HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-11-08, Page 3„
•
0.40:410 0.0000 114:4000$4140411.0 CenttntleteneleeM4MVOINZSOnfte 00000
Passing of the Old Negro. 1
/
- HE IS UNABLE TO MEET NEW CONDITIONS
IN THE SOUTH. A 4,* ett set A A ot. A
i4g0;64=1:4;•00041442gOdelngOted4C.CIIKOW00;i0.01Mcs2.421M4C40.
Tho ante-I:tenure memo, with leis`
Mestere* Megan'', eow /Ind knaek,. se
leellieg decent in ploeuresspes rage,
Is rout dropping mt. oi 9ow.itern lite,
His '01d westate" /waddling etnef ort -
ants under the big eloteee "sweetie.
fellowInte peelelle eleelsed-ne
grape -baby: of "we-all'e lolke,"
se rare Aware itow in southern totem%
teeSse the Naehviiie Danner. 5
Lou Uo oerthern winter le ;
fostal iseatesit to the old, Afeican',e
conetitution. Every. spring tile rankst
pltia,bly, tninners elmenble ont into
nH1Iinhttr NAO. Ansi alloys, with
tolerable surely of falling with
next evinter'e ;mown
X4Ire ids Master, the ex-elave lute
grown boars" in the sauggle to meet
new conditions, but, unliko mass -
tea no has not beeu able to eanquer.
Worn With the istruggie, be sleeve
ont of life, With uo isinteeeleOr in Iiis
race, no bequeatinuent of himself to
instory exocpt through tile dialect
tory of of tire *meth.
With bini oemese illustration (4
that Unique relation betsveen reels -
tor and elieve, 'which pre:served the
old wino of bondage lu the new bot-
tles o1 the nineteenth centurys and
lett a peculiar cordiality, between
the two after emancipation.
The idiom, of the old negro's; dittleot,
las flaehlight piirttees of feeling and
warm ebressel ima,gore. page with
him. The Inimitable eines of h1/ sole
enuneiation and comical, Picturesque,
mlecalled on words, give a popular-
ity' to his iidialeeet whieb none other,
not even tile tiotch, paiseelees for
the publie mind.
The manner widen he "put on" in
hie youth with bet nuseter'e old coat
eats him apart in ego rise akenileman
Of cultured eddrese. 'When he icands
ilk at the basfit door, bowing over Ms
ass.gged but, lie descovero the truth
that elogance is acquired byas-
eociation, for the finenees of ante-
bellum rx,trIons bangs on hie old lisp
and onsegnious gallantry,.
(Every town in the South tree
among Its public characters one of
these old negroes. Tes have reached
this present age bas hus been neces-
sexily of the (uncommon, industries,
smber typo.
Xe ha.s, if he in very old, given
see his "patele" or eels old horse has
been forbiciclett by the prevention of
cruelty cociety to creak alneut in
Me rickety old cart, or a shiny
young buck may have diemleced him
as a janitor Of rennet public place.
Ile only doles odd Ube "abieset de
plane" of old acquaintances. Ile is
ally ;oh' modern +beetle, and, •nemiding
publio thoroughfares, bobbles 'up
back et:smote to a corner where ho
Le likely to meet some of "Ole Marco's
kinettip of clan."
"Howdy, base? ons ISookhe well
,to -day, yeti 61-1)^ is 1- tem favolt• ale
memo jest de same oz when you
wester ride hinte (behind; nee on ole
stetie Jinny. t's n, powerful day 1
;Yee suit, too cola fer me ay wuk
to -day. Yam, sults roiametes eiene
vetch me In do back. 1 hain't ez
4e!" pear t es coaruniten tle-day, be ss."
It Is not begging. Nlei eine could
look at Uncle Lebo, quaintly respect-
able in hist rage and bows, and call
It beggiug. Bet tbe IJOSS Sticks les
1ingere in Ms vest pocket tor loose
srhange. If ise bee not seen the old
man lately ho asks about his wife,
of &left:less son or daughter. If he
hag soon him with too unieli fres
queney, he doesn't hesitate to tell
leanr so roundly, knevesing1, leswever,
It WIll not hex° the least effeet on
Uncle Ishe's reappearance. Accord-
ing to the old neen's ace(eunt, his
poverty is alesaye a temporary ac-
oldeut,
"Hard times ? No sett I Te, 110, he I
Easel teems don't no moron's ketch
sise by de foot, an' dates ems when I
ha,b my roometiz. Yoe nebber dee
die nigger long but what' lees
leughind 13ess (confidential import-
ance), I haul suo' trumke week fo'
lee' dam any 'udder man in town-
tooptine In course, de ;transfer men
-het my ole heree-yae, Huh; yas,
gull, de Sante one," straightening in
proud defatem of 'her, "des grabbte in
,er foot, lease, an' I hab to Tee' her
esistat's all. Simel be all right. A
cook, boss ? Yee, gait, I knews plenty
cle.t wente to cask, en' calls deys-
selveit clooke an mighty peart ter
take -do money for golokine bat aces;
not Intim to' fer yam 'Dose
gar good -f or -not hine ne 'wan t
young pigeons dat lazes round all
day an' treetops vein' all night, a -
entre de bruelder,s...er dio an' sisters
tudder, 0:s fittest for nettle; but de
plenteemeheary or de had place.
Doe' Ilan' Blip, boss. Yas, sub! An'
'ow won't be 'sleeve uf nettle' in de
hoarse from de lee In de freezeratar
ter Mis' Virselnyer new fine tilos°.
X like ter 'commieltsto ;slue, 'Hess (a
;heel' rxr Cheetere'eldian courtesy),
an' 1 kin sen. sem' 'ens roun' 1 or
you -este 1 v1i11 leflin you arty so -but
deyei not what you, want."
Rut more freuuent now than this
toseetieg is a sudden eummous front
Uncle Isis° to the young doctor
among the . descendants of "Oni,
Wrens." All is done that can be
• dorm, but ou the street dorner, in the
effete, store and court room there is
a Moment's pathetic pause at the
antetuncement that Uncle Ishe, old
Unelo Isle)faithful remnant of a de-
parted day, is dead. There' is e b"g
funeral among the negroes, and aSto
over but a. tender memory with hie
•old whlte friends.
Outside of Charleston the old ne-
We nose is the Only stubborn arlate-
erat in the South. His pride in his
ss
)
°metre) family is the same as when
he served in The peeler as a. leve,
aristocratic by reflection. The fans-
Ily may be poor, the mine and dangle
tors working rm. daily bread, but the
tea servitor, 1i is atilt 64e qualltee"
and the More or office where lie
works Is traiisformett In his Paled in.
to a sort of social Aimee to the old
Soutine elegance.
Nearly every Southern fatuity has
some ench old negro to call round
;yearly. If rot elle old man, the old
woman in her stout cape or literals -
ed sunbonnet, and, wile,tever the
sveathor, tile inevitable ligihrella4 0;11e
badge of respectability. She refuses
to take the chair preesed upon her
unlese she is so old her feeble limbs
acept it as a neceosity before she
Isrings her call to an end.
The visit, formerly,. was cheerful,
greeting "Old A1l..80," and seeing who
the qatedbables "favored"; but "Ole
Mies" chair has been empty many
yearn her daughter is a grandmother
now, on whom the ends of life have
come. The babies are grown end are
marrying, and death has chosen tlie
brightest and boot, Deekof cone.
mmileation between tile old negro's
alloy and ber "white folks" often
leaves the old women pitiably Ignor-
ant of great cluteges in the homes -
hold.
"Do las' time," elle quas'ere, hang-
ing over her umbrella for support,
her assess bleared with age, at; else
looks on the faaniliar face% all smelt
"you tole me yo' cousin Ciaes'sr. evuz
gene! He nay, 'baby, honey," tile
old voice breaking, "I missed him,
an' den I cook fee his ma twel 118
(lone growed Mt° breeches. 1 aseter
run hen roun' do house 10' he cut
Ille curls -he ma curl 'em all ober
he head -an' I run to ketch 'Mt an'
hese nin. An' When I lass 111010 011 tm,"
p romineseent chuckle, "he sho did
event lik a `little plg cetch In de
fence. But I nab to hab iny, Pay
for all dem Spat ty cakes he dome otow
tevraye Bence he .grovred eo big -heal
neaten six foot, 'settees he, hone„y11
nas see him on de street some time.
"An' die time, honey," she life pass-
ing out of the old voice, nyou toll
mo yore little .Tames been gone
might' nigh a gear. De cook telt line
in de Idtehen, end I „fuse sot down
dere-'peared lak I couldn't glt no
rudder! He de ba,byl ob you all, an'
els' ma de baby ob ole Miss fambly.
"When Mt put he lusn'e in hie
breeches pocket -an' he ehohab ter
put hit dere--he \don't fin' nuttine
Sat what put dem gray hairs in
yore ma's bald mo'n giben up little
jamas. Don' know wheu I kin git
baok, honey," with a last faltering
look round thee:eons, "de good La,wd
may call fest-dis may be de las'
time! We me' all lib fer de 'udder
worn Menke°, Miss Mary! Yessumt
11 kb kyiar (earry)• Yes , an'
Idat, too -I got nee basket out's:
hero. Seine bia,enberres cordial, Ole
Mies make'? She kin mak room fer
dee. Yassum 1 lib in do same place
-I'll let , 'f • ' 1 git
dawn',"
nut In a Sew months, or a year
or two, at meet, the old woman
comes no more. t
The passing of the old negro Is
can tomp•orary, with the falling in
of old mansions, and turning to the
wild, fomaken gardens, moss -hung
eta(' neglected, where isun dittle warp
amidst haneyeuckle aud tangled jas-
mine -tbe assailing of a gracious!, et -
1 artless hospitality -of eonversation
as a delicate ert with -women, and
O fine wegemplishment in men.
It nistriertne decadence of the lov-
er a,mo,ng young Americans, or to,
go to the bottom of tbe Matter,
perhaps a falling off of thee fine
femininity welch, like the violet;
turns Ito sweetness downward to
the Toots of life, and which begets
In mon the Seavalier type.
The paesing, in a word, of that
peculiar aroma of charecter which
Le ties off:spring of leisure for the
finer things of life, a leisure which
the old negro 'stood for in the
reoutlee pasts tho memoryof which.
outliving all other eldee of the ques-
tion, throws a halo over his dark
figure as he disaypeare, ,
TAKING A DARE.
A. tow weeks ago a hasty marriage in this
city between two people who had known each
C:esesruibutaittr rhotI tima
temivrrptiathneed thay
been "cirai.)ed" 41) itarrial antd r4u•sed
to "take the dare,' says the Philadelphia
Press. A week or so later a young man was
drowued near this city, and the coroner's
Inquest revealed the fact that, although his
frfseds Icnew he could not swim, they had
"dared" him to to into deep water, where
he met his death.
The man, woman or Child who dares an-
other to do a dangerous or foolhardy deed
18 which injury or death results is morally
a criminal, M the case et the marriage
referred to above the silly couple svho bound
their lives together under such ctrcum-
stauces aro likely to reao the reward of their
folly when they know each other better.
In the other elisee the victims ef the "dare"
are beyond regret for their momentary rush -
nese. For a dime is but folly's challenge
to Weakness, weakness of moral fibre, lack
of courage to say ne. Brave men and Well
balanced women never give or take 4 dare;
it Is only fools.
It is a great pay that tome punishment
cantinocgobet meted, or oitontlite portion who deres
r Put if
haps a law making it a crim fOr one or-
b in jeeonardy. I;er-
son to Instigate another to a hazardous deed
or action Would tneet tha case.
An Exacting Xntelligence.
(Washington Star,),
I Sheet awfully original," toed Maude.
"Yes," answered Mantle. "Why, sho overt
Insets on Writing lettehe because she can't
find out cards that say things to sult her."
ktri]
NATIVE
In the Virgin forests of that wonder-
ful lend, Australia, the ancieut natives
practised their weird and mysterious
rites of healing. 'Much of their ancient
lore will never now be known by modern
man, Some of it, however, is known
in certain quarters, mut oven modern
scientists have been amazed at the deep
knowledge of medicinal plants possessed
by these aneleet nativee. When diseov-
area by Capt. CM*, the great explorer,
he vrote of them; "I del not observe
amongst them aey sign of diseese, Old
men without heir and teeth were full of
life and activity." This wonderful health
was foune to be due to the fact that they
used certain herbal essences as medicine,
What etronger proof could be had ?than
this, of the fact tbrit the herbs of the
field and the trees of the foreet con-
stitute stature's medicine cliest for man-
kind? In Bileaus for Biliousness, the
great Australian household remedy,
you have the 1 Most known medicinal
essences. From coating to kernel they
are purely vegetable. They are an
absolutely natural remedy for indi-
gestion, heedeche, biliousness, constipa-
tion, piles, and all disorders arising from
liver and stomach disorders,
It ie now well known that liver
medicines hitherto in use mostly contain
bismuth, mercury and other atermful
mineral products. These Mineral constit-
uents are very injurious if token for,
long, and produce such effects as that
of loosening tbe teeth, causing the hair
to fall out, etc. Means are entirely dif-
ferent and Imperial!. They are peaty veg-
etable and contain no true of any such
harmful ingredients as the •above. They
cure that which they are taken to cure,
and do not leave behind them emits worse
than the original ones.
Bikinis are mild in their motion and
are thus suitable for the most delicate
coestitution. They never cause griping
or pain. Taken at night, they work
while eou sleep -toning up stn,d stimu-
lating the liver, strengthening the di-
gestive organs, removing the CRUM of
headache -and when you awaken it is
to feel "like another person ' alto-
gether" as the saying goes. Bileans
cure fleadaelie, constipation, piles, liver
trouble, biliousness, sick headeche, bad
taste in the mouth, foul breath,. dizzi-
ness fainting, buzzing noises in the
head, feelings of -uncomfortable fulness
even after a light metal, anaemia, de-
bility, etc. They also act as a general
tonic, and by improving the tone of
the whole system enable it to throw
off colds, chills, etc. They Improve the
general circulation and are a boon to
pale faced girls end weak women, All
druggists sell at 50 cents a box,or
post free from the Rilean Co., Toronto,
.on receipt of price.
I.i
THE CAN_INE MIND, I
* 4.,
Dogs Do Not Learn the Reasons for
What They Are Taught.
His acquired dexterities are the best
illustration of the inventiveness of in-
stinct, while at the same time they in-
dicate vvhere inventive instinct falls '
shed of rational action. He is skilful
in getting a walking -stick through a
narrow opening in a wall or a lining.
An observer, seethe him push the stick
along with his teeth till he gets it at
the crook and then drawing it • through
the hedge, might attribute the act to
reflection, and say, what an 'observer of
Principal Lloyd Morgan's dog sid on a
similar occasion. "Clever clog that, eir;
' he knows where the hitch do lie."
' Now this is precisely what . my dog
(and Mr, Lloyd Morgan's dog also) does
not know. When he feels the hitch he
knows how to get rid of it, but he does
not understand it, .
I put him, in imitation of Mr. Mor-
gan's experiment, behind some railiugs.
The dog ran at thein, holding tee Mick
by the middle, and did this more than
once. Then, in the exciteeennt of Lis de-
sire to get through and join me, se be-
gan to seize the stick at random, ad
seizing it near the crook he was able to
bring it through. When I reoseeid the
experiment he was elever enouilt to seize
• the stick after a very few male, at the
right place and I imagine that it is the ,
rate at which the lesson is learned that
makes the difference between one dog
and another.
Even now, when he has beet:tie expert,
he first runs at the narrow opeitin ho d-
ing the stick by the micinle and then,
when be has faded he ekilfully and with-
out further welting snifts his teeth to
the right place. He lenyned tbus how to
do the action by trying eepeatelly at
random, and felling, until swims cum/l-
ed his desire, he remembered the meth-
od of success, Compare his action with
the same action as done ratio:n-1y by
a man. In a strict sense the dog dies noa
know how to do the action beemese he
has not analyzed it into its meets. His
means are not deliberate means taken to
secure an end, but they are a lucky de-
vice .struck out by the urgency of de-
sire. He has learned. how it goes, but
not the go of ft. -From the Cornhill Mag-
azine.
- • se
A Clerk Who Turned Cab Driver,
Semething about cabby's appearance
and the tone in which he said "Thank
you" for the bare legal fare titles&
Itis temporary employer as a little Out
of the common. "How do you like tho
new Pleb?" he asked.
The dabber looked surprised for an he
idea before he replied: "You are tre
first to find the out; and 1 drove my
old. boss, too, a fortnight after I had
left him without his recognizing me. IStit
of course he would never expect to zee
one of his highly respectable clerks driv.
ing a hrinsoin cab. Oh, it Suits me Al.
Never been so well in My life. And that)
of •course, was iny main objeet in tate
ing it. The doctor bee warted um tlust
a few more years of sedentary Work
Niefeld land me in consumption. t don't
look much like it now, do I. And rve
ganiea four positele in weight in the two
Months etude I took to driving, not te
mention tbe improvement in my spirits
and my temper. ,,..
"/ was getting 42 a Week i
in the ety,
aite I'm not far off statism the semo
amount now, though, of tourse, the hOure
artl kelpie The experises, oil the other
heed, aro less; yon'd be surprised how
Imu& cheaper it is to bring your dinner
with you than to go to it restaurant for
it day after day. Altogether I manage to
WM more than i ma whtn at thode*,
and at soon as I have saved enough to
get a cab of my own I look forward to
a pretty substantial *weekly balttriee en
Om tight itide of the ledger, With tho
open. at life to been -Me -Froze tile teite
don Irtibilnes
0000000000000000000000
0
Most people know that if they have
been sick they need Scott' a Emal-
lOt2 to bring back health and strength.
But th..a 'strongest point about Scoe's
•Emulsion is that you don't have to be
tick to get results front it.
It keeps up the athlete's 'strength, puts fat
on thin people, makes a fretful baby ha.ppy,
brings color to a pale girl's cheeks, and pre-
vents coughs o colds and consumption.
Food in concentrated form for 'sick and
well, young and old) rich and poor.
And it contains no drugs and no alcohol.
ALL M300181%1 MU. AND $140.
.11•4•4001140.0000.440400.404.4111•111
„•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
IC HORSE 4FOQI4,
t•If*
Statement by « Man Who i* an Up*
in. the Matter.
telecast). Ohronielea
le the current member et one of the
1114SRZI4OS Is Rik interesting article on "TIN
Mental LinlitatIone Of the Mersa." The
etsther AL Were, who say* he letS
bad thirty years' emery:nee with an sorts
of horeen and teat 3118 opimona yiiti bs wei
coined by all similarly experienced Mime -
men, thews reiected by more itorte fami
:Mee opinion's ere widety different treat
I Mete !Welt in sueny ways eel tau moss
lielfewiiittmebe truth is that Ms essay contras:
these ef trie people who kuow MOO, Ab011t
Mr. ware starts. oat to dcpreanting the
intent:4mm of the horse, whieli, 11e ortys, is
veetly overrated, I84 afttr uelag ecnao re-
MarkabiY Weak Illuetratiou in support 01
tine ceilidoA unconsciously meatione tome
thiage welch flatly dispreve It.
The boree, Ito says, is tested at every- 1
thing though trivial, man it ends out
flInt It le harmless, and teen pays no fur-
ther cntention to it. Although terrific. ile
Is afraid ef a pieue cS peer until be nada
teat it Neil eet hurt him and stande n
heavy eannenado niter to 141,9 0E40 it.
This wattle be regarded as meet ef teed
Judgment in 4 am», but Mr. Ware seem*
tp thiult it provee that use horse is a tool.
The bore°, he says, Is an aulmal of OIL)
Iden and the bent way to get one idea out
of hie head le to present Wm with another.
It he balke tio a string :wound his ear and
he will forget the balk. Could anything be
1.e.;we like a human being; anti espeeiallY
like a chile than this? rir. GI:ambers
P.reaelled, his gratteet sermon in "The 14"-
A Man Who Shaves
himself, needs no talcum - no
witenitazeleuo "cream" -if be uses
"Royal Crown"
Witch -Hazel
Toilet Soap
Ti,..witchiniazei in the soap allays
all irritation - takes away tbe
muting and buruittg-heals tire
outs -leaves tile ekin eat end
• s smooth.
Not a Shaving
soap- but cooling
and delightful after
shavirm
3 cakes for 25C,
At Druggists and Dealers, 4
Pulsive Power of a new Affection" and it •
wo; eothing more than an application of
this fact about a Milking horse to human ter who was tlengerously ill; lie mine
beings,
Mr. Ware Sflyti hereon do not distinguish
sonade, the only exception being that army
horses distinguish some eouede on the bugle.
Notblug could be more absurd than this
etatemeut. "rho llama In a fire engine house
listen to fire alarms a)) day and all night
without moving 4 muscle untll their posi-
tions at tho polo or etaft as if their live%
depended on it. •
After all this ilfr Ware admit th
s at a
horse with his oyes bandaged and hie ears
p.m o5 cotean razogaisas his raleter
stantly and that in some cam he displays
great cunning, Por Instance, circus horses
always !perform tricks better ort rehearsals
than in public portormances because they
knowthat in public 'performancee they will
not get tho whit).
People who 111e with bargee ere fond of
eying that "a horse has as much sense fie
o man" and some of them, complainthat
a bone is hypocritical and feigns weari-
ness or limps when lis is not lame in order
to avoid working. As to a horse's memory
of roads ,and places Mr, Ware and every-
body else admits that It is phenomenal.
In estimnting the natural intelligence of
the horse two thing:: are generally em-
. 0 first of these is that he Is
drilled into ignorance, Prom early colthocid
he Is taught nothing but to wear the har-
ness and to work, The dog runs at large
and Is Incessantly petal and talked to and
becomes wise by hie associations TI
. le orse
hears nothing but the word of command,
awl tliougli always near to man s almbst
never his companion. If any infant were
treated in the' same way It would not have
one-half as much Intelligeuce as a child or-
dinarily has, Mr. Ware saya it 10 'ellly and
dangerous to talk to a horse," but the beet
working horses 1n thin city are those that
enjoy the most intelligent associations, in-
elndIng talk.
The other matter that is overlooked is
that the hard labor to which the horse is
subjected stunts hie mind. Every horse,
in a city at least, is worked to death and
drops dead at last from overexertion. Is
this favorable to intenectute developments
How is it with a human being who is worked
hard ten hours a day The founders of the
Brock Parom community prepoeed to com-
bine farm labor during the day with metre
and metaphysics In the evening, but did
they succeed? They found that when the
bode was tasked beyond a certain point the
mind was completely dormant.
Everybody knows what happens wben a
day laborer attends church tor a lecture in
the 0en1ng 3Xe goes to sleep. The horse
works so hard that he has not time to think
And no chance to improve lbs mind. Me
would never be a philosopher under any cii•-
cumstances, but for latelleetual improvement
he has noopportunity, however.
Mr. Ware discusses the horse's alleged
affectionate nature and dentes that he has
any. Ire then admits that horse will "work
his heart out" for one person and be wholly
unmanageable by another and that the horse
is terribly subject to nostalgia and frequently
dies of a broken' heart when brought trona
his home in the country to a well-appointed
stable in the city.
On the whole Mr. Ware, In spite of his
thirty, years' eximience, does not appear to
have much horse.
FISH A LUCKY OMEN.
Fish is se aim' of good omen. In Ben-
gal, `When the beide comes with the bride-
groom for the first time in the house
of the latter, the former has to eatch
bold of a fish in a certain welcome cere-
mony, in prospest, perhaps .of a gen-
eration as fruitful as a fish: While 'en-
tering a new house for the first time,
the leey is to take hoed of a fien, prob-
ably for the eeme moon . Witatever
may be the re.ason fer .regarding the
bendling. of fish its auspicious, it is in-
disputable that over e. large part of
northern. India the "Water vestetable,"
(as it is cabbie by high chess Punjabis
who 'eat it in spite 05 158 Leing eons:tiered.
forbidden footi ler Brahman, K.hatrie
and Baniyas), is taken to aseure good
luck, The writer of this was Itaatendug
to Nepal in the fail of 1896 to eee a me-
.
WOMEN WHO CHARM
active interest' having Waage*
meaeuring nue.
it is an igen genet that the beet ape-
eimens of humanity in the army 04
pollee were cradled In the land af Use
brown heath and slieggy iaoort sad it
19 amusing to hear the breed sweat 01 50
many ef those equally broad shouldered
sent of Anals, whose uplifted arta 011114405
even the motor bus to stand. still.
The tremendous influx of Scoters= of
every stationgrade end type into Loin
don bee railed forth great and organlzed
agencies for their agemmegifttion, com-
fort and entertainment,
It is now, bappily, impossible fee the
newcomer to lose toueh with all home
siehts and sounds, unless he Wish it.
en every hand are societies composed of
num and women from kis own county
and town, ready to welcome him, and a
swore cf other ageneies are at work to
make his stay in the peat city AS 00111 -
testable and cheerful as possible. For-
tunately, however remote the neweem-
res town or Platten, there Is sure to
nave preceded ltim at lettet one neighbor..
etherwIse he might feel that he was
stranded indeen in the Midst of the
busiet, loneliest city on earth -
"Yet all that poets sing, and grief bath
known
' Of Wipes laid waste, knells in that word
alone."
mese a Nepalese. gentleman ithcr Patna, .
wile offeret to ttecompeny him to his
destinations being moved te pity on har-
ing of his errand. When eroseing the
Ganges from Melte Ghat to Pekes, Meet
a leg hilea fish fell at his feet on the
deck of the steamer ass if hurled hy an
uneeen heed, Peshaps it bed been struek
by the stern settee' and Orwell up over
tIte bulwark. 'The Nepaleee Mena '
jumped up in great excitement, minims
mg: "Here le a sign from heaven; the ,
happiest omen for you, my lad; yen
will find your sister out of anger." .A11
el -asses in ,Nepal share the eaperstitlon
of the Bengalis in regard to fish. -Le -
;nom Tribune.
*
OLIr Scotch
Corner.
IN A DEADLY DECLINE;
Saved Just in Time by Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills.
"Before nty daughter Lena begen
taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills she
looked. more like a corpse than a dive
girl," says Mrs. George A. Myles, of
Seuth Woodeee, Out, "Her blood
, seemed. as though it had all turned
to water. Then she began to lutve
bad spells with her, heart. At the
Ileast excitement nee heart would
heat so rapidly! as to almost smoth-
er ben She grew very Hen, bad no
wslielettm
asite
• arz' dir ltiottlituforioschl
She was tteated by one of the best
• tr
teeters in ne part 01 1110
ti yet else was daily growing worse and
THE SCOT In LONDON LIFE. her heart got so bad that we were
afraid that she would die. She slept
but very little, and woula frequently
awake with a start and sometimes
Some one cynically remarks that Lon-
would jump right out of bed. Them
don's city population -the tens of thou -
sounds wee pour into tho esmare Mile
every morning and stream out again at
nights -es rapidly becoming composed of
Scots men and women.
i Be that as it may, it is certainly a
fact that in the ranks of clerkdom there
is none so prominent as the Scot, not
even the German, who bas so freely in-
vaded London during the ,past ten years.
There is much in common between these
two "aliens," the secret of their success
being in each case the triple combine
tion of simplicity of life, dogged deter- 1 fifteen years of age, the picture of
mina,tion, and a philosophic conviction teattsitie and since beginning the pills
that tbe drab present will in the ful- gained about forty pounds in
ness .01 time dissolve to a, roseate fa- weight. Only those who saw her
ture. wheu ill can appreciate the marvel -
In every department of London's pro- lous change Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
fessional, commercial, and industrinl life, have brought about in „Sher condi-
the Scottish Review, time I believe that had it not been
says a svriter in for ,the pills she would be in her
the Scot stands high, trusted by- his sti-
porter officers, respected -and perhaps grave to -day, and it is with feelings of
O little feared -by his subordinates. This great gratitude that I write you in the
is a fact concerning 'which many absurd ifteorpaer.that it, may benefit some otheresuf-
things have been said and svritten, but
it remains none the less a fact. Granted And Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can
that there are, alas! many promising do just as much for every weak, ail -
young Scotsmen who, dazzled and be - ing, pale -faced young woman who is
witched by 'the tawdry attractions a slipping from anaemia into a deadly
London's sinister siue, have been flung decline. Dr. Willia.ms' Pink Pills no -
into the vortex of oblivion -and worse tually make new blood. In that way
-it is a matter of everyday comment they strike straight at the root of
that the Scotsman in London has usual- all common diseases like anaemia,
ly succeeded in making his mark. So headaches and backaches, heart palpi-
much for Sydney Smith's; °garret" and tation, indigestion, neuralgia, aleuma-
"knuckle end of England!" tisra and the secret ailments and irregm
Every decent Scottish lad, who has larities of girls and women. Sold by all
three guardian angels of poverty, push, cents a box or six boxes fde $2.50 front
beg mail at 50
come up to London attended by the dealera in medicine or
and patience, has, sooner or later, found ville, Ont.
The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brook -
his way to the front. • • is
Take the realm of city life in its nee
i id 1 Th f E .CAMPAIGN BILLS IN 1646.
rawest sense. In how many banks is
REALTII IS THE FIRST ESSENTIAL
ft Helps Women to Win and Hold
Mews Aetna:ration, Respect and
Love.
Woman's greatest gift is the power to
inspire nebniration, respect, and love.
There is a beauty in health which is
morenttractive to men than mere regu-
;laxity of feature.
TO be a sueeessfut wife, retain the
love and admiration of hor hntband,
should be a ivoman'e censtant study.
At the first indication of 111 -health,
painful or irregular periods, headache or
backache, secure Lydia. E. Pinkbara'a
Vegetable Compound and begin its use.
Mrs. T. B. Gillis, Windsor, N. S.,
describes her illness, and curee, in the
tenoeing letter
Xeear Mrs. Pinkliton:--
"When commeneed to teke Lydia P.
Finkhande Vegetable Compound I was, sue
feting with weekness tied womb trouble,
headaches', backaches, and that worn-out,
tired feeling. have only taken the Vege-
table Compound a few short weeks, and it
has mole me well, strong and robust I
believe that Lydia E, Pinkhara's Vegetable
Compound is without equal for female teen
Wernen who rim troubled with painful
or letegular periods, haelitiche, blotting,
(Or naitilentes), indanneation or ulcera-
tion, that "beet ingelown" feeling, diestis
net% faintness, iniliss,eleion, -Or nervous
prostration may be restored to perfee
health and strength by taking Lysis
X. Pkkhata's Vegetable Cotrogund..
starts woula always bring on a bad
spell and leave her weak and ex-
hausted. We had . almost given up
411 hope of her ever being well again,
when sve decided to try De Williams'
Pink Pills. After taking a couple of
boxee she began to sleep better at
night, and color began to return to
her lips. From that on she kept
ogle; an pining and ofMr taking
eight boxes of the 'pills she was
again in good health. She is now
theScotn es ence eBanko ng -
land -founded by a worthy Scotsman,
William Pateison-has ou its staff not
a few of his fellow -countrymen. Two
names stand out amongst the head offi-
cials -Mr. 'Kenneth (.4rahame, the secre-
tary (not unknown in letters also), and
Mr. J. Gordon Nairne, chief cashier. The
latter, whorte signature is so familiar
upon the notes of his institution, is a
respected elder at St. Columbies (Church
of Scotland), Pont street, the church
where Dr. Fleming has succeeded Dr.
Donnld Macleod.
After all, it is bardly necessary to
enumerate the prominent Scotemen in
the London banks, evett were it possi-
ble. 1 atn not aliutling, of course, to
the officials and staff of any of the Lon-
don bronches of tbe Scottish banks, who
naturally reeruit ninety-nine per cent.
of their -men hem -beyond the border.
Although Scetsmen have climbed high
in the service of the Enalish batiks, they
show to special advantage in the em-
ployment of the Indian and Colonial in-
stitutions. Thanks largely to their rov-
ing tendencies, a quick perception of op-
portunities in younger couetries, and
some slight prejudice teeniest them on
the part of the old English banks (now
scarcely to be observed). thee Scots have
taken Indian and Colonial banking into
their own bands.
It IS scarcely possible to enter the
Lortdon office of any Indian, Canedian,
African or Australian bank, without
coming into contact with a Scottish man-
ager, accountant, or secretary, not to
mention innumerable junior officers 011.,
tretiched behind till, ledger, and desk.
As the proud boast goes, there was no
banking in the true sena° until Scotland
adopted We joint-stock system and
taught it to her less advatmee sisters.
Perhaps the departnient of London
contemned life with the strongest Soots
accent is theh ef shipping. a form of en.
terprise trbich bas always been a congem
lal one to She CoIedosiion inind,
But Scotsmen are thickly sown In the
fields of insurance and stock broldne, in
tho fotmer ottrivalling tbe smart Amer'.
care in the latter threatening tbe fine
,hold of the German Jew
he Soot's success is obvious; the rea-
eons various and often temple's. Perhaps
the simplest min afeet Otte is that the
Scot gets as much RS possible out of him-
self and -other people.
Ilis inuate metiers beeomes more case
tious, his patience more enduring, his
economy more studied, and his ambition
more definite when be passes the portal
of Euston nod anl enters the "Caledon.
ian Asylum."
Turning from specific dty life, we find
in every other walk that the Scot holds
his own. At the preeent 'moment, he lete
the Whip hand in polities and the
Church; nor is hie imme 1111110110ml or
multilevel in Moretti*, not, and eeietiee,
mirtitultudy Medicine Mid surgery. Tlie
Preetiornt Cabinet. is Atrongly
Sottish, though by no 'walla aggressive.
ly se; tied ha e ft, propertionatele elear
RIM latent? Illethed of taekling awkward.
(potions. in things municipal the Scot
in London has ever taken b, keen and
Candidates' Expenses at That Time
Much Lower Than Now.
Acording to a, numuseript prepared by
J. Harrington, Esq., cd Kelston, in Sone
ersetsbire, England, campaign expenses
were uot lavish in the middle of the see.
enteenth century. The nmeneeript is
dated 1046 tuld is called! "A Note of My
Beth Business About the Parliament."
segeeeeseseesseneesseeees....
The Mott .Cruel"
forme of
Rheumatism
can be cured -are Wog em'sd *eery
day -by thie tem eoleistific remedy,
Dr. U. II. Mack's
Rheumatism Compound
It dean away every tresse ef the Urie
Acid,brealeing up the Moat Obetinatede-
POW's; end strengthening, efititellt this:-
gore:181y exciting, the kirdners.
Tbie empounil hoe won the naoking
of the well-known rubber stamp YAWL.
fecturer, Me. C. W. Moen, imeein of
tbe (looter. .eiter metal investigations
Mr. 'Mack says; 'Trout positive proof,
I can state, this remedy is an alesolutely
sure and safe cure."
Write tor Dr. Mack's booklet on RIleil"
matiom, Address; Dr. II. II, Meek, 00
Youge street, Toronto. (Home offiee,
Mill Village, N. S.) 4
A GREAT ARTIST.
(The Man in Overate, in Hamilton Timea )
The man in the heavens is the greet
master Artist. With the aid of a few
clouds, preferably weeping ones whiclt
have just (hied their tears, be paints
pictures which rival and 'surpass any-
thing the art world ever produced. To
see these pletures to advantage one
should. take his stand at the top of the
Jolley Cut or on the mountain brow.
The pictures arc paiuted as you wait,
Suddenly, perhaps, as you look, a shaft
of silvery light pierces a cloud And
strikes, it may be, the grand stand at the
Jockey, Club grouuds, and what svae a
minute before a dirty, dull -grey splotch
upon the landscape becomes one blaze of
glory, while all around remains untouch-
ed. Another sweep of the brush end,
the new Federal Life building shifts like
a palace of prismatic glass and the Dank
of Hamilton, battled in orange and green,
and. shimmering with reflected rays of
light, seems like a creation of some en-
chanted fairy lima Another otroke of
this magic brush and the despised, foul-
smeltingCoal Oil Inlet beelines a sheet.
of burnished steel so brignt and dazzling
that the naked eye can seemly look up-
on its matchless beauty. One more
stroke of the brush and the waters of
the bay are transformed into a gigantic:
basin of glittering crystal, svhile the
Beach stretches from mainland to main-
land like a huge necklace of pearls end
diamonds. Then in the twinkling of an
eye the great artist brushes aside the
few remaining clouds and. the completed
lecture is before you. Spires and, towers
and. chimney tops are tipped with gold,
the trees arm, dyed in rainbow colors,
and the very ground seems studded with
precious stones. Out toward the lake a
sea of flame meets the eye, to the oat
a scene of dreamland lies, to the west
the Flamboro' Heights glorified rise ap
arl touch tbe skies. Transfixed before
this masterpiece, I reverently bow my
head, for none other than the Aimighty
hand did this.
No Cure for Insomnia.
(San Franeisco Argonaut.)
A sufferer from insomnio may work hard at
Physical and mental tabor, yet the night
oometh when no man can work. The AOS014-
Rim utterly fatigued, falls into a sluistber-
net a sound, refreshing, dreamless slember
but a coma, lethargy, it torpor, born el Ia-
tigue. 113 A tew hours the demon says
"Awake1" an tbe insomniac starts instaptly
into waking with bright, etaring, winklass,
sleepless eyes. Is there no cure? None. In-
scennuia come with age. You can not ear*
Your yearg. You need to sleep yesterday
when you were young. "No poppy, nor man-
dragero., nor all the drowsy situps of the
world an medicine thee to that sweet sleep
which yesterday thou hadst,"
It runs:
"Saturday, Dee. 26, 1646, went to
Bath and dined with the mayor and ci-
tizens; conferred about my election to
serve in paeliament, as: may father was
helpless ani ill able to go any more.
Went to the George inn at night, met the
bailiffs and desired to be dismissee from
serving. Drank strong beer and metheg-
lin; expended about 3 shillings; went
home late, but got excused, as they en-
tertained a good opinion. of my father.
"Monday, Dee. 28, went to Beth. Met
Sir John Horner; we were. chosen te the
citizens to servo for the city. The mayor
and citizens conferred about parliament
business. The mayor promised Sir John
Horner and myself a horse apiece when
we went to London to the parliament,
which was accepted of, mid we talked
about the synod and ecclesiastical dismis-
sions. I am to go again on Thursday and
meet the citizens about all such met -
tens and take advice thereon.
"Thursday, 31, went to Bath; Mr.
Ashe intuited. Pined at the George 11111
with the ina,yor and four citizens; spent
at dinner 0 shinnies., in wine.
"Jan. I my father gave me 44 to
bear my expenses at Bath.
Chapmen, the mayor, came to Ka-
sten and returned thanks for my' being
chosen to serve in parliament ,to my
father, in the name of all the citizen.
llly father gave me good advice, touching
1117 speakieg in parliamett, as ties eity
should dirert Ine. Cottle bonie late at
night from Dath, much troubled there-
at, oncoming me proceeding truly for
inan's geed report anti my own safety.
"Note. I gave the eity messenger 2
ehillinge for bearing the note-er'e letter
to me. Laid out in all 43 7 shillings for
victuals, drink end. horse Lire, together
withtalivetornstrgriisfttsteo"
As the singular economy
e( the Beth elettion bn I046 it nitty tot
be amigo to subjoin the following list of
"chargee of one daels, expenses at it
smell rehouse at Helmet& in the ore
test for the tounty of Somerset in 1813";
4. S. I)
'Lehi out in victuals et George
Iun e ...... - 11 4
Lida Out in drinking
- 7 2
'Laid oat in tobacco and clrbfking
VeVe4ele . 4 4
858 botlet oIrUnt and gin, at
. . . . .. . , . 105 18 0
ditto 'remelt 'brandy, at 10t
- ... . 18
514 qllont of beer, at 25 8d. 08 10
702 aliments at 28.. 6(1.......0(1 0 0
4.A W.M1
303 7 2
/tom -What lumbering gait he lute,
efeasf-Of entree; he has it wooden
BABY'S fitifND.
Happiness is a sign of health in bab-
ies. Nearly all their troubles Vanish
-when they digest food: well and are free
from teething peins. Baby's Own Tab-
lets brings happiness to babies by cur-
ing stomach troubles, eonstipation, fe-
verishness, diarrhoea, and teething troll-
bles. There's a smile in every dose and
the mother has a solemn guarantee that
this medicine contains no opiate or harm-
ful drug, Mrs. James Jewers, Beaver
Harbor, N. S., says: "I have given my
baby. Baby's Own Tablets as occasion
required since she was a day old. They
have always helped her, and now at a
year and a half old she is a fine healthy
child. I think every mother should al-
ways keep these Tablets on hand." You
can got Baby's Own Tablets from any
medicine deeler or by mail at 25 cents
n. box by writing The Dr. Williams' Me-
dicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Simple Spelling.
(London Daily Mall.)
A Corti= tailor haa the following poster
In big window:
MI Nu dudes
er Soetaudi setattiii
with a vu tu Evraliti
and Stile Kombvned vrith
Ekonotalkal Cherie&
Nu Amerlean
spoke end rote beer
Wen IteltwIrd.
Why Sortie Teems Burn.
(cievelana Leader.)
The village of Fryeburg In Maine was
wtitpeld out by Ob. tire a Abort time ago white
els2 ett°rIelette° ger ttrttlalg.471`41illt:
tire-ooMpanleti wend not conritet with the
hydrants, Both Toronto and Earth:lore bays
gretrthfgallyegt.:, treltee:I=VINnor 101
les being unavailable for theta tin theltrtge
of greatest neat.
Frenhe and Spain hem delmattlited
warships to Momeco.
ff
l•