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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1915-11-04, Page 6TIN FLOMACY OF DELCASSii., 'ewe awe are mainly to be !tea. ;14:nsibte for tire fact that le4els:0e 444 taint Britain aro to-dae fighting ee allies. One, Edward Vit., Mee ettere the fruits of his labors were rieenee; Tneophile Deleasse has 'lived to Jot? areomulished the great purpose of biri life, a European coalition againet the German peril he early recognized and long preparerl for. In two of the most dramatic crises or reeent history Deleasae played a prominent part. The first man in the Vanhoda, crisis, when Britain and France stood face to face on tee Upper Nilo, and Vol. Marchand, who a yew weeks ago greeted Kitcnenee in Flanders, met "K. ot .K." in Africa Nue react) or war hung on the decision (tf the Peewit Government. The secend crisis was provoked by the Kaiser'e excursion to Tangier in 1905, when Germany and Prance played similar parts. In 1898 DeMasse made the great de- cision for his country. France, having for a quarter of a century pursued a policy of colonial expansion Welch provoked quarrel after quarrel with Great Britain, at last stood frankly before the dilemma which could no tenger be avoided. Should she re- nounce her ancient European aspire - none, her longing for the Rhine fron- tier, and fight England for colonial greatness inAfrica as she nail in Min mid America, or should ehe compose Ler differences with Britain and retain her Europeanpolicy born of 18717 Deleasse never hevitated. He cm - Veiled his nation to suffer the Um of Fashoda, to give up forever the Egyptian dream. He brought France back to Europe. i3ut at the same time he made agreement atter agreement with the British in Siam, in West Africa. Finally in 1904, by a general liquidation agreement France, and Britain settled, all ditferencee .antl the road was clear for Edward VII. to go to Paris and Prance and lengland to make their entente. But Berlin perceived the drift of Delcassen policy and of Edward. ViIes diplomacy. The cardinal principle of Wilhelmstrasse policy had been that France and England should be kept forever apart and Russia bound to Ger- many by a "reinsurance" treaty. Itus- ela had already escaped; :Prance and Russia were allies; if Great Britain were now to join France, Gelman con-. tinental supremacy, which had en - Cured since 1871, would be ehaken. Thus in 1905, on the morrow of Rus- sian defeat at Mukden, the Kaiser landed in Tangier, and Europe facet] the first of the series of incidents which lie between Pesticide and Arma- geddon. After 'Tangier, Deleasse was • forced to retire froth- the Quail d'Oreay •to save Frew, taken wholly unpre- pared, 'from a- war 'with Germany, But German diplomacy in scorlag brilliant superficial success Met a great battle. For at Algericas pot enly Britain but Italy stood with Prance, and it was the Triple Alliance which was shaken. Germaar had struck to convince Prance that she could not join with England, and Algeciras brought the two nations cloeer together than before. Atter Tangier weicasse temporarily disappearea. ieut rrance, teen at. last aavare ot tne pern tnae overnang her, began um work of national reg•enera- nen wnich was, revealed at tne marne. When the Agadir crisis came, wrance and treat Denten were utacitnieu ita virtual allies, and before their com- bined tautness uermany recoiled. ens) was not ready for war, and the tri- umph of a:angler was turned into the disaster of Agadir, unor once in tins time does De:casse appear in a conspicuous role. Clem- enceau, as Premier, in one of the ut- terly incomprehensible domeatic quar- rels of Wrench politicians, one day launched into a violent assault upon Deleasse, and his own ministry fell: After Deicasse reappears in the Cabi- net of "all the talents." . Nearly twenty years ago, then Theo - Philo Delcasse gave the first decisive turn to nuropean affairs which cul- minated in the present struggle. About his own personal fortunes have cen- tered sonae of the most dramatic steps in world history. Ten years ago Ger- many recognized him as her most dangerous foe, and struok him down, but his work had been dcne. In bring- ing Prance and Great Britain together, in removing the causes that kept alive their age -long rivalry, Deicask created a barrier to German ambition which only war could force. In German minds Deica,sse was the author, the joint author with Edward VII., of the policy of "encirclement." He was the statesman who sought — and suceeeded in his efforts—to fence Germany with an iron -ring of foes. His polleies, and his purposes to the German mind, made this war. History may write the verdict differently, but there can be no escape from the con- clusion that when in 1898 Delcasse chose to go to London rather than Berlin he set in motion the forces that made another Continental war inevit- able. From Pazhoda to Armageddon will undoubtedly be the fashion in which the future will describe con- timporalY leuropean history. Tim actual causes of Delcasse's present retirement are obscere. Pos- sibly the failure of Allied Balkan pol- icy, possibly questions of Parliament- ary politiee, conceivably 111 health, traceable in part to tite anxiety for his telly sow a German prisoner—perhaps all these have contributed to this re- sult. But his departure takee from the field the man who has, on the whole exerted greater influence upon European affairs than any man fence Bismarek. If Preece conies from this supreme test victorious and territor- ially again the Prance of the Third 'Empire, she will owe muck to Del - (assn. If she is defeated, hie name may be neeursed hereafter. But ne one will underrate the greatness of the part he has played.— New York Tribune. .4fr 41.111.••• NEATLY PUT. (Exchange) Because "women cannot now and never will take their plum stnd do their part in the greater work of statemonsnip" Is rm reason why they should be denied the right to vote. The error eoncealfal in toe ritioted remark win be made to appenr by oarapbrase. suppose one should say iliat a very large proportion of eltieene ef the male sex cannot now antt,never 111 take it piaci, And do a pert tit tlaa • t•ri.rtter wore of atatesmanerep; would It follow that a very largo proportion of inS1P citizens :Mould be deprived of the hallot? Ounlifleations for "the greater work ef statesinanehip" is an rare in one Rex as in the other. 'Let (my one eitunt lite Muni,: Of Great llritnin Sinop tho time of Elizabeth end tiny those who were us well quail flPel as this woman or lower. A man must indeed be tt hero 0 ap- pear slut in the eyes of hie flatinat, all11111M1111111111111111111111101111011111111111111111111LE It'77; 1.41,M14/ focelin's Penance --znm ffinnnuriumwmanumnumununnumunntil 1 enary's bosom, sweet tnum, then art I unjustly cruel to thy king's son. ' meattl, a no queetioning, believe me! Lovestythoe me not at all, Primrose Inether?" and the wily Geoffrey, balk- ed in his attempt at discovering the eurport of his mother's jouraey, coy - erect his, defeat by an adroit movement to his reprover's aide, and winding hie arm about her, with endearing needle soothed 'ter impatieneeand placated her ire, "Ah, thou hast thy father's wtiy, love; thou art far more fitted for IlIngland's throne than the forked thing which site thereon, Methinks Elinor must oil gird her teeth et night, contrasting her mandrake of a boy and thee, my bonne Prince!" "Little ciouln, of it, sweetest madam. But my answer; what aaycet thou, Lady Iarioress; cannot thee waxen fingers pluck a few pence fra thine hotuseholtes goodly purse for an un- worthy \eight?" When Rosamund, in a mollified lone. asked: "An' what :turn wisheth tine naughty, pte•tering popiniay? Thie maid-seeiting, eleasure-henttng vote- rie?" Geoffrey named a sum so large that it caused her to start front Hs encircling arms. ."What! What! Why, 'tis full half of all the income of our revenue:Le wretched boy!. By my Christendom, thou reveal" " 'Tis well, then, madam, that thy son be branded through the courts of this realm awl France as it Dreading coward and thief? I lost tho -sum to Louis oll.leranee at dice!" "And shall the coffers . of this holy house be robbed to pay a, shame - lees gamester's debts? Sideath! Get thee back to thy dieso!ute com- panions and borrow of 'theme or thy darling brother! /11 raise no cross of the sum." "Then, women, if thou wilt have the tale hi verity, the sum must be forth- coming by twelfth -night, or by the saints, I'll find me in some dungeon to rot nnere until they take meto butcher off ray head. John left a jewel casket unlocked, and I, being in sore need (by jesu, he should not have, placed temptation in a needy wretch's way!) I—Oh, well—Nay, mother, look not on me with such terrible eyes! 1 but borrowed his jeweled belt pendant that I might raise money thereon from Benedict, the Jew, knowing full well that thou, dear, patient mother, wouldst reimburse the heathen dog, and then I'll put the bauble back. John's away in the north; and will not miss it until he retUrnS,'SoMe two or 'three weeks hence." "Miserable wretch!" murmured' Rosamund, beating her breast. "A thief, a thief, my son a thief." "Well, what was my mother?" re- torted Geoffrey brutally, "Gee's eyes, am 1 to have the chink or not?" The wretched mother did not resent his insult, but continued to smite her breast, saying, "Peccavimil I do but deserve it. 'That which we sow in cor- ruption shall we reap in corruption!' Aye, aye, I'll find a way to raise the sum," she responded. "I'll raise thee the sum, my son, never fear." Geoffrey's face cleared. It was as if some hand had wiped an ugly Picture from a tablet, and limned a fair one In its stead. His debonair smile came back, his eyes sparkled, as he exclaim- ed gaily: "By Our Lady, Mummy dear, squeeze thou an extra penny out—add fifty more for thv scapegrace., mother, dear, I pray thee!" ' "Yea, I'll give thee fifty more," said Rosamund bitterly. "As I have given thee all that 1 was—I am, or ever hone to be—as I 'gave. thee life and nourish- ment wlen first thou earnest into the world! And thouht suck me dry, and then go and seek another nurse. Thy father toolc my best and brightest days and dashed me in this duty corner to die of mould and mildew, or just exist In the cloister glooni, as some poor leek grows blanchea within a cellar. God's levee Are 'women all so repaid for loving faithfulness? Does lova hring naught but punishment and pain? "Come, come,- thou king's brat; - we'll go over the doubly falsed booke again and see if by some hook or crook we'll nay thee not safe out of thy thievery!" And the two left ths guest room; the mother white and silent, with com- pressed lino, and aching heart; the son pretesting, flattering, cajoling, with all the assurance of a practiced licksnit; the deaturo bieth and train- ing made him. Rosamund, with her capable brain, realized this only too well, but nor mother's heart bled and anguinhed over this ripened fruit of her guy lovo. AbovVtliern, Rohese in her wind - fell upon her knees beside the bed to pray, Gradually her limbs relaxed and she sank against the couch. Heaven had taken pity on heretand sent its gentle messenger—sleepe--- to heal her swept prison, peening het white face against the barred casement, and gaz- ing through the snowy darkness to - wide — Ave 'Maria." And, weeping she ward „Ply, wondered whether Socelin and Dame Bernice knew of her plight, and if they would try to rescue her. But she eights& to think it improbable that the witch could again send a key whitet would release her. And no &MIA, ere tithe poor Jocelin knelt again In the blackness of his Oubli- ette, pray1n3 for death to end' Ms suf- tering. "Alone, alone,' ! cried the girl, doomed to weary imprisonment, In the power of a very fiend, methinks. Eveee were I the gellty wretch she calls Me, numb, her calling and her sex Phould teacli her to be ldnd to one itt choesee and sorrow! Ah, Heaven Wren so far off! Thou holy saints, wilt thou not intereetle for me? Thank :recto When the doors of earth are shut, the doors of 'Heaven will stand olion bruised heart. lake °teemed Henry of Leicester bad risen from his grave to cliaMplon her cauce; and that slie leaned upon his arm, a nappy bride, while the organ wale'l through the Abbey church and Joceini, with faen uplifted, radiant, plaYed as the Abbot‘blessed them from the altar. Through a painted wiedow the eunshine etreanted wows thetee- telated floor, and in its beam two bright and glorious angels milled upon thett. Fazo away another sleeper tossed on his couch within a hut by the river- alde; and an aged woman, trying to esenage his burning fever, !immured charms and self-reproach in the seat breath, 'Twee Dante Ilerniee who chanted Over Socelin. "1 confide in the efficacy of this ex-. eellent hook, weic1t exPela the Mu° wolf tbrough faseinatlen and disable- ment. Which mantes the mouth of the burniag spirit of the entails. Anoint thee, epirlt of fire, fectil theso gentle voine! Las me, Ise me, 1 deUggee poor wignt tort time 'Twits kindly meant, 1 trow1 But now, poor Jocelin, blaztog fever holds thee In fiery talons. &meet thee, thou fire -fiend, I say!" CEIA.PTER XV. Closely. carefully did the mother end SCia study the Priory accounts far into the night, but few pickings were left for these vultures, whe bad for years SO syetematically preyec1 upon the poor convent, that at most all the Prioress could promise Geoffrey was Out a small part of the needed sum. The tapers burned low in the Prior- ess' parlour. the wind swept eerily alma( the battlements and towers of the lonely place, as mother and son stared it melt ether with deepfeiring Geoffrey sank de'a'n linen a chair and Jaid hie head upon the table where the records lay, "All is lost iliert, by Jen! 1 fed the axe upozt my neck. John.will never for. give me, end tbat devil dog Jew forced pio to,sign a bond ere he would delivtsr Inc the gold 1 got for the pendant." "Thou were a, tcol to he so tricked!" said Rosamund, tartly. Her hand trembled as it plucked at her qeiver- Ing mouth. Sh c was 01 in kit tg, think- ing, as only at desperate woman can; turning this way and that in the dark- ness of her despair for a ray of hope. Sue could not oorrow on the utenFiN of tho Priory eh they (in fulfillment nf the rule under which it trad been cetablishecH were few in number, ami of silver insteadof golo, rave the can- dlesticks and ewere, which were of brass and iron. "efolySaints! Thou art saved, my son! The maid Rohese has been con- signed by the Abbet to my chaego." Geoffrey &need up indifterentiy. "I see naught in that, save an order of minishment for a haughty wencti whom by mv halirlame 1 should like well to hunitilef " "Thou shalt! Thou shalt, my bonny boy' She refused thy suit and aspers- ed thy mother's name. Now elle shun PC glad to bear the bastard'e name. said she burned for it monk. We'll queneh her fire With a right royal cav- alier, by Jestt! And she. shall have a 'Lady Prioress for grandeam te the -bas - Lard's child. By fair means or by foul, she shall. 'rhe wench is here, and by lienry's love for me. my• son, if wed cr not, I'll give her thee for thine 01Wil. Her coffers are stuffier fat wIta gold, and her lands will bring thee a princely revenue. On the morrow I will urge my Prince's suit. To bed, to bed, dear one, ard dream thou ef the gelden gain and golden girl thou shalt enjoy, for though it ins me to tne core, I can but say sibs is fair." And the two locked up the records and re- tired, rejoicing that they had found so easyaselying of thelr troublesome proloem lint early on the morrow came a messenger summouing Cleoffrey to eehn's :mashie in nis eastle at North- umberland; where he lay ill of a 1' re quent hecurring ailment caused by gluttony which later compassed his death. here was nanght for it but to go. Getiffree persuaded his mother to jour - eat, with hint a part ot the way, and then take her Nemo to London, where, by intercessions and threats, she woe to endeavor to regain the jewel from Benedict, by promising a far larger sum than the Pavorite had received; to be paid on lfle marriage with the Lady de Cokefiold. So poor Rosamund, a martyr to her maternal love, made ready, attended by Brother Simon and one nun, end set out at once, for there was no Write for dilly-dallying with reluctant 'irides. 'The Favorite's precarlouti position v as at stake; perchance even now some of- ficious courtier was already cieep:ng in- to favor by his ministrations to the royal invalid; so, bidding farewell to his mother, as she turned off Into the London highway, Geoffrey rode 'tenth - ward In a very bad humor; abusing and cursing his attendants until he was in much danger of getting a whit- tle stuck through him from behind. Some days later Jocelin awoke front a long, deep sleep; weak, but with - mind restored. During the time in which he was convalescing from the effects of the witch's drugs, Dame Margot came daily to the hut, de- manding her letter; but her loud clamoring brought forth naught save a glimpse of the grim face ef the witch frowning on her from the nar- row lattice. And not once could her de- mands, entreatieo or tears induce the inflexible dame to open the door 0710 inch, or reveal aught of the contents of the missive. Truth to tell, Wernice had mislaid it among the teeny odds and ends her great chest contained; and had neither time nor inclination to search for it while Jocelin was ill. Now that he grew better, she ascribed his speedy convalescence to her pow- erful charms and invocations, far more than to (what was no doubt the real cause) her constant administerieg of such herbe as were known to her rude science. One morning, a fortnight after leo- hetet) departure, Jocelin sat Makin.; sandals for the journey baelt to the An - bey, for his Mime had left unchanged t Ide determination to return thither. Berniee sat near by nodding over her distaff. Suddenly .her swaying head t beeante fixed; her body grew rigid, and the distaff dropped from her hand With it Matter Willett attracted Jocelin's attention, and caused him to rush to her side. She sat ashen and motion- leso, gazing into spitee, with her thin lips drawn tight over her toothiese gums. It Wee horrld in vain did he elude her hands, and lay awey the folds of her gowit from her throat. Ile crossed the room for water, and as die turned again to the old woman's side, her body relaxed and she sank together on her seat, a erbuthing, mumbling heap. It "Woe, woe—lioliese, olieSel" For some time she repeated these words seemingly unconecioua of her sup. roundings, but finally she cried excitedly to Jotelin: "She's in the toils, 'Wight! They have her fast, A vision, a elision, by Hecate! I heard that shenweef %ear a mato her ettb (they stood by Written t Ib books outspread tipOn a desk), 'itik en the [Olden gain and golden gild thou shalt 'enjoy! I have 'her safe!' 0 Theist then not lain So 10W, MY leni, r4 learn ef Ole leng ere. note Nowt .•••• Perchance, it is too late; And sheEvErn, NEuRALoic H town! Ali, -why were witchee born . , n in some loatheoMe den M London with hearts? I dare not try the circle of the rhomb again. Asmodeus fierce did threaten me, as I risked it thrice, No magic, blaek or white, can now .avail, Thou must to' London town In search of Iter." "Thott Met but dream, datdel Pray God, thou didst but Omni" cried. Jou- 1.14,. Ere she could Ammer hint a great elaMor arose Outeine. It Was Margotho and slutPle Tani, wpoitteled and called— • • "Josha, darnel If thount not bring the letter forth we'll to the Bis- hop with complaint." Dame Bernice Sprang to her feet, "Aye, there'll I find where Geoffrey is, and with him I doubt not we'll find the Maid. I'll to the Bishop's," and donning her cap and cloak, she grasp- ed her staff and was out upon the ac- tonished pair in a trice, "What—how now? Quiet> Margot and witty Tont? Beshrow me if it ain't!" she exclaimed with effusive welcome. "The letter? Ale 'tis bad, bad doings dame, go now to the Bishop's seneschal (a Worldly wise wight, 'Who's lived up Londoa way) to ask him what, he thipks best to do, No, I'll tell thee no wbit of it till I speak with Min. And vex not thyself that opened not my door to thee this long while, for mine own familiar hath for some days been biding here. Soft— would'st like to KV him? Peep through the easement then,. Margot; see where he sits by the fire. But make no sound, for it his glance but fall on thee, by paddock, thou wilt change in to a toad," Pear and curiosity • ra.cked Widow Margot, She longed to see what all the village talked of with bated breath; for on winter nights, when the wind shrieked Ingle many a dame would say, "Aye, there's the witch of Ely's fiend a calling her." The widow shuddered at the -clanger of the thing; yet felt that the honor of Ely was, in a way, at stake, So, to show herself brave and to satisfy her curiosity, she took one frightened peep. What she dici get was a glimpse of Jocelin bidding his beads inside the dusky mem, but sne sprang back with a. cry. "Mary Mother! He all but spied me. 0 dame, forgive whate'er I've said to cross thee o' tate! Thou shalt have an oaten cake each week, good dame, by my Christendom!" "Mother, mother, let Tom spy•!" said the eimpleton, pulling at her dress like aterroe child, his great round, beardless face . and prominent blue eyes wide with "Nay, saints forbid, my son. 'Twos the fiend himself; a great black man in a cowl, forging an iron chain, blow- ing spa,rks upon it witli his breath, and fanning it with his hairy tail; Jen! I saw his cloven foot beneath his monk's gown! Fare thee well, Goody, I'm off for Our Lady's chapel to say a rosary there. :It' thou'lt honor my Poor house upon the morrow, and bring the massive thither, I'll promise talfioeere.au bowl of broth, and sitch a pie of reeking mince as thou zie'er saw a The witch, well satisfied with her stratagem, amiably agreed to go; re- solving privately to find the letter that. very night; and she hastened away to the Bishop's palace to find the seneschal, a gnarled, cross-grained old fellow, who had once been a var- let in London ,and to whom the towns- folk had given the names of "Miser" and "Warlock," the former for his stinginess, and the latter from the fact that he and Dame Bernice were old cronies, and had many a crack to- gether izt her hut, or In his office, a little chamber far down in the south wing of the Episcopal residence. When she had found hint, Dame Ber- nice was not long in worming out of him all he had overheard in the pal- ace concerning Geoffrey and his mother. They had left the Priory with a nun and priest, and had ridden in great haste toward London. When she was convinced that this was all he knew, the witch departed and was soon home again, where she found Jocelin pacing the floor in helpless agitation. "The two are gone, but I could learn down and calm thee now. Cackling They're hatching some poukerie, be - She rode with them dressed as a nun. no whit of Roliese, though no .doubt shrew me, if they're not! Sit thee ne'er laid an egg, and ye must do like some tailless raton, whilst I plan the doing o' it. 1'11 dig veithin this cateh-1tz all .of mine to see if I can find the widow's letter she so prateth of; or eealsrevsbe'll have the Bishop round our • Bernice, after much turning over the chest's contents, produced the let- ter and began to read, As she read, her grim old facehrightened, till with a sigh of relief, she -finished it and, touting to Jocelin's side, and clapping him on the shoulder, said: "Aha, my bucco! The way is shown! Fate hath not clipped short old Ber- nice's good days! Canst strum a lute?" "Aye," atswered Jocelin wondering- ly, "Knowest thou songs, wight? °east turn a jest or play. on words?" "I 'know sornewhat of minstrelsy, dame, and in the old peaceful days, be- fore my madness wrecked my life, ewes said I had a ready wit and agile tongue. But, las ine! all that is passed away with innocence and happiness." "Well, then, it shall return iagain with folly's bells and nonsense to keep it company. For thou shalt 'don a fool's garb, and play the part of fool (whieh thou hest so lately practiced) at John's tourt." "Why, dame, what would such as I do there in Coekneytaten among the rich and gay of a court?" "ISI•k ' g , root; or Weep, it matters not whichi so long as hou keepest thy eyes and ears wide ope, and find the whereabouts of the thaid. Hist thou! This rniesive from h P ' ehamberlatn $ s. "'Unto the Widow Margot, Greet- ing: Thy brother, with his latest breath, did entreat me to give thy son his jester's garb, his belt and hood; 1 in fact, his place in court; saying he • was a rare fool; indeed, knows many a tiong and old -wife tale, and is as teeny mad as any one could wish a ninny be he. In hort, dame, thy brother Petrels Ileth a 'corpse, and With this packet of his garb 1 bid thy eon dente unto sthtittilionig.s' hnescourt to take his unele's 1: • "See thou, great hawk! Thetelt act the fool "hat* of Tem." 1 "But What of Widow Margot, ; dame?" "What, 'What! the Deell's Mil! Thou! talkeist like the speaking Wed a traveae ter once breuglit 'hotati freer hid, which dried, What, wind all day, Bea hrew rile, If I'M not returned here in 11 hour With the inotliera for hee, arid Margot's right' good ill that any afeve her Melee% boy May risk life and •iiMb hi the Xing f Ceektietrni COW' And the witch was emle in a Monient, ceo be Oinithutedn EADACH CURED! USE "WERVILINE"--ilT WON'T FAIL flieri4iraco1ous Healing Power of this' Liohneot is Unfailing. RUB ON NERVILINE 49.....11{•••••• There may be a thousand pains; Yet, excepting sciatica., neuralgia ie the worst. Most remedies • aro not strong enough or penetrating enough. to relieve neuralgia,. You now eve erything you have tried has failed to give even momentary relief, and YOu have decided that neuralgia must be borne forever. Do not make this mistake— try NERYILINE. Apply it to the sore spot. Notice the glow that spreads deeper amid wider as Inerviline's curative power la carried thrtiter and further lute the tissue. How quickly the pain is soothed! Hoer rapidly it lesisentid Itt a little while you have forgotten Use p*1n—it has actually gone. Neuralgia gives Nerviline an oppor- tunity of dernonatratiag ft SaperiOritY over all other pain remedies, Not magic, as you might imagine after you have used it—eimPlY the itpplleation ot scientific knowledge to the relief of pain, Nerviline le a great outcome of modern medical Ideas, You cannot afford to he without it, because pain Comes quickly and f:omes, to US all, Olt aranteed to cure the ache is and pains of the whole family. Letwge bottle, 00 cents' trial size, 25 cents; at druggists, or the Catarrhozone Co„ Kingston, Canada. ••=-• A Brilliant Genius. One day, in Wales, a mansfell into the river and a number of people who had assembled on a bridge instead of jumping M to save him loudly advised him -not to drown, Things were Woking very black for tile unfortunate man in the water when suddenly some one said, "Throw him' a, rope," A more energetic per- son than those on the bridge ran off for a roPe. - 'Returning' a few iteconds later, breathless and eirliscious of his bero- ism, he rushed down to the water's edge and threw the entire•roPe to the Man. 111.4.411, CHILDHOOD AILMENTS . Atimootg sueh as .conetipaelon, eole lc, colds, vomlting, etc., seize children of all ages and the mother should be on her gunrd against thesse troubles by keeping a box of Baby's Own Tab - it in Wm house. If any of these troll - teem come on suddeely the tabletswin cure them. or 'if the little one is Welt an oceaSional dose of the, tablets he wilt etn.atie those troubles. The tab- leta ere suiti by medicine dealers or Icy mail at 25 cents it box from The Dr Willinms' Medicine Co, fleece. 'elite. Ont, • Kinsale. Kinsale keeps a modest plaee in the history of Ireland!. it was hero that Don Juaren fleet landed 3,000 men to join hands with O'Neill, out of which landing grew the story that the cot- tages at World's End are "still innate itad by tho descendants of Span-. lards:" it was from Kinsale that James .11. on March 2, 169, landed, and front Kinsale he railed after his defeat at the battle of the Beyne. Thirty years age the house in which, he spent the night before his .depar- ture was still in 'existence. ,Kinsale e as greater in the past .than now, for we read that "oe all the Irish. ports it was the best situated .for intercourse with Prance and thnt ht the town Marlborouge found a thousand bar- rels of wheat and eighty pipes of claret."—London Spectator. Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. .- - A HELPFUL CHANGE The tendency new is, on the great railway syetem, to make the time tables as simple and as clear as pos- sible, so that the public will see at a glance just what is desired in the way of inforneition. The C. P. R., Lot thstance, In addition to the changes noted in this column, have adopted a new departure on the front page of the time table --a departure which le the outcome of ono of the many sugges- tions received by the company lea response to the invitation issued some time ago from headquarters to the, em- ployees for fruitful suggestions as to improvements and betterments along the ystem. This is in the form of a notice in large black type, pointing out when the general change In the time tablet takes place, se that the public will know to a minute just haw the schedule s:ands. For instance, tbe notice reads: "General change in time table takes' effect 12.01; 24.01; midnight on Octo- ber 31st." This notice, meeting the eye on the present folders now in use, Wa1719 the public not to put faith in the latter beyond the date mentioned. This notice will appear en the front page of the folder which precedes that which is to take its place, and will prevent any confusion by announcing how long the present folder is valid and when it ceases to be .operative, Thus, those 1Y110 do much travelling will know pre- oisely when the time table changes, and when such - changes will he gen- erale This idea should prove helpful. ' Slept at Will. It must be essential to every general and indeed to every man who is bear- ing a heavy load or anxious business to be a good sleeper. Napoleon was a firot rate sleeper; so Was Pitt: so was Broug- ham; so was Mr. Gladstone; sa Was Wel- lington. At. Salamanca Wellington, hav- ing given his order for the battle, said to his aid -de -cam: "Watch tho French through your glass, It'itz Roy. I am going to take a rest. When they reach that copse near the gap in the Ms Wake me." Tlten he lay down and was feet asleep in a minute. In the midst of the critical orerations borer° Water- loo, feel,;;;;.. weary, he laid himeelf down, v1, a newspaper over his faeo and took It nap. NOT COMPETENT TO VOTE. (Buffalo Courter) A ,woman is in charge of tho gever114 ment office Which issues the postage stamps. Distributing twelve billiona a year, she hardly ever makes the slightest mistake. Some will think this woman inmost knows enough to vote. desealwararersseerresoremeresearra ODDITIES OF V/SION. Peculiar Optieal Effects and the Yellow liqfot in the Eye. It one places a Plnneau tip close to and directly in,' trent of the eye the nead of ttie iin aispearis traneparene end things mew be seen as easily througn it as terough, a sheet of Isin- glass, the he aPpearing simply as a large round cloud, lf it is placed some. what closer nib pin or bead can be Aeon at all, If one' goes 'Onto a very (lark room and puts a liglited candle near the side of one eye very Pretty and peculiar ef- fects are obseeved. A tracery, form- ing a regular:network, can be easily detected, anCtizis is merely the sha- dow tltrown by the candle on the re- ef the,eye of the emelt capillary blood vessels between the retina, and the candle. If one looks to the side of a dim star in the heavens the star appears a great deal brighter than direct yes - ion makes it appear. This is because the lieht in the direct view falls on what is known as the "yellow spot," or point of keenest vision, As this is not put directly behind the front of the eye the side glance is necessary. Some people can see stars that waY that they cannot Perceive at all on direct vision.i—Pittaburgh Despatch. IT'S A GOD -SEND . TO HUMANITY is what a leading physician says of Dr. Jackson's Roman Meal. Properly cooked into porridge according to -directions on package, without stir- ring after .first making, it is a delight to humanity. Use'a double boiler or set boiler in basin of boiling water and use one cup meal to two cups water. Cook for half an hour. It's very nutri- tious, prevents indigestion and relieves constipation or "money back." Ask, Your doctor. At grocers', 10 and 25 cents. Prohibited Coffee Houses. So many coffee houses sprang into existence in England during the reign of Charles II. that he, entertaining* a be- lief that many political intrigues had their beginttlng in those plaoes, issued an edict ordering thorn to be closed. In this proclamation the following words occarred: "The retailing of coffee or Sea .111aght be an Innocent trade, but it was said to nourish sedition, spread lies a.nd scandalize great men.' It might also be a common nuisance."—Exchange. fv:Inard's Liniment Cures Colds, &c. •••••••••••••--•—•••••••• •111.-•••••••• The Saps Work All the Time. Literally the Japanese work all the time, It is not at all uncommon to find Japanese men and women at work in their shops at 2, 3 and 4 o'- clock in the morning. They must work like this or starve, They live directily in the rear of their places of business. Their entire household equipment comprises a few mats, a few cushions and alittle tableware. They go at their job—whether it consists of making clogs or inlaid cuff buttons, and work and work and work until they are ex- haueted. Then they sleep a little and Vo back to work. It does not take a jap.anese ten minutes to eat his meal of rice and fish. He has his festivals, of course, and a good many of them, but he works the rest of the time, and in many households it must be a spe- cial and personal festival, connected with some individual Or family gods, to lure him from his occupation. He needs the moneyi—Samuel G. -Blythe, in Saturday Evening Poet. .• Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. Mars and -the Hand. There is a motmt in the nands ot persons who are said to be impressed more in music by marches of warlike character than- anything else. It is a sole, cushion -like mount within the centre of the hand proper, but is gen- erally developed toward the outer edge of the palm. These persons are said to be under the influence of Mars and • to have iuherited warlike tendencies, but it More than usually shows an ordinary amount of courage that is possessed by most persone. These are the ones who would be thrilled by the "Marsell- Mists," the Russian national anthem, the "Watch ou the Rhine" or , the "Star Spangled Banner." Subjects of Mars seldom become proficient niusi- clans or successfal singers unless the other Indications in their hands show other niusical fancies.—Buffalo New, LEGAL THEFT, (Pittsburg liazette-Times) tt is Impossible for a Woman to steal front her husband,. says the Attorney - General of Oregon. Thus the morality of going through friend husband's poc- kets has hIgh legal indorsement. • a ,a'.7.1••'!rea°,...4*.''..- • . • t • • .44; ',.•• 4 -iltr,,11. . FO THE FARMERS Many Attractive Prizes for Farmers Only E SIXTH ANNUAL TORONTO FAT STOCK SHOW UNION STOCK YARDS — TORONTO Dec. 10th and lith, 1915 For Further Particulars and Premium List, Write : C. F. TOPPING, Secy., Union Stock Yards Toronto •=•• Don't Dodge. Da not fledge. Whatever time dIffi- cultlea to be Met, they aro not Made caster by tearing to donge them. te trying to (ledge a athletic teem One di- reetioa you MO.y Pomo la line with one from a nifferent direction. Wheft we dodge trouble we are Mere thee likens to get into other trouble no less eatiY to endure. Look 'with courage on what must be met. Faced with cour- age, difficultiee are half efanquered. Better meet and conquer difficulties than to dodge Gunn. Do not dodge duties that devolve on YOU, Duties performed add strength and dignity to character. It matters little What these duties are; though they be of the eimPlest and hamblest, wellewnd truly done, they acquire dignity. tend up bravely and squarely to meet the dieficulties of life. With. etarage you will Conquer, Yon will come through life with fewer scars than by trying to dodge duty or diffi- culty, Trying to evade begeta in a man a cringiug spirit. He gets a habit of truckling, and upright, self-respect- ing raanhood is gone, Don't dodge if You Weuld hold yourself above mean- ness.—Milwaukee Journal. As age advances the blood gets thin, the nerves exhausted n d vitality runs low. By building up the nerve force of body and mind Dr. Chase's Nerve Feted is an un- bounded blessing' to people of at& vanced years. 50 cents a box, al dealers. AMININEMMOMMI.1•0010.011111,•••••i• How Flow of River is Measured If you see a man 'leaning over the railing of a bridge' intently watching the river with a telephone receiver at his ear do not think that the man is trying to talk to the fishes or to a diver below the surface. He is proba- bly one of -the government's engineers measuring the amount of water pass- ing under the bridge. This is done by lotvoring an instrument known as a current meter into the water at several points under the bridge to determine the speed of the 'Water and by meas- uring the depths of the water at the same points. From such information the flow of the river it that particular time and height can be computed, and when such measurements have been made at a number of different heights the flow of the stream at any height can be determined. Then if a record or the heigle of the river is obtained each day from a river gauge the flow for each day can be computed. Amending a Proverb. There are a lot of silly proverbknock- ing about. Take, for instance. "If Pigs had 'wings they would fly." Now,_ this what sized wings a Tuff weighing eighty pounds would iequire in order to fly? better: They would measure about thirty yards from tin to tip. A nice state or things to keen pigs in an aviary with wingo of that size! The proverb would run much Is absurd Le you like. Do you know 1 f pigs could frY Pork would be high. Monsieur: —London Scraps. For 15 days in the month ot January r was suffering ,with pain of rheuma- tism in, the foot. I tried all kinds of remedies but nothing did me any good. Ono person told me about MINARD'S LINIMDNT; as soon Re I tried it the Saturday night, the next morning I waG feeling very good; I tell you this remedy is very good; I could give you a good certificate any time that you would like to have one. If any time I come to hear about any persen sick et 'p.m', .,..r•• rheumatism. I could tell them about tee, Yours truly, •ERNESIeLEVEILLE., 216 Rue Ontsrio East, Montreal. Pen 14, 1908. 1 • • The Ancient Brahmans. The Brahmans v.wre the lawyers, priests, professors, the sole instructed class, the sole authorities on taste, morality, the eolo depositaries of what- ever ,atood in the place of science. Ev- erybody was to minister unto. them, everybody was to minister unto them, Brahman was above the law. He Was "not to be subjected to corporal pun- ishment, must not be imprisoned or fi•ned or exiled or reviled." In the Mw of the Vishnu it was written: "The Brahmans sustain ihe world. It is by - the favor of the Brahmans that the gods reside in heaven." Under Eng- lish rule and ideas the aneient caste has lost some of its prestige, but is still a forcible reminder of its former grandeur.—New York American. • - • TRAPPER Fars nave Advanced Shintoltogers. Wogiveliberalgrades, fullvaluoineashand euickreturns. We Parc best merket in America for Pure, Bides, etc. No eeniiopWritodayfsrfreeieelist. rzpvelsev0pgsatraotarypsces NOUNS FUR COMPANY, INipt.W at. Louls, Mo. One Phase of Tolstoy:. In the "Reminiscences of Tolstoy" by his son, Count Ilya Toletoy, are shown many phases of the great man's nature, this one among them:. _ "All exhibitions of tendernese were entirely .foreign to him.- I say tender- ness in contradistinction to feeling. Feeling he had, and in a eery high de- gree. During allhia lifetitne 1 never received any mark of tenderness from him whatever. Nearness and dearness with him were never a.ceoinpanied by any outwardeuanifestation. It Would never have come into My head, for instance, to walk up to my father and Mee him or to stroke his hand. I was partly prevented also by the fact that I always looked up to him with -such awe, and his spiritual povver, his great- ness, preveeted me from teeiug in him the Mere Man, the man who was so pitiable and weary at times, the feeble old Man who ao much needed warmth and rent," •.•••••••••••—•••••• A RIGHT, NOT A PAVOR. (Philadelphia leeeord) It should also be rentelubered that whether or not Woman would prove a Potent uplifting Voice to polities, Justfee demends that site than be heard. She Went& Po giVell the ballot not as a fit - Ivor. Dalt a* 9. sight ISSUE .NO. 44, 1915 HELP WANTED—MALE VROVS"..,"••,•••••••••tr•eqweawo, • -N....vs...0,m. ••• • e IV • NTIele TINSMITH — ACOUS- tented to furnace wort, at Once. The Hamilton StOVI` & Heater to., Hem- iIton, shit. faultanAmuSrialt Sultan 's V. 131i lcicle ' Turkeywas de- posed in 1870 after a reign of three months. It was alleged that lie was insane, lie lived until 1004, Itt the ini)aoiraeni°n:Ilaineld t131:erifibreetenirlaipsrseisgsnieodn hwiams as a residence he was found dead one iyiantghhea ihadabr oese:. tzhtses atisor late UPI sHaepaWrast. Mat with his feet on the floor in a great Peel of blood, Nineteen physi- cians of different nationalities were at once called in, and all agreed that the deceased soveraign had tiled by his own hand. The weapon employed was a Pair of sciseors, with which the Uns happy man had opened the arteries of his arms, , - Minard's Liniment Cures Garget In Cows, •.9 Pa,ssing of the Powers. Translated out of diplomatic lan- guage, the powers in Europe meant -- even now It is a, strange sensation to meek of them in the past tense—Great Britain, Germany, France, Austria, It- aly and more recently Russia, the six strongest nations in Europe. But now, in these ultrt civilized days of sixteen -Inch guns, submarines and aeroplanes, the chancelleries meet find a new shibboleth to take the place of the powers. As understood a year ago, no such things now exists. It died on the first of .August and you InaV read its obituary in the white, yellow, blue, and the other books ot eseorted outside colors and uniform recriminative centent.—World's 'Work. The Migh:ty Mushroom. Some idea of the extraordinary driv- ing force imprisoned in succulent young mushrooms may be gathered from the fact that through a shop floor laid down in asphalt three inches in depth, in Dunedin, New Zealand, sev- eral niushrooms,, from two to three inches in diameter, have forced them- selves up into the light .of day. • The asphalt looked very much as if a pick had becn at work, so ,damaged was it by the mushreeme. GREAT CHEMIST PRAISES VILI-43111( Mothers Who Use This Famous Balm Have Backing of Science Mothers who use Zam-Buk, because they have proved it to be a splendid healer, will be interested to hear the - result of a test of Zara -Bute -by Mr. W. Leseelles Scott, the great Bnglish chemist. Ile says:—" I have made an exhaustive analytical examination of Zam-Duk and dind "its active consti- tuents are of exclusive vegetable origin. It contains none of the impure and irritating mineral drugs and animal fats present in ordinary ointmenta. The antiseptic% and bactericidal (germ - destroying) powers of this preparation are proved by my tests to exceed those of carbolic arid, yet Zam-Duk neither cauterizes nor inflames even a very zensitive skin, but ends skin disorders. "1 have no hesitation in certifying the purity of Zam-Buk and its value for skin injuries and disorders." Mothers who have not yet tried Zam- Bak should profit by the above. Zam- Disk is unequalled for eczema, cuts, burns, ulcers, running soree, Pilo, cold sores, abacesses, chapped hands, etc. All druggists and stores sell Zara-Buk at 50c. box, 3 boxes ;1.25. Passing of Papyrus. One of the modern mysteries of .Elgypt is the disappearance of the papyrus plast that once fringed the lower Nile and made a desirable haunt for 'water fowl. A botaniet, recently from Cairo, declares that in all lower Egypt the only papyri now growl's.' in a natural state are in the Esbeieh Gardens fountain at Cairo, the botan- ical gardens and at tho Barrage. Per- haps Isaiah may have thrown the evil eye on the plant, for among his prophe- cies is the destruction of the "paper reeds by the brooks," If we did not have ancient illustrations to guide us it would be impossible team the f)res- ent scanty remains to reconetruet the amazing fields of papyri that indirect. ly helped to civilize us.--Londcn. Pa- ler. , Better Than 'Spanking — Spanking does not care children of bed- wetting. Ther is a coastatutional cause reir this Windsor, Mrs, LI, Ntuniner.s, Box U. 8. indom., -tint., will ;sena tree to any mother iter suitcase:id home treat- ment, with full instrUetions, Send no tuoney but write her to -day if your child- ren trouble you In this way. Don't blame the child, the ehazteeki are it can't help it. This treatment also cures adults and aged neoele troubled with urinto dif- ficulties by day or night. Investment and Speculation. When any one is buying a coat or a fishing rod or a. rote tree or laying down a cellar or setting up a library either he knows 'what he 'wants, where to get It and whet to laity ler It or slse he tau earnest counsel with his friends a.nd withlhe moat trustworthy professional advisers that he can find and uses all the witat that he and oth- ers can bring to bear on the subject in order to make sure that hie pur- chase is prudently eanductee. He at- tends sales, rummages in ehOps and discusses the matter in Pis club nail he and it ere voted it nuisance. If only half as much time and trouble were devoted to the careful selection of investments there would bo fewer bad companies, unecrepulaus pro- moters end ornamentary directors, the world would be very much richer, and its riches would (thew leee tehe (Miley to gravitate Into queationabis handa.—Cornhill efs,gezitte.