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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1922-11-9, Page 6e cow Tobacco Famousl Sto>rfl�s �� People Drury's Identity Won $5 Bet. Durin his, travels thiou is »Ontario l; g attending U.F.O, picnics, • Premier Drury has often found difficulty 111 'securing meads,,, His schedule of visits is net arranged -with hts personal con- vereience in mind. Just the other' day the premier had to rush into a railway station at :a jieneniion town and ,snatch' a hasty bite •with other ,hurried 'travelers. As' Mr, Drury wnsxrushing o'ut again; a man reached excitedly over the lunch coun- ter' near the -door and seized him by the arm.':•"Wait a minute, premier," said the, stranger. "You are Premier Drury, aren't you?", "Yes," said Mt Drury smiling. "All right," hhouteli the. other•, let- ting him go :again. "I win five dol- lars, t just'"bet my; wife five dollars that tine Titan on the stool' Was Pre- mier Drury:"; • The premier had no time to stop and take up the question of a pr•ovin- cial tax on' this wager. 'He hurried away while •the crowded lunchroom smiled broadly, • The Return. - In his latest book Stephen Leacock • 'states that when lecturing in England he was on one occasion introduced bya. , clergyman ' rix the following words: "Not so long ago, ladies'. and gentle- men, we tired to send` out to Canada Various classes of , our community to help to build up that' country.' We sent out our laborers, we sent ,out our soholars and ,professors. Indeed, we even sent' out .our criminals And now,"' with a wave' of ,the hand"to:. wards the looburer, "they are coming back " Lieutenant -Governor Handles a Trowel. Cel the Hon, Harry Cockshutt, lieutenant -governor' of Ontario,' is. still claimed:by Brantford as a citizen of the telephone 'city and The home paper publishes reports- of all the functions in which' he "'participates. Only recently Ira acoepted the post of conimanding officer' 'of 'brie of 'the re- serve battalions of the Dufferin Rifles of that city. They started-eonstrtiction'o'f a" new school the other day on Terrace Hill, to be, named in- honor of the' late Alexander .Graham : Bell, inventor of the telephone. Col•: Cookshutt accept- ed an invitation' to lay .the -cornerstone. As his' lienor took the trowel; those near the stone assert, he leaned for- ward to a workman on the other side and said, : "Say, Fred, I haven't got Spy union card:"` But he ' flourished the trowel with. enols skill that the remark went -around -among the prac- tical masons, "That's not the first time he •has. spread mortar.'1 ,: t ,ttr ;49 'lk?c>{?% '- 11:1E' PORCELAIN TREATY OF SEVRES Mistress.—"What's all this mess?" ` Maid—"It's right' ii me;, and." m. It came'. to pieces g P in m ,and." -T 4, h e Dai] Ax re , ss L Y on ,.: - P (London .'' • *culeDu t tie free teem pain. Thous - ends of sufferers • have been re - Roved of Rheumatism, Neural - la `Neurit Sciatica, g , tall is , Lum- ` bago and Gout ly. New Life Renmedy, C,i- oltrllt 65 & grateful testimoni- als fit testimoni- sls received during the 'past twent'-fvo years•'fron) tlbd?�o 11Allbfltted by "New Life," lees not contain arty harmful (lenge., :T'leaeant'to,take and apes dot; upset the digestion, One bottle for One Dollar; Six bottles for Five Dollars. Mailed direct to Customers, or from your nearest Druggist, 3 n (t0>i19t 1 0 %91�i' t'liieil ! �9I1.Pltfllt 7l4 Weat Adelaide St., 'reroute : Canada • •,!.t Married reed �' to a Tree.. One of the many ' strange customs Which exist in India consists in "tarry= ing the eldest daughter in a fanmlly to a tree or flower! There is a rule wlrieh says that where there are several daughters, in one family the younger, one may net marry until • the eldest has found at husband. r; But sometimes it happens that, while there 9s no suiitor' for sloe hand of the eldest daughter, one ,of 'her sister's 'Rets a sweetheart to whom slh,e,wiOlmos to geti'married, When this state of affairs arises the difficulty, le overcome by a: creat ruse. Convention must be; observed so the eldest daughter goes through a cere- mony in -which. she vii Milled to a tree! or largo -flower. Caro must be taken that the "bridegroom" is a plum, ape. p10, or apriont tree,, from wlfdch the bride 0l111 obtalit a� divorce if she wishes to marry a Iranian being at eoi11e later date- ' I]lins, pines, or poplars are barred, for these aro sacred trees and 1111101 not be ttlfled with. • Quite true. I;ohlry—"What, 1, tliat 77171 10111 000111'S 01101 1n a. 01l nIte• and twi 00 Iia, a tuent hiirIlot once la 1 httllrirer7 yeas , Tommy-- "1 don't' knots. 1'11' give l[ irli,' ]3obby- -"The Ietter :1'1," BY ROBERT J. C. STM. (Copyright Tho I+iusson Book Co,) CHAPTER 'XIII,—(Cont'd,) ` I don't think I would 7;e in a ,dairy to Lu} 1' Elden stud, sloW1y turning his eyes on hispartner. "You would perhaps he wiser, to rent a. home for a while. 'Bents are becoming easier." "But I hive bought,," said Mon. Hardy, and there was triumph rather than regret in her voice. "I have paid my deposit," 'It is the policyof"thisdirm," Elden continued, not tie force' or take ad- vantage of ld-vantageof hurriod'deciSiens, The fact that you''have already, made a deposit does not alter that policy, 'I think T may spesek for my partner ane] the firm when I" bay that your deposit will be held to your credit for thirty days, during which, time it -will con- stitute an option; on the property which ,you have selected..,' If, at the end of that time; yeu are still of your present find, the transaction can go through as now planted; and if. you have .dhanged your mind your deposit. -will be'returnod.'? Conward shifted undor,Dave's direct `eys. He: ppr��eferred- to: 10o1;� at Mrs. Hardy. "What .Mr •'Elden 'has told 'you abasia (0e palucy of .the ,firm is quite true,' he managed to say. "But,. as it happens, thistransactionis not with Conward &..Elden but with me. gereenai'ly. I find' it necessary %o dis- pose of the property-Which'I have just sold to :you tot such an exceptional price" -he was looking at Mrs. Hardy —"I find• it necessary for financial reasons se' dispose of it, and naturally I cannot run a chance of having thy plans overturned by any possible change of mind ort your part. Not that I think you will change your mind;" he hurried to arid, "I think you are already convinced that, it is a very,. good buy indeed. ' "I 'arm entirely satisfied,' said Mrs, ,lardy: "The fact.that Mr, -"Elders wants. to get the property back makes me more satisfied, she added, ,with. the peculiarly, irritating laugh' of a woman who thinks she is extraordi- narily shrewd; and is only very silly. "The agreement is signed?" said: Dave, Ho walked; to the. desk, and picked up the documents,. and .the cheque that lay upon them. ,His :eye ran down thefamiliar contract. "This Agreement is in the name' of Conward & Eld'en,"t•he said: "T.his cheque is, payable to Conward & Elden." He' was.eddeessitee,Conward, Con - ward's livid -face !h"d become • white, and`it was' with difficulty he controlled his anger. "They are all prir-ted that. way," he explained, "T "am going to. have then- endorsed•ovsf to me." ."You are not," said Dave. "You are oltargma this' woman twenty-five, thousand dollars far a 'house that won't bring twenty tho"s4nd on the open market to -day, and by Fall won't bring ten: thousand. The firm of Con= ward & ,Eid'en will have nothing to do with that transaction. 11 won't even endorse it over, 'A, fire was burning in +he grate.. Dave walked oven to it, and - very Slowly and deliberately thrust the. agreement and the cheque into the flame. For a,moaient the Printed let ters stood otit'after the body of the paper was consumed; then' all fell to ashes. "Well, if that doesn't beat all!" Mrs.. Hardy ejaculated: !`Are all Dow punch ers so discourteous?" "I mean no .discourtesy," ,aid Dave. "And Ilmope you will let me say now, what I should.have said ;before, that it was with the -deepest regret I learn- ed from :.your `=eonvorsation of " the death of Dr. Hardy. Ile was a -gentle- man w]io conrinanded my respect, as he must have commanded the respect of all who knew him»: If my; behaviour has seemed, abrupt,,.I assume you I have only sought to "serve Dr, Ilardyk widow=and'his daughter:'_ "IE is a peculiar' service," Mrs; Hardy answered, curtly. She felt she had -a grievance against Dave. He had not rived down to her conception of what a raw Western youth should be. Even the act of burning; the agree- ment and the cheque, dramatic though it was, it. had a poise to it that seem- ed inapp:ropri'ate, Dave "should have snatched'the,papers—it would. have been better had the partners fought over them—he should have crumpled 'their in rage apd:& consigned them• to the lire with curses. Mrs. Hardy felt that in, such eonduet,Dave.would have -been running true to ,form, •His as- sunoption of the manners of, a gentle- man annoyed her exceedingly. "I can only apologize for my part- ner's behaviour," said Conward. "It need not, however', affect the trans- action in the slightest degree. A''new agreement will, be,drawn at once -an agreement in which the -ferret of Con - ward &'Elden will not'be•concerned." "That, will .he. more' satisfactory;" said Mil. Hardy: 'She,intended:the remark for Dav,e's ears,_but he had .moved to a corner of .the,,: room 'end was conversing. ]n ,low tones with Irene r m 'so �I` }rad 'tie maike; , ur 2 a , try ,_ . yo., mother's •aoquaintance,:under etrcum- stances • which, I ':fear' sire will, -not. even try to 'understand," he had said to Irene. "I aril lure she will not credit me with tine -elfish motives." - "Oh, Dave -Me. Elden I mean— that is—you don't know how proud-' you don't know how much, of a man you made pre feel- you ,tore." She was flushed and, excited, "Perhaps I shouldn't talk like this, Perhaps--!' "It al'l'depends on 0110 thing," Dave ipterrupted. ; ,;, What is that? "It all depends en whether We are Miss Hardy and Mr. Elden, or whether -i en' we are still Rc le and Dave." Her bright eyes had' fallen to the floor, acid he could see the tremor of her fingers as they rested ori the back of a chair. She did not answer him directly.,. But,in'a Moment she spoke, Mother will buy the . house. from Mr. Conward," she -said', "She is like that. And when we are settled ,you will coine and see' me, woir't You— Dave ?" ou—Dave?" ELU.,1S ",fi ROS. LIMITED C�e1"ttel1ers apds,VONti 3+, 'rORoN7o Tr'y thou -.tar your . GHRF ISTMAS GFT l'he"o Cahlevu.e will be 000 t,' en reetiest, - CIIAPTER XIV; When the Ilardys had gone Conward turned to Eiden,"We had better try and find out whore we stand," he said, trying to speak dispassionately, ..but there was a tremor hi his voice. "I egre i,' returned' Elden, who had no desire to evade the issue. "De yogi ex»naider it -'air to select inexperienced wemen for your vietfms?". Conws,rd made a -deprecating,ges- tnte,' "There Is ngtluinp to he gained oy quarrelling,tie said, "Let" us face the situation fairly: Let us get, at the faets,, When wehave agreed as to facts, then we may agree as to procedure" "Shoes," said Dave, He stood with shoulder Toward Conward, watch- ing She dusk`settiing about the foothill city. The streets led atya, into the gathering darkness, and the square brick blocks stood in blue silhouette against champagne Sky. Ile became conscious of a strange yearning for this young metropolis; a -sort ofpar- ental brooding over a boisterous, Sov- Oble, wayward:youth. • It was his city; no one co0Ldeclanm it more than • he. And, it; was a' good city %,to look upon, and to mingle in and to dream about. "I .think,', said Conward "we can agree that the boom is over.' Booms feed upon themselves, and eventually they cat themselves up, We have dome well, on paper. ' the thing now is to convert our paper into cash." Dave' turned about.. "You know I don't claim to ;be any great moralist, Conward," he said, "and-' I have no pity fora gambler who deliberately sits in and gets stung. Consequently I am •-mot trembled 94i11-u-ny self-pity, not any pity-for;yOu. And if you,can get rid , of cur holdings to other gambler5 I have nothing to say.: Bet Veit is to be loaded on to women who are investing the little . savings of their lives—,women like Bert Morrison and Mrs,. 10Pdy—then I -am going, to have a good deal to stay. And there 9S 1l tattvhtit's hi.a name? -mer- t}g to Igk setillrjlT$ t ' other l W'ilo e &aikita'tl "1'"119 Ate If you 11rnik l(ri opieratiOns to 'thein- "'I,'ire trouble to you ean't• They're wise, 'i,�hoy ffee,t31a l0't't°41 geing, and, theY'gnit, Most of them have already move-, on, A few Strops, like oueeel'v00, will gtay and tr'Y to fl ht it out;, try, at least, to close up with a clean sheet,' if, we must close op. But wo can't wind up a business without selling the ptoek on hand, and to 081i0m are -I we .te Doll It, it not to peolpie who want it? That is -shat you seem to object tot" "You place ane in rather' €ni unfair. light," Dave protested. "What .3 ob- ject to is taking the life savings of people ----people of moderate cireum- stances, mainly—in ' exchange for property which we know to he .worth next to nothing." "Yet you admit that we must clean. up, don't you?". "Yes, I .suppose se." "And there's no'other way. D.ave,'!, said ° Conward, rising and placing 00 arra on his partner's shoulder, "T rsym- pathize with .your point of view, but, my boy, it's. Imre sentiment, and senti-, hent has no place in business. And you remember the terms of .our part- nership, don't you?" (To be continued.) ' A Banquet in Honduras. The prover]) of the crown and the uneasy head might w.eil' be twisted to apply:to a Central Ainerlean president. CertalnlY the president of the Ilondlit' as tl at 01.3': Ii. Currie describes °;in T1i15 World 0f:'Onrs`coitld not, liavo felt at his ease tor, vsry long; niers was too much -revolution anil int'rlgue-for that. Once, says Mr. Curie there was a banquet at Tegucigalpa; the capital. The man wlio happened -to be•presf- dent on, that.' day attended it and sat next to the Consul of tloe United States. In the midst of the banquet theelectrlo light failed, and the room was''plunged into darkness: Fearing a plot,: the president sprang to leis' feet, but the consnl'selSed lila arra. , "Sit town!" he whispered. "It is safer," The light rbturned'a few moiiionts. -later,. Tho' consul wassitting: calmly, in his eitair;;beside him sat the Presi- dent, wiping the sweat frgm'his brow;. every other soar- in -the 1100111 was, en his feet, guarding himself with drawn revolver," TAGGING FOR SISTER'S MEMORIAL Miss Florence Cavell, a sister. of Nurse Edith Cavell, selling violets at the foot of her sister's'monunient ,in London, on a tag clay for the Cavell Memorial Fund, the anniversaryof her death. , ton, I'think; a;' lunger if there ever was one; tuberculosis written all him;, a widower, too, with a little toy, sent out here ,as his last chance—you loaded himwith stuff -where he can't see the smoke of the city, and yon call 11 •city property. . That's what I want'to talk about,' said Dave, with rising heat, "I1 ,busdneas has. to be done that way, then I say to hell with business!" I asked you not to quarrel, Con - ward returned, with remarkable cam- iiosure. "I• suggested that we get - at the facts. That peeing -to be a business Suggestion. I think we are•agreed that the booin is, over.' Values' are; en the down 'grade, The boometers'are de- parting, . They axe, moving'on'.to new fields, as We should have done'a year Or two a hut nfe I' o bu .I cb s hada ort '$,, S 5. of,-seniilnent »for tltis'.place. ,Weld - that is^the`price of sentiment, 1± -won't Mix with business, Now, granting that the boom is over,'where do We stand ? ' "We are rated as millionaires, but we -haven't a thousand dollars in the bank at this moment, Timis," lie lifted Mrs. Bardy's' -. cheque, "would have seen us over next pay day, but you say tlhefirm:must have nothing to' de with it. And which is the more im- moral—since you have spoken of morality—to accept labor from clerks whom you, can't pay, or, to sell pro- perty to womenwho say - they want it and aro Satisfied with' t110 price? We make our income by selling,pi'o- perty.: As soon as. the males stop, the income steps. Web, the sales have stopped' But the expense goes. on. Wo have lite- ajly ' thousand's of un- settled contracts., We musili keepour staff .together. We have debts to pay, and we ewe it to our creditors to matte collections so that we can hay those debts, and we c'an't matte, collections without stay. I-synmpathize with your feelings on• this molterr Dave„ but what's a man' to do? It's like war; bre must kill or, be. killed, 5110.171050 is was, of a 11-111, Why, on the property we ..1e now holding ,he takes alone will nniontit to ('0")) v 1iloll and dei furs 1 ve'11 And I put '11 ,11p to {von, if we air eeipe she1 ons 01inlen:t, Whb s going le pay the tapes?" "I knows I 1 1 ow send hate vhoee n:ewer neer the t, ealment of the 14 1. , e 0,lrear'v subsiding. "We are in til grip of the SYS'em, AS i ou hate stud, it. is 1(111 of 410 I dlit OIli Io»Wei they dent 110t11t 1;11 1v ",011 at 1 n„11• an..0Ylata0-t, • ,That . is Dye Old Wrap, Skirt, "Sweater, Curtains in Diamond Dyes -Each package of "Diamond Dyes" contains directions so'simele any wo- man can dye or tint her oil worn, faded things new. Even if sbe., has never dyed before, she can put a rich, fa.clelese. color into 'shabby ' ekirts, dresses, - waists coats, stockings, sweaters, coverings, draperies', hang- ings, everything! . Buy Diamond' Dyes —no other„ kind—then,,perfect hnrne- dyeing is guaranteed. -.Just tell' your druggist whether the :material you wish to dye is wool or siik,•or' .whether ,. i'is .lin n cotton, e ,sotto 'of -mixed s good .. Diaihoncl Dyes: ne',er;; streale, spot, fade,' or rule Hold Fast to Your Ideal. "Ideality,"' 'said Horace 1Vlann, is only the aysnt-courier of the "rind and where' that in a healthy and nor- mal stage goes, I hold it to be a'pro- phecy that: eeallzatiort can follow." What you think you aro or can be, you will become. Your tihloughtofyear- self is the purger" which your life fol- lows. Every time you think you are a failure y'on are helping yourself to become beecr one. • Every timeyou i o doubt your ability to do what you have usl- dobtalten, you aro putting an'othe'r stumbling block in your way and mak- ing it less likely that you will wain out, Never think of yourself es anything but whet you want to be. Ilold fast to your ideal, --0.S. Marden. 13111y Knows. A school -teacher was asking his Class blue ea111e7 of 001111trleu In which different tm5111 anti cities were slit Med. 00 said; "where's 1301e10 he 100.0lved 4'10011, ho epet- tad n dreanlyd0olti110 boy In tiro front, row, "Geeca1" 11e rotrea to the deese,y o ' is no els. 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Use Sup -Maid for home cook- Ing of puddings, sakes, cookies, etc, You limy be offered other brands that you 'know less well than Sun-Ivleids, but the kind' you want is the kind you hnow'. is good. =Iheist, therefore, on Sun -Maid ,brand, They cost no < more than ordinary raisins. Mail coupon for Tice book o " tested "Sun -Maid Recipes,' SUN -Ni I RAISINS The,Sup'eriae Bread X3a$saaa SUN-NAID RAISIN GROWERS Memberehip 13;000 ,FRESNO, . CALIFORNIA rCUT TH18 OUT AND' SEND I T $un -1\44.9d J daln "Grnwera. Dept, N-138.4, Fresno, California. ' rlease,senn me.copy- of your free book, 'Recipes,with Raitlins.' STREET.., STATE - - THE F 1SE AUNT 1 Ss:Paasin,g. wile, and her llus�hands. s him up >wSth pies ere she leotttres She's -hard to beat, hes go to eat anything, my aunt Prepeses say things unpleasant to th:e • eat•, 'she' Jay is as, hungry as a steer. For all f. warning advicesbut when they en since or twine. Wives by theusow error tread, throwing �househol,d Dull be Sed'. When my Uncle lay ha ti's: draw, tny. Aunt Jane, serene and she saw. For that ,rias slim "rake's a Me Jolt", .I have Worn my old built on, -„,,You can buy„yourself oigars, you while my wo�nuout bonnet jars every with pastry; Uccle'Jay, IltBavesa wide, and tidy thsathat ,to -days -I would see • My Aunt Jane love she holds, for sflie_ feed him or: scolds. As a cookhusband fares.; it's a privile , If she thinks it right to' e won't speak while Unclehungry men: despise wor'de o are full of pies they will list ds every day o , the path of peace away; - jawing men who sits. placed'' usciou5 victuals in chaste',' belds' m et a hats 01d, .say ing, `.`Now; s,c3 help lid. till 1 ,blus'l,,to put it on:.: cs•play 'your billiard game, fibre in my fraine."` Filled ides for giving snrlle; ,"Goa my wife in style." L Myself. ; I have to .live with myself and se I wanttobe fit for myself to know. I.wunt•to be ablb'as days go by, . Always to look myself Straight In the .eye' . I don't want to stand with, the setting sun And irate myself for the 'things I've done, I don't want tn,lteep,OR a closet sihiolf A lot of secrets about myself, And fool myself as' i'06180 and go Into thinking, that : noliody else will the kind of- man I' really any en k:don't .want ;dimes. self u 1 y 1in. , I want to go with my head ereot, ,. I'ivaart.to elcderye`all-men_'s respect; ,1}ut;here- in tloo strugelo'for fame .nit. 1011 1 Ivvant to'be able'•to lute` myself: I don'ts want to ,look at. myself ' and know • Tirat I'm bluster and bluff and empty. show. t -self from. me; I mover can hide •.sly , I see what others may' never -see; I know what other's may, never know; But I never carr fool myself, and;so, Whatever happens, 1 want to be: Self-respecting and conscience ,free.. Ildgar-A, Guest; Defined at Last. r` Tammy "Paw, what is the 'forest primeval?" Paw—"A—"A•"A woods where there aro no. initials' eat nn the hooch trees." • TheHoas. I love the hose from hoof to Stead, From head- to "hoof and tail and ..mane; I hive the hese froom hoof'to head, From head to hoof and back again. "I love my (led tho!het of all; ":hen Him' fiat ' porislied on the Cross; And next niy wife. and then I fall Down.: on' my 'knees Ind love' the toss.” --James. 'Whitcomb Riley, Eleotrlcal P,ower.for•Palestine, One of theggroat: endertaltinge fox` resettling Palestine is to 1100 the swift entreat . of the river, -Jordan, from Mount Heriiron,to the Dead Sea to Int,: nisei electrical pow0r for lights; rat,• wnya anti•' industrial.ur roses and p i,, water fel` irrigation, The cost of coal in Paieettr a—about twenty-tive dollars a bon -4s One of'the chief reasons why the country is so' backward in Indus• try and transportation. The, campaign for funds is now going en, and It seems that the ..Taws of Europe and America will provide time 'necessary money to Harness the "one wide riser," W &r/� •4e "- an Offee..''steadv. eih�i�>Sroft ,ab[ e Y ro`Whole re lots s . P I 5}, axauai a.11"' y aod"oc Whole -rebs,, fresh-. iStooko-or ar -,vipe arid. lung, ]1 SO Stook an� a0rv18d. Ivo tenet e:g !aqulp you oro®, A money-ma.hln5. oppartunity, taItka soothers' igeteserioe, ,34Seittkce{f 1