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THE DOMINION N ANK
HEAD OFFICE ; -.TORONTO
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'Pljl,l, INII'iGUAM TIIJ ES IDEM41BER Sot 1SO9
HANDICAPPED
THE ULTRA MICROSCOPE.
it Detects Objects Whose Size or
Shape Cannot Be Seen. •
It will come as news 'to most people
that science hasinvented instruments
that go two degrees beyond the most
powerful microscope in detecting
small objects. The first of these is
known as the ultra violet microscope.
This takes advantage of the fact that
a photographic plate can often see
things that the human eye cannot,
and for the following reason;
Things eanot reflect light and
cdhsequently cannot be seen that are
smaller than the smallest wave length
of light teat falls on them. Violet
light is the smallest that can be pos-
sibly seen with the human eye. But.
there exists a much smaller 'wave
length in the. part of the spectrum
not visible to the eye called the ultra
violet light. This has the peculiar
property of affecting a photographic
plate just as any other light would,
minute object that is under examina-
tionso.that we get a true picture of the
Thus the deficiency of the eyo is
made up for by a mechanical inven-
tion of the liuln.an brain. This ultra
violet light, though riot detectable by
the human eye, is easily seen by small
animals and insects. It has been tried
with great success on ants especially,
With this ultra violet microscope the
smallest objects that can be photo-
graphed with definiteness of dimen-
sions are brought out with wonderful
distinctness.
But there is one other instrument
that can detect much smaller objects,
though their shape or size cannot be
seen, and that is known as the ultra
microscope. This takes advantage of
the fact that a small object will scat-
ter any light that falls on it. To
make the meaning clear, all of us
have noticed a beam of light entering
a room full of floating dust particles.
We see •anly the dust particles in the
beam of light. The reason we see
them is because each little .,particle
scatters the light that falls on it in
all directions, and some of the scat-
tered. light enters the eye.
This is the principle on whichthe
ultra microscope is based. Light is
made to fall on the object in such a
way that none of the directnlight can
enter the eye. Then the particles
appear as small points of light. In
this way it has been proved that the
coloring in red glass is not diffiused,
but consists of thousands of little red
particles close together.
WOMEN AND CIGARS.
Capital SiCo4 (all paid up)..... ,
$4,000,000,00
Reserve Fong and Undivided Profits $5,400,000.00
Totikk* ,sets, :...... .. , , . $59,000,000.00
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AND AGENTS throughoat Canada and the
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LONDON, ONTARIO
Business & Shorthand
•autmGTS
Resident and Mail Courses
Catalogues Free
J. W, enestervcl. 7, eta Westervelt. Jr.. C.A.,
Principal, Vice -Principal.
uninauntausuccearicatily
Last year 600 Amerfoan motor on
crowed the frontiers, of Qermeny to
tour.
A machine hue been invented to wrap
with wire a telephone or telegraph pole
to wave it froth tubbing horses.
There is more Oatarrh in this amnion
of the country than all diseases put to
gather, and until the last few years was
enpposei to ba incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced it a
lomat disease and presorib,:d local reme-
dies, and by constantly failing to oure
with looal treatment, pronounced incur-
able. Science hae proven catarrh to be
a constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, nnauufaotnred by F. .1
Cheney & 00,, Toledo, Ohio, is the only
oonetitutional cure on the market. It is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops
to a teaspoonful. It ante directly on the
blood,and mnoone surfaces of the eye•
tem. They offer one hundred dollars
for any Daae it fails to cure. Send for
oiroalers and testimonials•
Address: F, J CHENEY & Co, Toledo,
Ohio,
Sold by Druggists, 71jo,
Take. Hail's Family Pills for coneti•
petion.
The Opening and Maintaining of a
Savings Ealfik Account is a duty that
everyone owes, both to themselves
and to those dependent on them.
Tour Savings Account Solicited.
WINGHAIVI BRANCH
KERNELS FROM THE SANCTUM MILL
Interesting Paragraphs from our Exchanges.
—Knowing, , it all looks easy until you
UT it..
The moat exasperating thing on earth
le et man who is always right.
Is Dr. Chase Your Doctor?
or., over a generation Dr. Obese has,
Ineana of his famous Receipt Book
great family medicines, been win -
the confidence and esteem of the
ople of this continent, His Kidney-
iver Pills, Ointment, Nerve Food and
other medicines have long since proven
eir exceptional merits and to -day tyre
rtdin the best homer every-
e, Why not let Dr. Chase be your
Lots of talkative women are remark-
able for st►yfng nothing,
Some persona are interested in your
Welfare, others in your farewell.
,A. '2' Q Mt. -A..
Burs the The Kind You Have Always Bought
acture
of
If you are afraid to fight, take a quiet
k. Don't bluff.
is was invented by a pawnbrok-
er in th sixteenth century. He used to
PTmht three bra
e
s balls—the —
the supsBnip
of hie r
ad •—
e abon
t his
Count
eri
wth a
yard stick, using boxes, fastened to the
sides of kb counter, for pockets.
l'1oad Was Bad.
From I
iure
blood comes 1t
nples,
',F3oile, Tleers. Tumors, Abscesses, Fester -
Sores, ,flashes, Constipation, Bead -
lie its, etc.
(let pure bi0od and keep it pure by
wv.ing every trace of impure morbid
er from the system by using
BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS.
Ire. Fred. Biggs, Kingston, (')nt.,
tee -"I was completely run down,
blood was out of order, and I used to
so we.a!: I would he compelled to stay
for weeks at a time. I could not
as pale and thin; every one thought
teenet into consumption. I tried
thing and different doctor:; until s
advised me to use lltirdoek Flood
re, I did not leave one bottle
where my appetite began to improve.
six bottles. I gained ten pounds
'weeks. When 1 began to take it
"•sighed ninety-three pounds. It
''fled to pull me from tits grave aa I
repeated to be strong again. 1
tell ever' sufferer of your wetiderful
eine'."
For male by all desilen&
snnfarture,i enter by The'D, Milbu
Litaitetf, Toronto, that,
%ihh,
quickly stops coughs, cures colds, heals
the throat and lungs. -• - - 25 cents.
The empty joys are the unaltered ones.
France sands great quantities of cheap
jewelry all over the world.
Only 10 per cent of the flowers of
Europe have perfume.
Fortune never smiles on a man who
stares her out of countenance.
A sprained ankle will usually disable
the injured person for three or four
weeks. This is due to leek' of proper
treatment. When Chamberlain's Lini-
ment is applied a etre may be effected
in three or four days. This liniment ie
one of the most remarkable preparations
in use. Sold by all dealers.
When a man makes a good resole.-
tion he very soon has a reason to mend
it.
Yon can always get the prioe of the
man who wears bis pride on the out-
side.
DR. A. W. CHASE'S
CATARRH POWDER C■
is di
sent direct rect to the diseased parts the
Improved p ted iilower. Heals
the
ulmrs, clears the air passages,
stops droppings in the throat and
permanently cures Catarrh and.
Hay Fever. 25c. blower free.
Accept no substitutes. All dealers
or eanianson, nates & co., Toronto.
The other fellow's reason for not
reforming is the most insane thing we
ever heard,
It is less embarrassing to have an ex.
otI 8 without w thont a
n occasion than an cocs-
ion withontan excuse
Beers the The Kind You Have Always Bought
dignatere
of
If there were not so many Iazy people
in the world probably we would be all
worked to death,
A man doesn't have to invest in a fly-
ing
lying machine to discover that riches take
onto themselves wings,
Lots of men who make the moat noise
in the world are really in the blank
cartridge clam.
The measure of love la not whether it
drains your bank acoonnt, but whether
it draws on your heart.
Many persona fled themselves *Vetted,
with r# persistent oough after aulatttttodr
Of influebee. Al this soughren be
promptlycII
rota theuse seot`flr
y. Marro
pan
rdain'a Con >`. Itemed i h
R , t should
be allowed w•ad to �n on until it ba;robiu'ye
titepbletwza, Seib by Ii1l ti4tiiol7l.
Fifteen hundred and ten students have
registered at Queen's University, a large
increase over last year.
At Albany it Is stetted that 24 men are
confined in the death houses connected
with the three state prisons.
The Manitoba Government has prom -
feed the grain•growere to establish a
system of elevators in that Provinoe.
Fifty years' experience of an Old Nurse
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP is
the prescription of one of the best fe-
male pbysioians and nurses in the
United States,and hae been used for fitty
years with never -failing success by
millions of mothers for their children
It relieves the child from pain, cures
diarrhoea, griping in the bowels, and
wind collo. By giving health to the
child, it rests the mother. Twenty.five
cents a bottle.
The eleoti'fo lighting industry is re-
presented in the United States by 5,264
companies and municipal plants.
The Gansohaufel is simply an open
.air sanitorinm for healthy people, open-
ed last year by the municipality of
Vienna.
It is estimated that two million dol-
lars will be spent in railway fares by
westerners who are Doming east to spend
Christmas.
The peculiar properties of Chamber-
lain's Cough Remedy have been cher-
uglily tested during epidemics of in-
fluenza, and when it was taken in time
we have not heard of a single oase of
pneumonia. Sold by all dealers.
In 1908 the Amerioan merchant mar-
ine carried only 1;4 per cent of the
freight between the United States and
Uruguay.
What the automobile is to the United
States the motor boat is to Canada, es-
peoially along the St. Lawrence and in
British Columbia.
The greatest danger from influenza is
of its resulting in pneumonia. This can
be obviated by using Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, as it not only cures in-
fluenza, but counteracts any tendency
of the disease towards pnenmonia. Sold
by all dealers.
In Australia there are ants which
build their nests along a north and south
line so accurately that a traveller may
direct his course by their aid.
Brazilian soientists have snoceeded in
developing a new variety of coffee, with
unusually, large, fine berries, which
ripen very early.
sir
Wears the The ._Ind You Have Always 8adgia
A gnatare of
Two seats or the New York Stook
Exohange weer sold lately, one for
$94,000 and th other for $96,000, the
highest pries or record.
Ripon is said t have the Sliest carved
gelid', of any as al in England.
Lincoln Cathedral has n Wer than 62
static, all elaborately carved.
If you are suffering from bine
constipation, indigestion, ion
r chroni
0
ache, invent one cent in a postal
send to Chamberlain Medicine Co.
Moin
es Rims, with
your
name ea
an
dusk plainly on the back, and they
fortdard you a free sample of Chan
!abate Stomach and Liver Tablets.
by tai1 dealers, •
nese,
11ead.
bard
Des
ad -
will
fibor.
Sold.
Aabestoeis being need now in the con-
struction of
warship*
"
to aconsid
o able
extent, to replace the inflammable clod
and the heavy iron.
The automobile demand in ]Berle is
shown to be on a steady inoreaee. Tat
the"
taxicabtem a
li
a
y asrovers , 't ince
cc i
ser also n.
tiv byh
act lila
e f'
the to
intim
bar f
now theicaba for Mexico City are n
ells % sire,
This is the ease with Many Wing -
ham People. ,
Tao many Wire:hem °Rime are
hot,tite tpp*'d wide a pact back. The un.
o'^pettg pelt eeusee constant misery,
making bunk a burden and stooping or
Meting an iwpoestbility Tee back
aohes at; Oahe prove ting refreshing.
rest, and tet t ,e morning is cuff and
lame, Pasters and linigrents may give
ratter, but oaenot rteuh the uause. TO
eldu,ivate the pains tied ponos you must
cure Oa kidneys
Booth's Ktduey Pills cure siok kid-
ney s ane cure then' permanently. Oen
you doubt Wipgeem evidenoe,
R. Knox of Oruro St , Wingbam
Ont., says: ' I trtquentle. suffered with
a dull, bowing down pain across the
malt of my blot; and extending around
my sides, lute wan partionlarly notice-
able when I found occasion to stoop or
sit in one position fete a time. there
WAS a .languid, tired feeling and al
though I !Aunty tbis to arise from in.
aotivrty on the part of the kidneys and
had tried several remedies, I could not
find the deedred rtaulte. Until I procured
Soo'h'e Kidney Pals et Mr. MoKtb-
boa's Drug Store and oommenoed their
use The drill pejo and weakness s000
departs.,, however and lam not since re
turned. I feel better and stronger
generally and a)t`.touelz I have not been
accustomed to having my name used I
feel that B,zot•h's Kidney Pills are re-
liable and worthy of recommendation."
Sold by Dealers. Price 60 Dents.
The R. T Booth Oce, Ltd., Fort Erie,
Oat , S Jle Om:adieu Agents.
On he shores of Cape Ood there were,
dnriug a period of twenty years follow.
ing 1881, all many as 1,000 wrecks of
hnmao beings and of height.
In Agony with flies,
Mr. G. W. Cornell, with the Shaw
Milling Co , St, Ceti:twines, Ont.,
writes: "For six years I was a victim
of joining, prounding piles and was in
dreadful agony day and nigh'. Doctors
were unable to help me and I was about
as miserable as any creature could be.
My druggist advised me to try Dr.
Onase's Ointment, which I did and ob-
tained reeler teem the first box and com.
plate cure with the second, This Dint•
ment would be cheap at fifty dollars a
box, in view of what at did for me."
As a usual thing we don't Dare a hang
how much other people want to have
their own way so long as they are deoent
enough not to mention it.
Immigration returns for the last eight
months show an increase of sixty-eight
per cent. in the number 'of arrivals
from the United States.
RADIENT HAIR
New York Society Women's Hair
Matched only by Parisians.
While ranch attention is given to
choicest gowns by New York society
women, the turbulent .fad just now is
the care of the hair.
For many - years the clever women
of Paris have been famed for the mag-
nificent beauty of their hair.
"Glorious hair," a Virginian calls it;
"so radiant and luxuriant that it not
only attracts but fasomates and nom•
pels unstinted admiration,"
But now that the elite of New
York, ever anxious to improve their
beauty, have learned that Parisian
Sage, a remarkable and almost mar-
velous hair nourither and beautifier,
is almost entirely responsible for the
oharmlug hair of the ladies of Franoe,
the demand for it• has become
enormous.
Parisian Sage is now Bold all over
Canada and in Wingham by Walton
McKibben, who is glad to guarantee it
to eradicate dandruff, stop falling hair
and itobing scalp in two weeks or
money back. Large bottle 60 cents.
Street oar fares in Bordeaux, France,
are lees than 2 cents a ride, and working
people pay only half that between 5 and
6 in the morning and 6 to 7 at night.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier has deoided to re-
sign his Ottawa Beat and represent Que-
bec East in Parliament. The House
adjourned for the Christmas holidays.
The negroes of the United States
formed in 1800, 18.8 per oeiit of the
population; in 1810, 19.03 pcent; in
per,
1860, 15.68 per cent; in 1860, 14,12per
cent; in 1880, 13,11 per cent; in 1890,
11.92 per Dent, . and in 1900, 11.69 per
cent.
ChNdren
Eczema
Treatment prenctibed had no effect—,
DR. CHASE'S OINTMENT
made • thorough cure.
Mrs. Oscar Vancott, St. Antoine,
geek., writes:—"I have found Dr.
()hase.'s Ointment to be a permanent
euro 'for eczema and other skin tlis-
casei. One son, while nursing, broke
o
out with running watery sores all over
his head and around the ears. Many
salves Wero prescribed to uo c Tec'.t.
The child's head boats a muss of
seabs and he suffered agony untold.
He beraitie weak and frail. and would
not cat and wo theuhllt ire wottl,l
lose bbs,.
t'Provi;loatially we heard of Dr.
Case's ()int,tticnt and it soon thor-
oeghly ctoed hint.. He is seven years
old now and strung and well. An oid:'r
buy was also ?ureal of eczema by this
Ointment and we hope more people
will learn about it so that their little
ones may be saved from sintering."
As a, t•tti'e for eenenta and it: kine,
shin n 'lis �4r here
r,.
t is fIO treatment
t•t
be Pon, err
11 to )r
I W. Chase's
A.
I
Ointment, `) cents
abvx�at�all i
r
..1
.
ers of Fdmannon, Batas &
Co., Tor-
onto. Dr. Chase 's Rcei s bent four.
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That Form of the Fragrant Weed Is
Becoming Popular With Ladies.
During the hearing of a case which
came before Mr. Justice Grantham in
London a few days ago, it was men-
tioned that one of the members of a
certain well-known ladies' club smok-
ed cigars. Whether they were mild,
medium, or full -flavored was not stat-
ed, but the fact that a woman can
'smoke, a cigar tends to dispel the
popular notion that she is constitu-
tionally unfit for such a habit.
As a matter of fact, the Dowager -
Empress of Russia, who is an inveter-
ate smoker, prefers a mild cigar to a
cigarette; so does the Countess of
Paris, the mother of the Queen of
Portugal. When a reporter, however,
called on two or three West -end firms
of cigar merchants, be could get no
confirmation of the statement made
in a certain paper to the effect that
cigars were displacing cigarettes in
the affections of society women.
"At the same time," said the man-
ager of one firm, "I believe that the
example of the member of the la-
dies' club you mention is being fol-
lowed to a certain extent in society,
although it is difficult to obtain defi-
nite information on the point be-
cause, while ladies do not mind smok-
ing cigarettes in public,. cigar -smok-
ing would attract too much attention
to be pleasant. Consequently they do
it in private.
"I am led to believe that this is
so by the increased demand of late for
mild cigars. Ladies order them, pre-
sumably for male friends and rela=
tives; but the type of cigar they order
is not popular enough amongst men.
to warrant the unusual demand. Then,
again, I know of three ladies who
order the same brand of mild cigar,
And as they are acquainted with one
another there is not much doubt that
they have recommended these cigars
to one another for their own smok-
inAnother firm admitted that amongst
their customers 'were two ladies who
regularly ordered supplies of cigars,
their favorite brand being a miniature
cigar about 2 1.2 inches long and a lit-
ter; thicker than a cigarette. One of
the ladies ordered regularly every
month 100 of these, miniature cigars.
Tl,lb firm also numbered amongst its
curtomers a lady well eknown n in so-
;iety, who now smokes a briar pipe
If t:i" ordio: ry size and make instead
�f arettes.
On the Upward Read.
SII :s Ilou_hto:t was a very philan-
trtro sic and rra;b us old lady, who
tees bound to, seta' encouraged when-
ever there was n chance. In reality
site ups a )Je;•:;infist, l,ut"rnueh trouble
wvs "bringing her around," as she
4••r7. Orr after a lecture on
St uth Africa, she remarked to a
friend:
"There's one thing. my dear,
'•i"'t is snrely 0 stela upward. a;•;I
horrible cant,ilen
h . i,• ;1 s,' .r.•t : rc e^tit:'; pig I;oil.'cl
instead of rear. How much that
1.111 :"
F. ieier !ay ef Herr:ism,
i ne: 'h :r of r -'re, a portly • ent!e-
reen, Itis been gainless.: of ,ally
14 i1er8 these 111'1ny year::, Recently
his hote. caught fire. Volumes of
,l•. „i'' 1 in fr'J• 1 the kitchen.
C t hims p't l'is n:ariug :lick and
el tprtu.' 1' - h•;t 'newly on his heal,
11 s..red t.:i11 lirttt t, for 'tat
f5 , dot. + h. —ern through the
lion h•' ,E. t.', d ip:,tily
"(r'r1- (.iins 1 Fire! Save the
1)i:•21.ti!"
Attica.
1 t WO 15 the most elevated of all
t f't ,
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the"ro,
Lfit;rtit
p'• a ^ t '1 i2 ;eat t: 1,101;,t,d in
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tatittilf,of vest
)...t.,i ,.`et. I ;,u wide tableland on the
n„rth 11' or ',n average elevation of
1.41,,trt 1,TM lout.
IF your baking goes wroln
investigate -- find the cans
Look to your stove, your yeast,
your baking methods.
Ifyou succeed in pinning the trouble
down to the flour—then take up the
flour question in dead earnest.
Consider that flour, to be successful
from a baking standpoint, must be fine
to produce light bread or pastry, pure to
make that bread or pastry wholesome,
and rich in nutriment to make it.
nourishing.
iMe's. ies Royal lio
has these three qualities in the greatest;
degree.
Ogilvie's Royal Household is milled'
by the most modern methods, and:
made only from Manitoba Hard tf''hicas' •
which contains the highest percentage.
of nutriment.
Royal Household Flour nearer'
disappoints.
20"
Ogilvie flour Mills Co., Ual'liied, Montreal.
TWENTY YEARS DUO, Local History of the early 800.
Items from the "Times" tyles,
(From the TIMES of Deo. 27, 1889.)
Lb0AL NEWS,
Mr, D. M. Gordon has moved into the
residence lately vacated by Mr, Walter
Slott. .
Messrs. Gilohrist, Green & Ce. ship -
ed three carica& of furniture on Mon-
day last per G. T. R.
Messrs, Hastings & Ritchie have their
chopping mill, on Joeephine street, tear
the Exohange hotel, in full operation.
At the last meeting of Wingham
Lodge, No. 136, A. O. U. W., held on
Friday evening last, the following offi•
oars were elected for the ensuing term:
Master Workman, 3'. E. Tamlyn, Fore.
man; Wm. Smyth; Overseer, Geo.
Moffat; Finanoier, J. W. Wacker; Re-
ceiver, T. Bell; Recorder, D.M. Gordon;
Guide, G. Pethiok; Inside Watobman,
11. Kerr; Outside Watchman, Thos.
Henderson..
Mr, and Mrs. V. G. Sparliug attended
the funeral of Mrs. Sperling's mother,
at Lekelot, on Sunday last.
Jack Frost not having put in an ap-
pearanoe, roller skating is still indulged,
in. Th) rink was largely patronized on
Ohristmae.
A Yonne People's Christian Endeavor
Sooiety, inoonneotion with the Presby-
te-ten Church, was organized last week,
,, t r, OR following officers: Wm, Ar•
moor, President; J. J. Kerr, Vice Presi-
dent; Miss M. M'Qiarrie, Recording..
Seoretary; Miss S. Hutton, Correspond-
ing Secretary; Wm, Wightman, Treas-
urer.
A meeting of the Curling Oita) was
held at the DInsley House, recently,
when skips wore appointed as follows:
S. Kent, J'. J. Anderson, John Dineley
and George MOKenzie,
RESPONSIBLE FOR FIRES.
Animals Used by Firesetters — Rats
and Mice Fond of Matches.
The Iatest trick in burning up a
building for profit, "touching it off,"
the firemen call it, comes from Liver-
pool, Eng.. Fires in the cotton waie-
houses came so regularly that the au-
thorities became convinced that the
fires were purposely set. A strict
watch was rewarded by the firemen
catching a fire in its incipiency and
extinguishing it where it started.
A search was then made for ca-
dence, and the first thing discovered
was a small Bole in the wall. A few
bricks had been taken out, but the
opening ,was not large enough to ad-
mit a person. The next thing that
turned up was a cat. This solved the
mystery of the Bole in the wall, as
well as the manner of setting the fires.
Puss still had attacked to her tail
some half -burned rags. The incen-
diary simply put the eat through the
opening, lit the stuff tied to her tail,
and the eat naturally ran wild through
the warehouse, carrying a trail of fire
behind her. A fire in a cotton ware-
house set in this manner usually
meant a total loss and poor puss was
burned, destroying the evidence.
Certain ,afiem k
x n er
s„ have
been
known to use a dog as a firebug. First
the clog was tied to the leg of a table
on which was placed a kerosene oil
lamp. After leavinc the room and
closing the door behind him, the fire -
maker called to the dog. Making
every effort to respond, the faithful
animal naturally pulled and tugged at
the cord attached to the table. If he
pulled hard enough be upset the table
and threw the lamp on the floor and
the blaze was started.
The rat has been used to start
fires, but often with disastrous conse-
quences noes to the man who used the rat --
A stable keeper who was troubled with
rats got a grudge against the animals
and thought it would be a fine thing
toulight
kerosene oil on a rat and
if. The rat promptly ran bark to its
nest in the stable, the most natural
thing for it to do, and set first to the
stable. 1
it.
9
.
and shortly the stable keeper
Was gazing on a pile of smoking rub-
bieh as the result of his experiment.
Of course everyone knows that rats
and mice are regular firebugs, A cer-
tain Scientist once made an experi-
ment to find out if rats would gnaw
matches. For two weeks a rat was
kept under watch and matches placed
with its food. It Was not long before
;t was seen ehewing the matches,and
once it got a. taste of the phosporus
it began to like the matches. and .in
eliewing them set them off.
Mire also. like phosphorus, because
it ie sweet, at,Id they will steal
lflUti•hes to use theta in building 'their
uta:.
In one case V i''
t; ill thchafioUr
was opened r
,d collection f
Jllect oz2 of11
1 heads
s
of matches was found lnid aside: in a
earner ter food, while the sticks had
been p:,Et1 in building the nest. Birds
have a1,•o 1. eezt responsible for fires.
i
but not” actually causing them Tire,
the rats and mice. The birds are fire -
makers through building their nests
in places where sparks from a chim-
ney, for instance, fall in the straw and',
dry stuff used in building the nest.
Subtraction That Adds.
The air was sweet with the smell of`
willow wood, and the artificial limb
maker was adjusting a delicate metal.
spring in a superb leg.
"This one of a pair of legs," he said,
"I am making for an aviator. They,
are longer legs than his own were.
His height before the accident was
only five feet six. Now, with these
legs, he will be five feet ten.
"Men all like to be tall. And shorn
men, when, as sometimes happens,;
they lose both legs, gratify this uni-
versal desire for height by ordering
wooden legs of an excessive length.
"Yes, paradoxical though it seems„
;cut a short man's legs off and he bee
comes taller." Exchange.
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The Appreciative Subscriber, •
This letter, which was received by a;
western editor, is an example of that
spirit of getting something for nothing.
which animates many persons:
"Please send me a few copies of the
paper which had the obituary 3and
verses about the e d a
e th of. my'
child le
week or so ago; also publish the in-
closed clipping about my niece's mar •
-
riage. And .l, wish you would mention
in your local columns, if it don't cost
anything, that I have .a couple of bull
calves to sell. Send
meacouple
copies of the paper this week. As my
subscription is out, please stop my
paper. Times are too hard to waste
money on a newsparer,
Dodged a Scolding.
She—George, did you mail that let-
ter I gave you last Monday morning?
He (eornered, but fertile in expe-
dients)• --No, I didn't. And, what's
more I demand to know its contents!
Slit (ttnineed)----'Whe, George, what's+
the matter'
lie (inwat fly delighted)—I'm jllnl-
ous---that's '.Ei it':. the matter—madly,
desperately. it sanely jealous' 1 `
She—You dear old goose! It's only
a letter to Cousin Sue.
lie (e.ppare'tatly much relieved)). -
that all; Ha foolish of me! 111
go out and ?nail it at once.
Mi [diary Tactics.
So far as history gives us any in-
torno;
n-
r
U
,r `tion,. t b
f ntaon th , i i.c.t the 2 father itl
� ef
"tactics'," in the military sense, was ,,.•
the great 'Theban General Epazninoit
(las, who at the famous battle of
Louetra, 13.0.:371, fought between the
Spartans, Thebans and bpartan4, For the first
time introdueett the seientifie mode of
fighting. Prior to that time the uni-
a• ,
�, 1, 1 rule t: 5
.1 rtl •t i flet' the
opposing
armies to face C rash other andfight i t
out. by sheer brute force and
bulldog
tenacity without any particular te,
gard for scientific principles.
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