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i CONFUSION JOF CASTE. Vs. Nobility of Soul. CHAPTER II. new world to It waa all like a Letty n%wson This quiet cottage enitioitomod in It.i trees, tbe pretty den with its abundant flowers, sunshine, were all so many delights and wonders to the girl who had Mved til) now cooped up in two or three small rooms of a crowded house u narrow street and narrow- er yard her only daily outdoor wights, the noise of wheels and the shouts of street-criers almost the only sounds she heard from sunrise to sunset. To have left all these oe- hind nor, aud to have come to this pure country air, and to such rest as this, seemed to the child, in her wondering, charmed gladness. al- most like exchanging earth for heav- en. She was one of those fragile, gentle only a child, with a child's almost blank mind, but the recipient power at leant was in her, and, when he withdrew his thoughts from other things. It became at times an amuse- ment and interest to Mr. Trelawney to take note of the kind of literature that gave her most delight, and to watch the effect it had upon her. "I don't know that so much read- Ing is good for her," Mrs. Markham would sometimes think to herself, with a little secret uneasiness and dissatisfaction. "To be sure, she can't but read the books when Mr. Trelawney gives them to her. but bless my hear* it seems a sinful u.i -i<- of time for a girl that has her him. she did no more than many an- other girl, placed as she WM, would do. As she grew to be a woman there was little danger (though Mrs. Mark- ham did not know it) that the fas- cination of the young men In Shep- ton of her own rank should have any charms for Letty. "You may trust Letty, sir," she said, earnestly, one day to Mr. Tre- lawney "I don't ay she's clever. for she's not that, but, for a girl anxious to do her duty, and quiet and steady, and with no foolish non- sense (as HO many of them have) in her head, I never knew one to beat her. I'd trust her anywhere, sir in any company that I would." "Well, that is high praise," Mr. Trelawney answered quietly. "And I can quite believe that she deserves it," ho added. been fifteen when she had first came after about passed, Mr. to Shopton. One a couple of years day. hud Trelawney rather ab- ruptly asked Mrs Markhain whether she had ever thought of training her niece to be something btlr than a servant. "For Mr. Penrose waa living to get." And once or twice i speaking to me about her to-day," ventured to hint at something of ' feeling to her master, with little satisfactory result. | he said, "and he seemed to think that, if you would like it. he could find her employment presently In his It's only, air, that I'm afraid it school. He has a very good opinion girls' with liuie'bVdTl^ 'strength "and i?! ay put notion8 in ner head," Mrs. of Lelty, and the school is growing except in the direction of loving Mttrkham on > hesitatingly ventured; larger, and they are likely to want perhaps with little strength of anv but on llli8 Mr Tr lttW "y falrlv an under-mistress. he savs. Ol kind, who always seem so out of la | J .* h . cd ' place as children of the poor. "Mr. Trelawney's housekeeper has brought Treluwney fairly an under-mistress, he says. Of | course, Letty is not fit to teach any- Of course it will put notions into thing yet. but if she cared to study, her head but the more notions sho and try to qualify herself, his pre- HIHTS FOR GIfiLS, HOW TO PRESERVE HEALTH AND GOOD COLOR. Pale, Sallow, or Anaemic Girls Restored to the Bright Fresh- ness of Youth by Natural Means Good Health Within the Reach of All. From the Sun, Orangevillc. Ont. Miss Maggie Urownlee. of Ornnge- ville. is a young lady well known to the residents of the town and great- ly esteemed by all her acquaintances. Like thousands of other young girls throughout Canada. Miss Urownlee fell a victim to anaemia or watery blood, and for a time, as she says herself, feared she would never again enjoy robust health Experiences liko Miss Brownlee's cannot fail to bo of benefit to other pale and anae- mic girls, and for this reason she kindly consented to give a statement to the Sun for publication, illness." said Mi.si Brownlee. "My 'came on very gradually, and at first it merely seemed as though it was a feeling of depression and tiredness. I a niece, it seems, to live with her." i s. Penroaa he vicar's wife, said . one day. .oon after ' to the housekeeper dismay. Shepton" "A orettv. .. 1 u PP 08e 1 ha11 .. ha . vc to P he tells me. can get into her head the better." sent mistress, [ was all the answer ho vouchsafed to take her as a pupil, and teach to her husband Letty came to Shepton. "A pretty. J "-I-F"- genteel enough looking girl, but no ' ' should would her more fit to be u servant, 1 say, than I am. I don't know what they mean to make of her. 1 thought at first that the plan would be to send away Martha, but Mrs. Mark- ham says no. Martha Is to be k-pt lust the same as ever, and Miss Letty Is to live. I suppose, like a lady." "If she is not fit to be a servant. think to herself day," she used but meanwhile Mr. her method, and all that was neces- sary. I think you and Letty had to better talk the matter over together, and see how you feel about it." Trelawney gave no sign of desiring ( There was not much talking over that Letty should be parted with. needed, for to both Letty and Mrs. "She seems to lind plenty to do. Markhain the suggestion seemed too does she not ? You are able to make tempting her useful '.'" he inquired one day, before one to be rejected, and many more days had passed I began taking them, and in tho perhaps her aunt menus to make something else of her." the vicar i' ' v<>ry ' during the first six months she was Letty had begun her lessons with at Shepton; and when Mrs Mark- Miss Watson. She had read a good hum answered with cautious praise, deal by this time, but she was very fearing to bo thought too partial to ignorant still of almost every thing j ' n ( ">e. I continued taking tho pills kept getting worse, however. and _ I posi- tion. I was at times troubled with throbbing, rucking headache ; my appetite gave out ; the least exer- :ion tired me. and my heart would Mat painfully My limbs seemed to ieel like weights, and at other times there was a sinking sensation which I can scarcely describe. I was treat- ed by a good doctor and took a number of remedies, but without any improvement in my condition, and I bogan to fear that I was doomed to be an invalid. One day a friend who called to see me spoke very highly of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and what she said interested my mother so much that she bought n few boxes course of a few weeks there was no room for doubt that they were help- her own flesh and blood. "Well, sir. that children are taught at school, and very teach- She could scarcely, when she legan replied. "I 8a w her yesterday a aDle - he cordially professed his sat- her labors with Miss Watson, have pretty slip of a thing She came to ' 8f ction .corrected the sums of Ifiss Watson's But yet Mrs. Markham was a pru- loweM class ; she did not know the dent woman, and always kept the capitals of half the countries of Fu- poasibility of future change before rope, and could not even have told her i you the century when William the "It's little likely that I should al- Conqueror became King. She had a way keep her tied to my apron great deal to learn before she could strings." she would think ; "and if Tit herself to become Miss Watson's I was to die. or master waa to die. assistant ; but very patiently and a thing She came to the door to let me in. and I thought she was as nest a little maiden us I had seen this long time." "Oh. of course If Mr. Trelawney thinks it necessary to keep a maid simply to open the door, I daresay he will do for that." answered the lady iharply ; "but for my own part I think it's a bad bringing up for a working girl If you gl\ a girl of that age nothing to do. how can you World ' P oor dt ' ar ! or twenty things to happen, she'd ' persevcringly, in her gentle way, sho expect that any good will come of her 7" "Well, but perhaps Mrs Markham does give her something to do, my dear." said tho vicar. And in truth the vicar was right. (or Mrs. Markham was too sensible a woman by far to permit her niece s onift uuos. seeing her sitting so In have to make her own way In the set herself to do her new work. "It would be very nice to bo a she wan a quiet llt'.lc Balden, school-teacher, she would say somc- with no taste except for quiet things. { times to her aunt, with a little sigh On summer evenings she loved no- of satisfaction. "I wish I were thing so much as to sit with her cleverer, and could learn faster than sewing or her book in some sunny corner of the garden, reading or Hinging to herself us she worked scale ; and still to stole what read the I d<>- (MI t if I should really get able to help Miss Watson after a timo shan't you be glad ?" _ No. hopefully and gratefully, Letty to paK her days In idleness Kor tho "'"tiince, Mr. Trelawney would 'jcarnt her lessons, and in her poor half the day or more ho was kept turn aside from his own walk to little way tried to educate herself to busy enough. With her nimble lingers '"'"' ""'"' of her, and would talk be something higher than a servant he made Mrs Markham'* caps for to ner ' or a fc ' w mjnutcs about the in the social her more becomingly than the vil- volume she had in her htnd, rarely time she could lagu milliner ; she made her own ul '"" 1 anything else. Rooks wcru to books that were dearer to her than bonnets and her own gowns, and be- h "" ' '"' lupreme things that gave lesson-books ; and through all else (ore the first winter hud set in lira. K!ii lo llf " ''* ""> '""' love them that she did. whether it were work Markham bought calico and linen, '" however small u degree, and be- or play, held steadily to a devotion ami through tho winter evenings twec n "ch lover nnd himself Mr. that no one suspected, and bowed Letty UHed to sit stitching for hours Trelawney felt a point of union, together at u set of shirts for llr. Aoout Poor littlo Letty's life, apart Trcluwncy. from her tasto for reading. his cu- Ilo used, as I have said, to speak rillsl 'y "a" finall enough ; he hardly | a fw words to her sometimes, and evor * 9 ' lcd her any questions that I as time went on these days on which nnre "P" it: the years that sho had lio did this came to be red-letter days " VC< 1 before she came to Shepton' to Letty. In various trifling ways wcre years that he unconsciously put he was kind to her One day when < a ^ F - almost as Indifferently as one fond m 'Rht put aside a volume in which "D'yo mean to say O'Graoy wired word pf its beauty?" "Ob. no. No, of course not: but I feel sure it is a beauty. Vost ba- bies are." said Mrs. Stronge with conviction. Strongo had a good deal to say on this point, but he caught his wife's eye as he opened hia lips, and he qupil,-d. "Isn't it delightful that It's a girl?" said she. "I don't know. I expect they would have thought more of it had it been a boy." "Oh! that's not It." said sh vaguely. "Do you mean to say you don't sec the importance of its being girl?" "No. I don't." said Stronge. who sometimes found courage to say what he meant. "Oh. Andy! Well, I wouldn't b as stupid as you for a good deal You can say that, with that darling boy asleep at your elbow." "I can. certainly." "Now, lUt?n to reason. do. I'an't you really see why it is so de> lightful that Yolande and Core* should havo a girl?" "No" "Why, because, when they botk frow up, our boy will marry hei lirl! eh, old goose? Now have yoi grasped It? I quite made up mj mind to it ages ago." "Good heavens! You don't meal to tell me you arranged what th child's sex should be before it wai born?" "Well. I arranged it Ive miaute* ago. at all events. It's Just th same." said she airily. At this moment Master Strong* hought proper to awake from hit slumber. He rolled himself round, kicked out his right leg with an as. tonishing vigor and gave way to lusty roar. "Bless his darling lungs!" a id hit mother proudly, as she picked him out of the hay. The End for a couple of months or more, when I felt as well and strong as ever I had been. It is about a year since I gave up taking the pills, and I have not since felt the need of any medicine. I think Pr. Williams' Pink i Pills a grand medicine, and should be taken by all pale and feeble girls." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills make rich, red blood with every dose taken, thus restoring the bloom of health, and the brightness and freshness of youth to pale and sallow cheeks. Through their action on the blood they cure such diseases as anaemia, nervousness, headache, rheumatism dyspepsia, St. Vitus' dance, hear troubles. diseases of the kidneys etc. These pills also cure tbe ail inenta that make the lives of many women a constant misery Sold in boxes, the wrapper aroun which boars the full name Dr. Wil Hams' Pink Pill* for Pale People Can bo procured from druggists, o CENTENARIANS The St. James's Gazette published an interesting list giving th* names ages of all persons in Great and Britain and Ireland who are known to have reached one hundred years and upwards during the vear or whose deaths at this great age have been recorded. Being tho onsus year the list is longer than usual, and in- cludes twenty men and thirty-thre* women Again, the proportion of two men to three women is noted as a curious fact. Mrs. Margaret Neve. of Guernsey, is. wonderful to relate. still living at the age of M She , will be sent by mail, post paid, s 5Oc a box or six boxes for (3 SO, by addressing the Dr. Williams' Mcdi >ine Co.. Brockville. Ont. herself when no one knew it before the shrine that she had set up in her simple heart. (To Be Continued). The RedWitch Mrs. Markham told him how the child wa* of reading, ho promts-, tne I la 8 e * blank. d to lend some books to her, and ' ""' ho would talk a little to her often afterwards he kept his word, about the books he gave her to read Her Innocent untaught pleasure in and the authors of them, and the CnAPTKIl. XXXIV. "Andy I Andy! I say, answer. "Bother that Andy" No man; he is what she read gave him. pas- quiet modest interest with which she never to be found. An dyl" sli.nate lover as ho was of books, a ul to listen to him gave him a s h had run through the gardens, certain instinctive feeling of interest certain pleasure. Sometimes, though anil uow, just as she reached a In her Ho became half curious to rarely, she would venture to ask a lawn, on which small haycocks lay. know how an uncultivated mind like question of him, flushing with shy- 'ike so many shapes turned out of hers WON affected by tbe food that ni' s as she did it, for In her simple moulds, a frownsy head roe from be- he devoured no eagerly. One day, Bifcht, as was natural enough, her hind ono of them, and Mr. Ktronge when she had been reading the master was a kind of lord and king, ; stood revealed . "Bride of Lnmintrmoor," he naked exalted by his learning and his good- ! "'' was a sight to behold. Kxcry her what Hhe thought of It. and the ncsa to her far above ordinary men. Individual hair stood on end, and intense emotion with which sho an-, Mho hardly knew for a long time each hair was adorned with an airy swerod, or rather tried to answer 'after she came to Shepton whether bit of hay. him, struck him with a curious hcnso!"he loved or feared him most. The | "You, Connie! Hey! What what's of surprise. Ho had not supposed ', sentiment of reverence was strong the matter?" said he, making a la- that tho story, or any story in a bouk. would have taken such a hold of a girl who had had her upbring- ing "It Is strange I should not have In her. and the sentiment of gruti- i men table attempt at appearing wide i Mile was strong too. Sho was a awake. gentle, enthusiastic girl, with some "You've been asleep!" said Con- of tho instincts and tastes of a class stantia. marching down upon him. above her own, and if. ns time went . "Snoring asleep! And is this how thought it." ho said lo himself ; and ion. she gradually came to transform ' you take care of The Hoy?" bo liegan more nnd more lo havo a! Mr Trelawney into a hero, and to 1 Tho capitals were enormous. kiiiillv f.'HuiK to l.etty sim WHS "II her waking hours with dreams of had peeped round the haycock to find The Doy "snoring sleep" too, with his lovely lists doubled up under his lovely chin: bu not for all that would she let off he; culprit. "Asleep!" cried Mr. Stronge. with extravagant astonishment and deep reproach. "My darling, non sense! I assure you " "Stuff!" said Mrs. Stronge. Sh had subsided upon the haystack be- side him. however, and she looked a him with all the air of one who has a state matter of European im- portance to declare. "You've come about something.' said ho. not having studied her in vain for .Uso past three happy off your shoulders and you'll be twice years. "Get it without delay, tho woman you are now. That's _ telegram eh?" pointing to a bit ol dingy red paper she was squeezing up think. I've got a in her hand. "What do you How to Know La Grippe. Th symptoms n0 lungers of This. Deadly Dlssats Which to Driving M Many to lute of sioknesi iff eoth. Treatment by Dr. Chase's Famous Remedies. ,M h r l | f0 ,"T l |h y K CV ' r ' 1 qU ' Ck FV 1 " 1 MV re Pnins '" tho 6yp " and '<>*". nd dull pains in the Joints and muscles mark the beginnings of la grippe There is also hoarseness, inflamed air passages, and obstinate cough, furred tongue distress in the stomach, and u.urrhoea. The one unmistakable feature of la grippe i, th, depressed spirits and weakness and debility of the body. With the very young and very old and with persons of low vitality, the dangers of l a grippe oro very great TnTn'r n d. M ', '"!" 'V'" " * '^"^ rOBult ' ll '" U ' S " clulm "' that ** "! "use,^? con- directly traced to la grippe. nnr n , sumption can e recty traced to la gripe. The after efforts of la grip,* arc most often felt in lh nervous "^ '""" '" ^^ " th " ~ s Tho most successful doctors advise their patients to avoid exposure to cold or over-exertion, nnd recom- ,nd local treatment, .uch as Dr. Chas'e Nerve Food, to strengthen and to.m the svitem, and 1 Chases Syr|> of Linseed and Turpentine to loosen tho cough and protecl the bronclilsl tubes and lungs from threatened complications. Any honest and conscientious doctor will u-ll you that this combined treatment recommended t-V I>r Chase cannot be surpassed as a means of relieving and curing la grippe, und restoring the weakened and debilitated borty to its accustomed vigor Dr. C'hnse's Syrup of Lin.rcd and Turpentme is too well known us n cure lor bronchitis and severe chest colds to need comment. Dr Chase's Norve Food seeks out the weak spots In the yitew and builds them up. It rekindle the vitality of persons wrakonrd by disease, worry or over-exertion fed cannot possibly be equalled as a restorative and reconstructnnt to hasten recovery from In grippe aod U F'sreat surious constitutional complications. For sale by all dealers, or Kdmanson. Uatos 4 telegram from Carcw O'Grady. tell- ing me of the birth of a lit.tle girl to him and Yolande." "No. I declare I am more glad than I can tell you." said Strong*, sincerely. "H's tho happioal thing for her. poor thing. And now that she's got O'tJrady and the baby, don't Bee why the rest of her life at least shouldn't run smoothly." She "Oarrct told me yesterday." she first * aid gravely, "that that unfortunate woman's case Is worse than ever. No signs of returning sanity " "A most merciful thing, according to my judgment." "Yes yes; I suppose so." "Let us talk of somolhtng else," said Stronge hastily, who had never quite overcome a certain sense of faintness attendant upon any refer- ence to that past awful scene. "Did you hear." he said, "that Keather- ston has been defeated? I>aly. the Nationalist, got in on an amazing majority." "Why, yes." she said; "Norah wns full of It this afternoon It appears that old Lord Killecns. whose Inter- est meant everything to him. found out somo time ago that he wis hardly." with tt little smile, "so sin- cere a Mine Kibbonitc as he had fondly believed him The old man was furious \vhen ho found it out. Norah su.vs. Carrel told her. He tells h<-r everything it Neems: and I am sure will end by making her u confirmed gissip " "Or his wife." "Oh. nonsense! Such a baby as I Norah! Well, never mind." she said "lei us g back to Yolande and h, r |prtty baby." had but one recorded compeer in Mrs Klizabeth Hanbury. who died at tl.is age In October last, unless we aecopt tho statement that Mrs. Kllen O'- Mullaiie. who died in Cork. was. as alleged. 118 years old From 1803 to 1901 Just 403 centenarians have boen traced 153 men and 250 wo- men. NEVER TOUCHED ONE "I've been reading an article on electricity. John," said Mrs Talkec to her husband, as she laid down a copy of a technical newspaper she had been perusing, and looked over her glasses at her better-half . "and it appears that before long we shall be able to get pretty well every- thing we want by Just touching button." "It will never pay here." growle* Mr. T. "You'd never be able to gel anything that way." "Why. not. John ?" "Because nothing on earth would ever make you touch a button. Look at my shirt." - * - THE CARE OF BABIES. A Great Responsibility Rests 01 All Mothers Baby Should Air ways be Bright and Cheerful. Babies that are well, sleep well, eat well, act well and play well. A child lhat is uot lively, rosy-cheeked and playful, needs immediate attention or tho results may bu serious. Prudent mothers should always keep ready at hand a safe yet effective medicine to administer to their little ones as emergancy arises. Such a medicine ii Baby's Own Tablets These Tablet* do not act as the so-colled "sooth- ng" medicines do. They do nol hav a deadening or stupefying effect, but on the contrary go right to the sea of the trouble and by removing it cure the child and prevent a recur- rence of tho difficulty All mothers who have used this medicine praies t and always keep it in the house. Mrs O Itaines. Six Mile Lake. Ont.. says: "The llaby's Own Tablets which I ordered came just in time. My buby was very ill with indigos- ion and bowel trouble, but I ant lappy to say the Tablets relieved! him after a few doses and he is now- doing splendidly, wilh just a Tablet now and then when a little restless. am the mother of eighl children, inu I musl say I have never had uifdicine I thought as much of as) laby's Own Tablets, and t have tried 11 Ihe old remedies I think mothers night always to keep them in th* iouse in case of emergency. These tablets euro all the minor all- icnts of children, such as constlpa- lon. sour stomach, colic, diarrh idiKestion, and simple fever. They rcak up colds, prevent croup, and Hay the Irritation accompanying tin on of all ages, and dissolved is, itling of teeth. They arc for child. water can bo given w)h absoluU nfcty to the youngest infant. SoU y all druggists at 25 cents a box. r sent postpaid on receipt of price* y addressing the 1'r Williams Ue<jt me Co.. Brockvill*. Ont. "SUNLIGHT One ounce ofSunlight Soapis worth more-than REDUCED Two ounces of impure soap. EXPENSE Aik tor th Octagoa Bar. U jvoi groner eannot rapply, LEVKB BROTHERS, LI1HTK, Toronto, sending his. name a a triil sample ef Sunlight Soap %U1 be lent you Ore*, oi CANADIAN SEACOAST. The Eastern Canadian sear oast from the Buy of Fundy to the Mr.iits <ii lli-lle Isle. with its multitude of bays and moun- tainous islands, hus an extent of 7.1HO miles, and a Bali-water in- shore area, not including minor in- dentations, of 1,500 square miles. SPEED OF FISH. Few have on accurate idea of the rate at which lish swim. , When we lav t4at a person is "as fat as a porpoise." we hardly associate a Quick rate of swimming with that in- dividual, yet he, and everybody else, would like to be able to get thn>un the water as rapidly. Porpoises hava been seen to dort round and round a steamer travelling seventeen miles a n hour, thus prov.ni? their ca- pacity to swim at a greater rate than that. The dolphin may be placed on a level with the porpoise, but the bonito h;. s occasionally been known to approach forty iles for short distances. Herrings, in shoals, move steadily at a rate of between ten and twelve miles; mack- erel swim much faster, and both trout and salmon go at a rapid pace when migrating up a stream for pawning. Whales are not flsh in the cientitic sense, but it is interesting to note that these monsters swim at a rate of sixteen milen an hour when excited, although their ordinary speed is estimated at between four and five miles. TO Er A . Tnke Lxnie Bromo Qum DO Tablet* A 1 rt-uii^t* refund the money if It fall to cure. B. W. Grore * lniur n on each bo. WO. o Page Woven Wire Fenca I ul- _tw. A tnf fc~Wi "t!k OWtH* ia ihf only rwliabln f^m w- lra, TO , ragefBnce.ar.now err ch.ap. andyoa know they haV. always b the test. *ae few*, are lUHid br all Canadian railway*. Th. Piae Wire Ftnee Co.. L.-ilie. WalttfvHIo. "'. * OSHAWA MIRACLE INVESTIGATED, A SWORN STATEMENT OF FACTS ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF. The Toronto Mail and Empire Sends a Reporter to Oshawa His Inquiries Result in Com- plete Verification of Original Story. Very many startling storiea ol wonderful curoe by i'odd's Kidney Pills have been published in these columns and in other newspapers all ,,\.T the country from time to time. livery case has been so well au- ih.Mtuat.d as to leavo little room for doubt, and yet thn statements made and the cures report oil. have- in many cases, been so nearly mirac- ulous as to be almost be>ond belief. i;, ..'iitly. The Mail and Kmpire ol Toronto, and other newspapers, pub- lished a despatch from Oshawu. in which it was said that a mechanic in the Oshawa Malleable Ironworks, hail d of parulvsi* by Podd's Kidn.-y Tills, and that, after he hud been absolutely helpless for four months, and had been given up by the physicians at th Hospital in Toronto. This was too much for many peo- ple to believe, and numerous demands were made on the paper in question for a verification or correction dn.. correspondent signing himself "Modii-ns" in a letter to th-- ' and Kmi-ire openly disputed the pos- sibility of such a cure. To get at the real facts a reporter was sent to Oshawa. and the result j was a complete, and very satisfac- tory confirmation of the original des- patch. To put the matter absolute- ly beyond question the following sworn statement was secured: TIIK ST AT KMK NT OK Mlt HROWN In the full of 1S.7 I was taken ill with what most of the doctors culled laialysis. and others nervous pros- tration It commenced with a stilT- ness and soreness in the calves of my and gradually increased till I could not move either of my arms or legs, having lost all power in them. I could not have raised my arms to my head to suvi- my life For over four months I could not stand or walk alone a single step. I doctored with all the local doctors, and then irith a Uowmanville doctor. Kach one pave uie some different metlicine. but the more I took the worse I got. At last the Tlowimuivill.- doctor told me that nothing could he don,, for me unless I went to the hospital In Toronto where they ininht i>erhaps have some later treatment for par- jlysis which would tit my MM ircnt there toward the 'nd of .Innu- ry. IX'.IN. and romaim-d under treat- pieiit in that institution for a little P%er lOOf weeks. All wns in vain. 1 K ot woise. Twelve doctors told me I could not r.-oover. .and that noth |nc could be done for me. so as T was getting Worse e\crv day. nnd there was no hope ol their able to help me in the least, I was removed to my home here. I won like? a I aby, unable to move. At this extremity someone ad\i>.-<l me to use Dodd's Kidney Tills, and my wile bought a box. We had not the slightest idea that Uv> would help me, but like a drowning man I grasped at every straw. Alter 1 had used the lirst box, the numbness be- gan to leave my finger tips, and I lull a little better and kept on using the pills. Hy two months' time 1 could walk a little, and shortly af- terwards was able to go short dis- tances without assistance. The first time I went down town, one of the doctors who had given me up saw me across the street, and not being able to believe his eyes, went to my brother Kobert and asked: "Is that your brother Joe?" Robert told him that it was I. and he said in astonishment: "Well. I never ex- pected to sec him around again." I used, altogether, twelve boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills, anfl by the. lirst of May I was able to start to work again in the shop here, and I have never been sick or off work a day since and that is over three and a half years ago. I am glad of the opportunity to make, this statement, for I am sun- I owe my life, health nnd strentr'li to work to that great remedy, Dodd's Uidney Pills. n .! JOSEPH BROWN. SWORN CONFIRMATION. CANADA: } T .losiTH Province of Ontario. BKOWN of tho County of Ontario, Town of Osh- awa. in the County of On- tario, Pro- vince of On- To Wit: tario. Do Solemnly Declare. That the above statement, signed by me. is absolutely true, and I make this sol- emn d-Tiaratinn. believing it to be true, and knowing that, it is of the same force and e-fert an if made un- der oath and by virtuo of the Can- ada Kvidencc Act. 1 Sienud). JOSEPH UROWN. Declared heiore me at the Town \ oi (ishawu. in the County ol V Ontario, this 15th day of ] January. A. I' . r.iiej. . -^ j. F. UHIKHSON. (SEAL) The best length of rails used on railway lines has been much dis- cussed. Rails from 3D to >>:! feet have been used, but the l.est length is now proved to be 3 feet. Many railways, however, uso a 15-foot rail. The Publisher of the Best Farmer's paper in the Maritime Provinces in writing to us states: I would say that I do not know of a medicine that has stood the test of time like MIXARD'S L1MM1.NT It has been an unfailing remedy in our household ever since I ran remember, and has outlived dozens of would be competitors and imitations. TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE North American Life Assur- ance Company. HEAD OFFICE: 112-118 King Street West, TORONTO, For*the Year Ended December 31sc, 1901. ec 30,1900. To net Ledger assets $3,773.508 Jec. 31, 1901. RECEIPTS. To cash for premiums i*7-' A < !"t To Cash Income on Investments 17e.*.o Irma "Papa. Oaston says he loves me madly." Wise Papa-"Oh, all young men say that." Irma to me, papa." LI nard's Liniment Cures Distemper Jack "Oh, ho ! This hair shows where you've been I" Tom "On the contrary, it shows where some- one else has been." Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that contain Mercury aa mercniT will Mrely destroy the wane o .meliandrompletalyd-jranno tlie whoier-t*in wh<M> entoruiK .t ihrouh the ran. out .ar'aco*. >^nch articles -hould never be uned excapt on ore-crip'ion* from repuUble phyHician. w the tue tbuy will do liteo f .Id lo thi ood you run po..lbly derive from tbem. Ha I < alarm Cori manufactured hy F J. Cheney ft f o.. To- ledo. O., contain* no meroorjr. and la taken In lernmlly. a<-tu.g directly upon toe blood an- murou* urac? of the system, la buym Hall'- Caurrh Core be tare you et the cn Ine. It Uko mwraalty.and made in Toledn Ohio, by F. J. Cheney Co. TeetlmooiaU by DroggUU. prlca 75o per boltl*. i'i Family Hill* are tbe beet. a Notary Public This, therefore, is the true story in detail of this nui.^t remarkable case. No room is lett. for doubt or dispute ;iu<i the original Oshawa despatch is continued in all its particulars. If this is possible and no one can now doubt it then one can easily understand how any of the wonderful cures reported have Nvn accomplished by the same means, Dodd's Kidney Pills. The new Glasgow municipal tele- phono service has over IG.lMx* mil,- of underground wires, and provides for 2O.OIH) sul. tmnnrs URIKBI flirts Gomel in con. Britain has 5H7.H84 prisoners in Indian prisons, or 92.00O more th.iti ten years ago. Of these only 24,000 are women. 1,099,396 58 $4,872.904.64 -lee. 31, 1901. DISBURSEMENTS. By Payment for Death Claims. Profits, etc .. 386,688 33 By all other Payments yJl.BQg.7U 678.595.05 94.194. WO.ei Dec. 31, 1901. ASSETS. ... f i. 2 oo.l89 5 By Mortgages, etc _ a _. Debentures (market value $717.'J(t5 99 > " Stocks and Bonds (market value. Jl.H71.3lJ .0) l,^--.^ " Real Estate, including Company's building Sa' (2? i " Loans on I'.ilicies. etc SKITO'I " Loans on Stocks (nearly all on .call) MM 85 " Cash in Bank and on hand $4.194.:iU9.61 Premiums outstanding, etc. (less cost ol collection).... " Interest and Rents due and accrued *' $4.420.773 38 Dec. 31. 1901. LIABILITIES. To Guarantee Fund *' " Assurance and Annuity Reserve Fund ... 3.808.229 OO " Death Losses awaiting proofs, etc $3.913.332 01 When a man is accu:d of iia\i:.i; more- money than brains it doesn't follow that he Is rich. When washing greasy dishes or pots in.l pans. Lever's Dry Soup <u pow lor i. will remove tbe grease with the greatest eawi Do not neglect to keep your boots polished. You can always shine at one end. if you cannot at the other. Far Over Sixty Yean Ma< WinuiWt SOOTHIXO tlfVT h ba ml bj nilliuniot ralhn tor Ucir ckildran hil iMthin; I: ~jtlM. Uw chiU. .oft.n. lh* Muiat. *1 jr. V*IB. <mt wind ooiic. iTfulun UK Momb d ho<-n. Miilla tb bat r*m*d> fur UlwtlMM. Twtr-' 111* bottlr 8a|.l If drMiu uhruufhuut lh wurld. B. mr Mil uk fur " M . Wmaww rxwTHUia n\ BIT Little Boy (to his mother, crying) "Mother, they call me lug-head at school." Mother "Never mind, de.irie; there's nothing in it " W F. C. S507 441 37 & Qr -m The financial position of the Company is unexcelled- centage of net surplus to liabilities exceeds that of any other horn. Lai Uoa Mop- Ihr !' ltd rU off !><' Bromu-u.nine Tab. oaeday. No i uro. No Pay. Prtoe ti Mistrese "Why, Jane, what in the world have you hung that pail on the gas bracket for ?" Jane \V-li. ma'am, the master said the gas was leaking. and 1 put up the pail to catch it." ;,lnvd's Linimentuits Di . issued during 1-1 $3.520.067.00 Exceeding the best previous year in the history of i nipany by o%er half a million. Insurance in force at end of 19O1 < net ..... PEE SI DENT : ITICE-FRESIDENTS : JAS THORBUHN. M D . HON. SIH WILLIAM R. MEREDITH. K C. DIB.ECTOHS : HON srsVTOU OOWAN. KC LL.D . CMO F C.riP ^ "k,. L. W SMITH. Esq.. K.C . P C.I D McCRAF..F?<i . r.ur'j.h MANAGING DIHECTOB. : .. . 5ECHETARY MEDICAL DIRECTOR : L GOLI.MAS A 1 A. ^ THOU.il 'UN. M P (K.Hn.) The report cont.uning the proceedings of the Annual M.-eil, on .Tanuarv L5S last, showing marked proota ,.f the cont,,,,.,-! pmcr, ss am soUd position of the fompany will ^ sent to po Ucyho , ers^ I'''"' ' '<- explanatory of the attractive inx^tment plans o ,.,..< copy of the Annual Report, showing its unexcelled financial] wi?f be furnished on application to th. Head mite, or any of th Com- aiiv's aaencies _ ___ _ ^___ ___ "Is the young man to whom SongM,-r .-s engaged mnM.-al ? yes, indeed. You ought to hear him chant her praises !' Minard's Lining Cures Coles, ett Croat Britain and the I'nited States are practically the only nations which have failed to adopt the metric system o( weights measures. The population usn them is over 445 millions. Ceylon Tea Is the finest Tea the world produces, and Is sold only In lead packets. Black, Mixed and Green. >.ean tea drinker* try "Si!adV Grcn tea. WAH E T S E M O EM FOR "AUTOSPBAY" Ito-t. compreamil-air praTr>r ma<l. !*iimpla niacluiii! fn-u. CAVERS BROS.. Oalt. Ont. CARPET DYEINQ ^^ .nil finninc. This it pecmltr wilh ItM BRITISH AMERICAN OYEINQ OO. Scud n.!culr > fo-l n<l < riur lOiwiWy. Dicers and Running Sores Clieadine cures long stand- ing .ores. Try it Large Boxes 253. Bru;*isU, or Gllaadln* Co., Toronto IP YOU WANT GOOD PHICK9 POM YOU" Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Apples Produce ,,.v .--T.-V i II . >! 1YI Till* DAYVSON OON9IOS 'IH'.M TO TIIK COMMISSION CO., Limited. TORONTO I Cure Pain. The Dr. McLaughlin Klectric Belt is tho onlv never-failing cure for Rheumatism, l^auie B.-iek. Nervousness, tJnerul Uebilitv, Loss of Power in Youn. Mi.t.lle-aged and Old Men, Varirocele. We.ik B;ick and Kid- nevs. Drains of Vitality. Wasted Knergy. Sleeplessness. Pains in Head, Back. ( he->t, ShoulJiM.1 and Limbs. Female \\eakre-s. Bearing Down Pains and all those ailments friiin which women Miller. H cures alter all other remedies have failed. I guarantee a cure if I ay I can cure. I don't ask anyone to taKe chance* on my Invention. It doesn't cost you anything; If I fail. I Jon't ask any man to buy mv appli- ance on a speculation. I know that it will cure tlie-se troubles and I want my pay only when the cure is complete. I dcn'taak you to try it one innnih, nor two months, but long enough to cure you. and when I have cured you you can pay me. If I fail in my ta-k it's my loss, not yours. All you in- tune, and if my Belt I. tils to cure you you will have the galisl'aclioii of knowing lh.it the best, strongest aud finest electric In-.lv appliance in the world - one with OOOO cure* to its credit has failed, and that there i no euro for you in electricity. Keiueiui.fr. my terms are PAY WHEN CURED. Beware of concerns offering a thin piece of felt ' as a substitute for my cushion electrodes used onlv to disguise their bare metal blistering o be si'ike.l i" water, whieh quickly dries and them without ciin-pnt. My cushion electrodes are my exclusive and cannot be imitated I inO CUri'CII** a ivw '"J sent s*tt!od KKKlv DR. M.D. MCLAUGHLIN, 130 Yonga Street, Toronto, Ont. om Hoor. -3a.m. to fl p..n. -.VKlnolay and Saturday*, ui *. p.. M I, I Mi'O S '