a ree Prices reduced on 3 ELECTRIC IRONS TOASTERS | By the way have youn every tried toast made | on an Electric Toaster, if not you have never eaten toast. Let us send you one. Longest Established Electric Firm in the City. rya-Neurall- THE NEW REMEDY FOR Nervous Exhaustion Physicians agree that a vigorous nervous system is essential tothe successful treatment of Consump- tion, "Asava-NrurarL" feeds the nerves with Lecithin (obtain- ed from eggs), the element re- quired for nerve repair. © Its use maintains full nerve vigor, re- storés courage when hope is fail- ing, and thus lends incalculable aid in throwing off the disease. $1.50 per bottle." Local agent. L. T. BEST. T. J. HOAG. Trade 14g "* Pluwer Border from 7c ft. kl - Fences an ites a v RE manu. WORKS ( 'Phone 350. d Hele bo} rw? Ve 'And Let Ope in Which Cinder Lodges Alone. Nine persons out of every ten with a cinder or any ot foreign sub- stance in the eye will instantly begin to rub it with one hand while hunt- ing for a handkerchief with the other, This is all wrong. The nght way is not to rub the cve with the cinder in it, but to rub the other as vigoroasly as you like. : AMAR Wie © a fast express. The en- ginder throw open the front winlax cf the cab and | caught a cinder in my "eye, which gave me intense pasa. Ihe an to rub the eve desperately, when the engineer called to me: ? "Let that eye gloss and rub the othe 5 k they . but they don't and if you will Jet that eye alone and work other one will soon have | Burrs | care tor She was young--and pretty. But the preitiness was mostly mere youth-s physical bloom and | softness. There was a tight little look te her thin but rosy lips, and a hard look in her blue eyes. But the young men in the case could hardly have expected to see this. There were two of them-- and a number more, but Gene Turner and Fbe Fisher were ahead--or it looked that way, Also it looked ns if iene were having the best of it, if by best is meant the lady's favor. It was odd, too, according to the ideas of the other girls at the Cosmopolitan department store. They would have thought Suzanne--born Susan Jane-- would require "some sort of real style in a fellah 1" Gene wag not stylish, but he was young, and straight, and wore his working clothes with a jaunty grace, He even carried a dinner-bucket as if that were sn matter to be graced in the doing. And he earned thrice; at catpentering, what Fhe Fisher did be- ind a dry goods counter. Ebe had siyle. He was a good dancer and dresser, a matter which must have ab- vorbed most of his salary, had the girls $topped to think about it, Suzanne, whose final name was Ryan, bad somehow escaped the woarm-heartedness of her race, which was a pity. But she was a good clerk, with an undeniable pert prettiness, a wealth-of reddish hair, a milky skin and large, moist, bright eyes. And she herself had all sorts of style. She was the best dancer in the stoic She lived with an old aunt to whom she gave $3 out of her weekly $7, and to whom she paid scant attention. The "front room" was, ghe made it under stood, for her own especial use, and she tricked it out with some cheap tidies and albums, a lot of photo- graphs of everybody who would give het one, and a bright rug and settee bought on the instalment plan. For the rest, she owed it to herself to dress like a lady. : Her immense self-confidence gave hor a certain charm to the circle in' which she moved-she was gay, saucy, inde pendent, with that little touch of feline cruelty which men laugh at and love "in a pretty girl, not realizing | its real significance--unless they marry her ! | All winter she had danced and flirted and--worked. Ebe, as the most | desirable msn in her train, she had i taken pleasure in playing with. She | liked to make herself envied by the { other girls who counted Ebe Fisher a "sory of a prize, by snubbing him .in favor of Gene, who was as nonchalant !and independent as herself. It was this recklessness of consequences which made the store figuratively hold its i breath, They began, the girl clerks, and the ren too, to bet on which would be the lucky man, 3 Even Oene had become really inter- in the game. He liked to see enough, he could get "to his one, the privilege of taking to the theatre or a park oftener ad Fisher could. At first he had been not at all in enrnest, simply amusing him- sell. He made love to no girl, for he had an old mother to support who was the apple of hie eye, and he was paying for a little lot and cottage. And Suzanne. Rhe had merely used him for a foil; there had been only flirtation, less ¢ iy than his, but cortainly, even them, mone too subtle, She would not, at frets hte dronthed of marrying him, but somehow he was not a man to pik vp and drop. He left his mark, the of personality, which is hard to erase. And his in- nce matched her own. ate in the spring Gene took to running over in the evening, once a week or so, and sitting in the front room with the girl and chaffing her. Finally he made himself welcome in the little kitchen, which old Mollie, the aunt, kept shining and comfort able and which, with its old furniture hand-made by her dead busband, and, her old blue dishes, was far prettier and more characteristic than all Su- aanne's cheap [rippery. It irked the girl that the handsome; laughing young fellow should spend a good hour of his call sitting with the old woman, 'making her chuckle at his jokes, mending a thing for her, doin a bit of hammering or Sawin and al ways in a jolly companionable way. Y Once the en joked--rather serials ly---at him on the subject. "A body'd think you were dead stuck on Aunt Mollie," she said. "1 am," he rotorted. "She's almost half as nice as mother--I'm used to old ladies an' I like them, Come out home with me some night and visit mother. She's a bit lonely, and I try to stay home with her a good deal" The girl tossed her bead. She had no mind to fuss with the old Indy. But, secretly, she did want to see his She had ir the bac of 'he head & notion that a strong, inde- pendent man with a house of his own might not be bad to marry. She no iden ot wastuig har youth in a de partment store--she intended to mar. and as for tiene; he had become, fond of the grt. He was, at times, | sure be wus m love with her. But he! was by nature delibernte--he never a thing. She would get | quainted with his mother. t even: entered head that, if she' should! THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1010. pr-------------- semm-- " -- love came to her. were subconscious. One warm evening late in May he These thoughts wandered over 10 her little house. If '% the coast was clear he would tell her all his heart, . i these Shing y entered the n yan with its Sie-lashicnnd fore went upon the little porch. He kmocked Wut no one answered. He could hear Susamne talking in the kitchen, her voice raised as in argu- ment, but he did not bead the words. He knocked again more loudly, with Bo response. 'Then he carelessly eoviigh wank down in the old and waited on the porth. Probably she would gome out in a minute and he would tell her, Then, without warning he heard a door fly and a siream of words came thick and fost. He did not mean to listen, but he was so stun-, nod that he forgot he was deing so until it was all over. The girl's voice was sharp and .agry. "No, she saad, "I won't ask Gene to fix 1t; and 1 can tell you right pow that vou can keep out of the way when kh cones. Do you think be comes to see you? What's eatin' on you, anyhow, Aunt Mollie 7 Well, i 1 do marty him--and I shall if he ashe me, and he will-yvou can vou needn't think you'll live with us. Nor ws moses, ether ! I'm no such fool 'us that, if 1 do look easy. What you take me for? 1 shan't keep any old ladies' home, aud if he's countin' on that he's got anoth- er guess coin' to him. Um ""paying you board, but 1 don't meed any chaperon. Hes asked me over to see his mother. 1H go, but 1 bet if we're ever married she can come over eve and five with you. That will be close enough for a mother-in-law, ane Without a wore Gene rose, duwn the path ana out at the and straight home. He did not go near her again, One day she asked him if he was "mad." He said that he was not and asked what made her think of such a thing? but his manner was a final thing. The next day she told him she was en- gaged to Ebe Fisher--she met Gene on the street and stopped him with her news, her head very high. "Oh," he said, "I shall have to wish joy to you--and the lucky man." But in his heart Gene knew that he ham- self was the lucky 'man. went gate; A New Light. Buffalo Commercial? . A philadelphia man who finds much amusement in playing ragtime melod- ies on the piano received a rude shock one evening last week at the hands of his daughter, a sweet little miss of some fourteen years. It was warm and the house was wide open when fond parent sat down at the piano and began "pawing the ivories"' with unusual ardor. While he was playing his daughter came into the room with 8 _aompaniol ing," she mn rived, the father wanted to know 'why he should cease entertaining himself. The little girl was not inclined to explain. Finally she said: "Why, the neigh bors have a lot of company." "ls that all?' commented daddy, with fine scorn. "Well, if they don't like my playing they can close their windows," and he attacked the piano with renewed vigor. "Yes, but, iy, pleaded daughter, as sho glided over to parent and put her arm argund Dock, "they'll think it the her his was* 1 play- ing That settled it. He stopped. A Clever French Captive, A person who was supposed to be the French General Mouton, count de Loban, was once captured bv an Eng- lish vessel, but after a 'time the cap- tain discovered that his prisoner was the Count de Montrond. "Why did vou deceive me 7" he demanded an- grily of the count. "1 did 'not de ceive you," replied Montrond; "not at al. Yon ghought I was General Mouton. You told me so. You have a f{ifty-gun frigate. Was it for me, who have only a pocket pistol, to contradict vou ¥* The captain did not forgive Mon- trond and took every opportunity to treat him rudely. One evening at dinnér some one proposed the health of the French. As Montrond rose ta acknowledge it the captain "They are all cowards. exveptions." came he gave thie sentiment, "The English--thév are all gentlemen, but I make exceptions." I make no Told She Had To, So She Did. New York Herald In the wight court, last might, Mrs. Spitzer was about to give her testi- mony as comyiainant in ncase against negro. "Do I have to swear, asked Magistrate Krotel, "Yes, madam." "Bat, judge, 1 do not like to." "You must. Every witness makes oath before testifying. The law re- a" judge ?" she if. I-must, 1 must, I guess. But | don't like to." "Yes, you must." "Well, damn." Bay Rum. oF Bay rum is manufactured § the dried leaves of Pimento acris. |, Bay rum is od by distillation, and this in" very simple manner. leaves are picked from the trees and: then dried. in the retort, which is In this state they are filled with water, and the thea eried : i When Montrond's turn | RO OR RRR ROS O DOR i the largest railroads in India I took my wife-and little daughter with me and established them in a bungalow on the line. 1 was away all day, sometimes for days together, but 1 Jeft plenty of servants at the house and felt no concern as to the safety of ; i My wife, who was trou- bled with insomnia, slept alone, and our little girl, seven years old, slept I ay Bo mate jt is i to doors and windows closed, and when L sume in late-at, sight 1 had wo trou in entering. ; Une night 1 went home and, finding the door closed, climbed into my room through an open window. As | did not care to waken Hosie, Who slept in a cribrin cle corner, 1 tool off my shoes before entering and step- ped noiselessly., Undressing with the same caution, I got into bed and was soon asleep. i 1 was awakened by a low growl bet Thinking that my big dog Bruin hed come into the room, I was sbout to get up and put Mm ont when I was startled by another growl unlike that of a dog, but strangely resembling some one of the wild anbmals with which the country abounds. Bat what sent a thrill of horror shrergh me was that it ecaow from Rosie's crib. The chamber door opened near my bed--that is, it opened toward me in- stead of away from me. Here was a possible cexit for me Uf indeed I gave up my child for lost and chose to make an attempt to save my own life. 1 might _ out of bed and through the door. It is said that sell preservation is the first law of na- tare, and 1 confess 1 practically ilus- trated the saying. Catching sight of two glaring eyes in the corner in which the crib stood, 1 lost conscious- ness of all but one thing--my own immediate threatened death. Spring: ing from tie bed, 1 pulled open the door, which fortunately stood shight- ly ajar, slipped through and pulled it shut behind me. At the same instant 1 head the sound of a heavy body striking against it and a terrinle | growl, which 1 now recognized as that | of the man eater (the tiger) of India. There was nothing to do but hold the door. True, the tiger would mot unlateh it, but I did ngt care to take even the most remote chance of letting him into that portion of the house oc- enpied by my wife and the servants. There "was, & transon above, and very soon glass shattered by the tiger's paw fell on my head. Looking up, I saw his nose protruding, but fortunately the space was too small to pass him, Realizing the fact, he abandoned this "Daddy, stop _play- | point of egress, and I heard the thud Somewhat suri 1 Tol his Tore paws on the floor: --1--ex. pected Le would go out at the window but he did not seem inclined to do so | Hearing a step behind me, I tu'ned, laud there stood my wile in her night- clothes, * kosie!"" 1 moaned, * Whit of her "Lost." | Without a word the mother sank in 'a swoon. i. Now comes a surprise in my story, for which whenever 1 think of it, 1 (lift my eyes to heaven and utter a "Thank God!" Rosie herself came run- ningalonz the hallway. A few hasty questions and answers explained her wesence. She had heard low growls Do the tiger under the window be- fore pe entered and tervified, fled to her mother's room and pot into bed beside her without awakening her. Then come servants, but so great is/ the terror of the man eater amonis the natives that when I explained that 1 had left one in my room most of them fled. My wife revived, saw her daugh- ter and swooued again, this time through excess of joy. Oue feeling now took possession of me, a desire to have the blood of the ereature that had so terrified me, that might have killed my child." Directing the servants to take my wife and daughter to their sleeping room and lock them in. I called for my repeating rifle and, going into the yard, took po sition near the window through which the tiger had entered. There was no sign of him, and I feared he had gone when 1 saw a bit of yellow fur shove the window sill. It was the ridge of his back. I should have waited till ve pit his paws on the sil' preparatory to jumping through the window, at | con'd not brook the delay. | called ta the servants to bring me soawthing on which to stand so that [ could see in- to the room, but nome of chem dared 'sppronch, Finally one beaver than the rest threw me a box. Taking it to | within «x few yards of the window, | t mounted it in time to see the bpast put his fore paws on Rosie's crib and in this elevated position stand looking about him. There was no time spare.' He would soon see me and come for me. | have never before or since known the periect poisy of nerve with whicis | pointed my rifle at him; aimed behind the shoulder and fired. The tiger sprang jo the ceiling, then. fell back dead. What has since guided me are my o¥n- changes and Lelings, first horror at the supposed fate of my child, next the all pervading sense of my own Jdan- ger and lastly fear giving plate to a ire for revenge. The most pleasura- ble sensation I have aver expirienced was the sight of the heast sprinein~ ' ing dead. 1 dislike to think the same Grutal instinct, rape. as that given to the tiger. Nev. s 1 have his shin, which I use for » rug and never step om it with ott n sensation of joy. Real Fame. Liga X Re nll, Shops we entertyini group of magazine odi- huitheon dn. NewYork: To 'a % DRESDEN POLICE. ; Permitted to Impose Smal Fines ony Offenders, One advantage accrues to the respec- member of the community from the minuteness with which the Dies: dem man and always carries papers may serve to establish his inen- is practically immune from th. ing arrested and march- he police statfon unless, in- mmits some especially hei- drive faster than - him the paliceman there § a fine of 1 to 3 marks. - then he ad- is in the wrong and pavs in that case he is not arrested, but a day or two later he is notified to ap- pear in court and answer to the charge agaimst him. But is found guilty the lowest fine can be imposed is 3 marks. That this custom of permitting the policeman personally to impose small fines is lit- tle understood by foreigners is shown by a remark made by a geatlunn who had lived in Germany the great- er par. of his life and in Dresla for a number of years. In reply to any in- qeiry as to whether there was een amy «question of corruption in th: po- jice department he replied: "No, none whatever as far as the higher officers are con:ormed. The ir- dividual men, however, may he bribed ocerasionaliv. © Fer instance, if T wove to walk on the grass in the Grosser- garten and a policeman caught me at it T would give him a mark or two, and that would end the matter." Her Diamond Necklace. Pearson's. § Brown is a very careful man. He is superiatively careful. So careful is he that he has insured his insurance money. Now, Brown has a wife. Wives have to be given birthday presents, and on his wife's first birthday after their marriage he gave her a beautiful dia- mond necklass. This was not as reck- Jess as vou might think, for each stone on the necklace represented a year of Mrs. Brown's life, and he let every one know that. And he arrang- ed to give Mrs, Brown a new diamond cash birthday. And he let the neigh- bors know that teo, 4 Z He has just missed giving his wife a birthday present for the ninth succes- sive year. As to when greed will conguer pride and his wife will ask for another birth- day present, we shall have to wait and see. 3 Er LS Harper's Weekly 3 A bov of twelve vearg of age, with an air of melancholy resignation, went [to his teacher and "sanded in theftol~ lowing note from his mother before taking his seat: "Dear Sir--Please "excuse James for not being present yesterday. He played truant, but Jom needn't whip him for it as the v he played truant and him fell out, and he lexed James; ond a man they threw stones at caught him and licked him; and the driver of a. cart thoy hung on to licked him; apd the owner of a cat they chased licked him. Then 1 hcked him when came home, after which his heked him; and | had to give him another for beng impudent to me for telling his father. So you need not lick him until next time. He thinks he will attend regularly in future." father Long Pastorates. Philadelphia Record. The Rev. W. P. Aikin installed last Tresduy as pastor oi the Chartiers United 'Presbyterian on gregatios in Washington county, is tne eighth pas- tor of that congrefauon in a period covering 135 years since it; organita- rion in 1775. The lowest pastorate was that of Dr. Ramsey, who min istered to the congregation for #4 years. The next lonkest was that of Dr. §, B. Smiley, a litt'a over 27 years, Ireland is Booming. Oswego, N.Y. Times. Ireland goes on booming indusirial- ly. She raised four million sheep last year, shipped nearly thirteen millions of linen from Belfast to the United States alone, and other exports were; Cattle, $45,734,575; butter, $17,883,- 660, and efgs, $13,637,050. : [6GaT Which "he seized releases be | lawhal KIDNAPS WARDEN MAROONS HIM ON ISLAND IN LAKE SUPERIOR. Unable to Capture the Fish Pirate After a Long Chase. Marinette, Wis,, June 24.---A story of regular Robert Louis Stevenson ad- ventures, involving the Kiduapping of a Michigan deputy game any by a Wisconsin fishing tog be bad captured, and a marooning on a ! land, was related here last night' by C. H. Petit, the hero of the narra: tive, as he fumed and raged at the trick of which he had been "the victim, Deputy Warden Petit was made a prisoner, he says, by men whom he had seeking for months ws poachers in Mirhigen waters. Their tug culls Green Bay, Wis, its home port, but its mame has not been giv- en out, the Micaigan officer that he 'will sul tike poaching craft and have his revenge. Petit, on the Michigan fishing tug Chase 8. Osborn, staried out Satur day with Eddy, another deputy game warden, to hunt down several Wis consin fishing 'vessels suspected of il- legal operations in Michigan waters. The Oghorn soon. found the Wisconsin boat that was the scene of part of Petit's subsequent adventures. "You're our prize," chorused the Michigan deputies. Petit went aboard the other vessel with a line. He pro fishing craft while the Osborne start ed to tow it to the nearest Michigan port. And' then, at the moment of tri- umph, while Petit was disovering 400 ounds of illegaliv captured fish, the crew of the fisher Tocked hm in the hold. That was not all. They pro- ceeded to cut the tow line that bound their craft 10 the Michigan gayly turned about and headed Wisconsin waters. The Osborn imediately started in pursuit but the fishing boat moved aster, There was a long stern chase, which ended by the Osborn giving up mm disgust and leaving Petit to his fate. When the Osborn had disappeared from view the "pirate" oraft suddenly veered its course, and before Petit hnew what was hoppening he had been set aghore on Chambers Island, supposed 10 be uninhabitable, The game warden by chance found several fisherman on the island who cared for him and fed him after his captors had sailed away, He was brought to the nain land later. Meanwhile the Usborn had reported the affair to headyuarters at, Lansing. The probability, it is said, is that the Wisconsin tug will not be molest: ed until it agam breaks the law, for the warden's failure to hold "the the craft and its owners. Petit expects to be on hand, ke says, the next time the vessel invades. Michigan wa tors. vessel, for -------------------- An Ancient Marriage Contract. Archaeological Journal rriage contracts writtén on ostra- ea or potsherds have been unearthed at Luxor, Egypt, which conwict the "experiniental union" man of origin- ality. They are two thousand years old, thus, one of them: "I take thee, Taminje, daughter of Pamonthis, into my house to be my wife for the term of five months. Accordingly [ deposit for you in the Temple of Hathor the sum of four silver stater, which will be for- feited to you if 1 dismiss you before the conclusion of the five months, and besides this my banker shall do something for yon; but # you leave me on your own aceoumt before the end of the five months the above sum which I have deposited shall be refun- ded to me." Picture of Voltano No task seems to be loo difficult or hazardous for the motion picture pho- tographer. Often they risk their lives for the sake of securing a thrilling subject to delight the millions of per- sons all over the world who tuke plea- sure in watching the strange and un ustal scenes brought from distant corners of the earth. A pitture in the July, Popular Medhanios shows two photographers training their appera- tus on the belching crater of Mount Etna during the recent eruption. Ninety men are employed in connec tion with a new radium factory in Sweden. 60 to mine the ore and 30 to smelt it. You can know true faith by its fore Love enlarges the limita of life. YourFlour a, sight. Cared for by Fishermen--His Vessel | olte is Saabyving ' the allegid' ceeded to investigate the cargo of fhe}. PAGE ELEVEN. : FRATERNAL PRESCRIPTION 3 FOR NERVOUS WRECKS, {From "Medical Reporta.™) Thousands of men, nervous wrecks, have found the following "fraternal prescription" a bless- ing and a un. Such men lack aggressiveness, they are timid, nervous, easily discovraged, lack. ing in #1f esteem and confidence. They suffer from cold extrem ftles, thin watery blood, nervous. ness, sleeplessness, frightful dreams, trembling hands and limbs, finsteady galt and an ab- solute inability to perform the ordinary natural and rational acts or duties such ms any healthy normal man can. A vigorous min works, als and sieeps always wit keenest enjoyment. The grealcr his exertions are the stronger becomes his \appetite and slum. bers lays, The nervous man seems always tired and worn out. Retiviag brings no relied Sleep brings no refreshment, all because of an abnormal conditon uf the nerv- ous system, brought about by---« well, no matter what---the de- fire is for rellef and freedom with «ich red blood surging "hirovgh fhe body supply the { all the 13 pon er of sewsation, 80 that Seep | * refreshing, food Ix deligious, work is play. and play is pleas. sure. This treatment is thore » simpie and correct. The tngréd- fents are used in filling various prescriptions and can be obtained of any well stocked druggist and mixed at home without embar- rassment or questions. Obtain three ounces of syrup sarsapariila compound In & six ounce bottle To this add gne ounce of compound fluid balm- wort and let stand two hours Then add one ounce of tincture cadeomene compound (not cards. mom}, and one ounce of com- pound essence eardiol Mix, shake well and take a teaRpoon- ful after each meal and one when retiring until a vigorous. bound- ing new health takes hold of the tired, exhausted nerves Only a few weeks treatment will aston- ish and rejuvenate, beeabise the treatment is the right thing at the right time, and conlaths no fleceptive opiates + * ASK YOUR GROCER FOR sensitive nerves wit The bousewife's delight If you'll use it once, you will use it always. MANUFACTURED BY Maple Leal Milling: Co. ONTARIO ST, "Phone 886. Dandruff is Nowa Thing of the Past. To be troubled with the pest Dand- ruff, is merely through ignorance. There has lately been discovered a preparation caled SALVIA that abso- lutely destroys the germ. This pre- paration is sold with a strict guaran tee to cure Dandruff and to make the hair grow or your money is refunded. SALVIA makes the hair grow in abundance. The 'hair becomes soft and flufty A non-sticky, daintily perfumed, gus- ranteed preparation, used and en dorsed by the elite of England and Paris. ¢ The Best Drug Stoge has just im ported another shipment of SALVIA. A large bottle for boc. BUILDERS ALL KINDS OF LUMBER AT LOW PRICES, ASBESTIO PLASTER POR SALE, ALSO COAL AND ALL KINDS OF WOOD. S. Bennett & Co. Cer. Bagot and Barrack Sts, Changes, Your Luck Changes The better a cook you are, the more is expected of you ~--forever you're up against your Own Record, you see. And if your success in the past was not what it might have been, then the pest apology for poor work better work. : You can buy luck--culinary satisfaction -- you can du plicate at will your most gratifying successes. You can make every recipe a lation. Madau EY