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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1919-03-13, Page 6in • Olden Times +444-4444-4444-44444 ++4+4+ Glancing through a book, an enter- tainiag recaird of rare, ourious, quaint events, I wins Struck with, some of the Inforntatioa iniptirtee. "Ten Thousand Wonderful Tillage" was the tine, and to say the least, sorao of the Qu- eries were • extremely interesting. For lustance, not a few of us would gas a IE We lacked up the "Weeitly In- dependent" of our time and sew the report ot a wcdclIng as it wan given in one PaPer in 1760; Oa the 7t1 ntine, 1750, was married. at Rothbury, Mr, Wm, Donlan, a Out siderable termer, of Tossop, in the County of Narthumberland, to alisit Eleanor S ' hOtten an agreeable Ming • gentlewoman Of the same Place. The entertalnuninte on the occasion were very grend, there beIng provided. no less then 120. quarters of lamb, 40 quarters oe veal, 20 miarters of mut- ton, a large enantity of 'beef, 12 lams, with a Makable number of chickens, • which was ameluded with eight half ankerS of brandy made azto PUnch, • twelve dozen of eider, and a great many pitons of wine. The company consisted at 1100 ladies and gentlemen, who were diverted with the music .or 26 fiddlers and pipers, and the even- ing was :Teat with the Utmost unant- May. • QUIN Maltz% one's month water in these war-ratien days! But at a feast given by au Archbishop of York at hie installation in the reign of Ed- ward IV., it te recorded that tee MI - lowing wet° used: , 300 quartere of wheat, 300 tune of ale, 100 tans- of wine, 1,000 stieep, 100 oxen, 301 calves, 304 swine, 2,000 geese, 1,000 capons, 200 pigs (note • 304 swine above), 400 swans, 101 pea- cocks, 1,500 het venison pasties, 4,000 cold, 5,000 eaetards bot mai cold, "TRE GLAD EYE." Here is a, saznple of advertisement which graged, the columns ot periodi- cals in 1750: Whereatt a tall • young Gentleman above the gammon size, dressed in a, yellow groupdqd flewered velvet (sup- posed to be a Foreigner), with a Soli- tair round his aeck, and a glass in his • hand, was narrowly observed and muck approved of by -a certain young lady at the, last /Motto This is to acquaint the said young bentleman, if his alieett is etitirely disolgagad, that it he wilt apply to A. B at Gar- • ntway's Coffee House, Exchange Al- ley, he may be directed to have an interview with the said young lady, which may •prove greatly to .111s ad- . • vantage. Strict secrecy on the Gentle- • man's side win be depended on. • Here is another •milieus advertise- ment which appeared in 173e: I, Duchess Doweger of —•, ac- knowledge I have ter severarenonthe been ill in my health, bat never speechless, as certain penny authors have printed; and eo, to confute these • said authors and their intelligence, it is thought by my most intimate friends "it is the very last thing that will happen to rne." I am , so good • an EnglIsawoman that I would not have my •eountryinen inmosed upon • by purchasing false authors; there- fore have orclerecl this to be printed that they may know :What papers to • buy and believe that are not to be bribed by those who may.have private • end for. false. reperts, The copy of this is left in the hands of Mr. — • to be shown to anybody wbo has a euriosity Wee° it signed with my own • hand. • A singular specimen of orthograpby compared with that. of our own day is seen h the following, written in the sieteentla century to a nobleman by a duchess: , My ffarygode lord—her I sand you in toltyn loft the neweyer, a glass heft Setfl ea in Selifer gyld, I pra you tak hit en wort Anehy mar aebel het shoulde be baton 1 woll bit war wort a me Mae. Translated it steads: • My very good lord,—Here 1 send you, in baken ot the new year, a glass ' of setYli, set ,in silver gilt; I pray ; you take it in worth. An I were able • it •should be better, I would it were worth a. thausend crown. IN THE SLAVE DAYS. Here is an advertisement from an Ameritan paperl,Wheri the skive trade • existed: To be sold for want of eraploY. A. Likely Negro Fellow, about 25 years of Age, he Is an extraordinary good Ceek, and uziderstaeds setting or tending a Table very well, like- wise all RIng- of House.Work, such as washing, sawing, scrubbing, etc. Also a Negro Wench, his Wife, about 17 . years old, born Millis city, and under - Stands all Sort of House Work. For •• further particulars inquire of • the • ?dater. The above was published in 1765 , and In the same year,. in another paper, was the following: „A. Female Negro Child (of an eXtra- Ordinary good Breed) to be given away. Inquire of ----. Aprtimes et the price of fish being thigh at the present titne, the follow- , Ing is interesting: , . . on January 4th. 1809, there being Ouly foil, Cod fish in Bite • lingegate, a fiehmonger gave fearteen guineas for them, ana sahtien boon after was sold at a guinea a pound. t Trade Unloniete in Sheffield—and ethere—Will be interested in the fol- lowing: Wanted, for a faltilly who have bad health, a sober, ateade person In the capaeity of doctor, eurgeon, epothe- ,eary, and matemidwife. He must oc- • easionally net as butler, And dress - hair, and Vrige. Ito will be required sometilles to read- Prayers, and to • preach a sermon every Sanday. A geed • Wan* Will be given. I will Only inflict anether alien you Here it is: • Upop the oceattion of the chrieten- • ing ot the alst child of Mr, — the game Wenian, in the year 1767, the 00enparly Wile &OM 21 pariehes, and the tisitertainment e,ottaleted Of 21. pietcee of lied, 21 legs ot mutton and • Iamb., 21 gallons of brandy. There Wag no rationing then! in Sheffield, tug, Independ- ent. ttielgta Talk about tongue twieters- ' Tea to One you calla pronounte Beloothietans, Xermatielathe, Dag- atettesse, Shirvans, eareitione, Doearte, Ileree, fJorapts tad natal& Of wine* Yail knee, hitt never Mind; you Nineteen 'era to the rug salesman. One muse Pe a Witt reader to quote wititee arid evelL—Alcott. PART:EP BY GOLD What elle had to SaY she OM clearly arta with 4 louder ring of her pure voice, and there was some slight ae- platiee at the elose ot the speech, which suddenly ceaeed as, with a light step, she esivenced to the front tnul with a wave of the eilver wand commenced Her voice was sweet and well trein- ed, her manner not only fairlylike, bat modest and almost depreciatory, her soft, winning Millie at the clog irresistible. There was a second's silence to eee of the atog was really finished, then a treatendoue thutoler of applause, ac- companied by emphatic shouts of "Encore, eneorel • She flushed, and jack, who had never removed Ins eyes tree', her face, saw her turn it slightly toward the wing Naiad which the ptrate stood, • with, oh, such a loving glance of gentle triUmeht Another thupderclap, a burst of en- livening inelody from the whole or- caestra, a rush to the trent of the ballet girls, and the scene close,d in upon a pretty grouping of fairies and • demons with the queen in their amidst. Jack drew a long breath and as•ned to look with a wiiitfel gage after the crowd leaving the stage. "By Jaye!. what a eh:Inning little debutante!" old Fopton, with genuine ashatration. Jack started; he had forgotten his the place, everything. "Eh? Yes, what—what is this scene —Palace !V King Prettyman?" Walton raised his eyebrows at the other two. "Jack % hit—shot dead!" he wilts - tiered. "Did you see him while the girl was on the stage?" "Yes, and while she was singing," replied Fopton. "If he would only look like that wben Lady et— was at tho piano, how happy she would be!" Beaumont moved uneasily as he had done when the name had been men- tioned on the preceding evening, but he said nothing. "Look at him now," said Fopton, as Jack turned from the play on the stage and stood peering about the dusty labyrinth:: behind. "Ho is look, • Ing for her, I'll bet a thousand potinds. Yes, there he goes," be ex- claimed, triumphantly, Jule having caught siglet of the Pirate, walked off in his direction, and, cfatching him as he was entering the greenroom, touched him on the shoulder. "Pardout me," he: said, as the actor turned with a happy smile upon his face, "But I could not help congratu- lating you upon your daughter's sue. cess. It was most complete and Undeniable." •--Thank you, sir, thank you!" said the father. "Yes, it was a success, a great success. Oh, sir, you can't tell what I endured during those few moments." "Yes," said Jack, "I can think, but you need fear no longer. Your daugh- ter has 'gained confidence, and will please them still more in the next act." "I believe it, I believe it," geld the pirate, with a greater smile, but his face clouded over suddenly, and he replied; "Won't you step in, sir?"— they aave been standing at the door during the conversation. "My daugh- ter is ieside, waiting for her call, resting a little." Jack took off his hat and stepped in. There was no introduction, but Jack bowed and the girl returned it with a drooping of the eyelids and a timid blush. Her father poured out a glass ea lemonade and stood holding it for her, "This gentleman has been' eon- gratulating me, Mary," he said, in a low tone. "He ow you and heard you sing." The girl raised. her eyes with a look of gratitude, "It was Very kind of hint, dear," She said, in a law voice. "I would like every one to congratulate you if you deserve it," she saki, tenderly. "You don't fear for me now, !fath- er?" "No, no," he replied, smiling. "It is all safe; don't forgot the cues, and keep your voice for the last song, and all will go well. Drink, my dear, drink, you'll be thirsty and dry else," She took the lemonade and sipped k, looking up at him all the while with loyleg eneourag,ement. jaek had stepped Onside again and was wandering up end down. The stage had no interest for him until the Fairy Queen was upon it. "There's the call," said the pirate, as the callboy shouted: "Miss Annabelle a/folk-ague on!" Setting down the glass and giving the pirate another kiss, the Fairy Queen tipped past again, end Jack Was. at his post. His prognostications of her success caine true, and as the curtain fell he found himself helping to produce the thunder by clapping his long, sinewy hands -together Until they tingled agate. "Bravo;" said Wagon, "braVol An •a:1111110041 sueeess, a grand first night, eh, Jack?" • Bat jack had vanished again, and Walton, clinging to the wing to pre- vent himself frofn being knocked down by the rush to and from the Stage, laughed aloud. 'God as the play itself!" said Fop, liententiously, "Cupid hes slain poor old aack, that's eertein, 'Hero lies Jack lattailiton, wile met his death front the fatal MIASMa arising from the bright glances of the Fairy Queen of an extravagant ektraVaganza. Much lamented by hit Many and sorrowing friendea " Beaumont laughed. "All very well," he timid "but Where's the fellow got to?" "Don't know.' Haven't the slight - et idea," said Walton. "Hear him howling with a broken leg, down a trainloors direotly, no doubt. I say!" he •Added, as if a •sudden idea had istruck him, "can't we get Some fun ont of this, eh? Yon know what ia, all honor and Don Quixote -Where women are emicerned; can't We Manage to heighten the eftect f this Itrre at first sight by a little ro- le/zee° !‘.441 toter asked ropton, lanquidiri ▪ 7 but quite ready for any miechief. "Look here, this girl is called Miss Annabelle Montague, the old pirate is bar father, name of Smith most like; W. It's certain he called. tile girl idaree and Smith always goes to Mary, Now, I'll tell you llow we can get some fun out of it. Pitch A yarn to dear old Jack that the old pirate is a gentleman reduced—an old officer, one of the true Mentagues, and that the girl is a lady under ditticulties, It will send him time, beat be head over heels in love, and there win be real fun, Besides," and he looked at Beaumont, who seemed scarcely to think the fun Worth the trouble of Oncoetina the story, "besides we :niall be serving Lady M— an 111 tuna and we all of us relish that! What do you say?" • "I am ready," said Beaumont, with an air of indifference, though his eyes looked strangely eager. "All rigat, only teen't bore ue too much, Wal," languidly acquiesced Fop - ton. Walton nodded, and he and Beam meek talked for some monaents in an undertone, tauehing with easy satis- faction at timeless of the conferenee, when Fopton declared he wouldn't wait any longer, and, having given Jack up for lost, intended making for the exit. • At that moment Jack came up, not with his usual easy, indolent air, but an eager look on his handsome face and a bright flash in his frank eyes, "Hello, you fellows, kept you wait- ing? Never mind, been to thank the manager, but can't find him. I'm quite bewildered with it all," "And I'm bored to death," groaned the Hen. Willie, "Come along!" and, seizing the reluctant Jack by the arm, he dragged him along the corridors and out Mae the open air by the stage entrance. • Ma Hamilton's brougham Was wait - Ing, and the four gentlemen got in. "Well, what did you think of the scene, eh, Jack?" asked Beaumont. "Wonderful" said Jack. "I shall never believe in scenery or acting again." "What! not theacting of :digs An- nabelle Montague?" asked Walton. Jack's bronzed cheeks grew a dark - ler •ed, but he said nothing. "• She is the prettiest girl I have sen on or aft the stage," conthlued Walton, touching' Beaumont with kis foot. "Poor girl!"• "Why poor girl?" asked Jack, rather sharply. "Well, it's not the life for a gentle- women," replied Walton, glibly. "A gentlewoman!" repeated Jack, with an increase of eagerness. "Is she that, Wel?" "Undoubtedly. Father, cane of the Yorkshire Montagues; he may not look It, but you see the stage spoils them, takes it out of them itt time • and veneers them over. Oh, yes, he's one of the Yorkshire Montagues, only I should not recommend you to re-, mind him of it, and the girl is thoroughbred." "She looks it," heartily responded, Jack. "And so her father is a gen- tleman" he repeated, thoaghttully. "Poor fellow!" "We will drop into the Signet again some night, Jack, eh?" said Wallet). "By all means," said the unsuse picious Jack. "I3y all means; in fact, I— shall have to go very soon, for I have something of Miss 'Montague's In my pocket." "Have you? what is it?" asked Beau- mont, who had remained silent, bilt was listening with more •earnestness than the Joke eeemed to warrant. "A pocket handkerehief," said jack, taking out a dainty one front his poc- ket andreplacing it again before the others could touch it. "I thiak shall drop in there to -morrow and re- turn it." "Ah, do," said Fopton, while Walton whispered in Beauinont% ear: "I wouldn't. give much for Lady Maud's chalice now Beau, eh?" CHAPTER III. Down fell ehe snow lightly and softly enough, and yet with sueh quiet persistence and determinittion that the huge houses, tee tall chimney pots, the very giante of city churches, evere subaued by it and gave themeolves up to the oppressor and were bueied be- neath its white robe,. Xing Frost was yawning and stretching, totmorrow he would be fully awake and go noiselessly about, treading on the world, turning the water to ice and making the snowy roads erisa and brittle beneath the feet. That is in'the country; in London, Xing Frost is conquered in his turn to a great degree by the warmth of a million breathing lungs, the heat and smoke Of a thousand chimneys. It was Saturday night and tea time —this is five o'clock—le a little room In a little street leading from a huge roaring thoroughfare. Within the room was a tall man, whose counten- ance was that of the pirate without. his warpaint and buccaneering cap, • There Was a good fire hi the Mall • grate, and the pirate was enaplotted lp the most unspiraticel and peaceful manner trying to persuade an Ob- stinate kettle to allow its cOntente to boil. A cotnfortable little Mont it was, • notwtthstanciing its plain turnitere, Worn tarpet and lack of luxttrY. °opposite tile pirate sat what looked liked a little old woman, her ligtire • Wrapped. in a Shawl, her hiee tureed • toward the fire and hidden, leer whole body completely enVeloped in the wrap. Five o'cloelt struck from 11, tieere of cita belfries, and the shawl Was •agit- ate by a snlail, white band, and ft face—such an angelic, patient little facaseenierged front the thick fOIde. "Five o'clock, father elettr," sea the voice belonging to ID faCe—a low, tide little voice like the chirrup of bird with suppreised cheerfulness. "Viva o'clock, father, dear, and lvtery has nOt cone back. 1 wonder 'what keeps her?" an, my dear? 0 yes," said the ph,- • ate, starting froin a reverie, Much to the disturbance at the sausage he had cernmelleed to tout, which fol. lowed suit by starting into the grate, rfota whieh the pirate, extracted It, • Wiped it ceretully, and leapttled at again. "Eh? Yee, Mary t late. Sae le generally IMMO 'before atm Pattie, Liate yes very late." leag rehearsal, Perhalte," ewe. Noted the lIttle one, arming the 8haW1 eretind a�r againbut leaving tile faded little face, With it setting • brat .goiden. hair, Unconeealed. "PoOr Marta it 1 newleg awl lie cohL, I 'wish Abe were here." 4'AY'e," said the pirate, depoettIng the sausage on the plate wttha Sigh, "Peer Mary ,1 Wish—hut there's no Use wlehlUg• Pattle, no use wIsng Your father will never •ride On bie Wishes, poor as Ile is." "If wishes were horses beggar:4 would ride -4s that what you Mean, father?" reellee the little one, cheer - tulle. "Well, there le no harm iI wishing that I knew of, and j Wiele that Mary would come hetorethe stateage le cold and the tea' spoilt, Don't bold the teapot like that, father, you'll scald your hand. Ah; there, I was afraid you would t" And 'with a little ecream sof emit - she swung oft her chair aod picked up the teapot, which the pirate had- with ,great cowardice de - Posited With •a crash upon the fen- der. "Olt, dear," sighed Pattie, with a timile, "what awkward thaws enen are. Who ever 'Would have thought of pettring 'boning water into, a •tea not in that taahlen? Tliere, sit down, you naughty delta end let me put it Straight before Mary alma home. She'll he shacited to see this...mess." With incredible swiftness and even grace. considering tame the littlebedY had, been bent and twisted from its birth, the chial-warnan found a cloth, Wiped up the • spilt Water, held the tealcottle, and with feigned severity, instrticted the pirate in what manner to pour in the remainder of the wat- er. • Scarcely were these things done, and the father scolded with loving stemma and 'bidden to take his seat, When the door epened and the looked- fqr Mary entered. If the snow' had turned everything else white, it had, by way of striking balatice, perhaps, brought.a bright flush up en the girl's beautiful cheeks and added a' brilliant sparkle to the large, genale kiting eyes. • TheSpiraa; lotiked up with a smile Of weleeme which extended to a laugh as Mara, •stepping aside a little, die- scicsed'h companion in a short, thickSet• man with a brottd face, a big tamale. a. rather flat tose and eyes that • were good-natured, and • certain- ly 'what has been very generally term- • etlgelfo, l)-. aHTubbs'!" said the pirate, holding out his hand. "Now are you?" I'M vary glad to see you. It's very kind of you to walk home with Mary. Sit down, sit• dowel." anulths received the proffered band and hearty welcome in a snann,er eharaateristie of his •profession—that of A jJght °median. ,He too]* off his •net, ldid his hand on his breast, thede ,a sinile that stretohed his mauthefrom ear to ear, and witheturns of •the eyes which always delighted the gallery and scarcely ever failed IV produce bud Aplause from the pit, paid with a, solemn; tragic air—found• ed upon his host's stage one: "M. Montague, J am honored, sir; hoW-db yotr do, Bir; I hope—" "Aid perhaps you can spare a word for nle, Mr. Tubbs," said the thin, sweet vaite. It Was marvellous to see the change that 'name over the little comedian's manner, Ile stopped short, turned, with . uo mock humilitynow, and with a deep toueh of • reverence ' in tag loak, voice, and even, fat hand, teak the little fingers of the little child tend bent over them. ' "Always a word foryou, Miss Pat- tie," he said. "Always a word for . How do you. like the snow?" •SU Shuddered, then smiled before sheaneWerod. • "I don't know, Mr. Tubbs; I don't know. • It looks very beautiful, very; falling ever so softly—down, down, as kin's:toter meant to stop! But, but— istitadt• year strange to be out In it? astat-it very told, very ghostlike?" 'Her eager, dreamy face posed the ctimedian and set his scratching his head—another favorite trick for gain- • ing' the gallery, bat now done natur- ally &Lough• , aWell, yes, I suppose it is." "Then I delft -think I should like to be out In it/' said the ehlid„ thought- fully, and with an air of pity. "Bometimes I think it must be 'Very dreadful walking among 'Backe ovoid •and in the rain and dirt; sometimes •I—eteut there's father- getting anether Jiang:ego: Stay and have a cup of tea, Mt.- Tubbs." • Tim low comedian zeemed quite al - &rimed, and went off into a long and aurried aeries of excuses.. "Oh, to, thinks; tea waiting at home; touldn't thihk of intruding; oh - Unjust trotted Ilene with Miss MarY— • quite an honer, Miss Pattie, 1 assiire you, quite an honor—can't; have a particular engagement—very •par -tic - ii -lar engagement." • Ail df 'Which Miss Pattie out 'short with' a wave of her tiny hand,• and, pointing to the ohair which Mary had sheep, gentle Way: "I don% believe you, you tell dreadful storfes. It dovstl at Once, or yoU shan't tome aid see me again." Thus commanded by lier whom no one thought of disobeying, Mr. Tubbs, seeted himself at the table, put his conaiti, broad-brinitied hot underneath the their, bleW are• head evitli• honed, ireltemenuce• and made himself 'dome fortable. (TO be continued.) •• Knowing. To test snit, fray out the threads and break them. It they &lap easily, it is riot.. goon. The Warp thriAtt •tiinning lengthwise should be of equal strength with the Wool thread runeing crestivise, * When frying doughnuts it Is a good ides to have a: dish of belling water on i.ito stove. Aix each cake le dotie, lift it out with a fork and 'dash +Platy into the boiling water and Mit again. * Washing tied& eXcellent ter reniotrt ing steins trent granite ware.' • It is Well to add vinegar to the water • whieh flab belled. A teaspoonful of Vinegar to a quart of water is the right proportion, The acidulated water pax Ire the meat of the fishIirmer than if P ten water 1S Used. • * Al not tallow butter Or milk to re:Main uncovered in the refrigerator. They ab sorb odor d VerY 41i1.10t1Y. When olive oil dresaing will not thlekeni after the neeessary eantlunt Of 011 little been need, beat In a email calamity of ory tornstareh. * TO Bower Vanities in the hells°, sow the seed hi,ehallow bexeS. Of gouty 8011. 'When theys.re rooted, trahspatet them to window boxes" or goatees! pots. Keep them quite want, give them abllildatiss Of Witter and agreat dtal of sup, le** A WISE 'CHOICE. (St. tante Post-tespatoh.) Hfr you were obliged to swallOW Mari, What elle Would yet% prefer'', eob, Cerdeltal Whet 0 hillY 41.144th:oh. ReallyX don't know." "A little Lennon porter." Traititeel don't terve ProsPett lila fitment—Sir $013n itarrington, You cattrit beht to measuro its goodness alongside of others, the qualit3r being IINICOMPAWWLE0 55211 Black, Green. 1: ;. or Mixed • . Sealed Packets Only .GAS-MAISIC MAKING. U. O. Governamt as Over 3,00Q Women at It, Three thousand and ninety women • carry on the thirty processes 0013,- cerned the production or gas masks at the Long Island Defense Plant, The demand for gas masks in the present war has opened an entirely new field of industry call- • ing for experience pot possessed heretofore. The 'United State Gov- ernment. undertook in the emergneY to train vsoreen for this work and the experiment has proved their ef- • ficleney beyond question, according to the manager of the plant. The work these wornee do is real- ly to as5onab,0 and put together parts made in factories in various parte of the country, The rubberized fabrtc from which the mask is made, after being tested far imperfections, is died out into fale blanks, eye wash - ere. and binders; the feltbacked fab- ric for the nose and chinstraps is alit, and the various parts are stitch- ed together by women at the machin- es. Each process' is inspected by women before it is combined with any other, and Inspection' continues throughout production_ until final in- spectIon by a erops of women with special training and experience. One of the, most important parts of the mask is a. valve on whieh depends the possibility of getting rid of the air already breathed and the taking In of new air, Women inspectors try this rubber part, stretehing it and testing it for possible flaws. The hose which onneets the, .ean containing chemicals with the.mask Is tried un- der water and discarded if a bub-• bling oecurs. The soldering of the cans aner they have been filled is • one of the most picturesque of the opefeelens. Women sit on high stools beside their forg- es, from whicli issue brilliant green flames, and wield thetr soldering When compared With the size of the earth Melt The operation of atmospheric and °clank° and ether similar CALMS is • continually bringing about changes in tint shape of the earth's crust. One of tiae most interestIng at the agencies Whereby such alterations are affected 1E1 tile carrying power of rivers, Wherever a great quanttly of mad and gravel is being brought down from the inforlot of a continent ead poured into the sea, as for Instance, aiong the northwestern coot of ohe, or the Gulf coast at the United States, the weight of the earth's cruet Is slowly increased, and the cense- Vence is seen in the gradual subsi- dence of the shore. Such a sinking has been going on for thousands.of years along the North Sea coast and on the continental side of the British Channel. A similar de - ;moisten is otiourring on the eastern. edge of our own country and along the Gulf of Mexico. It hese been estimated that the Gulf coast is sink- ing at the rate of nearly two feet in a oentury. Corresponding elevations must of course occur elsewlaere. And to these slow changes in the level of the earth's crust earthquakes are due, as well as to the more violent local dis- turbances created by volcanic action. • •• IVIInard'a Liniment Cures Dandruff. 4 • I Blinding* the City. The new and better world after the war, of which we dream these days, will not build itself any more than the rubble which marks the elle of Ypres and Louvain will cores together of itself intn beautiful and splendid buildings, observee a writer. It take time and struggle and infinite patience, and if raen and women are not willing to pay the price of a new and better world, such will not come merely because they have airy visions of it. Much of (-et* talk about better •things toacome is :too cheap 'and easy and bas not enough of grip and pur- pose to make it Worth much. What COMMONeHORSE SENSE SAYS SPOliN'S DISTEMPER COMPOUND ta Is the hest ansWer for all .questions eoncernIng Distemper Z anleng horses and xnules. During the winter and spring 'menthe, when there is so much change of weather and ex- posure .to disease, a, dews of SPOHN'S each day will keep' your stable free from disease. Give SPORN'S before your :horse i knocked' out. liquidly good as preventive or cure. • SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Geshen, Ind, U. 8, A. iroan with the nonchalance born Of' experience. — There is only one process through- out production, except the operation of eertain heavy machtnefy used in tilting the cans, in' which women do not participate, 'alai Mit is rubber cementing. Rubber ceenenting with tixo filigers recuires long experience and men •frern ta raincoat and other trades lave been utilized for this, work. Women, :however, do the eel meeting, or "dotting," as it Is vaned' wheaeter a brush can be used. . After the (Iffeicat parts have been ass•Mbled, combined and inspected, tbe comp:ete mask comes to ihei liaads of 265 women who'are the'finsat hi pe tee rs. ben women are eho sena bemuse of special skill in %the defec- t! .,a ot flaw s. After careful sesealibag fete all pettire crevices the ,mileit is subjected to the light test weitth shots any imperfection which nineht otherwise ors re the eye •of theee 1289 weeten, and from their lianas are registered, packed and shipped toethe waiting armies iin Eurepe. Minard's Lninert Cues Burne, " cEte.• SENSITIVE PLANET. • Trilling • Causes Create Ng ' Charnges, in Earth's -Surface. Ono naturally thinks of the" earth's crust as being exceedingly solid and stable, except perhaps in Volcanic reg - lens where earthquakes are of fre- queiat occurrence. As a matter ot -fact, however, the shell of our planet 1.14 extremely sensitive and delicately balanced, go that ender the influence of eauses that seem altogether insig- In comparison with the gigan- tie bulk and weight of tb.e earth it yields and fluctuates in a most amaz- ing' manner. 'To an eye so placed as to be gamble, Of. taking in at one cOmprehensivie •glance the evhole round outline of the globe it would not appear of precisely • the same shape during an entire day Or even ttie hour. Most of the changes referred to are, of course, very slight God is giving 11Li, and will give us in those great aftet-theewar days, is a wonderful -Opportunity, but we shall have to meet that opportunity with heroic endeavor and self-saeraneing effort beforeitcan possibly become fruitful. Talk Is cheap and drearas are sweet an inspiring, but it is not with these alon.e thet the Ringdom of God is• builded in the earth and mankind is won for righteousness and brother- hood. Minard's Liniment Relieves Neeralgla 464, COLUMBUS' WIVES. Eis First a Portuguese, the Sec- ond a Spaniard. According to smug standards, Cel- umbus was not an ideal husband, and a woman who required a man to be at the head of the- table on time three times a day, 365 days fn the year, wouid surely have been Moot unhappy with him—or without him;, discover-, ing new worlds is not Compatible with domestic routine. • HoWever, the romance of a. super - salter was his halo. Moreover, one ihas it ou the best authority that he "was a, weelanade man, strong ef limb, of ,ft fresh and ruddy complexion, spotted here and there with freckles." Along the time he arrived in. Portu- 'gal the Italian colony attached to the country by the protection of Don 'Henriquez suffered a great loss— !Barthelemy Mognie de Perestrella, a !celebrated naval commander in the 'service of the Infant, died. He had 'been narne,d Governor of Porto Santo, one of the Madtera Iolanda, and em - ,powered to colonize it, With a grant iot great island possession. But he had not the necessary capital, and the rabbits he took devoured every green leprig In the redaced condition of the tam - Sly, an offer of marriage hem a poor tmatt of noble birth (like thentseIvo) 'was accepted, and Columbus wedded Patina VelIPPS do Perestrello. NOW o. tablet Marks the site of their lieuee in ‘ever-charraing Amebae SPeaking et their prOspects, the Mar- cptte de Belloy says: "The bride had 1\ Parker's Will Do Itiumal 1 -By cleaning or dyeing.;—reetare any articles to their former appearance and tetwel them to you, Soed al new. Send Anything from hone. held draperies down to the finest of delicate fabric. We pay poetage or express. charges one way. WHEN YOU THINK OF CLE API !Olt DYEING THINK Or PARKER'S. Our beciklet on hoUitiheld sugatietions that eetie you money will be tent free of theme. White to.day to PARKER'S DYE WORKS /AMMO CLEANERS AND DYERS 791 SiOnge Street Toronta Y t possess:one in a doted bland; the brldegreera bad e, world yet to be dis- covered." fa Madeira their ean, Diego, was born. He, in good time, Marrted Donna lifarlitof Toledo, and had five ebildren, the eldest or whom wasiin 1587, cre- ated Duke of Veregue and Marquis of Iemalca. The legitimate male line expired in 1678. Tholie of us who Pave Madeira find oureelvee wondering haw they got about In thorei (lays. D14 they travel itt 41111110Cke or ox-sledgee, as they de now? Before'cOmIng to Madeira they lived Under the same, root with the Perete trent*, ColuMbuti helping in the corn. Men support by his map drawing Kai bookselling. HOW his got romance endea, Wa- tery anith not. Later, in Spain, he bad made his WV to Cordova, to jpan Perez 4e Mtue ehana, prier of the Convent of Rabidtt, FrAnoieCen, who had the ear of tIte QUeena*Here. in the Kai% Of 0. Fran. eiscan (he had often worn it inmate°. fives of piety and poverty) he took up map drawing again. His merit ob- tinned for him powerful friends—Also the Mend Of a girl of noble birth, Beatriz lienriquez, They had a son, named Fernando. Poor Donna Beatriz! Before one year had passed Colum- bus had embarked on his "great ad- venture," and Donna Beatriz had resigned herself to her loneliness wIth a self-abnegation proving her worthy of her mate. 0 SAVED BABY'S LIFE " (Min, Alfred Traneheraontagne, St, alichet des Saints, Cate., writes:— "Baby's Own Tablets are an excellent (medicine. They saved my baby's lite anti it can highly recommend the A all Mrs, Tranchemou- •tagne's experience is that of • thou - 'sands of other mothers who have tes- ted the worth of Baby's Own Tables. 'The Tablets are a ore and safe medi- cine Or little apes and never fen to regulate the bowels and atemech thus relieving all the minor ills from, which ehildren suffer. They are field by medicine dealers or by mail at 26 cents a box from 'The Dr. Williams' 'Med- icine Co., Brockville, Ont. 4a Worth Remembering. To freehen salts fleh quiclxly, aoak it in emir malt. Save used parrafin, melt it up and use tid. lno1eum. rt will retain colors la the linoleum and make it wear longer. • A Itle.asant home deodorizer is made liyP,ouring spirits of lavender over a luriln of bicarbonate of ammonia. - If *heaped cream is to be •flavored, it should always be done before the crone is whipped. Stale im e aearoonre ground up and added to any pudding will improve the t A good shoe polisher is an outing flannel bag about five inches by eight incites. This slips over the hand and enables you to polish your shoes with- out soiling your liands. • To,remove old wallpaper, place a boiler full of boiling hot water in the room and close all doors and windows tigat. The steam will *soften the paper so that you can pull it off &s- ilt. tee ee__. Mlnard's Liniment for sale everywhere DIED OF FRIGHT. ran Who Declined to Save Zep- pelinleteeltit. Pathetic circumstances attended the fate of Skipper Martin, nf the, Grtmsba, Eng., trawler Xing Stepnen, wit° des dined to rescue the crew of a Zeppelin in the North Sea. The adventure preyed on his mind, and he died after a• nervous collapse caused by the anis.: taken belief that he had. been poieoned; He had received a number of anony- mous hitters containing threats, appar- ently from Germans in Englan.d, and When he became ill after smoking a cigarette from a packet "which hut. been sent to him by post, he was con- vinced that the cigarettes had cane, tained poison. Analysis proved that his fears were unfounded, but he Weer -recovered from the shock. "He• died from slicer fright," wee the ver - drat of his medical attendant, Thei Zeppelin Incident occurred on Feb. le. 1916, and public ()Pinion held that Martin acted rightly. The trowler dis- ••••••100.1••••••••••• We have been usirg MINARD'S LIN- IMENT In our home for a nulnber of years and use no other Liniment but MINARD'S, and we can recommend it highly for sprains, brisises, pains or tightness of the chest, soreness of the throat, headache or anything of that sort. We will not be without it one sin -lo day, for we get a new bottle before the other is all used. X can recommend it highly to anyone, JoaN wALXFIELD. Le Have Island, Lunoeurg Co., N.S. covered the disabled airship in the sea, with its huge envelope rising about : 50 feet out at the water. The com- mander offered to handsomely reeved.- Mertin and his crew if they would save.thera, but Martin deelfned alt the groend that he would not trust the Germans, "I had," said Martin, "talk- ed it over with Denny (the mate), as we were drawing near, and after etea sidering all the pro and cons, both of us agreed that if we lowered a boat and stet some sot the crew to the Zep- pelin they would at once be seeured and keet as prisoners until we did as the Gertimes *wished, which 'Would ,probabIst be that in the end we should have- them take charge of the ehip if they carne oil board, of if we refused to fetch thein oft they Would carry cur • boat and the trew Of it deem with %tient, I had all my own men tette • and elated, and I was determined to • take no ritiks. I knew what the Ger- Mane had doe° to My elase, in the North Sea, Old, besides, ZeaPallit crews dropping bombe on houses ead Womett and cbtldren didn't ap. peal to tive. Oven If the Huns hadn't provea barbarous, there 'Would still heap been a big riek, betaUse there were eighteen Germane and erne ten Of us, and you could scarcely itnagIne their allowieg us to take the% to airentilay aft prisonere. Nettling tive ettuld have dente wOuld Wive aeettented thqir taking charge of the Ueerler, seeing theyevere two to -One." aleta-etkhe thinks no Meet la geed attgli or ter. Bell—she tnes be M Wt. J1 —ot, but Ottani efift to ISSUE NO. CLAMS X)AIPX MA.N to nate cheep! or theroughbred where regleter QC performance ,WQ parried on: good, permanent Petiale right man; otenforieble heroic_ light, At Mlles from city, on trolley Jin Write. gliring all pftnticulirs as to 11,P. Sit* pertence, Halary expeqxed, and refer, encase A pie Martindale arnie, et. Ceti. (trines, t. THE SAFE: WAY TO BEND MONEY • by mail le by Dominion 11101.041A1 Money Order. SEED CORN AND OATte. PRIZia ee winning spee corn ane oats. George B. West dr Sons. Northwee Ont, )- L Araza tivAmitrt TO DO WAN and light beating at llama, vnune or apare time; geed pay. Weirlt' lent 9141 distance. Chanute paid; send ste.mo for Partieldara. National 11.1411Ufaeterthili Conipany, Montreal, faRED, TO SHOW LATH** BMtREU ••-• lioalta, Tobacco and Garden kiel#44 Write ter Catalogue Cho. Parneret Leamington, Ont. SEED Am D CORNmaa' IRA L. ultAl-TA.11, Winding, Ont., Essen county, -Tr^ FARMS FOR SALE. Et ARMS AND ItANCeileS rat SALIN • in Alberta. Write for our New Cata- logue. J. C. Leslie do Co., 301 Beveridge Block, Calgary, Alta. W.A.11111 SALE--PliSIRAD14/11 HOME- , stead—three hundred acres; , geed' rich clay loam; thriving district; near( railway; county town; largo basement barns, stabling, water -piped: 'good brlOk -house, house furneee. InVestigate qutck- ly; possession April. Frank Quautz, own- er, Barrie, Ont. Twripvin HALF ACRES—FRUIT AND * vegetable farm; three miles from St. Catharines, one from Port Dalhouele: geed shipping teatimes; Hydro electric, R' F. D. passing door; frame buildings. seven -room house; plenty water; green. house, telephone, near school; immediate eosseasjon. John J. Morris, St, Cathrtri R. 1'. D. N. 2, Ont., Lake road. BUSINESS CHANCES a. Omit DurLfinsTG FOLLY EQUIP- pewith machinery, completed 111 10- ped18. What is required to make it a ;metal* is a man who understande fully the manufacture Qf children's wooden. toys' and other woo.doware. As this .town le close -ter the hush there is quantity of suitable wood. The property .Will,tie..sold if suitable purchaser comes alone -With capital say $10,000 and we .invite,:,itn. inspection of the Plantand blinding Wm, Martin &' Sen, Box SS. North"l3ay. Ontario. 4•11771•1111•MOIMII •pROFERTIES l�R$ALE, gxCeiLLENT DRY GOoDe. STORES. Pa - tot, 'elerrister, ltcht Toronter, Georgc:Plaxton. Apply Charles W. PlaX. •• Ott7rio. Property of the late FOR SALE. E AV A40 ItistoT AV2-4nea:AriAlyP4nentv.S7gellapP, man H. limn, 132' Eastbotirne Avenue, Rarnilten ., • (*MEM TILE PLANT. EP TO DAVI"- • Tile plant. Five acres of grave} 9 feet deep. Four dry kilns arid air ma, ohinery. Value/ now 0,6,0)0, *SLI take half price on account of health, Thig is a double money maker. Also see our lists of farmsand village properties. AD-' ply to John McCormick. Real liste.te, R. 11..No. 3, Scotland, Ont. . 4•••••••111.20•11, SAVE A DOLLAR BY USING A REAL BROOM. . . Will outwear three corn brooms Will not curl up. Makes sweeping a pleasure. Order yours to -day. $1.50 de- livered. -JOHN B. OUELLETTE WINDSOR, ONT. • pamponomil••••••••01a...MO,0*.•••••••48.1.1••••.•••••111ii••••••• • Bluff that Failed: • General Planter, who .bas recently been recalled to France from Rely, can be very ironical when he cheeses, ea the fonowing story proves: • Shortly before the war, when he held the Irish command, a regiment was being manoeuvred before him on a field day, and the colonel in charge succeeded in getting his men mixed • up pretty thoroughly. • However, he went grimly on, and at last; calling a halt, rode up to Plum's' -with an air of importance, "I flatter myself that was extremely well done, sir," he !said, evidently with the idea of trying to bluff that noth- ing had gone wrong. "Oh, excellent," was Gen. taunter suave reply. "But may / ask What on earth you were trying to do?"—Pea,r- son's Weekly. • Electric Protection. Many of the devices conjured up for war service, under pressure of deep desires, will be useful for the piping time of peace. The Canadian aviator Who has designed a way to keep a Mee warm by equipping his suit with elec- tric wires may be painting the dawn of a new day for peOple who live in aPartmente wheye the janitor is cares less.—Mantreal Star. Wives and Mothers Need Not Have Sore Backaches Constantly on their teen attendrns to tile wants of a large and eteeeting family, Women often 'break dealt with nervetus exbaustIon. in the stores, factorkti ana on a farm are weak, ailing women, dragged down with torturing blieltache and bearing (town pante. Such eufferitig leen natural, but it's dangorteue, beetitme due to tilasaeed kidneys. The dizziness, ineohanie. and 01141 tontlitolate of kidney complabat ealei cure themselve3; they Maitre the ine eistaace of Dr. abliellitollte Pflls, which go direct to tber tieek of the tebuble. TO give Vitality and power to the kabala to lend aid to the bladder and liver, to free the blood et Poisons, probably there in no remedy so sec - emote.' as Dr. rtaMilten*s Pilis. 'or all Womanly Irregularities their Math is well known. . Dettuse of their mild, poothing and h.ettling effect, Dr. lIttniiltenigia-lle are safe, and ark recommended for girl* tux& women of all ages. 25c. per box at all dealer*, noose &ny eubstitute for Dr. RaMiXtnn's Pint of Mandireke and ntaterlent