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T'TC'VT 137 V? --F dlyalustl-atod weo;l;.-- `ll 0 Lt V . ax-.' 8 ' 4am. D! "w2:'an'3 31.. werrmmemw `m1'aAo:+Mdms C , ; Du ante cot-vma ac. onmay g.c`:e:';`g -.aentn-no; at Ioollrlnz ts. V 3` '.'.F'..`.`. ". " ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS At very Low Prices and on Easy Terms. 14-U Pt E g 12 in loci, W sjn, about s5 acres. ' ' vnsmu. Pu W ; 25 in 6th Con., about so acres. W5in6thCon. T F nAmzm-wns'1' WARD. Bradford Street, W 8-Part ljnt 34. L. Buttereld Foundry property. Bmifm-d Sh-ant. F`.R__I.nm99. 9:: :21 m vnvo E i Lot 20 in-10th Con. Lot 12, s s 7i;}-t"rS "M Lots 41 and 42 in 6th (301).. N ottawasuga. --u -uuuu ' "There seems` to have bn It hich Somewhere." she answeed. no n.......-.1'--_z. -1 4.L- "_`l-I;-I. -"...| I -S E} of 24 and of 25 in 8th Con. Water land. Planer otPu-h.|&e. poctal n Sei"i'i f'i"IicI iifican. *2-.=:...... W 4:... i?inn;f c'::'::.-.. n 1.-..'.A.......;.:I...nI...A..a.A -..n.s.. v-._..; .1.- Onto: _ V ` Yuma Rosa Block. root ot Toronto St:-no 'I"nIanIni|n_ e$agani.wueac. Itnot `Footy eatuee` anemia; for meat but it `euppliesthesamokindofnourishment that the best beef does. The ripe wheat (pnqperlv ptepated) furnidxet food 4` to brain, and muscle. ` 4 31STai;1:Vi1re As Best Gift is as carefully prepared as I the most `diligent study of thitty years of practical milling experience cambring It has the true. rich. delicate flavor of the wheat berry ii: all its fullnesg. The Tillson Company guarantee 'it the equal of any of theso-alled breakfast foods that are sold in fancy packages. Your grocer sells IT BY THE POUND :B.A.33::m,. ONT- TheTi||son co. "--vwusuu. uuu uulswuryuu {. _ _ He stepped out of the sleigh and looked over his shoulder at he : in a M166 Way Could she mean Laby- `hing? Was this encouragement? Oh. "01 It was too soon. (~'.l`o_o soon. andihe bed been in love two years!) He tn- hxtched the horse and once more placed bigielil beside his loved one.` - , STHATHY &. ESTEN, ' Solicitors, &c., Rarrin. TILSONBURG, ONT. MOLINA ROLLED? WHEAT --Dacler In COLLINGWOOD. BUNNIDALB. (Limited) 39i'di!?8: and Loan Assbciation IUOIIU I lord ? ab; 4 "'--Dcu ucuuuu ms wveu one The frosty night seemed to have sat. 3981 Upon her lips. for as they "91'15he crunching snow and left the, town behind them she was silent. "I ....._L 1 a -u u _, in... .__.I.' Special Ifucilities obred to Investors `andBorrowers. "i"' PUBL|C-Wl-y spend an moncy our ocket 6oc.amonth plaeedwiththeg. P. . and Loan Association will yield you in about 8 year: A PRESENT of $100.00, or a prot of $41.40 ovu- your monthlv pavmcnts. II-Ln 1,- n nun:-...-.. _` ---. "'i"I-'1"E1" TI'v'\'I+':"*`.""I"" a`-wh : I s...o..... wan. the o. p. gs. a. L._ Y5.'.'-`L. .`. ..?a`:...`,"'aI doubled in In years. beanie receavmg duging the in- --__.. V- V-vwu An investment safe as_.overnnient securities and much more protable, realizing th_e investor an equivau lent to :5 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter and further information call on wrvau o 7. per annum paid to you ever; In other words, for your $xoo.oo you ; interest $66 and a lump sum of $200. In; total of $266. . The Advance Pri!'"@! 95 `Dunlap-St., Ross Block, Barrie. A Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. AND UP;".`.f.1a-." `ands of . 5, after "`;`he aye, idland. Bill Heads and State1i;_,` 1\1'\~n 1 000 int our prices and see our stock ' "" Uculuu llllll UHU WEB auuuw "I must have oended her. I've prob,- fly made a break of some kind." said Llttlewood to himse. How unfortu- nate! But I must tell her tonight. Itiu. "W Or never. This attention is` too marked to pass as a me`revcourteay'-not "htWinter season. Shoknowl I,_.ne}'!t_, }`_}k any body but my mother slegh'srl:_ gm!-)efore. " V _ ' '_ V31 ! Conveyancing Blnks N per dozen q 15 Cents. Assignment of Chattel Mort gage Release of Equity of Redemp- tion ~ per dozen Envelopes, printed V per 1000; Q. H.LYON, Deeds, heavy paper. Printed Letterand Note Heads in Linen, Bond, Laid and wove papers, padded, very cheap. Chattel. Mortgage Statutory Lease House-Lease Farm Lease J Assignment of Mortgage V per dozen 25 Cents. Agreement for Sale of Land per dozen 35 Cents. WOODSTOCK,` ONTARIO,` TENANT-`Why pay tent. when, on such. an nonthly payments. you can becoma vnnr mu. 1.. - LittlewoodPhillips had been in love with Mildred Farrington forrtwo years. ever since he first met `her at .?.the.Hal- -1owells' card party. He had no good- reason to doubt that his love was re-` turned. yet so fearful was he that he had misread her feelings. so ranch-did he dread her refusal of his suit. that he had never hinted that she was Ignore to" him than any of the girls she met "at the church sociables and card parties in Newington. Innumerable chances for a declaration of` love had offered them selves. for he was a regular-caller at the Farrington mansion. but this youth was as devoid of spunk .-as a hare and we: no nearer the goalof his-desires to- da) than he had been when Cupid rst aimed his dart at him._ i ' ,,_-LL-.... ..L.-LAJ -..L... ._ ......-__..- II (- j'_-'---y, SEC.TREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. r 20 Cents. peiibodb ... -......-u yuuu IA! you uvury fl! IIIOIIIBI? ads, .w1ll receive an E6. mgkiug a grand $1.40; UP:f`Y:3f ISSUED BY" Cally attention to did AND UPWARD, hi - h toda! Ind V0 ID!-`I along ` ;$,2,,2% on the box with me. The ,1; is line and the heroes strong. a plenty of things we'll see. ~ 5:: the horeeedanoel '1'hey're!u1le But, whoaln I fear they're goin to run - ` . And thgy can't b9 hOld' Oh. IIOW y Now each is worst of thefonrl ' Ah. saved my the cupboard door!" `ad what shall it be tonight. dear heart A train with itsrumbling sound`! - V you on` it moves with a. quieter start! W9" 3 drowsy train we ve1eund! _ . Just , hear its elickety-elioklng..|ong- As it takes as two on the way along! We am-kvoutaide. except for the stern. Our eyes are as dull as lead. - .3 now. as they've etopped theruxnbllng cars. noesxmy lady change for bed! -Pe:u-non '1 `Weak! Ir, 5; see that hill that's before u.um'._a :1 maid. uwoochcu course! . we've got to .70 '5" the ..~a..;;.%.m ~ But n I- -`I ._.., m"%~se:<:~s @" - . `u "*3%2::*!.~:;t1xpag:ga" . 4. ugu u_n' uuul -Pea:-son : `Weekly. llllDULIu" lIV Jul: uuuunna vvvuua uv - A head nestled on his shoulder, a lit- -tle hqnd,j_w_as' in his. and _.vyhe;;_hq. pas- ea tbs` Earrington maniigbzi 'n e`i't'Ejer he... ,, 4-- |__-__ :1. r1L-..l.... 13-66-11 Tan- `Bu llll Italian in Iuuuwqvu uv-o-.vo nu..- nor she knew iatt-Charles Batten Loo.- mjs in the Chicago Record, . HI`!!! I I'll!!! nirvana-o , ' When men and women nd, them selves dreaming of their work. We :9 pretty `safe `sign that they; are run down. explained a well known .=phyai-. clan to a ?r`eportu'.- -and -they-Eahould begin to build -up: otherwise zierioua. consequences are likely to 1'ollo`w,.j, The ordinary worker cannot "stand it longaif he orehe has to work during 'her'~aleep- lng as well as, hermjeking hours . for- rit in clear eaaeof burning the candle at ende. ' ' - r_--.._.-_. 1 ...`.;`.n-..;- ?`..1;;a'.L...-1. .` A Wvuaya xqgxuuuauu .9 gnaw nu... .. ly necessary, and a change ofa'ir is Vet! b995?i;3`1`.`i1|.Fl`i91'in8 th1neI,..1d 8 normal? o.ondition'.! People. ~'-at Fit` '1"ule~.'* seldom dreamzot their `work -unless they are out pf nhap9' Phiaichlly. and the momenttherndfathtt tho'y`ar0"soinz., thraugh` i forms ; '01,; "th`e1r.`_'wor_k in their; drama "'viI_ the-plg1neat4kind of v .ain.thqt Iahey mojrg j tired`o`htthdI ...w " "la . '~99F ``#' x M. .w%~ 1!9`1"> K. t U001! uuuu. The treatment I uaually':dvi_ne' is a changed! work and of food and: gen- "eral building up by the ..use_ of tonics, being particnlarto avcid fthfg use of aitmnluntp 011 excitanti .5 in ~an`y..1orm. A Paw days*1'gi_&u1dh iq*n1uof:nb;gqlute- b I__ ..--..."..-_- Q01` n nhn (If Ii-I` ' A-a-aunt 2" Could Mildred love him `if he gave many more such proofs of being an ab- ject idiot ? , ' . No-,-husband is what I want." Littlewiood-'.e brain swam. He. had. been tempted once too often. This naive girl had innocently played into his han_de.:and `noiwthe - Rubicon must be crossed, even if _,ite angry waters en- gnlfed him. ' u`I).....1.-`.-u man 'IKiaa_nI-__;`l'iIR1InrI '__ 5 uuuu uuu. -Pardon `me, Miss-er--Mi1dred"-- he did not say Mildewed this time-,-'f I twist" your words into another mean ing. but if you-er--dtd-er-want a `husband-'-do you think I would do 2" A 1.--: ....4.1..1 ._ 1.8.. ..I.-..1.I-- 05 `I36. \I KY HD5490 K .......,,.. . What was that important thing you wanted to say 7" asked Miss Far- rington after several minutes of ai- lence. savetor-`the hook and the .rnn- ners and the bells. CS-l;'ltv:*'n:s n- .1:.of any importance! A I mean it will keep--I-'er-I was think- 1 ing of something else. " . LIT LL3_I_ -.'_. L-..- _._._- l-_ ___._..L It o-5 Va wvnnavvnlanlb VAIJVI "I think you have gone far enough." 2 said she i`nnocently,[..looking over `her V shoulder in the direction othome; May- 1 His heart stopped beating and lay, a 13 leaden thing, in his breast. Had he, a then. gone too far? What had he said! ; Oh. why had he come out with this lovely being, the mere sight of whom was enough to make any one cast all re- straint to the winds and declare in % thunderous tones that he loved her 2. L41` 1.I_:_I_ LI__L __-lx 1, ,.. In-snows:-on ":`.!:es. when one is accountable` to ' one s mother. one has to remember time. I suppose it is different when one is ac- countable to a"- ` . ` Fath 1" said LittIewood.asininely. H\T.-. ` Q` Chants,` `kn -nun-1` 1' sun...`- HIUIIIW - '*:r~- ;w"" ""*' :i!::>T9r "535; you wish to` Q .-...._*.,-*,, . 6 I I ;"5 9`'.: v ?`f% Mists:-" Phillipa.` Ah, then Chg ya: oended. ;al;e;~hqii_ `gays ' called him vhuiHsuz- atter* his: I -no-. ~n.=ar!: it mu-q,+~ham':-s`$d9s1:simnk. cg,_ < "7`f- -,,er;--d_ ' o~ron.%1ike4hi8h`idins;'? : w Why. go: cpn:rae;;-.:-.- ; s.,I.~won1n t V Her tones were as musicsl asfev-er. but Littlewood` ;th,0!18l1'tI'he detegted a sarcastic ring in them. and be thanked his-stars that he had not yielded to his natural desire to propose at such-- an inauspicidus time. ' 141171.-` ._._.. LL_A. :_._A_4__-; 41.2-, -, can manually vvuvw UIJIII uv IUVUU UL L I think that we'd better go back. he said, and turngad so quickly thathe nearly upset the sleigh. _Your mother will be anxious. " T ` ' -vu-auvoc van lav VV He said to himself: "What a slip. _ what a delightful slip! If I were un- principled. I would take advantage of it and propose. "but I would bitterly re- proach myself forever. whatever he: an- swer was." . So he said, in as matter of fact tone as he could master, when his heart was beating his ribs like a fright- ened cageling, I really can't answer ohand._' but I'll look it up for you. uh. nr..u... .. I..L4.... A... 1.1.- _-____ vvn `annual-In IIQV Illllullo ` ' \ . "Nun-`nun-nVo.V to be gurg go; 1.. or-thought that was why yoil `came. : Mildred 1111!-nnu Inga .....-.'n-uu_- ,,, h after thatl. He;-knew --l'J`ici;h-.emeen um and e 1 hfihimt Was it only for the ride and 1161: -for hie company. that .. she. had, . come 1... ?oh,...he- would never make an avowal of love _ _ . . his; place. .'1 h_i! beautiful girl wai not for I tain`t~heartf ed caiti like himself. +_ ` 4.4 mt _ _ ` _ _- 7 uuuolsl g~VIlI H That settled it. 1:. she aianmmss stand him -when he talked `of nothing in particular. he must be very blind in his utterance`. -`and he could never trust a his tongue to~arry sucha heavyfreight as a declaration of love. No. therewas nothing to do but postpone, it. After all. herzhbuse -wasathe bestplacewtor it` . The horse sped on past mant_l_ed~ meadows -and through pine woods full of ltered moonlight, and ' Mildred drank in -the beauty of the scenes and wished that it were decorous ta wom- an `to propose. ` "Fla...-....LA. ___ _____5 u 9, Al I ' wlheljhightmwasi ravishing, the..sleigh- ` bells jingled harmoniously." the horse? swept on with steady. rhythmic stride. and under the inuence of sweet sur- 3 roundings Mildred at last said ;pointed- _ ly. Is it so that more people get en- gaged in winter than in summer 2". She blushed as she spoke. It was unmaiden- ly. but he was such a dear gnmp. Now he would declare himself. But she did not know the capabilities for self re- pression of her two year admirer. 'l'.`l'.. gnhl J... L:..-..1n. an-I-11.44. _ -1.-.. " '36!` 3V.`. ' ` have come. "` I523 u .. u.-vuauu ul-III-U Will` Wily you IOIEO. " ' Mildred V turned her gazellelike eyes upon him. I'm af_raid I don't under- stand you. " - . d e l'lVL..L -_LJ.I-j 1.. In - -- - IIIQIQQ QCOUUIT '7 V\I\I IIIIIIXgq 0 $13:-{Bit wasn't the word I want- -van_ was as an I\I 5 CU IA? I-Ul JUI-In 771.30.` Write a l:etter to 45119 `newspa- ung From In-eons`. The evening was` soon `at hand. A crescent moon shone in the east and the stars were cold and scintillating. He walked to the livery stable andasked for the cutter. and a few minutes later he was driving a handsome chestnut to the house where his thought spent. most of the time. Miss Farrington kept him ` waitinga good half hour, but he 're- 9 ected that it was the "privilege of tier`? glorious sex. and it only made him love her the more. If she had come out and ` placed her dainty foot upon his neck he 1 would have been overcome with rap- } ture. In fact. in his present state. 1 which had also been his state for 24' months. Littlewood was mot many re- moves from_a calf. . ` "n ,,,A' __.._ v *9 A?-v~ %.-7 they met at the hotel. It is qpleasapt eggyiction of. old age: that the` aalird /of the world are not; quite so importan"t~ss" they were a few 3 years ago and that the ability for con; ducting them is ;?going back instead of advancing; T~his~ commentary is sng-A gested by the experience that the old. political` campaigner}; was relating to ' some of _ the legislative friends when vv vow Iqvojppnmwln Iv UAJIJ IIUIJJII-ll\lUlh I `was very much infatuated with the pretty daughter of my candidate. N ow thatll can view the situation more calmly. I realize that he was my candi-t date because she was his daughter. but ;.a confession from me atthe time. His % opponent also .-;had. .a. ..pretty.danghter.- `and she. tpo..hgd an admirer. who was ` a stanch supporter of her father in his wild horses couldn't have drawn such.` 1 time or political need.q. when two girls were rival ;be1l'efs,~.' and7'1`om' Harter aihd I were;reg`arded_ as among the most get-A fectivepolitlcal herdsmen {alum local- ?e}I:pons1ca; Qvaqun \nIl\` gr Inn-$'v- L erdsrnen IIIUIFU $5 ity". teeling;;_could be stirred -up with such elements of dihcord. Farmers` neglected thingsat home to wrangle or listen to others wrangle. Some of the "women quit. speaking and said very unkind that local-I You _ can _{u` derstand how much, things of each other. The young people ; were as distinctly divided as though V lined up in opposition at a. -spelling` school, and _.there was more genuine temper displayed than in any presiden- l `tial campaign we had . ever gone through. - \T-_. 1..-- _.-A. -i-_- 1.. ...._._.1_....! \ UIIHU IlUUo' `..`We1.l.d.I.wen.t through :todWa.shin.8- . ton as fast as. 8team,:,wo_u_1d carry me I and lost no time in hundtiilg up the con- 3 grsamangfrom my district. He promised A so much and did =18-with-so littl appar--A eat copaideratidn t:hat.`=.I didr not place` much dependency; upon `his.-gasiatqnca. A I thqughtot t.`th.`ti41':1 I 1o;ft-'a,i)' theme. to`ok"conra`g`e"o,f xove~M and wan : righttb H -.'p`pqtmaiter;.v L"sener`ala'-.. -z-that; I did: Apt dsvh~t?V-gnqsitioraddwl 19- ? !:riiii:f`t6"j.hnve mm. but dthut vim if _.,-v ---v -vvv.u . "V;."I don't suppoae.Teaid the veteran. gen. before or since. There was a re- that the`lik'e ev}"je1!;ha%ppened in Michi-~ mance involved. some of the greatest `men the -nation. ever. produced took a. `hand. a whole community was divided by the bittereet factional war. the ca- reer ofan-ambitious congressman was 9? suddenly terminated, and yet the little federalpoeition involved was not worth over 81.0031 mont_h.;it that much. It '- was a sort of a. bloodless political duel. and I know of at `least one participant. that would rather have stood up and.- been shot at than to have_loet. IITJ. ...-- ..:._L;_ __4 u vwv-- go-uvv an cum IIIJ IIGVV JUEW ' _ It. was right out here in the countr `where I was raised and brought up. There were only two promiiient aspi- rants for the little oce, but their rival- ry had stirred the towninto a utter of ence. -T I think political interest is more general in the country than in the city. `more assertive, more appreciative of cause he had` not been suppressed by machinesgvcombins, rings andbosses as divided on this issue, social bees were % feeling..ran high. the war was carried * into `the local , paper by heated corre- excitement from center to `ci-rcumfer-V and in those days the individual was the supreme rights of citizenship. be-9 he is now. The churches were internally ' `turned into debating societies where? spondents, the store and the postoicej 1 were largely monopolized by the dis- ! putantsggand some very old friendships; were strained tothe nttermost; _ -vs: an LoZrQ' tii"u`i (3'{c'k'1}Z"v?n capnble of thinking at all. `I should think he I- would go under the circumstances. It's his duty. ' l .44 fun... 1 .__._--- a-n...'_ `_.:...l.J. -- l Ell; Undue Grub; vvys - ` Her eyes, sparkled, roses came to ; Thar pale cheks: as if by magic. shej tt1rned.a Lglad __fa__e_.,to_wa:d me and-- swell. whoiwon ldn t.2 In;ny eagerness I: had perpetrated 3 regtglaif [schoolboy ssrnacka and ~o.?~1x*igl1jte_r.1ed.-` robin darted I **=9.2...%~;s; otit-of` th cherrytree o`ver `ohr heads. Keep ._in._.1n_ind thgt= T-we ,we rs, leaning over the" "sa_'m"e '-`gatf `It was the_ first- -__; 1_I-..____I_ L- Tf'P;-I.3..u uuuuu u... .....-.. ..- ..-.... So matters stood when :a snowfall that brought sleighing -inrits wake vis- ited Newington. and Littlewood be- came conscious of the fact that he had actually asked Miss Farrington to take a ride with him. 01' -course he must perforce bring matters 7to a crisis now. He was afraid that Judge Farrington} would be asking his intentions. and it ; would be humiliating to have suchea 3 question come before he could refer him l to the girl for an answer. No: beyond. a doubt he must pluck zup enough cour- age toask her to -be this wife or else cease calling upon her. an alternative that was hideous enough to chill his heart ` - i ' A I Q A `-ovu-6. Now. I was not alone in my admi- ration for the daughter of-my candidate. There were others. and several of them. I had never rfeltsecnre enough to ven- tnre a proposal and was passing it` tough- "a very trying period or nncenainty. _ the gate and looking disconsolate enough 3 One afternoon as I was walkingrapidly by her house .' I found .her leaning over to cry. `Tom Hart_er s `going-to Wash- ington tomorrow, she said abruptly. ` `You know what that means `I. - ` 1 ,a__ ;I_;__14 ,_!.I_I_ .__I_ -__ ___,1,1_ ms uuty. A ; Then I suppose father might as ` well draw out, and there were tears in her lovely eyes. `Oh. if I were only a man I _. . ' ` . . ` `I'm thankful you re:not,' I laugh- ed. and there were two of us leaning on the gate. `I'm going to tell -you some- thing that I have never conded to an- other `person. o This was strictly true. for I had never thought of it tillthat minute.-A `Please don't mention it to a a living person, not evenito your father. for it might defeat all our plans. _ I go to Washington tonight." Hattie. I hav_e everything ready. I'll take the train from the side oppositethe platform, and no one will be the wiser until some time tomorrow. Did it ever. enter that wise little head" of _ yours that_I d allow` Tom to get the start of moor` give you anything to=cry1'oveir-1 ' - `I'll ... ..-4- no-|nI9`1\l` wanna tuning {in V` -V ' i'W$'*"I`;i(72.asx*.:gr-.r:j.u-= :-u,wv,. lhlm I I . ' C 7777 7'.` let love it sweet with horonrln ufny. ' Orainl L .-St. Paul : nuvvuu navbbl Ia vuaon It was cold waiting, so he got out and hitched his horse and paced in front of her house. her faithful sentinel until death--.if need be. Not that there was any reason to think that his services would be required; but it pleased his self love to imagine himself dying for this lovely being of whom his tongue stood in such awe that it could scarce loose itself in her presence. ` A G 'I....I. ..I.- __._-_.... PHI.` anmsiu `nnulalnn uyncuuau Ilugducubnt on-I nuuovlrvv Berlin` is a close second in this re- .spect. boasting the nest street in Eu- rope. Unter den Linden anditaipublic buildings will compare favorably with I those-of any other capital, but its slums z _;and tenement houses are squalid and i ilthy in the ..extremo. Another city` whichieclose in the running-in Lisbon. V J ;_ When _ it wa_a_.. rebuilt-afte1f. _ the eaxfth.-_ f quake, the public bni1dinga_were built` jh on_aeacale'*by no means jnstiedby the nhcu of`. ;th:*I!I'*ry-. WW0 `*5 ! Pri- ,.vato huildinga:h'_ai t;o`be;aetect ed in ac? 1Ycordancej`-- with- their ovinetl .~ '-lfhu, cgmst b`e,t'W._ge_n`a `iI%li_0.I`01r'9 JIV VVQIUQIIDU I! u, inturnuy vm}t':}1'i3" Frf 5 UlI|~"l4!JJ}4r1WT;; ii to mus. eoncibel; an could.` sunny him of the central` iication'ot my can`- didate | place the posi- ` ap'p`alhh'n'ent The general answered with a sneer thathee;m_a1e little .I_Itte_1npt_ to conceal. no Jwou1df_bodelig hteds to:-do me -_a:per- _,eone!-fa`vor. it would be a downright pleasure for him.. but he did not see that the interests of the nation were seriously involved in thielittle appoint- ment. and he would withhold his deci- sion. W tever that-might be." he hoped -that I we ld keep in mind the fact that he was postmaster general. If .........-....A .L- 4.-n 1.:... n.-. LL- 1- ,1. the-;i;?]p9gpt..c: :nqg;h:=.: * ` '1' grea aver` _ 1' Palace and novel. ` - } Probably in Constantinople. which 1 has been described as- the city of hov- c els. " there is a greater contrast between the public and private buildingethan` ; in any other city in the world. The . streets are narrow. tortuous and dirty. and even the better class of private, houses are mean in comparison with those -of a similar class in other coun- 1 .tries.. :01) the other hand, the mosques 1 and palaces are magnicent in size. de- ` sign and materials of :construction.._ `most of them being of marble.~.white or .g;-ay; f.The seraglio is oneof the most splendid buildings in Europe J i V :1: A nnnnma :3 `Ca- :;With a man's name!" she cried scornfnlly. `,`What s that`! And what's the good of books? Now we've a, woman you may talk about in our place! She`s lived 100 years and a bit over and quar-. reled with seven daughters and two ; dau'ghters-in-law and all her grandchil- ` drenl And her tongue e as brisk as ever it were, and she quarrels with the par- `son's wife herself every time she comes to visit her. That's what I call -a. wom- _ an to respect and a ne sightemore to boast of than a` person who miscalls her owrnzame and mskerbooksl" ` o ' 'xmAz~nu:.-3:.~x*a=oa:a.. o...u...-e..omu.e new '2? vvuw rvnaiulluiivvb QVIIVIGIQ I . C I managed to tell ` him that the fact did not strike me as an upalloyed bless- ing and thought that I saw a pleasant twinkle in the eye of his distinguished caller. I went away mad and disheart- ened. Suddenly Senator Zach Chandler came to my mind. He was a friend of my father. both--were from New Hamp- shire. `and whenever the great leader was in our section of the state the two men would have a good time talking over the old home state. `I went -to the- senator. telling him everything but the . gate episode and the other party there- to. . He knew me when I entered, for he never - forgot names or faces. He in- quired particularly after my father. ex- pressing his regard for him as an old friend. and was in a mood to favor any reasonable cause I might espouse. u can I... ..:...I 4... ....._..1-I. ..-_ .13: \.-a- - - -uwav vuuuv a-_.IaaJ-ll VD1}U\IIFa :`:So he tried to squelch you, did he 2` T And the old war -horse : face had its ` aternest setting. `Wanted to show 01! at the expense of one of.my friends and contituenta, did he? Just drop this matter and `meet me here at 8 this even- i ing. That will let you out of the city tonight if you want to go. - ut ....... .. 5:... -_.1 ru_'_._.n-_` 1.--: -vvuv II-H\4LL III `ICC P5939199` Atlast she appears. The reetive hoiee. slants his ears at her and paws -the ground in admira|tion of her beauty. {or Mildred was as pretty as regular features. a fair skin and melting eyes c0r'1l_d make her. ` - -. . . .5 u 2_,I- UV`-shaman an Jyu Iv UIIIU IOU `U0 `'1 was on time, and Chandler hand- j I ed me a commission for my candidate. I He stopped my thanks to askme if it would inconvenience me to remain over till the next day. I w'as burning to get home with the glad tidings, but I would have given him a month had he asked it. I `Then take this to the postmaster general, tell him that his treatment of you was inexcusable: that Michigan men do not permit such attempts `to humiliate them: that he told you to re- d member that he was postmaster gen- eral. and that you now ask him to ac- cept notice that the state of Michigan has been removed from his immediate jurisdiction. I followed instructions. and.*wh_ile I. do not? known what that message from the president. sent to the general through Chandler and myself, contained. I do know that he wilted p and stammered an apology. I also know ; that Chandler was the man after that * who said who might hold postoicesin ` this state. "3?i:y'.' 'z?{r."i'7u"'tJ1i"'S."' Lplied the spokesman. He's lived 90 your: in that `era town. man and boy. and niver ; hagntpo toot_haghe I This ancient anecdote has recently? w vvyunasovn-v o found a parallel in the same English "`.': county. A woman from Nuneaton was making a local boast of its connection ; with the ladyvith a man : name. who wrote books." meaning Georg Eliot. when another woman from a neighbor- ing village cbntemptnonsly interrupted --CAI h All a I C I `gave that commission to thegirl who came running down to the same gate to meet me, and when I promptly attended to another little matter of `business she said she would marry me a thousand times it it was going _to make me eo~he'ppy.- Hitter had to wait three yearsbetorehie girl became good hu- mored` enough to accept him. "--Detroit _ Free Rreee. When the` artist Haydon, stopping in a rural inn near Stratford. was heguiled by his own enthusiasm into expatiatigg upon the fame of Shakespeare to an as-' sembly of local rustics. they admitted readily that Shakespeare was a -person who had shed some distinction upon his 'native place,ibut they added that Strat-, ford. now contained another prodigy. one John Cooper. u'l-I._ l'1.`-..-..nM :_....:..-.1 !!-_.l-_ W:-`3o\l':`1 1vr;<)per '2" inquired Haydon. Why, what has he done?" llI17L- `___ `I'll! 1...`! I- P - -13-3 AL- T1"-uly llenrkuhlo. nnnm PIPE. Pmnuun cmm| 0. H. LYON &.soN,j FARM, TOWN AND OTHER LANDS F SME vvvv u udll BU LIUL. Littlewood handed her intothe sleigh. stepped. in. himself. tucked in the robes and chirruped to the horse. That intel- ligent animal did not move. A u-sh of mortication overspread the (ace of the would be amorous swain. A bulky horse. and at the start! What chance would he have to deliver his precious,meB&89 that was to make two hearts happy? He clicked again to the horse. but again the horse continued to stand still. ` You might unhitch him. Mr. Phil! !iP8- That would help." said In her sweet voice. - . ._ _` "Oh. yes-.t-toibe sure! .1. musthave lidihim. .1 mean I-er-.sIdie+ 1--iihilk 1_did hitch-er"-- e ' unn, - - ' ` ' ' - L3`-L BARBIE-' SIXTH WARD. { Bradford-St , S S-Lot 11 and pt. Lot 12, 3 with comfortable frame dwelling. Cumberland St., N S-Pt. of Lot 26. Jacobs Terrace, S S-Lot1= 7 and 10. Marcus St., E S--Pt Lot 23.- V | 1 BARRIB-CEN'l`BE wums. \ Dunlop Street, S S-Large Brick Building. known as The Moore Block. \ Collier Street, 8 S--Lots 40 and 41. John Street. N, S-Pa.rt Lots 5 and 6. V` IIIIII \JVlln 3 II III "E 1 of 10-in 6th Con. Lot 10 in 12th Con. Lot` 13 in 11th Con. Park Lots3. 4, 5 and 6 on E 22i,n 6th Con., 21 acres. -Park Lot 6 on 25 in 7th Con.. 5 acres. Bnttereld Foundry` property. Bradford Street, E S-Lots 22, 23, 31 and 32. Bradford Street, E S-(Thompson's Block) Lot 8. Charles Street, W S--Pt Lot 49. Ehzabeth Street, (Boye Block) S S--Lot 25. Sanford Street, E S-Parts_ Lots 21 and 22. Bay Shore-S of John and E of Ellen streets, 2 blocks of land, about _7 ac. Blake Street: N` S-Lots 48 and 49. Bleke Street, S 8 --Lots 37 and 38. Codrington Street, 8 S-Lots 23, 27, 28 and pt 26. - Amelia Street, N and S S-Lots 5, 6, 7. V Eugenia Street, 8 S-Lot 5. Theresa,Street. N S-Lots4, 5, 6, 7. INICISIIL. PtALot 11 in 14th Con. This property in cludes Minet Point, and has on it a number ol beautiful building sites. J.G.SCOTT U00 K8808 1`0----- BAB.RIl-_-lA8'-l' WARD. `Blake Street 14, 15, 16, With excellent solid 17, Collingwood Sh, brick Residence, 11 F 7 and 8. Adjoining rooms, furnace an.l Collegiate Institute other modern con- grounds. vemences. 7:` I . xv an v . .4 n .A ORDERS BESPEOTFULLY SOIJOITHD. _b1`th _never called her)! J E V `hat Wu accidotdlf " "10 had not .0 ' l -5 UCL -7 Thenulggan a proce 9' ":;:`l:,::f-1 Ielf to the avowal. He 81'nd . gig Wkether until the bone! `ch-,i; " ` 1 '4 ea `in was feveri__Ihg; A -'~: "Mum -- Mildewed -i:;-all area " And then uogb" i \