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"Fom camnot blame me for asking the quastion," she said, coldly, "when you consider all the ciroumetances of our -“‘_;-MMI“ not revert to this makiter in any feeling of anger such as I displayed that day at Morcham. I know that Lady Melrose has your love, and that there is now o bar between you. I simply do not wish u..hm-uonm-"u n“WMhlhu powes to aeak."* Dfldl.“vllthuhdp drton and coldness; but every word stung the carl; for cech word carried a reflection on his integrity. And yot what was he to answer, when down down in his heart lurted all the while the cager wish that Lady Gertrude would smy 20 to his offer? mhflhm%u mafl."bufl.d-?- yed smy you will bear my name, | shall take ,‘.‘r'od.ndflfl’!m"’ part of agreement." "I% is enough, then," she said, quietly. "Further than this I merely wish to have a full explanation with you. ter," he said. to Myum replied. "Before there was any thought of love me such attention as gave mo t to believe that you wished a more intiâ€" mate relation." "I 4d not so mean it; but I will adâ€" -hfld-nlsemtrmmwly bo)ludu-ymdmwwud you." ‘Afterward you met Erua March, and became infatuated with her. It is said you made her an offer of mrrx and was rejected by her. I do not if it hmdforlhnloflghlbukny- u:’namu.' he answered, coldly, "I will anewer. It is all true, as you have stated it." "After that," Lady Gertrude went on, are conducted on principles of republican my hand, saying to him in substance that it was your name, and that only, which you were offering. That is trus, is it not * "Quite trus; but I cannot see the use of going over these things which are past, and are better buried." | "They shall be buried," she replied; | "but there is a present use in doing u‘ I do. The wedding day came, and with | it Erum Marchâ€"Lady Melrose thenâ€" with a message which took you from me. I was angryâ€"justifiably so, I think; wnmhb.dtnu,lndllhonld never be so guilty again I gave you back your liberty and left you. Afterâ€" ward you followed Lady Melrose from the house, and had some conversation with her, which I can only guess at. I presume that, for some reason good in her oyes, she again rejected you." Thnrlwuutoneovobodndh- dtwt. ou are partly right," he answered, warmbly, "I did love Erna with all my heart and soul. I at that time begged her to hear my plea for her love. Gha anawered me by pointing aut my _2 M s.2d -[!‘,!.mmymm-w the house, and had some CONVUTRUDIAL with her, which I can only guess at. I presume that, for some reason good in her oyes, she again rejected you." Thoulwunonoopsbodudh- dignant. "Â¥qu are partly right," he answered, warmby. "I did love l:m.‘vith‘:ll C 2 x .5 hk & "It is just as I thought, then. . DU® gave Ion to me. You came back and reâ€" your offer to my father. _ By that time I, too, understood the situaâ€" fionhtw.lkmlwhldh- mud woman in the eyes of the ::rld o ; were not renewed." "ldflmloou\d.”zho-rluld.“to make your position what it should be." "Yes; but, unfortunately, more than a mere engagement must be between n."nhmton."lmunboymv“o. And this is the end of my words. I -nâ€"rryyou.htlwmuthau -ybapdonhtwmm.lnuonlydo mlonyou.butlhuyw.ldull not pretend to uyt.hln‘g l.n‘pumo, and 2s woks _A 2 wuast mav. til we are married." The earl bit his lip. It was a situation he could not alter. Lady Gertrude had “mummthnhmbo\md in to marry her; and yet his '_)'.b.odmouodnphnmeh.nn- "It is not a pleasing prospect," be THE WOOING OF ERNA ww Te V ® P CH EP L said; "but I admit your right to make such terms; and I agree to them. I supâ€" pose there is nothing more to be said." «4 vary little" she _ answered, a â€" * wery ukkik~ sik . Rammend® C gleam of triumph showing in her eyes. "I must take the unusual course of askâ€" T . u. uio 0( in w c i hâ€"‘;ydut.oiix.day 1orfln':¢“¢-" ‘erhaps you have & your own," he said, ironically. ?oonld not tweay her altogether as he would . any r woman, after her plain words to "Yes," she answered. "Such an engage ment as ours must necessarily be irkâ€" ...toboth.lwishlt'.obouhofl." n au, auvarlack the douth of mÂ¥ r woman, aiter her pMAD " "Yes," she answered. "Such an â€"tuommmln‘u-u'fly some to both. I wish it to be 8 ~p.§xomlook the death wife?" he asaked. _ § WApeL MB ECCC "NMop at all. You will not be expected to maintain the usual forms in this :LM not even the most captious raise a voice against your marâ€" ahe replied, readily. " LBDf three weeks from toâ€"day." _ He rose and bowed. "I will see t.bunh-ow mrlho’.thow.“hl'mu'q‘m «nut" .. "Certainly ecrt of brut aak it. The Te slight t] end hhd‘.?‘ ene i "Certainly not," she replied, with & sert of brutal frankness. w can you mak it. The utmost publicity should atâ€" tend the wedding in such a case." C s"a uS _A 0 Azen "It is for you to say, LA He bowed and was gone. trude watched him until h CS _ wuUsrees me Oowed wikt CuT #Nop a. trude watched him until he was out of the room. Then her face lighted up with a flerce trizmph and she hissed: "H& will keep his word; and I shall hwdo-hinuulo.i"" w _ _ TT _ _i Aiosintornes AdEBD s 'whr,hhulnddy.Wnl EDE m mCt C MA You are doing him a m.luvlcdlhh&rkh.-flm“' "That will be ni« .‘hm”xhb‘&“d. watched her with she shut the door. eE e mm oe _ He tly shrugged his ad hfi"w curled seornfully -(:L;\vl that onl-y the most per: tions exist between us un the first time in all her life vlo-hyhduhodslodol C + nampren vOv m o7 0 'h"‘ m oh, and o:or. It is l:l‘g do not m i it ight to ask anyâ€" rwered, coldly, "I rus. as vou bhayt my ak for of watching the pig® flmm' Â¥rna was never able to notice . any very stromg agricuitural tendency in Lord Romley; but she never discovered thas he actually hated pigs and chick one. She was not very observant in thos® bowever, and would have passed mmnhporhflw She was more than ever an enigma to her kins a. Lady Romley could -lhlo‘lh‘olhr.'l\oold“r'fld h‘.‘fl;lldhhfl'?l‘“w tho strong, selfâ€"reliant _ but diffident 'g-.umlAubnyhnddboovuodln his last interview with her. ‘The one thing which puszled the old than any other was the reâ€" mn.topu-t it properly, the lack o(nb‘olbtwm!.runflmml her kinswoman. Lady Romley _ ©0U" | The make nothing of her. The old wayward | time, Erna was gone; and in her plact WAS | perfe tho strong, selfâ€"reliant but diffident |" T» woman Lord Aubrey had discovered in | jngh his last interview with her. was The one thing which puszled the old | bala ‘m‘mthlwyo&ormthoro-m or, to put it properly, the lack | no e oll*&-botwml‘.nnmdmnul Earl of Aubrey. to 1 There was no doubt whatever that | grea Erna loved the earl, and still less doubt | ~ H that he loved her. Why, then, mow | Lad: that there were no obstacles of any and sort, did not the earl come to _ claim | by & 2 84 902 V 030 ka# almask a mind | use. sort, did not the earl come to . CAim her.‘ The good lady had almost & ind to _ write to the _ carl. Then * * 21 2o _ aame ‘theâ€" announcement suddenly . csame _ the _ anno of _ his _ reengagement . to Gertrude, _ together _ with glances of surprise at each othe statement that the wodding wo l car L4 % sertrude, ho â€"rdnteirtal ECCC glances of surprise at each other. _ Lord statement that the wedding would take place on tog twentieth of the next month. IMI Romley was only human. She to see how Erna would take this bit of news. She sought her in the Hbrary, where Erna spent a great deal of her time in the company of her books. ; "My dear," said the old lady, "here is something you may be interested in." "Yest" said Erna, looking up with a smile, which had lost none of its charm and witchery; though it was not charâ€" acterized by an utter lack of coquetry. "It is the announcement of the reâ€"enâ€" gagement of Lord Aubrey and Lady Gerâ€" trude Moreham." EV Japn 1000 igh iNonme UPGUO® MCIGICICT A light shadow passed over the beauâ€" tiful face; but that was all Lady Româ€" ley could see. "It could not have been otherwise," Erna said. The old lady pursed her lips. She understood what Erna meant; but she would have brushed away such foolish seruples. She forgot how she had inâ€" terposed yet feebler objections in the days that were past. "The wedding is fixed for the twonâ€" tieth of next month," said she. "It seems very soon; but it, too, is right," said Erna. aiss "obstmaiean‘y â€" PC To t PV 0 tg | _ "And then _V thing," said L4 go But in that Tkâ€" earl did come . » Orfl“n"" to my did not hesitat they were alon ted Erna, :do n this coming. I was 0# | __a@ came onl v’“Y'ou puule Romley, a litt! tone. was the answer. "But you love the earl you do." U ve Lb qs oon eimus en tvek PE oo "I do not love him any the iess NC" emuse he does what honor demands," answered Erna, promptly. "Do you mean to say that if he were to come here and ask your hand you would refuse him?" Lil c 0 S ce cS B Secatmieegs "I certainly would. But he come for such a purpose," said fidently. _ _ & R 10OMW] + Lady Romley understood less than ever; but -hd\wu determined to un derstand more." She despatched Lord Romley to town, with imperative inâ€" structions to meet the earl: to tell him explicitly that Erna was with them; and to ask him to run down at any Over MNSTY When Lord Romley returned, after a week of solid enjoyment, she questioned him. It was the price he had to pay for a week of London. "Well?" she demanded. "Well, Anbn{ will be down some time next week without a doubt. His face lighted up the moment I spoke of Erna. 1 don‘t comprehend that affair." Lady Romley stared at him in conâ€" tempt. "I should think not," she said. "I don‘t understand it myself. How does .« amam to Ret on With Lady Gerâ€" "1' should think don‘t understand | he seem to get trude?" _ CEWTTC "That is the strangest part," answerâ€" ed Lord Romley. "The earl puts up with more than many & milder man would. She treats him almost rudely in society; and her conduct with the young Earl of Rockingham is carried to the very verge of impropriety." "And Aubrey does not xesent it t" "He does not seem to see it. He bears himself with a sort of contem%tuoul coldness toward the world; while to ward her he is always courtesy iteelf." "But you think he will come downt" "He said he would come down and take dinner with us." "And then we shall find out someâ€" thing," said Lady Romley. But in that she was mistlkffln. The PJcs was wan an Wee e s C C KA evvacies n But in that she was mistaken. The earl did come down, and was given an ‘ oaort\mity to be alone with Erna. He did not hesitate to meXt it; and when th:ir::“ alome he said, hastily : , do not misunderstanding my coming. I was invited by Lord Romley, and came only because I felt that I might for once indulfe my eyes with a d.it. of your dear face. Don‘t start! I shall nog say anything I should not. 1 accepted your interpretation of my duty because I saw that it was the corâ€" reet ome; but, Oh, Erna, you cannot } know what I have suffered." She looked up at him frankly and hardly puzzle myself CA But Erna was leaving the room, did not answer. lulem;;xe, Erna," said Lady little asperity showing in her see," she muttered, "if he iny the less beâ€" honor demands," ut he will never " said Ernu conâ€" an y more," You know pedhery &:‘ Karl of Ro-unfin s it he, 10 44 mt af Anbrov. â€" were affianced instead of _ Those who looked on were ast0DISA®C at his failure to remonstrate; and Lord P e e o o n e e TK L The Earl of Rockingham, in the meanâ€" fim;mu.uw.wodduumm perfectly satisfied with his lot. Thwthwudlstth.hflo!m- ingham was a young peor whose rentâ€"roll was enormous, but whose intellectual balance was small. He had got the noâ€" tlon into his bead that he was havIng nooldo!.port.tthoupouoo!bh krlolAum who was such & lion as to render an achievement & very great matter to Rockingham. He had been utu::lly attracted by Lady Gertrude because of her beauty; mdnhnhd(ktwnhimdonttohu’ by;lltbouttlouu-hahadlurmdto use. He often tried to bring the converâ€" sations around to wflb of love; but she had always skillfully avoided such & result, even while publicly treating him with marked favor. h The young man speedily became thorâ€" oughly infatuated, and permitted himâ€" self to become an unconscious tool in her hands, which was precisely what Lady Gertrude had marked out for him. By and by it reached the pass with him : . as uo fus i mig l canoies ~Aen Pm jealous of Aubrey. He hinted -uo{ a thing once to Lady Gertrude, and she stared at him & moâ€" ment, and then seemed to check an outâ€" burst only by a great effort,. 2B We s C ces w stifled tome, "you must never a thing to me again.‘ (To be continued.) The change in school books in 70 years is as great as in any phase of American life. The automobile is no higher above the chaise of that day than is the graphy above that of those times. %?h: modern sewer system is no greater imâ€" provement over that of 1840 than the exâ€" amples and problems are better than in those days. The electric light is no farâ€" ther removed from the tallow dip than the best primers of toâ€"day are from those of 70 years ago. In arithmetics, up to within 70 years, the problems were such as would not be tolerated toâ€"day, writes A. E. Winship in the Journal of Education. Here are some taken at ranâ€" dom from some old arithmetics, mostly in my own library, many of them in general use as late as the ‘408: Examples on lotteries are common. If 9 cats have killed 18 birds, how many has each killed ? If a cat divides 4 birds between 2 kittens, how many will each kitten have? ‘There are many problems of cats killâ€" ing birds! SE t l o Wieie s o Nee â€" WMERE CURIOSITIES OF OLD TEXT BOOKS. irst only by a great @HOrL, "Lord iockjngfun,"l she said, in : A skunk went into a DAM, _ "**"*~ he found three nests; one had 7 eggs, another 8, and another 3; from each nest he ate 2 eggs. How many did â€" the skunk eat? It is an exceptional page that does not have problems on beer, ale, wing, rum, gin or brandy. Every child had to learn the table of ‘"wine measure," alâ€" so of "ale and beer measure.‘‘ No other commodity was in such universal use in arthmetics as intoxicating liquors. ‘ REEKED WITH GORE. But the worst feature of the arithmeâ€" tices was the love of bloody incidents. There was agruesome fondness for ghastliness with the school book makâ€" ers. An arthmetic first issued in 1831 and in use long after has most of these problems : ; prODiMIRE® _( > o0 +o lkaan sverms dted probiems . One hundred and nineteen persons died from drunkenness in New York, and 137 ir Philadelphia. How many in both? A man had 7 children ; 2 of them were killed by the fall of a tree. How many had he left? Threescore and ten kings had their thumbs and their great toes cut off and athered under the table of Adonibezek. fiow many thumbs and toes were under Adonibezek‘s table? O C004 OLL 0N waave years & Aubrey, ed to be burn eved he had a right wit ; went into a barn, where three nests; one had 7 eggs, and another 3; from each nest eggs. How many did the resents a widow preparâ€" on the funeral pyre of never say fights are & early Chrisâ€" stake are in aphies until illy things to to see, but outâ€" | ous cures 0° bles by out i1 w | sleeping; th such | mine," failin * tors‘ bills to If women for their he XT | the sake of with the wi yellow skin, years | vivifier like rrican | want to 100 above | old, sleep wWi o geoâ€" A famous . The | upon his p r imâ€" | there there he exâ€" It needs no! ran in | dows must o farâ€" | a constant Shooting Pains in Side, Arms, Back Prove the Presence of Rheumatic Virus, Which is Cured Quick~ est by Nervilineâ€"Rub It In. weys with tROM oo AERaetEst C C If th:‘l:rl{nmmuon hmere the ‘pain :hi.ll be intense. If allowed to eox‘:ltilmlxe y are rous. Nothing so quickly cures lo:l“gflmm!don and drives away pain as Nerviline. Nerviline does this because it penetrates so deeply. werviline is not only powerful, b\:t aN@PTIINC 1B MUC COOZ ECCC ual soothing. By_ relieving congestion it cures pain. It does this always. _ It cannot fail because it is a true antidote for pain. You can scarcely find anybody that will not tell you wonderful thi:vgil about the painâ€"curing power of Nerviâ€" line. Remember, that there is not an ache or pain that Nerviline will not cure immediately. Nerviline is an anchor of heolth in evcr{ household. Refuse anything that may be offered you instead of Nerviline, which is guarâ€" P â€" 208. PL isA tar rheuâ€" or five for $1.00, at all | Catarrhozone Company, Pains in the muscles, in the sides, the ck, the neck or the chestâ€"they alâ€" avs carry with them great dilggmflor_t. Open Windows and the Oomploxlon.‘ As the cool nights approach women who have been sleeping with plenty of air, fearfully begin to lower the winâ€" dows. The average person seems to feel that death and disaster lurks in a winâ€" dow that is up more than an inch or two, save when the thermometer is at its top notch. k SOP HAUU _ ) nvsachment on the RHEUMATISM _ No amount of prea value of night air as / avails. Men and women & 14 C on ous cures of colds bles by outdoor, sleeping; they * P ARAMIA T CC CE tal value of night air as &A health means avails. Men and women read of marvelâ€" ous cures of colds and pulmonary trou> bles by outdoor, Of, at least, "airy" sleeping; they *@7» "stuffy night for mine," failing back on quinine and doeâ€" tors‘ bills to cure colds. 1t women will not keep Open windows . for their health they should do so for the sake of their gomplexion. To sleep with the wirdows down means not only yellow skin, but sag@y. There is no reâ€" vivifier like plenty of oxygen. If you want to look drawn, pinched, tired and old, sleep with closed windows. A famous complexion specialist insists £000I8 a rarnm Bk EERPDMC ACCOEOO CC 1 upon his patients sleeping in a room there there is a free cireulation of air. It needs not blow on them, but the winâ€" dows must be so arranged that there is a constant current through the room. This tones up the system, improves general health and is generally invigor ating to all the organs. No amount of artificial care of the complexion avails unless all one‘s organs are in condition to perform their natural functions. Nothâ€" ing keeps them in that condition like pure air and plenty of it. Many persons who have brought themâ€" selves to the point of living through a clear night with open windows, feel they will immediately pass away should they be left open on & rainy night. Still erâ€" ror. The damp air will not burt any one who is accustomed to it, and does wonders for the complexion. Remember how fresh and clean your skin feels afâ€" teer a walk in the rain. Why fear it wien under cover?.â€"Buffalo Inquirer. NERVILINE over eighty years ‘f'e'r'e.d 'f?qgé Kidney ble for fifteen years medicine, but got n0 thank you for sendi box of Gin Pills, whi I have taken six DOXO8 M "" 2 0a altogether, but got relief before I had taken near that amount. I had to get up some nights every fifteen minutes, and had to use &n instrument before I could urinate. . Now. 1 can lie in bed four or five hours without getting up. w. H. PIERCE. up some nights and had to use could urinate. four or five hon Send for fre tional Drug & SsAVED IN Annapolis, N. FOR THE FINAL FIRE. August Belmont in the smoke room of the Lucania told, apropos of luxâ€" urious motor cars, a story about the E)ng Marquis of Anglesey, who died onte Carlo some five yeArs ago. "Lord Anglesey‘s cars were the most luxurious then known," said Mr. Belâ€" mont. ‘"This young man went to exâ€" tremes in everything. He was very intelligent, though. "Once at his historic castle in Wales, there was & slight fire. Bo, lest the priceless pile burn down, he ordered an enormous tgmntity of hand sl;emdsl, or extinguishers, from Lonâ€" n. "When the grenades arrived, they were hung all over the castle; but, though it was AD enormous . place, there were still several dozen grenades left over at the end of the hana}n%; "‘And what shall I do with them, my lord? the butler asked. lurd Anglesey coughedâ€"he was alâ€" ready in a pretty, bad wayâ€"and said "When the . were hung all though it was there were still left over at the dryly to TIO ARCHIVES TORONTO to Visitors to Ireland. ou may free sample to Dept. H ~& Chemical Co., Torom pll:ll\«'v RHOTT! ms who have brought themâ€" : point of living through a ith open windows, feel they tely pass away should they on a rainy night. Still erâ€" amp air will not hburt any accustomed to it, and does the complexion. Remember »d clean your skin feels afâ€" anteed for _ rTheu: matism, neuralgia, sciatica, lumbago, and â€" all â€" muscular aches and pains. 3 Large 25¢. bottles at all dealers, Or The mpany, Kingston, Ont. a pretty b: the butler HISs OLD AGE. Aberdeen suys‘thero put them in my cofâ€" P pt. H. L., Naâ€" Toronto, Ont. the watching RE. the 1685(‘ okalrtl)om dent dr s of luXâ€" | strai ibout the .:lggnh: who died lnger & eATS A80â€" | arrived the MO8$ | not get Mr. Belâ€"| "jp6C, int to °X* | audienc was YeY | gy tond castle in “p..‘T"u fire. s_ov .““-fz The old idea that the WASC _""" 20 to the fish tribe is still existent in the * minds of some people; but this is wholâ€" . ly incorrect. While it has the form of | a fish, because itliveuinthesmeele- ment, écientists now universally agre* Mitbelongiwthcln.mm‘un.uit suckles its young, has WAIM red blood and possesses all the characteristics of this, class. There are also evidences that the whalse was at one time, how remote it is impossible to say, & land animal. It has been demonstrated, which fact has been verified by the writer, that the flippers or forward fins, which are freâ€" quently called "pGCWIdO." just where tha forward legs of a quadruped would Doi â€"> Ne fmine and possesses all the charaC®@""""",, , this, class. There are also evidences that the whale was at one time, how remote it is impossible to say, & land animal. It has been demonstrated, which fact has been verified by the writer, that the flippers or forward fins, which are freâ€" quently called “peaords," just where the forward legs of a quadruped would naturally be, contain all the bones, joints, arteries and nerves of the humâ€" an arm and hand, while deeply seated in thetinterior of the hinder part of the animal are found joints and rudiâ€" ments of hind leg bones, of no appa~ent gnnnt use whatever, but which are conâ€" sidered by eminent naturalists who have studied the subject as strong evidences of the fact that the cetacean was at one Mess 00000 in c Tand > @Thest of the fact that the cetacean was 8L CCC time an inhabitant of the land. _ These scientists state that it may have resembâ€" led a huge lizard, but that its feeding habits and proclivities for the water gradually caused a process of evolution to take place until nature gave it its present form adapted to dAwell entirely in the water. There aro also evidences that it was at one time probably coverâ€" ed by a hairy skimn. There are still bris tles about its mouth and nose, and the ) Lune cacl us Atubiwnt very young whale calves evidences of hair, which, appear as they grow olde eon Stewart, writing on e His Haunts," in the Sep ian Magazine. Mrs. Chas. LeV Cbannel, Ont., tell baby. She says: face was a complet ing and irritation one‘s plight was ® we feared that her FALL SKIN DISEASES. When the Mrs. Holmes, of 30 Guise Street, ton, is quite as eloquent in her praise says:â€""Zamâ€"Buk eured my boy of boi eruptions when be was 80 bad that 1 been unable to mix with other children to the boils breaking out he had had eruption, but Zamâ€"Buk cleared \his too, and made his skin clear and & It ie a wonderful preparation, and I thrnughout the land should always I ;.i:rguxhoul the hapdy." For eczema, eruptions, rashes, (Tetter, 1tCH, ringworm and similar skin diseases, Zamâ€"Buk is without equal. It also cures cuts, burns, scalds, piles, abscesses, chronic sores, bloodâ€" poisoning, etc. All druggists and stores at 50 cents a box, or post free for price from Zamâ€"Buk Co., Toronto. f 8t. Isidore, P. Q., Aug. 18, 1904 Minard‘s Liniment Co., Limited, Gentliemen,â€"L have frequently â€" used MINARD‘S LINIMENT and also preâ€" scribe it for my patients always with the most gratifying results, and I conâ€" sider it the best allâ€"round Liniment exâ€" Try Him Sideways. It was his first Sunday school, and he sat in the infants‘ department eagerly watching the superintendent illustrate the lesson on the board. The superintenâ€" dent drew the path to heavenâ€"one straight lineâ€"and started the figure of a man on it. Gradually the man became I Do aels d 0e o o Td i fte~ GEEmRV ECCC TBE straight lineâ€"and started the figure of a man on it. Gradually the man became larger and larger, and finally when he arrived at the gate of heaven, he could not get in. The superintendent turned to his small auvdience, and, in a tragical and sorrowâ€" ful tone, said, "You see, he is so puffed up with sin that he cannot enter fn." "Try him sideways, mister; try him sideways!" called a small shrill voice. An Article for Mothers. Minard‘s Rev. Daniel Isaacs once alighted at an inn to stay the night. On asking for a bed he was told he could not have one. as there was to be a ball that evening and all the beds were eng=®="> "Ai what time does the ball break up?" asked Mr. Isaacs. "About 3 in the morning, sir." "Well, then can I have a bed until that time?" "Yes, certainly; but if the bed is asked for you will have te remove." L RR 1+3 arc e nmmrre® Bemeu A2t 2 C0D 4e aesurs qWls "Very well," replied Mr. Isaacs, and away he went to get between _ the sheets. About 3 in the morning he was awakened by loud knocking at his sheets. About 3 in the morning he wul awakened by loud knocking at his chamber door. "What do you want?"‘ he asked. "How many are there of you in there?‘, inquired a voice. "There‘s me, and Daniel and Dr. 2uca and an id Methodist preachâ€" ." was the reply. *Then, there‘s plenty of you," and the speaker passed on, leaving Mr. Tsaacs to enjoy his bed.â€"Cleveland Leader. The Whale. children ‘"break EOuer y t ol ey grow older. â€"Dr. Sturgâ€" writing on "The Whale and * in the September Canadâ€" HowW HE KEPT HIS BED Strange birds come to roost in family Yours truly, DR. JOS. AUG. SIROIS, t the whale belongs still existent in the e ; but this is who!â€" it has the form of ives in the same eleâ€" w universally© agt** Liniment Relieves Neuralgia e (;i the land. _ These it may have resembâ€" but that its feeding PAE Z5 Acmmmntcl time probably coverâ€" There are still bris h and nose, and the calves have distinct which,â€" however, dis Him Sideways. ak out" with erup~ so common in the s and nauseating what is needed. It " A“g- 18, 1904 and smooth. and mothers eet, Hamilâ€" praises. She of boils gnd that he bad ildren. Prior 1 had a bad this AwWay Tetter, itch keep it wWwOMAN Reasons â€" of Fliluru-â€"Droumlkon Who Give Credit. More women failed in business during last year than in 1007, according _ to & return just issued by the Board of Trade. Of the total of 444 faftures there is a preponderance of married woâ€" men bankrupts, the proportion being: Married women .. â€">>~ >>>** *** 208 Widews.. _..irapiâ€"g;, +a* ‘P*** 154 Spinsters. ... lalke a9+ *5a‘ k. nBE s i A* oo Een pnvonstal most disâ€" SpMSUeRs : «> +. LC T T0.0003%%e The trade that has proved most astrous to the business woOmAn is d making ard millinery, as is show the following table: Trade. Fai Dressmaking and millinery +« > CPOSEIES :1 . . .s." kÂ¥k ar y ‘a ko k2 c Drapers and haberdashers .. + Lodging house keepers .. â€"> +>*** o l0Q NOT dW# s u2. IMMROCB 000 i Publicans and hotel keepers Confectioners .. +â€"+ +*n C Tobaceonist®s .. +â€"++ +**** Butchers .. .0. + +o*** Stationers .. â€"â€" +> +**** Boot and shoe dealers .. t eP e Boot and shoe dealers .. >>,>>>* T "Why do dressmakers fail?" was the question put to the head of a flourishâ€" ing dressmaking business in Mayfair. "There are three prineipal reasons," was the answer. *"Too little capital, too long credit, and lack . of hereditary business instinet. "Only dressmakers starting with big capital can afford to give eredit," she added. "A ready money basis is the only possible one for a woman whose capital is restricted. Another common mistake is to launch out either in the west end or in a high rented district * h.0 teinwe of the fashionable quarter, west end or in & MgA M "" L on the fringe of the fashionable quarter, where many rivals and heavy outgoings must be encountered. The suburbs are crying out for good dressmakers â€" and there is money to be made by women who will conduct their establishments on businesslike lines. "Many women have lost good eus tomers by the unbusinesslike fashion ir which they promise a gown for a certair date and. never trouble to see that th promise is kept." The head of a firm of accountant said: "The fatal mistake made by w0 men without business training is thei idea that they can count on immediat profits. They make no allowanece fo C 0 weriod in which the busines the leng period must be built u PILES CURED AT HOME BY NEW ABSORPTION METHOD If you suffer from bleeding, itching, blind or protruding Piles, send me your address, and I will tell you how to cure yourself at home by the new absorption treatment; and will also send some of this home treatment free for trial, with references from your OWn locality if requested. Immediate relief and . perâ€" manent cure assured.. Send no money, but tell others of this offer. Write toâ€" iday to Mrs. M. Summers, Box P. 8, Windsor, Ont. a oo Te OUP C Ond you tC .-‘ saves ywmn’w“hfl“w’ Aumend Y v% A wellâ€"known scientist was lecturing . on the sun‘s heat, and in the course of his remarks said: "It is an established fact that the sun is gradually losing its heat, and in the course of some 70,000,â€" 000 of years it will be exhausted; conâ€" sequently this world of ours will be dead, and, like the moon, unable to support any form of life." At this juncture a member of _ his audience rose in an excited manner and said : ""Pardon me, professor, but how many years did you say it would be before this calamity overtakes us?" The Professorâ€"Seventy millions, sir. "Thank God!" was the reply, "I thought you said Leader. Minard‘s Liniment for sale everywhere The great drydock which the United States navy is building at Pearl Harâ€" bor, in the Hawaiian Islands, will be 1,152 feet long from the coping to the outer sill, 140 feet wide at. the uxeu\d will have 345 feet of water over enâ€" trance sill at mean â€" highâ€"water . level. There will be a sill at the middle of the doek, for an intermedaite caisson which will divide it into two docks, 575 feet and 532 feet long, respectively, O\ Saeiiighite wug 4. Soting Th M (Puck.) Genial Real Estate Agentâ€"Where‘s the beach? Why, all you have to do is to go to the top of that second hill, and you‘ll see a treliey station. Wait for the red car; ride to the third stop; then walk across the little bridge to the elevated, and at the end of the line take the little boat across the bay and you‘ll find yourself within two minutes‘ walk of the greatest beach in the _country! oo 00 BANKRUPTS IN ENGLAND THAT SEASIDE COTTAGE THIis is IT! Without a Hoopor Seam Just Each One a Solid, Hardened, Lasting Mass A Great Drydock. FDDY‘S FIBREWARE a firm of accountants i1 mistake made by woâ€" usiness training is their can count on immediate make no allowance for 4 in which the business up."â€"London Daily Mail. Scientific. 7.000,000 1‘ Failures. . y "a., ol o a rarane t wl § *44 0 +**#* M rs .. s. : "H Lax /ss MA is Yawale s shat n tfi ar e t 4s e nds M fail?" was the of a flourishâ€" in Mayfair. ‘;d'm'ost disâ€" man is dressâ€" is shown by lost good eusâ€" slike fashion in wn for a certain to see that the e e e e e tm ud 10 ) THE BEST WOODEFN PAIL â€"Cleveland 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 ticulars Ohk.‘ * ~â€"niriFD THE ENCLISHMAN, ©OO. PETRIFIED THE EN w, woo. "Colonel Tom Ochiltree once . UPP"* Lord Lonsdale when the latter was enâ€" tertained in New York on his way home from an exhibition to Alaska," said a man who saW the fun. IM **""" _ mis honwor Lord "At a dinner 1 ‘o“.d.le told x and an audible table when he £ fied forest in A a number Of | phunts. As the silence and th eche all 100N®CU ®" "°""a 0 defend his nationality and be rified lion story. =‘Texas‘ said the colonel pause, has its petrified fores though they contain no pet they are remarkable for havi birds flying over them.‘ * ‘Nonsense!*‘ _ said Lord ty ~ es qi cnpodtnbe .â€" Surch at * ‘Nonsense. . BU"* "That is impossible. is contrary to the 1 «<Ah, that‘s easily ed Colonel Ochiltree of gravitation down too.‘" » ISSUE NO _ cer medicine as SMPC """°" _0 oL. _ Viggers, Perretton, Ont., . 82X®‘! i _ "My baby was troubled with his + stomach and was very Cros® while getting his teeth, and did not sleep well at night. 1 gave him Baby‘s Own Tablets with the best yresults; hbe is now one of the best natured babies one _ could wish." Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from the Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. $ e ce e ce cecs2ee4¢4¢+** esee244+0+6+4 It is a wel TCCUS! flour from the hard sp northwestern district large, well piled loaf e PA Aeoie ns ie 00 lent quality, and because it ADsOTOS it lot of water, it also gives a good yield of bread. These are desirable qua“d“ and naturally explain why this class of flour is so popular for bread making. The softer winter wheats do not conâ€" tain so much gluten and do not make so large or to many people so desirable a loaf as the spring wheat flours. Yet a good, palatable loaf of bread can be made, and is being made every day, from _ this class of flour..â€"Bakers‘ Weekly. "Joel Chandler Harris was only exâ€" celled by Stephen Crane in his proâ€" found knowledge of negro character," said an Atlantan. "Mr. Marris on & train ope day pointed to a typical old eolored couple, a stout old uncle and a stout old auntie. He said he‘d play a joke on them. So he pretended to be the conductor, and asked them for their tickets. The old gentleman fished the tickets from his ragged vest. "‘One of dese, sah,‘ he said, ‘is foh me, an‘ t‘udder one is foh her.‘ "‘But which is yours and which is hers? demanded Mr. Harris with pre. tended impatience. "The old man began stammering something, but the old lady shut him Minard‘s L =s»= Eddy‘s Matchos TE "‘Dah, now, yo‘* ign‘ant skunk,‘ she cried, ‘I done tole yuh yuh‘d git us inter trouble, an‘ now yuh see yuh done got de law on us.‘" es Minard‘s Liniment Cures Burns, etc Bees and Geose in Battle, Frank W. Matzke, two miles east of Richland, has a number of hives of hees and when a big white goose pecked on the outside of the hive the support gave way. The bees came swarming out and the white goose was covered with them. The goose squawked as it never squawkâ€" ed before. _ Its shriecks nttracted the other geese and soon the whole flock became mixed up with the bees. Mr. Matzke and his young son, with their heads wrapped in mosquito nctâ€" ting, hastened to the rescue: of the l screaming fowls, E Three of the gm did not survive long, but the others, although badly stung, do not appear to be suffering.â€"â€" Richh correspondence Milwaukee Senâ€" tinel Red, Weak, Weary, Warery Eyes, Relieved By Murine Eye Remedy. Try Murine For Your Ef‘e Troubles. _ You WI‘igJAke Murine. 1t Soothes. 60¢ At Your Dru‘rfhu. Write For Eye Books. Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Toronto. An awkwardâ€"looking country boy was seated upon a stump quietly whittling a bit of wood. A city boy and a friend passing by scenting an occasion to have some fun, the smart boy called out, "Hello, sonny! Do you live in these parts?"‘ "Yaas," drawled the youth . "Say, do you have any fools around here" â€"‘"Nary one," came the quick re sponse. ‘"‘We sent fer a carload last week, but wasn‘t lookin‘ for them just yet." Some men are about as tiresome . mé a last year‘s popular song. . w the fun. mner given in his honot )1d many thr}'lling x dible ‘oh!* wént arow he finished telling of a in Africa, in which he of petrified lions n ; the Englishman lapse | the applause sank oked to Colonel Ochilt nationality and beat t Best Wheat pver UNEME 1‘ said â€" Lord Lonsdale. ssible. Such a phenomenon o the laws of gruviution.' s easily explained,‘ respondâ€" eeyndortti : P 5 005 0 11 recognized fact that the ie hard spring wheats of the _ district will produce a iled loaf of bread of excelâ€" and hecause it absorbs a iniment Gures Dandrutf. 0on BITERS . 88, NOT 8O EASY , quickly, ‘The laws there are P’MM ed lions and eleâ€" ishman lapsed into ause sank to an olonel Ochiltree to ; and beat this petâ€" colonel, after . & 1 forests; but. al no petrified lions, or having 1"“““‘ his honor for Bread nround the Headgq Hardware Roofing Guns ;md 45 m‘ AXQS, Su“‘b. 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