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t to tho merit of heir goods i mechanical kill has advanced i a rnnrvcllous deree in watch if you can think of an advantage bat cin he incorporated into a latch to make it a more reliable or lore durable timepiece some ding hew you can sell ypur idea r a fortune i tins rivalry is ood for you it tt you poiicsi tho mobt iccurato jatchdf that can bo made at the iwcl possible prices i we cm demonstrate this fjr py day our stock is larfjo wo irry nil the jrruhng makoa wo by the in down here costing us and pu the smallest prico wo are ys gladto lalk waituee wlthr- sale i i joseph rogbrs 4c sons e m dickinson henry boker ihreo of ouk upttragteed linos i5uy it at jiontvs lvage co t k watch inspeotopib h oni snqlish liquid use paints c c speight is teccived the sole ency for this famous lint manufactured by randram henderson td it is the purest jntsold popular colors rlish pure floor paints chor carriage gloss paints and varnishes barator oil etc etc int brushes of all kinds c speight mil st acton lerlin steam granite and marble works r braun proprietor kuers and builders of statues maus f monuments markers and head land all kinds of tistic cemetery work uliain h agent acton four chopping will be le quickly and well either plates or jnes if taken to the ockwood shopping mills aur oatmeal in shorts the best at lowest joriccs rris co ton pump and ie works ej3bage proprietor otcm and georgetown promises aro now fully oqulpped tlio latest machinery and appliances llfacturlng hpa nnd iump supplies i or vrbjls cisterns aulverts eta mm pipe fitting tools nnd fipe supplies vs promptly filled main street acton bsiftess college uic lllualc upper wyndlihul ft qnelpb out the bond hardware co limited retail phone 97 odelph m i the home op good olabbss uwi omimwa savage optical establishment guelph bioht attflb 0t opfioi b wonderland s moving picture show opun every nighlt7 to to oclock best films procurable changed nightly patronized by tho leading citizens admission 5c acton amusement co d d n n n d a a a a a a b a a a perftinjes sb elys bellefleuh boss ov aloebia two of tho latest and sweetest of perlumes ask for a free sample toilet g g preparations g g florida water g n cream of violets q n cream of almonds iind roses q a lc 0 g in talcum powder wo keep all q a the best on the market g o- s g siicial american beauty of a n roses talcum made by tho u n druggists corporation of canada g n a a a a a a m m a d a a n m 3 mill st mumddaaabddddqnii a t brown druggibt nud stationer acton goodtalue in paint 01 paint ohlrcmwochicaw b f jolinstone mill st acton the excelsior bakery tttf having reqently installed latest im- through tho scented dark whon tho light wind sighs ho uiirrorh his slurs whoro the ripjilcs vise till thoy glitter iiko impiisoncd fire flies tis hole that tho buryl green leaves uncut apd horo tho lilies uplift and unnrl their goldonlined gohloth of erven pearl when the gray of the eastern sky turns pink through tho silver bed go ut the pjnds low brink tho little lono fieldmouse creeps down to drink- r j and creatures to whom only god is kind ttu j0v1u ihftlltllmj5 and tho blind soft steal through tho rushes and comfort find oh restless tho rivor resllewb tho seal where tho great np go and tho dfcad men ik tho lilypond wclh but peuee to mu virna should in tho canadian afaguzinc i sfcleci yamilji jlsntiing his hearts desire by harriet luinmli smith t was saturday and a eummor afternoon wilbur burnett was not a young man who mado a habit of watching tho clock but today ho had found himself moro than onco lellecting that it was a long time be tween noon and onu oclock whon tho dragging hour was over and tho signal catno for his rolease there was in his face tho light of unmistakable anticipation hollo burnett p say dont you want to go down tho hay ihlg after noon van sant is going and nelson i guess wilbur shook bis head no thank yon ohuilio lvo got other plans ho mot the otheis quizzical glance with a frank laugh guessing bow far his friends conjec tures wore from tho truth throequarters of an hour later ho was home ho i an up the four flights of stairs to tho modest little flat of live rootrih and his sister caroline had the door opened und was waiting for him i knew you wouldnt be a minute lata today she smiled i can hard ly wait to hoar it conic your lun- choons on tho table wilbur oiled the girl severely i shunt allow that music is all very well hut you cimt live on sweet sounds now come to the table thats a good boy it wont take long wilbur allowed himself to be per suaded bub before ho ato tho meal his sister had prepared ho took a violin from its case and draw the bow lovingly across tho stilngs listen caroline ho called doesnt that sound different from the old one yob of course it does tho girls voice answered from the diningroom but dont touch it till you eat or ill novorget you away the simple meal was soon dispatch ed and then with a sigh of tremendous content wilbur brought out his new acquisition aud seated himself on a back porch so small and high in tho air that it suggested a windowbox the afternoon stretched before him ho tightened tho string smiling he hud nothing to do but play and bo happy ills sister seeing his smile turned away and sighed wilbur burnott bad loved music ever since ho could remember when a boy of eleven ho had taken up the study of the violin he had mado such soi prising progress that his teaohor at the oonsqitatory had be come deuply interested in him he was fifteen whon his fathers failure in business made music lessons ooo of the expenses to be lotronchcd and bud sent wilbur out into llm world to earn a living two years later mr burnett died mrs burnetts little inoome together with what wilbur could earn supported ilia family of three comfortably if not luxuriously wllhuis ilvnslo continued to bo his greatest pleasure he gave as much as possible of his scant leunlre to his violin and one tiny he was surprised by a letter from it cousin informing him that bhe was sending j him by express a leally valuable instrument which had belonged to her father it seems a shame wilbur sho wioto that it should novel- bo used and i dont fool like selling it under the circumstances caroline tolls me that you still retain your love for misic and i am sine you will appre ciate having a good violin to practice on atid wilbui did appreciate it he sat with halfclosed eyes listening to frtrrpl j will b r played hat ho fancies of his own taking shape in melody and as ho played a white- haired figure on ono of tho porches of an adjoining flat building listened at tentively at half past foiitvtho bell rang tbertn a gentleman to see you caroline hhid uppearing on the porch i dont believe ho knows you though ho asked to see the young violinist k probably wants to sell me the latest popular bongs arranged for the violin wilbursaid rising reluctantly but when ho faced his caller lip mcu- tally apologized the rathhr shabby man with tho white hair hod from tho the tlow flrstghnuwija peouliar fasoinamimt for- bim so this is my musical neighbor tho blue joyes under tho whitening brows studied wilbur keenly i must plead community of tuutn gs an excuse for my intrusiou i too am a violinist wilbur made a buitablu losoiiwdor the old limn cotitiuued lunjjouicwlial formal style which seemed to belong to his air of decayed geiitillty a sprained wrist which secured mo a brief holiday has also given mo tho pleasure of listening to your impromptu roncort would you mind pluying for mo again ut closei range p the fact that wilbur fmincl the le- qncft a little euibariussing did not keep him fiom prompt compliance his sense of constiaint wore off as ho played and his listener nodded ap provingly good 1 you huvo tho loot of tho mutter in you plainly enough a litll i rusty in your practice arent you i surely am wilbur bighed you sec i get very little time for it im a clerk at wan on and deals did you ever think you would like to devote youi entire lime to music p wilbur laugied and bighed in one itij not to think of it its loo good to happen and bo i wont stir myrolf up by dwelling on it hm 1 the other lepied enigmatic ally let mi see you do a little sight reading with u senho of glowing excitement wilbur complied tho stranger broke in upon him after two or three min utes with a bi usque that will do now listen i am not empowered to make you an oftei but i think i can safely promise you a chance to realize your ambition wilhmb heart began to throb tho oldor man continued i am very suro i ran get you a position in the orchcstia in which i play the pay is small and much of our music i must confess unspeakable stuff he shrugged his shoulders but when once you have your timo free for work of tills kind you will astonish yourself provided you dont drop your ambition as most of us do wilbur was trying to falter out his thanks for this kindness fiom a stranger the other waved them away suppose you go lo the matinee with mo tomorrow he said and i will introduce you to the leader of the orchestra oh yes thoy woik us hard enough its tho troubadour wheie i play matinees wednesdays satuidayu and sundays and u performance evory night in the week ill call for you ut half pabt one good afternoon the door thut behind him wilbur put his violin back in the case his hand trduibling his chance hud come with a distressing uncertainly the troubadour 1 ho know the place by reputation an embodiment of the worst traditions of its kind it occurred to him that when he resigned his class at the mission sunday school he must not tell his boys where he was to spend his sunday afternoons caroline and his mother could never come to hoar him play his cheeks burned at thought of their ovei hear ing the unspeakable jilsts woven into song and thrown like tilth ucioss tho footlights a little later when ho was alone in his room whole it was no longer necessary to pai ry carolines curiosity ha told himself ive got to take a common sense view of tho matter i- love music and ive got to pub that first automatically ho took up his bible to read a little before leliiing us was habit the leaves fluttered opun and he found himself staring down al words which seemed to answer to tho thought in his mind seek ye first the kingdom of god andihis righteousness f lor a moment he v stood jiko ono stunned thon he dropped on ills knees hiding his face in his hands and when his whitehaired new friend callod the next afternoon wilbur did not accompany him to ihotioubudour theater -r- i will be u mail hist before i seek to ben musician a mail living up to tho bes thuria in 14 riot bi front about a mile west of rookwood to a short distance east of acton car ried destruction in jts path exhibi tion hall with all its offices was utterly demolished also the grand stand mr w carroll was working there ard with some boys went into the stand for safety but thought wiso to leave not however until ho was severely bruised while geo agnow tho ii yearold son of mr robt agnew was rendored unconscious and little fred storey grandson of roovo strroy was blown out of tho grand stand into an oat field 20 or 30 feet away mr john williams was watting at the station for tho 2 27 train and tho cover was lifted off the bus and thrown on the horsos thoy started down tho track towards the approaching train and mr williams was thrown out and knocked senseless the horses ran to froures mills tho bus was badly wrecked but ibo horses uninjnrcd damage to barns a mcphersons turned ovor bodily i thos camerons new roof off and budly wrecked john gambles roorofiand split inwo lis at crewsous corners ditto ntforbes ut the corners unroofed j stephen sons farther west ditto jo feet gone off henry duinpeiu l mcmillans about as bad as the most of thorn ono of asa halls ruined a 1 houi- sjroetbu moved about a foot and the siding liddled trees suffered badly nearly all of mrs c s smiths apple oi chard scores of muples ut alex ltiisbys a lot of tho old trees at tlie paik iiicludlngthuhiatorlcultrec of the acton boys of k years ago with muny names curved thereon also many finit and ornamental trees throughout tho village the corner of harveys mill shed the smoke slacks of mccunns planning mill t c mooios factory and browns saw mill blown down along the south or mill stroot much damage was done a largo dry goods box carried from kelly bros yard over the street thrpughtko window of wordon bros hnrber shop chimnoys windows and signs blown down mr goo hynds cut his huiid so badly on broken glass ti y ing to save his goods in tho window that he fainted from loss ot blood mis mckachmo of krln drove up to her sons house and when tho horso was unhitched tho buggy overturned four times the brick and crowsons cornors church sheds wore blown down the and of tho brick shod at st josephs church blown in and the brick gable end of tho mothodist par sonage on bower avenuo blown in a piece of gloss about a third of an inch long which about elovon years ago became imbedded in the heel of a daughter of mr ii wilson eden mills was extracted by means of a poultice a few days ago from tho ankle of mrs jas bolos by which name the young lady in question is now lenown mr john harvoy was much sur- ptised am pleased the other day to receive a present ot u fine family refrigerator from tho bell ico co who had last winter stored some 300 or 100 curs of splendid ice on mr ilarvoys pond on tho single consider ation that tho men and teams required in the cutting and storing should be hired in acton a couple of thousand dollars wore expended for labor lum ber etc mr t t moores now hoube on young and mill streets is up and en closed thu foundation is about completed for mr j a murray h new bouse on mill street capl shaws minorca hens laid some luigo eggs lust week flvo weigh ing 101 ozjusfc double tho weight of oidinury oggs mr w kunnuwin oroilf preached his maiden sermon in knox church on sunday text in tho day of my trouble i will call upon thee for thou wilt answer mo psalm 87 7 we understand bo intends entering thu ministry bhortly mahhiko jii gait on july 1st by jtov f beattie robert j dambort to miss muiiu louvoy both of krln bohk in acton on july 0th to mr and mrs a o boardmoro a daughter the mechanical ghqih 1 hear that youi church has install ed u phonograph stuffed with saorod miittle i yes hud to do it ohoir hud struckr now scheme work all right p vlts beuutlruh never quarrels with itself has no skirts to rustle dousnt fiet about tho angle of its hat refrains fiom giggling or powdering its nose and if it gets out of order a mechanic cuinepalr it one hundred dollars reward the manufacturers of salvia the now amerirun hair growur offirone hundred dollars reward to any one who can prove that salvia contains any injurious ingredient salvia at ouqe slops the itching of the scalp a theory the hotel manager re fused to discuss by arnold bennett tfiodnfo was tho tth of november it was n ifrlrtuy and yet ttiero aro people who direct to bclleio that fri day js not n day singled out from its six companions for mystery strange- ueshand disaster the number of tho room was 222 tho hotel i shall call by tho nnmo of the grand junction tormlnus hotel tho grand junction is full ovary night lii tho week except friday sat urday and sunday every commercial traveler knows that except on theso nights if he wishes to secure a room tie tniisf wrlto or telegraph for it in advance and there aro 400 bedrooms it wns somewhat late lii the evening when i arrived in l on the spur of the moment i decided to stny at tho grand junction t there wns space for me it is thus that fate works i walked into tho hall followed by a platform porter with my bag tho jilnce seemed just ni usual tho perfec tion of ihe-eoimnouiilacertbetonalness- like mid the unsplrltunl lime you a room i aslceil tho young lady in black whoso yellow hair shone cayly at the office window under tho electric light she xluuccd at the ledgers in the lm- passlie and detached milliner which holel jomig indies with ypllow hair imuilulily affect and ejaculated no 221 ilty j on couldnt make it nil twos i ventured with timid jocularity how t mild 1 guess the import of what i missujlug she smiled cry slightly with a dis tant condescension namo7 sho de manded togc in another moment i wns in tho de lator no 221 wns tho last door but ono nt the end of tho enstern corrlilor of tho fourth floor it proved to bo a double bedded room laftjeoxqulsltcly ugly but perfectly appointed in nil matters of comfort in short it was character- islli of tho jiotcl i knew that overy hidioom in that corridor prcsoutod er ne lly the sumo nspect ono lnstlnctlvo- l felt the impossibility of anything uelrd nnj thing bizarre anything ter- illile entering the precincts of an uhodu bo bolld cheerful orderly mid middle class it will ho well for mo to relate all tlmt i did that evening 1 went down lo the billiard room and played a bun dled up with the marker to show that my nerves yero at least as steady us usual hint night i may mention tlint although tho marker gave mo of- ty and bent me i made a break of twenty odd which won hl3 generous uppiomil the game concluded i went into the hull and asked tho porter if tlieie wero nny telegrams for me theio were hot i noticed that the poiter it was the night porter and ho hud juit coino ou duty seemed to hnxc a peculiarly honest nud attrac- tl c face wishing him good night i retired to bed ar oclock i nwoke not with a stnrt hut rather grndiinlly i know it was exactly i oclock becnuso tho striking of a notoriously noisy church clock in tho neighborhood wns tho llrt thing i beard but the clock had not awakened mo i felt suro thut something else something far moro sinister thnu a church clock had been tho origin of disturbance i listened then i heard it again it wns the sound of a groan in tho next room some ono indisposed either in body or lulml i thought lightly and i tried to go tb sleep again but i could not sleep tho gronns continued and grew more poignant moro fearsome at last i jumped out of bod and turned on tho light tlmt mull vihooyor ho is is dying the idcit as it were sprang nt my thront only nninu whoi saw death by his side and trembled before tbo apparition could groan like that i put on bomo clothes and went into the corridor it scorned to stretch nwnylnto llllinltablo dlstnuco and far off u solitary electric light gl humored my end wns n bnuntof gloomy shad ows oxcopt whoro tho open door al low cd tuitllglit from my bedroom to lllumtniito tho long monotonous pat tern of the carpet i proceeded to the door licit my own the door of no 222 nnd put my ear against the panel the sound of groans was now milch more distinct and more terrifying i culled no answer jwhtttb tho matter i inquired no answer then i tried to open the door hut it wns fast t yes i said to inyselfftytbcr hes dilng or hos committed nirairdcr nnd is feeling sorry for it i must fetch tbo night porter t was lompclicd to find my wny along endless corridors nnd down nights of biurs apparently- innumera ble here and there an electric light bought with its jellow cyo to pforco the gloom at length i reached tho hull theros n mail olthor dying or vory 111 in no 222 1 said to the night por ter is that so sir ho replied yos i insisted t think hos dy- lug tindnt you bpttor do something if you ihinkjion dyhur air ill caul uptlie manager mr thbin dp 1 said wh tomo mot when the and hlsjia lio glj parte hoj hi iml lncony nna tho quest her nn agar ai m