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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1904-09-29, Page 3• Ve.r.-0.1ehrw. • ++++++++++++ +++ +++H1+4+4* ++++ +++++++ ++++++++ Romance of Postman Chris ++++++++++4+++++++++++++4 ++++++++++++++++++f++++++ . It wait about our (actinic V the after- man? She knew nothing of him except noon when Postmaa .Cliris set forth on that he was A reservist with a, small ins second round. He swung along at pension, and thet he tvas a oostman- a rapid pace, leolting about him with it village postman! Wee it likely that that pleasedniert air as of oue for whom A girl of her education and position his surounclinge had not yet log tbe tyould throw herself away on a fellow elan= of novelty. ale hed,indeeilt thAt bko that -even if be had a kindly Vce very morning' entered on his clutica As and afutileo way off looking at one, Anil postman for the first time, had served his country though le ja, o le co or o A Rappl tea:trettle? in another way tiatid,snitlite shoad kn.hwttbet er. tian to before. For Postman Chris Raves. had ait1),-- a" 00 igtiv a, spnitt there was no afternoon post on Sun - been Trooper Chris Ryves in a previous day, but Postman Cbris was At evening sae of existeuce. warfare in South Africa, aria had been He had lus fill oft chorale and there Ruby sagwaeleiben;inwdoitwhi the light of the eteined wounded at Graspan-the left breast of falliug on his uncovered head and mak- his brand new blue uniform was clecoree- hiea very nimble.; of his bair, ed with a medal and quite 4row of Whet Monday afternoon mime the was elespe, Though Postman Chris walked. standing, not to the salami porch, but at ease, he acid himself with the erecto_ At the gate, ana when Postman Chris 11,08S due to military training, And his drew near she accosted him in a smell straw hat was perched at the rakish voice Nthich did not manta like hers. M- angle which in earlier days had causea deed, she felt at the time as though it the heart of more than one artless ,ctty were not the heteelf who was thus lay - maiden to, flutter in her bosom • .in aside maidenly dignity, but some It chanced that AS Chris approacited wicked little spirit within her, who act - Little Branston schoolhouse on this par- ed for her against her will. 'Welder day, his attention was attracted "Good -day, postman," said Ruby, or by a hubbub of voices and laughter pro- the demon within, her. ceeding,from the adjoining field, Pans- ,Postman Chris brought bis heels to- ing A moment in his rapid progress, be fether and oaluted-not baying yet looked through 4 09 in the hedge. A _earned to lay aside :Vila habit -but bis Vast was evidently In progress; 801118 of face wore an expression of 'surprise. the children still sat in rows on the °Have you got e letter for me to - grass armed with greats cups of sicyly daV?" went on the voice. l "N?" d Cooking tea and, munclang vigoreusty at . emesaihris, succinctly, D" buns and hunclies of bread and jam; ried ansswer. Ruby amory,came the bur - others having finished their meal, were The postman shook Ins head. already at play. Here blindonan's buff 'ph expecting a letter," went on was going on; there, "Drop the handker- Ruby, confusedly. "Perbaps you may chief." In the corner of the field, dir- have left it at my lodgings in Little ectly under the postman's observation, Branston? I live at Mrs. Haidment's, at a game of forfeits was proceeding. the eorner of Green lane." The schoolmistress sat directly fac The postman looked at her with an ing him, holding up one object after expression which would seem to indicate the other over the blindfolded head of a that Ruby's place of abode eves a mat - Mil teacher, A bright little giri 'who ter of supremo indifference to hina, had left school recently enough to enter "If any letter emnes as is directed still with almost childish zest into such there, of course it will be left there," he amusements, •said, with a coldly businesslike air. "Here's a fine thing, and a very fine "You didn't leave ono for nie to -day, thing, What is the owner of this flue I suppose?" faltered Ruby. thing to do ?" cried the schoolmistress. "Not as I know on," returned Chris, She had a pleasant, clear voice and, stolidly. though she sat back upon her heels like Tears rushed to thebgirla eyes;she many of her pupils, there was some- felt wounded, insulted y this sudden thing particularly graceful about figure eiaango. foam warm admiration-admira- and. attitude. tion which possibly might have ripened anatte a shapely maid," remarked into eomething else -to complete andif- Postman Chris to himself, ewe, and ference. She hastily turned away her head to conceal them, but not before she witty one tem" - had caught sight of a kind of gleam, in It will bo seen that Chris. Ityves was a the postman's brown eyes. Dorset man, as, indeed, his name betok- "Are you so terrible disappointed?" ened; he came, in fact, from the other side of the county. he inquired, roughly, not to say, harshly. "I? Oh, yes, of course, "Here's a fine thing, and a very fine She spoke truly enough, poor girl, thing, and what must the owner of this though her disappointment arose from :very fine thing?" lehantedtthe school - Another cause than the ostensible one. naistress. Chris eyes her sharply. "Well, it'll come in time. I suppose," "Is it a boy or a girt ?" asked the blindfolded oracle. he remarked, still V the same surly tone "Boyet responded the schoolmistress. and when it do come you shal lhave it." t "Then must bow to the wittiest, and And. thereupon he malted, hitched up kneel to the prettiest and kiss the one his bag and 'walked away. he loves beta" Ruby went back to the school porch A little round-faced urchin came for- with a 'scarlet face and a mist before ward, to claim his cap, and, after much her eyes. prompting and -not a little pushing, was "He's O. rude fellow,"' she said, "rn induced to carry out the prescribed ere. tbink of him no more." gramme. But she was in a manner forced to He duly pulled a foreloek to the pupil- think of him. teacher -beat his knee to a small peison . wae an u.nkind fate that decreed with a necklace and a profusion of that Postmae Chris Ryves' beat should cork- screw ringlets, and bestowed 8, eaa.eiess bring him under Ruby Damory's notice salute on the chubby cheek of a smaller twice in the day. Early in the morning, while •still in her little lodginat the g and. still mare round-faced female eda r of Green lane,she. heard bis brisk titan of bimself--evidently a-sistercorne . said t "WellI'm step Ting out beneath her window, and, , /tailed !"said he postman. Thlooking &evn-ata, indeed, ehe sometimea "em children. ain't got no .eyes in their heads." did. from beneath the eorter of her blind -she caught a glimpse a a. blue uniform And, with that he stepped back from ana a. red head. But Boatman Chris never the hedge, totaled up bis bag a little looked up, and no letter was ever left higher en his shoulder and strode off for Miss Ruby Darnory, care of Mrs. • toward Branston. The next day at the same hour Ruby '314Oildiaielydeent. the girl took herself seriously Damory, the schoolmistress, was stand- to task. "I ent a. fool, and worse," she ing on the threshold of the schoolhouse said. "I must make et end of it. The with a copybook in her hand. She some- man does not care a snap of his fingers times lingered after school had broken or rn try to forget he's in the hp, and the pupil -teacher had made worm. things tidy and betels:el herself home- Therefore she eefrainee from peeping Ward to look over the children's exercises out irom behind her blind on the follow - before returning to her lodgings, and as • teg, meriting,: and in the afternoon she the interior of the house was close and locked up the schoolhouse directly the stuffy she preferred to accomplish this ,• children had left and proceeded home - task in the .porch. I ward with the exercise books under her All at once Ruby vetoed her eyes from term: But whether because P.ostmat her book; a rapid step was advancing, male was more punotual that day or eking the, footpath from the direction of, because Baby Darnory.walked slowly, , Riverton; over the irregular line of hedge : this manoeuvre did tot bave the desired ' she could see e straw hat set at a effect; lot, serange to say, the postman knowing angle on a head of bright red ov rt k her 1 e roa4. hair. Itwas the new postman from Ruby had Oeard him coming and had Chuillyurytashe had seenhim go past that made valiant xesoititions not to look nosming before she had left her room'. round, but when he 0anie up with her Now he was opposite the schoolhouse she could tot resist turning toward. him, gate, but instated of passing it he stood • and their eyes met. still, wheeled about with military preci- "Did you speak?" said Postman Chris. Ilion and took off his hat with a flour- "No-e---e—e She stopped short, her ash, "r bow to the wittiest," said heart was thumping so violently indeed a Postman that she could eearcely breathe. Chtis. "I thought you might have a letter Then before she had time eithef to for me," she anurmured at last, in the respond or turn away he was march- frantic endeavor to aide ler confusion. ingonagain and soon disappeared behind. "Not 1," said the postman. the tall hedge on the other side of the He made as if he would p OAS on, but school precincts. wheeled round. again. "What have you "Well, to be .stirel" said Ruby, and she been doing to aourself?" he asked, laughed. to berself; "he must have no- eharply, tieed our game yesterday. Thi was Vag ati? Ch, nothing." 'complimentary, 1 must say, though 1 "Ye bain't half the maid ye Was,' iri- doret quite know how he mad find out sistecl Chris, eyeing her with severe di - 1 was witty. I suppose he thinks I must approval. 'Been frettin' about stun - be 'because I'm the schoolnaistrees." mut?" All that evening she thought of .his "Mat do yott mean?" elle glimmered. brown face and of his pleasant voice, and "What makes y,ott say that?" of how his hair had flashed in the sun. "/ thought you might be disappointed On going home she got down the copper like about that letter," responded the teakettle and looked at it, turning it postmat. about in the lamplight -yes, itt really One dA3r when the well-known step recalled the glow of the Pew postmen's eame up behind Ruby it was accent- tair 1. panied by it Meta: When, on the next day, IltibY heard "Hit" cried. Postinan Clues "hil Miss .the reguler and rapid steps approaching Deettoey, "I've. a -got sunned for ye at ehe stood for a Moment in doubt. Should , hustle ohe go indoors or sheltie she give the man Ruby "turned toward him without any it civil good -day as he passed? She chose very great eletiote for, if truth be told, the tatter alternative, but as she opened t letter from her only correspondent bad her lips to speak the words died on never eatteed her heart to beat one tittle them, for Postman Chris onee »lore faster than its wont. But 013 Chris came pausing itt. front sof the gate, dropped on tip with an excited face she felt alio ble knees and bowed his head, eould do no loss throi ointulate great &- Tacit eyes- met as he raised it, Again tlight at his news. ittd he said empliatienet "I kneel to the "At liteti" eried she, holtlina out her prettiest!" hand for the letter. But Chris aid not Than, springing to his feet, he WAS deliver it up at once. He lotted up the gone before Ruby had timerto teeover I roed-it was indeed, little more than it from her astoniohment. She went inside lane, and. At that hour solitary enough; the larger sehoolrooni and sat down on ; there was .t strange flush in his eye. the merest: bench, trembling from heed 1 "This'll be 'ale end of all betweee you to foot. and me, I suppose," sahl he. "Yell lucre What did the man mean? Was he got your letter and yell. not care for laughing at ber? No, the brown . coat eeein' me come no more. I've it mina to had looked into hers with as earnest and inake you pfty for it." etraightforward a gaze AS was te be Rabyti extended .hand dropped by her felted in the eyes of a man. Was lie mac and she started baelc, courting her, then? It looked like He "HOLT'S it, fine thing," ea- il Pottintin but what a savor° way tct set about (anis, till with that gleam in his eye, it! No preliminaries, no permission tai he lield up the hater. "Helot' a fine *eked, not evett it question exchanged tiling and ityeey fine ,thingeowhata the between them. Did lie intend to earry owner of this hue thing to do" out the third part of the progvamme "What doe yon mean?" whispered With the same speed and decision with Ruby. which lie had set about fulfilling the "'Tie your turn to pay the forfelt &et twonowt" eried lie. "I've bowed to the wit- • Ruby blushed hotly to herself and tieFt ced knelt to the iwettiesteard have then tossed her head. She was not to be Allotted the job if you'll tut' let me. alas .Won WithoUt due wooing, emit after all, your Wit, say. I'll let you off all but Nas she, hi any Mitts te be won by thit the lataa' "1 Own know what you Wet me for, Chrie Ryes!" aaid Ruby, tremulously,. "1 think you ought to be althea:tied of yourself. You ought to know enough of me by this time to see that Put not that kind of girl." "Well, I be that kind o' inau," re- turnee Chris, obstinately. "This here's the end -Ode here's my last chance. If yen want your precious letter, yoomuse poy for "Ifow dare you cried Ruby, turning as white as a elieet, "You are very much mistaken, Mr. Ityves. Pil rather dieee thati-tban"— "Than have anything to say to roe," he interrupted, fiercely. "Oh, I know that very well, Miss Dansory; you're not for the lama o' 300, As you did eltow me plain enough At the beginning of our acquaintance, But it chap ien't 80 veal' : bad if he does ask for a erumb before tte whole loaf is handed over to another. mat! Give me ono, Ruby -just 61101° Iuby gb:ciced away from 14111. aa1n$ tite 1 a frequently occurred to Jam that- he van "This is an insultr sae cried "An insult!" he repeated, suddenly so- have no doubt of telepathy. . Oely, of course, by the testimony of bered "Oh, if you took on it tliat Way! There's your letter? he Went on: drePt thousands of ineteuceit con tiny scientific ping bie voice, "There's your letter, fact be established. But mutt testimony Miss Danaory; I hope it's give o'e every seems to be in favor of telepathy as joy and atisfaction." such a fact -Utica so; New 'holt San. e "Ohl" sobbed Ruby, "Blow Mild you be so unkind?" To Starve Is a Fallacy -Tn. "I'm sure Id on't know how I came for " oturo to stop eattne because you have indi- to forget myself like that!" he returned euefully. "But T11never offend. again; eveesutiotantalina,s long eince hem exploded. IV. Pineapple Tablets introduced a .Miss Damory-oeverl" new era in the treatment of stonmoh trait- "Tto expect me to -to clo that," fal- biota, It as proved that ono may eat hie fin term/ Ruby, "when yeu never said a of AnYtbi'hng 4114 ellerYtb.3110 b0 tootles, aea word of love to me -when you never even one tablet taken after too meal win ala tee asked to walk with me!" stomach in doing its work, 60 box, tO "Rut," wad he, then Paused and, once ce4t0.-24' more tendered the docament to the oeboolmistress. METALS THAT ARE RARE. " t' Sealed lead packets only. 20e and 40o per lb. Ry all grocers, c`Oh, bother!eried, sae, irritalely. "Ill Japan Tea Drinkers ContraCt an Infusion of Value of Agieultural Fah: That New Mutational Foster's—A 54114titutg tgr thi CKYLON NATURAL CRESN tea with the tea you are Using. The result will be a pleasant revelation to your palate. Sold In the same form as "SALADA" black tea. keep." And Consequently Cost the Purchaser a Chris' countenance lit up suddenly. Mint of Money, "Will it, indeed!" cried he. "That's ,a tale -a very different tale. There! when Secreted somewhere in the earth are, I was cornea' along with that letter 'twits metals -of man), kinds which are caned all I could' do not to bury it or drop . "the rare metals," because so for they it into a ditch, 1 reestered myself, yee have been fdund only in trifling quant( - know, but I was tereibly tempted; and ties, and it is only a case of searcli and . that was why," he Added with a sly you will find. glance, "I did look for !tome reward." Altogether there are thirty or forty "But why did you want to destroy my of these rare earths which fetch a big aunt's letter?" asked Ruby. price in the market, Melly of them are "Your aunt!" exclaimed Chris, "Your bought xrierely for milsoutris or scientific taint! Well, that beats alt." . exaeriment, but ,otbers are very value - He came h, step umirer, toad his blue- ble substances 'commereiany. coated men began to insinuate itself be- 'Cranium, for instance, is. worth, when tween the hedge and her trim waist. chemically pure, over sow per pound, "Then, why, my maid," he began, 'Cranium is very valuable in the menu - gently, "that there game ye know -why facture of gunmetal for heavy cannon didn't you let me finish?" and armor plate.. It gates it beautiful, "Why," saki Ruby, between laughing, fluorescent green hue to glassware met and crying, "because you hadn't begun." a fine velvety black to porcelain. He whistled softly under his breath, Some of the metals used in, making - "Shall we begin now ?" he said, "You 'incandescent light are thorium and eer- and me -we'll do it proper this time."i hum, or rather, their oxides-thorie end "Begin courting?" she said innocently. eerie. Celia was diOcovered a eentury "Yes; we'll play the game right, ism and yet it is still rare. It is twice 'Here's it fine tning, and a very fine , as dear as uranium. Both are much thing' -that's you, any dear -'now, what's ' sought for, with the result that thorium the owner of this fhae thing.to dot" Thefallenfrominwprice to donulryinga tfhelev paithsitlintegna' owner -that's me -why; thts--e-" . hasyears He accompanied the words with approt per pound, priate action. Another very valuable and very ihre metal used for lighting purposes is zir- ich, nevertheless, was not displeased. "For shame!" she cried in, a tone, conium. This. was discovered 115 years Nth ago, yet no one has yet had the good "You've begun at the wrong end, after I MP" • • i fortune to find such a deposit as would • several strange -named minerals, such as etaliolyte, polyanignite, hyacinth, etc. Ono valuable property of this rare metal le that very intense heat does not destroy it. Renee it is used, to make the eylindera of the Drummond light for iighthouses, being made to glow by the tremendous heat of the oxybydrogen flame. The cylinder remains as good as ever after months of use. Metallic zir- conium is worth about $2,000,000 it ton,' Then there is molybdenum, 'which Sorms a most remarkable compound with both steel and ticket. Malyielenum nick-, ' el steel -canna lie beaten for hardiness, and yet at the same time it is exceeding- ly ductile, and. a.fiew alloy for wire drawing. Large cranks of great strength ars made of it, propellor shafts, heavy guns, rifle barrel, boilers for torpedo boats and armor -piercing shells, It is, or Wo.s some thllo ago, worth 45 per pound weight. Vanadium, another scarce Metal, tuts also the curlew property of hardening steei, and it is much used in armor plate. So sigma a quantity as eta pound, added to 200 pounds of steel, increases its strength from seven tons and a half to thirteen tons per square inch. Tallium was, up to a very recent date, priced attic) rate of 5150,000. per ton and is therefore worth searching for. It is very soft, and can be cut with a knife. One of its curious properties is that it makes a mark on paper like it lead pen- cil, which is: blue At first, then turns yellow, and in it day or two fades away altogether, An Accurate Timelteepet, The best timekeeper in the world is said to be the electric clock in the base- ment of the Berlin Observatory, wbieb was installed by Professor Foerster in 1865. It is enclosed in an airtight glase cylina.er end has freeuently run for per. oids of two and three ntonths with an average daily deviation of Maly fifteen one -thousandths of a aeeond. Astrono- mers are making efforts to improve even this and to secure ideal conditions for the clock by keeping it not only in an air -tight ease, but in an underground vault, where neither ohanges of tempera- ture nor of barometric pressure hall ever affect it. m "Not.at all," he retorted, "/Tie the . a 1 re I um a mill ionauIt e. present In proper way to start a courtship. I'll tell ye summat, Ruby, my. maid. We'll have the bans put up on Sunday." TELEPATHY. ; Answer to Mr. Goldwin Smith by an In- telligent Woman. While all must approve of the it Sentence of the letter from Mr. Goldwirt- Smith in the Sun. of Aug. 28: "But there 15 110 place Vr the supernatural. Let US 1)11b it)118 away forever," is there, not rea- son to believe that telepathy is not supernatural, and is it 11017 eurprising .that Mr, Goldwin Smith should place in 0118 class "such fancies as spiritualism, telepathy, plinehette?" For. sphitualism, as it has been im- posed upon the public, I make no plea. The planohette is merely an musing toy. But that telepathy is possible and nat- ural, although the governing conditions are as- yet vaguely understood, seems a, plain feet, The auccessful operation of wireless telegraphy should do mitelito prove the possibility of telepathy. The brain is an instrument. With the possible exception of the eye, it is the meat delicate instru- ment in he world, infinitely more sensi- tive than it alareoni receiver. We do not know the power which eperales it,whe- ther it be electricity or some more sub- tle force us yet anknewn. But a force or impulse there must be. ht it not per- fectly possible that an impulse could be conducted by waves of ether to Another brain, which, being at the •tine inactive, is in con.dition to receive it To illus- trate: A year ago there mr,as e drowning acci- dent near my tamp an the Adirondeeks. A young girl fell overboard, and to try to Awe her one of her eompanions, a man who could not swim, plunged into the water, as he must have foreseen, to this own deaeb. While this was happen- • ing it young woman, alone in a beat, was slowly romeng toward the camp front ait opposite direction, quite out of sight of the accident. Suddenly it terrible im- pulse to spring into the water filled her mind. So forceful woo it that she found it difficult to resist, and rowed as rap- idly as possible to overcome it. She reached the camp, breathless and evi- dently nervously .excited, but knowing nothing of the double atotvning, 1 be- lieve that' the impulse to oast hereelf into the arater-an impulse which hae been strong enough ao stead it men, know- ing, tohis death, had been transmitted over the quiet water to the brain of this woman and had produced the sensation I lia,ve'described. The people who were drowned were servants from it nearby hotel, uttterly unknown to lier; there was therefore no reason why retrorietive suggestion should have made itlesirable to receive it message from them. The instaime cited by Mr. Goldtvin Smith of the man who fainted on the mom' white his servant was sending a, telegram inquiring if he were dead oeents to one to prove, rather than disprove, telepathy'. It is not conceivable that the harrifiea belief of the servant itt his inas. ter's sudden eleath had travelled through the .ether to this master's brain and pro. &iced that strange faintness. Viewed in this way, the experience Mr, Iticlee Haggard is deeply interesting as euggestang the possibility of telepathy betweett nlan and animate. That the force which causes .110 brain of it dog to set is the same as that whiell rictuatee the berttin of men there can be no question, That the dogh extremity of need, finding the master's brain at rest, shoula have been able to net upon it, though not per- feetly, vetimpeeseively, a.ppears quite believe -1;1e. /t I think, generally lid- niitted that a itorse linty feel the fright yr nervousness of his driver. For one pereon to speak of that \Welt is already in another's thoughts is it (oilmen oceurrence hetwetlit all intimate friends. "..Nly son and 1 were far along en sin Intricate Adirondeek wandering • when I maidenly sell: "We have forget - ten the map." "T had but just thoutart of it whit you layette," he replied, and this was but one of tame suck mon, reneeo timing tbe sante trip. 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I s net tio I soa and etiolate tks gateral (=- the provinee of governments In theme elusions arrived at by the experimented daya to assist itt providing amusement fume. In all kW* of fillorni crops, tbe for the _people, A good many agricul- yield per acre may be materielly in- tural Ocorietiee are now making an can creased and the quality enhetantiallY est effort to improve their fair a by the 1 improved, bv the use of meal whiob. hklI introduction of clucational feattiree, And. , been gra UP br cme,a Poivulf3 034 arge exinlatione winch de not ordin- arily receive legislative grants. There are still some fairs, controllea largelO by the businese men of the towns, which seem to be held far the purpose of at - (looting visitors, wile" will prove good eustomers, but the number is fortun- etely becoming few. It is riOW generally rceognitea Oa shows exiet primarily for the purpose of improving Agricul- tural oxidations. Teaching Market lisquiremeats.-The up-to-date fair secures the services of expert judges, who explain tbe reasbns for their decisions in the 'ring arid give addresses on the best types of home, cattle, sheep and swine. In this way the judging utay be 'made aa educational feature instead of merely all allotment of premiums by inen who are often in- competent or biassed in their judgment. The awarding of., prizes at a fair 113 a comparatively unimportant amatter as compared. with other CousiderAtions. Whet is really desirable is that fairs should be the means of disseminating in- formation and, of fixiug correct ideals in the ininde of those who are producing food -stuffs aud on whom the prosper- ity of Canada depends. Desirable and um desirable types of fowls mAy, be shown, with lectures on the fatteniag of chick- ens for the British and domestie mark- ets and exhibitions of killing pluck - their extunple is being followed by the syatematic, intell gent tedeettlati eata Muted. without Interruption trent year to year. This fact cannot be too von; brought home to the ferment of Oant. ada, and one of the best ways of aging so 'would be to have on view at the fairs. repreeettative exhibits of the great WO*. being dooe by members of the Canadian' Seed Growers' association. Intereeting the Women And Children.-- Dentonstratione of apiculture/ proctetorma are interesting to everyone, but tbei igrxtm.4 , clvt 14th nteteliititkiiora"tof ancoiloltditgl tounple althea Ata addresses on doutestie science, will appeal especialltr to the femme' wives and cleuehters. That the children may be lead to take an in- telligent interest in the liar, prizes! might well, be offered for exhibits by: school children of cut flowera grains,. clovers ana grasses, root e and vegeta-' 'tiles, fruits, pressed, and, mounted wild flotveras weeds and weed. seecies beneficial and. injuriOus Moods sod native woods. These exhibits could be supplementeil by, essAys for which prizes might be offer- ed. Wherever tried this plan he; prov- ed effective in baducing children to, be- ginEtertyll epfredeaatitaitlig'sltiotuultidY b 9e 4 tallaaertoe' have a good clean fair, where all the boys and, girls may go to spend, a pleas- ant and instructive day without coining In contaet with any injurious influence, poultry house, with incubators, brooders Keeptng Good Sires. -Many agricultu- ing and packing for export. A model fruit fattening crates and other appliances, in: the someties,particuiarly it Quebec and., titeerde.sted thousands of visitors at the To- ofair this year. Practical demon- approved styles of fruit paelcages exhib- rpackieg of fruit in uit dis- er% rout. mwhere the number of fairs seems execs - oat poure bred sires for the me of their ment. strations of the prope- sive. By adhering to one breed of cat - the Maritime provinces, do not hold tetra, well be imitated more largely in Ontario, tricte by expert pack' but in lieu thereof buy and. maintain rnto ere, This is a preotice which might for export should be given tote worthy of adoption by all agricul- tle, lonses, sheep or swine as the ease may be, the stock belonging to the mena-, : l To Improve Farm Crops, --Another fee, tura societies, but which only , few derfully at a small cost beta of a society may be graded up won- i but th'e babit! have yet taken op, is the growing of it- ', lustration plots on the fair grounds. At of changing continually from one breed. a smell expense a very interesting and to another Must prove ' fatal to all plans instructive exhibit of the best vitneties for building up a good, uniform herd or of grosses, clovers, millets, sorghums, flock of grades, which is just what the average farmer needs corn, fodder and pasture planto'turnipYours very truly, s, . mgels and sugar beets can be provid- an . t W. A. CLE1VIONSs ed, By studying these plots farmers Publication Cleric. BIG OCEAN SHIPS. Belfast Expert Tells Why They Vibrate -Cunard's New 25 -Knot Boat. You will always find that the mo - Thomas Andrews, naval lactated and families or hearty, healthy children are thers who are successful in bring up who mute consulting engineer for Harland & Wolff, those who are .careful to note the slight - Belfast, builders of the Baltic, est evidence of illness and to check it at once. The wise mother -gives her children SUCCESSFUL MOTHERS over here to watch the performince of Baby's Own Tablets at the first symp- the big ship, said before sailing back that ion of any childish ailment, and almost Hit was not too much to expect the 850- at once the little one is all right. Mrs. foot, the 950 -foot or even the 1,000400t Thos, Stevenson, 13 Bishop street, Hal - ship within a few years, ifax, N. S., says: "It gives me pleasure The question, he said, i$ not one of to be able to speak of the great value shipbuilding, but of harbor and.channel of nety's Own Tablets. I always give facies. The Mersey was almost put them to my children when they are ail - to the limit of her- resources with the ing in any way, and they speedily make S00 -foot ship, because there was coin- 1 them well. I would advise every mother , paratively little space to turn. The to keep the Tablets in the house." The manoeuvrer is a ticklish one, as a false Tablets allay teething irritation, awe , i move or too inuca steam at the wrong colic and stomach troubles, prevent con - second might ruin the ship. The only stipation, destroy worms allay allay fevers drawback to the ship of 1,009 feet was and break up colds. They can be given the limited wharf faellities in New York safely to a new born child: Sold by all and the danger of turning at 'Liverpool. 1 medicine dealers or sent by mail at 26 Be said the White Star line would sooner cents a box by writirig the Dr. Williams think of stopping the enlargement of its Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, boats than giving up Liverpool as a ter - Mr. AndreNvs is only 33 years old, but BULLETIN OF WEED SEEDS.' has had control of the countless detainvolving the construction of the Oceanic, of Agriculture, isOit°t1lawoaft , ils ilts Djuepstartzneendt Celtic, Cedric and Baltic, Ile told the an illustrated bulletin on the Weed Seeds American Syren and Shipping thee the Commonly Found in Timothy, Alsike and Oceanic was his favorite, and - really Red Clover Seeds. It is well known that the most luxurious vessel on the Atlan- litr tic, repreaenting everything needed in the it)ugse mleueadnstftaieres oefAesheeydeeaorf nennwanitytfiangoix; way of comfort and safety, although not sown with grass and clover seed. The re - as showy as some other vessels. mte semblance of many weed seeds to de had, he said, all the speed that Atlantic commercial seeds with which they are travellers required,' being less than a found makes their detection, difficult to seven-day boat. Ire also said the Adri- an untrained eye, even if they be present I title, the mate of the Baltic, would bahe to the extent of several hundred per / rectified the mistakes made in the build.- .; pound. It is therefore of great import- jug"Talfetililealltaltel,'e'r.continued Mr. Andrews, sard s toof htiel oasbe vteodsfdlevnhtiicfhy aarte Iseearsfotufhalyat ; "burns about 235 tons of mai a day. I injurious in agricluture. The text and , know one greyhound that consumes near- illustra.tions of thie bulletin (No. ±6, New ly 750 tons it (1ay. The limit for need Series) are published with a view to. is reached, unless the lines are Willing aosist farmers to identify the more ,dan- "The0124 ieen haasles1i4700bonsisi;iv,..po wer, agetterdouels,redisihelositnramtofonntaoogf rsactessd adr eelbfrvoamr pbou,it,etri:eolA, calrisapteleed11.111 aleiarte•nefele51,100a0natto(fIsiee: adnvilyl,da.ntgnivbe tys itTy. otf 1°4 t :near the de- half knots, half it knot more than the seriptions are by CI, IL Clark, chief of NBaelwticIaoul,.liicicalinawillwb,heiantgleatcy.,rh litaeAdriaticeexiiititnthe m o seed division, Ottawa, to whoap- ! plications for copies of the bullitan ; power will be impartea from five addi- should be addressed. As the edition is ; tional eingle-ended boilers. The Adeatie limited, it will be sent only to those • Will make her first appearance in New who apply for it. York waters nexte spring. "I doubt if the twenty-five knot boato Pi les cured in 3 to 6 nightS. contracted for by the Cunard line will receive the expected patronage. It is -ono imucatioa gives relief. Dr. agnewei an awful hardship to travel on a fast 01 ent Is a boon for Itching Piles, or steamer. The vibration is tot (hie to u1m machinery, but to the policy of driving maul, Bleeding Plies. It relieves illiteklY: the ship tluough mountainous waves and permanently. in man wipeout; it stands; regardless of strueturat conseeuences. without a rival. Thousands Of teann01111116 "The Atlantic. <amber has a strength if you wont evideece. 35 cents -211. of 250 tons. A craft repeatedly street: ; on the starboard bow by 250 tons before i The noted soldier and historian, Z160. she has had time to recover from the force "of the preceding wave has too much to withstand. The machinery gets the blame for the vibration, when it is really the pounding into a new wave while the ship is shaking like it leaf and trying to recover from the wave gone by. Tbe minimum vibration itt the Baltic is clue to the movements of the screws and can never Le obviated. "The great breadth of the Tialtic at the bows end her enormous displacement serve as a Slit* of automata, check upon the machinery when a big wave hits her forward.in Lindsay, of the Celtic, has never had to slow int heavy sea. The Celtic does it of Ler own neeord. 'That is where the whin of moderate speed nmehinery romes in. The vibration of the Bailie is eansed by her screws re! volvieg at an inereasea rate of speed dote Aprault Dodge, was edueated fie Perlin, and at it dinner. party, apropos of German military discipline, he owe said: 'The German soldier mutt never tip - pear in public exeept uniform. Evetia when he is on furlough he must nail under any eircuinstahces, wear civilian] Nedsa•rt;''''ss'ItIs;;,oeitl': day 'engaged V some atiVen- , Swartz, a yettng lieutenant ofj during my residence in Berlin I turn or other, atat put on, to disguble himself, u suit df blaek clotb. Dresited in this suit, he wee pasting &wit ati unfrequeuted street when he came fates to face With Me colonel. "Detected in so grave it misdemeanor. Swartz proved himself the possessor of resoureeful maid. Ile said to the cote- nel, in a bass voiee, different from his when her head falai into the hollow of a own: Wftli0 and the propellers eitteltowater of ; "'Can you tell me, sir, where Lieut. no great stolidity. Tbe mows lover turn Swartz lima? 1 um his brother from the j wholly clear, beetese the ehip seldom tawdry, and I here tome on to pay hint !rolls or pitehoo mifficiently to lift them it visit.' aout of water. 1 "The colonel readily and politely gave "'rho days of the fast ehips are num- the tequired information, and passed on, • bei ed. The Ilamatirg,Amerietut line it 'The lieutenant eongratulitea Limit& ;going. in for ships of the 'Bettie type. on Ho remota He 'hurried home and 'put rhe marine fellatio is gwatly over- tm his uniform, Duty litte that abet. ' estimated. It is not neatly so great a nooa railed iiiin before the colonel tatailt. saver in weight. and Apace es eupposed. Ito saluted with confidence. The eoloael It is not the coal stelae. That is Claimed regarded aite oddly. tor it. With it high rate of :quad the "*Lieut. Salute," he saki, %vial: you'd z,ithine will save fuel over the reeiptotell tour brother from the emintry Olt hobo% engine. tut at moderate pave if Ire paos you. another vita 111 a him 7 there is a great waste of steenua-N, Y. in elose eonfineinent for ten World. Philadelphia, Record. ."