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BARRIE STEAM LAUNDRY. cement, Bulvert Pipe, gfield Tile, Make no mistake! This is the GREAT Scott in thexabove lines. 0ffice-97 Dunlap Street, Barrie Sunlight Soap 5 Save |Mlv_anisa;in nus ADVANcE."1 H ugh es Bros. author a. itein. Then why burn coals for the week! wash? -Some Soaps won't was na - fahllf `nu. %1'i'n'; ' -v.v'n:'t-l;.o"u`t~.':b.<:i`l'i`n;u: "Tu? spNLIGH'r SOAP _wI__. It : 3` A- _-_____ A L .___L nuu Jul; Jvu IJIQJ Jvuo -vv ,1 do love you with all" my heart and soul. Rex. my prince of men. my king! But how can I marry you? Would you" have your people say you had brought them a country girl, a commoner; ano- body, from over the sea? In what dis- aster would the royal marriage end? No.'no, my-Rex. Our dream is over tonight. We have come tothe parting of the ways. Go back to your throne and wed a woman t to be your mate-- a princess. And`I-the memoryot this May madness shall go with me to the grave; and no man shall call me wif_e." u~n..a..._.. (`1..4l Dlnnnlan Y 117! IIGIYDIV vC`jC. C 39 ""' `` - :rise economy to `l;:ay't-h:uot of all Soaps, when by doing so the suantity ofcoal used on washing QC, LL 9. cents. Burning coal to help inferior and low-priced Soaps to wash is like spending a. 5 cent tram fare to purchase a. to cent article for By using SUNLIGHT SOAP you save its nan` nan` of `hp 15455.1: nua- UJXLVIJQXIIQ I-I853! \I$jV\E lB cost inthe cost of the coals un- used, not to mention the longer life of the articles washed. A tablet of will do more work Without cools. `VIII E3 IIIUIF V'\IIlD """V"' """ and do itinnitely better, than two tablets of common, cheap soap will do With |ll- . The majority of the public soon nd out the lines of true economy. That's why SUNLIGHT SOAP is asked for by three people to one asking for any other soap in the world. the Bell Ielephone company 50 per cent. Ilnusu. u. .` nycanbe by using the Telephone. A message -by Telephone brings an immediate answer. `LQVU. uuu uu `nu... nroouooq -.. Before God. Blanche. I"vF1'1 'hf{r marry any woman but you! There shall .be a lifelong troth between us ltyou will have nothing else. W- _ ..n.... ..-.. ...u.|. |..|.....a..... Aid, Bills Reduced {All the best` quality and guaranteed. BEDSPRINGS . MATRESSES, `PUMPS, innu- TAuks, and %Rapa|rs.):g to W. H._B_ll_NKER, I . G. CO. Whlcaale and Retail Manufacturers. bir CANADA. BRADFORD STREET. 83-IV `BARBIE. Travel cu. ---~~ In low. passionate tones he wan pleading withwthe girl at his side-- pleadlng as strong men only plead for life or love. But to all the fervor of his wooing she was adamant. - , ,3- .4. Ir... um.` D`nQ\n|\A ,9 Inn Pnopnurrons. and Maney :01-'-tl The 0hiarioiParmagni ~ Building ;and Loan Association lspecw Facilities ofered to Investors and Borrowers. I TENANT4Why pay tent, when, on such can ! monthl payments, you can becomc your own - f lord ? on have the choice of rcpayin at 3 monthly . rate of $1.20, $1.59, or $x.9o for eac $xoo.oo bor- ! rnwed- \ saw or ynzo, $1.50, or 31.90 irowed. ' THE PUBLIC- ne by : mnnav? 7A 2 mnntl-s ulna-4-A ""'VI"'l-'I`E P BLIC-Wh a all socket money? a month placidsgavlltlh the 3.0;? . d _ Lnan Ansnciatinn will rinld vnn in alnnnt R `roar: A pgglajua vvnuca so. u Ah. Rex} Wv hat,a lifetime of re- grets and loneliness I should be saved if I did not! ,-__,..I-- I... In I-In among n`-`Inn: mouuy r uoc. a. montn placcu Wltn Inc U. r. B. III! M Loan Association will yield you in about 8 years A ; PRESENT of $100.00, or: profit of $4:.qo out ; your monthlv pavmcnts. 1 -in-O nnnnnxnnjg: nun I THE INVESTOR-Why not place your ` $100.00 with the O. P. B. & L. Aas'n, and have it I doubled in II years, beside receiving during the in- L terval 67; per ainnum paid to you every six months? | In other words, for your $100.00 you will receive as interest $66 and a lump sum of $200. making a grand total of $266. An investment safe as government securities and I much more protable, realizing the investor an equiva- lent to :5 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter and further information call on I _-__ -_ 195 Dunlop-St., Ross Block, Barrie. O.H.LYON, Make Your Will. Blank Will Forms can be had at % wooosrocx, ONTARIO,` Call: attention to the lmendvance llfficeL guvc LUI nus. vv .... .-...--., -..-- Why do you me? Why do\yoiJV love me? Why have we ever met?. 1 ,1; n_.-..,1 l..........IJ nnna Iain awn -uvu-q v'F}:|-E_|"I'VV'E$TO R--Why not i|no.m wnth the O. P. B. & L. Ann'n. and In SEC..TREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 1:-ti Will pziy for Will Foljm and postage to any part of Canada. Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. 6 Cts. LATE OF ORO. H ' hued the temucs occupned in cm. Mc- G:isret:`vl'f|cIlu& eutpof the Victor!` lloulo andhao f upbuI_ineuinullkindoofBlack- omithing. oneahoein etc. Allwork willbedonc .........gl.'. `.1 5L- I...._.a. D._.._|.'.a Olin alumna. UP DIIIIIIXI IE Ill KIIIIII III UlJ~lL- an na. I1`lIihilI:t- Eoroeahoein . All work will be done promvtlv at the lowest to. Ruucmbcr the place. u-ti 5 . .. w. n1u.An'nr. % Near Market `Square. i [VVr'n. lVlcL.a rty.. CUT FLO`WERS--Rose s, Carnations, Violets, etc., fresh every day, Bouquets--Buttom hole, Hand or Corsage. Funeral Tokens in any desi us. ' VEGETAB ES-Celery, Crisp and Tender: Lettuce. Cabbage, Parsnips. Beets. Carrots, oh- B1IU|.II\J\Jl&3 - nuuuuoua on. ovovwu Heaven only knows. since you in- slstfon parting again, he answered. "And yet_ you say you love me." H-1 .1. I__.. .....u --I6`: uni" Inn Imnnn and EC. , ' . ` SEEeDS--Flower Seeds, Vegetable seeds, Plants and Bulbs. ' ' WM. TAYLOR i ` Telep1,o'l;;'::S` sac-:0 STORE Tana: Mums Dzsmus COPYRIGHTS 0.1:. Anyone sending a sketch and deacri tion may qniokl ascertain our opinion free It other an invent on is probably Pamntable. Communica- tions strict] condent al. Handbook on Patents sent free. 0 dent gency for securing atents. Patents taken ron h Mnnn an 0. receive epoch! notice, withont o urge, in the A -9 - ..A2.I2;. 'I'IAAAAuXLAAA WIT-VVU--V g _--_V_ _ v..-. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest Eir- cnlutlon of any scientific ournal. Terml. 83 3 our: four months. 81. 80 d byan newadealera. _ .A'.- n Qnnn VIIICUIUII V II wvlvn-v -- -..-- year: roux-.lox'1ths. $1._o'l?1 n3v'viHl'ei~aT MIINN 00.3618--v~llewLDY_grR Branch 011100. 625 F St.. Wulnzton. E. DONNELL, 1-urn-u-u..-. ___.___ _ __ ___ P8050! nouca, WIUJOUTI WHITE: 111 I-U Scicn tic Hmcrican. . 1_-_.|-......I- uh...-.4-ml -aalriv Ln!-cant. ch FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN, `na -- u-r n|Inlnn.Qf , wuunua Nlaav Vvuo .......-.....-. You do not-love me. Blanch~e,". he cried at length. .You have only been playing with me." am. Dnvl 7hn+ n -Hfnl-lmn nf I-A. GO TO THE, NEW ' DDDIJDIVIALV, 155 Dunlop-Sl:.. Barrie 11 1 uuu uv-40' He caught her in his arms. raining hot kisses on her cheeks and lips. , I__-_I Il'_ Ilnl YT`... nnn ` I\nu' Will LICLVL7 uvbuoua uowvv [He drew a ring set with blazing ana- monds from his own nger and slipped it on hers.` L ' ' ' 4, I14 __ D! I.` ..-.l.` III. I5 VII I-IISLVI Send it to me. darling," he said,- "it in the yearsto come you repent to- nights decision. and I will be at your side as fast as rail and boat can bring me. And send it to me-it the great summons come rst -to you. and it shall be buried with me. for love of a peerless woman. Hp bent his handsome head and kiss- ed her again. * uv L-__ '._- .I-_...I A... n-Inn VuvnI1\nn`.' CU IICL Clsllvlll I have "no Jewel to give you back. "Rex," she whispered. only this little `Mizpah ring-`f1`he ` Loxjd Judge be tween me and thee when we are absent the one from the other. " 4 I_l._ D-.. an Inn`- UIIC UUU LIULLJ lull`? UULIULO She raised her lips to his for a. last caress, and he kissed the. teardrops~ from her eyes. too, before he led her back to the glare of the ballroom and the scrutiny of a score of pairs of jeal- ous eyes and the murmur of a. score of envious feminine tongues, She has re- fused him. therlittle tool. A A Blanche Drumznond sat sewinz 8t the open window of a gray. WY 8l'0Wn house. with the golden sunshine of an- other May, ten years after. showins up all the nger prints that relel1t153 time and trouble had placed on her beautiful face. ' T V I I, _ J _. -_-_ -4--nnQ_ Sqxyx-I;-e`I5;'.1;;1mond had never D0sess- ed morewealth than would sulce for` `his own requirements and those of a Prodigal son, and it had been a stand- ing grievance to him thathls daughtex had so steadily refused every offer 0' 0. rich husband. He did noteknow the. story of the diamonds on hewleft band. and. moreover. he had no soul {orien- timent. - ' T _ l_.I'.. I---1 `Now that he was gone to -his 1058 home and the prodigal far on in a for- vnatlk u |.. `Sign land Blanche lived -on at the old. country house with the aunt who ten -years previously had chaperoned he! one London eason. (1.- ,1 1 u . . . n on 9 , '_.I'_ - A ..Q- lnnvm: ""' 5-JUIILIULI acaauu. , Suddenly that lady looked uh f1'm the newspaper she was readln8- L 1\.. -.--_ ____.--...|.-.'_ 4.I.- I-Irinl nf El-on. Iloud: _ ' mhrriage has D9913... _ , u"B .... uuvv nyaycl DU` 9. _' t ster- Do you remember thedlfhg band. via, Blanche," she aske e ~ AVID r H call-' some man with the red beard? 9 . _ 1 nchen ed himself the .0011! WI: gozdon," that season we met Mm` had- Her eyes were dimme", tha.:ethde;1_ not been ten years 880v and ,5 cheek`3,gg' see the ush on her niece ` ent,,_m she murmured. assent. b\1tVW_ , e V blissful uhconsciousnelo Here is news 'ot=.~hlm.` to be married I It is omcialif` `e`1`-i`.7t".':%`r'A9-:`-rt Dla_ce shortly DEN - ! of Steryja . he ? t mt-";_%7 t.'."`* `--\-can .I:' IIIVIII. 0|. uuuuuuuu. That was all-only h ba1df`Pl`%9'5|l `Flinn. but It set the_.s_weet Dl_IYIlPn."7 ., ., `h1no all dlllllngj 1v:.-`thrBIut:_dr = ~-*2: miafke thou Nlcmutt JKIVOUO. mt tent`! 0' '* P.".*.,.`_`T'.'T"' _ The weary. wayworn ` To his own mm ` on degpente nu iouclwont to roam Thy hyacinth hair, thy elude (Ice. Thy naiad airs have brought me home rm. the nrlorv that wu Greece Thy Yllllu in: Jun: ugovpguv mg Igqluv To the glory that VII Giceoo . Ana the grandeur thatlwu BoIhe.:H' Lo, in you brilliant window nick; ' " How statuelike I me than utand, The agate lamp within thy lhlndl. Ah, Psyche, from the region; which Are Holy Land! T T. i ' -W1hI-an All--u gm. --Ed`gar. Allan Poe. _ Unix.`-UV$I\I pvavp IIIII VVVWVO 1 ` . other woman. Ah. well! I She put swear: h. r lawless presentuy and went up to her own `room. Out over. the? yellow in their young f leaves;-h r and" the distant sea. shimmering sapphire. the sunshine swept -in b a ood or gold. The birds twittered a hundred glad songs.an_ d the scent ot the mac and:-hawthorn hung on the air. But she heard` nothing save the memory voice other king lover : pleading.` saw nothing. but his _dla- monds on her hand--diamonds that mean constancy! And he was about to do as she had -urged him-marry an- When the Princess Flavia was queen of stervia, she would put` away his love pledge forever. ` an uncut _- I rlvilanche read it,all `through asthough it were part of a dream. In imagina- tion she saw her own namein place ' of that otlPrincess Flavia. it might have been. Yet not once did she re- pent her decision or that fateful May night-. She still believed that to` have yielded to her love and married him would have been the greatest wrong she could -have done him. And so -his 3 5 wedding morning dawned in that tran- * quil country spot. and Blanche Drum-- mond s left handwas minus its blaze of diamonds. She wandered out into the garden thatmorning, restlessand A _ agitated and. sitting in a tiny,summe'r house beneath a big `lilac tree. fell a-musing while the hours passed..and by and by the glare of the noonday ~ sun warned her to return to the house. As she `neared the garden gate the - vicar was passing on the road outside. , and mechanically she paused to speak tohim. . _ y CCYII - V-.:`GV)..l-`...- 11-..! wuu;,, ,a ` - nu ' -\-gnqsgvun-o '_ - Wergtu God.` manne.%1;x1u Ame.-`, N31`?! any woman but you!" `_ T ` `In Kat` O......'...a.L..'.. L-.. AI. -.. 1-n_-_ uuusl-J nu}, wuuum uuryuus" He hadforgot-ten her, jhen, V Vgen 3 km; cbi1ld-torget his vow.` ct... ..... ..._.-_. Li- -_--AA A-A ---u-vv- The "days crept..on. and the weeks. and now and then a paragraph < ap- peared in the papers anent the forth- coming royal wedding." It was brought to remembrance that King Rex was the handsomest ruler in Europe. The Princess Flavia was said to be beau- titul and accdmpllshed. Thenames at the bridesmaids were announced and the clergy who were to otliciate; i and then came the entire programmebt the great event. T'II-_-I_- _.-_.1. IL _II 'AI___A__A.`. ._ 4|, II-lat - T ` With .a choking cry Blanche reeled. ` and before the vicar could reach her `she lay faint and prone on the graveled path. For hours she passed from one . t of hysterlcs to another. The doctor said her nerves were completely un- strung. and the shock of the vtcar's tidlng had been the last straw, No one dreamed of connecting the 7 country girl, who had not been in Lon- _ _ . _ _ -_L I-.. J.I--.\.. yuan:-`bins t\. Ixnlo l'f`1| MUUIJLLJ .156 Iv uv 5-an o-vv wan... .- _._.. don except for three months of her life. ,a with the king, who. instead of being , principal In the pageant of a wedding, : lay dead. it was whlsperehd of poison. ; in his darkened palace. ` T `- U; ,_A_._ Q-.. L-.. L- I__.I JIAJ DInnn`\n `V 6-IIIJIO So you have, Vreturned. A Mr. Wil-' loughby. Have you completed -your business in town satisfactorily?" . ,_, n |__ -...._..-_-A 111...! _Thankyou. yes." he answered. (`And I feel like a` giant retreshedhy these j few days in London-one drops Into ` such a rut. forever In the country.- Ot course you have notheard this morning's news? ` ' No. What has happened? The `king of Stervin, who was to have been married today, you know. was found dead in his bed this morn- `ngun ' ' - ` I-Ivu.I_ _ -|.-I-l..... 4.... Dlnnnhn ntnuln I-I I-ICU Vlbhbldwu `Isa:-.-was . It was for her he had died. Blanche felt assured, and by sheer effort of will . she overcame her nerves and her an- guish and waited-`waited until on the second daythe postman brought her a little package with many `foreign stamps thereon. When she next sum- V moned up strength to face the world again and take up-the burden of life. ~ every one marveled at the alteration in her. Years older she looked. The luster was gone from her eyes, and her expression was that of a woman who had Just turned away from the death- bed ot all that the world held dear to her. Above the diamond ring on her , wedding nger was a plain gold circlet engraved with the old tryst word Mis- f pah." and next her heart lay a letter. v i the only letter she~had ever received _ L from her king lover: ---._ -1: n.-' _-_-_L- -0 ILUII-I lliil IDII-la -v v V. . My Blanche-You have eeen ell the reporte oi` my approaching marriage, and you are thinking that I have altogether iorgotten the one women I love. Nogeo, my peerlese Blenche. it he been neceeeery, for etete reasons.` to acquiesce in the mntchgrranged for me by my minietere. but to- night I make my own quletue. No other couree ie open to me but the one I em ebout to take. be- lieve me, Blenche: also I em delivering the prin- `ceee from e. liielong hypocrisy. for. like myeeli. ehe bee been forced into thie. I. eend beckethe llizpeh ring, and I know. e merciful God will judge me innocent in the time we have been eb- lent the one irom the other. Wear` it elweye for \ my lake." Heart of my heart, ierewell until we. `meet in the land. where ell here equel end 'whe:e~ love in the only king. . Rex. I--Ladies' Field. - Moor Baths. The moor baths which are provided at many Austrian and German heaitls resorts, were Vrst ` used ` at Fra.nzens- bad. In 1823 Dr. Poschmann. a ph'ysl- - cian there. believed that he had found in them a new curative..medium._and4 they have since become popular. some physicians still question their ymcacy. while others in Austria and Germany relyupon them to render good service -~ -.._.... .......|..A|... mhnnah the bath rely upon Iueul -l.'U rcuucu avvu ...... . .-- in many maladies. Though the bath a composed of peat. or moor earth. to which enough. water has been added to make a thick paste of the mass. yet the peat is . different from that which laextracted from a hog in Ireland or Scotland. _ ' . . ` ` I In both Ireland and Scotland the -peat is used as fuel. At Franzensbad the mineralized peat will not serve such ,a .purpose; ,'1`he bog from which it is ex- tracted has been saturated throughout countleaaagela with mineral water. and `V theproduct isza strong chemical cotnf- pgjma. .'1_`hus 3: :moo1f.bath in-a mfigerai iimha-min nc-ntratedi torm..teea#z .... .x f '13 iii` ml: > W99'IMm:1u 0oooO0000000OO00o0oooocg O ' . _ . A j And an l.m and {Ah die!- It worthy deed and worthy thought may not be I A-` `KAI: unt: OI VIVIVIIJ llvdu 1 Whit; IIUU`llU 3% union -v _ lost. tueu'v'1?'y V . v . Should mm. pun down thin nite lilo--`and min` . -mark his way? - Who build: (or earth may well hi! tren- u-.- I. 4I-;.;'- 1-. v -u-av.-' w cyvvct -uuuu-u It was a poor little home It was cali- `ed to in Church street. where E1sie s parents lived, but very different from -v- ._- the dirty. carelessly kept cottages and small houses in the vicinity. But I am not going to weary you with a descrip- tion. i I, was met by the dear. old kind- . iy faced -mother at the door, where. be- fore taking me up stairs to the tiny room where lay her suffering daugh- ter, she told me something or her his- tory. VI_.l- _.-.. --I- cl--n-L Lnuunusnt` -u{v\A`A-Ania But he. the nu: oiwotthy deed o mm o! worthy thought. 1 , Inlhh nnf Inn tlmn um lung. '15:; lnttla 0! till lllIIIl`lIl:; Builds not for thin not lane. '11:: Battle of this . .. 11161; (ought, ' \ And nun: kw iuhn ninnp Olin IINIIIIII H) hfh tint ' . ll WUII U IIIIII IIVIIC VIII? VOIIll_C_ CC II UJICV he dia"dain'a - V V L To look below for hope` and turn and following: - 0! their trainl. ` INC :9 nyujub _ ` had won by him glono who glimbsg I0 high that `up Jhuinlnln Oh. mef: o!_worthy deed! Oh. whose thought nnnnhlgtl IV] In` VII. Inll VI`VVVll:l| HES`-I1 vup nuwu wuvwu on-v-.--u ennobled lilo! . . L We, watching for your Iootprlbntu in the midst of toil and Itrife, A ;'1'ak_o courage and believe that there` In no eternal ` ` And we press on to and as ye have found Eternal Light. __\Y 'A II In Now VA!-Ir 'I`Ima1 1 was practicing medicine `at tife time in Rotherham, a large. struggling town six miles south of `shemcid. in York- ahirt. England, in` the heart of the , South `Yorkshire coal district. L V MISPAH. _It is a rough eless of people with whom a. general practitione1- generaly -has to dealin such a district. though there are some very big swells in the neighborhood. to be sure. Still, as is al- ways the case in life amongthe rough- est and most, uncouth, one sometimes! nds a gentle ower. 11---`. - .._--L -__-..;_:-.. .._L_ 1.11.1.1- .lGl\JIU Ii `B00341! luv 11 who Such a sweet exception was little Elsie Underhill, to whose bedside I was called professionally on the even-_ ing of Nov. 22. 1873. It is a long while `ago. and I doubt much if any of the persons connected with the little story I am aboutto tell. should any of them "still be surviving,` will remember Dr. ` Newman. At any rate. not one of those who knew, me will be hurt. and the one person against-whom I shall have much to say is so mean and contemptible. in my opinion. that I care little for his. `IL 1... _ ..--__ I.lJ.LI_ I....._- I ._-__ -..II U95` 0 Elsie was only just turned nineteen, but she had, already made herself a reputation which was `honorable and ennobling. -The years before, when just turned sixteen, being a pretty and well developed girl, with more than the average amount of intelligence. she had obtained an engagement at the 10- cal theater, where she had appeared in thecharacter of Jeanie Deans in An- drew Hal1iday s adaptation of Sir Wai- ter Scott s novel. The Heart of Mid- lothian. She had attracted a great deal of attention. The local corre- spondent of a London theatrical paper, The Hornet, then the property of Ste- phen Fiske, `had spoken highly of her, and more than one London` manager had visited Rotherham to see her act. There were stock companies in those days. _ A..._.... LL- .....-- wulniuwllu Cnllnu-mun uug no Amonighthe many youngiteliows who had become infatuated by her beauty "was one Horace Wiliington. the son of l a: physician in Sheield, a very rich V man. This young man's attentions were very marked. He obtained an intro- duction to the` young girl's parents. and through them to Elsie. And then . he began a serious courtship. 7.. _____.._ 1-... I..I... nu. A . . m A n uni-`A nun-xnna `IV llwauoca nr\aI-`awn-v vv-- -----t In every way his manner and appar- ent object were -decidedly honorable. Only one thing-he omitted-he did not take her to his own home.- __--_. _.I.- I__ ; AquIuu.v bvn uulvo I Such a. lovely girl I have rarely seen. `IBrown curling halr swept back from the sweet face and long dark lashes 3. shaded the blue gray eyes that were all intelligence and had been wont to all !` her audiences wlth hllndenthnslum. _--... 1... _|.a_I. ...I.....l.... ....... U`lII`; IJIII `VI Olhl \l Vina 0-`In-an In order to be near the man who had completely won her heart she refused more than one lucrative offer to go to London. where she would have at once been on the highroad to fame. and ac- cepted an engagement at the Sheffield p Theater Royal. which. being close to her own-home, she could also reach `very easily. Here her opportunities were wider than in Rotherham, it is true. and here she succeeded in in- creasing her already high reputation. She remained in Shemeld two seasons. playing during the summer a series or traveling engagements throughout the northern counties. ' .__-_-n A_-... _ ....._-'.a. IJVI 51455 at 9V In-J yawn- Then came a proposal from a great London_ manager which was so good that she could not `afford to neglect it. Her aged mother went withher to the city of smoke and fog. and in Septem- ber, 1873. she made her dehut- before a London audience at the Princess "thea- ter. Less than a monthlater her health "entirely `gave way. and she found it `necessary to throw up her engagement and return with her mother to the lit-_ tle home in Rotherham in which she had breathed her earliest breatl:i.. _- L_I.I ...._ 41.1.- IICLIJ IJI-`ill-I-llG\| I-lira \-Inn nay-av -vow-v--u So much her mother told me.then took me up to age her daughte . ~ v!\1.1 1 ..-_ .|.-..; .._.... 4.I..'.-.4 -1... nu nnf. EUUB All-IO I-Ill UV Dui- .` Did I say just now.that she {was suf- tering? That was hardly the case. V She was dying of rapid consumption. She was too weak to suirer much physical- \-I Vuluuuaanau iy, but the broken hart was giving her` exquisite torture. . ~ 4-4-- -1. - I-..-I_ 4.1-! I Inning cannula dann ---so-o.o.L.. _ 7 The Story of a King Who Loved `3 - a. Commoner. 1% oooooaoooooooooooooooooo It was an ideal May. At one of the biggest houses in London a ball was in progress. The smull'bours had come. ma out over the tops -of the. trees the `moon was shining. Inithe park a man. and a girl were sitting out dance aftr dance. - _.-_.. A ........&I.. -...-.....--..- __.I U65 Guuscuuvw vv Iv .- -_.__..- The little room i.n:zvhi_ch she la;:vus lled with delicate feminine knick- knackl. reminiscences other favorite roles.- souvenirs ot_ her professional 1trien_ds_,%a.ll- {trrauged about the room with-fgejntle, thoughtful u `love [by he! _ati-joke`; mother}. Le But most interesting i of Eli "Wu 3.: rather curious] thing, hang- j1nz:f]m`i9.stinmown5Mtbsno-t by: or! bmeuoeueeitu CHIC .IVI- UCIUI nut to deed}. -N. (A. H. in New York Times. Anolbg-4 ot_*_the liat" 6 b1_fervant. " AI- ..-__A_I.. _I-_- V- Iollv obtain w-r-w A large gold split ring. elegantly chase ed and evidently; `9f_~,antiqn_e manufac- ture. to which }was_ gugpended a com- moq. copper English, penny piece. The combinnti_qn.wns so incongmbus, no` in- dicrous, that I -could. not retrain from taking it in my hand to examine. uz-\|_ .__I_-..- .1-..n. 4.-..-I. 4.I...LI! Aw- we-n-so-as v u- u--- .wv_ v -."`0h,A Tpfefnsea Eon t xtouch t`.he.t."e ex? claimed-thedy1ng girl. It is all 1 have. - - b T X Then there was a story to it! When I had prescribed :1 simple pal- liative for the racking cough and had given instructions. for other simple treatment, `I went down stairs again, with the mother. IMVILIID . nu Iutcavouwnuy u.-- - . -._ ,..`_~ _- 5 Accordingly he took the ring and i a few days returned it with the penny 9 hanging to it. Elsie fastened a ribbon i to it and wore It around her neck. .1- _; _-.___ ___..- .;1.l;e'man was of courtly presence arid splendid physique. with face clean cut as a cameo. red gold hair and pointed beard, won_drous even therein the halt ught. and blue eyes that tell before nei- ther man nor -woman. -___1_- 1.-..-- L, __ 1' sun: um-In nnnvunavou You saw the penny and the ring. doctor, she said; and you wondered. Is_it not so? L . ' I"c;1;e;;d that 1 had felt a little curious to know its history, and here is what the old woman toldme: ,:I A- w'.1`he 31}? gold ring had bcarnged to 3 Elsie s great-grandmother . It had once we-nun `I van. u ---v-- .v-- ` been a thumb ring. Elsie looked upon 1 it as a sort of heirloom and had car- I riedit withheras a sort of talisman 1 since childhood. One day, after she had known Mr. Willington a. few 3 months before they were engaged _to 1 be married; the young man had laugh- ingly pulled from his pocket a penny through which some foolish person had bored 8. hole. Elsie was just about to appear in anew character, so Hor- ace, in fun, remarked: Take this pen- ny and keep it for luck. You -will nev- er tail in a part so long as you keep it. . 1 0, J , nI_- _...!..!A. -3 L1-` -Elsie entered into the spirit of the "thing and said, Now, if I could `only get my own talisman .split I would % hang the penny on to it. n Air:-u-_A_ 1.. -_..l`l_ AA... 9! nnlni Yifnnnnn hlulla 5549 tlunnnaa v-. yv cu- _ That is easily done, said Horace. as he took the ring in his hand and admired its chasing. I will take it to Evans in Shefeid. and have it split. _.I_ I__ :.--I- LL- ..l-._ no-.3 Sn UQLUU Llvuuallbo Elsie s sensitive nature was too high strung. Slug could not survive the dis- grace even zhoughlt was apparent only to "herself. Her heart broke. and in the early weeks of December. when the narrow little Church street and theroofs of the neighboring cottages were covered with snow. when the timid robin had become so tame as to y to the windows of human habita- tions for the food of charity. when the world was beginning to prepare its an- nual testival ot`peace and good will toward men." the. poor little actress, who was a delicate ower in the midst of a life of nettles and bramble, with- ered' and passed away, to be trans-V *planted in the garden that is kept for- ever beautiful by those angels whose a duty it is to soothe and comfort those poor waits of humanity who are not strong enough to overcome humanity's .blows and buffets. - |, A u-rescind ..n __n T I___.- Alas. that ring and that penny were the parallels of the characters" of the two persons to whom they had belong- ed! The one pure gold. rened and chased by a master hand, destined to y be broken by the owner of the baser 1 metal whlcheentered the golden heart" and broke it In two and left it. ---. , 7 __J-_ TITIIII-.... uuu Ulvnc at nu vnv In -- --. W-l1en'she.went to London. Willing- ton followed Elsie. and there. amid the follies and excitements of the great Babylon, he came out in his true col- ors, a conscienceless. loveless scoun- drel. It seems unnatural and untrue that a man could deliberately lay plans I and take years to -mature them for the ` ruin of _a young girl's life, but so it was with, Willington and Elsie Under- hill. - - -_- -_._ u_n.__ _-A. Illlvlo Plenty of people there are living yet who remember the success of the young actress on the Princess boards and who remember with sorrow her sudden departure and death. 1-r-nIi1_._L_.. ..---....-.I.\.I 2-. his nngh-an-\n Buuuuu uvyun Ip\Cn\ Inca`. u-V-- Willington succeeded in his designs, then left her. as it was afterward known he had left others, to droop and die or to go from bad to worse. I-Ie cared nothing. ___._!A.!_- ...L..... 1.. Juan (bk her cheeks and lips. My love! vMy life! How can 1 per-' euade you to forget everything but `our: . love for each other and marry me? , . E _-__ ...._-_...J. _...') IIYI-.-. Jn Illhil - UIU VVU uuu Uunnvsug What became- of Willington? I have never heard of him since. Somewhere, probably.` he holds an honored position. t on earth. for he was rich, and wealth ` on earth covers innumerable sins; but surely when his time comes to go to that bourn from which no traveler ever.` returns he will be met by the dark re- cording angel with a page not yet blot-= ted out. on which be will be shown- , S , S Q,__ __ _ _______ ___`j The Judas Tree. The Judas tree is a native of the southern countries of Europe. and -is :1 handsome low bush with a at. .-spreading top. In the spring it is pro- -fusely covered with purplish pink blos- soms, which burst out before the- leaves begin to `unfold. v"1`he blossoms have an` agreeable acrid, taste and are made into salads and sometimes tried. There. is an ancient tradit-ion" that Ju- das hanged himself from this pecies of tree. A. tree called the Judas` tree is common to some parts of the American continent. It differs somewhat from the one described. but the blossoms are made into good pickles, and the young /twigs; are bought by dyers for the brownish pigment contained in them. The` Judas tree draws great numbers of. bees around [to feed on the sweets contained in its blosoms. VCIC lull!`-' BUALIILC vvlsu uvu -QL--an--- V--. ` By following this method, especially} with iron articles. no scaling of the` paint will occur. In cases where the hrtlcles to be painted are small and: - L- ..--.1pI__ |.-_A.-.I IL I. I-nnl-on On- To `P1-Vovent Paint From sculnc`. To prevent the paint on iron or wood from scaling oil when exposed to the w_eathe__r _rs_t thoroughly wash the parts to be` aimed and then brush over the su ace with hot ltpseed oil. ` I-__ A_I1.Q_l_..'4I.I..' ...'.6-Ilnpul nunanIII`1r < CI{I.l\.'lUB EV IJE yulusuu Incw ....__..-_ ..__ can be readily heated it is better to _he_et them and plunge them into the 3 oil. The thin liquid oil when hot en- i V.-tern `into _the. pores at the metal, ab- ftoi-bsithe` moisture. and thepaint then unlled go rmly adheres: .that; troIt, 0? felfet-I1 ueoamaon. UV! Vubg I):-I vv ulna us. In: w` --v -. A penny suspended"trom '9. pure- gold emu IHmc... . %THAT ABE CLEAN { You will nd it a pleasure to point to the clean i things from our establishment. ` The water we use makes your clothing sweet and attractive ; the care we usefprevchts rough edges or frayed ends. `We wash them clan, iron them carefullv. No garment soiled in aI_Iv department. UVL` I-Ll\-0 vvug I-navy v yvwu --'-. She half freed he:-slit from -his `em- `brace and stood. her hands on his shoulders, scanning his face. ___I_ I-...-...... .-In-`AA cvn\II Cu