. ~=Uf\°~='-0 MARY if ck I The entire Stock of W B McKay, at the Bargain Borner, must he sold insix-w so you can he sure of big bargains in Ready-to-wear Blothing, Tweeds, Blanket Gaps, Dress goods, etc. lt’s a golden opportunity to buy goods, slightly damaged fire and water. Bon’t lose any time in finding your way to the Bargain Borner. C) VV SE EIIRC uappearauce of an iceberg floating swiftly reckoning ? A terrible Ffear againlwhichlswallowed. , I oul ti d 'll 5 d ` ' Z toward the sei be ond Still upwsrdlseized me, and a aiu I called to Y - . S and onward we flew till my brain; Evans. IN AN AIRSHIP A P. E. |slander’s Ad- venture. lui Short Story Written for the Guardian by “Dan Casey.” 1_7; (Continued form Saturday.) As this proposition had more of gen- erosity than justice in it. I demurred a little ou that ground, but he easily per- suaded me thatit was necessary, that I,|his only confidant, should be the man to share the reward as well as the dan- ger of the experiment,aud so it was ar- ranged. We were to meet at his house inthe evening and test the machine. That was the first thing_to be done. The hours ,that intervened between then and sunset, were, I think, the longest I ever spent; but they passed and as the sun disappeared behind the western hills, we were ready for what 1 to each of us was the greatest event in our lives. Within the sheltering vines _ofthe summer house, we prepared our ship. The propeller, when spread out for work,measured ten feet in diameter, and was so adjusted that it could be folded like an umbrella. In about half an hour we had steam on the eug'ine,aud by a simple contrivance of hand-work- ed fans, we soon had the ship, as we 1 now called her. above the garden shrub- bery, hosting higher and onward, until . we had reached a clear space outside the village. Here we adjusted the pro- peller, which until uow. stood out like a spar with a furled sail. Steam was turnfd on. and working slowly audi cautiously at first, we found she res.; poadi-d readily, not only to the propel- ` ler but to the steering ' gear. How `l anxiously we watched her eiery move- ment. turning her to right :rd l--ir., now l upward, now down ward, not a word I spoken! Breatblessly we watched her, i as more steam was turned on ! Away she sped. straight as au arrow, upward, onward. till the earth seemed drifting past us as if caught up by some mighty- whirlwind, and was being hurled away i into the night we were leaving behind i us. The' evening was perfectly Cll-281°. the stars shone with a brilliancy I had never sein before. Twilight was deep- suing in the valleys; the river, that heretofore had been only a muddy stream, was now a silver thread that seemed drawn by an invisible hand to- l ward-[the silv-r bay in the distance.'I`he village which we had left a few minu- , tes ago was now a °peck,its white houses , phd shining chui ch spires givin! it *hge Q O o l FOR WEAK GIRLS AND BOYS -- 1313 j reeled with the speed of our flight. And I still we had never uttered a word. Evans’ hand was on the l--ver that con deepening twilight, first to our village ,was now fiually decided. He would . get ready. Au hour of preparation found us with our valises on board, a well supplied larder,two good mariners’ icompasses and a week’s supply of coal. ` I need not enter into tho details of our llhome leaving. We both deceived our ,wives for the first time in our lives. telling them we were going to the lconutry for a week’s absolute hiding ip and rest. We justified the deception (with the thought that on our return Twben explanations would be possible, a few thousand dollars would mollify any heart-buruings that might follow. About midnight we started, and when abovethe obstructions of earth, We set ‘our course due east, and gave her he: lhead. Sho darted off like a rocket. This system ot tiavel was new to us both, and I ea-'inot say it was enjoyable. Keeping her course at an attitude that' isecured us against obstructions of any kind we sped on in the dark. How dis- stinctly I remember the coming on of grey dawn, when off the Newfound- land Coast. its jagged and serried Capes whirling past us, still with that monster--like swr ep,still in the hands of a monsteillflut over the broad Atlantic, lying like a leadeu sheet awav down beneath us. onward we sped! Up rose the sun, streaking the sky with long patches of red and gold, and mirroring i.selfin myriad suns in the depths of the rolling ocean. Onwr-.rd,ever onward, ti l the roar of the air whizzing past us, seemed like a hurricane into the very teeth of which we were being driven by an irresistible force! Unable to bear the terrible strain any longer, I shouted to Evans, "Stop her. for Goil’s sakel” He backed the lever. She slowed up, and now we breathed again, breathed the fresh ocean air. Away in the distance to the south of us we could see a large ocean steamer speeding westward. Alittle- north of the course we were tol- lowing, a gigantic iceberg hove in sight. its tail precipitous sides bathed in i the rich golden hues of the morning sunlight, spires, pinuacles, crosses, inky caverus, giving it the appearance of a little city cut adrift from the world and floating out into darkness. Again Evans pushed the lever, and again we sped on through the air. The ocean. thousands of feet below us. spread out like a huge white sheet, not a ship, not a speck could we see any- where. From our dizzy height., with our maddening speed, it seemed as if we had ` become separated from the earth, and were rushing onward into infinite space. Wife and children now seemed a part of the life we had left. Would we ever see them again ?Would the voyage ever come to an end 5’ Could brain and mind stand this strain any longer ? I looked back at Evans. His hand still grasped the lever. He was ap- tbr. Ward’s Blood and Nerve Pills. _ , Suhslanceftliadowi f_7fTT-7“§__7 l "\\\\\\ - iioo’s"~,,,/ ’ ' Klh§Y_-3 0 ig I » ~ lg I \\ B _Mig F\\\\\\\\ .D '- s ‘illf K _. i-"hi C’tl'rll¢~ sil5"'t ~° ..~ir' i "'il-»f:;-1..-I. ' i=»»~=e=S ...--if-t2~';;.-i" "lil "’iiif1"‘1!1'~---._ --i.~"~"'i.»:l" li" I |_'|,.-..|,;::.. _ .:....\: _ ;,;::_ ||» `\\\ / -2. I 'e?¢=»°hYj°£hotd°3n%. If YW I not 9; star, not a ray of light anywhere seen oooo s IDNBY ll-LS you’¢l be silly to NI! in . immune. . Hors luis eeui iii soxrs uit: rms. »-D- D-S visible. Still onward we shot. And now we peered into the dark for a light. _ y' , ‘trolled our motion. He slackeued speed, was beginning to tell ou me. I was turned the ship about and we retraced if sick. faint, dizzy. ‘l our course, finding our way easily in the Suddeuly,right ahead I saw a lighten- istart for England as soon as we could ll it we had been suddenly enveloped in a il ,I light, which p _ "on either side. And we were goiugl' , Surely some city, some village, must , TIKF WU i soon cross our track! Had we crossed _ tees. %i%%`i(€##¥i{€¥if¥;'(t¥%=H'l #i-Iéikifflifilifh I ‘,°We are lost, stop her. stop her !" Again she slowed up, and again I was able to breathe freel But the strain ing flash. It was quickly followed by and then to Evans` garden. The matter a terrific thunder peal. How it crash- int ed and roared around us ! It seemed as great electric cloud, sparks fl iw from the sides of the ship. The copper wire, the talisman with which our little craft could defy the hitherto uncoiiquer- ed law of gravitation, became a live coil. Sputleriug sparks flew out on all sides. The storm was now upon' us in all its fury. a violent gale, blinding lightning, and deafening thunder 2 We could not speak. We,or at least, I was was dazei, stunned, motionless. That horrible fear again seized me! What if the lightning should melt our wire ! I called Evans, but even as I spoke, the wire became red hot, turned White, parted, and our ship dropped like a stone ! Down through the thunder cloud, down through coils, rings, bars of living lightning,down into darkness ! Seeing nothing, knowing only that in a few seconds we would b*iashed . to the earth, and all would b over, I i became calm. I was going to die; it would all be over in a moment! Home and wife and children-my whole life passed before me. Would they ever ’ know ‘what had happened? I should not have deceivedthem. This was my 3 only regret now. Could I only have blotted out that little deception, could I only send one little message to explain, could I only make them feel that I had ‘ never lied to them. I could die without , a ping. All this, and much more' passed through my mind, as I kept falling, falling. waiting for the crash that I knew must be near. At last it , came! We struck what I supposed must be a tree, glanced I off and btruck another. I was hurled violently against I the ship, my head striking against the bottom. and all was over( When I awoke I found myself in bed, ‘ with mv old doctor peering into my y face and holding my hand with his fin-N; gers on my pulse. I felt so faint, that it took all my strength to whisper: _ "I wasn’t killed after all 1” ‘-No my boy” he said. "but don’t talk yet; you are all right.” and he put- a teaspoonful of brandy in my mouth, Qoils ‘iz Som i ng I But after B. B. B. was used they permanently disappeared. i. From the days of Job to the present boils have been one of the great p afflictions of the human race. _ Very few people escape having' them at some time. _ i All the poulticirig and lancing 1 you may do won’t cure them and stop more coming. _ F Boils ,are bad blood bursting out. ‘ And the bad blood mustbe made J. pure before the boils will disappear. Burdock Blood Bitters is the greatest blood purifier known. It clearises the system and re- moves every particle of foul material from the blood. _ Then never another boil comes and health and strength are por-I marieritly restored. _ l Mrs. Roland B. Keith, Buttcrfiut Ridge, Kings Co., l\l.l3-» fl`-Htde me p follotving statement with reierezico to her brother’s cure of boils by B. B. B. : _ _ _ __ H “My brother was tei°riblj.' afflicted it.. 1 boils for a considerable time. They \'. i of large size, and when one W€flL_f*~}'~~‘-;~’ another came. I attended him, 2lf»<2‘i~"\"`~“' ticed with different things, and lic .z:.;i‘a4 doctor attending him, but still the boils kept coming. ' At last we gOt _3 Couple 0; bottles of Burdock Blood Bittersv and _ started giving it tg him. 'I`here‘\\‘_as soc-ri acharige for the better, and the N113 STOP* ped coming in a. week'S time, and bi’ the time he had used 3 bottles of B- B- B- hiS d was ui-ilied all the boils went 9 fthe British Islands i’ Had we lost our, :Iggy and Ro has, novor M4 00° £0 l me a spoonful. This refreshed me, but . ob how weak I was, my very breathing ll was a burden. I was so anxious to know what had happened, that I could not resist any onger, and. with what strength I had asked him, "Was Evans killed ?’_’ He did not' answer me at first, and fearing he worst, I cried 'out --tell mel” He put his hand on my head and said quietly, and soothingly ‘-No, there was no one hu-rt,_you are all right, but you must keep quiet! Go to sleep. When you wake you will g know all about it. Now go to sleep.” He spoke so quietly stronger. ‘-Was I’ badly hurt ?” I asked hiiu. ‘~Yes, my boy,” he answered. -‘You have been very sick. but _sou are com- ing all right, only you must not talk 'et.” 3 --Who brought me home? How did they find us ?” ` I again asked. for I was still anxious about Evans,auxious to know what had happened; and the questions I ivouldl ask kept chasing each other,and would not be checked. Iknew I ought to keep still, knew that I was working myself info afever. "Tell me all about itgdoctor, ,and l’ll , keep still but I must know what hap- l parted, Icau`t wait any lougerl” 1 I-Te again took my hand, and as hcl noted the rapid pulse, shook his ` head l and looked grave. “There is' uothingi to tell,” l-e said quietly. “You have , been very sick, and unless you keep quiet and stop worrying yourself, and talking, you”ll have a relapse, and all it the doctors on earth can’t save you. You are all right now, but dou’l. talk l”. I thought it strange that he never! mentioned the accident. “I was sick? Wasn’t I hurt? Didn’t I fall? Didu’t li Evans fall ?” ‘°No,” he said. “you have had brain 1 fever. a bad case too. You have been in bed now three weeks, but if I could] only get you to keep still, and stopl talking you would very soon come it ll right again.” Iunderstood itallnow, alttio’ it cost me quite an effort to getl that airship out of my mind. and as the truth of the situation began to dawn upon me, I smiled grimly, and went to sleep. ‘ ‘ lu a. few weeks, I was able to be out F again, but the airship and the voyage p across the Atlantic, are as re:-il as if Il had taken the trip. DAN CAsEY. Increase the Subsidies. Silt,-With all provincial govern-I ments of this Dominion the great and important question is, how tovmako the revenue meetthe expenditure. 'During the past ten years nearly every prov- iuce has had io face a big deficit., The provincial debts are piling up. and the interest charges each year adding to tho burden. Over and above ihi subsidy \ received from the general government y almost all this revenue 'for provincial purposes must be raised by dircl taxa- tion. In a new country, such as this dirmt taxation is not popular. Cover- ing a large territory with a small popu- lation ours is a costly country to run. With four times the population the different provinces would cost veryf little more for roads or bridges. edu- cation, public works and administration of justice. That seems strange, but nevertheless it is true. Wouid our roads and bridges cost any more if there were four times the traffic on them? l Court hosues, jails. and all public build-p ings would cost no more than at present. i Some of our jails have to-day, only one prisoner and that one the the jailor,and you know our judges have not enough to do to keep them out of mischief. Our schools would not cost any more if they had four times the number of “Water,” I whispered. And be gave ouitft for $50 a box it lt could not bore- ldirect taxation. Until our population increases we must have a different ment. With a monopoly of the customs ,and excise the federal go .ernment finds no difficulty in making both ends meet, and can well afford to spend a portion of what they collect in duties towards the support of aducatio_n`,&c.&c. through the channels of the provincial govern- , ments. A compact, or partnership was entered into at confederation `just and I fair to each province, and it is useless for any one province to - ask for better will 'only|mean $2,500,000 for tho feder- al Finance Minister to raise and it can very easily be done by indirect taxation, or perhaps the Ministers of Railways and Public Works might raise that i amount by practicing a little economy. Under this scheme P. E. Island would get an additional subsidy of 855.000 and Quebec about $700,000. and the, other provinces in like proportion. We take s can-ius every 10 years and it should then be decided what subsidyi should be paid during the next 10 years -it might be reduced or increased as circumstaucel demanded. Cirrz nu. - I - - W’-W - 4; A . \\ llll. H0.\`TlGUE, -llUNl\`\lll.l.ll, 0.l‘l`-. Hao an Interesting Chat About Dr. Chaoe’o uintment, Ill SUFFIRING FROM ULCEBATINI 'PII-E8 1 URED. Ho say! :-I was troubled with itch- p Ing piles tor five years, and was badly = ulcerated. They were very painful, so much so that VI could not sleep. I tried almost every remedy heard of, and was . recommended to use Dr. Chase'o Oint- ment. I purchased o. box, and from the first application got such roliot that I was satisfied a. cum would bo-mario. I used in all two boxes, and om now completely cured. Every remedy given by Dr. Chase cost years of study and research, and with an eye single to its adaptation for tho alimeritsfor which it was intended. Dr. Chase detested cune~alis, and it has been proven ten thousand tfmeo that not one of his formulas leave o l bad after-effect. Dr. C'hase's Oiiiitn-lent ls based on ianoline, and the ‘rest phy- sicians prescribe it. lir. ll- T- Wigle, ofllingsville, Essexflo- Curod ot ltchlng Plleo ol' D8 Yell# Standing, 1* Physicians Fall to Make a Cure When Dr. Uhasehi Ointment Gave Immedi- ate Rellof, I l. cne in the vicinity as “Uncle Mike." was troubled for over 23 years with itching plies. At times he was so bad he would have to quit work. The irri- taition became so intense with constant rubbing that they became ulcerated and would bleed. He had been treated by! many physicians, but found nothing! that rave him relief. lzoading in thoj vapor tho core of a. frlen who had aut- l tered in a like manner, and being cured by Dr. Chase’s Ointment, he procured 5 box. After the third application ho got such relief that ho had tho first comfortable nighvs sleep he enjoyel in p years. The one box mode a complete cure, and-he says he would not be with- plaeod. Kr. Wfgle is a wealthy farmer, well known ln the community in which every square mile and most of them trouble him slneo." ‘ with only sheen or sixteen eiiiidm. I Give no event double our present ' redeem. It to over two yooro lines scholars to-day. We have':a school of 5-I U* B’ 5" “'°' .3 p p a on an you wi ii wewill not WL WAY 0111' Ol' TRB have any deficit. or have to resort to _ A cu-LT’ ` ' arrangement with the federal govern- ` ltorms: Whatever is dose for one must “ 'mm Wt? it Wm m°""` and so assuringly that I fell; all- was l be done alike for all. I would suggest' tm’ i°°“li ¥°V°1`°‘°,°iP",~ Aright,and _I could wait.Life seemed to be this remedy. Let the electorate of G°'°"°' °m °°°°_P’ it coming back to me and I now experi_ Canada go to parliament and say, Wo M” ”° m°°°-Y mr eneed a sense of resifulnegg and quiet are satisfied with the terms of confedera-' "wld '°gg°“ th” t9° that I knew mean; life, And gg I tion save in one respect. that is you had lb-7 um udenl g°v°"m°“t-b° yielded to the soothing sensation that no right to fix the subsidy-st 80c per, duced' .but "?°‘t..°“° m°°‘“"."i crept over me, and soon was in the land ihoad. We went that made moveable to ith” 'f‘f’° b° Pmd t° ° of rorgeifuiness. sgaini awoke. This wit the tim" vid just si" “for the §d’“‘“""°":“‘° time, I felt strong enough to open my |101! 10 y6&I'B $1-25 p0r` ls]-since “mg . ' r ’ eyes and look around, I _was in mf- own head subsidy and you will place_every|:oec°¢:i;l trepsulg. V This room, The docmr was gnu sitting by L province on a sound financial bisi-i and 1 _ °“° °" "° 7”" _ _ my bedside lit will be a fair arrangement to all It* °'"'.’g "sum W th” P°°P‘° ‘°" When I looked into his face, he 1 smil d and said “Well,you are feeling' on ' “li lllii our-i "T, Sf . _/,/, JZ // _ _ / ,/ i’ . There are many persons in // 'i ./ Craig, Uut.. who can say- this _/ \ ' “Thanks to Milburn’s Heart and ' I t 4 // Pills-I nowfbavi-i good hfxilth, i N , / // than I have had for ea . 50c. a box or 3 for- $1.25, at all ‘l gist or sent by mail. T. MILBUBN & ,Torouto, Ont. _ U' `_Sm.- There appears to be . trouble about the appointment Govornorahip as there are eo plicauts. The competition . tion is so great that ready to dllthe position at a salary. Now I want to make a ‘ gestion which I think will meet I the approval of the poor tex this province. I Astho ,known as :Government House' ie,-. dilapidated condition -tho th the Clit f 000 00 province: , ' 5 yss»sss,ooo s'ysa'i- eso,doo. 5 “ expendit.ure'GQ,000* '-’ a year Total The average expenditure on ment House and grounds. by the cial government has been $2.090 and will continueto be if you, do adopt the above plan. We can well ford to close Government House Mr. West and others, and ,save above. P. S._-I am not writing ` West any more than against think his claims are as good *las other applicant. ' ' Su&`ered_ from weak heart dizziness and impoverished She took Milburn’s and Nerve Pills and-is enjoying perfect health y rs - In ibis town alone,» more people been cured of such diseases as p tion. skip beaten. dizzy and faint nervousness, irleeplossness; dyspepsia, -pals and sallow weakness, Vfemale . general debility-by Milbum’s Nerve Pills, than by al' other combined. ` One of those who owes her tion to health to these little ‘life is Mrs, Bell A. Ross. This iswhot she says aboutit. "For years I have ,su_5oi'sd_ weak action of the heart, and years ago was attacked by La which served to intensify the ,_ As a result I became very weak ix. casil-_v alarmed and worrid. I was troubled a great deal dizziness and my blood was oo thin I suffered from the cold. queutly felt as though I would die. Nerve Pills, which I got at Dr. Stewarl`s Drug store, I am a great deal better- K. T. W’l€l°. bdiol' known ¢° "er, , My nerves are toned up and mv blood has become enriched and vitali- zed. so that it circulates freely. ,, _ ,from the disease which arose from its former weakness. I feel lhatl should give this infor- mation in order to benefit other ing from heart and nerve troubles.” Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills ii g iii ‘W .E 515-2 .5 nerves were treacherous, I wasirritobio, I had shortness of breath and fro- Since taking Milhnrn’s Heaat‘and Mt' heart is strong and I am free.