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Clinton& Ontario
THE PRIDE DIDN'T APPEAL
TO, HIM AT ALL.
The following is from The' London
Free Press of yesterday:
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A missionary from Henan, a dea-
coness from Toronto, and a poultry-
man from Brussels all owe to ,the
Royal City on the same train yes-
terday from the North. The deacon-
ess and the missionary sat together
for part of the way and the poultry-
man sat behind. The missionary got
talk about economic conditions in the
Far East and mentioned the fact'that
meat diet was unusual over there.
"I have been in China 25 years and
hnast of that time oiir only meat was
ehiekcn," he told the deaconess, who
was listening in rapt .attention, l'Bilt
chicken is away up in pike D°w:,. We
to ,pay about 10 cents for to
chicken now and that's four times
what they need to coat,"
-. Enthused arid-, ,Somewhat Curried:
away by the strange taloa of the mis-
sionary, the deaconess turned amend
in hoe seat and said, "There, now,
young. men, if you would go as mis-
sionaries to China you could have
chickens for 10 cents each."
"Well,'lneclam," replied the prafse-
sional poultryman from Brussels, "I
guess 1'11 stay away from that coun-
try. 1 hardly ever get less than $25
apiece for mine,"
A STUDY FORBOYS AND GIRLS.
Everyonehas seen agTall of oats.
It is very small and common looking
and yet it contains a living plant. The
exarnifation of an oat grain shows
that it is made up of two main parts,
the outer covering or the hull, and
the . kernel containing the germ or
young plant. The hull serves topro-
tect the kernel but is of little value
for food, therefore the oat with a
thick heavy hull is not the best kind
to grow. "A guide in the .Study and
Improvement of Plants and Seeds"
is a phamphlet prepared by the Can-
adian Seed Growers' Association, and
distributed free upon application to
the Publications Branch, Department
of Agriculture, Ottawa, It has been
prepared as a guide for boys and
girls in the study and improvement
of seeds and plants. Owing tp the
oat's relative importance among cul-
tivated crops, and to the fact that it
lends itself admirably to special in=
vestigation, it has been chosen for
this study. What is said about this
plant as regards methods of improve,
hnont will apply equally to wheat and
barley but not to corn or potatoes or
to the grasses and clovers.
Only about twenty dollars of taxes
were left unpaid at the expiration
of the time limit in the village of
Blyth.
R. BRITTO.N
WOMEN Aug WELL PLEASED
•
with our bread winch saves them the
work and bother of home baking;
and provides them with far finer
bread than they could possibly pro,,
duce themselves. Just try a loaf
and see holy both you and all the
rest of the family would. enjoy it as
you never did enjoy bread before.
Try it once and you will usesit
always. -10c. a Loaf
Phone 159
Drys}oods
and
House
Furnishing
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PRONE 78.
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Furs
and
Readyto-
Wear
Garments
Our wish for you
A ' erry Christ i c'as
A Happy ew Year
URINE this period of rapid
changes and new ideas, it is
satisfying to know that the senti-
ment above, and the sincere wish
behind it, has remained unaltered
I1)141 PITY ;(UIVINC SPAY '1'Q
X'RACTICAL J5+ ioRT ON 11E-
IIALIv.OF CANADA'S SIX
THOUSAND BLIND
You have doubtless been interest-
ed in what You have read Or heard
regarding the progress of a nation -
el effort on behalf of the blind of
Canada.
Do you realise just what this effort
meads ?
liege are some of the things that
are being Gene:
Industrial training and employ -
went is being provided for the blind
in centres stablished In Halifax, To-
ronto, Winnipeg and Vancouvgr,
Useful handioretta and the reading
and writing of embossed characters
are taught in the homes of those
blind people who for various reasons
are unable to take training et one of
the e u i centres, r la •
g
Theproduct the i nl - • ce '
of ge 1 o e wort is
is bought and sop.
Personal contact is established
with recently -blinded persons and
with ewes which are sometimes so
old that they become new in a. very
real sense. This s woxVr is d ne
p by an
Agent. experienced Field A nt.
p g
Books, magazines, and music in
engrossed typos are circulated free
to the blind of Canada, The monthly
average ciroula,tion of books, etc., is
clow to eight hundred, The lase -
tate also arranges for the transscrip-
tion of music for any of its members
at cost -price.
An active publicity propaganda
dealing with various dangers to
which the eye le subject is carried
on, and this is followed up with per-
sonal work, -looking to the larger
co-operation of medical men and
nurses, employers of labor, Boards
of 'Education,, e-tc., in the vital matter
of preventing blindness.
A residence and training centre,
"Pearson -Hall," has been provided
where blind soldiers may find
congenial conditions while . tak-
ing vocational instruction;
In this connection it may
be interesting to know that the Insti-
tute has entered into an agreement
.with the Department of Soldiers'
Civil Re -Establishment, under whieh
the Institute has established an af-
ter care depprtment for Canaditin
Soldiers blinded in the tear.
There are other things,. but they
may all be summed up by saying that
the Institute endeavors in very prat -
Veal way to advance the inter'tsts_
of the blind and to ameliorate the
conditions under which they live.
Will you aid in supplying the most
vital need of this work?
Then mail your cheque to the Carr -
adieu National Institute for the Blind,
36 Ring St. East; Toronto, Ont.
A NEW CALENDAR.
A now calender made up of thir-
teen months of 28 days each—the
new month to be interposed in
November's present place and to
receive the name of Liberty, in
commemoration of the peace wh-
ich elided the world's most ter-
rible war. has been adopted by
business men of Minneapolis, who
hope it will became universal.
This new calender gets rid of the
365th day by appointing it separ-
ately and perenially New Year's
Day. The salient features of
the .proposed new system are as
follows ;— New Year's Day, 1 day
13 months of 2S days each, 364
days. Total 365 clays. New Year's
Day. would have no name or.dato on-
ly New Year's Day, The next clay af-
ter New Year's Day would always
be Sunday, January 1st. Lean year
conning every four years would have
no name only leap year day, 1020,
1024, 1028, etc. Fixed holidays would
always be on the same day and date
in each and every year. Sundays and
each day of the week would also be
on the same days anti dates each year,
thereby simplifying the whole system
of time reckoning.
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RESTORATION OF PASSENGER
TRAIN SERVICE
EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, DEC. 28th
1919.
Normal passenger train service
whieh was temporarily reduced due
to the coal shortage,'... will be re-
sumed.
For full particulars apply to
agents.
A. 0. Pattison, Depot Agent.
JOHN RANSFORD SON,
Phone 55, Uptown Agents
eiss
W FURS
WANTED
Highest cash prices
paid for
Skunk, Raccoon
and Mink
Enquiries promptly
answered
ROSS LIMITED
MANUSACTtiitai11
Esfntlishod 1005
LONDOH - - owr,
ID'S 1'1117 LII J , J30YrS,
I1"S TIM I,IFE.
la31eroft Imes; Every °nee in it
while mime eheeirful indiy'iduat re-
Mar'ks to us: "Well, now that the
paper"'is out, X suppose youean take it
easy for two or three days?" Yes,
how delightful it is that a country
editor has nothing to, do between
press days, I3usineas runs along au,
tongatically, When paper bills come
due Money drops off the trees, with
which to pay them. Subscribers vie
with .each other to see who can pay
the farthest in advance, Advertisers
beg for additional opiate, And the
way the news hiingts up the edition is
also pleasant to contemplate. There
is something strange about the way'
the news items cwt. When the paper,
is out the editor simply goes basic to
his . easy chair and looks wise and
waits for next 'week's press day. The
day before press day the people line
upinfront of t re office door 1
r 1 e 49r ant
they file past the desk and tell lura
ell the news of the week. He writes
it up in fifteen or twenty minutes,
takes it back and -Wangs it on a hook.
The compositors take the copy and
shakes it over the type cases, , say a
few mysticstic words,thet
type flies into
to
glace and after a few passes the
,a p e by
foreman the forms• are ready for the
press again, • And the editor goes
clown and deposits some more money
in: the bank. IS is the greatest snap in
the catalogue. Now if the' editor
could only do away with press day his
job would be complete.
Mr. and Mrs. James McClacher'ty
of Goclerich are moving to Detroit.
,
THE SCOTCH ARE
ALWAYS CANNY
Jean Blewett, writing in Every-
woman's World, tells the following
story:—A young Canadian officer who
was being made much of in the old
country remarked' that the way differ-
ent hostesses met his request for more
sugar in his tea was significant, in
that it displayed national traits, "For
instance," he said,' "I say to our Irish
entertainer, 'Please, Ml's. Holan, may
I have another spoonful of sugar in
my tea?" "You may that, nay dear
boy—here's the bowl and help yourself
to it" I put the query to Mrs. Tre-
thewy, our English hostess, "Certain-
ly," she returns in her calm way,
-"pass back your cup." But when I
sit at Lisbeth Gordon's spotless table,
and bolting in that lady's bonnie face
remark that my tea is not sweet
enough, instead of the Irishwoman's
"Help yourself" or the English wo-
man's "Pass your cup back," the In=
verness lady merely returns in tones
which smack of reproach, "Hae ye
stirred it ? Never taste your tea till
sic time as the sugar's melted, lad-
die,"
NOT ENOUGH WATER,
A shipbuilder tells of an Irishman
who sought employment as a diver in
the service of• one of the shipbuild-
Mg companies. The first job to which
the Irishman was assigned was to be
performed in comparatively shallow
water, He was provided with a pick
and told to use it on a ledge below.
Mike was put .into a diver's suit
and with his pick was sent down to
tackle the ledge. For about fifteen
minutes nothing was heard from him.
Then came a strong, determined, de-
liberate pull at the signal rope, in-
dicating that Mince had a very de-
cided wish to come to the top. The
assistants hastily pulled him to the
raft and reproved the helmit.
"Take off the rist av it," said
Mince.
"Why, what's the matter?" asked
they.
"Take off the rist av it doggedly re-
iterated Mike; "I']1 wur-rk no longer
on a job where I can't spit on ire
hand 5."
THE LAW REGARDING TREES ON
HIGHWAY
A fact that sloes not seem to be
generally recognized is that a tree
planted in front of a piece of proper-
ty belongs to the owner of the prop-
erty and is not subject to municipal
.control. it is very clearly stated in
the Ontario Tree Planting Act, which
says:—Trees so planted (by mdfhicip-
al, park commissioner, or otheuwise)
belong to the owrh'eri: of tile
property 'adjacent to the Ihigh-
way and 'the nearest the tree,
so planted. Such is the case also
with any tree left standing on the
highway," The sante act allows any
municipality to pass by-laws for the
the . planting of trees on highways,
To prevent the planting of any un-
desireable species. To provide for
the removal of trees planted on high-
way contrary to law,
ALMOST - A WHOLE FAMILY
PERISH.
Two sisters, sole survivors of a
ollee..happy faintly, greeted us pleas-
antly, as we visited in a slimly ward
at Muskoka Prue Hospital,
The mouser and several other
members of the family had died of
consumption, and the plague had
marked these two girls also for its
own; but fortunately they, were
found in time.
One of diem said.:. "1 feel the Hos-
pital lute done 111e a ;great deal of
good; everything is lovely,. and .5
like it awful well," The other: "1
httve,gained twelve hounds, and think
will be able W go glome for good
lit. 01k Months,"
Succi is the worst of the Muskoka
y'r'ee - Hospital for Co.nsurnpiives..
Thousands of grateful patienta 0011
testify Co the help they )eve i.'eceiVod
therein, It costs a great deal of
money -to terry an the \vorlc, Will
you help:'
Cont1•ibutlaus Ina lie sent to
Sir Williain (lege, 8d Spadltra avenue,
or Goorge A, Bolts, 323 College street,
Tomenta,
pecelniaer 25th, 19(9
CROSS POR BOTH WIFE
AND MOTHER, OF SQI.Dilalt
Ottawa, Dee, 5, -..'Phe Department
of Militia and Defense announces
with reference to draft ,regulations
respecting the Issue of the memorial
doss to motiher's and wives of de -
,ceased soldiers, which were lately
published in the press, that the re-
gulations, in their final form, pro -
Vide for the issue of two Crosses in
the case of each sailor or soldier
who was survived by both a wife
and a mother. In seelg instances one
cross will bo issued. to the wife and
one to the mother.
If, after beeoming entitled to the
arose, the wife or mother has died
then the cross is ., given
to the oldest of the sailors tit, sol-'-
dier's next of kin, •
IT'S'
r,o PAIR..
A .. ,Seoto11 preacher one Sunday
found his congregation going to sleep
before he had fairly begun.• On see-
ing this be stopped and exclaimed
Brethren, it's no fair, Watt till I
at s'
a tart and then if a
g , nx m no
worth listening tae, gang to sleep ;
but',dinna noel yer pews before I get
conuneneed. Ole it buddy a chance,"
—The Continent.
JAP SOLDIERS iN WAR GAME
Trench Fighting at Night, Mining and
Counter -Mining included in Mod-
ern Combat Practice.
The week's fighting maneuver's of the
Engin_rrs' battatien of the Japanese
Imperials Guards and Fist division
were carried out on a scale never be-
fore attempted, says the Bast and
West News. The war play occurred at
Otahnrn, In the Tochigi prefecture.
The operations included rival armies'
trench fighting at night, exactly as
practiced in the present Europe war.
Mining and counter-mfning, with many&
other special features of modern war-
fare, were practiced. The present type
of hand grenades was used.
Japanese were first to introduce
these missiles at Port Arthur, but the
recent Seam of the grenade is quite
changed and the weapon much 1111.
proved. The Mills standard bomb, a
British inveniton, was chiefly em-
ployed. It is about the size and shape
of a large lemon, is made -of steel, the
outside corrugated into 48 small
squares which, upob explosion of the
bomb scatter in a wide area. It will
not explode untilreleased from the
hand of the thrower. A lever, fitted In-
to a slot at the top, extends halfway
around the circumference and is held
to place by a fixing pin. A small metal
ring upon this pin renders its extrac-
tion easy when ready to be thrown. In
casting, the bomb and lever are tight-
ly grasped in the right hand, the left
foot is advanced and the bomb is
hurled with an overhead bowling mo•
tion, much as in cricket. As the bomb
leaves the hand, the lever, actuated by
a spring, is loosened and fails 'to the
ground, thus removing an impediment
to the true flight of the missle. When
the lever files off, a strong spring is
released, forcing the firing pin into a
percussion cap. This ignites the fuse,
which burns until the main charge of
- ammoolal explodes,
UNKNOWN LAKES AND RIVERS
•
Interior of Labrador Found to Possess
Many Unmapped Bodies of Water.
and Streams.
Chains of lakes hitherto unmapped
Mid rivers equally unknown were tra-
yeried.in the interior of Labrador by
the exploring parties of representa•
-
tares of the National Geographic soca- 1
atx. and the. Carnegie museum. Pitts -
124
Now sold Xh a new waxed bond
package — a great improvement
over the old lead package
Sold only in sealed packages
ou"rgn whi011 arrived at St. Jahns N.
11',, recently, says' 0 correspondent,
The journey covered about 750 runes
over a route never before traveled by
white men and was made more difficult
by the fact that the five Indians who
wereaken alt
t along as ild , gt es proved d e o
be uneedliar with the country.
The party included E. 13, C. Todd,
curator of ornithology in the Carnegie
museum; O. J. Marie, curator of mam-
mals in the same '
institution, and Al.
Prod Marshali of Chicago. -
They left. Seven Islands bay on the
north side of the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
about the end of May and tra filed
north by canoe and portages, reach-
ing Fort Chime, near Ungava bay, Au-
gust 22. In addition to mapping the
country, they studied Its natural his-
tory.
Mr. Todd said the existingrinegs of
a large district were found to be very
Inaccurate and altogether misleading;
having been made by guesswork from
information supplied by Indians.
German idayor Has Sense of Humor.
The Prussian town of Altwasser haus
developed a humorous burgomaster.
The Schwaeb1sch.e Tagwacht says:
"The burgomaster of Altwasser, who
has been flooded with anonymous let-
ters accusing him of failing in his
duty as regards the food supplies, has
caused a reply to his accusers to be
posted at the town hall. It reads:
"'I am blamed in letters for the
scarcity of potatoes, for the heavy
rains and the consequent muddy state
of the streets, and for the unlawful
appropriation of food cards on the part
of many of the inhabitants. Besides
the writers of these missives attack
me for providing my household with
more than I nm -entitled to and fpr
pocketing public funds as salary.
"'I invite some of these pettifogging
spirits, who have no other resource
than to besmirch the reputation of
their public odlcials, to come and dine
with me any Sunday.
"'They would regret not having
stayed at home to partake of the meat
with which they are no doubt provid-
ed, instead of the cabbage and turnips
which they would find representing the
joint on rey table.'"
Japanese Seek Match Outlet.
Plans are now under way to secure
a wide market In foreign countries for
matches of Japanese manufacture. At
one time Japanese matches had an ex-
cellent market both in the East and
in the West, says the Pathfinder, but,
owing to lack of standardization of the
product' and to the marketing of inferi-
or goods by some of the manufacturers,
It finally fell off quite "seriously. It is
now proposed rigidly to maintain a
high standard of qualltsv in all Japan-
ese matches and to have the product
of ail members of the newly formed
match manufacturers' federation in-
spected before shipment abroad,
The Groat crises.
The great erlses oe 1124 are often
like a bolt oli•t of the blue of a sum-
mer day; there is not a moment for
preparation. In such crises all that
a man has bdoing been 1n theway of
preparation, lea auddenY
y bears fruit.
He
often acts in sit iv
net oly ; he does that
whieh he is In the habit of doing and,
because he is In the habit of doing hie
best and all his instincts prompt him
to put forth the best that Is in him,
he selzes the golden moment and
does not discover until afterward that
it was golden, ' `
Period of Rest Coming.
See the studious prang man. How
solemn lie is. Tits brow overhangs like
the back of a snappirg turtle, and he
Is as ominous as the first mutterings of
an earthquake. Be burns the midnight
oil la great quantities, poring over pon-
derous tomes until he Is worn almost
to skin and bones. But never mind, he
will presently have ample opportunity
td rest. In a short while he will be ad -
matted to the bar, and after that be
will not have anything to do
Practtoai Soul.
"So you have been to the mysterious
Orient" said the impressionable young
'woman, "that vast region athrob with
a strange life, gray with the dust of
centuries, and brooded over by the
spirit of the past!" "Why—er—yes,"
replied the practical man, who went
abroad strictly on business. "Do tell
me what you found there t" "The
worst hotels on thafece of the earth."
Touching on Courtship.
Touching courtship In other days,
several Romeos contribute to Coruna
levity of the hour. One asks: "Remem-
,ber the time you had her out buggy
riding and she asked you if you liked
buckwheat or corn cakes best, and you
asked her why she wanted- to know,
and she stuttered, 93•e -c -a -u -s -e,' and
you both tittered, eh?" - L
Evergreen Dress for Statuettes.
Chinese gardeners sometimes plant
statuettes of tiny men firmly an pots,
just like real plants, and then train Sive
evergreens to grow up over these stat-
uettes. The vines thus form a kind of
robe for the statuette men, their white
faces and hands protruding from the
green leaves.
Life's inspirations,
'There is no greater joy than the feel-
ing that some act of ours has Inspired
another to be brave and strong, One
of the beautiful things about right do -
fug is that It is an inspiration to Oh -
1 era. No life Is a real success which has
not scattered inspiration along the
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