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AUGUST 16, 1901.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
A Noted Cell.
In torinection with the cell in Holloway
jail, wheee Earl Russell will aerve his sen-
tence for bigamy it is said that it was for-
merly occupied by the Beglish journalist,
T, Stead, and the noveliit, Edmund H.
-Yatee. The affairs- in which they were en-
gaged, although they -caused a tremendous
sensation at the titne, are now almost for.
gotten.
Steed, it may be remembeaed, was largely
in the eye of this country about six years
ago as the author of a book, " If Chriat
Should Come to Chicago," that was regarded
as so blasphemous that the big news corn -
rules refused to handle it, In 1884, Stead
crested a remarkable commotion by alleging
that English society was permeated by the
most horrible immorality. A body of gen.
tlernen, composed of some of the most emin-
ent in the kingdom, sifted his charges and
the result was that new laws were proposed
-and passed regulating the subject matter
of his allegations. In proving them, how-
ever, Stead was guilty of a technical viola.
Con of the law, and for this he had to un.
dery prison detention for three months.
The offense• for which Yates was impris-
oned took place in 1874, and consisted of an
.alleged libel in his newspaper, the World,
on the Earl of Lonsdale. While nob the
writer of the article himself he refused .to
divulge the name of its author and so sub-
jected himpelf to penalty,
Only a Little Backache.
That Is the Bret uninistakable symptom of diseased
kidneys, au ailment will& no one can neglect wish -
out inviting Bright's disease, diabetee, rheumatism,
and the most painful and fatal maladies. At the firet
algae backache and urinary disorders use Dr.
Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills and you can be °orbit) of
prompt relief and cure. One pill a dose, ,25 eente
box.
Odd and Idle Sect.
A census whicili has just been completed
in British India has brought to light the ex-
traordinary fact that there are in that coun-
try 1,116,638 persons who, fast. and remain
entirely idle during nine `Months of every
year.
These persons are members of- the Jain
sect, and their homes are in Bengal, and in
tho provinces of Gazerat and Rejputana.
Their principal shrine is on the mountain of
Pares/lath, near Chan Nagpore, and thither
they flock every spring, in order to begin
the first great fiat of the year.
A Jain can easily live for six or seven
weeks without taking even a morsel of food,
and during certain festivals it is customary
for all of them to abstain from food for two
fall months. When they eat they confine
themselves to vegetables, for they never kill
aa animal, even in eelf-defence„
It is their religion which imposes upon
them the obligation of fasting, but travelers
say that abstinence from food is no penance
in their case, and that even if they were all
to become converted to some other creed
they would still remain idle and lead a 'se-
verely ascetic life for the greater part of the
year.
•
Loss of Flesh.
If you flnd yourself falling below normal weight
there le danger. The gee of fiat' oils can temporarily
aid fat, but will never build up healthy Mesita. Dr.
Oheseia Nerve Food acts through the blood and
nervotte system, and oarries new life and energy to
every nook and corner of the body. It regulates the
the variaus organs of the body, makes the appetite
pod, adds- healthy flesh, and replacca the tissues
wasted dieease. Naturally and gradually thie
food cure restores color to the cheeks, inoreaeos the
weight of the body mil thoroughly overcomes dis-
ease.
Women vs. Men.
It appears that Che number of women em-
ployed in the British post office, including
no doubt the telegraphic service, is 34,000.
These women have supplanted as many mon,
and the same thing is going on in other em-
ployments of the lighter and less manual
kind. Educietion elso is passing largely in-
to the hand& of women, floe without peril to
the male character, the speoial virtues of
which women can hardly be competent to
train, Women are everywhere crowding in-
to the universities and trying to supplant
men in the learned profeasions. • This ex -
elusion of men from employment by women
is not the least serious feature of the social
situation. The cause in the oaae of Eng-
land,is no doubt largellyetnigration,which has
taken ofj the men and leavea the women,
who, according to Mr. Chamberlain now
oatnumber the men by a million. *omen
thus left unpaired are under theeiecessity of
earning their own bread. But besides this,
there is evidently a growing disposition
among women, for which -Mill and other
feminist writers are largely reeponsible, to
become what is called " bachelor women,"
refusing the burdens of matrimony and ma-
ternity, and, as they say, " living their own
liven. A bachelor woman can afford to
take lower wages than a man, especially if
the mam is married. The results, apparent-
ly, must be an increased emigration of the
men thus deprived of employment, and
among those who remain a tendency to re.
nounce marriage for want of the means of
maintaining a family, which again can hard-
ly fail to effect mortality. 'The social effects
of emigration are invariable, but those
whose feminine sympathies lead them to
stimulate " the revolt of women," would
surely do well to consider w-hithet the move-
ment leads.
•
Superstition as to Marriage.
If you can make your firet and little finger
meet over the back of the hand you will
marry.
Count 99 white horses and a white mule,
and the first person you shake hands with
you will marry.
Look at a new moon over your left shoul-
der, and make this wish :
New moon, now, '
Let me see
Who my future husband is to be ;
The color of his hair,
The clothes he will wear.
And the happy day he is wed to me. '
The new moon must never be seen through
the trees when making a wish.
A custom known as " sweating eggs " is
at follows :
Place an egg in front ef an open fire at
night and sit in front of it wit hout ,speak•
ing. Your future 1' to be " will come in and
turn the egg when it is hot.
A dumb supper " is sometimes given.
Wot e word is spoken by the guests or the
hosteas during the entire evening. That
night each one who fails to speak will dream
of hia or her " intended."
Oa the night of the 30th day of April,
spread a handkerchief in a wheat field, and
and in the morning the name of your future
huaband or wife will be written in the
comer.
How They Laugh.
The Chineee laugh is not as hearty or as
expreasive as the European or American.
It is oftener a titter than a genuine out -
beret of merriment. There is little charac-
ter or force in it.
As for the Arabian laugh, we hear little
of hilarioas ring through the ages of
mirth in the old world_ The Arab is gen.
orally a stolid fellow, who must either see
good reason for a laugh or be surprised inte
it.
In Persia, the man who laughs is consid-
ered effeminate, but a free license is given
to female merriment.
One reads of the " grave Turk " and the
" sober Egyptian," but it is not recorded
that they bave never moments of mirth,
when the fes bobs or the veil shakes under
thing."
the preasure of some particularly " good
In Mohammed himself, Christian
writers have noted cordility and tdooseness,
and they amp there ia a good, ringing laugh
ia the prophet with all his seriousness.
An American traveller in Europe remark.
that the Italian laugh is languid but MU6i0•
Strong Poiiits
Awn B. B. -11f
1. Its Purity.
2. Its Thousaudo id Cures.
3. Its EcOuomy. le. a dose.
MAIL -
Regulates the Stomach, Liver and BoWelo,
unlocks the Secretions, Purifies the BlOod and
removes all the impurities from a. common,'
..Pimplc to the worst Scrofuloue Sore,
DYSPEPSIA, BILIOUSNESS;
CONSTIPATION, HEADACHE,
SALT RHEUM, SCROFULA,
HEARTBURN, SOUR STOMACH,
DIZZINESS, DROPSY.
RHEUMATISM, SKIN DISEASES.
al; the German as deliberate, the French as
spasmodic and uncertain, the upper class
English as guarded and not always genuine,
the lower class English as explosive. the
Scotch of all classes as hearty, and the Irish
as rollicking.
Not al Great Loss.
A atory ie just now going round about a
ccriain well.known English politioian. For
a long time he has been in the habit of buy-
ing an evening paper in Westminister on his
way to the House, and usually from the
same newmpaper boy. One evening, how-
ever, by small chance he had not with him
the necessary penny for his accustomed pur-
chase, and intimated as much to the youth•
ful news -vendor.
" Never mind," replied the 'Other, " you
can pay me for it to -morrow."
" But, my boy," said the M. P. solemnly,
" perhaps I may not be alive to•morrovi."
Well," -answered the boy, simply, " if
that is so it will not be a great loss,
after all."
The legislator looked at him, gasped' and
passed on in silence."—Tit-Bits.
•
. What the -King Wears.
King Edward's wardrobe is " immense,"
due to a considerable extent to the many
complimentary naval and military appoint -
meets which he holis. About the fit of hie.
private clothes he is moat particular. When
clothes are sufficiently advanced to be tried
on an appointment is made with his tailor—
he gives employment to three—generally for
eleven o'clock, and the Kidg receives his
tailor in his dressing room.' His Majesty
has a great dislike to eccentrilpity ia dress,
and startling neckties, fancy twaistooate,and
above all, a ,profusion of jewellery are etrict-
ly " taboo' by him, In Scotland the King
wears the kilt, and in the evening he ap-
pears in the splendid full dress of Royal
Stuart tartan. The silver crnaments he
wears with the Highland dress are exceed-
ingly handsome and are of great value.
What Is Nothing '?
An old Scottieh farmer, being elected a
member of the local school board, visited
the school and teated the intelligence) of the
class by his questions. The first inquiry
was :
" Noo, boys, can ony o' you tell me what
naething is ?"
After a moment's silence a small boy in a
back seat arose and replied :
" It's whet ye gie me t' other day for
haudin' yer horse ?"
•
Do Your Best. •
" When I was a little boy," said a gentle.
man one day to a friend with whom he was
talking, "I paid a visit to my grandfather.
He was an aged man, and wore a black
velvet cap, and knee.breeches with large
giver buckles at the knees. When I went
to say goedlaye to him he took me between
hie knees, kissed me kindly, and then laying
his hand on my head, heaved : " My dear
boy, I haee only one thing to nay to you ;
will you try to remember it ?" I looked
him in the face and said : " I will, grand•
pa." " Well," said he " it is this ; What•
ever yon have to do, always do the beat ydu
can." This was my grandfather's legacy to
ma. It was worth more than thousands of
gold and silver. I have never forgot hia
words, and have always tried to act upon
them.
Made a Difference.
" Sir," he eaid to the manager of the
store, " 1 want to warn you against that
clerk at the ribbon counter. I understand
that he has a wife in the east and left her
on eccount of his bad habits, and hiercharac-
ter, sir, his character---"
The visitor became very emphatic and
excited.
" I beg your pardon," interrupted the
manager ; " you were _saying something
about his character."
" sir, they say--"
" Ah, quite a difference, my dear sir ;
quite a difference. My friend, such people
as you may establish a reputation for a
man,' but you can't touoh his character. A
man's charaeter is what he is ; his repute -
tion ie what peeple say he is, Good -day,
sir." .
And the young man at the ribbon counter
just kept on working and didn't teel a
,tareeze.
Perth N otes
—A very painful accident happened to
ex. Warden Sandereon last week. He was
busily engaged sharpening the knife of his
binder when the knifo slipped and cut his
wrist very badly. It 'was most fortunate
that the main arteries were not severed.
The wound is abaci one and it is likely to
be some time before Mr. Sanderson will
have the full use of the wrist again.
—The death of Mrs. Violetta. M. David-
son, the wife of 1Mr; Archie Moire- of St.
Marys, was not unexpected. FOr some
time past she has been a very great sufferer
from that dread disease, coneumption, 'an
affliction whieh she has born with remark-
able patience. Her death took place on
Saturday, July 27th. Her mother is Mrs.
George Swalesy of that town, and .she was
born in Whitoehurea. Fifteen years ago
she was married to Mr. Moir. There are
two children. Deceased *as 37 yeare of
age. •
e• -•Fire broke out in the Garnett House
stables, St. Marys„about 9 o'zlock Thursday
morning of last week, 1, In a few minutes
after the alarm was gi. en, there were five
streams of water' playing oa the building.
The stables were coMpletely gutted, but the
surrounding buildings were saved. After
the fire was sphdued, the remains of a man,
charred beyond recognition, were fools&
The body of the unfortunate man has been
identified a3 Gearge Engler, son of Christian
Engler, of the township of Logan, a few
miles from the town of Mitchell.
—A sad event took place in
Kastnertalle,
on Sunday, July 28th, in ithe pluming away
of George L. Koch, of Des Moines, Iosva,
at the residence of his uncles, the Messrs.
Goerling. The young man, who was in poor
health for some time prior to his arrival
there, was advised by his physician to take
the trip for a change of air. He reached
Kastnerville in very poor health about a
week ago, and although he reoeived every
care and attention that skill and affection
could suggest, It was of no avail, his death
coming quietly a little before no in. Ho
was a native of that village, having been
born there in 1868,
—At the home of Mrs. Alex.' Mulheron,
of /Vlitchell, on Thursday of last week, her
youngest daughter, Margaret Alexina, was
united in marriage to Rev. J. I. Manthora,
B. A., B. Th., of Parkhill. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. (a. C. Little, B. A.,
of Galt, ootain of the bride, and the bride
was assisted by her esteemed friend, Miss
Minnie Mackay, of Soaforth, while the
groom was supported by Mr. S. Schram, of
Parkhill. The happy couple left on the
afternoon train and after taking a trip ex.
tending about two weeke, they- will take up
their residence at Parkhill.
—After a trying illness of several weeks,
resulting from an ettack of grip in the
spring, Mr. Anthony Rowe of Mitchell,'
paned away on Sunday mornina, July 28-.h.
He had reached the ripe old age of 91
yearn and died on his birthday. Up to the
illness that resulted in hie death, the de.
ceased had scarcely ever known what it was
to be unwell. His habits were simple, his
life frugal, and his dealings with his fellow
men were strictly honeat and honorable.
Before leaving his native land, the south of
England, he had followed the life of a coach-
man. Coming to this country he bought
property and engaged in farming. He was
soon able to retire, and by various inveet•
manta and money lending he acquired a
considerable competence. For the haat 25
or 30 years he had lived a retired and quiet
life in Mitchell, never mixing in any public
matters but his own home and the seam:da-
tion of his church. He will leave money
and property to the value of about $25,000,
or a little over, $2,000 of which has already
been given to the Methodist ohurch at inter -
eat as long as he lived, $2,000 will go to the
representatives of - old Trafalgar street
church, to be applied now to a new parson-
age ; a few thousand are to be divided
among distant connections and the balance
to ehe missionary society of the Methodiat
church.
News Notes.
—The five•year.old mon of Wm. Neal, of
Northwood, Kent county, strayed from
home Sunday afternoon of last week. He
evidently wandered to the railway track
near the house and fell asleep between tte
rails. The approach of the noon flyer
awakened the child, but before he could got
clear of the track the train was upon him.
The boy was struck and carried upon the
engine for several yards, being fivally hurled
into the side ditch. He was not found until
evening, still in an unconscious condition.
The child will die.
— While walking with his mother, Tues -
.day afternoon of last week, the three•year
old son of Mr. John Askin, of Sandwich,
near Windsor, was ferociously- attacked by
a bulldog, and before the animal could be
driven away it had inflicted several severe
guiles in his head and face. The dog ern.
bedded its teeth over the left eye and
cheek, and the services of three physicians
were regeired to sow up tke wounds. The
child will prrobably be diefiured for life.
— Harry Maesey, son of ex Alderman
Nathaniel Massey, of Chatham, had a mir-
aculous escape from death Tueeday after-
noon of last week. While driving over the
railway track in that town, he was struck
by a shunting freight train. The horse was
instantly killed, and the buggy badly de-
molished. Massey was carried some 25
feet and throvan into the ditch. He was.
badly bruised and cut, but escaped serious
injury.
—Ontario farmers he.ve recently purchas-
ed some pure-bred stook in England. Mr.
Carpenter, M. P. P., for South Norfolk,
bought some rams at the Cardiff Exhibition,
and. 20 ewes from two of the fineet flocks in
Great Britain. Joseph Brethour bought
some prize boars and sows, and Robert
Miller, of Stouffville. got smile ()hake sheep
and cattle. W. D. Flatt, of Hamilton', got
some Shorthorn cattle, and Mr. J. Davis
Selected about sixty head of Yorkshire
swine, -
— The Saginaw -Lumber Company, which
has secured timber limits on the north
shore of Lake Huron, are preparing to move
their big mill from Saginaw City to the
Canadian side. The Cleveland Lumber and
Sawing Company have already commenced
erecting a mill. They have purchased tim-
ber limits in the township of Foster, on the
north shore of Lake Huron. Both of these
companies have been compelled to tranefer
their operations to the Canadian side owing
to the prohibition of the exportation of
sawlogs. They will give employment to
about 200 men.
—The residents of King townehipeYork
county, are still talking about the exciting
experience whioh Harry Legge, one of their
number, had last Saturday afternoon at
Scroxton's Lake, in Whitechuroh township.
The lake is a favorite watering place fqr
horses and Mr. Legge, while driving past,
stopped for a few minutes to allow his valu-
able mare to take a drink. He drove into
the water, and, when the horse had taken a
few steps, it began to sink down into a
large hole, iiking the carriage and driver
with it. Mr. Legge barely escaped with
hie life, having to swim ashore. He hueried
to a nearby farm house to get assistance to
.get his vehicle out, but on his return the
dead animal and the' carriage were flaating
on the surface of the lake.
—Some 'days nit Mr. J. W. Curran, of
Toronto. was arrested at the instance of the
Orillia Export Lumber Company, charged
with sending obscene literature through the
mails. Mr. Curran had been doing business
with the company, and one day received
from them a letter that annoyed him. He
replied hurriedly on a post -card that if a
certain statement was made it was a lie, and
qualified the word with au adjective not at
all uncommon and se diminutive as the
noun; When the cam came before Magis-
trate Booth, at he declared that it
was too complex a question for. him to de-
cide whether the said adjective was obscene
or not, espeoially as defendant showed it
Bibilical, and, as the easteet way out of the
difficultyedismissed the case. Mr. Curran
was " discharged without a stain upon his
charaeter."
— Ontario cows are doing well in the dairy
teat at the Pan-American at Buffalo. Re -
Pints received by the Department of Agri-
culture show that the Canadian Jersey herd
led the whole list of competitore, in the
weekending July 30, in the 'profit on the
prodnction of butter fat. The Cenadian
Holstein herd also led in another branch of
the competition, the profit on the total
amount of solids produced, their figures be-
ing $9.35 ir the week, based on nine cents a'
pound for solids. The profit produced by
the Jerseys on the butter fat for the week
was $8 78, the Guernseys, an American
herd, being second, with $8.61, and the
Canadian herds of Ayrshire, Freneh-Can.
adian and Holstain next in order, with
$8 08, $7 31 and $7.26 profit, respectively.
The returns for the season so far indicate
that the Canadian Holsteins will capture
the prizee for the net profit on total of
solids, and for the profit on solids, combined
with the loss or gain in live weight.
—Rei. James Livingetone, pastor of the
Windsor Avenue Methodist church. of
Windsor, and preeident of the London Con.
ference, believes that the Gospel should be
oarried to the utmost parte of the earth,
even onto the race tracks which abound
therein. The reverened gentleman does not
lack the courage of his convictions, either,
and during the race meet last week conduct-
ed a prayer meeting at the Windsor race
track, which was, to say the least, an. inno-
vation. The race track authorities gave Oho
necessary permission for the services to;be
held, and although the meeting was not
advertised, there was a congregation of per.
haps 500 persons in the betting shed to
greet Mr. Livingston when he arrived.
The crowd was a Curiously heterogenenus
one, Owners, jockeys, broken-down speou.
lators of the turf, touts and stable boys, all
were there,' and to their credit be it said, all
through the service no congregation of hab-
itual church.goers ever gave better atten.
tion than they. The " services " were
more in the nature of a talk than anything
else, and seemed te be appreciated by the
listeners. Rev. Mr. Livingstone is one of
the most magnetic speakers in the Method-
ist Church in Canada.
•
SCORN THE THORN.
There was never a rose without a Mont,
Never a mike that we ate and had.
The cew had ever a crumpled horn
•To toes the maiden all forlorn
Until she was yet more sad.
The apples over the farmer's walI
Were probably grafted from F..den's tree,
But when we had eaten them after ell,
Trespassing somewhere about nightfall,
They commonly failed to agree.
And leve, my Phyllida, love the rose,
Love, the apple that tempted Eve?
Because of tho thorn that about it grows,
Because of the greenness that nothing shows,
Apple'and rose shall we leave?
•
, •
No, my Phyllida; come what may,
Bleeding fingers or broken hearts,
Live and love tor our little day,
Tear off armor and cast away . r. '14.4
Shields against Cupid's darts! s 1
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PEELING A SHRIMP.
Several Ways of Doing It, but It Is
Really a Matter of Practice.
"While in one of the restaurants one
day," remarked a rotuad, good natured
fellow yesterday, "I heard a stranger ask
one of the waiters a question that at-
tracted my attention because I have often
pondered over thename weighty problem.
'Which is the best way to peel a shrimp?'
asked the stranger, and the waiter pro-
ceeded to drawl out a long eiplanation
which aniounted, after all, to the quint-
essence of 'equivocation which Dickens
put into the mouth of one of his charac-
ters—`still, at the same time, to a certain
extent and as far as it goes, of course.'
Really this problem of the best method
of peeling a shritnp is very important to
the man who is fond of tickling his pal-
ate with these brown dainties. Fashion
has practically given the question over to
individual taste and simply calls on every,
fellow to do the best he can tinder the
circumstances.
"The nicer properties usually observed
ay the well .bred man or -woman at the
-table cannot be respected when one sails
into a dainty dish of shrimp, and hence
,even the ultra fashionables are extremely,
liberal in the matter, allowieg each fellow
to use his own judgment. So there are
Ways end ways of shucking a shrimp, if
I may use a corncrib expreseion. Ask
one friend and he will tell ylisti that the
quiskest and best_way is to begin at the
head and work your way gradually,
around the circle to the point of begin-
ning. Ask another friend and he will
probably tell you to pinch off the tip of
the tail first, remove a few of the short
claws, and then rip the monster up the
back, as the saying goes, until the head
is reached, and then. pull off the two side
seales that protect the gills—if shrimp
have gills—and there you are. He Is then
skinned from. the tip of his tail to his
dark broWn eyes. One may then pounce
upon him without further delay.
-"Still another friend will insist that the
head should be pinched off first. This,
it is contended, will Produce a sort of re-
, taxation in the compactness aud rigidity
of the vertebrre, loosening the cemented
joints, as it were, and leaving the lower
part of the body practically unattached
to the thin shell which incases the meaty
and eatable part of the shrimp. But
other men who are equally as well versed
in the anatotity of the shrimp insist that
just the reverse is true, and that pinching
the' head off first produces a certain mus-
cular rigidity which greatly delays the
ilei.ft.;i1(httigit.process and makes the task more
"So there are many ways of peeling a
,Itrimp, and the fellow described in the
old saw who waa so stingy that he would
S-1:in a flea for its hide and tallow' was
confronted by no'more difficult undertak-
ing than the average man who sits down
‘vitli.a dish Of river shrimp before him.
For the benefit of those who are not ac-
customed to handling shrimp at the table
Ind who rarely have an opportunity to
enjoy this delicacy I would suggest that
'n the -first place they remove the thingo-
undo, then pinch off the dofunnys, slit
the whatyoumeycallit, and pull it off, and
then you have the whole capoodle. But
really peeling shrimp is a matter of prac-
tice, end every fellow does it in his own
way after all."
The Credit of a Good Dinner.
"Everything," says Yuan Mei, a Chi-
nese writer, "has its own original consti-
tution, just as eailh man has certain nat-
ural characteristics. If a man's natural
nbilities are of a low order, Confuciuss and
Mencius themselves would teach him to
uo purpose. And if an article of food is
in itself bad not even I-ya (the soyer of
China) could cook a flavor into it."
Yuan then goes on to show what care
'must be exercised in the choice of food.
"A ham is a ham, but in point of good-
ness two hams will be as widely sepa-
rated tie sky. and sea. A mackerel is
mackerel, but in point of excellence two
mackerel -will -differ as much as ice and
live coals. And other things ht. the same
way. So thee the credit of a good dinner
should be, divided between the cook and
the steward, 40 per cent to the stewar4
and 00 per cent to the cook."
Changing Butterflies.
Butterflies change their color according
to the heat of the atmosphere. This in-
teresting fact was discovered by M. Sand -
fuss of Zurich, Switzerland, who sub-
jected 40,000 butterflies to experiments
under different degrees of the sun's heat.
On one occasion, it being unusuaily cold
in Switzerland, a butterfly common there
took on an appearance of a butterfly tram
Lapland. On the other hand, butterflies
which were subjected to a higher dogree
of solar heat than the normal looked as
if they bad been bprn and raised in Cor-
sica or Syria. One result of these novel
experiments is the production of 'butter-
flies of an entirely new tape, some of
them being of bewildering beauty.
Caught Her.
"I am 'Coking for something nice for a
young man," said the young and pretty
shapper.
,"Why don't you look in the mirror?"
asked the gallant clerk.
And sbe was so flustered that he man-
aged to sell her four different things that
she did not want before she knew what
she was doing.
Hearts Not Trumps.
Oldspark—Love, they say, is the pert
fume of the heart.
Miss Younger—Well, perhaps it is; bat,
really, I don't care for perfumery.
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
AN ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF A BE-
LIEF IN THEIR IMMORTALITY.
The Conscionioness Displayed by
Plant Life and the Intelligence. and
Powers of Reason Shown by the
Lower Order of Animal/4N,
Dr. Thomas G. Gentry In his book,
"Intelligence In Plants and Animals,"
published by Doubleday, Page & Co.,
leaves no reason for doubt as to his posi-
tion in the controversy over the immor-
tality of animals. He says frankly:
1 claim not for the lower animals the slighteet
equality with man. What I claim for .them is a
higher status in creation than is generally at-
tributed to them. I claim for them a future life
where they will receive a just compensation for
the oufferings whieli so many of them have to un-
dergo In this. world. Most of the cruelties which
are perpetrated upon animals are due to the habit
which man has, in his exalted opinion of self, of
considering them as mere automata, without sus-
ceptibilities, without reason and without tbe ca-
pacity of a future. * * * Not alone are we of the
upper walks of being made the poseessors of the
inner life, bet all nature shares it in common
with us, and love is its expression and the method
of its action.
What are the characteristics of man
which justify, which indeed compeb be-
lief in his immortality? First, his mind,
intelligence, spirit—call it what you will.
But does man -alone possess this precious,
this indestructible, spirit'? The authoe
emphatically rejects the theory. He as-
serts that the proofs of the spirit are to
be seen in intelligence and in the affec7
tions, that animals possess both and that
even plauts show signs of the former.
Through the darkness of the earth the
slender radicles of nlants innke their
way. A stone impedes their progress;
,they turn to right or left before touching
it, follow its outline round in an almost
parallel course, but never touching. If a
worm. burrow or some chink in the
grouna a few inches away offers a path
which need not be forced, the radicle
turns abruptly and seeks it our. lIow
does this rootlet at once sense and avoid
the stone? How conjecture. the neigh-
boring but invisible crevice?
There are flesh eating plants, the •dro-
sera or stindews. Dr. Gentry says of
them: "That these plants manifest a
comparatively high order of consciousness
there can be no question. Try them with
insects or rare bits of meat as articles
of diet and in a few hours the leaves will
have folded around the food and com-
menced their curious process of assimila-
tion. alineral substances, such as bits of
chalk, magnesia and small pebbles, have
no such effect. They seem to ignore these
things just as an intelligent animal would
if they were placed by its side."
Certain minute plants have the power
of locomotion. They will abandon an arid
spot and creep toward moisture. If n
poisonous fluid be placed in their path,
they will avoid it; if a nourishing sub-
stance be placed at one side, they will
wander toward it, Other plants change
the position of their ivanches or leaves to -
meet ne to avoid the sun. Conscieusness,
then, clearly appears in plant life. "It is
to plants," says the author, "what mind
is to man and animals, controlling their
actions when such are for their well being
and good. If mind pereists in a future
state, then consciousness. which may be
considered as mind in plants, must also
persist, for it is not likely that the source
of all consciousness, which we worship
as God, could be unmindful of the least
of his ch ren."
And animals? Among them we do not
have to seek painstakingly for evidences
of consciousness. All have that, all have
intelligence in greater or less degree,
many have reasoning power, some have
the qualities which we are accustomed to
regard its purely human--affection.unself-
ishness, generosity, Inagua nitni ty. Memory
is a quality so general in animals that -it
is needless to recount here instances.
Generosity iS often shown by birds which
feed the offspring of ethers that have
been slain. The author cites several cases
where the fledgelings and their sponsors
were of different varieties. Magnanimity.
Who hasn't seen a big dog gently set.
aside a snarling terrier which he might
aenihilate with a grip of the jaw if he
would? Sometimes it is shown by brutes
to less magnanimous men.
So, too, of the less admirable qualities
of man—qualities which nevertheless pre-
suppose possession of a mind. The ani-
mals have most of them. Malice, pride,
jealousy, anger, revenge, have all their ex-
emplifications in the life of dumb brutes.
If they have souls to be Eared, perchance
they have sins to be expiated as well.
How closely the higher orders of ani-
mals approach in intelligence the lower
orders of men is clearly shown in this
book. For a time the exigencies of the-
ology compelled us to regard this gulf
as infinite, but one who contrasts the
ways of the high bred, well trained house
dog with those of some of the more
brutalized aborigines will doubt whether
the abyss which separates them is so
very wide. Animals have some idea of
nuMbers. "The crow has been known to
caunt as far as the number six, and a
dog I once had knew as well as 1 did
when Saturday came." There are Aus-
tralian savages who cannot equal theee
performances.
aThe sense of beauty," continues tbe
author, "which bas been declared Pe-
culiar to men, is innate in birds. Certain
bright colore and certain sounds when in
harmony exaite in them pleasure as they
do ingnen. * * * lf eve are to judge from
the hideous ornameuts and the equally
hideous music admired by most savages,
it migbt be urged - that their (esthetic
.faculty was lees highly developed than it
is in some species of birds."
The author's conclusion may not be
shared by all, but all will surely reccg.
nize,its beauty:
When man v.as placed on this earth, or rather
when in the sequence of events. which was brought
about. by the prescribed echeme of divinity, he
appeared upon the earth, he was given control of
all the creatures of God's hands to rule them as
his Judgment seemed best. They were a necessary
part of the plan of creation.
Ood gave the man directions concernirer them
and what they are, and we refer to the Amesti-
co ted species especially. They have thus been
made through man's wise; intelligent and thought-
ful eelection. • • • That they will pees into the
future life with him, at least such as 'have shown
their fitness to endure, there can be no doubt- in
the mind of any one who pauses a few brief t110-
ments in the rush and turmoil of everyday life
and considers the matter with all due seriousness.
All existence, as we have eleewhere claimed, is
a unit. All life, like all love, divine. There
ca s nothing exist that does not contsin some sort
of development of soul. There is no eecape from
this assertion. Instead of isolating ourselves,
then, from the humbler creatures of God's work-
manship let us recognize them as our kin and ire
elude them in the grand scheme of redemption
and as partakers with us in tbe future state of
Divine Love and in higher and endlessly higher
development and progress.
—New York Journal.
Mig-ht Have Been Much Worse.
"You admit that the audience howled
and whislled through the whole three acts
of your play, and you say it might hage
been worse. How could it?"
"There might have been are acts." _
The golden eagle has great strength. The south Africaa winhor begins to -
It lifts and carries off with ease a weight ward the uld 01 Apra so wt. Ina Sq.
Of 80 pounds,
Fooled on Lettuce.
An old Scotsman tells a good story, given
to him, forty years a o, on a Georgian Bay
steamer, by a young ady, whose father bad
been a Methodist missionary to the Ojibway
Indians at the Canadian " Soo " : A great
chief visited the missionary, and brought
with him his interpreter, a young man of
some education and who could speak good
English. The guests wereinvited to dinner,
and as it was early summer, and some let-
tuce ivas on the table, which the family con-
sidered a great rarity, it was offered to the
chief. He scowled, shook his head, and
Muttered something. The interpreter mil -
ed. Nothing more was said about it, but
Iter dinner an opportunity was found to
k the interpreter " what the chief said
hen the lettuce was offeeed him ?" And
t is was what he said : " Ugh ! Leaves I
!sink I'm a ground -hog ?''
New Floral Surprise.
what must be considered as a monderful
o riosity of the floral kingdom is the so.
rmed occasional flower " a specitnen of
huincthryh.as recently been 'brought to this
No mention is made in botanical science
of the existence of this marvelous flower,
It is a mystery at present that is well
p ppy-head out with ite stem to it.
v;
orth clearing up. When in a closed con-
d'tion the occasional flower is in color and
i form something like a mature and dried
Submerged in a bowl of water for a few
,
inutes, and then taken out and placed by
i stem in an empty bottle, the outer petals
b gin, after several minutes, to open out.
This process is slow. but distinctly notice-
ahle. The petals continue to rise and to ex-
pand until they gradually recede backward.
When this action is complete it resembles in
appearance the starry sunflower, but airre.
g:rds the shape only.
The occasional flower remains thus open
f r about twohours, during which time, the
state of humidity lessening by degrees, the
fibers begin to shrink and the petals close
upigraduallylin theisame way as they opened,
until the flower resumes its former position;
bet by the seine simple process it can be
made to unfold and to ()lose up again and
again at will. It is also asserted that,
properly unused with regard to temperature
and air, and carefully handled, the ocoas-
' ienaI fioWer :never decays nor degenerates
in its effect of raidanoe and splendor,
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ATHLETES, BIOYCLISTS And others should al-
ways keep HAGYARD'S YELLOW OIL on hand'
Nhthing like it for stiffness and soreness of the mus-
cles, spraine, bruises, cuts, etc. A eleaspreperation,
w not stein clothing. t'rice 250.
&attache, el:cache, swelling of fest and ankles,
Offing under the eyes,frequent tbirst,seanty,cloudy,
thick, highly colored urine. Frequent urination,
bt rising ssiniation when urinating.
Any of the above sympt4ne leads to Bright's die-
m°, dropsy, diabetes, ete.
Do in's Kidney Pills•are a sure cure for all kidney
diliessees.
TO MAKE MONEY it Is neoessary to have a clear,
bright brain, a cool head free from pain. and streng,
vigorous nerves. Idilburn's Heart and Nerve Pills
invigorate and brighten the brain, strengthen the
nerves, and remove all heert, nerve and brain
treuble.
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If you take a Laxi-Liver Pill tosaight, before re -
tieing, it will work while you sleep, without gripe
or pain, curing billowiness, contipationi, dyspepsia,
and sick headache, and make you feel betsor In the
mornieg.
PASSED 15 WORMS. I gave Dr. Law's Worm
Syrup to my little girl two -and -a -half yens old ; the
result was that she passed 15 worms in five days.
Mrs. B. Boy, Kilmanagh, Ont.
A Red Hot Season.
During the hot summer season the bleod gets over,
heeted, tbe drain on the system severe and the ap-
petite is often lost. Burdock Blood Bitters puritlee
and invigortites the blood, tones up the system, and
re ores lost appe.ite.
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Why Is Bad Coal Like a Bad
Husband ?
The boys and girls of Farringdon have a
reputation of being distinctly original. A
sixttestandard pupil at one of the schools
there was asked to write an essay on
" Coal." This was the result :
" Coal differs from most other articles of
merchandise, for it is no sooner delivered to
the buyer than it goes to the cellar.
g A ton of coal weighs twenty hundred-
weight ; but coal ordered fox delivery by the
railway companies makes many thousands
weft.
" Coal in the fire is alight, but the barge
that brings it up the river is a lighter.
0'13ad coal is like a bad husband—
smokes, often goes out and does not keep the
pot boiling,"
Our correspondent does not say whether
it was a boy or girl who wrote this. From
the last part of the essay, however, we see
it was a girl.
RELIEVES CHAFING, ITCHING OR IRRI-
TATION-. COOLS, COMFORTS AND HEALS
THE SKIN, AFTER,SHAVING.
Avoid dangerous, Irritating Witch Hazel
preparations represented to be "the same as"
Pond's Extract, which easily sours and often
contain "wood alcohol," a deadly poison.
FOR SALE.
Desirable property on South Fart corner of Jamei
and William streets, Seaforth. The house is in good
repair, contains 8 rooms, pantry, kitchen and wood-
shed. Cellar under whole house, with cement floor,
i
La ge cement cietern. Never failing cement well
wl h excellent water. There are 8 plum trees, 1
pe r aad 2 apple trees ; also raspberries. currents,
shrubs, plants and ft° were, No encumblance on
prperty. For terms apply to NOBLE CLUFF,
N Mh Main street, Seaforth ; or to VALENTINE
KNF:CHTEL, Stratford. 1758-4
cities! Scaleil
are yon ever seen the low, bandy truck scale,
Du farmer's friend ? It is the handiest farm reale
on the market, and. as for durability, has no equal.
Tbi3 material in Itt,-is guaranteed all through, and
more, there is a guarantee printed on .eaeh scale for
10 years. We also give a Govemment certificate
from the Governmeot Inspector of Weighte,
stamped end guaranteet t7 weigh correctly, and
will wtigh Loin pound to 2,030 pounds. -
We, the undersigned, have purchased a low,
handy truck scale from J. H.' Wheatly, and find it to
be the handiest end the most useful locale oo the
market for weighing all kinds of farm produce, shoo
live stock, such as fat cattle, horses, swine. kc. :
Hullett,—Walter N. Cunningham, Adam Elliott,
Daniel Stevens, James. Beid, William Murphy, John
Kirkoonnel, Robert Btattie, James Wati. Wm. A.
Bryant, Wm. Shephard; Albert Ttewln, Robert B.
Rogerson, Charles W. Bozeman, Joseph H. Brown,
McKillop,—W, H. MoGavin, Bober{ :Archibald,
Jcecph Ryan, James Ryan, John McClure, James
Ils,nn. Any parties desiring a scale would find it to
their intereet to call or write to
J. H. WHZATLT,
Hallo& P• O.,
Ont.
Sole agent for the Townships of Hullett and
IdeKillop. 1752 tf
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ba000, Opium or Stimulants. Mailed on receipt
of price, one paokage $1, six, $6. One toillplems.
siz mai cure. -Pamphlets free to any address.
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Sold in Elesforth by Alex. Wilson, J. 8. Roberts and
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'GILLESPIE'S
HARNESS.
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I have removed my harness shop 'to my
own store, ONE DOOR NORTH OF THE
POST OFFICE, where I will be pleased to
meet all my old customers and many new
ones.
Gillespie's Harness is the
best Harness.
A full stock of Horse illankets, Robes,
Sleigh Bells, Trunks, &c.
Prices right and satisfaction guaranteed.
Give us a call and we will please you,
delight your horse, satisfy your purse.
eerRepairing a Specialty.
JAMES GILLESPIE, Seaforth,,
One Door NORTH of the Post Office,
171S-tf
The success of the last year's showing of the
CANADA BUSINESS COLLEGE,
CHATHAM, ONT.
emcee, de all previous records. 304 pupils secured
goodpuitions during the 12 months ending June
1901. It will not pay you to attend elsewhere.
Write for handsome catalogue and list of pupils
placed.
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