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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1905-06-08, Page 22 TO ADVERTISERS Notice of changes must be left at this offioe not later than Saturday noon. 'The copy for changes must be left not later than Monday evening. Casual advertisements accepted up to noon Wednesday of each week. ESTABLISHED 1872 THE WINfilAM TIMES. H. B. ELLIOTT. PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1905. NOTES AND COMMEN'1S. The Provincial License department has warned dealers that selling to min- ors is illegal, and say it will be no def- ence to prosecntious instituted under this regulation, that the person to whom the liquor is given is apparently over the ale limit. The onus will be on the hotelkeeper to ascertain the correct age of the applicant. and Wyoming. Next to the United States, Great Brltaiu in the greatest con - blinder. It takes 28 per cent, of the en- tire supply. Thomas Greenway, M. P. says: - "Within the next five years or more the Grand Trunk Pacific will spend $150,- 000,000; the Canadian Pacific, in order to protect its position, will spend well on to $100,000,000, while the expenditure of the Canadian Northern will not fall mach short of $50,000,000 during the same period." Mr. Greenway knows of no other country but Canada where the expenditure of the enormous sum of $300,000 000 by a population of 6,000,- 000 would be possible. It is the opinion of the Dominiou superintendent of forestry that Canada undoubtedly hold the first place among the timber -producing countries of the world, and notwithstanding the great drain now put upon its resources in this respect by the demands of foreign coun- tries, he thiuks that its lead may be in- creased by judicious management of its great forests. The virgin white pine, he says, cannot last many years longer, but the Douglas fir, the cedar, the Western white pine, the spruce and the hemlock, Canada possesses all but iuexhaustible treasures. The spruce is the most widely distributed. Various species of it extend from the Atlantic et the Pacific coast, and from the Ameri- can border northward to the limit of tree growth. ` In the annual report of the Ontario Agriculture College the attendance is said. to have been the best in the history of the inatitntion; 833 students at- tended lectures, most of whom were from Ontario. Every other Proviuce was represented, England sent 16, Ar- gent ne 16, and Australia, Austria, Grenada, India, Jamaica, Scotland, Spain, the Uuited States, Uruguay, Newfoundland and Switzerland, each sent one or more. The total net expen- diture for the year was 8114,641. New York will not take a new police man that weighs over 169 pounds. This is the physical requirement. The ment- al teat is not stated. Perhaps there is none but it would be far better for every community if intelligence of its police force were looked after more carefully. It is no reason why a man to make a successful policeman should not have a good mind and be well educated. The public rather demands that the service be improved in this manner more than by selection of finely proportioned men physically. Many of our most effective men iu military life and in fact every calliug and profession have been under- sized physically. THE CATTLE EMBARGO. THE WINGIIAM TIMES MATH Steam shovels are Moe C Pt R. work both east and west of the village at present, Ir is expected that the road- bed will be built and the greater part of the iron laid by October 1st next. Mr. P. II. Douglas, a former member of the Blyth baseball elub, f8 tiow play ing right field for the Britannia club of the Hamilton city leagne. The Agriculture Committee of the House of Commons.held a special sitting recently for the discussion of the British embargo on store cattle. Strong lang- nage was used by some of the members, and the Minister of Agriculture charac- terized the prohibition of the importa- tion of cattle for feeding as an unfriend- ly act Eventually a sub -committee was appointed to draft a resolution on the subject. One member of the committee made use of the worn-out platitude that the embargo may be a blessing in disguise, because it tends to promote the fatten• ing of Canadian cattle by Canadian farmers themselves. The obtuseness which is responsibl@_for such a view of the situation is geographically wide- spread, bat it does not appear to be at all generally held, for it is repeated by the same few persons. One of these is Mr, J. T. Gordon, the well-known cattle dealer of Winnipeg. On his recent re- turn from Great Britain he reiterated the opinion he had expressed before he went across, that the removal of the em - If the following advertisement, from the Wimbledon (England) Gazette, is representative of industrial conditions in the Old land, we may cease wondering at so large an immigration to this coun- try. "Required -A lad about twenty ; must be a good churchman, of good education, who can drive a horse and cart, assist in the stable and garden (melons and cucumbers,) milk cows and understand pigs; must be accustomed to wait at table and of gentlemanly appear- ance; early riser and teetotaler; good references required; commencing wage, £10 a year; live out, except dinner. Ap- ply with four testimonials by letter in first instance. Mr. John .Tones, brother of Mr. Thomas Jones, of Blyth, died at the re- sidence of his son-in-law, Mr. James Fulton, of Leadhnry, on Saturday morn- ing, 20th alt. Bright's disease was the cause of death Deceased was in the 70th year of his age and was well and favorably knew in Blyth, where he was at one time associated with his brother in the butchering business. Mr A. M. Emigh, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J G Ernigh, has been selected by the United States government to go to Pauama and take charge of one of the departments of the railways controled by the Uuited States ,in that country. For the past 15 years Mr. Emigh has been a resident of Buff do, where he has held important positions in the offices of the Grand Trunk and Pennsylvania rail- ways. Messrs T. Jones & Co. have disposed of their butcher business to Mr. Wm. Heffron, brother of Messrs. John and James Heffron, who formerly conducted the butcher business in Blyth. Mr. Heffron has assumed charge of the busi- ness and has moved to the new shop ad- joining the post -office. Mr. Jones is un- decided yet as to what he will do. The financial reports ut the adjourned Easter vestry meetings of the Euglish churches in the Blyth parish showed a considerable increase all round. The surplus at the Blyth appointment was $53.19, at the Belgruve uppoiutment $35, and at the Auburn appointment $17.50. The wardens elected are as follows; Blyth -Messrs. Frank Metcalf and T. W. Scott; delegate to synod, Mr. Frank Metdalf ; Belgrave-Messrs. R. Mc- Murray and Henry Johnston; delegate to synod, Mr. R. McMurray; Anburn- Messrs. J. W. Medd and Wm. Bamford; barge would be a "serious detriment to delegates to synod, Mr. Thomas Wood - the best interests of Canada." It is not cock. The receipts and diebureemente necessary to take exception to Mr. Gor- for the Blyth appoiutment were $687.22 don's assertion that we have in Canada and $634.03, respectively. the very best facilities for fattening our - _, own beef ; it is quite proper to call atten- tion to the fact that he ignores the chief difficulty which prevents many Canadian farmers from fattening their own cattle - the scarcity of labor. It is quite im- practicable to feed cattle profitably un - leas labor is abundant and cheap. Statistics collected in Germany show thatthree-quarters of all the tin used in the world comes from south-eastern Asia. The total production in 1903 amounted to 93,093 tons. Although the output increases every year, the enpply is still insufficient for the demand. The United States is the greatest tin -using nation in the world, It consnmes 43 per cent. of the entire supply, although eontribnting very little to it. A tin - mine was opened in South Carolina a year ago, and there aro said to be do - posits in North Carolina, South Dakota Eackache and Kidney Disease Have never been able to resist the extraordinary curative power of Dr. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. The assumption that the Canadian farmer is too stupid to be trusted to manage his own affairs seems to come naturally into the mind of a cattle dealer. The farmer knows perfectly well that he can make more money out of his cattle by fattening them than by selling them to others to feed, provided he is able to procure hired help; but he knows also that with less of that help he can raise store cattle profitably. If so he should be permitted to do so, and he should be aided in securing re-entrance into the British market. Mr. Gordon, some months ago, was reported as saying that the simplification of the quarantine sys- tem in operation .between this country and the United States added at once several dollars to the valve of every young beef cattle in Canada; for the same reason, namely, the facilitation of export, the repeal of the British embargo would add now several dollars to the valve of every well-bred young beef ani- mal in the Dominion. -Globe. THE ILLS OF THE AGED. Mrs. Stacy, of It:unllton, Tells flow They May be Lessened. Reasons. (London Chronicle.) Do you know why the moon Takes the trouble to rise Rubbing silvery soap In her beautiful eyes? Why she brushes her hair Iu the neatest of ways, Till the fairylike stare Clap their hands in her praise? Why she comes spick and span From her bedroom of blue, And with never a bow Or bright ribbon askew. As she walks down the sky In her petjicoat fair I believe that she keeps Wide-awake in the air. For the jay of a glance At the cradles and beds That are precious with dark And with light-bolored heads. Now yon see why the moon Takes the trouble to rise, Rubbing the soap In her beautiful eyes. Look at the Moon. JUNE 8, 1905, TOWN DIRECTORY. BAPTIST CHURCH --Sabbath services at 11 a m and 7 p In. Sunday Sehool at 2:30 p m. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. 3. N. Mc- Lean, B.A., pastor. Abner Coseue, S,S, Supermten(lent,. METHODIST CHURCH -Sabbath services at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sunday School at 2:30 p m. Epworth League every Mon- day evening. General prayer mooting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. J. R. Gandy, D.D., pastor. W, B. Towler, M.D., S. S. Superintendent. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -Sabbath Ser- vices at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sunday School at 2:30 p m. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. D. Perrie, pastor. L. Harold, S S. 3n- perintendent. ST. PAOL's CHURCH, EPISCOPAL-Sab- hath services at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sun- day School at 2:30p in. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evening. Rev. Wm. Lowe, Rector and S. S. Superin- tendent. Johu Taylor and Ed. Nash, assistant S. S. Superintendents. A clear moon represents frost. A dull -looking moon means rain. A single halo around the moon indi- cates a storm. If the moon looks high, cold weather may be expected. If the moon looks low down, warm weather Is promised. The new moon on her back always in- dicates wet weather. If the moon changes with the wind in the east, theu we shall have bad weath- er. If the moon be bright and clear when three days old, fine weather is promised. When the moon is visible in the day- time, we may look forward to cold days. When the points of the crescent of the new moon are very clearly visible, frost may be looked for. Mrs. Elizabeth Stacy, of 172 Hunter street west, Hamilton, says: "I was very much troubled with Head- ache, Dizziuess and Constipation. I am in my eighty- first year, and I grew worse and worse till I was so weak and faint that I could hardly keep from falling. "Since using Dr. Leonhardt's Anti - Pill I am very much better; in fact, 1 may say I am very well compared to what I was before using Anti -Pill. "I am so thankful for the improve- ment at my advanced age that I think I should write and tell yon about it. I will always recommend Dr. Leon- hardt's Anti -Pill to any one suffering as I was." Anti -Pill is positively the best medi- cine for aged men and women. All druggists sell Anti -Pill, 50c for a month's treatment. The Wilson-Fyle Co., Limited Niagara Falls, O'nt. Sole agents for Canada. - New Provincial Cabinet. The Government of the Province of Ontario has been reorganized, and a new portfolio, of Minister of Lands and Mines, has been created. The recon- stituted Cabinet now consists of ten Increase Pedlars' License, members, and is as follows: -President In conversation recently with a former of the Whitney;CoAttorney-General, and Premier, Hon. J. P. member of the Brace County Connell ey; Provincial ey retar al, Hon. J. J. who will appear at the June session to Foy ; Secretary, Hon. W. J. Hanna; Provincial Treaa ask for an increase in pedlars' licenses, Mini Hon. he informed ns that when in a pedlars' Colonel A. J. Matheson; Pyne: ter of Education, Hon. Dr. R A. Pyne: Min- anpply house in Toronto and needing ister of Agriculture, Hon. Nelson Mon- The progeny of a pair of some grey blankets he asked the price of faith; Minister of Lands and Mines, favorable conditions will in some he saw in stock. The actual Hon. Fronk Cochrane; It the moon appears with its points upwards, then the month will be dry; but should the points be downward, a good deal of rain must be expected dur- ing the three weeks. The Sunny Side of Life. (Brooklyn Life.) "How do you like Parker?" "Well, I dnnno. What team is he on?" -Chi- cago Record -Herald. EBTABLIBRUSD 1872 THE WINoII0 TIMES. IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING -AT- The Times Office, Beaver Block WINGHAM, ONTARIO, TERMS Or Suesoninnose-$1.00 per annum in advance, $1.501f not so paid. No paper diacon- tinued till all arrears are paid, except at the option of the publisher, ADVERTISING RATES. - Legal and other casual advertisements lop per Nonpariel line for first insertion, So per line for each subaequent insertion. Advertisements in local columns are charged 10 cte. per line for first insertion, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements of Strayed, Farms for Sale or to Rent, and similar, $1.00 for first three weeks, and 25 cents for each subsequent in- sertion, CONTRACT RATES -The following table shows our rates for the insertion of advertisements for specified periods:- SPACE. eriods:SPAOII. 1 YR. 6 MO. 8 MO. llln. OneColumn $70.00 840.00 $22.50 $800 Half Column 40.00 25.00 15.00 0.00 Quartereolumn 20.00 12.50 7.50 5.00 Ono inglyInc. Transient advertisements must be paid h 5.00 3.00 2.00 1.25 Advertisements without specific directions will be inserted till forbid and charged accord - for in advance. THE JOB DEPARTMENT to Stocked with an extensive assortment of all requisites for print- ing, affording facilities not equalled in the county for turning out first class work. Large type and appropriate outs for all styles of Post- ers, Hand Bills, eta, and the latest styles of choice fancy type for the finer classes of print ing. H. B. Frd,IOTT, Proprietor and Publisher SALVATION ARMY -Service at 7 and 11 a m and 3 and 8 p m on Sunday, and every evening . during the week at 8 o'clock at the barracks. POST OFFICE -In Macdonald Block. Office hours from 8 a m to ti:30 p m. Peter Fisher, postmaster. PUBLIC LrBRASY-Library and free reading room in the Town Hall, will be open every afternoon from 2 to 5:30 o'clock, and every evening from 7 to 9:30 o'clock: Mrs. Orlando G. Craig, librarian. TOWN COUNCIL -Thos. Bell, Mayor; W. J. Greer, Thos. Armstrong, David Bell, J. G. Stewart, S. Benuett, W. F. Vanstone. Councillors; J. B. Fer- guson, Clerk and Treasurer; Auson Duimage, Assessor. Board meets first Monday evening in each month at 8 o'clock. SCHOOL BOARD. -Dr. A. J. Irwin, (chairman), Thos. Abraham, J. D. Long, J. J. Homuth, H. Herr, Wm. Moore, A. E. Lloyd, 0. N. Griffin. Secretary, John F. Groves; Treasurer, J. B. Ferguson. Meetings second Tnesday evening in each month. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEAOHERs.-A. H. Musgrove, Principal, Miss Brock, Miss Reynolds, Miss Farquharson, Miss Oornyn, Miss Matheson, Miss Wilson, Miss Cummings and 11. Manning. BOARD of HEALTH -Thos. Bell, (chairman), C. J. Reading, Thos Greg- ory, John Wilson, V.S., J. B. Ferguson, Secretary; Dr. J. R. Macdonald, Medical Health Officer . "What would you suggest as a name for my new yacht?" "Why, it seems to me the Floating Debt would be ap- propriate." -Chicago Evening Post. Mr. Critique -"Yes, indeed, my house is simply fall of Titians." Mrs. Non• veariche-"Good graeione, ain't there no way of killing 'em?" -Princeton Tiger. Teacher -"So I've caught yon chew- ing gam, have 12" Sammy -"No mum, I wasn't chewin'. I was jest keepin' it there instead of in my pocket. It's so sticky, Mrs. Popley-"Mrs. D'Auber remark- ed today that our Robert was like a young Apollo." Mr. Popley-"Ohl that's the way with those artists, they're always trying to make people think well of those old classical heroes. -Philadel- phia Press. Head of Barean-"I suppose you know something of the duties of .the office?" Applicant -"Oh, yes. They are tocome late, go home early, and do as little as possible while you are here." Head of Bureau -"Quite satisfactory; you must have held public office before." -Boston Transcript. Eddie -"Aren't you eorry you are an only child?" Freddie -"Oh, no; I don't mind it bat it's tough on pa." Eddie - "How so?" Freddie -"Well, yon see, I'm getting too big for him to have to take me to the circus, and there aren't any younger kids in the family for him to fall back." -Brooklyn Life. wholesale priceof such blankets was public Works, Hon. Dr. J. O. Reanmo; thirty-two cents a pound, but the sales - Ministers withont portfolio, Hon. Dr. man said the price was twenty cents a Willoughby, Hon. Adam Beck and Hon. pound -"But," says the salesman, "I J. S. Hendrie would not advise yon to buy them -we keep them for the pedlars; they were used in an isolation hospital, and disin- After the Tramps. rented, but it is scarcely safe to depend too much on disinfection " That sales- The Attorney General has addressed man was honest, but still his employer the following circular to magistrates:- would sell those blankets. He bought "It is once more necessary to call your diem to sell and he knew where he attention to the law with regard to could get his customers. Our informant tramps and vagrants. Men of this class Minister of number 1,000. declined to run the chance of spreading are believed to be responsible for a large number of burglaries and other crimes of violence, and -it tees been • found that the best result/etre ebtaineti by ilprisoti- went in the Central Prison, albwed by law. The practice of giving them the option of a fine or leaving the munici- pality has been found most nnsatisfac- I tory, and I am directed to say that when any men of this class are brought be- fore you, you should administer the law strictly and vigorously as in this way alone can serious crime be prevented. Instrnctlons of this nature have been sent out previously but have not been carried out as they should have been, and it is expected that attention Will be paid to directions herein contained. As the Railway Atithoritiee are co -opera• tingwith this Department I have to ask yon at ell 'times to assist the Railway Conatablei who may be acting, in this class of oases." a contagious disease in hie home locality • -the pedlar took the stock ; and if the Theennrxvrsas of Dr. tlisae'a Kidnet- facts were known we might be able to Liner PilIeS fstirs7y be accounted for by the reliability and exceptional merit of this great account for the origin of some myster- family Medicine. 1009 diseases. Filth and disease are Ma. E. T. BaneaD, LacauxSab.es, Port etif frequently spread by the foreigners who Co., Que., states: "For two years I tried a number of different reme- prefer to go from hones to hones with dies for backache and kid- ney disease without obtain- ingsnyyrelief. Sincahaving used Dr Chase's Kidney - Liver Pills, however, I am happy tossy that they bare proven of wonderful benefit tome. If can certify that for toa theme are the best Pills I have aver come acres+, and we always keery theta in the house. to reto am will bt a ply w he for me to of the nobility have at their houses reg - care � care to write ate for further alar establishments for fencing. Kul t. I'. UDAItD particulars of iety tame." lSr. G"6see'a Ridnee-Liver Pith, one pill a Lord Newbon who is President of if< dobe, Z cu. ,s r5:. To prtrtect you egtsinet British horse show society, suggests that W C 1.1441 e3tMeip7"tbo k •arA. the oonntry'a revenue might be increae- nsii ivory bac aE his rwaedie., - ed properly by a tax on horse raoing. their packs. rather than do an honest day's work.--Ohesley Enterprise. Although wearing swords has almost entirely ceased for twenty years in Japan, the old esteem and reverence for the weapon and its rase still exist among the gentlemen of the country, and many rats, three Wood'fi Phosphodine, The Drat English Remedy. is an old, well estab• fished and,. reliable preparation. Has been prescribed and used over 40 years. All drug- gists in the Dominion of Canada sell and recommend as being the only medicine of its kind that cnree and gives universal satisfaction. It promptly and permanently cures all forma of Nervous Weak- ness, Emissions, Sperniatorncaa, Impotency, and all effects of abuse or excesses; the excessive nae of Tobaeco, Opium or Stimulants, Mental and Brain Worry, all of which lead to Infirmity. Insanity Consumption and an Early Grave. Price }1 per package or six for $5. One will please, six will cure. Mailed prompty on re- ceipt of price. Send for free pamphlet. Address The Wood Company, Windsor, Ont', Canada, oid in Wingham by A. I. McCall &, Co. A L. Hamilton and Walton McKibbon, druggists Before and Alter. T P KENNEDY, M. U.C. M..P. 8.0 t • Member of the British Medical Associa- tion. Gold MeditUiat in Medicine. Special attention paidrto diseases of Women and Child; ren. Office hours -1 to 4 p. m.: 7 to 9 p. m. DR. MACDONALD, Centre Street Wingham, Ontario. DR. AGNEW, Physician, Surgeon, etc. Office -Macdonald Block, over W.McKibbon's Drug Store. Night calls answered at the orrice. DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND, M. R. C.8. (Eng) L. R. C. P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office, with Dr. Chisholm. W. B. TOWLER, M.D., C. M. CORONER. Office at residence, Diagonal Street. R VANSTONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC). • Private and Company fends to loan at lowest rate of interest. No commission charged mort- gages, town and farm property bought and sold. Office, Beaver Block. Wingham RAILWAY TIME TABLES. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM. TRAINS LEAVE FOR London 6.40 a.m.... 3.3.1p.m. Toronto &East 10.40 a.m0.41 a.m.... 2.49p. m. Eincardine..11.15 a.m... 2,05 pm .... 9.15p.m. ARRIVE PROM Kincardine .. .6.40 a.rn10.40 a.m.... 2.40 p.m. London ........ . ....... 11.10 a.m... 7.85 p.m. Palmerston .............. 9.85 a.m. Toronto & East 2.08 p.m.... 9.15 p.m. L. HAROLD, Agent, Wingham. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. TRAINS LEAVE POR Toronto and East6.57 a.m.... 8.43 p.m. Teeswater 1.17 p.m ....10.48 p.m. ARRIVE PROM Teeswater 6 57 a.m 3.49 p.m. Toronto and East ......1.17 p.m ... A0.43 p.m' J. H. BRESIER. Agent,Wincham. ander . OUTSIDE years No former mistress of the White House had more general sepervision of the mansion than has Mrs. Roosevelt. The best cork comes from Algeria. There are 2,500 acres of cork forests in that country. The other day a member of a London borough council said he had watched a man working on one of the borough streets who dropped his piok into one hole one hundred and fifty times with- out moving anything. `,Don't Throw Out That Old Carpet lt'e gsod for a long time yet if cleaned with SAP -O -REN -O "11" EVAPORATES" Odorless Non-poisonous Non -inflammable COLORS restored like new OUST entirely removed GERMS absolutely doetroyod ItIZINO renewal All in a few Moments, foe a few Cents 1"Or coarsest. or finest, most delicate fabrics. Lon't buy now silk waits, dreues or skirts because they are dirty or a few grease spots Or 5111109 Oa than -get ?AP-O-REN:0 M your grocer's and nave money. Absolutely guaranteed or money refunded. Thar Huffman do Teolor Oo. Toronto iwauwu i�u.uuumunwan.,i�.. ,,li.mm,mnL1un 11111'1:u:nuniu ulYiiiiiimum INuIIII -ate ..,_,.. _.r . ADVERTISiN.. Orders for the insertion of advertisements such as teachers wanted, business chances, mechanics wanted, articles for sale, or in fact any kind of an advt. in any of the Toronto or other city papers, may be left at the TIMES office. This work will receive prompt attention and will save people the trouble of remitting for and forwarding advertisements. Lowest rates will be quoted on application. Leave or send your next work of this kind to the T A. MORTON, cr . BARRISTER, &o. Wingham, Ont. E. L. DICKINSON DUDLEY HOLMES TIMES OFFICE. Winchanl. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE IMES. DICKINSON & HOLMES BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, MONEY To LOAN. OrFICE: Meyer Block, Wingham. Etc. JOHN RITCHIE, GENERALINSURANOE AGENT, Wingham, Ont. BLESSING THE WATERS. Cutout rind Solemn Annual Cera+ moray on the ltiver Neva. Midwinter in St. Petersburg each year sees n unique and solemn ceremony called "the blessing of the waters." A, chapel of lee, richly decorated with or- naments from the palaces and eliurcbea and dedicated to St, John the Baptist; is erected on the frozen surface of the river Neva. The river is tbeu called, the Jordan, and religious services are conducted in the temple by the metro- politan or high priest of the national. church, attended by the emperor and' all his court. The ceremony is in mem- ory of the baptism of Christ and is. supposed to be a safeguard against. dangers from floods as well as to bene fit those who make their living on the" sea. A hole is eat in the Ise in the center of the floor of the ebapel. From this the people are baptized by sprinkling • by the priests, and the faithful mem- bers of the Greek church go in vast crowds to get their share, while reli- gious devotees often plunge into the ice cold flood through the hole. I! they catch cold and die, as they often do, heaven is secured for them. On the evening before the ceremony devout churchmen make crosses on their thresholds to prevent the evil spirits. that are driven from the water front taking refuge in their houses. -Chicago News. STORY OF "LAS MENINAS." ,How One of Velasquea'• Notable Picn tures Came to Be Painted. The story of "La Meninas" is that Velasquez was painting a portrait or the Spanish kine and queen (who sat where the spectator Is when he looks at the picture). Their little daughter, the Infanta Margarita, came in 'with her maids of honor, hely dog and her dwarfs and accompanied by her duene nn and a courtier. The little princess asks for a drink of water; a maid or honor bands it to her with the elabo1 rate etiquette.prescribed by the fermate ,ties of the most rigidly ceremoniou court in Europe. The scene presented so charming a picture that the king de sired Velasquez to paint it. The artisi has included himself in the group a work upon a large eauvas on which it is supposed he was painting a portrait{ of the king and queen when the inter ruption occurred. The reflection of th king and queen appears in the mirro>l at the end of the room, and the cliam-i berlain, Don Jose Nieto, stands outside the door drawing the curtain. The scene is, indeed, represented with suclii wonderful realism that a famiiusi French critic said of it, "So completq is the illusion that, standing in front of 'Las Meninas,' one is tempted to ask, 'Where is the picture?' "-St. Nich- olas. ARTHUR .1. IRWIN, D. D. S., L. D. S. Doctor of Dentalsnrgery of the Pennsylvania Dental College and Licentiate of the Royal Collage of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Office over Post Office, Wingham. "UV T. HOLLOWAY, D.D.S., L.D.S. YY DENTIST. Beaver Block, Wingham D. D. S. -Termite University. L. D. S. -Royal College of Dental Surgeons. WVs A. CURRIE, T WINGHAM'S AUCTIONEER Is now prepared to attend the wants of those requiring his services. at a reasonable price. No necessity of going out of town for an auc- tioneer. All orders left at the TIMES office will receive prompt attention. ALEX. B1II,I,Y, Wingham, Ont. L� LICENSED AUCTIONEER For the County of Huron. Sales of all kinds conducted at reasonable rates. Orders left at the TIMES office will receive prompt attention. JAS. HENDERSON, Wingham, Ont. LICENSED AUCTIONEER For the Counties of Huron and Bruce. Sales of Farm Stock and Implements a specialty. All orders left at the TIMES office promptly attended to. Terms reasonable. FARMERS and anyone having live stock or other articles they wish to dispose of, should advor. tise the same for sale in the Times. Our large circulation tolls and it will be strange Indeed if yodo u tgetacustomer. We can't guarantee will sell because you rosy ask more for the article or stook than it is worth. Send your advertisement to the TIMES and try this plan disposing of yonr stock and other art SO YEARS' EXPERIENCE Th*bt MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &0. Anyone sending a sketrh and deseii tion u[ay quickly ascertainearopinionfree whether as iioneetrtetlyeondenttO. iinndbookonPatentt& tient free. (» deet A ency torsecarnig patents. Patents taken rough Munn Co. receive epee6et wotl4s, .with lit eS*rte, in tee Sdtntifie Jim�ricdne A batiasettr1, ilthttraled Weekly. T.sr*ett stn calci et� Ari n r YUP & CD,teLi to' ' New Trani Ltraaoh U@oe. 696 t tt. Wesbtaston. D. ton y e tis }}, arnat. Tatttom, $s ' r t fear months, IL Bold byait newadeslenl. IRONCLAD VESSELS. The First Ones Seem to Have Deed Built by France 1a 1555. The idea of protecting ships by means, of armor appears to have originated) in the United States, but the French were the first to adopt it. Five floatin, batteries were copstructed in Francs! with oak sides eight inches thick, pro• tected by armor four and three -eighth® Inches thick. In Marcb, 1855, the first of these, the Tonnante, mounting six -I teen guns, was launched at Brest, and the other four were all launched in the same year. These vessels were firs used at the bombardment of Kinburtrl In the Black sea on the 17th October; 1855. Two English vessels -the Erebu$ and Terror -were at once built on simfl lar lines, but did not arrive at Kinburiii till the 24th of October, too late to take part in the bombardment. The results of this experiment werei so satisfactory that the French governs ment fitted a wooden frigate, then building, with armor of the same thick= ness, and in November, 1859, the first ironclad frigate, La Gloire, of 5,609 tons displacement and 800 horsepower was launched.-Pearson's Weekly. When We Did Not Care For Japan, When the first embassy from Japan arrived in Washington a member of the senate rose and said: "Mr. President,; the first ambassadors from the venera- blo country of Japan are about to ar• rive. I move the senate do now adjouritl to meet and welcome the Japanese:4 Immediately another senator was on his feet, not to second the motion, but to say sharply, "Mr. President, I hums bly, trust the senate of the United States of America will not adjourn for every show that comes along." That settled it. -From Mrs. Iloger A. Pryor'sf "Reminiscences." Agreed With Both. Horace Greeley R'as the author of al style in editorial writing which had been often Imitated, but probably never equaled. During his editorship two' newspapers, neither of which was friendly to Greeley, became engaged in a violent altercation. The argument grew warmer until each paper openly called the other a liar. It was the op- portunity Greeley had been waiting for. He announced b his paper that "hit bad the honor to cgree with both of his distinguisbed contemporaries." First efotel ,Elevator. +1� In the Fifth Avenue hotel, New 3 irk, in 1800 the writer first saw and rode in a passenger elevator, or "lift," and in the place where it is situated there is today a notice that in the year 1859 was installed in the space "the first/ passenger elevator ever used in any hotel or any other building in thin country or the world." -Printers' Ink. Not ills Altair, Workman -I've beer and got mate fled, sir, and I'd like you to raise my wages. EIpployer---Very sorry for you, but I's* only responsible for accidentft Oat occur is the weir>ril.-- t4049lft files;