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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1912-11-21, Page 66 POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The wild oats crop is ntvtr a hilus( The faults a man boasts of Ebom what a fool he is. Money is a splendid substitute for brains in some cases. Parsimony is the vice that dries up the charity of the heart. A bookkeeper out of a job is natur- ally amen of no account. Occassionally the strse of humor can be exchanged for dollars. Many a man's shoulders are not as broad as tbey are padded. When the modern bride promises to "obey" she has bier fingers crossed. A women has more confidence in a minister than a man has in a physician. Nothing pleases an ignorant man so much as a chance to hand out infor- mation. The difference between the self confi- dence and conceit is hard for some men to understand. Probably the ideal man no longer ex- ists in the mind of a woman who has been married four or five times. Sa REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AHD CHILD. leans. WZNSrOw's Soorn:No Sunup has been used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLIC, and za the best remedy for DIARRHEA. It is ab. solutely harmless. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. Twtnsty fiva cents a bottle. FASHION AND COMFORT. The old maxim that it is necessary to suffer in order to be beautiful is ruled out of court nowadays. Modern femini- nity insists upon being beautiful, but she will not consent to suffer. One very interesting proof of this fact is afforded by the new figure, which is not to be constrained in any way. The designers have tried to bring a smaller waist measurement into fashion. They have directed the attention of their clients to the beauty of the"hinge." But all that happens is that it is now decided that the figure is to be as lissom as ever and molded upon the classical lines of the old Greek statues, which means that corsets of the utmost com- fort will be worn. It is the same with gloves and boots. Loose gloves are modish, and footgear is made of the most supple and easy -producing fabrics, such as the softest leather, velvet, da- mask and satin. "There could be no better medicine than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. My children were all sick with whoop- ing cough. One of them was in bed, had a high fever and was coughing up blood. Our doctor gave them Cham- berlain's Cough Remedy and the first dose eased them, and three bottles cur- ed them," says Mrs. R. A. Donaldson, of Lexington, Miss. For sale by all dealers. Sparks From The Anvil. Promises are chaf; fulfillment is the grain. There's many a rosy apple thatis rot- ten at the core. A man needs "sand in his gizzard" as well as does the hen. An empty head is likely to go into partnership with idle hands. The man with an axe to grind must have a fool to turn the handle. Perhaps the reason some men are like snails is because they never have a "backbone." The shoe that "fits your feet" the best is likely to be the shoe you like the least. "A chip of the block" may be the reason for so many blockheads. You may heat the iron until it glows but if you want the sparks to fly you must use the hammer. Spendthrift—a man who buys a pock- et book with his last coin and has noth- ing to put in it. The boy's appetite is often the source of amazement. If you would have such an appetite take Chamberlain's Tab- lets. They not only create a healthy appetite, but strengthen the stomach and enable it to do its work naturally. For sale by all dealers. Apply Zam-Buk to all wounds and sores and you willbesurprised how quickly it stops the smarting and brings ease. It covers the wound with a Layer of pro- tective balm, kills all poison germs already in the wound, and prevents others entering. Its rich healing herbal essences then bu•ld up from the bottom, fresh tissue; and In a wonderfully short time the wound is healed! zam Buk's popularity is based on merit. Imitations never work cures. Be sure and get the real thing. 'Zam•Buk"fs printed on every packet or the genuine. Refuse all others, 50e all drug(,•t is and stores or Zana-Buk Co., Toronto. SHOULD WOMEN PROPOSE? 111E WI,(, , i ii i'.S I OVEJ13 t 21, 1912 This historic query "Should Women Propose?" has been taken up with a perfectly straight face by a well-known women's magazine. Itis contended that whether they should or should not, the fact is that they do. The writer states that every man over thirty has had at least three proposals. I'm afraid I'm not acquainted with women of the sort that would propose. And if they did I'm sure they'd be sorry for it ever after. Sex, as I see it, is a somewhat divinely appointed institution. We may argue about it till we are black in the face and the fact still remains that while equal—oh! how equal!—women are here for one purpose and men are here for another. The men are here to propose. They are the active voice. I have always felt that the answer to almost every argument about the equal- ity of the sexes was summed up in the familiar quotation, "The man's desire is the women, but the women's desire is the desire of the man." We want the man to want us. We want him to ask us! Half the fun is having him ask us! We know a good thing when we see it. We're not in much danger of giving up. The recent census of the United States shows that the percentage of illi- terates in the entire population has drop- ped during the last decade from 10.7 to 7.7. The percentage of illiterates among children from 10 to 14 years of gge has been reduced iu the same period from 7.2 to 4.1, thus indicating that the rising generation will make an even bet- ter showing than that which is passing. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S C A S T O R I A Over nine million people are entitled to benefits under the Old Age Pensions law which came into force in France last year. A western railroad has just issued to a man in Redlands, Cal„ what is said to be the longest ticket ever issued. The ticket contains coupons for travel over 20 railroads and steamship lines, and is seven feet seven inches long. A rear Indoors. "For thirteen months I was so bad with chronic indigestion I could not go out of doors. Nerves were unstrung, the heart bad and smothering feelings cams: on till I thought I would choke. Doctors' treatment failed me, so I be- gan the use of Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills, which 1 thank for my present good health I am now doing my housework and have a family of ten." Mr. Isaac had had a busy day, with lending money at 90 per cent. and dis- counting bills at 50, and he was annoy- ed on returning home to find the apple of his eye howling the house down. The child would not be quiet, not even when his fond papa took him in his arms. Then his fond parent tried walk- ing up and down the room, singing songs, but afer having sung every song from "Baa; Baa, Black Sheep" to Hey Diddle Diddle," he thought of giv- ing it up. However, he tried one more song. It was "Sing a Song of Six- pense." Hardly had he started when thore was an instant hush, and a tiny voice cried out "Make it two shillings; I'll be athleep in thirty seconds." A •WINNING FIGHT THE ELEVATOR BOY. • In Chicago He Made Rapid Progress in Becoming an Expert. The first day he is occupied malnly In learning how to run his elevator. The second day he is so delighted with his position that he makes every effort to give all the information asked of bim. The third day he gets his uniform and begins accustoming himself to telling the passengers to step lively. The fourth day he learns how to advise anxious inquirers to look at the bulletin board or ask the starter. The fifth day he is so thoroughly versed in the duties of his position that he can run the car past people who are yelling "Down!" or "Up!" and three floors away from them waft back the gentle admonition to punch the button. Also, he is now able to carry the nervous passengers two floors too far and then refuse to go back. The sixth day he Is an adept and demonstrates it by sliding the door quickly in the face of the man who is a second late, also by stopping the car and dropping a couple of floors to take on the stenographers with huge blond rats, who haughtily omit pressing the button. He Is now a real elevator boy and wonders what right the public thinks it has, anyway.—Cblcago Post. CHEERFUL MENDELSSOHN. The Pioneer In Good Conducting and the Boy Joachim. The art of good conducting began with 1lfendelssohn. The Leipzig Ge- wandhaus owes the greatness of its or- chestra to him. He was a hard task- master, but, according to the words of Joachim, he earned the good will and respect of his men by his thorough knowledge, says the Music Magazine. He was sane and rational, preferring a cheerful mood to gloom. Johann Kruse, formerly second violinist of the Joachim quartet, once told a little sto- ry of iVlendeissohn s conducting t g in Lon- don, where he was always a favorite. "Mendelssohn was to bring out the boy Joachim, then about twelve or fourteen years of age," he said. "At that time Joachim played Bach and Beethoven like a master. He began to rehearse the Mendelssohn concert with the orchestra when suddenly with boy- ish impetuosity he turned to the con- ductor and said, 'Herr Mendelssohn, I am sure there is a mistake in the or- chestration rchestration here.' "The cheerful and sunny Mendels- sohn replied, 'Well, this is a good time to correct it, my boy,' and the error was found and corrected." Telling of the progress made in cone, bating the tenable 20th century plague— Donaumption. Notwithstanding the enormous increase in population in Canada in the peat few years, it is more than gratifying to be able to record that the fight which the @Tational Sanitarium Association are put - sing up against the "white plague"— :onaumption—ia proving a winning ono. Prior to 1896 deaths from Consumption were on the increase every year. In 1910, iespito the greater number of citizens, the Ultras in Ontario along showed a decrease of 1118 over those of ten years ago. Isn'b this splendid testimony to the noble work soing on 2 , Maybe you haven% a father, mother, sinter or dear friend of your own afflicted, bub wouldn't it feel good to help some poor soul, in the throve of the dread disease to get back into the wage-earning class -- bo return cured to wife and loved ones? Our proud boast is that no needy Con- sumptive bas ever been refused admittance to oft: Free Institutions ab Weston and Muskoka because of poverty. But the work canna expand without your kindly sympathy and material help. The need is urgent. If you are blessed with that greatest of all blessings, good health, think of your needy suffering brother and rester. Send along your mite, however humble, to Ma. Weal. Gems, Chairman of the Executive Commitee; or to Mn. R. DUICIAa, Sec. Trete„ 347 King WasteToronto. Every penny you Bond gam to help. , Two Curious Knives. When Sheffield first became famous for its cutlery a peculiarly shaped knife, designed for a variety of uses, was made with great care and sent to the agent of the Cutlers' company in London. On one of the blades was en- graved the following challenge: London, for thy life, Show me such another knife. The London cutlers, to show that they were equal to their Sheffield brothers, made a knife with a single well tempered blade, the blade having a cavity containing a rye straw two and a half inches in length, wholly sur- rounded by the steel; yet, notwith- standing the fact that the blade was well tempered, the straw was not burned, singed or charred in the least! It is needless to add that the Sheffield cutlers acknowledged themselves out- done in ingenuity. Ryles on Bills, Among the humorous memories con- nected with English judges is one of Justice Byles and his horse. This em- lhent jurist was well known in his pro- fession for his work on "Bilis," and as this gave a fine opportunity for alliter- ation his associates were accustomed to bestow the name on the horse, which was but a sorry steed. "There goes Ryles on Bills,' they took pleasure in saying, and as the judge rode out every afternoon they indulged daily in their little joke. But the truth was that the horse had another name, known only to the master and his man, and when a too curious client inquired as to the judge's whereabouts he was told by the servant, with a clear conscience, that "master was out on Business." The French imperial Guard. The Imperial Guard of France was created by Napoleon I. when he be- came emperor in 1804. It was formed by a merger of the "guards," the "con- vention," the "directory" and the "con- sulate." It consisted at first of 9,775 men. but was afterward considerably enlarged. In the year 1809 it was by the emperor's order divided into the old and young guards. In January, 1814. It numbered 102,700. It was dis- solved by the Bourbon Louis XVIII. in 1Sta. revived by Napoleon III. surren- dered with Metz to the Germans and was abolished by the government soon after. In the Dominion of Canada out of tine 24,000 cddmiles of railway, the Gov. ernment owns over 1,700, ! Is isn't what you do while your boss E is watching you but what you do when he's not there that counts. .t Weak Heart. When the heart is weak or irregular , in action, when the blood is thin and watery, remember the blood -forming qualities of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food and by its use flood the system with rich, red, vitalizing blood. This is Nature's way of curing weakness and disease. I It is the only way to ensure lasting Ibenefits. Although it takes four years of education to prepare a lion for circus life it increases the animal's valuefive- fold. The opening and closing of some of the gates of the Panama Canal is done by a massive arm weighing five tons. Don't waste your money buying strengthening plasters. Chamberlain's Liniment is cheaper and better. Damp- en a piece of flannel with it and bind it i over the affected parts and it will re- ' lieve the pain and soreness. For sale i by all dealers. There are trade secrets in the Chinese vermillion industry, centuries old, which no foreigner ever has been able to fat- hom. Dr. de Van's Female Pills A reliable French regulator; never fails. These pills are exceedingly powerful in regulating the generative portion of the female system. Refuse all cheap imitations. Dr. de Van's are sold at 55 a box, or three for $10. Mailed to any address. The Bonbon Drug Co., St. Catharines, One. Robert Browning. Of Hobert Browning toward the close of his life Frederic Harrison in his memoirs has this to say: "Ho was all things to all men and all women, always at his beat, always bringing light, happiness, generosity and sense into every society he entered. I think him the happiest social spirit whom it has ever been my fortune to meet." His Retirement. 1't le 1 -'" I d I haven't se n you some e for e time. Poet—No. Pact is I have become a good deal of a recluse lately. Friend �-I feared so. How much do you owe? He that speaks of things that do not toneern him shall hear of things that Will not please him, -Arabian Proverbs When you are not feeling well every- body you meet will recommend some remedy they wouldn't think of trying themselves. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R I A The average girl doesn't have to be more than 16 years of age before she picks out her bridesmaids. Is your husband cross? An irritable, fault-finding disposition is often due to a disordered stomach. A man with good digestion is nearly always good- natured. A great many have been per- manently cured of stomach trouble by taking Chamberlain's Tablets. For sale by all dealers, Asked when she was married a wit- ness at Shoreditch county courtreplied, "I can't remember. My solicitor knows; I don't. I haven't my lines with me." Electric I'estorer for Men Ph osphonol restores every nerve in the body to its proper tension ; restores vim and vitality. Premature decay and all sexual weakness averted at once. Phosphonol will make you a new man. Price 53 a box. or two for 55. Mailed to any address. The Scobell Drug Co., St. Catharines, Ont. One of the secrets of sweeping a car pet is to hold the broom almost perpen- dicular and take short strokes. Do not lift the broom more than three inches from the floor. If the carpet is very dusty tear paper into small bits and soak in water for a few minutes, then press out the paper and sprinkle it over the carpet. The damp paper will absorb the dust. It improves the carpet to wipe it after sweeping with a cloth which has been wrung out of ammonia water—one tablespoonful of ammonia to a quart of water. When sweeping a bare floor the broom or brush should be slanted slightly and kept close to the floor. .The stokes should be long. Over two million dollars have been raised for the benefit of the survivors and families of those who were lost on the ill-fated Titanic. There are 2,296 claimants, and it is proposed to pay an- nuities, ranging in minimum from $3 a week to $5, and in maximum from $10 to $12, in accordance with the character of the case and the number of the children. These annuities are for life, except in case of remarriage and upon the child- ren reaching a certain age. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Cenuine Carter's Little Liver Pills.. Must Bear Signature of Zee Paaslmlits Wrapper Bellew. `Very *:Hall and as ear' **take as saga r FON HUDACHF.,r FOR DIZZINESS. F'OR. BILIOUSNE€ts FOR4TORPID LIVER, FOMICONSTIPATIOl� FOR ,SALLOW SKIN: FOR THE COMPLEXION CARTERS s�en'I OXu'iV ?IJ l MVi},i,tV, MAnlayrt' *mil 1Pm'e1}'iese v— lets i117ey0' If/4/�'�Wt�I GURI 111GY HBAPAGHSe COOLED THEIR WRATH. Bailey'. Way When He Caught a Tar• tar on the Telephone. li heti the telepitoue bell rang the senior partner said to the junior part. ncr: "It that is that elan Bailey just you tell him what you thinit of hint, even 1f you lay yourself liable to n fine for vio- lent language." The junior partner relieved himself of tt few abusive epithets, but presently nftt•r a brief pause he expressed the saute aeotimeuts couched In much mild er terms Said the junior partner: "There you go crawfishing again. Why ain't you stick to what you said in the first place?" fbc junior partner dropped the re eeiyet' "Supposing yon come and say It your. self." he said. The senior partner did so, but after a little he, too, repeated his harangue with till the backbone left out. "It's no use," he said. -You can't eurse a Tian twice over the phone who nnswers your first outburst with '1 beg your minion. I didn't quite catch that. Sac it again, please.' That is Bailey's w'ty Yen try to say it again, but the second time it sounds pretty rank even in your own ears, and your tempest of rage moderates tufo is tranquil breeze." - New York- Times UNKNOWN COUNTRIES. Mongolia and Tibet Mostly a Riddle to the Outside World. Neither the Chinese themselves nor the rest ot the world knows much ot Mongolia or Tibet i'he most of those wo countries eewlig to the desert, and, although they have been inhabited sint•e the time when the memory of tun a runnel b nut to !he contrary, the outside world Is to them u sealed boort, and they to the world an ttuguessed riddle. The great desert of Gobi. that is part• ly in China, partly in Mencburia, part- ly iu elougolitt and partly in Siberia, is tt•ttversed by the oldest transporta• tion lines in existence. It has a cara- van route over which tea and silk laden camels have traveled toward Europe for these 3.000 years, and yet from the time when Kublai Ishan macadamized the rend until the time when the Russian railroad paralyzed it by the competition of steam no one of the merchants a'bo traveled over it turned either to the right or to the left to telt Europe and the occident ot the wonders or the terrors of that un- known land.—Argonaut. A Lost Language. A monument to ti lost language is to be found in the village ot St. Paul. near Penzance, in Cornwall. and It 1s believed to be the only monument in existence which marks the death of a vanished tongue. it commemorates the death of the last woman who spoke in the Cornish language and was erect- ed by a Frenchman. It is a granite obelisk about seven feet high and is built into the churchyard wall,. the front facing the highway, where It is plainly discernible by all who pass that way. The upper part is in the form of a Maltese cross. The inscription reads as follows: "Here lietb interred Dore thy Pentreath. who died in 1777, said to have been the last person who con• versed in the ancient Cornish. the pe- culiar language of tbis county from the earliest records till it expired in the eighteenth century in this parish of St. Paul." The Memory. Unquestionably the memory ot the race Is deteriorating. Plato knew per- fectly wen what he was about when he declared that the invention of let- ters was the deathblow of memory. Ln the old time men depended upon their memories for all the affairs of life. The songs of the bards. the laws. all business transactions, everything that took place was lost unless men remem• hexed it. And they remembered it. They had to remember it. The differ- ence between tee memories that car• tied the total content ot [Inman knowl- edge and the memories ot today 1s tremendous. There is no particular reason for remembering things today. They are all on record, and the mem• ory of the race is accordingly dying out.—New York American. Fed From the Sword. The true shamrock is one of the tini- est of the clover family and has small yellow bloom—that "sprig of sham- rock, wearing of the green." When an Irish mother brings forth a male child she puts his first food on the sword of her 'husband and lightly introduces the first auspicium of nour- ishment into his little mouth with the point of the sword.—Solinus, 1,700 Years Ago. No wonder the Irish are natural born soldiers.—New York Press. Precocious. Small boys base a way of listening to remarks that older, persons make and using them when least expected. A mother was surprised the other day to have her young son reply to her when she was reproving him for some trifling misconduct: "Well, mamma, You must put up with me. You knoll I'm just at the trying age." No, H* Wesn't. 'E1e-And did you tall at Monte Carlo while you were at Nice? She—No. Papa called on him, 1 believe, but frons hips dlsappolnted appearance when he returned to the hotel 1 think Myr. Carlo must have been out! --London Tele- graph. Speak with the speech of the worilf, think with the thoughts of tate tow.— rohn nay, _ 14444 e4' '4a*d©o044++04•A4o00t•Pc.4 oo-o4OO ©i�e.4•44 44.o.otoP4" f, e O 40 oo •$3,00 4. 0 • 3 WILL RENT A ILGHT TOUCH 4 0,. MONARCH 4 A 9 .,. 4 •o0 0 0 FOR ONE MONTH $15.00 WILL RENT A IOLJCH MONARCHz - ---- MONTHS ----• 4. e. e •o. • �InId Cr��rr ®�rrrrrenf ®I�In ... O 7 40 * O• + 4 • O 0 3 4 94 O P o ,i. O 0.. 40 4 b 0 a 4 O ♦• • 6 O 9 °o d 0 00 40404400404•004000404.00409000090 +09090044.00000 0000.0400004.40 a • ..r.r.rwr Illustrated Literature mailed upon Request Monarch Department Remhiglon Typewriter Company, LIMITED 18-20 kVictoria Spuare, Montreal, Que. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA A great number of cases of injury to the eye caused by persons watching the Ieclipse without proper protection were reported in Berlin recently. — PRINTING AND STATIONERY We have put in our office a complete stock of Staple Stationery and can supply your wants in WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEItIES, WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYING CARDS, etc We will keep the b st stock in the respective lines and sell at reasonable prices. 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 when in need of G LETTER HEADS BILL HEADS ENVELOPES CALLING CARDS CIRCULARS NOTE HEADS STATEMENTS WEDDING INVITATIONS POSTERS CATALOGUES Or anything you may require:in the printing line. Subscriptions taken for all the Leading Newspapers and Magazines. The Times Office St'ONE BLOCK Wier hair) w MEL