pts (Git {Tempora ‘iat the feet w ink sre dazk river, lapping, cold, ith tnists from brink to brink: to sit and think m & a cour: VG OF OF EVEN. “Tt is only. the wind,” said the Poet. “Hie hve bimeelf lstlessly mpon | the shard leat ms couch and turned his to the wr The vt dashed madly upon the angry shri waves, ‘and the nem of the storm came ‘upon the wind. The. Poet heard’ ‘all these: and. ee ly. “Young in spe he was Pe in. fa in experience, enjoyment: they had no charm for uae opened ‘his lips now in disconte! oe not been found befor imself had written not = Bite havd hi it ey fhe pen, and his eyes aw He Be furnod restlessly on the couch, i carsing ti! friend] sernitiat Lem little fishing town, thro’ ying all the burden of his disgust of life sand his own teeblencss into the cursing. “Then through and betwixt the voices ery tor the sanattainable. from th care. Rising Bighed aad of este wee ead afghans Sea Spirit,” said oH vie sound had hardly seemed to. sar, ss still ap cuss ae ae att bd BA oned out. The coe orn me a Ba sea fellend into thé er where a silver sartnnebe is : hush its -orying Tt was only when, on his way to his bedroom later, He) his landlady on ‘the stairs thst ‘the problem of the stranze «4 had heard retarn¢ rn the house, and sen not in simeelf, armured 10 stopping be gimepsincetrset Mrs. “indeed of i. has, Fike but it has) wn ni acti “Tt was ean but a thonght ‘heard during the storm th of violin: Some one has Giger a eee and’ she’s the only one in the place that: can. “Qh, that explains it. She must hav. ‘been playing: No doubt it was she 1 heard. Tat she hasn’t been pee a id away. “That of yesterday,”” id, “‘was ‘renunciation; battle, ‘its nee its palin triumph, ita transient peace is resi tion—a sul is’ the end, an cried laboriously abo" into painful snatch altoge' and, his anger con- ieenes is reason he ran lightly up the ni pieehe Mirae Mae he against all his there. He was angry, gined her to She looked up at $ him was but a any apparent, surprise brapt entrance. eee An ana Have played again,”” she sobbed. “‘after + latter I had given it up. had wistfully— little eine ae ie “the table, hanging overt as a mo joes oe her child. on played yesterday”’— tell nothing of what I he I al ‘backward and imagined it all. the mntter of the w: ad ti Eyes ¥ thought of howI wie hs is ething —som: give m power soul could play but for this, thing — it cannot." was allover and my last note played es Toni again say goodby to her pen little bit ‘toweif ad baie not speak. ome Tabehiee clouds, floated far, far a it would take it | bi sada wealth and her fashionings new, of battle, of wits” pe: but Soul, and echoed about aes ; window. It Lacie ‘cet sprang to his feet with an “To gpoil bit his but he hrs at eige ioe his dream He ere sens aie room of the stranger mrithout preface or prelude, and began of aaaete t eS e it presence pficed aright!"", cried ‘When “put I didn’t play yesterday she| © tin ited to—oh, so badly. The ie ai unhappy I was! see drew the bow and forward across. th strings, but witht fosching them, I caught the sob- the gal ! O spray of theseal”” cried the] $73 ‘And the eddy and gathering of the ‘for the ‘tnattainable,”’ the 0 himself, but shedid was er, and as nothi: Jeft. And after I had thought how it T fetched it out and is dream had k to him, and his beta, SEA GRASSES. Down soft velvet slopings impearled with th we utter, “Braver are ye, O stiff, Dbrimy granses that drink of the sea!” Weary of hoftness, of gold and of gsin, pent reavcnie Son Sassen ot sale) ‘Answereth frees the infinite sea.” “Inland the bluebird his song doth Gosia “Better to a te errs Noster, of praise; sae Eternal, Facing the Gales of » lmaitleesoon.* Lipcdes and browbeaten, how may ze sustain] ly the shocks eer ities hath tons cae! Odors rise sweet from the infinite sea.” ‘ellant wplifbas 7 surely must know, best earth lo eevee perenne ee weet eager lm ene" riotthy \ta voloen thy 60 jt shall greet, ‘Treasure of sea bloom ee ap 39 Hy fot 8i 8 jagh Thy priesthood of pain by the infinite sea.” in Catholic World. DICK’S GUEST. To get money and to keep it, accord- ing to Richard Whinstone’s eatechiem, were the two chief ends of man. ‘He was a single man on principle. It was the right thing economically, and therefore right indubitably. To one person’ in the world Richard Whinstone was Generous, and that was ment of rent, and finally bad read a lit. tle boy with a pinched and pitiful face that evidently touched ‘te Atle ‘vreteh’s conscience, for he turned de and wept bitterly. “You're a goo , Dick,’ he said as he sat down to dinner, “and de- serve to be rewarded. The dinner was‘ one after bis own cart. It w: had promised himeelf if things went ay and they had gone right. He ate, drank and was merry. appetite lose its edge, the bottle of bur. ero to whet it, and he fell lie down Seats any day with {| safety to the latter provided the two former had their bellies full. ‘The ‘Some one perhaps with a bill to discount in an emergency that wonld bear no Bo mooi the \bettor, and he aneanied to open. t! “How are you, Dik?” the stranger him, with n familiarity alto. gether er. “J have not the’ pleasure of your ac- yuaintanoe, sir,”” said Richard ina tone comfort, ”” he contin- hands “before. the fire. ome since I iy it ‘were fireproof, hospitable dog you are!” “Whether hospitable or inhospita- peras he gi ese bnsines a I would like to aio! wien’ bed talking business on an empty stoma’ **[ don’t see bow it’s to be helped,” [| man fiercely. such a feast on at rod there must be “"There’s a cold bam ‘a demijobn of brandy in the closet yw do you know mores it was on his guest ma pile eit which oe vinced him delay might be dangerous, with i ge ‘and then sucked the marro’ “Now for & anal he cried. ‘As the liquor boiled over it ‘caught fire, setting the whole in a blaze. urped.** Pa penber ‘the ‘house !”” replied | the lit- tle es said, after a long ing ont the vessel his dear: friend, Richard Whinetone. the suas, I smell them. would have demurred, bu and the req _ Without changing his seat, the little aan drew upto the table and began to A chunk of mut the bape, whi: “There is ed to eay. water,”’ Richard p to take substantial citizen of 201 mands. “What are you about? heexolaimed. ‘phe punch is doing well enough.” age was only afraid the pene: h he “You must y health now, Richard drew kr? rat he stranger, hold- Poor Dick took a single gulp. He lef skin of hia mouth on. the brim of the Kettle, bis throat was scorched as with liqni his hair was singed by the blaze. eae ead ll business,” said th s seat and leaving Dick Apres or eau as he chosi n Walter, I ‘believe? ence knew a person of that name. eat and he went to Sea caetD) to- ite acknonieea the fact. “You made money, and he didn’t?” “I believe I on the more fortunate the two.” “You and he started toreturn togeth- er, and he died at San Francisco?”’ the young scamp w' gh claps ae Tele beggar, Richard was wal sure, had been wit nessed by no ya pad the.stranger had found ont wi omprehension. “Yor ae yates cate cab Walter died poor?” the stranger went “Oh, star tla Richard. pt paid his faneral expenses mysél: “That's a a Tr aatorted the “Wide an.’ ‘They were paid by the pni It’s ‘another tie that he died ‘poor, ae ‘bat said nothing “John‘Walter would have survived his illness, bue you put poison in his medicine!” dden fi Richard Whinstone when be” aye is secret of his life in another's keeping. ‘The carving knife lay within bis reach ging on the with a plunge} had the bled te ‘his oe as from plate rm: Ll an instant the little man was on his care hol. That's your pune fi eur’ And with a trip that. sent. his, boels “spinning in the air Rich sews rows headlong with a forée that shook th honse to its tose tion, “The club foot was plan and what @ horribly. ney foot it was! Tt was cleft the hi of an ox and ecemed to civil tongue in your tesa and come along,” said the lit Richard tainted. When he ame to himself, day was brealki old housekeeper, who bad found him: groaning and sprawling on the floor, had with ‘much aif Sistonlty vale pus fast unfolding into 1 fruitage made fathiding aul uglv tenance of the woman. car an tothe Hetle boy as esaiked the arm into the seat beside her. eramoment’s silenco the woman might have known how it w ich he responded, “Well, meh raat known, but bat f didn’t, soak 3° er passenger entered the car aeeae tat ome and stumbled overtheport- © ootang that bag!” said the “If I were you, I wonld cepa my cus ing for home,” said the woman, and so Ae ie in alt, defiant, shrewish, chock ful of Well, what vor i? Ibis not such a yey. pailnes mn thing for man an fesior lovers even, for daily intercoursers—to | come Nee a acai Stu four aiilized "by Ma Noah me from the ark, K8 Was aman of the ‘oyster in its he on were brown, nd eg her Diees was, aes her past man “feet ag clad, and an occasional pat; As hot I nes How odd this al have sounded in that ae ey iz five Hi tou bs posi fo hm to Dar sach age’ from such lips.—Howard in New York Recorder. vdaaa des? per poun factories i Tees oe ron anda great eee mainattis cart the peotaesion Spee Ee ‘These ol Me are placed in torso tunks at the place Bas of tw or sulphuric Sid pom ‘is poured upon the waste, and | the. died in eight days. ne last rational act a will, by which fobn ith, —Cincinna’ Chimney Himself. Who is ci our faces’ one of the men a mee clare the smoke nuisance must be jews. process, disintegrates: pe ete a powder, and there is no fficulty then in the use of the waste— ‘elegratti. “will bs pre THORSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1899. GENERAL NEWS CULLED FROM Ottmas Mergenthaler, the inventor _of the linotype machine is dead. Hamilton ems dees tee decided to fight the opposition author- ities to the employment re “nickel in- slot machines. quite honorable in itself, and one which they were entitled to cherish if they chose, yet which had this un- unfortunate and deadly blot in its con- ception, that it was absolutely incom patible with the ideal of the British ‘That ideal was that the fu-| (¢ sho Mr. Breithaupt, at s P. for North against pea, Mae ith ‘and Osler setting aside his iy election, Grant Allen, the saauaiat author, died in Tendon on Thursday of last week. as been in ill-health for some aia a was born at Kingston, | which Ont., in 1848. r, A.C. Treshi the Dufferin Rifles at Brantford, will lead the band that accomspanies the Canadian contingent to the Trans- vaal John Kaufmann’s sawmilband cheese el ; ted a 86, 00. ‘The origin of the fire is un kno ‘all Tagersll turned on Wednesday afternoon to see tl in bearing B mpany, Transvaal, co: SpeRe pass thro sad teertilpeieeradate boys who were also persented: with baskets ta, fe. ae Cook,,19 years of age, living Amperstburg, while.out hunting on Renae seamed over his gun, the}. trigger. caught in his trousers, and his. right.Jeg was tilled with ane Ts may have tq:be amputated. . Ross, teacher in the central ch: myjttee has decid bes that, the ice een the punish- oie with. pital of $10, 00 hus been: formed in Palmerston for the purpose of Taran at es of farm,pioduce, such as vere ones direc! farmers in the vicil al it. direct to the consumers in es and, Sir Henry Irving mak pointin The Ladies’ Howe: Joatsal: “Through a study of Shakespeare,” he says,“‘the taste of the nesion will benefit the language will ie ~more-exact without lesing its lnaticity, and th priceless heritage ofour English tengue purity. he Transvaal has a very active ot in Dr. Leyds He tells the Bead sia’ the total Boer strength is tll the truth, he is paying a very compliment a the eee army has’ failed to. wipe a the little (Britiahs force opposed toit Rn prominent West Zorra man drove into Woodstock on Wednesday morn- ing ih quest of his romantic daughter. d from an, bondmaster of | > ers, when | so sati in Brit 1es— that if South Africa should be feder- ated in the future, it should be outside and not within the orbit of the British etween five and seven years’ franchise. : si ‘was a war brought about ple, who ought to be ein ao me ae té be friends, i themselves, ideals, jas they were brought into Conflict with the Dutch | doubt as to. the lines that the Gover! ment would:pursue. (Cheers.) - TRE ALASKA BOUNDARK (New York,Outlook.), Dai cerning the shakedienes wasa wi je temporary adjustment. of the boundary line therein outline been forinally acsepted by the Govern is bor sither side ; it will ee eSB akern by Toth parties Pie he 4 permanent settlement is hed. chances for served two the world in its | au hed without ‘Atherican Senin: Tuportant thing 18 uhut the decision ia) the United States in possession of water inlet and ontlet to the. Klondike iactorily, it is to be hoped tl pasaonln may agree upon the otlier matters at issue be- tween Canada und the United Stal Why the South African Question Could not be arbitraved n ay eres be a seigthoring farm er disappeared at the same time, an itis presumed that they left together. ‘The girl is only 16 years of age, and her youthful lover is not much older. No Rae of thein could be found. Ts the ved okt loving. prestige’—the| bee t, not the man that. wears it. Most of the British troops in Nat khaki, or coffee-colored don Highlanders, heavier Joss because their bright. col- Boe: Africun landscape 18 invariably brown, and the khaki has’ been chosen, to match it. Bee KIDNEYS CLOGGED, Many Victims of Bright’s Disease —Diatie Dropay and Distressing Usiuary Troubles Have Sein hy the pay % South A The isthe natare’s filter’s in expel- from the body all, impurities. If ‘the Ikldbeys ave out of sorts the whole system impaired and disease fol a es as fate. Bright's disease, dis essing arinary, troubles Sloe eae Te need Jong and stubborn and that hh medical skill. Sold by. James Torrance. Puen of the War Lord Selborne ina speech refuting dl faith bromght Brit will attend the efforts ot ‘the peace exnterence say be largely avoid ait attempt at doing impowiti ities. Nobis remind tie limitations oe ihe: en Ok: ortteeass nthe members of the com- the arbitration treaty 3 re fully that there have bably always will be, questions which canuot aud ought | British ti 8, con. 4, Mornington, near Milverton tation. Honest Differences. (London Advertiser.) xia id the On /ppositi ground “hat the Government nba nt ess to commit the colony to un- ‘opposi in the Victorian Parliament took the form. of an amendment that a force should #5 | only be sent if the war Me prolonged, ed. and British interests wer In both ecases,the policy of the Govern- b ment was-sustain ‘We mention these facta to show-that, ; in other British colonies, as well «as in Canada, while the people have been * favor of showing the. world that the mpire is united in-sentiment, all a not agreed as tothe best means of demonstrating this fact, While we think those who entertain a different yar fal zm in the Em Those ta cannot honeath ae to the Eogkarpa oer popu- lation of the:couatry their just rights. ‘The essence o&British liberty is mutual concession aad toleration. It is dirt: politics to shout ‘cine a a aon ber the mement he does not you as to the form that lsat wae take. Reyal Canadian Volunteers Canadians who have offered to serye in the Transvaal are not soldiering : be- cause they love military glory or have nothing else to ‘They are serving the high principle of Jmperial unity, and the name Royal te | Canadian Regiment does not fairly ex- press the purpose and spirit of the force. There is not adoubt that in aes pine, bravery and efficiency the me! wil be all that regulars could be. Yet hey are something more than mere f soldiers ; they are voluriteers in spirit io Canadian Volnnteers.—Telegrai THE NOUR OF PERIL Britain is now at its worst iu South Africa, and the Booers are at thei ‘The republice have uo reserve ate rvops in South A handful. The Salisbury steerer irr f ‘Aw any or Russia had a apey of — with a iota State ‘troops saregaslles of pale ete Bal bury Goverament was afraid to itish i in South Africa ae ‘that es hier iSie ney. defeusive campsign anti SigsRedvere Boller is)ready+to tale the field: —Telegi tal are | o ‘ag not represented at the. pe fettips anil coud uot adhere vo the arbitra, ti he 4s an independent —tKeview of eviews “The estat boil, the cee Toast an egg.” But if ke had lived he gous I kaa thers. are eh nty other cooking one. Marion dace ints,” the fourth volume of the of Com You y family newspaper, ary I, 1901, for one Cae and Marion tells nes all in the voiame of “Cook- }- MOTHER Joys. “| A Dimpled Det in ues a Body Wihoat a Puin-Uere’s'« Case teers _ Gared of Tormeating Piles by Dr. Agnew’s oe tment. bornL suffered great ea Ton al| plications cared me, 30 Pacifie five, Toroato.” Sold by James Meets. the best quality. prices away down. Hinges, Locks, ank apaiways have on hand. sizes. SCHNEUKER & : =|Now Is The e Time TO‘SECURE WHAT HARDWARE YOU NEED. The season is drawing to a closeand you should make things comfortable as soon,as possible.- Weare having a big rush.on Furnace Work but will make an effortte accomodate you.. Eavetroughing % a:specialty with us. Leave your orders at once that they may secure attention. Paints and Oils of every description on hand of Glass-of the finest German make is what we handle. _ Getit now as itis constantly going up in price. Portland Cement and Plaster of Paris are. purchased early by the car lot and thereby secured goods at. . other Building Hardware, we - Stoves of nearly every make to choose from. » Draining Tools of all kinds on hand. Axes, Cross-Cut Saws of a special make in ns é COW CHAINS we purchased in a very large lot. Meat Choppers and Fruit Presses in various: 4 In fact we have everything: to be found in a well regulated. Hardware Store. ROTHAERMEL, Mitverton. WAR DESLARED AGAINST. HIGH PRICES == IN. 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