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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1905-10-12, Page 22 TO ADVERTISERS Notice of changes must be left at this office not later than Saturday noon. The copy for changes most be left not later than Monday evening. Casual advertisements accepted up to noon Wednesday of eaoh week. ESTABLISHED 1672 THE WINGUAM TIMES. H. R. ELLIOTT. PQTTLTen ER AND FROVNIETtiv THURSDAY. OOT. 12, t905. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The recent amendments to the law regarding traction engines on the high- way enacts that the owner or owners of engines over eight tone in weight must strengthen the bridge or culvert over which they are to pass, before attempt- ing to cross. It also enacts that whether the engine is over or nuder 8 tons, the owner must nee such planking on the bridge or culvert as will prevent the floor being damaged by the engine. The silly charge that the new Western Provinces leave been handed over to the domination of Quebeo influences receives a kuock-oat blow, in the case of Sask- atchewan at least, from a recital of the names and birthplaces of the members of the new Government. Every one of them was bore in Ontario -Walter Soott, the Premier, in Middlesex; Mr. Lamont, the Attorney • General, to Dnfferin ; Mr. Calder, Minister of Education and Provincial Treasurer, in Oxford, and Mr Motherwell. Minister of Agriculture and Provincial Secretary, in Lanark. It is likely that the members of the Alberta Government are all. or nearly all, On- tario men also. Quebec domination exists only iu a distorted imagination. AN EXAMPLE FROM AUSTRALIA. The Toronto World cites the exper- ience of Victoria, Australia, in dealing with state railways as a lesson forCana- da. Victoria suffered deficit after deficit in the operation of its railways. Fall. ing revenues and iucreased operating expenses had become a settled condition of affairs when the Government of Vic- toria decided to eliminate politiots from the management of the road and placed it in charge of a recognized railway ex- pert. Thomas Tait, formerly superin- tendent of trauspor'tation for the'C.P.R. was chosen, and the practical results showed the possibilities of state-owned railways operated on strict business lines. For the first year of Mr. Tait's administration of the road there was a small surplus, in contrast with large deficits for, the three preceeding years, amounting to $400,000 in 1900.1, $800,000 1901.2, and $I,500,000 in 1902-3. And all this. says The World, was accom- plished quietly, without any wholesale dismissal of men, and without causing any inconvenience to the public. The World believes that what is neces- sary for our Government system of rail- ways is a railway expert like Thomas Tait, and Chet Canada could afford to pay such a man a good salary for con- ducting the system with a view to busi- ness results. Birth Rate in French Canada. From the Ottawa Free Press. The birth statistics of Montreal, which have just been published, should delight the heart of President Roosevelt. The mean birth rate for the seventeen years up to and including the year 1903 was 38 92 per 1,000 of the population. The French-Canadian rate was 49.08 per 1,000; that of the other Catholics, 24.87; that of the Protestants, 23.41. In one section of the population at least there is no racb suicide. London, England, had in 1901 ratio of 29.0 per 1,000; Glas- gow. 31.7; New York, 22.7; Paris, 21.4; Berlin, 26.7; St. Petersburg, 25.5; Sydney, 25.8; Madrid, 30.2. The French- Canadians of Montreal lead the world in the matter of obeying the biblical command to "Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth." When the Bowels are Constipated WHERE,WINGHAM NOW STANDS -100 YEARS AGO. lWritten for the Wingham Timms.) Arimeval forest of beauty, With clusters of wild flowers !air; No savant bad entered ite borders To mar this beenty rare. Horde of deer basked in the sunshine And roamed in the marshes free, And browsed on sweet buds in the springtime, In glorious liberty. How peaceful the Maitland river Flowed on unfettered and free, Aud the joyous songbirds ever Made sweetest melody. With the beech and basswood and maple And the lovely hawthorn bloom Filling the springtime morning With a rare and sweet perfume. The soft winds whispered an anthem That was echoed from tree to tree; And the songbirds joined in the chorus Of freedom and liberty. No need of the pastor, the lawyer, Sin, morrow, nor vice was there, Grand under the high dome of ..heaven, Sweet harmony reigned everywhere. -Mrs. J. N. White,(nee Annie Lamont.) The whole digestive system is deranged and the blood poisoned. 995y thole directeu•t,coptbiaed Action, ea kid. ,lest ria liver twirl:'beirela,' D. Chase's .,idosy- yriere, Pillauaercoasedmsor4ereof these ergine, cleanse the system, purify the blood and pre. lent and cure serious disease, Ma. B. 11. 13Aaxaer, painter in the D.A.K. &hops, Kentville, N.S., states : "1 have used Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pill' for a number of years whenever I would get con. stipated and suffer from kid- ney pains and derangements of the digestive systema, and know of many others who have also used them for sirs. Her troubles. I can joie With others in Imr'onouncing them an ecoellent medicine, When constipated I find one pill suflicieetWoes umright, MCR. AIT and am never Without a bog of thelia pine in the house. I consider thea" the best medicine I ever used." Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills otte pill a deer, 16 eta. a bor, at all dealers. The portrult and tigaaMtre of Dr. A. W, Chsse, the famous peeeipt book *ether, aro oa every bor. Dr. Oinks a Backache Piaster conquers pais" tasd solea, lumbago and rheumatiese. Charity. (Robert Burns.] Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang To step aside is human; One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it; And just as lamely you can mark, How far perhaps they run it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly cau try us; He knows each chord, its various tone, Each spring its various bias; Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. The Mother's Poem. At one time Mre. Kate Cleary was one of the most talented writers in Chicago. She became the slave of drugs and liquor and fell dead one day this summer just as her husband was taking away from her their two children, one of whom was the dearest thing to her life. A few days before her death she wrote a peom that breathes a mother's deathless love, and contains some of the sweetest litres ever woven into verse. Here is the poem: I love the world with all its brave en- deavor, I love its winds and floods, and sons and sands, But oh,I love --most deeply and forever-. The clinging touch of timid little hands. I love the dawn all pearl and primrose glowing, Or that which covert comes -all wet and gray; Or the big gleam through frosty win- ' dows gleaming, That ushers in the day. The,love of man -the love that's worth the winning (Not always worth the keeping, sad to say) - Because of all the sorrows and the sin- ning, Like this -who did betray! But oh, above all love for man or story, Above all friendship for the human race. Above all nature's passionate great glory, Give me the sunlight of a little face! Give me the head against my shoulder lying, The feel of one soft body close to mine, The strength to face the world for him -defying All power -the rest be thine. But ever still afar the laddie lingers, And ever still alone do I repine, While longing for the touch of trusting fingers, And a little loving hand in mine! TOE WINGIIAM TIMES OCTOBER 12, 1905, - - ! - !G- - TOWN DIIIECTOII.Y. TWENTY YERS AGO (From THE WINGHAM TIMES of Friday, October 9th, 1885.) BOUNDARY LINE. Mrs. Wamsley has sold hor farm con- tainiug fifty acres to John Bosman of this line, for the sum of $2,1C0. Miss Maggie Rob, daughter of Henry Rob of the let of Morris, Itns been for a short time seriously ill. We hope that she may soon be convalescent. TURNBERRY. We understand that the Mesers. Elliott of the Wingham briok yard, have pur. chased the yard known as McLean's, situated or the boundary line near Bel - more. They get an acre of ground and all the plant for $800. Most people are now busy digging their potatoes. There is a general com- plaint that they are rotting bad. This is the last straw to break the poor farmer's back. We should think he had troubles enough aleady this season without any- thing more being added to them. A few morning ago as James Cowden went to his field to get his horses he found ono of them with a broken leg. . As there was nothing in the field to cause such an accident, how it happened remains a mystery. s This is the second horse Mr. Cowdeu has lost this summer. Reflections of a Bachelor. From the New York Press. It is hard to make a woman admit a fact unless it is that she is pretty. Very few people need to know as mach as most people think they know. EA man has to be a.very slow traveller for his income ever to catch up with him. A girl hardly even thinks low shoes are becoming to her when the stockings aren't. When a woman really has more sense than a man she is to cleyer to let him know it. A girl hardly ever has any use for a man who is highly recommended by her parents. Every girl would like a runaway match if it were not for the wedding presents. It puzzles a myna good deal to come ,home late at night and try to eel 'back a clock that has stopped. Some men,have such bad luck that i they got a railroad pass they are sure to get killed in a emaeh•up. The devil has his business running s encceaefnlly these days that he can spend his time loafing in Europe. The same woman who objects early in life to marrying a man old enough to be her father later could find it reason able,to marry one young enough to be her soh. People used to be glad to have their daughters get married so that some body else world support them; now they don't want them to, because they will haste to support them and other besides. f 0 BELGRAVE. Snow fell on Sunday and Tuesday morning. Mr. McCnmmings, a tailor from South- ampton, has rented Wm. Duncan's shop and. will open out in a few days. John Hooper and James McGregor eaoh lost parts of their fingers on one hand last week by the shingle edge in Tyner's mill. Others will be caeeful in future. James Watson, shoemaker, moves this week into the building formerly oc- cupied by William Thompson as ebop and dwelling. John McCool moves into James Tyner's new house. William Walsh has taken a few more dwellings to build this fall, as the other contracts are nearly completed M. F. Kinnon is buying grain this fall stronger than ever, and the farmers do not pace our market, as they are getting a good price here and fair weight. Charles McClelland, merchant, pays out the needful. Our cheese maker, John Ross has given good satisfaction this year, and the fac- tory it paying very well for being so re- cently started. Under the careful man- agement of Mr. Ross another year we may have the best paying factory in Western Ontario. COUNTY ITEMS. Wm. Dane has purohased the Gorrie grist mill from Stinson Bros. Robert Wray, of Gorrie, has a cow which gives enough milk in fonr days to make six pounds of butter. Another large township drain is to be dug through a portion of West Wawa - nosh. Some mean fellow in Brussels cap- tured a neighbor's hen and after pluck- ing it thoroughly sent it home without any clothes on. It had to be killed. M. Lockhart, teacher in School Sec- tion No. 6, East Wawanosh, intended selling his property and removing to the States, but on reconsidering the matter has decided to remain in East Wawa - nosh, and re-engaged in the same section at the same salary. He has been em- ployed in this section for a number of years, and is continuing in the same school speaks well for him and the people. BORN. Proctor. -In Belgrave, on the 21st ult., the wife of C. Proctor, carpenter, of a son. Boles, -In Belgrave, on the 25th ult., the wife of G. Boles, of a daughter. Bell. -In Belgrave, on the 28th ult., the wife of L. J. Bell, of a daughter. Taylor. -In Belgrave on the 4th inst., the wife of A. Taylor, merchant, of a daughter. Kincaid, -In Wingham, on the 7th inst., the wife of Jos. Kincaid, of a son, MARRIED Gray-Merkley.-By the Rev. D. C. McDowell, on the 22nd ult., at the resid- ence of the bride's father, Alfred Gray, of Wingham, to Kate, daughter of Wm. Markley, of Turnberry. Galloway-Peterman.-By the Rev, D. C. McDowell, on the 7th inst., at the Methodist Parsonage, Wingham, Wm. Galloway to Miss Emma Peterman, all of Howick. DIED Smith. -In Morris, on the 28th tilt., Patrick Smith, father of A. R. Smith, of Brussels. - -� -_-- Two Bavarians named Rieder and Rosenthal have succeeded in obtaining inetantaneus Xray photographs of the human chest the patient ceasing to breathe meanwhile. Extraordinary memories, such telt • i seem to have been common in the old l times, are still to be enoonntered iu IIndia, where there are Hindoo priests 5 who can repeat 300,000 lines of Mahal).. harts aOCnrately, Local history of the early 80s. Items from The "Times" fyles. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Geo. Hughes starts on Monday for Glasgow, Scotland, with a cargo of live stock. Miss Gussie Duffield, of London, is visiting in town and is the guest of Mrs. Whitney. Miss Norma Dineley has returned from Chicago, where she has been visiting for a couple of weeks, Mrs. R. Molndoo has retarned from Brantford, where she has been visiting for a couple of weeks. John Kerr has returned from London and Masouville, where he has been visit- ing for a couple of months. The Misses Fisher and Mies Sinclair are in St. Catharines this week attending a convention of ,the , Baptist Women's Foreign Missionary Society. Mrs. Pethick, of Stratford, is visiting her daughter Mrs. J. Carr, and Mrs. Cody and two childre i, of Woodstock, is visiting hor mother, Mrs. Carr. Mrs. Smith, is preparing to go to Cali. fornia to spend the winter with her daughter, Mre. Sovereign, who with her husband, arrived there a short time ago. Mrs. Sovereign is somewhat improved lti health, but Mr. Sovereign is apparently no better. S. B. MoKelvie, who has been fore. man in Inglis & Co.'s woolen mill for the past four years, left town with hie family on Tuesday for Mildmay, where Mr. McKelvie enters as a partner in a new woollen manufacturing firm starting there. He is an energetic and pushing young man, and his many friends in Wingham wilI wish hind the prosperity he merits in his new field of labor. Lewis Robbins, of Hamilton takes Mr. McKel- vie's place as foreman in Inglis & Oo.'s mill, Thos. Howarth, formerly leader of the Wingham band, has become deservedly popular among the citizens of Oakville, where he has resided since leaving this town a few years ago. We notice by the Oakville Independent that he was tender- ed a grand reception by the citizens there last week on the occeasion of his return from a visit to England, and was entertained at a supper at which 100 of his friends took their seats. "Tom," is leader of the band there, and appeare. to give the best of satisfaction. LOCAL NEWS. BAPTIST CHvaos-Sabbath services at 11 a in and 7 p m. Sunday School at 2:30 p m. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. J. N. Mo. Leen, B.A., pastor. Abner Oosene S.S. Superintendent. METUODIST QHURorr-Sabbath eervioes at 11 a in and 7 p m. Sunday School at 2:30 p m, Epworth League every Mon- day evening. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. J. R. Gundy, D.D., pastor. W. B. Towler, M.D., S. S. Superintendent. PRasBYraRIAN 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. Su- perintendent. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, EPIs00PIL-Sab- bath services at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sun- day School at 2:80 p m. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evening. Rev. Wm. Lowe, Rector and S. S. Snperin• tendeut. John Taylor and Ed. Nash, assistant S. S. Superintendents. SALVATION Aiucr-Service at 7 and 11 a m and 3 and B p m on Sunday, and every evening during the week at 8 o'clock at the barracks. POST OFreoE-In Macdonald Block. Office hours from 8 a m to 6:30 p m. Peter Fisher, postmaster. PUBLIC LIBRARY -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. Miss Maud Robertson, librarian. Tows Com/ore-Thos. Bell, Mayor; W. J. Greer, Thos. Armstrong," David Bell, J. G. Stewart, S. Bennett, W. F. Vanetone, Councillors; J. B. Fer- guson, Clerk and Treasurer; Anson Dulmage, Assessor. Board meets first Monday evening in eaoh month at 8 o'clock. SOHOOL BOARD. -Dr. A. J. Irwin, (chairman), Thos, Abraham, J. D. Long, J. J. Homuth, H. Kerr, Wm. Moore, A. E. Lloyd, 0. N. Griffin. Secretary, John F. Groves; Treasurer, J. B. Ferguson. Meetings second Tuesday evening in eaoh month. PUBLIC SCHOOL TRACHSRS.-A. H. Musgroye, Principal, Miss Brock, Miss Reynolds, Miss Farquharson, Mies Cornyn, Miss Matheson, Mise Wilson, Miss Cummings and Mise De La Mater. 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 C. M. Newane has purchaeed the dry goods business of Wm. Holmes, and will take possession in a couple of weeks. On Wednesday morning Philip Mc. Kibbon broke ground for the erection of a new residence on the corner of Center and Patrick streets. The building will be of brick and cost about $1,500. Last week we enjoyed some fine sum- mer weather, and, this week we have experienced the other extreme. The weather has been very cold and there have been several snow falls since Sun- day. The Oddfellows =of this town have purchased the vacant lot on Josephine street, adjoining the Brunswick house, from Mrs. Graham, for $600. We understand it is their intention shortly to erect a brick building with a lodge room up stairs and stores beneath. As we go to press we learn that a re- port is being circulated in the neighbor- ing townships to the effect that there is small pox in Wingham, and as a conse- quence many farmers are afraid to come bere to do business. They need not be at all alarmed, as there is no indication whatever of the disease here. The re- port is wholly without foundation. On Sunday morning Georgie, the little eon of Win. Sadler, corner of Alfred and Shuter streets, met with a most painful and distressing accident. While Mre. Sadler was preparing breakfast, and while her back was turned for a moment, the little fellow took hold of the coffee pot standing on the stove and upset the contents over one side of hie head and body scalding him terribly from head to foot. A few days ago Freddie, a four-year- old son of Mrs. Saint, had a very nar- row escape from being brained with an axe in the hand of an elder brother. It soems that the two were playing to- gether, when the elder ran after Freddie with the axe upraised in his hands, when he missed his footing end fell, the . Axe' decending with considerable force upon Freddie's head. A large gash was out in the little fellow's head ' and several stitches were required to draw it to- gether. He had a very narrow escape from instant death. The London police have a collection of more than 70,000 Bets of finger print, of criminals. By a unanimous vote the French Chamber adopted the bill granting com- pulsory relief to the aged and infirm. According to Professor Behring, the milk fedto children is th e chief cause of consumption. He *Mild insist on the pasturizetlon of all milk. Cook's Cotton Root Compound; Castles' Pavor$te, Ts the ,.only safe, reliable regulator on which woman can depend. In the hour• and time of need." Prepared In two degrees of strength. No. 1 and No. 2. No. 1. -For ordinary cases Is by far the best dollar medicine known. No. 2 -For special cases -10 degrees stronger -three dollars per box. Idles -ask your druggist for Cook's Cotton Root Compound. Take no other as all pills, mixtures and imitations are dangerous. No. 1 and No. 2 are sold and recommended by all drugglete in the Dr !Minion of Candida. Mailed to any eddreel en receipt of price and four 2 -cent postage etamDs. Tike Cools company, ndsny, • Oat. Sold in Wingham by A. I. McCall &, Co. A L. Hamilton and Walton McGibbon, druggists RAILWAY TIME TABLES. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM. TRAINe LEAVE rOR London 8.40 a.m.... 8.30p.m. Toronto & East 10.40 a.m6.43 a.m .... 2.40p.m. Kincardine -11.15 a.m... 2.08 p -m.... 9.15p.m. ARRIVE "ROH Kincardine ....8.40 a.m10.40 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. dANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. vv TRAINS LEAVES Fort Toronto and East 6.57 a.m.... 8.49 p.m. Teeewater 1.17 p.m....10.43 p.m. ARRIVE FROM Teeswater..... 6.57 a.m 8.43 p.m. Toronto and East ......1.17 p.m. 10.43 p.m' .T. H. BEEMER, Agent,Wineham. OUTSIDE ADVERTISING Orders far 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 TIMES OFFICE, Wingham. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES . ESTABLISHED 1672 THE WING110 TIMES. IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING -AT- The Times Office, Beaver Block WINGRAM, ONTARIO, TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION -x$1.00 per annum in advance 51.60 if not so paid. No paper discon- tinued till all arrears are paid, except at the option of the publisher. ADVrRTl5INO RATIO. - Legal and other cesualadvertisements 10oper NonpaHet line for first insertipn, 8o per line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements in local columns are charged 10 ots. per line for first insertion, and 6 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements of Strayed, Para,, for Sale or to Rent and similar, $1.00 for first three weeks, and 25 cents tor each subsequent in- sertion. CONTRACT RATES -The following table shows our rates for the insertion of advertisements for specified periods SPAOE. 1 TR. 9 Mo. 8 MO. Lao. OneOolumn ..........$70.00 540.00 $22.50 58.00 Half Column 40.00 25.00 15.00 6,00 QuarterOolumn 20.00 12.50 7.50 3.00 One Inch 5.00 8.00 2.00 1,25 Advertisements without specific directions will be inserted till forbid and charged accord- ingly. Transient advertisements must be paid Por in advance. Tun Jos DsPARTMENT is stocked with an extensive assortment of all requisitteifor print."' ing, afrording facilities net equalled in the county for turning out first class work. Largo type end appropriate oats for all styles of Post- ers, Hand Bills, etc., and the latest styles of choice fanny type for the finer oleases of print ing. H. B. ELLIOTT, Proprietor and Publisher 5) KENNEDY, Mmrofthee British Medical Associa- tion. Gold Medallist in Medicine. Special attention pald.to 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. AGILE W, Physician, Surgeon, eto. Office-Maodoneld Block, over W.McKibbon'e Drug Store. Night calls answered at the office. DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND, M. R. C. S. (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. VANSTONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Private and Company funds to loan at lowest rate of Interest. No commission charged mort- gages, town end farm property�bought and sold. Office, Beaver Block. Wingham •A. MORTON, BARRISTER, &o. Wingham, Ont.. E. L. DICKINSON DUDLEY Honor s DICKINSON & HOLMES BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, Eto. MoNET ro LOAN. Owren: Meyer Block, Wingham. JOHN RITCHIE, GENERAL INSURANCE .AGENT, Wingham, Ont. ARTHUR J. IRWIN, D. D. 8., L. D. S. Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pennsylvania Dental College and Licentiate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Office over Post Office, Wingham. W• T. HOLLOWAY, D.D.S., L.D.S. DENTIST. Beaver Block, Wingham D. D. S. --Toronto University. L. D. S. -Royal College of Dental Surgeons. WA. CURRIE, • 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. KELLY, Wingham, Ont. LICENSED AUCTIONEER For the County of Huron, Sales of all kinds conducted at reasonable rates. Orders left at the Timis office will receive prompt attention, JAS. HENDERSON, Wingham, Ont. LICENSED AUCTIONEER For the Counties of Huron and Bruce. Sales of Farm Stook and Implements a speoialty. All orders left at the Tinsel oface promptly attended to. Terms reasonable. FARM ERS and anyone having live stook or other articles they wish to dispose of, should adver- tise the same for sale in the Tiuss. Our large circulation tells and it will be strange indeed if tyen hat not We can't guarantee h t will sell became you may eek more for the article or stook than itis worth. Band your advertisement to the Tress and try thin plan of disposing of your stook and other articles. 150 YEARS' EXPERIENCE ATENTS Tkkb t limuc t DESIGN* COpYR IWI'S &C. Anyone Muffin It i Klketeh and (testi-notion may qutekty ascertain ourtompinion free whether, as t,onsstrictlyronfrletntial. Handbook onPat nit► sent fres. oldest agency for eateries Patents; Patents taken through Mann h Co. swam,peeki1 notice, se about chartte, m the. Scientific Bn reran. Abandsc ytllur rated wash . Lar y Rent 1 CnlaLlba ✓� Any mh�fetttttre' i ittrhal. T!m•rua, t7 is • roar tnontI,, 51. sold by all newsdealers. ear BURN & C0.3618f3"*".. New lark ltranca oats, S2 1 fit.Washln.,os. D.. 1) WHAT CUNNING IS. T. P. O'Connor Diagnoses Monte[ 8hortsightedneee, and Gives Many Illustrative Instances Oaserved. Cunning is a kind of mental short" sightedness which seer" only but clear- ly what is hnmedlately under the eye. At echool I remember noticing that the cunningof a boy was generally in in, verso proportion to his intellectual power, while the cunning of an idiot is proverbial. I don't suppose, e. r.. that the young man who so ingenloug- ly and successfully took In the landti- lord of The Three Guns at Portsea thee other day was distinguished at school, or will be distinguished in life. Hav- ing wired from • Portsmouth to the landlord, "Will you kindly receive mle son to•nlght at 5? Answer, Postotfice. PortsmouttI." He followed up the telegram by taking up his abode in the inn for a week. At its close he sobbed the till of 510, bolted to London, and despatchhd from Victoria the following. reassuring telegram to tho landlord: "Don't worry; will give you explanar tion." The explanation arrived by post the next morning: "South Shore Hotel, Blackpool, April 5, 1905. -Dear Sir: I am sorry as to what my son David has done to you. I am sure he was not in his own mind. He came ■traight to London, and when told I had gone to Blackpool he came here, confessed all to me. 1 will, .t course, pity you back and will you kindly send me the hotel bill, and tell me the amount he took. .He is now in bed, through the excitement that you would tell the police. For God's' sake, don't communicate with the pot lice, for it would break my heart if I raw my favorite son in the hands of a policeman. He himself is anxious about you, Mrs. Jenkins, and Dory. Do not delay the account, as I am going away in a day or two, and oblige yours truly, E. Steinman Philip Thicknesse tells the following amusing story of a little negro boy who, whenever he was incorrigibly idle. was sent by his master with a note is the overseer ordering him to chastise the bearer. "Wot for, massa, him beat me when I takes him bit, o' paper?" asked the boy at Last of his master. "Because, Pete, bit of paper tells him to beat you." "Wot for,. massa, bit o' paper tells him to beat me?" "Br cause, Pete, you are idle." "But ma** se. always idle," "Massa is never idle. He is always working with his head, which is much harder than working with the hands." The little nigger looked thoughtful, but said nothing. When next the boy was sent with a note he returned quite cheerful, instead of in tears. "Was there no answer to my note, Pete?" asked the master. "No, massa." "Did- n't the overseer say or do anything?"' "No, massa. Him didn't get bit o' pa-. per. Me threw it away. Dim time Pete worked wid his head," It was, I think, Rowland Hill who, in his boyhood, thus rebuked an gust tere and canting father. His father. while severely chastening him for an act of disobedience, quoted the text, "He who spareth the rod epolleth the child," and added the punishment, "You shall go without your dinner to day." For the family dinner that day there was a cold veal pie, which young Rover Iand Hill carefully eviscerated, replies- ing its savory and substantial contents with a few handfuls of grass, then I covering the whole skilfully with tha unbroken crust, The indignation of the father may be imagined when, on cutting into the pie, he found only grass, and this text, written on a slip of paper !t a straggling child's hand, "All flesh is grass." Years ago, in Cork, a dear old parisb priest took me over his school, of which he was justly proud. He was espeelal- ly proud of his Latin class, which Ito examined in my presence. Among oils er questions he asked, this: "When le dies, a day, feminine in Latin?" Only the smallest boy in the clans made ala attempt at an answer. "On the twen- ty fifth of March, father." "Twenty-fifth of March, my boy? The twenty-fifth of March?" "Yee, father; shure isn't that Lady day?" •' replied' the lad,' with sucks it broad grin as showed he Was con- scious of his admirable pun. Major Miles Malony of Ballydufl was amazed one morning to sec front his bedrootn window, a little lad driv- ing a cow back and forward again and again over a ditch and through fence on his land. Hurriedly complete ing his toilet, he rushed out to Quer tion the little trespasser. "What aro ye after with that cow? Is it to kill the beast ye want." "Kill her! Shure. it's to keep her alive I want." "Keep her alive?" "Shure, it's tatching her to get her own living I am. Thera lent a ditch or Once in the barony that'll hould her In afther I've done wid her." Then the major understood. The cow, In fact, was being taught to trespass in search of her own living. - T. P. O'Connor. Plague of Flies In London. Millions'of 'flies have invaded Ula Cardiff docks district, and have so in- fested the principal thoroughfares that pedestrian traffic has been diverted into other streets. Yesterday after- noon, says The London Chronicle of a recent date, the police and dock gatemen at the pier head were attack- ed by a. tremendous host, and ran for protection behind the closed doors of the watchhouaea. The shopkeepers complain bitterly of the invasion, and clerks in the dock 'warehouses sire ser- iously eriously interrupted in their work. From their appearance, the files belong to a foreign spacles. Unlike the British fly, they have long bedies, crawl very slowly, and bite badly. They first made their appearance on Sunday. The sanitary authorities discredit the re- port that the Ales were imported by newly arrived Ashfng vessels, and state that the insects were fleet seed during the southerly wind on Sunday afternoon. Jeb Warlh the Getting. The Speakership of the British ltfatt+ae of Commons Is a good job. With his salary of 525,501 .e. year, it carries %bb use of a magnificent residence in the Palace of Weatminater, overlooking the Thames, and various allowances, per- Vulaltes, and prerogatives. And whole tho holder retiree, or is retired', ke drops into a emetettable penmen or *20,000 a year for the remainder et lila life and a. peerage, William Gal hr, the Speaker who has just retired --w, grandson, by the way, of a boxing pert, bookrhhker, and Derby wine Celebrated. 1n his day -note" entctM u +t on the enjoyment of these pleaagt► thtnrr.