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"Then I shall not be compelled to reâ€" main berer she interrogated. T "I am sure Miss Yane will D0 PC to show you all hospitality until _1 Wynton has quite rcovred. Pray do think of leaving him.‘" Again came strange laugh. "Does he know that I am here?" adked. "I cammot tell you, Lady WYNEOU. * do not know." ‘ "Did he ask if 1 was living or dead ?"" she inquired. I felt confused ; for _ the whole world I could not tell why. His inâ€" difference about her had not angered me as did hers about him. "You do not answer meâ€"YOU do uot like to tell me the truth, that he forgot all about meâ€"never cared to know wheâ€" ther I had been killed or saved. We ure certainly model man and wife. 1 maust be more cousiderate. Pray, how is Lord Wrton? My heart is not one of the easily broken kindâ€"do not hesitate to tell me."" There was a mocking smile un her lips, a mocking light in her eyesâ€"in her entire manner derision and contempt. 1 LC . _ . .L. 146. wese HAuamatemt of vontem pC. “Lors Wynton‘s life was despaired of at first," T replied, curtly; ‘""‘but he has recovered consciousness, and is in a fair way toward recovery." #5. + Put stbama r PCV t sls e ons M e o t s I "I thought he would escape, _ sB® said; and to me it seemed that . there was real regret in her voice. ‘I have not asked to whom I have the pleasure of speaking,"" she said, afâ€" ter a time. Pep W CMECT "I am a friend of Miss Vane‘s; my name is Mre. Neville." "Will you ask Miss: V_'uo it she w_m here unless I can house."" "I will ask Miss Vane."" & ‘There are one or two other things I| should like to mention. I cannot . take + the tea that woman brings; I prefer l French chocolate. I like, too, a little claret at breakfastâ€"time, with fruit, not your English compoundsâ€"they are horâ€" | rible. And have you no French novels in | the house. How am I to pass my time?‘ Feeling too nfry for words, I left her. I cannot well describe Lady Wyaâ€" ton. I did not think she was an Englishâ€" woman, although she spoke with a tol« erable accent. She was beautiful, but it struck me that her fair beauty was of a makeâ€"up kindâ€"all glitter. Her wealth of hair was artistically arranged, ber eyes were large and blue, with a steely glitter, her lips red, her teeth gleaming white ; but there was a touch of Parisian ! art about her face and figure. She was tall, well formed, and clegant rather than graceful, _ One thing was quite plain to meâ€"she was not & lady ; no matter what her tastes or position, she laoke dtho refinement and rod breedâ€" ing of a gentlewoman. Still 1 was bound to comply with her wishes. Going to Mias Yane‘s room, I found her sitting at the window. She did not look round as 1 entered; on hor face were traces of bitter, pasionate tears. ‘"Lady Wynton is desirous of seeing you, Miss V ane," I said. ‘She would like to thank you, and to mention several little things needful for her comfort." Sho turned her head quickly enough thenâ€"such contempt, such unutterable scorne, such anger, I never saw evinced in any face before. ‘"I decline to see Lady Wynton," she returned, curtly. "So I told her; but she persisted in . sending the message.‘"‘ ‘ "I persist also in nndin{ refusal," she deglared. "Anything that she requires for her comfort let her have; but for Heaven‘s sake keap her out of my sight." "She wants French cholocate and French novels," I said, laughing. "Oh! give them to her. O:fy keep her away {rom me," was the contemptuâ€" ous respouse. _ After a short time she obtained a little stool and sat down at my feet, laying her bead on my knee; it was the first time sho had used that caressing manuer with me. "Mrs. Nevâ€" ille," she said, slowly, "I want to ask you a question. Tell me, what do you think o‘} Lod{ Wynton?t" She asked the question with curious shyness,. My reâ€" niv was abrupt. "I do not like her at ply was abrupt :17. Miss Vane." "Do you not?! ressâ€"nothing more." For a time she seemed buried in thought, and then, with a soft blush on it, she raised her fair face to mine. "Do not think me vain, Mre. Neville, but you have seen us bothâ€"should you imagine Lady Wynton to be a woman whom « you a question. leli me, whwt do yOU | _ think of Lad{ Wynton?t" She ukad)\he l When the door has ciosed NCMA ""} | , juestion with curious shyness. My reâ€" he turned his face to the wall. Gm't' 5 pl{ was abrupt. "I do not like her at | Heaven! what have I been saved for? f all, Miss Vane." he moaned. He lay silent for some time; | "Do you not? She is beautiful, I supâ€" | we heard deep sighs come from his hKo, l pose?" | and then he asked for some lemonade. | . "After the fashion of a Parisian actâ€" | Miss Vane hastened to give it to.him. ; ressâ€"nothing more." | I saw him look up into her face with a For a time she seemed buried in | amile. Theore was not@he faintest gleam | . thought, and then, with a soft blush on | of recogmition. Then he looked at the it, she raised her fair face to mine. "», | white hands that held the glassâ€"looked | not think me vain, Mrs. Neville, but you | at them long and steadily. _ _ have seen us bothâ€"should you imagine ‘ There was a great commotion â€" when Lady Wynton to be a woman whom « 5 o‘clock came, and Lady Wynton was gentlemanâ€"a man of refinement and | ready to depart. "(Goodâ€"bye, Mrs. Nevâ€" tasteâ€"would prefer to meâ€"who would “Ile," she said. "You have been very be better loves than I could bet" | kind to me, and I thank you, I am not "No; there is as much difference beâ€" | to see Miss Vane, I suppose?" tween Lady Wynton and yourself as beâ€" | _ "She is really not well enough to reâ€" tween a scarlet poppy and a maiden ceive visitors," I explained. blushâ€"rose. But have you seen Lady | "I expect the truth is she ia some Wznton, Miss Vane*" â€"terrlble, crose old maid," she said, laughâ€" Yes, I saw her onee, but under | ingly. "Well, you will say all this is wtrange circumstances; I could not judge | civil for me. (Goodâ€"bye."* That was the of what she was really like; and then" | last 1 ever saw of Lady Wynton. After ahe continued, sh{iy: "Does she, do you | her departure I went to Miss Vane‘s think, love Lord Wynton very much," _ | room. "I do not think she does, ihs Vane; | _ "Oh, Mrs. Neville!" she cried, "what I should imagine that all the love and | a dreadful woman! Why, she has no interest shoe feels are centred in herself." | heart! She does not love himâ€"she does "Poor Clive!" I heard her say; and | not care for him!" | then she asked me if I knew where they | "I think it is a case of mutual indifâ€" were going when the accident happened. | forence, Miss Vane. She is entirely void 1 told her to Paris. of feeling or affection. _ Lord Wynton "Mrs. Neville,* she said, "L have one | has heart enough, but 1 do not not think great wish, one intense longingâ€"it is to l he has ever given any of it to her." see them togethnâ€"husband and wife. | _ "It is strange," she mused to herself I shall never,. in all buman probability, | â€""very strange; he must have loved her see either of them again, and I wish, beâ€" l once," and then she checked herself, and see cither of them again, and 4 WisD, 0 | 0400 _80" O "with eager eyes. "You do "No; there is as much difference beâ€" tween Lady Wyuton and yourself as beâ€" tween & scarlet poppy and a maiden blushrose. But have you seen lady ‘Y.. I saw her onee, but under strange circumstances ; I could not {udg.: of what she was really like; and then" she continued, shyly: "Does she, do you think, love Lord t\\;g’mm verwwh.” "I do not think does, s Vane; I should imagine that all the love and interest she feels are centred in herself." "Poor Clive!" I heard her say; and then she asked me if I knew where the were going when the accident happenej'. 1 told her to Paris. "Mrs. Nevilie," she said, "L have one great wish, one intense longingâ€"it is to see them togetherâ€"husband and wife. I shall never, in all buman probability, see either of them again, and I wish, beâ€" fore they go, to see them together. Can it be managed?t" _ e "T will think about it, and tell you later on," I replied, determined that she should be gratified, if it were possible. "Mres. Neville," said the shrill, clear voice of Lady Wynton, "it is hardly needful for me to remain here any longer. The house is very dull and quict, ana there is not & nove?in the place fit to readâ€"in very truth, 1 am bored to death, and slw\dyd like to go." "You will like to ;emin n:: Los{": W m ,." I said, surpri look«lm n‘:: in real, untmkcted astonâ€" "hm‘l‘ Wynton:" she exclaimed. "Why, | what has his going or staying to do with ‘ I house, home, Lord Wynto fashion @at ! court of my "I see!" si Ing laugh. ° im one cartia votedâ€"of " £UUTTTTTO , ask Miss Vane if she wil} cannot think of remaining t can see the mistress of the A Fair Invalid carriage you â€"of the Da Vane will be pleased CHAPTER X I am here?>‘ she or jecause we were USYONTUS |. s e you fancied we were deâ€" .ure," e â€" Darbyâ€"andâ€"Joan _ typ*. w W vaton Nothing of the kind. AMy PNMNAL |2._ tions with Lord Wynton were not satis factoryâ€"indeed, he did not allow me sufficient to live upou. I wrote, asking him to meet me at his lawyet‘s, and he consented. We came to & satisfactory arrangement, and bade each other good: by. 1 was returning to France, and P _TC__. luas aning Lo by. + was returning Lord Wyaton, it appears, Paris. i assure you that 1 y C 0 us emmmben We W 4 Lord Wyaton, it appears, was going to Paris. i assure you that it was by COM® plete accident that we were put into the same carriage. 1 did not teel pleasâ€" ed â€"I am sure Lord Wynton did not!" "Look at me, Mrs. Neville. You must see that 1 am not strongâ€"that I am even consumptive, that is why 1 live alâ€" ways in the south of France. 1 enjoy my life so much that 1 do not care to lose it." Looking at her, I saw that her ey€S were very bright, that her complexi0n was transparent and delicate. "You will understand now," she s41id, "why 1 am in such a hurry to get away. This cold, foggy England kills me. _1 want the warm sun of fair France. Will you tel Miss Vane that I am much indebted tc her for ber kindness, but am compellec to leave River House!t 1 supp0s®, too P ++ * m P WR PCY 100 P NemTV CCC se that I must saerifice to the yiosr. and bid farewell to my lego lord. it be convenient for me to s0¢ hin afternoon? 1 thought of leaving five." Lo 0d yusk Y We PuE URP O Oe ie 4 , io leave River Houset 1 supp9®*®, too, | ‘ hat I must saerifice to the grosneuea, ind bid farewell to my liege lord. will | it be convenient for me to s0¢ him this |/ afternoon? 1 thought of leaving about | five." "It will be convenient; but I hope you will not agitate him," I said. "I do not think that is in my power," she said, laughing. "I will see him this afternoon, Mrs. Neville, and I am sure that I may trust to your kindness to make all arrangements for my deparâ€" ture." I went to tell Miss Vane. "You wishâ€" ed to see them together," I said. "Lady Wynton will bid her husband farewell this afternoon." "I must see them," she said. "It would set the doubts and fears and wonder of long years at rest if 1 could see them together." "It will be very easy," 1 observed. "Â¥ou have nothing to do but disguise yourself as you did before, and remain in the room. I will dress youâ€"yOU shall gratify the desire and longing of your heartâ€"you shall see them together.‘ When the disguise was complete _ we went into the invalid‘s room together. Lord Wynton was lying wide awake, He watched Miss Vane as she went to the drawers and busied herself in avranging |wmeth'mg. "% new nurse?!" he interâ€" | rogated. P . Si ow sunk JHkiie usds\ ut uit PVE C us "No," I replied; "she was b you were very ill" And the over him. _ "Lord W ynton,‘ gently, "Lady Wyntion is anxic away as soon &% possible, and to say goodâ€" bye to you this a PC on o en ns you ware esd TL o acntccdity s ovas over him. _ "Lord Wynton," I _ said, ! gently, "Lady Wyaton is anxious to get away as soon &% possible, and would like to say goodâ€"bye to you this afternoon." | "Very well," he assented, listlesslyâ€"â€" | "whenever she wishes." ; He had barely uttered the words when . w footstep was heard outside, and, withâ€" . out any rapping or announcement, Lady Wynton entered the room. She went up to him smiling, cold, hard, polished, withâ€" out the faintest oxprcuio:_\‘ of sympathy. C ns =" weu 99 c allan yY FHAORE CCEA NT T UGE snb i to him smiling, cold, hard, polished, withâ€" out the faintest expression of sympathy. "The accident was a terrible one," she said; "we had a very narrow escape." She made no remark about his appearâ€" ance, nor did she congratulate him on his escape. Thinking my presence A _ Teâ€". straint, I turned to leave the room. Lord Wynton stopped me with outstretched hand. "Po not &9, Mrs. Neville!" he eried, in a quick, faint voice. Lady Wynton turned to me with a clittering amile. "We have no secrets, Mrs. Neville," she said. "I merely wishâ€" eed to bid Lord Wyuton goodâ€"bye." _ Nelther of them noticed the silent figure bending over the open drawer. "For your own shake," she continued, coldly, "I should advise you to get out of thf- terrible house as soon as YOU , can; the silence of it is enough to make | one melunchnl{ for life." | â€""T like it," he opposed, abruptly. | _ "Well, all to the tasteâ€"I think it horâ€" SE e eaviie Giaks . No temaite rible. Goodâ€"bye, J you will soon be another word she bye," he responded "It is strange," she mused to hersei} | â€"@very strange; he must have loved her once," and then she checked herself, and | looked at me with eager eyes. "You do i not think she has the least suspicion?" she interrogated. | "Of you!? No. I think she has a very poor opinion of youâ€"imagines you to be a cross, eccentric, disagreeable old maid." | â€""I can bear that," she declared, with | a smile. "And, Lord Wyntonâ€"you feel | sure that he has no suspicion ?" | "Not the faintest," I replied. "But I | saw him looking intently at your hands | â€"those white, beautiful hands of yours." | "Did he? Ah !well, I shall not see him ‘:g;in! It will not matter; my hands | have ministered their last to him." |\ __She never went near his room after | that; but there was searcely a limit to , | her care of him. He had the cholcest , | wines, the, rarest fruits, the daintiest | dishes. She sent for every book or paper | | she thought might interest himâ€" she superiritended personally mfi%mz ; | went into bis roomâ€"she . gat the i | fairgst flowers and seemed to know by a | instinet what flowers he loved best. C 30â€" cWMs Hefte mt insuinct P GED MORCT CC O n He said to me one day: ‘‘The lady of the houseâ€"Miss Vane, you call herâ€" must have a very kind heart. It is a must have a very sad thing that she valid." _ "Yes, sho has a most generous natâ€" ure," .1 acknowledged. "Whkat ;s her ailment?" he asked. "Is at her, I saw that her ey@* bright, that her complexion parent and delicate. "You will i now," she said, "why 1 am hurry to get away. This cold, gland kilis me. I want the of fair France. Will you tell » that I am much indebted to o tindness. but anm compellied kind. My business rela door has closed behind her s face to the wall. "Great it have I been saved for ?" He lay silent for some ti'me; opposed, abruptly. ie tasteâ€"I think it horâ€" Lord Wynton; I hope a all right." Without e went away. "Goodâ€" e was here when And then I bent the open drawer. »," she continued, ise you to get out m a@ sOOm ASs You 'i:â€".of;re.t an inâ€" -hooldoryolng?hnhoneo-fimdh- valia, or does she suffer from a recent illness?" "She is a confirmed invalid," I re rlied. "As for her age, sometimes she coks much oider than at others." \ "I should like to see her," he said; "her great kindness has made a deep impression on me. By the way, Mre. Neville, who is the old nurse who was in my room yesterday? What strangely beautiful hands she has !" "Yes," I returned," every one notices the beauty of them." "‘They remind me,"* he said, with a bitter sigh, "of hands that I used to | see years ago, and loved very dearly." P ol . on VÂ¥T WBE PVR ERTTC CCC After a few weeks more, Lord Wynton was pronounced well enough to _ leave River House. I ventured one day to say that I hoped at some future time our paths in life would cross again. ""Mine is not a happy life, Mrs. Ne ville,"" he said. ‘‘I never go into _ the great world. I live at Lyndmere Park and I try to forget a very great sorrow . in the strict fulfilment of duty. The gins of our youth always find us out, 1 committed a great folly in mine." "You may have committed a folly," I observedâ€"‘"but & sin, a mean, delib erate sin, you havesnever committed, I am sure." "Â¥ou have faith in me?" he interroâ€" gated, eagerly. "Yesâ€"unbounded faith." "Thank you. It is a long time since & . oR uie ie o poe & in me, . friends." wom:n-':l-v"oâ€"ic; ;i)oke of faith in me,. Mrs. Neville We ! "The friendship of a good and true woman would be invaluable to me," he said, musingly; and then he continued : "Doctor Fletcher advises me to le,v. England for a time. I shall obey him. | : I shall be absent some monthsâ€"a year, | perhaps; but when I return, may I come to Neville‘s Cross to see you?" "Yes; I shall be delighted, Lord Wynâ€" tom,"* I replied. "I want to ask one question more., You know Miss Vane and understand her. Do you tnink she would allow me to see her? I am so deeply grateful to her that I must express my thauks." _ ""I think if you were to write to her, Lord Wynton, it would be better. She ees no ome, and your presence would distress her, I am sure." "I would not distress her for <be world," he said. "I will write to ber; I must express my gratitude in a ‘etâ€" ter." He was to leave us in three days, ani I quite understood why Huldah Vane shut herself up in her room during that ‘ time, for Lord Wynton was much betâ€" ter, and had asked permission to look through the grounds. ‘"It must be a great privation," he said to me, ‘for | the mistress of this beautiful place to s ‘\a\u invalid, Mrs. Neville. Do you know that I shall never rest until I have is \ some measure repaid my great obligation "tc Miss Vane? I shall serd her someâ€" | thing that she would like. When I ie : | turn to England she will be the ficst + ‘( person that T shall visit. I feel that, unâ€" ‘ | der Heaven, 1 owe my life to you aud i to her." \ The day came when he was to leave | us. It did unot surprise me that . Miss | Vane refused to see anyone on that day. As for myself, 1 made no effort to hide my regret. He asked me to accept a very beautiful opal ring, and to the servants he made handsome presents. For Miss Vane he left the letter, which I promised to deliver when he should be gone. 1 stood in the porch until the carriage disâ€" appeared, aud then I was not at all ashamed of the tears which filled my eyes. I did not take the letter to Miss Vane on that day. ‘ On the morrow she was downstairs beâ€" | fore me. Her eyes were full of tender light, her lips sweet with smiles. I had ‘| never beheld a face so wondrously fair. |\ She held out her hand to me in silent | grecting. "He is goune," I said. "He . | went yesterday." f ‘I know," she returned ; "I saw him * | go. Heaven has been very good to me. A t'. have seen him, and have forgiven him. ; | Life will never be quite so empty or "| dreary for me again."‘ "I hope so, dreary for me again. . 1 gave her the letter. "Do not go away,‘" she said; "I can read it in your presence as well as though I _ were alone." It was a long letter. She read it attentively, her lips quivering, her eyes filling. "He had not the least idea who I am,‘" she said. ‘"Poor Cleve! I should like you to read that letter, Mrs. Neville." She gave it to me and I read it attentively. It was the letter of a wellâ€"bred gentleâ€" man, thsnkinq his hostess both earnestâ€" ly and heartily, making much of her induess, and showing bow deeply he had felt it. "It is a charming letter," I said; "and I admire Lord Wynton more than anyâ€" one I have met of late years." \ (To be continued.) of There was a man in our town Who was so wondrous wise He jumped into a brambleâ€"bush And scratched out both his eyes. "Because,‘"‘ said he, ‘"when they are gone I shall not see again The list of things so sad and wan That give me so much painâ€"viz.: The gowns the modern ladies wear That make them look _ so thin and spare, Likewise the way they fix their hair With puffs in rows designed to please, But much resembling sausages; The modern show upon the stage (‘er which the modern heathen rage, So truly grievous to the sage. These things I shall not have to see Now that mine eyes have gone from playâ€" A thing of gold, no doubht, within, But on the outside more . like tin; The countryside once fair and green, With farms and gardens in between, Whereon, alas! toâ€"day are seen Great fences reared and letters huge: Use Uncle Peter‘s Liquid Rogue; My fellow beings, tired chaps, Suspended from the Subway straps Or dangling in the sitters‘ laps ; And weary women on their feet, With young folks filling every seat ; The motors whizzing o‘er the way On which the little children play _ Regardless of the price they pay. 1 get enough of motor woes By merely using of my nose ! * "Twas to escape from sights like these 1 jumped into those bramble trees And scratched my eyes out, I would The modern kid upon the way, Old, cold, and teniply blase, fain, When they are cured, jump in again And scratch ‘em back, that I may see The pleasant sights that used to be!"‘ â€"Horace Dodd Gasitt in _ Harper‘s The roller lknt;né fad, which became popular in Enhgland last, winter, promises to continue this season as well. MOTHER GOOSE EXPLAINED CHAPTER Lord Wyton,‘" I respondâ€" Weekly play is C P is work, whose work or in \ * Nerviline" Cures Rheumatism And Here is the Pro Statement From "If I had lived through my sufferings another year it would have been a mir: acle." This is the opening sentence of the declaration made by Mr. J. Eccles Squires, member of one of the bestâ€" known families for twenty miles round Sydney. "My hands were drawn out of ‘shape, even my fingers were gnarled and crookedâ€"my lameness, stiffness and Iimbmty to get about all showed the havoe Rheumatism made with my tem was so weakened that I had to build up with a good tonmic, so I took Ferrozone at meals. But I never stopâ€" ped rubbing on Nervilineâ€"it had _ @A magic influence on my stiff, painful joints, and bottle after bottle Was rubbed on the painful parts. Nerviline PSR 2 o ho 22 O c han well for 4% years." You also can cure rhematism, lum« bago, sciatica, neuralgia or any pain or stiffness in the muscles or jointsâ€"to do so use Nerviline. Don‘t let your drugâ€" gist substitute. . Get Nerviline only; large bottle, 25¢., or five for $1.00; sold everywhere, or The Catarrhozone Co., Kingston, Ont MISSIONARIES TO JAPAN. (Canadian Courier). You may have noticed possibly that a member of the Japanese Commission, which is visiting Canada, who happens to be a Christian, endorses Mr. Pres ton‘s contchtion that missionary work in Japan should be conducted by native preachers. They are at once cheaper and more effective. They understand _ both the people and the language; while the foreigner must be a genius wao gets to understand either in any very short time after his arrival. I presume . that the Canadian missionary _ authorities will say in reply that the seed must be carried from Christian countries, that the Japanese Christian is himself a proâ€" . duct of missionary effortâ€"though the truth may be that he caught the fire at college in either Britain or the United Statesâ€"and that, so loug as the Chrisâ€" tian nations supply most of the money for missionary work in the _ Flowery Kingdom, they will keep their hands on the strings and their men in the field. Still it is likely that the bulk of the subscribers will prefer efficiency to evâ€" erything else, and that, if they once become convinced that the exported misâ€" sionary costs more and does less than + TCORY M orelii ns ks ww s CURED 41â€"2 YEARS. oo on e ene ts s mt ol the native product, they will demand a native missionary force, even if the sinâ€" ews of war continue to come from the outside world. Did It. A MOTHER‘S CHIEF CARE IS HER BABY‘S WELFARt TORONTO The great desire of every mother is that her little ones shall be bright, goodâ€"natured and healthy. Every mothâ€" er can keep her little ones in this condiâ€" tion if she will give them an occeasional dose of Baby‘s Own Tablets. These Tabâ€" lets cure colic, indigestion, constipation, diarrhoea, worms, teething troubles, and â€" other minor ailments. Guaranteed to contain no opiate or poisonous "soothing stuff." â€" Mrs. H. Irvine, North Portal, Sash., says: "I have used Baby‘s Own Tablets when our baby was teething, and for other little troubles, and have found them all you claim for them. I always keep them in the house," . Sold at 25 cents a box at all dealers, or by mail from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Lucky Inventions. A writer in a Paris newspaper speeuâ€" lates as to what will be the reward of the inventor of the safety hat tien for ladies, and suggests it will not less than $200,000. He arrives at this sum by comparing the gains of other sucâ€" cessful inventors. Fox, who superseded whalebone ribs for umbrellas by the paragon frame, we are told _ netted $1,200,000. _ The inventor of the shoe tip cleared $1,000,000, The hawker who conceived the idea of lead pencils with an India rubber tip cleared $100,000, and the designer of the piece of round India rubber for shoe heels retired with a forâ€" tune of $800,000. The reviver of Diaâ€" bolo, a game known under the Direeâ€" toire, is said to have made $600,000 from his idea. A druggist can obtain an IMIUD®®"" / " MINARD‘S LINIMENT from a Toronto house at a very low price, and have it labeled his own product. This greasy imitation is the poorest one we have yet seen of the many that every Tom, Dick and Harry has tried to introduce. Ask for MINARD‘S and you will get it. A German shoemaker left the gas turned on in his shop one night, and upon arriving in the morning struck & match to light it. There was a terrific explosion, and the shoemaker was blown out through the door almost to the midâ€" dle of the street. 4. passerby rushed to his assistance, and after helping him to get up inquired if he was injured. The little German gazed at his place of business, which was now burning quite brinkly, and said: "No, I ain‘t hurt. But I got out shust in time I n.n:’ -v;';il‘-tor;i;lyâ€"hnve been ; the Proofâ€"A Solemn nt From a Fourâ€"years‘ Who Says "Nerviline" health. _ The blessing of it all is that I have heard _ of Nerviline, T4 uoo t am . . AbDHB to tell and _ advise others how they may get well, too, My sy8â€" Eh?" t can obtain an imitation of LINIMENT from a Toronto very low price, and have it own product. sy imitation is the poorest > yet seen of the many that Dick and Harry has tried to Just in Time. now 1 to his assistance, i to get up inquired gazed at his place was now â€" burning Soon after the opemng of LM¢ 2""""°" EFhibition on Monday at the Horticulâ€" tural Hall. \Weetminster, a large i * bottle which had been betraying syMJP: toms of uneasiness exploded and scatterâ€" its contents, a creamy foam, over the rest of the stall of Messrs. A. H. Cox & Co. Originally the bottle contained milkâ€" just milk and a few million typhoid baâ€" eilli which lived and grew happily togeâ€" .32 in B 1. _ Than for 14100 8. 11 1 S i on Phane ther in this eultureâ€"medium, . Then, 107 demonstration purposes, & horde _ 91 10,000,000 hungry monsters (known a% the bacilli of Massol) were introduced into the cultured civilization of the unâ€" hapy typhoid tribes, and remorseless F2 e 00 2o onanmninnds, war was raging in a A storm in a teacup the battle in the bottle. turgid with the bodies still the )_i-a.sol militic war was PAB‘‘® 27 M 0000 A storm in a teacup Was nothing to the battle in the bottle. ‘The milk grew turgid with the bodies of the slain, and still the Massol militia murdered and devoured their victims. When a Maseol bandit had filled himself to bursting pointâ€"he burst, and each of his 800,000 or 1,000,000 fragments became & hungry young Massol bacillus which fought and ate in turn. Finally the milk foamed up with the rapidly multiplying generations of Massolites and the bottle exploded. The d,.‘monstrntnin aroseout of Pr0â€" fesor Metchnikoff‘s claim that the bacilâ€" lns of lactic acid (the Massol bacillus) destroys the bacilli which cause internal putrefaction of food. The Massol baâ€" eillus, he hold«, by rendering the internal organs antiseptic, lengthens a man‘s life to an extraordinary extent, and he quotes the exceptional number of cenâ€" terarians in Bulgaria, where the inhabitâ€" ants live largely on soured milk, which contains this bacillus, Mmmee ciks (DGGSA enc amikat T0 The d,.‘monstratnin @10 fesor Metchnikoff‘s claim Ins of lactic acid (the M destroys the bacilli which putrefaction of food. T cillus, he holds, by renderi organs antiseptic, lengthe P IRDEMEGu Ne : C contmins UUCS 1 DCCOCOC Massol bacilli are now presented in A novel formâ€"that of chocolate creams, each containing 10,000,000 bacilli, and it was one of these chocolate creams which caused such havoe amon the innocent typhoid microbes in the fiome. We are always glad of an opportunity to send a sample bottle of D. D. D. Prescription to &n eczema saufferer, beâ€" cause we are sure it will stop the awful, torturing itch at once, and start the patient on the road to recovery. But no one expects the necessarily small samâ€" ple bottle to complete the cure. That is what it did, however, for Madame Mathilda Boudrean of _ Amâ€" herst, Magdalen Islands. â€" Writing on rune 18 last she says: "I was suffering with eczema on the hands for about three months when I started using D.D.D. Prescription, and after I used & sample bottle I was entirely cured. 1 recommend DD.D. to anybody sufferIng with «kin disâ€" SAMPLE BOTTLE GURED HER for about p.D.D. Pr bottle I D.D.D. to easo D. D. D. divectly attacks th the skin which cause eczemaâ€" â€"relieves the torturing itch and restores the skin to a he dition. For free sample bottle Prescription | write . to Laboratory, Department street, Toronto. Of Eczema on Notes of Science. A bird will eat twice its own weight in twentyâ€"four hours. The Mongolian race is said to be imâ€" mune from color blindness. American apparatus will be used alâ€" most exclusively in the reconstruction of Peking‘s telephone system. In each 223 lunar months there _ aro twentyâ€"nine eclipses of the moon _ and fortyâ€"one of the sun. Lightning is estimated to cost from 700 to 800 human lives in the world evâ€" | ery year. Soaking silver tableware in sour milk \ over night will restore the brillianey of the metal. l 5 old T Li s38 004 ‘Ihe London was streets by gas stallied in 1814 'Deposits of bituminous C( to be worth $500,000, have ered in the canal zone. Microbes Cause an Explosion in a Bottle. after the opening of the Medical t 1 harhcas‘ SE uen s For sale by all druggists Send H. L., M Toronto This is the Highest Salary Pald to a‘ Church Choir Singer. ‘ The highest grioed choir sir;ger in the world is Corinne Rider elsey, vwhe received $4,000 a year from the First Church of Christ Scientist in New York for singing once every Sunâ€" day nine "months in the year. In her single person she is the whole choir anfthe entire appropriation for vocal music goes to her. In addition, her outide earnings from concerts, it is clain ed, bring her total income close to $20,000 a year.â€"From Hampton‘s FUNNY BATTLE. M:gazine PUElEs PR CCARL EC Relieved By Murine Murine For _Your . WiEigLike Murine. . ue e e eR Â¥our Druggists. . Write Free. Murine Eye Rom: A Matter of Locality. Nonâ€"com. (to reeruit)â€"I dont‘ suppose you have smelt powder, have you? Recruitâ€"Oh, yes 1 was in a drug store before 1 enlisted. Minard‘s Liniment Cures Garget in cows. Red, Weak, Wear», Watery t 2. t Pucs Ramad Andrew Lang‘s Golf Story. Mr. Andrew Lang, who is responsible for many golf anecdotes, tells one which has delighted more than one generation of golfers: "A determined player got into a sandâ€" pit, aud for a long time all that his ofi. ponent saw of him was only distinguishâ€" able through the dense clouds of sand made by the violent action of the nibâ€" lick. At last the resolute veteran emergâ€" ed from the pit, and his opponent, withâ€" out expressing any surprise or condoâ€" lence or annoyance at the delay, merely asked him how many he had played. But evidently the other was not in a revealâ€" ing mood. ‘I went into that place,‘ he replied, icily, ‘at a quarter past twelve. It is now a quarter to one. You are at liberty, sir, to fortn your own estiâ€" mate."â€"From "The _ Funniest _ Golf Story," in the November Strand Magaâ€" gine. * + for free sample to Department National Drug and Chemical Co., was the first city to light its was. the first lamsp being inâ€" few million typhoid baâ€" and grew happily toge: ureâ€"medium, â€" Then, for urposes, a horde _ 91 v monsters (known A% $4,000 A YEAR Her Hands to the D. D. D. ent D, 23 Jordan to m healthy con PE Y CROC Heiges > : Eye Remedy. . TrY Eye Troubles. _ You it Soothes. 50c At Vrite For Eye Books. a on the hands [ started using I used a sample 1 recommend with «kin disâ€" nedy Co., Toronto the germs in aâ€"kills them ch at once, of D. D coal, estimated e been discoyâ€" Eyes. Fredâ€"Yes, the old gentleman have another wife to support. Henryâ€"What * You don‘t tell me he is going to marry wife while your mother is alin "No, â€"] am going to get m Titâ€" Bits. Shilohs Cure Tackle It. What if the job looks big to you, Tackle it; Something Tyou think you cannot ackle it. Wade into it with lifted chin, Determination and & grin, Take off your coat an buckle in ; Don‘t say you Althofith y * ‘Tackle it; The way to know what yoU can Is see your difficulty through, And maybe you‘ll succeed, if you Tackle it. Minard‘s Liniment _ _iA iccatndiientinn > tflckly stops coughs, e throat and lun&s A French oculist has given some speâ€" . cial attention to the study of eye disâ€" . comfort, which is experienced by some persons after watching a moving picture exhibition, and he has given the malady the name of cinematothalmia. He has found that some eyes are not affected in the least and that others recover quick]y. In some cases the trouble is avoided by L;ziving the eyes a rest for a few seconds immediately after the first shock, which itnkes place as soon A8 the display has commenced. tsX FR E E This FINE AIR RiFLE, nickeled steel harre!, pe®P S§HS P Ds thin 4 P shooting RB shot or darts with sufficient force to kill birds, squirrels, etc. Boys, this is the bost Air Rifle made, and wa give it to you FPREE for gelliv % boxes, ouly, of Dr. Maturin‘s Famous Vagetable l'ill-‘ at 25¢, a box. These Pills are t,h.lfmt remedy known in all cases of :l:“ and impure blood, indigestion, stomach troubles, constipation, nervous diseases, rheumaâ€" m, etc. Just send your name and address plainly written, and we will send you 8 boxes of our PiUs and 8 !‘sn(i{ Pins to give a way, as & premium, with each box sold. When you have sold the & boxes, send us the mone? $2.00 and we will immediately, send i"“ this handsome Air Rife We do notask any money before the Pills are sold and wetake bACk what you caunot sell Addnessâ€"THE BR. MATURIN MEDICINE C0., Dept. 57. _ Toronta, Ont. ‘_â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"'â€"â€"â€"â€"-______-_ 8 x This is a fine, handsome, ¢learâ€"toned YJOUN, MgMJ POMENE® AERE AARUCT complete with string bridge, three gut strings, ebony finishpegs, long bow of white hor«e hair, and box of resin. Everything complete sont securely packed in a box. Justsend us your nams and address, and ag 0e to sell only 8 boxes of Dr. Maturin‘s Famous Vegetable Pills, at 250. a box A grand remedy and cure for weak and impure condition« of the blood, indiâ€" gostion, stomach troubles, constipation, nervous disorders, diseases of the liver and kidneys, theumatism, and Female troubles. A mild laxative, Grand Tonic and Life Builder. They are easy to sell as each customer buying a box of Yxlh"{mm z’nu. receives, at the samo Lime, a nige fancy Pin, which we send you with the Pills. Do not miss the chance ofy wur life, l;on't send any moneyâ€"Only your name and uddruu’n once, and we will promptly «end you bmnul, postpaid, the 8 boxes of Pills and the Pins. hen sold, remit to us the $2.00 and we will send you this handsome Violin, etc. Just as represented. Write toâ€"day, mmmeliclmper demipt epp reb oc Wear q rr PV 4n y < Without a Hoopor Seam Just as Good as en â€" » FE & & ; \j\ ‘, fy: * s v to7 6 This elegant watch, ladies‘ or gents‘ size, stem 1 ind and set, fancy (AP on%raved 601« finished cases, is & little beauty. We will send you this : N YA wutch, GUARANTEED FOR TWENTY YEALRS, ABBOLUTELY 5 â€"f 3 ] FREK, it oKou wiil sell 5 oelgat ) cur o td 4P e ce a «149X 1igh grade collar i+ +4 vz 220048 2P eX nom C aaimy?‘ tons ut 10c. per card El [AleCshs 4 \»W 3 (4 buttons on each lAlke \T es N card). These buttons are ve?fut.ellen. hoR /,,, pinl wbyiliie . Write toâ€"day and we will send you & packâ€" o e i EC 3 Sex! 4; â€" +414 tfl; sell them and return the money and P e yet / ns .. win‘this Lrrri® Bravry Warcu. And PÂ¥x$ n im C J ee tss B w N e y *EA it Snam\. V ty * 4 mt °0 §ET FREE without having to sell any $A < ;‘Lâ€"- â€" S anadhgr c $. ‘"9 yâ€" ie t 4 naci "®X & 2 cast Sexcs. NR COBALT GOLD PEN CO., Tackle it vou can‘t before you try. Tackle it; you fail, you will not die, FDDYV‘S FIBREWARE A Big Job. Eyg Discomfort. 1e us Bicss s > * You don‘t mean to going to marry another ; mother is alive? going to get married."â€" Addressâ€" TO BOYS Button Dept 19. ‘Toronto, Ont. Address : T e OLQ C1 w cures colds, heals ~. . . 25 cents Cures Diphtheria. vyou can do, Gold Finished Watch Decorated Tea Set HANDSOME WATCH FREE cannot do, THE BEST WOODEN PAil 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 will soon THE DR MATURIN MEDICINE CO., Dept. 156. TORONTO, ONT Minard‘s flod of office had come to an C surveying the work of the year "I have endeavored," he said, air of conscious rectitude, "Lo 100 lnckina without ewerving to "I have endeavored, DC MCD 10. k22 air of conscious rectitude, "to adminis ter justice without swerving to partiali t{ on the one hand or impartiality on the other." atlnerentetie ui ie Oe neccaccas A WINDSOR LADY‘S APPEAL : To All Women: I will sond free with tull instructions, . MY home â€" treatment which postively . cures Leucorrhoca, . Ulceration, Displacements, Falling of the Womb, Painâ€" ful or Irregular periods, Uterine and Ovarâ€" ian Tumore Of Growths, elso Hot Flusbes, Nervousness, Melancholy, Pains in the Head, "LLCC OO DCa aniadAar traitbles. Back or Bowels where caused 1 BUZC PPROVELCCT a cost of only 12 cents a wees. "Woman‘s OWn Medical Adviser," free om request. Write toâ€"day. Mrs, M. Summers, Box H. 8, Win TAtebouy Soap is delightfully bath or tollct. For washing uT is unequalled. Cleanses and pi e sn eamente s "Tell me the old the heiress. "Well," said the two million The Poet at in Diner (to innk Schiller is in p°° painting, so are Y« A Great Accomplishment. A certain English Mayor, whos * ~.* nffixa had come to an end WAIUN FHEE., Ne &mls.a- Solid Gold Watch costs trom S to $1 )e net throw your money eway. . 1 .é;‘:;: THE OLD, Ne is Et OT egular periods, Uterine and Ovarâ€" e or Growths, elso Hot Flusbes, ss, Melancholy, Pains in the Head, owels, Kidney and Bladder troubles, sed by weakness peculiar to our can continue treatment at home at only 12 cents &A week. My book, MIY 48 UUDW ‘AAavicar*‘ miso sent Liniment Eddy‘s Matches id the duke dollars." veuse ie w e the Breakfast Table , old oLD sToRY Cures Distemper is wives picked I Sultan, D‘ you im behind? urifies refreshing for derclothing 1t Addross immediate ith an \mini=â€" artialiâ€" npered way, , 1t sep time about recoived. advertise aid YOUNG GIRL SHOT DO Toronte Young Woman Vi Young Man‘s Spite. Fired at Girl While She W as ing in Strect. | Claimed That Girl Had Libe} to His Sweetheart throw bad j\ young Magzel! mannel Mospits shootin Geor wwithouw thing, : station E8 whom midunis\ gry. girl a as sh comp and W the thire along : a whil walk , : who w Howar nlong Miss 11 corner Just tall staie pull« shot ucce street to the Beatri taken Th Aft M Toront tit tuta had Cleveland‘s Chief to "Wide Open" Pol nin Pho th ils prc paurst m & C K t1 Lt may innoc has re« Alfred by his brother Alfred maker, # quite w« ble with divoree. office a Al ult ©ecurre menté. Talbot d husband a'-ough ol he will di« SHOT BY HIS Mre, T beautiful wnce last the thi Quelx London, ‘l'lloomfivhl. was senten Penitentia bigamy. 1 eourt scort ryh( wecol ing their meets in ) pdil Mi HELP POL! dix r of Col. Talb Dangerously Wo TWO YE Bloonfield Penitenti 1« sb + 4