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THZ IROIAL
GODZ1isI0$ OIiT.
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AN IDOL FABLE.
By H. F. GADSBY.
Ottawa. March 24. -Thr great god
Tar Iff tilled the sanctuary with !da
presence. lie was, as 1 reweutwr.
solid gold- -a taken golden god of
overwhelming stature. 1.1't we de-
scribe him as well as 1 eau.
Ills fare .as a strange blending of
jest and earnest -a smile flat soule•-
Iww or other had merged In a threat.
They told me that this strange ex -
preadult lad grow" ou him within the
last fbrty years- the smile (wing a
relic of the `happy days of long ago
so hen he was the protector of helpless
lafatils, while the threat was the curdle
of Itis later years whew be devoured
men alive.
This tuiugieti aspect of benevolence
and ferocity jr.,'.-to be seen in his
south, which turned up at one corner
and down at the other --a caress and a
leer. On the while. It was a caul
mouth -11w lips thick and Itoaw•, the
eyeteeth alarp to bite, anti the under-
shot jaw firm to hung ou. 11 was a
large mouth. moreover. which bespoke
a prodigious appetite, and it was auto -
tended by a double chin frilling law
snort thick nevi- which gore with oier-
fedbug and apoplexy.
The eyes. blazing under their peut-
hoUse tir,w's. were two 41i11Ino1da,
thirty -flee carat ; and thew., with
anwllwr smaller dlauonl of seven
carats, winch did duly as a wart on
the extreme eel of a fat moue. brought
the [now value of the idol up to forty-
two per (snit. The s'vetowarut dia-
mond. I Was told, was a late addition
and was tot really u11 **scuba' part
of the idol, haying been part there only
fire years ago to strike terror into the
Hans. It las mis•arriei• however,
and had only succeeded in striking
terror into the god's uwu worshippers,
who w011111 now remove It and divide
the pi -tweeds among the sufferers from
the god's extortions. Indeed, the
small diamond already showed mark's
at chipping, anti it was only a matte'
of days when it would fall off. The
votaries of Tar Iff told me that this
would Ir a good thing. bemuse the
amall diamond, situated •aa it was,
interfered with the god's breathing
and gave him a bloated feeling.
They further informed ear that Tar
IR would tae able to see tetter when
the small diawuud sial removed. Just
now, It had a tendency to make him
cross -ryes$. which was too bad, because.
NO they said, his eyes originally had a
benigrult expression. Time and the
credulity of humsO culture hat altered
their gaze. opening one eye and par
tislly shutting the other, whlelt gave
the deity a most evil and distressing
wink. 1101 at all in tune will his nathe
gowitiess of heart.
AI10111er amazing feature of Tar IA
was Ids hands-- lung. strong. grasping
hands 4111 long. ,I ling, 04 er-reachltg
arms. One 41t these Ilatda was labelled
Specific anal the other Ad a'aloren.
The tails were sharp meal curvlug, the
{alma cupped to clutch greedy twits
lugs.
"Tar Iff,- said our of the attendant
priests whom 1 11114 buttonholed. "tau
grab four tires as winch as auy other
goal in the business. That is why his
hands are big and 1o11owed. We
would be gnat fouls 10 exchange Tar
Iff 'Stir Internet .\x or Karp Runts, 41r
half -a -dozen utter little deities 1 could
1111111•. tient is Tar iff. The nest are
as nothing beside hiw. Tar IR alkali
rule 111111 tit others minister to him."
"Alin where." I asked, "Is Erect
1st." uu•otiouiilg a small wafer 1w1wr-
111n1'N used in the worship of Tar M.
••(►h, that," o1111 118y guide, with a
shrug. "that 1s a blasphemy against
Tar Iff. Hr spits i1 out. What we
(sol him now is 1ulportew Wargo. It
does not make hint sick at'the stomach,
and is more in keeling without
es41feric .1.'v-iue. We do our hest to
keep the Minh wire. WI," hw added
with a wittily. "w'1' hate our troubles."
"You will obs•rrc.- he went on. "u
little bun -i1 of spinach on Tar itis
0111. I ►hylullsly 11.14 giue1 0". 11 111
lot au integral tart of the celestial
i1,tul(Iluae. .ts you yourself w7a1141
sty, it does not belong. It can ie
pulled off. pelt tack, liwreassl or dim-
inished. as sir diose. That little
bunch of spinach is" Brhtishpre Far
tens. a flimsy W,I.1 elf ornament,
nlustiy gauze mud paper, which we
have *1141451 t. cake Tar IR look
Kettle' to the low brows. We priests
of Tar IIT do not louses in it our-
selves. We think the god looks snore
Imp. ,sing with a clean slut re.-
-More bare -(aced certainly. I should
think whiskers would be a merciful
disguise." Edit he chose to overlook
my ribaldry.
"Taw gr." itlg scepticism of the fgt.,"
said my guide sadly. "has dealt sums•
Its rd blows 111 Ta r Iff. For instance,
tight years ago Inc got this." Ile
pointed to a big Hist in the tumid,
golden belly of the gIM1. "lea," he
eontiuu1'11 sadly. "Iwre ran ltecipro
('Pty's dagger not through -it did not.
as you will see, puncture the skin --
1111t quite innohgh 141 hurt.-
-St l
urt."••W, • tlnw after 11r werlligerol
stroke," he Ionlluuel nlourtduily, "Tar
IR broke out all mer in red *10114
w hich are known hi The Sebetule" -
our hole bMI1,k-11. Fre•k .1.1111' and
Prows Ileal, dneole slgml that unr
,em•ra1 sl dote' had 10144t 41)111am11111ttd
by F'reel Italie, nn l lwr goal of ro 11
I4,14.11•y „Iagll we prk•sh1 u( Tar 111
:are swuro to 114'41145y 1 tell yew," he
went loll. his eye la fine frenzy roiling.
--"if Itt'.111ro I'Ity reneger its nnt-
ragt.,us assault, Tar iR w111 suffer
intestinal cumpl1cut 141104 W111411 .4111
prevent hien digesting the National
I,I
"Tor ift. thea." 1 quitted. "is the
god of lure. the god who -tem -Ms, 111114*
chitdlro to caulk, 1110 god silo up -
1.111414: while F'rceb Italie is the hard-
hearted god who lets pM.,plc renal for
lheneradves. the gout who near. down -
in au word. the Devil. In, 1 get you
right?"
"You do," be said, awl turning on his
heel wade Ids way to the high altar
ghee he presently db54'p1M•nr451 pug
Ong a huge dol of gold, wllicll he 11114r
extrouted from Tar LB's cap"•'
interior by 11s• simple prorc'' ..f 01,41
1111: the 1111.•k door of Ih,• 'lu-iue and
letting the precious stuff limbi' out.
�8-
MyLimbs
Would Twitch
We'll 'Make It out of him."
Whets MMA Arg had mimed down
eosugh for reasonable speech t asked
!situ why Tar IR shiniest tio touch to
the East. 'l'Iw eyes ',mauled that
way, the mouth was twisted that way
111141 now. as 11 seemed to tau', the whole
body of tlw god lunched to starl'ard
like a drunken sailor.
• II's very simple." amid Mah 0'(�
-Tar Iff. us you will utserve, sheets of
two legs maimed East and West. The
Eastern leg Is shorter Weimar the god
throws his weight In that direction,
while the W'e'+teru leg 1s longer tweatow
it has been pulled adl often. if we
can't get it on an even fading, we'll
pull it down -that's all."
•
And Waken Me ---Unable to UM
or Sleep, I Walked the Floc!
in Nervous State - When
Specialiste Failed I Totlnd
a Cure.
This is the kind of cure that baa
met Windsor people thinking and talk-
ing about Dr. Chase's Nerve Food
Tn• action of this food sure 1. su
radically different to the usual treat-
ments fur the nerves that •verybodr
wants t0 try It. Uradually and cer-
tanay it nourlaher the starved nerves
bank to health and vigor and the bene-
fits obtalnea are both thorough and 'amebae or other the ,wordy of this
luting. 1 to117.t of Tar IB were too, ewe'(. s, 1
)Ars. M. Amlthson, t? Arthur street, '' '. .u11nk the coIgregaIion to 114141rWindsor, Ont., writes: "I was alter -
Ing from nervous breakdown. which 1 g
what they might tar. Just as 1 r011111
was caused by a shock when fire
broke out in the adjoining house. My
nerves were In such a tato that, after
going to bed I could not gat my nerve•
quieted down sufficiently to go to
sleep. - I used to get up and walk
around the room. or go downstairs.
Even when 1 would be dropping oft
to sleep my limbs would twltoh and
waken me. 1 used to haus cold. nerv-
ous, night sweats, sometimes would
beoom• unayascious and lie that way
for quite a tittle while. I was always
°old and It seemed Impossible for me
to get warm or keep warm. When
an the street I would re two er three
e bj•tea at once, and did not want aay
person to speak to in. or bother ma
any heti• noise Irritated and annoy
one vary much. I had consult
0•eislistu and tried many remedies
d uring this time, but could not gala
relict. At lot I tried Dr. Chaa•'i
Nerve rood, and before long could act
that til• treatment w.. proving of
benefit. I am now tooting so musk
batter that I own go out on (hc `creel
treet
without •ny dlfaoalty, oan go
Mae river end go about the same M
Usual. T sleep well at night and am
ling mon like myself every MAY,
am pleased to be able to writ• Toll
tell you how much good the Neave
°d haa don. me. It haa strange!.
Med and built 11p my whole system.
I am recommending It to everybody
I find suffering from nervousness : 51
Lay kind." •
Dt Chase's Nerve rood. 111 rents •
Milk a full tra•Am•nt of 1 bozos for
111.TI, at *11 dealers. or iillmanson,
ed, Toronto. Da
WA be talked Into accepptitlng a Nom'
lute. Imitations any dtsappOtne
LUCKNOW.
Word has been received of the death in
England of Pte. Henderson, second son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henderson.
A. E. Durnin has bought a well-
equipped farm near Clinton, but we
understand it is not the present intention
of the family to remove to the farm.
"Lite Lucknow Sentinel says that few
families have a better war recrd than
that of the family cf Jchn Loftus, of
Riversdale. Mr. Loftus has six sons, all
fine able-bodied fellows. and all six en-
listed for military service and went to
the front. Strange to say, not one of them
was ever reported among the casualties -
all cane through without a sctateh.
Mr. and Mra. William K Stewart on
March 17th celebrated eta sixtieth amu
versary of their wedding. Mr. Stewart
was horn at Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1214,
and Mrs. Stewart is a native of Inverness.
They were married at Woodstock, Ont.
They have ten children living. twenty-
six grandchildren. and two great and-
chldoccasion n n. On the a the
"diamond wedding" celebration they
were presented with an address from tett
session and board of managers of the
Lucklow Presbyterian church and also
received remembrances from memners d
their family.
The remains of Joseph A. holt, who
died at New York of pneumonia, were
brought to Lucknow and were interred in
Greenhill cemetery on Sunday. The wife
of deceased was formerly Miss Jean Mur-
ray of Lucknow, and besides his wife he
leaves two sons. loth in the U. S. army.
Mr. Wilt was a buyer for a large New
1'ork'busi ess house.
not help noticing that 11e priests of
Tar IB were pink mud sleek. cold -eyed
..nod soft -handled, high -fed and rtrhly
clothed. is., 1 could out help uotlrbng
that the congregation w-a.c pens 111141
111urI-bitten. callous-hMndtd. toil -driven
itnd fall of erre. Moreover, the con-
g,rcgnllon was not praying -it was
twittering. MP temple of Tar iff. i
ads•, „b.cr,t.l, fa/ trl }:o1Nt where (hc
1.1'1141+ look Ih4.i1' stal11111. and ale
pt•losls Were conljM'rn11iIv few w14111.
the t.ntgregatio1 wits a multitude.
With very Bole asking I found that
the congregation consisted 1114/411y 41f
ihP (.ruingro Wets, a Western trite of
pastoral pursuits, who cotupiafuel that
Tar IB took less even of their plough/:
the Yu.ffs, another neral tribe, who
were simbal-1y put upon: the Lata
Rites. an artisan 44/014, who grumbled
that 1hPir drink was weaken's' for the
grnt11iea11nu of 1411 ascetic set called
1 Id Ift : and the ('oust Niers. or oily'
dn,lh'rs, who said twat Tar IIT look
the very bead out of their months awl
the very coats off their lacks.
"Tar IB Ihi a hog," Maid one pale -
faced Comm Mer. "He not only
devours our offerings, but he charges
us a temple fee so that we pay twtt't'."
"Itnt we've gut hint allowing,"
chortled ■ brawny Lala, Inks. "Tar
IRM afraid. He tines full pages In the
newspapers lo bolster lilt gospel. The
('PP -Eau -Eh -or Sacred ('olleege-seek*
to divide n' by claim hatred.. PO that
Tar IR may prey1111...
"1'erlaps," said Metal i' rs, n 1111.1
little man. 'Tar IIs mey have pity.
The: fowls 41f oar 14111 -the thrashers.
hinders, tractors .rarely Tar IR will
not batten is, Item forever."
'•.a hsps thought'.- rnnlhlel Hit -liar
'Mon the merit*. "Nee ritual lope for
pity.''
"To-. that's It plfy," 'P' 1' 11p
Rwlnll 4'bsPl. "For 034', 1 worship
Free, Rade, loot I do not abandon Tar
IB knoll the other goal Is met np In his
plat,. Besides. 1 have fern getting
eighteen yenta a pound toeing hots."
-Pity!" exclaimed Fiel Ding. the
philosopher. "Yon may 111 well expert
blond from m 'tone am pity teem Tar
IQ. 1 speak with authority, because
1 knew the bowels of the machine."
Pity,' an*rltd Mah Arg, the head-
man of the Oraingro Wers "We don't
want Tar Mrs pity : We want Ju.tiee.
Leso w•heedllttg and more action. I'm
ask of this talk of partial patrols
we won't pray to Tar IS match Longer.
VETERAN TELLS OF .1 TERRIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
Before
He Found Relief in Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
Hereford. Que.. March 24 (Special). -
Mr. A. Peabody, the veteran p isttnastet
here. 1s one of the many old people who;
claim to have received a new lease of life
through the use of Dtxld's Kidney Pills.
Mr. Peabody is in his eighty-fourth
year, but wonderfully strong and active
for one of hat age. But he was not :always
thus. "Fox six years," he says. 111 telling
his story. "I stulerrl from ksln'y and
bladder Inalblr. I had tilt Or sharp,
streaky. lightning pains through my
muscles even to my linger tips
1
a
'In March, l.rlc, l was token with
shaking chill and deathly pains through
my abdoo a 1, groins and tie small of my
track. 1 was confined to my 1051 lot lhtrt
weeks, during which time 1 often had to
get up as often as twenty or thirty tines
a day. 1 tried many remedies. but got
little benefit till 1 tried 'kaki's Kidney
Pith. In three days 1 got rel.el. and
ihr'e boxes cleared all the pains tau oil
my system. 1 also rest much letter at
nights."
IF YOU BUY OUT OF TOWN AND I BUY OUT OF TOWN, WHAT WILL BECOME OF OUR TOWN?
The Dollar You Spend it; Goderich will "Come Home to Boost[}
1
The Signal `BUY=AT-HOM
ECampaign
Patronise the people
with them stays in circ
i
Read these articles with care. They may present something you hadn't
whose ads are here. They are your neighbors and will treat you right.
eulation in Goderich and neighborhood.
thought of before.
The money you spend
i
NEW \'DILE B1.OI'SES.-THE
very latest is being shawl fu V0114'
triune's slut 111. values are ex-
ceptional. Each waist has au In-
dividual touch w11k•h hakes it
different f anythhlg ever abown
before. livery waist is new and thy
uaterisia are of the finest. New
%timings are (Ming shown in Ilse
newest and last clerks. They are
oiler lu 'anuli etu1N to make them
distinctive. See the go'MM we are
showing Iwfore Feuding out of town.
-J. IL l'olborrte.
NEW LINI*t OF SPRING GOODS
arc low• arriving. (' • u1111 se cant
11,141114 11111511 of Spring 4'ups. We are
Is•r• 10 du blwltwlw and lila compete
with the mail order hot 8W'a or aq--
Iwaly els'.-('. G. New'
SPRING IS COMING.1YOII1 THE .
rush. Ilare your house *head now
for electric lighting and 1e tip -te-
state. We (tarnish every t !bug but
taw juke and the work will he duple
right. -Robert Tait, ‘y,•-1 st
nett I'ustutl'•'.
MILLINER\ -TRIMMED ANI) l'N•
trimmest 11111+. cbe'rer 111•w designs:
111rhu15 soil unser 10,Mlish shapes,
nod ample dressy sailors. Taw
SP/10011.P 114.41 millinery offerings in
point 1.1 quality and economy.
Nialt•rhals and worknsuship of pro -
1101111t111 stau11an1. You eat sou'
hoe ,yourself of their tu'rlla by
hooking them ove'r.-Parsoras Fair.
CENTRAL
STRATFORD. ONT.
Is recognised as one of the most
reliable Commercial Schools in
Canada. The instructors are ex-
perienced and the courses are
tlp-to-date. Grad nates are
;:a
inpositions and they meet
with seeress. Students may en-
ter at ins tiro*. Write at once
fear free cattltstte -
Y.V.
LAN, Principal.
1111 DWI LS CHEAPER TITAN COAL
oil. CO my figures for siring your
bolus with a (sa1104.1e unlet. NO
w.mcy retook..I until peas44441 by tit
11rdro lu 11. tor, 4lili t P11llres yon
a ell i'faetory job. -Cha'.. J. harper.
Effect of the .lrwistire on Hoarded
Money.
There is reason to think that hoarding
was practised a great deal more during
the war than is generally believed. With
peace a.sured, the boarded money is now
beginning to appear. and it is to be hoped
that quite a lot of it may go to buy war
savings stamps.
in the United States it is estimated
that $1,500.Mal.i1110 were hoarded by
foreigners during the war period. Banking
authorities say that since the signing 01
the armistice this hoarded money has
come out to a surprising extent and this
opinion is confirmed by the savings bank
deposits. In New York State this class of
deposits increased by 139.400.000 during
the period from December 28th, 1918, to
January 12th, 1919.
Undoubtedly the cessation of hostilities
has had a similar effect on boarded
money in Canada, for it is well known
that hundreds of people of foreign birth
drew mosey out of tne bank and either
carried it on their person or hid it. The
question is -how much of this money will
go into war savings stamps? The whole
country is vitally interested in seeing that
a larke portion of it is thus invested.
while it is to the interest of the person
holding such money td put it to this use.
Massey -Harris
Shop
-FOR-
BINDERS, MOWERS AND
CULTIVATORS.
DELCO-LIGHT PLANTS.
BUCKEYE INCi1BATORS.
GRAY AND Md.AUGHLiN
CARRiAGIE,S.
('.AS ENG! NES.
WIRE FENCE.
Oi,f) (HOMESTEAD
FERTILIZER.
Robert Wilson
Hamilton St. Goderich
1 HAVE A 1 ARGE ASSORTMENT
of Spring and Summer 1lillils•ry in
11w new shapes 111111 1/14':14: !11/111 a
oke line of .rally-lo-we'aars at $2.75
anti $3.25.- Mises Cameron, llaulillou
NI reel.
S.t1.1AWS 11.18 GI's IsN 1115
I'a1lMrrw 11 4P11're teat during the past
seek ..r se. '1'u lieml low long a face
It could take he had a disgrn11lle11
I:rit to "it fur his plc•ftarc• aid N, wee
Iu1w wide 11 could take he gut a Tory
elated with reentry 10 sit for bis
photo, and the Instrument *fowl the
I lest .
Ol' K MOTTO -
A spare deal to all.
Phone Ilii.
Robertson 1 Mair.
YOU ('AN GET BETTER SATISFAC-
lion null a lower prier on printing
in town than you don by rending to
the lily. If you 1141nlet thin let 111
hate it talk with yml. itet.idw•
wlu•n you have your printing dote
lu town, the printer's wages are
spent In town. -The Signal Printing
C... Limited-- - - -
('ALI. .1N1) SEE WHAT IOU ('AN
buy Quaker and Purity Package
(tuts for on Friday and Saturday. -
.1. Spahr. -
THE GREAT FUNDAMENTAL
factor In winning and keeping the
better trade at home is to handle
the test merelandila. IieU that
attract are of Quality, Exclusive-
ness and Refinement. -Miss M. R.
Mar\kar. -
IN THE SPRING WHEN YOU ARE
tt'uublet with that tired feeling take
WigIe'a iron Pills. One hnn11nsi iu
■ bottle for 3.w'.
MAKE OUR GARAGE YOUR GAR -
age. if your auto It .ick we can
dn'tor it quick. Full line -off seeew-
sories and tire!. lou 11111111. of course
you know we handle the Ford, the
universal ear. Ort in your order
for aprfllg.-P. J. Moamar'.
A WORD ABOUT BUYING GRO-
eenes out of town. Just get our
prlt'es first and your money will
May here to help build up our own
town. Think this over and buy at
home every time. -J. H. Pipe.
NEW SPRING FOOTWEAR ON UP -
to -the -minute /amts. W'e here them
in PIN 111 awl edorSI cotnbinn1lons,
110th on the 4'111ah nal 1nmis Mels.
Mer thee' new Myna at $harenan'a
Shoe Store.
JUST I'l('K 01'T ANY AK'Pi(i E IN
your catalogue. Men pre Ns. '1'e
sill not only tomdet.' In prima, Intl
1/1111 54414' you money 111 Ilard*are.
Stores. 'earl,, Boat Ruyplk'n, We.
Try lis awl PPS.- -Chalk C
A WORD TO HOUSEWIVES. JUST
.amply Inadpt on having your brood
orders come from h►ae hakerir..
Every loaf of Ant of -town breed you
eat }neat Marts our tows that notch.
Try our home-made products. -
W. Smith.
PICTURES ARE NOT ALWAYS TRUTHFUL
Some Mail Order Houses Find Them Very Useful in Their
Business -Can "Doctor" Photograph -Concerns Can
Give Wrong Impressions With Illustrations While
Sticking to Truth in Descriptions.
tCapy'right. )
"Figures never r, it has been claimed, but this is far
from the truth. The defaulter who has "doctored" his
books in such a way that he has escaped detection for years
knows that figures can be matte to lie. The shrewd poli-
tician, who knows how to juggle statistics, knows that they
can be made to tell a story that is far from the troth.
But there is another medium of expression which is &lett
supposed to 1* a stickler for truth, but which is a greater
prevaricator than figures. That is a picture. A picture of
any person or thing, supposedly-, is an exact reproduction
of the original, hut this is frequently only a wild suppo-
8itiou. The photographer who did not make his picture
tell a little fib maw and then would soon go out of business
from lack of patronage.
Pictures Better Than Words.
Pitures have come to ot•eupy a very ,important place
in the I e of the world in recent years. It has been said
that for 1 WMpaper purposes a pieture which tells its story
strikingly 1 worth more than columns of written words on
the dame snb'ect. Newspapers and magazines have realized
the truth of t 'a fact and as a result piet urea are. used pro-
fusely in illustr tinge the news and fiction of the day.
No one Inas heel quicker to realize the possibilities of
the picture when pt'uperly-or it might Ise said improperly -
used, than the mail\order man. Ile has realized that a
pietnre will (IA wore t sell his kind of snerchandille than a
enhaunt of words anal ft res. One reason for this is that it
is harder to estop a pietIi ge in a lie than it is printed'Mtords
and theorem. For installer, 'f y'ou sell a man a table on the
strength 111 a printed 4tatem t that it is -IA inehes wide and
if when the table reaehex the ►iatomer it is only 36 inches
wide, the customer not only h a Moral right to kick, but
he has a legal rig t to accuse the seller of obtaining money
und,'r false pre[ Imes. Ilowever, if the customer leaves 'a
table whit. in a picture to he •1{1 inches wide, but
which pro es up..m its arrival to be only 36 inehes wide, he
has no legal grounds upon which to bast, a complaint if the
seller has not told him in so many words t`,bat the table was
48 inches wide.
Stick to Truth in Figures.
Some uuseroptluue mail order houses have taken- ad-
vantage of this selling power of pictures in as very ingenious
way. -They adhere strietly to the truth in the actual meas-
urements given in their catalogues of the articles which
they have to sell. They inay employ deseription' w ich
exaggerate the qualities and appearances of the artie s
offered, but when it comes down to actual mea'uremen
the descriptions given are technically correct. Then these
coneenis rely upon their pictures to sell the merchandise,
realizing that a picture will make a far deeper impression
upon the mind of the prospective buyer than the actual
figures given. A picture of a wide, roomy bed will attract
the eye and the reader probably will not stop to measure off
the width of the bed as it 18 described in the catalogue to
see whether it int as wide as desired. Figures, in the ab-
stract, mean little to the average reader and do not convey
the impression that is given in the picture.
A former manager of a mail order house tells how his
concern manipulated pictures in this way to suit its pur-
poses. It had pictures of its chairs retouched so that the -
legs seemed to be an inch and a half in diameter, when they
were really leafs than an inch. It made narrow beda appear
in the picture to be wide and comfortable. Posts of iron
beds that were really an inch in 'diameter were made to
appear as if they were three imlchesin thickness. These
things are easy for any rompetent artist to do.
Patrons Had No Recourse.
This concern, however, adhered rigidly to the truth in
the measurements included in the descriptions. Uurtomera
who found, when they received their goods, that they were
not what they expected, could kick, but it would do them no
good. The mail order bowie could show that it had setjrth
the measurements truthfully in.catelogues, and there was
no recourse for the customer.
There is no question but that pictures will lie, some-
times without any manipulate , and the person who buys
an artiele of merehsndise from a picture is taking big
chances, even ti gat the picture is not intentionally altered
to give a wrong impress' . Any a►laatenr photographer
knows from experien'c how the remora often will give a
wrong fan of proportions.
The only safe method is to buy from the loe:l merehattt
Wt'11ere one sees the artiele itself and not a pieture of it The
artiele itself cannot lie about its dimensions, at (east.
TWO SPECIAL BARGAINS THIS
week. -hate I pright Plato, in good
eo dltluu, a snap at $210.00. One
O-Ot'have 1'1e91T lease Organ, beauti-
ful walnut case, as good as new,
$75.00. Call early and take advan-
tage of a Marian --Jamas F. Thew
Des, Music Share.
SOME NICE STYLES LN LADIES'
fancy and plain Pomba, lie rrrttem,
ilalr I'Itts, Brads, Rloume Igor and
Earrings are to ►r foutsh at South's
Art Store, East street l'Iwtw Its.
WE BELIEVE THAT A MAN OR
w4111aa w110 places his or her con-
fldels•e In us Is entitled to the beat
mere arslbs' and Ilw hest. More .er-
vi(s' to Iw' nurse anywhere. -tie.
Mae%'Sear.
BUY 10111 KODAK NOW AND
then you w111 be prepared for taking
early spring .rims. 1Seve4uping
anti Printing. I'rvmpt Trete. Give
pis a trial under.-'amphell's Drug
Store.
WALL PAPER WITH I'S 18 A
spwrislty. not a side line. Let ns.
Iwip you In yopr decorating prob-
lems. which 1s more than mail order
houses can do for you. Remember
our prices are lower awl values
Ism ter --Pest/ea.
A SAKE STORE TO PLN YOUR
faith to Is the Mdoteh Store, where
growls are mold on their awl merits,
not 4111 -puffed-np valuta. If It M
anything In 1)rygoods you want,
call on ns ■041 we will 1141 our deist
to please you. -1). Millar S Masa
Bl'1' YOUR 110115E BLANKETS
mut hairs •t aortae when you can
get them. at 911 per tent off regular
prkx'n. - A. J. Pahridge.
QUALITY ('ONNIDERED. OUR
pricer' are re,io,mlble. We handle
the beat. -Doan Brom.
WAR l'LOULII4 AKE PARTED.
Now lel no all boost for a bigger and
Iwtter Ooderieh. We tam eb It by
all of us bhying our supplies at
PomNee us 11
15 forMhell Hardware, f "
lly.
re, Stoves141141
1'Innlbing.-Frei Uuut.
ALL WE ASK 1S A COMPARISON
of our line of Furniture with otters.
(let our prices, then draw your con -
Outdone. Big .cork to choose from.
our Undertaking Ikepartmeut is
complete. Buy at tome.-Biipiey
Ii5RE int OUR TROUBLE -WHEN
we have to repair shoddy leather
aloes with paper poles, When oboes
tome from 41111 local dealers we do
not have this emote' We do all
kinds of show repairing and we do It
right. -Memel EtasItb.
IOU WILL FIND YOU CAN ALWAYS
pare sauaey by doing your trading
In Groceries, 1)rygtsMls and General
Merchandise with us. Our prier*
are am object lateen fu buying at
home every time. -J. J. McEwes.
MAIL 051)ER HOUNEN DO NOT
particularly hurt our bumtnes's, bat
we ■r' In line with any move that
helps. our town and our merchant'.
For flue l'onfe'tlonery and lest
('ream you will final the pore thing
at our stere.. -C. Blackstone.
CONSULT YOUR CATALOGUE.
then eouaul t us and note the mn of Ing
In Ha mean and Horse O«lets,
Trunks, Maga, Horse Blankets, or
anything for the .table. Wt' will
not be undersold by any mall order
honer. - H. J. Fisher.
LIl"lIE AND LET 1.11'E-TILtT 18 :1
g,.1141 working motto for everyday
life. (.Ire taw home men•hsnt •
chance to do I,u*l11Mw with you on a
fair immix. You will find It the heat
plan taking everything Into eon-
.iderstlon. Lire and let ilve.---The
Mlgn•I Printing Co., Ltd
IT IS FAR BETTER AND SAFER
to have your old photographs copied
or enlarged by a responsible area
llke rears than to Intrust them to
the first agent who rally at your
hack dolor. They are tate with tie.
We nnderdanl this work and dot
not orertlarge. J. T. Fell.
NO NEED TO GO PAST OUR STOii
If yon ane looking for Art JY`
411411 as Mtn my d Cushion., *IAD
111141 Ce'ntrepiees, brach and
Cloths. t'ruchet TItn.Ids, 4'
C'nrin11,14, (both Towels, 111111
Novelties. Always a pleas ea
Burow our stork.-MHaa S. Noble.
THE DOLLAR YOU SPEND AT
hMtw stays iere and you are liable
10 get 11 hnek next dny. if you rant
it out of town It la goue forever.
Ort our priers' on (from.$'a and save
mosey by buying here.- J. H. Leaer.
YOU W112. PINI) HY B1JYiNG
your Floor amp Feel from no you
will Ion w,Il plelasrl with our way of
doing bnulnc.t.. 1100d .tack tot right
priers. We believe in trading at
home. 1t will Iwlp n. all. --Videos
8 Cha
NEWARK OF CATAIAWI'E F11R141-
thee; it all look. alike in picture•.
(tetter trade at hone. We carry •
fall nue of Furniture for every
room In the honor, at priers that
will beat any tall order Loose.-,
W. Walker.
You owe s Citizen's. Duty to Your .Own