$5,000 An advertisement may in- duce a. person to try an ' article a. FIRST time. ' But an afdvertisement won't 9,A,I,,_- _ BROTHERS LIMITED. Soap Manufacturers, TORONTO. Reward ! An advertisement may in- duce people to try SUN- LIGHT SOAP once. But it is quality and qual- ity alone, that makes people use SUNLIGHT nan II -__;.2___-_-..1-- .....I induce a. person to use `that article a. SECOND time unless it gives satis- faction. \. Clc:11'vd out." was Scott's short re-`T ply as he turned to light his pipe and 1'umm:1;_:;'e about for another forihis f1`i0.nd. ` T ' ' Near Markgt Square. McI..a rtky, as a sale larger_ than the combined sales of any other three soaps. ' 3&5 I always. A1l|the been quality and guaranteed. 'rAni(,"" ' and -Repairs, go to BEDS PR|NG$. MATRESSES; PUMPS, 5. co. ' Wholesde and Retail Manufacturers. l W. H._Bj[NKER, BRADFORD smear. -s-my BARRIE. A ADVERTISE IN ha-v011 t quurreled. have you?_ Willuughby inquired quickly, for when he loft thevcity :1 year ago Scott and "the boy" had just taken the apart- ment that-was now being dismantled; and the two wereapparently settled for s0m(.=ZtViu1e. V LATE OF ORO. U36 uuAVA_A\asA a. continuously and Phone 55. W w. _1VIcLAB'l`Y. :01"-tl The Ontario% V Building V and Loan Association Special Facilities ofered to Investors andBorrowers. TE NA N,T--Why pay tent, When, on such can monthl payments. you can become your own [on] ? on have the choice of renavimr at A mnnthlu I32 .i'"'z.`. rate of $1.20, $x.;o. or $1.90 for rowed. THE P monev ? 6oc yments. yO|.| C311 DCCOUIC your own at have the choice of repa. at a. monthly $xoo.oo bot- 3'_:`' &f"i? $5.1 U B L I C-\Vhy ap_nd all . a month nlaced wnth tlm I I'll. f'UL|Li"WY `P950 311 0? W money? 6oc. a. month placed with the . P. . uni Loan Association will yield you in about 8 yarn PRESENT of $100.00, or 3 prot of $41.49 over your monthlv pavmente. THE INVEs`II,'OBR-Why not place your $100.00 with the 0. . . & L. Au'n. and hen it doubled in :2 years, beside receiving during` the in` .terval 6 2 per annum paid to you every six rnonthl? In other words, for your $xoo.oo you will reeeive ll` interest $66 and a lump sum of $zoo, making a grand total or $266. ,. __ _ -- ._.- _- Y_--. An investment safe as government securitiee and much more protable, realizing the investor an equivlu lent to :5 per cent. per annum.,sumpIe interest. For printed matter and further information call on %95 Dunlap-St., Ross Block, Barrie. 0.1-I. LYON, Blank Will Forms can be had at lrnendvance Office Make `Your Will. Will pay for Will Form and postage to any part of Canada. WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO, Calls attention to the nun uuun. Lnnuu. How Iong have you been `in town?" Scott asked inste:1d.o1' answering Wil- 101J:Il1Uy_ S,f1u0stion. V ` ` ` u1\-;. I. __,, 41. n -9'_I_-1_ I I-...I 4... .-4-nun snC.1:REAs. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 11-tl THE ow swam: AUCTIDNEER G. R. FORD ':!\rew::.uspecia.{t3::,h and parties intogading to.havo ' conau t eir w 'nt eats lacm' than .a1e."in his hands. '" ' . ' 2 .4-1\ 0 . .. lII__,_ A,,.,, _A III . no, "I HANDLES ALL KINDS Ion` AUCTION SALES. nu -no unsu-u -;'0rders left `at Tm: ADVANCE ofoe or hin.resi- deuce. Spruce Cottage. will be promotly attended to. 1:. . G- H. F(}D_ ' Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. CUT FLOWERS-Rosca. Carnations, Violets, etc., fresh every day, Bouquets-Button-V hole. Hand or Corsage. Funeral Tokens in any desi us. VEGETAB ES---Celery, Crisp and Tender: Lettuce. Cabbage, Paranips, Beets, Carrots. Afr etc. SEEDAS-I"ll:wer Seeds, Vegetable seeds, Plants I` I-4\J Telphone 15. SEED STORE -v.4n....J ...V \|\a\-IJvO\Is4l Got more at 3 o'clock. I` had to stop at \\':1sl1i11;.:'t0D yesterday to make a `re- port and came over this morning. I tell you it's good to get back even for 30 days. The t`uu'ot' soldlering in Cuba is all over. Therels nothing but many ual labor to do 'tlw1fe now. [Then he added after a moment's hesitation, I wouldn't have left. though. on any other errand than the one that brought me here. . ~ - . olcial. I suppose? . v I - No," replied Willoughvyz on the` contrary, quite thereverse. - ' l Q.;..LA. _,- ,.L|-2_.._ -_.I Ignlu, TAYLOR] Tana: Mums DESIGNS Copvmau-rrs &c. Anyone sending a. sketch and descri tion may quickly ascertain our opinion free w ether an invention is probably tentable. Communica- tions strictly con dent nl. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest a ency for securing Cgatents. Patents taken I: rou h Mann 8: . receive special notice, without c arge, in the Q `I A 4212 4. T'AAAAAAxAAAA W-TIVV---V y ----vu - vv-V A handsomely illustrated weekly. Lament cu-. cnlatlon of any scientic onrnal.- Terms, 83 | year: four months. 81. so d byall newadealol-3. nnnnn n n- --_.. . ll-... Il-_l. uuluuuu VA on; uuuauvuav vuuu-u .., V- .. Soid nvvv-ealers. MUNN & l}o.3m~-M New Ygrl Branch Oioe. 625 F St.. Washington. D. FAR M STOCK SALES E. DONNELL, tiring-sisal` n -.-u--._ - _. _._ postal notice, wnsnour. enlarge. 11.! um Scientific Hmerican. n \..._.:..........I.- nlngou-nbm-I wonbhr T.nI-annf. nlu navy-u `one, uDIJD-l` IOWI and Bulbs. "slcbott mumbled somethiu Luv Ix-V1.05)`: ..-nvv, tillllati `g and look- 1 ed so absurdly unhappy that "the young soldier laughed outright. H\TVI....A. :. LL- L._-__I_I- -I.: ......-.9 `En: FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. A-A -- up: nuunlnn_Q , 6 cts. GO TO THE NEW -$NWD- I DI.`.nlJD&Vu\LV . 155 Dunlop-St.. arric I `PTOUIDIIY IIKOIIG W X G. R. FORD. A u uuuusbuw 1 What is~the.trouble. old man? H118. 3 some one bothered you with a retainer? You say I-Iarrison has cleard out. What is it all about?` Don't sit there. looking at me 1;; that lugubrloue fash- ion. V Out with it." nrru_, , _-...._I.@I ll "-- \JUI. VVILLI Ill: The boy and I haven't quarreled." Scott auswmed after a few futile pulls 1 at his pipe. .I jawed him a bit fQ`!`] leaving me with these `confounded } rooms on my hands. but there was 110 row. EIe_has changed his p|I18'.-'.Vm3 ? over in Jersey somewhere-~QJranford'.V 1'. believe. , ` "0i'1."CI}anford.v was the lleutemtntfs observation, seemingly to himself. {ll be recalled that the object or bisex- rand lived vat`the next stop. 7`ADd' that s what makes you so .gl_um_. 18?" N'n+ A... ..u_ n n-.`;.a. ........I... `new cu-h '--~ Ivuul. uuuxcu uu DU.|U5l 0-! "" Not exactly. Sgdtt spoke nbw With 1 the tone of a man who has formed -a. resolution to perform 11 hateful duty.-"3 "If you will nd "a. seat somewhere and ` light that pipe. I'll tell you ab011t 3-} Fact is. my boy. you are.1n 121113 81101`! t in a Way." A , ` . V. I 11111: - I-Uvgl Willoughby s -expresslonfwas I com: '3 Posite of Inysticatiou and uneas!ness._ but he only waved his hand as a 81808} % that his `friend should proceed. V'1`h1I_- Wan 'lu-n-4. --I....L 1.- 31.1 ..-L ..-.-..`..'nnnu {on howlt hapnened~tho-Aw` ~- --u Lucuu auuuxu ptvuccun --- yafl Just what he did not seem ready 0 o. A For heaven sake. if you have` M17` thing to say." wmougnby `nally re? marked rather peevtsbly.-say it! _' 7 Harrison is going to marry Milt: Mead." Scott said suddenly; be1n`c`care'-- L however. not to look at has :1;st en'1.'- When he had imparted t},J1,8,ll11f{,$,__!."_`.l8_`_=-"1 5011. he seemed to be. able}1;h[t,6 Without any further de1o,.y ; b'.` " "I133? Ihmin nu. - :I.."...__Jl;I.-v- W \ `\$\\ W \\;\\ \ \ :1. *\\\ %\\\ \\ \:\ \ ig\\\\ \ ILAL. uILt\..u Wl1ere is `the boy? " asked the call- Everyday . --.C0urage. PUUN1 up . Y!}_U1_H. >`__ V. W: `_`_-A: if` .3 -A7 queer sumo: `chap; .4 A ii` : Is 'noiiiieti3.fv Ni worth and-._all _that:.ne` :'sn"!z `h;a;1t- `phsne tul 5enongh to 'get"nldng in {this World with xne_n,i let alone * wornen. He; thought Miss Meadwou1d' never look ` at him, and I suppose she `took him at i hisown valuatloni 1 Women are apt to {do that, you `know. , At any rate. he made no- progress. You"know what'I_ mean. I*a'm telling you the results 01: my observations. Harrison never said I anything about. it.` urn`---n . nL`-_ `- -- -o-J wanna GIJIIIIU lbw` . wen, hfter"M1ss _Mad inltyou at Tampa last year the boy`s chances seemed to dwlndle to nothing T-P annnda 6.. ...... _--- _..- M--I------ - ...'--v- on: can ouusw I.V uvoulug. It seems to me yet: are making` a long story of it," said Wi1loughby.V I1 . Can't yducut it? uD.. u.... 1.; _. - -H, - ' ` -- gun U J`\l\l.\v|yIlt Ibo Better let `me go on,` I gt1_ess. Now; I ve told you how the case stood when Miss Mead came north last year." Thn Ila!-noun. -n.-.4- ...._J..L-_ ._.-..- LA __-~- u-yum sung`; uvsuu lal. Jdln The listener made another move to protest against the form the narrative had `taken, but realizing that his tor- mentor knew no other way. of telling what heghad made up his mind to say Willoughby settled back again. 7I"}.wn-nu An 4...-.. ...__.LI_.. _.L__. _. I-_J ..---v_u.-nag IIIOUUIIBIJ vuyn uauuh '1`hx_'ee_ or four months after we had been reading in-the newspapers about your work `in Cuba Harrison wa drawn on a jury. A groan from Wil- loughby announced his despair at this new digression, but_ Scott went on_ without a pause: `xv-.- __n.~I'_-- ;.u.'_ _-_._-Au--. - - - v ----w-- -- futu--up b 'You will'seevt'h'e connection later. I helped him kill time whilehe waited to be called, and when he was nally A drawn I was there as regularly as the Judge. I have forgotten the tltlevof the case they put him on. It was the heirs of somebody, against a man named Stevens. who held" a lot of property j that was claimed by the heirs under a ` Will. Stevens claimed under` a deed,W and the suit was brought to set aside the deed on the ground that it was obtained by fraud." V -n11-71...... .4.`I_- I_____-..._ -.. ---I. -_:.1. __.--L ' When thelawyers on each `side went through the,fo1:m-of asking the jury - men_ ifpthey knew any of the interested parties to the suit, 1 saw Harrison shake his head in a bored way. To cut" this part short," Misseluead walked `into the courtroom on` the second day of the trial. Harrison told me afterward that he knew in an instant that she was in- terested in the case. Before he left the box that day he asked to be allowed to see one of the exhibits, and, reading the caption, he found that his intuition had been correct; I be_lieve Miss Mead had been` made a party to the suit aft-_ er it had been begun in alower court, andher name didrnot appear inthe` list which the lawyers read when they polled the Jury.- ut-rr- 4.-II__J 1.1.- ......4.L . _ . _ ._ `hub ll vvvvv Ina-Iv gucgo We talked the matter over that evening, and of course I advised the , boy to explain to the court that the had ` discovered since the trial began that he 3 was acquainted with one of the ~plain- ` tiffs in the case. I have not been able to make up my mindas to why he in- sisted upon going outwith the trial. I explained to him that it was a very risky thing to do. He always 'was bull- headed, thol7fgh. when he madeup his mind. , ` 3440.0 you Miss Mead did not come `to the courtroom again until the last day of the trial. The lawyers strung it out for two weeks. It was a very close case. I could never have decided it either way. it had been fought by skilled lawyers from .the start. and they had succeeded in keeping everything off the 1 3 4 1 I i 1 1 1 1 record that would throw light on the j question at issue. There was some i thing like $20,000 or $30,000 in it for each of the heirs underthe will. These heirs were nieces of the original bene- ciary, but that hasn t anything to do with this story. Miss Mead is`n0.t'rich. I believe," the narrator added reect- ively. U C_____ 4-1: _--- -`."4-not `faint: in-on-In lV\u&Jn As I have told you, Miss Mead was on hand to hear the lawyers sum up ` on the last day of the trial. She tool; 1 good care not to sit Where Harrison 3 could see here, but he passed within \ ten inches of her when the 12 men led 3 out to the Jury room. It was a long. ; `uneasy wait for me while thatljury `de- liberated, as the newspapers say. Har- rison was the foreman, and when he got up to deliver the-verdict I could feel my heart beating `way.up in my. throa "_ ` s an uvvn1I__-..I_I__ -.-n-1-.1-I. .l.UaIn - 7 Go on, go -on," Willoughby urged` as Scott paused at the recollection of how hie heart acted on this occasion. ' .I__.._ .1.._a.:..A nu-umina+ 4|-ha L118 ueulil. UUICU UH bulb vwvuwavuu . `_`Weil, the jury decided against th heirs at every point. - Stevens had sev-; era) deeds, and every one was sustain- ed. The heirs `didn't get `a shilling. Miss Mesdhadieft the room `by the time the jury was discharged." v-_-m I-rnv-|1\`l1 nnmnrlrn fhn .t1me LLIU Juli] an ulwuuunavuu 7 By T Jove!" inanely_ remarked the listener, n.. -._a 1'-r.....'.l....n 4-Ah-I ma ho` usteuer, _ _ - Yes, s1r,Aand Harrison told me he` had a hard time "persuading two of the jurymento decide against the-against heru"~ ' - - --- ~_-u- ..-..n 1'-nnlminl-.I~m uer; . "But 1 don't quite s_ee- Wuloughby began. - T ..... -_-'_....- .....} .l.-.M- mu ltu-nvn unl- Of course you don't. my brave sol- dier boy. I am coming to that now. Harrison, mind you. had" not seen Miss Mead for the two weeks. except on those two days during thettrial, and he did not hurry about calling after the verdict. . I think that it wasa week later that we all met at the theater, 9. ` great piece of luck for the boy. I can't tell you exactly how they straightened? the matter out. Perhaps it didn't need any straightening, but way back in the box toward the end of the show I heard Miss Mead say, half soberly and half -laughingly, `There are all `sortsixof courage, and when wegot home".-e .1 think that's enough. Scott, ifyour don"t`mind'. Where can I. nd t_he7sail- ; lngjof` the, Havana boat?` V ' '; _f`I_ was `afraid of -that.- ` said iA~1- I\-._'.".I.IIn ' - sm- st. L31: :S{nB1I._ ' A `A Warm Family. V Yes..1_t`certa1nly=_la '9. warm family. The son smoke! anjd" `the daughter` Aacorch._es."L- V ~ f - 9h.9l2? f.%' IDES ft:,uonnj` : ' % Porn cloudyitorm nu-on the sky; In crystal can can island: or delight; Grand turrets teem to gun! yon _moi1ntnin i r..:..+ _ uu|uu'~, Lo, there thelolded ocks 6! evening lie! Here rosy hillowl heave and.` breaking, nigh; Archingeh meet end cluhtheir uhen bright.- Seel. Scarlet equtdrons marshal in the night; Pele wanderen lamps the midnight glorify. In my life : `sky dream follow: drum 0! the; ` The wild mejeetic pageentepauee on-- } Abo`dee,d defenses, warriors, herds, {air seen. i oods come and co; rhnpe than my destiny, Thou who remein It when an the dreams are copyright. 1901. by 0. B. Lewis. * . *0-X-O*O*6*O*Q*O*O*O*O*O*O*Q Singapore; is a [city having. dealings in one way or another with every peo- ple to the north, east, south and west or it, including all the larger islands. Money reaches Singapore by the boat- load and is distributed asliberally. It is a sort of clearing house for the east, and the Malay and the Javanese jost-le against the American and the Holland- er at the counters . of the banking houses. -chor to discharge or receive. For the years '1 was what is called the transfer agent at Singapore. Pro-_ _vided with a steam launch and a trusty h crew, I received or sent out all the hard money arriving and departing} Ex- cept in case of tour or ve `lines of steamers, no money is received at the wharf. All the native craft lie at an- There are several reasons forhthis, but the main one is to save time -at the banking ` houses. The money will--arrive in bags or boxes and ism copper, brass, sil- ver and gold. It has been counted and tagged, but it must be gone over again. A Malay Chinaman or a Borneo trader would rob his blind grandmother. If he has tagged 9. .box $1,000, you can he sure that it is short from $30 to $100. Assisted by two clerks; I board- ed the craft and recounted. retagged and rescaled the treasure and, after giving ' a certicate of` the correct amount, loaded it in the launch and de- posited it on shore. no ... .......I, you nnvfhinow. hf pngv_ publtcu II: was way-`.- V My Work was anything but easy. Every consignment carried counterfeit coins to be worked off on me. and ev- ery native Was up to all kinds of tricks to come out. ahead. Under the law '1 I 1 1 hadva great deal of power. but there i were scores of ways in which I could ` be delayed and annoyed. 'Of-all the people I encountered the Chinese were the worst for trickery. There are plen- ty of honest Chinese traders located at Singapore. as honest as the same num- ber of foreigners. but as to the Chinese "aoat I never met a square man. 1 found each and every one to be the slickest kind of liar and- swindler. What pur- ported to -be silver bars would turn out to be lead thinly coated. gold ingots F would `bea deception and a snare. and E they` would A even got to the pains of E counterfeiting such cheap coins that it takes 22 of them to make an American cent. It was stipulated in my bond ' that I should make good alllosses aris- ing through any carelessness of count- - ing or handling, and therewas never a I moment when my vigilance could be . relaxed. -4 ;_1__ I.-..!....:-... -0 ....... ....._,.,,_ L CIGACIJO Almost at the beginning of my career I bad business with a Chinese trader named Whang Ton. That was `the name he `gave. and he pretended to deal in honest goods. but I have no doubt he was an out and out pirate. He came into the port about three times a `year. and he had `ten times too much moneyiaboard for an honest trad- . ._-_._'._ :n..._--;.-.l ...... ..-.-.nd- An I-AJl.l\-l-I LaJvu\..y,n.wvuu-u. -v- ..- _-_-.. er.a `He never disputed my- cou'ntmoVr tried to work of!` bad coin on me and in this was an exception. He won my gratitude if not my respect 16 this mat- ter. and after having dealt with him three or four times 1 ceased to watch him for tricks. - ,,__,- l_.A.A ._-..A. _A LIILLI `VI 55 I\plLhlI In three years he came into port at least 12 times, and he never brought 1 less than $30,000 worth of stuff; He did not always have the _same junk, but his men were always the same. 1 His money was of allnations and all ` coinage, and it was fair to believe that be robbed all alike. As there were no charges against him I did not think best to- say anything ,ashore. and so - Whang Ton arrived a.nd departed with- . out let or hindrance. On` what turned out to be his last visit. so far as l 0 know. he brought only about $10,000 to be exchanged, and he informed me that he had decided to. leave the sea and settle down ashore. He was more com- municative than I had ever known him to be before.'but there were only two -or three points I remembered `after- ward; One was his retirement from trade, and the other was about a Phil- ippine craft lying astern oi`. him. She had broughttln $28,000 to be exchang- ed. and I was toput the money aboard or, her tha't_'ev ening. He asked many I questions about her. as I remembered j_ later, and `V I answered all as far as `I 3 could and Agave no_ weight to themat- \ A___ V. U`t'-'|.WCCu 0 U vavyn we nu Iooc\a .. .. ..v._ m., it happened now and then that a craft wanted to sail after hours,` and so I stretched a point In her favor dud charged 9. percentage. Thlspercentage was to cover my increased risk. In the case ot....the Philippine craft the money was to -be on board at 6 o'clock. which was an hour after dark at that aeasonc otjthgyear. It was placed In "t1iie,A.`1auhcl_1,.a`,f" 4:30 ..1d=~ 4' .8t,eafhd .60` T it colinid. ]_. ain6`1'j _ 000 an '1 8 5 By ETHEL WRIGHT. V UV . T ix-I tux`, . While I received and shipped mostly between 9 o'clock a. m. and 5 o'clock p. ,-_..-_.-.-I ....... and than that n 5 VII? My home. peace ! _FI Inc had A TRICKOF AH smrs. . y M. Quad. i i -ml;etli Gibson in _Olnmben Jounnl. the cma.na? smas. Hm! Itnxth. mi 31017 and my nomInnu{ Anmxcn. hallway of his friend's apartment in "Polite, grumbled Lieutenant Wil- Ioughhy to himself as be entered the response to a summons bawled out from some part of the interior. What! ' Breaking up? the caller asked. peering, through. :1 lighted doorway. He had` been obliged to announce himself in some way. for the occupant of the room sateon the oor With his back to the entrance and evidenced no inten- tion of turning to greet his visitor. ~-~-- -~-- I.-_...;.I_II `mitt me. s `:50: n ...., * hrs 3 lld.:,.W33"3nx10ilI;tQ[`5WY_{lfCi#t`3f"` and; :< As -ghea. `save--maketreif: .Mne>and:*a: box arses: ; zgars to:-<.rme=, `couidj-*not_;wen reruge,. and I ywentaboard` with my clerks `to rush. the count through.` Five` armed men were left in the launch. and I had uoanxiety.` "We had counted half the`: money and old Whang Ton was stand- ing by-with;ia grin on his face when . live or six natives who had sneaked in- to the cabin suddenly `ung themselves upon us,'and we were made prisoners. V A At the same `moment a:doz'en of the crew dropped over the rail into the launch `and made a tierce attack. and in two minutes she was captured and her crew passed up. Then followed the treasure. and as the launch was se- cured alongsideethe junk lifted anchor .and set sail for the "north. The bold- ness of the trick. compelled success. The old pirate` smilinglyvinformed me that no one would be hurt and that his only object was the money, and. after I had got over. swearlngand threaten-. ing and realized myhelplessness we got along fairly well together. ' It`was-7 no one s`business to question the junk, and as she had a fair wind she reeled on? the miles untiimidnight and "then ' can close to the Spanish island and set us ashore and towed our launch after us. Our boat was stripped of arms and ` coal. and all we could do wa to find an anchorage for her and wait to be " taken off. It ,was 3 o clock- next day before this event happened and six hours later when we reached Singa-. pore. Of course a searching vessel was sent out, and later on old Whang Ton was hunted for high and low, but he somehow. got clear oil` with every dollar or that money and settled down somewhere to live on the fat of the .laud. Female Bird Rules. Among several species of the birds of prey addeference for the female sex is shown which is not met with in the great -majority of the feathered kind, declares an ardent student of the ways of birds and beasts. He says: 3A. _V.._. ____ A__.4.__..._ VI. lJIo\n~r Ian-nun -aw.-~--u. .._- -....`,..- Several years ago it was my fortune A to capture two young eagles of the baldhead `species. When meat was thrown into the room` where they were conned. the male showed plainly how great was his desire. to pounce upon it. but a glance from his sister was suffi- cient to keep him rooted to the perch until. she had nished. ,When beef and other similarmezils were given them. this easy victory for the fair sex was the rule, but when ,3. sh was intro- ,dnced it was only after a erce ght ithat the female succeeded in remind- a ing her brother of the respect due her. I It I _..S.. A` --`nu-as-u noun:-`O |\A\IV"It\I` A1Iv`n , lug IJ\4l vnvunnu; V: \.-.-x. -vyrvvu -_v _v_. `E A pairof young great horned ow_ls ; which I at one time owned had also dis- jplayed this female domination. 1 fed them principally" on live rats. and when i they were turned loose in the room the male retained a stolidp and indifferent `poise upon his. perch until the female had satised her h1zng;e1'. after which he would dispatch Wlzui was left. Many _ other are the instam--us: among the ea~ gles. hawks and 0Wl'= in which the fe- male bird i the m:=s==.er of the situa- ' tion.-'-Bz1lti re Sun. There Wm! No Duel. A Once, when the late Dr. Tanner had asked in the house whether it Was true that the Duke of Cambridge bad re- signed his"positlon as commander in chief. a Major Jones of Penzance was so outraged that be challenged Dr. '1`an- ner to a duel. and the following tele-` , graphic correspondence took place: a 511.. .......I.. `II; "A... Ann-\8'nnI-nln nnnai-Inn .5:--1 I u - ~ v v - - Lu; J v - u ~ - - ~ ~ - vv- .----- In reply to your despicable question about the Duke of Cambridge, 1 deslg- ` nate you a coward. Delighted 'to give I you satisfaction across the water. Pis- tols. . To which Dr. Tanner at once replied: Wlre recelved._ Will meet you to- morrow ln Constantinople. under the tower of Galata. midnight. `Being chal- lenged. prefer torpedoes. Bring anoth- i er ass.-Tanner." When Bride and Groom Are Nervous. A, I__ 1.1.. VI `Ivan JJIlI\ `@511. v---.---. ..-`. _-v- . Embarrassment appears to_ be the naturarconcomitant of matrimony. At least this is true in the incipient stages. In variably. however. there. is a striking contrast between the relative compo- 1 sure of the man and the woman. ' Both ; are nervous. but never both at `the ` same _time. If they come in week he- ; forehand to make arrangements; she is urattled and he is cool. whi1'e on_ the i day of the ceremony she rises to the * occasion and he sink under it. Thus '1 have never seen V.a bride who was Eseared. I have never seen a groom :who.was not.-'--Rev., D. M. `Steele in :-Ladies Home Journal. ` - Mental Arithmetic. . Wifebf Young Literary Man-Why, George. 10 for that magazine story? How long did it take you to write it? 11---..- r1-.__|......_`.a :_-..-|...I....oI-n ,(\|-u u;'gu-1;gubHu1;s.b;n:l- (`no.3Vx`1'<`:.h'1 1`ia'x;[;l-5.1;--`()'b. I don't know. A couple of days. 1 sum pose. ` ' - frnn- 1......I;:.. ...I...\ nu-.." -ununu n Scott. your manners axfe beastly. was the Intruder next remark as he 1 t1_1read od his`WayA through the maze of.` household wreckage that made ingress diioult. At this the broad shoulders turned quickly, and in a moment Scott was shaking his friend's hand in a manner so hearty that Willoughby for- gave the boorishnss of his rst.greet- ing.o . n-I , , 11: __-__ A'__; 4...`! _ W990 Wife (exultingly)-Five` pounds. a_ day! ,That s_ 30 a week and 120 a month. Twelvotimes 120 '|s.neurly 1,500 Ta year. Why, George... we can keep a carriage Just as well as not.- London "Answers. ` ` . , `twofold. ~ , T Sn1 s-'1`here is more 3111 In Chicago than any other city on the face or the __..4.I. 1~1:1'1's-I beg leave to differ. _ A I defy .you to name another with more sin .11": It!" ` a an an L _, On..- _ .1`.-- Bail` `Female Diplotmacr. "My dear." he said," "I forgot to post % that letter "this morning," - AlI\I_ __'__- .n_A._1n _|__ ...l4uI " Cm`VIwn`u bunt ICLLCI llll IIJUI I-lluaqo _Oh,~yoi1 dear! she cried. That was Just what I wanted. Now I can blame 1 you when that superclllous Sadie com- A | . ' plain: that} don't answer her notee.-";; IJUIC Ell! ~lI-I IE5 _C1ncinnatl.-,-Bzin Franisco Bulle-V -cement, ljgnlvert Pipe, Field Tile, T } BARRIE STEAM LAUNDRY. Work received from the Country receives the same attention as work `received from the Town. . L Pa-r4cel`s.broug'1-at Monday will .be ready Thursday. ' Sit down, oldeman, if you can nd a place. Yes. `we are breaking up. as you call it. and the speaker swept? his arms in a hopeless way over the cori- fusion or` books. pictures and bachelor brie-:1-bmc. on us 1 1 AI . -_II ; Parcels brought on Th u1'sday wi1_1 be `ready on Saturday. We solicit: a trial parce1- | . i Homes 31203., map. Has purchased the pretmses occupned bv Chas. Mc- Guire, just out of pine _VlcIo1-Ia Hotel, and has ed upl.buuness._:u all kinds of Black- emithing; orpeuhoem . etc. All work will be done promptly at the lowest gure. Remember the place. `CC? L? I CQICICT Make no mistake! Tine is the GREAT Scott in the above lines. 0ice-97 Dunlap Street, Barrie I1`:-IE _"ADVANCE.".l Sunlight $0ap IF.NO'l' Tnua. Agents vvalated.` "' h desert, SWllllp_Iuu w ... 1 nmrguarch hssheen pursued: w'v ""` I, hope that by the magic tount _ _ _ A Youth ; charms `might be renewed? . t men h ve turned vfroxn that yuixi '` B'lrheir hoges forever crushed, - A _ Q ,0, though they searched through ';11;.~.u,', 3 go magic fountain gushed, ' s - ` `nu men resigned themselves to "age ~' ` That robbed them of theirgnce, s . ; _ _ 4-mg mpped their strength and thickly upgadf " if Time ; wrinkles-on the face. ` I : 1- years men's thoughts have I I 4 In late To plans for longer life. _ d in elixirs they have sought W New strength for daily striie, - . M ' ~ And oft 'tis heralded abroad .-`f __-Fi That scientist or sage . " :1" Has nallv evolved 1 plan" _ - 5'3`-: To staytthe blightof age. . 3; men grow old, and women, too. 7 ' a . Asin the days of yore, .~__ . For no elixirs they have tried ,'1`heir youthful charms fstore, And as they can't deceive themselves, some seek to hide the truth , And dye or hleacli their hair and paint on cheeks the hues of youth. 7 The fount of youth is in eah heart,- And those who keep it pure e . _ Will longer hold the charms of youth And length of life secure, And when ntslast that fou ain fail; And old age on them stedls '1`hey l1 bear it well because no man In older -than he feels. "Pi5bl'II`8` Chronicle-Telegnph,