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The Wingham Times, 1913-10-23, Page 8IIIPP"."..'.-- ' 44.41* ; REMEMBER! The ointment You put on your child's skin gets into the system just as surely as food the child eats. Don't let impure fats and mineral coloring matter (such as many of the cheap ointments contain) get into your child's blood! Zam- Buk is purely herbal. No pois- onous coloring. Use it always. 50c. Box at Ald Druggists and Stora. USE ONLY AM' BUK ea OHILDLN LrR She Supposed Rightly. She was a iit.le girl, and would ask questions. "Ma," she began, what does "Trans- Attcntic mean?" "Across the ocean," replied the long suff ring m ,tier very shortly. A long silence, broken only by the irrite i.)g sound of a book's leaves be- iug turned rapidly backwards and for- wards. Then: "Ma, d)es 'trans' always mean "Yes, it does; always," answered the little girl's m )cher, and added sternly, "out if you ask another question I shall send you strai„ nt to bed. So remem- ber!" The second silence was complete, and lasted quite three seconds. It was broken at last by a plaintive,small voice, which commented ruminatively: "Then, I suppose transparent means •a cross -parent?" There are in the United States 239,- ,077 women stenographers, 327,685 wo- men teachers and professors, 481,159 in various trades, 770,055 engaged in var- ious agricultural pursuits, 7,375 preach- ers, 2,190 journalists, 1,( 37 architects, -designers, and draughtsmen, 1,010 law- yers, and 429,497 in various professions. Because you say you didn't say it is not sign that you don't believe it. This is a fairly busy world, but that isn't the main reason so many people •treed sleep. The sccessful man never tells what he is going to do next. Second thoughts may be best for women, because their impressions near- ly always come wrong end first. CiERMs IN THE BLOOD. Why Fever and Chills Alternate When a Person Has Malaria. When the germs of malaria -real live quintals these. belonging to the order l,rotezoa-enter the blood with the sa• lien of the biting mesquite they In- atautly attack the red cuc•pescles. Each one eats its why into n en:pestle and after n brief rest divides himself into sixteen. What is tett et the rnr- vuscle is now dead. It breaks down. and the .I e xteuuew.,�•t . „u us- 1)tasnuNlta as the doctors tallI in-• t ie .tee set tree in the blued. Eitel) of theee instantly seeks out a new red eorpnst•le, which it attacks in the snore way. This process, in the ordinary malnrla, takes just forty eight hours. When the germs are tinting the red corpus- cles the temperature of the body is in- creased, causing fever. 11'hen the mul- tiplied germs are discharged into the blood the whole body feels as if chilled. This causes the shivers and shakes that usually come every alternate day and that have given us the common name "chills and fever." So when you have the chill you may know tbat your broken down red cor- puscles are discharging myriads of germs into your blood. and when the chill gives way to fever yon may know that these germs are busy attacking your red corpuscles. -New York World. Mother Had the Failing Too. The visitor had dropped in "just for a minute," but she remained about three hours atter the minute was np. Little Freddie had formed several plans, the execution of which must be postponed till the departnre of his mother's guest. So he sat quietly thinking things. "Dear little mann' gushed the visitor. "And what is he thinlring about eo deeply?" "I was wondering if it wasn't time for yon to be going," said Freddie. "Hush!" said bis mother. Then, tnrn- tag to her guest: "Yon mustn't be of- fended, ftended, Mrs. Smith. Children will go blurting out the truth without think - tag. But they don't mean anything bill." Strangely enough, it was just then that Mrs. Smith recollected that she bad only three minutes In which to catch the last ear home London Tele - r 'aAh- _ _ BUSINESS AND SHORTHAND Subjects taught by expert instructors at the Y. M. C. A. BLDG.. LONDON, ONT. Students assisted to positions. College in session from Sept, 2nd. Catalogue free. Enter stay lime. 1W. Westervelt J. W. Westervelt, Jr. Principal 1 cciiDnt,ant THE NORSEMEN. I'he Most Romantic Figures Iu His- tery Were the Old Vikings. Pernaps the most romantic figures n history, at least to the boys and iris who love a•ivonturo and daring l; Zeds are the Vikings. Centuries ave passed since the appearance of n unknown ship at sea was the sig - al for terrified prayer by , riests and ••ople, the burd t of which was, •$av-e us, 0 Lord, from the rage of )e Norsemen." But even to this day te wo.d Viking has power to thrill )ch an few other words possess. Norway la the real home of the Vi - lugs, for, from the fabled time when lin, their god, led his followers out f Asia and settled with them in 'orway, such an unreasoning love of •eedom influenced the fierce Norse - en that not one of them was willing be ruled and all wanted to rule, ' us it came about that the country as divided into very small portions, d over each portion ruled a petty .rd, known as a jars or earl. These :tie domains naturally quarrelled )ntinually, and so things were in a :.d plight until Harold, the Fair - aired, upon the death of his father, as proclaimed King. The lad was tl yten years old at the time, but the or•:,emc - !natured early, and so it as not very long before he fell in .ve with Gyda, the beautiful daugh- e• of a petty king ruling over a eghboring land. He sent an am- tssador to ask her hand in mar- •tg", as was the custom of the time; ut Gyda, who evidently was very nbitious indeed, sent back a mes- age saying that she would become Ing Harold's wife only when he had .)nquered all of Norway and bent it o his rule as King Erik had con- uered Sweden. As soon as Harold e;1 received his message he took a elemn oath not to cut his beautiful air until he won Gyda for a bride on er own conditions. True to his word, be conquered ;orway, and, as a consequence, Gyda came his bride. Cp to the time of the wedding ant he had been known as "The 'rowsy Haired"; but afterward he as called all over his conquered ,n,gdom, Harold Haarfelger, which Bans the fair-haired. It was with the reign of Harold the '.ctr-Haired that the Viking age be - •n. although Harold had conquered ;orway, he had by no means subdued .te fierce love for freedom in the .earls of his subjects. Those who c.d ruled over petty kingdoms refus- i to be subject to the rule of any .an, and so they sailed away and came sea robbers, or Vikings. Anatomy of a Violin. Taken to pieces a violin would be 'rind to consist of the following •arts: Back, two pieces; belly, two; ):LLS and blocks, six; sides, five; side u ergs, twelve; bar, one; purflings, enty-four; neck, one; finger board, .te; nut, one; bridge, one; tailboard, ,ie; button for tailboard, one; string e • tailboard, one; guard for string, .ne; sound post, one; strings, four; egs, four; total, sixty-nine. Three ,,d's of wood are used—maple, pine .1 ebony. Maple is used for the back, ,e neck, the side pieces and the ri 1ge. Pine is used for the belly, the ar, the coins and blocks, the side lin- t..; and the sounding post. Ebony 4 u3ed for the finger board, tailboard :.d other parts. Madcap Princesses. The three princesses at the court C Louis XIV. delighted in practical ....e and were for ever in some ,:+;,e or other. One night at Trianon procured a petard and exploded i.enea h the window of monsieur's :.!chamber. Once when the court , at Marty the odor of an exceed- ; pungent tobacco was wafted to ;tug':; nostrils as he was on the •.'ti of retiring to rest, which, upon •ie tiry being made, was found to pro - treat tile apartments of Mme. de •ac•res, where she and her sister ere smoking pipes borrowed from e iss guard.—From II. Noel Wil- es .ts' "A Rese of Savoy." A Chinese Joke. 'ibis is a sample of the jokes they is Ceina: .e courier, bearing important dis- •:t.•hes, was given a horse and told ,) make all possible speed toward d"sting ion. Some time afterward .3 ee found in the road, walking and e asbiag his horse before him. "Why in the world are you doing That?" he was asked. "Oh," he said, "I reflected, and I •anie to the conclusion that we should :nuke more speed on six feet than we )osnibly could on four." South American Oil Birds. One of the animal curiosities of eolith American is the "oil bird," or •Inacharo. tI breeds in rocky caves on ,he mainland, and one of its favorite haunts is the island of Trinidad. It iayt: its eggs in a nest made of mud, end the young birds are prodigiously The natives melt the fat down (•lay pots and produce from it a kind of butter. The caves inhabited ey the birds are usually accessible ,niy from the sea, and the hunting of •.0 is sometimes an exciting sport. Raw and Boil:.d .\silk. !Raw milk and boiled milk are very di,'erent foods. The casein of raw ,.;lk, unless modified so that it will ••)t form hard and large curds, offers tees difficulties in digestion that not pre ent in boiled milk. :lore Font of Water. An "acre foot" of water is equiva- eeit to 43,560 cubic feet and is the Iaantity required to cover an acme to 'te depth of one foot. The term is )tnmonly used in connection with terage for irrigation. Swinging Electric Lights. Electric lights suspended by the familiar twisted cord can be protected against injurious vibrations by hook- ing the ends of a spiral spring into the cord, slacked for a short distance to permit Ibis to be done. Love's Song. Love's song; is all the sweeter if a man is able to reath the high notes o: the wage i:cale. 1 .I•. 11 it Us Ai & M, OCTOBER 23 1913 FOUND IN A SAUSAGE SHOP. How Letters of the Czar Peter the Great Were Sold For Four Cents. There has just come to light a rath- er interesting story of how some rare worth documents w t thousands ofd ollars were sold for four cents in St. Peters- burg. The documents in question were autograph letters of the Czar Peter the Great and they were discovered in a herring and sausage shop, where they were being used as wrappers. Peter the Great had a long .cbrre- spondence with Count Tatcbeff, the president of the government mines in the Ural mountains, over the question of the disposal of the riches contained in the mines. These letters of the Czar were bequeathed by the count to the official museum of the mines in Ekaterinburg. The present manage- ment of the mines recently conceived the idea of selling all the old deeds, but they did not teel called upon to satisfy themselves as to tLe contents and purport of the literature un- earthed. The deeds were all lumped together and three weeks ago were put up at auction. The whole of the supposed "waste paper," which was really worth scores of thousands of pounds, went for a small sum. The buyer was the proprietor of a large number of provision shops, in- cluding some sausage shops. One day a professor, who was an antiquarian, noticed that the girl behind the coun- ter in one of these shops was wrap- ping up his sausage in a peculiar kind of pape: with a crown on it. He looked at it more closely and soon saw that he held in his hands a most im- portant autograph letter of the Czar Peter. He went at once to the sau- sage dealer to find out how this extra- ordinary literature came into his hands and learned the manner of it, as has been just related. Thereupon he offered to .buy the rest of the let- ters, and the manager of the shop let him have them all for four cents. When Birds Are Helpless. Some of nature's most active crea- tures show strange helplessness under certain conditions. Place a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square entire- ly open at the top, and the bird will be as absolutely a prisoner as if it were hermetically sealed in the inclo- sure. This is because buzzards never be- gin a flight from the ground without starting on a run of three or four yards. If they cannot have that pre- liminary run they either cannot or will not attempt to fly, and so a buz- zard will remain a prisoner for life in a jail with a wide-open top. So with the bumblebee. One of these lively insects dropped into a goblet or tumbler will remain there always unless taken out, because it never notices the means of escape at t`•' top. Portuguese Barbers. In almost all foreign coun 'es the gentlemen whose business it is to cut hair have some peculiar sign whereby they seek, more or less successfully, to remind the passerby that he needs a haircut. Nowhere, perhaps, f's this sign of the trade more distinctive than in Portugal. It is twofold. Sometimes a huge pair of scissors, sometimes a horse's tail, gracefully dangles over the threshold of the hair -cutting emporiums. The latter is by far the most popular, and is especially notice- able in Oporto. It naturally suggests that one's hair is growing inordinate- ly long, and nobody cares for an ex- cess of hair—except the rising poet. —London Strand Magazine. Predigested betters. A woman who wentto a hospital for theur ose of undergoing P P e a ng an op- eration asked for two postcards on the day the operation was to be per- formed. After having written on both cards she addressed them to her hus- band and asked her nurse to mail the one it was best to mail the next day. The nurse glanced at the cards and saw that one of them read as follows: "My Dear Husband—I have had the operation and am doing nicely. Will be at home in a week or two." On the other card was written: "My Dear Husband—I have had the operation and am sorry to tell you that I did not survive." The Merit of Pauline. Pauline, who had been attending school for two weeks, was telling her parents about the naughtiness of her classmates. "That's bad," said her mother, "and did the teacher have to speak to you too?" "No'm," said Pauline; "she had to speak to all the class but me this afternoon." "Good," replied her mother. "What did she say?" "Why," answered Pauline, "she said, 'Now, children, we will all wait until Pauline is in order'," The Juice of the Grape. The Arabs say that when the first grapevine was planted the demon Ib - lis sacrificed a peaccck on the spot where the plant was set. As soon as it began to sprout forth he sacrificed an ape over it. When the grapes be- gan to appear he slaughtered a icon, and when these were ripe he offered up a pig; hence It is that he who drinks wine feels at first as proud as a peacock and becomes subsequently •.s tricksome as an ape, as bold as a .ion and at length as stupid as a .,wine. Bold In War. The word Gumboil when. used as a surname has nothing at all to do with any part of the anatomy. It denotes that its first bearer was a man of considerable importance and great power in the state. It is derived from the Norse word "gumbald," which it- self has nothing to do with any afflic- tion, but means "bold in war." Quite Accidental. Small Boy ---Mother, please give me another lump of sugar for my cof- fee. I've dropped the one you gave ate. Mother ---Where did you drop it? Small Boy -1n the coffee, Modern Jh!lhis ('tteSats, There ere at feast two Julius Cae- ars in London - one a chemist in 'n l.l'ngten, Tact dee other a Holborn viaduct pearl merci,aot, WAS TROUBLED WITH , AR STOMACH AND BILIOUSNESS. Sour' Stomach and Biliousness are paused by a sluggish Liver, for when it is tot working properly, it holds back the [le, which is so essential to promote the novement • of the bowels, and the bile ets into the blood instead of passing • hrough the usual channel, thus causing tatty stomach and bowel trou bles. "There is only one way to prevent the iver from becoming up -set, and that is ,y the USC of I1111.nURN's LAXA-LIV,FR [LLS. Miss Julia Lang, Yarko, Sask„ writes: -"Por several years 1 was troubled with sour stomach and biliousness, and lid not get any relief until I used Mn. - "URN'$ LAXA-LIVER PILLS. I had only sken thein two weeks when my trouble as quite gone, and I will recommend tem to all who suffer as I did." The price of MILBURN'S LAXA-LIVER 'LLLS is 25 cents per vial, or 5 vials for 1.00. They can be procured at all caters, or will be mailed direct on receipt i price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, • .,routo, Out. A REAL WORKSHOP. What the Kitchen Is to the Progressive Housewife. Many women have a wrong Idea of what a kitchen should he. They often seem to think of it ns a kind of roots where everything should be hidden away and tucked away from sight. This may result In "appearance." but it is not efficiency. A kitchen is the workshop for the preparing of food. and efficiency and convenient placing should rule over there looks The efficient kitchen should he so nr• ranged that it is not neeess:u'y to hide all pots and pans under doors nod in cupboards away from sight. 1)111 you ever visit n factory or large cstehlish• ment where the boilers and the cal- drons and the belting and the thousand tools were stuck nwny from sight when not in use? Tour kitchen equipment should be so attractive :Ind gond that it looks well and doesn't need to be tucked away. Every time a pot is pushed into a shut closet we Increase the dangers of uncleanliness, and it takes us twenty unnecessary motions to stoop to place it in a low cuphonrd and fish it out again. Hang up, place on shelves, put knives in strips of.eanvas, screw eyes on small pieces; use no closet doors if possible and let yunr kitchen be a real workshop. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R IA PLAY OF THE BLUEJAY. It Like. to Tease Hawks and Owls by imitating Their Calls. The bluejay likes best to live in 1111.14 woods, but it often conies into epee Zelda, orchards and near dwellings In search of food. Wben 1t discovers you It assumes a proud and angry all "t conceit and defiance. The sue a s upper • r •e i b ) .i i J 1 ,I to : it y ! 1 I plash blue. The lower pests are pur- plish gray. The wings au(1 trill are bright blue with black bars. The tail feathers are tipped with white It bas a crested head. The blnejay builds its nest about twenty feet above ground. It is made of twigs and tine roots. From four to slx eggs ore laid. They are of a green. !sit drab color decked with brown. Doubtless the hluejny helped to name itself. as its common utterance is n long drnwn "jay, jay, jay." This c.r1. with the bright blue colors, has gtv.•11 It its name. 11 nice the jay sings no song it is able In imitate the calls of other birds, by which means It often attracts them. tr ilkes to tease and torment the owl lid especially the little sparrow tin ivics. This is done by imitating the .•r1 "l a wounded bird, which draws ;he nnwk near. Then several jays will ;art et the hawk. squealing and fro!. ). mug ::built in great glee. Sometimes tee play ends In a tragedy, for the .t•.rrtt pounces upon one of them to the el -leek .,t the others. Jays may be tied tamed like crows, and some neters say they mull be taught to utter .vur.l- Nrotn Bird Studies by Herman or• (;rest. Granulation of the Eyelid Is Cured by Dr. Chase's Olntment,- Soores of Uses for the Great Sooth- ing, Healing Ointment. Most people know Dr. Chase's Oint- ment hest as a cure for eczema and itching piles. Nor is this to he won- dered at when you think of the re- markable record made In this class of cures. But there are scores of other uses for this ointment, which are only dis- covered when ft is kept constantly at hand. Mrs. Martin, 13 Cnrroll street, To- ronto, formerly of Bewmanvllle, Ont., writes: "We have used Dr. Chase's Ointment for years, and found it in- valuable in treatint; skin irritations and all sorts of burns and wounds. en fact, we would not be without it in r , thehouse. n , h e. It i.) a most excellent treatment for granulated eyelids, .from which I 'guttered, without finding anything to help mol' Wherever there is itching et the Akin or it more that refeers to heal you eat) are i)r: ('baster) Ointment with full asaurnnen that it will prove en- tirely satisfactory, 60 center a, bog, all clealern, or Edmaneon, Bates de Co„ Limited, Toronto. KiMNAPPED THE COUNTESS. I:oluantic Incident In the Life 01 Mine. de Miramion. This romantic incident in the early history of Mme. de Miramion is related td byM. Aline Durocn e i his study of "Woman In Philanthropy": "Marie de Rubelle, born In 1629, was married at sixteen. Before she was seventeen she was lett a widow. Her high position, her great estates, her. wealth, her sweetness, her lovely face and manners brought her many super+. But she was already dlssat- lstied with the life of a mere court lady and had set her heart upon reltgiou and charity and against the Idea of a second marriage. "Bet one of her suitors, Roger, C'• nt (le Busay-itabutin, handsome, po .ular and rico), was so far self-de- ceivtd by his vanity that he believed her coldness only assumed perhaps to please her late husband's relatives. H' was convinced that, given the ex- cuse of apparent force, she would willingly marry him, and he readily persuaded h' gay friends at court to share his belief and join hint In the dashing adventure of carrying off a laxly. "On her way to church the young wi low's carriage was surrounded by masked horsemen, who, putting the countess' old mother -In-law out upon the road, gave their orders to the driver and escorted the coach at full speed into the country. At nightfall it stopped before a chateau, where 200 more of the count's friends wero in waiting to receive the abducted lady with festive honors. To their amazement and discomfiture, she ut- terly refused to leave the carriage. "Only upon receiving the solemn oath of one among the gentlemen who belonged to a noble order that she should be restored the next day honor and safety to her friends, should she still desire to go, would she consent to descend. Even then, that there might be no question of her repudiation of her abductor's plot, sheerefused to touch food be- neath hie roof. She had fasted fol' thirty-three hours before. As all his urgency failed before her flrmnesa she was finally . eleased. "Although Mme. de Miramion's behavior was reluctantly admired, the spirit of the times was such that the abductor not only went unpunish- ed, but received general sympathy. " 'Poor Roger!' one great lady re- marked. 'To have wasted so fine an effort, and she did not even appre- ciate the compliment! Is the woman's heart, then, of cheese?' " How It Feels To Freeze. Freezing to death is preceded by drowsiness, which makes the end painless, the body actually feeling warm and going comfortably td sleep. Experiments have been made with animals to show Just how freezing to death proceeds. In one of these experiments, in which the animal was placed in a temperature of from 125 to 150 below zero, the breathing and heart beats were at first quickened, the organic heat of the body actually rising above nor- mal, which is 98.6 degrees Fahren- heit. This showed a sudden'and in- tense effort on the part of the func- t' ens to preserve the body's tem- perature. Then violent heart action gave out suddenly and death came when the temperature of the body dropped to 71 degrees Fahrenheit. Wanted—Another Victim. One day during the reign of terror an agent of Fouquter Tinville came to the Luxembourg with a list of vic- tims, drawn up by the accusateur, which contained eighteen names. He collected seventeen of these unfor- tunates, tunates, but could not find the efgh- teentb. A suspect was passing by, and the agent asked his name. The prisoner declined to give it, and the agent at once handed him over to the gendarmes. Next day the man was guillotined. Another day an agent summoned a prisoner of fifty, but the man did not answer to his name, and a lad of seventeen who was playing at ball was seized, taken to the con- ciergerie and put to death. Raw Meat Eating. In Italy the devouring of raw meat in restaurants is now so com- mon as to .be — to women, at any rale,—a public annoyance. The wait- er brings the slab of beefsteak and exhibits it to the eyes of the man about to lunch, who watches the i •ocess of cutting and of sprinkling with a little oil and vinegar. Over he dish is then poured a raw egg. And if any traveler has too good an appetite be can quench it by the spec- tacle of the preparation and consump- tion of that luncheon. A Difference In Opinion. A man who had always lived in the name town bad a visit from a former resident and was showing him around the place. They visited all the prin- cipal places of l.tterest. "Well," said the former resident s••reast!cally, "the time was when I c•u,ild have bought this whole blamed town site for a couple of hundred dol- lars; but, believe me, 1 didn't think it was worth it." "Indeed!" replied the other man. "It wouldn't have been if you had '.9ught it." l're'-erving Leather i'pholet cry. To improve and a;;: Inc life of leather upholster:, and prevent eracl'- ing, use one part of beet vinegar and two of boiled linseed oil, Apply with a soft rag, then polish with a silk duster or piece of cha-noir. Do this weekly. Ile Got Plenty. )11 Tragedy ---V4 new! Ranter must l.: ve found food for thought in the dramatic editor's arilele this morning. Lowe Comedy ----Food? I should say a full meal. He rot a roast and all bis desserts. Consideration. "w+.•aak. "Wouldyouerr m y a man who had no money:'' "Well," replied Miss Cayenne, "1 should, out of consideration for him, think a long time before doing so." ]ielps the Farmers. In GorLltaay the Government bends money to farntt'rs that need it at four per tent. a year. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Ceouine darter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear signature of See Pae-Slmlte Wrapper Below. Vary small and se easy to talk ar angor, CARTERS ITTLE IVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THECOMPLEXION N1CA*I>fT1iNXet:i.T MV(Ih,yie+. IMr UUSJ..i. .e i, CURE SICK HEADACHE. Presis'.ence that Won. The Scientific Amercian relates the following story of a determined black- smith who won success by determined and intelligent effort: "I am a blacksmith from Canada," he said. "I hammered this out on the anvil. It is going to be used instead of ordinary leather collars." It weighed forty pounds. "How is a horse to carry this load around his neck and draw a heavy load as well?" he was asked. "This is a little heavier than it need be," he explained. "It will be all right." An effort was made to dissuade him from wasting money on a horse cellar DR. A. W. CHASE'S CATARRH POWDER ell is sent direct to the diseased parts by the Improved Blower. Heals the ulcers, clears the air passages, stops drop- pings in the throat andpermancnt- y cures Catarrh and Hay Fever. 25c. a box ; blower free. Accept no substitutes. All dealers or Edmaneon. taus A Co.. Limited, Toronto. that weighed forty pounds, but he wase sure of his ground. Six months later the Canadian returned with another' collar, an improvement on the original, and which weighed about fifteen pounds. Three times the man came back, Each time he brought with him a new metal: collar, lighter and better than its pre- decessor. Now, almost every fire -engine horse - and omnibus horse in this country andi in Europe wears what is known as the stamped -up metal collar. Prom. forty - pounds, the Canadian had reduced its. weight to almost as many ounces. He has given up blacksmithing and lives in, luxury in London. A Laundry Hint. I washed a linen dress that v;.+ trimmed with large cloth -covered but-' tons. So that the buttons, which were large moulds covered with cloth, would not break when wrung through the wringer, and also, so that the dress could be laundered better and more easily, I removed the buttons from the dress. The buttons were light blue and I scrubbed them with castile soap,. Then, after rinsing, I placed them face downward onto a very heavy thickness of cloth, changing them very often to a dry place, and then reversed the buttons so that the backs would also dry. 'If buttons are small and are not re.. moved for washing, or where the ball and socket fasteners, or hooks and eyes are used, a dress, or other garment launders much more smoothly if a thickness of cloth is put underneath the fasteners, and the iron is then applied to this place. Great care' should be taken in wash- ing delicately tinted waists or Summer dresses, to prevent fading. A handful of salt thrown into the rinsing water should be used to set blue, and I have also heard that alum used in the rinsing water will prevent green from fading. To color lace an ecru color, dip it into tea more or less strong, according to the depth of shade desired.- E. Mabel Miller, in Rural New Yorker. There were 1,675 rural mail routes in- active operation in Canada on Septem- ber 1, serving nearly 70,000 boxes. In addition 511 new routes were under ad- vertisement so that there are nearly 2,400 routes either already established or about to be set up, and nearly 90,000 farm houses are receiving mail at their doors. 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 best 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. 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