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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-04-19, Page 6ae.ee Cdigt\AVs Berinrannatellweg liisurpavea that tee leatee :Auto ts.A.A.141 1:AtIt vpn MA; ubout the aro' tang of a few hundred ctizelte, hen Germano 1 delug on the battferieal by the atout,andt. lee etareatet at ehebeygan, Wiecon- rhe took a reterendum on eundey on the quest.on, -Shall our couutry enter tiat Luropoan war?" About e00 votes were tact A despatch nye: "All are supposed to have been agaluta, war, in meepozt of the pro -German propaganda organized by the German-AmericanI paetors and other leaders." Of this the Philadelphia Record ays: •1 beet; Germon pastors are about as I s Peaceful, we preaame, ae the German pastors In their own country, who are prettehing rank, stalk paganism and savagery. ee Germane in ttermant hate teen In avor of war for its own rake, and because it was expeekea to brieg teeritery metindemnities. The ; Germane, outside of Germany aro aaei- fists any in the mai that teey very sincerety wish no country in whieh they have taken teinge to defend aster agates,. the 'country they deserted. - TUE LATE OZAR, Mr. Ie. J. Diitou, pereapa the best posted living authoray on queetions affectine. the Ballauto and Slav sub- jecto, lees an :ntertotesag• article in lee Marc% Isortniglitly Review on Russet's dealingo with Poland., 4}ae graphically (execribee the pceition Po- land ;tette? in Europe, diemembered Snd heal In bowleg° Ity Rtiatio„ Ger- otane tine Auetria, anti he paints r. plowing pleture ef the %alum of the Poi:eh people. R116610, by friendly eretOment of the leace, could have made her a straw ally and 0 bulwark feetween lier and Germany. Dut by the erverseueeo of the bureatcratty 01 Etateta the Poe e were eetrangre.. ;aid embittered. The Polenumber twenty- three million souls of a most chiral - rano nature. They \Vero well die- posea to the Rucalans and hated the Germans. 'When the war ,broke out Mr. Dillon Fays the hope flickered that emanclpetfon and freedom was at hand. Ai teee the eroinotts .eilonce was broken, not by a professional etateeman but by an intrepid soldier. The Orand Duke Nicht:tate puhlieteed his historic rnanifesto beginaittg: "Poles! the hour is attlking in which the cherished amino of yOur forbears , .can ho realized." • Reunion of the three fragments; of the naticn and freedom of the reeonetauted people was the perepeetivc held out by the Commander -in -Chief of the Ruceian forcee. It Is uonal to refer to this famouo dceument tus the handiwork of the C'zar' kinsman acting on hio own reeponsibility. ' And it, large be con - farmed that ate ofiehand, not to say contereptuovo, manner in which it Wee received, interpreted, and then brtehed aside by the permanent of- aciate: lent color to this ac-sumptiqn. To this Mr. Dillon saye: "I have au- thority, however, for the statement that the originator of the scheme was the Emperor himself, whose failures, to give effect to his generore anpuleea are ascribed to the army of interested officials bent on keeping the variota, nationalitiee of the Empire in.chronte laud and making this everetimreering hoatility sulseerve their sordid ends. No one shll blame Gime who to-dae maintalu that eo long as that bure• accratic wedge remaino fixed betweeti progress and the Russian people, the most sincere and generous efforts to tackle the Polish problem on thejines of justice tio.d etatecraft cannot be -much more than a piece of idealletic fatuity." . The ()rand Ducal manifee-to had an , - immediate, profoultd, and. far-rang!ag effeeteupon the vamp to whom It e•Ite addreesed. It dierelled the inlet weeilt yeare ofesufferleg 'And decep- tion' heed spread •over the nattan's soul, teleriora...aneicipatione ofa new *life arm in the meld ofindividual:Pelee e under whichever of the three'Reepires „it teem their lot to live. New hopes and- ciao; displaeed thole OYeredaY geleas and strivings. But, however, good intetitioitea • teesetzare was. the scactionary leaders soon allowed the Volash people that there wan no free- dom for them. They net to work and poieoned the care of the Cear so that the Grand Duke's manifesto became a dead letter. The men be whcni he vta,,e surrounded rendered 'xiugatery the, eettictie of Nleholae. Mr., Dillon's erttele wee writtet betere the re.volte Hoe took plate. The men who banded and misguided the Cam' and the na- tion have now been driven from pow. et, mai ere pricanots in the hands of the Duna. Tee revelaticne niade by Ma ')ilien of the benevolent inten- Gone a the Czar towaree hie Polleh sitbjeetti bear out our etethuate of the ceareeter of the tiepceed lemeeror. With proper edvaere, and a more robttt mentality of hat own, he would have given Ilynsia a Wattle. enlightera ea ltoverntuent, and tee Pelee would have been at literty to work ont elude (..1ut ealvetien. One thing the, ever ha e ',hewn the reel of the world hi tho velue of the Bey Scouts training. The Britielt Gov - (ailment evIdentfy truets a Boy femme risis eltown in the recent notiee ap- pearing in the newepaaers of Great Britain aturreading al follows: "The Government reqnires one thousand Boy rfOine, between the age. Of 1r, and 18, for elliebuilillng ta Sande:fele Kent, 1 hey will be full:gra in tlat itoynt In. eliterre, lue paid at the rate, of le. :lit a day,- and parentsiwill -be:entitled. to beiditrs' r.parnt1cfl allo.Leti!e." There is no snort -Ott to tattle, hat that is no l'ettsittetatth the libet filieitlii W6at, hair lengesj.- • HER HUMBLE =*--1 LOVER anc. offirsommiols:=1 "Weil, come now. dear. i am Imre they are al s at sixes and sevens." "Come, then," lie etays; and with it last embrace be draw's her aria wahlu his, and crossing the hall, eatere the ballroom. As be does 60, and as if in accora- ance with a preconeerted eignal, the band breaks out tut° the opening waltz, Couples are immediatelY formed, and -whispering, "Remember, darling, the firet dance is mine." he leads her straight toward the velvet -covered seats upon wbieh Lady Rooktvell and some other dowagers, and the Duch- ess and Laura Derwent are seeted, awaiting the starting of the ball. "Yes, yes," saes,. Signe, liarriedly. "But they are all waiting, Hector." "Let, them wait." he saes agate, with a smile; and then. ate they come close eti the raised seats. lie saw . "How do you do..1111ss Derwent?" Laura Derwent starte—a hundred eyes are fixed on her—and rises with a broad stare in her eves, 'speechless, bewildered—looking from Hector War- ren to Signa upon his arm. "How cliS you do, arise Derwent?" be repeats. Then at hest, and to the relief and amazement of those 'neat her; Laura Derwent exclaims: "Lord Delamerel" OHAPTER XXIII. "Lord Delamere!" The title runs through the room like a signal. Those who have begun to dance, stop, as if by mutual consent. and stare in the directten of the group round the raised seats:. There is a dead, an almost Painful silence, The duchess. a pleas- ant but not too intellectual old lade. puts up her eye glasses and eyes Hec- tor Warren—the Right Honorable Dex- ereux elyelyn Hector Delamere Earl or Delamere and Merchant. Knight of the Garter and member of half a dozen other mighty orders—with eyes of amazement; Aunt Podswell clasns her hands and turns pale; the rector's faee drops and his hands fall to his side .like those of a mechanical figure. Mo- tification, chagrin, absolute fear are expressed in his- countenante and at; altude. Even Laura Derwent. (wick witted as she is. is thoroughly over- whelmed and thrown off her mental balance. Lady RookweIl alone seems unmoved; with a sarcastic grin she looks from Lord Delemere to the oth- ers with the keenest enJoyment. And Signe? Half -dazed half Incredulous she turns her violet eyes from one to the other, and with ea pale face and 'slow, heavy. breath, waits for the next development of the mystery. Lord.Delamere, quite motionless and silent, looks as if nothing had oc- curred, and waits for Laura Dertvent's reeponse to ills greeting as if she had but paused to pick up her hazdker. chief. She is the first to recover from the stupor which seems to have fallen upon them all --all ()eve Lady Rook - well. With a laugh and a flush, the beauty holds out her hand. "How do you do, Lord Delamere?" she Rays. "You have been good enough to come, then? And this little surprise we ought to be grateful for! It is just the finiehing touch to a marvelous and extraordinary piece of business!" He bows and goes op to the duchess. "I fear you da not remember me, your grace," he says. "I was a little boy in a. velvet tunic when I saw you last, Permit me to introduce Miss Grenville." The duchess gives him her hand and her fingers to Signe, still standing. "Yea—no—but—j don't underete.nd,"- ,she gasps, open-eyed. "Of couree, you are Lord. Delamere--" "Yes, alas!" he says, with a smile, and then he turns to Aunt Podswell, who rises hastily, and, with fearful meekness and awe, and trembling, stands before him. "I shall have to ask your forgiveness at a more fitting opportunity for my little masquetade. Mrs Podswell," he saes, in a kindly way. "Yet—me—my lord," murmurs the unfortunate lady, utterly miserable as she thinks of the many times she has. snubbed Hector Wareeu, little dream- ing that the threadbare, poor and une knoivn stranger whom she had dubbed (para -singer and adventurer was the great earl—her husband's patron. As for the rector, ne cannot find •words toexpress his dismaY, and Atones openeteouthed and crimson. and Delamefeeeeasiddrately leaves lain to recover hlmsell'. But Lady Rookwell cannot be passed by. Itetsays, with, a most pleas- ant light in his tees, as he stands looking down at her, with Signe On his nine ""le Suppose it. is useless to expect your forgiveness, Lady Rook - well. I have one consolatioa, that my 'tittle disguise never deceived you for a ,moment." and ho -laughs. "Yes, but it did-efor a moment,. -but nor for long," she says, witit a estali- (dons thuckle. "I smelt a rat the first night I met you at the Rectory. You see, I remember in room, and when ( got home,that night, my lord. 1 stud - led la-and—he! detected the won in lamb's clothing. I hope you leave enjoyed yourself; 1 liope you are deriving an immenee atausemeet from the dismay and mystification of all [hese good people," and she waves her fan to the guests murmuring amongst themselves. ifie face grows,grave "You misunderstand and wrong Me," be says in a low voice; "1 did not desire to mystify anyone. I had, at starting, no teason but to avoid ten, but later—no matter, I will ex - 'Plain everything, even .to your satis- factioa." 'You will be cleverer than I thiek Jeal if you cam" she retorts, signifis dainty; "but if you think this little dramatic surprise has lasted long enouglielt Would be better to set these two hundred pier;111 aidancinge trly told," with a gritt at the title. Ile nods and ernitee. "You ate , quite right," he tam "Come, Signe." She atands motiOnlees fOr•ft Moment, end then Makes a faint emtventent to withdrew his arm, but he holds it too tightly, and puteiteg; his arra round her Walt, he takes her halal and They be. gin to dame. • I One-half the room is Still in doubt as to what has actually happened. Bome know -that tile gentletnan whofft 7•• -they are tiot taken the slightest 110. Bee of, and law treeted with the Ohs Meet neglect sinhe mule here iMonget thent is the /treat Earl a Dealtraete, but the rest are SIMPIY curioue as to the evident exclternent. his advent lute, created: ana soon the inviting strains of oue of the beat London halide make them oblivious. at least foe a few minutes to the Mouton- tary sensation When Lord Delamere and Signe move away, the tongues of the group he has left loosen them- selves With' a groan the rector - wipes tee perepiratlon trom els face and creeps near to his wretched Amelia. "Great heavens!" he whispers. husk- IIY. "Who—who would have thought It possible! *There Isenot any mistake. I suppose, No—no, It is evidently true. But to think; of it—to think of— of--,-the way wea treated him sonte- times! My flesh creeps, Amelia! Of CoUr80, that living is gone! .If I could but have 'assessed it! Oh, dear—oh, dear! 11 ---It is_restlly too bad! And "Knew it all the time. no doubt!" avhiepers Aunt Amelia. shakily. "Jos- eph, 1 --I always said tlsere was— something — uncommon—a.nd distin- guished about him!" e "Didtyou? I don't remember it!" re - torte the rector, his desperation giv- ing him courage. "'If I had followed your advice I should have treated him like a tramp! There! don't make an exhibition of Yourself before all these people!" for Aunt Amelia begins to sniff and whimper hysterically.. "This is very remarkable!" says the Iduelless.* still following with her eve - ;shies the tall figure, easily distinguisb.- ed by its hand of blue ribbon "This— really, I do not like to suggest it—but this isn't a little piece ot maequerad- tug thrown in for our amusement. MisseDerwent?" and she smiles eat- deronsly at that young lady. "Would to heaven it were!" ex- claims Laura Derwent. fanning iter - self furiously, and staring into va- cancy. "No! It ia Lord Delamere. I should know him.from a thousand. I recognized hint in a moment! And to think—to think—that'I have been or- dering liim about all these weeks! That, not content with begging a man's house I have been treating him like a superior kind of clerk. of the works or steward. Oh! if I could sink into the earth!" "He, he!" grins Lady Rookwell, with Intense enjoyment. ."You met your match, my dear Laura, that day, at Casa—sCasalina!" . "Aunt, I'll never forgive you!" ,she °imitates with tears in her eyes. "It's too cruel. But it serves me right." "That's he truest word you ever spoke, my dear; but, take your punish- ment like it man, as ,you ought to have been, and enjoy yourself. After all, you have succeeded; you have got your great fish here, and you will get yourself talked about! Society papees! Why, it will be in all the papersaMy dear, you Will malta another Onsation out of this little affair." "It is too cruel ot bine" repeats poor Laura. "f won't have that! ' exclaims Lady Bum,bleby. "I don't believe he meant It that way at all, I liked him from the first; 1 mate fell in love with him that evening at your place, my dear. He was so, very. avulsing and remain. I never Mutated so much in my life!" "He is amusing -enough -now," re- torts Lady Rookwell, sarcastically. "But you don't mdny of you laugh!" "And that 'dear girls Miss Grenville, tun delighted at her good fortune," adds Lady Bhmbleby. "Alt!" says Laura Derwent, with a start; "1 was forgetting her! Yes. of comae. Why, she wlfl be the Countees of Delainere!" "Of course," retorts. Lady RoOkwell, concisely. "He, he! What some of the mothers with marriageable .daughters will say of her, when they quite real- ize the.big fish has escaped them after heg your pardon, my dear," to the duchess, who has six daughters some- where about,the room: "Oh, dont apologize to me; my girls are all engaged, or in,the nursery," says her grace, graciousy. "And that young lady, Miss—Miss Grenville, is engaged to Lord Delamere.Indeed! Tess she is a fortunate girl!" The "fortunate girl" meanwhile is still dancing with the greatest man in the county. The man who until a few mothents ago she thought plain Hec- tors Warren, and whom she cannot cannot yet realize as a mighty earl. Her brain seems whirling, her heart throbs and palpitates; the magnificent. room spins round, but yet he holds her in a firmly -gentle grasp, knowing that all eyes arg watching her, and deter- mined that they shall net see the dis- may and bewilderment that he knows are dominant in her mind. But presently, as some couples drop out of the circle of the dance, he stops, and gently taking her arm, leads her into one 'of the ante -rooms, 'and cloe- ing the door, screened by a curtain, draws her to him, and looking dot'l Into her troubled eyes,. murmurs: .. "Speak to me, Signe. My darling, tell me you have forgiven me." She tries to withdraw herself from him, but he holds her by main ,though gentle, tender force. "Speak!" be whispers. "Tell me that you .think me inconsiderate, un - Tata anything—but speak. I cannot bear to see you look like that ,so full of doubt and— trouble. Will you not say that you forgive Pee, my darling?" 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No, no, it ettanOti Way should is: Yott would not give me tetaluauseItodloutpxziy7 ilanle and ranit worse "Name and rank:°' she says; teen she smiles. 1. was not thinking of them," she eays, empty, •addewith Pere truth. • • "Then you Were tataking--" pause, and in that mOntent of silence she retnerabers the story of the murdered man and the ruitted girl—of Casalina—the naille !IMMO on her brain in lettere of tire. The Man site loves und is pleelned to is the Lord Delamere who wickedness is in eV. ery mart's mouth, whose Very =Me she has learned to fear, and almost to detest, Her face growe deadly White, and her 'Preath coulee slowly. . Signe.," he says, aud bis own fears is pale and dark, and his voice stern and grave—"Signa, I know what is passing through your mind; my love gives me the power or reading your „every thought in your eyes. You are thinking of the evil you have beard of me, Is It not so?" . She does not speak, but a heave' sigh leaves her half -parted lips. "I see!" he murmurs; "you believe it all—the Idle gossip of a scandal - loving world, Signe!" and there is a world of tender reproach in his sad voice. Her heart beats with a wild hope, and her lips quiver. , "It -ht was mot true, then?" she mus - tars. "True! Look at me, Signal" She raises her eyes slcwiy and fixee them upon him; then, with a, low cry of exquisite delight and joy, she leans toward him, and he folds her in his arms. "Oh, Hector, forgive—forgive sue!" he pants, faintly. "Ala how I have wronged you! I, who ought to have held your name stainless, though all looked as black as night against you: 'Forgive me, Hector!" '" "Not that -word from you, my pure, stainless angel!" he anurinurs, husk- ily. "Ah, Signe, you have much to forgive, I nothing. Signe, let the past be burled between us. Enough that 1 am not guilty of the crlmes"—and Smile crosses his face—"that deaf old Lady Rookwell, half in jest, lai4. to my cbarge." "Yes, yes, in jest—it was only in Jest," says Signa, hurriedly. "I tnight have known it if—if I had known that you were the Lord Dela. mere of whom she spoke. But I did not; I never guessed it, though now It seems strange, stupidly strange that I did .not.".• • ••. "It is strange,"*. he says, with a smile; "to me the disguise seemed so transparent .as to be incapable of deceiving even the dullest. 1 sup- pose I don.'t look much like an old earr —with a laugh—"or you got a0- customed,. all of you, to imagining a monster, and as I was not quite that, you accepted me fo'r an honest man!" Signe smiles; the color is coining back to her face; the happiness to her heart, and in her violet eyes shines the 014, quit jay in the passionate. leve .which pours into them from ' bis: "And you are not sorry—you do not repent!" he says, with a 'smile, but still it little anxiously. "No," she answers. "But--" "Bu, Idector, that • cottage la • the air was very nice." "And will not Northwell Grange on solid earth be nice, tem?" he demands. "Nice is not .the word," She says, then she sighs. "Buti—if you are the Earl of Delamere, Hector, I shall make such- zi poor countess." He laughs and holds her at arms' length, that he may scrutinize her with wistful, love -hungry eyes. "Yes, a poor, plain, stupid young person, with no outward- grace or charm—yes, you will make a poor counters!" Then he laughs again. e"Poor foolish little bird," he saes, '"do you know that you will look just the type of the popular idea -of it coune- ees?—that there is not anothergirt in the rooin who watild so fittingly in every way fill the place you have deigned to accept? No, in your heert you do not, but. it is true, ray darling. There is not a portrast of the dead -and -gone women of our race so noble and beautiful—" "Hush, hush!" she whispers; put- ting her finger on his lip, but with a look of delighted joy in her eyes. He kiseee the gloved linger pas- sionately. "It Is true, ray darling—how could it be otherwise? ` You ate your fath- er's child, and be was one of nature's noblemen. Do you not remember how I admired and reverenced him? Yes, Signe, you will make something of the old title Which le alas! have dragged in the dirt, or left, et,o gram rusty and tarnished, 1 have always dieliked it—it has seemed to me like the worthless soil which eficoueagee the growth of the toadstools; all sorts of parasites' have been attracted to it; but now you will set a diamond in Its forehead, as Tennyson says, and .all will go well." "Will it?" he says, thoughtfully, blearing the lappet of his -coat. "If I could thbak so. "What is this, Hector?" And she touches the lima blue rib- bon that crosses his breast. "That," he says, with a smile, "is the ribbon of the Order of the Knights of the Garter." "Oh, yes, of course!" she says, with a smile. "Ah, yOtt—you see I have not yet realized the greatness of your real state, Recta." He laughs. "I put it on because I wished t� do you honor, InY alearest, not for any Vanity on nly part, I longed tie make nlyeelf feel some Way, though. only in a worldly tense, more worthy of you; and so I Crowded this on." ".It has frightened them!" she says, With a eneile. Then she arches her eyebrows, "Poor Aunt Podswell! Even in my bewilderment 1 eould not help noticing her distress! Hector, it wa./1,1110?;t fs!' esays.ir.i"Listen while tiplain, / canto down here with the intention of Just glancing at the old places and directing it to be done up and seen to. I knew that if I clime down in my proper person .1 should have ail the good folks of these parts round me; and I don't like to be Surrounded. Peace is the only Joy, you know. I had beeti been here two or three days undetected and un- suspected, and Was going again, when taet you on the heath. I fell in !eve with yOtt at that monient. don't knew why; does any Otte ever 110W Why? But that I Itreed YOU from that moment, I will always swear." "Metal'!" ("re be eotitinua4.4; It not only eofterta tho water but doubles -the Weans» kw power of soap, and makes eYorYthIna sanitary end wholesome. mama 8UinTITUTES. THE OLD AND NEW, Period, notably in the reign of Theo. &mime, iho city passed teroUgh a pe. 'God of great prosperityIt hat how. Constanza, Roumanian Seaport, of Old -new Character, Constanza, the important Roumanian seaport and fortress on the Black Sea, whtch has figured so prominently in the news of late, is one of those new - old 'towns that are so characteristic of the Balkans, The Balkans are, of oeurse, replete with towns once fa- mous. In ancient history that are, to. day, either tittle more than villages oz' have taken on a wonderfal new devel- opment and are expaudIna„ once more, into great and prosperous titles, The long 500 years of "Ottoman sleep," which fell upon Most of these plane hi the thirteenth or fourteenth. 0011'tury, has now, for some time, been broken, and a general renaissance has, , tar the last forty or fifty years, eveleet where ,characterized the liberated countries. By the treaty of Berlin, which obliged Roumania to accept the "swamps of the Danube" and,a recog- olden of her independence. in exchange tor that portion of Bessa,rabia ceded to her in 1856, she, of course, acquired • ever, too near the courines of the mu- pire to be safe for eery long, once the greet decline set in, and it early passed under the control or the Bulgars, add later of the Turks. it was bombarded by the Russians in the war of 1812, and some seventeen years later was surrendered to the same power with.. out any effort being made to defend it. Something over two Years ago, only a few weeks before the outbreak of the war, Constanza was the scene of a famous meeting between King Carel of Roumanian and Ihe Czar ot Ruusia.--Exclia,nge. 4 • * KeCp Minard's Liniment' in the house IN FASHIONDOM. See the stripes: Nate the draperies. Semite appear In coats. Hats are 'worn clown again. Kinbroideries are everywhere. Veils are flirtatious affairs. 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A. possession of the ancient seaport of • Constanza the Kustendji of the Turk- ish days, With a commendable energy she set about making the best of her new a-oseessions. . Constanza was taken in.hand With a will. Very large sums of money were freely expended on the bapbor and decks; whilst the town itsalf was la,d out with broad streets and adorned with beautiful, buildings'. It is it city of mosques 'and churches for, in it population of some 27,000, which is more than double what it was same sixteen 'years ago, all manner of religions are represented, It is, trideed, a .curieusly polyglot city,' end Turk and Greek, Roumanian and Biggar, tale Jew and the Armenian, rub shouldeia itt -the streets or on the quays; or, at any rate, so they did before the war. In' the matter of manufacture, Con- stanza devotes itself chiefly to the work of tanning and to the making of petroleum drums; but it is es iagreat port of transit that the town is par- ticularly famous. Ever since the rata way to Buchareet, which commences the passage of the Danube and its marshes at Tchernavoda, was cont pleted, in 1895, gonstanza has been growing in importance in this respect. Immense quantities of grain, in normal - • • .._ « Minard's Liniment Co., Ltd. Gents,—I have used your Minard's Liniment in my family and also in my stables for yeare, and consider It the best niedicine obtainable. • Yours ,truly, ALFRED ROCHAV, Proprietor Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables, times, pass through the port, and it Was until the outbreak of the war in 1914, the transfer point for the great, overland journey to. Constantinople and the Near East fronaLondon, Paris. BrusseleeDerlin, Vienna tool Budapest, and, indeed, from all over the contin- ent. The service between Constanza, and Constantinople was condected by state-owned steamers, which included the fast mail and passenger boats in • connection with the Ostend and Orient expresses. Constanza occupies a site .close to • the ancient Tomi, at one time the chief city of the Teuxine, , It lies at thesea- ward end' of- the -Great Wall of Trajan, and research goes tO elioter that it was in ancient times a fortified town, and a place of no little impOrtance. There are considerable remains ot ancient masonry, walls, piltars and so on; Whilst a nantber of inscriptions, found in the town itself and in the neigleber- hood, show that It' Was at Tomi that the poet Ovid spent those eight years of exile about which he corn -plains so bitterly throughout the five books of the "Tristia." Itt the fourth century Constantine the Great changed the namo of the part of Constantiana in honor of his - sister, and during the later Roman LATEST FASHION TIPS. Ornaments/ of leaves, wreaths of fruit or flowers, quills,. feathers, bows, em- broidery, tinsel trannaltna• and applique are the tuuctits that Paris milliners have added to the spring .hats. With grate ot lino that defies Cescrip- lion, the artistic. totnbinations of t•olor and the beautiful turns of Ott brims, It general. Weet is obtained-. th'at is well epitomised in the word "chic." • * * * W rashoble atin and crepe de Chine aro etior.ozni,..si in the oldthey may be 'washed and pret,s(d If gfeat ,tare is brought to hear on 0W-flyer:Won. Voile is c,ne of the fabrias,!for summer' wesd, which in the seine . qualities • can . hardly be beaten for dow n rig ht ba uty. . , .• The bias plaid at which many a Wo - 11,•')11 Iii0k.1 till ii101r,S0a, will. not $ag he- cat15e.lt.,14 ,INI.,ven in the gr,•at realm or fashion. '.'• • • • ,..„2„;,. * * 4 .APPaI•011111 .the Uti•i13.11 CAA (10 no wrong 'in the grZmt• realm or W hile Marty of the new coats rather fit, :Crook., are waistless. * * Shirring and eordings are ;.:f. C.T1 In many wttYa. * * The beadeilintg is ubklultoris. Minard's Liniment Used by Physicians A WOMAN WHO DARED. Boston Will Honor Memory of - Anne Hutchinson. Rome, which' in the oixteenth cen- tury burned Giordano Bruno at the stake in the °amp° di Fier' for her- esy, in the nineteenth century reared a statue in hie honor on the very spot where it had- put him to death, and the spaee at the base of this statue Is a, platie of frequent assembly, a sort of popular' forum, for the Romans ofsto-day. Boston ie about Lo show that it can also exactly reverse its estimation of proseribed citizen. There is now ou hand a growing subscription for a public statue here of Ann Hutchin- son, a woman whom Boston hadeshed in 1638 for heresy and for thee etrange form of sedition which 'consisted of an attempt to undermine the influence of the ministry. There is every reason to believe that the suttee:their:a will be a sue. mate and a eptrited model of the pro - nosed statue is already in existence. An. interesting oircumstance, surely, for there Is not now in Baton a statue of it woman. although there are several wilkal wove made by women. The city which baniehed Anne, hiuth1zi�n tor lier sed tious preach. Ing will not May honor her signally, .but will honor her above all its other daughters—above her singers, such as Lydia eigourney, Julia Ward Howe, or Lucy Larcome that ,prose writere, ouch- ate Louise „M. Alcoet. attaah Orne Jewett, Lydia Maria Child a d Mercy Warren; her thinkers and 'lecturers, such as •Lucy•Stote, Margaret Fuller, Mary L. Livermore, Ellen II. Rich - ark; or ber many just great.women itt every moral tied aatelleatual way. toch as Elizabeth Peabody and • Mary Moody Emmen. Beeore allatheee, we .say, will be honored the woman who long lige led tile revolt. against the rule that "your women shall keep silenee in the churches." Anne Hutehinson muet surely have been a great woman in several re. ePecte. Without great intellectnal A "2 fit 1 Shoe Polish" Is mach§ for every use. For Black Shoes, • "2 in 1 Black" (poste) gm,' "2 in 1 Black Combination" (paste and liquid)* for White Shoes, "2 in 1 'White Cake" (cake) and "2in i'White Liquid" (liquid): for Tau Shoes, "2 In t Tie (paste) and "2 in 1 'I'an Combination' (pasta and liquid). 10c Black—White—Tan 10c DALLEY CO. OF CANADA LTD., Hamilton, Can. QUE:c.1 HANDY— LASTING and moral rower she could never bay° kept the Young Puttee colimianity tnimd 811 an tete die. nor hate uttacit al to her eta 0114.11 Inett Ali Rev. Joint Onion and, 1ilr Harry 'Vane, nor have intotteeiled in revereing so tOrapletelY the rule of ellenco which had 1100)1 put 'iron women. Sarno arena° eare of authority Milat have surrounded. Ler to nutke the 'colony meat, tie it eeemed to do for u, time, her pereenal aciti teat of tbe poeseseion of the covenant of aTace on the part of certain men and uoinen of the comanunitY, as against mere dry "works" on the part of the reef-. She aesumed to divide the whole Poteulatiou into tee sheep and its goate; but ultimately elle committed ANTIQUES Have you any old articiea 01 merit which you are desirous of disposing of --such as Antique Fur. niture, Old Plate, Brassware, Prints, Engravings, Old Arms, Ar. mour, Curios, etc.? If so, you will find it of interest to you to consult us. ROBERT JUNOR .62 KING ST. E., HAMILTON, ONT. THE HOUSE FOR GIFTS. Importers and Dealers In China, Glass, Fancy Goods and Antiques. see the material error (though et may have been based upon the moat accur- ate of spiritual clatesifications) or Put- ting more of the clergy into the claw of goats than into the elms' of sheep. In loot, ehe found but about two be- sides herself who possessed the cove- nant' of grace, And as Boston of that date was a pure theocracy, Anne Hut- chinson was doomed wasti at last e'le challenged, and could, be proved • Lb IlaVe "traduced," the majority of the min Were. Her •baniehment followed as a mat- ter of course; but we may accept it ae an evidence of her personal power that slie wee condemned to no more dreadful fate than to go and live in Rhode Maud. 1i was. there, on the at- tend at Aquidnecic, that Anne lititche ingeon did the greateet thing that tete ever did, in founding a community 'where it was decreed that no one should ever be "accounted a delin- quent for doctrine." For enuneiating in practical farm that eublime doctrine, whicleatt time became' the eorneastone pea. tion, Anne eluteeineon deserves it statue in the cite which le moot acecciated with her nameand leer - But' if the statue le erected nOnleWlwie In Boston, we may expect it to be- come, as the etatue of Bruno has he - rime in Rome, a peeuTiar ehrine.fer those who commend it as a virttie- to epeek ,out one'e opinione boldly, even ifeslet-he saV especially if -timy.. are at earianee with the general opine' of the COMMIlaity.--Boston "•'Israniscript." • - 4 • * Epigram. The late Ceneral Gallieni was a master of epigrammatic expressions. "Don't eritietee until you can remedy," is one, "If you've got brains, use them; if not, plant eabbages," was an- other of the generala sayings. "Set things going, and keep them going." and "Say what you wain done, but don't say more than a man can re- member," were two other counsels. -- Westminster Gazette, A GOOD MEDICINE FOR ME SPRING Do Not Use Hars'n Porgatkies—A Tonic Is All You Need. , Not exactly sielt—but not feeling quite well. That is the way most people feel in the epring. Basile tired, appetite fickle, sometimes head- aches, and a feeling of depression. Pimples or eruptions may appear on the .skin, or there mats be twinges of rheumatism or neuralgia. Any M these indicate that the blood is out of order—that the iudoor life of winter has left its mark upon you and may easily develop into more serious trouble. . Do not dose yourself with purge- iivee, an many ,people do, in the hope that, you can put your blood right. Purgatives gallop through the system dAosnk °nfP001::::411b1 in. jack: Advainiataagb'eos; and --weaken instead of giving strength. Any doctor: will tell you this is true. What you need in spring is a touic that will make new blood and build up the nerves. Dr. Williams' Pink Pilin is the only -medicine that can, do this speedily, safely and sure- ly. Every dose of this medicine makes new blood which clears the skin, strengthens the appetite and makes tired, depressed meri, women and children bright, active and strong. Mrs. Maude Begg, Lemberg, Sask., says: "1 can unhesitatingly recom- mend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as a blood builder and tonic, I was very much run down when I began using the Pills, and a tew 'boxes fully re- stored my health." . Sold, by all medicine' dealers or by mail at 50 Cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from the Dr. Williams' Medieine Cos, Brockville, Ont. . . s ' Ranh World He wee a young subaltern. One evening the sister had just finished making him comfortable for the Matta, --see-e-- . and before going elf duty aeked: "es there anythiug I can do for you before ?little Two Stariereplied: "Well, y1 ellsliaeavieT 'should like very much to be kkgrsciterg°Ads-tnleigdhtto,"the.door. "Just wait till I tall the orderly," she said. "He does all the rough work here.a—Lon• and take no other ne all Pot three weeks he the horrors of the actual cleaning without a murmur. Then his pati - ('1100 gave yoavet;,"way. "colibed his wife, "yen Used to tell we I was your queen," "Yes," he said, with a wild glare in his eyes; "but when a man finds his queen has used his best tobaeeo-Jar for pale oak varnish and his meers- e.litai.m, i.rtipLIfor a,4,..tt:k:ai.tnn. ier he be. sting to gratip the advantages of a republic.' --Tit-Bits, Tito fellow who marries a eooking sotooi girl muq expect 'her to pan out. 0 ISSUE NO. 16. 1917 • ft HELP WANTED, IN AN TE:VM L) aS() N" MI LI. 111111e.- aardere. 81/11)110a V.1141 W,:a V tiai'4. Viqaii, 'steady worn, teed 1i114114141. %MVO 0110. We pay • apprenuee eave: wattes V.1111(1 learning'. Fataily Iv%) elven speeicil roneltietation.• rot' tun purlieu - laza, apply to tilingeby Ltlq .lirantford, (hit, ‘AT ANTBD PItOttAeriONEItte To IV train -for nurses. Apply, Wetland:a- Ilospital, St. oatharines. , MONEY oRaERS., .At OUT -OV -TOWN Counta..by Dominion 1,bcpreSs Mow ty Order. enve teeters ceitteathree cents. AGENTS WANTED. N"WetaterletaatAICLNG aileaVisfe strange- ocientlfic discovery, Kato - mite revolutionizes clothea washing ideas; Poaltively abolishes rubbing. Washboards and washing machines; 181,0 guarantee; absolutely Itarmleas; weimen .astonished: territory protection. The Aram Com., Pena. et Frovinclai Lane, Montreal, (sue. FARMS FOR SALE. p on SALE—CHICP AUNDEit Maier- , gage. tee acre intproved term awl buildings, In Township at Artetnesiu, near Flesherton; only eak dewn, $10) in icta months; and balance Vie a year at )tor cent. can pay any sum at any time, London Loan & Savings Cb., London, Ont. ••••••••••••,••• 1 N. THE COUNTY 01' .118tANT. the village of 1'elvin-84 acres, clear- ed, well -tilled, choice sand loam, two good wells, buildings all up-to-date, fences No, 1. Full particulars, apply to John McCormick, Lawrence Station, Ont. FASHION FLASHES. A girlishlooking shirt has its sailor collar revers and tie all eut in one—a scheme which demands special sktll in the cutting, for all it looks so simple. There the revers narrow into theate they are caught into tho encircling bowlegs of a pearl raw, whose raising or lowering can difin_e_the length of the V-shaped nect opening. While the slip -on -over -the -head sweaterater seems to be the favorite coat -in knitted weaves, there are stunning loose ones, more on the original sweater coat lines, made of the vari- ous new American silks. Oyster white shoes to be much more fashionable than plain white, and it realty look eboolto_urtsnul when combined iv Sport shoes areabeantnully white, of suede, bucksein_a_ntl::thiny white kid. Even the soles are white. Gold and deep rose are two of the newest colors for southern resort rigs. We are rapidly getting away from the long mate and short, full slcirts. Spanking Coesn't Cure! Don't think childrenchn be cured of ted -wetting by spanking them. The trouble is constitutional, the child can - FREE not fielp it. will send to any mother my sueoessrul !Mine ..t4eatmentwith full Instructions. If your ehildren trouble you In this way, send no money, but write me to -day. My treatment . Is highly recommended to -adults troubled withurine diffieulties by . kitty or night. Addrees: • Mrs. m. Summers. , ..BOX. 8 :WINDSOR, Ontario. Novel. Spring Salads, SCULLION SALAD. Cook two or three bunches of small scullions till tendert. Chili and serve on lettuce leaves, putting two or three of them through a ring of uncooked 0111011. Cover with mayonnaise. TOMATO SALAD. _ Cut tomatoes in thick slices. Mash a cream cheese -with a Small piece of Roquefort, ueing cream to make of the right 'consistency. Put a spoonful of the cheese mixture on top of each slice and serve with either French of mayonnaise dressing. CODFISH FRITTERS. • Cut fine a cup and a half of codfish and boil with a quart of potatoes, aim) cut fine. Mash together and add a eup of milk, a tablespoonful of butter, one egg, four tablespoonfuls of flour and pepper. Fry in deep fat. BEET SALaste Bell tiny beets of aniform size and cool. Place too crisp leaves of lettuce on each plate. In one put one of the beets which has been marinated in French dressing for an hour, In the other put a half of a stuffed egg. CODFISH SOUFFLE. Make a cream settee of aetablespoon- ful of butter, one of butter and a cup of milk. Stir ttll smooth and add three tablespoonfuls of flatted fish and the beaten whites of -two eggs. Mlnard'a Liniment lumberman's friend • • • An Optimist's Essay. If the 'pessimists of the past had been right men would still be living in caves and trying t� get their meals with elubs and flint arrows. And dently they died Without publicly eon- fessing their mistekes, for their pea senistic children eontinue to prophesy dismally that everything that is surely going to be cannot possibly come to pass, They seem to be born with the habit and cannot get over it. lie who has once despised the laws 'of nature and has soared above them has no riglit to live—Auerbach. Rather than be a leader, many nion prefera to follow his own incline. Goes. Sweep out the poisons! The large intestine is the seat of many distressing ail- ments, the prolific producer of poisons that impair all functions of the body. '(cep it clean and healthy by eating the right kind of foods. Cut out the drug laxatives. No need of pills, oils or bran cakes when you can eat Shredd- ed Wheat Biscuit1 a food that contains all the material needed for building healthy tissue and at the same time supplies enough bran to gently stimulate peristalsis, thus keeping the bowels healthy gnd active. Try k for breakfast with hot milk, stewed pruneg, or sliced bananas. Via* in Canada, ete '