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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1908-07-02, Page 3• July 2n,d, 190 ••• • ••'• 12 e-•••si, - ' al E NIL WOOIderftel Pluek ef Injured Mart en MetniteIneicie In Wetlees ther the terrible meperienee ol two nights on the side of a the Suowdonien rane with a bobsn lege it young Gering. dootor Rahn. I*1 in a weak *audition at Panygwryd Ilotel. l Dr.. Hain, who heibt froin Berlin, • left the Penygetryd Hotel, Llanberis, en a recent, unday, aaYin he /*tend- -ed to elimb one of the heghte in the i vicinity, but he did not nform any- body as te the place he meant to reach, nor did he engage a guide. He did not return that night, and his absence did •not attract a treat deal of notice; line as be did, no wit In an appearance on the following day a search party was formed, and on Tuesday morning the missing man was found in a state of extreme eX- haustion. Dr. Hahn told a wonderful story of Neck and resource. "e scaled the mountati for a considerable die - Aimee," he said, "when L lost my way in a dense fog, and to make matters worse an unlucky fall on the rugged path fractured, my leg. 1 then became unconscious --for haw long I do not know -and I remained on the room, tainsicle numb with cold, and blinded by the mist. "Some sheep drew around me cur. Lonely/ and for two Weide and a del, theY were my sole oompanions. "T thought I; would make an at- tempt somehoev te descend. I had a :stout stick with me, and I broke it tiP into three nieces. I used two of them as emlints for my fractured leg, and then I began my descent. But I was like a dead weight, and was come yea Won't tell Yourlatuily doctor : the whole story about. Mar private illness-- you on too Modest. You Bead not bo afraid to tell Mrs. rMX- ham,. at Lynn, Masa,i the things you Could not explain td the doctor. Your letter will be held in the strictest con- fidence. Vr9111 her correspond- ence with sick -Women during the -past thirty years she may have gained tbe veryknowledge that 'will help yoUr case. Such letters as the fol - • owing, from grateful women, es- tablish beyond a doubt the powerof • • LYDIA E. PINKHAIVIS • VEGETABLE COMPOUND pelled to' atop and rest elate to a huge •. cheenn where one of 'the Marchers saw to coliquer all female diSeeteee. me waving my handkerchief. "I had only a few liars' of chocolate to sustain me during my pilgrimage." Altogether Herr Hahn must have crawled ;over three miles. NM Frank Emsley, Teindsay, -Ontario, writes to•hirs. inkham • " when wrote to, you some time Age. I waa a very sick woman suffering -tom female troubles. I had infiamma- • • of the feminine, ergane, and could a 'stand or WMk any distance. At .hkiit I Wee confined to my bed and the elector said I would hive to go through •Ilie operation, but this I ‚refused to do. Hat:lend advised Lydia, E. Pinkham's OcunpiraidAfter using three • ---M•m•4,-new-A.570/11elik• most heartikerisoOnintend Lydia B. 111101tham'ses Oompound to all •illielle/whosathiesnaletroubles.'" FACTS FORSICK•WOMEN. Stir tldrty yearn lifdia 'E. Pink, • lam% Vegetablbmpound, Made iktom roo gaud kerbs, has been • .0 litlendard remedy for female asdhas posthvelyomedthousazub! womenwho havebeenlrOubledWith dispineentents,hdisainnatIon, ulcera- tion, flbrid tam% irregulaities,: Tming, backache, that bes*. feelinaliattdncy,indigage aflDproatr -r • • .1111111MY1110f immoine% For the fiscal year ending March 31 1908 there were consumed in .0anaela. 384,800,000 cigarettes. Ten pears ago the inland revenue returns showed only 80.000,00%000 cigarettes for the year. lt Pain will depart in exactly•20 min- utes if one of Dr Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets is taken. Painanywhere. Re- member! Pain always means conges- tion, blood pressure -nothing else. Headache is -blood pressure, toothache is blood pressure on the sensitive nerve Dr Shoop's Headache Ta,bletsealso called Pink Pain Tehlets-quickly and safely coax this blood pressure ' away from pain center. Painful periods with woMen get histantrelief. 20 Lab - lets 25c. Sold by W S R Holmes, and . • avvvv•AowArioliAe Are You Reaching put? , The trade territory of a town • is not all dependent upon the distance to neighboring trading points fh e, trade territory de- pends upon the enterprise. of the • merchants and residents of the town. If a town does not reach after the trade it will come ciente as fast as it has to, .,and it we grow as it is forced 'to. But if the merchants go after the busi- ness in the surrounding country, advertising in every postible way, and making good every word of their advertising, trade will come from an everen creasing radius, the town will • gain at reputation: for -being- awake and it will Yorge to the • } front, It is the uteri in the town and not altogether the men liv- • ing within a certain number of miles from it that melte the town. AosoyssivsAISAnAOWAiNAA'ANW•04. We Want to Land your fired order, because we know that the satisfaction you will derive from ehat will open your eyed tit the fact that you cannot do better anywhere 0190, that you can with us. 'You will find that we are not "all at sea" in our business, but thoroughly "up. to . the tninute"and watchful ef the intereate of our customers, knowing that, by so doing, we are really, acting for our own ultimate benefit, • HUNTING GULLS' EGGS. EnglishWormin Thinks It • Fun to Be • • leoWitred Over High Cliffs. A visitor at a seaside resort in Eng- land recently 'espied on, the facie of a feet --G man. She' was •sated in a kind of chiafr arrangement suspended by ropes. 'from above, and she carried a Pointe ed pole to steer herself clear of the jagged redo, while a 'Canvas bag was slungincross • her back. The air was fsdi, orguns, evidently Much disturb- ed by her presence, and, every now and then one of them would .swesig down upen her and strike at her sav- • agely with wing or ,beak. The young woman turned out to be a Miss Leslie, who lived in the neigh- borhOod and thought it amusing to have herself lowered over the edge of precipitous -cliffs in order, that she might collect gulls' eggs_for breakfast. "She'll break her neck one of these One days," the fishermen said, but Miss Leslie. declared • that there was no occasion for alarm. .. • • "There .is very little. danger," she said. "Provideeyou- keep' your head, Apo/. but ,for dislodged falling stones • and see that the ropes are strong and • that Ahoy are not. cutifil sharp edges • of rock. It is • deligh to feel ono• self swinging Over some lofty .preci•-• vice, to peep iiito the eaitining places 'in which the eggsare laid and to heir the' gulls screaming around one." • When bfass. Leslie has no one to help her .in the egg hunts she histens the ropes eto a stake or hushand lowers here& over the cliff. 'She sometimes • takes young birds from the nesta and has found that they makieenterestidg OrWriOr..7'."-• Eitnit.thattle:•11;entiert te • In •Stehigliegi • Ikatrasatirq. ' One ef. the Most .reMeirleable eXhb- iti at the Edinburgh Exhibition is that Of. maronorni.ftl tiliecke• made by a taleihrlt • stonemason, Mr. Xames. BOAS, who .Oonstrueted the wonderful Meithantem to help him in his atsid•- •ierl in astronomy. S•-cott, it rolf-taught astronomer and 'a mathematical genius, for though his . clocks are marvels of eccUracy he knewa. nothing_ of the mathematics •of the ec110.01o. The -first,. and: also; the big- gest, of his three .attrononilcal 'clocks occupled him for five Winters ere. •It waseeompleted. • It was Made wholly by Inmsele, and it goes with splendid regula.rityc and works to. a fraction -of a second in a year. One of the sec- tions, which -shove the ..rising. and :tete fewof the Moon, goes glow to the extent of only a secant:1ln five years. One wheel which regulates the move. merit showing the suns eclipse takes 197Yeare to Oemplete ite reveletiere. :This clock stands eight . feetehigh and is five feet broad at the -lower art. The under -part shows the 'mere- eitionci of Mercury. Venue, the earth and moon round the sun, and the moon's revolutions round the earth, with the exact, position of all these bodies at .any moment, and also all the stars of the Zodiac visible to the naked eye. There is likewlee an indi- cator which marks out the date from day to clay. •Above- is the clock which regulates all the nAovemente. In a tower above the clock are shown the rising and setting of the moon in all its phases, also its daily altitude above the earth's horizon. The tower is crowned with a globe vihich sheens the earth's daily revolution, and ex- plains the cause of the unequal length of day and night and. the chenges of the SeaS011e. It also shows Greenwich mean time an over the globe. On the right side Of the clock le shown when and where edipees are possible. end' en the Ieft side 'another "dial" show's the sidereal time. Another clock made by Mr: Beet* records the movements of Jupiter and hie satellities as, seen through a tele - scone, and a third, a solar clock, shows the difference • betWeen solar and Greenwich. mean time for eeery y of elea_ernee_cmd_edsoLtimeaures devieitione-in-irebt • escen- sion, The construction or all three clocks is a tribute to the znason- astronomer4nventor's. genius, coupled with as rare patience and persistence in research and experhnent Mr. Scott was born in Midlem, near Sel- kirk, 59 years ago, and only after he was 87 did he discover his bent for astronomy The extraordinary meteor- ic display that occurred in 1886 set him thinking about the mysteries of the heavens, and he pursued his stud- ies PraCticallY unaided, His astrono- mical "clocks are no leas remarkable her their mechanical ingenuity than ,for their scientific value. • Swindlers. In .Londen, • Many Atnericari and continental de;• • tectives have arrived in ' London to watch the; gangs of • eesmenellitatt thieves and swindlers who will exer- cise. their skill and daring upon' the. 'great crowds of visitors from all over the world . who are coming to the pian -British Exhibition, These gangs are for the most part compired of the aristocrats • of • the criminal, world, men and women dressed in the • height of fashion able to 'sneak Eng- lish), French, and German fluently, of charming manners, and well supplied with money. •T'hey will 'seep at the best "hotels, and endeavor .. to ' prey upontheir fellow gpeste or 'become acquainted with wealthy strangers in • the. _grounds. of the exhibition, and 11 reap -a rich harvest -by -theft or some elaborate variation of the eonfi dance- trick."Melly of the Members of these.gings are well known to us," said a French detective who will re- • main at Sliepheed's Bush entiLehe, end of the exhibition to a neweppaer, representatiVe: "They bye been. known to us fnr, years, and we have,. been certain. that they 'have been guilty of extensive robberies, but we •:haie not been able to convict the ma- jority of their:. „ The reason is that. with their' great cleverness, they • choose people of noeition as their.- vic- • tims; and the deluded ones are gen- era113, unwilling to expose cree .dulity and too often fatuity for the • amusement of the public." • The authorities' of Scotland 'Peed have made at their -arrangements;, and large number of officers wilebe • on duty at the exhibition. Each de- tective will play a part, one being a guileless. old.couptry' gentleman, an. ehernh_neestetant. at a stall, 'and so if.-7-1Vhen a tinted (took is seen hie rratiating himself with a stranrer a etective in thii veinitywillbe keep-, ng his ey• and ears 'ohm. .An in- Siiiteeeland Leeds. • Switeetland takes the lead in the public. ownership of telegraph and eelephone • service:s, haviinig 10,648 • mileo of combined wares eitending to • all the. railway • stations and nearly every town and village in the coun- try. It also has More eelePhones in • use in proportion, te the inhabitants than any other country in Euroe.. ,Great. Britain 'has one telephone to • 118 peneinii; Germany. one to • 112;, France one to 301; Russia one to •.2„e28, andepviitzetland one to 48. The • Government' is now going into; the • business of manufacturing the inseru- ments. The yearly charge for .a tele- phone in office or resideace ie $13.45. and the ides for .long-distance calls are. far below similar calls in Canada. eiverage of three long-distance • calls a day, and the yearly charge of $12,45 Would not bring the total for: -hOili-sffiee -for-trear'above- $24, eLoi_charges and profits rim .together, as the laet earnings lest year were $804,000 on grins receipts amowetitie • to $3,000,000. It is instructive to note that the United States had at the close of 1901, 3',939,00q te use, of nee for every wenty-two in - •habitants. No less ati, /68,340 tele- phones were add during 1907„ and the number nearly doubled during 1906 and 190/ oyer that at the end of • • • • A Fielic of the Penal Days. There are twit places Ireland where it halt been teustomary for many centuries to ring the curfew -the vil- lage of Tynan in County Armagh and • Derry, The Derry' diirle-w is a relic of the days when etc. Roman Catholic • was allowed to live inside the walls of Derry, although the citizens • were glad enough to ' have them , in the • daytime as laborers and cuefmlefs. • At eundown, however, the duffew bell Was rung and every Roman Catholic -who was then in town had to • leave with all hatte,. even if it meant sleephig in the ,open tho bleak hills vihich aurrouted the city. • Rabbits vs, Mutton Ire Australia. • Tip to the beeinning of Decmber, Kays a' writer in Australia, 918,000 crates of "rabbits, totalLng about 230 000 tons, had been received in Lon- don during 1901, and the market for mutton Wes never eo bad as it is now,It is the fostering of the rabbit industry which decimates the pas - QA. DOWNS feral industry. Between these two • there can be no eomproinise. It le Merchant . cunt sheep or .rabbits, Tailor,011, ir • Furniture and Carpets These goods must be cleared our tegardless of &tet-. Parlor Table_ofi Solid Oak, worth $300 fee „__ ................,..412.00 r•64.1411••166.411 2.00 • Oobler Seat Rockers, Solid Oak worth Iron Bede, White lenettiel Werth $4.03 fo .. .. ....... 48.00 00 de. Scot& Linoleum 2 and 4 d . e tit'.. :46e; 450 and 500 4 45 &tett Square, sizes to fit your rooms, from $4.00 to ., ..$25.00 84r • J.. It Cheliew, siyiti 0 terestinir inhovation is the enage. • ment of a large numberee lady thief - catchers, whose specie duty if, will be to keep e 'sharp watch on Ilion - hers Iffether sex. • Tt is well known that. many of the mote exnert pocketpickers are women, and they are also adepts at recognizing the male detective, in 'spite of any- dis- raise Which may be SeeillePd ; but it is hoped that the female' Sherlock Holmes will merge her identity more •eixcessfully, • The Lass For Him, .• A Scotchman.. wishing to know his fate at Once; telegtaphed a proposal of marriage to the lady of his choice. Aftet mending the entire day at the telegraph office he woe finally reward- ed late in the evening.by an affirms. tive it answer. • . "If r were you," stigitested. the op- erator when. he delivered the mess:age, "I'd, think twiee• before rd marry a girl that kent me waiting all day for my answer." "Na. na" retorted' the Scot. "The lass who waits fee the night rates is the lase for re: . Mati-of.War's Decks. • ' Seine retders will have noticed how beautiftilly clean the decks of a man- of-war always seem, Early in the morning men turn out and serub them I hard, and the deeks are •then dfied with what is ealled a "Swab" Thui "teeth" is made from disused rope, stranded out. The tnethod of usfn it is to flog the deck vigofouisly, whiCh, Indeed, bkne witty task. • Ai; the little country hoefie Of her son, tear Bedford MillteLeecis County, neves Came of,the death of Mrs, Peter Brady, possthly thodidest resident of Ontario, Mrs Brady's age is given as t 104. She was anative o Ireland, but s .ebt Meat of her life in this Section, 0 old retained her mental facul- 1 ties to the last, and Was remarkably Well kept tor one of her ears. • hitaird's tiniment carte Diphtheria TIIH1 Or11141:Qtt 11441 TE4C11 YOURSELFNOW uu •For our own, Iroil; Ohildiet; and Your Friends Sake . • . • 010e:teed parte Of the an' passages oan best be reached by dry air, The br:nchhil tubes and lunge oan only . be reached by dry air. Hyorne; is a dry air treatipent from which you get the Balsamic effect of living in the Pine and Eucalyptio Forreste where catarrhal and bronchial troublea do tayorari destroys the germsthat cause disease. of the breathing organs, you simply by the use of a rubber in- haler, mix Hyomei air with your in- ward breath as it remelts the diseased parts where catarrhal bronchial,croup or pneumonia germs are multiplying by unitions there life is snuffed out,as they are the disease, their exterminat- ion meatus quick Improvement W S 13 Holmes has the agency tor ;Hymnal and will furnish the complete outfit for $100 under guarantee to satisfy. - • Reineving the .-7-4---thers Is - Not a VOLD% -OSTRICH SUPPLY; 1 • PalnIuI Operation. The world's total supply of ostriches Is now said about .380,000 birds, All but 20,000 of these are in Africa, the native country of the biggest birds. • The stock is not decreasing, for it is one of the good fortunes of the ostrich that to take his feathers does not cause his death. :The feathere • would drop off themselves if not re - Moved, and there. is nothing painful about the latter operation, though the • vanity of the bird at being robbed of its chief ornament makes him resent the process. • The ostrich he too valuable a bird -to be ill-used, for on the &vestige they are worth $800 per pair, iindiseach one. • will produce some $60 worth of fea- thers every year. ,lienee it will be seen that the owner has the strongest motive of •Self-interest to take care of the birds. The feathers are never plucked till they are ripe. • But the beauty of a feather and its • cost depend more on its 'width, On the length 'and thickness of its flue Or • strands than on the length_ of its -; To some extent every feather is made, even the handsomest being tote Wed with two additiontd feathen un- derneath. making three layers. in all; and five or six layers are sometimes • needed to give the tip the very thick,. luxuriant effect so .much admired. A -single ostrich feather is very scant and slim, indeed, and no woman would look twine at one. ,Preparing the feather is everything, From first to last an ostrich feather passes through nearly 100 different hands before being delivered to the retailers. African merchants estimate that the industry brings 'into Afrieza every year some el5,000,000, hence it is hardly to be wondered at that they oppose ship- • Ping of the birds to the farms of the • United States. In fact When the first experiment was madefrobrvyinhaniseybEntrdshiglArii.sh-. man in California, he had to pay aa sena the development• ibindAlghus,ontgasry$thlissaaltlitairveans4 the °atrial d prosperous.' The average compare favorably with those -shipped frOm Africa. The stock Is. Prebably not as faney is some 91 • the special brotight out by the More • experienced breeder' of South Africa, but the size of not American bird is increeashig and the 'health is au that eleuld lie desired Ostriches need a hot- dr e cliinate, and. alfalfa is the best food, thieugh the big fellow is not particular; and will eat--mbstYtliing, ' Indied the humorists say that he enjoys nothing. better' than a hearty diet of atones. • , . .• - • - - et , re. „ • •one Prize runny. • Miss- Gaddie -L• Ys; May Bosley id just as mail at her father as she can be. There was a little puppy ,with 'a great pedigree that she wanted him te buyfor hr,and he wouldn't do it. Miss Ascdm-What was it, a Trebel' count or a German barot?---batholic Standard and Times. • • AIEWAY MOUS MLN ON THE LINO HAV mouiy. QUER SUPERSTITIONS. • Lucky and Unlucky Trains -Uncanny Osemeltiee on Scotch ExpreseeeEn. wins Said to Be Haunted-." Bad Omens For Engialieras--dinieter In fluence •f Human Skull -kindly • Disposed Spooks Who Help. ' The recent extraordinary accident on the Great Central Railway„ Bug. land, in which a whole train was de. railed, and several of the coaches smashed to fragment:, without a stel- gle passenger guttering any serious ni- ju2r, probably will strengthen the espread euperstition. among rail- waymen as to them being both Incite' and unlucky trains and locoinotrees- An unesmny, sequence of egarnitiee once befell the old established Scotch express which starts from .Euston at 8 p. m, Between August, etrisand Juy, 1896, this train - popularly known aa the "tourist" was involved 'in four serious accidents. accompan- ied by less of life, as well as in ee'v- eral minor mishap, tatiOertednam farenginemores sohathveaasinistminater ..,teNftoni • so long ago the Northwestern Rail- way had a goods loconnetive with the. reputation of being bewitched. Dat - In itemit history it earned a bad name by being .contenually concerned in slight mishaps, and by getting Its driver and stoker into trouble for mye- terions. breakdowns. Then, in 1895, this engine met with an accident, in which the• driver was killed. A year later it had another smash, fortunate- ly unaccoinpanied by loses of life. When retrieved -from "this second • "event" --which, like its` predecessor was inexplicable -this haunted engint; was, relegated to the serapheap; otherwise it would have been impos- sible to fled men to take charge of it again. Another corninon belief is that realm , engines have an insatiable thirst Inc Mood. Four yeses ago the Southweet- eri had a shunting engine nick it- Wye* •;" --it; -.rali--cifeieliiiii sailors treePeessing on the line, and on another Occasion. killed a' foreinan -ell within the space Of a few Weeks. A Great Western engine was notorious Inc slaying station masters. It lolled • two successive holders of the office in shunting operations, • The third station' master. knowing 'its evil reputation, gave it a wide' berth, ' but ate last he grew ashamed of his prejudice, and .mth°rowangtedh thtbee yard, fell offdwasioranaride killed. - There :are: a• few well known super- stitions pertaining to the railway: It is unlucky to etart a new eugme out • �f the shop on a Friay. It 'ts un- lucky to step On to an: engine with the right foot, apd -to go ,forward to oil from the rigt-hand side: An 'en- gine enuet, he turned on a turntable "with the sun" -Le., in the same di- • rection as the hands of* a elock Pi argund. It is a very bad omen Inc it clrilver, should he as be SO unfertuna,te • to run over a dog. • NaV•vies have always possessed' the repetatien. of being superstitiousolk., When the Northwestern C�; were con- stricting a linfrom 'Whaley Bridge • to Buxton, the :foundations of a parte. • celai bridge constantly gave way, to the perplexity of the engineers.' The mischief was attributed to the sinister influence exerted by a human skuli, .i keown as "Melee, Which. was pre-, • m jested' served Iterin, res •fetlerillillic,crusenianear byeliagers o eo railwafte The: navvies 1. 1..:_ceeeethiel11:91kligneffiid the 'ffclied to re . the. blop:sipi • aonie means could be 7iliden'egied of •'appeasing "Danet Finally •ii Lan. caeliire .poet expiietulated with'. "Dickie" in rhynie, and tlie skull saw the peereereof its ways. At any rate,'" the -navies performed the task .over . again. and tide time their work stood However, it must not be dirpposed that all railway superstitions are eon. cerned with death or dieaster. There are kindly disposed railleaY speoke, . liet000 Chcinic Rheumatic RN are guaratited to cure Rhevinatism'and Neuralgia, • The Electro Chemical Ring is not an ignorant LI charm or faith cure, but a scientific medium for the elimination of uric acid from the blciod. The secret, PI the power the merit in this ring lies in the, com- • bination of various metals of which the ring is made, no matter what the trouble is, if it is caused by excess of uric acid the Electro Chemical Ring 4.4 will effect a cure, looks just like any other ring, O can be worn day and night. guarantee these • Rings to do all we clam. Call and examine these • 41 Rings, cn W. R..pOUNTg4 JEWELER,• CLINTON • a.s ivell-aselead.--For example, a. cur-- • • , ' In Sore Straits. "I tell.you I must have some mon. eyl" roared the king of Maritanit: Who .hwas 18 sore-finacial straits. "Some- body will have to cough up." .• "Atte," sighed the guardian of the treasury, who Was fdrinerly court jesV: er, "all ourcofferar emty-.Judg_ "Sane . people."; grumbled drencher, "Make Ma sick." • "I should think nearly everybody would make you siek " replied Diggs.•' ."IndeedWhy?" • "Reciprocity.' • you • know." - Catholic Standard and Tithes.' • . • • • , • More Genteel. • Tourist (in western state) -I suppose cattle rustling is now a thing of the past? , • Lariat Larsy-Sure thing! About all our prominent bad men are !lithe trifling business. -Puck. R.deen,in trait. • . .• "There was one good thing fibc•ut Adam and Eye." • "What was that?" ' • • • •-"When they Were in Eden they didn't send out any ,eouvenir potitals."Den- lier NeWS-Tfines... • , His Favorite Compaler. Miss Critieuefat the dperse7Are you fond of Meyerbeee Mr, Poirttin. Mr. Porkittn:To be peefectly candid, Mee: tritee, 1 refer a mteg of good ele.-lotieton Post.. Heal grostrates the nerves.' in the summer one needs a tonic to off set the mistolniery hot weather Nerve and Strength depreesiOn. YOU will feel better within 48 hours after beginning to take • such a remedy as Dr Shoop's Restorative.' Its prompt. notion in re- storing the weakened nerves is sur- prising, Of course, you won't get en- tirely strong in a few days, but each day you canactually feel the improVe- merit. That tired, lifeleas spiritless feeling will quickly depart when using the Restorative. Dr Sboop'e &Store - we will sharpen a failing appetite ;it aide digestion ; it.4111 strengthen the weakened JCidneys and Heart ,by sitca ply rebtalcling the werrrout • nerves that these organs depend upon. Test it a few clays and be convineta.. Sold br W 8 11; Holmes ana W4. • ions story is told Orrin aceiclent which occurred outside Waterloo Station some years ago. A passenger train collided With e light engine, end a very seriona srriash teas averted'm the • nick of time by the trenely though • mysterious •application Of the auto - matte viten= brake. It is, a fact that no one •could diseoveremer this' brake was Fed. Se railway men-felbrie& upon the hypothesis that there was a • ghost co3 board the train. The s edivof Ep e'sPrliyvate • theKhedive t pri- vate railway from his palace at eRas•-• el -Tin in Alexandria to his eiountry place at Montazar, and when he goes, from one place to the other he drives the engine himself, The line is • miles long, and he seems to ge keen. pleasure out of • the excite ent of • running an engine at full nieed: Due., ing 'his last visit to Tr Ace he rode On the cab with the driver of the express from C/alai to Amiene and handled the lave hiinself, - • • Other royal . • 1.,-; have sought diversion . cares of state at -var- ius times In engine driving.' The •Eingpain is very expert and fea01:8' as e locomot.ive engneer,. • Bed his marriage he used to ride on the footplate of the royal train ;Wih the driver and take lecoons in yer 1-, • We have secured the ex. clusive agency of the fam- • ous American VValk - Over Shoe for Clinton and invite our friends to can and see a • full and complete line in the • various shapes, sies and widths. The Walk -Over Shoe because of its general excellence, is sold in 44 • countries, and is conceded. --tb-e—herg-ht "of Abe • goods 0,1 srgfedessct t fidoorrne dressers. sboeuyr yourself. s. theelf. .7orld's 0Wviseit PL71ainadllyisipnvecittethyeoscu • TVVITCHELL Se SONS. VICTORIA. BLOCK, • • CLINTON Repairing Neatly and Promptly .4xectsted. • Having held the attention of the parcnasing public during the past Year, by popular prces, we have slated new goods, to begin the, second year and the prices will it once suggest the advantages in cle'aling here Lot 1—Iron Beds: •40 Beds it:tithe let, ringing in prices as follows: 83, 24,04.50, •' $1-75? $5. $5.75. $6 re ff.% va, $11, $18; f14,50? f.101 Lot 2-1Viiattresses. • Guaranteed.. purelsanit,oryeSR, $3.50...and $6.1;32inthe,1ot Our special at $4.00 . • - •. 23 in the let,'which Means skidoo. Prices, Wile • Interest you. • $4.50. 95,96, $7, 981 $11, 91150, S1850,-914; ,915 arid '• $20. Our • special this epring is the 913.50nm:1-$8.09; ' • e. -Other .Specials ; • .• Springs,oany size, $2. 2.25, 2.50 mid 8.00.01ii• special is 8.00.11 . • , Rattan Chairs, 3.10 4.0 450 and 6.00. • Dresseksand•Stands, ringing in price from 9.00,1:10,50, 12.001. , 12.75and lie to 59.00. Our special' is 12.75. Sewing Machines. • We are special reeresentatives for the . St nclaed." Prices rang from $20.00 to$45.00.4e,:e,• House Furnishings:- . . L This dpartmenthas speeial ,sactiotist throng !the house cleaning season. A few remnants m Llnoleurns, at special • prices; also Oil Cloths. Reg. 00c Linoleum for 50a per sq yard. 000S DELIVERED PREZ. Furniture Dealersand Undertakers, Clinton, Phone or eon by or Night. . . , amp' managing the engine. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgitria is another royal inch*, drivett Roce,nte ly lie drove the express from Abbe-, vine to Pavia under 'the superintend- ence of the ener. The Marquis of DoWnshife viems with royalty in' following this 'pus - &Mt. lie has a priyate railway at Hillsborough and an engine white he drives himself at a speed of tett, miles an hour. Ancient "Dogtongs." • Preserved in the cathedral of Ban - or, Wake, 13 II pair of old "deg. tongs," Which were teed for ete.1.4 quarrelsome dogs from church dm. Ing Berke, A similar pair is pre- served at Llaytirtys. -Wales, and boars numerous teeth -marks. Cilada)s Cr neintiption of hard liquor and tobsceo deolit ed clueing th3 pot year, while the consum; Mott of bees and %vibes showed a slight increase. The eonsumntion of spirits durin g the year Was 889 of a galIoti per heed Of populate n against 047 the ye la pre. vitta. The aVertige itinsuitt of tcb oto consuined.wae 2.838 pounds per head while tile year previOne it wag 2,05.3. pounds, mis G•REEN. You want the best at the lowed price. WE CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH BERGER'$, THE Mr Best English ENGLISH MAKE, AT 40e PER LE. 1 E. HOVEY, •PATItg CLINTON. SD.. CORN. • • Do youvvant Seed Corn We lutee White flap, Improved Learning Early Iltittier and M. 8, Sweet. Mangold Seed : Yellow Leviathan, Giant Yellovv intermediate, and Manaoth Long Red. ,Sugar Mangold; Steele -Briggs Rennies and D. V. Perry's, also Turnip Seed, in paokages and loose, We could supply some Red and Alsike ()lover and Titnothy Seed; German Milled, Rape and Tares, • YOUR. TRADE SOLICITED. • We will give more than the peddlers; and We stay all the year at work; notjust a, few weeks, When the roads are good, • Emporium Londesboro, May 12/08 R. ADAMS. Advertise in he New Era