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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-11-22, Page 3s ++++++++++++4+++4++++++++++++ ++++++++++++M+#+++++++$ The DeiTjhts of the Unexpected ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++•gab++++++'+++++++9 Unleals one return to Worde- wertll's "trailing clouds of glory," It would be default to esy just way the meat dol glttful oonverrl.1.tlo:11t1- Igt-4 In The Toile are those who have not yet attained' to a concrete viar- ton of more than five ycare' etand- Ini;. But it le true that wo never hang wall. quite Isutih wide-eyed and keit: tees exp otancy le t th e lip=s or the grout sage of fluent or- ator nes wo do upon the oraeulea ut- teettneee of a chaa just viewing the world. Poltava it is a' faint whine brat:on of that rarest of Gail-gt\ o•m faenitles, originality, pure and un- olbatiuo,ted, that Bolds ur.. At any rate, we are rarely d•.sappointo 1 of a 1 the throll of suVpi•iso when wci turn to e111at1ootl for coalmenon life. No two Cr et visions of. the universe aro al ko. "1 t>^ssert for myself that I do not 'bshol.l tlrn outward creation, an.V t11at to ms at is hinclranoo," amid that eternal child, William Blake. "What, wizen the butt r see, dt) you not soo a round dale of fire larger than a suture., ? it will b'I questl•,:ned. Oh' no,, no, no. I seo an innumerable oompa,ny of the heavenly hose, cry - lag 'Holy, nosy, heey is the Lord God Almighty,' " . 1 Even so 1s the perception of the eh le: cr ated from the inner thcught and untainted by the traditions and presuppositions of man. "Let me see," s.a'.d a tiny Cello% under two, upo t being shown the moon for tee fire timo—' let me see ; Ill look around; and f.nd some mere moons," and ono scanned the 64 ( hopefully. But the same experiment 'broug;it forth a widely varying ro- tulc from a more 1 t rary lett ©ma'd, , wino, on being shown the moon for the first t me, commented dejectedly, "Not any cow,'' Even the dangers of i•terature are • leeeoned for the very you.:g by their free powers of rearrangement and ct{pr,lip.1tion, A !little girl of four sekeeeho had been taken to church re- ' 'produceed the whole scene with much ingenuity, taking for a text as :she stool 1n thee. high chair, "Lead me in the paths of righteousness in the preeenoe of mine enemies" ; and then dosoehding and donning her fa- • ther'e old college cap, she sang with. Vim and endless reiterations, • "Let your light so shine, little bro- thew, let your light so shine that God, w,lll not put you In a bushel:" Religious instruction as sifted through the ch'ildlsh intelligence of - ton results oddly, and one little girl' of etrong theological pedllectlons was heard instructing a younger child thus; "Newt, I'll tell you ex- ao'tly hose I ass 'made. First, there Le little round me that is busy .and does things; over that I wear a • skeleton of bones and then all the sinful lusts of the flesh." Upon the ' tsuee,rfiolalty of sin she might have been interpreted as having defin- Ito oonvlctions„ but when it came to the mature of Deity, patriotism obstructed her vision, for she w,av- ered and finally confessed, "I don't know mu'oh about God, anyway; only one 'thing for sure, He is a Vieginlan." 1 A. little boy, gazing with real joy. at a full an'eon, !said, confidently; "It 1s very beautiful, and .I Made , !,t myself." He was taken aside and reprimanded for laxity in in- 1 tegrlty, but prolonged argument . only resulted in the sobbing protes-' ' tation, "Perhaps I did slot make the realness of It, but I knots, I ,made its .shape and its shining." qu'olt was ' the appearance of good faith that the discomfited ,representative of ©torn mterality retired with a eon- ' 1 fused sense of dealing with a full- fledged Fichtian• philosopher of five. At that early age not only life,' but, art, is full of suggestion and tmhrolt theory of life is built up !upon ` pictorial ,representations. 1L email chubby baby, upon being rep - remanded for escaping while he was being undressed, and running about i his room' In a ,state of nature, poin- t ed at ;onoo to a Raphael Madonna over the fireplace, and pointing to the infant Jesus, said triumphant- ly, "Ile used to ;done it." "When they bury the body," lie ,asked at sister a year or two older, " how da they start tato sou lupi to God ?" "Why don't you know, ?" she asked, sterpritlea.e.•_.`1'hey chop the head off and tee little wings to the nock, and IU .wings straight up." On being told of a friend's death a little girl of six stood wondering, round -eyed and rosy, at the foot of her (bed, and swiftly propounded these question's; ' "Did her body get to heaven'? "}gill her soul take up her ,skele- ton ? "Does a soul have any •kind of feet? "When she gets there will God put an angel head upon her ? "WIll she wear a shirt -waist and skirb ? "Will Jesus walk dowel to the gate and hand her out a judgment ? "When will she get her judgment ? "Will she climb up the steps to heaven or well angels carry her ? M'y hymn says steps up to heaven. "Will she see Jesus nt last, in the rets? "And will she see God, in the real ? "I don't avant to die, because of the valley of the shadovil of death ; that must be very dark." Then, without a pause, came, . as a conclusion, a quick laying aside of the Whole sad natter, as she sang out, cheerily. "I am .going to trop to my 'bath on one foot," and she did, chanting as she went, "D -a -a -d -- dead, dead. dead." It Its w:ol•Llly of note that in atria est lift' the Ititllntucy with great mysterii o 18 closest, and the same child veno at nix Het the questions above, ii't three, when she was asked by a little brother, "What was the names of tlioue angels that twang too down from heaven ?" she responded, without are instant's hesitation, "C)nci woo ;ritar-I;irighe and the oth- ee was Plaine-de.-(;race." When elle weei mos—examinee 114 to how she anew, nlin looked inncrutablo and only said, "1 alwitye knowed." 'Ai the gentleness and deltaaeY of childlsit tuoi.itod;s too high u. praise cannot be liven, No ch11dfeh coin - meta bears a sting, and when it is !unfavorable it is apt to be convey- ed in a met:ativo and reluctant way. "Is that lady's back broken ?" asked the little girl of the caller that had just left. '•No ? I thought it might be; silo's so untall." And the nurse was referred to, in a hushed aside, as "pretty unpat!ent and des consatisfied to -day." Little boys seem to bo born with a greater feeling of independence and less desire to deal tenderly with the universe. "flow• can you bo naughty when you're just off your knees af- ter asking God to make you good ?" Taut the little boy answered, sturd- ily, "I told Ilim to do it, but if He can't do it by Tlisself I vten't help Ilium" As a remedy for the disease of world -weariness, a safe refuge from all that is "flat, stale, and unprofit- able," 'there is nothing more de- lightful than a daily hour In the nursery when• conversation flows freely.—Htarper's Weekly. ♦ • STARVED BY ANA[MIA. Health Restored by the Rich Blood Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Actually Make Thoueands and thousands• of young girls throughout Canada are literally passing into hopeless decline for the want of the new, rich, red blood: so abundantly supplied by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They are.distrossingly weak, pale or sallow, appetite fickle, subject to headaches, dizziness, are breathless and the haat palpitates violently at the least eleertion. The doctors call this an- aemia—which is the medical name for bloodlessness. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually snake new blood—they euro anaemia just as surely as food cures hun- ger. Here is a bit of the etrongest kind of evidenee: "Dr. Wiildams' Pinel: Palls and nothing else saved may two dnugh- ters when doctors had failed to help diem" This statement is made by 'Mrs, Joseph Martel, St. Oliver street, Quebec. She adds: "1\Iy daughters are aged' re- 0peetively twenty-two and tweneat ty three years. For two years they suffered from the weakness and distress of anaemia, and had I learned of Dr. Wiiliamal Wink Pills atelier, it would not only 'have saved me money, but much worry and anxiety. as well. -Bout ij ,1s ge as .pale as a sheet. They suffered from head- aches, poor appetite, and grew so feeble that they could hardly go about. • 171ey were under a doctor's cane, but did not improve a bit. I despaired of ever seeing them in good health again, when a friend called my attention to. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. Soon after they .began the pills there was an improvement in their condition, and in less than a couple of months they were again enjoying good health, active, robust girls. I am so grateful for what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have done far my children 'bat I strongly recommend them to every mo- ther wile has a, weak, pale -faced boy or girl." Dr. Williams' Pink Pilie do only one thing, but they do it well --they ac- tually make new, rich blood'. They don't tinker with symptoms. They don't act on the bowels. They sim- ply change bad blood into good blood and thus strike straight at the root of each common affluents ae headaches, sideaches and backaches, :indi- gestion, anaemia, nervous exhaustion, neuralgia, St. Vitus' dance, partial par- alysis, and the special, painful secret ail- ments of growing girls and women.. !Sold by all medicine dealers, or by mail at from the Dr. Williams ,,Medicine .t)o,. Brockville, Ont. Cost of Medical Education in Englund. On entering one of the large London medical schools the bare fees will amount to £30 per annum, with an addition for the first year of £20 as entrance fee— that is to say, £170 to cover the five years. To this must bo added the fens for certain additional and necessary prac- tical classes and material, entailing an extra cost of perhaps 12 to 15 guineas. Subscription to the students' club will absorb another 15 guineas. and books, instruments, etc., say, £30 more. When examination fees, say 40 guineas, are ad- ded, and the official register fee, £5, wo get roughly £280; pocket money and lunch hi town mean quite another £25 or £30 annually; while putting clothes, board, lodging of £850 to £000, if the student gets through in the five years. In the present state of the law there is nothing to prevent an unqualified per- son from practising as a doctor and tak- ing fees for his services, though these fees cannot be recovered at law.—From the London Standard. �4000400+9044000400000040444 O 00 Girlhood and Scott's Emulsion are linked together. The girl who takes .Scoit'.s Emul- .ston has plenty of rich, red blood; she is plump, active and energetic. The reason is that at a period when a girl's digestion is weak, Scott's Ernsalr>ion provides her with powerful nourishment in easily digested forret. It is a food that builds and keeps up a girl's strength. ALL DRUOQIS'DSI 150o. AND $1.00. 411446.1041104441404.0401010101440+06 0 Do Yoii Soer From Rheumatism? •'o:atica, Lumbago or Gout? Are you .rippled, pain -horn? With ewe llen joints, stiffened, helpless fingers? And you've probably tried many rem - •dies that were useless, Don't give up Hope of relief. Dr, H1 H, Mack's Rhe Compound Rheumatism Go d is an honest, proved remedy. The prone inept rubber stahnp manufacturer, of To- ronto, Mr. C. W. Mack, caught of Dr, "ace, after thoroughly investigating the undeniable, cures effected by this remedy, has taken a substantial inter- est in marketing the colnpound. Business glen, these days, do not put their money in medicines unless they are positively as represented. Dr. Mack's colnpound will cure YOU. His free booklet on Rheumatism will help you, Write for it, to: Dr. 11. 11. Mack, 60 Yonge street, Toronto. 6 POISON IVY. In Your Summer Rambles Look Out for Its Three Shiny Leaves. Poison ivy grows 'wild throughout the whole land. Its leaves are in threes, smooth and shining on bat hsurfaces, with margins which may be toothed or even. There ere flowers in May and Jur.o and fruit in the autumn—a smooth, white, wax -like :berry. The poison is a non-volatile oil found in all parts of the plant. W11en it touches the skin of a susceptible person it produces an eruption of an erysipelas like natrue. In sever eases the point affected frequently becomes irritated year after year, A person is.:peculiar ly susceptible to the poison in warm weather, when the blood is heated and the akin pores are open. It is, however, dangerous at all eeasons, To relieve the inflammation and dry up the pustules powdered sugar of lead dissolved in alcohol is highly recommend. ed. Tincture of grindelia diluted with three times its bulk of water and applied two or three times an hour will cheek the spread of the eruption. A solution of one part hyposulphate of soda to three of water applied constantly to the affeoetd place is a good remedy. The precipitated lead compound must be removed from the skin, as it is grad- ually decomposed and the oil set free again to continue its irritant action. The use of soap and water and a good hand brush is the simplest way of get- ting rid of oil. Alcohol in full strength dissolves, and removes the oil, but does not neutralize it. Care should be taken lest the alcohol with oil in solution flows over a part as yet uneffected, as it may cause fur- ther eruption. The use of ointments and fatty substances is wrong, es they servo to spread the irritant oil of the poison. Clothing that may have been in con- tact with the plants will retain and transmit the irritating quality. A doctor says he lhas been poisoned by a pair of shoes worn while collecting ivy plants the previous year. "The ivy plant is usually a climbing or trailing shrub, but sometimes assumes an erect habit of growth. On the sea- ehore along the Atlantic coast it some- times covers hundreds of acres on islands and spreads over large areas. The trunk is buried out of sight be- low the surface, and the branches rise erect out of the sand like separate plants. In such forms of ivy growth the poisonous properties do not seem to be so powerful and active. It is not generally known that if boil- ing water is poured on the plant then vapors are often poisonous, and that the smoke from a 'bonfire of ivy brush is as dangerous to inhale es the breeze which blows off the vines in June.—Bos- ton Transcript. ••s A GREAT COMET DUE IN rgxo. The most famous of all comets, though not the largest and most brilliant, will again be visible in 1910. This is Halley's comet, so called from its identification by the great astronomer who was the friend of Sir Isaac Newton. Halley's in- vestigations of astronomical records led him to assert that the comet which he had observed in 1682 had appeared in, 1531 and 1607, and to predict its reap- pearance in 1759. The fulfillment of his prophecy excited the most intense scien- tific interest and established beyond a doubt the periodicity of comets and their movement in orbits determined by the law of gravitation. Its last appearance was in 1835, its period varying between seventy-five and seventy-six years on account of the perturbing attractions of 'Jupiter and Saturn in certain parts of its orbit. It was by that time possible to calculate its movements with so much greater accuracy than before that it made it perihelion passage within four days of the predicted date. It was not then a very grand object to the naked eye, but the light of its nucleus surpass- ed that of second -magnitude stars and was comparable with that of some red- dish stars of the first magnitude, such as Aldebaran and Antares. Its tail, while the comet was approaching the sun, at- tained to a length of twenty degrees.— Front Leslie's Weekly. <•s LAURENCEICIRK'S FOUNDER. Lord Gardenstone, whose advent as proprietor of the estate of Johnston gave Laurencelctrk its first start to growth and prosperity, had an adventur- ous career, well sprinkled with eccentric- ity. The second son of the laird of Troup, Francis Garden, was born in 1721, and was admitted as a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1744. At tho '45 rebellion he became a volunteer, and with another gentleman was sent by Sir "Johnny" Cope to reconnoitre the High- land army on its way from Dunbar. The youths, unmindful of the errand, stayed too long at a hostelry near Musselburgh and were captured by a IIighlander, who marched them off to the rebels. They ran a risk of being hung, but the plea of "drunk and incapable" saved their lives, if it tarnished their military re- cord, and they were liberated on parole. Young Garden subsequently devoted himself with great assiduity to his pro- fession, where his undoubted abilities brought him nnmeh distinction. Tie was appointed Sheriff of Kineardineshire, and in 1704 he was proomted to the Bench tinder the title of Lord Garden - stone. A year or two before that he had acquired the estate of Johnston, and he immediately set about fostering the, village. He maintained an unflagging interest in the community, giving era. sistance where it was necessary and, above all, deserved, and in 1770 he se- cured a charter creeting Laureneekirk into a burgh of barony. In 1703 he died, aged 72 years, and until well into the following century the Bailie and Councillors never allowed the anniver- uy' of his birth to pass without meet. ing together to take What one natniltil described as "a moderate glass." For many years Lerd eardenstene was uuo of tri, "elmracters" of Edinburgh, eine as st+rh rt eeivel n place among the f�nlet1 Iiay'e, portraits. Ile was repre- eonted riding nn an eld, horse, with a dog in front an+1 a boy dressed in a kilt be- hind. A detailed account of the picture states that ]Cay portrayed him as, what he really was, a very timid 1iorsetnam mounted on an old hack, which he had selected ea its want of spirit, preceded by his favorite dog Smash, and followed by a Ilig111 uI 1 boy, whose duty it was to take ebarge of the horse on arriving at Parliament house, Itis eeccntrieity took the even ,tr.ing- 1r form of a serene; affection Inc pigs. lie became so much attached to one that he allowe3 it to share his bed, and when gnod feeding and rapid growth glade it a rather cumber:sonte bed -fellow it was still lodged in eomfortable quar- tets in the apartment. During the day- time it followed him about like a dog. One morning a farmer had occasion to visit his i rrdsbip, and being shown into his bedre m stumbled upon some object. That object gave vent to an uncomprom- ising grunt and squeal of complaint, and Iran the bed there proceeded a voice, "1t is just a bit sots, poor beast, and I laid my breeches on it to keep it warm all night" NATIVE DOGS IN ALASKA. Indispensable in Carrying Burden of the Population. • The, native Alaska deg is known as the "littekil' er "nialanroot," and is a neon- grel—one-half timber wolf, He has char- acteristics •!-heel especially fit him for his work—ho is heavy set, with a thick, coat of long 1.1'ir, impervious to cold, and with just enough well in his nature to mitke him restless, eager to go, and with a sufficient mixture of dog to tem- per a fierceness and treachery which might, and sometimes does, became dia.n- gerous, All this is understood—in fact, care- fully studied and watched by the Alas- kan, and. those qualities which mamife'st themselves in fidelity and gentleness are encouraged by kiwi. treatment, :while the wolfish side of their nature is quick- ly and effectually subdued be numerous whippings. These animals ,have not yet learned to express themaelvos by bark - Ing, and the (only noirse they can make is a :dismal howl. It is a r•aee occurrence for them to bite a human being, but they will fight among themselves on tho slightest pro- vocation, aurid it is mot an uncommon sight for half a dozen "livakieas" to ho'. a pitched battle on the main street of Fairbanks. A bucket of cold water will generally put then, to flight, but in the majority of cases the miners pay rye at- tention to the melee and allow the dogs to fight it out. Tho wolf nature manifests itself in, their thieving propensities, and all food must be 'cached" out of their reach. A hungry "huskies will open, a box of ma- ned beef with ease by biting through the tin. He will lie before the door of a tont or cabin, pretending to be asleep, when in reality he is waiting for a chance to a-ansaok the kitchen. One day I saw a runner's dinner wrecked ley tas 'own deg, a splendid big, wolfish fellow, who evertnuned a pot of beans and in the most unconcerned moaner walked off with the hot bacon in his mouth. Dumas, Nov. 12.—(Special)—There is No natter what depredations they may commit, severe punishment, so as to cripple or kill !them, is out of the clues. tion ors account of their great value in the transportation of supplies , It Is an Intel -ler dog thast is not worth p40, and many of tlneni, say their masters, are not for sale. Two good dogs can •haul a man forty or fifty mils a day on a good trail or carry from 600 to 600 pounds of freight abotut twenty- miles in six ewers. 1'dney ere faaithfui to the last degree, and will work even when weak from lack of food. Wnen hi this condition, however, they sometimes become dangerous, and should the driver fall he may be attacked, but these instances are rare. and more often the clog is sacrificed to save his master from starvation.—Leslie's Weekly. • • ► The Ringless Bell. "What 1" exclaimed Mr. McBluff, "hasn't the landlord sent any one to fix the front doorbell? I'll go right down and see hien--" "Don't do it, George," interrupted his wife. "Just wait a week or so; its about time for the installment collector to come around." BUILT UP FIER HEALTH SPEEDY CURE OF MISS ECCLISON She Is Made Well by Lydia E. Pink- lrarn's Vegetable Compound, and Writes Gratefully to Mrs. Plnkhanr. For the wonderful help that she has found Zula Ecclison, 6 Erie St, East, St. Thomas, Ont,, believes it her duty to write the following letter for publication, in order that other women afflicted iu Zeelea Eeeli.ron the same way may be benefited as she •vas. She writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham :— "I heartily recommend Lydia 1l. Pink - ham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic and regulator for female troubles. I suffered for four years with displacement and no ono but tose who have experienced this dread- ful agony can form any idea of the physical amid mental suffering those endure who are thus affected. Your Vegetable Compound cured me. Within three months I was fully restored to health and strength and now my periods aro regular and painless. What a blessing it is to obtain such relief when so many doctors fail to help you. Your medicine is better than any doctor or medicine I ever had." No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles as has Lydia E. Pinkltam's Vegetable Compound. Women who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache, bloating (or flatulence), despr,lacetnent of organs, inflanllnnetien or nleetation tan be re- stored to perfect health and strength by taking Lvdia E. Piakham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her fpr advice, Site has guided thousands to ncalth. lien experience ie very great, and she gives the benefit of it to all who stand in need of wise counsel. Ellie is the daughter-in-l'tw of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five years hal been advising 'sick women free of chatsa. Address, Lynn, Marls, • ' 1 i. Does it strike you as "almost too good to be true"? It is only one instance of the pricy attractiveness of Diamond Hall's stock — backed by its half - century reputation for quality. This Brooch (Catalogue No. 31683) consists of a 13.t inch crescent of solid 14k. gold, supporting a lily -of -valley spray set with 16 pearls. It is sent post free in dainty satin lined case. We send noon request free ojchargs our large illustrated catalogue. R BAos 7'rtonio.fint. TOBACCO KILLS MICROBES. Comfort to Know That Smoke is Preven- tion of Disease. Lovers of tobacco in its various seduc- tive dorms who Iiave been at time a trifle conscionee stricken by reason of the alleged deplorable effects of the to- bacco habit upon the mind and body should henceforth be able to smoke their pipes in peace, since no less an author- ity than the London Lancet, the fore- most journal of the medical world, has risen up to declare in the inost deliberate and positive way that tobacco smoke contains an appreciable amount of for- maldehyde, one of the most powerful of antiseptics and germ killers. It is because of the presence of this chemical agent m tobacco smoke that users of the weed are largely immune, it is said, from certain dread diseases of the throat, lungs and nasal passages. The reasoning, which seems to be quite con- clusive, is that the smoke, passing through the mouth and nose, effectually disposes of the microbes constantly de- posited there and talus supplies the need- ful ounoe of prevention for many dis- eases. While one part of formaldehyde in 10,000 pasts of water is sufficient to de- stroy all bacterial life, the amount of the poison found in tobacco smoke is so in- finitesimal that it has no injurious effect upon the hruman organism. CARE Of THE BABY. A mother's work and work in caring for her little ones is greatly light- ened if she has on hand a safe remedy for the cure of indigestion, colic, sour stomach, constipation, diarrhoea, simple fevers and the other little ailments that are apt to come to children suddenly. For these troubles, Baby's Own Tablets are better than any other medicine. They are mildly laxative, prompt in their action, and a few doses usually leaves the child in perfect health. Ther do not contain an atom of opi- ate or poisonous soothing stuff. They always do good—they cannot possi- bly do harm, and may be given with equal safety to the new born infant or well grown child. Mrs. Reginald James, Fenaghvale, Ont., says: "I have used Baby's Own Tablets, and find them unexcelled as a medicine for children. They promote sleep and general good health." You can get the Tablets from your druggist or by mail at 25 cents a box by writing The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. 1•• CLERICS' HOURS IN GERMANY. Effort to Do Away With Long Midday Rest. A discussion is going on in commercial circles in Germany regarding the respec- tive merits of the English and German systems, of arranging the hours of work in banks, company offices and big busi- ness houses. It has always been customany in Ger- many for clerks and accountants and all workers of this class to begin work con- siderably earlier than is the case in England, and to terminate work in the evening much later than is usual in Lon- don. Work begins in German offices, as a rule, at 8 o'clock in the morning, and is frequently not concluded before 8 o'clock in the evening. Partial com- pensation for the early beginning anti late termination is obtained by taking a two hours' pause at midday, but even with this break the total hours worked in German offices considerably exceed those in English offices, especially as a half holiday on Saturday is still an ex- ceptional arrangement in Germany. Ah agitation is now going on for the abolition of the long midday interval and of the introduction of the hours of work usual in English offices. Many German business men, however, resist the inno- vation and persist in maintaining the old fashioned system. Many German stock brokers, company directors, directors of banks and captains of industry adopt a curious arrangement by which they dine at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and afterward return to their offices from 6 till 3 in the evening. Those Germans who have had practical experience of office work in England are unanimous in declaring that English clerks do just as much in six or seven )hours as German clerks in nine or ten hours, and advance this as a strong argument in favor of the general adop- tion of the English hours of work in offices. A few of the big banks in Berlin have already got as far as a working day of eight hours, from 9 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon, with two hours less on Saturday, when they close at 3 o'clock. Berlin correspondence London Standard. •.5 t A Jaina Story of Domestic Discipline. The story in question night be called: 'The Woes of the Model Husband." A girl who vowed that she would do any- thing rather than bo parted from the dear object of her nffectionsl has no sooner settled the matter once for all by marriage than she begins to scold and f trample on the poor man's head. Tier (spouse is sent on a thousand errand'', not one moment tan he call This own. Countless are the lady's wants, and her 'commands keep pate with them: "Do look' for the bodkin. Go and get some fruit, Bring wood to cook the vegetables. Why don't you come and rub my back, instead of standing there doing nothing! Are may eiothes,1 1 f Where is the scent bottle? I watt the hairdresser. Wlaare is Illy basket to put in Tilling* is? Alexi nay t-inketel `shore, I want my shoes and my umbrella. i'trhsg me lacy eouab and the ribbon to tie up my hair. flet the looking glace and tooth brush. I must have a needle clad thread. You really ought to look after the stores, the rainy season will be here in no time." These and many more are the young wife's behests, the appallingg list of which might well intimidate those about to marry, but there is worse to conte, When "the joy of their lives, the crown of their wedded bliss" arrives in the shape of a baby, it is the unfortunate husband whi is set to mind it; he has to ger up in the night to sing lullabies to it "just as if 11e were a nursemaid," and ashamed though he is of such a hu- miliation, he is tactually put to wash the baby linen! "All this hers been done by many men who for the sake of pleasure have stooped so low; they become the equal of slaves} animals, beasts of bur- den, mere nobodies." I Would not plot readers take this tor a quotation from one of Ibsen's plays ra- ther than from a sacred volume which was composed a considerable time before the beginning of our era,"—Contempor- ary Review, 4.5. NARROW ESCAPES. A Number of Thrilling Railways Inci- dents—Tay Bridge Disaster. When a heavy express, rushing along at nearly a mile a minute, leaves the rails, crashes into another train or crashes through a bridge, the marvel is not that the death roll should be heavy, but that anyone should escape alive, Yet ' even in the worst accidents it is very rare that more than half the passengers are killed. The Tay bridge disaster, in which the whole train plunged into the river, is almost the only railway accident on record in which there were no sur- vivors. The catastrophe, which occurred on Sept. 17 last, near Dover, in Oklahoma, strongly resembled the Tay bridge acci- dent. A train plunged through a trestle bridge over the Cimarron River, and the engine and five coaches out of seven dropped into the rain -swollen waters below, A Mr. Leist, one of the very few sur- vivors, had a most extraordinary escape. Feeling the bridge collapsing he sprang from the train, but almost as his feet touched the trestles, the whole thing went to pieces. Ile jumped as far as he could and landed clear of the wreckage in deep water. Part of one of the ears came drifting past, and he climbed on to it and was carried a long way down the river. Then the ear was swung in a rapid, and Leist was swept off. But he managed to get rid of his clothes, and, stn eddy helping him, he managed to swim ashore. • 1 One of the most dreadful bridge dis- asters on record was that which hap- pened at Ashtabula, Ohio, on Dec. 29, 1876. At 8 in the evening a heavy train pulled by two engines was crossing a small iron bridge near Ashtabula, when the driver of the first engine heard a crack. Suspicious that something was wrong, he pulled the valve wide open and his engine jumped forward. Next instant there was a terrific crash. Glanc- ing back, the driver saw the whole train, including the second engine immediately behind his own, plunge into the ravine. He and his fireman were the only two on the ill-fated train who escaped un- hurt. The wreckage took fire and 80 passengers were burnt to cinders. Had not the coupling between the first and second engines given way the first en- gine must have been pulled back. As it was, it remained balanced on the, very edge of the ravine.—Pittsburg Times. 4•s HOW THE DEER SIGNAL. System of Wig -Wag That is Understoo8 by His Fellows Found. A gregarious animal has usually many means of communicating with his fellows. The well -marked livery of the species serves it as his uniform, does a soldier— it lets friend and foe alike know who he is. leext in importance le the white flag with which most deer do their wigwag I signalling. This ie the tail and its sur- rounding disk. Thiry sudden elevation of this white tail when danger is sensed conveys et "nee a silent alarm. to the next of its kind, Another signal that I have not seen noted by anyone else is thus described by E. A. 1?reble during his trip to the Barrens in 1900. Though the observa- tion applies to the Barren ground spe- cies, I believe it will bo found equally true of the woodland. "Soon after leaving our camp on the morning of Aug. 13 we saw some Barren ground caribou. A young buck on a point of land nus approaching as closely as the depth of water would permit— about 200 yards. He showed little fear, trotting along the shore abreast of our boat for about a quarter of a mile. He would frequently stop and wade some distance toward the boat ,at short in- tervals spreading and contracting the white patch on his throat literally into an oval disk, so abruptly any to give the effect of flashes of light. He finally grew Jtir uind.ed " of following us and drifted be - What was the caribou doing? Appar- ently signalling to what night be others of his own kind out on the water. The caribou's grunt, or bark, as Pro- fessor D. G. Elliot calls it, I have never heard in a state of nature, but it is said oto be much like that of the reindeer, and niy notes on this ere very full. "On July 4, 1900, got into a herd of about 1,00 half -wild reindeer. Their only vocal sound is a grunt; this is uttered singly or else doubled—that is, two are given in rapid succession. It is :some- times the call of a caw to her calf and sometimes it is uttered by one that is left behind, evidently a note of alarm or inquiry, to find out if his friends are close at hand."—Ernest Thompson S'e• ton in; Scribner's, The Pessimist. With jaundiced eye he looks around And everything Is wrong; N minor strain by him is found In every fitting song, And every rose that blooms at morn For him holds nothing but a thorn. Ile saes no guerdon in the rain, No blessing in the sun; IIe views the weeds but not the grain The summer days have won; Ile hears the raven croak and cry, But not the lark that courts the sky. The wine of 1110 ho barely sips Remembering the lees; lie speaks of love with curling lips dad calls it but disease, And every passion le of lust Engendered from the wanton dust. To hum the world Is mean and emelt, The heavens but a span; The unlvertse is chaos ail, With neither plot nor plan; 'Rhe planets that emblazon night To him are paltry pointe of llght- Ite hetes the tempest Where It blows, nut not the sephyr breath, And finds in oVerythinq that grotto A. hidden gerin of death: To him each freeman Is a slave And every gran plot is .t ra.+... —Will itsed Danger. �iLN$ A 414,41 GRATZPITI.4 WIN= Aat7jRItOTTEXO "i°iGli"!t "Sl TO Ti '{Lia VALUTA. Bileans have baeaat ailed 'a wcessitlf medicine" because of their ezeetptIstel fitness for the verioem ail is paws liar to the sex, AS w&t as for liver dia. orders and *tom.* pii.Wate+ots gene Unlike most liver and stonl.wtsia. - einea, Moans casuals leo bismuth, mere curs or aely mineral whatever. From coating, to kernel they arra pnit` 4y vegetable. Mrs, 3. Whitfield, of Swan 14k0, (Man,), says:—"Iiiteans have done not a wonderful amount of good. 1 sari hardly describe how bad I felt before I took them. I could not eat but that it caused me pain. There was a eon• stant sensation of tightness in my side, and any liver was entirely out of order. I could not sleep at nights, suffered also from kidney trouble, and W0.1 altogeth- er in a rundown and very serious con- dition. 1 had been ailing in this way for years, and it is gratifying to find that Bileans were equal to my ease," Mrs. Wm, Hall, of Dean Lake, says; —"I have proved Bileans very good for constipation, from which I suffered a great deal, They cured me." Mrs, J. H. Thompson, of Cleveland Park, says: "For irregularities and painful periods 1 can highly recom- mend Bileans. They proved a great blessing to me and restored me to health when I had become very 111 and very despondent." Bileans aro absolutely unequalled for female ailments and irregularities, constipation, piles, anaemia, debility, rheumatism, blood impurities, etc,. They tone up the system and enable it to throw off colds and chills, strengthen :girls just emerging Tinto womanhood, and speedily restore energy and strength to those who are run down. Of all drug- gists, at 50c a box, or post free from the Eileen Co., Toronto, on receipt of price, ti boxes for $2.50. GREAT HEAT IN DEEP MINES. Operations Would Be Impossible at a ro,000-Foot Level. The latest determination of rise in temperature in descending underground gives 243 feet for every degree centi- grade or 135 feet for a rise of• one de- gree Fahrenheit. The difference in tem- : perature of different rook substances is I almost inappreciable. I Experiments made in deep mines to prove that the heat of the rocks does not preclude mining operations at even ;4,000 feet, because if the recognized for - !mule. was accepted there would be a temperature of 125 degrees Fahrenheit at 3,500 feet, demonstrated that such a temperature is not reached. The assertion sometimes made that • mining might extend to as erecta depth as 10,000 feet if haulage could be ac- complished is nntenable. The difficul- ties would not be in haulage, but, first that of breathing under the enormous at- mospheric pressure, and, secondly, in- , ereaso of temperature. A mass of air in a down -east shaft of 00 degrees Fah- renheit at the suria,e of a depth of 10,- 000 feet would attain a temperature of 90 degrees by its own weight. Healthful mining would be impossible. 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It re - attired about twenty -tour hours to put It In shape again se that It could be put in the miner. Whore It was pled we do not know. but It was eo,aowhcro between the office at Grand Island where it was set and the depot in this city. Our desire is that this paper reach sutseribers promptly and it would al- ways do so ueder ordinary circumstances, provided the people on whoa; we depend do not fall down. * • • Selling Snow in ,Syria. (Daily Consular and Trade Thwarts.) Consul Jesse B. Jackson, of Alexan- dretta, describes the method its Asia Minor of providing a substitute for toss Snow is gathered in .be adjacent mountains and packed in a conical pit, tamped in tightly and covered. with straw and leaves, At the ;bottom of the pit a well is dug with a drain eonnented at the bottom to carry off the water formed from melted snow. As the cost of collecting and shoring is vary small, the only labor is in delivering to the eon- sumers, which is accomplished by paok horses, The selling price is 10 to 25 cents a •hundred pounds and often cheaper. -