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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1908-05-07, Page 3HOW TO FIND LUCKY DA S. One Method Based on the Full of the Moon. WI* has not observed that there are daas-woree luck, many of them! - when everything goes wroxig? Again, who cannot recall &ye when all things go just tee they abotild? Denude°, Rape; who Uvea in Mul- berry Ilene, allows all about lueley and uulueicy daya and. employe malty odd, unreasenable methods to adjast her life aecordingly. Slie is also frankly and, de- monstratively afraid of the evil eye, of meeting a croses-eyed person, and of many other things which to her indicate Unger which has not yet risen above the -horizon of het life, She avoids what she believes they portend. if shevan ani if she cannot she devoutly creases' her- self and implores protection from a high- er power. At the far swing of the eocial pen- dulum memberof the Colette, Club will not hiss tin•ough a veil or do other seemingly harmless things which are Pappeied to open the door to dangers they do not see, any more than woual Damietta Rape, and they too believe in lucky and unlucky days. In onfirm- ation of this assertion is this little ire (Admit: A few friends were drinking tea to- gether in one of the tea rooms of the clubhouse when one of the number ask- ed the woman aittiag beside her if she had heard of the postponement of the 'marriage of a certain young woman. "It cannot be possible," exclahned she who was addressed, "that Muriel etas broken ber eagagement. Why, the 'wed- ding invitations are out; I have seen them. I chanced to be ordering some stationery when she and her mother were looking at the proofs .and she show- ed them to me." "Yes, the invitations were printed, but fortimatela none had been sent, for when Muriel discovered that the date of the wedding was an unlucky day, in fact especially unlucky for both herself and Laurence, nothing could have induced her to be married ne they had planned, She had the invitations destroyed and new cards are being printed. The wed- ding is now set for early DeceMber." When asked how tho prospective bride- groom teak this evidence of superstition onthe part of his ladylove the young woman who was wise in the matter as- sured her questioner that men were eta, ery bit as credulous as women, though not many of them would admit it, In this istance the young man helped to find a date which would insure good luck by going to an astrologer woman who puts up an infallible front and coins much cash 'by giving out such in- formation in typewritten, legal looking dommentary form. Thus superstition • rule* in spite of social status. The great difference is that the educated are apt to conceal while the ignorant frankly declare their beliefs. Recently at a small informal dinner, where all this was being discussed, a man who has delved rather deeply into matters of this Bort asserted with the positiveness a conviction that he had found indicators which to a. certain ex- tent give such fore -knowledge as had the wise man who was evidently in Solomon's mina when he said be saw clanger afar. off. For one thing this man stated he had never known of an undertaking begun In the old. of the moon which progress- ed to speedy, easy and pronounced sue- eess. Furthermore, he said, there was a, way to determine which days are *husky and which the reverse that had not only stood the tese of time but had been verified repeatedly in his own experience. The directions he gave for finding daye which are luoky and those which are not aro as follows: First note the day of the full moon, • This may be found in any almanac. Count the days from the date of the full moon until the end of the -month. Then multiply the whole number of the days from the full of the moon until the end of the month and f rom this result the lucky day can be ascertained. • For example, the moon is full in De- cember of We year on the 19th. As December has .thirty-one days the num- ber of days from the full of the moon until the end of the month is twelve. Multiply the number of days in De- cember by 12 and the result is 372. This indicates that December 3 and 27 are the lucky days in the month, as when the secend numbers are not contained in the number of days In the month the algae are transposed, while the firet digit of tbe numbers is always taken AS one of the indicators. Again, supposing the number obtained by multiplying the date of the full moon 'by the eenutinder obtained by subtracting that date from the wbole number of days in the month were 644, the lucky days would then have been 6 and 4, the 4 being counted as exception- ally fortunate by reason of it being .re- peated.. If the lade number obtained htul been 730 the lucky -days would be the 7th and 30th, and if it had been 703 the lucky &yes would still be the same as, when it is possible, the cipher is used; ,When it is not it is eliminated. To find out which days bode evil take the date of the full moon. Count the days before instead of after this date and inulitply the nuinber by the number of days in the nionth, and frotu the re- sult the unlucky days of the month are found. To show how these evil days are de- termined: As has been seen, in Decem. ber of the present year the moon is full on the 19th. The number of days pre- ceding this is 18, which multiplied by 31 is 558. Here 5 is repeated, which makes Deo. 5 a particularly unfortuttete day, while the 8th is unlucky without any special emphasis. It sometimes (wenn that a eertain date ie indicated as both fortunate and unfortunate, In such eases it is said that the day is both good and. the re- verses but that in love and pecuniary af- fairs the ill luck is pretty certain to predominate and that on such days ven- tures in either one or the other are apt to go wrong. To determine a lucky inerriage day by this system the number of days from the fun of the moon to the end of the Month IS deducted .from the number of dart in the month. The f emainder thus obtained is then multiplied by the age. of the one betrothed. In making this reekoning the count- ing is done in this way: Suppose the piing woman le 23. If seven months hey° passed slum herbirthday she sheuld be counted as 24, but if less then six months since her last birthday at the time of the reckoning the count is that ehe is 23. To illastrete: Suppose that a young woman of 20 wishes to determine whica day in December of this, year would be lucky for her marriage, and that to months hose passed since her last birth- day. Deducting the uunaber of days from the full of the moon, December 19, to the end of the month from the num- ber of days in the luontlt and multiply. ing the reminder thus obtained by 20, the result is 380. This iudicates that either the 3rd or the 8th of the month will be fortunate for her marriage. To prove this as one would a melte- matioal problem multiply the number of days preceding the full moon, evitielt is 18, by 20, the girl's age. This gives 360, indicating that ..the third and sixth are evil days for the event. As the 3rd is in beth lucky and unlucky, the 8th is the fortunate date for the marriage. In addition to this way of determin- ing the lucky and unlucky days, the man who made a study of the subject calls attention to the deductions in an old manuscript by an Arabian sage as to certain days 1i1tt efts counted lucky or the reverse without reference to the year. The unfortunate days, according to this authority ,are the first Monday in April, the first Monday in August, and the last Monthly in December, These three days, together with Innocents' Day, are de- clared the mit unfertunate days of all the year, This same Arablen philosopher de- clares that accordieg to ancient au- thority the Angel Gabriel made known to Joseph that there are twenty-eight days in each year which are very foe- tunate that seeds sown, trees planted, etructures begun, journeys started on any one of these nays are certain to prosper. He also stales that children born on any of these days can never be poor, and.that those put to school on any one of them should become great scholars. He also adds that a boy put to a craft or trade on any of these days will be- come a perfect artificer and rich; in fact a boy entering any occupation on any of these days will be exceptionally successful. Hero is a list of the days: The 3rd and 13th of January, 6th and 28th of February, 3rd, 22nd and 30th of March, 18th and 29th of April, 4th and 28th of May, 3rd. and 8th of June, 12th, 15th and. 18th ,of July, 12th of August, 1st, 7th, 24th and 2Sth of September, 4th and 14th of October, Ilth and 19th of November, 23rd and 26th of December. In a manuseript of the fifteenth een- tury are set down thirty-two evil days which .are said to be dangerous for starting on a journey or beginning any new undertaking. These days are as follows: The 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 10th and 15th of January, the 6th, 7th and 18th of February, the 1st, Ilith and 8th of March, the 6th and llth of April, the 5th, 6th and 7th of May, the 7tli and 15th of June, the 5th and 19th of July, the 15th and 19th of Augusta the Oth end 7th of September, the 6th of Octo- ber, the 15th and 16thof November, the 15th, leth and 17th of December. adinenishiee the fernier to "honor the gotta and Offer sacrifices to Ceres." In India there are certain dive when it la uu1vu1 to plough. Mother Earth is suppoeed to sleep six days hi every mouth, and on such days ehe refusee to be disturbed in her slumber. in northwest India the, cultivator employe a pundit to select an auss pieloutt time •for the commenceMent of ploughing, .Great secrecy la ole served. In some places the time eele eeted ia in the night, in °there daye break is the customary time. The pundit goea to a field, taking ei brass drinking vessel aftd a, branch o tho eacreci mango tree, which is efficacious in frightening away .evil spirits that inay haunt the field. Prithivi, the broad world, and Beebe. Naga, the great snake which supports the world, are supposed to be propa tiated and reconciled by this cere- ntony. The pundit satisfies himaalf as to the direction in which the great snake is lying, for it oceasionaly moves about a little to ease itself of tho great burden of the broad world which it carries. The Pundit then marks off an imaginaryline, five (a lucky umnber) clods of earth are thrown up and water is sprinkled in the trench five times with the sacred mango bash, to Msure productiveness Caution must be exercieecl lest the charm be broken and prospective for- tune imperidled. The farmer must re- main secluded during the following day, no salt must be eaten, no money, grain or fire given away. • Among the ICarrias, before plough - lug, the farmer mites a burnt offer- ing of butter and molasses in his own field and again at the village shrine. The Chinese begin ploughing on the fiest day of their solar year. Aucient- ly the rites which were celebrated. by the Chinese at ploughing time were elaborate but rationalietic severeigns eliminiated one expensive xeligious rite after another until nothing was left exeept the imperial act of homage to heaven and earth and agriculture in the ceremonial ploughing. The Siamese observe a rite called lattakua about the middle of May, which IS preliminary to the plough- ing season, and it is not proper for any one to plough until the ceremony is over. The court astrologers deter- mine the tine° for it. On the day. fix- ed by them the Minister of Agrioul- ture, who is always a prince or noble- man of high rank, goes with a prodes- sem to a piece of ground some dis- tance from the capital. Where the festivities are to take place a new plougli to which a pair of buffaloes 'are, yoked is in readinese, decorated with flowers and leaves. The minister guides the plough over the field closely Watched by the spec- tators, which are especially interested in the length and folds of the silk of his lower garments, because the proaperity of the season and its char- acteristics, wet or dry, are to be pre- dicted from these as he follows the plough. If the robe rises above his knee there will be disastrous rains. If it falls below his ankles there will be a drought. If the folds reach midway between knee and ankle the season will be prosperous.' After a proper number of furrows have been turned old women strew grain of different kinds in them and bulls are released from the yoke and allowed to feed upon the seeds. The grain which the animals eat most freely will be scarce next harvest and that which they refuse to take will be abundant. 'The Germans anciently had a before ploughIng ceremonial. Sods were out from the four corners of the field. Upon these were laid oil, honey and berm, milk, branches ef every kind of tree except oak and beech and of all name - known herbs save burrs. The whole were sprinkled then with holy water. The fear tads were then carried to the church and. placed green side toward the altar. Four masses were said over them and they were returned to their places before sunset. Then spells were speken and unknown seed, bought of beggarmen, placed on the plough. The first fur- row was ploughed with a "Hail Earth, Mother of Men, ,ete." Fron meal of every kiee a large loaf was kneeded with Intik and baked and laid under the first furrow. In Yorkshire it was considered un- wise to disturb the earth with plough or spade on Good Friday. In the peasant lore of Ireland it is recorded that when the ploughman saw a. man with whom he wished tO converse he turned his horses' heads around and away from the man' so as to be safe as possible from the evil eye. The following curious eustom is recorded by S. Owen Doreey in is monograph on the sociology of the Omaha Indians. BABY'S TEETHING TIME IS TROUBLOUS TIME When baby is teething the whole household,. is upset The tender little gums are inflamed and straiten; the poor little 'child suffers and often eriee day and night, wearing the mother out and keeping the rest of the family on edge. In the homes where Baby's Own Tablets are used there is no eueli worry. The Tablets allay the inflammation, sooth the irritation and bring the teeth through. painlessly. Mrs. S. Williams, St. Joseph, Ont., says: "My first baby suf- fered terribly when a cutting her teeth and the doctor could do nothing for her. I got a box of Baby's Own Tablets and they did her so mu& good. that 1 can- not say enough in their favor. You may be sure that I always keep the Tablets in the house now." Sold by all mediciue dealers or by inail at 25e per box fienn Tim Dr. 'Williams' Medicine CO., Brook- ville, Ont. PLOUGHING SUPERSTITIONS. Observations of the Opening of the Farming Section. The first farmers deemed it neces- saryto propitiate certain powers be- fore they ploughed and planted and to this end instituted elaborate agri- cultural festivals and ceremonials. The formal inauguration of the ploughing season, eays the Eames City Star, is very ancient and still is observed in some part of the ,werld. Among the Romans, by the instita- tion of various religioue festivals con - meted with agriculture, the seasons came to be regarded with a sott of soared reverence. Before the old Ho- man put the plough into the ground he went to the temple of the goddess of earth, Telluse one of whose priests perfermed eertain prepitiatiory rites. Vergil in his "Georgics" °deities the Roman husbandman to obsetee the signs in heaven according to the crop he desires to produce.' The time to plough for flax, barley and the Sacred poppy was when "Balance haseequal- • i the hoara of day and sleep and halves the world exactly between light and shade. When Taurus ushers in the year with his gilded horns and Sirius its facing the threatening bull is tittle for beans; for wheat and spelt the Pleiada should hide themselves from your eyes with the dawn. Many have begun before Maria sets, but the attired clop has baled them With r enull eea everything there was. ae empty- eats." But 'lest of all the poet I'd have rici many eyes. heap TO THE xcursions Our Special Land -Seekers' Excursions Will Leave Ontario and Eastern Nutson the Followina Dotes: MAY 12 and' 20th. RIX 7 and 21st SEPT. 1, 15th and .29th ' APRIL 14 and 28th NNE 9 and 23rd AUG, 4 and 18th rare as Follows Return to Calgary from any point an the C. P. R. east of Sitabury, in Ontario, getebee or New Brueswick. Excursionists_ from the Maritime Provineee will congregate at Si. John. Intending purchasers of weetent lands are invited to join our exenr- sions, Applications fur plumage lutist be received at least two days before date advertised; earlier if possible. We hold the exelusive agency for large blocks of rich, speeially seleut- ed 'wade in Saskatchewan, Alberta, nntl Manitoba at $8 per acre and up- wards, for choice location, on easy terms by cash instalmenie and crop payments, Write to us for lid of lauds and .ternis. These lamas are all situated in the best wheat .districts. Terms are liberal, and 'eliettla be looked into by every permit contemplating going to the west, . The Land Department UNION TRUST CO., WAITED 1 74 Bay Street, - Toronto, Ont. ; REFRIGERATING TABLOIDS. Sterilization Plays an Important Part in Preserving Process. . A means of preserving perishable and delicate foodstuffs by entans of refrig- erating tabloids was recently described in the ecientifie section of The Record and many inquiries regarding the process eave since been received. Though there tabloids are a substitute for lee, the proeess is not so much one of refrigente tion 'as sterilization. It is, however, a certain means • of preservation,since the edibles to be safeguarded Iwo' their surfaoes impregnated with eternizing fumes arising from. the eombustion of a patent nation pastille in an air -tight &amber. The mope of the idea, which is al- ready in extensive um on the Continent of Europe, is to afford a cheaper, han- dier, and more hygienic method of pro- teeting perishable and delicate foodstuffs than that afforded by the 1180 of ioe. It is asserted, with apparent truth, that trill; agentiines elxvehri4eisewon so t et ul et et edtt:ib.oeltyteet sne stecilet eoie defnflol. ztost sye- whatev.er upon the meat, vegetables, Pofirfueltsseplavocere. tkiniltinilda:thao.dtrhaea.eyttaartino9e of the tabloids, there is a great saving in cost, . 4••• * 'In the spring when the grim comes up there is a council or tribal assem- bly held to which a feast is given by the. head of the Hauge geno. After they decide that planting time has come and at oommand of the Hango, man a crier is sent through the vil- lages. He wears a Wee with hair out- side and .cries as he goes, 'They do, indeed, say that you will dig the ground Hallo!' He carries sacred corn, which lute been shelled and to each household he gives two or three grains, which are mixed with the seed corn of the household." After this it is lawful for the people to dig up the soil and plant their crops. Additional Plieticulart. Mono Bozzaris was clieering his band. "Strike till the last armed foe expires! Strike, for your elates and. your fires!" 't$trike tub!" jeered the rooters for the other side. "Steike for the green graves of your "Out!" yelled the rooters, A few minuteslater, as the publisher -score attests, Marco himself, after mak. ing a Mt that eleared the bases and won the gene, died gloriottely at the home plate.. • 4 • 40- A Ciacus Wish; A potato I would wish to be On me day of the year, Alta if you like tell yott why, Ivor you must think it queer, "levould be on "circus day," beenuee No mate \dab my size, ZA/Vio.B111( SAVED TIIIS /VkArd'S PiNGErit mr, Milani C. Edwards, Peter Street, Toronto (late itewird Elks' Club), austratied a severe etit On the Middle finger of the left hand, Blood petite:ling ensued and the finger canoed him excrutlating agony, lett says: "My hand was rio swollen and painfuethat 1 had to carry it in a sling for some Menthe. I less under the Care of a welektown dottor in Toronto for several weeks. The wound got to beget, and one day he said my finger would have to be teken off. The pain rfaftt the wound was terrible end wits extending right up the one I coestilted ebether medical Min arta was treated by him lot Seale Weeks longer, He then suggested that the finger be opened and the hone scraped. At this singe A Mend edvised ate to try tome Zem-Bek which / 1 heated the wouod end epplied ZarreBuk es directed. Next mornine the Wound brier' to bleed. It Wits it hesilthy sign to continued with the trattnient, and in a weeks tithe I. was Ale to discoed the bandage, A little more perseverence and 7,4nallult ured the wand completely." Seata-laak Corea oat, Ursa, eha so, kelt, -ems, retmig sores, retrace t*, pllts, Ind leo, poisoned wanes reel all ekat diteoo. All druggists end stores, or., or ponoid (rem Zem.kuk Cih,T0tOnt04; and mail to 1.8 Zamatk Co., rottato, Witli to. staMpandromtva .isteple bas FREE. elts LOCOMDTIVES OLD AND NEW. ' -- Dandy Engines Once the Pees of Their Engineers. The electric motors on the New Haven Railroad, which now pull passenger trains between the Grand Central Sta- tion and tbe present terminus of the electric division at Port Chester, cost $35,000 each, Not so very long ago a first class passenger locomotive would 11.4das.cost every bit as much, although the price is only about $12,000 now- ay• The reamed companies in former days spared no expense when it came to the construction or ornamentation of their locomotives, which were not only the pots of the engineers and the pride of the whole road, bat also daily moving advertisements of the service. In these twentieth century days of black, pooled locomotives whose masters change every trip, it .seems a far cry back to the re - mantic days of railroading, when every road tried tcheutdo its rivals in the way of dandy engines, of which the engineers .were the absolute masters. No one but a certain specified. engi- neer was allowed to run one of these engines under any circumstances, and when it became necessary to place the engine in the shop for so thorough over. hauling the engineer quit work until tho machinists lead got through. Perhaps the best examples of all dandy engines were two bought by the New Haven roaci in the '60s. These engines, which were monsters for those days, lied driving wheels 5 feet 9 inches in diameter and cost about $350 000 ehch. The cab was made of aolicl walnut. Inside the roof of the cab was composed of narrow alternate strips of mahogany and' walnut. The siae win- dows were made of stained glass. Just as much expense was meurred to make the outside of the eagine attrae- tivc. First, the frame was made of planeu steel, highly polished. The driv- ers were all painted red, with 'a tiny black stripe, Evora the cab to the sand box every- thing was covered with brass, even the jacket of the boiler, while from the sand box to the stack the boiler vas covered with Russian iron. Around the dome and the *sand box was a covering of brass and the cylinders and steam chests were enclosee with the same metal. Strips of brass were laid along the edge of the running boards and the hand rails were of brass Piping, with large bells of brass, eagles or something made with gold leaf. On the side of the headlight of No. 28, whose engineer was Edward Chatterton, was'painted the United States coat of arms, • while the tender of No. 34 had the, same device on the side. The tender was painted black and enamelled, while alt the -striping was made with gold leaf. Te engineer of No. 34, Maynard Smith, always wore whiter duck, as indeed did many of the other old time engineers, and, he Was very exacting. When he climbed into the cab of his engine just before stetting on a trip he would take out his white handkerchief and wipe the different brass fittings in the cab to see if all had been properly cleaned. Many of the engines in use in the ettr- ly days were. named instead of beiug numbered. On the New Haven and Bart - ford road, which -connected the two tit - lee before the consolidatioh, the engines bore such names as Andromeda, Venus, Orient and Adonis, Some engines had landscapes painted en, the sides of the en those days the eugineer was the arietocret among railroad men. As soon as he reached the end of his run he would take off his overalls, tura over the engine to a hostler, wash his hands at the tender cock naid step off right at the station, his work done until the re- turn trip. If any repairs were needed ho did not conskler that his duty had been fulfilled When a report had been butted in: Ho made it his particular business personal- ly to tiee that the repairs were properly executed, Often an eugineer would spend hours of his own time to get his machine into the very best condition. lender the present eystent the engineer gets away as soon as possible and does- n't show up nein until ready to take out Ms run once more, Viten an engine Went into the shops Limitations of the Eye. • I an intending lecture in Edin- burgh on the 411t inst., Dr. Dawson Torner, F.R.S.S.e. dwelt on the "Lim-, itations of the Eye." He said that the length of the visible spectrum varies with the individual. Just as some people could hear a higher- pitched note better than others, so no two persons would probably be found ex- actly to agree as to where the spec- trum begins and ends. It was a phy- siological and not a physical limita- tion. The range of an animal's eye might ' not be the same as man's. Lord Avebury experimented with ants, and found that those animals were mod sensitive to rays that our eyes could not perceive at all; *their bright- est light was in the dark regon be- yond the voIet. Though we could not see these rays at ether end of the vsiible spectrum, we could, by cer- tain experiments, edsily satisfy OUT - selves that there were rays in the dark portions beyond the violet and below the .red. The rays beyond the violet could be shown to exist by their pho- tographic or actinic effect and by fluorescence. Illustrating this by ex- periments, Dr. Dawiton Turner fixed a piece of sensitive paper so that it lay in the visible and invisible ultra violet spectrum, and showed that it darkened first in the invisible ultra violet. He showed also that by hold- ing a platino syanicle' escren m it, the length of the spectrtun NVA20S eas- ily doubled. These dark rays also diecharged a negatively electrified body, and had an important action upon certain diseases of the skin. Professor leinsen had become de- servedly famous by tho use he made of the blue violet and ultra violet light in the treatment of disease. In 1896 Professor Bantam astonished the world by Minotineing the discovery of a new kind 01 ray, He had been experimenting with, a *Crooke's high vacuum tube, and he noticed that plain° cyanide of barium beanie lum- inous when the tube was working. An ord4n.axy low vacuum* tube did not give rise to the leontgen rays. To produce Itontgen rays they must have a high vacuum, in which there was a lat. ailed° stream of electrons, and this stream of flying lectrons ba brought as suddenly as possible to O standstill. This was done by caus- ing the electrons to strike a target of platinum while they were in . full flight. As they could not see teat Rontgen rays (because they weredark rays) or feel the rays (unless they were suffering front their effects), how did they know the tays, Were there at all? It was eltifly by three reasons: -(1) The rays 'would take photographs through opaque sub- stances, and could time be used to see through the skin and exhibit the bones; (2) they caused certain bodies to beeome luminous: and (3) they discharged electrified bodies. The Itoutgon rav, s had a very important Notion on the human system, and if they Were properly applied they could be of great benefit in eonnection with diteaso. 1W:int hitotesting experi- ments were carried through. to Muse trhtt these and other ertopertiee el the Rengtonraaynst. Wanted pay, ' i• ' The farmer, noting the Indian's axe handle broken atia the blatte dull, gave tdin a new handle and sharpened the thol, the Detail turning the grindetone. The red man stilt hung tiround, The •"farmer" waa a little annoyed, and eallea to an Interpreter, "leek the ola fellow what he wants now," he direeted. After an exchange of grunts and get - tures the interpreter ntmouneed, "Ite wants 25 eentse "Teteitty-five tents? What fort" "For turning the grindstone."-Ifar- per's. fer repair the machine Wad still Meier the control of the eugineer. No additiou, improvement tl alterittiOnt COM 1)0 matte • unites be deeired it. For indium,before the injector was invented, meter was forced into tbe lay Means of a pump, When the ha jeetor made Ito appearetwe many en - Ionisers: had little WO in it and refused to have the new fenglea thing put On their enginea. Now the mine .eugineers wonder how they ever got along without the Injector. 'Numerous devices have been added to the locomotive until now an engineer of the old regime would be At a loss for a thaw If he ware tine ht ebarge of An up - to ditte engine. The throttle and the reverse bee are the same, but there are. many little things lhat go toward malt- ing the duties .of thee ngmeer lighter. An automatic bell ringer is one of thew!. Nowadaya compressed Air rine the bell. Whenever the engineer aeeiree to ring the bell he simply -turns on the air. There is also an autometie sander. Instead of the leborione and slow method of drawing the sand lever back and forth to brina a flow of sana in front of the slippieg drivers, the engineer has to tura a little witecl 014 controls tin auto. matie feed and then can forget all about tlw sand. Reverse bars have been arranged to work with steam, but etaueltow or other they have never met with favor, al- thougn reversing on some of the old ougines was A most laborious task. Brac- ing the feet aphid e support in the cab, the old time engineer nutny times had to tuft away for dear life to get the engine in°the back motion. And the fireman' Lae not been forgot- ten in this March of improvements,. The automatic etoker lote been luventea for hie benefit, but not many of them are in operation. HIR greatest boon has been the auto- matic door opener. Opening the furnace dem is done very many times in the course of 'a long trip, and so a good Samaritan by the use of compressed air hes evolved a scheme by which a fire- man can open the door with little or no effort, • Standing in his usual position, when firing, with one foot toward. the foot- board of the tender, the other near the furnace door, he presses eis left foot upou a pedal as he brings the shovelful of coat forward and the compressed air opine the door. As soon as. the shovea ful has been sent into the fire the fire - ma raises his foot and. the door eloses, again. THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE. A Material Help in Keeping the Con- servative Party in Power. The autumn of 1883 was marked by the formation of the Primrose League, which subsequently proved to be an event Yiy TO PREVENT A. NERVOUS .13REAKDOWN rvemv.,14. Take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills '1i hen the First Symptoms Are Noticed and Sae Yourself Much Suffering, Are you troubled with pallor, lose of spirits, wives of heat paesing over the body, shortness of breath after slight exertion, a pectiller steeping of the. heart beat, poor digestion, cold liatate or feet, or a feeling of weight and fianese? Do not make the mistake of thinking feint these are diseases in them, selves, and be satisfied with relief for the thne eeing. This ia the way that the nerves give werniug that they are breaking down. it mem that the blood has become impure and thin one cermet car- ry enough, nourishment to the nerves to keep them healthy awl, able to do theft work, There is only one way to prevent the final bectikdown of the nerves and the Moro serious diseases which follow. The blood must be made 'rich, red and pure, and Dr, Williams' Pink Pine Is the ouly medieineethet mat.do this promptly peel effectively, Every dese of this medicine lielps make new blood and streugthens the weak or worn-out nerves. Airs. David J. Tapleye Fredericton, N. B., was sued by. Dr. Williams' Pink pills after suffering front nele vous breakdown, which resulted in partial paralysis of the face, She says: "The trouble came on quite gradually, and at the outset I did not pay much attention to it. Then it grew more serious, and there was a general breakdown ef the nerves, which was followed by partial :paraly- sis of the face, one side being com- pletely drawn out of shape. I was under a doctor's eare for a couple of mouths, and one treatmeut after smother was tried without benefit. By this time I was confined to my room: and the doc- tor told me he could not cure me. Al- most in despair I was persuaded to try Dr. Williams' Pink Plans. The improve- ment was slow, but the building up of a run-down nervous system naturally is slow. Slowly but surely this medicine did its work, and after a time I was able to again conic down stairs. From that on the. improvement was much, more rapid. and now I tun as well as ever 1 was in my life. My friends look upon my cure as almost miraculous. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills did for me what the best medical treatment failed to do - they brought me back good health. It is the blood building, nerve re- storing power in Dr, Williams' Pink Pills that enable them to cure such troubles as anaemia, rheumatism, the after effeets of la grippe; 'indigestion, neuralgia, St. Vitus dance, partial par- alysis and the secret ailments of girl- hood and womanhood. Sold by all medi. eine dealers or by mail at 50e. a box or six bexes for $2.50 from the Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. of great political importance, and a tower of strength to the Conservative party. The Furth party, with the exception of Mr. Balfour, and the addition of Sir Alfred Slade, bad drawn up the statutes and ordinances of this, new political so- ciety, which was to "embrace all classes and all creeds except atbeists and ene- mies of the British empire." Sir•Ilenry Wolff, who had originated the idea from seeing Conservatives wearing primroses on the anniversary of Lord. Beacons- field's death, came to Blenheim, where I was staying at the time, All the female members of the family who happened to be there Num enrolled as dames, and were given a badge and a. numbered diplonut. Mine was eleven. The Duchess of Marlborough was made president of the Ladies' Grand Council, which was being formed. I must say we laughed immoderately over the gran- diloquent names -the. "Knights Harbin- gers" (or "night refugees," as -we dubbed them), the "Ruling Councillors," the "Chancellor of the League'" "Dames," "Dame President," "Habitations," and what not. 'We criticized freely the Brum- xnagen gaudy badges and "yd ancient" diplomas printed on vellum. Little did we know the power the league was t become. -Having joined the league and been duly enrolled a "dame," I was de- termined to do all I could to further its aims. The first years of its existence were a struggle. The wearing of the badge exposed one td much chaff, not to say ridicule; but we persisted, Recruits joined "surely if clowly," and to -day after twenty-one years of existence, the league can boast of having 1,703,708 knights, dames and associates upon its .rolls, and of having materially helped to keep the Conservative party in power twenty years. -From "The Remdaiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill," in the Feb- ruary Century. On the Stage. How fine our life would run along, Just like the music in a song Or like a trail of Pullman ears, iWth only eoft and pleasant jars, If things could happen every day The way they work out in a play! There everything is life and light, The men are bold, the girls are bright, Things for an aet or two go wrong, But in the end right comes out strong, The hero always wins the bride With mirth and music on his side. No one is bothered in the play About a small thing like his pay. One always has a roll of bills ' That easily a pocket fills, And if he ever should run shy A cheque hook brings a new supply. The bill dollectors never knock To give the timid ones it shoek, The only troubles on the mat Pertain to love and things like that, And even they have feeble power. They eome out right in half an hour. Of course the viaain dots not fare So well. But who for him woula care? Ile only serves to emphasize That virtue draws the certain prize, That the deserving wins the wife, Ah, would that it were so in life Holiday Coins Return to Bank. Nobody? First thiest--Who is that itteignifi- raUt looltieg little nom standing near the door? Sceond Otteathi can't tell you whe be is, but 1 know 'what he le, lie le the litistt".' The Puriat at Large. "f suppose I really .oughe to near glasses. My eyesight is very poor." 'Tour ear hearing is alt right, though, isn't it?" CHOCOLATE AND COCOA. Uncle Sam Has Cut His Chocolate Tooth. The use of these ewe beverages is in- creasing rapidly in this country. We are spending about $12,000,000 a year for eaeoa, which the raw product from -which chocolate and cocoa are obtained. The im- portations of this article have increased 200 per cent, during the last ten years while those of coffee have increased only 39 per cent., and tea has fallen off four- teen per cent. At the present time, it is reported, cacao is gaining on its rivals more rapidly than ever. Mose of the Qttes.o importea in,to the United States comes from Braeil, the British West Indies and other West In- dian islands. According to What to Eat, it is during the last three years that the increase 111 cacao importations has been most mark- ed. Manufacturers inwe been levied to make addition after addition to the ca- pacity of their plants, to increase i heir working 'forces to enormous prmotaens, and still it has been almost impossiole for them to fill all orders on thee. Impellers of raw products front the tropics are doing the most rashing bus- inees of their lives, and importers of prepared cocoas from Europe must get busy to keep front being trampled under foot by 'American enterprise in feeding the "chocolate tooth" Unele Sam has qt. The coals letan possesses more nitro- gen than Wheat flour, and about twenty times as much fatty matter as wheat flour. One-half of the weight of cocoa is cocoa butter and one-thira starch. In Central America mem constitutes the principal ration employed by river expeditions; in South America cocoa and, maize cakes, comprising a large amounf of nourishment in very small bulk, are used as food for travellers on long over- land trips. A case is reeorded o,fa man who attained the age of 100 years who ate nothing but chocolate and biseuit for thirty years. -Philadelphia Record, Nino out of every tea p01 -sons bit that line are here to got gold pieces to tuns as Christmas grdserits," mitt a sav- ings bank num, pointing to a long lam in front of the paying teller's window. "'And the fun/ter part of it is he added, "about three-quarters of die gold we give them wilrbe back Imre in this bank inside of two Weeks." Tito bank man sidd every year his bank pays out about $3,000 in gold in tile day or two immediately preeeding the holiday. :Most of this nioney is site en within the family eircle, fuel the rule. Is that, the membere of the family soon COMO haat to the bank with the idehtie eal goli pieees to 'be etedited to their respective aeounte.-Tleston rotoa. • -4-- tho Worry Method. Alter taking the anti.fat treatment for a week, an obese person reeeived it bill. "But, fleeter," ho protested, of haven't loat an (mitre. The bill it too big." "The bine' the (Teeter informed him eurtly, Ms part of the treattftent.”- London Opinion. JAPAN'S NEW YEAR CAKE Serious- Complication. "I've put been to gee the Garlick:ea sahl :nye. Lapsling, laying aside her wraps. "They're ail well except Mr. Oar - lick. ire's got en awfully bad lame. As near as I Can make Out front what the fleeter says the poor man is threatened with diagnosis of the bone." HaRD TO BIND. peate.r-wity not take this Parra, mA'am? it talks-. Custoraor-I rent a parrot to Mite to and not te talk eagle • - A Bite Blunder. Wife-Fanuy ball given nottce, littsband-WhY saye you epoke in a brutal manner to ber on the telephone yester- day. Husband -Yesterday? I thought 1 was speaking to you,---Meggendort. Who .Gets Them? Teacher -Who gets the wicked little boys who • stay away front Sunday school? • • No answer. Teacher -Come, you etm tell us, Casey; Casey -Do White Sox gits some, an de Cubs de test. ---From the May Bohem- ian. Popping tho Question. "Hello!" said the corn, "was that you whiseering "Yes," replied the wind, "I've been trying to mash your ear for some time." -From the May Bohemian. Lasts a Year, and Supposed to Bring Good Luck. ImPortant itt the celebration of New Year m Japan is the making of the geW Year's cake, which every family must have if good lack is to follow it during the coming year. Thie cake is made of a peculiar var- iety -of rice, boiled and pounded in a great wooden mortar until it is of the consistency of dough. Although the pure Mate dough is often colored yellow or pink, the sh•ipe of the cake is always the shine -a -that of the waled mirror - one of the three sacred symbols of the Shinto faith. A piece of this cake, writes Olara W. Iaaji, bit Lesliea Weekly, is offered to the Shioto deities because it, is of the shape of the saterea mirror will& wooed the sun goddess to eome out Of tho- cave where she had hidden herself in -wrath, and thus saved the land from total darknees. latelt member of the family takes a hand in the mama fttetute of the New Year's make, Even the baby is carried Oa and his baby hand guided in lifting the heavy wood- en mallet for a "good -luck" blow. Enough is made to last nearly the whole year through, nod it (temples an imported place In the daily mem]. .4 • Mistake in the Girl (in grana atand)-Itelt interesting to mach the crowa. Look at the fattee of the people. They're nil agog for the game to begin. Pie lateed outh--Al1a.gg 1 don't find any such name on the score card. You mean Altrock, aovot you? Relationship in South Dakota. "I notice she bowed to you. Is she an old o equaintancer "Se -yes; we're slightly acquainted. In fact, she's a feat of distant relation. She was the first wife of my S'OCit1.1 wife's first busband."-Chieago Tribune. • — So Thoughtful. Nell -Yes, the emelt is. attentive to her. She admired some roses she saw in a florist's window they were passing yesterday, so he had some sent up to her—' Belle -How thoughtful! Nell -Yes;- C. 0, D. -The Catholic Standard and Times. Is It Yours? Mrs, Crimsonbeak-I see by the paper that in the British museum there is a huge rope of bair weighing nearly two t . Crimsonbeak- Tliese American woot,i11..en travelling abroad are so careless, aren't they ?-Yonkers Statesman. Pertinen-T-Question, "What I am after," declared the spoils party candidate, "is not so much causes as effects," "Whose effeeter shouted a maii in the crowd. -Baltimore American, Seem Long. *Bacon -I see soine professor has dis- covered that if you want to live long you must driok sour milk. Egbert-Well, it would seem long, wouldn't it? -Yonkers Statesman. Too Loud. "Surely you don't despise him simply etecause he's a self-made mane" "No, I merely regret that when he made his voice -11e didn't piteh it in a lower key." -The Catholic Standard and Times. 5oThDRxNGONtlEttlAtt, noutidereeant Meted my liver me getting nut of ,e-clet. Sounder-Whst makett you think so? Itetthder.../ Wee leattlizig *beet My deb* this motrilscat. The Styles To -day. -"I'm passionately fond of music," "Which style'?" Phonograph or piano player?" A JOYOUS OCCASION. Turnbull -They have a big dinner party at Blenque's to -night to signalize the engage- ment- jwiles (!^reathlassly) - Indeed! Which daughter? Turnbull (oonibinuing)-Th: engagement of ^ a new cook. • Cause mid Effect. First Coed -Ever uotice how grave Prof. McGoozle always is? Second Coed -Yes, but there's melting strenge about that. He does all hie thinking in the deed. languages. A Terrible Mishap. "An awful ftecident heppeued at our house last night." "What. was it, for goodness sake?" "Ma's house cleaning, and so she serv- ed supper in the kitchen. Pa got a hold of a dish of soft soap, and thought it was jelly, Ana now net ain't speaking to bit at all." What Hurts. . "I hate to call on, a girl," said Tom, "who can't do anything but indulge in small talk." "Yee," replied tbe wise Diek, "especi- ally if wbat she lies to say is it very short 'no'."-Waehington Herald. StIOn.T. Teens nector-ntd you Magneto MI ett54 as mmenateuts ar inereie as cramps? Old Doctor-Crampa. Ile didn't hattie inOneY enough for tumentlicitis. Appetite. Investor -I -What's your idea itt want- ing to buy that trolley line? It doesn't compete with 'our system. It's merely a feeder. Beltway Matfilate--Well, don't .yott 'Whose Na ing? want to do our own feed- royoaawy.,06 Another Convulsion Corning. "'filet well in Wisconelo," rebutekee. Mr. Quigley, roaring again, they eay." Mae 'Quigley turned pale. "eittybe it memo( title lime," She rasped, "that our eook ie goiug to)(else est 1 saw lire everhaitling her trunk tide aumailyeay A Real Freak. "Better send Mx inspector down to PIPe What'S tlit, matter with that man's meter," saia the ettelaer in the gas etritt. pany's of fiee to the relperinteedent. "OW began the superintendent, "eve throw complahtts Abort t meters---" "This is no minplaint. ITe ends a eleque for the nmount of h1 hill and aftyil it's 'very reasonnble.'"-lotulori Opinion.