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II III II? IICILICL III`: IU\ Iul When such wool is woven into cloth, you can understand how slight strams would break the ber and cause the cloth to stretch. Thus, you see, the illness of the sheep affects more than the animal. -_.._gI_.C..Q AL- 1-`! II Iul-IV VVVIIIJI 1 _ This gentleman knows by the feel and 3 appearance of wool just how and where` i It was grown, and by examining _a eece he will tell inwhat country it was grown, ` what the condition or the animal was. in health or sickness, during the growth of that eece, and during which month of the year the animal suifered from illness. I 1 ; ;.I'.- AI.-- -n ;.|_-_ 41---- 2_ _u__,, saw gcun gnu annual uuuctcu stun: ulucaa. ' If the ber or the eece is short or long. tine or coarse, weak or strong, so mayltho health of the animal be judged. Any- thing that weakens the vitality of the animal aifects the libel` of the wool. o [_____A `__A _ .1 It I3 `I36 EVIDIUUQBVU ' Now, it is not meant of course thatthe trousers contract this ailment during the time they are worn. V The trouble goes hack tuf'ther'thane-that." It begins on the sheep : back-that is, it they are wool. 'I`I.-.u. v--A `ALAS. :......-...L2_... A- -4... _-..- wuvcy U Uuwuftuuu In, In LDC use VVVUlo These `and other interesting `facts were learned from an expert who has made wool a l1te_stu_dy and who buys and sells more of it than any other half dozen men in the business, since he is the chief buy- er tor one of the biggest wool syndicates in the world`. ' IIILD- .__-;4l,_.__ , In I .| - c c ONE PIEBE 0F SHEET MUSIC VANILLA. for ice cream. for instance: BAKING Powmuz. for cakes. One is a drug. of eoufae ; the other a 'fchemical"; T ' and there are etl others--SPICES' of all e _kindI'. cream ot pgttgr, etc., [Then-Ks; Viae {o vet d;'ugsvis. at avviwe 7 STOR . The. rug `st knows more about them than other poop . I A 1 2W0! keep Argoomd drug `star;-. ., Come and ask us A -Wavbout Kitchgn Drugg, f , -, x, l. v--v ---...--......... There now!' What did 1 say? There isn't any fun In irting. ;-with a man or heart. You say what ..you mean and you mean -what you say. You can't call, that fun. Besides. It ; Very enlbarrassing." . - I con'troll'ed myself with an effort. I beg you pardon, Alison," I said, -yith dignity. I quite agree with you` - there's no fun` invlt, and We very em-` liarrassing-for me." ` .117. ._4....: ...4.-...._. ;L' . .'.1."L;.|-.-.`.' 1-.. EVERY) MONTH TO SUBSURIBERS OF EHE Drugs and Chemicals amoumms onus sum: , A A V. `gs--puma?-sI;.1_m_Rn1n. ` .|r' n the VKitchen. Many `a man has spent. all earnings in trying to get rid of rheumatism. It cost Mr. James Da- vison,sOcoin'to, 0nt., between $1,000 . and $2,000 before `he tried Dr. Hall. s' Rheumatic `Cure. He was ,a help- less invalid for` six years but suf- fered from sciatica in. his hip joint for ten years. Six bottles cured him completely and he is now working ` his farm. This great blood puri- er is put up in bottles.contain_ing ten days "treatment. Price 50- cents at all drug stores .or The Dr. Hall Medicine Co., Kingston, Ont._ J'.A.N'U'.A%RY 2nd. WILL BE THE NEXI ISSUE OF `OUR FRE%E Inn|ementi v--c-won;-no-3 ov- ._.'We stood ._sta1T1; af each bther for game moments; she with a. smile on he:-`face and I with 9. scow) on; mine. {had been___fooled onpg mor'e.--_- * ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY It cost MONEY. 4;Ivn \'A AuLAvuu7, ;\ Au J.\.u 1` lL \ILe ! Dn. TAFT Bnos.` MEDICINE Co. . Gentlemen : I write this testimonial from a sense of duty, having tested the womlurful effect of your Asthmalene, for the cure of Asthma My wife has been alicted with S[>:1.~'l11w_ll' asthma for the past 1.2'years. Having exhausted my own skill as well as many Otl19`.\, l chanced to see your sign upon your windows on 130th street, New York. I at once 0l)tai:1+-l :1 bottle of Asthmalene. My wife commenced taking it about the` first of Novelnher. 1 \ cl`\' soon noticed a radical improvement. After using one bottle her asthma has dis:1p;ao.'u`v-l -.ml she is` entirely free from all symptons. I_Vfer-I that I can consistently `recommend the lll("ilt`llIIf to all who are aiicted with this distressing disease. - `Yours respectfully, O. D. PHELPS, M D. Dn. TAFT M EDIGINE Co. Feb. 5, 1901 _ V Gentlemen 2 I was troubled "with Asthma for 22' years. 1 have tried numerous 1`v111mli'~s, but they have all failed. I ranacross your advertisement and started with a trial bottlv, I found relief at once. I have since purchased your full-size bottle, and I am ever grateful I have family of four cluldren, and for six years was unable to work. 1 am now in the lwst of health and nmdoing business. every day. This testimony you can make such use of ::~- \-on see t. T 2 . ' N Home address,`235 Rivington street. S RAPHAEL. ` wan` )0`\ n A117 vnvvlr (`lfr rthreelaundries. one crearnery and all other modern `eo_nvenien'ces.'- Stores are numerous and carry ful ,li(t1`6.l:'0`f'lll'lIiI1ds.of first-class (Codi .' competition I are-` as low as in aeity. (telegraph Barrie is beautifully situated on a picturesque slope, overlooking Kempenfeldt Bay. an arm of Lake Simcoe, nine miles long and from one to three miles broad. and one of the prettiest bays in Canada In summer boats ply daily to and from neighboring summer resorts and parks. The population of Bar rie is 7.000. Streets and sidewalks are first class and handsome residences are numerous. Streets, public buildings and dwellings are lighted with gas or clec tricitv. The waterworks and sewerage systems are ' very eicient andprovide spring water. good drain age and reliable re protectiontin every part of the town. Barrie is a railway centre for Central and Northern Ontario. Thirteen passenger trains arrive and depart daily. The postal service is all that can be desired ; thirteen mails arrive daily; thei'e is prompt postal collection and delivery throughout the town. There are eight` schools (one Separate), em ploying thirty-one teachers; twelve churches, three weekly newspapers, one commercial college. every day is market day. machine shops. planing mills. grist niills. saw mills, marble cutters. lbicrcle works. boat builders. tannery. breweries. ten butcher shops, sever- al first-class hotelswith reasonable rates. threeliveries. -night`. telephone systems ; connect the `near and distantsf ` Barrie is fest- " tuf-r~+ori-e-art '?i!",.'s`n!'i". wvri-t--s TRIALBOTTLE SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE ON RECEIPT OF POSTAL. l30tg)gt?1c1.:';ICityw'2frite at once, addressing DR. 'I`AFT BROS. MEDICINE 00., 7:: 3 Rooms for ofllcos. in Ross Block. No.` 97. Dlmlop Street. Fire proof vpult; "lately occupied bv Dr. `Wells; Also two rooms with vault, lately occupied -bvuoqd. Jacks & F:-agar. "Barristers: immediate lposneiuon; ' Apply to C..I-I. ROSS. tf ` . 1- . 1`3==ri-2_'l.4ne=v .r- o-`t- > Subscribe jot msganvnucvi [CHAINED ._.j . Her `face assumed an expr utter dIsinterestedness._ 117.. 11. _ J--L-_.. . v-...... -4... _ L1,- ____I,II_ ession of 'You are` beyond me now," Hector. :10, L -.-..-..._. _ . ._..._....___.._.-_.. _.._ bi`!-`Ices TO RENT] on LEAS-ET EEEEEALEEE BRINGS INSTANT? EELIEE AND PERMANENT UURE IN ALL EAEEE; ~ _'r*.=m TOWN `OF BARBIE.` ASTHMA CURE FREE! fori -ran 5 YEARS `Fae-`simnie of Genuine. SENT `ABSOLUTELY FREE ON - RECEIPT OF POSTAL. WRITE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS P1..nM.1'. V RELIEF. nave. ...---. .. ucir vv I-nv `interests -0-! the [311-1.)lvi`e:vt1'irt-T" lug ought to be sternly suppressed," I said. She lauglaedairily. That s because you` love one wo~ man, my dear boy. She waited to see whether I would contradicther and "then went on, One cannot expect" a man who is In love to tolerate the irt- ing propensity in the woman he loves." T _A.4.__.l I___.J _L I- _.. "1 .. SOLD BY ALL ]DIE?.'U G-G-ISTS- _A nvANc:. '1_`here is nothing like Asthmalene. It lwixzgs Instant relief, even in the worst cases. : .;:1:~-s when "all else fails. 'i`heRev.' C F. WELLS, of Villa Iiiulge, 1.1, says : Your tria1[b..-ttle of Asthmalene l'(`I't`i\'t t1 in good condition I crmnot tell you how thank- ful I feel for-the good .derived from it. I was a `slaw, chained with putrid sore throat and Asflnh for ten years -I despair-=.d' of ever being run-i. I saw your advertisenlent for the cure `of ti i- dreadful and tormenting disease, Asthma, and -H`l1ghl3 you had overspoken yourselves but re- solved to give it a trial To mv a.~t the trial acted like a charm. Send me a full-.~i/.c bottle. .1./auq 1.41:: L lJLbv-J. LVALJIJAVJILVA3 \J\.I Gentlemen : Your Kstllnnalexxe is an axe:-11:-nt I1 inedy forVAsthma and Hay -Fever, m_1d its ."-lu- posltion alleviates alt troubles which vombint: with Asthma. It success is astonishing zm_. won- derful. 1 0 In I 11 ' 1 n AV uvv J Uun Dus TAFT B1103. MEDICINE Ccy, A (N.-....|`|...u.... . VA..- K`..l......l...... After having it careftlll-V zinalyzvd, we can .~t:ito, that Ashmalene contains no opium, Il101'}I}1im*, chloroform or ether. Very truly yours, ' `DI4`\." TTI) RTDDDIQ \17L`f`lI'\`I VD gr ant six bottles, for $2.50, prepaid. to any address, V I 9 "MERRILL MEDICAL COMPANY, DRL (;(;]STs I'D,,_..Af__.I l'\ . ' WINTER with its Cold Storms is Coming u? tuna: an-cg wnunu If yo_u were a Enan, I would dmand an ,apology," Isaid stiy. ' Ana Y ......... .. ......... 1.... 4...... .1.;...u. 4- _ 5 oipei;,urn.., been. 3 , f.,r9ft!iIC1.ikind- Mm'$:p1a` disease and deaths can be ind_iret1y`traced to constipation um -ot-herlt causes combined. Bu`: a:sti'ange to say, as true and alarmin ' ._ as`-the above statement is, the majo xity _o people aiicted give themselves `but little` concern; And just here is wherein the great danger lies. Pe doztake physic, it's true, and re1(i):\1r: the present symptoms, but they do V not m-ass nn (o'n111-`Iv :.. .......- _._f...V r----- v- v--oo\u|.IJ an acaucn OI a cure`.` V By ._cure` we mean restoring '[the natural healthy movement of the bowels (la in and day out the year round wt put the aid of physic. Now - this result is positively and absolutely p-guaranteed if Ru take Merrill s stem Tonic. e alterative effects _o Sarsaparilla, Red Clover and Bur- dock contained in _it restore the glands, and more uids are secreted 111 the stomach and bowels. Then the - muscular toning effects of Hypophos. phites therin restore natural muscular power to the muscles of the bowels which control evacuation. This is the scientific and correct way and - differs altogether from the pill or _health, active brain and physic idea, in which some irntatin principle causes a movement in sucg a way as to make more necessary a repeated dose- Clear skin, buoyant vivacity follow the permanent cures` of this trouble ~made by Merrill s System Tgic: Each 50c bottle contains 50 pleas- _ant-to-take doses, and is sold UWANTA on aAnVdA `we are are prepared to um-1 ' it with'a. full line of Sea.soIm.b1eGooL< such'aaCow Chains, Stall FiXt1{x'3<, Horse Blankets, Lanterns, Grain Soops,- X Cut Saws, Axes and _I-Iandles, `and-Everything for your convenieuce.- `Call and see them before. purchasing. I Avox SPRINGS, N Y., Feb 1, 1901. Qxoavnvu now up vac -avow- A 1 bore ;;;1.'.t`s'i"leVnce u"tll,it threatened "J0 turn" my brain. ' urn _.-.- _.n...... '. ....._ I ._;---1.a 1-...--) . nun Dunn V . M`CRR('-lS,W,CH3'LF!. Rabbi of the Cong Brzai Israel. . T -NEW YORK, J~-n 3, 190 '!|Kn..vn ...n F`... AT ALL DRUG STORES. Both lht of J-. Henderson's. -'1 Domj Eastgof BA1u1n-3 HOTEL. Q1. Lxnuu. 67 East l29t11:t., New York C it y .t.,Anvr:n'ns: IN... ' 1?IV;' D`1'?:J'1&JIO"1fI'%"l`WI:i'C`}ISI.ER. Brantford. PRICES RIGHT. V-- -7-----$ .....v u..-`- Oh, now you "are carrying the simlie too far, I said. In lovemaking- TT--. 0..-- ..............'I __ ____..-_._2__ -4 Ontario. "1901. 79 Fun! '.-:.`I ;?E."Iw:s.',ere- I; Wr;a'xJ1`-.--ut.>'1"1"t men `don't ` irt with each oth_er,:do they? `. `-1 jgnoredi the question.` "But seeing that youare a woman"- '-Qnly a woman." she murmured. II . f _, :51 :;..1.: |......~ |-u..1-...i ..`..`-..-.`..;|nva-.. u'..}.` <"I_'-:s_hi1l)v'_accept e-my dismissal ah'd`-5 cu--nw vs: -.--o v \1 V- paw nevus. up -ow-`av-u "01:. not ncesarily; becau'se ;-. She paused and then went on: It s like this, you see: In a irtation the W9- - man, as a rule. is the Initiator. "and that being so she is' p1'epared.to place exactly the correct amount of impor- tance on anything that is said." `lT._ -'.LI_ _._. _.,,.'I_. __ ._.. 1_I-I.. _... - -`...-.-. But-she xed her eyes on me? .but if one doesn t Want to run the risk of losing the real"- Lll\I_ _ - - ,_ , ,, 1,, , I Because I have a heart?" That. I should Imagine, is the inter- ence," she remarked 'su'perciliously. ' I nodded. And is there therurther Inference that you hav,e-er-no heart? I asked. Lll'\`_ _ . L _ _ . A _ -_.lI__ I. . _ _ . _ .._I IN`... Sense of dc1IestickS!"she cried. Really. "Hector. I nfm surprised to hear you. A good irtation is- LLT !I__ Q. 1, II v n ??i;:i;'im}Ea`d6n" Li}}1'x?,7.={;;is} 7v 1 me.-. rupted. - T l.("3__LII _I. , 1\.__, S I -1-1 gv i1,`c"au1'd"1a'aIe kicked niyseltffor hav- suuaid that. w ' - - % -`ans-\__:. I1'.'.`A.-_.lI ~ ._._' 1.-.`--. L..A. I I.1_e`.t'.*,'t'o1"L --. she bgan; but I g_l d=not al1ow,herLto;go on. A * :, 911,. nojcloubt. you4V vould`l1k_e.me` to 2.1.. ;.-'.|...`...-.s_ - '-_I -1: -....1.`- n if ,. 4*W,_q,`.llv, h`g_v_e.v.' s.he_murm. ured. am! _';_z_'_'e `wag-L,the _ `same? :'- itithe % on _sl,zVe . aecenv@:me1;mtu.`4 "It in'tvtA-h'at:'.'s'he remarked bright- -u_- --g oly. The fact is I don't like the heart breaking part of the business. To en- joy irting thqroughiy the person one- -Ilirts with must be devoid of heart." Well?" I asked. She shrugged her shoulders. .- ``I m afraid I.shouidn t enjoy it with `uric 1! wow `VI IO-I`. cu-nu: vn -- She looked at me with a frank-smile no charming that-well, It made me duty to think that she should irt with any one else. - u-I; l.._IL LLAJ. u _|._ ..-_'..-..u__.1 l-..!..I_L ` Why not?` If I. am decient in. in- telletual capaclty--I accept your dic- tum that the pursuit sharpens the In- _tellec-you see, it might benet me it you were to make use of me. . 111.- I_-I--.i -1. ...- -.u.I. - a......|- .....lI- C VVIIB llvlo umlulvgu Why snbu1dn'tYn1n it I wantt`o2"T `(he inquired again. , 'iO[l`\I. ._.L_. -...J. lnnlgg -up-u Hanan IQACI ll\,lulII wt! C In: why not , ix;-cieed, my dear `ladyf service." I returned. and then. bowing low. I added, ; am` everlastlngly -at your 4 4. ' - an a. an . 44. IGC V CE?! +'x~--you? Oh,` I .cou1diz*t mm with you. ` ` u11n._ ..-;n ya I -... `.1..n-I....a. 1. . I- .. teartsl Alison lbi-`ought her; hand-T nnu_u.\u` . "together with a. movement of con- tempt, as though she were crushing a heart between them. What about. that?" - 3 . Oh, n`othlng," _I replied quietly.` ; She seemed to be annoyed because I was not annoyed. M `N u1nn__._ ._n_;__1.1._rL 1 11...; an I ._.....4. 5.0!! u V v " " L " " . :`:c~'~ .-r *2 :. so . va,so:-yq:vuu.om,/nxougionc V V `_Vl"ws1_-.on rnrcnag. . > > Wh5*1shouldn "t I Illrt; git. I _:want~ft6`?'f_ demanded Alison. with a superior air. It is good for one. It sharpens one : "intellect. It makes-for the equality of ` the sexes. I_t- __.--..-___ l_-..._L_ II I -.--- w`:1;:;r;:k;;umerous hearts, 1 mar! -=9:d- , T L ' ... -..,' u ,,,,_,,c,; 3.--- c_-__s_; %.. I-Iclu _ vvu-, ..V guy. Jug. nvunvu noun`: -1-.` vv aiynip to be made a fool of agal_n, . I %"aaV_1`castlcallyi;% % but. unfortunately .v\ `- :A=*%99%M;V8av-% ``L.```.`` ? T *1 llmrt-' Whiteeld ; Puried Heart; There were ome interesting love, or, T rather. matrimonial. episodes in the life of George Whiteeld, the. celebrated preacher. who died in 1770. It is not easy to sympathize with him when we read how, when he was in" America, he applied` to two of his friends, a, Mr. and Mrs. D.. to give him their daughter as his wife, at the same time telling themithat they need not be afraid of sending him a refusal. For I bless God," said he, it I know anything oi. my own heart,.I am free from that foolish passion wh_ich4 the ` world calls love. I write only because .1 believe it is the willot God that I should alter my state, but your denial will fully convince me that your daughter is not the person appointed by God for me. But I- have sometimes thought Miss 1!}. would be my help- mate; for she hasoften been impressed upon my heart. ' 71- -1; ____ .....1 ...-._...I..: - 11.... 1'-...;.. --`v-- ---., --~--- -u He afterward married a Mrs. James, a widow, who is described as once hav-_ ing been fashionable and gay, but now a despised follower of the Lamb." One is, perhaps,` not surprised that they did not live happily together, and to nd Whiteeld smugly writing that her death in 1768 set his mind greatly at rest.-Household Words. - - " Characteristic Dine:-encel. One of the striking difference; in the characteristics of men andwomen is that women likevnew things," while men are loath` to part with old things to which they have grown attached. Old- pipes, old penknives. old walking sticks -these are the pets or most men, while some even carry their infection for old" things to articles of wearing apparel. v.. LL- .._-4.4.-.. -A _-..I__.2._-.. ..-_..I_. -11 It was. of course, necessary that I should climb down, but I saw no rea- son why I should not do so in. a, digni- ed manner. . _-v-But" irvtlng consists in saying things `which one doesn't mean", Ali- son. ' - "`7I'3ut one may mean thm ail the same, she said softly. Dear Hector, I love you. . ' v A--. _AL_,_ .11 39,,"-.,,, n 1 ' u v vvu -- --- `ya. u - 5 -`.r--_- - "iii"{n2. matter of penkn-i-w-'es nearly: all men are alike. A sign in front of an Arch street cutlery establishment reads. Old Pocketknlves Repaired, and a clerk in the store explained that that branch of the business was quite equal to the.saie'ot new knives. About the. only people who buy new knives," he said.` are women. who .give*th,em to men .as presents. iA man seldom buys a new knife, He brings his old one to be -xed.*f As an ii-iustration of this, I _ -know of one man who has been carry-' ping the same knife for.) over twenty years. A_tv`varidus~ti_mes.iie has "had vat-, . rious things}.dene_;-to- it; until now"`I" doubt it a'ny*p`ortion"o1': the original kniteremainif-yrhiladelphia. Record. '7~i'sa'}EuI;'33f1 E033 'a'rZ"u`aIE"-'$u don't irt,"_'I said. ` ` LIA...` `And I defy ivoh ~ to prevent me. ` Why should a woman not irt? Beca'use the habit is degrading to her sex, _ I said. It is very unlike a gentleman to In- I terrupt. Hector. I was going. to say-' why should a woman not irt with the man she. loves-the only man she has ever lrted'with?" _' V V ' .v avwcw - Xud, after` all, dignity in my delcent was out of the" question.-King. V . T `Elhovor .ot Roots. _ V J The carrot owes its fattening powers to*the.s'ugar and its `aver to a peculiar fatty oil; the horseradish derives` its" "avor o`_nd- blistering, power from 9. vol- ~o._ti_le aorid oil.` ,:'_1`11'e"_J[ erosalem artichoke. -- dnm1hs`14@i,;pr bent or ,sugar<.anu. 3 V -_ qt _.in uiih*.{_variety__f` s'tujreh):,_ V ' ' sum u).i' sub` ""9. l1_-a;'<"e-'1-1'e'1d them all along," uhev returned. . ' - " G.-- _ - ~v--v you-one-J nauu Vllilllaiitlo ` "Of course. I must, in the interests of the public. .It Isn t safe to leave any one so bewltching as you are tree to play with men : hearts." , ' t Ill`- _____ _lIC -_ I _ __ _--- rv- u -u-u u "`Oh, it I to have the exclusive rights/'.I said, I A;1v___ I.__,, an -uu . .. '. r- gun-up-9 -J -woo. two so you will sacrice yourself? How noble of you! But-- She paused. What dmference will marriage` make? Once a irt` always a `irt. you know." OI`! .-.I...II 1...I.... 1.1!. ._.__1 --._- LI__A. i- ` pcupu [ She freed herself after Q time and ` surveyed me thoughtfully. uttnu ..-.. ..--n_ ...__...._. - nn_;Inh _,., , -.--- v-- ---v -----.c _.-u.. -... .-----.- .In other words. she says thing which she doesn't mean and listens to things which are also not meant, eh? ' That, I fancy, is irting. she said. I _ I shook my head in disapproval. It's a` bad thing morally, I remark- ed. It tends to pervert one s sense or-- - ! "'7_'x;t'11' 'y.T;'r.i1}';?} 'a nu-t2'* she asked. ` A` - ' I lzxghed joyousjy. for my views re- garding some things had changed. Hf`! lIl\I`IIIQl\ T -..-..A. l_ 1.1.- .I_L-__-._A_. ";-`igselbly. but- -Andlethen Ilooked st:-night at her. and her eyes told me that I was making a bigger tool `of myself that she had made or me: Alison! I -led. and before I knew what I was ing my arms were round her. ' ` yuuu vu--- 1-pry:-u-u -`Ar-,1 . you know. I ,u_1 u1rts;ax-e_- not l_ler_. ; A*'Tney;'isgy things which thfy iijon't"- ' ,`.`You don't ,underatag ;. she. Inter- rupted. s"_'1`hey say:`tliln g` fwhlch they do:z. t mean perlmps; _bu' they may. mean-`them all the same. - ;L ' ` T I slxrugged my shoulders. Please excuse me for belng so dense. Alison; but really I don't quite follow you. l\'-' fIT`_II I_A. .A._ I__ _--__- _,_,,,,,_C `us .- "I shouid Immediately tell you. that you were s:1:,'lng what was n'ot true." But. `don't you see. you might be wrong?" . T - _I_, I_,-AI| A -Q an up n - - W 63` .- . % % 1'?*\\'31#"!lot]cM1`Wd a;iisade2?' ;:spe.- mid. '31. am 'a..lIax~-that ls whatjouv ,nxf.j1_n? f.; 4` "7 q..`- '~ A Ag` -_- -.-- QC 4 I sgid.j >r. :1 'wae.u1e_eply= fh`ul`'t; ` O_ne who say!` things?` wh_ich7sAhj ,doe_sn t mean '13. ; I take "it. a`-. .Ynuf.I36vl1l excuse me it?! ,s: .v leave thcwotd -n'$:_a.id,- ova- - ` vwu >'I<'>Z'-' `Well. _let -us be more persomil. Supposing I were to say, `Dear Hec- tor. I love you, . ` - uv _L_-_I.`I l-.-..._-_J.I_.L_I__ A_ .II __._ A1,; -..o-nu She paused, and a ood of tenderness wept overher face; V A % Yes-and you? I`asked eagerly. Surely you know," she murmured. -"Surely you have. seen" -- LIT -I.______IA_ __A... ____LI_]___.II C I__A.-__ `":A"y'sheltA oupported by brackets and: rom_.whicho falls a curtain is a` good scheme to conceal a radiator. Then the shelf maybe embellished by a large brassv )1` copper pot_,or a few pieces of bric-a- Bad Wings, but Couldn't Fly. At an examination in a village school a v class of infants was being questioned on natural history. {After several questions, the inspector askc.- d: n.-. I..:...a 41.... .5.-- 0.}... 444).. I.-. Grease or gummy dirt stains on car- % pets may be removed by rubbing them with the following mixture: One bar of `good sbap to two tablespoontuls of sal soda and saltpeter and t'mu- quarts of boiling water; When cold._add six ounces of aqua ammonia. Bottle and use as re- | m quired. Old Jewelry. It is foolish," says an assayer quoted by. the Philadelphia Record, for people to pay for having old jewelry remodeled. In many cases the jeweler keeps the old _ material and givesnew articles in the style desired. In this business we see proofs of such instances every day. One particular case of the kindecame under my `notice some time ago. A man came- from Mexico and brought with _him a quantity` of silver and a little gold'ore. We `melted the silver into a bar for him a and kept the gold in payment for our la- bor. He took the barto a silversmith to have it made into vessels, which he is now. no doubt.` showing toehis friends as being made from the silver he mined him- self: whereas, in tact, that same bar of silverwas brought back and soldto me only a few days after I had delivered it to its original owner-.y LPG ILIEIJUEOVI DISCU- .`What bird, that cbmes troyn Atrlea has wings but can't y?" . The class was dumfounded. Thinking to encourage them, the in- spector oered` a sixpence to the little boy or girl who could tell him. After a few seconds` hesitation a little girl of four years put out her hand.- 'u1`IT..Il~ 0&0} `vO`A ` AAAQ -:r` `RA `in, ` `f.W=hei1`i.l; my +~1% he"; _ent-ix -ely "to my ignorange sion. _ ' or `my: protes- V [ W -:~. 1 V . , .. 2 ..busipess."' ifjuidm the vgtet-an New , York "01"l'| ,"8,I1 8 his ymgaternmgday. I m made a=hit on my very. g: assignment, and. goddly-enough. my success {was `due ' UV`; Iu\I\iUII\3I III III`? .II\I`l`iI LVIXIO ` j.T.he story suggested that great abuses ` had been perpetrated by certain city oi- * cials, and after it was printed the next 1 day two of the old reporters were sent ; out to tollow it up. They came back 3 withoutanything, and I was ordered out 2 again. By. following my method ot'the previous day I secured enough additional matter for another story, the paper open- ` ed a. fight on the oicials inrquestion,-and for several days that .was our leading`1 u---w-uuu-----_.-- .__.._. _....__._.___.._-- '1'he rattlesnake sheds `_its skin twice-a your and at that time it becomes perfect- ly blind, is helpless `_and is easily cap- tured. At this stage it is assisted by a nurse or pilot, who guards and protects it. This guardx is the young'king_snake. The kingsnake. however, is.the.rst en- emy the rattlesnake has and can easily kills it lncombat. _l have seen. `rattle- snake: eeing _from_the olg\kingsnake to "W vu#shtlkin=9***~1?mtecbw ` wV-V-5;hen marking blankets in cross stitch, `begin by tacking a piece of canvas over the place to be marked and then. work the initials over it in red Wool. When the work is nished, the canvas can easily be drawn out thread by thread. --- -------- Ivv c----.- Papier macho and lacquered articles may be cleaned by rubbing them thor- ougllly with a paste made of wheat flour and olive oil. Apply with a piece of soft annel or oil linen rag and rub strongly. Then wipe off and polish by rubbing with an old silk handkerchief. ' ---_, .,v... ----v- 7-..... ~I `haven't seen anything," `I inter- rupted. hotly. except that. you have kept me hanging around you for months, and-.-and--you know so well "that I love you more dearly` than life. A` __.n- n....1_-.:I . . _ . ._.. I.-- 3--- -...1` yuan. pun. uuu. uc: uuuu. 'We|l; my little deax-.. said the in- spector, what is it? A . .I`13I).nnA also A Rant` I1n" __r1\n:`nn W`, Mold can be kept from bookcases by. $cnttVering_ here and there about them 1-vw dtzops of oil oflavender. - A piece or narrow webbing such as is ;"-`-ml in .furniture sewed on the inner side ~'. rugs will prevent the corners from .'.. . ..I.-... H-'l`_e";;l'e'.'e -nt soet from gathering in the c-lzimm-y and range make a brine of com- v mun salt and pour it over the coals. It is -mi-ll `this will keep all parts beautifully clean. ` ' ' G\IIJ 0 That was my start. Not many yea afterwardl became the night city editor of the- same paper. It_`was ignorance- pure, unadulterated ignorance-of report- ers methods that yielded my first story, but I had sense enough to discoveryvery soon after that the same thing would not carry me `any to rther. ?*7`"1`27ise,";`{`aId3d_'un 1"-A-Lom1on Tit. Bits." ' ` ~ ` - L A Soft `ung. _ ` Littlewit---Oh; yous. I've got a aitua- ot!on4,.but ft : pretty-hard work. I`m after ., a ogoodgsovtt ._thin3'.otAho1':gh. and `I'm going _:to_get 'it,V.too; it 'I,ca_n only keep my`he!ad 1 .nm_~'e-._.. 9` .`a;_;o.v 7;;.v.':..'.. is '-`\'f..;. m` DUUUI. u.|e._ nnss;Pepprey--14 don't doubt `it. You`ll fiI51ii'el!y; have .aj_s6tt thing}! you_ only keep you`;-V :jl;eg:__1 * ghput :;o113._,v-1-_PhiIa;1el'phia .-,wuIr|_Io , i p hh:;_hmhitib"to" U'*"l~ ; Vnewqpaper ;ma'n. a'nd-when' I was - oered. `. a i position. on} mm-nan: paper. 1- jumped" ; l at the ch_a'nce_..:Itf`wt1s'n _t much of a` posi-_ 3 4 tion, land` for -severnl`<'='manthS;:.I."hung i -`around the oice waitingv toi-V thenewa as- died or perhaps would have 9. chance at a signment which did not come. `Now and then I would be sent out to get material . for an `obit. note on somebodywho had late re. But it was a red letter day when ,1 got more than ten lines into the, _ paper. Still. I turned up regularly .e_very Q noon with the reporters and stood around - waiting for that assignment. 3 HI\.... .I._ 4.1.- -24.- -.!2A.-`_ __II-.1 ...- L- - Ill`. ylIC\I%'O . Not knowing` anything about the` `methods of, reporters. I canvassed that street from beginning to end-it was about two miles long-and. `although I met with many rebus, I did get some stu that was reallygood, although I `did not know it at the time. When I came _ in. I was told to write a column and a half, and by a hit or good luck I put the story together in the proper form. 'lI"I"In4 -6..-up -cc...-..n4:..I LI-Jud .--and nlmuunnn ` ---3 It-V`:-.-u--yd up. agony - vaonvu.-. pow uvvw I stared hard at her. Her Words jut allowed of an -interpretation other than the one that I loved her; but I was not at all certain that a dual inter- pretation was in her mind. You mean?" I asked. Oh. Hector, how blind you are! I" `mean that you never did see any one you cared tqr so much as you care for. i-1-me. And I"-- ` - 4 - -. -- UV IDIEIIJ LY` UCIIIII CIIa`IIIJIIUO ` On; day the city. editor called me_ to his desk and gave me an anonymous posts al card the paper had received calling at- tention to high assessments which had been put upon, property .in a certain street. He told me to look it up. It was one of those things where the chances for a story were about one in a million. `but. with that blissful" lgnorance which char- acterizes the .`cub reporter I` started for the place. N\Y-L I-._-:l....' __.-.A.I.!.__ _|____L AL- 4RuttleII_1`ake and Klngnnuke. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. hive ind6 o_l'3 ~*- 2 `maintain uvell .3DllQl.l'Ill.9 and L: thI.:,t0V..Ii;It.' Ae3e...nese;1;,:.a.;gusto who run `too . h 't'l1_eV_`1`"e is nothing surely that destroys that -' dfrTe`ss'y"g`et"up' so mnchgu bh`g"ging'tron- 2' sets, -unless it be dirty `shoes- t _, Try as you may to preserve the hang by creasing or pulling them up oventho kneecap ` when sitting `or putting in 0. stretcher or beneaththe mattress of your ,` bed overnight, all these are only aids ` and they cannot maintain that perfect I .I XIGII U0 g It is more than possible that you have ; `never given a thought as to whether there f might be any tundamental cause for this evil. You will be surprised to learn that I It is due to disease. ` - 11.7, In 9,, . g .n - .I usununun autumn Luc IIUCI UL IJIU YVUUI. ` The animal may havehbeen well in the autumn and early winter. In midwinter it may lose enh for some reason and then fatten toward spring. In such a case the wool shows marked structural weakness. The ber will be weak about the center. A_--:_. :4 A`. _I__._. 1- 9n NOBTHERN ADVANCE"I -slaw unit?` 7711] UC VVCIIB GUUUL LIIC CCIlLCl o Again, if the sheep is ill from any cause, in the autumn theweak place in the ber will be near the tip. If, the ill- nesswas during the spring, the weakness will be nearer the roots. ' 1`I*v|___ __,- w-vvv o -\Iv\l antic -ouvpv Iawuaona Iyoonnno -nova - A smile ashed across her face and the tenderness vanished. ' ggpocu . an -