The Cedarville Herald, Volume 27, Numbers 27-52

wi W phi w w ^ w w vw t fy vw w v r f tA ^ w ww w w w w w w v v ywwwvii j l a h g e , n e w IL L U S T R A T E D C A T A L O G F R E E Blazing Beauties! C a ll o r w r i t e f o r i t Extraordinary PiircftiKt or & .Mali Orders Promytly filled,- Anything pletim'd here forward­ ed immediately, postage j*rep»») on receipt of price, delivery go-*, nuteed, Head for BEAUTIFUL FREE CATALOG. IHanufactuim travelers; Samples of fine jewelry W o n d e r f u l Oppoitunlties Await You Choicest and most beautiful patterns o f High Grade Jewelry which consists of the latest crea­ tions and exclusive designs. Diamonds, ttlaicftes, Jewelry, Rich Cut Glass, and Hand Remember the Immense Saving 4 We Made is Yours PaintedChina at prices that will sane you from 25 to so Per Cent, on entry Dollar $ 5 . 75 , Regular Price $ 8.00 .* Chatelaine. ' muntifnll^Enameled in Colors and FlneJeg-c-led liovamofifc No, 600 $14-28, Regular Price $18.50 Cyown14KGold Filled Guaranteed 2 Sj. ars .15 JewrlsdElgin Hove* ..moot, HuntingCus«. - Ho. 610 |g g |$ t4 .8 5 , Regular Price $18.50 GoldFilled ’ Guaranteed20years, 15JeweledElginHove* .................. mnt, Sale Begins at 10 o’cioek, onSaturday porning, December 10 , AND .WILL CONTINUE UNTIL DEC* 25th. ,\Ve have-purchased the entire line of samples of several o f the best manufacturers. You will readily understand tbafno tb ing b u t' the best matetiul, best workmansip/aiid -best style are put into the samples/ THERE IB -BUT ONE OF A. KIND , ' That means, of course, that the person buying has ntt..article ns distinctively gud as entirely individual as though it was made exclusively for themselves. - , ' ' ‘ - ' Because these fine samples had serv.ed their purpose as trade winners we'-are able to buy them a ifiuch less than the wholesale prices. That means a corresponding reduction to customers. Every article is absolutely j n perfect condition and a t prices that will SAVE YOU FROM 25 PER CENT’ TO 50 PER CENT; ON .EVERY DOLLAR, GOME AND CONVINCE YOURSELF . $ 8.25 RegularPrice $ 10.00 . Gelid Gold . SotwitMOGotiainaPoarla HoseQold Finish No. 3 S 0 a $ 11.00 Regular Price $ 16 .tKi Solid Gold Setwith 30 Genuine Pearls and GliargeWholePearls No. 323 a tl\ A / | ll v3 g xjcfiqr </ J ■ . 1 -a ) *• 75 Cent* Regular Price $ 1.25 SolidGold Front: Chatelaine Pin , BrightPolishedandHoman * Ho. 384 p , f ■>' - ^ $lA 5 Regular Price $ 1.75 Gold Filled » ChatelainePin. Bright Polished Homan . Set with Brilliants ' , , No, 360 a . * N o good s m isreprcscnted. b u t so ld upon th e ir m e rit and the h o n o r o f o u r reputation . It w ill, requ ire a connoisseur o f values to appreciate these w o n d e rfu lly low prices. If yo u are no connoisseur o f values in Je w e lry , y o u m ay feel con fiden t o f fa ring just as w e ll, * . , - ;1DON ’T DELAY ! fv O . ^ , 1 ^ ...... .....— “r ^ ..........-------------------------------------------------- ----- ......... * S<ic..‘R«guh(rtprl(;e $».Oo j i . o o Rtgui*rPrice 5 0 | m A K E Y O U R P U R C H A S E S E A R L Y . W E W U X ^ SoUd Gold Baby R i D K I . P U T 'T H E M A W A Y U N T I L Y O U W A N T T H E M , t ■ , - - ^ 659 * , . Wo. 5 t « ; / " ' " ' m e ' ” ; 0 • $ 7.50 Regular Price $ 10.00 14 J£ Solid Gold ’ ‘ Cfonuhio Jlinmond Solitaire • ' Vino Cut Swim • . d 3 I?R 4 ntly Curved Mounting, i<;,'f-iCiJ/ri a */-j/i'L 1 -iT -, 1 ., * $ 4.25 RegiilarPrice$ 6.00 ' ■ Solid Gold Benutiful Genuine' Opals XnlUrf Iridescent Colors Vs, , ' ► * u. . $ 4^5 Regular Price $ 6.00 - Solid Gold ' Signet Bing*Bright PoHsiind VeryHeavy, Elegantly Carved $ 2.50 Regular Price $ 3.00 ' Solid Gold " Signet Ring for GirlsorBoys’ Beautifnlly Chased Heavy Mounting ...... „t> ,1 i.ri.l;,. $ 5 . 75 , Regular Price 7-56 Gold Filled Chatelaine. Gurtrantood 15 ye'ats, Fine Jeweled Movement - No. §01 - $12.25, Regular Price $16,00 ^ Gold Filled Hunting Case Gonriiiitoed 20 years, Elgin Movement. ■ .'Finely Jewolod No. 60 S ' $9.75, Regular Price' $14.00 Crown Gold* Filled Opon Face. flUrnrnnti'od S') yonrs, J5 —JimmrHtiRiTHttnrmpnt----Hor8*' / / / T r aB"«rgr6B6"«ni‘6jTBHfiir" ^wPthwr a tmplcBwlrtn^hoiMravricra^flnisiimjngWug^thi’iHegBBHrqBaerg; a big reduction rrora the regular prices—A DIRECT LOSS, However, the up-to-date manulaeturer must, encounter these losses, it*S considered ■good business jugdment. The big saving we have made is how a t your mercy, * . • , iri-l|fli,lfni,iri>i a innumn rThere Gootbare hot Odds and Ends, but Frejh and Late Samples. We would refuse to sell any article which 4 does not come hp to the srandard required by the high reputation of our establishment, Eyery Article Sold is Fully Guaranteed, and We’ll Cheerfulg Refund Monty if any Article Purchased Does Not Prove Just as Represented. 1 Margileth & FlcFarland, jm * e. Y>m St., Springfield, w m w w M A ■V. #;.*■■ -I■ ■ .> ■■ f.■ C - J: r r i © E N D U R E ter get interested in “ketunder M Yourneighbor'll begettingsomeof thesedollarsandyoullget left. If your'e not Posted write Us a card, we’ll tell you. HandkerchiefHustling The assortment bewildering- -1c each to the elegant hand made at $ 1,60 and #>.00. ' ' Wo Sell the .beau tifu l, dain ty Timm, embroidered and hem- Htlched a t prices ashed fo r the cotton ih same sty le—you’ll like? ’em better th an cotton. Th ink o f l i t 6c for an all linen handke r­ chief, K)(% 1 ** 40 , r n and *6e, Special Xmas boxes for gift goods, Darned OldStockings are not;a, delight, either to wearer or darner. We’ll save, you both if you buy R a c in e Pent to the good stocking top o r sock top; 106 pair, and yonr hose are &* good, a s new #60 goods, > MODES PATTERNS 10c *£%?%£?' T. D BENDURE f Cloak and Suit Sale Factory s ta rting on n ex t eeaaon^g goods. W in ter ju st atatt- ing. Bought the entire stock balance a t ikf per cent oif fo r fur coats, 88jj per cent off fop Cravenetto Coats and 88$ oil for Dress Bkirts. They’re y o u b a t the same rate, J&$l5.oO Cravm«tte Coat for $9 .98 i Jt $$,06 Skirt for $3,67 A $ 16,00 Coat for $ T , 6 o Hundreds of g a rm e n ts -a ll new—and the newest, Knit Top Petticats “ f j ”. S K 3 5 S as weil a s silk—wear b e t t e r ,/ ............................. ................... $r.io Springfield's Daylight Store, gjjU&B tsars-1 Try TheHerald for. Up 4 o*date Job Work What tha Baby Said, i Uncle Will had helped Baby Ham . ry fo r the second time to ico cream and had given, him a very small amount. “Now, what do you say?’* he asked as h e placed tho plate be­ fore th e little one. Harty hesitated for a moment as ho noted how much had jbecn given h im ; then, grasp­ ing the disk in both chubby hands, ho pushed i t gently hack toward h it nnele and said sweetly, “Morel” Dropping tho Peanut. For a lively indobr sport secure a long necked vase or pitcher, tho opening of which is ju s t Jarg l enough to adm it a peanut." who t each player three peanuts, aud have lum (or her) circle the room^ three ' times a t a good pace. Each time in ! passing th e vase the'player a ttem p t! to drop a peanut into the vase. Tho boy o r girl “landing” most peanuts wins tho point. [ i Hf* Aneeator. ' < Mrs. Parvenu (patronizingly)—- Were any of your ancestors men of* note? ! Mr, F lip p a n t-Y e s , madam, I rhpnhl say so. tine o f them was the most famous admiral o f his day and commanded the allied forces of the wOrld. , Mrs, Parvenu (with altered tone ' of deep respccih-Ia it possible, Mr, Flippant ? And what waa his name? Mr, Flippant Noah, madam, A FALSE PROPHECY m - Awakening from a i-tufa cf lethar­ gy, Comte Jbiinmnd do ttHomere beheld bio dr<t*<r gairing on him sadly. “ Saved, once umrciV brraUud ilia comte, and he smiled as he stretch ­ ed ou t his arms. " “My poor friend,” ,-ighcd th e doe- .tor,.'. The sick man-stared aghast. “Fu ll yourself together/* he con* tinned. “You are a man v.ho can stand the tru th .” “What do yon mean V* “Your symptoms .are those of the nona." “Of what? “A curious piagu<v When the elate of lethargy is over, the iiatient has three lucid hours, a t the -end of which he dies suddenly.” “ WhewP “Now, look here, keep y6ur spirits up, hkc the plucky follow you are! A fter nil is said and done life is no t worth living .for, Goodby- goodby/roy poor friend—gooflby.” Ten minutes late r the comte had risen; Qlad in Ids flannel smoking jacket, h o was pu tting th e last touches to his toilet. The "doctor had withdrawn' th a t h is friend m igh t have time to settle his world­ ly affairs, ' ■ The day before, so soon as he. was taken with fever—ho had made up his mind t o prepare for the worst— he had sent fo r h is lawyer and fo r a priest and destroyed all His let­ ters. ' Then he had laid- down Ida giddy head and fallen asleep with th e conviction th a t he would no t _awake again before doomsday. • But now he was like a condemn­ ed man who, after having- .made sure of a reprieve, found himself suddenly on. tho way to the scaffold.' Tomorrow -the joys and friendly ties, of his whole life would he gone.' forever, , - - While‘he waif finishing his'cigaiy. reclining listlessly on the cushions -of his divan, vltaymomV saw all his life flit pa st h im .a s an a dream; Nearly forgotten episodes of his childhood cropped up as if they were, quite recent. Thou in- rap id succession Ips -mind dwelt On, the many times ho had; fallen- in -love between fifteen npd twenty-live Un­ til he came to the first month of? bis married life. " - v , : »2Iow full of unmitigated, joy those clays had been L Raymond rev memhered,' tho m inu test events of his honeymoon or moons spent in. fun and frolic,- with pea san t ex­ cursions, .verging on bachelor’s dis­ sipation and freaks which made- lively gossip for fashionable folk. Delighted ‘beyond measure, by the;; admiration, which h is- wife' excited Wherever he took her, ho was m°i’e madly in love, 'a fte r1liis marriage; than before.'' lie -would have been jealous if the mete possibility p f such a th ing could.have been seri-- ously entertained by either of them-.; And all th is passionate love had been brought to an end by a scanda- lous separation owing to a-blunder onTus p a rt and a rash .escapade of consent ■straw sepa- ■fcttwr c t;11at ngii "1 wi""gay, Jove foi' efich other had1continued. So fa r aa the world was concerned, their relations were restricted by icy bows whenever they1 met On th e boulevards, but, their professed .in­ difference fo r each' other- scarcely deceived their common friends/ The idea of dying without, having seen once more th e woman he loved above .all Others appeared prepos­ terous to the comte, Studied ob­ stinacy and ste rn ry-Mve seemed to he altogether out vj . jdaee when brought face to face w itu everlast­ ing separation._ IVhat risk did he run now in a t­ tempting a reconciliation even if it were no t to succeed? , ■ Raymond sprang to .his feet and seating himself before h is writing desk scribbled hurriedly a short tele­ gram and sent it off by his valet. l i e looked a t Ids watch. H e had two hours more to live. The com- tesso would have time to-come. Would she come ? Would she be touched by U no te containing a dy­ ing man’s farewell? Or, in tho re­ lentless dignity of offended woman, would she refuse to forgive even un­ der these jo lem n circumstances? T h e anguish of uncertainty, add­ ed to th e moral to rtu re, made Ray­ mond winco despite all Ids uerv* and resolution to take Ids inevitable fa te coolly. With something very like terro r he eyed the fleeting m in­ utes which separated him from eternity, , ’ Another hour flew away wldlo he was getting ready to die, stopping now Aud then to muse with nielan- eholy on his pr.st life, He wrote to Ids mother Of his, early life, and aft ho did so tears t ame to liis eves. - ffeflfdi’nly Ravniond started' a t ih« sound of the electric boll. A fter a few seconds of wild expectation th a door' was opened and the servant Ushered in*—' “Mine, la Comtesse da Villc- mere!” lie rose from his scat very pale. “Odette P* he exclaimed. Bu t the young woman remained Mantling on the threshold, -her fc»« tides contracted with anger. “This is a m ost shameless trick, Mt.n ’ “ A trick! What do you mean?1’ “ Yon wrote mu word th a t yo« Were dying, and I ’find yon up and well, writing vnur M h -m Good- by, sir.” “Odidlat Do l«t rga «xphd&.: ■One word on ;y. ’■And os rios we* leaving -?*? ,t- bed up from his desk the Aria* by was writing to h is motln f and JuM j t o u t to her. “Read tins before leaving/* he gasped. Blie took the letter, glanced » t the. mvt few dues an-I ilv n fell on iiaymoml’u m-ck, ;,ohhh,g, “Poo r hoyJ I t waw the tru th ;’* Fo r a,few minutes they remained clasped in each other’s arms, fu ll o f passion and pain, giving mute ex­ pression to the mommy of th e hap­ py months they had spent' together and to remorre fo r the year of hap­ piness limy had lost by their separa­ tion. They sat down eln.-o to one an­ other, hand in hand, completely overcome by their feelings. ’ ■ A t last the comte bethought him­ self of his forefathers, one. o f whom had .climbed the steps of 'the scaf­ fold in Ttflfl whistling a tune from th e .“Indcs (la1aiderT “Well, never’mind/* said ho, with a emile. “ I suppose I ought no t to complain. I am dying of a com- - p lain t which will be fashionable to ­ morrow.” «” - - , B u t Odette looked a t him r e - ' p roach fa lly ,' and lih did .not con­ tinue. Women have no taste for- irony, • ■ ' • They chatted abou t old times, a t first almost in - a whisper, us if they were in a room where -death had stricken down a fellow creature. - Then by degrees the-remembrance of better days- brought to mind a . little incident which made th e ir lips ■ smile, while' their eyes- caught e ig h t' on the wall of some object recalling particulars o f the life they had led formerly, such as the pictures o f a • chase, which evoked'the sounds 6 f ' ; the huntsman’s horn ras it ren t in : glowjng gladnOss the November mist, and they dwelt with pleasure - pn the day when they had cantered v ; side by -side, rustling th e brown - , leaves which .covered -the. forest . path. ". ‘ ' / , '; ■ M iniature fans, dusty accessories of charm ing' co tillons,' ..-reminded 1 thorn of a German waltz which th e y ' had danced before their marriage’ and how they had flirted the- same", ? evening under the palm trees of the hothouse. *- They lived over again th e ir ridos ,? in tlie Bois de Boulogne under/the i green, shady houghs when they were ■ hkc iwo hojb 0111 fo r a spiee, break­ fasting at the Pavilion (Illinois and .coming back through tliq Champs Blysees to fake1 their p a r t in the1ex­ uberant life, o f the gay city. They ,:s would p a rt fo r a few hours yearning t i to -meet again—afte r-be ing bored' ? a t'th e club and a t 5 o’clock tea—in ' .their box a t th e opera or in the tete- a-tete of their hom e/ - - ■- Raymond and Odette were so ab­ sorbed by these nld souvenirs th a t . they became oblivious of time and. of the terrible circumstances which’ had brought them together again. The bell rang. They awoke to - painful reality ahd exchanged a hor­ rible look of anguish. ’ ■ , “Dr. vDarloisI” ' announced the / valet, “Why, .you ,do no t mean to say you a re ou t of bod?” Baid the men- real man, with an amazed counts- -■ nuncni^“Tw n-rctrm ihgtxr God, I'V as mistaken, I was coming to make guile sure you were dead.” “Much obliged/* smiled the cOmte. “ Then he is out of danger ?” in ­ quired Odette anxiously. 1' “There is no question about it* Bu t i t is certainly’very odd, fo r tho Echo des Clmiqucs published yester­ day an exhaustive description of the nona. Nevertheless pray he assur­ ed th a t I am very happy”— . Unquestionably- tho doctor was very happy. A t the same time if he liad told the tru th he would hav! admitted th a t he was rathe r vexed a t having been such a bad prophet. “Odette,” suggested Raymond in a whisper, “do yon th ink we might ask him to dinner with us in the evening?”—From the French in Strand^ Magazine. Th* Slaepino Powder** The Doctor—Yes, I understand what ails you; you-can’t sleep. Take this prescription To the druggist. (Next day.) Good morning; you look be tte r today, ’Have you slept well? Petersen—.Like a top. I feel like a new man. Dpctor—How many sleeping pow­ ders did.you take? Pclcreon (surprised)—I ' didn’t take any, F gave a couple o f them to the baby. • A Oooel Cfttoli. , - Here, i s 'a “ catch” th a t is always sure to cause much laughter when the simple answer is announced Siler everybody has given i t up: If as many women stood beforeme. . . •An thr.ro sro crop- In me salty Sfft. - - And I was told that, Jt inlet try Without a.Shift to transport Iheui dry, JfoW, oh, how, would I eve? doUt? Ulease toil me it you ever knew If. After everybody gives i t up tell the party, th a t if as many women were there as there are dnqiMn tho sea you would simply iput a drop on each woman’s tongue and th e re would he no more sea. pGut Thing* to Qu**s. W hat.aun ts arc most naplewftttof to have in the honse? Discnrdaues, Wlmt is i t tha t flies high, fiife low, has no feet and yeti, treat* shoes? l)n?t. ■ Fan you tell n t whatnationality Napoleon was? Of counm I m il ((‘orsieanh i f you ih * w « man Qtt of tl» window, wind dors he fali'agwitixt^ Against h lf will. % • -n 1;