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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1910-03-31, Page 6KERNELS FROM THE SANCTUM MILL 1 Interesting Paragraphs from our Exchanges. .01.01,.. There is only evil in the goodness that snakes others evil. Milk will keep sweet longer in it shallow pan than in a tall vessel. Some men boast of their luck because none of their relatives ever visit them. The vitiue of Turpentine. When till else fails the physician reo- ommends his wealthy patient to a trip to the turpentine groves as a cure for throat and lung troubles, The tnrpen- Siue of commerce cannot very well be used by txtractine this ingredient from gums, anti by adeinit linseed i)r, Chase eueeeeded in getting tip the most effect- ive treatment for throat and lung trou- bles that was ever diseovered It is known as Dr. 011aee's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine. The man who is looking for trouble usually endo by seeing stars. Mr. Alex. McKinnon has purchased the Lockhart farm en the 5th con. Kin - lose. Love the open air. Fresh air is not a fad, it is a necessity if one would keep young. PIS Dr. Chase's Oint ment is a certain and guaranteed cureforeachand every i o r m of itching, bleeding and protruding ndin P piles. See testimonials in the press and ask your neighbors about is. You can use it and let our money back if not satisfied. 60c, at all seaters ..: EDMANSO , BATES & Co., Toronto. 9H. CHASE.'8 Ot1NTM LENT. Ihe-divorce courts show few divorces asked for by the parents who have over three ohildren. Don't expect your friends to pull you ant of a bola unless you show some dis- positjoA t help : QArsatf, I+'nljy nine out of c': eey len cases of rheum ttism is simply rheumatism of the measles due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumatism, neither of which require any internal treatment. All that is needed to afford relief is the free appli- cation of Chamberlain's Liniment. Give it a trial. Yon are certain to be pleased with the quick relief which it affords. Sold by ail dealers. One of the novelities of the vaudeville stage in Europe is a drove—six in num- ber—of performing pine. Ia the year 1908 there were 17,000 wells drilled in the United States at a cost of about $30,000,000. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR1A The Canadian elevator at Gilbert Plaine, Man., was burned, with about fifteen thousand bushels of grain. Rev. DavidiHieks, formerly of Gesto, was cleared of the charges preferred against him by a Murals :court ?held at Essex, • Atter eper:ding two years in Hull jail awaiting trail, Alfred Dandelion was. sentenced to six boors for assaulting an- other river -driver. Cold water, a teaspoonful of ammonia and soap wilt remove machine grease when other means would not answer on account of colors running. To revive root vegetables that have w rthered, slice off the end et each and lay in cold water. In a few hours they will be as hardy and healthy es ever, To preserve flowers put a pinch ot salt in fresh water every day, and out off with the scissors a small portion of the flower stomp, Fifty years' experience of an 01d Nurse MRS, WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP is the prescription of one of the best fe- male phystoians and nurses in the United States,and has been used for fifty years with never -failing anccese by millions of mothers for their ohildren. It relieves the child from pain, cures diarrhoea, griping in the bowels, and wind colic. By giving health to the child, it rests the mother; Twenty-five cents a bottle. Me lioines that aid nature are always most successful, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ants on this plan. It loosens the cough, relieves the lunge, opens the secretions and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Sold by a)1 dealers. The man who works hard all day and seeks excitement in the evening soon finds "there's something wrong" and he is lagging behind in the prooeseion. Do not handle the dough any more than necessary when making biscuits, doughnuts and cookies. Tl.e more you hanale it the ton; her it will become. If table silver ie placed in hot soap ends immediately after being used, and dried with a soft, clean cloth, mnoh of the work of polishing will be saved. Are you frequently hoarse? Do you have that annoying tinkling in your throat? Does your cough annoy you at night, and do yon raise mucus in the morning? Do yon want relief? If so, take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and you will be pleased. Sold by all dealers. Over in Iowa over half the automo- biles in the State are owned and inn by the farmers, and in /Camas the sum of $3,200,000 has been invested in auto- mobiles by the farmers. A tasty salad is made of chopped celery, seasoned with chopped mint and mayonnaise. Put between slices of bread, it makes a dainty supper sand- wich. St. Petersburg will establieh a large ozone plane to purify the city's water supply, drawn from the germ -laden Neva. Sh1.10 t quicEiystops coughs, cures colds, heals the throat and lungs. - - 25 cents. Mr. Jas, Sutherland has purchased the 150 acre farm on tihe 6th con., Sin - loss, from Jas. IIIcDonald. Was All Run ]] Weighed. 125 Lbs. -+ ®w n • Now Weighs 125. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets invariably bring relief to women suffering from chronic constipation, headache, biliousness, dizziness, sallow- ness of the skin and dyspepsia. sold by all dealers. The old six -story furniture factory at Winnipeg that was gutted by fire some time ago was blown down during a heavy gale. Some damage was done to adjoining buildings, but no one was ser- iously hurt. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of As early as 1786 the French Govern- ment granted a sum of money to establish a balloon service between Paris and Marseilles, with what were known as the Nontgolfier air balloons, though the project never became more than a pro- ject. Mrs, M, Meuann, Debee Junction, N.B., writes: ----"I wish to tell you what Mil - burn's Heart and Nerve Pills have done for me. Three years ago I was so run down I could not do my own work. I went to a doctor, and he told mo I had heart trouble and that illy nerves were all unstrung. I took his medicine, as he ordered me to do, but it did me no good. I then started to take Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills, and had only taken one box before I started to feel better, so I continued their use until I had taken several boxes, end I am now strong and well, and able to do my own work When Y comrnenecd taking your pills I weighed 125 pounds, and now weigh 185 and have given birth to a lovely young daughter, which was a happy thing in the family. When I cotnnienced takingMilburn's' Heart and Nerve Pills, I could not go upstairs without resting before I got to the top. I can now go tip without any trouble, The price of 14Iilburn'sHeart and Nerve 'fills is 50 tents pee box, or 3 boxes for 1,25 at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T, Milburn Co,, United, Toronto, Ont. xbe Great Northern Winnipeg flyer left the rails. nt Roger, Min., and sent isevett oars into the ditch. Eugineer Connelly, of $t. F.►ul, and Battgarteman Smith, of Minneapolis, were killed, and feu.teen passengers badiy hurt. A ourious artifice of war was adopted by a Oainese junk when attacked by a man of -war. The crew threw 0000anute overboard into the sea and then jammed in amours them. Nearly all escaped, for it was iwpoeeible to tell whtoh were heads and which were nets. Regluald Otarenoe, the well-known bibliographer of dramatic, data, has been working for 20 yearn on a stage cyclopedia which will contain a bibli- ography of plays, of which rt has been possible to find any reoord, from B C. 500 to 4, D. 1909. (P. h'147i1-0 MEQ CURES CATARRH, ASTHMA, Bronchitis, Croup, Coughs and Colds, or money back. Sold and guaranteed by WALTON MoKIBBON. Premier Rutherford still holds power by a narrow majority in Alberta. Pro- vision has been made for theappointment of a commission, consisting of Justices Scott, Harvey and Best, for the purpose of investigation all matters arising out of the oreation, incorporation and or- ganization of the railway oompauy which caused the reoent break in the Government. Feared Paralysis. Mr. F. A. Krntz,Schwartz, ae writes: ''For one year bo , QrI was aesomplete nervous wreck, could not rest or sleep, and constantly feared paralysis. Six boxes of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food made me well and strong. There to no treatment in the world so good as this for building up the nervous system." A merger of nearly all the canning factories of the Dominion is announced as having been consummated. The new company will be known as the Dominion Canners, Limited. There are fifty-six factories in the ooucern, with ,a capital of $10,000,000. It is intended that com- petition will be limited, and expected that the prices of canned goods will be increased. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S OAST® RIA Cleanliness, exercise, fresh air, a regular vocation, prudent conduct, and home love produce good living, and'. indolence, shiftlessness, dishonesty, sus- suspicion, and malice make life miser- able and destroy it. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are safe, sure and reliable, and have been praised by thousands of women who have been restored to health through their gentle aid and curative proportaes. Sold by all dealers. Among the 6,000,000 -working women in the United States there are nearly a million widows and nearly 80,000 mar- rieb wonlen whose husbands have failed to provide for them. Nearly 100,000 di- vorced women are among the wage m- ere. HOW'S THIS ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- ward for any case of Catarrh that can- not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. 1t. J. °HENEY,& CO., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honourable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by his firm. Welding,, Kunsan, Se Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern- ally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Test- imonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constip- ation. The profits in "blind pigs" are extre- mely generous, according to information in the possession of the Superintendent o f Provincial Police. During the months of January and February the officers at Matheson, Porcupine and Cochrane seized in transit 1,331 bottles of whiskey and a large quantity of high wines. The record was made by Constable Ro- well, of Matheson, who pounced upon 657 bottles. All these goods will be dis- posed of by sale and the revenue will assist the License Department is contin- uing its vigorous search for liquor sus- pected of being shipped to blind pig pro- prietors. The high wines are the most valuable of the stock in trade. One gal- lon of a strong brand is sufficient to make up into twenty-four bottles that goes commonly under the name of whis- key in the North. Where the sale is at all restricted by Government regulations such as obtain there. This gallon nets the ooncooter and seller a profit of $72. Children Cry /t FOR FLETCHER'S C A S T O R$ A It is estimated by the Immigration department that nearly six hundred ex- perienoed men are requited at the pre• sent time in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta; 1,021 21 ine>erfenced men are also wanted, and 941 married coop- les. According to reports received at Win- liipeg on Wednesday, seeding has began in seine parte bf the West, including Brandon, Alameda end Holden. As these points are widely scattered the in- dioation is that the ground is generally in geed condition, Why ':.nap Fails You PERT PARAGRAPHS. pE tIIAPS the reason some places seem so nlltidy and disorderly Is. because there are soh tunny broken res- olutions lyiag round under' toot, cum- bering the ground. With some people it is never ton late to be later, File way to keep out at a quarrel is to have the lust 'word and not use 1t. Commander teary now can feel that :ie has tote lua'Iet-tly good north pule and so will be utile to keep dawn his temi erature, The only thing ti bon t new clothes that n hie- really enjoys is the process of making these old. DR. CHASE'S NERVE FOOD will bring rest, comfort and vitality by building up the nerves. Mn las. Wesley 'Weaver, a veteran of the Fenian Itaid, fort Dalhousie, Ont., writes: -u --''Por years I was af- flicted with nervousness and dreaded insomnia, so that I never knew for three years what a full hour's sleep was, never more than dosing for a few minutes at it time. heart pains and headaches almost, drove me wild, T lied spells of weakness and cramps in stomach and limbs. " Though I tried several doctors, it was money uselessly spent. Finally Tjr, Chase's Nerve .feed was brought to me and eight boxes cured me. It is simply wonderful what benefit 1 have, obtained from this treatment." Sleeplessness and headaches are warnings of approaching nervous cot - lapse. You eon positively remove these symptoms and prevent prostration or paralysis by the USA of Dr. Chase's :\*erve ICood. 50 cents a box, d for $2.50, at all dealers or l rlmnnson, Dates ' Co., Toronto. Write for free copy of Dr. Chase's Recipe's, Needs Operating On. seal the class In anatomy Please arlse And listen while The professor tries fits Lest to explain And to make the thing plain All that is known Uoncerning Winter's backbone? 11 is a cold story, Children. From m cold storage. rlis backbone Ur winter FIas a way 01 humping itself, Not like the hump C'zi a camel, (T• no: &lore like the hump On Greenland's icy mountains. You m-ly handle the subject Wit bout gloves, But it is better 1'u put on Your woolen mittens When you go to It. It has one Peculiarity That you will notice. Son think 1t is broken When It isn't even cracked. One warm day And you say, "lhurriv," That'll to all For it. Turn right away 1t throws another fit, Sti :ens up Like :at alderman under fire, And you say: It ,s here to stay:" Of Course. seem badly reared DOW- -Ent not frit)) ignorance." "Noe' "No: thele are legions who know all About hair they stetted be trained." (i;d,•ee3: %Vho are they.," -Those people who have no ehil- aren." • 'Modernizing. "Can't we do something to bring this dran;a up to date's" asked the stage "ll';hat win td you se ggest ' ..Yon know that tine. 'A 'terse, a t,=a_'te my kingdom for a horse:' t teeught we alight nave hila ring for Lis automobile."' Tha Zrgasement Ring. "Fir hasn't at,' ....eleee" '-IS that the re:tsou why she doesn't love bili :my more?"' "No. but it is the reason wily site hes turned hem w11 into the cold w-ta'ld to bustle up and a,.,:1 e good or else si/e'f ring off." Disappointments. "What are you crying about. Mll- e,* inl-r "Ml tate other 1,:eve get to stey out of s..hu=rl s''+r a week or two except nee 1 tenet have the measles nor have any leg l:ro::ei nor nothing." MI Done. "Lie 1=: trying to make a monkey of ince" ..Ile can't do It, though." a •.i► het la can't," "of roars.. uot. Nature beat hila tU IL" TWENTY YEARS WI Items Local Hfrom tisser . of ""Ttheimeaes" rly Sys, he Pyles,. Wasted Talents. "I saw .Tones 6lling you up." •Yes, but does be tell the truffle" "Most artistic liar I ever knew." "Then why didn't he di€eover the north pole?" The Choicest. ilor lack of caste to keep the pace The best man often tniS ea. The only good things that are tree Are hisses. (From the Times of Mar, 28, le$0,) LOCAL NEWS. Mr. Alex Roes and Mies A. Iio) d have been brightening up their shops with paper and paint during the past week. Mr. Wm, Olegg shipped two carloads of barley to Buffalo this week, as oleo two oars of wheat to Galt and two oars of seed peas to Kingsville, Mr. A. E, Smith, of Messrs. Halstead Scott's bark, has leased the residence lately occupied by Mr. E. L. Dickinson, on Shuter street, and will take posses- sion in a short time, At Belgrave, on Friday last, Mr, Peter Deans, auctioneer, sold the Carl. ton farm, consisting of 50 notes, on the 6th concession of East Wawanoeh, to Mr. Alex, L. Morton, f r $1,500. Mr. Morton owned the adjoining 50 scree. Mr, Robs, Paterson, contractor for the new town hall, was in town this week. He expects to come to Winghamin about two weeks to begin work on the hall On Tuesday last, four oar loads of settlers' effects left the Grand Trunk railway atation for different parts of Manitoba. The parties were Jas. Lillico, of Turnbeary, John Hardy, of Cuirass; John Richardson and John Akermen, from, near Belmore. Mr. R A. Graham has just opened out a large stock of fresh groceries and pro- visions in the store nearly opposite the market. Depends. "It is easy to lie." "Not when you have to depend upon the ile to make your living for you." Reason Enough. • "Why didbe call it a popul;tr lee• tura?" "Because nobodycame, 1 guess.". , Man Next Door to Hear From. "Ile hasn't an enemy in the world." "How old Is this marvel`!" "Olt, about six or eight hour's." The Wingham Junior Lacrosse oluh watt organized on Tuesday eveutrg of last ween, with the foltowtng cliboi rs: R, Hill, president; W. E GKovoa, vice- president, and T, E. Consent s.eeretarv. - treasurer. The Goderioh Signal says: Mr 5 ,T Reid, of the firm of J. 4, Reid & faro purposes opening out n gent's 'huffish ing and tatloring establishment in Vs'itig ham shortly. NCRTSnWNSTFRN FAIR ASK OIATION A meeting ot the directors o° the• above association was held in the Me' ohanic's Institute recros, Winiihsm, en the 26th instant. Present -0, Header• son, President in the chair, and Mt sem Thos. Jenkins, J, A, Morton, R. Max- well, S. Yonhill, Win. Iabiator., Geo. McKenzie, Geo. Moffatt, Thos. Agnew, John Elston, Walter Taylor, Thos. Goy, John Anderson, Geo. Cruioksimnks, Peter Fowler and R. Elliott. On motion R. Elliott was 'appointed Secretary' Treasurer of the association, BIRTHS Campbell.—In Wingham, on the 28511 Inst„ the wife of Mr. Geo. Campbell; a daughter, DEATHS. Millen.—In Morris, on the 21st inst., James S., son of Mr. Robert Millen, aged 13 years, 2 months and 23 days, SICK HEADACHE Sour Stomach. Heartburn, Canker Sore Mouth Cured by Mi-o-na Siok headaches are caused by indi- gestion and a general disturbed condi- tion of the stomach. Cure the indigestion, and the head. ache, nausea, heartburn, sour stomach, and that "all in" feeling will vanish. Mi•o-na tablets will mare indigestion or any other stomach trouble. They will relieve almost instantly. J, Walton McKibben has so mnoh faith in them that he will give you your money back if they don't. Mi-o-na cures by making the stomach strong enough to produce enough gastrin juices to digest ell the food you want to eat. It promptly pats new life and en- ergy into the over-worked and played - out walls of the stomach. Use Mi-o-na for a week, and yon can eat what you want any time you want it, and take pleasure in doing it. Your blood will be richer, redder, purer after taking Mi-o-na, and it only costs 60 cents a large box. Frank Oke. St. Thomas, Ont., says: "My wife was troubled with indiges- tion for a number of years. We tried a number of preparations to no effect. Finally she began to ase Mi-o-na and has been entirely relieved of all these troubles. I can confidentially recom- mend Mi-o-na." Wary of All Cures. . "I see you have a very hard cold." "Thank yon. Please don't uenttoll It." BE SWIFT. Be swift, dear heart, in loving, For time is brief, And thou may'st soon along life's high - Keep step with grief. Be swift, dear heart, in saying The kindly word: When ears are sealed, thy passionate pleading Wilt not be heard. Be swift, dear heart, in doing The gracious deed, Lest Boon they whom thou boldest dearest Be past the need. Be swift. dear heart, in giving The rare sweet flower. Nor wait to heap with blossoms the casket In some sad hour. Dear heart, be swift in loving— Time speedeth oa; And all thy chance of blessed service Will soon be gone. HEADACHE IND Burdock Blood Bitters. The presence of headache nearly always tells lie that there is another disease which, although we may not be aware of it, is still exerting its baneful influence, and perhaps awaiting an opportunity to assert itself plainly. Burdock Blood Bitters has, for years, been curing all kinds of headaches, and it you -will only give it a trial we are sure it will do for you what it has dorso for thou- sands of etlierte ♦4•••44-4-4-4•♦• Mrs. John Connors, Burlington,N.S., writes. 1 have been troubled with head- ache and constipation for a long time. After trying different •{ +++++++}•, ere doe+ tors medicine a friend asked ale to try Burdock Blood 13itters. I find I am completely cured after having taken three bottles. I can safely recorn- mend it to all." For sale by all dealers. Manufactured only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. +1' Headache and Constipation Cured. WHE16t:. "Unseal( e" Hyde Park, London, r(ay the Safety Valve of Fr Hyde Park, London, io has been the great to. speech in England. Aral. from the immense pops..: strations that play their ; country's history it is the 1, sort of the exponents of Ca theories and strange dost. A great part of Hyde Pit. been improved by the lane.. dener. It lies a broad 1e. , 01,01 of turf intersected by oma,.;, , but otherwise merely an i' -i• section of country, over 1l iii r:. • . inhabitants of the city may re, will, It is on this open spot.', . from the fashionable throng .f , • Row, that the advocates ui kind of ism get their chance of t a ::- ing converts. Any afternoon, but espeeirlly on Saturdays and Sundays, enthu,iasts of all descriptions may be seen :A - dressing little knots of people. No permit is needed from. the police, and as long as the orators keep within the bounds of decency and order they may s:y v-hatevir tli^;, pl Ii have •t CV(2,1 a eu:_p t:v:c lu a cl on, but is they o •t. b- h t, 01,01 they Call tssuelly atttr:0Ct some lend of an audience, and, there is nothing to prevent them from passing around the hat for the good of the cause among those who listen. .On a raw winter evening, as the gray mist begins to blot out the limits of the park, it is a remarkable sight to see the men and women who will brave the damp cold to bring their views before a callous world. Differ- ent as they are in points of view, they are one in earnestness, in shab- biness, and impracticality. If they make a bare living by their exertions, it is as much as they do, and it is real desire to have their views pre- vail, however bizarre they seem to the ordinary • citizen, that drives them to talk to all they can attract. They seem to get an audience of some kind or other. Hyde Park is the unorganized and undirected People's Institute of Lon- don. Every man may talk as long and as often as lie likes on any sub- ject he likes, and no one is compelled to listen. The police believe that it is better for the man bursting with great thoughts, whether they com- mend themselves to anyone else or not,' to get out in the open and ex- press them rather than have them bottled up in his brain to ferment into mischief. - TOO BASHF'IJL TO BE KING, Rut Albert of Biblgiitm Possesses" Many Up -to -.Date Ideas, While all Belgium believes that its new ruler, King. Albert, is certain ttr prove a wise and capable monarch,, his subjects are well aware of the fact that he never had the slightest desire to reign. King Albert, as those who have been, presented to him at court well know, is far too bashful to be a man of the world, It was, against this shyness more than any- thing that Leopold had to contend in educating the throne's future (incum- bent. The prince was well endowed mentally and would have made a • successful civil or mining engineer, had he been able to follow his natur- al bent. But a soldier's career,, which tradition obliged him to follow, was most distasteful to him. It was for the purpose of overcom- ing if possible the prince's shyliess that King Leopold sent his nephew on a trip around the world, The prince, it will be remembered, made a long stay at the time in the United States. It was then that lie acquired a taste for railroading. While in St. Paul lie was the guest of James J. Hill and toured the northwest in Mr. Hill's private car, After his return to Belgium the prince took a long course of instruction in the state rail- road department and became thor- oughly versed in the science of build- ing and running a railway. King, Albert is credited by those who know him best with most up-to-- date ideas concerning the functions of royalty, He is a steady worker, and his daily routine shows him to be as busy, if not busier, than the average business man. He rises • punctually at 6 o'clock, breakfasts at 7, and immediately proceeds to ex- amine his correspondence and to answer the most pressing letters; he then devotes t :; o hours to mechanical engineering, his favorite pursuit. Latterly he has given much time to the various new railroads projected' in the Congo. The king takes a horseback ride a2 about 11 o'clock and returns shortly befa''e lunch, which is served at 12.30, Aft:'r this meal the king returns to' • his r:.iva.te. study and examines the matters pending relative to the First Grenadiers—his regiment. This gen • erally occupies him until 5 o'clock. The king and queen then take tea, and afterwards, if not pressed with business, King Albert accompanies his wife on a brisk walk. The royal. pair dine at 7 o'clock, and when not at the theatre spend the evening.: quietly en Outline, King Albert has considerable talent as a writer and gave his impressions of America in a breezy book of travels published a year after his . return to Belgium. In this book he showed himself to be decidedly in sympathy with American life. He has likewise published a history of the rise of the sweet Flemish towns. This is now to- • followed by a book giving his per. :-a:lt.i impressions of the Congo. The king is a keen motorist an& generally drives his own car. Nor iee he rtt'^ a loss in case of an accident.. While he was driving with his wife,. not long ago, a tire was punctured and he promptly and with every eve, dent enjoyment got down by the side of the machine and mended it. The Peacock's Feathers. The penoock's feathers superstition Ls nothing like so common as it used to be. Perhaps Whistler's 'celebrated Peacock Room helped to break it down. At •any rate, peacock's feath- ers are ordinary •enough articles of decoration in many happy and placid homes. 'There are shops in London that keep large stocks • of them, and you may buy these bringers of mis- fortune at a shilling a bundle. Did the superstition originate because, of the reputed pride of the peacock, on the "pride shall have a fall" theory? Or is it that the "eye" of the feather is supposed to see undesirable hap- penings, which somehow gat publish- ed ublished upon the housetops? One rather feels that the beautiful tail was Da, - tare's compensation to the bird for giving it the most abominable of all velem. Asking Too Much. Tho . mother of little six-year-old Mary had told her a number of times not to hitch her sled to passing sleighs, 5eeli'ng that it was a danger - 017a practice. It was such a fascinat- ing sport, however, that Mary could not resist it, and one day her mother Haw her go skimming past the benne behind a farmer's bob, When she came in from play she was taken to task, her mother Say- ing severelgt "Mary, haven't I told you that you must net hitch oil; to bobs? Besides, it is against the lawi Mme. tossed her head, "011e, she said, dont talk :to me about 'the law. It's all I can do to keep the Ten Cotnarnandlnent t 1" . • Lost His Thumb. I have reason, to remember our visit to the. Anclamans, for I lost the top of'' my thumb .there—bitten off by a par- rot fish. The brute came to the sur- face after some torpedo experiments,. shamming death. I incautiously put. my thumb in his mouth, when the creature's jaws shut with a horrid snap, taking off the flesh of my thumb to the bone. Our surgeon dressed the wound. My cockswain picked up the portion of my thumb and, follow- ing me down into my cabin, asked. what he should dal with it. I told him to give it to a panther cub we had on board the ,ship.—Vice Admiral Kens nedy. The Massellanic Clouds. The 1liegellanic clouds are two cloudy masses of light, oval in shape and unequal in size, seen at night in the heavens in the vicinity of the South Pole. They are supposed to be nebulae, or dense aggregations of stars, so far distalit as to give to the unassisted eye the impression of cloud- like masses. They cover areas of 42. end. 10 square degrees respectively end are so named in honor of Ferdin- and Magellan, the great Portuguese navigator, who first observed them in. 1529 during his voyage around the globe. The Noble Horse. A request in an English school for a composition on. the horse brought out the following gem:. "The horse does not belong to the rat tribe because its paws are hoofs. It breathes with its gills when it is young and chews the cud just like otter people. A mule is a horse with long cars, and. if a horse had, long ecus it would be called a donkey. You can see the age of a horse if you look in its mouth. It is defensive with hie hind legs, and when they kick you you say woe !" Early Birds. The green finch is the earliest riser. It pipes as early as half past 1 in the mornimt. The blackcap begins at li-lif past 2. It is nearly 4 o'clock before the blackbird appears. It is heard half an hour before the thrush, and the chirp of the robin begins ;about the same length of time before that of the wren. The house spar. row and the tomtit take the last stage of the list. • The Erring One. It is impossible for one who never goes wrong or makes a mistake or colntnits a blunder to know just how to he sorry for an erring one, We must stumble ourselves before we can really judge the hardships of a iongb road and the frailty of weary feat, True character is first tender, than Hopeful and afterward reformatory. Italian Greyhounds. The gracefttl Italian greyhound is reputed to be the most symmetrical of ail animal*.