The Clinton News-Record, 1910-04-07, Page 34
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PF 70, 1919
The Irish People Will Become
Torg.
A writer in the New York Post pre-
dicts that the Welt people within a
few years will become Tory.. The cry
for Home Rule will cease When the
Irish become the owners of the soil,
says the writer. The Irish, we have
no doubt, will become better satisfied
as possessors of the soil, but the writ-
er in the Post fails to value the sen-
timental side of the Irishman, and
the strength of his national feeling.
It is our opinion that the more Pros-
perous and the %ore cultured the
Irish become, the stronger will be
the demand for Home Rule. We long
since prophesied that Ilome Rule in
the end will be granted by the Con-
' servative party in England, for after
all, with the and question settled,
there is more in common between the
Irish and the Conservatives, than
between the Irish and the English
radicals. Ireland will be granted loc-
al self-government if ler no other
reabon, than to save Britain front.
socialism. •Only •under sech circura-
stances can we fancy the Irish be-
coming "Tories." And when "Pat"
does vote "Tory" all his faults will
become virtues in the eyes of man,y
in both &Hale and Canada. -Ridge -
town Dominion.
The Bell and Other Telephone
Sgstems.
An important factor in the estab-
lishment of a local telephone system -
to serve town and country residents,
is the getting of connections with
other systems. The wider the con-
nections of a systeni, the better does
it serve its patrons. The Bell sys-
tem having the widest connections of
any in the province it is important
to any rural system that it shall have
Bell connections. •
The Bell Company is explicit in its
statement of the conditions upon
which it will give connections to in-
dependent Companies. If the inde-
pendent Company undertakes, to oper-
ate within the corporation limits of a
town in which the Bell Co. is estab-
lished, it will refuse to connect .with
such Company. If the indeeendent
Company confines its operations to
rural districts the Bell Co. will. give
connections on reasonable terms
Another condition that the Bell Co.
insists upon is that the system with
which it gives connections shall not be.
connected with the lines of any com-
pany, to which it (the •Dell (.'o.)refus-
cs to give connections. The Bell Co.'s
position is this: It will not give con-
nections to a company that under-
takes to compete with itself, nor to a
company that makes connections with
its competitors. It has a practical
monoply of the long-distance business;
and the town and city business
throughout the province, and its aim
is to hold that monopoly.
There are those who expect • that
the Railway Commission will en the
near future, order the Bell Co. to
give connections to any and all in-
dependent systems whether in com-
petition with it or not. Seeing that
the Bell Co. is a recognized monopo-
ly this does not at first 'seem altogeth
er unlikely. With a little consideration
however, the proposition takes on a
different appearance; and it does not
seem. so likely to be done. ,
For the Railway Cortimission to
order the Bell Co. to give connectSons
to all other Companieswould be no-
thing more or less than to order it
to commit suicide. The Bell Co. can-
not compete with a municipal or
mutual system. These are run at
cot. The Bell system is. necessarily
run for a profit. Cut off the Bell Co.'s
profits and it becomes a dead insti-
tution. To compel it to give connec-
tions to competing mutual companies
would 'be to cut off its profits.
Should this expected order be giv-
en, mutual, or manicipal, telephone
systems would immediately be estab-
lished, all over the country-ia eyery
town and city, These could put the
Bell Co. out of business as soon. as
they 'got to doing business, for the
reason that they could give service at
cost. The Bell Co, cannot dperate
its system .at cost. It would there-
fore epeedly be reduced to its trunk
lines; and the value 'of these would
be greatly impaired by the indepen-
dent companies arranging connections
among themselvos.
Now it may be that the Railway
Commission will give this •ruling or
something like it; but it is Unlikely.
Should it refuse to do so, the ,small
independent companies that have no
Bell connections will; be hadly off, or
at any rate not so well oil as if they•
accept the. Bell Co.'s offer -.kept to
the rural districts and colinect With
the larger syStems.-Lucknow Sentin-
el.
The Weather Prophet's
Predictions for April.
A Regular Storm Period extends
from the 2nd to the 6th. It will
come in by rising. temperature, fall-
ing barometer and growing cloudlis
ness over western esctions by the 2nd
and 3rd, and during the 4th to tith,
these conditions will pass eastward
attended. by storms of rain, hail and
forceful winds. In northerly parts of
the country, late snow squalls and
heavy sleet will be natural and prob-
able.
A Reactionary Storm Period is cen-
tral on the 8th, Oth and 10th. Moon
passcs over the celestial equator on
the 8th, New Moon falls on the, 9th,
and Moon's perigee is on the 10th.
The indications are that very unset-
tled and threatening weather will
continue from the preceding period,
and that renewed storms., with low
barometer, high temperature, thun-
der and wind, will prevail generally
on and touching the 8th, 9th and
tOth. Excessive warmth at this
time, with much humidity and mes-
siness, will ensure heavy hail storms
in many localities, with pcssible tor-
nadoes. Rising barometer and change
to very much cooler with frost, will
corne from the 10th to the 13th,
progressively from west to east.
A Regular Storm Period extends
from the 14th to 1,9We central on the
16th. This period will . bring,. low
barometer and return of 'energetic
1/4 storms on and near -the' 15th, 16tli,
17th and 18th. • The .Mars .influence
I will disappear after -the middle . of
April; and warmerettled, springlike
weather may be expected. But the
first *half or. es the 'month • Will bring
much of the •M'SrssravvnesS, and: .the
boreal blustenlallowing the ",Easter
storms" will give a wintery touch to
much of the storm and.weather in the
f?rst half of the month.
A Reactionary Storm Period is cen-
tral on the 21st; .22nd and 23rd. On
and touching the 22nd the:tempera-
ture will rise suddenly to very warm
the barometer will fall rapidly, and
storms of thunder,.. ram, hail and
• wind will touch many places 111 tlieir,
quick trantrtion from west to east.,
The barometer- willreact a higher.,
immediately behind these eicisms,
bringing a sharp drop .in temperature
but the change will he of Short dura-
tion. • b:
A Regular Storm Period covers the.
25t1i to 280, central on the 2711i.
Look fcr falling.baronieter and re-
newal .of decidedI storms during Ibis'
period. Much cooler as April ends;
Orchards Are Worth Front' $300
to $1,000 an Acre
A well informed agriculturist de-
clares that the bearing orchards of•
Middlesex and adjoining counties'
could be easily made to yield clear.
profits equal to fair annual interest:
on four hundred to a theesand dol-
lars an acre. For partial support of
this he 51.1eS the case of Robt. W. •
Blinn, Tambling's Corners, who after
paying for labor and all other expen-
ses estimates that In. has cleared $75
per acre from his orchard for the last
five years. This is seven and a half
per cent. on a thousand dollar's an
acre. :Others have done as well or
better. Proper pruning, cultivation
during the fore part of the ssason,
followed by cover crops sown in July
to he plowed undsr the following
spring, manuring„ spraying to control
scab, worms and otirr pests, thinn-
ing 01 overloaded trees and finally
honest intelligent marketing will en-
sure such results to any farmer who
has even a fairly good-sized orchard.
Spraying is one of the most import-
ant and most neglected phavs, The
experiment at. Lambeth last summer
hears out the calculation that ftse
dollars will purcheSe the material to
spray an acre of ordinary -sized Apple
trees three times, while ten to twel-
ve dollars an acre will pay liherat
wages for the work of application.
Careful experiments prove that these
three sprayings costing on an ever
-
age $15 to $17. an acre for labor and
material, will ensure fruit of which
90 per cent. will be free of worms
and Serious defacement by apple scab.
As an example of what can he tie-
complished by good culture cembined
•••
with co-operative' marketing,we are
referred to Norfolk County; where
the Norfolk Fruit GroWer'S. Associas.
tion Was organized in 1906. Previous
to that time the local • growers • bad
been dissatisfied with their sales, and
as neither spraying ear any other
features of good orchard practice was
followed, resultwere indifferent. Co-
operative organization solved the
problem of marketing and faellitated
the ingroduction of spraying, thinning,
cultivation aral the rest, till to -day
Norfolk County , has become famotte
as an apple district. And prominent
outsiders; .including members Of the
Ontario Agricultural College staff are
investine. in Norfolk farms. Orchards,
six to seven years ago were scarce-
ly talutel r.) high aS the want land,
are now &Sittig for $500 to $100 an
acre, and it is t•stamated that thirty
thoesteed young apple trees will he
set out this spring, btsiths a large
area of other fruits. .
What Norfolk has done other dio
tricts can do joet as well. It is not
neeesetry to wait for co-operative or-
ganization though coomeration he a
great help, and will surely tome in
time. Meentime there is bie monsy
to be made in growing good fruit
'anti marketing through existing than -
nets ef trade.
Repeat it te-Shiloh's Cure will al-
ways cum my 'coughs and colds."
!gaping frem midwinter into mid-
summer is pleasant, but perilous.
Cliatoa News.Record
The Pruning of Orchards.
rn your young trees, do not start
more than three or four main, limbs
and avoid crotches as much as pos-
sible. If you want young trees to
make fast growth and have . large
trunks and limbs at ten years of age,
do not trim heavily or head back.
only trim enough to keep the tree
symmetrical and balanced, cutting
out only the cross limbs and a few
suckers. If your trees grow fast, you
must leave plenty of top which will
spread the root FeyStem and have an
abundance of sap flowing up trunk
and limbs. As an example, I grafted
a number of Wealthy (a slow grower)
trees over seven years ago to Bald-
wins and Greenings (fast growers.)
The trunks and limbs of these graft-
ed trees to -day ate about double the
size of the Wealthys alongside in the
same row. A tree pruned heavily an-
nually will make little growth.
After your trees are well into bear-
ing keep them open to admit sunlight
and air to give plenty of size and
color. Encourage fruit spurs along
the limbs so that the sunlight may
get to almost every part of the tree.
Endeavor to get all, the bearing space
pcssible in your tree, but by trim-
ming 'do not have an abundance of
fruit spurs in any one part.
In pruning the old neglected or-
chard, a few fair-sized crosa limbs
will have to be taken out. Cut these
on the under side of large limbs and
nearly horizontal is possible to avoid
these fresh cuts holding the wet and
rotting. After these cross limbs and
dead limbs are cut, commence with a
ladder on the outside and thin the
encls of branches to admit sunlight
and air freely to all parts of the
tree. Encourage fruit spurs down
the limbs on the inside of the tree to
get all the bearing space you can
without crowding.
To sum up : If you want fest wood
growth, leave plenty of top ; if you
want good large fruit from your old
trees and plenty of it, trim rather
severely each year.
-J. C. Harris of Ingersoll, in Farm
and Dairy.
Wonders •of the Post.
No Department e the public service *
comes more directly or more continu-
ously in touch with the pe pie f ell
stations of life than does that of the '
Postmaster -General. There is scarce-
ly a citizen or resident whom that
Dfpartment is not serving faithfully
evety day, and in proportion to cost,
the extent of the service and its -im-
portance, not only as a convenience
but also as a necessity, is nothing less
than marvelous.. A two -cent stamp
is affixed to a letter; the letter is
deposited in a city mail -box or in a
rural postoffiee, and without causing
• the sender another thought that his
letter is speedily carried to the farth-
est limits of the Dominion or to a
distant part of the globe. For a clear
and accurate understanding of the ser-
vice performed by the Posthffice De -
pertinent one must go to the Depart-
ment's annitat report, and then it is
learned how extensive and complete
is the machinery provided for the
transmissioa and delivery of the pos-
tal matter of the nation.
At the end of last year alraost thir-
teen thousand postoffices Were in on-
eraticin in Canada, Ontario leading
with 39694, and the Yukon looting the
list with 21 offices, During that year
there were posted in those offices 566
milUon pieces of mail matter -letters,
cards and parcels, or an average do
pieces for every man, woman and
child in the country. In order to car-
es/ and collect these mails the De-
partment operated stage routes whose
mileage of travel amounted to almost
eighteen million miles; the railway
mileage over which the mails were
cerried was twenty-three thousand
five hundred miles. Over that track
raiMage the mails *ere carried to and
fro throughout the year.
HOw tO Gro* Sleet.
In England the ladies have entire-
ly abandoned Wearing rats, whieh is
duo entirely tothis new 'discovery...
It has been proven that Henna
An English Chemist Has Discovered
A COMEDIAN'S TRICK.
Ruse by Which He Escaped Arrest
• and Had His Debts Paid,
Mauy amusing stories are told of Joe
Haines. a comedian of the time of
Charles Il„ sometimes called -Count"
Haines. It is said that he was arrest-
kd one morning by two bailiffs for a
debt of £20, when he saw a bishop to
whom he was related passing along in
ble coach. With ready resource he im-
mediately saw n loophole for escape.
and, turning to the meinbe said, -Let
we speak to . his lordship, to whom l•
'am welfskuown, and be will pay the
debt and your charges into the bae.
gain."
The bailiffs thought they inight ven-
ture this, as they were. within two or
three yards 'of the coach. and omelet],
to the 'request. Joe boldly advanced
.and took off his hat to the bishop. Ilis
lordship ordered the coach to stop,
when .The tvhispered to the divine that
-
the two teen were suffering from 'such
'seruples of conscience that he rettred
they would hang tbemselvete soggesa
ht g tleit his lordship • should, invite
thens• to his houseand promise to sat-
isfy then'. The bishop ogreed, and.
calling to* the bailiffs, he said, "You
two men eome, to me tomorrow Moro;
Ing. anti I will.StItIsfy you:" • .•
The toed bowed and 'went *array •
pleased, and early the next day wait-
• ed ou his lordship, who; when they
, were ushered in, said. "Well. my men.-
Irian are these 'scruples .of eon-
scioneer ' • -• .•
•eSeruples?" replied one. of. them.
We: have no scrupleals, We are bats,
tiffs, my lord, who yesTerday arrested.
Your•cousin, Joe Haines, for a debt of
£20. and your lordship kindly promised ,
to satisfy
•
The trick: was etrange,but the re-
sult was stranger, .for .his lordship.
either appreciatiag its elevernese or
emisiderieg. himself . bound. by. • the
promise he had unintentionally given,
nliere end then settled with the men in
leaves contain theingredients that nee
will positively groW hair, That they
contain the long -looked -for article
is proven every day.• . •
The Americans are now placing on
the market a preparation containing
the extract from Henna leaves, which
is having a pheporainal sale. ,
This preparation is called SAL -
YIN, and is being sold with guaran-
tee tO cure Dandruff and to grow
heir in abundance. Being, daintily
perfumed, ' SALVIA makes a most
pleasant hair dressing. Mr. W: A.
McConnell, your druggist, is • the first
to import this preparation into Clin-
ton and a large geiterous bottle can
be purohased for 50c.
HAD 'LUCK ON- THE WAT.
The English Thief That Dropped In to
.. See His Lawyer. • '
Here is a story of if genuine instance
of the kind of .business which fell to.
the lot of a once • ootorious Loadort
"thieves' counsel," One day a thick-
set nmn, with a propped poll Of UZI.
mistakably ..Newgate cut.. slunkinto
this counsel's' i•oon.t. when the followlag dialogue took place:
"Morning. sir," .said the man, 'tome -
Mg. his forelock, g . • . •
esMoruingassaiid the "What •
go you .want?" ' • . • •
"Well, sir, rin sorry to say. sir, our
little Ben, air, has 'nd 11 misfortiu.
Vust offense, sir, Indy a wipe:"
"Well, • WOW interrupted the, c"igsn-
sel. "Get oh"1- • .
-So, sir.. we thought us you'd 'ad all
the faintly btisiuesS we'd. like you to
lefend• him, sir." •
"All Mellen saki the counsel; "see
inv. clerk"- • ,
"Yes. sir.". emitintieti the. thief, "hut
I' thought I'd like to make sins, yoo'd
"attend yourself. sir. We're •atixitals
eon; les little !len, opr ylitingest kid."
"Oh. that will 'be 11 right: Give
sainnimits the tee."
"Well. sir," .conthitted the man, shift-,
Ins Insult uncomfortably. -I was go-
ing to nrst you. 811% 10 tnee 0 Owe
less You Nee, Sit"' ..Whetql1111141Y..-"Irt4 •
little 11011-11N 1111'1 111/Sfill'i 111"-•
No. So:" said the 1.01Inset innat
tlently "lilenr out!" •
"But. sir: you've hod nil our busi-
ness: Well, sir. If you wool • you
• wou't. so I'll :air you insv, sir." And
ht. doled out -the guineas, "I may
as sell tell yousir, you wouldn't 'a
113.1 111,' e011111er$ 111 hod 11 little
bit of tuck on the way "--Frotn "The
lievollecilons of a R. C.." by Thomas
Edward Cristes
runny For Her,
A New Eugene' eel wits intetgly
watehing his emit in t heprtepse or
milking Pies mei eaSe fle seemed
14.1%t* much Inclined 10 start n (snivel
,t1tion, 11 u 110411111 10114 110WeVel%
tile 1111111. 10 00 WS.V elle011111geti She
euntineed in silence to assemble the
gred tlt t 001 100101 11 take.
"Teli InC 801110th1ttg runny, auntie,"
finally ventured the boy,
elnetet bottler me. 'ninthly," Saki the
aunt. -Hew can I when I am mtikhig
mike?"
"Oh, you might nay, *Tommy, have a
pleee or the pie I've just rande."Phat
would be rnegy fee you.':-EXebauge.
A CHINESE SOLOMON.
His Decision In :a Case of a Woman
• • With Two Husbands:
There- was: a Chinese judge named..
Wan,s who was- as wise as •Solomon
Before Wang' twO,..men• and a Woman'
nopeared.,.The 014er:1min:was tne
Mainestirst husband. He had gone to
the Were. and. been reported dead.: Now
In. returned • alive to claim his wife. •
But she meanwhile had 'married the •
younger man, who refused -Co give her:
up; hence all three came before Wang
that ne might decidethis truly difilealt
case, ,
."Yang KO said tbe judge to the 'WO -
clan. "which of these two men male
the better husband?" . _
"Bothwere perfect husbands, my
1 lord Judge," Yang KI modestly replied....
So 'the judge told the men • that he
would keep elle woman by him for a.
week. examining her thoroughly. and
a tveelr hence he Would decide tile
ease. Well,..the week passed, and she
two husbands- canto once more, before.
the judge. . He shook his head gravely
and said to them: •
"The woman; Yang KI. has died
There is no case. Let ber•original bus -
nand take the body awity from my
house.and pay, l'or the 'burial."
"Ho. not I!" said. the .original hus-
band. And, so mitring, hedarted.from
.. the court arid was seen lost' to view.
' "You, then," said the judge to the
Other Man, "must stand theseburial
expenses," .
• "Yes,". the man answered, "that is
just, and 1 11l give this woman, who
was good and kind, .the fineat burial
my purse will allow."
The judge dapped his hands. Yang
blushing and Smiling, entered the
- courtroom in a rich dress 01 gold bro-
'rade. • • .
"'Dike her," said the wise.jedge. "for
.you and not the Other merit her. love
and serriee."
How the Rash Cornea. •
,
In measles a rash ,appears on the
fourth day of the fever.. It is first. -
seen on the forehead, face and neek.,
afterward over the whole body. It
eonsistS of raised red spots. In scarlet
fever the rash appears on the SeCond
day of the fever, commencing on the
upper part of the chest and neck,
whenee it spreads over the body. In
entellpox an. eruption is seen on the
third or fourth. day on the face, neck
and wrists. In chiCken pox the erup-
tion is made of small blebs. In typhoid
fever the rash rarely shows itself be-
fore the seventh day 0 the fever. The
spots are rose colored, and they disap-
pear on presSure„
Diplomatic Politeness.
There nee two kinds of politenesti,
pelitenees to yourself and politeness to
othera
When you come home late at night,
for exnmple, even if you are ii.ery
tired, lalsveye remove you hat and coat
before getting litto bed. it is little
attentiona like this that constitute you
a gentleman. At the same Owe, do
1301 disturb yette Wife if you can pos-
sibly avoid It. It Is the height of
rudeneee to awaken n sleeping lady.-
Thoinaa h. Manlu 11411Tincotra-
arm arlD
-ardera
PROTECTION F.03 • TREES.
Cornetelks and Wire Netting Shield
Them From Vermin.
Oue of tbe ninst timely mid tieefel
bulletins seen Init long time Is a re-
cent panipblet Issued by the Ohio ex
pertment station. Wooster. 11 Rut'
lou glow practiced methods of proteet-
ing young trees from the littackm ot
mice, rabbits and other vermin. As all
fruit growers, know, asst., mils nut
malt' often ellUSe great loss ny 'gnaw
Ing the bark from the base of' the
. coussmArsc pricyrxerou, •
tree. up. The daninge , 111 signally
Worse In • hard Winters, whet' the, natu-
ral feed of .these animals is. scarce
They have beeu .nnown to Wore In
.open 'winters and tti girdle .completely
some of our best young 'trees,. Mice
are worse, as. the hunter' its most
ofthe rabbits out of -coinntission.
-There. is '1116e0 damage -done • Id Sod
than In openground. ati the wive like
to nest In the grilse. .. • •
One of •t he surest ways to invite (Its
,aster ts to•leave a mulch 'close airottad
the trunk of the tree. •The olive; will
work tinder It. If there la a bare space
for nfew.inehes nround the tt•er there
Is usually little da tiger. ..fer the miee•
rarely .croasa hare place to work at
the barn. In an ordinarywinter one
finds tt wound Of earth or“eoetateheS
almost a feet high at the base' of the.
tree ample protection. With deep snow
WIRE NErT170.puomgo;0u.
this often fails, as 1110 mice, stoles i ;nes
work uoder the snow if 'there is' 0
nest near by. IVItis rabbits, of coarse
this moundiug Wiltnot answer. •
Mr. *lieu gives a •number ot piens
for protecting, the tree tistak. , tits
pictures are so clear that Ilt,le..
script ion is needed. The ohne.; ,
P111' something . arOund the tree tholik
whieh will keep the. re1.111111
11 rabbits abound t Ida protectiOn :Mould .
be high enough to preveut their reach .
Ing over it when standing sin Mei,
bind .legs. Perhaps the simplest sane
Is shown in the first On, neve ordi
nery. cornstalks are used -•---cut to the
proper length, •pitteed nround the truuk
and 'tied with Wire. or string. Rab-
bit -4 do not tear the stalks off. Mice'
'would gnaw them, and to c:reu m vent
them a"roll of wire netting can he
Used. This is put nt the base of- the
tree outside the stelks.
• -
Checkrein Abandoned,
When a 1101'80 StUltibleS he is ler less
likely to go down if his. heed 10 loft
free. In England, where they are far
Owed of us In everything, pertaining
to horses, the checkrein has been abol-
ished, the lest surrender being that of
the artillery and commissariat trains
of the British arthy, the change hey -
Ing been made by Sir George Bur-
goyne, the late commander In chief,
and tuetestilles to the beneficial results
attending it,,
WHAT CAUSES APPENDICITIS'.
The commonest cause of appendici-
tis is constipation. When you require
physic don't use cheap drastic
pilis-
get Dr. Hamilton's Pills which
strengthen the stomach', regulate the
bowels and prevent any tendency to
appendicitis. In one day you'll feel
the tremendous benefit of Dr.
ton's Pills. 13y purifying the blood
atut cleansing the system they pre-
vent headaches, Ilft depression and
drive away weariness. No medicine
so successful as Dr. Hamilton's Pills,
sold everywhere in 250 boxes with
yellow' cover; get the genuine. .
SPIDER INSTINCT.
^
Vasa
Cutting st Web Thread to EecepeFrom
an 'rue lusuncoll9ttbreudeprider is alwaya
no interesting subject for study. Be-
tts/UT a naturalist placed a small opt.
der in (be center of 4 large spider's
web wale four feet above ground.
The large spider soon rushed from ins
hiding place under a leaf to attack the
intruder, which rile up one of the as-
cending lines by whieh the web was
secured to the foliage.
The big insect gained rapidly upon
the little ,one, but the fugitive wtus
equal to the emergency, for when
barely an inch ahead of tbe other It
cut with one of its reer legs the line
behind itself, thus securing ItS 17/WR es-
vape, the ferocious pursuer tailing to
the ground.
The naturalist says: "It is not the
habit of spiders to cut the slender
thread below them when they are as-
cending to avoid some threatened dan-
ger unless there is a hole close at
hand -and a hole that is known to be
unoccupied." From this it would seem
that the little creature's action was the
result of some sort of reasoning. In-
stinct led it to run away, but it must
have been something more than in-
stinct that led it to sever the line and
so cut off the pursuit.
The same naturalist says that spi-
ders are cannibals and that they .are
naturally pugnacious. But they do not
fight forthe satisfaction of eating one
another. "When two spiders fight
there is generally a very good reason
ter the attack and the vigorous de-
fense that follows.
"It is not generally known that after
a certain time spiders become Inca -
liable of spinnIng a web from lack
of rgaterial. The glutinous excretion
from which the slender threads are '
spun is limited, therefore spiders can-
not keep on constructing new snares
whets the old ones are destroyed. But
they can avail themselves of the web
producing powers of their younger
neighbors, and this they do without
scruple. As soon as a spider's web
constructing material has become ex-
hausted and its last web destroyed it
sets out in search .of another home,
and unless it should chance to find one.
that is tenantless a battle usually 011-
Me% which ends only with the retreat
or death '01' the invader or defender." -
New York World. *
THACKERAY WAS. BORED.
Amusing Incident of the Author's Sec-
ond Visit to Boston.
During Thackeray's second visit to
Boston Mr. James T. Fields, his host, •
was asked to invite Titackeray to at-
tend an evening meeting of a scientific
club, which was to be held. , at the
house of a distinguished member.
I was, said Mr. Fields, very reluc-
tant to ask him to he present, for I
knew he was easily bored, and I was.
fearful that a prosy essay or geological
wiper might be presented and felt cer-
tain that should such be the case he
would be exasperated with me, the In-
nocent cause of his. affliction.
. My worst Sears were realized. I'
dared not look at Thackeray. I .felt
that his eye -Was upon .me. My dis-
tress may be imagined when I Saw
hire rlse quite deliberately gild Make
his exit very noiselessly into a Small
anteroom adjoining. The apartment
was dimly lighted, bat he knew that
I knew he was there.
Then began a series of pantomimic
feats impossible to describe. He threw •
an imaginary person-nisr.selfeof course
-upon the. floorgand'.proceeded to stab
him several times with a paper folder,
n-hich he eaught up for the purpose. .
After disposing of his victim in this
way • be was Uot satisfied, for the dull
lecture still went on in the other room,
so he fired an imaginary revolver sev-
eral :times at an imaginary heads •
The • Whole thing was inimitably
'done I hoped nobody. saW, it but my-.
self. YearS afterward a ponderous,
fat witted young men put the question
squarely. to me:a
-VVInit was 'the matter With 111r.
ThackertV that night the club met at
house?"
Famous Men Who Remained Bachelors.
Amoug the illustrious Men ..who
linseed through :OP in .single blessed-
itein3 May be mentioned Sir Isaac New-
ton, Thomas Hobbes, author of "The
Leviathan:" Atlarn Smith, the father
of politieni 'economy; Chamfort, the
greatest of French talkers; Gasseudi,
GaIllel, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke,
Kant IlishOp Butler, the author • of
-Analogy:" Dayton Leibnitz:. Hume,
Gibbon, . Macaulay. Buckle, 'Pitt,
Charles James Pox, Leonardo da
\Ind. Raphael. • Michelangelo, Sir,
4osiont Reynolds, the artist Turner,
Ilandel, Beethoven, •Schepenhauer,
li.usslui. Mendelssohu and Meyerbeer.
ebetroit Joh rani. • •
Lords end Commons.
, An nacieat English custom forbids
he participation of a peer in the elec.
sitin -of a coalitioner, So that Viten a
renern I election is acttiallyin progress.
(lie 1,)rds are oratorically' muzzled by
0 tits ion that.supposes them to he (Mite
indifferent ta the compesition of the
lower house. but until the candidates
have been actually nominated the
peers nety use all the eloquence with
whieh nature hes etidosved them for or
tip:alma the lam, involved, In the
hinap-
proacg election,
Nature of the Goods. •
"I SUP 1)°4*' n emnieure establishment
cannot possibly run out of stoeloss-1
"Why not?"
"Bemire it la a Wetness in which
the goods are always on band."-sBaltn
more American,
Ile who shell pass judgment on Ole
reeorde 'of MO life Is the RAMO that
formed Us Ixt fralltr.t.--.0torren4oX
COUGIMIK HAWKERS, SPIT -
TORS.
Public expectoration is against the
,common law, against the laws of
health also. When the throat, tickles,
that's the time you need "Catarrho-
zone"; it soothes away the irrita-
tion, cuts out the phlegm and loos-
ens the tight feeling. You'll quickly
cure, that catarrh and throat trouble
with eatarrluizone. It positively pre-
vents new attacks and cures catarrh
forever and for all time to come.
Don't take our word ter it,. try ca-
tarrhozono yourself. Once used you'll
be delighted with its pleasant and
belpful Influence.
THE SOVRCE OF NEURALGIA,
it runs hand in hand with poor
blood and weak nerves, Health rens
down, nerves get irritable, neuralgle
torture follows. For the moment ap-
plications may relieve -but to Chow-
oughly cure, the system must ba
strengthened with nutritious blood.
What can equal Ferrozone? It In-
creases the appetite, forms abund-
ance of rich, life-giving blood, sup-
plies nutriment and building mater-
ial for wornout nervos. Ferrozone
completely cures neuralgia. Every
root and branch of the disease it kills.
Absolute success in,, every case. Stop
sufiering-fifty cents bays Ferrozone.
Fifty chocolate coated tablets itt a
box at any drug .store.
Doherty Pianos and Organs
Sold Direct From the Fac-
tory Under Ten Years
Guarantee.
Cut of Louis XV. Piano.
We have concluded in future to sell
our produets- direct from the factory
to purchasers throughout Huron.
County.- Intending purchasers are
cort•t ally, invited. to visit our factcry
where without being placed under
obligation to bUy.pcherty goods they
may become - 'thoroughly conversant
with the details entering into the,
manufacture of our goods.
In our demonstration parlor we Will
show the tone qualities of our in-,
struments. For thirty-five years
Doherty Organs have been leaders in
the musical.. world, well known as.
such in. every land. Today our.Pianoa
and Player Pianos are enjoying a
similar reputation, our factory being
Operated to its fullest capacity with
carload Orders yet unfilled. • •
We 'might do vvithout local businesa
hut we know we have excellent value
to eller intending purchasers.. We -
know we can give best satisfaction.
Without retail salesmen and retail
store eXpenses and profits to pay, .
we . offer our patrons in Huron coun-
ty, manufacturer's prices and . Our
ten years. guarantee.
• Some people like to be fooleda Per-
haps some will still be satisfied to
paysmore than Our; price on 'a 'gen-
uine Doherty for a cheap stencil piano
-
and inueh more because of . an •older
nanie but we anticipate that the
numbers will take (his opportunity to
become versed in Piano construction,
and with a full knowledge of the
high quality of material we are us-
ing and our workmanship, purchase
Doherty; the greatest value for the
least money, ,•
, •
W Doherty Piano &Organ Co.
Rhode Island Reds
Slagle Combs ' '
•ChantiliOn - Egg
Producers ' •
•Pen consisting of-lst Cookenel at •
:Clinton, jet and and, Pullet and .-
-Ist.lien at Port. Huron,
- Eggs $3 per 13: . We ass, book-
ing orclers_now.•
Edgar Pattison
I:10X 174, Clinton, Ont.
Trousers at $4.
We have placed in stock a few pat-
terns Of imported trouSerings, includ-
ing.• light, .• medium 'and -dark grey:
worsteds which we .can make, to your
measure fer $4. This is exceptional
value -and Worthy of yourinspection if • :
you are needing a 'sear. •
We also have a full range of Spring
Stiitings in the new browns and greys, -
Our special blue serge siftings, guar-
anteed Indigodye, are a- winner at $22. •
The snit usually„sells at $25,
G. W. BARGE & CO.
Agentafor British American Dyeing.
and Cleaning Co., Montreal.
0' lile Lathes
Vacinun cleaning is coneede.d t -
be the only efficient and sanitate
inehod for extracting dest and dirt
from carpets; rugs, iloors, upholster-
ed furniture draperies, pillows, mat-
tresses, anin fact everything that
contains these enemies of the home'
-because it gets all the dirt
without moving anything fronv its
place, or injuring the most delicate
fabrics or stirring up a particle of
dust.
It replaces the broom, the carpet
sweeper and the dreaded :old-fa9hion
ed housecleaning days.
Brooms scatter the dust-ethe Au-
tomatic Caeuum Cleaner eats it up.
The Automatic Will take more
dust front your carpet in half an hour
than you cOuld beat out in half a day
and you don't have to lift the earpet.
nor agent, for the Automatic VA -
mann Cleaner and have them for gale
or to rent. Let me show you bOW
they work.
A. TIMM