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THE WANUAA TIMES.
H. B. ELLIOTT, PUBLISHER AND PROPIETOR
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7. 1913
WHAT'S THE LAW BETWEEN
FRIENDS?
The position taken by the Liberal
party with regard to several bonuses to
Provincial and other railways was clear-
ly laid down by Sir Wilfrid Laurier in
parliament on June 4th last, when dis-
cussing the last minutes of the session
gift of $2,000,1100 from Mr. Borden's
Government to his friends, the Whit-
ney government in Ontario, for the T.
& N. 0. railway.
Sir Wilfrid said, -"If a company
were to come and ask for the federal
assistance, we would say, ' well and
good, but you have a provincial charter
and so you cannot get this federal
bounty unless you accept the law of the
Dominion, and make your railway sub-
ject to the laws of the Dominion.' Is
that not perfectly fair and right? If
the great province of Ontario asks for
a subsidy for a railway out of the fed-
eral treasury, it should agree to make
that railway subject to the laws of the
Dominion, and its tolls subject to the
control of the Railway Commission."
The Tory principal was exactly the
reverse. Mr. Borden did with this $2,-
030,000 just as he did with this $15,000,-
000 gift to Mackenzie and Mann -he
over -rode the Liberal party and handed
the cash out on a plate without stipu-
lation of any kind whatever.
PELLETIER AND PARCELS
POST.
It is now announced that the govern-
ment is "considering" the Parcels Post
business, and that there is a faint pos-
siuiiity of the Parcels Post system being
established sometime next year. The
eecteeicy for this postal improvement
was emphasized by Hon. Ro .olphe
Lemieux several times during last ses-
sion until finally his arguments drove
the Postmaster -General to action. On
11 ,11:2 Leaking Valves
Of The Heart.
Thought Nothing But Death
Would End Her Misery.
Mitburn's Hovland Nerve Pins Cured Her.
MRS. J. D. TALBur, 1776 3rd Ave.,
East, Owen Sound, writes: -"I have
been a great sufferer from heart disease
and leaking valves, I have had re.
source to every kind of treatment•I could
think ini;;ht help nae, including the skill
of cevcral dttetore. I suffered so fir
year' th it at times I bay felt that noth-
ing but death could end my I?iisery. I
was advised by a friend, who had suffered
untold pain and fakery, just as I had,
and lead been cured . by 1bMII.Btrltet'e
1IEARt AND IIRRV8 PIr.t.S. to give 'them
a trial. so I decided to do so. I ata de-
lighted with the result, as"I ant mew com-
pletely cured, and can eat and sleep as I
have not done for years. You are at
liberty to use my name at any time
as I ant convinced they are the best pills
on the market for any form of heart
disease."
Price 50 cents per box or 8 boxes for
$1.25 at all dealers, or will be mailed
direct on receipt of price by The T.
MilburxC4., iditsitt4, Toronto, Ont.
1iay 10, Hon. Mr, Pelletier presented
a Bill to the effect that "It is expedi-
e It to establish a parcels post system
and to proceed for the appointment of
two officers and supervisors at salaries
of $2,100 on appointment, with annual
increase to a maximum of $3,500 " On
June 4th, this bill was passed with the
active assistance' of the Opeosition,
who have done all they eould to secure
this boon for Canada. It was however
;suspected that the only reason for the
;existence of this bill was that it might
be stretched into an indication that the
Igovernment had really done something
during the session. Subsequent events
have proven the correctness of this sus-
; piston. Such a measure will prove too
good a piece of Tcry ammunition to be
used up till election time is approaching.
• Meantime it has increased Hon. Mr.
Pelletier's patronage list, and the
people will have to wait.
AVERAGE YIELDS.
A common question round the factory
receiving platform is "how arta the
COWS doing." What a volume of
thought that suggests! If they are
doing well it is because of good feed
and careful attention: or may it be
despite the feed and care they deserve,
but do not get? Leaving aside the
questions of weather, breed, heredity
and persistency of flow of milk, is it
possible to account for the remarkable
differences in yield that are to be found?
For instance, the dairy divisiou at
Ottawa found in one locality 100 cows
that gave 3,000 lbs. of fat each month,
but 100 cows close by in the same
county gave only 2,500 lbs. of fat.
Another lot of 100 cows in a near by
county gave only 2,200 lbs.
Is the ordinary factory patron's herd
keyed up to the pitch of creditable per-
formance, or it is just jogginglalong in
the old rut of "average" yields? Sup-
pose the patron ascertains his herd is
doing "about as well" as his neighbor's
does it not seem a great pity that his
ambition should end there?
Average cows cap do vastly better if
their owners train them and train them-
selves for better results. If each lot
of 100 cows in the Dominion gave an
additional 500 pounds of fat per month,
would that not make a startling dif-
ference in the amount of the patron's
cheques? Cow testing has helped many
communities to far larger banking busi-
ness, because'it shows that scores of
cows and average herds, can be made
to produce far more than they do at
present. Make each cow pay a good
profit.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Canada is paid a great compliment by
North Dakota, in that Canadian ex-
hibits are barred from their fairs, be-
cause local contributors are discourag-
ed by the good showing of entries from
the Dominion.
While the weather is hot, remember
your dumb friends. Do not leave the
horse in the sun, or let the dog follow
your bicycle or motor -car, or desert the
cat when you go away for your vacation
Remember, too, that animals in the
summer need plenty of water to drink.
See that they have. it. And do not con-
clude that every dog is mad that acts
strangely and that has a little froth
dripping from his mouth. "0 sir, da
you think he is mad?" asked an old
lady who had seen a dog in that condi-
tion running from an excited mob. "I
should think he would be," said a
sensible man, "but perhaps he is only
vexed."
The country editor may not be so
potent a figure -in rural sections as he
was in former days, but he is still a
power to be reckoned with, and he has
, a large part of his field to himself, in
spite of the intrusion of bumptious big
city dailies, His paper is a home pro-
duct and touches the home life of its
readers at many points which no out-
sider can hope to reach. The items of
individual and neighborhood gossip, at
which wise city journalists used to
laugh, have become the leading prin-
ciple of the metropolitan papers, and
the personal column, which was once
rejected by the city press, is now be -
1 come the headstone of their new corner.
For this reason the country newspaper
often follows the country boy or girl
who has moved to town and who
can learn in no other way so well
all that is going on at the old home
place.- Baltimore Sun:
FALL FAIR DA'I'BS.
The following are the dates of a num-
ber of fall fairs:
Mildmay .. ....... .... Sept. 29-30
Ripley Sept, 23-24
Kincardine. Sept. 18-19
Lucknow ....
Sept. 18-19
Walkerton Sept. 11-12
Teeswater Oct. 7-8
Tiverton .. Sept. 16
Underwood. Oct. 14
Blyth. Sept. 30 -Oct. 1
Brussels. .... Oct. 2-3
Goderieh ... Sept, 17-19
Listowel .. .. Sept. 16-17
Seafortli ........... Sept. 18-19
Wingham ... . . Sept. 25.26
Zurich... ... ... Sept. 17-18
Harry Brown, a young English farm 1
hand, confessed to havieg set Are to
the house of Hilliard Anderson in Mono. 1? T)ce4t1nd841
TIII,, WINGIIAM TIMES, AUGUST 7, 1913
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t) m some clean, hone9t m )ne%, giving i if i rn) Ilio) to }
those who hive req 1--st -d it, regarding an original Vest- t
ern town,ite-not ;t subdivision. This is a ge l"m in's
proposition, and we want only men of good sta,riding who
will not misrepresent. Address
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Western Canada Real Estate Co.
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502 TEMPLE BUILDING - TORONTO
(From the TIMES of August 4, 1893)
LOCAL NEWS.
The following are the elective officers
of Maitland Lodge, No. 129, I. 0. 0. F.,
Wingham, for the current term: W.
J. Sheffield, J. P, G.; W. i\Iainprize,
N. G.; W. Hough, V. G.; J. F. Groves,
R. S.; T. J. Elliott, P. S.; W. F.
Brockenshire, T.; Robt. Allan, Re-
presentive to Grand Lodge.
Mr. Peter Fisher is able to bo around
again, we are pleased to see. His knee
is steadily improSing.
The townships of East Wawanosh
and Morris are putting on considerable
gravel on the road between Wingham
and Blyth. Mr. Jas. Cochrane is in-
spector of the north end, between
Belgrave and Wingham.
Messrs. Hutton & Carr intend making
some needed repairs to the dam at
their mill during the low water. They
will make ample provision for the town's
supply of water for fire protection dur-
the time repairs are in progress.
Mr. John Elston, of Morris, returned
from a visit to Manitoba, the other day.
He says the prospects of a good crop in
ail parts of the Province that he visited
are poor.
Mr. D. Stewart shipped a car load of
export cattle on Thursday, another car
load on Monday, and will ship a third
car load on Monday next.
On Friday morning last, about 10.30,
the fire alarm was sonnded, when it was
found that fire was in the roof of Mr.
D. Showers' pump factory. The fire-
man were on hand promptly and the
water was soon pouring . on the fire,
which had not made much headway.
At the last meeting of Minerva En-
campment, No. 47, I. 0. 0. F., the
officers were installed by P, C. P., T. J.
Elliott, as follows; J, F. Groves, C. P.;
J. W. Dodd, H. P.; T. J. Elliott, S. W.;
Jas. Cochrane, J. W.; W. J. Sheffield,
Scribe; Neil McGregor, Treas.
Mr. Oliver Gilchrist returned from
Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday.
He intends returning, having secured a
lucrative position in a large furniture
factory there.
Mr. Thos. Bell leaves to -;lay for a
visit to the World's Fair.
Mr. J. S. Jerome returned from his
visit to the World's Fair, on Monday
evening. He says the Fair is the
grand success it is reported to be.
Mr. J. M. Jerome has returned from
Chicago, where he was taking in the
World's Fair and visiting relatives.
Mr. John Ritchie has gone to Boston
for a month's sojourn, to recuperate
his health. He will also spend a short
time with his son James, who lives in
Dative, New York.
BORN.
IRWIN-In Morris, on July 14th, the
wife of Mr. Samuel Irwin; a daughter.
DIED.
ORR-In Wingha n, on July 27th, re-
lict of the late Robert Orr, sr., aged 80
years, 3 months and 26 days.
SIMPsoN -In Wingham, on the 28th
July, Roy, youngest son of Mr. Robt.
Simpson, aged 1 year and 9 months.
The Western Fair
LONDON - CANADA
THE GREAT LIVE STOCK EXIHIBITION
$27,000.00 in Prizes and Attractions.
Magnificent
Programme
Of
Attractions
Twice Daily.
(!
Western
Ontario's
Popular
Exhibition
Sept. 5 0 13
Two
Speed Evcnts
Daily
Fireworks
Every Night.
$2,000.0,0 ADDED TO THE PRIZE LIST THIS YEAR
Take a Holiday and visit London's Exhibition.
Single Fare On All Railroads In Western Ontario
SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES -September 9th, 11th and 12th.
Prize Lists and all information from the Secretary.
W. J. REID, President A. M. HUNT, Secretary
John Williams was drowned in the
Thames near Wonderland, bis canoe up-
setting. A companion tried in vain to
save him.
An Englishman has patented a ten-
sion spring; devise to be attached to the
frame arid forks of a bicycle or motor-
cycle to help hold the machine steady
on a tough road.
BUSSINESS AND1`I
SELO AND
Subjects taught by expert instructors
at the
taligiejtfilstalte
Students aseister to positions. College
in session froth 'S . 2nd. Catalogue
tree. Enter any S.
J. W. Westervelt J. W. Westervelt, Jr.
1r13sCipttt CharteredAecontut
BRA
STRATFORD ONT.
We have thorough courses and
competent, experienced instructors.
We do more for our students and
graduates than do other schools. At
present we have applications offering
from $600 to *1,2o0 per annum for
trained help. Business men know
where to get the best help.
We have three departments;
C otntherci taLL
SShort a.n,d and
Telegraphy
Get our free catalogue.
O. A. MCLACHLAN
PRINCIPAL.
T+.) vV"•'� I)l tECTORY,
BAPTIST GUIMtcH--Sabbath services
at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday School
at 2:30 p. m. Geaeral prayer meeting
on Wednesday evenings. Rev. G. Vic-
tor Collins, pastor. B. Y. P, U. meets
Monday evenings 8 p. m. W. D.
Pringle, S. S. Superintendent.
METHODIST CHURCH -Sabbath ser-
vices at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday
School at 2:30 p. m. Epworth League
every Monday evening, General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev.
J. W. Hibbert, pastor. F. Buchanan,
S. ' S. Superintendent.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -Sabbath ser-
vices at 11 a. m. and 7 p. in. Sunday
School at 2:30 p, m. General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev.
D. Perris, pastor. Dr. A. J. Irwin, S.
S. Superintendent.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, EPISCOPAL -Sab-
bath services at 11 a. m. and 7. p. m.
Sunday School at 2:30 p. m. Rev. E.
H. Croly, 13. A., Rector. Alex. Al-
deron, S. S. Superintendent.
SALVATION ARMY CITADEL. -Service
at 11 a.m., 3 p. rn, and 7 p.m. on Sunday.
At 8 o'clock on Thursday evening.
There will be special music provided in
the Sunday evening service from 7 to
7.15
POST OFFICE -Office hours from 8a.m.
to 6:30 p. m. Open to box holders from
7 a. m. to 9 p. m. P. Fisher;`postmast-
er.
PUBLIC LIBRARY -Library and free
reading room in the Town Hall, will be
open every afternoon fr rm 2 to 5:30
o clock, and every evening from 7 to
9:30 o'clock. Miss R. Brown, lib-
rarian.
Tows COUNCIL -C. G. VanStone,
Mayor; S. W. McKibben, Reeve; J. A
Mills, George Spotton, Wm. Isbister,
W. J. Boyce, A. Young and D. Bell,
Councillors; John F. Groves, Clerk and
Treasurer. Board meets first Monday
evening in each month at 8 o'clock.
HIGH SedooL BOARD --i rank Buchan-
an, (Chairman), R. Vanstone, Theo.
Hall, C. P. Smith, W. J. Howson,
John A. McLean, W. F. VanStone.
Dudley Holmes, Secretary. A. Cosens,
treasurer. Board meets second Mon-
day in each month.
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.- A. Tipling,
(Chairman), Alex Ross, J. L.
Awde, Dr. A. J. Irwin, Robt. Allen,
Wm. Moore. H. E.Isard, Dudley Holmes
Secretary-Treas.,John F. Groves;Meet-
ings second Tesday evening in each
month.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS --J. C. Smith
B. A., Specialist in Classics, Principal;
H. A. Percy, S. P. S. Science Master;
G. R Smith, B. A., Specialist in Mathe-
matics; Miss C. E. Brewster, B. A.,
Specialist in Moderns and History;
Miss B. E. Anderson.
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. -Joseph
Stalker, principal, Miss Brock, Miss
Reynolds, Miss Fa: is:rarson, Miss An-
sley, Miss Barber and Miss Bentley.
BOARD OF HEALTH.-C.G.VanStone,
(chairman), Wm.Fessant, Alex Porter,
John F. Groves,Secretary; Dr. R. C.
Redmond, Medical Health officer.
FARMERS
and anyone having live stock or other
articles they wish to dispose of, should adver-
tise the same for sale in the TIM1te. Our large
aroulattontells and 9 will be strange indeed if
that do
get
sell customer.anss Wo can'tgnarantee
you may ask more
torte article or stook than 9 9 worth. Send
your advertisement to the TIItus and try this
plan of disposing of yonr stook and .other
articles.
OUTSIDE•
ADVERTISING
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snoh as teachers wanted, business ohanoes,
meohanios wanted, articles for sale, or in fade
any kind of an advt. in any of the Toronto or
other pity papers, may be left at the TIMES
office. This work will reoeive prompt attention
and will save people the trouble of remitting
for and forwarding advertisements. Lowest
rates swill be quoted on application. Leave
or send:your next work of this kind to the
TIMES OFFICE. Wins:haw
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of '
The Doukhobors who have abandoned
the homesteads given them in Saskatche-
wan and purchased lands in British
Columbia are asking $450,000 as the
Worth of their labor expended on the
lands abgndoned.
For illuminating large out of door
spaces and even for signalling the
Erench army has adopted portable light
projectors, using vaporized kerosene oil
in mantles that produce 4,000 candle-
power.
OVER 66 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
TRADEMAittts
DE8ICf9d
COPYRtGHTB ak7S.
A nranb tending a sketchpad descriptlen may
tinlckly aseennin our opinion free whether au
Invention a probably patent abl Communion.
ionsttdeti rCnntunntu.l PANED XMtPatents
et:r:t7reo. (I.icet 'Weary. fo eocn ng_patetrte.
retinae talk •:t. tbron,li Lunn 84 co. receive
tprriainaice.�lobtCbet*o, lathe {{��
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,Allahandsomelyoy PM tntIf,c joacr ei. Largest 10r
Carred,, b,; -u 5 yoar, pustayfo prepaid. :.ld br
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40.00 25.00 15.00 0.0
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One Innh 5.00 p0.00 2.00 1.00
will be inns = ed tillts forbidand ohnrged a000rd-
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PRA Jon DapABTI[rentT le stocked with an
extensive assortment of all riquisitesfor print-
ing, affording faooilitles no equalled in the
type for
appropriag out uts f ratr1allsMB tyles of Post-
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000lne randy type for the finer glasses of print
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PHONES:
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Residence, Dr. Kennedy
Residence, Dr. Caldor
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Dr. Kennedy specializes in Surgery.,
Dr. colder devotes special attention to Dis-
tlases of the aye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Eyes thoroughly tested. Glasses
properly fitted.
pg. ROBT.O. REDMOND, M. R.C.S. (Eng)
L. R. C. P. London.
PHYSICIAN and BURGEON.
Moe, with Dr. Chisholm.
DR. H. J. ADAMS
Late Member House Staff Toronto
General Hospital.
Post Graduate London and Dublin.
Successor to Dr. T. R. Agnew.
Office Macdonald Block.
W. R. Hambly, B.Sc., M.D., 0.51: ,
Wingham, Ontario..
Special attention paid to distiases of women
and children, !raving taken post graduate
work in Surgery, Barierioloky and Scientific
Medicine.
Mice in the Kerr residence, between the
Queen's hotel and the Baptist Jhuroh.
All business given careful attention.
Phone 54. P. O. Box 118.
Dr. J. R. Macdonald
,Wingham, Ont.
Office -Stone Block, over the TIMES
office.
�• VANBTONs,
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC
Private/tad Company funds to loan at lowest
rate of interest. mortgagee, town and farm
prd sold.
operty
Beaver bought lock, Wingham
J A. MORTON,
BARRISTiER, ago,
Wingham, Ont.
DUDLEY HOLLIES
Barrister, Solicitor, Etc.
Office : Meyer Block, Wingham.
ARTHUR .1. IRWIN, D. D. 8., L. D S.
Doctor of Dental Sneers of the Pennsylvania
0:.. /al College and Licentiate of the Royal
e of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Office
, .%• •. onald Block, Wingham.
e'•ce closed every Wednesday afternoon
Cram ling 1st to Oct. gat.
11 1)Od8,.D. D. S., L. D. S.
Elinor (fsl9duate of the Royal College of
Dental •aim apps of Ontario and Honor gradu-
ate or the um varsity of Toronto, Faculty of
Dentistry.
Office over H. E. Iaard & Oo's., store, Wing -
ham, Ont.
Odic, closed every Wednesday afternoon
from May 1st to Oct. lat.
Wingham General Hospital
(Under Government Inspection)
Pleasantly situated, Beautifully fur-
nished. Open to ale regularly licensed
physicians. RATER FOR PATIENTS -which
include board. and .nursing), $4.90 to M.
per week accortling to location of
room. For further information, ad-
dress
Miss L. Matthews.
Superintendent
Box 223, Wingham Ont.
RAILWAY TIME TABLES.
GRAND PRIINK RAILWAY 8YSTSM
l[�� Saalxe Laava. roe
London. 6.35 a.m.- 8,80p,rq,
Toronto iiRast11.00nm 6.45a.ns__ 2.S0p.m.
Kinoardlne..11.59 a.m... 2.8J p -m.._ 9.15 p.m.
Aintree moll
Kincardine - -6.80 a.m.-11.00 e.m.... 2.80. in.
London.... --...1164 a.m..- 7.85 p.m,
Palmerdton _..__ 11,24a.m.
Toronto, Ss RAO ....-.._ 9.80 P.1*... 9.15 p,m.
W. Is. BURGM .8' Arent. Wtnghfnr
CANADIAN PACIFIC) RAILWAY.
Ti.late ZIAVis iroa
Toronto and 6.40 a.m... 8.05 p.m.
Teeswater 12.10 p.m,..,1e:9e p.m,
mantas TROY
Teeewater_.. 6.85 a.m.... 1.00 p,1n,
Toronto lend asst.. ....12 40 P.M.
J. a. $9H10114 AesnliYTlaIhsls.
CHARGED THE ENEMY.
it Wasn't Because He Was Bravo and
Defied Death, Though.
General Basil Duke of Louisville.
commander of Morgan's cavalry fol-
lowing the death of his brother.in-law,
General John Morgan. told this story
at a reunion of the survivors of the..••,r
battle of Shiloh.
He said that during one of the Ten-
nessee campaigns Morgan's men sur-
prised and drove back a regiment oe
Federal troopers. In the midst of the
retreat one of the enemy, who was
mounted upon a big bay horse, sud-
denly turned and charged the victori-
ous Confederates full tilt, waving his
arm and shrieking like mad as he bore
down upon them alone. Respecting;
such marvelous courage, the Confed-
erates forbore shooting the approach -
in; foe. but when he was right upon
them they saw there was a different
reason for his foolhardiness.
He was a green recruit. His horse
had run away witb him. The bit had
broken, ancl. white as a sheet and
scared stiff, the luckless youth was bo-
ing propelled straight at the whooping
Kentuckians. begging for mercy as he
came.
Jeff Sterritt. a noted wit of the com-
mand. stopped the horse and made a
willing prisoner of the rider. Sterritt,
who had not washed or shaved for
days and was a ferocious looking per-
son, pulled out a big pistol. "I don't
know whether to kill you right now."
he said, "or wait until the fight is
over."
"Mister," begged the quivering cap-
tive. "don't do it at all. I'm a dissi-
pated character, and 1 ain't prepared
to die." --Philadelphia Saturday Even-
ing Post.
REAL ROOF GARDENS.
The Kind They Plant on Log Cabins
In Rural Norway.
The log'aliens of rural Norway are
built of heavy pine logs bewed square
and of equal size from end to end.
They are usually stained or oiled, and
their rich yellowish or brownish color
is in harmony with almost any sur-
roundings. Their roofs are sodded, a
circumstance that adds picturesqueness
to the general effect,
"I have come across roofs that were
a riot of wild pansies," says a writer
in the Craftsman, "and 1 have seen
wonderful roofs where wild roses hung
over the eaves or a daisy t.•..1. the ef-
fect of whose white. starlike dowers.
topping ttie dark brown structure, was
exquisitely picturesque. �+
"Some roofs produce only paste e
grass, and the story runs in Norwegian
folklore that a lazy man led his cow o0
the r6of-the cabin was bullt against a
hill -instead of taking her to the pas-
ture. I have no doubt that the story is
true, for 1 have often seen a couple of
white kidlets gamboling on the soft
green housetops while the mother goat,
grave and ruminative, was tethered to
the chimney.
"Sod roofs are just as water tight as
others if they are laid correctly. A
board roof is first laid upon a 11ons
and this is covered with n layer -
birch bark. On top or this comes a
layer ot sod with rhegrass turned down
to the roof, then a rather thick layer
or earth and finally another layer of
sod. this time with the grass up. The
result is a utost•exquisite and poetical
covering for the house."
Work of the Doctor.
Dr. Stephen Paget has some interest
ing observations ou the doctor and his
rewards in his "Con fessio Medici." "l1
medicine is a trade why should the
doctor so often work for nothing?" he
asks. "If it is an art what works of
art does he prodnce? None, says
Claude Bernard. 'Le uledecin artiste
ne eree Neu.' But surely he is wrong.
The doctor, so far from creating noth-
ing, creates life, for be saves or pro-
longs life, creates more life. If Miss
X. is seventy, and the doctor by an op-
eration enables ber to live till she in
seveuty-tivh he has not prolonged the
seventy years, for they were ended be-
fore he came, but he has created five
brand new years. If be had not been
there they would not be here. That is
creation." -London Chronicle.
Velocity of Light.
The velocity of light as determined
fey Simon Neewomb is 299,860 kilome-
ters, or 186,327 miles, per second re-
duced to a vacuum or space specific
speed. Time required for light to come
here from moon, 1.8 seconds; from
sun, 8 minutes 19 seconds: from nears
est star. 4.35 years; from Shills. &I
years: from Arcturus, not Less than
40 years, and from others vastly mord
remote, from 1.000 to 6.006 years.
. Schoolroom Humor.
The following st'boolboy "bowlers"
come from New 'Zealand:
"Gross darkness Is 149 linins darker
than ordinary (larkneat."
" binrcofd is the stuff you use to make
tit',leinils pudding;$'."
"Charon was a elan who frtCd Helot
over the sticks."
A Mere Bagatelle.
Uahe -1 see where ll waft,'r in qt
Lehis ha,I purchased a hotel .rut rat the
tipi4 he received in dye years -Stevc-•
what did he do with int rest Of the
motieyf--citlelnnat) 1,rlgnlh.r.
Nene-ear's Knowledge. )<r -
"Why are yon l.prnlnu r"r.urtt?"
"Why`s He,'nmtl' I'tN Pan tint a don
from 2'rflriee and the stilt trean, caret
nnttrn.tand •d wore ut i iigii.li +'- f.oh•
don "I`it-Hata. - - ..w
Wbat mo'n venni le not fetatit. it he
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