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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1919-10-30, Page 6PEARLS •••.- No gent late maintained its eopiti sty through all reeordea time an la the pearl. In th e purity, liquid beat anti ebarm of poetteal isseociatien, t! erieteerat of jc weal lead') its peere, dianeond, emerald, ruby and tappet and late ever fortned the chief ante tion of royalty awl beauty. In t technical literature of science th peerlees child a the osteter Lceld called "Carbonate of lime." la t lauguage of the poet s through nii Lit it Is O. thing of beauty and a Joy fo ever; the eleye of Juno," the "tear Velells," the "gates of the Celesti City." tit fact, the pearl was ez Played, by sacred and profane aunt() as an emblem or whatever wag.' eupt. excellent and hard to obtain. A CHINESE L•EOEND, The Chinese have a tradition that ialubew gradually descended to ti earth in the forte of an iinnien pearl, which was broken into inner erable pieces, each perteet in itse and scattered throughout tbe. eart thus furnishing enank.nd with an it exhaustible supply cif the inerle gem. The Perseales, whose mei-wren adopted the pearl AS the royal end lalu, bad a beautiful store that a diet of water falling into the sea one de became ashamed and confused in, find ins itself in this immeasurable ex panse, and .exelaineed: "What, con eomparison tQ thin stoat oceun? M existencs is less thanenothing in thi 'boundless abyss." Mille th mood a shell received the modest dro of water, and it bec eine a IllagniCCell pearl; and that all pars thereafte were drops name heaven welch wer sent to sojourn In the oyster shell t teach humility and virtue ante prov that the most beautiful gems out spriieg from the lowliest source. an that virtue and worth were noteto judged by their humble surromening Other and more modern writers con tend that the pearl is formed in th oyster by a grain of sand M. a para site whieh eo irritateathabivaive the it covers the intrusive body w.tb pearly secretion which produeee th beautiful Iridescent gem. This sup posed origin has sometimes fureishe an. illustration of the adage that th most noble achievements have bee the result, of peinful• efforts, Cleopatra had a pair of pearl ear rings valued at $350,000 of our money and Lorna, Pauline, Empresa of Can gula, wore pearls all over her person valued at -over ee000,000 et ou money. In one of his triumphal pro cessions in Rome, Pompey the Gina displayed. 33 crowns ef elithrudlates elide.' one fairly loaded with flu pearls, . The popularity of the gent appeared to increase instead of. wane with time and history tanly cortiscato with the soft brilliance of the nristocratie jew- el. Marie de Medici, Queen of 'France, while attending the baptism of one of her princelifigs, wore a gown whien contained, 32,000, peerls and 3- 000 eliamonds,arteltlee pave were nes cessary to help bee -bear the burden. TOO MANY J*VV:pas era WALK. Jeanne of Na'iarrinvbett married to the Duke of Ventioree wore so manY pearls, and other newels that she coule.not wallteaan 'had te be carried to the altar bY•teennigitifiedeConstable Montmorenci, milelietOthie disgust and againet hie vigorotteeproteet. Queen Charleteinee%ngland, wore a tiara -of diamonds, .and pearls worth 5e00,000, and the Duehess of Devon- shire displayed -peleneeklaces, dia- monde and peer], pennants 'valued at e1,500,000. • It is related' of one of the mogul that be had a. tent ornamented with 125,000 pearls from the pinhead seed to the pear-shaped peudent, The largeet knowneeearl is the Hope col- lectible of the' kritishelluseum. It is one aud one-half inches long and four and Attie -halt incites in circumference and 'weighs 1,800 graine. The Omen of existing pearte, if the Boisheviki have not eateneet, is; or was, "La Pen egrina," 42 grains, pure in water and shape, It is, or was, in the Zosenin Museum at Mosenve. , THE 'FINEST PPARL NECKLACE. ea ar- tty lie n• re, is be ne of el rs r - a le 1- 40 It h; ss p y • SIR WILLIAM'S. • X+•••areeal•e•••••••••••••,,,,,,•••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••• CHAPTER XVII, One aftereoon, a few weeks .after Healtetb. Carton had cocked up the vial Innis safe, Clytie rode down the wind- ing road to Withycombe. She had started by herself -quite by heroin for she had sent the groom back with te message to elollie not to wait tea; alid it was rather singular that she heel not talten tills way to Withe.combe until after some consideration and hesitation at the crossroade. And uow, as the Imre footed mare, with gracefel and confident steps, wound her way down the steep and uneven road, she was wondering whether she was acting wisely in go- ing; for she was conaelous, painfuily conscious, that her object in visiting Withyconthe wee to see Jack Doug- . las. He had scarcely been out of her ; mind since the eventful day when she e 'hied lain fainting in his arms. She Y had tried to forget him, had told her - .8 self a thousand 'limo that it was ni- ts. most her duty to blot him from her P • memory; but it is easier for the leo- pard to change his spots than for a 1' girl to forget such an incident in her i life as that which had accompanied o the storm in the bay, eI And she knew that she wanted to d see him; sbe had waited, with more • or leas patience, for him to avail Wm- o Self of her offer and visit the lean: e, but day after day paesed, and be had not come. It was pos'sible that he had not cared to eome, that he had forgotter her -and yet something far t back in her heart whispered that he a had not done so. Was it pride that e wee keeping him away? She knew that he was ,proud, as proud as he was fearless1 and if it were pride e then— Ab! well, he was right; hat • still she'wanted to see him, to hear the deep, musical voice, now' grave ' and almost stern, now gentle gni an most tender. - A faint blush stained the ivory of her cheek as she lookal dreamet, ret I the noW leafless trees, the beech end - pipe towering above the road and. t tasting sombre shadows in the mellow , glow .be the winter sunlight. o How happy she had been in those wens.whech seemed so long ago? She had almost forgotten the mise rable prablem ot the will, and her own re- sponsibility and cares in connection with it; and fen almost as free as the eisher-girls who laughed and played on the jetty, the girls he was inclined to envy; tor they were free to live and marry whom they would, and were ,the mistresses of their own lives. Presently she came to the bend of the road, and. a, child ran out from among the trees calling joyously to her. It was Polly, and Clytie pulled up with an answering note of welcome in her voice "Why, Polly,. is it ,you? How lucky • to have met -you; for I was coming to see you?" 'Was 'tea?" said Polly, her rosebud mouth stretched, in a delighted. grin, "What a boolul horse!" "Isn't it?" .said Clytie. "Would you blEe to come up? There is plenty of room for you. See, now, put your foot In the stirrup -come to the bank where you can reach it -and give me your band. That's it!" "Do you think he'll bear me?" asked Polly, gravely, as she nestled down with Olytie's p.rin protectingly round her. "Yes, 1 think songesaid Clytei, press- ing the curly head to her bosom, "And how is mother?" "Velly Welt," replied Polly, as t matter of course. • "An' I'm velly well; it's only Mr. Jack what's bad." "Oh, is he bad?" asked Olytie, the Emile vanishing from her face and her voice lowered. Polly nodded solemnly. "Yes, he's been velly bad; so weever says, but he says no, not at all, that there's nuvving the matter wi' him. But muvver knows, cos he don't eat like Wiled he did. She says he pretends to, but he don't really," "So he hasn't seen it ctottor?" said Clytie, In the same low voice. Polly shook her head. "He got kite angry when weever said lie ehould, and 'elated that it was only eold, A cold does make 'oo pais- es'ble, doesn't it?" "It does," assented Clytie, "And you think that it is only a cold that hr the matter with -Mr, Jack?" 1don't think so," said Polly, ehrewdly, "'cos ee don't cough or blow his nose; but lie's misetsble'nUfe; and he doesn't come hence till late, an' walks about by hisself when itee too wet to work, an' he don't lieu& no more when he carries me about." "Ole he still carries you, Polly?" said Clytie, "Yes; be isn't too bad for that," said Polly, in a tone of thankfulness; "though muvver often tells him to init the brat deem -I'm the brat. I think he's going to leave Withycombe; I hope he won't, don't you, Miss Clytie?" cfytie felt as if a weight had sud- denly fallen on her heart. "1-I don't know, Polly," She said, speaking rather to herself than the child. 'If it is better for him to The finest pearl necklace of modern times is std to lire belonged to one of the royalties of Europe, but that it is note in the possession of a Chicago millionaire's Wife. It may have been the Magnificeet stratel owned by the late Empress Eugenie. its cost is said to have beehover 400,000 good Ameri- can dollars.- The strand or string contains 37 .pearls of -from 1S to 53 grains, the entire string weighing 9S0 grains. The other great necklaces belong to the Queen of England and the former Crown Prices of Germane. 'yhe for- mer, if Willie has not hocked it, is .a necklace Containing 32 pearls, valued at 'HOMO. Pearls `are of various colors com- prising white, Week, rose, salmon, bete, gray and pink, the latter of which are sometimes Imitated by.pink coral. Black pearls cor;fluind a high price. Notwithstand-eg the large eutput of artificial tee ttnita,tioti pearls, this beautiful gem above every other oranment appears to be instinctive with life when gracing a lovely neck. The best artificial pearls are made of small globes of glass, linen with wax and Ogles taken from the living fish eo as to preserve the glistening hue. New and Powerful Explosive. For many years mercury fulminate has held its place as a detoeatInit eubstance superior to all others. Of recent years, however, its place has been threatened by other campaniles welch bidfair to replace it. One of the Most promising of these is lead. aside, a telt of hydreuitric acid, This acid forms a great number of salts, as mercury aside, silver azide andlso. dlunt azide. Urge crystals of lead aside and met -cloy aside have been feud to be very sensitive to niechani- eai ishoek, says the Seientifle: Arne:l- ean, the sensitiveness inereasing with the size or the ,crystals. elven the breaking of a single large crystal is taid to bring about explosion. Crete - tale as large as 3 min. in length, when dry, often explode when brushed with a feather. 44o4,44.••••••10••••••• 14. TALKING, kanSINESS. Merritt: "A :non shout,In't bother a woman by talking burliness." / cora: "That's right, dear. If you Ltests bin., go AM talk to papa.* rott tot•Tritr, "Willie. I hoar yOit've bent fighting with one or these lel.rs vent goer and have given him a black "Yes. Two Fee. Steyrtwins and 1 vesnteci new wny to tell them sport." Mrs. Weste,way came out of the eot- tage at this mamma and eyed, the pair with a mixture of pleasure and re- proach, "Lor' bless the child! if she ain't ellus in inisehief, and makin' a note sense ot herself! Give her to ole, Miss Clytie, tieddo 'ee come in and have eup of tea." She took the ehild, giving at a loving shake, and tailed to a boy to take the horse to the stable, and Clytie followed her into the cottage, "The kettle's boiling, miss. I put it on, thinking that Mr. Jack might drop in for a top; but there"' no dependln' on him these days. The hest o* men are a worry an' a fret, and he's no better than the rest at botherin'. They're 0 trying lot, 111188." "Polly tells tee that Iklr, Douglas has been ill," 'said ante, as she cut the bread and butter, and eurrepti. tioualy covered a 'dire with sugar for JoH Hut Mr.. Wesiatvare eyes were sharp, "YOU'll spell that child, mime same kit bfr. Jade does" she said, with meek severity. "Yes; he's been ill, leamt. sententiously. Clytie hent over her teacup mid stirred the tea carefully. et) I kep' a watch on the young hussiee, Tbere's many of 'mu as have set their cap at lam, and little won- der, for he's well fevored and more - More of a gentleman then the Withy- eombe lads; but I've seen that he titian take no notice of 'eme . r'ess it's some gal In ferrie parts." "Perhaps is," assented OlYtte- "Well, be it as it may, he's changed a deal lately," Betel Aire. !Vestaway with a sigh, "He's lost hie hearty ways an' his laugh an' his spirits, for we scarcely ever hear Ithe laugh now; and he seems like a luau' be a dream, And ne's more carelos than ever; gate wet through and don't come home to change; and no bullying as I eau give him have any effect on him, as it used to do." "Mid the jetty at Pethwiek?" asked Clytie "That goes on amain, miss," re- plied Mrs. WeetwaY, with a ehrue, of impatience. "He seemed wrapped op in it,' I don't see the sense of given your SOUL to a thing and letting yew body go SterVe, Miss Clint.; and teat's what Air, Jack is doing.' "I am sorry to hear such a bad ac- count of him," said Ciytie, after a pause, and tee casually as she could. "He was- very kind to 115 -When we were staying here, you know," eirs. Westaway nodded. "He's eind to everybody miss, neptin' itimaelf ,3/ she said laconically. 'How beautiful the sea looks. I think I will stroll down to thed Dea'," Clytie said, after anotherPause. Polly would 'lave followed, bet Mie. Weetaway called her back, and Clytie went on alone. The beach was eas serted, for the men had not come Lack from Veiling; and she stood and look- ed at the see pensively and sadly. There seemed to bo something miss- ing in the ,beeuty of the scene. Pre- sently she looked toward the wooled cliff, and. saw a figure seated at the foeor. t of a ,tree, ree, its face turned fro h She knew it at once. It wee Jaek Douglas. He was sitting with his chin •'in his hands, his pipe in the corner of his mouth; and there was something so solitary, so melancholy hineehitit.s attitude, that it appealed to her Well, he had seen hine, heard of him; and now she could go back -to think of him, to dwell upon that mo- tionless figure gazing out to lea. That was the worst of it; her visit had done her no good, had only increased the restlessness, wistfulness, whish had entered into her life. She climbed the .beach, looking straight up the road before her; thee she- hesitated, and, with a conscious), nem "Of Weakness, turned to the lett and entered the wood. Her step wee so belt en the dead bracken and pine - needles that he, lost in thought, did not hear her until she was close upon hire; and he turned quickey, as she spoke his name, and, springing to his feet, stood and. looked at her as if she were a vision rather than a real- ity. "'Miss Clean- Bramley!" he said. The color had started to his tanned face, and he gazed at her with a sud- den light in his eyes, aself he halt -- doubted the tad of Iter presence, "ow do you do?" she said as calmly, as conventionally as sem could, and she fought with and mastered the blush that responded to his sudden flush. "I saw you from the beach down, there; and I came - 1 thought I would come.to ask you if you caught cold that -in the storm." "No," he said almost calmly, for he also was fighting. "No." He. laughed grimly. "I never catch cold. And you? Were you not -hurt?" She smiled. "No; oh, no. There was a tiny bruise on my forehead. where I struck it; but it has gone; at least, I think so." She 'bruehed the hair from her brow lightly, as if to show him; and henodded, nodded, his eyes. fixed on the spot. "T'm glad," he said. She seated herself on the nenk, ant otloned to the spot from whieh he ad risen, , "Won't you sit down again? And lease smoke, or 1. shall think I've isturbed you at your rest." lee put his pipe in -his mouth, and t down. Every moment Was'mel- ts, Ana he feared to cut it short; and t he was almost sorry she had come; r, quite erroneously, he had been tell - g himself, even as he sat there, that was getting used her absence, at he should in time come to forget r. "And how does the jetty get on?" e asked, clasping her hands round r knees and looking down at him tit a half -smile of interest in her es, which were, he told himself, olet now. "Oh, very well," he said. "No doubt rd Stanton has told you that we're ailing for stone. That's why I'm ooehing here. There'll 80011 be liv- ing muck to do till the' early spring; I can go away with a clear een- ence," He spoke in a careless tone, and en smiled; and Clytie nodded aeseht- glY. "You have earned e holiday, ow," she said. A.5 . she seoke, her es wandered dreamily to the seal e was wandering vaguely why she mild suddenly feel as Jr the epirit rest and ecntentment, of a 'mimj. es too nebulous to be oiled happi- ss, had fallen lightly, saothinglyn on her like the descent of a 'vvood- ve with outstretched wings, 'Holiday? Oh, I shall find twine rk," he said absently. 'And will you he long away?" elle ed. .e turned his face from her as he )Pcd. 'I -don't know. I'm half inclined leave far good," Oc dM not start; but her bandit PPed each other, and her lids droop. so that her eyes were hidden if he uld chane to turn. What would Lord Stanton do?" she ed lightly. Engage a better man," he replied. emelt, I know that it is his kind- s that keeps me Oa. Ile.tould got OM men to -morrow who know the inese bettor than I do." He doesn't think so," she maid, in ow voice. "Ho is *Inn talking of m h p sa ot ye fo in he th he 811 he WI ey vt Lo w 10 th so sei ev in kn ey sit of ne tie up do WO ask Tee • to Iet gel ed sho 1vaye, I think do, or I don't know "0 what's the matter with him. Some nes times I've thought it was the cone 0 planet moat young men get." bus "What's that, Mrs. Westaway?" I *nom" respossiod Mrs. WeataWAY 0,1 ou-he appreciates you, Mr, Doligl But perhaps you are tired of title qu plate, Oe the peeple." Be half -rose, then fell back, a smoked furiously. "No; I'm not tired or the place the people," he said Almost fiereelY "Ali! well; then there must be lie other reason, no deubt," elle Bald, w it sraile. The smile, the words spoken wit) lightneen through vvhielk he could n see the genuine distress, stung hi •,iim but hard on his pipe_ to keep t retort back; but it tome itself fr Ins lips, "Yes; there is always some on reason," he said, In a low, stern voi "and I've got mine; and it's best f roes to go." "Yeti are Unhappy here?" she sa not quickly but in a tone he was co pelted to auswer. "Yes, I'm unhappy," lie admitt ea if the words were wrung front hi "Most men are when they want eon thing they mint get." nhe stalled, "1 should have thong you were one 01 those men who alwa got what they wanted," she said, w ntheesssatne deceptive, misleading its He was silent; and she went quite calmly, though her heart w beating Met. "I mean that I should think you a 4 IvIeeryStrirebditailiar,Bl11"'" "Il Ambitious!, Well, perha you're eight, Miss Breinley. But i only been lately. Yes, I see no I'm ambitious, that's what I am; b Worse luck ney. me, I've set my min my heart, on something beyond n Something as far away as that stre of light in the sky there," He point With his pipe, and then stuck it here ly In his mouth again. "Then you will get it," she said a Most unconsciously. He looked at her, and his face pal under its tan as he shook his head. "I think not," he said curtly. She was silent a moineet; then s ,said, as it with &polite interest in t man, the fisherman, who had. been kind and attentive to her: "Can, no One .help you? Lord Stet ton -he is your frtend, I know, and h wpuld help you." He sprang to his feet and stood a most with his back to her. • "No elle can help me," he eel grimly. "Luck is against mei I ha cut the ground from under my tee there is a barrier-" Site raised her brows and took ho a her habit-skiet as it she were g ing.,• • "It sounds so strange to hear yo talk like this," she said, with a smile "in these democrat° days when me have cast down .nearly all the ba tiers between them. and wealth an tame. Why, one hears. reads, o men •rising from the lowest -rungs of the ladder to the highest positions, t all kinds of honors." Be looked at her. • "Wealth, fame, position?" he re peated, as if he were puzzled, bewilder .ed, "We° cares. for them? I mean - no, no; that's not what I want." II made a gesture with his baud, movement -of nutpietient eohtempt then leis face changed, and his eye grew wistful. "I wish I could tel you," he .said, in. a low voice. , She did not blush, but .something like fear came into he myna the fear which thrills every pure maiden when love's lips, the lips which leave 'hither- • to been. silent, threaten to unlock. "No, no!" she said. "I mean," and she blushed now. "I am not anxious -that is, 1--: Oh, I seem to have been trying to force your confidence" She, broke off in distress. CHAPTER XVIII. a He took a step toward her, then iitionip.ped and gripped his hands behind - "No; I can't tell you, Miss Bramley," he said, hoarsely. "it -it Wouldn't be right, lionest, fair. - 4 should be a mean hound! I've cut the ground from under me; 1 told you MA. I've forfeited the -right to speak; have closed my own lips. And I'd give" - his voice broke, with a laugh -"half my life to be able to tell you," She had risen, and had half -turned away from him, her face pale, her eyes downcast, as if his only partially re- strained violence frightened her -ase indeed, it did; and yet it was not all fear that made her heart throb with an exquisite pain. "But I can't," he went on, desper- ately. "Not -now, at any rate. Per- haps some day -". Ile was silent a mo- ment then, in a- quieter, calmer tone, be gontinued; "Some day, it -if luck changes, if" -he laughed with self- inockery-"If it is not too late." He thpught for an instant swiftly, and added: "Yes, that's it. I must Wait! 11-11,, witen. the proper time conies, say?" She care -will you be so gracious as to hear what I shall have to say to She was silent; and his ' mood changed, ts if lie had suddenly roulette. beard that he, Jack Douglas, Lord Stanton's man. of all work, was ads dressing Miss Beamley, of the Hail. "I beg your pardon," he said, hum- bly. "I've no right to speak to you like this, to ask you .to -take an in- terest-" Teen. bis voice grew deeper and seemed to ring with the assertion, of a right. "But let that pass, it you will, and tell me" -he made a eaPici caleulation-"if I ask you to hear my eitory in some ninths -in the spring - will you care to hear it, Miss Bram- ley?" (To Be Continued). •••*.e...••••••............• Needles. Needles go thrOugli many 6peratitne iL the course of their manufacture, They are first cut in sellable lerigthe OM collie of steel.wire. After a bath of such bits as have been Cut out. they are placed in a furnace, then rolled until perfectly stretight. Next. the needle -pointer takes up a dem or eo of the wires and rolls them be- tween his thumb and finger, with their ends on a turning grindstone, first one : and then the other being grolitid. The little ateei bobbins. are next fed into a Machine, which flattens and gutters the heads, after which thee eye. are punched. They are non' compete needles, but rough and ettaily • bent, Careful heating and sudden . cooling give thereethe necessary temper, end nothing remains but ett give them 0)61r- a/tat polish'. On a coarse cloth Imes, dies are spread to the riuMber of 40,- 00 or e0,000. Entery dust le spree( ever them, oil le sprinkled on, an eon soap daubed over the cloth, whion rolled tightly, is thrown into a pot With other, Where it rolls about far twelve ?settee or mere. Wheel talon from tele frietion bath the eietalleti require only a rinsing in clean hot water, when they are ready to he , torted and peeked. ....0•••••to *AA... Remeinber this -that there is a pro- per dignity and proportion to be ob- served In the performance of e *et of life.- armee Aurelius, as. tet nd or me ith 10 ot ut. he out ter ce, or id, ed, 01. 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Ile obtained two notes, ruing the lady orator, he *aid: "This is all the money I posses. I will halve a with you," and he beld out the seventy-five cent. She bad. to take it, and was about to commence her oration again when her question- er continued: "No, Ito. }IoW much have you in your purse? We must now divide that, since .we nee to share equally in our wealth." Reluctently she produced her purse. It was open- ed and found to eontain twenty dol- lar. The man pocketed ten dollars of this Ahauked her for her interest- ing lecture and withdrew. et • Minrd's Liniment Cures Diphtheria • • SIIARED UP FOOD With Starving Indians Though in Peril. The dayne adventure, romance and sentiment in the witds is recalled by the arrival 'at Quebec recently of two men and a woman, the wife of one of the men, after a 900-m1le drive by dog sledge across the Ungava in fifty days.. When the party arrived at' the first outpost on the brim of civiliza- tion the first act was to replenish tood supplis, which were completely exhausted, and all hands with an ap- petite.. Then the trio petalled forward The rouble is a Wm' coin, 'worth two and tenpotee in English money. The Russian equivaleut to Our "How 00 Yee do?" is "How do you live on?" There are twiee as many blind pet). pie M Reseia as in the whole of the . Iteligioue imago are forbiddeu in plauleustilan..gHence the "Ion" or sacred „ . In Siberie a dissatistied husband tears hie .wife'cap or veil off end that constitutes a divoce. Russian law permits a wan to mar- ry only .four times, and he must marry before •eighty, or not. at all. Russia, has no national floral em- blein corresponding to our rose, Ire- land's shamrock of Franc's lily. Russtans are net great eraokere. The average amount of tobacco smok- ed, per inhabitant, is but 1 lb. 3 oz. In Holland the consumption is 7 lb. per hed. V. Minrd's Liniment cures, Colds, etc. ,_ 0. • MOULD IS LOVELY. That Ou Preserved Fruit, Under Microcope, Mould over jelly or preserved fruit is justly regarded as a peat; yet scientists who have studied a under thennicroscope declare that the mould plant is a most lovely creation. These plants are associated in ,our minde with death and decay, and so an unreasoning prejudice bas de- veloped against them. In many asee teey, do .accompany decay, but, 00 the lily rises above the.foulest pond, so 0.• mould may develop its frostlike etaintinees and *wiliness, its exquis- ite coloring, in the inidst of putre- faction. Mould planee will thrive also in the cleanest 8011, and they are wholly liarudiesS, • The most common of the moulds is the Penielllium glaueum, Well known to eousekeepers as the fungus against NO MATTER WHETHER MARE, COLT, JACK Spohn's Distemper Cmpmind_ erfeotive In the treatment of one as of the other for DISTEMPR, PINK EV, 1NFUEN'ZA, COUGH or COLD. The stallion in the stud, the horse in 01e field or on the ' road, and the baby colt are all proteel.ed from disease -by an occasional dose. Buy et your druggist, SFOHN MEDICAL COMPANY, Goshen, Indiana, US.A. again after the first meal in almost e, month, because hale way across the white westes the party diseovered ten Indian 'families siewly starving, with P0 one to go for food and no one to bring any to them, The sledge perty was provisioned to the ounce for its trip of almost two months, but could not leave without doing something -although pitifully little -for the starving Indians. An- other (Aren't calculation was made and each of the three consented to live on the Mast possible ration and take a chane on accident or loss of supply by storm orother means. All except what the party believed would sustain liM epithet the cold was left with the Indians, and when the tyre ellers reached -the first outpost they were strenuously hungry. The Moe supply of the dogs could not be re- duced, as the only hope of-safty for the party was in the "huskies," so the humans ate practicany nothing while, the dogs got their regular allowance.. The story of the longnrives across the which a fights le Made at canning time. It first forme a greyish green mat and, if removed, gives forth' a fine, pOwdery dut. Under the micro- scOoe fe is a Wonderful thing, but housekeepers are probably less in- terestedin its forie than in methoda of combatting it. Tn. their struggles for existence the plantare very hardy and obstinate, and natnee has provided them witit a way of upsetting the most caeeful plans for their undoing. wf11. One scientist has found that sore may lie quiescent for two enaes A. The seteres, which .take the place" of seeda, times for a, reason thus far unknoevn to pelene, pass into' a resting stege. Inetead of sproeiting at once, they lie dormant for an indefinite period and germinate apparentlY at their own. and then; under 'favtable conditions of heat and moiatere, develop into a sturdy growth. Minard's Liniment Cures Gar9et in Cows. northern snow fields' is familiar in 4 • modern fiction, but occasionally a nar- rative of fact as in this case presents reading that maintains the essence of adventure Mad rOannnee quite as well. The spirit that surreeders food to starving savages or barbarians, mid - Way et a 900 -miles Journey over ends less snow with no surer guarantee cif safety than the willingness of a team of dogs is that which underlies the world struggle in Europe. Minartes Liniment Cures Distemper, •• Russian Re0ords. :Wealthy Ruesians are often burled III glass coffins. The income of the late ex -Tsar was £1.0 per minute. Russians speak English better that any other foreign nation, The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal in Siberia. The suffix "vitch" at the end of Russian surnames means "soli of."' Pleilommatima LONDON TO AtIR/ENT, A: Probable Railroad Journey of the Future, "Take your sein, please, for the Jeraseleni expres." Those erho live long enough to eseiite Channel tn- nel undoubtedly will hear this d1;' - tion to travelers proclaimed by ti e railway, guards if the future on the platform at Charing Cross or what- ever may be the station that in ten years' time will have taken the place of Charing Cross. And long before these things have collie to pima travelers will have become familiar with the Feel:met,' equivAent for the direction from • the lips of French railway guards in Paris, for it •is heeled, even before the end of this year, to run a direct service from Fraiiee to the Hely Land with eon •••••••••••••••••••••••• • The olothtt you were so proud of when new -can be nude to appearnew again. rib 'rico' that are drty, shabby or spotted will be restored to their former *beauty ,by sending theta to Parker's. : . Cleaning. and Dyeind la propei4donet M PARKER'S • Parcels may be sent Post or Etpress. We pay carriage one way on all orders. Advice upon cleaning or dyeingany article will be promptly given upon, request. PARKER'S DYE WORK, Limited Meaner* said Dyer*, 701 Zoo St. Toronto nections At London, flalitill and Boit- togas. The &at step %ward this great event will be the re-estebnsheleat this eummer ot the. Orient Express from Paris to flenstantinople. Before the wer, it was reesiled by 11. M. Situw, agent.genral for the Intr- uatiopal Sleeping Car COMPItIlY, the, Orient Express ran from Parte through straaburg, Munich, Vienna, Budapest aud Sofia to Constantinople. "At Strasburg" he said, "we were In the enemy's coutry, and When the War broke out all our immense rolling stock as well as that of other services, was seized. The notorioue Balkan Jug, run by the Germans, was nothing more or less than our Orient Express. The Germano stripped the coaches of their bronze inscription') and coat-ot -arms and.substituted the German eagle, On the deciaratlen of tee armistice with Bulgaria the Balkan Jug stopped running. "The great difference when the service is resumed will be that tine time it will not touch German ter. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited, C•entlemen,-L have used MINARD'S LINIM/INT oncmy vessel and in Iny fam- ily for yeafs, 00 titer the every day ills and accidents or life I consider it has no equl, 1 would not start on a voyage without it if it cost a dollar a bottle. CAPT. F, 21. DESJARDIN. 11•01.0•11011•84 ritory„ Front Paris either the Mont Cenis or the Simplon route will be taken to Milan, thene, thrOngh Ven- ice, Trieste, Agram, Nish. and Sofia to Constantinople, with a section running from Nish to Uskub, nein niki and Callen to Athens. "At first the trains Will run com- paratively slowly. Before the war It took apprexbnately 74 hoursto get froni London to Constantinople. When tee conditions become normal again I do uot think the time by the new route will be quite eo long, rrohe Nish to Saloniki and Athens, seinen geograpleically is about' the same distauce as that from Nish to Constantinople, the journey should be about 24 hours, "Tbe re-establishment of Abe ments se far as the service to Con- tOlornie.nt Express lies been on the teens outset the express will run two In; alentinople and Atheas are concerned will be practicaltf complete. At the tor some time and hope by the time peace is time, the arrange - three times a week in each three- ' eI have no doubt we shall after- ward extend the service to Bagdad end Jerusalem; and there is no rea- son why we should not link up with our -existing Egyptian services. For the Jerusalem service the Bosphorus Would have to be crossed by steamer, and the express would run from Heide, Pasha station, on the Asietic side, through Aleppo and Dameteetis, and eventually 'go on from Jetuselem k!iantara, the Suez Canal and "In addition to the Orient Express we had a herge number ot internal Services, not only in Turkey, but also In Bulgaria and Roumania, and SO Do,' They will be resumed. One sc- tion of the Orient Express which Was detached from the main service at Budpet, ren to Bucharest and oestanza; Where the .Rouniaitin• Qoyernmeet steamers were taken to onstantinople. It afforded a pleas. ant alternative route, and that also Weil be resestablisbed. "At the present moment." Mr. $rioer added, "we are running sev- vices trout Rome to Venice and Trieste, and front Paris to Mayence,, nd, of course, Owe Paris to Wes - eels feud to Isil1e," • THE FALL WEATHER HARD ON LITTLE ONES 0.444•1144•4144146 Canadian MU weather is extremely hard op Title ones, One day is warm' And bright and the next wet and old. These sudden, changes bring on colds. cramps end colic Red unlees bailey's little stoniech is kept right the result may be seriou's. There is nothing to equal Baby's Own Tablets in keeping the little oaes well, They sweeten'the stmach, regulate the bowels, break up colds and make baby thrive. The Tablete are sold by medicine {totem or. by mail at 25 eents a box from The Dr, WlIltains Medicine Co., Brockville. Ont. • 4 • f• FLOWERS OF THE STATES. • Nearly all the states have adopted an official flower ears the American Forestry Association ,of Washington, D. C., and in those that have not the question is up for discussion. The Viewers by etetes follow: Ariz„ Giant Cttue, Ark., Apple Blossom. Calif., Golden Poppy, Col., Rhin Colmbin, 000n., Mountain Laurel, De., Peach Blssom, 1L0., Orange Bloeeota, Gan Cnenokte Rose, Idaho, Syringe,. Ill., Violet Ind., Carnettint, Ioa, Wild ROSO, • Katt., Sail Plower, 1*,, Mag,nolia, • Ky., Trumpet Vine, Maine, Pine .COne Mee, Tassel, Mass., Mayflower. iiern., Apple Blossom. Monte Bitter Root. Neb., Goldenrod, Nev.,Sage rush. N. Mex., CaetUte N. C., BilleY• • N. Ye Rose. N, D„ Wild Prairie Itos8, Ohio, Soaelet tnarnation. Okla." Mistletoe. Ore., Oregyn Grape• . 11. D.,,gu i.,,Vpissolet.8 iolo war, Tex.. Blue Bonnet. Inan, nego Lily. Raosotteaderas, Wlo., Indian hint Belt*. W. Va., Indian Pettit Mesh. Wise., 'Violet. • Ama•Alutre,•••••••••••••••••. )3eware o ttompromises, Ote temptation in Making difficult decisknas is to compromLse. You aren't. sure which waris the beet, you seek Lo combine the advantages of bathe and many a time merely combine all the disadvantages .To be ewe, there are times when a compromise la the Wiatlet eouree, but there are Nat as many timee when it le cowardice and weakitese. llovr Pen one 4tu which times are which? Well, thet M ileaply another desiolon for you. ISSUE NO. ,14. 1919 .ThRMS 0R SALE VINIOAND--THE teANIA OF Vienne-. th;di,z, (Pt t'unadAl buy ten-0('l.fruit and poultry rem and MY. ilePey. Nee.'photio,or write 0.• W. At' nett, Yinelend, Ont. .p.aau von SAI.} --200 Ateitele ON Tien Gland Bane le ataintates' walk rroui ceiletionla oration 0.41d liChQ014, COneolata: clay lown, slightly rolling, gcres bush, balance clear; 3 frame hOttee, lerge barn 40x100, stone tout:dekko:, nlee armorIPlent of frUlt; be sold with QV' Without implemet's. Bargain for Aulek Sate. j. j,,, Biggar, ene Clyde Bleck. Regent 34. leamilo» Onterke F OR SALE -FIFTY OR Mons (moo terms in the eOunties of Waterloo, Wentworth, Wellington and other cowls ties; some neer the CRY et Glt: 4" NOme beatitiftil homes In the city .00 Gait and etune market gardens; all kinds of "ill "tate. APPIY 'IS, Pattereon * aee., 0 Afeelle street, On, Ont, 1 0"nO1e1' raurr FAitm, KgArt Ontari. All plantdwith the best varieties of peaches, plums, grapes and cherries: good soil: frame. bowie. For Partlettlars apply Box 3, Winona, Ont, DAN, IV 8-A01114 FILIIIT retRel-isten g.n for quick sale; city cOnVetl- lenee; $9300; $2,000 cesh; would elcohlinge. Box eel, Grinuby, to, Iron pAjoi poR SALE -34 leettES--. near St. Cathrins; new franks hoUbe aiid barn; IQ acres grapes, 8 acree,pears and pums; have always been pruned, sprayed and fertilized; owner 1A3 retiring:* if sold at once buyer can take off bal- ance of crops; price moo. F. G. Stew- is..fla'tm, atitAoltii.r. street, St. Catharines,: ashnddsawwithinsilwi. IngRbernugazocsaabwiy; 11; vnle:01,4bte_or n, frame hode, 10 roorn; barn. 40x0; wood ouiek sale, J. D. 13!.-06 Mello alone en Blume PRoPERTnes AGGIklecteer- •• 1115 311 acres -Township of Charlotte - vin, county of Norflk timber land, pro- viding lumber re and ties, pastuland and berry land; GO acres under cultivation: house, smoke houe, blaeketnith shop BralOraLLA.NE0Iii ' WREN ORDERING- Kr MAIL D SEN a. Donalnion Money Order, FARMS WANTED' 7T0 RENT. wANTrirt-Feettee TO` RENT,. GIVE ww particulars, rent, etc.: also apple orchard wttnd for thisfall or Mom with appleon it, P. 0. 13ox 85, Harall- ton, Ont. ANTED—L.FitiAllE wANTED,...-ctooD HousmcsimPER, OR " capable girl; excellent home and highest wages paid. Apply to Mrs. A. H. Tallman, 80 Delaware avenue, Hamil- ton. Ont. FOR 4A1.11 oR L' cntral; select; handsomely furnlithed; modern; hot water heated; doing a 111efit- able business; a gilt-edged proposition to O practical party to acquire a sound, well- equiPPed business property at -a right prie; seventy-flve thousand; eneasy terms; 1-3 cash; baane, if desired, e - tending over 8 or 10 years; wilInot lease. Apply Box 751 Postal Sttion Toroto, TANDARD HOTEL PROP.ERTY FOR w sale or to rent; Queen's Hotel, 40rititgo- vine; for many years *the leading CM mercis.1 hotel of Dufferin 'count; cap be PUrehased or leased on easy ternispos- sesion given N:os'. 1s,' For fall partiott- tars inquire of Mee Winnifred• Bennett, Orangeville, Ontario, SEED. CORN , • Finest grades; quality guaranted; s Row Yellow Flint, White Cap. -fetes* Dent, Golden Glow, Early Bantam SWeet, Large -eared Eureka EVergrebn Swet corn; also perfection Bean and TimotttY Hay. Buy direct from grower and save the middleman's profit. S. J. McLen0, 11, R. No, 4. South 'Woodslee, Ot. AGNTS! -WARTED A GENTS -MEN AND WOMEN,come our sole representatiVe in your district; small Capital required: `au chance of a lifetime. The Doctor Bee - del Remedy Co., Dept, It, Box 141, Mon- treal,• A GENTS -MEN AND wkriv,r,. 0, 4 4 come our sole representatiVe your district; small capital* requirdi- Thu chance of a lifetime. The.DOeter Batt - del Remedy Co., Dept. 23., Box 151, Mon- treal, Qut, Schr, "Storke," St. Andre, Kamourask. •••••••••••••••••14•*••••••4.4488•0***•11•111•41 • POULTRY WANTED. I_TENS WANTED -.ALIVE, les 0E1,1'18 " a pound f. o, b. your station., if with- in 150 miles ot Toronto. Saintiel Leis, 6O7 Dundas street west, Toronto, FARMS WANTED i' ,utroris, ATTENTIONI-WEI a large number of clients, debiting stock and grain farms, fruit farina; and chicken farms. It you desire to sell yettu. place consult us for quick and oatilifittl tory results. George W. Ilak,'Mant• ager Farm and Suburban Departmant, Ma.ckay & Lowry, 47 James street stenk, Hamilton, Ont, 'Phone Regent 151. li•Mlims......1101*••••••••••••••Monlym..••••41••••0.011MMOM•itr...1,1•10.100, A NON-ESSENTIAL. , 'I., - Totn-Did she return your loveVA '• ; Fred -Yes, Shia said site had n lass for it. ,• • • a : NATURE'S miRieR. WoMaft, AX41 healthYu4'vf there's fa sparkle Jul her eyes, rose tint in her ebeeks, and she has rich red! b 1 D. o d i There's elasticity iu every move-- %tent and a! sPringin'her 13tel)• Love: comes to every woman who hs; bounding health -but when pallid, dull eyed, languid, oh* has no magnetism nor does she appeal to any man. • Such change in feilhigs '4d looks! Aftersuffecitik pan, feeliffitir. vow,' dizy, weak and dragged down by Weadateette0 of her *ex with eyes sunken, black circles and pale eheeks-uch & wonian it quioldy restored to health by the Favorite Prescription of Dr. Pier& Changed, too, in 10(4 for after taking Dr. ,Pieree's Favorite -11• scription the akin becomes clear, the eyes btihter, the cheeks plump. It la purely vegetttbk;, Contains no alcohol. • Drgist* Wilt in tablet* or Bend Dr. Pierces B 100 for teal pcage. A:,