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PRESENT RATES make it possible jar you to have a Telephone rm Y0 UR NAME. Imnise in "THE ADVANCE. Hughes Bros. "oxvt`.uAIzT' The Bell Telephone Company 015* OAN_ADA. By `so doing you are injuring his `ouainess. AN bitnvnnnn Lcounrnon. To out about meal without in- jurions aaer. V 53 8 P1953319 u.-A. ....I.1..... ...'...... in Hun vnnnn- JIIIIUHD DIIIUL vuvvvw an un -vu-n..- I that seldom comes to the dyspep- tic. He cannot enjoy his. dishes and is fearful to eat what he best relishes. Climax Iron Tonic Pills will positively cure dyspepsia, -indigestion and headache. Each box.eontainc_ ten days treatment.` , `ca 85 all~ or rot me All the best quality and 4 5 guaranteed. ` _ _ ~ OJ'.a.u\.-ma}. We Be coma. It was a long ride to the place; and the reporters" did not reach It tlllf 2 o'clock In`the morning. Hotel and bar were then closed. or :appeared to ho. but after 9. vi oroul `anion on;}tho door It was o ned by `the .landlotd. `"10 cursed them; torthetr` `linpndeho toga 1to~.:n.ehIr1, Microbe in the Blood. SUPEBBA CABLE uui<,"" and Repairs. go to aznspmnes, MATRESSES, PUMPS, W. H._BjJ_N KER,` Wholesale and T Retail Manufacturers. . BRADFORD STREET. aw `BARBIE. Pnopiumoas. 4 1'3 6:. CO. :O1'-ti = " J ` ' . > ' \`- ' If 1,-` . ' , ' - V ` `A ` , _ . ] Bmldmg and Loan Association Special`- Face3l_ties ojferod to Investors and Borrowers. TEPANT--Why pay rent. when, on well Inzrlagh `payments. you can become your own 0 an have the choice of repayin at a. non rateoif $I.ao. $1.59. at $:.9o for mi 8:00.00 bug'- row TH PUBLIC--Wh' d all Rocha money 6oc. a month placed?v`a':;_)h the . aII_d I ...... A--....:..a.: .... .:u ..:_u ____- __ -: _ mo?-$5 's'..`cf .`.:.',.`. ::I'.Ya.'3a'5 ..-i`z'a.`Z` ."f T".'.'5 Loan Association will yield you in about 8 yarn A PRESENT of $100.00, or a protof $41.40 ova your monthlv pavments. - THE _|NVES`l'OR-Why not place you: $100.00 with the O. P. B. & L. Asia. and have it doubled in In years. beside receiving` during the in- terval 67; per annum paid to you every nix months? In other words, for your $noo.oo you will interest $66 and a lump sum of $200, making a. 3;: total of $266. -7 .--- '- Y--v- An investment safe as gpvernment securities and much mote protable, realizing th_e investor an equiva- lent to :5 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter and further information call on Headache and the Inna. . 5 Eye strain should be the rst thought suggested by any complaint ote head- i ache, for it is by far the most common I cause of thatsymptom. The simple. existence of headache.` therefore, should suggest eye strain. but frequently a careful inquiry as to the manner and ' time of the attack and the `location of , . .have had a proper season of rest. - the severest pain will be almost conclu- slve as to the origlnot the trouble. 01- A ten it comes on whenever the eyes are I used and is absent whenever the eyes nn-_._-__;.1-_ l....lA.-l.lIIL- `an Inn-mung- Blank Will Forms can be had at }95 Dunlop-St., Boss Block, Barrie Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. lrnedvance [mice ` Make Your Will. Will a pay foxj Will Form and postage to any part of Canada. O.H.LYON. wooosrocx, ONTARIO, LATE OF OR0. Has urchaled the wclnuel. . . .oecu 'bv.Chu- Mc- JIII3, `can !-oI" i,lIe Vlgtgrla Hotel and has/bnqd_IIv _h `L inhllikiadnof mick- amithin . on-unhoenn mic. Allworwillbedolb p` yattlplowqltzurn. TEFABVIT-`Why pay 1 2222*` z,93.':'s9t-L-.>'9:*.:=.=v.`: your out -g , . Ky. .91 @330: ohm} at* hu:': thn of `it. `I .-:No.~:'t reached. they L ;g!ell`lIDt!_.-bu the laun- lthlns. hub" 3... g [ Near Market "Square. VV cL.'a rty. SEGTREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 1:-ti CUT FLOWERS-Roses. Carnations, Violets, etc., fresh every day, Bouquets-Button- hole. Hand or Corsage. Funeral Tokens in gnu (Is-uicnc. IE}-"dE'i"Ss." '"""" '"'"" " VEGETAB ES-Cele , Crisp and Tcndct: `Lettuce. Cabbage, gtrsnips. Beets. Carrots. nth, VI:-ul!.1An1.na-\.eIc?, wnup anu Acuuw . arsnips. ` _ tc. SEl;:DS-Flower Seeds. Vegetable seeds. Plants and Bulbs. WM. TAYLOR sr-:E:D STORE Telephone :5. V UUFVHIUH I U Inv- Anyone sending a sketch and closer! Ion may quick!` uoertlslog/our opinion free ether an Invent on is p sbly patentable. Communion tlons strlct condential. Hmdbookon Patents sent free. ldest agency for securing ts. Patents taken t to 1: Mann & . reoelve apsctal notice, without 0 urge. In the - 4!AAA`.:`!A. TV-7-77---v ----v-----_ Ahandnomely Illustrated week) . Lamont: Etr- cnlatlon of any aolontmc on . 'l`erInn.03ra ; tour moutha. Cl. Soid byall newsdoolen. nnnll` n or. ---_ _ n____ \:__g, for miiinta `.|9`fIlleIt.' pbutifhe, ilnaily began to- rally `*!!d.Vt8I t8k.n~9- tI+;hosnl.taL It We- three or "tourdaye before` he could tell his a`toryand a fortnight before he got V-out. - He was a stranger -in the city. p with `a thousand dollars "In his pocket, ? undhad tbeen roped in by'~the gang and 3 eventually. drugged and robbed. An !` hour later he would have _heen dead, I dream .would probably havelbeen car- ried out; at least the` fellows were` V waiting for him to breathe his last he'- ' tore disposing of the` body. While = nothing _ could be proved in law, we ; raided the house and broke up the gang. and the landlord got uch a. warning of trouble to come that he thought` best to make a change ot~r.-li- d an`: `age; gfpnvtintl '1:-zwam f close call tor - and the programme or the woman'a. mate. The reporters got `a big item,. . of course. and I received a compliment or tw`o. and the dreamer. I am happy to aay,.was rewarded with $100 in cash V and made the happiest woman in town. IUII VA 5 I an -v..-_. V- Ulllllla on; u vuuouv vu -u V W 801:! NN&cn.='~-Mr-ewY_gri Branch Once. 8251*` Stu Wuhlnzton. D E. DONNELL, lms`:-Ina 1;-u-u--_-_ __--__ FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. --- -- can `l \....I.\-_Qo 6 C118. Calla attention to the `EM 5?!` 3 GO TO THE NEW Sena-ell. the old lavage. ' When the we'l__l__known African trav- eler. Dr. Robert Feikin, was staying with the bloodthirsty King Mtesa of Uganda "many years ago. the king out ~ of gratitude `for his visitor's -medical treatment, wished` to cut oi`! his head. On- Dr`. Feikin representing that the treatment was not finished and that `it interrupted it would cause Mtesa I death the iatter `granted him a re- prieve until he was quite" recovered. Then, however, nothing availed. and the execution was determined upon. "....l_ TL- _I__ ._I.- :._... - J..l-_A -. 7-ANYD-- _w. munrg. ' DILDUDIWIIAV , :55 Dunlop-St.. Barrio v-_w v--vvu-- `vvwwuw -vvvu-----v- -`wv--- Emin Pasha. who was a friend of Dr..IFei-kin,e had instructed him` most accurately about the state of affairs in Uganda and the court of King, Mtesa and had revealed to him an important state secret--namely; where Mtesa s powder store was hidden. Dr. Feikin . remembered this at the right moment and as a last resort threatened that it Mtesa killed him he -would bring down |_. flash of . lightning upon his powder store. Mtesa replied incredulously, Tell me where it is." Whereupon Dr. lelkin whispered in his ear. It is con- ceaied under your harem." V 111.--- L_-.._-.1 _-I- __.I -II-_....A M hvllww `annulus av. Jnunnvnna Mtesa turned pale and allowed Fal- kin and his companions to live. The lightning maker's authority. increas- ed when next day a ash of lightning happened to strike near the harem. -IIBVU ll$$ I. `Iovrwo uwu--av-- v- --~-- Congestion. irritability or inamma-.j tion of the eyes and their appendages A A should always` suggest the suspicion of 3 eye strain. A single attack or mani-fes- 3 tation of this kind has no special sig- i niticance, but repeated attacks of _in- ammation or prolonged congestion or irritability are suggestive of a continu- ing cause. A strange thing with refer- ence to eye strain is that it-often exists to an exceptional degree without show- ing any symptoms in the eye. The pa- tient will often say that the eyes are perfectly good and have never caused any irritation." The Hippopotamus. ` Next to the elephant the hugest beast I in point of bulk and weight is the hip- ` popotamus. or this animal Sir Samuel ` Baker has seen hundreds of specimens 1 on the White Nile. One. that he meas- ; ured was 14 feet 3 inches long from ? snout to tip of tall. The crocodile nev- } er ventures to attack the hippopotamus, which for its part disdalnsto attack the crocodile. -Although. like the rhinocer- :os. this monarch of mid-African` rivers . is not carnivorous. it is verytormidahle - -L... --_n... __..-nbn1I nd gg_ II I101; l.'lu'u|.vuL'vuu, as an VVOJ , ........ -- to man. being easily provoked and as- sailing the object of its resentment with trecklessfury. It can upet the largest ! boat, and in one instance` perforated` with its tusks` theairon bottom of Sir I Samuel's steamer. `causing a dangerous ` leak. The ileahot the hippopotamus is ` always palatable. and `when the animal is young it is delicious. _'.l`he s_i:in'makes. `excellent turtle soup. The tusks were % formerly more valuable than those lot ;~ the elephant. being in request by den? ; tists because they never turn yellow. . IIIUIIIUUL GI-no -uuao case well, my boy. If lt'hadn t been for you we'd have been beaten. And [knew it was: so, for he had come back from ` Washington only that morning and had had to depend entirely on my a V`ru--V v- w--_ wotu. 7> {And the, Iecond nmo; I ,telt n no ;: o... Twice Proud. I _ Only twice. said a well known law- yer, have I really been proud. The rat time was years ago In court. I'd been admitted and had bad charge of the preparation of an important suit. The Jury brought In a verdict for our side, and 1- {felt happy; but after I d'.col!ected the" paper; and books -and*"wa"I'*'oIn out my chief. who was `oneot the lights of the bar _in those days. put his band- on' my` Ihonlder and said: `You prepared that ,II ___._ L-.. . I` ILII.-J:'L :.ui;n:...;..e..'.~....d.e,, A :_9wn`!`*.in-_._tne 2.. .west there jlives taeorge Bnndoit. ~a-. miningking,`-who'by nature is as stern L _-end arbitraryns men dare apt to be when they acquire sudden riches. .In `addition to his gold. he possessed 0. rare treasure in "the person of his daughter Bessie, as sweet 9. seventeen- year-old maiden as ever. lived. ' . V ,7 Pretty Bessie did not lack fol` lovers. and quite as naturally the avored one was the very one that her "father. ob- jected to. _ T . ' Clyde Brown was frank spoken, with an honest. manly face. a true, loving heart and little else. Why. Elizabeth - her jtather` al- waysvcalled her that when" displeased- how can you forget that we are de- ecended from the Randolfs of Vir- ginia? Just 1 little longer. daughter- : yearor two at the most--and we will go east and live as other people do. ; Then my Jewel may iln`d ti worthy set- want. no one but Clyde. papa." protested Bessie teat-fully. 1-_A. 1.--..- ._._S_ _A: l_..__.._-_..l-.. -._ LL- -i \ I am. one for ,_ __ the central gave occurred. `.One.fog 5 that attracted general: t~i;s)_xxtioA:b>:AtL:z_p,:A\;\t|`;_g% time, was the way'the'murde1'eg."ot ttjc Bolton family walked Il|`f0niA .ll_1O_.;o. ,()_!:)_g._ mm, A family otlivg peopie` ngmga _ Bolton living in Missouri VV a_8-`Ila ujgh.' med one night, and. though e_ve_1-ya. eort was made to nd the murderous 7 so: clean om Two years later, one night at 11 o'clock. a tramp entered me station and queried or me: nil 1 mill mu-rnndnr mill in... -.vvu--uv- jun-my no-n----. y u I 0 But tears made no" impression on the hard heart of George Randolf-. I__ ____.I-._--_J-.I A- __l_._ _ -v.--- -----v v- CIVC-7 --v--.-v However. he condescended--to give a conditional consent to their union- such an absurd condition that people laughed and shook their heads. and Bessie s merry face grew grave. ~~ l"I.-_. _-__, A-.. ._I._.__ A.I__ _A_".._-_...I_._ I-ICSDICE I-I-I335}; LED? EICVV L(lVCI When you'can shov the posses_sion of a hundred thousand-dollars you can have her..he said grimlyln answer to Clyde Brown : manly petition. Un- til then I'll hear no more about -it." ' You can never do it',-sobbezd i3essie when they stood `alone in the moon- light by the road a few moments later, while her father watched "angrily from the window. Fortunes are wonder- fuly m_ade in these mines sometimes, but none will fallto us." i ' ---u --v.-- u-,-- -v--- -- --~ Don't bot discouraged, my precious Queen Bess,.Clyde returned, with all a liver : unreasonlng fondness. Only trust In me through all and wait for me, no matter what may happen. Will you promise me that?" ' AV_.I--j 1 .:III S-_..-..LI f-.. I---1n. gr`. gov----vw --v u---w Indeed I will, dearest! You knewe that I would before you asked, she .murmured, AButV do not try me too much, for father is as hard as a rock." 111 __.__L _. -1... A__ _:I_lI_ ....... nguuvua, ova a-use-v. cur cow -w.- -- -u -v`--- ``I must go away for awhile, my darllng.- Somewlgere "tn yonder end- less chain of mountains a tortune is waiting for me. I feel lt--I know It as well as It it were already in my grasp,'f he answered in solemn earnest- ..- .. . .. . .1` __-_'I_- _-.n _L- uyw-0 God grant that if may be so. she added. A C I_____ L- AL- XE; then she walked slowly to` the house. to her father : great relief. __.-L _._..._l__.. fII__J- "I-A. LL- The next morning Clyde "left the town fully equipped for a prospecting tour, and quite alone excepting the three large dog]: which followed se- dately at his heels. _--_ 1)..-- LL- ....l_.- .-'I..l..I. In- voavu aw an cw--'- nc LIV ' yes, ru lock inncheon, I said. and I took him down mu-s, placed him in a, cell` and: then ordered a lunch for him from a- night- hawk wagon. I hardly believed him guilty of any crime WhI?lteVer._ huthis face betrayed this hunger. and I felt charitably inclined. Before I `went of! duty in the morning I _told the teiiow that I should have him sent up as at a|.v..- v-- vagrant, and it was then` that be told f me his story in such words that`! could no longei doubt him. The result you know. He was the murderer sure enough. and he returned to` Missouri to be tried and hung for his brutal crime. f One night a year or so later as I was eating my lunch at midnight an old woman who ran a laundry entered in an excited state andvasked me if there 5~3{{'up and giveiyou a : was such a street in the city as Desoto. E I told her there was. It was a`- narrow. wretched street in the toughest quarter of the town. Then she asked me ii. there was a cheap hotel called the Lincoln House on the street. Again` I answered in the atlirmative. It was a resort or bad men and had beenraided _ several times. bvvvv-v iv. ---v u-wv--. ` For some time the prize which he sought eluded him, but it came to him at last in 3 strange manner. _ 3-- _LL-.. a_n__n.... AL- .......- CU Jinn. can : -v----3v ----.--- One day; after following `the course of a. noisy, shallow stream into 9. nar- row valleyhemmed In by lofty moun- tains, he camped at the foot or I. gigantic tree near the water. !I\I._ 3-..- .-I.l_- uunAnnI`uu nu`; nI|I.Aa` . gnauutnv snow any-o vviovvnv The dogs whlned haveasily and sniffed` at uhole among the roots of the tree, but he called them away and went on building a are to cook supper from the loose wood and branches around. _ _-_S_QI I._ .v:"'1,~To1:'v"t`!.1I1';-th::.VTl1:;';s_-1:e;i;, he mused aloud, I wondenit 1'11 and any game hereabout_.- - A. IL I_ -----A`- 3: kn`. xnnuuuuu Ann- Elli? Il\r5 As It in answer a halt grown deer came down to the stream on the oppo- site. bank not many rods away. vA. -;___-.1 _u.1. -_- n--J. .-.......l......1 III BU. Uuuu av . It stopped: with one "to-ot.\ 1'pra!sed, an-no-.-J -11 and looked at the dogs with startled . eyes. The `next Instant the report at Clyde : rie rang out, the deer leaped Into the air, sprang forward (and tell Into the `stream, from which it was soon dragged by the dogs. I'I--A. AL. ..I.... -.-J- Iuun L`-A causing` WVVII \D&IDa.v\D IIJ But the echoes at-Jade by the report In-Iraivv . had not died out among the hills before another sound aroused them again. mzvuu-awn av`---- -------- -._':. .._.__- It was the seream, or an angry pan- ther from the mountain behind `him, and it waefinstantly answered by an- cther on the right and yet another far down thevalley on the left. tuI__.I_ 1.--..-) 4.1.- A.` I.l...I.... .._-- J-I..- 1507! II one. vac up-V - Clyde heaped the dry limbs upon the re. and the dogs. usually` as brave as lions. whlned plteously as they skulked close to his feet. . - ` , AAI,I__.__ -___n-;-_ A-_ to avi- e v;ai.t-e`d-.inbreathless anxiety for several minutes. but could hear noth- ing except the. crackling of the tire. which now threw_ a wide circle of light, _a'nd the night. wind among the L__--_ e B`a.`Vu `q--- 1 - - - - ` - v - xvi If I will surrender myself. wlli yu . `end, out for a goodluncheon? I have had nothing to eat 1301- two days." ' an-n....+ nu-Irnn urn van -onlll-u A0919 ! UOVVSI 8oon._following a magnetism` which `he could not "account for, he xed his h gaze upon a tall tree near the base or . the mountain` and encountered the `glare of twoerce yellow eyes. A _-..A.I.-_ -.-_ -......-I.8-u-n Lknnnn quantum -punnv we -vvv u-vovw iv-v vv V`---- 2 A panther. waecrouchi 3 there -upon 1 long limb, every nerve of his body In -r'i`.<;.:1m and tire at him was the im- pulse ot-a second. and the tawny brute sprang outward, with a snarl of rage and pain. and tell squarely 1nto'tho_ III V0 ` There was_ en unearthly shriek. a smell or burning hair, a shower of coals and lighted wood. then the brute stood. wounded a'_nd_ bllnded. near the .L__- 1 III I95! I e.kll1e:1.';1`1`ewa nd sent the others howling" in a safe di`stance,,before their -Inahytet .-'onld`_ Surely aim; the qeconn, b.ull0_t.~Wh!h.' A = . . - . . ` 1 ' ` j- __'_.. ...`_L ..n- Jam-nbnnt Ann bani: Isntu. ` At him. boys. at him! cried Clyde. And this dogs _closed- on him; but. woundeds he was. he was more than ; .1; match tohthem. ` - ....-._q __.- --.'-.1 _..._1` AC . -L|'.-.... Vb, VV~IgJ.\.u Iitllbu-Ia.-noun Iuu . . ,- A /_ HQ WI: not mqtant` soon. >h9W` `VIVA _uIn_ ucuuc , V - "`1?nz`;`ft`1=:'ai_d'y5??jfd)r y oi'1 now? he rId- co_o ll_y= slghtingrjuzjother panther diretly `between the 81!t1llgt!ng eyes; ,q ___g _,__,____ --1_1- ._|..n.. 4.1..` Iuvvnavu 9 ' There was :2 smile ofsatisfaction on his face when he had nished this ex- amination, and when he" crept forth [ into daylight again he muttered. . tweaking B_rave s ears until the dog i yelped in pain and wonder: AlI\-_--_ ?I-.._ 1.. _..I._- 'lI___.-I "I`.A-A - ,n5u uvu-....., -- -.._ _-_ -..- ..-. What crime are you ~guIlt.;6t? ? [I asked without much interest. 4:11..-Ann 1 DIN nnn Ilihn `r"`.`A4` `fever; to:*"~tr_:?- time tram #119 am-11:` `c'n\'erAh'Xi3`fli'<-;a'd; - '__- _._.III I.. ....l.~.1 .IlloVVCVr_l:I ILIIG )3; -N He dfliprung` itsld, while` time i "animal. tell,` 7stmc_k' -:{_the. ground. with a V heavy thudi clawed the and air } convulsively tor a few seconds and then I lay quite still, - - - :un|_n.. 2- ....4.;.n_L. a_a........4I-... n u-v\nII'tID_ II? `W69 SOIQJI ! tawny bodies,-, the dead` dog * and the tskulking living ones, while he threw I fresh wood upon, the scattered tire and peered in every direction. Meow! Meow! - Sst-t-ti" He turned sharply to see the heads of two panther cubs thrust out of the hole near the tree, their ears laid close to their round heads and their eyes sweep- ing the scene in erce inquiry. ur-I-_ n._e A __'_._-I_._ A_...n_ _-..L_ I'D..- `_'11hl_s= isitetttng interesting, mutter-` p edOiyde;g_rlmly, eying the two huge. i K can. UInI\a Iawwnnv can vuvw ---\`\--.a- Ha, ha! A regular family party I've stumbled on, laughed `Clyde. "S-s-5! Seek em, boyst". ' V A _$ AI__ L_.__ __-II-S ____ I_.ILA-- _.-L L; And the phlled one kitten out to his `death, while the other scrambled back In the hole. T i "W" '" '" "M Suddenly there was a slight noise in [the edge of the forest. and . two half grown panthers came cautiously into the circle of the light, snitng the air uneasily and evidently afraid of a trap. rnL_ _____II -4 LL- __-__I_-.1 L_!._ ....J The Light of Life. Love. unrest and sorrow always journey together. You have heard the old proverb. therefore sometimes the l love of my son makes me sad. Some- . times love begins too well to end well. j You know that the` fact of one s own A life having been unhappy makes one f tremble for the happiness otzthose we ` Jove. It seems to me as if life was ;composed of dreadsborn of love; di- ' rectly a woman loves she dreads for the happiness of the loved one. You 3 see, _the past gives us regret, the pres- 3 ent sorrow and the future tear-at 1 eighteen one adores at once, at twenty one loves, at thirty one desires. at forty ` one reilects. _._A ` I-n-`cu--u_-cg vv-`nu-an no--u--nu vu -- w w The smell of the scorched hair and the blinding glare of the re puzzled` them. } But Clyde did not wait for them to become satised of the safety of an at- tack. He fired two shots in quick suc- 'l cession. killing ope animal and badly wounding the other, which the dogs at- tacked at once. ` When the sharp, short fight was over, one dog limped back to receive .the praise of his master, while the other lay deadrbeside its dead toe. T ll`7-__ -..3 `I _._- _1_.__ _.j 15..-..- ...- --d --V-n-_-ow--`pg ---u -'-- -v-- ; "You and I are alone now, Brave, my boy, said his master, patting the dog s head. Well. when daylight comes we ll ,see after that little Varmint in the 5 hole. - . _ -._ . A mz;*;""i '.:.'nm:f.;;.;~~.%..... kilfed the Boltons out west. 2 -- V ..v.. YIII Innlz vnn Inn and lI'IIn-Inna. _ ; The night passed without further molestation. but Clyde kept the tire burning brightly while he busied him- self. in skinning three of the panthers -the one which had sprung into the are being worthless. * rI'\__ ____-._-. __-_._.4._-___ -'I..__L_.. _..-I- uuav -v-an-3 vv V- -can-`nu Two were monszsous "brutes-A-male and female, evidently the parents of the smaller pair as well as the kittens. AAL- __ - _-_. -___-_._ u_..--I_A__;_ -1 _ . _ _ ;- '7'L:'t';'TeE3.Is'b;i;Es2} ?3Ht2Ii_ venison be enlarged the hole with his pick an] shovel, and, after examining _ his revolvers, crept in cautiously with a lighted torch, while the dog remained outside protesting against such tool- hardy conduct by dismal yelps and whines. ' `The envity under the opreading roots was deserted, but 0; larger opening led. Into the rocky mountain side. and through this the astonished young man crept, to and himself in 9. natural cavern. .. q q a .1: C :1 `nsavuvt . The oor of the cave was" covered with bones, and a neatly made nest of sticks and leaves was in the corner. , IDOPE. `run I up..- He soon discovered and killed the kitten, but could find no signs of any -`Bvut Clyde did {io't"x}3t1ce me's;;' he was examlnirg the rocky sides, which` were of a 1.wc'ullar~4`veined grayish _.A_--- gvnlauu an. `guy... u---a VIII-Ia`:-u Queen Bess ls mine, Brave! There : gold enough there to satisfy even George Randolph. I should say, and I claim it as the panther : bequest. rv-_..__- 1-n-_.1-I_|_ --_-I_1 ..-_. _- -.--.. nu-can-n av u--v -v-up `aw---v---- - -- -v--.- George Randolph could say no more, `although he insisted on visiting the mmther s den to see for himself. nan-Inn; `A-m dung `nn`p1v ,7 |-|l\ an-vn up `av -uvv nva. ----~v m:.S'ome fol;-3 Ire 1ucky,"V he 1-A-dmltted reluctantly. If that mine is worth one hundred thousand dollars, you can have her, for a Randolf never goes` back` on his word. _, ,1 AI, , Q1; 1 uaun manna`.-II Now. let me tell you. she continued. growing more excited as she talked. Soon after I went to bed tonight I had a dream or being on Desoto street III-was van anon! vv van-u That was only a. year agogandythe mine has already netted its owner over gran AAA vvgvvvu But he regard: as a dearer prize the loving wife who, rules his heart and home-his -Queen Bess. Vnnv awnawwswu } However unhappy one is, in time, not at once. one lights a little torch called ` patience to guidethe footsteps. It ick- s ers at rst and threatens to go out, but with care and perseverance it can `be kept _alight. Sometimes a shroud en-1 I velopes it, but as time goes on it gath- ers strength and brightness and its rays . shine out all down the hill of life. Then . we know that it will last till in God's Tgood time comes the greater iight.,-- " Violet Tweedale in Her Grace's Se- i The Paris Smile. 3 One of the most charming things in Paris is the smile with which the working class and the selling class F meet their employer and their victim. i If one couldqonly make the American - saleslady and servant` undertand that .. its value is `above rubies in the domes- 1 tic_ routine! The smile is one of the ; secrets of French mercantile success; % especially -with the -Americans, They crime we bny.esan ;':t`h!.'a...._,>..t..h'.-a.t'-.'. ` . '-You will nd it I pleasure to point to the clean things from out establishment. ' We wash them clean, iron them arefullv. No garment soiled in anv department. The water We use uiakes your clo\hin sweet and attractive 3 the care we usc;prcvents rough edges or ftayed ends. T ` A ` T emu Imm;... THAT ARE CLEAN In onn woman zmmrum m an uormn `swam and entering that hotel. I passed in at. the front door and up two ights. and in room No. 7- I saw a drunken man lying in bed with his clothes on. There was a glass with some whisky in it on a stand near by- I call hima drunken man, but he was more sickthan drunk. He moaned in pain and tossed about. and while I stood looking at him be : shivered as -with cold and was `dead. Then two men came into the room and searched his pockets and tool: out I___ large roll of bills. They went out toi"' a few minutes, and _when they returned` they carried the body down stairs. out through at back door, and they were crossing the yard in the direction of the river when I woke up. You may call me silly. sir. but I'm sure murder has been done in that house." J BARBIE > STEAM LAUNDRY. cement, culvert Pipe, Field Tile, [Destroys all Gems in the blood am; so prevents all diseases that arise from foi it oxidfzies the blood with its wonerful oxydizing `properties so that no disease can exist therein. Make nb mistake! Th]! is the GREAT Scott in thelabove lines. 0ffice--97 Dunlap Street, Barrie Patented In May, 1900. 1 Gu arVanteed by Manufacturers. ` Ask Your Dealer for Them. { (T (is; Oxvgi.-.nator," for Catarrh. Colds and La. Grippe. an'unfa.il1'ng remedv. . so CENTS PER BOTTLE. Sold at Ban-re by JNO. WOODS, Druggist OR THE GXYGENATOR CO. . 4o-ly 22 Harbord Street. Toronto. Ca. DO YOU use: voun -- % A Neighbors Telephone ?{ v...- -vo-V no. -onoqv an-vs--vv The woman's earnestness impressed me. but policemen are a hard` headed _ lot. To arouse one of the sleeping ex-`vi tras and send him out to investigate a ` dream was an absurd idea. I had told a the laundress that I could do nothing ' light of her tears when a couple of `after talking the matter over they i l in the matter and had tried to make i reporters sauntered in. I had the woman relate her dream to them and ` suggested that there might be at good. item in it for them. They could take longer chances -than I could. and agreed to go out to the street and hotel in company. - Before doing so they ? questioned the dreamer as to the look `f of the street and the house named. To our surprise. she gave accurate de- scriptions. I felt positively sure that she had never traversed the street in her waking moments. but yet she located a coalyard. 8 cool)?" " 31101). a` heap (of building material and other things which she had seen in her ' dreams. ' She described the hotel as of brick with 9. Been front. She said there were eight bedrooms on the sec-_ ond floor and that the d001'3 and th_' woodwork were paiDt_9d'V3. "Pi-*9 `91'- I felt considerable interest in themst-1 ter before the rcporttl "37 ."n called up the patr0lW,m- 3- tut-`bat. and ordered him. to `rendertvllli #519`-a ence hecouid. l ` A- _.J.I_` A.-.A.I.A -Aulnna" nli"