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et1UBSIAY T 4th 19, 7
Sold Out
We bre disposed of oe'
be Business to
aerth eod Son and solfeit,toz'tbe
Oa same good baeiness that the caaoy
eastomers gave ue. 9,We take tide op,
rtunity to -thank our many friend
ter eastemees for their kind end lib-
eral metro/lade, We erPreas, o'er lee
a at isevering oU eonnection with
"people of this emornanity wti
in we have been doiteg buslueds
for aany years. Messes. Wnerth and
Eon take immediate Possession, All
outstanding a-Ccounts are now du
And we request 4ettlement eitter by
teede or note oxt or befbore June' 15th
residence.
Seed a
S,Browu Estate
ea a
Crediton
Mrs. eferb Eiaber motored
ir fro the week end. They
nied by Mrs. rvita who
renaj there for the-
, 4
STherit a 011
weekLondon.
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sheotIneetlng Iva
theanditoriwo In the ef
2 39 o'ciocit. The neigh -
OO re invited to beer
ts epecialiet
uork. Look for
eweekea riper
•
• Feel 31
one i
&LIe o Inter is 14 report (*t
ito 4-Crees Society (o
it ye.
Becket), 11.11alice on hand $60,45
Hale or 11.,-4 Vro&-i hoilt. 10.95( titethe
*dim rdiesiou circle 10,00; Ice cream
hocial 13.89; sehostri 'concert 52.00;
Want true) Stephen townehip 250.09
'Spinsters' Convention" voncert 109,1
PO; Dr. itaeey's lecture 1ind
Lillian donation 57.01; Miss Tillotson's
lecture 6.80; inerilliorehip tees and
donations 34,91; bank interest .03;
donations eince Dec. lsty-e. Miss Her-
Vey2 00: Mrs. W. jonee 1.00; Mrs. Pe
rr 5.00; Rev. • Baker 2 00; Uwe
vea ....00; Mrs. 'W. Hill 5.00; Mrs
ill 2.00; Miss Dore -and) 4,00; --
2i.00; Total ineoll
Expenditure Doetitions. Western
Trativereity Dos. unit 35.00; Creditor>.
Cot Ilaniegete Dos. England 50.00;
"Huron Boom" Byron Sanitoriiim 25,
4/0; Belgian Belief rand 25.00; Pris-
onerFund 1-25.00; Comforts tor
eshldiers 10.00; Paid for supplies con -
casting Barmen, yarn, etc., etc.,
311.18; Trintueg, express, coricert,
expenses 17.78. Total 498.93.
* Receirits 628.85e ExPenditurts 198.-
$0; balance on hand 129.80.
Durieg lthe year tight Shipment
Avere made eonsistine, ot the •follow-
ing; 133 flannel shirts, 259 pr. socks,
18 suits pyjanris; 93 was411 cloths:"
119 towels, 5 pr. 'pillow case; 6 night
eshirts, 32 helpks.s shirts, flia-ce ties!
tannl two gtrdles, The „society ;Ilse con-
ItribUted. 55 pr. of socks, to the boys
of the 161st Battalion and Christmas
Cheer to the value or 43.25 to the
soldiers at the 'front. •
Mrs C. Zwieker, President,
Mra J. II. Holtzmann, Trees.,
Mrs H. K. Eilber, Secretary,'
'The Methodist ,church of the Eben-
. .
ezer Appointment Crediton. Clecuit'
•vas crowded to the doors
hod menet 'coned not, get in on Sunday
Ii/o3 13h, 1917, it being the memorial
servide of Pte. Fred Lewis who felt
April 13th 1917 at the battle of Vimy
Ridge, 'France. Pte. Fred Lewis, Not
024O1t a member ot the 135th Batt,
twaeethe (SOD of Mr. end -Mrs. William
'1,ewis of eecGillvray, a couple very
Itighly respected in the community
"during their life time. Their son Fred
avaisl the your'gest o.f their family and?
-Ivaco born April 9t.h, 1893. He grew up'
rind attended school in the commun-
ily being- a good student. He r,.sicled
wi h his parents until their death,
Apo the ,-artri now occupi.d by his bro-
`.,ther Dan. After the marriage of hia,
'brother Dan -he mod) his 'home AN ith
lee brother Williare. IL) was of jovial
elispoeir ion. and was a eteneral
ete berte he.ld in the, higeseet senai
by all. Like all the member% of his
!amity he was very, patrioiic and
Udien our Empire was in ,dinger and
11.te'aPPeal of recruits was made, the
all c.1012 333 him in an' irr.st,ble man-
eier. De enlisted Dec., 22nd i915 aryl
in May hga training. in IDarkhal
th.qt 3,,ent to London for mole
'effiteie,a4.1. drill end ineteuccioe, leav-
1W. '001a43,11) BerdOn•
wdrits',OW:FOCes eadt4:ain-
n elate" ci 0 oVer QC LI,
ov. 101G. rr,.! leas aizexec
eield w- s• chosen as a dispat4
his firm resolve neyer• te
o sideby eleret
zn4g gian1ej j
1
vices. 0
errnag t.
• hitta.
eater -4 rtiOe e
irt Paste4, ger- te
ken B. 130 'seize Made a 0erY°
'rfe.F1,1ace to the noble quaijJjs of
,P•48 hero and clearly settdeorth.
Thgat principal* few winch:he lay
oirzja life of neble ,prounse, au
Magnin -Ian earnest ealipeeekhehett in hon..
or la Mettler), Jit,.4'1010hlttrdedicate.
nur all great , sef Vice to God,
and gt The syMpathy of the
entiee!, -ty was maw -leafed by;
Attendance and by the,
„in which the sacred
ecerated for the ocees-
ar, 'pulpit and rear of
-er-e decorated in white,
ag of the voutatey uoder
1°Pglat was eemepice
ou ost.ha fnout of the pule
izit derge-1140to od oer bete,
roll rested on an easel,
dra With the. Canadian flag, The
flags of The allied nations floated
from the pulpit, behind the pulpit
1/4% -a -as disidared on one eide the Union
Jitek and on lite other tlee Sters tinA„
Striae's. In artistic positions w
Pleeed the ilea with the triple mem
nierlor, of .flag flag our hero died
we believe ia honor ofethet
Q (4JChr;st. Tie sympathy of t
InhantlitY is extended te tne fa
ly, relativee and loved, ones.
alum and tile of our young he
an ointment poured fortht It is
intention of the •congregatioo to
in the chtu'ob a tablet te hie
t
Dashwood
la
Addieo S ford
his lzarent.
flail Lowlon ‘vas a
in town leet week.
.0 Pinkbeiner have
o their 13Ielir home in towz
Siebert and SOlai Or Detroit
ingWith Mr. atia Mee, 11.
Hoffman moved the bos
ete of 31e. Deneen of Vani
1 eitti motor truck,
1 t confined to
I tutaek Qtpz1nsy. V3
Node- ovey,,
ed nee iti
et'Rsaft '711"Id tIae fotzza.
1i the Pee with aI
t' The force of the bio
"er• nil hdlieted a deep
leine ft'd several etitelles
Zurich
Aistede Weseloh of a
d Mks Solute 'VVeseloh oV S, Thew,
atteaded the flu -oral of theirrieice
Mr. and airs, W. F. Pinkbeineraectil
and deugliter, Bezel, .or Stratford
ited at the home, of Arr. W. II,
of fine tin.
Ire. Cyrus Colosky is visiting her
n. Mr. alarvey CotoskY and iwr aro-
then, 'air. John Sehilbe, .of Detroit
for o few weeks.
Mies Carrie 'Gellman left last week
for Sovereign, „Sask., where ehe wifl
visit lier brother, 3fr. Alf Gellman
for a for months,
The little two -veer -on chid of la
Broderick., Parr Line had a narrow
escape from eleeth. It swallowed a
brooch haped like' a Meer, evhiehloti-
ged in it.e throat. Dr. Campbell Was
.htirriedly summoned and he found
it necessary to put the chihi andez!
chloroform before the object
be removed. A few minutes longer
rind the 'child might have°. tholted to
death:
The tingel of death entered the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William Thiel
and took away their infant slaughter
Selma Lauretta aged three' menthe
and thirteen days. The little child
had a hard struggle during hershort
earthly existence although every
Tare .and attention was bestowed up-
on „her that could be suggested, She
gradually weakened and the frail
threads of life were easily broken.
The :funeral tookeplace to the Luth-
eran cemetery and was conducted by
Rev, IT. !Rernbe, The sincere and heart
felt sympathy is felt for the parents
in their hour of affliction.
'31n,,g/iLED IN ACTION \
Word was received from the Militia
Department, Ottawa on Monday by
Mr. and Mrs. S ;McBride. Sr., that
their son Pte George 11. McBride.
a member of the 161st 'Battalion was
killed in tie,tion. Thus another of the
Zurich lads lays paid the ,supreme
sacrifice for King and Country. Be-
fore •his enlistment, Mr. Mel3ricle
conducted a flour and feed business
in Zurich, but when - the call came
for recruits be dispesed of hie stock
and joined the Hurons. He was'
courteous upright citizen and was
poplar with all he came in contaet
with. Much sympathy is .felt for Mr.
and Mrs. igeBricle and other
relatives of the deceased living in th's
section. s
The 'wedelire. ceremony took- place
at the hojne. of lerr. and Mrs. LOitii
Kalbeleisch; 15:1). con., Hay ,on 'Wed-
resday, May lfith at 5 o'clock pen.
when Rev. IL Itembe pasLor 'of the
Lutheran ,cleirch Zeriele bruised in
marriaga their daughter, Jcs2phine I°.
and Mr. ,Victor Dierchert, son of Mr.
and Mrs. ‘Peter Diecliert, Itlind Line
A large aramter of reLnives and
friends' were prts ill to witness the
interesting event. Miss Celia 3. Hess
played the wedding march. The gifts,
to the bride and groom were runnel:
,a
.11 -' and clod inclu -d Mrs Diiesefr,cheit,
el and costly
ar.icles., Mr. a n, ,
dei the fat in on DanI_ a,
Lin,
S.Teel:the b:s bast
4s. -1011033" 113em,
41.11
irer
ea
THE
TIMES
Thames Road
There was no service
byteeian church last „
Fletcher was odminiete
in the Stone °buret),
a
e Free -
as Lee
ament
Cio Victoria Day the
their aohltel;pietile,znbkri DOPPOn
field adto climb. Every-
body welOrarid' OtiMe and ebilig" your
Rev. oe Inirkton preached
a fine eermoo in Bethany last Sun-
day, afteenoon, ite elea favored the
voregregation with a solo, Next Sun,
day Rev. Knignt of Herasall will,
oreach, it being the Seuday school
anniversery and there will be sing-
ing be- the Elimville Quartette ,
Statia
\Yemen's .--The annual
meeting- of the Women's Institute was
held in ahe Tenser hip hall we Wed-.
106437l0l, 0*.5rthe 'eeetY-trees,
port was given as follows; Justitute
Reeeipta--Balance on hand May 1910
l5e7 Goverment, grant;
ezses 13,43; lbalanee on band
,Cross. Balanee on hand
t916 r grante 144,00; /awn'
211.03; donations 52,70; oale of
7,00' waste per, 42,83; vett,
0; zoeiai evening 10,60 01.ale
41, ti; Expenditure- equine' ma
; yarn 102,4e; Ciodstme
'boxe l'or erediers "7;75; lawn ;stela
62.20 Piar.0 relit 5,09: postage ond'
statiouery /)11cuae on hand 141
17. -Number or gartottots made eatA
eentf away 300 tiairs of ste.nal fniTT-
net ebiele; 15 flatitielefte shirte; 05
bete -peal shirte; 65 seize of pyjimme
56 dressing gowns; 35 eheels, 3 pairs
einem- easee; 12 towels 4 quote at!
a total velue of 965.95. Tbe folaowe
ing officers were elected for tile com.
tee; year President, etre. Au 'w QI
iair 1st Vice President, dirs. JOIITA
Smener, 2d Viet) President, 31te, Te
l, !laazittan;Seeeeeary-Treesurer
Penelope Weidem Red Croas CartreW
or., Mr,* diefil0S enditers. Mine
Win Jeffrey°, Mrs. Melellan,
egetee Dct-
to Dietriet Meeting to be held
in St. Marys on June alb, Mee Azide
pew Oliver, Mrs, R. Sedkr, Mrs Hoe -
ham, Nft'S., Iretnble, Mrs, 11, Celle
noun, ,Mre..krther Colquimeo. AU the
ladies are asked 40 meet at the Red
Orci,e3 Tonne over T, 3LIlamiltoue
store on the second WellneedaY of
estcli month for the Iturfaskee Of doing
'led, Cross cut ting and oth,r necessary
work for this needy etinse. Work one
and all; let as do our bit, Doe Se le
F'otheriteghant of Toronto will addmvas
the Wouten'a frietitute on Monday
May 28t1f at the home of Mrs. TvIli
Ilatuillon at 2,30 p.m. Dr. Pothering.
haul is a grattqato in medicate or To-
ronto University with post -graduate
work la Philidelphra end London. Eng
Apart from inedieitte she is Much in-
terested in practicel nature study in
its relation ta Editcation health and
Lawn) day needs. Mrs, George ter, District President of St Marys
also expected to be at this meeta
All the ladies of the commeteity
rdielly invited to attend.
Hensall
Alis s 'amnia Johnston is in Wood-
stock visiting her sister Mrs. Shortt
and family. 1 •i
Mrs. G. la Scott of London spent
the week -end with her sister Mrs. 3.
Sutherland.
The afieses Slavin are in London,
spendhig a week hi the interests or
Miss Slavin's health.
Miss Ilelk Sparks of Brantford
spent tbe past cotiple of weeks with
her xuother Mrs .J. Sparks.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lancaster are
here from the west renewing acquein-
tances in Ilensoll and vicinity.
Hensall is famed as an onion center
eked more acreage is being sown. this
spring, than thrit of any former year:
Mr. 3. McKenzie has sufficiently
recovered from his severe illness dur-
ing the winter -months to be on our
streets again. •
Mr. J. Fitzgerald an old friend of
Dr. McItiarmid spent a week with
him in fLondon during the operation
for cataract on his eye. -
Rev. Mr. MeDittradd. of Goderich,
preaeheel, the pulpit vacant in Car-
mel church. owing to 'the resignation
02 Rev. 3Icl, Smith B. A.
; Mrs. W.A. !Miller and family have
I moved 10 London to join Mr. Miller
o ban been ethere and as old resi-
dents willbe missed from our vil-
lage. I
Miss E.h:1 Murdock has taken char-
ge of the rural mail 'route on Route
No., 1; Hensall and we believe wilt
pfrave a very efficient and painstak-
ii.g. employee. --
14Irs. A. II. King of Toronto has
been .spending the past week or so,
with her mother, Mrs. T. Neelands,
who was taken quite 'ill recently but
is now impr&Ving-
/efr, R. J, Drysdal2 left here the 1st
f last week. for Dubuc, Sask., and
Consort, Alta., where he has sons and
daughters with whom he intends
spending, the summer months.
Dr. .f. McDiartalid was in London,
las w eek, undergoing an ope:ation
for a catarart on his eye and we tire
pleased to -learn that he received
good encouragement from the spec-
ialist: th,tre as to the success of the
operati,(013.,
Mr. Jahn E. 1Y113Elveri of the London
Road just a lit.t south' of Our 1i .qge
is preparing to raise,. his barn a int
put in a good bank barn whicb. will
be a good inaprovement and he ha.S
1 II "he t- °'• th,.
IOW near y utia on c
ground for it.
'1",a17-'ee--00rP
setsorillit th
re n
n '
• ea nn 'who a eel ov
181th 13attalion of Win-
L1.flder Sir
%Iny the ast on the
an a: r e message
oen aanr
ca.
rord
a
1;
exsmith
at ,At, 35Wusi71410: me/ore
II:art:Tod; Yxl,atee4„,,t
an
friend.s,
weeyftb
Purchased
W'ooda**Iia1,d
octal Tosz t *
telle one destroYed be' fire some tii
he oPe'.17Veerreja:ree,ttolnie,34
131311&11 was stoic
coosiderable AaRiag
windowpad 11.900,,
The re being repaired at,
*nee.
44,!
Ilsser
the
their ne
,
Centralia
morning Mr. G. Gs;
Jas. Oke, eeeeived
hat Pte, Tom Es.sery,
-ast killed action.
Essery, ;Ars, 3, Oke
if
'ERtlf,,t4/4t0r04
$744R,AtqlZe with
olilY IA their loss
London Spent ci
Mr. It, Hand.,
toe Matde
oath Huron
Id in KiPluen
tbe
weekrisjth ber f
ford.
Miss e an
Mete the
Qi Ji
MOO
Miss
tveekh* abk
Mr.r2p 1M4
'tile(ilends aro
O1'..,y na-itip
gusselda e
3Roy and dit Ahree of
Oranion Te ViSitleg 14t, She hi.ne o
a ro„ Mark Glar
Word woe received (
ta,wai or Thersday eve, t 4
Ifertlog bad been killed iujwzz oo
tbel 9th. of May. Pte Ifert1flt.nijsted
titi Galt with the 71ee ttaitano awe
fatting from that battalion Lae
50th Jhattalicn and had anly been
elate/
about a tuortthk Itrattee,
Eriglieh be birth , end w'a
known „here bavitee regaled for sav
enal yeara with „Mr. etid hirs. These
'Wlsat miglst hi 'c'
ac
0 pat
C h
tazddenIy IOSt
Is MO near
. Pleasont. whirh a ed
pinning the face
'
041% AN:shit:ince was on and res-
cned them fromtheir
Mon, Proud:o0t or
mazoned and found ilea Mis, Uyio
'tuzd one rib broken and several
tured and 111.re. Clark received e
cot in Hie toreheed which nal;
h number or stach,-; to cio,a,
womid. Both 11331 Kleine ee
can'be expected.
from
ti.
3
21
uvy COUNC1LE.
A Special meeting ornhe liaeCrou
cil was held on Tacedly evening t
bonsider the advisibility or appoint-
ing a del,tegate to attend the "Win
the War" convetition which wilt be
held in Montreal on May 23rd, 24th,
and 25tb.
It' Was resolved that if either Stan-
ley or Stepben townships eend a del-
egate. Hay would also zend one. Mr:
3, 13. Laporte will represent Deo
towriahip if the delegation from the
above townships attend.
BOHN t
COLE—In Failartoti on :Only 13th, to
Mr, and Mrs Walter E. Cote. a dau-
ghter.
FAHNER—In Stephen on May 16th;
to Mr. and Atr3, Edward Feltner tr
daughter.
MONTEITI-1.—In 'Osborne on. May la
to Mr. and airs. Chas. 'Monteith a
daughter. 1•
MARRIED
KRE:6-11O1tN—At Grace Lutheran
ehurch, Mitchell on May the 16th,
by Rev. Mr. Dede, Anna E, daud
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Horn'
of Logan, to Mr. Willituati 3. Kreis,
of Fullerton. s
DIECIIERT—KALBFLEISCII—At 15th
on., Hay, on May 16th, by Bev. If.
Rembe, Miss Josephine Kalteleisch
to Mr. Victor Diechert, both of Hay
township.
DIED
Usborne on May the 19th
Samuel Hicks, aged 57 years and 7
ixionth.s.
CHEISTIE—In Exeter, on May 18th.
Edward C7hristie, eged 74 yearss and,
. 1 months. '
SPIOER—Ip Brantford. on Afiay 16,
David Spicer, formerly of Exeter:
aged 71' years 1 month and 2 days.
31ONTEITII-00 the Thames Road,
T_Tsborne, on Saturday 3lay 19th,
Jessie Agretta. Hamilton, belovrd
wife of qharles Monteith, aged 40
years, ,g months, and 2 days.
Zuri,da, on .May the llth,{
Se.lma Liuretta, infant daughter, of
Mr, and itare, Win. Thiel, aged
three months and 13 days.
Locals
WEST SII0B141
EQUIPOIENTe 'haler)
Represeniativcs of reuxiicipalitits
terested in the Ontario West Shore
Railway held at Kincardine last ti-eele
accepted the, tendo- of the Hydro,-
Eteclric ,Commission for the porch) se
ol' s;eel rails and other equiPtilent of.
the defunct railway. It is expected,
lith-lailt be rtaed
bi:nctihgrhoPgitthisb°r131)°ddeolSa1100,004
D SASTRO US FIItB 15
Shorily 'before six
1, saloon smoke 'tea
ain the coiti-
on the 10th can o
ere 'shore time it .&.
rout nteitli,ite eon eat
eim letne
#4.
oltek Mondi
v:ed iS 11 ins'
. , q. • 131,111
o n aii le
el
orn ;gets
0 -6
the adopted son of the
Ineseteeren Yeat'a „Of
i
babq
theeishes. Et iet
tt a match for amgi.
e spark set 4fire . str_,
an the lire spread iso hes'Tepidly the
twas unabim°
tjngh e lett!! iv£inz his w4aYS
flJ la tat clist„Zonreiheab,'alyrn.biottm,b,aes-
tbe , t!,:t4e to veesiltylvlott, rtitO:st-tetr,ng,
or even set free the ,aiiireals
the stables. The bare was a large
equipped onie -and. the lose wilt
be vego. beavY. Fifteen hogs valued
$541.04. ,24 hgad of cattle teed one
e010 Wetahafned to death. More tharS
a els of oats ail the impleo
35 ;tenet ,Stiflttabat, strawbreosvhoensis f e ae.thleat
The e•
loan is,
inflated at e10,000 teeth in -
life.
Pees
OA,
11 HER SPORT SWT.
Thiii Swagge
Pore thetedifint-er rt.
The nattiest comes in maw°
velones feat-ared in loose. square linere
particularly adaptable for ekatiag and
Wtszter rm. Silk etitchleo On belt.
JAW! rmosta PAU
neck, coat bottom and cuffs gtvw a
good finish. The mollifies cap is of
black batters' plush with ntarry dow-
ers done in gray worsteds.
TRAINING THE TASTE.
The Importance of Teaching Chatham
The Sense of Colors.
Some persons are totally lacking in
color sense—taste in colors, to put it
differently. In other respects they aro
qmitnormal persons and often, of
course, get far ahead of those with
the keen color taste. Other persons
lack appreciation, taste, In other re -
spots. 'Usually rippreciation or taste
can be trained, although' sofnelimes'
color or music appreciation is utterly
The time to begin to train is with
very young children. The place is the
home. If a child is brought up in a
tasteful home It will unconsciously
grow up witb a cultivated taste. 1n.
addition, of course, It is well to note
the child's individuality. If it seems
dull to music, painting, color, forra,
help develop its talte along these par-
ticular lines.
A house, to be the ideal environ-,
ment for a growing child, 'should be
beautiful, of course, but it should have
the beauty of simplicity and find the
beauty in its surrounding,s without de-
pending on elaborate furnishings.
Perhaps the best .way to train a
child's Mste, if the child seems rather
hopelessly deficient, is to let him work
things according to his own ideas for
a little wbile. If e little girl likes
gaudy colors„„let her have a frock of
a gaudy color, whicla she herself choos.
es. She Will, the chances are, soon tire
;of it. If the small boy likes impossible
ornaments and hang,ing,s in his room,
let him have them. Not only will he
himself dislike them soon enougb, but
his friends will doubtless make fun of
oeytbrafeeabbrarlisse, rwatolihdothoh.:cootiditheeinytfowrdiltlheheewoamille pinaNtol:
m.
Once there was a boy of nine or ten
04.eactgur0149alitiviv y design Oink
0 which there were
:sintraailletitil:welr''Ik';444111enreY7':elEillittnstigemhFlinc'rtehnIfiereslireemhuallio7:sne-
was not boyish, that it was babyish,
redrSery, Paper, or at best tine for a
e< 13u1 he wan that
apean #eg°t1-e, It had zbeen
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The in he eyes of the world,
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NE of the brightest and
readable of Canadiai.
ers about the war is -
Happy Subaltern,"
deutity of tbis young lieutenan
not widely known for he does not
1 pretend to be a literary man, When
1 he weat to the front he wrote lettere
home to his neetber, as thou•stands of
r raY Youth has Settig
' he
t is
young Canadians in Ena;land.
Prance, and Flauders were doing.,
and hie mother found there so enter-
taining that she read them to geth-
erings of friends. Tbey advised pub-
lication, and the book is oow oci
many a library shelf. All that it
tells about the Happy Subaltern te
that his name is Billy, and as fella
he has made friends.
Perbaps the best way in wbie1tii
ve an idea of Billy's lettere is to
give two short extracts from the
One Is a characteristically buw0ro5xs
account of an ineiderittindan,g
barber ehop.
'I had rather a unique experience
t,rhe other day Which I want to tell
0%44 EverYdne wbo has hailed
f m, this insuiee,kiagdom was Week
io complain ip erir far in ("exude,
Ibe lowness et,tlife barbers le
Uuere, and alwaVOIelated bow nitie
faster the tOttsorial artists of Great
hritain pustked in your whiskers. I
ave• Prlipfed or raYself the Wile and
ie wherefore of it. ilaVing to go
en lo,London one day Olfet week 1
alept iti and missed- IIIY olatal nOaTe•
so upon my arrival there proeeeded
W Sevkire one, Seeing a 0101 *Ladle$
and Gent/moles flair Dressiog Sa-
proceeded tbereito A bald-
eaded persoe of doubtful anteee-
deets, judging from bis pbystegito-
my, matioued Me into a chair, , Not
a evbite enamel becushioned one with
a neek ret and numerous levers, but
o plain red pruelt one showing unntis-
akably that other thousands had sat
n the eatee seat. It was the same
"ad that any railroad in Canada
$1103 ItO its hard worked statitna
I sat me ;twee, not without
50100 misgIvipg, and grasping "lo
eoble countenance" be tilted may bead
rearward until I felt as though
we one ot the contortionist acts in
a VaudevWo Abe -VS.', He etneered my
Eaee with lather and preoeded to
srrap the protruding bairs off, It
a process greatly resembling
anznz wfth a snow shovel removing
the aroumutatlon of last week's snow
from the sidewalk, Every time be let
go of my head I endeavored to raise
but somehow be always beat m
to it, and grabbed it again before I
uld sufficiently streteh the musclee
rase the crick in them, . , Upon
oe examinattori that. I made after
hurried exit I found tiny tufts of
blekers and decided that the reason
hy they "do it' quicker over hero
s first, because they don't *do It,'
ad second, it they took altY longer
te
a
they would permanently dislaca
heir customers' necks."
13y way of contrast probably ther
Is nothing better in Billy's netters t
quote than his description of th
deatb; of McCarthy, the wag of th
company, and once a camp took,
"It was a beautiful morning I
May, The grass was green and th
shrapnel -scarred trees were trying t
burst out into a few sparse leaves
A hawthorn bush just to the rear o
the trencla was white with bloom, a
Maeterlinck says, 'Yielding up It
soul in perfume,' distinctly notice
able even among the varied smells o
the trench. Here and there a swal
low flitted in the first smile of 01
Sol. and all was still, as still as th
first hour of dawn on the Front ca
be—sometimes. I came to the ba
where McCarthy was on duty. Alon
he stood watching a mess tin o
water heating over a candle. II
looked up at the rum jar I wa
carrying and laughingly asked if h
couldn't have his ration, knowin
full well that I knew he'd ha.d it
when with a dull boom from th
east came the herald of the mornin
hate. I turned. There stood Me
earthy, rifle in hand, face turned to
the azure above, and in his loudes
tones addressing the screaming shel
with `Good morning, Fritz.' The
same instant I heard it burst almos
overhead. Its pall of black smoke
hovered there, while its rain of deatl.
descended with the peculiar inde-
scribable whine of shrapnel. . .
But as they say. „`It didn't have my
number on it.' One of the freaks of
shell fire, it left me and took Mc-
Carthy.
"I saw him slowly sink clutching
his tunic. . . . 1 cut off his tunic
and his shirt, only to find his breast
and shoulders peppered as a colan-
der. He was gone—I knew that—
but I forced a quarter grain of mor-
phia between his lips. The stretcher-
bearers came, but McCarthy needed
no shell dressings. The ashy gray of
his face, the wild stare of bis eyes,
the convulsive clutch of his hand be-
tokened that death was silently
creeping Mete I gave him a cur) of
water. As I lowered his head a smile
lit his countenance, and he weakly
said, °Do you remember, sir, the
night you said "Gunge Din?" That's
how the water tastes.' . . And
then with the same sinile, 'It's funny,
sir, how I spoke to that shell. It
ain't often that one calls his own
number.' Which Was how McCarthy,
cook -comedian, in his own way said
eteoriturus Te Salutat."
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Suppose You Have 'Kick.
An electrical system of ordering
for lunchrooms, clubs, restaurants,
and hotels has been devised. You
simply press a button which oper-
ates an annunciator installed itt the
kitchen, telling the kitchen hands
just what food you want.—Populae
Science Monthly.
An,' Untested Thecid
mrs.',Enaggee-ea,a
factletgteue''', that
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friends, if yen were
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beauty Is An
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ahondd eay to
AlOthWthd,
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own you for eeaotal pars,
me you have fa
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r candor, and you shall
at you closely, 1 sbould
ng te see thirty—after to
woutau faeed thM
e ee Men Wbe
wereeb Owls. and her filli* were
gleaming While her elleekiet0/04ettiro
ed to crimson, $he peiait*Itte Wells
ill'gvitioLinghera*Ve'lled," She SOT na
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Jon'ho'4ntlea lejOeQUattalsseQYAllEbaedt ItOW81foritre
But you" --she Whirled toward the lsi
epeaker--"you are a barbarous egotist,
Yen have w000ded me le order
Matzen, your own reputation for
ity. Truth, indeen: Your bonestY
olTeuda me. We are no len
Go—and Trickled'
"Wberirr eXclalmed the t
e strode through the outer
weeder 'What WOUld haVe hap
to une if 1 bad really tat her
Randall Peturce in Life.
MBS AND THE MAN.
t..ngths in Fingers, Hands and Arm ,
the Span and tits Stride.
it the foreflager Is bent so that each
johzt ay be measured separately
they 11 be la the proportion of I, 1.4„
2 tied the dietetic° from knuckle to
Wrist four times tile length ot the first
joint.. If the finger is straightened
out the distance -trona the errist to
finger tip will be seven inches, supPoss
lug thee nall joint to be one inch. no
span with thumb end forefinger will
then be eight ine.bes and an inch long-
er with any of the three other fingers.
Prom wrist to elbow will be ten
inches, from elbow to forefingersev-
enteen and from collar bone to fore-
finger ihirty-two.
Sailors extend the arms :oily and
call the distance a fathom, though a
man standing with his back to a wall
eau stretch only about his height 'If
be tries to measure a tree by reaching
around it 1ds fathom will berdly be
more than five feet.
The normal pulse beats seventy-two
to seventy-five times a minute in
health, and normal respiration in eight-
een a minute.
The pace is called thirty inches.
though few men can without practice
take a hundred consecutive steps of
the same length. It is better to de-
termine the length of the regular pace,
or, rather, the number of steps re-
quired to cover a given distance, walk-
ing naturally, than to attempt to take
an artificial pace of an unnatural
length. The average man pacing
thirty Inehei, 108 steps a Minute, e0V-
ers three miles an honn The soldier
marches 120 steps a minute, or at the
rate of 3.4 miles an hour, but tials is
rapid going and regular halts are
made. A ten minute halt every hour
would i'educe the distance covered to
2.134 miles eaell hour.—Outing.
Wit Not Appreciated. •
Stubbs was feeling' his 'way to the
kitchen stove in the dark When he fell '
overthe coal scuttle.
"Oh, , John," called Mrs. Stubbs
sweetly, dI know what you need. .You
should get what they have on battle-
.
ships."
"What's that?" growled Stubbs as he
rubbed his shins.
, "Why, a range finder."
And what Stubbs said about wo-
man's wit was plenty.
Old Trinity.
Old Trinity, as it is familiarly hnewn.
at Wall street and Broadway; ba, New
York, is not so old as churches go. The
first Trinity was erected on the site in
1697 andeburned in 1776. And the sec-
ond became unsafe in 1846, when it
was demolished and the present church
built.
Like Fonitihleirk'eLyiakaertoeuna.eher?"
„ztaw! she's ,aure° you dpeals about
00 old crab.
your
iitiejea,ch:ereer ve that "-"' way? Don't you
know that „ with it? Isn't '"e.
‘'What'A wron's eiir boss ta?'
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