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The Wingham Times, 1914-03-19, Page 6wiNt711Avi TotES, Ifni 19 1914 LEAVING TOWN 7,000 Stock of Watches, Clocks. Jewell- ery, Silverware, Cut:iGlass Leather Goods, Ladies' and Gent's Umbrellas, Stationery, Wallpapers, Windowshades, Fancy Goods, etc., to be sold at and below cost. ifg 0A, 44 As owner is Leaving Town Everything Must be Sold Sale is Now On 'Phone 65 Opposite National Hotel 234281631=1111111111011111111. feenetee ZeiXec;e,en/X>$:te.eteaVe,e•-(*ce HORSE WISDOM. Don't expect a horse to stand still 11' tormented by tiles. Keep the mod cleaned off the itoeseslegs end they will not ha ve (*reeked heels. 11' everybody would begin feed- ing new oats carefully, horses 111.Th1d not have so rimcb trouble with cone. Begin very geadually increasiug the amount. Back end to is the way to hitch a horse where the wind is blowing. When they are loose eo they can do as they like you never saw a Lime stand facing the storm. Dent breed worthless borses and expect wonderful colts. The (plenty or the dam is as impoi•tant as that of the sire in the production of good horses. (!) 6.) *".i.,-(e4<rsN:t><><e,•;,4' ;;•et..t "ee,...W,e,<>4"Yeeseee,(e TINY MEN AND WOMEN. Some Noted Liliputians Who Were Exhibited In England. Of dwarfs exhibited in England the most celebrated was the Pole, 13orul- waski, evho was born in 1739 and died In 1837. At six he measured seventeen inches and finally, in his thirtieth year, reached thirty-nine inches. lie had a sister shorter than himself- by bead and shoulders. 13ortilwaski traveled all over Europe, and now lies buried at Durkee:1. In the year of his death his succes- sor, Charles Stratton, known to fame as "General Tom Thumb," was born. When twenty-five he was thirty-one filches Ingle In 1844 he appeared In England and had an extraordinary success. After esteueive travel in both heinispheres the "general" again visited Eugland in 1857, but the divai•f man, in spite of ninny Personal and Intellectual quali- ties. was less attraetive than the dwarf boy. in the year 1863 be married the very minute American Lavinia. War- ren, and died in 1883. Other web known dwarfs of the past have been: Three tebildren of n Seuttish sbep herd named eleleinley, the sliorteet of a both was forty five itieltes. Don vronetsvo Dulingo, a Spaniard, twenty-nine inches. Jan liannettia, lintehman, twenty- eight litches. ataxy Jane lettittenien. an Austral- ian, who at thts age ot tilt1.1,11 MIA thir- ty tive inches high - Pali Ms:1 Gazette. What Killecl the Adjutant. There is a !deo' nt mi English officer, Colonel Eitzlioy. !bat dates back to ritzlioy e hen id India was pos- seem! of an air gun, and one after- noon he took a shot at an adjutant, a bird which, being en eecteleut scaven- ger, 1.-1 protected flour injury by a fine a 100 rupees. Several people SOW the bird tall, but heard no report. There Wes, of coarse, n hubbub, mut a court Of Inquiry waS ordered to investigate the bird's death. As luck would have it. 1ltztoy Was APPOInted president of tile court, the finding of Whieb Was tinly recorded as tullowe: "The eotirt, having earethIlY litereatigated all the evidenee brought 'heltare It, bile Come to the tonelasion that the bird died of suntitreke. (Signed) Fitaney, Captain and Prealdent." CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Tho Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the a Signature of When a man keeps saying "Democ- racy is ungrateful," he's probably one of the people who fail to realize that ou can't go on punching the same meal ticket forever. Orangeville Assizes, fixed for Tues- day established a new record for Duff- erin, there beieg no cases civil or aim- inal, on the docket. Seven cars loaded with railroad ties ran loose down Caledon Mountain, and, crushing into others near Mono Road, caused a bad smash. Mr. James M. McKay, for thirty-five years associated with the iirm of Mc- Coll Brothers, Toronto, died at his re- sidence in Harriston. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Doctors' Fees. "They talk about lawyers' dishonest accumulattons, but look at doctors." "What's the matter with doctors?" "Are not all of their earnings 111 got- ten gains?" -Baltimore Amerlenn. Cu red. "And has this neuritis doctor cured your friend of the hallecinution thot eihe was slit?" "Oh, completely She's really sick now."-Fliegende --------- To cultivate good thoughts Is to be loyal to one's better selt. Such Is Life. "Happiness is unattainable." "Bow now?" "It was alwnys my dream to get rich nnd linve a east iron dog on the lawn. It took me forty years to get rich and now east iron dogs are out of style."-' eVashington SLEEPLESS' ESS, Little Trielis Ily Which You Can Trielt Dlr. Morpheus. "Six liour.t for men, seven for wo- men, and eight for children," runs the old saying regarding the amount of sleep neciteseey for good health. Such hours, however, are scarcely suf- ficient tor the average healthy per- son, according to medical testimony. Most inen want more than six hours, and those who sleep lees cannot be Said to be in the best of physical condition. Ineomnia, of couree, aritiee froel many causes. Worry, grief, indieee- tion, cold feet, bad ventilation, lac% of exercise, inaproper faod, and pee- ticularly disordered nein, es, are all apt to cause sleeplessness, and °flea the simplest remedy will effect a ewe. Possibly bad nervis are the cariee, of sleeplessness in nine caws out en: ten, and at the present time nerve specialists are strongly recommendlog the simple remedy of taking a small glass of stout and a biscuit after they I are in bed for pt tients suffering from sleeplessness. The remeey, it is said, has a wonderful effect. This reminds one of Frank Dock - land's sovereign 1.•einedy, which was to eat two or theee raw onions before going to bed, with the result that the drowsy god, probably attracted by the fragrance of the sleep -compelling root, hovered in the air. But for those who objected to the olfactory incon- venience of such a strong dish, ste w- ed onions of the Spanish variety were recommended. One has often heard that sleep can be induced by counting huadreds of imaginary sheep jumping over a gate, and in the same category as this cure might be placed that of the famous Samuel Wilberforce, best known as 13:shop oe Oxford, who, greatly troubl- ed with insomnia, found a cure in re- peating, very slowly, the vowels a, e, 1, o, u, which had to be faintly pro- nounced with each inspiration and expiration. The glass of stout and biscuit cure may be strongly recommended for those people whose habit it is to dine at seven o'clock, and go to bed at eleven or twelve without taking any more food. Sleeplessness is often the result of hunger, and by eleven or twelve o'clock the stomach is empty, and its owner cannot sleep. In place of the stout the teetotaller may take a glass of hot milk or a bowl of thick soup, which will send him off at once. Going to bed in a cold room after having spent an evening in a hot ate mosphere is to be condemned, as Is also the practice of having too thin night attire and chilly sheets, Cold provokes indigestion, which keeps people awake, and therefore it be- hoves us to go to bed warm. One frequent cause of insomnia Is cold feet, and in such cases closely - knitted socks and a brisk walk before retiring are recommended. People with poor circulation should use a hot-water bottle, but in other cases of cold feet the following method may prove very beneficial. Hold them in a basin of cold water by the bedside just before getting into bed for about two minutes or less. Then rub them dry with a rough towel, which will at once impart a glowing warmth. To many people the drinking • of half a pint or more of clear cold wat- er on retiring brings about a cure for sleeplessness. It clears the . blood, washes irritating food. out of the stomach, and promotes a feeling of quietude which helps sleep. _ v. •^ --• J Nurse s Years of Experience Proves Dr, Celestes Irldney-TAver Pills ' Best Treatment tor Kidney and Stomach Troubles. i The trained nurse has even greater Opportunities than the doctor himself to watch the action of medicine in specific cases. f For years the writer of this letter has been recommending the use of Dr, Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills among her patients, and is firmly corivinced that no treatmett is so Prompt and effective, This is the most valuable evidence obtainable, and we believe that all who know Mrs. Duffy will appreelate it to the full, knowlng that hot recommend anything in which she had not the fullest confidence. ! Mrs. Duffy, nurse, 35 Lewis street, I Toronto, writes: "I have used Dr. IChase's Inidney-Liver Pills for year, land recommend them to my patients ' for tat disorders of the kidney, liver and !stomach. In all my professional , eXperlenee I have found nothing bete ! ter." Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver mill, , one pill a dose, 25 cents a box, all 1 dealers or Edinantom liateti ,es 00., yltimited, Turtnit0. Handwriting Hereditary. Hereditary handwriting was rater - red to by Sir Rickman John Godlee, president of the Royal College of Sur- geons, in an address before the As- sembly of Faculties at University Col- lege, London, at which Lord Reay presided. Sir Rickman Godlc;e said that he had been reading old letters, and was interested to see how a etyle of handwriting was handed down in a family. It was easy to trace the handwriting of the grandfather in the Cousin, and of the father in the son. If handwriting was transmitted like the tone of the ;voice and the shape of the nose, need anyone be asham- ed of his defects, sorry for his mis- deeds, proud of his successes, or sat- isfied with his self -virtue? • Cold Water and Prayers. Kyoto, Japan, abounds in pictures- que temples and quaint shrhaes, but perhaps no more interesting or beau- tiful spot will be found than, a small shrine below the Kiyomidzudera. In the valley beneath this temple is the Otawa-no-Taki, a small stream springing out of the rocks, led through bamboo pipes and splashing on to the praying stones in front of the shrine below, says The Strand. On these the devout kneel reverently, sometimes for thirty or forty minutes, with cold water playing on their backs, supplicating the deity of the shrine for the safety and welfare of some beloved friend or relative. ittITHER OF EIKI ••••••••••••••••••• Mine. Breshkovskaya Has Shown Splendid Heroism, The recent attempted escape of Mme. Catberine Breshkovskaya, tlie "neother of the Russian revolution," as she le called, from exile in dreaded Siberia, has again attracted world wide attention to this brave woman, titre' nearing ber eeventieth year, who is undergoing her second or "perpe- tual" term. She was sentenced to exile in March, 1910, after a trial, whose proceedings were followed with intense interest.. The charge against iter was conspiracy in eon. - junction with Nicolas Tehaikovsky, the "father of the revolution," who had leen active tor reform since 1 87 0. Tbe man was acquitted. Because elle would not plead for the Ituseian Emperor's clemency Mule. Brealikovekaya has been incar- cerated at Kirensk, a penal settle- ment 4 2 0 miles northeast of Irkutsk. At the time or her recent attempt to gain her freedom she went to din- ner under police escort at the lodging of a fellow exile, Vladimiroff, and -re- mained there till evening. Then companion, Andreeff, dressed in Mrue. Breslikovskaya's clothing, emerged from the house supported by Vladimiroff, and, pretendingeto be a sick woman. Accompanied by the po- lice escort the accomplice hobbled to the lodging of Mine. Breshkovskaya and crawletl into her bed, where he remained. Constabulary intercepted a convey- ance speeding on the way to Yakutsk, on the river Lena, and recognized among its occupants Prime. Breshkov- skaya, dressed as a man, She had In her possession a counterfeit pass- port and a sum ot money. In One of her letters to the outside world she tells of changed conditions In the opening of the exile's mail since the days of her first banishment, but adds that the habit of persecu- tion and espionage is so old that the guards are never tired of indulging in It. "During the festivities of Christ- mas," she continues, "when here many young persons disguise them- selves and go through the town with their masks, my keepers are afraid I will escape in that manner, and they run about like mad men, searching and looking after every one, intrud- ing themselves into every house sus- pected to be the place of my visit. "Every path I make is surveyed by a gloomy figure shrouded in black furs from head to foot and standing immovable near the house I visit. i "Without permission I cannot place my foot on the frozen river, for it would be regarded as an attempt to escepe. All the night they are looking into the windows of fay cabin,"another letter to a friend she says: "I did uot receive •or hear of the money you sent me. Often. heart overflows with sorrow, for there is need of help here, where many boys have their feet frozen for want of a suitable booting. I feel I am responsible, for I consider the young people as my own children, ' my grandsons." Another of the exiles in Siberia writes, "She cares for and mothers a thousand exiles, giving them heart and courage." The Man In a Hurry. The busy man chased a street car for three squares because there would not be another car along for one min- ute, A trolley wire eras down, and the conductor told the busy man it would take three minutes to fix it so the car could start. The nuey man hailed a passing taxi and paid $1.76 rather than wait three minutes. Then he dashed late a cafe to get a drink be- fore he went up to his office, One hour and forty minutes later he was still arguing politics with an absolute stranger, who had remarkedo the barkeep that Sniggs would surely de- feat Miggs for mayor, 1 Art and Advertising. "Who are you?" asked the famous actress. "I'm the burglar, ma'am. I came to steal your jewels." "How annoying! I can't be bother-, ed 'with you now. I told my press agent not to Send you around until 2 o'clock, and you're an hone ahead of time. Soldier -Trainmen, eractically all the railway' OM - playas of Prussia haVe serVed in the army. er.marroommo JAPS lifihMDZ6FUL, Can Strike Water With Chest Unia, jured, Carrying 'Weapons on Head. The JRPAlleSe are fond of swim- ming, and it is the cuetom for elm - dents of the universities and. schools to go to the seaside during the sum- mer months and there train system- atically, Among the coast population there 'are found many long-distance swim- mers. E. 3. Harrison in his book on The Fighting Spirit of japan," tells of some remarkable feats performed by these swimmeret. For example, they can jump into deep water and maintain a position with the water no higher than the loins while tiring a musket, shooting with bow and ar- row, writing on a slate, painting a picture on a fan with a brush or mov- ing freely in every direction as though walking on solid ground. The expert, while he rarely emul- ates the graceful higla dive of the Eu- ropean, can leap from a great height and strike the surface of the water with his chest, without striking or wetting his face and head. In some mysterious way he contrives to os - cone the painfu: consequences which the impact would inevitably cause to the foreigner who should try this feat. It is said that the old-time sa mural. frequently made use of this trick when crossing a river or stream. In such cases they carried their arenor and weapons on their heads. , ' In illustration of the antiquity of swimming in Japan, it may interest foreign readers to be teld that the fa- mous "crawl" stroke, which Occident- al swimmers first acquired not very long ago, has been known and prac- ticed in Japan for hundreds of years,' In addition to several other methods of progression in the water that would come as a revelation to Europeans. Should Go To Holland. The Headmaster of Harrow, with his drastic anti -tobacco regulations, is evidently badly wanted in Holland. A census of smokers taken the other day among the boys attending nine elementary schools in a suburb of Amsterdam reveals that among the six -year-olds they number 10 per cent.; among those of 7, 16 per cent.; and 32 per cent. among those of 8; g year, a which the avzrage age is 12, the per- centage has risen to 53. As it fans rapidly after the limit of compulsory attendance, the early use of tobaectl would not appear to be an incentive to learning. It is the cigar, not the cigarette, which these Dutch manni- kins affect.—London Daily Chronicle. A. Troublesome Tower. She was a good servant, was Jen.; ale, and Mrs. Wanderfarr never wish- ed for better. But in the matter of pictures Jennie was weak. There was one in particular, which showed; the leaning tower of Pisa. Every day Mrs. W. hung it straight, and every morning Jennie put it crooked. So Mrs. W. watched. "Now, look here, Jennie," she' said, "you've hung that picture of the tower crooked again! just look at "That's just what I say, raum," returned the domestic dolefully;; "look at it. The only way you can't get that silly tower to hang straight Is to hang the picture crooked." • Outgrown It. Sunday school had just openetI,,, and the new teacher was taking .the boys' names \and ages. After queSe: tioning half the class two boys game! the same name and age and explail that they were brothers, The teach asked if they were twins, confidently expecting an affirmative answer, but was much surprised when one of the boys replied that they were not. Slightly bewildered, the teacher gaz- ed at them, trying to figure in his mind how that could be, considering the remarkable resemblance, when the other boy solved the problem by explaining: "We used to be twins when we were small!" He Was a Chump. "I will eonfees to you," she Said, "that I am older than I look, I will be thirty -ono ray next birthday." "Really," he replied. "Hardly any one 'Would guess that you were more than twenty-nine." "That's the last time," she said when he had departed, "that I'll ever try to be nice to a Witte." That's Different. "A marl may adore every hair on his wife's head." "Bet he regards those on her drew dr with mixed emotionoi." Aucient Egyptians Ahead of Us. The announcement is made by a British scientist that he has discover- ed bow the ancient Egyptians incu- bated chickens to the number of 1 2 0,- 0 0 0,0 0 0 a year. He has found in- cubators which he declares were used in Egypt 5,000 years ago. The secret has been well guarded, but It Is laid bare at last. They had no oil stoves or gas or electric heated incubators, but they had ovens which worked much better, even through they required more constant tending. Each oven was calculated to hold 7,000 eggs, and the fuel by which it was heated consisted of chopped straw and dung, but for the last 10 days of the hatching the energy was supplied altogether by the nickens themselves. It Is the commonest error of those operating our modern incubators to use too much heat, especially toward the end of the period, and now we may learn from the old Egyptians ho* not to do things as well as how to do them. The use of the straw and other light fuel shows that the Egyptians were most careful to avoid too intense heat at any stage. We thought that we were -the first to use incubators, but we are 50 centuries behind the times. • Disaster on Oil Ship. An oil ship caught fire recently in Tuticorin Harbor, India. While dis- charging petroleum into a lighter, the steamer Bharata suddenly burst into flames. The crew of about 50 and a large gang of coolies rushed to the lifeboat which was moored to the side of the vessel, but only a certain number were able to escape that way. One of the ship's dinghies was lower- ed in such haste that it capsized and the crew were precipitated into the water, which was covered with flam- ing oil, The captain's wife and her twelve -months -old baby were among them. They were rescued but the cs.p- tetra's three-year-old daughter perish- ed. The Tutieorin port officer's son, aged nine, was in the vessel at the time of the fire. The boy was last seen in the arms of the second eagle neer struggling in the sea. The boy had been left in the burning ship, but the engineer went back and res- cued him. He jumped Into the sea with the boy, but both were drowned. Out of Her Head. The class was studying the division of decimals. The teacher had taught her pupils that when they had a sum in division it is sometimes ne- cessary to add ciphers on the right of the decimal point to carry the pro- cess out far enough. The little girl at .the board wished to divide 20 by , p5r.50,eaeriashe did not know how to r "The teacher says to put some no- things after the 20," spoke up one of the class. 1 "Where does the teacher get the nothing?" asked the girl at the board. "Out of her head," spoke up the Informant, with no thought of the hidden meaning of the words. For a "Grouch" Eat Eggs. Fish may make you brainy, but it's eggs that make you amiable, at least if we can believe the claims made for this particular article of food by a German scientist of note. "Cranks, grouches, nervous wrecks of all kinds, should eat all the eggs they can possib'; digest," Jays Prof. Stiegletz. "Eggs are the best thing in the world for those whose ill tem- pers make themselves and every one 1 around them uncomfortable. They should be soft boiled preferably and eaten four -Wales a day for four weeks on a stretch. Then the diet should be stopped and not commenced again for four or even six weeks." Invitation Declined. As Shakespeare says," remarked Cassidy, who was fond Of airing his "book larnin'," "what's in a name?" "Well," replied, Casey, "call me wan that 01 don't like an 0111 show ye, An Iron Tip. Teacher—Johnny, can you tell me how iron was first discovered? Johnny—Yes, sir. "Well, just tell the siene wheereler information 1 on that point." "I heard pa say they smelt Lt." FREE FARMS FOR FAR-SIGHTED FARNIF2,RS There are now open for entry 125,1110 Free Homesteeds in Western Canada. The bulk of those are lococ1 along or near the "CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY" EL,, is recognized in the West as the PION EER FA MEWS RAI LWAY From March 3r0 to the end of October, Homeseekers' Excur- sion tickets are on sale every Tuesday and are good to return two months from date of issue. Prior to Anceit these tickets may be extended for two months on payment of 45.60 to Agent at destina- tion for each month or part thereof. Stop over pet mitred at any CANADIAN NORTHERN Station West of Pert Arthur, SOME CANADIAN NORTHERN PUBLICATION "Forty -Five Vital Questions" Pence River, Alberta, and How to Reach It' "Western Canada has a Home for' You" "Thirty Thousand Five Free Homesteads." For Tourist Car accomodation and all particulars in addition to above publications, apply to your nearest C.N.R, Agent, or to General Passenger Department, 68 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario. • A woman seldom nags her husbaed unless he is that kind of a husband. ANTED. Good Local Agent at once to represent the Old and Reliable Foothill Nursories A splendid list 01 frt. it and ornamental st( ck for Fail Delivery in 1913 i -rd Spring Delivc ty in 1914. Start at once and sccure ex- clusive territory. "We supply handsome free out fit and pay highest con - missions. Write for fulipartioulars. Sind Wellinzioni Toronto — Ontario At the wedding of an engineer of the fire brigade at Workinghan (Berko), Lord Downshire, who is captain of the brigade, drove the bride -groom to church on a steam fire engine. Had one of our suffragettes been in Mother Eve's place, what a fool she would have made of that snake! Heretofore the percentage rating of the Uni-ed States in exports to the far east, as compared with European coun- tries, has been decidedly unfavorable, but for 1912 America, including Hawaii and the Phillipines, took the lead in Japan's imports. The trend of modern belief is pretty well indicated by the fact that when a preacher adverties he advertises short sermons. Although Pittsburg ranks fifth among the cities of the United States for pop- ulation, having only about one-fourth as many residents as New 'York, it is - the largest fuel consumer in the world. A popular proprietary remedy is one nut up in tablet for those who wish to waylay it as a medicine, and in liquid farm for those who wish to use it as a beverage. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CAST ORIA 14011••••••••••• PRINTING AND STATIONERY We have put in our office Stationery and can WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PA PER PAPETERIES, We will keep the best st and sell at re a complete stock of Staple supply your wants in WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYIEG CARDS, etc ock in the respective lines asonahle prices ••••••••••••••111! .411•1•MIIMAIMNI•••••1•111 JOB PRINTING We are in a better position than ever before to attend to your wants in the Job Printing line and all orders will receive prompt attention. Leave your order with us wher in need of LETTER HEAD .S NOTE HEADS BILL HEADS STATEMENTS ENVELOPES WEDDING INVITATIONS CALLING CARDS i :POSTERS CIRCULARS CATALOGUES Or anything you may require in the pr:nting line. 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