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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1906-12-13, Page 12t 3 10 'A. BLANK * • * APPLICATION FORM * • fOr illeelberthlP ftthe * * est teed beet Busitteee Tfai- # Aing Sat101 n Cenadas— * The Central Busteese * * lege et TOrento—lana Jain * • 2z24 neet, together With de- * tailed infOrtnation, th 0 * grhet hdhalitagee IA be * * japed, Will be Sent tree by * et return. lean Oa reteleet o * * friend or letter. Write to * * dad' he # W. H. MAW, Prineipal, *. You & Gerrard Sts., * TOrOnt0. * **********4********* ••••• 1•3, •••.. 1•3, .1 o3 y y ••• y ' • ••• •, * WINTER TERMS OPENS 4; ▪ JANUARY ea& 4: • W 7 - CENTRAL STRATFORO, ONT. •)}; This school is recognize6 31,E 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 Slf; aee rtineingr one of the roost * • progreseive and up -to -slate W ;es' bus:Mess training schools in. hi * the province. The dement): * Ste upon US for office help, is * sbveral time the supply. W Slh Write for free catelegue, Sh Elliott & Melea,ehlan, ' ter • Principals, * " •"•" sh:ohdaleheao.hhohdraseehohdohheh • Wintet Term opens Jan 2nd-• .r. -Here are some of the re- eh. • •ceet• reeorde- Matle. by. the sh ELLIOTT" afajs TORONTO., O. Out of the last 259 calls from bus- iness firms we have filled IhIFTEEN . . 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. ' • • " tIo• W. J, E11Iott, .Prinetpal. • Cor. Yonge And, . Alekarriler Streets: + • . . ossesesees.esse +++ +se+ es se++ .r. THE FIRST DAY The fltst day ot nee se it e ter•terni seta be • January 2nd, •19o7 - 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. • •4i 1 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 -- 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. 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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. 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