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The Wingham Times, 1907-05-23, Page 2i .2 THE WINGIIAM TIMES, MAY 23, 1907 TO ADVERTISERS Notice of changes must be loft at this Office not later than Saturday noon. The oopy for, changee'snuet be left not later than Monday evening. Menai, advertisements acoepted up to noon Wednesday' of each week. ESTABLInienD 18P2 THE WIN6fAM TIMES. R.ELLSOTT. PUBLISHER AND PROPnIRTOP SDAY. MAY 23, 1907, NOTES AND COMMENTS. Here in Ontario are the climate, the soil, the arboriculture, the scenery and the diversity of Iake and wood, of purl- ing rill and green -velvet hillsides, that make existence a pleasure and the ob- taining of a living easy. Everything conduces to the good, and where wrong is, it is man who introduces it. Many a young man is leaving Ontario who will regret it. Many a boy is throwing up a competency here for an expectancy there. Riches may Dome faster there, and wheat -gold and land -gold grow big- ger, yet it is at the expense of comfort, or quite life and unsatisfied wanderings. Tho determination to do things in On tariao will produce great things in our soil, Intensity of soil culture and of brain energy is needed. Applications of that persistency to win and the ontting loose from customs that enchain, will make the Ontario . boy the king of hie fellows. Young men who are thinking of leaving for the West ought to draw up pictures of what can be done here by intensive culture. They should look at the discomforts of a life in the west at first and thea decide whether the star of destiny doer not stand. still over the green fields and the placid streams of old Ontario.-Comber,Herald. AN APPRECIATION OF CANADA. In writing of the Colonial Conference and "The Colonies Concerned," Harold Rylett in the Loudon (Eng.) Tribune has this to say of Canada: Let us glance at the Colonies individu- ally. No mere figures suffice to give an adequate idea of their extent or resour- ces. It is necessary to travel through the countries themselves, ns I have been privileged to do, quite recently, in order to realize what our self-governing colon- ies really are, and even then it is by no moaus easy to tell the tale. It is easy to say that the Dominion of Canada has an area of three and three•gnartere mil- lions of square miles,a population rapid- ly approaching six millions, a trade a• mounting to a hundred millions sterling, of which forty millions is done with the United Kingdom; but it is necessary to travel day after day and night after night for weeks together in the mag- nificently appointed trains of the Cana- dian Pacific, Grand Trunk, and Great Northern Railways of Canada, through the practically illimitable when; grow- ing prairies of Manitoba and the North- west; it is necessary to linger in the superb fruit -growing districts of Ont- ario, Nova Scotia and British Columbia, and the mining regions of this latter province; to wander through the superb scenery of the Rockies, and spend some time with the lumberman in the for- ests of Vancouver Island, and some again with the fishermen on the coasts, and to see everywhere groups of intelli- gent, keen and go•ahead people "develop- ing the country'' -laughing at the dif- ficulties. revelling in them rather, tak- ing no more account of frost and snow. so often spoken of in this country as a terror than we should take of a shower of rain -it is necessary to have experi- ence such as this to be able to realize what Canada is and to form even the faintest idea of what she may become. Statistics tell as that people are pour- ing into the country -128,000 in 1903; 130,000 in 1904; 146,000 in 1905; and 189,000 in 1906, and 300,000 estimated for the current year. But Canada heartily welcomes them and offers to all an op• portunity of earning a comfortable liv- ing, provided they have the good Renee to work on the land. The government of the country is similar to our own ex - Complicated Liver Troubles Mr. John Wilson, carpenter, Welland, Ont., writes: -"Some years ago I was attacked with kidney trouble, and I be- came so run down and emaciated that my entire appearance was suggestive of physical decline. As tirne went on the complaint grew worse and became com- plicated with liver trouble. I had bad pains across the back and up the spinal column, had bad spells with my heart, pain under the right shoulder, bilious headache about half the time, indiges- tion, fever, and restleeeness at night, and drpr; ssion of spirits. "I spent about one hundred dollars in medicines, with no perceivable results. Dort ors'advice proved likewiseof noavail. "Finally, on the advice of a friend, 1 began taking Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pi11e, and in a short time the bad sytnp• tome began to gradually disappear, and by the time 1 had wed five or six boxes X was enjoying better health than 1 had in many years, all of which is due to the virtues of Dr, Chase's Kidney -Liver X"]OlTtss. 25 cents a born, at all dealers. cent that thorn is a series or local 1eRis- latures, and there is no hereditary peer- age. The senators of the Dominion Parliament are, however, appointed for life, and are nominated by the Governor- Geueral on the advice of Minister,. Members of both Houses are paid, sena- tns receiving about £500 per annum and members of the Lower House the same sum per session, The important thing to note about the Canadian Con- etitutiou is that the Dominion Perlia - went has the amplest powers of legisla• tion in all matters save such as it delis - gates to the provincial legislatures. This is the reverse of the position of affairs in the United States and ,Australia and ire interesting in view of the fact that both the latter countries are becoming conscious of the disadvantages under which they labor in this respect. This supremacy of the Dominton Parliament is responsible for the sense of solidarity which pervades Canada, and has not a little to do with the growth of the ides of national independence. THE MASK OF HEALTH. Few People Are Really as Well as They Look. Cause and Remedy Many people in Wingham, both men and women, who believe themselves to be in perfect health, a -e often in the greatest danger. The most common cause of ill health is indigestion, with a myrl d of symp- toms such as headaohe, sleeplessness, specks before the eyes, pains in the back and side, distress after eating, etc Iu the last few years the success of physicians everywhere with Mi-o•na stomach tablets has made them known far and wide as the acknowledged spa - Milo for the treatment of stomach dis- eases They strengthen the digestive organs so that in a few days the stom- ach is in such shape that it takes oare itself of all the food that is eaten with- out pain or distress. Walton McKibben gives an absolute nuqualified guarantee that your money will be refunded unless Mi o-na onres He takes the whole risk and the remedy will not cost you a penny unless it cures you. PEAT INDUSTRY WILL BE FOSTERED. The high prices of imported coal in the middle provinces of Canada, the de• pietism of our forests, together with the increasing value of the forests for other purposes and the suffering induced on account of scarcity of fuel in recent years, consequent upon labor conditions, are causes which have again prominent- ly brought forward the question of uti- lizing the peat bogs of Ontario and Que- bec for the production of marketable fnel and other purposes. The estimated area so far distributed over the different provinces of the Do- minion is 37,000 square miles, with an average depth of from eight to ten feat Further investigation will undoubtedly prove that this estimate represents but a fraction of the total area of available peat The comparative fuel value of coal, peat and wood is: One ton of coal is equal to 1 8 tone of peat, or 2 5 tons of wood. The recent improvements in gas pro• dicers and gas engines have opened upa new field for the utilization of peat and Iignite. A power plant located at the peat bog, using producer gas derived from peat, may furnish electric energy and be transmitted to the market in the same way as in the case of hydro -electric energy. Other industries in Europe us- ing peat as a raw material are at present either developed • or in progress of de- velopment, such as the manufacture of peat, coke, wood alcohol, moan litter, eto. • ' Several attempts have been made to manufacture peat for fuel in Canada, but with few oxceptione these attempts have resulted in financial failures. These failures are in many cases; largely due to want of information regarding the processes employed in Europe, where the peat industry has been in successful operation fcr many years. To furnish this needed information the Hon. Mr. Templeman, Minister of Mines, has nppointed Mr, Erick Ny- strom, an engineer on the staff of the mines branch, to investigate the peat industry in Europe. Mr. Nystrom has been instructed to proceed to Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Gerthany to study the different peat plants in operation and collect all available infoemation in regard to the methods of working peat bogs, ma- chinery used, cost of production, and the subject treatment of the peat into briquettes for fuel. It will be his duty to familiarize himself with the different processes invented and in use in the different countries named and report on the commercial possibilities of these proossses. Ile will thus be qualified t 7 act on his return as the Government ex- pert on the subject of peat and Iignite, to give advice to prospective manufae- turers of peat fuel and also assist in the making out of plane for their plants and for the drainage of their bogs. Mr. Ny- strom will leave for Europe at onoe and begin the investigation, His report, I, is expected, will be ready early next fall. Email tits STM Kitt( Volt (tin Ain BALM dt;ya;tary sf WHAT ARE THEY WORTH? Try and Answer This Yourself. In dollars and cents what is the worth of the brawn of your arm; what is the value of the staying power that permits continuous labor -what are they worth to yon? Suppose yon did something so foolish as to reduce your strength, vitality or judgment ono half, and it were imposs- ible to get them back, -how much would you pay to regain the lost portion? When you let yourself run down, yon reduce your chances for success in life -if sleeplessness comes you score lower still -should appetite or digestion fail, you are stared in the face by physical barkrnptoy. Don't let it go so far, take Ferrozone, it has cured thousande and it will (sure yon; it builds up bodily strength, makes musoles like steel, replaces spring tired- ness by energy and new life. Ferro - zone rebuilds sink folks beoanse it con- tains the strengthening element that every run-down system requires. Especially before the not weather comes, everyoue needs a purifying tonin -Ferrozone $els the bill exactly•- uothing known that javenates and up• lifts so fast. At once the appetite improves. You rest well and arise next morning feeling fine. Headaches disappear, weakness give way to the vigor that only Ferrozone can supply. Try it, results are guar- anteed, 50o. per box or six for $2 60 at all dealers. THE DRIVING POWER OF A GREAT STEAMER One of the most impressive manifesta- tions of the power of the modern steam engine is the sight of an up-to-date freight locomotive starting a train of 40 or 50 cars, and gathering way, until the whole mass is thundering over the rails at a speed of 2b or 30 miles an hour. When we attempt by our unaided strength to move a heavy piece of furni- ture, we understand very well what is meant by mass and inertia. To move a single loadedfreight oar on the level by human power it is necessary to crowd around it as many men as can lay their hands or shoulders against it in a united propulsive effort. And hence, when we see not one, but 40 or 60 loaded oars, started from rest and swung into their full stride by a single locomotive, the latter becomes symbolical in the popular mind of majestic power. It is for this reason that to represent the horsepower which will be necessary to drive the new Cunard liners at 243 knots an hour, we have taken the aver- age -sized freight locomotive as our unit of comparison, The least amount of power which the designers of the Lnsi- tania and Mauretania found would be necessary to drive these ships at their contract speed was 68,000 horsepower. Now, the horsepower of the average freight locomotive is about 2,100, and, consequently, the total thrust on the four p-opellers of eaoh of these ships will be equal to the total pull exerted by 82 modern American freight engines. One of these locomotives could haul ,on the level a train of 60 cars, whose total length would be just a third of a mile. Consegnently the whole 68,000 -power of the Cunarder, expressed in terms of locomotive work, would be sufficient to haul a train of 1,600 cars, whose total length would be over five miles. To develop a minimum of 68,000 -horse. power, and a maximum that will possibly run up to 75,000 or 80,000 -horsepower, calls for a boiler and engine plant of truly titantio proportions. Steam will be supplied by 25 cylindrical boilers, of which 23 are double -ended, and two single ended, the former being 17 feet 3 inohes in diameter and 21 feet long. The coal will be burned in these boilers on 192 furnaces, the total area of whose grates would be .represented by a square measuring 64 feet on each side, contain- ing about 4,000 square feet of enrface. Night and day an army of several hun- dred firemen will be continuously shovel- ing coal into these furnaces, where it will be burned at the rate oP about 1,000 tons every 24 hours; and to insure that the coal is burned at a fierce white heat, the air will be forced through the grates continuously by means of powerful elec- trically -driven fans, the rush of air being also assisted by the four great smoke- stacks, through which the products of combustion will be discharged high up in the air, at about 150 feet above the level of the grate bars.-Scientifio American. There's Danger in }'very Cold, Once you come to realise the danger of neglecting coughs and colds yon will not run the risk of depending on any s'cough mixture" the druggist may choose to hand you out aad will insist Oa getting a medicine with a reputation, such as Dr. Ohaee's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine. Croup, bronchitis, asthma and coughs and colds aro prompt- ly and thoroughly cared by this treat- ment, 4 One of the few remaining pioneersot the base line passed away on Wednes• day, in the person of Mrs Sprang, wife of Mr John Sprung, after an illness of only three weeks. She experienced a stroke of paralysis three weeks ago from which she never recovered. Deceased whose maiden name was Oatharino B, Potter, prat born in Prinoe Edward Oo., where she married Mr Sprang some 56 years ago, Oyer 40,years ago they mor. ed to the base line, where they hare ever sines resided. THE WOMAN AT HOMg, Never eorape an iron enamel pot or pan, as that is what ruins it. Zino is beat cleaned with hot, soapy water, then polish with kerosene and coal ash. When polishing stoves a fine gloss is obtained by adding a teaspoonful of alum to the ordinary blank lead. When making a steamed or boiled pudding put a plait in the cloth at the top to allow the pudding to swell. To clean a fishy frying pan fill with oold water and place on the fire to boil, When boiling put a red hot cinder in, than wash in tho usual way. Turpentine and beeswax melted to the consistency of thin Dream makes a fine polish for leather upholstered furni- ture. The tops of old stockings make excel- lent dust cloths, as they neither aoratoh nor sh d lint. Sewed over a square of leather cat from a shoe top they make desirable holders, pliable to the hand, but because of the leather, slow to heat through. Whipped. Dream added at the last urin- ate before sending to the table is a great addition to the Dream soup, whatever Ito kind, For a vegetable shied, that is partion- larly palatable for warm weather, scoop the pulp from ripe, apple -shaped toma- toes and fill the oavity with diced en- cumbers and green peppers blended with anchovies and dressed with mayonnaise. To prevent cake from sticking to tins when baked first grease tins, thea flour them, lightly beating out all loose flour, leaving only what clings to the grease, thus doing away with the old form of lining with paper. In laundering white spreads or any large piece where difficulty is experieno- ed in finding the large soiled spots a good plan is to fasten a piece of black silk thread to most soiled plicae. The spots can then be easily detected. The shite that shows a serge skirt or jacket to be no longer new can easily be removed by sponging the garment with bluing water, each Gas is used to Launder clothes. While still damp press the goods ander a thin cloth, When the scalp is affected with dand- ruff in any form it is absolutely nebes- sary to be scruenlonsly careful with re- gard to the cleanliness of the hair brush- es. Hair brushes, when the scalp is quite healthy, should always be washed once a week, and twice a week is not too often. Soak all evaporated fruits, but only in water to coyer; too much makes them watery. All such traits are the better for being first placed in cold water to cover for a ()maple of hours: then well scrubbed with one of the small brushes that come for the purpose and cost 2 Dents, before placing: them in the water in which they are to remain all night. Wesselton Diamonds. The finest color and most brilliant stones found come from the Wesselton mines. We have a most complete stock of- these; mouthed in rings or any kind of jewelry desired, et moderate prices. C. N. Ward & Co. 374 Richmond St. LONDON, ONT. The Ontario Farmers' Weather Insurance Mutual Company. The first Company of its kind in Ontario HEAD OFFICE, GRAND VALLEY, ONT. Organized May, 1904. Inoorporated August 18, 1904, PRESIDENT, - - • William Park. VICE-PRES., - W. A. Wansbrongh, MANAGING DiaticrOR • - - • • John W. Rounding. Policies in force, - - 2,200 Assets,• $76,060,00 Insurance in force, over $2,600,000,00 bu his agai stl insures dwellings by wind Atorme,rye1onee and torn Woes. Vehicle*, farm implements and lire stock are held insured against lose or damage by the blowing down or partly blowing down of any building insured by thte Company, the same being in or around any of the buildings insured by this Company, Without being specially mentioned. Purely a Farmer,' Company. PETER CA.ilt.PBELL General Agent, . Wingham, Ont. TOWN DIIREOTOIRY. BAPTIST OHtjnon-Sabbath services at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sunday School at 2':30 p m. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. E. R. Fitch, B.A., pastor. B.Y P U. meets Monday evenings 8 p.m. Abner Oosens S.S. Su.perintendent, METHODIST 0110 :a -Sabbath services at Ilam and 7 p m. Sunday School at 2:80 p in. Epworth League every Mon- day evening. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. W. G Hewson, pastor. A, E. Lloyd, S. S. Superintendent. PnesevTSRIAN Claimer -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. Perri,, pastor. L. Harold, 5 S. Su- perintendent. ST. PAUL'S OHURCH, EPISCOPAL -Sab- bath services at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sun- day School at 2:30p m. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evening, Rev. T. S. Boyle, M A., B. D., Rector and S. S. Superintendent. John Taylor and Lad Nash, assistant Superintendents, SALVATioN Agar-Servioe at 7 and 11 a m and 8 and 8 p in, on Sunday, and every evening during the week at 8 o'olook at the barraoli's. POST OPTICS-Oface hours from 8a m to 6:80 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 Mand Robertson, librarian, Town OouNare-W. Holmes, Mayor; Dr. A. J. Irwin, Reeve; David Bell, D. M G trdon, Thee. Gregory, John Kerr, D. E. McDonald Wm. Nioholson, Coanoillors; J, B. Fergnson, Clerk and Treasurer; Anson Dalmage, Assessor, Board meets first Monday evening in eaoh month at 8 o'clock. HIGH SCHOOL BOARD.- John Wilson, (chairman) Dr. J. P. Kennedy, Dr. P. Macdonald, Dr. R. C. Redmond, J. A. Morton, 0. P. Smith, W. F. VanStone. Dudley Holmes, secretary. A. Cosens, treasurer, Board metas second Monday evening in each month. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD. -A. E. Lloyd (chairman), B Jenkins, H. E. Isard, T. Hall, 11, Kerr, Wm. Moore, AIex. Ross, 0. N. Griffin. Secretary, John F. Groves; Treasurer, J. B. Fergnsoh, Meetings seoond Tuesday eveningin eaoh month, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS -J. A. Tay- lor, B,A., principal; J. C. Smith, B.A., olassical master; J. G. Workman, B.A., eson, B.A., teacher of English and mathematical master; Miss F. B. Ketch - Moderns. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. -A. H. Musgroye, Principal, Miss Brock, Miss Reynolds, Mies Farquharson, Miss Wilson, ,Miss Cummings, and Mise Matheson. BOARD or HEALTH -Thos. Bell, (chairman), R. Porter, Thomas Grog- ory, John Wilson, V.S., J. B. Ferguson, Secretary; Dr. J. R. Macdonald, Medical Health Officer. OUTSIDE ADVERTISING Orders for the insertion of advertisements such as toaehera 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 TIDIES OFFICE. Wingham. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IIT THE TIMES X8TABLIBHED 1872 THE WINGHA TIMES. 18 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING -AT- The Times Oftlee, Beaver Block WINGHAkI, ONTARIO, TERMS Or SIIBSORIPTIoN-$1.U0 per annum in advance $1.60 If not so paid. No paper discon- tinued till all arrears are paid, except at the option of the publisher, ADVERTISING RATIO. - Legal and other oasualadvertisements loo per Noupariel line for first insertion, 80 per line for each subsequent insertion, Advertisements in local columns are charged 10 cts. per line for first insertion, and 6 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements of Strayed, Farms for Bale or to Rent, and similar, $1.00 for first three weeks, and 25 cents for each subsequent in- sertion. CONTRAor RATES -The following table shows our rates for the insertion of advertisements for apeoiii.ed periods:- SPA" 1 YR. 0 Mo. 8 Mo, lSro. One0olmmn,-,-.$70.00 $40.00 $22.50 1800 Half Column ..... 40.00 25.00 15.00 6,00 Quarter0olumn ....... 20.00 12.60 7.50 3.00 Ono Inch 5.00 3.00 2,00 L25 Advertisements without specific directions will be inserted till forbid and charged accord- ingly. Transient advertlsements must be paid for in advance, TRE JOB DEPARTMENT i9 stocked with an extensive assortment of all requisites for print- ing, affording faculties not equalled in the county for turning out first olass work. Large type and appropriate outs for all styles of Post. ere, Hand Bills, etc., and the latest styles of choice fanoy type for the finer classes of print Ing. H. B. ELLIOTT, Proprietor and Publisher T P o. .s • KENNEDY, of he BritisM. M.O.P. Modioal Associa- tion, Gold Medallist in Medioine. Special attention paid:to diseases of Women and Child. ren. Office hours -1 to 4 p, m.: 7 to 9 p. m. DR. MAODONA,LD, Centre Street Wingham, Ontario. DR. AGNEW, Physician, Surgeon, eto. Offi Drug Storree, Night calla answerever edd at the office. DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND, M. R. C. S. (Eng) L. R. 0. P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office, with Dr. Chisholm. R VANSTONIB, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, STC, Private and Company funds to loan at lowest rate of interest. No commission charged, Mort - sold. Office, Beaver Blocn and Sarni k. Wingham sight and JA. MORTON, • BARRISTER, &a, Windham, Ont. E. L. DIOKINSON DUDLEY HoLMES DICKINSON & HOMES BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, Eto, MoNEy To LOAN. , OsrIOR: Meyer Block, Wingham. JOHN RITCHIE, GENERAL INSUBANCS AGENT, Wingham, Ont, ARTHUR J. IRWIN, D. D. S., L. D. S. Doctor of Dontal8nrgery of the Pennsylvania Dental College and Licentiate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Office in Macdonald Block, Wingham. Office closed every Wednesday afternoon during June, July and August . W. J. PRICE, B. S. A., L. D. S., D. D. S. DENTIST (Successor to Dr. Holloway) Will continue Ino practice in the office lately occupied by Dr. Holloway, in the Beaver Block, Wingham. Office closed every Wednesday afternoon during June, July and August. ALEX. KELLY, Wingham, Ont. LICENSED AUCTIONEER For the conducted at reasonable rates. Huron. O ders lall eft at the Tuns office will receive prompt attention, FARM ERS and anyone having live stook or other articles they wish to dispose of, should adver- tise the same for sale in the TIMES. Our large cironiation tells and it will be strange indeed if you do not get a customer. We oan't guarantee that you will sell because you may askmore for the artiole or stook than itis worth. Send your advertisement to the TIMES and try this plan of disposing of your stock and other articles. RAILWAY TIME TABLES. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM. TRAINS LBAva FOR London . 0.40 a.m,... 3.30p.m, Toronto &East 70.40 a.m.0.43-a.m-. -. 2.40p,m, Kincardine -11.16 a.m, 2.08 p•m..., 9.16p.m. ARRIVE PROM Kincardine-. --0.40 a.m_10.40 a.m-. --2.40 p.m. London 11.10 a.m...- 7,56 p.m, Palmerston .....• 9.86 a.m. Toronto & East 2.08 p.m.... 9.16 p.m. L. HAROLD, Agent, Wingham. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. TRAINS Leave ron Toronto and Rest. 0.63 a.m,... 8.34 p.m. Teamster 1.25 p.n,....10.51 p.m. ARRIVB PROM Teeswater..- 6 46 a.m 8.26 p.m. Toronto and East ......1. 17p m10.43 p.m. J. H. BEER R, Agent,Wingham. Bo YEARS! EXPERIENCE ATENT$ TRADE MARtts DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS nAnyone sending aSketccndet pale tfree whether nvobb6paantlte.(eutialcs strictlyaS Aa on Paten sent free. Oldest agfermy for securing patents. meets'peoSainodes, without ob*ge, in the Patents taken throe h Mean co, SckNlific Brterkcan, eutalOn W m i I•ccernetecd T0. ,t atloa ) t5s, 57 aeras by a newsdealer,. )txsnoa Q.aec/Zimw'i,?, New, rh Ilei if et., aatat,toe. T Man With Wooden Hat 1 _ A young Scotsmanthe was shown intilr the ofllce of a great engineer at 13lr-r mingham, He was wearing a hat or extraordinary shape, and at his nerv- ousness at meeting the man of fame he let tho hat slip. It fell with a hollow thud upon the floor. The engineer look- ed with astonishment at the thing. The owner picked It up and apologised ter the noise It had caused. It was of wood, he explained, He had, made in himself, turning it With his father's lathe. The engineer thought that there Must be something in a than who could think out and make such a thing as iilis. He forthwith engaged him, kept ex eye upon him and gave him Work of responsibility. The engineer was Boultou; the new man, William Mur- dock. The man with the wooden bat was gent away to Cornwall, and when he returned it was to light up his tears- ter's premises with gas. The mind which first practically applied the coal gas to the purpose of fighting Lived In- side that wooden hat. -St. James' Ga- zette. Good Manners. A friend of yours and mine has vers justly defined good breeding to be "the result of much good sense, some good: nature and a little self denial for the sake of others, and with a view to ob- tain the same indulgence from them_" Taking this for granted -as I think it cannot be disputed -it is astonishing to me that anybody who has good sense and good nature can essentially fait in good breeding. As to the modes of it, indeed, they vary according to per- sons, places and circumstances and are only to be acquired by observation and experience, but the substance of•it everywhere and eternally the same_ Good manners are to particular socie- ties what good morals are to society iR general -their cement and security. And as laws are enacted to enforce goon morals or at least to prevent the ill effects of bad ones, so there are cer- tain rules of civility, universally im- plied and received, to enforce good Manners and punish bad ones. -Ches- terfield. Made For Fat Men. One of the narrow arches In the gal- lery of the chapel at Columbia univer- sity is not exactly symmetrical, al- though the defect is not noticeable to the casual observer. The reason for the widening of the arch after its orig- inal construction had rise la a some- what humorous occurrence. One of the early visitors was a remarkably fat man, who found himself wedged Into the arch when he tried to squeeze through and was extricated with some difficulty. The builders, recognizing the possibility of other fat people be- ing numbered among the future vis- itors, decided to widen the arch, sac- rificing symmetry and harmony to practical need; as the pier was so con- structed ns to bear no loss of width on one of its sides. Caribou Horns. Not one out of every ten female cari- bou bas horns, When they do have them, they are much smaller thane those of the bull.u The horns of the female have, however, in general many more branches than those of the bull, and they are much more regularly rind finely formed. The cows carry their • horns much longer than the bulls, They have been seen with their horns In .the month of April. The old bulls shed their horns from the' 10th to the last of November. They hardly ever. carry them after the month of Novem- ber. The young bulls shed theirs from the first of December until the middle' of February. The younger the animal the longer he retains his horns. Mountain of the Sacred Footprint. Adam's peak, or Mount Samanala, a rugged Mountain in the island of Cey- lon, is known throughout the. orient as the "Mountain of the Sacred hoot print." Ina flat, rocky basint the foot of this molutain in stono as hardy as blue granite there is the Perfect im-, print of a gigantic human foot, five and; one-half feet long by two and one-half, feet wide. The Ceylonese Brahmans have n legend to the effect that the im- print was made by Adam, our first par- ent, but the Buddhists declare- that it could have been made by no one but Buddha, - Water. Needles. So penetrating is water at high pres- sure that only special qualities of cast . iron will be tight against it. In the early days of Jhe hydraulic jack It was, no uncommon thing to see the water,' issuing like a fine needle through the metal, and the water needle would penetrate the unwary' finger just as readily as a steel one. Cash or Credit. Women should not get credit. Nei- ther should men. Cash is the cure. Tradesmen maybe wotild have a bid; time for six or twelve months, and many a lady 'would have to "Ile low," but in the end wo would get both our, trade and our, money, anjl she would; get her dress and at far less colt.-' London Opinion. The Vice Presidenoy. "It's sthrange, about th' vice prise ,dincy," said Mr. Dooley. "Th" prise dlncy is th' highelit office In th' gift Ir th' people. Th' vice prisidincy IS til` ner highest all' th' lowest. It Isn't n crltne exactly. Ye can't be sant to fail f'r It, but it's a kind iv a disgrace." -"Dissertations by Mr. Dooley." His Hope For Revenge. Judge (to barber sentenced to death) --If you hove a last request, tbo court Will be glad to grant it. Barberel ehsnld like to shave the prosecuting nt- torieey. 't'o be able to have the thing; we' w ant, that is riches, but to lie able to do without, that Is power. ---Macdonald