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The Clinton News-Record, 1908-02-27, Page 6Prince Edward county doctors have decided to increase their fees. A C. P; R. transcontinental train was derailed near. Pardee. The cars turned over in the ditch, and the Jap- anese porter was killed and seseral passengers injured. BURNT HIS TOES BADLY. But he will never again use a cheap corn cure containing acids. The enly safe and painless cure is Pit tltam's Corn Extractor. It never burns, al- ways cures -buy "Putnam's. ' Walter Stratford, a eras:mous young farmer of Tilbury North tuwn- ship, died suddenly. The Grand Trunk Pacific will put sixty-two town sites west ..f V,cnui- peg on sale in the spring. CRESOLENE ANTISEPTIC TABLETS A simple and effective remedy for SORB R TII OATS AND COUGHS They combine the germicidal value of. Gresolens with the soothing properties of slippery elm and fico. rice. Your druggist or from us, lac in stamps. .asutxo, Muss Go., Limited, Agents, Montreal. 4os The official copy of the Natal act, passed by the British Columb'.t 1 eg- islature, has reached Ottawa, ,.'.i now being considered by the Depart• merit of Justice. • Woinau'sWorid MiE. TETRAllINI. The Greatest Soprano Singer irk the History of Grand Opera. Mme. Luisa Tetrazzini, who made such .a hit at Covent Garden, Londbn, during the opera season of 1907 that she washailed as having a voice as beautiful as that of Patti and a dra- matic power superior to Melba's, was engaged at an enormous salary by Os- car Hammerstein s-car.Hammerstein to sing at his Man- hattau Opera House in New York. The rival New Yorkmanagers, Messrs. Conried and Hammerstein. discovered. her before. London took her up, but through . a 011 finnderstanding she sign ed contracts'. With both 'the American ARE YOUR JOINTS LAME? Haven't you a. weak spot, ci place where cold anti inflammation alwi;.y.s settles ? Whether it is in the nrck. side or limbs -the cure is stipple -a good rubwith Nerviline and then.. apply Nerviline Porous Plaster. '.hr'=e' great rubefaciants invariably cur;; strain, swelling, weakness and muscul- ar pain. There is no mystery . ai,niit this. Nerviline is the most pen„irat-. ing liniment known -consequently. • . it gets where the trouble really is. Ner- viline Porous Plasters are great heal- ers and draw out congestion. Be sure you get the genuine, substitutes can't. do the work. Joseph Gilbcaul•t died in t+c'.mit Hospital from injuries received isv a tree falling upon him. He iay hap- less in the snow for six hours, and bad his hands and feet frozen. Japan will give her reply to the United States ori the emigration tlucs- tion to -day,. Cure for Weak Lungs ' "I have used your Psychine for about six months, and have found it an ex- cellent remedy for pneumonia and weak lungs." Ronald Johnson, Farewell, Ont., April 15,. 1907. "Psychine is one .of the best medi- cines on the market, and for all throat and lung troubles is unexcelled. "-A word from a man who has tested it. Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and all throat, lung and stomach troubles yield to Psychine. At all drug- gists, 50e. and $1.00, or Dr. T. A. Slocum, Limited, Toronto. The r_port of King Alfonso's assas- sination has been denied from' TOsdrid. Three men were killed in an eyp'.os- ion in a powder mill at ',111arton,. N. J. Rev. Dr. Cotib, of St. Mark';; child' Port Hope, has resigned. Azzuti. . impresarios. Later Mr. Hammerstein P succeeded in securing her. She is a sister-in-law of Signor Campanini, the great conductor.' Like Caruso, she bas been her own instructor in the singing art. When•asked how she learned her. art the great singer replied: "You ask me .how. to learn singing? Well, well, I should have to write you. a big book, not a short article' like this, and then perhaps • you : would. be, none the wiser, for' no one canlearn to sing as people- learn to play games. "In the very first. place,. it is a gift,. for if you wish to be . a singer you must. have a voice. Everybody • is not born with a voice, and' some people who are have not the second vital Clinton N ews-Record February 27th,, 190S a,retula the edge Of the Shade. ij ~ger in crsaonehand Ruga, Equally glittering was a little shade ' .MENU COLLECTING' FM, meant for a large candle or smalli -over which was a fabric which might of Dinner Cards, be described as pale pink cloth of gold, Menu collecting is becoming quite a Pink and gold threads being geed In fad. The young girl or matron who its composition.. Garlands, . of ribbon shows the largest collection of menus embroidery decorq,ted the shade, which from the aristocratic ' botels, ' pub - was edged with clink fringe and gold lie banquets, private functions, com- lace, the gold lac$ being trimmed With plimentary dinners, etc,' is the envy ink and lavender ribbon flowers.. of all ' her associates. When the own - A sample shade was meds of OW -p er of the souvenirs has been a partici- ". red chintz, with a fringe of crystal pant at the occasions symbolizedby the menus and eau relate instances needs. concerning them she is all the pr, prouder UNLUCKY THiIITEEN9 . , .of her collection; as she has reason •tobe. , lamp It Was made of pale pink silk M'iscr Buttolph Owns the. Most Valuable Superstitious Fear of This Numbo•- ! There is a disposition. to. exchange Dates Sack to Norse Mythology, menus and Collect them by any means It is usually stated that the super- possible. Some even go to the ex- stitious objection to witting thirteen at tremes of purchasing them from In- a table in Christian countries was vited guests and from hotels, while based on the fact of the lastsupper, others buy them from the printer%: when. Christ and 'his twelve disciples It is told that on one occasiona, little sat down to eat together immediately brother was sent to the hallway of a before the Saviour was seized by his leading hotel where a stylish banquet enemies, • was in progress for the purpose of But in the Norse mythology, which picking up a menu that ;might chance. is supposed to antedate the introduc- to be dropped. tion of Christianity among the north- The greatest collection of the kind men,. we find the superstition referred in: the world is possessed by Miss to in the fact that at a banquet of the Frank Buttolph. It is known as the • gods Loki, the spirit of mischief, in- "Buttolph collection," and so large'and trucled himself, making thirteen at the valuable has it grown that it has table. wherefore there was a fight, and .found a place In the Astor branch of Balbour, a young hero especially loved the New York Public library, It in - by" all the gods, .waskilled, for the eludes nearly 15,000 different' bills of fact is the objection to this number fare, gathered from nearly every coon - seems to have existed even before . try inthe world. • Many of them are 'Christianity. Among the Turks the num- connected with royalty of different na ber is so disliked and feared that it tions of Europe. The collection is is never even named; with the Aztecs,. classified and indexed,showing the the aborigines of Mexico, It was be- result of an enormous amount of la lieved to have magic power, and a like bor, aside from the work of making fancy, has been found in other. Indian the collection, It ;is interesting not tribes.' • only from' historical and artistic points Among the ignorant blacks of the of view, but also to the student of south the fear of this number in any gastronomy and to those concerned in connection Is .actually absurd, but the prices of foods in different coon-. whether they have borrowed this idea tries and in different .sections of the ht into from their imperfect knowledge. •of. countries. It also gives an insight Christianity or whether it is a survival the manners and customs of the dif of the voodoo worship of their antes- 'ferent peoples. Thus it would be dif- tors it is impossible to say, for . the su- . flcult to estimate the value this col p'erstltion has a `strong hold every- . lection will prove to 'people of a fu- where,. even among those who' should, ture age. -What to Eat. know better than to be' swayed by, it. In Italy it is never used in making up. the numbers of :the favorite lotteries. and in Paris it .is omitted in ,number- . bag the houses on the streets: -House- keeper. SELECTING .A . BOOK: Not as: Easy as it Sometimes' Seems• to Be., . . ' It seems that every one should know I. qualification of • a singer.. I allude to • how to select a book for a present, but what I can only describe as -'heart.' .if, .you stop to think about it it is •not i A voice and the heart to go with' it an easy platter at all, In the first ab. there you have the 'complete place, one has to •be a very good judge' singed. of fine literature: to make a proper se- "But how often does ;this occur?" h lection, and it must be something have heard so many : v:ocalists With wonderful,` . ' pure.. perfectly.. trained . voices who sing the notes flawlessly, and that is all. There is no warmth, no passion,. in their singing: .It leaves ' one quite unmoved afterward. • And this is solely because• they' have not been born with a 'heart.' . The voice can be trained; the. 'heart' never. Its . she inquired if he liked to read. -He isthere is not there. __,admitted his 'fondness for books. She' • "People have been kind enough to straightway offered him the nee, of her. library, with the privilege of om- ing and goingat his will to take or return a hook." It is truly remarkable whatthat littlestet has done . for: the boy,for it has taught him to love the best • literature: He is, a. good , judge. of the best works, and the instructioi. received, has beenan education. One: feels sorry for the person who 1s the recipient of •"Lucile" when the owner has no fondness for' poetry. One per; son might prefer" books written by old masters; others would like something Of present fiction, . and . there is no bet= ter way • to find out what' is wanted than to tiring up the• subject •Do not' purchase ponderous Works for menOr women who 'do not .have ponderous thinking equipii ents, and do not -send a shallow book, to.. a .strong minded reader or the recipient.' will think .it is • your choice of what is par excellence In literature. • which, if: not of individual taste, will. be ' exactly proper for the: recipient. :There was a.' young boy. who had a Wonderful , fondness for books: He ' • wasnot a boy in a 'position to buy good books or get the best .reading, matter, One day a lady saw, hin3. reading a cheap detective story, and say that I was born with both voice and 'heart.' 'It is not for >31etotell, but from . my earliest days . I • have been , steeped, in music. I simply could not help Myself _felt` as though I had to sing or die. . "But' as to how to : become a singer I am afraid I cannot tell you. I do not think, any artist who is a true, artist- a singer.' not iti mere vocalist-could;de- scribe the way to do it.. But this I can tell you -that. nothing is done. without real hard:, work, much ,practice .,and genuine enthusiasm." NEVER CRY QUITS. You may be weak, sleepless, Net- vous,-digestion may be pew, but don't dispair. Never :ay d.a titl you have used Ferrozonc, the t •"•st a c t'til- crful body builder, the best nerve anti system tonic known. Ferro )tie tone and vigor to the whole b.•']; , it makes you eat, consequently ,c pro- vides increased nourishment. Jay by day you grow in strength --weakness, loss of sleep, apprehension :.Il •pas away. You get well, stay well. ?oak well. Do try Ferrozone, it's sure td benefit. All dealers in, 5c. 1 xeS. William Todd, an active citizen Orillia, is, dead. Mr;. Janus Shaw of Marble Ont., is dead, aged 8$, of Itock,, The rich mellowness of the but Mocha tidier -Ay blended with the full gavorett Java gives 10 GREW'S WHITE SWAN COFFEE every quality that de- lights and satisfies. Our method of roast- ing re- serves all pthis rich flavor. We put it up itt sealed parchment containers hot from the roastersand again seal it in tins so none of its delightful aroma is lost. Ask your grocer for White Swan Coffee, The Robert Gress Co., imiisd;l"or elk - G itife)s. co: ft, '. , r tires. edit etbet' theist gi:;u.•ir; , ;. , ! .ts g'o'.iPtt4+Xis: 'X?toto+out't to ., ..., , , , AildrutgiM`;i. Gowns Worth Altering. Before attempting, to ,alter a garment consider whether'it'is worth it. Ascer- . tain what willbe needed to make it presentable and .what it will cost to h get the necessary articles, w at time it will take to make the alterations and how it Will 111 look when finished as well as for what length . of time the; gar- ment would likely be useful after the changes are made. Balance this against the cost, ap- pearance and wear of a new garment of the same character and then decide. If It does not cost less than one-half the price. of a new gown, require less than one-half, the time to. make the al- teration, that itwould to make a new one and if : it will not wear at least half as long as a new one, put it aside, as it. is not worth the etertion: Do not for a moment think this arti- cle rtacle 14 written to discourage the thrifty and lead them into extravagance, be- cause some of the prettiest gowns ever seen were made over and so skillfully arranged that the most sus- pecting • could never have told just what it was that changed the whole aspect and made it new, •• On , the otherhand, many wom- en try to economize and spend more money, time and energy on 'a frock - and then have nothing -than would have 'been required to make two new ones. Therefore .a study of each gar- ment Should be Made before it is re- modeled. When once you have made up your mind that it is worth while to make the change, do not spoil the gown' by buying a yard less of the new ':goods than is really needed, saying to your- self that it is only a "made, over" and may be skimped. 'This is the poorest kind Of economy. , In the smile Way do not try to save in the sewing. Rip it wherever it i9 needed and do not be afraid of a fete' extra stitches. If necessary rip the sleeves entirely out and the collar off. NeVN: Lantp Shades Glisten. ' Lamp shades are tremendously or- nate and mere and more glittering. A. new ballet girl lamp shade. for in- etanee, 18'decorated with AS Many jew• • els as the most greedy of ballet girls shade possibly desire. The s de is octagonal and is made of .• dull silk, On each of the eight panels is a paint• ed ballet girl. This is not a refiectlon on the naturalness of the ballet girl's complexion, but merely an explanation of the nature of her coloring. All of the figura is painted except the 'skirt, which is made of tightly shirred ehif- fon. . The shade is finished with a broad band of 'gold insertion dotted with bright colored jewels, beneath which is a ruffle of gold lace. Around the top .nt tlle. insertion' are three strands of intby . braids , •'iyhieh. , are looped all 'NEEDLEWORK NOTES: A, -CULINARY WRINKLE. .The Art. of Properly Cooking a Vir- .. .ginia• Ham. Selecta ham, nottoo large, that has `been cured at least two years. Remove. the sacking; scrub the ham with a stiff brush' in cold water till perfectly clean. Then put the ham to . soak, skin side up,' in enough cold water to.cover it to •the'depth of four or five :riches, leav- ing it to soak twelve hours, changing` water once. • . . In the morning remove the ham from the water; wipe it thoroughly Olean with a coarse, damp cloth;. put Win 'a big ham boiler; skin side'•up, over a slow .fire! with' enough cold wa- ter to cover. it several inches; add a large .Spanish onion, cut in halves, a large Mexican pepper, three bayleaves; a big lemon cut in halves, three table spoonfuls of tarragon vinegar and two tablespoonfuls of cider vinegar. ' Cover .the • kettle and let the 'ham cook very slowly till theflat bone.may be easily -removed, by just touching it with a fork., Let the ham get. nearly cold in the water in `which it was boil ed; then carefully'llft it out place it in. a dripping pan; remove -•the skin Care- fully, score the fat over the top in dia-' • mond shapes, sprinkle with sugar; place: it ,in. a moderate. oven and let it • brown over the top. Then put it where it will cool • Donot cut the haul until the second day after it has been cooked. When altering a blouse,- It is a mis- take to,:move the shoulder'seam to the front. A better plan is to let it drop backward instead of forward. A . thin silk, `or . onethat frays easily can be cut out better if laid between sheets of 'thin paper and the 'pattern cut through paper : and ,r material ' to- gether,. • A collar lining 'of taffeta; should be cut so that the. front part is on the Material,. straight of the aterial,. and the eurv- ed part of the collar will then come on the bias. To strengthen shirt buttonholes. stitch 'them round with cotton after they are finished. They will then last much longer and hot tear away from the material. It is a good :plan to bend steels 'or whalebones ,at the waist' line • when making a bodice before putting them into the casings. as the bodice will then fit closer to the figure. After stitching dwn a ^seam press with a hot iron, and' , if no seam board ' is at •handit is useful to know that a rolling pin wrapped ,11.3 a clehn cloth will answer the purpose equally well, In sewing a piece of material on the bias to a straight piece the former is apt to become stretched. TO avoid this the bias should be placed Underneath, and it will then be sewed in evenly, In making a blouse too 'deep a round must not be .out for the neck at the outset. .It is, better to try it on tlrst and then outline n semicircle in front with a row of pins, cutting its evenly nti n, flat surface. The happiness of life consists in something to do, something to love and something to hope fon-Dr: C11& niers. Liking for oriental ruga is often money in the doctor's pocket, In the opinion • of a London physician, who says; "Meat of the antigne Persian ruge . are collected In various burs in the east, and wllen you. consider. that the carpets are sometimes laid down in ,frequented places to be walk- ed on or lent to the beggars or street venders of the eastern cities you. will see 'how necessary it is for them to be thoroughly cleaned, Before I have an antique rug in my home under all eumstances do •I have it specially fu- migated.. In fact, I myself Would go so far as to- forbid the importation of eastern fabrics into any occidental. country unless they had previously un. dergone some purifying process. Many -Of the otherwise unaccountable out. breaks of tropical disorders In Paris, New York. and London are due to in- fection from oriental rugs" , • - .Rothsohild's Unfinished House. People who pass Lord Rothschild's mansion in Piccadilly. says a writer in the Quiver, often notice that the end. of one of the cornices is unfinished. One to ask, "Could not the richest''''tnnan In the world afford to pay for that cornice, or is the lack due simply to carelessness?" The explana- tion is a very simple yet suggestive one when It is 'known. Lord Roth- schild is .au orthodox Jew, and every pious Jew's house, tradition says, must have some part unfinished to bear tes- timony to the world that its occupant is only,'•like Abraham, a pilgrim and stranger upon the earth. The incom- pieta cornice on the mansion seems. to say to all who hurry by in gna streets, bent on amassing wordly wealth or going along with the madding crowd in the paths of folly; "This is not Lord Rothschild's homer He is traveling to eternityi". A Helping in Hand. . • • p When the foreign lgn missionary -had concluded his talk, he madethe usual appeal for contributions, however small, says. Success Magazine. Coming up to the platform with several others, a .small boy mounted to the level of ' the lecturer and, hastening . toward him, said: muchinter- ested sir, 3 was very er• • , ested in your lecture; and -and"- • SHILOH S Quick ease for the worst tough -quick relief to the heaviest cold --and SAFE tri: take, oven for a child. tlrr5 That is Shiloh's Cure. Sold under a guarantee Coombs to cure colds and coughs •oitcl quicker than any other IA medicine-oryour money back. 34 years of success commend Shiloh's Cure, 20c., 50e.,$1.• sid uicxLYt BEAUTY . HINTS,.. • Long, straggling hairs which; give an appearance of -roughness to the eye •brows niay 'be- tewpdrarly removed withtweezers or permanently by elec- trolysis. If --the hair is hopelessly oil;, good results can be obtained by. powdering it occasionally.. This must be carefully done; as if the powder is' allowed to get on' the .scalp instead. .. of being. brushed' thoroughly onthe hair Itwill • clog the pores. Not enough powder must be used to show, only : suffiefent to absorb• the oiliness. • A dry' .skin . will .chap `this weather unless . massaged often with a good skin food or cold cream. The,massage Stimulates the oil glands to perform. their . natural work, while . the cold cream supplies ' what natural , oil• is lacking. . The face should always, . be carefully dried after washing it, as the water is drying to the face. No .dressing stand le complete with- Mit half a'lemon put:there fresh every day. A few drops of the juice.' much diluted ' makes an ' agreeable mouth Wash; rubbed .over the face, followed,. by, :an application of cold cream; it is • bleaching. For the nails it is excellent and is used by thrusting the finger tips. into the pulp. They should be washed at once and then lightly rubbed *An cold cream. Stringing Beads. Many valuable beads are lost'himply because they have been strung on silk or waxed linen threads. If you wish to have them properly Strung, .then get one ofthe thinnest catgut guitar strings and fasten them on it. They are safe, indeed, if the ends are se- curely fastened with the necessary • gold clasps. This is the way jewelers utring their valuable beads. Aging Heroines. "Sweet seventeen" is not much use es a character in a sf!ory which tries to deal in any real way with human nature. You need a "sensible thirty- five" and experience, and that is why the age of the heroine has grown t3'O remarkably. It has not as yet gong ever forty, but one never knows when it may do that. --Rook Monthly. • A Chocolatiers. A "ehocolatierb is distinctly a Wen:- an's funetion, frequehtly taking the place of afternoon tea. The refresh- ments all have chocolate in some form. There is hot `chocolate with whipped cream to drink, chocolate leo cream, chocolate Cakes with white frosting or white cakes with chocolate frosting and chocolate bonbons., As chocolate is apt to become cloying when, do other flavor is employed, the sandwiches are preferably of plain bread and butter, while olives, strafed or plain, and salt- ed nuth lit Int web with the chocolate Scheme. Go on, mylittle man," said the mis- sionary encouragingly.: "You want to help in the good work?"` • "Not . exactly,. sir," said the : boy. "What 1 want to know is, have yon sty foreign stamps you don't want?" .11 SAVE YOUR HORSE Black Watch Black Plug Tobacco The Chewing TOba •ofa11t y � y. 2271 1 ,w. IsOGG EiPAViN; CUTIN LAMENESS. . DONE SPAVIN SPLINT $WEL.1Neia RINGBONE POLO EVUL SOFT BUNCH $ ire iCUR II -.•:caving the horse sound as f dollar -by RENDALL'S SPAWN CURE No matter whale you have tried, -nor bow many veter :tries have failed -get KEN13414i,'s .SPAWN EIJI4E, use it as directed and tt will. give perfect results,. Norse DAMS nss floss,; R,Q., Sept. 9b '08,. "I am treating twO horses --one with Spavin—the other, with Poll Evil, I am using Kendall's &pavia Cure and runt may 1 find my horses much humored. 1 have used many remedies but find Keudalra The KIPS Of All." GEO. BRODE,UR.. fi• .a bottle -ti for f5, our "Treatise On The Horse" will give you' Viii a hint as to ;sow to keep horses free frown blemishes and lameness for free copy, 8i DR, N. J. KENDAL:, CO., ENAsluR4 FALLS, VERMONT. Sl.lf,A. Seeds of this beautiful "Santa Rosa "' Poppy are given absolutely free feeds Free A large grower of poppies says "Your ' Santa Rosa is an exceptionally fine mix-, ture of Shirley Poppies, by farr the best we have seen," We will give absolutely free a package of these seedsto ei it pe(fnn who. will send for our new handsomely Ili trltoil., 1908 Catalogue. If you prefer, you May have a package of our Canadian Gem Turnip or Canada's Pride Tomato seed in place of the poppies. Write to -day and name your choice, Darch &Hunter Seed Co., Ltd. London, Ont. • fhe News-Iteeord Club- bing List for 1908. Much gopd reading for: little money. gopd News-Record and Weekly Mail and Empire, one year. ,.,$1:25 .. 0, Weekly Globe..:,.,...... ..... 1.05. +. " Family Herald and Weekly Star • 1.65 •" " Weekly Witness 1,60 " Sun , ..;. L75 "" F'eas..:.... 1'75„. .�• ,. AdvertiserreePi1.60.. 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A. glance at the label on yourpaper ap er will usually show exactly how your subscription ,stands on our books. The date on the label is supposed- to be the one up to. which your subscription is plaid. If it is not correct let us know. If: it is in arrears we will be thankful to you. • for prompt remittance. REsPI C'rIFUI4LV • The News -Record Ci iton, Ontario