The Clinton News-Record, 1904-03-17, Page 6.1)
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IRISH TONGUE REVIVED
REDEMPTION OF CUSTOMS AND LAN-
GWAGE BY THE GAELIO LEAOUE.
lass Already Permeated lute Xauy Quart -
ere of Ireieea end It PreduelagK.
oulte--nevivat of leish Iedustries, et
Irish cnstoms it ;audio is following.
in Ited 1$ akte-Pattiog Now Soul into
the Nation.
Less than ten years. ago the Gaelic.
League 'Willi 101.1110d in inflana, its
principal objects belirg: to preserve
the Irish iangiiitg,e ns a potan ton.
•gott Atid to atilliVate n Modell). MOP
-
Attire iU irih.a. For the iirat few
years of iLs existont. 'comparatively.
t t le p roe ret• s vai made beyond the
teaching of Irish ia A feWclasSes in
Dublin and in the country and the
Publication and distrihntion.of • SQ1.110
propagandist pamphlets.
At the Lidveut. of the Gaelic League
the irish langeage was fast disap-
pearing, and with it a vast treasure
of traditional lore ,in the form of
poems and 'stories handed ..down for.
glueratioes. In scarcely any of tiny
schools as Irsh taught, and in the
national schools of the west and
south, in districts where Irish is still
the vernaitilar, English was tatight
to pupils who could sneuk only Irish
by teachers a ho knew no Irish. Evea
to -day this anonialy in education is
not wholly removed.
The Gaelic League, however, sot to
work in attacking the school. sys-
tem, and has succeeded to such an
extent that Irish has been introduced.
into about 2,000 of • these schools.
in the meantime the Claelic League,
as a national organization., had bern
rapidly: growing in strength. and in7
Pumice -not. a little of its success
being title to a series of ii.owerftli lec-
tures delivered by the liev. 1,.„ V,
Yorkt,, of Sun Francisco, in :Dublin
and in the comitt). during the year
1899. Since that'.year the progress.
of t he league, for a body • which en-
joins the learnieg of a language .00
itS members, was almost pherionienal.'`.
Brunches rapidly sprang up all -over
1 he country until at:present .over .600 .
teaching and 0rgaiii4ing. ceetres:
exist.
Each year in Dublin thir Oireach-
tas, the great national festival ..-
the league, is held. It tests for •a.
week,• and consists Of competitions
for original essays, poenis and short
st ories in Irish, - collectiong, of "-Mil,:
lore, vocal and musical comnetitions,
in which tile pipes, the harpand tbe
fiddle receive • special attention; 'com-
petitions in oeatory, recitation. the .
drama and" in dancing, ..each day
being brought to 0. cloge •by
concert and drama in the largest :
hal Is io t he city.. Similar festivals
on a smaller scale have 'are!' ;grata,:
Stuited all over:- the • (Pt at rY
until there Is, flow Seilret;ly n i.11110.1'.....
of the country into he'blague'.
has entertd that hos- not..its nti
Feis, the.largest of these being. those •
held in Cork .and,Galwtoi. • •
The Claelic• tongue tioi s its; Own
publishing. and, what has astonished
Dublin • publishers, t he hooks' hay°
met with. a rapid sale. Apart -Croat
these wM..s el 0. literary :character
• enormous numbers .of elementary•
books for students are sold, chiefly
of the sei les compiled by the Bey.
Fat 11, .r. tai wriey-one of.thi.'•
leagifie.'s earliest. and. Inost tintiring
workers. - Dublin . has scarcely: seefl.
anythintt. more initaising .
funeral of this simple Priest through
its streets last August on fiw. return
of his ren..tins frow Los Angeles. -
The -lea,. le maint ai ns %co_ official'.
.papers -o. • -Du Chtidhetuno. tsoluia",
(The Svo' d of Light), a Weekly
n wspaper;. the ether • a
monthly , iagazine WhollY- in •
Itev. Father Dineen 18 at present- en-
gaged Oti. t new.irish Dictionary.'
Another man whoints left.hls Mark:
strongly on the league is Mr. Joan:.
-ItlacNiiil, t he . seeopil .:vicepresident..
Ile is a rite gramMaxian and one -of
the lpectie's most accurate scholar.
1[0 wa3 0.•0 01 ihn original fontrdere
of the o .mitization and one of its
most ea• • . workers. Softie -of your
readers e ..y have •a closer acquaint -
01101 W !I pr, late
professor of Irish in.Waahingten-Vni,.
versity, Dr...iljneliry is at presett.
in Indeed giving a helping:hand' With
the troy:- of the league. .110 recently
ynolisho,f a ' dissertationon . frigh'.
music tl it 11, has raised considera. ble
dismisshn •1010:
The Ce .ic League htte .permeated
into mew quartera in Ireland,: and
is producing many results -apart from
those willwhich it was immisliately.
colic-Lana:1; The revival Qr: . Iidah .• in-.
dust ries, of Irish • emit mita end'. music.
Is following in its wake. Along With
this 'it is reiking the
people- and putting a- neW soul ..iate
the nation. The.lreland Of to -day is,
very different in meny respects 'from
the Ireland of .twenty yettrg ago:
The 1 vs on the chtueso 'dank. •
Few people know whY'....ChintatO
junks hav an eye painted on •the.
port side of the bow.. A..Cantonese •
legend ex .lains the origin of that:
singular estorn way% that • .• is •
suggestive of Angio-SaXon hUntor. •
A great Chinese mandarin' Who lata'..•
PCI centuries before the Qhristian'erkw,:
. finding himself in need of. a navy,
sent
I sent for the royal boat builder odd'
ordered him to builda certain nom-
bet- of shio.s. So the builder dee* up:
plans end presented therti•. to -the'
mandarin, Iiut the plans evidently
did not slit his majesty, fOr he flew
Int o a iolent rage and ordered the
boat Int.ltkr from his presence,
'"Then bow shall I build them,
yoer e 1 1 ial bighnces?" be pleaded.,
herereati the mandarindrew oft
one of his slippers and threw it at
the boat huilaer, who fled from the
'room. At the door he turged for a
aliontent iest 111 tittle to vetch .the
mrfalarin winking at his prime mina
ister.
The boot, pieked up the
royal slipaer and used it as a, model
and then :in led one eye .on its bow
to represt la the royal master's wink,
Alre,tdy nee ezteeeletiee.
Stories about the late Lord Salts -
bury not knowing some of Ilia • Par-
liamentary supporters recall the fact
that Lori John Russell, When. Brit-
ish Prime Minister many years. ago,
made the neeuitintance • of the late
Earl of Stair, then Lord Dalrymple,
at a count ry houSe, and. Was lin-
mensely ta•:en with his amiable man -
flees. "T am .very Wooed to have
'made your aemsaintance," he said,
shaking hito warmly by the hand.
"You must come into the House Id
Commons arid support me there."
"1 have neon doing that for the
butt tee yortra" WaS the 'Mita rea
Jolnder.-M A .P.
• IP POPPOPPPOP AO # 44.
miZAVIUNG
',VMS
FANTASTIC TOPS.
queer Splonlair Peviees Coed es? the
• Little Moro Chaos.
In toy service as n SOWN' With Cap-
tain Pershing's column in the Minda-
nao 'campaign. of 1002-03 3 had a very
goad opportunity to avateli the :little
Moro lads in their games. noir tops
'were of peculiar ingeoulty and luterest.
Fig. lis a drawing of their simplest
form of top. The Moro lad selects a
piece of bard wood with smooth and
even grain and proceeds to cut Out a
bleak, of the material. Then be gradu-
ally works the pleee or wooa to a cone
shape ana often devotes several hours
a daY cutting, chipping, smoothing and
shaping the top until he gets it late the
form desired.' Usually the mahogany
wood is Used.
The boy makes slots in (the circurefers.
enee of the top and inserts little ears
of weed. When the top. is spun, these
eara'irtake humming salads. The Point
Of the top is a bit of metal properly
woeked down mid a point ground there-
on, The Moro lad uses hemp, rawbide
or catgut for his top cords.
. One. curious style of combination top
Is $110WaIn Fig. IL^ -It ,Consists of the
mein portion, about which the cord is
wound -or hemp; rawhide, or catgut -
and the severn1 separate saucer shaped
oarts. These parts are set one la the
FOUR Melia TOPS. •
4.
other, and when, the toe is throWn and
all solo together. the • centrifugal force
la uses' he • upper mincers to lift, and
:Ioat off :two er three .yitrds before -they. -
all Ifni grmiud. The .sancer-like
farms are. tediously Werki,11 down frma
Mud wood by the boys dorIng Melons •
l.onrs of .the (lay, .• .
•YAnottler straage Style of M000at-0 le
rePreseated in Pig. 23. Itis an :egg.
shap.ed ' affair; . Zeit out of boxwood ,mra
teriala with: a -furrow in the middle..:
'Ore fop is.asmin upon. the .pointed end
*of a. 'metal ;shaft wliich auns
through it.: 'This isealled the fighting.:
top, :as the boys use itWith„ great force
upoa other tops, ...th rowing , it se hard
as to split.theui 'With' the point.' ' •
''.The snake top is represented, in Fig. •
It is inede front -races Which grow
in this 'forint Much skill is' needed to
obtale the proper , balance: Usually
the. 'native lad luis the top with biro
lox'. weeks, . working It down, playing
with It and' adjusting the lialance.be-
fere he eaa .. a •
• The top .'sPies only a little while be-
fore It topples 'over. •but'.1 noti d th •
the :%youngsters had :More. fun .With
theseaawkwerd long necked tops than
with any others. -EX -Soldier. in tenth's
Companion. -
, A Bit Of Set Defense..
Here Wa little bit 01 strategy that ,
at • once 'the Meat hatieleas and. amus-
ing as Well as•one •cif the. Mast effective
things In the WaY, Of .self .defense: Let •
the oppohent.W1th talrom you ,are 'pra&
ticing resieh .outfor, yon Withhis hand
or elseaiji• hire to affeinpt.- to -:strike-
You.. Thrust • bothdrills! betwen his,
toke•a:.firtn•grip 'upon the "opers. of his
reat and Pull "hie coat 'off and deism
-
*aril' over his shoulders. until ,tha
sleeves are brought doWn''so that the.
•shoaldera:ofthe coat are held securely
-just above the elbows.. So .shople is
this' irick that any -boy can hold at utter.
disadvantage a: fellow .centestant Who::
possesses: tWiee his.itrength.-St. Nicla •
Mae.
With a Penny.
alkapiereearriamiii• lila-a-fine sewing
needle does utit'af first seem an easY
thing tO do; but it is really very simple ,
When done in the following Manner:
Stick the needle lengthwise through- a
zork, allowing the point toproject a
- '11 the needle Is g h
.
Cork, cut off the *head, with nippers.
Place the peany and the cork on a soft
hoard and hit the ecirk sharply with a
hammer. The needle is kept by . this
rroth slipping aside, and as It is harder,
than the copper of the penny the cein
14 easily perforated even by the finest
Point.
, • .• •
Neitinoio mnplaniotion..
• tittle.Nettle had been given the task
of rocking the baby to sleep. By and;
by her mother came In and found him
(till awake. ' •
"Why. Nettle," she said, "isn't your
little brother asleep yet?".
"No, mamma," she replied. "1 cleat
lan't make him teep hints eyes .IMJ-
loned."
1003 Itlisoitti•otts. fur h-ovelhitet
The past year has boon unusually
disastrous to INglish• writers of fic-
tion. The death of tleorge Gthsing,
the noveliSt, following so quicklat
upon that of Henry Sethi' 'Merriman ,
removes; one of the rnost. suceessful
Itterar,y, men of the day. Mr. ON-
sing's reputation with colonial read -
ors was made by his books on Lon-
don life,- which were realistic rather
than -noted for their literary work-
manship. Hisappreciation of 'Dick-
ens, however,
showed that. 'he could
do good wor..k in other- lines than
flet
When Tee Ikk)Wi • 4..
Tea in the seventeenth century tvas
offered ns a curious foreign drink. It
was prepared with care and drunk
with adult( trepidation. Ladies, of.
ten took brandy afterward as it •ear.
rective. A learned physician, 1)r, Lis-
ter, wrote that "tea and coffee were
permitted by 00(I's providenee for
iess;enitur the number of mankind by
ehortenizta life, ?is a kind of silent
plague."(*)lesant'l Survey of LOB*
- • -(=e)-. P.P.P#P
The. Clinton NewsrAecord ' gierch 17th 1004
BARITYPS,COLIABORATOIll
urept Saying 1:140g:01
•Malf-penoy ot 114very rerforimiluee,
That Mr. J. M. Barrie is not • the
vole author of "Little Mary; •. that
he heal a collaborator, alto haS
drawn royalties, and that he
has caused a legal .C4000ment
to be drawn up aeanowledg,
ing the collaboratioi will be
:news to .ntost persons. ads is the
firat time in his literary aereer that
-
the author alai plea -weight has inst
11t'. flutt'it' 1148 (1. lition fevorite
companion., Totiuny, NMI Or Mr,
Llewellyn Davis. One day alr. Ear-
irwieee.bt.sts!ught his little frieral some.
"..If -I' gave you these sweets and
told. you if you ate them you Would
be sick in the morning, what woald
you say?" he 'inquired.
Tommy inetantly replied: I'd slay
that 1.4be sick to -night." •
Mr. Barrie Was delighted.'
"Give Me permission to usethat
line in my new play," he said to the
led; "and as part author,. • you will.
'receive royelties- to the amount of A
halfpenny for every performanee given
when the pley is- produced."
Permission Was, of course, peaday
given and A contract was drawn up
and .dtily eigaid and.. sealed.
At that time Mr. Dearla was writ-
ing "Little ItlarY,"• The iine referred
to has been utilized in the .11rst act
and - alwaysgets a big ' round ot
laughter, • which is well. worth the
royalty it dia.ws, for Mr. Barrie has
abided by the -letter of the contract
and pays Ida royalties regnItt-rly. 1.1
the popularity ot the play 152 taken
into consideration, "Tommy" is in
the way .of amassIng t1 small...fortune
for. a boy, '
• . ,
$ Indogs tor the ,zinvy. • .
• Lord - Charles Peresford believes
that the min of the Navy would be.
Pleased:if- on .each warship -there was.
it dog aa the. pet* of the. ship,- andhs
thinks that the typical dog for the
purpose is the bull -dog, it will he
interesting to many to ano.w. that.
Lord Charles mare years'ago, he
says, than ha cares tp .aementaer,
bred, bulldogs. himself. When it ..was
learned' :that • Lord Charles was en-
thusiastic about ha•vinga b.ulldcig on-
e, .warship, and that the dogmust be
one. of' the best, the matter was men-
tioned by a . friendto Mr, .Ieffer-
les,' vice-president cif the London Bulla
dog SoLdiety,..who bas been 'called here
and in American. "The. :Nepoleon. of
Bulldogdorit," and who Mad. the.fama
..I.todpey Stone, whicb broke all
bulldog 'records, and a hieh Mr,- Crok-
'or. Of NeW York, .-"The Boss .0f. Tarn-.
•ratanyatiell,"auirchasecafpr a thousand
guineas, Mt. ',Iefferies at. Once Said ho
would bo she .pleastal „if Lind Charles
Weida accent. front . him .0.0e .of 'hie
best •puppies-4ron-'$.1.one, a grandson
Of Rodney Ston". • . &net as the • 041
year was closing Lord .Charles
- ed'.01 this . offer. Ilo;-.040140 11
ar`witia delight". end, being a man,. of:
„action,. t•a o.• days . aka fetal aim:: at.
,• the Roatmeath,heunds, for be .Went
get.t he • (log • hibiself, :SCOW at
the ,•kennals . was; • 'afloat -..intei'esting
I URINWTQ ThL PAP.
drillk to the. i4ea,4 I 8111 tus ttts brim
high, •
Silently Maar if
.1i)las ti) the'atda. wito 1alie4"PC
1evep1le4 Voir tite..fini.t.-s incep.
libelteel By noue be the so1lues4 broke
That reAti en Me room 103 a spell;
Here's the soldier lan au Ms move atalne4.
Lamar,
Ault tee minden whe levet' so went
Whet shall tat' draught be? -the 4'1001-1'ed
• wine
Teat news from the tremolo(' gripe;
1.311t.W111 thilt $0.31`, say, biotin, tome,
Tliongths Mut mew ear: escape?
So often in Annus et frettulness.
Fur 11 draught we, 1 ereltuace may (Ireton
That would lull us into fergetfumess-
retie water front Lento Ri
Net NO: Not SO Let their memory stay
in our hearts, nye $resh and tun:
Aila we strati see litenVtgain cue day,
Though years may e tidek itbl rare.
[NH,' over the wale 01' the Valley of Dean,
And °Ter darksonie river.
The path we must neati with our fulling
breath
Is bridged by their love forever.
-From d.ast Words,' by (linen). Berme
Towns:head. •
MARRIAGE AGE RISING.
•
rewor •NriirtAOgai in Elia:hied Thtis.
in Bars osso sr. .•
The Londian"Daily Express has dita.
covered- that .the average age foe
'matrimony in Britain,. is steadily
rising, and as its authority quotes
front the Governmentreports as fol-
lows: "Between the years 1876-80
the number of male 'infants,' - as • the
law. calls them,- was 77.8. out pf
every. 14000 marriages, and of. child
•Wivea there were 217 per 1,000.
Every-yer since then the number has
droppd, The last .statistics (for
1901) give onlyafifty husbands and
sixty -wives who were registered • as.
'under -age' out of. every 1,000."
The Express continues: ''Among
the very poortic11ii,i)ttd'smitarrnicreisaren
still rather nu6the
yanks of the: wealthy there are alSo.
many girls Wives, In the: one case;
extreme poverty'? is a •direct • incentive
to ettely. marriage, because .there is
'none, of that sense of 'keeping up
position' whichacts--as a Preventive
among tbe .middle classes, anct a
working wilt is /baked ttp.on as an
additional. source of ineome, On- the
etheahand.„ of. ("cense, a wee:1111y Man
-
finds rie drawhaek to 015 Poiiitioll by
marrying yloungfri the middle eless;
on the eontrary, men with limited in-
mimes- are beconiing: more .and more
Chary of plunging ,,into "extrava-
gance of etatriinbny: The thousand
, littleluxuries. of medern. days axe
-
now 'looked upon as necesaities,. and
thesemake,- lifemore: expensive. Wo-;
-men also are not content .1Vitli the
same.- inedest 'hiniseholds • and 'the
same quiet life • which' satisfied their
Mothers, , • Consequently.•the average
age of .„ Marriage is.. constantly lis -
All Of which i•-foeS..net .peenato. alter .
the .fact that levers 'nee as. nunteroue..
08 eV&r,.1111g that when...the •right man •
asks- the r right ..girl .an::experinteritan:
liamar•,lieeping • 'usually ...folio:WA, • Titltt..
little asking :thern
•the a --.0 a: .a
6.1..e.ourse.,' the. priyalege .Of
First he found- that the 1:ennelnion /Armor 'Area*: Orrehlisitreee!.. •
' .was an .cad Soldier and .therewas. a Lord. Wols.eley in his hook of • array .
hearty handshake, good WiShes.and a reminiscences tells this •stotat .4 con--
..hanalsOme preA4nt. Then • f'i.et , there ditjons in the British serVieewhen he
'eoine;- gooddogs," and Lord Charles was young: "It was then a colninorc.
_. .
-had a lot .n'r tine bulldogs clarebeci.ng •:biiiiel that •the barrack master ..ing
and
.at him, . the admit:al being quite re-.. : his,rold ser,geant.s. mad, a good thing
gardiess, of. the dunnage to. his. cloth-, out of.. the chargeS.levied upon young,
e14 Ile is. a . splendid fellow," •he ddicer,S as . barrack. claniages.. A
said. .."I never saw- steel' width..Or eracked Pane of &ids, 'Was a' Sitter
Streitgth, No, I won't 'have • him. 'silver Mine to these men. Fifty eh --
Beet.; • 3 'II take hini .wi t h ine a now , , • signs „may'? hgve soccupied :that. quart -
and , he. goes . Straight to . rt.m.s:.. 0. with this et -ticked Pane in it.; Intl.
oessar. -. tie will. be . •adored my op all had to. pay for a new. one. , After
'came .and by the' nine 'thousand men ' T. had - embarked„. the • •berrack. . sera
,' of tata.s.quatit•on. SI hoiie W&' s'.110.11 geant presented: me With...hie b111,one
- see 'one on -every '. ' •Warv h I a ere lung., : item being. for ..w latchkey . which 1-.
'
yeshalinil.love bevy such a
. . had about me. Irt rity AnnOcenCe .
pvt Nncrsti Tord Charles went off proffered Abekey. andasked bitn.to
with • his .acamisition, • grateful and, de- :erase the, itern,He positiVely
1ig14di and • Iron S.tiine...),tas- been ed1' paid the.. severe shillings
added ,,to the 'strength 'of IT.1ItS. manded; :its Outside valne being,
lOydit Weekly •Newspaper. should . say, ene, and foolishly ' boa
Prephett
' An extraordinary 'incident, • alleged
to hate oecUrred Aliciat, the ,,middle
of Deceniber. 'last, linsaea used. an life,
Toe Ilinck,for.:nbbY!
'la prise, eeriaation ik•BO,Itteiclai• On a •
The cabman. Waa. takiair 34r. Alger -y
161day While .a..Woarn Wits Waal -aria.
cliilU.:so non Ashton out of :his way,: and on
•her three-month
bmoris.trated With he shonted. I
story. goes, '*was thanderstruek.. eing .reVU 4 better get gm-MY:Sc.:the fare
t� hear •the 'baby -afty,- ''`IIIWP.ddyn, Of.
keel', Put, with the'rentark;*'.',YOu're
nadwy fyidd fiwYddyn.nesal, mew."
'
Whieh, roughly. translatThe ettlyirtan thened.,
"p'ext year will be auttored the - "And 'yew
terrible •
yourself a gentleman!". Una
mother!" *In lter -astonishineet and call
on which Mr. Ashton inetaritly said,
terier. the mether •• laid, the chtid
"I never ...called myself a. •: gentlea
'down. and, ran to a beighoer's hottse
man." The cabman naturally
and told. a .wortiatt there of. the . oc-
'that aartatiage , wita tineratal • to a'
- felt
col -retire. The Woman at once raft
awned I had scored one against, the
harpy throwing the- key into the
,
to the house and pieking• the ..ehild
up, soothed and cadaissed it awhile.
and then,' half playfully. half In
eituation .111:ethis, and he • drove
awey without . another word. . "I
think I had him there," said Mr:.
Ashton in telling. Inc the' story,-
earnest, She •said to. the chilcia "Did London ;Novae : •
You tell .-Yoirr Mother that next; year • • --a
"-"
.'"
*Old be a terrible. Year?" To her .
unbourtdea astonialunent, the add ,
- replied, . "Veaa' and I fell 'back dead.
• The.. child Was buried am the follow-
ing Saturday, afterhoon in' the ot•es-
,ence Of larg.e crowds, who disetissed
the story and are spreading. it far
and wide, -Liverpool Post.
Ho. Won.
.
•
"Mr, Dabble " said a lateyer to a
- .
witness in the box, "at the time
these Papers Were executed you were
speculating, Were yott not?" "
,"Yes, sir.".
'."You. were in oil?"
"And what are you in now?"
"Dankruptey," was the solemn re-
ply.-7,71johdon Tit -Bits.
A Widowers' Homo.
Glasgow has a widowers' home in
which any poor man who has afat
his wife and has no one to care for
his children may rent two rooms foe
$1.80 a week and pay for meals at
cost price. There is room in it for
140 motherleas families, and nurses
are provided free ,to take charge of
the _children, _
•
I a•A •VI. •
ers
. Belgrave.
Sution,'G. T. If.' agent ioesS • to
Denfield. • •
• Jos. Taylor has the brick an the
ground for tits new bens& to be built
bo the spring.
The snow on the roads islevel with.
the top of the fenees; :still the ,peOple
keep on the top of it..." .
• Mr. Wm; Gregg, near' Belgrare, is
at present in very pow* health ; we
wish for his speedy recovery; • • '
• The marriage of Miss Maggie Corbett
to Mr.•Peter. flicker of London took.
lace on Feb,21ftl
MIS, .1, Clegg has returned from 13u?.
falo, haviug been visiting her father;
(hares Lawrence, who is, at present
iously
We sort y • to learn that Mrs,
Frank Wheeler is lint improving 11.5
well as her fetends would desire; she LS
Ain confined Lir her bed.
dap, Nichol has got likely settled in'
Hs hardware store, having bcrught out
Itobt. Gallagher, Me. Gallagher and.
l's tally will be removing. to Manitoba
this sprint, he intends taking up
lei ening, and his many Monde wish
him ,success.
ill
Want your moustache or beard
r tillilif•41 brown or rich black? Use
1111Mttt:t.,.
.4.
Ara's Pills. Ayer's Pills.
Ayer' p Pills. Keep saying
this over and over again.
The best laxative. avitelatt:
BUCKliGHAMIS DYE
111-131 CM O nit1018211 ea a :mate elaitiessaitst
A Preach pos.cornukbolooed °Meer
and hi, %, ts are to be Wed on the
charge of bcIlnIg secret naval tits.t..
mettle to a 344pailetin officer.
Sent encee slinging front four months
to lvtenty yews' Implisonnient well
Imposed upon Russians who participin
tee im the Xistiltieft rifiteetteres.
The Associated Chassathere of Com,
melee passed a reeoltitum fanning the
continuance of Lough Foyle, as a poi
of Cali fol' Canadian mail boat%
Colonial Seeretniy Lyttelton bus
notified the Bleb Coilimiesitiner
South Attie'', that the King has lit
inteutitni of disellowing bt ,Asiatli
labor or distance.
131.10ATED STOMACH
Distention and pallor front inaa
tion are eured quality by Neryiline.
When you get litt tittnek of ammo.'
tillittne watt dose 1)1 Neiuliist',
winch le perfectly 1141301kba knit l•
velouely quick in etlectiog a care. •
watt; moat takta 111 Votth stomacl
trouble" wi ites EaWard• Rouen ,
Itochester, " 1 Was hp gi eat taiin an,
dikes ess but halt a teaspoonful of . NeL.
vilitie fixed me up in tt tew minutes.
can ieetmonend Isierviline for step
hif
eadelat mat crioupe and consider
ait iptitluithie household remedy."
jt yogi sell. Pelee 25e.
A Detroit Drutiuner.
'WAS OBLIGED :10 TUNNE:
TIIROIJOH MI14E6 0FSNOW
• liAN litS. •
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.Tfte Detroit, Nevi's publishes the fol
ijd
dte.)11v•si(IT, ug ttitti:uViiit'it"nvit
eNt. ii11.0T.
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tior house:
!Tour weeks ago 1 left Detroit 1:
visit the Saloon in Carsonville, Deck
eeville, Pianos. bvlindrtu, Parisville 114.141
Els,' boy Beach fot the house, taking
oitli me a int•ge *toeli of • tnituPlas;
among Orem two .quarts Scotia
whisky imparted from New York. I
would mit be bare today but foe the'
Scotch Whisky', 'ler able to tell the
story.
.4 • •
This Boy's Head
a Mass of Sores
tor Three Tears a great sufferer from
F.ezetua-Would• scream With agony.
' MR. JAMES SCOTT, 236 Wright Avenue,
Toronto, states: -“my boy Tom, aged ten,
wis for nearly three years afflicted with a bad
form of eczema of the scalp, which WAS very
unsightly, and resisted all kinds of remedies
and doctors treatment. His bead was in:a
terrible state.. We had to keep him from .
school, and .at dines
his head wquld bleed, -
and the child Would
scream With agony.
.`or two and a half
A .years we battled with
re it in vain, but at Iast .
r found a tura in,Dr.
Chase's Ointment
About five booze§ were
used.' • The original
. sores dried updeaving
. the skin inits normal
Tom :iced • coadition. To say it
is a aleaSure to wady 'to the wonderful merits
of Dr. Chase's Ointment, is putting 'it very
t
c'N
"It was snowing and hlowinitgreat
eats when I stitched Harbor Bitch1 a
thriving town on thenail uf the
'Thumb district. Snow fell in blinding,
whirling cloudy for dart. It was hp.
possible to go from the Dow hotel to
the depot.' 'resins front, Port Huron
stopped on the fourth (lay of the snow
Otorus. On the fifth day the snow was
piled as high the SeeMld ditalr With'
LIOWlit. One story houses were out of
sight, all but the thinineys.
"After waiting nine days forit train
I determined to get home eomehow.
The ioncw hy that time lay in drifts
40 and 50 feet in depth. in spots the
wind had laid the soil bare. 1 could
not hire a team to delve not out of tho
country. I could not get a pais. of
snovvello0s. or a guicielmt these things
did not dismay me, I was hound 10
get house sonoehow or die in the at.
tempt. .
"1 secured an old mariner's counkise
and it spade, and set ant. I tWo
days I .reaCherl White Rock, after
digging tunnels thrtnigh 320 stem.
biotite, wave or them 40 rode lona am;
00 feet deep. From White Rock 1
skated on the ice to Forestville. whet e
' the -hanker loaned me a pair of snow.
shoes, on which I wade my way to
Minden, ninemiles
I located the .Itlinclen hotel by a
chimney sticking out of the snow,
• lett was tillable to get into the build-
ing. There had been, a thaw, and the
• bow had become so nearly Solid ice
• het 1 csaild ma dig through it with
toy spa(1e. So. 1 went down the Pere
Miaquette railroad track, which at
lint point Is under 15 feet of ice of A
1 esUfni Moe color, which reflects the
.rin's rays grandly, thus helping a
fellow 10 keep wean),
"Skatingalong. Ilene Palms, suppos-
lig myself on the -right of way,' broke
hi (nigh the snow and clashed
hough the roof re! the residence of 0
; rozninent Irish gentleman; complete.
'y ruining Any .snowshoes. After it
1 flirty meal of canned tomatoes, I.
tunpeled my way to. Oarsonyille 18
never tuna' seeing the light of
day; 1 found myself in front ot
the postoffice on :Deck eriille street. .
" "An obliging ' liveryman,whose'
y erne 1 oan't rentem her jnst now, loll n •
cl me a bobsled, and by its eiri I rode
itown 'the snowbsek wIlich 'forme a
continuons sidehill from earsonvlbe to
•'ITorth Street. At Street; I fell
01 nearly exhansted from (Ale 00111,
which had been 'made worse by the
incredible rapidity of my trip down
the mountein ofanow.."
Widdrreon thorny eitched Port Hp -
von where he thawed talt et, a 'betel..
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r A Taknage Sermon will i
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' be pub1i8hed in The
. NewsRecord . :
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.. each Week, beginning
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Dr. Chase's Ointment Is a positive cure for '
iltitee•srtatindacboo::•Taotraolnlioc.lers, .eal.or Edmanson:, .$ • .
eczema', salt rheum, scald head and chafirig. .
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• April:7th
ADAM EZIstinstilin strie're sarlEgaisEtO •
.pR,. 0VEN 011 aioN-Dox•
siirgeon, Ocelf.st, Specie ist, I
re Diseases of,Eyea Eat, :COSe /01d • iLt
Ihter,t,...iiisits .Clinten Ett
!el 'GLASSES I'llOPE121,1' latrED
3j] Nasal Catarrh' and Deafness Et!
tteated: .
liondOn Gilice 22.5 ott'dea's Aye. ffy.
.ClintOn Office .Comhe's
. Store : ' •-
all 110j2'5 8 a. at. to 442.111. Dat- E,.„; •
es ....of ylefteaartiesdaytt-Feba
la Mao r, Mar, a94BIay •S, May g:
.1 :Time 28, July ae, Sept. 6,irt
. Oct. 4, N1,:x, NOV.:29.
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Farming
For Profit...
Every Farmer should keep
these 'three words ,constantly
in 'mind and conduct his farrn
, on strict . business principles
• Guess work and haphazard
methods are no longer used by .
successful and up-to-date far-
mers.
By reading THE WEEKLY •
- SUN, the Farmer's Business
Paper, you will get the very
latest and most accurate in-
formation regarding your. busi-
ness.
THE SUN'S market reports
,are worth many times the sub-
scription price to you.
Every Farmer in Canada
should realize the full Value of
the service THE SUN has rem.
tiered him in a public way. It
r was due tO the action of THIst
SUN in. giving voice to the
opinions of the farmers that
the law relating to cattle
guards, drainage across rail.,
ways, and farm fires caused by
railway locomotives has been
aniendecl.
We will send THE WEEKLY
SUN from now to ist January,
1905, in combination with
News.Re.cord
For $1.75
GEFE S -Aar B 201
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11 the lento that has stood the test ef lltne-statide the heaviest strain -never
Saki -the standard the world ever. Order through our lotal 'Agitator direct tomtit;
THE PAGE WIRE FENCE 004 LIMITED, Ivalkerville, 1ontrenI,404s. se, t'obs, NAL
Whiutpeiti Man.
Sold and erected by Ed. tedford, Olinton•
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WORLD'S FAIR, FT 1.(22 ' S
APRIL. TO DI4C, 2, 004 .
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ONR, W.A.•a- EXCURSION FAR.Paal.
From L Haunt
$35 30.
Colorado Springs, Denver, TIVetia.
Butte, °gain,. Fat% Lity .$4o 30.
Nelscn, Rzeislanci, 13. C., lii•ok-
ane, Wash. - 15-10 110
Portland, Ore., it. atria yeah ,
Vadicouver, Victoria, C. .1;143 30
San Vtarasers ,and Los Angeles .
ealliarn'a . * . $43 75
I'roportiOnately low rateS to other
poluts. -*
Tickets on safe daily Match rat tirs
til April 33.111, 1904.
SPlaCIAL iiin"rtERS.' TRAINS TO
Cion.dian Nortii-West with, Colonist
Sleeping Carttill leaa c Toronto every
Tt.k.sday diut iul,i Marel" and April • at 9
p. tn.
. Passengers without live stock ilioula
take the Pacific lixpress leaving Tor-
onto at 1.45 P. in.
Tickets, reserve:1i, is a.nd full infra-,
frant .agents. . ,
For tickets ittul ;n fermat;oe. apply.to
• F. R.- Hodge -us; Town Agent,
A. 0,Pattison, Agt.
Cutters
and Sleighs
We have a very
fine assortment of
cutters and
ghs. All made in
our own Shop from
the best of merch-
andise.
Prices low con-
sidering quality.
Be sure and call
beforelpurchasing.
Repairing promptly attended to.
11"H' " 1 and MciVIATH
ninon Si., Clinton.
R4tienbury rtreet Works
. .
Direct importer's. Workman -
n Material guaranteed,
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'6.SEALE .6c Co.
op 0 0.111014 • .
Have your sale bills
printed at this offiee
anci the sale is adver-
tised free in the col-
umns of The News-
Tlecord. We insert
he entire contents of
he bill which of itself
is worth the price
charged for the bills
themselves.
.44.4
YOU BIAY NEED
Horse route bilis or
cards. We. have a,
good assortrnent of
cuts and our prices
are resonable.` Let's
do the work for you.
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