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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-06-11, Page 6GREAT ASSISTANCE. eight? Lealfn round -=Tee, a bit. 1 got out of the Ivor of the fire engine, One Sure Cure, 110r turd to be a small drug eist•al1d pour ns pot Vert y, bili now hits manuftacturing and sidling a S000 cure," said Towne, "A sure cure for what?" asked Brown. "Why, a sure cure for Ills poverty. I guess that's about 10.PhiladeIphha Press. Very Sarcastic, "Lady," said Meandering Mike, "1 don't blame dot dog of yours for tryiu' to bite me." "Why not?" "Because it shows its intelligence, De last time 1 came dis way I handed him a piece of pie you gave me"—Washing- ton Star. Dark and Dank. "Well, I d'know;" doubtfully said Far- mer Iiornbeak, relative to the proposal of his nephew, a recent graduate from an agricultural college. '\Tebbe tierce money in eultivatinmushrooms, but where could we plant 'em ? They require a 'damp, dark, dank place to grow in, don't they!" "Yes," was the reply, "And 1'I1 tel? you what, Uncle Ezra, h'e'll rain, them in the parlor;"—Puck, Improving. Father—It's only fair to tell you that 1'no pleased with your economy this term. Your requests for money were too fre- quent last term. Son—Yes, father -1 thought so, tool so this term I've had everything charged. No Room. "Simpkins refuses to have his flat pa- pered," reported the agent of the build- ing. "What's the matter now?" inquired the owner. "He claims they haven't roost enough as it is."—Judge. Not For Him. "Why don't ye take a short cut whin • ye're loin' to yer work?" asked Cassidy. "Shure, ther is no dacint short curt," replied Casey. "Of course, there is. Ye could go across the Comthry Club's grounds." "Shure, that's not dacint. D'ye think 1 want to be took for a golf plaper?"- Catholic Standard and 'limes. The Prize Puppy. -hiss Caddie—Yes, May Boxley is just ne nod at her father as site ran' be. There was a little. puppy with a great pedigree that she wanted hint to buy tar her, and the wouldn't do it. Miss Amon—What was it? A french count or a German baronet?—Catholic Standard and Times. Its Modesty. "This village enjoys the reputation of being the birthplace of two members of the Legislature and one Congressman, does it not?" "N'opet" replied the landlord of the Pettyville tavern, who was a pessilfii+tic • old gronch, anyhow',. "It just has it, that's all"—Puck. Alsoa Silver Wedding. Mrs. lloowsitt—Mr;. De \oeuy cele - Mated her silver wedding yesterday. airs Askitt—But silo hasn't been mar- ried 25 years. Mrs. Knowsitt—No, but ape's been married 25 times, -Illustrated Bite. Sworn Off, She—Hoy did that anti-nlcoho'-:e tab- let net that 1 put secretly into your tea the other day? He—Fine! I haven't touched a drop since. She --What —of whiskey? is—Na—of tea!—Illustrated Bits. A Decorative Accomplishment. "So you are going to teach your daughter music?" "Yes," answered Mrs, Thingilt, "just 'enough to give us an excuse for having a piano lamp and a mahogany music rack."—Washington Star. Fashion. lanicker—Do you think hoopskirts will ever return? , Bock,'—TheWomen are wearing therm on their heads this year. Did He Escape? "The evening woe oil," continued the Naar who was telling the story. "Excuse ane," interrupted one of his audieice, "but can you tell me what the evening wore on that occasion?" "I don't know that it 10 important," retartet1 the other. "But if' you i n st knot 1 believe it was the :close -of a summer day. A Historic Retort. The tear correspondents were compli• melding Capt. dolly Pitcher on the con- spicuous courage she had displayed at the battle of Monmouth. "It WAS nothing," she said, '1 0111']? wanted to show that my other name isn't Coddle." For, verily, true bravery, unlike genius, v2unteth not' itself, is not puffed up.— Chicago 'Tribune. New Etymology. "What do you mean by fanfare?" in- quired the circus enthusiast. • "Peanuts and pop, anisweretl the base- ball fiend. THE QUEBEC TERCENTENARY. A Magnificent Spectacle to Be Presented With a Gorgeous Historical Programme. The romance of Canadian history is just, beginning to dawn on the average Canadian citizen. The preparations for the great tercentenary celebration at Quebec, which commences ou July 20 netrt,.iiave resulted in an amazing amount of historical information being disseminated throughout the length and breadth of the country. The prepara- tion of the costumes for several thous- and performers, all of whom must be garbed accurately from an historical point of view, has entailed an immense amount of original research. Probably never since the beginnings of Canadian history has there been such a ransack- ing of the archives, libraries and mu- seums of the country for historical data to be used in the planning of the great pageant tableaux and procession which those in charge state will be unique in the history of the continent, and, 111- deed, in the history of the world. From all parts of Canada, from Eu- ropa, from the British colonies reycnd the seas, the cry is coming: "What will there be to see at the Quebec teretnten- ary cetebrationl" The master of the pageant, Mr. Lascelles, who had charge of the Oxford pageant last year, and is to be in charge of the London one next year, has entitled a sketch of what. will take place under his direction, ins pro- gramme will surely fill every Canadmn heart with a glow of pride end antici- patio's. Here mutely will be taught more Canadian history during the nftornoous of the pageant tableaux than all the text -books ever written! From a great stand on the Plains of Abraham, ilnIding 30,000 people, facing the mighty St. Lawrence River, the spectators will look down and watch the stirring scsn-is o' early days, When the strains of mime die away, we will see a group of wig - Mame set beneath the trees, and a 'wild Indian dance in progress on the banks. Then Jacques Cartier, the great S?. Malo sailor, comes into view. He is atteuied by his hardy mariners in their teeny - colored caps and blouses. On their shoul- ders they bear a huge cross troined with the golden lilies and the rawal00ms of France. This they plant in alio. earth In the midst of the assembled Indians. Cartier reads to the Indians, as he r_ad nearly four hundred years ago, the fsw• lllar word: of the holy gospel of id. John, Then down he goes to tar: river to embark on the ship which is to take him back to France. So the French pioneers and +its 'In- dians pass out of view, and we are transported to the court of Feence: T re same „green sward is under f ».. load the same sky is overhead, but the eme- ry strains of music and groups of gay courtiers show us that the scene is no longer a little village on the rive" eYt, but that it is the court of gra: vis Pre- miere at Fontainebleu. Cartier epee tie, back from hieourneys in the new world, tells of his wanderings eat the mighty river, and presents some Indians to the King. Another ,Thema l;u court scene, and we see. Champlain reales from Henri Quatre at the Louvre the royal commission to set out for teat die - tent land whither Cartier had gone be - lore. The scenes float by, and we Fre Champlain and his girl wife reeeivtd with wonder by the savages, And now Champlain and his wife have long Pi1100 passed away. The little Indian village of Stadaeona has become Quebec; the population has become 200;; the Govern - eV, Montmagny, goes down to aha river side With }tis guard Red rep:ev'ns the gentle Mother Marie and the ladies `ram old France, who have glean up their lives to bring the name of Christ to the new country. Then comes the rerrilde fight of Dollard against the fierce leo- g0oie Indians, and *hen the war whoops have died away, and the illumination from the final burning of the fort is over, there comes the sound of chant- ing, and the great archbishop and pa- triot, the saintly Mgr. de Laval, goes down with all the stately ceremony of the Roman Catholic Church to meet the representatives of the King of France. Then we gee de Saint Lesson taking poseession of the western country with stately ceremonial. Then there is final- ly a gorgeous pageant procession of Can- adian heroes with the soldiers of three nations as a background, while the guns of the battleships crash in the river be- low. The preparations for the pageant are progressing rapidly. Quebec is waking up to the fact that an immense throng will he present, and the housing com- mittee is arranging for the accommoda- tion of many thousands. A tented city is to bebuilt, in which several thousand can comfortably and inexpensively live under canvas --ladies as well as gentle- men—and the transportation companies are making ready to handle the great volume of traffic that is sure to flow Quebecward in July. Miss Wilhelmina McCharles of Pow - assail, Ont., write. : " I hove proved Zam-Bok a healing balm for eczema. My father had it very bad on his hands anti they were swollen very much, One night he decided to try Zam•Buk. I had previ- ously used it for Ringworm which I could not remove until l tried Zam•Buk. This removedlhe Ringworm in every short time. In the morning father's hands were very much improved. lie therefore continued using Zan -Bak, and the eczema is now all gone. 1 hold Zam• Buk in high esteem ns a healing 1mim," to Healing, Soothing. AM -1111( Antiseptic, Of all 1{1rQ't Isis and stores oc, or peal pili from ,i,e Zam P.m" 1104 C".. T,-�m�. The Slippery Pronoun. Many are the efrcotmloeutione which have been devised by civilized races in order to -avoid the bluntness of direct address. In fact, it may be said that at the moment when a nation standard- izes its language it begins to have trou- ble with its pronouns. "Thou" has, of course, bewune obso- lete, except in prayer, although it flour- ishes colloquially in the North of Eng- land. The second person plural is sub- stituted, 1n parts of the south "you.all" is heard, a further step toward refined dlnsiveness, In Franco nod Germany "thou" has been retained in familiar or semi -con. tem mous speech. In Spain end Italy, on the other hand, the third person is sub- stituted habitually in place of it.— Har - per's Weekly. This woman says that Lydia Al. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after everything else had failed. Mrs. W. Barrett, 002 Moreau St., Montreal, writes to Mrs. Phrkham: " For years 1 was a great sufferer from female' weakness, and despite every remedy given me by doctors for this trouble, I grew worse instead of bettor. 1 was fast failing in health, and I was completely discouraged. "One day a friend advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound I did so, and am thankful to say that It cured the female weakness, making me strong and well. "Every woman who suffers from fe- male troubles should try Lydia E. Pink - ham's Vegetable Compound," FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink - ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills and haspositiVely cured thousandsoft women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera- tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear- ipg-down feeling, flatulency, ind - tioon,dlzZtnessor nervous prostrat on. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pin hani invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mase. Miniature Antiquities. Miniature pieces of antique tarniture, exact copies of chests of drawers, bur- eaus and highboys are in great demand at present. Originally these tiny bits of mahogany, cherry and maple were made for the children of the family, some- times to keep their doll wardrobes in, and incidentally to teach them some- thing about furniture lore and to en- courage them in neatness. The pieces were often copies of rare articles belonging to the parents, and often they wereset together by skilled cabinetmakers. They are perfect in every detail—tiny handles, liliputian mould- ings, columns and carved feet. The drawers open easily, and not infrequent- ly there is a secret drawer of openings, just like those found in antique mature furniture. Collectors of these miniature pieces stand them on the top of their chests of drawers, dressing tables or bureaus. Though so tiny they are by no means cheap,a good chest or a find highboy costing from $10 to $15. The Bible Was Not Burned, Samuel Jackson died yesterday at his home in Independence. He was an old time negro. He was fond of telling stories of the tidies before the war, and one was of a miracle he saw with his own eyes, The old log house known as the Hudspeth home in Fort Osage Town- ship was burned by the Federals under the famous order No. I1. hlr. Hudspeth was a very old and devout lady and she had the record of her family in an old family Bible which, at time of the fire, WAN in a cupboard in the old house. When the house was smouldering the old lady called Sam, and pointed to a place where the fire hal been the hottest, and ordered him to take a long handled rake and dig into the coals. She told him he would find her Bible there unharmed. The negro dug into the coals and got out the Bible, which was scorched around the edges of the heavy leather cover, but unharmed inside. Old Sam always re- ferred to this as a miracle.—Kansas City Star. =Miserable All The lime?Dull headaches—back aches—low spirited—hate the sight of•tood--don't sleep well—all tired out in the morning—no heart for work? GIN PILLS will analis you well Your kidneys are affected—either through over- ', work, ver- '':work, exposure or disease. It is the Kidneys that are making you feel so wretched. Gin Pills cure sick kidneys—make you well and strong—give you all your old time energy and vitality. Greer up—and peso. Gin Pills. see. a box -6 for .so. Sent on receipt of price if your deoler does not handle them. HOLE DRUG GO. - WINNIPEG, MAN. M A Toilet Luxury Mira Skin Soap is a delight to every woman -who values a soft, beautiful akin. Mira Skin Soap takes away alt akin irritations—cures skin troubles—and keeps the skin clear and smooth. Elegantly perfumed — refreshing — unsurpaased for toilet and bath. age a cake—at druggists or sent on receipt of price, The Chemlets Co. of Canada, limited, tattmOton. • TRADE MAAR 0IGISTENED. SKIN SOAP 22 THE TARDY GUEST And Some Delightful Dining Cranks of Old. It is embarrassing for the hostess when some important guest at a din• nor party does not arrive at the expect- ed time. But the hosi '0400 of our great- grandmothers' day had much worse dif- ficulties to contend with in that way than we have nowadays, when trains, cabs, motors and motor omnibuses make punctuality comparatively easy. Yet there were hosts even then who refused to accept any excuse for lateness. 'Bosvilliant' punctuality is a forgot- ten term in these tines; but a hundred years. ago to dine a la Beeville had a significant meaning, for it implied that dinner would be served at the exact time when mentioned on the invitation. Colonel Bosville was a martinet where dining was concerned. His dinner was al- ways ordered to be placed on the table at exactly two minutes to 5, says the St. ,Tames Gazette. No guest was admit- ted after the appointed time, his porter locking the street door end placing the key at the head of the dinner table on the first stroke of the mystic hour. It was said of a man of the day who was of M01110 importance in the official world that in answering• an imitation to dinner he invariably added this post- script: "Nota Bene.—I conclude you mean what you say and that the dinner will be on the table at 5 o'clock, when I ehall arrive et your floor. If the dinner be on the table I. shall come in and par- take of it; if it is not I shall take the liberty of returning home." Things that Went Wrong. Last Wednesday morning an automo- bile, owned by Sylvester liiePelt and driven by his chauffeur, Jeff Chitwood, while on the way to 1 -ort Sheridan was seen to slacken its pace and stop, dead still, at the foot of a long and steep hill. `Half way up the hill a farmer was driving a team of horses harnessed to RN empty wagon, "Bello, uncle!" called out the chauf- feur. "Well, what do you want now?" shout- ed the farmer, "I want to warn you that you'd b0t- ter get those old plugs of yours out of the way as quick as you can," yelled the chauffeur. I'm going to take this hill at a twentyv'ie an hour gait," •'♦ CHILDHOOD DANGERS. No symptom that indicates any of the ailments of childhood 01101111 be allowed to pass without prompt attention. '111e little ailment may soon become a serious one, and perhaps a little life passes out. If Baby's Own Tablets are keptinthe house minor troubles can be promptly cured and serious ailments thue averted, And the Tablets can be given with equal safety to the new born babe or the well - grown child. Mrs. H, Gendron, Martin- wi11C, Que., Maya: "I have need Baby's Own Tablets and have found them in every way satisfactory. I always feel safe when I have them at hand." Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25c. a box front The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. wit DANDRUFF IS ' 1 SEASE ad the forerunner of baldness, EVERY WOMAN SHOULD WASH HER HEAD ONCE A WEEK with , Sutherland Sister's Hair and Scalp Cleaner. 1t kills the dandruff germ, beautifies and strengthens the hair. All druggists ,oc. or postpaid from Seven Sutherland Sisters Sample MA for toe. 17o King St. W., Toronto Tom Was Disappointed. "What I can't git through my head is what Torn Lawson expected the people to do arter he'd made his flash- light exposures," said Mr. Sanders "What haven't they done that they could 'a' done, an' what did Tom ex. poet 'em to do? Thar's whar my head gats a little bit muddled, 1'rn like the feller that swpilered a spoonful of horse-reddish—able to smile in a piti- ful way, but feelin' mighty onconm- fortable on the inside. Did Tom rea- son it out that the people would crit together an' build a court -house in Wall street? They've got a church thar a'ready, but nobody ever ketehed ono of the gang on the inside whilst the preacher was thar. Anyhow, Tom has tools the notion that the System don't need as much reform as the people, an' vows that he's so badly dlsapp'inted at the way they've net. ed that he's a-gwine for to splunge ask nito , speculation, jest out'n s ite."—Uncle Billy Sanders in Uncle emus' Magazine, The Merry Widow. (Lippincott's. ) A men whose wife was extremely Jeal- ous planned a pleasant surprise for her in the form of a trip to New York to see "Tine Merry Widow," end wrote a friend in the city to let him know the earliest date for which he could secure seats. The next day when he was away from home the following telegram was opened by his wife: "Nothing doing with the widow until the tenth. Will that suit you?" Explanations were demanded. MINARD'S LINIMENT is the only Liniment asked for at illy store and the only one we keep for sale. AJ1 the people nee it, HARL IN FULTON, Pleasant Bay, C. B. , Got His Sizes Mixed. "Aye, fellow citizens!" thundered the fiery orator, shaking his hairy first at the zehith; "peace and prosperity will oome again to our beloved land when with a firm purpose we rise in our might and crush the trust microbe—" "Microbe!" interrupted a spectacled man with an expansive forehead. "I beg pardon, but did you not refer to it a few moments ago as a boa constrictor," A husky bouncer fired the rude person bodily out of the hall, and the eloquent orator resumed his speech. • • Example, Rome was burning, but Nero contin- ued to fiddle. "Why not?" he said. "Hetty Green is enamelling her face, while Gage Park is drowning." Putting a little more resin on his bow, he played louder than evep. BETTER THAN SPANKING. Spanking does not cure children of bed-wetting. There is a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum. Caere, Box W. 8, Windsor, Ont., will send free to any mother her successful hone treatment, with full instrutions. Send no money, but write her today if your children trouble you in this way. Don't blame the child, the chances are it can't help it. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled with Wine dif- ficulties by day or night. • • Those That Were Not Burled. "I have not buried a cage of pneumonia in the pest ten years," remarked a phy. sician noted for not hiding his light un- der a bushel, to a fellow practitioner. "I have heard many of your deceased patients are being cremated," said his friend, who does not like to call a man a liar. Ask for Minard's and take no other, A .Reckless Duelist. "Did he accept' the challenge?" "He did;'and RN the challenged party chose the weapons, "Swords or pistols?" "I'oothpicke at ten yOrds"—Birining• ham Age -Herald. ISSUE NO. 24, 19O3 AGENTS WANTED. C ALSSMEN WANTED FOR "AUTO-: 4 Spray/" Beat hand sprayer made, Com pressed air; automatic. Liberal terms. eat -- ere Bros, 0011. Ont. • -• Minard's Liniment Lumbermen's Friend. The Ritter Part. Three old men having met by chance, it seas but natural that they should fall into some comparison of their several achievements, "In 70 years," said the first, "I have amassed a hundred million dollars." "But I, during art equal span," grid the second, "have mitten 100 novels, each of which sold more than 100,000 copies." A slight smile, ne of disdain, curled the lip of the third old man. "During 70 years," said lie, "I have digested my food." The others were too overcome to speak, They could only wring his hand, in silent acknowledgment that the palm was hie.—Puck. Her Reason. "Mamma;' said small Susan, before she began her evening prayer, "may I pray tor rain tomorrow," "If you want to, dear," replied her mother. "But why de you want it to rain?" "Annie tppson is going to have a lawn party and I wasn't invited," ex- claimed Susan.—Chicago News. Black Watch Chewing Tobacco Rich and satisfying. The big black plug. 2200 Answers to All Questioners. (Detroit Free Press,) Yes, we are tanned considerably. Yes, we have been away. Also, while we were away we did some fishing. - Ditto, we had some luck. Ditto, ditto, we caught something. No, big once got away. So far as we know the big ones were not biting, At least they didn't bite our hooks. We neither got wet nor went hungry. If anyone can think up any more fool questior', to ask about that trip, we shall be glad to answer them, providing they write to this office and enclose a two -cent stamp for reply. Please lick the atamp and put it on an envelope, as we don't like the taste of mucilage. Free to Housekeepers We w.teetq it eNk.!pa to esu t res. IMtneraaater. rvaa77Wm netab eretr e h muadr.e. o ,e.asoolab. To valuate l it ••. 5111 "od a Now H.aeeh.,d Nwgdtt of squat valuated rrewbraasau. Mena as acro, stamps or neve MINI TliEck, Ont. OXFORD SUPPLY CO., Dept. 0., Woodata Vast City Reservoirs Under Roof. Two of the largest roofs in the world, covering approximately 10 acres, and embodying building methods and meter. ial never before adapted to such a pser- pose are described by Popular Mechan- ics. The roofs are being built at las Angeles, Cal. Each is being placed on a city reservoir, one 10 acres in extent and the other 0, and reinforced concrete piers are used as supporta. In the Bellevue, the smaller of the two reservoirs, these OM are 47 feet long, and will be sate merged over 40 feet, and on the other, the Ivanhoe, 27 feet. The unique wos' has progressed so far that the finishing touches will soon be put on. • • Minard'a Liniment wed by Phydcfano. An Important Line. "She is a most aocomplished woman" "Is she," "Why, you have heard her sing?" "Yes" "And seen her paintings," °YeB „ "Then how can you ask?" "I have never tasted her pies." — Nashville American. It is the tea grown on the hillside' of the world-famous Nuwara Elitva dis• trict in Ceylon, used in "Salads' Teo that gives it that rich, uniform, delict oue flavor. Stock? "I presume; said the speculative boarder, "they call that railroad, the Plant system because it takes so moot water to make ft grow big." • • Keep Minard'a Liniment in the house. • "Does your father know I love yon,' "No. Papa isn't very well, and we've kept it from him"—liarper's Weekly, The photographer isn't always libera with hie views. The Eddy Crimp is a New Wrinkle in the wey of Crimping the Zinc in Washboards. It makes the Washing Process very much easier, and it insures few Destroyed Linens when the Washing is over. Like Eddy's Matches—it has been proven the best ever. To be had only in EDDY'S :11'1: WASHBOARDS