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or such ce not cein enb ek fol- x~ -*i-.u<~- . -zi`_.--.v*.9-mwa 7-` in` FAILURE H')Wi"f%-UE;': L' "N.'iAn` -` "I" up.1o-one iBUSlNESSMEN ' W'ith'era--I told Pokerbeigh he would play the deuce if he ujurried that girl' Higgins -Well_. what has happened? She has presented him with twins. --August Smart Set. [ TheABe" Te|ev""mmv A man may break awhy from prison but he cannot get away from the torture of rheumatism until he takes Dr. Hall's Rheumatic Cure." It is the onl reliable remedy on the market. Mr. C arles H. Clarke, Kingston. Ont., who for fteen years in succession held the civic street watering contract could .not put on his boots or walk for several weeks. He tried Dr. Hall : Rheumatic Cure. and three bottles. with the Climax Iron Tonic Pills. completelz cured him. This great blood purier put up in bottles con- taining ten days treatment. Price 50 cents at all drug stores or The Dr. Hall Medicine '00., Kingston. Out. Muslclssuedithe Flrstlssue of Each Nlonih to PAID UP SUBSGRIBERS ONLY. % coffins and claws/kets of all kinds in stock or made to order. Robes, Grape and all Funeral Requisites furnished. Orders by Telegraph or otherwise promptly attended to. G. o. DOLMZGE, Manager, Stroud. ) Steam Works and Sliowioom; Gbllier-sh, Barrio 1 2Pieces of Sheet Music UNpETAKEE E Advertising in The Advance NORTHERN ADVANCE TELEPHONE 53. THE NORTHERN ADVANCE, ONLY om; ESCAPE. agerMfrgRa*?8- I ji; . Use the Long Distance Tele- phone_ "and have Long Dis. tango `Equipilelit in thii o`1ces.. Ask the Local 3.\[I'I'II, or OAV-NA:D;A.} lenge comparison. The sworn circulation of a Local Newspaper is a guarantee that your money is well and properly spent. It is the. very best medium by which you can reach your custom- ers, being a welcome visitor in every home. 4 No experi- ment in this kind of advertising. Can you nd anything more certain than advertising in 9. local paper. ON LY $1.00. BARRIE AN D STROU D. Wchave the largest circulation in the district, ano. chal- BRINGS You FACE TO FACE WITH A BUYING CIRCULATION. FOR ONE YEAR AND THE 123 Duniop Street, Barrie. N'9"i3 "!L"W5 `.'*N.E%-"e . ENDOWMENT INSURANCE POLICIES VALUATORIAND APPRASIVSER. [HANDLES ALL KINDS` OF AUCTION 1 ~ SALES. - I-"ARM _T S'I'_OGK SALES Ihe Old Reliable Auctjoneer '1-own LOTS |8lC5_ III III! DRUGS. E'Orders left : JO-nouAA;. Ln East `Mary Street, Lot 54. Apply at IAFHI1 E$o'a7 rtions- ALLANDALE. Lots 2, 3 and 4,` West Baldwin Street. North Cumberland Street. Lots 17 and :8. Jacob's Terrace, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7. that cash price Egid fox-`Endowment Insunnu :3, in reliable mpanies or money lognell` n. 5 I-I I Vl I ! 1 I-Iv FOR SALE. BARRIE O. H. LYON THE ADVANCE." I I TI` Box god Butt ' ' L::.:'.~ vn GU start 'I;I W Su uueau uuu mane :1 "-~--- - ----a--. --:--`-A.. ------ . uch to my surprise, after to entomb a living man, -inquired why th coillilllgfothe matter over 1 came to thg they were doing so. ' On being told that. might D0: ibthat the marquis wire - the man complained of having to work The idea :1 13' be guilty of shoplifting. . fora living and preferred to be buried, `t the most took my breath away the stranger's heart was moved. and he "St go out. but when 1 came to oered _to `give the complaining man ,mi:b*1l1e many rumors about the.mar- tenvbushels or corn._ Is it she'lled`??_ : "3' 8 gambler; hard up. a man ` askedithe discontented sonl...and.when_" of . . tortllillstelrish habits at` home, and so `informed it 178.3 not he remarked; it rm.m aere looked to be somethingin` Wll. thenyletotho bnrlal proceed.- detective s standpoint; . . t - . A . ` 1. 1 -my .1355 `Ed was Well known to me by` (~ '!*.i!-eh` W l x `Dd her :19 Was past 45. much faded. t "V Wii:n_e`s`s#He lookedfmei straight med lace always carried ` "th9'e0"!!?*'*`**"-` i - ~ ' y lheappe k I simniy ltgd s - 3; area on the streefsgn 86, as If bo .. 7, M . und on-aesh piggg e.-omen e third casewas reported that ' his gaze` `on'.yoII.:a1_1d_ 73F !0;i1 ll->plea_:,l in intos '` Meier :-l Ilef01`Wifi.i r` t 1 , they : - . - --_u.4unu\:uI. um z;iu.:st:1lLluluUEuIJeBS. It was about ve days after this that the third case was repo1'ted. This time ' 8 Jeweler had lost a pair" of valuable, diamond earrings, and he had to be hard `pressed by `the inspector "before he would admit that the loss was de- tected almost immediately after the marquis Wife had left the store. she had greatly admired the ornaments and had DaI`t1y decided to purchase them at 8 later date. Not for one instant._ not 01! his life, did the jeweler suspect the lady of title of even taking the` jewel, `Way inya fit of abstraction. but_ some- hW he felt it his duty to repo1_'t"the- 439- The inspector didn't blui! this third tradesmen quite as heavily as he had the rst and second. and he looked grave and thoughtful when I was giv- :11 the case and be related particulars. bw 101d to go my `own way about it, t 111 made a blunder Scotland `Yard Enid see me no more as a detective. at wasn't at all encouraging. -you '99. but 1 had to go ahead andmake a MI1nk J... .._... -,___..-1-- _A1.-.'-' x'vasn t three days before another case was reported by another Strand jeweler. This time it was a diamond- sunburst, and he was positive that the had shown it to only three ladies before he missed it. He was reluctant to give the names, but when pressed to do so that of the marquis wife again headed the list. The others were almost` as far. above suspicion. and the inspector look; ed at the complainant in a way to make him feel like a culprit. This time I was put on the case, but I shall be hon- est enough to say that itewas a mere Yhnffnn-Al! 43-....- YA - - - -' matterof form. It was more than any of_ci:1l's head was worth even to_ hint that one of the three ladies mentioned might have carried the ornament` away in a_m01nent of absentmlndedness. L `f vnn nL..-.4 1\' ` ma AC v--an-cold tterof ..:..n. I I-VIIJ B! A crnmmnnovs EFFORT sum ruxmnn HERSELF TOGETJ. - the owners of having taken the rings; He seemed to feel it a duty to report his loss, however, and after . being quietly advised to have an eye on his employees and unknown customers he` was dismissed with the promise that the matter would be looked Into; As a matter of fact. no assignment was made on the case. Some ash chap -had "lifted" the jewels without even? his call being remembered, and it was no use to hunt for a needle in a hay- stack. vertie- jdvance .' her ac- ll. 9 it was utteri ); })l|]_|\)lLl\.\o _---. -- ----- v v-.1 wg up. He could recall the namesvof four or ve ladies, and he headed the list with the name of a marquis Wife, but the inspector on duty might Well smile and tum away at that. Hag the jeweler not been in such a perturbed state of mind he would never have included that name. Indeed. before he left the . place he apologized. partly to himself, for having given any names at all; as __A4....I-. nlxnquzl 4... ....-.....--L ____ J The start of the whole matter was the lodging of a complaint at Scotland Yard by a well known jeweler doing business on the Strand. He had miss- ed two diamond rings from a tray he had been exhibiting to several lady cus- tomers, but unfortunately for him the gems had been gone: an hour perhaps before he knew that deft ngers had pm-loined them` under his very eyes. n- mni rpnnll the names nf fmno mu 1! LADY % , LIGHTENG By M. Quad. T Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis. er {DE 16131 uuu nus: ucu. nuvuss acne, Cometh the hope fullled; -- After the climb, then the prospect album. As the Good Father willed. ' 7 But over and over this lesson stem `The ckle and careless old world must leu-ng Under-the beauty and `bloom of the rose, In hiding: the Shlrp.-cruel thorns repose. A -1108 Angela: Herald. up; tau. -v-- "'7 ' K, hiding, the sharp; cruelAthi>`1'n|V'I_feZ[}`)'_o;. B, only knows of the sweetneu that ail From nature's purest rill: `V ..,..m~v_ mounts to the life vimr {hum my the min, then. tlie isuIlh1neI" f V _ After the night the dawn. ' ` `_ t _ And a sweet release. and abiding peace After the pain has gene. . .V But over and over this lesson stern ` _v The ckle and carelesg oldworld must Ian: Under the beauty and bloom of the rose, ' ._ Mrlinnr. the sham. cruel thorns repose. H6Es % tosuspegt any ted per 11 rates 0ug:1'eu w 51 vu_ um ten bushels corn. `Vmv`mX .nIUvf- ' "13 ft shelled? asked" the soul, and , when ` Informed was he reuiarked.; Well. then. let the burial proceed." v - VV]I]18BB"'.De Iuuncu u-Iv wuuaguv 0-0 n \1uLu;u;vuvq: up. Lvv?n.l.l' the eye and-_ - . -men .1.;i. of -. ~ , ' u.-tl C011` S*.:`, Ph?8:. . ,.,., '3 Q`.`,3'3" s9n. 13" Ve,*V ?t.,',.;..,;L yt '=.'-f%,* th`a.t,.-"5; rwiroframce. *`not`.less tha`.zi.=1our- How ? _ 93 i_ feet high. :3 erlcized altxzlgside the = -g . v - i w " istih mu ` 3: us so :=?`i's I53W3`3"`i'Y'i%m&r tm,l:'h`l'b $9 lo.l,;a.uth-orityies !ahou_1d agree to his arm on you and now 3 P ,:M; 1ivert.?hi*9ekw~x.1tF!.%179th9r?+v9P.* :.`:.:`.2.:..".. `? "". A Tired Man. ' . Once there was a man who complain ed constantly because it required so much toil for him to make a living. He - declared that he would rather be buried than work for a living, and so his neighbors started out tof gratify his ` wish. A stranger. seeing them ab'out~'_ man`,linquired why` complained having work" `preferred buried... stranger's lap; give complaining `. A , _' I_`__..u_ -1". .A' ...an. 4' 'J\tl\l IL? ovpvvv `(V151-as. Combmaking is'lighter and less dan- gerous work than gathering honey. so the -young bees `usually perform this, task. But the keeper wants them all to work and work hard. so `he provides the base or the comb in" natural size and pure wax. That leaves less work to be done at home, and the bees go `out immediately there is nothing more for them to do inside. The keeper also takes care to constantly empty the. combs. so that the bees shall alway be laboring to ilvlt.-London Stand- -.._J An expert beekeepex-_ gives the fol-' lowing idea of what they will do. Sev- enty-tlve acres of land planted with white clover or sanroin will keep 100 hives busy during the three summer months. The yield of honey for each ne day is ten pounds pervacre. and as the plant -owers twice and remains in bloom for aweek very often the total yield is 10.000 pounds. ' ru-_..1._.-|-n..._ :..'u...I..a..... and 1...... Ann -uvr'_ The natural tendency of the bee to work and its great dislike to idleness are made. use of to the fullest" extent. Honey is a product that yields a good prot, so the beekeeper.` brings the owers as near as may be to the hive and induces his insect gatherers to work hard to collect the honey from > _ '- .; _ _' ' Sweatln" Bee.-I'._ The process known as ``.sweating' in not conned to human beings. It is applied to bees by some up to date keepers. fI1l__ __-L__.._I 4-__3;____ _n AI _ I, --V`. - unny -vu--av .n~v wayw- I left, and within an hour the mar- quis was at the Yard to say that he would uproot the whole system if I was not promptly bounced and an apol- ogy rendered. The Yard apologized, I was bounced,and my lady had a story- for her friends about attempted black- mail; There were no more thefts. how- ever, and as a private detective I even recovered ome of the stuff from the shops where my lady's maid had pledg- ed them to raise cash for her mistress; her cheeks she hissed at me: -.--u- -v- vv v\r yawn-nan IaIJ\1IJJI My lady's face went white` as snow, andeshe gasped for breath, and I ex- pected to see her faint away. By a tremendous effort she pulled herself to- gether, and as the color came back to L 0111:. --v- woo-up --.1 u-V -.- no can AAJU You dog. you? 'i`-he maxzquis shall see that you get your Just deserts! Leave the `houseat once! L It's about the jewelry, my lady. I replied. What do you mean? . The nger rings from B1ack s, the [sunburst from Brown s, the earrings from Green's. You carried them away and forgot to return them. T * 1t._ 1_.1_.).. A- .~_ __-._Lr - uvvihl wuauwuvu GD 5 uuU1'luL'B. I mean by that that I was ordered to secure an interview with the lady, in- form her of my discoveries and take the consequences. I must take all the burden `on myself and clear the Yard. There could be but one ending. and before making my call my resignation was written `out. and I had arranged to go with a` private agency.._ One morning I appeared at the residence of the marquis and boldly asked for my lady on important business. I was kept waiting until she was satised that I was neither. a process server nor a creditor and was then admitted to the presence of a veryslipshod looking woman who showed me scant courtesy when she said: `_`We11,' sir, you are here, and now what is it?" A T next halt hour would clear hen or all suspicion; or com cate, the .cas_e_ still, further. Her m ` mar was that of lofty cdndescension, -~ She slowly and Jan- guldly Inspected -the jewels, 'and now and then the proprietor of the store; who was wnmno um... n.....ha- --<~~>- V, `Wt V.`-' I` 5s_:'I\.:-b-,`..gJa~.-.:s~.~4 N61; Qultd ti` Alluno; A *quoe 1". sentence closes the 1&5 ac;-iption on a. tombstone in a. church- ` yard Tin Leigh, Eng1a.nd. After '_a.n- nduningt 't`ho*:namo and other inur- ticularsv; at, :1-.h_og, woman there buried, these` woitds t,O'1lovy;'_`fA virtuous avo- " man 1,s`_;:'_sfvjbrtli ._.:' 5s .7.'!i?;i lir husband." The explanation. is %-that . Pre-', vented "a ctc>.m1'.f.?:beins put in gun. and the '15b'*cui'. tei argued that L II. crown e._.q.ua.ls,5_s. .. ._ . 5 =: q~wo.i;;a;"'7.;; w;i:f;.;;t;1.T a. man or properly spaced infantry; four- inch. ice will -carry a. man on horse-`1 back, or cavalry, or light guns; six- inch ice, heavy eld guns, such as 80-pounders; eight-inch ice, a. bat- tery: of artillery, `with carriages and horses. but not over 1,000 pounds per square foot on sledges, and ten- inch ice sustains` an army or an in- numerable _1nu_1,titude. Qn 15-inch ice a.- railway could be built, and two- !dot _thick.1ce will -_\vA1thsta.nd the im- pact of a. -leaded railway` carriage e.1'ter~a60-foo`t- fall (or {perhaps 1,- 500 toot tons)._ ` - _ . . I have thirty men, women and boys and girls who will scrub, sweep, dust and polish to their own hearts content and that or their wealthier friends in the common faith, and will i do it gladly for the sake of their t little church. 11:: I -v Q I) 0.0 an AL vvav VLA I-as I/I10 And I be1ie_ve;.with the` experience I have acquired, I can now beeswax and polish a. oor or varnish chairs `with anybody, and my wife is A1 at painting and dec.ora.tion."-'-London Daily Mail. _- o - ..n...g4\.ano- Varny West End church will pay us for our work, and allow the pay-_- ment to go to our little` church of _St. `Cuthbert here in Millwall we-will give them a. thorough spring clean- ing. ' 411' L-_.- A.1.:..A-- ._.-_ _-._.._. -...I 7 Australia began her in Australia is the highest in -vsuuaval VA 'L|lDb_l.a,lL&u ' _ Forty years ago the output of wool 113 Australia amounted to 8,000,000 Pounds. Now, with a record of 700,- . 000.000 pounds. Australia. furnishes one-fourth of, the world's wool, and ot_such-a quality, as to make` it one- thlrd 01 the total value. It is record- -Zed that -the ..early colonist used to kill their sheep for the eece and tal- low. leaving the meat for the dogs.` Later they began to export canned mutton to the home when cold storage was introduced `shipments of frozen mutton, which have grown amazingly, `until in A 1900 these ex- ports 1 amounted to 225,000,000 pounds. 1 Meanwhile, her shipments poi` tinned meats" steadily advanced, reaching last `year '_45,000,000 pounds. Because of thejwar in the Transvaal, and an immense mining development in West Australia, the new federation in 1899, with $60,- 000,000 output, product of gold. By constant gains her silver product has come to equal one-ninth oi the worl-d's supply. For the past year `her total mineral out- put amounted to nearly $100,000,- 000, or $25 to every inhabitant. Her mineral possibilities in copper,` tin, lead, antimony, iron, quicksilver and coal cannot be ` overestimated. As a. result of her astonishing fertility Australia shipping has reached the total` of 20,000,000 tons. Her first railway--that from Sydney to Parm- .mn.t_ta--was opened in 18,55. It was only fourteen miles in length. To- dayshe owns 15,000 miles of rail- ways. A curious light on her pros- perity is the fact that she has a mil- lion items in her daily mail, in pro- portion to her population the high- est average in the world. What is more remarkable is that this colos- sal national wealth has been built up by only 4,000,000 people. As a. con- sequence, average individual wealth the world. Turn to the picture of . Aus- tralia as she is to-day. The land in size is nearly ve-sixths the area of Canada, containing 2,973,000` square - . miles . Of her 4,000,000 in- habitants, only 200,000 _ are aborigines. Two-thirds` of the Australian continent is a. des- ert. and yet her productiveness is en- ormous. This land contains over 100,000,000 sheep, between 30,000,- 000 and 35,000,000 head of cattle and horses. It has given to the com- merce of the world over 400,000,- 000 in gold, copper, coal and tin. The two Provinces of Ballarat and Bendigo alone have produced 100,- 000,000 of gold, and as much` more has come etrom the great Tamba- roora and Lambing Flat in New South Wales. It sends to England annually over 40,000,_000 worth of metals, grains, wool, beef, tallow, hides and mutton. led the world in. country, but = Parson : Pluck)` Offer. Rev. Richard Free, one of the most popular of the East`, End clergy, wants a, little cash to supplement. the ~ energy of his ock, and he has made 1 the following spirited oer in The\ Tropical Times: ' T 111'; -_.__ 1t~r-_A. 15...: _1.__,_-1_ ___;-n ___._- . ;` fro in-a.u +.`coi.:n.`.g.. ` 1- up recpm- 1 ' 4- \ n#`*(`Ih+{l\1In C1\".".'I-Wtzd {An `. .A'l Awriter in Ains1e s Mag-az1nofur- nishes some interesting facts cobcern- ing `the newlyeesta-blished Common- wealth of Australia: 12`....4... --_-..._ , ..- A one-rou'nm%or%wonLois WOOL lnnrnuu Onitput of Canned Hutton for Sale V Aibrojad--'l.`ho lfrgdnots of an Dunn-Gold and 81110: Output- bthor literal Ponlbl1it1u- V some Conunntionlbout nor Natural 3:- sources. `INTERESTING 3-.'AoT{S;;A~p",FIeunEs ABOUT oua SISTER COLO_NY- Sustaining Power of Ice. :'!_:"'; `tyne uoomeu Hoff 7 ~ -xgargngat -I1:'6e-,-I)'z'a t"fci11`- -o yom:n mt, v.m%.i1a.d::""W6t& 'oi'n to d6"'bont_1? T ~`>'HoIiB i?wIf,e'-P -`-0li,~' I` ;ah_ai1?t'_"'do withing. afi` h!4ho?,bdt~ ii:A`lt~`~hii,ri "di_e.` `. IWe, `we_r o! l ?h'nwn. `,7i`31}3 [J `is El uh I'D ,.._pau-_-ggogug gl. uuI.vI.4.1c'al."l LII: I301!` ; 8.1.` V1 ti9n:,::lmF_v.e .subs.czibed:V liberally ton, -lm: .I1ildin:.:tund.and;. I 1.961` sure that L a_1's_q hayq your he`a_xrty.co-operation. How mueh:W1!xn-- T J ; . ~ . A : _ Let me see. -Oh, I am, ti1:;9P`. 1nn_I.ber who has 0 cmiazea; ,1: -mam-;::wn. I ma d1'ilve 1`odj1,11d` . , P ` jhi;ij1bcrii1tio1i,, 3 - :<`::.3: 'nri`:F ` " ' uh n.%..`.;.~.-at mice. "+7: uild W::;.s:v:v;s:alkd awy I heard `th e nu-f_ tives telling each other how sorry they :telt for me on acconht of my aictio`n."- J uruuuu my necli. - :1 ` ".Jl`hat sV to keep his none from bleed- , mg, `replied the guide, who was a man 0:3; some humor. `nu- __ __n,; g , V -v . -"`.- '1 around my neck. puny nuan- We sat around with the native awhile and ate maple sugar. When we started a to leave, oneot the men who had been . regarding my tie very closely asked the guide in a low voice -why I were that rag II "IInnJI_ J- 1---- I.!.. _.--- A___- a_I__; u-v - -r-- -' up-n oi vvxunsa While I was over_in the Arkansas mountains one winter on a hunting trip my guide and I came across 0` sugar mai ; ple orchard where two men were collect- * ing and boiling down the sap, said I ` Memphis man. u A ` I ISYIT- _..J. -_-....J ._2L`l; LL- ._-4o,, __, Lou `I9 `[33 . There is an old sign over the main en- trance to the oice of an old concern in William street which has no connection with the rm doing businessin the place, ` but the rm has steadfastly `declined to 1 have it removed, although the old rm ` went out of existence nearly 60 years ago. Inn-II: Illlluls I could;7t think of leaving the old sign out of doors at night, said the young man, who looked at it with a glow of pride. I have heard my father say that ; when that sign was first put up by his ta- ther all the merchants in this part of the town came over and looked at it and ad- mired it, and my grandfather gave -them a dinner on account of it._ If I ever go i out` or business, that sign goes to my house." . ` .1. a'ato1~-Nea1il5':_-_a_ll the com , organ!-bun. -`Lawn an-.`I...-_!I.....1. .ln..-..-Il.. A-.. vI\rD ll-IC IJIASII-lC UL ILIIU IJLILL LU ballo In` some cases in which new names have succeeded to the business old signs have been removed from the outer walls and placed inside. In an ofce in a Broadway store there is an old wooden sign suspend- ; ed over the desk of the grandson of the ` founder of the rm, who is at the head of the business. i ll! --,,I1,I4 ntyn -I I .n cc I a\3IpI-B51116 l\il-I-IILILJI } repair one or these ancient landmarks in * Greenwich street asked the head of the firm, who represents the third generation in the concern. it he should not regild the letters. - 111% A O I A... , .1 11. C- W; sign writer -who had been called to- an-|.l-\-than Certainly not," was the answer." "It I A consented to your doing that, I should ex- pect the business ot this rm to tail. 'I'-.`...-.... ..~...... 8.. -.L2-l. _-: _._......- I___- I-IVE WLILLIU I-IJCIII C`! II? lCL\I\\uI-l\ \II -Occasionally the boards split and the edges break. These ravages are repaired for safety : sake. but the dim outlines of the lettering remain. ' A -2... ._...!L-.. _..L- L-) 1.--... -..1I-.I J.` vauwh an; agar)! In some instances these signs remain even though the name of the rm has. been changed. In cases in which sons have succeeded to the business many of the old-signs or the rm which establish- ed the business are still to be seen. Many are weather worn and the lettering is al- most indistinct, but the present-rms do not permit them to be retouched. I\--......._..II_ LI... l.A.....l.. .._I2J. .._.I $1.`- Weather Worn Board: Retained In i Spite of Change: In Firm Names. 1 _ People who think that there is no senti- ment in commercial lite need only wander about any of theeold business centers of New York" to have their beliefs changed. They will see old signs, some of them in a state of decay almost bordering on disso- lution, on the walls of the houses or the older rms. ' ,,A-,, 1|. I , , , I, e such. 090? , etc., CUIIU VI Illa C`, `II? IILBD LICLCIIII VI might ave lectured that boy for half an hour on the importance etc-these things. He might have forgotten it all the next day. He will remember the 1 to his success elsewhere. To such a boy "failure cuts deep. He will work hard to keep from doing a thing like that again. So. you see, failure has its uses after all. It shows where success lies. cause or his failure here. It will minister ' "av sl-Av vuu VJ. but IILLIJLVIUVVC That boy will 'win," the gentleman said when the door had closed between the two. He is in earnest; he is ready; he has a` good heart. His failure to shut that box was due to his desire to do promptly what I asked, but just there `he failed. Had he closed the. box I would have given him a place in this store. I am not troubled to` nd plenty : of young men who are `good and kind ! and ambitious, but I do- meet with dii- [ culty in getting those who will do their ; duty. clear through to the end- Stopping half way is not the key to success. Many youths are in a hurry to get their work. done and be off. The next thing-always the next thing--1ls the mind of many. There is a lack of deliberate, persistent following to the last detail. (61 .....:...l..a. 1.....- I....4........1.J.`I....a. 1.-.. .3-.. u gvuug Juan uuu Isuzu; I am sorry to tell you thatI fear you` are not quite the boy we need. You wonder why. Let me tell you. help you. When on the way down to E the box, you stopped to stroke the `kitten : back. That told that you have a kind heart and that you are in the habit of going about whatever you have in hand F promptly, for you did not stop while you i touched the kitten. You came back . quickly. That was good, but do you see 1 that you did not close the box after you j left it? There it is, wide open. The I cover was down. You may think it a simple matter, but we are obliged in this world to pay all possible attention to lit- tle things. No, do not go back now. The time has gone by. Try to think that this is said to help you another time. " nu... .........a. ......... a..-.......1 -_.-._ -_.1 .L`__L It may ` 1 any :n.uu.a Lu ucny Jvu. ul.IUIA.ll7l. Lunc- L The great man turned away, and that was the end of the interview. ' un11.-;. L-_ __.:n '__s__ n LL- ,_-_41,,, _, av um; gnvcu wu1'n'BU UU.I.l. 1 a The gentleman took the package the youth handed to him and-sat at his desk for a moment. Then he turned to th young man and said: 4 ` T ...... .......__ 4- `,1: _,_, uI--n 1' 4-7 E won:-I3 LBW IVLIIII; JUU Uuu In `In Yes, sir, came back -the ready an-i swer from the boy addressed. He had applied to the gentleman who had sent him on this errand. Shortly the lad came hoplesly back. He had not `expected to be given work-so soon. ' - VH1... ..-_.A.|--4--- A-~'- -- ~-" " -t :9? ouhu to .snow' whet-e~- ?;.x'qV trio Roud`t`v8uceeii. ` "Yon may do` this errand for me,- it you` will. Go down to the front ot the store. Near the entrance you will nd a box with a covr. Open the box and bring me what you nd in it. Va. .:.. so ........... $.....I-`A.|.- ....-.:_ _.. SENTIMENT As TO 61.0 SIGNS. New Use For Necktie. 513' into