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e News From Belbiâ€" g Man at the Time. TO BRITAW. * (he britisa army vay for bim. E HERO OF THE UTINY, @ Sef= eyal H 1857, on hek IY» a p l who Mr n V ©IG 9 + a tha 010 : he inâ€" the 0 D at t N. <9 «h 19 D 1 The Astor collection of laces, for inâ€" stance, is very fine and ranks with any of the private collections abroad. At the time the laces of Empress Euâ€" gene were sold at auction the Astors were heavy buyers. ‘They pooled with the Vanderbilts and the Rothschilds so as to avoid bidding against one anâ€" other. ‘These three great families seâ€" lected an agent to do the buying, and at the termination of the sale the purâ€" chases were divided into thirds. Buâ€" genie, of course, was not a gainer by this, but she could well afford the loss. The 6 yards above mentioned were part of lthe "pool" purchase at this sale, and were subsequently sold by Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt to Mrs. Corning, the present owner. There are many protty legends of the origin of laceâ€"making, and one of the prettiest is the story of the Veneâ€" tian sailor who, on the eve of a sea voyage, gave to tha woman he loved a piece of beautiful seaâ€"weed, to keep while he was absent, in memory of him. He sailed away, and the girl cared for his gift with constant devotion, supâ€" erstitiously fancying that upon its presâ€" ervation Hepended the safety of her lover or the endurance of his love for her. _ Tnerefore .when she discovered that the seaweed was slowly drying up and falling to pieces, she caught the fine leaves mnd branches with thread against a piecs of linen, and thus invented lace. Too much gonfidence must not be rlaced in this pretty legend, however, or some fine examples of the laceâ€" makers‘ art have been traced back to the period of about 1000 years before Christ., While the art is an ancient one, the finer qualities did not apâ€" gea.r until after the fifteenth century. he most celebrated lace collections are ‘those of the South Kensington Museum, in London, and the Bruges Museum, altbhough the Cluny Musâ€" eum, in Paris, contains inestimable specimens of antique lace. French women &re notably fond of laces, and a valuable piece is handed down from one generation to another with almost religious care. _ The famâ€" is Honiton set of Queen Vicloria is of such incalcuable value that her Maâ€" jesty bhas worn it only four timesâ€"at i\er cave amd other royal weddings. No greater evidence of the favoritism of t%m Queen for (Princess Beatrica could be given than her immense conâ€" cession in allowing these remarkable flounces, veil and bodice trimmintgs to be placed on the weddix;% fown of this Princess. The Queen taly is parâ€" ticularly well endowed with this deliâ€" cate fabric, and the cream of her collecâ€" tion consists of smperb pieces of Malâ€" tese lace, some of it said to be 2500 yoikris OE .. .. . . . sns ie en _ Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, Mrs William Astor and Mrs. Hicksâ€"Lord ara perhaps the owners of the finest laces in New York. Mrs. Astor is credited with owning a lace gown which cost millionaire and multiâ€"millionaires. The women members of families who have been rich for many generations will have an advantage over others, as in the days of our grandmothers and greatâ€"grandmothers the ownership of fine lace was a social necessity. ror some years the fashion of wearâ€" ing cogtly laces has been allowed to die out, perhaps because so few woâ€" men could afford to indulge in it, no matter how great the riches of their busbands or fathers. The wife of the ordinary oneâ€"time millionaire can no more afford to accumulate costly laces than a mmuch poorer woman, for the simple reason that it would consume hoer husband‘s entire fortune in a very short time. It has been a fad of royâ€" alty for numberless years, but the kings and queens spend other peoâ€" ple‘s money, so they can afford to be tuxurious. An effort is making now to rehabiâ€" litate the laceâ€"wearing fashion, and if it be successful it will draw a very sharp distinguishing â€" line ®between for the sake of 6 yards of lace seems on the surface a deep mystery. When the theft was reported at police headquarters the reason was plain. The little bit of lace was worth more than fifty times its weight in gold. _ Twenty years ago it cost exâ€" actly $1000 a yard, or $6000 for the and stole something. There was noâ€" thing remarkable about that, for it is & habit burglars have. But it happenâ€" that they got into the safe for the particular purpose of stealing 6 yards of lace. Now, why burglars should go to all that trouble and run all that risk for the sake of 6 yards of lace seems on the Sudfaen . o â€"fanys untvaknne piece. Toâ€"day its value is between Once in & while a bit of informaâ€" tion leaks out in unusual channels which call attention to a fact that is generally forgotten or ignored. The other day burglars blew open thesafe The Habit of Wearing Rich and Costly Lace Has of Late Been Dying Outâ€"What the Luxury has Cost Some of the Favored Ones. BLEW A SAFE OPEN FOR SIX YARDS P OF LACE. RICH AND RARE LACES. modiste in New York, UNATTAINABLE. Not any rose thuat fronts the dazzling sun, 3 Nor any lily of the moonlight night, Is half so sweet as she, my dearest one, My love and heart‘s delight. Not any ruby shut in xfliddlo earth, Nor any pearl deep hid in sighing sea, Is half so precious as one smile‘s dear wort{». % : â€"â€"Did she but smile on me. °* Not any star in purple skies aglow, Nor any cloud o‘er pathless hills Is h;flt“t' habl if so unapproac e or so . Etornally retote. â€" _ Hey ho, winter will go 1 In the dark shell glimmer a light, A delicate sheen Of budding green, Then, silent, the dawn of summer breaks, ‘As morning, breaks, (V‘er valley and height. . The tide ebbs out, and the tide flows ‘back ; : tiey ho, winter will go! Though hkeaven be screen‘d by a stormy rack, It rains, and the blue Comes laughing through; And cloudâ€"like, winter goes from the earth, That flowers in his track. Sing, robin, sing on your leafless spray, Passengers for Europe, etc.. via this line are lamded in New York at Desâ€" brosses or Cortlandt Sts., in close proximity to all European steamship docks, Don‘t fail to ask for tickets and sleeping car accommodation via Leâ€" high Valley route, at all Grand Trunk Hey bo, winter will go! _ _ _ Sunlight and song shall shorten the way And under my feet I feel the beat Of the world‘s heart that never is still, Nover is still Whatever may stay. 1 FAST LINE TO NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. The Lehigh Valley, R. R., in sonnecâ€" tion with the Grand Trunk Railway, have the first through train service beâ€" tween Toronto, Hamilton, London, and grincipal points in Ontario, ito New ‘ork City. Only line running Pullman bufifet sleefying cars. Time two hours ahead of all other lines. _ o AMraT A robin sings on the leafless spray, Hey ho. winter will go! Sunlight sKincs on the desolate way, And under my feet I feel the beat Of the world‘s heart that never is still, Never is still Whatever may stay. i Life outi of death, aa day out of night, trouble ? That‘s lawyer. It can be seen by this that the fad of lace collecting is a most costly one, and possible only to those who have a limitless income. Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt owns som efine bits of point d‘Alencon, one of the costliest laces in the world. The reasom of the great cost is due, of course, to the amount of intricate labor required. First, the design is drawn by an artist and then engraved on a copâ€" per plate, from which it is printed on iong strips of parchment. _ Pieces of linen are attached to the parchment, and the pattern is traced with thread. The ground netting of the lace is then worked out. More than twenty exâ€" perienced hands are required to do their several kinds of work before the tiniest bit of point d‘Alencon can be [)rodnced. Some of this lace has irought as much as $1600 a yard, but this is an exceptionally high price. The collection of Mrs. Hicksâ€"Lord is said to contain the famous ;i:)int de lBHrusse!s shawl once owned by Eugenie. Mrs. Hicksâ€"Lord keeps all of her treasâ€" ures locked up in the vaults of a safe deposit company, and as she never goes into society nowadays it is difficalt to name her possessions with any degree of accturacy. _ This shawl has ‘been valued nt $30,000. Fighty experts worked on it for a year, and the Emâ€" press Eugenie wore it Three times. Since then it has never been worn. The eccentric Queen of Bel%ium has a lace gown which cost a fabulous sum. It is said to econtain 60 yards of lace of various widths. _ Some wildly imâ€" aginative people, in writing of this gown, have placed its cost at $1,000,000. When the vanmle of lace is being conâ€" sidered there is a wide field for error at hand. At the utmost the lace gown of Belginm‘s Queen could bardly have cast more than $75,000, and oneâ€"half of that sum might cover the total. Mrs. John Jacob Astor bhas a Veneâ€" tian rose point lace fan purchased last fall at the sale of a famous collection for $1300. It may not be the most exâ€"= pensive fan in the world, but there are a few which cost more. The sticks are of mother of pearl, with a delicate tracâ€" ery in gold. It is needless to say that this ‘fan is seldom used, for in the crushes which characterize the averâ€" age society function it would probably be smashed to flinders and the guazy lace torn into shreds. somewhere between $25,000 and $30,000. She has never been seen to wear it, but if she did there would probably be some broad but polite smiles in the fashionable assemblage. In the first place, the gown would be sadly out of date, and, notwithstanding ber riches, she would not be so extravagant as tohave the laces cut up in an effort to fit them to the prevailing mode. _ Mrs. A. T. Stewart was, in bher lifeâ€" time, the owner of the finest laces in the land. ‘As the wife of the freat merchant prince she had unusual opâ€" portunities for picking ué; odd but valuâ€" able bits in all parts of the world, as her husband‘s buyers always bhad a standing order to buy when they were certain of the quality. At the time of her death these laces were valued at $600,000, but since then they have been scattered far and wide. h HEY, HO!| WINTER WILL GO| his business. He‘s a criminal HOW‘s THIS ? THE WABASH RAILROAD. If you are contemplating a trip to the gold mining country, please conâ€" sider the merits of the Wabash rail~ road, the short and true route via Deâ€" troit, Chicago and St. Paul, to all points in the Kootenay districts. Passengers leaving Toronto by early morning trains reach St. Paul next day at noon, where direct connection is made for all J)oints in the goid fields. Quickest and best route to Hot Springs, Ark., Old Mexico, California and all western points. Tickâ€" ets and timeâ€"tables of this great railâ€" way from any railroad agent, or J. A. Richardson, Canadian Passenger ‘Agâ€" ent, Northeast corner of King and Yonge streets, Toronto. The King g,nd Queen of Wurtemâ€" berg and the Princess Pauline have beâ€" come bicyclists. + Mr. Fred Stokes, Barrie, Ont., says: â€""I have been promptly restored /to health by a few boxes of Dodd‘s Kidâ€" ney Pills Diabetes had reduced my weight fortyâ€"five pounds, which I have regained." f Mr. James K. Nesbitt, county conâ€" stable, Stayner, Ont., says:â€"*"Becomâ€" ing awaroe of the fact that I was a victim of Diabetes, I resorted to Dodd‘s Kidney Pills. I commenced to get well wig)d the first box and am periectly cu .li Uniil recently Diabetes was supposâ€" ed to be incurable. hTe science of toâ€" day says that Diabetes may be cured. The kidneys may be restored to bealthy aclion. Sugar may be retained in the system. Instead of filtering out the good that is in the food the kidneys ma& be made to filter out the poison. With Doison goes Pain. _ With Sugar stays Strengih. _ Diabetes disappears like magic before Mr. Chas. Gilchrist, Port Hope, Ont., says:â€""For ten years a victim of Diaâ€" betes. Suffered fearfully, especially in DODD‘S KIDNEY PILLS. OUther meâ€" dicines never touch it. That‘s the difference. If you have Diabetes get oured quickly. Don‘t bother with medicines that do not cure. _ Many will stand ud) to be counted among those who ave been cured by Diaâ€" betes by taking DODD‘S KIDNKY PILLS. Mr. D. Roblin, Bandmaster, Allanâ€" dale, Ont., says:â€""Could for years get no relief for Diabetes which it seemed would end my days. Six boxes of Dodd‘s Kidnecy Pills have cured me." Field Marshal Yamagata, of Japan, is to be present at the anniversary exâ€" ercises of Queen Victoria during the coming summer. + Three Months Without SloePâ€"Wuted in Flesh and Giver up to Die, but the Great South American NervineSoothes to Rest with one Dose and Effects a Rapid and Permanent Cure. Mrs. White, of Mono Townâ€"hip, Beaverton, P.O., was d;ngerousli 11l from nervous trouble. She was so nervous that she had not slopt a night for three months, She was so low that her friends despaired of her recovery, in fact, had given her upto die. _She was “rrfluded to try South American Norvine. er relief was so instantaneous thai after taking one dose she slept soundly all night. She persisted in the use of this grelt. cure and gained in health rapidly, so that now there is not a sign ofthe nervousness, and she fecls she is enâ€" tfilrely cured. If you doubt it, write and ask er. E)assi-ng water. My cure has resulted rom taking a few boxes of Dodd‘s Kidâ€" ney Pills." But most of us don‘t do that. In health the body expels what it dossn‘t reqiuire, and retains what it needs, In disease either the body doesn‘t expel the poison or it does not retain what is needed to nourish it. In the disease called Diabetes the kidneys expel sugar. Its presence can be deâ€" tected in the urine. The body needs sugar. In Diabeies the sufferer dies a lingering death. . More men shorten their lives by overâ€"indulgence in food and drink than ever die from starvation. Health can be maintained by eating and drinking just| what is good for iusâ€"no more, no Other Medicines never touch it, â€"But Dodd‘s PMIs Infatlibly Caure.â€"Expelling Polson and _ Pain. â€" Preserving Sugar and Strength.â€"Don‘t Die ; Got Well. Who would not live longer if he could ? "I HANVE HAD « Rheujmatism for years, and Nerviline is the only remedy that has done me any good." So writes Thomas Mcâ€" Glashan, North Pelham, and hbis tesâ€" timony is supported by thousands of others who have experienced the wonâ€" derfuflyenetmting and pain subduing power Nervilineâ€"the great nerve pain cure. + DODD‘S KIDNEY PILLS CURE IT, Why Die a Lingering Death of Direful Diabetes? INSOMNIA. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Are, that your temper wi‘l improve, and you will enjoy walking and skating in real earnest once that sore corn is reâ€" moved. Putnam‘s Painless Corn Exâ€" tractor never fails, gi’ves no pain and will relieve you in twentyâ€"four hours, Give Putnam‘s Corn Extractor a trial and be happy. / And Map of the Northern Pacific‘s is going on the dead run. From the Atâ€" antic to the Pacific we have a new edition with latest improvements, and revised in all respects up to date. We want everybody to have a copy. Write to Geo. W. MoCaskey, 83 York St., Torâ€" onto, or Thos. Henry, 128 St. James St., Montreal, and obtain your copy. Miss Edith (to evening caller)â€"When I write I have to be entirely alone and have everything quiet, so there will be nothing to disturb my thoughts. I don‘t see how any one can dictate to an amanuensis. Mr. Goodfellowâ€"It‘s very easy. I dictate all my business letters. . & You do? And don‘t your thoughts ofâ€" ten wander from the subject until you find yourself unable to proceed ? Oh, no. My typewriter is a man. er on earth could drive it out;" then lying at his home for weeks unable to lift hand to miouth, having to be fed by his wife, when the King‘s Daughâ€" ters of Hamilton, brought him Kooteâ€" nay. Three bottles effected a complete cure. This is not miore strange than the story told by ‘Mrs. Guy, wife of Mail Carrier Robt. Guy, of Brant Ave., Hamilton, whose mother love breathes thanks for the restoration of their seven year old Willie.: His lower limbs were so swollen with inflammaâ€" tory rheumatism hbe could not put his feet to the floor, the slightest touch causing intense pain, growing graâ€" dually worse, until his condition was pitiful ; it seemed they were going to lose him, when Kootenay was used and three bottles campletely cured him, so that he is going to school. The detailed sworn statements of above. cures, with hundreds of others, can be obtained by addressing The Ryckâ€" man Medicine Co., Hamilton, Ont. If Kootenay is not obtainable of your dealer, send charges prepaid on receipt of price, $1.50 per bottie. Send for Chart Book, mailed free. 7 } Lady Cadogan has dispensed with a good deal of the state and show which have been usual in the public appearâ€" ance of viceroys‘ wives in Ireland, and Bishop F. D. Huntington,, Episcopal, of Syracuse, has confirmed 22,800 perâ€" sons during the twentyâ€"seven years of his episcopate. Every living person, if he makes the estimate will discover that his ancesâ€" tors in the twentieth generation numâ€" bered over one million people. walks about Ireland unattended. Distracted by Excruciating Rheumatic Fainsâ€"Seven Years‘ Unto‘d Miseryâ€" No Remedy to Heipâ€"No Physician to Thwart the Onslaufhr. â€" But South American Rheumatic Cure Charms Away the Pains in 12 Hours and the Suffering Slave is Emancipated. J. D. MrcLeod, of Leith, Ont., says: * I have been a victim of rheumatism for seven years, being confined to my bed for months at & time ard unable to turn mreff. Have been treated b{‘ many of the bes} physicians without benefit. { had no faith in cures I saw advertised, but my wifeinduces me to get a bottle of South American Rheumatic Cure. At that time I was suffering agonizing pains, but ins‘de of 12 hours after 1 had taken the first dose the paing ieft me, Three bottles completely cured me and I rejoice in having the opportunity of telling what a great cure it has wrought in me. The Oftâ€"Repeated Statements by Phyâ€" sicians that Chronic Rheumatism Cannot be Cured Refuted by Sworn Statements. There never was a time when peo ple were so sceptical in reference to medicine as the present ; ‘tis no wonâ€" ) veeeth Yrmi@? uied Rutzcndi > s vracmdel 3 CHS MWM MDUHEC der, for their credulity has been playâ€" ed upon by the unreliable claims of advertised cureâ€"alls until doubt is conâ€" verted into a belief that all announceâ€" ments are dmaginary pen gictures. Rheumatic sufferers are of the class whoss intense suffering has led them to try first one thing, then another, until repeated failures convince them there is no help for them." They hear about the startling cures made by K_opternag', but cannot overcome tha suspicion that ‘tis like all the rest. They do not know of the hidden power in "The new ingredient‘" peculiar to this preparation, that banishes Rheuâ€" matismâ€"of how it enabled Georg: Ball, blacksmith, residing corner Sanford Avenue and Huron Streets, Hamilton, to arise from a belpless condition and take up work in the Ci;g Quarries at hard _ labor, discharg from _ the hospital with the assurance "they could do nothing for him, his sysâ€" could do nothi:tg for him, his sysâ€" tem, was so full of rheumatism! no powâ€" One bottle lasts over a month A FLAT CONTRADICTION:â€" THAT KOOTENAI FOLDER THE PROBABILITIES NOT CONFUSING. UNTOLD AGONY. pot ride a mile in a buggy owing to the paiin they caused me. My lungs also troubled me and l raised a reat deal of matter. I then oonsu.lwg the best doctor we have in this section of province. He told me candidly that I was past medical help. He said that my left lung was in astate of wollapse, and that my right lung was alsoaffectâ€" ed. This was in July 1895. For the next thnee months, every day seemed to draw me nearer and nearer the end. I whis so pressed for breath at times that I could not walk any distance witholut stopping to Ttegain it. In the month of November L began to take Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills. lt was carâ€" tainly a forlorm hore, and I admit I did mot expebt miuch _ benefit from them, buk took theim rather to please a friend who urged me to do so. I believe I was surprised when Ifound they awvere helping ane, for 1 thought I was beyonil givs awid of medicine; buyt bielp me they did, and I gladly conâ€" tinuwed their use. The result is they have made a well} man of me. I have miot @ pain about me, my breath comens as freblf,' hs it ever did, and (I am strong an« \'igorous. Mg' case can be briefly summed up in a few! words, Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills have given me a new lease of life and I am glad to let everybody (know it. im ect yoursell from imposition by vefusing any pill what dioaes not bear Ih" :reblstered trade mark around the At poverty ‘tis mo disgrace, He can afford to smile, But this cruel world he cannot face If his wheel is out of style. WAS SLOWLY DHING THE RESULT OF AN ATTACK OF LA GRIPPE AND PNEUMONIA. farmers in the vicinity of Johnville, Que. Mr. Owen tells his story of shatâ€" tered health and ranewed strength as follows: "Onr the 17th of December, 1894, I was attacked with la @grippe. A week later the trouble developed into j)neumonia. in its worst form, and I did not leave my bed until the first of March, 1895, and then 1 was so weak that I was unable to walk alone. All winter my life hung in the balâ€" ance. Summer came, and 1 was still weak and feeble, though with the warm weather I gained a little strength. I had, however, but very little power in my legs, and I could The Strange Case of Mr. James Owen, of Johnvilleâ€"Doctors Toid Him Mis Lungs Were Affected and He Could Not Recover â€"Now in CGood Health, From the Sherbrooke Gazette. When a man faces what medical authorities tell him is certain death, and regains health and strength, he is paturally grateful to the medicine that has restored him. Such a man is Mr. James Owen, one of the best known estahlish_jhg Sm w n in h. MMMIMIC EAlY5. ¢ P 3 For Weak and Inflamed Eyes, or Chronic Granulation of the Lids, Ulceration of the Glands. A NEVER FAILING REMEDY Canadian Typograph Co., Ltd, WINDSOR, ONT. Its Bearings are dust and oil proof. Is oiled but once a year. Will last a lifetime. Get a catalogue. . d ) BOOE AGENTS WANTEDâ€"Male or female to sell the famous "Foam Yeast, in every city, town and village. Write for circular and premium list. Big profits. 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