The Wingham Advance, 1915-08-19, Page 6Daddy Finds
the Way
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to vont ut. "fLitia when roue'," Alir
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....iNtL/4d111" kkun t do no eetel.'"res
I11 ems gas, e the compoune a veto( tole
t.1. 1zgoing out t it a few mole
momsit ni Good leaving every:Jun/4
t. toe at minute."
She Marva into the seulierY to
her hands.
"As 1 said befocr--" gOWled Mr. °da-
ft:Ulm.
"For goodness sake :dna up:1' said the
lady, enter: re.,2 the ieltein .11 as far as the
Inaneof the roller towel would allow
"Tido 1,1 istmas thne, when overybOaY
he 'aptly."
The old man observed a dieereet silence,
A ninon.? later ,N1 ri . tr alfehoe.•
lied f"rtli, eltitellitia at a litiLte Intuit -et
Litt. tal.
'Llitto. hail £UtIi,h. d it&1 ruing the look-
tei, and had farther festooned
sundry i.ieturea that hued the walk. Kite
bLitw, a at tate. It wan the portreit 11
!at goineet of a young. mail with well-
t,iled hair, dressed in ids Hiniday 1)04
ititd iilowing with self -importuner.
"U1, daddy, daddy:, she sohbea as
she spiting trom tile chair and throw
her,elf on iter tutees before him.
"llunn, don't 'ee cry, dear." lie
1it11/%1411 11C,1` itair IUVnjy. 101 1111
gla11(.014
around 1mown-181y. "Didn't I do IL
%%ell?" chuelded.
"8001+11(11Y," she admitted, ruefully.
tr it if I didn't do the naegia'
your nit:Alio* would; and she'd be ton
times NVL11%t• than me." ile smiled Win"'
PItteetitlY, "It Was it good plau, wasn't
"oh father. ain't 'e 'andsoine?" She
itole a further glance at the enlarge-
ment; then tears burst out. afrenh, "Oh,
I shall never, never bo happy again:"
"I wish 1 'ail ea many sev'rins as 1
i.uid that when I wan your ago."
"Arid--and-•wan You 'envy again, dad-
dy
-Oh father, •aln't 'e 'untinoiner She
stole a further glance at the oularue-
ment; then tours buist out afresh, "Gla
I shall never, never be balmy:"
"1 w Nil 1 'ad an many sovPrina as I
Sala that when I was your ago." •
"And—and—waa you 'appy again, dad -
"Moto 'appy"-lte smiled reflectiVelY-
"in the end. I just made your mother
Oink I d dn't care., and she 110011 came
artraul."
"But you're different." She looked
'at er old father, and woncierecI vague-
ly ut any polled of his life he could
'here resembled the beautiful creature
v hose Witness gazed coldly upon her.
"It was really all my fault," she eigh-
iegretfully. "Did I tell you about it,
daddy?"
''Yer mother did." he remarked tem-,
eluetvely.
-We was out by Talbot Woods, just
'in' the theyhound, and George sea
"l'in gain to pop In un' 'ave a illass 0'
beer, "Tileac, Will you 'ave anythink,
drop '0 port wine or someth nit like
that?" "No," 1 Es, "never again shall
that pcibon pass my lius."
The old man showed signs of return-
ing interest.
"Then George nes, "All right; I won't
.he a minute."
"There don't seem much in that," Mr.
Oddfellow mumbled.
"Tilde sighed again.
"That vas only the beginning."
"no on," Feld her father hopefully.
'911 was elese up to the door, when I
called out. "Geortie. I want to speak to
ver for a minute." "Prn 'ere," 'e nes,
cordite-. bark laughing."
"Tilda'e lips trembled, and her father
+ ernrei his arms around her and drew
rinser."
"That's just like your mother used to
go en " he saki.
"'Now 1 see, "you've got to choose be-
tv ten that fiery !gown and me."
-xutt never used to ue no particular,"
her lather remarked.
"tilde -continued:
"I don't see no harm in a glass o' beer,
'0 eaYs crossly, You've got your choice.
I ain't goal' to be told what to eat aim
arink," 'e ses nauttly, and matte a atep
toy aide the public 'ouse. "Then you go
your way end I'll go Ill lie," 1 calls out
laud fir everyone to hear, Then—then-
1 cam e'oine.' She sobbed bitterly,
"Hush!" Once more the old man's
poN ers of consolation were called Into
ploy. 'And why was yoU so 'ard engin
for wanting a glass o' beer "
"Driven to drink," she gasped.
1.0 UL . L.3C1
444. the Plettne Palace."
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111 L.' LOH.: UL • Wein Lot9vtt GUI ulet 0," AL0
1.1 Wit 22.0(1. thilubt!Uly. ••
C.c.s
b.• a week to -night, but is aeenis
a year," sue lambed.
uticiteiaw pushed himself on to his
feet WILLI MUM difficulty.
'1 s'Pose Younk (man.., are the mama
as they useu tu 08 in flIy nay. A hoard
worn—than sorry for it. .1 can remem-
ber something othe eort with your
na.ther. Then it was utter I took 'er
to see 'Drink' at the Adelpht, 1 know
what 1 did a week atter—wonder If
George'll do the same. Anyhow, it's
✓ ortit trying.
"What's that you're saying, father?"
"Nothink." He reached for his hat
from behind the door. "riltia, let's go
for a bit of a walk, my gel, It win
do you good."
Presently Mr, Oddfellow and Ilia daugh-
ter were walking away dawn the country
road.
"We're going tOwa.ras Talbot Woods"
she cried distractedly.
"Why sob?" said her father cheer-
fully.
"My • eyes ain't so good as they lined
t be." The old man stopped. "Lint
ain't that a young man standin' op-
posite the Greyhound?"
Iler grip on his arin tightened.
-Blest if I ain't left my watch at
"filda pop along and see the
time. Look over the swing door.
want us to got 'mile before your mother."
'rite girl tripped away.
Prom where he stood Mr. Oedfellow
watched "nide as she, shot a sideway
giance at the solitary figure of the youn.;
inan, Then came a note of gladneos, ce.
tittle inarticulate cry, and the unmis-
takable signs of kissing.
"Things don't alter," said the Old man
as he turned and walked home alone.
. . . . .
"N'u'w I wonder where that gel Is. l.'s
turned II o'clack and she's not '0100 yet.
.Ain't she doin' enongh mischief throw-
ing up George Parson; a respectable
young, foliar, earnin' his 13 a, week roe -
far, and -worships the very ground she
walks on?"
"Leave 'er alone and shall c one
'ome,' chortled her linshand geefullY.
"Mothev," the door opened and the
voiee spoke simultaneously. "George
wants to know is lie can stir the Chriet-
yeas pudding to bring us luck?"
A moment late a subdued-loolcing
yi ung man walked in, and later smiPtie,
Inanely around, edged over to Mr. Odd -
fellow, anti grasped hand.
"I shan't forget Yer for that, aia"
he whispered gratefully.
erreat Pante for Fisheries.
That Canada's future in the fielibig
induetry hae even greater possibilatee
titan Norwayse was a iltittentent made,
by Dr. J. Hjort, Deputy Minister of
Norwegian leleheries, in an addreae
to the Canadian ft:Motto itt Torotito,
Dr. Wort, one of hes greateet author-
ities on fitating in the werld, solo
brought to Canada by the Govern-
ment to etudy eonditome here and
make some surgestions tor the 114.11;t.
rime of the itiduetry. 'rite verietiee
of floli found here, he explained, were
illenthal with those found in Neve ay,
the greateet Healing imntm in Ow
world.
--- so,
ThbA0 W110 BUIS Theill.
Ttlf' 810.11 W110 C.CLIVt tiftOrll buy ono;
tbe man prefers to own a geed teatil
of thorouglihrsils: the man Who docqu't
mind the lint cent, "but it's auell an
nept.nee to run one," the man who
wiaildn't have time to enjoy one; the
man who would Into (Me all right, "onto
1 want to eet my blare paid for firpt"
--they nre all toiying Cars so fart that the
feetories ean't loon tin with orders, no.
fore long there win net be 1(4*
ei-triens left to furnialt short for the
arivers.-Putia
Jitiat at midniaht the watchere
around the bed heard libn murmur,
"Pellet), peace, at hilt!" Ana the Prior
Uniting over him, found the old man
•(leticl, with a, smile cit Ids faco. The
betty, dressed in full pontificals, wes
etreteliee ou a bier, with waxen MUM
let around it, and the bell was tolled(
that the monk e might know the Abbey
of $t. Edna -aid was orenaned. Theae
vervices performed, tho Prior and Sub
Prior departed, leavint Sceelin 131
ehargo of Bradfield house; where, sur-
rooncled by weeping nervante and
preying brethren, he passed the night
beelde the bier; while the Prier sat un-
til morning writing the news to 'wart -
one prelatea and digaltarice of the
elturch.
The day broke gray and chill While
Soechn etill watched, and Samson inus-
ed in leis orison helve, the monks, of -
ter Prime, talked in the refectory am-
ong themselvea of the election of a
new Abbot.
"Now, It seems to me, Brother Tria-
tiam" saki John O'Dice, "that if the
Frior its set-in our doad Abbot's place
—Mary rest his soult we will go en
eating lees and lees until wo will din
Of hunger, 'rhe Sub Prior, az thou
'inmost,' with a grimaee of dislike
over the namo, "beshrew Me, is bet an
Abbey Lubber with no morn learning
than thou or T, so what -doth env house
for an Abbas?" Brother Tristiait 1111-
23wered slowly, withthe hesitating
manner of one who speaks seldom. His
011'111 voice attracted the attention of
the others, who stilled their talk to
listen.
"Brother Socelln remains the. only
learned one, save Walter the Medleus.
Aye, -am are fallen into bed times; as
• the Sub Prior ,said last eve at meat, I
remember when we han ten Ihnners
mid fifty monks of the schools
amongst us. ,Toaelin ie the only one
Med for the Abbotship."
"Pastel" ejaculated Brother Welter,
"a popinjay of twenty. Thou forgettest
Samson. St. Edmunds cannot be 013 -
bolted by (MO SO young."
"Nay', nay," growled Richard of
Hennan, and the other, monks voiced
their approval of his sentiments:- leav-
ing the morning meal in groups of
two and three, still discussing* who
should fill the Abbot's place; whit
thc. dead man lay decked -with Jeweled
mitre and rebe, the crook in his right
hand, and the guttering tapers paling
about him in .the cold morning light,
Upon the wall, above his bier, Was
painted the martyrdom of St. Edmund,
and below this a carved figure of the
angel Michael supporting a scroll,
whereon was inscribed in letters of
gold:
"Earthe oute of Earthe ys wondorly
wrought,
Earthe hath gotyn UPPOU Fatethe a
dygnyte cf eought
Earthe uppon Earth° hath set all hys
thought.
How Earthe uppon Earthe may be hey
brought."
CHAPTER IV.
So large were the securities and
mortgages held against the Abbey by
Benedict, the chief creditor, that he,
with several of his brethren, had
bought tared from the town folic of St.
Editunds, and erected a, stone house
where they could be near their debt-
ors. Here they had dwelt Poi' some
.years, like vultures waiting for a
chance to descend upon their prey.
The Jews had suffered loreg and
cruel oppression from the people of
England in general, and the church in
particular; but at last the time had
come in which it seemed possible that
Benedict and his friends \voted be-
come revenged upon their old-time
enemies. Becoming aware of the dis-
organization of the Abbey, they took
advantage of the general excitement,
on the morning ' after the Abbot's
death, to seize upon certain chests of
gold, vesaela of silver, as well as
silver and some rare and precious
relics, and, departing suddenly for
London, they declared that they would
held them until proper indemnity was
The Prior, in dismay, tirrote a
lengthy raemorial to Prince John, eet-
ting forth the state of affairs, begging
that they be speedily allowed to elect
an Abbot, and that the Jews be corn:
pelled to disgorge their plunder. This
missive was -Waned by the Abbey ad-
vocates, lords strong in fortress, fam-
ous for prowess in war, and was, as
far as the abbotship went,' a declara-
tion that the monks and knights be-
longing to the Abbey would hold an
election. -
This parchment was carried to
Prince Sohn one morning as he sat
breaktastlog at hie toilet in his
Cham. in Northampton Castle. He in-
tended going hawking, and the delay
caused by •the arrival or this unwel-
come message so vexed him that his
attendants fared badly, and more than
one suitor had a rap from his dogger
hilt. One unfortunate varlet _received
tho remains of a venison pasty full
in the face, with its silver trencher
to keep it company, because lie tied
the points of the Prince's red Norman
shoes to his garters, instead of to
his knees, as was his wont to wear
them.
His toilet completed, tho PrInee die -
missed all Of -4 -tis attendants save ale,
a heavy Jowled, handsome young num
of twenty-five, rather obese for hie
age, and dressed in the richly furred
robe of a Chancellor. This eourtier,
noting his highness' ill.butnor, re-
mained discreetly silent, taking up a
lute from a bench near by and begine
ning to strum idly upon it (though
softly) with his white bejeweled tin..
gems
RAM himself had borrOWetl largely
from the Sews of whom the Prior's
O3 e peposgs pug nem Ipeeteeee 0/493$117
family of Benedict, more than ()nee,
against the Charges of it. EcIneunde-
bury; tia the Abbey and its knights
were loyal to the absent Ring Itlehatd,
end the ?Hilo (win) conspired with
Franeeeagainst his brother) was not
Amy to seo the Abbey's pride laid
low. Indeed, ha had muse to -fear
aral dislike- the church, for the great
Ahheye of 'England were InightY
teeters of newer, mad, jolted with
thehangtley, rebellioug nobles, re-
sisted and defied John at..4 the
other Regents, the Bishops ,ef Ely
and Waltham, whent Itichard Wed left
to ruts( England rather thatt allow the
reins Of government to fall into his
brother' e battle. They, however, look.
ing to John as their future Ring (if
his conetdraey with Philip of Prance
Was suecessfuI), allowed bine to
dio-
tt the policy of the governiteht,
and aesume the role of Eftglitricre rut -
Prince Sohn fiaelly threw tattle the
door eveuag °Pen slowly sad silently;
• the organ peeled ferth, end up the
breed eeatre aisle came the Bishop ef
WOW= in fell tacredotale. Behind
him the Prior, _carrying a silver 0122131)-
iJ led the Jong proeeseleu of
•Monks, who came twe by two in (lade
ceevie nod menden Mid white stolea.
Wending their way to the Altar le •a
blaze ot light (for each monk carried
a morning taper, and ts their Midst the
bejeweled, Host glittered like a minia-
ture ewe. When the proceesion reach,
eel the altar, it Welted to right ani lett.
end formed two dark whip on either
Side 01 1118 BlehoP's purple -robed, lace -
draped figure. Then mass Wati SUZIg
• with all Slue pomp ancl ceremony;
prayers were said, .and from the fret-
ted choir Above them rolled out the
solemn noteOf the. Requiem; while
tbe aromatic enioke et incense envoi,
oped them in a fragrant cloud. When
the last notes of the (quint had died
away, the dead Abbot was laid In a
niebe cut In the rock of the transept
wan, and covered with a old) of pol,
Idled 'basalt, whereon, was carved his
aeane and degree, Above the mitre and
crook Butt his brethren before Ititn
had fought long and bitterly to bear
Thus they left him, to. lie thrOttgit
the years, while other Abbots came
and went, and ever changing berate 01
• monks murmured, their prayers above
his unhearing ears. .Slowly. sadly, the
Proeesslon passed, each monk extin,
gaiebing his taper at the tomb; and,
es the last footfall died away, the 'bells
tolled out a knell for the departed
80111.
Yet, there was one who lingered
there; theellorfolk monk, Samson (re-
leased from his prison. towerl, paced
Jong beneath the groat mullioned
window, pondering deeply, murinurieg
to himself; sometimes stretching his
hands towards the altar, as it he called
the saint to witness some vow he
made. "The occasion maketh the
man," and in crisis there Is ever Bones,
oue superior to the rest, who step
forward from, the ranks mad lays his
hand upon the rein, and men rms.,
nixing in him a leader, fellow him,
And Samson, tho "man" for the occa-
sion of St. Edmuntife orphaning, swore
upon her altar to be a fathet to the
orphaned Abbey: to be its Abbas
Dominus.
Samson had a few friends and fol-
lowers in the Abbey (though they had
• been obscured, by the general cloud of
his unpopularity), and they saw that
bie was the only hand strong enough
to wield the Miter, and raise the Abbey
to power and opulence. So, the next
morning, when the Prior had sum-
moned the brethren to the Chapter
room., and had sworn them te deal
juotly, they eulY appointed twelve of
the brethren to repair with the Prior
to Waltham Manor, where their Abbot
would be elected, and Samson was
among those chosen.
When the twelve were counted,
Jocelin, Walter the Medicus, and Sam-
son, with the Prior and Sub -Prior, and
several of the elder monks, made up
the number. Now the Prior, believing
that the Abbey would never recover
from the ruinous state into which Its
affairs bad lapsed, had no wish to 'bra
Abbot, Besides, he ,desired to pass
hie declining days in Rome, on the
resideu of the convent treasure left
.by the JOINS (which he had carefully
appropriated and concealed). So, un-
concerned, having already Applied to
the Pope for office, he presided care-
lessly, wondering on whose head the
mitre would fall, and he, too, thought
that Samson was the only one of them
fitted to be Abbot. .
John O'Dice and Brother Tristian
were of the -twelve, and they had little
preference beyond desiring that the
hated Sub -Prior was not set at their
head. Richard of Herman inclined to-
ward Samson, for he was the only
mart of brawn and bulk in the Abbey,
and butcher Richayd had no standard
gave "muscle."
"Will the Prince permit us to choose
whom we will?" asked John (entice.
. "It is our right, and it he does not,"
snapped Walter, "we can protest and
-appeal to the Holy Father."
"Ah, I licipe we may do this in
peace!" naurmared Brother Tristian.
"Nay, nay," bawled- Richarsi, "we'll
get to arras taeath our Advocates' ban-
ners, and elect whomsoeter we please
by force of arms." Thus many were
the questionings and disputes, until
Jocelin, the youngest eetthe body (who
has hitherto kept nilidestly sileat),
spoke:
"What if we Agree not among our-
selves?" The electors stared at each
other in consternation; they had not
thotight a that. They looked toward
the Prior, but he was deep in reckon-
ing the number of golden cups one
could pack into a certain oaken chest,
and heeded them not The Sub -Prior -
was, as usual, half asleep. Jocelin,
tutored by Samson, did not try to an-
swer ,his own question. Then the big
Norfolk monk said quietly:
"It seems best to Me that WO 8eleCt
six, who shall then •agree on three
names secretly; those they that' write
and seal, and not open until in council
with the Bishop of Walthan, when they
shall be submitted and our Abbot
chosen from them." Relieved to have
their thinking done for them, the sim-
ple monks assented unanimously, and
left the Chapter House, after having,
named the Prior, Sub Prior, Jocelin,
Samson, Wand' and old "John; who,
agreeing on three eames, sealed the
parchment, and the electors set Out
presently on jennets, and after half a
day's ride, Ignocked at the gate of my
Lord the RfAhop.
The courtyard was crowded. With
soldiers, church servitors and varlets,
with an occasional courtier pessing
through and fro, and the cavalcade
Vas the subject of many a rude Jest.
"Here cometh fat, blaOk dtieks for
Prince John's picking," called one sol-
dier to a fellow, whos,etriptied tO the
waist, was burnishing his hauberk:
The polisher had his mouth filled with
water (Which frorn time to time he
tiquirted upon the hauberk to rtecelers
ate the cleansing ntticets), eo he made
no answer to this pleasautry, save by
an inarticulate grunt. But the portly
Serieechal, who efune forward to greet
the 'monks, cursedthe jester heartily.
"God's malnialsoe on thee, thou
pork! Front these holy men the Abbot
of Bury le to be diesels In inY yotttlt-
ful days Snell as tilbtt 'Wore a dollar Of
htfisa about his iieckeand was whipped
With the dog lash if he but spitke too
loud; bat now teeery popinjay page
and Weeding fool Wm -nth abroad
his fdolerlear with none _,to say
him nay," This rebuke aettiewhat si-
tended their ribaldry, though there
Was still ittith laughter:over the poctr.
eqUipnient .Of the Monks, and the ef-
feminate Way in Whith they drew
their Vibes through the Greek ot the
elbeetv.
The Seneschal led thetti late a large
hall, :Wheless fire had been kindled to
ward off the freenilig chill. Here, on
a dais, Was Prince John.; behhid him
stood Geoffrey, and at his tight heed
sat the nightie of Waltham. MI the
Moltke -heeled low save eani13011, Who
acartely bait his Untenanted head;
the tho Prior went forWatil, and
Whoa he had kiiteed tho Printe's
lea and the bishop taw -tweed Apart for
time.iorne
(To he Continue(1.)
Pio' at rtliiieilve With nexclamatien
DI iii:sgust. "By our Lady," he said te
his Mead and. eonfidant, Chancellor
Geoffrey, "If tho Lion of England
would. bet Come again to his lair 'gag
euough to crush these bickerings, and
mite these proud Abbots and nobles
to the dust, then could I make Elig-
land such another kingdom UE3 that MY
cousin France boasts of,"
"hut, my Prioce, were it not best
to pray that the Lion would then re-
turn to gnaw the Infidel's boxtes, and
leave thee undisturbed to rale in
uPieaalnigo"ustliY".) °tiler asked "ftlY'nd
Jonn turned his little eyes frown -
ugly op, the favorite. "Thou viper,
whom I took mite mY breast from
the coovent dunghill whereon thy
mether reared her king's brat, needest
remind me that I am aot yet (sing:.
That I mut still, bend subservient
Itnce to the preading brigand wit=
foul fortune hath made England'e
ruler?"
Oeoffrere face reddened at the hi..
sult, but he bit his lip, and affected
to hum a song to his lute strumming.
His mother, Rosamund de Clifford,
when drive o by the Queen from the
royal manor, whore she hold sway
over the heart ,of Henry, had retired
to a Priory near St, Ednuandsbury,
an dhere had reared her son, becom-
ing in course of time Prioress, and
gaining great fame throughout the
country for her virtuous indignation
and duress against fragile temales.
When her on became too ole to re-
main in the convent without ecandal,
Rosamund sent him to the Abbey
schools, and, in lack of any other car-
eer (for no great noble would take
him as page), she wished to place him
as novice at St. Edmundsbury, but
the Abbott, for political reasons, re-
fused to receive. so undesirable an 'In-
mate, and Lady Roeamund was in des-
pair, It was then a courtier who had
loved her when she was mistress of
the King placed him at court as a
Herald, under the unpretentious name
of "Master Geoffrey," but after .'"a
few months the keen eyes of the
Queen spied him out; and, exiled from
court, back he must pack to the Pri-
ory; for at the age of twenty he knew
no more of the profession of arms,
save for a little fencing, than a lady's
puny, page, And thus with Churcb
and Field doted againa him, it would
haye fared hard with the man, if
Prince John (pride and delight of Eli -
non; heart) had not become attached
to him. Finding him with his subser-
vient gaiety, ready wit and flattering
tongue the ideal courtier, he demanded
that his half-brother be provided for,
and as is customary with sons of dot-
ing, mothers, he had his will, Queen
Elinor forewent her hatred against
the son of a whilorn rival, and Geof-
frey wag appointed Chancellor. Since
Richard's departure, he had ever been
at John's right hand a tutor and a
sharer in his excesses, a plotter and
go-between; the jacket that skulked in
the wake of this princely cub.
Like King Henry in feature—Geof.
frty was his mother's true son, —
well schooled In his year of seclu-
sion; though the insolent irascibility,
inherited from his father, sometimes
showed, despite him:—as on this oc-
casion, So while he sang a roundelay
of "Maidens fair with breasts ot
snow," he cursed himself heartily for
his short wit and long tongue. But
happily,. John was too changeable of
mooa to be long vexed at the one man
who could charm away that bete noire
of Princes,—ennui; and soon turned
from the easement where he had
Stalked In a pet at his brother's incon-
siderate remfnder, and, laying his
hand, hand upon his shoulder, said:
"Nay, Geoffrey, I know thou didst
not mean It thus. I have a Very devil
in me, methinks' sometimes, that
twists everything askew, and this corn.
plaint from the Prior of St. Edmunds,
with its insolent accompaniment, vex-
etle me sore."
"Ods Bodkins! Let the Sew, Benedict,
raze the' whole damned pile to the
earth; 'twill but fill his coffers the
fuller, and thence we can draw shek-
els to fill our own depleted purses,
Eh, brother?"
Smiling at this sally, John contin-
ued, "Abbot Hugo is dead, and we
must appoitti another Abbot, though
they do so boldly declar? the right Of
election; and as the Abbot, by right
of much fief holding, is amoag the
counsellors of the King, heshrew
me, Geff, if I wish not now
that thou bade, become the sniveling
novice thy mother would have made
thee And by my troth, the:1'st be a
iritered Abbot en the morrow!"
Laughing loudly at this, the Favor-
ite clapped the Prince on the back, de-
claring hira to be the most "kingly of
kings," and they went to mount -their
gayly caparisons:id horses, and ride
away to hawk, followed by a brilliant
retimie of lorde and ladies, The Prince
was in high good humor at the ture hie
thoughts had taken, aild soon impart.
ed them to the reit of the company, so
that Geoffrey centinued to he addresate
ed all morning by the tiele of "Abbot."
CRAPTER V.
tett a bier, before St. Edtnund's high
altar, las' ths body of lingo. The tap-
ers' yellow light itoncentrated around
the heavy velvet 11911 which enveloped
it, irradiating from the golden fringe,
until the Abbot scented itheeady sur-
rounded by an intreole df glory. The
gold and jewels that fleeted the gale
and ehrine cast haelc the reflec:tion im.
tit objects near by were wrapped In a
brilliant °trete of light,-sitrrolinded ley
the darlcnees of the great' charth,
whose dim vistas stretehed on either
hand,
'War doWn the Abbey Well the rising
mom peered in throusch the tesitted
witisew naneet her Relit fteparated as
it fell upoii the theselated floor %to
greet, biotellee of green arid blue, rM
arid geld, iw nrellions and tratery of
Most exmilsite designs. Abel e, the
tall shafts mounted in meseive pride
ft+ _meted into cerved branehee utt-
holding the eaultee dome' ell ebowing
belt dllinby. iheugh a hutuleed tapers
evottld not hare diseelled the bisek
shadows maefted there centuries a
nithts. lbus fit etate„ Met, lied lain
gev-en three and nightes, tuarded well by
hie faithful Menke. Abbot nue() tiovs
ne teem telly n pallid, thriveled
Man, who, beemetleg tired of ilfee butt-
dens, heti doffed the doitit of Mertel-
itv, mid lab'', down in reefs leaving the
gands of human matrices iyitig idle
and neftleeted died his cotieb.
M nlideight tho Ahlov hell beget to
ghtllid. end the witteberil beside, tne
bier dlettrismared We the Pertli-darke
WAS Of tile side sWes. The At
GERMAN FINANC
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ICE CREAM
(Good Enough for Babies)
Give the children all the Ice Cream they want.
It is just the kind of nourishment they need
during warm weather.
It is much better than pastries and candies—if
it's Ice Cream made as pure and in a sanitary
plant like the City Dairy.
We ship thousands of Ice Creazn Bricks for con-
sUmption in the home and thousands of gallons
of Bulk Ice Cream for consumption in the shops
of discriminating dealers everywhere in'Ontario.
Look
for
the Sign. •
We want an Agent in 'every town.
Failures of Soldiers' Armor. -
Many years ago several Inventora
developed bullet proof clothe or
breast -plates, and in spite of much
advertising Glair suggestions were
atever adopted, imich to the surpeise
of civilians. The reason is very sim-
ple. 11 the bullet is stopped its ell-OrgY
is transntitted te the :shield, which ha
tern delivers a blow to the soldier's
body. The sevorlty of the blow de -
melds :upon the velocity of the bullet,
and if the shield is very light the
elte.st wall receives more 01' less het
jury. In order to be effective the
shield must weigh ae least ten pounds.
It is a repetition of the old theme
triek cif striking with a sledgehammer
am anvil ou a Man's chest. lf in place
of the anvil we .snbstitute a thin met--
al,,plate the blow would be fatal, v'trul
the Sledgehammer hos about the :tame
energy tot :t bullet at high velociete If
the shield weighs but six or eight
nounde the blow of the bullet almost
knocks 0 1111111 down. Soldiers, are not
to wear artnnur, but to get behind' it,
ns in armored ships, forts and motor-
ears.—Lottdon Tatior•
BE cuREn TO -DAY •
OF BACKACHE
Your persistent back -ache can have
but one cause—Diseased DidneYtsee
and tlaey must be strengthened be-
fore the backache can be cured.
Your be remedy, and the quickest'
to act, Is Dr. Hamilton's Pills; they
cure kidney backache* in a hurry.
Simply wonderful is the action of this
grand old medicine- which for liver,
kidney and stomach disorders has no
equal. Dr. Hamilton's Pills -will
sUrely cure your back weariness, they
will bring you appetite, color, strength
and good spirits. Being purely vege-
table they are mild, not drastic. Get
a 26c bottle of - Dr. Hamilton's Pills
to -day.
• „
Paradoxical Proposition.
"Do you use the word politics as
singular or plural?" asked the person
who is aliva.ys wanting to know some-
thing.
"That has always puzzled me," re-
plied Senator Sorghum. "There Is
nothing More singular than some of
the pluralities that politics develops."
—Washington Star.
r Why He Was Cut Off.
"I thought you were a friend of
J*ls"I' used to be."
"And now?"
"1 Lad to give him up in self de-
fense."
sWhy?"
"To every life iresurence and book
agent who askel him if ho bad any
friends who might be interested in
their propositions he insisted on giv-
ing my uame."—Detrolt Free Press.
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GREAT SALE OF ORGANS
AND PIANOS
Ye Olde Pirme ot Heintzman & Co.,
corner Xing and John streets, Hamil-
ton, Ont., are offering 50 organettt a
great reduction in prleo Instruments
bearing the names of such well-
known makers as Bell, Doherty, Kara,
Dominion and Uxbridge are being
sold as low as $15 to $20.
Geed praetice pianos from NO to
$1.00. Write for complete 1ist of
prices and terms.
••• •
Never Really Grow Old.
The outside of the man or the wb-
man waxes and manes, but the "I my -
13011 withm mo," that something of
which we aro oonseipus, that spark of
the infinite- flame, seemsas change-
less se eternity. To himself and to
those who know him very intimately
and meet complex/0y, ths, man is and
:mem Just as yoong and Just ae old
at twenty as at fourscore. We were a
family of seven children, of the old
New England etcelt, ;tad Puritan. We
have all lived to be sevesal years be-
yond seventy. Ws grew up together
and have continued to de ell in our
native land in .contord and harm.onY.
Each hoe, read the others, as tIti say-
ing is, like the pages of n bcolc.
Changes have comes -the usual chang-
es. And these have hem many. But tfie
dispositone, tendencies, tastes, prefer-
ences, loves„ hates and all the long
catalogue of personal cuallties, have
temained the Fame, and seem 1)011114
to continue unchangeable forever.—P.
Deming in Scribner's.
Minard'e Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
. • • _ e
Disappointing.
The young postmistress, says Hyt-
erybody's Magazine, was reading a,
postal card from the morning mall.
Finally she turned it over to the
Millard's,, Liniment Cures Distemper. address' .-
, b _A. "Huh," she said, in a disappointed
• Old Pension, Plan. • tone, "this card is for me!" -
Thee' had a roundabout way of be- tainard'a Linim4t...Cures Colds, Etc..
stowing military pensions in the old
days. , Witness this Official couni- __ .
•
mmH UR TS ON E; HURTS' ALL,
caUon from the Wat Office in the (Philadelphia Itecord)
reign of Queen. Anne. Her Majetty, it More and Inert as the years ao by the
runs, has been pleased to grant Fitton great gtei?ctio8mtinulgattilCtilii.ntnilgl-tgt1.:
lelnItiisghnuliln, acondistegildu,enacec
°on; intliisesinlonss n081 In:tinitgyohoogisinar.est._ a 'Mat helps Cho
Ing, have established a theroUgh corn.
hie father, 111120' died in the service, harve;IT, tsecdhurtstrgIcg, "X(1
.And Fitton was at the saane mon good. Sfars,
time health are it eom
greeted furlough until further orders, rAtiligiti Tutr a. Vitir:airs enkstlibitheit
milis axonithySivilise
ert:_aYubeneianogn sGehratprheigot.tlarly to interdependence which brings the whole
world Into cleae and fm
Itis amar
relation.
itom••••••••••
SIXTH ANNUAL.
Toronto .fatStock $h*
UNION .STOCK YARDS
TORONTO .
FRIDAY AND .SATURDAY
.December 10th and 1 1 th
1915.
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Tho Mittatelteee and detail ef (lers
ema milerepresentatiette aro dune
extraordinary, gad One la not sur
prised to find. that they liave hater;
Considerable trouble to Mislead the
public on this eentinent into the be-
lief that the candition et their national
firtaacee .14 in Seine way imperior to
(het ot the British Empire. In point
of fact the two positions are scarcely
, a subject for cOmparistine but art)
cleatly a matter of =Oast.
German Methods of war finance are
curiously like their conduct ot the War
itself, They are based on the KM-
POSitlen that Germany must win, If
fend when slie 18 defeated, and de-
feated she assuredly svill be, end in-
stead of receiving Was indemnities she
has to pay them, the financial 0031111-
01911 canaot fail to be appalling. Prone
tbe days when certain of our early
English kluge "dipped" the coinage
to make their stere of gold and Wirer
go further, debasement and, inflation
02 curren.eY have been the faMiliar
ziiamtlidoennotisf. turalice5,
e clever but desecrate
l
/33, the exercise of. great pressure
the Cierman Government have accu-
mulated in the Iteichsbault some
R1.20,000,000 of gold. Thi e seems to
have been skitfully and effeetively
done, and undoubtedly there is ex-
tremely little gold in Germany apart
from this well advertised store. But
of the Riechebank notes alone there
are issued some 4270000,000, and in
addition to that an unkoown amount
of notes issued by the Government
against which go geld at all is held.
This is complete naobilization dear to
the German Mind and terrilsly ()Mo-
tive for the first blow, but leaving no
"unseen. reserve.!'
Probably the debts "on balance" due
by German bankers to London and
Paris, together with interest on loans
necessarily unpaid during the war,, all
of -which automatically fall -due on
the conclusion of peace, 'amount to a
total far exceeding the sum of Ger-
many's gold, eo that the appearance of
skilful tnobilization
datirseanpgptehargsivuen4azgiven by
It is neessary to remember that Ger-
many is lmost entirely deprived. of
'foreign trade. She is, in (street, to-
gether with Austria-Hungary, reduced
to almost complete financial and com-
mereial 'Sedation. Under these con-
ditions, and so long as they last, vari-
ous things are possible that will be-
come quite impossible immediately
that relations with the outside world
are resumed. For example,' the forc-
ing Of all the gold into the hands of
the official bank, the entire drainage
of all the ordinary repositories of gold
coin, has two important effects. First
of all it gives an impressive sound to
the . bankers represented and the
Reichsbank's reserve, In the second
place it deprives the new paper cur-
rency, of competition with coin. In
that way, if the matter is conducted
with the skill of which German.organ-
isers are thoroughly capable, there is
no reason why, during the -war,it
5110111(4' not remain at what might be
cohsidered par, for the simple reason
that it has nothing with which it can
be compared. One indication.from out-
side that is visible in respect to the
effects of an exclusively paskr cur-
rency is that so far as foreign ex-
change is concerned Garman bille are
at a discount of some 15 per cent. One
thing, and one thing only, could rescue
Germany frcim a condition dangerously
like national insolvency, and that is
success sufficiently decisivu to enable
her to exact heavy indemnities. Any-
thing short of that would not only fail
tt; ltin,
avert financial disaster little short
o
but would leave an. industrial
and commercial situation of
difficulty.
The
.almost insurmountable
The British position presents an
almost complete contrast to the Ger-
man,- First, there has been no com-
plete mobilization of gold and no sys-
tematic effort to force gold from
private persons into the Bank of Eng-
land. Second, the total of notes issued
for all purposesis much more than
covered pound by pound by the old
in, the Bank of England. Third, be-
sides all this gold, there remains a
large amount in -the hands of tho.
banks other thate the Bank of Eng-
land, and the general public. In other
'words, British finance is deignitely on
a gold basis, The British Empire is
financing the war by borrowing from
its own people an a legitimate inter-
est-bearing basis, and at the close of
the war there need be no confusion,
but an ascertainable increase in public
debt and revenue -requirements.
This description will on the whole
adequately apply to Canada and the
Io.:tinheprir.gereat dominions of the British
,This is to certify that I have
Used MINARD'S LINIMENT in my
family for years ,and consider it the
best liniment on the market, I have
found it excellent for horse fleSli.
(Signed)
W. 8. PINEO.
"Woodlands," Middleton, Itle 13.
* -
"The world reproachet us 1101.tVeaUX
rithei4 with being Olirse pretid," said
one of them the other day. "Well, my
reply is that nobody is so puree proud
as your old ariStOetticy, Therten 22
story, too, that Weirs me Out.
"It's a story abed one of the :Ant*.
vesants, Livingstfels, or rthitielatid-
bot 'quite tore of the nail% ;
i but it'wee a real New York first fans. I
ily, Miss Rhinelander, if that waa the'
lady, had a Ixtelt yard abutting on a
eky-seraper hotel, Well, the hotel get
very prosperenis, and one day tho pre-
prietor wrote to her:
"Airedale, how rintelt tlo e'en want
for your batik yard, as 1 wish to en-
large my hotel?"
"The haughty lady Wrote back'.
"Sit, how =telt do you welt for
your 'hotel, as I Wi$11 to enlarge MY
hack yard'"—Washiegton Star,
Purse Proud,
- An At Student.
A young weltall who wont to CO-
MM% to take her deglett of doetor of
philoesephy Inarried her prOfeseor ht
the Middles of her second Vete. When
ehe attneuticed her Ongactreseit (Site of
Mr friends said.
"But, Edith, I thought you, efteie up
hotel to get year Ph. 1)."
"So 1 did," replied Edith, "but 1bad
no idea .1 Nebula get him tio sOon."—
,Neve rork Post,
HELP WANT
u,oram—EXPBRIV,1:104D WIlaAVe
Tr cry and
-etegapprentices. Wasee
paid
to aoprentices whle leaig. TM.(0
theglirby lg,,Bilatt""'
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WORK OF TIM ORVISERS.
0
Varied Functions or the "Volta.
Men cof the Fleet"
The cruiser in tirno of 'war bait to per -
tom porhaes inure varied functiona than
any other claim ot warehill in the fleet.
Ix is her business to etop and fight
whole the circumstances aro, front tier
pe
ofi4a
lnf
t eilisvillows,pfeetviloriaoenal
hlottoio heralmt
o to
5 o
away when the positien is unfavorable.
The cruiser is aetniratay termed the
policeman of tlie ilea, for her opacities
of mobility and long passage making
witheut replerabing tier bunitera are her
chief attributes.
Although the introduction of wireless
telegraphy has sonieWlitrt lessened the
zsypeOarisolfhltliiiteY ft:elm:Le:I, upon the cruiser for
scouting work, she is still regarded as 2110
Far the object of scouting work there
le a special type of scouting cruiser in
elliea
teneria
G'*
`I'orcil eruiser'a advent has al.
moot extended that class of ship to be
conalaered to come within the scope ot
the battleship. Indeed, in some easee
they are so perfectly equipped in aggres-
sive policy as to be eeemed competent
enough to Ile in the battle line With the
"capital shipa."--London Answers.
ECZEMA
Results front neglected chafing
and skin irritation. As a pre-
ventive and cure there is no treat-
ment to compare witb. Dr. Chase's
Ointment, Use it after the bath.
GO Cents a ltor, all Dealers, or
EdManSon, Bates & Co., Limited,
Toronto. Sample free,
The LitraOst Frog. .
Among the rare specimens not opea
to pohlic inspeetion in the Harvard
zeological nutmeat is what is claimed
to be the largest frog in the world, It
weighs about six petinds. is twenty-
seven inches long front tip to toe and
of a slaty Meek color. its Web feet
,aro equal in size to those of 0 laffp
Mal, But tbres of Its kind have orer
melted the Unitr.s.t. ;States.. Dr, Bou -
longer, of the 'British museum, was
the discoverer of the new species in
1 106 while on an expedittoa ia central
Afriet. All kaiewn tinecimens have
been found in two districts, called
Kribi and Etulati, of the, German col-
ony Kamer=
••••••111••••••.ffl, g.,Im•••••••=m,••••••••••
LIQUOR AND
MORPHINE HABITS
tt.re 'diseases, not vices. and there-
fore curable. Patients are under
my nersonal care and receive thei”
treatment -In ordinary hospitals
as ordinary medical cases.
D. H. ARNOTT, M. D.
226 Queen's Ave., London, Ont.
The Cruel Schoolmaster.
An indignant mother wrote thus to
the principal of! an academy:
Dear Sir,—My son writes me that he
has to study too hard. He says he
has to translate fifty hexameters of
Latin a day. I looked "hexameter" up
in the dictionary and find it is a.
poetic verse of six feet. Now, that
makes 300 feet, or 100 yards of poetry
for my poor son to translate each day.
I think about half a hexameter or six
inches, of this Latin is enough for a
boy or his age. Yours ti‘ruti.l.ay,
. Blank.
—Women's Home Companion.
lnoawrde:s Curea Garget In
Cow,
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Spinning a Web.
A Patient Englishman, who last
summer watche*1 a garden spider 'spin
its nest from start to finish, has told
what lie saw in Knowledge. At half
past 9 o'clock in the evening the spi-
der, a hall grown female, began work
by -dropping front one branch of a
Dine tree to another below and there
making fast a line, which eventually
formed two of the perpendicular rad-
iating lines of the web. From that
time it continued to work without in-
terruption until twenty-five minutes
after 1 the next inorning. The network
and the radial linos were done by half
poet Th and tho spiral part cf the web
W80 consequently made In lesS than an
ne et most perfect he haevers
Is:1r: Ile says tho Mailed web- Waa
Ot t
•
The Art of Ply Tying,
4.‘ .seIap of red flant14 tun from the
ever ueeful ehirt ef the 194 wojt:s.
1111(12, tied with thread to the s1ia:,1:.
of. a bare hook and twisted, through
the t-Wirl, of it north eonntry riter -
the artificial fly it, ite simplOtt, mose
temprehentlibl.?, MM. Crude thoag
the &elm! is, the man who preettres
it- is gaining his first experience 111 the
aro of fly tying. If he persists and
learns to niake the mallite
hackled and tatted artiticials with
withal_ his book seas (stocked when his
trip to that feraway river 110411.11
1101r •dearOiltiOn Will he dlicovered to
which he will often titril with plea-
sure in its praetice.---Outing. *
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Jitiat at midniaht the watchere
around the bed heard libn murmur,
"Pellet), peace, at hilt!" Ana the Prior
Uniting over him, found the old man
•(leticl, with a, smile cit Ids faco. The
betty, dressed in full pontificals, wes
etreteliee ou a bier, with waxen MUM
let around it, and the bell was tolled(
that the monk e might know the Abbey
of $t. Edna -aid was orenaned. Theae
vervices performed, tho Prior and Sub
Prior departed, leavint Sceelin 131
ehargo of Bradfield house; where, sur-
rooncled by weeping nervante and
preying brethren, he passed the night
beelde the bier; while the Prier sat un-
til morning writing the news to 'wart -
one prelatea and digaltarice of the
elturch.
The day broke gray and chill While
Soechn etill watched, and Samson inus-
ed in leis orison helve, the monks, of -
ter Prime, talked in the refectory am-
ong themselvea of the election of a
new Abbot.
"Now, It seems to me, Brother Tria-
tiam" saki John O'Dice, "that if the
Frior its set-in our doad Abbot's place
—Mary rest his soult we will go en
eating lees and lees until wo will din
Of hunger, 'rhe Sub Prior, az thou
'inmost,' with a grimaee of dislike
over the namo, "beshrew Me, is bet an
Abbey Lubber with no morn learning
than thou or T, so what -doth env house
for an Abbas?" Brother Tristiait 1111-
23wered slowly, withthe hesitating
manner of one who speaks seldom. His
011'111 voice attracted the attention of
the others, who stilled their talk to
listen.
"Brother Socelln remains the. only
learned one, save Walter the Medleus.
Aye, -am are fallen into bed times; as
• the Sub Prior ,said last eve at meat, I
remember when we han ten Ihnners
mid fifty monks of the schools
amongst us. ,Toaelin ie the only one
Med for the Abbotship."
"Pastel" ejaculated Brother Welter,
"a popinjay of twenty. Thou forgettest
Samson. St. Edmunds cannot be 013 -
bolted by (MO SO young."
"Nay', nay," growled Richard of
Hennan, and the other, monks voiced
their approval of his sentiments:- leav-
ing the morning meal in groups of
two and three, still discussing* who
should fill the Abbot's place; whit
thc. dead man lay decked -with Jeweled
mitre and rebe, the crook in his right
hand, and the guttering tapers paling
about him in .the cold morning light,
Upon the wall, above his bier, Was
painted the martyrdom of St. Edmund,
and below this a carved figure of the
angel Michael supporting a scroll,
whereon was inscribed in letters of
gold:
"Earthe oute of Earthe ys wondorly
wrought,
Earthe hath gotyn UPPOU Fatethe a
dygnyte cf eought
Earthe uppon Earth° hath set all hys
thought.
How Earthe uppon Earthe may be hey
brought."
CHAPTER IV.
So large were the securities and
mortgages held against the Abbey by
Benedict, the chief creditor, that he,
with several of his brethren, had
bought tared from the town folic of St.
Editunds, and erected a, stone house
where they could be near their debt-
ors. Here they had dwelt Poi' some
.years, like vultures waiting for a
chance to descend upon their prey.
The Jews had suffered loreg and
cruel oppression from the people of
England in general, and the church in
particular; but at last the time had
come in which it seemed possible that
Benedict and his friends \voted be-
come revenged upon their old-time
enemies. Becoming aware of the dis-
organization of the Abbey, they took
advantage of the general excitement,
on the morning ' after the Abbot's
death, to seize upon certain chests of
gold, vesaela of silver, as well as
silver and some rare and precious
relics, and, departing suddenly for
London, they declared that they would
held them until proper indemnity was
The Prior, in dismay, tirrote a
lengthy raemorial to Prince John, eet-
ting forth the state of affairs, begging
that they be speedily allowed to elect
an Abbot, and that the Jews be corn:
pelled to disgorge their plunder. This
missive was -Waned by the Abbey ad-
vocates, lords strong in fortress, fam-
ous for prowess in war, and was, as
far as the abbotship went,' a declara-
tion that the monks and knights be-
longing to the Abbey would hold an
election. -
This parchment was carried to
Prince Sohn one morning as he sat
breaktastlog at hie toilet in his
Cham. in Northampton Castle. He in-
tended going hawking, and the delay
caused by •the arrival or this unwel-
come message so vexed him that his
attendants fared badly, and more than
one suitor had a rap from his dogger
hilt. One unfortunate varlet _received
tho remains of a venison pasty full
in the face, with its silver trencher
to keep it company, because lie tied
the points of the Prince's red Norman
shoes to his garters, instead of to
his knees, as was his wont to wear
them.
His toilet completed, tho PrInee die -
missed all Of -4 -tis attendants save ale,
a heavy Jowled, handsome young num
of twenty-five, rather obese for hie
age, and dressed in the richly furred
robe of a Chancellor. This eourtier,
noting his highness' ill.butnor, re-
mained discreetly silent, taking up a
lute from a bench near by and begine
ning to strum idly upon it (though
softly) with his white bejeweled tin..
gems
RAM himself had borrOWetl largely
from the Sews of whom the Prior's
O3 e peposgs pug nem Ipeeteeee 0/493$117
family of Benedict, more than ()nee,
against the Charges of it. EcIneunde-
bury; tia the Abbey and its knights
were loyal to the absent Ring Itlehatd,
end the ?Hilo (win) conspired with
Franeeeagainst his brother) was not
Amy to seo the Abbey's pride laid
low. Indeed, ha had muse to -fear
aral dislike- the church, for the great
Ahheye of 'England were InightY
teeters of newer, mad, jolted with
thehangtley, rebellioug nobles, re-
sisted and defied John at..4 the
other Regents, the Bishops ,ef Ely
and Waltham, whent Itichard Wed left
to ruts( England rather thatt allow the
reins Of government to fall into his
brother' e battle. They, however, look.
ing to John as their future Ring (if
his conetdraey with Philip of Prance
Was suecessfuI), allowed bine to
dio-
tt the policy of the governiteht,
and aesume the role of Eftglitricre rut -
Prince Sohn fiaelly threw tattle the
door eveuag °Pen slowly sad silently;
• the organ peeled ferth, end up the
breed eeatre aisle came the Bishop ef
WOW= in fell tacredotale. Behind
him the Prior, _carrying a silver 0122131)-
iJ led the Jong proeeseleu of
•Monks, who came twe by two in (lade
ceevie nod menden Mid white stolea.
Wending their way to the Altar le •a
blaze ot light (for each monk carried
a morning taper, and ts their Midst the
bejeweled, Host glittered like a minia-
ture ewe. When the proceesion reach,
eel the altar, it Welted to right ani lett.
end formed two dark whip on either
Side 01 1118 BlehoP's purple -robed, lace -
draped figure. Then mass Wati SUZIg
• with all Slue pomp ancl ceremony;
prayers were said, .and from the fret-
ted choir Above them rolled out the
solemn noteOf the. Requiem; while
tbe aromatic enioke et incense envoi,
oped them in a fragrant cloud. When
the last notes of the (quint had died
away, the dead Abbot was laid In a
niebe cut In the rock of the transept
wan, and covered with a old) of pol,
Idled 'basalt, whereon, was carved his
aeane and degree, Above the mitre and
crook Butt his brethren before Ititn
had fought long and bitterly to bear
Thus they left him, to. lie thrOttgit
the years, while other Abbots came
and went, and ever changing berate 01
• monks murmured, their prayers above
his unhearing ears. .Slowly. sadly, the
Proeesslon passed, each monk extin,
gaiebing his taper at the tomb; and,
es the last footfall died away, the 'bells
tolled out a knell for the departed
80111.
Yet, there was one who lingered
there; theellorfolk monk, Samson (re-
leased from his prison. towerl, paced
Jong beneath the groat mullioned
window, pondering deeply, murinurieg
to himself; sometimes stretching his
hands towards the altar, as it he called
the saint to witness some vow he
made. "The occasion maketh the
man," and in crisis there Is ever Bones,
oue superior to the rest, who step
forward from, the ranks mad lays his
hand upon the rein, and men rms.,
nixing in him a leader, fellow him,
And Samson, tho "man" for the occa-
sion of St. Edmuntife orphaning, swore
upon her altar to be a fathet to the
orphaned Abbey: to be its Abbas
Dominus.
Samson had a few friends and fol-
lowers in the Abbey (though they had
• been obscured, by the general cloud of
his unpopularity), and they saw that
bie was the only hand strong enough
to wield the Miter, and raise the Abbey
to power and opulence. So, the next
morning, when the Prior had sum-
moned the brethren to the Chapter
room., and had sworn them te deal
juotly, they eulY appointed twelve of
the brethren to repair with the Prior
to Waltham Manor, where their Abbot
would be elected, and Samson was
among those chosen.
When the twelve were counted,
Jocelin, Walter the Medicus, and Sam-
son, with the Prior and Sub -Prior, and
several of the elder monks, made up
the number. Now the Prior, believing
that the Abbey would never recover
from the ruinous state into which Its
affairs bad lapsed, had no wish to 'bra
Abbot, Besides, he ,desired to pass
hie declining days in Rome, on the
resideu of the convent treasure left
.by the JOINS (which he had carefully
appropriated and concealed). So, un-
concerned, having already Applied to
the Pope for office, he presided care-
lessly, wondering on whose head the
mitre would fall, and he, too, thought
that Samson was the only one of them
fitted to be Abbot. .
John O'Dice and Brother Tristian
were of the -twelve, and they had little
preference beyond desiring that the
hated Sub -Prior was not set at their
head. Richard of Herman inclined to-
ward Samson, for he was the only
mart of brawn and bulk in the Abbey,
and butcher Richayd had no standard
gave "muscle."
"Will the Prince permit us to choose
whom we will?" asked John (entice.
. "It is our right, and it he does not,"
snapped Walter, "we can protest and
-appeal to the Holy Father."
"Ah, I licipe we may do this in
peace!" naurmared Brother Tristian.
"Nay, nay," bawled- Richarsi, "we'll
get to arras taeath our Advocates' ban-
ners, and elect whomsoeter we please
by force of arms." Thus many were
the questionings and disputes, until
Jocelin, the youngest eetthe body (who
has hitherto kept nilidestly sileat),
spoke:
"What if we Agree not among our-
selves?" The electors stared at each
other in consternation; they had not
thotight a that. They looked toward
the Prior, but he was deep in reckon-
ing the number of golden cups one
could pack into a certain oaken chest,
and heeded them not The Sub -Prior -
was, as usual, half asleep. Jocelin,
tutored by Samson, did not try to an-
swer ,his own question. Then the big
Norfolk monk said quietly:
"It seems best to Me that WO 8eleCt
six, who shall then •agree on three
names secretly; those they that' write
and seal, and not open until in council
with the Bishop of Walthan, when they
shall be submitted and our Abbot
chosen from them." Relieved to have
their thinking done for them, the sim-
ple monks assented unanimously, and
left the Chapter House, after having,
named the Prior, Sub Prior, Jocelin,
Samson, Wand' and old "John; who,
agreeing on three eames, sealed the
parchment, and the electors set Out
presently on jennets, and after half a
day's ride, Ignocked at the gate of my
Lord the RfAhop.
The courtyard was crowded. With
soldiers, church servitors and varlets,
with an occasional courtier pessing
through and fro, and the cavalcade
Vas the subject of many a rude Jest.
"Here cometh fat, blaOk dtieks for
Prince John's picking," called one sol-
dier to a fellow, whos,etriptied tO the
waist, was burnishing his hauberk:
The polisher had his mouth filled with
water (Which frorn time to time he
tiquirted upon the hauberk to rtecelers
ate the cleansing ntticets), eo he made
no answer to this pleasautry, save by
an inarticulate grunt. But the portly
Serieechal, who efune forward to greet
the 'monks, cursedthe jester heartily.
"God's malnialsoe on thee, thou
pork! Front these holy men the Abbot
of Bury le to be diesels In inY yotttlt-
ful days Snell as tilbtt 'Wore a dollar Of
htfisa about his iieckeand was whipped
With the dog lash if he but spitke too
loud; bat now teeery popinjay page
and Weeding fool Wm -nth abroad
his fdolerlear with none _,to say
him nay," This rebuke aettiewhat si-
tended their ribaldry, though there
Was still ittith laughter:over the poctr.
eqUipnient .Of the Monks, and the ef-
feminate Way in Whith they drew
their Vibes through the Greek ot the
elbeetv.
The Seneschal led thetti late a large
hall, :Wheless fire had been kindled to
ward off the freenilig chill. Here, on
a dais, Was Prince John.; behhid him
stood Geoffrey, and at his tight heed
sat the nightie of Waltham. MI the
Moltke -heeled low save eani13011, Who
acartely bait his Untenanted head;
the tho Prior went forWatil, and
Whoa he had kiiteed tho Printe's
lea and the bishop taw -tweed Apart for
time.iorne
(To he Continue(1.)
Pio' at rtliiieilve With nexclamatien
DI iii:sgust. "By our Lady," he said te
his Mead and. eonfidant, Chancellor
Geoffrey, "If tho Lion of England
would. bet Come again to his lair 'gag
euough to crush these bickerings, and
mite these proud Abbots and nobles
to the dust, then could I make Elig-
land such another kingdom UE3 that MY
cousin France boasts of,"
"hut, my Prioce, were it not best
to pray that the Lion would then re-
turn to gnaw the Infidel's boxtes, and
leave thee undisturbed to rale in
uPieaalnigo"ustliY".) °tiler asked "ftlY'nd
Jonn turned his little eyes frown -
ugly op, the favorite. "Thou viper,
whom I took mite mY breast from
the coovent dunghill whereon thy
mether reared her king's brat, needest
remind me that I am aot yet (sing:.
That I mut still, bend subservient
Itnce to the preading brigand wit=
foul fortune hath made England'e
ruler?"
Oeoffrere face reddened at the hi..
sult, but he bit his lip, and affected
to hum a song to his lute strumming.
His mother, Rosamund de Clifford,
when drive o by the Queen from the
royal manor, whore she hold sway
over the heart ,of Henry, had retired
to a Priory near St, Ednuandsbury,
an dhere had reared her son, becom-
ing in course of time Prioress, and
gaining great fame throughout the
country for her virtuous indignation
and duress against fragile temales.
When her on became too ole to re-
main in the convent without ecandal,
Rosamund sent him to the Abbey
schools, and, in lack of any other car-
eer (for no great noble would take
him as page), she wished to place him
as novice at St. Edmundsbury, but
the Abbott, for political reasons, re-
fused to receive. so undesirable an 'In-
mate, and Lady Roeamund was in des-
pair, It was then a courtier who had
loved her when she was mistress of
the King placed him at court as a
Herald, under the unpretentious name
of "Master Geoffrey," but after .'"a
few months the keen eyes of the
Queen spied him out; and, exiled from
court, back he must pack to the Pri-
ory; for at the age of twenty he knew
no more of the profession of arms,
save for a little fencing, than a lady's
puny, page, And thus with Churcb
and Field doted againa him, it would
haye fared hard with the man, if
Prince John (pride and delight of Eli -
non; heart) had not become attached
to him. Finding him with his subser-
vient gaiety, ready wit and flattering
tongue the ideal courtier, he demanded
that his half-brother be provided for,
and as is customary with sons of dot-
ing, mothers, he had his will, Queen
Elinor forewent her hatred against
the son of a whilorn rival, and Geof-
frey wag appointed Chancellor. Since
Richard's departure, he had ever been
at John's right hand a tutor and a
sharer in his excesses, a plotter and
go-between; the jacket that skulked in
the wake of this princely cub.
Like King Henry in feature—Geof.
frty was his mother's true son, —
well schooled In his year of seclu-
sion; though the insolent irascibility,
inherited from his father, sometimes
showed, despite him:—as on this oc-
casion, So while he sang a roundelay
of "Maidens fair with breasts ot
snow," he cursed himself heartily for
his short wit and long tongue. But
happily,. John was too changeable of
mooa to be long vexed at the one man
who could charm away that bete noire
of Princes,—ennui; and soon turned
from the easement where he had
Stalked In a pet at his brother's incon-
siderate remfnder, and, laying his
hand, hand upon his shoulder, said:
"Nay, Geoffrey, I know thou didst
not mean It thus. I have a Very devil
in me, methinks' sometimes, that
twists everything askew, and this corn.
plaint from the Prior of St. Edmunds,
with its insolent accompaniment, vex-
etle me sore."
"Ods Bodkins! Let the Sew, Benedict,
raze the' whole damned pile to the
earth; 'twill but fill his coffers the
fuller, and thence we can draw shek-
els to fill our own depleted purses,
Eh, brother?"
Smiling at this sally, John contin-
ued, "Abbot Hugo is dead, and we
must appoitti another Abbot, though
they do so boldly declar? the right Of
election; and as the Abbot, by right
of much fief holding, is amoag the
counsellors of the King, heshrew
me, Geff, if I wish not now
that thou bade, become the sniveling
novice thy mother would have made
thee And by my troth, the:1'st be a
iritered Abbot en the morrow!"
Laughing loudly at this, the Favor-
ite clapped the Prince on the back, de-
claring hira to be the most "kingly of
kings," and they went to mount -their
gayly caparisons:id horses, and ride
away to hawk, followed by a brilliant
retimie of lorde and ladies, The Prince
was in high good humor at the ture hie
thoughts had taken, aild soon impart.
ed them to the reit of the company, so
that Geoffrey centinued to he addresate
ed all morning by the tiele of "Abbot."
CRAPTER V.
tett a bier, before St. Edtnund's high
altar, las' ths body of lingo. The tap-
ers' yellow light itoncentrated around
the heavy velvet 11911 which enveloped
it, irradiating from the golden fringe,
until the Abbot scented itheeady sur-
rounded by an intreole df glory. The
gold and jewels that fleeted the gale
and ehrine cast haelc the reflec:tion im.
tit objects near by were wrapped In a
brilliant °trete of light,-sitrrolinded ley
the darlcnees of the great' charth,
whose dim vistas stretehed on either
hand,
'War doWn the Abbey Well the rising
mom peered in throusch the tesitted
witisew naneet her Relit fteparated as
it fell upoii the theselated floor %to
greet, biotellee of green arid blue, rM
arid geld, iw nrellions and tratery of
Most exmilsite designs. Abel e, the
tall shafts mounted in meseive pride
ft+ _meted into cerved branehee utt-
holding the eaultee dome' ell ebowing
belt dllinby. iheugh a hutuleed tapers
evottld not hare diseelled the bisek
shadows maefted there centuries a
nithts. lbus fit etate„ Met, lied lain
gev-en three and nightes, tuarded well by
hie faithful Menke. Abbot nue() tiovs
ne teem telly n pallid, thriveled
Man, who, beemetleg tired of ilfee butt-
dens, heti doffed the doitit of Mertel-
itv, mid lab'', down in reefs leaving the
gands of human matrices iyitig idle
and neftleeted died his cotieb.
M nlideight tho Ahlov hell beget to
ghtllid. end the witteberil beside, tne
bier dlettrismared We the Pertli-darke
WAS Of tile side sWes. The At
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It is just the kind of nourishment they need
during warm weather.
It is much better than pastries and candies—if
it's Ice Cream made as pure and in a sanitary
plant like the City Dairy.
We ship thousands of Ice Creazn Bricks for con-
sUmption in the home and thousands of gallons
of Bulk Ice Cream for consumption in the shops
of discriminating dealers everywhere in'Ontario.
Look
for
the Sign. •
We want an Agent in 'every town.
Failures of Soldiers' Armor. -
Many years ago several Inventora
developed bullet proof clothe or
breast -plates, and in spite of much
advertising Glair suggestions were
atever adopted, imich to the surpeise
of civilians. The reason is very sim-
ple. 11 the bullet is stopped its ell-OrgY
is transntitted te the :shield, which ha
tern delivers a blow to the soldier's
body. The sevorlty of the blow de -
melds :upon the velocity of the bullet,
and if the shield is very light the
elte.st wall receives more 01' less het
jury. In order to be effective the
shield must weigh ae least ten pounds.
It is a repetition of the old theme
triek cif striking with a sledgehammer
am anvil ou a Man's chest. lf in place
of the anvil we .snbstitute a thin met--
al,,plate the blow would be fatal, v'trul
the Sledgehammer hos about the :tame
energy tot :t bullet at high velociete If
the shield weighs but six or eight
nounde the blow of the bullet almost
knocks 0 1111111 down. Soldiers, are not
to wear artnnur, but to get behind' it,
ns in armored ships, forts and motor-
ears.—Lottdon Tatior•
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• „
Paradoxical Proposition.
"Do you use the word politics as
singular or plural?" asked the person
who is aliva.ys wanting to know some-
thing.
"That has always puzzled me," re-
plied Senator Sorghum. "There Is
nothing More singular than some of
the pluralities that politics develops."
—Washington Star.
r Why He Was Cut Off.
"I thought you were a friend of
J*ls"I' used to be."
"And now?"
"1 Lad to give him up in self de-
fense."
sWhy?"
"To every life iresurence and book
agent who askel him if ho bad any
friends who might be interested in
their propositions he insisted on giv-
ing my uame."—Detrolt Free Press.
* •
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Ye Olde Pirme ot Heintzman & Co.,
corner Xing and John streets, Hamil-
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great reduction in prleo Instruments
bearing the names of such well-
known makers as Bell, Doherty, Kara,
Dominion and Uxbridge are being
sold as low as $15 to $20.
Geed praetice pianos from NO to
$1.00. Write for complete 1ist of
prices and terms.
••• •
Never Really Grow Old.
The outside of the man or the wb-
man waxes and manes, but the "I my -
13011 withm mo," that something of
which we aro oonseipus, that spark of
the infinite- flame, seemsas change-
less se eternity. To himself and to
those who know him very intimately
and meet complex/0y, ths, man is and
:mem Just as yoong and Just ae old
at twenty as at fourscore. We were a
family of seven children, of the old
New England etcelt, ;tad Puritan. We
have all lived to be sevesal years be-
yond seventy. Ws grew up together
and have continued to de ell in our
native land in .contord and harm.onY.
Each hoe, read the others, as tIti say-
ing is, like the pages of n bcolc.
Changes have comes -the usual chang-
es. And these have hem many. But tfie
dispositone, tendencies, tastes, prefer-
ences, loves„ hates and all the long
catalogue of personal cuallties, have
temained the Fame, and seem 1)011114
to continue unchangeable forever.—P.
Deming in Scribner's.
Minard'e Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
. • • _ e
Disappointing.
The young postmistress, says Hyt-
erybody's Magazine, was reading a,
postal card from the morning mall.
Finally she turned it over to the
Millard's,, Liniment Cures Distemper. address' .-
, b _A. "Huh," she said, in a disappointed
• Old Pension, Plan. • tone, "this card is for me!" -
Thee' had a roundabout way of be- tainard'a Linim4t...Cures Colds, Etc..
stowing military pensions in the old
days. , Witness this Official couni- __ .
•
mmH UR TS ON E; HURTS' ALL,
caUon from the Wat Office in the (Philadelphia Itecord)
reign of Queen. Anne. Her Majetty, it More and Inert as the years ao by the
runs, has been pleased to grant Fitton great gtei?ctio8mtinulgattilCtilii.ntnilgl-tgt1.:
lelnItiisghnuliln, acondistegildu,enacec
°on; intliisesinlonss n081 In:tinitgyohoogisinar.est._ a 'Mat helps Cho
Ing, have established a theroUgh corn.
hie father, 111120' died in the service, harve;IT, tsecdhurtstrgIcg, "X(1
.And Fitton was at the saane mon good. Sfars,
time health are it eom
greeted furlough until further orders, rAtiligiti Tutr a. Vitir:airs enkstlibitheit
milis axonithySivilise
ert:_aYubeneianogn sGehratprheigot.tlarly to interdependence which brings the whole
world Into cleae and fm
Itis amar
relation.
itom••••••••••
SIXTH ANNUAL.
Toronto .fatStock $h*
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TORONTO .
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Tho Mittatelteee and detail ef (lers
ema milerepresentatiette aro dune
extraordinary, gad One la not sur
prised to find. that they liave hater;
Considerable trouble to Mislead the
public on this eentinent into the be-
lief that the candition et their national
firtaacee .14 in Seine way imperior to
(het ot the British Empire. In point
of fact the two positions are scarcely
, a subject for cOmparistine but art)
cleatly a matter of =Oast.
German Methods of war finance are
curiously like their conduct ot the War
itself, They are based on the KM-
POSitlen that Germany must win, If
fend when slie 18 defeated, and de-
feated she assuredly svill be, end in-
stead of receiving Was indemnities she
has to pay them, the financial 0031111-
01911 canaot fail to be appalling. Prone
tbe days when certain of our early
English kluge "dipped" the coinage
to make their stere of gold and Wirer
go further, debasement and, inflation
02 curren.eY have been the faMiliar
ziiamtlidoennotisf. turalice5,
e clever but desecrate
l
/33, the exercise of. great pressure
the Cierman Government have accu-
mulated in the Iteichsbault some
R1.20,000,000 of gold. Thi e seems to
have been skitfully and effeetively
done, and undoubtedly there is ex-
tremely little gold in Germany apart
from this well advertised store. But
of the Riechebank notes alone there
are issued some 4270000,000, and in
addition to that an unkoown amount
of notes issued by the Government
against which go geld at all is held.
This is complete naobilization dear to
the German Mind and terrilsly ()Mo-
tive for the first blow, but leaving no
"unseen. reserve.!'
Probably the debts "on balance" due
by German bankers to London and
Paris, together with interest on loans
necessarily unpaid during the war,, all
of -which automatically fall -due on
the conclusion of peace, 'amount to a
total far exceeding the sum of Ger-
many's gold, eo that the appearance of
skilful tnobilization
datirseanpgptehargsivuen4azgiven by
It is neessary to remember that Ger-
many is lmost entirely deprived. of
'foreign trade. She is, in (street, to-
gether with Austria-Hungary, reduced
to almost complete financial and com-
mereial 'Sedation. Under these con-
ditions, and so long as they last, vari-
ous things are possible that will be-
come quite impossible immediately
that relations with the outside world
are resumed. For example,' the forc-
ing Of all the gold into the hands of
the official bank, the entire drainage
of all the ordinary repositories of gold
coin, has two important effects. First
of all it gives an impressive sound to
the . bankers represented and the
Reichsbank's reserve, In the second
place it deprives the new paper cur-
rency, of competition with coin. In
that way, if the matter is conducted
with the skill of which German.organ-
isers are thoroughly capable, there is
no reason why, during the -war,it
5110111(4' not remain at what might be
cohsidered par, for the simple reason
that it has nothing with which it can
be compared. One indication.from out-
side that is visible in respect to the
effects of an exclusively paskr cur-
rency is that so far as foreign ex-
change is concerned Garman bille are
at a discount of some 15 per cent. One
thing, and one thing only, could rescue
Germany frcim a condition dangerously
like national insolvency, and that is
success sufficiently decisivu to enable
her to exact heavy indemnities. Any-
thing short of that would not only fail
tt; ltin,
avert financial disaster little short
o
but would leave an. industrial
and commercial situation of
difficulty.
The
.almost insurmountable
The British position presents an
almost complete contrast to the Ger-
man,- First, there has been no com-
plete mobilization of gold and no sys-
tematic effort to force gold from
private persons into the Bank of Eng-
land. Second, the total of notes issued
for all purposesis much more than
covered pound by pound by the old
in, the Bank of England. Third, be-
sides all this gold, there remains a
large amount in -the hands of tho.
banks other thate the Bank of Eng-
land, and the general public. In other
'words, British finance is deignitely on
a gold basis, The British Empire is
financing the war by borrowing from
its own people an a legitimate inter-
est-bearing basis, and at the close of
the war there need be no confusion,
but an ascertainable increase in public
debt and revenue -requirements.
This description will on the whole
adequately apply to Canada and the
Io.:tinheprir.gereat dominions of the British
,This is to certify that I have
Used MINARD'S LINIMENT in my
family for years ,and consider it the
best liniment on the market, I have
found it excellent for horse fleSli.
(Signed)
W. 8. PINEO.
"Woodlands," Middleton, Itle 13.
* -
"The world reproachet us 1101.tVeaUX
rithei4 with being Olirse pretid," said
one of them the other day. "Well, my
reply is that nobody is so puree proud
as your old ariStOetticy, Therten 22
story, too, that Weirs me Out.
"It's a story abed one of the :Ant*.
vesants, Livingstfels, or rthitielatid-
bot 'quite tore of the nail% ;
i but it'wee a real New York first fans. I
ily, Miss Rhinelander, if that waa the'
lady, had a Ixtelt yard abutting on a
eky-seraper hotel, Well, the hotel get
very prosperenis, and one day tho pre-
prietor wrote to her:
"Airedale, how rintelt tlo e'en want
for your batik yard, as 1 wish to en-
large my hotel?"
"The haughty lady Wrote back'.
"Sit, how =telt do you welt for
your 'hotel, as I Wi$11 to enlarge MY
hack yard'"—Washiegton Star,
Purse Proud,
- An At Student.
A young weltall who wont to CO-
MM% to take her deglett of doetor of
philoesephy Inarried her prOfeseor ht
the Middles of her second Vete. When
ehe attneuticed her Ongactreseit (Site of
Mr friends said.
"But, Edith, I thought you, efteie up
hotel to get year Ph. 1)."
"So 1 did," replied Edith, "but 1bad
no idea .1 Nebula get him tio sOon."—
,Neve rork Post,
HELP WANT
u,oram—EXPBRIV,1:104D WIlaAVe
Tr cry and
-etegapprentices. Wasee
paid
to aoprentices whle leaig. TM.(0
theglirby lg,,Bilatt""'
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WORK OF TIM ORVISERS.
0
Varied Functions or the "Volta.
Men cof the Fleet"
The cruiser in tirno of 'war bait to per -
tom porhaes inure varied functiona than
any other claim ot warehill in the fleet.
Ix is her business to etop and fight
whole the circumstances aro, front tier
pe
ofi4a
lnf
t eilisvillows,pfeetviloriaoenal
hlottoio heralmt
o to
5 o
away when the positien is unfavorable.
The cruiser is aetniratay termed the
policeman of tlie ilea, for her opacities
of mobility and long passage making
witheut replerabing tier bunitera are her
chief attributes.
Although the introduction of wireless
telegraphy has sonieWlitrt lessened the
zsypeOarisolfhltliiiteY ft:elm:Le:I, upon the cruiser for
scouting work, she is still regarded as 2110
Far the object of scouting work there
le a special type of scouting cruiser in
elliea
teneria
G'*
`I'orcil eruiser'a advent has al.
moot extended that class of ship to be
conalaered to come within the scope ot
the battleship. Indeed, in some easee
they are so perfectly equipped in aggres-
sive policy as to be eeemed competent
enough to Ile in the battle line With the
"capital shipa."--London Answers.
ECZEMA
Results front neglected chafing
and skin irritation. As a pre-
ventive and cure there is no treat-
ment to compare witb. Dr. Chase's
Ointment, Use it after the bath.
GO Cents a ltor, all Dealers, or
EdManSon, Bates & Co., Limited,
Toronto. Sample free,
The LitraOst Frog. .
Among the rare specimens not opea
to pohlic inspeetion in the Harvard
zeological nutmeat is what is claimed
to be the largest frog in the world, It
weighs about six petinds. is twenty-
seven inches long front tip to toe and
of a slaty Meek color. its Web feet
,aro equal in size to those of 0 laffp
Mal, But tbres of Its kind have orer
melted the Unitr.s.t. ;States.. Dr, Bou -
longer, of the 'British museum, was
the discoverer of the new species in
1 106 while on an expedittoa ia central
Afriet. All kaiewn tinecimens have
been found in two districts, called
Kribi and Etulati, of the, German col-
ony Kamer=
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LIQUOR AND
MORPHINE HABITS
tt.re 'diseases, not vices. and there-
fore curable. Patients are under
my nersonal care and receive thei”
treatment -In ordinary hospitals
as ordinary medical cases.
D. H. ARNOTT, M. D.
226 Queen's Ave., London, Ont.
The Cruel Schoolmaster.
An indignant mother wrote thus to
the principal of! an academy:
Dear Sir,—My son writes me that he
has to study too hard. He says he
has to translate fifty hexameters of
Latin a day. I looked "hexameter" up
in the dictionary and find it is a.
poetic verse of six feet. Now, that
makes 300 feet, or 100 yards of poetry
for my poor son to translate each day.
I think about half a hexameter or six
inches, of this Latin is enough for a
boy or his age. Yours ti‘ruti.l.ay,
. Blank.
—Women's Home Companion.
lnoawrde:s Curea Garget In
Cow,
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Spinning a Web.
A Patient Englishman, who last
summer watche*1 a garden spider 'spin
its nest from start to finish, has told
what lie saw in Knowledge. At half
past 9 o'clock in the evening the spi-
der, a hall grown female, began work
by -dropping front one branch of a
Dine tree to another below and there
making fast a line, which eventually
formed two of the perpendicular rad-
iating lines of the web. From that
time it continued to work without in-
terruption until twenty-five minutes
after 1 the next inorning. The network
and the radial linos were done by half
poet Th and tho spiral part cf the web
W80 consequently made In lesS than an
ne et most perfect he haevers
Is:1r: Ile says tho Mailed web- Waa
Ot t
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The Art of Ply Tying,
4.‘ .seIap of red flant14 tun from the
ever ueeful ehirt ef the 194 wojt:s.
1111(12, tied with thread to the s1ia:,1:.
of. a bare hook and twisted, through
the t-Wirl, of it north eonntry riter -
the artificial fly it, ite simplOtt, mose
temprehentlibl.?, MM. Crude thoag
the &elm! is, the man who preettres
it- is gaining his first experience 111 the
aro of fly tying. If he persists and
learns to niake the mallite
hackled and tatted artiticials with
withal_ his book seas (stocked when his
trip to that feraway river 110411.11
1101r •dearOiltiOn Will he dlicovered to
which he will often titril with plea-
sure in its praetice.---Outing. *
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