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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1921-04-07, Page 711) -Or— v ­rr-w P W IR found , a very much battered -tilt HAS -MARRIJD 2,161 COUIRLES kitten back' of, his shop one day! yeaxs, two thousand fewer people per 11 1 0 WWORAX ADVA1104 ............. 4 i A 11 1 � ­�P? INV "Mr% A DIFFICULT ACT THE MALLS I KOM, 4­ aY FRANK FRORIST, Late Superintendent of the crIminal Inveotipa Ion 00, 1-0 .ailr 10C-pl. DOPOrtment of 6 cotfat%4 Yard, IT 1DOW9 1-44 � )PI 1111ral" Menzies stuck fAl thumbs Mouth and to find out -how , - istecat. much you i In the arni-lioles of his jiR really do know. 1,You went and made sure It,was only a half-Peuily Jimmie laughed outright. 'You're afterwards, of course?" wrong thero, She% not Asked nie a Tito tuan's eyes had hitherto not Single 41110BUG11, All the talking was met. No they were gixed boldly on on her side." "No," be declared. .11 11W face. Then lie realized that Ile had fallen -didn't think It worth while." Into a trap. Not that Menzies gave A man may fall to look one In tile Any obvious Indication Of triumph. He, CWT KEEP face Lixd be perfectly holiest and merely stroked truthful. ll??Ut when 1311ch a mail does ely. his mustache Boren, IT UP Z "Well, 1 don't know tbatl,m far do so It is because he has beconle, wro 'Plonsclous that all averted gaze n-9- She Mrould't be too quiek. ft, 01; may S) she tallied, 04� she? fWh2t 414 Arouse Buspiolon. Menzies smiled allegay?, under his raustache, and stretched. out The " 44 Young man -was not to be lkl a hand. "Where is it?" lie added -caught q illetly. Oft guard a'second time. "It 'Give It to me." will all be stale to you, She repeated ,The lit t attendant flushed and drew what She said she bad already told back. The directness Of the demand You." had disconcerted him. "I don't know "All the same. there may ibe some- what you mean," he said, "I haven't thing new" 'oersisted the detective. ot anything." "Lets have t,11 19 .That so?" said Menzies smiling- I '.R 7ou like to let me have A look ly. And theii, with a swift change at her statement 1% tell you It there's or voice: "Now, Bonny, don't let's anything fresh I call add;" papled have antr monkey business. , You Jiminie. can:t �play with me." otized, 'Menzies raised III$ e�e.rows. lZeductalitly, as though hypn "I think I see," lie said, -rd con. serve the change that passed over the attendant thrust two fingers into Elder this a lot It I were you. Wily SImulle's face. JIL,j waistcoat pocket, slowly drew man can't You see sh6� 'Playing -tvith 1 # THE UGINNING OF somethingout and placed it In the �Ie- Youi 'Confidence for coftildence Is an ""That's a Ile" he blutted out, tective's hand, "You!ve got something at. the back old trick. She has known you a mat- of your head." ,It was a plain, heavy circlet of gold ter othours, And here she Ispitolling, MING S a wedding ring! a We to You -as. though you wer;e an The detective spung "thevdoor to �galn and took something from his intimate friend... I trust You-7ou pocket. "LoOlf. at that" he %hid, and CHAPTER IX, trust me! That's what it,coines to, smooths a sliest ofpj�er before Hal - Now, why not Play our game instead lett!s eyes, The Alphabet. News and a Note. of. hera? If she's innocent you- Jimmie read It over -twice, unable Primitive man's only means of Jimmig -Hallett had run into NVeir won't hurt ilier, but If she's got her at firs -t to comilletly, grasp Ito sigalft- t Menzies in the police -court corridor pretty fingers in 'the tar--.-" cance. ILwas an attested -copy of a 100mmiluleatiOn. was by -word of after the magistrate had formally re- III"Allett became conscious of a marriage certificate between Peggy -9-auth. Soon, however, came the manded "William Smith." The de- smouldering rage at the Innuendo of GTeye-Stratton and, Stewart Reader tective threw up his haud4 quickly the -comfortable, ruddy -faced detec-0 Ling, instinct for solne tangible represen- In th6 attitude of one parrying a blow. tice.' Re did ;lot realize thathe was "She didn't tell you about this," tative of ideas which led man to Don't hit me, Mr. Hallett," be im- being 'deliberatly provoked for a ipur-' went on the detective levelly. "That plored, rve got a 'weak heart," Pose. Menzies w1kitted to dfsoover� may alter your Idea that she intends scratch oil rock or bone figures of -Mramle grinned a little shame- without Aoubt; his attitude , to the toplay straight with you." a mammoth, the,birds and tdbedly. He had notbeen quite sure girl. Jimmie was Btruggling with a tan- the bear, th bow tihe detective chief would take "Out it out," lie advised curtiv, And gle,of thoughts.. '17fto Is Ling" he his feLUOW men, which be placed so as the 6.ssmilt on the shadowers of Miss then more quietly: "I thlnj,!t you en- demanded. to c,onveX iqeas. Later. with -tile ,61,roye-Stratton. He brazened it out. tirely anlgjudg� the lady% It I've only (To' be continued.) 'Well what are you going to do about known he�" for a few -hours I guess use -of colorings, came the picture It?" he -demanded. I'm a better judge of her type than Wrlti�Lg on iYapyrus and cloth. menzies caught him through the you." The connecting link between Such arm and p�llled him into a small A$om "Bearing a bit hot Wa?" smiled TABBY -CAT MOTHERS forms -of Picture writing and our �al- set,,Papart for consultations between Msazies., "It's no good getting angry CHICKS AND DUW I , awyer and clients. 11 suppose you with me. I'm clumsy, but (I mean well. phabet lies In 'the Egyptian hiero- kalow that men, have got six 4110litli's T hate to see a man stepping Into trou- glyphics of which many examples axe for lese, than you' did this afternoon. ble. And yoifll find troubl 'c�4 your to be seen in museums today. These You cant knock: ipolice officers about 0 hands pretty soon, believe me. hieroglyphics consist largely -of nat- with Impunify, 'you know."' were you I think Id carry a lif e-ipre ural appearances to* each Of which There was an underlying current server, or, advertise that you didn't of seriousness In his jocular tone some tparticular� meaning was assign- see'the man who killed Creye-Strat- straet which Jimmie could not fail to per- ton. ed whiox dealt usually In ab celve. He -ran his hand through his Hal,19tt had taken a quick turn or qualities. Por Instance, . the queen hair. two allDIlt the room, his hands thrust bee represented 1oyaliy, the bull .Tll see you," he said, adopting the deelp In his tr0user pockets. He came ialignage of the pDker table. "What strength; an ostrich teathe�, from to a sudden halt. "What do you mea are you driving at?" 'N by that?" A the evenness %of, its parts, -trutil and "This." The detective laid a forefinger on the palin of his t1lick Weir Menzies had a well-worn briar justice, left Pipe in one hand and EL tobaccopouch The coloring of the hieroglyphics hand. I-1yon'Te got sense, Mr. Hal- in the other. He metliodJc3,lly filled was aiot, as, in the earlier Picture Jett, and you've had experlente. Now, the pipe before answering. "Only writing in imitation of Nature, but I've gone Into Your credentials, and from what I have -gathered the lady's I bellerfe you're straight. But I'm In with a tough inob. F11 know�,lllare this, too followed a system of repre- not going to stand for anY funny babiness. I'm Investigating, a case about lera by tomorrow, but I don't ,sen.tatlon, So man's IlAh was - paint - want you laid out ibpfQre. I've ,picked ed xed, woman7s yellow. Wooden ot murder, and any one that stands up all the ends. I've warned you. r In the way is liable to get hurt. Now, instruments were yellow and bronze don,t interrupt. Let me finish. I You must do as 'you like. Only don's green. don't know 'whether you were putting go believing she's a little blue-eyed It Is the later writings that lead us up a grand -stand. Play after lunch to saint, that's all," if she Jimmie's t.emper, lield in W1 now, to the alphabet, for harei the figilres win the girls confidence or talked �rou over." continued,to rise. Whether it was the begiii to be abbreAria-tea, being repre- y, Hallett implication that he was -being made "He used inquirilill isented onlyby some Principal or dig- presseAls lips together firmly, "Go Miss Greye-Stratton's catepaw, or tinctive parts. A combat, for lit- ou'll fis said. 0 whether it was tlie suggestion. that stance, is �shown one "Right. You were butted 14to this the radiant girl was the willing ac- by two arms, at -the atart and I've tried to treat you complice ofogi gang.of criminals, he bearing, a shield, the oilter a pike.And I apper and lower. ",gypt, resbectively, 1 fairly. Don't you,forget murder's a did not stop to ditalyze, dirty thins, however you look at it, I We was wrath With Menzies be- are merely a, blossom or a 6ather, don't say miss dreyeAStratton's not cause he did. not know by Intuition what was p1lain to him—that if -she suggesting the Jotus and the papyrus. straight but she knows adeuco of a A. I + 4. i & 4 S1 E. ]not* WWII Site vttr,114 V ­ -3 av ag a Par I, WAS r L e saac than - she's telling its. - �She's -got. of Golne.,one elee. He regretted now something up her sIdeve. She's no thathe was bound not to divulgeany, fool for'all her pretty face. , iShe tiling she had told him. "ems to have taken a fancy to you. " I guess youre a fool, Menzies,' he Do you know why?" snewred, � �'Yon'ro barking up the The other shook his llead altlloug�h wiong treeP lie, had a very good idea, ��bat Men- Menzies- took the handle of the zles was goftig to say. 'His face was door - � "You think so, do you? Well, Impassive, we'al let .kt go at that." % He swung '74or the same r6ason that the open the door. "I Suppose the lady nian w�lve got below tried ta get you told jrou, she was mwrrf�d?" this morning., You're an important 'He apoke casually, as though by an witness. . She wants to shut Your aftertlic-ught, but he was quick to ob- 0 .�. wav, .011 wiax TQ=,,2&Fs Ac�o k young pan who practiced medicine in a rural district became' famous and was called in consulta- Ai6ri in many towns and cities be-,, --cause of his success in the, treat- ment of disease. tie finally made up his mind to, place some of his treatments before the entire people - and, moving to Buffalo, 14. Y., he `avorite� put up what he called his.11 Prescription, and placed it wito the druggists in every state in the Union and in Canada. That was over fifty-fiv-e years ago. For fiftV-one vears this Fa- vorite Prescription of Dr. Pierce's has sold more largely through- out the, land than any other me& cfne of like character. JVs the testimony of thoug gands of women that it bas benefited or entirely ,eradicated such distressing ailments as wornen, are prone to. F or over fifty years some of Dr. Pierces home medicines have been selling over the drug counters, so that more 'than fifty inillion. bottles have been sold during that time. This, speaks welil for the reliability and. value of Dr.Pierce's standard home reme. ,dies. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is a blood tonic and strength -builder which contains no alcohol, yet has tonie qualities that haxeondeared it to the American public. Dr. Pierce'sPleasanf Pellet% composed of May -apple, Alain and jalap� have long been <onsidqed a reliable vegetable laxative) in 018 Same Way t1taf*Dr, Viereels r4 avarite, Prescription has long been recognized as a tonie for disemes petuliat to womankind. Moro recently that wQnderful discovory af Dr. Anuric (and-gric. acid) � bas, been successfully wed by many thousanN -of people who yrite Dr. Pilerm in unquilified ternis of the benefits received—that their backg&e and other "Ptorm of,kidney, trouble have been com- pletely conquered by the U" Of Aturki A poultry dealer in- hie go . -T— * found , a very much battered -tilt HAS -MARRIJD 2,161 COUIRLES kitten back' of, his shop one day! yeaxs, two thousand fewer people per He took it in, and fed It. And now tabby, a grown And well-fed 'Canon" Dixon's Record—Rev. J. D. If ,eat. is Jeturning good for good,, M0rr0W,LAst Year Alone Tied theA Nothing delights her more than- , when she Is mothering a hatchitt'g Knotfor W,Couples-�-Fees. Are, of'baby chicks ot little tdunklings -Not 'Magnificent. or both at the saine time, as are the result of B101tiless, that sick - I shown horar. I Toronto clergymen agree that �s PP LOOX FOR MPLOP � IN an average of one wedding Per wee It OF OOAL. good business, but a few overstep Humanity has 'been and is ted this average, as a glance throtgh the "DOWINIGN AND U! S.' GOVERN. city's registration book for 1920, and i MERTS CONIFER WITH MINE the 7,78.6 weddings entered therein, . . OWNEPa. -proves. Out on the American border, at Wit �,. tile event of Spring the -Sault Ste, Warie, Michigan, there is chAn6s are that tile price of an- a Methodist minister, Rev. T. R. thracite coal will take a dr6p. Con- Easterday, &*�.yaars 451d� who, in his ferenees are Ift prodess between top- 67 year In the ministry, has tied three resentativeB of the Dominion and tholisand and six nuptial knots. Mrs. UnIte,d States Government officials 67 years In'the ministry has tied three of the mines respecting a proposition thousandth bride, and Xh-, Masterday to reduce the price of -anthracite fifty gave' her a set of silver spoons, each -cents a ton to dealers at the mines. marked 'V,00," . and also a Whitle,-pray- At present the joint conferences are, er book, confining their efforts solely to deal- 34S in the Year. Ing witli 'the orlee of anthracite coal. Some Tbrontol ministers said It It was stated that the proposition was, of course, only a "border'-' to - under consideration stipulates that cord, With thp advantage of catolillig commencing Way 1) iho price of an- thracita be reduced fift3i c6nts.and an elopement "trade," However. that the rate be Increased tell cents Rev. J. D. Morrow, of Toronto, top� disease rests largely with the indi- pad the local list of marrytng miniff- per ton -per month lot, the following ter with 945 couples In 1020. CayAon five months, at the termination of H. *0, Dixon came second with 241, which the price would be equal to and Reg.,Logan Gegglo had 1:26."The the pre",lit price when the Pall I ministers had 1,431 Wed- season sets I& This proposition has ..'Mebodist dings aniong them, but they divided, been favorably received by Many of them pretty well, and Rev. -G. Worrig tfie mine owners, In fact there�is a i0ray at Carlton street church scored ,climuce that the new rat� May* be- the hIghe'st,number, with 92 couples. come effective owing to,the tontin- Marria'd 9,161 In 14 yeaM ted mild aDell of weather There Is a school section or municipality can at Dossibillty . that the DTIcei of coal tor Pew of the ministers kept any too,- inplitufacturing purposes may Also be! ord through their minigry. reduced olang similar lines. Canon Dixon. has rharried %:01 — . ". , i I , couples during. We iast 14 years, Dr. The beginning -of chee'40 factories Isaac Tovbll, fit the Methodist ranks, in Canada dat"" trotil 180, Tri Uds 1had tounts up over one thousand In Ills fttarlo 180 ffiOtOrl@9 and Quo- 47 years In the jitinistry. He liad bee 11. , marriod the parents and the* gmtid- Silatish Is the Most Popular of the modern lAnguagen- In th6 high schools parents of Ofte, ybugg couple, and the ' In NrAw York 0ty; German, attracts ther day 0 was called upon to lb*026 �the least attent,1011, their ba;lby. 0 0 I ------------- up Of gons ra" r" VV if ESH 'R 1 0 -T ] NEWS 1:14M NG E S I TEMS It tho Bay Scouts of Ottawa were Increased ititereet'le, being shown 0ir Philip Gibbs, the English war to Join -hands they, would be ;ible to throughout Ontario a the Wolf Clubs cOrrQ3011dOut, told reporters encircle. a large Part of their bome, 61tY. Ottawa. -has more Scouts per —the junior branch of, Me �Uoy that It would be only, a matter of Capita 'than any otlier#ctty of 10%0,00 Scouts' Association- A new booklet time before there would be another great 4%11uropearl war. . Or more People In,-Am'erlea. called Vie Wolt Club bas, just been "The world has not moved forwar(I * , * * published and will bo sent to men as a result of the recent conflict," lit) Scoutmasters In Hamilton and'Ot- and women Inte'rested upon applica- declared. "It is exP44y where it Wvz "90 to S011001!" But to Spec- tION to Pxovinclal Headquarters, was in 191A." W schools organized Just for them. Moor and Sherbourne, Streets, To, He said the PrancQ-Poligh and Instead of aritlidetic and spelling ronto. other alliances Indicated that Buro. land fill that they study boys, and A pean countriosa-vere concerning them - scouting, and games* and discuss with The annual ineeting of the Cauar selves as much today with the bat- expexts the best ways of tanning than General Council of The, Boy a]lre of 00wer as was the Lease 'be - their troops. a Scouts' Association was held in the ofore the world war, Gove;n9r­Geueral!s office, Ottawa, on Assistant Scoutmaster E4. Walker, Wednesday, March 23, His Excel- The'Xingston Army and Navy Yet - of 0rhasby has been Instrumental in lency the Duke of DevonsItire, Chief erans have decided that Way 24 sa,ving no less than three persons Scout Tor Canada, 'presiding. Re-, would be" the ;best day -for the hold - from drownlug--and at three differ- ports Presented showed splendid do- Ing of a proposed `V�Lrrlor Day:' ent times.' The -provincial 113*ard of veloPment of the movement In all The 'PrWco of Wales 110 extended Honor recently recommended him for provjncos� and plans for still further his patronage to the day fix Canada, one of t1fe highest Boy Scout decora- field and extension. work were aP- a4d all veterans' associations will be tions. I -proved, asked to co-operate to make the day, a big one lir thd DoTlition. It Is suggested that on this,day Alt v v shows, theatres, picture houses, dance " halls and Vlaces of amusement lit, 'CAN DECAV OF TAE TEEM general be asked to contribute the Droeeeda of one Per celit. to veterans, the money to be equally divided BE AVOIDED among boua. Ilde associations of vet - 0OULD 160 ANYTHING. Zudge—Yon h;ve attacked this, nialft, Can yott deny it? I tan, Sir, If It %vill 410p, mic", m"m,gR% LtirTLE OAME. Uttle Oe'0#16, 9 years old, aft6r 61 the sea, ayid'then, In a boat, are car. tied out t4o where the t1do runs swift- ly. there being consigned to the w4ves. This boat is ocallod the Mon War boat by reason of the fiet that It Is 96nerall provided by the Mon '%Vat Sher, an org4tizatioll with bruliehes evervwhore for the main. tetahtO df the spirit of reverence for lw4joLv usinItioaotIl ­Wls -'alla � The total gost of the commigslon appointed to investigate I-Ru4al iered- Its," according to a reply given In the House by Eon. W. E, Raney, was $2,651. Of this, excluding expenses, W, 3, Jackman drew $1,274, Thomas McMillIen 43C*, an4L ',M. 1J. JStapleS The death occurred -at Ottmva Bud- donly at his late residence on Daly Avenue,at the 'age of.,74, of Martin J. Griffin, C.M.G., M.D., who, for many years wag Parliamentary Iib- rarlan in the House of lCommons. The late Mr. Griffin, -who had been In fall - Ing lleal;tli for some time, Tetired last, June from the Post of Parliamentary librarian, a position which lie had held tor thirty-five years. Preparations are completed to handle what is anticipated as the greateat production of maple sugar in Cana, than eannals, The Dominion depart, ment -of agriculture predicts an ottt� put of 1,006 tons, with a value of 42,;� MMES LIT BY 0ANDLIES. Th e gold, diamond And other mines of Soutt Atri6a are enormous ,Consumers of candles. According to the -commercial yetw -book for 1920 of the Johannesburg Chumber of Commerce, these mines in the pr.eeed- p lug twelve months used 9,917;710 pounds of paxraffln ten -ounce can- dles. !rhe bulk of these, 8,Z18,3,67 pounds was consumed in -the gold mines of the Rand. I t do the coal mines og the coun- try no candles, are used, tor fear of dust explosions, but a great many of them are burned In our metal mines. Even in 'Vile latter carbide Itimps are preferred, and these have been replaced to some extent by elec- tric lamps fed from small storige bat- texies. The battery is attached to the miner's b-ack at the waist, the cord passing up behind land ove- his head to the lamp, fixed above !!is forehead, ABLE TO 00 HER WORK After L01%9 Suffering Mrs. Peasey Restored to Health by tvilla Z. PirtkharWs V — vesaable coinpound Toronto, Ont.—"T suiTered With irregular menstruation, was weak and run down, could not eat and had headaches. Tho worst syraptoms were dragging npY do,.,� ins,sobad thought I would go crazy and 1 acenied to be amotheting. I Was. v-, . this Condition P, for two Or three years and could Seem Work I tried all kinds of inedicitiva and had been treated by inclined to tt� Lydia E. Pinkhatn's Vegetable Compound. I received tiv4 bi�st results frorn it and 1ow I keer. house and go out to ivork and run Me a, inew woman. I have recommended Totir Vegetable Cow und to iny dends and it these racts will help some poor woman uge thtni as �.-ou J. V. rX&SA1087 King ,W log ate ofte of thew wft*u do 69 suffer for four or five ywa at Mrs. Peamy did* but proft by I*r 4Lxper;m-t and bt roatoied to 14" )How shall this question be an- Health -Department In the last ten swered? It one considers the num- yeaxs, two thousand fewer people per her of people Buffeting from this..dis- annum, die than it the former rate ease, and the number 4 Dentists had been maintained, It has 'been thereo*re to treat it, It would almost said that one third of all poverty Is seent unavoidable, yet It is avoid- 'caused through sickness, that the able. This is a strange paradox* vast majority ot c6ttel mortgages unavoidable yet avoidable. Teeth are the result of B101tiless, that sick - I were not made to de0ay, but � to do ness Is the deciding factor between their work, fr6e from diseisb, the contentment -or worry over the -Tam- same as -other organs of the4b d Ily finances. Humanity has 'been and is ted The obpect of this article Is . to'get with any number of diseases, low the people Interested In the lessen - fever, diphtheria, typhoid, malaria, ing,of -tooth -decay, and hence tAe tuberculosis, cancer, gmallpbx and elimination -of the far reaebing indily others. ' None of these -are so troubles andlexpense that arlse there - common as tooth decay� ' In som4 from, avlany people of middle age localities ninety-five lier cent. of they say "How I regret that neglected I school children are suffering with my teeth, When young." At middle this disdase, If all the people stid- age one appreciates the necessity, the denly decided to havetheir teeth !put comfort, and the. health -value of In healthy condition, there are offly sound and efficient teeth. 1. dentists enougk to. care for thirty In Previous articles the prk-,natal per cen.t. of them. influence and the care of children's Througli' ihe discoveries of great teeth have been pointed out. The scientists the organization of rules laid down are simple and easy our health departments, a good many to follow. In the next two articles diserases have been rendered prevent- the influence of 'inastleation and aWe. Some still seem unavoidable, mouth cleanliness on the teeth' and among these is tooth decay. the influence of diseased teeth on the It has been demonstrated that this general health will be considered. disease rests largely with the indi- Our hope for the prevention of vidual. . One's habit diet and mode tooth decay is in the children and the of life are the principal factors In- coming -geterations. At present the volved. As civiliza2tion has advanced ideal -should be, that when 'Child e I go has tooth decay. If it cannot -be leave school, they wili'not only lele ,prevented entirely It can be greatly men-taily fit for the battle of life,� lessened4, It is known 'that the mos- but physically as well, with sound and qutto bite wilt cause yellow and nia- healthy teeth. There is now, con- - larlal fevers, that drinking Impure nected with the Department of Edu- water and unsanitary conditions will cation, a Dental Inspector,' Any cause typhoid, that direct'contact and school section or municipality can at lack of fresh air, and neglect of colds any time, get advice on the best will -cause tuberculosis, that contact method for the prevention of tooth with the inany contagious 'dis6ases decay In the school children. .will Produce them. `1`4-ough the All parents and others Interested elimination or modification of the tire asked to get behind this mo.ve- causes many of these diseases are -,inent for tooth -preservation. Thus becoXing qnnecessary, In the City It will be possible to make tooth de - of Toronto, through the Work of the cay avoidable. GOOD JOKES calling her mother several times dur- Ing the night and receiving no reply, eald: "Mother, are you really HAD AN EYE FOR TRADE� asleep, or'are you just p'teliding A S . unday School beacger hail'been you're a telephone girl?" describing to her pupils the joyg. Qf heaven. At the close of the lesson, Writing Saored in China. she asked: "How many would llk� To millions- and millions, of 4Miln- to go to heaven?" ese everywhere all writing Is eacred. All, save one, raised their hand*,, Hence It thappons that in the average Turning to -the exception the teacher Chinese oorainunity, In this country asiced: : 16urely, you don't want to 4 as well as In others, Including the go to hell!" Orient, every scraip of paper all, old The youngster nodded his head letters, and all waste paper, am laid vigorously. aside In a clean receptacle to await 11 4 Sure, I do," he asserted. Wy the eollect�r, who appe6rs at regular father said that's where business has Intervals to transfer the-wasto Pap - gone, and I want to go In business." pers to the sacred furnace. These FI.FTYjFIF'rY. waste papers Includo even commer- cial * messages -and advertisementg, Butcher—This pound of butter you foe, slncO Confucius used the, same sent me Is 3 ounces short, characters "whereby to imm-ft his Grocer—Woll. f rals-laid, the pound wisdom, they Are 6acred. S-11nuld weight, so I weighed Itby the pound the papers be burned by the Chinese of chops you sent ine yesterday. in their own honies, it Is thought the ashes Of the sacred Writings would -PAINFUIL. mingle with the ashes of woA and Sati—But 2moking doesn't litirt we, other fuels, and the� ashes of the Chin- tather. ese writings are held to be as sacred Vkjther--�Oh, no, bitt It burts me to as tile writings themselves. Agheg goe you smoking up my expensive front the sacred furtra-ce are plaeod In cigars, svteks, These saelca are conveyed to 0OULD 160 ANYTHING. Zudge—Yon h;ve attacked this, nialft, Can yott deny it? I tan, Sir, If It %vill 410p, mic", m"m,gR% LtirTLE OAME. Uttle Oe'0#16, 9 years old, aft6r 61 the sea, ayid'then, In a boat, are car. tied out t4o where the t1do runs swift- ly. there being consigned to the w4ves. This boat is ocallod the Mon War boat by reason of the fiet that It Is 96nerall provided by the Mon '%Vat Sher, an org4tizatioll with bruliehes evervwhore for the main. tetahtO df the spirit of reverence for lw4joLv usinItioaotIl ­Wls -'alla � The total gost of the commigslon appointed to investigate I-Ru4al iered- Its," according to a reply given In the House by Eon. W. E, Raney, was $2,651. Of this, excluding expenses, W, 3, Jackman drew $1,274, Thomas McMillIen 43C*, an4L ',M. 1J. JStapleS The death occurred -at Ottmva Bud- donly at his late residence on Daly Avenue,at the 'age of.,74, of Martin J. Griffin, C.M.G., M.D., who, for many years wag Parliamentary Iib- rarlan in the House of lCommons. The late Mr. Griffin, -who had been In fall - Ing lleal;tli for some time, Tetired last, June from the Post of Parliamentary librarian, a position which lie had held tor thirty-five years. Preparations are completed to handle what is anticipated as the greateat production of maple sugar in Cana, than eannals, The Dominion depart, ment -of agriculture predicts an ottt� put of 1,006 tons, with a value of 42,;� MMES LIT BY 0ANDLIES. Th e gold, diamond And other mines of Soutt Atri6a are enormous ,Consumers of candles. According to the -commercial yetw -book for 1920 of the Johannesburg Chumber of Commerce, these mines in the pr.eeed- p lug twelve months used 9,917;710 pounds of paxraffln ten -ounce can- dles. !rhe bulk of these, 8,Z18,3,67 pounds was consumed in -the gold mines of the Rand. I t do the coal mines og the coun- try no candles, are used, tor fear of dust explosions, but a great many of them are burned In our metal mines. Even in 'Vile latter carbide Itimps are preferred, and these have been replaced to some extent by elec- tric lamps fed from small storige bat- texies. The battery is attached to the miner's b-ack at the waist, the cord passing up behind land ove- his head to the lamp, fixed above !!is forehead, ABLE TO 00 HER WORK After L01%9 Suffering Mrs. Peasey Restored to Health by tvilla Z. PirtkharWs V — vesaable coinpound Toronto, Ont.—"T suiTered With irregular menstruation, was weak and run down, could not eat and had headaches. Tho worst syraptoms were dragging npY do,.,� ins,sobad thought I would go crazy and 1 acenied to be amotheting. I Was. v-, . this Condition P, for two Or three years and could Seem Work I tried all kinds of inedicitiva and had been treated by inclined to tt� Lydia E. Pinkhatn's Vegetable Compound. I received tiv4 bi�st results frorn it and 1ow I keer. house and go out to ivork and run Me a, inew woman. I have recommended Totir Vegetable Cow und to iny dends and it these racts will help some poor woman uge thtni as �.-ou J. V. rX&SA1087 King ,W log ate ofte of thew wft*u do 69 suffer for four or five ywa at Mrs. Peamy did* but proft by I*r 4Lxper;m-t and bt roatoied to 14"