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XJp Wager‘s residence. The Wager famil is one of ‘the oldest in‘ the Bay dintrinl and Mr, Wager and his pofl? are , well known M1hnG the . â€" wi radius of sountry. Arrived at the house the ‘reâ€" sountry. Arrived at the house the ‘reâ€" porter Mfi at the door and : was quickly admitted by Mr.. Wager himself, who it may be réemarked, is in his thirtyâ€" Afth year, and ~was formerly employed we a section man : on the (!nnd runk . l:mfi. f W tending east and ‘ f xntm was n ? ‘workman‘ and faithfal servent of any, . On the 28th of Arfl lfi, is was compelled, on mecount. of 1â€"health, up myloull; ; . Phe doetor no his trouble to "be nervous pal: s af the heart. . The district sur the Grand Trur« lhiln{ attended nm wnd did all that medjcal skill could suggest in order to give him relief, bat at the same time frankly told .bimâ€"that he could preâ€" scribe nothing that would effect a permanâ€" ent cure. _ Mr. Wager was a member of the Grand Trunk Insurance and Provident Society, and during his illness received the usual pecuniary allqwance given for & cerâ€" tain number of weeks to sick members, The Society also paid his way to Moptreal that he might consult an eniment medical man who acts as ~referee in‘ suthâ€"cases. This specialist at once proncunced his case hopeless ; cure was imfo‘\aibh. He returned. «home greatly dejected, and the Iusurance Society paid him the whole amount granted to its members in cases ‘of total disability. Mr, Wager has since that time resided at his home on the Gravel Road unable to work, seldom going from home, except to make an occasional trip to Deseronto and &nfl. About three months ago Mr. Kitchen, the wellâ€"known section master on the Grand Trunk, who resides at Deseronto Junotion, told Mr. Wu;fi of the virtues of Dr. Williame‘ Pink Pills, and recommended him to give them a trial. He accordingly procured fgmouln:flfnsg: order famous pills,in order to give them a trial. Now ‘mark the result. He soon felt the good effects of this t medicine. . His :Ppoflh improved. {he fluttering sefsaâ€" ons about his heart appeared to be less pronolmaozl‘ He continued taking the ;éllu and his health steadily improved.â€" ‘The change became apparent toâ€"friends and LIFE OX A RAMLWAL ndgi&m and a matter ot public interest. He gained in weight. As ho remarked, last summer he was little more than a walkâ€" ing ghost ; now as the reporter could easily see, he was a substantial lrciunn of hamanity, _ Mr. < Wager â€"informed the reporter that before he commenced taking Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills his beart used to beat rapidly and . continue ‘palpitating ‘vicieritly for some time if he attempted to meighbors are all congratulating him u the great ohmr so plainly manifest, m expects as soon as mvifiuticm opens to @ommence work again. Mrs. Wager was present during the interview and corroborâ€" ated her husbands narrative. They consider it a duty to publish abroad the virtues of this famous medicine which has brought such hope and comfort to their house. hold. Mr. Wegar also told of a leading fermer in the neighborhood who had been troubled with a chronic headache, who, at his suggestion, had also tried Dr. Willinnis® Pinku%.h and had experienced religf in a very short time, Other cases in Deseronto m.?vininic are known to the Tribune in which Dr. %Villium'?lfik Pills have been PM‘;“i'l.)l::»d mt‘:chl !ood These pills are a perfect uilder and nerve . restorer, cnl?ing such diseases as rheumnth:,. neurâ€" ‘lliuwnisl paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St. tus‘ dance, nervous ‘headache, all nervous troubles, palpitation of the heart, the. after effects of la grippe, diseases deâ€" pending on humors of‘the blood, such as cut even one stick :of wood ; now'h}cu eut the daily supply.of wood for the house, without any stich dmu”blo sensations; Ho feels Hiidiself a different wiin and his scrofula, chronic arrlpolu, otc, _ Pink Pills fivo a healthy glow to Julo and sallow. complexions and are & specific for troubles peculiar to the female system; and â€" in the ease of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork, ‘or excesses. Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills may mbr Williams‘ Mediciae Co., Brock: Ont., or Schenectady, N. Y., at 500 w box, or six for $2.50. See that the comâ€" pany‘s rogistered trade mark is on the wrapper . of ‘o"r{ tox offered you, and mly refureall imitations or substitutes alleged to be ‘"just as good." Remember no other remedy has been discovered that ean successfully do the work of Dr. Wilâ€" be had of all drngphh or direct b from Dr Williams‘ Mediciae Co., | A Beauntifal Word Painting of the Engâ€" lisk Twilight Round the old mill that stands like a drowsy sentinel at the gate of the valley, quiet reigns. Silenced is the plash of the wheel; hushed the low rumble of the rude machinery. . Through the rich grass of the meadow by the stream the red cattlesare trooping home in answer to the milking call. ‘The sum, already sunk below the fringe of woodland on the hill, shows like a fiery cloud through the dark lattice work of branches. Light still lingers on the steep slope across the glen, on tavny gras® and golden furze and on points of grey rook that here and there break through the short turf. There is sunshine still upon the dark tops of the highest ridge of pines, and there are lines of silver on the branches of a glant ouk whose crest towers far above his felâ€" iows:â€" But here in the hollow the mist of im Porvamne at the Paiiy Aitpored into afpatt xm . ts s hae w us lsi‘ and through all, like a whisper of ane hears tha slumberous volces of\the doves. â€" Two ouckoos are still salling ; nesr at hand, whose loud notes, clear and mellow, seem to linger among the . trees, dying slowly, like music in the roof of a ‘ Pink Pille. TWILIGHT IN ENGLAND. ~ Another, more distent, answers oo Trerposiens Iatt the amewer :m&no notes alone.are one faint and low, and like ewokooâ€"onck oo OF A GRAND a quantity of the mail to _ He did not go in through the frowning, lowâ€"browed entrance ph, but, turniag to the left, took his way outside the : walls, and then through a couple of arched openâ€" ings, till heâ€"paused on top of the wooded | hill from which the castle rises. There was a wooden bench here, . just 0utâ€" side. the dark gray . walls of what may have been in the old days some fair lady‘s bower ; and seating himself he rested his back against ‘the rough stoneâ€"works while far below him, betweemn the trunke of the stately. elms that clothed the hill and almost hid the old gray towers from curious eyes, he could see the lovely‘river, winding ite way between the slender birches ‘that bent across it from either side, or foaming over <the weir of the fullingâ€"mill on the opposite bank. : . Was it really true? he asked himself; and in ‘w few weeks should he be sitting here with Ruth, his own dear wife, beside him ! It was an almost bewildering joy to look forward to, and yet he still could not help wishing that it might be delayed a little. He pictured to himeelf the delight of watchâ€" ing the growth of Ruth‘s love. He knew whe would beâ€"reticent at first ; the very strength of her character warned him that she could not be otherwise. It seemed a robbéry to both:of them that this aweet wovingâ€"time should be swept out of their lives. _ All at once he remeimbered Appleâ€" dore â€" ang“l.ln new ‘temant â€"withâ€" whom he had ‘in / treaty, and who was ready to take possession as soon as the Bryâ€" ready to uh&ouul(on as soon & anteâ€"had left the farm. . Yes, he up this withedâ€"for : aweetness;: br‘”?}lfi sake as well as for her fatheor‘s ; it d be bent to: avoid delay. â€"Michnel expested as a~matter ‘of â€"course that Beyant wo share his daughter‘s home, and he fancjed that the relief which the martiage 1d bring to his friend‘s anxiety might often the pain of leaving the house in which he own satisfaction was not wholly selfish, He rose up and went home to Dorothy, _ _ She kept her eyes intently fixed on his face as she answered : ‘‘No, I have not seen any one ; I have been thinkingâ€"thinkingâ€"very bard Michâ€" mel." Then, with a sharp change ot tone; ‘‘How did you find Mr. Brynnt, and what has he been saying to you?t" 4 Her brother started. ** I often n{ you are a witch, little one," he said tenderly ; "Kon have such a faculty for guessing one‘s thoughts. I wonder"â€" he bent down and kissed herâ€""whether you knowâ€"how ‘tllof" gratituds I ~fael ~to: ward you for what you â€"told Mr, Bryant?" ~The flush of pleasure that had come with the gl.g of ]uvin‘f the house in which he had been born and in which all his life had been spent. _ Michael Clifford . was always lmrplor when he could find that the source of his He seated himself by her sofa and asked if she had had any visitors in his absence. . C s<T g . many thi » â€"â€"**I told Mr. Bry:vn: .o fil:;ny' t:.:xg;‘;“ eas J ooldlv,;' Sh: raised herself and mm.fll:h‘:h“']‘. Have K"on come to tell me t u 5* you have proposed to Mise Brygat "â€" the sight of â€"herâ€"brother â€"suddenly faded, and left her paler than usual; * _ ** Yes, I have written to her ; she was out while I was at Appledore." _ __ _ _ He drow his arm mahly away and rose, That extraordinary spirit of contradiction which seema to possess a man at any. mention of the woman he loves had seized on Clifford, He stood very erect in front of his sister, ready to disagree with her next romark. _ : _ ** Ah !" She looloa'koon? at him, and then she put her tiny hand on his arm. * You poor dear. f.olzn: 1 I do hope you +‘I fancy your fear is quite unnecessary, Dorothys s Her eyslashes quivered" with the keen pain she felt. Ruth Bryant had ther come already between them.â€"She could nf reâ€" member that Micbael had ever before spoken to her in such a tone. She was inclined to keep silence, ‘lest she should make him still more angry ;.and then that longing to do her duty by speaking out, & lon!h to which so many good women yield, an tg«abz stir up needless strife over= came Dorothy‘s discretion. C *"I hope so," she said ; ‘"but think for a moment what it would be tor you to find {:nrull married to a girl who does not ve you: & / " .i ~/Is "'r' p{bhb{y ;::d ons of his own tear, the fear he ht cast . on Lint . made Michnel . feol suddenly ‘beside himself with anger. it M "* Wa had better not disouss this subâ€" jeot," he said. . *‘ I used to think you were superior to other women, Dorothy, but I see women are all alike, hardâ€"judging and help Michael, for she knew that his infatumâ€" tion would increase with every frosh moetâ€" ing with his fances. She clasped her hands together in a kind of hopeless despmir. She had spoken her brother‘s love to Mr. Bryant becanse she hoped to find out that Ruth really cared for ’l-‘ but Mr. Bryant‘s uneasy _manner. justâ€"when he should have old this keen obssrver that he was as anxious on this point as she was; and it seemed impossible to the devoted sister that «ny one could â€"know her brother as wall is T‘he WestC M oi d mm iT a® her brother . t the girl‘s| @itl fPihatly n ht ho io ff ind |fer she do! She could do nothing to| not turned away and left her, without tather‘s pupil, It was quite ngt Clifford thought, now that every of. Mr. Bevington‘s intended tiim Miss Bryant should be willing to first man who asked her; but oh ! that it had been any other mbt‘iu Michmel 1 Sunelx ovux one must admit that heâ€" dgâ€" served the firat and best love that a woman could ; tried hard not to be prejud could not bring herself to adimit who met her lover secretly in th iavaaly woee o Te ol foctnh at to can [ e marry 'i(.â€"a.-!' ghter 1 ~Her feelings suddonâ€" htor 1 ~Her feel % ly changed. * unrowinshmld,"lhc full of nasty fnju ico; if I stay here I m{ verhans snoil Michael‘s havnimess. I will haps spoil Michael‘s happiness. I will r:u nmrpmo; I will -r'& at once and announce ng oominr to David ; he will not }poil me, and he will find me lpl.n'.y to do. have been spoiled by my darling Michael; and in réturn I have wonndfl{ him just where he feels it most keenly ; but I will make it straight with him before I go away." Michael‘s létter, written so fervehtly and showing how o?'tiraly his Ahsrpinul hung in doubt till it was favorably answered, gave Ruth a feeling of nausea. She had Eono up to her room‘ to read it, for she new it would contain this declaration, and now she stood leaning back against the darkâ€"panelled wall of her bedroom, her clasped hands pressed on her lips. _ _ . *T eannot do it," she said to herself ; " I cannotâ€"I ought »ot to Have promised." She felt too weak and Wretched to argue with herself. Going: quickly downstafrs she found Mrs. Voce clamoring for help. Bird had been making a final cléaring of the raspberry harvest, and had also brought in & huge basketful of shining red currants. Sally was spreading the bright, downy mil:or;iu out on eoolâ€"looking, blueâ€"green cabbageâ€"leaves. _ Her face almost matched the oo?or ot thefruit ; excitementhad given it a purple tinge. . _‘ _ _ _ btk t "Drat ‘the man 1 Much as I can do," she muttered irritably, ‘"to get the sugar crushed an‘ the fruit boiled ; betime its stripped an‘ ready it will ‘be dinnerâ€"hour, Ifa man be not a crab, li6‘s safe to be a meddler," â€" â€" Ruthwent swiftly into the houseâ€" place and took . her workâ€"apron out of & cupboard beside the chimneyâ€" siee.; she ‘was soon back in the kitchen, eftly stripping the glassy scarlet currant berries from their slender, tender green stalks into a hage yellowâ€"lined dish which Sally had meantime placed ready for, her. Possibly Sally‘s oompms was a hel fl;guqh at the time the girl did tb 1-2! cinte it ; she would rather have been 1 peace but the rumning string of talk.. though at the time the girl did mb appreâ€" |‘ «We will go through," she.said, and %e:fit";,'ifio:;ofld rather ::lnhr “.ll?s?: r.s,: &“M g‘:n..!. "\’ j peace but running ‘s of _ talk. could not have asid. iztyâ€"sheâ€"went which Mrs. Vocé uugva’d :fr'nn ind in, for -hrhnd‘}ufl- time to "P\"' and the and damaged the reputation ;ofherâ€"neighâ€" | mawd within maia masknanilhiu . (le men bors prevented her {onng mistress from dwelling on her trouble.â€" As the heap of fruit gradually became smalier Sally‘s tone sweetened and her face resumed its usual serenity. K " Thank you, miss," she said graciousl as Ruth strung the last few lgmchu. “yf will say o‘ you, Miss Bryant, what can‘t be said of many anotherâ€"you doesn‘t offer, you does. I shall get that there jam done firstâ€"rate ; no thanks to Bird, all the same, for ndt nklngh me into counsel beforehand. My word, the me is all on the same patternâ€"don‘t ye find it so, miss? â€"fro‘ little George uppards ; they acts on their own ideos ndumoro than‘s needful, so to say. * e . 0k o You have spoiled George, Sally ; it seeme to me he must have been masterful before he was short conted. He‘s worse than ever since he‘s had that sailor suit I saw him in last Sunday." 4 5 Brymt.’tm!rflhfim}rnd ~itâ€"meâ€"for him, just because I chanced to say as you fancied the little lad, Ruth_turned away : she seemed to be hemmed in by this.one ®ubject. Her comâ€" mon senée, however, had returned ; she had made a mistake in calculating her montal atrength and she must suffer, but she told herself she had made this offer to her father and she was bound to act up to it. Michael Clifford must have received some encourageâ€" mont from her father or he would not have written to her, Well, then, she had no right to disappoint him and fling his hopes back in his face. _ ‘"‘Don‘t he look winsome in it, miss? But that were no doin‘ o‘ mine ; no, Miss She _went into the sittingâ€"room. She could not write to mecept Clifford as her husband from her own little desk upstairs on which she had written such tender letâ€" ters to Reginald Bevington, and in which she still kept those he had senther. It was the first time since his visit to Appledore that she had:allowed herself to see glm, as it were, full length. Hitherto, at the first thought of him, she had turned away to something likely to blot ont the pain of that woful memory; now, with a consciousness that this was her last opportunity, that in future she must put away from her every thought of that past so exquisitely dearâ€" although she felt it had never truly been which she fondly fanciedâ€"she sat leaning back musing over that first avowal of their love under the brnohllfi sp&loâ€"tm, and then the happy mesting in the glen. Hor lover had meant truly by her in those early days. Oh, yee!she was sure ot it. She was yielding to her father‘s influence, and consenting to marry a man whom it seemed to her .l':l. i:nld now fh"h;. 'ihy' Mboy:dmh Regine vington for having 0 ie parents‘ wishes with regard to Miss Stretâ€" ton 1 . She forgave him the wrong he ssemed to have meditated against mll.w from her nature, partly not be certain that he w so have deceived. har, and more than Brogbrnt Abddiniy» ns Te m she was goin to do him suo! a wrong in stood har well enmongh to know that she did "Pooe fetlow 17 Ahe thooght, o peroapn does not know as -tm[‘njt- I do." sme s c aftor at the evening m almost in silence, 'Kifi tose at the usnal time to simmon Sally to mhmuhhm-.h\hmd She left her lettor in the hall, so that her hMmtqz.::mM'mm; she coutd not bring if to tell him in so man words that she had accepted Michael ouI ford‘s offer. Bryant ssemed greatly deâ€" pressed when he same in, and when he was him ; and although Dorothy | _ *°" nced not UAIRK £NG . 7 © E:& uot ty ts ,..j:fiu.a. she ;l:fill?-â€"-lm any one ; 4 :u"mmyyol not brhll: hemlh:ll?.nlim tfi away adong ‘b' K %’“ t h secre! k io. . ko 2o is oi ons trhs ta Cate | ~ Ratk burst into eudden beare ; CHAPTER XIX. ** You need distressed "'Th&i&% ** What is it 4 | W he said tenderlyâ€"; then he said tenderly:; then seeing that she was dryhg her eyes and trying th hide hor agite~ tion, he went on, «* "f‘”’}'{ m to go so far. as Purley toâ€"morrow, my le8s, and.get your -hol?lng over ; I want you ty Bpare me all the delay you can." _ > ©"*I cannot go ifi?ll‘l;’ "‘she said cheerâ€" fully ; I will got what , but I would nth-lr go to someBplace where I don‘t know people,"< _ .. 0 . MABRpoop . o. ‘** There‘s Newbridge," ie said, * if you don‘t mind going so f.':'. You must take either Sally orull”uibh with you to help carry parcels and so on." â€" The easily pleased man looked radiant with the that he had. planned‘ a Plauut on for his dulinfi. ‘You‘d | best "from Church Mo:d"h e{d," he went on he had h::id goodâ€"night, ‘"then you can leaye your heavy pl!o:ll‘lb the; station A.m them sent out" Te â€" ‘The weather was so of Sally Vooé ; she ‘felt that she was not in a humor for the old woms on her purchases and" the to which i.‘:;‘thonld give rise. ey left the station at the foot of the bustling, busy High Street of Newbridge, and came uE the steep hill .rn the ancient grammar sehool, now turned into the town that Ruth started on her journey soon after breaktast. She took Faith with her instead Apeu io y L en nn P LGGG Leaw h library, the flonrllhll.w hotel with its old lign-m:d projected over the entrance, while uearly ospoliu,wmnding back and partly hidden by a square of its own, was the venerable parish church. â€" Along the street vzro plenty of thriving shops, many of theth with quaint signâ€"boards, and «Hd wbove these the ancient gabled â€"and halfâ€"timbered houses ; these became more numerous as the street, uflh;flv tired of its ascent, began to go down hillâ€"as steeply as it had mounted, to the modern marketâ€" house below, A quaint street.of old. houses crossed it here m: led down on the right to the river, 4 wR * It was Wednesday, marketâ€"day at Newâ€" bridge, and Ruth saw how longingly Faith looked at the people as they disappeared N0 To Ccb esd ig LCA ie mpera on en narain e on ie e were d . :lines . of ‘ fruit vegetable stalls, behind â€"which ‘the sellers were chiefly mud ‘3 wht;u other lil;l:‘ was a â€"greatâ€"and. â€" var ~display.... poultry . and ‘eggs, butter: of varied yellows, â€" set off ‘g; cool green leaves ; while here and there was the pale primross of a cream cheose, di.phI-d r:r a while as a bait to nglmr-by, and . then again careâ€" fully shrouded in muslin. . Ruth smiled and sighed as shelooked at the rosy, eager faces ofg the market women, some of t‘em evident ly farmer‘s wives, who had comé in to sell their own farm products. sell far more thin we do." She sighed again; it seeméd to her that she had been brought up above her station in life, and she was in fagh _yery uscless compared .with &h&% women ‘and matrons, _ some ‘nicely wfi neacly dressed, sat behind their chickens 4i ml}ht have earned sqmething for father if I had been brought up to do this," the girl thought; "‘we only get half price from the shop at Purluli compared with what these po?plcm asking; and we might nes.l"{ dressed, sat behind their chickens and their dairy produce,=â€"> > .~ It wastoo late now, she told herself, for regrets ; that part of her life was ended ; ifi:'még aven lnlfl to :‘:;.‘ ;.,g;’..;{.;.,',: ite employment 0 pfll £ new, from wrmt, Mr. Clifford _had told her, that there was scarcely any garden to the house in Broad Street. & "Come llan.s," she said briskly to Faith; and she turned to leave the marketâ€"house by the way they had come. Faith wonderâ€" ed why Miss Bryant suddenly stopped ; lwkhi:snp at her mistreas the maid saw that she turned pale ; Faithâ€"thought Miss Bryant was going to faint, hnnl-n- was so ghastly. She took firm hold of Ruth‘s arm and led her back to thelower end of the market, which was for less crowded than the entrance had been. There was a drinking fountain, and \Mfil asked if Miss Bryant would not like a drink of cold water, _ **‘Twas the heat what made you faintâ€"like, miss,""she said, /. ) _ "I‘m all right, thank you," Ruth said |lo'Lly; ;nd ::c h‘:i“ I! a stroot ’:that. led to the # 6 when she tumfl aside into mot-plm. She had walked briskly up the hill from the station, but now, she was on the level, her feet seemed leaden; she folt as if she had been stunned by x blow, and truly she had received & blow that for the time had stupefied her. _ tR United States and Canadian Trade ed to $2,014, 520 that country to the United In u'a. on the other â€" the exports amounted to $24,139,489, the imports to $22,108,016 'l‘hh.lw for the seventyâ€"three years by the statistice was $1,468,1 and the total of the imports amoun‘ted to $1,209,057,798. ".M U & t w A- . The spare moments of life have been the opportunifice for the The new steam tag John J.â€" Long was not have asid. «2t â€"went| can learn to‘make a fairly good -Wi had ltE time t« pire g&m iwall that most thilliners achieve. _ _.._ _ â€" hin â€"made pr low. * Rither ignorance or #hors~ * malhs Setlnt Wwhich ths sellart |tons maifinane. a; ming: mnpriing ol fly women‘; on the other side g‘vorything:l:nvo, u?o ri%hc whi:’:orh-‘filn- m" :lid 'b‘::.:r -d?h,"fd‘ h&ch.oo ws. Resultâ€"a collapsed trimâ€" RE;, of varied | m & bite. _of;;w‘hllebons or cardbosrd set off cool green leaves ;\ stripe sticking out, skeleton like, in and there was the rh primross aver{ direction and deserved mortification : cheose, di'Pul:I‘d or a while as | for the luckless bonnet‘s maker. . Regular, y ‘rllflr-br, then again careâ€" | bonnet wire comes at two or three cents a ided in muslin. . Ruth smiled and yard and sewed on decently and in order, shelooked at the m‘o eager faces | under the‘ loops insures the wearer peace of 'k“_"mv someof them evidentâ€" | mind. . Wide bows. made of picce velvet, s wives, who had comé in to sell (not velvet_ribbon} are best lined with farm products. # crinoline. â€" If this is done.neatly, the lining ht have earned qmo_thmg.for will not show and holds up the heavy had been brought up to do this," | material far more effectively than wire. bl; she so was\ greatly â€"I wanred &nln in E‘m'."’ he of the sum p it‘s thirty the enveâ€" ‘how he less could to her, on | . eagerly, came to y own, I my funeral and next, 6 morning soon after 11 achieveâ€" : Cancerning the ability to sccept old age in the best spirit, Marion Howard assorts that hundreds of women allow thenseives to grow old and narrow ; they kill the youth in their hearts (when they se the first ailvery thread4) by making themeslves believe there is nothing good to be had out of life now, amd by convincing themselves that every word of their neighbor, every motion, covers a selfish motive. They reâ€" gard the beautiful white hair which softens so many faces, as an indication of senility, never of wisdom. * How will I manage to kbep young ! you ask.â€" I will answer that question by asking others. ‘ Who are the people who grow old earliest? Those who work? who keep in touch with thethirgs of the day, who as« sociate with the young of both sexes, who ktiow how to enjoy a hearty. laugh, and tell a good story, who take care of their bodily health, who indulge in a daily nap at noonâ€" time, who are mg‘gfid in uon:-nhl and elevating pursuite ?,* Not a bit of it 1 No woman need fear that occupation will [shorten her lifeâ€"quite the contrary. _ A lack of interest in life, ‘a wart of someâ€" thing to do, will age you more quickly than tn! toil. The woman who wishes to grow old gracefully will not permit herself to beâ€" comecareless in her attire, and she knows from observation than an intelligent, kindâ€" ly look in the face will take away ten years Dk:u‘lgsndn:.k:h_ormmwshauvho w love twenty years you! . And the woman who ln:. whose cum are dear to her, who has friends who need her, never falle into that. condition of old age from which we shrink with horror. Disease will do its work, of course, . but, given health, any woman may keep her > Home Millinery. The woman who can spare the money makes a paying investmént if she takes a brief course in the elements of millitiery, the tying of bows, covering of frames, etc. If sheâ€"cannot, let her use her witsâ€"and {issue paper, for muny‘ handsome piece of silk or ribbon is wrecked in the tyro‘s hand, because the first experiment was made on it instead of the paper or cambric with which the professional milliner alâ€" ways starts the learnor, .. 3 heart t young while she lives. _ In connection with old age, it may be interesting â€" to note what an eminent poet once said : ** There are three classes into which all women past 70 are divided : *That.dear old lady,‘ ‘ that old woman,‘ ‘ that old witch.‘" The delusive idea that a small hat is the casiest thing to be{n on ‘has wrecked the career of many a home milliner. _On the contrary, nothing is more difficult to make neat and stylish than the tiny toque which looks so simple in its constructionâ€"A fow flowers, s:ow, a buckie, or finw_witp of straw braid and genius, for without it, or its equivalent, a:rrinoe. theâ€" Efiu .is the forlornést of failures. The large hat, whose beauty lies in effect rather “:t)"m and where originality (i. a., novide in ~trim« minfi.l.l better bestowed, is by far the safest for t I. woman who is not quite sure of horself. 3 Moth Preventive. .. In this age of fearfal moth preventive amells, it is worth while to know that moths will never go where there are lavenâ€" derâ€"bags. ‘Even where they have beguh their ravages in furs or feathors, a lavish sprinkling of the articles with good lavenderâ€"water _ will prevent _ further damage. No one can ask for a purer or leasanter odor about garments, . A liberal Shmbntlon of lavender sachets in closots, drawers, and trunks will give you the satâ€" isfaction of making sweetér your belongings with the ;n;é._rghbh drives away their depredators. Put a lavender sachet in your piano if you fear moths will ravage the felt. * Another infallible remedy is compounded of the following swobtâ€"smelling things : Lavender, thyme, ~rose, cedar shavings, powdered sussafras, cassia, and Ii‘fnu in about equal quantities, with a few drops of attar of rowes thrown upon the whole, Care of a Piano. In order to keep a piano in good tuna, and in condition, ltnmh“ll cared for. Dampmess is the worst fos of the instruâ€" ment ; will cnuse the steel wire to rust ; will swell the cloth in the action centres, so that the hammers will not respond, and will atick. ‘The dryer the . \fimu-u ~% so much the more are they in; â€" tected by dampmess, Proximity to a botâ€"air feqister; or a heated stove, or to a draught _ Ome of the Intest and best â€"of ‘assfol. "oreapers" for babios is very casily made. Gingham is the best fabric. First measure the little one‘s lafigth and breadth, in order to allow a chanes for fresdom of motion. The Gingham is then cut bag shape, 12 by 14 being the usual size. This, when sewed up at the sides and in *4 mWw & band with "s’.‘a":'."',..!."': buttone. â€" Incouchâ€"towerâ€"cornerâ€"openings have been made. Thereâ€" «re hemmed snd will While the ability. to..make a beattiful 28, 1894 ABOUT THE HOUSE. Noi c Wds snpesideaine) > .. Baby‘s Creepers. _ as the old fashioned folks say, ‘mnake a fairly good one, which nrAenRat td CV h n "af aninnaine th “'"fi’“f'*"‘f rence canale is assuming a position of im« portance, . A mase meeting of business men washeld at Toronto recently to consider the question of urging on the Dominion government the advisability of deepening the canals, : Resolutions were passed favorâ€" ing the project. The <original resohition favored deepening the *nh to twenty féet, but as the government is now engaged in deepening some of them to fourteen feet, the meeting instead urged hastening of the work and ultimate deepening to twenty feet, _ A committee, oompo-:l‘ol a score of prominent business men, was appointed to mn‘nlu wn international convention‘ to cons the question of deepening water« ‘g-y- commmon to Canada and the United tates. The deepening of the St. Lawrence canals to twenty feet is a big contract for Canada to nnd‘nuk;;l;::din vio;' o::kho enormous cost of the un iking. hrc portions of the United States would e?uAUy benefited with Canada in the come pletion of the great work. "The St. Lawrence is the natural commercial highway for the country on each side of the boundary. The deepening of the canals is even of greater importance to the northâ€" western states than to Canada, ‘viewed from the standpoint of the : much larger quantity of products for o:ran‘ ‘from, these states. The theory an (interâ€" pational.plan for the further development of the great commercial him has there fore been advanced. â€" This looks "plausible enough in theory, but how to put it canals, and Canada could not permit of any g?iéfié- in a. iiti&élsjuun‘on. The United tates would not likely take a hand in the work without such concessions as would ment for the -“f‘m“ argement of the St. Lawâ€" rence canale may .be surmised from . the poet situation at Sault Ste Marie. â€" The nited States owns a fine canal at that point, and the requirements of commere do gn :1: for another canal, but nevertheless nada is investing millions in a parailel canal at the S.ul:?fo as to be independent of her neighbor, something which past exâ€" ferienee has taught us is quite & neoeui:z. f the two countries cannot %o:unlmg withâ€" out parallel canals at the 1t, there is little prospects of an‘ international agreeâ€" ment to cover the entire St. Lawrence system. _ However, it will doâ€"no harm to discuss the matter, in an international conâ€" veritton, as proposed by the Toronto people By «Which it is Proposed to Connect the | Gulf of Mexico With Mudson‘s Bay, _ A: Washington, D. C., despatch says:â€" Representative McCleary, of Minnes . who is 0&4& o tee on F ‘ ways and Canals, has Ia{d the fou 1| with Hudson‘s bay. This is a project which has caused more or less discussion in the Northâ€"West, and 'f'm for other purposes have been used ‘in making comâ€" putations as to the feasibility of the plan Mr. McCleary now proposes that the U. S Government shall, in conjunctionâ€"with the Canadian Government, make a preliminary survey to ascértain whether, in the first place, the sgheme is feasible, and, if so, what the probable cost will be.~Mr. McCleary‘s plan is to have the survey made by the way of the. Minnesota river, whose head waters and those of the Red river of the North “":quh thrmaEh Big Stone and Traverse lakes, In high water bouts of considerable size have zroumvrfmm one lake to the other, and it would not require. a very I“i; canal to connect the waters of Red and Minnesota. _ While the difficulty of connecting the Red and Minnesota rivers is not&mghhdflmod that the rapids in the hdnrlmhn_dnu s aged the Government from the undertaking. _ There have been conventions of citizens of Northern Minneâ€" to the opening of the Winnipeg river,in the hope, that they might find a short water outlet to the seabourd. Each of these commections has been confronted with the obstruction in the Winnipeg river, but Mr. McCleary thinks that if the United States should tak e some steps toward opening up a channel on this side of the boundary the Canadian Government might be inclinad to take some sotion looking to opening the Winnipeg river. Now that a proposition has "been agreed ~to by ~the Commitee on Railways and Canals to survey a canal to eonnect the Ohio with thcb‘;‘n lakes, and another has been favorably talked of to survey a canal connecting the great lakes and the Hudson river, he thinks that it is but just that another project of interest to the west shall be considered, and he will urge it before the committee. It Will Tackie Anything from a Tack to a Spike. A new style mail pullec and box opener is shown herewith. The handle and standâ€" ard are made of malleable iron and the jaws «re of ateel. â€" There aré woâ€"springs uted in ite construction, all parts‘ are. interâ€" changeable. . It pulls nails straight, leaving wail l‘:v:‘ln as good as new, n:thw fi“a...m Mfl;fl!-â€"‘*.'-!... stated that by lhot“l : leverage of the too! it will "!1! California. sillbe this season. Owing to the T ving it a range from a taok to a 2)8 A GREAT SCHEME NEW NAIL PULLER. Teoly fid, id mm nprr â€" A Rhode Island jury has decided that r (. | _ . man bit by lnavbn“l:’hl no. right to hit f f the Plrremighet ty 4* 1 se Aap ons ete : : V expenses, _Over: 90,000,000 bushels of grain have yaatod Jioue! brte piy mt ak Much excitemen* exists at Danville, IlL., over an attack made by a minister upon two lady school teachers who played cards. A judgment for $100 against. a manâ€"who on the bond of a l-.-‘:w for ~Portland, Me., is the winter port for all Canads, which sends . off and receives â€"over $50,000,000 worth of goods every year. ~A flAg carried in the â€"war of 1812, and having but fifteen stars, is a relic prized by Mrs. E. C. Blount, of Waynesboro, Ga, A‘ Kansas school teacher has been dis: nh;irdhtohuilghrnl.b-.l, to y. wotl John De Right, of towashi Ifi; ;lnhrudwlmtg Gl:.m o i ‘The seating cwpacity of the churches in the United States is 43,506,378, with 1I,â€" 036 ministers of all kinds. _ f given in aid of striking employes , ‘at Pull man by working girls. PR Abram Conant died ‘recently at Jacksonâ€" ville, Fla, in bis 95th year, luv\n’ 40 children. _He was married twice, % It is‘said by experienced hotel men that not & single hotel in New York is: making money at the present time. : There are _twentyâ€"one law firms‘in the United States that are conducted jointly by husbands and wives. * Ryland F. Bailey, of Carleton, Mich., is 98 years old. He was a close perronal friend of the late General Cypter . 4 â€"Chicago has a school for barbers. ‘The upils begin practice on men who can‘t afâ€" rord'thc luxury of a shave by an experienced artist. $ o e ieed unc lt ts â€"The largest Sunday school librsri in the world iss in Washington, D. C.â€"It is the p;op_e;ty of the Assembly Presbyterian churel _ An ;nkuovn young woman from Ouium accompanied by her mother, visited penitentiary at Joliet and was married to a convict. A resident of Pncenix, A. T., was fined $5 the other day for going to sleep in the court room and disturbingâ€" proceedings by Frank Pollicer, m cattle man of Cowpen Branch, Fis., claims to baye ‘"a ~oalf with t.wobodiu,_t,whuh;w_‘,gufi feet and * Rev. De â€"w. T. gn&%“fin‘% Epineo‘pul Church, who ciated at the > funeral of Edgar Allen Poe is still lividg ‘in ~ good health near Baltimore. Theâ€" French Government has sued Chicago World‘s Â¥air directors for for damages to the French exhibit by fire in the Manufacturer‘s building. The sewage of Los Angeles, Cal., is conâ€" veyed sixteeen miles out into the Pacific Ocean, and there finds an exit thirty feet below the surface of the water, . ~~*~~/ A former judge of Illinois asserts that autograph hunters have removed Abraham Lincoln‘s signature from every nyu on file in the county courts in that sth The millionaire of the United States navy is said to be Commodore George E. Perkins. _ In the .mg the wealthiest man is General Nelson B. Sweitzer, who is also a famous cavalryman. * ‘The motion of the United States ‘Governâ€" ment to enjoin the Gettysburg. Electric Railroad Company from building a trolley In Chicago the other day a u{wng man mfinmwhrhmng a w h:dm i ioâ€"park, a you was m% for appeating c’m nfi‘u m’u‘ in trousers. road ow th-eumrgw wasâ€" disâ€" missed in the 1 court in Philadelphia, About nine miles distant from San Franâ€" cisco there are four cometeries and a cremâ€" atory, and, in order to reach them in q‘::: time, an electrical funcral carriage has placed in operation. In the City of Washington there are 4,000 colored children of a suitable age for whom there are no school accommeodations, There are thousands more who are not old enough to attend the Public Sc!-dl» The The land on which the _ Metropolitan club of New York City has its home, at the corner of Fifth avenue and Sixtieth street, is 100x200 feet, and cost the enormous sum of $480,000. The building cost $4,000,000, In Nebraska a man was convicted of theft and sentenced to :\{_fi imprisonment. A new trial was asked for,but the manserved his time and was discharged before. the supreme court decided he was entitled to a hew trinl. ol Among the many trades carried on in the big city of New York is clover peddling. Men come in from the suburbs m day ‘driving wagons containg loads of out clover, which ilii&dlz to teamsters for their horses. e The largest pearl fishery in the world is im Cd“oni:‘.l.hy. Last year divers found :lurly flvln hundred 10:'. of shells, and ue karate was sold mlmh‘fiufl-d& will be over $300,000. en Mexico. She moved to San Francisco she was 75 years of uge,and aince then More than $2,000 was ‘realized by a bal Mre. Claudia Herrara, who died in San mmmmnwd of 126 years, was born in de Jesus Maria, he officers in the parks of Boston PA