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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1923-10-11, Page 2„ 'jj'fr as. ' „I`T • " ' "". " . •"; ' • "." '"r i v, 11'114 WIlgC4HAX. AIDYAI..PC111 ralatareaay, Octo'ber 11, lite*. MaadlaORK0.1,10441liatOWILMaitatirrrafiaitaalai•aS141.14•VraWaialiaaeltatataitaananixaMilagla aV•tanawaaammataaisuatamma "•••••••• 49,ad JD. Peas laelaortent voice announced, ler "The great Mr, Chu Sing he dead" Thank heaven! Grace eank weak- epT u realize he d.iffer,- nce etvvee% "$a14da" "Slut tea." atpii I 1 - The Gift Of The BY PEARL FOLEY. (Copyright.) CHAPTER XIX. universe and that his place was here Autumn's breath was fast fanning for some ultimate purpose, his shoul- away the torrid heat of summer, but ders lost their old rigorous upright - so far it had not mellowed the ger- nese and his eyes had a tired look. geous beauty \ of flowers and shrubs. They brightened, however, when Nature was ruening wild in a not of Paul's name wa.s on his lips. His head colors. Heartr plight break, tragedy lifted proudly and there • was a ring stalk abroad gaunt and ruthless, het in his voice that could not be mis- the seasons rolled by rythmicaLly and taken. "Paul dead in his youth?" He unaffected. smiled tolerantly at the sympathizer. The Cuhrers had, given up the idea "My son has lived a thousand lives of spending the winter in Peking. The every hour over there Life is not first of October was the day set for counted in year. He has accomplish - their return to America their final ed more in his short life than I have or ever can, even if I pass twenty milestones beyond the three score and ten. Paul died for his brother men. Paul's death has bro.-tight the world 4, ds farewell to China, the land where they had met their greatest joy and their greatest sorrows. Irma Culver wondered how •God Could let one-half the world smile so nearer to eternal light. My plan for unfeelingly while the other • half him was that he should be the evangel moaned and writhed in agony. As she of China, but I never dreamed he sat with folded hands in her 'sun- would die the •glorious death of a martyr for the whole world." Irma heard him oneday, and her drenched and fragrant garden, trying for he husband's sake to coax back strength to her rebellious body, she hold on religion ancl life ebbed slowly tried to piece her life together into back. That night her husband came - - sttme kind of, etereaszenable pattern, -epee -her ,with Paul's photograpb in but it seemed as if the more she tried her hands, to which she was talking • the more like an impossible puzzle softly and reverently: it became. • Her religion told her God's ways were not man's ways, but surely, she • reasoned, God did not take delight in dealing death darts to people's hopes! Perhaps Emerson's policy was wisest: expecting nothing, and being thankful for moderate good. • And then slowly but surely a revo- • lution. took place in Irma Culver's paid. Her simple y single faith in Providence enlarged. She saw the world as a ga-eat scaffold, where each • joist did its share inkeeping up the whole. • No single part was needlessly CHAPTER XX. "You gave up everything: your • happy, joyous youth, •this beautiful world; and how you loved it, the eprhag, summer, and winter of it! You gave up me. You died to make the world better, dear; and I must not mar your sacrifice by blotting it with my tears." Neil closed the dooisoftly and. stole out into the night. He lifted his face to the starry heavens. The breeze swayed the thmple bells into soft music, which mingled with a strong man's- sob sent up to his God. • strengthened or cared for. The Archi- tect kept His eye on the whole. That was the self answer to Irma's fretful questions. •- She looked askance at her new be- lief. What could she cling to now? Her intellect had searched, had culled facts until they stood stiff and straight and undertiable, but, alas, comfortless; and Irma's heart called for comfort. • A missionary called and again she received the assurance it was the test- ing time. God was trying her. "But why," she enquired, "should God lead me to a pit of black de- spair? No, no; that may be your idea of God, but my mind can't conceive such a petty deity as that. My idea is that God has to disregard the in- dividual in His great scheme of things. We are necessary sacrifices that the whole may some day be per- fect." "Ah, no, my sister." • The Mission- • ary's face lit up with the light of per- sonal faith. "God tells us that not a sparrow falls but what He knows; that if one lamb strays from the fold "The God of Sport will banish us if we keep this up." "I agre with you," laughed Helen Claymore, rather mirthlessly. "It's something for our minds we need." 'I don't now about that," retorted Grace, etossing her racket and balls into the locker. "A woodcutter, should be my vocation. to -day. I'm in a mood to demolish everything in sight. Ye gads! To think that that girl's wed- ding is only two days away and David across the sea blissfully unconscious!" "Don't be an idiot," snapped 'Helen. 'Come ue the the house and I'll order • a couple of pontes, ready." Wouldrat dare. rd either break the poor beast's neck or my own." 'My dear Grace, you must let Fate give you a few biffs. You may as well grin and bear it, for he will anyway." "But oh, Helen, isn't it Ere and brimstone! • No, don't be alarmed. That's the Ihnit I allow myself, but it's not even the vapor of nay' steam to -day. I'm in a peevish mood, my friend. You had better keep an eye sHe watches over it until it returns; and clutch on. me, for I'm liable to , that the very hairsofour heads are commit any •satanic evil -even the • numbered. I "Yes, yesl" Irma's voice as coolly impatient. "I once had that faith, too. I would like to have it again. It is comforting, but I'm afraid it is shattered for all times Don't, please, misunderstand me. I'm not railing at Providence. I'm only cognizant of the fact that I'm but a grain of sand in the great Architect's hands- a grain of mare dust, whose position in life would be shifted If it interfered with the perfeeting of the vast structure." Neil Culver did not return' to reli- gion for solace, as his wife. He had moulded Et philosophy of his own out of life, and on this he fell back when the second tragic blow fell. But in spite of hie continual assurance te himself that law and order ruled the Unlversal Portable t Tub •and Folding- tie ot. without inetantancoua water heater; attached, permits an bathroom comforte , millionaire In the mote. No plumb-) leg, Icqually suitable tor country or '• ttrew home, 80 dare trOU. ad - orate uric*, Aelc about our indoor chemical elemets.' tlfilYersol 'Metal Produets Cereparrd 110 AsaumptIon St., Walkarville. Ont. , • MAT HES On the CPR.. and CNA -where Quailitycounts-, • Eddy matches are served to patrons ALWAYS, t YNRYWHY.RE 808 eetauxe ate eon &MY'S itATCHNS kidnapping of the mandarin's niece. By the way, what kind of a wedding is she going to have? One of those heathenish affairs, where they parade their household linens and wares all over the city?" • • Helen nodded. "It will take ten days to complete the ceremony. Visit- ing gaests by the hundred, furniture parade, etc. I think the big proces- sion. will be eliminated on account of the mandarin's death." "Caesar and Cleopatra! It sounds like the Indian tales cel our great- grandmothers' time." "It's just about as barbaric. • Hey ho, here comes Li. Sent him to the city this morning. He's evidently bristling with news d some sort, the way he's sprinting up the path. "Well, 14, the city isn't burned down; no uprising of the white race or agtything like that?" bantered "No, madam -much greater, much greater!" panted the boy. , "St. Peter help usl" Helen put up her hands in mock despair. "Come now, Li, keep your imagination steady, boy. • Out with the news, They. say women soinetintes die of curiosity, you know, and it would be reckless of you to kill two white women in their yoeth." "Killee-that it. Ruch ldllee-- Missee Wang Toy." "Good heavens!" Grace sprang to her feet. "Speak up, boy." Helen's voice was sharp with fright. "Miesee Weng Toy not be married ever now." "Don't dribble; tell us everythieg at once." • "I tell -yes, I tell -give 'ine time." "Who is dead For mercy's sake tell tis who is dead." Grace's voice was bysterical. 1.4 drew himself to his full height ly back• into her, cheir, while the shocked 14 sthod etaring at her °pea- meuthed. °DO go on and be quick." His mistressperemptory command brought the boy to his seises., "Mr. Chu Sing killee--lcillee by Miss Weng Toy, and great h4execl ruby of Culver etolen." Helen stared at the narrator, speechless. Well satisfied with the effecc of his words, the boy turned to spread the. joy -giving Quills amoag the eervants. "Heee, come back," called his mis- tress. Li reluctantly halted. "Have two 'ponies saddled at erica" 'Yes, madam," and forgetting bis bow, 14 fled toward the servants' quarters. There was grim silence between the vtweros.edris as they tiet off for the Cul - When half way there Grace voiced a thought that had evidently been weighing on her mind. "If what your boy says is correct about Tu Hee, we must do everything in our power to free her." "I can't believe she did it, a refmed, delicate girl like Tu Hee-no, it's too ugly, too utterly melodramatic to be in the girl's category, Li has evident- ly jumbled facts. These people fvre artists with their imagination." Grace wasn't convinced, however. "Still, you can't be too sure," she re- joheed. "We don't know all that's beeu between them. She may have grown desperate, poor ehild." "Well, we won't be in doubt long. IThe Culvers will certainly know every- ; thing that is to be known, as it's their property that's been stolen." As they neared the Culvers' temple, knots of chattering, excited peasants dotted the paths. The two foreign women were the targets of many curi- ous stares, as well as many, extremely personal comments. "What makes them so white?" was the audible query of one. The answer came readily in a "know all" tone: "Foreign devils wash every day." • • But neither Grace hoe Helen -Sound any diversion in remarks that another time would have occasioned amused smiles and sallies. They both felt they were in the shadow of grim tragedy. "There's Mr. Reynolds," remarked Grace. "It looks as thciugh he had just arrived from the city. As they rode up, Reynolds turned from giving his horse into the hands, of a servant. His grave face bright- ened perceptibly as he caught sight • of the visitors. • (To be continued.) Teeth of Malay Bride Filed • Before Marriage. The Malays pay for marriage before they celebrate it. To .eat a, wedding cake or wear a wedding robe as yet unpaid for would be an irreparable disgrace, -according to the Malayan code. All the wedding 'eXPelliSes. are paid for by the bridegroom and the sum whiCh covers them is Dent by him to the father-inaaw-elect on. the day pre.- vioue to that on which the young man ,clainis and receives his wife. On the day before her marriage the girl's teeth eve filed. • Feasting and. music intersperse elaborate ceremon- ials, and if the maiden moans her moans are drowned in a flood of music. Three days, before the ,ceremony: she has her hair cut ,short upon hien brow to a thin, straight fringe an.d the nails of both, hands and feet are deeply stained with henna,. , A Malay bride, except for her con- ventional marriage ornaments end her many flower chains, wearsthe ordin- ary dresa of a lady or rank, Awake 97 Hours. The craze for ridiculousrecords evie dently is not dead in Europe. After dan°ing, drumming, pipe blowing and whistling remade 'comes the ins.omaTia record, established at Trieste, France. A prize of 1,000 lire was offered to the person who could remain awake the longest. Although the favorite was a young girl of twenty, (the pr:ze was carried • off by two men. who succeeded in keep- ing their eyes open 'for more than ninety-seven hears, the girl having fallen, fast asleep after seventy-nine hours. The winning 'couple, one a hairdresser and the other a bartender, probably are accustomed to late h,ours. Meanwhile there is a man in a Flor- ence hospital who is likely to beat all sleeping records. He is a business man who was found asleep on a park bench gine 25 and is still asleep. The doctors, though they applied all' the treatments known to them, have failed to arouse him, . area and eggs are it the same clue. You insist 9, fresh eggs, and slime tea deteriorates even more rapidly if ex- posed tO the air, you should insist o11 tea sealed like "SALADA" in air -tight aluminum to keep it.fresh. Do not ac- cept bulk teas of questionable age. Eruptions by Time -Table. Do periods of volcanic activity tend to lit in with definite time -cycles? The records show that at any particular place e-arthquakeS have a maximum once every four years, and it is now contended that the same may hold good of ,eraptions. There seeme to be a certain amount of evidenos supporting this theory. For inetanee, 1923, 1911, and 1.879, wh,ich Were years of Etna Weald fit a four-year eyele. 'The erup- thin of 1848, when Sixty-nine persons lost their lives as the result of an "ex- plosion" of lave, eta° falls withal the cyvae. fThpklOrovttle A iiewborn infant semethrtes doublea its karat wethi in seven days. ' ' - ;,,,,i.aftara. , • •,; 1.1[104 Aida TWELVE WAYS OF EARNING which it is intended. A. little extra IS • MONEY. asked for thist servi' ee and the cue - Here are twelve ways by which tomer has the advantage of haViag women have earned money. All are the exact length needed without any practical and have been tried out suc- anrieey as to having tdo rrtuele or too cesefully. • little in length, ' No. 1. One woman baked home- No. 12. A young girl who is andel- • Made bread and sold it arneng her im- pating going to college fills a regular Mediate neighbors. • She was through position as a stenographer daytimes. every morning at 8 o'cloek and her However, she has her evenings and email sons delivered the product and Saturday afternoons and, desiring to collected the pey. She could easily make them count, has several patrons have done a larger business had she to whose house she goes evenings. She thought it wise to undertake it. takes her dictation and, having ,o see - No. 2. A. Woman, wishing to pay ond hand machine of her own, she for her electric washing machine emit transcribes the vvork as her spare not caring to let others Use it, did the; tiene permits, and delivers it finished washing, starching and drying of the to her patrons, for a fair figure. laundry of three acquaintances for a By doing thie • she has developed fair price. • facility enough, in taking 'different No. 8. A woman with a real knack; kinds of work that she is now equip. - for making fine lace and originating' ped to go to college and to help pay crochet and embroidery designs did her way by acting as part time secre- this work for magazine reproduction. tafY to either a business man, a Mer- in some cases she made samples only: any individual, or in the college office and in others the entire article WaS itself. All of this means that she' will completed and sketched or photo- I be able to gain a higher education graphed. No. 4. A woman with a great fond- ness for. beautifully laundered drap- eries deeided, when left alone, to, spe- cialize in "doing up" lace and muslin curtains. Later she added blankets without doing many of .the laborious kinds of work some students are obliged to resort to in order to get through. More than that, she will be • able to take her own notes in 'short- hand and to transcribe' them swiftly and fine embroidered pieces. Some- and accurately. In some colleges times these were new and ,had never special credits are given for type - been used, and frequently her work written notes and themes. included the luncheon pieces of an elaborate social affair which the FOR YELLOWED CLOTHES. hostess gives her to put into proper Linen that has becoane yellow, from condition for later use. the use of too much soap or from other • No. 5. A woman who found it nec- causes, after being thoroughly washed essary to add to her income did po by, should be soaked ,overnight in cold planning •entertainments for hornet water to which cream of tartar has hoetesses. She is willing' to rnanage been added. A teaspoonful of me= everything from games to place card -of tartar to a quart of water makes a sufficiently strong solution. BABY'S MOVABLE PEN. With an hour of your time you can free and Nlieve's her of much anxiety make baby a movable pen, which -vvill and care. . " e enable you to take him out into the No. 6. A woman with a.knack for garden or elsewhere while you are canning and preserving goes out doing working and you will have the satis- this by -the hour. Even in the winter faction of knowing that he is safe and season she is quite busy with mar- happy. malades and other good things which Take a dry -goods box about 4x3 feet she is able to eoncoct. Many a busy and mount it firmly upon the wheels housewife and many another, with all and frame of a discarded baby car, - she can handle and perhaps with poor. riage or an express wagon. Finish off health, are glad to have her service, the wood carefully so there will be no • No. 7. A woman who understhnds splinters to harm the little ones. several makes of cars earns a tidy sum teaching women to drive these And Grandfather Smiled. makes of machines. She gets her cus- Grandfather smiled when his daugh- tomers through the gara.gemelling the tar told him that a committee from cars. •- „leaer club, the Bluebell Women's( Club, No. 8. A woman who, for various would appear before file school board reasons cannot 'leave home and who is' at its. next meeting and present a peti- occupied during the day, has openedi tion asking that boys. be taught td a beauty parlor in her ow u home. She, make useaul articles for the home in restricts her services from 7 t� 10 four, their manual training courses. evenings a "week and caters almost "Fancy woodworking is all well exclusively • to business women and; enough," she conceded, "but we think girls who are engaged during the day., the boys may as well be acqtairing The days when she works evenings elle; knowledge that they can put to practi- plans to have a light routine of Work,I cal use." qk so as to be as rested as possible foal Grandfather smiled again. "Men her evening activities. • was a boy," he said, "we didn't'have No. 9. A woman of wide reading; to take s,ehool courses in chores; our with a fondness for writing makes a mothers looked after that side of our very good income by preparing speech-; education. We did all the small jobs as and address on given topics and; round the house. I know I saved my furnishes the facts, or again she "I used to Mend the chairs that got club papers. • Sometimes she only, father a good many carpenter's bilis. writes up the material, 'suiting the breken. I made window • and door stile as far as she can to the indi-; screens. I knocked lots of tables, and vidual who will uSe it. I porch chairs together. As for window No. 10. A woman with a fondness boxes for ,flowers, I made dozens for for making fancy things and who sews mother and for the neighbons, wluo nearly every day adds several hundred hadn't a boy in the family. When dollars a year to her income by mak..; mother got through with me father ing fancy boudoir caps, bags, etc.,. always, wanted a job done -a fence, a evenhegs. These she sells mainly to henhouse, a cold frame or a pig trough. the cdstomere she serves durifig the And my sisters., Mary and Eliza, were day. If she has a day at home she: always ,caliing on me foe packing -box makes up more of ,these articles and dressing tables( or barrel &airs. • But always finds sale for them. never got any credit for that work; Na. 11. • Another woman of about the girls. would drape the tables and the same age as the one above men. :stuff the chairs., and when. they showed tioned, has earned enough money &mai 'ent to the other girls, they always, said, ing the last year by tatting to buY watt You ehould see the chair or all her clothes, including a winter, table I've just anadel" coat, for which she paid $60, and the i "Do you mean to pay," exclaimed expense of a long anticipated trip five bios hours away on the tram. Part of the alle Ntdhoao:si 1g, el:st eahdri plenty wide-eyedwtlyt hootu ratri "thatanl!nnagny; youdid d d money is earned by sewing the letting t I didn't. get it at school. I began at • to the handkerchief or garment for home with wash. benchee and worked up by main force and avticarardness to something better. When I wee a boy it was a pretty lazy felloW who could not do about as. much as I did. And we didn't have to gO to scho.ol and take a course of instruction to learn how to sat up stoves. or take down stovepipes." favors, the setting of the table to se- lection of the menu, and even,- if the refreshments are light, to superintend the serving. This leaves the hostess 'qq67 I "But I want Dick to take the man- , nal -training course, father; all the best boys are taking it. It is 'really -the thing nowadays." Grandfather smiled at his daughter's earneetness. "Better send tbe boys. to • their grandfathers!" be recommeeded dryly, ---••- ---- , Well PunIshed. • The singular paaisionent for bigamy In Hungary IS to compel the lean to live • with both of his wives in Ona botiso, Flailing by Wireless. TII8 SMALL BOY, Vessels attached to the Caliadian ohadm46b7r.,ey Laisnewn,endraisll, spiloieifecehevaitiodt 1131reePatort1111:11.1itttoed wil/1„i4trhfnweirtlitsPaitraVael8. "I'dhtewiPilanittearrnb.16suc'suedt fin°174tilSilzTebiti°81; urn.8°I vfe6LletlihteS 01)fill'sPedirmeel°sf 'ol;e4)11.elt,rigTet111:- 4, 5 and 6 yeare. A 4 -year eize re. Phone broadcasting apparatus will al - quires 81/4 yards of 27 -inch material, so be employed for the ealaa Isualmsb. recPettiptliteroef sitlovearnoyr astdadinrepass by IV- till's' 1116a" fIsherill'ell '°W11171g l‘e" 15c isi ceiving sets Will avoid fruitleas or un - the Wilson Publishing Co., 78 *est Profitable trips. • A SMART BLOUSE SUIT FOR Tolle it home to The kids Have a pocket in your pucka, or en over -ready treat, A delicious codee,. • don and' au alol to the teeth, oPPetilef digestbs. •aaalaa arga..111144113aaa-DIAtiraa Piano is Foundation of Musical Expression. Parente who decide net to have their child take up the study of music at all, sometimes, out of misdirected consecleration for the child and a de- sire not to overwork it, often unwit- tingly do the child a great bajustice. Quite apart from the question of cul- tural developmeat and the esthetic value of m,usic, no other art seems, to give' quite that degree of soul satisfy- ing joY• - • T,he musecal life of the land is rich, the fraternity of people who are in- terested in nueedc is both large and 'de- sirable to entea. Even a modicum of talent which will permit simple Im- provisation or the, rendering of operatic soares, gives a pleasure to the player and those about him that is unequalled. But once (childhood is pasted, it is not so easy to talee up the beginnings, ea the study; and •one is cheated : out nf perhaps the richest heritage civiliaablon has given us, and made musioally dumb ,by parents who lacked either the foresight or the in- terest te start and push one through the early, sometimes excruciating, but usually well -repaid lays. The piano ms the foundation of musi- cal expression. It is •often the foun- dation of the composer, the giatildof ally 01 0t every other sort of instrument. An ability to play it is the imperative need of ell wayfarers fate the realms of harmoey. To the musical amatenk it is a constant good companion and friend. " • New Can Opener. A can opener has been invented that turze back the •edges of the tin sanoothly as it is cut. Where 'Willie Gathered Girt. Teacher -"Why, Willie! Sucla dirty hanaal Who brought you up?" Willie -"De coal man, in his wagon, ma'am." Minard's Liniment for Dandruff. Lonely Isle. St Kilda, )3ritain's most remote land, with a population of SO souls, is cut off about eight inonthe in the year by the stormy seas en its rocky 'shores. EtriEralaaaliMata.MIZMiigarifflgia=ggfEa Toronto Bond Exchange • Limited DOMINION BANk. BLDG., TORONTO ATTENTION 1923 VICTORY BONDS may now be exchanged for Dominion of Canada 5 tonds under the following conditions: Holders may clip and retain interest coupons due Nov. 1st, 1923 and send their bonds to be exchanged for the same par value of 1301VIINION OF CANADA 5% Bonds maturing in 5 or 20 years. In exchariging far • DOMINION OF CANADA 5% Bonds due 1928 they will receive the following amounts in cash, in addition to the same par value of DOMINION OF CANADA Bonds on each: $100 Bond Cash $ 1.00 $500 ,, „ 5.00 $1,600 ,, 10.00 In exchanging for DOMINION OF CANADA 5% Bonds due'1943 they Will receive the same par value of DOIV1INION OF CANADA 5% Bonds in addition to a cash payment of: $100 Bond Cash $ '1.75 $1,000 a a 17.50 Fpr 'bonds from which the Nov. lot coupon has not been clipped the cash balance will be as follows: For 1928 Bonds. $100 Bond Cash $ 3.75 • $500 „ 18.75 '$1,000 „ „ 37.50 For 1043 Bonds. $100 Bond Cash $ 4.50 •$500 e 22.50 '45.00 Forward your botale by REGTSTEIZED MAIL to the TOronto Bond Exchange Limited, Dorninioh tank Bldg., 'I'oronto., State plainr)IyAthntoinxilantusrlytyoiticifw1518ohlttimio.,..,14' OF CANA. , 1 Receipts Will be Sent it order of accept-, • •tince' Vet. 1.'!+1; eft rv, iltr'H 4 'NO, Adeieide St., Tbrento. Allow two •'''''-----e„ °------ i Weeks. :for receipt of ,pattern. ' M111°'''d'u Llillw!wit HeI4/4' Cut!. 1 , •Neg4ected Instrutnerio. Some of the -More neglectea. wield iiistraments( libelude the, •calaMt, bakieeen and French Imre, Thee are the more delieate Wid difficult Instruments of tbe wind OtanallY', and villa& they are being tekee up now more thee ever before, they ehould in reality' be given far more consideratian, Eech. of theee laetrile -teats. has a moist important and interesting part to play, and capable performere are, elevays, sure of having good engagements and good pay. If hundreds, of 'th.o.s,e who are studying the piano and the violin' would shift their energies. to One of .these wind ia- strumentsethey nalgirt possibly aclileye the success that they ,can never ' hope to achieve en the piano ;or the vielin. rPhe flute, clarinet, trumpet ail& trom- bone are more generally taken up than the °bee., basson and French horn, but even on these instrunients good play- ers( are still too scaree. Here again are ,son-ke' zeal opportunities for those who want to take up nrusic •as a pro- fession. To become an artist on any wind instil:meat is the work of a lifetime. Those who go into the profession are, generally people In moderate or poor circurn(sta,nces, and Many never get be- yond a certain degree ot 'advancement becau•se they are ruined for the future upon receiving their first professional engagement. 'This engagement may be in a dance orchestra, an hotel, or a theatre orchestra and the pay, while riot enormous, is very attractive. In feet, to the person who has never be- fore earned money it veems quite fa,laulous, The young musician at the outset joins the union in whatever town lie might meide, and hia first pay, if•he has a regular engagement, do far ,greater than that of the young :doctor or lawyer. Some of the young I musicians are so baffled -with this I first money that they , refuse to think any farther. Signs in the Sky. Signs( alf. fair or foul -weather,- -ara noted very ca,refully by country peo- ple. Some of -them are Mere inclined , to believe in the odd aayings about ,the weather than in any readins, from barometers or th,e predlotions, • of . weatherprophets. Here are a few old Evening red and next morning grey ' are (certain signs e beautiful day. If the •oock goes crowing to bed, he'll certainly rise with a watery head,. Wheu sualle 'crsee your path, , black cloucle. much moisture haths • When rooks, fly sporting high in air, it shows that windy storms are near, When tlae peacock loudly bawls; soon we'll have both rain and squalls., If the moon shows like a silvet shield,`be not afraid to, reap your field, But if she rises helloed round, soon we'll tread on deluged ground,. P. rainbOw in the morning gives th( shepherd warning; that is., if the wind " be (easterly, because it shows that 'the ramn. cloud is approaching the observer, A ratehow at night 4s the •sheplaerd's delight; that is, if the wind be west. erly,. as it shows that the rain cloudp. are passing away. If at sun -rising or se,tting the cam& appear of a lurid red color, extending nearly up to the zenith, it is. a surs stgn of storms and gales of wind. • 'When you see goss;amer flying, be ye sure the air IS, dewing. , 'If the fog lies( close to the surface of the ground until it is gradually dis- sipated by the san, the day *ill be - bright and fine. The World Short on Love_ _ Elbert Hubbard said "The world has always been run en a short allowance of love." What a pity this, is, when 11 is the (one thing that we can all give in unlimited quantity, Rua the 031.8 thleg that the world stands most in need of at all times. We are all, in- °lined to overrate the power of money , to help. What millions of people want • naost of all is the human touch; the sympathy, the loving kindnese, the che,ering, helpful word, the under- standing emilea the warm hanciciaaP that express brotherhood, that, give courage and spur one to keen pressing on to his goal. The man 'or woman, no matter how poor, who, has a kindly feeling fee everyone, and doe mot fail to exprese it when needed, ie. a uni- versal helper, Everyone loves him or It is the easiest thing in tbe world. to send a little •sunshine into other livee, to radiate good. cheer, ' flees., wherever we gb. Opportunities for this, are never lacking, and the , portunities let slip to -day will never come back again. But the writing of a kindly word, the little' killed:tees by the wayside, will come back to us in a thousand ways and give enduring- . satisfaction. 'Thie is Love's, way. ; • A Youug Octogenarian. Years. may Weigh heavy like dull lead, But his are light, bright gems instead - And what a genereatS, treasury For younger, enVions eyes to seal He wears his years like modals hung Upon a hero always young Or like the gay plumes of a -knight, - Waving undaunted through tile 11 Ile shows, what boon long life ntaY be, , Simple a,ad sWeet ,gay, Bitay with p,ereenial zest, LeVing ttrid loya,l, and bleat. - • : Pot nature, whom he loves so Weil, Weaves of tlicut,1•0'Ve a magic' spelt, The streng.th of Sea and sky andlill1 EnWrapS him in'its still, Partaell Brown. • The grlctt Dbeasarc bit 1llc ' • doing What peoplo $ay yotz ca'olot, 0,