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The Exeter Times, 1895-1-17, Page 3• eel THE XETBR Isfrs. J. IL HORSNTIM1, 152Pa,cific Ave., Santa Cruz, Cal., writes: "When a girl at school, in Reading, eThio, I had a severe attack of brain, fever. On my recovery, I found myself p er fectly bald, and, tor a long time, I leered I should be pernianently so. Friends urged me to use Ayer's Hair Vigor, and, on doing so, my bair Began. to Grow, and I now havo as fine a head of hair as one could wish for, being changed, how. eyer, from blonde to dark brown." "After a fit of sickness, my hair came mit itt combfulls. I used two bottles of Ayer's Hak Vigor and now my hair is over a yard long and very full and heavy. I have recom- mended this preparation to others with like good effect."—Mrs. Sidney Carr, 1460 Regina, st., Harrisburg, Pm "I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for several years and alwaye obtained satis- factory results. I knoeir it is the best preparation for the hair that is made." s-0. T. 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To insure insertion, adv.ertisernentti Should sentin notlater Mau Wednesday morning Our.3013 PRINTING DEP ARTMENT is oas tithe largest and hest equipped in the County el Ruron,All work entrusted to us willreeeivs norpromptattention: Deesions Regarding News- papers. qiAyporsonwlio takes a paperregularlyfroal .P" the post -office. whether directed in his name or ' another's, or whether he has subscribed or nob isresponsible tor payment. 2 If a person orders his paper discontinued he must pay all arrears or the publisher may ontinue to send it until the payment is made, nd then collect the whole amount, whether paper is taken -from the aloe or not. 8 In suits for subscriptions, the •sult may be nsti taunt in the place where the paper is pub ished: although the subscriber maY reside hundreds of pules away. 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NUR FAILS 18,o1v$ SATISFACTO 1E/17 RRE° ‘.1 keg MONEY FoRYOU Ott f,t) _ • If taken in time it win cure mosperere eases or Comb, Bronchitis, esihrthe Oettraniainitadwe Tlireat or Longa TN US - a heay.y- -doctdi's bill, YOU SAVE l°98 °Nvages much discomfort. To Keep Ferns in Winter. An authority says, concerning the keep. ,ig ef ferne in winter, that they ohould be watered irrthe moriting• and the earth or mold never allowed to harden. It is a goeci thing oceasionally to stand the pots in watc:r for About ten minutes, .especially 'With grate yoang ferns. A gentle syring- ing is good for all ferus in winter, as it keepe them free from dust, which if allow - to actinnulate, goon kale them. Strong, leaved palms and aspidestras should be washed with soap curl water every week. Oratige growers of California haera ad• yanced pricete n 50 a box. greorge Elliott, formerly a resident o' WrIdeir, bee new Of San krunehtee, bar lately been elected to the . California As- epmbly. • • , - ' neeseees CHINESE NEW *HAIL THE CHINESE WILL CELEBRATE IT THIS *YEAR AS USUAL. It is a Nationel Inlay Day, and is for Illauf the Only stolidity or the Whole Tear— Something About the chineee 'Winter and Row the People Sono to The Chinese will celebrate New Year's Day this year with quite as much enthus- iasm as they over have in the past notwith• etending their terrible punishment by theJa- panese troops. The majority of the Chinese people, in fact, hardly know thab a war hae been going on, andnothing oould make them give up their New Year celebration. I occurs later than our; and comes on the edge of the spring. h is, however, the great festival of the yeer, and it is a sort of 24th of May Christmas, birthday and Sunday mixed up together. It is the birthday of the whole Chinese people, Every man, woman and child in the em- pire is a year older on New Year's Day, and all trot about and witsh each other "many happy returns." It is the only Sunday that the Chineee have throughout the year. The working people labor from ten to twelve hours every day, and they put in thirty solid days e'Very month, At New Year's all ;lay off for a rest, and for about two weeks they do nothing but call, eat and amuse themselves. For ten days before the New Year the country goes wild in preparation. The stores all have low prices and new goods, and the bar- gain counters are thronged quite as much as they are in Canada. Everyone buys presents, aud, alr who can, get a new suit of clothes fcr the occasion. Those' who can't buy borrow or rent, and the Chineee on New Year's dregs in satins, furs and silks. It is about the only day in the year when the whole Chinese people are com• paratively clean. Every person is sup- posed. to take a bath the day before, and this for the majority of the people is the only time they get bathed during the y ear. A NATIoNAL RAY DAY. New Year e is the national pay day. All accounts must be tquared up at that time, and the man who can't raise enough to pay his debts has to go into bankruptcy. The laws are such that the creditor can enter the debtor's house and take what he pleases If there is no settlement, and families club together and make all sorts of compromises to keep up the business reputation of the clan. I was in China just after New Year's last year, and I found lots of bankrupts. It is a great day for -the pawnbrokers, and their shops are crowded with people who want to pay their debts and redeem their beat clothes, in order to get them out of pawn before New Year's: There are crowds who want to pawn other things, in order to get money to pay their debts, and the Chineee probably patronize the pawn shops at this time of the year more than any other people in the world. Pawnbrokers receive very high rates of interest, and they are protected by the government. Speaking of bankrupts, they are not permitted to begin business again until some settlement is made, and when I wanted to buy some pictures in Shanghai I was told that the artist who kept them was a bankrupt, and that he could not open until he got more money. AN EMPIRE PAINTED RED. The Chinese paint their whole country red, figuratively epeakieg, on New Year's in more sensea of the word than one. Red is the color with them which denotes good luck and prosperity, and all the New Year cards and invitations are on paper of this color. Everychild gets it New Year's pres- ent wrapped in red paper, and red inscrip- tionsarepasted over the doors of the houses. These inscriptions bear characters praying for good fortune, wealth and happiness, and they are posted on each side of the outer doors of the houses. New pictures of Chi- nese generals are put on the front doors, and the houses are scoured and made clean. Among other thing; eggs- are dyed red,and are offered to the gods and dinner parties are gotten up in bright vermillion. The red used is that which you find around our firecrackers, and the Chinese spend more in firecrackers on New Year's than do on the twerity.fourth of May. The night be- fore everyone is firing of packs of crackers, and there are all sores off fireworks, includ- ing birds and fishes, and scenes of all kinds in fire. The firecrackers are used to soare off the evil spirits, and hardly anyone goes to bed the last night of the old year. The Chinese say that the man who sits up the last night of the old and sea the first auis- rise of the new year for ten years in succes- sion will oertainly have a loog life, and there are all sorts of New Year's supersti- tions. )IOW THE BUYS TARE IT. The children of China all expect to get something on New Yeay's, and they gener- ally receive presents of money in the shape of copper cash wrapped -in red paper. On the last night of the year they run through the streets, shouting out good resolutions for the New Year. There are games of all sorts and many of the boys come out with new kites. There is dancing in the streets and there are jugglers and dime museum shows and all sorts of theatrical entertain- ments. The people have festivals and there are family reunions. The rivers are cover- ed with oiled paper, which is set on fire, and the harborbecome flaming massee. Everywhere here are shrines with burning joss sticks before them, and the people fairly go wild. All people receive visitors on New Year's Day, and the relatives who call are taken icto the ancestral hall, and they worsh. p the ancestors of the family. After this the yoang people go in and pay homage to their parents and elder brothers, and then $o to their schoolmasters and teachers. he Emperor has allow Year's reception in Pekin, and it may be that the foreigners will be received this year, although they have not been in the past. The Emperor site on the dregoti throne, and the princes and all the officers go in and get down on their knees and bump their heads on the trotted before Mai The day after New CHINESE NEW YEAR CALLS. Year's the offierals all go to the temples to worship, and foe about ten days afterward there are all oris of New Year's °ethnic)• n les. The thoottel day is called ladies' day, and if tl.o weather is good the wotnen go out into the country to Monica. They drees in the brightest of silk; their taco are painted in hcnor of the ehoaidoh and theft little feet are in wetly shoes. They near a great many elothes, And it is wedded cot. ton, atid not coal aad wood ,th at. keeps Chine ;warn. WINTER, IN CHINA, The winter is now at its worst in the Chinese empire, and, the whole northern country ia frozen up eolid. Tine means great deal more there than it does here, The rivers, which form the only mimeo of travel outside of dirt roads, are frozea up, and Pekin, the capital, is shut off frone the rest of the world for four months of the year. It is reached by the winding Peiho River, which flow into the Yellow Sea near the Tatra forts. Tien Tara is fifty miles inland, and this ie a city of a million people. Pekin is about eighty miles north of it and the only couveyances are rude Chinese °erne Lettere which go to Pekin in the winter have th travel overland sev- eral hundred miles after they reach ()hina, and they first go to Shanghai; and are carried by pony express. A NATION IN SHEEPSKIN. Nearly all the northern Chinese dress in sheepskin during the winter, and coats of this kind and jackets and pantaloons of quilted cotton make up their clothes. The colder it gets the more garments they put on, and a girl who in the winter looks like the fat woman of the circus, may slowly fade into the ethereal type of the living skele- ton ao she sheds jacket after jacket, when the waym weather approaches. Clothee of this kind cannot be washed, and those of the poorer classes are dirty in the extreme. The richer people wear magnificent gar- ments of wadded -silk lined with fur, and I saw one man's wardrobe which contained at least $1,000 worth of wetly fur garments. The furs used are of all kinds, and you can get magnificent cloaks of Thibeten goo.; such as cur ladies use for opera cloak; for about $10 in gold. They have fine sables, but they are thetly, and a number of Li Hung Chang's nobles traci silk gowns lined with mink. The fur markets of China are as fine as any in the world. There are long streets in Tien Tsin which are filled with fur stores, and there is a square in Pekin which is devoted to a fur market. Every morning about 4 o'olook you may find there several hundred wholesale fur dealers with their goods spread out on the ground, and you can buy all sorts of skins from the cheapest of equirrels to the finest of seals. There are lots of secondhand fur store; and old furs are bought and cleaned and resold. CHINESE RITEL. • The Chineae do not use fire to keep warm, and it is only in the rarest of instances that you *ill find well -heated houses. Fuel is remarkably scarce, and everything is carefully saved. I saw hundreds of women pulling up stubble and gathering straw and old weeds in order to make fires, and one of the chief businesses along the Yangtse- Kiang is the cutting the reeds which grow on the low shores and tying them up in bundles to be carried into the cities for sale. I saw no iron- atoves in China'and the rooms which they pretended to heat were furnished with what are called kangs. These are ledges or platforms of brick about two feet high, which fills one side of the room. They are heated by flues, and a fire. of straw is started under them and is kept burning until the bricks are hot. The people deep on. the kang, but the trouble I found with them was that when they were fired up they roasted me, and as soon as the fire went out the kaiser became as cold as a stone. I slept on them many nights during my interior trip, and was continually ;Afflicted with a °1d. Had the fuel been wood or coal, they might be better, but with straw they were worse than no fires at all. The stoves of China are usually of clay, and charcoal is largely used for cook- ing. There is said to be coal in nearly all parts of the empire, but only a little is mined. All of that brought into Pekin is carried on the backs of camels, and I saw many coal merchants who sold nothing but coal duet. They mixed the powdered coal with dirt, and moulded it up into lumps of about the size and shape of a baseball. It was aold by the basket,and it brought high prices. CHINA'S IMMENSE COAL MINES. Still, China has some of the largest coal fields in the world, and a German geo- logist who has examined into the matter says that the extent of the workable coal beds of China, is greater than that of any other country. There is coal rightnear Hankow, which is now being used in the making of iron, and every province in the empire is said to have coal in it. There is, however, only one mine which is being operated on anything like scientific prin- ciples. This is at Tong Shan, about eighty miles from Tien Tsin, and the Chinese have been mining about two thous• and tons of coal a day here for years. 1 visited the works last summer, and took a look at the miners. They receive about 63 cents a week, or 9 cents it day, and the mines pay very well. The coal is bituna- inotra, and it was about the only source of supply which China had during the trouble with the Japanese. The railroad runs right through this region'and it was first built to carry this coal to the sea. There is said to be good anthracite coal in the hills near Pekin'and when China is cover- ed with railroads coal will be the cheapest fuel. A Simpler Plan. Mr. Newedd—"Well, we are beginning housekeeping, and I presume the simplest plan will be for me to give you a regular amount every week for expensee. Just fig- ure up what it will coat." Mrs. Newedd—"I could never do that in the world—so many things to count,you know; but let—me—see. Oh, I haye it I I have thought of a much simpler plan." "All right, my angel. What is itV' "You figure up what it will cost you for carefure and lunches, and give me the rest." '- Modern Improvement, Friend --"You h&j ;neve a new house in, I hear." Swiebier—"Yah ; und dot house has all de modern imbrovements—city eater for trashing, und a peer saloon glose by." Men Baby Wefl sick, We Rave her Ctisteria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. Mien she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Calderal. An Energetic Woman. liusband(breathiessly)—“I am to start on a trip in two hours, and you can go with me if yon on gat ready." Wife—"Cettainly 1 ean. It Won't take • me over ten Minute5 to paolt, and that win 194V0 nte ono hour and fifty einutes tr. real, Children Cry for Pitcher/1 Costorho • TIMES ABOUT illE ,110USE. PURELY CANADIAN NBWS, INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. Gathered From Various Points Front the Atlantic to Me Pacific. Breehin bee therlet fever, Berlin is overrun with tramps. Jaundice is prevalent in Pelham. Berlin has a Children's Aid Society. Obfoiten-poY prevails at Hewkestone. Ricigetown has an elopement sensation. Craighurst has an epidemic of la grippe. Brookville taxpayers are in arrears $80, 000, A new pottery has been built a.t Weyer ley, , Winnipeg bas had many burglaries re- cently. The collectable taxes of Chatham are 80S. Railway traffic during the holidays was very heavy, Another good flow of oil has been struck at Chatham. Dehorning cattle is extensively practised in Perth County. Mr. Alex Stevenson, an old resident of Tilbury, is dead, Isaac Jackson, Clinton, has a tea•pot more than 200 years old. The store and post office at Charlemont have been robbed. Atwood and St. Thomas must submit to compulsory vaccination. A cemetery is to be established on the commons at 'Kemptville. A gold mining company has just been organized in Pembroke. A Home for newsboys and bootblacks is to be established in London. Two bodies were recently stolen from the Palmyra Baptist cemetery. Montreal street railway horses have been sold at from $20 to $50 each. P. J. McKeon was ordained a Catholic priest at Belle River this week. 5,502 English sparrows were slaughtered in a recent side hunt in Brooke. Patrick O'Neill died at Sandwich South from injuries received in a runaway. R. Edwards, Lloydtown, nearly cut off his ear by falling backwards on his axe. A Lambeth hotelkeeper has been fined $20 for allowing gambling on his premises. The assets of Kent Minty are placed at $41,219.66, and the liabilities $26,214,56. A Prospect Hill man has traded his 50 - acre farm for a 100 -acre farm near Park. hill. Owing to the scarcity of school teachers in Manitoba many country schools are clos- ed. The Sarnia Baptists will call Rev. H. C. Speller, of De Lend, Flee, formerly -of Lon. don. The ladies of Thorold are talking of organizing a Rebekah degree of Oddfellow- ship. Two Weidman sawyers sawed six thous- and feet of timber in two hours out of two trees. Twenty-four men played a euchre game the other evening in Galt for an oyster supper. Over $40,000 worth of cheese bas been shipped from Liatowel within the past few weeks. The Inspector of Registry Offices in Ontario reports great neglect in this de- partment. Burlington ratepayers will vote on the question of spending $1,500 to protect the lake front. The Hamilton & Dundee Railway wants its charter changed to allow a trolley system if desirable. Geo. Patton, a respectable farmer of Ox- ford County, has beep taken into custody a raving maniac. Never eince 1876, say old river men on the St. Lawrence, has the river been so open and so free from ice. 'Chas. Wind; of'Pond Mille, while hunf- ing was taken for a lynx by another hunter and dangerously shot. The dog' tax collected in Orillia last year amounted to $123, while the Police Court fines summed up to $45.40. The Beatty line of Sarnia, is said to be negotiating for the purchase of the Cam - pane to run on the Diiluth route. A young man named McGinnis, of Inger- soll, had a new nose put on his face the skin being taken from his own forehead. A Muskoka township horse fell into an unused well 35 feet deep the other day and was pulled out without sustaining any material damage. The house in which Sir John Moore lived in Halifax when he was a subaltern is still to be seen and is now a harness -maker's shop, on Hollis street. FOREST ERS ARRESTED. E. !Raven/mu, of' the Canadian Order and Mr. Rosenbaum of Illinois. A despatch from Chicago says:—.Ex. Supreme Chief Ranger of the Illinois For. esters, H. Rosenbaum, and Deputy Su- preme Chief Ranger A. E. Stevenson, of the Canadian Order, were held at the Criminal Court on Tuesday morning on charges of acting as agents of a fraternal insurance agency without a license. This is the outcome of it long and bitterly waged warfare between the Canadian Order of Foresters and the Illinois organization. Matters reached a climax when it was learned that Ilosenbaum,who was at that time high chief ranger for the Illinois order was co-operating with Mr. Stevenson with a view to the absorption of the Illinois organization by that of Canada. Rosen- baum wa.s diked to resign, and hie resigna- tion was hardly acted upon by, the high court, before he and Mr. Stevenson were forming new courts for the Othadian order, which (mune were refused tt license by the superintendent of insurance for Illinois, because the organization was not under inspectioh. The members, however, did not cease their work, afid were finally arrested on the advice of the Attorney. General, Don't Want Old Maids. When an AMODIO, tnaiclon carting her 17th year and 10 not engaged to be married she must undergo a strange paniehrtlent, She ie forced to feet three „days, thea for leventiothae hears her food ie salt fieh and she is not permitted toetiench her thirst Benito throtighoiit °Mario are oath' dOwn rates of ititerest4 „ " e he, s se- te'h• '"' . • Toilet Hlo Corremed is excellent f bends, . A Very good toilet wit one quart of deodorized ounce of scent* VVIien the hair is to be thing to do is to scratch with a comb, not fine, to skin thee may have formed, using also a fine emollient. This is easily done by part. ing the hair. After this take a pieces of flannel, ten or twelve inches square, and rub the ecalp in every part with ter soap, dividing the hair DE before. Then, with neck and shoulders properly proteoted with towels, wash the head in hot water, apply. ing more soap, if necessary. Use waters enough to clean the scalp, ceud to cleanse the hair thoroughly, five or six perhaps, making the temperature cooler every time until the last one is barely tepid. Then wipe well with Turkish towels,—these ab- sorb the moisture beet,—in cold weather making them quite hot before luting ; in summer this is not necessary. When the hair is nearly dry, straighten it out, and carefully dry it out. Then it can be dressed. ts. or rough and ore ter is made with althhel and one webbed, the Orst the scalp gently loosen the dead For Moth Patches. This remedy has been well tested and has never been known to fail. One case was of four yearo' standing. It leaves the skin without a mar or bleinish, and as soft and sihooth as an infant's. Proeure from it druggest a 10% solution of salicylic acid, and in another bottle equal parts of rose water and glycerine. Use the solution of acid often, every hour if possible, dabbing it on with a soft,linen cloth. The glycerine is to be used morning and evening and will prevent the skin from becoming inflamed. Use the acid until the' outer cuticle pares off. It leaves no scar. In addition the system must be cleansed. This is a good complexion beautifier: One part sulphur, one part cream of tarter, one part rhubarb, all powdered and well mixed. Dose for an adult one teaspoonful in a wine glass of water, upon rising in the morning. Take every third day for .one month. Have a Bath Room. Few old-fashioned houses can boast of a bath room. Yet what a necessity and lux- ury both the inmates of those same houses are deprived of. For what class of people who do manual labor requires a bath room more than the farmer? By necessity he conies in daily contact with the soil, and hard, perspiring labor, and a nice, comfor - table bath room is really not a thing unat- tainable, even in those old-faehioned houses, for there is always some small room that can be fitted up for the purpoth at very little expense. At least a good bath -tub, with all of the accompaniments for bathing conveniently at. hand, can be had even if you have to carry the water in pail; and that is better than no tub at all. You can easily have drainage fixed to carry off the dirty water, if you cannot have the water brought in pipes. Leaks in Tinware. A housekeeper who has a box of oil paints handy, can use a tube to advantage O stopping small leake in tinware, such as wash basins, dippers, etc. Squeeze a little flake white over the hole, hang up the ves- sel and let it dry thoroughly. A broken glass or cup can be mended by coating the edges of the pieces with white paint, press= ing together and setting away to dry. I have a glass which has been used two years since being mended in this way and it holds boiling hot tea on occasion. Some New Desserts. Be.ne.nas,orangee and nuts are good staple desserts for the winter. Stuffed Bananas are recommended. Purchase the fairest and beet looking bananas obtainable. Re- move carefully one section of the banana skin,not breaking it off as it is to be replac- ed, and scoop out the pulp, mashing it fine. For four bananas, add two-thirds of a cup- ful of powered sugar, one cupful of cream whipped and half a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Mix well, fill the skins and replace the ;motion of skin,tying, if necessary,with a thread. Pack in tin boxes surrounded with equal parts -of salt and ice. To pre- vent the salt water from reaching the inside of the box, wind buttered cheese cloth around the covers and name of the boxes. Let it stand for two hours and serve each banana on a doily, tying with a white ribbon. The result might be termed a glorified banana. Orange Apple Sauce.—Pare, core and cut into ;quarters one pound of apples. Put three-quarters of a pound of sugar and a half-pint of water on to boil. Boil and skim ; than add the grated rind of one orange; boil a moment longer, until syrup- like, then add the pulp of two oranges and the apples. Cover the saucepan and cook very slowly, until the apples are clear and tender, but perfectly whole. Sprinkle over two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and serve cold. Orange Pie.—Grate the yelrew rind and squeeze the juice of two large, deep -colored oranges, mix well and save out a table. pconful. Beat to a cream half a pound of butter and half a. pound of powdered sugar. Add the yolks of six eggs beaten light and the orange juice. Now stir in the whites of four eggs beaten to a stiff froth and pour the mixture into pie plates lined- with puff paste. Bake in it quick oven. When done spread with a meringue made of the whites Of the other two eggs, two tablespoonfuls of,,pewdered sugar and the tablespconfal of juice, and set them in the oven to brown. This quantity will make two pies. Orange Icing.—From & floe tent baker's loaf of stale bread cut off all the crust, and grate or crumble the inside as fine as possi- ble. Pour rarer it one quart of boiling milk, add a qiiarter of a pound of butter an the thine of sugar. Let it steed until cold. Then add the grated rind of obe, and the pulp and jaice �f two large oranges and six egg's beaten light. Pout into buttered dish and bake one hour. &rye hot or cold. le the men whose childhood has ktiown caressee and kindactis there is always fiber of Memory that can be t outhed to orb iseuee.--eGeOrge ITEMS OF' INTEREST TO WORKING- MEN IN ALL INDUSTRIES, Paragraphs Prepared for the Perusal of People Who Plod and lrroilitce—Whatt Worklogniets Are truing in AU netrte of the 'World. . For the two months ending December 10, 1894, the Iron Moulders' International Ucion paid poo in funeral benefit; '4 city of Mencheeter, England, has in th , ploy of its municipal corporation 6,8 employes, receiving wages and salaries ranee nting to $2,250,000 per annum. , 'Women employed in any capacity in printing and bookbinding offices are invited to rally to a trade union which has been formed in their iaterest under the guidance and with the help of the Printing and Kindred Trades Federation and the Wom- en's Trade Union League. After a strike continuing for twenty days, the Walker Manufacturing Company of Cleveland failed in an attempt to ran their moulding shop with non-union,mould• ers, and have conceded to Iron Moulders' Union No. 218 of that city all that was contended for, and henceforth the foundry of that company will be run on strictly union principles. All the "scales" were destroyed. . The Iron Moulders'Journal for December, in reviewing the vicissitudea and triumphs of the Iron Moulders' International Union during the year just closing, asserts that "a principle once defined and firmly; planted in the minds of honest men, as is trades'. unionism, cannot be destroyed, nor will the men who uphold it ever succumb to the adversities that beset and qbstruot its pro- gress." At the last meetiug of the South Staf- fordshire Iron Trade Wages Board ab Dudley the accountants reported that the net average selling price of twelve selected firms for September and October had been £5 16s 9d per ten. In accordance with the sliding scale the rate of puddlers' wages becomes 78 Sd per ton and millmen's in proportion, a reduction a three on pud- dlers' and two and a half on millmen's wages. At a conference of miners held at New. port, Monmouthshire, it was decided to start an association to comprise all the minere of Monmoutnshire for trade and legislative purposes, irrespective of Welsh or English Federation. A similar association will shortly be started for Geamorganshire, and the South Wales coal fields will then decide whether to remain under Welsh organization,with a sliding scale for wages, or to join the Federation of Great Britain, The Liverpool operative ship painters have addressed a circular to the masters on the subject of the dispute now prevailing. The circular states that all other means of coming to an amicable settlement having been exhausted, the men wish to submit the matter to arbitration. They have already approached the Lord Mayor, who has suggested that they should ascertain the views of the masters as to the mode of settlement, The circular,therefore, invites the inesters to express their views, "in the hope that by this means a good understand- ing for the future may be arrived at." The Iron Moulders' Journal for December instant says:—"The Pullman Palace Car Company was organized in 1867 with a capital of one million dollars, which itt present has been increased to thirty-six million,on which it has paid for over twenty years a quarterly dividend of two per cent. andin addition laid up a surplus of nearly twenty-five millions of undivided profits. For the year ending July, 1893, the divid- ends were $2,520,000, and the wages $7, 223,719, and for the year ending July,1894, the dividends were $2,880,000, and wages only $4,471,700, showing that as the div- idends increared the wages of the workmen decreased. The oldest secret trade process now in existence is in all probability either that method of inlaying thehardest steel with gold and silver, which seems to have been practiced at Damascus ages ago, and is still known only to the Syrian smiths and their pupils, or else,tho manufacture of Chinese red or vermillion. How to get a "Sunlight" Pieture. Send 25 "Sunlight" Soap wrapper, (wrapper bearing the words "Why Does a Woman Look Old Sooner Than a Man") to Lever Bros. Ltd., 43 Scott St., Toronto, end you wilereceive by poste pretty pictures free from advertising, and well worth fram- ing. This ie an easy way to decorate your home. The soap is the best in the market and it will only cost Ie. postage to send in the wrappers, if you leave the ends open. Write your address carefully. Woman's Wisdom. Sister—"If you are so dreadfully in love with her, why don't you propose to her?' Brother—"She gives nee no encourage- ment." 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