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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-09-21, Page 8s eniteefte •.r'•••.rr'!••••••r•••••••••••••••••••a•% Peace, perfect peace, wnsit a thing It has been in Greece. Russia, beside a havaig iinmenee ree.erve of grain from the laet two years)* crops, will hare n yield of 72C,000,000 bushels this year, which ia considerably above tee average ot the past ten years, NO danger oe a food faunae there, ZOIENOE AND TH,E WAR, There is a note of supreme =fie deuce tucked away in the morning war despatches, and not featured by red or black headlines. It is a quiet assertion, made especially about the French, but applicable with equal force to the British. the Russians and the Italians. This despatch says that "Behind the French armies there are methods of science, greater science and. greater method than in all the much advertised clockwork attacks on Verdun. The Germans are trying to fight the war on lines already laid tary circumstances and every 'Preach. have adapted themselves and their tactics to suit each change in mili- tary circumstances and e ry lerencla man knows that ho is not 'cannon red- der,' but a unit carefully eelected to accomplish a particular piece of work." Earlier in the war the civilized world was horrified at the murderous uses to which the Germans prostituted their scientific discoveries, It seems reasonable to infer that they expected to Win the war in short order by their underseas campaign against unarmed merchant vessels; their murder of women and babies from the air; their fire bombs dropped from Zeppelins, -their suffocating and poisonous gases, and their ditiease infections. These things struck momentary terrcr into the hearts of their honcrable en.e- mies, but science soon overcame the deadly power of the Germa.t deviliah- ness and the great victorice whIch the Raiser's learned men had pred:cted never came. The recently reported succsses of the Russians and of the French and Gerrnans are not alto- gether due, nor are they chiefly due, to great leaders in the field and great armies of noble men, but to science at home, and the brainy men who have devoted their lives to the study and application of great principles to ev- eryday fighting. All honor to the leaders on land and sea and to the men who have shed their blood with- out thought of self, but when the story of the war is told the part that the men in the studio and laboratory have done will loom up large. More- over, the Hun will live to regret the part the took in the degradation of science. FOR THE FARMER BOY. How to keep the boy 011 the farm? The white lights of the city are always big attractions for the boy brought up on the farm, and his school education still further draws him city ward. Still there are many things occurring whicli are helping the farmer to make it easier for him to keep the boy at home. The electric roads, the rural route, the daily news- paper, the automobile and other ag- encies at work are bringing the coun- try nearer the city, and making life on the farm in some ways preferable to city life. The question arises, does the farmer sufficiently encours ego the boy to stay at home? Are the prospects held out to h:m oright enough to keep hira on the farm? One of the LT. S. agricultural jour- nals, the Farm and Fireside, tells a story that is worth repeating and for the farmer to take to heart: Last spring, a year ago, .a 10 -year- old neighbor boy was given 10 cents by his grandmother. He purchased a packet of good cucumber seed with his money and grew a nice pateh of cucumbers for the local village mar- ket. His crop of cucumbers brought him a little more than e6 in money, all of which his mother allowed him to keep and spend as he pleased. With el of his money the boy purchased a few little things for himself, and with the other $5 he purchased a ewe lamb. By this spring his ewe lamb had groWn into a mature mother sheep, and she gave birth to two lambs. So now the boy has three sheep from his investment, The mother sheep le now worth $10, and the lambs are worth $15 each, making a total value of $20 he has earned with his 30 cents in a year and a half, Besides he sold the wool this spring frem the mother sheen for which he has placed in the leavings' bank as the beginning of a bank ac- eount of his own. This ten cents was a small matter. But its results may shape the whole course of the boy's life. It is not unusual, we are told, for a farmer to give hie son a pig or a nit or a sheep and perhaps a. colt, but the beg has a rude awakening when he comes front taloa ene day to make the discovery that his property is missing. Father has eold ft in his abeence and pock- etcd the prceeeds as a matter of course. We tetspect, st ys ten atithor- ity, that there are many boys, now with heads sprinkled with gray whe can recall experiences of thee 'hied. It is no wonder that so tintey ycungetere have become discouraged jtea at a time when they steal at the forks ef the highway of life. Attempt the end and never stand to doubtJ—Herricke "What de you think Of the Don't Worry Club?" "'S all right` Only I wish /sane One wOutd Mart a Don't Worry Other People's ClUb."--Bastat Tranteeript. HER HUMBLE LOVER CHAPTIIR I. "Dear me, oh, dear mo! This is very unfortunate—very. Jut like Jack —poor Jack!" and the rector of Nerthwell heaves a sigh, and shakes Ide sleek head consplaininaly sat the ceiling. 'rite scene Is the drawing -room of Northwell Rectory, a comfortable room, looking out toward the sea and the estuary of the Stole The speaker le a middle-aged man, marked with the usual clerical hall mark—sleek, mit to say fat, rather bald-headed, and with a soft, hesitating, nervous man- ner which is apt to Strike one uncom- foetably at first sight, and to provoke a smile on better acquaintance. The pereon addressed -le Mrs. Podswell, the rector's wife, a thin, insipid person. age, with faint blue eyes, and hair of that color which a humorist has likened to a garden gravel path. The lady ie reclining full length on a sofa, her favorite position, and she, too, heaves a sigh as if the enorm- ities of the said "deck" were indeed to be borne. "What else does the letter say?" she asks, in a thin, querulous voice. ,"Really, I think it rather inconsider- ate of Mr.—Mr.-----" "Mr. Brown, the executor," says the rector, glancing at a letter'whiett iT has been reading in hie fat halide. "Nothing else, my dear, excepting that the girl is coming on here at once. it appears that he has duly proved poor Jack's will, in which he directs that she shall be sent to us. He incloses a copy of the will and---" "Did he die well off?" asks Mrs. Pcclswell, with a sudden interest, The rector shakes his head at the ceiling again, and coughs behind his hand with an air of gentle reproach. "I am afraid not, my dear, I am afraid not. From what 1 can make out there is just a pittance for the girl, a poor hundred a year or so." Mrs. Podswell sighs. "That is better than nothing," sug- gests the rector, mildly; but Mrs. Podswell shakes ber head doubtfully. "'Well, of course, better than noth- ing in one way, certainly; but --it makes it all the more awkward in another." "I searcely understand," murmurs the rector, rubbing his shining chin, and blinking inquiringly at the sharp face on the sofa cushion. In the natter of brains the Podswell gray mare is the better horse. "I scarcely e4derstand, Amelia; surely it is better an if she were left penniless and a burden—I use the word in no un- charitable sense, I trust—a burden to her friends." "She needn't have been a burden," says Mrs. Podswell, sharply. "Penni- less girls are not expected to hang about and live on their relatives. They go out as governesses or companions or somethingof that kind; and, of course, this girl could have done that. But if she has got a hundred a year, r.sne will be too high for that, and we Shall have to keep her at home, I sup- pose," The reetornods. "I see, my dear; T see. No; I sup. ease she wouldn't care to go out, being—so to speak—independent; and of course she couldn't live alone: len afraid, Amelia, -she will have to reside with us." Mrs. Podswell groans softly. "One knows nothing about her," she says, querulously. "How long is it since you saw your brother?" "My half-brother, ray dear," cor- rects Mr. Podswell. "How long?"— and he rubs his chin reflectively— "how long? Dear me! I forget. You see, he disappeared, so to speak, after that unfortunate marriage of his; and —if I may say so—became, as it were, a kind of outcast. Poor Jack!" Mrs. Podswell frowns. "The woman ise married was an actress, was she not?" she asks, with bated breath. The rector colors, and shakes his head with mild horror. "Something of that sort, ray dear. But—ahem!---as she has beeu dead no long, it will be better perhaps if we torget her antecedents," "7 can never forget them," remarks Mrs, Podswell, severely. "I shall never look at the girl without remembering that her mother was scarcely a, re- spectable woman." "I think," suggests the rector, mild- ly, "that is rather too sweeping a term, Amelia; but we will not argue it. have little doubt that Jack carefully 'concealed her mother's history from the child." "It is to be hoped so," aesenta Mrs.• Podswell. "It is aieo to be hoped that she has not inherited any df her mother's tastes and manners; though that, perhaps, le too much to be ex- pected. The daughter of a tight -rime dancee--" "Not, I think, so bad as that," inur- mum the rector, very deprecatingly, "I think an actress, my dear, an actress." "That's as bad," retorts the amiable lady, sharply. "I can draw no distiace tion. How your brother could have committed such a social crime I ean- not'vaderstand." "Jack was always rather strange and eccentric; strongwilled and will se a boy. He took after hie father, so I am told; while I take after mine;" and the rector Learns on his booth with pious self-gratulatien. There is silence for D. moment and the rector coughe tineitny, "I suppose you have made all pre- parationis for lier reeeption, my dear?" he asks, meekly. "I have done ell that is necessary," anavsers Mine Postmen, "I trust 1 know my dater; Muele as I could wish to have been spared this trial, I hum- bly hope that I shall not shrink from It, Joseph." "No, o, eertainly not," assents the rector, hurriedly, "Certainly not, My dear, t am quite sure that you win nerve youteelf to da your duty. After all, she is neee-ebrother's Child, and thenigh I cou7et }Viva Wished that the tateet had not been placed with me, I Will endeavor to tarry It out to the best of tny poor ability. This is a Vale of tear—" "If you aro going to send to Med the train you had better do so 400 teeth," veirsarked Mien Palawan, eut- tint the threatened eertriort short, "I've sent, my dear," he Rat% g1an- fn the cleek. 'It is illmost tinte they were here." • "Ring the bell, and tell Mary to bring in a cup of tea," murmurs Mrs. Fodswell. The rector obeye, and the summons Is answered by a denture domestic, Who walks with Slow, noiseless steps, and speaks In a muffled voice; and the rector, having given the order, fid- gete about the room, rubbing his fat hands, and purring eoftly like a cat, while Mrd, Podswell resumes her for- mer attitude and stares with half- cloised eyes at vacaney. It ie scarcely neceeisarY to set down in plain language that Notthwell Rec- tory is not a lively place. Dull, grim respectability is the presiding genius In the house of the Podewelle; eeerte thing is done by rule, life la made to measure with the dry accuracy of a two -foot rule; laughter Is banished and proscribed as if it were a crime; the very voices of the inmates are hushed, their very footsteps snuffled. No, certainly not a lively place, but respectable—very. The maid -servant brings in the tea, and Mrs. Podswell makes an effort and sits up to take it. As she does so the door opens, and a boy comes in. He is a pale -faced little fellow ot, nine, with large brown eyes that, al he standG in the doorway, survey the room with a grave, precocious air of speculation. "Is that you, Archie?" says hie fa- ther, with an unctuous smile. "COme in. What do you want?" The child comes in slowly, but, in- stead of replying, walks to the tables) takes up a book, and, carrying it to the window -seat, bends over it with an air that almost instantly grows ab- sorbed. "Archibald, do not crush the eur- tains!" says the thin voice from the sofa, presently, The child looks up slowly, puts the book down with an absent, bored ex- pression, and slowly leaves the room. "Mary, put that book in its place." says her mistress. "Tiresome boy! He makes a litter wherever ho goee." The' maid replaces the book on the table in the exact position it occupied before, sweeps a speck of Imaginary dust from the cover, and returns to her mistress' side to take the empty cup, just as if she were a machine wound up to execute a set task. The clock strikes the hour, there Is the sound of carriage wheels, and the rector, with a little preliminary cough, remarks: "There she is, my dear." Mrs. Podewell moans faintly. "I do hope she will not make a scene- I cannot bear a scene. My nerves are adl unstrung as it is. Wliat did. you say her name was, Joseph?" sharply. "Signe, my dear." "What?" ejaculates Mrs. Podswell. "How do you spell it?" "S -i -g -n -a," replies the rector. "What a fearfully heathenish name," says the querulous voice. "I never heard of it before." "I believe," murmurs the rector, apologetically, "that it was her moth- er's name." , Mrs. Podswell groans, and the groan is scarcely oft her lips when the door opens and a young girl enters. For a moment ehe stands with hee hands clasped loosely beforeher, her face veiled, her slim, graceful figure up -right as a dart, in perfect repose, waiting to be received; and so smitten by surprise are the amiable pair that she its' kept there while the clock ticks a minute. For, veiled as she is, there is something so full of maidenly dignity, of indefin- able grace and power in the dark -clad figure, that, to put it vulgarly, the Reverend Joseph and his wife are taken aback. What they had expect- ed they could scarcely have said so lasso many set words, but it was cer- tainly not this tall, graceful, distin- guished -looking lady that their meag- re imaginations had pictured. The rector is ,the first to recover himself; with a little cough and the suave smile which men of his class find so useful he comes forward with fat hand extended. "So you have come, my dear?" he says. This is so self-evident that it scarce- ly admits of a reply, but the young girl says, "Yes," and puts her long, slim, gloved hand in the short, fat one. "Yes, you have come," repeats the rector, rather feebly, "and—er—I axn eure we are very glad to see you. This, my dear, is your—ahem—Aunt Amelia. Your aunt, I am sorry to say, is not so strong as we could wish; she is—" The thin figure raises itself up- right on the sofa, and extends a claw- like hand. "I am a martyr to nerves," says the querulous voice. "Have you had a pleasant Journey? Won't you sit down?" "Won't you sit dowri?" This, then, Is all the welcome which the orphan girl is to receive. She Is asked to "sit down" after a journey of some hundreds of miles, as if she had but cbme te pay an afternoon call. Signa sits down and raises her veil, and the two pairs of eyes watching her, each after their kind, blink with fresh surprise, for just as the curtaia screens Ruben's grand picture in the Antwerp Cathedral, so has the thiole veil hidden a picture of even greater loveliness; the loveliness of a young girl, fresh, unstained, and refined by a deep sorrow, The rector, being a slow man, Stares at the pale face, with its clear. Cut features, its dark gray, weary eyes, and soft, dark, brown hair, in speechless anuttement approaching awe; but his wife forces her aditira- tion back. "I dare say you Would like to go Up to your room at once," she Says, in a basinese-like -Way. "Will you have a cup of tea?" "Or a glees of wirie?" puts in the rector, weakly. The girl shakehet head. "No, thank yott—sI am only tited, wait--" "We dine in half an honr," said Mre, Pathogen. The girl bews and risen Mid a lean hand is tretched out to ring the belt, "Show Miss Cirenville her room,' says the thin voice, and,the Martyr, to nerves einks back as if Ole had done her duty, and a little over. "Ahem!" eOughs the rector, as the door closes,. "A—t thiritY1 may Bay a rettlarkable girl, .ftir deati!: "Remarkable! In WhttO w*yVI.ig1the irritable retort. "Perhaps} you lima ox. ye.oerdinary OWIl,O8,"Y11 admit*, feeblY; "that le as good word. Extraord- Mary, yes, Dear Me! I Inid 40 idea she was so beautiful." "13weettiful!" echoes Mrs, PeditWell, with a little Snort, "Pray, Joseph, do not let us commence with an ab- eurditY. I did not perceive her beauty. I don't like gray eyes. I may be wrong -4 trust I am—but I have always been taught to connect gray one with a - deceitful tenipera- ment. I trust it is not so in thie ease, But beautiful --oh, dear, no!" "Well, perhaps not," aseents the rector, rubbing his chin timidly. "Not actly beautiful, perhaps, but ex-exe traordinary," "Exactly; that is what I said. I sincerely hope that tt was merely fancy on My part, but it seemed to me that there was eomething cold and unnataral about her manner. If there is anything I dislike about ti. girl," adds the martyr, in the tone of an icicle, "It is lack of warmth and impulse, Some persens may admire this new -fashioned self-poeseesion as it is called—I do not." "She seemed very self-possessed," murmurs the rector, shaking his head at the ceiling. "A perfect lady, evi- dently." The martyr snorts with a contemp- tuous air of long euffering, "Pray don't express such a decided opinion, Joseph. You really cannot know anything about it in five Min- utes; and if you are going to dress, you had bettor go; there is turbot to- day, and I . don't want it spoiled." "No, no, certainly not," assents tae rector. And with a last shake of the head, and a deep sigh, as of the most pro- found resignation under a heavy trial, he glides out of the room, Meanwhile, Signa has followed the maid -servant through a long, winding paesage lined with time -stained °ak— a passage that in the hands of an art- ist might easily be transformed. into a glorious, picturesque hall, but which at present is in settled harm - any with the prevailing gloom—and Into a bedroom. "There is your luggage, miss," says the maid, pointing to an old and bat- tered portmanteau seared with much traveling, and still bearing fragments of many -colored labels, English and foreign. "The dinner -bell will ring in half an hour. Is there, anything I can do for you?" The questlon Is not unlikely put, for the girl has all a trim woman' ad- miration for beauty, even in those of her own sex, and there is something In the lovely face, perhaps its pallor, or the subtle light that shines in the dark -grey eyes, that touches her. "Nothing, thanks," says Signe, sink- ing on to the bed, and taking off her hat with a little weary gesture, and the maid, after lingering a moment, goes away, and straight down to the kitchen, where she delivers her criti- cisms upon the new -comer. "A. perfect lady, and as beautiful SS a picture. Poor young thing!" Signe sits for a few moments on the side of the bed, her eyes fixed on the window with a gaze that assuredly sees nothing of the exquisite view of sea and river, meadows and hills, that the lattice window frames. Then with a sigh and a smile—it is difficult to say which is the sadder of the two—she recalls leer wandering thoughts, that have been skimming backward, and begins her toilet. "Half an hour the girl said," she murmurs. "It will not do to be late. If I am not mistaken, unpunctuality is accounted one of the cardinal sins In this place. What a place it is!" and she shudders. "He used to de- scribe it as like this; but I never pie- tured it." ."He" was the father gone to rest. "How can it be possible, in God's good world, for people to live in a house like this, to endure the gloom and darkness? But they don't endure it, they enjoy it! Oh, my poor date- ing, if you could see use now," and she closes here yes, not ,with tears, but with the same strange smile. "You, whose one aim and endeavor was to make life bright and }meet!" She rube here eyes with the towel for longer time than.is necessary to dry them, then she 'looks up suddenly and seizes the hair brushes, and lets down a flood of beautiful hair that has been, and will again be, hidden In the think coils that nestle so closely on the shapely head. "But I promised him *I would not fret and mourn, and I wile not! No! Even this dreary place and these poor, miserable peo- ple, elan nqt make me break this promise! Perhaps they are not so bad as tIty look. Some people, he used to says, are alevea'ys cold and Un- comfortable when aney are embarrass- ed, and I fancy my uncle and aunt - 1 suppose they are my uncle and aunt —were embarrassed and nervous. They will improve on acquaintance. no doubt, but." with a faint Little smile that gives a strange and subtle charm to the beautiful face. "I wish he wouldn't rub his chin, and I wieh she hadn't any nerves to speak of." Clang, clang, as with a long toll like a knell, the dinner -bell sounds, and with a finishing sweep of the brush and that last touch to her neck, which every woman—Heaven knows why— bestows as she leaves the glass, Signa gees downstairs. • As she enters the draaring-room, the rector comes forward to meet her, as if she had kept them waiting for at least a quarter of an hour. "Your aunt," he says, blushing and rubbing his chin, "has gone in. She always goes in five minutes before the bell rings. Will you take my arm, ray dear?" "Five minutee before," Bays Signa. "I will remeniber." The rector coughs apologetically as the thought flashes or rather dawns upon him that the girl has a beantlful —no, extraordluary—voice. "I didn't inean to insinuate that yott should do so," ho nye, "But your aunt is—is eingular in her habits, and --" they yeah the door as he speaks, and he allows the sentence te. remain unfinished, It is not a bad dinner—Signa has Oftea fared worse—but, like ev(ery- ening else hi the place, it yenta light and life and laughter to make it en- joyable. The rector eats hit( Hob— an excellent turbot, by the Way—aif he were trying to look as if he didn't enjoy it; carves the fowl With an apojogetic air, and sighs deeply au lie inquires if he Allan send her the Wing or the leg, The maid hands her the vegetables as an Undertaker hands the box of glereee round at, a funeral, and aske: "Sherry, mlesie" in a Voice of nelltfled. iseleeinity. 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And when Jimmy married Helen I re-' daced the lot by four, To be startled, at the function, when I reached the gift -room door; For I found that some one else had sent two more. Six gionthe later George and Vera got the last two of my stock; And I ambled to that wedding and an- other painful shock When I saw six odd -shaped vases in a flock. • Time hae, paesod, and Beth has trusted me enough to be my wife; And the honeymoon is over, and we zettle down to life In a snug apartment decked with pre- sents rife. In our den we have six vases, all alike of cloisonne— Sort of pals—they eeens to kneel me and I want to see them etay, But—my Beth received two wedding.. cards to -day. —Charles Elkin, jun., in Lite. No More Cors Cure Guaranteed Never known to fail; acts without pain in 24 hourseIs soothing, healii1; takes the en eg ,right out. No roma- dy so quick, eafe and sure as Pet - ream's Painless Corn Extractor. Sold everywhere -25c per bottle. "HEATHER -SELL:, (For a bit of early heather from Whistlefielda I've got a bit of heather in my breast, It's come to me from Scotland, o'er the sea; It brings a touch of quietneses and rest From many who are very dear to me. •23e. this,4 I" wear it in the fight, In battle tor tho right, And serve with all my might, "Heather -Bell." You hare got the crimson . hue, land; er-B ell," You remind m me how to live. for Y I shall over strive to do, and to tell Of comrades true, how they fought, gallant band. I'll wear you In the night And morning's shining light; , Inspire nie to do right, "Heather-Be41." —R. W. Debbie. Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. STAINS OF THE SEASON. To remove pickling stains, wa.sh the bands and dry slightly; then strike a sulphur match . and hold the hands over and around it to catch the fumes. Fruit stains may be removed from 'white 'fabrics by moistening them with a solution of bleaching powder or javelle water, followed by a solution of one parte muriatic acid to five of water. Mildew stains snould be steeped in a solutiOn of washing soda, then ap- ply a solution of bleaching powder or javelle water, and then a solution of one part of muriatic acid to five of 'water. To remove stains from paring, rub the hands with the inside of apple or pear parings before using soap. A general recipe for removing fruit, 'wine, ink or mildew stains is first to wet the stained place with' clean eold 'water; then apply a lotion made of (inc tablespoonful of lemea juice, one tablespoonful of the purest cream of tartar and one teaspoonful of ox- alic acid; put all into a pint of dis- tilled water (or rainwater), shake it boners mime*, and apply evith a soft cloth till the spot is saturated With the lotion, then sponge it off again In clean cold water. Tf the stain does not altogether disappear, repeat the pfroceras till it does. • • TOMMY --.POP, would you cal a let- ter stationery? Tommy's Pop—Yes, my men. Tommy—Evea after you put a stamp on it. and man it? AnLuz CU 1 inerohrstnee by their degertse—Virgif. ‘1"q " a:11o! " tl 1t • .•••1 • • ••:• f 4wort4•••••••••madot .„ ' ie tf.h E )14;1%151' ,•kiti.orvq, 101,5 fk. 6 11 r/eas oiPc'o•tiol • P,1,04,1 • ,11,111r` Nr ,••• , 1........t.!' a , • 4 '11 .1 • 1 CONVALESOENT OHILDREN. How to Amuse a Child Dooraed to the Bed Awhile, A child recovering froin an Innen Is apt to be fretful and peevish, demand- ing any amount of patience on the part Of a mother or an attendant. If the child is a boy modelling in clay will be found entertaining, Ana by helping him form different animals and houses many an !Amami hour will be whtled away. If a girl, try paper flowers or paper dolls. Obildren &so enjoy making scrapbooks, Cutattrae- ztiivneeeircotriuretshsfrooua a neleliwity deosblore'reinm edrnaega-. bored. children like bright colors. Young children ecu eat if they are not conmeteat to paste. Never let a child who is recovering from an illness sew, for it will prove the work being too hilt, whereas paper clothes for (lolly are cure to be enjoyed without fatigue. A pair of toy scales and eupplien in the shape of rice, sugar, raisins and salt, to keep shop, will please a small child, and mother, of course, will do the buying. Expensive toys are not necessary to Make a child happy, for nine out of attheriteit will rsieolilrypeanprefer some simple homemade amusement they create for Minard's Liniment Co, Limited, Gentlemen,—In July, 1915, I was thrown from a road machine, injuring my hip and. back badly and was oblig- ed to use a crutch for 14 months. Ia September, 1906, Mr. Wm. Outridge, ot Lachute, urged me to try MINARD'S LINIMENT, which I did with the most satisfactory results and to -day I am as well as ever in my life. Yours sincerely, ' his leel MATTHEW x BAINES. mark. Turtles and Tortoise. Turtle th a treat. Green turtle is delicious. Turtles thrive in warm regions. The best turtles come from the West Indies. The usual way to prepare turtle is by boiling it in the shell, In Brazil the cook roasts steaks from the breast and lean parts. Turtle sausage is made from the stomach and other interior portions provide soup stock. In Europe tortoise IS frequently eaten, being fattened on bread and lettuce for table use. The French like the mud tortoise, as also do the Italians and Greeks, who cook its flesh and eggs. Green turtle does not get its name from the dark olive Color of its shell, but from that of the fat, so much prieed by epicures. a • a Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. Try These Short Cuts. There are all sorts of short cuts for sewing on the market. The endless task of working buttonholes may be eliminated by using the worked but- tonholes, which may be purchased by suitable for the little folks' underwear. They come worked in fine lawn for shirt waists and the little girl's dress- es. The trying task of sewing on hooks and eyes Is not now necessary, when they am be bought by the yard ready to be stitched into place. In making a fitted linifig it is well • to sew on these fastenings' before it is fitted in order to secure a good fit. If the spacings between thelooks is too wide in some places where there Is a strain it does not take long to sew a few on•at these points. If, ha& ever, you do sew on hooks and eyes you will find it much less difficult to keep the thread from showing through on the right side if you will slip a piece of whalebone into the hem. If tbe hem is too wide for a whalebone cut a heavy piece of cardboard the proper width and slip that in. SELECT MEDICINE CAREFULLY Purgatives are dangerous. They gripe, causing burning pains and make the constipated condition worse. Physicians say the most Ideal laxa- tive is Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Man- drake and Butternut; they are ex- ceedingly mild, composed only of health -giving vegetable extracts. Dr. Hamilton's Pilla restore activity to the boweles; strengthen the stomach and purify the blood. For constipa- tion, sick headache. biliousness and disordered digegtion no medicine on earth makes Such remarkable cures as Dr. Hamilton's Pills. Try a 25c box yOurself. AN INGENIOUS SNARE. Olimm...••••••.•••••••• Uncanny Insect Trap With Which the Pitcher Plant is Axrned. No trapper ever invented a snare for his prey raore ingenious or a trap that ever had a higher percentage of "catches" than the pitcher plant, for few insects ever escape from the clutches of this horticultural Meat eater. He catches them, holds thane, drowns them, and finally eats them, And while he's doing it he smiles so innocently and prettily that you would imagine him one of the quiet- est and most peaceable flowers of the woods. His leaves are his insect traps}, They are a greenish purple and hold to- gether like a cornutopia, With a half closed lid covering the top, The in.. nor Walls of this "pitcher" are lined with hairs, which poitit doarneverd and aro metered with a sveeet, sticky fluid, This fluid is regular "candy" for the bees and hits. The insect enters the half closed door of the pitcher, tastas the honey and begins to explor the interior. As he crawls forward the hairs bend with him and give him free passage. But when he tries toreturn he flints that these hairs seee Veritable barbed Wire entangle- ments to keep him a prisoner, The insect tries to fly out, and the curve at the top ot the pitcher bars his tv,ay. Ile dodges this way and theta itigehlidelied; tUniblee in aelittle Well at the bottom of the pit- cher, effleere he elreetene.e-Detgluteome, vseyntatl4t,teveikped,s_islizvliemre2a4gzry4.41ypets., • ; '• • zee:toe:lee' ISSUE—N(). -88, 1910 -•=pcslm tioLP WANTBD, 17ITANTED,--GIIILS TO WORIC ON VY knit tulderwear—saamers and fin. failed *Webers Preferred, We al" teac4 learners, any girl with good knowledge Of Plain Newin4 mood Wags/4 Wei see* tory eenditione. Zinunerman Manufau+ tunas Co., Ltd., .A.berdeen and goalie greets, leamilten, Ont. WANTED HOUSIelitA,IDS ANT) w w waltrainea, Vrovious experience not mammary, Apply, "The Welland", St, Catharines. Ontario, mtscaLLANaous. tionto241;11"ASP; weilandra eroepstel, rIntharinei, nt, LADIES WANTED. MO DO PLAIN AND LIGHT SEW - .1. Ing at home, whole or spare time; good Pay; work sent any distance: charts - es paid. Send stamp for particulars. National Manufacturing Company, Mon-, treal. GIRLS WANTED Experienced knitters and loop. ere, also young girls to learn, Cleen work and hiohest wages. CHIPMAN-HOLTON KNITTING CO., LIMITED, HAenneTON, ONTARIO. .11.11111••••111114111:10/1=0•110111M. "IRON RATIONS", AT THE FRONT. A New Zealand soldier, writing ao a Indy in Glasgow, says: It is ime possible for you to know the satis- faction it gives us men to know that the people at home are now giving us tons of munitions ,thousands of shells, more guns, more stores, and better rations. It makes one feel com- fortable inside wlien Fritz is bom- barding to know that we can give him as many "iron rations" as he gives us; and we give it to him, too. It would make your heart gled to hear our ,guns rumbling and roaring sometimes, making em to Fritz what we owed him long ago. BETTER THAN SPANKING Spanking does not cure children of bed-wetting. There is a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum-' mers, Box W 8, Windsor, Ont., will send free to any mother her successfsul home treatment, with full instruction, Send no money, but write her to -day if your caildren trouble you in this way. Don't blame the child. The chapces are it can't help it. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled with urine difficulties by day or night. ORIGIN OF THE PENNY. The "maiden name" of the penny was "denarius," and the English pen-- ny is a survival of the Roman rule in the British isles. Like the coin which preceded it in Rome, it has been de- based in value until its name has lost its original meaning. The first de- . narius was minted in Rome about 268 B. C. and was the principal silver coin of both the republic and the empire. It at first weighen sevnty-two "grains troy and was as nearly pure silver as durability would permit. It bore on one side the helmeted head of Roma and the mark X and on the other side the images of Castor and PollunLater these twin gods were replaced by the head of the Roman emperors. By 215 A. D. the coin had deteriorated in value until it was fully 40 per cent. silver, The X, which signified the value of ten asses, had wholly lost its meaning. Diocletian finished the deg- radation of the denarius by apprying, the name to a small silver coin. In England the largest silver coin was called denarius at a time when the English florin was called a gold penny. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc. That Untidy Top Drawer. Much is gained if, instead of making linings or pads for the bureau draw: ors, the drawers themselves are made aainty and ready for the receptacles or articles. First give the inside as many coats of white paint as are necessary to give a clear white tone, and then a coat of white enamel. This gives e perfectly smooth surface, which is fresher than any other lining could be. The drawers look neat and aitrac- tine, and when cleaning is desired a simple wiping with a damp cloth pro - dimes perfect cleanliness. The same idea could he carried °tit with all shelves, cupboards and draw- ers in the house, whether for linen, china or kitchen utensils. They are more easily cared for than when arranged with other covers. This pro- cess makes a good substitute for the highly tecommended glass shelves, HARMONY THERE, (Christian Advocate.) Papa (sternly)—Come here, sir! Your mother and I agree that you de- earve a good sound whipping. Small boy (bitterly) -011, yes, that's about the only thing that you and mama ever do agree about. Off to the Front! Put yourself in top-notch con- dition by eating Shredded Wheat Biscuit, a food that supplies the greatest amount of body-building material with the least tax upon thd digestion. You cannot get to "the front" in any busi- ness with a poorly nourished body. Delicious for break- fast with sliced peaches and cream. • 14a0a astiada. 4rY, ?ar• • kv:e, •