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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-09-04, Page 7li >ighthig. a Food Shortage 4...._______________L—__9 Colcl weather came before my beav erneighbors had laid in their food supplies for the winter, says a na- tnraliit. A forest fire drove then out of their old home, and they selected a liew site on i1 elentet not far from my cabin. Along the stream was a ragged growth of quaffing aspens. The beavers built a house of stinks; sod and lime, anti were wonting on a dant when a trapper came into the region. lie broke the dam three or four times. tVhe.n he !finally left, autumn was half gone the limn that was to Snake the rond deep enough to prevent the water from freezing to the bottom was ur.liniehej, and no food had been stored. Late in October I visited the new wildetness home. One ere* of log- gers were cutting aspens:They had cleared a trailveay oto drag the wood through to the pond. The beavers had not finished their harvesting when a heavy tall of snow came, and. they were compelled to turn their at- tention to a, patch of aspens that was, only about sixty feet from the pond but was separated'ft•oin it by a thick belt of pines and a confusion of fallen spruce logs, Tracks in the snow showed that during one night five beavers had wallowed out to the aspens and had .felledand dragged several trees to the pond; but wolves had pounced on one of them while he was at work, and had overtaken and killed another inthe deep snow. The wolves seemed to realize the distress of the beavers, and lurked about to seize the bungee - driven animals. At that point in the struggle the beavers decided to build a tunnel. Beginning at the bottom of the pond near the shore, they dug outward toward the aspen grove. For fifteen feet that subway ran about two feet under the surface, then it in- d:lied upward, and came out under a pine tree erose to the aspens. They built a dragway from the end of the tunnel to the aspens and felled a num- ber And worked them through the Memel to the pond. At last cold, ice, snow and fear of enemies completely stopped the beavers' harvest. Their food supply, as .seen thriugh the clear ice, was less than one half the normal quantity and they began to burrow in the pond for roots and bulbs. Again the cold prevented their work, for the low water froze to the bottom and, shut them off. They were not beaten, how- ever. They dug a canal from their house to the heart of the root area, and kept it open. When the roots gave out, they had to leave the pond or starve. They tried to :new up 'through the ice, and newly succeed- ed; but they discovered unfrozen earth under the dam and tunneled out to the channel of the stream. Tracks of six muddy -footed beavers on the snow at the outer end of the' completed tunnel told the number that survived that cold winter. They lived in holes along the bank of the stream until waren weather, when they drifted away: ' Late the next autumn six' beavers carte back to the pond and put it in shape for winter. C DEEP SEA FISHERMEN ARE VERY SUPERSTITIOUS All seafaring men are credited with being superstitious, but none Is so completely under this influence as the old deep-sea fisherman, • He believes in "signs" and omens of all kinds. Nothing would induce -a skipper of the old school to sail on a Friday. Rumor bas it, says a welter in the "Railway and Travel Monthly," that one intrepid unbeliever who dared to leave the docks at Grimsby on a Good Friday was booted through the lock -gates by the scandalized populace. If a man's hat blew overboard while leaving a port, many slippers would turn back and delay sailing until the next day, It was an omen that one of the crew would be lost during the trip. This sign, however, became discredited, as wily deck hands, desirous of another day ashore with their wives and fami- lies, contracted the habit of going aloft and assisting the wind to foretell disaster. The Oldest of Detective Stories It hes been pointed out that the de tective story is as old as the hills and '' that certain of the "Arabian Nights" forecast "The Murders in. e Rue 1 e r Murthe Morgue" and "A Study in Scarlet" by thousand years or more No better Moil of the antiquity of the deter- Live story ct}ri be found than that of- fered Pfared by• feudal' Japan, which pro- duced the tale of the arrest of the stone god Jizo, • 10 this :;folic story of ancient Yedo the hero detective itiove8 with all the seeming indirection of Leeoq and Du- pin and Sherlock Holmes his marvels to perform, 0-oka was • he, Mayor of Yedo tinder the eighth Shogun and holder of the high justice and the law over all tlio merchants of Tokugawa,s capital, One day a servant employed by the proprietor of a 'big shop near Japan Bridge in Yedo was sent with a heavy pack to a dyer ht Honjo distict, When the store's messenger •reached Yoko- gawa streethe was ready to Beek rest. What more safe invention could have offered than' the little grove of trees' act about the stone seethe ,of the god Jizo, the patron saint of travelers and defenceless Womeneand children? The somnolent pgrter awoke from a nap to find that his employer's cot- ton bad disappeared.• In great dis these he went to the storekeeper and confessed that Ito had slept and that a robber had made off with the goods during his • slumber, The master would • not believe his story, ` saying that 'it would have been impossible for a robber to make off with so large a bundle in broad daylight, Unless the porter should pay for the lost goods he; would have to go to prison, said the master;, In despair the por- ter took counsel of Mayor '0 -aka. . A Pagan Fashion. Tho fashion of keeping little dogs as objects . of luxury is not at all modern, Both Greek and Roman wo- men used to have ' email pet dogs, over 'which they made as much to do as does a fashionable lady of to -day over her poodle. Even men, usually -foreigners, were not ashamed to stroll about the Ro- man streets carrying dogs in their arms. It is said that Julius Caesar,' once seeing some meta thus occupied, sarcastically inquired of them if the women of their country had ho child- ren. War Savings Stamps not only save money but earn it. A new crutch has a spring concealed in the lower end to take up the shock ast i i strikes the ground. If seine folks would use their threshing machines earlier, the boys Would not have so many wild oats to harvest later on, "He only is advaneng in life whose !heart Isgetting softer, whose blood irvarmer, whose brain quicker, whose Spirit ,is entering into living peace." 1 -John Ruskin, ma 'e lou es xiv lxies The same a si a 1 1 ' kindnesses; iinputations of motives (between nations—all these are at Work again, The war bee Untr led, "You are certainly to blame for hav- ing fallen asleep" said the Mayor, "but Jizo is equally to blame, for' he is a god hound to protect everyone who trusts him and this time he has betrayed you. Even though Jizo is a Buddha, I cannot pardon. him for his, neglect of duty. I will have him ar- rested and brought before me for trial." So 0-oka gave.imtnediate orders to his•court officers to go and arrest Jizo. of Yokogawa Street, and bring him before the Mayor's seat for trial. Three of the officers departed on their mission. They first bound the arme of the stone god with coils' of rope; then they tried to lift him from his firm pedestal into a cant. A great crowd assembled before the Jizo, at- tracted by the unusual behavior of the court ofliaers. When they Were told that Jizo must go before the Mayor for trial, the citizens of Yoko - gave Street and the neighborhood of Honjo marveled. . The task of unseating the god was too much for the three officers, and /they sought aid of those standing about. They promised that in return for assistance they would admit all volunteer workers into the courtroom to witness the extraordinary trial. Hundreds were spurred by curiosity to lend a hand, and, when the stone god went through thestreets g g strapped to a cart like any offender the crowd grew. It filled thegreat hall of justice' when Jizo was lifted in and propped up before the platform upon which sat the Mayor.. 0-olta addressed the god in stern terms:— "You are a negligent tool, 0 Jizo!" he exclain d in a voice loud enough for all to lar. "You are supposed; to. protect', everyone who believes in you and who renders tribute, yet this trusting porter here made a prayer to YOU, then fell asleep at your very Leet, and lie was robbed while , Ile slept, You stand accused of being an 'ac- corilplice in this robbery. Have you anything to say for yourself before I pass sentence?'' Mayor `O-oka waited tar a few mo- ments as if expecting the stony lips of Jizo to open in reply, but when no answer was returned by the god he passed sentence immediately. "Since you' do not defend yoiifself 1 consider 'that you are guilty," said His Honor, "and I shall imprison you." At this remarkable spectacle of a Mayor passing sentence upon a stone god there was a titter oe laughter, O-oka thundered in a voice' of brass:---• "'Who are all these people standing about here?" he inquired of his court officers. "Are they acconiplieee of Jizo or only plain thieves? They think t11ie' court is 'a penny show and they laugh at the court's orders. Shut all the gates at once." The frightened attendants hastened tp shut the gates ot the court -room. Then Mayor O-olca adjudged every man in the great `Crowd in contemlit of court and fined each of thein one tan (a kimono Length) of cotton cloth. The hundreds thus suddenly found hi contempt were happy that their pun= ishment had been so light at least, and under bonds they hurried to their homes to being back the cloth fine. Before the day was done 700 pieces of cotton cloth lead been presented be- fore the Mayor's court, the name of each culprit being set down upon the tan. of cotton cloth' which he present- ed. 'Before he would allow the 700 to go, however, 0=oka retired with the por- ter who had been robbed to an inner chamber and he asked the porter to look over the 700. pieces of cloth and see if he could identify any of them as having been once fn' the: pack he. had carried. Since every - manufac- turer of cotton cloth in Yedo always marked the selvage of each strip with a little red, trade -nark stamp the por- ter•searohed the edges of many stripes of cloth for a stamp similar 'to that, borne upon the cloth of which he had been robbed. He found that two of the pieces of cloth brought to pay the Mayor's fine bore the stamp of his plundered pack. Instantly Mayor O-oka ordered the arrest of the two Hien who had brought this cloth; they confessed'to the robbery, and 'all the cloth they had taken from the sleep- ing porter's pack was restored to him. All the other pieces of cloth, taken in toll by the Mayor, were restored to their owners, and all but the two guilty members of the crowd which had attended the trial of Jizo were re- leased. Then Jizo, the stone god, was put on a cart, wreathed with the ever- green pine and the bamboo, symbols of long life and prosperity, and he was carried back to his pedestal in Yoko- gawaStreet at thehes w head of a triumph - 'al nl 'al procession. Jizo had vindicated himself, and Mayor O-olca the wise sat more firmly than ever in his seat of power. WHERE THE ICEBERGS ARE HATCHED. If one looks at an ordinary map, one is surprised to find that Greenland is considerably bigger than South Amori' ea. Which illustrates the distortion of the Mercator projection, inasmuch as South America Is actually about six tinges the size of Greenland. All the same, Greenland is the big- gest island in the world, and once up- on a time it must have been a pleasant place to live in. Plant fossils found there prove that anciently it hall a tropical climate. But it must have been a very long time ago, for to -day nearly the whole of Greenland is covered by an ice sheet with an average thickness of 1,000 feet. From a mountain range two miles high most of the great is- land slopes downward and weseavard toward Bailin Bay and Davis Strait, and so the ice sheet is continually moving in that direction. Off the west coast are numerous is- lands and, as the ice sheet forces its way between.them, it is ripped to. pieces. Huge fragments drop off, forming what we call icebergs, and aro set afloat in the tea, What happens to an individual ice- berg after that depends upon accident- al circumstances. It may run ashore on Baffin Island (tire 'west side of Davis Strait) or on the coast of Lab- rador, further south." It it escapes this fate, its passage southward through the strait will be very slow, because it must plow its way through field ice many feet thick. The lucky iceberg is one that man- ages to keep in the main channel and is carried southward by the Labrador current into the north Atlantic. Once arrived in that region of open sea it may drift about for many months be- fore going to pieces. Large bergs have on occasions got as far as the Azores. ' A sizeable berg may have nearly vertical walls 100 feet high, with pin- nacles towering to twice that eleva- tion. Often these floating mountains of ice have very fantastic shapes. It is not all safe for a ship to go near one, for huge fragments sometimes fall off, and it is no uncommon thing for an iceberg suddenly to turn up- side down. The period of danger from icebergs is .April, May and June. A MOTHEiS TRIALS Caere of tl'onie and Children Of- • ten Causes a Breakdown The woman at home,' deep 1n house- hold duties and the cares of mother- hood, needs occasional help to keep her in good health. The demands up- on a mother's health are many and severe. Her own health trials- and her children's welfare exact heavy toils, while hurried meals, broken rest and much indoor living teud.to weak- en her constitution. No wonder that the woman at home is often indisposed through weakness.; headaches, back- aches and nerv'ousness.' Too many women have grown to accept these visitations 'tsra;;Dart of the lot 01 motherhood. But litany and varied as her health `trou'bl'es are the 'cause is simple and the cure at hand. When well, it ds the woman's good blood that ]seeps her well; when ill she rnust. make her blood rich to renew her health. The nursing mother more. than any other woman ire the world needs rich blood ' and plenty pe it. There le one always unfailing u4ay'to get tltie good blood so necessary' to perfect health, and that is through the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, These pills make new blood abundantly, and through their use thousands :of weak, ailing'wives .and•motilbrs have been made bright, cheerful and strong. .If you are ailing, easily tired, on' depress- ed, it is a duty you owe yourself and your family to ,give Dr. Williams' Pint[ Pills a fair trial. What this medicine has done for others it will surely do for you. theilt,�-Yi'e�oolltl t Masai ,,, ea .,L,.Aa- oma Instead of `Tea or C.ffee IT buy a tin of the healthful table beverage TANT P The quality is constant and the yleh, even (flavor pleases, 4 Price 4rYe in -t�nW11)... 11111 ,5 .vwM1.14. 1yY41.... Upl4vd uSumuer "+G ...avam'<ovg a ' ."�" uawnunnwcun >+�.�.rsen'rown+Wa'ramul"-' :akm:x, 1.11.1 1 WE ARE IN LUCK THAT AIR IS FREE. When the Steel Trust was organized Andrew Carnegie remarked that the common stock was not oven water; it was "just air." • This sane "air" has become worth something since then. IC you want any of it, you must pay for it at the rate of 8113 a share. Ordinary air, thank goodness! bas not gone up in price. It is about the only thing that has not done so. Even the automobile garages advertise "free air." Trois is really very fortunate; be- cause we need air not only to breathe, but also for fuel. Wo keep the house warm in winter, and the range going, 1by burning air. You thought it was coal? Well, that is necessary also, but the coal would be of no use as fuel unless yon had air to burn with it. You can't burn one thing. Burning, in kitchen range or furnace, means the conning together of the oxygen of the. air and the carbon of the coal. They effect a chemical combination. The air is just as necessary to the process ot combustion as the coal. Our attenton is fixed upon coal as the fuel for the soli reason that eve have to pay for it, If coal were free and. Rif cost money, we should look at the Matter from an opposite point of view. Everything else is taxed nowadays. Suppose the government were to take a notion to put a'tax on air, placing an air -meter in each dwelling. Would be horrible? not that i There has long been a tax on fresh air in Germany: It is called a "win- dow tax," being assessed according to the number of windows' with which a house is provided, The result is that people economize on windows, .educ- ing the number to a minimum, and their allowance of fresh air is there- by cut down. Air is much heavier stuff than is commonly imagined, Thirteen cubic feet of it weigh a pound. But It is lucky we are not obliged to store it, like cool, for it would take up a lot Of room. One ton (2,000 pounds) of air will fill a bin thirty feet long, thirty feet wide and thirty feet High. SNAKE KILLERS OF FRANCE. Obtain Five Cents Apiece For the Reptiles They Destroy.,. In Prance there is a profession un- recognized in our own country. It is that of the snake killer. France is much infested by two Species of dangerous serpents—vipers and adders. "It is these that are es- pecially sought by the snake hunters. He wears leather leggings for pro- tection against bites, and the instru- ments of his craft are of the sitiiplest. The latter consist most importantly of two sticks, one of which is Peaked; Rocks warmed up by the sun, sandy' planes in wooded areas, muddy banke of ponds --such are the places most likely to be haunted by the reptilian game. Descrying his prey, the hunter ap- proaches noiselessly. When within range, he strikes the 'snake with the stick he holds` in his right hand, In- stantly thereupon he pins it down with the other stick, which is forked. Quickness is the prime essential to success in this kind of chase, Vipers and adders are swift of movementand ready to take alarm. But once pinned to the ground the creature 15 readily decapitated with a sharp knife. The snake bunters are called "vi percides.' They get five cents apiece for the snakes they (till, delivering the heads. The'enost famous Frenchman engaged professionally in this pursuit is known as Jean Serpent, though his real name is Michael Vergne, Up to date he has slain 36,000 adders, Doctor Calmette, of France, has pro- duced a serum called "antiviperine„” which is a sure remedy for viper bites and adder bites. It has already saved many lives. The method of its utiliza- tion is by hypodermic injection near the wound made by the snake's tooth. FROM NERE:&119ER€ % `r Some Speed. "Mamma," complained a little girl recently, "teacher won't let ms sing any more, and I'm the fastest singer in the school,- tool" Affection, Friend—"I suppose the baby !s fond of you et, Papa—"Fond of me? Why he sleeps all day when I'ni not at home, and. stays up all night just to onjoy my society." A Degenerate, "Father, can I go to the circus to- night?" asked the farmer's son. Father—"No. 'Taint more'n a month since yer went t' top o' the hill to see the eclipse of the moon. 'Pears to me yew're getting dissipated and reckless." •A Chance. "Boss, the weather's pretty hot, I'd like a couple of weeks off. A change would do me good," said the depart- mont store salesman, - "We're' short-handed," complained the boss. "What are you in now?" "Blankets" "Well, I can give you a seasonable change. I'll put you among the bath- ing suits." Doing Her Best. - "Yes, grandma," saidthe fair young thing, "I am to be married during the bright and gladsome month of July." 0 ' "But, my dear," said the old lady, earnestly, "you are very young. Do fel that you are -fitted for SUMMER COMPLAINTS you e ried life?" KILL LITTLE ONES "I am being fitted now, grandma,,' explained the prospective bride, sweetly. "Seventeen gowns and three At the first sign of illness during costumes." the hot weather give the little ones Baby's Own Tablets or in a few hours Prune Roses. he may be beyond aid. These Tablets Summer thinning of climbing roses will prevent summer complaints if is desirable, after flowering, where the given occasionally to stare well child plants are large and crowded. which and will promptly relieyie these trou- Cut out the oldest stemsare blas if they conte on suddenly. Baby's beginning to lose vitality. Cut these Own Tablets should always be kept in down within a foot of the ground or every home where there are young children. There is no other medicine as good and 'the mother has the guar- antee of a government analyist that they are perfectly safe. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box. from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. An Ode to Health. ()Health in itself makes life a per- petual joy. Nothing daunts, nothing over -awes, nothing discourages, and nothing over- powers the man and woman possessed of health. • Health means not only vigor and energy of the body, but also clarity and strength of mind, purity of body and of soul. The healthy person dominates life, instead of allowing life to dominate' him. He scarcely thinks of his body as consisting of parts, or as performing separate functions, To him the body is but one harmonious whole. He is a unit, a being, a man; com- plete, vigorous, perfect. To such a man Work is joy. He re garde obstacles as but opportunities for testing his strength. He hardly knows what weakness is. He never experiences exhaustion, Merely to grasp his hand is a pleasure. To gaze into his eyes- is a joy. To hear his voice is to feel a tlirii pass over one. To peer into his mind serves as a stimulus to higher achievements. Health supplies the courage, the aggressiveness in life. Without health one is bankrupt, regardless ot what his financial capacity may be Tie becomes a cipher in the world of real men and women. If you have health, then, friends, cherish it, guard it and treasure it as you treasure life, for out of it are the issues 'of life. • A Bat dwelt university scholarship is awarded to the most successful student at the asltatchewan Hi h School tie£ord, S g by the ladies of the I, Q. D; E. in memory oj; Battleforcls fallen. sol. God Bless the _Prince of Wales. Among our ancient mountains And from our lovely vales 0 let the prayer re-echo,' "God bless the Prince of Wales!" With heartened voice awaken Those minstrel strains of yore Till Britain's name and glory Resouud from shore to shore. Among our ancient mountains And from our lovely vales, O let the prayer re-echo, "God bless the Prince of Wales!" Should hostile bands or danger E'er threaten our fair isle, 'May God's strong arm protect us, May Heaven still on us smile. Above the throne of England lelay Fortune's star long shine, And round its ancient bulwarks The olive branches twine. Among our ancient, etc. A Welsh translation of the words of the Prince's Anthem, which were written by George Linley, were mane by Oeirog Hughes, The music of the anthem is by Brinley Richards. MONEY ORDERS, Send a Dominion Express Money Order. They are payable everywhere. Never Needs Winding. to one or two buds of their base, from which. young shoots will start next year. // • This gets the useless Mood out of the way, so the young growth will have more room, light and ah' to de- velop in. A Life Boy. They were crossing to France and the ship pitched and tossed about in an unusually bad storm. Most of the passengers had sought refuge below, but little Miss • Sturges, an elderly spinster, was braving the terrors on deck. As the gale increased in fury, a chivalrous physician front the lady s home town came'to her. "Pardon me, Miss Sturges, but it seemed to me you might be in some trouble. Can I help you? Have you chosen your life preserver?" "Oh, doctor," cried the maiden lady, with a gurgle of joy, as she tumbled into his arms, "how sweetly and ro- mantically you have expressed it!" GIRLS! WHITEN YOUR SKIN WITH LEMON JUICE Long before watches were invented, people found ways of telling the time, and one was by means of flowers. You can grow a flower clock quite easily in your own garden, and you Will, find it both useful and oruainent- al, Make a circle, marking out the edge with small stones. At equal distances round the edge mark the figures of the clock, from one to twelve. Draw lines from the centre of the circle to the edgey dissecting the whole surface in- to twelve equal parts, and arranging matters so that one of the numbers on the outside edge falls opposite to each Section, Then put in the following plants: In section No. 1 plant Single Carna- tions; No. 2, White Pyrethrum: -No, 8, Hawksbeaid; No. 4, Lady of the Night; No. 51 Catchfly; No, 0, Hawk- weed; No. 7, Marigold! No, 8, Venus' Looking -glass; No. 9, Corn Marigold; No. 10, Olovewort; No, 11, Mountain Dandelion; No, 12, Fig Marigold. Starting at 6 a.m. the Hawkweed will open. At 7 a.m., the Marigold will fo110w suit. And so oh right round the clock. Of course, the clock will only "go" during the.dimmer months, and for only twelve hours out of the twetnty- four, But it proves wonderfully accurate, and never needs winding! Australia's new daylight saving law provides that all clocks be put forward an hour at the end of September and back again at the end of 'March in :each year. MSilaara's LifIaneat QUO es L9inasi 0101 r Pon SALE. 'TIaTxWBPAPER, WEEKLY, IN. BRIJCI7 .LLQ\ peunty. fiplendlq opportuptty. Writbn Dot T, Willson'Ynblishilg Co,, LAoiltetl„ 73 Adelaide Bt, W., Toronto. j1vELL EQUIPPED NtE,WSPA7$lz Ontario. nd nsurhr'fee'tl 'F1eA 3iiL' 01'•'aWfl5 re for 51.200 on ee k pale, Bea 00. a Henn Publishing .90.14d, ,,Torent% YARMB Port, $ 1LE. • , • - f; ii sptemsRyTdo likes r, Wh?B a0$ee I any do not want, exclusiv,e sale n . All I ad vantage over tiy other agent. All T ion is for a correct and truthful. description . of your property' Your, beet pr_ico mid terms, and I will ado the rest. Write for listing form. Andrew 171der, the' b''p,ran Seller. 88 Ring Street 7]aet',orontti; POULTRY WA1,11TLD AAT HAT HAVJi! YOU FOR SALE LIT VY Live Poultry. Fancy, Nene. I?'g eenu. Eggs. etc.? Write I. ' Welnrauch & Son. 10.18 St- Jean Baptiste Market. Mont. tont: Cue: MrSOELLANEOUS. LASSY RABBIT' MAGAZINE,',10c. 4.1„copy; 50c. year. Fur and Food 111un thly.,Brantford.;-•, r C'ANCEit, TUMORS. LUMPS, HTC.. internal and external cured wttb-. 801 pale by -our home.tusatment, WOlte .b Ltmfieoa, Coiul,uSwood, horn. Medll - Make a beauty lotion for a few Dents to remove tan, freckles, sallowness. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply you with, three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Squeeze the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle, then put in the orebare white and shake well. This makes a quarter pint of the very best lemon skin whitener and complexion beautifier known. Massage this fragrant creetny lotion daily into the face, nellk, arms and hands and just see how freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and roughness disappear and how eh -tooth, soft and clear the skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless, and the beautiful resulte will surprise you. HOW YOU CAN1'ELL GENL INE ASP[RIN ONLY TABLETS MARKED WITH "BAYER CROSS" ARE ASPIRIN. If You Don't See the 'Bayer Cross" on the Tablets, Refuse Them—They Are Not Aspirin At All. Entirely Free; "You sign this deed of your ownf'ee will, do you, outdone?” asked the law- yer. "What doyou mean by that?" de- manded the large, florid -faced wonian, looking threateningly upon the law- yer, "I mean there has been no eompul- cion on the part of your husband. Has there?" "Him?" she ejaculated, turning to look at the little, meek man sitting be- hind her. "Frederick? I'd like to see him convulse lice." St, Isidore, Pee., Aug. 18, 1394. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen, --I have frequently used MINARD'S LINIMENT and also pre, scribe it for -,icy patients, always with the most gratifying results, and I con- sider it the best all-round Liniment extant. Yours truly, DR. JOS. AUG. SlRO1S. Friend of the Family—"Where's everybody, Bennet?" The Butler-, "Weil, sir, the missus and the young ladies is up in the sky learning to fly, and the master's in his submarine in the hornamental lake. It's very seldom you catches them on terry firmy these days." Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. Yes this is one thing I learn to know, Each day more surely as I go, That doors are open, ways are made,' Burdens are lifted or are laid By some great law unseen and sting' "Not as I' will." ' —Helen Hunt Jackson. 1.-0-0--0--0--0-0 0-0—* .0—/ It Works! Try It Tells how to loosen a sore, tender corn so it lifts out without ain, ro 0 0 0 o— o—o--o—o--p—ori Good news spreads rapidly and drug- gists here are kept busydispensing treezone,the ether discovery of a 'Cin- cinnati man, which is said to loosen any corn so it lifts out with the fingers. Ask at any pharmacy for a quarter ounce of freezone, which will cost very' little, but is said to be sufficient to rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn or callus. You apply Just a few drops on the tender, aching corn and instantly the soreness is relieved, and soon the corn is so shriveled that it lifts out with- ,out pain. It is a sticky substance which dries when applied anil never inflames or even irritates the adjoin- ing tissue. ,This discovery will prevent thou- sands of deaths annually from lock- jaw and infection heretofore resulting from the suicidal habit of cutting corns. There is only one Aspirin, that marked with the "payer Cross"—all other tab- lets are only acid imitations. Look for the "Bayer Cross"! Then it is real,Aspirin, for which there is no substitute. is made iu is not German but Aspirin 1 in Canada by Canadians, and is owned by a Canadian Company. Genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" have been proved safe by millions for Pain, • Headache, Neuralgia,,, Colds, Rheuinetism, Lumbago, Neuritis. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets,—also larger "Bayer" packages,—can be had at any drug store. e i - the traderegister- ed gto • Aspirin is mark,s i As p ed. in • Caifada, of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticactdester 92' Salicylic, acid, Eir Lutes A Word With You Aleut Your Skin I-IY.not make Cuti- curs Soap your every - day toilet. soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Tal- cum, now and then asneedcd,andhave . in most > casesa clear fresh complexion, a clean scalp free from dandruff and irritation, good hair, soft white hands and a wholesome i skin free from blemish, without Mg totiresome, expensiveensivo " pout " fads? Cuticura costa little and does much. Sample each free by mail of Cutioure, Dept. 11, Boston: U. S A." Sold by threttghotuliheworld,.' Cuticura Talcum Powder Do not fail to test the fascinating fro- grance of this exquisitely scented'face,' baby, dusting and skin betfuming pow- der, delicate. delightful, distingud,: it lmparts to the Person a charm incom- Pparable to itself' arable and per 1§8414 .l`lo, $6 iQ19a