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Ilow a In: lilmllir Had Fun With a Farmer's Wife. (WEE We moved up on the brook farm,taid M rs. Lynam to a friend, “Aai on was determined for me to have a good dog to protect me in case he was away, and so he got abig mastifi. You know men that are real smart about some things will be sort of weak where pets are concerned. “ Now for clear intelligence and gentle- ness I should have much rather called in the heifer ; for of all the awkard, lumbering things, that dog was the leader. “ He seemed to grow in spots. First his head was too large for his body, and then his legs grew long; and then there were times when his feet looked big enough for an elephant. He was a playful creature in his heart, but he couldn’t gambol much more than one of the oxen. “He had a noble, expansive kindof a bark, though, and showed his breed, and so when Aaron went away I did feel a little safer. “ The first morning, when I got up make the fire, he came walking round, and seemed as clever as could be. The wood I was using was rather green, and so I do. cided to put a little kerosene on it. I suppose I got on more than I thought, for it flared up awfully when I put a match to it. and the first I knew my sleeve was all afire. “ I didn’t lose my presence of mind at all. Igot down and rolled myself up in a rug, head and ears, and began to roll over the floor. “It put the fire out, but that dog thought it was something to amuse him, and began to be playful. He gave a curious sort of a niinfil‘llil umurlil‘l‘l'llllll. Three llundredIloliars Offered in Prizes BY THE DR. Wiâ€"LEIAMS' MEDICINE 00., or BROCKVILLE, ONT. The Abcvc Amount Will he Divided Among Ihe Writers 0] the nest Five original Sioricsâ€" The (‘onipciliiou open to All Bonn l-‘lrle Residents or Canada. With a view to assisting in the develop- ment ofliterary talent in Canada, The Dr. V‘Villiams' Medicine Co., of Brockville,0nt., will award prizes amounting to $300 among the writers of the best five short original stories submitted in the competition as follows z~ For the story pronounced the best 3100 will be given. For the second best $75. For the third best 360. For the fourth best $40. For the fifth best $25. The competition is open to residents of the Dominion of Canada, who have never won acash prize in a story competition, and is subject to the following rules:â€" Each story to contain not more than tlzree thousand words. The writer of the story shall afiix a pen name, initials or motto to his or her manu. script, and shall send with the manuscript a sealed envelope bearing on the outside the pen name, initials or motto attached to the story and containing inside it the full name and address of the writer there- of. We impose no limitations whatever as to the nature of topic written upon, and the scene of the story need not necessarily be laid in Canada, although competitors must be residents of Canada, as above stated. Stories entered in the competition must which and landed his four paws. howl. weighed ten pounds apiece, on my chest, and lolling his tongue out, looked down at me. “I tried to beat him ofi‘, but he took it for play, and rolled me over and jumped about until I was completely bound up in , the rug. “ He would give a short sneeze, and dab his paw into my hair. He scratched my face, and tore my dress into strips. “Every time I tried to rise he would give a little bark, and butt me down again with his head. The more Ishouted, the faster and louder he barked, and springing about, he overturned chairs and tables. “I don’t know where it would have ended I if one of the farm-hands hadn't heard the commotion, and come in. I was bruised and torn, and in a terrible temper. ” Aaron sent the dog off, and we haven’t had another; but he is like most men about a dog, and says now, ‘He was only a little playful,’ " RUINED BY PIE. Love for Pastry Barred Him Out of the Pulpit and Drove Him to Forgery. > A most singular case is now in the courts .15 Kingston in New York State. A young man living there was lately found to be a forger, and when he confessed he said he was driven to crime by an ungoveruable gluttony for mince pie. To satisfy his craving he had forged the signature of a wealthy man to a note for $1,000, and had got the paper discounted. With the pro- ceeds he went on a mince-pie spree and had devoured $60 worth of this pastry before he was arrested. According to his story his extraordinary liking for mince pie began to show itself when he was a boy. He seemed even then to feel that there was something abnormal in his appetite, for he went voluntarily to Bloomingdale Asylum in the hope of‘ being cured of his gluttony. After he came out he believed he was cured and began to study for the ministry. But in a fatal hour, about two years later, the mania for pie came upon him with irresistible power. He broke into the housekeeper‘s closet in the Auburn Theological Seminary,where he was astudent,andgorged himselfwith mince- pie. His relapseso preyed upon him that he. went to thefaculty,and they advised him,he says,to drop his studies,as it would be detri- mental to the ministerial calling for him to enter it with such a fatal appetite for mince pie. He would be likely to suffer a seizure of his mania at a supper in the church parlors or at the table of one of his flock, and create an unforgettable scandal. He took the advice of the faculty and went to peddling clothes wringers and bed springs, but his malady was now so deep seated that he subordinated everything to his craving. He developed an unusual cunning in steal- ing mince pic, or in getting the money with which to purchase it. “I would be tempt- ed,” said he, “and fall ; go to a restaurant and eat a pie and a half or two pics. I became as helpless a victim of the mince-pie habit as the drunkard is of the drink habit. Sometimes I have pawned my overcoat or my watch When I have seen an uncommon- ly luscious pie in a window and have not had enough ready money to buy it.” Then came the forging oi the note and the pie orgy which ended in his arrest. After hearing his story a commission was appointed to inquire into his sanity, and it is likely that, instead of being sent to a penitentiary.be will be placed in a lunatic asylum. He is described as a tliin,nervous- looking man with a wild expresSion, which is disappointing, for many a man of New England ancestry would be glad to culti~ vats this lunacy if it would not spoil his complexion and keep him awake nights. _____o_._ Is It in Ireland ? ‘ are the best five stories. I cures (,‘atarrh,Hay Fever,Colds, Headache, be written on one side of the paper only, and when possible should be typewritten. Manuscripts to be sent flat or foldedâ€" NOT ROLLED. All stories for competition must reach the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont., on or before the first day of July, 1895, and should be marked “ For Liter» ary Competition.” Decision will be made as followa :-â€"-All ‘ stories submitted will be referred to a com- petent committee who will decide which These stories will then be published in pamphlet form, which pamphlets will be distributed throughout the Dominion, and each will contain a voting paper upon which readers will be invited to express their preference. The story obtaining the highest number of votes will be awarded the hrst prize. The one obtaining the second highest number willbeawarded second prize, and so on until five prizes are awarded. The voting will close on the first day of »December, 1895, and the committee will then publish the names of the successful competitors and the order of merit. Unsuccessful manuscripts Will be re- turned when stamps are sent for post- age. The five stories selected are to become the absolute property of the Dr. Williams’ Medicine 00., with their copyright in perpetuity. The decision of the committee and the counting of votes to be absolute and final, and all persons entering the competition agree, by doing so, to accept the decisions of the committee and the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co. as final on all points what- soever. Correspondence in regard to unsuccess- ful Mes. declined, even when stamped envelopes are sent: any stamps so sent (for any other purpose than the return of the MS. at the time of first sending) will be put in the poor box. - The Dr. VVillisms’ Medicine 00., will take all precautions to safe-guard MS. en- trusted to their care,but in on case do they assume any responsibility for fire, accident or loss of unsuccessful MS. Authors are therefore advised to keep copies. The stories must be original. Any one sending copied matter will be liable to punishment for fraud, and a prize of $25, is offered to the first person who points out the fact that any story passed by the com- mittee is otherwise than original, in the unlikely event of such an oversight occur- ring. All stories entered in the competition must be addressed to the Dr. Williams Medicine,Co., Brock ville, Ont., and marked on the envelope “For Literary Competi- tion." â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"_ Tobacco Destroys Vitality. Nervous system paralyzed by nicotine means lost manhood, weak eyes, and a general all-gone look and feeling that robs life of its pleasure. Tobacco is the root of many an impotent symptom, and NmToâ€" Bee a guaranteed cure that will make you strong, vigorous and happy in more ways than one. No-To-Bac guaranteed and sold by Druggists everywhere Book, titled “Don’t Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away.” Ad. Sterling Remedy Co., 374 St. Paul St. Montreal. M’MASTER UNIVERSITY HEARD FROM AGAIN. 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