listened with pa1 ted lips and perate 'energy , the burnmg restless eyes c,tger slumn,; ey.es, ,nth a wrapped atten J neve1 softened m r, sponsu to lus appeal bon that i!rew lum on m spite of bun With a heavy sigh, a:nd a feelmg as self, w.th an a.bsorbed mterest that though las heaitwasbreakiug,A'i.Lhur sud cleadened h er crnel pam, but the last denl) disengaged lmnsclf, and, laymg lus words b otwht her back sharply to the hand upon the small dark head as m ben keen anrrm~h of the present She cov- edrnt10n, said, a little unstead1lyered he:' eves and uttered a lo\\ ciy of " Heaven bless and keep Jny 1'Torn 1 pam · Good byo ' .But with a sudden frenzied ,recklessness " Nora," he said gently, yet with a p1ss10nate eagerness th1t thrilled and she flung het arms around his neck and rna.stered her, "let there be no more mys- drew his head do" n till the blonde loc.:ks tery between us You say you lovo me mmgled with her ovm dusky t resses, still ' pressed her soft burnmg cheek to lus, "Wilh my whole heart,' she ans"erecl and cned ~11tli fevered, de11pernte eu recklessly e.,.gy" Then why do you receive me thus 1 "N6, Arthur-not good bye, my own ·why chd you not read my letters?' love 1 Take me too ' Arthur -the tone '.Ihe cruel moment was come at hst, changmg to a wa1lin~ broken cry mfimtc the quest1011 she could 11eith01 fonce with ly pitiful, as the man <lrew b J.C;k "ith i noi elude was put, A grnat:f:lood of color sudden horror~ 'I cannotlose you ,igam, flashed across the ll'<>r) pallor of h er faco, yo u am my husband, not that uther n"i11 her oycs glittered v ith an unnatural lus - Arthm · take me with 1 ou 1" tre, her hands weie clenched till tho Arthur Beaupre's face wlucened to a nails pier cecl the soft palms, and her ghastly pallor, h is eyes were dark "lth breath came m pit mblo gnsps p.in It w,ts hon1ble to ht1<tr No·.t, Ins shy, p.,.oud love, pleaclmg thus wildly, '"Why 1' she echoed, au<l there was clrngmg to hun w1th such passwnate pam the wail of 11 lost spu'lt m the word "Be For one mad qmckly passmg moment he cause Cristme Smgleton has been a she almost yielded to tho overpowermg Judas to you, Arthur, ,mcl to me She temptatwn, born\f his groat lo' c She kept your letters back when-" hen they was lus by n ,i;ht of their early troth might still hM e saved me, and sent them plight, of then true and loyal love , he to me to day ' would take het away from the life she so Arthur B eaupre listened, with a look dreaded aud shrank from, he would gua+d that changed rapidly from bewildered hei so faJ.thJully, love her f>O well, that surprise to fiercest mchgnation H is blue she should never remember how much eyes fiaslrn-:l clangcrously,andthe delicate she Lad surrendered for lus sake So for cut hps benoath tbe fan soft mustache, a moment, with passwn prompted so ha,.rclened and sot as though cl11selled m plnstry, ho argued and iesolved , then marble the true loyal spirit of the man awoke and "She-- But we will not speak of smote the demon down her now," he said, mterruptmg lnmself Vi'ith iesolute touch he unclasped the qmckly "You say the letters came to clmg111g hands, w1~h an mfimte gentle you to day Was your patience worn out ness he raised the pale face from its Mfe that you have no welcome for mo now 7 ' restmg place, whispermg as he did soShe lool,ed hnn stright m the eyes for " Child, do not make my hard task a moment's space, mutely beggmg him harder Between us two nothmg must to read 111 that feveush angmshcd glance be said now but 'Good bye ' " tho story she found it S-O cruelly hard to He looked a'rny hastily, not trust mg put mto words But h e held no clue to hunself to meet the shamed anguish of the mystery as yet, l:iad :iio suspicwn of lns lost love s eyes, and became suddenly the crushmg blow to come She saw awJ.re t hat o, tall, gray haued man of ans this and turned away her head with a tocrat1c nnen, w<1s standmg but a few wa1lmg, p1t1ful cry paces from them, at the foot of the pre "He does not guess, he will not help c1pitous chft path, regarding them " 1th me ' Oh, Ai tlrnr, do you not see that it the glare< f a demon m his deep set cruel was the very crown of Cnstme s revenge lookmg eyes to let me know you ln ed, to send you It needed not the low cry that bio:ke here to mo to day~ from tho gul s white hps, n or the shud " To day 1 ' h e ropeated blankly, yet der that ian through her slender frame, with a dawmng houor m l~IS eyes Then to tell Arthm Beaupie that tlus was ho added, with sudden sternness and a Nora's husband , and his heart sank with look at the costly velvet dress, so unlike a clull hopeless terror as he remembered Norn Bruee s ortlmary every clay attne, the terribly false posit10n m which the 1 ' Why was it s'pec1ally cruel to day~ wifli 9f a day was placed Nora ,:._as the girl's parohed hps moved (To :&E OONTINUED) ma dreadful soundless eff01t to explam - "what bungs you away fiom home, The Revised Bible. and here7" The comnuttee of learned men h ave Then she turned, and answered with a about completed their long wo:i;k 'Of Bible sudden desperate effort" Oh, Arthm, forgive- it is my wed- rev1S1on, and it is now announced that the newly revised vers10n of the Old T esta dmg day I' A dead, drea.dful silence, broken only ment will scon b e published to the" orld by tl/.e soft wash of the wavea and the This, to some pe0ple ,it least, "ill recall famt whisper of the wind among the to mmd the fact t hat a revised vcrs10n of the New Testament ,tppeai ed two 01 ~rees, followed the unexpected words The blow had fallen, and with crushmg three years ago, and there was a good about the' fact at the force, upon the man whose heart had deal of excitement 1 peaten h~gh with love and hope an hour time But, somehow, that great work of learm:lig and piety has nearly dropped out before He did ;n-0t spe-.k, only drew back a of notICe already, at any rate with a great paoe or two, as though shrmkmg undex: many people not paymg spec1µ,l attention It does not now 1:1ome actual physical shock , yei; the girl to Biblical hteratme who wa~ehed h11n witli miserable arunous look as though t he revised ve1s1011 is ever eyes, saw all the hope and all the youth likely to take the place of the "King die out 0f the bright handsome face that James Bible," after all It is said that the changes of revJSeM had always, until now, looked so careless ly happy A gray pallor empt under the have been much more St\ eepmg m regard It deep brorl.'~e of his skm, and she saw tha.t to the Old Testament than the New he drew lus breath w1'lh a convulsn e ef ls represented as really mo'Ie hke a new translatwn ihan a m~re r evision, and a fort ~ ".Arthm: 1" she crept a httle ne,11or, good deal of oi'ltic1sm will be provoked alarmed at the long unnatural silence, from those anxious to stand by the old la1dher hand upon lus arm, andlooked np Book, as they and their fathers found 1t with wistful eyes mto his face "Do not Here are some of the changes said to have been rnade Joseph's coat is not put hate me, Arthur , I tJ1ought you--' down as "a coat of many colors, ' but t "a "Dead 1·: he broke m, with a hard 1arrmg laugh "Of course you did The tumc with long sleeves ' The hippopot ,tinus no longer "drmketh µp a river and fault was mme Those supposed to be dead should never venbure baClk , they hasteth not" because "he trnstet h he can tlraw up Jordan mto his mouth," it now should remember how soon the ranks is, "though a nvm swells he 1s not afraid close up, how soon their place is filled. I s-houldhave slept m my grave. Nora, and fearless though Jordan washed moo his mouth " Isaiah s v1s10n of "C'har1ots not come ~k and bhgh~ your budal"1th flammg torches ' is ehange,d to char day' ' He turned with the last words, and 10ts with flash~ng stee1 " The wood rem@ved away from her with rapid unsteady pr esenttld full of "satyrs" and "dragons" place to "goats ' anQ. "Jackals " s~eps lier dry, miserable eyes, followed gives Then, "the nation scattered and peeled, the tall figure" a thousand thoughts chased each other through her ach1,ng and ~hose head the nver has spoiled" 1s bewildered bm111 This was tho man tp changed to "tlie nation tall ~nd sliaven , whom her h eart was given, to whom h er whose head t'he nvers divide Many other chang-ea as ~ieat occnr It fa1tp. "as yledged , to 1111rr and nQt to that other she was bound through all pam to i11 qmte probable that the r cvlSlon may be be loyal and true-this man who had more learned and more literal, but people come back to h er from the grave full of who have long felt as though the old Eng love and hope, whom she wn.s dr1vmgfrom hsh translation was itself the true 11:isp1recl Word will long clmg to it as it stands, her full of anger and despan. She could not do 1t , the pai t fate and her own m prnfeience to the revJ.Sers new one weakness had ass1gned her was too hard Samuel L Clemens (Mark Twam ), J and cruel , she could not and would not Hammond Trnmbull, the philologist, play it Charle.s Dudley Warner, and Mrs Stowe, She i ose frnm the J uttmg rock on make quite a galaxy of celebrities, when wlnch she had seated hernelf, and £lung they a1e at home, m Hartford, C<9nnecti out her arms to the retreatmg figure m a cut gesture of " ild and passionate en "Did you know that Chustme Nilsson trettty made hei fost public appearance m the "Arthur, Arthur," she crieCl, " come Ameucan ch apel m Fans ! We had a baclc ahd forgive me I' number of fine smgers m the ch01r at that He turned, saw the wild pam of the Lune, Mrs Riggs bemg among them wlnte face and dark dilated eyes, and 'llus was wlule "e were h vm g m Paris paused 111 pitiful iriesolut1011 Anger dmmg the years of 61 and 62, and when could not live m presence of t hat utter Clmstme was a young schoolgul al,ld used desp:ur He did not doubt now that tha bo pass :ji.c1 monthly hoh,da3 s, wluch laotgal still loved lnm, that a cold, a c1 uel ed f1ol:n F.uday to M onda! at our house treachery h ad come between them ' but, One dfty w·e heard that one of th e so for thl1t very reason, for h er own s,ike, it pranos of t he chapel chou had been taken was better they should part n ow, at once ill and so I went for Christme and mcluc and forever, and without the utternnco of eel her to take her place, and wlule we one soften111g word walked along the Champs Elysse 1 t aught She had come up 'With hun by now, had he1 the English words of tJie hymn she lai~l l~er little hot hands upon lus wnst, was to smg This WM some two years and looked up m to his face with a mad before she made her debut, and so took terrifying glitter m her dark gray eyes the public by storm by her smgmg of the " Oh," sl,J.e cued, with a little hysten 'Magic Flute' t hat t he manager at once cal gasp of relief, "I thought you were made a three years' eng~gi;iment V'lth gomg- w1thout one word of forg1veness- her ' - [Correspondence New York or- p1ty 1' W01ld. nl I CHIPS, High and dry-A t hirsty giraffe To gamble 1s a sm unless you wm Somethmg is want ed t0 cure the erup tion of Vesuvms Ol'\ THIRTY IJA..Y~· TRIAL, As this " orld goes it is easy enough for THE VOLTAIC BELT Co Marshall M1cb . Wlll one to get around ~end DR DYE'sCF:LEBRAIEDELECTRO VOLTAI(J A young man writes to consult us about BELTS AND l! LJ~c1nrc APPLiaNCES on trial for the best pattern of health lift We thirt~ day~ to men (young or old) who are afwith Nen ous Deb1llty, Lo stVitality and should suggest helpmg lus mGthe1 a little lllcted Manhood and )nndred troubles guaranteemg speedy "nd complete rest orntwnof health and with the coal·hotl m11.nly v1go1 address as above N ll -No risk i ucuu cd as thirty days tnal 1s allowed ·when the palm of your hand itches, it is a slgn you are gomg to get some mone)rhe reason why the Surgeons oif tbe Inter when you earn 1t national 'l hroat and Lung institute 173 Chuclt Last words of a forty year old dymg street ro10nto are malnng so ma.ny wonderful cures of cata 111 catarihal deafness Bronchiwoman .it Pluladelphia "Be sme and tis, asthma und consumption arc 'lhey have put my age at t\'i e11ty eight on the monu none but skilled and bnahfied rn cd1ual men ed "1th ihr. rnst1tute J hey adhere rn ent, and see that the new 1 pa1)ers get it connect strictly to thP1r apemalty an<l the~ use the that way spirometer invented b~ M SoaHelle ex aide Yu "\\ill observe this -The devil never suegeonof the 1<, 1ench ;1my, and mstrument conveys the medicmes m the form or o.fl'ers to go mto p'll1tnerslup with a b1zzy wlnch col!l rnhalatwns to tl e JJ trts diseased, wh10h man, but yu w·li often see him oflor to is the only way these dJseases can be cured, lhey me t1 catmg hundreds of p iticnt every Jine the lazy, and furms~l all tho ciipital month ha\ lnif twelve surgeon~ engaged m uesidcs · then work m Canads alorn Send a three cent Inv a copy ul their Interna·ional News 9tamp Boston al ways hangs one peg lugher mo4 thly at 173 Chuich Street th m the rnst of the v;od<l When a 1lUblrnl1ed J; oron LO 2~5 tf. father d ies m this modern Athens the REST AND {Ol'IUO~T JH> urn SUFFERING family feecl on blacl, beans for a month, "Brown's no1t·elkol1l l'nn.lce.1" has no out of rospect fo1 the.: deceased equal for relieving p nn both m tcrna.l and ex"Po01 sweepo1, sn 1 'Benevolent stroll ternal It cnrcs p11m rn the Side D a clt 01 Bo'\\Soi e Tlu cat, ltheumaL1um I oorhache, er (foelmg m his pockets) "l m <ifraid 1 els, It Lumbago Bind any lctnd of l'am or Ache h,\\ en t a penny Reduced party, (wJSt will most onrely qmcl<C1n thA Blood a11d Heal, Browns fti1ly) 'I did not specify the com, su. " as its actmg powei is wonderful ' Household PaJ,Jacea, being acl.nowledged as ( t: came to a sixpence) the greot Pam Re he'· r a1 1 d of double the \V c opened our safe this "eek and took strpngth of another Ehx1r o J uu ment in the wo1'1d should be m every family h t ndy for use out a lot of Ohristmas J c>kes and dusted when wanted as 1t rt'ullv 1s the best remedy them off and trrnd to fit them lli the 111 the w01ld fo1 Cr> tn1J>S rn the Stomach and pah1<1 anc' aohes of all l.mds and is for sale by column but they woul<l.11 t flt \Ve are all Di uf,>1B sat 2o ccnto a bottle 181 ly. mclmed to behe~e they arc a httlc warp ed by age "'VV e will close them out tc -~. Uothersl ltfotloci'll: I ltlotil.leu I I : Aie you dlstmbell a t night and broken o:ttyour gome conntry humonst at 11 great bar r est by a s ck ch1l<l sutfcrmg anQ. crymg with gam the excruiatmg pa111 of outtlll,f tecch ~ If so "Sonny, is your mot her at heme ~ ask go at once and get a bottle of l\lHS WINS ed the mnnstei, adaressmg the little boy LOWS SOOIHING SYRUP It willrel1eve the poor little snffe1 immediately-de pen a upon who was standing at the door "Yes, it , there is no mJBtalrn about it The1 e 1 s not a she's at home,' was the 1eply, "but I mother on earth "'ho has ever used tt, who will not tell you at once that it will iegula e ne guess she doesn t want to see you I bowels, and gi-1;e rest to the mothe1 ar i rehef heard her JUSt tell pa that she hated and health to the oh1ld operatmg ltke magic. fools, and tlut she never saw a man yet t is perfectly safe to use rn all cases, and plesa 1 ant to the taste and rn tbe prescr11mon of one who w:1sn t a fool of tho oldest and best fem a.le phyaima sand Two little guls were Sa) ll16 their nurneern thelJrntcdbtatea Solde,cnwhcre 18~ lv J?I 1ycrs prwr to be tucked m for the at 2o cer t s a bottle. mght When bot h had fimshed, the younger of the two chmbud on her mother s knee, and said m a confidential but .i. triumphant wlnsper "Mother, Clara only asked fo1 h er 'daily bread, I asked fo1 'bread and rn,ilk ' ' A Ma1yland man has secured a divorce from his wife on the ground t hat she wouldn t let !um read the Bible '!'here are "wo sides to e' ery quest10n, and if the man s one of the kmd who sbarts to '~!:.'.:::;......::..~..:.:....:.:..;;.::.::;.;;;.;;.;:-";.;._;:;;.;,;.:..,;.;;;;~ read lns Bible JUSt \'ihen ho ought to be Dn, E C WESTS NER' E AND BRAIN THEAE domg cl16res and brmgmg m the morn MEN1 ,.,, guarnteed spec1rtc o! l:Iystella Diz7'lness Conv11l~1-0n 1<1ts JSenwusNrui algia Head mg s suppl~ of wood we sympatluz(,l most ac:bc N ei' ons ;pr ostr at 10n cattscd by the use of alcol\ol or tobac.:co Wnkefulness :Mental De ly with the wournn presswu Sot ten 111;:: of tbe Brian resultmg In , "Don't you love the smell of a good Insam ~ and lcad111g to mise1y dc.:car and dead· Premature Old Age Banenness Lose cig,ir ?. ' mquncd an Austm antipodes of of power in either sex:, Involuntary Losses and. Vanderbilt of Gus de Snuth "You bet Socrmatorrhcea caused by o\ er exertion or I do, ' replied Gus, his face br1,;htenmg the brain self abuse er over mdulgence One bo:i:: will cure recent cases Each box contains with ant1crpat1on "Rave you got ten one montn s treatment On" doll11r a ba; , or cents about your person 1' mquued the etx boxes for 1h" dol!Ars sent by mail pre"aidi on receipt puce ~Ve guarantee six bo'.lfes first speaker "Yes , v. hat of 1t ~ ' asl,ed f;o cure anvof case "\V1theach order received by Gus "\Voll, you give me ton cents, and ·e ror six boxes accompamed with five dollars end the purchaser QUI WI itten guarant hat, with the money I have, will pur WC V\'111 S to refund the mone;i; if the treatment does chase a fine cigar "Well, what ~Hll I tee not effect a c.:ure Guarantee issued only PY get?." said Cots ""Why, you'll get the STOTT&. JURY solo agentsfo1 Bowmanville, smell upon wluch you say you dote so Ont JOHN 0 v"\ ES1 & CO Sole Proprietor· '.Ioronto Ont much' An Austm woman was very much chspleased :with her son, who had passed a Having the utmost confidence m its superior n11serablo examinait10n fo1 idm1ttance to the um ersity and s nd to lum "Slmnio ity' ove1 all others and after thousands of Les ts )ass such a; wretched sJ'_the most complicated and Bevereat cases we on you my son to 1 ~d find " e feclJU8t1fled in offering to forfe ' ' exammat10n I Why the P1ofesso1 only it one thousand dQ)Jars for any case of ooughs, asked you two or three quest10ns colds soie throat influenza hoarseness eon"l' h ' d tl 1 d "b t ! ~11mptrnn rn its early ,stages whoopmg c;io»gh. rue, inot ei, sa1 ie a · u re e1nd all d1sea~es of the throat and lungs exce}lt member it so happened that those wcro Asthma for" hich we only claun rehef, that the very questwns I could not answe1 I we can t cure with Wests Cough Syrup, wbelll " f l taken acc6rilmi< to direction Sample bottle Then you know the old saymg A oo 2Gand 0 0 cents, large bottles one dollar Qen can ask more quest10ns than a wise man uine \nappers only m blue Sold by all drugCl1n answer ' gists or send by exprE's on receipt of price . JonN s WEST & Co 81 &. 83 Kmg~St East. ----~-..,... 'Ioronto. Ont Sold by Sl'O'.l'I & JURY. A()AllD.-To all who are eutrermgfrom the en ors and rn~llscre t1ons of youth, nervo\11! weakness early decay loss of manhood &c I will send a recipe that will cure you MREE OF CHARGE This great remedy was discovered by a 111iss10nary in South America, Send a self addressed em elope to the REY JOSEPH 'l' INMA!i' Statton D New Yo1 le City I-iealthisWealth! $lQQQ FORFEIT !- 'l'he Turkey. It has been chromcled by trustw0rthy writers that turkeys were first mtroduce« mto England, m the time of Sebastian Cabot, from Amenca They were found m this country, runnmg wild m large flocks, by the first settlers and the pwn eers, especially m the Middle States, found them handy game, easily captured, and furmshmg luxurious food They were domestICated without much d1ffi culty, and ha:ve ever smce occupied an m1portant pos1t10n on festive occasions, a Thanksg1vmg 01 Christmas dmner hard ly bemg complete and satisfactory unless a roast turke:> , m its mammoth prop or t1ons, occupied a consp1c10us pos1t10n on the table For over three hundred years the turkey has held the pos1t10n as kmg Qf table poultry, and lus anstocracy seems ~n a fair way to contmue in ~n unbrok en lme It seems that domest1cat10n has not acomphshed so muc.:h change m the size of these buds as m color Those bt eeders who farni~h t he largest and most ]1ardy specimens at the present day .resort to the wild stock for a crnss, and the progeny are mostly bronze ox blacki m color 'Ihe black, 1 wh1te, buff, and gray varities have b een obtained by select10n T11e black turkey should be black m every feather , the shanks also black or nearly black It JS an easy matter to breed t urkeys of a1.1 umform color by reJectmg all those showmg a variat10n fI om the desired color when makmg select10ns for breedmg A ;flock of black tuikeys well bred p1eseut a pleasmg appea1paice Im ac count of the JUXtaposit1011 of the bnght r ed of then wattles and the Jet black of then plumage The subJect of color bemg so ea::nly settled accordmg to the taste of th e breeder, h e should be care ful t o mamtani size, and rncrease the same if poss1ble by choosmg the largest for breedmg pmposes, only usmg males of large frame, not nearly ielated to the females - Pmutry Worl<l At the Court Opera at V1enna1ecently, another use for electnc1ty was illustrated by the sunple expedient of suspemdmg tmy mcandescent lamps by very fine swingmg wnes, th10ugh wlnch the effect of a swarm of fire flies about a tropreal forest scene was produced Recently publ~shed JU<ilical statistICs sh9w that 447 of the mquests held m England and Wales m 1880 resulted ma verdict of" died from excessive drm~mg " This is 29 more than m the previous year, but is below the a"\erage (480) for five precedmg years, $500 REWARD! We will pay the above reward for any case of Li ve1 Complaint, Dyspepsia, Srnk Headache Indegestian, Constipation or Const1 venes we cannot cure with West's Vegetable L1v1>r Plils when the directionsaro strictly compiled with. They are purely Vegetable, a nd neyer fail to give satisfaction Sugar Coated. Large Boxes contalnmg 25 Pills 2<> cent·, For sale by all Drug~1sts. BeVI are of counterfe1tB and 1m1te.tlons The genmne manufactmed only JOHN c WETT & Co llie Pill Makers .. 81 &; 83 KlngSt Ea~t Toronto Ont. Free trial package sent by mail prepaid on receipt of a 3 cent stamp For Sale bv STOT'.I & JURY FLAX SEED The ev1denco produced establish the auper10r claims of FLAX SEED EMULSION Co11ro u ND !Ill a remedy for Nervous exhaustion and all its symntons 1s unques· hon~ble The large and m ol:-easmg de· manda ts almost entuely due,J!Q its own merits We do n ot place it (n competition with patent med1c1nes or secret remed108 as we furnish the formula and show that it col'lststs of a superior combrnat1on of phosphorus with the fat producmg properties of the Flax Seed Durmg the past six months over four THOUSAND Bor· TLEs have been dispensed m the city of Ogdensburg / N Y , and county of St. Lawrence, wliere 1t rs manufactured and the unrversal verdlf tis that 1t is the best NERVE TONIC, BLOOD E:tntICHER, and PURIFIER ever produced We sohc1t mvesttgat10n as to t he reputation of the remedy where eve:\' it has beeu used. Rupture C~1re M'f g Co , Ogdensburg, N.Y. Important to Ruptured Persons The Excelswr Rnpture Trflatment was mtroduced to the Amenca1 people sev eral years ago rn Stl~h a manner as to completelv secure the confidence of the whole nation The mode of rntroduchon was by furmghmg the remedy to those afflicted with Herma m any of 1ts various forms and co1lectrng no pay until a per· manent cure w11s effected In th1~ 'way t h e treatment gamed a world wrde repu tat10n on its own merits nevn fa1hng to cblre any refluc1ble Herma 'l'he Company has at the sohc1taion of thousands placed th e remedy on sale by all druggists both wholesale and reta\]., m the United Sta.Jes, Canada and ]j/r. ~nd m this W'll>. K_ brmgrng it withm the rtS.dh of all classes ~ at a. tr1flrng cost compared with the bene· fits whrch!are derived from the use ot the treatment Ask your druggist for a free book on rupture or send 6 eta , for one to the Excels10r Rupture C ure M'fg Co Ogdensburg, N. Y · '