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4; to be ono or the leading.ss);
Sk Commercial. Schools; in; Am- hi;
* (Ilea. Our graduates are in )1E
* demand as Busieess •College
teachers. The, most recent ;de
hih application we reeeivech for 34i
hS a teacher offered $1,40000
W, Per annum. We believe we shi
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;es' bus:Mess training schools in. hi
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• Wintet Term opens Jan 2nd-•
.r. -Here are some of the re- eh.
• •ceet• reeorde- Matle. by. the sh
ELLIOTT"
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TORONTO., O.
Out of the last 259 calls from bus-
iness firms we have filled IhIFTEEN
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of the positions We had no .one else
reedy to send. We have also. bad 32
calls .for businese colleae teachers.
101 ex -students of other business, col-
leges or shorthand echos:as were • °b-
eetled here during the last two pears.
We believe we Itave. the' best ememer-
cial school in Canada,, Weethoreuslay
satisfy out students.Write.today, far
catalogue.
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W. J, E11Iott, .Prinetpal.
• Cor. Yonge And, .
Alekarriler Streets: +
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THE FIRST DAY
The fltst day ot nee se it e
ter•terni seta be •
January 2nd, •19o7
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We Wilt then re -open wit it
undoubtedly the largest, class
in the history of this Sefton'.
If you want the education
that prepares for good posi-
tions, write for our eatelog.
It costs nothing,
Berlin Business College.
• W. D. Euler, Principal.
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THE "3,1EMORY OP' ."
WHEN PRICES ARE 'FORGOTTEN
We are prepared as never be-
fore to meet the Christmas
trade with the hese eeleeted
now .freizte, cosi:died peels„note,
etc., wad everything in the
line Of gtoeeriee.
Reradieber we are neVer
• dereold by acyone:
Cali and. See ourstook then -
you will be competent to
judge for yourself.
' ref g PEOPLE'S GROCERY
A. D.. :Beaton,
CLINTON.
'hone 11E. Prornp t DellYery..
Fancy
Furniture
We Wish nut friendto knew that
our store i filkcIwith new greeds,
consisting et Bedrdoin Seth, Matiree-
sea, Wire Seririgs, Sidebeards, EX -
tension Tables" and. ChaitS. We 'Mee
Odra good values in Parlor Suites,
Conches and Roekere. We arry a
large atock of •Cterpeth, Centel-, So.
ares and Urea:AIM at rieee as low
as the quality will permit,
3, It.Cheliew
BINT1.1
ClintonTb News,Recarci
d4III/llllllhJiiffliff
First Student—Is your art school ,a
eood mug
Second Student—Oh, ripping; Why,
they have a dance every montle—Tet.
hr.
Too Many Eggs.
Biggs—Don't yen think that al) this
talk of •egging actore is all rot?
Miggh—No. I was once on the stage
for well% and 11 left it just onae-
eount of eggs.
•Higgs—IncleeaS
Miges—Yes, You see, like every (gh-
ee actor, when the season started in I
was filled with eggspeetancy, but I
found thet at the best one coulhi only
earu a hare eggsistelices and the con-
•Btant eggsiteutent was eggsasperating.
The one night stand hotels served
eggs, eggs, eggs, end everything else
wag ,eggstra. The pews wereillled
with welts, and so were the theaters.
alaelt night when" the play started my
fellow -actors wetild egg me on to do
my worst, awl wheel ilicl the audience
would egg me elf, Aral the not morn-
ing the critic, would remurlt that good
actors are now eggstlect. So I. quit --
Judge, •
ger
A clergyman was about ter leave his
church one eveniust when .1to encoun-
tered an old lady ekaneining the Carv-
ing on the front. Finding. her desirous
of .seeing theebettutlee Of the Miura.
he -volunteered to show her over, and
the flusterea old lady, enuch gratified
at this •nuexpected offer of a personalty
toefluotea tour, shyly accepted. it, Be
and by. they came to et handsome tablet
oe the right se th e pulpit.. • ,
"Thee" eleolainefe.the ewe man, ."Is
• a merle:Teti tablet emceed to the mem-
ory of the late eiear." •
• "There now.: Ain't. it:heautiful?" eX-
claimed • the tethering old May, •still..
flustered andanxieus to please: ."Atel
sure, sir, '1 'ope it won't be long
afore' we see 'onh ereetea to you on
hother aide." -eLehrl on Ti I -B '
, tirc 1 Si so ;Mei tr.•• •
•- "It's drendfill unver.'' said the hoUSe•
wife, "that .the. pot e hies yote 'being me
• should he so pinch- bigger nt the top
of the seek . than they 'nee :lathe hoh
,• 7 . ••••
"Not 'at. all. mem," said the hottest
Cermet, jest this Pota-
toes :is growth' "so last jest now thet
by the time '1 dig a sackful ;the hist
ones dug is eyer so Mitch. higgehe the
-fust oueseh-llareerle Weekly"
. •
.
• .pateiostene
•
"Can you' tell me who Was thegreate.
est pitcher thet ever lived?". aeked the
baseball fan. •" •
-"Tile 'greatest pitcher tied ever lived
was .te. woman." replied the old hist°.,
Han; with a smile.
weemee :Misted!"
• • "Not at alles• -•
who waif Sher' . • '•
-"Whys Molly —Chicago:
" . • •
aeo sick to "See the ; •
• The country fleeter' had arieett. nine:
long ranee te the middle Of the night
over 'Attlee: datht roads to answer an
emergency calls When. he enteredthe:
house ne voice called from above, "Is
. that you, doctor '1" •. . . •
"It is,"
"Well. 1.1iis man is too'slek- keseesyon •
tonight lamal have to.eome again.",
Wonme' ; Home,Cont Mon •
0
3111f-
Aaencyal Cil1110
x have been appointed agent
• for the Maseeep-Harris Com-
pany in this district and will
keep On haJaid cdolplehe list
of suplelies in my store oppos-
ith the lliolsons Beak. • .
r am also eon:Witting ttte
flour, feedand seed grain bus-'
Mess and 'respectfully solicit a.
a contiquanee of your palteele
age.
J. A. Ford.
Farmers' Poultry
W. want sli your Poultry. alive
• or dresitedand will paY Boo
111411EST %%ICES for if.
—FL A VIfILLMS, fe1'AIIT
—Lotkloa. Oat. --
L— /
Mr. Arfurs
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Christmas Gift
BY INA. VIRiGlif liANSOizi
(CoPYrIght.1306, by XeCluraPitillips ,a Ce.1
HENRIETTA, on the rug by the
lirePlaee, Was absorbed In her
eecepation, which was Putting
Off all Of Arbeinta kludellahs
articles of wearlue apparel and put-
ting them on again, When the last
tiny garment bad been atleusted to her
satisfaction site toned time to look at
Mr, Arfur, W1,10 sat by the whadat A
plettiro of doldrums. Witla a regretful
glance at Evangeline Reit, who W110
yet to be attended to, the BMW) mother
arose and went over to Mr. 4rte4
Besting one hand on his knee, she eitz.
ed anxiously into ble face.
The young man roused Monett and
smiled Own at the squarely vut leek"
the great browu eyes and dimples.
"Have Yeu been bad, Mr. Arfur?" she
inquired solicitously..
. "I don't think I bave been so bad as
--the—bad man, Henrietta," he answer,
0d, Squeeelng her small hand,
• "I've been good as an angel," she re -
Marked modestly, "so Santa Claele le
going to bwing me anuver dolly In a
toeing cab."
"In a what, Henrietta?" •
"A. toeing, eah," she repeated; then,
as Arthur felled to grasp ber Meaning,
Oho exemplified patiently, like Sister
Wose's what site takes you widing in."
"O'h, I see" A touring ear, you arise
tocratic baby. No more doll wagons
and go -carte for you, eh?" he chuckled,
then grew gloomy again.
"What do you want fob Ihwismas?"
• "Something,I am afraid I eau -never,
have in all this wide world, Henrietta."
He drew a long breath. •
"If you are good Santa. Claes"-;-
__ t
"It's entirely out of the old. fellow'r
jurisdiction, my pet." ,
Tbe child gazed at Mtn curiously. ,
"It's a Wee of fine gold that I want,
Henrietta, and only one person an
give a to me, aed if she won't, girlie"—
"Is she a Wiry?" Henrietta's tone
was reverential. her eyes full of er•
eltement,
"The queen of them ail."
"And has a crown on?"
"Yes, a crown of hot- own golden '
hair, and lier eyes are like brown vel-
vet pansies, and she has the sweetest
"LISTEN!" FIR witterneip. •
red• lips, • Henrietta. • But yesterday;
met •her,' and: she hurried by. seemly".
speaking, and thiseenoteleg on the •
street. she pretended not eto see me,
though I knit* idle 'did, and all becalm.-
-yeu Wotildn't %have believed such ..41
que.en•of a girl 'Would mere so much bi- "
muse she didn't get the prize at the
makiiierade.. would 'you, now?' ."
• "My)' *plated. Henrietta. But het
&fest eager questitie was cut shirt by
etr. Arfur's springing to his, feet. "Sis;
ter , Wose" had entered • the mein, and,
Henrietta, knowing fretn emelt expert -
seep that she was deeidedly .4e trop.
when they two were together, went re-
Ittetatitly back to Evangeline'Beli and
the fireplace. ; • • '
"Good • Morning," said. Sister Rose,
her tone suggestive of a 'glare ofelee.
and 'a flurry of snow. haVo. au en-
engem:Mt." But she ant down.
"gni, I fall sorry. Thhil will go," he
saki gently, but he also sat down.
his• eyes, hOneet and gray, was a
• complexity of expressions as' he :watch-
"Tee Met tune I ever OM you
trollei Cm You sat opposite me, and
when the eer turned the sun shone
into your syea. There wee plenty at
room on ury side, where the On
wouldn't 114ve annoyed you, but Ilk•
stead of Changing yOUr seat you g* Up
and pulled down the curtain. I thought
to insraelf, 'There is a Man whO wili be
master of elreUMetancee, net Wetter
what they aree ad"—
Roe etopped In confusion AS she re•
Membered other thine she had thought
About title' finely formed, handsome
riling man.
"GO 011," he said, leaning forward
with great interest. "What else did
you think?"
"Amd. now to find (Mt that you gra
onoewthiuttled.but a ehatneleen after AIL"
h
"A what?" Arthur eXelaimed
ani"rertint
nIOkKal," be repeated tsar-
thIllh• It you are on a brown leaf
eou're brown; If on a peen tree then
"P're'gr1:ee."
4lcreli, a 1 acknowledge 1Mr
for bless me if r eau see what yea are
driving at."
"The other day when auntie was tails'
Ing about the sin of wasting your time
In dancing you ;Mid that you agreed
With her that when there was work to
de folks ought to de It, You !laid you
were not going to the masquerade for
that very reason." '
"Well, I didn't intend" -
1 "You •said you had several hewn
work at the Attlee that night, Then
Greco Hereford came along and asked
you to go, and you wentI"
Theee, was a flicker of amusement on
Arthur's face which Roe dld not see,
being too busy winking baelt unwel-
come tears. •
"Miss Hereford had noth17 to do
with it, Rose," he said gently. "/ went
to work, as I said. A,bout 9 o'clock Mr.
hones, the preeldent, came in and said
that if I could find Hasson and /get his
• signature to a certain, paper and get
back by 11 o'clock he would make U
worth my while. I had an Idea that
Hasson isms managing that masquer-
ade, and that's where I found hire. He
buttoitholed me at once to be judge of
,the concern and wouldn't sign the pa-
• per unless I agreed. I saw I could get
• back by 11, so I staYed."
"And had plenty of time to theme
with Miss Hereford," supplemented
Rose sweetly, but unjudicially.
Tbis time Arthur's smile was certain,
hf looked for the chrysanthemunt girl
first and couldn't end her," be said
truthfully. "I danced only once. But
what made /oft think. Mee Hereford
asked mete ger •
"She said she would wager she could.
get you to go and that you wdula
dance with her first, eicy I went to see
If --I didn't tblek you would when /ou
said you wouldtht, but"-
. "I see," Mid the yobng. man guletly,'
An inborn loyalty .to womankind kept
• elite froin telling Rose that just as he
had started away '.,Sliss Hereford had
Tun to lam, exclaiming that es he was .
• Sa kind to Award her the prize she cer.
Minty Must reward him with the first
".! dance, etc.. With a sudden sitimulse he
took Rose's little' hand In les. -
• ,Shee spreng up and started ror the •
fireplace, but be held eet gently. hack:
• "Listena' he whispered. • •
-On the glowing •coals smoked Evau-
•gellue Bell, Mel on .the rug, with oyes •
turned to the ceiling, knelt Henrietta. .
•"fe God,""she was saying, "now ; lay
me down to -sleep. I give my precious- •
'dolly, soyou Will make the faiwy queen
wie the parowe ef Iter golden .halh to•
.b.wietg Mr: Arfar the .iittle 'heitht he •
, wants for lawismits. Thats all, God, ,
• . only plertee let me 'see her when she
comes.' Amen." .•
• "Amen!" echoed Arthur fervently:•
, "Grace Therefore' has blaek hair," ob-
served Rose inconsequently. •
"See may :have Seem. hair for all it„
matters to •me," said Adhere With inn "
politenegs. "Rose, datlin.e"—.
"I,,; wonder it God Heerietta •
- g, with !lad 'eyes fixed.on
the. •raoul-ti.r...ashes Which. was ofiCe
Evangeline Bell.. ' .
• Rose went. over .to • the dreplace and
kissed her small' sister. "I think God.
will," she said reverently; iheri. she
Went back to radiant Mr. Arfur.
•
.eel her tryleg desperately to appear'
very much at beie ease. Love looked
•
. ChriStritous For the lairds. •
•
traveler Swedee tells.of a beau-
tiful •Christinas custom irk that land u
yvhielt may well be imitated In "many
lands. Re gays": "One wintry after- f
noon -at Christmastide I had been sicat- t
Mg. on a pretty lake three Miles trOM
Gothenburg. On -my way home 1- :to- • 8
teed that at "eveier farrner's house
there teas erectee In the middle of the ,
meths.
December 13011 1906
taughrto' rfde arid instructed in Mrs able and he T
NelehlY should be lett Matt the tell
der amenities of the borne elrek. 110
from 16 to 18 have often reached
retztlese stage its theta developmen
when they are vere apt to slip awa
Vim home if it be gloomy' Tit' Milt
er in -any way wearleoine. Of all MIN
taken econoiniee that which is too frU
gal of lamp.itebt in the „winter even
Ing0 Is the most deplorable. Save some
thing else !ayes; must, but have plent
of light. The living room shoula
well-liehted and wernielighted, but th
boy or girl who prefers to sPend Ph
or the evening in a separate roe
should have the chance M do so wit
a shaded lamp and sittliclent warmt
to make the room pletteant.
Sociability among neighbors belong
to those long' evenings, and to prompt
sociability there should, be music an
games and Informal conversation, a
web as something simple in the wa• ,
of refreshment. A chafing -4118h gamut
be a family convenience, and eve
home should have it well -11110 cake
box and a good store of nuts and apple
free to all.
I Suppose everyone knoevfl that W
may form any habit we choose, hab
of ,heIng well-mannered and hospitabl
or a habit of being churileh and nig
gardly. A thoughtful writer has sal
that persons who mean to grow mus
make automatic, and habitual as man
useful habas as they can. "Dow
among the nerve -cells- and fibers* th
rnoleoules are minting, registering an
storing up our time to be used for goo
or ill when opportunity mimes. Malt
Mg we ever do is, in strict &dentin
literalness. wiped out. Of course, thi
has its good side as web as its bad. one
If we become permanent drunkards b
so many separate drinks, so we ma
beeome saints in the moral, authoritle
and experts In the practical and selen
tido spheres by so many separat
acts and hours of worlc."
What wish to emphasize is tha
we may form habits of application to
study, of kind greetings to friends, an
of knowing* how to have a, good time in
the long evenings, if we seriouily deh
termine •to put them to some good use
It will be the greatest of pities If we
let the winter drift by without getting
from It both pleasure and profit. It is
the period when the home lines may be
most closely drawn, and when we may
have the Most healthful fun and en-
JoYment beyond our homes,
I wish sonte Word of mine could be
influential in bringing about one. ur-
gently needed reform. Mir cities the
hours of social gatherings of everykind
are growing abstirclly late. People come
together at an hour *hen their grand-
fathers were going to bed. They leave
the festive scene not at nxidnight, but
In the gray of the early dawn Young
e men who should take clear heads and
- uttered muscles to business the next
- clay- are unfitted for duty by the pleas:.
e• ure verging on dissipation of the night
.t before. The season's wear and tear tells
e hardly upon the bloom of our girls. A
round of teas, receptions, theatre par-
dutlee. They are put through what
might be termed a plette stiff "course
of sprouto," for the dieeipline main-
• tautest is very rigorous, and, moaner,
their duties ape se lipporteet an at
times delicate, requiring the exercise
of judgment and tact where force:V/0;MM
pethaps Impossible, that intelligence
as well as enrage, activity and midair.
anee is an imperative requirement.
Of course, they Milt be able to ritle
• and ehot well, since their effivieneY
lergely Ilene:sae, and otten tneir
upon these two accomplishinente. In-
opector la Church, for 10 years in the
hinglish Life Guards, and who ts re
yarded as one of the best riding mas-
ters in the world, trains the reeruit:
to ride, •
lviountIng home welch, two years
ago, was brought in •unbreken from rt.
e
prairies, the inspector" gave an exhi
Moe of both equestrien and whet
a horse may be taught by patience( and
kindness. The spirited atitnal tralloP-
ed at full s.peed, guided only by the
PreSSure of the rleer's Inlets& or the
swaying of Ms bode, came to a ten
stop within a few feet and at a touch
dropped on it e knee e and then lay
down, as if to afford a breastwork
from behind. .whiell its Master might de,
tend 'himself.
Carry Winchester Carbine.
The men are armed with Wineitester
carbines, soon to be supersetled by the
Ross, ,and revolvers. Outside the bar -
reeks there is a large range, perhaps
two miles in extent, and here they are
taught to use their weapons. Disap-
pearing, targets are. used, and the nten•
are required to rifle across the range,
at full speed' when target appears,
when they dismount and have one min.;
tite to which they must fire as Many
• shots as possible. Then they rentount
end ride until the appearance of au.,"
other target, when the sante procedure
follows. The revolver practice is equal.,
thorough, with the result that the •
mounted pollee, who never shoot unless
they are absolutely- compelled to do so,
never shoot tomis,
Dress and Pay,
The uniform of the mounted police is I
a red coat or tunic, dark trousers with
a yellow stripe,' riding boots and a
White plains hat. Around the barracks
• many .wear the little rakish cap, stuck
on One side of the •head. An'these seen
on duty carried a riding whip. On ac-
tive service In some sections the plain-
er -but more serviceable khaki is worn,
and up in the Arctic regions clothing
of furs is necessary to pretect the men
m
frothe awful coke Tenth July 1 the
privates -were peld 50 cents a. day,. with
5 •eents additional for .each year's ser-
vice up to five years:.Rations, unifotms
and horses are- of course, furnished
them. It being. desired to increase th
.foree to about 1,000—there are now be
tween 700 and 800—the pay was in
creased on that date 25 Per eent. Th
reason for this...le that it is sornewea
difficult to get recruits of the:proPe
• : • .
c et u for 011 within emirs
"'in the earlier days,. when there. we,
Mere activity and romance in the life
a mounted policeman, recruits' Could. b
had in plenty, but now eondttletie ar
becoming.. more settled and there 1
more w'ork and,lese romance:The fere
is made up of all 'kinds of men, Cana
titans,. Engltsh and other foreigners, an
even. •Indians and' half-breeds. Colleg
men have been found in its ranks, an
scions of rich and; Perhaps, titled' fan'
illes, some drawn t� • it be the fasei
nati:m of the free .life cif the, frontlet
others• .beeauSeof failure in other anc
less .active walks of life,: As .a while
the force.is made up of good men, Mor
than ordinariiy :intelligent,. brave . an
tactful and fittecl.to deal'ivith the het
orogeneous peoples who Inhabit • th
great .northwest..' With a military
ganization, they are only .civil officers
, • Organized. In 1874:.
organized in 1874,• starting 200
• The,•Northwest Mounted. 'Pomle ethwa
men. At 'first they. dealt' mainly Witt
the Indians, :of whom: there were 8O,000
n. the Northwest. Pages might be Wilt -
ten of their first Youreeys into the dis-
tant interior of what was then an al-
nost 'Unknown land. After the Custer
massacre In 1876 thousands of Sioux
• fled from the 'United ,States aerOss the
:. Canadlan boundary and , the mounted
Pence had hard Work, to prevent their
. raiding • below the borate" and to keep
the peace betweee 'theab.and the Canal.
dian Xndian,. who, protested • against
their Tunwelembe guestkjIllnghat
remained Of the once vast buffalo -herds.
Sitting Bull, that grim .614 chief, gave
• the Canadian Government ' 'much *eon,
cern ' while a fugitive among them,
but they kept' him and Iris •UntitilY
bravesin good control., ,It is told that
when these Indians had 'agreed to go
ack'tO the United States and surren-
er the:meleesto the doverninent •a
trong dete;chnient of troops was sent
p to meet. and receive• them at the
nternational boundary. Trouble was
eared and preparations madeofor it, but
6 the surprise of the .• United States
dicers the Indians who had played
rich havoc on the • Little 'Big Horn.
,ere escorted to the boundary by .two
ohe red -coated polleemen and turned
Vet as gthetty as though they were
THE WINTER EVENINGS.
s ties anti, dances, nrings nervous pros -
fl tratien.• to Young women, who* should
e never so mudh as hear .of.anything•be
o• .yOnd healthy fatigne. 'Ottr. late hours
s rob the long evenings of, their charm, .
e menace our vitality and are .really
.blow to the. Sven -being •of the cononun-
o .ity, The effort should be Made to get
e,.. together ettrIler and. to :separate: at 'a
o yeaSenable time. :The .arbitration of this
is In the hands, not meta but Of :WO
Who are the -,true qUeens,
who ht this country manage everything
' that has f..> 'clo with 'home and. friend,
• ship, and 'who may, if they .like,nake
e it the. fashion ,to live more. slinpiy,,- and
(,1 with leits- dist-Aar thanis .at present the
thirn9ern•theetirgentlY•needed.reiorin..is iti
• the line *of expenditure. There- is me
reason: Why. our pleasures *should. .reet.
, -so much as they too often de., Because:-
we can afford to spend little,. some of
• us decline to be hospitable at all. Yet,'
• there have been gatherings of refined
. and. • agreeable people • evening after
• evening, in the winters of the past,
• where the only refreshment offered was
a, wafer and a ctip. of tea„and where
there was no display, 'either of dresS,
of coatly ca.tering, or of riotous 'luxury
in American Beauty .rose.
• should' be a characteristic of our hos-
•. pitality when we dispense it in the long
eveninge There iss the most winseme' •
attra..ctien In the cordial greeting, in the
I • g ' e an eye a.tui hand
that the home is glad in its heartbeat
when friend's come in Of in evening, .
dooryard a pole, to the top of which
• wits boiled a large full sheaf Of grain.
• In answer to my question as •tei the .
meaning' of it my 'companion replied: F
'Oh, that Is for the birds—for the little ,
• wild birds. They must have a merry' .
Clitistreas, too, you. know.' "a -Selected. • .
front his oyes—there Was ,Ito doubt of * • • .
that—and admiration, and -• approval,
and yet a groveing wonder that, after
ell, his idol could be so human.
"Lam sorry that you are angry,", he
'begs' it wheu thessilence was getting
tense, *fry "th realize my position,
• Rose& 1 sat there, an Unwilling jtelge
'My duly -awarding .prites to lite test
• sustained characters in the maerpieradee•
•Arnong themaskers was one to whom
my heart ..went ottt—it .itiender
figure whose white satin gown, caught
looselyeround the mist with it silken
girdle, fell in straight foldsho her tiny
feet. • Crowning her entail head were
chrysanthemums, maroon and gold,
and a line of the royaltiowersi reached
from one sweet, bare shoulder to the
hem of her gown. • The eltrysiinthemunt
girl was the loveliest sight In the room,
but she Was Mit the best sustained
charactet, so"—
"f fume you don't think I eare be-
cause sem awarded the prize to Grace
Hereford," interposed the girl smelt -
Leafy, "and please don't tor a minute
think 1 es tugey gr. -e-fitieg„
only disappointed In you."' 1Io 'voice
quivered a little.
"I- have suspeeted the ettrittuthe-
Mum girl of baiting moods," Arthur ob-
served, looking at her refleetively. "A.
fellow 1 know has different names for
ber—Moonlight. White 11ose, Laughing
Watet, Gentleness, Beauty, Wisdom. •
Tee fellow has raledred het when mho
wes gay and when she Was serious, but
never, before has he twee het! when Site
wns unreasonable."
The chrysanthemuni girl enIffed.
"Will you kindly explain?" added
Atelier.
"I had Always been so proud et your
strength of eharActee," she began.
• " Kiid old Man, •• • r
Ascuia—What did that rich old tinele
of ,yours give you for Ohrbitnias?. m
• Somethieg useful, bet. % •' u
• Iiituskeep—Yes, a little device for .:
saving coal bilis. • • ••.• te
,•Aseum—Ah, an arrangement to at- m
• tech tmthe heater?
—No, to keep on my deft. th
it's a Ille. •.
• ralt MOlathehe PeLICE.
•
urnish Every• Opportunity. For .Culti-
eating 'Every Geaee That Selene:1
• to the Life of the. Horne. .
'Every day or tile. 365 days in tits
ound year containS the same number
same
hour8-24 and no more. Yet a, sum-
er day and newinter day are wholly
Mike one another, and a suoutier, even -
g is.a very far -away codsin Of a win -
✓ evening. Suerinter . evenings arg.
cute for harry people who have no sad
ernortes and no dull regrets. They
are "meant for lovers," for lingering at
rate,. •!ast. kise and hand-
clasp, while the radonlight bathes lawn
'and garden hi ite flood of silvery Sheen
Darkness gathers early in winter,
nd the evening's are long. They give
pportunity for cultivating every grate
at belongs to family life, writes Mar -
ret B. Sangster. Ohe winter night,
me years ago, it man mime hcs.me af-
✓ anabSellee and a long ride over
the Mlle and saw sitting by the fire
a boy he did not knew. The farmhouse
had so large a crowd of curly heads
that a boy more or less made little int -
pression. Nelgeborer children weee
al-
nys dropping in, and often some of
em stayed over night. But Able bo)'
as a stranger, Tho farmer made some
min co. •
"That boy," said Ws wife, "catue heee
Juet at dusk last evening and asked
,he way to the nearest town,. He Wari
thtnly Clad and very cold, and seemed
half starved, SO 1 Matte hint stay ,all
night. Be Offered. of his oWn aceiird
to help mitic the cows, and thee:ann.
ing he went out and brought In my
idling wood. Bo seems a nice little
low, withOut a flOrne, and I think •he
>did better stay here,"
le did stay there for the next sey0n
ars, With a place ntlite table, cloth*
g, food and schooling, just as ehil-
en of that home bad. The •cold of
whiter evenings- had awakened in
beginnings:the kindly hospitality of
household. Such virtueses gener-
ty and unselfishly:et flourish in the
irtultzert*'
the long evertirtge come one of
vital nestle is to %smite them agree.
Organized In 1874.—Dross and Py -'-
How Recruits Ar, Taught. th
• Regina Is the headquarters of the sgo
mounted pollee, the barracks being lo- to
gated on the plain outside the city,
closet to the Clovernment Rousse which
Is the official residence of the Lieuten-
ant -Governor of the Northwest Terri-
tories, It Is a very' complete establish-
ment, with admInistratIon ibuilding-',
realdences for the commissioner and the Llt
other officers; barracks for the men, w
guardhouse, not only for delinquents In
the fore, but Mar for prisoners await-
ing trial or retnoval to the penitentiary,
riding school,' stables, theatre and a
chtirch. There 18 a spacious itthletle
grorind cittaehed, where •crleket, base -
ban and other games take place, elle-
eet, of course, belne ,the favorite. A
very spirited genie of (wicket Was irt _
progress when the correspondent visit- „hh!
00 the post, and it seemed "tale t s heat "el
1- Aesdetaut Commissioner Metiree apol.. -",
ogetlealiy say that the -team waft some. I.
whet crippled Just now, two of Its beet re
players being stat/oned in the Macken- .,11
zle River country, MOO ntilee to the er
the
teeth, and above the Arctic circle.
• the
How Recruits Are Taught. the
' There are about 125 men here, not for est
pollee duty atoms, but because Oda Is •cot
• the training school .of the force, Ali , e
raroartta aorro hero .1.0 are drilled,
• ••:No 'Biome. Wosito4.''
•
"Merry Christmas, • old mitt :And
many more like it." • . •
' The man addressed tutus a balethe
sleepless eye. upon thesepeeker and
replies;• . •
"Many. More like laSae, you hadn't.
• heard that 'Myles •canto to. our 'now
• list night, had you hheetidge. •
.
acTeriasie Christmas:"
'Little Jessie woke up on Christmas
morning and called to her four-year.
'old sister lifarye
"Merry Christmas!"
• '.Tessle Christie:ler prom z tie •nese:et-
. ed the baby.
1
unrountao
• Little cakes that will Please the chil-
..dren either at the table, or on the
Ohrlstznas tree are made as tollows:
Bake the cakes in little patty or muffle
pans and frost the lops with a white
icing, •Dip a sniall new paiut brush in
melted Chocolate and draw a face on
each, IStake some crying and others
laughtng, the different expressions be-
ing made by the curve of the mouth
line. • The merest outline will be sufli:
Meet, • Cut a circie of tissue paper of
white or any other color liked two
Inches larger than the Cake, pink the
edge with scissors and run a thread
round one inch from the edge. Put a
cake in the paper, draw up the thread,
and a cunning little cap Is formed.
The pleasure of small children will
well repay the trouble of making these
little cake bablea—Pittsburg Press.
Piro* Aid tO Santo Claim
• A clever idea for a Christmas night
party is to have the gifts come In on a
sled plied high and strapped on and the
sled' drawn by two lads dubbed Santa
Clans' assistants. The place cards at
the supper which follows the distribu-
tion or the gifts should be tiny steal
too.de from eardboard nal clipped In
toncilage, then in diainOlftl (Wet, the
rope to be ot silver cord end each sled
,drawn by a miniature Santa Clans
about three Indies high.
• The Childteo,* Peotirol,
"And a little ehild shall lead them."
The entire meaning of the festival of
Christmas is eoirtalned in these words.
It Is the festival of the ehildren be-
eause on this day God, the Son, the
Second. Person of the Siessed Trinity,
took upon hint human nature in the
Shape of a helpielle and beautiful child, a
—Bev, John Talbott Smith, I.4D. Do t
zreeldent Catholic Summer School 0 0
kmeriett.
• A Point of Etiquette.
• A, despatch trom Verteouver, B. Ce
says: Having ehelren hands with
Edward himself, Chief doe Ca ei
bead of the Squamieh tribe, e
it Weisel he Infra, dig for Alm to go to
the Hotel Vancouver to 041 on Earl
Grey, "the Ihing'a man," When Ile ae.,
rives here to attend the Foreetry eon.
ventlen. Chief hoe eay e he will be en
hand with some of ids braves when the
GeveleoreGeneral comes, but he WaX(4
indignant at the Idea that he eitotdd
make a eau on Me Excellenesa • 4
"I no can go to hotel with my peOple,"
he said. "Man who saw King and shook
hands with Mtn will shakef the 1000
man be the hande if we meet M the
•ptreets, but what. would my people
Welt, if 1 went and MOW on the
lanes Man?" 4
The *14 ehief inaleated; that smelt*
thing was absurd. City Comptroller
Gibson, to whom Chief Toe explained,
title diellculty, told the Indian in hie beet
Chineok, and Woo In Ms beet aott-
R,00seveited English. thee he would do
his hest to so arrange matters that
E'er' Grey and Joe Should meet as Inser
aird man, and Ms Becelleney will be
requested to hear some apeclal remarks
from the chief on the ,oeteject of the
altdmen's wrengs.
Aio There others/ • •
Christmas is (mating
•And Santa Claus, too,
And, being' dead ,hroice.
Lord, what sdraW, do?
The children wet cry,
Their mother will pout •
-
have tc; go try
• Pet my watch up the spout.
-Florida, Thneirmnion, '
"Some generous 'pen,-- sem. atcw
Socrates Bulginbrow ot Boston, "bas'
been kind enough th send me a coP7
of Mother Goose's tries for Christ
mas. Do you know, the theory that a
representative of the 'bovine genus at
one 'thee leaped over the chief lumi-
nary of tee night leads tez some inter-
esting calculatlous as to the muscular
. development of the cows of tbat time.
I have ascertained that they roust have
been endowed with strength proper-'
tionath to that of the flea of the pree,
out day."-43altimore American,
.A Third Headed Dor.
"Darahjes' Ole about it." said Mam-
my Minerva, "I's gotter bate dat Pick-
aninpy Jim over to de Society Poll de
Prevention o' Cruelty to Anita:doer
• "Wbat's he been dein'?" '
"Ws give him a goat foh a Ohrist-'
Was present, an' Jim an' de goat gee
to `playin' .rough, an' do fee' thing 1.
kuowed Jim lie done los' hie temper'
.buttef.1 dat rear 01810a, fn flaftrt
-DEAh7NESS CANNOT; Ve'RED
by local applications, as they ..4.1a -
not• rea,e11•• the diseased. perilous of
setttlitit.6tiettiftioprtia:einirle'shsel:e • aiindoittliym.tonies. coati!
'timedies. Deeitte.es • is•.
eau's...A by an inflamed. condition f. f
the mucous; lining of the lealteshia4
Teem. When this tube is• inasinal you .•
have A -.rumbling sound .or ,r,irfect,
hearing., afild when it is e.ntir.:ty. pltm- •
red, Deafness.. is the; reeulte ard tinlys3
.,inflattunntion Can be • taken • out •
'Oct this tube restored to Menial
eon:Mien, •• hearing.. Will. be
:forever ; nine " casts eta • ot teo. ar
caused by 'Catarrh, which is n'.11tlia
• but an inflamed perulition f Atte emcee
ohs serfaces.
We will give ate Hundred " Pellets .
for any case ea Deeffiess a:settee hy
cetzerhy..."that.. esnnot besotred.iw
Catarrh ,Cerie Send f, r eir
eulars • free; . • ' .•
• J. CHENlin- & Toledo, 0.•
Sold be Dteggiets„ 75c. •
•-Take Hall::: Fataily • Pills for con-
.
stipatiotz: ' ••
, "Henri Sansgregret, :Hon:treat uto-
erinaze whese car billed John. Morri-
spit, in June last, was sentenced yes-
terday .to .six months fit -jail.
. • .
•
RESIGN" FROM, . •
. WORRY t
Lite a reek but we ••eait1.t all' eel!
there ,together, •:in consequence, . we •
Worry•-•Caa't. Itelp it because naves
ere. vitality. burnt up ant.
there 4..no staying power left. Cut
out. the worry part and .Build •Up.
Let Perrozone help . you.• It's a most
strengthening tire Ionic. • Fills; ,
, the blood: and iron, supplies building
material for wornbut. 'organs, genera "
ates' the sort. of vitality that matert . •
you want to -do things; No medicine' ,
more lirlehul for Men, women diril
children who need sttength. and Cray.-
ing powtr. Try , Ferrozoile,. flay nts.
per box • at all dealers. •
.
The Seydney Cement C'ompany have
received alt Order .for 700 barrels of
.cement fcir•••efexico.
• •o•••••••.-........—.
FoR ovErt sIXTY YEARS,
Mrs. Wilslow's Soothing Syrup has
.been Med by millions of mothers for
their children while teething If dis-
turbed by night and broken of your
test, by a • sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth send
at once and get a bottle • of "Mrs.
Wilslow's Soothing Syrue" for child-
ren teething. It will relieve the poor
little •sufferer immediateiy. Depeni
upon it, fnothers, thth:e is no mistake
abOut it. It mires Diarrhoea, regu-
iates the Stomach and Bowels, cures
• Wind Colic, softens the Gurns, reduces
InflammatiOn and gives tone end all-
ergy to the whole sy.3tent. "Mrs,
Winslow's Soothing Sytup" for child-
ren teething is pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription of one Of the
oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the 'United States. Price
25 Cents a bottle. Sold by all iirug-
gists throughout the world. Be sure
and •ask for "Mrs, Winslow's' Sooth-
ing Syrup,"
•Mootreal capitalists have bought-,
from. he Toronto Coal Coinpatty, the
old Collies' coal tree at Little Bras
d'Or, C. IL
THEY KNOW IT;
Thousafels of people throughout •the
country knovv that the ordinary rem-
edies for plieo--oiaturente, suppositor-
ies twee appliantes—will not cure.
The best of them only bring plugs,-
ing
Dr. Lconhardtie Hein -Reid is le tab-
let taken internally that removes th
cause ef ,eure is per.
manent, blvery paeltage seld earr1r3
it guarantee with it,
It 1,4;. perfretly harinIcse to the most
:Ilea to constitution, month's
reatment in each package. Sold at
n; dellats any drug store, oe the
•'Mon Pyle Ce., L1Wd td, Nittritr:f.
Falk. OW.