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i Li A TURKISH BATH | THE OBSERVER AND STAR, DRYDEN. ONTARIO COULD NOT WALK FROM RHEUMATISH GIN PILLS STOPPED THE PAIN of his eyes more noticeable, and Dor- othy turned impetuously to Bevan. "Yes, please--do as he suggests. Paint him just in these everyday working garments! I like him best, BRUCE" x =p ee Standard of Quality Since 1 \ ON THE FARM in those. You look just--you--in them," she added flinging at her hus- FCLKY ON THE FARM--Are you | FC I A ; band a laughing look, which to his missing one of SNAP'S best services? | observant eyes seemed to hold in it something new, something which, for 4 moment, oniy for a moment, quick- By L a. 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I have |en with every box of GIN PILLS. We days, and with perfect safety, though far removed : (Continued). : | tired, and anxious, totally unlike this | never been here before, but 1 could | know that Gin Pills will positively yg from the source of supply, have delivered at "1 never met anyone like him," | gpgceful, white-robed creature, whose |#wear I know that man's every fea- | cure Rheumatism, Sciatica and Lum- * your door-- Miles answered emphatically: "he |gorav eyes seemed to his poet mind | ture." : bago--as well as Pain in the Back, Irritated Bladder and weak, strained | Kidneys. We pledge ourselves--the largest wholesale drug house in the Bruce's Seeds: The Seeds that satisfy, All you require to do is to send us a post card asking for our hand somely illustrated 112 page Catalogue of Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, implements and Poultry Supplies, which we will mail free of charge,and on receipt of same send us yourorder. Write forit now te ragged me into the cottage, rather i one-eyed, barely furnished little place, and before a great canvas in the sitting-room he halted me, and They were standing before the port- rait of a man wearing the severe dress of a Puritan soldier: his: lank hair brushed straight back from a to hold a brooding sense of mother- heod. : " "I am glad you are going to begin] my husband's portrait," she said, af- John-A. British Emypire--to promptly return : { i sald-- , ter a courteous greeting, "I think he |low forehead, his saliew complexion, | your money should Gin Pills fail to Bruce & Co., Lid, Hamilton, Canada. "There! Could there be a mOTe| wi) make a good picture, and he |long face, and small furtive eyes) 'give satisfaction. 50c. a box, 6 for! UE A on perfect 'Nausicaa'?" "I'm not much of a fellow for art and all that, but, by Jove, Dorothy, that picture! fairly took my breath away. He went on to tell mre coolly that he would have come up before about my portrait, but that he was obliged to paint the apple -blossom whilst it was at its best." "The apple blossom? What apple blossom?" "Qh! the girl, the Nausicaa he has painted--and I say, dear, you must come and see it--is standing amongst apple trees. You never saw anything so fine as the blossom against the hlue sky, and that girl's face, just lighted up--as if she saw Ulysses coming up the orchard!" "Who is the girl? Surely not a lo- cal celebrity?" showing no prepossessing qualities. "We fought for the Parliament," Miles answered, 'and this was a cer- tain Ralph Hernesley, who had the not very enviable reputation of run- ning with both hare and hounds. He --now 1 look at him closely--he is like somebody I know, too. Who is it, Dorothy? The eyes remind me of someone---some chap who can't look one fair and square in the face; and that sallow complexion 5 "I've got it," the artist broke in; "I don't know whether your man and my man are the same. But that pic- ture is the living image of my land- lord, Mr. Denis Tritton, = Why, Mr. Tritton might have sat for that very picture." (To be continued). ------ ought to be on the wall amongst his forbears!" "Sir Galahad! Galahad of the Grail," was the odd reply, and Dor- othy's brows drew together. "Galahad?" she said. "Oh! it is monstrous--monstrous," Bevan rose from his chair-and began to pace the room, his head a little bent, his brown eyes dreamy and shining, "monstrous to paint that man in a frock coat and high collar. §Sil- ver armour, and a sword.in his hand, 'redressing human ills" Who spoke no slander, no, nor listened to it!' To paint him id twentieth century dress--pshaw!" ; Dorothy had watched and listened with a growing amusement on her face, and when she could insert a word edgeways into the artist's tor- $2.50. Sample free if you write Na- | tional Drug & Chemical Co. of 3 I Every Eddy Match is a Sure, Safe Light ada, Limited, Dept. 'N.U., Toronto. 90 Building Hidden For 200 Years. The re-construction of Goodrick House, Hatfield, has disclosed the re- | mains of a Sixteenth Century timber | building, which has been hidden by ; brickwork for over 200 years. Al large number of silver and copper ! coins, dating from the time of Char- les II. to George II, have also been found. The property was originally a portion of the Manor of Hartfield, and was sold in 1792 by the first Mar- quis of Salisbury. WHEN you strike an Eddy Match It always lights easily and burns smoothly, with a steady even flame. THESE perfect matches come from first class materials and mechanically perfect machines--under the supervi- elon of skilled work men. : : i EDDY'S Matches are always full M.M. count--for sale by all gcod dealers everywhere. HE E. B.EDDY COMPANY, LIMITED "HULL, CANADA. Makers also of Wooden I Pails, Tubs, etc. i il I i 3 A Hint.--Lady: I guess you're get- tin' a goo thing out o' tending the "It seems that she lives on the | ;ent of speech, she said quietly-- L : rich Smith boy, ain't ye, doctor?-- ! i : Te = ' ; In one year 86,707,000 telegrams" 2 ! d ik othe= side of the common with a "Are you comparing Sir Miles to | ere ERIN th the United King. Doctor: Well, yes; I get a pretty Fey rar widowed mother; Dyson is their| Galahad?" dort good fee. Why?--Lady: Weil, I hope : and I take it they are gentle you won't forget that my Willie threw the brick that hit 'im!--Scribner's. Bevan stood still in the middle of the room, and stared at her, as though he had forgotten her very ex- istence. "Sir Miles?" he faltered. then. re- collecting himself, and smiling his charming smile, he continued-- "Yes. Please forgive me, I forgot, my mind was so full of him, as I saw him in the road with the sunlight on his bare head. Of course, you will see what I mean when I say he ought to be painted as Sir Galahad of the Grail!" Dorothy looked thoughtfully at the speaker. the lineaments of her hus- band's face flashing before her mental vision. , "Miles--and--Galahad--the . knight of the Grail?" She had never thought of Miles' face as anything more than pleasant locking, kindly, the face of an English gentleman. Now, with the As a safe-guard buy nothing in the baking powder line unless all the in- gredients are printed on the label. The manufacturers of the brands of baking powder in which large quanti- ties of alum are used, are afraid to print the ingredients on the label as no person would buy it at any price. Magic Baking Powder is pure and guarante:d not to contain alum. '¢'new here since our days. lived at Handhurst, Mrs. s the only cottags on the Keeps your Harness SOFTAS A GLOVE L U R E K A TOUGH ASA WIRE, BLACK AS A COAL "Sold by Dealers Everywhere, Harness Oil The mperiaL oi co, Limited & quickly stops coughs, cures cclds, heals a y en the original ad ever se g quickly stops coughs, cures colds, heels picture, you couldn't for- Tiles 'said with decision. so seldom in Handhurst, that direction, but I should ee anyone so lovely; and 1 anyhow to see Mr. Bevan's But when is he coming to Int you, Miles? I want to see you nging in your place in the gallery." "He will come up this afternoon-- Pot least; he said he would come. But ha spoke as if he were all the time in a areamland of his own, and whe- her he will really come or not re- mains to be seen!" Richard Bevan, however, contrived Enough For One Meal "Whenever I see a tooth-pick," said Moses Ezekiel, the Roman sculptor, "I think of a dinner that was givens in Rome in honor of two Turkish no- blemen. "I sat beside the younger of the no- blemen. He glittered with gold embroi- dery and great diamonds; but, never- theless, I pitied him sincerely, for he was strange to our table manners, and some of his errors were both lu- dicrous and painful. "Toward the dinner's end a servant FREE! FREE! He--I don't know. I didn't hear much of it. Dorothy was telling .me how fond she is of music.--Satire. © FREE! Souvenirs. at 5c. sell 30 Beautiful each, then send us $1.50 and we will send v The Henpecked . Husband: cact wife going out, Elsie?" Elsie: "Yes, sir." Henpecked Husband: "Da know if I am going with her "ls my outfit prepaid. Other gifts for boys and girls. We trust you. Write for Souvenirs. CANADIAN NOVELTY SUPPLY HOUSE, London, Ont. ha) you Sik onal '¢ (Ge) namang Ly a the evi ot Angad RA TR : rine alin Rel} RE for Hart EN "0 Mange ve PILLS, Cpiioey "one i) N Won Fame on its Merits.--The un- _when - opened had presented an un- to emerge from his dreamland. Four o'clock was chiming from the clock over the stables of the Court, when he was ushered into Dorothy's big, shady drawing-room. The room, which during the last year of .the old Esquire's life had been little used, and compromising look of Karly Victorian dulness and propriety, had been con- verted by its new mistress into a most homelike and restful place, be- autiful alike to. eye and mind. All that was ugly had been banished, and artist's een gaze fixed upon her, she seemed to see her husband in a new light, a strangely searching light, and with a little proud leap of the heart she recognised the truth of Bevan's comparison. Purity and steadfastness looked ot of Miles' grey eyes, and nothing évil or mean ever lurked in their glance. Generosity and a certain nobility of outlook were written on his broad forehead; and in his mouth--the firm, well-cut mouth--there was no story of baseness or unclean living; nothing bounded popularity that Dr. Thomas' Eclectric: Oil enjoys is net attribut- able "0 any elaborate advertising, for it has not been so adverjised, but is as a medicine. sou after solely because of its good quali ties. i q Only Guide Posts. A well known Fourth avenue bank- er was sitting in a downtown restau- extended to the young man a plate of toothpicks. He waved the plate away, saying in a low and bitter voice: 7 'No, thank you, I have already eat- entirely due to the merits of this Oil|en two of the accursed, things; and I mf x The Morse 'Code For meropranes. An idea which is being worked out at the present time is the adoption' of the Morse Code for the use of air- men. 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The windows commanded | and a high courage. Her own : What's the matter?" inquired a | forward edge of the upper plane of a | : absolutely pure salt." 2 z nie in its pution on ithe kidneys. Five H ry view of plain and | thoughts so absorbed her that it was friend. bi-plane. The apparatus is under the | SHE SAID-- "Well, we are using WINDSOR other proved specifics are used in . the same great CLARK'S SWEET NITRE PILLS." They § woodland as was to be seen from the SAIL and noone could make me believe 3 i 3 7 3 cleanse, tone and stimulate impaired kidneys. § 66 3 1" Got dyspepsia. there was any better salt in the whole world 52 ; control of the airmen, who, having "Don't Tou enjoy your meals?" her turn to start when Bevan spoke * terrace, and looking-glasses, opposite | again. z | familiarized himself with the Morse than my old standby Fup you Tight 200 keep you ent sel | the windows, were so arranged as to| "You, his wife, will understand "Enjoy my meals?' snorted the in-| Code, indicates dashes with a long ot by h 26 dignant dyspeptic. "My meals are merely guide pcsts to take medicine before or after."--Pittsburgh Post. puff of smoke and dots with a shorter ejectment. Lieutenant Roy C. Kirk- land is responsible for the idea, and the preliminary experiments have proved immensely successful, the sig- nals being easily read off by observ- ers on terra firma. what I mean?" he said insistently. "Yes, yes, indeed I do understand" --Dorothy spoke with eagerness-- "and I--I agree with you. But I am afraid"'--her eyes twinkled--"'my hus- band would never be induced to wear silver armour or to pose as Galahad." "It is a great pity," Bevan sighed. reflect this wonderful panorama. The deep, comfortable sofas and chairs were upholstered in chintzes of deli- cate colouring, and old-world patterns that suited the oakpanelled walls; and the pictures hanging on the walls were all watercolour sketches of sunny English landscapes or blue THE MARTIN, BOLE & WYNNE CO. Winnipeg. Canada ATS FITS Oranges were purchased last year by the United Kingdom to the value of $11,600,000, and lemons to the value of $2,320,000. Send for ¥Free Book giving tull particulars of TRENCH'S REMEDY, the World-famous Curc tor Epilepsy and Fits. Simple home treatment. Dickens Day. jit! in- | cv : 3 3 woh a me ? 3 Ts Th te 20 years' success. southern skies. Books and magazin You see, a painter sometimes sees 3 3 X ) From a Michigan paper: "The day! Testi cess. in os were strewn upon the table, and |so much more than merely the sur- Play 2,600 Yepre old. ; BABY'S OWN TABLETS was devoted to the study of Dickens, | | : ons ol BE there were flowers everywhere; plants | tace features. One sees the man be- Appropriately enough, following CURE CONSTIPATION | mrs. Ballard reading the story of 'The L000 none year © in pots, flowers in bowls, flowers in| yond his face." the return of the King and Queen, aa t Clansman," by Dickens, which Was i LOH REMEDIES Ww TED : - 5 th en said "1 an iv re going i there was an Indian performance at . ; Fi tall glass vases. Dorothy oft a 1 am glad you are going to paint No ailment causes more suffering much enjoyed. ! cen hungry for flowers.for | Miles," Dorothy exclaimed with rare |the Royal Court Theatre recently. On ; 5 Epics jing picture theatre en- eam is now that: her love for |impulsiveness; "it is so important, so | that occasion there was presented the | LO je ones itn Lous CR a fi hte feature. | Telephoning From England to Switz. them could be fully satisfied, she in-| vitally important to show the world | famous mystery play of India, "Budd- | Hardly a Hie one eH pion a resl--Tne early life of 'David g 2 ae tended to gratify it to the utmost. the man as he really is." ha, the Light of Asia; His Life and Ca ay So poo Copperfield. Becond reel -- 'Little er ans. ; When the artist entered, she was) Bevan, with no clue to the reason Great Denunciation' It was a per- SR that is absolutely i Emly' and 'David Copperfield" Third | The completion of a new submarine fect Indian representation, for there was nearly a score of Indians in the cast. This famous play is 2,600 years old. nf her sudden vehemence, looked mildly surprised, and Dorothy said hurriedly--- "Would you like to see the picture gallery before tea?" : ; "You will come and see my 'Nau- 'sicaa' one day," Bevan said abruptly, as he followed his hostless along a "alone, and as she came forward to greet him, he almost uttered aloud the words that sprang to his mind. : "Grace was in all steps, heaven in her eyes," and he found himself say- ing inwardly, . : "What a restful woman, what. an unspeakably restful woman." cable between England and France has resulted in the successful tele- 'phonic transmission of messages be- tween Great Britain and Switzerland. Satisfactory commercial conversa- tions are now carried on between England and Genova, via Paris and Lyons, and with Basel, via Paris and o reel--The love. of 'David Copperfield.' a Grune Enough said."--Boston Transcript. fail--they have cured thousands of cases. Concerning them Mrs. Lev. Nuptial love maketh manking, Blanchet, St. Racine, Que., writes: "I| friendly, love perfecteth it, but wanton have used Baby's Own Tablets for.| love corrupteth and embaseth it. constipation anf vomiting and have ? res The transzition from winter's cold to summer's heat frequently puts a strain upon the system that produces long corridor into the north wing of | internal complications, always pain- found Tn Re ey 10a" pretty hard to keep an over-| Belfort. =| the building that contained the pic-|ful and often serious. A common | 372 Do ioyora | tire promise. . ture gallery. I think Sir Miles was | form of disorder is dysentery, to|° 12 ho dealers or by mail -- i "Does your flancee Know your age, pleased with her. I should like you | which many are prone in the spring | 52 ym Where New Stars Come From. | Lotta?' at 25 cents = box from The Dr. Wil and, gpmmer. The very best medi. liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. cine to use in subduing this painful ailment is Dr. J. D. Kellogg's. Dysen- tery Cordial. It is a standard remedy, sold everywhere. to see her; she is Spring incarnate." His voice had dropped into its dre- amy tones again, and Dorothy smiled. "Please let me come and see her, Mr. Bevan, and I want to know the original too. I understand that she lives on the common with her mo- ther." i " 'An. angel-watered lily,"" he mut- tered absently. "You know how Ros- setti puts it?" Aa astronomer tells' us how new "Well--partly." stars come about. Suns fall towards each other and get up speed for hun- dreds of years, and ther there is a nasty jar. Heat is generated by the collision, and a new star is born. Professor Bickerton believes that the appearance of Nova Persei, which is 10,000 times as. brilliant as the sun, is to be explainod in this way. Cotton can. only be grown in tropi- cal or semi-tropical countries; but wool is mainly a product of temper ate regions. ; Prices are Still Soaring. The Department of Labour's whole- gale prices record up tor date shows a still higher level for February than for January, notwithstanding that the latter month was reported as having seen the highest prices since 1882-4 and possibly since 1873. The index number rose during February from 131.4 to 134.3, these being percentages of the average level of prices during the last decade of the last century. The upward movement was largely the result of advances in grains, ani- : . mals and meats, dairy products and 7 otatoes. © Retail prices were also . ' naw gm ; 1 AE especially in .the food pro- NO ONE STRONGER THAN HES STOMACH. a ducts derived from the lines above The celebrated Dr. Abernethy of London was firmly of the opinion that diso mentioned. : ders of the stomach were the most prolific source of human ailments in general. A = recent medical writer says: " every feeling, emotion and affection reports at the stomach (through the system of nervet) and the stomach is affected accordingly. It is the vital center of the body * #* * % 27 He continues, ' so we may be' said to live (through) the stomach."" He goes on to show that the stomach is the vital center of the body. For weak stomachs and the consequent indigestion or dyspepsia, and the multitude of various diseases which result therefrom, mo. medicine can be better suited as a curative agent than Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. "« Several months ago I suffered from a severe pain right The New and the Old. Governor Foss of Massachusetts tells of a well known divine who was vigiting a state prison, when he came across a prisoner whose features were familiar to him. "What brought you here, my poor fellow?" 1 The Union of South Africa has a total area of 470,000 square miles, with a population approaching 6,000, 000. Some relaxation i€ necessary to peo- ple of every degree; the head that thinks, and the hand that labors, must have some little time to recruit their powers. is the best and quickest way to perfect health. Women and girls who suffer are simply weak --weak all over. Opiates and alcoholic mixtures are worse than worthless, they aggra- vate the trouble and lower the standard of health. "So held she through her girlhood, vy : "Like and angle-watered lily that neat God Grows, and is quiet." he asked. "You married me to a woman a lit- tle while ago, sir," the prisoner re- plied with a sigh. : "Ah, I see," said the parson; "and she was domineering and extrava- gant, and she drove you to desperate courses eh?" "No," said the prisoner, "my old wo- man turned up." Ninety-nine miles is the total length of the Suez Canal, and the width is just over 121ft. i "She must be very sweet," Dorothy sald gravely, "and her name is i "Betty--just Betty," he answered with another of his charming smiles. "It doesn't seem quite an adequate name for anything so unique, and yet that is her name--Betty." "Miles, we must go and see Mr. Bevan's lovely 'Nausicaa' and her mo- ther," Dorothy said as her husband joined them at the door of 'the picture gallery, "and Mr. Bevan is coming to see your ancestors, and to decide how he would like to paint you. Would you like to wear silver armour That was kind of clever of .John- nie--in turning the tables on the teacher--as told in the Delineator:--| "What dirty hands you have, John- nie!" said his teachér. "What would | you say if I came to school that way?' "I wouldn't say nothin'," re- | plied Johnnie. "I'd be too polite." Lady--Couldn't you possibly have caved your friend who was captured by the cannibals? African Traveller--Unfortunately not. When I arrived he was 'already scratched off the menu. Six milions pounds have been spent strengthens the whole i el Uri py the Government of New Zealand | . > under the byeagt-bone," writes Mrs. G. M. MUREEN, of body, invigorates and for your portrait?" she added mis-|guring the last twenty years in buy-| In Chapel, Essex, which has a po- Corona, Ca Had suffered from it, off and on, for sev- 2 builds chievously. ing back the 1,400,000 acres of land | pulation' of under 400 inhabitants, eral years. 1 also suffered from heart-burn, did not know ul up. "Good Lord, no!" Miles threw back | which were formerly sold at from five | there are ie old wR phates foe matter Tih oe a ried Seven Sofi jks is hea 1ghed. "I should 100K | chillines Su whose combined years total 1,417. ey did me no good. Finally, w was my| Beoniré eee SCOTT : wt SA - un Can't toe shijlinge ty Two poun pounds Po are, : liver. did not dare to eat as it made me worse. When- it's the Standard and always the best. "ALI, DRUGGISTS ever I swallowed anything it seemed that I would faint--iti burt go. I grew very thin and weak from not eating. Was' told to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. ! five bottles of it, and could feel myself getting better fro: 'the first dose. I could eat a little without pain and grew' strong fast. To-day I am strong and well and can do a big: , day's work with easa. Can eat everything and have put on. flesh wonderfully. J will say to all sufferers write to Dr, Pierce. He has my kadying gratitude." : ; Miss Foy--Oh, how 1 wish I had Helen's charm. Miss King--What charm has she? Miss Foy--'She can cry in the dl RE - | sweetest soprano voice. Out of the 1,623,608,000 inhabitants Ta a of the world 1,600,000,040 spedk ae | English tongue. : f done just I am in my everyday cloth- es?" and Miles glanced a little wist- fully at the artist, who was contem- plating him with a certain severity of glance. Fe was dressed in a rough brown tweed, which had the effect of emphasizing the fairness of his skin and hair, and making the greyness French investments of capital abroad amount to $8,000,000,000 of which $2,500,000,000 is invested in 11-21 Russia. 7 The earliest known marriage con- tract in Greek dates from 812 B.C. 4. © W.N. U. No. 801.