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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1910-12-15, Page 7910 Clint No /Nand G. D. MeTA.Q04lleT ire 0% eloTAGGART • IUTaggart Bros. eee-OANKERS-eae *r*****1* A GENERAL iliANICING BINSia KESS TRANSACTED. NOTS DISCOUNTED. DRAFTS 'ISSUED INTELEST ALLOWED ON or, rosrrs. SALE NOTES v.** Arr rr* *or *gm *OP rgrk H. T. RCE. - NOTARY PUBL/C, CONVEY- ANCER, FINANCIAL, REAL ESTATE AND VIRE INSURe ANOE AGENT. IlEPRIeSEN. ' TING 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION COURT , OFFICIO, CLINTON. IV, BRYDONE, BA RRISTER, soLicnoa NOTARY. PUBLIC. ETC.• OFFICE --Sloane Sleele-41I INTON4 00=••••m 40106.60000106.6 CHARLES B. HALE 60. REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE• - HURON ST. DR. W. GUNN L. R. C. P., L. ft. C. S. Eldineurg Office -Ontario street, Clinton. Ntelet calls at front door of office or at reVience on Rattenbury street. .16.0606,4•101.666,..000 1 --DR. J. W. SHAW---. a-OFFICE- RATTENHURY ST. EAST. '•e-CLINTONee DR. C. W. OHOMPSON, PHYSICIAL, SURGEON. ETC. Special attention e ten to dis- eases of the Eye, Ear. Nose and • Throat. Eyes carefully examined and suiteble glasses prescribed. Office and residence : 2 doors west of the Commercial, Hotel. Huron St. w. DR. F. A. AXON. DENTIST. • Specialist in Crown aad Bridge Work. Graduate of Chicago, and R.O.D.S., Toronto. 'Hayfield on Mondays 1 rom Mem to December. GRA 11 • ' • RA LW. -TIME ,T ABLE - Trains wili arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows : BUFFALO AND GODERICH DIV Going East 7.R5 a. m, 3.07 pen - 5.15 p. m. 11.07 a. m. 1.25 p. m. .4O; Pen. 11.28 p. in LONDON, alURON & BRUCE DIV. 7.50 a. in. 4.23 p. m. 1E00 a. in, 6.35 p; 16 66 14 61 Going Nest 61 61 41 44 41 Going South 46 11 Going North 14• 64 OVER 88 YEARS' EXPERIENCe ..PATENTS ?fleet MAIIKes DesioNa Cernertiottrs &e. AntOrie liendbul n aketah and deserbotten may quickly ascertain our opinion tree whether an levention Is probably patentable, Pomretinica. Lions strietiteonfidential. mietigess on Patents sent tree. 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"Probable about three," ihe doctor said,' Derrick's own evidence, AO the ree porters subsequently cloonicled, "ereted a sensation," But it was unshak- eble. As for Barny Lazarus, the care- takee-he did not appear, It soon be. same plain that I3arny ead fled, The coroner commented severely on the sleekness of • the police in allowing this important wituess to escape their vigilance, "Murder, by some 'person or persons unknown," was, the ;meltable verdi, et which MO jury were prompt in an. nouncIng. The inquest, notwithstand- ing its complexity, and interest, was concluded by midday. Derrick slipped away, unostentatiously, and returned to his hotel. . As he mounted its siteps he beard his name milled by a feminine voice. He turned, to find that a sumptuous eleo trio brougham had drawn np to the kerb, and that Ito occupant, •a lade, was leaning forth and signalling to him. She was an extraordhaary woman. She was a beautifully gowned moen- tain of corpulence yet with a vivacious, an almcnit pretty face, distinguished by the shrewdness ane humor in ite pair of sparkling orbs. Her clothes were magnificent, her hat a miracle of mil. linery: her brougham, with a chauffeur and a footman, both M livery, was eth- solutely the lateenthing in 'comfort and luxury. But her size-eit was pro. posterous! "Mr. Derrick Dalravere" ehe'cried. "That is nay name. I; don't think have the pleasure-" He murmured the conventional phrase, •forth to him, with. an amusing gee Produced a card, and handed it "If' you inua have a formal introdue- tion-" she exclaimed, leaveng the see - knee gaily unfinished. • He read the card. "Countess •tb,ese .were the, sole words inscribed on' it. • eA' maddening inappropriate name, isnt it," she babbled, "You know Ger- man? You know that 'Mein' means lean? I thoughtso. Now confess that Nature has played me a cruel joke. 01 course I've plenty of other names, hut they're too long to go t on to a reasonabld-sized card. My Christian name's Vida -though I oughtn't strict- ly to say Christian., as I'm a Jewess. Coro.e and lunch with me, will you?" . Derrick was taken aback at her vol- uble abruptness. She was evidently a . elever and amusing creature; and as he looked at her there was something in her expression -something at once masterful and kindly -that attracted him. He hesitated. •' "I knew your :uncle." She leant to wards him.' "I know the' difficulties you're in, and the 'worse eines you're likely to be in Boon. And what you said at the inquest today-" • "Yo* weren't in court, were you?" He was surprised. "I didn't see you there." ' • • • elneu mesa het Obad.neen -there you couldn't have. helped Seeing me," she laughed, "go; I wasn't there and I haven't 'seen the latest. edition ot the papers, either; even: f your evidence Is in them. But I know all you said. had a cemplete shorthand report in my hands five minutes after you'd fin- ished. Chef knew everything-ever. thing!" She laughed again merrily. And Derrick, on a sudden, felt that this odd woman was speaking the lite eral truth, despite her mask .of frivol- ity • . "I went to hell) you," she went on, her voice becoming earnest. "So take ray advice" -she raised her tones - "and come to lunch with Vida Klein, at the Varburg Restaurant -the only decent place in town which has stairs .which I can climb without getting Why not?, 'Derrick, could 'not -but be tempted by such' an invitation. Be stepped into' the brougham beside her, the footman eldsed ' the door and sprang on to the box, lied they glided off. , "For one thing," Countess Klein added, as they whirled noiselessly down Lower Regent Street, "lunching with me will save you from the Press- men interviewers," • The • Varburg was 'gorgeous. COna- raissionaires swung wide the doors for the Countess and Derrick to enter; attendants in knee -breeches wafted them to a quiet table in the immense ' and magnificent hale Presently they were discussing an exquisite .lunch, washed town by a light, sparkling wine. The Countess . evidently knew . how to order a meal -that rare accomt rilish ment. Coffee and cognac followed; and still Davick waited forbis bcstess to introduce the topic 01 the "help' which She had hinted might be useful to him. But at he raised his liqueur - glass of cognac to his lips, her merry face abruptly darkened, and - "Don't drink that!" she cried, sharp- ly. ' He putddowe the tiny glass. , "Why not? • Countess Klein bent forward across the table, and took the glue, "It's poisoned!" she said. • 'What do you mean?. How can It be poisoned? You are drinking the same Cognac yourself?" Derrick was be- wildered, "The same cognac, but not from the same glass. I saw your cognac cloud- ing over. Mine as you see, has re-. mined translucent. They must have smeared your glass -the glass itself." "Who are 'thee'?" She did not reply. "Try the sodium chloride test, - otherwise common salt," she said. She took ei spoonful of salt from a salt- eellar, and put some into her own, ;ease and some into Derrick's. The; liquid in Derrick's glass turned a fiery red. that in tile Countess's was un- changed. "See that?" She signalled for the manager, who', stepped forward: a sleek figure in a' frociecoat, aocl with an ingratiating smile. "What is the name of the waiter who has been serving this table?" she 5.81Cf,f1, ilia name is Cobol), madame." "Vetch him here." She was perernre tory. The manager withdrew, and present- ly returned, perplexed. • "Cohen has gone. I em told that lie • left the building Intreledly, without explanation, two inindics ego-" "That will do." She Interrupted his volubility, "Send another waiter with two More ghtsses of cognac liqueur," She turnee Derrick's glass deliberate - • , ly eye& down, and WIWI it On the °''z''PeBut' twhy"-Derrick broke in, 'Mien the tomb ligemirs were brought ----"why should. anyone want to einem me?" "You'll learn $0011 enough. I van only warn you to be careful. You have cool nerees, 1 Can See. Yen Will eeed there. You ere in, great danger, and 'trent tile mane hand that kilied • Bit' Felix." "Then you know-" "I enow everything." she retorted, with allege or her former wltlnisicai nAll Over Europe there are people with iiecrets enown only to teemeelves and Vida Klein -and they know that I know. We natve are geeer„ ours is an ancient ireemomoury. We sway the destinies of empires -and we rule by knowledge. I sit here, Ube a moun- tain in a chair, and people ;male and think me belPiess. But I'm not, I've Power, and en the claineellories feel It. You think I'm talking boastful twaddle? Well, yotell soon test me. You're in the midst of a big movement and you are blocking its progress, Times why eou're in danger-" "I am bit:taking the pregrese of one o1. your plans?" he exited "No; one of ray enemies' plans: a traitor's Ple,n; he is traitor to the Hebreic canoe, though bleaself a Jew," Derriek tried to smile, but could not. leureasoningly-annoet against his will -he found himself believing iu Countess Klein. "Will you confide in me?" ?he wile saying now, "Tell me the story -tell me exactly what haimened, in Nen 7, Oiroyd egeare-tell me more fully thuae.,, natyou were able to tell It at the in ci- ' And, to his own astonishmeet, Der- rick found linneelf eagerly complying. Yet, so great was his native caution, that even .now he made mental reser- vations, "You haven't told pae all," She said when he oncluded his narrative, "There . was a portrait in tee mur- dered mans roma-a womams pan • trait It wasn't found." , "How do you know?" He bad readened. "I know everyining, I tell you." She was momentarily peevish. "We lime agents everywhere, even amongst the police, • Arlo, as you s..e, the other side nave agents everywnere, too, eNen ernongst the waiter's al a first-class restaurante' oueeey he produced the portrait, Which he had towed clasped in his uncie s haute Countess ti.ain took it; then, atter oue glance, handed it back.' "plc' you meet a girl called Delia at Mr. Abner a?" she queried. • "Yes." .us is a portrait of her mother," "Was my uncle in loee with the ino- th?,11" • "1ssiOnatelY1 It was a mania -an obsession._ brie wits a widow, with one daughter, Delia, then aged elet en. ir leelix married her, took his bride stlaight frem the church to No. 7, 01- roy4 square ,and hail au hour latzr she was dead. eleareiailure." The Countess snrugged her shoulders with a sigh. • "At least, they said it eas hearteailure." , "You mean-"' . "I imply nothing. That was nine years ago. Your Uncle was' hart - broken . and thereupea closad the house whim), was fraught wsth mich an appalling memory., Delia went to live witheleirseAbeer, whose sserd she became. 'Poor, poor Delia!". • "I thouglit .she was his daughter." . • "No; .no relation,. Delia Frankfort Is her '•narne-daughter of the once • • famous and lovelyMrs. Rachel Prank - fore who.,for. a few hours was Lady. .lealeaven.." ' " "A .Iewesse" ' The. name "Rachel" had struck ber- notice, He seemed to, be moving in a world of Jews. BartlY WaS a Jew, Aber wit's a Jew; Nathan Kemp; the clerk, was i JeW; the. vanished meter, Cohere was presumabiy a Jew; and Countess Klein was a Jew.ess: •1,1.as DOM a Jewess, too?" "She is of very remote Jewish rx traction." The Countess's eyes twink- mledit.e;1 trust you are not an eintiSe- "Of course not. 1 haveknown too man' splendid Jews to be that." • Derrick. smiled. He would' have' dis- dained such a narrow prejudice.- • "That's a'good thing, for you are in the midst of a Jewish net, or, 'rather, a Jewish. coutest There are black sheep in every flock,- you know. The sews are the finest race on earth, but they have traitors. 'Your uncle's Tann, derer. was one." • "Then you knew who was the mite. derer?" "1 could:make a very shrewd guess." "Tell me his name." "It's too -cagy to speak." She was firm. • Your fortune Is at stake. You might lose every psnny if you struck •premattirely. Tell me" -she mtered her tone -"is Mr. Abner 11,UPP1Ying YoLI. with money?" "Plenty," said Derrick, ' "He daren't do otherw:se." -"Do you suspect AbnerTo She smiled enigmatically.' "If I don't, you do," she remarked, moekingly. "I can see that you di -- trust him. It's a sound instinct. But you need not fear him." -Again she changed • her tone. "Where 16 Sir retix to be buried?" she asked. abrupt- • "At Dalraven Craig, the family seat. in .Argyllshire." • • • . "Does Mr. Abneaknow of.this plan?" "I spoke' to him 'about it just after the inquest. He objected strongly. He wanted the body buried in London." "I thought so. Don't take his Aug-, gestion. The funeral 'should take. place in Argyllshire." . "It will, 't have made up my mind not to break the Meetly - tradition." Eii Chin Was set, "Now, let me ask ' You a question, Countess. Am 1 to run the risk of being poisoned by se- cret assassins every time I venture to eat or Oink?" "You are certainly in danger, but the danger -will not ,be so great once yon have left this roan." '''''‘13Veheyln ause had you been poisoned vheti lunching with me, they would :lave sworn I was the poisoner." Site stated' the reason with a strange tool- aess. "That poison was intended to me, as well as to do away with youLt a nice prospect!" Derrick's smile Wes grim. "You are a pawn in a great gaine," 0.0.id seriously, "a pawn Whitql 000 tide. wants to atierifice, the other side preserve. ..'13at"-7--she.,Iituded= (TO BE 0ONT/111.3.4,D.) THE CHRISTMAS GOOSE Last Christrinae ti eertaiu viear was invited to a big dinner et the house of eine Or the leading men in, the Meet, At the dinner table he was plaeed oppoeite a gOefse. The lady of the house Was plated on the vicar's left, Seeing the bird in front of him, he reniarked; pretty near the goose this tiMe." Then add. ett hastily-'1Excatie Me; / net the roast one," Why Is an aequitted prier:Mem like ti gun?-elleeatese he is tharged, taken up, tind theti let Off. • e. ITHE NEW AND ME OLD fly Nancy Byrd Turner 66660010. I take the new dolls Christmas 60 awl walk them cie the street, ,Pressed up itt all their fine array, ane looking very sweet; And every one we meet says, "Wait mid let Us see, Such darling babies three!" Or, "What a pretty Wean Hut I let the old doll sleep with Me On elarietmas night. The strange new doll* ot Chrbatmas day have every hook in place, Auti liair curled up in dainty way, and petticoats of lace; But tlaought the old doll's face is neth- lug much, to see, And eheee lost her finery, and ber hair has fadea wlaite • Somehow she always sleeps with me on, Christrime night. CHRISTMAS PARTY CONUNDRUMS How would YOU swallow a door? - Hy bolting it. When do 2 mai 2 not make 4? - When they are 22. Where should you feel tor the poor? -In your pocket. • ' • What is that which is often found where it is not? -Fault. What is more handsome and higher when the head. is off ?-A eilloW. Why is a lawyer like a cat? -Be- cause he belonge to the fee -line race. When is one's head Wee a Monarch? -When it's aching (a king). Why ie an adjective liee a drunk Man? -Because it cannot stand alone. . • 1111DE.A\NIEEK • By Margery Dann . Nicodemus was a fat little `black - booed pug-dov., Dorothy Need him on Christmas . morning tied to the great green Christmas tree with a big hid ribbon. • • "0 you dear doggy!" exclaimed Dor- othy, giving him a hug. "You're the very best present I've ever had!" • All day long Dorothy played with •ber new pet. Books and toys were all forgotten. Nicodemus could play hide- and-seek better than many little boys and girls, anu he did not mind being "it" at every genie. Fle could not blind hie 'eyes very well, so Dorothy shut him rip in the library, and when she called "Coo!" mamma let him out; and then how fast he would run, snit fing here and there, until at last he would find her, Dorothy Iik d to play this game very much indeed, but she did not like to have a little pug -dog smart enough to find her every time, so one day she thought and thought. of a very hard place in which to hide. "I'll go into my closet and shut the door tight," she said to herself; and up she event to her room. . "Coo!" she &tiled loudly, as 'the shut the door. "Coo! coo! cool" she nowNdtnicTirdusheardagainher as he 'wee eating a chocolate -drop down in the dining -room. He • prielted up his ears and sniffed with his nose, and then up over the stairs he went, straight to Dorothy's closet •door. • "Why, Nicoderima," 'said Dorothy, ie. surprise, "you've found this place Jun asgtturnickaseedhvetrle" She d000khob quickly, fwoolitiosi bthi; owts caorspeeaet:gt en: nth get out et her dark hiding -place, but the door stuck fast. Then she pushed and pulled with all her little nalgobrto,tibly7 can't get out! 0 mareme,1" she ereouted. The closet was so black and still. • Initodemus barked as loud as ever he could when he found that his little mistrese was in trouble, and finanY mother came running to see what was eyes. Moatied Dorothy, es she w "I was so frightened1 t hipp, clwiped dhematter,nerrt rn never hide in a hard place again, tteleVeireolid'emiits 'wagged hie • tail and Mamie his teed wisely. AN OINASIIIMED CHRISTMAS DINNER 166.0666,66.0.616 What Weihington Irving, Saw-Plne . slim -lotion of the Die -Time Feast of Yuletide No better deecription of the 014- fiednoned Cheatham; dinner has been penned than that of Washington Irv- ing; The dinner was served, he sees, UP in the great Indi, where the Squire always held his Chrietmas banquet. A blazing, crackling tire of logs had been heaped on to warm the spacious apartment, and the flames went spark- ling and wreathing up the wide - Mouthed chimney. The great picture of the Crusader and his white horse had been pronmely deeorated with greens for the occasion; and heel)" and ivy had likewise been wreathed round the helmet and weapons pn the opposite wall, which I understood. Were the arms of the \same warrior, sideboard was set out on. which the • display of plate migla have vied (at least in variety' 'with Belthazzarei par- ade of Om vessels eit the temple; •"flagons, cans, cups beakers, goblets, basins," and ewers, tee gorgeous uteri - ails of good conapationseip that had arachially accumulated through many generations of jovial housekeepers. %Before these stood the two yule eau - Ales, beaming like two stars of the first magnitude; other lights were die- tributed in breeches, and the whole array glittered like a firmament of silver. The parson said grace, which wee not a short familiar one, such as is menu:many addressed to the Deity in these unceremonious days, but a long, courtly, well -worded one of .the an- cient sehool. There was now a pause, as if something were expected, when 'suddenly the butler entered the hall with some degree of bustle; he was attended by a servant on each side 'vvith a large . wax light, and bore -a fiver dish en which was an enormos pig's head, decorated with rosenatter, with a lemon inets mouth, wbich was placed with great formality at the head of the table. , The table was literally loaded with good cheer, and presented an epitome elf country abundance in this season bf overflowing larders. A distin , guishecl post was allotted to "ancleiat sirloin," as mine host termed it; be- ing, as he added, "the standard of old English hospitality, and a. joint of goodly presence, and full of expecta- tion," There ,were several dishes quaintly' decorated, and ;which had • evidently something • traditional in their embellishments; but about welch, as Aid not like to appear over-eurious, I esked no questions. I could not, however, but notrce Pie, magnificently decorated with pea- cock's feathers, in imitation of. the tail cif that bird, which over -shadowed a considerable tract .of the table. This, the Squire confessed, with some little hesitation, was a pheasant pie, though a peacock pie was certainly the most euthentical; .but there had been such a mortality among the peacocks this season that he could not prevail upon himselfto have one killed. , When the cloth was removed. the butler breught in a huge silicer N'te: sei, of •rare and durious workmansbip, • which he pieced before the Squire. its appearance was hailed with aecla- • =alone bein.g the Wassail Bowl, so renowned in Christmas festivity. Ito contents had been prepared by the Squire himself; for it was a beveeage of the skilful mixture of which , he particularly prided, himself; alleging that it was too abstruse and complex for the comprehension of an ordieary servant. The old gentleman's whole oeunten- ance beamed with a serene. look of indwelling delight as he stirred this mighty bowl. Having raised it to his lips, with a •hearty wish 'of a merry Christmas to all present, he sent it brimming round the board, for every- - ono-- to follow his example, according to the primitive style; pronouncing it "the ancient fountain of good feeling., 'where all hearts met together." • . VELOCITIES • A high wind travels from 30 to 45 miles an hour; a hurricane 80 to 100 nailes an hour. The veloeity of the earth on its axis exceeds 1,000 miles an hour; around the sun it is 66,000 miles an 'hour; the velocity of the moon is 2,273 miles an hour, . Sound travels through air at 1,000 feet a second; through water 240 feet a second; along steel wire 17,130 feet a second. • Electricity travels along wires above ground at 24,860 miles a second. Light, the swiftest of all, travels at 186,770 miles a second. WHAT IT SHOWED "Gentlemen," said the quack doctor, Who was trying to get together sozne Money for Chrietteas, "I bave sold these pills In your market -place for the past .ten years. Never during that period have I hod a single complaint bey ' does that prove 10 you, gentlemen?" eoveti that dead men V.11 no cal se' replied an on- looker ap he irmeeeeseenee , PLENTY OF SAW, SONIE RAPID TRAVELLING Some folk seem to have'all the luck. A man who wag discharged front pke son the other morning wee married during the course of the afternoon, I arrested during the course ef the even- ing, and has now been sentenced to tWeriteeone naoethie imprisonment. A HUSBAND' DUTY A Hull woman seeing to be deter - 'mined to "obey," whatever may be her attitude with regard to loving ahd nherishing. When charged along With eler hueband with being disorderly, sho 'pleaded that it was her husbaud niece to thresh her! The Bancroft Times says: About three years ago Mr. E. L. Wethfl put belf a dozen small black bass into Trout Lake, and these waters are now teeming with bass from five to eight inches long. A number of teem have been placed in other idles in the vide- ity, and in a short time they will fur- nish plenty of Sport for fishermen from far and near. , nit sTer, THAT WAS THERE "I went to step on a step ,that was not there," d matewith a much bruised face explained at a Police Court, "and in falling me feee struck the step that Was there••, A PIANNi% Rift THE CHRISTMAS TAW acere Vale/ibis Hint, to the Worm* Whet would, neautlfy Her Dinner/ .Teble on Chrlettrea What an important fUnction is tber 'Mod old Eugliee Christmas dinner. Around tee table old Wends are ouee )sgain united, poet grievances are for- gotten, peace and goodwill reign sue .preme, unless we are oci unfortunate 'es to possess a stony heart like tli.e 'one that bencongee once upon a tins* to tbe immortal Scrooge. Even Muse ray a be our lot this year to, find a little Tim into whose life we ma bririg bappiness. Brightness must be the preeminent feature in Cbrietmaietirele decoralloaa, and that M erby scarlet is ever the favorite bue at this time of the year.. A box of growing litiee of the valley •are a delightful Investment mid Mats be made a thing of beauty If treteol Ulu: First measure the Width andf length of the box, then stand it upovir two pieces of bright red crinkled tis- sue paper that are five tiraes as wider end three times as long as the box - Bring the paper 'UP the sides length- ways, turning it in about an Web at: the. top and securing it to the top ot the box with a, little seccotine. Now - tie the paper at the aides with a piece, Of thin tring, tying it as tightly arr possible without cutting the paper... Pull out th.e ends and arrange theme so that thee Mrm a kind of large rosette at either end of the box; fa- nish with bows of ribbon. This makes a charming centre for your table; or, it lilies are too expen- edve, fill a box with small growing, ferns, planting here and there a. scarlet tulip among them. Dainty candle ehades could be navels - of the crinkled paper with stars cut oet itt ilver paper and gummed oar to them, end the housewife who he really artistic will have a toucb of reit to correspond in all the little details of the table service. This idea CM trven be carried out with the ham frill., using for this alternate ruches or white and red tissue, letting a whirm ruche come next to the hatn. CHRISTMAS COMMANDMENTS' Don't' arrive half an hour too wow and jocularly explain that you've "ceme early to avoid the crush." Don't entertain the company with a. humorous description of the old gen- tleman you saw coming up the street. He may arrive later. , Don't alwaya catch the same ere when playing blind mans buff. Peo- ple may suspect that you can see. Don't attempt to do conjuring Waite. unless you've tried thern before. Don't say, "I thought so," when yotr are informed teat the mince pies arm home-made; it's ambiguous. Don't say that the plum pudding Is. "just like mother's." It might be out- eidered a poor cot/intimate Don't say, "That yarn of your an - ways makes tr, e 'laugh" when your host introduces .his a,nnual joke . It sounds lika. another way of:saying.. "Chestnuts," - • • Don't sing more than hair a domes songs in succession, because-evelle It's bad for the voice. Don't, when asked to take te glass of pept„,,wine, sip it, andethen incemWee , whether tee port or.sherry. Yon-nime Minuilderstood. • ' ' ' Don't, when Conversing, harp On tit*. "ripping time" you had at Browneether otherniget. It savors of odious coat- Tarisons, • DEFINITION OF TEDDY 1 "What great wandering body," red* ed the teacher, "Which is largely cam- oosed of •gas, and which travels at terrific speed and puzzles the scien- tists while amazing and. • alarming 'nearly -831 its beholders, is now, at- tracting the attention .pf the entire world?" "Teddy. Roosevelt," .yawnete Rio fat boy at the end of the.rowe Used in Canada for over. half a century- -used in everycorner of the world where people suffer front Constipation and its resulting troubles— DrMorse's Indian • Root Pills, • stand higher in public. estimation than any others, and their ever:. increasing sales prove. their merit. Physicians prescribe them. • • 250. a box. . „ • Lloyd Srnelser was convicted at Cayuga of setting fire to hie fa -theses • barn. The charge against Mr. Smell - ser of sending threatening letters was. withdrawn. The only noteworthy incident in the Britieh polling returns of yestereetter was the defeat of Mn. 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