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itcjd scotcli tkcm i at tke- east end clothing store iwmj lepfaftpo i a little talk about shoes 1icarea may lie aad fact distorted be jhat cicg u bciierics come aad sec a mot8xrs cradls bono 0uluoehlu alotp jou u ootfi ibou uoodit not foar nooao iipodfoar whom god doth keep hyday or night ttniiywmwabttwwcf till tnorufue light 0 llttlo ciiild bo iuh and rent ho iwoutly sloe t hom jet us kocpc aad ia um 4uoraiag wait ao bloat hli child to be love cer oue bat love illai bed- he int loved thoc 0 little child hcu thou must die poar nothing ihca but ay auica to gods demand aadqufctlic la his kind hand uclil ha say dear child come fiy to hcatcajbricht uud than wiiea thy work on earth it doue tlioa ihalt uccud to meet thy frfcad jmoj uic little child will ova bafc at his tide aad thou shall dwell del ore the thruue vfar ha hatli died awtkcu mrukhfirr sfkrf jfttmilr hxamng mine or tiiine kt tkxt bheills these new coods ire beiak sold at itic a low or lower toaa uiose v aaked itv ttld stylet and 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harlas3urciiaedthecoaibaaia4t of c- hjiiiiith i am prepared 1 am prepared to f apply mjtecosl i btretlsoa good itod v e-tf4oodibcdaraaduiliwoddatreaaoa- aupricet wood tod coaldolire od i- mutual fire insurance ed or tot 00tot7 orelustatolt rfitabwabb 1640 head office clelph 1 41 otlier ietipuom of prolertr on uie petstom sot sfumm pw etvne onabdtidbod trendcat john tav jjob jhftent pigture frames -at- witees brothers pigttjees -at- witees beotheee cornice poles binner rods sloaldtogs cords kailfi glass beveued mirrors acnsrs uateruls wiasor kewtons -at- waters brothers 25- wtkbhak stheet gubtss the actos- h q stoned geokgetowk hctcrloic decorator free press the middcg- local newspaper of haltoa county u 1cbiuhcd ctcry tlcrsdty luuruin acton ont- imblic kac7 io all kinds of i of wood mpahy fsatoerijirtou irieronly iiio laadvauce try it forturee jfonlisfor 25 cents 5te t mirchell desires to inforra tlie pooplo of aclon ind jarroondinrs that lie is prepared io lie ordea for weivinc til kinds of fancy bail carpets flannel sheetinfi shirting and dress goods striped or plaid tmllor plain also bed blankets aud horseblankeulwo yards wide and over and iwillraarantoelliatlwillfiiverood satisfaction to all farmenjs if w will favor me with p secreury wanted good relialijn men can had permanent em ployment for maple grovn jtaraeriea of waterloo ky cioid salary and ezpedwi paid weekly libera inducement to botdonen oatfitfree freviottt ezperleace not rfqaired established orer i30 years allfiwds nnfcbttt write at once for terms addreatjwllckar geamaoagerbt thoma ont uattou uiii paper hoofie siga and ornamental painting in the latest styles lessons ls oil faixtikg classes wedaesdayevcajiir thursday aad batordayaftflrnoont otderi left at proo prcu office aetoabr ad dressed to box 16 georgetown will receive prompt attentio h a stone abniammialbhrubbint rev b b cook acton has been ainwlnted iolo agent for this section for the veil koowa old ltocneater naraery 8 uoalaoa pro prietor aad is prepsred to takeorden for uy of the fruit trees small fruits or shrubs which are shown ia the lllnstrated ctlpcuea of the nursery the products of the old bocbester nursery are known to be generally reliable and correctly named and i can promise taufactory results to alt who purchase stock from me prices reasonable bevbbcookajjent voti refuse me alien the louc in which be few words were srjoksn was low and even aa it they were of co moment bat llie face ot philip loirr contradicted thtffomd dcopoiure mi eslirjfjifreici full ot intehcct wd character erji fifed urjb the face of hit companion with an expression of paio and hia lips quivered under his heavy ma uclic hiiid iacticoli looked at him with acoru in her blazing blae eyes her lips curled coatemptaauiy and her cheeks flashed- uriui anger alfftya a bcaaliful womau ler usually cold iaipaihe face was doubly fascinating when lighted with passion j refuse yottv she said quickly yes iy6a donotlove mc you do dot wish to taarry me yoa came here ia obodieocc to the wish of my ancle and yoa ask me to be jyonr wila because he wishes you to share the wealth he left to me i will not sub mit to such arbitrary wishes to such farced rwooiflg yoa mistake was the reply aud now the roteo was eager and fall of pastion i did come here because my friend ray adopted father desired it bat my rcaolve wtx taken befogs i came if i coald lore you i woald obey him if not i determined never to ssk for yoar hand ifaade i love yoa- were yoar ancles wealth to be lost to yoa today i should still plead for yoar hand 5fy whole life ihall prove iny love if yon will accept it darling for he saw her bine eyes soften yon do tore me eer face grew bard sgain and she said haoghlily wo nave talked too long i mast de cline the honor yoa propose and before he coald speak again she swept past hitn and went to her own room locking the door thai no one might surprise hcrria the violent fit of weeping she coald no longer oonlrol love him 1 how could she bat love him willi a noble fage a tall manly figure to captivate ner tancy he combined rare powers of intellect to command admiration acd a tenderness almost womanly to win her love she bad resisted each and all and yet thcr conquered her with her whole heart maude ingersoll loved thflip lowry bat she was pmud a woman ac- customed to adulation and one who faliy appreciated the golden bail that hf as added to her personal charms when her uncle stephen ingersoll had sent for her from the boardingschool where she was edacated he had told her that the dearest wish of his heart had been to see her the wife of hi adopteon there had been a lifelong friendship between stephen ingersoll and philip lowrya father and the boy bad been a precious legacy ot lore he hadbeea educated at home sent abroad and studied law aa a profession i at his adopted father had left him bat twenty thousand dollars out of his large fortune there asj howevar smicalcj letter aud it contained jwoxeqicsla one was that- on his vwentffifth burthday he should ask maude to be his wife and the other that he should go to mr iugersolls lawyer on that laine day and hear what he had to com municate smarting still under maudes repulse yet sore that ihe loved htm philip left the hoaso that had been hia boyhoods home to fulfill the desire of his benefactor before re- t turning to the western city where he hadj opened a law office conscious that he had not been infiaenced by maudes wealth in hi wooing it galled him to thick of the avowed cause of her rejection and it re quired a long rapid walk to work os his anger before he was sufficiently composed to present himself to mr freehold the late mr jngeraolls lawyer ha was a fussy little man brimming over with importance and he shook philips hand and almost pushed him into a chair in his liverish impatience to impart his tidisgs- my late client he said after the erst interchange of greeting was over was as you are aware mr lowry a very peculiar man a man of force to be sure bat well yoamayxot be aware of the fact bat he was vacillating in some respects very much go about he final disposal of his property i did not know that certainly philip aid kb well he made fourteen wills in this office some left everything to you some left all to mhw maude some divided the property- but the last one the very last one which was not to be opened until to day leaves miss maude twenty thousand dollars aad leaves you sole heir to all the rest bat mr iqgcrsotl although he made racvpiitioji in his will was satisfied that this will would make no material dif- fereaco to his niece bat simply place the money in her hosbscds hands ho told me that can 1 see the will certainly certainly it in you see- quite brief bat plainly eiprefes his wish hadifiiiotjp did not exist vvybipbpeywoold mill be miss maadev i see mri ingersoll yoa understand mr freyboid wruto this will uudar a mts taken impression miss maude is not u- gaged co me not engaged io yon bat i tboaftht yoa were to see her to day before you came here she had a womans privilege and ihe took advantage of it she rejected roe than ihe will bio her money bleu my soul bat that is hard now isnt it perhaps if ho unoorslood but here mr 1 re y hold choked himself seeing the wrath mon the young mant oonntcu- aiice m uuderitand yon sir philip said coldly bat you are quite mistaken mlsi ingersoll would not marry rife to keep her unclef fortune even if i gave her the op portnuily bui the question need not be discussed 1 love her i tell yon this that you may know why i refuse to accept rich es that are taken from her this will being tnada amkc miitshtu irapresion is bet tor therov and as ho poke he tor the docamcuf with his strong nervoai hands across and across and tossed tho fragments leto the urutc icr basket bids my i- i gasped tlj little law yer are yci rire that there is hair a milliou of moncj it the estate i am qaitc vj aware of the fact was the quiet reply audi wiib miss maude every happiness iu posscssioa can give her but the with sincere as it was did uot bring to maude ingersoll either happiness or rest bhe had not known the strength of her love until her lover had left ber the hours when she had expected his daily visits dragged heavily and mrs marsh tho companion who represented propriety ia tha house of the imirchs wondered ua- easily if miss lugertoll had afterall a bad temper she hid been cold aud road bat never snappish before but her sore heart made her irritable and mrs marsh cer tainly was trying iu her praises of mr lowry and openly expressed wonder at his sudden deparlurc bocicty was dull since lluhp was no longer maudes escort the opera lost its charm when he was uot beside her her admirers all lilly and wearisome com paring their vapid small talk with philips vigdrods intellect and wellchosen convcr- saltan bat two years dragged along and the wound self inflicted had ceased to be an everpresent agony maude had taken up stady charit y constant occapatioa of varied kinds aud tried to believe she had qaite lived down her heartache the selidecep tion asserted itself one morning when boat ness alllcd her to mr fnjyholdi office the fussy little man after the errand had been executed said regretfully that ta sad news from mr lowry a fine young man i have heard no news of him maude said her heart suddenly hammering at her aide with sickening rapidity kof he has been seriously injured in a railwty collision he ws on his way here and was broaght oa ia the next train sad is at the national hotel there is bat little hopea of his recoverv and if life is spared his left arm is gone amps ta ted to day dear dear he coald not do again what he did two years ago in this office t what was that maude asked iny low choking voice he woald not have told yoa and he may uot thank me for doing so but he philip lowry io this office two years aco ore into a hundred piece the last will of stephen ingersoll which left him heir to the property that is now yonra thank you for telling me she said and was gone while mr freyboid listen inij a her carriage rolled away from his door rubbed his lands together and said aloud blcas my soul 1 do believe ive made that affair all right buffering still from the rhook ot hia in juries faint from loss of blood crushed by the low of his arm philip lowry lay in his room at the nation 1 hotel almost hoping to die he had n t gone borne to mope over a broken heart hut liad manfully borne hia lost love i still the pain numbed somewhat was not dead and when the physical torture wa added ulove of life seemed gone from biro as well to die ai to live crippled and alone- he thought drearily aa he lay back weary and faiat how long iwon- der mast i lie hflrel the nurse was fuasiog about the doctor bad just poao and ithere seemed only an endless hank before him when thcro camo a soft swith of silk across the door very lowfy it approached the bod until tending over him philip saw maudes face ycry low her voice sounded scarcely above a whisper bat ho heard every word as she said philip will you forgive me i love yoa i cannot live without your love dl yoa let mc be your wife now philip 1 bat yoa do noc know he said feebly my arm i know all she said her lips pressing his ou my love do not send me away j i cannot ho f hispered mrs marsh will never cease to tell of her amazement at the hasty summons to at tend a wedding at the national hotel for maude left philip ho more jtwaa his wife who nursed him back to health and there ia no question of mine or thine in their possession of stephen ingersbus wealth a true story st ubs 1 c x0bb0w fiveyearold ned came down tho stair- wyono morning singiui i u what makes you so pappy my boy j his mother asked as ihejaiised him j i ought to be happy mamma jciuj for- j gave all my iioi last night hli mother smiled he was such little j inner what are yoar sins eddy the j asked oh over so many i tease grftndpa aad i dont go to bod when yoa want roe to audi dont mind aunt ellen and i pull kittys tajl till she squeals and how do you know that god forgave yoar sins i i ii why because i asked him 1 prayed throe times and i know he did i and bil mother knewit too sooa one of eddys sins had been to help himself to sugar when hia mother had forbidden j him that afternoon ho called hurried j ly j mamma come qatok ploaso 1 his mother hastened to the dining room i thinking something was the matter mamma the little follow said please pat the sugar bowl up high where i cant reach it i yhen she had done arhe requested he folded his arms and scid lead hi not into temptation and after that be always asked his mother when he wanted any sugar 1 one cold frosty morning when be was about six aunt llleq came down and found htm on a chair shouting and gesti culating 1 i did you hear my setmoh annlie no dear j j j then ill preach it pgain the lord made the frost and jhe sent ms angels down to mike it protty on the window pane we cant seeflie angel but we know they have been herrj for we dan see what they have done god and the angels are bo kind to us wo ought to be kind to each other bat the best of it was that eddy lived his sermons as well as preached them he was very fond of poetry and learned a great many poems i suppose he was brighter than most boys of his age he is now but any boy can he as good as he whether gifted or not- j one morning he was playing marbles with jim w jim wanted him to play for keeps eddy stoutly refused saying his mother had said u was as bad as steal- ing jim got angry eddy youre a fool he said j xittle eddy straightened himself he looked at jim about a quarter of a minute and then repeated a few line that he had learned from dryden the week before the world is ftuvof fooll j aad ha who none would view host abut btmatif within a care aad break ais mirror too 1 then he left the bad boy and went in and told his mother j when little eddy asked jesus to forgive bis sins aad began to be a christian he little guessed how much he would need the saviours love ia his heart to help him bear a trial that was coming jast before his eighth birthday be was stricken with scarlet fever for weeks he lay nncou scious aud many a time they thought he would go to be with the angels j he yaa never weary nf talking aboat 6at one morning the doctor pronounced him out of danger but he told them too wbat they had feared for days that he was blind hopelessly blind that he would never see again after the doctor had gone eddy said mamma please read that verse about things wprking for good j the mother broaght her bible and read romans 8 28 and we- know that all things work together for good to them that love god j mamma how can it bowicaq it for answer bis mother pat her arms about him and laid her face wsidp his eddy my boy inother would gladly let ood darken her eyes if she could bring back yours i wouldnt like that mother dear he said braviiy if i could only see bow it could wcrk inr good i think i could bear it j suppose it would ho tho msans of sav ing papa the boy drew a long breath do you lupposc god cou d ave him now v with god nothing is impossible the mother said all things are possible to iim that be- licveth the boy repeated thrywcrt silent a long i imc then eddy said j mamma i have asked ja as to let my beiag blind save my papa am 1 1 believe he wilf i shant care so very much then write to him please j i have not toldyou about eddyii father for his name was seldom mentioned he was me he answered not moving i do know and 1 do love youjand i do want you 1 i dont understand f jesus loved mo and forgave nip when i was bad i lovu you i want you to let him love jou and forgive you bam was twelve years old hip mother had died in his babyhood his mthcr was a stem silent man- the lad bad been whipped and scolded and shut inhts room and deprived of hi meals and expelled from school but not even his own father had said to him i love yon jesus loves yon let htm forgive you uis heart bad grown hard and bitter he coulp not re member when he had shed a teari once more the blind boy aakod gently may i pat my hands over jour face then bam threw himself beside eddy in a perfect passion of weeping and said you may do anything nobody ever loved me before i love you the weeks wont by it was decided that ned bad better- go to an institution for the blind in a distant city the day he left bam met him at the train with i beautiful jackknife for a pating gift which he bad bought with his own money as he bade his friend good by hp whispered if you had not been blind i should never have been a christian j a few weeks ago eddy received a letter from his mother in which she mid sam used to be the worst poy in f loo village end now he is the best ery- body loves him- he speaks and prays in the childrens mceiiilgs and re such a help in tho revival his father is havhig eddy remembered his friends last whispered word as held v the dfepot and down on his knees with his mcc 1nhu handi he let the happy tears flow as he said softly to himself and we knotr that all thinis work to gether for good to them that lovb god tyu colxtey boyb aboat six years ago a vermont boy a farmers son was sent to east foujtney by himself to sell a load of potatoes it was a great event for him the proudest day of his life he sold oat his load then drove around to the tavern put up- hishorsea and went to dinner how grand he felt ordering a dinner on his own bill a good many people were in the dining- room unong the rest a ing man no less a personage than the sheriff of the county who haa been for merly a member of oongrets i but pretty soon oar young fellows oyes jell upon a tall pale whitehaired gftwky boy sitting at the fatther end of thi table in his shirt sleeves paying attention to nobody and eating as if upon a wager this is a pretty sort of a avera any how to let such a fellow as thvt sit at the una table with all these geutlemeo 1 he ought to come in with ttaboatjer thought oar proad potato merchant j before long the conversation turned upon some political subject some acft of an early congress and there was a difference of opinion as tojiow certain me u ber voted upon it all at once the sheriff turned to the whitehaired halfdrcsscdboy at tbe end of tho table and asked ainttbat right greely no said the boy youn wrong there i said one of tbe oter men i told yoa sol and your wrong tooccntioaed the boy and he proceeded to givej tha history of the measure in question frdof beginning to end i our dealer in potatoes was astonished oat of measure the more so j because the wholo company took these statements as law and gospel settling the whole dispute at oqcc and forever j the gawky boy was hovaoe greeiy who was then at work iu a printing- office at east poqltney the other fooy became a prominent new york phyaican tbe two did uot see each other for many years then the famous pbysican mfet the famous editor one day on the street and told him this story to his great amawmont youoit companion who sxsxs raw take this for granted once for all thcro is noltber enance nor fats and to sit and wait til tbe alcies shall fall it to watt si tho foolish valt tfau laarol longed- for you mast ears ii la not of tbe things men lend and though tbe lesson be bard to learn the sooner tho bettor my friend that anothers bead caa hare your crowo is a judgment all untrue kaa to imll this juaaot tbe other down docs not in the ltast raise yoa ko lifuit that through the ages shines to worthies work belong ilen dig la thoughts as they dig lu mines lor tho jewels ot their songi hold not the world aa in debt to you when it crodht you day by day with tbe light and air wftb the sun and dew and tu that cheers yoar way tad you in turn as an hoacatmaa arc bound you will undorttand to gtvti back either lu best you caa or dio and be out of hand r ptuiu carry the uaxleuatlyeintluexck medicine aa au art owes as much to tbe ministry of hope as to the influence of drugs more persons are killed by the fear of death than by the disease disease kills moie victims through tbe mind than the body i thus writes a prominent and successful london physician protesting against tbe tendency of modern practuioners to destroy hope in their natients by a digressing manner at the bedside and oftentimes by aasumtng tliatj recovery is impossible when there is no such certainty ia the case there are few brighter apparitions in life than the cheerful faou of a trusted doc tor in the sickroom he should be ltka the vicar at vfhose approach t complaint grew mild and when hid hand anbarttd the shatter the clammy lips of fever smiled th welcome they coald not utter we are sorry to bay that there are thaoy physicians whose eooiiagj awakens no snob emotions thav are simjpry depresaer of the depressed they deprive their patients of what may be more important than any drag ihe recuperative influence of hope bach men should abandon the practice of medicine and take q gravdigging or driv- ing a hearse 4dekthxli out ihe jeslttgiiesnox is aullwnell the phtladolphia wicrica syt-cao- ada is exercised over tho cairns of the jesuits to the restoration of roperty which was taxeu from them in voo by tho terms of the capilalatioo of 17g2 lbe prop erty of the roman catholic dbaroh and of its religions corporations was guaranteed by tho british govcmmeut the former including tho tithes of the parishes in qae- bec is enjoyed to this day bat the government forbado the jesdiu of canada to receive new members aitd when the hut jesuit died iu 1900 it sequestered the property of tha order and applied it to religious educational and other uses at that time tbe order lay under the edict of dissolution proclaimed by pope clement whats the matter father v aated the bright young daughter of a carpenter as she saw her father with a ptnttled look on his face matter enongll answered the esurpen tr i havejlost iny footrule and i need to measnre fopr inches havent vou a measure of any kind no at leist i have only tneae two sticks answered the father oniis jasts yard long aqdj the other is exacyb inches long but if course they wont help me w i tho daughter thought a moment and theit said shyly will you let me hate a new bonnet if i measure the foqr inches with those two sticks f i tell you it cant be done answered the carpenter well but if i can do it may i have tbe bonnst m its safe enough to promise thai then you promise it au right ina few minutes the girl had accurately measured off the required length of four inches how dad she do it j ttie slve1jysixe yeab leasfc tbe question is frequently asked how it happened that the odd number of ninety- nine years was selected as the tenri ior s long lease of land yery- few realluto men can gtvo a satistactory answer sax this question and indeed the uphualiooeof expert and eiperieuced uwyeri are rather unsatisfactory to themselves arid other perhaps the beat explanation is that there is a tradition which hu probably isvkan tbe form of law in some of the old- sta tutes that a lease for 100 years or more is merely i levae but an actual pborey- anceof the title of course any ndi kios aibihty as this is anmclemt td reatrfjbthe the owner of a pijeoef hud from tnajdng aleaae of over nihstynine yeexa fobjmth- ing is nore dreaded by an owner ot leaiity than a cldnd on his title it is pmsioable however to naaka sobslantially svperpvtoal letue of apiece of lahd by settioff th sera at ninetynine years abdinswungaouose providing for repeated renewals of the ot the lease for aim liar terms a few such leases have been drawn in this city the ecomomul j stl xty and even although that bull had not a hopeless sot and was frigging out orocilined in canada it is hard to eulkd sh0uldeb flee from lilknviuth to cohl what a waking up there will be some day the hoar is nearing when yonder professed skeptic will be a skeptic no more the day is at hand when that man who mocks at sin and laagha at revival will be in terrible earnest in that day there will be no jokes passed no joval song sang no caricaturing of gods servants yonder bold scoffer will he dumb not a single unbeliever will be fouod bat although men will be io earnest they will be too att 0 how the glare of the judgment will open mens eyes to the terrible truth that heaven was a reality and bell was a reality and conversion to god was a reality reader be warned of god now ta flee from wrath and be ready for that day music ia preemiucntly a christian art christianity th true made itimpress upon all tbe art bot music never develop ed until the christian church became its fostermother and not until tbe reforma tion began its work did our art really begin to grow rapidly we build yet- in the grecian style wu measure aud imitate grecian statuesi bat music is free from anything pagau no idolatry bangs iround it the odor of pftgau incense does not cling to it mosip therefore ia the roost chris tion of all arts the oilier arts are as tbe j roots the trohi and the brandies but music and poet ol them all uprl men y are the flower and fruit a miserable existence in his hative village i many miles away i write to bira thateddy is ilind and cant ever see bim again bothe is praying that he will give up the drink and be a christian and with tears and prayers the mother wrote jast what the blind boy told her the letter broke the fathers heart aad drove him for refuge to the foot of the cross in a few mouths he eeut for ins wife and sou to join him eddy was very happy when his father took him inhia i arms and said ii my little boy has saved me i shall thank god fox him as long as i live but another was waiting 11 unconscious ly for tho blessing eddys blindness was to bring him he was the ninuters son but the bad boy ok the neigh orljood when eddy heard how depraved he was and how he had been dismissed from the village school his heart ached for hhn and be persuaded his mother to send for him the bad boy came with a look pn his face that boded mischief the mother almost wished that she hadiot kept ber promise im soglad youve oome eddy said standing up and holding out his hand sam went toward him jhej bad meant to trip him up the first tjuni but the sight of that pale pinohed saoe and the blihdeye moved him straagery t mamma may we go out y ourselves under the tree eddy ased one moment tye mother he itated then she led him out and sat him own on the green grass and went away aj dleft them alone together i j f8am blind bovsajid may i put my bands over wur uoosj i 1 know how yon look 1 love you i wan you for my very best friend i youre greeaj wait till tjaey tell you who i em and yoa woni fove me or want see how the order could bae perpetaated its existence in canada after 1300 both church and slate united in commanding its dissolution and the property of jo ex tinct corporation necessarily escheats to the state in equity tftee should have been some arrangement by hicb it should continue to be applied to tfbe educational and missionary work thfe jesnits were doing but we do not see aow the revived order of 1814 can make bujt a valid legal claim to what the older orper lost by ex tinction in strict law theltwo are differ ent corporations under the same name the present agitation grows out of the actionof the legislature of the province of quebec in voting 400000 as compen sation to the jesuits the bill might be disallotned by the dominion executive government but sir john macdonald has declined to recommend thi coarse to the governorgeneral for the moment the fabject has eclipsed all nter questions in canada the prangemeh generally are furious at tbe idea of beine taxed lor the benefit of the black coated fathers- and it is not unlikely that their indignation will asect seriously the next elections a stooping figure and a halting gfcil ac companied by the unavoidable wwkhess ol lungs incidental to a narrow cheat may be entirely cured by a very simple and easily performed exercise of raising ones self upon the toes leisurely in a perpendicular positioneveraltimes daily- totakehis excerise properly one must take aperfecuy upright position with the heels tcttwr- aud tbe toes at an angle of forty thfe de- gress then drop thearnis lifelessly by iher sides animating and raising the chest to its full capacity muscularly thechin well drawn in and the crown of the head feet ingaa if attached to a string snspended from the ceihng above slowly rise np cm the balls of both feet to the greatest pesi- ble height thereby- exercising all tha mascles of the lejgsand body come again in to standing position without swaying the body out of the perfect line repeat this same exercise first on one foot then on the other it is wonderful what astraight- eningont power this exercise has upon round shoulders audi crooked backs and ooe will be surprised to note how soon the lungsbegin to iffiow the effect of such pansiye development thefcmllf jmxiar iv irke y0cr choice i a 1u a piltsburgpa doctopsiyate cad diag nose ailmcut hyexaminiig si single hair of the patient two yourjg men as a joke took a hair frtufi a bay hone the doctor gravely wrote a prescript n and said his fee was 25 as the case was precarious they were staggered but paid the lee and alter they got oat laughec all the way to the apothecarys the is iter took tbe pre scription and read in aniattment one bnahel of oats four quirts of waterstk well and rivethree times a day and tnrn the animal out to grass then ihe jokers stopped uughmg there arc two very ancient poems eou- oemiug fcrriuiine whistless and as tey aro of dtametricalfy opposite opinion l everybody can be satisfied with the cms or tile other tha first rum whtuingtirls and crowing hem alwy coins to some bad euds the other is more chantahle vhiaiunigirtaandljlimtmgslieept- alhebcatiropertyamantlwetr sbvkk caw10x8 bewawmjeotip beware lest any man spoil frba cot sxfc beware of evil workers phu 111 vt bewareeot hypocrisy- iuae xdj- waie lest that come on you ac4jxaliw beware of wratoasness xvokt slus j