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The Clinton New Era, 1914-07-23, Page 3O. .••••••••.!O•.s••••••..S hone Want Ads l ,' , • The New Era RP _`, Many telephone hubscrfbers • '• find it quite convenient and a : tieue-savor, Experienced ad- •• oilers ,are selways on The New •• Era end, Phone 30. • ,S ••••••••••••••a.••••..••••s. Thneedge, ,July 23rd; :" 1014. Every Page Has Newsy hemi •••••••••••••••N•.••••.•• • Try us for Job Work in all 1i. its br'•inckles. ' • cs cs A tria1 will convince you that we know our • business. a •▪ 811111811111119.111111101111111111111011111111111111111111 • X Local News Will pay for'the New Era- to new subscriteis in Oanada frorn now un tit the end of the year. If you are already a suhseribei accept the -chance to send the New Era for the balance ot the year to , your distant son daughter or friend who will , ap- preciate reading the Home news. MINOR LOCALS. News on. every page. The New ,Era gives the news. Local and district news on page 3 iWarrn weather again this'wee'k. Good afternoon! ;Have you renew .ed your New Era subscription? /Advertise inthe New Era. Certainly the weather has been op pre;seive the past trees days and 'we'll have more of it. et woreldlbe a /singular 'Canadian nnidsummer' if ouch were mot the case. (Cook's Cotton Root Compound. The great Uterine Tonic, and only safe effectual Monthly Regulator en which women can depend. Sold in throe degrees. of strength -No. 1, SlkoNo. 2, 10 degrees stronger 4;3; No. 3, for special cases, t5 per box. Bold by. all drugg' sts, or sent prepaid on receipt of price. • Free pamphlet. Address: TN�Ilf t0ODKMEDIOINIQO..TODONTO,ONT. (forma'lyW►adaor) WON HIS, GAME The London Advertiser 'of Thurs day last reports two baseball n ateches played at the cadetrcam.p .During thelafternoo.n and evening two first-class taseball .matches were staged Stratford defeating St Thomas by 10 to 6 and Guelph win nogg from Windsor by 0 to 7. The ileiature t'f the latter game was the (pitching of)'Whitey" ora J. McKay for Guelph. "Whitey really is a ringer for his home town is Clinton, but whatever he is not he certainly is score pitcher. Man .after wan hefansied mixing up the balls inat way that had the balemen ',guessing ellthe time, He seenned to be. able to de anything her liked with a baseball. lEIe could throw inourves, ourcurves, (balls [that rose andballe that faded iaway, No• wonder Guelph g of him to pitch for /hem. Whitey" ' the ringer turned out to heeack McCaughey .so it con be easily uulderstood that 'he made "monkeys" of the oppon ents. OVER AN ABYSS. OUR COUNTRY FACTS ABOUT CANADA Winnipegs assessment, 1912, $214,300,- 440; 1900, $25,077,400. The ships of Canadian Pacific flail way carry annually over half amillion' passengers; have a staff of over 12,100 and travel collectively a distance equal to 57 times around the world, Kingston's census population 18,874; new buildings, 1912, 645,774. The Montreal city administration consists of a mayor, fourcommission- ers and thirty-one aldermen Population of Northwest Territories, 1001, 20,129; 1911, 16,951. Decrees, 3,178 Vancouver has seventeen parks, comprising 1,144 acres. Value of new farm buildings in Man itoba, 1912,3 3,380,315. Martime Provinces field crops, 1912, value, $40,000,000. Manitoba's 1912 dairy products, $1, 001,637, viz.: Butter, Sl 1,834,870;cheese, $ 69,760. Nova Scotia has 640 miles of bitum Wens coal area, the only large coal field in Eastern Canada. Two hundred and twenty million bushels of grain were inspected at Winnipeg last year. 1912, 047, 382 Ontario's barley crop, acres, grew 19,232,275 bushels, oa al the rate of 29 7 bushel per acre. Saskatchewan holds the world's re- cord for wheat gl own for commercial purposes, Fort William, Ont.- Census popula tion, 16,499; bank clearings, 1912, $40, 503,087; new buildings, 114,211,285. The ships ot the Canadian Pacific Railway burn over 3,800 tons of 'coal daily; placed in line,they would reach over three and a half miles. The three prairie provinces produc ed 183,220,000 bushels of wheat in 1912 out of a total of '99236,00) bushels Brandon le etanitope's second city population (census), I3,839; now much greater. .A Narrow Escape From a Broken Snow Bridge In tho Arctic. The perils of travel over the ice -cap of Greenland are often mention- -ed fn "Loot In the Arctic" by Cap- , tain Ejnar Mikkelsen. Whenever he :and his companions made a sledge _journey they met again and again with uncomfortably narrow escapes. ^Often the treacherous snow collapse •ed beneath their feet and left them ,gasping on the edge of a deep ice fissure. Some of the snow bridges over wide crevasses are safe; others suddenly and unexpectedly break. Naturally it was not pleasant to crawl out on these bridges to test their strength before sending the dog team over. But it had to be done. Captain Mikkelsen tells the story of one such crossing: I pull myself together, tie a rope round my waist and give Iverson the other end. He sits down on the edge of the crevasse with his feet braced hard against the solid snow and hangs on to the rope, while I creep out slowly and cautiously dis- tributing my weight over as large an area as possible. Every time I drive the ice spear in I can hear the hol- low sound beneath me. It means a fall of perhaps a thousand feet if the snow gives way. If the bridge holds up to the middle we reckon that it is safe, and if it bears me as I walk back we reckon that we can take the sledges over. Slowly and cautiously I get, up, stand a moment balancing on my feet, and then back I go, while Iverson hauls in on the rope. I tread as heavily as I dare and try not to think about what will happen if it does not bear. We get the sledges over somewhat to our surprise. We drive over other fissures and, growing bolder, cease to think of danger. There is a very broad one ahead, which I get over all right with my sledge, but just as I am turning round to see how the other sledge is getting on I hear a shout out. from Iverson. round hanging As I look h e is g g down halfway through the snow of the bridge, a good ten feet of it has fallen away behind him. He clutches the sledge, which is still hanging over the abyss,but the dogs do not ,seem to notice anything, they simply keep on pulling, and soon Iverson and the sledge are once more on. firm ground. "See that?" said Iverson, glancing back at the hole and looking quite ased with himself. "Near go, sn't it?" Good Health is Impossible Without a Healthy Action ®f The Kidneys When the kidneys begin to "act up" and fail to filter the blood through them, there passes into the system uric acid and other virulent poisons, which will cause some of the severest and most deadly diseases known to mankind. On the first evidence of the approach of kidney trouble Doan's Kidney Pills should be used, and serious trouble avoided. Mr. Israel Drost, Bath, N.B., writes: -"1 am sending you this testi• monial telling you what a wonderful cure Doan's Kidney Pills made for me, My kidneys were so bad I was helpless for about two months. I used several kinds of pills, but none of them seemed to be doing me any good. At last I was advised to try a box of Doan's Kidney Pills. When I had taken the first box I found relief, and then I got another, and by the time I had taken it, I was completely cured." Doan's Kidney Pills are 50 cents per box or 3 for 8,125, at all dealers or mailed direct on rrceipt of price by The T. Milburn Co.. Limited, Toronto, Ont. When ordering direct specify "Dean's." A Book By 2,000 Scholars. Wilfred Merton has lent to the London library a volume containing two sections of the famous Chinese encyclopedia, which he picked up for a small sum in a London book shop. The, volume comprises ` sections 19,865., and 19,866, and chiefly deals with the subject of bamboos. The "Yung -Lo -Ta -Tien," or "Great Dic- tionary of Yung Lo," comprises, as pointed out by Prof, Giles in the Nineteenth Century of April, 1901, 22,877 separate sections bound up into 11,100 volumes, "each half an inch to thickness, so that were all the volumes laid flat one upon an ,other the column thus formed would • reach a height' of 450 feet, or nearly !forty-six feet higher than the top of St. Paul's. The Great Encyclopedia of China easily, ranks as the biggest literary 'undertaking in the world, having had lover 2,000 scholars engaged in its compilation and containing a total of • `1917,480 pages and 366,992,000 char- eaters: • Telephone Figures. An Official Admission - J Speaking at a Dominion Day' hen quet in London, Pion. G. H. Perley, by authority, it is evident, of the Domin ion Government, frankly reviewed general conditions in Canada, He said that he stood up for Canadian business honesty, but be would at the same time admit that the English investor should now exercise caution,Referring to immigration,he said, we feel that for the present it is not well that any should emigrate without means. These statements are likely to he interpreted in England as in effect an official notice of the collapse of the Canadian boom, and they will, doubt- less, materially influence the already rapidly declining movement of espital and immigrants to this country. The total foreign credit put at Canada's disposal, as we have shown, was, in 1913, $ 443,000.000, and in 1914, 3313, 000,000, of which, according to official estimates current last year as much as $140,000,000 was brought in by ininli grants. The reduction of foreign cred it, however derived, will have necess arily important consequences, among which will be enforced economy, 00 employment, and shrinkage of the values of securities, buildings and land It is nnfortunate that the boom does not offer higher rewards to capital and labor by which the unemployed now gathering in the cities might be drawn to the land,e,nd presently, perhaps, the tide of immigration set again mov ing to productive industry. Many will wince at Mr. Perly's state met that the Mackenzie and Mann guarantee and the 616,000,000 bonus to the G.T.P. were made not only to promote the two transcontinentals, put to protect the investors in Eng land who had already put money in them. How far is the principle of guaranteeing foreign investments to be carried? The continuous developement of tele phone systems throughout Canada is patent to all observers, but an ofit,cial report issued from Ottawa, shows by actual figures that the advance is even more remarkable than most people imagine. Organizations reporting totalled 1. 075, as against 683 in 1912, but even then it is stated ever one hundred systems failed to send in their figures, In 1912 there was one phone in use for every 19 3 persons composing the pop elation of the Dominion; In 1913, one for every 162 persons, with many re turns not made, probably one for each. 15.2, if absolutely complete The cost of telephone systems of all classes during 1913 was $69,214,971 as compared with 350,887,709 in the prey ious year; , miles of wire in operation, 1,092,586, Employes in 1913, 12,867; wages, 66,839 308, as compared with $2 659,041 only two years ago These figures certainly tell a mar vetoes story, and the beauty of it is that this invention did 'not displace labor, but created an entirely new channel of employment, The family remedy for Coughs end. Colds "Shiloh costs so litVs end does so much," Secretary Reform Association. Toronto, July 10. -Mr. W. 11. Adana of Toronto. has been appointed general secretary of the General Re form Association of Ontario. to sue teed Mr F. G. Inwood. who recently re signed. Mr. Adams will assume his new duties on Monday. The new general secretary is a young man. He has been Dominion organ izer for western Ontario since the generalelection of 1911, and has proved himself a thorough enthusiast and a hard worker, It is. Mr. Adams, intention to visit the various' constituencies personally anb place himself in touch with the local workers. HOW CHILDREN. GROW Children grow by nourishment -not overloaded stomachs or rich foods but qualities that are readily converted into life-sustaiiting•, blood; too often their digestive powers cannot procure these qualities from ordinary foods which results in weaknese, dullness' and sickness. If your children are under -size, under - *eight, catch cold 'easily,are languid, backward, pale or frail, give them Scott's Zmulsion which is pure medicinal nourish- ment. It sharpens the appetite, builds healthy flesh, firm muscles and active brains. Scott's is growing- food g,for children. Refuse alcoholic substitutes. • riot Weather Food Tips - — Ice (will last! 'mluch longer AA is wrapped in brown. paper over which to towel is tightly packed Vegetables or fruit for .salad may be chilledquickly if placed upon a sheet of waxed paper and laid, di rectly on the ice. Be careful to wash the top of (the milk botiile beforry ,openveng 11 each• time as the Milk which 'collects around the rim is eiabld to be sour and will taint {theiilresh Milk in the bottle unless +recovered. Milk will 'peep fresh longer in a stone jar tbatlbns 'been- chilled f)htaln it'w'il , in a .bo'ttle. The tar must 'be closed ,at the top , with a pasteboard tip which fits closely the same as the bottle, Butter should always be kept in stone jar with the lid oa tight other wise itis liable to absorb odors of other foods kept In, the chest, All boiled water when bottled to cool must be !tightly corked as boiled water absorbs impurities !more q'ri4ckly teniraw, 'water 'V left uncovered. :All ,acid drinks such as (femora• ade or fruit plinth elhould Wever be mixed oa.served Ina: metal pitch ell ' :61sd a;glass, or elitism 'orfs. A11 leod'e thtatmtuist be kept ni'oistt (such; as cold meat or chicken sliced; egg or the like should be rolled, or folded inch, clean dampen ed ,njaplci0. This will keep them from) drying out et the edges. (*Wet towelapregd 'over tele top of the ice box before th(eeid is closed will keep out the hot fair and Iessets the(3ee bill. ll.emonnde or any, e. and drinks should [never be kept in the fee chest es it is liable to curdle any foods cooked with milk that hap- pen to be teethe box at dm sane time. (Foods cooked with milk ab sorb foreign. odors very'quinkly a!nd colon, lose their original taste. Never take 'iced drinks with the meal 'ad the -cold hinders the 'di gesellen 'o;tfoodl in,lthe stoneac',h which/ is moat seneative isa .hot w,at'her, Postpone the, lemonade and ice tea drintkin,g until at these hours 'after the meal, (,Berries ° should; never betlhlulle0 Until jut befos'ethe lineal) other wise they Rase (muck of their .fresh- ness 1ancktaste 1, [Cheese .!should never belkepbin the icelchest aaQts strong odor permeates the other articles' of food Keep it in.a.closeli dish( ontthe side beard lwrappedinlla (dam,p napkin otherwise it becomes dry and oily. 1eTever keep,pasttry i i the ice box as it ,soon becomes soggy,, (FLave. besmall( 'separate dielh•Ufoe each. article of food. eellilttle dish will generally anewer the same pue pose fns thei plate 'anditakes up less [,room. !1Maki yolurlenonadel all et one; time. Use airlift jar with a rubber ring and screw top. Cut the lemons remove elseeeeds. squeeze the juioc in:o(the jar add 'slices of rind and any other fruit you may desire suf01 Meat sugar to s'weoten to taste but,, no;wlater. lScrewf the (top of the! jar dlntight ;andp�ieit Incltod1 •Ipiace. When iemoluiatcle is required pour a portions ,of the} juice in plglass, add 5Vlater 'amid ice( and it as weedy to selrve. Tiros ,dbes away:With ,the tem -able Of cutting:.femonpl Ler-' eral (times during .•the day, es - earillnix WESTERN PAIR LONDON, CANADA Ontario's Popular Exhibition September lint to 19th. h. 191 4 . INCREASED PRIZIE LIST Magnificent Programme of Attractions, Two Speed (Events Daily New Fireworks every night. COME AND SEP The Dominion Experimental Farin Exhibit and The Canadian Royal Dragoons The Con, T. Kennedy Shows will fill the Midway. Music by the Best available Bands Reduced Railway Rates Commencing September 11tH Special Excursion Days, Sept. 15th, 1Gth, 17111. All Tickets good till Sept. 21st. ALI: INFORMATION FROM P1310 SECRETARY W. J. IREID, president' A. 110. RUNT, Secretary peci,ally where there are little folks who ewe always; "thirsty" Afgesh supply should beanlade each'day in the morning when it is cool, GUARD AGAINST CIIt,'I.ERA INFANTCI'I (C1uolercl intdaneum is one of the most l,tattil aiimeluts of ch.ildhuod and during the hat summer months thoaus,a;nids oflittle lives are lost by its aiavages. The best way to guard; against it, is to 'give tine baby, an.oc_asionlal dose of ,Baby's OWes T:ablt'ts, The Tablets never fail to[regulate the bowels and sweeten the stomach thus prevent ing choicest inrfantune diarrhoea dyse'ntryand all other stomach and bowel complaints. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25)cents 'ra. box from The Dr, Wil Hams' :Medicine Cc.;Brocleville Oeittiario; Western University Music Examinations theae mu is live aanina iing are iresultse ly ouls recently held by the Western University and local centres in rffnron County. The required for pass was 65; (honors 75, anal kirk! class iho(n(ors 8r5 1 iGoeteri' if ' St. Joseph's IC,on,vent. IGnade 'A, plainer -Toad H. Carey. Grade 3, Piano- ast class honors - L. [Macklin, Pass -P'. Galt. IGnadet lt'Pianta-Honors-M. Gar rojw. ,Grade ft,Rudiimen'ts-lst. ;Class lionors-.E, feealt, L,•Macklin, ;Hon ors -G;. 'Porter. Genitors il'rade 2,, leesino-1st class :honors -V. Snyder M .Toll Pass -I. Shaw grade •11 Piano-1'se class homers -Nit (Woodmmami Heroes -C. Al- cock, J. Alcock, lfelnsail. grade [3,Piano-list, class (honors B1abkiek, 'E, Ivisom, ewes._ .Melioner es.- .M'eD:n9a ell Grade 2 Piano -list all class honors Re. , Broadfoot, R. Slavin, Hoe. on+s-MI. Byekmia(nOO, (Grade 1, Piano-lst. class lionprs -I. Brintnlell, 'G, Broadfoot. Passed Entrance to Normal School The results ohf the;departmeneal exraminatione for entrance into the Model schools senior High school entrance senior public 'schools elation r !oma ower ec loo ex amination lfo•r entrane e into the INtormal 'schools. and faculties of education are announced. The car tificates of successful candidates and the statemc ts, s ',of marks of ,tli;ose wh,o,failedi thatliave toot already been mailed :to principals inspectors wilube sent in the course of adew.- nays. IbI' Andrews hon., A..Aschibald, S. 0. Armstrong, W.' T. Armstrong, F.N. Allan hon. L.X. Bowler.J.G Bowler hon G J. Beiatofn, Chowen, J.111. Cook, E•F.F Copp, P. A.'Glanniglram, Tt.1141. (Carswell, W. A (Crich, L. C. C'nnttelion L. J. Chammcy, W. H. Dearman, (E.Dun seadge, M W. Dalton, A Dewar, G. iv. Edwards 14 I. J. Elliott eel, Edge til: A. Fisher, ;E::Freemian 3d, M. Foran A. II. Glazier, I. Greig er„J.li. ;Geddes, hon. H. C. Grav, J. L Green, M.H. Gibson, A. Haines H. R. Hall,D. E. Haugh A.113. Henry bon, N. W. Ribbert, LeM. Howatt, L. C.iJackson., .J J. Jackson, E: 91. Jamieson, R. G. Keyes J. M. G. Kerr, L4, J. Larkin, 011. H. Larkin E. L. Lockridge, L. O. Longmlan W, L•, Louville, V, P. Murphy A,et, 1M.Zines B. ilefacQuwxrietK. McGregor J. A. J. W. McGregor, C, MMeLean. D. el. Millen 11 Noble; :A. Patterson lion. A. (Petrie,, 11. I'arsbne, 'C. E H,f G: JRoss, G. O. Robertson 1,,, H. Rutherford, E,,C. 'Sanderson D. W. Shipley, Et P. Scott R.;A. Sinclair F. P. Sullivan CeScott, dlh Snell, bB, Shaw, A. S, Townsend, E. Turn bull, M Turnbull, H.K.V naVelso,L.A. Wark, 'G. Wallis, C. A. E. Williams, G.IE. t Wootton, Lilian Watson, A. Wielimasoins `1 eel, Watson, ,Y. 1 Wheatley, IQ', A, Yuill. ADVERTISING -ISMS. Advertising rises superior1to sea eons and ithermo,meters. Reduced fares on all railroads to Stratsord Old Boys' Reunion Aug. 1 to 8 jb' ° 1 a Falr Pmpasltion • "Are you able to support my daughter?" asked the old gentleman. "You know she has pretty .expengive tastes, and I dop't mind saying that the burden has been pretty hard for me at times." "That's just the point," exclaimed the prospective'benedict. "If I marry her we can divide the expense?" Wings of the Bat. The wings of bats are merely hands. The fingers are very long and joined by a membrane similar to that of a duck's foot, only thinner. This membrane is extended up the arm, along the body and down to the legs and tail. The thumb is very short and its nail is extended to form a hook or claw, gradd'p I 1 1 -_.- 0•o•••••••••a•••e••••s••••••••a•s•••••••••.•••••s•••• :• Our Weekly Short Story • y • • ••••••••••••••••s.••s•••••.•ss•••a•••••6..s•••.••••• • • �•. •��� �TTTTT "Dicky Ames, you're the most pro- vokingg"-'- "But best brother that ever lived," concluded Richard Ames. "Look here, Maude. P11 give up my intention of taking Miss Hempsted out driving and devote' the time instead' to the noble cause of rummage, but only with the understanding that if 6 give up the /so- ciety of the beautiful Miss Hempstecl for sweet charity I am ,to pick my own company. "The way you fired me at Nella Brewster's head the, ,night of the church sociable was nothing short of indecent. If she doesn't want to speak to me again why should you deprive her of that satisfaction? "It's not a satisfaction," insisted Dick's sister. "Nella is as utterly mis- erable as you, and you know it," "She didn't 'look that way this after- noon when I passed her skating 'with Ben Harkinson,"' commented Dick, "She's game.. She would smile if she ,ma me toothacue nun nappenea to see you coming," persisted Maude. "She wouldn't let you see that sbe was hurt by but -well, haveacted,w , the wa way you any woman can see that she is dread- fully hurt." "So much bort that she could not an- swer a letter of abject apology I sent her," suggested Dick.' "Did you really send it?" demanded Maude curiously. "She says she never got it and that you didn't evenanswer, hers." "Because there was none, to answer," retorted Dick. "Come on, now! Let no get down to the church and to that. charity which is its own reward." Maude paused uncertainly. It was the first time that Dick had spoken freely about his quarrel with Nella Brewster, and she wanted to sound the trouble to its greatest depths. But here was Dick drawing oft just as she had seemed about to reach the bottom. That the trouble had been trivial at the start she knew, and with two per- sons like her brother and Nella it was hard to tell where the trouble might end, but the chances were that they would drift farther and farther apart. Meekly she slipped into her wraps and prepared for the walk to the church, where a rummage sale for the poor was being prepared. Old F pouting clothes we aurin g in to be sold to the needy for .whatever their slender purses could afford, When Maude led Dick into the Sunday school room. he ^ whistled in surprise at the stacks of clothing. "I didn't know that there were so many' old `clothes town,"he de - trinreii wOnaern,lr,Y+' upu Guo•:vt the Workers dleected him briskly toward pro' of the piles. "This is only the first lot,", she said. 'These are the men's and boys' clothes. Will you help get those straightened out? We want them sorted roughly by elves." Dick followed the example of the other men in the room and slipped oft his coat before,he attacked the pile of garments. Here were clothes of all sizes and weights, and as lie picked up the Melt garment one of the men on the, other side called to him. "Better go through all the pockets first I found a dollar bill in a vest awhile ago, and Cheevers did better than that. He found two." "We should leave them in the cloth- ing," suggested Dick. "Perhaps' the donors put them there on purpose." "They forgot them," declared the oth- er man as he turned to lay a coat on its proper heap, and Dick again bent to his task. The pile of clothing seemed formida- ble, but with half a dozen men work- ing briskly they had disposed of the entire lot before the mounds of fem- inine 'wear were half sorted. "They' are stopping all the time to taik about styles," explained Cheevers. "The moment they get a dress that is out of the ordinary they, all stop to see how it's made." ' "I heard Gracie Cbester say tbat at last she could be .certain' that Mrs. Pomeroy's dress wasn't silk lined," an- swered Dick, with a chuckle. "By the way," went on Cheevers, "here's something I found in the over- coat of the little darkey that the Brew- sters brought up from the south with them last winter. Looks as though Alexander had been holding out some letters on you." He passed over a thin package of letters, and Dick gasped. The envel- opes were grimy and worn, but he could see that they were some letters from himself that never bad been de- livered and others from Nella that had shared the same fate. He recognized even the letter in. which he had sought to win forgive- ness for all he bad said during their last quarrel -a quarrel which bad start- ed over some of her letters which he now held In his hand for the first time.' There was a bulky one from Nene that he opened first, and his heart glowed as he realized that without waiting for bin to speak Nella had ,written her own letter of forgiveness. It was clear now. Alexander wag 'worse than forgetful. He coieleseept forget because he never seemed to know anything. The letters that were handed him lie tailed to deliver and then lied out of it eskeeekiiweete Sneed, Now Nella wan angry because Dick had not answered her gracious little note, and he could not blame her when be knew that she never had received any of Ins more rt, ce tlettas +l He slipped the pah1 �ock. et with a word of tlianks to Cheevers, and then he left the turmoil of the rummage sale to look for Nella. He met her just leaving her home, and as be came up the walk she, re- garded him curiously. "I came to deliver my letters in per- son and to make certain of their de- livery," announced Dick. "Can you give me a few minutes?" Nella made no move to re-enter the house, and Dick was too wise to press the point. "I was helping Maude at the rum- mage sale," he explained. "Cheevers found these letters in Alexander's old overcoat. I might explain that when I left my letter this thick one -Alexan- der was just going out, and he had his overcoat on when he came to the door, but he promised to deliver it to you at once. His ideas of delivery seem to be to stuff things in his pocket and forget all about them." Nella started as she recognized her own letters, and hastily she glanced over some of them. She saw in a mo- ment what Dick had already realized, and her lips trembled as she recalled the misery' she had suffered since the quarrel. She loved Dick very dearly, even well enough to offer forgiveness when she had felt that he was in the wrong, and to have him make no reply to the kindly letter had hurt both heart and pride, Now she could see that Dick had promptly cancelled his error and that . all the suffering had been caused by, one small and very black youngster, who had been brought home from the south because he had seemed so "cute.'! "I am afraid that Alexander will never make a messenger for Cupid," said Nella softly. "I am so sorry, Di le that we trusted too much to him, but I had no idea that he was so careless. Think of the trouble that he has caused ns both! Will you come in and" - "Make ap?" asked Dick promptly. "To be sure I will and only too glad to do it." She led the way into the house and as the great hall door swung shut be• hind , them he caught her in his arms and covered her face with kisses. :Al low chuckle from the far end of the ball disturbed them, and without a word Dick darted down into the shad There followed wild yells and the sound of strange expletives. Dick came back flushed, but smiling. "I shook him`, some," he explained, "for both you and me. Wasn't it Just like Alexander tobe hanging' around?" "He will be sent home, declared Nella. "We cannot trust him again. You were a dear, Dick, that you didn't kill bim." "I wanted to," admitted Dick; "but, then, what's the use? I've got you again, and ,all because I helped Maude atthe rummage sale. She said that Charity like virtue, was its own re- ward, but I didn't realize the high pre- mium I paid." PERT PARAGRAPHS. IT is always safe enough to Insult a prizefighter. Professional etiquette would prevent him from fighting with- out first arranging for the' gate re- ceipts. e ceipts. Excuses are something that every- body makes and nobody wants, so what becomes of them? It is a good thing to think that we deserve well or we wouldn't have the nerve to criticise our neighbors. Honesty is generally regarded as a positive condition, but it probably de- notes a negative degree of temptation. Being dead a long time doesn't seem so objectionable.. Those experiencing it never kick. Gratitutbe has no more to do with reason than„sentiment has with good- ness. The best way to•aconomize is to fix things so you won't r;-,eed•to economize. When a man is crossed• in love it is his own fault. He should have had bis fingers crossed. Official Protest. I don't like a man who 1s fussy. Do you? It may be all right in a woman,' But who Can stand for a beau Whose hair must be so Or the world to an end 11 will send, Don't you know? The masculine creature's the limit Who must Be spotless and speckless and dustless or bust. It gets on my nerves curves, r To follow his cu 4. As the man in a tree ,vert weds' •i 1r a 3 .r,” Observeo y Sr No objection i make to the man "W- WII() is neat, But If he must also be cunning "1" - es, ease' And sweet 1-'°" ('lease hand me an ax, f I want to relax wet f 'r'l And go to the length With what strength * , .1 can tax, '! Let a man be a man,' Not an ape, I Not daffy and gone On his shape. Be needn't be rude, Uncultured or crude, • But if he's a fusser- Well, fishes need food. Not Bargain Day. "A penny for your thoughts," said the flippant young man who could think of nothing else to say. "Sir," said the pretty young author. ess with flashing eyes, "you have in- • suited me." "I assure you," stammered the young man, "no harm was intended." "Probably not," she replied, growing somewhat calmer, though still stirred deeply, "but I would have you know that I can get 10 cents a word and up- ward for my thoughts." Evidence. "They used to be engaged." .' "Aren't they now?" "Why?" "She says she doesn't love him any more." "Her taste must be improving." Accommodating Language. "Even though a marriage may be ar- ranged by her relatives against her will a women has to give her consent at the altar." ,,., iffy. I r ° "Of course." ► ta, "And if else says not"- "Thea there is no knot." I Unprotected. "I didn't know Jenks was married." "It happened very suddenly. Ole taet her at a summer resort, and they were married' in less than a week." "Poor chap. I told him not to go away without taking out some acci- dent insurance." More Formal, "Mamma, the policemen here are all named. Robert," commented the small boy who was making his first visit to London, "I guess not" "Everybody calls them Bobbie." Clever. Man. "1 don't believe a word that man says"' - , "It isn't necessary, is it?" "Why, what do you mean?" "He makes his touch just the same." Borrowed One. "I have an ideal" • "Have a you?" i 4r; "Good one too." 1 "Glad to hear it. Whose is it? .'('t• Off Season. The pugilist must take a rest. This is his day of gloom. — While making faces, at his Pato .t bio has to stand aroundand wait And give the: football room.