The Clinton News-Record, 1910-09-08, Page 3SepteMber 8th, 1.916'
A Listowel Or. Falls a VIctftn to
Smallpox*
(Listowel Standard.)
ter . ten days of iaolation 4 sue..
list.ng from that dread disease, small-
pox, Dr. J. El. Sawdon died at noon
en FL1ethy. Up to a ehort time before
his death was announced it waa gener-
ally thouglit that he was progressing
fa‘orably, but it has since been learn-
ed that owing to the coudition of his
thetat it was impossible for him to
tale. nourishment to keep up
eta ngtle sufficiently to enable him to
tuie over the critical stage of the di-
re ase, and consequently a fatal ter-
mieat•ion lia.s resulted. ,
Tay announcem•ent of Dr. Sawdon's
necth (mused an even greater shock to
our citizens than did that of his ail-
ment, and it' is but stating a favt to
hay that their nervous tension has
been sever/4y tried since the first in-
timation of smallpox was given.
Throughout the case all was done that
could possibly be done foe the pa-
,
-tient, while at the same time guard-
ing against tbe spread of the con -
Telephone connection was
established with the isolated &hack,
and the att•endants, Mr. A. Leach .
of Pt. Elgin, a fourth year medical
student, and Mr. W. F. Tremain,
nurse, .wet'e in constant touch with
the Weikel Health 'Officer and town
authorities, their efforts _to alleviate
the patient being supplemented by the
Dretor'e friends in an organized eff-
ort to supply such comforts as they '
th ught he might need. Following
his death no time was lost in pros
vidng a metallic coffin, into which
the body was placed by the atten- I
dents. and sealed up, eubsequeetly be-
ing placed In a easkst and outer shell:
and taken to an isolated. grave in the
cemetery and buried. As a further
precautiou another tent was provided
• foe the attendants, who, after chang-
ing their clothing,. set fire to. and
burned. the shack with •its tonteuts.
Now that the period of danger is
most past a Teeing of relief pervades.
. the town. That no further cases will
devetope is the hope .of alt•
The late Dr. James Edgar Sawdon
was in his. 41st year and .unmareled.
He graduated from Toronto University
M • 1902, and spent three years abreact,
during which be took a post -graduate
course, .and also el:Steel the far east.
had.been practicing in Listowel
for about two years, and had made
many warm friends here, who deeply
deplore his sad taleing off. He took
an active interest in church Wink and
la the general uplifting of. the com-
munity. Until his brother's •arri•val
in town on •Wednesdayeevening little
waS laeszwea ot his family eonneetions.
It is now teamed that Des Sawdon
has three brothers and three sisters.
living, namely, Louie. Sawdom Ux-
bridge; Jrs. .Jas. Staockum, Sans
ford ; Mrs. Gee. Curtis and Mrs.
Jonas SOhofield, Parlthil:t; .Thomas
Sawdon, Argyle, Mich., and William
Sawdon, in the Canadian west: Hie
father Was" the late Sainte -el Seaton.
of Mt. Albert, and two nephews,
Samuel J. .and Geo. G. Sawdon, are
living • at Santerd. Mr, Louis. Saw -
don, • who is in town,' is looking af-
ter the Doctor's private alTairs. _
There is Hope for Neglected
Orchards.
'Seery are thousands of neglected
erte.ards scattered over Ontario and in
all eastern .apple growing Sectibns
te heel have suffered from wanted care
for so manv. years that they to -day
produce praetieally no crop. - These
en:lairds are found in large numbers
alenig the shores of Lakes Ontario,
Eri••, I turn!' and in the Georgian Bay
district of Ontario.
.1. great market has developed in
th, West , can use practically all-.
of the fruit .which these neglected
orchards can he made to produce, in
ltukt two ear- loads of fruit were ship-
ped to Winnipeg under the supervision
of the Department of Agriculture. .1n
1109, 400 car loads were. shipped to
the same city. This instance. alone,
shows that if these neglected orchards
WITt` again brought into a state of
production there would be no trouble
in finding -a market for their product.
le addition to the western m.arket,
a new mark( t is opening up in • New
Ontario. Some six'ty thousand set-
tlers have moved in there within the
past few years. Climatic and other
conditions are suvh that the prOduc-
tion el fruit is not, bring, undertaken.
For this reason they are large • con,
unnuers of fruit.
.1.. the lime whet( Ontaritt's .negit es
r ted orchards were set otas the co-oper-
ative peeking and shipping of apple'
was unknown in the tiro v ince S hits;
ping facilities- were not anything •like
aS •geod.as they are to -day, ' Conse-
quently; when the lecal dern•and was
satisfied no other market was avail-
able. ,With present :shipping faciatieS
and with the aid of the co-operative
•appleshipping associations; it 'is pose
si-blt. to carry pn.profitable. orchard
work when. theorchard istheated• caw
or two thousandsmilte away trent :the
market. . •
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That it is .possible for these old
oreliards to be made profhable and
productive •is Maim -led by the dement:.
stratioe in• the_ Geergian. Bay dietrict.
Some of the .worst orehaedi in , this •
dietrict -which had been skittering from
-
leek of pruning,lack.of lortitizing and
the generalprevelenee of insect- and -
hinges pests •are 'being niade prattles- •
tive again pruning; • *laying. • -end
good cultivation. Theweek of 'the De-
partment et•Agriculture in cannsetion
with these demonstration •..orchards
which has been described telly in re-
cent isswa of•Farta and Dairy, on be
"duplicated with .profit be every tam-
ler- who has.o: eeglected. orah•ard.-.. • All
..that •itareqitired, ;is ealittle
at tent ion S-1;hirtie and . Dal ry •• •
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Pensions or Annuities, Which?
A Philadelphia journal estimates
that by 1920 practically all the veter-
ans of the American civil wail -will
have pealed into the shadows which
already hide those who perished in
the struggle. What then will • be
doee aath the hundred and fifty- mil-
lions a year which are now being
paid in pensions to these veterans or
their dependents ? Same of. the de-
pendents will still hr drawing on thr
fend, but, 11 110 other War comes, the
drain will be a very small one ten
pars hence. How then, will this
pension money he applied ':"I'he lour,
nal already quoted from thinks it
qui 1 e pesaitele that the United Status
will follow the example of Great Bri-
tain and grant old age pensions to all;
that the mere attainment of a given
age shall of itself he made a sufficient
title to an allowance from the state
for life. -
There are auk ar• 1 ages anti diseds
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vantages in a general *.peneloe 'systure
I stall as .that proposed. Thee chief
advantage is that it removes 'the fear,
[present ,in more or, -Icsn acete form in
c all minds; of an old .age: of poverty
land helplessness. The "great eitaad
van-tage is that it. tends to. It ssen.
ha -
hits of thrift and to deaden the
of independence. The happy medium
has, it seems: to tes; been struckin
this country in the Cartwright schema
under which the (to veloment becomes
cuetodian of eavings, accumulated in
rears Of Meatal and,physheil .activity,
-to. be paid Out in thr. form of. annui •
'ties; with accumulated interest, when
earning power is at am end, . inlet
this Plap• thrift- le quiCkened rather
than stifled, the spina ()f111(hp/11dt:we
if; pionieted, the requisite payments
into the fund are so sheen gs to he
within the power of all end the Mo-
tif/Ion for the, hailer is. absolutely'
sures—Weekly Sun..
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The Taxation of OntarioRailwags
Will be Increased.
Provincial Treasure!) Nlatheson is in
•
Milwaukee this week attuntang - the
annual meeting of the. laternational
Tax Association. Among the subjects
of diseussion is that of railway taxa-
tion, something in Mild) .the local
member for Mast Kent has. in season
and out of mason, endeavortd to in-
terest the Provincial Treasurer.
In the. session of 1900 the provincial
tax 00 railways in this provinee was
doubled, and there 11 1)08 remained at
$110 per mile ever The pro-
vincial I ax and municipal tae coin-
hined takes a little over $100 per mile
from. the railways in Ontario. The
average tax upon railweys operating
in the United Statos is $382 per mile.
The lowest rate per mile is in Arizona,
the poorest and h•ast populated state
in the toilful, and there the to is $118
F''' mile. In Texas, where the reit-
ways earn Inc lease per mile than In
OW 111110, the tax amounts to $2•13. In
Michigan, and Wisconsin, states lair
tn contpare with Ontario, the 14a:e
amounts 10 $390 and $100 pet mill,
rrs1)••til)Ply. I Illienois the tax is
$ 111 and in Indiana .$1110 per nile.
Michigan ptople enjoy • a two milt per
mile'passenger rate 111 Ontario the
people pay threw cents pce' mile.
Freight rates in Indiana, Illinois and
Michigan are lowt r than in Mauritz,
and freight tot the eutboard originat-
ing in these states is earried through
()tassel° at a lower eat, than ()emhirl()
farmers and shippers pay. .\ 11 this
has been pointed out iu the legistatere
tune alai again by the • nu either for
this riding and has been personally
hoPressed be' him ot • the Provirteial
Treasurer times without bumber. In
addition it bus been pointed out that
he railways operating in Ontatio
have hem subsidize d and bonnet d to
the remount of fifteen million dollars.
Whytam property should pay pro-
portiottately from One in tiVe times;
08 mueh taeation as railway property
18 elliMeult for us to Mail land, and
why1 he Ontario Government should
hesitate to equalizt. taxation is away
beyond its. The tuentber or advocatee
of 'released reline)! taxathal 10 tin.
present 'vele:lettere,: as informer 11 Os-
latures„ is not large, ind for that the
people have themselves to blame.
We are not without hope that the
Provincial Treasurer will receive ads
ditional light at Milwaukee and will
return home convinced that a fair ine
crease in railway taxation should be
made in this province.--iiidgetown
, Dominion.
is McBride the
Coming .Leader
A unique interest attaches to the
September. number of Busy Man's
Magazine because in it is to be found
a striking prophecy about the future
of the Hon. Richard McBride, Prem-
ier of British e'olumbia, based on the
extraordinary likeness he beam to
three' great .poStical leaders. These
three -men are Benjamin Disraeli, Sir
Jfilue A. Macdonald and Sir Willeid
Laurier. This striking likenessis
brought out clearly in the portraits
of the four -men which illustrate the
article. :and whiele are placed together
for purposes of eomparisone Richulat,
McBride is still a young men but eve:
to -day beetle a markedreseinblance
to all three men referred to and in
MS mannerisms he is astonishingly
like Sir John A. Macdonald. All in-
tereeted in the political situation in
Canada, Conservative and Liberal n -
like should not fail to eee this/. con-
vincing peophecy.
For the Eucharistic Congress
The twentieth Eucharistic Congress,
being held in the tits- of 'Montreal
front the 6th to the I Ith ,inst:, will,
it is asserted, outrank all its pre-
decessors' In lmpreeeivenees, religiohs
solemnity and splendor. It is: the
first time that the Congress has ever
been held in. the new world. • Tile
holding of this great Catholic gather-
ing has preViously been manned tee
European cent.h.s, with -one excel/elm,
when it was held in Jerusalem in
1896. Dignitaries of the Roman Ca-
tholic Church the world over bave been
hasteping to Montreal, and also thou, -
sands of adherents, of the Church,
well as visitors whOare concetened on-
ly with the picturesque side of the
Congress). For. Canadians of the, Ro-
maa Catholic faith the event is patter -
ally • one of deep antl abiding eignifi-
calico. They have long looked ter -
ward to it' ; they will.. long cheriale
memories of it. ,
your earnplealon as well' as your.
temper 'is rendered Miserable by. a
disordero liver, I3v taking Chaniher-
, ,
lain's Stomach and Liver I'ablets
you an improve both. .Sold • by all
dealers..
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'Fall.Wheat Profitable
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There is room". for allttte increase in
the area devoted to the growing ot
fall wheat in Eastern Canada. For
a ceephs of'years'this ow has paitL
very well. • ;.rhe yield has averaged
Well and the price has been good,
and fall wheat has been ' the farthert''
most profitable grain crop. In extend-
ing area, hoWever, Only'land suitable
for Shisyrpp should be -utilized. 11
a farmer has no Iatid jii Suitable chits
Clem her growing fall .wheat, he had
better not eove any at all. Tine .is••
true. of anygrain crop; but t� -a,
greater extent of -fall wheat than any ,
other. Fall wheat must fake the
rig -
ori of the Canadian winter; and if
the land it* Snell that itedoes not make
zmitahle.growth betore winter" sets
10, the ''peesibilit•ies Off a crap the
followingseasen are very rritnotes
•Get After Smut.
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Wheat will In ten to fifteen emits
•Inishel less tide- year than
it. WaS • laest on aceount of • smut.
said . a promine tit wheat buyer to
l'he Herald lately. Smut is a 'glow-
th eaused by a germ, anti can be got
rid of by using blue stone in the seed,
at a cost ot. half a •vetet. a bushel.
Sinut is u, growing evil that will . in-
erease year after year ir not remedied
and -then. is nothing se.goiki t�
as.blue stone. Wheat- that is mint- •
ty. is utterly useless foe export.
While in transit it gets .distributed
all through the grain, and the sine
spectors, knowing this, rereSe te•1(1
it go ou t —Walk t• rfon !feral(' •
Average- co*:ytad Too --140,..,v.•
That something is needed to in-
crease inilk produet ion in the averag-
ed -dairy (e•W of this equally • goes
without saying. Instead. of 3,000
pounds of milk 'per cow per annum;
Use average should' le. at least .5)
e
000 pounds. Why 'a dairyman can Ite.
reintent to go on doing businees with
a 3,000 pound crew is hard to fathom:
There is certainly no money in the
milk producing busintss undem ench
condilionse . If the average coW just
.pays her way there itt nothing' loatsat
any rate. But the •dalryman is not
in business to the fun of it. MIAs.
ing, caring for and. feedieg NAM.
not a pleasatet aesthete It is alleet
1 -he most exacting kind of work • a
farmer van Valr up, and if there is
no money in the Wein, ss, he Moots
ish for slaying with it. But the re
is money in dairying, and big money,
100, if properly conducted. If the
3,000 poued cow van .be made to give
1,000 amulets, wi•th 11u mime (ore lied
feed, the extra, 1,000 pounds will be
akar gatip. Or to put It ;n another
way. 11 a 4,000 pound 'cow returns *
profit of 119 0 year, a 11,009 pound
cow will retern double the
and so <01 almost ad .finilum. The
possibilities 10. Ibis direct ion are ims •
menses Rewords are being broken eas
pry day and the limit as not yet been
er•ached of what the individual cow
may tin th the line ti milk probe -
time
Clitt 3n News -Record
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Serious Illness of Rev. R. Ontario Fatal Lands will la -
Mtllyard formerly of
Clinton.
Fort -William, Sept. 2.—Rev. Rya -
ben Millyard of Forrest, president of
the London Methodist Conferenee, has •
been taken to the haspital here suf-
fering front blood-petisoniag. Ile in-
jured a toe while attending the Gen-
tral Conference at Victoria.
- Rev. Mr. Millyard was elected presi-
dent of tbe London Conference thia
year. He was stationed last Von-
ferenee• term at Goderich and some
years ago was pastor of the Battenr
bury street Ouch in Clintoa.
DunganntTh
Miss. P. Bradford has taken a posi-
tion in Chas. Elliottl.s *ore.
Miss Ada Sproul ot goderich was
home over Sunday recently.
lSLiss 1. Warnock of Goderich
ed her friend, Miss. Ethel Case,
Mr. Walkout of Mitchell visited with
his uuele, Mr, Jas. Walkom, for a.
• few days last week.
Mrs. D. •Sproul and .Miss Matele
Sproul have been visiting friends lie
-St. Thomas. .
Rev, D. Rogers of Seafortle k for-
mer pastor, preachod in the Peletims
dist church a week ago Sunday.
Mrs. H. Turner of Goderich spent a
few dayslast week with. her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Whyerd.
Ale, Os T. Allem left last week to
attend to the sale -and ShiePitlg ni
same Welber at Gooderham. • ,
Rev. 1.: Bartlett and family .have
returned from a very pleasant erip
(town the lake in Mr. Bartlett'a mot-
or boat.. . .
Several 'buildings: in this vicinity
were deatroyed by lire during the sev-
ere. accede stormon the morning of
the 22nd. The .barn of Mrs.. Whitely,
4th of Ashlield, was burned.. W. j.
Thonmean, • West. Wawanosb, lost bus
barn and Settle live stock. The bun
of John Elliott, eouth of Dungataion
was struck but was not burned,.
Chamberlain'Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Rentedy- Is today the best
known medicine- in use tor the relief
and • Cure of bowel complaints,. It
'cures; griping,. diarrhoea, dysentry,
and should be taken at the fireens-
natural Imseeneas eff the bowels. It
is equally' valuable tor children and
adulto. It always cures. Sold by all •
'dealers,. • „,
The Clinton Collegiate Re -
Opens. .
The. Collegiate fe-opened on Ttleti-
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day previous to which. the school ehad.
beau in the hands • of the painters and
workmen, • Granolithic step& have
been built 'at the front entrance and
inside. the woedWork antl. walls have
been painted' and Calsomined, and the•
floors oiled. •
• •''he record of the C.C.I. for 19.110
has. been most creditable to the stets
dents, and staff and should inspire con-,
tidenee in the efficiency of the sphool.
It Isrequested that, as far as poss
sible, all pupils "should be present on
the opening day, as their attendenee
will 'facilitate the • work ot Organiza-
tion., ; . •
Below we print a eomplete record of
the oXemination reetelt for 1010,•
Normal School .Entrtince •
-.M. Jones, Healers..
Cosens, -11enors..• -
It. 'Reid; lIonors.
R.' Dente ohn
E. Stinson.
• 13.. Draper. .
- 13, Cummins.:
Brawn.
Junior' Matriculation
••1). Covens: . • • s•
. 11. Reid.
13: •Draper.
• B. Cumminee.-
c. Kitty.
MeTaggert. •
Whitely: (Partial) •
Alavarthur (P.)
Macarthun (P.)•
-.t. Chitiley (P.) •
Faculty Entran('e"
1,,art
(),1 ..
1), Cour lice.
et. Sanders:
Tamblyh.
W. Taenblyn. •
• Part II,
Courtiee.
11, Eleoat,
J., ('ameron.
I loner i,ia t r ieti I a tion
N, Char. „
• 11. Kase
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.1: Scott. •
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R. Hale .
('. Rance. .
Itatieford.". '
-4+. O'Neil.
.1). Stewart.
Seholarshipe •
1. 1). Stewart—Priace of Wales and
First Edward Make Scholarship
foe (leneral I'reficieney,
2. 1.), St:sweet—First Carter Schol-
arship.
Noi a • infinite should he lost when
a child shows; eymptorne of croup..
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse,
or even after the croupy tough ap-
pears, will prevent the attaelc. Sold
by all deakes.
Dates of Fall Fairs.
13ay1ield, Sept. 27-28.
`Exeter, S•eptember 19th to 20th.
Goderiela September 10th, 20th and
21s1.
eleaforth, September 221a1 and 23td.
Wingham, September 20th and 304h.
Myth, Oeloher 4111 and 311h.
Ilnueerls, October Oth end 7th.
Dungannon, Oet ober 8th and 7th,
T«sinvaler, October 5111 and Oth,
crease in Value.
Toronto World further, there
is to he an enormous uplift in the
value of farm lands in this Province
of Ontario, which will mean a great
inerease in the farming populatiou. It
means that farmers with capital will
flow into Ontario from now ort and
that some of the 'abandoned fetus
will fall into the handsor men of en-
terprise and thrift and who are not
afraid of work.
It i$ hinted that a large number of
Italian small farmers comet be ladle. -
ea to -come to Ontario both to farm
smelt places and to labor eel the truit
and vegetable farms inthe oouthener
portions.
There seems also to be development
in Northern Ontario in sight, ,espeei-
ally if the belt is opened up and
the settlers are given ezeconeagemeat.
VAlt Wheatin Ontario
'The fall wheat growing sections of
Ontario have -again this year demon-
strated the fact that fall wheat in,
favorable localities .can prbeluced
in this province to advantage. Some
fair to large- yields atee reported, Fall
wheat, however, has long since been
relegated from the position 01 a main
crop on, Onterioterms, but it occu-
pies, where it ean be grown, a very
important place nevertheless.
Very favorable Prima are being
offered for eluz. fine clop that has been
hareestaki. But that. affords no rea-
son why one should go. move largely
into fall Wheat and seed a larger
acreage than metal this fall. . Wheat
works in well witlt the medium •Ieng.th.
rotation as ordinarily- practised and
as a splendid crop • with which to eow.
grass Need.' Now, since...the days (st-
ile summer-W:4)W and the elaborate
preparation for wheat are' pest, the
-
crop can be put in and harveeted at
11 fl)iflin)Ufli expellee.... The crop fits in
well witleother faym Work • .. where.
mixed fee:ming is practised.
But, advantageous as is sthe fall
wheat crop in Outario • wben e sown
in Melted • geentities, too inueh OF
it,like many other farm crops, -bes
comes an etxcectlittgly .unprofitable
thing. This fact togetbei with • th/4
uncettainiy that always 'attemnpanik•s
the crop, should lead those whose con-
ditions permit of thorn growing wheat
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to sow. only a . fair • acreage and not, be
influenced by .the faVorable.results of
this year to, enlarge •umittly the arra
thy • devote to -• wheal this . •
'pin!: Hy:NEW-V.. '
.VaeatiOn is over. Again the school
bell ring- at marning.and at noon. A-
gain for tens of thousands the hardest,
kind of Work has begun, the eenekva1.
of whieh a Mental and physical
striae' to :all except the most rug-
ged. The little girl that a fewelays
ago had roses testier cheeks, .nlxI the
little boy who.se lips were *then 80
red you would have insisted that t•hey
had been "kiwd by strawberries,".
have aluoady lost Something of 1 -he ap-
pearance ontealth. :Now is a • time
when many children should be given
a tonle, which mity avert 'much ewers
ious trouble, and we' know of po other.
eote 'he: recoMemenited..
Hood's Sereeparilla, Midge . streng-'
thons • the 'nerves, :perfects digeStion.
assimilatiOnand aids Meet ati-, &vet-.
opment Ity sheilding the whele
eysteni.. . • • • •
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}twat waste your money. . buying:
plasters -when you can .get a.bottle ot
.Chambeltin'e Liniment, for twenty --
Sive cones. A 'piece of amine! "dana•
pened with this liniment is superior
to any plaster for tame .back, -pains
the Side ahd. chest, ' and much
cheaper, Sold by all 111 11(11
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The Villaineous House Fly
Quite a change hats taken place • in
popular opinion iit regard to many
things within is gime:Minn.
.'ConeiderIluscase of the; iletestetlY;
which, 'not so long ago, was spoken
of as "the -harmless.. houstetly ," 'te
distinguish it Irien the bee, the mes-
quite), • and Other annoying insects.
The' tly no longer .cleceuei harmless,
but a enoet dangerous' (levelly te thee
huttean fantily, owing' 16 the way ' iic
'which it earries dirt and dieease
geeme in te people's - homes. Now that .
we know the 'common fly" to he ene of.
the bleakest ot death's etnhiearies, it
seems strange: that the culpability of
thie inked was not. suspected long
ago, for its conduct clearly indicates
its guilt. But the fly was' too near
and toei eommopplate to invite) etudy.
Ins! vial, wise wet wend a sit with
palm leaf fais. keeping the (lies off
theta, and airgue by the hour on the
poestble effect of the stars and plan -
01) the life of an hellvIdual, or
111 causittg shipwrecke and other dis-
asi 6rs. Men spent their lives seek-
.
ing She elixir of perpetual youth,
when they might better have best em-
ployed in making sereete doom • and
witdows.
There was ate unintelligent piety itt
the old point of view. People seem.
eel to think that ea hartn could come
t()fhene from letting it fly, which the
ertator bad made, 'crawl through the
butter whieh they had inadealthough
net preferred to chase the Meet a-
way and force it to eat atter i•ts bet-
ters. All thiS is changed, and in
reinother generatien or two, atter a
war has been waged against Mete, zeta -
dots 10 Totonto may go 'eagerly to
the Riverdale 7.ao to see the !net
ony al houseflies living under glass.—
The Star Weekly,
ton. W. eh Fielding teatiltil from
Bristol al) the Royal Edward yeeter-
ihtT.
The Spanish Ortvernment has
elated the city of Haitian ie a ittete
of aleph
TWAIN'S FIRST LECTURE.
Herbs Heeded the Claque, but the
' Audience Swamped Them.
Mr. Clealeas prepared a. lecture to*
his Sea Francisco audience, giving r.
most extravagant account of what 10
lard seen arnong the south sea islands.
When Bret Harte and some other or
bbi friends were told at his platform
lutention they agreed to go in a body
to the old Meeltanics' hall. where
Twain was to -deliver himself, and
form n big elaque tbut would iusure
the success of the affair.
lert:: wrote his own handbills, which
set the toren agog with anticipation.
One particularly inviting phrase print-
ed at the bottom of the announcer:ilea,
was. "The trouble will begin se 8p, m."
The ball was crowded, and the claque'
was uproarleus when Clemens appear.
ed upou the platform. The lecture was
delivered with manifeSt effort in a
slow, deliberate, drawing; manner, and
the lecturer paid no heed whatever to
the inconsiderate demands of "Faster,
faster! We can't stay hem all night!"
and other urgent calls.
Although Herta tried to steer the
claquers, they insisted upon applaud-
ing and laughing in the wrong places,
which may or may not have been In-
tended as a Joke On Twain, but at last
the uudience, which began to catch on
to the unique style of the man and. to
appreciate his quaintly whirasical
terances, overwhelmed the claque and
had things•its own way. -
An old timer who attended the leo-
titre says of the effect of Twain..upon
his first audience: "His slow drawl,
the anxious and perturbed expressioli
of his visage, the apparently painful
effort with which he framed his sen.
tepees and, above all, the surprise that
spread over ills face when the audi-
ence roared with delight or rapturous.
ly applauded the liner passages were
anything oe lite kind they. had
ever known. The lecture was a great
success." --BnIiey Niliard in Hamp-
ton's Magazine.
GATHERING. PRUNES. a
The Fruit le Naver Picked, but is Al-
lowed to Fait to the Ground.
A peculiarity of prunes is that they
are never picked front the trees; but
are allowed to fall to tbe ground,
reasop is that ()rune must be dead
• ripe, with .all its sugar developed. or it
will not ,cure 'properly, 'Therefore the
ground under the trees Is carefully pre-
pared and leveled to make a soft,
smooth bed for, the falling fruit. Oath -
*wing the fallen prunes is a staple in-.
dustry in August and .Sept ern her. Boys
and girls and -often entire families are
ctunleYed In it, camping • in the or-
chards, . --
Being gathered, thepruneS ere rolled
•doWn troughs full 'of tiny needles that
prick their They are' then dip-
ped 'in- a hot solution containing lye,
which cleanses them., nitd rinsed it
told water.. Next they are put in
broad. shallow woeden trays anti laid
in tbe sun for two er thrtse. weeks.
This sun drying praetleally yotrvert's
them into -the staple prunes.. of. cont-
. meree and ofboarding lionSe Jokes.
At•the pocking (louse they are assort-
ed118 ..to size by 11 machine which
shakes 'them .over a huge sieve, The
farther the prune travels over the
sieve the larger the holes.. 4tticl when
It comes to a hole a little bigger. than
Itsett it drops through into the proper
bin. It Isthen run through a -vat con-
taining hot water and finally roll,
down a chute into 0 Weedell peeking
box—the. same box that you 'see at the
rocer's. •Wlinti,the primes pour from
the chute, hoWei-er, there is a rent/tea-
' ble.frame atiolit three Mettles high on
top of ,the box:, pc -and fraina go un-•
• der a press..-Whfch proniptly ;steams
.down the contents so that they are no..
higher than' the. topof the box. The
frame'li lifted off. the:coverts .
on the box, and the prunes are 10,,ady
to ship.—Will l'ayne in Saturday V.ven-
ing Lost
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' To Live Long.
If yeti wish to be a Methuselah .you
win,fiere to quit doine all tile things
that make it worth- while not to be one.
--St. Louis Post.DIsparcit
•
THE CLIMBERS.
What Social Eminence Costs the Carmel
moner In England.
My father was a laborer, and I anal
a lord.
Wheu.educatIon was reserved for Wept
rich they do not seem to bare availedf
themselves greatly of the advantage:61
for many of the important discover,:
inventions and improvements wee
owe to the sons of the poor, and feet;
of the Celebrated writers,- musicians 7
artists. were sons of tbe rich.
The education 1 received at the pubil
!lc expense enabled me toobtain em -1
Dive:eat which ad'orded opportunities,
for advancement, and eventually ZI
amassed a vast fortune.
"Society" has its scouts. They are
the connecting links between the untra-
portant rich and the Impecunious
"great."
The wife of a fashionable . artist
sought. our acquaintance. My por-
trait,. whichher husband palmed. cost .
1,000 guineas, but at their house we.
met the peeress to whose not disinter-
ested negotiations • I -owe my knight,
hood.
That step' up the social ladder cost, .
some 120,00. .
A philanthropic duchess came for.:
wurd uext to welcome us on the way.:
tier public' benefactionS and her Pri-
vate bills relieved me of a •further
large amount, but to congiensate for •
this we were introduced to "society."
1 was elected to several clubs, and
vouehers for the "royal inclosure" were
aecorded. to us. ••
. An- Impecunious but important pOli-
tieian later procured. for me. a 'baron- •
etcy—for tt. consideration, part of
which was.for the purposes of the gov-
eminent ttnd part . he retained for him- '
self. Be is an . Inveterate 'opponent of •
corruption in municipal corporations.
There appears' to be no inclination.
to interfere With free trade in titles,
for subeequently 1 was offered. and 1 .
aceepted, a peerage in- return for a
substantial contribution to the funds •
a the party.
Ability, industry. and enterprise made •
me rich. Bribery has made we re-
spected. • •
• --Without fees t� tbe fashionable I
sheuld, be still but a local celebrity, se-
verely Ignored by the neighboring mag-
nates. Directly and indirectly it has
'cost • me -some 1200.000 .torattain social •
•reapectability.,-.Losdea Tru tja- •
Wild Zebras. •
Thezebra when wild is a ferocious
•zotimal, and' an unwary huntet is lik&
ly to suffer from its teeth and hoofs,
The author of "Ieloof and Karroo"
says that a Boer in Cape Colony hal
once forced a zebra to the brink at
a precipice, when the desperate erea-
tura turned upon him, attacked him
with its teeth and actually tore one of
his feet from the leg, Another author
writes of a soldier who mounted a
half -domesticated zebra. The creature,
after- making the mcisli furious ah-.
tempts to get-iid of its rider, plunge&
over a steep bank into the river.ande
threw the soldier as it emerged. Whiles
the may lay half stunned ..upeiri the
• ground the zebra ,quietly walked up to -
him and bit off one of his ears.. •
moons foot comfort it keeps leather soft and pliable-, makes
shoes last tanker. Does • not Contain any Turpentine,
Acids, or other injurious inicrecilents. Brililant ••
and asting--ono rub does the trick.
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