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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 16 Apr 1886, p. 6

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@;a1ui.diau $tnttsnuut FRIDAY, AI'RlL 16, 1886. AN EGYPTIAN ROMANCE l Story of Lovo and Wild Adventure, founded upon S tartling Revolu tions in the Career of Arabi Pasha. B11 ti\s Auti\or of u NINA, --· - - -- CATARRH. C.H'ARRH.-A new treatment has been di~· eovered whereby a permanent cure of this lllitherto incurable disease, is absolutely affect·. e d in from one to three applications, no ma~ti:;r ·whether standing one year or forty years. '1 Jua 111emedy is only ap11lied ~nne in. twelve da:ys, a nd does not intert'oro with busmesa. . Descrip· tive pamphlet sent free on receipt of atamp by .A.. R . Dixon & Son, 305 King sr.reet, West, 'dforonto, Canada. WHAT IS CA1'ARJOmi Catarrh is a dan1?erous diseas~ which th~.u~ a.ndslare consciously or uncon~ci ously suffcnn ~ from: It is a muco·purulent clischa.r~e c.a.used by the presence oi a vegetable p,aras1te m the Uning membrane of the nose. lhe predtGpos· i ni:- causes a.re a morbid state of the blood,_ the bl!gh&ed corpuscle of t ubercle. the germ P?1son of syphilis, mercury, toxomoo. f~om the reten· tion of the effete nrntter of the skm, ~uppressed verspirations, badly ventilated sleeptnii:. apar_t· mente and the germination of othei; JlOlsons ID t ho blood. Irritated by these, the·lrnmg mem· llJrane of the nose is ever r eady .f or the recep· tion of the para.site. which rapidly spreads, up the nostrils and down the fauces, or back of t he throat, causin!{ ulceratiO }l of the thro~t; np (!;ho eustachian tubes, causmg. de1afne~s . bu,.. il.'owing in tho vocal cords, causing · hoarncne~s, l'lSurping the proper structure of the . h!'Onchial t ubes, ending in pulmonary consumption and death. Many ingenious speifics for for t.he oure of catarrh have been mvented, but w1.thou~ sue· cess until a physicltln of long standrng discoV· erccl the exact nature of th cliseaee and the only ap11liancc which will permanently destroy t he para.site no matter how aggl'avc.ted t ile <011.se. Snffe~ers should send stamp at once !for descriplive pamphlet on catarrh. to tbt_? llmsinesa mana.i::ers. A, H, Dixon & Son, 30J JKing street, west, 'J'oronto, Canad~. What t he Bev. E . B. Stevenson, B ..A .. a Clergy· 1nan of the London Conference of the llfetlw· d.ist Ohurcl· of Canada, has to say in 1·ega1 Z 2To A .H. Dixon&: Son's New 1.'r eatment for TnB NIHILIST," E'l!o., Etr(l, "Tn11 RBD flDlU~i" "THE RussI4N Sn'", OHAPl'ER XLVIII. " YOUR DAUGHTER JS .ALBE.ADY MY WIFE BY MOS LEM LAW." N ellle was in a very agitated !And hyater· loa.l eta.te by the time l!he got Indoors. A gla~s of wine restored Iler in tome me~sure, but her agitation grew str onger than ever when Ara.hi Pa.aha. entend the room, closely followed by a U!ema. or Modem bishop in long flowing robas and a Protestant clorgyma.n in orthodox black coat and white Uc. " I hope you will not think me guilt y of a.ny nnQeemly haste, Mfaa Trezllrr," sald Arabi .l:'o.she., oomlng forw~rd, " My time belongs to cmch an extent to my country th11.t I cim dovote but very little of it even to my near1rnt Lind my dca.roet. It la a.lso of t he groi:.test impo1·tance, bot h for your p 1u·e11~8' 1111kes and your own, t hi;t you chould u.11 three as quiokly as possible regain the safer shelter of my p&lace at Cairo, where 1.1.t preee.i::t the populace are mach lesa iooan~~d ~gl\inst yot1r creed 1md raoo thQn they 1.'U.'" ' In Ale:xandris., where, perhaps, In a very shor t while evan t he soldiers would refuse ·to prohct you. Your pimmto having de· cided that it will be fol' your sttpreme we!· fare that you beoome my wife, I have here a priest of my hith and one of your own, In order that nothing may be wanting to make onr union a eaored one, a.nd beliov'l me when I say thnt in the fttt11re you sha.ll never re· Oatan·h. Oaklans, Ont., Canada, March 17, 1883 gret it ," :md here he came to a full stop and waited for a reply. Mess1·s. A . El.. Dixon &: Son: · DEA11 Srns,-Yours of the 13th inst. to hand. " Oh, Oed1 have pity on me. I believe Jl:t aeemc< l almost too good to be true that I am that you mean me well and tlat you love me eured of Catarrh, but I ku~w that I am. I also, but I cannot marry you, I am not yet ha-v-e had no return of the d1sea.sl_l. and never trelt better in my life. I have tried so many t.wenty-four hours a. widow and my heart Is '~hings for Catarrh. suffered so much. and for in the bloody grave of a. murdered husband, .··ao many yea.rs, that it is hard to realize that murdered by the fa.na.tios of your oreed." Ii am really better.. .. " The fan11tlcs of all creeds murder upon l consider that mme was a :;er_y ball_case, 1t ·was a.ggravated and chronic,'mvclvmg '.he ocoa.slon ," replied the war minister, some· \ihroat as well 1 as the nasal pas~ages. an'1 I what bitterly, "and, besides, I gather from thought it would require the three, tieatments, , . th A ll "but I feel fullf curerl b y the two sent me. and your pdest (po,ntlog towara6 · o ng ci;,n "i am tha.nkfu thll.t I was over induced to send clergyma.n) that your m ~rrlo.ge yesterday was not a lawful one and that, tne1·.,fore, yen · . t· ·to you. You are at liberty to use this let ter sta 1ng d that I have been cured at two treatments. and he.ve no huaband, He sa.ye that bel ng un er I shall gladly recommend your remedy to some ago you could no~ have really married withof my friends who >tre ijUffercrs. out your pa.rents' conlient." Y oui·s with meny thanks. " How c;i,me vuu to learn that I wa.a mar· ' HEv. E, B. S·rEVENSON. d And hundreds of others rfed at all yeaterday? I only lnformo my parents of the faot a quarter of ru:i hour a.go," cxol~med our heroine, nharply, The war minister looked confused for a. .f/"QAHD OF THANKS .- To the Mana· "-1 ger of the ]!'ire I nsurance Aesociation: minut e, bat then made answer: Sm, I hereby i·eturn thanks for the. prompt l!?e,yment (by your ao<ent, Jlfr. Thos. Bmgha.m, " I cannot explain at length,, bnt I kn?W tor my loss by fire, caused by a spark from a of overythiog that occurrs In Alexandria, .steam thresher, having g!'t payment for c~m I t ie a nece2slty of my position an.d of the 't ent a at market price ; no i! 01· ~ pa.ymen t lJke ! .see on the Dominion Grange Polley to tenants. dfaorganlzed times, Come, Miss Trezur, ){ours gratefully. Trros. llARms. or, rather, my own N ell!o, surely your 38 'l'yrone, Sept. 11, 1885. parents know what is best for yon ? They are your natural preteotora and your beat adv1eere, your trucat friondo, and those that ARD OF THANKS.- To the ~~nag.sr of the Fire Insurance Aesociat10n : have your intereats moat e.t heart. You Sm, i hereby return thanlts f ::>r the. prompt will yield to their advice and entrea.ties, I p ayment (by your agent, Mr. '[hos. Bmgha.ml am sure?" ~or my loss by fire, caused .bY a spark from a " In all other matters but this p,rellent., atea.m thresher,havlng received t h? full amount of my insurance IN GOLD on the occasion of my But !n this I would die r ather," golden wedding. Yours thankfully, '.l.'H0!1fAS This looked very like a dead block and as JARDINE. 38 it might havo 'Proved had not the AngllcaD '.l.'yrone. Sept. 11, 1885. olergymtw oame to the rescue. No doubt he was a well meaning man and w&s, moreover, grateful to the war minister for hadvg preserved hla life, an event that Formerly Known as the" Soper Mills. 'I ha.d taken place an hour previously. " In Fra.nce," aaid the minister, "which m R IS MIL L HAS BEEN THOR· I need not say la a Chrhtlan country- to a. ..L UGHLYrenovated andputinorder,undc} great extent at leaat-pu.rents ma.rty their rur own special supervision, for the purpose o children without their having any voice ln rlsting and manufucturing Oat Meal and Pot ld that euch larley, 8 .nd we are now prepared to reot'lve the mat ter, and I have ' been t & erdere trom all onr old cuatomors and othen ma.rriagoe, a.a a rule, turn out happier than rior work, a nd we gurantee to ~Ive t J:em ~ho thoee wherein daughters are l eft to ohooae 1<ntr1111t us with the same entire sa.t1stact1on . for themselves. Perhaps it would no ~ be ((}a.ts and other gminll ta.ken in exchange for well to follow moh preoedent exoept in ex· li!llour Oat Meal, &c. II, &:. J, TOWNS, Bow oeptional oases, but where such lmporta.n' -nville 227. st~kes are at luue aa In the present instance ' - hem-haw- that i1 to aa.y-" " Quite so, my dear sir-quite Ill'. I catch your meaning perfectly, And you would Continues to do .a. General Banking Business have e,ddod, if I hadn't interrupted you, oe.Bo wmanville Branch. that thlis ia j nat one of ihoee oaaee-aw- a.w DEPOSl'.l'S - where a beloved ohlld la non oompoa monReceived in Savings Bank Department and tls by reason of severe and repeated shocks \'.Ja il and interest allowed at current rates,. N. to the system, a.nd so rea.lly does not know n otice of wlthdra wal necessary. .A.11 deposltt wh&t IE good, proper and right for her to payable on demand, do." Thia In excited tones- from Mr, Treza.rr, EXCDil.NGE and the clergyman nodded a1t ent. T:loughtand sold and Drafts issued upon EurOJJe, " Then the oeremony shall prpoeed," sa.id tJnited State a·a.nd Ca.nad.a., also Gold,Silver ancl Mr. Trezur, atlll more rapidly than before. United Sta.~es Greenbacks bon11:ht and aold, " This marr!a.ga is the dearest wish of both ~ COLLIECTIO:NS her father's and mother's hearts, we know Prompt.ly made a t current ra.tes upon all parl that It lu for her future intereHt, happineas of Great Britta.in, the United States and Do aud welfare, and that her choice- that ie to wfnion of Canada. say, their oholoe- le a nob1e·mluded, large· souled patriot, whom history will prononnoe 'l~elegraph Transf'erti the greatost man of hla ago-the preserver Mo.de for large or small sums on all parts of of his oountry-the-tho-t he-IUld so Canada. Thia is especially advantageous to forth." \10rf!Ons living in Ma.mtoba or t he North·wesl It was at tMs j uncture that an Egyptian ~ti! it makes the funds available at once at the place of payment. male domestic, eomewhl\t showily appa.reled, For further particulars call a.t the Hankin~ brought in &tray of refreshments and la.Id It . Bouse. · on the table. As he turned round to retire, he winked '£,BRODIE, GEO. McGILL, Manage? at .Neille and alee screwed up his mouth In Accountant, ·V a.n odd kind of a way, yet sh1:1 noticed nelth· er action, But-the fellow did not seem to be one bit ~LOOK OUT FOR~ discoucarted, for the noxt instant he per· formed the aame impressive though not par· tiouhi.rly expressive pantomime r ight in Mr. Trcza.rr's face, as the banker stood somewhat apart from the reat and nigh unto the door, and then ho sa!d in lmpreeaive, but lowtoned aoconta, " You'il get int o a mess, old --o-cock ; you'll fall between two stools, you J!.i'or the NEX'J' 30 DAYS I will sell for LESS will," and finished up by pre&Bb:Jg something '"!CHAN cos'!' the remainder of my stock of Into hfa hand. Stylish and most Durable Millinery The acrap of paper proved to be o. rnttlng DRESS SU.KS, SATINS, VELVETEI, from the morning's Commerce, a da.lly paper publlehed In Alexandria, and though he &c., with a v.ery heavy stock of dared not tak0 timo to read it all through, Flovve rs. hewha1fam1uute or 1eaa had gla.ncedover F eath e r s and ca.llght its full aignlfioance. - -o- I t w ae an official notice from t he Khedive, 'T hanking my customers for past favors, I eta.tmg tha.t in view of the va3t number of lt'espectfully solicit all to call and inspect my the natlvo popn!a.tion who were thrown ont ')!lres~nt stock, which I am snre will give the of work and actually starving, owing to the '1truost satisfaction. cloelng of the European pl&ces of business In A.lc.ixandrla 1md Cairo, his highness would gui:.rantee against any loas at the hands of the r <ibele :i.H who would he bold enough t o ~a ii D (~ ~I "I~ L'I . return t o their banks, counting houses, man. ill~~ ~ ll~ll f t V ~ 11 ufaotoxles or shops and ca.rry on their re· epect !ve trades or bnsinassea as usual ; but Has received her new stock ot that at the same time no Enropoan1 should ba ent itled to an)Tindemnity who ha<'J, s&vo under compulaion amoantlng to fear of doa.th, and invites the L adies of Bow- a.tforded any aid to or r esor ted with the rebel11, whether such aid C9nslsted in money, man ville and vicinity to call arma, rations, or even t heir open cimnten· and see her Pattern a.nee an i! supp or t , but, on tho contr arv, t heir wealth nhould be o;Jnfiscated, and they t hcmaelves ehould be out-lawed," and then the prnolamation went on to say t ha.t "with and assortment ot the aid of h is highness's allies the rebelHon worald vary shortly he quelled and order restor<sd thi·oughout Egypt," The exprcoeion of Mr, Treznrr.'s fooe when STORE :- Second Door west of WiH!amg he ha.d finished ma.ding W!\S t he m ost coml· lillutcber Stall onl one iml'glnable, 11 Wealth confi.Ecatod ! outlo.wel l for only consorting with rebels ? By Jove, whu.t th " will become of mo for bestowing my daughtt>I' en thl~ arch rebel and a.vii.Ulng myself of h!P protectlon and count&Danco all t ni-ough t hn entire affair if the Khedh·<i's party only ge~ th.e upper hand again 'i (fan that as~, Glad atom>, really mean anything more lihan hJP usual bounoe, I wonder ? Ara.bl he.a pcnut1d (Jd me, and I've peraullded myaolf, too, the.t It will be all smoke n.nd no fire, just a~ it we.o at Dulciguo. I wlah I knew what thoan d-- ironola.de re9.lly meant to be about." T huu t hv banker reflected, tmd it mlgh!: hne been tu well perhaps if he had .not :re fl eeted quite so long, for the war :niniuter at: this moment came up with a smiling face t u inform him that tb.e Ulema ha.d done hi· work, that t he Moalem martiv.ge rite was over o.nd that the Chrhtiao one was a.bou' to be commenced. " Don't you think that aftor a.II the sec<m(l ceremony had better be postponed," etv..m mered Mr, '.l'rezur. " At o.ll event11 for a. raw days ; yea, for a fow days, we will oay." " That ie as ycu like," reaponded Arabi, with a ellght elevo.tion oi the brows. " 'fha second ceremony wa.e to eat!.sfy your OWl! soruplea. Yonr daughter le a.lrea.dy my wife by Moslem l11w, and as my wife I shall as· suredly hecr:~forth trea.t her." " You told me your position wa.s quite 2e· oure. Tb ·t the fleets would only threaten I" 11 I aaid rightly. Look out of the window and you will see ~he entire Frenoh E quii.drori steaming a way toward Port Sa.id. Tne Brit · l.!!h will soon follow them." " I hope so ; I re::.lly hope so. But it eeems to me t hat the ships cf every other n :otion a.re getting away as well, and under every inch of oa.nv:\s that they can spread," Ara.bl ~ave utteraDce to ~hat sonnd.ed very like an oath, a.e glancing m turn toward the window he perceived t ha.11 Mr. Trezarr spoke the truth. " It looks strange, as though thev were di dlat running from 11omo a.pprehende mme e da.nf(er," said he, ·· Trne I received the British admira.l'e ultimatum yesterday, but of oourso it la merely an idle threat made to h b dh l · !\. B it ples.ee and humbug t e on o aera. · r · 18h Liberal gov&rnment will hardly dare to tnmple under foot a. nat ional uprising such as ours, 1 therefore ea.y again. &s I here h · · D l · often said before, t at it 1a n 01gno re· pea.ted," Hardly ha.d the werds quitted hia lips, however, when a sonorous boom ca.me from l!Elaward tha.t caused every window in t he house to shake, and It was quickly followed by an awful roar an though the very h-.avens h ad been rent asunder. The terrible bom· bardment of Alenndrla had commenced, the would nevor see them more, But when encouraged by t his action, he essayed to kiaa her, she once moro repuleed him and her eyes fl.uhed irngrlly as ehe did so. Ile me.de no furt her effort, bu~ aaid, somewhat pointedly : · "F"rewell, than, my wife, until we next meet," and nodding haughtily t o them wh9m he considered to be .his father IUld mother-!:a-law he adjunted his sword and B J.llied cut of the room, No uoonor h1.1d h e goue thlln the ord~r.!ie$ (the m 1ma tw:i who, on the pi ec;,dfog day, con<lu.cted Cai;ta.iu Donelly to his place of hla Imprisonment), mad e a sign t o the Tre· za.rr p:1.rty to follow them, wnfch they lost no t hmi In doing. They soon found them· sdvea In a narrow passage, and desuend!og o. somewha.t etdep 1nollne into what was evidently, from t he humid sm ell that ca.me up from bolow, eome sort of a ~ubterrimean, When they hs.d got to t he b Jttom they c~me to ra.nge~ of door11 on either 3ide, eome of which were open, othcre closod and fast· ened with heavy chaino and be.rs. A minute or two iat~r she b6held her father and the cle: g'Vman p:uhed into one of t here presttmed dungeJns, whilst L\ few eeconds more saw her mot her and herself the tenants ef 11.n ot her, and befo1e le!l.ving t hem there one of the orderlies ea.id in a mlunre of French and f<jgypt!!\n, which N oHle oould'jirnt me.ke out the moaning of: "We muJt lock you up, but not so muoh to pr event your getting out as to hinder others frem getting in to out your throa.t8. .But th:i.t our Ii 11es would pay the forfeit we would ;;iladly do that ourselves, but a.a his excellency would have our heada, even if othera did it, we will take t he greatest care of you, for grea.t ia the aelf love of most men." "I don't t hink that anything oan hurt ua here," sa.id Nellie, " for the ground rises out3ide even to half the height of the win· rlow, and the bottom of that ia at least four f<iet e.bove ou.~ heads as we stand upright, 0 a, there is a atranga noise at the d oot"." " I believe it is some on.:i trying to spea.k io m through t he keyhole. Hlat, Nellie." At firet it uounded Uko a mere blowing through the keyhol.i-a. blowing t ho.t wae first ooueln to a. human whistle, however but on Nellie going close over to the door and bending her head down until it wa.s i.l· mo8li on a l evel with the look, the whistle cha.nged Into pa.inly articulated words, and this was what the words were : "I'm dumb, but I've my wits about me, so cheer up, for fair and ea.gy goe11 far in a. day and all's well what ends well, only the ending ain't come." Thtm the voioo oeased and the seund of stealthy receding footsteps took Its place, inflicted on he~ still p!\lned her excessively. O.aoe or twioe sh~ wondered how her father and the An~llcan clergyman wer~ gett ing on In the ad3olning cell on the right, and oftener still she wondered wb&t a strange kind of scraping nol~o would botoken against the other side of the w&ll on their loft, which, ha.ving a very aharp ear, she could phi.inly diet,iDgalsh whtnevu ther e was any perceptible lull In t he fury cf the bomb;i.rdment, When ~he oalletl h~r mQtber·~ a.,tentiou to thG f&ct the good lo.dy slid first of all that it was sheer Imagination, and then declared all of a sudden that she heard it distinctly, a.n(\ t hat It wa.a the death watch e.nd fare bolled their own imrnedhte slaughter. Thie cheerful WfloY of reg:lrdiag the phen· omonon hindered Nallie from makin:;i: any further reference to it, and uo the da.y wore on, and en , and at la.iit the inoreadvg darkaaaa (wh(·r n it had beon dhnoeae ~nd gloom from the first) told them that night was a.t ha.nd; indeed, the shrill Muzzln cry, which from the many minarets roaa above oven thll thun der of tho artillery, ho.cl pro· claimed t he ounset ssme minutes pr eviously . even as In peioe and. war alike it had pro· claimed it for nearly two thousand years. All at onoe, too, the rear of the c~nnon, which had cont inued withou~ Intermission for t rn hours, oeasod, and t he Etillneaa fl{l· pea.red heavy oppresaiveafter so muoh noise. And yet it was not a complete silenoe, for now that all other sounds were still, that monotcmous scraplllg and tapping ooulci be heard mere pla.inly t han ever. as well ae Mrs. '.Irez111rr's oft· repeated Ej 10ulation of "The death watch ! '.Che dea.t n watch I No doubt about it ! ' It seemed to give the good lady a. kind of morbid 1atiefact!on to be continua.lly croak· ing fOrth an ill omened prediction, but after awhile .Nollie ceased to hear It , and for t he simple rea.son t 1at she® r exb.auetion a.t leng ch won the victory over hor menbl and other snfferioge and plunged her into a deep 1md drflaml~a 111leop, 'Twaa dea~fned , however , to be only of a very fe w hours' oontiuuance, a.nd to be dis· turbt-d In a very strange, alarming and unaoconnta.ble mannor, tor she was suddenly aroused by some one tumbling over ber, and then as she opened her eyes, she felt two hands feeling her face and hea.)('d a voice exclaim in half angry and half despairing ac· cents : " All my labor has baen in vain, then I thought t his cell was empty and the door open, int tead of which here Is a.nothor un· fortunate, and doubtlees ae securely locl;;ed up as I wae. I h~ve turned two dangers int o one, that is all, confound lt." "Nellie, don't be talking in your sleep," grunted Mrs, Trez.ur In a. semi-conscious etatc, but the fair girl n ever he!Ard tho pro· te :t , for h er heart atood a till o.t the sound of that other voice, which seemed to be so et1·angely familiar to her, '.Ihe owner t hereof ha.d, however, caught Mra. Treza.rr'11 words, or at all events the word to him moat Important of them, the name of N ell, and now he excl11.lmed in an excited whisper : " Jfor God·11 aa.ke, speak. I cannot, dare not aek who you are. Speak I speak I" But there wa9 no need of speech, for at tbat instant the electric light from one of the British i ronclad!! (11ga.in searc'Jirig a.long the ahore to discover whi1t tho Egyptiana were about inside t heir batteries) threw a radiance as of a newborn day into the dun· geon cell and showed the wife unto the husba.nd a.nd the hueband unto the wife. In a moment Nellie had sprung to her feet and thrown herself into Ftank'a arma with a glad cry; whibt Mrs. Trezarr, turning her . h heavy head on the pile of cu1hiens W h io she had heaped underneath It Ere consigning herself to the arms of Morpheuu, at la.st suo· ceeded ln opening her eyes, whloh no eooner h&d 11he done than (ta.khig In what looked ve1y like a moat ghostly 8ta.ge ta.bl ea.u with lime-lli;:ht effects) she screa.meil out : "Their ·I I k th t th spirits ! :rheIr 1p1r ta ! new a e dea.th w&toh didn't tiok for nothing," and wonld undoubtedly nave gone into hysterics under the supposition t bat her daughter ha.d been dragged forth and murdered whilst 1he alep t, and that her gho!t, In company with her previouely slaughtered husba.ud'e, had oome to visit her in this melcdram&tlo manner, had not yet another cause of ala.rm AOlied as a.n antidote, Thia second cause of alarm la.y In the sud· den opening of the dungeon deor twd a voice exJla.lming thereat, In a.n angry whisper : " Dry np, will ye ? B edad an' if tho fay. ma.le tongnee don't bea.t a mlll wheel at clicking. I wonder how ye'd hear it, e!d lady, lf ye wa.e as dea.f and dumb a.a me. Belt ?" (TO BE CONTINUED,) , A CARD.-To all who are suffering from the errors and ind iscretions of you th'., n ervous weakness early decay loss of row.an oo , c., will send a ree1pe th~t 111 cure yot1 FR~E OF CHARG_;J. , ~his g reat. r en-!edy was discover ed by a m1ss10n· ary m Sout h America. Send a self. addressed en velope to t he REV . JosEPR h d & I '· '· T. INMAN, Station D, N ew York Oity. 46y Cheap Life Insurance. I nsure in th o Co nfederation Life Asao· ciation. It is chea.per than the Canad ian Mntual Aid, A, 0. U. W. or any pMe a· round y our hat institution, as the following examples will prove : Thos. McClung bas been insur ed since 1872 for$2,000and the last fi ve years it only cos t him $2.55 per a nnum on each $1, 000 t o insure. J ohn McClung insured at the same time for the same amount and 'it only coat him $1. 74 per annum o n each $1,000 to insure , h e being a little younger . We cet·t ify t h e above to be correct. Thos. McClung, John McClung. THOS. BINGH AM, Agent. H E A L TH Is w E A L TH · Dr. E. C. West's Nerve aud Brain Treatment, a. guaranteed s pecific for Hysteria; Dizziness. Convulsions. Fits, Nervous, Neuralgia, Headache, :Nervous Prostr 'l.tion,oa.used ·by the use of alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness. Menta l Depression, Softening of the brain resulting in insanity and lea.ding to misery decay ancl death Premature Okl Age, Barrenuess, Loss of Power in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermatorrhoea caused by over-exertion of the Drain, self·abuse or over·indulgcnce. Each box con· tains one month's treatment. $1.00 a box. or six boxes for $5.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price, We Gua1·antc Six Boxes To cure any case. With each order received by us for six boxes. accompanied with $5, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to refun d the money.if the treatment does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued only by Jim. Stott &, Jury, Druggists, Bowman ville, CHAPIERL, STONE WALLS DO NOT A PIUSON MAKE, NOR IRON BARS A CAGE, z ~ ~ Dr· DORE NWE ND'S ... C CHAPTER X LIX. UT w m c H THE CANN ON ROAR AND THE D UMB SPEAK, The voice of the " loud mouthed artil· lery" spoke only one sent&noe to Mr, Trezill'r, and kept on repeating that sentence, which took the form of " You've fallen be. tween two stools, for it'e all up with Arabi. You've fallen between two stools, for it's all up with Ara.bl." The bomba.rdment opened, he know that Grea.t Brita.In had gone too fa.r to recede with honor, too far to be able to back oul without di~grace, s.nd tho.t she stood irrevocably pledged to stand by her pro!.:ege, P.rinoe Tewfik· But the effeot of the roaring of the oa.nnon, tbe ra.ttling of the Gatling& a.nd Norden· feldts a.nd the shrieking hiH of the rooket:s had a very different effect on Arabi P ..sha to that it had on a.ny of tho other auditor& in tha.t room aasembled. It seemed to change his aepect, usually 10 oalm and benlgnMit, into th11.t of &perfeot fiand. " I have been deceived, betrayed, lured on by fa.lae hope· only to be crushed at last by t'ie most unexpected of event.9. Curae the British government for not being oonais· tent In ltll duplicity and for raiaiog the lying cry of ·Wolf 1 Wo' f l' eo often that &t last no oDe believed tha.t the animal would ever be ttnohalned. Ent thiii is no time for idle worda, for great deeds a.re expected of me, and by Allo.h and the prophet, great deeds shall yet be wrought. Ladies and gentle· men, you must. at once ta.kc refuge in the undergtound calla and cellars, whero a.lone you will be e11.fe, for this building atanJs di· reotly open to the fire of ai lea.st th~ee of the British Ironclads, whose huge balla ma.y at any moment knoJk It into a ahapele~a heap of atones, and yet you aro a hundred times oafer here than yott would be in the utreete," he said, Nellle'11 o.irpree~lon of face betokened tha.t she felt safer now than she had done five minutes prevlenaly, before the bomba.rdment had commenced, and the war mlniator no· t lced this and bit hie lip AL\Vagely. He clapped his hands thrice, and then walkiog a.crollB to her said brusquely: " You a.re my w.lfe, little one, whether you liko It or no, and so you will have to anbr.nit to the will of A\l&h and to content younelf with what ca.nnot be a.voided, Ho throw his arm around her and would have klaaed her had she not straggled violently and so escaped the embrace, H er mother did n ot censure her for eo do\ng, but sat phlegmatically still, and Mr. TrEz.i.rr did no' even n otice the a.otlon, for ho wa.s etlll muttering " D - - Gladetone I" and u I've fallen between t wo stools," by turns, Arabi P.i.aha plainly enough noticed th& ohange In Nellia'e p \\l'ente' sentiments to· ward him, and ('qually plainly knew the oause. " If a.fter all I can ollmb t o the top of the tree and mainta.ln myself there I will show them thatI remember it, and give them good reason for rememberlDg it also," he mut t er · ed to himself, but a.a h is two ordel'lioa a.t this junoture enter ed the room in anawer to his handclapplnr. ho turned round and !!a.id to them: " Ra.Uh and Kbasslm, eecort t hese, my honored gne2ts, below etairs and make such empi y cells as you havo at dlspos11.l a.a oom· fortable for them a~ pos.siblo, with car pets and other nece!sariee taken from the rooms above. Pfo.ce at tbeiT servic3 iu a gua.rd over them- L\ gun.rd, I mean to Eay, for their protectlon-enoh men a.E you oan depend on for fidelity, and rt m ember t hat you two will have to answer to me with your li ves, if necessary, for whatever evil happens to t biim whilst t hey are in your keeping." H .. vl.ag ·t.hue issued his iootructtons he turned a.gain to Mr, and Mrs, Trezur and said: · "You will do well to at once follow my oriierlieE, and to take your daughter, my wifa, with you." He t hen t~galn tried to take Nelli11'a he.nd, and th!s time she ga.ve It him, for ahe did not like to pa.rt with any one in anger, es.[Jeciv.lly when there wa.e ~, ponaibility t h?!.t Caledoniaii Mills. THE ONTARIO BANK, BARGAINS! IN MILLINERY. & M . rs. DONNE LL y. cf a GOODS., BO NNETS, HATS TRI MMINGS Surely no propphesy, even of the Sphinx, oould have been much more lnoomprehen· eibls to ths uninitiated than the one which ha.d jnst been telophoned through t he keyhole. It we.s iutended to give hope, tha.t was csrtain, and ~t wa.a spoken in Eaglish, which perh!!ops, was the most hopeful thing about It, but more than those t we facts had to be guessed a.t. It le impoBBlble to detect the n!l.tura.l tones of a ma.n's voice when It I.a sent through such an orifice, more eepeoially when it Is reduced to a whisper, so tha.t Nellie, convinced of the fu t ility of tho at· tempt, soon ga.ve np evon guessing, rmd her mother had never oommenced to guess, P~rhaps It would h a.ve been jaet a.e well had both la.dies occupied their minds in that manner, since It would in seme degree have r elfaved the moll.otony of their oon· finement, for it waa Impossible for either of t hem to c!l mb up and look eut of the upper portion of the little iquare window (the lower half wa.o benea.th the level of t he ground outside) a.s Fr11nk Donelly had done in his cell the preoeding day, but was not now doing. ' '.fhe reader may wander a.t this nnd think It most atrange tba.t ha ahould not be seeing all that he could see of the momentous events that were ooourrlne without. But the faot was tha.t like a true Irl1hm&n Frank didn't care much about a row unless he could plunge Into the very middle of it ; and besides, he was turning t he. terrible ex· citement and the terrific din te (ae be most elnoerely hoped) better acco unt In another way, l!'or he h ad found ln ene of h ia pockets one of those knives that aeem to comprise an entire tool ohest, the ma.j.)rlty of his in· strumenta bt.ing o'erlappad at the b&ek by a. crooked picker for getting a stone ont of" horee'a ahoe, and the young officer had titkan It into Lie hea.d that with h he migh~ be abl e to pick his wa.y throuah a. gtone wall t<i freedom. He t hought he remembered tha.t tho oell ntxt to hie own on the right waa unocctt· pied and tho doo.r open. If, therefore, he coul:l tnnuel through the wall into it he would have no further ob· st!!ooles to OVi!rcome save the livtng ones, and he decided that he wouldn't evtn think about them just yet, So he aa.t to work at once, and a.a modern Egyptfo.n mortor ill very poor and Egypta.in stone of a very soft and crumbling na.tnre, he now diooovered t hat In all probability hie task would be an es.sier one than he had at first ca.lculated on. A1, however, under the most favorable circumstances, it will take several hours to accomplish, we will leave him at hie monot. onoua l abors and perh11pa pop back to see how he gets on by and by, For the presen t., pltice aux damen. Not thir.t we aha.11 gain much by the change of scene, for one prison oell is very like another, nnd even lady oe.ptiveR ar o no·t wont to be very lively compa.nlonu, Once their dungeon door wa.s opened to a.dmit of a qu&ntlty of rugs and oushions being t hrown In, to whiob was p resently added a b:>sket of somewhat dainty come stibles, a jug of sherbet and a couple of chibo· ' queas, with t he neoes.sary aocompani· msnts. Nellie spread out the rugo, arranged the cushfone.> and ge111erally set their little r oom In order, though more for a mother's ease and camfort than her own, Meanwhile, the thunder of the moMter guns continued without lnterruptlon, min· gled with the ehrlekiDg blue of rooketij and the hoa.rae rattle of the Nordenfeldta and Garde1s, N ellle would have giveu much had she only besn o.ble t o clamber up to the window to look on~, but t here · wa.B no wooden a\ ret.chcr bedstead in thla cell, e.s In Frank Donelly 's, to drag undernea.th to mount on, and even had there bcell, with the block pillow as well, Name, when ~~l\nding atop of both, would sti!l have been too short by a good head aud shoulde;·s to ha.ve been able to aee out, As for e:i.t!ng, she felt that the mere at· tempt would choke her, but the cool, re· fr Gsbing Bherbet waa most grateful to h er parohed t hroat and her hot, fever ed Upa ; for, ndded to her mental to:rti.;rte and the dee:p i;;tfof which 'he felt for her husbnnd';i supposed de&th and which 2he did not dare to expr068 openly, the blowll and laahe$ which t he cm el l.l.nd v(n(UctRve p::i:iceas hu.d :c > 3: )> .. 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Bon118 Paid every three years, Though a. double rish but one premium ls pa.id A Hopeless tor two people. .A.mount of policy drawn on ti.rat death. A story is told of a Toronto drummer who was detained at a small town in Western Oanada a while a.go,! where a revi val Special Inducements to Total .Abstainen. me 3ting was In progress. He ho.d met a party of convivial friends during hb stay there, and had what la popularly known a.a ASSETS OYEK $5,000,000.I "a load on." N evartheleas, he drifGed into IN<!OllE OVE R $1,000,000 · tho revi val maetlng and toek a. 1eat,well up Sl00,000.00deposited wlth t he CanadlanGovern in front. It wae rather .close in the church, ment for benefit of Canadian polic.r h<>ldere. and the wl.\rm air was conducive to sleep. -' The d r ummer yielded to the d rowey god, JNTESTED IN (!A.NA.DA., $600,000,00, and, aft .er nodding a little, sank lute a. pro· found slumber, and slept through the ministor's rather long and dry dlsoeurae, The HEAD OFFICE IN CAN.AD.A:- MONTREAL audience sang a hymn, Mid the drummer For particulars refer to slept on, Then the evangelist began his addNea, and wound up hill fervid a.ppeal with this r~qneot : "WU! all who want to go to G ENERAL AGENT, Hea vein plea.De rise ?" E very one in the POR'l' HOPE church except the sleepy drummer nrose. Or to agents throughout tho county, 4.8-&e. W hen tha evangelist asked them to be s ee.~ed one of t he br others in the o:i.m0 paw an the sleeping drummer aooldentally brush· ed against him as·he sat down. The drum· mer rubbed hie eyes, a.nd, partfally a.wii.ke, heard the last {lO rtion of t he evo.ngellat's re· Pumps Cheaper and Better que11t, whloh w11.s : "Now I want all of you than ever. whe wl.\llt to go to Hell to ebnd up." The drummer struggled a little, leaned iorward unsteadily, and rose from hie sea.t In 11o dazed The Subscriber having built a. la.rge ne-w sor t of way, A sort of auppressed le.ugh he Pump Factory in Orono, Is prepared heard from some of th:e younger people, and - to furnisha.n expreealon of horror he not iced on t he facea of soma of tho elder ones, S teadying himself age.inst t he rail he looked at the evangelht an ln et1mt, 11.n d t hen ea.id : "Well, With or withou t Porcelain Cylinder, ()f P>\raon, I don't know j nst exactly what we're voting on, but you and I seem to be in t ho B est Ma.terial, on t he sh ortest n otice a. hopelees minority," and at t he lowest prices. ... ..... Minority. - Joint Life Policies. · E,L.LIVINGSTONE, Orono Pump Factory. PUMPS OF EVEJIY DESGRIPTIOM -·--w---....~·-·---- Stan<Uog on a Technicality. J ohn Auatin was helping l oad a mov. er on a wagon- " L ook oab for the coga," oal.d the man, hand ling the p ole of t h e maohlne. John was r olling at t he wheel!. "Oach l Ah ! Wow l why didn't ye tell a. fellow to l ook oub for his .fingerG ~" "I uold you to look out . " "Ha I yea ; wh:y didn't ye tell me to loolr out for my ftn gera 1 The coga can take care of themselves," ·--~- Cistern Tubs and P umps supplied. WELLS CLEANED & RERAIRED. ALL WORK GUARANTEED TO GIVE SATISFACTION. ........ - ~_, Tha only w a.y in wbloh to permanently DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, PICKETS, ·settle the Indian question is to perm11.nontly set tle ·the oountry they live in, MOULDINGS, &c. , k ept on hand . It i s p~opoaed that :i. medallfon pl.>rtrait of the late Charles Reade, modeled from a ca.st a few hours after death, sh11oll be ph.oed in S t, P<\ul'a Oathedr11l, London, ...... 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