The Clinton News-Record, 1904-03-31, Page 3rch 31st 1904
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IN A COMPROMISING
SITUATION
By T. W. McgAIL
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-.Copyright, 1903, by T. O. McClure.... mp:
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' "I am sure," said MM. Raton, 11X-
ing me with ter eagle glauce, before
which even bishops have been known
to quall-"I, am sure you will like to
be the first to congratulate Sylvia on
her engagement to Mr. Oswald Fitz.
gerald."
"But Mr. Fitzgerald"- I began..
I "Is suitable in every way," Continued
Mrs. Rallton, heedless of my attempted
; remark. "He is just the man to trials°
• Sylvia a capital husband" .
"He has, I am aware, 850,000 a year,"
X said bitterly "but he is old enough to
be her father."
"My dear Gerald," reraonstratea Mrs.
Renton in her most bland tone, "how
can you say such things: Mr! Fitzgen,
aid is quite a young man still, and by
many people be facousidered extremely
handsome. Pray don't put such mittens
into Sylvia's head.". •
1- held my peace, and after studying
my countenance , carefully for a few
moment% Use. Refit= continued: "I
inive told yea this because I have
thettght-aalthough, of course, I may be.
mistaken -that your -affection for Syl-
via has been becoming a little more
then coue,inly. I should be sorry if" -
"My dear aunt," I broke•in impetu-
ously, "what is the use of your trying
to blinit facts? You know quite well
that I have been making desperate love
to Sylvia ever since she was ten years_
old."
"A mere boy and girl flirtation," said
• Mrs. Railton.
"Perhaps," I said, trying to speak
nonchalantly; "but, at any rate, T do
notenean to congratulate Sylvia on her
engagement to-anold man with dyed
hair and false teeth. If it had been a
young man, it would have been differ-
ent. I don't 'believe she cares for him
any more than she cares for -the man
in the moon."
My tirade fizzled out rather ineffec-
tively, but I was feeling genuinely sav-
age, and the necessity of keeping up a
calm exterior before my. aunt op-
pressed the. I wanted to go out and
bit somebody. So I made a somewhat
hasty departure without waiting to see
Sylvia. On the way back to my mins
In the Metropolitan club I brooded over
my wrongs. There could be no doubt
that Sylvia had treated me very badly.
I recalled numerous sentimental little
passages between. es. Besides, I had
proposed to. her regularly every week
for the last two years without any -
Inite result,- it is true, but still with.no
decided negative. •
I sat down in my room dejectedlae
mad pondered over the ways of Women
In general and of Sylvia in particular:
Then I went to a drawer and took out
a box wherein lay a miniature por-
trait of Sylvia, some letters from her, -
trinket off a bangle, a .handkerchief
and some few other unconsidered tri-
fles. The sight of these sttengthened
my sense of righteous indignation, and •
*while it was still upon me seized a
pen and dashed off a furious letter to
Ssqvifis __Beta trionient later I tore It
After all, I thought, sarcasm "
will be much more effective' and at the.
same time more dignified. Acting upon
the second inipulse, I constructed -a
brief letter full of irony congratulating
Sylvia upon bee engagement and ha
forming her of the pleasure -I felt in
receiving the announcement. This I
'dispatched at once by express messen-
ger and then settled down for a quiet
afternoon.
It was Saturday, and there was • an
air Of peace within and without that
soothed my wounded feelings. I lit a
cigarette and lounged in an easy chair
before the open window. The sound of -
a cab approaching rapidlyaroused me.
Looking out of my window; I saw that .
It contained Sylvia. As she stepped out
of the cab at my door, looking ;more •
bewitching even than usual,. I noticed
that she carried a letter in her hand. •
Thus forewarned I answered her
hurried knock at the door with a mat
ter of fact "Come in" and evinced noun a
lof the surprise she evidently expected.
me to feel at her appearance.
"You are perfectly horrid"- she be-
gan.
"Why?" I asked innocently:
"To write inc nletter like this," hold-
' ing out the offending document, "I
was just going out shopping witlanuali-
er when it arrived, • but I felt as if 1
must come and talk to you first Poor
niother! She 'rein wonder where on
earth .1 have gone."
"So you did -care what I thought?" .
"Oh, Jerry," she said lune earnestly,
and I faneleid I detected a tear in iier
left eye, "how could you Frac me -so
• cruelly? I thought You would be heart-
broken."
"Is it not a little indiscreet of you,"
I went on, realizing my advantage,'"to
come here alone to a bachelor's rooms
'without a cbapeeon?"
I She sprang to her feet, her eyes flash-
ing •and her cheeks flushing in a' in -an- •
ner that t could not help confessing
was eminently becoming to her. -
"Do you think I care about stUpid
conventionalities," she said, "when it
is a question of justice between you •
and me? Do you imagine I am going
to remain at a decorous distance froth -
1 you when my happiness is at stake?
Do you" -
But I interrupted her.
"It is nOt so much a question of whet
I think or imagine as it is Of What Mr.
Fitzgerald" -
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Tile Ciintn News kecord
wamimionir %oral,
TH E WORD "ATLAS,"
erl
tSa foe, for goodueSte sake:"
„ "GUIIIA
erald," gauped "Ws - A METEOREOZOAREEER
Otero woe only Olio lading place In
the room, a cupboard disguised by the
•*nan3e of pantry. As. I closed the door
-on her Mrs. Banton knocked and en-
tered. I Saw her glance wander round
the .roorn as she said blandly: "So glad
you are in, my dear Gerald. Have you
seen Sylvia tills afternoon?"
"Sylvial" I exclaimed. in araazed
tones.
"I managed to, lose sight of her just
new in Fifth avenlae, and it occurred
to me that perhaps she luul met Some
-One she knew, possibly yourself. But
If you have been in all the afternoon
of course Mar Surmise' is incorrect. She
bee, probe* gone- home. Will you see
me down to the carriage?. 'What
charming chambersi" She raised. her
Oyeglasses. "What is this? A letter
addressed to Sylvia? Shall I take it
to her?" .She *es ehnut to pick it up
when there wean terrific crash and a
faint scream,. unmistakably' in Sylvia's
yedee, "Sylvia:" she exelaimed. In ma-
jestic accents as Sylvia emerged, dis-
closing a vista of broken erockery.
"I am sorry, auut," I said gravely;
"that Sylvia should be found in Such
a. Comprothising situation; but, after
all,- there is a very good, way out of' it"
Mrti. Railton's Isorrified gaze remov-
ed itself from Sylvia's tate to me And
'demanded my tueaning.
"She eakalways as a last resource
become engeged to ne," I continued
hardily, "Of mitifse 1ban a very bad
match for her; but We are very =eh
attached to each ..other -as you see-.
11;`12:ird R.'s. the least' I can do after
breaking his. tea service," said Sylvia,
taking my gym.
• 'One of Valiandialtam'a reclines.
. Toni Carter, used to tell a story that
illustrated the methods 'of Vallancilg-
hain. as a political orator. The. Ohio
Democrat was making a speech in am
Illinois town during one of the cam..
palgns. -Carter wits a boy and went •to
hear. him. In the midst of the' oration
some one got'up.ana asked:
"Where Was Vallandi,gharo during
the war?" , •
"My• .friend,"* Whit] the orator, "YOU
have a perfect 'right toask that ques-
• tion, and I shell hewer it at tbeprop-
er
time. • Next winter I will. come. to
Illinois, and you -and I Will cheese a
day when the thrmometer is atzero
and the. Wind' is blowing the now
across the fields. We will go- fax eat
upon the prairie, and there I will tell
.you where Vallandighare. Was during •
the war. It will be more pertinent and
thnely on such an occasion than auria
and will- have as much significance to
the windsof winter: as to thls • cam-
paign." • • • • • • • .
..Carter said -Vatiandighare wasnet
again interraptedee-W4eablegten ;Peat.
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.• • •
volunteers. *;:,
.4 Story Which is told Of' -a small boy
• who declated that he would be neither'
soldier nor . sailor •lest lio should - be
killed or :drowned, but would be g
v�l-
unteer1ike'his father, is 'rather severe
'tat the eitizen. soitlier. !I'Was eter thua.
provoked 'hy.: the Conditions lin-
Posed - by .-volenteers When Napoleep.'
. Was expected to bob .up ..in England,
with an army at his back, made a mar- .
ginal note upon the !nerriorial in which •
• they. addressed. him,- "These •Voleate.ers,,
'ere not: to be sent , oat -of -the Country
except in the tape of actual invasion."
But the boy -in the- case cited -placed
las father in no. mere emberrassing
positton than that in ;Which' the Duke
nf WellIngtoe feuud himself at the'
stance sof at child ' by :ahem' he was
gravely. sainted; "There's :a, Inc 'little
.fellowl" mad the: duke, patting the
child onthe head. "Pilgive.yon a com,.
niisSion in the gtiarda as soon- as you're
olcl erimigh." .adthirer looked
repreactifully -and In- tears ex,
claimed, 4`latit, please, Mr. -DoOlt, l'se ii
.
little dirli"-St. James Gazette. "
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Two ylevr- S. Of Spo-rt,: • •
Sport _mimes -hi as a sea of safety
• valve,. SS ,ptenty of :riding runt Walking
nilehnizes the 'effect of too.:Initurious
living, always 'supposing that their -it=
bris not already had the effeet,of - be-
getting it. disinelinatiou. for anything
approaching .strong •ekercise„ a fate not
at ell unlikely to overtake theSe Who.
are teo. capon'. lined. -.London Field. •-•
We are growing accustomed to being
called a nation of shopkeepers, and we
seem to bp going the right way toward
earning -AIM still less enviable title of a
nation of game playere, ' Let its re-
member Wlille there iflyet tithe'thet an
empire alamet .as great. tottered to its. -
fall when • the citizensof the mother.
.•elte grew the eerloue over their amuse.
ments.-,Blackwood's Magazine,
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• - Conmelence.
•- Why does tlie' magpie Construct it
dome of twigs. .over ite teat? Most
readers will say ae .a 'shelter, but it
does not in the least nthiwer to Buell a
desciaption.. The twigs .otily a net.
work. through which rah! „fluty poitr
and cold windpenetrate, • May it .nol
he the case, that the timgple is con;
ebiou'a -of Its. own sins, and a guilty
Mind, apprehensiVe of- reprints, causea
the- bird to build' this over its nest's."
-The Magpie Is an egg stonier and
makeesuse of knowledge, gained while
carrying out Its depredations 'On' tin -
contents of other •nests, to protece
those of its own.-Ceutitry Gentleman
•
To 'make etrong buttonholes tor chil:
dren's clothes lay a piece of cord round
the eut and work over that.
Do not put damn tea leaveUpon
• light,Colored carpets. It tithing them,.
"How dare you mentien him tome"
she flamed out. "It is the worst taste
on your part. If I had refused you
and accepted him"- •
"That is exectly what you have
done," I int d.
, "Iodoed!" he bowed haughtily. "ton
know more of my affairs than I do my-.
elf."-
, •
"Sylvia," I said, taking her hands in
i mine, "your mother told me you were
engaged to him."
"And you believed it and wrote nte
j this -this uppardonable letter. 1 cattle
Ito tell you that I din not engaged to
' tiny one and that 1 never shall be."
"Not even to me" I pleaded.
"You deserve the Wolait punishment
you could possibly have," she eitid, With, '
a hint of relenting in her voice. .At
this moment we itertNI a carriage drive
up to my door, and a moment latef We
I recognized my armee mthiti1r3,,
Bair Mattresses.
4, good housekeeper instate thaf both
economy and comfort are aerVed
the close tufting of hair biattreaseti.
Out of one good, thick mattress tWo
can be made, She says, if elosely tuft-
ed, not more than, four inches apart.
Thus it would be possible to take a
raattrese for a double bed*and by elode
tying make two for single beds out of
It. It Is not a pleatsant job or a light
one, but with a sewing inacbine and
a InattreSa needle it may be done at
h
•ttrarming Diatom'
The tweak° of putting dishea in the
oven to want them ter the table is a
bad one. The dry heat catiseti the en'
Mel to Crack in time, and then the
grease soon penetrates theta, to 'their
utter rilinatleit rut the dishes to ka
heated in it dishpan atid pour boiling
water over theft, Let them stand end
stenni until ready -to serve the
then Wip a .eleanotity toWel.
11100 eita reit of Wh4slrar Wria1t-4010as
intoristisa Vitali. Air MIs igstitods-
lisstsliss Owe Vrouds.
Meteoric ill his rise, and meteoric
in, Ws fall. One day marshaling'
lions, and dazzling the world of fi-
nance. Another day not long after
tUmbling from his dizzy height, and
expiring 4111103t as the court de-
clares him criminal. Sucii was the
career of Whitaker Wrtght, the pro -
meter of the modern South Sea
bubble.
13t birth an Englishman, Wright
was an American by naturalization
and training. He emu° of the school
of Xhaited States nuanciers who have
• exploited the public with so much
success by =anti of the trusts. M
broker in Philadelphia he had ob-
served • their methods. His first
achievement was in New York in
'hutting Australiaa mines, but was a
Ulan:1g affair, His great and crown-
ing venture was launched about ten,'
years ago for the purpose of handl-
ing and speculating in Australian
raining securities, In. 1894 the West
• Australian Financial Corporation
was formed with a naodost capital
Of one million dollars. In this com-
pany Wright reserved to himself 5.-
000 founders' shares, representing at
par 8250,000. In ;the following year
the London and Glebe Corporation
was floated by Wright, with a, nomi-
nal capital of a million dollars, of
which he held founders' stock to the
value of about* $25,000. Thus far
the finaneial operations had been of
a preparatory nature •
By 1897 Wright had wormed him-
self into the confidence of many men
of •high standing in Great Britain.
He was regarded as a wealthy; a
• suecessful,, and withal a. safe opera -
toe in mining securities. A princely
palace in Park Lane was his domi-
cile. Luxury and outward evidences
of affluence abounded. Thus enuipped
Whitaker Wright essayed to- float•the
' London and Globe • Financial Uor-
poration, to take over the eminently
successful business of the two other
conceras, and to engage in larger
and more profitable ventures. The
flew corporation aspired to a capital
of $10,000,000. Lord Defferin was
its chairman. • For the feuriders'
shares held by Wright in the two
other concerns he was;,allewed in the
new company $3,050,000; whieh was
'exactly three Millions more than the
face value of the shares transferred.
His salary Was fixed at 820,000 a
year, and a commission upon the
dividends earned. The public was
eager to bay the new gocurities.
,Wright was the Whole 'concern, and
the Board of Directors was a nonen-
tity. "
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Meanwhile • other companies 'were
forrned to assist the proiects7's of
Wright. One of these side-shows was
the British-Arrierican. Company, with:
a capital of 87,500,009. Next, the
Standard'. • Expleration • Company,
another'. Wright ventisre, was capi- •
talized at the same figure, Theme •
conceive, which' Wright cantle:plied,
. bought. and sold stock to each otta'
er at. 1
to the shareholderas As a inatter of
fact, Wright' was simply buying and
selling to himgelf, while the gullible
• public looked 'on sornetimes enyi�us-
ly splendid profita • that were
• being made.. The scheme was not un-
like a game of. football. Stoats were
passed from laand to hand continn-
.ouely. When the tithe Caine to strike
the annual balance sheet, en.e °On-
• pany Would unload on the 'Others,
would, . fact, appear -te make a
goal, and in due time theIirocese
would be reversed. '
• In the 'first year of its..eiisterice
•
the. .London and Globe Fixiantial
Corperation. was by 'this -ineane en-
abled to gratify •the investing ;Pub-
lieby deelaring a divper-
idend" of 10 cent. This of cOursa asap • done to
stimulate . Sales of stock. -In 1899 ,
• the eame process was repeted, It is •
In respect of the balance.' sheet of "
1899 that the charge -of fraud wae
Made ; against Whitaker Wright, The
sbalance sheet represented a profit of
$2,445,600, and Showed . that the
company. • had .52,672,275 In. the
hands of its bankers. •All the figur-
ing..was done by 'Wright, the could-:
fine directors simply accepting his
statements: They .declared the usual
dividend Of 10 per cont., and added
that they *mild have been . justified
in &Caring a dividend .of 25 Der .
cent., but that it wa's thought bet-
ter to' pureui "a gound and .conserv-
ative course.": The financial state -
merit, however, was entirely false.
The actual bank balance on 'Sept. •
1690. was $163,000, about two
millions and a half less than it was
representedto be a feW weeks later.
The raoteby had, in the meantime,'
been obtained by manipulatiOne with
.the .other companies. the tires
the profits were represented at. 'two
and a halfmillions they had not ex-
ceeded $285,000. •• This process of
falsification has been described •
.avviadow dressing.".• .
Inthe following year affairs were
in a Worse. state. The 'corporation
had experienced a loge of 88,000,-
000, but the balance • sheet again
i3h9wed • a profit of about 52,800,-
000. Wright had valued shares in the
balance sheet at double the price he
was selling theta to the publie. The
South- war,and ' gerieral
.scarcity of money precipitated the '
ccalapse, which came in • Meanings',
.1900. At that time the • comparev'es
balance sheet showed a earplug of
518,785,000 man' all liabilities.
Wright had unloaded nearly alls • ilia
founders' stock. The ,s20;000,0e0 in-
vested iri the Corporation was a. tot-.
al loss. The failures of the auxiliary
companies add greatly to that nit -
tire.
Wright fled to France," and after-
wards took refuge in Now York un-
der the name of M. Andreorii. There '
lie was caught and extradited. Me
prosecution., and 'Conviction to seven
Years' hnprisonment was under the
Larceny Act, wtich makes it a vire-
trial offence for a director of any
company to prepare and imam fine,ns
ciletatetneiits calculated to deceitre
Otrietir Sneaking, It Ix a Monomer
Ver. a Map nook.
Strictly speaking, "atlas" is a
newer for a map book, since it wris not
'the world but the heavens thnt the
"atlas" of mythology upheld. Merca-
tor, the famous Dutch geographer,
who made globes for Nmperor Charles
V, of GerMany, was the first to use
the name In this connection, choosing
• it 40 it convenient and in some sort an
appropriate title, because Alias, the
demigod,figures with a world uPon his
shoulders as a frontispiece of some
early works on geography.
Atlas, it was said, made war with
other Titans upon Zeus and, being
conquered, was condemned to bear
heaven Upon his head and =ads.
Later tradition represented him as a
man changed by means of Medusa's
head Into a mountain, upon which rest-
ed heaven and all its stars.
. In tiny case Aties Was always asso-
elated with a heavy burden strongly
borne, Thus Shakespeare make e War-
wick say to Gloueester:
Thou art no Atlap for oo great a weight.
• It is not difficult to see how, 'by en
association of ideas, this came to be
ehosen as the name for u book of
inaps, which upholds and exhibits to
us the whole world.
AN IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL.
Burial of the Poet Campbell In
Westiniuster Abbey,
Mr. S. C. Hall in his "Memories" de-
scribes the burial of the poet Camp-
bell in Westminster abbey. States-
men, poets and men of letters followed
the venerable dean of St. Paul's, the
poet Milman, as, reading the burial
• service, he, led the solemn procession
to poets' corner, It was mot, however,
the presence of these illustrious
mourners that madathe funerill one of
the most impressive ever seen in that
inausolemia of great men. '
A long, reverential pause. preceded
the Words, "Ash5s to ashes, dust to
• dust" •As they were slowly uttered
a Polish officer advanced from among
the mourners and dropped upon the
coffin some earth taken from the grave
of Kosciusko, the hero whose patriot-
• ism and death the Poet had praised In
verse. The effect was startling.• ..
Then came the 'climax.
"I heard a voice front heaven," read
the dean, and immediately, a thunder -
"clap slepok the old abbey. He paused;
the mourners were thifiled. Ara the
awful sound died away the dean finish-
ed the sentence -"they rest from their'
labors."
HAI LSTO N ES.
The• Oeneralty 'Accented Theory .ot
Bow They Are lrorme& '
Soft. hall cousiste . of wthute snew-.
balle and true:hall,' or' hard pellota, of
ice of alternate concentric layers ot Uw-
e:rid:snow varying in size from peas to
dangerous Stones of . several pounds
• :weight. • ' • • • . ••
'Ferrel's' theory as to:the method •of
their fernaation.• is generally' 'accepted,
• Hail,' ha says,- is owing to the presence
.of -a tornado. Which need not 11qt-tally::
• roach the earth. The lower part of the
rOtating. column --a region of Mead
'• and Mitt; the uppt part is suettri Rain-
dreps suspended for a tithe In 'the
snowy region are frozen, sod if thrown
beyend the influence of • the incurrent
• they fall to: the ground assoft hail.
:ShoitldtheY be 'carried into the vortex,
they ascend' through the rainy region,.:
•'are eoated with Moisture mount to :the
•colder region, where ice 13 forined, and
'fitiallY 'felt to the earth. • • •
ThIS theory Satisfactorily accounts
hailstorms Occurring chiefit 'in-'
summer, • as if IS onlyin hot Weather
thatthese powerful ascending carrents
exist • •• ,
• . A. Clever Swindle;•
The•following 'story was tow the eth-
er 'day by a lawyer in the course of- a
.diSettaiion a hi- the value ,of an -in-
- dorsed check as receipt: • :
.'"4 client of amine had a bill of 58.0
, agairiet a mistoiner who, ho. thought,
was yery, fair Pay. One day, this .nian,
• came ifito• his plate of beginess n
great hurry and: asked y friend: 'to !,
: Cash a cheek ler 'hint '' The check was
for 530. Well, my' Client gave him the •
-$80 and thong/at no more ahout it until
request to settle the little bill brought
the respense that the customer had an
indorsed check . to show as a receipt
And it meant. A lawshit -to collect the
"
Feagiove: • .
The fOXglove ,fs . a liardar- perennial
that begat medicinal reputation; Digi-
.talis Is one of the most valued -reme-
dies In heart ,trotihies' and As obtained
trent the plant to which the ComMon
narne,' taXglove; is given. In: olden
tithes it was eatemited as an application
to Ulcers, etc.,. and .Italian peasants:
have a proverb, "Foxglove heals all
,sores," Flowers Of the foxgleye were
reputed to be favorites With elyes and
fairies.
, A Parallel Case,
• Miss Peaelthlow' (at the ehureh fair)
-Oh, Mr, DUsnitn, buy -this spfa pillow.
It has just been redueed from $4 to 75
cents, ' • • • -
Mr. 'Duane') (rttetully)-.Can't de it I
had $10 five minutes ego, but now I
am reduced to 16 cents.
Indication of Suocessi.
"My lawyer is certain. he brie won
my case," .remarked the prospective
heiress,
"Did he tell you so?"
"No hnt he has propoSed,m
They Do, Indeed,
She-altOu delft hear the men use the•
and defraud. From the jurisdiction
of earthly courts death attuost Word "obey" In the wedding ceremony.
stantly released the Milted and dis-
graCed, man.. „ . ' '•
• tlarita etriaz.
An Englishman Woe once persuaded
to see a game of baseball, and during
the play, when he happened to. look
away for a =Anent,a foul tip caught
him op the ear and knocked him sense-
less. On tenting to himself he asked
• faintly, "What Ives it?" "4. foul -only
a foul." "Good gracious!" he exclaim-
ed. "I thought it was a mule!"
Mr Wheel.
• "Thet'il a pretty noisy passenger
you've got in there," remarked the man
Who wag 'molting on the front plat.
form, 4'`16 be crazy or only drunk?"
"Neither One," said the viotorman,
"Acta knit got gf1t wkoel 14 his head,"
lIe-No; that's so. But they usnally
have to, all right.
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HARD' WATER,
It I• Produced Tor *hos AboarptIon of
Corbesoefe of loisue.
Itain water as it.descends from the
clouds is practically free from mineral
impurities, bat eo soon as it reaches
the earth and begins to percolate
through strata it is charged with Ira -
riots mineral and earthy matters. It
the Strata be chalk or liniestove, the
water, through the medium Of carbonic
acid gas which it contains, takes up
the lime in solutien and forms car-
bonate of lime, and it is the presence
of this mineral in an excessive QUO!'
ty in the water which gives to it the
peculiar property of. "hardness,"
The degree a hardness varies and
Is determined Principally by the pro-
portion of lime and the length, of time
the water is in contact with it. .
This hardness is called temporary,
because it' can be redueed by boiling,
ae is seen by the crust 14 4- kettle or
boiler, -when the water deposits the
lime it contains, There is also a per-
manent hardness caused by the Pres•
mice of sulphate% chlorides and ni-
trates of earthy metals.
• Two Old Word Forms. •
Jail and gaol are pow ear and eye
forms respectively of one and the same
Word, In earlier days each had its own
distinct pronunciation, as is attested
by the family name Gayler. G-aol, our
oldest sound form, owes its survival to
the influence of the French geole,
though the anomaly of "g" sounded soft
before "a" has been vigorously protest-
ed against, So far as modern French is
concerned, the difference in sound be-
tween English "ga" and French "go" is
a fatal objection to gaol. Instead of fol-
lowing the French in regard to orthoe-
py our ancestors ought to have reject-
ed the jail and kept the venerable gaol -
sound form. The struggle for existence
between the two word shapes IS of old
Standing.-
• The' Boar 0,00eig.
The four o'clock, ornamental plant, a
native of Peru, is so called .because it
blooms Irene about 4 p. in. until the
next morning. It is regarded as a sym-
bol of punctuality, The notion WAS 1.111-
,doubtedly suggested by the remarka-
ble regularity with Which. during sun-'
ny weether its daily opening occurs.
When the sun is shining and the Want
Is in a fairorable position to receive the
light the tinie, cif opening will not vary
ten minutes;
What' is experience? A poor little
hut constructed from the ruins of the
palace of gold andmarble called our
Illusions. • ' •
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ASTER.
IDINGS
Awoman never shows her refinement of
taste more than in the arrangement of
the ilittle accessories to her costume, the lace t
trimmings, fancy neckwear, belts, etc., that •
though little mean so much. Our selection was,
never so exquisite and lovely. *
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Ladies
Fancy Collars
Space will not!permit us to give a full description of 1,
the many'pretty designs we have from 25c up to $1.00. t
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The Very Newest Colorings in Collars are the t
Dresden shades worked on silk seeim, prices $0c Cc
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"Belts
for
I Easter
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The new71,thing.
this year is crash- .
ed leatheriu all
shades. We have
them frOm 50c up
also large of
, silk 35c up.
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Glovea• tor Easter lc .•
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Ladies . Who .knb.w this store as a Gle•ve Store ack-; 4 .
nowledge that high class gloves can be bought to better .•
advantage here than elsewhere. . • We :sell at -reasonable :
prices always.
Ladies'- Fine Real F.rench Kid .Gloves, two dome in
• b'ack and. colors, prides $1 and $1.25.
• The first Americans had a hard time
keeping warm.Their trials are un-'
necessarily carried letomany homes
of to -gay. For it is unnecessary to ,
put up with the uneven' heating' of
stoves, the dast and impure air -of the
hot air furnace, and the many other
inconveniences of iniperfect heating
systems when you can get the
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• Oxford
Hot Water
Heater
and Oxford Radiators which form the
perfect system ofhome heating.
The accompanyingillustration shows
where the i
water s ,introduced into
fire -Pet at the rear and is
thrown by a diaphragm from the
rear towards the front of the fire..
Chamber and then passes over the
surfaee of thehonaontal sections.
Thug the coldest water of thiS'system
is kept on. outside of healer prevent.
ing the radiation of heat into the cellar. • -
Write for our booklet on home
heating.
The Gurney Foundry
• CO., 1.1inited
• Toronto, Csan'ada
Montreal, ViTirmissotto,
Voncou'ver:
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JOSHUA W. HILL
Frost Wire Fence
Has no equal ais (totem)
Parpodo Para' Pence
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It Will turn Stock without 6
inittry- beautify the Farm -
does not need constant patching •
and with reasonable usage will
last a life -time. Ilooklet and 41
full particulars given on reqatst,
POR SALES DV
Summerhill
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New
Underskirts
. .
' ell made good
• kelt sAo
lii:aitsalf[Sgtriairtei nUhie.
flounces: st.00,...
Black Moreen four
• flounce Underskirts
special, $2.50.
Washable Vesting
4444; ( These ave imported 'direct and are special value
congaed to us 25c.
4,
Men's Hats
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Newest spring styles Men's Stiff and Fedora Oats, *
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right up to date, specially good quality fur felt, special
$ for Easter $1.50. •
8PECIAL--Iiight up to the minute Soft and Safe"'
Men's Eats, extra fine grade fur felt, Made by leading
English and American /rakers $100.
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Men's Ties, Collars, Cuffsrand
Everything in Furnishings.
Ordered Clothing
71.
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See Our Ordered Suits at $18.00
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