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volume xxil no ay acton ontario tiiitbsday lusbkuaky 18 1897 shu ctou jut jwss ib iufllihuid eveuy thursday morning at thf free frcsjistuim printing oiiw t mill stitelt acton ost tunuhophuiiucniption ono dollar per your urlotlyln advance all tiubicrlntioub dtucon tiuuod whou tho tlmo tor which they have boon paid has oxpirod tllo datu to which ovary hubaoriptlou laimid ia doiiotod ou tho addroea labe advfutibinq ratks tranbiont advortiao aioutb 10 oouta por nonpareil lino for firm iu portion 3 oouta per una tor oaob aubaonuout luaortlon conthact itatpbtllo following tttblo bhowa jur mtoa or tho iiiaortion omuivortihuruoutb lor bpoclflou period a snap in sheet- music popular priooa fullslzo good paper old rashloned pnoo 30o 40o ond boo day s low price 5o any ten pieces 26o ho luouos loinohos fl iqcuos linoh advertisements ljni jl j mo 6b00lj5o01b00o 35 do i 20 00 19 00 30 00 12 00 7 00 6 00 i j 50 3 00 flmo 7 00 300 m boolflo directions i j i orb a aph olfareed accord nnly transient advertisements must bo paid in advanoo l w uo laneod once oacfi month if desired for oliansos oftonor than onooar month tho composition mast bo paid for atrregularratos ohangoiiforcontracfcadvortlbomonta must bo j a tho olnoo by noon op tuesdays h p mooitb editor and pronrlotor jbubijusjs jltratorp medical j r uren m d o m washington pout march ijy spusa llborty dull march dy bousa hlftli bchool cadotbuy bouba mamiatton huach marohby sousa darkles dream lty lancing hon tod gavotte society danco daticteg in tlio larn boliottlscha itaatus ou poratlo march fly horry minb lovo comes li ho hummor shihwalu llv b elisor j riiucobljonniy wnltjiub iv siioimcr alti bocrity 1o fton iy an llarr in tho load tho avorito two b top in bailey j whou tho girl ou lovo 1b many mites away tjong liy hoo pen 1 l 9 othorb don tsodrjly blandford ban uolt or voloo and piano the favbrlto luguflb ballail -the- traders bank of canada 5pntrg i authorized capital paid up capital and surplus assets over 1 000 600 785000 6300000- cuelph branch 3 day8 bookstore pdcofi conta each anylopiocoa on tho hat j5 coijtb mailed postpaid simo price guelph day sells cheap office and roflldonco cornor mill frederick htroets aoton as elliott m b acton gluduati tononto umveibiti officemain stioot third door south of presbyterian church acton x r halsted m d p l u c v m 0 and s ovt ovnuu m hall main o act patronage solicited ithaunjatisiu and catarrh specialties veterinary surgeon lrbed p husband v s gradnnto of tuontarovbtorindry colloco ghonorary member of tho voteriuarj medical oppict m hubbands iotj4 con nubb agawoya callb day or night promptly attended to half siek peopler jl st sick cnouph to feel het licutd lizj and lmlesi to lmc no tpjielite to slee jndly to lnve htt jou eat feci 11 ko l in jour momich not 5ickcnouh to tnkex to bed cnll il doclnr lint j sirk enough to nol inow what lo do blltrtr of 91 and ipwuxtli rocoived on deposit and jj percent inttrest paid or compounded liulf yearly deposit recoiitn issned for lar6 aums deposited advances made toreiron8ibe furmora on tkoir own qameb no obarc0 made for colleotinn sales notes if payable in guolph a general banking buainess transacted a r 11 jonis muungcr annie cahroitl price three cents heres a good tip 20 off the price of every lamp in this store march ist starts our stocfeta k ll bennett l d s dentist obonoetowh ontab10 jm bell dd6 l d s dentist dnooktnte uonoa qlladuate op tollonto umveiisity work made satisfactory pricos modorato visiting d vts tuesday and friday of eaoh veou db f ji meecer dfchtisl graduato of toronto uulvorslty audhcls offlco over drug store acton visituvo days tutrnsday and fhiday eeoait m olean a mclean barrlbtorabolloltors notaries conveyancers lo private funda to loan offlco town hall acton wm a mclean jno a mcleak d ouglas mduhay baluiistlts solioitona notamsa ltc offices l236quoon bt parkdolo victoria chambers til victoria bt tolophono 297 toiionto john dodolab a g munnay a j mackinnon bahhibteh omcitqii cosiyajscei office corner mill and main btrcot abovo kopuiau btoro 4ctoh take a tonic j that s what ou oiighl to do i good sensible tonic that will fanrpen jour ippctite and put new go in jour nencs and muscles if jou ire not commr to guelph send for it by so doing you may acr asenous illness 50c a box prcparedh alex stewart wedding presents ujp to jdjzt- ing we dont want to have these lamps then its a chance for you jlamps that were i oo nowyours for 8octs lamps that were i50 now yours for 1 20 no chestnuts every lamp fall 1896 ctyle the latest jvm bond co hardware gublph snaps of frames pictures artists supplies fancy goods tg mitheson s 0 b mcleod m aililistklls bollcltoils com lyaisoelts qooreetown and milton monov to loan at lowest rntcs r j monabb rpotrrth-ditiaion-oourtrcounty-of-ha- on codvoyancor agont tiro and liioaaburauco uoal ebtato agout moheytoloan otc offi mutuowu block acton oni miscellaneo us h xkry gbist ottawa canada solicitor of patodta for invention oto pjonaroa applicatlona fortho canadian amor lean and enrbpoan patont ollloos and for tio ltorlstratlnn of trado marks hond for pain phlot thirty two years experience f ranois nttnan bookbinder wvudnam bt guolph ontario ovor william btoro aoconnt books of all kinds mado to order ierlodlcal of ovorydoscriptionoarofully bound rnllupnoatlviinri nromptlvdono m arriage licenses ii p moolte ifpukh of mannuop licknhfb privntooltlcft nowltnesscsroqulrod issued rebidcdroiutho avijldng- froo prosa oduco aoton aoton machine and repair shops henry obindeli proprietor abe woli onuipped with all tho machinery decenary to exomto all ropalrr to machln orv and agricultural implements andtoflo all kinds of toam fitting home shooing and nenoral b aohmtthlns woodwork ropaira porfprmoil in a iatlsfaotory manner vo can repair any maolilno or implomont of any make saw gumming and filing dono woulngton mutual fire insurance company ebtadllsned 610 insurance on cah and mutual plan any communications forwarded to my oajroas box om or tolophono 08 will bo promptly at- john tayloit agent ou olph w m uembtbeet llobnflkd aootiombeb for tho oountloa of woulngton and ilalton ordorleflattbofnim pkkbb offlco aotonor at myroaldoneoip aoton will bo promptly at tondod to foe reduced to 5 00 for farm sales alo money to loan on tho moit fatorablo vumband al tho lowest te of interet in smof6a0and pward wrbabber bros paper makers georgetown ont mak aurioialtyoj machine flnlshedbook papers ad nioh oba wb news the ppr need in this journal is from ho abovo nllll wm barber bios i good value waters bros st georae s square gtjeliph the campaign prepare for winds wo would cull our attention to tho fact that wo are prepared to supply ou wilh lumber of amiable lonfjth for our barn doora vn 10 12 1j or 14 f also sash doors frames mouldings oto for building storm doors put up at as low a rato aa possible repair jour pnmpa or put in new onea before it is too cotd ws can bo it shop at foot of river street acton tho8 ebbace manager ccl ovwood john mcqueen having purohasoil tho coal bualnoss hereto foro carried on by jautob ilrown 1 am prepared to supply all ordura fqr furfiaca coal stove coal chestnut coal op best qukl1ty orders given to ino personally or lolt at kan nawin 8 uittjotonrnilllthrprontptty-ninid- johnmoqrjbbn acton saw mills and wood yards jh7ies brown han oractonbft and dhazba jn lumber znth shingles wooti rta all klnda or wood in atook and promptly dollvorod to any part of tho town at rqabonibo pricon hnrrtwooi 011 hand and hlabieiitntovo length alwayn tolcrhouo coiniiiuqlcatiop j ob printing including bookl pampblota postors hill iloadi circulars ac o oxoouto in tho bott htylo of the art at modprato price a and liortdotlce apply or addrenk ii p moore push pjikbb 01h00 autou tor one month we sh11 offer the bilanr our stock of tweed suitings and winter overc atia s at i rednciion of 1wi w i ivr plr crni we lnve between fifteen itul twentt of this season s scotch rwccdsumgs lef nil chocejdoab and shades iso ibout i dozen tine oercoatinf m we are prepired to sacrifice tlil profit on them in order to creir our slock completely we rie the juirantce of a reliable tailor ing firm tint neither the trimmings nor workminship will be hlihtcd in iny pir ticular bvnto vnnio ctiiroll blio blushoil an biio triuj hhi i up an nxu 1 hur to ho my denr brldo til i thought ljh all up wid yo michnol mo hoy h jo wwit to win annio joll have to imploy manuors ewator an looks nator 1 or what uro yo mike hut a hlf rough goabooti lit to wrlstlo an tight hut for loxo talk yo loou oro otujth aa niuoh it aa a by tipypotayaiub oh thnao ewatffbtylleh ryurlb ijow tholr prec ious tuara ahaino us tliln i aoihf auulodarlh x ilon t foul hko junr iin wiljiz cause jour lovo doeup t come ut mo i hi uart olboburo oxclpt whoii lui btrikin eouioborbofa blow an i know well i know such d ewatp tinder crtiuturo as iou cpulu t lovo lilo r liolu nilllfoua an inllllons of mllos far abovo uio but oh dotitjotrbe ci in it btirta ino moat cruel though ache tcai in your boauhful ojes is a jewel hero i put mo rough hand friondly hko ori hor aliohldher an it comforted hor eo a woo thrltlo boujdher i grew an in wan llttlo jlfty id placed mo arm in tho buiall of licrlllpaat walit an thin i waadyin herlipb to bo thryin tor i hco ehe d clear left ou hor heart broakin crjin- wliin the looked up bo bly wlil a tear in acho eye hut a dozen lauglib buck of the toara aak w hy i in not tuatiu whin rod ifpaaro poutln oloso by thin i did my full duty lty annie ino beauty an wo ro booh to ho wed for i axod hor tho daj an nhobtild this is march tbin couioa april thin may throo mo nth a to ho daulut an thlu dcaroat m any day vo may like cfucfljo jtecotd select yamilg lttdtny shaw turner merchant tailors guelph boots shoes heres a fact lrswjllnmsl stol hnifrf ind most ined ck of shots in town heres an opinion w ts williams doesn t believe he cm lie undersold meres a promise tasr willi ims will meet an honorable com petition heres an admission kwlinms wanls jour lrde er much heres a statement fcfwilhams will proc it pijs to dtil u him he an explanation t3rwilbams sies for you in price ind gams- in quality heres a grand idea lartry williams just once when you need shoes heres a memorandum 3wiiliams boots and shots are found a his store on mill street acton william-williams- mill street acton main 8troet planing mills acton ont john architect cameron and contractor manufacturer of sash doors frames moulding in all atylos dressinq juatcbino and moulding to ordor on abort notice woli aaaortod stock on hand at prleos to suit tho times f john cameron proprietor acton steam a cook proprietor tirst clasa work guaranteed in fmlly la undry work shirts collars cliffs etc work ailed for o rv moiiduy nutl ihursday aud delivtrl nay lliuraday and saturduj a cook wantlidflnvruali i altilt ul mlfin ou womon to travel for roiponalhlo natab llshotl houao in ontario kalary 780 payablo mis weekly and ex ponton position punnaiieiit luferanao enolone elf addrmiiffd rtaniihml on envelope j ho national htarlluildlng chirngo aqcle yaqderlyis verdict l 3i ninnoii h girlp auld mr vanderlyn benten- tioualy to hm two nieces uro a mistake i dorothy hung down her head evidently much humiliated b this view of tho matter heater colored up aa red an the reddest geranium blossom iu the window if jou will ktndly tell us how to net ourselves right uucle said aha oh x dont eay- that it is your fault peraonully and especially bttgervod mr vanderlyu with a little cocttomptuoua bmff except aa yon belong to a oluat oh i said hobtor a olaib i i m sure wo fire very borry murmured dorothy with a quivering lip men how if they are left an provided for went on mr vanderlyn still looking btrajxht before him aa if addressing an imaginary audience from a dui oao always do something for themselves some canvepticlyobiefved hebter some cant men said mr vuuderljn ignoring higniecos have resources men have originality men can seldom be taken ut a diiadvantage i wibh girls he added with a klpnce of mild de ban naid dorothy rnd bo independent joaona bhook her gnlod head that tin t no easy for gentlefolk said she if you woro working woimn now hko mo but wo mean to ho working women said dorothy riuiokly if ouly wo kiow how sighed iltater hoavon holp tliem aa helps tbom- bojvcb bind joanna as she earned off the traj z j hester bet forth the tioxt day to look for music ptipilp one or two of her old bohooltnatos wero married and living in new york and she had hourd of edaoa- tlonal bureaus win oh biio fondly suppos ed to bo stepping stones to ultimate sue oeas mr 7uok dorranoo bbiijitorcd along by her bide itu aotiice to havo somotblug aive in clre old houe said he my unole b awfully jolly don t ou brrow but hes always in the clouds and hie time doea drag bo awfully butaaid heater aront jou doing anything 1 looking for something to do said jack dorrance been at it for a year givoourtiy wqrd ittfl the hardest work going 1 i aliould think so observed hester good morning i have an errand iu his ueartat house nnd must bee to it now and juok aauntored aimlessly away dorothy stayed at home ventured to dust uncle vanderlyu s books in his ubsence helped joanna to make a real country syllabub for- desert andthen wrote to everybody ehe knew mtikmn timid little inquiries aa to bo mo possible or impossible situation in a school that was uioiftirst and luet day of utatilion hunting uncle vanderlyu was brought liome towa in a o a a go ho bal boon attacked with paralysis in the very btreet lyn i havent lost my memory yet i remember vhot it wuh that i aaid 1 leclared up and down unit girls were a mis take now however i rovorbo my verdict and hare it m girls are tho greatest bksiiiug in the world and tho liht iu his ojpb bore witness to his ontiro sincority the game of thirty gates tion at them that you bad had the luok to bo born men children instead of women children thank you uncle eaid heater execut ing a low courtesy if you really aro so disappointed in ua baid dorothy sadly perhaps wo had hotter go awa hvaler plays very mcoly she mu perhaps obtain mubio scholars and i am euro good madamo davernay can get mo u place in some cohool to teach the very little children oh jou are welcome to ataj here said uncle vanderlyn with a royal wave of his band there a pleuty of room in the old honeo food coats but little and i suppose you have plenty of olothcb y jea uncle faltered dorothy look ing down at the well worn mourning gown lor the present udded neater who if ahe was anything was truthful you can have the big third story back room7 aaid mr vanderlyn tell joanna to make it ready for yoa lty nephew jack dorrance occupies the front room i uao the eutire second story raj self so georgo vanderlyns two orphaned neilos sheltered themselves like a pair of frightened birds uudcr the roof 1 ought we to stay dotty whiipered the younger one in a sort of panic 1 dont know what olso we oau do hetty was tho aorrowf ul reply do you think ho is glad to see na no hetty ainoo you ask me i donv think he is bat we havo no money left oh dear i how hard it is to bo poor 1 hester aigbcd jjmubtjpok outjfor milhia pupiiaaaul eho but new york is such a big oity and there are ao manj many teachers uf music 1 and of qvery thing cibi said dorothy bursting into tears old joanna brought a cup of tea and some poach ajiortcako up to thoir room that first doleful evening dout fret misses eaid hhe mr vanderlyn speaks abort hib bark is worse than bis bite youll find that hell bo good totyou joanna and dorothy timidly ia my a nolo rich well x oalcutato bos well off miss what docs bo do joanna is he a wall strcot brokor or a lawyer or a mor chants ne one on cm mian said joanna hes got a pilo of money invested and justllvea on tho inuroat of it and he makes a tiny bit besides by translating learned french books for the publishers phi said dorothy aud hod be right well off aekod joanna standing with her hands on hor hips if it wasnt for that neer do weel novvy o hibn who is always pending money and uovcr bringing any in ivo no patience with mr jack uea a rogiar particido you mean paraalto hazarded heater woli wherea tho difleronre tlwv what it is exactly noddtd joanna i thought said dorothy with a curl mg hp hat mooalwajb indicatad ihom selves yoc joanna we nru ery much obliged to jou the tt a was delicious 83 were the poaches bagging pardon mhsei for what may seem a liberty but alp t intended as haoli saiifclnrnlil woman tut be yo going to btay bore foe good and all we dont know said heater wo want to earn our owtt- livuifi if wo deuced awkward aaid jack dorrance what m wotoxlo with tho old dufftr why put him to bed at once aud bend for the dootor said heater shortly i suppose said jack there is no way of getting at his money ho hasnt left any biuik cheoka ngned all this puts a follow out awful whaf do wo wilht of monny baid do roth j lifting her c dm clear eye a my unole ibh t hkoly to wunt any at preaent is he other folks may though aaid jack ungraciously but 1 suppoae ho ii como to after awhile mr vanderlyn however lay anconacious for week weeka etretohed themselvob into month and still ho lay there and wben at lant something liko reason and aonao returned ho was by far ton weak to aik any queitiona ub dorothy7tbti ho baid ono day after he had looked long and earnestly at the yonng girl who sat at hor needle work beside her couch no ancle its hester she answered have lbeen sick long hester aaid he lqli ekiong timeouole i remember it all iiowt ho aaulrest leaaly stirring among inn pillowathey told me the news tooaud leuly that name had been forged to false abeokb that i had lost all the savings of a life lime that thatjack was an ungraceful lor whetolbjack lot tho young people put on their think ing caps and answer these jo conundrums you oan make it a game by nain oardr for writing the answers what gato pcooluima and publnlicb promulat whuyt gate unjovea and noth f reo ahjy gate a gateof an uiquiriiiglurn in term gait a ijate which puniahca- soverely oas tigaje a gate full of vrnklea aorrugiu v a uato which connouts aud claaaiflea oouj ogate agate which actd aa an ftlbbassadot locate a ato which travelfi by wattr navi gate a gate which makes tlaurb arrogate agitn which repeals laws abrogate a fato which increases iu length 9 elon gate a gale which joes to law litigite a gate winch soothes nud alioviates mitigate gone away uncle long ago didnt you havo him arrested no ancle we did not knowuntrh-it- was too late that that ho had rojuited your kindnebb so ill ami iu debt faltcrod mr vauder lyn after a brief silence no nude 1 who baa taken the oliargo of things 1 hester and i uncle eh wo conatilied with joanna uncle- wo fouud that wo must exert ourselves in some way or else lose the old house bo wo havo taken some nice quiet boarders ttn of thorn the hoube is largo and roomy jou kuow ianvaiieoeueiilfaqoycook apd joanna ib a capital manager wo get ood prices and the boardard say they are pleased hump i said mr vanderlyn- aud tho trtnalaling tho big work that was only half done havo the sent to take it away there waa no titno to lose no time 1 i finished it uncle louj ngi you i ylp i i took tho french ptuo jt school a yar ago translation ia not ro very difficult when ono enters into tlw spirit of tho work tho publisher said tt was well done the check for payment is upstairs waiting for jcur endorsement and i am already working my way through a eecond undertaking mr vanderlyna dim eyes sparkled i ehall not be driven to tho poor houso in my old aga after all baid he hester b looped to preas her lips to his shrunken forohoad norunole we havo noooar sarty been put to pome expense ou account of your illnobs but wo havo kcptout of debt and havo managed to lay up a little dorothy baa eomo daily classes at mrs antonolhs boaideher housekeeping duties and now that you will soon bo able to tako the holm but vehemently uttored mr vander lyn i dont want to tako tho holm you are doing a deal hotter than i should im an old man now a fcehle br down old man only fit to bo laid on tho shelf but i can tell you what a comfort it is to have two brave noble uarqrod girls like dorothy and yon to take oare of mo in my old ago i he closed his ejea and fjll into ono of those sof fcrref reiwnglamborirwh1oh eo poteomohoal the woundsof desperate illness hester looktd nt him through tears she had learned to love him all the better for bis helplessness and dependence but afterwards when ho was ablo to walk about his study i the aid of a cane old joanna told them f the struggle they had had ivo read and lunrl of heroines said biio hut tlioro aiut uoi a as iibb been braver than lhn two jouug mieaics i tell yo6 air it wan a luol day for you when they came under thie roof undo vanderlyn poudered all this iuiiih mind and when heater camo in as usnal to work at her translating aud dorothy haviug finished preparing tho doabert for the boarders ran upstairs in pit with tho invalid he looked up with u smilu lo wel come them both girls 814 ho do you remember what i said jo jou when first jou oamo hero i remembrr that you were very kind to us raid heater gently and mado us we oo me gladded dorothy allthis isnt logio eafd undo vamlor a gato which coiyiuera and aubduea aubjugate a gato which plaoes itself under bonds obigatt agate acting aa a representative dele kate a gato which aeparatcir segregate a gato whtoh cleanses uud purities fumigatt a gate which sends people into exile relegate a alo which waters 7 irrigate a gate of many colore varegate a gato which uageuibles congregate a gate wbiuh aceka knowlodgo iuveati gate a gato which produces its kind props gate a gato which lududes tho whole aggrrgite a gate which ties together allijte agato which deserth runagate a gato whioh demos and rejeota ne gate a gate whtoh sails the sea frigate a gato of self denial ibuogato all tbo woraa ending in gate should bo written on numbered cards and oolleot ed and tho ono haviug the bobt list may receivo a tiasuo paper thinkiog cap away flom the auuo hame i tho two old bodies john and jean have been notified that thoy must leave ho old homo of tholr forofat era 1 cane thoy adhered to tho tree church iho country man ia born and bred and marries and dies on tho old farm ii u roots are atuok dtep into the soil and if jou tear them up his heart withers and dies it is not a homo this farmer leaves it is life burnbrae passod through tho kilclun on his way out and an old chuir by the flresido made him a laddie again gatlilred with tbefamiy on a vvinui sabbith oviii ing aiidjio heard jus father unking tho ohiof end of man the ii rut gate on th j farm swung open at a touih and ho rem ombercd thia waw bin fathi t 6 ideay- htf fpond the vfodge that changed tho elevation of tho hm that was a dyko he liult m his oitb and t litre vjus tho atouo he blasted out of tho held for the hole was htill open dawujn ihe meadow thatuped to be a pond where ho was almost drowned uovonty years ao but ho imd drained it and tbo corn upon tbo place was growing rank this was tho little bridge ho had mended for hia brides homo nming and from that rock his old father hnd directed him with keen interest and in that clump of trees alone be foro theeturiial the reat event of his uoul had comoto pis- he had often thought that som- day he would be carried over that bruise aud truate 1 he wab ready he soug out joan on iih ret i and rop your lwcltlt where yov ar1 frenchmans joke practical a certain wag called at a home in parib and aeked tho servant who same to the door ibmtjlenrie monnier hero ino bir he is not hero he doos not live here waajho repiy lbrlaiajieret liragbed tho wag for i am henri mmmtoicl the next day m monnier made his face op w falsowhiskets and-visitedhe- aamohemie the same servant anbwored thoboll la m henri monnier m nqsir eaid tho servant aharply yea he ibtmihqtitod m monnier as ho pulled off hia dhguiae and roared with laughter thoservant bhouted after him ttjmcomojioro ogain i will vnswer you with a broormitick m monnier then wrote to his friends that to had changed his lodgings and that ho invited them to a house warming that evening tho new lodging he mado be have wero at tho house whore he had apgered the bervant evening came ah you are here again are you w tho borvant reply to the first visitor who asked for m honri monnier then the bervant followed hie remark-np- b a shower of blows from a stick a few moments later another man called and asked for m henri monnier he too was beaten off tho atop a third poraon receiv ed the same pmnohmeut and bo did all of m henrie mounters friends who accepted the invltalona to the houao warming exchange making it plain the young woman from boston was at the table in u railroad restaurant in the fat west and when she essajed to out tbe btrakwith which sho had been served she discovered that what bhe needed was a higher education ia athletics after four or five ineffootaal attempta to dissect it she called in tbe waiter 1 cant you sho asked give mo a bit of steak whiohyis characterized by leas tenacity of tissue tho waitorj staggered and a cowboy across tho table looked up i didnt quite ketch mum said tho waiter bonding forward with hib hand to his ear i said and there was a shade of an noyau oo in hor tone that i desired a por tion of ntoak in which the coherence of the molecules was not so apparent oh btaromorod the waiter and he stood fixed with his mouth opn in amazo ment tbe young woman became embarrasbed here bnorted tho gallant cowboy com ing to the rescue with a bounding whack on the table git a movo ou you what tho lady wants ib a pioce of m thatamt ao tough aho ca atiok hor pjirtyteeth into it bcoi and the young woman actually smiled aa tho waiter hurried away miss importances question litte margery has just begun to goto the kindergarten and is filled with a due sense of tho importance of her studies there and tho solemn value of the attainments that have llina been put within her reaoh tho other afternoon after coming home from tho school bhe remained in a brown study for a time and then qaid mamma do i know as muoh now as i dont know let out the cat the lilith tint young t fellow from i ouutry ia rather green inn t ho j lmnia yen in a way the cvomugiift called on mo ho blow out tho g is expsrience proves tho merit of hoods saraaparllla it cures all forms of blood dinenaet tones the plnmiun builds up the nirvuh found hor in u little summer iioihr which lie hudmsfte tho brut ear of their mar nage as they sat together in mlence each feeling for tho other buriibriiu s ejes fell on 4i patch of iiiiuualri km i ir hcqmed to him aa if j burnbrae looke 1 at ihh wife in that oor lubbiea numo ao it ib a ve sown it mon a oar but this isjbeflrat rummer a cud read it plain and the last itll bow it in oar garden an yons the apple tree wo planted the year biio wuh born an tho blossom was never bbo honnio as this jcar the baxter ground lay in a corner where the sun fell pleasantly through the branches of a beech in tho afternoon tbe gravestone was covered ou both sides with names the jast name was that of a child jrvs 1ut ijvutlhtfil of john 11wti it fanilfit of ilunmhub alln 7 eaits thero was no belovod nor uny text bur each spring tho- primrose came out below and all summer a bunch of pinks touched tho jean with their fragrant blonsoma her motoer atoped to pluck a weed from among the flowers and wipo the letters of tho name where tbo moss waa gatherings then bhe bent her head on the gray worn atone aud cried jcannio joanniq mi bonuie laesio i diuua greet jean aa though wo had neo lasbio aaid burnbrae for tbore ib naethm here bntrthe dabt ye mind wtiat the minister read that day ho shall gathor tbo iambs with his armq and carry uicra in his bosom be thankful we have thb lower laddies spnredn daein weot an ane near ready fur a kirk an yoa an mo thcgithor ktill vo vo had oh aliip alioyl raii out tho cry 01 blvo usator omvo dio i a- voice cameo oi tho waters fur just drop your bucket hero you avyf aud thou thoy dippe 1 and drank theii hi of wator froah from mead and bill ana then thoy know they naileilupoii 1 ho broad nioiith of tho amazon 0 or tostiuu waatoa o uall and cr oh rivo us wator oi wu die 1 ou liihh roloutloaa waves wo roll 1 hrougli ari 1 cliinatob for the fioul neath i itilutn uliks wo pant for breath sin 1 1 uitl tin tliirht that lir tpdiuth ami fail nhili fulnt for fountajua fur to drop our buckutri whoro wo am oh ship alioyl you rp haluu the broad mouth of tho altiazoic wliobt mighty currout iowh and biorh of mountain filrtranm aud inland aprinrb of night kissed moroinji 4owy halm of juitujd a place rirtlu earth or btar just drop j our bucket whore you ato book not for fresher founts afur 3ust diop jour lluckot where you uro aud while the ship right onwurd leaps uplift it from oxiiiiubuous juopb 1 vrch hot jour ufa withdiy dlbpah tho dtiyatii of hoj o hows ovury her so under ovorj sky an 1 btar juhtdiop jour biickut wiioro you art h osx pay as vou go thih h a gio 1 time tho eve of a uiiivcr pal hiwttusn rt viv tl for merchaihs of all claaa m to pr pare tho waj for tho mtro ductiou of tho cash sotirn aaye mercantile- journal am no denying that john an am prood of thojaddleb but there s no a day a dtnna miss ma luaefo an a can hoar her bajing mither when jeraaljnyio jidda and am atouo waeu me wba will earo forjiexlk whenwor far awa its no liohteomo to leavenrohoore whar- we ve livil eae inn an tho fluids yove tookit at a yer dsys but iiv fairest to leave yerdead rrom ivn mvclmiknh das or al m lwo sithim loves sweet work a london paper according to the cen tral bap tint tells this touching story of pro herkomer his aed fat who lives with him iu his ppleii lid home at bushneyruted to mo iu cl m his fiarly life ho has rocentl taken to it again but hifear itrthat soon ins hands will loso thttr skill and bii work will show the marks of imperfection it is his oue sorrow at night he goo5 to his early rest and when ho has gane hta talentol son goes into ihe etudio takes 4ip his father h feeble attempts and makes the work as beautiful as art can make it whon the old man comes down in tho morning ho takes the work aud looks at it and rubs hia hands and jaya ha 1 i cau do sb well aa ever x did i may not we belicvo that the hands of diviuo lovo will thih make over our feeble work for god till it shall bear tho light of day und bo perfect to all oternity all i have to i3ay a numbor of young men wero ono day silting around tho 0ro in the waiting roorri ofaqeughstrraiiway falking totaf abatinonco sooielioa just then a polico man oamo in with a prisoner in handcuffs he listened to tho youur mens con versa tion but did not give any opinion there was also in the room a mr modonald o minuter of tbe gospel who hearing what tho yoqng men were sayiug htopped up ta the policeman and said fray bir what havo jou to say about temperance well replied tho policeman all f havo o bay is that i never took a teetotaler to pribon in my life exchango wanted to know tommy ato my lips prerogatives mamma why no i why do you aak tommy cause i aaw mr stay eight kiaaiu aibter and ho said ha was jaat exercising his prerogatives philadelphia timet vm had no faith sut my wife persuaded mo to try the great south american rheu matics cure and my agonizing pain was gone in 1 2 hours and gone for good j d moleod ol leith out hays i havo been a victim of rheumatism for boven years confined to my bed for months at a timo unable to tarn mjsolf have been treatod by many physicians without any benefit i had no faith in rheumatic cures i saw advertiaod but my wife induced me to got a hot tin of south american rheumatic curo from mr tuy lor druggiut in owen sound at that time i was id agony with pain inbldo of 12 boars after i had taken the first dose the pain had all left me i continued un til i had used three bottlo anil 1 now con sider myself completely cured sold by a tbrown it cannot bo done all tt nut r all econo mic rofornm are evolution not creations but a beginning can bo mado by limiting credits auid making tliei i dependent upon prompt ftijiriotjt u speeliod ponofla prompt p t parent of cash payment aud limited cred is not raaton ally differenttrora no credit tho one boon merges into tho other prospects ui o that tho peoplo will soon have full employment at good wages when they will havo no reasonable oxcuqo for rttntnug billp it is greitly to their inter eat to pay aa thoy go the past three or fom jears havo been very trying on retailor especially grocers who have found it impossible to collect out standing bills for goods for which they bad to pay cash this sovero experience should admonish them to be moro cautious in the future the cash ejstem does uot benefit tbo dealer bo much ai the consumer the lattor gets his goods cheaper because thoy can bo sold cheaper it enables the dealer to go into the open market aud buy to tho best advantage often making au extra profit this be enures with his cuato mere somebody must pay bad bills the dealer cannot lose them it would break him up it is dono indireotly by inoreae lug the prico of bib goods thero would be no necebsity for this lt the cash system prevailed economy consumers should study 4 for themselves if they will do ao they will fiud that they can mako a fair profit by paying as they ro seeing the point a boy returned from school oneday with tho report that his scholarship had fallen below tho usual average son satd the father youve fallenjbe bind this month fiavont you j yes eir how did that happen 7 dout knj3wsir the father knew if tho bon did not ho had observed a number of dime novels scattered about tlie houeo but had not thought it worth while lo say auythmg tintilot fitting opportunity should offer itself a basket or apples btood upou the door and ho baid empty out ihoee applca and take the basket and bung it to mo half full of chips suspecting roihiiif iho f ojoteyed and now ho coi tinned put those apnlib btok ntlo the btaket when half tho apples were replaced tho boy aaid fuller thyroll oil j cant put any moro in iw put them in i tell jou but father i cau t put then in put them luj no of ooureo oti cant put them in you baid jou didnt know why jou foil behind at achnol atnt i will tell jou why your mind is hko that basket- it will not hold more than bo much and hore joue been the past mouth filling it up wilh cheap dirt dimo novels tho bov turned on bis heel whistled aud baid whew 1 i see tho point not a dime novel has beeu seen in the iioiibo from thatctay to tbi overwhelming arguments two woli dressed boys had como out to tho street to play horse thoy hud a gay little harnosa hung with bolla that ttnklod softly thero was a dispute as to which ono should drive ono of the boys was less btroug than tho othor but ho won his point by diplomacy you mu at bo tho florae tom ho said because wo are going to play truck horse and you are very strong i must ho the driver becauso your father ia a minister and you cau t swoar the minibterd eon put on tho harncba now york tunc i thais a life like picture of your httl boy i i dont think ao tho photographer jpadajitnibiitqowatill a boon for every home every wise woman should see that she gets the best in spooiat cotton colors the diamond dyes far excel all othor dyon thoeo fpooial cotton djes are recent discoveries of thobebt dyo choiniats in the world and are remarkable far fastness against exposure to btrong light aud for htauding any amount of wushmg with boapbiidd spcoial attention is directed lo diamond pjo past black for colton and mixed goodri lhis marvellous black has proven itn titloto lirst ptaco us a dyu for all cotton uiul mixed goods one package of this dyo will do as muiih work as three of any other ninko of dye the diamond dyoa are first bebt and tho oheapeat lo uso tell jour merchant thut ou mut havo the diamond