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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1920-09-09, Page 6Good Quality Tea r e.ri brewed takesaway fa""91. tlig'ue and armless as a daily e er g „ � �_ 1 bride, and you'll never forsake its use® lueffkostaffmanelsofoamalafamia, The LastRoseofSu:irner By RUPERT HUGHES, colors did not become them any longs er. Their petals were falling fronts, them, the velvet was turning' to Intl'. end the plush ,losing its nap, rusting; sagging, wearing through. The yerrs;; like moths, were gnawing, gnawlny Debby felt so sorry for the z ronteu who had been beautiful, She: mild imagine how the decay of rosehepd must hurt. It is not necessary to have been .Napoleon' to undersrtah c'' Elba. One day a sad, heavy figure drag- ged along Deborah's aisle and sania upon the mushroom stool in front .of her. Deborah could hardly belleg4. that it was Josie Shillaber, She Gond hardly force back the shock that leap- ed to her expression. From thin, white lips crumpled with pain cane a• voice like a rustling; cf dead leaved a November gust. And the voice Said', With a hind of envy in it: "Why, Deborah, how well you loolk!'i.. "Ob., I am well!" Deborah chanted, then expressed her cheer unconscious- ly. It was not tactful to be too well; "That is, I'm tol'able. And how are you this awful weather?". "Not well, Debby. I'm not a bit well; no, I'm never well • any more. Why, your hair is getting right white, isn't it, dear? But it's real becoming to you. Mine is all gray, too, you "see,• but it's awful!" "Indeed it's not! It's fine! Your children must love it. Don't theyV "Oh, the children!" Jests wailed, "What do they think of me? The grown ones are away, all flirting and getting married. They say they'll of credit, But Asaph would have things forward. She come back, butoh t �� �tnb rt11do. e iz torsed, t I feared bankruptcy less than sash a 1 'i d f ngers nails Now dont care. step.As soon as Meldrum was gone' and then she must drape a piece ce me like this.And And theelate: tones are he ul, of put the ren tot his little ains her frame into curves, She began, getting old, isn't it, Debby? It don't relics and remnants byd cheengaging her rigid f seem to worry you, though. I suppose Debby Lxxaabee! She made the rest to talk of `lines"—to cold cream her it's because you. haven't had sorrow look handsome by contrast, complexion. inyour life as I have. I nl looking fox She was the joke that he tried to The mental change. in her was no spring on his wife. Josie took the less thorough. Activity waso tonic. something tothey ear, De bo.be, The styles allusion ,seriously, and Asaph was Her patience was compelled are soon trying to hold her down. itself. not a thing fit to wear to a dog fight "Wait! Wait till you hear who it Prosperity lay in unfaltering coma in these colors. What are people coni - is!" he pdeadetl; but she stormed on. tesy, untarnished cheer. Cynicism ing to? I can't find a thing to wear. "I don't care who it is. Pm not does not sell goods. All day long she What would you suggest? Do help going to have you exposed to the wiles wasp ung things Enthusiasm be- mete b h emptied the shelves upon CHAPTER V. girl. The papers had been full of Asaph promised to send all his 'minimum wages and things. c get in Worse yet, Debby began to attitud- salesladies to the boneyard andt •in.ze, to learn the comfort of poses. She must forever be holding pretty took care of her hands, polished a her i younger and prettier girls, and il'Ir drum promised to arrange an exten- sion Acco sued b Ontario's 1919 h ra densis le- i worth $3,152,700, in the corresponding period of 1919. Durihhg the quarter, 301,133 tons of nickel -copper OTO were raised and 258,700 tons smelted, as compared With 229,822 and 226,954 tans respec- tively for the corresponding period in 1919. Shipments of matte, totalling 10,168 tons, were made to the re- fineries in Canada, the United States and Great 13ritain. The Algoma Steel Corporation ancl Moose Mountain, Ltd. carried on iron mining, 53,754 tons be- ing raised. No oi'e and only a small tonnage of briquettes were shipped. Seven blast furnaces were in opera- tion which smelted 28,698 tons of On- tario ore (8.8 per cent. of the total) and 295,273 tons of foreign ore, pro during therefrom 152,022 tons of pig iron worth $3,897,211. The steel pro- duct was 179,244 tons, valued at $6,-, 035,308. rding' to A bulletin recently Y the Ottawa Bureau of Mines, nietallifercus mines, smelters, and re- lining works of Ontario show, in the +y�ggregate, an increase in valet° of out- 'aut ,for the first quarter of the year, 6f nearly one million dollars over the corresponding quarter of 1919. owing to Ontario's contribution, Canada was the only country able to report an increased output of gold in 1919. Production. for the first quarter' of this year shows an increase of nearly 46 per vent, over the first three 'Months of 1919, The output for the period was $2,953,036. In addition, the,; gold. Mines produced 24,913 ounces of liver valued at $31,373. The total quantity of silver marketed during the period shows a falling off, the produc- tion being 2,280,665 ounces, valued at 32,954,695, as against 3,105,002 ounces, Charm and Romance of Sundials. So know of th write 'abou Whit exist iest Sand too, far b Th a su and on a that me hear With wit A love a in date S Old ilea -tha talo chit wP des the ane had far as can be ascertained, no one s the date or even the near -date e first sundial, says a recent r. I think the Bible gives us t the earliest records of them, o the earliest sundials still in ence are Grecian, and the earl - Grecian dial known was 340 B,C. fats abound in China and Japan, and Time himself only knows how ack they were known there. ere is an altar -like quality about ndial, a solemnity, impressiveness, serenity which confer dignity up - garden and invest it with a peace wraps soothingly about one the mon vh es rats. of any of those designing minxes. I cane her instincts Deborah won't have her, I tell you." Few leen swans into her ken, but in the counter, sent to the stock room for new shipments that had net been list At length he shouted above the din: learning to satisfy the exactions of "I was only joking. It's Debby Lar- women she built up tact. She had ed yet, ransacked the place; but there rabee! I've engaged Debby Larrabee! long since omitted hmalekind from her They've lost all their money." life and her plan of life. She was con- was nothing there for the woman whose husband owned it all, The When Josie 'understood she saw the tent. Women liked her; women ling- physician's wife was sick with time, joke. he began to laugh -with hyster-; ered to talk with her; they asked her and even he could nowt cure her of ies, to slap and push her husband; help in their vital struggle for beauty. that. The draper's wife was turning about hilariously. "Aw, you old It was enough,could not old; he swaddle her from fraud, you! So you've engaged Dubbyi One morning, as she was making,ore chill f that winter. Josie was Debby! Well, you can keep her. I, ready to go to the store, and taking trying to dress up a rose whose petals don't care how late you stay at the' much time at the process, she ob- had fallen; whose sepals were curled store as Iong as Debby's thorn:' I served at her forehead a white hair. back; the husk could not endure colors Deborah was fortunate enough not; It startled her, frightened her for a that the blossom had honored. to overhear this. In fact the long ;moment• then she laughed. (To be continued next issued.) drought in Debby's good luck seemed] "Why, I'm growing old!" to be ending. The skies over her. grew! What use had she for youth? . ItThe Lure of the Prairie. dark with the abundance of merciful'; had never been kind to her. All the rain. A gentle drizzle preceded the' loss of it meant was that it might Have you 'tasted the breath of hag's, cloudburst There usually is a deluge harm her. a little at thestore,.She ve you iftex., a dxou lst �.. ' �,a'uciied. ,,• .•r a; wraso. 4 Have you followed the A few days later found Deiaby"in-, got it—nearly another stalled in'the washable silks. That Another day there was change in her environment was com-I white hair. She removed that, too. plete. Instead of dozing through a; Then came another, and others, swift - nightmare of ineptitude hn the doleful' ly, till she was afraid to take any society of her old mother ^in a dismal more away. home where almost nobody ever called, At last there was a whole gray and never a man, now she stood alit lock. She tucked it in and pinned it day on the edge of a stream of people;1 beneath the nondescript mass of her she chattered breezily all day to wo-' coiffure. It would have terrified her men in search of beautiful fabrics.? more if she had not been so busy. She She handled beautiful fabrics. Her I chattered and proffered her wares all conversation was a procession of ad- day long. Hunger became one of her je fpraise.most sincere b dives o emotions.Fatigue wore Trying to live up to her surround-' her out but strengthened her, meet- ings, she took thought of her appear -1 erred her sleep, kept dreams away. once. Dealing hi fashions, with When she awoke she must hurry, fashion plates as her scriptures, she hurry to the store. The old stupidity timed to get in touch with the con- of her life had given way to an eter- teniporary styles. She bounded across nal hurry. eight or ten periods at one leap. First And now the white hairs were she found that she could at least put hurrying, too, like the snowflakes up her hair as other women did. The that suddenly fill the air. But with revolution in her appearance was this snow came the . quickening of amazing. Next she trimmed her old pulse and glistening of eyes, the red - hat, reshaped her old skirt—drew it dening of cheeks that the snow brings. so tightly about her ankles that she The white fell about her hair as if was forced to the tremendous deed of she stood bareheaded in a snowstorm. slitting it up a few inches so that she There was a kind of benediction in it. could at least walk slowly. The first She felt that it softened something time her mother noticed it she said: about her face, as the snow softens "Why, Debby, what on earth! That• " old rubbish heaps and dreary back space? Have you felt the soft touch of the winds, Chinook, And the alkali dust in your face? one enters the gate. I once d an old man say that a garden out a sundial was like a person h a shallow personality. sundial, like a, candlestick, is the tier for being older, for age gives ellowness which man cannot dupli- orale of the mottoes upon the very dials, however, Were very insistent t one bear death in mind rattier n life. Especially is this true of se found upon' some of the older rashes, whose dials, by the way, he voftener wall dials instead of .pe- tal dials. peaking of English. dials, Charles First presented a most elaborate to hit queen, Henrietta Maria, and lihleribed upon the dial—"United tams` Parted in time. To be united DO OCEANDIVERS SEE GHOSTS? REMARKABLE TALES 05 THE SEA, , Spectres Which Even Depths of the Ocean Cannot "Lay." Considering the number of people who have found a last .resting -place at the bottom, of the sea, it is •not sur prising that divers should occasionally came across what are popularly known as ghosts, says an English writer. A diver, while employed one day in bringing up various articles from the wreck of the Royal George, which went down off Spithead on August 28, 7.782, being seized with a sudden lit of drowsiness, fell asleep. He dreamed three times in succession that just as he was about to pick up a curiouslY- wrought silver dish from among a mass of debris, a very tall figure, dressed in a diving suit, sprang at hint and tried to cut the life -line. As at this time the ether two men-, :. he Was working with were both of.'. short stature, not in the least degree like the figure in his dreams, he soma `- forgot it. Significant Fossil Remains Found in West Indies. The question of the origin of the West Indies will be decided, scientists aver, when the indigenous animal life is found to be related indisputably to that of the South and Central Ameri- can mainland. But mammals, which, being wingless, could not have flown over the intervening seas, are unfor- tunately the most poorly represented group of the higher life of the Antilles. For this reason much scientific interest attaches to a recent expedition to Jamaica. Believing that the West In- dies once had a much larger mammal inhabitation than to -day, the expedi- tion concerned itself with the excava- tion of fossil fauna from the island's limestone caves. Many fossils were found, several of them new to science. an ,, e stern- taehasaaters aifini#e s'NV11.0 resent any dawdling even for our pleasure in their society, for, ad- monishes one old dial, "Behold and be- gone about your business!" and an- other, "To no one is given right of de - 'lay," and another, with startling abruptness, "Mind your business!" Other dials give advice more gently, ; pis' "Now is yesterday's to -morrow," and— "The guerdon of the passing hour Seize gladly while 'tis in tby power." The other, a more stately dial, says, as though blessing youth and romance with a benediction, "Too slow for those who wait; Too swift for those who fear; •Too long for those who grieve; Too short for those who rejoice; But for those who love Time is • , Eternity." - skirt of yours .is all tore up the side. Debby explained it to her with the clieious confusion of a Magdalen con - a Amassing her etetry upon a career of profligacy. Het mother almost faint- ed. Debby hail,, gone wrong at this pate day! She lead heard that depart- ment stores were awful places for a From: Growing on the Prairie yards and bleak patches. People began to say, "How well you look, Debby!" They began to dig- nify her as "Deborah" or "Miss Lar- rabee." Iler old contemners came to her counter with a new meekness. Age was making it harder and harder for them to keep the pace. Bright Have you wandered the hills that are misty and dim And soft on the prairie's breast? Have you felt in your soul of her won- drous charm, And the peace of her quiet rest? Have you seen of the midnight, so black and deep, 'Neath the sweep of the star -strewn sky, Out there in the data where the wild things creep And the Northern Lights go by? Long before the grain and cattle era A the University of Edmonton, 300 of the west, the Canadian prairies pro -1 miles north of the international bound- ary, a large number of varieties of currants, raspberries, and strawber- ries have been grown with gratifying success for many years. Strawberries are quite at home on the Canadian prairies and have be- come the most popular of the small garden fruits. One of the most in - due ,t. many small fruits which grew wage ti profusion. Several varieties of wild enrrants and berries of great palatableness are still to be found throughout the country and are pre- served annually by the wives of the ors of the three provinces. Where Have you followed the beat of the un- known trail That leads you to God knows where, Up over the hills with the mists be, tween, And out on the prairie bare? If you've tasted of these you may wan- der far O'er the sea and the mountain and plains, But ever the prairie will call to your heart And you will come hack again. farm -wild fruits grow in such profusion and teresting surprises prepared for the sturdiness, it is natural toe tiesigill at , was PrinCethe presentation of Wales on htoof ur aaboxgof some of the cultivated var thrive equally well, and this expeeta-I strawberries Lgtowfnn, on a Fresh a sCa l - tion has been realized by hundreds of - dale, near farmers in Western Canada who have ! berries in October are re bua n rite avelty n the made a hobby of the growing thatof mall withI northern sibility in Alberta, many varieties be- fruits. b`]eeic and shows grown as far north as Edmonton. xeasonable care and attention some ii ing g cable results can be produced!, lip to recently comparatively little remarkable been by and that much might be made of. this i fruithe fpr prairie provinces, and farmers who bra,noh of agriculture on the prair this interesting phaco The provincial universities of Mani- i did enter into toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have, , of agriculture grew only sufficient for through their horticulturaldopart- ; their household stretch needs.of nay becominat now gith ineele, gathered meth value.��," n infer-' the great 'nation relative to this irdu itry. and ; yearly more settled it is possible for much successful "xl%erihnentat3c:i has 1 a farmer to profitably devote greater been done by ill'.. ;nany cxporimentitl time and energy to the growing of fame scattered thrcught the country. I small fruits for market Minard's Liniment For Burns, Etc. ess And in Germany They Often Carry Marks. "The police," declared a Hongkong paper, with one of those fortunate mis- prints that give the joker opportunity, "announce that dogs without dollars found wandering after ten o'clock in the evening are liable to be destroyed." On which Punch makes an appropri- ate comment; "We understand, how- ever, that in China dogs are almost invariably provided with tants." Too many people say, "Good -morn - ink" without realizing what it means.y Making Farm Life Happy The average farmer's barn is much better equipped with power and other conveniences than his dwelling. That is one reason why so many farmers well on in years are living with their third or fourth wives. Farnhiug wears out wives rapidly. And no 'wonder. The average farm- wife has no regular vacation the year around. Her average working day is• more than eleven hours, She doer the cooking, sewing, washing and ironing for the family, She cultivates the kitchen garden, cares for the poultry and helps with the milking, The gasoline engine in the barn might easily be connected with house hold machinery, such as washing ma- chine and sewing machine, to furnish power, Side lines from trolleys are. often available to supply both power and light. For the latter, at apinch, an acetylene outfit is cheap and sere viceable, 'f here is too much waste of woman power on the fsrnh. If this were reme- died perhaps the girls would not be so anxious to leave the rural districts and get jobs in the cities. The unexpected frost hurts not the gathered garden. Minard's Liniment Relieves C0lds,l;tc. Speaking of inexpensive pedestals for sundials, one of the most attrac- tive I have seen was an old gate post, which had been transplanted, leveled, a piece of wood placed upon the top of it to support the dial, a piece thick enough to take some crude carv- ing about the sides, where the owner had inscribed: "Gather ye roses while ye may For old time is a -flying!" And the wooden post was entirely wreathed in pink rambler roses. The Shining Way. 0 steadfast Faith! Let me behold Your face serene and fair Your eyes reflect the light of heaven -- I rend a promise there. Alh, Elope, brave Hope! When all was d lour lamarkp burned clear and bright: Encouraged by its cheerful beam, I sought, and found, the light. And Charity, kind Charity (Whose other name is Love), You drew me with your tender cords, And bound niy soul above. Fair guardians of ]ray destiny! O bring my steps, I pray, To where the , paths of earth are merged Into the shining way. --A, L. Reed. S>tin's days Cure Disease. In several tuberculosis sanatoriums of the Linitecl States there is now be- ing ascii :a little instrument of glass and steel that reflects the nun's rays down the patients throat and larynx, and so bastens the destruction Cf the bacilli, To use the lllslrtlment, t1 patient faces the 5110, and placers the- tube betsveeu itis It t , lens outward. • omamemensfoosaLme COARSE SALT LAND SALT Bulk Carlota TORONTO SALT WORKS C. J. CLIFF - TORONTO The Joy Of A Perfect Skin 4Know the joy and ", happiness that comes to one thru possessing a skin of purity and beauty. The soft, disc / , anguished appearance it renders brings out your natural beauty to its full- est. In use over 70 years. .ono. Union•Madp Gloves Overalls Shirts Aadi _. .s Foretold by a Dream. But great was his trepidation one morning when, on turning uir at his work, he found one of his nates ab- sent, and a newcomer—a very tall man—in his place. Indeed, so alarmed was he, that, on descending, he took with him a stout cudgel, and warned those in charge of the communication rope to be on the alert for a signal•, nowever slight. On arriving at' the bottom he was soon at work On the. wreck, and, amid a pile of loose spars, he came upon a dish exactly like the one he had seen in his dreams. • . He was staring at it in a kind. of Glazed fashion, when suddenly he se* a. his companion, the new diver, corrin; towards him, just as he had seen the figure in his dreams, and the next moment he was engaged in the most desperate struggle for his life. He succeeded in administering such a severe blow on the hand of his as- sailant with his stick that the latter dropped the knife with which he had been armed, and before he could pick it again our friend the dreamer had 1300.1 }--this,. ,Pridgen itetiti cord; , anti Was lea; .,rn up out's tgats >-• I gt'.hSR- :quently transpired that the new diver. liad gone raving mad. Another curious case occurred not so very many years ago off the coast of Galway. Some divers were employed in looking for the remains of Spanish treasures, when one of their party, . wandering a little apart from the rest, saw a dim light in the distance. Advancing towards it, he discovered that it proceeded from the porthole of a wreckage of very ancient date. What Was the Explanation? Approaching the ship, not without trepidation, he peeped in, and saw, to his amazement, an old man, with a very long beard, kneeling down ex- amining an iron -clasped oaken chest, By-and-by he raised the lid, and dip: ping his hands in, drew them out full of golden coins, which he played with like a child plays with some new toy. The diver, happening at this junc- ture to make a noise, the old ratan turned slowly round, revealing a face of the most ghastly pallor, which so terrified the diver that he turned tall and fied back to his mates with far • more haste than dignity. Pooh-poohing his story, they went back with hint, and there, sure enough, in the very spot he had described, was;~ the ship, and, what was even more wonderful, the cbest of gold. Lastly, there is the case of the diver who was repairing one of the London bridges. He Thad made his descent in. to tho water, and was kneeling down examining the masonry, when he felt something tap him on the shoulder. He looked round, when, to his utmost terror he saw standing at his should., er, peering down at him, an exact counterfeit of himself, The following day, against the ads vice of his wife, who was a Scot anis very superstitious, he again went down in the same place, and, a piece of loose masonry falling ori him, he, was killed. Live Stock in Argentina. Argentina is one-third the size of Canada. Not couihting the eity of Buenos Aires, four-fifths of the entire population is engaged in the live stoci( business. So far, this has been chief. ly lli beef cattle, but breeders of pure. bred dairy cattle report increasing de, mann for the best lines of breeding stock and several prominent American breeders are planning to develop horde in this promising country. Bob Long Stays:— My overalls and shirts are roomy ,itnd comfortable, and made espe- etaily for fanners. S designed theta with the idea that you might want to stretch yoar arcus and legs occasionally." BS LONG GLOVES will outwear any other make of Clove on the market, because they are tnado by skilled worlc. nen from the strongest glove leather obtainable. Insist on getting l3ob Long Brands from your dealer— they will save you money R. G. LONG & Co., Limited Winnipeg TORONTO Montreal. BOB LONG BRANDS known from Coast Co Coast Only 800 of the 17,000 bricbworkt in Germany are working owing to t5 shortage of, coal., Buy 'Thrift Stamps.