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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1913-10-23, Page 5tlitiR§Dkif, OCTOBER 23, 191 3 71.112‘1111101102111111111 . 1 .1 1 111 1 , 1.1 1 111112211111111211111111111110111212#10 . 1 1, 1 I , 1 1 .1 1 , 1. THE WINGITAII ADVANCE I I ? DO Y ? Buy where you can get the best value for your money? • Deal with the new man at the Popular Store, Kerr's old stand. The same sterling values and a few better ones. Buy where your money goes farthest ? 4 Pkgs. Corn Starch 25c 4 Bottles best Extract 25c 6 Comfort Soap - 25c 6 Sunlight Soap - - 25c Yeast Cakes, per pkg. 4c And a host of other attractive prices which -we have not room to quote. This is "Rain Coat Season" and we are right at the head of the procession with the newest and most stylish Rain Coats in town. Ladies' rubber -lined, with a splendid silky finish and absolutely water -proof seams, special at $10.00. Men's Parmatta Waterproof Coats, new Raglan shoul- ders, a splendid heavy coat for Fall at from $8 to $10. We cannot well describe these coats, you must see - them to appreciate the values. Truly this is going to be "Some Store." A full range of everything that's good, and everything that's stylish. We want your trade. We guarantee satisfaction. RM. K. I WI Successor to KERR & SON .11.• 1 mil • . • . •.,••• .• A Pitiful Heroine. After making a coffin for her hus- band who was killed in a mine, a little woman unaided, fastened the body on the back of a mule and brought it into the town of Grizzly Gulch, Cal., for decent burial. The tired little woman leading the mule• with the lobsided pack came down the mountain into the camp and in a few minu'es was trans- figured into a pitiful heroine. Every mi,n in the street helped to undo the hitches which fastened the plank cof- fin to the pack saddle and carry it into a house, where the little woman, who had not wept at all, looked down and cried her heart out over the body of her husband. Her name was Mary Stribling. Her husband, P. T. Strib- ling, a prospector, was killed and his partner was badly hurt two days be- fore in a cave-in on their claim. She made the injured man as comfortable as she could, placed provisions where he could reach them, and then built the coffin around her husband's body and sncceeded in getting it on the mule's back. She walked -twenty-four hours with hardly a halt to reach Griz- zly Gulch, where her husband might be buried with suitable ritee. 40400:14: V• BENEFICIAL RESULTS Can Only Come From the Timely Use of the World's Most Popular Laxative "FIG PILLS" If you are constipated, bilious, have a sour gassy upset, stomach, an inac tive liver, sick headaches; or if you are tired, worn-out and down=hearted, and the organs of digestion and elim- ination fail to perform the all-impor- tant functions, see to it that you cleanse your system of undigested food, foul gases and excess bile in the intestines and bowels by the use of the popular fruit tonic laxative. FIG PILLS This remedy, being composed of vn, cable tonic, diuretic, and laxative ie• gredients, constitutes them the 11 •st treatment for weak kidneys, elugeieh liver, indigestion, constipetion, and that bilious, tired out feeling. Try FIG PILLS the next tin 13 you are not feeling up to your usuei good health and you will be cins-inced of their wonderful curative properities, Re- fuse all substitutes. At all dealers in 25 and 50 cent boxes. or by mail from The Fig Pill Co , S. Thorny), Oet. Sold at, McKibbou's Drug etore. 14 5 Pandora Ranges arc sold every- where by good dealers who back up our guaran- tee on this splendid range- McClary'S All the heat oral smoke ;mist travel over the t te the even, devse ate back esaiiistivesseme awaa`e'-t"N and smiler the bow torn twice hefore se escaping into the se ess- • chimeey-recans - twice the coking and bating powers from tbe same s.mount of fuel e.s given by the ordinary ransee see thia patented fe,:ture, et2 rattdatta ()On tied many ether colnive cne3 btiole tsylop. VOW 11:.;ae. . .1. tositiS liostfeal Wluipij VilitOhlet SLISItitiuit1s Calgary SaskatOIA Editi.$ IA 3 VQ•••1...1•""-t!`1101.I.,,t• 144 ;•.y.i • Sold In Wingham by R. R. Mooney. III III I I III 11 I III 1 dil NO GAS BILL FOR THEM. Maoris Cook Their Food Ina Kitchen Provided by Nature. The Maoris of northern New Zea- land enjoy cooked food to a far great - sr extent than other natives, but they never bother with fire. They build their huts on the edge of some "friendly" geyser, where they may ook in naiure's kitchen. On a spot which superstition would associate with death and the devil, the huts of about 2-00 Maoris lie scattered—the remnant ..f the once war -like tribe of auhoureegi. Nature has built for .hese t iple fol ss the best of all cook - ng anpliances and saved them endless trois 3 with the stove, gas eompany or e. a merchant. pond of boiling water lies in the lelle of the settlement. In this the .ori woman puts her water kettle to hell, or hangs the wide -meshed flax eag filled with potatoes, and waits uh- til they are cooxed. True, the pota- toes cooked in their skins taste a lit- tle of sulphur, but that is the right flavor for a Maori palate—the haut- gout for the brown gourmet, For the cooking of meats the Yuma - toles, or holes through which steam escapes from the ground, are steed. A box with a wooden grating for a bot- tom is placed on the ground over the bole. In this the Maori woman pieces' the meat, well covered with tin or iron pots. An old sugar bag le theet spread over the box, and the crude apparatus is left until the imprisoned steam has completely cooked the joint, Margaret Roper, There were some great women in the age of Elizabeth as well as great men who adorned that remarkable period of adventure and literary ac- tivity, but few of whom had their names passed on to future genera- tions. Perhaps the greatest of these was 1 fargaret Roper, the daughter of Sir Thomas More, who was well skilled in Creek, Latin and other languages; proficient in the sciences, as then known, and as remarkable for deter- mination and strength of character as the great Queen herself, Tradition records that Queen Elizabeth offered her a ducal corotet, which She ratifi- ed lest it should be considered SA a eompromise for what she considered the judicial murder of her father by [Retry VIII, The head of Sir Thomas More was, stuck on a pole and placed on London Bridge'where it remained fourtees days. alargaret Roper determined tc gain possession of this gruesome tro- phy. Aubrey tells how she proceedea: 'One day as she was passing under the bridge looking up at her father's head she exclaimed, 'That head liar lain many a time in my lap; would tc God It would fall in my lap as I pass under.' She had her wish for 11 1011 into her lap." Aubrey's account of this "miraeuloas" happening is thus explaitied: She tribed a bridge keep- er to throw it over the bridge when he (should see her pra big under In a boat, and the eXclamation that ehe made Was a cue devised between her aled the bridge keeper. Viehen rum= tamed before the (icemen for Navin the head in her 00FAIliiiit)11 she boldly declared that her "father's head Should never be food for Helms." For this eche was traprisOned, but eatie 'mon liberAted, She retained the Iread, which she had Inclosed in a leaden box and preserved with the tenderest ckvotion. sii 11•1M•16,111.1. • • • m• • • 1 I INSTINCT AND INTELLECT. ••••••••d.•••••.1 The Breed Difference Between Os Acts of the Two Powers, For many years it has been the cue - tom to thiuk of instinct npd intellis gene() as set over against each other. The former represents the Inherited re- actions of the menial; the latter signi- fies those nets which the animal learns In the course of Its individual life and Its power to leant la tide fasbloo. Instinctive nets aro "perfect the very first time," while lutelligent acts are slowly fluttered. In so far as en ani• mai is dependent on its iustinets, it is the victim of its ancestry and Of its imtuediate environment, In so far as it is intelligent, it can adapt its eo- viromneut to Itself, eau rise above its immediate surroundings and not in the light of a distant end to be accom- plished. instinct is bIllld ns to th0. outcome of its action. Intelligenee foresees tied modifies its behavior in the light of its foresight. The supreme example of In. has been lite wasp going through nn elabornte course ot melon to pro- vide food for its yet Ituliatelied off - :spring. seekines out a mirlieular epeeles of ottertillhir, stinging every segment Just enough to sItin the animal, but not kill it, and then depositing the worm nt the bottm» or its newly made nest where it has laid its egg, revering up the cell and then leaving, oever to see the girdle nor to lo do the same nct mediae seasou. 'I' he stipremely in- telligent animal Is 31(23 13, possessing the emelt try the genius of his intell M llaggerly in Atlantic !notably. BROKEN ENGLISH. Wrestling Match a Frenchman Had With One Little Verb. Ile was a hard \l'UV king and intelli- gent Frenehman, but the verbs still t ruti bled him. "Ale yes, nesieur, 1 saw Mrs. Brown the other dase" he said to au English friena, "luta she Wiled- I mean, told - 110 that her sehool was Soon to brea4 down," "Brea t 1(1, surely ?" "Ah, yes, break ipi Your veils do trouble me so yet: Break up -that was Ur -Why was she going to let her school break tip so early?" "Beenuse italuenza had brolteu down in it." "Broken out. It is a bit puzzling, isn't it?" "13ro12en out -al), yes! And she is going to leave the house in charge of a caretaker, as she fears it might be broken- Ilow do 1 say that, please?" "Broken into, I expect." "That Is it. Brukeit into -by the burglars." "Is her son metaled yet?" "No; the engagement Is broken In." "Broken off. Oh. I hadn't heard of (hat! Is she worried about it?" "Ile ouly broke up the news to her last week. Is that right?" "No; you should .say just 'broke' there." "Al), vell; I think I am nenrly broke myself by those verbs of yours!" Anti he went sadly on Isis way.- Pearson's Weekly. Food and Its Flavor. In a Melt for better food in America - really pure food, better cooked -the Journal of the Americas' Medical Asso• Minion culls on (Meters and muses to make the subjeet ..01 serious nntional import." "We emit; food for at least four reasons," says the .1(131111311, "to sterilize it, to make It nutritious, to l'011(101' it more easily digestible and to improve or vary it's flavor. ,The last 01 hese is at least as important as any or the others. hen the gustatory nerves tingle in response to the slim - tuns of some rare condiment or nro ma the saliva flows in joyous excite- ment, and the digestive juices,- by whose benign infinences,food is trans. formed Into nourishment, respond In •zaltrtary rind fullest measure '('1(0situ ple • and pleasant way to bring this -thou Is to pay proper aftentiun to the invor or food." A Rhythmical Criticism, Professor Brander Mat theWs was •alking or certain pas; partieipics that lave fallen loto disuse, reports the ‘‘'ashingtou 1.2( 233' The past participle "gotten" has gene eit in England, although it still lingers di with 1112 III England gotten is ne 'met olseilelii "eel tele" In some (arts of etinilmrland the villagers slill 10o gotten mill and a teacher lime (old me or 3 lesson on the post 8rtielpitl whereto she gave her pit• els an ('X ('('0(211) to write on the black- ein rd. in the nailet or the exercise nn ur- 'len began to tangle She nske(1 hlm why he was laughing, and he an -twered: "Joe's put mitten where he should 'lave platen 31)1 1." Roth Sides of It. JohnitY- What does It mean to say 'seeing the lititunrons side Of things,' led? Maher- Well, tat us take 1331 ex- empla flow many sides 1105 a banana 4:311, 101' insifthee? Johnny - Two. Father - Exactly. And when some °tit- er tenn steps on the leinarai sklo sees the seeloes side of It, and yeti see the humorous side. -London Auswers, Ingeniouta "Now," said Mae (loodnrt, "if eou do a little work for nue I'll give You good meal after n while," "Sae, Indy." replied litingry "you'll git off chenper yer giniMe de meal now, Work nlemys gives the n tierce appetite."-Excbange. Looking down on others Is not tho way to make them loch qp tO Oltr• selvee, A. boy from the entry Was spend - ;rig a holiday, ite a city suberb. One de.y he was talking to a lady in the act. joining villa, and mentioned that his „Trandfither wbo was ninety years old, was still on the farm where he was born. "Ninety years old, ebP" 17 s. gr,indfai her is doers to billets.," "Is his health good?" ‘"Tair t toilets now; heon eornolaining for a few menthe hsek " "'What'sthe matt or wit "1 &mild, but sometimes 1 think farm- itig don't agree- we him." • ,÷444+1--I-4-1-1-1-1-04-1 11', 1 1 1 'I I-144-1. • A P • 1 • 1•4 • • • A • • • • A I•C1 By REBECCA STEVENS •, Silas Fiudlebury's Ghost And Why It Ceased to Walk ••••••••••••• • el-1-14-1-1-1-1-1-Z-1-1-1-H-1-1-1a1-1-1-1-14-1- A.lida Loyd panted heavily as she came lute her ainit's kitchen, for she was very fat and quivered like -t mold of jelly when she moved. Site was ati idle, shallow minded woman, trmell given to gossip el' as haralleas sold, and, as might be expeeled, she was at poor housekeeper. 'Iler husband, Fluuey Loyd, was a littlewisp 01 11 matt who add jobs amulet the shipyard. • "Well, /emit Betsey," said Alida in her slow (bawl, "riny news?" "News of what?" suappe(1 Betsey 111. (1 I ).:1) n ryx. , t I011 au e nes." was Alida's reply, but her little eyes narrowed watch- fully ns she swayed to anti fro in the 1308(011 roeker. "No news." Mrs. Fludlebury clipped her words sharply, as she always did wben speaking to her niece. For the past six months Alicia had carried 1118011 news from Betsey Fin- dlebury's neat white house. "Ilaveu't you heard a word from Uncle Silas?" asked Alida. "1 can't coneutiniente with the dead.".persisted Alida. "Of course," and Betsey's lips shut tight. etre. eioore {VHS wondering why you don't wear bleak for hint or lavender," event on Alida. "Mamie •Moore's always wondering about sotnethitig," retorted Betsey 'Once she %vondered what Fin- ney Loyd ever 212111' ;11)011t youthal. was mull falling In love with." Alida's fat cheeks reddened dully. "Mamie Moore's always been Jealous 01 (110 marrying 'Pinney," she said with some difficulty, "II1110. Seeing's she gave Finney the mitten two years before you kept company with him, 1 don't see how she's got anything to complain of," nedded Aunt Betsey. "Now, you was talking about your Uncle Silas, Alida." Mrs. Loyd glared resentfuliy at the quiet little white (mired woman knit- ting so serenely by the west window. "I ain't the only one Matnie Moore talks about," she muttered as she got upon her feet. "She says, says she, 'I becm that Silas leindlebury's ghost is walking again,' and, being as he was my ONVI) uncle, 1 felt it a duty to iny self, nte having been a Findlebury, to come over and find out about it." Betsey's soft Ilps settled into a straight line, and for a woment made no reply. Then: "Your Uncle Silas was drownded off the While Bock six months ago -to be °soot, on the lath day of February Leastwaye, we think he MIS drownded, and now we're sure he was drownded because he never carne home, and the empty boat aii stove In amidships. came ashore one day. You know all that 1 know, Alidn." Betsey was quite pale when site finished. Alicia stared at her with round eyes. "Well, Ilumbolt Pedslek delaree he saw Uncle Silas plowing the south field 111 Apiel," she said boldly, "at night." "Fiddle!" stumped Betsey crossly. "Well, who plowed it then?" (10111118)i. ed A lido triumplinntly. "Ilutubolt says he's asked every man In Little fliver and there ain't one that done it. Who did it, Aunt Betsey?" "(loodby, Alien," said Mrs. Findle bury coldly. "I'm sorry you're In such a hurry, but it's most supper time, and I expect your dinner dishes ain't wash ed up yet, and it might be teat you! beds ain't made. 1 saw a pillow hang Ing out or Finney's winder just um." She sullied grimly as the door slammed grew suddenly pinched as if' with mem after Mrs. Loyd's bulky form. tal suffering. She hid her face in her worn hands and rocked gently to and When she wee alone her sweet face "I wonder -I wonder who did it," she murmured over end over agnin. ,She wondered what Maltz nnd her inquisitive friends would say If they !glow that Silas Findlebury tine quer relee bitterly With his wife the day before he disrippeared. Ng one but herself !spew ef that quer eel, the outgrowth of Sees', desire to Mehl a new barn on the place. They had been saving, money for two years (10inhllg 41pay offft e. I Ilt,t111e0 ts1351Selt(gme ertebtenlit, $18 for the six Months' leterest, would the harll that Silas declared he needed for the proper housing of his stock.I lotsoy believed that the old barn w01114 do for awhile loaner. She was eager to remove the last encumbranre from her Immo. They had quarreled for the first time during their happy married life. The very next day Silas had announc- ed 1110 Intention of going fishing, and that was the last Betsey 11n4 seen Of him. The money had been to 881poelt- tits, for Silas placed 110 faith in banks. Early hi April Mrs. Findiebury aevolte one morning to find her south field plOwed harrowed, ready for the Corn. It had been Silas' habit to have his corn in before the 10th. The field Was plowed on the 7th, and Bet- sey planted the Corti herself on the $th atifTutnb Otleoit ratick declared that he saw Sling leindlebury driving ter0 white horses befoee n white plow-, plowing his own Cornfield at midnight otrange rundral. Curiously definite instruetions for his funeral were made in his wilt by Mr, Arthur William Squires, of Little Ilytham, Lines., Eng., who died a short time ago. The document begins with the following phrsse: "Two very fseritme illnesses within four months, each of which brought Me neer to death, bring Ine to this state of Mind that this is my last will." Subject to some small bequests, he left all hie property to his wife, and desired that his funeral should be eolvineted in the ulelpett pesthio fle also said that Silas was dressed in white robes and that 33Cold wind blew over the (Mel as he watched. Sudden- ly 1u waS strieken with tile treth. 11, was the ghost of Silas) plowing his awn cornfield! Betsey leitielebury grew very white When 2;110 'ward Melt the gossips were relying. Ina site sled nothing. If she only Knew whether Silas -but what else eould have happeued to middle timid nein of his sober Means? rile :ennui had been rough that dila, ned the sea ons quite high, and near 11 st(1°110•oulgt1ildtlel, and dti\Thirtleverroctkhewr:s Ntridsana. gesidreo:us rf. Weeell, there was the empty boat Boat- ing bottom upward. The oars were missing, and there was the broken "It eau't be explained," muttered Betsey leindiebury as she arose and began to get supper, "There's more things in heaven and earth than -I've forgotten the rest -but 1 guess it means there's more queer happeniugs than we poor mortals can explain." After supper she went out to feed the chickens, On her way back she looked up at the roof of Use old house. The two wide mouthed chimneys need- ed repainting, and if Silas had been alive site knew that he would have painted the bricke a fresh red, with neat white stripes outlining the mor- tar. A big locust tree overhung the house and trailed drooping brancbes along the ridgepole. "That limb needs lopping off," sighed Betsey as she went indoors. At 12 o'clock that night Betsey Fin- dlebury awoke suddenly and sat up in bed.. What was that sound? She listened intently. It was a gentle pattering overhead and occasionally a heavy creaking sonnd. Betsey Fludiebury slipped from her bed and ,went to the garret stairs. Again she battened. Now the sounds 1%1‘.1..0re plainer, and they appeared to (mine from the roof. What could it be? She sniffed the 1 In five minutes Betsey had dressed herself in the dark and noiselessly gone down stairs. The front door opened and closed, and Betsey tiptoed out to the porch, down the steps and on to the grass of the front yard. 11'heit she had reached the shadow of a tall shrub she peered up nt the roof of her house, and her nervous fingers clutched her throat. Silhouetted against the midnight sky, in the radiance of the full moon, wag mati's tall, white clad form, Betsey 5011' him stepping easefully to and fro, bending now and then. Ills arm went back and forth, back, and forth, aud. although the shrill chorus of the 'clay- dids drowned any sounds he might have made, Betsey imagined she could hear the pat -pat -pat of 11 Valhi. 1/111S11 passing over the bricks of the shabby chi mney, Betsey stole into the house and went to the kitchen, where, with shades carefully drawn, she lighted the oil stove and put coffee en to boil. 'Mien she stepped from pantry to table -until she had a tablecloth laid and places set for two. When everything was in readiness she went out into the front yard and looked tip at the roof. The midnight painter • was quietly letting himself down into the baltiches of the locust. By the time he had slipped down to the grottml beside the back porch Betsey had thing wide 1130 kitchen door and wns saying 131 a scit1:1(1:3;;,:: voice that she tried to hold "Hurry up, Silas. Your breakfast is %seinin(4 for you. Scene', to me you've l)eteiti'llsininPyisto2s,verftil long while over them For nn instant there was silenee. 1)'ohrecittbe tall form, clothed In par inte's overalls, stepped forward on to the 1h, Silas Findlebury appettred worn and haggard and very tired. Ills eyes look- ed anxiously at Betsey's face, beautiful with its tender, tremulous smile. "Betsey, Betsey, do you want me?" he whispered brokenly. "Silas isindlebury, you'll keteh your death n-staneing out there!" wedded Betsey, and so, drawing lier lust (ms - b08(1 within the house. Betsey Findle- bury once and forever laid his ghost. Over that midnight meat Silas Fin - (Buttery told how he had gone fishing that February (1117, 3) (111' ntal tide had carried him off shore anti into the path of n sound steamer and how a fleck hand end flung Mtn a rope and pulled h1311 aboard. Ile told of their arrival in New York and of his 811110(111 Instillation to 9(100' (331)10 with the 851S contained in les pocket. If ho could return home With double that ninonnt of money they could pay off the mortgage atul build the new barn as well. Silas speculated neld lost. Then be went to el illton, where his brother lived, and obtained work there in 000 of the mills. Little by little he WO saving money. trying to make up the sum he had lost, At different tine's he had walked the ton miles to Little Ric. er to de something on his own Nene to help Betsey, to catch a glimpse of her sitting beside hei' lonely lamp. To. eight he had come to paint the chim neys. '11307 had worried him, be said. Here Betsey's anis around him stop- ped his narrative. It mattered not that he had sewed only a paltry $25 of the needed amount; It mattered nothing to Setsey that it would take two more years of wiring to acquire Another amount sine !idea to Inv off the esortgege. Silas hed eoMe home, they vere together, tied 1338 ghost would Walk no More. And Betsey was so happy that She gave the glad news to Finney Loyd's wife so thnt Lida could 'Mee the pleas - tire of epreading the tidings from one end of Little Ith'ar to the othete rditifitge.'Th ofWncearstbs756' orprein deal, with common black mountings, and to be taken on a "float" to the Wesleyan Chapel, and thence to the church gates, whence it was to ibe carried "underhand" by six bearers named, who were to have a dinner provided for them at a cost of 10a. He expressly forbade the tolling of the 'church bell,' and directed that , "not a single flower" should",. Otto. ' ed either on his coffin or in his grave, and that the Wesleyan minister • should Ofileittie at his funers1.—Lou. Jon Daily - • 440,--,••• m••••=p14.110 • - eh:armee veaseassed H. E. ISARD CO. se OUR MEN'S WEAR STORE Is crowded with all the new and stylisli garments for Men and Boys Wear. You will do well in more ways than one if you buy your CLOTHING, SWEATEAS, UNDERWEAR, HA.TS, CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES at this store. The stook is large ; the styles are right up to the minute; our values are .the best. Read below a few of our special lines at Bargain Prices :— Boys' Overcoats in all sizes, neat patterns, well made ; we start small 51508 at $3.00. Men's Overcoats made of the new weaves of cloth, reversible collars, see our special $12,00 coat for $10.00. Boys' Suits - a large range of all Sizes, beat makes, new style; bargain prices are $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00. Men's Tailored Snits -new pattern oloths, blaok or bine worsteds or Barges; see onr special Suit at $12,00. SWEATRS.-Monarch Sweaters in all sizes for men and boys; a good line of men's selling at $1.50. Men's Underwear -Heavy all wool ribbed shirts and drawers; the celebrated Dr. Neff's, "beyond compase," take a look at it; prices are $1 00 and .$L25. NEW CAPS. -Throw away that old hat of yours and get au Eastern Clap. Come in and let us show you what a great variety we have; all styles, all patterns, for all members of the family. El Isar( & Co. - % 3mania WATCHES ALL KINDS DIAMOND RINGS FINE ASSORTMENT A M. KNOX JEWELER - OPTICIAN OPPOSITE NATIONAL HOTEL. Give Us a Trial For Your Next Job. All kinds of Printing neatly and artistically executed. Dodgers, Auction Sales, Station- ery, Envelopes, Blotters, Butter Wrappers, Church Reports, Etc. This office has always had the reputation of turn- ing out nicer work than most others. Prices as low at the lowest. Call for prices. THE ADVANCE Wingham Ontario