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="me was a brave girl; she tas in eomplete darkness, but she was one of those whose courage _ rise inâ€" an emoergency, and with swift, ‘sure footâ€" steps she at once Joefit the room, goâ€" ing to her own, which was on the same landing, carrying the jctter she had just read in her hand. She was going for a frosh licht, which she quickly procured, and then again she read the letter. from the dead: the words that had blanched het face and left anâ€"imielible shadow 9995%%6°56°5%5SGESSSS 65566 5S 56 gHIs WILL 2%5 "« AND HERS.? A month Tater Laura Inxiasm was sitting, one ‘sunny, day carly in the afternoon, at her easel in ihe â€" Naâ€" tional Gallery, copying witn no unâ€" equal hand that masterpicce, to those who dove: his Lind, *A Distinauished Member. of the Humane: Socrety.? This gul in black, ~with cher fire form and resolute .expression, . seemâ€" ed to this young man to be unlike, somehow,â€" any other of her sex that he had ever seen. Mc had looked on fairor women,. bit â€"Laura Ingram, with her.â€" clear brown skin, _ and straight _ dark | brows, _ and clever eyes, was to him as one apart. e stood bchind her unnoticed for a few minutes, and thei moved on, glance ing carelessly at the other groups of students, and stopping to admire & picture here and there, for he was a great lover of art, and then he â€"reâ€" turned to wiatch the stranger paintâ€" ing the, noble dag. . > ; â€" She never raised hor bead. He was in front of her row, and conld see her full face _ more distinctly, â€" and he read â€" there, as he looked. with those keen eyes of his, that there was a shadow on her heart. He saw her lips quiver once, abd an impatâ€" ient sigh, which ske checked, roso on her â€" lips. She inf®brested â€" hiin greatly, He was a student of human nature,; and this clever face caught his fancy. He ‘boegan â€" speculating mbout her in his mind. Was she a loveâ€"lorn damsel, he â€" asked himscli, with a smile, or did some husbhand of her. youth lie in his untimely graye? % % MOF Y 200k C nacce ts Member. of the. Humane: Socrety.? She was sketching the grand kead, the_proud. . sagarcious _ oyes. â€"airlâ€"â€"was so absorbed in her work that .. she never noticed that she had attracted the attention of a young ran â€"not one of the. stndentsâ€"wlho was standâ€" ing a little behind her waich‘ngy her supple fingers and adimiring the proâ€" file of her face. " He lingered about the galleries tih Cosing tiinc came, and he watcheg the blackâ€"robed figure still, and ~ he saw her consign her canvas to one of the atiendants, and‘,then put on her hat,â€" fasten some richk fur round her throat, and leave the gallery. He made haste to follow. her. She de= scended the_steps outside, still withâ€" out looking round, she hailed a cab, and she was gone, "But next students‘ day 1 will sco her, 1 suppose, if 1 comeâ€"but what folly it is," he thought, and _ he smied â€"eynivally. e was tail and dark, with a. face gome might call: goodâ€"looking, some plais. _ A poweriul face, thin, _ and lines, and pales and yet he â€" was mflrwwmvfl‘ the utmost, and he looked a man of strovg | feclings and â€" masteriul will. He walked round one side of Trafalâ€" gar Squareâ€"he vas going to moeet a friend at one oi the botels in Northâ€" umberland _ Avenueâ€" * & s And thus graduoam were broken down i gtill _Ohey.didâ€"fit ky natmes. Put one d rsther a personal qn rsther q personal questi " Are yom a Londoner Iaura shook her head "No.¢ she answered; & country. rown in the. "A country â€" town," amiling: "and what is gountry tewn?** ‘"Dreary and . stupid in the 6x« trome, at least 1 thought so."" ‘"‘The | young â€"Jatics, 1 presums, make an ide! of the enrate." ‘‘Mfre was not even that source of amusement at my country town, for the curate was nmrried." f *XThen what did vou do?" Want your moustache or beard 5555E S°555556SSLSESS55 5T . â€"â€" In Red Rose Tea this serious difficulty has been overcome by scientifically blending several teas together, so to always obtainâ€"uniform flavor and strength, and this has been one of the greatest triumphs of Red Rose Tea. Because the quality never varies. ‘Did you ever use a pound of good tea, and after ordering more of the same brand, find it much inferior ? The Eastern climate changes very rapidly, and for this reason tea planters find it impossible to produce the same quality from month to monthâ€"two lots from the same garden are seldom the same quality. This is probably the reason why the tea you got the second time was not as good as the first, The quality never variesâ€"you can rely on getting exactly the same quality of tea as long as you use it. Red Rose Te a T. H. ESTABROOKS, St. John, N.B. CHAPTER IL Reason No 14 ersPills mind. Was she a he â€" asked himseli, did. some hushand in his wntimely BRANCUHES : . TORONTO, WINNIF EG WHY â€"YOU SHOULODâ€"USE ‘y (the barriers tween thont, and ow_each â€"ether s iÂ¥ ho asked her Widhands," he . repeated, life like in a BY DORA RUSSELL. ho said Naâ€" 1 cune those ished trom ‘"Forgive â€"me.if I have mentioned a painful subjece.*‘ Laura did not answer. . She bent ‘ her head lower over her carvas, and other sign ‘of pain or grief. Then presently the yourg iman began‘ to speak of _ other things.â€" He . asked what she had writter, and if she had bad anything published, > F f ‘"No, 1 Have not," said: Laura. __* *Mave you. tried?" f "Yes, I have tried." > ~ "It‘s nlways difficult at first. 1 wonder if 1 could help you? 1 know 3 fellow iwho is editor of one of theâ€" ¢ gociety magazines; . in fact, I know " two men who have | some influenee. Shall [ try2" Thoy walked through the galleries together; Laura like all young auâ€" thors, naturally .anxious to please mny one who was going to try to ‘‘Yes.‘"‘ answered Laura. and the young man, looking at herâ€" saw her face suddenly grow pale; *‘my fathâ€" er lived there, and at his death 1 came . here." * "It is very kind of you, . and I should feel very grateful; of course an introduction . is so much,."" ‘"Not always,‘" answered the dark young man, with a surley ‘"But wil you bring one of your stories hereâ€" 1 presume they are. stories that you write?" > -.‘.('S.". "And I will try to find a landingâ€" place for it. li you write as well as you paint you will do." "And I will try to find a landingâ€" place for it. li you write as well as you paint you will do." "I shall be very pleased if it is so, for it is necessary 1 should do someâ€" thing to carn my own living,"" added laura, wite a sort of proud . humiâ€" Hity. w 'l'lu‘“,\'mmg man made no remark on tL.is communication. . Me began to telk on literature, and Laura perâ€" ceived he â€" was well and extensively read, and that his taste was good. "I ought to tell you. my name," he said, suddenly; ‘"it is Woodlandâ€" laiph Woodland. May L ask yours?" "1 am called Laura Ingram," an« swoered Laura, with a quick blush. "‘Then, Miss Ingram, if you will bring me one of your stories on Friâ€" day 1 will see what I can do with a creu co uy & i06 Of UMIngs. i tried to write, to paint, to sing. I never meant to remain in the place. 1 had no interest there, exceptâ€"" "I _ presume â€" some . relative, some it ‘‘‘Thank you very much. And now I think 1 must go." f "Let me escort you outside, and first give yeur work in charge. Jt was ramming: tremendously . when . I came in." â€""Bat T am giving you so much trouble." N P _"Not at all. Ah, here is the felâ€" low who will take care of your picâ€" ture: Now we can go." _ ob when they got outside they found it was blowing a tempest, and raining in torrents, .ningled with slect. "What a feariul day!" said Laurg. "I must ‘get a cab." "No, Tet me drive you home in my breugham; it is waiting down there, You will get wet in a cab." "Oh, thanks; but . 1: should rather go in a cab.‘"" ; "Tet o ~â€"â€"â€"overpersuade â€"â€"you. parent? cal.."" she said ©Oh. Bmoy bet 3 shuli I drive 3 "1> lodee i Regent _ Street, _ answered JAULAI, who was beginning to be afraid _ of thusâ€" being _ taken _ possession _ of against her will, "Maddox Street," cried her come patrion to the couchman, who touch= vd his hat. 4 "Yos, Sir Ralph," he answered. Laura heard this, and look d round inquiringly as she took her seat in the brougham, but "Sir Ralph" mate ho remark. He drove hor to Maddox Street, talkIing quictly on the way, ami then they artived at the house ghe . directed â€" him â€" to he left the brougham and bhanded Laura out. Vegetable, liver pills. That is what they are. They cure constipation, biliousness, sickâ€"headache. &AE me hand you in. Where you?‘ in Maddox . Street, off wt," _ answered Laura, nning to be afraid _ of "I had better not see him . any more,‘‘ she thought; "and yetâ€"‘" He was the one acquaintance she had â€" maude in town; the one among the vast multitudes by whom sue was , sucrounded. She had felt it incapresâ€" sibly dreary when she had first arâ€" . rived. Almost bewildering, this rush of human life which knew no end. . And then Sir Ralph Woddiand had . offered to try to lind her an opening for her literary work. It was throwâ€" ing away a chance which might not occur again if she did not see this young man any more. _ And, moreâ€" over, . she liked him. . ‘There was something in his clever face . which took her fancy.â€" At all events‘ it ended in her going to the Nation«l Gallery on Friday, as they bad arâ€" ranged, â€" carryingâ€"theâ€"manuscript ~of ~ what she considered her best story with her. When he had disappeared, and as Luura entered the narrow passage of the house, she glanced at the card she held. On it was engraved Sir Ralph Woodland, Bart., * RKathbourne Hall, s t Yorks, There was also his club in town, and so at length Laura knew who her acquaintance actually was. ‘"Sir Raiph Woodland,‘"" she repcatâ€" «d over as she entered her small back gittingâ€"room, _ for, though she was living in what is called ‘‘a good neighborhood,"" her apartments were by no means cither large or luxur® ious. She had gone to this house beâ€" cause she had once bech there with hee father, and she had written to the people who kept it when she wished to leave Suffold, as they were the only rooms she knew anything of in town. â€" She had told them she wished for two small rooms, and she had certainly got them,. They both looked back, yet sheâ€"paid highly for them, and was beginning to consider that she had better seeck out a cheaper home, ks * ~Ly the by, i wmay me . wesn g+*% you my card," ‘he said, as they stood a moment or two on the pavement together after he had rung the house doorâ€"bell. 2 :A ‘"Woodland!‘* Where had she heard the name? Suddenly a flush rose to her face, and her hands hegan . to tremble. lIn a corner of the room stood ~the brassâ€"bound _ escritoire which bad formerly been her father‘s, and which she had brought with her to London. She sought her keys; she opened it with strange interest, and once more drew out the létter which her father had left her to be read after his death. Woodland! . The name _ occurred more then once in the closcly. writâ€" ten pages; a nameâ€"loaded with bitâ€" ter execrations by the writer. ‘"But for this scoundrel Woodland," Laura read in one linc. _ ‘‘The accursed Woodland ouly met his just reward," in anothcr. Laura turned faint and «old. Could this dead Woodland be any relation of the live Woodland from whom she had just parted? Jt migh 3¢; there was at least.a Coubt, and this doubt filled Laura‘s heart with a strange dread shrinking. ‘Thank you, said Leura, ag he u%\ duced his cardâ€"case and pla a ear in her hand. ‘Yhen be soff his hat, and reâ€"entered the ughaim and was driven away. Again she opened it, and almost the same look of horror and pain spread over her face as when she had first read the dead man‘s words. the‘ was disappointed not to find Sir Ralph Woodland in his accustomâ€" ed place, and sat down to her casel with a somewhat chill fecling in her heart. She looked round more than once. but still .ke dia.not .abpear, nc was beginning to think he did not mean to coe, when she heard a quick footfall near her, and looking hastily up she saw him standing by her side. Laura was conscious that she blushed, and that her manner was confused. ‘"Yes," answered Laura, with some nertousness. ‘‘That is right. T asked my editor friend to dinner yesterday for the purpose of softening his heart.‘" Laura smiled brightly. & ‘"You may smile, but wo are all inâ€" fluenced by these small attentions, even when we perceive their motive. My editor doubtless saw | through mine, as I had never asked him> to dinner before; yet it made him. more genial. _ He promised,â€" in . fact, to read your story, and to consider it favorablyâ€"if he could."‘ % â€"*‘Ahâ€"if. he could !" said Laura, quickiy, tated, but Sir Ralph, in that mast~ erful way of his, did not scem to perceive this. He led her from galâ€" lery to gallery, pointing out as they woent â€" what most . struck his fancy. Ite was clever. There was a sort of graphic picturesqueness in his phrases which pleased Laura‘s cars, though he aimed at no effect. Me had travâ€" eled, and spoke of what he had seen easilyâ€"and woll, and altogether was undoubtedly an agrecable companion when it pleased him to be so. . *‘you have not been working . very hard toâ€"day, I see." ‘‘Cioodâ€"morning, _ Miss _ Ingram," said â€"Sir Ralpb, holding out his hand. ‘‘Well, have you brought the story?"‘ ~*"There is always an ‘if,"~ you know, in these things.. But," and ho glanced at Laura‘s copy as he spoke, _ ‘‘No, indeed, I have not; I have been thinkingâ€"well, of the fate ‘bf my story." & k + *‘Suppose you take a holiday toâ€" day, then, and let us walk togcther through the galleries for .\\'l!ilc." Laura felt it would be wiser not to go, but the temptation proved too The time passed swiftly for Laura, but suddenly she looked up quickly and cagerly in his face. Cp 4 "MNare you,‘"" she said, with a sort of nervous anxicty in her voice which she could not suppress, ‘"ever been in India?‘ ‘‘Yos; he was supposed to have been imurderedâ€"but it is a . painful subject, let us change it." Lavra said nothing more; but her interest in the pictures and her cone panion‘s convergation visibly flagged, and a few minutes later she propos ced to leave the gallery, 5 " "How strange that you should ask me that | question,"" . answered . Si¢ Ralph, smiling.â€"â€"*‘‘Is there anything Oriental in my appearance, . except my dark skin? Yes, I have been in India; my carly days were spent there. but on my fathor‘s tragic death 1 returned to England." "Tragic?" repeated Laura in a low, sharp tone of pain, and her face pale ed. "I will see you home, then," said Sir Bailph, quictly; and heâ€" did, though â€" Laura scarcely made any answor to this offer, and spoke but little on their way to Maddox Ntreot; but #hens they reached . it, their arrival there created quite a little sensation. 5 Chronicle=â€"Telegraph, Thursday April 20, 1905â€"Page 7 Mr. Thomas Yellowless, of Toronto one of the secretaries of the Provinâ€" cial Association, spoke en‘husiastiâ€" cally of the work being carried out by that associaticn. ‘Theyâ€" advocatcd the ‘best of buildings and the best of everything. He dwelt on the imâ€" pressionable ccndition of the young mind, and the fact that the Seunday â€"school teacher would> be rewardid. In 1811 the first Sunday school in <thisâ€"provin=e~~was organized _ in Brockville by Rev. Mr. Smart. Now there were 5452 Stnday schools and 32,000 ~tcachers with a total cnrolâ€" ment of 484,000. At the anuual meeting of the Perth County Sunday School Association, which Rev. L. il. Wagner,.of Berlin, is attending as president of the Proâ€" vingial association, the following inâ€" teresting facts were brought out in the secretaryâ€"treasurer‘s annual _ reâ€" port:â€"The organization dated _ back to 1868, and meetings, had been held every year since but one. © This was the 36th of which he had attended 30, and had\ been secretary 23 years. There was now 85 per cent. of those who go to church who attonded Sunâ€" day school At the last rally in the Methodist school, _ Mitchell, there were 600 present, the youngest two months old, the eldest 84 _ years. Thirtecn hundred delegates had atâ€" tended the last world‘s convention at Jerusalem at a cost of $750,000. In no subject was greater inferest â€" beâ€" ing taken than Sunday school work.‘ There are 260,9005 Surday schools, 2,414,757 teachers and officers, and 23,442,998 scholars in the . world. In Canada there are 10,220 schools, 82,156 teachers and officers, 685,870 scholars, a total Sunday school popâ€" ulation of 786,654. Jn the county of Perth there are about 130 schools, 1,500 teachers and officers, and 13,â€" 000 scholars. Ther Perth Association contributed last year to the Provinâ€" cial Association $56.25. The expenses of the convention were $35, to be raised during the session. Mr. Harâ€" dy, Provincial Normal Secretary, had been engaged to visit. the schools in the county. STILL ANOTHER POWER SCHEME A St. Catharines despatch says:â€" ;"L‘"‘; The American capitalists Mmmftquâ€"r~ Canada Middlesex Railway Co., who n have made some stranze moves _ of mat late, the most recent being the withâ€"| drawal of its bill at Ottawa, have _ now started to push work on their EAS power â€" transmission _ lime, Mamilton ; being one of its objective points. 3. 1 Ju MacCunn, . resident cengineer of _ the numl Electric Development and Securitfes PCs Company, of New. York, has just reâ€" Of ceived instructions to prosccute: with colo! the utmost despatch the work in conâ€". fus nection with the transmissicn lines of ty the Niagara Wcl‘ant company, and to this this end the several corps of enginâ€" Hale cers for some time held in readiness £¢lO for thr Canada Middicsex railway Cha; project are to be scnt out anl will ccnt attack the I‘ne from various po‘ints, the: working to speedy completion. R'__' The transmissicn lincs will follow the route laid down by the electriâ€" cal cnzincer, Mr. Parke, reaching St. Catharincs, Hamilton, Brantford, Paâ€" ris, Guelph, Galt, Stratford, Berlin, Londcn, St. Thomas, etc. Meantime the party which has been working alcng the line of the power canal itself, and which, under Mr. MacCunn‘s supervisicn, has been able to minimize surprisingly . the cost of some of the works involved, will be continued with every expectaâ€" tion of still further saving in the capital expenditure, with the ultiâ€" mate object of producing this power at so low a cost as to guarantce western Ontario â€" carly . fruition of their hopes. â€" The_meeting discussed for over an hour ~theâ€" proposition df x joint hosâ€" pital for the care of indigent victims. The unanimous fecling was to enlist the approval and aid of the county councils interested. To this end the delegates decided to gather all inforâ€" mation as to cost, site, etc., and to meet again on Jure 2, when some definite scheme will be submitted at the sossion of councils in that month in ceach county of _ the group. 1t is proba‘le the project will contemplate a building to accommodate 25 paâ€" tients on 25 acres, at a cost of from $15,000 to $25,000. . The provincial government will be asked for aid. â€"pr. Radford, county councillor, Waâ€" * ~~~ terloo County; John Weir, county _ There councilior, Brant County; James Meâ€" more t« Ewing, warden Wellington County ;. there / A. McPherson, councilior, Wellington which s County; P. Herald, county councilâ€" of reme lor, Perth County. The County of say tha Oxford is understood to be in symâ€" a bold : pathy. 5 berlain‘ At a meeting in Galt on Tuesday to discuss the projected Interâ€"Counâ€" ty Hospital for incurable consumpâ€" tives, .the following representatives were present :â€" % EASY TO USE, BRIGHTEST AND BEST. 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There are short stories by W. A. Fraser, Theoâ€" dore Roberts and Isabel Ecclestone Mackay, an instalmcnt of the serial story of the War of 1812, a translaâ€" tion from the Russian, and the usual wellâ€"packcd departments. The poctry ‘of the number is contributed by Dr. Thompson (of St. Francis ‘xa\'icr CANADA AND IMPERIAL DEFENCE. (April Canadian Magazine.) About thirty years ago the Impeâ€" rial Government was contcnt to Pay a portion of the expense requited to defend this part of the Imperial doâ€" main; toâ€"day it is demanding that Canada not only provide for her own defence, but that she contribute to the defence of the Empire as a whole. From a purely busingss standpo‘nt, the demand is not based in reason. The growth of the naval expenditure of Great Britain has not been due to any development on this continnt; the ‘reasons are entirely European. The growth of the French, German ani Russian fleets has always becn given as a reason for increasing Britâ€" ain‘s fleetâ€"not the growth of Canâ€" ada. If the British taxpayer is payâ€" ing out more money than he can afâ€" ford, he might lay away his chequeâ€" book and his ambitions for a time, until his resources are. replcnished. Punch‘s cartoon, representing _ John Bull as bearing a great burden, and Jack Canuck following without offerâ€" ing any assistance, was ncither justâ€" iflable nor in gocd taste. It is but reasonable to assume that as Canada grows in material strength and financial resources, she will add to her own internal and external deâ€" fence.. . She has been stcadily doing that. Her annual expenditure _ for militia and defence has grown from $667,001 in 1881 to an average â€" of over two million dollars during the past four years. This amount will grow, because the country feels that this is necessary in its own selfâ€"inâ€" terest. The annual expeniture will be practically doubled by the recent deâ€" cision â€"to .assume the responsibility for â€"garrisoning Halifax and Esquiâ€" malt, which up to the present have been Imperial stations. In the near future, the government will probably hegin to build a defence fleet of some kind, and to train naval men ast it now trains military forces. Canada is not perseverinz in this policy becauseâ€" of British demands. The policy was originated and has been maintaincd because it was felt necessary in the interests of this country. Future doâ€" velopments of that policy will be based upon the same reasoning. EASTER CANADIAN MAGAZINE Hf this view is correct, there is no need for Imperial rejoicing . of < the kind that has appearcd _ recently: Canada‘s national pride is alons the mainspring of her actions. College), . 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The most westerly was through Crosshill to Wellesley and the : most easterly _ was through HMawkesville and St. Clements to Wellesley. _ Mr. J. W. Leonard, of the C.P.R., had favored the latter and the building of an clectric line straight north from Berlin to connect with it, and _ Mr. Clare bad stated last Saturday that he was hopeful that this line wouald be built this year. However, nothing could be decided, Mr. Detweiler, adâ€" ded, until the return of the President Sir Thos. Shaughnessy from Europe. As socn as Sir Thomas returns a deputation will wait upon him in reâ€" gard to this matter. introduced â€"in theâ€"Legislature â€"to â€"inâ€" With Inflammatory Rheumatism â€"â€" Helpless as an Infantâ€"Now Walks .Without _ Crutchesâ€"Wonderful Reâ€" covery of Mr. John McCullough, of Uxbridge, Ont. ELECTRIC LINE In the absence of President Mills in Toronto, Viceâ€"President Feick presidâ€" ed at the regular meeting of the Berâ€" lin Board of Trade Council, held * in the council chamber at the City: Hall on ‘Thursday evening. % corpofate the Western Contral Ontarâ€" io Raifway, an electric line, the proâ€" posed route of which was from Lonâ€" don through Stratford, New Hamâ€" burg and Berlin to Guelph. Mr. Detâ€" weiler pointed out the importance . of making aneffort to have the route changed so as to bring the new railâ€" way from London through Plattsâ€" ville and New Dundceâ€"to Berkinâ€"â€"He had written to the New ‘Dundee Board of Trade advising them to work â€" toward this ond. It would mean much to those places and would be better for Berlin than the Stratâ€" fordâ€"New HMamburg route. Mr. D. B. Detweilet brought to the attention of the mecting the progress being made by. Sir William Mulock‘s Parliamentary â€" telephone committee, which was moving along at a lively rate. There was a likelihood of . the Government taking over long distance and trunk lines, but he believed the Government â€"should â€" take over the whole system, otherwise there would be competitive systems and conseâ€" quently rates would be higher . and merchants would have to put in more than one phone to have a complete service. Sit William Mulock was askâ€" ing for opinions from all interested, and Mr. Detweilet proposed that . a committee be appointed to cite arguâ€" wents in favot of a camplete Governâ€" ment service. He was sure that it would result in a reduction of $10 a yeat for cach instrument. _ The meeting concurred in this proâ€" posal and"a commitice was appoint BEDFAST FOR THREE YEARS. | MFILLAR& Uxbridge, Ont. Mr. Detweiler spoke also of the bill Railway Matters. Western Central Telephones STRAIGHT NORTH miia i loan. Offices: U WL B. J.J. A. W L‘ in . Be Collcitore _'aemu_‘s":':':fl‘uufi Y« yancers, ‘ 4 uie over Whytw Packing Co.s store, corner King and Foundry +treets, Berlin. Money to Loan on . Mortgage of Hcal Estat LEMENT & CLEMENT, C_‘lh__ngou. Solicitors, Not E. P. CLEMENT, K C. F. w. JYL Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries ucce tug k lo::ml T u ve . Ki » & Ar Ds McBride * hevglo Albert Street Waserloo, of the late Dr. Waliden‘s ter. $00,â€"Moner to loan. Oaice. Rihers Block PÂ¥ +. _ Barrister, solicitor, con ste %. nnfludunl!u-.m sitentince tripe Conage o Licent and Accoucheurs of Or «ye and car treated. Office weons and Acoucheurs of Ontario. Special ist in disease= of the nose and throat attention given to the use of the Xâ€"Ray and Electric C rrents n the diagnosis and treatment o suit ble M. READE B. A. w. Barrister, soilcibor, Notery Conve ancer, oto. Office, 14 Queen 8t North, Herl ___ Honor gra«vate of Toronto lngentifin.of "a¢ Catioes or Peyelauden io. ulc ol ETD OE PETOBCS uT allbranches of a.‘:,zfi.:, practleed. UMice 1a zon‘s Block, Berlin, over Ymyth :::u. Entrance between Fehrenbach =3 ier and Stuebing‘s grocery. Dentist Office in Oddfellow‘s Block . Waterloo, off.â€"Itâ€"isâ€"expectedâ€"that ~the balance will be found on tcaring up the floor of the vault. _ . Office Strest. _ Waterloo Stratford, _ April 9. â€" For ‘some weeks past John Welsh & Son, jewelâ€" ers, have been missing from their vault at night,. small quantities _ of jewelry, until it was estimated © that fully. $700 worth bad disappeared. They were alra loss to account for it, although ¥érigus traps were set to catch Iho%mcd culprits. Saturday morning it was found that mice or rats were responsible . for the thefts and about three dozen rings were recovered with the tags cdten ‘we Painter and Paper Hanging. Will un der ake contracts for painting and paper:bang ing in Town and Country . Firstâ€"class (wor guaranteed. Chargesreasonable.. Apply to residense, cctner of Cucen ard Privcess Ft 'o n-w‘lkln”n' Lno &’ n.n.s Bd 2i 0 5, N LLS, D. 2 .8, Waterloo. Will visis lgl{m Cld the secord Thursday an a 'l'hund.utndrflduotsuhmgfll ll-m-w:ll'fl”lp.;. opon* UI omewmboglo-ed every Fri day Cnmsmmn WOLFE, Jz Da intas and D lll ov.. Ww *4 1». Waterio pstairs Economical Block, King St. Wes ) 0. HUOGHKS, R. C. T. NOECKER, R. W. 1. EILMIARLD, cBRIDE & FLINTOFT. Ideal Cracker DENTIST. Office Open Daily, Office: Canadian Block, Berlin. HN L. WIDEMAN Tesuer of MarriageL i â€"â€"Post Office. St. :n:h. Ont. otk mm ‘Then see how we‘ve com bined all these five points imo you‘ll find it in Mooney‘s Perâ€" fection Cream Sodas. ‘Think of all the good Mads of crackers you ever tamed. "The creamy whiteness of the one cracker. pearance of another â€"the de» Mooney‘s Perfection Cream Sodas Conjure up your idealâ€"= MISCELLANEOUS C. HAIGET Dentist, L.D.S., Royai Colleze MEDICAL LEGAL otuifics Pubiic, Conâ€" University iolans, bur