The Signal, 1894-12-20, Page 2Beg: "_ L) Groes,
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A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING
■r eletbers uvea.
When t!ic thrushes .nese their g n in , alis
the weld bees leave the clover :
Lha e; .rt- ,1 the slosh. fhdoa mad
loaves the ii,^mesas pale ;
W ben shove the hill sad mouatatn• may
shades on tldsght hover,
And the •nuc"rlit of the daytime f. -away
n .t..ian:r ! ell
When the rath v host gently ruses and the
t 1 aspens shiver.
And she weer winds stogtog softly sew,
• from .le.ptog dowers brag :
When thee Posses ,•ry together plaintively
by bin. -k and river
Thom it is 1 hear the obi song that my
mother ossa to slag.
Round my neck I tool the pressen of the
Moore wart, ..d .lsndeir,
As u..l,ep.rg .1. rams and waking 1 have
felt ,t many times,
Just as when sit aid I listened to that ditty,
quaint asd tender.
Till ttse tw.agh that waved above w caught
the *edam.' of the rhymes.
And my hear throbs loud and quickly .. 1
b..i a: rising, clearer, •
1 outh a sloe, rte hope and •rein..,
dreams anti pleasures mine again
Barth a fairer. lie r sweeter ay., and
heaves iwlf ams nearer
To me as 1 Int tel fancy to that neer for-
gouen r ram
I'hambers' .lo.rnal.
Meets* sed ereetaa.
Said Fainter Jona. io a whining tone.
To his good old neighbor t;my
" I've worn my keels through to she hose,
But it un t no IS to pray.
" Your corn looks last twice
stn.,
Though you ioa't pretend to he
A .Main' light in the church to shins.
An' toll haiveltas's free.
as rood as
" i've prayed to thin Lord a thousand
times
For to make that 'ere core grow :
Aod why yours beau it so ao' climbs
1 d give • deal to hoses
Said Farmer trey to his wthbor Jones,
1. his quiet and may way
" When your pryers gee mixed with key
bees
They demi nu ke Masa In pay.
" Your woods, 1 mottos, are geed and loll,
Inept* of all your prayers ;
You may pray for cern till eke heavens tall,
If you dont dig uplthe ream-
" I mu my orayen with • little toil,
Abse Is every row ;
As' I work this mature tb mel, ,
Quito vta'roms with a bee.
" As' i've dinoovered, Moog% .till u sin,
As sure as you are bora,
Ab kid of compost well worked in,
Mikan pretty ascent core.
•' 8o, while 1 m praying 1 r my hen,
As' do my levo) hot,
1'o keep down the weed. along Mob row,
A. the lord, Ho dnm the seat.
" 1t well for be pray, both eight set more',
A. every former Mears :
Bat the pane to pre fot+t.hrifty own
bemoanla right be... the rases.
" You mast use your hands while praying,
though,
if as sasvrer you would vet,
For prayer worn kms an' a nosy hoe
Mover mime • but crop yet
" Ade me i believe, sty good old frieed,
If rye mess to win am. day,
From 'dewiest. clean r the harvest. end,
Yea must boo as rs.11 us pray. •.
—iilsesr'. Ad.eeat..
.be toe... trb..Ae.
O 1. sire.. 1 MN AIM 1 lbs Meeh .f the
a
And Me rte of she bps... th. bad
MOM Minn :
rioin1013111111113S .hay of las symbols' that
Twat
w the gui.rfsig mous winde dews the
lees .Mem 1
la etas vita... Nem e
gam& them is eelse
rose rims mos plmd heel. he Ilk. def
Maii.g ib. gll.t '.tad w
411 the days of .•schenterest .11 glittwies
there.
Aa♦ there are the l,.uans of misery lull
; Caressing the winds with their rr_gra
gutd.
Ani their high lifted standards with spear
tips aglow,
And eke helmeted knights that .. rtdiag
totem
TwE•RTi fA1.: OODRRiCA. ANT., THURSDAY DEC. 20. .11'44
of the home. It r a large rectangular room
A Kai.►d a litter colonel wood, with • white
ceding. A perste sturw.v opens into th.
of room. A window to the west looks out
time •&. Pic ts.o (taborer., louse. Two
large windows on the south vine • view of •
broad. doping tele studded with trees and
woods, through which Sway Blink wade.
; Thiess nisi.. away, lines of ghsteaing rads
• 1 nark the roadbed it the I'rowyh•auu rail-
'i
way Beyond, the broad plain• .'retch le
the- hori,ou formed by the ii,thhods of
t \seasick. White .pyres sad clamps o1
houses mark the . Magee who•b dot the
s;ouuutry lite. di
The remit is carpeted with . rug. 'the
walla ars lined with shelves ....outdoing a
i portion of the do•tor'. library A huge
t184plat. of light wool wit h polished Arses
fixture occupier the worth wall. In the
entre of the room is • Loa, heave t•hje
littered with hulks and pipers. Many of
them always had nut kora hvtwe•gn the
heves, anti ''Inc were niter, .howtng that
they were in use. Tie- to..p.'ity of tberr
were no philosophic:11 .uhro.•ts. .rips of
tenet were scattered rl...ut th,• t -hie. Om
marry were totted criti. ions and thoughts,
written in crahb.d small ciiirscten. There
uere always several tilled i:tkstanda on the
table, sad wrdl inked blotter. 1)r. Me-
t 'oak's
e-
t'oak's chair Laced the tah:e, with its hook
to the irepl*ee. l''ron, bis seat be bed the
view southward. The room a di.unctmale
the workshop of a scholar Cheerful ass
at tractive It redettea the repose and
dignity of the man who sat daily at th:r
'able. .
In the lecture room I►r. Mc('..ab objected
to interruptions but during the course of
h:s beton@ whsu the nam -r of Knot, Leib•
rift,, Phato, and the great `ttlesophen
would be mentioned by Aim the un'ler-
•rsdua•ee would ensemrncs to call "Mc -
.',»h "' •4.lirnmy \!testi "' He would
pause, and, with a ha'` i rood, halt de-
;.reciating sir, *y, •' Thu•k you, gentle•
ones : thank you ' He wain ..n. of the few
professor who were .%.r appiwded when
!hey entered the class room.
Th. ioctor was menet king . f an erotiat.
There ie an till ,oke appli.d to him that
when the misters received his first menu- ,
sof pt a sow rete .f capital • I .' was pin-
ch/wed. Io .•o• of his philosophical works
several pages are conwaed in proving a
•'sncluaion to • mental problem. The docs
tor printed a tont note at the hiittom of the
page, sating that after he bail reached the
onolueioo he found that Plato had come t..
• he satno deduetioa 2,000 years before him.
I isec the doctor hd the pleasure of show-
ing • distinguished visitor through the co, -
lege buildings. As they passed the bruit of "Who's there
the former prandente, he aimed each one, "It's me. President Mc:('oan "
with a alight comment on his character and "You're • liar,- was the reply : ..if 'roe'
were old Jimmy you wo-iW say 'It's 1.' -
lir. :tic -Cosh was food of walking. The
'.oldest winter day end the dea•pest snow•
.Ink would mot detain lam. 00 the morn -
int, after thr bhdcaret he walked to the
post office, a halt • mile away. Mrs Mr=
('oeb oppoed these winter walks 4111t day
he dipped down just in front of the house.
He looked up and saw her face in"tite win
doss. As he was getting to his feet •
patserhy heard him say •
"This is the second time, but I'll tell her
There • the al•.tot , rought sit out' e mar
ellsu■ .hell
Tie sea gave to N111:11110, lint washing it
weft
With it• labe.lnu. waters •1 Laid till i
✓ leuee
htk. the yeller(' lir• ot aa argusaut'
dreams.
And the 'Asphalt. too with his udulaat
stride
That rocks the high throe* of • kisg is his
pride 1.
, That in jostles of India aback irons Ms
tasks
The '.tigers that leapt from this Jujubes
betake.
Here's the long, ever-c►aagiug, my.terlous
line
01 tj.e e•MO which hist. o1 their •climes
divine,L '
Front the !erred little windows cut hr: h in
the rear,
\'.'here the claw -bidden animals goers ap-
pear. .
11eree floe pyrsilii,l met, .'ith it. splksdor
,and t4ash,
Anti the goddess os high, to a bot markt
. ash
And a pen -wiper skirt' 41. the rarest et
lights
le this "Queen of the Air" in cerulean
tights '
Then the far .way crash of the cymbals,
sad then •
The swain of the tune ere it wakens again,
\Vith the capering tones of the callus ...r-
ept.
That go damcing away is • mad minuet.
The circa.' the circus ' the
drum.,
Anel the blare .f the horse as the hand
wsc• n ,nms,
1'be clash and the eda•g of the cymbals that
heat
As the glittering pageant winds down the
long .o' .•r. -
.Ism.. Whit.•tmb Riley, in Arsaxiady.
throb of the
THE HIE ItR. N•('()H.
Charact.eristtes of the Prince
;,i;,, ,ion 'hllosopher
THE HOME iN WHICH HE LIVID
Aad Ice nano in WWII be Worked Freed
'dr ■l. AtbMNr t•Iwerme- 1tr►named
"Jlsamie;ey ab M..
rrom lie New )orkSta.
I)1{. M '.'cal. left it marked unpile!,
slam she history of Praeetown and the
ebareeter of ger graduates He Wooed hoe
•trout, sturdy personality tato every de-
partn.eat of learning and branch of atblet
IS.. \Ghem ha same to Princeton iu 1868 be
raid, in one ..f Ina many aldermen, that the
body should be cultivated las well as th.
mind, Two years later he dedicated the
Hebert Bonner gymnasium, which at teat
time was the fioeat m Ameria. 1'nail •
month ago he wee a fainter figure on the
campus, taking hu daily walk accompanied
by- hit wife.
He would have been an unusually all
man except for ht. '• '.ford cutup, which
bowed the head and Irene the shoulders. Ha
frame was large *ud boror kit• limbs sad
body were thin, and his clothe bung lease
ly upon hint. His shier we prominent, the
mouth strong, the forehead bleb sad pro-
truding. kits fuse was impressive for ire
Maracas, indicative of sturdy, unbending
determia.tloo. Hui hair was swot and on-
ly un the sides of the head ; he wore side
whiskers. Both were perfectly white. Hu
blies eyes were sharp and prereeisg. 1'atil
his Met illaels hes voice 1.11estroc5 and kid-
ly m tone. A decided Scotch accent mark
ed his speech, amid until the Ironer became
secuetomed to his utterances be could sot he
easily understood.
When • young meta, hr. %AW('osh was
proud of his athletic prowess. He mold
walk sixty ods. • day without tiring. In
the hitter port of his life he would rim at
7 o'clock and be in his study ready for work
u 1130. He renaroed at his desk until
norm, In Me sfter.non be would rest or
take recreation. He timid at 7 o'cl.Mk, and
after dinner would return to his desk sod
work metal near midnight. After his retire-
ment as President of the collage the rules
were relaid. but the doctor always strove
to follow oat the laws be had laid flows for
himself early is life. He took good care of
kit health, and his etre.g Scotch cotetit.-
tion was • rood baso upon watch to work.
Hie aias.dast• sought to curtail his desire
to work, and the doctor took great pleasure
in evading them. Several tiaras after he
was 80 yeah of age he instead 011 COMM*
to New York .lose is order to consult with
his publishers. He usually gained hie point,
apparently, Mit s rotaries was always w
the train or behind him no the street, un-
known to him.
Whoa tbo doctor first saute to 1'riaoeios
he lived im the old president's home, whish
is sew oaicupid by 1)e.. Murray Prefers
tbe .Ile of hie administration, flim collets
had squired the Potter m.reio11 as int.
south Campus- Ou his retiitetmieat in 1807
be Milt • boom of hie owe. which has niece
hes galled "Jimniis hoses." The term k
me of affection. No disrespect wee ever
implied by the familiar side gives to the
eeoershle doctor. He built the house all.
cording an he own idle of comfort ad
beauty. The he emowests the enlo.ial
style Of •rebitecamr., although the model is
sot closely followed It meads • few fest
beck from • mid. *•eases sag b wrrowaa.d
by a retie fens. Tress sad slosh@ hide
she estrsnes. The sme.aes is through •
wide double dem Is As sel4dle .f the tent
.r the b4Mph slow which is a htrgm widow
The dew bods isle • arra Mph hall abed
kith .-(ke►i...d i.rwltas. sd rays. At
eke tide • liairw.y Issas Is sloe epiler
tit.eMea
d' the bh b w gMsaea bre rss!-
rem of the f111b•lbr is ail daatall iSs
CottoI.ns.
A
New
Shortening
if you have a sewing machine.
a clothes wringer or a carpet
sweeper (all new inventions of
modern times), it's proof that
you can see the usefulness of
new things.
Is A KEW SHORTENING, and every
housekeeper who is interested in
the health and contto•rt of her
family should give it a trial. It's
a vegetable product and far su-
perior to anything else for short-
ening :Ind frying purposes.
Physicians and Cooking Experts
say it is destined to he adopted
in every kitchen in the land.
This is to suggest that you put
it in yours Oily/. If• both new
and good. Sold in 3 and 5
pound pails, by all grocers.
Mad&• .only by
THE N. K. FAIRBANL
CO'IPANY,
Wellington .nd Ann Sts„
MONTREAL.
1
ed for the tutors. A roar td laughter gorse
l the final petition. A tutor was au oboe -
cd had ei.ridrrd man in the old days -
Before the extension of the proctor sys-
tem to !'rine.-t ,n, Dr. alct'osh was called
upou frequently to supttte., over enthsens-
tte student.. (In- night a °.erry party was
aesea.ble.t In • room making s great nesse.
1►r. \Ict'.•.li hurried over to the dormitory
I
and found the roost. He rapped, but re-
ceived n.i reply. A wound tinto he tam
mored ,.a the door sad demanded adosa-
Lance.
ability, When he came to the last one he
.aid curtly :
" And that's meeelf. •' •
Fur several years I)r. Met 'rah had but one
•peach, which he delivered on all sca.iwa.
It enumerated the number of mirionariee,
preacher, and feathers which he was partly
inatrumeutel in sending out tutu the world.
ile never paid any attention to the other
proftkeors. t tow when • distinguished lees
curer was did eenrg • lecture in Princeton,
the audwuee applauded some point he bail
made. Tne doctor took the applause to , •t . the tint."
himself, sod, mting in the midst of the large • one at ha favorite strolls ass to the
audience, made the speech. The applause athletic ground. near his house He M
was deafening when he closed. bevel is foot ball, and would not sae on
Absent-mindedness (was one of the sloe- tide side line.. Many • time when the
tor's failings lie would passe an his walk. backs were rolling the ball down the field
when some profound problem was is the by short plunges, the game would have to
procses ot solution, asd would look mustily be stopped until the doctor would make up
at some object. Widen • conclusion was his mind to return to the ropes After a
victory his house was always visited by the
students, ani he would make a speech. His
•hews on gymnastics and athletics he ea
pressed a. follows
•'I cannot lay down rules of gymaasticv
for all the colleges, but a perfectly proper
method of mrr.cting all the ertls now
compluoed of would be to eall a convention
of representatives of all the colleges, and
let them agree upon uniform rule. Throe
reached he would walk briskly away. In
hie strolls he hail an odd habit of stoppiev
every few feet to look about him. His wife,
aecompaning him, would halt Then be
would resume his walk. only to panne a feet
further on. Studeata always doffered their
has when they pared. bemettmes h.• would
speak t. them. His only query was in re-
lation to the health .f the student's family.
Two years ago he was invited to the open-
ing ot the Cottage ('lob,a social organution times, while President of Princeton, 1 call -
The doctor shook the Mod .f every fellow ed meetings of thiseharacter is New York
greeted him, sed eked alter the health of .sty, sash college being invited tossed three
his father and mother. When the greet- delegate. The meetings failed of their o►-
ings had slackened the elector went about tact because two of the colleges refused to
among the colored wasters, asking bow long take Bart to them. We must woe bwk to
they had been in college and what was the that plan now. (11.1 mem though i am 1
S ate of their immediate relatives should be glad to join meth • movement,
"doe morning when the doctor entered the "It is my idea that each miler °ngho to
old chapel he saw among the students a have • perpetual body of men to superio
freshman with his head shaved. He asked tend the department of out -door *porta, to
• tutor if the man had been ill. Tb• imam restrain exon, sad to encourage liberty
er told the doctor that the Man has bees and act1•ity among all the students. Whig
bared by sophomores. iPr. Me(;ash sum- body should consist of the president of the
mood the man to his study. and asked him college and two or three of the faculty, and
they should be voided by the rule* laid
dews at • 000ventlw of representatives of
.11 the eollea.s"
if be had any friend. Chancellor Green was
the °sly iafumtial friend the boy bad. 1►r.
McComb wrote to the chancellor, stating the
oircumetamoea The chancellor suggested Am Nd lowti mease
the erimimml prosecution of the Weeders, .Tomo w►u have share, of 0b6r166ble Testi
bus 1).. MICoeb rcdivod t . maggetkmi tattoos for the aged poor will toll yon that
coolly. H. west to Werk himself with a se v.pic is mon plessing to some poor old
will to fled th• guilty men. 1 1.11 says women than the diacsetou of their " better
be reoeived • written wolfram from them. days," when they were the fortnmato pee
This he read from the pulpit. Whets he •••eon of "everytbieg hears could wish
reached the immature@ be paned, folded the fo," as they .re apt t°14 o:prmss it
f low Old lacy wyw of de.cribihq th.
paper deliberately, and eatd tba► so one fieewy she bad whom she was a bride : au•
would ever know who the KUMlty no.. wen mthw boasts of havisg teres owed a •'gold
melees iley tbewaelven male it public. head othamil tea amt" and NIT "sodid'silver
Thea he read • chapter frond thin Bill.. on tampions;' while • third dwdk •t t
r.p..t•ece. boob es the elegance of • Bow.red silk
Tete were many livelyarsines ,. thin oId gown sad a satin ..
p•rumnI with Triage Kft.
hes loss that slim . nee °wood.
chapel ender the doet•r'e admieistntinn. (16, rm. old womss never my. s.ythi*
(twca monies he a•uevenoed • hyms, reeding mot the Dears arm tow he•mtris. Then
the fire, boa
"A wandering sheep am 1 '
"Rah '•• bleated an undergraduate.
Tbe dater pauses, then rsame.t
' eh' o.lmly rotorhe
" Well, 1 sewer bad no ebasy tea thugs,
mien se '.ilk goyim mew ewth,Mde ed pettl-
cosal, mer openwork st.oklsgu. sow gold ear-
drops. mix *otitis' of that .ort ; has 1 ssv's
"A wssdertng sheep am 1 bad fear boskmmid•. es' I'd like to !sew M
A eborue of "Rahe' greeted the an- say of yogi ors beat mese'"
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lA' Md:a.t ..v«sly teetered the
etatdents ea the impropriety of their be-
havior, sad oegas "A esed..1. .beep.-- "
WINS as mn•etmwe bleat drowsed bin
yoios He Famed. and Mos read the
emssd use of the byain
At ..saber tame be prayed ler the Presi-
dent of the United State sea Casper.
remelted fes Mamie. se the (hvveishs M
tb. stab Yd New 'OMIT t, e, gra
illisciiii•stitim ler the trustees, ,lite par th.t AAA t basLiriong:tragi 66b
beeit•set se Alma teem the . glcttr..
sod& fe tin in* he pay- 2w T.Q. Oat,
semi.a e a sa.iw.
Sews people are haply la iodise the right
remedy as the right time. A ewe is poet
fellows, sod ie worth aemaimg -
Ahem throe seethe ago i w all sod
up with rhemmasiae. eefferies awe tbss
torten from db I teak three 1.511ee of
r ..it aM• ...ik+o•, nerd..b need
.d sow feel all 0 K. items yobs
h ge Melo • few bMsk s of it A. R. and
o.aseet 1be hew i_sggmbs i W ever oda
"LW w sere hem el badtb ..Ml ebb att-
gp t ei elwtbm. lilt low 1 4411, it
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4 »S&ColDs
"I TELI ALL MY FRIENDS."
A Lady of Shelburne, Ont.. Permanently
Cured of Indigestion After Using Two
Bottles of South American Nervine
—Glad to Let Everyone Know It.
MRS. A. V. CALl: