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The Herald, 1903-05-15, Page 6COURTSHIPS OF L. FAMOUS MIEN. : eTreeP seal:.. reel. . elhe a ..9eeff gra That there is no accounting for the eccentricities 'of lovers is sufficient- ey.,yproved by the odd methods in ••which many of the world's great mon have woes and woos their wives. When Schumann, the famous com- poser, fell treed over heels in love with Clara .Wie'ck, his master's daughter, leis path of courtship was , by! no means one of roses, for Herr ' Wieok bad no wish to see his only daughter the wife of a penniless musician, 'and he forbade the young ;lovers to uold any communication 'with each otner. But love laughs at 'parental—frowns ; and, as Schumann could not ,... -n .write to his lady - 'love, he 'poure:l out his 8ou1 to her `in a, ,series of "Letters to Clara,/" printed in a. musical journal, of which he was editor. When the time was ripe for sot- 1'tling his destiny, he made music the ;vehicle of his passion, and actually] proposed .to Clara on the piano un- der the very nose of her father, Without a single word being utter- ed, and received her joyful assent through the same medium. • Edison's method of wooing was no less eccentric. One day he strolled into one of his workrooms and stood behind the enair of a pretty oper- ator who was absorbed in her work. ;'When the girl glanced round and, 'looking shyly up at him, said, "I knew it was you, Mr. Edison. I al- ways know when you are near," he answered, to her fimazement: "I've been thinking a great deal about ,you lately; and if you are willing to marry me, I would like to marry you." A month later the pretty em- ployee was promoted to a "partner- .ebip" which she has never since re- gretted. Spahr* won his wife with equally 'dramatic suddenness. After playing '+a. duet at a court concert I;tvith Dorette Scheidlera. beautiful !and gifted harpist, and while the ;twat of applause was still ring- ' lag in their ears, he said to his companion : "Shall we play to- gether thus through life ?" For an- swer, "the lady burst into tears and sank into his arms." One day when Mr. Dawson, an eloquent preacher of a century ago, . called to see Miss Corbett, a ;wealthy admirer of his oratory, for whom he had conceived a not altogether platonic affection, he found her reading the Bible. Steal- ing up behind her, he looked over `her shoulder to see what she was `reading, when, without showing any recognition of his presence, :the lady's wforefinger rested on the ords of Nathan to David: " Thou art the man." Even a less marked hint wouel have been suaficient for Dr. Dawson, and we cannot won- der that Mies Corb..tt soon chang- ed her nam.. Dr. Abernethy, the famous phy- sician, was as abrupt in his court- ship as in his treatment of his pa- tients. When, after a single meet- ing, he de,ided that Miss Anna Threlfall would make a desirable life partner, he promptly wrote to tell her so in a direct, businesslike w,ay. He told her frankly that he was "much too busy; a man to have time to spare for love making"; but if she was willing to marry him she might let him know, and the answer was favorable. 1. painsboron„•h's wooing was made •elmost absurdly easy for him. He had completed a portrait of Miss Burr, a charming young lady of six- teen summers, when his fair sitter :was so delighted with her 'presenat- melnt that she more than hinted that ';Rvlaile she took the copy the artist : night claim the original. Gains - 'borough did not deeline=such a, tempt" ling offer. For constancy it would ibe difficurt to find a rival for Jeremy Bentham. In early manhood Jeremy Bentham proposed for the hand of a young lady, who promptly ,refused him. •1~'orty years later he renewed his pffer with the same result ; and, still 'loyally cherishing bis love in old age, he proposed • again at the ago of eighty in a touching letter, in which he wrote : "Since the day when you presented me with. the flower in the lane, not a single day has passed •in which you have not engrossed my thoughts.' , • e Probably no gallant who ever laid • •his heart at a fair lady's feet was ,more undecided than Lord Byron 'when he wrote the letter which com- mitted him to the unhappy marriage with Miss Milbanke. He had just pro- posed to another lady and, as he bald her letter of refusal in his hand, he said to a friend : "It seems that at is to ,be Miss Miibanke after ail; I will 'write to her." Ile sat down and wrote the "fatal letter," hand- ing it to his friend for perusal. " A very pretty letter," the friend remarked, after reading it ; "It is a 'pity that it shouldn't t go . Then it stall go," exclaimed Byron and thus opened one of the most tragic chap- ters or his chequered life -story. When Actions Speak. Chicego Post. ' "Jelin," site said, "how do you spell .!'conceit"? ,1 "Ceosh-c-e-i-f.." "That's what I thought," she said, /as She tore up the letter she was ;igr,rltingg and began all over again." And She couldn't understand why he laughed. ' Wood's 1.'hoepBiodielo, The area English Remedy, is an old, web estab. lished and reliable preparation. Has boon proscribed and used over 40 years. 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The term zero, which is used to designate a culler, and in meteorol- ogy the entire absence of heat in the atmosphere, was, according to a mathematical historian, Moritz Cantor, used by the Babylonians about the year 1.700 B, C, This, hoavover, is merely a supposition. It has not been definitely established that zero was in use any earlier than 400 A. I). About this time it was used in India,. and several centuries 'later the Arabs began to employ it. Through the Arabs its use became known to Europeans during the twelfth century, It was not generally adopted in Europe un- til several centuries later, notwith- standing its great advantages. For a considerable time there were two parties among the European. edu- cators. One party, known as the Al- gorists, favored the adoption of the H'indoo system of notation (false- ly called Arabic), with its possible values, while the other, known as the albacists, favored the Roman notation, without zero or position value. The general adoption of the Rie- doo system was greatly facilitated by the facts tb'at it was explained 1n most of the calendars for more than a century beginning with 12'00 and that the mediaeval universities frequently offered courses devoted to the use of this notation. Keeping in With the Cook. Puck. " She calls her cook a 'chef.' How absurd 1" Oh, I don't know. Perhaps that's how she gets her to stay 1" Alfred A. Taylor, of Margaree, says : " One ;bottle of MINARD'S LINIMENT cured a sere111ng of the gamble joint, and saved a horse worth $140.00." Thos. W. Payne, of leathurst, saved the life of a valuable horse that the Vet. bad given tap, with a few Mottles of MLINARD'$ LINI- MENT < t plasma Ten Rules of Politeness for Children. 1. To he polite is to have a kind re- gard for the feelings and rights of others. 2. Be as polite to your parentsi brothers, sisters and schoolmates as you are to strangers. 3. Look people fairly• in the eyes when you speak t9 them, or they epeak to you. 4. Do not bluntly contradict any one. 5. It is not discourteous to refuse to do wrong. 6. Whispering, laughing, chewing gum, or eating at lectures in school, or at places of amusement, is rude and vulgar. 7. Be doubly careful to avoid any rudoness to stranger.', such as call- ing out to them, leu -Ming or mak- ing remarks about them. Do not stare at visitors. 8. In passing a pen, pencil, knife, or poi.utor, hand the blunt end to- ward the one who received it. 9. When a classmate is reciting, do not raise your hand until after hie has finished. 10. When you pass directly in front of any one, or accidentally annoy him, say, "Excuse me." and never fail to say "'Malik you," for tole smallest favor. On no account say "Thanks."—Seh'ool Rules for Santa Barbara, Cal. More or Less Pointed. It takes money to voice the opin- ion of a lawyer. A good man isn't necessarily] a de- sirable neighbor. Pride goes before a. fall—and It goes much quicker after one. Speculators love dogs—at least they are fond of good pointers. The man who minks his wife is blind to his faults is entitled to an- other think. A woman's idea of a convenient house is one that has three 'closets in each room. If a fool possesses tact and assur- ance he will dista,noe the wise guy who possesses neither. A woman Isn't necessarily fond of fiction because she listens patiently) to her husband's exeuses. If you have Wever tried to make any one happy you have no idea of what you have missed. Some men who act the hog all their lives haven't anything to show for it except the i1I-will of their neighbors. Sortie School Excuses. • Following are a few notes that teachers in an east side school have recently received : " Dear Miss H.: "Pleas excus Minnie and Lena for being absent they got a wedding by a .brother." Weddings seem much in vogue among the families of that section, for another pupil walked pompously Into the class -room after a day's absence and presented ed Ilei teacher with an epistle that read as fol- lows : " (Miss S : Please e:`;cuze my daughter Leahs absents. She went to a. wedding, the last day before by her mother's sis- ter." A tardy pupil brought in this pros duction " Dear Miss 1+.: "The reason by which our daughter comes late, it consists in her laziness to leave the ,bed in the morning but; we hope henceforward to make her be eager and diligent. "I was yours respectful." The herons and heroines of the fol- lowing certainly deserve the sympa- thy ympa- iDeapublic Madam m : • " Kindly excuse Tommy for ,being absent. He fell clown the seller stares Just before school time. At firrt ,we thought his internal insides were in- jured but the doctor said, it was the brazing of the eppydormys of the outside was much. However h0 nar- rowly rec01)0(1 fatal death." " Dear Teas her : ' Please excuse Santee for'tieing ab- sent. We have a. pet goat and he et lip •11iri JaIntIsc. S pan Is. Itis father cculdn"t get hint any nntil yester- day. Mrs. -_- " P. M.— Wo .have tied Up the goat," —New York Tirues. Soft and crooked bones mean bad feeding. Call the disease rickets if you want to. The growing child must eat the right food for growth. Bones must have bone food, blood must have blood food and so on through the list. Scott's Emulsion is the right treatment for soft bones in children. Littledoses everyday give the stiffness and shape that healthy bones should have. Bow legs become straighter, loose joints grow stronger and firmness comes to the soft heads. Wrong food caused the trouble. Right food will cure it. In thousands of cases Scott's Emulsion has proven to be the right food for soft bones in childhood. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto, Ontario. soc. and $r.00; all druggists" He Couldn't Play. The small son of a member of Con- gress was invited to a party at the house of a girl friend of his, He said he didn't 'want to 'go. " Why not ?" asked his father. "You generally have a good time, don't you ?" • Yes," replied the son, "but Iguess I don't care to go to this one." The father grew insistent. "Tell me the reason," he said. • "I should think you would be crag to go." Tho eon twisted and turned and then he blubbered : 1 " I am crazy to go, but they play nothin' but kissing games, 'and my lips are all chapped." -Washington car. Chicago Inter -Ocean. HONORED ABROAD Word has recently been received that Massey -Harris Company, Lim- ited, have added another laurel to their many successes. This time the victory was scored in Australia.. The Massey -Harris Stripper -Har- vester, in come etition with some ten other trees, scored a signal suc- cess at Smithfield, South Australia, 'on 28th November, 1902, being awarded a total of 47114 pointe, and having oniy 476 lbs .draught. The figures given of the next competitor were 4672-3 points, and 672 lbs. draught. Toho Stripper -Harvester is not used in Canada—it is not suited to the conditions of the climate ; but in Australia there are more Strip- per -Harvesters used :than there are ]tinders. Tyle report only goes to show that MnasoyH'arris machines lead wherever they are. They would not do eo if they were not built well and with good materialL A New Version. Victoria Times. A correspondent sends us the fol- lowing, with an undertaking to "make" his "Alfred David" that it was wafted to bins ears as be passed the Colonist office at a late houxl last night : Hurrah for ' ` ( ! t So bright a.nd =Sart, 1 ; Hurrah dor (F,' • , ' n i too, I iAlso {Cor it r 1 Our heart's desire, Who did t t r e, a "dart' Because of Weak Hearts When you are sick your heart is faint. If it were pumping good blood through your system, you could not be sick in any part. Ninety-nine out of a hundred have weak hearts—they are some- times sick. Dr. Agrnew's Heart Cure will relieve Heart Disease in thirty minutes. Will with certainty effect a lasting cure. GEORGE CRITEs, Dominion Customs Office, Cornwall, Ont., says :— " I was troubled with severe Heart com- plaint for a long time. I was under the doctor's care, but not receiving benefit, I asked him about ' Dn. AGNEW'S CURE FOR rau HEART,' and I used it with good results." Di', Agnew's Ointment is rid. ding the world of piles and skin rashes, eruptions of all sorts. Its healing powers are marvelous. Price, 350. IC Only eels Wife. Philadelphia Press. "If It wasn't for my 'wife," grum- bled the first maxi at the reception, I would not bo bete." "Neither would 1," replied the other one. "7.11ie hostess is a great friend of my wife's. Is she e1, friend of yours ?" "No; sine's my wife." Ask for guard's and take no ether. Ilei Gentle flint. "Are you fond of birds 7" she ask- ed, Innocently, as she steed at the piano fumbling the nrnslc. • "I dearly love thein," he replied, With never a. shadow or suspicion. Then she ran .her slender fingers over the keys and began to sing, OIl, Would I Were a, Piird.'n PRETTY CIRCUS WOMEN. They Must ;Have Good Looks Now- adays as Well as Good illusclee, There is a new kind of circus girl, just as there is a new chorus girl. The latest thing in chorus girls is slight and piquant,. and in marked physical contrast to the opulent, stalwart beauty who was formerly considered the only type adapted to stage display. The new kind or circus girl ds striking principally on account of her increased comeliness. The hard - faced, dyed -haired rider with her set smile and ghastly • little coquetries fele. thing at the past. The women are nowadays fresher, prettier and nearly always hotter dressed than they ever were in the past. Comeliness seems to be re- garded now as . important as their athletic skill. One very mediocre acrobat was a Woman called "The Beautiful Geral- dine," who was successful ten years ago from oue end of Europe to the• other, not 'because she was skilful In her work, hut on account of her supposedly great beauty. Yet to -day she would not seem so much, above the average of looks' at the Madison Square Garden. Their dressing is also more taste- ful in its colors, and the 'women who this year ride in habits are in every way smarter looking than they were in the past. But it is her Looks that differentiate the present-day circus girl from her predecessors. She Is rapidly becoming a. thing oe beauty as well as of muscle and daring.—N. Y. Sun. OH, A. W,, CHASE'S CATARRH CURE Is sent direct to the diseased parts by the Improved Blower. Heals the ulcera. clears the air passages, stops droppings In the throat and permanantly cures Catarrh and Hay FevetOBiower free. All dealers, or Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co.. Toronto sad Buffalo. Might be Worse Yet. Buffalo Express. Mrs. Homer—You can't go home while it is raining so. Stay and have dinner with us. Mr. Witless—Oh, no, thank you. It Isn't so bad as all that. Rich and Poor Alike use Painkiller. Taken internally for cramps, colics and dia- rrohea. Applied externally cures sprains, swollen muscles, etc. Avoid substitutes,tlaere Is but one "Painkiller"—Perry Davis'. Lacking in Eiperienoe. • Pittsburg Dispatch. "Bbw many years does it take a woman to learn not to talk to her husband while he's Shaving ?" "I don't know. I've only' been mar- ried eight years." , t Lifebuoy Soap—disinfectant—is strongly recommended by the medical profession as a safeguard against infectious diseases. as Showed His ignorance. "Looney is no judge of human tura at all. "Why do you say that ?" "He leas such sublime faith in him- +" , B i 1 nar HOW'S THIS ? We offer One Hundred Dollars' Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. 1iENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfectly honorable lu all business trans- actions and financially able to carry out any obligati one made by their firm. Waste a TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To- ledo, 0. W.&LDING, KINNAN 6: MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0, Hall's Catarrh Cure le taken internally,act. Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur- faces of the system. Testimonials sent free Price -75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists, Hall's Family Pills aro the best. Growls From the Tiger. Money is no object ; most of no believe it is a myth,;, Most girls close their eyes when they are ici,ssed, do you blame them? The poor ye 'have always with you —often ,so close that they touch you. Politeness is the salt of life; you bla,te to have it rubbed into you when yon are cut up. A. lot of people who should the spending good time getting good money spend good money getting a good time. It does not malt'o it right to do what you' ought not to do when you' don't do what you ought to do. It to all very well to get a, good Start, but the start you get when some fool; puts his cold hands down your peek may be too good. —Princeton Tiger. Reflections of a Bachelor. The meanest trick that a rail- road tan play on a girl is to turn on a light just before the train goes through a tunnel. Women smoke the way boys swear .-without appreciating how much fun they could get out off it if they knew how to do It. 41 woman can win a man by mak- ing find strawberry shortcake ; to old him she has got 11to know how to broil steak and bake bread. It ler an indescribable ,instinct that leads a girl to put on her best pair of stockings in the morning when Iter skirt is going to get caught on a• barbed wire fence in the after- noon: When a woman makes an unexpect- ed call on another it is a sign that she has heard something disagree- able said about her and would like a (Chance to tell it to her its a friend.—Now York Press. illina,rd's Liniment Lumberman's Firieln,d. t Street Car .Amenities in Wichita Some of the car linos in Wichita have no conductors, and it devolves upon the Motorman to collect the falree. A few days ago a man 1)Fa,d left the car without oayi,nig and the motorman ]tailed him. "If you want your money come and got It," he said. The motorman•wn,lked to the darner, whereupon the man offered him a half. -dollar. The driver took it and said, "If you want youf' change come to the ear ned get It." The Client hesitated and a,a k cl the motorman to brir,;g it tohim. "I can't waste any moro time," said the motorman. "You will find your change' at the office of the company." Then he turned on his power and moved.. The Sunlight way of wash- ing requires little or no Mae, a usew'e bo0Chtng e__yyrrunpp abenld alwaye,be used Por Children, Teething. I6 soothes the child, softens tboguma,, cures wind should try colic and is tine best remedy for Diarnc�aa, ISSUE NO, 0. 19031 rubbing. You Sunlight • Soap. Will not injure dainty fab— rics. 813 >; LEARN A PROFESSION IN FIFTEEN DAYS by mail so you can make from rrvn mo max DOLLARg A DAY. Fort�p,�articulars write A. �9ANSEL, f�. IU 9 eVtforth Hamilton, Ont. Tommy's Peculiarities. Chicago Tribune. "Where do yez keep the jam', mum ?" inquired the ,new lured girl, who was trying to familiarize her, beif with her surroundings. "We keep it in different places," said Mrs. 'Zucker, "until Tommy fnids out where it is and then we don't keep it at all." A RECOGNIZED FACT, It is universally colleeded that to properly appreciate a trip to New York or Boston, one must take the best road. That road is the New York Central. • The Uncommercial Liszt. Artistic faik frequently have vague notions about business. Some of them, says Collier's Weekly_, are quite ignorant or it, others utterly indif- ferent to it, and others yet hate the very name of it. One of the last named category was Liszt. Re head returned'from a successful tour, and Princess Met- ternich, the wife of the celebrated statesman and diplomatist, was questioning him regarding the con- wets he had been giving abroad. i "I hear," she said, "that you did good business in Paris ?" To which Liszt gave the tart re- pily: "I only played some music there. Business—that I leave to bankers and diplomatists." To another lady] the musical cleric gave a still more sarcastic answer, "Ah, Abbe," she sighed, "what a great fortune you would make if only you could be induced to go to Am- exiom to play± I" "Madame," returned Liszt, "if you stood in need of that fortune, be- lieve me, I would go at once." Keep Kinard's Liniment house. in the Gracious No 1 Yonkers Statesman. Maude—I should think automobile riding would be disastrous to a wo- man's hair. Miriam—Gracious, dear 1 You don't want to wear your hair when you go out in an automobile. Mi laa,ird's Liniment is used by Phy- sicians., A reason for it. Chicago Tribune. " Those little arbors and cozy nooks cost something," explained tate proprietor of the summer hotel, "but we consider them a mighty good ins vestment.," They attract people to the place, I suppose," commented the thought- less stranger. 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Matri- mony: was evidently the subject of their conversation, for one of them said ; "Sometimes, I think that if I was ,single, I woulud not marry the Prince of Wades himself, and then ag'in, I dun n o." "Yes, that is so," replied, her com- panion. "I feel just that way my- self,' a,n' I have as good a husband as the averidge, too." "So have j—that is, as men ran now;adays." Two French fibhtng smacks founder- ed In the channel, and fourteen men were drowned. 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 O4> 0.'00,'00 Sleek MARK. The old. Inyariabio virti:b ee i almest the king curd;foe sand iseS *sicea. 25c. mutt 150Ce 0.0000.0008 oo F 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 n 0 O 0 a of 0t 4 It Ti"Hs th Show i*' in ° `� If you hope to exhibit your stock at the Fall Fairs, start now and get them in per- fect health by using Dick's Blood Purifier 8t: tvU Isedg, svoni to csa2V0P bilk'the Talmo i i ,l�aara, Fifty. Cents per laaokcaige. iryrllfING, Mira~8 & c0., Montreal, Agents,