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Manufacturer of And Dealer in -â€" ll FHUN Stir test urea )l ‘5 ( ISS hiaruvssma copvmcrfi' eat son’s urmd class article tly 11nd pr) 196 81“ avs 0 {I BY 1 ,000.000 and wil "I Linéd PM. H109 th “Colonel Jurniefl' and Mlle. Alma,” he heard some one say. He turned to look. He stood spellbound. He had not imagined, although he knew her well, that such a being could exismsenter- ed the door at that moment. By the side of the grim faced colonel walked a vision from some other land, it seem- ed. Never had anything like it been seen at a governor’s ball in Tiflis. Al- ma’s costume was a combination of Paris and the Caucasusâ€"the daintiest lace and the costliest silks. Pearls adorned her snowy neck. Her little feet were clad in dainty shoes of white doeskln. Her white arms were round and full, her shoulders perfect. The white fan she carried seemed to waft a mystic thrall upon all she passed. Her voice was silvery in its music. She was the gayest of them all. “Will she never come ?” he asked himself. “Or does she hate me 80 that she will brave her uncle’s wrath rather than meet me?" But there was one at the hall who listened to the words of welcome he received, while his eyes noted the ap- pearance of one he sought. “Can it be that that lovely creature has at last consented to be my wife?" said the prince to himself. “Prince Dellnikoff. you know my niece, Alma J urnieff ‘3” The prince bowed low. Alma extend- ed her hand graciously. "I know the prince very well,” she said, “but since I have been enjoying my visit at Tiflis be has been quite a stranger.” “I did notâ€"I did not know”â€" “I congratulate you, prince, ‘upon your appointment. My father wrote about it.” CHAPTER VIII. In: aovznxon’s BALL. HE ball of the governor of Tiflis was the success he wished it to be. The new - ~ ~ palace was ablaze with light. Carriages dashed to the entrance, de- posited their occupants and dashed away again. ,Oiiicers on foot, with their cloaks covering their uniforms, walked in the obscurity of the streets to mingle on equal terms in the bril- liant ballroom with princes and pashas. The gay world of the Caucasus was made gayer by the addition of the swarms from the orient. Bands blared their military music. Gowns that came from Paris swept the ballroom floor as the stately dames who wore them walked with Persians and Turks of high degree. Laughter, conversation, introductions and presentations made a perfectly harmonious bedlam. “What woman is this?” asked the colonel as he moved away, leaving her with Dellnikofl’. “She is a riddle. I cannot solve her. But she loves him. I can see love in her very eyes.” She placed her hand on the prince’s arm, and they joined the throng. Turk- ish pashas saw her and blinked their eyes as they thought of their own fad- ed beauties in their harems; Persian princes sought presentation; Chinese mandarins almost forgot their names when she spoke to them. She had come to conquer, and she conquered. She was the queen of the ball, and Deilnikoff was the envied of princes. “Mlle. Alma will lead the grand march with the guest of honor,” said the gov- ernor. The hand struck up “The Czar!” and princes and generals fell in behind her. Dellnikoff‘s heart beat with pride as he felt the warm and living hand of the girl upon his arm. The “arm per- fume that came from her fan intoxi- cated him. He, the suave. the blase, the gay one from St. Petersburg, was like a boy at his first party. In the dance that followed. as he felt his arm around her waist, a thrill of pleasure drove the blood quicker through his heart. After the dance he led her to the conservatory. “You have changed,” he said as hil eyes devoured her. “As you grow more beautiful -you grow more gra- cious. A year ago you spurned meâ€" almost." “Almost!” she answered, with a co- quettish laugh that sent the blood to his head. “Are you so weak that al~ most drives you from a woman’s side?” “But your father," he stammered. “He said youâ€"were inâ€"love with an American. He sent you here. so he told me, to keep you from that fellow.” Alma put her fan before her face and laughedâ€"a singularly rollicking laugh. “Sent me away to keep me from a man I have seen but a few times, a man engaged in selling American wind- mills and pumps! Oh. prince, do you think that Time, with all its strength, could keep me from the man I loved it I knew where he was to be found?" He bent over her. His hot breath on her cheek brought a blush to it. She looked up into his face with a fas- cinating smile. - A roguish look came into her eyes, and she covered them quickly with her fan. He tore away the tan. “Tell me!” he laid. “Is it possible, tell meâ€"you know how I have loved you-is it possible that youâ€"have not thought ill of me?” A SOLDIER F COMMERCE Copyright. 1”. by F. B. Toonhl By JOHN ROE GORDON To Sterilise Drinking Water. The latest recipe for sterilizing drink- ing water and killing off the typhoid » germ: Put tour drops of tincture of iodine in half a gallon of water and permit to stand at least half an hour. By the end of that time it will be as harmless as distilled water. Many persons have not the facilities for mak- ing distilled water. Boiling it. also en- tails a certain amount of trouble. In elthereasethewaterisnat'nndun- pleasanttothetute. Thetewdropsl E c1 t: t] 1 an: arc” IIe bent and kissed her. She drank «l he wine and patted his arm. “Prince, you are a gay camlier. One would scarcely know you in St. Peters- :lnrg, where there were so many wom- -u more beautiful than I. But here he learns that you are a hold and wicked man. Don't dare kiss me :;.::1in.” , “I will the very next time I get a -f::mce.” She seemed exhausted at times and ,;':_en touched her eyes with her gloved mind. Her eyes were at times reckless- }' guy. at others thoughtful and in- ‘ease. These moods passed quickly, as 31’ by superhuman effort. When the prince stepped away for ices, she moan- ed almost aloud: . “God help me to keep it up! God help me to succeed! It is the only “Could you guess why! If my man- ner does not tell you why, shall I per- mit my tongue to tell? Because I love you. I loved you before, Alma, but never as I do tonight. I thought you hated me. I thought you loved that American.” "Get me some Wine. prince.” He fetched the wine himself. ' “For the first time from my hand! You never accepted anything from me beforef’ “Then enjoy the bench,” she answer- ed, laughing. “I may exact more be- f ore the night is over.” “Anything! I swear it! Tonight you are welcome to my life, to my honor, to my allegiance to the czar. Only love me.” Table Mats. Asbestus is so much used now for the protection of different things that many dainty covers are designed for the concealing of the material itself. Deilies are made double, and the ta- ble mats are to be slipped inside when used on a handsome polished table as the only covering. These can be made at home at less expense and much prettier than the machine made ones to be bought. If a woman is clever with her needle she can embroider such flowers as will go with her decorative ideas for a lunch- eon, a Sunday evening collation or any simple meal, for which an uncovered table is suitableâ€"a set embroidered in strawberries for a strawberry lunch- eon, one in violets, another in nastur- tiums and so on through the list. All sizes should be provided, as even the heat from the teacup spoils the beauty of a finely polished table top, and it is very difficult to restore this polisli once it is dimmed. A Coral Church. A church of solid coral is a curiosity of the Isle of Maize. This island, ris- ing 3,000 feet, is the highest of the Seychelles group in the ludian ocean. and its buildings are all from square blocks hewn from massive coral and glistening like white marble. Alma danced with her uncle. During the waltz he tell a victim to her charms. “Am I a dolt? Has she turned my head. too?” he asked himself. He took her back to the prince. who was Jealous even of the uncle. wa y l When he returned, she greeted him with smiles as she accepted the ices. “The next is another waltz,” she said. “I love waltzing. and you are such a splendid partner.” “Waitâ€"wait till you know me bet- tor.” “The next waltz is mine,” he said. “But if you are tired I would prefer to sit in the conservatory.” “What has got into that girl '2” asked Colonel J urnieff of himself as he watch- ed her. “I am beginning to think my brother was a fool in ordering me to keep her confined. Instead I should have given balls and parties for her. My course is plain now that the prince has her won. All I need do is to take the credit and Win promotion.” "Would you?” glancing at him arch- ly. “I wonder if I could guess Why." “Thank you. I love to waltz--with you. I love you and everything you “Not I, but the genius of the govern- or of Tiflis." she answered, with a smile that stirred even his old blood. “What a wonderful success!” she said as they swept past the prince. who was devouring her again with his eyes. “I thank you,” said the governor. “It was you Who made it the success it is.” room. With reluctance he relinquished her to the governor. y” [1'0 ma . ONTINthD If the cod fish became extinct it would be a world-wide calam- ity, because the oil that comes from its liver surpasses all other fats in nourishing and life-giving properties. Thirty years ago the proprietors of Scott’s Emul- sion found a way of preparing cod liver oil so that everyone can take it and get the full value oi the oil without the objectionable taste. Scott’s Emulsion is the 'best thing inthe world for weak, backward children, thin, delicate people, and all conditions of wasting and lost strength. . Tanagra. the Site of the Modern .Town of Gremadu, In Greece. Gremada is the name of the modern city in Boeotia, Greece, which occupies the site of the ancient city of Tanagra. The old town was a rich and luxurious place, greatly renowned for the cock- tights that were given there. It had the honor of being the birthplace of Corinna, the great poetess of the fifth century before Christ, and perpetuated her memory by a majestic tomb, on which she was represented five times crowned in remembrance of the five victories which she had gained in the lyrical contests with Pindar. Despite this comparative celebrity it appeared destined to the eternal sleep of forget- f ulness when after more than twenty- two centuries of silence chance drew to it the attention of archaeologists. The traveler was bound to cross, but refused to pay three times as much as the man who passed before him or the one who was to come next. The ferry- man would not wet an oar unless pay- ment for his services was assured. Here was ample foundation for an ar- gument. and presumably the opportu- nity was not neglected. But a satisfac- tory arrangement was finally reached, the traveler getting value received for his coonskin by being waited thrice across the stream. This of course would leave him on the right side, and neither party to the trade would have cause for complaint. Such was the gen- erous spirit of accommodation which obtained in these earlier days. suchâ€"- but hold on a bit. On the second trip the ferryman chanced to inspect the coonskin close- ly and found that it was by no means up to the recognized standard. Maybe it had been killed too early in the sea- son or was not properly stretched. Anyway, he decided that four hits was all it was worth, and the traveler frankly admitted the soundness of his judgment, acknowledged that he had received its value in the double fer- riage and forthwith started on his fifty mile ride up the river to the nearest point where it was fordable.â€"Field and Stream. tian era. The discovery of these first sepulchers was the cause of excava- tions, during which a quantity of other tombs were discovered, all situated along the roads which led from the walls of Tanagra in the direction of Thebes, Chalcis, Ilarnia and Platae. In 1870 the inhabitants of the neigh- boring villages while digging in their fields exposed to view some tombs which the French have assigned to the nineteenth century before the Chris- Among this mass of tombs belonging to several centuries the most interest attaches to those of the fourth century before the Christian era on account of their contents. It was in these particu- larly that the statuettes known today under the name of “Tanagra figurines" were for the most part discovered. HE above picture of the I man and fish is the trade- mark of Scott’s Emulsion, and is the synonym for strength and purity. It is sold in almost all the civilized coun- tries of the globe. It Would Have Pull the Traveler to Let the Change Go. Many years ago, as the story runs, when coonskins were worth six bits apiece in Arkansas and a regular tee of two bits was assessed for ferrylng a horseman across the St. Francis river, there came along a traveler whose en- tire capital consisted of but a single pelt, and the ferryman hadn’t a cent of change in his pocket. A LONG LOST CITY. “W A COONSKIN FARE. Send for the. ample. " What’s the matter?”old man," he said as they met the next morning afte_r. "‘You 100]: blue.” He welcomed her to the church. and expressed a hope that she would become a regular attendant. Finally he said that if she would he at home some evening during the week, he would call. "T'ank you,” she murmured haehfnlly, "but ay have a fella.” Three of the members of the con- gregation heard the conversetion. and. in spite of the fact that their pastor swore them to secrecy. one of them "leaked.” Aubrey de Vere, in his Life, tells a story of thick skulls. At a poliri- cal meeting in Ireland. a man in the gallery dropped his umbrella over the rail. and it went crack on the head of an old gentleman below. W here-upon the gentleman arose and appegled to the chairman. A Swedish gill was one of the :rangersin the congregation. She is employed as a domestic at one of the fashionable east end homes and the minister. noting then she was a stranger, stretched out his hand. “What’s that row on the other Street?” “Only a. wooden wedding.” “Wooden wedding?” “Yes. just a couple of Poles getnng married.”, Johnny’s mother. gratified), --"Ie that s20? We didh’f know whether he was improving. or we were just getting more used to it.” The following is an extract from the annual report (-f a Welsh coctage hospital: "Notwithstanding the large amount expended for medicine and medical attendance there were but few deaths during the year.” A story is told about a shock re- eeived by a Duluth pastor after the ~e1 V1065 the other night. He makes its. point to welcome any strangers cordially. and that evening after the completion of the service he hurried down the aisle to station mmself at the door. ' “As ShakQSpeare says,” remarked Gassidy. who was fond of airing his “booklarnin’ ” occasionally, “what’s in a name?” “‘Vell,” replied Casey, “call me wan I don’t loike, and I’ll show ye.” First Rustic. (cutting pie in two unequal pieces and giving friend the smaller piece)â€"-“Tbat’ s yer pie. Ionas. ” Second RuStic, (In an ap: arieved tone)â€" â€"“Sa:, Elias, ifI had ben dealing out that pie, I’d’ a’ given you the biggest piece. ” First. Ruscic "Wall, Jonaa, when’s yer kickin’ about? Ain’t I got: it?" paw-sent for impromptu; remarks.’ aclo takingcare to remind them, how-I ..Y ever. that the hour was late and the! train time limited. One of the guests had! me a a reputation for extending his re 3 marks to an‘indefiuite length, but! Ky Smily felt in duty bound to give him I hand a. chance. When called hegrose and ' Geor: asked the toastmaster, rhn r “Mamma.” said the little Boston boy. "can I out another piece of pic?” “I suppose you can.” “But. may I?” ”No, you may not.” “Oh!, darn grammar, anyway.” Music Teacher.â€"~”Jobnny is im- proving dnily in hi4 violin playing.” Rustic Party.--â€":‘I can. understand your feelings, mum. I feltjust. the same when our pig won a prize at the Agricultural show” "Mr. President.” he said, “I beg to call your attention to the fart that there is a beastliness in this meeting. A man in the gallery has just been either Spitting on me head.” Mrs. 3.. who has passed the merid- ian of life, and who is am ling down its western slope. had occasion to consult her doctor. Before he diag- nosed her illness he asked her age. Why did Noah, when despstching the dove from the ark, not send a female? Because it couldn’t keep its mouth shut long enough to bring back the twig. District Visitor.â€"I’ve just had a letter from my son, Reggie, saying he has won a scholarship. I can’t tell you how happy I am. I ” Two men went into a Boston drug store and told the proprietor that they had made a soda water bet. and would have their sodas now. and the north. and I bet it won’t.” ‘Doctor.” said the old lady with some asperity. “1 am just one year older than I was this time last year. when you visited mo- professionally, and asked the same queStion.” “How old were you then,” asked the doctor. “I have forgotten.” “So have I.” Alderman John Edward Scully. of the Thirteenth \Vard, was predict;- ing at a banquet on the West Side. The set coasts Were finished, and he called upon several of che people. “What shall I talk 'about. man South. 9” Alder- JUST A sum. 9’ It. you were the ourparty.” 1 Dr. Winee was formerly principle of a. boys’ school. One day he had occasion t-o"‘troance’ a boy, and it is to be suppoeed, did the work thor- oughly. The ltd took his revenge in ‘3 way that the doctor himself could not help laughing at, _ Dr: _“_’inu' front door bore 0. plate Resolved: That after Nineteen-four I’ll keep my conscience clear; I’ll flirt with highballs never more-â€" But nestle close to beer I’ll save my automobile hire And travel in 3 car. And not a single Well street, "flyer" Shall tempt my we'slth afar. I’ll never raise the “ante” just To monkey witk mv late, And I’ll never-“never. never. bust. A pair to fill it ltraight. Ex. \ The wetch was Opened and this is whet Mr. Bellow reed: 'God bless Kyrle Bellew and make him a good actor for George Tyler's sake. Ameu.’ “Look inside the case.” mid Mr. Tyler. "there's: a little inscription there." Flourfax Fables. Kyrle Beltesv. the aczor, carries a handsoma gold watch, the gift of George Tvier. managing: director of the theatrical firm of Liabler Co. The watch was presented to Mr. Bellew. shortly after contraccs were signed batman the actor and the manager. “You said that your wife had gone away {or the first time in three years and there wasn’t anyone to say a word. if you went home and kicked over the mantel clock." ”I remember.” “You said that if you stayed out until four o’clobk there was no one to look at you reproaohfully. and sigh. and make you feel mean.” “Yes, and I stayed out until four The Young Wife and the Honest Grocer. o‘clock, didn’t 1.?" “You certainly did.” “And I gave a warowhoop on the front dcor step?” “Yes. and you sang a verse from a. comic Opera song, and tried to dance a clog.” “Justa little token.” alplaiuci Mr Tyler. Mr Ballew seemed quite ovar- wbelmed and could scarcaly expruas his appreciation. “Iam going to buy just ”economically as I camandhlm going todomyown cooking and bake my own bread.” She saw some eggs. “How much are eggs?” “ Well, we have them at various prices. The best are thirty cents a dozen.” “â€"No;v I want to save all the money I can,” she told the grocer. A young wife decided to go to house- keeping and do her own ngrketing. “My, how expensive! Haven’t you some for twenty ?” “Yea m’am, but I can’t recommend them. “But we are trying to save money." “True, but you can’t afford to save money on eggs, butter and flour." “ No m’amâ€"not as much as we make on cheaper priced flour.” “Then why do you recommend it?” “ Because when a customer once tries ‘Royal Household’ our trouble is all over. It sells itself after that and we never have any complaints. If you send to The Ogilvie Flour Mills 00., Limited, Montreal, they will send you the Royal Household Recipes. “Well; send me a barrel of ‘Royal Household’ then; and I’ll have some of those 30o eggs too.” “ Those are three things you want. good and you can’t have them too good. You can save in lots of ways but don’t do it on the necessities} ’ “What is your best flour?” “ Royal Household.” “ How much does it cost?" He told her. “ Have you cheaper flour.” “Yes, cheaper in price but really not as cheap in the end. You see in Royal Household Flour you get the largest amount of flour value {or your money.” “ What do you mean by ‘flour value’?" “The largest amount of wheat nutri- mentâ€"of pure flour. “Everybodrwanta “Royal Household” nowâ€"they seem to think it is healthier, and I guess it is.” Suddenly she looked suspicious at the earnestness of his argument. “Don’t you make more money on Royal Household Flour? It is purified by Electricity and that seems to make all the difierenoe in the world in flour. “And another thing, madam, perhaps you haven ’t heard of the new process used in making Royal Household Flour. “ The cheaper the flour the less nutri- ment it has in it and the more bran. “The bran is in all flour till its tak- en out. “ It’s all taken out of Royal Household Flour, and that means the best machinery and the best milling. alone and my (33.86 \Vl ifn missed that go way uhd let FLOURFAX. H ”I tuuasou monumc I.“ name name. «mun 37m DURHAM, ONT. l'fl HEBREW! BHBflNIBi muflenuil' “momvimw. % 1m -."t Fat 42." u so finch Iub§cqurhx v mnsmc :- -nwn h All a". vc ”It, should 1 THE JOB 2 : DEPARmExT "Ml advertiw' b In udvance. Contract tau iauinn to t .5 g.- ‘ Ofi'u Drs. Jami 6! you“ poslte l’ Block the St proper! D Uflice smre. 1109\VC of mumw t atte: tl' V mu ;;for the L .mnded m “TS I'll midefice u!‘ " Nora ma 3' be l. G. Hutton. 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