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i "You are eruel!" he cried, vehemently. "Xo," she replied, "I am trying to be just to you and to myself. There is a great gull between us, Lord Aubrey. Your wife lives. She hus the first claim upon you. After her, Lady Gertrude has a claim, which her angry words of ‘just now do not absolve you from. You asked her to be your wife, not loving ber. If you are an honorable man, you must, when the time comes, give her the opportunity to be the Countess of Aubâ€" "Forgive me, Erna!" he said. "The only thing 1 knew was that I loved you. It is a madness. All that you say is true; and wt I must ask one little ray of hope. ben 1 have fulfiHed al my duties, may I then, if 1 am free to do s0, come to you, and be sure that 1 shall find you {mmer” She stiled sadiy. wes n':}. As for me, I am a widow, whose busband yet lies unburied. Can you ask me to listen to words of love from you!" There was something so inexpressibly noble in her words and demeanor that the earl was silenced. He had indeed forgotten all the things she spoke of. "The future must take care of itself," she answered. "I will not promise." She would have given her right hand then to have spoken freely the feekngs that made her heart throb; but she beld steadfast to her idea of duty. She felt that the present duty was to shap every tic between them. "At least say that you love me, Erna,‘ hs pleaded. "1 cannogt say that; and it is wrong o‘ you to ask me," she replied. "Mave I been mistaken?" he exclaimâ€" ed, in anguish, "Do you not love mse, then, Ob, that is not possible. My heart «euld net have told me a falsehood. Eina, can there be any harm in saying just the three little words, I love you." _ "There would be harm for me to say tLem. Yes." "Dare you say that you do not love me?* he suddenmiy demanded. xn The celor rushed to her face in a tide. He believed be had entrapped her. She urew herseli up proudly.. & "I say nothing, Lord Aubrey, and you Lave no right to put your own construcâ€" tion on my silence." HowP magnificent she looked _ then! Never had sne seemed so worthy a true man‘s love. The earl could not but honor in her the resolution which kept her faithful to her ideal in the face of his pleading" "Armd must I, to please you, do as you have bidden me?" he asked. "You must do it to satisfy your own honor, my lord," she replied. "How long gince is it that the Earl of Aubrey‘s henor needed a mentor?" "Since my brain was bewildered by your witcheries," he replied. She shook her head. "A love that would drive out honor could be no love at all," she said. He looked at her as he would have gazed at a deity. "It shall be as you say," he said. "I will follow your orders, though to do so were to carry me to my grave in unhapâ€" piness, You are right, Erna. I will adâ€" mit that I believed you to be. But I warn you that should my deliverance eome to me, I will seek you, and nothing sball keep us apart. Why should 1 ask you to speak the words when I can read them on yeur beart? Erna, my dear one! You shall be my angel for good." He caught her hand before she could draw it away, and carried it to his lips. He held it there a moment, and then turned and left her. She watebed him urt!l he turned again; then she waved her hand, as { to bid him farewell, and resumed her own way. The earl returned to the Custie and was met by a servant, who informed him that Lord Moreham awaited him in the library. He was rejqjced. _ Something His Lordship had evidently been inâ€" formed of the important fact which had just been imparted to the earl, for he was marching up and down the library in a state of great excitement. Indeed, ho was so perturbed that he lost for the :imo his awe of his prospective sonâ€"inâ€" AW. must be done at once, and Lord More ham was the person to consult . with Aubrey became cool in proportion as the other was excited. It often happens "If Lady Gertrude told you that the unfortunate woman to whom I was marâ€" ried, and whom I believe ddead, is alive, she bas told you mno more _ than the truth," he answered, neither lightly nor fliprnt.ly, but indifferently "It is an awful thing, Aub "It is an awftul thing, Aubrey! awful!" Lord Moreham groaned. "You _ should bave guarded againat such a thing." . "It would have been better," admitâ€" ted Aubrey, rather inpatiently. "But the only thing I coud have done to be mote sure than I was, would have been to kill her myself." "Of course," said his lordship, "I don‘t mean to reproach you. But consider my pesition ! £verything ready for _ the wedding, and the announcement must be made that it is off." It occurred to Lord Aubrey that Lord Morsham was treating the matter a« if it was something akin to a horserace; but it was uot because he did not feel seriously enough about it. "Lord Morehaim," he said, "I can see but one proper way out of the affair. It must be made c{ear that Lady Gerâ€" trude is in no manner compromised by the turn affairs have taken." "But how? How? If you could see the "Aubrey, Aubrey!" he cried s this Gertrude tells me?" "But how? How? If you could see the state she is in. Nobody can do anything with her." "My suggestion would be," said Auâ€" Lrey, with no very good grace internally, but externally wi*out a sign of _ disâ€" favor, "that you should say frankly to the guests that 1 had been mn:ne;i 8 o 8 ail Haks P nbro:;,c:;d had n-xp;;;ed'my wife dead Fut that she has unexpectedly appear ed in time to prevent the wedding. n C es us wl " "Well," said Lord Moreham, who had been thinking of the same thing, but had not had the courage to propose it, "if you say so." _ "Certainly. It does not matter to me what the gossips see fit to make of the story." "Of course not. But about Gertrude?" It was that that most troubled his lor@ship. His daughter had let fall some very troubleâ€"provoking words concernâ€" ing the future intentions of the earl. "Well," the earl rubbed his chin. "It seems to me that under the cireumâ€" ot,ou it will not be improper to say that my wife is dying; and that, after a decent interval, I shall come to claim Lady Gertrude." 5 "Ah:"* * "I suppose," said the earl, a little more THE WOOING OF ERNA what anxiously than he wished to betray, "Lady (Gertrude will not be induced by the unpleasant cireumstances to change her mind." â€"“‘"Y;;;r'lay depend upon her constancy, my lord," said her father, in a tone of eonviction. The earl had hoped for a different anâ€" swer. But what else could he expect of a father*t Perhaps the daughter would not be so easily di of now as beâ€" fore. Certainly it 1d be awkward to marry a woman who had been betrayed into such language as she had that morning used. "Very well," he said, "you may use my name with perfect assurance. 1 shall go now to see my unfortunate wife; but 1 shall return to see Lady Gertrude as soon as ciroumstances will perm®t." "Quite right. I will tell her what you say. _ She will be greatly soothed, no doubt." "You will make my excuses to everyâ€" _ After her deathâ€"before it, indeedâ€" he gave the utmost publicity to the stor of his wretched marriage. He Qcknowi Cmm "Certainly," and Lord Moreham bade goodâ€"bye to the earl in far better spifits than he had deemed possible but a few ninutes earlior. The unfortunate Countess of Aubrey lingered several days in unconsciousness, after the arrival oi the carl b{v her bedâ€" side. She never roused sufficiently to even recognize him; and the earl could not bring himself to feel that he would have had it otherwise, Ite fully and freely forgave her for all she had done to injure him; but he could not even respect her, and he would not have pretended to do so. ed.god her as his wife; and, when she was dead, treated her in all respects as he would have done a beloved wife. This he did in order that Lady Gerâ€" trude might be set right before a gosâ€" siping world; and he found his reward in doing so in the certainty that Erna was secretly applauding him for it. There was no difficulty in having the story spread. The daily papers were but too eager for such a}ensa!ionul tale to spare any Tce in the telling. The earl refrained from narrating the part played by his false friends; but in some way the papers gained a knowledge of it; and that, too, came out. * This led to more talk of the earl, and, little by little, the story of his sacrifice for an unworthy prince leaked out. In the end his character was not merely clear of the stain upon it, but there was danger, as he sardonically said himself, that he would be prematurely converted into a saint. He did his duty religiously by his wife, and retired from the public gaze for a short time afterward. He made no preâ€" tense of mourning, feeling that it would be hypocrisy to do so; but he was glad of the chance to bury himself at Aubrey, in order that he might compose himself for the further task set upon him by Erna, and admitted by himself to be the right course. At Aubrey he spent his time in riding Selim, and in haunting the places made dear to him now by Erna‘s love for them. He found it easy enough to draw many things from his housekeeper; and he sometimes smiled sadly as he found himself rejoicing in the doings of the madeap girl. He remembered the time when he conâ€" demned such things, and when he refll- ed the sweet, girlish confidence which had been so fraukly offered to him,. 1f he had not been such a selfâ€"satisfied dolt at that time, he told himself, Erna might now be by his side, helpin! him plan the many reforms in the sondition of his tenâ€" ants, which he now saw were sorely needed. His repugnance to returning to Lady Gertrude grew with his sojourn at Aubrey, where all the asociations reminded _ him of _ Erna; but when â€" the time fixed _ for _ his when _ the _ time fixed _ for _ his return came, he did not hesitate. Someâ€" how it semed to make it easier to think of Erua; and he often wondered at the great change which had come over her, and which had transferred her from a wayward, willful hoiden into a woman so calm and selfâ€"contained _ that she could command his violent passion by her very silence. Erna had not entered the gay world of London at the opening of the season, but had taken advantage of the formal period of mourning to remain in retire ment at Romley. Lady Gertrude, however, had thrown herself headlong into the swirl, and was already, in the absence of her more beâ€" witching rival, the reigning beauty. Mer romantically interrupted wedding with the earl had served only to make her an object of greater interest; and even at far away Aubrey the carl heard of her social triumphs. Down in his heart he hoped, when he heard of the eager attentions of the men, that she would find some one of them so superior to him that she would give him his release. But no word of such a thing came to him; and at last he was fain to set out for London, to once more lay his name at her service. At another time he would have conâ€" demned her conduct as that of & coâ€" quette, but in his u{orness to have her find another mate, he overlooked that now; and when at the club the first day of his return to town, young Montague said to him that he had just come in time to save his bride, he only asked, with hardly concealed eagerness: "Why do you say that?" . ‘Oh,‘ answered young Montague, with a laugh, "the Earl of Rockingham is making despasate love in that quarter; and it is said he hi.s made a bet of two to three in handreds that he will get her from you." It should have mortally offended him that any man should dare to make such a bet; but he outwardly shrugged his shoulders, and inwardly hoped the earl might win his bet. In other ways, now, he began to hear of how Lady Gertrude was exerting all her powers of fascination to keep the most eligible men at her feet; and his heart leaped with the joy of the hope that she was making ready to refuse "I was foolish," he said to himself, "to have come to town. Perhaps if 1 had given her more time she might have forestalled my renewal of the offer of my name." Then it occurred to him that she might merely wish the pleasure of rejecting him with such a storm of scornful words ‘ws he now knew she was capable of. It was with such a hope in his breast that he went to the Moreham mansion in the afternoon of his arrival in town. He say Lord Moreham, and was receivâ€" ed with an effusive cordiality that gave 00 CHAPTER XL bim no hope in that quarter. Certainly oc Snb ie c Pm T 2 if Lady Gertrude had any intention of refusing him, it was entirely without the knowledge of her parent, "Lady Gertrude will be delighted to see you," he said, when Aubrey mentionâ€" ed the purpose of his visit. ‘"She has felt your trouble very much; and hasâ€"enâ€" endeavored to divert her mind by theâ€" erâ€"gayeties of theâ€"of society." A faint smile passed over Aubrey‘s face at this easy explanation of Lady Gertrude‘s deep plunge into dissipation. It was quite pfsin that he must be preâ€" pared to carry out the‘ original proâ€" gramme. * Lady Gertrude came down after . he had been waiting nearly half an hour, showing; as the earl thought, a studied intention of making _ him understand that she was not placated The longer he was made to _ wait, the higher his hopes rose. It makes so much difference what one‘s desires are. At another tlso, and under the other cireumstances, he would have been indignant. He smiled with something like _ real pleasure when at last Gertrude sailed inâ€" to the room. He was quick to note the change in her. Her bionde, statuesque beauty lent itself very readily to an imâ€" perious carriage; and the earl noted that there was nothing in Lady Gertrude now of the unformed girl. It was as if she had passed completely through the finishing process, She was a proud, imperious woman of the world; and, however fascinating, and soft she might be when she pleased, it was plain that she could be fciness itself. "Lady Gertrude," he said, as she seatâ€" ed herself, "you have doubtless heard of the death of my wife." Bhe returned his _ greeting _ coldly, though with perfect courtesy; and his hopes rose higher and higher, She had not forgiven him and she was hardly like not forgiven him, and she was hardly likely to accept him as a husband. He K‘Iungcd at once into his busines with er. "When we last met there was some heat of anger on your part, and you at that time, F:boring under a misapprehenâ€" sion, I think, gave me thy dismissal." "Had it not been for your words, still the fact must have remained that in the existence of my wife, there was a barrier between us." Once more a bow of acquiescence. "It was a situation I greatly deâ€" plored," he went on. "For myself, I cared nothing. I have borne the misrepresenâ€" tation of the world in silence for a long time; but for you I felt a responsibility which caused me to say to your father that I deemed it my duty to hold myself bound to you." y in 19 h . e Bhe bowed her head, but did not speak. Again she merely acquiesced. Her face was absolutely a closed book. "He told me so at the time," she said, briefly. "In order to keep your right before the world, I afterward gave my whole wretched story to the world." "Now I have come to renew to you my offer of marriage, a sufficient time having elapsed to render such an action not unseemly. Will it X]““ you to become the Countess of Aubrey ?" He asked the question, and waited anxiously for the question. Leady Gerâ€" trude seemed in no (Lnste to give it. For a moment she cast her eyes down, as if to hide some expression she could not controi. Then she looked up at him out of her cold, blue eyes, and answered, slowly : "That, too, I know. I understood why you did it." "Lord Aubrey, I have listened to all you wished to say. In your turn listen to me; but first let me ask you a quesâ€" tion to which I request a framig and full answer. Do you make me this offer in good faith? Do you intend to abide by my answer?" The Fly on Mr. Gladstone‘s Nose,. 1 remember once, says Harry Furniss, in the Strand Magazine, when I was giving a lecture on "Portraiture, Past and Present," and illustrating the porâ€" traits on medals with the alf of a Y:n- term, I came to some near the bottom of the screen. "Here," said I, "we have the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London, 1300 A. D." At that moment, the Mayor and Mayoress of the town, who, for effect, 1 suppose, had come in a quarter of an heur late to the seats raserved for them in the centre of the hall, walked past the rays of the lantern, and wore, of course, shown on the screen, and, as can be supposed, caused an effect that had not been anticipated. "Your question is surely needless," he replied, as icily as herself. "I offer you my name in good faith, intending to abide by your answer." On another cccasion a fly was an ofâ€" fender whilst I was giving a lecture, with the aid of a lantern. I was showâ€" ing some portraits of Mr. (iladstone in my entertainment, "The Humors of Parâ€" liament." I was telling my audience, as I pointed to the pictures on the sereen, that one moment he looks like this, and at another he looks like that, when there was a great burst of laughâ€" ter. I procecded to speak about Gladâ€" stone‘s flashing eye and noble brow, and by the ttime I mentioned something x\{out his aquillne nose my audience seemed in hysterics. Thinking that by some mischance the wrong pleture was being thrown on the screen, I turned round, and was at first horrified to see The Cook‘s Fault. One of the most annoying things about swans is that they live to an exâ€" tremely great age, and that it is imâ€" possible for the ordinary observer to. guess what their years may be. Presi dent Grover Cleveland once had an amusing experience with some swans, according to a writer in the American Magazine. He had been in the south, shooting, and brought home a number of wild swans, one of which he sent to each member of his Cabinet, and to some other associates. & "All the boys," said Mr. Cleveland, "thanked me politely for having rememâ€" bered them, but none of them seemed to have much to say about how they enâ€" joyed the birds. : "*Â¥es, sir, oh, yes, I got the swan ali right, thank you,‘ and he bent over his desk and seemed very busy. "*Fine bird/ 1 said. "*Yes, sir, fine bird, and he went on working. "‘Enjoy eating him, Thurber? "He waited a minute, and then he said, ‘Well, sir, 1 guess they didn‘t ccok him right at my house. ‘They only ccokâ€" ea him two days,‘ and he went on workâ€" ing without cracking a smile." "Carlisle, I found, had his cooked on a night when he was dining out. Anâ€" other, when 1 asked him, said he hoped I wouldn‘t mind, but he had sent his home to his old mother. ‘Thurber didn‘t mention his bird at all for two days. Finally I asked him about it. "‘Thurber, did you get that swan all right?" . ..>i : e ain‘s (To be continued.) A Bowel Medicine PreventsConstipation, Apâ€" pendicitis, Keeps Comâ€" plexion Clear, Assures ‘"I am now quite on old man," writes Mr. Cameron, ‘"it being sixtyâ€"six years since I left my native town in Scotland. In that time I have witnessed _ much sickness and suffering. One case I reâ€" call occurred with a neighbor who 1 heard was about ready to die with apâ€" pendicitis. I went to see him and found he had been ordered to the hosâ€" fiital weeks ago for an operation. . But e put it off and I found him in bed suffering agony â€"four days had elapsâ€" ed since his bowels moved. Having used Dr. Hamilton‘s Pills regularly for 25 years I knew they would help him ard I gave him three pills In two days he was around, and I know that ever since, DR. 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No case of constipation can posâ€" itively go uncured if treated with Dr. Hamilton‘s Pills." NO GOLDEN SPIKES IN THIS. Yet It Was a Record Breaking Piece of Railroading All the Same. Just forty years had elapsed on May 10 since the rails of the Union Pacific moving westward met the rails of the Central Pacific moving eastward at Proâ€" montory Point near Ogden, Utah, ird the first transcontinental railway vis completed. f S © When Thomas Durant of the Union Pacific, and Gov. Leland Stanford, cf Califormia, drove the last spikes in the first continent girdling line on May 10, 1869, the whole country, says Les lie‘s Weekly, was metaphorically look» ing on. : TH s*ew oc k gui. Sound Health. : Two Remarkable Cases Described by Mr. Hugh Cameron of Foiger Station, Ont., Proving the Merit of “a'h-i;-gs were very different _ forty years later when, without any golden spike, without the presence of any of the principal officers of the company, the last rail on the Pacific Coast exâ€" tension of the Chieago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway, now known as the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway, was laid at a point two miles east of Missoula, Mont., just before the 5 o‘clock whistle blew on March 31 last. There was no celebration of any kind, and the only speech was the remark of the contractor to the foreman, _ "Bill, that‘s a good job." The length of the extension just completed _ from the Missouri River to Beattle and Tacoma is a trifle over 1,400 miles and brings the total mileage of the Chicago, Milâ€" waukee und St. Paul Railway up to 9,â€" 000 miles. The completion of the _ new line was turned April 15, 1906. No Paciâ€" fic Coast line of any railway and . no line of equal length crossing three mounâ€" tain ranges has ever been constructed within the short period of three years. During this period 60,000,000 cubic yards of material have been excavated, 260,000 yards of tunnel driven, twenty miles of bridges erected, _ and 200,000 tons of cightyâ€"five pound rails laid at a total cost of $85,000,000. The ballastâ€" ing of the new transcontinental line will be completed about June 1, 1909, and regular freight and local passenger service will be established thereafter. The new line as far west as the city of Butte, Mon., has been in regular operaâ€" tion since September, 1908. Minard‘s Liniment Cures Dandruff. wHY NoT SPLTT THE DIFFERENCE? A cook informed her Boston mistress that she was apt to be married. The mistress was â€" genuinely . sorry, says Judge, as the woman was 4 good cook and steady. 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All the machinery and seagoing fixtures have been removed from the old hulk and the rooms amidships that used to open into the engine room have been combined into the assembly hall, The after deck has been boarded in and transformed into a reading room. Tables and chairs, with many books, magazines and~ newspapers, give the place a homelike appearanee, and here the sailors of the Seven Seas, with huâ€" man derelicts from many lands, congreâ€" gate in the afternoons and evenings to find out what is going on in the great world. Really the Seaman‘s Bethel is a sort of institutional chureh, The after part of the hold has been fitted up as a gymnasium. Here also is a bowling alâ€" ley, and in another corner are bathtubs aled a water heater. Another part of the hold is fitted up with bunks, where the sailor who finds himself "broke" beâ€" tween voyages is made welcome to spend the nightâ€"or as many nights as he pleases.â€"From the Kansas City Star. How Sparrows Came to New Zealand. The Register publishes the following paragraph _ quoted from its issue of June 23rd, 1859;: "It appears from the New Zealand papers that the country at particular seasons is invaded by armies of caterpillars, which clean off the grain creops as completely as if mowed by a scythe. With a view of counteracting this plague _ a novel importation has beer made. Mr. Brodie has shipped 300 sparrows on board the Swordfish, careâ€" fully selected from the best hedgerows in England. The food alone, he informs us, put on board for them cost £18. This sparrow question has been a long standing joke in Auckland, but the neâ€" cessity to farmers of small birds to keep down the grubs is admitted on all sides. Mrv. Brodie has already acclimatized the pheasant, which is abundant in the north."â€"Adelaide Register. THE ONLY WAY TO GOOD HEALTH Is t Keep the Blood Rich, Red and Pure by Us‘ng Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills. 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To wravp the bundles 5, 400,000 shoots of wrapping paper were used. Blank forms are furnished by the millions. Of the form ‘"‘Application for Domestic Money Order," which is seen in the lobby of every post office, there were 161,770,000 used last year, and during the same period 69,034 rubâ€" ber stamps were manufactured and supâ€" plied to post offices. Minard‘s Liniment Relieves Neuralgia Th CHURCH FROM OLD BOAT. ciety Lifebuoy Soap is detightfully refrelbln%tor Bath or Tollet in hot weather. For washing underclothing it is unequalled. Cleanses and purifies KEEP THEM AT HOME. (Goldwin Smith.) We are much obliged to the English journal which proposes to get rid of all the pauper infants by sending them here. The remark might sound rather malthusian; otherwise _ we might say that the best way of getting rid of pauper infants would be to abstain from bringing them into the world. A man surely has no right to bring into the world beings whom he cannot support and thrust them on the community. Malthus may have been rough in the exâ€" pression of his views, though the blame for this rests, it is believed, mainly on his disciples, but it is difficult to deny that he is right. : Doctorâ€"It isn‘t wise to go to sleep on an empty stomach. Patient â€" I don‘t. I always sleep on my back. < A comingâ€"out party â€"the convict whose senterce has expired. In days of yore," from Briton‘s shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero came, Aud planted firm Britannia‘s flag, On Canada‘s Ql’ier domain. Hoere may it wave, our boast, our pride, And joined in love together, The Thistle, Shamrock, Rese entwine The Maple Leat forevert‘ Chorus. The Maple Leaf, or emblem dear, The Maple Leaf forever! God save our King and heaven bless The Maple Leaf forever! At Queenston Heights â€" and Lundy‘s Lane, Our brave fathers, side by side, For freedom, homes, and loved ones dear, Firmly stood and nobly died; And those dear rights which they mainâ€" tained, We swear to yield them never! Our watchword ever more shall be, The Maple Leaf forever! Our fair Dominion now extends From Cape Race to Nootka Sound; May peace forever be our lot, And plenteous store abound; And may those ties of love be ours Which discord cannot sever, And flourish green o‘%er Freedom‘s home, The Maple Leaf forever! Hoping for much in others is helping them to it. Every shadow in life is evidence of a sun somewhere. Lifting little loads helps a lot more than describing big ones. The only powers that know enjoyment are those that find employment. The only way to move a mountain toâ€" morrow is to take a pickaxe toâ€"day. Your faith is not measured by your appreciation of the faults of others. On merry England‘s farfamed land May kind heaven sweetly smile; God bless old Scotland evermore, And Ireland‘s Emerald Isle! Then swell the song both loud and lond, Till rocks and forests quiver, God bless our King and heaven bless The Manvle Leaf forever! .u. GHT SOAPâ€"A (Good intentions in sowing tares will not make them come up as wheat. Big words in the mecting do not make up for short weight in the market. The home is never brightened by the roseate hues on the end of a nose. The straightest road to heaven is that one on which you can do most good. The more man you put into religion the more religion you will give men. Too many think they are saints beâ€" cause it makes them sad to see a child happy. He who does not preach with what he is wili never prosecute with what he says. The dead saints are the only good ones according to the canon of negative virâ€" tues. You can usually tell where a man‘s scruples will break out when he carries his conscience in his pocket, _ No man who ever knows _ anything about heaven except as he tries to make some one happy. _ _ o uh Some have a hard time picking out a car to heaven because the lower berths seem all to be taken. There is no such a possibility as find ing righteousness for yourself while ig noring the rights of others. 5 "THE Minard‘s Liniment Co., Iimited: Dear Sirs,â€"1 had a Bleeding Tumor on my face for a long time and tried a number of remedlies without any good results. I was advised to try MINâ€" ARD‘S LINIMENT, and after using sevâ€" eral bottles it made a complete cure, and it healed all up and disappeared altoâ€" gether. BAD NEWS FOR OUR DOCTORS. "And now that you are through eolâ€" lege what are you going to do " "I shall study medicine." "Rather crowded profession already ien‘t it ?" "Can‘t help that. I shall study mediâ€" cine, and those who are already in the professoin will have to take their chances, that‘s all‘â€"Boston Transeript. k DAVID HENDEDSON. Belleisle Station, King‘s Co., N. B., Sept 17, 1904. "Captain, what time does start ?" "It starts, madam, when ] word." "Then I‘ve always had the wrong idea. T thought it started when the engineer pulled a lever or did something. Thank you ever so much." meets you halfâ€"wayâ€"does all your work in half the time and at half the cost of other soaps. Sunlight Soapâ€"absolutely pureâ€"saves clothes from inâ€" juryâ€"hands from roughnessâ€" life from /"\_ drudgery. SENTENCE SERMONS. starts, madam, when I give the MAPLE LEAF FOREVER." fach One a Sollid, Hardened, Luooting Mazse Withect a Hoopor Seam Just as Good as EDDY‘S FIBREFWARE GETTING BACK Henry F. Cope. THE BEST WOODEFN P AIL Can‘t Help But Lose Its Hoops and Fall to Pieces. You Want Someâ€" thing Better Don‘t You? Then Ask for Pails and Tubs Made of this boat The development of the traffic of the Allogh:i River is said to be seriouely interfered with by the character of the bridges spanning the stream. It apâ€" r«‘u that the several bridges between "itteburg and Allegheny have different clearances above water and most of them are too low for the full developâ€" ment of navigation, now that the r1u lation of the Allegheny River | has reached an advanced stage,. An effort is now being made th have the Governâ€" ment take some action with the object of remedying the conditions, and the atâ€" tention of the Secretary of War has been called to the matter with the hop> of securing some relief, The situation is somewhat comfilicawd by reason of the fact that all the structures are ownâ€" ed by private eorporations. Montreal can be made by dropping the contents of package of Parke‘s Pickle Mixture in a gallon of vinegar, boil for fifteen min« utés and pour over the rlchhl. ‘This mixture keeps the pickles solid and nice the year round and imparts a most delicious f!;vor to the pickles. Sold at 25¢, by grocers or sent by mail, post paid, on receipt of $0c. A party of young men were camping, and to avert annoying questions they made it a rule that the one who asked a question that hg could not answer himâ€" self had to do the cooking. HAMILTON Druggists _ CANADA One evening, while sitting round the fire, one of the boys asked, "Why is it that a groundâ€"squirre! never leaves any dirt at the mouth of its burrow ?" They all guessed and missed. So he was asked to answer himself. PARKE & PARKE "Why," he said, "because they begin to dig at the other end hole." "Well," was the reply, "that‘s your question." us "But," one asked, "how does to the other end of the hole?" ESpanking does not cure children of bed wetting. There is a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Bumâ€" mers, Box W. 8, Windsor, Ont., will send free to any mother her successful home treatment, with full instrutions. Send no money, but write her toâ€"day if your children trouble you in this way. l{on't blame the child, the chances are it can‘t help it, This treatment also cures adults nu(r aged people troubled with urine difâ€" ficulties by day or night. When the Right Rev. Ethelbert Talâ€" bot, Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, was in London not long ago his fame as the "cowboy bishop" brought thousands of young boys and girls to hear him speak wherever he went. In one of his talke to the youngsters, he held them spellâ€" bound by telling them of his diocese in Wyoming, which was more thickly popâ€" ulated in the old days with bears and Indians than with Christians. Minard‘s Liniment for sale everywhere When he was finished with his descripâ€" tion, he asked the children if anyone knew what a diocese was. One boy promptly raised his hand. ““’tnt is it, my lad?" "A diocese, my lord, is a body of land with a bishop on top and the clergy unâ€" derneath," was the answer."â€"Philadelâ€" phia Ledger. Sir Charles Wyndham, at a dinner, discussed the leanness of nctresses. "I1t is odd," said he, "but the thinner an actress is the greater she is likely to become. To be thin, somehow, is to be artistic. Look at Maude Adams, Ethel Barrymore and divine Sara." Sir Charles langhed. "Once, at a reception that Mme. Sara Bernohardt gave in Paris," he said, "she led us all up to admire a new portrait of herself. Jt was a heautifu{ work. Very thinâ€"she _ hardly weighed five stome in those daysâ€"the actress in m goldâ€"colored gown, posed sinuously, a huge white dog beside her. "A French critic startled us all, as we were grouped about the picture by exâ€" claiming with a lond, rude laugh: "‘Ah! A dog and a bonet‘" Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes, Relieved By Murine Eye Remedy. Try Murine For Your E‘ye Troubles, _ You WILiglike Murine. It Soothes. 50o At Your Druggists. Write For Eye Books. Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Toronto. (Buccess.) Mike McGinnis was being examined for jury duty in a murder trial, "Mr. McGinpis," _ asked the judge, "have you formed or expressed an opinâ€" ion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar‘?" "No, sir," replied Mike. "Have you any conscientious scruples against capital punishment?" _ * _"Not in this case, your honor," Mike replied. ISSUE NO. 37, 1909 BETTER THAN SPANKING. DEFINITION®OF A DIOCESE Bridges in the Way. A FRENCH CRITICISM He Answered It Eddy‘s Matches UNPREJUDICED. 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