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te match-making age ind publicly declared. we atrimonial hargains, We Anvite peoples fo join the: circle, ike the consequences that: may although = we fare quite willing d; glad fo encourage, friend: which may. lead: ta marriage." 'GRATEFUL LETTERS; : dhe meetings here 'already led {asked 'oir represen- "Hava + "More {tian once." Hers Is,' for in: stance, "a letter recently received ' from : 1 vi heart, I have grow hee, and I feel assured {| Jooks. akin "Pan | wile.' n very fond hat she will ga loving; faithful and devoted ! We have rec "ved not a few let shelters of that description, for people write tius from all parts of (he world--Vaneou- Ver, the Transvaal, and even China. A Celestial once: seni his application for membership, 'with his subscription duly closed, in a humorous note, as fol- vs: "Me, no childee;: mo, no wifee: me, . lonely; me want marry nice girlee. Another correspondent, gilted with a ferent kind of humor, %, oe wrote 10 Mr... Gomersall, congratulating him on fe enterprise, which he described ns a "real boon for lonely bachelors, 'And, no dcubt," he further commented, 'you are "lonely bachelor yourself. So 1 send you my mother-in-law. She is a dear Lod soul, and you might do worse than have a look at hey," | "Moelings 'of the Hampstead Social \Gircle are held every Friday evening al "ithe headquarters in Stanley Gardens. ER WRITTEN. ESCRIPTION WIL H ANYONE CAN | EASILY NX AT HOME. 'Said to_ Overcome Kidney and Bladder 'Affiigtions -- Shake. Simple Ingredi- ents Weil in Bottle, vf Mix 'the: following by shaking well in era bottle, 'and lake in teaspoonful doses after: meals and al bedtime: Flgld "Extract - Dandelion, =: one:half oe; Compound - Kargon, ong ounce ; . pound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces: A prominent physician is the authority that' these simple, harmless ingredienils ean be obtained al nominal the clogged: and inactive ercoming Backache, Bladder : fad Urinary: Wesuble of all 'Aaken before the slage o disease 10° have 'tried this say it pos- overcomes pain. in' 'the back; he urine of sediment and regu especially at night: cur- worst. forms of bladder » Fetters, that whatever 'else. the, ea and givi do wonders 'for n duced sol a vel pnp bi | the pupp | ently 'she dart | "close d the uccessful' uni uniucky day 'when one of her vas with her she found a snake: y got In her way at the criti. moment and the snake struck Nol- tle on the nose. The wound was slight. it wis cautecized at once and a stron dose. of 'whiskey: administered, Appar- 'Netlle was quite wall the next morning, bit as she was plating with 'the puppy she suddenly turned head over heels and when we reached her 'She. was dead. A tox once went to ground in a nar- row drain; two terriers were running with' the pack. The first went in, and unable fo get up to the fox, caugh! hold of the brush, the only point he could' reach, 'The second tereier also went in, but oculd not, of ourse get far, as his coms penion blocked - the way, so ha cought told of the first terriers tail: Then care the: whipper in and he stooped down, put in his arm and feeling the second terrier 'he caught hold of him and pull ed him cut, There . was consilerable resistance, Lut at length, to the amusement of the fleld; the second terrier appeared hald- ing tight lo the tail of his predecessor, who in his turn was halding on to the brush of the fox. It your terrier is .to do his best for You in the field he must share your home, or if he lives in a kennel you must be oflen with him, but my ex- perience is that the dogs that hava Leen the best for work have been those that have lived with me day and night. A dog so studies your face (hal he learns to anticipate your wishes, almost 1g read your-expression. - Moreover he picks up a good many words when he is always.in the houst and I have generally found that there are some words which are so thrilling that they have to be spelled out ky members of the family, The sound ol them is too exciting for the small friends under the table or seatcd on their favorite chairs. The terrier that lives in the house! develops a vocabulary of his own and | ane [knew well hal three distinct tones. With one he called his mistress when he was in trouble or wanted belp; in another, respectfully imperious, he in- vited a trusted friend to take him out. It he wanied the servants he would put hi: head through the banisters of the kitchen staircase and" bark sharply and .imperiously. Eeach tone was known and recogniz- ed, and 1 never knew him to dereive by using one in the place of the others. ef as om NINETY-OCNE WOULD-BE BRIDES, Maidens Who Have "Proposed" to a Lonely Colonial. Four score and eleven British maidens have by 'letter avowed heir desire to rescue from his pathetic loneliness the Settler in British Columbia who recently wrote lo the Guildford Board of Guar- disns to ask them to assist in providing him with a wife, says the London Chronicle. 'How many others: may have had the desire but not the courage to say sc, it is. impossible, of course, to tell, but Mr. Harry Newbury, who, in his bluff,' frank 'way, "stated his require- ments and described himself, evidently touched: the hearts of many eligible young ladies. > Mr, Newbury said he did not want an angel, bul a nice, sensible girl, and near- ly all the fair applicants for: his hand and heart let it be understood in their x might be One of they were at dny rate sensible, , [them said she fe-, ashamed of herself at writing, but 'she wanted a friend, « A wculd-be bride said 'she was at college until a little while ago, &nd she warned the colonist that she. was stil as full 'of fun and mischief as any girl who had just left schocl. Another girl. who asked (6 be intro- d fo the. young. man said she was 11 a "bad sort, very nice and sen- ir: and "dimpled." Another ap- er. charms, rather highly, stat: hat she was "graceful and Jadylike. figure divine"; moreaver, she had ¢ 4 complexion, 'aquiline red lips, and was levels Once she had been disappointed erry. Week]: septs that disirie! i An SO-acre farm held body at fer 87,500. 2 Dublin. Gazettp prints 'actice * that Arthur and Jane Kirkpatrick are fo sell' their esiales in the County of Derry. . Derry Infirmary Commitiee has unani- mously resolved to support "as far as practicable," Iiish manufaclurers. i Gorey, Wexford, has $5,000 in hand to build a school for boys and girls) in - memory of lhe late Archdeacon Fur- long, P.P. No cheap loal in Belfast. Bakers jusy added a cenl fo the price of the Alb, loaf, the second advenge inside of three months, 3 The T. W, Edgeworth ostate is being sold lo ifs tenanls on "terms fas favor- able as any gained recently fn County Tonglord." A. bust of General Griffin one of the mast distinguished sons of the cily 'of the violated treaty has been unveiled at Limerick, Rev..P. Quinn P.P., is in the Slates raising funds for 'new schools in Coal- island and a parcchial house in Stew- artsiown. Tyrone. Tenants have bought their holdings on the Credghe estate al Ballyhomock, on the basis-of 10% years rent for (he free hold. Omagh "rural council is faking over the local markels and increasing their aitracliveness by inslalling a colfee wa- gon on the premises. Carrick<cn-Spir has been asked for a prempt and *definile reply to a rewuest {cr an increas® of salary, from the five medical officers of the union. Al a meeting in Jordanstown, Counly Meath, L. Ginnell, M.P., observed that 'Sir Anthony Macdonell was the most centemptible man in [reland." A flerce baton charge by onc hundred x lice, lasting for over a quarter of -an our, was a feature of recont evictions n the Wess and Slack e¢slales, Dowra, County Leitrim. Quilty fishermen, who rescued the crew of the French ship, Leo XIII, which foundered on the Clare coast last week, will be recognized in Quilty in some practical manner. Mullingar welcomed a member of one cl its cldest families, Rev. Dr. Murray, R. C. bishop of Perth, Australia, who re- visited the scenes of his youth after an absence of forly years. A charge against lwelve Nationalists fer driving cattle off the grazing farm of a man named Seale, was withdrawn at tradbally Queen's Counly Pelty Sessions in September, A seven-year-old Irish boy, son of P. C'Neill, Main street, Keady. had tions of his lips calen off and his cheeks and forehead badly injured. He was {rying to save a young girl from u large sheep X ; the ch 4 Cooladines de he jo ly traders at Waterford are {ying to join wilh traders in Duncannon and sur- rounding districts, to continue the steamers belween Walerford and Dun- cannon. Sleamship company has taken beals olf the route. The Hemphill properly at Moyglass, Killemaule, Tipperary, has been sold to its dozen tenants at a reduclion of 30 per cent. on the previous price offered, and the landlord is reinstaling the evic- tea tenant, Mr. Murphy, eee ee eee in Icve, but, she significantly added, her capacity still held good. A girl who was. good at making things homely, wrole that she was sure she would make a good little wife for a workingman. Another maiden described her charms as "inclined to plumpness," whilst a representative of the Emerald Isle said she was everything that was required and was remarkable for her good looks, [Irom Wales came a letter stating that the writer was holding a humble position, but she had a heart and was willing to comply with all Mr, Newbury's wishes. and would send on a character if necessary. A young woman, who wrote for Mr, Newbury's address, said she felt sure that she could help him out of his diffi- culty," whilst "another "strong and healthy", wanted a husband, and could not find one in 'England. One who had the misfortune 4g Jose her intended re. cently, was now looking out for some. body. else, and men of this kind werq scarce where she was living, The father of '@ young woman, wha. wenld ~méet. all requirements, said ho would "send her out if the young man weuld forward the passage money os g guarantee of good faith, =