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1 11 dammarens ‘xy ) _ _4 SPU UtItations ai dangercus. No. 1 and No. 2 are sold a!'x.s recommended by all druggists in the Doâ€" aninion of Canada. Mailed to any address on receipt of fiflce and four 2â€"cent postage stamps. e Cook Company, _ ~~ A40iesâ€"ask your druszist for Cook‘s Cotton Root Compound. Take no other :: all pills, _ mixtures and imitations are merare we PW OV PCP ~qnediiihâ€" i 42. 300%â€"c 2200 MB ... nes lwwâ€"thm dollars per box. _ Ladiesâ€"ask your daru=zist â€" Cook‘s Cottom Root Compound. Something of More Importance. Cleveland Plain Dealer. ‘ "Yes, I explained the whole theory of the new discovery to my wife." "And what did sho say ?" * "She said, ‘George, can you rememâ€" bor who the Sourfield girl married * I‘vo been trying ail day to think of hy name,‘ * What you m;mkeln _uuno care to correct in yourselt ~ °T0 @! Nal C UPT Flowers that come from a loved hand should be more prized than diaâ€" monds. You cannot make a man think if he has not the apparatus to think with. What you dislike in another take We prepare ourselves for by doing our day‘s work w Men are seliom more innocently employed than when they avre honâ€" estly making money. Great names debase, instead of raising, thoso who know not how to use them. go o oo C mt ts & persecutor is bound to show that the fallen man is a villain ; otherâ€" wiso he, the persecutor, is a wretch himsel. Doing good is, perhaps, the on‘ly en« terprise in whichk there is positively no clement of tisk. € One can go through his work well or shirk it. One can consider his neighbor or neglect him. One can reâ€" pross the feverâ€"{it of impatience or give It wild sway. And the perpetual The man of stupendous selfâ€"conceit is o{ten oppressively silent. The deepâ€" er liis sllence the more conscious you are of his selfâ€"appreciation. ; Yet that fact does not lessen the value and importance of silence. In the most profound ocean of eloâ€" quence an dccasional island of silence is a welcome haven. Leatr to talk just enough about yoursel{, your , kleas, your experiâ€" ences, your beliels, to interest your listoners. Then learn how to avoid borins, tiring, or overâ€"taxing them, It is a great art,and a difficult one. . ther t cative, P M Mimpariretee hi t dn w llicch t LA s1 20 T10 he yad not attained discretion an tact, as well as success in life,. It is a great art to loarn to be nei ther too reserved nor too communi 1 would rather she had kept it whole and busy with weaving a rest: {ul and serene character. For beyond enthusiasm, ambition or aspiration is severity. t I have Tieard a man talk of his etruggles, adventures, efforts â€" and bis auchievements until my â€" head whiriled. 6 us We I was moved with interest, sympaâ€" thy, admiration, yet. alas, with faâ€" tigue as well and with regret that , Amett MBMarentiihi e dape Arene ThE ds But the entlhusiast needs to chaltiâ€" yate discretion, and to use It occaâ€" glonally, The man with an idea and an aim should seek for balance also, and the remly talker wants to learn ‘how to listen. t This is an age of sellâ€"analysis. Men and women are continually "digging themselves up by the roots,". to see hbow tney grow. Introspection is excellent ; yet it can be carried to an extreme. I have been worn to shreds by having a woman pull her mentality and spirâ€" | ituality to pleces and explain all its intricaclies to me, even while she paid me the compliment of saying I lbaui belped her to understand her Aurm meaakec:c o own mechanism, (Ellia Wheeler Wilcox.) It is a great thing to have enthusâ€" lasm. It is a good thing to have an idea and an aim, and to be interested in your work. * I like tne people who can talk of what they love, and I do not enjoy the silept and conservative man, who keeps everything to himsel and exâ€" pects us to consider him great beâ€" cause he does. t ENTHUSIASM * AND SUCCESS. Information cheerfully given and Organizers wanted. write W. F. Montague, Grand Recorder, Hamilton, Ont. W. F. Campbell, Grand Organizgep, Hamilton, Ont. h YHFICEOEE ..« su«r" «> e TlOTUY .e ce _ ct . mer Fey Increase of assets ... lnc_rgue per $1,000 at YEAR 1902 Total assets ... ... ...... $ 364,01200 Total membership ... 23,829 .. Members added ... ...... 8.201 Amount of insurance The annual report of the Regisâ€" trar of Insurance furnishes indisâ€" putable evidence regarding the STANDING and PROGRESS of this purely Canadian Order. THE CANADIAN ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS Subjects of Thought. tout! dndsccss.d Ladies® Favorite, Is the only safe, reliable regulator on which woman can depend "in the hour and time of need." Prepared in two degrees of strength. No. 1 and No. %, No. 1.â€"For ordinary cageg is byi fark the best dollar medicine known. special casesâ€"10 degreos ASSESSMENT SYSTEM day‘s work while it is $ loel (al Cigl Bb we â€" ssssee .+ ... 2,505,000 00 too communiâ€" perpetual eternity 288,601 O0 125.682 00 and "It was the custom of Christ to attend the synagogues, to join in the songs of praise and thanksgiving, to listen to the reading of the old testament and to its lessons as enâ€" forced â€"and illustrated by the apâ€" pointed leader. From His earliest boyhood to the entering upon â€" His Ministry Hoe had been a regular atâ€" tendant upon ‘the House of God and, wlhen proclaiming His Messiahship, still hoth as a hoeanrer and preacher, He was thus keeping holy the Sabâ€" bath day. Christ Himsel{ set the exâ€" awple of going to church. The Chrieâ€" tian‘s religious needs demand the house of prayer and the assenmbling of God‘s people regularly within its walls. The disciple is not above his Lord."â€"Bishop Fallows. I Sorrows remembered, sweeten preâ€" sont joy.â€"Robert Pollok. The man may last, but never lives, Who _ much receives, but nothing gives, Whom none can love, whom none can thank, Creation‘s blot, creation‘s blank. â€"Thomas Gibbons. Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.â€"Jonâ€" athan Swift. & â€"Coleridge. If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.â€"New Testament. The world‘s a bubble, and the life of man Loss than a span. â€"Bacon. Truth is the handmaid of Justice, freedom is its child, peace is its comâ€" panion, safety walks in its steps, vicâ€" tory follows in its train.â€"Sidney, Smith. To know, to esteem, to loveâ€"and then to part, _ (al~ Aket n Makes up tife‘s tale to many a feeling heart ! Many «mokers; no matter how many cigar cases they have, carry their cigars in the upper leftâ€"hand waistcoat pocket. This habit indiâ€" cates a love of selfâ€"indulgence and disinclination to make the slightest exertion other than absolutely neâ€" cessary. j These observations, it should be reâ€" membered, are those of a woman who has been observing men who smoke. The man who fills his pipe slowly and methodically, and smokes meâ€" chanically and regularly, is likely to be reserved, prudent, and a good, deâ€" pendable friend, while not of showy exterior. lar puffs of smoke, is of incautious, generous impulses, the sort of man who is a good comrado and has powâ€" ers of en@&prtaining, but whose friendâ€" sahip is not likely to be lasting nor to warrant implicit confidence. The man who fills his pipe hastily, hn.phaz_z}rd !a‘s'hio_n. and emits irreguâ€" The pipe held so that it hangs somewhat toward the chin indicates the listless, ambitionless person, who might stand up to such responsiâ€" bilities as come to him, but would never seek them or strive for high place. _, two or three whilfs@ will remove it and hold it in their hand in absentâ€" fmln»ded faghion. They are men who change their opinions and ambitions often and require the spur of noâ€" elty or necess#ity to make them exâ€" j ert their best powers. Cornell Widow, Willie fell in the molasses Barrel, in the shed, "Now I‘ll lick you, Willie," His angry mother said. The pipe s«moker who grips his pipe so firmly between his teeth that marks are left on the mouthpiece is mettlesome, of quick, nervous temper, and likas to be tenacious of his opinâ€" lons, one way or another. The spendthrift, sometimes the adâ€" venturer, is declared by the act of biting off the} end of a cigar. Lack of Juligment, dislike to pay debts and not overâ€"nijiceness of habity are deâ€" clared by this practice. The emoker who sends forth smoke from both corners of the mouth in two divergent pulfs is crochety and hard to get along with, though he may have good mental faculties. The man who, after lighting his cigar, holds it not only between his teeth and lips, but with two, three or four fingers of his left hand, is fasâ€" tidious and possessed of much pe:â€" sonal pride. Such a smoker wilil often remove the cigar and examine the lighted end to see if it is burning evenly and steadily. Such acti>os inâ€" dicate carefulness, sagacity, and a character worthy of confidence and esteem. ; It away, are likely to he irrational and without the capacity to put their powers to use. Men of quick, vivacious temper hardly touch the tip of their cigar with their teeth, and after taking Men who let their cigar go out, and then try to relight it ; also those who, alter smoking for a while let the cigar go out, and then throw Gems From Famous Authors. who could he brutal with indifferâ€" ence should occasion arise. , Let him gnaw at the end of his cigar and roll it between his lips ,and you may depend he is cynical, likely to look always on the wrong sice of human nature and not to trust any one completely. The man who smokes with bis clâ€". gar tilted upwards has the traits that make for success, is hrisk, agâ€" gressive, and likely to triumph over interference with hise wighes. The smoker who guards his cigar jJealously and will smoke it almost up to the point of charring his mousâ€" tache or lurning his nose, is a tacâ€" tician, â€" echeming, gelfâ€"seeking, and with an intense desgire for power. The cigar tilted toward the chin denotes the day dreamer, the perâ€" son who may have ideas and ambiâ€" tions ut seldim the practicability to carry them out. The cigar held steadily and horiâ€" zontally indicates a callous, calcuâ€" lating nature.. strong traits, but poor principles, the sort of â€" man Sbe Had a Sweet Tooth. On Going to Church. Patient waiting is o‘ten the highâ€" egt way of doing God‘s will.â€"Collier. Minard‘s Liniment is used by Phyâ€" selcians, Crafty. Cornell Widow. Pedlarâ€"Madam, I have here a fine complexion beautifier whichâ€"â€" of Motherhood which are not honâ€" ored without discount. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall‘s Catarrh Cure. Send for cireulars, free. by local applications as they cannot reach t.ge diseased portion of the ear. Thereis only one way to cure deafness, and that is by conâ€" stitutional remedies. . Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. _ When this tube is inâ€" flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper. fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deainess is the result, and unless the inflam. mation can be taken out and this tuberestorâ€" ed to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed foreveg: nine cases out 0‘7 ten are caused by Cumn‘h. which is nothing but an inflamed copdltlpn of the mucous surfaces, DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED DiGd you ever hear of a cat that winds a clock? ‘There is one io North Dakota. Her name is Tabby, and she nevor has to be told when to wind the clock. She just sits nour it as the time draws near, and when the hands are at the right place she climbs up and attends to the matter. Of course she doesn‘t have a key. It isn‘t that kird of clock. There are weights, and Tabby draws the weight down that has gone up during twentyâ€"four hours. That keeps the clock going for twentyâ€"four hours again. <o% * Montreal Star. Miss Swellman summered at the Pier, She wintered at the Hall, Now, should she spring at Ligonier, We wonder where ghe‘d fall. Ladyâ€"No. You don‘t work any skin There are no drafts on the Bank Sold by Druggists, T5c. 4 Hall‘s Family Pills are the best Ask for Minard‘s and take no other One Draft Never Dishonored. Columbia Jester. College Idiot (indefinitely) â€" It strikes home doesn‘t it ? Kind Friendâ€"Erâ€"what .does ? College Idiotâ€"Why, I _ was just thinking of our parlor clock. get dycmr mon::y back if not cured. 60c & box, at all dealers or Epmaxson, BATES & Co., Toronto, P" Chase‘s Ointment is a certain ntment is a l Ies and absolute cure for each Ancdompeionenneatonauonee ngand proj piies, the manufacturers have guaranteed it. goetel- timonials in the daily press and ask your neighâ€" bors what they think ofit, You can uso it and get your money back if not cured. 60c a box, at Dr. Chase‘s Ointment Piles For a feonce both good and cheap, write for our cataloguae. Italso tells you about our New Steel Gates SELKIRK FENCE CO. e Welland, Ont. Some Fences are Cheap Some Fences are Good Harvard Lampoon. Mr. Bogworthy rented a suite, In a building without any huite, He lived there for six months, But never kicked onths, or & surgeon had cut off his fuite. Tabby Winds the Clock. Seasonable Speculation. TuE GKEAT SOUTH AMERICAN NERVINE TONIC builds up into vigor and health the most shattered systems. It is unâ€" matched in female complaints, or general debility in either sex. _ . _ Hundreds of testimonials from the cured ones, 19 THE GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN NERVI «William Marshall, of Varney Post Office, County of Gray, Ontario, writes: ""Por the last year I was continually in bed. I spent hundreds of dollars in doctoring and medi~ines which proved of little relief. ‘The first dose ofp South American Rheumatic Cure favo me inâ€" stant relief. I am completely cured." If you have a friend suffering from that horror, or from lumbago or neuralé-la. it is your dutfl' at least to offer it to him. â€" It will reâ€" lieve, with the first dose. You too. The Great South American Rhoumatism Cure; the kind that cures in a few dairs the most obâ€" stinate and painful cases. F. J..CHENEY: & €CO., Toledo, GOING TO TELL IT. Limerick Intelligence. The Idiot Again. TORONTO could stand it t Chirago Recordâ€"Merald. Little Haroldâ€"I wish you were my mamma. The Nurseâ€"Why, dear ? Little Haroldâ€"‘Cause you‘re so diseâ€" agreceable. The Nurseâ€"But why should that maks yror want me ‘nr Â¥yeur mam=«a * Little Haroldâ€"Wel! bardly © see you a If I have my wealthy old Ezra‘s nose. congratulate Uncle Ezra, but don‘t blame me. ,.{ may be a kleptoâ€" maviac, for all I kuow, but I can‘t help it. I am not a prodigy, except to the extent that, not having anything to say, I don‘t talk. Two big persons claim to be my parentsâ€"why can‘t they let it go at that ? I have neverl denied the charge. I haven‘t much data to go by, but I don‘t think I am either a magician, a learned pig, or a virtuoso. I don‘t hanker for applause, so, it will be an apâ€" preciated favor if you won‘t put me through any parlor tricks. His Complaint. I am a baby, eleven months‘ old, and nearly: worn out already. Please let me alone ! n MRS. CHAS. ANDERSON. Btanley, P. E. I I believe MINARD‘S LINIMENT is the best household remedy on earth _ \ MATTHIAS FOLEY,. Qil City, Ont. +s /y * ShalP ie JI believe MINARDS LINIMENT will cure every case of Diphtheria. f MRS. REUBEN BAKER. Riverdala I believe MINARDS LINIMENT will produce growth of hair. lAh, the rlslng bell is better than the knockout drop.â€"Judge. {Acting with the quickness of one who has a trained mind and underâ€" stands human nature the burglar seizes the call bell on the table and rings the rising summons of the family. In a moment the sounds of snores fill ‘the house. M The burglar is stealing loside the house. s His foot strikes a chair. Crash ! y s From the upstair rooms come the sounds of people moving about and conversing in sleepy tones. The cold grey of the dawn is stealâ€" ing through the windows. Remember it is the Masseyâ€"Harâ€" ris. ‘ Ing deviceâ€"because it is so good. But MASSEYâ€"HARRIS patents preâ€" vent them duplicating it. FOLDING DIVIDERSâ€"Simplest of all. A child can unlatch them and turo them in. Many other manuflacâ€" turers are trying to copy this foldâ€" It has great capacity, neverthe leas, and is strong and wellâ€"made. It drops back from under the sheaves when dumping, without damaging the heads of grain. T*%, A SIMPLE SHEAF OR BUNDLE CARRIER is one Of the many good features of the MASSEYâ€"HARRIS Binder. You can see by the cut howm very simple and light it is. ; First poet, Jacob Steedman, 1639. First Mayor, 1665. $ elj’I(e;wflm.nt:a’ Exchange established, First letter carrier route, 1673, reached to Boston. First regular dock, 1677. First professional undertaker, 1633. First printing press, Brad{ord‘s, 1694 First power house, 1698. Streets first lighted, 1697, lantern bung on a pole at every #seventh house. ¢ First newspaper, 1725. First public library, 1729. First college established, 1756. laggcame first city in the union, ’ brated Yesterday. _ _First settled in 1614, but no buildings were put up until the beâ€" ginning of the next year, 1615. First flour mill and first lawyer, 1630. Clergyman and echoolmaster apâ€" fllen.red in 1633, and whipping post 1635, when first artist also apâ€" peared. [( . . ols mi;ié‘at physiclan is recorded as of First Long Island ferry, 1637. First banging, 1641. First building lot, 1642, wold for $9.60, worth a million or two now,. First public echool, 1652. First city charter, 1653. City Hall opened, 1635. First caensus, population 1,000, 1656. {-:irsf tlrelcompa.ny. 1657. New York‘s 250th Year Was Celeâ€" The Caretul Burglar. The Poor Boy. FACTS ABOUT GOTHAM. dâ€"Well, then I wouldn‘t you any more, and I â€"a aeag s : mak Lever‘s Yâ€"Z (Wise Head) Disinfectant Soap Powder is better than other powders, as it is both soap and disinfectant. _ :: Follies of Long Ago. Philadelphia Ledger, Bibbsâ€"No man knows himsoelf. Gibbsâ€"That‘s true. I have just been reading over some letters I wroteo to my wife before we were married. Painkiller is just the remedy needed in every household. For cuts, burns and bruises, strains and gprains, da mpen a cloth with it; apply to the wound and the pain leaves. Avoid substitutes; there is but one "Painkiller‘‘â€"Perry Davis‘. The Woman and Her Mirror. How much time does a woman spend before her lookingâ€"glass? A German, with true Teutonic pationce, bas set himself{ to answer this triâ€" vial question with scientific acâ€" curacy. He estimates that a girl of 6 to 10 spends an average of seven minutes a day before the mirâ€" ror; from! 10 to 15, a quarter of an hour is consumed daily, and from 15 to 20, twentyâ€"two minutes. Laâ€" dies from 20 to 25 occupy twentyâ€"five minutes: from that age to 30 they are at least half an hour at their toilette. Thence, he alleges, there is a decline. * | SVPERIOR Minard‘e Liniment Lumberman‘s Friend. . % Bheâ€"What, you would have had the impudence to make me wait if I had been punctual ? No Excuse for the Bunch. Fliegende Blaetter. Bhe (who arrived an hour late at a rendezvous)â€"Excuse me for coming so late. You must have had a long Keep Minard‘s Liniment in the house. she‘s too rich." life?" enquired the friend. Are reached by the trains of the New York Central Railway. This great fourâ€"track line enters the only station in New York City, the Grand Central Btation, corner of 4th avenue and 42nd street. . i youth. Heâ€"Oh, no! I have just come myâ€" Philadelphia Record. "I began life without a cent in my pocket," remarked the sellâ€"made man. "I didn‘t even have a pocket when I was born," retorted the gilded There ts no such word "Well, hbow do you like married Results from common soaps: eczema, coarse hands, ragged clothes, shrunken â€" flannels. St. Jacobs Oil1 NEW YORK AND THE EAsT °* His Humvle Beginning. Ask for the Octagon Bar a37 He Doesn‘t Count, Lumbago and Sciatica Dick‘s Horses and Cattle It puts cows in narfaat L..ur 02 . With the old surety, ~ C eeaey sale by all first class dealers > t OtTTINO 1E * p.ackage s Blood! Purifier * ,© is the best Tonic for ¢6 curs as fail. Price, 250 and 500; 34 «. AGEHTs, MONTRECAL P ECOPT TE d badly swolien ; so bad that I had to bathe it in warm water, then applied Rendals Spavin Cure. 1 had Typhoid Fever the same winter and on‘ gave the Kendali‘s Spavin Cure half a chance, and t only too‘ one and a half bottles to cure his leg with very slim 'f-m and it did l:.comple:;l'y memmld never know that he & spavin ; he never since. * $‘ Yery rely youtk, GEO. 8. HarRIE Such endorsements as m.&mmumdn«t Tude 81. six for 88. d io. w on uon oi on e hasne eq our t for w ure. d-o"A!‘myuuo:‘& Horee," the ufi.m«n. DR. B. 1. MNMCFALI.& VT. umm Dr. B. J. K Ks l.fl.unhobu.]u.u.ln % . Kendall Co., tlemen : I had t t a yo hrnvofiu four years tcco.-fich lu.d a .lonoo:gé.:l:: :':’ i iee io ie i esn on e n pacg ear oo bas t Spavin Cure, 3520 40 N Wart water, then applied Kendaii‘s ALL OTHERS E. B. EDDY‘S nHLNVALL V «»«CURE the old reliable remedy f Spavins, Ringbones, 8piin OI:b.. etc., and ml-:. ot h-.iu.:‘. o:f..‘ ('ED.‘ ‘f'?: of cures annually. Cures without a blemish, as it does not blister. KENDALL‘S TVUBS, PAILS, ETC 0 real, Single 87.00 6 I it. ©$12.00 * Toronto to Montreal Bingle $6,Rt 81 1.50 Also to intermediate joints. Meals and berth included. _ Steamers leave Mondays and Thursdays in Mayâ€"Hamilton 1 p.m., Toron. to 7,30 p.m. Further information apply to agents or H. FOSTER CHAFFEE, W’.,.u,,.. Passenger Agent R. & O., Toronto. £ It Has No Equai * Manufactured only by THE CAMPBELL MFC. co 1,000 MILE AXLE GREASE Beat Seilting Skirt Qupporter and Waist Asio«., ever tatreduced. Seils at sight. Good profil. SGend 25 conts for sample and terms to apen:, BRUSH & CO., DEPT. H., TORONT~ INDURATED FIBRE WARE A. ITISSUE NO.â€" 23. â€" 1903 LEARNA PROFESSION â€"_____",.T_'_'”“'_,?Pt',v k 8t fl of Japan u':r« LADY AGENTS wantep . [ > >~* Mre. wm"-m m m?i toinee i5 hnd marvenn the Junpy emie oriad For sale by all leadin . ea Complete Cure for Bone Spavin. of HAMILTON, ONTARIO. IN FIFTEEN DAYS CooO® y Hamilton. Ont May Excursions SPAVvIN to Montâ€" sunday INTERNATIONAL 1k JUNXE 7, 19 w w «nd Shipwr Commentary.â€"L. 1 “. (".. 1â€"12). i1 Uinpes â€" Accused par of For the Sa Rom6. 11 The bhurric Fe‘L _ h w“n-ub and 6 MAmast â€" ammediate!s '“','.a them, and U and driven . dbefor ‘m-ty-throe mile erly direction 1O Mauda.. This was M WE l ul miles #south desired to land. HIL Paul giving cc vice (vs. 21â€"38). U aky, and in that ho 3 there appeared life ; Sor it hel ing from duty, but < the epirit 10 testify | Rome. Adapted to U three bundred souls 1 mr.“m words. teenth night of the covered that they w about 480 miles little Island of Mal 838. Was comne were waiting for c ing _ #ship in _ A eannot know what der such circumsta soughtâ€"It is elrai soner should be lis! moment. _ Rameay . the agEurance that & man of distinctiof Aristarchus accomp servants, for in no would they be allo him.â€"Peloubet. foodâ€"*‘To their dei ed a further sulle of food in consequ« jory done to the pr Iimposelbility of pre ular meal 84â€"86. Not a hair i@ a proverbla\l one plete «Geliverance.â€" thanksâ€"Without af Paul acts wtth au the presence of th diers and sailore red must have had & good. â€" Too often i Christians allow t and cheerful epirit 1 and Comfort into | pany. 87, 88. Were in given here is very ll that this must ha An Ideal Wo All of oughâ€"They would 825 So. Colleg Tenn., of Lydi Vegetable Comp and throughout th «#f this great cont ngs of woman‘ it, and thousa , h‘cfi are pour Never in the hist t%he demand for on Sor female discas tained by Lydia Vegetable Com| @uring the lifetim medicine has the « so t as it is toâ€" * So: the Atlar So says Mrs. GREENX To f Japan te being seri 1 st out the an mever â€" been from Fair distance of a pleasant t hup waPâ€" health to w w for advi ecomplaints. . Pinkbhan of 1 8 l }\V ng th Je V \ a \\