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BIICIL K IIIU, L LUIU IIIJCU Ill: DIIAI: I-All TU Q` l but Lydia. E. Pink.ham s ego-2 table Compound came to me _ . an`; elixir of life ; it restored the lost 1 toes} and built me up until my good health; `returned to me. For four month: I; took the medicine daily, and each doleg added health and strength. I an so`; thankful for thehelp I obtainedthrough : its use",--Mns. Fnonmzcx DL1n~on'rn., I100? Miles Ave.. St. Joseph, Mich.-3 --5000forf`tI nu abovclttt mung? ne:uln1na$Ino{b::l:ducoL. " "5 I` uvcu vuuuvn. vv yvv--up ,........ ... a FREE MEDICAL ADVICE: T0 WOMEN. i Women would save time and`. much sickness if the wonldf write toMrs.Pinkham on-advice! as soon as any distressing s_ toms appear. It is free, an hasi put thousands of women on the right road to recovery. I . I . '._.'3 --(3000 rI_Ir7cIt If Unguuu 0] cu ; yemdacneta cannot be produced. `.4 ran-prawn Inn-at-nit: A r 1 -The above amount has been placed at our dio- posal for investment in Mortgages on Real Estate, Lowest Rates of Interest No Valuation Fee General FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE business also transacted. . --CALL OR _WRITE-- ` MONEY! MONEY! Insurance and `Real Estate Agents. Ofce--W'ith Messrs. M<:Carthv, Boy: & Murchison Solicitors, BARRIE. Ont.-6-ly. .__.., .1 D:u:M3s. Puuuuu:--Lite] hi __I_ 2__1--_1 _L__ _ __,, n,_u- 41-45 ,Drugs and Chemicals` Tln the %Kitchen VA.'(ILLA, for ice cream. for instance; BAKING Pownzw... for cakes. `One is a drug. of course ; the other a "chemical 3 and there are still otheu-SPICES of all kinds. cream of tartar, etc. The best lace to go drugs is at a DRUG ~ STOR . The druggist knows mo;-e abou hexp than other people. We keep a good drug store Come anfiek u about Kitchen Drugs. U0 IL my u.uULuc1. .-I-luv avn --v- '" ~b;Id Hick to succeed the imitation Iuust he magificently made. and we (:rig 1n:11 diamond "must have been % carefully measured. .- .7.'ID._ \Y.- MUNKMMTS onus smnil %OFF|CES TdfRENT on LEFSI -- -- nun CUT FLOWERS-Roscs, Carnations, Violets, etc., fresh every day, Bouquets-Button- hole, Handor Corsage. Funeral Tokens in any desi us. VEGETAB ES-Cele?', Crisp and Tender; Lettuce. Cabbage, arsnips, Beets. Carrots, etc. _ SEEDS--Flower Seeds. Vegetable seeds, Plants .....A Ruulha $I90.000.00 to Loan. SEED "STORE Lfuvnu I Telephone :5. JAMES. cuaasuaws oFP`Icn';-comer Brulfoid and Eliubeth"Su-cots` YARD--`l`otonzo and Bndford Stregtu. _ V "" ` `5UFYl'iI\IrIn Anyone sending a. sketch and desert ti Imlck1 ascertain our opinion free w e` Invent on is probably atentable. Com: tionn strict! comment. 111. Handbook on 1 giant. free. 0 (lost agency_1o_a_e_9*_ui3,J}f` v"vI"IIIV u -...._ - - A hgnauomely llluntnud weekly. Lament c:.- cululon or any solenttno jionrnnl. Terms. 38 3 `our: four Inontlu. 81. 80 d Dyan newodenlen. nnlll D II- on1...A..,..,` Igmxvn culluvu u; on, -.,.-.___,, 8016 byul newoaouen. ii"`ri`ic' co Navgrh Branch 609. 525 F` 81 ... Wuhmmon. D. .l"4lJD"l'.` IUW and Bulbs. ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY p-cc'("ii?a'5ti:3.irithout charge. In we Scientic Hmerican. . -_...-.......:. mnnnmd I_.a1-nut ct: oz DUNLOP-ST. BARRIE. 1 had nver `known. t_hat M r. VNu- 1:-rm kept any false gems about the Iiluciv. and besides. was it likely sthat n_ man in` his pcsition wouldlcare to run terrible (1. risk? Still I Qould nut m.-1;. re-mem beri'ng' how haggard Zuni irritable he had been of 3 late. and ziw keen in-tervest that he took in :1;-.: stock exchange inntvelligencu M I thus" speculated -on the as- t:unxiLx=: accu's:1tior `Mr. _Nu8el1t .`3x::=' if fmxxcd the door of the`-work M Mmn. H0. locked kc-unly at 1119- as a 1 1.... hate; fn FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. ..._.. .. 1:: Dunlon-St.. VTC1 :-- .. , on THE 31:51` QUALITY AT A._.'_._.'__L-- Q; GO TO Tl-1'E NEVV TAYLOR} -AND- J ' bbnuaxvnnxu, . 155 Dunlop-Sn. Barrie Jum: 30, ii _\w:1:'1~;1`inTg'T if .1l`l1.\` Lu`. . V Iv..- 3, and strangin, .b - - from its 'de.pt.hs.rg[lEa.1;$:aB130ll1;8V t stone I `had evebs .9 at famous ICr'am`pton Vklimornd` bac hem -de-pths- It `W35 the .. .1` __.._ ......;Jo.-."' {uni uvluuu k the light fromjits` many, strangia. vbrilliantt` colors 1`; :f(>: HUI IUUKUU \"'|u.:_y SOB ,_._ ::1wx`i1'1g' it would be safe to` LH". you hear anyt'hing`_ of what In the next room ?" he-;que`s- Er as nd iz:'1iH('(1 that I had. T (~ c;..a1`s;&, I" shall be-triumphantly o 19o4 UVDJ1 Lu \~\ovoco_ V... __ an Forrest, the beauty. [of the season; `But `I ey younlg` Mr. Crampton in my own: Nell - I had 9.` 1 and as pretty E3 any. ,'aoq.uitte:d."";he ahnounl}e`d. cIea;ihg' ` `his +.throa.t huskily as he spoke. "Still. .' Mr. Orampton. can make t~hinIgs`d'is'- ng4i'eea-'b1je.x: `And look hard. Wade. I. :haven t ealwayq. been `as `friendly to , . you can I "'mig'h`t. `but .I.Cnan f trust T yduu ;You ll be an inmportznjt `wit- ness. .Do what you can for `me. for . the 'grl .s sak.e." ~ ` . . 4 1 The words sounded strange. but I . was given nowtime to answer. :-for `at. that moment Mr.'Cramptdn re- _ turnexlwith two Scotland . ._Yard:' I men. My -employer. `was given into custody and taken to the',police sta- remaining' to search the premises. .11- \1-.-._'.|. L-:_._ - ___2.1.-___-.. ___:4.I_ mien . to he charged. the detebtivch ..-_..--. yv -uvwp qgg -gv rs wjuwvwv Mr. Nugent. being ~a. widower. with only one child. the management of` the business protioelly devolved on me. `and -as the detectives ransacked: the pl'ace' they _put many -questions to me as~ to where the toneb were kept. The safe: we re~all- pointed out `to them. Want they. seemed die- appointed with their operations, !._' LL- .a_-,____A_.. '41.`. A__ _.__A L- --w-. v---- `r~..--- '-;i2"~a3 tvhe eveninc they cL' to `me in "the workroom. and. holding out the "ring! that I had made" for Mr. Oramtpton, one of them mid: uII`\I. 2 _. __' __---_ -..-_I-' ...a. 4... 2.4.- :"'.l`-11.};-`$3. ? w):;u1`-u ~.w'o-rk`T.- `Q-e :1'x-1.:1e'n- s'thnd.\ In that the` stone you` set 2".` n___; 1' _..I._ _- Iva-`luv vu-w u--vv--v `v- -_ -.M7I-.;'la:ced'- at it. but .1 only "rve-` .plied';L -doonit call znyeel an ex- pert in precious stones. `and all I, can say is that `this one precisely resembles `in size, shape gan`d ap- -'pe'arance the one gven. me tq set." `II?! '1- 41. !_ _L_L-.__-_.L ---gun .4-its-stunt, 1Whil;e this statement, was `Super- ficially true. that one g'lanoe - had~ been enou`gVh to show. me that - I was not lookin1' at the Crampton 'd`ia-. mon`d. .7` -=. Wm The 'd~etectivv_es 1e'ft. saying nat I would` `have `totell all I `knew in the awitnes box. and then. just as I `was _a'bou't to lock 'ufp'.\t~he' place for the night. Nell {came in. a It was the `first `time she had {lat {me see` her `since her father had 'be en .tak- en away; V _ - -1. ,_L 4.1.- Eect `ran Iivvv -T-he fzice which I had {bought the swevtest on earth was marble white. and there were dark shadows undetj her lashes. A _r . - - ; _ "There is something' I must say -to you.-" she panted. Fsomething` I ve been wild to say all day \lest `it should be too late. but I {dared not let. anyone suspect. A month ago father confided to me that he had lost a 1g'reat deal of mon'ey,1and -he . showed me how to open a Chippen- dale - bureau. `If e anything` happens me. he said. 'don t lose a ,-moment but look into this drawer; throtw away ev-eryt`h_ing' that`y-ou will find `in the left hand pantiti-on. and keep what may he in the rig'ht.` i ` II. ` e Together `we ransacked the old bureau`. and at length Nell touch- ed the spring which o~pened_the' sec- ret `drawer. I drew in my breath `sharply. `for the light of the candle which I held struck a gleam `from; .a"pile ofvequisitely {false Jstoneb which lay in -a partition on .the left hand. ~while on the right was ~the Crampton diamond; - "' ` Al------.'l J-I...-. Au-no.8- \J1`i1.u.|pLuu uu........ .' Involuntarily I betrayed the dread- ful nat\i,r_e. of the discovery `by -an exclamation. for. left" [to herself. Nell would not have understood. But l she was -quick to comprehend. and. ..-. , LL- .........+ aha nwaved. `QUICK EU Uyujyxvuvuau; .-.._.,` realizing. `the worst. she swayed. ` stag'ge_ring `backward. My poor father-!' she moaned. as I heldnher. "He is ruined foreve;'-' and I, too! The-d-aug'hter of a convicted thief is no fit wife for an. honest. man.! " '- A` -..3`A `r \-on - -- My darling`! _You_ are a wife for a king. and. as for your father. I swear `to you that I .wi1l..save him yet. .- You? You cannot! I `tell you` that `I canuand wi1l. For . even as I spoke an idea `flash- ed into my` head which startled mg by its aud'acity._ In a moment I ad i thought out every detail. . I made up the stones". Crampton "L" ' `d `ill ; . p`m1i.t`." ("s'a'1- e`-; fully closing the ~seor_e'tgdra,w;er. and conniving it) get '-rwayywithout `being seen. went `straight tq,,.my brother's ihduse in Kent. managing to avoid- rthe service at a. Tbubpceha. Thus I was not present at the pqlice court; procceedings which would` have meant rusin for my .plan. E .'II_. \ _ ;___ ____`__ _ ____ __ 3;`- ,1 ,__ can as v a any we can; -ran-o-w .'Mr. Nugfent was committed for trial. and meanwhile I'stai~d inkthe country. working" each night in my rooAmVwith the_,too1ls I had kbrougtht with. me until the g`i"ay_ dawn `fil- tereatl` under my closed shutte&`s. 121-1,-,_ 7 _.____ _.-_. -1) -__._'I-_.._ :... When I saw, my old employer in _:the dbck at th trial. I Ivas dhocked `at the ghastly` change which had; come over ..him. ` ' The evidence at first went stead- ily against him; It was proved"'that -hei lost money heavily on (the; Stock exc-hange. AGram;pton lqwuare `t-hlat the stone in the ring de- livered to him by Mr. Nugent -s own hand was not his diamond. .0ne ex- pert testified that not only was the Htornejhe norw .ea`w 'nvo't !'he `Crampton `diamond. it was not a genuinemtone at all. but a marvellous imitation. Another was not no positive. _[He `looked at the gem through hie glass. turning` it this way and that. de- claring that in all his experience he -had` `never seen a `false atone so clev- erly executed. as this. Indeed. he was not ypre-pared to swear .'that' it "VG L313?- This was the `first ray of Iw-hich had been `thrown by the evi- dence on Mr. N-ug%n1t`s guilt: and when I went into thebox. - I was cooi now. `for -the game `I ha=d'ideterinine d ion had cost inemany a`c;qualm of conscience. But I `had no intention of cheating Mr. Orampton, swearing` falsely. or tarnishing my personal hon`or. -3 n .0 '_____ __g `L_ The preliminary quwidns of the bmsecuting' counsel `brought out the "fact that I had` desighed the. ri'ng`p setting`, and dome all the work upon } it,` .. .W'ha_t Dori: of a stone was it your em,pl-c-yer gave you to set ? was the next question, ' ` .A#_A_-I__ _'...`....-`Clog II9"I:+d 11:0- HULL quvauAvuo_ . An extremely valuable white` dia- mond. I replied. - 5 ' V ----'_- uLL.n&- -uni: an+ flntl Ullup .l .1 vyzavuu Do you -swear `that you set that ` g`enu-ine stone and` delivered the ring when finished to the prisoner? I tdo." ._ . Do you consider it possible that stone might have been taken: out and an imitation `swbstitutedf 1' ____I;: 4.11 -..,'I.... uuu an u.uu.a.|.;vuv uwwu ...... _. Certainly! But I dould tell whe- ,the1f the ring- has been tamperedv with since it left my hands. ~~ "Take this. then. "examine it. and inform `the court if that is .the stone. 9! o pluuu. xu xx. uwaq nun vvvacv ..........-,.. I ?put my `hand in my waistcoat pocket {for my jewelex- s glass. ant! the sharpest eye could not have!` seen . cha.t"I also drew. forth a,new. ring. made in the secxjet hours of: the nig'ht--an exact counterpart of the other. `except that it contained the real Crampt-on 'd`iamand. L ` r _,- j|_.J 1.- ;n..n-g:-mar -FHA `F7111- you scan. . V \ The" ring was `handed to me, nd a. Vhush `fell upon the court. The kind of lull which `denotes that a vital point in .8. cazsq has beem reache'd`. u--L _.._ 1_.._.I: :...v -nu uyninfnnnf real -U l'U.L]J.lp UUII ulausvnnuu I [pretended to examine the imi- tation with great care, while all< eyes were fixed` upon _me'.. At 1e n.g`th I returned` the `glam to my pocket.-' and with it the ring with theffalse stones I could` `-hear my own heart .\be_ating; but. -handing`. to the court usher. the new `ring. I said 'firm1y,=i'n- {reply to the wsna.pp'ish We'll ?" of the proseza outing counsel`; f ', A `-" - 4-_u.-..:;...L:......n.. -+Taol- flan uuuug Dvuuvunlg , _ 9 I swgaar unhesitatingy that the setting =of-ptvhisb ring. has not `been tampered _with, and that this is the g'enuineA diamonsd which was given me -to set.". ` ---L ....-.......Jn' +1-.n n1-mar}-o H15 *L'u acL.- . . A rustle`-went arvound" the court; .the doubting" `expert pr1c.k`e;,dAupj his \,ears; the -prosecuting` counsel with Mr. Crampton. and t}1e_ treasury so- licitor, were whispering over the rm g. . 1 .. ..1r,__'__ 1.;_._.. H ...`..A I-Inn nn11n.n] "T I5 . _"Yc~1ir honor. said the counsel, "1 ask `permission to recall the ex'pe`rt. VI Istelp-ped out df the box land the expert `stepped in. The" new ring \_v-as fput into his 11and`,ia{"frienIdly ray of sunshine lighting up the jewel. ' This is remarkzxbl-e. V he said at Las{t.( It is the `first time.I -`have ever made a mistake-.-, This stone` is genuine. I cumnot doubt it. , And so the prisoner was free.` .But when the verd'it of "Not g'uilty" was pronounced a faint groanVech- oed it, and aiudread man was taken : from the dock, A s:pasm' of the heart had -proved fatrl. .-u-_ a._.:.......-'m'..l'I' and T xvra I_1BaI"t I.1l`du -puav-cu ;u.m.-..V . six months 1a,ter`Nel1 and I .wer.a married. On our -honeymoon: were_ walking Vi-n "a[ laini.`-, ner Ilfracombeu `when 'we c_ame`face to fzice'with`Mr. Cramptqn, who was. stopping'_with his"b'ridka` in a. ne'1?g'hbo1`n-g country house. ` - - - ` _ . Ah. Mr. W -adel. he exclaimed, I haven t seen you since that _myste`rious case of_ mine. Do you; know, I lhave always since }t=hon'g'nt of yo}:-as`.-a "very-clever man 3, . anlI\`I_-._`- anon`! 1 $951". ` `very-clever man a I '.`TIhan'k you. Isa.-id, q-uietly. f'Wil1 you allow my to present you'~,`to my wie.-the only `daughter of the late -`Mr. Nugbnt 2" . ` r. Cram ton raised` `his `hat. look- with 113- hot murmured; "Ah. I underqgaq-gYj_ _~ V` ' `ed keenly 4a ? prettg Ne'l1.shook. hands. 11. an ` `La a-`--{----- "lot-0 Denite Info:-Ihctlon Wanted. Now, Wllllani." said I the man of \ business to the oiled boy.- -"I am._go1ng out to`-got ;have3"` ' '-`me:-e.; -15%.-use the:boy.i:esatauns. :1 any one` caunand `wants'jto' know yon`=gI_.re"-'-iv!!! 1' iii youve` gone .=% wt to Vwan` ._-_ -..un.. .-_. ,.. - i No one]1i.n.itool7:alwn!S:`evei;A on; NORTHERN ADVANCE 'f- T - . -. 111 was particularly ~.`pl,8a83'd 'deq',gn for the settmg. No other \ my" `Md touched it. and I g:'fe_lt hand 11,} frame, 0 to speak. z_waa= `hath of the `picture. ' . `A1 ""rt,yr3ny~ now that it wa's'nlsLh-T ` The e even` to adorn/the hanld ed ,_.-.. u~....-M- the (bdautv Evils of Gbvtnment Control - of the Liqgfoj Traffic. i T 'V (Dontinued'vtroz`n` pa-gf 3.) `couched in the above clauses of the~ I resolution. . . 4 `l'\-._2......I ILLn l\l\!1I resolution. _- During` the early months" of 1903, `the aftermath "of the Referendum . ?lcam='paig`h wasgather-ed-; gath'ere:doi n 'oittern#e$_,. in disappointment and `pain. The Pioneer. edite d 'by F. S. Spence. kept a notice in a *.promi- nent section of the paper. stating" with mraiseworthy perseverance.` "That the Referendum. vote Mar- Tants. and`_ the `people demanld the abolition of the public bar, the treat- ing` 'system. drinkin\g in clubs. and euch -other restrictions as will most effectually curtail the evils of the liquor traffic." -- m-_....--.. ........ HA 1:.` .uquuJ.' Lxuxuu. Truly -as Tennyson says. "A lie that is all a lie may be met and {fought -outright, `but_ a lie that `is halfa truth is a harder matter to fight. and the Referatndurn vote de- mands all that and very much `more. _ .lI,.L___._ .-...`I 2...`-an-u Luauua us: 1..uuu. uuu vvng ..._-_ ._-_ `B\_1t among the `flotsam and jetsam of `the campaign.` as` the * seething waters became calmer. came a new igintlerpretation of the desires of the Temperance workers of Ontario: an interpretation which is not true to the facts and which is a surprising interpretation to these same work- ers. Leading journals, among which_ I count the Globe. began to agitate for andto advocate what is called the Government -dispensary or Gov- ernment control system of the traf- fic in alcoholic beverages as a .'1`em- perance .measure. and a. very desir- able change for Ontario to make from the license `system. -- '__ -... The first session of the Legislature after `the Referendum campaign passed 'w`ithbut `any attempt to en- V act any form` of `Temperance le,'g'islaa- Wbi-on. `The second has also passed without any ?ad\_ranee in that direc- I "tion. The `Methodist Temperance` Coma imittee of the `Toronto iconfemence. met cn March .14. 1904. and endorsed the resolution already given. pray- :ing' for "restrictive legislation, instead of Prohi bition.. _ Shade of John _Wesley! Think you. if he were here`. hea_wou1d en- d-orse such compromise with evil. W-ould he approve that `bastard re- `solution which its sponsors are en- 'deavoring' to lead us to `believe \we voted `for. instead of the clear .cut [provisions of the liquor act of 1902. ;.'.In April there was called the an-'t `nual convention of the Ont-aria g -branch-of the Alliance. and although -v the assembled Temperance workers. refused to endorse the motion ap- proving` of Government control. it \ placed itself on record as approv- ing that will-o -the-wisp, that er-.. ` ratio nebulosity -of Dec. 16. When '1 the convention refused -to vote for Government control. Mr. Spence said = if he had time he. could convert * the Convention to approval ofythe I . dispensary system. 'And The `Globe. in a leading? edi- ' torial. said. "It was surprised at '-the stand taken by` the Convention. If by restricti-ens" you do not mean-.th'e ' dispensary system, please to tell us what you do mean And the Pio- . neer. whose editor is very near .the ..~Premier, and which paper is now the org`an of the Alliance says, Gov- ernment con -trol is precisely .what the voters in _Ontario wanlt, and what the Government will give them. if only there are a sufficient.'major- ity in the House to support the Premier. And furthermore, the Pioneer claims that we have al- ready -one form of Government con- trol in the license system. - __ _ _:_. ,.f 3-.4-inv-n in ng ff 8 1 LLUL nu. Luv uuv....... .._,-_-__ But, the licensing system is part] and parcel of our inheritance from our fathers. and we find it a difficult thing'_to d'isl-o-dge it. And we have?` HILL 2.. ...1.....+ C-Int: Ainnnanrv RVQ-. Lu1.u5 Lu un.uu\.u.. __. , , no right to adopt the dispensary sys-. : tem, and thereby make the fight our `children will wagre with evil more dif- , ficult than it must of necessity `. be. I They have a. right to finch the =stum'b'- _] ling blocks removed, and the pitfalls filled, so that the lame and *blind _: will find the way easy to -tread in. .3 and` the way-faring man. though. a V fool, shall not err therein. 0' `What -are the provisions of the .'dis- . .pensary system? `Briefly. they are e these; The Government .a.ppoin'ts a ' s_a1;aried'iag`eht, who sells. dispenses, `liquor in sealed packag es, with the ` Government stamp on. each package, `From half 'a ' pint to five 'g`allons,- I V have heard, is the limit sizekof the pack-ag'e. Liquor is not `drunk on the `premises; all-the profit from the V sales goes into the revenue." . - H AL t1-_-1:....-. DCLLVQ guy-u .-_-- At the time when South Carolina adopted the dispensary system. its advocates claimed` it was a Temper- lance measure.` A number of leeidinvg pen and .women' were deluded into Supporting` it."-aendntew it is almost impossible tr} ehaniga, to. any other sysbemiv . ~ A ' ... . . . __d, _.__A;__, ._,....,...... The power `which is -placed in the hands of any Government of appoint- ing its own agents. and having - a monopoly of any Vmerchandise would render the temptation very strong to make improper use of any such power. anti venture to assert, with- out `fear-of' contradiction, that any Government would -abuse such pow.-. er. In Carolina, it has been so pub- `licly. s'o'uopenfy abused that the fe- deral courts in` _a contested __case{, `brought before_ them. has` rendered decigjpn in words which every white bofnner eugi-ave Z`-~oxi" the ` tablets of 1nemo1jy.j v"V`,1`he couiiercial ' "`characte1_5 of t},1_e`_['8t a_te V undertaking _-is on"? 'the*_ WUULU :~.yuu:u.n . _ ___ "Th'ej 2`:-.espec`tab_lilib_'t3f 6`! a_ -G9vern- No heatt ment a~a it_ua.tion= and: the strength at *i9%;?:*~``1%"?#l*#***%4?*i9;~x-r %~W-L e ~i? lly` Taiid Itfenglyv an the nu; Aot_ethe_ ngmtiovn and it as most difficult to secure 8." change. This dis-pensaryeystem has been tried in sections of otherstates and with the same results -in each case". It has. proved' .its pretensions to `be jug regarded as a Temperance mea- % sure. a deception, a farce. and we: who know this must not allow such ' ` ' ` A :_ _... Cain `l____ VVLIU KIIUVV 'I.l.|ID Luunv uvv an.--" .....-._ `a `system to become 1aw.Ain cur fair Provinoe. :We. `the mothers, must %saf'eg'u'ard the babes; we must not peljmit. wit-hout `protest; without` ,fig`h`t. a vsaoeial evil like this (.0 be Inrade respectable by the'Gcvernment1 ` -'stamp,. and` thereby-_ensure_the' ruin` of our children. our most valued. pos- session. our country's most import- ant met. ' v - -- - n.._.L'|_- 11...... \ hub -a-$0. i For say the mothrs in South`, Caro- lina.` our boys who would not ex).- ter the most res'pectable1saloon. will dealat the dispensary. And for those who desire the liquor and do. not care how _it is procured. there; are low dives called blind tigers" and "3peakeasies, where they can `secure the desired `beverage. ; , LL_L :_ __.- ....-J-2.... BUUUIU Luv usqanguu ..-vvv...... Statistics show that in one section- of the country. the consumption of liquor had increased` 30 per cent., while in the same time the popula- tion .had- increased` onxly 8 -per cent. f Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens. Nation-al (President of the United States W. D.T.'"U.. warns us to beware of `the dispensary system. She quotes many of the leading` and responsible men as condemning the `system. She` warns us to beware how we credit any statement made in favor of this system. as she has lived for some time in South Carolina and knows whereof she speaks when she says the dispensary system is evil and only evil. o 1' :J._ _.-J. IA.n'I ..n`l'ln.-I -nnnn `.1'n ifnul Only cvu. V V I do not `feel called upon `;to im- pugh the motives df theadvocaterfof `this system, in Ontario, but I e `do have great pity f-pr any onq who `suf- fers from `obliquity of vision. either mental, moral or physical. ,4_- --_.... .....v ,.u,,,,,. 9",; ' 9d_ lmrepared to de`e_~nd Nell from .1! ' thought to fool me eeasily'by`3._a false Twas about to take the ring to` Mr; Nugent when Nell herself ran `t She was my employer's daugih-. 3}, and his private house was up- C mam Over the large showroom "in a Cmfclrde street. It was against all , o,u;u3m for Nell to come down '. to , my-workshop for her father disap-* proved of our engagement. `Butto- day she had been unable -`ton-eaiet we temptation at having` a peep `at the Crampton diamond. K. ' Just as she had slipped it (bu her linger and was dancing about._t'wist- -jug` her hand that /the` marve-llo-us smug mig'ht catch the light. the door opened and Mr. Nugenlt enter: a harsh` reprimand . but none came. g Her father appeared oddly preoccusl pied, merely took the ring` '-from `her, examined it earnebtlyyanld, snap- ..ix.~g'1he lid of thecase down upon it, placed it in his pocket ! and walked aW33 - A ` ' `A Next day] was sitting at work when I saw a hansom drive up and Mr. Crampton jump out. 'He came iiiastily into the showroom. which ad- joined the one where I was -sitting`. and where Mr. Nugnt was. . `A- "Sotundre1i I heard him say. and could scarcely believe my ears. "You `stone. but I am: a gbod ajudge of; jewels. aseyoui are. You are a \thie'f, ml What have you done with the diamond I entrusted to you ?- ` . Mr. Nugent answered in a` lower vtice. `What he said could not have had much impression nponi 'Mr.Ai Cramptcn. (however, for he im-pan aintly interrupted, and at last an cminous threat concerning "police" it-achod my ears. r ' 4 ' " 7 ----AA-nn+.Al\A 1:71:11 mental; LlI'Uli1l U1 klulonvuan 7 But we, whose eyes are clear an sig"ht normal. and whose moral sense. by reason of use, knows rignt from wrong. must not fail in- the duty of striving` to lead" others to see it too. _ __1---..J... ....... n.-Jar: fnIcoh :;L11vu;5 \.u Avuu v-..--.. -- ,-,, Let us educate our voters to Isee the right and do it. Let us pray that the hearts of our rulers and leg - islators may belinclincd to keepiGod s 1a`~ws.' Let us also pray that if they do not keep these laws.the`..voters` [may exercise, the power residing" in an honest `ballot and kindly elect thv;.m to private life, where` their ar- gument with death, and covenant with hell will not drag` a nation- in- `to the pit with them. V \' r ......u -1--- ... Hm` L`U Luz: pu. vvu..u LAJ\rA.La.n ` Finally, I would close with the words of*Bishop Carmichael. of Mon- treal, "One point to be careful `a- bout is legislation. Get all you can by force out ofthe Goiverznment. whe- ther Grit or Tory; but the Temper- ance %people who put faith in .`the Governments of to-day never made a.'.g'rea`ter mistake. I ___'I_I.- .........!..... nan new fn U. .5'1caLc1 lulohunvu {Until "public opinion can say to the `Premier, whoever he may be; You must obey us, or off. comes your head, little notice will be -taken-.o'f the dfemands of the Tem- perance workers. -nrrxn Q A `n A '1'.` TD A'l`,V MEETING HELD AT. PARRY sotmn` ? LAST WEEK. ` t The fifteenth anntual gathering of the Northern Association of Baptist `Churches was held at Parry Sound .last week. The Northern ;Associa- tion includes all the Baptist churches from Port Arthur to North Bay on the north and Orillia to \_Collin~g- wood on the south. ( ___-.. a....1-..... 11r\ Aw-o`rth. VVUUU.` Uu Lxxv l\.r`\A\.A4I Tuesday afternoon was taken up with the -opening` exercises. appoint- ment of committees, reading cfmrch -letters, and xjeports of associational -os.ecret,aries. In the e venin\g the -Moderator. Rev.7J. A. Grant, of Col- `ling'w'ood. gave his address, and Rev. J. `E. Chute, who is" home \from In- dia,- spoke on Foreig"n Missonis; fol- -lowed -by an address on the `work: at Grand Lig`ne, by Rev. E. Bos- - ' -..1-5,` 1'." yV`U1 Lu- :.Wednesday' morning Rev. P. K. N-Dayf-olot,-of Orillia, g`avo an expoisi-T tion of the Scripture; `Rev. E. (B. Chestnut. ~of Barrie. spoke on Bible l,St3w.ar(_l`ship,V and the annual ser- `mvon `by Rev. C. E. Scott, of Port `Arthr. followed. In the afternoon Mr. Dayf-oot ag'ai'n' spoke on.Sorip- tures.. and this `address was follow- e(l.`l'byb.`a. short report of -the Sunday. `School Secretary and an address on Sunday `School Work `by Mr. W. W. Smith of `North Bay. "The closing address .'fo_r the afternoon was by ' Pastor `F. Roadlhouse` on ;the Young` `People's Work. In the eve- ning` Rev. Mr. Bingham spoke on - Northwest Missions; Prof. Russell. i of;-Wrood'st9ock Colle'g%, on Education. 1 andf_ Rev. W. -E. Norton. Superin- stqndent of Home Missions. giave one o`I,_'hisj rousing"7'a_d d r esses on Home Missions. ' ,___;s_._l -.....n 4-ha wind-` mxssnons. . "-'1*hursd*ay morning was the wind- ing` up `session of the Associatiqn, -`anxdl in `the aft-erxroon the Womemh ion h Circle held` their mee`tix;g. `In.;t`he evening the entire sezrvxce. oO11 d*ucted `!by the `women. was one of the -best. sessions of the Associa- AL!_.. ` '11.]. I. vltxon. '.H'21CI]L'U Luy Isuzu. , I sat still. I understood well that` Mr. Cmmpton had deliberately ac- cused my `employer ? of trying` to palm off upon him an imitation` d`ia- `mend, yet I knew that "I had` set the xrucf stone and `delivered it? to Mr. .\`ug"cnt only yesterday. A _i_:n ` I-Ncutalginu and Nel'VO_usncs _w.c.`. .,........, -, ' I-IARULESB HEADAOH A . AND Nzunuqun cunt ` depression. ~`Gteatest cure eve:-`discovered. -; Chlaunothern _and85c.`~:A.|ldealcrstdirectfrom C0,, >xua`co_cA.;.V(Vlnt. Money back if ,not Fl :51 553* . "'- Q . mi N .sneIsu .;`l'-C ...::?n_`:s`s unnacl-It BAPTIST ASSO. VU1\'1Dc ` MRS. SARA F. TRACY. P'.res's .Su pt. W. (C. T.U.M I A prominent club woman, I : Mrs. Daniorth, of St. Joscph,; Mich., tells how she was curedi i- -Il2.._. -8 AL- _.-...L -...I 24.. Bflffti 76.nii"an7d':,it"s1; `accompanying puns andgnlsery by Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable} Compound. ; 1 Ct I\-A -. II-a by-u-- A .. . Y ID. I_`.I..f I-lZ}lDllLjoLI&VILE.LC.c"" C Iii dark indeed when a. woman feels ' e her strength is fading away and she has} no hopes of ever being restored. was my feeling a few months I-Z0 W136:-_ I was advised that my poor heslthiwall nnnnga `mu o\-ninnnnc An (I. ` 1 `Va VLTI UIIJU Ill W LlCCl$I`y*" ` caused by garrzhpsus or fa of .;tIII' womb. e words sound like. I: knell to me, I elt thnt my sun hadietzx Lab I'.w4IIn Dluulrlnnurnhn M1 My employer himself was a skill- ed . though not a good designer. and in the Iirncthat had elapscdlbetweem my h:mding' him the rimg and his 'mr;m.~.fe-rring`iL to the owner "he could- `haw. runuvcd the stone and replac- edit. by another. But for such sal 1 A.L- -_..:#nI>:nvn