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\#Why, 1 actually believe old Trenâ€" is excited." two hours after the departure of & captain and Trendon there were ‘.@ull times on the quarter deck of the E;Wolverlno. Then the eurgeon came sback to them. + **~ "Billy was right," he said, ~ *"But hbe didn‘t tell us anything!" _eried Ives. "He didn‘t clear up the ~ mystery." . "Dr. Trendon," said the captain, apâ€" 'pendng. "You will please to go with 5" to the schooner." _ ""Yes, sir," said the surgeon, rising bfl his chair with such alacrity as draw from Ives the sardonic comâ€" § fis«hflom-& No Ision. No leak. Hofl i. a: hit. No evidence of fire mdu. I tell you," said Bily d pathetically, "It‘s given me a beadache." _ "Perhaps iIt‘s one of those cases of mj&t Foreythe spoke of the other "" said Ives. *The crow got frightened at something and ran away, with the devil after them." "No wilder than the facts, as you give them," was the retort. "But how about pestilence?" suggestâ€" ed Barnett. ' \ ®But crews don‘t just step out and Kl around the corner and hide when they‘re scared," objected Baruett "That‘s true, too," assented Ives, *"Well, perhaps that volcanic eruption jarred them so thit they jumped for ~*That‘s. so," milmitted the ensign gloomily. "Maybe they Cled fast, and the last suryiyor, after the bodies of the rest were overboard,~ got delirious and jumped after them." _*Not if theâ€"galley fire was hot," said Dr. Trendon briedy. "No; pestilence foesn‘t work that way." "Did you rlook at the wheol, Billy?"* asked Pres. ~"Did < 12 _.There‘s auother thing. Wheel‘sâ€"all right, but compass Is uo good at all. It‘s regularly bewitcbed." "What about the log, then?" "Couldn‘t find it any where. Hunted high, low, jack and the game; everyâ€" where except in the big, brass bound chest I found in the captain‘s cabin. Couldn‘t break into that." ders?" â€" "Pretty wild theory, that," said Edâ€" wards. . "Dr. Schermerhorn‘s chest!" exclalm ed Barnett. "Then be was aboard." .. "*No, it isn‘t all," said Barnett gently. *There‘s something else. Captain‘s orâ€" "Ob, no. Captain Parkinson doesu‘t take endugh stock in my report to tell me to wi id anything," said Edâ€" war a trace of bitterness in his ypicé."."It‘s nothing that 1 believe myâ€" "Well," said the cusigu hesitantly, "there‘s a~sort of aimosphere about that schooner that‘s almost uncanny." "Oh, you bid the shudders before {on were ordered to board," bantered ves. ht uie apartciry a‘vir s *So the captair didn‘t take kindly to* your goâ€"lookâ€"see?" questioned Ives of Edwards. * "As good as told me I‘d missed the point of the thing." said the ensign, fushing. "Perbaps be can make more of it himself. At any rate he‘s going to try. Here he is now." "Well, hbe isn‘t aborrd now," said the ensign grimly. "Not in the flesh. And that‘s all," be added suddenly. self, anyhow." "Give us a chance to believe it, sald ‘Ives. "I know it. 1‘d have thought it was one of those fool presentiments If I were the oniv. ong 4pâ€"feelâ€"it. _ But the men were difeCied Too." They kept toâ€" gether. like frightened sheep. And 1 heard one say to another, ‘Hey, Boney, d‘you feel like some one was aâ€"buzzin‘ your nerves like a fddle string? Now," demanded Edwards plaintively, "what right hbas a jackie to have "That‘s strange enough about the compass," said Barnett slowly. "Ours is all right again. The schooner must have been so near the electric disturbâ€" ance that her instruments were permaâ€" nitutly Rerem@em* oo co 0 0 0c nerves?" "That‘s what," said Trendou. "One thing Billy said," he added, waxing unâ€" a«isually prolix for bim, "was truer than maybe he knew." "Thanks," murmured the ensign. ‘Nhnt was that?" "Â¥ou said ‘Not a living being aboard.‘ Exact words, hey ?" "Well, what of it?"" exclaimed the ensign excitedly. "You don‘t mean you found dead"â€" mhu human nor other," pursued n, f: "What!" «.*Wood scattered around the galley. umbs on the mess table. Ever see wooden ship without cockroaches?" "Keep your temperature down, my boy. No. You were exactly right. Not a living being aboard." "Thanks for nothing," retorted the COPYRIGNHT. ‘1oe?. BY M.CLURE,. PHILLIP3 & ~CQ AE MYSTERY| Bp STEWART EDWARD WHITE And> SAMUEL HOPKNS ADAMS Death Lurks in the Kidneys ! They are Responsible for Nearly Half of the Human IIHs. Yes, death lurks in the Kldne‘y. These delicate » organs are a receptacle for all the poisons that Mss fimnlnm in the entire system, Few peoxre reaâ€" y ze how quickly disease of the lldnczl evelop 2 into the noamgrm form of Bright‘s Discase, J T\ Sometimes the flhpohond.nndhoayv * dj appears. Thenervous Emhamm& Li went * n | fell to Dr. â€"";:hond, and convulisions occur. Por at least balf a century the most eminent minds in the medical have been puazled to find a nefi‘lor Kidâ€" o Hrodk i nal . for no remedy "Don‘t believe such a thing exists," said Ives. "Found a dozen dead rats. No sound or sign of a live one on the Laughing Lass. No rats, no mice, no bugs. Genâ€" tlemen, the Laughing Lass is a charnel ship." "Dr. Trendon, you will please to go with me to the schooner," "Never particularly Investigated the matter." . "Not a cockroach on the Laughing Lass. Ever know of an old booker that wasn‘t overrum with rats?" "No, tor any one else, Not above water." £ "No wounder Billy‘s tender nerves went wrong." said Ives, with irrepressâ€" able flilppancy. "She‘s probably baunt. «d by cockroach wraiths." "ITe‘ll have a chance to see," sald Trendon. "Captain‘s going to put bim in charge." "Rj way of apology, then," sald Raruett, . "That‘s nretty aquare." "Captain Parkinson wishes to see you in bis cabin, Mr. Edwards," said an orderly, coming in. s "A pleasant voyage, Captain Billy," sull Ives" "RBing out if the goblins git yer.® Fifteen minutes later Ensign Ed wards, with a quartermaster, Timmins, the bo‘s‘n‘s mate and a crew. was beading a straight corrse toward hbis first command, with instructions to "keep company and watch for signals," aud intention to break into the brass bound chest and ferret out what clew tay there if it took dynamite. As he boarded Barnett and Trendon, with both of whom the lad was a favorite, came to a sinister conclusion. "It‘s poison, 1 suppose," said the frst officer. _"And a wighty subtle sort," agfeed Trendon. "Don‘t like the looks of It." He shook a solemn head. CHAPTER Iv. N semitropic Pacifc weather the unexpected so seldom happens as to be a negligible quantity. The Wolverine met with it on June 5. From some unaccountable source in that realim of the heaven scouring trades came a heavy mist. Possibly volcanic action, deranging by its electric and gaseous outpourings the normal course of the winds, had given birth to it. Be that as it may, it swept down upon the cruiser, thickâ€" ening as it approached, unti! presently it bad spread a curtain between the warship and its charge. The wind No log; compass crazy; without fog signal; I don‘t like that craft. Barnett ought to have been ordered to blow ‘ber up as a perii to the high seas." died. Until after fall of night the Wolverine moved slowly, bellowing for the schooner, but got no reply. Once they thought they beard a distant shout of responsé, but there was no repetition. j "Probably doesn‘t carry any fog horn," said Carter bitterly, voicing a general uneasiness. "We‘ll pick her up in the morning snrely," said Forsythe. ‘"This can‘t last forever." Nor did it last long. An hour before midufght a pounding shower fell, lashâ€" jug the sea into phosphorescent whiteâ€" ness. It ceased, and with the grow! of a. leaping anfmal a squall fuâ€" riously beset the ship. Soon the great steel body was plunging and heaving in the billows. It was a gloomy comâ€" pany about the wardroom table. Upon each and al! hung_an oppression of anirit. _ Cantain P¥¥igimon came grom Bis cabth RifI webt on‘déck. ‘Constftuâ€" tlonally he was a nervous and pessiâ€" mistic man with a fixed beli¢? in the conspiracy of events, banded for the undoing of him and his. Blind or duâ€" biona conditions racked his soul renl danger found him not only pared, but even eager. Now his was a plcture of foreboding. face but canerticen o rery Ht k be uboo!;w necessary t:fizfi‘ Beom To Be Naturc‘s Provision Fos Keeping Man Healthy and Wardâ€" THE FRUNTS OF THE that fll“t‘hoh% act tg Liver, ‘kmm .;l- These the organs that rid h". of. dead tissue and vu? ind the {ruit julces dh;‘"l.m up to 3‘:"wmf'. body :_Iul and h.m“ "Parky fooks as if Davy Jones was pulling on his string,". observed the Sippant Ives to his nelghbor. . ® "Worrying about the schooner. Hope Billy Edwards saw or heard or felt that squall coming," replied Forsythe, '"m‘u.um ‘to the anxiety that all fel "He‘s a good sailor man," said Ives, "and that‘s a stanch little schooner by the way she bandled herself." "Ob, it will be all right," said Carter confidently. "The wind‘s moderating "But there‘s no telliag how far out of the course this may have blown ~ But â€"few people eat enous & experimenting, ent . Iuices, pf "appleg. (orangen , flm" and & i pm(::a fi 'ugg a way t l’.:‘lâ€" sinal action is many times multipHied. Then â€"he .added: valuable tonics and made the ¢ombination into tabletsâ€" callâ€" 20 "Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives." ‘They are max.- ture‘s cure for Oon-ug:hn. Indigesâ€" tion, Biliousness and mach â€" Trowâ€" Imore peampt and effectivee . Bold 08 more e Senlers at 50c,. a boxâ€"6 boxes for 1!.50â€""1-! size box 25¢. Frultâ€"aâ€"tiver Amited. Ottawa. He left behind him a sfient crowd His return was prompt and swift. "Come on deck," he said. Every man leaped as to ap ordcr. There was that in Forsythe‘s tolce which stung. The weather bat cleared somewhat, though scudding wrack still biew ncross them to the westward. The ship rolled beavily. Of the sen naught was visible except the arching waves, but in the sky ‘they behbeld again. with a sickening sense of disasâ€" ter. thit pale and lovely glow which I:~! so bewildered them two unights "Anything new?" asked Dr. Trendon. The navigiting officer shook hbis head. "Aren‘t you feellog a little that way yourself?" said Forsythe. "I am. I‘ll take a look around before I turn "The aurora!" cried McGuire,â€" the paymaster. "Ob, certainly?‘ replied Ives, with earcasm. "Dead in the west. Comâ€" mon spot for the aurora. Particularly on the edge of the south seas, where they are thick!" > "Then what is it?" ' Nobody bad an answer. Carter hasâ€" tened forward and returned to report. "It‘s electrical anyway," said Carter. "The compass is queer again." "Edwards ought to be close to the solution of it," ventured Ives, "This gale should have blown him just about to the center of interest." "If only he isn‘t invoived in it," said Carter anxiously. "I don‘t know," said Carter slowly. "Somehow I feel as if the desertion of the schoomer was in some formidable manner connected with that light." (ar "What could there be to invoire him?" asked McGuire. For perhaps fifteen minutes the glow continned,. It spetged to be nearer at nWha thai®on thé former signtilg. Sut 1t took no comprehensible form. ‘Then it died away and all was biackness again. But the officers of the Wolverâ€" ine bhad long been in troubled slumber before the sensitive compass regrined its exact balance, and, with the shifting wind to misJead her. the cruiser had wandered by morning no man might know how far from her course. Al} day long of June 6 the Woiverine, baffled by patches of mist and moving rain squalls, patrolled the empty seas without sighting the lost gchooner. Theevening brought an envelops of fog again, and presently & light breese came up from the north. An hour of it had falled to disperse the mist when there was borne down to the warship a fiapping sound as of great wings. The fiapping grew louder=wanedâ€" ceasedâ€"and from the lookout came a starboard quarter." "What do you make it out to be?" came the query from below. Fae There was a pause. ‘There‘s her port light now, Looks to be turning and bearing down on us, sir. Coming dead for us"â€"the man‘s voice roseâ€"â€""close aboard; less‘n two ship‘s lengths away!" C uts ut«-mflmwn‘ curtain parted. | ‘There sllently and swiftly the Laughing Lass. Down she bore upon the greater vessal until it seemed as if she most ram, but all the time she was yeering to windward, and now she ran into the wind with a castanet rattle of sails. Bo closg aboard was she that the enger eyes of Uncle Sam‘s men peered down upon her empty decks, for she was vold of life, Behind the cruiser‘s blanketing she pald off very slowly, but presently caught the breeze full and again whitâ€" ened the water at ber prow, Forget ting reguiations, Ives halled loudiy: . "Aboy, Laughlig Lass! Aboy, Billy Ed wards !"* & & Ko sound, no animate motion, cate Barnett came down, dripping. "‘Ship‘s lights three points on the ing Off Disease, s t M Ce d T2 W w 2e k s euecn ves was sent aboard the schoouer to -m.mmcq-u-: tion." The : boatsâ€"were all there; was intaetâ€"as lutact as anmmu&rflm the . cheery, ~lovable easignâ€" avd : his men had vanished without trace or clew.. As to the how or the wherefore they might rack their brains without guessing. ‘There was the beginning of a log inâ€" the ensign‘s handwriting, which Ives had found with high exâ€" citement and read with bitter disapâ€" pointment. Wn-.,a.:'mm'nm "Double reefed ‘ber, and she. took it nicely. Seews a seawortby, quick ship. Furtber search for log. No result MHave ordered one of the crew who is a bit of a mechani¢ to work at the brass bound chest till be gets it opeu. Heâ€"reports marks on the lock as if somebody had been trying to pick it beford him." There was‘ ho further entry. "Dr. Trendon is right," said Barnett. "Whatever happenedâ€"and God only knows® what it .could have beenâ€"it happened just after the squall." "Just about the time of the strauge glow," cried Ives. s 5 It was decided that two menâ€"and a petty officer should beâ€"sent aboard the Laughing Less to make her fast with « cable and remain on board over night. But when the order was given the men hung back. One of them proâ€" tested brokenly that he was sick. ‘Trendon after examinktion reported to the captain. "Case of blue funk, sir. Might as well be sick. Good for nothing. Othâ€" ers mren‘t much better." "Who was to be in charge?" "Congdon," replied the doctor, namâ€" ing one of the petty officers. The man besitated, looking miseraâ€" ble. Finally he blurted out, not withâ€" out a certain dignity: "I obey orders, sir." "Bpeak out, my man," urged the capâ€" tain kindly. _ "He‘s my cockswain," said Captain Parkinson. ."A first class man.â€" 1 can hardly believe that be is afraid. We‘ll ~ Cougdon Wwas sent for. "YXou‘re urdered aboard the schooner for the w:ght, Congdon," sgid the capâ€" "Well, sir, it‘s Mr. Edwards, then, You couldn‘t scare him off a ship, sir, unless 1t was somethingâ€"something"â€" He stopped, failing of the word. "You know what Mr. Edwards was sir, for pluck," be concluded. "Was!" cried the captain sharply "What do you méan?" ‘‘The schooner got him, sir. ~You don‘t make no doubt of that, do you, sir?" The man spoke in a husbed voice, with a shrinking glance back of bim. "I there any reason why you do not n ish to go?" ~ Ives was sent aboard in charge. For that night, in a light breeze, the two ships lay close together, the schooner riding jauntily astern. But not until morning fllumined the world ofâ€"waâ€" ters did the Wolverine‘s people feol confident that the Laughing Lass would not vanish away from their ken like g shane of the mist "Anywhere my officer goes I‘ll go and gladiy, sir." "Will‘ you go aboard under Mr. Ives?" § -fi‘ HEN Barnett came on deck very early on the morning of June 7 he found Dr. Trendon already up and staring moodily out at the Laughing Lass. As the night was calm the tow had made fair time toâ€" ward their port in the Hawailan group. ‘The surgeon was muttering something which seemed to Barnett to be in a foreign tongue, "Thought out any clew, doctor?" asked the first officer. "Petit Chel â€" pshaw! Jolie Cell« mene! No," muttered Trendon. "Ma» rieâ€"Marieâ€"I‘ve got it! The Matie Celeste." "Got what? What about her?" "Parallel case," said Trendon. "Sailâ€" ed from New York back in the sevenâ€" ties. Seven weeks out was found dereâ€" "Nelther was the other," said Trenâ€" Captain‘s wife‘s hem on the machine. Boats all accountrd. fof ...Np sign of struggle. Log Writtin 6 withf fortyâ€" eight hours." "What became of the crew?" "Wish I could tell you. Might help to unravel our tangle." He shook his head in sudden, unwonted passion. "Evidgntly there‘s something crimiâ€" nal in her record," said Barnett, frown« Jng at the fusty schooner astern, "Othâ€" erwise the name wouldn‘t e painted ty it is. Schermerhorn‘s work, be," repiled Trendon. “lnutoxx tion, remember." "In the name of wouders, why should l':tm. P At uW Hae i enais en ipn nty ..."‘-s'?." """":" ht a "’“'*t.fiz &% Pa{nuret Sngaetnet mt mt "Painted out long ago.. See how rusâ€" We sell | PAIN CHAPTER V. ¢ CCE s DC PENTUEE morning x .nlmum nlnhvru-lm' n‘s work, officers. woxx‘h"h > Pz ..‘ All th * fl m‘“gm thoughtfuny. . "1t‘s quite $oseibte * "Captain wishes to seg â€"botBâ€"of you gentlemed in the â€" wa . At. you plel-."mnâ€"..g. Below they found all the oBcers gathered. Captain Parkinson was p8¢â€" :&:um;hmwmu-d- "Gentiemen," he said, "we are fig ing a problem ‘which #o far as 1 know Rich and streamers of i4 W% the heavens 9n is without parailel. It is my Intenâ€" tion to bring=the schooner wildx we have in tow to port at Homwolulu. in the present unsettied weather we canâ€" not coutlaue.to tow her. I wish two officers to take charge. . Under the cirâ€" cumstances 1 shall issue no orders. ‘The duty must be voluntary." ‘That is what 1 expected," said Capâ€" tain Parkinson quietly. "But 1 bave setill a word to say, I make no doubt 4n my own mind that the schooner has twice been beset by the gravest of perils. Nothing less would hbave gi#yâ€" «T air. Fa®.uius t1Gin hig post. _ Aif of us who know him will appreciate that. Nor can 1 free myself from the darkest forebodinigs as to bis fate and that of Aiils companions. But as to the noyure of the peril I am unable to make any conjecture â€" worthy of ~cousideration. Has any one a theory to offer?" There was a dead silence. "Mr. Barnett? Mr, Trendon? Mr. Ives?" . Instantly every wan, from the vetâ€" eran Trendon to the paymaster, yolunâ€" "Is there not possibly some comuecâ€" tion between the ~unexplained light which we bave twice seen and the double desertion of the ship?" sugâ€" gested the first officer after a pause. "I bhave asked myself that over and over. Whatever the source of the light and however near to it the schooner may have been she is evidentâ€" ly unbarmed." _"Yes, sir," said Barnett â€" "That seems to vitiate that expltn‘flon.“ P i _._s L2 secsraind ais wl "I thank you, gentlemen, for the promptitude of your offers," continued the captain. ‘"In this respect you make my duty the more difficult. 1 shall accept Mr. Ives because of his familiarity with sailing craft and with "I beg your pardon, Captain Parkinâ€" son," eagerly put in the paymaster, "but I‘ve handled a schooner yacht for several years and I‘d appreciate the chance of"â€" "Very well, Mr. McGuire, you shail be the second in command." â€""Thank you, sir." "You gentlemen will pick & volun teer crew and go aboard at once. Spare uo effort to find records of the schooner‘s cruise. Keep in company and watch for signals. Repott at once any discovéery of unusual incident, however slight." Not so easily was a crew obtained. Having in mind the excusable superâ€" stitian of the men, Captain Rarkinson was unwilling to compel any of thein to the duty. Awed by the mystery of their mates‘ disappeatsnce, the sailors tLung back Filually by lemptation of extra prize money a complement was wade np. * At 10 a‘clock of a puffy, mist laden morning a ‘now and stroug crew of nine men boarded the Laughing Lass. ‘There were no farewells among the officers, â€"â€"Forebodings .. weighed. _ too heavry fot such open.expression. _ . All the fates of weather seemed to combine to part the schooner from her convoy. As before, the fog fell, only to be succeedod by squally rain showâ€" ers that cut ont the vista Into a checkâ€" erboard pattern of visible sea and imâ€" penetrable grayness. Before evening the Laughing Lass, making slow way through tha mil«ts had hacame sanarat. dbjlmmdwnmfnn the cruiser. One glimpse of her between mist areas the Wolvreringe caught at sunset Then wind and rain descend ed in furtous volume from the south east. The cruiser immedinately headed about, following the probable course of her charge, which would be beaten far down to leeward. It was a glooms mess on the warehip. o his cabin Captain Parkinson was frankly seasick «â€"@ condition which nothing but the ettreme of nervous depresslon ever in duced to blw go itr° seas." His eres ranged the PROBLEMS OF : CHURCH UNION « Toronto, Dec, 10.â€"Men of bigh atâ€" taintwent in .the Presby(crian, Methoâ€" noon for the opening meeting : of the annual conferenceâ€"oft~ the Joint â€" Comâ€" mittee on Church Unfon. The : mornâ€" ing. was. â€" devoted tbiefly to â€" formal motions. ~Rev. Principal FPatrick, D. D., of Winnipeg, ‘occupiedâ€" the~â€" chair until Rev.â€" Dr. Cacinan, â€" eneral ~Supâ€" crintendent of the Methodist Chuich, was unanimously .glected to the posiâ€" tion for the cusuing year. The report of the subâ€"committee on law, which was submitted at the last conference, but Jeft undiscussed, wex «ealt with in the afternoon. Practical ty~ all "the recommendationsâ€"contained in it were favorably received and will be formally passed â€"after amendments of minor detail have been made. In this connection the question of incorporation of the united _ Church came up, and the observation â€" was made by Dr. Sedgwick of Tatamagoâ€" uche, N. S., thatâ€" such an incorporaâ€" tion was disadvantagcors, because it would bring the Church within the .purview of the civil courts. ‘The answer of the Anglican General Synod to the invitation to discuss a@ possible union with the other Churâ€" ches was read. Before any discussion could take place it was decided â€" to have the report printed in full, and it was announced that nothing â€" was toâ€"be given to the gencral public reâ€" garding its contents in the meantime. It is understood, however, that obâ€" _ections of a theological and doctrinal nature were brought out ‘The _ imâ€" pression was gleaned from the hasty reading of the report that the Church of England viewed any â€" proposal of union with rather tess . disfavor than upon former occasions. * The next President has a boyish, sincere enthusiasm that ma‘ es friends. He has just as boyish and j st as sinâ€" cere enthusiasm in swearing at things when he believes they are going wrong.. The swearing is of the robust kind that seems to supply necessary ‘adjectives to properly express feeling, never coarse, never vulgar, and never giving the impression of sactilege. Among the _ promfnent . clergymen present were: Rev. Principal Patâ€" rick, D. D.; Rev. Professor Bryce, D. D., and Rev. F. B. Duval, D.D., Winâ€" nipeg; Rev. R.TP. MacWay, . D.D., Toâ€" ronto; Rev. E. D. McLaren, _ D. D., Toronto; Rev. W. D. Armstrong, D. D., Ottawa; Rev. D. M. Ramsay, D. D., Ottawa; â€"Rev. W. T. Herridge, D. D., Ottawa; Rev. Principal Scrimger, D.D., Montreal; Rev. A; T. _ Love, Quebec; Rev. Dr. A. Carman, 6Rev. Dr. 8. Cleaver, Toronto;. Rev. Dr. 8. D. Chown, Torouto, Rev. _ Dr. _ N. Burwash, Toronto, Rev. Dr. W. T. Shaw, Montreal; Rev. Hugh Pedicy, Montreal; Professor Warriner, D. D., Montreal; Rev. Principal. Hill, Montâ€" ‘ml, and Judge S. P. Leet, K.C., ontreal. The two most obvtous phases of Mr: Taft‘s characterâ€"his good nature and his stern, serious strengthâ€"are shown in two views of his face. The profile shows the strong, serious, thinking man at a glance, high forehead, perâ€" fect, forccful nose and firmgsct jaw, whose lines in profile are not hidden by superfluous flesh. The full face view is of a man overâ€" flowing with kindness and humor, for one gets sight of the crows‘â€"feet tendâ€" ing upward, the pleasant curve of the lips and the eycs that constantly inâ€" quire, perceive and as quickly appreciâ€" ate. No matter how grave Mr. Tait may be, if one sits or stands facing him one never loses thought of the truth that sincere kindliness lies back of any decision that he may find himâ€" self forcedâ€" to make. > e Mr. Taft reads, when he finds time. He eats but two meals a dayâ€"breakâ€" fast and dinnerâ€"but both of _ them hearty meals. His tastes in food are of the simplest, He does not care for ‘"made‘‘~dishes of any kind. Ham and eggs in the morning and plenty . of them, and roast beef or something as simple in the evening, but plenty ef itâ€"those are his 1de _ of something to cat Mr. Taft does not simoke nor drink. He;reads mostly books on political and governmental subjects. . Cromer‘s "Egypt" is on his table now. He enâ€" joys and reâ€"reads Morley‘s "Life . of (Gladstone."" _ Anthony Trollope and other authors of his time are favorâ€" ites, and have been read a number of times. Modern novels have not interâ€" ested him, or, rather, he has not found time to interest himself in them. In his few leisure moments he has turned to authors in whom, from {frequent exâ€" perience, he knew he could trust. Oltawa, Dec. 14.~â€"The Department A Agriculiute is organizing a terce to ‘watch thevien . roads across the rivers which . sepatate Cancila [fom WHAT TAFT IS LKE WATCH T7HE IC) P __~_Barrister, . Soli¢itor, _ Not Conveyancer, etc. ~BHL St. North. Berlin. Telephone 4 1. . _ hl’l:‘l-':‘-.“: Cor, King end Fc yt I.‘l'.&l.lflfl.‘u. ®. W. upstaire Cor. King & Kb Ats., â€"Barrister, Solicitor, oungfi ete.Office oppositet curt Lonet ~ erly Peterson‘s office, Berlin, ~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Barnister, Solicitor, Notary . ablic. _ Ufice® Pepeqmats. % xt to _ new Maizet, Frederick 8t., Berl /4 8k M DR. J E. HETT, PHYSICIAN . _ AND 3URGEON, _ F G. BUGRBES. CSA Dentist. uddfeliow‘s Blick. For mutual convenience. patiests t + m“:r. distance are rafiâ€"l-ly reâ€" quested to make appointiments. Â¥ 7 Uflice: Over Bank of Hamilton, Berlip. to o .__.__ . _C.W. WELIAD D.$ i. | en o in at teapant . m.u.'nutlmu gnd Fridey of mg‘ (Thueday 1 p.m Friday ) ; m. OCTONTIUNâ€" GECEKEKL L D & D.D. 8. _ Gradusta P O e aP Di baistesnerg: +. *‘ Chicago College of Dontal Surgery, ‘and Royal Collk ge of Dental Surgeéons of Toronte ue tal Office above Mr. J. Uffelmann‘s store: Visite 8t. Jacobe every ist and 3rd Fraay ot hr:nmlh. Denti=try practaced in alt" its € ches. A. 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