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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-09-12, Page 8lees► en we Wee LvouNo FOLKS 00000lottl0000001 BENNY'S COURAGE. Denim bad never seen the ocean until by comm to visit his grandfather. Dur- ing the long tap across the continent t'e had tried to picture how it would been to stand 011 the shore and look out over the tvater and be unable to see land. Ttie strangeness CI the great sea alai,' him very timid at first, and ho pre:cried to sail tile lvonderful boot that his g. ai:dfutbcr had niado for hint in the narrow little dismal that came up near the beach, and over which there was a low wharf. His playmate Robby thought ho lack- ed Courage, and made sport of this fear ef the res. Bobby dared to run over the jagged rocks, to swim far out into Pae white-cappewaves, and to climb Up the masts of the great vessels that lay at the wharf. \\'lien Benny was awkward about taking his fish from the peek, (lobby laughed, and called him "baby." This troubled Benny very touch, be- cause he was sure that what his mother said was Ifee_ that teal bravery was quite different from doing things that were unnecessary. One day something happened to change all this. They had gone down to the little wharf to sail Benny's boat. They knew the tide was ebbing, but they had no fear of the boat being car- ried away from Them. But this was just what did happen, and before they hardly realized it, the "Betsy Perkins" was sailing far out of their reach. Tile buys wore dismayed. "1 could rein] for d," said Ilobert, "but I could n.1 hold it up and swim, too." "Perhaps it will come back on the next tide," said Benny, downheartedly, watching the little boat as it passed through the channel into the deeper water. He was sorry to lose his bunt, but more sorry to be careless with his granule ther's gift. "That is all you know about this meet," said Robert, wisely, "hut I'll tell yeti what to do. 1 will get the dory over there, and we will row out and get the boat." Benny was used to allowing Robert to have his way, and so they climbed into the old boat and started in pursuit of the runaway craft, that was fast braking its way s: award. To add to Their trouble, the fog had begun to come fn and settle all about them, and the little "Betsy y Perkins" seemed bent on p'ay'ing a game of Hide-and-seek with them. "isn't the boat pretty wet?'' asked Ben- ny. looking down at the tiny thread et water that was creeping toward his feet. "Well. 1 should say It was-" said Rebore passing his cap over. "Scoop it up as fast as you can. U is a leaky boat!' Benny fell to work in good earnest, bet his hands were small and he made little headway; hat lie was too unused (41 n pont to take alnrnn until he looked t:p and snw that Robert had stopped rowing. The fog was so thick That they could not see the wharf. "We have got to shout 'bout as loud ss we can," declared Robby, and Iden he rnieed his voice in a call that Benny though! w' old be likely to bring help a' once; but no help carne. "I don't know what to do next," said fl bby. setting heck on his oars. "i do." said henry, bravely. "There Is teething that will show in a mast but ,a fire. 1 ntn going to do as 1 read about some sailors doing. i have a match, and 1 am Ming to burn something. You tiro my blouse on a pole or something." When Robby was ready to Cry. Ben- ny inns the one to cheer him and to aeenk bravely. Robby regained his courage and sue- cesetully tied the little cotton blouse to one of the oars. After some trouble they manngal to set it on lire, and then 'lobby. who was the stronger, waved the blaze in the air, shouting. "Help!" with all his voice. They felt sure the signal would be seen because they had sun the herring -boats burn torches that showed plainly through the fog. They wee so busy with this they did not hear the thud of oars until a voice spoke through the fag. "What's going on here?" said Captnin Briggs. and a dory crime up to the side of their own; rind soon they were telling why they hal put to sen, and all the dangerous results. "1 peas we can cruse around a spell and pick up that 'Betsy Perkins,' too," said the captain: and then he lied the cid dory. with a stern -line and pup the toys in his own tont, and they went In search of the lost craft. iI was not tong before 11 was found, anal the boys were landed safely en shore. Aa they ran townrd the house, Robby whispered, "1 shall never call you n cownr,l again, b ecause if you had oto: thought of the Ore we would have been lost." "Mother always said. 'Do something t^ h.'Ip before you cry,'" snit! Benny, "and it almost always brings it out right." - "1 ' 1Msi stay uncle wornld call you a rent Iseatklg; " said Boned, happily, placing his arra about iknny's shoul- der. penny did not know what that was, trill he felt that Is was friendly, and he en on with a light heart. -----'t'---- 1:\Gi.'. I' 111i) \\ &ATI •c 'e c fret in lel, . 71u Year \\a the coma. ing 'rown- ing Indignity. A woman who arnil'rbnees that she hos just "Inoktd oat of the window and beheld (lakes of sleet drifting pest on this July morning,' w'rilts to the Queen to recall a rhy►ne which celebrnte4l dna tiler season quite as dripping as the one which has afflicted England this year. 11 ran - Dirty dnys have September, April. June and November; All the rest have thirtyone. Without a bl('secd gleam of sun. 1f any of 'can had two -and -thirty, they'd be just ns wet and twice as dirty. Just as 'CPIs !.r, there's a Case there Will L'c n wsuc In In 11. AT HIS MAJESTY'S COURT 110W TUE PRESENTATIONS MW CONDUCTED. Sight of Splendor and Magnificence Unsurpassed at Any Oilier Court of Europe. The average person probably finds it d fflcult to understand why there should t'e such a keen desire on the part .1 8 rciety people to be presented at Court. '1'•, the uninitiated, the mere honor cr pleasure -however you may like to re- gard it -of nluk ng a curtsy to the King cm! Queen in the ballroom of Bucking - hum Palace scarcely compensates one t• r the expense and trouble involved. As a matter of fact, a presentation at Court means a great deul to those who move in upper circles. Without :1 a woman has no recognized social posi- lican; she is neer invited to Royal en- tertainments, aid when visiting a for- eign country cannot be presented to its Sovereign. In the old days, when s Indy had' been once presented, she could centime to attend Courts, uninvited and uuchall.nged, until the end of her life. But time has changed that privilege. However, it Ls obvious that there are slip great inducements to secure the precious card of invitation from the Id.rd Chamberlain which entitles one to attend the Court. Everybody who is anybody Is to to seen at a Court presentation -princes, lord,, and dukes, grey-haired annbassa- dors, generals, politicians, and diploma - eels, down to young attaches, all at- tired in FULL UNIFORM OR COURT DRESS, the men's attire, In many cases, being no less brilliant and gorgeous than the dazzling confections worn by young debutantes who nervously await their turn for presentation. '!'hose who by right of birth are en- titled to attend at Court are members o'. the aristocracy and of the leading comely families, the wives and daugh- ter_ of officers in the Artily and Navy, of clergymen and barristers, of import- ant financiers, and of men engaged 'n !urge commercial enterprises. But the line is rigidly drawn at those occupied in retrad! trade, 1:o matter how refined or well connected they may be. Nowa- days several titled women, members of obs families, keep shops of their own, and this fuct entirely prevents their appearance at Court. Ttiis rule is ab- solute, and has no exceptions. The general co►npany drive into the ccurtyurd of Buckingham Palace under the purine., at the State entrance. There is also another entrance, known as lite Pimlico k'or, through which members of the Diplomatic Corps and what is known as the Entree company are al- lowed to pass. By entering with the general company, however, one obtains a splendid view of some of the beauties el iluckinghnrn Palace. After alighting at the Doric portico, Ibe debutante enters the -large but some- what low-ceb;inged entrance -hall, with Iits marble floor and staircase, and its I• deuble row of pillars in 1 PURE \WiIITE CARRARA M AIiHLE. From the hall nccess can be obtained 1 to lite :o -called Bay Window itoom, (which is one of the finest on the gar- den floor of Buckingham Palace. The I Bow Library is used as a cloak -room, I where w raps and cloaks are left and i nuunlered tickets received in exchange. i The staircase is a model of splendor. Every step is a solid piece of white i marble, and the gold and cream ceiling shows some marvellous decoration. Sta- tioned on the staircase and everywhere about are Yeomen of the Guard dressed le red and g.>id, with neck rubles, bt'ckled shoes, and the flat hats that have become known by their name. Attentive gentlemen ushers pass the guests on in batches of about thirty through the ante-reonls which lead to the last hailing -place, the Tapestry Cor- ridor. The ballroom, where the Court is held, is a superb saloon; with walls panelled in crimson and a floor of sat- inwood and mahogany. At one end IS a One organ and the gallery for Ills Majesty's musicians. The King and Queen enter the ball- room about ten o'clock. They are pre- ceded by the White Staves and followed by the most important officers of the Stale, who, tog titer with other members et the Royal Family, take up their posi- tion in a semi -circle round their Ma- jesties in cyder of precedence. Then The basincss of the evening commences. Trains are let down and spread upon the floor, cards are passed front halal le hand, and A GREAT SILENCE i'lILWAILS, broken M a nervous debutantes ear only by the sound of her own trend ( n the polished floor and by the announce- ment of her name in n tone of official authority. When the two deep curtsies have been duly 'nide, the lady Inas to retire fent the Royal presence with all tit graee at her command. Formerly a debutante was obliged to undergo the nerve -trying ordeal of kis's- ing the Queen's hand, and, if n peeress, of being saluted on both checks, while, in addition, she was obliged to walk 1 ackwartls from the (loyal presence. But King Edward has altered all thot. Their Majesties remain sealed, and a curtsy is all that is required. itetween one and two hours are thus token up with the business of presenia• non. after which the King and Queen retire from the ballroom to pnrtnke o' supper with a few favored gucets. Sup- per is nlso provkkd for the general company, with this difference -that while the ikiyal party sit down to n f.urmal meal, the others refresh them- selves at the buffets, for the most part standing up. 1l may interest some renders to learn, by the way, that strict regulations goy crq the dread' of both men and women who attend al Court. Men who do not !along to the Services must appear in the ro gelation velvet tail -coats and steel bt:ttons, knee breeches, black silk stock. lapis, buckled shoes, and while gloves, with cocked hat under the arm and small sword at the side. Ladies, too, must dress to order, in evening toilette, with train from three and n half to four yards long. while glows, and with ostrich faothers. For mourning black trimmings are permis- sible with the black toilette, but a ape. Oil permit must be obtained 1f a lady wishes to attend Court it a high -necked gown and long sleeves. A doctors cer- tificate is generally necessary in order to obtain this permission. -London 17t- tlits. TUE LATtgST POSTAI. TOKEN. It Is In the Form of a Ticket Good for a Five Gent Stamp. A new postage stamp, or rather the equivalent of a postage stamp, a reply cc upon, as it is officially called, has been designed and will be pie into cir- culation on October 1 next by the inter- national Bureau of the Universal Tussal Union at Berne. The new postal token is In the form 'Ql�,n-AncJle The underwear that fits perfectly. wears out slowest. and neither shrinks nor stretches„ is named PEN -ANGLE, and bean this trade mark in red. Who sells it. guarantees it, in the maker's name. Made in many fabrics and styles, at various prices, in form -fitting sizes for women, men and children. PEN -ANGLE Guar- anteed Underwear wears beat and fits better of a ticket, entitling the hostler to ex- change it fora po�tago stamp of the table of 25 centimes, or the equivalent of that sura in those countries that have adopted the arrangement concluded last year by the delegates of most of the civilized nations assembled at the Postai Congress in Rome. The urrangemcnt was to the effeict that It coupon should be devised to enable a p1IN011 to write. to a correspondent in a foreign land, enclosing the venal of a stamp for a reply. Inetdenhhlly also, the c<"upon will enable persons to pay small accounts in foreign lands without going to the trouble of procuring a Money order. For instance, a resident of Canada may write to a correspondent in France and Germany and desire to prepay the stamp required for the answer. All lie has to do is to spend six cents for a re- pay coupon tit any Canadian post office and enclose it 111 his teller. The French of German addressee will exchange the (.+,11p011 at his OW11 post olfico for a French or German stamp which will pre- pay his reply. It was the British post. once that pro- posed the innovation. The adoption of the coupon sciheme was not made com- pulsory for all the nations comprised in the Universal Postal Union, but the fol- lowing have signified their acceptance of it : The United States, Great Britain • FISHER FOLK OF MARKEN MAINTAIN THEMSELVES AS A SEP- ARATE PEOPLE. None of Them Marry OU the Island - The Men Spend Week -Days al Sea. Every nation has some porton of its ptople who kol: backward instead c f ferward, treasuring what is lime -worn and ancestral and creating its future, so far as it is able, out of the shadows of its past. holland, though practical, commercial, energetic, is no exception to tine rule. At Marken. Rat and storm swept is- land of the Zuider Zoe, old ways are cherished for their own sake still, even though a sense of their commercial value as a bait for tourists is creeping among the finer a;otis'es of the people, es already it has done conspicuously el and most of her colonies, including Volendam, that -quaint old city on the Canada ; Japan, Germany mut her pro- neighboring shore. tectoratos • France and her colonies, Austria, Rolland, Sweden, Nervpy, Bel- gium, Spain, Denmark and Inc passes- slons ; Switzerland, Greece, Chile, Bul- garia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Crete, Ilayli, 1lungary, Corea, Luxembourg, Rou- mania and Siam. The coupons are supplied to the postal ndntinistralions of the above countries al cost price and are interchangeable be- tween them at llie price of 25 centimes C t ui IL equivalent. So far 5,000,000 have 'S I been printed, of which 3,793,000 have al- ready been taken up by the various pos- tal administrations. Upon the interna- tional bureau at Berne will fall all the administrative work, which bids fair to be of considerable magnitude as every single token must ultimately find its way back again to that central ofice. ANiEMIA CURED. Di. Williams' Pink Stills Bring Rack the Glow of Health by Making New Blood. To bud into perfect womanhood- the growing girl must carefully guard her health. Unless the blood is kept rich lied pure, headaches, backaches and fit (punt d:7zy spells will trouble her. She will always be piling and may slip into it deadly decline. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a never failing remedy in building up the blood. Just a short time ago the reporter of L'Avenir du Nord bind the following cases brought to his notice. in the town of St. Je- rome, Que., there is an orphan asylum under the care of those zealous work- ers -the Grey Nuns. In this tonne Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are constantly used. For some months two of the young girls In the home were afflicted with antrrnia. The symptoms In both cases were very much alike. They were both pnle, lest all energy and were subject to headaches and dizzi- ness. Dr. Williams' fink fills were taken and soon -there was nn hnprove• merit in their condition. '!he color te- lurned to their cheeks; their appetite improved; headactnes censed and soon god health leek the place of despon- dence, What Dr. Williams' fink l'ills have (Lone for these two orphans - elarie Lavoie and Dosina ilrooks -- they will do for others. Tho secret of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in curing antem(n, lies in their punter to make new. rich, red Hood, That k why they strike straight at the root of all cc -minion ailments like head- aches, sidenches and bncknches, rheu- matism, neuralgia, Indigesilon. anemia, S. Vitus dance, partial paralysis and the special ailments that afflict almost every woman and growing girl. Dn. Williams' ('ink Pills are sold by all medicine dealers or may be had by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for telee0 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Ilroekvilte, Ont. s MAN \\'l1Oi`EEDS M \NY. Joseph Lyons of London Ilas ales! Colos- sal Ealing Conrcrn in World. Joseph Lyons runs in London what is by long odds the most celossal entering concern in the world. '('here is no ag- gregtntion of restaurants under one man- ngernent in Americo that comes any way near feeding such a vast multitude daily. Ile makes it pay, too, handsome - His company has declared a diel- (tcnef-of 32% per cent., besides adding F:YM),000 to Iles reserve fund. There are few companies in the land of million - fires which can show such profile n.s that. from the rnnk of a small public provider at pr'•ovtncial exhibitions, Jos. Lyons has risen in twenty years to the k,refront of the restaurant and catering world, and to -day the rannit1 anions of his buslne t.% extend throughout the whole of Great Britain. Mr. Sarnpleson is a very irascible man, and is in the habit of punishing his tons most severely. Not long sins: he observed that one of his sons needed A new pair of trousers. ile scolded the bey for wearing out his clothes so fast. "Pa, no trousers can last any time the way you hits," replied the son, re• troachfully, The inhabitants of Marken maintain themselves us a separate people of un- mixed blood. No one of them ever marries off the island. To do so would mean disgrace even dcepxer than that which follows the selling of heirlooms, such ns inherited silver or fancily china. Satisfied with their own barren, seine - lines inund'tted land, they rarely leave it for another. PECULIAR COSTUMES. The Marken costume is peculiar. On women it is a garb of many colors, marvellously put together and bright wi:h brass and ornaments of silver and b:cod-red coral. The men dress just as strangely, though in more sombre huts. When you first see the islanders up- on their native sands It seeins as if you had stepped into a story book. For the scene is quite us picturesque as artists Point il, as gay as tinted postal -cards portray it, and it is shining clean with- ai, from its Dutch brass knockers to the copper pails wherein the woolen wash their clothes or dishes just outside their doors. Children, hand in hand, in smiling rows, come down to the boat to meet you as you approach from Monniken- dam, or from Volendam, across the bay. They are all dressed alike, in gorgeous variegated ekits and bodices and tip- rons made of calico, and their heads are alt lied up 1n patterned caps and k.•rch- kfs, which let long loeks of golden hair escape up on the shoulders. 130YS AND GIRLS DRESS ALiKE. "Are there no boys in Marken?" you ash the guide when lie has finished tel- ling your party tail there are 1.500 souls in \iarken and that --o of thein are children. 'Then you learn that till lac age of 7 the dress is just the carne for both the sexes, except that the boys have a small round patch of col- or sewed to the crown of their caps. There are many other slight marks of distinction of ono kind or another with which you soon beonle familia: In Marken. Girls wear their hair loose, but when they ere married pilo back of the head is shaven and the front locks are trained into Iwo long curls, one . 1 which hangs down on each side of the face. Tho cups, too. tell their story. Maid- ens ivear short Oat ones, while ntntions 1:ave long narrow ones made out of at least Ove thicknesses of cloth.. RIDICULOUS MEN. if you are fortunate to see a welding party on its way to the town hall where the ceremony is to be perforncd, yon rate nlways tell the bride from her d4 Ieudant bridesmakl by the greater num- tor of brass buttons that she wears awl by the seven stars, made out ed wool of separate colors, which adorn her bo- dice -two slurs more than the Ove wlach the bridesmaid wears. Truly picturesque to look upon Ls a Marken wedding party. It is the men who mak" the spectacle grotesque and tae w4..nen who make it charming. For when you place n tall silk hat upon a thick -set, weather -hardened man who les on wooden shoes. tint* home -knit stockings, baggy woolen Trousers that reach to the knees, and a tight black coat gay with brass buttons, you have made a spectacle of him, especially if he carries n little Holland tricolor In one hand and manages with the other a pipe with small bowl and n long carved stem. Imagine a group of men dressed up in this way end ns many w•O►nen wearing short -skirled dresses of all the colors of the rainbow. and you may form some notion of what a Marken welding party looks like. "EARLY TO BED," f'rC. They are a sober people and a happy people, are those fisher folk of idarken, o,ntent with simple fare of black bread, smoked cels and salt herring. and such dairy produce as the Ove farms on the island can afford. They retire early, and by 8 o'clock, even on long; summer evening=, the streets nee deserted, the children ore all tucked up in the trundle 1 wits and cupboard bels, and the baby is hung up high in its 'uspended cradle. Every one works herd. You see the Wcmen scrubbing sails with brushes and Scrubbing the street before their door. Ateps, cooking, sewing, caring for the Children. Tiny girls are scrubbing kct- farce t h t Flee Caasds sample of Celluloid Starch. end as your name and ad' ss and we'll forward' you a rter-pound package of Cellu- Starch and a Painting Book b colors for the little folks. on't send any-money—they're . We just want to get you uainted with Celluloid Starch he starc l tat requires no king, never makes the iron k and gives the best resu ts. end your address to -day to Flrantford Starch Worsts Lr-mitad araadard, gra elluloid Starch lies w•iih brushes made of twigs yr knit- ting away at solid-looking stockings. 'Elie time is coining, they say, when !hit quaint Ishm►d of lite 'Colder Zee will be included in the mainland. Tne utretch of sea which at the present nro- tnent lies between, five feet deep; and with a two -foot tide, will be walled in and then pumped dry to make a "pot- tier" or marsh land, which can be culti- vated. MOTOR ENDS ROMANCE. French Father (raptures His F.foping Daughter and 'Takes Iter Uome.' The romance of a French heiress and lie- penniless lover, their elopement, and a few weeks of wedded blies, hat.: been followed by the abduction of the bride in the paternal motor -car. Sonne mouths have passed slneo Mlle. Piedallu mel Victor Debaulon near her millionaire fathers chateau at Isle- Ar;arn, France. A friendship sprang up and ripened into love. A few W4 eks ago the elopn►ent was planned and carried out. \Isle. Piedallu and her governess went shopping in Paris. The girl gave her chaperon the slip and joined her lover, who was waiting In a cab. So creep was the father's anger that he swore to leave the neighborhood. The contents of his chateau are to be sold by auction before the place is shut up. The lovers drove to a railway station and travelled to Ostend. There they look cheap roonts, and Dehaulon ob- tained work at a well-known hotel. His wife curried his dinner in a bundle tt:►ough the streets each day. Neither knew that the millionaire who was searching for them was one ef the chief shareholders in the company which owns the hotel where Dehaulon was employed. Discovery carne owing to this fact. The heiress was carrying Her hus- band's dinner through the streets cf Ostend when three men suddenly seiz- ed her and placed her hi a motor -car waiting by the kerb. Instantly the vehicle, in which the millionaire was sitting, started oft and quickly got clear of the town. Dchaulon, alarmed by his wife's non-appearance, 'ran to their rooms, found thein vacant, and learnt what had happened a few days later. Since then he has been searching nr vain for his wife. - Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial is prepared from drugs known to the profession as thoroughly reliable for the cure of cholera, dysentery, diar- rhoea, griping pains and summer com- plaints. It has ken used successfully by medical practitioners for a number .'f years with gratifying results. If suf- fering from any summer complaint It Is just the medicine that will cure you. 'I'ry a bottle. 1t sells for 25 cents. The Navy of Spain had in 1708 16,- 40i 6,1(i seamen. Nearly two centuries later it has but 1.4,000. \\'hen all is lost save honor n man tries to stand on his dignity. ITCH, Mange, Prairie Scratches and every form of contagious Itch in human or animals cured in 30 minutes by \Vol• fwd's Sanitary Lotion. It never bails. S'.Id by all druggists. The slow going dray horse lands mere Goin than the average race horse. Spinsters do net belh'e in taxing bachelors; they believe in nailing thein. Sure Regulators. -Mandrake and Dan- delion are known to exert a powerful influence on th- liver end kidneys. re- storing them to healthful action, indite - Ing a regular flow of the secretions and imparting lo the organs complete power to perform their functions. These valuable Ingredients enter into the com- siesil:on of I'arnlelee's Vegetable Pills, rind serve to render them the ngree- able and snluta►y medicine they are. Their are few pills so effective as they in their nctan. Every mon would be n prohibitionist if there wasn't anything but water to drink. if n man's nequaintnnces are unable to discover that he is in love, he isn't. Mors Urea Needed In the blood of pste, tett down people. Fern rhn," the best rower. will pot it there. At all pineal stance and Druggists. s It's surprising how well most shift- less people manage to get akung. Lots of voters would have to think 14.r themselves if it wasn't for the po- litical bosses. Worms cause feverishness, moaning and restlessness during sleep. Mother craws' Worm Exterminator as pleasant, sure and effectual. If your druggist has none in stock, get him to procure It for ycu. IIAPPiEST OF AL. "Don't you know, Willie." asked the Sunday -school teacher, "that you are always happiest when you are good?" "Yes'm." said Willie, "I'm never so nappy as when $'rn good, 'ceptin' when I'm eatin.' HORSES ATE SHOE PEGS' PROPRIETOR TAYLOR KEPT TUE STABLE DARK. A Handy Shoe Factory -Homes Got 011 Their Feed -a Great Scheme. Down in the southern part of the Slate of New Hampshire, at a railway station where the farmers for miles around used to come to take the train ter Boston, a certain man had a house and a big stable, and in the long rews of stalls they kept their horses during the day until they returned from their jeuttrney to "the nub." 'Then they would hitch up and drive Horne. Everybody wails un himself in these democratic ecmmunilies, so they were in the habit 0' unhitching their own horses, hang - inti the harness on the pegs at the foot or the stalls and giving each animal a measure of oats Froin a big bin over In the corner. The stable was kept very dark, so that sometimes on a cloudy day they had to feel their way around, but Me. Tiylor, the proprietor, explain - ••d its advantages ---that it kept out the (lies and other insects. BOUGII'1' SEVERAL BARRELS. One day Mr. Taylor was employed by a stranger to drive hire over to Haverhill, where a shoe factory with nil its contents and appurtenances was le be sold at auction under foreclosure. Everythtttg was going very cheap and Mr. Taylor bought several barrels <1 shoo pegs for almost nothing. When he got home he put then in the barn without explaining what lie was going to do with them. It wa., something more than a coinci- dence that about this time Taylor quit buying oats and the horses that were placid in his barn whilo their owners went to Boston almost invariably got "off their feed." SOLD BURDOCK CURE. The owners unhitched and put them in the stalls and gave thein a measure of grain, as usual, from the bin in the dark corner, but when they returned at night the feed lay untouched in the trough. Mr. Taylor, had some medicine, ntado of burdock leaves, which he re- commended as an appetite restorative, and he sold a good many bottles at 25 cents each. Ile told his customers to give their horses a dose before they started to drive (tome and another after their arrival before feeding, and he thought it would cure And it did. It worked like charm and there was a great demand for the buedock rem- edy. ll.\D BEEN FEEDING Si1OE PEGS. Ono day an inquisitive farmer look his me °sure of oats to the stable door and found it full of shoe pegs. For nearly a year, ever since 'Taylor went over to that auction at Haverhill, his customers had been feeding shoe pegs to their horses and paying Taylor 25 cents per animal for that privilege. As one might expect, there was a gi eel deal of comment on the discovery and Taylor went out of business. 4 -- Time (las Tested It.-TIme tests nil things, that which is worthy lives; that WIIicln is Inirui('til to man's welfare per- tshcs. Time has proved Dr. Thornas' Ecleclric Oil. From a few thousand bottles in the early days of its menu - texture the demand has risen so that now the production is running into the hundreds of thousands of bottles. What s so eagerly sought for must be good. In Germany over 8.000,000 persons are inured against sickness at an aver- age premium of 8375 a head. A Brazilian spider spins a web 4•f which the total length of the strands Las been estimated at 2% miles. Like a bad habit a skin disease grows. Scrofu• Inns humor eczema and all eruptions mar be cured with (1.41,erb ('•rate, a,si.,t•d Internally by Wearer's Syrup. All Druggists. In 1791 it took '1 Ions of dial In make n ten of iron. 1lo-dny the w'orlt is thee) with one ton. !toughly speaking, one man is killed in British collieries for every million tons of coal rased. is there anything more annoying than having your corn stepped upon? Is there anything more delightful than getting rid of it: Holloway's Corn Cure will do it. Try it and Le convinced. There are four Scottish breeds of cat• lk namely. l'oited Angus. Galloway, Ayrshire, and \Vest highland. Heli Gide, the great reef in New York Jl:urtror which was removed by a single Vast in 1885, covered no lc.ss than nino acres. EXPERT SEWING-MACIIINI REPAIRS Also sewing machine oil of nhsolule purity, and the best needles and parts for all machines at Singer stores. Look for the R•'tl S. Singer Sewing Machine Co. Write ns at Manning Chambers, Toronto, for set of Bird Cards tree. Two fishermen named Smith, living near tach other, had mel with misfor- tune. tit., one having lost his wife end the other his boat. A lady visitor call- ed nn the one who had lett his boat, thinking it was the one who had lost his wife. "Goad morning, Mr. Smith. 1 am sorry to hear 01 your sad loss." "Oh, it an'1 much mutter, mute. She wurn't up to much." "Dear me, you (knit say so." "Aye. she was a rickety cid crock. \Vhen 1 went out with her 1 was always in danger of my life. In- deed, 1 offered her to my mate only lest week, but ho wouldn't have tier. 1 have had my eye on another for some time now." But tho lady could stand n' iumere cf the old man's denunciation 41 the weaker sex, and hurriedly took her departure. Prussia produces 400 Ions of silver yearly. and has seine of the most valu- able zine mines in the world. But her cont Is poor, and so is her copper and iron ore. Roma for t e Years to Came Just on0* e rooris aaaSTsso in writing to good facia yeas' and is really good for • buadrest. That • a rue,of "OSHAWA" GALVANIZED STEEL SHINGLES rut them on yourself -.common sense and a hammer and snips dues it. The btaALas they cover is proof ■Rai■at lightning. fire. wind. rata bad snow. They cost lain because they're mud. batter, and of betties material. Write us sad learn about ROOFING RIGHT. Addrtu -05 The PEDLAR People OsIawa Y.,stnal Ottawa Towle Lersao• wtaMMS ice_ CARPET DYEING ul C:wotiy. Tbls 1. a sp.otaltr with the BRITISH AMERIOAN DYEING 04 mama ps,tS.stars y pint sad we .re vera 1• sa/iota lido tress sea Iles. Ilk:latrsai FOR SALE. Fur business and small stock men's Furnishings. Reason for selling, health. Best stand in town; five-year hese will bear investigation. R. W. O'BIIIEN & SON, Collingwood. Every %Veinal 1s interested and sbuldsow *Whift MARVE`WINngSpray The new Y tTeal r ese. Beat—Dom o conven- ient. It et.ans* ay. It bee cannot Ili rly for the A It Y 6 L accept no ether. bat woad stamp for tiInstr.ted boot -sealed. It state felt artleoiars and dirsetons ie- valneble t' lady*. PPI.YCO.,Windsor.Oat. General Agents for Canada. WILSON'S FLY PADS livery packet will kill mars AIN than *0Yh • e*b of sticky paper — SOLD •Y — DR000IST8, CROCUS AMS CtKINAL STORES tOe. per packet, or 3 packets for Sao. will last a whet* season. QUEBECSTEAMSHIPCOMPAH1 UMiTED. Ricer and Gulf of St. lawrenco Bummer Cruises in Cowl Latitude. Twin Screw Iron 55. "('ampana." with elet•trid light", electric belts and all mnd•rn comforts. SAILS FROM MONTRKAL ON MOND%YS at 1 p m., 9th and 2ard September; and fortnightly thereafter fur Pictuu. N. S., calling at Quebec:, U;spe. 61,1 Bay, Perc•. tappe• Cure, Orand Bummerstde, P.8.1., and C1.arlott•tuwa, P.R.L BERMUDA Stemmer Izeursl ns, pi, by the new Twin flews S'S. "nermudian•" 1,3(41 tons. Sailing 4th, 14th and 26th September, 6th, 16th and '26th (lc. tuber, 6th, htth and 2rth \,nemher. Tempera - Sur. cooled by sea breezes seldom rises above 63 d revs. The ;east trips of the season fur health and eotnf •rt. Ai[THU:R AiIERN, Secretary, Quebec. A. F. oil ERRIliDGE & CO., Agents. 29 Broadway, New York. SYMPATHY. Mr. Henpeck (after a king argument) -"I can understand now why your folks cried the night we were ulaf'hicd," Mrs. I Ienpccy-"\Vhy." henpeck -'"They were sorry for ale." The Wake the Torpid Energies. - Machinrry not properly supervised and ht1 to run itself, very soon shows fault in its working. 11 is the same with the digestive organs. Unregulated from Irmo to time they are likely to ,become 14rpiel and throw the whole system out of gear. Parnid e's Vegetable Pills were made to meet such cases. They restore to the full the (legging faculties and bring into order all parts of the mechanism. NOT A STICI<I it FOR POLISH. "A good tunny people," saki Mrs. O!dcastle, "have been inclined recently to criticize our minister for the little flaws that his sermons co./lain, but 1 flank we ought to lake them surnmtn u bonum." "Yes," replied her heesless. "1 think so, loo. 1 don't like those sermons That toe all flabby. Give me the goal stiff ones that scent to have bones in 'em, even if they ain't just as polished as they might _be." S f O `// KIDNEYf 1 PI LLSere RqPIS' (leef'4 l KIDNEY ret, F WI g3R 1 HT M pj5r r'. "'o IAfl CS 9A 1S'Sfl; NO. u's (7.