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erica,. Our greduates are in )d-
demeed as Business College 4;
embers. The most recent ));
applicaelon lye receiveli for SIS•
a teacher offered $1400.00 SdE
per untrue We believe we
aro running one of the ITIOS,t1
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hesiness training schools in el;
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TORONTO, ON. .
Oat 'of the last 250 calls from bus-
es firms tve have fined FIFTEEN
of the pesitions Welled no one.- else
ready to send. We have alsohad 82
calls for business eollege teaohere,
101 ex -students of .other bUsiness.cole
loges or shorthand echools were en
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'soiled here during the last two years.
.We believe we Itave the best ComMer-
dal school in Canada, Weethorougbly
salisfy out studeets.Write to -day der
catalogue. •
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es W. J. Ellittt, .Ptincipel. es
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•:4; • • . . • " 'CI' . ' Patriotism,
1:44.14:••:**:••:444•:•.:•4:••:•44•:;•:•.!:••:••:•..+4",1* . • -,;,can you tell me WItiowae the great:
.. . . - . est./etcher that ever II ved7". asked the
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• -baseball fa u. •. • • .., . . .
eTee greatest Pe:eller that ever IlVed
Was ea- woman,"•-feplied the old teethe'
rian..with a
"A. Woman! . Abe:tole".
"Nat a t all."
-Then who erne see?".. ' . .
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"Why, • • Molly.. letterer." re Chicago
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First Student—Is your art school A
pod one?
Second. Student—Oh, ripping: 'One",
they have a dance every month's -Tat.
ler.
Tee Nien7, Digs.
Biggs—Don't you think that. all this
talk of egging actors is all rot?
Miggs—Ne I was epee on the stage
for -awhile and. I lert it just on ac-
count of eggs,
Biggs—Indeed?
Miggs—Yes. You see, like every oth-
er eater, when the season started in I
was filled with eggspectancy, but I
found. that at tee best one could only
earn a bare .eggsistence, and the con-
stant eggsitement was eggsasperating.
The one night stand hotels served
eggs, eggs, eggs, •and. everything else
was eggstra, The Olays were filled
with 'eggsits, and so were the theaters.
Fetch night when the play started. my
fellow 'actors would egg Me an to do
my worse andevben I didthe audience
would egg um off, And the next morn-
ing the critic would remark that geed
actors. are now oggstlnet. So quit.—
Judge.
Her wish.
A clergyman Was about to leave his
church one eveninei when • he encoun-
tered an old.lady =minion' the . Carv-
ing on the fleet Finding her desirous
of •seeing the beeutics of the ebureh.
1/e voltedeered to show her over, and
the flusteree old lady; mucla gratified
nt this unexpected offer of a personally
conducted tour, shyly accepted it.. By.
and by they came to a hem:kerne tablet
op the right ef the pniPit. -• •
, "Thft t," :explained t he good Mau, "IS •
a Memorial tablet eroded to the meni-
ory 'of the late viter."
"There now! Ain't it. beautiful?" ex• -
claimed tlie admirleg old Ailey, • still
flustered and anxious to please. "And
Pm sure,Me 1 else • it won't be -long
afore •We see- one erected to you • on
tether side."-eLoudoe
.S1 PIP]
"It's dreadful: tit teer," said the house- •
wife, "that the potatoes you bring me
'shouldbe •so emelt bigger et the top
of OM seek than they ere 'at the bot-.
tote," • -• • • • ,
"Not at ali. Inoue.!' seta the honest
farmer. "Ttjest thisit-Sva se • Pete
toes Is eroWite so east test now filet
by the time I dig n sackful the..last
ones dug Is ever so much biggert the
fust ones."—Ilarper's Weekly.
THE FIRST • DAY oe.
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The first day se otte
ter term will he ;
January 2nd, 19&h7
We Will then re -open with
undoubtedly the largest cities
in the history of this sehoel.
If you want the edneation
that prepares for good posi-
tions, write for our catalog':
It costs nothing, •
Berlin Business College I
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• THE MEMORY ceP •
Quctlity, Lingers
WHEN' ?WOES A.RE FORGOTTEN
We are prepared Its noyer be- •
fore to meet the Christmas
trade with •the beet seleeted
neW Intikets, .0andied peels', ;rude,
ete, end everythieg in •the
line of groceries.
Oteriaeleber we are never un-.
dersoill by anyone.
Call and see Our state' then.
• you will be competent to
judge for yourself. r
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EWE PtOPLE'S GIWOBRY",,
A.- D. 'Beaton,
&LINTON.
thone 111. ProMpt Delivery,
Fancy
furniture
We Wish our Meech: to know that
our More is filled with new goods,
consisting of 13edroote Sets, hlattree-
ses, Wire tiering, Sideboards, Ex-
tension TAWS and Chairs. 'We Iliee
eelra geed- valets in Parlor Settee,
Couches. anti • Rockers,. We eatry
large Meek of Cat,ptiA, Carpet. Sip,P,
ares an Linoteurn at price e as low
an the veiny will pertnit.
J. E. Mellow
BLYTH
News. : • • • •
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• *reo Sick to See the Doctor.. • .
.• The eonntey doetor had driven nine
long miles' 40 the middle ot. the night
over rough e dark roads to, answer an
emergency call. 'Men be entered the
hope a v•ilea plied fromabove, h`h
' that yon, doctor
"Mee .
• "Well, see; man is too sick 'to see you
eoniglit. • You'll have to conie• agein."—.•
Worninf Home Conlon Woe. • .•
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ACIICY3I C111110
I bate been appointed agent ,
• for tile Meoseysidarris Com-
pany in this district and will
keep on hand. ge cote/A.6th list
of supplies in my store oppose
tie the edolsolis .Bank.
• r am also air/diming the
• flour, feed and seed grata bus-
• iness and respectfully solicit a ,
a eontifillaste of your patron, -
age.
J. A. Ford.
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Farruere Poultry
W� wnt all your Poultry*alive
or dreased, and will pay Set
RIMIEST PRICES for it.
--PLAVELLES,
--Lon cent.
By INA WRBf HANSON
Prm*...11
roopyr1ght,1914, by li.001 ere, rhillips& Ce.]
ENRIETTA, on the rug by the
fireplace, Was absorbed in her
occupationwhieh Wee Outten
eft ail of 'ArlizOnta latidelhee
artleles Of Wearlug apparel and pet-
ting thorn on Again. Whell tbe hurt
tiny garment had been adjusted to her
satisfaction she found tin:1e to look at
• M. A.rfur, who sat by tbe window, a
pletnre of doldrums. With 4 regretful
glance at nvaugelitte Hell, who Was
• yet to be attended to, the Mall mother
arose and went over tO Mr, Arnie,
Resting one hand. on his knee, she gar.
ed Mixiously into bis ace.
Tise young reap rouse4 himsett and
• funned down at the squarely ent locke.
the great brolvu eyes and demplett.
"Flare you been bad, Me A,rtur?" she
inctuleed sollettously.
"I don't think I have been, ec, bad as
• --the—bad man, Henrietta," he answer-
ed, squeezing her small hand,
• "I've been good as an angel," she re-
eilarkett modestly, "so Santa Claus is
going to bwing me anuver dolly In
tossing Oh." •
"In a what, Hertriettar
• ".& timing cab," she repeated; then,
as Arthur failed to grasp ber meaning,
• she exemplified patiently, "like Shaer
Wose's what she takes you witting In."
• "Oh, 1 see! A touring ear, you ar1a.
tomtit:. beet*. No more doll wagons
and go-carts for you, eh?' he chuckled,
the grew gloomy agate,
"What do you want fob. Kwismasr
"Something.I am afraid I can never,
have in all this wide world, fleurlette."
He tlfew a long breath.
"If you are pm; Santa Claus"—
"it's entirely out of the old. fellow's
jurisdiction, my pet"
The child gazed at lilia curiously. ,
'it's a heart of fine gold teat I want,
Henrietta, and only one person can
give it to me, and if she won't, girlie"—
"Is she a faLtyy?" Henrietta's tone
was reverential, her eyes full of ex-
citement.
"The queen of theta all."
"And :has 4 crown on?"
"Yee, a grown of her own golden
hair, and her 'eyes aro like brown Vel -
Vet Pansies, and she bas the sweetest
"Tile first time ever saw yoU watt lit
4 trolley Pe You sat opposite Ine., and
When the car turned the sun shone
tato your eye. There Was plenty Of
room ou my side, where the SIM
taire annoyed you, but Ins
stee,4 of changing yotlr seat you got UP
end pulled down the curtain. I thought
to myself, 'There Jo a man who ivil4 be
Mester of circumstances no Witter
what they are,' and"—
Rose stopped in confusion as elite re
membered other things ehe hadthought
about thie finelo formed, handsome
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447`. he geld, leaning forward
with great Interest "What else did
you think?"
"And now. to nod out that you fre
nothing but a -clientele= after
she wailed.
"A, What?" Arthur exclainied • In
amazement.
ehanieleoll," he repeated tear-
, fully, "If you are on A brown leaf
you're brown; If on a green tree then
You're green."
"Well, green 1 aeleioWledge 1aM,
for bleee me if I can see what you are
driving at."
"The other' day when auntie was talk-
ing about the sin of wasting your tiros
In dancing you said thet you agreed
• with het that when there was work to
do folks ought to do It roil geld you
were uot going to the masquerade for
that very reason.". •
. "Well, I eldn'a Intend"—
"You said eel' had several• Imre'
work at the olliee that night • Then
Grace Hereford came along and asked
YOU to go, and you went!"
Thep was a flicker of amusement on
Arthur's Mee which Rose did not OP,
being too busy wInking back unwel-
come teats,
I "Miss Hereford had nothing to do
with it, Rose," he said gently. "I went
to work, as I said, About 9 o'clock ?dr.
Jones; the president, came in and geld
that if I could fiud Hasson and/gable
signature t� a certain paper and girt
beck by le O'clock be would make it
worth my while, I had an Idea that
Hasson 'leas managing that .mtiequee-
mle, and that's where I found bins. He
buttonholed me at one to be judge Of
the concern and wouldn't sign the pa-
per unless I agreed. 1 saw I could get
back by 11, to I stayed."
"And had. plenty of time to deuce
with Miss Hereford," sueplernented
Rose sweetly, but unjudicially
This time Arthur's smile Was certein,.
"I looked for the cheysantheinura girl
Mee and couldn't •find her," he saki
strnthfully. "I danced only once., But
What 'made you think ,Mise.Ilereford
asked the to go?" - • '
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"She sahl she would wag& she could,
get you to go and that,. you would
dance with ber first, se I went to gee
itoI didn't think you would when you
said you wouldn't; but"— •
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"I see," said the young man quietly,'
Au leborn loyalty .to .womankind kept
him from. telling' Rose that just as he
1141cl:started away 1lss Hereford had
run to huxn, exclaiming that as he was',
• so44nd to award her the prize She cer-
tainly mustreward him •wlte the. first
dance, etc. ' With a siracten'hutielse he
took Rop'enttle heed In his. • '
. .She_ sprang up and started for the
fireplace, but he held her geutly tack. ,
"Usteu," he sylespered.. •
'On the glowing coals smoked Evan-
geline 'Bell; aud on the rug, with eyes
turued to the ceiling, knelt Henrietta.
"0 God," she was seeing, duo* I latt
in down to sleep. • I give my precious
dolly, so you will make the faiwy queen
Wiv the cwown of her golden bath to
bwing Arfur •the little beast he
wants tor iewlismae. • Thade all, God,
, only' please let me 'see her when she
comes. Amen." •'
"Amp!" echoed Arthur fervently.
"Grace •Hereford' has biaeic hale" 'ob-
served Rose inconsecmeetly. ,
• "She may hate green hair tor all it •
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matters to me," staid Arthur, With ,
politeness. . "Rose, darling"— .• •
'I. wonder if God wile° Henrietta
*as nit uring, withoad eyes fixed•on
the moun f ashes" with& was once
Evangeline Bell. , . • • • •
Rose went over to the fireplace and
kissed her small stster.7 ''"I ebittle God.
Wine' she sald reverently; then slat
went back to, radiant Mr. Arfue •
'"TargrENI 115 warseerieo.
red lips 'Henrietta. But yesterday
raet'.her;..and she hurried by. ,scareely
.speaking, .and • this morning on. the ,
street sbe pretended not • to see mee
though I 'know she did, and all became.
• —you -wouldn't. haVebelieved such a•
Veen of a girl *would cate so much be-
cause she didn't get • the peize at tee
masquerade, .would: you, .oew?” •
• "My!" ejaculated Henrietta. 'But her
aext eager •question was cut short by
• Mr, Arnie's sprInglog to his feet "$he
ter Wose" had entered the room, and
Henrietta,knowing trout ranch expert -
51100 thatshe was decidedly de trop
witett they:two were together, went re-
luctantly back to Evangeline Bell and
the fireplace. •••
"Good morning." Said Sister Rose,
her.•tone .suggestive :or a 'glare of ice
and a flurry od snow, •"Ihave. an en-
gagern6nt.". But. she set clown.
-0e, I ate sorry. Thu 1. Will go," he
oald gently,. but he.•also sat down. •. •••
' In his .ey,es, honest end gray, Was 4
zoruptekity'of expressions as he -Watele
ed. •ber trying desperately to appear
very, much at her ease. • Love looked
fromhis eyes—there was .zio doubt of
that—and admiration andapproval,
and yet te grOwleg weeder that, after
all, his Idolgoeld lie so human. • . •
"I am, sorry that you are angry," he
began when the silence was getting
tense. Ilry to realize -my position,
Reset esat there, an uttWilitng jtuge—
iny
. duty aviardleg prizes to lite best
sustained characters in the nuterplekade
Artiongsthe maskers was one to whorn
my bort went out—a slender little
figurewhose white satin gown, caught
loosely 'around the waist. with a silken
girdle, fell 114 straight folds to her tiny
feet. Crowning her smell head were
chrysanthenuitns, lemon and gold,
and a line of the royal dowers reached
fonts one sWeet, bare shoulder to the
hem of her gown. The ettrysituthenum
girl was the loveliest sight In the rowel,
but she Was Mit the best sustained
telemeter, so"—
"I hope you don't think I care he -
Prise you awarded the prize t� Grace
Hereford," luterposed the girl seem -
fully. "and please don't' for. a minute
think 1eht **We et ',00hing, •
O men
only disappointed In you." Her voice
quivered a little.
"I- terve stispeeted the ehrsetantbe-
mum girl of imeing moods," Arthur db-
eerved, looking at her eefteetiVely. "A,
fellow I know has different names for
her—Moonlight, Whitt Rost: Laughing
Vater, Gentleness, Iteaute, Wirodonle
The fellow has admired her when he
was gtty and whet she was Selectee, but
never before has he seen her *heti she
wee Intreasonable"
The ehrysitethenittle girl sniffed.
"Wilt you kindly explain?" added
Art Intr,
"I had always been soprotid of your
etrelettliof eitrometer,,,she began,
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• Christine. For the Hard.• .
A. traveler in Sweden tells of a beau-
tiful Christmas cuetom In that land
• which may weli be imitated in many
lands. He days: "One wintry after-
noon at Christmastide I had been *kat-
• ing on a pretty lake three miles from
Gothenburg. On my .way home I no-
ticed that at everos farmer's house
• there was erected in the middle a the
• dooryard it pole, to the top of which
, was bound a large full sheaf of grain,
de answer to my questionas to the
• meaning of it my companion replied:
'Oh, that Is for the birds—for the little
wild birds. They must have a merry
Christmas, toe you know.' "—Seleeted.
• Hind Old Man.
• Ai:Pm—What dld that rich old uncle
of yours give you for Christents?
• Something useful, I'll bet.*e•
Ilauskeers—Yes, a little •device for
• saving Pal bills.
Ascum—Ab, an arrangement to at-
trieh ddthe heater? '
era —No, to keep �n 51y desk.
it's ale.
.rt-te Poieldg.
Organized le 1874.—ins and
• How Recruits Art Might.
• Regina Is the headquarters of Inc
mounted police, the barracks being lo -
gated on the 'plain outside the cite,t
cease to the Clovernment Rouse, which
is the. [Steele' .reeldenee of the .Lieuten-
anteGoversioe of the Northwest Terri -
tortes. It is a very complete establisb-
ment, with -adrolotstrat:on.
residences for the ementissioner and the
other ofticere; barracks rot the men,
guardhouse, tiot only for delinquents in
the force, but als for prisoners await-
ing trial or rensoval to the penttentlare,
riding school, stables, theatre and a 4
church, There le a spacious athletics
ground attached, where cricket, base- a
ball and other gatnes take place, exile- ,11
ket, of course, being the favorite. A „t•
•Very spirited game .cricket was In L
progress when the correspondent Wait- k4;
ed the post, and it seemed odd t hear 1
,ltssistant Cotniniesintter eletlree apol-
ogetically say that the team was some-
what Crippled just now, two of its.best
Players being stationed in the efackens
zie Myer conntry, 2..000 miles to the o
north, and above the Arctic circle. ti
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How Recruits Are 'taught.
• There.are about 125 men here, not fer
pollee duty alone, but beettuse this Is c
otanliettuttet,t
al,titiioigtrvi,40111,
10wool eltvtrtiheteores.rinill
t
taught -to' rfde arid instructed In ttfctr
duties, Tbey are put through what
might be termed a pretty stiff "course
of sprouts," for the dlecipline mein-
• tattles). is very rigorous, and, rammer,
their fettles are Ha important anti at
tImes delicate, requiting the exercise
of judgment and tact where force w01114
be perhaps Impossible, that intelligence
no well AA courage, activity and enilnr.
a.nce Is an imperative requirement,
Cif course, they must be able to ride
arril Shoot well, since their effleleney
largely depends, and otten their lives,
upon these two aecomplishmente.
speeter r; Church, for 15 years In the
Engesh Life Guardia, and who is re.
guested as one of the beet riding mas-
ter* in' the world, trains •the recruits
to ride, -
• Mounting a horse which, two years
ago, was brought in unbroken trout the
prairies, the inspector gave am exhibi-
tion ot both equestrian skill and what
a horse may be taught by patience and
kindness. The spirited animal galloP-
ed at full speed, guided only by the
pressure of the rider's knees or the
swaying of his bodoe came to a full
atop within a few feet and at a teueb
dropped on its knees and then lay
down, as lf to afford a breastwork
from behind which its master might de-
fend himself. *
Carry Winchester Carbine;. •
The men are armed with Wineheet
carbines, soon to be euperseded .by t
Rose, and revolvers. Outside the ba
racks there is a lerge range, perha
two miles in extent, and here they a
taught to we their Weapons,
• peering targets are used, and the ift
are required to elee across the ran
at full speed' when a target appear
• when they dismount an have one mi
ute to which they must Are as man
shots as possIble, Then ;they remota
and ride until the appearance of an
other target, when the same procedure
• fellows. The revolver practice is equtt
thorough, with the result that t}'mounted police, who never shoot urge
they are absolutely earnpelled to do s
never shoot to miss.
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, Dress and Pay.
The ureform ot the mounted poliee
a red coat or tunic-, dark trousers wit
a yellow - stripe,: riding beets and
white plains hat. Around the barrack
many wear the little rakish cap, stuc
on tine side of the head. All those see
on. duty carried a riding whip. On ac
tiVe service, in soul& sections the plain
er but more serviceable ithalti Is Wer
and up in the Arctic regions clothin
at furs is necessary to protect the me
' from the awful cold. Until July 1 th
privates were paid 56 cents a -day, wit
5 cents additional for each year's Set,
vice. up to five years. Ration; Uniform
• and horses are, of course, furnish&
, therm It being desired to inet•eas,& th
foz•-ce to about 1,000—there are now be
• • twee:n 700 and 800. --,the pay Was in
•
creased: on that date 25 per cent. • Th
.reasen for thls. is that it IS sconewha
cliffloult 'get recruits .of the prOpe
In the earlier days, when there Wa
more activity and rontaxice in the life o
a mounted policername recruits could,b
had in- plenty, but new ZonditIonts ar
' becoming more • settled and there
more work and •Iess rennunee, The fore
Is Made up Of kinds of men, Cana.
Mans,. English and other foreigners, an
even Indians and half-breeds. Colleg
men have been found M: its ranks,. an
selons of ricii.and, perhaps, titled -faro,
illes„' sozne drawn to it by the fasei
nation Of the ,free life of the frontier
others-ber a
eause a failure In ether
lese active ‘valks• of life. As a wir.ile
the force is made pp of gond men; triore
than ordinarily intelligeat,• brave' and
taCtfuf and fitted to deal with the bet
erodeneous 'peoples who inhabit the
:great northwest. With u military or-
garrization, they are only. civil oftieers
• ••Organized In 1874, . • :
The Northwest -,,•Nfourtteti Police was
organized • itt 1374, starting with 200
Men. At first they dealt tnainly with
• the Indians,, of whom, there were 20,009
in the Northwest. Pages might be Vitt -
tea of .their first journeys. into the dis.
tant interior Of what was then an al,
• most Unknown land, After the Custer
massacre in 1.276 thousand s .'of, 'Sleek
•
•fled front ,the -TJnited States across . -the
Canadian boundary and the mounted
'police had hard work :0 ereeent their
reieing below the border ',and to keep
the Peace between theni andthe Cana-
dian Indians, Who I Protested against
their unwelcome guests killing what
remained of the once vast buffalo herds.
Sitting Bull, that .griin old chief, gave
the Canadian Government 'muCh cOn-
cern while a." fugitive &Menge thein,
but they kept him and his • .unruly
.bra,yes in good control, It is told that
when these Indians had agreed to go
back to the United•Stittes and surren-
der themselves to the ,Government a
strong detkachment of troops Was sent
up to meet. an.d receive them at the
tattereationai boundary. Trouble was,
feared and preparations madesfor it, but
to the surprise of the :United States
officers the ,IndiartS who had. plaied.
Misch 'havOt on • tire Little :Big Horn
Were escorted to the boundary by two
lone red -coated polieemen and turned
over as. quietly as though they were
iambs. •• •
TH YVINTER EVENINGS.,
Purnish' 'Every Opportunity •For Cultr
.• •
vating Every Grace' That Belongs
• to the Life Of the Home. • '
Every hey Of the Aes :days la the
rotind Year containe
s the sante nurnbt
of hours -24 and no mores 'Yet sum -
tiler day and a winter day are wholly
unlike one anothee, and a summer even,:
Ing Is' a :very far -away cousin of a, win-
ter . evening. Steamier' evenings. aro
made for horsy. people who have nosed
memories and no den regrets. • They
are meant for lovers, for lingerine•at
the gate, for a' last kiss and hands
clasp, while the moonlight bathes lawn
1 able and cheerrul for fill 'within. epee
I Nobody should be left out of the tens
der amenities of tbe home circle. DM
from 15 to 18 bave often reached a
pokiest, stage 34 their development,
' when they are very apt to *Up away
, from borne if It be gloomy or fresiel
or .heeny way v.earleome, let all nes
taken, economien that which is too fru:
gal of lamp -light In the ,winter evens
legs is the most deplorable. Sesre porno -
thing else if -you must, but have plenty
, et light,' no living room should 'be
• wellslighted anti wartnsligliteil, 'bat the
• boy or girl who prefers to Emend Part
of the evening in a separate roma
shoulkl have the ehance to do so with
a. shaded lamp and sudielent warmth
• to make the room pleasant.
I Sociability among neighbors laeionge
, to Mere long evenings, and to promote
sociability there should be mato mad
games and Informal convereatIon, ftS
well as sornethine simple in the way
of refreshment A chafing -dish should
be a family convenience, and ever"'
home should have its well-filled cake -
box and a good store of nuts and apples
freestuoaoUP
Ippeveryone enows that we
may form any halet we choose a habit
of being well-mannered anti .hospitable,
, or a habit of being- °burnish and nig-
gardly, A. thoughtful writer has said
I that persons who mean to grow must
' • make automatic and habitual as many
useful habits as they care "Down
he • among the nerve cells and fibers the
molecules are counting, registering. and
*•''' storing up our time to be used for good
re or 111 when opportunity comes. No
or•
we ever* do Is, In strict scientific
en
literalness, wiped out. of .course, thiS
has its good gide as welt as its bad one.
' If we become permanent drunkards bY
n"-• so many separate drinks, so we Mao?
become saints in the moral, authorities
and experts in the practleal and sclene
• tine spheres by so many separate
acts asne hours of work." •.
• What I vvish to emphasize is that
•
„ we may fermi habits of"applleation to
'" study, of Rind greetings to friend,•and
of knowing how to have a good time in
; the long• evenings, it •scre setioility 'dee
termine,to put them to Pane good use.
Is It will be the greatest et titles if we
b let, the winter drift by Without
a from it both pleasure and 'profit. • It is
s the periodwiten the home lines may be
It most closely drawn, and when we mOe
have the roost healthful .fun and en-
- joyment beyond our homes:
- • I wish sonte ,our
of mine could' be
n, influential in bringing' about one Ur -
g gently needed.reform. In our cities the
n hoursofsocial gatherings of evOrY kind
o are growing absurd/y late. People cOale
h together at an hour When their grand-
. fethers were going•to bed. They.leave
s the festive scene not at Midnight, but
iJ in the grayof the early dawn. young
• Men who should, take clear heaels and
-. lint/reit • muscles . to sbushiese the next'
- • day are unfitted for duty by the pleas,
e, ure verging on alefepation of the legiat
..before. The seasonet wear and tear -tells
✓ eardle upon tee• 'bloom of our girta.. A
• retina :of teas; tecePtions, theatre pa'-
. ties and dances, brings nervous pros,
• tratiOn to young. women, who should'
e never so much as hean of anythlng.be.
e. yond- henithy fatigue.. Our late hours
s rob the long evenings of their charm,
e menace 'Quo eltalay end are really a
„. • blow to the welt-being:of the commune
The effort snouhl,be made to get
e together earlier.: and. to -separate • at a.
/ :reasonable time. The arbitration of this
is in the hands, not 4:4 men; but of ‘Yo -
men', Who .are the tree' Octal: .queens,•
whein. this country manage' everything
• that 1tas. to d.b. With home, and friend-'
; ship, and who may, if they *like, make
it the fashion to live more SinMik, and„
.tte.uri•
AstItniorimlieh.sesrd:titsrpii• en:ilty.n.anioleids.e•adtrperroeszto.thine
the tine of expenditure. There is no
• reasen why our pleasures should •cost
se much as they too often do: Because
We 'can afford' to spend little,. some at
us leettne to. behospitable at ail. Yet,
there have been gatherings 'of refined
arid sagreeable ...people evening after
evening; in the Winters of the past,
where the only refreshment effez•ed Was
a. wafer and a cup of tea, and where
there was no displitY, ':either of 'dress,
.of costly catering,. or of riotons iuxurY,
American Beauty roses SIrnpJicity
.• .
ehouto .be a Clutracteristid of our hos.:
• pitatity when we dispense it In the long
evenings. There ee the most svinsonie
attract:On i11. the cordial geeetifig, in the
showing. by voice and eye and hand
thatthe holne is giad In itsheattbeat
whentriends.-come in of an 4*o:dug.
. and garden in its flooa of silvety sbeen.
Darkness gathers early in winter,
and the evenings are • long.- They give.
opportunity for cultivating every grace
that belongs to family life, writes Mar -
petit l. Sangster. One winter night,
some years ago, it man came home af-
ter an absence and a• long ride ,over
he hilts and saw sitting by the fire
a boy he did not know. The farmhouse
had so large st .crowd of curly heads
that a boy more or less made little im-
pression. Neiglsbors' children were ale
ways dropping In, mid of ten some of'
them stayed over night; tut this boy
was it strauger. Tho tattler made sonic
•
"That boY," saki his wife, "came here
ust at dusk last evening and asked
he way to the nearest town; He was
Ithey clad and very .0014, and seemed
all starved, so 1 matte Mtn stay an
Ight. Ile offered of his own aecord
help milk the eows, and this morn -
ng he went out and brought in my
hulling wood. Ife teems a nice little
Mow, without a home, and think he
'mild better stay Imre," .
Ite 010 stay there for the next SeVell
ears, with a plosse at*the table, :dotti-
ng, food told schooling, Piet as ohil-
ren of that home Mal. Tee told of.
te wetter evenings had awakened he
le begitedngs the kindly hospitality of
le household. Such virtnee as genere
idly and unseltislinese flourish in the
°entry,
When the long evertittge emile cele of
he 'vital /mods is to make them agree-
. No More Wanted.
• "Merry Christmas, .old man! And.
many more like it.",
• The man addressed turns a baleful,
• sleepless eye upon the speaker and
replies: •-4
• "Many More like It Say, you hadn't
heard -that twins eame to our house
east night had you?"—Judge.
• • n "Jcsmie Christmae!”
•'Little Jessie woke tip on clarlstnine
inoreIng ind palled to her. four-year-
old sister
"Merry. Christmas!" •
• "Jessie CMS s tip s 1" prom istly n ewer-
• ed the baby.
unrIstiante
• Little cakes that will please the chil-
• dren either at the table or , on the
Christmas tree are made as follows:
Rake the cakes in little patty or 'muffin
pans end frost the tops with a white
icing. Dip a small new paint brush in
Melted chocolate and draw a face on
eaeb. Make some crying and others
laughing, the different eepressions be-
ing made by the curve of the mouth
line. The merest outline will Ise suffis
dent. Cut a cirete of tissue paper of
white or May other color liked two
hieing larger than the cake, pink the
edge with scissors and run a thread
round one inch from the edge. Put it
Mike In the paper, draw up the threed,
• and a cututhig little enp Is fornaed,
• The pleasure of small children will
• well repay the trouble of making these
little cake bables.—Pittsburg Press.
• Viret Aid to Sante Cleo*. ' .
A. elever idea for a Christmas night
party Is to have the gifts wine In on a
sled piled high and strapped on and the
Sled •drawn by tee lade dubbed Santa
Claus' aesittents. The. place earths- at
the supper Which f011OWS the distribu-
tion' of the girth 81101110 be tiny sled§
made front cartlimerd nod •dipped In
nittellage, then In diam67T1• dust, the
tope to be Of silver cord and each sled
drawn by 44. miniature Santa 'Claus
about three inches high.
The ebildretiN Mestivali,
"And
it little child shall lead theme'
The entire meaning of the festivitl of
Chriettnaft is eontained in these words.
It is the festival of the children be-
eauso on this day Clod, the Son, the
Seeond Person of the Blessed Trinity
took non, him human nature III the
•Shape of a. helpless and beautiful thIld. (1
30)ln Talbott Smith, IAA 116.,
:i'resident Catholic &nuttier School a 0
kmerica.
Ae Point of Etiquette.
A despite!), from Vancouver, B.
says: leaving *batten hones with 'King
Novara himself, C'hief Joo Ctse;
bead of the Squaenish trite, co
vitoula be Infra dig for him to go to
the Hetet Vancouver to oall on Hari
Grey, "the leinght mare" when he are
rivee here to attend the Foreetry cette
vendee. Chief doe SaYS he *Will he On
• hand with, some of his braves when the
Oovennor-tieneral comes, but be waxed
Indignant at the idea that Ila IOWA,
Make a eall on Ins Excellency,
,11
"1110 pal go to 'hetet with my people,"
he 'saki. "Man Who eaw Xing and sheet;
hands with him will shake the Ring's
man by the hands it we Meet in the
streets, hut what would eny people
think if I went and called on the
gimes mail?"
The led chief indicated, that "Iola a
thing was absurd. City Comptroller
GOMM, to whom Chief Joe explained
this difficulty, told the Indian in hie best
cod000k, and also in his best non-
Boosevelted Einglish, that he would do
Ms best to so arrange matter o that
Earl Grey arid .Toe should Meet ea man:.
aed man, and. His Excellence WIli be
requested to hear some apple' remarks)
from the chief on the siatieet of the
dedrnenei wrodgs.
rritere Others.• '
i;
Chrlstrnes Is corning
• And Santa Claus. too,
And, being dead broke,
Lord, what shall I• do?
The children will ery.
Their mother will pout-,
rit naye to go try
Pot my watch up the spout.
Times-trnion, '
"%me generous •gor000r- oata•
nszsu-
Soorates Buiginbrow of Roston, "heal
been kind enoutsh to send me a copy'
of Mother Goose's lyrics for Christ.'
mas. Do you know, the theory that a,
representative of the "bovine genus it
one 'time leaped over the deer lumi-
nary of the night leads te some inter-
• esting calculations as to the muscular
development of the eows of that dale.
have ascertained that they must Wive
been endowed with strength-- propor-
• tionate to that of the flea of the pres-
ent day."-erialtimore .A.reerican, •
•
.A Hard Headed Hoy.
"Dares.jes' «Is about It" said Seam-
• my Unnerve, gutter ban' dat Pick -
weepy 'Jim over tide Society Voh de .
Prev,ention o' Cruelty to Animels."
• "What's he been dein'?" ,
OlVe• give him a goat foh, a Ottrisfe .
mas Present, an" dire are de goat god
to ‘plasslie nowt:, an' de flue thing ID
knower] Jim be done los' hie temper'
lie' butted dot goat stmos, fn Apra,'
•
.NNOT
'11).1.oE.t.:-.1.3.7"a:liStS•beC• pBAI;F:11 ‘ot'iLsItE.tfif)
by local applieretione, , ean- ,
..tht.f. ear, There...is only one -way . to
cure .deaineSS, and that.. it Lys coa-
etitutional • remedies.Dertitiess • '
• caue:d. • by an einflameci. condrtion. i5
the noteotts lining Of die IsestaCteal •
Tube. When this tube is iitlioned. yea
• have • a rumbling sourel or 1"-o/sleet• •
hvaring,. and .witen it is eatifcly 'cies- .
cd, Deafivess is the' result, 'nee unless>
tlte itfla tete edict/ Can, ee falsest ou
.
and this. tube 'Teetered to its normal
vonsii don; beeringOwill be• ti t co ye
forever,: nine. CaSes' eve of leo lac .
caused ey. 'Catarrh, .whieh te welting
but an infl•aene. corulteloh f Mee-.
eus eurfaces..
•We will give eine • Iluedessi hellars
for any 'case cf De.afecea desesed
Cateerhi that COMO be t•lirtql
Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send [ r eir-
culars free. • .
•
F. J. CHENEY & Toledo, '
Sold by •Drugg.fsiS, -Tee. •
; Take Hall s .Family Pills '.fOr ,
stipation.
Henri Sansgregre.t, a- Monter-el ma- •
termati, .whose car tiled John. ii,lorrle
•strierruyt ttlto .1'c
laisiltosit
,•eas
111. jul
tq, SIC, ;N.. FROM;1
111
.;
. •
Life' 'toe • rus le • but .we eau' t alt ge
there ;together; „On cOniegficece,
• worfy--Catt.'.t help it because 'nereee
.are weals, vitality, is burnt . • up •and
there is •tio staying :power left.' Cut
out tite worry part and . Build •. Up, •
Let, Perrozone help. yett.• • It's- a most
Strengthening:. nutritive tonic; Fills
the 'blood and iron,' supplies.:Imildies -
Material for wornout • organs; Oesite,re
etc.'s the, sort of vitality.. that melees
you Want to do. thiligs. No niedirtinte
More 'helped -for mon, wOtecti e,ne
'elaidren who need strength and • stay-
ing power. Try Perrozone, fifty cut,
per box' at all .crealerS. • •
The feydney Cement Company eases
received an order foe 71.10 barrels • et
cement for Mexico.
FOR OVER SIXTY YnARs
. Mrs. WilsloW's Soothing Skrup has • •
been Used by millions of mothers to• r.
their children while teething If dis-
turbed by` eight and broken of your
rest by a sick child suffering and
cryinO with pain of cutting teeth seed
ae once and get a bottle of "Mrs.
Wilelow's Soothing, Syrup" for child-
ren teething. It will relieve the poor
little sufferer inunediatety. Depen:i
upon it, Mothers, there is no mistake
aboLt it. It cures Diarrhoea,' regu-
lates the Stomach and BoWels, cures
Wind Colic, softens the Gums, reduces '
Inflarnmation and gives tone and en-
• ergy to the whole system. "Mrs'. :
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for child -
tee teething is pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription of one et the
oldest and best female, Physielatte and
wages in the United States. price
25 cents a bottle. Sold by all drug-
gists, throughout the world, fee sure
and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup."
Montreal capi t all s t s have bough t,
front he Toronto Coal Company, the
old Collins' coal Area at Little Bras
d'Or, C. B.
'
THEY KNOW IT• ,
Thottsande of people throughout the.
country know that the ordinary rem-
edies, for ptlee—olitionente, suppositors
les an: appliantes—will not cuee.
The hest 'of them only bring pal**.
Mg relief.
Dr. Lectilia,rdt'S WM-Rohl Is a tab-
let taken inthrnally that removes tit'
tame et pile, lience.titi. cure is per-
manent. Every pttekage Sold • eerily
a gettralltee Willi it.
It It; perfectly harmless to tit, most
ttieat onsti Oaten . A mon tit's
reatinent 14 eaCh paCkage. Sold a!
II, dollar. et any drug eters, ne the
Iletell 1°11r Co., Limited, Nia•Yan.',
Pa 1 c:. (Int,