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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1911-03-16, Page 3V March 16tho 1911 1 � 0 I'V_ Cflnton� News -Record . . I . . I I . � I I � I - - I I - I - . - � � I . � . I 0 1 1 I - � . I . . I I - - . , - - - - - - - . . - I . . . I I � . - - � . . . . - I - I I - - - - I I - - . __ "... I . . I U.- , . . � - IH -NEW _ I . DUCOM M0NEY..8PVWSf$ AIN'ClOfS , RffNA'RC[ Rambles Through . . MASI .... 0. . T G "' . . I - , HE A 31G Il"t" , , � � . I I . By Chi;dotte Orawster Jordan . f - , . I By J. H. Rosily, J'r. I I Old London, Now 86kmann Wa4 Rewarded Vy Men Hubbard � I B It was Christmas, morning, and the, 014 131goneim had been the boll 1. - I Through a Pupil. I QY(l children were eagerly awaiting ringer of the village as far back as I ' .1 - . You will, remember that we used to tile breakfast bell. remember, sad by coming In contact By Rev. Hyslop Vickson, for somp. time acting Pastor int " q , Ing received hle three francs, be told, very often, that, "Children "I believe I ]lite Christmas breakfast with the priest for years lie had be- . J* . Hav In Beckmann carefully put the Vo best of all," exclaimed Bob, 'for there come familiar with all parts of the Willis Church, Clinton. l, Reraph Should be seen and not hear ' money Into Ilis pocketbook, Said good- We know better now -let the babies we always fihd Grandpa Grey's money church services to such a degree that bye to. Mr. and Mrs. Steirtacher, Sad talk. God bless 'em! surprise! there was, at times. almost something 11 left. The healthy, ,active child is full of It Just gets funnier and I clerical about his persons. It '- is not the �urpose of the writ,cr - among the other veUcles with no . I impressions, and that he should ex, funnier every ,,ear! OhJ1 wonder , relate in this article all t �110 -delivery � . ., By profession he was a tailor, and to lie dv- greatex, privilegu* than, , Once outside the house he turned up press himself is just as natural as for what It will be this year! - you might see him every day sitting tails of the w,a,y In which he spent ton cyclist. t I'albusus alone an offi- the collar of his overcoat, for It was a bird to sing. . 0 on cold and misty, pressed down his hat, It is Nature's ,way of giving growth "It can't bt� nicer than It was last on the table in his sho%, which faced I I , t6r it wvA. windy. dug , his hands into -no one knows a thing for sure until year, when We found those cuuntug the cliurch, always wearing ,an eolor. , days at the ClirbAmas season In this cial caunt, gives ail liveraga at 111his � . his pockets and hurried homeward M . mous pair of old-fashioned Spectacles, immense city of Loudon.; nor will -it Corner of six hundred and ninety per , he tells it to someone else. little wainut-ilhells tied with bright Ele',had a lorig unkempt beard, which . tile modest lodgings in St. Jacqueis St. We deepen impressions by recount- ribbons on the tiny Christmas -tree made him look like a dwarf, and he be attempted to recoill all tit(, im- hour or nearly a dozc�i a minute. Th(l lie Stopped at the fruit dealer, the Ing them, and, to suppress and repre'ss centreplece," Said Jean. "When visitor stanifs ameazed at this see-s-aw butcher and the baker, bought two tile child habitually when he wants to Opened mine, I was about the most unsociable person lircsgions Which enter the mind of the , and saw the Shiny little I have ever known. Everyone called London vi jungle of traffic. Ile woudo-'s if tbv eggs, two. ounces of butter, a little tell of the curious things he has seen gold piece lying on the Soft blue cot. sitor. But let us 'ix Oull drivers of Yehiclos here are - wonderf ul- cheese, a little Pacon and a loaf of is to display a two-by-four acumen. him old Bigoneau, not because of his ton inside, I thought they were the age, for he -,vas not old, but because of gaze oil a few incidents out of those ly clevor or whether it is pure, reck- broad before he entered the dark hall Not long ago, on a horseback ride very dearest nuts I'd ever craelteoll" his cranky and trapleasaut ways and of the tenentent, where lie lived on in the provinces, I came to an out -of- "I liked the teeny red stockings the peculiar habit . he had of thinking busy days. ilessness, for axles continually come I . � the top floor. the -way school. This particular school best, with the twenty-five gold pennies aloud. � within an inch of cne another and vet After closing his door he lit a candle would not have attrafted my attention lnside,'� said chubby little Ted, who. ' When I had grown to be quite a big It was in a rather sleepy conolitnon I they rarely strike. Here, too the . find placed it on a table near the specially had I- not noticed that nearly had not Yet studied mental arithme- buy Something Strauss happened to that -11'amilton (my companion) and wonder and admiration of the �isitor d his overcoat, half the school lot was taken up with tie. "It Seemed lots more with all put on his Slippers, an old skull cap I a garden and flower beds, I those WaIng moneys!" old Bigoneau. I arrived at E'uston Station oil the . from abroad is stirrod. as lia s"so t1hat I 1. . I One night, when he was sound glorious, speqtacle of tile policeman and a very threadbare coat, and went No house was near and it was ap. "But they weren't so funny as some morning of December 24th. AS we I out Into his little kitchen. He lit the parent that this garden was the work I of the other, things," said asleep, ail automobile stopped outside with uplifted arm, causing tll�e traffic . , fire, set the table for one, took a bot- .of the teacher and scholars. Ing. "I can � Bob, . laugh. his .house and Two strange men woke were leaving tilt; station, a barefooted , on certain strco'.s to stand still W1.1110 Straightway I dismounted, tied my Just see grandpa now, lie Rating 4 tie of white wine from a cupboard, fishing up dollar bills that Christmas him ull,rudely. Bigoneau had no more newsboy, notf.cing our s . fliat on others rushm wildly by, and filled a decanter with cold water, fried horse and walked Into the school. out of that little tub, . and grinding strength than A child, bat lie loved steps, voluntome& Information as to thoa th,-,t arin drops. and tli;o other is I house. them thro his miserable life and begged the men the situation of the street -for which , his eggs and sat down to his modest . ugh that toy �Wringer into rai,1:,d t1D, give vent Vo tile pent-up Slipper. The teacher was a man of middle our hands! We thought that the best to da him no harm. - we well,- lookiag,' and then trotting � When be bad finished and cleared age -a hunchback,, and one of the rar- kind of laundry work1,10 "You are welcome to all I possess," traffic of other strouts. , , away the dishes, he went back ,Into est, gentlest s . pirits I have ever met. . "I thought those little pill -boxes he said, "but, as you see, It is , not besideus told. us alternately th# h0 . Have you noticed what an alert, re- ch.ff . would carry our suitcasu for its and Desi*.,ing to get into a street Where I the front room.. . ceptive and beautiful soul Is were funnier Yet," said Myra. "I have mu that it was quite a long way. I A: plain Iron bedstead, covered with housed in a misshapen body? *',' kept mine until now -but it IS emptyv� His two visitors wore faloe, beards, . With- we may. be calin in mund, .We start a red . bedspread, stood opposite a emem . out ceasing hco slioqted thesis ti�o re- back int.he direction Of.= lodgings. This man was modest and shy as a ..her, each one held big goggles ai'd long linen dusters, � small bureau, and these with a few woman, and when I Spoke of the flow- twenty glistening nickels that Just fit- "We don't want your money," one marks in our cars for several blocks, On our way oiie st'rect more of ills- � rickety chairs. and a plain table made er beds, he halt apologized for them, ted in the little box? And on the lids, of the burly giants replied. "Just get until we found it necessary to express toric ' fame arrElsts our attention - up the Whole furniture, except for ati. and tried to change the subject. I YOU'know, grandp , a bad written: up quick, dress and come along with our thanks for -his Information in , a Cheapside. 'The charactpr of the . old piano, whic l h had evidently seen When, after a few moments, he rea. "'Whc,i Sad or Ill, us, You know how to sew and say more effeli;tive way than by Words of street is guessed front its namo and better days. 4, � '. %he prayers for the dying, that's lence, - . lized that my Interest in his garden I I just take pill. kindness. I our first lessou� its obvious diliv.vation from the Ang- For a while Beckmann sat at the was something deeper than mere curi. .-Dr. Santa Claus."' . enough." . - lo -Saxon. lecapiaifl-to sell or bargain, piano singing the songs of the old osity, he offered to go out with me and ,,why donli you go to the priest?" information . is not giv . ,on gratils in � inasters he loved so dearly, then he show me what had been done. So we "How about Jittle 'Mary Christmas,' "That's none of your business, London. , Though less than ql�iartoir of a mile undressed, put out the light and went walked out, and out, too, .behind us though?'."piped up fat little sue. "She 'Hurry tip and keep yourJougue until . When' we had decided as to our lod- I in length, it is one of the greatest of to bed. trooped the school of Just fifteen looked awful pretty, standing at'each ask you to talk." . . are. d c litains . . Sera�hln Beckmann was sixty-five scholars. . of,our plates In her red crape -paper ,we . . gings, a Couple of hours' rest put uo London's, thoroug,lif. s an 0 1 years old. In his youth he had been I ILYou see,' he Said, "in winter we frock-, with her litt,e pointed kerchief Bigoneau dressed and followed the Ili a splendid condition for an . after- many of the best shops; Jewellers, have sixty or more pupils, but the made of a folded dollar bill. And men outside. . it was the second time i tailois 'and bosivili especially favor quite a famiHar tenor, and had been 1, in his life he had seen an automobile, nO011'sl walk, in which we might be - heard in all the capitals of Europe, school is small now, I thought I when we took that off, you know. , 1 it. ,,, One should yisit it on a Satur- but he had never known -how to take would try the plan of teaching Out of there we found She was a lovely stick He remembered having told the road comb acquainted with tho .central part dav aftornoo,ij when front one end to .1 . care of the money lie earne � I doors half the time, and to keep the of peppermint candy. Mary was a ,.to the nearest town one evening to a ,of the city and get. our bearings for I the other is ,-in Unbroken line of st1i.1.,t d, his purse . � - had stopped him ,in alin had always beel�. open to his friends, girls and boys, busy I just let each sweet child." � big chauffeur who � , I titure wandtfings. With such , venders 'standing, at, the edge of the a miserable scholar. I have a flower bed. Some l'Oh, I don't care much for Such outside the.church. '.Perhaps this vat in -view, a visitor naturallir wants - to ,I -and now lie was Making I girlY' things! " said canny Kenn the �Vner .car. They sped away at . Ifool-pathill shoittling the good ',qualli- living, giving singing lessons at three wanted to raise vegetables,� and, of eth, � course, I let them plant any seed they "I liked best those little toy trees breakneck speed, but Bigoneau did 'discovor . thols i ituation of Piccadilly, this or ,,in eudlcss� number of inven-1 francs a lesson, but he was content . r u nto red spools by our'bre . not realize it, and -wbon'they ..stopped Cheapside, *'INeet- Street'and t1w tions, . . espu-,ially toys. Imitation , and did not see any reasqn why. he �wlshed. The older children, lates! Didn't wo, have . to akfast he thought they had only travelled a Strand. . . . . 1. should complain of his -fate in life. .boys, help the younger ones -it is lots P . hunt dozen miles or so. . . . . I . . railway t1rains.,,fix. sat running in cii, . 1. of fun. When the w6ather Is fine we th6ugh, to find that moneyl I lookea . � . ntelle.c- cles around.the pedestrian's feet . Td -day he felt even more happy than . $ire out here a good deal of the time, under my tree Lud on it, and broke ' They Were otitside. a big chateau, -. As wo,'had come ,direct f rom I . � ana � . Ilasgow, ila- talily bears,are turning suniniarsaults usual. His favorite pupil, Alina Stela" just working ;%lid talking." Into the little trinkets hanging on the with massive grey towers and our- tual .ind incolivkfational G I acber, a girl from the same part of along .tilt, vetidorls Afill. . I And that is the.wa�y this man- taught tree, and Just couldn't find Itt I. had rounded by a .-most. The car rolled pulse lead as toward fa.shiolla;bIc,PIC7 .. . � I . . Alsace where he was born, was on the -letting the children do things, and about given It up because . grandpa across a bridge and through a maze of dilly. .1liccadilly Circus is a very . � . . . point of making her debut, and he felt talk, He explained to me that he was . Said It was such a hard -times year, halls and rooms. BigOneau waR CID � 11. , , What a ro'ief itwas to'get, back to that site was destined to become a not an- "educated" man, and as. I con. When, he came laughing along, pulled ducted to a large apartment, where lie important. traffic "bub" fronit -,Nihich our lodgings, and ill a cos cla . air biA, - . I ly , , ,great prinia donna. . �. tradleted him my eyes filled with I the. little tree out of its spool base, I saw it wolnda lying oil a bed 'while a important, thoroaplifere.% radiatis , to fore tfic warm glow of tho,bright fire-. * * * * . * 1* 1. tears, .' I and there was a greenback wrapped tali, maskeO man was standing near. uOrth, east, $011th and wTS1'. A s a I . , ' Not educated? I )yonder how many I tight round the stem -just as slick as her. . . . I � Visitor gazes with open ii.,outh at th,% phice, to sit and,rcca)[1 with vividness . . . -cul'oe mingled with Anna Steinacher appears(] at the of us'who call ourselves educated have 1* slick! He must go to anawful lot of "P, ather." ' cried the, young woman, strange world which surroiiiidl; hini, the sights which be. .. Paris Opera. Her great beauty and a disciplined mind, and . can call by trouble for its youngsters! 'Do. you "'do forgive me! Take pity on ihe and hc�nv,,ds to be jostled a few t inAu by one another in their eager efforts, I . . exquisit . e voice won the heafts of the -name the forest'birds in ourvictility? I remember those bright -colored balls of Yourself-, .,. I .. -'crowd �o realize' ;Vfiera he is stan- '. each to leave a pe,rinalient finpression audience from the moment she enter- � Do we know the bira-notes when we : twine lie gave each of us years ago? i . the , � . I in tllat-�onicthing, wb*.ch wQ call the vd the stage, and no one in the audi- .. . "Pity" growled the giant. 'Have (tin-. One wonders to what' extent . � hear them? . . When we commenced. unwinding the "' I ' 11 . . "nicniory"I , - .. . . tuce was inere enthusiast4c than her You Slio*n any pity to me? Have *you Piccadilly. has rLtnained tile Same . . . ,. -Can' we with 'Pencil outline the 11 String, every few feet out would pop not dishonored our noble naine?, All . . - . -1 . uld singing master, wild N,�atched leaves. of oak, elm, maple, chestnat,; a c6lifl. We must have been a funny, through 'the. passing vo-aZ,. It', is said . 'My Christulas Dinner *��-vory inoveniefit from his seat in th!3. liazel,,-walnut, birch or beech trees, as lookhig�crowd, hollorling and bumping you have to db uow.Is -to prepare your- . . . . . . � : . last row of the ga,lI­ .. . - . I I seI14 to'die. You have asked that it be that .the narne was derived 1roin the . ., � � - _. . .. , ery.. . . . others familiar -with these trees can into each.other- as we Wore scampering . , . . I It was not. a.bright prdspec.t - Tor .'a . When* the ,curtain had gone' down recognize them? 1. . � I ToUnd after our. Inoney! And. ho . w not our hands th&t solid you to. YOU% pickadils or ruffs, worn in t1he early -in- I � for the last time. Under a storni- of - Do we know by - name or an sight . grandpa did laugh! He. -must have death. - This man will do the deed, Stuart period. Today i.� is thionged CL allian w1ro had iflways� sp6it . i I and, lie will not be responsible for it, ,with fashiot C.Ople, at all Cli,ristmas Day among tile �Iri,.,uds � of � applause form the audiej�ce be left the Insects that fillthe Summer nights sat up half the night to 'wrap all those for he will be forced to. act as'we say. #I iably dressed p his own home, to Vbink- of being in a. I . the theatre happier than lie illad .. ever with.nielody? Do We know what they I -pieces. In the balls. I wonder what he 16C ; . . - 11ours. For, a free resso ' a on ('how to I . . Ielt in his' life. � . 4 - feed upon, and how. long they live?' Will spring on us this year?" .. . oine on,'.'. Said* the colossus,.turn dregs Well 11 a walk'aleng 'Piccadklly. city stioll, as London aniffi atrange ptc,,­ . . . To -night he took . a 'bus Instead of Do we. know for sure how !much a,: "He. does go to a great deal of tt . oil- Ing to Bigoneau. ,"'Read *.the prayers I . - u to' ,; ujil(nowil, at this fm Walking hoine, and soon to bushel of wheat -weighs? - . � . , , for the dying to her and ask G-6doto foi. ,�I'Onld give excellent satialaction. P& plo and c S ni. . Und him- j edu* ble to give his. grando.hildren some ex- give her sins, for which. she is n6w .destrians do not . hurry along ' - this ffirta season.. Howevor, these prop-nedl-7 self in his poor rooms feeling strange- , � I wonder � What it Is to be cated! tra Christmas fun with his gifts," wild . .1lop - tated - tears were - doomed to'disa - ly lonesome and out of..sorts at the il . � * . * . I. . * . .. * *' � mother, who had just come In "but I about to atone with her life.". . street. They gaze into. all the g � . pl. I . I . - . I -d frequently at ose anoth- pQi-ntmvat.- Whether itwa.4 tile. nov- thought thp,t his life's* work Was over. . I . . think thkt he enjoys your enjoYni6xit . Bigoneau cried as he.began to say 'windows an . . I Here, was a man. seei�ingly sore quite tis much as you do. While I do the prayera� The poor -girl repeated er as well. . I elty.of'sttauge clistoll.1% or the curios- . "I am hungry," lie murmured half- Smitten by the hand .of- Fate, and yet not know -just � what he lids. in mind - the words softly,, as the - men t left the : , . I . - of athig a na- aloud. .. I . . i t" associc With v rious I . . Whose heart was'filled'with Sympathy. thig-year, I feel pretty sure. that your room for a - moment. ' . . . : . I rhe visit. I 0 toLondoil passes Under tionalities or tile inutual . -friendlinIss I There .was a knock at the door. Who. and love, He had no quarrel either grandfathei Will keep ,up, 'Vith the . "Madame," said Bigoneau,. "I would I�iccadilly more often than along it, of strangerk i-6 one another. tha� ,gave . . � vould come to see him at this hour with the world.or Destiny. He was . times.p, . . gladly give my life tosave yours." I . . of the night? Evidently someone who. . for this is a ecilitival point for tile lne� �t,he greatest pic.1sure, I - till . ill,- . ,. . 1. childless that he might love all 'chll- -, just then - the breakfast chimes "You must obey theini" sh� said. .. tubes or subway.- . Lohd6n' is Under- czftitin, but with all its ,�arious com- had inade. a mistake. He opened the dren, and that Ills beart.might go out ,sounded, and scam�lering down poll- . . . 41oor. . . . . ' I moll, with 'Merry- 'Christmases to "What.do they- Want meto do?" , - t railway lines. - On pon6f_61�nients tilt, 6ccaslixi . - wau one ' � I.. tQ every living thing. I "They want you t6 kill me." - Mined with eigh � ,. , 4 . � I Anna Steinacher, followed by her ,'The trustees of 'the school did not grandpa, the excited children rushed. ' "Never!. I will never , commit gi .account ot.the, danger in crossing not .soon t;O be. forgotten. � I . . . I I I � . faithful maid, Gretchen! , Anna* with take . much. interelit', Ili. methods, I to their. places. There they , found,, ,crime like that." . - s . � .. roadways, peftstriaml, especially . - .. . - . I I a. face beaming with - happiness! found,. -so 'they let the teacher have standing like sentinels. beside e I ach I ' us "It Is 11 Yes, it is reall his. Way'- and- I have -since -be e, no crime," said the girl, stra�jera, ate adviscol'to. make c -of I -have not yet discoverod'.1lic � 6or- �y 1! Why ) on told - .plate, clothes -pin ladies dressed in "It will b ' ' . � ' ect name by' Which to desi ate this . .do you look at me u6? I come to thke that the best Schools: are those where I "If*you do. not kill me, th6y will.". tho silbway. Experience oil, , Loudon r .. ,. gn . . � � greenback ' gowns of 1aslildnable . ' ' house - atwhich I stayed. ,It was nei- , One must always, the trustees or directors: take no., scantiness.. -Grinning- little1aces had . t1ranger that . I . . --upper With YOU. in-, � The: collosus and -his so�s -entered- strects.soon convinqu.,+ a S I ' 41 ha,�e a good -sappew after a perform- terest in the institution. . . b I eell. . ' and handed the tailor. a -big bag. � , 11 1. . painted on .their little - round, . ,, the comlinon sign, -"Don't ask a pol� :tber an hotel nor a boarding bouse;� In � anee, an a � � Sew hbr up in., that," he ordered, , .d we are going t,, have all our A'rare collection of 'bird ' eggs, - . - . icenian ;.takt,s tile sub%ray to any part frahce ill inight be called a . "Punsioli � ,. vId Alsacian dislics," . . I . . . � . fungi- and forest leaves Mid been made, ` . . I . . __ I '. . 11andr.when* you have done that you of-Atie citly,"-s � 11 � ould b0conlo part of. do- Farililley.'r. bu.b wit I arenot, in . I I " The young singer with tears..of joy and I was sliowi� outline drawings of . I . 1, � w . Ill push her into the river." -' living.creod. ,.Instead of dodg-. Prance; . Perhaps the'Scotch" ." would . iii her eyes, kissed her old teacher on all the loaves In the garden. This* I I I I Bigoneau. hesitated, but the girl your .. applk I to -it the name,. Idiggffigs" . or hoth cheeks, and thoy both cried a Ideg. of drawing -a picture of the object I I "Obey' them please for my , Ing ' ol,cubt!ully under horsei's lituds, ' . , � . bogged: . I . . . - little. . . . led to a muc[h closer observation,'the "I I . sake." � . . I . . � . . . One ,has but to descend. a, few, steps Simply Idigs.1 Ili any case,. th , ore we "Now, * er thought. - AnU'when I found, - - The'tallor slowly.ztarted to sew. up I . IT, -a few rul.11 ' ni- sa t a t. our fX.nias dinner-, twelvel or its, I Gretchen.. let ..us see, what teach . . l - __� . I � I ant . utes; emergetrill - . . . . .1 � you have." I � I on -questioning some of the children, the bag around the unfibrtunatte wo- . ` niting,no ic 0r than seven couft- . . and �calluly Ili the .strect ote- represe w . Ili a few triomenti the basket -wits that the .Whole school took '!a semi- - __� . man. 1. . � I . .- . I I pliantly I . - ries. , , , . I. I I � I * weekly ranible through the woods, . . �. � . sirvd. . Over, sixty thousand * pe�sons t . ­ . . (mptled, the table set tile candles lit and . "Throw her oil your -back," ordered I .. . . . , �parkllng Ili, th� made close studies of the Wild birds- I lie had finished. '' pasi through the subway daily; - . the Rhine wine I . the fs#hor when - . .. , At one end. -of the table sat' tile man - glasses, and master and pulill sat as well as Insects, It'came to -me that . dh of � the ' - * I , ;� I �. I.. . . I . . . Bigdneau' had the strong y `njj�tion, howtive,r, is,uot to ageo of the house,. 11 yoil'ng E'liglish- (town to a veritable feast, as Deck- this mail, afar from any "intelligent . children of the people who Cariy bur. .A'l 1 - . .Mann had not seen for years. . , : centre," was working out.a peolagogic .. I dens heavier than.themseLves, and be toilke iiiv.�read6l�'titl4aerg,rotinil, Ilk to ,inan, who was to ail lailgocs a willing . . . . "This. is not going to be the last system that -science could never tin- � sides the poor girl Weighed 'only very turn off1roin, Pic.cadtilly into tile guide to the City and tin untviiable . 011ie we sball feast together, -lnaSV.'V, - proiVe Upon. . I . . I . I -on his back . he ,.4ty,,11 alid Fletli, Street, a lino of 'ourco . of information . oil all coneciv- .4, 1 . . , .k ,- .. little. With the bag * , I % 11 Aor you are ta continue singing with -* * . * i� I . . I _( , ..'­ � I followed the three men to the river. . � ine on the condition that I fix your -, � � . .* .- - . - I . � "Do not let father be present at'my .thofoughfare. dellse frOlil. lijoXnIng., � to able subject . s.. .. - . - - - .. . . 1. NVliether the little inan realized ill ' � night . with, traffic. The .'�triind, we . I � ". � kFalary." . I . is - I I 'k � I .. . I I . - � -ss I . death,". the poor girl moaned. ­ I At the Other cond sat the: hostt I . . . . . or not', I cannot say, but I do not think ' . I& .... I . "One must' respect. the wishes of tbo� are told, call challenge coin'parisoll with laorkin(fly smile bestow0d on .ill . � . .. I't, . . . . . . - I � . . I he guessed the greatness of )its work 11 � . 1q(, t :* i.. : ". I dying,"- said the father., and - walked with any thormigh,fart, In V11-opl.. ,and alike , , . A RRAN, I- LITT.Lk LASSIE. . and methods. It was all so slmple� . . - X . . . I off. , .. . . . . . tile visitor readily bellevEs this %ia,tf.- , - lVith gCnerous ll,e.pi . ngs . did ; I lie did the thing lie liked to do, and* . I .1 �. . she . sqtisfv our Chrj.�Alnas appetlittis . . M. .. . � . .. ,the two brothers exchanged: a row ineni. . llltel*,�-.t is not.*cOnfinvol. to' the . I This story is about a brave little led the children out, and they follo 1. .- , +041 , . words. Then one of them addressed . . and ,,vith kLan'tuld thoughtful. per"4p- Iass!6 who lived in Australlil, which bec,ause they loved the man, -and f - . � .. ; .. I . . buildings 1,114 liv. � Stand in ,illy (1001'.- . I' ** - . the tailor: "Tie this stone to, the tfoll (lid: She attend, Vo all her, ill,alli7- . I - I I � - . .. is right on the other side o0he world. loved the things that lie loved. . _140 . I . � � bag� t) I . I � . . wa) . and you Yvill, be aillilml, .at tile fold _diftleo. . . . . . . I ' She was only f I ourteen vears -old, and Science 'seeks to simplify, This clothe�-plll I* . ttandink, I , .1 . .1 I crowd�; . of all rank -9,. ages, contlitions � .- .. : . . . . W. � . , I leads and% their Big,#aeau obeyed. . I . . � I her father was a flshe�rman, and -lie Country se.hool' teacher, doing his own room -only" gowns were joined by a . lived oil a little island W -10i, bis­��iie little work Ili Ills ownlittle way,.wa8 "Throw her into the. -river now!" and hationalitim that, surge 'unceas- To her right hand sa t. . x ' " NV el,g I i I . , - . . � 'lacing of cord, to which was attached . "Never!" said Bigoneau, in despair. lagly.by. - No other .street. ill, Loindon gentleman and, his wIfc,. whose tablLs and their eight children. I . a true Sclentist. And -he -was also a this vorge:. . . I . . . . I No one else lived on the islavid, and great teachor; - Tip. was moulding bu- - . .. . I I "Then I will,do it for you." �9() happily combinni till, aspects. of lilalln6rj slid. saiggostive. reinarks ills-, . ' no one could come to them Unless they nian lives, and filling the minds of his ' At this merry Christmas breakfast . "Do not lot him - do it," cried the it* ifie,s%, and aniustim0id. Irbeat.res, plai ed ,tit . ent1hu . siastic but %ill � ) I erficial I I I thought it might, not hurt girl. � . . I . b s I . y I . came in a boat. . clV*4;lren with beautiful and useful lraa % . . stand here now - where in Elizabethan zeal for religion. . Emotional -and ev- I . I � The fisherman bad a.boat of libi o1-vn presslo'ns. ' . . . . ,� . 1, .To appear in all the.glory . At the sound of her voice Digglioav times * cresitruatlA aristocratic 'ail, leir re -L . I I W all- ang0istle front t ' 01) to -too, 11 j of course, 4nd -o . . I Of my new sheath skirt. t together all, his courage and threw , I . . I ioiis,. -with g,.irdens il,tendhig, down s lie went out Ili it i I � _____�_. * p I . . go s ligion. was so much. on'the surface iha*t Catch fish. One day the fisherman After tile laughter had given place, .the bag Into tile river, but at. the same , � .. . I scarcely expeptrol to Vnish illy "din - Was going to sail across the water to STOLE -170rl DYING 'SON - to tilt, river side. . L i place where .some Other people liv- .. . � 1. to the happy eating of breakfast., Jean moment tli(-,N brothers seized him and . . . asked bv one . or 1 . . . went to grandpa's chair, and slippirip threw.hini out after it, while a voice - 1 ain enient, oil. itei without, bvhigc . I . - . � : . ( I . '' I �d, and lie took ills wife and two of I.. . I ,her.hand Ili -his, whispered, I'Mothei cried: "The lionor of the Nerkadeii lVll- do n A pau.q, 1i W/ �Otll* it I wa.s'a C1111'stiall. . ,,its children with* litin, as he'thought . J, P.1s Unaffected by Story of a WAD- said you'a ko.op, up with the times is w611 worth the life of�a peasant." Meet Street, although it, to(X is1kw', .. �. . . they ,would like a sail in the boat. . : , grandpa, 'Slid I Jose. ,.!link this ,styllsli 131goneau was -so sad that hil -felt *,,vith traffic, but Wo Arnenibe . r as we �Ncxj t,,) tll(,)Il sal lily travelling coni - The other six children were left oil rnahl . a Terrible Struggle. I death to be delivery, and lie wolild ll�ss ,along tlWo it, is fallious, tile woll�d , .1 1, � . . .. . little lady Ilere is ,the best Over! ' , pallion ,it,, quiet. in our demeanor the island, and the oldest of them was . . . . . . . . . . -in '.And We but observant, , not even have tried to save himself b�, a�,e a Centre Of journalis of every pa.qsIng dutall. Despite the pathos of a story told I %_ - . I felt the bas. Over the brave little lassie, only fourteen ; ., I � . � I sNN,Imm1ug If Ile had not . ,vears old, and she had to look after to the 14,tificid magistrates wheit Llvzlo I j. � Dovilled Turkey Legs floating next to him. The stone had not(, along the gtrl.0 - the offlres� oi ,(;ooll after dinner coninictneod, curios-� ' ' I war , " al. newspapers ar ihe others till father and inother came Ponfold, aged 41, , charged with , . I . - , fallen off. Then lie struck out Withjnvarly all Vau gre. . Id itv prollIlAo'd a lady across ilic, table I � stealing articles from laundries at - - I . all his might and some moments later periodicals�, whelv.� hosil, ef busy toil-- 'to' ter I was a'Yankcv or back. . ask ine wholtl But, alas! father and mother never which she .hall linen employed, It did. Put I O,Y, of Witter Ill a Saucepan, i the current carriod the two ashore oil vrs alle at ,work both daY and ]light- Caliadiall, I callcd for 11, Vote of all lid come back; for the boat wa�s till- not appear to awaken a very respon- land when nit,W,d add a tablespootift ' I! a rocky point. l� " � As we admire tilt' lwalliv kind ,ql'ti%ti(' Tircisentu'and tilt, nia'jolitv decided that set into the sea, and they were drown- .give feeling in the licar.ts of.the inagis- bf made mustard, a teaspoonful of cay. * * * .11, 41 ftiatums of these inodern buildings, we I was a yalikee 3lavitig. thanked `d, And tile two children. with them. trates, Inspector Twigg said the pri- i-,llne ppepor, und salt to taste. (Sonle i Two weeks later the priest ,wal - ' . , 5oner's son, aged 22,.'Is dying of con- l!eople add a little carry powder� or are reiiiintled in comparison. of t N' tilt.:Ii prctoundly for the complement Were drowned, too. Jut think how , ,' bel nger, ,A�hen title when 116pe, Ili writing abolit I proniisvd durin , . - iumption, and is not expected to live paste), Divide the legs at tile joint, about to appoint a I ri . g Illy violt I o act out dreadful it was; jor the pool! children , � peared accompanied uy i . � . . left on the island, for no one knew . week. It was to provide for lilin. tako off. the gkin, and make Several y a eciiiiII011 SOW- loy Yankee part. . . . .. lint tho womaa stole. "Spoliking as Indsloriv, jengtliways Ili the meat, young woman of unusual beauty, lite Fleet Iblver (,now onl� . . that they were now all alone. in ordinary individual, and -not as a I Rab Ili tho devilling mixture with the bride. er) front which this street derived its izzled still were all . prosont But the brave little lassie cared for -.)ollce officer, I do not know to what I I:ack of a teaspoon. Dust With cay. � I . . liAlill" reftirred saltzast IcallY ,-4 4'ro �AlOrc PI t iier brothers and sisters Just like the , %tent I wo�ld liave gone had I beqn nnne, and Squeeze l6mon juice over, I . where lqeet I)Itch, with di%�6inb0gll1Ilg about the basliftil young man who sa , . Mother did, and when all the bread , . - strvanis, ljollg tilt., large tributo Of' beside its at tit(- conivr of ill(! table, It _10 n caught touched was one, of tile 1) _W�'� T E. R . - ,And flour was done, she eve Ili the prigoner's place," lie added. So I'lace on a buttered. gridiron and took 1 �6:� H) Ei ' took day.,; for Its to extract froln dilm a sheep and killed it! And they Aver rosecutots ,overn clear fire. Serve very !lot with . dead dogs to Thallios; , living on tlittt,' cooking It over* a fire that lie withdrew from tbe case. "Tile A* piece of butter oil each joint. The Nothing (-Ali be too high, or too . tile inforluation that h(A had beell. for voinan ba,,k had a terrible struggle t, ) , A wood, when another fisherinau hap- Ilast pickings of the ttfrkey and ham great, ol too good, for a man to �d( Leavillig Met t StrLsIt btUmd, we hit.%- ,six � years Ili Korea. as a Alothoidii4'. pened to come. stilling tip lit his -boat for the sake of her son," said tile vicar may be potted, and the bones of both than to spend ills life In tbe services t,.,n on until we arrive at tile busiest .NLIlssionary from thq� Vnited-Stlatm, 11 of St. Luke's, 141,nileld, Nevertheless, tnd took the pom-'ehildren a, 'N U, , Y WIL11 $26, or a month's Ila- provide excellent iltock f I or soups. of the class from lyhleh he Sprang.- %�ot in London and herewe halt for a I'lilike most missionaries who are 111m, and kind friends lookc(l arter she was hn.&I . . . '.&. Herbert Ilurrows. . 1. whila. to get sunie inipit-tssion 0 � the Iloille on furlough, It(- oliqliked to talk them. . . ­ � .. ... .. prisoliment In default, . . � restless city. This, triangular Spot about hinl%elf Or his work. - TW ladies , - . I . . - 11. I 11 I in iliv very heart of London is coill- jit tile hous(l pitted hint and thought - 11 .. I . ..1. -_1 1. 1. . 11 .1 . -1 � I.. ­ � .. . ­ . -1 . I I I I . I W� I � .. - -, I - _ ____ - ___ - - monly spoken ofas "The Bank" and Tip ilye't have -hall ,,, lotelv time 11ving ! �!! , --!O-- �- __ � . N _;�_ . io it inight, be applitid thv title' which uninairled lit Koval, all thost, years, I � the people! of Boston are ,laid to C)"Ill They wonderp(l it lie liato.1 all Nvolu- . . * L 6 1. . for their city -"The hill) of tilt, Vill- ell, . but, Eley were not So Outspoken � ­ 1-1. � t on . , aM . ThV,N News -Record grows in circula 1 becauSe it exc-tels verse," Ilere colllv(Uge no fttger than with thdr Sympathies wholl I ilifoIrm- .qp - e lint b ,ven 1111por(ijIlit thorought s, ,each tol, theni oil lite sid t efore going I filled with all Unending stream of to Xorea he had proposed Va three � 11 I I I I I � I I , t L)eli . vabsi ollinibuses, motors, Cart,"$ Cy.. - I * thin it vear without success, - I ails. Thore I,* no gil, s Wil . while )Ionic oil fur� l clistk; and peolustri and. lie intended - I .11 .1 W P ev. V.S# rstreets of Lotidon. Insttlad of them � I S Tooku for street cars on Nil' busy lour 0 'h to t,ry s I , . 011ie 111orp. 6 for Town, a.,nd To n, hi w e find fto-StOrcy 1116tOtbUsVN MAd I 00posittl Nais Iftissionary k'at a Gelt. . bt,.rstxbu.w.s, whieb Wiggle In and out mati w1io (lid not cotitributo 141,gely to � . 11 . ro4h,w. I . RJ VER WIGHT INCREASED )FROM 10 , 0 TO 14 1 0 POUNDS. I Monderful Praise Accorded I ferunathe Household -Remedy Mrs. Marla, Goertz, oriental owe, bows, writes: 44MY husband, childrest and myselt have used your medicines, and we al - Ways keep them In the hotiso ineaso of � uMs"ItY. I was restored *to, health oy this medicine, and Dr. 11artman's. in, - , valuable advice and books. People ask about me from different placesy and are, surprised that I can do all of my housa� 'work alone, and that I was cured by the doctor of chronic catarrh. Blyhuskland WAS oared of asthma, illy 0angl,ler of earache and catarrh Of the,stomaelt, nnd IVY son of catarrh of the throat. Who:, . X W40 sick I Weighed 100 pqunas;. UOVr .1 weigh 140. "I have regained myllealth again, and I cannot thank iou enough for your advice, May God give yo L, � 14 a long lira owd bless your work.1P . , . the conveysation, as his knowledge or . I English was very sl - ight. However, we 4 took him with us in the aft,ornoon. to I th-c- Vcologic,M Gardens and lie seevied . . , . . as delighted as "any of us at the pm. - foxil.niances of our anqestors-�-the mon- I I keys. I . I ' Besido lika at the table,oat, a Scotck I I I lady, AIrs. MacGregor, from- lidin- � bprgh and her son, -11ugh. It 411 the inhabit -ants, of kX4:nburgh W(qe like . her, t1hat, Would be about the last city . in the r9m�ire .in which I we . uld want, I . � to resido. She knew ail that' is to be known . and that made arguing with - . . . I . � her altogether too easy. For that amusolr6ont o" tho' other visitors I I I . . (juarrelled with her every dav during . . my stay. The argurnilvit at our Xmas I ; . dinner was a sample of the others. . . . . She was,expressing lwr consecrated . lovalty to King 1CIVorge, and I, true - . . � ­ . I to 'my Yankee part, ventured to sug�- . .� . I . ..� * gest that he Was only a figure )lead. . . . I . .1ler Indignation was� allaused and slifl � . '. Went at,. me wit'li.the avo,�rcd Intention. . I .,..%w ": I - P of teaching me a lu3son I would-nover . . �, 4r . . I -.e. � fo)rg�tt_ . Tile last seuten6, slit used . . I I I . : .., . ;� .11 4i� w4l.-I Filve sitifficiont idea of the logic of , I "'. * . hl.#:* aild t1he w�ay weeach fared . . pl-inil . . . , I - I . I'M 1P .Ili the argument -1 Vdl, an-.� way, ' I . . ,;,� . t1lert.) is ono undeniable advantage in. ' *. .7 . . having a King.' ,It. fills, Loudon with ... . ,�� , I . .1 wL,.iltliy Americans dui-ing tile Coron- . ' ' ,14 � atiou season and the spending of thvir,'. . 4 ' � . I � I I nionev is a grpat hii'll, to Boritish. - ' . I . 1. '.. trade11 . I I . I . I . I . . v . . � . . . , . .1 .1 I - . I I i I . Two more people-rcinain to bo inea-- - , I . . I . � ,� . . . tionvd­�-; oung lallitis of uncertain age, ., � , I . . . one a sistor Alo tile propille'tur of the . � , I �1, I I � I house, an girl, whose cou- . . � '' ., I . -English . . . staut. good nature and- witty remarks I I 1. : . .1 � . .� 'kept all coArersatiorX firoul becoming �. - .. . 1, . . � too � sariousor too Ary. The othell . : :. .. , . I . vb,un,-. Ia4y . possussm a splendid mix-, I .. .1 . I I . . ture,: of..Ehiglishl Wu'lg.h, French and . . I . . � * Indian b1cod. Alost. of her life has I . . . I . . .. . I been spenti-in India under the shudow . I � I I . . . of. tl)e Ifknulayag Motintains.. .On the ' . . .. V � , . . surface of her fe;itures is writ1ton fti- . . I .. .. ... I .. .. volit y* and 'a light. heart, but bencatit I . , � I ::., � that bright oixt�il'oll is one of' thot sad7 " � . . . . I . dest hearts that, pen has ever attampt- � I . I I I . . 'b ed to descil. o. Disappointment, - %or- . � . . �, . . row, death, cuare, worry, anxiety and . . . � . . . . . a dell life, have .all left f1heill intpres- , � . . ­ , � Sion. , on tbat helarti But, thu* world. ' I . I . . � . � knows it not. A. noble person' it is, .1 . who ,(,an keep -sorrows -to'oneself and , . . I � . . . . � I % 1� : I - to� the -auttilde world .appear vVith art . I , . . .. . I - . . - . apparently - glad heart, and amoug I I . , � * , . : I � � one's friini(ts live i .seenalingly . hap `f)y � I . ' * ..*, I . life, , 1 , .1 . � . I � I I I . � . . I r . � . I . . . ...,".. : I . � . . . � I �CON..CTXDED NIENY IV. E'E X , ) . I . I � .� . ., � . . I I I . . . . I I . .1 . . 1. � .1 I . I . I I I 1. . I . I . .. . . I . . . . . . . I . I . . . , . . . I � . I . . . I . I . .,��. 1. . : . . . . . A Good .1dea.lift'' H61ir . . . . I . . . I . . . . . � � . . I I I . � � . . � , . .., . Treatment, . ... .1 . . . . . I . -� . .. .. � . . .. . I The tiouble Nvith most wonien's haIr. . . . � . . Is that they won't take the fline to . � . I ... give it proper. treatrn6nt., If YOU WaTtt ' I . I . � ­ I. your hair to.1have .that look of lustre . . . 4ild vitality, you must take car6 of it.- ' . . . I . You cannot exp.ect to liave-spiendid . . I � hair if you. sirriply ran a Conib througli - .- - in tile Inoriling-give It a dab on . . � . ,it tlie outer edge with a brusli-throvr � . it into a braid -switch' It around the- - - ' . I ' head -lab In a. few Ivair pins -and let' I . I 1. . . It g,o tit thc�t. . I I . . I 11AIr is Ilice any otlier growing tiling I I.. . .-It needs 4t,ttent Io 6-1 t ,needs care-tt- I . . . . . needs tliorough grooming regularly- - % I . not'onlsl tho hai'i' but the seAlp. .. .1. � � .. If voii linve the time and' paden�d . . . I . .-you ��.ati't twed any hilr tonle-but I I � I . " � most Women haven't, Vie, iie%i best ming .l.s. &%-yallq T.Ttrautone. it is tbo � I . . I I . . . I . . . 1)(,�q tlifng offereq to liake tile place . . - , � . ,of hotirs of Combing and brushin . 9. '. .. . . . - , I Tt atones Ifti the roots,'brightens thio . . .. .� , . . . "I crIldr, Inilirml6s tile texture. and maken , . . . . I It .wwr gracefpliv where it 1,,g put. . . ' I . Mrsotond Ilteialb, revitalizesC, thle' 0 - .., , .,. npaleotfctcl liair. . . . I . Yonr 'Xvill Druggist cheerfully ree. . . I .. : . oz,iniends T-TfrsutonO beeguse lie kno,w& Irn ar.H.-tie bottles $1,10 and 510c. . I . I . . � . . Sold and guaranto,�d bv W.& R. * . I . lJolines, J. E,. Hovey ntict W. A.- I%fc- .. Council, druggists. ­­­ . I � . .. : ___1___1 - I I .. " I - �� . . (O , , I . . I . . . . . - � I I I . ) FAfWLY - � 11'� . I . I . � . . I . ) LODKVO ,., VWAIDII-o-m �-('ML'o - : - -- a . . . One for each everyday ailment .1 6 * � . . . . . I I . , : . �. . . � . I __ Save ,,----­'-.­ . . . � I . Money.,* . , I � By buying the Betlin. P4 U01 Sav- , er for ivItich I awl agent. Q I 11 � I- - _._,.4.___- ­ . .-� 1 1 FURNACE INSTALLING _%.1. . it; out sPecialty. Mr. Hugh . Rorke is Very Well pleased . � . with our work 'and price. � I � I I I PLUMBING, TMAUTHING AXD � I REPAIRING. Promptly, r,ttainded to. I I ..'a __.V,____.__ Leave otderi at rCsidento, 70 VictOtil � . � Street. I'llone 'NO, 130. I I - . W* K WE B.1-8 1.1