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Newmarket Era, 23 Jul 1897, p. 1

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Vfp a NORTH YORK INTELLIGENCER ADVERTISER 8PA Give mo liberty to know to uttor and to according to conscience all Vol No Conta Each No paper sent outside of York unless paid in advance Newmarket Ont Friday July I Thumb annum if paid in advance You are actually Burning Money if you do not use one of our new process filue Flame Oil Stoves a The Price within reach of all 750 See it in operation at the Store j It costs hour to run it Sole Agent Jacks for Hire M LEGAL J Notary Public o Street Newmarket Farm etc Solicitor tor Township Building Ontario p Solicit or etc Late with Lou tit Marsh Cameron Barristers Toronto Estates carefully managed and collections promptly made Money to loon at lowest rates Block Main St Newmarke Barrister Reformer Block Money to Loan DENTAL R I Dentist Poet twice Block opposite Church Vitalised Air for J Satisfaction Guaranteed Dp J Dentist Aurora Successor to tho Into Dr Robinson and Dr Robinsons late residence Street Aurora itfoodcock Assignee Couiiolsa loner MEDICAL Dp J Stuatft CM Aberdeen if Toronto Member Medical AuAciatton Member University Council Aberdeen Main Street Newmarket to ft to a pm and to p Campbell P A it Pharmacy to a m to and to p in Night cilia at residence Street two doors of English Church MS w a p formerly Assistant at Chelsea Hospital London for Diseases of Women of Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Central Pharmacy to and to 8 p in tti Newmarket Office of the late Dr Rogers first door South of Post Hours to am to3and6to8pm a Ontario House Burgeon at tho Toronto Homo for Incurables and IBM Ofwqe At Keswick Ghas DENTIST Over Dr Campbells Newmarket Every Friday and Saturday Porcelain Crown and Bridge Work Irregularities corrected Appointments may bo made at the Drug Store Toronto Office Street For the Era The Qelgnebh Thy right to who dispute Nature owns Thy Thy right Thy universal right What can poor mortals say at Thy command The shines ovorhea6Y sea remains within Its bounds in rooky bod A I The waves may rash upon the shore As if they would be the power to govern them la all In Thee moon and stars tholr fulfil Obedient to their King The birds Thy also to mortal man Thy right To and govern him When invited volco Admits Thy right to Auctioneer for York Co Main or Box Newmarket PO Duncan Licensed Auctioneer for Co of York Goods sold on Terms reason ante Farm Sales attended to A trial solicited Residencesi Street Newmarket fiunney Reg Architect Member of the Ontario Association of Arch itects Consultation Invited with parties con templating Building or Remodelling their Losses by Main St Newmarket Seaoher of SightSinging Violin Tuner of Pianos and all String Instruments NEWMARKET liytnan Jackson of MARRIAGE LICENSES I At the Newmarket fcf Papers issued at private residence if We wish we could make everybody believe that promptness is prevention that there should be no de lay when you are losing flesh and when you are pale espec ially if a cough be present The continued use of Scotts Emulsion in the early lung affections does prevent the development of Con sumption Your will tell you this is true and state it without wishing to make any false claims or false promises Free book tells more on the subject SCOTT Out If life in all Us varied forme prove Dare man remain indifferent To amazing love It grieves to admit the truth That puny man alone Dare the authority Of Throne If Thy providential care Does not the them In other way That Christ make them whole And when in that dear Name alone Forgiveness they obtain They will joyfully acknowledge It Thy right to EAI June Out of The town of was thrown into considerable excitement when it waeportejVtbafc George of lEsleading citizens and most business men had failed for a laVgo sum and had com mitted suicide in consequence Grave charges had been whispered against him for some months in connection with some of hie operations in the business world and now had come the ruin and collapse of the firm immedi ately followed by the tragic ending of the erring and unfortunate mans life There were but few who Ventured to raise voices in extenuation of errors or offer a word of kindly human sympathy to his heartbroken widow and son These pointed out that his bookkeeper and taking advantage of his employers unbounded confidence and his frequent absences from the city on business had mismanaged the affairs of the firm for some time precipitating the ruin of the house which all Staple- tons efforts failed to avert It was known that the bookkeeper James had thrown up his suddenly some months before the final crash and betaken himself to parts unknown but those who had lost money by the failure would hear of no excuses and much bitterness of sentiment prevailed even among those who had no direct to complain of but who merely looking on the sur face of things passed a condemnatory verdict in general Some days after funeral Mrs sat one morning in the diningroom of her once happy home gazing blankly out at the sunlit scene presented from the window Her pale haggard face and sombre attire looked out of keeping with the bright summer day and she seemed to realize it for she lowered the curtains There was a slight noise at the door of the room and she half turned in the great arm chair his chair into which she had thrown herself and tried to poor frozen attempt at a smile as her son Laurence entered the room He had a crumpled newspaper in bis hand There was a stern look about his beardless mouth and chin which gave him a strong resemblance to his mother The pictured face of the dead husband and father which looked down upon them from the wall bore traces of weakness that was looked for in vain in the frank face of bis son He was but a youth scarcely more than eighteen years of age but there was already promise a grand manhood about him his mother thought lifted her weary eyes and surveyed the supple young figure and handsome of her boy He stood with his back to the man tle facing her for some moments in evidently seeking to stifle some inner feelings Sho saw some thing was amiss but waited for him to speak His voice vibrated with auger and pain as ho said with a ges ture towards the newspaper which ho had thrown aside 1 suppose you know something of what are saying about him mother Yes I know she rejoined sadly do not understand the circum stances of the case Your poor fathers greatest fault too great a trust in others in The unprincipled I ex claimed Laurence fiercely Would that I could meet him face to face and deal with him as he deserves I But never mind little mother he continued in a softer tone we will make the best of things Wo must give up this place to tho people who lost money by the failure know he would wish it Wo will begin the world anew you and 1 penniless to be sure but you shall never know want as long as there is work in the world for the hands and brain of a willing man I have been thinking said Mrs Stapleton whose sad face brightened a little at her sons brave words that it might be- better for us to leave Graham better for your future I mean dear I dont think so mother Let us stay if we can and live down the mis fortunes that have come upon us I dont like idea of flying before disaster and unmerited condemnation I would much rather remain here but if you prefer No no Laurence I was but thinking of you she interrupted So it was understood that they were to remain in Graham where the widow reflected they had yet a few friends who retained tho kindest feel ings towards thorn and soon after they moved into a small but decent cottage in the suburbs of the town where they were themselves as as possible under the circumstances and took up the battle of life from this new and strange standpoint with what coinage and hope they could muster Early one morning Laurence made his appearance in the office of Her bert the head of the leading manufacturing business in Graham and requested employment of some kind that would enable him to support himself and his mother had been bis fathers friend and had stood by them through of their affliction and reverses He sur veyed the young fellow with an ad miring almost fatherly gaze as he put a few questions to him relative to the matter of employment You would not object to a little hard work I presume he presently said with a searching glance into his young friends face and then at his shapely wellkept hands Laurence smiled and his frank gaze met that of the older man as he answered No sir you may put me at any thing within the limits of my strength I am not asking for- a sinecure but will earnestly endeavor to fulfil any duties that may be assigned me whether requiring effort of head or hands or A pleased smile came over Mars- tons face at this reply and it was soon decided that Laurence should take his place in the works at an early day He left tho office feeling hopeful for the future and resolved that ho would make his way up the ladder of success if there were yet any virtue in human effort Success generally follows unremit ting industry During the years that followed young advent in to business world he justified all belief and hope centred upon him by his friends By the time he had at tained to mans estate he had become an important factor in the concern with which he was connected and felt that he had done a good thing for himself when he secured his services He is the most remarkable young man I have ever seen he declared to his wife and daughter His character has developed exactly in accordance with my expecta tions Helen a lovely girl in her teens looked up brightly I have always admired Laurences she said Why does he so seldom come to see us papa Ha is more than welcome hero I fancy he keeps pretty busy his mother tells me ho studies every even ing But III speak to him about it Oh no Helen with a vivid blush He must please him self in matter No doubt he will come when ho feels inolined And hastened to change subject leaving her father a trifle puzzled by what he considered her contradictory words Again and again was Laurence pro moted by the firm until he became foreman of a large division of the works and found himself at the age of the of a handsome salary There were some remon strances when Maraton made choice of so young a man for a position re quiring in its incumbent so much judgment and practical knowledge he replied to them vith character istic and Mup That young fellow said he knows more about machinery even the most complex than any other man in the place Do you suppose I would have kept on promoting htm for no cause And by the way ho has been working for nearly two years on an invention of his own that should he succeed in carrying out his ideas is destined to work a revolution in one branch of our business The saving of material alone under its operation would amount to thousands annually It was true that Laurence Staple- ton stood on the eve of making a great mechanical discovery over which he had worked and studied for many long months and upon which his hopes were becoming more and more fixed For should he succeed did it not mean wealth the ability to pay every dol lar of that old indebtedness lie had always dreamed of some day being able to dear his fathers name entire ly from every hint or shadow of re proach It meant also comfort for his mothers declining years his noble patient mother whose life had been with sorrow and misfortune And last of- all did it not promise happiness for himself His face grow- brighter and tender as thoughts turned to fair Helen she who had been the ad miration of his boyhood and was now secretly worshipped idol of his manhood Not that she would look upon wealth as a necessary qualifica tion in her lover he knew her better but he was too proud to go to Mr Marston with empty hands and ask him to receive him as a And so he struggled and worked on in silence while other suitors for Helens hand came and went at her fathers house Helen had always been a great fa vorite with Mrs and in her visits to the cottage she sometimes met Laurence and if her eyes sought his at times in wistful questioning when she rallied him on having for saken them so rarely did he call he feared to believe what they seemed to say subject of hie own hope less love honor bade him to be silent And so he worked and waited hoping for the day when he would be free to seek the woman he adored and win her for his own Thus matters stood when one morn ing Laurence surprised Mr by bursting into his private office with an unusual show of animation arid al most boyish precipitation Come he cried Come and see it It is wonderful- it is per feet I tried to question him but the young half dragged him from the room repeating and see it And followed him to an apartment adjoining the main wing of the works A small singularlooking machine stood on a rough table to which Laur ence directed his attention ft was a working model of the invention over which he had labored so long and he now began to illustrate to his employ er its perfect successful working Marston looking on was struck with the ingenuity of the machine and re alized that it was destined to be the means of fame and riches to his friend He took the young inventor by the hand and warmly congratulated him with every expression of pleasure That will bring you wealth and fame my boy he said were leaving the room But we shall lose you I suppose in the works I mean and I have come to depend on you though you were my son Laurence impulsively seized his Mr my friend and ben efactor if only I might become your son in reality This has been the sweetest dream of my life my I seek Helen and plead for favor now that there is hope of my having something to offer her Something to offer repeated his friend blankly Then collecting his wits a little Do you mean to say that you love daughter and has refused you because of your poverty I No no replied never mentioned my to Helen though surely she must know something of the of my feelinge How could I seem to take advantage of yours and her kindness to me by of fering myself as her husband she who may look so much higher I see I see I said Mr thoughtfully I juefc how you felt my dear boy And you love Helen and want her for your wife eh Heaven knows how much 1 an- I am unworthy of her as almost any man would be vet Ob yes just so interrupted the old man with a slight smile Never mind that go to her as soon as you will You have my good wished for your succeas You aw a gentleman sir and I shall be glad to claim you as a son Two months later Graham society was thrown into a state of excitement by the announcement that Helen the daughter of the millionaire manufacturer had married her fath ers foreman Laurence who himself on the high road to for- tune Before the end of the year Laurence had paid up the last dollar of his fathers debts bought back for his mother her old home and built a small but handsome residence for him self and Helen As time passed and the world saw that Dame Fortune continued t5 smile upon the many of the friends socalled who had their backs upon them in the days of their misfortunes and struggles came fluttering round them again But the widow could not forget the past so easily and the young wife understood her feelings and sympathized in to such an extent that the returning favor of the world was accorded a very cold welcome My story is a simple and unevent ful one but it conveys a moral too often lost sight of in this day and gen eration that only by unremitting arid honorable industry can a man achieve lasting success Ail Ships Wanted Mr William Baxter jr in Popular Science Monthly warns the overenthusiastic against undue specu lation as to the scientific progress of the future There is no good reason to expect that the next century will outrank the present as an age of dis covery and invention In his article on Forecasting the progress of In vention Mr Baxter treats of three or four chimeras which beset popular mind such as the practical utilization of solar heat the direct development of electric energy from coal and aerial navigation On the latter subject his remarks are par ticularly sensible and interesting He points out the futility of most schemes for navigating the air the contempt for natural law and the impractica bility shown in many designs for air ships That man can build machines other than balloons which can be made to float or sail for a time in the atfTius been manifested but there is no practical use to which such ma chines can be put One of the favor ite cigarshaped contrivances of the airship theorists successfully provided with motive power and steering if it were 120 feet long and feet in diameter would have a I carrying capacity of only about pounds speed because of its size and the resistance of the air would not nearly equal that of a locomotive with a train of cars attached the energy used to propel the air- ship equalled that of the steam engine There would always be great difficulty in keeping such a machine oh course and except in a dead calm when it might be lowered in nearly a vertical line it could never be in a contracted space If the wind were blowing at all the airship would be tossed about before it reached the ground A very large open space would be needed for the landing place and a railroad would be needed to transport passengers to and from the particular spot on which the flying machine would alight As each ma chine would carry about three persons besides the engineer or probably- the airship business would not pay as well as the trolley cars Besides which there is no public de mand for airships as means of loco motion Nobody wants to navigate the air i Ji I July Lightning yes terday struck arid killed three valuable horses owned by David Baptist of Baltimore in an open

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