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The Huron Expositor, 1896-12-18, Page 7_ - -f "•1"- t••• 11111111111111111:=1111 tatICS 01117, - 070 etyma to sell: mrcimise taat it answer every pee- oseatwire;asoll la ea Pr mere eennetre ateepere I College Courees earefully e positions weekly_ Principal. MERC sa,coo,poo- s 6co,00rl: a meat rend, Drafth. mei cilikie a, &ea rates of of interest M am land Novena - Paper nd Fare RT Manager take xziber ites' p and diff - et all buy - price e " 10T.I0141. JDS LTOWN. )14 &AIN STREET* . DECEMBER 18; -1896 nillowommistser_ '--- ' GOOD FORM FORMEN litennere at Murcia—Suggestions shad Ikotes About Dress. ESnecial Correspondence.] ltmv'roux, ...-..m. eta ---,Nowhere is the eliecadences a maKteis of the present age more apparent than at church. Formerly a deeoroma behavior at diaine worship was tonsidered de rig -11011r, and any breach thereof, ne matter how trifling, was re - as thextely bad form. Today, rei_s, however, ere aro,, e much loud whisper- ing, talking andw 'aght ng that in. those mortions a the service in whicla silence on elm part of the congregation should prevail the voice of tim officiating ecclesiastic - is ,eateit1 well nigh drowned by the same ,spe- eies of buzz that one is accustomed to hear ` at theaters, before the orchestra strikes up the overture. Nor nowhere does one wit- ness so much shoving and puehing, such an intentional amount of treading upon the dress and heels of those just in front of on as at church. Nowhere else does one see so teeny emeering looks, hear so many contemptuous and bitter remarks as When trooping out Of the church at the conclu- mime o! the service, nor during the progress .of the latter Isthe.re any attempt naade to _conceal the unfriendly and critical Interest -which is experienced. in the apparel anda .appearance of one's fellow worshipers. All this is quite as bad form today as it was considered in the past. ' To those mealy who are in doubt as to -whether it is good form to take part in the • liaiting at church during the service, it may be of interest to learn that the Prince -of Wales and all of his brothers take a very active and audible part in the choral wor- ship, the prince in particular singing loud- - • ler anti with great gusto, his voice being easily heard above that of the remainder of, _ Mr. Beecher's Slave Sale. self entirely an to the woods and ields. Through an entire summer I studied lov., Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher writes in the December Ladiers' Horne Journal of 4g Nylon ingly the waye of the birds and determined Mr. Beecher told slaves in Plymouth Pul. to tales some , young -thrushes and thing . them with me to my city home in the fall. pit," and thus describes the sensation creat ed by the sale of Sarah, which occurred on My selection was a nest of brown thrush - dune lst, 1856 " The solemn' impressive es. It was in a thiok mass oi bushes in a silence of that vast Plymouthassemblage swamp—an entanglement of wild, growth, was absolutely painful as a younglwoman and almost impenetrable. slowly ascended the stair& leading to the Every day I watehed,from the eggs to the pulpit and sank into a 'chair by Mr., Beech- callow young. I resolved to allow the old er's side. ,Instantly assuming the 14ok and birds two weeks ; then I tvould assume the manner of a slave auctioneer he caped for raising of the young ones. bids. Look,' he exclaimed, 'abthis mar- At last the day cam; and all my preparations were made. Taking with me ketable commodity—human flesh and. blood,, like yourselves. You see the white blood a cage; I worked my way through the dense and undergrowth. Very carefully ; I removed of her father in her regular features high, thoughtful brow. Who bide.? you the nest, and was trying to get' it into the will have to pay extra for that white, blood, cage, when the female bird arrived. She because it is supposed to give intelligenceuttered a cry, almost a .shriek, ,and disap- Stand up, Sarah! New look at hr trim Peadvds but returned immediately With her figure and her wavy hair !—how much do mate. you bid for hem?tShe is sound in wind Th a twa birds made a wild effort to *drive and limb --P11 warrant her Who bids? me away, even flying at me with every Her feet and hands—hOld theta out Sarah! demonstration of rage and distrest. Then, —are small and finely formed. What do you to my surprise they both left. , bid for her? • She is a Christian weman—I I now felt so mean that 1 at ,once set a mean a Praying nigger—and that makes her about putting the neat back in the bush; but it gave me a good deal of troulale, ail I. more valuable, because it insures her &ca. , make it stay in its place,j t and obedience'to your wishes. 'Servants, could *11) obey your masters,' you know. Well, she What now ? The two birds were back, believes in that doctrine. How mach for accompanied by a whole bevy' of wild birds. The entire coppice was alive with her ? Will you allow this .praying i woman to be sent back to Richmond to Meet the them. They seemed bent on picking my fate forwhich her father sold her ? eyes out. I had to soreetemy face by hold- . not, who bids? Who bids? ing the cage before me. The conmegation was wrought 1 to the As to these birds—their number„ and' highest pitch of excitement; women grew variety, and conduct—all together; it was hysterical, and men were greatly *ought an extraordinary scene. It seemed to me up. Some one near the pulpit laid a. bank- • there were at least fifty of these ipdignant note at Mr. 13eecher's fee C Then the con. little bodies, and perhaps a dozen species, fribution baskets were passed and ifor half some flying at me, and all making angry an hour money and jewelry were I heaped demonstratione. into them. Women took off their bracelets, There were brown thrushes, song / thrush- es, cat -birds, and several of the Warblers. Such an uproar—mewing, shrieking, twit- tering and other cries, a babel of bird sounds! It all meant distress and rage. But such a mix-up! • All talked et once: The one keynote Of the discord was tdistress and indignation. got out of that swamp a wiser and a better youth. My conscience smote- ine,o.nd. my only solace lay in the thought that I had done my best to undo the misehief I had wrought. The next morning I again went to the swamp to see how matters stood. How softly I worked my way through the bush- es! How deathly still everything was.-! The young birds had gone. I did se want to know how the old birds had managed matters, and how it fared with the little ones. brooches and rings and pat them into the the congregation at Sandringham and. at baskets, and men unfastened their twatches the Chapel Royal, St James, ;by reason of and handed them to the where. Mr. its sonorous cbaracter and the tremendous Beecher's voice, in the tone of an, au rang out, "tIn the name of Christ, women, how much do you bid ?" phi were stirred beyond expression, of the congregation arose and sad that whatever deficiency (in the price defnanded for Sarah) there existed above the c Ilection would be made up by several ge Members of the church. "Then free, Sarah," cried Mr. Beecher t the girl beside him, and'the audien e broke into the wildest demonstratioa of e thusias- tic applause, mei quiet was not restored for several minutes. The collection lef no de - 1 ficiency. / Instead, enough money to buy Sarah's freedom, aildi00, beside suffi lent to purchase her a comfortable home, had been ra,ised, . • —Mr. Wm. E. Braeker, No, 86 Elizabeth .street, -Toronto, says :—I have used Dr. Laviolette's Syrup of Turpentine for a, se- vere cough and cold. Two 25c bottles effected a complete mire. I can honestly recommend it. • • roll which he gives to the "es." He is not -precisely the ideal of a psalm singing prince, popular impression associating his musical tastes more closely with Parisian - ditties of a doubtful nature. And yet the evident enjoyment with which he enters Into the singing of such favorite hymns as "Onward, Christian Soldiers," must go far to remove any apprehension lest he should, fail to perform his duties as 'defender of - the faith" when he succeeds to the throne. Year by year men shoW a greater degree of common sense- with respect to the fash- ions and more regard for the advantage of adapting the style of their attire to the season. Thus the recent abnormal heat -on both sides of the .A.thintic led to the adoption of straw hats to an extent never • before known, the high white hat, the blaok silk topper and even the soft felt fedora and the stiff round derby or bowler having altogether given way' to .straws that vary, as far as shape is con- cerned, in accordance with the nationality of the wearer. You can almost tell where • apart. hails from by his straw hat. Thus the American straw hat is invariably dis- tinguished this year by its wealth of brim and height of crown. The Englishman affecta eitheerthe hideous alpine straw hat of fedora shape which owes its vogue to; the Duke of York or else what is known as the "boater," which his father seems to prefer, and which is without exception the heaviest, hottest, most uncomfortable and unbecoming straw headgear in the market.- Germans appear to have adopted ,a, stra‘v hat somewhat in the shape of the -.alpine "Duke of York," of tuscan straw, .and with -a hem of .black braid or silk around the -rim, while the Frenchman's taste lies in the direction, of a style some- what similar to the "boater," but lighter and by preference black or dark navy blue. Needless to add that the finest straw hat . in theraarket, as well as the costliest, is the ,panania,which, though rarely worn in New • York, in London is Much affected by of& _ . 5 .cers•and civilians wha have served in the colonies and which, casts all the way from 45 40 $50, They never wear out, antliI leave haddin my hands the gorden half bonnet-, -half hat which Queen Victoria has -WO= in. the grounds at Windsor and at -08berne for more than 20 years past. It is made of the mostexquisitepanama grass and is as light as a feather and bbeck in hue In spite of ats age and use it shows mo signs of hard Wear. Another effect of the weatherbas been the almost entire disappearance of the •ich has o speak, on for _ frock or Prince Albert coat, w hitherto constituted -the livery, so .of the well groomed, well ddessecl _metropolitan wear, and which is without .doubt the smartest and most stylish gar- ment, the one that reflects the greate,st de - .gree of credit on the 'builder and on the •-wearer, since only first`class tails possess • . the art of mitting this kind of coat to a • perfect fit and only a well shaped man looks well in it. Lounge suits or seek sits,, "three seanters," as they are called by tailors, have been worn almost exclu- sively during the past three months here lie well as in London, whence we derive nest of our masduline fashions, while for more icerenaonio us occasiims what is known aa the morning coat has‘`beeri very gener- ally adopted. -'The morning coat is one of the sort of garments which never -become -cut of date. True, variations are made in • the length, run of front, etc. But it is :seldom that' these bemene raarked. The tendency has been to cut them slightly shorter in the skirt than last year, and the .attempts which have been made to intro- duce slanting flaps in the skirts have not found favor. In giving these few indications as to the style of the hour I cannot sufficiently im- press upon my readers that they must • adapt the fashions of the day to their phys- leal peculiarities: Fashion is an excellent servant, but a very disogreeable piaster. Prom time to time leaders thereof who are blessed with peculiarly short mad ap- oplectic necks set the style for wearing low, turned down collars. Now these look .all very well on a short, fat necked man and aro more comfortable for him to wear than stand up 'collars., But, alas, they pre-._ sent a decidedly ridiculous and inelegant appearance Wetlen worn by men with long, lean. necks. Ii the sameway trousers loseee • in the legs suit certain men to perfection, whereas they look hideous on others. A small man wish a big, curly brim to his high hat is not -calculated to inspire grav- • ity. He would do far better to defy fashion and. restrict himself to a narrow brimmed tile, which inats turn looks awfully awk- ward on the head of a tall, stout man. ock ceats must be avoided by eitremely stout men, while sack coats look out of place'on the figures ofthose who. re tall .and lank. • . EX—ATTACHE. Specialisation In Dentistry. ioneer, en and he peo- ad °tie tlemen, you are ning to Eighty Years Ago. Eighty yearsago there were no sewing machines '• no esteem machinery ; no motor cars • no Lucifer matches; no pneumatic bicyces ; no phonograph ; no typewriting machines ; no electric light ; no electric motors ; no Pullman cars; no dining cars; no 60 miles an -hour '• no 22 -knot steamers ; no 30 -knot torpedo boats ; no free educe - tam ;no breech -loading guns ; no Maxim guns; no Suez canal ; no lady cyclists; no lady doctors; no lady clerks; no steel steamers; no triple eepansien engines; no refrigerators ; no free librari, es ; no tele-' phones ; no telegraph. Whit, one wonders, will the next 80 years pniduce • What the Study of the Hand Tells Palmists say that long fingers are k sign of refinement. A short, stubby hand argues a lack of sensibility ; a thin thumb, rather sms11, denotes weakness. Strength of char- acter is shown by the thumli asserting itself over the other fingers, If the thumb curves backward its owner is obstinate. • News Notes. —A Gaelic sersice is to be heldtthe first Sabbath of each month at Handelillall, 40 Dearborn !street, Chicago. The fiall is a beautiful one, and capable of seating 500. • —It is noteworthy that Queen Victoria has been Queen of Great Britain during the administrations of Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler,' Polk, Taylor, Fillimote, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, _Arthur, Harrison. and Cleveland. May Her Majesty survive -many more! • —Kitty Taylor, an aged resident of Mitchell, Idied very suddenly the other morning. She had lived for over forty years in a small house in the west ward. —Miss Sara Bonis, of Blanshard, who passed her fall examination at Toronto University, had the degree of B. A. con- ferred on her by the Univers* Senate. —Messrs. B. F. Brook & Son, of Listowel, have sold their purchase of this season's wool, 50,000 pounds, to Messrs. Long & Bisby, of Hamilton at a good figure. —The castems officers at Windsor sus- pected for some time that their cash drawer was being robbed. The officers tried various means to detect the eulprit, blit failed, and as a final resort set a muskrat trap in the drawer. In the Morning they found the • cash untouched, bat Bertha Haines, a color- - ed girl who washes out the office, had her ' fingers cut and bleeding. She was arrested. • —Baby Helen Herschell Sherman enjoys the distinction of being the only white • child born within the arctic circle. She is the daughter of Captain Albert 0. Sherman, • master of the steam whaling bark Beluga, • which arrived at Sun Francisco on the 20th ult. She first saw the light in her father's 'cabin in the Beluga, when thebark was frozen in the ice • in winter miarters at Herschell island,May 8th, 1 after the birth I the Rev. regularly ordained Episcopa ttzed her in the efter cabin and named her Helen Hers Stringer is a Kincardine a son of Mr. John Stringer In dentistry, as in other professions the tendency is toward specialization. There -are dentists who devote themselves espe- cially to the filling and care of teeth, den- • tists whose specialty is the construction of artificial teeth and dentists who devote • themselves to extracting teeth, and a pram • tioner who made a specialty of anrof these branches would more than likely to send a client requiring svork done in some other branch to a dentist 'making a spe- cialty of that, Ler a Toothpciwder. doctor recommendsi soda—the bicar- bonate used in cooking—as a, dentifrice., It has been adopted for -occasioual trial; and with apparent. good results,. as it -sweetens the mouth and cleans ;the teeth. -lint it seems too extreme a treatment to offer to what are really a sensitive part of the body and sheuld be used with consid- • .erable discretion,. • 95. Four days I. 0. Stringer a 1. minister bap - in the Beluga hell. Rev. Me. wnship boy and Of that place. This indignation meeting of birds oc- curred a great many years ago; but the scene is still vivid te my mind. , _ One winter, just after a anow-starrn, a bevy of snow -birds appeared near mybouse. I fed them crumbs, and they staid with us several days. They got a little bold, even coining up to the kitchen steps to get their rations. There was, howevee, one ex- ception. A fence sepereted the old apple orchard from the house -lot, and I observed that one bird kept on the fence -rail, never venturing nearer to the feeding -place. To my surprise and delight, the reason of. it was soon made The poor little fellow was lame of one wing ; so he must not be- too bold, as, in the event of danger he must have seine, advantage for escape.. So an old bird took him crumbs at every feeding -time. But the most remarkable act ia my knowledge of a bird 'in sympathy with an- other in distress was performed by a robin not twohundred yards from my house. It was a deed of daring, tend in the highest degree heroic. A sparrow -hawk had bounced on a spar- row in the street, and was bearing it away. A robin. from his maple tree witnessed the act, and ins. tautly starteclein pursuit. High in the air the noble little fellow caught up with the buccaneer, and one could hear the short, jerky cries of the hawk as the robin was ." pegging in "1 and making the feathers fly. The hawk dropped his prey,and the 'robin returned t5 the maple tree, where he had Jeft his mate. The sparrow made the best of time to get back to his kind. Was not that nobly done for the robin - ,An Indignation Meeting of Birds. • • A TRUE STORY. Much has been said on reasoning by ani - Male. Of the fact there can be no 'doubt ; of its nature too little ia known. But I think less still is known of the emotioess of lardmals. Take an affectionate dog ; how he suffers from jealousy ! Our little Prince Was completely miserable if his mistress took the neighbor'sbaby on her lap. • Several times I have been eye -witness to emotions of a high order among, birds namely, sympathy with other birds in distress. • - When a college !student I was taken very alt in my sophomore year, and gaining Strength but slowly, the" doctor ordered me /into the country. I boarded at a farm house, and gave my- sommosensemmmeesnessmowstiessoww•••••••• .41114410:414410.:40.44 • WHEN a woman is pale, anaemic, low-spirited, ner- vous, sleepless, there is no plea - system. put right by sure in life for her till she has'her Indian Woman's Balm • It is the 'unfailing remedy for all 4dyspeptic,despondent A„'v women and girls. Makesrich, 4, _ new blood and Y improves the • complexion. $1. All druggists. 440410.:•4440:40.404* For sale in Seafortldby J. S. Roberts. ABOUT ROYAL CROWNS. The English ducal erown. has eight strawberry leaves roumd the rim. ; . It is said by Brewer that the papal cap was first encircled by a crown in 1160. A prince's cornet bears on' the upper rim four fieurside-lis and four crosses p,attee. • • The ovation crown, in Romp,' was made of myrtle. An ovatioa was a 1es7 species of tVumph. . . • In 1386 Richard II., being in finaneial distress, pawned his crown and regalia for a lean, of £2,000. . it la stated by Brewer that Pope eir- misdas, in 593, was the first to wear . a cap or tiara ofstate. The crowns of the Kings of Assyria from 2,000 to 2,500 B.C. were shaped nineh like the papal tiara. - The Prussian crown is dairy plain,Ithe- royal hoose of Pru.ssia haying been Cele- brated for its economy. 1 In Rome crowns of the leaves of various trees were given to the actors in the eireus • and theater in Various sports. • .The civic crown -was a Rom -an hoinor, given to the sol tier who saved the life of a citizen by sIa tug an enemy- The royal crown of England, hag two diamonds crossed at right angles.; the crown of the Prince of Wales him but one. 1 • PopePius IX. in 1871, spoke 01hisitiara as the symbol °his threefold dignity, in heaven, upon earth and in purgatory. . The crown of Chosroes, . tne - King .of Persia, was hiddea in en Arabian fortress, and remained concealed for nearly 1,000 years. The imperial crown of Germany doring the Middle Ages was a small miter bifur- cated in the front, instead of the sides, as was. the fashion in the Bishop's miter. o brave and so magnanimous, too? • A Natural Dog. 1 A Detroit man recently received,, • as a token of esteem, from a southern friend, a fine hunting dog. -The animal was such 'a pleasant, neighborly sort of a brute that his new owner got on terms with him • right awamand made a companion of him. One day duriagthe last hot spell he took the dog for the first time to his office with him. Along in the afternoon the clerk came back into theeprivate offiee ,with a rush. "Come out here' ; come quick !" he' re- plied. • "What's the matter ?" exclaimed the boss, jumping up. - "Your dog's mad." . "How do you know he is ? Where is he ?" "His tongue is hanging mal; he's bleed- ing dreadfully, and he won't t4ouoh water. The gentleman immediatel sat down. - " Go back to year work, you great big jack," he said quietly ; al& t I tell you that dog came from Kentucky ?" • . She Waited Ten Minutes. The train had been aetained here and there until it was two hours late- in reach - ting Richtnond Junction, and when it was discovered there that we must wait another. thirty minutes for the eastbound 'express, a iceing man who had been, moving about un- easily -and getting more and more nervous appealed to the conductor: Have you any idea when we shall reach Buffalo, sir? " Not much, but I hope to make it by 10 o'clock this evening." "Great Scott ! Not until 10 o'clock ? " gaspe1 the young man. "It may be half an hour earlier, but I don't count on • it. Anything to hurry you?" "1 should remark ! I was to be married at 7 o'clock 1" "And it's 7 now ! Well, I can't help it. Yosi might telegraph that the traip is de- layed." I'll have to, but what a mess 1 The guests ;will be assembled, the girl in hysterics and her father on his high horse ! I wohldn't have had this happen_ for a thousand dollars 1" t "No. Well, run in and telegraph." The young man entered the office and sent a.despatch, and just as we were pulling out he received an answer. Several of -us had overheard the talk and knew what he was expecting. He read the message twice over, then laid it down on the floor, arrang- ed his overcoat for a pillow, and ap- parently fell aslebp. Pretty soon the con- ductor came along and picked up the des- patch and read it. It was signed "Annie," and it read: "Waited.ten minutes for you and then married Fred Davis." COLD WEATHER RULES. Deathi of Mrs. Russell, an Old and Honored Settler of Erirt, Ontario. i• On th,e 17th of November there 'died at - Ballinafad, Erin township, a woman who -se life, though epentlatterly in the retirement due to old age, yet deserves to be remem- bered by a grateful posterity. Margaret Stewart, the subject of our notice, was born and reared in the town of Perth,Perthshire, Scotland, and while yet Le very young wo- man emigrated With her parents and the rest of , the family to Canada, finally settling in what is now the grand old township of Esquesing, but in early days commonly called the Scotch1Blook. There is no family in Hatton more universally esteemed than the Stewartsmany of there having' been prombiently identified with the great move- ments ,which sewed- to Canadians that lib- eral measure of self government so dear to us all, When William Lyon blacken* agitated Upper Canada against the malad- ministration ande selfish misrule of the Family Compact, tire was no place in the country where he had more ardent sym- pathizers thin in the Scotch Block. The Stewart family were lovers of freedom by instinct, and from a self-consciousness of the -wrongs inflicted 'upon the struggling settlers by a Government deaf to all appeals for re- forms,they threw in their whole influence with the Reformers of the period, led by Williem Lyon Mackenzie. The leadership of the Reformers of the Scot& Block fell to John, Stewart, brother of, the subject of this notice, who, with his ardent Celtic tem- perament, threw himself 'into the movement with the determination to succeed or die in the attempt. He led a force of sixty men to Terento to assist_Mackenzie, but, the de- feat of the latter at Montgomery's Tavern crushed the rebellion, and John Stewart went through all the stages of et State pris- oner until his wonderful escape from Fort Henry, where he was retained- preparatory -to his transportation -to Van Diemen's Land. After the defeat of Mackenzie the, Gov - eminent party fell on the partacipants of the rebellion and their friends with unexampled severity. Margaret Stewart. was an eye witpess to her brother's house being looted by the Loyalistse arid, although he had the care of a father blifid, and a mother suffer- ing with a fractured limb, and her sister-in- law, very recently confihed, the maraudeas took no pity on her appeals, but stripped even the cellar of all the necessaries of life. Margaret Stewart did not quail before these men, flushed with success, for she believed in the principles that the Reformers con- tended for, and was as zealous an advocate of William Lyon Mackenzie as her brother who suffered imprisonment, and- with"diffi- culty escaped the scaffold for his part in the Movement of, 1837. Throughout all her life she remained a steadfast and ' intelligent Liberal, and, al- though blindness fell to her lot, she retained a keen interest in all the affairs of her country and church. In 1844 she married Dr. Christopher Rus - mil, one of the pioneers of his. profession in Upper Canada, and the young couple moved on to the farm at Ballinafad, Erin township; . on which she lived all her life, assisting her huaband and family, by her great industry, tact and thrift, to hew out a home of w,hieh she was justly proud. Although a woman of great industry, Mrs. Russell read ex- tetssively, and had a keen appreciation and knowledge of the great men and 'the move- ments of the past and present. She had mere than the ordinary love of her own country, Scotland, and of an evening noth- ing delighted her so much as reminiscences of the song and se,ory!pf her native land.: Never lean with the back upon any thing that is celd. Never begin a journey until the break- fast has been eaten. i , Never take warm drinks and then iin- mediately go out into the cold. Keep the back, especially between- the shoulder blades well covered; alsa the -chest Well protected. , In sleeping in a cold room, establish a habit of breathing through the nose and never -with the mouth open. , After exercise of any kind never ride in an open carriage or near the window of a car for a moment; it is dangerouecto health or evenlife. 1• , When hoarse, speak as little as poesible until the hoarseness is recovered from, . else the voice May be permanently lest or difficulties of the throat be produced.; • Merely warm the back by the fire f and never continue keeping the back exposed to the heat after it has become comfort- ably warm. To do otherwise is debilita- ting. e . When going from a warm atmosPhere .into a cooler one, keep the mouth closed so that the air- may be warmed . in its passage through the noeebefore it reaChes the 'mtgs. . Never go to bed' with cold or damp1feet. 1 Never omit regulembathing, .for u). less the akin is in active condition the cold will close the pores and favor congestion - and other diseases. . 1 e Never stand. still- in cold weather, -especially after having taken a slight degree of exercise, and , -always !timid standing on ice or snow or where the per- son is ex -posed to cold wind.—Exchange. " That's hard lines 1" said the conductor, as he handed the despatch &boat ; but the young man snored in his sleep and smiled as • he snored. MININMININNW A ".TEA -GROWING PARADISE." The Horne of CEYLON TEA. Every leaf is full of virtue. Eveey infa- sion is delicious. Sold in lead packets only. 25c, 40e, 50e and 60e. All grocers. • : ' • SAM WELLERISMS. "I don't like coaled meat," as the fellow said when he found a cinder on his chop. "I have to make allowanceC 'for her," as the man explained when he was paying his wife her alimeny. "MaidaiVale," as the brewer prondly exclaimed when he looked at the house he had purchased in that well-knewn thoroughfare.' " "A little earning is a dasigerous thi eg," as the Socialist' Working man observed whexi he thought he wasn't being paid enough. • "Dry up," as the man said. to his wife when she melted into tears. "Render unto Sea, Sir, the things vthat belong to Sea, Sir," as the stewarel ad- vised the bilious messenger who had eaten too much salmon. "This spoils everything," as the woman In crape remarked when it commence'd to rain. 'THE, NATURALIST. No living reptile possesses true powers of flight, and only one, the "fiyingdragon," has any power of sustainieg itself in the air. Mack, a large Newfoundlaifd dog, neete the mail train at Watson, Ind., every Iay, and, getting the'mall bag, carries it td the post -office, several squares distant. Frogs are sustained during hibernation by lobes of fat stored inside their bodies for the purpose. During the summer they eat almost anything from slugs- and grass- hoppers to small fish and ducklings. I The anableb, a fish that inhabits the rivers of Guiana and Sura,nim, has two pupils to each eye—an upper and a lower one. When the fish is swimming it keeps this upeer optic, which protrudes above the head, put of "the water. SPEAR POINTS. • 1n her own family she was queen, end loved her children with an intensity of de- votion remarkable and pathetie in its dem- onstrations. The close of her life was keeping with those sterling qualities of which she gave expression in her early days. A/ devout and consistent member of the Presbyterian church she spent the evening of her life as if preparing to enter into that great rest that awaits the children of God. She May be said to have been in the.world, but her apirit was alwaye yearning for com- munion with her husband, who predeceased her in 1869, and the children, so made be- loved, who went before her, and peacefully she crossed the great river on November 17th, at the ripe age of 91. Of her family only one survives her, Mr. Christopher Russell, who lives on the estate handed down to him by his parents. —• The Writ of these Monthly Competition's will commence January 1st, 189?, and will be continued each month dn 1897, 1,625-111NNAIL:Es}rAcENNZ:fifim As Follows: FOR 1. - S 10 First Prizes, $100 Stearns' Bicycle, . . $ 1,000 25 Second " $25 Gold Watch . . . . 625 . Bicycles and Watches given each month . . 1,625 . 12 SOAP Total given during year 18971 $19,500 -WRAPPERS -.' HOW TO OBTA1N-THEM. 1 RULES. competitors to save as snanz_"Surtlinht" 1. lEvery month during; 1897. in each of theit Soap Wrapp_ers as they ean conceit. Cut off,dbaricuf, prizes will be awarded as follows : the toin portion of each wrap. • The2 competitors who nand in Mahar.. the headliner "8 ITN L I G II a' ?e,,,,,7,, SEND 'CMS TOP PORTION gclistrie"ctsinalnwhbeichiratheyr -erc'esturen5, widir°-eacin the per—that portion contalninz MOA 1'." These (called "Con. -P receive, at wham's -option, a lady's orgent's with a sheet ofpaper on which Vigo., r4,0 , , ,,, Stearns' Bicycle. ',/siluell100, loons ') AIM to be sent enclosed the competitor has written his The 5 competitors -who sendin tbe flex* aorndhetrbfitne n-iinmantoz aonrdeoadadporestans ...... ..:. 'Zit.4.1_7,-------...... jarecetherlirdivilirtri, 'stet 1111,1w1U:111'nhnib;t14:Fojrp°restlfoleie.11Filli:eatekif": 0: Lever Brat. Ltd.. In &sett St.. i gent's Gold Watch, value -$2.5. Rent istipooliliaaiii, to Messrs. A 1 'it 1 Z-4-.4143)18." int731:.etan relo to Competitors 111 days after each Competition gent Petingrinted fist of winners in competitor's district wI11 Tomer°. o_AF corner). with the, NUMBER of the will be lint inie the next. TUIRII liCw•TraCPoPemper t(iiir4toPr, lilevrtes.11:1" ompet tors who obtain wrappers from unsold soap fa stock will be disqualified. Employees of Messrs. received too late for one month's 'comps. day °teach month during 1297. Coupons 2. The competitions will close theist& DISTRICT rothers,Ltd.. and their families, are deberredfrona .. 4. 5. Messrs. Lever Brothers, Ltd.. will endeavor to award the prizes fairly to the best or their ability and judgment, but it is understood that all who compete agree to accept the award of Messrs. Lever Brothers, Ltd., u Anal..? 6LEVERBROS., Ld., 23 Scott St., Toronto re the eej.ebrat.d Stearns', manurd by E. C. Steams & Co., Syracuse, N.V.. & Toronto, Ont. Each wheals guaranteed by the lookers aud hai comp ete attac - 2 a 4 NAME OF DISTRICT Western Ontario, comdsting of Counties York, Stoma & all Counties W. and S. of these Extst'n Ontario. conalstingaCountiea On - unto, truakoka & all Counties E &N. or f Immo Provinee of Quebec Province of 'New Brunswick Province of Nova Selina and Prince ) Edward bland ' ir-4-The tio-A 'EPPS'S - COCOA. - Our trials show us how strong a hold we have on God. lilheiy house built on the sand will sooner or litter have to fall. Keep yqurself right with God, and nothing else will be wrong. Don't pick out the cross that shine, if you would bear the right one. Some of the devil's best work is done by people who claim to love the Lord. I The devil has never yet taken a prisoner who had Oa the whole armor of God, and was armed with the sword of the Spirit — . Ram's Horn. THE SCIENTIST. 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