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In tho Town of Durham, County of M. including vdunblo Water Power Brick Dwelling. and many eligible building Iota, will be sold in one or mun: ion Ann lot No. no. con. 2, w. a. n., fowl-Mp of sentinel. 100 mm adjour- hg To" plot Durham. Mortgage can for M pun-chm W. L. MCKENZIE, HONEY TO LOAN. Fire lnaunnco secured. "MOI. 0v“ 'Peet', ftotr' Low“ Tm 'ueuoiaeo--Eintt BL. Known. Horse Shoemg Shop, In the old stand. All hand. made shoes. Also WOODWORK J. P. TELFORD musm summon "I swam at, JAMES LOCKIE, Hand-made Waggon: Hoad Office. Toronto. GENTS fin - .n -- prtirtfhst1. DURHAM AGENCY. lICENSED AUCTIONEEB. lot th Bu opened om a first-tsits" 1riLiti. dat/id, lini‘obn' UM? HUGH McKAY. I Allowed on avian but: depts." ot .1.- muda. Prompt .ttquttou and our, “on I.“ om living It 3 dutaaqq. MISCELLANEOUS. " VINGS BANK. will " Lit will”! ALaaAli1 ”mun, m to June upon. I!" Milt, Ont, OFFICE. DURHAM- in connection. A Artet-olam lot ttf " ID]. cheap. LEGAL HcFARLANE Imago: in“ in WINNERS OF FORTUNES. THESE STATISTICS WILL BE READ WITH MUCH INTEREST. " You We]: tn Me lie. 60 In“ I'M. and - Are, literature and Inn- Npcn-le-ey-uklu a Tue-I. An interesting table has recently been compiled which gives the fortunes left during the past decade by 1,000 persons engaged in ten of the moat lucrative businesses and professions, Bars the London Daily Mail. Art and literature are entirely ex- eluded from the list. and the learned professions, law and medicine, are placed at the bottom, while music and the drama are eonspiouous by their Ib- some. It appears that during the la": ten years 38 foreign bankers and mer- chants have leit behind them £19,478,- 085, or the comfortable average of £512,578 each. Coal owners, Iron masters and en- gineers to the number of 100 died pos- Iessed of the respectable sum of £240,- 487 apiece. Money-lendors run coal owners very close, for 98 of them died worth col- lectively £19,444,878; while the 193 manufacturers only possessed £209.- The rank and file of the brewing trade He comparatively poor; 119 of them only left £19,948,857, but three- fifths of this was owned by seven in- dividuala. Newspaper proprietors, rinters,qutr lishers and new: agents to the num- ber at 109 died possessed of £109.625. a head. The earnings of stock brokers are not so large as is generally supposed, at all events 84 members of tho Stocx Exchange only left the moderate per- sonalty of £8,037,556. Wine and spirit merchants and dis- tillers to the number of 103 died PO!" sessed of nearly £70,000 each. while 101 Judges ,barristers. and solicitors had collectively accumulated g:8.578,22T. The 67 wealthy physlclans and surgeons only left £3,391,157. "Artists, actors, and men of letters do not have sufficient, oven _t.he wealthiest of them," says the gang- tieian naviely. "to be brought within the Purview of the compiler of great Personaltios." - . .. . L ' L“ “m M%7""%'"""'"'"". The moral of it MI is that what we are pleased to term "brains" is the least lucrative of all the aeoomplish- ments unless the owners an) pos- sesses what is known as "commercial ability." The ability to make money as a gen- oral rule in uuaeeompined with any other form of talent. The lat. Mr. W. B. Smith made £1,: The late Mr. W. B. Smith mada £1,- 700030 out of ad line newspaperts,tutd it is questionable if there is a jour- nalist in the world worth E50,000 made out of writing for newspapers. If my makes £1,000 a year he is suc- coastal; if he earns El,600 he is in the front rank, while it he receives an in- come of £2,000 he is among the half- dozen LUCKY ONE OF THE PROFESSION A capital of £20 judiciously invested in fish, greens or siseoud-hand clothes, providung the neighborhood is a suitable one, will bring in an owner a certain E250 per annum utter I” ox- f, Take London, for instance. There is scareelr a shopkeeper in Sloane Street, Bond street. Piccadilly, Regent street or Oxford street, wlo is in receipt of less than dy2,500 tl year. while there are more in these localites in receipt of £20,000 and upwards than there are journalists and artists earning EI,000 per annum. Novelists and artists at the tip-top of their profession certainly make Toner, hut their recompense for leav- mg a legacy of beauty for the per- petual enjoyment of mankind is not to he measured with that of shopkeep- ers, tos. Sir John Mlllals. the most successful artist of the day, was a rich man, yet he only accumulated £100,000 against an :werage of £211,450 made by the disciples of the profession of which Mr. Jon Ki kwoud was so distinguish- ed an ornament. One heirs a great deal of the high salaries of members of the dramatic profession. yet last year out of the 10,000 lions-tide actors and actresses in Great Britain 1,079 were relieved by the Actors' Benevolent Fund, and less than 100 Were steadily earning 4l1,000 a year and upwards, so the chances are that one Thespiun out. of every ten will have to solicit charity. , It is. indeed, a strange world! WOMEN HOTEL KEEPERS.. One of the large hotels to be open- ed next winter in New York will be entirly in charge of a woman, who, through a. prevxous successful experi- ence. has quglitiod heragl! to “spam 1 (now. uuu “nu-u-.-“ --_e- place of such rerporttslbili'ty. “omen! proprietors of hotel" are not unknown in the United States but they have not hitherto operated in a field so large as that of the woman who will man- age this new building. One of these, had cherge of a private hotel which“l was unique, et least in one particular. 1 iDuriutt one winter the proprietor had 60 cooke. and the young women who! struggled against this visitation 0.1 tlr-fortune did not seem to think that) ehe bed been through en experience eepeeially trying. But she admitted that keeping a hotel furnished aplen- did discipline for the character. Wo. men hotel keepers have been success- ful in may perte of the country, and no occnpetion eeems more suitable to their ebllitiee. One of the Ingest hotele in one of the beet known enm- - reeerte in kept by e women, who Me a 011-1 ed for yeere the high ~epnu..en ad exclneiveneee of the Abi y. It in _ "uruhrd that 1.173 person; h " bum buried in Wutminster . ONTARIO of letters RIO ARCHIVES TORONTO WOMEN WMO GAMBLE. History is found to contain many in- stance: of women. queens and slaves alike in whom the passion of gamb- ling has gained a. complete mastery. These women seem to lose all re- straint over themselvee, they become transformed. and in the end, when all their finer instincts have deserted them, they sink into the uttermost degradation. It is notorious that English women are fond of betting. With the major- ity of course this is merely ahtuan- less amusement. Others have been known to lose everything that they possessed, and finally have gambled their souls to the highest bidder, and then to have crept away and put an end to their wretched lives. Gold- smith’s story of the old woman who, knowing tint she had not long to live, played cards with her undertaker for her funeral expenses is well known. Parallels are to be found in everyday lite, F The women of France, perhaps on ac- count of their warmer blood, were at one time the most ardent gamblers in the world. In Louis xor.'s reign so many families were ruined through the passionate love of their mothers and daughters for a game known as "hoes" that it was forbidden by law on pain of death. At Versailles an ex- ception was made to this rule, and here the queen herself frequently lost large sums of money. The frenzied gambling of Mme. do Montespan has become proverbial in France as "Le Jen do la Montespan." At Basset she would play for us much as $200,000 and would grumble hear. tily, and the king also, it no one dared to cover her stakes. One Christmas ev- mine she lost an immense fortune, hut recovered. with three cards: t800,000. Three months later she lost $610,000 but won it back almost immediately. In 1682 the crash came. At "hoca" Lalo“ she had played away as much as $800,000. In Louis XV.'a time matters were in much the same state. On June 25, 1765, for instance, tho. Due de Richelieu undertook to teach Mme. de Barry Inn- aquenet in her boudoir. Within afew minutes, however, he had lost no less than $100,000. This immensely amus- ed the king, who was looking on. and who was delighted with his favorite'e good luck. Mme de Pompadour, it will iii 7 GLGLsreii," gambled' for enormous stakel. 7 In Charles L's time women played freely. That they had few scruples about so doing is shown from the fact that the king's wife, Henrietta Maria, Bassompierre. a well-known "sport,' and Bueklruttrtm, in 1626, played for stakes in a window overlooking Cheap- side, while they waited for nproces- ison to pass. F In Charles [L's time, however, wo. men gambled to an extent hitherto un- known in English history. In those dieselute duystha pleasures/of the Eng- liutt court were not far different from those of the French. The Duchess of Murazin, for instance, a niece of the famous cardinal, lust more than a million pounds, and ended her days in heggary. Nell Gywnne lost 320.000 to her rival, the Duchess of Cleveland. and this at one sitting. The latter in her turn, squandered an immense for- tune at the basset table. A . So fast was the evil spreading that in 1796 Chief Justice Kenyon, threatened to send any lady to the pillnry, how- ever high in rank she might be, who should be convicted hefme him of play- ing taro. This provoked from Gilray, the well-known caricaturist, an im- aginary picture of the first ladies in the land standing in the pillory. Be- neath was the inscription: "Daughters of Phsrarh." During the following year many la- dies were heavily punished for refusing to comply with the law, Lady Burk- Ingham, for instance together with ' - -‘ .. I ‘1'..- cyr..-b up“..- Illsulul, nu .u-1..-..-V V o Indy Luttrell and Mrs. Start, were fined $209 for playing taro. Ladies at the present time do not openly gambh for stakes which amount lo thoutrandr of pounds. It rests only with their conscience: to say how much they lose at Monte Carlo, and in private deals during the course of the your. WEDDING SUPERSTI'I‘IONS. Here are some quaint wedding super- atitiomc-. - -- - . weddi "V The bride who dreams of fairies the night before her marriage will be thrice blessed. It the groom carry a miniature horseshoe in his pocket he will always have good luck. Ship" marriages are considered any- thingbut 1ueky. Get married on land or don't get married at all. No bride or groom should be given a telegram while on their way to church. It is positively a sign of evil. If the wedding ring is dropped dur- ing the ceremony the bride may as well wish herself unborn, for she will always have ill-luck. Widens eager to wed should give dishwater heated to the poilitgg poiy_t trGiidi,iriil. it means that ttref will not marry for a long time It they at- tempt to cleanse dishes in water so hot. Should a bride perchance see a coffin while being driven to the railway eta,- tion prior to departing upon her wed- ding tour, she should order the driver to turn back and start over again. or else she will surely meet with bed luck Well, Johnny, do you feel proud ot being an uncle! No, 'causo I ain't no uncle. Why nott 'Causo I'm an aunt. The new baby's n girl. Little Harry-Pa, why do they call them stump speakers' Pa- Well. I guesq it's because so many of them are stumped when you Mk them to ex. plain where they got their figures. JOHNNY'S MISTAKE. no. exhibiting sketch-IV: thing I ever did. She, " oBi1rc0h, well. you mustn't diaoourage Foul .He. exhibiting seeteh--rt'ts the beet thing I ever did. She, empatheti- ttnr-coil, well. you mustn't let that diaoourage rout The Real ordetsi--r hear he refused to take chloroform when he was oper- ated on. Yes, said he'd rather take it when he paid his bill. - . __ AA " W116“ nu you.“ ..... _..---" tsuperfluous-What would you doll , I should try to kiss rout sho--tyul l for help. That would be entirely un- I necessary, I wouldn't need help. Hicks-Just saw Hogley. Had I been to the doctor's. Doctor tells I him he is looking himself again. Wicks ' -.1s he really as bad as that! Poor fellow! I Information Wanted-Will youhaVe l some of the sugar-cured hami'asked _ the landlady. What was it cured of asked the new boarder suspiciously. Mrs. Nagleigh--1 suppose you are satisfied now that you made a mis- take when you married me. Mr. Nagleigh--1 made the mistake all right. but I'm not satisfied. One of the Old sort.-.Mr. Dukane- I understand that the Dowager Em- press of China. is a reactionist. Mr. Gaawell-bhe is. She declares that no one shall call her a new woman. And remember, Bridget, there are two things I must insist upon; truth- fulness and obedience. Yis, mum, and when you tell me to tell the ladies you're out, when you‘re in, which shall it be, mum t" a A Doit--.Mrs. Putt-d had to get rid of my cook. Mrs. Bse--iruieedr Mrs. Putt-Yes; she used one of my golf sticks for kindling .woodCyyl t).er.f SEW“ nun. a....-., _.-'-. were three of Henry's walking-sticks right at hand. And Branches 0ut.-aupa, asked Sammy, who was laboriously spelling out an item in the paper. what does a "great manufacturing plant" grow from? From the root of all evil, my son," answered Mr. Tarbox. From His Point of view.--U3id you use the story of that fellow with only 8800 who succeeded in failing lor 880,000? Sure. What do you think of itt Well, I wouldn't like to do it myself, but I would like to be able to do it. Embarrassing-you know in our country. said the eminent Chinaman. it is considered the height of courtesy to present a man With a burlal cas- ket. Yea, answered the young Em- peror, but these relations of mine are becoming altogether too polite. A 5:110:13ther Painter-What is this figure in the background? asked the German Emperor. That, answered the artist, is supposed to be your Majesty on top of a mountain commanding the world. Nonsense. Paint it out. The mountain is a very good idea; but the ' of putting me in the back- ground under any circumstances in preposteronal - sir dear, said Mu. Richleigh to her daughter the other evening after young Woodby had departed, how in the world did your hair become so dis- arranged? Why, mamma, replied the quiclr-wittod miss, I guess it must be from shaking my head so much when Mr. Woodbr, wyslrrintr to coax me to Ull- vvuuuu "no -V-J---= -- --___ --- say yes. ’And the mother suddenly remembered that she had once been a girl herself. GREATEST HORSEWOMAN. The Baroness Von Rahden. who in at present astonishing all London with her remarkable equestrian teens, is the only child at a Russian banker. and was born at her father‘s country honee near Riga 25 years ago. From child- hood she evinced a great love tor horses, and as the years rolled on Ihe became an expert rider. .,. " When the Baroness was 18 years of age financial difficulties overtook her father, and pressure was used by her family to induce her to marry a weal- thy but somewhat ancient suitor. Rath- er thin submit, the high-spirited girl determined to take her future in her own binds. and secured an engage- ment to ride in the circus at Moscow. much to the chagrin of her relations. 'ra".'""""" her professional career in l . The Baroness. who has a wonderful influence over horses, won distinguish- ed herself, in the profession of her adoption, by completely subjugating a most vicious horse that had been bought by the Director of the hippo- drome out of a racing stable after the brute had killed a groom. The Baroness owes her introduction to her husband to an accident. About four months after the incident men- tioned, the Baroness was performing in St. Petersburg and had arrived at her sensational finale on Czardas, where she makes the horse rear up and walk on his hind legs, she throwing herself right back until her head near- ly touches the horse's tail, when the animal over-balanced himself and fell backward. The Baron Oscar Von Rah- den, aid-de-camp to his uncle, the Geo.. ernor of Siberia, leaped into the ring with several other gentlemen, the Bar- on being the first to assist the fallen artist. They were married four month. later. Although the Baroness has been the cause of no less than nix duels and one tragic death she is entirely free from blame in the matter, having lived a moat exemplary life, and never has the breath of scandal amirched her fair i tame. The Baron died last October. at Brunswick, of heart disease, accelerat- ed, doubtless, by the years of nervous tension which culminated in the shock- ing tragedy at Clermont-Ferrand in August. 1894, when the Baron shot an infatuated Danish nobleman who had persistently pursued the Baroness for two years, with his undesirable atten- tions, and with whom the Baron had al- ready fought two duets. Remember. said the good man, that there tyre sermun§ in Manes. Not in thaw Hut -.vou run against with your hike. rtaiori'vl the cynic. und tho argument, was nonessarily. at an __J Re-oh. Mix: Ethul. how can I ever tell you my love? Sim wexrily - You might try the letng-"iutanro telephone. \VORSE THAN SERMONS FALL FOR. jvantod--Will youhave gar-cured tsamt'atrkod, What was it cured of boarder suspiciously. '0 tmit the "ir/ii. “and“ at P00 nut."- and ouburlbouto tho following " up.“ of the novupnporltwl t l. I f en y pereon orders hie pope: dieoon tinned, he muet pey All menu, or the publieher any can mane to eend it until p.) . mantle mede,end oolleetthe whole mount whether it be taken hen the ottue or not» There an be no [on] dieeontinenee until "vtnentionade-. a. Any pereon who tekee e peper tron) the post offUe, whether directed to bi! man or enother. " whether he hoe sub. eorihed or not ie ioponsibU tor the pey. I. " eeubeeriber ordere hie pepor to be stopped It . oerteintime, end the Published continue to lend. the eubeoriher u bounc to ply for it if he takee it out of the post offioa. Thie prooeede upon be ground hat e an aunt my for whet he ueee. Sash and Dodr Factory. Having Completed our New Factory we are now prepared Lumber, Shingles and Lath always In Stock. D THE EYES ilf THE WBHU] Are Fixed Upon South Ameri. can Nervine. WHEN VW OTHER HELPER HAS FAILED IT BURKS Beyond Doubt the Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. A Discovery, Based on Scientific Principles. that Renders Failure Impossible. In the mutter of "a mum tempor- hlnx meuuru, wk”. Mldbly mocca- eut for the monont. “I! nova be lam. inc. Thou In poor hula noon know whether tho remedy they no nun: to Mmptr s pining mum“ in their ex- gretrtonoo, Atttng them up for the any. The eye: at a. world or. IReratir and on South American Nervlno. “my on not viow'utq u u o nho-dnn’ vou- der, but tte'tttett and gnarl-hood an hare kn undying this medium tot m. with the one "tutr-ther luv. ton-d that It. claim at perfect as» an 'elltltenrtnot " “than. venom. Wnuhm up for the or 'ettt.tung. t t I. Amman n In: at the am”. afiriiiGrr" GG Pt.re"mur -r8ttoriatq. -' -""'--We -_..-v. w "lIII-I‘. 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