Loading...
The Huron Expositor, 1903-09-25, Page 3enlist . boil etrande front %k for the Label 1 with its cool n between the en you feel the ready for you latest cloths, br Taxes. ,i7S;V7127 • - teadane the seal of la tho year of orsr- N•v upo r the genes! are pate:ated, far the horeb...r give nogee her of- Desuber, 4e; town of Sferta !he) euiffisni to dis- 8 a) T-owa Tearer. 186343 y (Ater the and sides s, fight, xty years' teed The quantity any quantity benefit; F.St goads, teit d.E -Holished MBER 25,t903 Animessiniiimminimment A VISIT TO 1OLStO 1 HoW Planets Are Welshed. Z! s Views sa R.diskie, Morris, Diekono and ltevoiotiss- A reaceflat Anaorehlat Who loess Not Lifire Socialism). Tolstoi was dressed in the familiar way, but his peasant'e blouse was of light Chinese eilk, well suited to the hied. of *rummer. '1,`est Was , goi#g on, and after geeing that we were comfortable and exchanging a few words with each of us, Thistoi went away to rest for an hour, t during which interval we were shown over the estate hy the Coutite-se, the Young Count, and the niece, all of whom, like Tolstoi himeolf, speaks English perfectly. Many readers of "What is Art?" have been istirpr iSezi atirolstoi '3, mak- •ipg, no reference to Ittakin or William Morris, although various unimport- - est English writerts are quoted, as well as scientists like Darwin, dier- bert Spencer. and Grant Allen, who could not he expected to speak on such a subJect with knowledge and authority. One of us ventured to express this. whon he returned to us. is that eo?" he said. "Perhaps you are right1 ant in the habit of dividing my fellow -men into two classes, the foolish and the wise, and I tput all scientists into the former class. As -to Morris; I do not know Tiltieh about him. 7 baye read 'News from Nowhere,' but 1 do not are for that kind of book. It is like Bella- my's 'Looking Backward.' How can siny ono forecast the future? If the :Romans had tried to picture the pre- eent day, that wohld they have made it?"' Toletoi, as he told us, has no faith ill Socialisnk. involving as it does government, and interference, to which he, as. an Anarchist, albeit a peace- ful one, is $o strongly opposed, of Ruskin and Dickens hes voice with great warmth, Saying that all Dickens' characters are his personal friend. lie had read most of Rue - kin's bootee, , begineing with "Unto This- Last," Tied we sem "Ruskin et la Bibb'?" "No? You must get it. There was- a man who , read hia Bible, and to, Some purpose. lie was a very great man." "i like .his fare." he added. "I have seen two portralle, front face and profile, „both after lir had grown a beard. Ile was, - like teltuseran peasant." Tins brat remark is still more true of Tolstoi himself, whose typo of face, with d.'ss force and less keen- ness in the eye, but the same fea- tures, may he seen again and again in the streets of Tula and Moscow. Tilere is rothing delicate, nothing aristocratic about his build, although -his family is an ancient land __distin- guished one. His nose, ati he rlament- - in his: childhood, is yery broad, his lips are thick, his hands and ears noticeably- large. In manner and apeeeh he IP very goritie, ready to listen as welt as to talk. One of us quoted Ituskin's lament to a friend that he had not. renounc eft kis polsesnians, "That interests lite very intedi," Tolstod said, for it is my case also. 'And why did no -Ruskin do it?" "He found it so dif- ficult. Lk had 50 many ties, artists - support, etc,- "Ah!' he replied wdth a sigh. That is it; 'we do not bkome Ghristians until, tete in lite, and then there are ties." friends nestled to consult Tol- etoi about a personal matter.. When the little conference Seemed nearly over I rejoined them. "I cannot ad- vise you," he was saying. "If you are to teach others, it must be done uneerneciptiely."e He laid great stress on 'this word. "By example?" some one asked. "Yes, by example. Live according to the law of Jesus Christ -that of love between man and man.- "Iron, do you regard Christ?" a As a nieri-I could not narrow •my religious ettnception by believing oth- erwise. Serae German has written a book'to -prove that Christ never existed. VIMas asked that r thought. about it, and I replied that it was probably untrue, but that it did not matter to me at ell whether lie ex- isted. Ills teaching exists, and is Ithe revelation. of God." -"You do not await that it. is an exclusive revela- tion?- "Oh, no," said Tolstoi; "I tallow, that revelation still goes on, that ail greit spirits have been the channels for revelation and that all religions- have this in &mutton. Th t the Christian revelation SeemS to no to be the highest yet given to the world. ehe cannot tell what God ie, We eunnot even say whether thole he one God r many godst- We had liven walking to and -fro in the orchard when the lowing of rattle reached us from the vi Suddenly 'Tolstoi excl a irned: vi‘s- terday 1 coald scarcely walk up stairs, but to -day I feel ouite striene. Let us go over to the village. It trill inter( I you." Indeed. he rd hoth strntg and wiry as he strode along in his top hoot', and we were old that 4 often walks and rides many miles, though he is now eevi. n - t It was a olidav. and he 1.illagers were all - in their ree dresses, and men and women, strong -- looking, keen -eyed, round-lindie0. once callea up the picture of the %al - lagers in '!John Ball," They till tte ir etWil land, and own horeee, pheee, The planets exercise as certain an Int fluence upon each other as do o pieees of wooti floatng upon ter n a basin. As they fiy through th ir p scribed orbits and pproach o tray I from each other thij are obee ed deviate from the course whic they,' must have pnrsuedt but for the 1 crea or the decrease of one influenc of a traction. . mpa '- ency at various times and by ; By Making obsertittions of th s ten-, ing a number of resnite it ieneas ible to weigh accurately any plitifdd b wey r vast and howeveidistant t All such calculationsare f und upon the law of universal gray tatio• . The mass of a planet attract oth r masses In the solar system, so t ce - tain =dements result. We c n o serve the character of these mov men with our telescopes and aicertal th amount,nd so -from our m stt iand weight of the pl net "nip naents an ._estimates We can c iculate the nass Which str4h movements have b n p duce& • . 1 , e [ 1 /ilea a Capuchin Die Ds t eath ,n the eyes of the Capuchlit. Monks is chiefly a terrible rem' der Ot the vanities of the flesh. Thel ceme- tery in Rome is a cellar who wall and ceiling are covered with the bone of their Pretleeessors. Skulls, ribs, thikli bones and knuckles are arranehed in grotesque designe, and even the chan- delier is constructed of, parts off skelch tons. 1 When a Capuchin dies he is b ried !iv loose dist without a coffin. As t ere IS room for only forty bodies in thi earth, which was brought from ths Holy; Land, the body that has lain in it lou - gest is dug up,: the skeleton is c eaned, Igarmented.in monkish garb and placed \in a niche. To make room the o1det0 `skeleton ia a niche is diemember d, and its various bones are added to cernp1et=e some wall design. The Uneophiaticated Mon, k.. "The Russian moujile" says me who has seen life in the land f czar, "Is a naive fellow. He is some thing like boy and something ke Ind. Irishman. He is, as a rule, ve elm p18, very "A. typicel moujik entered one =Woad station. He approach agent and asked when e cot would leave for a certain plac - Th agent told tilm distinctly, and, seem Ing satisfied) be departed. But a en raent later ,he was back ega , an again he asked the agent the sa question. " 'Why,' the agent exclaimed, 1 tol you that only a minute ago' l "You did, truly,' the mouj k an swered.dBut it isn't myself that want* to know' this time. It's my. ma e out sided " 1 • ' French Decorations. The popular impression is th Legion of Honor is the only deeoratiOn, but that is not at cese. France possesses orders q ite 1 I ancient as those of most countilea though the oldest of them, Rt. Espri St Michel, St Louis and St,.'Hubet dating from the fifteenth and s1tteentl centuries, are no longer eonferred., Since the Legion of Honor, whit wa founded in 1802 by the first cens 1. an modlfied y statute In 1816 an 1852 there have been established 'no few, than seven deeorations. The Lion '1 the only honor that can be best() ed ox foreigners. .1! t th renchi" 1,1 th and cattle, which gran. on the &ore - MOTS land attached to the vinery-. Tolstoi had a word for evr.rv one, raising his hat as he spoke. aril - nothing (0014 exceed the respeet fur franknese, without an atom ef viiiy, 10,1i which he was reeeived.- London Chroeicie, • Fowls for Boautr. , The •Iet.ot beautiful dorneetic bird 14 Courting Under DIMeultie Engaged lovers in the Canary i lands find it difficult tee exchange swe t• eon- fidences, as the young man Is iot 514 • lowed to 'visit his Banc e, in ber home.. He goes, to her house lad, thdhg her at the window, must, t lk to be from r the street.' Sometimes her window is perhaplt ten or twelve feet alto!. the road. Therefore he must talk I udly, and very often members of the -girris femily are unseen listeners. • J.How He Got Ont. "No," said Woodby, "I donit see Wiseman at all any more. H has dropped Out of out social set," "He tells a. different story," re arked • Sinnickson. "Indeed!" "Yes; he elaims he has climbed out.-", Her Coarse emetwh. George -Yen do not, call on MI& Rosebud now/ Jack-'o;got disgUsted. Sh ham uch a coaree'llingla. George -I never noticed that. Jack -You would If you'd been with. in hearing when 1 proposed to h r.. . - The Cat Didn't Show It. "Yes," Mrs. Stayathome told Mrs. Gotback, "your husband took win!' good care of the cat while 70111 were away, and he had lots of help most every'cight I heard them calling, 'Fatten up the kitty,' „1 A Sobriety Test. Orderly Officer -Why don't yon con- fine that man, corporal? Can't you sed he's drunk? "No, sir; 'e ain't _drunk. Wby, 't 'and move." . of the paLitry yard is the yearn 1, which is not coninionly found on, farm. Peafow is aro very _hard . 11),ilk lived, although the yot• e as tender and delicate as 17 g -Ys. 'Phe.‘,) has*' a loud, shrill can at d are ueeful us a protection agairett nawks, burglars an poultry thieves, fc,e they make a great noise w hem dist art •(.;61. at night. They have great capacity to shift for themselves and a •• t{`riSiVe foragers ;reaming OV('" 'ijj- ifrrabla t errit Orly in search of food. In fart,- their roaming propens; y 'the anti great drawback tot le citing theme as they are worse than t tirke; in this respec t. They do not cure for Omit er except in the severest Wetet the r. -A merican Agriculturist. ftentp•••nyzepplimingm6=411 • ainfi MARRIAGE issuEr3 AT THE HURON' EXPOMITiP 1.4415 SEAFORTH, OYES -1 NO WITNESSES RE (,N • Queer Facers: - "Oh, my friends," exelaimed th tor, "it makes inc 54[1(1 "'When I tid the days that are gone when around andeeniss" the old familiar I used to shake hauds with." , He Needled SoMetlaing. "You need a rest." , ! "But. I haven't siond nny Wor for • year, doctor.", „ • "Then you need k Clhanged leve - land Plain Dealer. seed ora - k of look lac& t It's a wise man who knows wh n the past le paet. Iryou .would fear -nothing thin that all things are to be feared.-Sene ' -Another attempt was made to hr ak in. 'Ito the residence of Mr. Dagg, ef St. 1rye, i on Sunday morning, 6th inet. This is the seetend within a month. On Sunday mina- ing, about three o'clock, he 'was aw kened ey the eteady, quiet hammering. _Hastily droning, he arrived at the back door to find • the look broken in, but the would -b bur - 1 D. McLACHLAN & CO., !,Chathans, s' ars vanished. 1857•ti 1Ceok Won '10 THE iiURON EX OSITOR. Root Compound. ice Favorite, e enlY Pale, reliable regu tor on which woman can 1eyelid '411rt the hour and t in4 Of need,e Pre ared in two deerees of gtreni tii. No. awl No, 2, No, 1. -Por ordinary cases - Is. b far the best dollar erred, Jne known, Mo. 2 -Por spec al cases -10 degrees stronger -three doll rs per box. IsaMes-ask your druggist for Cookre Cotton Hoot Com und. Take no other as all Pills, mixtur and imitations are dangerous. No. I a I No, 2 are sold and recommended by au druggIsto in the Do- minion of Canada. Lined to any address on receipt of_nrice a , four 2 -cent postage Mann*,Wke OIF :Company, ' Virtudsor, Ont. No. 1 and No. 2 ore sot in Sea -forth by 3.8. Bob erts, Alex. Wilson, C. A ant and 1. V. Few, drug- gist& 1869 The Se forth Tea St re Still leads in Slack, t reen and Japan Team dialtida, black no» mixed Teas and Ar- oma black and m xed Team. I also lead In all the best co 1 eee, also sugars in all the diffenreut ki de, from granulated down to the tory darkest. Maple syrup 25o a qua t best Anchor and Golden syrup, t ft gallon pails of syrup for 01.00, &Ise bokips melanin, pork, Jong clear haoon, wholesale and retail, smoked barite, sm hod baokr, bolougna sausage, lunch b oon, corn beef, best pure lerd, but er and eggs, all at the lowest prices We have also, flour, c rn-meal, bran, shortie oatmeal, rolled Fheat, Tilleon'e rolledi oats, benner oats cream of wheat, qua- ker oats, mala vitae, vim, gronola flakes, cream sodand all kinds of fancy biscuite, arme, nuts, swiss food, graham wafers in two pound tins, pure new honey. I have a few boxes of ery fine raisins to eel' at wholesale prijies. I have a very large stook of fresh g oeeries of all kinds, which will be olt at very close prices. A good assortment of china, crockery, and glassware,al of which will be sold cheap. I have a lot of very el an, home grown tim- othy seed for fall sewing and guarantee ft to be clean. , • Wanted; fresh butte and eggr, for which the highest mark t price will be paid in oash or trade.. A large stook of all si ea of fruit jars at the right price. Ma t cider, white wilts and standard yin ar. Salt by thebairel .and loose. „ G. AUL SEAF 11,1111. riterOorit- irnited. United Type pany Unaerwood, E ensd All visible writing to rent by the month other makes of type for sale. Apply to L. G. VAN SEAFORTH • pire, and Blick- er. &chines, for male or ribbons, eto., and all Atone second' hand GRIOitiD, Agent. - ONTARIO, 1828 45 Wood's P Before and After, gives universal eatisfac permanently cures all fo ness, Emissions, Bp and all effects of abuse o use of Tobacco, Opium and Brain Warr/liana insanity,Conumptkn a Price $1 per Package please, six will cure, ceipt of price. Send for The W • W Word's Phoophosline is s hart, I. V. Fear, J. S. druggists. ofilphodino, The Great English Wp,; is an old, well °stab, lished and reliable preparation. Has been prescribed and used Oier.40 years. All • gdsti3 in the Do of:Canada sell recommend as being the only medicine of its kind that ouresand don. It promptly and of Nervous Weak- rhzea, Impoteney, excesses; the excessive or Stimulants, Mental hich lead to inarmite, d an Zany Grave. t f4r One will iled prompty on re - free pamphlet. Address od Company, doi, Dia', Canada, id in Seaforthiby C. Aber- beits Alex. Wilson and 1459 .23rand 'fru k Railway pystem, Railway T me Table. Trains leave Beiforth as follows ' 9,20 a.m. For Clipton,j Goderich Wingham and Kincardine. 12.40 p.,tn. For Clinton nd Goderleh. 6.16 p. m. For Clinton 'Minium and 'linear - thee, 10.18 p, m, For Clinion nd Goderich. . 7.53 a. m. For Meat rtl, Guelph,. Toronto, OrilliaNortk Bay sod point", west; Belleville d Peterbero and points eiet. For Stratford, Guelph, Toronto, Mon- treal and, pe Uts east. For Birgit/ d. Guelph and Toronto. 3.87 P. In' 4.40 p. IL Pahnereton a iionio Mown. P116 Palmerston.. ..... .7.30 Ethel . 8.07 Brussels8.17 Bluovale 8.27 Wingbam....... ,. 8.88 d Kincardine. Mixed. Mixed an. 12.20 pin 8.45 il.ra 1.07 9.40 1.10 10.00 1.30 10,20 1.85 10.30 Goma Sown. Paw Wingbam- 6.53.m 3luevale ...... 7.92 -aroma-- 7.18 Ethel 7.2/3 Palmerston 8.20 Mixed. Pass. 8.05 p.m 8.18 325 8.35 4.20 11.113. 9.17 10.00 10.15 11.80 London, Einr n and Bruce. IMO NO1178- LOrld__01EdepIlle...1•• • • NO • 0 0.10111410 • • .••• 111. • • !MP •10, 1 • • • Exefier .1.• • • ifk• ••• • MP 0.1. •••• lIenaill...••••••••••••••••••• Kippen • • . .01111110n.._•••••• •.• •••• Or • • • • • • /Andel/OM •I• •• ••• OOP 11•• ,••• Myth-. MO MI • • MO • • • • dl• •• t BeleriVe•m -••• 0/4 eas ar Wirighant 3orws Sewn- Winghatn, ile[grave. Biyth. - LondeOboro Clinton- Kippen ffensoll- Centralia: • ...d• •• toodon, ••• • • • • • • • • • ••• • sem Exeter. •• 0.1 ••• • • ••• Pamenger. 8.15 a.a. 4.60 P.m 9.18 5.65 9.80 6.0i 9.44 6.1 9.60 6.25, 9.68 6.38 10.15 6.55 10,80 7.12 10.88 7.20 10.60- 7,83 11.00 7.66 - Paseenger. 11.60 A.M. 8.10 r. 7.01 8.28 7.14 8,86 7.22 8.45 7.47 4.16 • &05 4.40 8.15 4.50 8.22 4.66 8.85 6.10 8415 6.20 045 A. a. 6.20 Ct.., he:nett...add, it Pays The Best In The End:, The Canada Bueloese Cdllege, Chatham, Ontsrlo, with its et years of •ueeeslu1 work to its credit, stands without a peer in nada in the line of Bus!. nese or Shorthand Trainfm.. 246 students plaoed in good position!) - In the past eleven wont s-shoivs what we do kr our studente when graduated. Coi lege re•opens for Fall Term, September 1st. Our catalogue is the bondsorueet issued by any huainees echool in the Dominion. Copy sent by addressing Ont. Tow He Wort His Bet, In a i certain office building in the downtolivn district there is a club on ,„ an upp ,r floor, with!, an express eleva- tor seLice for inenibers. The other day tsytiof the lattetternerged from the dining room, where they had eaten luncheon, and eyed ;the elevator floor Indicator. The err* moved in, two shafts,- one of them the club elevator express_ route, "It's wonderful h w much time a man Cala save by th se expresses," re- marked one of the p Ir. "Nonsense," said his companion, "I can get to the bottota on a local' and beat yilp while I an 'doing it" "Tele dollars that You can't," was the reply. i . The:ages in both shafts opened with ii click, and without further parley the two men separated, +tering the differ- ent elevators, The I cal tgot away a fraction of a niomen ahead of the ex- press, .When the ra n in the' latter stepped out Ids acqu intance was wait- ing for him, "Howl did yon do 1t?" gasped the ex- press passenger, dig ng down for the forfeited bank ote. • "That was ea y," s id his companion. "I gave my el vator1 matt half of the bet -In advane an he didn't make any stops." 1 Wqrked a Li lug Choi Dr. P, L. Hurt's po nter dog was the Cause of it good:deal f amusement and excitement in poonv Ile one day. The doctor stepped at a t ough to water his horse. sir sewer pipe about a hundred feet long. Passes uncle a crossing at this place, and the dog, eing warm from running. crawled int the pipe to get cool. When the time came to leave he could not turn aroun and as the pipe was crooked he .could not see the oppo- slte_end ef it, we thehe stuck. After various suggestions h d been made for getting hhn outhi. sm II negro boy was sent in after bide T 0 boy got him by the leg, bet then fonid that he himself uld raKback Out. ... ere Wall.a pretty v dp. Irinelly al comL negro boy t', n. Hie leg remained within r&n the outsi e, and when he ad caught the first boy by the legs and the fitst boy had got a secure hold on the dog' f legsore strong men took the second boy ;by h s legs, and thus they were all pulled ut-Exchange, To Save Ike rowning. Manya swiminer s ps abort before learning how to app oach a drowning person, but he should add a knowledge of this :as of the. prop r means of arti- ficial respiration bef e re he can be ac- counted a master of e art. So says the Landon Chrenicle and adds: "The swimmer in diffieultleis may always be Assisted, even by a ty o, provided he be, himself a stroneenou h swimmer, but the bather who eannet swim at alt haiseentirely los his presence of mind elieuld alteays be approached from behind and se ,ed by the arms. Then by :swimming n the back it is easy to thev hina to afety. Further, the bather -In difficult' should remem- ber that throwing th arms out of the water thefts to siek th whole body, the air being a poor Suppo hag medium for their weight." The Peculiar Ganges Water. There le a scientifie asis for the uni- versal feeth-nstially 1 called supersti- tion-anaiMg Hindoos lin the cleansing qualities ef, the Gange4 as well as in its peeullar sanctity. Carjeful experiments hes shoWn that the ri er possesses ex- traordinary and inexOcable antiseptic properties. A govern ent analyst took water from the main which contained mil germs. When einptie cle of Ganges water were all dead. He pure water and thre cholera germs 1.11!, and swarmed. 'These repeatedly. ewer of Benares ions of cholera eine) a receptit- sil hours they ok undeniably a few of these hey propagated tests Were tried aLlve Balt” For -The negroes of Jam ish Watt Indies, use catch alligators. They tree near the alliga await developments puppy's yelp is exoctly the baby alligator. N ligator eomea out of the lagoon, thinking bling her offspring. gets to work with his ligator fella a victim affection, Alligators. Ica,' in the Brit - "live bait" to tie a puppy to a r's haunt and ith a gun. The like the bark of turally Mrs. Al - her mudhole in mebody is trou- hen the negro un, and Mrs. Al - her maternal A. Seri' an I tom. "Greenlee says tba when he was abroad he courted a rvian girl." "Custom any differe t from ours?" "I guess not. Greenl e says when he called on her they u miller sat vis-a- vis," "I don't believe a wo d that Greenlee says." • "Why not?" "There' t no such ex 6ession as vis-a- iis in the Servian lang, age. It's WW1- a-vitchr What He Took 'Her For. "What! Marry yo I" snorted the fiery tempered maiden. "Huh! What do you take me for?" "For better or wo e," he . replied promptly. So thee w re married and lived unhappily ever fthr, for, alas, she -was worse than he took her for, ' A Matinee on. "I dislike so much te be called a 'po- etess,' " said a young et 6 man who seine - times wrote verses for icablication. "Perhaps," suggeste • her matter of fact brother, "if you will write a little better quality of poetry people will call -you a poet." For compared Use. Visitor (during temporary absence of ul teeth your hostess) -What beauti mamma has, Tommy. Tommy-Yes'in; she itever wears that set 'cept when she has callers.-Baltie more American.. A112 Old Time Exploders, den old chronicier tells a curlew story 'if an exploelon which occurred in Lon- don Jan. 4,1 1040. A. ship chandler, it HabOut 7 of the clock at night, dieing busy' in his shop about barrel- ing up of gunpowder, it took fire and the twiukling of An eye blew up not only Met, but all the houses there- about to the number of fifty or sixty. The number of persons destroyed by thie blow could never be known, for the next house but one was the Rose tav- ern. a hotiee- never at that time of night) but full of cornpany. And in three or fodr days, after digging, they continually 1 found heads, arms, legs, etc," The most interesting part of the account comes further on: In the digging they, found the mis- tress of the house of the Rose tavern sitting in her bar and one of the draw - ere, stauding by the bar's side, with a pot in his hand, only stifled by dust and emokee their bodies being preserved whole by means of great timbers fall - Ing across one upon another. There was also found upon the upper leads of Barking church a young child lying in a eradle as newly laid in bed, Oeither child nor cradle having the least sign of fire or other hurt. It was never known whoee child it was, so that one of the parish kept It for a memorial, for In the year 1666 I saw the child, grciwn to be then a proper maiden," • The 'Jr -roubles of the Coyote. The coyote has small chance for life. It Is hunted upon all occasions and by devious and sundry methods. As the cowboy careers along the plains he pops at it with his six shooter. The wise ranehman has a shotgun or rifle hanging in a convenient place await- ing the appearance of a coyote near the ranch house. The hunter of more choice game never misses at -shot at a coyote, while there are professionals who do little else but pursue jt from one year's end to another. Besides, there are organized hunts inaugurated in settled communitiee for both pleas- ure and profit, wlami a large scope of the country is swept dean and the coy- otes falling Into the meshes of the hunt are dispatched and their skins tanned for ruge and doormats. Then animals are baited -wIth poisoned meat This method of deetruction is not only used by; ranchmen, but by persons who make a business of killing conotes for a ing. The .Apeiste In society. To ape anything is a sign of vactiltY of mind; to ape the follies of those above you ifs one of the inost offensive forms of vulgarity. Yet we see the fol- lies of the uppermost classes steadily imitated all down the different eets of society, and tbe popularity of 'every book dealing with the peerage is a proof, if one were needed, of what ab- sorbipg interest our failings are to the public. There is nothing we will not write upon be gratify this vulgar marl- osityanothing 1 in too bad taste if by Its (publication We can raise a little of the "needfuh" Our scandals, our in - triples our inane conversation, our bills end even our menus are recorded for the beneet of a public which, while profeesing to be horrified, greedily cries for more. -A Countess In London Outlook. Tobacco Par in the early history of Virginia and Maryland tobacco Wes by all odds the most important crop, and it was even possible at tines to secure a wife in ex- change for a moderate amount of to- bacco, as in lat r daYs in' the west a squaw could be obtained inexchange for a email amodtit of whisky. In 1732 at Jameestown tobacco was made a le- gal tender for all debts, including cus- toms Iinabont a dozen years after the founding a Jamestown by Captain John Snaith an English nobleman, Sir Ed-0ln Sandys, brought over with a ship lead of eupplieff ninety young Eng- lish maids, who ithmediately upon their arrival were wooed and married by the colonists, each being paid .for at the rate of "120 pounds of good tobaceo." John Adman? Opinion of Waehing-ton After dinner one night a visitor stepped into 'the ball to help Adams put en his 'coat. Adams thanked him. "Don't Mention it," was the solemn toady's reple. "No attention le too great, no trobble is too much that.we of this century have the pleasure of taking for the patriots of the Revolu-y tion -for George Washington and your- self, sir." Adams' *sharp retort was: "Don't mention; Washington to me, sir! Washington was a dolt1"-Sanborrds "ReMiniscencee of Emerson." Montreal'," Cathedral. The great landmark in Montreal is the Cathedral of Notre Dame, which, text to the famous cathedral in dhe it•er of Mexico, is the largest church !building in *melee and has a seat- ing capacity of 12,000. The church was ',edit in 1829 and Is noted for its mag- nificent chimes, one of the bells of which, called "Le ,Gros Bourdon," is one of the largest suspended bells in the world and weighs 24;780 pounds. Very Absent Minded. "Talk about absent mindedness," said a man the other day, "why, I like it, for when I Was a boy I worked for a man who wee so absent minded that he discharged me three times in one week and paid me a week's wages each time." The Indreeement Incomplete. She (romaritic)-When you first saw the wonderdul Niagara falls, didn't you feel as though you would like to Sump in? He --No; I hadn't got my hotel bill then. MO( Penolmiatile. At least half the work done in the world is of eto particular use unless it may be formeercise.-Milwaukee Senti- nel. What shrunk your woolens? Why did holes Wear so soon? You used common soap. REDUCES EXPENSE, Ask or the Octagon Bar. 525 AUCTIONEERS. fr111014AS BROWN, Licenood Auctioneer for the 1 Counties of Huron rind Perth. Orders left at A. M. Caropben implement warerooms, Seaforth? or Tux Exrosirox Office will receive prelopt election. t'a• fnctien guarantet:d or no ,c,barge. 1.708-1f TARES G. lielfICHAEL, amused auctioneer for e) the county of Huron. Sales attended to hi any part of the county at moderate rates. and eatistaction guaranteed. Ordera eft at the Sesforth poet office nr at Lot 2, Concestion 2, Hallett, will receive 1.,i•oropt attention. 183241 A UCTIONEERING.-B. ' S. Phillips, Lfoensed 11 Auctioneer for the mantles of Huron and .'Perth. Being a practical farmer and thoroughly ndendandIng the vales of farm deck and imple- ;vents, places me in a better pmitIon to realize good prices, Charges modtrate. Satisfaction guaranteed or nn pay. All orders left at Henson post dace or Lot 8, Conoce-eion 2, Hay, will he promptly ttended to. - 1709•1! Sick Headache, Biliousness, Dys- pepsia, Coated Tongue, Foul Breath, Heart Burn, Water Brash, or any Disease of the Stomach, Liver or Bowels. Laxa-Liver Pills are purely vegetable; neither gripe, weaken nor sicken, are easy to take and prompt to act. SIGN OF THE CIRCULAR SAW c1,3, 2 III -4 Pe to et 4 onoi) 1:714 ° emr- atl eg. CM' 0 not 0 0-4 Jew gfi • PP.,4 44 id re" •r -el LC) P:',4 OS 01.1 Ise n ..,424(1) 4 '"" re ce 1--d- to' at p ct,t••••, d•--0 rzt CD et- 1-f 0 de tDe7' C);71."., CC::)D CD 0 its. -0 es et efd et re cr, p.11 bid., Cn c"") • ede.'" f...t t...w 0 51" pld 0 M 0 cr to45* Cf3 ro se es et- dts 11 to, a) a) en et }--) .1 2 d' cp 0 ..."aQ Pat ei- i° CD fr.t, 0 pet r) /12 C.ei 0 ti 0 et' P..• • 0'. El, tt pc) 2 • • CD „i- f:" CD I-1 /"/ 2_, (1' cp• 0 o Se tee et -M:1 ca eed) is"' et - pig 1St' alet- pep a_ -441.1t ede et 21, lz--; cia edt 136 (T2, eft. 4a,-4 o , • 44 0.." 0 0 imt -.4 LPI A PERFECT 110110 REMEDY. findersed by the best English Sonniale, Supplied to Britian Soldiers in South Africa. Per all Throat and Mend Vet-pis:him Pleurimpt Lumps, AbscessesOld Sorra, Lieges. Felons, • thin Diseases, Pe-tentis. Pimples. melff Joints, m Rheumatis. Lumbago. aprains, Bruises, rites. Cuts, sore Feet, Sold by Druggists, 25o. Try ft once. Special Attention Hemshoeing and General Jobbing. Robert Devereux BLACKSMITH and CARRIACE opp, MAKER 23.47 Gederich street, - Seaford)) nee To Cure a Cold in One Da kff.AscocfP)„,.. s Take Laxlve Bra o Quinini Tablets. en every z9 s. This signature, VA Z4- ,/yrst"..••• box. 25c. L..,.old in past 12 P „ 0 R -c.o P Y The a1iest Fnoctnatloas. Punetuation hy means of stops or polies, so as lo indteate the meaning of efeitete es. and assist the reader to n proper enunciation, is ascribed origi- nally to dristophanes, an Alexandriam grammarian, who lived in the third century B. C.. Whatever his system may have been, it -was subsequentlyt neglected ahd forgotten, but was rein-, trodueed by Charlemagne, the various stops and symbols being designed bri Warnefried and Alculn. Tne present system of punch:lethal was introduced in the latter part of thei fifteenth century by Aldus Manuthis, Venetian printer, who was responeible for our period, colon, semicolon, com- ma, marks of interrogation and excla- mation, parenthesis and dash, hyebent apostrophe and quotation marks. These were subsequently copied by other printers until their use became univer- sal. Most andent Languages Were 11333o. cent of any system of punctuation. We find in many early manuscripts that the lettere are placed at equal distances apart, with no connecting link between* even in the matter of spacing, an -ar- rangement which must have rendered reading at sight somewhat difficult Barrie and the Editors. Soon after j. M. Barrie leaped int" fame the editors of three London jour- nals for wbich he had done a good deal of work determined to give a dinner In his honor. Mr. Barrie accepted the in- vitation; and in due course the three knights ef the pen and scissors and their distingeished guest sat down to- gether. The hosts, knowing their con- tributor only by his work, fully Redid- pated a "feast of reason and a flow of soul." However, the soup and Bele were consumed without a word from Mr. Barrie, or, at least, with nothing beyond noncommittal grunts. Despite' frantie effotts to lure hlm into .conver- sation, it was not until be rose to put, on his :coat that he made the lir:stand' last remark that he uttered during the evening, "Weel, ibis is the first time I've ever had- dinner with three ed- itors" - A Perfectly rutin “Direction." Once upon a time Judge Cotter was riding through a rurel district in Vir- ginia, Re stopped at a negro's cabin to. get his direction, "Uncle," mild be, "can- eou direct me to Colonel Thoinp- son'sr "Ye, sale" replied the negro. "Ye' goes -Own this yah road 'bout two mile till yo'; comes :to an or ailm tree, aind „then ye' tens sha'p to' the right down a lane fo' 'bout a gaaler of a mile,. Thah yo' sees a big white house. -.roi wants die go through the yard to a pat thit takes you a spell to a gate. Tse fo Iowa that road to the let till yet conies 1 to three roads gone up a hill, and, jedge, it don' mattah which one of them tha.h roads yo' take, yoheere gets lost anyway." -Stewart Edward Whits in Otitiook. Betrothe41 Mirth. In some parts of west Africa the girls have long engagements. On the day of their birth they are betrothed to' a baby boy a trifle older than them- selves, and at the age of twen are married. The girls know ef no other way Ot getting a husband, and se they are quite bappy and .12.U6fied. As Trirft they are patterns of obedience, end the marriages usually turn out a succese. This way of managing the affairs of the heart vrould hardly suit an inde- pendent American girl, but it seems fed answer on the west coast. She Had Noticed. He was talking to the peseimistin sharp tongued damsel. "Have you noticed," he asked "that, as a rale, baehelors are wealthier than married men ?" tI have," she'replied. "Ho* de you account for ft?" be I - qui red. "Tbe ipoor man marridte and the rich' one doesn'tddshe answerled, "A man is much More .disposed to klivide nothing with a! woMan than be is to di -vide sometbing, you know." Novel Sobriety Tent, To aecertain whether a man was drunk or sober a Dublin 'doctor made him bop twelve feet on the right foot and the same distance on the left and then stand on one leg for fileVeD seed onds end the other leg for four sec- onds. The man stood the teet'and the .magistrate accepted it as proof .ot ids sobriette-London Her View of It. 4Pshasser she exclaimed dieguetedly as she came to the most Interesting part only th read "to be continued"; "I don't teee why they call these thiumt 'continued stories.'" "No?" queried her husband politely, -"No; they should be called 'discontin- ued stories." -Exchange. *tick In Little. Crwty614 Gentleman -Your singing, Miss Taylot, is like attar of roses - MIs,, T4s4Or (with a gratified smile) - Oh, you are too flatthring. Old Gentleman feoniinuing)-A little of it goes a very long way, Currency Proterred. "So far as I am eoneerned," observe( Spendahl, "I don't erire whether we - have an elastic clirreney or not; but, by'. George, I'd like to have it a little more adhesive!" Prepared For Anything. Lowick -You say the unexpected nev- er happens to you, eh? Stowlek-Exactly. i've got so vsed to it that I always expect it now. Mother Nature Is the greatest an5 noblest of teachers. Study ber Tula and laws, and If you follow and obey, them you will not go far wronge-MaX- well's Talisman. eerneeteenneeneteter. :".12w4=Erw`g" REXALL 1?OtiT DYES rhea Dyes will dye Wool, Cotton, Silk Jute or Mixed Goods in one bath --they are theletset and most improved Dye in tine world. DT a package. All colors at L V FEAR'S Thug Store, Seaforth. -„„