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UOVVJLIU. `LIV Llyv wv-__~ _ make -her too pink. and she must. therefore. experiment a little with her skin b-atorie she goes ahead. - -813-bf -the M ' "ma mscnanxoa PURE P heals and _aott_ena the skin 1'8. OATMEAL AND NUTS FUR N183 FOOD. BALM8 AND BLIAGEIB. rathra fad.` of late 7 - d.L2_-.- les relidd upon straw- olear `the skin [or the ear. Thly rubbdd \the a `face. and let-' `the -This. in the case `of Us-v v_?- Ill _ will create, an i'l"u1:'tleA Stcsry Aliffnordinry; e.'.`_.._~ ..:_ -~ __;;-.;`-p .4 `~ 3; ' Mi` 5; .4. .. J ._ gfI!he_-`.Parr .Sound` thr "aayu:-I-41} . week Mr). .ona.than -Hyiners. rblaoku-:1=':1 smith of. this plane. received a- ette1_+.,;}; from a a friend. at Golden alley,";; swhiich tells a. most remarkable story. of a niud turtle; The writer of the`: . `letter is `a; Mr. '_A1ex._Smith. -of Gold'- en Valley. and `in. it '-he tells Mr. Hymers that an enormous turtle! `been captured at that place. which evidently is the property o 'Hymers. as it` bears his name _.in large letters onits back. sor ra-~ ither. on its shell. and` advises vthat` gentleman -that he had better no .-up' and claim the turtle. Mr. enry Ratz captured the creature and has it chained up awaiting instructions Irom` Mr. H mers; The explanation `as to how t e turtle came to `bear Mr. Tlymers` name is that about 25 years ago Mr. Hymers and a party were `trap ing in the vicinity of Golden V e`: and one day a mud turtle `about sixteen inches long. w.vta`.s. -ound` cauit in one of the party's traps. r. Hymers released`; `the -turtle. but before doing so. out his name in "its shell. with ca knife.` Nndthing has been heard of they turtle since that time until last tweek, when `Mr. Smith's letter came tell- ing of its capture. `Mr. Hymere has sent `for the_ turtle and will -have .it on exhibition on its arrival here. when -we will give our readers itn -. dimensions `in order that -they may. learn` how much a mud turtle caught. " ltwenty-`five years ago and which was then sixteen `inches long. has grown in .a quarter of a century. L yULl'UVV I10!-I CIIJII vnvavv we v__. She had a shy, gentle manner. and almost to dowdinees. Being an old and seasoned traveller. I had no A_.\.!.'_-. .4\J1lI1`Q 1| w ' Several inmates of the House oil the `House of `Refuge -`at Hamilton. as well as a dozen nurses at the ' `and one of the house _'m'~n-annnn at-A `dawn with tVDh0id {OV- |uc;ty `n08p1| .'a1 am: on}: u; Luv. uuuuu {surgeons are `down wxth typho1d'(ev- ' . Im- Miss Gladys Ardagh, (ret- clasn honors at Tomato` University) Pupil of Mr. E. W. Sch u_:h is now pre- pared to give lesson: inginging. Ap ply at her residence, or PO. Box 9. KIIBNEVI MONEY! ?C'c--'- ,, above amount has been at our 63: ` pond for investment in Montages on Red Butane Lowest Batu M Interact * No Vulnulon Foo Goncnl FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE Business also transacted. ---CALL OR WRITE-- :I"Ijj w. - `Insurance and Rig! E7utste Agents. Oeo-With Mean. McCarthv. Boys 8: Murchison Solicitors. BARRIE. Ont.-sly. 1 jln the Kitchen VAIILLA, fot ice cteafn. for instant; Baum POWDIR. for aka. Onaiandrng. ofdo\ane;meothero dmnicslu and than am still othen--SPICES of kinds. cream of tutu. etc. Thobeutghuto druIiun.tnDRU0 8-`An TL- ...-pg-in known ln0l OIbO\I {Ina S8'dE'L I.lUU. Llavvxavag a nu... _.- ` scruples about taking `advantage 0 , her offer, and when she hadgone I proceeded to appropriate the most cc-nvenient hooks. to annex who ; 1ooking-gla'ss nearest the light. and to hang my ca bin tidy in`. xthe best space. I had engaged the top berth for I was` a good` sailor. and (never cared to run the risk of having my face 'trod'den on. My number was 14 und as 1 arranged .my `things. I -Wv0I1- dered `idly whether Mrs. Duke (the name painted on the luggage W8_.itu mg `to be un:packcd:)`was of a'aup-` orstitic-us nature. her `berth being No. 13. Ialso congratulated my- self on .having such` an"appar-ently amenable companion for the voyage.` II , J ___2LL !-.uvn`:-l`- drug: in at 3 DRUG ragga! knows mousbou mimms onus STORE on DUNLOP-ST. BARBIE. --|_|7?`-VINCE s19o.ooo_.oo t_ Loan. eta. huh any y Bouquu-Buuou- hob. Hgud or Faun) `Iota: in an vnsxuf cup ua `rum: *3 . SEEDS-Flore: Suds, Veguhhlc suds. Plath and Bulbs. WM. TAIj __I_._._QR HIIJBUKUH3 I`/UlI.Ip'd.u1uu LUI _ I had travelled with inv_alid8. with a` missionary s wife "who had twin babies and no servant. with girls going .out to be married (and theIo_ are generally the most inconeiderato of all fellow passengera). VII`-I VVJ other time a woman who drank. But with Mrs. Duke there seemed not Drospect of any disagreeables. and When I went to bed that night to` `find her asleep. and the cabin clean for me to undress comfortably. I `felt that there was even` a pensi- bility of my enjoying the voyage. " `Who is her husband V I -en-q,uir- ed of an aequaintanvce on board; and `Obscure and uncovenanted _ _ ment up in Punjab. was 20 years older than his wife. and that he Once I had a lunatic in my cabin. Eand an- o OVIVI . A hananomely cnlatlotn of mu lfllglur y scientic ournnl. months, OLA bran uewod B Q g..Q_-.` '- '--T j ----v_ _ V nmmud woolly. OFFICE-( VAR! lITsxALL:. % Jrhmnye. will dye Wool. Cotton sang. Jute. mixed Goods in_onI hath-lhey an-t clues: and Moit improved Dyein the world. Tryupachgo All colon at T T .. 1 _ __`.D, {DRUG STQRI3 n-ti. j mu: NEEDED nvnnv DAY `ICE - YARD-Tomato Corner Bradfotd and Elizabeth Struts` and B;-ndfotd Struts. > OF THE BEST QUAi.l'l`Y _A'1` GO TO THE NEW oinjseho/14 adored -her. 9* The Packei `.3 . `she o-orre'o.t ed`. v.oy,ge`s to and `from I L... .. In a A nnnn.nPnnI.x.n.'r. lwiio have made 15`v6y - 41 Kj --burns coal, coke or wobd with .oaqua,l facility; Flues, grates, r-pot and fodd-doors, o.ro%% Speciallv constructed j to any 3 special wocd grate is o.1wa.y%s% supplied. V 8016 by an. wrigo t. Qiaov I `e --75h: a `pattern anal um ;a `wile 'ahou1d_be. and .ae"v.otee t` him; But "she s re.th__er stupid and hasn't very good health. I never my much of her when We were in the same sta- ti6n;` she `has .to -go `homestor the hot weabher"`fwhenevei' they can at- ford it. L \ 1- A,,,_. .,,g ,. , ,u,LI_` `$5 3 DUI "Mrs. Duke. was not. very sociable with `the other :pa'ss.a}ngers' on aboard} the -only person she talked to -much besides myaelf was a young civilian who gave .him`a'elf -airs `because he `happened to -be privatefsecretary to a. lieutenant governor; but though she sometimes let` him read poetry to.her -on deck" in. a. `lend and pat- ronizing voice. an sat next to her at meals. she was invariably dis-` oreet in her `behavior. and` never` made 9h_er.sel`I conspicuous. _ 9 ll'`'_.. C\--I_- _.-_.. __.2J....uLI- - -.QA%uu_ 1 very `good friends before we reached, ~Port Said. She was always good- ' "Mrs. Duke was evidently arese'rv- ed little person. and this was a characteristic that pleased me.. `for I `detest t-he responsibility of unneb. ' emery o-onfidencesg and -.we `became. tempered `and -ebnsiderate. and she apoke little city `her own affairs o`be-' yond `regretting the fact that she had no children. occasionally speak- ing with the utmost -affection of her. husband. and sometimesshe mention- ed `how. much she looked forward to their meeting at Bombay. The only approach we made to any intimate conversation was one night in the Red `Sea. when I `went to `the cabin rather -earlier than usual. and found her seated on .her box poring `over what looked like a packet of letters. She looked it away in half trunk -when i -_ _I ll_....._ I-A IanuI'b`\ III! IJUI yuuu gvluu uu-an u..- -_-..,,- "Em no tarry I'm not in bed she said. sweetly. She away: he- haved as if she were in` my. cabin an utterance. ~ us. .11 ..:_I.L9 `I maa`-ad; EMU JVUDVII ll: Dvvu nan:-uu -- -__ .- _-._ ` I entered; and hiccup to brush out her pale golden heirwith energy. 19... -..4 :n Irma In fiApsI. the '5` `On Bluluruuuu. - _ 'Oh. it's an right. I naldurede her; ,and while I undreened she plaited `her A-beautiful hair into a gleaming rope; ' `Do you think she said sudden ly. `that under the circumstances. 1 L one is justified in deceiving a :.per- =eon one is very feud of 8` I r---- -I ~A I.-----.:.._1.... -0 hn Q1-ufuh $3 15 VI'\I" LU? vs C ` Well. it knowlodge of the trut would only give pain and do no KW `But I m_ean'-'-supposing now you had done something -that wasn-t ex- actly right; though `you had meant no "harm." would you feel justified` in concealing it from` a person who would certainly think it very wrong indveud I` s , -I_-.`l ..L sun niibll ' if] x Inupeaur "I looked at - Mrs. Dukoin some : ,aurpriee.' `It would depend so `on- tirely on who the person was. 1: 3117-11 nnnil hlIhd_ in. UGIlvv I "I. thought of my husband. grow-` ing Turrowed and grey with years of hard work. "intent; on his pro1Ees- sic-n. proud of the consciousness that he had given his children a egood education, that he had risen high in `his department and had a `-oom- I-ortable olda-ge before him. and a wife who agreed with him in :ev- erything; I could not imagine my; self concealing from him a -pleaaure) that I might think harmless and that he. would'con_sider wrong. .'I'he idea was too psychological [or my matter of fact brain. " `I `think deception under any circumstances is. a mistake between huiband and wife, I said lottily: `perhaps it might `be necessary to conceal something that would worry your husband. but in that case rit` would 'hardly_ `be anything you had done yourself.` _ . "'1 -mn't exolain.` she sighed. and "'1 can't Bxpuuu. with `her pathetic blue eyes. yellow pl-nit nhe dresing. gown anid reminded me of a co in `Christmas annual. ----L -\.n9n=I\l)' `IQ H.110 wneouvu, ' . pink lomd picture! in n . .1-nnohdd `Christmas annuuu. The next morning we? -reachdd iAden. and she lanvedd to? lunch` with some `friends and have a'te'w one can't explmn. _LI.-L.- add,` -'|\Inn an-vn'. nxnk "3? Ill- _`per.s1_1`ade _m.j:o sghjwith her path`-4 er ooaling to_ the `barren rocks, and from the deck I watched Mrs.\Du_k `start off -in a. boat with-.,the. priv- ate secretary in attepdbance. - Sh ! turned`-`and waved to me. and -that. was the last time I saw her valivei tic` `blue - eyes. `pink e.ve;n' "a.- .stea1,n-V vv any I:-v~ -u-wv _vu-v `- --v- -- ---' L (`Two `hours later thevyogng civii: ian caime back with auwhite--.face and horror in his eyes. n1i7L-_- 9- 1.1.- ~'-_,_L_-. an L- ,_A.-__. "T"-7iw7i1e2 '{':3 2'aptams-~ he stam- mered. as` he; stopped from the` gang- wa_y; `something awful has happen-N ed! - ` V .`-".'What; `is it 9' I asked. and 91- followed `him. along the deck. `Where is Mrs. Duke`? .: ` ' ` ` % "!"I`i-; '3hivere'd` and` his boyish face was _VVfith the shock`. ' ` `She is-dead. he -whispexeld. = `I hardly know what happened. it was all so aul'den: `but she wdlkdkup to her friend : house in . the sun-she was so delicate." you know-and- I suppose. the heat`-and'exertion.. .... ..-. -anyway `just as, Ilwas leaving her Qt `the `door she was taken ill: thought -xhehad only fainted. but when -`the doctor name he said .she -was dead-quite dead! My God -I ' can't believe it! I must find _ the captain at once. ' V . n I ,, I_ . `Yes. 1:116 captain must? telegraph to `her husband "before the shixfsaila. I `said; and with my mind stunned `by. the awtulnews.` I went to my cabin to `try and realize the truth. n|I__ ____. ISLLI- ----__..-I-u Lin:-u-Q Irv Ind noun`: out-nn-v van--v w-- The poor little womaii`; things" were all so tidy. her box was vpuehed well under her `berth (ill-tete`d No. 13!). 'her toilet tritles. so neat -and unoatentetious. were lying in their places. I thought of the fair hair and -wistful eyes. and my heart aeh-it ed for the husbend in the sorrow. that was _eomins.to him. "'1`he_re was no doubt about the` me- :1 lancholy `fact. `Before the ship 0- started the captain was in possession 3] of ;all details `from shore; a teie- , gram `had -been despatched to Mr. Duke. the dead woman`s `belongings had -been-removed and sealed wp..by '_ `the captain. and the voyage con|tin- t .ued -with agloom over us all. I was `asked if`! should prefer to change myyvquarters. but I refused.: _I `was ( not a'fra'id to be alone with. -the?.Inen- ; ories of my poor little cabin `com- panion. though for thefirst two g nights I slept `badly. thinking oflthe , young life so sudklenly checked. and of `the husband`s grief. "On the third night I {went to bed early; was tired and in need o`f rest. ` and I soon" slept soundly. But lat- er on in the night something woke, me up .and as I` laykand listened ., my travelling clock, struck 2. . I , _ wondered what had roused me. and .1 presently I became conscious that 3 _ some one wasin the cabin I. it sound- ed as though a hand were groping . _ under -the lower berth. .' " `Who is it 8' I asked loudly. "There was no answer; and I turned on theelectric light. which was close tomy head. raised my- self on my elbow and looked down. A `figure was kneeling on the floor by the lower berth and the white face that was slowly uplifted -;tc--' wards` me was the face _of Mrs. Duke. ' ` "At first I was `breathless with a- -stonishment. and then a cold terror y crept over me as I lay .and star- ed`; ,!but when she stood, up and I _--_ 1--.. -a.oJ`1l1` Bu; _-VIII. wuuu _I7uv -u......- _, saw her eyes. my fear melted into pity `for -3 soul in . trouble. Her. slender `hands grasped the rail at the side of my bed. her -their shone faintly in` the light. and her ipale cheeks were `we`t with tears. `Oh. do {help me! she subbed. and de- spair was in her voice; 2My {box is `gone-where is it 9' ' :11 ----- s..---.I flu Ql\DIk_ V gone-wnuxu an n.- "I was forced to epeak. `The cap- tain has got all your things.` I said gently: `he will take care of them.` '0hlbut I want my boxI-it was here; why did he take it aaway 3 Oh! so to. "the oaptain in the morn- ing. I implore you: ask him ,to let you` open my. ..'box. You will itinde a. packet of letters just mside myf writ- ing-case; throw them into the see -all of them. No `burn them. for theyvmight float and"be picked up! ' My 'husband-he must never see them-e-he must" never know--" .. .wu . ',_'__\_-L L...` `half Q. I Ihiliirn tnem-no ll1\l3I._ uvvva. .u.. .. `T `But "what Vere they 8` I whisper- ed: {why musn`t he know! What had you been doing I? ' - n "she wrung her hands and cried bitterly. j I meant no harm; I was only `vain and `foolish. It was` so `dull `at home all alone. and I thought. it'wouldn`.t matter. I meant to destroy the letters before we-got to Bombay. Oh. take them out of the `box: never let him know; will` you promise-promise----" - = `I ;\_vil`l do all I can)-` I lsaid.sol-f ` I nun. _L lemnly, . _ - Then. wailinrlike `a tired child, she slid to the floor. and as I looked down she minded from my sight. ~ ` , . . "I cannot describe my `feelings `during the rest of that dreadful night. I can only say that the `next morning. I "went to the captain and under promise of aeereoy I told him the `story. As I had anticipated. the was polite. but incredulous. A . '_f"_Y,o_u had a very vivid .dre_am or "delusions "my" dear `lady. and it was" _-not altogether our-prising. consider- .. i the. . greoen,t_. sod; eireumetanoes.-: ' fi1t`j"it i`I`.iqui`_`eb,5`iiI:ivjiosaible for me to , um--;_< -l\-s"I'`l`_|4; ' nu . but it is -quite impossible me open. Mrs; Duke`: 'box.`or anything that belonged to_ her. though I _asp- _ rpreejabe; the kindllnens of your 1110- ' ve: :.ig1.'j__deeirin`z me to, do. 50. V It` "if. voyages to mono: Irom .'.`-..'.'gu mu ` `A p ` '.v1;:?`g;perienoq9. iW'h1oh `,w-as,-.the, j _ They ;W 81` ' iare M , o way `from them. _'and the struggle ' st have had som-ergueem; -t at her hu`db'o.nd. anid` at _~ . - u did not answier. . 9` mt sh e retired Anglo-:India;np.t tanned [by years of eastern sunshine, wow-with hot `seasons. the unrest f `exile, - an`xie'tie'.s ooonoermng the O family that had grown up a- to kgep clear of 'delbt'. oNoW. 'the`y_" d their Indian life in ' a able suburban `villa. an-dwere mg me . at dinner. 'beoau'se. go. my people had--s`beeh' in the same station with `them. an'd: they said they xeoolleotedpme. as as child before I "was sent home; ;They 31,0 talked of` my old bearer. and the white pony I used to `ride! _-A:n- }o.Indians always seem` "(to `have such astonishing memories. . "1 know which voyage you `or thinking of." `said the oolonyelz 'ftell the gtory, memsahib. "Perhaps you have `found somebody who will be- lieve in it." she gave him` a look of reproach. then she turned` `towards me. and bwitated. "It seems rather unfair to it-I" . -' 7 1 ..nn \ .rs'|f D+ if dlftlv saftO'!'W`8.!'. ooinf0" . entertain! 30 yea `` turned ;'oun'd ; `drawn and` old LTHE QNORTHERN ADVANCE" 'id dregm bar `flat. again. _. it During a. defbate. whenever he mg. want! to express approval or disap- -oumstnnoess: provalv of what is `being said or to 16 me Q attract _attention to his own` claims `or to be allowed` to `speak. he does so` :hough 1013- _by_ (rattling. this `flap. and by long`. your 1po- 'pra.ctioo;V he has brought hinmpelf to l i, so. such a.- d`81,'."~ Qt jkill /in the purq-.. .thf`*r-..h.. mlt'tn1akl%mor ., ;_._, .._` 30_I1? E5! -`[9I. ["l{1-f my ouldnot -beppenqa a packet -of letters deatroydd on such 5 afpretext as a dream -orZ`vi`sion= at a. lfellow-passenger! ;_ Everything nust Ie -handedover to her `husband just as it is. ' ` . L _"It was useless to say more. '5 I had `fulfilled ,my_'_`p'romis`e it: do .my best. and I knew that the zcaptain was -only `doing 'his._ duty in! refusing \ -4A_--.. --.x.v:-1. .......-...l- `hang an-nm.` w-as vuxuy uuxug ua=.__u.uu._, ...- ----~-._., ;my request, which must have sound- ed. 1:-ohfhim, wprepdsterous; but now 51 ` dreaded the nighttime, and I,oflV1;an"g-A 4 ed my: cabin after. all. *1! had` niovmore fdreams or 'vieions`7to quote to -the captain, and two or three days lat- er we reached India. ' "Be'f~ore `we landed I `h`e`ar`l_ `that Mr. Duke had not come down to Bombay to meet the `ship.\' but '.'ha<'1` sent instructions that his w_ife s_lug- gage should The forwarded to him through his agents, . --.. ---._L..- n-Vu n:n.n"`.'nv tnr-ougn ,.u1a 5561195: ._ f "I `wentv .u-p country anti join2e"dT my .; hulslhmnd.-_ When I told him the story of Mrs. Duke. `he was. like 2-the cap- tain. polite but incredulous; and he would not listen to my tentative`. eug- gestion *t[ha.`t' I ahoul.d1vu'(rite`Mr Dukefj on the suFbject.__, _. _ " `For goodness sake don't think" 'o'f*m1ch a. thing. - 'he cried: "you ;dre`emt `or imagined it all. of 'aco_u'rse. _ and you'd only ` make the ` mam- more miserable than he is already: by- putting it into his head that `-his `wife had concealed something from him! '-A -- ---4 ...-.'LLa nnnI`__ LHIIL I _ "So `we spoke no more on` .'the mat ter `then. !but it waneenstently in. my mind." `for. I knew that -.1 he'd .- neither dream nor delusion`; and one morning. some three weeks later. I it-aok up 9. papen and read -in it the ' unnouneement of Mr. Duke ! and-den ` sleuth. In another part dt the`pap- ' er. I found a and little paragraph `setting Iorth that` Mr. Duke `had been suffering from depression einee the klieath of his wife on- her way out 'fr'nn England . and that he had shot himself whilst temporarily in- mne. I e'h-orwed it to my husband.` " `You jaee. I eaid. "her boxes` `would just about -have reached him --and `he did it `because he. had found the packet of letters. 0 O. I There, was a short eilenw. The Colonel pushed` the port ldeoanter me. Fill up the memsahi'b`e glaee,". he said kindly; it always makes ' her mieeraible to speak at that business)? |'lg.`!s`;;'" ;'V I-'99` L~ .2itsSie.i1tf~` The Japanese House at Commons. -0!` House of Be:presenta.tiveq..aa it `is really called. is like most other in-. -titutions in modern! Japan; in that `it is `quite new: and has `been? Tebtabe lished on the `best models through- `out the eiviliz-ed world. T cu_- _.I!_L __..l:'l-:.nm` nrhn not IDIIQ Out Ina Iuviuz-o_u nun-.- `An English politician who not long ago visited Tokio. `and `had the `op- porrtunity of seeing the parliament at work.` declared to the "writer that by a long way it was the most` business-like parliament in the` Mnorld`. In no other is there any- _thi::g like no little talk in propor- ition to the. amount of solid* work done. - l - - ~~-t ---'=-- Ill`! +1.. nnrt of the done. V Speech-making on the part of the` of the Japanese me'xnbe'r~ of par!ia- ment is discouraged to the utmost. am! at government bill of extreme importance. "such as a Home Rule Bill, if there were oooadon to bring one forward`. would be debated and either pened or rejected in leaafthan 8. week: Four or `five new acts of all sorts are an average week! work. .This_ in because it is a. rruie that. when the government or a. private . _-_:_\..._ 4... nfrnd1II`. a new WDBB use guvxuusuu... -- .. ,, member wishes to introduce a new bill. it is not allowed` to be @reeent- I ed to the house. at the direct` outo. ' It must `first be submitted to a com- mittee. who in private make a ithor- ough examination of it and digest all .9 the arguments `for and against, which are likely to be advanced concerning it. Then the committee a sends the bill along to House `with .a lengthy report upon it. and I in nine cases out of ten- the parliament is guided thy. the report. and decides upon` the measure with very little Zpnr -_._ u "There are 876 members in the Ja- . panese `House at Commons, and each one of them. is paid` at `the ratetot over 16 a week `for his services.- although they _are elected` by con- stituenoes in just the same manner as in this oountry. :The actual fee fee paid` to then is 200 :a session; but a. session only lasts-twelve weeks All -these M:P.`p are known not my name. not even. as the thonorable member for this or that consti.tuen- . _ey."but by a tlistinguisbing number. ' When one is elected` he'is given such a number. and for the pur- pose of identification afterwards ho'.. is usually referred` 'to -as .- ."8i:ty- seven." or whatever he may be: This number in painted` in big fig- I uresyon a `flap iwhiohxjs at- l taohed to his. desk in the parlia`-A : ment chamber. and as soon as -'he I take! his seat he -lifts u.p".the` flap 1 on its `hinges an a token .tha-t he, 5 is then` at work `for the day. 'When `he 1eave u.the-sitting he lays; hi num-_ If. her 'la_t, again. . _ w ` .1 AL; I.` H 8. _tnan way tuuuu. :W.he:_n he wants; `to. make Va Appadchyl 1*`! "" House, Wu! Common! -~-- _ =5 I:n -on I the Fmt`3 I` art. and decides '``'h` the 5 with the *3 3` _ Other -we bers flllltu and unone, almond me I juice: of 1 or 091101113 008` elected Ti '39-3 '5' I0 the M11105 5t1`~W'b8l`l'y gegion; tain `beauty sts-twelve mint 01 be 5 to 8 little ._ wishing time! 5110 ste'd` takixgz 'th< id for _ in he. . . sr _he' V be imted` stig- flap UI1:o{1 ting.out' his number as loud`! -__. __.r :3 or... nu-amide-m0.l' nf Bnouung -Out. nu: uuluvvn -w -v---.. 3 as`-he-ban. and if the president of; 't.'liei_A chamber ohndse him for {the next oration `he does so by simply by repeating the number. nu- -L-_..|.-- .- no-n:_nh-n_n'Inr in "Dy reapwuuug Luv 'uu.:.uuv... ,The chamber is semi-circular _in I. phmpe, and "the mem-`bars sit togeth- -er.-..all round. In the centre is _a. high elevated tribune. and when a` member speaks he ascends it for-the purpose; and thus is in fulljiew of the `whole House. Just behind him` lit: the -president. with a big 'bell -in his right hand. which he rings loudly whenever there is an iz9oa- tion of breach of order. --~ -T`--`:--can-I` :$ mun UL 5.71 ' :ThelJaapanese Parliament is the one uuuu nu. v....... 1 `ly one in the world` which hasa com- 1 plate set of verbatim reports of its proceedings from the very borne mencement. Shortly before its an tablishment `a body of students join- gether and invented a system of Ihorthand -which was capable of gra.pp1ing__with the difficulties of the Japanese language. and after a little ipracticethey `found that they were able be keep pace with the fastest speakers. Then. when the new parliament was "formed. some of these `stenographers we're engaged (or it. and thus it happens -that ev- ery word spoken in the Housekof Representatives in Tokio from the _ very `first has been taken down and carefully -preserved.--I.mdon- . .Tit-; lflailt Vigor] lBlIlfd,?,Sculpdshlny and thin? Then it : probably too late. ; ;;You neglected dandruff. If: ` you had only taken our ad- vlco, you would have cured ' the dnndrumuved your hair, added much to it. If` not entircly bald, now is your iopponunlty. Improve it. - _ . :n___g__ ___ ten IL. ._ "P11 `forget it` directly -:after.wardu. if you like." I urged with easerneus; "but do let me hear it."_ so nhetold me that one autumn. not many years ago. she had` (tak- en iher pasage out to Indiadin a very orowded ship.` and `therefore Ihe` con- eidered herself` unueually {lucky when `she got on -`board to tiud'tha_t she was. to share her two-berth `ca- bin with a lady who had `no intent and" who seemed peaceably inclined. "She was in the cabin when I went down to unpack. continued my hostess." but she had not begun to open her `boxes. and she offered to absent herself until I had settled my belongings. as she thought we: would only hamper each other if -we attempted to unpack at` the same: time. Her voice was clear and soft ; she was a little woman. young with` `pretty yellow hair -and violet eyes," - L-.: .. -1... manna rnnnnnf- and . bits. burr {AND bosmrncsg J. 6- IYII Clio. Lovell . Inn. It has, become fad.` to eat and apply the same, i for beauty, said the .pIum'p and pink `beauty doctor. Diet is not every- ,!thing in the` world. but it is agreat tleal. It will help you out amazing- ly in your `beauty scheme. But next diet comes t,he_oare_o'f the complex- ion. N-ow._I have 'one"p'atient who diets on oatmeal to keep indigestion at -bay. And at night she bathed her face in oatmeal water and uses the same upon her handB.__ _Nor does this woman : oatmeal `cure stop "at small measures. She cooks a mblenpoonful of oatmeal in a quart of water until it is milky. This -...I.n- gruff 01 Water unun n. no ...u...,. .-_.. she strains and makes soft nvith horax. To this she adds just a -`lit- tle `benzoin.'anId with this she7~waa.h- as `her use after coming from a dusty walk. At night she sleeps with `her hand`: in gloves lined with pmtmeal paste. and she has a little( tray of powdered oatmeal. mixeil with line pumice. which she uses upon her hand`: once a day _to take` off the spots.` ` "`- --A`-at n-`mason 01! `(I16 Spots. She also makes a:soap jelly` which is excellent for the hands an|d*whioh has oatmeal as a `basis. And by per- severing; with her eure she manages {to `keep pn hand a` collection `pot fine? eopmetioe for use on all occasions -when spring tears the skin and `sun acorches it. --_e. -_ e-..:.. .....,q G IULI Buxuvuuw nu _ women live on fruits anid nuts . use crushed berries and meal `for their skins. The ripe fruits make an ex- oostmetic. Ripe strawber- ries can be rubbed on-the face or `berries can be prepared into -a wash. There was a cer- tain `beauty _who used to macerate a of berries daily and add them softened rain water. This I116 strained and heated. and then she. added it to her bath. 1 `Some-e `times used the berries stronger. taking the pure juice. It was ex- pensive. as she was not a country girl. `but how well it repaid her. It was cheaper than rouge and better 3 than medicines. _ .. ,l_A`l`--1 ....I:.J.iI n-nnn straw- ` Iulll I-IIV\LA\ILlJvn.rI The -old belles berry juice to clear-"the rest of the year. rubl berries on the le juice -iiry on. in the olive-skinned `belle. cre aittr-tctive `ush. - - - _ ---:n 4,.` aattr-aouve uuau. The juice of `berries will take away freckles. and- the color will tint `che akin. But the 'blonde skinned girl `mutt beware. The ripe berries may - - `:74 _:..I. and nhq..mug[_ "f'i`3}Y? win`. ` ' `i: . ` u