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"Well, since coming, my plans have changed a trifle. 1 still insend to have the Barrison money, but, in addition, I intend to wed the handsome man with whose t’tured face 1 fell in love at first sightâ€" who is expected here this Christmas Eveâ€"ay, within the hour. If he falls in love with me, all will be well ; if he does not, let him beware; he shall never live to wed and give this Barrison wealth, on which I have set my heart, to anotherâ€"I swear it!" Her reverie was cut short by the sound of Mrs. Barrison‘s bell ringing very imâ€" patiently, and she turned abruptly from the mirror and glided into the adjoining «partment. "My dear Florice, why are you the window to watch and warn my Mrhew'n approach*" she exc fretfully and irirtably, adding: um $0 nervousâ€"s0 auxious about "I am sorry to have caused you one impatient moment, my dear Mrs. Barriâ€" son," said Miss Austin, in her low, »mooth, musical voice as she took up her position at the window. "You shall know when I see him coming from afar witâ€"it is by no means dark yet." Five, ten, twenty minutesâ€"half an hour passed, and the hour hand of the ebony clock on the mantel travelled uround to another hour, yet still the handsome laggard came not. lmvtn& them thus, dear reader, you and I w fldh"“d a little and disâ€" cover what become of the object of their solicitude. We will not have to travel far, for on the outskirts of the hamlet we can readlly discern two horsemen making their way through the huge snowdrifts. As the first glance, even in the waning lif‘ht, we can see that the foremost rider Clifford Carlisle, the original of the &onnlt on Mré. Barâ€" risom‘s easel, and that the other is his colored valet. The woman on the couch, propped up by half a dozen pillows, courd iTI_v comâ€" trol ber impatience; the girl standing I.c{ the window, as immovable as a marâ€" ble statue, was wrapped in her own thoughts. The darkness was now imâ€" penetrable. She did not turn awround ; better to stare out there into the dark ness than be foreed to talk. As hbe advances nearer we can study him more closely. Handsome, beyond all doubt, Clifford Carlisle is, but there is much of the satanic beauty in the dark, finely chiseled features; the piercing black eyes looking out from under the satraight brows, and the raven black clusâ€" ters of hair, tossed back from the broad forehead. His chin was perfectâ€"artists before now had said so; so was the curl of the jetty, silky moustacheâ€"but they did not add that without it the entire expression of his faultlessly handsome face would be so changed as to shock his admirers. His mouth in repose were just the expression that the artists were wont to paint upon the countenance of Satan himself, betraying _ recklessness, eraft, a fiery temper, and all the devilâ€" ishness that such sneering curl of the lip could convey. ‘ But of his temper we are soon to beâ€" come aware, for even as we take in every detail of his perfect fact and faultâ€" less dress, a fierce imprecation bursts from his lips. The black horse he is riding rears sudâ€" denly, terrified beyond all control at the dark trunk of a huge fallen oak, half buried in the snow, and in less time than it takes to tell it had wheeled suddenly about, throwing his rider in a huge drift, and was rearing and plunging madly about in another and higher snowâ€" bank scarcely a rod whead. With the fury of a veritable demon, Clifford Carlisle scrambled to his feet, and the volley of curses, loud and ringâ€" ing, that fell from his lips was horribfa to hear. In an instant he had smatched something from his breast pocket; there was a report simultaneously with a flash of lurid Ero. and when the smoke cleared away Sambo saw the horse that his masâ€" ter had so lately ridden lying still and lifeless in the huge drift. Black Heron would never respond to his call in. "That is the fate of everythlng,‘g:lmn or animal, that opposes me," said the master, coolly repYaclng his weapon to his breast pocket, addln(i in the next breath: "CGet down; I‘ll ride the mare; you can trudge along behind." "Yes, marse," mumbled the valet, scrambling with alacrity from the sadâ€" dle, knee deep into the snow, "but I‘se yot to tell you that â€"thatâ€"â€"â€"" "Thatâ€"What ?" â€"thundered _ Clifford Carlisle, advancing threateningly & step toward the frightened, terrified‘fellow. "That the mare has done cast a shoe, sah," faltered Sambo. "Curse your infernal black neck, why didn‘t you tell that before, and I would have put off Black Heron‘s punishment until we had finished our journey *" "I‘se was badly afeared lest you might get ragin‘ an‘ give her the lash, sah, an‘ â€"â€"an‘ she isn‘t used to that, Marse Carâ€" lisle; she am so gentle an‘ lambâ€"likeâ€" Sest like a docile little kitten, an‘ I on n uc tss 1 t s 22 Pn lc â€" se vern ies Pirvenpendnanar E: C & I r.t like a docile little kitten, an‘ 1| recalling to your mind such sad memoâ€" oves Ladybird so." lries," murmured Olifford Carlisle, rais "Confound it!" cut in Carlisle harshly,| ing his hat, humbly. "Will you try to without heeding the other‘s incoherent | forgive me *" words, "of course there is no blackâ€" "%here is nothing to blame you for, smith‘s place aboutâ€"there never is one| sir," replied Norine, adding, softly: "I handy in a dilemma of this kind." | always think of my brave young father I I 7 V & Lh SSt Te w P o _ "I think there am, sah!" declared Samâ€"| bo, hastily. "I‘se shu‘ I saw one jes‘ as | we turned into this road." "Lead the way and I‘ll follow, ridingl Ladybird," commanded _ Carlisle, and, raging at every utet over his ill luek in' coming on horseback instead of waiting for the stage, he at last found himself standing before the closed door of the blacksmith‘s shop. . & * | A lithe, slender figure, straight as an arrow, in a bri{ht crimson dress, whose eolor was b«{ tened to a lurid mass of flame by the fire of the !orgeâ€"â€"-t.bo same _ red light fell upon the faceâ€"a rarely lovely one, brown from the wind and sun, with great red cheeks and a smaill, coral mouth, and a wealth of ripâ€" :oq hair like a shower of yellow gold wing about her face as it fell in a -‘:Vll:llo, there!" he called out and sharply. "This way, smithy kaste, Â¥ say!" > _ _ . In answer to his call the wide door swung open, and, instead of the grimy horseshoer whom he exrectrd to see, he saw, standing in the full red glare of the forge, a young girl. And the picture, as he saw her standâ€" ing thus, never left him in all the long years of his after life. us Aibsiet~vbrgs ~meeeaenn oor. 7. / WPF on blowing about her face as it fell in a shining mass to her supple waist. "ILâ€"Iâ€"â€"beg your pardon," said CKfford Carlisle, springing from his saddle and bowirg low before _ this extroardinary vision of girlish loveliness, wondering meanwhile who she was. "Could you tell me if the blacksmith is about?*" "He is not," responded _ the young girl in a clear, sweet voice. "Grnnt was not feeling well, and I coaxed h to go home because _ this is Christmas Eveâ€"assuring him no one would be: in of his services, and promising to bird when I found Sweet Norine him. ou one . Barriâ€" not at me of laimed, loudly â€"make stay bebind and watch the forge until the fire got low enough to leave the shop in safety." "How very unfortunate that he shiould have gone," murmured Carlisle, adding : "My horse has lost a shoe. 1â€"â€"{â€"would gave _ given a fiftyâ€"dollar bill if she could have had another oneâ€"any king of &A one tacked on, that I might get on to the end of my journey. Without it she will refuse to go a step. That is one of her curâ€"one of her odd tricks." "Would you really give that much 10 have your borse shod?" ctried the girl, breathlessly, eyeing _ him with great, wideâ€"open, dilating eyes. "Yes," he amwerej, "the fim'ahiw of my journey quickly, as well as" my horse, is worth ten tin”t sum to me," thinking she intended® to go and horse, is worth ten times me," thinking she intend fetch the smithy. .. ** "You!" exclaimed~Clifford ‘fi'lll'l'hal“. wonderilf‘if he had heard pight, or if his ears had not played himys:)me trick. "Why . not!" respondef the _ girl, promptly. "My fath@t was a blackâ€" amith when be was aliye, and my grandâ€" father was a blacksmith before iim, and is one yet. Ay, the best borseshoer, they say, in all Washington. > 1 have often shod my little Shetland pony, Bess. Bring in your horse, sir. I should not volunteer to do the work unless I was competent to acomplish it and do it well. â€"Andâ€"andâ€"to tell you the truth, sir, I would love dearly to earn that much money to help pay off the mortâ€" gage on the old home." _ "Then I will shoe the horse for youâ€" that is, if the animal is lpt‘\'icious and don‘t kick." : e pxy 4 Clifford Caurksle‘s astonishment soon gave place to amusement, and he orderâ€" ed Sambo to lead Ladybird at once into the shop. Down went the bellows into the rich, hed heart of the glowing coals; up went the crimson sleeves to the elbow, displayâ€" ing the moen,l'rrfeet. pair of arme that Clifford Carlisle had ever beheld â€" he fairly caught his breath with _ intense admiration. As soon as Ladybird found herself facing a blacksmith‘s forge she held up her front off foot with almost bhuman intelligence, though she seemed almost as amused as her master bhad heen to pbehold petticoats in such a place. ed, silky neck, murmuring: "Ladybirdâ€" I think that is what they called youâ€" you shall be as good _ as new in very short order." With each stroke of the hammer from that perfect arm, that swung up and down with the precision of a pelvfulum, the sparks flew about in a shower of gold, and in less time almost than it takes to describe the uncommon scene, the best turned shoe that Ladybird had ever worn was fastened to ber dainty foot by those supple little brown !mnds. _ Then. paying little heed to the other two occupants of the shop, she bent to her task without further comment. . _ "I am seventeen," she answered, pockâ€" eting the bill with an enthusiasm that amused him vastly. _ _ _ _ here until after dark." 3 Norinne hui:ed such a hearty, rolâ€" licking laugh that the very rafters above their Lad- shook with ber merriment. "Spare yourself any uneasiness about me, sir," she cried. "I am used to the blizzards and the deep _ snow we have sere. I have my snowshoes bere, and I know how to use them to get bhome. Beâ€" sides," she added, her sweet, red, laughâ€" ing mouth growing instantly serious, "it was never intended that I should die in the snowdrifts; when I was a tiny babe my mother lost her young life in them and I was miraculously spared; _ th found _ me closely clasped in her cofl dead arms. My father, too, lost his way in a wild snowstorm in crossing . the mountain _ one night, and they buried him in the same grave that was dug for my young mother scarcely a fortâ€" night before." "Iâ€"Iâ€"beg ten thousand pardons for _"You canmot be more than sixteen," he commented. 5 _ "Yes," she returned; "a mile down the road over which you came." _ Jal "And you call that near?" he exclaimâ€" ed. "Great beaven!" you will perish in the snow and the storm in attempting to reach there. I had far rather lost my horse than to have detained you "XNow, sir," said the girl, gravely, "I think you will be able to resume your journey in safety." "I shall always keep that shoe as a souvenir of this place, this hour, and you. What is your name?" he asked, abruptly, as he handed her a crisp bank note of the denomination promised, addâ€" ing: "You are a veritable little Amaâ€" zon." _ "Do you live here?" he inquired, still lingering, the impulse strong within him to learn more of her. , _ "Norinne Gordon," replied the girl, with childish directness. v "There is nothing to blame you for, sir." replied Norine, adding, softly: "I always think of my brave young father and my sweet, hapless young mother when 1 see the cold white snowdrifts." "You tell me your parents are dead, and you speak of your grandfatherâ€"do â€"do you live with him*" Norine nodded her curly golden head. "Yes, with my grandpa and dear old grandma," she replied. "Do you not find life very dull and lonely," he asked, "spent in the society of such old people?tâ€"you, who seem so fond of life, brightness and gaiety *" "I am never lonely with them, because I love them so much," she replied. "Lead Ladybird out of the shop," comâ€" manded Carlisle, turning impatiently to his valet, who was standing gazing on the lovely little Amazon with wide open eyes and mouth, as if it were quite imâ€" possible, even yet, to give credence to what he had just witnessed: Ladybird being shod by a young girl, and certainly the sweetest, daintiest, most charming girl his gaze had ever rested upon. _ After Sambo had obeyed his command, Clifford Carlisle still lingered. "I shall be in this vicinity for a fortâ€" "I always come here to the shop to wait for grandpa and accompany him home," she stammered. _ "Ab, then I shall see you again, litâ€" tle Norine. I was wfy enough at Ladyâ€" hird when I found she had cast a shoe. night * What was there in that low, thrilling voice, in the glance of those dark, brilâ€" liant, mesmeric eyes, that stirred slightly the unawakened heart in little Norine‘s breast? She flushed as deep a crimson as the dress she wore, and her big, blue, childish eyes fell before his eager, burnâ€" ing'ghlnei. ves hold petticoats in such a h‘)lnco. Norine advanced and patted the arch t," he murmured; "may I hope‘ to you again? Please be kind and say ;u"n;ljly give that much to borse shod?" cried the girl, . eyeing _ him with great, OHAPTER II Now I think there was a 1@ erwise, I might have come | of Hadiey and. left it W vou Again a vivid blush suffused the loveâ€" ly, girlish face. She was startled, beâ€" wildered, confused> no one had ever spoken to her like that before. She did not know how to answer him. 2 tok reate e D not know how to answer him. "Aun revoir, but not goodâ€"by, Norine," he whispered, taking advantage of her childishness to address her thus familâ€" iarly; "farewell uatil we meet again, which shall be soon, if I car have my way about it." him. n eb ac B And with these words he turned and walked quickly out of the dingy shop, the darkness without hastily swallowing Norine stood quite still on the same spot on which he had left her, gazing vacantly into the glowing coals, and, gazing thus, the moments flitted by unâ€" heeded. â€" She did not notice that the coals, one by one, were turning to a dull, ashen gray, and that the old shop was growing bitterly eold, and thflt }h'.! wind :'as rising «and blowing with demoniae fiereeness outside, and the drifts were pilinfi themselves high against the door which the handsome stranger had closed so hurriedly after him. The girl might have stood there for long hours thusâ€"unconscious of the flight of timeâ€"lost in a strange, sweet daydreamâ€"had not her thoughts been rudely broken into by a hand falling on her shoulder, % With a little ery, Norine started back. "Is it you, Joe?" she exclaimed ; thow long have you been here? Iâ€"Iâ€"did not see you come in at the door." "Nor did 1 come in by the door," anâ€" swered the tall, staiwart, broadâ€"shoulâ€" dered young man who stood before her. "I came in by the window. I wonder that you did not hear me when 1 opened it, or feel the cold air, The snow has completely blocked the door sinceâ€"aince PP on sn t iA U ~that st;nnger left. It‘s easier to take you out through the window than to shovel the tons of snow away from the door. But, to answer your question, I have only been in the shop here about two minutes, but I was standing outside of the window all the time that stranger was in here. Who is he, Norinet" he asked, abruptly. "How in the world should I know?" retorted the girl, petulantly. "What was he talking to you about so earnestly after he }mid his bill?" he asked, watching Norine‘s face uneasily, for there was an expression on it that he had never seen there before, â€""I do not like him," said Joe Brain ard, slowly and thoughtfully, _ "The weather," laughed the girl, jocu larly. hy |ALH "He is the grandest gentleman I have ever seen, and as liberal as a prince," said Norine, enthusiastically: "l‘:mk at thebill he gave me for shoeing his pony," and she held up before his startled vision the fiftyâ€"dollar bank note. The young man fairly gasped for breathâ€"gulped down a strange, choking sensation that rose up suddenly in his throat, and cried, hoarsely: m es en t c in ce oC "You should never have taken that for shoeing his horse!" he cried. "You know it was not worth it, and he will think he owns you, body and soul, for your acâ€" cepting it." "Oh, Joe! Joe:" she sobbed, "youâ€" you make me feel as though I were & thiefâ€"taking what was mot mine. He offered that much, and 1 thought it no harm to take it." A sudden rush of tears came swiftly to the girl‘s eyes. _ uk "Because I saw him shoot down in eold blood the mate to the horse he brought in here, and the curses that fell from his lips horrified me, man though "If you will put it in the fire, Iâ€"I will make that much money up to you by New Year‘s. I‘ve got the job of the village post office at last, and you shall have the first money 1 take in from the place. A bill that he has carried seems like a viper lying in your hands. He is such a wicked man," "Why do you say that when you do not even know him?" flashed out Norine angrily, her sweet young voice growing strangely hard and cold. Norine turned white to the lips, but she made him no answer. Without another word Norine put on her cloak and hood, _ allowing _ big, strong, faithful Joe, who was alwa&ys about when danger menaced her, to lift her through the little narrow window. "Come," he said, "your grandparents sent me to look for you when you did not come home as soon as they thought you should. They will be worâ€" rying every moment. Come, Norine." "It is the wildest night we have ever bad, Norine," he cried anxiously, "I will beat down a path and you must follow close in my footsteps,. Ah, but it is inâ€" tensely cold, and growing colder. She was always so frolicsome, so merâ€" ry, but toâ€"night gay little Norine was strangely quiet. _ _ Ks ton tb "Was that a sigh from her lips," he asked himself, stopping short and turnâ€" ing around anxiously, Then, forgetting the rigid disci})llne he had laid out for himself to follow, he cried solicitously: Are you weary, and very cold, Norine, d‘{l}“{’» There was no answer, and with a startled ery he turned and groped his steps backward through the snowdrifts and the midnight darkness. Yes, she had sunk down, unconscious, overcome by the exertion and the bitâ€" ter cold. With a cry that welled up from the very depths of his heart, he caught her up in his atron§ orms and strained her to his breast, faltering hoarsely: year. Ay, I will save you toâ€"night or perish with you." And he did {‘ust what _ her hapless young mother had done long years beâ€" foreâ€"tore off his coat and wrapped it about herâ€"then turned, facing the teeth of the gale with the precious burâ€" den which was dearer to him than life itself strained close to his throbbing breast. "I will save you, my little love, whom I have never yet told the story that has been growing in my heart this many a Step by step, foot by foot, through the great drifts veaching high above his head, he made his way with dogged perâ€" severance. The bitter gale seemed to pierce him to the very heart, turn the biood in his veins to ice, and hang millstones about his feet. "God grant me the strength to _ get little Norimne home," he muttered, raisâ€" Ing his haggard face to the darkened skies above; "but," he added, with bitâ€" ter fierceness, "I would rather _ she should die here and now in my arms than thatâ€"that handsome _ stranger should ever cross her path again, for â€" Heaven pity me!lâ€"they were fascinated with eacg other at first sight. I read it in the face of both as I watched them in :gony through the dingy shop winâ€" Suddenly through the darkness _ he saw a ilimmering light ahead, and he heard the old smithy‘s voice calling: "Joe!â€"Norine!" He g.ve back one answering shout; then his heroic strength and conng seemed suddenly to leave him, and fell forward, face downward, still claspâ€" ing his burden, in utter unconsciousâ€" (To be continued.) » was a fate in it. Othâ€" ave come to the vilage left it without secing 11 on the same Suffered From a Heavy Cold, Pieuritic Pains in Sideâ€"Conâ€" stant Coughing»â€" * NERVILINE CURED QUICKLY " Chest inflamation. "Anyone that goes through all that I suffered last winter will appreciate the value of a remedy that cures like Nerviâ€" line cured ime." These are the opening words of the solemn declaration of E. P. Von Hayden, the wellâ€"known violinâ€" ist, of Middleton. _ "My work kept me out late at night, and playing in cold drafty places brought on a severe cold that settled on my chest. I had a harsh racking couch and severe pains darted I airmaades sa ue 1 thl:“m‘ â€" my . sides chest and shoulders, morning and night, and all the pain disappeared. Realizing that such a heavy cold had run down my system, I took Ferrozone at meals, and _ was completely built up and strengthened. _ Since using Nerviline I have no more cclds‘or pleurisy, and enâ€" joy perfect healtlt" It‘s becauseNerviline cofitains the purest uml{fino-t hoaling essences and medicinal principles, because it has the power of sinking through the pores to the kernel of thflfinv--»thme are the reasons why it breaks up colds, cures lumbago, stiffness, neuralgia, sciatica, and rheumatism. Refuse any substitute your _ dealer may â€" suggestâ€"insist on Nerviline only. Large,25¢. bottles, five for $1.00. Sold everywhere, or The Caâ€" tarrhozone (Co., Kingston, Ont. Cat‘s Peculiar Sense. According to a note in the Scientific American, F. Fritz has discovered that the domestic cat possesses a peculiar orâ€" gan of sense, consisting of a few lang and stiff bristles, _ .or _ feelers, which spring from a region of the skin richly furnished with nerves in the vicinity of the wrist joint of the foreleg,. These orâ€" gans, caller "carpal vibrissa," had previâ€" ously been found in numerous animals, including rodents, edentata, carnivora, the lower quadrumana, and Hyrax, They are found chiefly in animals which hold their food with their forepaws, or which crawl and climb. Thus they are wantâ€" ing in the ungalata, with the exception of Hyrax, and also in the apes and monâ€" keys, which possess, in their fingers and palms,, much more delicate tactile and prehensile organs. It is remarkable that they are also wanting in the dog, in which animal Fritz has sought them in gromptl{. Also largest heepskins, etc. Quotati sent free. vain FURS It Pays to Go to School, The table prepared by the Massachuâ€" setts State Board of Education shows the weekly earnings of children who left school at 14 until the end of their twenâ€" tyâ€"fifth year. Those who left school at 14 began at $4 a week and at the end of the twentyâ€"fifth year were receiving $12.75 a week. > Minard‘s Liniment (o., Limited: Gentlemen,.â€"Last winter Ireceived great benefit from the msoe of MINâ€" ARD‘S LINIMENT in a severe attack of La Grippe, and 1 have frequently proved it to be very effective in cases of Inâ€" Thosé from the high school began at $10 a week and at 25 were receiving $31 a week. The total earnings of the eleâ€" mentary schoolboy in the twelve years were $5,722.50, while those of the high schoolbo%" in the eight years were ‘g,- 377.50.â€"Educational Review. flammation "I was aâ€"dreamin‘ all this time," said the narrator, "dat I was in Ole Satan‘s dominions. 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HUTCHINSON Constant. and settled in my shoulders, _ I used different _ liniments, but none broke up my cold till I used Nertiline, _ I rubâ€" bed it on‘ my neck, EXTREMES IN VENUS To have the same hemisphere exposed everlastingly to sunlight while the othâ€" €r is in perpetuity turned away, must cause a state of things of which we Can form but faint conception from what we know on earth. Baked for aeons without letâ€"up and still baking, the sunward face must, if unshielded, be A Tophot surâ€" passing our powers adequately to potâ€" tay. And unshielded it must be, as We shall presently see. Reversely, the other must be a hyperborean expanse to which our polar regions are temperate abodes. For upon one whole hemisphere of Venus the sun never shines, never so much as peeps above the starâ€"studded horizon. Night eternal reigns ,over haif of her globe! The thoughtwould appall _ the most intrepid of,:our arctic explorers, and prevent at least everybody from goâ€" ing to the pole; or rather what here reâ€" places it. "througlr the dark continent."‘ x\ «+. X% exemplifie(the eventual effects of a force in @stronomical mechanics, the importance of which is only beginâ€" ning to be appreciated: tidal friction. It has brought Venus as a world to the deathly pass we have contemplated toâ€" gether. Starting merely as a brake upâ€" on her rotation, it h Pended by _ desâ€" troying all those }?ynicnl condition which enable our o®#n world to be what it is. Night ayaay, summer and winâ€" ter, heat and €ld, are vital vicissitudes unknown noz upon our sister orb. There nothing chahges while the _ centuries pass. An eternity of deadily»deathlessâ€" ness is Venus‘ statuesque lot.â€"Dr. Perâ€" cival Lowell, in The Popular Science Monthly. # IF YOUR BABYTS SICK CIVE BABY‘3 OWN TABLETS The little ills of babyhood and childâ€" hood should be treated promptly, or they may prove serious. An occasional dose of Baby‘s Own Tablets will regulate the stomauch and bowels and keep your little ones well. Or they will promPa_v restore health if sickness comes yuexpectedly. Mrs, Lenora M. Thompsop, Oil Springs, Ont., says: "I have u}‘f Baby‘s Own Tablets for my littlesgirls as occasion required, and havefound them always of the greatest help. No mother, in my opinion, shoul without the Tablets." Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Test. It is easy enough to be pleasant When life goes on like a song, But the man worth while is the man who can smile When the telephone rings and he ansâ€" wers it and says "Hello!" and the operator says ‘"What ° number?" and he says, "The bell rang," and sbe says, ‘"‘No, it didn‘t." . &panking does not cure children of bedâ€"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. lion't blame the child, the chances are it can‘t help it. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled with urine difâ€" ficulties by day or night. The skyscraper mechanic tells how they see if everything is all built and balanced to the fraction of a hair, and this is not done entirely by high matheâ€" matics, as some professors might supâ€" ose. As a building goes up, one way of Â¥elllng if everything is solid and straight is to hang a {;ig plumb bob, weighing a hundred or so pounds, on a steel piano wire, fastened to the top and dead cenâ€" tre of the building, a spot found by crossing lines from the corners of the building. Of course, the least give in the foundation or fault in the steel would show at once by the huying plumb bob getting off centre.â€"New York 'Presa If they are you are in danger. When through weakness or disease the kidâ€" neys fail to filter the impurities from the blood, trouble comes at once. Backâ€" ache, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Gravel, Diaâ€" betes, Gall Stones and the deadly Bright‘s Disease are some of the results of neglected kidneys. Dr. Morse‘s Inâ€" dian Root Pills contain a most effective diuretic which strengthens and stimuâ€" lates the kidneys so that they do their work thoroughly and well. Try Dr. Morse‘s Indian Root Pilis Kidneys Wrong ?â€"â€" There was a man in our town And he was wondrous slick ; He didn‘t strive to win renow Or try to get rich quick, Instead, he sold the recipes For fame and wealth to get And now he lives in gilded ease And‘s never known to fret. â€"Binghamton Ageâ€"Herald. Minard‘s Liniment Cures Distemper. One pint cream, whipped stiff, add one and oneâ€"half tablespoonfuls of gelatin, Soak the gelatin in a little hot water until dissolved. One tc‘::roonful of vanilla, sugar to taste, oneâ€"half cupful of chopped pecans, oneâ€"half slice of candied pineapple cut up, oneâ€"half cupful candied cherrts chopped. Stir all together and mold. When the Skyscraper is Plumb. Minard‘s Liniment Cures Diphtheria. "After you‘ve been two weeks in the house with one of those terrible handy men that ask their wives to be Bure and wipe between the tines of the forks, and that know just how much raising bread ought to have, and how to hang out & wash so each piece will get the best sun, it‘s a real joy to get back to the ordinâ€" ary kind of a man. Yes, ‘tis so!" Mrs. Gregg finished, with much emphasis. "I want a man who should have sense ‘about the things he‘s meant to have sense about, but when it comes to keepâ€" ing house, I like him real helpless, the way the Lord planned to have him!" His Timely Question. "Bridg»t, darlin‘," said Pat, who was well versed in the ways of women, "whin it comes Christmas, what would ye loike to baite=dbwn th the shops to mnnge 7 BETTER THAN SPANKING. â€"New York Evening Mail. in &., ths Other in A Good Business. VELVET CREAM The Manly Man. Expelled From Conference was held Church No. 1 on the the only business of sacted was to exclude Batten from the chur remembered that the who took possession « about a year ago, D ginger _epough' into B'r.' Expelled From Church. Conference was held at Sweet Home Church No. 1 on the 9th inst., and the only business of interest tranâ€" sacted was to exclude Brother R. 1. Batten from the church. 1t _ will be remembered that the Holy Jumpers, who took possession of the â€" church about a year ago, never could get ginger enough into Brother Batten to make him "Jump Jim Crow." __I will write some more neXxt weekâ€"R. I. Batetn. i A Mea e ma ns ape ut\ B 1, DHWIN, â€"From â€" the Whiteville Newsâ€"Reâ€" porter. Lifebouy Soap is CCM bath or tollet. For was is unequalled. Clennu: Honesty in Advertising. Among the steps of progress to be reâ€" corded in our young national career are the increased honesty and _ diminished dishonesty of commercial advertising. The pleasing _ improvement _ in "dAry goods" advertising has reached the reâ€" markable degree of at least one merâ€" chant setting forth2 the relative advanâ€" tlrl and disadvantage sof two articles offered to the public. This Brutus _ of business says, concerning one kind of raincoat, that it is "not absolutely watâ€" erâ€"tight,"" though "proof against . any ordinary shower." The other kind, he tells you, "is waterâ€"tight," but, since the body‘s heat and moisture do not escape, this accumulation or secretion "dampens the inside of the coat, beâ€" sides making the wearer uncomfortably hot."" Is it not rather a new thing for a trader to pay money to a newspaper for telling the public the defects ot things he wants to sell ?â€"Collier‘s Week» ly. SUNLIGHT Glass water pipes covered with asphalt have been in use for a long time in some parts of Germany with suceess. They give thorough protection against the onâ€" trance of gases and acids. 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These Plll‘,‘uo the best remc.l la‘ws hor"sean‘. y PTvanp: LOAÂ¥dLL Azvottnatian ns ETTE ETT UTLRLACIOTN Antfisiant Ranas xd« eoute shooting BB shot or darts with suflicient force to kill birds, uirrels, ©i0., MOY®, CC best Air Rife made, and woalu it to you FREE for nlling'i boxss, uaiy, of Dr. \ Famous Vogetable 1ills, at 250. & box. * These Pills are the best remedy known in &‘ a:“ ',"d impure blood, Indigestion, stomach troubles, constipation, nervous diseas0 m, etc. * Just send your name and address plainly written, and we will send you S boxes o‘ and 8 g‘m:{ Fins to give away, as a premium, with each box sold. \Whan you have « boxes, send us the money $2.00 and we will, immediately, send you this Leadrome A We do notask â€" any money before the Pills are sold and wetake tack what you <a m ons n seo n edceonst s oe Oe lt lsw t RE Gold Finished Watch _ ) Decorated Tea Set i 2 :“? c s ’ g h 1"':.‘6'!"?" ‘g‘] (a \ PDad tn / i This eleuntwuw&ladles' or gents‘ size, stein wind and set, fan~y h af®t® engraved gold finished cases, is a little beauty. We will mond yo 318 Arf C3 mice charantieDn Fom Twenit 3 raks," apeord4nt 3 3 3 P’BEE‘IIJ;ou wiil sell is .4& i gp]‘ :d lfi)rmb(;: * 8 \ pes ~ Hire", hg e collar bu o 4 2 j o Pnd tons‘urt 10c. per card "f tEA s*" \, 9‘\:\‘1\\\ (4 buttons on each (Alke NY Q P84 A i eard). These buttons are ve:'{y fast sellers. YJ P\ d _ t + Write toâ€"day and we will send you a packâ€" isAE e 2 A <ofge * 11:; sell them and return the money and 9 & s s win this Lirrru® Braicry Waren. And #€yt . (Gath 2z Kw can also win this LOVELY TEA sq '\”- f@p, C «it ~zam "tp, ET FREE without having to sell any $Â¥ T ;-7 ho â€" apraioeerv48 more goods. in n o oi on -’79\ P CcoBALT GoLD PEN co., BA \% /A wb ) / _‘ * Button Dept 19. ‘Toronto, Ont. fasef NNURIS C _ _ â€" Violin P t o o e oo oi e n t t P T7 T WRWaRRR only 8 bozes of Dr. Innm’lru,u-v.nuhlo Pill®, at #be. a bor A grand remedy and cure for weak and jimpure conditions of the blosd, ind\ gestion, stomach troubles, constipation, nervous disorders, diseases of the liver mad kidners rhouguth‘p. and !‘oms}o troubles. A mild laxative, Grand Tonic and Life Builder. They are easy to sell as each customer bu,ylnf a box of nfihfi‘r’om {on, recelves, at the saine thme. a nioe hncsol’ln, which we send you with the Plfll. not miss the chance of your lite n‘t sead any mongâ€"Only your name and address, at once, and we wiii prow pt‘y sewd you b{unul. postpaid, the 8 boxes mm- and the Pins. When sold, retit to us the $3 090 ar4 we will send you this handsome Violin, eto. just as represented. Write toâ€"day. Without a Hoopor Seam Just as Good as Each One a Sofid, HMardened, Lasting Mass â€"â€" TO BOYS Glass Water Pipes wemenn iA EP 0 Somp is delightfully refreshing for let. For washing underclothing it ed. Cleanses and purifi¢s, FDDVY‘S FIBREWARE Rddressâ€"THE BR. MATURIN MEDICINE CO., Dept. /. Address: THE DR MATURIN MEDICINE CO., Dept. 156. â€" ToroXxTro, onT This is a fire, handsome, clearâ€"toned Violin, highly polished . vic\sv oniored complete with string bridge, three gut strings, ebony fluishpers, long bes of white horse hair, and box of resin. Everything complete sent securs‘» packed in a box. Justsend us your name and midrm_-, end agiss to se‘ THE BEST WOCDFEN PAIL Can‘t Help But Lose Its Hoops and Fall to Pieces. You Went Soms: thing Better Don‘t You? YThen Ask for Pails and Tubs Made of HAHILTO.\' ONTARIO 18 GI â€"buy sguburban lots whil« Building jlots 2 x 100 for $;; Termsâ€"$ down and $1 per w booklet Aâ€"Burke & Co., 201 K * sSHEEP FOR SALE Dorset Horn Sheep Have remtwelve fine, rip pared and ed. Boil one pin and half a pint of water until is brittle; try it by dropping eold water. 1t should break w when tested. Dip the halve« one after another, into the sin away on an viled dish to hard: they are hardening whip ctire four m stiff, mix 1,.ity in spoon of blanched and fi ped almonds. Drop in large in a pan of boiling water and minute or two, then lift ou with a skimmer and place « pllte until time to serve. 2 ‘a Laloas wilths oth ;\â€")find'ing the wold. â€"Delicious Minard‘s Liniment Cures Cold Shilohs Cure He Knew About 11L â€" Gemeral Leonard Wood, at a : in Newport, praised a soufflee. ""Good cooking is a boon to kind," the General sard. "Wo | none of us feel above it, none . men or women. I am rather in sym with the bitterness of Scrogg«. "Mrs, Scroggs, after a vory u factory dinner, said, shrilly : "‘When you married me, young you didn‘t marry a cook 1" " ‘Well,‘ said Rcroggs, and h was very bitterâ€"‘well, you need it in.‘ *"â€"Washington Star. Origin of Aviation. _ A London bus driver has sett! origin of aviation, As he drow« Waterloo bridge a guest of wind ped off a passenger‘s hat and ca: in a graceful flight over the pai "It‘s over, all right," said t driver, "and that‘s just ‘ow that aviating business was invented man bloke‘ ad *‘is‘ ‘at blown as that and got the idea." _4 _A o cotcrdiivn Ellckly stops coughs, e throat and lungs ISSUE NO. 49. 19093 Eddy‘s Matches PEACH KISSES Knew About 1t mer and place me to serve, halyes _ with â€" tops slight!y ESTATE Mht Ewes and Ewe Lambs tor Sate Also Two Youny Bulls Write for vrices Forster Farm Folled Angus Cattle cures colds Toronts, 0st Oakvillc, Ont 1 DECEMBER 9, 1909 A Greatest ever W Mat Whit Whit U U nds triuw nat An Ww i it W This is 1 get what at price previous! 36 BJ 7 Wh