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l8 l3 W W IE'l'All. And Bill Stufi of all Dimen- sions and Lengths. Lab and Shin lea of all grades, also Dry waned Matched Lum- ber of all kinds. The above always kept in Stock. HEAD OFFICE and one Yard next to Sylvester Bren. Agricultural Works, and beetberoficeandk'ardoatbe hillside dsbeliva. Telepbooelnbetbofioes. R. BRYANS. Vowus x, Nouns: 6. ~- WA fCH/IM Przhz‘zhg 017566. BAKEB’S BLOCK, LINDSAY. The “PATCH MAN is published every Thursday morning, at $1.00 per Annum in Advance. ALL KINDS OF Plain and Fancy Job Printing, Neatly Executed and at the LOWEST CITY PRICES- J. COOPER, Erofeseionaf garbn. OH}; McSVVEYN BARRISTER, SOLICII'OR. etc. Office in Hamilton's Block, mt: side Kent-Sn, Lindsay, Ont. F D. MOORE. BARRISTER, AT- TORNEY, Solicitor and Notary Public HONEY TO LOAN. Office, XanLSt” Lindsay. NIARTIN k HOPKINS, HARRIS- l Tans. Etc. uoxnv ro LOAN nice. set Current rates. OSes, Thirkell's Block, Kent-St. Lladn Ontario. P. S. QARTIN. G. H. HOPKINS. HUDSPETH cl: JACKSON, BAR- RISTERS. Solicitor-s. etc. Ofiee William-St., ADAI HUDSPE’I‘H. Q. C, ALEX. JACKSON. __.__...__._.-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" B. Dean, BARRISTER, SOLI' ' CITOR. Proctor, Notary Public, Conveyance, Etc. Oflices m Bigelow's Block, Corner York 3 Kent Streett. Entrance on York Street, Lindsay, Om. _._â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" NICINTYRE STEWART, BAR- RIS’FERS, Solicitors, Notaries, etc., etc. 05m ever Ontario Bank, Kent-Sn, Lindsay. D. J. IelNTYRE. T. STEWART. P. DEVLIN, BARRISTER,SO- ' LICIIOR. etc. County Crown Attorney. Clarke! Peace, Lindsay, Ont. 05cc over Hows's more, Kent-5L, Lindsay. O'LBARY k O’LEARY, BARRIS' TIES Attoneya at Law, Solicitors in Chancery» he, he 0:5“. Dehney Block. Ken‘t street2 ARTHUR O'LSARY. HLGH OLEARY. BARRON a: CAMPBELL, BAR- EISTERS, Solicitor! C. Ofice, Kent St., “are Back upstairs. HONEY TO LOAN at m entree! rata. lot”! A. )AkRON. JOHN CAXPBELL. ybpniciann. DB. DsGRASSI, PHYSICIAN, scncsos, are. arc, Wellington-3L, Lied-y. ‘V’ L. HERRIMAN, M. D. M. C. P. l 3. X3. Office and residence Cambridge- St., Lindsay, apposite Baptist Church, D R. BUB-ROWE, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON. Etc. Office and residenae gape;- ' Cart" I. ‘ll‘ ~St.. P. PALMS ' - :I’JWS, ILHIOFIIC. if” gallons NeGill College, :366. my. Ontario and HOOD, cans and Was. 05cc and residence Ofice hours: 9 a. yuninssn gaton. JOHN KELLY. Are: for the Gen District Fltelnsnranee Company, Con-Honor for taking Affidavtts, Anetteneer, Con- W, ‘c. fie. Little Britain. mom 1‘! Lots. COMPANIES 8t PRlVATE FUNDS r0 LOAN n Lowssr‘mms. Privilege Io borrower to pay 05 any sun: on acmat rindpel with any payment of interest without notice admthoetex use. Interest yearly. All payments ed. in my e co. ‘ H. B. DEA), Barrister, Solicitor, c., Corner of York Kent Streets, Lindsay. “7. Dec. yotb, 1387. MONEY Tll LOAll. AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES, , INTEREST PAYABLE YEARLY. Terms to suit borrower. MclNTYRE STEWART, Barristers and etc, Lindsay. THE Century Magazme With the November. :387. issue In: Caxrury com- mences its thirty-fifth volume with a regular circu- lation cfalmost ssc.ooo. The war Papers and the Life d Lie-coin increased its monthly edition by reopen. The latter history having recounted the events of Lin- enla’s early years. and giving the nece sary survey of Ibo political condition of the country. readies- new pciod, with which his sect-uric; were most intimately acquainted. Under the caption. ! l Editor and Proprietor. NOTICE- URSUANT to an Order of the Chancery Divmon of the High Court of justice in re Wray \Vray vs. Wra . All rties having specific liens upon the whole or any part orthe Estate of Alexander'Wray, late of the Town of Lindsay, in the County of Victoria, Auctioneer, de- ceased, or upon any undivided interest or estate therein of any of the parties in this suit by means of an mort- gage or other lien or security. sufiictent to bl lands according to the law of this Province, are reguested to cc to the Master of the said Court, at Lindsay, on or before the toth day of February, :888, full particu late of all such liens or incumbrances, together with sa- tisfactory evidence of the amount due thereon. Saturday, the t4th day of January, :838. W. W. DEANE, Master. HE ABOVE CUT REPRESENTS SIX FRONT TEETH \VI'I‘HOUT A PLATE. If you want a beautiful SET of TEETH, that will last you a lifetime, go to NEE- LANDS. Numbers of persons are wearing Tooth made by J. NEELAN DS, Dentist. Fifteen and 20 years and novor required any repairs. 0A8 and VITALIZED AlR Administered constantly for nearly twen- ty-one , extracting tooth for thou- sands 0 persons withouta particle of pain or injury. OFFICEâ€"Kent Street, Next Door to the Golden Lion. e THE mom PLACE -â€"â€"'I'O GETâ€"â€" l LINDSAY, THURSDAfilMARCH l. 1888. , 1:...“ . w‘: 14.: I ‘ . . ey, Take Me Home Again. Oh, _ ey dear, I’d give the world Trance my home across the sea; Where all the days were joy impearled, ee 0 . ‘BeféreIwenttoroamwitht , I longbeneath its roof to rest, ‘We never comes a. care or pain; 3 In ‘the earth it: is the blast, ~ 011', Barney take me home again. V I’ll! ' with thee across the sea, ‘_ m . Barney take me home again. > ‘ N 7 a, I .6 Oh: ey dear, in he py dreams, _ , I ,'ve once more in t e dear old days; "By 6w'ry doll and sun-kissed streams, .AJI' Graham L88 S. Sweet recollection fondly strays. With the first issue of the VVATCIâ€"IMAN we extend to its I see each well-remembered face And hear their voices’ glad refram' ; readers many thanks for the cordial support given us since com- mencing business, and invite all our old customers to glve us a As memory its steps retrace, Oh, Barney take me home againâ€"Ono. continuance of the same. Hoping many readers who have not et given us any trade will now do so at the commencament of the New Year. Give usa trial. “’8 keep the nicest goods. and have the Handsomest China. Tea. Sets, better, that the dominie’s conversation Dinner Sets, and Chamber Sets, B2i§“§i.’iol"ihl?£§£§f“fle23$.Elli: she could mention,’ ‘ Father would add, “And a pretty Excellent value in TEAS and SU- little critter, too.” And armed with ' parental authority I would go to the parsonage. It was a good time to go, for the sermon had to be finished, as a. general thing, on that evening, and Dolly and I had delightful long talks in those soli- tary moments, and one evening I pro- posed to Dolly and she accepted me. The dominie gave us his blessing, father and mother said they could not have chosen a daughter-in~la.w to suit them better, and all they asked was that we should wait a little while. “My daughter is not seventeen years old yet,” said the dominie. “You must not be in a hurry to take her from me." “\Vait two years and you’ll be three and twenty, and I’ll give you the river farm and buildxyou a‘ house,” said~hor father. Our course of true love seemed to be running very smooth indeed, and I would have staked my life and soul, a pretty heavy stake, on my constancy, but somehow, I think ' Satan thought we were too happy, and laid a trap for me. I Dr. Robins’ widow, a, managing woman with a big house, was in the habit of taking summer boarders and 1,. ‘ CHORUS. Oh,_take me home; yes, take me home, '*' quhere my heart will know no pain; Oh, Barney, clear, why did we roam, To seek a fortune in the west, When love and peace, in that old home, Were better far than all the rest? For what is fame and wealth and all, When life is dark with care or pain? The past is far beyond recall, Oh, Barney take me home again.â€"cno. AM. When I was a young fellow I lived on father’s farm down there in Con- necticut. You’ve seen the place. The church was near the tavern, and behind the church was the parsonage; and there lived Dominic Wheeler, and his daugh- ter Dolly. On Saturday, after I had my supper, I used to dress myself and tell my mother that I meant to call on Dominic Wheeler’s folks. Mother generally answered that I couldn’t do Ever ofl'ered in Lindsay. GARS, SYRUPS, RAISINS, CURRANTS, c. GRAHAM LEE. GREAT SALE OF Furniture l NO HUMB‘UGâ€"l Rm Palm! mm mm 50 Bed Room Sets and 300 3:588:158:gazilztrlszasll Self-Rolling “'indow Shades and Picture Hanging Mouldings is at W m. A . Goodwin’s, near the market. SOLD AT COST! Lind-y, Jan. :6, :887. With Teeth. w . 1-1. Gross, experienced workmanship Dysfesllgeagggfggyyeegn,mggng 31;... DENTIST. LINDSAY. Perfect Fitting, Perfect Working and Durable ARTIFICIAL TEETH, Made at the Lowes Prices. VITALIZED AIR and GAS Given for Painless Extraction. Rooms Over Kenedy’s Dry Gooda' Store Kent. Street. Lindsay. TEE New Paper. M . their narrative, via: The early years of the ar and 33 new COMMIIVG Journal 3W Prmident Lincoln's part therein. Supplementary War Paper; ' the "battle series" by distin ished generals, will discribe interesting (atom of ”is; life, tunneling from Li Pusan, narrative of adventure, etc. Casual 0! the War." Kennan on Siberia. musicshaseverbeennndertaken Tun Century-than this of Mr. Xennan's. With the yams mum-offers! travelandstndy iaRumhaudSi- theantbor undertake journeyoltsono miles f. ' inveshptaonbce required. An intro- dnegm Russian Minister ofthe Interior ad~ ”qmweumnmsm Tbspublismsysspoct aluminum mwn$gm Full News from allocates. . . a: m. ”many Why: m’ Able Editorials. . III-Hun sub-fwd.“ ' ' “1"” Acmrate Reports. .fila. Mahmud.“ FflrComrnenfgh ,, A Novel £38an Reliable Commercial News. ‘_ ‘ :3 Interesting Sporting Intelligence, Miscellanenus Featum . . personal mu wntecn"The om Scum Has made its a arebeingspanutomakethopaporworthy ofCamdmandofthegt-eatparty Except theLiO‘aofLinooln andthewarArtielone views it. will be the in Toronto, called {the Empire co. And no pains of whose want. It has startedwia In short, Tn: will be a, Bright, Readable, and Reliable Paper. will ' several illnmsad articles . cul- Elm, mm: “$22.31!: Everybody Looks for It. I "ml“. We“ Meant); gunning All. .honld M t. M“. " “FM; ~ ' WEEKLY . tyre-cu. . Buckley mutt. m m DAILY . hens-s I“ «W a”. a; 8...”: mm EMPIRE. hut-cm acumen...” $5me SlperAnnmn. Mtheliwhhuag I .l :33...‘ I Tango.“ m 1891, twuty- hwym ”Tmbeyw’s mâ€" WWTHCEWWg.“ ”am Send in your Subscriptions now, accom- pained by the cash. Addie-I. ‘ D. 0mm, » Han-car W, Toronto. in September. Beds, With a large assort‘ .2332“ 11811.2“: l.l“il§iil§§§f§§l ment of S1deboards, Bu- , ’ thirty boarders in her house, and Ike reaus, c., to be and Edwin, and all the male help, slept in the barn. There was one young lady there, a Miss Sally Gray, so pretty that every oile who saw her was talking about it. And I was introduced to her. Some women have a. way of making a man mt against his judgment. _She was one of them. I did not mean to flirt with her, but I did. I did not mean to meet her in shady lanes, and in the quiet wood paths, but we met. She knew (I suppose Ike Robins had told her) These goods are our own about my .ng.g......, and .1... 88 me abcut being afraid of my sweet- manufacture, and made of 1...... “Such a good, prim little thing!” she “Is she dreadfull shocked WW8... the best kiln eried lumber, W 8,0,, 8...... 1,3, M at me? into proving myself free to do as I liked. At a. little evening party to which we superior finish. were asked, I danced five dances with her; and when, at last, my conscience ANDERSON, NUGENT co. smote me, and I wentto look for Dolly, 1887. GAMBRAY. 1888. “She said her pet wanted her,” said Business Still Inoreasing. Mrs. Robins; “but I tell you plainly, James Gardner, I don’t believe it; and for my part, I don’t see what people can find to admire in that impudent New York girl. If my Tilly behaved like her, I’d shut her up on bread and water until she reformed l” I hurried away, but the parsonage was shut up when I got there, and I spent an hour walking up and down before the house, staring at the dark windows. The time seemed very long until the next evening, and I went over to the parsonage very early, but Dolly was not there. _ . “She’s gone to Spend the evening somewhere,” said the dominie, kindly. I suppose she forgot to leave word for you to come for her.” She isn’t. very well, either;a. cold, I suppose. I know I generally caught. cold at parties when I was youngand Went to such enter- tainments. I hope She’ll be careful. Her ’poormother died from consump- tion. ‘ This is what we have to report for the past years trade and we desire to report thd same for 1888. To attain to this we have bought a very Large Stock of Teas ,1 Our 3 POUNDS FOB $|_00 will be found even‘better than it was last year, and all who tried it agree that it is hard to beat. Tea pedlers have to take a back seat when you try this line. Compare values before buying. Close prices have emptied m any of our shelves, and we want to clear cut many more to make room for the Largest Spring Stock ever brought to Cambray. We take stock in February will sell many lines at close prices to reduce stock. Special bargains at Soap, Matthes, Starch, Soda, c., which will repay- for inquiry. ,- Ithoughtolmny in. dying. aver message for: me. night,” absworedNora, _, “at least, this evening I mammalian-e left no word a where she wasgone,"~~ .,- ., ' p . I saw thatNora understood. I {911: ; terribly injured. and made up my mind. tag with Sally. Guiy- . V "“ ‘ ‘ \e'I ' v.1“; . anvuey «V “V .. .ex -" ‘1 . ... .. ~.. _,,_ .. ,. ._.. .. I. 253' .‘Elh' - " ‘ . E J. ... .44“ 'eIA\. ., _,_,.,, .._...a . cambray, Jan. I888. . . 2's Mvvâ€"p- parlor for me. We had itto ourselves. My heart gave agreed: leap. 1" toolkit!” slink dead,fandeent outlaw the kitchen. ' " ; toaskthezservantif Dolly left any .. ' “She said slidwo‘uldn’t be. home to! ' 8888 118.8 m “t s8 8.1,. ' d, and I found be: waiting in the 3851”,], . 8-,. .. , “W: ,\ cost. and ' Wholesale and Renal. and -' Wood, Lang and Short, Dell- to anypartofthetown.0heap, and also Fresh Lime always kept in Stock. Telephone in both Offices. . R. BRYANS. Mrs. Robins never came in, nor any of the other boarders; indeed, it was now growing late in theaeason,‘ and they were almost all gone away. If I never know how to flrt before, Sally Gray taught me how that night, . and when I took leave of her I was imprudent enough to tell her I should like to kiss her. . “Do it if you desire,” she said. And then! Yes, I kissed her. and as I did it the door opened, and we started apart, and there stood Dolly. She had seen it all. p “I left my bonnet here,” she said. “Mr. Isaac is going home with me, and I came to get it. Sorry to disturb you.” She was very cool and contemptous. She tried her bonnet on at the glass, threw her mantle over her shoulders and went out. Next day she broke our engagement and sout'mo back my ring. The next week I left home and went to sea. Some one had told me that Dolly was going to marry Ike Robins. Mother wrote to me often, but she never mentioned Dolly, and I never asked about her. I lived with men, generally on the sea, and had no thought of liking or caring for any woman. I always intended to go home and see the old folks, but they died of a fever within two days of each other, and a stranger’seut me the news, Lawyer Dredgers saw to the estate, and did what I asked him to do with the money. I did not need it then, but it would keep me from being a beggar in my old ago. And still I sailed the sea, until when forty years old an acci- dent happened to me which came near being my death. It did not kill me nor cripple me, but I was no longer fit for a sailor’s life, and there was nothing left for me but to settle down on land and live on my money; so I went home at last to talk to Lawyer Dredgers, and get his advice. I felt very sad as I walkodthrougll the village. My parents were dead, no one remembered me; I had not a. friend in the place. The lawyer had done his best to make my money profitable for me, and I was richer than I dreamed. When all the business was over I-took a moonlight stroll through the street. It was twenty years since the night I kissed Sally Gray, and lost my love by it; but noth- ing had altered in the outward aspect of the place. People were sitting on their porches rs of yore; the same flowers seemed to bloom in the gardens, the same loungers to stand about the tavern door, the some young men and girls to hang upon the garden gates. It was odd to think that the girls might be the daughters "of those I know. There stood the church; there the parsonage. I walked towards it. The windows of the sitting room were Open. I drew softly near and pooped in. The old clock ticked in the corner. The old rag carpet was either the same or another like it. There was only one blue vase on'the manteL I suppose the other had been broken, but there were the profiles of Grandpa and Grandma W’heeler over the escriboire. There was Dominic Wheeler, looking very much older, sitting exactly as he used to sit beside the table, his red handerchief over his knees, a cup of tea in his hands. “Dolly,” he said. From an inner room came a woman, large, handsome and high colored, who said,â€" “Well, father l” Could it be my slim young Dolly? Yes, it was, She was very fine look- ing now, and she looked so matronly that I immediately concluded that she was Mrs. Isaac Robins. Still I could not leave the window. “It was my one glimpse of her,” I said to myself, “for years past and years to come.” “Well, father?” she said. “I’ve been thinking it over, Dolly.” he said, “I think it would be best for you to marry. I am eighty. I cannot live long. You had- better marry Mr. Bertram. He is very fond of you. You like him, I am sure, In it for my sake you say no?” She bent over him and put her hands upon her shoulders. “Father,” she said, “I am going to tell you the truth, a' thing a. woman seldom does in these matters. I should not have to leave you; so it. is not for your sake, much as I love you. But I do not care for Mr. Bartram. I have Only cared for one man in my lifeâ€"my first love, James Gardner. I sent him away from me, and he done very wrong; but I think now that we both love each other. I know that, even now I can- not forget him, and that I never shall forget him filleT’llfl? I ‘ There were tears in her. eyes; she brushed them away. -. ,V In another mo- ment I was at the door;'sbs opened it I held out both my hands. Those were Dolly’s girlish eyes that‘lcoked at me, and I caught her in my arms. . “I have come backto be forgiven, Dolly,” I said, and! flaw that I had not come in vaultâ€"8 ' ' ‘- m Gem éti‘filéhtht .. _ Idlelnefifibnotthllilillfié': 813 «888 _ Knowledge is manly-fountain both of love andtho " elplss of human liberty. " Genuine ‘ numerals index at new mndsnd n'p’m, .good heart. ._ Truth issfizéfil‘fii .om J‘mm pastitin rather a . En . ', E;,.,,,..;..,.. 1.. ”l. ““hliwgflf‘fi} 5888mm Warm ”888% with” it- t ,... "7;: ." w revenge myself by spending the even- heart. 3."; Hell-Ilka!“ ¢°°PMP flit‘hair my” 3?- oaths madhenwm'iabmerem.“Themtural‘fllghufih” ' 9'7 ehdmhmhfindarenotfrompleasunem... - pleasure, but from hope to hope' I LAW AND L‘ovs. ' Bowpleasant ‘flstowatcbtbesweotmouthed tide . - Wave over wavelet kiss the golden sands. Where, ooyly moored, the dancing am deride Its silvery crest or where the chubby bands Of childhood dare its frolic and embrace-â€" To find too late Its foam asackcloth wreath. 1 Even so in life, when chanced with virtue‘s face We often learn how danger lurks beneath l For venturous love that hoods not law‘s restraint ‘; When morning‘s sweetnem, noonday steals 5 away 1 And night disuls from boauty‘s breath the mint. ’ That marks the bloom of nature. nature‘s prey, l ‘Tis then we ask why law bath love betrayed. 5 Or why in vain our love to law hath prayed. â€"Dr. John M. Harper. A DERNIER RESSORT. l â€"â€" l A middle aged man was walking up the l prattieststmet of'a little ocmmu-ycowuousl1 afternoonlnearlyJune. It wasaqulet,tr'eo- shaded, grassyownstresc,and the man, as hewalkednlong with jaunty, swinging atop, ssamedwondsrfully wide awake in contrast ‘ colt. Bowen swell pmervedmamwhomust. have been varygood looking, if not positively ' bendsomqlnhlsyouth. Hewasdressodlnal greysult of fashionable cutandworebissilk' hat slightly tipped on one side of his abund- ' ant, brown curly hair. This brown, curly hair I was very lightly touched with gray here and there, so lightly, indeed, as to not beperoeptl~ ble to the careless observer. In his right l hand, which was firmly held against the ; small of his back, be grasped a heavy, gold l beaded cane. Ho glanced from side to side, I as he walked, at the windows of the cottages i with the m of one who badbeon used to, and l stillexpects to, catch the admiring glances of peeping women. And in this expectation l he was not wholly disappointed, for from at l least half a dozen doors and as many windows i he caught their glances, though they were,l really more of wonder than admiration; l albeit, he chose only to admit the latter. ? “By Jove!” said he to himself in a drawl- E ingtone,asthelastcottagepassedheemergodl into the highway again and came in sight of l a picturesque old blacksmith's shop, before which stood an immense weeping willow, “how little the place has changed. What a sleepy oldtown it is. I don’t believe there l havsbeentwentybuildings addedtoitsincel I left here nearly a quarter of a century ago. l And there‘s the smithy just the same as when l I worked there ins. grimy apronâ€"paugb!" 3 And then stopping across to the shop where a l manof about his own ageâ€"a stout,roundl faced, merry looking fellow was wielding a i hammer with mighty force, striking bravo , sparks from the horseshoe he was fashioning. l ma :5ng loudly me while to the muslcal clink. clink, clink um. answered his blows. I “Hallo! J 1211 Farlow,” said the new corner in l a louder and quicker tone than that in which 1 he had spoken to himself, but it was not un- l til J in: Farlow was touched upon the shoul- der by the gray kldded hand that the loud singing and musical clinking ceased, and the blacksmith turned slowly about and gravely regarded his visitor with no hint of recogni- tion in his honest. blue eyes. “Why, Jim, don’t you now me?” asked he of the gray suit. “Surely you haven’t for,- got Jack Palmer l" “Jack Palmer 1" the blacksmith. “Do you Jack Palmer! If you be you don’t look much like the Jack Palmer that used to workasldeofmsat this vatyforgs.” “But I am all the some,” said Palmer, “though I fancy city life has removed all Me! the country youth; that is, all trace of his rustlclty. I flatter myself some of hisgood looks stillrcmain. Hey, Jim!” To this speech, made with anal: satisfied smile, Jim replied by another qustion: “I s’poee you lnvestodthaz money ads you made a heap out of it?" “Well, Idldâ€"at first," answered Palmer, “but the heap soon dwindled away. It was only thirty thousand in film first place, you know.” ”Only thirty thousand!” replied Jim, with a grim chuckle. “Wy, w’en you fast heard of it I thought you’d go clean daft. I swan I did. ‘Thlrty thousaudl’ says you to nio, aâ€"tearln’ of! your apron; ‘thirty thousand fur me that never got thirty dollars together since the day I were born, an’ that’s six-art‘- twsrlty year ago. ‘Thl'rty thousand’, says you â€"â€" “Yes, yes,” interrupted his companion bas- tily; “I suppose it did look like a large sum to me then, but when one lives in a great city and amociatea with wealthy people it soon begins to lookh'ks a verysmall one, and, by Jove! ltandall I made by it gotless andlessasthc yearswont onuntilIamac- tually down to my last hundred.” “Down to your last hundred!” echoed Jim Farlow. “Well, you must have lived high. Andnow,if1maymaks so free as to ask, what have you come back here for! You surely ain’t a lookin’ ”- and glancing at the kid gloves he broke out into a loud guffawâ€"“you surely ain‘t. a lookin‘ for a job at the old amitby agam I” “Psbawl Nonsense!” replied the other, half angrily, and than he resumed, in his former drawling tone, “01d Corbett’s dead, I hear, and left Ruth all his property. Must be worth a. tidy little sum!" “It Is worth a tidy little sum and she‘s a tidy little woman,”amerted the blacksmith with emphasis “Plainer than ever. though, I suppose. Naturally such homely girls make still home- lier old maids.” “I never thought her humbly nor neither did any one else but you, I guess, Palmer, and you didn’t think so till you got amongst them city gals. You treated Ruthellflred mean, you did,” and Jim Farlow turned to his anvil ' “Oh, 100 here, Jim, don‘t go to work for a minute or two more. Does she live at the farml I know I didn‘t treat her exactly right, but when one finds one‘s self sur- rounded by handsome, fashionable girls one can’t help forget the rustic maidens one lavas behind. But I have good reason to think I can still make itallrlght. Better late than never, you know. She has re- mained single for mysakolamsure,and I haveeomebereto reward hat- constancy at at last. In short, to many her.” “To marry her!" “Great heavens! what a parrot you are, Jim. Yes,to marry her. She lsadernier tensor-t.” _ “What‘s that?” asked the blacksmith. “Alastresort. Ican’t live any longer in thoncity. I‘m over head and heels in debt thereâ€"owe for this very suit I have on. So I’vemadoupmymindtoretumtothehomc of my childhood, marry my old sweetheart, and settle down into a quiet country gentle- man. Notabadthing to dowhenonacan’t do anything else, In it l" ' “NAILI swan,you are a ooolcard,”said Jim. “But you won‘t find her at the farm” butatthe little red house just thisside ofit. Shofmbvabfisfickugflwugbdsehascomo Into afortuna. You’d better go right alopg, and I wishyou all the luck you dmerve.” 2 “honeyed himsuspie'lously fore moment, gold Headed‘ cane once more fitted snugly mtbsmleofhisback. . “Well, I swan,”said Jim, “if that don’t but all. I’d like!» taksthatWalkln’su‘ck ‘andprcdhlmin'thebackwlthitrlgbtout ~ - ofthevfllago. snd'kmtbs‘fattsdealfmnd all thatsortof Butls‘poae she’ll take. him waé’loétih'tbe merrycllnk, clmk' , chnk’ that BnthCorbettp Vwas‘ " outlier whéfi‘JackPalmer stepped on to hertz-out ‘ front door. . . ""â€"â€""Fâ€"â€"_ $1 a Year in Advance. tamer decided and yet pleasant mouth, and 2160: that forced themselves upon your amen- Theclothes shewas hanging on the line were, as the Widow Crummins, who lived in the next house, had offal remarked, “as white as the driven snow,” and Ruth, with a. clothespin between her lips, had stepped back on the grass plat to regard them oomph, calmly when she heard the rapping on the For a moment she stood and wondered who it could be, for it was a very that unusual thing so have any one come to door, all her friends, after the manner of . country people, preferring the back. Then she dropped the cloflltxpin on the gram and ~ went to see who the caller was. Jack Palmer grasped her hand as she opened the doorâ€"the thought passingthmugh hismindat theme time how different it wastothesofthands hehadfor years been accustmned to grasp-and exclaimed, in as impassioned a tonnes he could command: “Ruth, dear Ruth, and do I indeed see you once more 1” Miss Corbett wrested het- handfrom his andlooked at him in amazement. Then a. Myttbegan to dawn upon her. “Is illâ€"can it be‘JIack Palmer?” she asked. ‘ tâ€"isâ€"it can,” replied that fleman. “And what do you want?” mm went on, with cool, calm directnem. “Whatâ€"doâ€"I want?” summer-ad the l caller "Y6, what do you want?” “What do I want?” again repeated Mr. Palmer. “Why, Ruth, how can you ask? I came to see you.” “And why!" pursued the lady. “Why? Because my heart has returned no Its old allegiance. Because I longed for my boyhood‘s home. Because, Ruth, I want van to forgive and forget the past.” . “And then?" said Ruth. “Thenâ€"then." replied the city gentleman, ‘ shifting his but from one band to the other and wincing perceptibly under the steady glare of those calm blueeyex; "and then I 1:0ng Ruth, you would become my wife." “ ve you lost all your moue .7" ask Miss Corbett. y ed “Well, yes, I have lost the peace: part of l it, but before I lost it I made up my mind to seek you again. I did, upon my word, and ask your forgiveness.” “Sorry to say I doubt that v ' much. And now, Mr. Palmer, I advise youIrgoremr-n tomwnassoonaspossible, while I hangout the rest of my washing.” “And you won‘t forgive me, Ruth?" “Well, really, I’ve quite forgotten what I had to forgive you for. But there, I forgive you, if that will do you any good, and wish you a pleasant come back ' friends.” 1 y to ”‘1' my Ifeveracitygentlemsnwalkedolfafront porch after an interview with an elderly rustic maiden, utterly routed and disco' mfitod by that elderly rustic maiden, J ack Palmer was that city gentleman. He could not have felt more discomflbed eVBn ifho had seen Miss Corbett, with a tranquil little smile hovering about her mouth, go placidly back to the grassplat. pick up the clothes pin she had dropped to answer his knock, and to let him in, and proceodtofasfenalankerchteftotha line therewith. , Jim Farlow spied his old chum coming' back and went. to the door of the shop. “Hallo," said be; “what luck?” But the other never answered, but. strode by, his jaunty manner all gone, without word or 3131!- “Ha, ha: ho, ho!” shouted the blacksmith, nearly doubling himself up in the exoem of his mirth. “The darnyet' raysort didn’t work." That. very evening, as Jim Far-low was on his way home, be stopped for a moment to speak to Ruth Corbett. Sbewas standing 2y her gate, evidently on the lookout for m. “Did you son Jack Palmer today 5" she asked. “Well, yes, I had that honor,” replied the blacksmith. “Did you ?" “I did,” said Miss Corbett; “and all I‘ve got to say is-and I couldn‘t bring myself in any that if it wasn’t. leap yearâ€"that it‘s a pity you haven‘t a little of his entrance.” "And if I had, what would I do with it?" asked Jim, coming as near to her as the gate between them would allow. ' “Let it help you to ask me the same ques- tion he asked me," returned Ruth. ‘ "And that wasâ€"that wasâ€"Z" said the , blacksmith. ‘ "Yes, it certainly was.” gravely assented Ruth. ‘ The gate flew open. Jim caught her in his arms. “It was, ‘Will you be my wife? " be : fairly shouted. “And I haven’t the slightest l objection," said Miss Corbettâ€"Margaret; ,1 Eynnge' in Detroit Free Press. ~ 3 To Aid the Stamerer. 5 In reply to the question how to cure stam- ’ mating in your 10-year-old boy, we give the following from an authority: “Let the stam- marsr begin at once to best. time for every word he utters, either in talking or reading. just as if singing the words. If this does not stop the besinancy, then try heating time to l every syllable, and afterward gradually run into beating for words, and then for sen- tences. The beating can be done m'th the foot or with a hand, or with one finger of g the hand, or by striking the finger and thumb 1 together. Thus: ‘thcu (beat; in (boat; the (beat) course (beat) of (peat) hu- (beat) man (beat) 8- (beat) vents (beat), etc.” A persistâ€" ent course of measuring the words until the stammerer can read and talk straigbl forâ€" ward, though slowly, for an hour at a time, will doubtless overcome the habit of scam- mering. We do not say that. this will always efiect a perfect) cure in the worst cases, where the stammering or habit has been long established. but from the nature of the de- fect it must be greatly modified, if not cured. â€"Herald of Health. Taste for Swords and Cutlasses. In order to more completely insure the good quality of the swords and cutlasses 13- sued 00 the British navy, orders havebeen given for the following tests so be applied to a large number of cutleses which are to be repainted and reduced to a uniform blade length of twenty-seven inches. First the sword is to be subjected to a. direct vertical pressure on the hill: in a machine specially constructed for the purpose, and it- is re- quired to 'stand a pressure of forty pounds without deviating from the straight line. Then additional vertical pressure ism be applied in the machine until the sword is bent so that the discauoo from point to bill: is reduced three inches. Finally the blade has to be bent round a suitable curved block, so that every portion of it pat-takes of the bend, the dzstan‘ osfrcm pointto hilt bemg’ reduced two and a half. inches. The sword also has to be struck with moderate force, back and edge,onablock_ ofoaktotest the soundness oftbe hiltâ€"Scrannfic' ' American. . . Premiér'Gmenway. in an interviewgepeatad his statement that the Government had reâ€" cu'vsda bona fide ofier for the construction of the Red River Valley Railway, from a . f reliable firm, on terms which com the cial problem, but the Government wmaocboundtoacoeptitifanybm cabana was proposed. He is the genteel; man who chooses the right. with invincible resolution, who bears theheaviest burdens cheerfully, and whose reliance on truth and virtue is most un- faltcring. ~ IThe ends which at. present calls forth our efi‘orts will be found when it is once gained tobeonly one of the means to Fresh Mined Coal danish“; -