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MOMS NAN RE LEFT AT
DAVIS St ROWI.A.NIVS HARD -
WARS MAE Ole
W 3. Stevenson
Cobalt has applied to the Ginteerlt.
Silent :Or inCorporation as a town.
TENACIOUS FORM OF •
SYSTEMATIC OATARRIle
Not an May thing to Mire; and•
remedy that Makee goo d ieleeerieen the
credit Cataeritozone eured Olses,11.
Webb of Woodsteek, N. B„ Whin wri-
tes.: "For a Inierther of years I vitas
troubled With systernatte catarrh. • It
was a very 'tenacious form of the disn
lease and nothing helped.. ]used Cete
•arrhozone an,d got relief.. To build up
My system I Used Ferroione. This
combination can't be beaten, They
cured me." Your case May be chronicbut Catarrhozone Will drive . out cat,
•arrh and keep it out. TwO. rsizese 25e
and $1 at .all deelers; sold .upder gu-
arantee of satisfaction. - •
to come when they will go ()Own the
elevator and be among the toy PeoPie
they have meen • eo far below them
crawling along the sidewalks.
Tbeee twins, Who are the pride, ef
course, of their father and mother,
have never been away from the root
on which they were Dern. Life ham
been one short and happy dream to
them. They do not know what a street
car really looke like; for they have
merely seen the shapeless, dingy roof!!
of the "L" trains as they squirm along
their crooked ways IWO some short,
thick snake with square head and tail.
They are full of health and have rosy
cheeks and big, dancing, bright Oes.
This means that they eat vtell, eleep
Well anti enjoy life. There are seesaws
ind swings high in among the clouds
On Home of the slagerapers end the
ever present little red express wagon
so dear to the email boy's heart Rages
are run on the Iron roofs, and top spin-
ning and marble playing are favorite
sports.
Thomann deathon the tops of the
.skyscrapers as well as birth?. (nil of
the sapeet Ed these yas filet of it little
hot *rho had gone down to the street
tor the firet time to play and was
-dished:to deli& 1.4, a heavy truck.
A family of nine children born o one
couple wi*o have lived on the same roof
, for nearly forty year§ e4,ows that race
• suicide has its enemies theie. rive of
these children have grown to hien-
bond and are in the public service as
policeman fireman or mail carrier.
Dogs and cats are numerous on the
skyscrapers. The children there are as
Well off for four footed playmates as
those on the earth. Some have never
known anything else but the roof,
where they play by day and howl all
night long to their hearts' content.—
New York Times.
THE AINOS' BEAR FEAST.
Testimony relating to disputesnal-.
one the guards of the jail was Iteard
at tlge Van Zant investigation.
•
THE TREMBLE OF OLD AGE
With the advance of years tho vital
functions of the body slow idoWit. Int -
coesequence the organs of secretion
suffer the action •of the bowels. are ;
lessened and there is no jonger
segI-
thy cireplation. The brain is coesese;
tett with blood, giddiness!, trembling.
.and cold axirernities are coininon. No
assistance is ;so pokent as Dr,. limit-
ton'S .Pills. By their directaction on
the stomach, !liver, and kidneys they..
• cause an immediate changes Mild, free
from gripe, -strengthening and cleans-
ing the wholesystem, no medicine .is
'so valuable in old' age as Dr. Ham-
ilton' Pills of Mandrake and Butter-
nut. T,ry these pills, twentViirecents
per box at all dealers.
ChrisSophedt Seymour, nit,'relehery.
and hous'e-breaking,- was senteneeci:.to
three years inthe penitentiary: • •
ita Saggieggig692a4111236M BERM la
+11riki-VIMINIMatiRMINAMC54.121.
Your Doctor
Can cure your Cough .or Cold,
no question about that but --
why go to all the trouble and
inconvenience of looking him up,
and then of having hisprescriptien
Tilled, when you can step into any
drug store in Canada and obtain
a bottle of SHILOH'S CURE
for a quarter.
Why pay two to five • dollars .
when a. twenty-five Cent
bottle of SHILO 'H will cure you
as quickly?
Why not do as hundreds of
thousands of Canadians have
done for the past thirty-four.
years: let SHILOH be your doc-
tor whenever a Cough or. Cold;
appears. •
SHILOH will cure you, and all
druggists back up this statement .
with a positive guarantee.
The next time you have a
Cough or cad .weit with .
ALFRED STEVENS
Painter of Fins Letliss and "High Life
of Secend Emplro,
Alfred Stevens died last Week in the
poor little fiat in which he. for some
years vegetated in the Avenue Tru-
dalne, Says London Truth. A 1341au
by 'birth and early edueation, he Warne
by choice a thorottgii boulevardier at a,
time when the boulevards were the In -
meet and artistic salon of Europe. Ile
caught the dandyism of the clubmen
who frequented Tortoni's, the Wings of
the old Opera, House and the Salle Ven-
tadour. You can see them driving
themselves in mail and other phaetons
In the paintiego of Lami and J. L.
Brown. They are in all the Bois and
Champs Elysees scenes or these artists.
Stevens took up the feminine side or
"le high life" and sincerely painted it
as It appeared to him. He •bad really
fallen in love with It, and its glamour
had taken him In. Had it been 'Other-
wise he would not have stood higher
as a painter than did Areene Houssaye
as an author, or that poor ereatere Im-
bert St, Arnaud, Imbert as a wrtten
was a eavaliere servente and Heaney°
coureur d'aleoves without a stngle Ile
Insion, Want of perspicaoity saved Ste -
yens. If one could wet fall In love
did with his fine ladies one eouln not.
help admiring the manner of the artist.
Like a first fate chef, he had often to
work on bad Materials, winch his skill
rendered, SitVdry. The sauce redeemed
the ingredients. There were times when
he turned them into anihrOsla, tevens
may live as Nattier and Lanai live.A.
PragOnai'd would have lent to the cOdo-
dettes whom Eugenie gathered around
her too much of his esprit tor them
to ibe really of their time, The Seeond
Empire was a period on Philletinism.
Stevens, if a Than of good Belgian fam-
ily, was not exempt from snobbishness
in•his loves.
I admit that a portrait painter—and
all the easel pictures of Stevens were
Portraits of femmes du -monde in fancy
surroundings or engaged in imaginary
Incidents—must hold tile oandle to what
Is low and vulgar In the origtnals. But
there ought to be an undercurrent ot
protest oozing out through the work.
It is allowable to hold the candle to his
Satanic Majesty, If one is determined
in se doing to ecorch his face. One
Ands this determination in the portratts
of Latour, the greatest artist in his
genre of the eighteenth cent:my. Latour
began always by telling the real truth,
whatever it was.. If he saw a fox or a
wolf behind the countenance of a fin-
ancier he set it down on canvas, or if
a Delilah or a De Tinein lurked behind
the smiles of some lovely comedienne or
court lady he did not pass her over.
After the third or fourth sitting he em-
bellished according to the tastes of the
time and of the sitter. Stevens had not
a penetrating eye. It must be said that
he hardly need'ed it. He only dealt with
favorites of fortune, who hardly needed
The ClintC News -Record.
Hon. dapan's Aborigines Celebrate
New Year's Day.
For a thousand known years the
"hairy" Ainos of Japan have stood still
initheir civilization, following all their
primitive customs and ceremonies gen-
eration*. after ' generation and eentuty
after century, 'practically without
change. New Year with them is thr
day of their greatest feasting and mer-
rymaking, consisting principally,
happily, of an extravagant use of an in-
toxicating beverage known as sake or
rice beer, which puts the entire popula-
tion in a helpless Condition long before
the day is (lane.
• The principal ceremony is the great
bear feast, called Omsia, in which h
huge hear is slain and sacrificed as a
special offering to the god Xenia', who
Is the guardian and protector of their
-
homes, throughout the year. It is neer
essary ,. to - conciliate tlmls god. by the
special donation of • bear's Meat that
their Dies. maY be free fronrthe }seine.'
eution of the unseen, intangible de-
• monewho Seeh to do them harm.' . •
It is said that the bear tor this feast
Is raised -froin• a cub; suckled by aa
woman, who becomes its fester
.mother and in her heart feels toward it
all the tenderness .and love that she
' *aunt for her oetui offspring. • AS the.
• end .of, the yeardraws nigh' her Cruel
and .hairy :grandfather, :with unfeigned
joy, helps nurtiire and fatten* the feast
• bearfoe the comieg' celebratiOn. with.
carefullyprepared foods. • ' ;
It is a fearful -dayfor the foster
• Mother when her entire ;fan:die' +link
her bear Son from, her areas to: the
scene of Sacrifice. She tears her 'halt
and weeps and wails wbile the grand-
parent; with joyaus cries,' dances In
• front of the party who drag the beast
, with heavy ropesto thealtar.' •
• The killingof the bear is none• in :a
• Meet horrible and brutalimenner, Two
fair sized. loge • ere' lashed, One above
'another, to a standing tree and: extend
horizentallye•resting upon the ground.
• Tlie entire elan takes partat, the
• death; which is accomplished.by opene
ing the erids or the logsfarthest froin
the tree like a huge Jan, and , dragging
the head and neck Of the helpless beast
through the Opening :aad then squeez-
ing and; strangling with Mighty pres-
sure the life.,out of poor. bruip.—New
York 'Times.. •
•
Five tendets, four from •Canadians.
and on?. from American;, Wer3 reettiv-,
ell: for nlie,ing leases on the right ,o1
way.
KING AND QUEEN $MILE.
Brilliant Scene at Buckinpharn Pala°,
—Procedure of Ceremony of Pro-
sentation to Their Majesties.
Ten o'clock Is the nominal hour at
'which the courts held at Buckingham
Palace begin. The King and 9ineen do
not make their entrance, however, in
the ballroOrn Until about an hour later.
The Xing is Punctuality itself, and us-
ually, be it whispered, has to wait for
his Queen.
The debutante of to -day, thanks de
her braver upbriniting, knows not the
alenoet absurd tremors which seized
the Victorian girl as she advanced to
make her fleet curtsey to ber sovereign.
About, at every oOrner, and on the
staircase, Beefeaters, quaint as you
Please, in their neck Mines, flat hata,
buckled shoes, and with crowns em-
broidered 011 their backs. Guardsmen,
too, tram the "Blues," invade the
Wenn; and all is radiant Color be-
neath the glow of electric light.
After 'leaving her wraps in the Bow
Library, the debutante follows her
(tape= upsMire, each step of whten
Is of white marine.
"Presentation or attendance?"
cries the usher, and the debutante 15
shown Into tone `Of tWe king galleries.
Here she amuses herself chatting with
friends, or II:Meeting pictures or sculp-
ture, until her hionient comes, and she
delivers up hee Ned ar invitation to the
Lord Charnbeelairi. he prtssesea littlo
breathless, at last, perhaps, through,
corridors gorgeously tapestried. NoW
her train is spread out. Everything is
done so quickly that, before she has had
time to feel net -vette, her name has been.
called, and she has ourtseyed twice to
her eovereigns, and realized that an-
other curtseyer at vanishing point is
in front of her, and yet another at dim-
inishing point behind her—and all ts
over.
The Xing and Queen have probably
smiled at her very kindly from. their
two chairs. of .state, and with their semi-
circle of princely relatives !behind them..
A lovely Queen; a sturdy Xing; won-
dering girl princesses looking on; a
sheen of silken regalties and diamonds;
so munch of a vision, at least, his been
granted the debutante, as out she goes
•from the royal presence to join her
friends and relatives at supper In the
Garter•Roorn or Green Drawing Room;
whilst the Xing and Queen, when all Is.
over, entertain a few of their more In-
timate friends in eneir private rooms.
The supper table for the general
company is superb with gold plate,
with roses and lilies, violets and car -
SIR HENRY IRVING'S SON
tr.,enT
MAKES SUCCESSFUL DE011T IN A
NEW YORK THEATRE,
--
"Paola and Franeesee" the Vehicle:act:
His Telent--*-His Playing of Afialo•
teeta Shows Him to Bo An Actor of
Uncommon Intelligence—Actor Temp
Why He Is Obligati to Appetr In
His Father's Roles.
H. B, Irving, son of the late Sir
ry Irving, has appeared at the New
Arnsterdant theatre, New Yorie in the
Stephen Phillips version of the famous
tragedy of "Piltolo and Fra,ncesca."
Mr. Irving was effectively but not not-
ably supported lie his wife, Dorothea
Baird, in the leading feminine rote ef
Francesca, writee 11, I?BOW, the era«
in,ent dramatic critic.
In face not unlike the late Sir Henry
In this mash of the grim, gaunt • ty-
rant of Bimini and with a voice and
utteranee that occasionally remelt his
father, H. B. Irving is able to stand on
his own achievement, And if his play-
ing of Malatesta may be taken as a
sign he is am, actor of uncommon 'Intel-
ligence, with a gift for eolorful inter-
.
nations. If short, the menu is a, per-
fifct 'one, from the first hot quail to the
last glass of that famous hock cup
which was Introduced. by the late
;Prince Consort,. and of which the re-
cipe is•kept• a secret. The mayonnaise,
too, is made from a unique recipe. '
All the dishes, by the Queen's cam -
Mann ft May be told are as carefully
to ;mask their propensities. In the ar- preparedno please the eye as the taste.
ra,ngement of details of the toilette he , ; Affer super at the Palace :the debu-
tante most probably stops at a studio
had no equal, and the task ;was no easy
one, seeing what debased Spanish taste on her way home to • be photographed .
.prevailed. As .a colorist he must ever. by electric light. :Then to bed. • ;
•
take a high rank. 1 should .say that fn -
all his paintings there is not a single
false note or jarring, tone of color and
that everywhere his Coloring is feliM-
nous and captivating. It is also to be .
sale that in painting his cocodettes and
their belongings he never slid (law11 to
the level of the illustrators An illustra-
tor may be a gieat artiste but illustra-
tion is low art.
*
The fashionable worldhad for many
years before his death completely for-
gotten Stevens. Had he been a. French-
man the Government would have found .
for him some •post in the Fine Arts.De- • .
pertinent.. Harsh things • are said of
Leopold the millionaire king, fornot
8,1
NewYeue*
Mau Tom Se
Adam&
UA HE Most poetical ceremony '
that I have ever witnessed,"
writes a correspondent of the
• New York Herald, "Is the so
gelled tame des anireaux, or 'animals'
mass,' which takes place every year
on New Year's eee in the French de.
partment of the Cevennes or the
'Black Espinouxe: The Scenery ot
these superb Imonnteins, which in 'teen
la extremely reMantio, lends a peculiar
charm to this simple and truly pasto-
ral feetivalgiven in honor of the herdS
of cattle wPialch constitute the greatest
riches of the inhabitants,
"I shall never forget the impressimi
created on in mind by the scene which
presented Itself to my enraptured' eyes
on the New Year's eve when, accom-
panied by some friends who possess, a
bunting lodge in the Espinouze, I stood
under the portico of a tiny graystone
church and watched the docks being
led up the steep incline toward the
platettla whereon the modest edifice is
built The church was a poor little
tumbledown place, with lichen grovtli
walls and a square, ungraceful steeple,
the cracked bell of which Was tolling
frantically.
The edilicewas crowded with etalWart
mountaineers clad in their festive at
tire, each of them holding a lighted
candle of coarse yellow wax, gliMmer-
ing like tiny stars, and every man and
woman singing the old Cevennese
hymn beginning with the words, 'Night
more beautiful than day.'
"In the meantime column after col-
umn of eattle advanced toward the
church and, marshaled by their driv-
ers, took their places in long files on the
R. B. IRVING.
preta,tion in character to 'which voice '
and face and plastic gra‘ce of pose con-
tribute each a share.
• It would be difficult to imagine a,
more touching picture than this Mala -
testa when, his hand 'stained with the
blood: of the lovers, he staggers from
the curtains, sickenedand reeling at
the horror of his vengeance. The note
• of triumph at the completion of Ills
task; With the succeeding intaxitatIon ;
Of heart aria brain as be summons the
oourtiers to the new betrothal of blood,
and the Omicluding passage of soul
rackiag pity as he gazes on the pair
!Mini childrenfeet asleep" Mr. Irving
touches with an insistent demand upon
' the sympathy of his hearer.
The NewYork Herald ;thus 'criticizes'
Mr. Irving'S "Charles I.":.
"Charles I.," the play especially
Lt -
ten for Mt...Henry Irving ley Mr. W.
-Wills, was Presented for the first:time
here by his pone Mn Henry B. Irving, •
and his company at the New Amster-
dam " Theatre, 'This. was • the play in ;
which Sir Henry and MisS•Ellen Terry
appeareetogether So .Often. Miss Dor-.
, . •
the younger
Irving and: descendant, froin a stage
sinners.'
"Like a peal of thunder tbe grand
melody echoed from WU to hill in tbe
clear night air, sung by hundreds Of
throats, and rolled majestically to the
very confines of the borizon. The star-
tled animals bellowed louder and unit.
ed their powerful voices to the concerti,
it Was grand and weird beiond
ecriptiou. As the last not died away
the cortege began to move, the priest
re-entering the church while the animal*
slowly wended their way toward the
valley In the sanae order as they bad
seine."
FISHING FOR BIROS,
.. f
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to
at ,..in ; Lod Are
rigi sem:
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cetchtnar calm. and Alentroes Wield
Rod sine lane.
Curious though, It may seem, It 18
fact that birds are caught with rod and
ime In mug, parte qt the world. The
pastime is declared to be almost as fee-
cinating as fishing, Olio inNerfeland-
41altattrieesc:air :wt
in tllipgisiuooo
waylunial:rtgQ:
illtITIsIlltstela'tnutlethPodetvoefIshIlsrdadnehimlnpg9lIslaonrtne7)U-
caily, the same as that of ordinary
fishing. Two men go put in a dory and
throw pieces of cod liver on the water.
When large quantities of birds have
been attracted to the spot more cod
liver is thrown tot Ea hook. This the
13iraS greedily Ersle'ailiiiv grid tips fall
yietIma eitenee
lbatro4 fre fished for. in the same
why off the Cape of Geed Retie, A.
Piece of pork is attached to a long line
and thrown oVerboard, The bird will
eye it for a long time, gradifally and
cautionSii making toward it. Stiddenly
ho wihl Seize it and hold it in hIS beak.
When he discovers that he is catight he
wlil sit
drawn into tile boat and made a cap -
flap his wings. However, he will bet
on the water and vigorously
Albatross fishing Is good sport, since
the bird requires careful tiandlieg. So
long as he pulls against the line it is
easy enough. The moment, however,
he swims forward the hook will drop
from his beak unless it is skillfully ma-
nipulated, and, the bird will find him- ' '
gen free.
A CURIOSITY IN BOOKS. c
THE DitiVERS Arlo SnErniiiiDS ALL FELL
ON 'EMIR KNEES.
frozen turf. in front of the wide open .
porticoThey approached stowly, pon-
derously and solemnlywith a quasi
The . Famous Chained Library et
Winthearne,
Wimbourne, Ireland, is noted for
many things, but its famous chained
ilbraty is perhaps the most notable Of
Its curiosities.' The library possesses
unique • interest as being one of the
earliest attemptato ditiseminge knowl-
edge among the people. .The collection
was "made accessible .te "the' people in
.1686 and nunshers some .200 volumes:
The scarcity l of books and the value of •
:the 'collection are both Indicated:In the
.eere taken for their preservetion; and
espeeially against loss of such treas-
ures by theft. • By Means Of chains..
and rods the books were securely. fas-
tened -0 the sheives,..a.nd these chains,
it is rather su'
rprising to learn were •
'net :renieved until 1357; when the •
brary fittings N%. •:ere rePaired.' Among
the interesting works �f the collection •
•Is copy .of .the first nclition of Sir .
Welter Raleigh's "Etnithey ,or Abe
World,'" 1614.,' It has Buffeted froth Dte, .
and traditlon says that Alifttheiv Prior.
was responalble for its condition, the
story being that be ph asleep when
'athea .Bairdthe Wife of
•reading it anee ';Upon time, and the
be
•
• The Pligritns, New Year. . 'wildered expression at being' tinned has been neatly repaired, and ite mis-
pages 'were burned by hue candle:. clt •
recognizing in same handsome way tho
talent of old painter. Point or view, of Miss Terry, appeared •
• In New England 'rie *bum]: days as the Queen. Therefore the occeeion
out of their warm stables to face the hap now adds to itsinterest.: The olde
Year's was never much of a holiday: . wasefull of reminiscent and prospeo- •
bleak December
night. The oxen 'came first, followed • copy in • vellitilmthoe.fli,bcnrixergilsma .Anfineintolad.. •
•
.bittet coldness of eest yo ume --Z
Igrlins made no note Of their Dist tive interest. ' .••
New Year's day in their new home in • •
copied, some of ,his fatheee manner-- by the elms, sheep and pats in. a con -
the new *orkl Save by this most com-
• Sir Victor"Horsley.
• "Energy, honesty ' and fearlessness"
are the charaoteristics attributed by a
professional associate to Sir :Victor
Horsley. ' The slim, unobtrusive man'
who figured most effectively in two ad-
dreeses before the Brithin Medical As-
sociat4On in 'Toronto. meetly, is,,an
Englishman ,at the top of the surgical
. udder. As 'professor of Pathology in
University college, London, and sm.-
•
eon to the Queen's Square Hospital,
:he abuey than. but he yet is in de-
maed for seme of the biggest surgical
work in England. Only a man .of his
restless energy' could fill to many irn-
Porta.nt roles. As a speaker Sir Victor
has brevity, and terseness,. combined
with an admirable .English style. Hi's
versatility is Apparent from his two
subjects tn: this country—alcohol and
social reform in the afternoon, and
• brain surgery, which is lite speetaltY, tn
' the evening. Sir Victor is a son of G. C.
' Horsley, R. A. He was born in 1857.
He has occupied many positions requir-
ing exceptional scientific skill, 'asmang
them Secretary to the Royal Commis -
Moe on Hydrophobia, Surgeon to the
National Hospital for Paralysis and
Epilepsy, Pullerlan professor at . the.
• Royal Institution. and Professor of
• Pathology at the University Odilege.
...f•alboaelorimmenb
OF XMAS FARE!
Pardonable at this Season, but the Results
are VnpleaSant •
• Eating more than is necesssary is like
choking a fire by putting. on too much
fuel. The food is not only undigested and
useless, but a menace to health. Dept es-
sion, drowsiness, headache, nausea, flatu-
lence, and indigestion, are some of the
conseqUences. A Bilean after dinner is the
best help to the overburdened stomach.
All sufferers from dyspepsia find Bileans
indispensable. They enable you to eat
what you like, when you like, and how
you like. Unequalled as a family medicine.
INTERESTING CURE BY BILEANS.
Lady who had Dyspepsia for a Year:
Mrs. Charles Merrett, 35 Cornwall Street, Toronto, Ont., says: I was a
-sufferer frontzteute dyspepsia for 12 months before using Biles,ns. rains in
the chest and in the region of the heart, and a sensation of fulness in tho
-stomach, usually after meals, were some of the symptoms. Such sudden and
severe attack+ of pain intho region of the heart made me think I had heart
• disease, but my doctor said there 'was teething wrong with that organ, and
the whole trouble lay in the food not. digesting properly. I tried doctor's
medicines and various remedies advised by Mends and by druggists, but
nothing seemed able to mire too Of those te peas mid the distress after
, food until I began using Means. A very re v gave me such relief that I kept
• on using until I had no more trouble with in heart or stoma: h. WKS recotn.
1 them as a family medicine for
f monde& to try Bileans by patties who lied u
a ion, time, and now would strongly recent end them to any sufferer from
indigestion or allied symptoms, lhore is °thing to equal BileanS as an
all.rouncl medicine foriaoung and "
Bilearla .tire •allegether Slifforent end superior 145 'the ordinary stomach nisi live"
p
Thoy aro plirely mgetaele in (tempest:ion and ere 4 certain cure for heed'. e
• ailmle
ents ei irregularities. thOlOVIAtiM1,tiobilif Flood IMPtaitica, all IP
' niinionts and disorders arl.ing'from defectirtobilo flow and ns-ind tiett. Of el drug.. If,:
gisteAttke. boxsoreint free (tent t ilileatiCe., Tomato, tor prier. hoese •01. se se.
sche, nansea, and all the.eireete of Indigestion. Thee else etre eonstipat ion, pilaf, tomato
• New Atlantic Record Breakers.
• It will be a twelvemonth before the
•neauretanite is ready for sea, and some-
what less before the Lusitania makes
her initial voyage. When, however,
these vessels get to work, the Atlantic
passage ought .to be cut' down te five
slays, for anderthe agreement With the
British Government they'ale to be cap'
able of maintaining A minimutn aver-
age sped of. from 24 'to 25 knots per
hour immoderate weather. They should
thus be a knot or a knot and a halt
faster than the Xaiser Wilhelm II. of
the Norddeutcher-Lloyd Co., which now
stands in the first rank. • What the fur-
ther reduction ef the Atlantic passage
implies to the 13r1tish Empire ie as yet
Perhaps imperfectly understood, It
May mean that we shall see a further
substantial cutting down of the Cana-
dian route to the Par 'Plait. thanks to
the adoption of the turbine both on the
Atlaritic and on the *Pacific,, and that
people may presently be able to travel
roued the world by way.of the Domin-
ion, Japan and the Trans-Siberian
Railway within the compass ef a holi-
day of quite reasonable length.---Dalfy
Telegraph.
••••
A New Year Thought.
• Ah, friends, it Were better for pleastire to
fret not!
If our lives are but noble, our souls
but sincere, .
• What matters the rest, though We get or
we get ,not
"A Happy NOV/ Year?"
Zangsviil.
A Kitten arid a Needle.
A aliortdime ego a woinan living in
England was petting hei, kitten, when
she suddenly felt fennothing scrateh
her Itatal. • On examining the vet
whetter the scratelt proceeded, she felt
the point of' a iteedle sticking out of
poor pussy's neek fin', The needle was
pulled out by. her litishatel, and an-
Wher atirprine was experienced vhen It
vos tonna that n length of thread was
-attached to the needle, both having
passed down the kitten's throat and
out •
age lit Nom the. flir.
•witling, reverently unwilling, th appear
The pl
•
• Irvinghas also inherited and not
rum," It is in manuscript and bears
raonplace record, We went th work e ''.110 date 1343. • • • ,,,-IT::-.7v; ..
surpassed all actors of his day. • To mooncwhich glittered, high above us . : At Anchor,
betimes." There was some exchange that extent theeperformance teas a sue- over the ,ciark. slopes of the. tunantains, • A ' chief of bureau in. the navy de -
of gifts, following out an English. cus- tess. Neverthelesi, Mr. It is a. -Young .
shone on the long, polished horns and pertment tells a good story of the time
tom universal, from the king and queen man. How fee' he may In future develop
tawny hides of this strange congrega- ivhen one of the secretaries of the navy,
doWn te the humblest citizen, ' But old it .is difficplt to deteifnine.- What may
Urian OiikeS,'the stern. Puriten minis. be said with 'perfect certainty at • the. 1012. . ilasn was celebrated with the • got the notion tato his head that of-
-
the grand manner in..which Sir Henry'
tinuous stream, and the rays otthe tphi
tett with the ehilliag. ingenuity ef: all •Presentrooment IS.thet: maiceS iver: elistemarY •Ponip .13y the. Oilre; a white • fieera phOuld 'not perniit *their ittlYei to 7
ne i • thy effort". therard, the higher plane ' .1 'halted...and; Very venerable - man„ whO - cstde q • :feliiilasiettety V .winieS., • ..
of ins sect In his day- in finding Some- . .
HiSe.Baird Presents an actually feer7T ., appearedalmOst majestic in his.heavy ' ' the ly hus ands ni tri 71 lt Re ed.: : Se. .•
thing beittfienish In •• every': form. of : i 't ' ti•' . ss
.plexing end. equally n eres ng pro-' - e .. e
I brocaded vestraents, welch, mtts have aR. Coraer fe flat e .eCt Wail titoidujgitir" .
;amusement, asserted -bis belief that the. nem • She is Very •young • She has . I been Several hundred years old, • . ed, ' &Ton: thereafter censiderable per -
observance of the . New Year In . any .' witchery Of youth and what.thePreneh, I
waY *savored strongly .of sUperetitious call .beaute de diable. . Her charm is ',.: -`!Whell'.4e at last hid spoken. the s plexity and ,no littie.ansusement 111e
reverence for 'the. lieathett and Jamie. ' undeniable, but. it le It:dna:rye that; at ;usual' 'Ita Masa est' indicating that the afforded. the Secretary when . he reeeli
. . - • :re ed the folleVrIng cablegram from Ctirne s .
•Itdf
So the celebration of New' Year'S sad- ; the present moment depends to an ap. sacr y ..
ly drooped and died in New England, .,,,., preciable extent upon her youthfulness. tiring to the Vestry he once more lifted
as did that of ChristnnaEaster,Vim wonaers whether her.diablerie may the host from the altar and, followed
t,
evolve in the demonic force 'of Intel -
Shrove Tuesday, Whitsunday and all by the entire congregation, marched to-
theleetual and. bodily Maturit • whether Ward the portals, chanting the 'Meg -
her Juvenile witchery may tlye'velep into
Church of England.—Boston Olobe. • the witchcraft of self -poised woman- niticat' as he went. Upon reaching that my wife, Eliza Fyffe, has, in dis-
holidays and holy days a the •
, .
modore Fyffe, then' in command of the •
Asiatic squadron:
Secretary Navy, Washington:
It becomes my painful duty to report
• • hood, . . . the stet* of the church the old priest obedience to my orders • and in the fame
etung the New Year In. Her acting was full a promise. She halted and; holding the sacred host • ohferregulations of department, taken up '
residence on tho station and persist -
The custom of "lettirigethe new, year electrifled her audience into the hope high above his head, pronotlaced sorne ently refuses to leave. .
In" to a house is still nrevalent in the that it is only iequestion of tinie •before Words of benediction in a•low but em •
promise burgeons into performance .
northern cOuntles of England, a cere-
•
phatic voice. The drivere and shep-
FOR, ALL HUMOURS
e eneld continues. "Th
ed, says
• Th • H
mony • which should be perform
• . ere is
heids all fell Upon their Imees andwi h.
ECZI eiriMa0P1,8E1011.10Elythan liqra.c0inituml edntea9 0 • • ' .
popular superstition of the district, by
a dark Man if the household wish to something that has been on Mr. HenrY `
B. trying's mind — and be has at lane beWed lieads; ta.UrrojAred the -responses;
while in acolyte, arraa with a hOlY
•
'irk. yf62,1‘,. 1 heveiroviect.107intilie.auznisiaPstuluorani us, clie;tcht:::ain,r.remcattedi.r;
. ral4evheadyheimresceelfveefd tte.o many
. . e . . t
enjoy good luck .dutIng the year to • kind and
. .
water sprinkler,. walked "thretigh -the
• tradeStatm, 'I:even black of .hair
the practice Is still Observed. Befaolirde , press,' he he said last.tonight.,'thgt I ought 'sprinkling -theth with the holy fluid. ,,,,Zi: .1,...dilod. „,m, dp,.„,fmcfm soli, sp; ,,,,,,17,` .
the .new ;year IS I ten Minutes rold• a. not to Make rePlys
beard ; and, engaged •enr nele. putypese; . • Perhaps LitaY be allowed to sa;.
Pune the; frent door bell, 'declares his thing ;upon, nue. lioint,••by Way of ex. '
written that anything•erites
m that 3ahas Whetherav.;tiht9h.:tt. hdtheell1r i•ftabeneeitrm,t, oart.si s! i etteetnaol,iiely:itdi;git htdeoot hlve ou-e cifhioaer; 6/110): .. aco:aerer;s.:. - -fa iiA-taBhnti,a;u gelg..esi:41se:51,;:, r e i' to-mm:1 ...
soratet-t ' lemnity of the oseerisioneir not, all those
ranks of the how belloWing cattle, ....70s,k.0;ioninird:oh,.;11:hniEseisctsraec:nonea.gihintleins.i:, ,.un' .I't:Ad•.e.filid.,:i'om,,,iipot:::77.pts ...
hied Tonic lnilpta a mork, '' •
.COme. In the writer's Lancashire home encouraging words from,the Ne"w.York.
Venation, as •attention has been drawn; :sbert but aipressive alleetition addiesse
. the greeting, "I wish 'everybody in this ' isoe'emTlyng y need undertaking and .seem- S
. identity ;and stops into ;the hall with . seemingly
My, father's roles -en;
- ng strange self-confidence in stepping ed,,t,c) the drivere by the venerable cure .: 0
house a happy New Year!" The sUper Aly children,' he said, 'God, In his
• stition farther detnands that he Shouldinto his shoes: ' f ' • : . great 'goodness and Mercy, sends hie
Walk through the house—Le, leave by1 "I Want to say that I have been un -
the back door—and give and receive. a•
in eharacters he merle his own; but it
present, generally a packet of sweets
• does not seem to be known that it Is bit
on the one side and something rather direction' of my fatherni last win. . He
more satisfactory and acceptable on • asked that 1 should do so, and that part
the other. • 1 of the proceeds of my engagements in
: his plays I should keep and part I should
1..pay .•over to members of the family,'
• I as I am doing That le the reason 'Tile
I Lyons Mail,' 'Charles I.,"The Bells'
unWorthy serVant here to bless your 1
flocks, so that, according to an ancient
custom of our mountains, the animals 1
which help you to live should be ague -
elated in the religious rejoicings herald-
ing the advent of a new year. Let us '
therefore sing together a loud 'ho-
sanna in praise of the Lord, who is
ever so merciful and lenient to Us poor
TRADE MARK REGISTERED,
• • •
Mrs. Oayboy's Faith.
layboy—So Mrs. Neighbors called
you a 1001,01(1 she? • ,
Mrs. Gayboy—Not in so many
Words, but It amounted to the same
thing. She accused . me of believing
everything you say.
• • and other. dramas are in my season's
work, as my father wished,"
4. Winbet Term open g Jan 2nd
4. Here are some of the re- 4*
4. dent records made by the +
ELLIOTT
• TORONTO, ONT.
Out of the last 250 calls front bus-
iness limns we have filled VIPTEEN
of the positions We had no one else
ready to send. We have also had 82
calls for business college teathers.
101 ex -students of other business col -
loges or shorthand schools weee • en-
rolled here during the last two years,
Wo believe we Ave the best C011etilere
cial school in Canada. We,blieroughly
eatisfy out students.Write to -day for
catalOgue.
4+ W. J., Elliott, .Principal, 4+
4. Cor. Yonge and
4. Alexattder Streets, 4*
•
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Machine Makes Change.
In a ftew cash register recently
patented the amount of the purchase is
rung up by -the clerk, • the amount
given by the Customer placed In the
apparatus and, presto, the correct
thange is delivered. A detailed ex-
planation of the Mechanism of the ap-
paratus wOuld be impossible in a limit-
ed speed. There are numbers of levers
and rods, all of which operate with the
Intelligente of the human hands
eeksys. watonot now,.
That rare old gossip, Mr. Pepys, tells
OS in his diary how on Now Year's
day, 1661, he Was Offered the wnssall
WWI by a damsel roho sang for him
"very sweetly," it being often custom-
ary for the waseall lassies to sing rip-
propriate songs while the wassail was
being quaffed, The Waseall howls
Which the girls eerried were often pret-
tily adorned with ribbon!! and gar-
• lands.
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•
the Greek Cliriatintie.
New Yettr'S day takes the oleo of
Christmas in the Greek church so far
as the giving of preeents Is eoncerned. ;
The father of a faitilly usually gives
money to his wire and children on this
•
A Boston schoolboy was tall,
weak and sickly.
• His arms were soft and flabby.
He didn't have a strong muscle in his
entire body.
•
The physician who had attended
the family for thirty years prescribed
Scott's Emalaion.
NOW
•,110 •
To feel that boy's arm yott
would think he was apprenticed to a
blacksmith.
ALL DRUGGISTS; BOC, AND $1.00,
441.44409.4)...4o•e•olo.olopoe..40