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patent ho pav hekstkeet lrccystp accnoieca por tb coantlei of ut helton and ha too order laf i at the free pee6 osce acton or ai my rocideace in 4etoa will be promptlr at- iad4lo tenaa ieasonable aiao money to loui oa the inoit farcrable tcrcia cod at the lowest raei of latereat in atrmadf tisoand npwtrd john day architect gcelph okt ornxc qaeeaa hoirl block mukei sqttre f rancis nunan sacccttorto t f chapman bookbinder 3 george isquare cclpb ontario iceoant booka o all kmci made to- order pnodieja of erery destcnptiondtrefallyboacd balinoetlt and promptly done ftthe hakiiai barber 6hop jilu- slllzet acto neaiyanate a btylltb haircat apoodeeafoam dibiutrttiopibampoo oirtyagiycn rtxan hontl and pat in firstclui con 3 tion ladles and children hair tajtily cat j ft h wobden toaaorial artiua wellington marble works qteeec steeei gcelph clark carter direct importcn of granite nd marble konnmenu and heutonri of all abtde and from the newesj desicm all work and ma terial warranted fintelua parties wisblne to purchace will pleaae jrire u a call and inspect cnr ctock and prices aa we are confident we can compete with any ecubhahment in onurlo harinc iold ont my intereat to tbe abore firm i rpectfull solicit tbe patronage to my friendj and tbe i ui lie on tbir behalf j h hahiltos irelknds desiccated l wheat for d and anyone with weak digestion thy it the it e1an national food co li1 toronto 1h1 ewjclopwlia brit tallica r s pealct co ciicxfo edition i 25 olumes cloth sold b agentb 2 ol days price 1 50 ol sample can ix seen at his bookstore if ou preferto giveastraa- gersj for the same hook that day bells for 150 you are at libert to do so dky s6lls ch9kp w i if aotok oktaiio thursday yojveer alj 89 bank of montreal capital rest s12oqo000 6000000 swings dfelhrtmlnt has been ormioii in oonnccion with this liraoeh inlerrit alkmil tt cnrrrnt eatti jas hfemlay llanajer iklphblianon w barber bros paper maker8 georgetown qnt klee a speciaxtt of macfitne rnfsfied book papsk high ihade weeklt news thejigtr nd in thii joumi u bom the abwjufil i steel engraaings i roof etc n p colore plrtatrfl pictnre uoaldincs ivory oak frames silver oilt a tall white artists materials stock of wnsor 4 vctoi j double tob- bowney 1 h 1 10 deci photu frame coaipletf jlc 5 fwt cornice i o c hras fitunl 2c our wallpapers re fcaid tb bt tbt ltet ttlectid in tbe city waters bros established lft7 st oeoroe s square ouelph new planing mill ar saxh and door ttctozj agents wanted in every township to sell the pictorial cyclopedia of live stock and complete stock doctor thf mof t complirte and coraprehenalre work ewetjueha lis aalhore iunl at tbe head of their proletsion end bate a contlnenu repo tatioo vorti we gl t in g id to any one hanng horses hhetp c tfe hwine ponltry doci or bee a cind oj jortunit to maie money btcare terniorj at once addrea e n moyer publleber 120 yoa e st toronto coal wood james brown baton httyl a itre juivluti of ticclhnt coal wnlcb 1 e w 11 pro j tly dtl mr to anj 1 art of be tow 1 at reasonable j net john cameron contractor ha fitted ci thr building on llala street lttely occapied ai a trunk factory withnew machinery and u prepared to fun ish i lint tpciflcatiottl tnd etumtui for all claaats of bmldincaj an4 exeatantundaof matchikc and uocldlkg uirc all 6ttles of sashes doors end window and door frames and dressed lumber and kecj a stock o band all orders prompt the traders banj op cahaj3j uchjac la calunlo connection with kaail mlltbla lumtrt and knowing bow 4lfflolf ith for tha coatorni to filed ral win unyi rrteoltp ttum inaur priruojei than myotoil clu at feulaau men j t tsadbks bake of 0akoa- scaoorplct tokoxto rainctcuttal tmmm kerr fctd ujooooo aublph branos vacu yoar attotuoa to tk ooovcnuaau offered by our strtnga bank drptmflct do poalti 0151 cad apvvrdt notlwa and latanui tllorod at th rata of i par cent per annua rata date of dcnoalt to wluidrawat paid or com pouftdodbtltairlj- oasut mtj and xku no- ttffilrtaca tacda to rwpo tibia ftrnjen adranoea undo to faxmora on the tocuritjr oi 6alm ncx a f poolalty uiado of coltoctlufi farm era uxm notj aud no cbarco made for collecting when payable la a qetpb w hart tnwarpaad fauum cat unanaoilt- ucc mono to all pcrtatif tho coaatry a central banking builneac trtnucted a f h jos kb uanaer quel ph i ranch crindells jlachlie repair saop in addltlbti to oiacbttien repairing j am now prepared to do horse shoeikg general blcksmlthlng la a roott cat factory manner ss oodwork re palrt alto made careful attention glrcn to all work brought in aoj machine or implement by vhomtoerer manufactured will t replred u a wort man like mxaner flow and machbtcr repair conitautly on hand hfikrt arikdull 8easox1891 tt7rlil5 ntorqldfi thanki to oar many pat vv roo for toair liberal rapport to thsput in tib to uuatb ton thatwhtwwerd lata m inumuit with r burnt omlpb lokppoiuuiiuioahaqdfuu mmklvli ortlnarr at at 8ah ooora etc ana wrtlt itio ttrpply toy ptu ttwe oo abort notice at oaelpb prices frames of all kinds made to order wealtokaepinitoeb s liaa ot bue wlmlo and doorcacice corner bloeltc 4c tour lumber drnwd while too wall price tl 60 per ii i pumps being better able than heretofore e will rapply either wood or iron 1 umj a promptly all worktuarantecd aatltfactory pleaae call and inspect before parcbulnc elte where thos ebbagb hsaarer a tended to 3 john cameron acton livery bus line tbe undersign el repicf ully solicit the petron tge of tbe 1 ublic tid infonci tbcm uiat well equipped and styilh rigs can al ways be secured at bit tabic a comfortable bus meets all traini between q a m and ft 16 n m careful attention eea toever order tbe want of commercial travel lers fully met john willums wellington mutual fire mrnmi company efitablibeep 19c0 head office guelph and all other deacriptloni ot insurable property on the cashand i rumiuui vote 8item p w stone chas davideon president manager john taylor aoent hamiltons marble works gentlemen order now joar fall suit and overcoat hew goodi specially imported for my trade i choice patterns fit btyle acd workroauihlp the best 1 prices the lowest my specialty perfect fitting 4 pnts to order jl e nelson fashionable clothier 99 upper wyncuim st gualph hardwooi and tubs c 1 on hand fctot length alwayi ttlej hone c nmunication hamilton ulock fformerl hatch a block the gore comer ct soolwlcband horfolk streeu gutlb out john h hamilton proprietor wholesale and retail dealer and direct importer and manufacturer of all kinds of granite and marble monument tombstone etc having had an extenbue elerlence for the act 10 sears the nnbhc maj rl on getting all superior articles at a cheaper rate than any othtr dealer in the vet n b 15 per cent off on a direct order re- ceuod for the next 20 dais jcnelson wants to see you for he has what will suit you dry goods boots shoes and groceries a trial solicited bell pianos s m cook k co georgetown licenced auctioneers appraiser vslo iters collectors real estate and general land agents fob the cocntieb of halton peel wellington slmcoe tor and ontario honer to loan frptn 1w nt at sii icr cent tarticrs j lacing their salea or otber buelneai in our funds will hate the aatne promt tl attended to at moderau hargea omcr ixd bilis booct mill fit 06orte- on or address box lljg b if cook co auctioneers bajjccaorrue al queen et east toronto s u coos co auctioneer- georgatown a4 toronto ihe organs awarded gold medal wtep swarded jamaio international kshibition 1691 in competition with american german english aad canadtao maaofactarers ffrfrtj tkb figar sapvrftrj tho mor labejaa la tlie gtotolw and bmilr ill tis nljht had been baaolnf atlds sod blclmsy with a illooce deep and white j eviry pino and fir and bemleck wore ermlno too dear far an earl and the poorest twtg on tbo elm tr was rtafd uiou deefwtb pearl from chodc new roofed with carter a from chanticleer c maffied ere th stiff rail toftosod to iva i e joau aud ttlll sntterod down tbe oo i stood and watched by the window the aotaetess orfc of tke iky iad the auddert flurries of inoirbu i like brown leave whirling by 1 iljourht of a mound in sweet aubi ru v here a little ieadatono itood how tho flakes were folding it gentl t at did robins tii bahoa lu ihe wo d up ipoke our owfa utile uabel baring father who makes tho i now r and i told of tfaegood all father who care for u here below 1 again i looked at tlie laswfcll and thought oj tbo leaden tky that archrfd o ec oar first great sorrow then that mound as heaped to high remember tbe grsdaal paticnoo that fell from that clond like inajw flak by flak earns healing and miw xli fcsxof oar deenplttoged woe afd igalilta the child i wklsp rd tteanow thafibosheth all i darling the merclf al father alone eanimake it fall tbeo with eye that taw not i lined her arid the kissing back caald not know that my kit was aires to her sister folded ctoce aader deepening law jama riuku ftauxu socket iwtlg tuttainjg jvlartyirg a gtentlenjar ht auelu e ijaie a rood dangn er her handsomely in a pleasant home in locality he had only one child a ter but on her be lavished vhataoe heart desired sha wa ery bcetiitrf ul and the drmed beaottfauy jhe had crpentue tastes and he giabfied them it ptras all a very doubtful kindness bat society does not jet frown oa those fathers whotxtecsta their daughter for luxuri and efc make no provision for them againtt an old age of penary and neglect i but penury and neglect rero abiolntely unknown condittacta to bessie baker at twenty j earoag it loemod irldeed a thing incredible to her that even her wishes ahoald be disregarded and especially in credible that the tot rebel should be her ooaitn fhflip bntdan her astonishment and indignation made her look lery hand some and philip aid not all to se i it al though it did not inflaenca him m t jo pres ent dispute ion tee besets dear lie said ap proacb ing the pouting beauty i hvi neer made a dollar by my profession an i neter will i hate pill bote and lancets i cant look like a doctor peoplr don t tri it me a good offer and t like the work yes sir i suppose j oa do all t ten like notse and dirt but if yoa turn machinist of course that ends our engagement i i pro pose to marry a gentleman shall i be less of a gentleman will i not still be same philip burdan are mechanics xitbi dirty harids and dirty- clothes gentlemen i engied to marry doctor phutp burdan not a t lachia it and engineer i suppose ou will engme not unlikely bessie i mean tj know ill abctit my baiuicta il woald as ief ran an engine as make one sir voa have verj low tastea jaiter son we should never sgreej with i am and with a quiet scorn beatie drew hcjr opal 3dgagtnamt ring off hef anger and offered it to herilover fptj a momant fhlhn looksd yarning enderneu and admirotionj at tbe becxblal girl and hesitated he had lov xf her from childhood with a true ltd pro found affection and b scarcely ever re nembered seeing her look to lovely she stood under the gataher hat the flood bf light took nothing from her delicate and pried beauty while it drew from her pbbons 1 to del takes a brave man to deliberately approach three such girls for nothing on earth fa so merciless whan they ata beautiful prosper ooi and untamed by sctrowand experience however philip told h mielutut tho street war publlo properly add that even bessies scorn could not kill hint and wailcm rfrond ly on to meet thorn bcssfo saw urn firtlandpvld a tvord to i her companions which dlarijy ouanged the bearing of the whole group smiles vanish ed low laughter and nloatant chat instant ly ceased they met philip with a cold and severe propriety well calculaud to thoroughly disconcert lay man ha mo ed hla hat to bessie bhe purely retarhed he courtesy and her corripanlons looked at him with that curious critical air that women know so well hiy to make morftf ing philip was only an ai wa intensely mortified twentv five jeara ago sir lymafa baker was tho cashier of a great national trust oomnan with a- salary of four thousand dollars a ear which meant a handsome i i living in thosedayt and lt bakr iived-f- ye ta if rage man arid he hat tho mcsicine though sotero did hlrji good he went home determined to forget the woman vhti ooum so wantonly wiund hit feelings still he did not forget her he was always hungry to hear any report about bessie baker and no other woman took her place in lilt affections at the end of two yptra he went into partnership with his cojism and ttre firm of place 4 burdan began gradually tocom mand a rehablo and honorable standing in their specialities philui worked steadily away feeling all an artists pride m tho creation of tho sptendidpicccaof machinery that passed through hisb rain nd ms hands jet conscious all the tine that however true he had beeh to his i ittmcta as a work ingtnan however well h s had satisfied his intellect his heart was very hungry und weary he saw bessitfrequeutly at church he met her at intervals on tne street and every such meeting barren as tt was of comfort filled him with a vague nnrestfal longing therefore when russia began to entertain thoughts of war and railways and philip taw a fine opening suddenly arise in st petersburg for a first clsvss machinist and engineer he determiaedtto accept it and thoroughly cut himself apart from a mem ory so painful and unprofitable frank burgess house painter paper hanger sign writer etc it prepared to erecabi orten in any of tbe abcrre law in the beat manner andatreatonaile terma every job having my personal attention i aan aware customers complete sattafactioo graining in all woods a rpecialty orders left at my recidence ifaln bt acton wltf receive prompt attention job pointing tkcludiko books psmpbleu posters bui j- heads areolars ic ic ececated in the best style of the art st moderate prices and on tbort notice apply or address h p jfoobb i fsee pbessoffiee acton foe sale 6a lfonthly or qasrterl y p ments only at c w kellys utjsio store 2s iiower wyndbaro street ouelph telo- ihouoltt aetata wdge no 2qi i0o mebtb lt tioddfelldwshal hoiabiock eterr wednesday ereoing vlsitituf brrta- rea always ri for copy of ooatutaaon and laws apply to th nnderslgnedor any of the members wlwrlllafs h h wowjek h s a secretarr 1 blancmg silken robe rose colored tnd snow laces a score of shifting tantal zing hghta he could not make up his mind to accept his dismissal dearest bessie he said let me put it lack on your finger believe me i will irove worthy of your trust will ou continue your profession hihp i cannot make a living b it i am lasting my life let me go with stephen lace bessie i will make enough money 0 marry you m two years certainly go with stephen place you if 1 esjre to do so of course you dont eipect 1 ie to marry a mechanic take yoor nog ur j there were a few passionate pleading rords a proud bitter answer then i bessie langhtily left the room and the pretty 1 pal ring lay npon ihe floor at philips feet le picked it sadly up pat it in his pocket 1 nd slowly left the hquse where he had 1 pent the happiest hontteof his life yet he was sure of tho step he had taken e fcnew that he hod done aght knd he topedthat a few months separation would 1 iter bessie s opinions he put a i ribbon hrough the rejected ring and hanging it ound his neck went bravely to work in his nend s manufactory it was e new life and he liked it a day heant something to him now he hd not o to bed every night and leave thi world us he found it by ever so small an extent lfl had changed it a ifttle wearv grimy tnd oily fae grew in self respect ai d soon jegan to pocket his tan dollars a we k with t sense of pride that he had never felt in is gentlemanly profession for wuch ha as in no manner fitted yet bessies lack of i sympathy i jid her scornful farewell rankled deeply in his ieart he longed earnestly for some ten lercr and moro hqpafnl parting and in iboat three months ho ventured one even i mg td enter the familiar street will a view to calling npon his iold love ha had scarcely tone scj when he saw her leave the house ani come towards him she elaborately drejswd and had a joooph of ejaboratejy flratiec girls with v- 1 they were laughing merrily las they cams dawn the steps and teemed thorougly interested a their own conversation it could not bear to leave vitbout one more opportunity of seeing an i speaidhg to his lost bessie therefore ander the pretence of bidding his aunt and ugcle farewell he called at the house he did not ask for bessie but wittingly or unwittingly she entered the parlor and in spite of her cool salute and formal manners philip taw that she had not been quite fnduterenti to their separation sie changed color violently when told of p ulips intentions and scarce lj lifted her ej s or moved her lips to his formal adieu bat philip wis not wrong in believing th 1 the drooping lids htd heavy tears and the d little hand passive as it lay in his har lened brown one certainly trembled if jessie hai been less proud if philip had bn more lonfident if they had met aloi e- ah ah tihese lfsl they are wide md deep as the ocean philip sailed for st petersburg the next day and bessi i spent its long tad hours sobbing in brtt r regret over thet hahdsome manly fellow s le waa never likely to meet again and the bun rose and set and weeks and months wi nt by and the two hearts drifted further and further away from each other bat after th t parting a cloud seemed to gattier over ba sie s fife often of terwaris looprig backward she i aid her good genius left liter when philip sailed certainly things verv soda took an evil tarn 5r baker going down the steps to his usual badness lost his footug fell heavily and lav for many weeks in i very helpless con ditton slowly he endeavored to resume his duties hat they iiad ilippos beyond him he was retired n mach smaller salary and a stranger tat at his desk bessie felt the ensjnge very bitterly they had to remove jtf a mach ismaller house in a less stylish neighborhood and her acquaintances soot began to forget her address bessies beax were rtdt more faithful and only two ot three of the least desirable clang to her fallen estate her home itself was far lees happy ht baker was querulous and freti ul and her mother did not fail to reproach her with the excel lent offers she had so rned and rejected she made a ajebperate jttttle struggle to keep her place n society and failed for what can a girl do without fresh toilets she tried to 1 1 hack some of her old ad mirers by a strange amiability but loq cannot be wins led back at pleasure a sense of fa lure settled down upon the once lovely girl she began really to lose both her heal h and good looks and rf philip had ever wished for a sharp revenge he had it now for ever since their last parting she hat known that it wat philip burdan she lov xi ph jhp no matter what he wore or whi t he did and now it was too late she hi a wrecked her life by foolish pride she hod lost all for the silly i fear of what the worl i wouw say and now the world that ib the dorfin people in it whose snubs or sneers she feared knew nothing of her had forj otten her very evistence such thqughi s as th aawere not ftleasant company bat t iiey we t3 faearly all bessie had for the next two yars for ur baker had been granaly jecoming more and more of an mv ahd ti oubtesome and on reasonable it the poor women clung tenaciously to fhe life that was wearing atejveryj common in new york life and people by no tqesns die under them what takes but a few momenta to read fakes often months and yeart to accomplish and thsbafarn had coma dawn not all at once bat sterj by step from their prosperous conriitfon to lh of poverty andv forgetful- ness not always wlher are loot changes batten of wisdoms 8essifeharaiterripn ed and mellowed in adversity a it never woqld hive done in wealth she taw all her faalt and bitterly repentedaf them fiealmost laoceeded in accepting cheer fully hop tolltome and empty life she ftod in a isrget taeasnra her mother n herpovejrtyand thetwoleamtekehothers hearts at they never did in a wider life they tattled down into their new condit ion and began to make the best of it their two rooms ittll relained tavor of the pld comfort two or three large hand torre chairs a good though faded carper and a few pictarei and oraamentswith the rclim of the old time delicate able service tha two women had tav ed enoaghfto invest their small quarter with an ai of comfort i and respectability year passed rapidly away and then an old friend proaured bessie a position as a teacher in obovof the primary schools and mrs baker gavo up sewing and spent her days verypieasantly inattendinff to their ample hiasekeepinjr they grewinot only contented- but also very hsppr m the two small roams which it was their pleasure to make bright and pretty 1 one winters day dear chnstmal bessie came home uaasaaliy radiant shehad a weeks holiday tlie superintendent had given fae a pretty present she had beep ablet to boy her mother a certain cloak on which she bad set her heart the sitting- room was all aglow with a bright fire there had been snowy curtaiai and bright green wreaths put up and before the hearth the fable was set for their early tea bessie chatted away to the rattle of the china f praised tie tea and praised the broiled chicken and praised the cake she had a hundred things to tell about what the girls hod said and what the teacher had said and two or three little schemes for their holiday which bore a great deal of drscassiag the conversation lasted all throughtea time end all through the hoar which if n baker occupied in washing ap thetr caps tnd plates ani pattig the pretty bright littla room thoroughly iq order every one has secrets at christmas time so bessie made no lnqatnea whan her mother said they was going oat for half an hour she only trailed ani bade her be cartful of the tlippery sidewalk and then drawing tbe most comfortable chair into the corner the tat down for a good think sha went back many years and sighed a little for her last beaaty she need- not have doua so she waa really a far lovelier and pobler woman then than she had been six years ago wheu shergave philip hit opal ring back again then she looked at tbe little bare finger and touched it sadly then the ptrt both her hands before her face and a fear fan where ftie rinjhadbeen she was reused by a knock at tbe done no neighbor however tiresome mast be refused tonight perhaps they wanted har to do something for tha children in tha house so he said as cheerily at possible gape in and the door opened quickly and a tail bearded fellow in a far cloak strode right to where she stood tod taking bothher hinds kid betceen laughing and i coltl them out for iwhen it ceased all visibli meant of their support ceasied with it the blow fell at last and they were left to their own re warces nothing but keep ing a boardinj house suggested itself to them even tpis would have to lie of i crying oh bessiet bessie 1 ity little bessie yes it wat philip home again came pecully to snd his little bessie of whose trouble he had beard only a few weeks pre- vtooi and before he said- good night that christmas eve ha had replaced the opal nog on be isles finger tad bessie and bessies mother htd promised a hsnge their two cozy rooms in new york tor philips splendid mansion oa th banks of the keva j only bessie darling said philip a lit tie provokingly yoa are mart ing a me chanic mind and not a entieianaod bessie replied with her head in philips breast i forgire me darling i in these six years i hats learned that uo good man or woman however indigene and do honest calling howlver httmhle is common or andean for in poverty j bessie had leaned to call things by tbeiringht names badlperceived that tt is generally by oar own hands god reaches us good things i 1 pbice thie cmtm eoe trillniwa doesnt do i hay mid bit i have jeu college wo men fall in ihe commercial world oung the term to cover the giving ot work for which money it pud there comes to rnind now a cleat beaatifal porning ur he- early full when si card of irrttodnctioa wu handed to me in imy office introducing a graduate ot the hsrrald inner and of qirton college lid i been sited before inn experience w lather it were possible for a woman to fail nth sach an ecatpmenc i would have unhesitatingly answered ko tha bearer of lh cird shatrfy appeared there wat not on i iadicatidcc in har dress or manner of her edncatwnsi ad vintages iban- thtt begin at tfejerown of her head so cat it that it reminded you of terraces extandea to bkr eye brows com pletelj coveting her forehead a hsi many itzea oo small foe i woman of bei height was on her head her dress wi too short and thaprtid wt worn of twi buttoni were off her dri and her hand kerchlefjiu he opining did not hide th fact ot theft itneni- when ihe tat dowi i adcantcioady mpved my chut to mel room for her she told her tory hhsj ooaldfiadnothttic to do she had beer teachinjf bat did not like it she wanted k other work ko imtotgraut had mots vagna ideas of whittie wanted to do thad this woman she thoaght she ooald dc newspaper work uatsare she coulf write aditorulf she w a ted to get into uevr paper office it took alhfhe elf commaid t had to refrain from sayine there is not an office in the coaotry that would shelter that banigi i ibwirdly groaned ifj dream that a college education wit the protection of wo mil a against just sach ex- penences as hett was dispelled ho widow with five children and a district school edacatun faced the world more helpleaalyj her mind waa a great qwss ot dough aa1 shaped and aushapabte until it had jassed through the fire the girl whr oomei out of college with no tease ot p portion no eye fbrj color no tease ot 4 nets of things no knowledge ot the pre sent conditions of tha world of which from her stand point she forms so large a part will need another training that of panful to use tha tools harper t bazar experience to fit iher given by hit 4lmamaur i shortiser ons gin a rhae credit if you want to start htm oa de road to de poo house as it anr de ronjhness of dfgnnsfaa which sharpens da axe so it am de troubles v i of life which aige ap de hatnaa mind gjayhair am entitled to respeck only when de owners of gray beads respeck deirselvea it doan do no good to light a candle arter you have bin eatm wormy apples in deftark t de passan who judges de peed of a mole by hit bray masnt complaia ifl eber body passes him an de road de passea who am neber tempted deser ves fio pectickler credit for obeying da law de lets advice j oa gin without pay da mo credit you will receive tar beur chuck tall of wndom ilea who expected to be treateatjistu yorrtrearthem will never slander nor abase toa between readin a mans character by his boaps or com an a pic iio wil him take da pic ntc r wha we ktlkerlate on doin far to morrow wont pay he grooec foe tatenr nor de butcher for soap boae v doair be too hard oa haman natur dtt afva who kin soli dowu and tellfyoa exactly what dis keutry wants to aika her great aud glorious may hae no ideah where his next birret of fiaar am comm from a rallgioa which dau t stand lisrfrj de circus parceahun or de soaad of a fiddle am not worf inggtn aroaud da fceutr l dollah wilt bay a great deal moar for a gratefnl man than it will for a sting one people who expecka man tokickhisowiv dog lu case of a fight hate mt a btg sur prise laid up for em when yoa flitter yoareelf dit de majority of people doa know de difference between de roar of de lion an de bray of an ass yoa have struck a baqsuna peel that will bring you dawn kerflop- 1 i babyslifesavedbya pigeorfj fair cntfomer i lire in the tubtrba and i want a watch dog dealer yea niam bat of coarse idottt waol one that will keep as awake all lughtbarkin at udthn lo mam hrmait be bitfand strong aiil flaroa you knoiv j ye mam i v yes as gentle as a lamb with nt yoa know w yes mam k and he mast poance on everjh brdtal tramp that comes along aud drae sim off ra mum r i bos he raastn t interfere with any poor but honest man looking for work lio nfaa i i if a barglar comes prowliog aroundjai uight the dot faoajd rdake mineerriaat of him m instahi l yes mam k bat he mastu tattabs a neigltjor who drops in for an evening ball kp mami y and of coqre he mastn t molest peopla who come harrjmg in al all hoars ot the night to tall my hasbsnd has a doctor yoa know 1 ko mam i see what yoa want yoa want a mind reader dog yes i suppose to can yoa aendraa ona i very softy mam but i m jatt oatof that kmd r third or fourth rate character for he once handsome appo ntrijents of the bakerhoase- hold had acquired a shabbiness incredable to ell who do not know i what frequent change of hanse and servants and s gradual goingdawn hill mean- l the undertaking dicu not succeed the boarders were not of a very pirticular order but they did not like the cooking and they were offended at bessies rejection of all attentions a ceruip class of young men regard everything but rude mirth as a patting on of airs and the daker house very soon grew unpopc lat then the most of the furnitnr was sold two rooms taken and the once delicately cared far bessie baker sought for some position in a store she sought long before bhe found it thth it was only in a shoo sto e to fit ladies boots and sew on buttons twelve hoars work a day for eight dollars a week and yet sha was glad to get it ru y in some respects she was happir than she had biea since her father s jicctdent however little it aid with the tew dol lars her mother made by sawing hey man gdto livi mr cigadab fate trrad to conceal him by naming him smith said doctor holmes of one of his well known classmates fate made one man too conspiouoasit seemb by sach a name and the ownerhtd to invent a worse ona to protect himself j there a quaint old man in itanchester england who goes by the unique name of gagtdig gigadtb his original name so tbe story goes was john smith bat many year ago he began to brood over the possi bilities of mistaken identity iuvalstd in uch a common name the name figured frequently in the criminal records and he became abacrmally apprehensive lest he might be confased with some of these bad john smiths at last what ha feared so mudb actually happened one morning the papers re corded the capture of au accountant in a bank for embezzlement and through some blauder of the reporter the luentity of the embezzler was confased with the subject of this paragraph who was also a bank accountatit then and there he determined to assume a name like nnto noo ever borne by mortal man aud in gagadia gigadtb most people will agree that he haa done so yostut cquipaaiaii verbal snares s celebta- t probably seem when placed at the popularity of peter piped ted peck of pickled peppetr wtll uever wane as a snare to catcu tire tongue that would f aiuba agile but that test has formidable rivals the fallowlag short sentences ss their author maintains do wonders iq baffling the ordinary powers of an incident becarred recently in the family of gi f marsh the dealet in japanese cariosities at 525 ofarket street and a member of the pacific coast pigeon society which proved to him in k most impressive manner the valu able services which may sometimes ba rendered by the carrier pigeon and probably explains some of his enthusiam in that r direction his little baby boy was taian lightly sick with most alarming symptoms of diphtheria tha mother watching by the bedside of the little one despatched a message tied on a earner pigeon to her husband af his tore on miitket street in the message she wrote the nature of the child s alarming illness- and made an argent anneal for medicine to save its life tha bird vis started from the boma of tha firmly sear tha cliff house fiya miles- from ifr if irsht market street store tha bird flew wiitly to the storej fcsere ur marsh received tt ha read tbe meessge called a doctor explained the childs symptoms as hit wife had rletailed them in her message and received the proper medicibe then tying the litis via containing the medicine to the tail ol the pigeon he let it go the pigeon spec away through the sir straight throngh thi city ffif the cliff it made the distance fire miles in ten- minutes i distance which weald have required the doctoi three quarters of an hoar to cover twenty ruinates from tha time tha toother message wal sent to her husband the babf wax taking- ihe medicine naturally enough mr marsh y partial to pigeons for be considers that he owes hit babjjt life tcj one 3au francisco eiaauaer i i i bnqe before the eve speech gaze on the gay gray brigaoi the sea ceasetb aud it samcelh as say shduld such a shapely sanh shabby stitches show strange strategio statistics cassellt solicitor slyly- slashes a tloe give grimes jims great gilt glghtp sarah in a shawl shovelled soft snow lowly she sells sea sheik trua charftv ofd dog tsav t ths mora of we is past and evening cornetit last ft bringr me s dream of a onoe happy da u ot merry forms i te swa r 1 lpon the tillage green spotting with my old dog tray i 1 i 1 caoncs old dog tft erer faithful grief cannot drim him srty he ieotle he is kind 4 rihjerir never and a better tnend than old doc irsy v jthe forms f called my own j hare ranilhed one oy one tke laved ones the deer ones hero passeawsy tber hap smues bare flown tbeir gentle voices gone ive nothing left batjoid dog tray botus- t when tbe daughts recall the past his eyes are vp line cast iknow that he feels trust vy oeart woovd say altboogh be cannot- speas 1 11 vainly vsiaiy seek a better friend than c4h dog trsj cborus 1 u not in stock tde mission of an organ a lady with a cottage organ moved into ahoase adjoimoga ssloon bo thatvvtias transpired in one place could be heud in tbe other i a sweet child of thp lady died and tha saloon keeper who owned the horrse pro fessed much tvtmpathy dot toe nest saturday night a number o rough- drink- og men met in tha saltx n tobiv3ooma vrolm music and as it was anything bnf soothiog tee poor looely hearted mother doabtleat thought of the organ and goinftj over to it began pitying and as the play ed sang cans lover o my soul let me xo thy bosom hy while ihe ragingibillcnri roll while ihttemrjettttniliwgb i hide me 0 my tavioar nde till the storm oriels past safe into the haven guide i i i obnoeivemytoataxlaatf i she had played bat one versa han all becimeqjhet uthe bar room tlien aha lifted ap a silent prater that the hymn- might prove abfeasing aod so gottordaini ed far when tha lady ceased that ajinttert of the saloon were closed for tha nighc j tha next evening the saloon keeper sent two lady members of hit family to ask th iadv lo play and shg jesus love of ray ooul wofidenugly tha lady complied still mora strange he sent in again and again tha organ indhyion hccronplisbed therr missioa thema5 hrrsiloonand abandooed thebasanek iikatam qbtervtr ty t old ladyanolers louis boachartl oat 1il- breed kepigonlguide wniea canadian eor- respondeat to the tdutk t coutpaitioa i revereuaeg white ladies bat prefers to let eskimo joe mother fimaas voysgenr ani cook take charge of anglhj patties tha mclude lady members i oa seemg tnsj american party o tnei gentlemen and two ladres old louis remarked dele cheutlemana aint cat no ash dan ko qeta nice de ladies is tpebby i doa t know but in camp nooio due o onetahmlllgo ap with five lady and seven cbwlamaos de chentlemani was boss dat tnp boss no oo nevaxeh all de taho all de tahm doze lady twsa dat camp keep ma coqkin cookin and costm is cook right in de m awn lb first ting i got to bring coffee ra da tedt before doze lady hi get up louis yon wash if your jaudk i doze lady eea tskv what dey unk mebby i boil my hand befortsl mek dat ooffeen kcofa data so t aint boil em any f ill de tahm all da tahm doze chentlemant watch for do abmeting dayttnk those lady waut and dokaladjt aint dere yoa unk de chentlemabs get out for fish early early ko doze lefdy no make ver good fithm den lotsu iisg blame eskimo joe laugh- when tu tol him about dat hes wist for go pit lady party mebby be alike orwashhrweelftwo tree times ia 6ae day dm tied way for waste soap 11 h a acnpfef coffee ma copper coffee cup ii smiths pint flask split vh lips sixth sfttera fifth stiairtals sknll i such changes as these frightful as theyj xh leith polioe dumlttetnd i t 1 imtnm flu turn i r rr r i r lil ti mr fisk wished to whisk wbukey a little- girl andjher yoangeatljrothei were on- their wayjto the shop one windy frosty mormng they were bolt pootli l ooctribotor sclcettd dressed bat tfaeitfle gttlha a sort ati cloak over her aajihey walked briskly along tha dretw the 3joy closer to her anl said coma under- mycloak johnny itu t dig enough ot bath replied h then i win ttretoh it a litile as 1 they ware boon nestled close tcgsthei how many shueriofl bodies ana tsahear 1 there are just becasie peopledoiiiot itrete i their oomfott beyond thttntelyft chii han jijisiiuwa n j i 1 an ingenious boy t f a little lad who had becomelnterttted ul gathering money to send the qospe to the i heathen hit npon this wppy lievloe ha rummaged ih the garrerind found an old tashiooed powder horn which he decided to make into a missionary box hit aldar brother said he mfght have tha horn bat wondered what he was going to de with it tbe large end of the horn had a wooden bottom and eddie scraped it smooth and asked his brother if he woald oat tome letters oa it yea said hit brother and eddie gave him these words t once i waaahe horn of an ox t 1 howlarnaifjlssiouary behjr eddirt inked the tetters and hen uhe showed hia box to his friends they weniall to pleated with hia ingenoiiy that ihtjj aq put something into it and he became a t hew delicious is thi winning i i 0 a kin st ioes beginning- j 1 tings the poet and tlia sentimen ntto vvilh- one possible exception n party bat tbe catarrh eveu loves j it tweatneatypr 8a oatiitlij is a sum cure for this repo laive ana d ing affliction fey h mild tnot tiaeptic oleanajng ardbaaio prt iticoea the wont i tuast fjdor al itsfsn kcoiajila caa v i i 1 i44jtf u