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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1908-05-21, Page 3Miss Kendall on a Cart 4 -.44 -t -•4+4 -4 -4444 -.*44-0,47+4.4+++ 4.4-44444-.44-44.4-4-,44-4.-**4-•44-4-te Mies Bertha Include11 steed, waiting for he car _on the etreet corner, It was A raw, chilly morning M April, but he preferred the outer air to- the etuffiness of the dingy little weiting-room before whieh she stood. Her tailored gown fitted he fine figure to perfection, and everything ;bout her was absolutely ea- rect. She had an air of instillation and even hauteur, and the num on the seat of the high wagon which drew up to the curb uear her was aware of this. How- ever, him horses' were restlees, and he looked in vain for the usual lounger or small bey, and with some uncertainty and hesitation he addressed the young lady: "1—I beg your pardon, Miss—but would, you just as lief go into that wait- iug room and see if there's a parcel for me?" Bertha, turned an astoniehed face upon him. 4A—what?" she said, hardly believing Iter senses. "A box," he repeated, depreciatingly. You see I (emit leave my team, and— there don't seem to be anybody else around." He watched her half fearfully, expecting to see her amazement tern to linger, but instead her eyes began to dance and her lips parted in a smile. In a short time she returned and , passed up the parcel. "Thank you ever so much," said the man, gratefully, "I hope I eau do as much 'or you some's-- He stopped abruptly and grinned a littler foolishly, and Betha laughed. "Say, Miss1" he seemed struck by a Bodeen idea. nI take it you are waiting for a car Now, Pm going •your way; why, I'd like to give you a ride—that is, if you don't mind going in such a rig." "I live out in 'Wingate, a little suburb, you know ---on the mailer of Winthrop ancl Norton"---, . "1 go right there," interrupted the man with enhusiasm, and he reached :down his haul. co help her up. For an instant she hesitated, then she accepted the invitation in the spirit in which it was given. "The cart don't smell very good," he apologized as they started. "You see, go every day and get a load of swill, but I turned. the hose on the cart last night, so Ws better than it is some- times." "What do you do with the swill? she asked. "Oh, I keep a lot of pigs. T get paid for carrying off the stuff, szathat makes It pretty profitable. I keep the hogs a long way from the house, so it don't emelt bad there." "1 see," said Bertha. The pair of sleek black horses moved briskly, with the quick and easy swing of good walkers, Suddenly the man laughed. 'What'll my wife say when I tell her I Look a young lady to nue.with mel" he said. "Well, what will she?" asked Bertha. "She'll say, 'Why, Noah! what must she- have thought of you?'" Bertha laughed. "You see—the man's face sobered— "my wife, she's an invaiid, ond has been for • years, and so I tell her about every little thing that I see on my trips, and make as much af a story out of It as I "So you've been talking roe over with, can. It amuses her, and she don't have them," aid Bertha coldly, much fun, staying at home there all the. ."And they told me you gave him the time. So I keep my eyes peelecl for ally- flowere1 sent you last night. My flow - think thane interesting so's to give her given to an old hobo like that!" something to think .about." "He appreciated them," sold Bertha. • "Who takes care of your wife?" asked "Appreciated them!" he burst out wrathfully, "Well, I'll tell yon one thing;if I want people of that class to have flowers' I'll send them to them first hand, You won't have another chance .to insult me thee way right off," swiftly up the walk to her door and went in, returniug almost it once WW1 a handful of beautiful, heavy headed, ion etenuned cernations in her hands. "Ole, thank 'you—thank you it thou - smut times!" he cried, Ide eyee sparkling as he took the flowers. "lehe will be plateful with these, POW 1 tell you. 1 guess I won't get those anemones till to- morrow." Bertha held out her hand. "I thank you for my ride," she sane smiling up at itim as he shook it, but there- were tears in her eyes as she stood watching him go down the street, "Bertha Korman!" a chorus of Meng- nant protest frommother and sisters greeted her as she returned to the house. "What have you done now?" Bertha LOA her head high and smiled unconceruedly. "Why, 1 rode home from Burton street with Mr—er, Mr. Noah. -I sent some flowers to his wife," "You rode from Burton street with that man on the cart!" Their horror And disgust was intense, Bertah smiled, "Yes," she said, "end some day I may ride home with bini on his load of swill to see his wife," and she ran upstairs, laugbing. . Sire was busy the rest of the day,— there were lettere to write and, alters to entertain, --so that by the time she began to drese for the evening she had forgotten all about the episode, of the mereoing. Other thoughts were crowd- ing upon her, end ehe was very serious and a little nereous as she stood:before her mirror. Hugh Norcross was to call that „even- eng. 13ertha had known for some time that ot proposal of marriage front lehn was imuniteet and. to-nighi, she felt that she eould ward it Off no longer. She was not altogether sure that she wanted to, lie was a pleasant fellow, antl she liked bleu very much and her family expected het. to marrthien, while he was certainly most devoted to her. When her caller was announced, she went down to biro with her mind made up and the important question settled outer serious deliberation. But something in the aspect of young Noreross was a surprise to her, He lookeit distinctly' vexed and displeased. - "Something is troubling you," she said at once in the direet way ehe had. "Yes," he answered gloomily, "eome- thing is troubling nae.' "Can you tell me abeat it?" she ask- ed. She motioned him to a chair and set down opposite, looking at bim with sympathetic eyes. "1 think you know What it is as well as I -do," he said in an aggrieved tone. Bertha looked at him wonderingly. Pm sure I don't know what you mean.' "I saw you, out riding this morning," he said accusingly. Bertha's eyes widened, then a look of understanding came into them and her Op twitched. "I was thunderstrueke" The young man -spoke rapidly. "I couldn't believe my eyes. I never Would neve believed it if anyone had told me that it was possible for you .to do such an outra- gedus thing. Pm not the only one who feels this way about it; your mother and sieters are as disgusted as I am." Bertha. "Her mother!' He made a slight gri- mace. "I don't 'spose many men like their mother -in-laws, still, she's a good woman, and if she don't do things 'just to. suit me, why, I put up with it and. don't. say nothing. She's good to my wife, and it's awful nice she can have her mother -take care of her. She's more contented than she would be with any- body else, and. I ought not to say a word. Still, on Sundays, when the old lady takes one of the horses and goes down to the village to church and to spend the day *with her other children —why; wife ,and I have a regular picnic together, I tell her it's our honeymoon over again. I wait on her, and read stories to her sometimes, and in sum- mer, when it's real warm and mild, I take. her out under the trees and we eat our dinner there. Oh, I tell you, 1 don't know what I'd do if it wa'n't for our Sundays. Why, last Christmas 1 gave mother-in-law the best mackintosh I could buy, so she could get to church, rainy Sundays and all. She was real tickled—and so was I." "Have you any children?" asked Bela tha. "No. We had one, a little boy, that died when he was two years old. That was the worst thing that ever happened to us. He was awful cunning, as pretty as a pictureaands just learning to talk. My wife,. she's never got over it, and I've been trying. ever since to make up to her for him.' Bertha looked at the mares face. There were tears in Ins blue eyes, but he .gave a queer little choking laugh. "Kinder ridiculous, ain't it, for a big, coarse homely feller like me to try to take the place of a pretty child." "It's awfully good of you," said Ber- tha a strange constriction In her throat, "That's ten years ago," he said, sadly, "and 1 catch her erying about him now aOmetimes. It's an awful thing for a mali to see his wife cry." There was a little silence, then he went on in a dif- ferent voice, "And. so; to make her think of other things, I remember everything I see to tell her about. She's always glad to see the spring coming, and when I go hone and tell her I've heard a bluebird or a song -sparrow, she is as pleased as if I'd told her I'd heard that some old friend was on the way to see her. She's awful fond of flowers, and what do you think! on iny way along I see a little bed of anemones side of the road. Men I go back I shall let the horses rest at that plate and I'll get out and pick a tnee bunch of 'eat for her. They'll be the first she's seen thi year. Well, here's your street, I'd like to talk to you longer, 'but maybe you've heard enough." Ite +drew up the horses and gave Ber- Hirt a 'steadying hand to help her down, "'Wait a minute," she said; "I want to Bertha was silent, her eyes east down. "How many of yovr friends sew you this morning, do you supposed' he went on. "I don't know, and I d'on't care," said Bertha quietly. "Well, I care," he retorted: "I was walking along with a friend of mine and. he saw you and commeoted on you. And who do you think he was?—Pres- ton Ames! I've told you whet a fine fel- low he is, and I was going to bring Ilion to see you, but of course it is out of the question now. You were so taken up with your friend"—the word was a sneer —"that you didn't see me. You an imagine I was relieved* at that. Sup- pose you had bowed to me—and it would have been just like you, if you'd seen me—and I'd had to explain to nry friend who you were! Ae itewae, I was so ashamed that I wanted to go through the sidewalk." "Whet had you to be ashamed of?" she asked. "You were not riding on the cart." He looked at her in :greenness indig- nation, then got up and walked excited- ly about the room. He scolded and ranted a while longer and Bertha watched him with a kind of curiosity rod speculation in her eyes. "I wonder,' she thought, "if Mr. Noah ever talks to his wife like that And if Hugltscolds me like this, now, what would it be if we were married? I guess it wouldn't be much different from mother and the girls. I am always doing things to bring down their displeasure on rny head." Hugh had ceased speaking and wits coining toward her., There was that in his face that showed he was now ready to forgive her and that he was prepared to be very magnanimous and kind, and perhaps before he left .her there would be a perfeet reconeilietiot and under- standing between them. "There," he said gently: "Perhaps I have said neon- than I ought and scold- ed you too much, but you see I was fearfully upset by it,. and I don't want to see you doing such things any more." The lost of the eentence sounded seine - what patrobizing, and teethotes eyes flashed, but he spoke quietly-. "I don't set Why it was such a dreadful thingto do," she said. "If I had been driving out with the Gordeits' coachman, would you have been ashamed of me?" "Of eourse not." "Well, this man was a self-respectng, independent- farmer. He's irmeh more interesting than it eoachniati," "That has nothing to do with it," he said, irritably, then smoothed his voice, carefully again. "I do wish you would- n't do such thirige Bertha, it6 had said something to your wife," She went never called her by her filet nem° be- , . FOR 5YEARS ACEANDSCALP ERUPTIONS EACH SPRING. TROUBLED THIS LADY TILL ZANIAIUK CURED. misi 'Mary Levesque, gte Stridaciiit St., Hechelage, Mow trail Narita ;—" I Woe fared Zarn-niuk in excellent remedy for Alb eteptiorle, Up to this Spring IwaA bothered forithimit five years with it red rash, small pimples and totes on my fnee and on the Bodo thro' tneneir. Nothing I used would cleat this rah from the Skin until I bogeo'uting Zarrintiuk. This strive heit effectually and I believe permanently Wren off those unsightly pimples turd Roes from both moll, and face. I shall tecotemend Zirm-Bak to all my friends," Verlithltng asse111/1 Phd iiII Ain di01141112ftin. nue is without equal. It ;stood for theittraulven when well rubbed is. Pifer Aim yield to ZatiOtelt All sewn end- ileaelos, set, or Z401.11uk Co., Totem, for and she noticed It "Protein Ine you wou't auy More Bertha stood up anti looking et him very steadily ad souiewbat defiantly. "1 Omit promiee no ouch thing," she said, "If my mediab displeases you,you are not obliged to have anything to do with me. Yon need, not even recognize me on the street if you feel asheined of the acquaintance. To save you farther embarrassment I shall not be at home to yore in the future. I hid you a very good evening." With thee she left him and went to her own room where she cried. a little, laughed a Rafe, and then became very serious. "Oh, Mr. Noah," she said aloud, 'I owe you a debt of gratitude which I can never repay, for you have saved me from great disappointment and itoltappi- uess," As soon as young Norcross reeovered sufficiently front the stunned condition to reason, at all, he deckled, that the best Honig he could do would ebe to teke himself out of the way for a month or two and allow absence to melee the hart grow fonder. It was two Months later that be re- turned. He had reasoned it out that in all this time Bertha must have miss- ed him, and that if he should write her a very humble and apologetic note she meld uot refuse to welcome Itiro back, The firse acquaintance he met was Preeton Ames, who shook his hand cor- dially, 'then turned and walked with him towarcl Ids boardiug pla-e, "I want to talk with you,' he said, and Norcross invited him to his rooms. As he 'turned on the lights and look- ed at his visitor, Norcross was struck by an expression of such buoyant hao- piness as he lied never seen on bee friend's face before, "What's happened to you Preston?" he asked curiously. "That's just. what I wonted to tell you,'' said Preston, "I toll engaged to the dearest girl in the world." , • `ifs that 80,". said Norcross smiling cordially, "Pm delighted to hear it. Who is she? Do I know her?" "Why, yes; she's a perticular friend of yottrs, I think -I've heard you say— Miss Bertha. Kendall," Norcross tutrued away so that his friend did not see his face grow stuld.,n- ly white. "Indeed!" he said. His voice sounded strange to himself, but Preston Ames did. not appear to notice. "It all happened rather suddenly; in fact, it was a case of love at first sight on my side," he ran on. "Do you re- member that day I came home from the west and you and I Were walking along together? Well, maybe, you re- memlier my commenting on a young lady I. saw riding on a cart. I don't think you saw her, or you would have told me who she was. I was so struck with her beauty and the something bet- ter than beauty that I saw in her face— sympathy, intellieenee and kindliness— that I really lostmyheart to her tam and there. Fortunately for my pertoe of inind, I met her a day or two later at a friend's house, and—well, we are en- gaged. Her family were very much shocked because she rode with that men —he is a friend of ours, now ---but I glory in her independence and her scorn- ing of appearanees. There is altogether to much sham nowadays, but she is ab- solutely genuine. Well, I'm on my way to see her and I 'guess I'll be going. Come along with me, some evening; she'll be glad. to see you back again." For a long time after he had gone, young Norcross sat very still, shading bis eyes with his hand; for the light was rather strong. ILLS .OF BABYHOOD AND OF 'CHILDHOOD. The ills ef babyhood awl cbildihood are many lied may prove serious if not promptly cured. In homes where Baby's Own Tablets are kept !there 18 a prompt eure at hand .for such troublee as indi- gestion, sour -stomach, colic, constipation, diarrhoea, worms, teething troubles and other minor ailments and the Tablets ean be administered ae safely to a new born baby a to the well grown child. :Hrs. Octave Paulin, Ottraquet, N. B., ssya: "I have weed Baby's Own Tab- lets for both my little boy and girl for the various ailments of childhood and have found them always a splendid med- icine.' No mother slicould be without the Tablets in the home." Sold by medicine dealers or by snail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. PERIL IN MUCH TALKING. Londoner eays Garrulity Causes, In sanity and Other Nervous' Diseases. That excessive talking is the cause of many nervous diseases and for the in- creasing amount of insanity affecting modern society is the intereeting theo- ry elaborated before the Pee -elle -Thera. pentic Society in London the other night by ehe. Rev. S. S. Lombard, it London -vicar who has gioen the sub- jeet much study. • "An enormous' amount of vital en- ergy is Wasted in talking," said. the vicar. "An excassive talker is a hu- man vampire who saps the vital ener- gy of those about him, People silent by nature seldom are ill. A large per- centage of tie vietime of nervous dis- ease are great talkers who discuss im- aginary ailments -until they get thercen Dr. Stenson Hooker supported the Vicar in a rermmendalion that one room be set aside hi each of the Lon- don hospitals for eilent treatment. Neither of the gallant speakerspar- ticularly mentioned the talking proclivi- ties of women lit his argument againet garrulity, ••••••1•••••••••,••••••• TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAICATIviii liR0h10 QuInine Tablets. Druggiets refund money if it falls to cure. E. W. Gnovg's signature, le on each box. 25o. 4 • * Concrete Tombstones. Id/1111e the application of concrete hi the mantifttetuee of torobstenes Seems rather a grewsome one, says Cement Age, still the ancients associated the tomb with the highest artistic im- pulse. The Manufacture Of concrete tombstones is rapidly beconeing an important industry in Ralf, so great is the economy Of concrete, The re- sults already riecempliehed suggesb the poseibilities of the future. With eoncrete as the structural material there in no limit to the opportunity of the artist, Whether the eencrete be ao molded as to niake the 'erne; mental features an integral part of the structure, ot whether it be en- crusted with terra cotta in subdued tones, the opportunity ekists for the exercise of the best Artistic talent. Desigas formerly made in intteble granite tati be readily reprOduced iii concrete and at considerable smaller cost. • *if Oyer the TaierihOnlii. "MAO IS this the ticket offioe of the X, Y. & Z.?" nYes," "When does toeday's overland Byer leave for San Freneiseo?" "Who 1 talking?" "Mrs. de Value." "That's tight, ma'am. Von miss it. itht Jett ptelliiig Out, Good -by," new Panama with scarf of apricot pongee and large .blue chip. Tie of black satin and frill of handkerchief lino., hem- stitched. oo......0000 olowoo. .44 4, I i 1 Rochester's Pure * Milk Campaign (The Home Journal.) Ten years ago Dr. Geo. W. Goler, of Rochester, N.Y., City Health of- ficer, was struck with Atte alarming mortality cif children under five years of age, especially during the months of July and August, and began an inquiry as to the causes. The deaths, he found, upon investigation, were due principally -to sotestinal trouble, and he began to cast about for the ,origin. Rochester, which is about the Size of Toronto or Montreal, is com- paratively free from what may be con- sidered gums,. although about the same .number of poor people may be found within its limits. 'The water supply was found to be quite above the average in purity, and the sani- tary arrangements were such that the trouble could not be laid to enieman- agement mi this score. An investigation of the milk supply and distribution methods was follow- ed with most surprising revelations From a careful analysis of a large number of samples of milk it was discovered that the majority were in- fected with malignant bacteria of various types. It was thought at first that the adoption of a rigid sys- tem of inspection might bring abouta desirable improvement in the product Ind the number of inspectors were in- erea.serl, and an effort made to get the milk dealers to exercise proper care ,as to the ensdivery as well as to bring about greater cleanliness in the surroundings both of the dairy farms and the distribution depots. Some good resulted, but opposition and cunning thwarted to 'a consider- able extent the purposes of the ener- getic health officer and his staff. Dr Goler finally adopted the expe- dient of making the production and sale of certified milk a part of the business of .his department for the summer months. A teem \vas rented, together with, a heed or -.sows,, and the first thingdone was to hoye the latter thoroughly examined for traees of disease. A number of cows had be destroyed as giving evidence of tubercular trouble and the rest weee put in good condition and the. Wera of properly caring for them under- taken. It has beeu estimated by an authoritY in. New York State that fully thirty per cent. of the cattle are to some extent affected by tuber- culosis, and ;this fairly applies to most communieies where cattle do not receive. more than ordinary care. Pure milk must originate in a pure oow, and it is here that 'inspection must be unflinching. There is milk brought into our cities every day that is tainted by tuberculosis germs. On the -Rochester farms the outhous- es, barns, yards and all the premises used by the cows and to • handle or store the milk were thoroughly over- hauled and as far as possible made germ. proof. The„ next care was with the em- ployes, from whom was required abso- lute cleanliness in milking and hand- ling the product, so that everything from the cow itself to the receptacle was thoroughly sterilized or made free from tlie possobility of contamination. The milking was done into pails that had' been thoroughly steamed, and over which was placed sterilized cheesecloth through .which the milk passed as the cow was milked. The milker was also required to wash his hands carefully before the operation as well as to thoroughly wash the udder of the cow. The pail is now carried to the milk room after milking and the milk sy- phoned into sterilized bottle which are sealed with sterile stoppers and then the bottle put away in an ice box to cool. The milk room is pro- tected with double screen doors and flies- are as rigidly excluded as any other unclean thing. that may bring in its wake contamination. In this way the milk is ensured against taint as fully as it is possible to have this done, air, dust and contact with any- thing liable to contaminate it being perfectly gudrded ingainst. This is the only way to ensure not only quality but purity it milk. Pasteurization, which is advocated • A neW ngemeu for stuniner as ,protectien againet 'tine peeeibility ot Infectien, can never be wholly ete teetual AS it is a well known fact that heating the Milk, even to a /mint - short of aetttal cooking will not des Storey some germs, and the mille ei quite as apt to become eenteuninated if nrft, exposed after treatment as be- fore. In facts it haa been urged that pasteurisation is destroying bacteeitt such as that which ordinarily prOduees lactic acid or sournese, and thus "keeping" the milk sweet a longer time, removes the pessibilitv of the salutary warning 'given by sour milk .that it has been exposed to eontaMin- ation. It is not generally known that sour milk is net only harmless but to a certain extent helpful to digestion, while in sweet milk there May lurk the deadly germs of disease in spite of its palatability. The city of Rochester, after perfect- ing hadittso plitemndsofrotorksouppitisyingdisttiribmutill)kB, amidst a storm of Opposition from milk. dealers and their politico,' friends, who moved heaven and earth to up.set the project. It opened de- pots all sorts of places in the poor- er dietricts, the only requisite being cleanliness,- and established in charge of thee() centres hospital nurses to give advice to mothers as well as to euo- erintencl the distribution of the milk which conld not be delivered, ol course, to the houses. It is said to be a cannion sight to see a carriage stop at one of these depots to get' a bottle of certified milk for the use of thoSe in better circumstances who have learned what clean milk means to children. Ot nourse this has all meant money, although nothing like what it costs to carry on some other philanthropic enterprises of less importance. It has cost Rochester a little over eleven hundred dollars a year for the past ten years, but with what results? Sta. tistia show that for the past ten years —1887 to 1896—the deaths of children under five -years of age for the months of july and. August numbered 2,297, while from the sortie months from 1897 to 1906 there were only 1,186, a sayeetg of 1;111 lives in ten yearw- an, average of 111 a year. Ten doIIars a. child is cheap life saving. In the mean- time, the entire millc supply of the city has -of course been put unon a much better basis. Although it is hard to say just how much of the improvement is merely on the surface. It is difficult to get absolute honor in this trade even with corporations of admitted integrity, and when the in- tentions and regulations are perfect- ly and sincerelygood it is difficult to guard against the carelessness of employee Milk'is the natural dietary of chil- dren, and of infants more especially, and, when pure, forms not only the best but cheapest food known. At the same time it is known to be the very best medium for the propagation of disease germs. We have devoted a vast amount of consideration and ef- fort to the subjecte of pure air and good water, iter'd agitation on these linos has led to the expenditure Df vast sums to save human life. It ,s hely of late that any though has been given to the question of the milk supply, and even then the issue le so beclouded by invested interests that the commercial aspect of the ques- tion is allowed to become paramount, The Legislature of Ontario spent hours recently discussing the pros and cons of a bill to regulate the standard ef butter fat in- milk, only to discover in the end that the product of one of the prize cows of the province was ,considerably below that set by the bill. The farmer is more interested in the price he gets for his milk and the dealer in Making a profit on its sale than in the lives that depend upen its purity. At a summer resort with- in a hundred miles of Toronto there were five deaths within a few weeks last summer and as many were brought to the verge of the grave through milk that came from cows that were allowed to drink from a pol- luted spring, which had developed typhoid. germs. It was not until the farmer himself was stricken that at- tention was given to the matter. It is with a view of stirring up our civic authorities to action before the :summer is upon us that we have taken the trouble to cite Rochester's example as to what one man single- handed can do when aroused to a realined sense of public responsibil- ity. Dr. Goler is a hero none the less because his life saving has been of that quiet character that is not seize" upo_7....p.n by humane societies for signal recogoieeon, I'm for the Children. (Detroit News.) Pm for the children all tbe time, First and last and everywhere; • The little tots of every clime, . For every baby's face is fair. Pin for the little ones at morn, At noon -tide and at setting sun— The youngster blowing on a horn, The little tots so full of tun. I'm for the children! Bless their hesats1 Without them sad our hearts would 'be; The very, fount of loving starts When babes are prattling at your The ee.-nilee.ysun of life grows bright When &Melt arms entwine your neck; Without them day would be grim night, And life would be a sorry wreck. • I'm for the children—they're my pets, Yes, they're the flosvers I want to Though baro and bleak my garden gets, It is the spot where baby plays. My pansies and my hollyhocks Are sniffing babies, ted with life. My flower bede are building bloe'lcs, The gardeners—myself and wife. I'm for the ehildren every time, It matters not—my own or yours; The hoetry of life—the rhyme, That to the greatest nietuture seers In little children's hearts is found, It lies in children's laughing eyes; I'm for the children all around, 'e ehildreo eon the flowers I prize. Competition of Fire -Proofing. Taking into consideeittio.t the serious damage caused by fire tit previous Odds billows, says Selena, the exegative tom- mittee of the 'Turin Internatiotial Ekhi. bitten of 1011 has &tided to open , an ihtematiotal competition for prepare- tioas best adapted to render incombusti- ble the wooa and cloth strueture of the exhibition, and will award a prize of 4,000 lires oma two gold medals ow two silver medals in this annection. The preparatierts must be sit& that they an be applied without vialble alteration of the calor and reeistatree Of the materials. ••••••••••• '•••••••,•••••••••••••••• A WIffie felerlfOlt. "%OA anther hong his ideettly eleselt coresoated." "Tea; until 1 rend his boolis 1 thought 15 tui deo to modaty," "lalot" "No, eilentetion." BLOOD MAKING, TONIC TREATMENT A Cure for Anaemia That io Show - hog Remarkable Proof* of Cores When thlenSbotallYbbbeocronCases,neeswaand run down, either from overwork, worry a severe illness, an examination of the blood eveuld show it to be week and Watery. Thi e coedition is called, anae- mia, which is the medical term for "blooeleaueeti," The comma amp - toms are paleness of the lip, gums and Cheeks,. ebortness of breath amt palpate - tion of the Iteert after the slightest ex- ertion, dull eyes and leas of appetite. -Aimeinuti:gtzseetdlfuallslypa se d tetsugieurt°01440 onsaisurnap! mayand tion, It can only be cured by treating ite ause—whieh is the poor condition of the blood, The blooel must be made rich, and red, thereby enabling it to ear. ry the necessary nourishment to every pare of the body, Dr, Williams' Pink Pine ere the great. est medieine in the world for making now, rich bleed, and they have been cur- ing anaemia and other blood diseases for swirly a. generation, and are now recog- nized the world over as an invaluable household remedy, Mrs. D. Estebrook, Brooklyn Road, N. B., says' "My daughter Gertrude, who is now in her sixteenth year, was sickly from early childhood, we were constantly entering for her, but it did not ;seem to help ha in the least, In fact, as she grew older she seemed to grow weaker. She was always pale and 'Wiese, suffer- ed, from headaches, dizziness and palpita- tion of the heart, She did' not rest at night, and would, often toss and moan the whole night. Finally she had to dis'eontinue going to school, and as she was continuelly taking doctors' medicine without benefit 1 grew discouraged, and feared eve would lose her. Friendurged us -to give her Dr. Williams' Pink Pins, and 1 finally decided to do so. By the time she had taken three boxes there WAS an improvement, and a little later she was able to return to school, From Hutt, on, she grew stronger, had an excel- lent appetite, .slept well at night, and is now as healthy a girl as you will see, I believe that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills .saved her life, Rua as a mother I would reconunell these pills to every family in wirieli there are young girls. box or six boxes for $2.50 from the Dr. Williams' Medicine 0o., Brockville, Ont. you can get them by mail at 50 cents a All medicine dia.....4._alers sell these pills or THE MAIL CHUTE. An Interesting Minor Feature in the Hall of tho Tall . Building. An interesting sight the hall of a great modern office building presents is the mail chute. It is lofty building soaring toward the sky and. with many tenants, and the moil chutes run from top to bottom, with an opening on every • floor through which letters are dropped. All day long letters aro sliding down that chute. Standing at any time of the day in th busy hall you may see throtigh its glass front letters flittingsilently past you down the chute, though it is in the hour or two at the end of the day, when in many offices the day's letters are gathered up and mailed, that they come thickest and fastest. Maybe you stand looking at he tube and see it silent and yent, and then single letter flits past, coming into view at the ceiling and disappearing at the floor, with a movement so quick that you could' seareely follow it with your eye. And then comes a shower of letters chasing one another down the chute, and then stragglers sliding down silently, and then another shower, and then a few secoods' pause, and then fairly shooting past a big thick letter, a package, that goes by like an express train that had been waiting for the signal to show a clear track. Theo more showers and shoals and blocks of letters) and then stragglers again and single letters—letters of all sorts of shapes and sizes and colors, and mat of them going straight clown end- wise, in the most business -like way; but occaseonally you see one that doesn't Move like that; some single letter that, with the tube at the moment all to itielf, sort of saunters down, tipping to one side and the other as it goes, and you may imagine that this is a letter on some lighter topic than business, and that so is not inso much of a hurry. But it was only for a brief interval thet thislice-leer, easier naineing letter had the teen alone, for now they are coining again, shooting straight down— letterl in droves -and Hones and flurries, and singly and in twos and threes and heavy letters that go by like lightning, of letters—lettere dropping end - and then more dozens and scores and streams lessly. . Henesty of Japanese. A striking illustrattou of the honesty which Prevails among the upper classes of Japan boa just been furnlehed to the president. Some years ago one ot his friends, while traveling in Japan, requested a Japanese woman to purchase for hisa, whenever Um opportunity arose, a piece of antique silver. Be gave ber 3100 for the purpose. Be came to the. United States and engaged in work here. He failed to receive the'sllrer or his money, and he phdlosophically checked the amount up to profit and loss. Recently a party of Japanese tourhtta oarne to Shim oountry and a little Japanese woxnan, after much trouble found the president's friend. "I could not get as good a pleoe of silver as you wanted," she told hint, "I kept your Money, hoping that same time I would see something of valtie. Hut I did not. Here Is Your 3100." The president himself Vouches for this stem, * • * Daffodils. The loVely spot is known to tradition where Wordsworth saw his daffodil dancing by the lake; and though we have no such elue to the spot where Shakespeare SW them "take the winds of March with beauty," NVO eau well pic- ture it on one of his comely Warwick- ehlee hillsides where the dulness of the midland laricl;caores begins to siek into the charni of the west.—Lortdon Times. • • na• It's a good thing to bottle your wrath and then lose the torkscrew. 'That oretoell' ieststyWsayb.e he that be ,emetakeeme•eteo . , ' can, never ropey Ms emistituente for the lionor they have conferrell on him." "Yes," Answered the voter, "that's hie polite way of telling us we -needn't eX. pat intreh from hint in the way of ac - Wel work."—Washington Stan . The 1142511°IfifeetenaleodolcDeillgleltitlY' ier surround- ings. 'This chicken coop didn't cost mare than ee, all told,'" she said. "it' r an In. unit to ask Me to- ley higli priced eggs in stroll a shack." 'Whereupon she shut (town. sonreftkejeselexzeonteuABItypjur--ti_crUdoeoll:Atriliraat'st:to,Dluy:Idepair nth.% clelocgok,, lei :I., 0:7'o If you ar0 ill tile middle of a wordi to su. 1 ;layer begin the araril At all. Clark—Certainly not, slr. If It gets so aear Miss Peyteet—How do 1 look in Me Elder brother --Under it, you mean, don't yoe, sis? You look pretty mail. Strategy. "Gracione." excleimed the anxious mother, "why did the teacher tell you about the dreadful giants when she knew the stories would take your breath away `:Itli!" ase, ma'am," rcspmded small Tom. my, -the wlwle . el ass had. Dean en cing s. onions."e-Chicago New. Not Wrapped Up. Mr, Jawbotels -How yore women do love to see yourselves in priet! ?!ie. Jo wbae k --Print, indeeell No, sir --silk for ours, if you please. --Cleveland 1.eader, Time's Changes. Absent -Minded Profeesor (discussing art Italian town with a friend)—And in the background there was a beautiful Is it there stillY—Meggen- dor fer Bloater. Rather Particular, Miseionary--- I don't mind being eaten for a good cause,. but:— Cannibal—But .what? Missionary—Please be etureful about your table manners; I should feel ter- ribly bad it. i were eaten with a knife. EVIIM.Y TIME. "It Is said, doctor, that you treated your landlord for liver irduble and he died of stomach trouble!" "Infamous slander: When 1 treat a pa- tient for liver trouble he dies from that! Understand?" Opportune. • Editor—The only way to succeed in the newspaper business is to give the people what they want. Friend—Have you got five dollars you can it me have? , , She Wanted to Know. Gerald—SomebodO advised man to hitch his wagon to a star. Geraldine—re that cheaper than hir- ing a boy to hold your horse? • .a Quandry. • rother—Yes, I like Jack well enough but now did you ever :happen to marry a man a head shorter than you are? Sister --I bad to choose between a little man with a big salary, or a big man with a little salary. . Obedient. ' Wife—You Inc going shooting with a epoolsdsilbilkye. that? No, I couldn't let you go Husband -0, but I.promised you a hare. At least Iinust go and counter - mend it.—Lustige Blnetter, HIST THE THING. Mrs. Ultra-de-Swell—Coach dogs are out of style. I want a motor ear dog. Dealer—Well, madam, here is just the one you want. Mrs. Ultra -de Swell—Are you sure he is a motor rtecrIr—ad:hglid say so. Why he will fol- low the scent of gasoline for miles. . More About Them. "Your teeth are like the stars," he said, And pressed her hand so white. And he spoke true, for, like the stars, Her teeth came out at night. • "Your fere is like the moon," said she, 'With coldly scornful nps. And even as she spoke, 1„a face Went into an eclipse. Diegraceful. 6 Small boy (at the eireus, sternly, to his grandfather)—Don't laugh like that, grandpapa; people will think it is the first time you've been in a place of nenusement.—Tit-Bits. Puzzle: What Style. "Has she adopted a new fad? She carries her head to one side now," "That's no fad. It's a habit she has fallen into in consequence of havign to en through so many narrow doorwaye with that new spring hat of hers." No Prize With This. There was a fair maid in Skowhegan, Who marriedn man from Puyallup, They quarreled at Peek -skill, He left ha at Verplancla Aad he's somewhere noW in CoatzaeOni 008. Childish Faith. "Little girls, are yon sure the inlik you get at your house is pure and eleanr "Yet.e/11. We get it from the country. It comes front the nicest white cow you ever Hewn *Lin Correct, When Theodore Roosevelt woe Pon ie, nanissioner it New Yoga he asked On applicant for it position on the force: "If you were ordered to disperse a mon, what would you do?" "Pass amend the hats sir," woe the teply.--Catholic News. 8ti"*e "Verona, is tboty:mtig man °lit in. the kitcben your that bean?" "Fur the laud's sake, no, mumt I'm his- first eweetheart, though; that's why find dui interestine mum." , .— Extratice, ellrigge says he epode meet ,if iti tote at home in tha. kitelioit! "1 winuler why." "I believe he said his wife woe a `par- lor Soeialian "on:Leye_lana Plain Defiler. The Professor. euppoee," reflected the profssor5 "it etibeenty is Merely an 1evutteti railroad redueed to itie heteest terens,"