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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1922-09-01, Page 6t t NOS WORT KNOWING coon appeals e = Made. in wh- it the walla o saloons of Pont - before ?,OQ B.C., according to dia- ls' recent exeagationa, anatkg of flood is being perfected replacing -with inert gas the oxy- en that lurked in the cane and'cauaed Oterloration of the food. The automotive industry ranks third in this country in the value of $niehed products, and ninth in the number • of people employed. Hundreds of ants were found em- bedded in amber thought to be at lea, t several million years old, in Scandinavia recently. The first aerial lighthouse in this country was recently opened at the American Airway's seaplane base, College Point, L.I. Camphor is used so extensively in making celluloid articles that the cinematographic and photographic trades could not get along without it. The world's total coal reserves are over 7,000,000,000,00 Otons, of which amount nearly one-half is in this country. Angel fish get along harmoniously with fish of other species, but is frequently quarrelsome with those of its own knid. Puffer fish swell to three times natural size in three seconds, mak- ing themselves boo large for the mouths of attacking fish. Every one of the 7,000,000 persons in Austria must contribute about 60,000 crowns yearly for the salaries of government employees. General servants, such us maids - of -all -work, in Anu-r'.ea d. creased in number more than !.l per cent. in the ten years ending 1920, In Kinagsu province, China, there are 875 people to the square mile, greater than that of the densest pop- ulation of Europe. DOCTORS STILL DIFFER CON- CERNING ALCOHOL Since the human race has been im- bibing alcohol in various forms for many thousands of years, it is rather astonishing to learn on the authority of Prof. Mellanby, of Sheffield, one of the foremost medical sclintists in Great Britain, that our knowledge of its effects is meagre, One had as- sumed that in the discussions on pro- hibition every fact concerning alcohol had been brought to light and weigh- ed, but we may have fallen into this error because, as Prof. Mellanby says, it is a subject which appears to the average man to require no special knowledge upon which to base strong opinions. Prof, Mellanby made these and other interesting remarks at a session of the British Medical Assoc- iation in Glasglow, and the discussion that followed showed that doctors of equal eminence continue to differ concerning the effects of alcohol upon the human system. None who spoke, as teported in the Manchester Guard- ian, with the exception of a medical man who was also a clergyman, and whose views were referred to rather impolitely as mere "pious opinions," declared himself a prohibitionist Even the Americans who addressed the gathering were agnostics on the subject of alcohol, waiting further evidence before making a final decision. One speaker in favor of rationing the supply of alcohol was Dr. Hindehede, of Copenhagen, who ex- pressed the view that if France would adopt the Danish system in this respect it would save 300,000 lives annually and thus solve the population problem. He advised the British people to stop the con- sumption of liquor for two years, and at the end of that time, decide whether they would continue to have prohibition or return to the present condition. Sir James Barr, of Liverpool, said that a great deal of the present social unrest was caused by the high price and difficulty of obtaining beer. He was certain that most of the cutthroats in Ire- land and Russia were teetotalers— opinions that one can hardly de- scribe as medical. Prof. Cushny agreed with Prof. Mellanby that alcohol must be considered both as a food and as a drug, but said that its food value was generally over- estimated. The actual amount of nourishment contained in a pint of beer was roughly that contained in a cup of tea of coffee containing milk and sugar, and nobody regarded a cup of tea as nourishment. Two or three speakers said that alcohol was a negligible factor in the reproduction of insanity. War statistics concerning male lunatics were untrustworthy, said Dr. Sutherland, but his statistics showed that among women, while there was. a decrease in convictions for drunkenness, there was a slight in- crease in admissions to asylums. On the other hand, alcohol was undoubtedly responsible for grave anti -social conduct, especially for suicides and crimes of violence and lust. Sir Frederick Mott, Dr. Sulli- van and Dr. Bevan Lewis agreed that alcohol as an efficient cause of insanity is not so great as the published reports of the Lunacy Commissioners indicate. it. was the RIIEU MATISN Have yen Rheumatism or Neuritis, Sciatica, Lumbago ? Now Is the time to get rid of It. Nature Is doing all she can for you. Jost help things along. Get a box of Templeton's Rheumatic Capsules from your Druggist and you will soon be fit and well again. fi ,!nr;didrel RemedyA,tl\0C:s Sold by E. Umbeci In Walton by W. G. Neal. r.4 11 book of Ttreuel e world-fatnoiw ,prep. aratloatorEpi.lepsy and Fits- $e home treatment. Oveit a0viasne moon, Testimonials from empties '"aftagrinAltlET LIMITED ux 2607 fie Jaott er to, Ontaio oiAdelaide 86E. sedative power, and not any stimu- lating effect, that made the rum ration of value in the emergencies of military service, and Sir Frederick found that of 147 cases of shell - shock or other war neuroses admit- ted in 1917 to the London Hospital, 60 per cent. were total abstainers. In view of the fact that the vast majority of the army were not teetotalers, these figures would indi- cate thet the rum ration was a preventive or amelliorator of shell - shock. Prof. Collis, of the Welsh National School of Medicine, held that alco- hol interferred with the reflexes and impaired the co-ordination of move- ment. Industrial accidents were com- moner where drinking was prevalent. ']'here _were inure accidents after pay day and holidays. He conceded that alcohol had a charm for removing the irritating defects of industrial fatigue but it was purchased at a great cost of efficiency. On the other hand, Prof. Rivers was quoted as having shown that alcohol in certain quali- ties increased efficiency. It is ad- mitted that efficiency is of different kinds. In regard to setting type and taget shooting, a moderate in- dulgence was likely to impair effici- ency. On the other hand, as Prof. Mellanby said, the release of the emotiunal centres from control might make ordinary people talk in a clever and interesting way, and thus give the compositor something better worth setting -up. The combination uf sober type -setter and exhiliarated after-dinner speaker would make for a more interesting newspaper than the combination of sober speaker and i inebriated compositor. Prof. Stockard, of Cornell, as the result of many experiments en guinea pigs, was of the opinion that alcohol had never caused any ab- normal developments in the human embryo. His experiments did nut prove that it could not do so, but his view was that in order to in- duce abnormal effects, the dose to be taken would have to be greater than ever existed in the human body. Prof. Mellanby said that alcoholic indulgence has less effect upon fat men than upon lean men, because it took longer for the large, fleshy man to attain the necessary alcoholic concentration of the blood which produces the evidences of in- toxication. Food has a marked in- fluence on the consumption of alcohol, and milk fat especially tends to prevent intoxication if taken with liquor. Similarly, the interval between drinks is uf great importance, because if sufficient time is given for the voidation of one dose before another is taken drunkenness will not result. This seems to be a scientific way of re- marking that a man who drinks a bottle of whiskey in an afternoon is likely to show the effects of it more than the man who spreads his bottle over a year. SOME ANECDOTES ABOUT LORD NORTHCLIFFE - There are always plenty of anec- dotes about men like Northcliffe. An overmastering will, such as his, al - wags get into amusing mistakes. Lord Northcliffe had foibles, eccen- tricities and notable habits. Those about him had the pleasure or dis- pleasure of a notable association. Some of their stories or opinions are well worth reproduction: "The Chief was one of ourselves," writes Chas. Hands, who was the star reporter on the Daily Mail almost from its first day and one of its war correspond- ents in the Boer war. "There was a landlord at Basingstoke who hated motor cars. Lord Northcliffe would go miles out of his way' to meet him, and they would chaff one another vehemently. There was a gardener on the Canterbury Road who was a great crony of his. Every man's opinions were of interest and infor- mation to him, whether right or wrong, if honestly expressed. When- ever he met a man of sincerity of character in any walk of life he made a friend." The Mirror says: "He liked noth- ing better than to wander about in a favorite old coat with his fox terrier, and observe sympathetically the lives of the rustics. His interest in French gardening and sweet peas, which were to receive the hacking of his newspapers, arose from a very real understanding of rural Eng- land's simple pleasures. In his younger days he was an ardent naturalist, and it was once said of him that he knew nearly as much about British birds as Viscount Grey of Fallodon. He could identify any variety of bird on sight, and al- ways recognized the different notes. He made a special study of wild hi eels." Lord Beaverbrook, owner of the Daily Express, writes: "1 met him first at a dinner just after 1 was elected to Parliament. I sensed that he was sizing me up, probably because it was reported I was about to buy the Standard. Shortly after- wpard he invited me to Menet. When he asked what my private fortune was I told him, and he said: "If you go into Fleet. Street you'll lose it all." I am not sure the prophecy may not yet come true." T. Hannis Swaffer, one of North- cliffe's lieutenants, who had an "on again, off again" career on the "Chief's" newspapers, aays that his mother had more influence over him than any other human being. "It was when he was with her that you saw him' the boy again, dreaming dreams and planning an even more brilliant future. "You must come and meet my mother," he would say. and that was the greatest compli- went he ever paid." Mr. Swaifer adds:' "He always woe a !patted tie, blue or reddish, with big white spots. He hated spats. He wouldn't let other people wear handkerchiefs sticking out of their breast pockets, although he often did it himself. He hated the name William so much that he made a member of the staff call himself something else. Another man of a foreign name had to call himself Hamilton. He talked like a tyrant, especially at the tele- phone, and if you answered back and got the better of him he hung up the reciver. Directors and of- .fice boys to him were all alike. They were parts of his machine, and he boasted that any office boy could become a director if he liked. Nearly all of the beat journalists in England worked for him, and many left after a few weeks, as they would not tolerate his all -mastering will. I left three times, once of my own accord. That was a record." A Times associate writes: "He was always putting on his thinking cap. Often 1 have gone to his room early in the morning and found him busy thinking, his eyes upon the ceiling, deep in concentra- tion of thought. It was his habit to think out not only the work pro- posed for that day, but ahead, days, weeks, months. He used to say, 'If you really want a thing, go fur it yourself; if you don't really want it, send some one for it.' Go, not send, was his guiding principle of life." Lord Riddell writes: "The key to many of his actions was his love of maxims. When discussing a new plan he often paused and remarked, "That won't do. You must never try to experiment on an experiment." Lord Northcliffe hated sloveli- ness, but his impetuosity to- correct often caused amusing incidents. One morning, rushing into the office, he saw a red-headed boy slouching over a desk doing nothing. "Boy, how much duY ou get a week?" .v„ The boy answered, "A pound, sir." Northcliffe, handing him a pound note, said: "Here, get out and don't come back." The boy pocketed it grinning and said: "Yes, sir, I'm waiting to get a message, but you can call another boy." A colleague relates the following: "While he was staying at his place at Broadstairs in war time a Ger- man destroyer began shelling the house at midnight. The building was struck. A Secretary rushed in crying, 'Chief, the Germans are shell- ing us!' But Lord Northcliffe said, 'We'll die in our beds; you go and die in yours.' And he turned over and went to sleep." One day during the Charlie Chap- lain boom Lord Northcliffe came into conference with a cable addressed to him, reading: "1 hereby authorize you to print anything in your papers about me that you like. Charlie Chaplin." Lord Northcliffe said, "There you are! It's a cable to me from the other greatest man in the world." CURRENT WIT AND WISDOM In the next political campaign everybody is sure to get sgme appoint- ment, if only disappointment.—Mani- toba Free Press. Down Wallaceburg way a barrel of whiskey was found among the bul- rushes. 0 Temperance! 0 Mosses! —Stratford Herald. We Americans look back on the separation which the Fourth of July illustrates as merely a swarming from the family.—Mr. Taft. There is a strike at Moscow "as a protest against low wages." Like the patient's attempt to kiss the nurse, it may be interpreted as a sign of con- valescence.—London Observer. The best salesman is the man who not only makes sales but makes sales- men of his customers.—Forbes Mag- azine. A Waterloo man is sporting one bald eyelid because he went around with a torch to see whether the gas was leaking. It was. — Kitchener Record. The life of a man consists, not in seeing visions and dreaming dreams, but in active charity and willing ser- vice.—H. W. Longfellow. Looks as if someone or something has made the world safe for democ- racy—Kingcardine Review. The average girl is ambitious to make a name for herself, but she usually ends by accepting some man's —Bay City Times Journal. Few, few escape the shroud and crepe Who drink the bootleg mixture, And with a spade men's beds are made Where headstones are a fixture. —Walt Mason. A dollar will not go as far as it used to, but it will go much faster.— New York Tribune. Still things aren't too awful bad. One woman in Tennessee lived with her husband for 46 years before shooting him.—London Advertiser. A wife is like a baseball umpire. It's hard to make her believe her husband is safe when he's out. --King- ston Standard. George Matthew Adams says that "sedentary v'ork tends to lessen one's endurance." In other words, the more one sits the less one can stand. —lie]ifax Herald. Daughter is most difficult to handle when she is a little too young to have good sense and a little too old to spank.—Kitchener Record. There are a lot of people in the world whose desire it is to put ad- vice into the partnership into which the other fellow puts capital.—King- ston Standard. Money goes farther now than it used to. At least that's the opinion of the man who's chasing it—Lon- don Advertiser. Courtesy is the quality that keeps a woman smiling when a departing guest, stands at the open screen and lets the flies in.—Kansas City Star. Pussyfoot Johnston on the boat go- ing to New Zealand was offered a drink but he took a cigar instead. Kincardine man says he made a sim- ilar choice occasionally some years ago.—Kincardine Review. ARS LOA l Government Plan for Developing Farm Property. LOatla United to Specific Purposes —Reasonable Rate of Interest for Long Term Loans—Helps to Straighten Estate Tangles --About Repayments. (C.'ntrlbuted by Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto.) Un October 213th lust the Agricul- tural Development Board passed the first loan under the long term farm loan legislation of the previous ses- sion. Since that time loans to the amount of about $800,000 have been passed. In noting the progress tae ,shown by the figures quoted itltlslnecesaary to remember that the loans are limit- ed to certain specific purposes. Acquiring land, erection of buildings, straightening up an estate — these were the purposes in the original Aot and loans up to 65 per cent. of the value of the property could be made. To these purposes have now been added the discharging of encum- trances where such encumbrance* do no! exceed 4U per cent. of the value, and the coat of installing the drains. Three Features. There are three features of the plan which have been commented oa. favorably by applicants. These are: 1. Money le aratlable. 2. Rate of interest. 8. Amortlzatien of repayments. There has been a general ltltpre talon that there wan always plenty o money available In rural Ontario t finance all farm mortgages offered. This is not as true now In any Be Ron as formerly, and Is not true a all In some sections. Victory bon L o attracted large sums money frovai rural Ontario and moreover develops ed an understanding of bonds and! their advantages for Investment which did not previously exist. Con- sequently many applicants for loans have stated that there was now little or no money a•railable In their com- munity for farm mortgages. Then the rate of interest at six per cent. le regard.:d as reasonable for a long term loan. It Is, of course, two or three Der Mout. Tess than preval)- ing rates in New Ontario, and there fa reason to believe that in old On- tario It bas a stabilizing Influence. But the feature which appears to appeal to many is the basis of re, payment. When the repayment Is divided Into annual instalments of principal and interest and spread over a period of twenty years It gives a sense of permanence and enables ai man to make his plans accordingly. A payment of 87.17. per thousand dol- lars borrowed, will discharge the entire loan in 20 years, and thio is - not much more than the interest payments which would be asked in some cases otherwise. Most morrow - ere are looking forward to having the entire loan discharged long before the maximum period, but when they are told they can pay as much as they like on due date after the third year they are quite satisfied. As to Red Tape. It In perhaps asking a gond deal to expect a skeptical public to be- lieve that any Government or semi - Government organization operatee without red tape. Certainly It is the aim of this Board to do so. To com- ply with the Act and to see that the lntereate of the Province are pro- perly safeguarded there are some condttfone with must necessarily be rigidly insisted upon. Within these lines, however, the Board has en- deavored to make the operation of the plan as simple as possible from the standpoint of the borrower. Sometimes there le a slight flaw In the title, making it necessary to get the signature of someone now eeveral thousand miles awey. It is In the interests of the borrower, as well as of the Board, that the title be made absolutely clear, even if It takes a few weeks to do so. In thle work it will be obvious that Inspection and valuing is a most im- portant part. The Board Is expected and desires to serve the whole Province. Covering such a large territory with such a variety of ooh- ditions is a big job and the Board must necessarily place reliance on the information which comes to It from its Inspectors. Estates and Buildings. One of the purposes for which loans are authorized under the Act is for straightening up estates, and thla has been found an advantage In a considerable number of cases; for instance, where the property has been left to the oldest son, with in- structions to pay off obligations to other members of the family. In Old Ontario naturally the ap- plications. for Inane to erect buildings have not been numerous, but a num- ber of such applications have been passed. Here le a cites of a hundred acre farm with buildings, put down as worth $7,500, free of debt. Yet the house is only valued at $200. Hence the owner secures a loan of $2,500 to build a new house and spreading the payments over a period of years will enjoy the additional comfort while 1t is bong paid for. In other cases It has been a new barn or Improvements to some of the existing buildings. Not many loans have been granted on small holdings. Itepnymente. Repayments are probably the final test of the success of any loaning scheme. No repayments are due under this scheme until next fall, and hence no evidence on this point is available. Every precaution has been taken, however, to assure repayment, and every borrower la given to understand that a Ivan Is a business preposition and must be treated on a strictly business basis. A good sire is the beginning of q good herd; a bad one la the end o2 any herd. Kansas has more women holding official hank positions than any other state in the Union. AC'i MTIES ' WOMEN Mise Helen Pettigrew, candidate for Governor of Arkansas --,a dry state --is very strong for the repeal or modification of the Volsteafi law. Mora. Mary Anderson, director of the woman's bureau, United States department o flakier, has more than 8,000,000,000 employees under her charge. In New Guinea the girls do the proposing. If a man accepts one of these offers he seals the bargain by presenting his fair one's parents with six pigs. Among the latest fashion novelties for women are parasol handles spe- cially carved in wood and then enameled, in shapes of portraits of pet dogs and birds. Mrs. Anna M. Prater, of Loa An- geles, Cal., who recently celebrated her 118th birthday, has outlived all her children from several marriages. Miss Margaret R. Travascio, of Philadelphia, , has been made the reeepient of the bronze medal of the Italian Red Cross Society in recognition of her services during the war. Asaictant Secretary of the New York Trust Company, Mrs. Key Com- mack, has created a special depart- ment of her own. She specializes in budget making for patrons of the bank. In one professional tour undertaken since the close of the war, Clara Butt, the renowned singer, travelled 100,- 000 miles, appeared at more than 200 concerts and , sang nearly 8,000 songs. On her wedding day, the Chinese bride is clad in red and carried in a sedan chair covered with red. Any person who wishes may turn back the chair curtain and have a look at the bride. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEW DRIVER Here things even the t are a few novice behind the wheel should know, and many seasoned motorists seem never to have learned: That a man who lets his motor run idle is the brother of the man who puts dollar bills in a food - chopper. That gasoline is fine for cleaning oily hands, but a bunch of waste dipped into the tank may leave be- hind a piece of lint, which will be to the carburetor like a fishbone to the throat. That cleaning leather upholstery, nutomobile tops, or bodies with gasoline, will take off their finish as well as a sand blast. That washing a car when it is hot will ruin the finish, especially if it's a new car. That any good newspaper, opened plat and put under the car at night, will report in the morning if and where the machine is leaking oil. That running a new car over twenty miles an hour for the first 1,000 miles of its life will produce the same effect as running a two- year-old colt in along race, carry- ing high weight. That two-thirds of all breakdowns are caused by improper or insuffi- cient lubrication; a good driver studies the oiling directions that come with the car—and follows them. That a good way to avoid damage is to learn how to lubricate the steering mechanism and to do it. That the request "give me a quart of oil" without specifying what kind of oil (recommended by the maker of the car) has cost millions of motorists millions of dollars. That only a millionaire can afford to drive fast over rough roads, and he shouldn't. That if you will put on new tires and run them just a few miles they will become infintely less attractive to the thief. That it pay to pass other cars on a long slant wherever possible, es- pecially when climbing hills and you can't see whets coming up the other side. That to run a car with -improperly functioning brakes is criminal reck- lessness. Peter (Continued from page 7) Ruth shook her head. "Well, I wouldn't be here but for him! He's a plucky boy. I will never forget him for it; you mustn't either," he continued in a more positive tone. The nurse now moved to the bed. "I would not talk any more, Mr. MacFarlane. Miss Ruth is going to be at home now right along and she will hear the story." "Well, I won't, nurse, if you don't want me to—but they won't be able to tell her what a fix we were in— I remember everything up to the time Breen dragged me from under the dirt car. I knew right away what had happened and what we had to do; I've been there before, but—" "There, that will do, Mr. MacFar- lane," interrupted the nurse. "Come, Miss Ruth, suppose you go to your room for a while." The girl rose'to her feet. "You can come back as . soon as I fix your father for the night." She pointed significantly to the patient's head, whispering, "He must not get excited." "Yes, dear daddy—I will come back just as soon as I can get the dust out of my hair and get brushed up a little," cried Ruth bravely, in the effort to hide her anxiety, "and then Aunt Felicia is downstairs." Once outside she drew the nurse; who had followed her, to the window so as to be out of hearing of the patient and then asked breathlessly: "What did Mr. Breen do?" "I don't know exactly, but every- body is talking about him." At this moment Miss Felicia arriv- ed at the top of the stairs: she hail heard Ruth's question and had caught the dazed expression on the girl's aai : A u atlas TRAVEL is one of the great elements ;n edueatlea and n one tit the fundamental* of good cidaefl hip. �e desire to blow one's ohm country should bo inculssted into the system of every Canadian and to obtain any adequate knowledge, bow ran it Its imdual XI better an by trabel? 'Can- adisw See Canada." and "See Coxed' Flee.," eta, hive bseo adopt* chain ant let the endeavor is ereate le the minds et Cettadiaw the adveatagcs of national traced and the attractions Canada bas to oiler. The purport st thle article is not only to gime expreaefsn to the iatportance of Caasdiaos aceiog Caraia that they may have a fuller appreciation of what their own country has to offer them in the way of scenery and interest, but to emphasize particularly the value of tourist travel to the nation, and the duty we owe ourselves in developing our tourist territory—so to apeak to capitalize the scenery. Possibly no other country in the world gives up to its people a greater area of country for recreation purposes and these great playgrounds are not confined to any particular section but are spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Then again from the seashore resorts of the Atlantic and the lower St. Lawrence to the Pacific Coast the interests are so varied and so distinctly different from pee another that our Canadian people may use their vacations for years and find new scenery and new interest annually. From the quiet beauty of the Maritime Provinces to the more rugged scenery of the Province of Quebee, the almost continuous lake and river country of northern Ontario, the Rocky Mountains so immense, beautiful, and wonderful, es to the Pacific Coast, one cannot imagine without personal vision and knowledge what a wonderful asset we have in our widespread playgrounds and national parks. But to make the most of these wonder- ful heritages, to realize the fullest amount of profit, they most be de- veloped. and Dominion The Provincial loped Governments must be keenly alive to what the possibilities are: Good roads to the wonder places and beauty spots are essential so that the way of the tourist may be made env and attractive. Much has been done by the thileg� eD ttdver'tise our tourist territory, wflith has resulted in millions of dollars ,!peat` la Canada annually, pried iby oar nei`hbers to the 'south « sok but the fringe has as yet o bo touched. The Canadfaa Nationalas Rai tea h1vc t�.Apened Jaeger Pada an tunJ patelli that lugart nidi IsnM 6'sIArlaltd'of all our nation"' parks, 4,41111 Nome mike of maga mountainous scenery. There wild roams unmolested and thousands tourists from all parte of the globe gladly assemble mutually when the p is fully developed with good mew toads, and the system of lodge' ato auspiciously opened on Jane 15th fast are extended through the park. inept Park is but one of the many featuse places to be developed. Mount Robins Park, just fifty miles west from jasper station, is another. Aside from Molest Robson being the highest peak in time Canadian Rockies (13,068 feet), the park which is entirely within the proviacr of British Columbia, is an Alpine kingdpip in itself, but until such time as It lib developed, the glory and majesty dib scenery is denied the tourist who door not choose to ride a cayuse. By way of comparison it has stated that tourist traffic in Calif alone acts approximately a hu million dollars a year, and the name northern Pacific Coast States, Washes, ton and Oregon, add fully hall that amount to the total, whereas it has id that tourist traffic in Canada , did not net beyond ten se t wwildiona Again, the provinces of Nova and New Brunswick have all the vantages of the State of Maine, hoe comparatively little has been dons w develop them. What this d may mean in a measure anbe by the fact that Maioe Iasi year res a harvest of over $40,000,000 in businesa. Our wonde-lul tourist terribly V undoubtedly one of our largest and greatest heritages to be and in the opinion of intern C travellers who have visited uta, dat possesses the finest aggregation, scenery in the world.—Tosuato Saturday Nicht. face. "1 will tell you, my dear, what he did, for 1 have heard every word of it from the servants. The blast went off before he and your father had reached the opening of the tunnel. They left your father for dead, then John Breen crawled back on his hands and knees through the dreadful smoke until he reached him, lifted him up on his shoulders and carried him out alive. That's what he did; and he is a big, fine, strong, noble fellow, and I am going to tell him so the moment I get my eyes on him. And that is not all. He got out of bed this afternoon, though he could hard- ly stand, ad covered up all his bruises and his broken wrist so you couldn't see them, and then he limp- ed down to the station so you would get the truth about your father and not be frightened. And now he is in a dead faint." Ruth's eyes flamed and the color left her cheeks. She stretched out both hands as if to keep from falling. "Saved daddy!" she gasped—"Car- ried him out on— Oh! Aunt Felicia! —and I have been so mean! To think he got up out of bed and— and—" Everything swam before her eyes. Miss Felicia sprang forward and caught her in her arms. "Come!—none of this, Child. Pull yourself together right away. Get her some water, nurse,—she has stood all she can. There now, dearie—" Ruth's head was on her breast now. "There—there—Such a poor darling, and so many things coming all at once. There, darling, put your head on my shoulder and cry it all out." The girl sobbed on, the wrinkled hand patting her cheek. "Oh, but -you don't know, aunty—" she crooned. "Yes, but I do—you blessed child. I know it all." "And won't somebody go and help him? He is all alone, he told me so." "Uncle Peter is with him, dearie." "Yes,—but some one who can—" she straightened up— "I will go, aunty—I will go now. "You will do nothing of the kind, you little goose; you will stay just where you are." "Well, won't you go, then? Oh, please—please—aunty." Peter's bald head now rose above the edge of the banisters. Miss Fel- icia motioned him to go back, but Ruth heard his step and raised her tear -drenched face half hidden in her dishevelled hair. "Oh, Uncle Peter, is Jack—is Mr, Breen—" Miss Felicia's warning face behind Ruth's own, for once reached Peter in time. "In his bed and covered up, and his landlady, Mrs. Hicks, sitting be- side him," responded Peter in his cheeriest tones. "But he faulted from pain—and—" "Yes, but that's all over now, my dear," broke in Miss Felicia. "But you will go, anyhow—won't you, aunty?" pleaded Ruth. "Certainly—just as soon as I put you to bed, and that is just where you have got to go this very minute," n she le the overwrought and d g trembl- ing girl into her room and shift the door. Peter stood for an instant looking about him, his mind, taking in the situation. Ruth was being cared fee now, and so was MacFarlane—the white cap and apron of the noiseless nurse passing in and out of the room in which he lay, assured him of that. Bolton, too, in the room. next to Jack's, was being looked af- ter by his sister who had just arriv- ed. He, too, was fairly comfortable, though a couple of his fingers had beenshortened. But there was no- body to look after Jack—no father, mother, sister—nobody. To send for the boy's uncle, or Corinne or his aunt, was out of the question, none of them having had more -than a word with him since his departure. Yet Jack needed attention. The doc- tor had just pulled him out of one fainting spell only to have him col- lapse again when his coat was taken off, and the bandages were loosened. He was suffering greatly and was by no means out of danger. Continued next week. CREAM WANTED CREAM Ship by Expreae, send by our cream drawers, or deliver your cream to the Seaforth Creamery. We are determined to give oar Patrons better service than ever. Watch our prices, consistent with our accurate weights and tests, and consider the many advantages of hav- ing a thriving dairy industry in your district. Do not ship your Cream away to other Creameries ; we will guarantee {you as good prices here and our vary beat services. Write, or call In our cream drawers and we will send you cream cans. When in town, visit our Creamery, which we want also to be your Creamery. We are proud of our plant. THE SEAFORTH CREAMERY CO. C. A. Barber, Manager. 6884-tt RAND TRUNK SYSM TRAIN SERVICE TO TORONTO Daily Except Sunday Leave Goderidh . 8.00 a.m. 2.20 p.m. Leave Clinton ... 6.25 a.m. 2.52 pm. Leave Seaforth .. 6.41 a.m. 8.12 p.m. Leave Mitchell .. 7.04 aan. 8.42 p.sn. Arrive Stratford 7.80 a.m. 4.10 p.m. Arrive Kitchener 8.20 a.sn. 5.20 p.m. Arrive Guelph .. 8.45 a.m. 5.50 p.m. Arrive Toronto ..10.10 a.m. 7.40 p.m. RETURNING Leave Toronto1..50 a.m.; 12. 55 p.m. and 6.10 p.m. Parlor Cafe car Goderich to To- ronto on morning train and Toronto to Goderioh 6.10 p.m. train. Parlor Buffet car Stratford to To- ronto on afternoon train. FRE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OF1ICE—,BEAFORTH, ONT. OFFICERS: J. Connolly, Goderic'h - - President Jas. Evans, Beechwood vice-president T. E. Hays, Seaforth - Secy-Treas. AGENTS: Alex. Leitch, R. R, No. 1, Clinton; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth; John Murray, Brucefield, phone 6 on 187, Seafortlt; J. W. Yeo Goderich; R. G. Jar- muth Brod 1ag en. DIRECTORS: William Rinn, No. 2, Seaforth' John Bennewies, Brodhagen; James Seaforth; lock; Geo. McCartney, o. 8 Seaforth. Beechwood' M. McBwen, Cli nton; Jas. Connolly, lJoderich; D. F. McGregor, R. R. No. 8, Seaforth; J. G. Grieve, No. 4, Walton; RoberFarris, Har'. JAMES WATSON Main Street - Seaforth Agent for Singer Sewing Machines and General In- surance Fent.