HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1908-12-31, Page 6e • TIOatoaT, Domaine 31, 1906
MEADOW BROOK.
,l'..n'ruu.•S !roto ja{e S
would. I knew, obib/it me to mule, -
the fainting fit, of which I wee some-
what ashamed. and so I made no re-
ply. Dor was any aspected. I think.
fee without waiting- for m, aaewer.
Ada mid to Mice Marvin Mn Clain.
MM. of course. ler-nad her same.
vireo if she had to : or it oatrtsht."
ryes. ah• mail" logaines of the
elsrk, who wouldn't take tate trogble
of looking oa the book, but said he
believed it was Yield. or something
tike Shat,"- returned Near Marvin.
Aa 4 uncertainty were nos made
sure, da turned s• white that :n
some alarm her young friend. esker!
what they should do for ber, bat she
refused their over of 'aid saying, "it
was ode the heat of the moss and
she should moon fed better "
'And 1e N thr beat of the mom
which affects you. Yin.; leer" flaked
one o! the gait ob ?vtng for tbe fiat
time the extesene pallor of Anna's
face.
"Only a bed.. ..," wee her maw=
as• the peatsed her head 'upon beg
She was fe4rfn[Iy pale. , . ! I knew
it was no common thfbg wttlrh had
thug moved bar, and when not long
afterwards the young lade. left us.
I was glad kir I felt that butt: she
and Ada needed to be alone T.- u.
mint they trete gone Anna lett tin
parlor, whole I. tnghteued be the
agonised exprs•itioc u1 bar lam:, nen
tabooed her. but the door of our
mom was locked. and it ►•a ill non I
called on her to admit me. for she
only answered m • Too choked with
team, '4:- away. Rasa: I would rather
be alone "
Bo I . -'t Ices laud returned to the
parlor. • sre I found oda weepier
passn_pate:y, while uuey aunt. wbo had
not bee,. prompt during the ccn ve
e dior. s filch bad so affe.'ted her. wa*
trying in vain to lean. the cause of
her greet.
Bathing mark." was aU Ada monk
say, except that -g warned to mo
home "'
In the midst of our ezeltewent
Herbert calve in He bad repented of
his ungracious retial to ride wan
Ada. and Iwo the carnage etucd at
the door. but abs refused, +flying
petulantly. wt= urged by myy aunt
to go, that 'it, she ixuldn't rids wt,en
she wsnted to, she wouldn't ode at
. ono -
"Where's Anna? shell rt.. i know,"
said Herbert &mens around the
roam, and adding in a Lew tune, whist
reached my ear only, "and I'd far
rafter she mould."
When I ezllamad to him that .f
had a sod dSd not wish t
be disturbed. be exelaune-d,. -What
ails all the girls to -day Arrything no -
matter with you R Ale! if there i-n't,
put oo your bonnet and I'll atom you
the city, tor I am rew,tved upon nd:nr
with somebody"
As my aunt made nu objection. I
was moon ready mid seined by theof Herbert, in the light vehicle:rbi,-1,
be doom tunnel' I think b.- exerted
himself to be agreeable. for i 'never
slaw him appear so well before, and
in my heart I did not blame_JriY Poor
sinter for liking him. as I was sur -
the did, while at the same um.- 1
wondered how he could fang: oda
Yoitrate As if dieintng my thous.*e
be turned soddenly toward. tn. and
said. "linea, bow do you like Ada, -
Without stopping to rehire. i ne-
pbsd promptly. "!tot at all "
"!rankly spoken," said he and
thee for several minutes he *a.., ....-
lent.
:lent, while I was trying to deride it,
my Own mind whether Or not he MA,
offusded, and I was about to ark ion.
when be tamed to me again: -amidst
"We are engaged -mid you knon- its"
I replied that I had inferred t-
mneh from the conversation wt,:rl I
had heard between beg and Moo M.o.-
win.
., rgrin, aerate further. for lux u dorsi•
emboldened me, that I wee surpn--
ed, for I did not think ber or•h a mo-
m he would fancy."
"Neither is rhe," said he. again re-
lapsing into silence At last roueinr
tap, he continued, "I mtaet talk ".
somebody. and as yon stoma to b• a
sensible girl, I may air well mak" a
eh= breast, and tell you art about
It. Ada cams hp bene from t2corc n
lad spring. and the moment mvt1,-
taw her, she pidt«t her out 1or.her
tonne daughter-in-law. I don't knew
why it is, but mother has wanted rite
ib get merrier! ever eine. I began no
shame. I believe she think' it will
snake me steady ; bat I am steady
eboulth now. ter I haven't drank • n
drop in adman a year. I ,honed
thoorrh, it Ada Montrose wa m- wife
tot that's nothing to the point M -
cher saw her and liked her i saw her.
and liked her well enough at first, for
she is beautiful, you know, and sorry
man is more or leu altraste.d by that
They say. too. that she it wealthy.
end thoneh 1 would m wen marry n
ryievrex girl se a rich one. provided I ppn
-eked her. 1 abaTl rtrW enc but h
Money had its influence with me. to
a ebrtata extent. And then: trey' it wars
fin, to get her away from the other
rung then who flocked amend her.
]ok. bees round a hone, jar lint. to
stake • loeie miry shoot. -we- sot en-
g'•gsd--Heaven only knew• how, but
entreeed we were. and then" Here
be palmed. Aa' it manor a painful
subject but soon resuming the thread
of his story. he nrrntinued , "And them
▪ . I writing ter, ,. for 1
wonld -nor L dishiirt4i;f Amen_ TV; you
plink site felt it>"
The question was so unexpected.
that I wee thrown quite off my 'mord,
and replied, "Of cuursr• she did: who
'wouldn't tee! mortified to have their
Leers unaaswrre.! t"•
'Twee wrong. 1 k •.ow," said he
onrht to Larva been man enough to
tell her how 1t was, awed 1 did begin
ringe than a doaen letters, but never
finished them Iso yon think Anna
likes me' now, or &laid like ins, if 1
wan not emitted. and file knew I'd
never get drunk again r"
Could be have seen her when first
she learned that hi, 1117.rttlons were
given to another, be *koala have herrn
sufficiently answered. but he aid not,
and it was not for me. 1 thought, to
enlighten him; so I replied evasively,
after which be coutruued,."As soon air
1 was engaged to Ada. she began to
exact 10 Mitch att'nti,tti from me.
acting so silly, and appearing so ri•
diealoua that 1 got sick .4 it. and now
my (fails. suety is how k. rid myself
el her; I,ut i believe i've rwnrripnr•ed
right. Can I make a confidant of you.
and feel *um you'll not betray me b
any ore, nnlees it is Anne
1 hardly knew how to answer. for
if i1 was anything wrong which he
meditated. 1 did not wish 4, be in
the secret. and in I told him; but it
undo no diferent's:, for he protveded
to say, "1 *hall never marry Ada
Montrone*, never; neither wOukf it
break her heart if i ah^nldn'tdor she's
mom than half tired of one now."
1 Nought of the dark ateunger, awl
keit that he was rioAt, but i maid nn•
thing. and he want one; "Bion Imes
1 tbrraght 1'd go tip to Meadow Brock,
ih11 Anna all about it. eek her to
THE sit:NA1.: t.d tttI klf`h• ONTARIO
eirrt me, and au . -.e Vie matter at
eon•, but then I dud not know he sb.' r
oi�t have grown up raw. a.•Isomer'
and dwirreable. se 1 rievt'.-j a pian
by which i n,uld fin•! out Moth •r
would burn her r.gt:t ha:•d 1f. 1 be-
lieve, to rave Inc from a •tris: Rar1
soave. and when 1 soh to wen- h.,
consent to any p*rtieular thing, all 1
hare u, do is to tk re•ten her with the
wine eerie. "
••c,l:, Herbert' how can your' 1 ex•
elalme.1. for 1 was inexpn' sibly
shocked
"11's a way I've got into," said he.
laughing at my rueful lien "And ,
when I suirreste•i- that 1rna should
✓ end the sinter here' 1 hinted to the
old lady that if ,!.. didr.'t consent.
1'd go off alt,. a party of ening corn
on a hunting excursion Ii1 nurse she
maddest at ..nee, f r .h. well knew
that if 1 joined my former boon even•
pauwrie, 1 should fah:
.'And so se are ,r.•lebte.d to you for
ur p.oter ;n. hu•t• n," oaa't 1. 1 --
raining W -ire thing- .:l a ries lisl:t
"1t t,y n.. not w h•.L'y " h.• answer-
.-•f "an other colme it. -,1 much easier
than I supe ool .'.r mild The fact
she'- c ,at.resl-""tt," once lair war
,t Me:adu* limns: 'h joined th-
1:ptnVype: t'1.0 rt ,,,,..l t�•.uei1 that c,
;nc r-t:ni,:t'';, do'l'e an,var.5 wo mug":
.1 sWr-..- 4,- i 1-=...1 • i -otter, for .t
w.u:d,, 1 ar:-.. . 10 a prot..=or ..
. ,.t , unto no-
t - tL•- •laue6'-' '? a '!ear• •. i 1'.•
• r:,'r.-r 1 :.1-. r: r , ve tt::
• b It ,t did neo
. 1. 1. he pr.. +-at.d -a. "It's
true. ,,reel •.t, _ • a.u.-
.... w!.• ,•re - •.r ',hat •firy•
!.:- a.:. 1 that' ti Siert: ..erre
•_•-r rash tr:eir ls:.L Into the1►
..f.•. ...hal- . l'4..- .paean
even.:.: and .rapt. -t: s,t
• •. :d• of •1�' fear- anti _ma.
• Lk" fan ct ii.rt. (Moron and
w ii.l..vl. aro i \e. .. r ,:-
:.,•r.: era • , ,:,,on, aria
•lea. - •1 • 'r .l • ., ,,.0 K
1 an. .;,•r• s -r -1- .,:. 1
...onto „ . +-1 t -}- .'-..�'. -ire• w nonnor
at• ihvii=t an•j f:•1•• '1 •. i':--u,t at
i w un.a-'-i.t , t1 a M. •i.1 avid nal
in my hsartns. thousn sbe was on -
aware of m►' proximity. that, "how-
ever mgch Herbert might flirt with
Anna. he had been ton well brought
up too think of marrying ope so fa•
beneath h1n: "
he doer think of it -I most
know he. draw," persisted Ada, begin
nines to er-y. "an•I 1 wish you'd mend i
her horn oft'. you'"
T 114 r ot- len' mt- ri ' eytty bm
with Ada. me own O. -art
"send her•beme." fr.- much sr I liked
Hart- "t. 1 st:rark from the though'
of a•mmlti:ns my gentle ',ster'+ hap
pine-: t. his k.''u:ng, and secretly 1
tr 1,•-J u1"•r, wnttnf to ray father
and s•'•lurticun: torn M,tt. the whole,
h•:t ala- • I defer. -'l :' from day to
•!•iy. :enU1 it M's. ta'o !rte.
_ - - tarmtegi.d with the throng are tasrry
She
I tigtt en New Test's eta " � not d.•sptes. 1s t0 begin the New Yedr
You court m�osune by leasing the owing Ir• man a seat-PWadalpils 1 w
When Hippy Meow the any
If yea kiln — es baggy
bane oo New ear before some one Prows
bas entered 1t Yoe taast hepe for the
ear o}'1 luck. moreover, of having the fleet to
•enter a dark haired nun
Seeting to know wbat good K eTe
the Koboeare I the New Year would bring. superstitious
people to the keg ago gut themselves
with swirls sad sat oa the'toot of
In the Grams el Nedern Miracles. fibre?. scute• 0o New Year's eve- They
kanelt •t the crossroads fon a cow-
• bide) for the Mme perpoee, The first
T OK'HERE In New York city at thing brought. one mlgbt think. would
J1J ant" be Dnanmooba
1 , tbbeereeaa bailer New
of burry- It is tiA loek�fo orgy amain( ret
Mg humanity than at the Mon of the house on the New Year before
thin of Park row and the Bowery. la. something bas been brought 11t
Tu HK c.,�715
**Cut It Out
1 es
IA New Vsar'• poem)
T , E old year's shades were quite
pulled down
W nen through each vitt-"e. city,
town.
Then passed a am:de/ice man with eon.
Whose legend filled a single Iona:
"Gut it rut!"
'Be mere specific:" said the nue
Who plainly rushed too much tide can.
Toe undwich men neer turned aside;
Ont. the legend writ replied:
"Cut it out!"
of r-.. . b 1
,,.-1 i... 1. ... r . r1 Ir, , , u_y
-,t. \I. •Lerma , .i. ..t,• ....La::
tr ,t. --....•o..•1 1,. i,- r. :.tri -:r
..t,.. h:a•.."♦r: :.••wf, a„r,l pt,.•. u!
ar,t.ng t•. tint -'.e '',n- "..1. 1.,
'ser .« lr,..1' A .• :1 r. tr .bl- -.1
u :.c -'tc w ,11-.� tri r a•- ",t '
•-a-ant for herr. ...et- pr..tn,-:1.1r that
shvr.3_ a_.i� tut a_
.1.;..! -� • --•--- , And got this answer
�c T
0
1
n r ,r "Cut it rut!"
er,.j r• .n, t 1 rise.• 1. r :i,
1't•2 T _,r tie`s-o'.•-':e;•.
1 ar:. -r •rt. -f wa• 1 .•1''
.. -1 '.• .. ..r
♦ 1.-1 I• 1 ,i.... ' • 1:y
in so doing. ft,, r.• t,....-r.::aa,g her
affected crr,tr:.--• i• 1. -y •.• that
1 an: not ind.ffe - t, Ler "�
It war in r. i, •„ argue' that
ea,f.,;:g t : ,'. er.•:,r, for
t t 1ta r ,t 1 - sae
'. ,1 t ..ori ' ,,, l-
r: ! tn. r--0.1..• .vT.n - and
•.'-: .f h" ! -1 e . lar rather
. -t cI.-rh:'•_.L-i io --aII h'.' : skirt -�
• ler for :I•a' ?be .-, so
It „ms -
1 1, ,.nos t, at.l a'•••••not.
1 e...1,*m-
h.•r.• 1 ..;end
1 .: c u1 '" f'n w ' her
l r ".i .1 h , 1 knew
-•ter .no ':T a rt*hon h -h vrold
:,n••,.er n,••. r ••. 1 tool the: r re-
.! h• :,a•,. ?t.• .. :r,g no her
1:i -lie •urn'»1 r M a 1- me a thee
F 0- i•' -' 1' earl. mo.
.ht.c t" •. i:••'.• n,,,: t: -:n her "Sit
• 1'' r; ti i too:
rt',, '.,:k L,
1,, ,,. t 'o• air bo.:k „
, .. r : Ito '" '' '. I l:-• net .:tile
• 1 •r ,. ' air •, . tens! „erre
.
'1 •'--rt I:nr.r' i"°1 -he had 1tnig-
! • ,r•r tt love when she
• .ct,:l .: 1-..1
.fern .he ,a•• t is •1111•: in hi- own
'.'. it t1.1'1 :•r:c: ^rel upon her with
r•- former -trwr,:'':. :1''t, there
to her Om •'a . nr new- that
an encsr,-1 -,not) er "1 -an-
• • -gay her,,.,' :.••I ie '•l Am go-
home' i hat=e antt-n to mother--
-.. ' am! -he moo! r.. 1:..,,., •'high
nrx n tit.• ) :.• t i .'.: h she
• n..• read It . a• :torr. ram-
thine. -a : l.at 1. • •l.nuld
l..r if -he -turd 1, r••.•- u• 1t•. -t .•n, and
•' nt -he wa= noir - t : , so Msadr,w
nook "
!'1•t,'i ear.'t -er:•f tl;; 11':,:1." said
.:vl.t...i .r, 4.e. i
• t . r , t,G"c
1 -i• else -are tom to --rig at ,ntn the
•^:.t,• wt,err a hric!rt eonl fir- was
1t rr,ira
V !r•i d n.' t t • ' • et -
•1 n• r, t..., a t,n r vers but
t rrmsrk ! 'I tan ant. anntl,er
• r• Nitt.,mt vnt,nr
\ ye : Ind,Yd tone 11 rbert Ao
i .ai'I
"IB."to , than mer life- ono why
o",l•in't�J " she reph.'d_ "He is all
s',A ie noble and 1".')."
"'n v ` :r. prat.•• 11 Ile n 'irunk-
er are' I qui 'v, ung er ,trairly
n the tar., w ole hr anrwore4
"ntr'
".end what thorn= Would that be
'.:utter O. endure than a life witho'it
hen,:"
...I_ know Ont--wlt.tare► 1Jw-.rytrit rf •
prophecy was' open nem or whether I
(-It a din, foreeh:e,low1l.g of my sis-
ter', wret''h..l fu'nre. tint ir.,rrr •ome
,'.r=n-e Or other. 1 poor' .l•.kf ••• picture
to her tit. -e•orr,.w.-,d a- rirnnkard'r
home. mai the seder
inttii:.ar'l', wile. wtide !, • Ii -tenni
1 i t t-rmg: i : 'ay t,ng Olen i had fin -
h• "t:'rl 'av'• um from Xie), a
h',.
it t.' wa• the sound o1 foot -tip- it
the. hall. anti Hi•rle'r+'• vo, MAX
i.eurd at the d.".r. asking for admit -
unto He had often vi -,ted 11- ,n onto
moot. and now, ortl,out rv,nsultine
\news• 1111shr1, 1 baa.• hitu enter, go-
ing out myself and leaving there
. 191i,•. What pawed le•tw".•,i them,i
never knew. but the supper table
,sited lung for Herbert, and won
Or.rdly removed, rn} a,rnt t:unkir..' he
brei guar out, "to 'we..14a, twrh,ttnr,"
he
,aid. and then she inked me how
I liked her, telling her she was to be
Il. rbert'r wife, ane that . who holm,!
ti,"t• wnuhl
to n.arri.-•I esti:: in the
1 Whale her no direct reply. for b
felt 1 was newly a double nay. •
treble part in Iwong thus eunfidwl in
1.. three, but 1 could not w.II help ft,
mid 1 hoped, by b,'trayine neither
party, to atone in a measure for any
deceit 1 rnirht be practising After
that night there we. a great change
,n trine. who bream.. so lively and
rh.erfil that nearly n11 observed it,
while Herh'rt., att"ntions to her,
both at home and nbrnad, were eo
marked as to arouse the• jealousy of
Ada. who,, while she effectoed to morn
tis. idea of being supplanted by "that
awkward lar girl," as she relied her,
roul'I not wholly minimal her anxiety
lest "Ne tae girl" should, after all,
win fmm her her betrothed husband.
Something n1 this she told my aunt,
who, knowing nothing of the tome
state of *Rairs, and having the at -
meets rrrtftdencs in her son's boson,
language a1 h«r tiara, tlsiiiair her awes
"Pleas* state ex-
actly what you'd
say!"
Desired the man
who smoked all
day.
But all the an•
swer that he
got
Was this laconic,
center shot:
"Cut It oetl"
The man whose
feu so haggard
white
Meset Aker play-
ing night and
night
Required to know
what thin$ was
meant
et�Wwt:
60 e^N"y one who looked •n
Frit his especial fault was hit. \
Their soul. with new regale,* did fill,
And all exclaimed atoud: "Ws will
Cut it out!"
3o all braced up end for three days
Frequented narrow, proper ways
And followed fully up the plan
Suggested by the sandwich man:
aCiY d out!"
But are the sandwich 'roan did trace
A four days' journey from the plane
All things wen as they wen before
And no one ever hinted mere:
"Cut it out!"
-New Orleans 11.ses•D•necrat.
AZTECS' HORRIBLE HOLIDAY.
They Celebrated the New Year With
Human Sacrifice&
' The bloody and complicated ritual of
the Aztecs commemorated the return of
\their masterful war god, the son. from
the south. and the ceremonies carried
on 1n his honor occupied a period of
, several days. The initiatory rites be-
gan before dayligbt of the first morn-
ing, when the chief priest and his sub-
dignitaries
ubdignitaries wooded their-araj--Ja ..ot-
emn procesion to the top of their
greatest pyramidal sanctuary. Here
the high priest retire& alone to a small
temple, whose doorway opened toward
the east, and as the rising stM crimson-
ed and purpled the serrated moantatna
be knelt and +sprinkledthIckly upon
the Marble floor the sacred meal.
As the first rays of tbe newborn sir
strike elantfngty across the floor of the
tiny temple the bended priest beholds
• miracle Faintly at first, then strong-
er and stronger, grows an imprint in
tbe meal of the naked foot of their war
god Upon this miraculotte m•ntfesta-
tion the high priest announces to the
auisembled couriers that titer god has
returned to them and that the grand
festal occasion is inaugurated
, Unhappily the first feast rites were
of a grewsome and bort-the nature,
consisting mainly In sacrificing youths
to the gods. It is said that they were
feasted for days previous to the cere-
mony
ernmony that they might be to • wbote-
some andj12iiTg condition upon their
last and the war god's first great day.
In other ceremonies human beings
were killed and flayed, and the partici-
pants in the sacrifice enveloped them-
selves in the bloody skins of the vb.-
ums, while they took part to a wed
and an-anny dance.
Wblle tbe observance of the new
year among the Aztecs seemingly pre-
dominated In bloody Wee, they were
iikannea st.rt to, the enigma an..
der of the priest,', and the great mass
of the people, with no taint of blood on
their hands, might be bappy and revel
an the feast of 11e new year, -New
York Herald. '
13'x~
•ac
`
Panhandlers, as happy as the richest
for New Year's eve is their barvest
Unto.
Few of the panhandlers wbo fre-
quent the downtown dietriets are
plying tlxir vocation as old Trinity
tolls out the midnight boor In the
„chimes. The belated Ones are hurry-
ing to a dive at Chatham square. there
to meet brother mendicants and joy-
ful -IS celebrate with the money beg-
ged !rem New Year shopper,.
Here nue may witness ntgbtly trans
formatloas more wonderful than to
the famous "Court of Miracles" in old
Parts which Victor Hugo describes in
"Notre Lame." The blend see, the
dumb talk tbe hunchback lopes all
traces of his deformity, the deaf bear.
missing limbs are grown in a twin-
kliog, and the lame dUraat - their
crutches and dance in glee.
Of all the nights In the year the
gladdest In this dive in the Bowery Is
New Yeses ere. Not until long after
the late dawn does the drunken rev-
elry cease. and then only when the
merryyn:.. . s have spent all of their
lU gotten . gallut and am eca'cu•acioss
to their surroundings.
The grotto of modern miracles L is
the rear of a saloon, a room iu by 21
feet_ Aruund are scattered utiles and
ybaim of the cheapest kind. Thick
/fumes of smoke from bad pipe tobac-
co. the cheapest cigars made and nem
seating cigarettes permeate the ate
awapbere.
The stranger can hardly breathe.
Through the sickening atmosphere cam
be detested the odor of rile beer and
Mill worse whisky that bere L r d
fur 5 cents a goblet.
From behind the partition a 1 re
tender. with half a nose nitd bis' a
small portion of his right tsar to •a11
the tale of his battles, dispenses .I4 -
aur through an opening to a hurt ing
waiter.
At the tables sit the motley group
of hoboes, panhandlers and jailbirds.
Fortunate beggars who bare had a
pperots day are spending meal
fres small change fur tbe most part
Whisky and beer floe as tbey have
never flowed before In tbe year.
I' -early alt the mendicants have ars
'rued. The last two, known as "Peden
Irian Patrick" and "Silent James." am
greeted with an uproar.
Hanging from the neck of Mk=
James Is the sign that reads:
DEAF AND DCIFR•
The sign be case aside, and, with a
yell. be dances and laughs and teat
upon all present to drink at bit ear
pence. Above bis bead be waves a'
Ore dollar bUL
"Great goat!" he cries. "I tolek
er bloke fer de long green dead easy!'
Pedestrian Patrick discards a pair
of weU worn crutches and stands ttiD
straight on what before appeared to Io.
"i told bra otobs Amt
we'd pray fer 'Icorr" be yells.
At this point Blind Phil tbrows down
his sign and peen intently at tbe Ave
dollar bill to make sure 1t is genuine.
"I didn't nuke that much all day,"
be says ruefu:ly.
Asleep near by, with -bit head bowed
ob
tbe table, is Bill, the humpback.
No one ever bast a more pronounced
deformity of 11e spine.
"Bill." crier Blind Phil -"Mit look
at de long green Pedestrton end Si-
lent copped: Bur - And then is Dill
dors not awoke icor the shunt!. r of
five emit whisky the "Llind lied ar
hits the herr.,,, and. Inft g• -e-• with tete
anti= of his hind• ending down from
the ''boulders to the middle of the
back.
BMawake. :'h a yawn and slowly
adjusts km stool: in trade to its proper
meeting piece between Ma shoulders
while giving hirio..:%tee to the waiter.
As the waiter • -,'= out the drinks the
boboeepaaaaroma! the bill. Tbs bund
examine it closely, the lam. dance
with it In their hands, and the armless
feel of the paper with tbe air of one
who la used to 1L The hill is passed
around the merry - crowd and greeted
with euthanasia verde takes by Green
Goods lire.
"It's a fake," be cries -"a bad imita-
tion,^' And tbe drinks are on Pedes-
trian
edestrian Patrick and Silent Jaynes, for it
1s a counterfeit. -New York World.
The Jewish New Year.
In Striking opposition to the spirit of
joy and happiness which pervades
Cbrtstendom generally Is the New
Year of the Jews. With the Jews,
who also observe the New Year for
two days, the days are not days of
feasting and enjoyment, but days of
judgment. According to the belief d
every orthodox Jew, every member of
the Jewish race is tried on the New
Year. The brooks kept in heaven km
opened on teat day. The record of each
tnan for tbe year just ending 1. looked
through and taken ander advlsemest
for ten days. On the tenth day, the
day of atonement, the fate of met
man for the coming year is drawn ap,
whether he sboald live or die, premier
or be poor. On the day of atonement
the fate Is sealed and nothing can
ebange it any more.--Cbteago Tribeaa.
Their New Year's Whites.
Weary Woggles -if I intensity back
at me old borne, wbat a ironed I'd
bee dna New Years day! Oh, for de
wings a. a dove!
Reagry Hasa -Ob, far de "tags tie
a turkey, wed mots plum media' tier
eons
Repeat it :-"shiloh's Cure will al-
ways Dire my neighs and coke."
141,
011
How Time Travels.
When At. Paul's strikes 000n 02
Jan. 1, 1908, the new year will come
into being somewhere In tbe Paetfic
ocean. on a line followtng longitude
190 east, whirl) is ezaatly oppoalte
Greenwich meridian on the other aide
of the globe. Geographers draw the
line to Avoid passing through any of
the Pacific 'Rhode, for If it did tear
time+ And days of the inhabitants
would be hopelessly muddled. Vanua,
one of the FIJI 'elands, for Instance.
would be otherwise Melded by the
line where the days and yeses begin
and end, so that while It would be
Jan. 1 oh the western side It would
be Dee. 31 a few aces away on the
east of the line- One could thus walk
into yesterday and a moment lam re -
tarn tomorrow!
How the new year travels is earl -
wooly Illnntfated by les passage acmes
Gresit Britain. It reaches Greenwich.
an the time center, at midnight, exact-
ly twelve lours after it maned. Sev-
enteen minutes later it gets to Glas-
gow, and another six mlootes pass be-
fore the new year has captured Pen-
itence. These are the true times for
these plane, though Greenwich time
Is tie one accepted. But ireiaod is
proud In possession of ber own chro-
nology, and It will be 1225 at nlgbt
in London before 1000 reaches Deb-
Iia-Lgndon Cbroslc*.
New Veer Meseetklens.
it Is eoesldered a sure sign of death
to me ones owe abadew la the main
But tbe' best lock of alt. which IMO
those most scornful of portend may
New Yeses 'rreearetbte.
Amon! ootlee Met •oakly wets W
roger to the glass eery tine be takes
e fresh drink
nine:oTrs: be wines to keep 1R
• , e-latenr4 so be was tura weer that
nes. telt nn the
A bank employee says a 610 bill
last,, ten or twelve years. He must
{ be hiring with his wifm • folks.
A women's idea of economy Is to
Miry Ave cents' worth of snythint on
two aeparste occasions inatrad of
Mowing in s dime all at once -Chi-
eago News,
isle
year eyes M sore orae d two mall -
Ma
tiow e=LW-sl'ber tb e r danger from
lbs kedp! Ot tie s7Wd r taMmad.
Tb. 6* weds w fllaflweb of a
doctor, Tea cam tela the escond for
roonelt b eueslegg below a
sad gentler tmtstag back tate lower
Iii &bog a It look starlet ire be roe:
end with day granolas then be sore
tbat r oee those at haat of the pee -
nese. Tboagh 11 r better to consult
en e, 'telae at 0e0o, antll yes 6o you
nth Wine the eyes Neth i weak moie-
ties of bes}ete eeM and water to whieb
Mve been added a new drops d cam-
phor. Hot compresses will also give
Meet. and tis potnees may be gently
massaged
ADVERTISEMHNr.
"Local Option
is a failure in
Owen Sound"
Local Option
Local Option
In its issue of November 22, 1907, " The Pioneer,'
which is the leading Prohibition organ of Ontario,
rests the whole case for Local Option upon these words:
"Owen Sound is the largest town under Local Option
in Ontario. If Local Option leads to business depres-
sion, to increased drinking, to increased law violation,
as the liquor interests declare it will, those results
would have been felt in Owen Sound." In other
words—if Local Option is a success anywhere. if
ever had a fair test, it is in Owen Sound. Here is the TRUTH about what
has actually done for Owen Sound
It Has Hurt Trade
Local Option ha. NOT
lessened drunkenness,
has NOT improved busi••
nets nor the financial
position of the people
generally. Neither has
it improted the moral
tone of the citizens as a
whole, but, on the con-
trary, Local Option HAS
INJURED LOCAL'
TRADE and loweredtbe
moral a •ell -tieing of very
many.
Matthew Kennedy.
Mayor a Owen Sand.
ft Has Multiplied
Failures
In Owen Sound there
'lave been more failurent
n the to months under
t-ocal Option than there
were in seven years\\ppre- -
•: ious to Local Option.
Property has depreciated
•n value from 20 to
per cent. illegal selling,
3f liquor is now carried
an in over too places itt
town. Under the license
system boys would not
'ouch liquor, — u nd a i -
Local Option they are
Sow tarring bottles.
J. P. haven.
Banker.
h Has Created
Local Op�uakards tion has been
detrimentah ''to -the -»
terests of Owen Sound,
commercially and mor-
ally. It has been the
means of young nt'en
drinking whisky whin
used to be satisfied with
a glass of lager beer.
i am of the firm opinion
that a strictly enforced
license system is far
better in controlling the
liquor trade.
Samuel Uoyd
of Uoyd & Scully.
Wbotasale Dealers in Farm
Prodsce.
•
"Wet the undersigned, citizens of the town of Owen Sud, beg to
state that Local Option has not resulted in the lessening of drunk.
enness or the use of intoxicating liquors sista k cams into force in
this town. We believe that, as compared with the working
of the Ontario Liquor License Act, Local Option is a failure.
Despite the diligent efforts of a most capable Government License
Liquor Inspector, drunkenness is unquestionably far more prevalent
amongst young mien and boys, and far more open, especially ea
Sundays, than under the Ontario Liquor License /Act.."�"
QQ��
r"•SwRr\\
THE WKKFREZTkxsatictt!.4, 5 erg -c•
ne Wit flier. -ear Seri :aa C
O✓ �' 1�_
TAYLOR* OLE CO. WET=
;t
ill[ �IERifL/CEyfJt? COHN" Leered
wxtrv..0 IMOD t � �Ki-.ra,u
It Has Banished
Prosperity
The Division Court
returns show that the
citizens of Owen Sound
have been less pros-
perous under Lora+
Option because of ham-
pered trade, and conse-
quently less able to pay,
their debts. In coos,
the year before Local
Option went into force,
584 suits were entered
for trial. in 1906, there
were !Nr -suits entered.
And in tgo7, up to only
November 26, there were
778 suits arising from
debts. Certified by
Tucker 8 Potteries*,
Barrister.
RAN riOa L:x xrz D
wee" new.
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ry �"
7-rs' ?')
No. of Faapioeses
I/o,t oinnu
Ilene -
�•f
/G
•
It
Creates
Discord
turn) a BOULLY.
_ own SOUND
4 C
/"rr m4, •e
Tet*DOUGAL LEMON,
eslcrs in fruit a d Produce
OWEN
1
Tilt OdtaE-WIT )I Mot
CO, Uaiwd:
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John
•
& Sons Cowpony,
its
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or bQLlew I. 1. iier' a
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"1 consider Local Option detrimental to the best interests of kbe town f • . a MIAMI*
point of view, as it has created discord and set up one portion of the town agar •, the other.
From a moral or temperance standpoiot, 1 coosider it the worst blow the t mperaate
cause ever had in the town. 1 believe it will take a great many year • ore the
sympathy of the people as a whole can again be secured throughtemperance mate'
menta, such a, we had before Local Option teas carried.
it has created sore drinking among young men than there ever was in the town under a good license
The arguments advanced when Local Option was advocated that the working classes would have
money to Spend in foodttu8i have been proven to be absolutely wrong. as it has Got bees the case at all.
J. R. BROWN, Secre•ary Board of Trade, Owen Sound -
Here are represented the important industries of Owen Sound—concerns employing. nearly
1,500 men—the Mayor, a prominent banker, a leading firth of barristers, well-known men in
the fruit ani produce trades --the business backbone of the community. They KNOW that
Local Option is a FA! LURE. They KNOW it increases drunkenness, increases debt.
demoralizes the young. promotes lawlessness, retards progress. in the face of their positive
statements, can )'ou believe Local Option would work any differently where YOU live?
If YOU vote for local option
you help debauch YOUR town
Ow
Matt
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