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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-07-13, Page 6volti • .., >.. L., ..d...-i-pia,...--7...o.,....4or.4. DILATORY, ele,- 11. rs le r. women who r ! . Ira noinwititial, and el. ot .1. •,- • one tJay, lie What delayed her? IGNORANCE REliuK,ED. tii.emias City Journal) , "Wt.Ate aic yoa•let tildt otuff, "I was leached it'." "Well, well, we will '"i'eaclieti it?' Watt learned you to taht ti at way?" 414m0s..•44,4.-,-4444.4-4. TIVIXT LO AND PRIDE DOMESTIC. I es_*.....4,,,--- "1 uns arrested the other Right lw a woman policeman." ".1 tow did it seem?" ! "Rather homelike." . --------e•-o-e•-•----- SA F ETY FIRST. (Boston Transcript.) "Do you know why the little ellitskens .come out of the eggs, dear?" "Course I do. They 1'9pm they'd ret boiled if they stayed in. NOT IIE!. (New York Times). She—If you had $1,000,000 would ypu do the first year? He—I wouldn't live that long. MUST BE A NEWLY-WED.- (Philadel)hia Evening Ledger) "How did you know your husband wa1. wm king in the office?" "I telephoned and Central, said be was btsy." What HOMBLESS. • (Punch). inciter—My go•od man, yoa I e Piga nutch too near tne bowie Cottager-4)That's just what the Co:e tor eaid, mum. But 1 don't a,: a lithti it's agola' to hurt 'cm. UNEXPLORED REALMG. (New York Times) AetOr---There Is such a thing as eat ing too ;ouch. -Poet---So I haws heard. I wonder what It is like? HOPELESS CASE. (Boston Globe) Clerk—You promised me a raise If 3 was satisfactory. Entoloyer—But you are not, sir: No man is who reminds me of a promiv! OUGHT TO BE. (Richmond Times -Despatch) "Is this land rich?" asked the pros,. -- .aye purchaser, cautiously. "It certainly ought to be," repl!:•1 the gentleman farmer. "I have put :di 1:ic money I had into it." IN BOSTON. (Lampoon.) "The rain broke, up the preparedness parade, didn't It?" "Yes, Nobody thought to bring an umbrella." EASILY READ. READ. (National Monthly). They were at an afternoon reception and were absorbed in watching the xinely gowned women. "I think Mrs. Cameron is so sweet, don't you, Helen?" asked Inez. "You Lan read her character in her face." "Yes," replied Helen, sarcastically. "you con, if you read between the line: - 4 CLEVER PAT. (Country Gentleman) Pat went to a druggist to get an em- pty, bottle, Selecting one that answers d his purpose, heasked: "Row much?". "Well," said the clerk, "If you want # the empty bottle it'll be I cent, .but if you have something,put in it we went charge anything for the bottle." "Sure, that's fair enough," observed • Pat. "Put in a cork." .*.*- PERFECT FIT. (Londcn Opinion.) "Yes, grandma. I run to be married during the bright and gladsome spring." "But, my dear," said grandma, earnest- ly, "you are very young. Do you feel that you are fitted for married life?" -I am being fitted now, grandma " explained the prosnective bride sweetly "Seventeen gowns!" .A RECORD -BREAKER. (New York G'Iobe.) "Maggie.",said the inexperienced yu,i‘l thikg to the cook, "the biscuits wee-, s sight. If you can't do better next time I will have to discharge you." "Ye will, will ye? 4'11 have ye Itntrv. mum, that rye been workin' out for t years, an' I've worked for 81 riv he,:t families in town, an' I ain't ever b'n discharged yet. Pin l'avin' this after- noon for a better place," HB KNriW. (The ,Christlan Herald). We were at the supper table when 4 -year-old Dorothy suddenly asked, "'Mamma, what le a stork?" Seven-year-old Gordon, who has had to lielp a good deal in caring for the two littlest ones, promptly replied, "A I pest." RECOGNIZED. People's Popular Monthly) In tor= of a visit to his plant hy the governor of the state, an 11.mm:di:hi mcnufacturer once had. a complete cad r.ssembIed in something live s,•ven in !nu tem. - Some weeks after the feat was herald- ed In the daily papers the telephone at the factory rang vigorously. • "Is it true that you assembled a car . in seven minutes at your factory?" the voice asked. "Yes,". came the reply. "Why?" "Oh, nothing," said the calm inquirer, "ridy rye got the car:" to • e. CANADA AND SHAKESPEARE. (Halifax Recorder) How splenuudy tie theas lines of Slakesinare's fit the ease of the tremen- acme and successful charge et the Can- tu:sans at Ypres, We are sure we will be pardoned the alteration of a" word or twn Once more unto the breach, dear fitends; once more; Or clore the wail up with Canadian &sad. In peace there's nothing so bst!olne., a man .As modest stillness and humility; But when the Mont of war blous in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, stunmon up the blow, Disguise fair nature with harti4avore'd rage; Then lend the eyes a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage ,cf the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'er - whim it, As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang tho jutty his confounded base, with the wild and wasteful ocean, Now set the teeth and stretch the nos- tril wide, Hold herd the breath and bend no every spirit To his full height. On. on, you noblest heroes Whose blood is fetched from fathers of worprooll Pothers that, like so Many Alexanders, Have 10 these parte, from morn till even fought And sheathed their Mord for lack of argument; Dishonor not your mother; now nitk Pt That those whom you ettll'd fatheis beget you. Be copy uow te men of grosser bloiid And teach them how to war. Anti you, good yeomen, Whore limbs were Made in Cancula, allow ue here The mettle of Mir paSture; let us MVPhr That You are woi th your bleeding; wh1eh I doubt not; leer thor( 15 none of you PO Mean anti base, That leak not noble Metre in your oyes, see you amid Ince gi,eyhoundo in the ellen, filen:Mang upon the start. The emcee afoot; Follow your merit, ape upon this charge Vey "God for commie, Britain and lieint George!" see about it," answered the doctor. This reply, Denzil kneW, was equie valent to a -protease. And ectordinglY the following day sew him installea is state in. the library, with books and e spring flower.; ar()%9N1 hird. and nil the family at his beck end 1. bi,) UNA 010, tLI$1. nuout, olive 0 mock he was alone, Mrs, Young° leaviug eea called off for some reason by Mabel, with an assurauce that she would let nor go back again in less 'Loan five minutes. Almost as they closed the one door in making their exit, the other, situ- ated at the top of the, room, opened, and Mitered Troyanion mime in. See- ingDenzil so unexpectedly alone, she heellated slightly for it moment, and then came forward, looking rather sly and conecious, he thought, Sim wire remembering her last in- terview with him in Ms own room, and 'was feeling terribly embarrassed in consequence, while he was dwelling le en the same scene, but was viewing erre tiifferently—not as a reality, het merely in the light of it happy e • ma. eI am very glad to see You," she grad, rather awlcwardly, ete.nding be- side nis lounge, and looking down up- on him. "You might have seen me long ago, if you had cared to do so," he re- joined reproachfully, "You are the only ono of allthe household wire never came near Me during my al- ness." Mildred glanced at him suspiciously. Hail he really forgotten all about it? 111$ face was supremely innocent, and she drew a deep breath of relief which yet was raingled with a little pain that he should so entirely have let her visit slip his memory; "You had eo mazy to see after you —1 was scarcely wanted, she said; "and of course all day I heard reports of your well being." "Still, you might have come, if only for a few minutes," he persisted. "Not that I expected me would. There was no reason why you, of all People, should trouble yourself about -.1.1 4 "It I had • thought you wished. for "Mildred!" he exclaimed angrily; and then she ceased speaking altogeth- er knowing she had vexed him by the open hypocrisy of her last remark. "If she had thought!"—when she knew, in her inmost heart, how he had been waiting, hoping, longing, for spate sign of her presence. "So you have broken off your en- ge.gemeot with Lyndon?" Ile said, presently, regarding her attentively. "Yes," she antwered, quietly; "or, rather, he broke it off with me," "He!" repeated Denzil, with amaze- ment. ..."Then, jealously—"And you Would, perhaps, have wished it to con - Unite? You have been unhappy and miserable ever since?" "I have not been unhappy exactly, or miserable; but I certainly would not have been the one to end it." "What was the reason?" he asked, unthinkingly; then—"I beg your par- don. Of course I should not have ask- ed‘that" "There were many reasons," return- ed she calmly. "Perhaps"—with a lit- tle bitter laugh—"you were •right after all. Do you remember telling me that you thought no good .ma.n would ever care to marry' me? Well, your words are coming true, I think," "Will you never forget that I said Denzfes voice was full of pain .s he spoke. "You know I did not .1.1can it. How could I, when I think .'ou far above all women? You know !what I think of you—now I have loved eyou, and always shall love you until •my death." "Oh, hush!" implored Mildr• ed, trem- ulously, suddenly growing eleey pale. Then, hearing the sound of approach- ing footsteps, she asked him, hurried- ly: "Are Tett getting stronger now— really bettee? I should like to hear that from Tourself." "Would you?" he said, looking pleas- ed and radiant, and possessing hiraself of one of the 'small slender hands that fell at her side. "Do you really care to know? Have you my interesterat all in me? Say you will conae'and see me, then, here to -morrow at this hour. Think how lonely it is to lie still all day," He pressed her hand entreating- ly, and kissed it. • "if nothing prevents me," promised Miss Trevanion, with faint hesitation; and then the door opened, and Mrs. 'lounge, Lady ' Caroline, and old Blount came in. "Ah, Mildred, good child," cried Mre. Younge, innocently, "yqu have been taking care of him, while I was fearing that he was alone all this time. Denzil, you are a spoiled boy from all the attention you receive. I hope the time did not seent too long, Mildred dear, I meant to be back directly." 'Miss Treva,nion blushed, and, mak- ing some pretty, graceful answer'es- caped from the room, while Lady Car- WM° glanced covertly at Denzil, who appeared totally unconscious of any taeler-cerrent in the conversation, and old Blount looked mischievous. "Well," said he, when he had (Mak- ca hands with Denzil, ead wished him y, in his kind hearty way, at having reienered his freedom, "I have just been with Sir George, Lady Caroline, end ho tells me you are determined to marry off all your family at once, like a sensible mother." "I don't know about that," returned Lady Caroline, laughing. "One at a time, if you please, will gun; tie well enough, We do not want to be left without any solace in our old ago' Bee you Mean Charlie and Prances, 3 suppcee?" "Yes," said he, "they have ecene to 'a Peeper understanding at last, I hear." ' "I think they mind to that before Christmas," observed Lady Caroline; the -question 'of late has been when to name tho wedilingelay. Fran - eve was very refractory iri the begin - tine, but at last she has given In, and it le attually arranged to take place on the thirteenth of next month; al- v.:in provided the day is fine—as tam eaye nothing on earth Would induee lie? to be 'married in rain." Old Dick laughed, 1 "She has been such a spelled pet all her life," he commented, "that 3 think she WIII give Charlie sturiething , io tie to Mange her." agree with you," mid Lady Ode- ll" "bat She 1 nob it dear girl evith IShe dreW del% the winclov altaini and Mane back tOWArd the tenitre og the 1100111, "Milartal," Sala Denzil, attedenly—he heti risen On. Iter Met entering, and stood leaning against the elainneye elece—"there is Bontethluis connected aid) my illnese--a dream it must have been-ethat whenever I See you Preys ueon my Mind. May I tell it -to you? The vivid impression it made Might perhaps leave nee it I did." "Of course you may," ellsWerea Mil- dred, growing a shade paler. "Come over here thee and sit down —I cannot speak to YOU so far awdY," She approached, the heart-rng, and stecel there. "I will warm my hands while you tell me," she paid, determined that, about(' it Provo to be what oho half dreaded to hear, he w)uld not sec) her face during the recital. "Well, then," he began, "I thought that, as I lay in bed oue evening,, the door opened, and you came into iny room, and walking softly over to mY bedside, stood there very sorrowectilY looking down upon me, We were alene,`I think"—Passieg hie hand in a puzzled manner over his forehead, as though endeavoring vainly to recol- lect eoraething—J"at least I cau remem- ber no one else but us two—and it sc etned to me that preseatly you began to cry, and stooped over me, whisper- ing something—I forget what—and I took your hands like this"—suiting the action to the word—"and thea some figures came toward us and tried to separate us, but I waved them back, holding you tightly all the time; apd" —here he paused, his eyefixed. earn- estly upon the opposite wall, as though there he saw reacting all that wag' Struggling for clearness in his brain— "and 1 asked you, to do something for me then—something that wonld aid MY recovery neer° then all the doc- toles stuff—and you--" (To be continued.) it all Wet one cannot help loving her, and forgiving her the very trifling fataleelieposeesses." "Anu teen true love is such II smoother Of all diffictilties," put in Mrs. Younge, softly, raising her eyes from her knitting. "It is time for us to be thinking of wedding preeente," gala Denzil, 'el wouder what she would like, Lade earthier' "Well, I hardly know," auswered her ladyelap; "bet I can easily find Out by Putting cc few adroit questions. I suppose jewelry is about the best thing a Young wan can offer." "And how about Mabel's affair?" asks Blount, ."04, the child," cried Lady Caro- line—"surely elm can afford to wait; and, besides, she must, as Sir George has decided nothing must be said about it until Roy is in a better pool - tion," "I have just been talking to Sir George about that," said old Blount; "and I think it is a pity the young people should be sighing for each oth- er when they might be together. I am an old ma u now, with more mon- ey than I know how to spend; so I have decided that they shall have half and set up housekeeping without fur- ther delay." "My dear Iiichard," cried Lady Car- oline, greatly touched "this is too generous. Why should they not wait? Why should you deprive yourself of anything at your years?" "My dear creature." returned old Bleuet, "I am not thinking of doing anything of the kind. I am far too selfish to deprive myself of any lux- uries to which I have been accustom- ed. But I literally cannot get rid of the money; so they may just as well have it as let it be idle." "There never was anybedy like you, Dick," eald Lady Caroline, with tears In her eyes. "Except Sir George," returned old Blount, mischievously, at which they all laughed. "And still we have Mildred to dis- Pose .of," he said, presently, with a side -glance at Denzil, who gazed stol- idly out of the window. "Dear, dealt—will you leave me no daughter?" expostulated Lady Caro- line; and Mrs. Younge, who had grown very intimate with them all during her sofi's. illness, looked up Plaintively to say: /There is really ne understanding young people in these days. Now how. she could object to that nice Lord Lyndon is beyond my comprehension —quite. He seemed In every way suit - 'ed to het." "And he seemed to me in every woe - most unsuited to her," put. in Denz,/, impulsively, and rather crossly. e'Did he indeed, my dear?" said his mother, with mild surprise. "Well, see howdifferently people judge." "Differently indeed," coincided old Blount. ,"And .now tell us, Denzil, what sort of a person do you think would make her happy?' There was a sly laugh in the old man's eyes as he asked the question, and Denzil, looking up, caught it; so that presently he laughed too, though rather against his will. "You should not hit a man when he Is down," he said, reproachfully. "I don't think jou will be long down," returned Blount, with.. an en- couraging nod that somehow made Denzil's heart beat high, though he did not dare to take the words in their under meaning. "And now must be•off. No, thank you, my dear —I cannot stay to dinner; I have so many things to attend to before seven. But tell Sir George I will look him np again in the morning. And give my love to the' girls; and tell Mildred that I know, and she knows, there is but one man in • the world can ever make her happy." ' He looked kindly at Denzil as he spoke, but the latter would not ac- cept the insinuation conveyed in his words. Mrs. Younge, however, noticed both the glance and the significant tone, and a light broke in trpon her. When Lady Caroline had follofred Dick Blount out of the room, she went aver and knelt down by her son. "Denzil," She said, lovingly, "I know it all now. 13ut am I never to speak 'of it?" And he answered as he kissed her: "Do not let us ever mention it again—therd s a darling mother." But all !that night Mrs. Younge gazed at the girl and -wondered, pon- dering many things, and blaming, woman-like, yet feeling in her heart the while that the choice her son had made was indeed a perfect one. After this Denzil Inade-alirdliTiTtrg toward recovery, growing stronger; gayer and more like the Denzil they had known in the first days of their. aequaintance than he had been for soul° time before his illness. He could now walk from room to roani, and takeelong drives, though Stubber still insisted on some hours in the diiy being spent on the sofa. Miss Tre- vanion Denzil saw daily, though sel- dom alone—and who shall say how mucil this &induced toward the renew- ing of his strength? It wanted but a fortnight to tnar- lie's wedding -day, and Denzil, who was feeling a little tired, and was anxioue to attain perfect health before the event ehille off—having promised to attend in the elutracter of "best man"—was lying on the lounge in the library when Mildred Caine in. "I did not know You were en from your driVe," she said. There. Was lees constraint between them now than there had ever beele. "Did yon enjoy "Very much itideed:" "So yeti ought," she said. "Could there be a mete beautiful day?" She threw up the low window as she spoke and leaned Ont. "The eir rerninds Me of Bummer, and the flowere itre be- coming quite plentifel, instead of being sought. longingly one by one." "Yes," returned Denzil, 'vaguely, thinking all the tithe whet an ex- quisite picture she Made, fretted in by the ‘tiindows end its wreaths of hang- ing ivy. "By the bye, did you like the bunch go thered for yOu this Morning? See —there they are over there." "Were they for me?" asked Denzil, looking pleiteed. "2 did not flatter Mercer that they' were." "Well, yes, I think they were thiefly meant for Su," retnrned Mildred, carelesely, "Invalids are sunposed to get every &oleo thing going—ltro tlieer not7—though indeed You ears escareely tome under that heed now," Bird's Barbed Wire Fences. There is in Central America it brown wren about the size of a canary which builds a curious nest. it Selects it small tree with horizontal branches growing close togethe7. •Across ewe of the brauches it lays sticks fastened to- gether with tough fiber until a plat- form about six feet long by two feet wide has been constructed. On the end of this platform nearest the tree trunk it then builds a huge donee shaped nest a foot or so high with thick sides of interwoven therm. .A covered ,passageway Is then made from the nest to the end of the platform in as crooked a manner .ets possible. Across the outer end as well as at short intervals along the inside of this tunnel are placed cunning little fences of thorns with just enough space for • the owners to pass through: On going out this opening is closed by the owner by placing thorns across the gateway, and thus the safety of the eggs or young is assured. JEWELED BOOKS. Ancient Volumes Bound in Gold and Incrusted With Gni% Biblionhiu2ts will tall you that the bookbinding of the ancients has never been equaled, let alone surpassed. They will extol the beauties of the bindings' of the Byzantine period, whenebooks had covers or gold, silver and Copper studded with jewels, the massive times being carried in impei'- lal. processions. The books produced in the. middle ages were of remarkablebeauty n- wardly and outwardly. Religion man- uscripts were enriched with illumina- tions themselves, while their covers were of silver, gold or enamel, in- crusted with gems. These books were generally bestowed tis splendid gifts by bishops and princes on monastic houses and churches,- where they were laid on the altar or chained to a desk. The diakes of Burgundy were re- nowned for their libraries. The "Bo - °auto" of Oharels the Bold was bound in red velvet set With five large rubies. Another Burgundian book was velvet bound and set up , with fifty-eight pearls of great size. The library of Philip the Good ofl Burgundy surpassed al other book] collections of the time. It contained nearly 10,000 volumes, all richlY 11-1 luminated on vellum, with bindingsl of damask, satin and velvet, incrustell: with jewels, with clasps of gold and; gems.—PearsOn's Weekly. es.t. The Bulldog. , The bulldog, unlike thelmajority of dogs, very seldom barks. In fact, ow- ing to the construction. of his throat his attempts it barking tare more like a burlesque of the teal thing. lIe wades into a fight without any vocal warning, and the only sound he emits is his heavy breathing. His courage is astonishing, and the largeness of his opponent never acts as a deter - relit wheh hostilities are imminent. Still, as he is not a quarrelsome dog, - he very rarely indulges, in street brawls, and, as he is exceedingly good natured, it takes a lot to rouse him. The modern •bulldog is undoubtedly a different looking animal from his bullfighting ancestors. The most con- epicuous "improvements" introduced by the present dm:Laney" are large- ness, of head, width of chest, heave., ness of bone and more typical The Big Dipper. In astronomy the Big Dipper, se called, Is in the conetellatimi of 'Ursa Major, or the Great 13ear. The stars forming the tail Of the bear also form the handle of the dipper. The Met star. In the handle is Benetnasch the ee- cond Minx, the third Alioth, 'The oth- er four, which go to form the bowr of the dipper, are Megres, Phad, Metali and Dudite. The two last named are called "the pointers" because they point or guide the eye to the pole star, which is distant 20 degrees. The toe. hOW1 eters are 10 degrees and the bot- tom ones 8 degres apart. A In° muse= eetabli co, was sititekAde-e-----4•40--y?tuoteraiebtislt:aditytalet,t7etttti condenined to be shot tinder judielal sentence, It seems that the anima bit a Mien, who died from the results of the bite. The family of the deteased brottglit emaplaint before a judge, who,. was tooth:di Mesh to institute criteonal proceedings against the mon- key and Sentenced him to be allot, •Lnekily tile Manager of the inueetnt brought Influence to bear and -sue- , weded in obtaining a change of the sentenee to perpetual imprisonment. The monkey Is now enduring the punishment of his eritte behind the tars of an iron cage at the •mttesoun:t. VIOLET RAY VIBRATOR AND tiiGU IFRIEQUeNC'Y GENCRATOR rwildo up the oat= And steadies the nerves through Electrical Vi- bration, Internal lilgercise, Violet Ray and Ozone, a perfectly natural P200050. Highly inelgorating and stimulating because it purifies the 'bleed, re. :naves congestien, and gives the body a deep vibratory massage. Offers the Rick a Method of treatment, in the Warne, illicit has been deeidedly successful ia Caries: of Rheumatism, Lembago, Headache, Ear- ache, Neuralgia, Catarrh, Throat Ailments, Skin Diseases. Hair and Scalp troubles, Goitre, Exhaustion and many more. A wonder worker for eleirblopment of strength and vitality and for most Nervous Condi- tions. Helpful and convenient. Its use becomes a pleasant, beneficial habit which tones Pp the body and mind to a healthY, normal condition. . Small size, with two applicators and ease ,s.,.4 • $18.00 Larger Size, with two applictitore and CaSe 0,, $35.00 Same with Faradic attachment and case 4 • $40.00 IAberal discount to doctors. For further partioularg write VIOLET RAY VIBRATOR 0011 188 JARVIS SI:, TORONTO, ONT. - 4 • 2 and 546. Cartons 1-0 and 20-11,. Bags Don't buy sugar by tile"quarter's worth" or ,"dollar's worth" when you can buy , IJ c Sugar in these full weight original packages, con- tainingthe7fine"granu- lation every housewife likes. 8 • "The All -Purpose Sugar" .iimmainiummamimplom 1 ANTIQUES The collector of ."old china" doesk more perhaps to keep •alive the in- terest lin antiques than •does othee class of collector, though, one can scarcely disassociate this cult from that of "period ',furniture" hunting, for the very good reason that the two industries they stand for have Erbil their very ineeptioa been close to each other, and eaohinecessary to the other's development ;and ,progress. The collection of olld china that. does not include "Masons ironstone" can- not be said to be renito complete. To the china collector/the name of iron- stone china id as iesseparable from the name of Mason as) the willOW pattern is from the clor,• blue. The willow pattern/has been lpreducecl in red, in yellow and in various other' colors; ironstone china leas been' made in sev- eral places and from different formu- las, but it, is the "blue" willow and "Mason's" ironstone that is needed to satisfy the ceramic collector. Its im- mense popularity and wide distribu- tion even from the earliest days of its manufacture (invented 1804, per- fected and patented 1813), are vouched .44444.44.44144•40444044444 ROBERTANOR 11 , 62 King St. East HAMILTON, — ONT. CHINA, G ASS1WARE ANTIQUES XVIII. CENTURY STYLES IN FURNITURE AND PORCELAIN SPECIALTIES DINNER SETS NI"WEDGWOOD" AND "MASON'S IRONSTONE" ee.ele for by er by the renew), tits of *services whelh cie museums, in collectors' cab - are be found throughout tile World' pune beets and in old noznestes,de. (The Writer has seen many specimens of this ware in Canadian honaes during the last fiVe years), Its continuous bold upon public favor for over a cen- tury is accounted for -by the regularity of its existence, the same in body and glaze, in form, in pattern hand ih Color schemes; it is the same to day as it was in it ilifancy. It is this makes it so easily distingeishable from all other productions of its kind, and gives it its place in the collectorPe cabinet, the dealefs catalogue and the housewife's copbOard and plate rack. "Seel everywhere the room it bright With glimmers of reflected light From plates that on the dresser shine." —Longfellow. During the craze for utilizing pla,tes for wall decorations, after the manner of plaques, the quaint designs and peculiarly interesting colorings of old "Mason" specimens caused them. to be much sought for, and perhaps next to the redoubtable willow it was more entitledthan any other ware to the fndly cherished traditins usually cul- minating in the psitive assertion that "they have been in our family since the time of my great -great-grand- mother." Be it noted that it is Invari- ably the "grandmother" whose careful- ness has preserved these precioue heir- looms (possibly to counter-belance the credit given to the "grandfather" as the "clock" preserver), the • grand- father's being nowhere in the econ- omics of the china. pantry. "Plates, platters and pitchers" are frequently met with in Mason's iron- stone, end vases and punch bowls are well 'regarded: antiques. The most peculiar example of this ware known Is perhaps the "four -post" bedstead in the possession of a well-known col- lector in England. The very large punch bowls were sometimes used as aquariums for gold fish. South Kens- ington possesses one of these. • .1144111111111411141411144 I bought a horse with a supposedly incurable ringbone for $30.00. Cured with $1.00 worth of MINARD'S LINIMENT and sold him for $85.00. Profit on Liniment, $64. MOISE DEROSCE, Hotel Keeper, St. Phillippe, Quo. BULBS IN A BOWL. :An Easy Way to Cultivate Min- iature Floating Gardens. A. novel way of growing bulbs, such. 'as crocuses, ha i been tried with good suOcess. After securing- the bulbs the next tiring is to get one or two rather parge corks. Through these holes are 1Jered and the bulbs fitted into the ppenings in such a way that the under 'side, from which theroots spring, is isear the lower part of the cork, Now obtain a largeeshallow bowl and lint this with pnie water. .Float the ;corks, with the Vieth's. id -plane, on the surface and set the whole thing aside a rather shady position for two or itheee weeks. At tile end of this time it will be noticed that the roots are lgrowing down into the water. Thence- tforward a place in it sunny window :should be selected. The upper shoots of the bulbs will !start to grow rapidly, and at this time it is a good plan to arrange a little moss to hide the upper surface of the corks, .or if preferred, however, grass or some other seed, such as cress may be sown to provide a green epvering. There is nothing to do but to keep the bowl well supplied with water and chang this now and again. Finally the flowers emerge, and then the effebt Is extremely pretty. The bulbs may be planted in this way any tines up to early January, though naturally the sooner they are started the earlier they will bloom.—S. Leonard Bastin in St. Nicholas. You can't Make a vegetarian mad by telling him his goose is cooked. .Fruit jars—all glassware —wholesome and spark- ling when cleaned with !vozoolo momnorr, 'Duo of the moot reinaricable melte lie the world is that known as the "bal. anoing rock," v/Mc1t stands on the bank of the Willamette river a short distanoe above the city of Portland, Ore. Rising from A broad base le -it Small column roughly round in shape. Just above this is it beige „Maeil of rock bearing a tree on the stImmit, the total height of rook and column being about a hundred feet. Although a great deal larger and heavier than the pillar on Whieli it stands, the big rook is very accurately balanced. For how many eenturies thie odd freak has stood not even the wisest ocientists are able to determine, but it has evidently been there for a very long period. The entire rock is of a volcanic na- ture, and the most eingular thing about it is the fact that the knob and pillar are exitirely disjointed from one another, Wind and weather no doubt are slowly wearing the "balancing rock" away, but the process is so im- perceptible that, failing some unfore- aeon catastrolehe, the monument will nrobably endure for many centuries.— Wide World Magazine, Sore Absolutely Painless sa... No cutting, no plas- tars or pads to press the s o r e spot. Go t Putnam's e makes the corn go Extractor without pain. Takes out the sting overnight. Never fails— leaves no sear. Get a 25c bottle of Putnam's Corn Extractor to -day. Corn 46 00 • The Earliest Maps. It was amour the Egyptians that the first maps' appeared. They were wooden tablets on which land and sea, roads and rivers were fairly accur- ately outlined. The evidence of ouch maps is not only furnished in the old Egyptian papyrus rolls, but some of the actual maps have been discovered. It was once contended that the Geeeles evere the invedtors of the art of car- tography, but it has been proved that the Egyptians and liablylorearts onto - dated them in this respect some -e,000 years Or more. • . ellnard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc. 4 0 40 Altitude Lessens Power. The curious fact has ben demon- strated that high altitudes apparently have a marked effect on the power ob- tainable from a gas engine. Recently one was erected several thousand feet above the sea level, but upon testing failed to give the desired power. An investigation followed, and the lose in power was attributed to the neight at whieh the engine was operating. The general conclusion waa reached that a ga:s engine loses about 1 per cent, of its indicated horsepower per 1,000 feet of e1evation.1—Popular 'Mechanics. Minard,s Liniment_ Curec Distemper Sincerity in Art. Only an honest book can live; only absolLte sincerity can stand the test of time. Any selfish or secondary mo- tive vitiates a work of art, as it viti- ates a religious, life. Indeed, I doub if we fully appreceate the literary value of the stable, fundamental hu man virtues and qualities—probity, di rectness, simplicity, sincerity,- love There are just as much room and nee for the exercise of these qualities 1 the makitig of a book as in the build ing of a house or in a business ca.ree How conspicuous they are in all th enduring books—in Bunyan, in Walton Itt Defoe, in the Bible! It is they tha keep alive such a book as "Two Year Before- the Mast," which Stevenso pronounced the best sea story in th language, as it undoubtedly is.—Joh BurrOughs. Knee Joint Stiff Three Year CURED BY NERVILINE. Arleta° would marvel at my recov ery, writes Mr. Leonard Lotham, young man well known about Chat ham. I had inherited a rheumatic ten dency through my mother's family and in my early days suffered friget fully. About three weeks ago tile pat and stiffness settled in my left kne joint. I evas lame and welked with very distinct limp. Nervilin& wa brought to my notice and I rubbed.ji into the stiff joint four or five times • day. It dispelled every vestige 4p pain, reduced the swell.eopet Pet the stiffness and gave ine the fuller of my limb again. e there is a pain-relieVieg 'Wmdily, RO a single liniment that can, gemper with Nervilifie. I holm eveiee petab with pains, with sore back, with lame ness, with lumbago, with neuralgia— do hope they Will try out Nerviline 'which I am convinced will quick] and permanently Mire them." . If Nervilino wasn't a wonderfu painless remedy, if Nerviline quickly relieve, if Nerviline wasn' known to be it grand cure for all rheu ma,tic conditions, It wouldn't hex been so largely used as a family -rem edy JO the past forty years, No bet ter, stronger, or more soothing lint ment made. Get the large 50c, fam ily size bottle; sntall trial size 25c, sold by any dealer, anywhere. 1. Preparation of Parchment. • Parchment is the skin of sheep o other ahimals prepared in sheets t render them fit for being writte1. upon. The heavier parchment, use for druni-heads is madb from th skins of asses, older calves; waive and goats. All these are similarl prepared. The skin, being free front the hair, Is placed in a lime pi to cleanse it from fat. The pelt It then stretched upon it frame, care be ing taken that the surface is fre from wrinkles. The flesh is pare off Witlt a circular knife, after whie it is moistened and ' whiting eprea over it, Then the workinan, with largo punace stone, rubs the skirt. II next goes over it with an iron instrit mesa and rubs it careftilly 'with pu mice istone without chalk, eleinall thee eltin is gradually dried', tightettin beingoecasionally reqUired, 1, Minard's Liniment Cures Garget Owls, ; Clever rish Hawks'. ' Turks aroma the Bosphorus cams therngelves by playing pitch and &tot with the hungry fiell liatvite. The throW high in the air it lump of rat matt, and the hawks pounce upon tho tient before it Arita% the ground etri make,etway With it to the little ones, Of 0011relei a woman tan keep a re trot. That is, oho nu keeplt 04:40, " ere: 411,4 4 4 . 1 ••.0111,1141111 1,, HE -P WANTED. GZIS.L.13 wit,t4 0' 4p WORK °M NA Jar t a Arra Ore se Unittesi under* Weer. gsnonere. Met et.tolsere mai learn-, ere, ,ser ht. healthy employment, tieeti AireKef, 1nfln.rmtut e4 le Ce., Is vie Abor aeon eon Garth street... level ton. Ont. W•ANTDD —. IIOUSEMAIDe AND waltresees. Vrevieue experience not neceamery. A1'40.40.'44 ciWe4116414". St, Catharines, Ontarioeees ' ee. e- -, W .A.lerTAD--egOleNele.Qielb. TO AS - we erstewlee) lidlaufeogolitl Wages PO. APPIYA 4.0 .._INfr , U. Be teeeene' 310 Q0000 greet jiOntn, Mindt9nt 0nt.,0 r`''" ' iii --"4""------- W AISTM5-'4IIZI4R4 It 'WOOLLEN Mill; Carders Weavers, Villiers and Napper Tenders. 'Good wages Pahl in all departments, alid 'steady work assured. We have several openings for inexper. iCticed help, where energy and abill,ty will bring prOmotion. Wages paid to apprentiees while learning weaving. Seee- lel hidueement to family workere. Virrito, stating full experience, if any, age, etc, to The Slingsby Manufacturing Cont. pony, Ltd., Brantford, Ont, MISCELLANEOUS. • WANTED—Genres or GOOD EDITCA. thm to train for nurses. •Pereig. Wellandra Hospital, St. Catharine. Ont, Prince Henry the Navigator. The kingdom Of Portugal counted in its royal liouee one of the men who told first rank in selentific attainment and practical application. He was the son of John I, of Portugal and Queen Philippa, who was an English princess. He spent his life ln sending out ships on voyages of discovery, ana it was through this Prince Henry, called "the Navigator," that Columbus got his idea of seeking for a new land across the sea. 4 4 .. WAN TED Platen and Cylinder Press Feeders Steady Work; Union Wages, APPL7 TIMES JOB DEPARTMENT Hamilton, Ont. . FO SALE A HIGH BRED, SOUND BAY HACKNEY Well broken, thoroughly reliable, a lady can drive; also complete outfit, includ- ing phaeton and runabout. AnnlY, J. M. EASTWOOD, Times Office, Hamilton. Beefsteak Smothered in Tomatoes Some day when the oven is being used for other cooking plan to have for dinner round or planked steak cooked with tomatoes, and for this dish either fresh or canned ones can be utilized. Place the steak in a slightly greased baking pan which has a close fitting cover. Cover it with tomatoes, sliced if fresh or just teemed out of the can if canned. Add also one small onion coarsely chopped and a small piece of bay leaf., together with salt and pepper. Cover the whole closely and cook for an hour and a half without removing the cover of the • baking dish. Add 310 water, as the tomatoes are moist enough. ' ....e. PERSONAL. ' IDERsoNs SUPPERING OR THREAT- ' e ened with tuberculosis, appendicitis, , indllgestion, constipation, dyspepsia, anorexia, hemorrhoids, -weak stomach, ; liver, -kidneys. Write for particulars. ' john Galbraith, Cronyn Ave., Toronto, L Canada. 1 I L 'Where He Made His Money. Years ago a gentleman settled in the south of England and became very 1 Popular in the neighborhood. The I county families could never discover how he had made his money, but were satisfied' by his solemn assurance that it was not in trade. Nothing could ex- - ceed the ordinary gravity of the de - meaner which indeed caused him to be placed on the commission of peace, • but now and then, without any appar- ent provocation, he would burst into • such a laugh as no one ever heard be - 1 fore eXcept in one ,place. Where they could have head it puzzled the county - faimilies fee nye tole tevelaey-yeare, but i at last he was betrayed unconsciously by-ehls,,ownegrandebild, who, after a visit to a travelling circus, innocently ! 'declaimed"Veiey.b beranclee leinhs just 1"..111ftee1le•katerefeeeeeetitaiNerne 4 Kip ardPe eb•Jillenefete. Cures elelighthe r la, . The Business 1 pf,Life. • 0.• • ' • . . Life i. a business we aee.e.11 apt to : mismanage, either living recklessly tront*EW,* t'13 ciViiSi: suffering ourselves ' to be guiled out out of our moments by , the inanities ot custom. We should despise a man who gave as little ac- tivity and forethought to the nonduet ' of any other business. But in this, ' which is the one thing of, all others, ' since it contains them all, we cannot • see the forest for the trees. One brief ' impression obliterates another. There ' is something etupefying in the recur rend) of Unimportant things, and it is : only on rare provocations that we can rise to take an outlook beyond daily concerns, and comprehend the narrow limits and great possibilities of our existence.—Robert Louis Stevenson. r ) i• For Summer Camp 3 or Bungalow—the ready- ' cooked, ready -to -eat food— that keeps in any climate, i that supplies the greatest . , nutriment in4 smallest bulk, is Shredded Wheat Einem°, L I k the ideal Summer food,, I. i because it supplies every- ' , the human body needs I thing • in aform that is easily and ' quickly digested. Combines r, 4 ' 4 r deliciously with fresh fruits, Always clean, always pure, i always the same price. ....., . . r 1 4,,,, . 0 ., eee .P40.