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And then there is the question of exbra work for the women folk on the farm because of the hired man in the home. The extra wages that is necesâ€" sary to pay the married man to board himself, will be more than made up by lessening the labor in the farm home, and by the better home life the farmer and his family will have. Of course, & hired man with a family would need steady employmentall the year round, and this would be an advantage to the farmer. Where a large amount of stock is kept there is just as much need of help during the winter months as during the summer. The difficulty with the single hired man very often is that he is too much inclined to roam around at nights, and thus unfits himself for work the next ‘day. Of course no one objects to a reasonable amount of recreation, which every one should have. But the hired man‘s first duty is to serve his employer faithfu‘ly and well. Then, again very often if the hired man, who is boarding with the farmer, is not treated as one fo the family, and consulted in regard to the business of the farm, he is disâ€" satisfied. In taking this view we are not disparaging the bivred man‘s calling in any way, but jasbt discussing the question as far as it bears on the home life on the farm. A hired man on a farm should not take it as in any ways disrespectful to himself because he is not admitted to the inner home life, or is not allowed the privileges of the members of the family. . How many young men and women are ‘cut off just as the future seems brightest and fullest of promise! They are taken away by the disease which causes over oneâ€"sixth of all the deaths in the worldâ€"the disease which doctors â€" call consumption. â€" There is absolutely no reason in the world why consumption should be fatalâ€"why it should be even serious, It is a disease of the blood, and can be cured absolutely and always by purifying and enriching the blood. The only exception to this is the case where ths disease has been neglected and improperly treated until it is stronger than the bodyâ€"until the body has become so weak as to have lost ability to recuperate. Dr. Pierce‘s Golden Medical Discovery will cure 98 per cent. of all cases of consumption if used according to directions. _ It_ will also cure all lingering bronchial _ and throat affâ€"ctions. One way to overcome this drawback is for every farmer to bave an extra bouse on the farm for hired help. A comfortable house can be built very reasonably, and life on the farm would be better for all concerned, if the hired help lived in a separate house. It would then be necessary to engage married men, who would require highâ€" er wages. This would not be a drawâ€" back, as there is no one who renders as good service for the money he gets as the married hired man on the farm. The very fact that he is married and bas some .one depending upon him, makes him more steady and his service of more value to the farmer. Send 31 conts in one cent stamps to World‘s Dispensary Medical Associatâ€" ion, Buffalo, N.Y., and receive Dr. Pierce‘s 1008 page Common Sense Medical Adviser, fillustrated. The Mercury joins in the deep and universal regret that is felt through the city and Province because of the death of Prof. Panton, of the O. A. Collegeâ€" ‘The mainjpurpose of his life was to teach in simple, practical, form the conclusions of science so that the knowledge of his fellowmen who had nob the time nor opportunity to study deeply along these lines, might be broadened and increased by his efforts. In it all he strove to harmonize the new scientific thought of his ago with the religious standards he loved, and his energy and intellect and beart were spent in unstinted service for his folâ€" lowmen. _ We all esteemed and loved bim ; we all mourn him. _ His death is not only & severe logs to the city and College, but also to the whole Proâ€" vince.<«â€"Guelph Mercury, Farming.â€" The bired man is a necessary factor on every successful farm. Excepting where the farmer has the help within his own family, the hired man becomes a necessity in order to make the business a success. The difficulty _ however, that confronts the farmer who is compelled to have hired help on the farm, is that this hired help breaks in on the home life. The majority of hired men on the farm are unmarried, and, consequently, they have to live with the farmer. This,to a certainex tent,isobjectionable,especially where there is a family of young boys growing up, as very often the moral character of hired man is _not such as would be conductive to a healtboy growth of morals in the young boy. Nay, not for place, but for the Right, To make this fair world fairer stillâ€" Or lowly lily of a night, Or sunâ€"topped tower of a hill, Or high or low, or far, Or dull or keen, or bright or dim, Or blade of grass or brightest starâ€" All, all are but the same to Him, O, pity of the strife for place ! O, pity of the strife for power ! How scarred, how marred a mountai?’s ace How fair the fair face of a flower ! The blade of grass beneath your feet The bravest swordâ€"aye, braver far To do and die in mute defeat Than bravest conqueror of war ! When I am dead say this, but this: ‘"He grasped at no man‘s blade or shield, Or banner bore, but helmetless, Alone, unknown he held the field. He held the field, with sabre drawn, Where God had set him in the fight ! He held the field, fought on and on ! And so fell fighting for the Right." © â€"Joagquin Mailler. ‘ Hired Help on the Farm. Death of Prof. Panton. GETRY, Battles An analys‘s shows that Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills contain in a condensed form all the elementsnecessary to give new life and richness to the blood, and reâ€" store shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specifis for such discases as locomotor ataxis, partial paralysis, St. Vitus‘ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheuâ€" matism, nervous headache, the after effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, nervous prostration, all diseasos depending upon vitiated humors in the blood, such as serofuls, chronic erysipâ€" elas, etc.â€" They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such, as suppressions, irregularities, and _ all forms of weakness. They build up the blood, and restore ths glow of health to the pa‘e and sallow cheeks. In men they effect a radical cure in all eases arising from mental worry, overwork, or excesses of whatever nature. I see no special cause for believing that the average woman under like temptation would do very differently from tho average manâ€"a belief which is not lessened by Bishop Potbter‘s reâ€" cent accusation b:fore the women‘s auxiliary of the Civil Service Reform association that they put their relatives into office whenever they get the chance ‘"without any evidence that they are fitted to fill the places they apâ€" plied for." _ Possibly women were inâ€" tended by their Creator to stand for the reformatory interests of Jife, but I think there is not as yet sufficient evidence thereto, either in the nature of things or of women, to warraut any apecial abrogation of other distinct and more familiar duties in favor of interâ€" ests mainly moral.â€"Helen Watterson Moody in Scribner‘s. Whatever the Tuarveydrops of the moral world may have to say about the necessity for elevating moral deport ment on the part of "wooman‘ bewitchâ€" ing wooman," I have never been able to see any indubitable intent in nature herself toward binding them over to any higher moral standards than she does men. Both men and women seem to me to be compounded of the same average morality. though with certain unlike manifestation, largely the resalt of circumstances and opportumities. Strong Men Made Helpless Invalids â€"The Story of One Who Suffered pay aud Night for Twenty Years. From the Chatham Banner, I now feel well and strong and if any of my old comrades see this and are afflicted I would urge them to try Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills." ONLY VETERANS CAN REALIZE THE SUFFERINGS OF ARMY 5 LIFE. Everyone living in and around the village of Wheatley knows Mr. Peter Sippe, who has been a resident of the place for upwards of twonty years, and who daring the whole of that pertod up to last year was a constant sufferer from acute rhenmatism, complicated by other troubles, until he was worn alâ€" most to a shadow. At the age oftwenty he joined the 21s6 New York Volunâ€" teers, and after being a member of that organization for three years, be joined the New York Cavalry and served through the war of the rebellion. He took part in the historic battles of Baull‘s Run, Fredericksburg, Culpepper, etc., and at one time rode eighty miles at astretch,carry ing dispatches through the enemy‘s linee. On another occaâ€" sion he was on horseback for four days and five nights, and it is little wonder that such hardships left him, as they did thousands of others, with a wreckâ€" ed constitution. While in the army as a result of poor food,and often worse water, he was attacked with diarrhcer, which assumed a chronic form, This of course greatly weakened him, and be fell an easy prey to the pains and terrors of rheumatism. To a corresâ€" pondent of the Banner ho said. "I never expected to be any better in this world as I had tried scores of medicines which brought me no relief at all. Sometimes for weeks at a time I could not lie down or sleep, and could eat but little. I was not only troubled with rbheumatism, but abt times was subject to fainting spells, and at other times everything appeared to turn black before my eyes. I would often feel sick at my stomach, abt which times food would prove loathsome to me, My kidneys also troubled me greatly and my nervous system seemed completely shattered. Tongue can scarcely tell how much I endured during those long and weary years. About a year ago I was advised to try Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills, and it was a grand day for me that I began their use. After I had used a few boxes my pains had decreasâ€" ed and I was considerably better. Latâ€" er, through a continued use of the pills, I could eat, sleep and felt as able to work as I had done twenty years ago. The Canadian Home Journal for February is especially interesting. The Canada Club is again to bhe fore with a description of how a retail store handle Canadian goods. There are three compstition stories to be ‘voted upon, and Secnarf writes an interesting tale of "An Unwelcome Guest." Music and poetry are present in plenty, and the various departments of the Journal are so complete that it is no wonder that it is becoming popular. Every family should be a subscriber to this distinctively Canadian‘periodical. The Canadian Home Journal, McKinnon Building, Toronto. You must fortify your system against the atâ€" tacks of disease. Your blood mu t be kept pure, your stomach and digestive organs in order, your appetite good, Hood‘s Sarsaparilla is the medicine to build you up, purify and en« rich your blood and give you strength,. It creates an appetite and gives digestive power. HKOOD‘S PILLS are the favorite family cat« hartic, .easy to take, casy to operate. A SOLDIBRS LIFE, If You Wish to be Well The February Number, Morals and Sex. Waterloo Count Dodd‘s Kidney Pills have cured thousands of cases of Bright‘s Disease, Diabotes, Dropsy, Diseases of Women, Lumbago Rheumatism, and all other forms of Kidney Disease. All drugâ€" gists sell them at fifty cents a box, six boxes $2.50, or they will be sent on receipt of price by The Dodds Mediâ€" cine Co. Limited, Toronto, Ont. By the Miraculous Recovery of Driver George Dougherty. Sceekers after gold are often disappointcd, Seekers after health take Hood‘s Sarsapariila and find it meets every expectation, For a second room a pink wall paâ€" per will insure a pretty contrast with white paint, draperies of muslin and a carpet in a deep shade of rose color. The farniture to look the best against euch & background will be in the Sherâ€" aton style and mahogany or rosewond fiaisb, not fitted to the room, but each piece separate. Light, Cheepful Effects and Variety of Style In: Furnishing. The bedrooms of a small house should if possible be treated quite differently each one, both as regards the decoraâ€" tion of the walls and the style of the furniture, while everything sbould conâ€" tribute toward a bright, cheerfal effect. For this reason, heavy colors should In a third room a very good effect may be gained by us‘ng plain pale blue paper for the walls and having a pretty stenciled frieczo in a soft shade of cedar color. with wood work painted and _ flatâ€" ted to resemble sedar wood. Here the window curtairs may be cream spotted muslin and the floor covâ€" ering a daintily flowered carpet of cream ground, with brass bedstead and any uncommon shapes in the lighter colored woods for the rest of the floor. Ond day M. H. Dougherty, father of the sick man, beard of the cures ef fected by Dodd‘s Kidney Pills in Dresden. He bought a box. Gsorge began using them. To the amszâ€"ment cfall he began to mend. B>x after box was used till he had taken nineâ€" teen. Now he is doing bis work as if he hbad never been ill. Peop‘le stare openâ€"mouthed at him as he passes. Is there any wonder ? not be used, but delicate tones, such as pink, pale blue, green, cream, golden yellow and white, which always look fresh and cool. Then the window and other draperies should be light and very simple in arrangement, with no thick folds in which the dust may colâ€" lect, and there should only be sufficient furniture for comfort, nothing superâ€" fluous to take up valuable space, Suppose the walls of the first room to be hung with a dainty green and sream colored cretonne in a small, efâ€" fective design and the woodwork stainâ€" ed greenfand polished. On the floor a equare of carpet in two shades of green with a surround of Japanese matting in cream color, will provide quite a luxurious covering, while very uncomâ€" mon curtains may be made of printed sateen. Words cannot paint the sufferings of the patient. Every one said he must die. He wished for death to end his agony. Hundreds of dollars were spent for medicines and in dectora‘ bills. But the disease grew worse and worse. If the furniture can be fitted to the rcom, it will give an air of space, as the odd corners are thus turned to acâ€" count and the centre of the room is free. Such fitments are somewhat more costly than the ordinary separate pieces, but if made in pine, painted white and kept quite simple in charactâ€" er, tha expense will not be very alarm ing, and the result will be decidedly pleasing. ° Ridgetown, Feb. 7.â€"The most amazâ€" ing case that has ever startled the reâ€" sidents of this towr occurred recently, and the people for miles around. can talk of nothing else. If it had taken place in our grandfathers‘ time, it would have been attributed to the diâ€" rect interposition of Providence. Itis the saving of a life, that the most skilâ€" ful doctors admitted they could not save ; of a man who was nearer to bhis death than if he had been tossing among the ssething waters of a whirlâ€" pool at Niagara,. 1 Iâ€" . 7 3 We oes EoL Semonte se ces George Dougherty, a driver for the Amerisan Express Co. here, lay dying. He bad Bright‘s Diseass and Dropsy. He had lain in bed for twelve months. Three local doctors attended him. They could give him no relief. Outside physicians were called in. Their skill failed. _ Many remedies were used, but in vain. How He Changes His Spots. ‘Mr. Sbhowman,‘ said an inquiring individual, at the menagerie, ‘can the leopard change his spots Yes, sir,‘ replied the individual who stirs up the wild beasts, ‘when he is tired of one spot he can easily go to another,.‘ The most awkward man in the world without doubt lives in Michigan. He recently shot & dog, and in explaining the accident to the dog‘s owner, shot him. Later, in showing how the trag: edy occurred, he shot the coroner. _ He has been liberated for fear he will try to shoot somebody else. Mc For Table and Dairy, Purest and Best RIDGETOWN AMAZED Lay in Bed for a Year â€" Bright‘s Disease and.Dropsy were Killing Himâ€"Doctors Said He Must Die But Dodd‘s Kidney Pills Cured BRIGHT BEDROOMS A Risky Business. Ask your grocer for His Mummy Found In a Cometery Near the City of El Kabâ€"‘"The Sun Smiled Upon Kim," but He Died Like Other Morâ€" talsâ€"Wifs and Son In Tomb With Him. The Adonis of Egypt 5,400 years ago is again among men. Not as he was when women bowed before him and his every gesture was looked upon almost as if it were that of a gal, but swathed NENKHEFTA, THE MOST BEAUTIZUL MANXN IN THE WOQRLD. j AN ADONIS OF EG in the habiliments of the regulation mummy. Centuries before imperial Ceâ€" sar died and turned to clay this man ruled the dwellers on 250,000 acres with a rod of iron.. The women adored him for his beauty. The men feared and respected him for his wisdom. Near the city of El Kab, which is situated 75 miles north of the present gite of Cairo, there lies an ancient comeâ€" tery so old that even the men to whone the papyrus scrolls are as familiar as the waters of the Nile are unable to say when it was first devoted to the purâ€" pose of housing the mortal tenements of the old Egyptians. The archsologint has long found it a fruitful field for reâ€" search, and many a mumimy that today is gazed on in the museums with round eyed wonder was undisturbed here for thousands of years. It so happened that a short time ago persons prospecting for new fields in a hill in the cemetery described discoverâ€" ed a little pit which apparently had never been made the subject of investiâ€" gation. Excavation brought to light the fact that it was not only something new, but from the archaologist‘s standpoint one of the most important finds in a very long time. The pit was the entrance to a solid chamber of rock containing a number of stone coffins or sarcophagi. Besides theseo there lay upon the floor of the chamber a numâ€" ber of statues. Examination of the various contents skowed that one of the sarcophagi contaiccd the mummy of Nenkhefta, and the roll of papyrus and the inscriptions on the sarcophagus both gave the information that these were the mortal reanaings of ‘"the most beautiful man in Egypt and probably the world." At the annual meeting of the Galt, Preston and Hespeler St. Railway Co, held at Galton Friday, the directors‘ report showed, amongst other things, that the number of passengers carried during the past year was 221,674, as against 219,647 the previous year, an increase of 2,027. The total amount of freight carried was 12 973 touns, as compared with ouly 8,310 last_ year. There was an increase in receipts all round of $1,900. _ All the old dircctors were unanimously rgâ€"elected. Some of the archseologists here were at first inclined to doubt the accuracy of the claims made regarding this find, but investigation showed that there was no cause for doubt whatever. It would have been impossible to perpetuate a fraud of this sort. The papyrus roll, which told the history of Nenkhefta, set forth that his dominion extended over 42 miles of the banks of the Nile. His residence was termed Nishwaka, which is supposed to mean that the vilâ€" lage where ho lived bore that title. ‘"Great were lhis flocks, oh, ruler of rulers,""‘ says the manuscript. ‘‘None was so wise. None was so beloved. The sun smiled on him when he jourâ€" neyed abroad, and when he looked with displeasure a sorrow as of death came upon him who had caused it. He was to his people what the waters of the Nile are to Egypt. Great is his name. No man who lives was so beautiful. There is none to take his place." When the wrappings of the mummy of this ancient A.onis were unfolded, there was nothing to indicato that the remains were those of a man of any beauty whatsoever. The grinning skeleâ€" ton looked exactly like those of today. The only odd fact was that the shape of the skull, the hands and the feet were, while unmistakably Egyptian, of more classic mold than those of most mumâ€" mies. The formation of the skull also indicated that its owner when alive posâ€" sessed great mental development, thus justifying the pleasant things which were said about him in the perfectly preservyed roll of ancient manuscript which recited his history. Perhaps there was a touch of oriental extravagance in this, but among the statues. found on the floor of the chamâ€" ber was one which unquestionably was intended to represent Nenkhefta. This was evidence sufficient that the inscripâ€" tion must not have been without cause. According to the standard of beauty which existed in Egypt in those days, Nenkhefta was certainly an Adonis. While in seulpture the ancient Egy ptian was not equal to the genius of today he was a man of much skill, and there is no reason to doubt that the statue is a fairly faithful representation ofâ€" ‘""the most beautiful man in Egypt.‘" In the tomb of Nenkhefta were also the mummies of his wife and little son. It would appear from the informaâ€" tion contained in the papyrus that this old time Egyptian was content with one wife, something of a rarity in those days. Ho was evidently an exception to all rules, however, and this probably accounts for the . presence of the mumâ€" mies of his wife and son in his tomb. It is believed that if he had had more than one wife there would be some eviâ€" denco in the form of inscription or othâ€" erwiso to indicate that this was his faâ€" vorite wife and the mother of his son. It is held that this must have been his only son from the statement on the paâ€" pyrus seroll, ‘‘There is none to take his place." Nenkhefta‘s wifo was named Nylepâ€" tha. This is the inscription on her sarâ€" cophagus, ‘‘Nyleptha, the Queen of Nenkhefta, Greatest of Rulers.‘‘ Nothâ€" ing is said as to whether or not she was beautiful, as it is plainly evident that the effulgence of Nenkhefta was such that any womanly charm in his family was practically lost sight of. â€"Washâ€" ington Post. Durability of Ivory. ‘The durability of ivory is proved by the fact that billiard balls which for the sake of curiosity had been made of very well preserved mammoth ivory unâ€" doubtedly many thousand years old were played with for several months by experienced players in Paris without it being noticed that the balls were not made of fresh ivory. Mammothivory is, as a rule, not as tough as fresh ivory. icle, Thursday, February 10, 1898â€"Page IYPTY High above in the cherry tree The bees are holding a jubilee. Theâ€"time is May, and the trees abloom, And the air is sweet with the rare perfumé High abeve, ‘mrong the blossoms gay, The bees are gathering sweets today. And Robin wisely shakes his head, "They‘re welcome; I‘ll wait for the cherr red}"" â€"Agnes Lewis Mitchill in St. Nicholas We need not wait for the fruit to grow," The bees hum busily as they go. "The blessoms are sweet, and the wind is sly, He loves #e scatter them by and by!" Mezxicans and Indians Make Many Uses of the Ugly Plant. Southern New Mexico and Arizona and southwestern Texas embrace a reâ€" gion totally unlike any other section of the United States. This portion of our country bears evidence of its Mexican origin in its swarthy population and its low built ‘"‘adobe‘‘ houses, whilo its bleak mountains, hiding treasures of precious metal, and its sandy deserts, among whose greasewood and mesquita bushes live the poisonous tarantula, the venomous rattlesnake and the stinging scorpion, seem but part and parcel of our sister republic on the south. That which strikes the traveler most forcibly, however, in journey ing through tho sandy wastes is the wonderful luxu» riance of the cactus family, which apâ€" pears to grow everywhere, the lowly cholla (choyyah), the reedlike ocalilla (Oâ€"kahâ€"leeâ€"yah) and that unsightly giant, the great sahuara (sahâ€"wahâ€"rah). The drier the sand and the hotter the sun the better the cactus seems to flourâ€" ish. On some mountain sides the chollas grow so thick one cannot pass through them, so fierce are the sharp spines of the cholla "balls."" Curved at their ends like fishhooks, these little spines pierce leather and fasten upon the skin of the foot, causing the most intense pain. Walter A. Dickson, of Toronto well known in Galtand Preston, sucâ€" cumbed to typhoid fever at St. Joseph‘s Hospital, Toronto, Friday, Jan. 28th. From the inland revenue report we gather the following facts : Berlin paid for license fees, $395 ; for spirits, $39.622 ; tobacco, $8,819.58 ; cigars, $17,619 63 ; a total of $66,456 21. For similar duties Waterloo paid $18,â€" 307.68 ; Galt paid $20,840 78. The Waterloo distillery paid in excise duties $3§7,161.39. Rough and repulsive as these various kinds of cactus are, however, yet a use has beon found for most of them. After treating the stems of some of the smaller varieties furniture is manufactured from themâ€"chairs, tables and other small articles. The tall, graceful stems of the ocalilla are gathered and wovyen into fences, while the weird, uncouth sahuara is put to a number of uses which will require a more detailed description. The sahuara, easily the king of the cactus family, is peculiar to Arizona, its fluted columns, with its gaunt, upward growing arms, covering the deserts in some places like a veritable forest. It is often 20 feet in height, and its heart is a watery pulp protected by long parâ€" allel strips of tough, fibrous wood, reachâ€" ing from base to top, the whole covered with a thick, green skin which successâ€" fully turns the sun‘s rays and prevents the evaporation of the water within. Where the sahuara gets this water is a mystery, since it grows in theo driest of places, where rains come, if they come at all, at almost yearly intervals This water, however, is of no use to man, as many a poor prospector has found to his sorrow. It is astringent and bitter, seryâ€" ing only to increase thirst. The Indians of the countryâ€"Apaches, Pimas, Papagoes, Maricopasâ€"use the straight, flexible poles which form the skeleton of the sahuara in the construcâ€" tion of their huts. Like the prickly pear, the giant cactus also bears a fruit which grows on the very tips of the parâ€" ent stalk and its branches. This fruit is nearly the size and shapg of a hen‘s egg. When ripe, ib is of a scarlet hus and splits open into four lobes, disclosâ€" ing a pulpy mass about the consistency of a fig and filled with minute black seeds. Tho Moxicans and Indians ars passionately fond of this fruitâ€"and so are the birds.. Tho former, if so fortuâ€" nate as to get ahcad of their feathered rivals, take long poles and knock the fruit from the top of the stalk. Tho Inâ€" dian squaws dry it and prepare it into a dish resembling fig paste. But there is a use to which the squaws put the fruit which is not so commendâ€" able. It is pressed in wide, shallow baskets and the juice collected in potâ€" tery ollas (oâ€"yahs), vessels of native manufacture. The ollas are then stored in a small room where a fire is kept burning until tlie appearance of a white froth on the surface of the liquid indiâ€" cates that formentation has commenced. It is then a strong drink called "tizâ€" win,"‘ for which the Indians show a deâ€" plorable foudness. In former years the government always expected trouble from its red proteges in "tizwin time"‘ and extraordinary precautions were takâ€" en to hold the savages in check during those particular periods.â€"Detroit Freoe Pross. Miss Vera Gould of Thirtyâ€"ninth and Baring streets has a pet alligator which was sent to her from Florida. Since the arrival of the alligator, which is about 18 inches long, Miss Gould mourns the loss of a pet kitten, and theroby hangs a tale. Mr. Alligator usually receives the best of attention and after a good square meal is at peace with the world, dozâ€" ing in his tank until mealtime comes again. The tank is located in the dinâ€" ing room, and the other day his midday meal was forgottenâ€"that is, forgotten by everybody except the alligator. He proved, however, that he was not enâ€" tirely dependent upon others when his appetite was assailed. About 8 o‘clock in the afternoon Miss Gould heard a series of feline yells isâ€" suing from the kitchen, and on appearâ€" ing on the scene she was perfectly horâ€" rified at what met her gaze. There on the floor was her pet alligator vainly eudeavoring to get the head of a kitten in his mouth, while the mother of the victim was perched on the back of the alligator, clawing and biting it in & viâ€" cious manner. After rescuing the kitâ€" ten and chasing the other pet into his abode Miss Gould discovered that she was minus a kitten and conclu _d that the hungry alligator had eaten it. Itb was afterward necessary to keep the mother cat in the cellar, as she attemptâ€" ed several times to wreak vengeance on the destroyer of her family. â€"Exchange. THE GIANT CACTUS. The Alligator‘s Dinner Hour. BLOSSOM TIME. cherries We will clear out our stock of Stoves at Great Reduction Prices before Holidays. Anyone wanting to purchase, will do well to come and see our stock before buying elsewhere. We also keep a full line o "Prohibition would no doubt throw some man temporarily out of employâ€" ment ; but it would at the sams time open new fields for industry, labor and capital, benefitting the whole communâ€" ity. _ These facts are strikingly seb out in the Minority Rsport of thae Royal Commission on the L‘quor Traffic in the following terms :â€" Butchers‘ Supplies, § Grinders, Stuffers, Eite., C@hncscsper than Swoer. "It is a doctrine of political economy that the wealth of a country is depend ent on and in porportion to, the numâ€" ber cf those who produce somsething usefal and valuable, and that every man who is rot producing valuable goods, or by his work adding to the prosperity of the country, is a burden on society. Those engaged in the manufacture and sale of liquors are not producisg anything of value to the country. They are not only nonâ€"proâ€" ducers, but are engaged in a business which increases in the ratio of its suc cess, the number of nonâ€"producers." The overthrow of such a traffic could not be detrimental to any interest of the country. The saving of the money now spont in liquor by that class whose small income always runs close to the outlay necessiry to maintain an exâ€" istence, must be beneficial to every kind of legitimate industrial occupaâ€" tion. The evidence goes to show that the various industries and the wageâ€"earnâ€" ers of the country have no enemy so dangerous and damaging as the liquor traffic. V ote for Prohibition and Prosperity.‘ Press Supr. MAPLE CiTY COOPERAGE, P. E. Phillips, Frop. Chatham, Oct. 16, ‘97. Dear Sirs:â€"Some time ago I was treated by one of our best City doctors for continued blceding at the nose, and the treatment I was subjected to weakened my stomach so that nothing I could eat would agree with me and I could retain nothing but bread and milk, which was my chief dict. I tried a bottle of your Sloan‘s Indian Tonic and at once began to improve and it has made a permanent cure in my case. I can now partake ef any food no matter how strong, and experâ€" iecnce po distress alter eating. I have recommended it to several people and in every case it has given grand results and a bottle of it should be in every household. Yours very truly K. T. Phillips. St. Williams Co. Norfolk, Oct. 19, 97. Dear Sirs :â€"It gives asire to testify to the fact that Sloan‘s Indian Tonic has caused > ikable change n my condition _ For two years I have suffered from indig st~ n u_ agent came here one day and advised me to try Sloan‘s Indian Tonic, 1 did so and have used four bottles. It has made a great change in my life and I can row rest and sleep with ease and comfort. I believe Sloan‘s Indian Tonic is the best medicine in the world. For sale by all dealers or address the Company at Hamilâ€" ton. $1.00 per bottle ; 6 for $5.00. Leitch & Liphardt. FROL A LEADING CHATHAM MANUFAC Clearing Sale of Stoves, W. C. T. U. Corner. Wear Kidduck ... CATALOGUE FREE INDIGESTION PERMANENTLY CURED J. S. ROOS.â€"Sole Local Agent. A leather with a conscience. Permits your feet to throw off perspiration. Tougher than calfskin, flexible as a glove. Waterproof and porous as a duck‘s feathers. Can be had only in the $4. and $5. grades of the Goodyear Welted.â€" «â€"_â€" Slater Shoe. I remain, yours truly, pitks Nugerodok Mrs. C. Price. U K I