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The Clinton News-Record, 1898-09-08, Page 7THE Ci Iif TO 11U WHAM E4)ORM It, publisl ed every `I'H LIRSDAY at Ta 111Mb Rxcolt» Printing Homo, Albert St. CiaiLint:i.c,an., € EL1t. rase ADVE1t'rlt:1Ru n.I,TE3. l Yr,. 6 Me. 3 Ma 1 Mo. I column$uu 00 $so W $20 00 87 00 t o:umu..,35 00 20 Ou 12 00 3 00 Column20 W 12 00 7 00 2 50 Column 10 U0 9 00 5 00 1 00 Inch.0 00 3 50 2 00 1 25 1'Speeial osition from 25 to 50 per cent extra. For transient advertisements 10 Dents entese a for the first iusertion; 3 cents Per -Tine each subsequent insertion— nonpareil measure. Professional cards, not exceeding one inch, $5.00 per annum. Advertisement without spec- ific directions will be published till forbid and charged for accordingly. ,Transient notices—"Lost," "hound," "For Sale," etc. -5O cents for first in- sertion, 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. THE NEWS -RECORD will be sent to any address, free of postage, for $1.00 per year, payable in advance - 431.50 may la °barged. if not ao paid. The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted by the number on the address label. No paper discontin- ued until all arrears ',eye paid, except at the option of the proprietor. 1 W. J. MITCHELL. Editor and Proprietor. THE MOLSON'S BANK r r Incorporated by Act of Parliament 1855. CAPITAL REST • $2,o0o,o0O $I,5oo,000 Head Omee, - MONTREAL. WM. MOLSON, MACCPHERSON. President F. WOLFERbTAN THOMAS, Gen. Manager Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafts Issued, Sterling and American Exchange bought and sold. Interest allowed on Deposits SAVINGS BANE, Interest allowed on some of el and up. FARMERS. Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with one or moro endorsers. No mort- gage required as security. H. C. BREWER, Manager, Clinton. G. D. McTAGGART f Banker, ALBERT STREET, - CLINTON A General Banking Business Transacted. Notes Discounted. Drafts Issued, rt Interest Allowed on Deposits. a) -_&.c, OC.A..YZ.OR CLINTON ONT Trrneacct d6OReprresene Life lsof thebestCompanies and any information relating 10 iri'u^anoo gladly given. General District Agent for the Confederation Life Insurance Co. Money to Loan on Reasonable Rates. CONVEYANCING. ee John Ridout, Conveyancer, Commissioner, Etc. Fire Insurance. - • Real Estate. Money to Lend. Office—HURON STREET, CLINTON MEDICAL. Dr. W Gunn, R. C. P. and L, R. C. S.,. Edinburgh. Office—Ontario Street, Clinton. Night calls at front door of residence on Ratten- bury Street, opp. Presbyterian Church. Dr. Turnbull, Office in Perrin's Block, Rattenbury St. Night calls at Office attended to. CLINTON, ONT. ZELL. Miro OAIL LL1C1111. M.D. C. 51;, McGill ; M. C. P. S. 0., Ont. Late BesldentPhyeician to Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. Office—Dr. Dowsley's stand, Rat- tenbury St. Night calls at Clarendon Hotel. Dr. Shaw, Office—Ontario Street, opposite English church„ fortnerly occupied by Dr. Apple - on. DENTISTRY. Dr. BRUCE, Surgeon Dentist. OFFICE—Over Taylor's Shoe Store, Clinton, Onh Special attention to preset.. vation of natural teeth. N.I3 —Will visit Blyth every Monc'av and Bayfield every, Thursday afternoon during .' ' he summer, DR. AGNEW, DE]tTIST. Office Hours, - q to 5, At Zurich the second Thursday of each month. VETERINARY. J. E. Blackall, VETERINARY SURGEON Aten VETERINARY INSPECTOR, Qftce on Isaac Street next New Era office Residence, Albert St.; Clinton. LEGAL. Scott & McKenzie, BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC, CLINTON AND HAYFIELD. Clinton Office—Elliott Block, Isaac et. Hayfield Office—Open evegy ;Thursday —Main street, first- door west of Post Office. Money to loan. 'James Scott. E. H. McKenzie. E. Campion, Q C., dater, - Solicitor, - Notary, &c., GODERiCH, ONT. OFFICE—Over Davis' Drug Store. Money to Loan. M. O. Johnston, Barrister, Solicitor, Commissioner, Etc. GODERiCH, - ON I'. OPPTcB--Cor. Hamilton and St. Andrew's Streets. W. Brydone, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, &c OPEICB BEAVER IiLOQK, - CLINTON, y iliousness to caused by torpid Uver, which prevents dlges. (ton and permits food to ferment and putrlfy In the stomach. Theo fellow dizziness, headache, O k,somina, uervuasaess, and, If not relieved, bilious fever pr blood poisoning. Hood's lle stimulate the stomach, ;ouso the liver, mire Iteadacha dlzzfrtess, con. t,patton, etc. 25 cents. Sold by all druggleta, he ogls fills w take with liaod's SartapartUa, GO TO THE • Union Shaving Parlor For first-class Hair -Cutting and Shaving. Smith's block, opposite Post Office, Clinton, J. EMERTON, Pruprie tor. CENTRAL BUTCHER• SHOP. FORD & MURPHY, (Successors to J. W. Langford.) Raving bought out the above buiineRs, we int.enti to conduct it on the cash prin:'.ple, and will supply our oustotnere with the best meats at the lowest paying prices. Ford & Murphy. Live Hogs Wanted. Highest Market Price Paid, D. CANTELON. Clinton• GEO. TIIOWl1LL, Horseshoer and General Blacksmith Albert Street, North, Clinton. JOBBING A SPECIALTY. Woodwork ironed and f3ret-alas+ materia] and work guaranteed. Fara) implements and machines rebuilt and repaired. TO THE FARMERS! Study your own interest and go where YOU can get RELIABLE - HARNESS I manufacture none but the best of stock. Beware of shops that sell cheap, as they have got to bye. Call and get prices. Orders by mail promprly attended to. John Bell, Harness Emporium, Blyth, Ont The 1IeKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Farm and Isolated Town Property Only Insured. i OFFit''ERS : George Watt, President, Harlock P.O.: Jas. Broadfoot, Vice- Prete, Searorth P.O.: W. J. Shannon, Sec'y'1'reas., Seater h, P.O. ; Michael Murdie, Inapeotor of looses, Se<forth. P.O. DIRECTORS: James Broadfoot, &+aforth ; Michael., Mur - die, Seatorth: Oenrse Dale, Seaforth ; Geo 'go Watt, Tlar,ock ; Thomas E. Hays, Seater' h ; Alex. Gardiner. Leadbury: Thomas Garbutt, Clinton; John MoLeal, Kippen. AGENTS: T'hotnas Nellnne. Harlo-k: Rob, et McMillan, Seaforth and James Cummings, Egmondville, Parties desirous to effect insurance or tram sect other busineas will be promptly atten'ed to onapplioatton-tortnyof the above officers addressed to their respective post offices. Grand Trunk Railway. Trains arrive and leave Clinton Station as follows : Buffalo and Goderich District :— Going West, Mixed tors a.m. Express 12.55 p,m. it " Mixed 7.05 lam- " Express 10.27 p.m. Going East, Express 7.40 a.m 2.55 p. m. " " Mixed 4'35 P.m. London, Huron and Bruce :— Going South, Express 7.47 a.m, ,t 4.30 Mtn. Going North, " 10,15 a,nt. 6.55 p.m, 'M. C. Diel{SON, W. E. DAvts, Dis. Pass. Agent,G. 1'. 8z T. A., Toronto. " Montreal. A. 0. I'ATTISON, G.T,R. Agent al Clinton. " t. .4 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anyone sending a skeieh and deecriptlori may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention 1s probably patentable. Communtcn- tlone strictly confidential. tfaudbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Go. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Lnrrest clr. cutatlon of any scientific journal. Terms. $3 a ear; tour months, $1. Sold hyali newsdoalers. � 1UNN ,Ce 361Broadway, New York Braneh se. 125 F st.. washtnaton, D. C. EMAA RRASSING. I felt really sorry for Mr. eekton the other night, said, tlw man who is giveh to gossip. You know, he used to he quite a singer in his youth. Did bis voice fail him 2 No. He didn't give it n, chance. Some thoughtless person asked Moil to sing that old bass solo, "Let All Obey," in the presence of his wife. RECONSIDERED. His Wife—There is my dressmaker's bill. Please draw a check for it. The Judge, absent-rnindedly—I will take the papers and reserve my deci- sion. His Wife --Yon win—what. ? The Judge—Motion granted—with Costa. BTU ICI{ CURE. I've cured my husband's insomnia. How did you do it Pretended I was sick and the doctor left medicine which Henry Was to give me every half hour all night long, On the Farm. e0 EARLY LAMBS. If you want to raise early Lambs for market begin now. You can complete the whole process without interfering with your stook pasture, Get good ewes two or four years old and put them in- to the mowing and let them have good fall feed, let them breed as soon as they will, give shorts and silage and a little grain and keep them gaining in flesh. Be careful to increase the food gradually to avoid bringing on scours, says an eastern exchange, and have thehsep fat enough for mutton when the Limbs are dropped. Then a. slight increase in i,uceutent food will keep them in the same condition while giving milk, and when you take the lambs away give dry feed entirely till the milk flow stops and in a short time the eh. ep will be ready for, the butch- er. heed the lambs middlings and meal with sliced roots or silage as soup and as much as they will eat. All this has been done and sheep that cost $2.50 in the summer hive sold the next April for $4 and their lambs for e5 with- out any bother of fencing a sheep pas- ture. But. the sheep will not do this without the care of some one who knows sheep and un'teratands their n 'eds and symptom{. As this is merely a specu- lative bus)ne,s. to be joined to dairying or other special farming, it is not re- commended for people who+'are not pre- pared for it, nor for men who depend on average hired help. Tht'.re are but few farms so well cultivated that they would not be improved in productive- ness anal profit by having sheep fo about one-third of the stock pasture and hive the pastures so divided that the sh.'ep could have one and the cat tle thi other, too. In this way the pas ture can lx, at least partially cleare of weeds and bushes, and a little ext feed will secure a lot of early lambs to be. sold before the sheep are turne to pasture. put a shovelful of hot coals into it. close the house up tight and do not op- en it for two or three hours. Burn all the old nest straw, paint the nest boxes inside and out with hot coal tar, and also the roosts. Whitewash the house thoroughly inside and outside, and you are rid of the mites. When these pests get start only the most heroic mea- sures will rid a place of them. When the house is once glean it ie easy to keep clean if properly attended to when necessary. The man who white- washes his poultry house once a month in summer will newer complain of mites in the house. A good spraying pump is very useful to get the wash in the cracks. A little carbolic acid and coal oil in the wash is beneficial. Give the inside of the house a good drenching. But do not attempt to do this with your Sunday clothes on, or any suit worth wearing outside. It is hard on the mites and clothes at the same time. HAVE NO FEAR. There is Very Little Danger or Death by Lightning. The death rate during the average thunder -storm is less than one to ev- ery million human beings in the af- fected area. In large cities the mortality is gen- erally lees, while in the country 1t is frequently greater. The danger of be- ing struck by lightning, it will be seen, is out of all proportion to the fears which many people have of thunder bolts. A great deal more care is taken to guard against this danger, than is exercised to prevent people from fall- ing out of windows or being run over in the streets, and yet these causes give rise to many more desths than r thunder -storms. t A large city is a safer place during - a thunder -storm than a village or sub- s I urban districts. Modern buildings ra with their tall steel frames act like so many lightning rods to connect the d charged atmosphere with the ground and thereby prevent violent discharges. The water, gas and steam pipes which pass continuously from the top to the bottom of most buildings also serve to conduct electricity to earth. When a flash of lightning strikes such a build- ing it is usually conducted to the ground without inflicting personal injury. The most dangerous position in a modern building is near the base of a system of pipes that are not well j grounded. The chances are that the, lightning will jump from them to the ground, and a person standing near might be BTJRNING STUMPS. The months of August and Septem- ber are the'hest for the eradication of old stumps. Nothing connected with farming is more aggravating than those "th:rns of the ground." How often do my thoughts wander back to the time \ellen' I had to plow and har- row and cradle and harvest in these stumpy fields. But my father was a fighter ig inst stumps, and year in and year ou,. scores and scores of stumps were cut and dug and grubbed out. Of course i is tedious and laborious work to dig ;tnc1 chop these slumps of trees and it is too costly to blast t hem. There is no better way than to burn them out, and this may be done by a simple and cheap method. A sheet iron cyiinder large enough to slip down over the largo stumps is used. This cylinder tapers into a cone-shaped figure the size of a stovepipe. Several joints of stove- pipe are then added to this and the whole afperatus is placed over the stump. I'revious to this the soil is dug away from around the stump and a fire is kindled; then the cylinder is added, the smoke evolves from the pipe and you hive a good working stove, principle complete. The stump will he burned up as completely as if it were put in a stove manufactured for the purpose. At this season of the year the dryness of the stumps will render them in good condition to burn. There is more profit derived from the de- struction than many suppose. More work can be done in a day in a field free from stumps, and a larger yield will also be the result. Spare nothing to rid yourself of every stump on your farm. FACTORY TESTS FOR CIHEESE, In order to protect himself as well as his conscientious patrons, the mod- ern ch_ese-maker must be able to judge with accuracy the quality of milk brought to his factory. Smelling and tasting are the most common methods but it is readily seen that neither one nor both of these methods can be used satisfactorily. For the purpose of esti- mating rapidity the acidity of milk, the Wisconsin station has devised a methol tailed the alkaline ttblet test which tuny be readily used as the milk is delivered at the factory. The apparatus consists of a white tea cup, a four, six or eight ounce bottle and a small measure with a capacity of about one-half ounce. A solution of the tablets is made by placing, as many in the bottle as is indicated by its cap- acity in ounces. As the milk is deliv- ered at the factory the measure ie fill- ed from 1h,'. weigh can, and poured in- to the white cup. The same or anoth- er measure is filled twice with the tab- let solution and emptied into the cup of milk: The liquids are mixed by giv- ing the cup a quick'rntary {notion. If the milk remains white, it contains more th;tn two-tenths of one per cent of Acid. If it, is colored, even a faint shade of pink, after being thoroughly mixed, it contains a less amount of acid and is therefore so far as acidity goes suitable for the manufacture of cheese, CAKE OF THE HORSE. Here is the Mark Lane Express' idea of how horses should Ito cared for: The animals should be first watered, then fed, and while they are eating their corn the lied i'i turned up, the stalls mucked out, the feet picked out wite the pieker, and the soles, frogs and walls well brushed with the water brush, the shoes being examined to see that they are firm and serviceable. Thorough grooming with brush, curry- comb, sponge and linen rubber. Sick and idle horses require groom- ing ay much as working animals do to keep them in health. if horses got more effi, lent grooming there would be fewer complaints Its to "surfeit," pim- ples, blotches, hidebound, roughness and other things that affect the health and spoil the appearance of the animal. and there would also be less demand for alterative and "condition" powders, which are generally rendered neces- sary through the skin becoming un- healthy owing to its neglected condi- tion. The cleaning out of the foot is an im- portant point that is entirely neglected with most of our farm horses. Of courts°, when out at pasture it is not necessary, but where horses are in the st.nhle continuously the feet should be Tooke, after better thiint they usually are. TO FUMIGATE A POTII,Tii,Y HOUSE Remove everything, nest, perches and all. Put n pound of eulphur in an iron kettle, set. it in the middle of the house, a THE CHINESE ARMY. it is tbo Most Ilnlque Organization to the World. Maj. A. E. J. Cavendish, late mili- tary attache with the Chinese army, says that in many respects the army of China presents a curious example of the unfittest, according to the London Globe, In the broad outlines its scheme is simple and suited to the country ; nevertheless, with the char- acteristic Chinese love of detail, in its minutiae it is exceedingly complex, Owing to an equally characteristic want of exactitude, although returns, as rendered by separate accountants, are often beautifully worked out to the thousandth part' of atael, yet in a combination of these returns nothing balances. Every province has its sep- arate "army " The writer gives an interesting ac- count of these forces, and proceeding to general remarks, says: Much of the utter inefficiency of China's army is explained by the native saying, "Do not use good steel to make a nail nor take a good elan to make a soldier," which is most thoroughly acted up to. • On almost every occasion in 1894-95 the Chinese troops refused to stand up to the despised Japanese. Small won- der I when of the hundred of thousands who, since 1802, have been "drilled" with foreign weapons, not one in 50,- 000 0;000 has been taught their proper use. Musketry and artillery practice is limited generally to HANTILING THE WEAPONS, ' and instruction in the use of rifles and , field guns is not thought necessary ; nay 1 it is opposed. In January, 1895, several thousands of men bad been collected at Shanhai- Kuan, under Gen. \Vu-ta-eheng, to reinforce the armyin Manchuria; new rifles and field guns had been served 'out, and the force was to move early In February, yet on January 20, the men fired their rifles for the first time, and barely 1 per cent of hits on a target 200 yards distance ensued; as for the guns, not a soul knew how to load them or set a. fuse. and when at length one was fired with the aid of the foreignera present, the ammunition was so defective that, alt hough the gun iwas 1ai.ci for 5,000 yards, the shell only trveled 350. Yet these Wren were sent a foreigner having been haughtily re - north to fight at Tien-Chuang-tia with- out further training, instruction by fused. To be a soldier is to lose caste in China, to imbibe foreign notions is worse still, and incurs the hatred and suspicion of the civilians, who in real- ity govern the army and navy, so much so that to be a graduate of the foreign schools is an almost certain ba to promotion ; in the military and oth- er schools estt.blishel by Sir Robert Hart and the viceroys at Peking and elsewhere the students have to be bribed to attend, so as to compensate them for the socia1 disadvantages of foreign education. if we add to this the natural contempt for foreigners ingrained in the Chinese nature, we have potent causes for the wilful lazi- ness and ignorance of officers, which is truly appalling; alas, that they should add COWARDICE AS WELL. A general near there being ordered, to keep a sharp lookout for the Jeekin- ese, whose landing was hourly expect- ed, did so by asking the railway station plaster to send two coolies to the coast to look for the enemy i His was the plan of arming his men with bags of pepper to be thrown in the faces of the Japanese, who, while engaged in sneezing,' would all be slain by the Chinese spearinen 1 It seems a. libel on the human •rune to say that out of the manhood of 300,- 000,000 of Chinese a body of good sol- diers4canngt be made, and with the ex- ample of the army which has been evol- ved from the Egyptian fellaheen, it may be premature to call it impossible But China herself cannot do it ; the very best human material and the most elaborate instruction would be wast- ed under the existing native official, who steadily resists all reform in his maladministration. Nevertheless, the docile soldiers and sailors of China have never yet had a chance of showing under proper management what, are their real capabilities; should they un- der European tutelage ever prove them- selves in any numbers to be of real military value, the "Yellow terror" may not be a mere fi.gment of the sup- erheated brain. INSTANTLY ANNIHILATED. \Vi,h the exception of this position, one part. of a modern building is quite as safe as another. The precautions tnk.• en by people to hide from lightning are almost always unnecessary. It reminds one of the ostrich which, when pursued, fancies that by hiding its head in the sand no one sees it. Many people will not sit near an open window during a thunder -storm, or even in a room in which a window I has been left open. Their idea is that' i lightning will follow the current of air j entering the room. Again, they will retreat as carefully as possible to the! centre of the building, taking refuge under a staircase or in a closet. As a matter of fact the lightning is not like- ly to pass through the walls whether , the windows are left open or not, and a current of air is not a non-conductor of electricity, unless It is saturated with moisture, and even then the j cha noes of lightning following it are very slim. Lightning seldom enters the side of a house. . ' ; It follows that the danger one is sup- , posed to incur by sleeping on steel springs or beds with iron -frames is , slight. It is commonly supposed that any mass of metal tends to attract the lightning, and people therefore consid- er machine shops or hardware stores dangerous places. The truth of the matter is that they are perfectly safe. for a man runs more risk of death eating a fish dinner than he does lying among metal pots and pans during an electric storm. CHRONIC DISCONTENT. It is trite to say that we miss half of the good of life by discontent with our surroundings. But, although trite, we pay so little attention to the truth of the statement that we still go on making the same error, and "look be- fore and after and long for what is not." Says Charles IBaudelaire: "Phis life is a hospital where every patient is" possessed with the desire to change his bed. This one would prefer to suffer before the stove, and that other thinks he would recover by the window." The probabilities are that the malady of discontent would follow the so-call- ed patient wherever he might be situ- ated. He, like the heroine of Mrs. Whitney's Hitherto, is "always fold- ing up his soul with a thorn i t."Or, if the prick isnot in hiss it is in his lot in life, and he makes himself. and his friends miserable by expatia- tion upon it. Such a person is the most wearing companion in the world, for he makes a constant drain upon our sympathies. And the amusing part of it all is that when this present time over which he makes so Bruch moan shall have become the past., he will then call it the "happy past," and heave a sigh at the thoughtthat it can- not return. Thus he darkens all bis pathway through life with foolish discontent, while "the beautiful around him lying" is unnoticed. An excellent cure for this disease of discontent is for a man severely and mercilessly to examine himself and ask why he should be particuln.rly blessed above others, what especial virtue he posses- ses that, should eall down upon his head showers of blessings. If he is frank he will aeknowledge that so deep-seated its his complaint that he would find some cause for grievance against such show- ers. For the person who recognizes his fniling and is anxious to curet him - :self of it, a goodpractice ie that of attempting to count the negative merc- ies—the immunities from pan, sorrow, illness and bereavement, He will be speedily overwhelmed, first, with a realization of his blessings, and next, if he he good, for anything, with shame that he could ever have hoen discon- tented. Morbid unhappiness is a habit, and a wicked ono, and all tendencies toward it should be rigorously checked from infanny to old age. Once let it take root, and it grows with fungus- like rapidity. NOT AS PLEASANT AS DRIVING. He—Did you ever ride in a horseless carriage ft She—Yes, once, Ile—How did von like it.? She—Not at all. The fellow had to nee 1)001 hands to work the lever. • WALES'S FRENCH MENUS. At all dinner parties given by the Prince and Princess of Wales the menu is invariably couched in the French language, no matter what the nation- ality of their Royal highnesses' guests may be. But with the Queen no hard and fast rule obtains with regard to the language employed for the menu cards, and these, decorated with views of Rucki.nghani Palace, are printed ,in colors_ Acelp for the Rarer is %hat a great many men and 'women are looking for p help against approaching baldness; help against %'hifening locks; help to restore the lost gloss to the hair; help against fading tresses; help for the scalp attacked by dandruff. AYER'S HAIR VIGOR offers fast such help. It restores gray or faded hair to its original color, gives It length, thickness and gloss, and removes dandruff. "My hair was rough and broken and began tofall out. Tho use of but ono bottle of .AYER'S HAIR VtoOR both checired the falling out and rendered my hair smooth, glossy and in splendid condition. It is the finest of dress. toga"—MRs.1(. L ,SMITH, Silver Creek, Miss. "Some yeare ago my hair began to fall out and I became quite bald. By advlce•I tried 6,2(gers �alr 1 Vijtor and very soon my heir ceased to fall out and & new and vigorous grovrth roadie its appearance. My hair is now abundant and itlopey "N.TROB. DUNN, RRookvill , Wis. PRIVATE PERFORIANOES1 HOW IT FEELS TO PERFORM BE- FORE HER MAJESTY. It Is Regarded As a Great Hol[nr To Be "Commanded" to Entertain the Queen In Waterloo Chamber -Experiences of An Actor at Balmoral. When Her Majesty Qun Victo wishes to see the performanceeeof any play, or scene from one, by some special company, a note or verbal message is sent to the manager of the company a day or two previous to the appointed time by the Lord Chamber- lain, or some other official acting for him, "comman,ling" the company to appear. At the time arranged for, supposing the performance is to take place at Windsor Castle, it will have to be done in what is known as the "Wat- erloo Chambers," as that is the best room for such performance that the Castle boasts. During the preceding day the scen- ery and dresses required are sent to Windsor, and all is got ready. Natur- ally, owing to the room being designed for quite another purpose, it is not so "handy" as the ordinary theatre for the artists' requirements, but they make the best of it. After dinner, which Her Majesty al- ways takes at nine o'clock, she is, its elute, ready for hearing the perform- ance. This, therefore, never hegine before ten, and often it is half -past, Generally speaking, it last) from one hour to two hours; the Queen practi- cally never goes beyond that now. The play does not begin until she gives the signal, through the official attendant, that she is ready.' There is, as a rule, no applause, as everybody takes their cue from the Queen, and it would be contrary to etiquette for Her Majesty to applaud.. But if sbe has particularly enjoyed the perform- ance she sends for the artists and manager at the close of it, and person- ally compliments them. A day or two later the manager re- ceives from the Chamberlain a letter, saying how much the Queen ENJOYED THE PLAY, and this note is often accompanied by personal presents in jewelry, etc., to the principal actors and actresses. "We are, of course, glad," said one who had been thus honored, "to be called of 'commanded' to appear, but it is often an awkward business. For it is no joke to get a lot of scenery. to Balmoral in the middle of winter at a day's notice 1 1 have recollec- tions of being half frozen in the pro- cess before to -day. But there is one thing you can ever reckon on, and that is the appreciation of the Queen for all really good work of any kind, whe- ther it be singing or acting. And no woman I ever knew puts you at your ease sooner." "Nobody could possibly be kinder or more encouraging than the Queen and her sons and daughters when you sing or play before them at court," said a private individual who has more than once entertained royalty, including the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales. "I well recollect what a. 'stew' I was in when I first received the well known 'command' to appear at the palace. Yet you will he surprised to hear that ice my cake it did not 'com- mand.' It was an invitation which said that Her Majesty would like to hear me—just as you might send from one friend to another." And he showed the note, which he treasures highly., "You ask what happens when we gets to the palace? Well, I was shown into a wailing -room by the servants, and soon was joined by Lord Dash, who was waiting on the Queen. He told Many persons cannot takQ plain cod-liver oil. They cannot digest it. It upsets the stomach. Knowing these things, we have digested the oil in Scott's Emulsion of Cod- liver Oil with Hypophos- phites; that is, we have broken it up into little glob- ules, or droplets. We use machinery to do the work of the . digestive organs, and you obtain the good effects of the digested oil at once. That is why you can take Scott's Emulsion. Sec. and $1.00, 511 druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto. me that Her Majesty was at dinner, and would be ready for me in fif- teen minutes or so. In the meantime he showed me into the drawing roo..l, to see t hat the piano was all right and to arrange the music. I had a pro- gramme, so hastily made out as I came along in the train that it was written on an envelope, and I lied barely got ready when the door opened and in came TIIE PRINCE OF WALES, "Being introduced to His Royal Highness by Lord Dash, he was most interested in what I was going to play, and, indeed, practically took upon him- ' self the post of master of the ceremon- ies. For when the Queen came in just after, H.R.H. introduced me to her and told her what l was going to play first. Indeed, he did more than that; for he said, quite loud, 'It goes like this'—at the same time humming a few bars and moving his fingers as if playing. "So I went through the programme; it 'took nearly an hour. I was called to the Queen in the middle and at the end of it, an dshe graciously ex- pressed the pleasure my performance 1 had given her. You oan take my i word for it when I say that, of all the great audiences that I have perform- ed before, I have never found any' more kind and sympathetic than these email audiences of royalty in the drawing rooms at Windsor or Osborne. "Yes, after the performance is over there is refreshment provided, for the royal family never overlook anything that can contribute to the artists' comfort in any way. And not one of them is ever too proud to come and ask a question about anything that has specially struck them, but which they do not quite understand. I have play- ed before most of the aristocracy of England in their drawingrooms—and at one place was actually asked to go in- to the next room and have something to eat with the butler I—hut for real appreciation of one's work, and per- fect gentlemanly treatment in every way, there is no audience, in my esti- mation, like that one gets when one gives a 'private performance before the Queen." FALSE REPORT. I was very sorry to hear that you had failed, Jones, said his next-door neighbor. It was aslander, sir. I did not fail. It was my plans that failed, sir. Had they succeeded I could have paid every dollar I owe and bad ahandsome for- tune left. TOMB COVERING NINE ACRES. The most magnificent tomb in the world is deemed to be the palace Tem- ple of Karnak, occupying an area of nine acres, or twice that, of St. Peter's at Rome. 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