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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-04-11, Page 6MUM. elis Itomieveit hae vized up Treteke grel ble gang. In a signed article Ile vie answer of the Uolehevilti to the President's inesaage wee an example a mean and studied impertineuce. There was no gretitude, 310 apologe fOX the betrayal of Aulerica lied of the cause .of liberty and no expression' of hostility to their tlertnan n:aaters, but there was a eratult u gi 1 The frame of the skylight previa:el ceptin' the gentlinerateface brawl It's expressioa for 4 ChM war in Anicrica against wile.? the llolelievief with ignorant folly speak of a5 theism. couple of days afterwara the Doefitelivi autboritiee definitelY ennelutlei with Germans* their Dem ef igeontiny ane treat:lieu. The President will not likely parley any more with the floIlievlL THE TROWILE mAxas Vrom Washington we learn that tterreany, with the aid a Nilto'ai Le - nine, head of the parte', and the Bel- ebevik1 leaden in Russia, N about to start a new and insidious 'offensive against the Allies and the United , States. Plans for this have bed:. se- cretly hut subtly engineer nd ed be Ger- many alave reached the point where the first signs a the new offen- sive are already eppearing in some a the tho eountries, The plan which has been unemeked by se- cret agenta ot the Allies and the U. 8. Government N eirected toward start- ing a Bolshevilt1 revolution aimed at eapitalism In Geeat Britain, Frence, Italy and the Wilted States, and even In some of the neutral 'countries. The denim is to inaite the Masses; believe that the Allies are waging the ear to perpetuate capitalism and keep the taboret g classee. under 'subjection. Germany's chief object in the cam- paign of Boishevikismt which is to be captained by Lenine, is to bring ttbout a social revolution in the principal countries 32OW at war with Germany that will so add to their troublea that they will be glad to make peace on a German basis. Ar fund of 0,000,000 rubles ($3,000,00 at normal exchange) has been placed . Germany at the disposal of Letitia' steer. this purpose. With this fluiteefeenfneeaceording to tbo information. geeeteekt, has agreed to send agents 'osteneibly waiting solely in the interests. of the prole- tariat into all et the countries avayed against Germady. These agents 'will preach the principles of the Bolshe- slid to the maws, These agent e of •Lenine and Cler- matey will attimPe tee create a class war. Their scinp-box orators will en- deavor to •cauie trouble in our feetor- lea and among the 'Workers. tender the guise ot fighting the battle of social Democracy, they will fight the battle of Germany. Our Labor men should beevare of this gang. They are the sworn enemies a labor mid democracy, and, sleread receive short shrift at their hands. E. S. TO.SAVE DAYLIGHT The Lower House of the U. S. Con- gress hat; paseed the Daylight Saving Bill that eves *passed by the Senate some time ago, with a change of time as to when it shall be operative. The Senate will be asked to concur in the change. Under the terms of tbe Day- light Saving Mil, all clocks and watches in the 'United States will be let forward one hour at 2 a. m. on Sundae*, March:31st next. The new time will prevail ;nail 2 a. ne, Sunday, Oct. 27th, wben chronometers will he set back one hour, thus restoring the preseut or astronomical time. The change 01 time will be made every Year under the provisions of the act of Congress. Advocates of the plan, which hs been adopted by twelve'other ceitutriee, say that light- ing bills will be reduced and that mil- lions of tons o't coal will be saved. President 'Wilson iudorsed the legisla- tion as a conservation, measure made vitally necessary by the dentande of war economy.. The House of Representatives passed tbe Senate bill by a vote of 252 to 40, little opposition to the measure being manitested. The Sete, which pass- ed the hill June 27th*last, provided that the change in time should be made on April 28th fend Sept. 20tb. The only amendmeht e by the eTouse was that fixing the aays of change at March 3Ist andeOct. 27th, in order that the beneficial effect might apply to a longer period. -The otil providee for tbe division of the country Into five tire° zones, as at present. The bill further prOvides: That *within the reepeetIve zones the standard time of the ZOIlle shall geVern the movement of all common on engaged in eominerce between the several States er between a State and any el' the territories of the Un- ited States, or between a. State or the Territory of Alealta, and any of the insular possessions a the United States or any foreige country. It took Congress only twenty in:m- utes to Imes the hill. • .As the ralleetes of the rented Steten %ill be M.:vented by the new t(me, it 18 made almost Imperatiee that Canada ebonifi fell into line with the oem. he farnteie seem to be the only ;Awe who *re objecting. Perhares it rally work out better then they think'. AWAtet TOO. LONG, fterneterhare .tree-rteert13) "rev serprised at yea, Me. Tivoli:es. ',ott tee aeleee riela tbe initidni or laces seer 1iteeee etey..et "1-etet tees,te tete £'i'that, my tleav." "Why not, eir"" „.. "1 wetati eiv e /alien esieee se mete tittt the peteett: seat. instioetintwv ;whin Met me. tete: s tho *I ley Meet.' If yOu ale goale to tel. a teaew ;eat whet ems tiling of lihns It is ees to tee a lone-a:item e tphene. in araie tetra p'.ctity oi an et; the tee, bill tee. -miller hes To eel veer the tee • a good purchase for his feet. Ite p ed up the rope fted braced him When the bo.ly swung dear of (hair his streegth eat 'taxed to the mese, lie set hie ja w. 'The thing to be done, Tile body *use riowly. The talent crown showed in the and N holding It there, Wile going dawn rope, hand over hand, preparagary erasping the collar -when. somete happened. Either the knot :slipped lee rope parte, he never Ituew wha Ile wee catapulted backward, landed with a horrifying crash in the middle of the next skylight, and pres- ently found himself sitting on the floor of e dark room much shaken ea body and confused in miud. Instantly from dose by was lifted a series at ear-splitting yells; "Ile Pollee! Murder! Thieves!" Neil reeognized the voice of the Codger. So that wee where lie w Here was a pretty situation as 4 e tele a twney I have. Lord! there's any self. mieteate made, I says, and I'm Only the a human bean meself. Then complain - le. ants, they gen'ally make foe sore. They leo show sueb nasty dispositions, like. God! they want you to hang every elPoor fella: Why, some of the beet trehil; off. They never hold it against friends I got ere fellas runt n Irufertnnately Neil was not in the pr91er frame of mind to appreciate good fellow. He scarcely beard t. "It's a dog's life they lead you agy- He how," Hartigan went on. lie was of the well-fed type that loves a griev- ance. "Say, tie cops gets it earning and going, We got to do eve*body's dirty work. What with the public on the one side and the Organization on the,g)ther we're like that kind in the ip! Bible that was claimed by two mothers. Young Solomon waelet it? I amino. Old Ra'YhodY picks on the cops, ns! "Sae, the way the newspapies bands on- it to us is fierce. They get all their epirator! Lie wondered If he would have to do a real murder in order to hide the one be had not committed.,He lay very still, trying, to figure out where the door lay. He know it bad 4 epring, lock. If lie could reach It! Getting his bearings at last, he com- menced to creep toward it wifely. The ,yells redoubled In volume. Nell heard stirrings below, and his heart sank. "Shut your head, or I'll brain Yoe!" he growled. The voice was called in with a gasp. At the same moment Nell laid bis hand an the patent lock of the door. ITn the ladder through the scuttle and over the roofs was his plan. If he could conceal las identity all might not yet be lost. lie was too late, Mate (melted ti doorean electric flash was thrown his face, momentarily blinding hin 110..011 bauk a step. Several peep e crowded inside. The voice behind him was pronaptly raised again. "That's him: The thief! Seize kim! Hit him over the head!' "I've got him covered!" saki a man voice. Neil ground his teeth in helples rage. The Old Codger scrambled out of be and lit the gas. Neil was ready to gar up all hope. However, in the genera excitement,. he was not immediatel recognized, as a fellow tenant. Non of them knew him very well. All tit tenants who slept in the building wer there -four men, and a large woma wearing a boudoii cap. She kept correspondence school of millinery on the floor below The uncouth, scantily - dressed group was etched on Noll's retina. 'Everybody talked at onto. "Seize him, the scoundrel!' erled the Old Codger . In his excitement he forgot his ehyness-he in his night shirt, too, and a lady present 'It's all a mistake," said Nell, With as• much dignity as he could ,muster. "*f was walking on the root and „I stumbled and fell through the sky- light." This was received with a chorus of derisive laughter. "Likely story!" Neil flushed hotly. YOn ever hear of a burglar jumping throngh a skylight?" he demaecled. Well, then, you've beeu robbing some other place," said the milliner, samently. "Take him la boys, on the chance." How Nell hated her, the fat, vulgar 'creature. "A. desperate character!" cried the Old Codger. "Threatened my life, he did!" . Nell, thinking of what lay in the next room, Was ready to seize upon any pretext to take them away from that gleinity. Perhaps he might be able to make a break for liberty in the street below'. None of these looked: like runners. "Very well, let's go and find a Po- liceman," he said. "I'm willing to put it up to liim " "You'd better be!" they sail. news trent us, don't they? There's gretitood! But them suffergettes Is the Worst. I mean the old hexes that hunt the streets for trouble, and want you to arrest the brutes for overload- ing their automobile trucks, and take down your number and write to the eommishner. Say, a cop's got no more 'trade= of action nowadays than a street corner sign. We're nailee down, boy, that'e what we are, nailed down!" The populace was halted outside the door ot the police 'station. Prisoner, complainant and the four male wile news lined up before the rail. The lady, recollecting her crimping irons, had remained 'behind to dress. The lieutenant was a thin, dyspeptle-look- ing officer with an air unutterable bored by the dramatic scenes which succeeded so rapidly before him. The green shades on his ballets lent his complexion a ghastly hue. The scene bore a strong resemblance to Pa (liege schoolroom without any desks, and with grown-up scholars. The lieutenant entered a format eom- , plaint in his big book, and ignored alike•the Old Codger's fervent accuse - tion and Neil's indignant denial, "Tell it to the magistrate," was Ids s answer to both. "Put eim in No. 27, Hartigan." d Neil was led out of the back door, e across a narrow, flagged eourt, and up 1 a short iron stairway into a separate y building, lost to the world among the o back walls. The windows were omi- e nouely barred. An ancient doorkeep- er, red -eyed and horribly callous, sat n within his keys on e big ring, a "No. 27," Hartigan said, turning They descendea the stairs In a body with a great clatter. Unfortunately for Nell's hopes ot escape the detestable lady milliner had taken the precaution to scream out of the window before venturing upstairs and they met a policeman coming up with drawn club. At a respectful distance followed a lit- tle crowd of curiosity -seekers, such au may be raised in New York at any hour 01 the night. A eonfused and noise explanation took place on the holding. To Nell it was like a bad dream. His coatiess and disordered state told against him. 'The gas Was turned up and doors (Mans ed and closed. Close around preseed•a eirele of -vacant, staring open-mouthei faces, every human feeling sunk in mere animal ettriosity. The representative of- the law pre- sented a broad blue front and rosy ,gilis under his visor. Ills accent be- trayed a Gaelic derivation. lle was scornful and bored, 'Gripping Neil's arm in (me nand he swung his club in the other, (let hack!" 1m cried lioarseiy. "What the hell" do youse think this is, a circus? (Vho'ii. the eomplai)jant here?" eetegt eried a voice.from abOve, "ra be down as soon lie 1 get some clothes •on, ()Meer" Pretently NiI found himeelf walking through the empty, relining streets, the polteeman beside him and on the oilier elde of the policeman the Old Codger, still pouring net his tale ol wrong. "Alil save your breath lo blow your tame with!" <Ate' the bored, Iordiy leuetoat at last "Toil thet to the leos tenant at the deek, a ain't got nothee to do but beteg lain lie see?" The 0111 Codger fell iladt and ad- dressed his nariattto to tin' more sympathetic taro, of the steagglers be - bind. The polieeman giallted eurionely at the dogged tato of bin young prie,oner. Behind the official front there wag a, elm -witted goad -natured humane. nese. "Yon ain't lead a word to tilty Yea.° he suggested. Neil shrugged, e.011, wen, Art in ten way of conver- ,etttion," the blueereet isheit on I-evil:lea "You can eey enethine eott Mel te ain't got tiottin'te ere wit' it. Har- tigan iny mane ie. Terra:es Hardpan, not% forget it, 1 elwiteu make friends bit over to him. Hartigen lingered, eating a cam- onserating. eye on the bedraggled eolith. "If you've got any utoneY I'll sen1 you in lunch," he said. . "Don't want it." "Do you want me to telephone any friend to send you a, coat and hat? You're wet through." Neil shook his head. "Well, so long," :mid his captor. You're lucky that I took you up early. You won't be here long. They'll send you up to the night court with the last load. The wagon will be round in an hour. I'll ride up with you. So long," Neil was ushered into a narrow cell, and the door clanged to with .the ring of shooting bolts, a sound exact- ly like no other sound on earth, and Which, heard for the first time behind a man, completely changes les point of view of society. CHAPTER IV. Neil eat on the wooden shelf rune eing lengthwise of his cell, and con- sidered his situation. It was about as baa as it could be. Even though he succeeded in cencealing his identity, where would he be it he were sent uP for attempted burglary or even for dis- likely event of his being able to ini- press the magistrate with the very sketchy tale he was prepared to tell orderly conduct? And even in the tot - the court would require verification. Whichever way you looked at it there was small chalice that the secret could be kept locked in his room. Te tell the truth, he had bungled misera- bly. He dM not spare himself. The business -he had engaged in so light- heartedly now wore a very different look. Black as the outlook was, Neil could not 'be altogether downcast. There was another part of him which took a weird joy in the novelty of his sensa- tions. His eyes and ears were busy in spite at him, The corridor outside was brightly illuminated, and a, cer- tain amount of light eame through the barred door, The drab -painted brick walls of his cell were revealed covered with the thoughts and the pic- tures of former tenants. Among the former - he deciphered this; kaane folks land here from too much beer And some from finding mone,y. But that, old dear, was not my <Meer -- With a cop I got too thinly. Presently Nell heard a yoke; "Hey, cull!" He did not immediately comprehend that it was himself who was address - "Hey, Yon ht the next jewel -box! You that was just brought in.!" "Do you mean me?" said Neil, sure prised. "What is it?" "Have you got a match?" 1'ai38 it to me for the lova 'Mike." "How ran I pass it to you?" "Ain't eon never been in before? Put yeur baud out between the bars and Ditch 11 111 front of my door. Measure it for three feet. Careful, now, if you'va ohl y got Vie," Nen dM as lie wee bid. "(lot it!" eried the voice in triumph, "You raved my life, 'be. I only got a sander in the bow/ oe Me pipe, but there eontethieg. Teeter) so bad waken me forget I'm hungry; What are you In for?" ,, • Neil OM not feel inenned to cent/- etc:nem. "eearelt me," it .saitt eete,1 had a turn of bad Melt," the veiee went on philosophically. "A good turn and a bad turn to -day. That's life. eh, 'bo? That's what they eall compensation. But the gen'allY Poems to pay elf the goide Inge.% five hundred per eent. Vella give me a half &slier tine aft.110011. &net ilkeethat, lie. 'bo,' says be, 'I Welted a winner. to and ,enjoy youreele -on me.' 'Well, I did: I had seven whis. aire"rettl slow, with a Vett long 'thee hetween. . "Wel}, I .ettved -out fiften eents ter In,, mme% iYeindergtatift I went Into e ate and larisa tale up. ea;. p..aal restrunt on the alOw'ry and ordered ins a plate ot beet stop, and PI t :no fifteen cents 04 the Waft. Well, the Waitress she bruugme eoMe of On therte alellgerien lalaelaelem ind celleeted my money. .NowI ain't get to itontach fOr there 41144 cook- e.o. I aet for ZPY M011eY heek, and Ole bit 41iti 11 it it 1'10. 1 t'0eadn1 lilt 1111 ()Man. iu 1 Net Went Outeltie awl heaved 11, Milk NM thr011til the winela. Do you think VII get tax 'menthe for that?" "Oh, not as bad as that," paid Ne "I don't know." the TOMO went aneioesly. "If I was alleke he'd be easy on me, but me clothes is a bit dusty. And she gimme aebloody scab wit' her club. You alivaYs get it Worse when you look bloody, I would- n't mind if it was fall, but with tbe summer just cotaite one -1 lt was a inisteke! It was 11 mistake! I had it mind to get to Catania. W'ho' s sit - tin' in the Pleat court now?" "I don't know," "Oh, I forgot you were a fledgeling. A lot depends on that, son. Telco my advice, and before you get run in Pleh your magistrate. If its old Mulligan, he knows me. I laugh real hearty At his jokes and he lets me down, ease, het these new young fellers, they're serious-minded. I do' know llow to take them. \Veil, so long. l'm ga- in' to sleep now. See you. In the wagon. I'm :Indian Joe, You'll know me by melcab." Varther down the line of cells Neil heard another dialogue. "Say, fella, what time is RP "Twenty minutes past twelve." "Daytime or night?" "Say, your iiipe's out! Night." "Night! The hell you say! Say, is it yesterday or to-ntorrow?" "What's the matter with you 7)0 yell think that's humorous?" "I est you a civil question, didn't I? N it ye5terday or to -morrow?" "It's to -day, you ousel" "Sure, I anew it's to -day. But fk to -day yesterday or to -morrow?" "Hey, doorkeeper! A straightjacket melted here." "Can't you tell nte, it is yesterday or to -morrow?" "..e,h, go on and sleep it off. les Wednesday." 'That doesn't do me no good, be- cause I don't kuow what day it was 1 got drunk; What am I gain' to say to toy Imes if t don't know ethether it's yesterday or to -morrow?" . By and by, down the corrieor Neil he 50 lio 11. on, heard the bolts shot back end t doors clank open, one by one, T slumberers were awakened with gentle hand and•voice. The old mastiff of a doorkeeper, with his dull, vindictive eye, • finally unlocked Nell's .door and lteld it open. This prisoner obeyed the mute invi- tation, .and. followed the others down tbe corridor and across the:courtyard into the back room of the stdtion tonse. He recognized the battered Indiana Joe nithout difficulty, but not over-anxious to make himsalf known. Officer Hartigan was waiting for him. While maintaining his stern port, he shot words of encouragement out of the corner 01 1115 mouth. "How are you, Jack. Did you have, a sleep? How ablaut an antennae' ride? Rockfenow don't dast • brea Ike speed limit like you will t night." The hang -dog flock, with its brick, blue shepherds, passed through the front event and flown the steps. The patrol wagon was backed up to the curb. As Neil was about to get in Hartigan restrained him. "Let them bums get in first," he whispered. "You can sit by Inc at the end. It's better air." During their rapid passage through the city Neil was ouce more aware of a vastly changed -point of view. To saunter in the streets and took in shop windows now seemed like a wonderful privilege. Late passers ley smiled in superior fashioe at the loaded wagon. Little newsboys who might to have been in bed capered in its track and made insulting gestures "This is what it feels like to be the under dog," thougbt Neil. Arriving at the back entrance of a grim, -tall building, they were March- ed up a heaven-pOihthig,• straight. flight of stairs, barred top awl bete tOm. At the top they were pet in a great cage which already contained a score of prisoners. There they were lett to their own devices for -awhile. Drunks and thieves were la the ma- jority, the first, fer the most part, battered and repentant, the • other classneat, wary and hard -eyed, Neil dreaded this part of hie ordeal; he felt "different from the °theta and looked for them to turn on him. Nothing of the sort .happened. A low -feeling; united them liee old ends. One ragged burlesque of nianity begged Neil to tely.him up the judge; another besought him wait in tbe street if he wag: let off t, as he had the horrors coming on d coulfleaebear to be alum. ne man was distinguished from all rest by his serene smile. Ile was ug, dark and able. His clothes re neat and plain like the thieves', this man's eye was beaming. The tered WretelieS turned to hint with tinetive confidence. He caught I's smite and nodded in a friendly y. How 'did you get here?" Neil asked lously, It Was the usual question, to man. Labor agitator," he smiled. "All in day's work. Hew about you?" Oli, a rotten mess!" said Neil, with hrug. "Not altogether of my OW11 king." Got a lawyer?" ell shook his heed. .teatit One?" nother shake, t this moment the dark young zee called for and their talk cut t His name was Adolph Zinna. ram the "pen" the prisoners pro sed one by one into a long corri- where they were made to eft in a until their eases were called. The or tespoesible for each prisoner ere4 near, in many eases sitting de his charge, and chatting analcit- men are naturally good-teMper- artigin was not the least =long good-tempered. "I fixed it up for le it 0- Idiri lat for to firs an 0 i.be yell we lint bat Ins Nei tva cur mat !I the a 0 ft es A A was shth gres fl or, row offic ling besi the ••• )‚011 to goon early," he'whisperee te leen. "I got a here." "Much obliged," sale Neil. ' "Say, it's a great piece to seelite, ain't it?" the, tither Went MI, eva,vlug his hand down the waiting line. ".AI - ways 'minds MA of sinners at Peter's gate. Well, there they'll get square della Anyhow. 'Rat of catirse Magistratee ain't angels." , (To be oontioned,y AWAKE Tog LONG. (BIterfinghate dige.efeellide "Dora altitie me toe tent, my der."bwity zot, *Ire" Worild felletaiuffeten sooitelythat the person sleeted Inuerellettly "behind ms kept oeuebbeg on the estek of my .aealie • SO0EASY EYEGLASSES Of Lalost Style Sallsfaollon Ouaranteed :heel ter VierEl herne examino.tien, eaten, If you cermet, ecii, to find oat %naz str..ngth. k,lesoms i.n ,303114- Rtevit years' pratinleal .ietperieriee. Vol ewe f Ls. A. Ai. te F. HIESTAND; 4pec1elist, 608 Venue et. (Opp, Isabelle Si,) Toronto ememierememanameememeemlimiesareeasealelemess011osemoremeallasellemeieemmear Why le wasn't rranastad, roads" to a suitable witer hole. 'hie practice is discontinued during and alter thee rainY season, when water is to be found everrealbre among the elePhant haunts. Nature supplies elephants with tusks as vreapone for defense as well as for uprooting 'trees in search for food. Their I3111411 eyes are applied with a nietitating film to rid them of dirt and small flies. They take lend baths to etand off the sun at Re hot- test as well 48 to keep off the many small insects winch annoy thine,. Na- ture also provides a number of small birds which stay on them continually, living on the small files and other in- sects found ma their backs. The elephant's only equal 31 com- bat is the rhinoceros, but neither is usually belligerently inclined toward the other. The elepbant's only deadly enemy is the human ivory hunter.- lereiv York World. 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The car en -tie thought 'it was clever to We still rides on air, but this ah' is con - coarse and profane Ifinguage, fined iu innumerable little sacks. 22 -nee thought In ore. o f am ueements than .of getting on in the world. 23 -Ile didn't learn that the ant oe les salary WaS not in his pay. - Chesapeake er. Ohio Employers' . Ma- gazine, ...."..4-4•-•410!•1041114.4.4-4 ••• MAKES CORNS LIFT WITHOUT ANY PAIN Takes the sting right ont-cleans 'em right off without pain. Thousands say it's the surest thing to rid the feet ot callouses, sore foot lumps or corns, Don't suffer -that's foolish - buy a 25e bottle of Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor; it does the lt:iliceicre.quickly and is invariably satis- factory, Sold by druggists every - ABOUT ELEPHANTS. There Are Two Distinct Types, African and Indian. There are two distinct types of ele- Phants-the African and Indian. The former have developed the largest ani- mals and are quite different from the Indian type, hatoing' only four 'define toes on the rear feet, as against five In the Indian, the ears are very much larger and the spinal ridge of the Af- rican shows a, marked huinp or rise, beginning at the hips, whereas the In- dian elephant's back slopes gently downivard from this point. The Afri- can defies the fiercest sun, while the Inaian lopes away from it to the heaviest, coolest shade. The age of the elephants is widely disputed, the best calculations of hunters and scientists . being admit- tedly only a little more than hazards. Sir Samuel Baker, authority, states the average Iffe of an elephant to be about one hundred and fifty years. It is exactly known that elephants, have lived in captivity for one hundred and thirty yeare. Naturalists believe,, how- ever, au elephant's life in the wild state to be twice se long, meriting to a reeently published book called "The Elephant." ommml••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••• a Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. I was very sick with Quinsy and thought I would strangle. I used MIN- ARD'S LINIMENT and it cured 2ne at once. I am never without it uow. Yours gratefully, MRS. (1. D, PRINCE:, Nauwigeweetk, Oct. 21st, lee weiehte used by goldemiths in gauging the quality of gold apart from the alloy, 1. e„ caret, is derived front that of the seed of an Abyssine an carat -flower, withal, being exceed- Ingly uniform In elm), were employbd in Weighing gold and precious stones, Sugar was knowu at a veoy early Pertth Period to the iabitante of India and China. In all probability the ,sugar can oseginally came from India, as only the ancient literature of that country mentions 'sugar cane, while it is known that'll Was conveyed to other countries by travellers and &leers. In Siam there are small fresh water fish so pugnaelaus that when two of them 'are placed near each other they at once begin to fight. When the fish is quiet its colors are dull, but when excited they attain a metallic brilli- ance. MOTHERS PRAISE BABY'S OvVil TABLETS Every mother wishes her little ones to be well -thousands of mothers have learned the secret 01 keening them well, They have found by ex- perience that an occasional dose of B11bye5 Own. Tablets will prevent sickness, or if sickness comes on sud- denly the Tablets Will -promptly give relief, These mothers have nothing but praise for . the Tablete. Among them i elm Gustave Lord, St. Per- petue, Que., who says: "I have been using Baby's Own Tablets for my littIe ones for a number of years, and have found, them a perfect medicine. They regulate the bowels; stop vom- Mug; in fact, they are good for -all the little ailments of childhood!' The Tablet* aro sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25. cents a box from. The 1)r. \Villianis eledicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ' To See an Eclipse, The elanchester Guardian, In Enge land, makes itself responsible for the following story. Not long ago, when, in the usual order of events, there was an 00111)40 of the moon -visible at Greenwich -a man whose work brotight him daily into Manchester, was seen going home about two home earlier than usual. Upon being asked by one or his train companions to accouut for the sudden break in bis routine, he replied that, he had to be back in the city before 0 o'clock, be - Mese Ite had read in his morning paper that the eclipse of the moon would be visible from Albert Square from about that time onwards, and he was not going to miss the oppor- amity, as it was a fine night. He lived in the country! The story recalla the famous inci- dent conneteed with Dean Swift, wbe 'mis word was law in Dublin, some two iundred years ago. The Dean had an- nouneed that there would be len ec- imm of the sun on a certain day, at a certain time, visible from his houee. 501110 time barer° the appointed hour, arge crowds of people flocked from Juarts of the city and congregated d the Dunes house, much 'to hie nnoya,nce. So much, indeed, dicl rouble him, that he finally sent Out vord to the waiting multitude that the clipse had been postponed, and would ot take piece for some thee. The )eople at once returned to their 011)03, disappointed, but nequestion. Minard's Liniment In the House 04, HT AND PIS The elepbant is aecredited with 1 having the keenest 501180 of hearing of , any animal. Ills sense of scent is 1 nearly as remarkable, Young and In- experieueed elephants can detect the passlitg of ea man over a trail hours I afterward, The .elephant is a true Oriental re- 11 garding domesticity. Belle do not ha- 3" bitually go in oompany with the cows, t old bulls especially holding theme ' selves aloof aud exclusive from the e female of the species. The elephant has front twenty to 1, twenty-three teeth In each side of e either jaw. Ile cuts his milk grinders at tete weeks, the Process occupying some ten days, He in "old enough to vote" by the time lie attains his full quota. Neale developed, each row of teeth appears to be one continous, Mighty tooth. Nature renews these teeth leclefinitely; as fast as One set Wears out, another grows to replace it, He is purely vegetarian, the articles • of his diet being roots of growing trees, herbs, bulbous growth, law • eranches of trees, succulent, tender bushes and tropical fruits, which hY the mewls of his powerful trunk • he shakes from the trees. Itis regular feeding time is, however, between 0 o'clock at night and midnight, the coolest hours of a jungle day. There hi is a single daily time for drinking al- • re So, being About euneet, when -a leafier "0 guides the herd over the "elephent • 0............••••••• .•• • And How Some Ca,ri Endure Beth Types of Water. *••••••••.a•••••7.•44, Inen the crawfish is Pet •luto sea water, or into water artificially salted, It dies, Inversely, if lee put into fresh water an essentially marine, creature like's jellyfish, it gives up its Me like 58 qUicitIT.- The cause of these sudden ileatits hae been attributed to poisoning by alt; We nOW know that this Is ineor- et. The salt acts chiefly by its sinotic" power. When a freelewater creature is stld- ACHING BACK GETS RELIEF QUICU ONE RUB WITH HNERVILINE" CURS Every Bit of Stiffness and Soreness Goes When "Nerviline" is Used. .0,40 ••••,•••..6.40464. Pain in back or slae Is awful hard to reach. Deee in the tiseue is a eon- gested or strained muscle. It 18 a long way for a liniment to go, • Liiitmente you leave usea have not reached it, ated, the pain Whereyou, whether Movittg or 'lying. deem. Whet a pity you !won't tried Nerve. line! Penetrating, .3'011 ask? Yes, and Pfelverfel, too. NerviIine etrikes in far deepeT Mot any anlication you haus E'Vdr tt.od,u.might pay,a dollar, lan dollars, a hundred for teht matter, but P00 could not egeal N'erviline, either in cfrengthequieltneefeef atelon or per• maneney of' relief. it If you think this too much to say for Nerviline, try It, and be convinced. If you receive, trete Nervillae even . a little less relief front pain than this adVertisentent induces you to eepeet, "T11110:101 ifloyt p.°1111111: Irlf.1,°03:cerlybialetit' t1z world e,old -ander a guarantee.is Nereeline-. lamely it is safe to try it. NervIline ie sold by druggiets,everee mbere, 25 cents', ot direct front' The Cetarrhozonern., lelnaston, caned* • ,1 •4.nlY 0140 Into sea water,. th* hitter *Waco, al it were, the eraature's in• trio)' liquids and "dries it Up" fljrofi losse thus one Mirth of it weight), especially in the placee where Oa */tIn le thin awl tbe ermine delicate, 09 iirith the 111110. Theca ebtivel up and 'fail te net nue there is COM efettit front aephexie. Likewiee, ween 4 marine treeture, eaturatea with salt, le plunged into fresh water, it swells rapidly, efnice cielly at certain pointe, 110tablY the lungs, and cannot maintain llfe. On the seaellore, however, it ie not unugual to see crabs living as well in TtTftwomaneasevouraueriog, Z waa1 -Zyoato write, and it rat dell yoe of shnple method of heme treatuseet, seud yeti ten days' free trial, post - veld, aa4 put you in touch with seV women in Cloud* who will AT steely tell what my method has 491:14 tor thent. If mare troubled settee, with weak, tired Vona, bled. feelings, head. 4(4 der weakeess, ache, b a ck. constipation,ea- ache, beau tarrhal conditions, lusdowa pain In the sides, regu. larly or 1 rregularl y, 440 bloating, sense of failiog or mieplacement of Internal or- **nervousne palpitation, hot *ashes, dark rings wans, ss, desire to crY, k under the eyes, or a loss of interest In lite, Write to a,e to-clae.' Address: eine M. gemeters, ass 8 Velmissr, Oat 0,0amme.r0.1•0111.001.;M*1•10M1111.000.011041MMEWINNfte, brackish water as sea water, come - times even reaching fresh water and liv1ng a calm but normal life in pones, Also flatf1811 may be found often in Livers; they have been caught in the lestve and even In the Allier, ego mites from salt evater. In the, course of an animal's life medificattons occur in ite OrganiSni that enable it to be more or lee,1 re- sistant. it is thus that the salmon can leave salt water to spawn in fresh • water streams and that eeilt leave the latter to deposit their eggs in the Bea. Pibt In pawing front salt to fresh water, or vice verse, adapt themselves little by 11111e to the new medium by passage through estuaries where • the degree of salt is intermediate. Ex- perimentally the conditions may be reproduced by increasing 01' diminish. lug the saltness; the trick is to pro- eeed slowly and progressively. For in- stance, goldfish may be accustomed to live in salt water, -which explains their occurrence even in the 13altic and Caspian. These adaptations may take place in the same individual, or, better still, In its descendants; it is an almost gen- eral fact that the progeny of a creature reeist a new environment better than the parents. Thus, if we salt progres- sively fresh water containing daPli- nildite, these small crustaceans will finally die, but if we wait a few days the -eggs will hatch, and the young will thrive as if nothing had happened. - Henri Oupin in -La Nature, Parte. -.4•40034—• Ask far Minard's 'and take no other. Curious Land, Curious People. • IS5UE NO, 14, 1018 etl**xftroAtivogos H4LP WANTIO, lateellSre WANTED TO TRAIN AT +11 the Atemeeopathic ficspital • "3"' inntrar, aeiel teepee* 'lenity Apr the reeht moo044 ur N T .151 --- PleateseTIONElta eta.) ee train ler nurses. Apply, Wellawira leoepital. St. Catharince, fent. IO nssurra WANTED, WITIt RNWIee * edge of plumbing; steady jub. 111, A. Button, Stouffidlle, W 4414iTtlEnc4.re.IIAPPglity,1111V041'11401.11114,-.131, or 1»' Jotter. Toronto ehineuittline emakeess TJ,4411:11:teta(10:0:410:1Y0S:tr.ept, Toronto, Ont. 311L • „ioorns. oriental Textiles Comparies Ia lOb. .....,,,,,,••••••1•.••11* r111:0:41114:11,1:12,81,Dle4-1,11:04:10,priTiviOaeTtn:tt:Toel "-1 eight eartling and spinning, ,) 806, WANTED-1111101DIATI1LY, =ST. cisese horeesheer ij Whrren Spence** 'areae Werke, Niaeara Valls eouth. jeest eity wages Paid. RIIII,ElT POA131X4T AND WOOD4H '"used.rurin‘141.111reb.e sAolrel.'tt eat' 16) al zregt In. N°Avcljr- t't A Jo 1 A4 13111.i.11D-SPINNELt *1101Ict NiaIIT lk.441,y,3, (mod wages, Apyly to $11112'44' ____--2••_-__:,?,----."--..- .:,!--7-.----r. ...,--cr.,.... .714:,-wccon.il..131.,;:itii702: .1.0.e111:1.e•:. er. White:1Y dress Cenada. Iteady Print Co., namil. FOR SALE. ji.UnItlSAn<Lwi:]-t6;1714.(ls 0,I,3177,:DSOzNtep n:AI:c.: ‘'crein:.1-:ti1ir ;I:plira,ertN:. lili,e1( It reqiietitlectrv, ti)ololti. newts' eseeeetee....... BUSINESS CHANCES. ....,... . _ .. .... _ .. • Foft fs..4.1.,1?i, 1.01iNT-CLASS 171.7.11NI- tore and undertaking kusinese. AD-, ply to 211. 11 Tangney, Lindsay, Ont. . FARMS FOR SALE. ' 4". IT Ay 1,011 8A1,II--ToWNS1111.1 OP 11.,:rtw:i0ti, New Ontario. estesee Hunter, rei Vieth A. ye., Toritatei' - ii1T()IITY-F.1714 ACRES VIWIT, ()RAE.% I-4 stock aim dairy "Mete; two miles che1 or ernitinton; Jorge gronery; thirty aeresf.rtit ;gitfi tbp! 1 gi•wtt.zr ; rvegrotlitto.Apiiyitittz,;; eve., lIautilton, F., AT:111 13A.BOAINS-WEITIll free catalogue of 750 farms for sale. Willoughby Agency, Department 660. Cleorgetown or Ottelph, Ont. OR SALE -926 AC1IE2,-225 'UNDER. -1- cultivation; 2 farms of MO acres. 1 farm of 160 acres; good buildings and implements; 160 acres good iaml and buildiugs. Write for full particulars, 'William 'Martin & Son, reet 826, North Ear, 0»t. 300 ACRES -4100D CLAY- Lae:NE -- aidimend county; Cayuga tawnehip; t twee Mlles front Canfield; gocd frame lemse; two large barns; two Inege einels; thevIng shed; well fenced; wc•11; wimulmiIl, runnlng -water; 30 acres bush; good grain, hay. etteture. • Apely, Tie:Ines Savage, Canfield. &' AltIt P011 SALle IN COUNTr or Norfolk; 139 aeree; 2.5 timber rind pasture, 2 orchard: frame seven -roomed house; frame been, ,stabling tor 6 horses and 15 head cattle; 0 silos; price only 7,000. Write fer partinulars to S. 0. teed & Son, Limited, 120,Colborne street, trantford, (Jut, Near Caue Horn, in the Islands or 1 Tierra. del Fuego, 'live the most curious 1 PeePle in all sSlicioeott,ilttts1 c.nt11.1tnattilellyelicra.e(,v0e01:y1114cialititlytgs, c S1IOW$ 01' tlnest in t he world. They wear hardly any' clothing and seem not to e et FEW 0001) ONTARIO leAll'AfS--- as• also fruit farm -to rent, for sale or xchange. What int,h2 3'Ut1 to offer? Veet ern fuii !ands pref errea.,.. N. chafer. Itoten No. )2, 162 liuronestreet, 'oronto. reel cow, Because he saw fires bn the shore the explorer Magellan, ihe first European that rounded the Horn, called Ole island '"the land of fire," which Is nlinost the -worst name he could have chosen. The huts are made of bent vain, too, o, ttn‘tly ecaoryt gr e eIeviitti ge rs a 0S ts the al ogel let 'lei only the poorest shelter. The tont are of tish or seals and painting patterns on their bodies, Among them some col- ors have 4 novel meaning. White Is the sign of war and red of peace, They are great mimics and v111 hnitete voice and gesture perfectly. ...............••••imm•••••••44•N•A•r•o4••4•kkt•m•mm••• DRS. SOPER (R. WHITE • SPECIALISTS nes, Eczema, Asthma, Catarrh. Pirnetrie, Dyspepsia, Epilepsy, Rheumatism, Skin, Kid. ney, Blood, Nerve and Bladder Diseases, Gall or send history tor Gee advice. bledicino furaisi ed 0, tablet tUtfil. 1!ours-14 st.m. to 1 mi, and t to 4 p.m. Sunda> s-10 a.m. to 1 pm. Causal:inlet% Free DRS. SOPER a& WHITE 45 Toronto St., Tot Int°, Out, Please Mention This Paper, OLDEST ROYAL FAMILY. with the death of Prince Nieholas Lueignan in Si, Petemburg ends the olaest royal line in the world, Prime N:eholas ivas the only con of Imeignan VI., King of Cyprus's, Syria, end jern- Belem until the year 1873. Hie house has reigned there since the days of the erne:Wee., a matter of seeen and a half •centurice. The Britielt eoveinment offered leing tusignan 11. hafelsome peneion if he would fermally renounce his laims and retire to some Spot in the Britieh Empire, but the monareh refusal., eaying he -wetdd rather die in penury than renounce his rights to hiS foes. He was exiled from Cyprus and went to St. Paces:burg, where his family was brought up. They all died in the great- est poverty, and Prince Nicholas ended his life in a public hespital the other They Wel% known in history as Counts of Fovea till the ilth century, when one day, says the Chicago Tribune, This anelent line came from the town of Lueignan in France. Jerusalem, taken from erosieme by the of them became King of Cyprus and lenoghts of the Cross. Minard's "Liniment Lumberman's Friend, Quite True. One of the ettractions ot time churcli fete was a fortune-teller's tent. A. lady took net 10-ye111'-ohl, red - hatred, freckled 'eon inside. Taii wo. man of wisdom nett over the eryetal ball. "Your son will be a eery (Bettie guished num 11 he liven long 'enough!" mite iturtnitted in deep, mysterious tones. • . "0 how nice!" gushed' the .prontl mother. ."And evhat nill be be ales' tiuguished for?" "For old age," replied the fortune A NOT ONE. 'nctuitucto American) aeety ancestote elute! over with tile feet rename. Maybe eau, dilteVtheilieV4 ',Why, note They abet deport, fe17.01 then*" (100D FARM FOP. SALE -ONE H1JN- N-1 tired aerc s' Kent County, clay and e1111031 105c1, thedrains, three large bares, one abeitie barn; two good wells:" Land :eatable for growing all Mandate) crone, • else beans, tobaccn, and fratte. Pine LOW brick houee, with fuenace -and bathJleaititul, ligItteartn,nt iletit;51.,eI141ntek, 4.1toramfaV tPm'I• eeelOri,01..0 e6,2;i:),eihettsAl 4; iltla,m111;.‘,.w.41ti..- 6ronann,FCAirtta:Itlitsairt:TN, CoetNeTArdro Part sArx_i vu good buil die ger ‚0)11 exchange for city property; mom will grow alfalfa* catalogue free on aeplication; eetablish.: ed 46 e -ars; autnneelie seevice. Bell ptione i322. Themes Mye18ceu5-11, 224 Darling street, Brattford. FOR SALE OR TO RENT. r,•,•••WWWWW...••••40404.•,,W,WWW.W.0,0.11 ri'WO sToum IN 8AME1 BLOCIC-ONI3 A double, one single; on main street, oppoelte public library. and postoffice in the thriviug village or Elora, Apply, John. McGowan, Elora, Ont, SITUATIONS VACANT, VOU CAN MANE $20 To WIDEICLy, a Writing ShOW .cares at home. 12as. Ily learned by our timple method. No canvassing or soliciting. We set/ your wotit, Write for particulars, AMERICAN SHOW CARD scHoqL, 801 Yonge -sireetieToronto. MISCELLANEOUS. AIMED PLY -2,10i 7011 ROCIe BOOS Ls ram. n.b.hingt. Also elarden ela)its tete.. Write ettilege!:. ei/as. Barnet...1, Lettinit gten, Out. 1- 1N/ON STOCIZ tARDS OB aionoNTo, tatInwhi-Horso Department, Walter Thularal Menager; 'atretiort Wed- nesday; private sales daily; large 843c1: always; consigmentsecolicited. CAT.Iii2C.NIAN1 Ev1Sy TiwN* +-1 sell "Cortl-Save" the .only genfine pstg.:tor; etiNf.eveyottei6lfogittrtl.ItNtItiefiel buy, tileltablxu: iifacturers' AgetittsnaCgoi.,132A413IvtoseerAIvreei tge., -4:a°1:Puz;iiirtNOyCntle'eing sty Ins. Barred 110 1613, 11110110 Islapd Reds, , White Legllonits, White Wyendoittie. TIntching-eggs frritn White 1ea!1.,5., Wyandottes, Nor.-11etrett Oril:len Polhill. Write _Ifor .rico Satiefaetion guaranteed. TAY Poultry Farm, Path, mt. ARTICLESWANTED FORCAH. old eeweilery, Mato. Silver, CtIrlent Miniatures, P11! 41105, Needleworke .1*te cid Mina, Cut Ornaments, Wattle., en, Ringo, Table Ware, Write or send by Express, to Eli M. & T. JENKINS, LIMITED, ANTTOULI 28 and 80 College Street Toronto, Oat. , IT'S ONE ADVANTAGE, (re4:ling3:4i Star) "I'm so glad (0. gilt)a War WPM a: hand:" tend Yotete Aie:1 Toekins. "r didn't 'know You tzerad ker the gal at don% BM 'LT be tried to 14% Charlie t-tii playing. 1)1,' game Inst ettlyitig 1.4111e talkiter abeut „Re m 0 1 1 LIQUIDS ontA 'PASTES - 5110E POUSEifS 011 0X.81,0011 mom PROEIIVEibeLEATIO ,Ntrromy iteastmentir holq OVA •