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THE WINGHAM ADVANCE.TIMES
Publshed at
WINGHAM, ONTARIO
Every Thursday Morning
A. G.Smith, Publisher
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Si' months $1.00; in advance.
Advertising rates on Application
Hon. W. D. Ross Of Toronto is
the new Lieutenant Governor of On-
tario. Though he receives an em-
,olument of Sio,000 a year from the
Dominion Government and a free
house from the province, it takes a
wealthy man to finance the office,
'bertatiee the salary will not nearly meet
is expenses though the province
up in one Y"„. $4,400 for the
stewart, gardenet,' and engineer of
the palace in which he liveS; $14,084
for assistant garcltners, firemen and
other help around the grounds, $7,861
for water, fuel light and power,
360 for repairs and contingencies for
the big legislative works overlooking
the don brickyards, $2,75 or new
furniture and furnishings, $28o for
mesengers and other help and $529 for
telephone service. But we &in't knw
wbiat working man shotild envy the,
Litteternint-Governor his positiori.
En-
'tertaining and presiding at elaborate
functions are two of the most tire-
some jobs in the world.
* * *
HURONIANS TO THE FORE
' Mr. D. A. Andrews, president of the
S•, Ontario Agricultur-
"She gave one cent for mispitai w'irkr
Then Spent ten tents on gum
. Then really' bowed her head and
prayed:
'Oh .Lord,-. Thy laingdern ,comea
"They at at home and wondered
•, why
The chtirch did 'not succeed;
She ehewed her gum and ,,iouldn't
tell;
pusm
ziled, oked his'weett".
Rover 'Printing Places
tudent Council
honour in the gift of the students,
while Miss Maunders has been hon
°tired in like manner by the students
of MacDonald Institute. For the two
years previotisly, a Huron boy held
tle honour of heading his year. The
eoungsters now attending schools in
this county have worthy records to
live up to. Huron citiiens are expect-
ed to be q,f outstanding ability.
Miss Agnes in Joyous Mood
The Durham Review draws a pet
picture of a "grand social night and
dance" in the Town laall there recent-
ly, at which Miss Agnes MacPhail, M.
P., and her protege, P. R. Oliver, M.
P.P. were present:
"At a fitting time the music
ceased and announcement made
• that the two candidates were
having a word to say. Mr, -
,Oliver spoke first in deep thank-
fulness to the, friends • who 4.d
stood by him ,so valiantly, and"
congratulated all on the wonder-
ful success of the evening. Miss
Macphail followed briefly and
did not propose to cut short the
hilarity of the evening by a
speech. Shk admitted she was
fond' of dancing ..and whispered
to the young ladies present to
see to it that a bashful young
man in the room 1,vitliti a handle
to his name was ieitiated.
•
THE REASON WHY
'He smoked cigars three times a day,
Ten -centers too, at that;
Then gave a nickel to the church
When the Deacon passed the hat
• Prince of Wales
as a Speaker
ev%
"The Prince of Wales is a genius,
a born genius." Tbese are not the
words of a al, Et Loyallet, but of a
writhe in tbe New York Tithes Maga-
zine, who uses the initials P.W.W.
He proceeds: His geniiis consists in
the exquisite ability to solve the prob-
lem how to be human and rcreal."
The article is entitled nein Prinee of
Wales: Becomes the almpire's Deeo.os-
thenes" and is an appreciation oil the
1
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great interest there is taken in what-
ever the Priece as to say arid tau
ince eueizig aseelaeu lor 11141 itZ
speeee-maken It is net , pretended
that true great intereet and demand
would exist If he did not happen en
be the Prince of Wales, On the other
hand, it would not exist ie he happen-
ed to be a different Prince of Wales..
It is not gush to say that, he is the
most eharining Priuce ot Wales in
some hundreds of years axle has sow-
ed successes In lines never beften ex-
plored by British prices. Others have
had eel the advantages that royal
blood would give them but often they
have been either nonentities or actu-
ally objeetlQnable Tlie Prince oil
Wales is a colorful individuality and
this is the secret of his tremendous
popularity.
There is no record of any of his
speeches falling flat. From his ine
promptu effort at "Texas" Guinan'e•
night club in New York to his formal
address before the Royal Society ot
scientists and Litterateers he has
said what was becoz-ning and unpre-
tentious. When he wax. elected
president of the Itoyal Society there
were those who asked unkmdlywhat
he knew about Classics or math.e.
tics, and when it was announced that
he would follow custom, and make a
formal address to the teal:lied are
--
there were fears that he w-ould either
pr8duce a careful treatise preparad
for him by sot:10)6dy else, or indulge
in untimely levity. But hie orate a.
at Oxford while not studded, wine
original ideas was according to thee
writer, a superlative success. aao
Prizece had acquired not matter, but
manner. He knew how to put what
he had to say. 'Spectacled professors
*became young again, slapping one an-
other on the, shoulders as they • ex-
claimed "a rattling good speech:"
While the Prince's speeches areprac-
tically all prepared in advance, they
are not prepared by any under sec-
retary -or imported expert. They are
the work of the Prince. Consequently
there is not one of them that does
not throw some light on his charac-
ter, and in his character there are.
mety millione .of people interested.
The writer says that the illustrious'
ancestors of the Prince of Wales,
King George I. an:d King George II.
might have been eloquent in England
if they had happene& to be ac-
quainted with, the. English language.
Queen Vietorla had an exquisite
speaking voice and the clearest
enunciation, but in her later years
she fancied that she was nervous and.
even framed for her by her Ministers.
The speeches of King Edward were
read and included in thema reminis-
cence of the German wlaien added re-
sonance to his final "s" The Prince
of Wales when he is not reading an
address is able to create the in:lyres-
aion of eiento.neity. There Is also a
nervous twisting of his ties which
bears out the Impression, and. the
• rather halting utterance causes many
who hear him for the first time to
-think that he may bet about to break
down. But he does not., No speaker
is less likely to do It Thismanner
of delivery may be calculated. When
a man is particularly glib the atten-
tion of his atidieace is apt to wander.
But when there, are frequent .pauses
they serve as emphasis and listeners
strain themselves so that they may
• not miss a single pearl.
The Prince has the art of putting
into word e what is in the minds of
the multitude. He also puts his
eoughts into the fewest words. This
may bedue to his desire to get the
thing over as soon as possible. Or it
may have been clue to this when be
was rather new to the ordeal. • But
it tan hardly be true now. He has
•'followed the practice which John
Morley recOmmended to W. T, Stead.
He told him that he should' write his
editorial first and then cut out all the,
leards it would not be worth while
to pay forby telegraph. An editorial
'written on this principle would have
the tendencyto become a paragraph
or even In many cases to disappear
eltogether. But this is the principle
upon which the Prince worke. The
result is that to day he is the only,
pnblic man who is reported verba-
tim, ,,No reporter thinks of giving a
mere summary of whet he said, for
• what he says is itself a summaey.
I The attittde of the aunierme has,
goo e deal to do with the Prineehe
eueaess. "England," sayS P.W.W.,
."retards the Prince aa the nationat
infant who is being brought up to ne
King. When he vecites his pier- the
entire audiehce adopts the attitude
of parentage3 and is proud of the 'Ira.
perial. Offspring. Even at graduation
it makes all the difference in the
world to Washingtones well-kzeowie
Farewell, when it is tittered, by oee's
•hopeful." In a Word, it is tbe Psy-
chology of the mother worshipping
• her first beim. Whet the Prince,
addreesing the Advertisers, let fall
the %verde, "One for all and al/ for
one," they 'Were the signal for, a pro-,
longed and tumultnoue outburst Of
Cheering, There is nothihg very re -
mailable in the slogan. • Shaw, no
doubt, could improve upon it. 111,4
Shwa ceuld not haere said anythieg
that Would More strongly and las
stantateously appeal to those wive
inerd It As Chancellor Of the Na-
tional University of Wales, the Prinee
When denferrhig- a degree upon Bal-
four made a joke that was Cabled
Towmi tho world. He uttered the for -
melte In Welsh, and added Not long
ago Lord lialtnar at alanehridge eon -
finned oh nee e degree end Used Latin,
a lane -two: wait which t am not vete,
well ecqueinteds llut, I am Mere that
1:11& tetooe es -mash Of It De Lord
Belie er tate Unaeretood of the Welsh,
fri which I helm 'Icld:•ossecl Mai on
te pr)sent oceasi.cm,"
al College, Guelph, goes to Montreal
next week .to attend a gathering of
representalrves from all the Caned-
sfl Gollegee to talk over a national
organization. Mr. Andrew was ghee -
he girls organization 18 Sending'
se represehtatives, one, of theni a
uron girl, Miss Nlargaret Mauttders,
Bruseels, who is president of that
gatitation
Iitiron young people eeein bound to
ke their Meek. Mt. AndreW has
beri dean Of the college abide going
'nelph, arid is this year preSident
e $tudent Connell, the hig,hest
Out Of ale:deity-five • Ontario eitieS,
only five have • now more than ,ozie
daily newspapee. Out of twenty-one
Ontaro cities of less tilian 50,000 pop-
ulation, only one (Belleville ) has
rnore than one daly newspaper. Out
of all Ontario towns only three have
dailies. Toronto has four dailies
where a few years ago it had six. Ot-
tawa, Hamilton tvtd London have Iwo
where they had three, And this re-
duction ha sbeen going on not only
hi Ontario, but all over Calla& Slate
the beginning of the war, over forty
dailies lit 'No Dominion have disap-
peared throu h suspension or a1nal-
gamatiott.--C1 Mon Ne4Ys-11..qcoa
1
• • •
1 THE VILLAS': OF LARVI
lla,dio ifs *Helping be lienicere .snenace
of the Rock Bound COast.
WHORE ALEXANDER SEENliiti
li/xperiments are now being earried _
t
out by the British Gavernment to teet w4•?' B°11N•
the efficiency of Et new wirmes3 - „
nabob. Fishing Iturilet enee unuer.,
"lighthouse" which, if it meets with
the .success anticipated, will not only f011ie No Oreat Ohange—Bas Slept
supersede the form of lighthouse at Through Cerituriet--Hero of Scot,
Present in use, nut will mazerially add tish Navy Also Lived There.
to the safety of seafaring men dur-
ing fogs and storms, The little fishing: village of Largo,
It consists of a revolving„wireless
beam which can rifesilire Scotland the birthplace of
be pecked up within • '
fifty miles radius by any vessel carry- Alexander Sellehat, the undoubted
tug a receiving set. By its aid, after Original of Defoe's "Robinson Cruso,"
a simple calculation, any navigating has undergone no great change since
officer be able to And out .his
ship's bearing'. its famous son Set out Oa traVelte
Signals of varied lengths and of Writes John Lendels Levee but it has
different tones are sent out as the recently come Into prominence
loop aerial revolves en its ,rnast, and tb.rough a cable flashed aeross the
from these thee Within range can World announcing the death there of
jadge whether it is pointing a
northerly, southerly; westerly, or William Gillies, the last direct de -
easterly direction. The receiving set seendant of Defoe's hero.
gets tin full strength of the signal All around the hamlet busteleire
when the aerial is pointing' straight burgs have sprung tato life but
towards it and the minimum when Largo, hugging the shore at the feet
the frame is sideways to itof steep -bluffs that cut , it oiT from
The advantages of these wireless the world on it landward side, has
'lighthouses " over the type with slept through the kleuturies. Its nine
which we are familiar are obviousrow lanes thread aimlessly in•all di-
Foreraost among them is the matter ree,tions, ending casually on the shore.
of distance. No light, however pow- Its fisher cots are deligatfully irre-
erful, could ponsibly be Ken for .A. gUlar as to frontage and elevation
distance of fifty miles at sea, even and give the visitor tete impression:
under fair conditions, whereas the thee they were shaken from a dice
wireless 4`beam" will not only cover box. The main occupation of the lit
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this long distance, but will be just tle burg is caterine to guests during'
as effective whatever the weather the .summer montlis and during the
conditions may happen to bewinter season looking forwardto
Experiments with the- new appar- their return, interspersed with an, ()Ca
atus are taking place at Obsport, ensiozaal fishing spell at all times.
near Portsmouth, and are under the La.rge has a harbor which was
direction of the Department of Sci- .loubtlesi a port of some significance
entific and' Iledustrial Research. eviten Alexander Selkirk was a boy
Should they be fruitful, it is pos- ;and at whose curving wharf he probe
sible that we may see many of these ;ably made acquaintance with the
lighthouses springing' up around' our ,thrry seamen whose romantic calling
coasts in the near fature. - lwas to charm him from home. Ae-
. , cording to modern ideas, this anchor,a'ALESTINE'S TRADE% •la;ge is given the name of "harbor"
---;--- ,only as a courtesy title. Its stone'
Under British Mandate Ls Peaceful pier Is barely more than a breaks
' 'and' Prosperous: •water and it very inadequately serves
' that purpose when winds are high
, Palestine and i commerce—thatia a .from the east end breakers roll in.
new association to most of us, tong ,fronr the North Sea sweeping with
accustomed to think of the country .urrestrairred force dean over the.
under the heel of. Turkey, production
low barrier behind wbich a few di. -
paralyzed by grinding taxation and minutiVe fishing boats toss in the
gross injustice. All that, however, is .churning- waters. It is hard to cot-
e, thing of the past ended by: the, ceive of ocean-going vessels setting
British mandate, now in effect for ,saia fromsuch a port, but the gala -
seven years. Ordar, not known for leons and negates of Crusoe's day
centuries, has been established, jus- wereoften grateful: for its accommo-
ece is administered, roads have been dating shelter. In the pier itself,
'built, industry encouraged, and the 'curving graceftIlty about the inenth
result is peace and prosperity. Pales- of the bractk whose waters keep clear
tine's trade returns now form part :the channel' far the fishermen's boats,
of the trade statistics of the Near
Eget are blocks of masonry of so obvious
an antiquity- that they must have
Palestine, or the Holy Land, has been there serving a similar purpose
as area of about 9,000 square miles, when. Young Rob Creme was a lad.
that is, it is about one-third the 515P Witliout a doubt he sat him down on
of our Province of New Brunswick, 'these rough hewn • stones and emu -
but it has a population of about 'need' the fisherman of a later day
800,000, nearly two-thirds of which who , satyr
consist of Moslems. The next larg- .
est element consists of Jews. . . 'T cast my line Ter Laren BtLy
Beyond Jordan—Trans-Jordan, it And fishes. 1-, caught nine
is called—is another government un- There's three to buy
der a 'locil Arab chief but subject to •And' three to fry
the superelsioza of the British High ' And three to bait the line,"
Caramissioner for Palestine. In tnis , According to bis biographers,
country beyond Jordan az•e from • -
young Robin:len was a hit of a terror
three hundred to five hundred thou- and severe escapades into nehirth he
sand people, mostly Arabs and of fell led' to. hie folning up with the
• course Moslems. South 'Sea buccaneers in his 2 821t
Last year the trade of Palestine year Quarreling with his skipper,
and Trans-Jordan amounted to $45,- he was, at ids own request, set
000,000,• •the imports exceeding the ashore Olt the island of Suer! Ferran -
exports, due to some extent to good. dez. Here he lived, as Defoe has told
and materials brought in for British
all generatilons for all "ane. for fi-nr
troops and for building operations. years and four months, his rescue be -
These imports consist chiefly ,,of ing effected hy Tbemas Dover, a Lon -
machinery, cement, cotton goods, mo-
tor cars, wood and timber, cnel and. esemakiarhotose eeno Teel turned nrivareer.
• returned VI TAIrrt0, married
all. The chief exports are oranges.
and settled down founding o, family
soap, wine, uncut tobacco, nuts and whose test representative died on
water -melons. One-third of the ex-
Sentember 1. 1926. Tbis eeeceparres
ports go to Great Britain. Egypt 'William Milnehad in his Mona
takes a little more than a third. something of the Crusoe penchant.
for retirement, For man* years lie
• "Little Miss Growler." lived practically a reclues, occupying
Admiral Sir - Herbert King -Hall's a house that overlooked a net fax -
book of reminiscences, "Naval Me- tory artier° for generations bis peo-
=ries and Traditions," is very full ple had weaved nets for the fisher
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of smiles. One of the biggest con- men whoee home -ports are dotted
• cerns a voyage when his father coin- along the Fifeshire coast. It is sey-
Mended a ship named the Growler. eral decades since the sound ref the
It, *as homeward bound from Per- net trran hes been heard, however.
mude, and among those upon it were , and the plant and adioinine lemee.
some troops and their wives. set withite their high walls. hen,.
In. the middle of the voyage one of formed an island shut off from the
the soldiers became a happy father, world. Mr. Wines was justifiable
proud of his ancestry and seen veer -
ago he presented Largo with a fine
bronze statue of his forebear show-
ing Robinson in the full regalia of
his island home.
Selkirk's is not the only name
that has lent prestige to Largo. In
the fifteenth century, Sir Andrew
Wood. a tough old sea, dog who built
tip a Scottish navy that never knew
defeat in his day. and wbo harnat4Pc1
the English bv an early arid highle
successful application of the hit-and-
run methods of Paul Jones, set ut,
house in Largo narinh. From lea»
• manor to a point half a mile (listen'
• tens old 'Terrine et'''. e 'eseel 4-e 8
tower still it excell'ent preseryatier
and known as Sir Andrew Weeate
tower. It needs little imaginatien
to see young Sereillt• and his com-
panions finding, endlese emenement
in Appropriating Sir Andrewee eanal
to their own uses.
A point of interest to Canadians
Is the very fine reilway vtade e'-' 4.'.. e +
• spans the stern declivity lendiee
from the main higherAv let° the ea
lage of Largo. Tars viarlizel. tend eh'.
readbed it cerrlee was bnilt lor Wil-
liam Sang, a ere/I-known Scottleh os.
gineer who trained many relive,
builders, whoee hendtwork is k• be
sleet in all parts of the Empire. are
whose Most fomous pupil WOP P*-
Sandtord Plemine. lt was shorf".
after Me steettot of leif-elean. ''n i'.
way was built that voune name).
came to Canada where lee erns .1-
orelstituct thetntercolonial and C,P.a.
renteme. 4,
Geld In Sweden.
and the captainfound in the deck
log, among the entries for the middle
watch:
"3 A.M. MVS: Blank, wife of Sergt.
Blank, safely delivered of a girl
child, Growler Blank:"
The captain sent for the boatswain.,
and asked him to exinain. it.
"Custom ofthe sea, site"' respond-
ed the boatswain. "Any child born
on shipboard Is even. the Shiraz.
name."
"But the child' can't go through
life named. Growler;": excleitned the
captain,
"Gaston% of the seat silee-alesays
has been," retorted the boatswain
doirgedlY.
The captain., ,however, refined to
recognize the customof the sea, and
as the boatswain altered the entry
he mattered that the Service, was go-
ing to the. dogs.
Camera as Detective.
An Interesting discovery in photo-
graphy le now being used by the
French peace in their work ,of crine-
ital investigation.. It has been found
useful to impregnate the skin of the
fingers: of eriminals, or other suspect-
ed persons, veltle.,as preparation con-
tairting a lead compound. This re-
mains. On the lines of the skin.
When an X-ray photograph Is
taken, not only is the finger -print
shown ln detail', but also the structtire
of the boned. The bones Of the lin-
gers furnish even more possible elves
'to' the identifitation of criminals than
finger-printe, Pollee official of other
countriet are taking an interest in
tins new discovery,
War Monument Destroed.
. The gigantic monument at Eber-
halin, in the Weaterwald mountains,
Which Was eeeeteti to eommettorate
the farthest point reached by the
thitted States troope during their ad-
' Vance into Germany, hes been blown
up with dynamite, Permission was
given" kee the destruction Of the
Movement when the Rhinelend COM-
nelseion Were nod -fled that the Site
Wfis reqtdred for building pOrPlifiee,
aitYeel the Game ..r.t2 Existence in,
`Chno?„,
La. Shaltespeare's -Qleopatra," 0) -
cats a pessage in which that lovely
Woman invites Caaration to play bit-
wite ber, nue the game real -
le in, exitatenee PO early in history?
Very liltis is known of the origin
of Wiliartia, ahd tnal. Owe is mostly
derinea- from a stuily td.: old ongrav-
ings Proaciency at i.niliards even
to -day is said by many to he a sign
of a misspent youth, ttad it was Per-
eeps this idea, that kept our tore -
fathers. so geet,e'e 'upon the subjeet.
Even its progenitor, Pall Mall, though
it gave its name to one of our main
streets, was never mentleted except
to be abused as a. dissolute and ruin-
ous gambler's game. It was more
eroofet than billiards, azd was
• WaYod in the open air with balls and
!loops and a' kind ail mallet, while a
101,* wooden hedge ran all round the
(mart.
• Billiardsproper must bave bee
gun about, the middle of the six-
teenth centtiry, but there is still a
doubt =whethor the game was then
played on the ground or on tables.
Charles Cotton, author of "The
Perfect Player" (1674.), contradicts
nimself aboutthe origin, of billiards,
.ttributing it now to Spain, now to
Italy. But neither of these theories
.an be Verified. The French writer
eouillet said it. was invented in Eng -
and and introduced into France bn
Louis XIV.
• Modern billiards seezzast to have
;cane into existence at the beginning
if the nineteenthcentury,, when, the
Lail of the ball into a pocket rang a
eell. This, however, does net stem
o have lasteerlong From that tlrae
to the preseut day, progress has been
• fairly straightforward and ruarked by
few incidents worthy of note. One of
• thase, however, occurred in T88,7,
when two members of the Paris Joc-
key Club played a ga,ina on horse-
back. the horse e having beer brought
up the stairs into the billiard's room
With great difficulty. The game was
for twelve points up, and was finish-
ed in tveenty minutes:.
THE' WORST WOXIX.ERSI.
Eflieieney Expert Says Confirmed
Spinsters Are Best Workers:
• An efficiency expert' let the Oldc
County has come to the conclusion
that the. worst workers. are erldbwe
and fat men, and tlia.t the MICISt effi-
cient ares col:deemed" spinsters and
men who a.re eithertall' and wfry. or
of mean stature.
The reasons pe both,' physical: and
psychologieaa. Widows, he explains,
are apt to dream about their past
life—to lookbackward- instead' of'
forwasees--reaa. Imre also faund; as a
general rule, to, be makersof troubre
in office or Workshop. Ybung girls
are more eatiefectory; Tiut they thank
too mucheof-the future; and in their
natural deefee to be.attractive to the
opposite sex give -too much attention
to the- Powder -puff and not enougil
to work.' COnfirmed "el& ,maids,"
however, having no such distractiouse
are able to etre all' their attention to
business..
Among -men; those who. are 'bulky
are generally too easy-going, whilet
sturdy, thiclf-set men are also °less-
ee among -Lifeless successful in busi-
ness life. Tall. wiry men are describ-
ed as verythorortgli. whilst men
whose height does not exceed et feet
inches are found to possess both
initiative and' energy. Married men
ere usually more reliable than bach-
aers. but married women are less
efficient than single women of the
lame agee,
Rich ore deposits have been (111
covered hi the Paovinee of \rooter-
botten, in northern Swedern net tea
freer, the Arctic Cirele. The me- rOri.
Olin quantities of • gold, slevette
Our, coPper and arsenit, • The extent
of the &emelt% 'has not yotbeen
cilterrained, but the chief of Swe-
den'eologicalsuk'vey predicts that
tho gold field will iirove to be ttel
teeettli tidied idti tflTlt&toit Mgt
the ethet WM' *Oat
Yelletebiel
ORGAN:
g,Vl YQU MISSED yom,
CHANCE?
TO, the Editur av all thim Winghns
Payeers,:—
Deer Sar
:—
L stiPPoeeyc knoW that it is comin,
near to the Ltd ay' the year, arr web-
by,yo hey been toe busy takin 111
subscripshuns to 'kink much about it..
'Tis a silly way to be, as the girrui itt
the hig, Chautauqua tint said -wan
toima, I tink a fellah shod take
shtockat the ind av iviry year, tha
santre aftletliim sletorelcaypers do, to see
if he ,is winnin arr loin, I don't
mane wid.regarcl to money, fer that is
he shmaillest theer is in this lo-.
ife, bein harra to git an ha.rrud to
,houlcl, as -tie ould song sez. Ate
coorse a little av it is a good ting to
hey if ye, eat. it honestly and be ray -
son av wurrukin fee it, an not itlike
thrampe and, sinators, who tink the
counthry owes.thim.a.livin an depinds'
on hand-outs,
When ye take slitock av yersill the
fursht tine yerremimber is teat ye are
a year oulder whither ye fa.le loike
it arr not, theney.e begin to link wheth-
er ye hey paid. fer yer noospayeer art
if ye have missed anny chances ar
shpakin a koindawurrud. now an thin,
an if ye hey done the besht ye cud
at elckshun toimes fer yer parthy. All
tham tings an a lot more coxatie into
yer xnoind at the.. ind av the year, an
the chances are that if ye are honest
,wid yoursilf ye will.foind out that this
year hasn't been,rnalch different from
others in thine reseackts.. Thirri lads
who roicle bicycles say ye =slat ayth-
er go forward arr backwards), arr fall
off, fer ye can't stand -shtill on thim
tinge. .Mebby that, is thrue,, but I
ean't say fer certain, havin nivir throid
to roide wan av thiin masheen.s, but
tink the mosht av us are more lake
a squirrel in a cage, goin round an
hound in his whale, an laavin nothin to
show fer t but an, appetite: fer his
nixt male.
Letkely ye shtart the year shovellin
shnow, an this jawb la.shts us, till the
missus shtarts house clanin, thinthlere
is the garden to dig, an thu back
yarrud to clane up, an tin, ars axtebby
twinty diffrunt koinds, av bulbs to,
plant, if yer missals happens to be a
mimber av the Horticultural Society.
Putty soon ye her to shtaxt mowni
the lawn, an kaypin the wadesdown
in the garden, an hillin. up the perta-
ties, an puttin Paris. Grane on, /him,
ars inebby helpin to pick shtnawber-
ries an raspberries if. yeare unlucky
enough to lia.v army. Be thee toinae
the summer is purty well gone, an ye
mebby- haven't toimee to seea. base-
ball garne yit. If ye are a. retoired
farrumer ye mebby loiketo, go out
an purtind to be laelpinthe bare troo
veld the hayin an harvest on, the auld
place fer a wake aa -r, two, an that is
the only holiday ye h,ev all summer,
fer whin ye come back tlte golden
rod is out in bloom, which is a soiln
av fall an hay fayvar,. Bn the toime
ye git the yigitables tuk up out av the
garden, an the, leye,s rake& up an
burned, it is wept:her eget,_ an the
missus shearts gitteit. Christmas pris-
ints ready fer. Ide %grandchildren an
the byes an gitruls \shtart
the Arena. '
Be the way -Ii ihuind tol'foitbd toime
some way to folly up the hockey
matches this winther. 1 tink the
byes shud be encouraged as they
play a foinealane game an are at a
lot av ixpinse. The pa:vple av Wing -
ham hev raxson to be proud av thim.
-Fours till,z,nixt year,
Timotlify Hay.
Was Invented by a Barber Over, Two
Thousand' Years Ago.
The organ was invented over two
thousand'years agowhen a barber in
alexandela discovered: that in ug bus his mirror air was ferred through
the tubes- which were cozen:tore In
mirrors at that time. "21 caused a
curious sound to be emetteri.
So struck was the br--rlqi• by this
peculiarity that he set about makir-r
les instrument the, rviow,;:d to lee tee
-foundittton of- the mode -o organ. In
151 an organ was ereeted at Vale-
al:tester. It had twenty-six bellows are
'An pines to each key. The twe men
who sat at t/ze keyboard "blew and
eweated' enormously."
Later, a erre of organ -makers in
‘Germany succeeded in erecting the
• First really big instrinnept The print-
ery. stone did not differ muell front
those of to-cis.y, although variety,
novelties were introduced. These in-
cluded steel innovations as the night-
ingale and cuckoo stops, whilst rah-
ers represehted eock-erowing and
• goat-IS/eating. It was not until the
•tineteenth century that the problem
of the regulation of air pressure was
solved:.
Use Malaria to Cure.
Ctontrary to general popular opin-
ion, frequent doses of gainine wben
you go to the seaside or any place
where mosquitoes congregate will not
Ward oft inalaria. This is one of the
interesting facts about malaria that
have been established as 11 result at
attetapts in insane hospitals in the
United Xingdom to cure paralysis at
the insane by intercurrent a,etion, of
malaria.
Artinelally induced malaria/ fever
Is one of the moet modern methode
of treating paralysis and insanity,
though the curative effect of fevers
on mental clisordere Was known to
such aneient healers as Hippeerates
and Galen. While eurete\have been
effeeted in froM 20 to 30 per emit,
of the cageh se treated and inter-
mediate remilts haVe been obtained in
others, the medical world has become
muela more interested in the (lieges°
being tied so the curative agent,
Wood as Auto Peel,
A Meter trueklhat uaes WaStO weed
art fuel was. exhibited recently at a
titeeting of the Preneli. Association
for the A.dvaneeme,nt of Science. -Gee
*as generated' on board the motor
from, small intake of wood and Was
tise4 in an engine that can also run
012 liquid Mel if it is ziectesary. The
V*hie le theme lbs 10413. gm plant Ite,
Meotittitertgom OM* thht I1J aline fifty
Zilee On ouvrttit's 'OottlA tt0t,
JUST -FIFTY YEARS AGO
Folks boiled coffee and settled it
with an egg.
Ladies. rode sidesaddles.
Little Johnnie wore brass -toe boote
a.nd daddy wore brogans.
When the preacher told the truth,,
the people said amen.
Leftover food from dinner was.'
finiehed. at supper time, /
Neighbors asked about your fainil
an61it cigo
• re.raly-lym_reotid
anntist.
were called fly-
,
IlijeLlnoikes. •
It twenty minutes to gang
slioes with Mason's hlacking,
Ladies dresses reached from, their
necks to their heels.
People served potlicker inskead of
canned soup.
• The only crooks on record; were the
lightning rod agents.
Indigestion was called plain belly-
ache.
The neighbors got fresh meat at
hog -killing time,
Cottou eced was considered • good
fertilizer.
And then inttd
lifetime.—E
The Ca
In
we rot
Merry •C
for /06,
The canis
it• proverb
setiaeh' p
wisdoin •