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A NEW WAY TO PAY
OLD DEBTS
The hero of this story, though no
longer pasha of a great city, still lives
in peace and tranquillity in one of the
secluded coast towns of Morocco. The
talo of his magnificence in other days
• is not lost, nor is the story how he
once met the demands of an income
overspent. It was as ingenious as it
was dishonest—which is saying much.
The Tangier correspondent to the Lon-
don Times writes:
At length the pasha's situation be-
came serious. The crops • of the year
before had been poor, and he had
drained every possible source of re-
venue, legal and illegal, just and un-
just.' The Jews would lend no more.
The tribesmen of the country round
threatened revolt, but every day the
expenses • of his household increased.
It was a matter of pulling through tilI
the harvest—but the harvest was still
a couple of months ahead. Two or
three thousand pounds would suffice
for the most pressing needs—the rest
might wait; but how to raise even that
paltry, insignificant sum? For the
Whole of one night he pondered, and
in the morning he issued an edict.
There was danger, this document
stated, from the surrounding tribes,
whose- loyalty to the Sultan was in
doubt.. The walls were suf1 eient to
defend the city, but it was of vital im-
p•ortance that the suburbs should not
be raided, as the population was large-
ly dependent for its food supplies on
the gardens and granaries situated
outside. The military forces under
his command, though sufficient to pro-
tect the town, were quite inadequate
to venture outside and patrol the sub-
urbs, and there was no cavalry. In
these circumstances he proposed to
raise a troop of ,.horsemen. The men
were to hand but there were no horses,
and the edict terminated in inviting
every merchant -of -the town to provide
a horse.
Now, unlike the Arab tribesmen of
the country districts, tile town IVioor
is no rider. He climbs now and again
on the padded crimson saddle of .a'fat
mule and ambles, to his place of busi-
ness or to pay a visit, but a horse is
to r him an annoying and dangerous
quadruped.- possessed of only two
ideas.: to . fight every other horse it
nlieets--for in Morocco only stallions
are ridden—and to throw its rider.
Accordingly not a single merchant pos-
sessed a horse and determined not to
buy one until the absolute necessity
arose, on - the principle of "wait and
see:"'
A few nights' later about ten o'clock,
when all the inmates of his house
were 'asleep, there was a tremendous
knocking at the nail -studded door of
the house of one of the principal mer-
chants of the city. Hastily donning
such garments as were within his
reach, 'and wrapping his bed blanket
around him, for the night was cold,
the elderly gentleman called out from
within and asked what was wanted.
"Open, in the name of the pasha!"
With a drawing of many bolts and
the turning of great keys the door was
opened by the merchant himself, who
tiMidly asked the reason of this late
visit,
"We have called far your horse,"
replied the master of the pasha's
household, who stood without, sur-
rounded by half a dozen particularly
evil -looking soldiers.
"My horse?"
"Yes, the horse you were command-
ed to .buy, The tribes are in open re-
volt, 'and the horse is required at
dawn.,,
"Oh, sir," replied the now affright-
ed merchant, "I have been looking for
a horse ever ,since the pasha's edict
was published, but in vain. I have
searched high and low, but I couldn't
find one, I left no hole or corner unex-
plored, but all without :success—so
help me all the saints of !;slam, may
peace be upon them!"
"Then you have no horse?" asked
the - pasha's representative roughly.
"Alas'l my lord, to -night I have none
—to -morrow I' will endeavor—"
"To -morrow you will have no .oppor-
tunity. My orders are to arrest and
imprison every merchant who has not
got his horse."
"Arrest! Imprison!" cried the miser-
able blanket -wrapped old gentleman.
"Yes, arrest and imprison,"
"Pity! I beg pity!" he cried, weep-
ing copiously. "You are a good and
worthy man. Soften your heart. Find
me some solution to this tragedy."
The master of the pasha's household
seemed to ponder the matter deeply
for a' moment and then said, "Indeed
I pity you 'with all my heart, but I
must obey my orders --unless—"
"Unless ?"
"I am ready t� make a sacrifice. My
own horse Is hero. I will sell it to
you, and you can hand it over to the
pasha."
"Oh, thank you. And the price?"
"Three hundred dollars." •
"Three hundred dollars!" almost
shrieked the merchant. "Three hun-
dred dollars? Impossible!"
• "I see you don't want to buy it."
And, calling up his ill -looking soldiers,
he ordered them to arrest the unfor-
tunate man.
"I will pay! I will pay!" cried the
meroliant, and, leaving his blanket in
the hands of the soldiers, he escaped
indoors, to emerge a few moments
later with a beg of coin. .'
"There is more than three hundred
dollars there," he said, "far more, but
it does not matter." •
The master of the pasha's household
ordered a man who led a horse by a
rope to hand .it over to the merchant."
In the flickering light of the lamp the
g miserable •individual found •himself
face to face with the object he most
dreaded in the world, a `horse; and
what a horse! It appeared in the
darkness immense; its eyes seemed to
him to glow with unearthly fire, and
as he unconsciously took hold of the
rope it reared and neighed. With a
cry of terror the merchant sought re-
fuge inside his doorway.
"Come, comae;" said the pasha's re-
presentative, "you must take the
horse," holding out the halter.
"Whore—where can I take it?" pite-
ously asked the merchant. "I have no.
stable."
"Your house—"
"My house! There are only women
in my house, and even the courtyard
is carpeted. Everyone would die of
fright; besides, it would certainly kill
nie long before I got it in." And a
fresh flood of tears• staved his words.
"Well, take it you must—unless—"
"Unless?"
"Unless I take it round to the
pasha's stable -to-night instead of to-
morrow at dawn." _
"Oh, my god friend, my savior, take
it!" and he pressed more money into
the officer's hand.
The cavalcade moved off, and, cry-
ing and shivering, the merchant closed
his door, It was only then that he re-
membered that the Soldiers had not
given him back his blanket.
When the merchants of the city met
to attend to their business on the fol-
lowing day it was evident that they
were all suffering from nervous shock.
At first they guarded .a discreetell-HENiad'Sjiu fqr Firewood.enee, but at length our friend related FOOD FAILS
the episode of the previous night, If the Canadian forests could ren>
Ce ricusly enough, they ,had all had der an account for the firewood slap -
the same experience—and, more curl- Defective (Digestion is the Cause, plied by thein In 1922, it would read
cus still, in every case it had been a something like this; "The Canadi
ferocious untameable gray horse, with and Misery Follows. ' Public, to the Forests. of Canada;.
ilery eyeballs, which bad screanle,t. 860,.846 cords of firewood, $35,228,702."
and reared, that they had one and all do are thousands of people who And then the bill would represent only
gettheit r'
been obliged to buy at a wickedly ex- Proper noel ishineiit the original value,
orbita'nt price for the pasha's caviilry- from the food they eat, bec.inse their To produce this enormous quantity
The same clay the pasha announced digestion is defective, Fool that lies of firewood required 841,780,560'cubic
that he had been able to make peace
undigested in the stomach is not mere -
that of standing timber, the largest
with the surrounding tribes, and that }y'wasted, but .will feritieiat and poison amount consumed by any of our many
all danger was over. As he satin his your system. I .iatulence and sour rise forest products.
garden he ordered one of his slaves to iiigs in the throat fo:low and unless To the unthinking person this fire
bring him a certain horse from the y�lu are careful you will become a wood output is but one of the many
clirouic dyspeptic.
stable, A few minutes later, with a ares to which our timber producing
bound and a neigh, a vicious-look]ng 13y toning up the stomach to clo the arena are put, and is ,passed by with
stallion was led before_ hien. He look _wore nature intended, you will re- the same unconcern
move the. mime of the trouble. Noth. „, e , ntell
ed at it for little while and'smiled;,, Lug will more promptly restore the di says the Natural Resources Intel
then said, "Let that good horse havegence Service of the Department o
a double feed of barley to -night," and eestive organs than good new blood.
eeemaeb, nerees end glands all' de- the Interior. If, however, he wer
de-
pend on the blood, and when it gets
thin"anti watery they are at once weak.
workmen to be paid three days' pay eazed It ]s because of tlxe!i action in .should see a pile of firewood seve
out of the twenty-six' that he owed •,hu;lclin up and enrichingfeet high on either bide of the track
the Blood
them, and- went into the house towith no break through the 3,494 mil.
trr`a Dr, ,Williams' Pink fells have
count the dollars. a G he would cover in his trip from coas
��
.proved •Successful in so many cases of 1 o coast, he wouldget a visual demon
indigestion where ordinary medicines non
Lit' failed. The new rich blood quick- stration of the importance of Canada
annual cut of firewood.
Pilled four feet. high It would make
a wall 12,832 miles in length, ora wall
across Canada fourteen and one-half
feet high and lour feet thick.
• Almost all species of wood are used
for fuel purposes, depending upon the
area in which it is cut and the mar-
ket In Ontario, Quebec and the Mari-
time Provinces the firewood is mostly
composed of hardwood, maple, beech
and birch - predominating, In the
knowledge, and he has put new land. . Among the biaadening influences in pPrairie Provinces large quantities of
on the Antarctic neap which may prove our lives, one of the most potent is an British and are cased, while veryy
one day to be of great commercial acquaintance with those who have larerColumbia, oft timber
aowinitto the
value. serge sarretu e timber available, many
lived'in ocher lands and have a range species are used..
Amundsen in his exploration has of intellectual interests and spiritual
lead to live by faith like other sailors inclinations that are new and fresh
before and since Columbus. The lat- and stimulating. Those who put a
ter received a few hundred dollars for girdle round the earth and have not
discovering America. Nansen, inter- the'. powers of sympathy and imagine
national altruist that he is, has had time, enabling them to feel and to see
to write books to finance his journeys. ' deeply, are traveling in a physical
Shackleton was compelled to pass "'"the sense, but they might as well remain
begging -bowl vigorously to supply the at home for all the gain. they make in
little "Quest" for his final adventure. 1 the :knowledge of the world and in the
The first American polar voyager, ! understanding of their fellowmen..
Kane, of Philadelphia, could not have l Ina little, isolated country men lead
financed his undertaking without the narrow, egocentric lives and boast that
generous aid of a New Yorker, as their . tethered daily round circum -
Peary, after strenuous lecture tours scribes all that is worth while. Oliver
and much writing, owed his supreme , Wendell Holmes said: of a New Eng -
encouragement to another broad -mind- ; land city that you. could not pry the
ed citizen. The annals of discovery inhabitants loose from their idea that
are filled with the experience of de -: it : was the hub of the solar system,
termined navigators who sailed to- 1 In Lhasa, capital of'Tibet, the belief
ward the unknown with incomplete of each ignorant, simple soul is that
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feeling kindly • disposed to all the
world, and -generous, he ordered his
travelling from Halifax to Vancouv.
and, looking out of the car window he
The Costly Arctic.
Roald Amundsen deserves a better ]y -:tones up the digestive organs; the
reward than permission to file a venire apyetlto•improves and you are able to
tary petition in bankruptcy at Chris- eat` with comfort and get full nourish-
tiania. - The Norwegians themselves, l urentfrom your food.
should organize a fiscal rescue eicpedi- i •You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
tion, if none else will undertake it. For through any dealer in medicine, or by
the doughty explorer who was first to mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr.
attain the South. Pole has stimulated ; Williams' Medicine ' Co., Brockville,
geographic enterprise throughout the ' Ont•,
world. His researches in magnetism and in trend of ocean currents bevel '.
resulted ill, valuable contributions to
Foreigners.
When it is remembered that Cana-
da's forests are annually providing
over a cord of firewood for every man,
woman and child in the country, and
that the warmth and comfort of mil-
lions of our people are dependent up-
on the continuance of this fuel supply,
the value of the forests of Canada will
be more fully appreciated. Large areas
Soft -Fleshed Fish.
The softness of the flesh •of many
deep -water fish is due to the pressure
at the great depths where they spend
their lives. When they are brought
to the surface this pressure is taken
off; they then expand and their flesh
becomes soft.
Sensitive plants in the Tropics
protect themselves from cattle by
drooping and seeming to die. There
are also sharp spurs on the stalks
which prick the tongues of hungry
animals.
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MORNING & ...:,
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!OR rots EYE CARE woo,• p,vaixe co. CUICh00.11y4
of Canada, particularly in the central
portion, are devoid of other local fuels, i (-j rt '�
and dependence must be placed upon; i j •
wood or imported coal. It is therefore'
the part of wisdom to protect the t
forests from Lire that the supply of
firewood for domestic and power pur-
poses may be assured.
Teacher Was Blow.
A school teacher was talking to the
equipment and strong faith, and who the filthy, smelly ,town is the centre mother of a boy who had reached third
on their return were miserably recon-1book.
! of everything..The nrountafn villages - "He's got all the learning he'll ever
pensedi though others richly profited of the Andes are filled with folk who want," said the mother. ..
by their pioneer activity. ( scratch for fleas,_postpone till "mans: The teacher replied:
At this late day it. ought not to be na" .what ought to be done to -day. and ! school eighteen; ea I e was at
sool until and spent four
necessary to urge prompt aid for ,the I indulge the chauvinistic pretense that, years at college, yet I know very lit.
gallant mariner of Norway The no land is like their own, no glory tie."
world in his debt should ,en* e himcompaa'�``J,r`el eti.er 'Iteee •:ry:`"•Bet the : ,.
Ah, 1k ani," -skid the mother,
to meet *obligations' he incurred for "
like conceit persists and para -at large "some folks are much _slower at learn=
the• benefit of the race. ingg than others."
In parts, of our own Dominion. Too
sufficient` unto ourselves; we inveigh
against the alien as unansimilable
when we ought to be teaching those*
whom we;would find docile enough in
When the baby is 111; .when he cries most instances if we cared to teach
WHEN B.11
3Y
a great deal and no amount of atten- them.
tion or petting makes hien happy,
Baby's Own .Tablets should be given
him without delay. The Tablets are
a mild but thorough laxative which re-
gulate the bowels and sweeten the
stomach and thus drive out constipa-
tion and indigestion; break up Bolds
and simple fevers and make teething
easy. They are absolutely guaranteed
to be free from opiates and narcotics
and can be given to even the new-born
babe with perfect safety and always
with beneficial results. The Tablets
are sold by medicine dealers or by
mail at 26 cents a box from The Dr,
Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
Too Late.
Wandering aimlessly about the farm
the city boarder happened to .see Uncle
Si and the hired man cutting up a hog
they had just killed, and with visions
of pork chops in the near future, made
theremark that he was very fond of
fresh pork.
"No fresh pork from this one," said
Uncle Si. "We're going- to cure him."
"Cure him!" exclaimed the city
boarder, "Good Lord! You are too
late to cure him now; you should
have tried that before he died."
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There has 'recently been conip]oted at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in
and hand-playet1 carillon of fifteen bells for installation in a .church at -'Oshawa,
Mt* and a ball tons.
England,
Ontario.
o combined clockwork
Tlie largest bell weighs
It Is a" sign of savage ignorance and
of imperfect civilization to feel resent-
ment against another man merely be-
cause he cornes'}'rom a land we never
saw and ruses a dialect with which we
are unfamiliar, If we are mentally
hospitable, we shall eagerly welcome
the chance to hear wonder tales of
strange clixne,s and peoples and ad-
ventures ,with "beasts, 'men and gods"
such as are denied to our shut-in lives
I except through the medium of litera-
ture. It argues a purblind, miserable
satisfaction with the groove we move
in when we are unwilling to step out
of it with an outheld hand of personal
greeting to a "foreigner."
Those who mast want the peace of
the world are those who sedulously
cultivate all ways and means of in-
ternational intercourse. They do their
best to give the desirable stranger to
feel at home and at ease among us.
Because they seek to establish a uni-
versal friendliness, they are of one
mind to discourage the anarehist_and
his seditious principles They would
not inundate Canada with 'those who
would demoralize and destroy. That
kind of foreigner they would repel, but
the others are welcome guests, and the
desire of every lover of his own land
is, to make friends of them for the ad-
vantage of the entTre comity of civil-
ized.lands.
`Rescuing Coal.
Large deposits of coal thrown over-
board by various warships stationed
near the island of Crete during the wale
have;peen recovered in a curious, not
to say; laughable, manner. The thrifty
islanders, being without dredging ap-
paratus, attaclledl;an octopus to a line
.and lowered it to the bottom. As soon
as the tentacles of the creature closed
round 8 lump of Boal they pulled it up.
To the ordinary Auueriean the thought
of .coupling the octopus and coal will
seem both natural and fitting.
A September Ronde!.
Fait'sumror dies ---she fades away;
The' truth is hard to realize;
Yet though he lingers, fain to stay,
Fair;sumnier dies!
She smiles to !tide it from our eyes,
And;golden.day suoceedeth day;
The'world in languorous" stillness lies,
Vain hopes are fostered by delay
l'o cbeat death of his lovely prize;
With. flush of beauty In decay
1 Fair milliner dies!
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A powder made fromfish, which
will increase human height, is "an-
nounced by a Japanese scientist.
Pay your out-of-town accounts by
Dominion Express Money Orders.
The total area iii orchards in New
Zealand has been estimated by the
New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture
at 30,000 acres.
Minard's Liniment Relieves Pain.
Mrs. Noorich (to chauffeur turning
a corner—"Don't put your hand out
that way; keep both hands on the
wheel. I'll tell you when it is rain-
ing.„
Insurance Agent—"Come with me,
'you' can get damages for this." Ne-
gress (hit by truck)—"Good Lewd,
man, ah don't need no mo' damages -1
what ah needs is repairs."
Marsh marigolds and water lilies.
will last longer in water than .almost
any other cut flower. ,
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Use Cuticura Soap daily for the toilet
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Cuticura Talcum is ideal for powdering
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WOKING GIRL'S
EXPERIENCE
Read How She Found Help
in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Arnprior, Ontario.—"I must write
and tell you my experience with your
medicine. I was working at the factory
for three years and became so run-down
that I used to take 'weak spells and •
would be at home at least one day each
week. I was treated by the doctors for
anemia, but it didn't seem to dome any
good. I was told to take a rest, but was
unable to, and kept on getting worse.
I was troubled mostly with my periods-
I would sometime.; pass three months,
and when it carne it would last around
two weeks, and Iwould have such painsa t
times in my right side that I could hardly
walk. I am only 19 years of age and
weigh 118 pounds now, and before tak-
ing the Vegetable' Compound I was only.
108 pounds. I was sickly for two years
and some of my friends told me about
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pound and when I had taken a bottle of
it 1 felt u chane. My mother - has been:'
taking it for a different ailment and has
found it very satisfactory. I ain willilig
to tell friends about the medicine and
to answer letters asking about it"—
Miss HAZEL BERNDT, Box 700,-. Arnpriort,
Ontario.
A day outeach week shows in the pair
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weakness, indicated by a run-down corn-
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ISSUE No.•.32.-- 2214.