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The Wingham Advance, 1917-03-29, Page 6401:04T . tadelYeili HIT JklEIC3:0,, Ilse revert of C.A. seeeial ceirouissiott. tookr tae tato aerd tete:mete on the thallipoli tut: eattiro, tionq not make very pleaeaut leading tor the public. 'the Wur Council, u•s i boay, aoes not fiattre t omen advantage. Wineton Churchill la charged with filet eropoe- ing an attach, cm the Dardanelles. and the attempt was made to roeh teem 'with the fleet alone. The luraetigae thin proves that the attempi was Un- derlahen uithout sufficient et:insider:le tiou, '1 1i Members of the Council le- tho movie to one another. Lord, Kitchener uas the dominating influe ence, and he was generally given his own way. There is some doubt as to tee attitude of Lord Fisher. He did not tenetle met when he Should. lilvery. Wog was kft too much Ili Klechener'S baud% aud he had to much to do. Those revelatioite below that it was ut. uonaerWs were not winning the war, and that 1...loyel George did uot take hold of matters any too soon, It may be noted, that the coMmissioa has not one word of censure for (leo. Ian Hamilton, the commander of the Dardanelles expedition, although men leen is made of one of the generals un- der him who has ranee been retired. Lcid gitchenei• is dead, and if he had been alive to giVe Itis vereion of the af- fair the report might have been dif- ferent. THE PASSING OF THE 1?-01VIANOrrs. Nicholat3 11., the Emperor of All the Ituestae, styled Czar or Emperor an Auteerat, has abdicated his throne, ile has refueed the Regency -on behalf of his son, and has chosen his broth- er instead. We now leara that hie bro- ther, the Graod Doke Nicholas Alex- androvitch, hue aaeo _renounced all claim upon the throne. and thee the lad of the Romanoffs rase away as the reigning House of Holy Maeda. R the revolution has been completely 'euccessful, the Czar ha6 made up his mind that he also would make a ,clean aweep of the Im- perial dynasty. The proclamation is. sued by the Czar ie of a lofty charac- ter, breathing good will to Rus- nia, and an earnest desire for the vic- tory of the country over her 'thee. One wenders, en reading this man.ifesto, why the Emperor did not see and heed the sign e of the times long he fore thie. If the liberties and inteni. nese of the people were so dear te him, he might have hown it by in- troaacing reform::: and granting them political liberty. Our only answer to this is that the Czar was not a free agent. R required a reeolution to break the bureaucratic gang that had fastened theanseivee opera the court at Petrograd. The Czar teems to have been helpless to save himself. With a view to unite th.e people and all the forces for the realization of a speedy victory, and in accord. with the wishes of the Duma, the Czar an- nounced that he considered it desir- able to abdicate the throne of Iluesia, and lay aside hie cupreme power. The Czar thus makes his exit with all the nobility that he can command, and utatever may be the thoughts and feeTinge .of his people, outsiders may weli accord Iiirn a tertain amount af reepect. The last of a long line of Romanoffe who ruled Rueela with a more or le,ea dospotic sway, Nicholas II. more than once gave evidence of a liberality of mind that was a credit to him, and if he had been It more HER HUMBLE 1,40yER. .00•0#44mywroarwoo.polosopmeral~14.4.441.....40444. "Ile le-ollepe!--certainly one of the juost enterittining and -ex' -charming men I have eeer met," says the rec- tor, "stud if -ere -Sipa had not been foolish enough to reject Sir Frederick for his sake, I should have liked Iiint amazingly." To-uight, after the rectOrlutti drunk his one glass or .Tort, and Hector has smoked his cigarette -which he is allowed to do under the veranda -ate goes into the drawing room, and wait- ing until the couple are fast asleep, entices Signe into the open air, "Well,' sir," elle says, nestling UP to him as he draws the white, fleecy shawl round her, "what is it? Do yt.,1 want to smolt° or what?" al want to talk; but I can smoke as well, lf I: may," and he lights tv. (tiger a special privilege permitted by Siput, who is wise enough to know that a cigar is the one rival whiclt a woman ueed never fear, and Who likes the scent of a fine Haeana .. in the ening air; thoughsas inteeter of truth, she would declare elle lilted the rankest of tobacco if her god happened to be partial to it. "Signe," he says, putting his arm reund tier under pretense of draw- ing the shawl eloser, "I have come to make a business proposal." • "i can't talk business with your arm around mo, sir," she murnaure, ieeively. "You should hand me to a beta, and stand with your hands. be - lotto you." ILC laughs. "I can talk better like this Signe, we Lave been so eard at work E. be - has of other people that we have had t.e time to think of ourselves lately, Let us do so tonigh.t. How ehould you like to be. married this day multi'?" Signet starts and draws a long breath, then she flushes a datep red,* and tries to put him at arm's length, "Not at all," she says, tremulous. ly. "No? Then say this day fort- night?" "Oh, Hector! How foolish!" "This day week, then?" he says, drawing her to him. "This day -five years!" she says, with bowed head and flushed face. "Will not that do?" "it certainly will not!" he says, "Listen, Signe, if -if you are quite Ware--" "Quite sure?" she echoes, softly, her violet ayes raised to his. -Quite sure that you woald not re- pent -that you love me well enough to trust me -marry me in a month from now. There, darling! I Ineant to break it to you, as all bad news eliould be broken, but it has slipped out. This day rnenth!' "Oh! is it so -soon. why7s cannot you wait longer?" ' . "No longer, darling! Even that neems ages off. I shall count every day until the day arrives! Why should you not, Signe.? You don't re- pent , do you? You are still sure that you do not regret? Blythe Park----" "Isn't it rather chilly. I think I will go in," she says. "Forgive nee, darling!" he mur- murs, holding her tightly. "But it lieenis so neach, all that you a.re giv- ing up! Well, I won't touch on that subject again. I will accept it that you prefer the mendicant, Hector Warren to Sir Frederic Blythe, and• that you will become the pauper's bride in a month," "Must 1-" she whispers. "I -I thought--" "lhat, like Jacob, I was going to wait seven years, perhaps?" he -says, laughing softly. "Why. do you know, I thought I was wonderfully cOnsid- erate, in giving you so leng, but I re- membered that ladies required at Iteet -a month to get their wedding finery:" Signe. laughs. "My wedding finery will be but a 1 '1 erally plaees upon his betrothed's f ger?" She 100Its Up at idm with a Smile. "live you not? I never thellg'et of • "Not evert a ring!" he says. "And 1 wili not give a•oll 0110 until I can gtfe, YOU a pialo hoop ot gold. But I meet give you something, Signs." "Give Ole eller love." she says, look- ing up into his eyes, steadily. 'Yu have that already," he returns almoet eolemnly. "But see, here is something else," and he draws 0. long, blue envelope /rout his pocket and taps it with his fiuger. "It Is not ea Pretty as a ring, is it?" Signe smiles with amused surprise, "What le it?" be mike. "I cannot tell you Just now," be say, waving the blue envelope up and down, gently. "But I want you to take It to -night as my wedding -or betroth- al gift. W111 you do ao?" - Signe, holds out her Inutile and he gives her the packet. "You are not to open it." he says, smiling thoughtfully. "until after we are married, or—" he pauses, then smiles again, lightly- "unlese wan - thing happens to me*" "Happens to you!" with a eudden gravity. He laughs. "Yes; I mean in case I shouldia• should -well, slip down the steps on my way home an break my neck—" "Hector!" He laughs. "Of course 1 am joking, Signe," he says, apologetically. "But -this is bus-, Leese, you know -in came anything should happen to me before you are my very own, then YOU are to open this, you underetand?" Signa holds the big envelope at arm's length, underetand," she says, "But had- n't -you better keep it?" and she laughs, . "No," he says, echoing her laugh; "it is yours, absolutely, It is. very ugly. Isn't it? Never mind, 1 will see if 1 can find enough money to buy an en- gagement ring—" Signe laugns. • "Ah, you are making fun of me!" she says. "No. I am quite serious," he says. but with a. happy smite, "Put the ugly blue envelope in your pocket, if you have one." "I haven't.'" she admits, piteously; "but I can hide it away. And I am not to open "Until after our marriage, darling," he says, "or -unless anything should happett to me," • Siena /ooks at it, pale and troubled; then she holds it out to him, "I tient think I care for it," she says, with.a little pout. . But he gently pushes her hand back. - "Take it, ney, darling," he sevs. "It afs ugly; but it is my wedding -gift!" • And slowly and reluctantly she dig - poses of it In some feminine hiding - place itt hor dress. fooceful eharacter he might have poor display." . "A clean cotton gown is all I stipu- shaken off the incubus that has at late for, he says, "on condition ,that last proved his undoing. 1 ma.y dispense with the awfril blue,. One cannot forget that it was at ehirty frock coat which is considered hle ouggestion that The Hague Tri- ne antimissicar-I beg pardon! -veil don't refus. me me! I have a epode" bunal et as eetabliehed. That was a ' tor the bride Coe bid for uftivereal peace that testified reason for asking you:" ' my darling' to his goodness of heart, and had hie "If you wish it," she says, with taut received proper support tbie war might never have occurred. He also instituted the Hume, with a view to give his people comething in the Shape of conetitutional government. nut hero tae reactionaries again in- tereered and from time to time its work was nullified by Imperial loiter- ferenee. The latest act, that of clos- ing it, sealed the doom of the Czar and the Houce of Romaneff. another long breath.• But it is dreadfully short.' What will Aunt Podswell say?' e "She will groan• and sigh, and enIff-- dear Aunt Pediment" he says, "Aad the rectar will cough and rub his chine -poor Mr. Podswell, it is an awful disappointment for him! never mind; I am not to mention that odious subject, am I? Just thirty-one days, and you will be myeown! It seems too sweet to be true!" -and he takes her face in his hands, and turns While a stable form of Government it eo that he can look at it with pas- eipate wistfulnete. ' • le being .organized, twelve ineinbers "is it so -sweet?" she interieoSee. of the Dukta with tlie President at Ita with lowered eyes, head will have tharge of national ref- Ile does not answer her, and his fairs. A onetitutional Seeteembly fling thought. flee grows pale, as if with some pas- bec convened to decide on the nattre • "Heaven! how women can treat!" of tho futere Government of the coen- he murmurs. try. There is some talk of forming tt "Trust!" she says, With gentle Reaublie. wonder, Later ---4t is now announced by a ':"YeSi Yest" he ea" 11111°St t° Reesian Neue Agenty iiiteli.ro' V: tynttotrxtivinigiotty,xt. thatthe Ci'har'o brother, Grand Duke worthy to touch the here of your Nieloise Alexaseirovitch, has eon- dress! -to me of whom you know nothing!" She smiles. "Know nothing? Why, It is, oh, ages since we met there down by the gea,. Ktiow nothing, It iseetas to me as If 1 had known e•ott all -llaY life. . Why is that?' . "Don't ask eae,"he says, still pale and troubled: "Your pure and stain- less love overawes e me. There! there! You don't underetared; but ole My darling, if you kneea how precious C.fitnit 16.01 YOUI• MI& your nuoi. your love is to Inel-how I treasured vount will your horses, and your guns, your 'Meet innocence. end. trustful - Poe they who reckon with 1:tighcricl, new Ah, mom, owt, owti dox, sented to ascend the throne en con - (Utica that it le the will of the people tie shown by a plebiscite. The death of the Czar's young MAI, who was heir to tee throne le aim announced. Not Bngland Alone. wito won't", rotIon ;with England e , v. o led op. the seep of the flag that Rodney moiled aloft .NeIson flung to breeze - elust reckon with Weland's sobs. Ye who would challenge England, Yr who woula break the ntwlit Of the little isle in the foggy ea And tee lion part in the fight- e't t P1 wEd your horoc, and your swords Weigh wen your valor and gunb, • Yee, ther wbo t-ide against Vineland, 7erust fable her million sons. e.ho would roll to •uarfare You' hordes of peasantand slaves To crush the pride of an empire ProAndwsink her fame in the waves-- from his brow, and betide over her. a st oli rour blood, and your mettle, ling, if a lifelong devotion can prove my love for you, you Shall learn. what love le." And in the liateusity of his eireatioa Ito on e drops Maria. and Moves away from her. Hitlf-friehtentd, Signe 'oinks into n ehalr; and he takes a, tern or two on the terrace. Then he coletee baek to herr With the dark elottd diapersed anti the daps of bard Workeeeepecially er her beloved. And Lady Reolmell tafltrelertnegett her 0110111deafe "1 shan't say Mailing mere about U, my dear," she wad. "I Salto in when that lover of yours gave in. Ot were() I think it an awful pieee Of l'otialivniint,Vhefle°Ie:;(11-sli 1 tinuaeeleutilla.;iselliat!pleti 1:::1' altsolitit, 14,italayra°1101ti ltIneirvIcitl 1: :geaileeltil tvile'llgid6t:thu'l 11:114;acittrrr aes1 hi luhti:rov4Q0et: Afi two hundred people eannot be ex - mated to anee without something to eet and drink daring the evening, Lady Itookwell had made arrange- ments with one of the alonden eirrae of centractors, and an elahorete pre - aeration had been made in the kWh. eure whicli were to result, so 'laid the contraeters, in as handstnne a supper and as pIeUtiful 11. supply et wthee and ices as even Mins Laura Derweat could wish. Awl now it is the eve ot the great ddY. and Signe, as elle site in tho drawing -room of the villa -tor Lady itookwell hae tusisted upon- Unite din- ing with ber "to talk things oVer and pee if anything' has been forgotten" - Sena, as she sits enailingly listening to the flow- of sharp, cynical remarks whieh her ladythip pours out upon men and tallies, and the coming occa- 41on in particular, is conscious ot a strange feeling of suppressed e,aeitee arena which Lady Rockwell is Bluer - bee with her, it she would but own it, "If anything goes wrong to -morrow," she says, uodding her head until the diamonds in her cap aud team glitter again, "Laura will never forgive me, The foolish, flighty girl has actually got the thing into the society papers. Look here! here it is in "The Upper Ten' of the week. Read it, my dear." And she throws the paper gently in- to"Ttg4iass Isaapid," remarks the para- graph, "that the restoration of N—Il Grange, one ot the seats of the Earl of 13 e, which he has lent to Miss Laura Derwentefor a couaty dance, has cost an immense Bum of money, and that the little, party -numbering not leis than two handred-will be. ohe of the meet brilliant getherings ot .the year. There has been quite a ecramble tor cards----" "Shameful! My dear, iseat it'?" "-and, the disappointed ones areall tearing their hair. late curious fea- ture of the affair is, that it is not -yet known whether thenoble owner will be present. If he should be, Ile would of course be there, in his own house, as a guest. The wbole thing is roman- tic in the extreme, and soeiety is in Mi g Derwent's debt for a really sub- stantial sensation. We may add that N--11 Grange is one of the finest specimens of the old-fashioned county 'places' that still exist; and it has been long a soerce of regret. in the county that so large and handsome It house should have been closed and neglected." "Isn't it ahatneful?" exclaims her ladyship again. "What is the world coming to? You see, they don't dare to print Lord Delamere' e name in full, or the house, but they don't hesitate to do so with Laura's name. That's what it is to be a professional beauty; and last week they even Milted in this Paper that she and he were engaged." "Perhaps they are,". says Signe, with a smile . . ."Of course note My dear, it is Im- possible. She onlye-saw the man for an hour or,two.. Oh, no; if they mere engaged, or there was any likelihood, she wouldn't have goire in for this ab- surd business. Isn't your young man very late? And she looks at the clack, Signe colors faintly; she has looked at the clock a dozen times in the last two minutes. do at the Grange, • and he was 'kept, "Yes; but there was a great deal to perhaps." "He has worked like a navvy," says Lady Rookwell. "It' Laura does bet - to . dutiy1 iinosthf oldl will go down on her knees think he'd care abotiCthat," laughed Signe. "And your• dress, liQW abou that?" aslss Lady. Rookwell, "I declare we have none of us .given it thougna to that! And you, like tireidiotic, un- selfish child that you are, never men- tioned it.' "Oh, neje' dress is all right'," .• saya Signe, leaning back and, voting her shapely head in her hands. "I shall wear mye,Egnptian gauze -I nevernt any other ----and," guicklaetne she Beee something' hovering on theeolil lady's lips, "1 _ ssent should- prefer it -to anythielg" " • j'W'ell, you are right .there, my dear," responds Lady Rookwell, con- cisely; "it is more distinguished and uncommon -Molting than anything you could get ie London -or Paris, either. She puts her, hand to her lips, frowns, then leaves the room. When ixhe comes back she hae an oblong mo - recce ease In her hand: add /mites it - across to Signe with a xnatter-ontiet . . ..e, air. . . . , "That's. an for you, my deal.," sho says, as if she were peeing, hr.-a.neWspaper or some such trifle. "Wear them to -morrow, and .keep - them in memory one dleagreeable old • woman who was stupid enough to be fond ef CHAPTER XXI. It is the afternoon ot the twenty* fourth. the eve 'of the important day toward which not only Northwell, but nearly all the district has been look- ing forward with feelings of intense curioeity and excitement. The mere fact of the Grange being relestated as a habitation would have excited ' the interest of the county in which the na,me of Delamere still ranked high; but when added to that fact the store of how and why it came to be so re- instated got about. the curiosity was intensified. That the Invitations should be issued in the Joint nanies of Lady Rookwell and Laura Derwent caueed much! amazement and wonderment. and people did, not hesitate to suggest that Laura Derwent had "caught the eccentric Lora Delamere aomewhere on the Continent," and that their engage- ment would be formally announced on the evening of the ball. Not 'a tew raised the *Nice of censure, and hiated that. the whole thing was irregelar and 'scarcely -well; proper; but no one re- fused 'the 'invitation on that account,' and thoge who had not recelved tickets 'strove, almost madly, to procure one. in all, about two hundred were in- vited -a larger number than Lady Rookwell quite approved of; but Laura Derwent had written to inquire the 'size ot the. ballroom and ante -roams, and had .told Lady Rookwell tq fill thein. "They will want airing," she had said; "and as every -one who doeen't get •a card will be your and my mortal, eneaty-ewe had better make as feve as, poissible For days Lady. Rook - 'well had been busy in the preparation of her list, and when it was conepIeted It showed' a catalogue 01! guest'whieli contained the elite ot ail aristocratie district, with a sprinkling of the up- per middle-class, such as the Jeeltee tie:Atte leeal professional men, with heir wives. Altogether, Lady' 'Rabic - well Was rather proud of her list. "It will be a- sueeeets, my deer," she said to Signe., to whom she confided all her Ideas on the subject, "You see., I tould have had a title, or something like it, with the whole two hundred, for everybody Was anxious to conle. Why, the dear old duch- ess - how I do bate that womant- aetuany drove over to call on' me the other day, and She basent been near tife or a year: tut, if We had kept it amongst the Olympian , it would have 'been cold and stiff; end Laura doesn't want that. You see it is a bit of tuft!" Illathee a stupendout bit of full," said Signe, thinking of all the expellee, (Yount wo your troops, and your e.1.121, "alitta .,eiyis he, "have you notice rr otheY Winr hattle with England, ' the hat e..Ve not made you IL flifigletrO• i'vfust War with a mother's mone. *--Tibeollore Roberts, IlarthRlieba, Dar. tient not the regtxlation ttl- lasetoee. Idat 10110 Ole 114DDY lteiereeptene -4414 e • • • HAIR GOODS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , iovteet poesitdoe prima • ocrealetent with high -044e 'week. • • gair aetturel Nom. 14ttrazi atn,:iiwit tn6 rturertaa° wltk Lor anymair in our mi. WV'S TOtkielt, at 'era th" Gellale astec° MINTZ% HAIR GOODS • 7 EMPQR1131 62 Uts ST. W KAsittek **twit %Moo. t UM* aereaelleteameel .1 it has the reputation of nearly a quarter a a century behind; every packet soid 1131aelt---Green or Mixed E 204 Hollanders and Rerriags, Holland can claim the honor of itav- JJlg established herring fisheries and taught its people the very great netritioue value of this flea. A Dutch - 41311a, Wit/whet Benkelszoon, niscovered tne seeret ot preserving herrings in the roerteenth century, and the salted herring made its appearance on the market in precisely the same manner as it now does, for the preserving process has undergone no marked Outage. Your Dutch flthernten is an exPert at his job and can manage as raany as 1,200 fish in an hour, working at top epeed. He ties a abort kulte to the third and /exert)), fingers of WS right band by a string, which is at- tached to the handle of the knife. Ho thrasts it through the gill cavities and, with it sharp cut, brings away the gills, heart, gullet and pectoral fins of the unforaunate herring, , - Minard's Liniment lumberman's friend you." . Signe opend the' ease and utters it low exclarhation, tie she sees, -reposing in the ruby velvet, aesult of Magnifi- cent diamonds and peiii•le. • "Oh, Lady Rookweill" she says, with a tone of awe and dismay, but with the liglit which naturally eomes into every girl's eyes .at the sight of Pretty things, "But-leat---" "Now doint, be ougrateful," says the old lady, very brusquein "for it would be ungrateful to refuse theta I should never forgive you, I shouldn't, in- deed." a Signe gets up and crosses over to her and kiseee her, which 1, a. great thing for Signa to doe not free with her kiesee save to one %Von - ed intlIvidual. • "I wae going to refuse them," she says in a loW VOiCe, "bet 1 wish they weren't so-so very valuable, as I know they must be,". "TUsh! What's the, matter?-" reterte her ladyship. "Valtia'hIeeraxtekliejeircay- be, they sire of no use te me; .r4shohla• aever wear them; besidta I've gdt too many baubles of thesuble..sort; .1toor. Rookwell was fond of deckftig me out like an 'Indian idol. I,Ebgt thiiik ever went to London*Mout bringing Ine something of the kind*A.They to love hint at Howell i:c".Zantes",.11ka brother. 1 think they'll look niOe on your OW), dear. You Mt Wear.tb.e.1", flower spray in your hair. Let me put it -oh!' berefe One vluew1I1d it bet- ter" she breaks oft, as fleeter Warren. enters. 0- • Women's Time 'Schedules. Few women speak of a train start- ing slightly off the even hour, as the 3.02 train for elmraple, or the 3.12. "Three" wilt do. ,It bothers a man a heap to go hunteng for a 3 o'clock train py, feminine directions, when it is it 3,12' train. For seine women "3" will do for the 2.04 'train; it's near enough. Then the man following feminine direetions, unless he is on his guard against these petfalls, is lOst. Probably, if it were not for his busi- ness training, which teaches a man - that 3.02 is not 3, and 3.01, not 3.013, not 3.01%, but 3,02, he'd be better na- tured about women's time schedules. - Exchange. Took friend's Advice And Cot Results HOW M. C. LINDOS FOUND A -CURE IN DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS. One,of the Reasons Why Dodd's Kid- ney Pills Have Had a Phenomenal Growth of Popularity In the West. Eliecott, Alta„ March 29th.-(Spe- cial.)-Tlie growth of popularity of Dodtre Kidney Pills in this section of the Great West has' -been. phenomenal. They cure kidney disease. That muclt has been proved again and again. One of the latest proofs. comes erom M. C. Uncles; well known end highly ee- spected Imre, "Thanking Dodd's Kidney eeems atamale "way of. expressing my gratitude," M. C. Lindero. states. "I suffered from headaches and dizzineee and was linable to find anything that would do me any good. I tried sev- eral medicines that were a.dvertisecl to cure my trouble, but they did not. Dodd's Kidney Pills were resom- n ended to me by it friend and 1 s:ut ,for a box ond gave them a trial. The result is that 1 ani feeling fine now. 1 ehall always keep a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills handy." Dodd's Kidney Pills cured AI. C. Lineteis because the trouble came from the kidneys. Lumbago, rheumatism, dropsy., heart disease, diabetes -and Bright's Disease are other troubles that come from siek kidneys. To cure them ture the kidneye with Dedd'e Kidney Pills. "Pray Before Being 'Warned:" Hein is a- RI:pale-Xi prov.eri: that might be made gooa ued On a It cer- tainly would dispel If multitude of sor- rows, •especiallythe.laat one, which *Would prevent many hasty marriages tied' relieve the COUlts of mite.y. divorce Cases. It takes raatrImony out of the pal01!whims 'and makes'a divine con- eideratlehbf it. The proverb rens this way: "If you go to war, pray; if you go on. a sea journey, pray twice, but pray tb.ree theme it you are going to be married." • Good advice, all of it. There is too .much that. -la- hysterical in the matri- x:re:axial eirentnee,:and it little praying ei111 -tend to relieve the enind.-0b.io .Stat o Journal. (IV be (tenth:484: '• * • Observer -1 noticed you Rot up Ala gave that lady your seat hi the atteet ear the other day. Observed -Since childhood I Lave respecte4_,•tt Woman with a strap in 'her lainde-refineYr.; Veltilt Punch BoWl. .400; At' • a • „ . :Ask for...Minaret's. and .take no other • Dublin Castle. Dublin castle hall a history of over Aeven centuries, for It was King John 'Who' is- 1204ordered it to be built, "well fortified. with good fosses and thicic Valls strvcg enough to defend or control the city. Henry III., when about to Viciit Ireland in 1813, ordered the addi- tion of a hall, "With eufficient windoWs and &mita- casements,' and other Im- provements were made in succeeding reigns, particularlY by the Duke of Char- ence, son of Edward /II., who as vice- roy spent Muchmoney on the Castle to make It convenient (as his father coin. pisimed wheu callCchi turogetopay) "for bit snorts and other pleasures. '--London .Standard. A CURIOUS CUSTOM, How the Dusky Maidens of Western Africa Win Husbands. —0— The natives of western Africa, and es- pecially those on the coast, retain many quaint customs. When a girl hue reach.. ed her eleventh or twelfth Year she in considered quite old enough to enter Ins. to the bonds of metrImony. She is taken to the bank of the nearest river and an offering to the particular deities that oho and her tribe worehip is made with all Otte solemnly bealtle the etreant. 'rhe dueity maid Is then publicly washed In the river; a bracelet of bladc and white beads and gold Is pieced. Around her waist, or, if her family are not rich enovgh, to provide beads of gold, her Wrist is simply marked with white lines. She is then dressed 111 the best of the family wardrobe and is escorted in it procession through the town to show to all beholders of her beauty that she has, reached the Marrying age. 1 -ter hair is fantastically Ditchel and elle is nereum- ed with Eseents. Allthis done, if she Is luelcy.g number af eligible young bachelors comes for- ward and make offers for her hand and heaft and the inatch Is arranged on a strict:leash basis. The prelimintfries concluded, tho marriage takes • place. The bridegroom gives a. feast, to *which 'he and hts family and the bride and her family all come. On the day after the feast the bridegroom sho-ws his apprecia- tion of his wife by powdering her head and shoulders with fine day, and once more there Is a procession through, the streets of the village. It surely isn't all peaehes and cream in tide fighting game. Spanking !Doesn't Cure! Here and Titoro. Gray:will -Weft popular UsiOrplar.hr.-e., aa well as for dreasei t1t1 pring. Matte of the high Verbal* are trim; wed with flariug winge of ribbon. Collars ena lectitibuee ellOW ijmuy variatione in the new dresses. ,A chentisie bloufte of Crop° de chine, with pialte and a saeli looped over at the side, is both becoming and pras. tieal, Intricate petterne of gontaehe Ing ornament the large poeltete, the bodice and Um panel apron of one spring elreea, A dainty.voile Weenie hae tOtIollea Of hand embroidery in pink, and haa rufflea of Yelenelennee laee which an - pear at :both top and bottom et the cuff. Bead and leather ornaments are ri 01st:orate trine:dings for the spring hats, and a string of 'wooden betide encirelea more than one crown. Don't think children .ean be mired of bed-wetting by spanking them. The trouble is constitntional, the child eat - FREE not,help 11, . I will send to any mother my suee.essful home- treatment, with full instructions. If your ehildren trouble you in this way. send no' itiOney-,• bdt write me to -day. Hy treatment is highly . recommended to adults trOlobled,WIth 'brine difficulties by day or night. Address. Mrs, M. Summers. BOX 8 WINDSOR, Ontario, Tour Corner. Don't you like your little corner of the world? Have you aweetened it with sun' shine and with song. Have you tried to make it brighter as you toiled, Have you tried to right its eorrow and its wrong? Do you think it's just the fineet spot you know, And the noblest spot for effort that tould be? Have you made it shed around a ,brIghter glow? Have you tried to help the rest of us to see? Are- yon happy in your etatton and yo er tirne, • And contented with the way that things go on; Have you made the little corner round Y.011 chime, Does it epavkle with the dewdrops in the dawn? Do the thoneanile that go marching ou their Way Stop to emlle before the beauty that )ou've brought From the thaw and the turmoil of the fray By a little friendly purpose and sweet thought? Don't you like the iittle corner He has given leer your gladness and your use and your delrght? Have you made it just a little nearer Heaven, Have you turned it from Re dark - nese and its night? It's your perner and it ought to be so fine Ng other corner anywhere could glow With the besets- and the gladness and e• the shine .• That yonr snr,vial little corner's learned to know. Baltimore Sun. I was cured of Bronchitis and Asthma by MINARD'S LINIMENT,' MRS. A. LIVINGSTONE, Lot 5, P. E. I, I was cured of a severe attack .of Rheumatism by -'aiiMaertlYs 1-41M- z1-J.NT, ;JOHN MADE:LW' eiahone Bay, was cured of it severely sprained leg by MINAED'S LINIMENT, JOSHUA A, WYN.A.OHT, Bridgewater, Minard's ielnlment Used by physiolano —. - e, The' Rabbi of Lyons, . .. He bowed and held it to the lips of the stricken son . of Pra.nee,- And the shells burst fast and the thick smoke hung o'er the soil of olci Ro- mance,- ,A. Rabbi holding a crucifix, bending to Diclmy17:1c11:-evcSeit•ylie,E•rine)111'unted Jew to his "Christian" tyrant bend - As the Italybi of Lyons bowed there -- bowed low with the crucifix Of Christ rejected by °Meat -lens Cau oil With water mix? Then mix Christ's love with the "Chris- tian's" . . but the Rabbi of Lyons Reeked not the nameless crimes of hate that unto his race were done Xn the name of the Christ whose sym- bol of Love he held at he was bid: - And as the Christian asked the Jew, co the jew for the Christian 010 . . a:udden'shell, isrid Perchance 'the dyleir soeller ' 'then, through. the eloaing dark divined- In dearer splendor the mystery oe the lovo and grace entwined • Ily the fingers of a Jew around the .42iderpueersfetnocre Christ, lips on those fingers too pressed a kiss that well suf. • titedi . .•. . • * e• * * lie bent, be bowed, iettli the creolhx; he held it firTnihleyhaenran:stivieedli rorto itIS athd:IC,Illig:anedabatIthali°b1 or Lyons by the ....itylemdttnotAtdheeisghinr,istlinancitfnelal. dIan Jewish C:you • - • ' . I use lighted paper for rI:tem. must singing chicken, select a piece of light mantle. wrapping Dever. Newspaper will smoke the meat, reAr 11:14E ti;OLithr914 '44! t T SHOE :POLISHES 1104 -BLACK-)AftlitEr•TAW:104 • V. F. Dailey Co. of Canda, Lfti. IlAtriatOrti Can. t, 4 4 + •. ..p..• . • . Alto •%•4••• -04* 44 • • ISSUE 1917 HEleP WANTED. L ADIRR W.A.NTIel.) TO DO and light sowing at home, ur Sparc time; good pay; waxes leant any dimancei eliargee Pain. Send Stamp for Particulars. 'National Isittnuttv...turJeg I-army:Any, Montreal. se •.-- W A NTlea)-$1.4C0e1D IIAN1) FOR vitn iway1,11!;80/gignathislIgilirtagket;r•IPAgiplit.111?: tiun for right man. Statu age, anu ese perience. elingeby Mfg. Company, tat, Brantford, Ont. IX/ANTI:ID - xi' train for nurses. Apply, alrellemira hospital, et. oeutherines. MONEY OFIDER§. beiINION EXPIteles MOteene OP, dara ar, on sale In fly+. tiumaand offices throughout Canada, 110.04.1.• China's Altar of Heaven. Ther is nO altar in malt which vies itt marble majesty with the ,,*.tar of Heaven - Tien Wu in the south et the Chinese city of Pelting, withal BM- peror Yung Le of the Ming dynasty, reared In A. 1). 1420, with its triple belustrades, stairs and Wetter= of pure white marble carved miraculously' Its great circle -Covering a Wide area ie the midst of a lost inelosure. Standing alone, deserted under the blue -Chinese sky, it is a dream of ma- 'jesty and beauty, . As the great Set- ting of a scene a ritual pomp that mile for thousands and thousands of robed celebrants with music, incense, sacrifice, it is transcendently imposing and impreesing. There the eipperor knelt once a year and worshipped "the only being in the universe he could look op to"e---Shang Ti -the emperor of the world above, whose court was in the sky and the spear tips of whose soldiers were the stars. TRADE BRIEFS, Juni of 15.8 cents a bushel on all wheat grown in 1917 and yearly thereafter while the maximum selling prices pre- vail:I:mil:farmers reeeive prene Guatemala's perfumery imports in ta1 hemel. 05 utTne en' t eileegd :ole Statesl .Ue$ 5, (1 .3 ,t s u$p1 p5, 1 21 e2 , opfr owd'huiceths One thousand bales of sisal were cbipped from the Hawaiian Islands to San prancisco in, 1910, Ten thousand tons of potash, valued at $3,500,000, were produced. Nebrasea's alkttli lakes yieldedthe largest amount. Clogs are replacing leather shoes in London, England, according to reports, Thettir lrcooth atF;iscreebt.st one-quarter of that of itp Dfltish Honduras shipped 942.000 pounds of crude chicle gum, valued at 1,305,785, to the 'United Statee in 1916. This was a slight decrease front the exports of the preeious year, Japanese flour is gradually replac- ing the American product in Hong Kong, China. Bags of forty-nine pounds cacti retailed in the past year at pricee ranging from $2.50 to $3,50. A short railway line Imes been built in Shanghai, China, to connect two longer important railroads. Steel work for the five bridges- on the new line was supPlied by an Americau IllAnnLeerlean seeding, harvesting and haying machinery has come ,into gen- eral use in New Zealand, There is an opportunity at present to enlarge American trade in the islands. A Cuban firm is in the market for glass bottles.. • Plane are under consideration by a firm in Bahia for the utilization of the waters of the Pa,quartbe River for a hydro -electric generating plant. There ieshinacnryopp. ortuility for Americanma- MARCH WEATHER litiEUVIATIC WEATHER •=1101•1:1011106.0•••4.1...M.SM•••• 14•1•1•410...........•110•00.1.01.111.02.1.1 VICTIMS CAN CURE THEMSELVES WITH •DR, WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. With the coming of March people ;who are afflicted with rheumatism ezegin to have impleasant reminders ;of their trouble. The weather 15 11111,1gtable - balmy and springlike 'we clay, raw, cold and piercing the 'next. It is such sudden changes of 'weather ,that sets the pangs and tor- tures of rimumatiem, lumbagoand teciatita going. But it must be borne in mind that although weather condi- ' tions start the paineethe trouble is deeply rooted itt the blood, and can only be cutea through the blood. All the lotions and liniments inthe world can't cure rheumatism, Rib- bing may seem to .ease the pain while You are rubbing ,but there its value ends. Only through. the blood can you \Ovtlirieliati•nlisTimpahtlitemp;w7hait'e have so whseo• many thoucande of cures of title trouble to their credit. The new, rich blood which they actually make drives out the poisonous aeid and rheumatism is vanquished. Among, many sufferers from rheumatism who have been cured by thie medi- cine is Mr. C. II, McGee, freight shed !foreman tor the G. T. R. at Peter - tore, who sae: "In the course of my work I am naturally expoeed to all kinds of weather, with the, result that ab -out two yeard ago I contracted ateumatient which settled in my legs. At times I Could scarcely walk, and, lotten had to quit my day's work owe iing to the stiffncas and the poen. 1 tolled different reniedies without get- eing any help until I begin the nee of Dr, Williams' Pink Pine, 1 weed six -;boxes of theee and er,n say that 1 any about as well as ever I was. I stili take the pills occasionally, and I hope that my experience may be -of bane 'fit to dome 'ether rheumatic sufferer." . It you setter from rheumatism, eV any other disease eif the _blood, be- gin to cure yourself to -day with Dr. Williams' Ptak Pills. Sold by all med- icine dealene or by mail at 50 gents' b. box or eta bates tcor $2,50 fro:gene Dr. 'Williams' :Medicine Co., Brock - (vine, Ont, Household Hints. Gasoline -will not leeve a Circle evened' the eporit Is used to olean It is mixed with eornmeal, or if a little salt is added to it before applying. Washelothes earl telvels Ma.tated in crosestitelt with his own initials will encourage the Mall bey in the hard "wayig,wofcleanliiir pan\ lnarinvothan in a delv dieh, cover lightWand eet lie tlia wartning oven, The -Agleam, being con- fined, • will make the. tolls aoft and ".A.811v..aCy easy way to keen Pumpkin for out.of-seaton pies le to .ent it in .pieces, dry them in the oven. and put away in.olled: paper, 'When needed, soak Over night,- then simmer' gently until done and proceed 10 tole he de- 81;aike'rttaking down your sereen, number both Screen Mid Whitlow to save, yourself 'trouble in 'spring, aud -make tmoto 4t the WV sereene teed- ati, • . ".So you are a strong advoeate of love in a -cottage, eat?" sneered the saburbattite. "SureJliereld no jaitil ANTIQUES Have you any old articiea of merit which you are desirous of disposing of -such as Antique Fur. niture, Old Plate, Brassware, Prints, Engravings, Old Arms, Ar- mour, Curios, etc.? If so, you will find It of interest to you to coesult ROBERT !NOR 62 KING ST. E., HAMILTON, ONT. THE HOUSE FOR GIFTS. Importers and Dealers in China, Glass, Fancy Goods and Antiques. • Growth of a Gerrna,n Word, Among the Hottentots (in German 'Hotientotten) may marsupials are found, The works on natural history do not reveal tete ea -t ,but the etory is as good as if they did. When the marsupials are caught they are put Into a cage, there known as kotter, provided with a cover to keep out the rain (the cover le called in German -lattengitter).). The cage then beeomec, enown as Lattengitter- wetter kotter and the marsupial, after his im.prisenment. in one of them is a. lattengltter w etterkot terbeetelraete. One day an aceeassin (in Gernsum attentater) was arrested for an at - 'tempt on the life of a Hottentot wo- man, the Mother of two , stuttering and stupid children, Who was called, on this account, Hottentottenetrottet- trottelmutter. The malefactor was confined in a mareapial's cage, wheece he escaped, He was receetur- ed by a Hottentot, who, put him in a safe -plus, and eame to the chief of the nearest German South African atation and said, with bersaning eyes, for he thought he bad mastered the German tongue: "I have careered tlie beutelteeter "eilhat beetelratter esked .tee chief, "We' have several." , "The attentaterlattengitterwetter- kotterbeutelratte." "But of which attentatee, are yoa speaking? "Of the Hcttentottenstrottertrottel- nen tterattentatter.", "'Alt! 'Thee why do -you not at -'once Say the Hottentottenetrottertrottele thateeattenta.terlattengettenfetterkbt: terbeutelrat WI" Whereupon and naturally the Hot- tentot fled in dismay. -Los Angeles Them .11 Keep Minard's Liniment In the house D oifference us. ihe differente netlexions of people is due to ng amounts -Taitnnhee.t?-1-voearneroypii: of pigment; very dark people, those with dark eyes and dark hair, have a great deal of this coloring material in'their cells. A great Many eeople are neithee light nor -very dark. They have- less than the ,dark -complexioned people and more than the light -com- plexioned people. When the hair turns gray it Is because the plgment-has dis- appeared, As this is due to the loss of tbls eolorieg material, dark com- plexioned people turn gree sooner than light-eompleeloned people.. The structure of the skin showing how these cells -are made* in layers can be seen by examinieg the skin with a microscope. ' He adopts the opinion of others like -a raonk 'in the Korbonne,-Paseal, • Man's Staff. of Life is the whole wheat grain—not the white, starchy' centre of the wheat—make no rnis. take about that—but be sure you get the whole wheat grain in a digestible form. Shredded Wheat Biscuit '.contains all the tissue -build- . ing, energy -treating material.. in the whole wheat, steam, cooked, shredded'and baked. A perfect food for the nourishment (:)f the human body« A better balanced ration than rneat$ Or eggs, or starchy vegetables, sup- plying the greatest amount of body-building nutriment at lowest cost. rot break- fast with milk or cream, or for txteal with its. tor to cosider, repktta the sophlett, „ oiled icpartmeat hone dwelPer; -m44103‘44104e n. 1.,;iatiti4at •-•-•` ;$4,4".!,* • e • •e' ...k6•1••••• • • • lee••••••••te 14 ". *It tu"-1•41•• " ItArk • 4%44., *4414.01-441.''. b.