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The Wingham Times, 1908-09-17, Page 8THE WIW(l3 ;M 'TIMES, Ski"TEIMA 2 . 1SUS Biliousness, Liver Complaint If your tongue is coated, your eye* yet. low, your eaotnplexian Ballow; if yon have shite headaches, variable appetite, poor ttiroulatioa, re pan under the .right should- er,. or elte nate oo$tfveness and diarrhma, Ming speck* before the eyes,. Your Liver Is Not in Order A11 tho troubles and diseases which come in the train of a disordered liver, ouch as Jaundice, Chronio Constipation, Catarrh of the Stomach, Heartburn, Water Brash, etc., :way bo quickly and eerily cared by MILailmi S LAMA -LIVER PILLS Mr. 8, Gingerieh, Zurich, Ont, writes: -- 1 tad suffered for years with Liver cone. pirent, and although I tried many merii- einea I (toils)* not get rid of it. Seeing t1ilborn'a LaxeeLiver fills advertised 1 decided to try them, and after using them four months I wax completely cured. 25 cents a vial or 5 for $1.00, at all dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. morn,..,. TO ADVERTISERS YtTotioe of changes must be left at this office not later than Saturday noon, The copy for changes mast be left not later than Monday evening, Casual advertisements accepted up to noon Wednesday of each week. ESTABLISHED 1872 THE WIN6I1AiI TINES. $. B. ELLIOTT,1'trsuasuutt Awn PROPhassor+ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, MS. NOTES AND COMMENTS Great Britain is compassed to -day by what may well be said to be a galaxy of young nations, and amonget those daughter nations Canada, all consent, holds first rank. I don't pretend that this, as the culmination of the last twelve years, can be claimed as the work of the Liberal party in twelve years, It has been the work of genera- tion after generation of Canadians, but I think I can olaim that when the pages of history are unfolded to the eyes of future generations it will be regarded that though the generations that have passed have iaid the foundations, the supreme honor of crowning the edifice was reserved to the Administration which yon placed in power in 1896, the mandate of which you renewed in 1900 and in 1904, and whish mandate, I be- lieve, you will also renew as Boon as the bugles sound the call of duty at the polls. I don't make any predictions as to the victory. I leave that to our op- ponents. They will do as they have done inh t e past, ,and we will do p as we have done. They crow before election day. We commence to prow after oleo - tion day. -Sir Wilfrid Laurier. In a reoent issue The Winnipeg Free Press says editorially: -"In a voice which sounded as good and pious as if he were speaking the Gospel troth, Mr. Ames made these statements in his address at Selkirk Hall Iaat Tuesday evening:- " 'Up to 1900 the lands of the Cana- dian went were still in the hands of the nation.' ,The speculator oame, saw and conquered.' "'To -day the speculator holds large areas of our agrioultural lands, wafting for his prise.' "'Let restitation be your watch word in the next campaign,' exclaimed Mr. Ames, 'and do not stay your hands until this has been accomplished.' "For sweeping falsehood this accusa- tion againet the Liberal Government by Mr Ames, that the lands of the Cana- dian west have been transferred truce the ownership of the nation to the own- ership of speculators through the agency of the Government, stands almost uupre- oedented ae an achievement of platform hardihood." Makes ry"". ed Blood AND GOOD HEALTH What Dr, Chases Nerve Food does is to increase the nurneer of red corpuscles in the blood -and thereby make the blood redder and ILI:er in the elements which build up hew cells rind tissues to replace those wasted by disease and in the process of living, 13y use of this great restorative you lift your- self from the Tow level of health which leaver you an easy ptey to every ill wind that blows for with thin, watery blood you catch cold coils. and are an easy victim for consumption end contagious diseases. A WONDERFUL RECORD. Do the business men of Canada Butte appreciate the wonderful record of the Canadian Portaihoe ander Liberal ed ministration? Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, the I'ortmaeter General, pat the facts to most concisee form at the great Niagara Palle mooting last week. The last year of Conservative administration produced a defoit of $700,997. There has been Mt deficit soon 1908, and last year the eurplus. was $1,100,000. How has We been secured? By so reducing the rates of postage as to popularize the service in every branch, ° Here are the rates of postage on various olasees of moil zttatter under Conservative and Liberal rule: -- Letters to Great Britain and the empire generally --Conservative 5 Dents; Liberal, 2 °auto. Letters to Canadian points - Conserva- tive, 8 oents; Liberal, 2 Dents. Lettere to United States -Conserva- tive. 3 cents; Liberal 2 cense, Drop letters for city delivery -Con- servative, 2 oents; Liberal, 1 cent, Papers sent to Great Britain by the publishers -Conservative, 8 cents per pound; Liberal, one quarter of 1 Dent per pound. Behind all this comes the introduction of free rural mail delivery, That is the wonderful story of the Canadian Poet office under Liberal rule. Does it look as if graft had any place there? S -COULD BE iN FRIENDLY HANDS. Since Sir Wilfrid said at Sorel that he would like a renewal of the oonfi- denoe of the people that he might be enabled to finish his work on the Grand Trunk Paoifio, his critics have, says the Montreal Herald, been at a good deal of a loss about what would happen in case hie friendly and sympathetic direction of that work were to be removed Some are frankly hostile to the projeot; some find fault with the contrast and the cost, but do not go to the length of ream - mending that anything ought to be done to stop the work; one or two, wiser than the rest, hold that the work must go on. "If the Conservative party should succeed, at the election," says the Toronto Newa, "it will not be so unwise as to seek to block the construction of the Grand Trunk Paoifio Railway, to embarass its financial operations, or to alter prejndioially the contract whioh reoeived the sanction of the Canadian Parliament." Mr, Borden himself said a year ago that the oontract must be lived up to "in good faith according to its terms," but he and his friends have since done all they could to cast discredit upon the projeot, to exaggerate its probable cost, that it is an undertaking beyond onr strength, and to destroy public confi. deuce in the commissioners ander whom it is being oonstruoted. To this end ser. tain of them tried to frame oharges for Major Hodgins,to support, charges with which the Major retuned to have any- thing to do, his refusing leading to et de- finite breach. One would prefer to beiieve that Mr. Borden wculd, and could, live lap to his idea of last year, but it is fairly open to question whether he could hold at bay the forces about him which would make for a manage. ment of the enterprise that would lead to many embazrassments, financially and otherwise. Tho only safe course is to leave Sir Wilfrid where he can himself bring the work to completion. There has been altogether too mush political passion aroused at one stage and another of the progress of this work to make it at all safe or proper that during the really critical period it should be at the mercy of men who not merely opposed it, but who did all in their power to prevent its ever being started. A GREAT SOON TO FARMERS. Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, Poetmas- ter-General of Canada, mads a most important announcement at the dem- onstration to Sir Wilfrid Laurier at Niagara Falls last week. It was that a Syatem of rural mail delivery would be at once introdnoed into Canada, and extended as the revenues would war- rant. This will be great news to the farming oontmnaity, and form a fitting climax to the splendid management of postal affairs under the Liberal admin- istration: Mr. Lemieux said: '.A5 I have often stated in Parlia- ment, it is a splendid system, whish I admire greatly, and winch os)n be Introduced etep by step in Canada. Por seine two or three years, acting under niy inetruotions, the :Meets of the department have been atudyfng the main featuree of total free delivery perated in the United States, with. ew t o the possible introduction odno ' tion of oheme in accordance with our nue, population and physical con. ons. Towards that end the postoffice de - went haat evolved a sohelne of 1 /tee delivery and collection the present system of stage routes, •s A. e► i► • i heirs. he ( vi e Nerve Food Py the building up process, cures anaemia, rove flee:lessness, headaches, indigestion-, weakness, diti ladnti rr, rspells and all diseases of the ice -vas, „ 50 cents a be; et ail diners or Edmanson, Bette 6: Co., Toronto- part Ura. Geo. Cook, Welland, Ont., writes: rare "For five *ran I suffered with nervousness, from bred feeling, ran and terrible weakness end hetet** greatly emaciated* My doctor tarifa sot help See, so I begin the use of Dr. Clismes trotted far sea years." Nerve b�tee Food I th hoses n1hae International Newspaper Bible Study ourse. Salient Points in tire Lesson for Sunday, Sept. 27th, Coven In a Series of questions by Bev. Or..Iinseott. TEDMPERANCE LESSON. Isaiah y:11-23. Golden. Text -,-Wine is a meeker; strong drink is raging. Prov. xx:1 Verse 11 -How many men do you keiow in this commtfnity whose moral portrait is drawn in this verse; that is, tie :se wbo are habitual druukards? Are there still those whose chief em- bitton ie to get drunk? What are the chief "woes" •of the drunkard (I) To himself (2) to his fenaily (3) To the community? Verse 12 -Is it a fact that drinking no a still line string music, and, if so haw do you account for it? Is it either possible or probable that a man given to drink, can also "regard the work of the Lord?" Verse 13 -Upon whish kind o; know- ledge does the prosperity of an indi. veinal, or of a people, most depend, moral and spiritual, or scientific and Oo i umeroial? What was the general oause for the var'ous oaptivities, and national nets- forranes of aaoient Israel? Verso 14 -To what extent does the lonlevity of an individuat,or of a nation, dap And upon moral oondnot? Can the "gory" and; the "multitude" and the men who 'Irejoice" be increas- ed most in this country with liquor being freely sold, or under prohibition? Verse 15 -If a "mean" man, that is one of poor ability and little influence, indulges in drink, and if a '"mighty" man, that ie a man of great ability and inflnenoe, indulges in drink, what will be the effect of such indulgence, and will there be any difference in the effect upon the two men? Verse 17 -In what retpeot are the upgement" and the "righteousness" of God "exalted," or seen, in the ter, rible results of the liquor traffics? Verse 17 -What is the difference ill the economic results of money made by farming, and money made in the liquor traffic? Verses 18 -19 -Is it ever possible for good personal results to some from bad deeds? Is there any need to experiment with or put to the test, the moral preoepts of the Bible, seeing they are based upon the experience of mankind/and the wis- dom of the ages? Is it ever possible for a man or a nation to escape the natural results of wrong doing? (This question must be answered in writing by members of the club.) Verses 20.21 -If a man does that whish is essentially wrong, and he thinks itis right, does his opinion change the uatnral results of the act? For illus- tration, a mother gives her babe, in the night, prussic acid, thinking it to be oaaror oil. Verses 22.28 -How should we esti- mate the moral oharaoter of those who sell intoxicating liquor as a beverage? Lesson for Sunday, Oot. 4th, 1908 - David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem - II Sam, vi. that purpose. "I have therefore determined, with the consent of my oolleagaea, to equip all existing .mail routes in Canada with rural delivery boxes, under reg- ulations to be published and enforced shortly. At the junction of every oon- (easion line with the .main road the people will also be given the privilege of having boxes looated for the receipt and collection of their mail, as desired. "The department has made all ar- rangements for the carrying out of the scheme, and will at once proceed to inaugurate it This eystom of rural mail delivery can be introduced at a cost which the country oan afford to pay. Is will evolve and expand gradually, with the growth and de- velopment of Canada, and at a ratio of Dost that will not prove burden- some. Is ie, on the whole, a great postal reform, whish will be bailed with delight by the farmers of Can- ada." The intention is to utilize the preen ent delivery system between railway points and interior pcstoffioes. It is expected that this will cover 50 per cent. of the rural population. For instance, in going from the railway centre "A" to postoffice "B," not con. nested with a railway, the mail carrier, instead of keeping the mail in bulk, will distribute eaoh farmer's mail at the box in front of his farm that borders on the direot route to postoffice "B," jest as a city Ietter carrier does. For those on side lines, not on the route to "B" postoffioe, their private mail boxes will be arranged at the Dross roads, perhaps a dozen or twenty of them at one point. The carrier, reaohing there, will distribute the mail in each box in turn, and the farmers will Dome here for it, instead of having to go two or three or perhaps four, miles to postoffioe "B." Thus those living on the route of the carrier, which will be so arranged as to cover as much territory as pos. sible consistent with rapid delivery, will have the mail brought to their doors The other "side lines" will go to one of the central points where boxes are grouped, perhaps half or one and a half miles away. Regis- tered lettere will be taken to post - office "B," but a notice of this will be left in the owner's box, so that ha will know. THE PEOPLE'S SAVINGS, Twelve years ago the number of postoffice savings banks in Canada was 755; in 1906 they had inoreaaed to 1,011: The amount a the credit of open ao- oonnts at the end of 1896 wall $28,932,- 930; in 1906 It had grown to $45,736,483 The number of open accounts increased from 126,442 al the end of 1896 to 164,- 542 at the (lose of 1906. Daring the ten years a total of $4 462 371 was transfer- red from Government savings banks to postoffice Savin e bank s, yet the amo'nnt at credit of depositors in the former de. creased only from $17,866,889 to $16,. 174,124, Even more satisfactory is the ',hew- ing made by the ohartered banks, In - eluding deposits of the fedetat and pro• 'Owlet governments, the total amount Whereby the rttrel papulation of the I on deposit in the chartered banks In country map be able to receive sand poet 1890 was $198.616,049; in 1907 it had in. Sall ordinary mail matter At their doors, creased to $654 839,711, The paid up instead Of having 16 drive from two to capital of theee banks grew from $82,. three miles to the clear I r w f` set poatofi ee for 84,,17$ in 1898 to $`98,9"53,,$8 In 1907; the notes in circulation from $31,456,- 297 to $75,784,482; discounts to the people from $213,211,996 to $709,975,274; the assets from $320.937,643 to $945.688,708, and the liabilities from $232,338,086 to $769,026,924, These figures give an idea of the ex- pansion of trade, the growth of wealth, and the diffusion of prosperity under Liberal rule, ONTARIO'S CROPS The following statistics of the princi- pal field crops of Ontario for 1908 show the acreage, as computed from individ- ual returns made by- farmers to the Ontario Bureau of Industries, and the yield as estimated by a large and exper- ienced stat! of eorrdspondeute, embrac- ing every townitaip. The wheat area is practically the same as that of 1907, but the yield is estimated at nearly a million bushels in excess of the final returns of last year. The area in barley shows a shrinkage of about 5 per cent:, and is over emillion a ba bushels short or t ofh G e crop 01 1907. The poor crop of oats in 1907 caused a falling off in the area of 1908 of over 5 per cent., or 158,000 sores; the yield, however, shows an estimated increase of about 15,000,000 bushels, the yield per acre being 7 bushels In excess of 1907. and equal to the average of the previous 26 years. The area in rye and peas show substantial increases, but they are still below the annual averages, The bean crop differs but little from that of 1907, There is a slight redaction in the hay area, but the yield harvested a quarter of a ton to the acre over the light crop of last year. LATE SUMMER. tBaltimore American.) How glorious are these later days, wren summer's pr.^ -sing by, And the colors of the coming fall show in the August sky, When in the heat of morn and eve there comes a cooling breeze, And richer, deeper grows the green upon the branching trees, And fruit begin to mellow, and the gor- geous flowers bloom, As though the summer sought to deck a garlanded fair tomb. Whose beauty would keep thoughts of love alive with fond regret, And leave a trade of loveliness and brightness with us yet. 8 OUT OF 10 persons stiffer at some- time or other from Piles! So says a great medical authority. There is no disease causes more pain and wretchedness than piles; and bygiving almost immediate ease Zam-Buk has won the praise of thousands of sufferers. If you are suffering let Zanr•Buk cute you- Mr. I�tell Devon, Webbwood, Ont. suffered with piles eight years. A few boxes of Zam- Buk cured him. Ibe since says: --"1 have had no return of the trouble ble so that T Imo* the cure is ernianent." Mr. CF )3. Prost, Lertnoxville, 1'.Q., writes: " 1 have proved Zam•Bak a great cure for piles from which I suffered acutely for a long time," Zam•Bulc also cures cuts, ulcers, burns, abscesses, poisoned wounds, boils, eczema, and alt skid troubles. 5oc. a box, all drug. gists and stores or from Zam•Buk T orooto. 3 boxes for $ r.2$. TOWN DIRECTORY. Be.l'TIST Oslraoa .Sabbath eervioee tet 11 a re and, 7 p m, SteldaY S011o41 at 5:80 p m. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings, Rev, H. .Edger Allen, pastor. 13.Y,P,U, meets Monday evenings 8 p,m. Abuser Dolene S.S. Superintendent, M$T»ionlsT Chansons -Sabbath servriees at11amand 7pm. Sunday Sohoolat 2;80 p m, Epworth League every Mon- day evening. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings, Rev, W. G. Howson, pastor. 1?'. Baohanan, S.S. Superintendent. PRESBYTERIAN °HUI/O t -Sabbath ser- vices at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sunday Sohoolat 2;3o p nn. General Brayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. D.1'errie, pastor, Dr, A. J. Irvin, S,S. Superintendent. ST, PAuI.'s OIIUROH, Eersoonin--Sab bath services at 11 am and 7 p m Sunday Sohool at 2:30p m. Rev. 0 E Jeaktns, B, A., B, D„ Rector ; Ed Nash, 5, 5, Superintendent ; Thos. E Robinson, assistant Superintendent, SALVATION ABat --Service at 7 and 11 a m and 3 and 7 p m on Sunday, and every evening during the week at 8 o'olook at the barraoks, POST Oi s'xos-Ofilce hours from 8a m to 6;30 p m. Open to box holders from 7 a m. to 9 p m. P. Fisher, postmaster. Pumas LIBRARY -Library and free reading room in the Town Hall, will be open every afternoon from 2 to 5:30 o'°look, and every evening from 7 to 9:30 o'clock. Miss Ethel Elliott, librarian. Tow Oouxoir-W. Holmes, Mayor; Dr. A, J. Irwin, Reeve; David Bell, Thos. Gregory, D. E, McDonald Wei . Nioholson,Geo. Spotton, Geo. C, Hanna, Ooancillors; J. B, Ferguson, Clerk and Treasurer; Anson Dulmage, Assessor. Board meets drat Monday evening in each month at 8 o'olook. Mom SoROoL BOARD.- John Wilson, (chairman) Dr, J. P. Kennedy, Dr. P. Meodonald, Dr. R, C. Redmond, J. A. Morton, C. P. Smith, W. F. VanStone. Dudley Holmes, secretary. A. Cosens, treasurer, Board meets seoond Monday evening in each month. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD. -- T. Hall, (chairman), B Jenkins,$. E. Isard,A.E. Lloyct,H, Kerr, Wm. Moore,Alex. Ross, O. N. Griffin. Secretary, John F, Groves; Treasurer, J. B. Ferguson, Meetings seoond Tuesday eveningin eaoh month, • • Rrcnr Swoon TEACHERS -J. A. Tay- lor, B.A., principal; J, C. Smith, B.A., classical wester; J. G. Workman, B,A., mathematical master ; Miss Helena Dadson, B.A,, teacher of English and Moderns. PUBLIO SOHOOL TEACHERS. --A. H. Musgrove, Prinoipal, Mies Brook, Miss Reynolds, Miss Farquharson, Miss Wilson, Miss Cummings, and Miss Fraser. BOARD OP HmeLTH-•Thos. Bell, (chairman), R. Porter, Thomas Greg- ory, John Wilson, V.S., J. B. Ferguson, Secretary; Dr. J. R Macdonald, Medical Health Officer Fresh Fish Fridays. I have made arrangements for weekly shipments of Fresh Fish, and will be able to supply them Every Friday. All orders will receive prompt attention, THOS. FELLS BUTCHER. Synapsis of Canadian Northwest Homestead Regulations, A LsnnuMito skonidLi Lands Manitoba, section Alberta. excepting 8 and 26, not reserved, may be homesteaded by any person who is the sole head of a family, or any male over IS years of age, to the extent of one-quarter section of 160 acres, more or less per- son by they applicancotryyata a tDomin on iLas Agency land or situate. Entry the proxy a whish • ever, be made at au Agency byproxy may, by his father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of an intending homesteader, homestead duties under required the following plans: outtivattiott; least sixhland ins each year fsidence or three years. (2) A home0stteader may, if be so desires, oh farming landuow�nedssolely bduties not less than eighty (80) sores in extent, in the vicinity of his homestead. Joint ownership In land will not meet this requirement. (8) If the father (or mother, if the father fa dteeased) of the lromostender has permanent himanoot les than eighty (80) no 0 inlexyteni in the vicinity of the homestead, or upon a homestead entered for by him in the vicinity, such homesteader may perform his own reef - dente duties big living With the father (or mother.) (4) The term "vicinity" in the two preeed, ing paragraphs is defined as meaning not more the w nine 0 Iroad allow cesncr exclusive inothe measuret, hommenesteader intending to perform hiet rtheal ente dntiee in ne5ordanee with the above while living with parents or on farming land owned by himself mutat notify the Agent for e dittriet Of such intention. dheiotenfMoniidatttCmmssonroDmioonn 1,aa Ottawa of intention to apply for patent, trouts. of the Minister fheInterior.tet` N,8.-Unautkcorised p4blication of this ad• vertleemert win net be ilaid for. ilaT.ABI7I8RZD 1$72 THE WIN6110 TIMES. 113 PUBLI88RU EVERY THURSDAY MORNING --fix The Times gfflee, Beaver Block WINQIIAM, ONTARIO, Teams oe SusaOatkTZON-81.00 per annum in advance, 81,50 it not so paid. No paper dieoon- tinued till all arrears are paid, except at the option of the pnb)taher, ADvisux3BIN0 RATES. -- Legal and other oasualadvertteements10cper N9n artellinefor firBt ince tion, 20 per line for each snhsegaent ineerti9n. Advertisements in loyal columns are charged 10 etc. per line for first insertion, and 5 emits per line for each subsequent insertion.. Advertisontents of Strayed, Saone for Sale or to Rent. and similar, 81.00 for first three weeks, and 26 cents tar oaoh subsequent in- sertion. CORITR&OT RATsa-Tho following table shows onr rates for the insertion of advertltemente for speoifed perioda:- SPA.0111 Ya. B NO. 8 Mo, Luso OneCotmmn,,..,.,$70.00 840.00 $2x.60 18.00 Ralfcolamn .40.00 25,00 16.00 SA QuarterColumn 20.00 12.60 7.60 8.00 One Inch ........., 5.00 8.00 2.00 1.26 Advertisements withont a eoifio directions will be inserted till forbid and charged a000rd- ingly. Transient advertisements most be paid for in advance. Tai JON DSPARTMMANT la etooked with an extensive assortment of all requieitesfor print- ing, affording facilities not equalled In the county for turning out first class work. Large type and appropriate oats for all styles of POO - ors, gaud Bilin, etc„ and the. latest styles of oholee fanny type for the finer Masers of print ing. S. B. ELLIOTT, Proprietor and Publisher T P KENNEDY, Id. D., M.O.P. S. O. es tion, Member Mefdallist; BritishMedical Special attention paid to diseases of Women and Child, ren. Oihoe hours -1 to 4 p. m. ; 7 to 0 p. m. DR. IiXAODONALD, Centre Street Winghem, Ontario. DR. AGNEW, Physician, Surgeon, oto, OillDrug Stor5, Night allsasweredaatttheofca DR, ROBT.C.REDMOND. M. R.O.B, (Bug) L. R. 0. P. London. PHYSICIAN and BURGEON. Offiee, with Dr, Chisholm, VANSTONB, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, BTO rate interest.Commortgages,, y funds town and at farm property bought and sold. Offloe, Beaver Block, Windham JA. MORTON, J. BARRISTER, &o. wingham, Ont. E. L. DloszxaoN DUMMY Romans DICKINSON & HOMES BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, Etc. MonaY TO LOAN. orrice: Meyer Blook, Wtngham. ARTHUR J. IRWIN, D. D. S., L. D. 8. Doctor o Dental College Land Liuentiatee of theRlvania oyalCollege of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Office in Macdonald Block, wingham. W, J. PRICE, B. 8. A., L. D. S., D. D. S. Surgeons of Ontario, and CfOraduatefaf Dental. Uni- versity .01 Toronto. Office ; Beaver Block. ALEx. KELLY, Wingham, Ont. LICENSED AUCTIONEER Porand aced he at reasoofnable rates leOrdersall left at the Trine offioe will receive prompt attention, Wingllam General Hospital (Under Government inspection) Pleasantly situated. Beautiful fur- nished. Open to all regularly licensed physioians, RATES FOR PATIENTS - (which include o $15.00 perweek aooerd ng to nursing), ation of room. For further information, address Miss. J. E WELSH, SBox 223,r wingham Ont. RAILWAY TIME TABLES. GUANO TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM, London TRAINS LIDAvia ron 8,40 a,m.... 8,80p,m, Toronto erEast 11.03a.m.. 6.48 a,m.-.. 2.40pan, Kinoardine..11.67 a.m.., 2.08 p -m._ 8,16p,m, Kincardine ARnzrH TRbat ..8.40 9.m,.11.00 oan,. - 2.40 p.m, London.....-.. -. -. ..11.54 8.m..., 7.86 p.m. Palmerston,,- 10 80 Toronto ,k Bast 2.08 p.m..;. 9.15 p.m. L.HAROLD, Agent, Wingham. OANADIAN PAOIB"IO RAILWAB. Vv 'rRAMNs X.5&Ve l'OR Toronto and Bast, - o,65 a,m,8.89 p,m. Teeswater .-+ 1.10 pan .....1108 Aanlrit TRe1. p`m' Teeswater...... 856a.m..... 8.80 Toronto and Rest ., „,;, 1,10 pp m.. w1o.N p'm• .r. H.BRBMgR. Agent,Winahem. pan. GO YEARS' EXPERIENCE ATE TRRADI Matins COPYRIGHTS Ac. Anyone sending a sketch and description May • rink/Ely ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention le probably, patentAble ,Communte a.oell,'Dentiel. BAduBOO; on Patentstlfro Oldest agency for eecurmg atoms.coagInCa raoatVepsetatnotce,withoutChare, the WI cIentUy fic ,lmerlcatf. ccnnl]atlon of any aelenttleddo 16ce 3. ranged erell*. Canada 76 a year, poatesd prop Id, 8014, bz sat nets balers. r MUNN COrifirookatNo ork branch if **Wash _ i CU:„ i•+�ryj a+.„n Do You Think That You Could Count Up to a Trillion? Sento 1}. rsons openly manifest on aversion to mathematics, Can they be censured when such problems as these aro presented to view? One little statement that set many people to thinking about their liniita- tions drat appeared in a publication some twenty-five years ago. It sim- ply stated, "You cannot count a trillion." Many tried it, but all gave up before counting very long. Sup- posing you counted without atopprng at the rate of 200 every minute of the day and night, how long would it take? You could count 12,000 an hour, 288,000 in a day, 105,102,000 in a year of 3651-4 days. Since a billion is a thousand million, it is a simple matter to see that it would take near- ly ten years to reach that sum, and since a trillion is a thousand billion it does not require a great stretch of the imagination to see that we could. never reach that amount unless we had in the neighborhood of 10,000 years to devote to the task, A woman of social ambitions onto remarked to an acquaintance that she had eighteen intimate friends whom she wished to have to dinner, but as her table seated only Dight she could have only six guests at time. It was suggested that oho invite them in rotation, changing the guests until each had been to dinner with all of the others. At the first dinner she announced her plan, and one of the guests asked if she had counted the number of dinners she wonid have to give before she had made the com- plete rotation, When he learned that she thought twenty or thirty dinners would answer he laughed, took a pencil from his pocket and after figuring a few minutes told her that it would require 18,564 dinner parties to finish her plan. At the rate of 300 each year this would re- gnire nearly sixty-two years. The plan wits abandoned. He then sug Bested that she see how many ways she .could seat the eight people around the table, and she was ready to try that as well until told that it was possible to arrange 40,320 seatings without having any two alike. Suppose six horses are entered in a race. If some one should offer to bet that you Could not tell the exact order in which the six horses would cross the tape you would probably not care to take the bet unless you were given good odds, say 50 to 1 or 75 to 1. Many would be willing to bet under such conditions. 13ut their chances to win would be exceedingly small. Any one of the six horses might be first; et'iy one of the other five might be second. Of the other four any one might be third. There would be three choices for fourth place, two for fifth and one for sixth. Now, since the same possibilities would remain, no matter how we started, it is easy to see that the total number of a t i r gements must be 6x5x4x3x2x1, or 720, so that the bettor has exactly one chance in 720 of winning, provid.zi Ise knows ab- solutely nothing about the horses. If he takes odds of 100 to 1 he is almost certain to Tose, for he is really the one whb has given the odds 7.2 t0 I even at 100 to 1, Trees and Lightning. There is a popular belief that cer- tain trees are less likely than others to be struck by lightning and that during a thunderstorm it is quite safe to stand under a beech, for example, while the danger under a resinous tree or an oak is respectively fifteen or twenty tunes greater. This is dis- puted by Dr. A. W. Borthwick in Notes of the Royal Botanical Gar- den of Edinburgh." The doctor says that no tree is immune, since light- ning will select one species quite as readily as another and the beech quite as frequently as any other species. Apparently the taller trees in a neighborhood are the ones most likely to be struck. Contrary to what is believed by some people, the cells are not "ruptured or tarn by the formation of steam, as might happen if the heating by the electric current was very great. The cells collapse and shrink up, but are never torn." The root system does not seem to be ever damaged by lightning. A Thorough Sportsman. Sir Thomas Lipton has other hob- bies besides that of yachting. He is very fond of most outdoor amuse- ments, and has spent. hundreds of thousands of pounds on sport in vari- ous forms, but is said never to have made a bet in his life. Among his pet pursuits are billiards, cricket, golf, and motoring. The theatre he does not particularly fancy, and as for reading he confines himself ehief- ly to magazines' and newspapers. He believes in plenty of fresh air, and to avoid sleeping in town will often drive ten miles at one in the morning to Osidge, his place at Old Southgate, in Middlesex. He is also a keen gardener. Royal Golfer. Hing James II. was a fine golfer in the sense of fondness for the game, and in other senses too. He it was as Duke of York who, when ehalleng- ed by two English noblemen at the Scottish court to a match, the duke to take any partner whom he could find, took to his side an Edinburgh shoemaker named John Patersone, The duke and Patersone won, and the Ietter, being given half the stake, built for himself a house, which is to be distinguished by the record upon it in Canongate to this day. The Stat Chamber. The old tribunal which figures se extensively in the history of Charles I. as the "star ehamber" is said to have received the name from the fact that the roof of the apatttnent in which the tribunal sat wne decorated with in gut stars. Another explanation; it took its name from the "std," or Jewish bonds, which at one time had been kept in it. The Same Thing. She --rat told yen believe in not- int* novo Raid so. I said I be. iiovcsis.oni n 171411, I uade:610, --