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The Wingham Advance, 1911-12-14, Page 6$HORTHAND TU:01.'.. Et OH, NO, MADAM, IT'S QUITE USUAL. (Philadelphia Record.) aharpleta—My husband and I gel aleng beeutifulles I alwaye do as Please. and so does he. Mimi Bright—What an idea) hueeand, Alwaye to do ft$ his wife pleasete AN UNAF44iE01KilVE WRETCH. (Washington Stare "Yeur eviSe Is taking a 'tremendous. leteteet, abetrueo economic questions. "Yee.' replied Mr. aleekton, "and I'm glad of ataYbe It will reeuit in her eonvereation putting me te vieepeineteaa of keeping me awake." liUDGING OHARAOTER, (Washington Star.) "Thet man Melatabel married has a lot Of foresight." said Farmer Corntos- "Me looked kind of worried and scared at the wedeln," replied his wife. °That's wbat makes mo think he has foreeight." THE SERIOUS PART BEGINS. (Boston Transcript.) .Iaele—Well, old man, she has accepted Me amed the day. That's a !owe eft my heart. alsteried Friend—Yes; now the load is an Mr shoulders. MED ICAL ESTH ET I OS. (Pathfinder.) young Doctor (on honeymoon)— aust obeerve, wifeY, dear. the curious tints of the saY. That cloud placea on the eneuntain crest over yonder le exactly the color of a diseased liver. • IN OLDEN DAYS. (Puck.) . BelehaZzar saw the writing on the wall. "It's only another reassuring statemeht from the government. ADVANTAGE OF THE TOY FLAT. (Boston Transcript.) alarks--I don't see how you can be happy arm contented 'In ao small a fiat. Parge—That's just the secret of it aleteeell no Nein for my wife's relatives. SAFE.. (Life.) Flubdub—Why have you never mare tied. Singleton? Singleton—Well, the women have al- ways regarded me as an unfortunate fel- low who wasn't bad enougb to need re - terming or good enough to make a de-. 'limbic husband. THE SUBURBAN IDEA. (Puck.) ltfoku ub has moved out to S %tarnish he can save enough money to road for his health, Poltus-eWhy he hasn't anything the matter with him, has he? lit:taus—No, But he expects to after he him lived out in Sevamphurst for a while. IT BEOOMES SERIOUS THEN. (Boston Transcript.) Betty—Really, Nate, how can you say ate 'You know I don't think seriouslY g Marriege. Her Married Slater—Ohs. as to that, you Won't naturally, until atter you are mar- ried. HE WAS MISTAKEN. (I-Iouston Post.) "I asked your husband last evening if he had his life to live over again if he weuld inarry you, and. he mid he core tainia would." "He certainly woulda't." NOWADAYS. (Puck.) •Vieltor—So your Agricultural Show was a great euecess? Big exhibit of live etock. I surnmee? Native—Nope. not a one. You see, we mobiles ha had te use that apace to pack the auto - REWARD. (tete.) th. Peter (to fair applicant) — What mused your death? Fair A.pplicant—I was operated on In a bospital. St. Peter — Private reom and feet: nurses, I suppose? Fair Applioant—No, I was in a ward. fit. Peter—Select your wings. -oe SHE WAS RIGHT. (Philedelphia Record,) Bloobs—My weee thinks it's wicked for me to play poker. Is, elm way you play it., CAUSE AND EFFECT. (Exchange.) "You've been making speeches al/ timongh the eornbelt." said the political manager. "Do you notice any result? "Yes," answered the spellbinder; "my voice has beoome quite husky." ROUTINE RESUMED. (Harper's Bazar.) waster — So you have friendly doings with your brother's people once more? I:Sat—YID, sir. lath family and omen do be scram:lite Again as if they'd niver bin parted. • • HIS MIND ON BUSINESS. (Boston Transcript.) leer Father—I don't know about letting you have my daughter. Mr, Sellers. WM yoe take eare of her in good style? Her suitor (in the retell line)—rn guar- antee It, sir. or—or ,return the goods. OS • • SINGULARLY STUPID. (Newark News.) In a Newark inctory ttvo workmen were shouting at each other up and down an elevator shaft. "liaud on." cried one. "Can ye nit un-. deretand the English language? I'm telle In' ye to haud on. ye Mon!" • - • A SIMPLE THING, (Loedern Opinion.) "/ euPpose It's hard work pleasing the eaten?" "Not very. All one needs to do Is stop ratting." A MASCULINE SURMISE, Marpeen Bazar.) etudson—How wOuld You explain the Inserutible Mona Lige ernilel Judeon—Solne ono has told a funny etory and the poor woman Is sinning in Gm wrong place. HIS ATTEMPT TO SQUARE HIM. SELF. (Chicago Tribune,) leantippe—I Itupeethe you have forgot. eon, af course, as you usually do. ehat Ma Is my birthday? Secratese-Why, so I had, my dear e- tyma,/ happy returns. , HIS TALENT. (Harper's Bazar.) Settlement eVerkereeeo tiles le ever &man brother. What does ho do? Mother—tentolte tt. cigarette for tlie iedy, hub, and melee" Gm -stub: SOME SHOOTER. (Niagara Fails Imamate atm Winks (Melting up trom the eaper) e -A. *erten Out Weet shee a burglar and hirn. atr, eolnks--wen, well. esehat war she Muller: Ate GOOD REASON. (Philadelphia !Werth) "If a Men fates end ceuld have er.otlier faience," integrated the Wise Guy, "he mistreats: Wottldn't diertrinolnt tto main' friordse -True." stereed the Sinnile Mum "lete woniaret heve :to many frierels to eiestp. arena" SOMETHING JUST Aft GOOD. (Puck.) etxetteseeeres went rne to pull the leers* --is teat sexist twaar—Nn. no: *quit eeedeet Ittrs strotind the flea* % ...1 result -treble sfurtint et roseel mazzezsattzmuntootimenztor mut Sybil's Doonizzg xxastzezzazsconzmuctxxxxxx "Yon won't send me to the 'Old Bailey and, you won't hang me. Pm not afraid of you, Major Powerseourt, or of Cap tein HawIteley, either. You may sur wise What you please; you ran prove nothing. As for your young friend, Trc vanion," with a disdainful sneer, "I re. gra my folly in marrying him quite as much as he can do, and I am perfectly ready and willing to give him back bie liberty tro any moment. I married. the heir of Monkswood and Trevanion, not a penniless, discarded son, doomed to subsist est lieutenent's pitiful pay. 3 will resign Lieutenant Cyril Trevaadou within the hour provided Lieutenant Cyril Trevanion does the handsome thing by me, and peneione me off as he ought to"deVol's'at a niereenary little scoundrel you. are, Rose!" the big major said, half indignant, half amused. "Your can- dor is absolutely refreshing, and your elleckinese ie. making terms at a,11, the best joke I have heard lately. Cyril, my lad, let us go back to the hotel; we can arrange matters here; and for Heaven's sake, dear boy, don't wear that corpse -like face! This horrible little Des lilah is not worth ono honest maids heart -pang. You perceive your candor is contagious, Mrs. Dewson. Take my arm, if youjplease. I want to turn the key upon you presently." He drew her nand resolutely within his arm, and Rose obeyed not unwill- ingly. She saw one of those women ready to be your abject slave or your merciless tyrant, according as they find you. Major Powerscourt showed. himself master of the situatien, and the fatal little siren, respected him accordingly. They reached the hotel, passing Cap- tain Ha.wksley on the parade. The cap- tain removed his cigar and touched his hat in sarcastic homege to the late Mise Adair, and Rose's black eyes flashed their angry lightning upon him Eta she swept by. Major Powerseourt led her to her own door saw her enter turned the key and puCit in his pocket'. "Now, then, Trev.anion," he said kindly, "we'll go to your apartment, dear old boy, and settle this nasty little affair at once, Come, deer up, man! It's an ugly mistake, but by no means irreparable. mini divorce Toes frozn Rose Dawson in the next twelve home, svithout the aid. of Sir cresswell Cress- well." "Waitl" Lieutenant Trevanion said in the same hoarse, breathless way he had spoken, before—"wait; give me time. Leave me alone for a little. I can't. talk, I can't think, I feel as though I were going mad." ' "He looks like it, by Jove!" exclaimed the major, in alarm. "Curse that little yellow -haired Jezebel! Remain here one instant, Cyril. I'll fetch you a glass of. brandy." Cyril Trevanion 'leaned heavily against the , wall, his breath coming in suffocating gasps, his face now liv- idly pale! now flashing fiery red with the surging blood in his brain. . He stood literally stunned, everything swim - Mg before him in a hot, red mist. The major reappeared with a glass of brandy. "Drink it," he exclaimed impetuously, "and get.out of this stupor if you can. Be a man, Cyril Trevanion. Few know of your folly; few need ever know. In twelve months you will be ready to laugh with nie at the whole thing, and snap your fingerg in her face. Drink this and go to your room, if you will. In an hour I will join .you." The young nian drained the fiery fluid and handed back the glass. "I svill go to my room," he aaid, the red light flashing back into his white face. "I may thank you later, Powers - court, for what you have done to -day. I cannot now." lie wrung the major's hand and strode away. The Indian officer heard him en- ter his room, close and lock the door after him. "An ugly business," Powerseourt said, with sombre shake of the head—"a senfoundedly ugly piece of business. Great Heaven! what fools young men arm and what an abandoned little field that fair-haired enchantresss upstaira must bel I hope that boy will do noth. ing rash. He would not be the first Trevanion who has blown out his brains for less. rn have a talk with Hawks- ley. Rose must march before the sun rim." He found his friend taking a consti- tntional on the piazza, still solecing him- self with his cigar, and watching the cold, white November moon with drearoy eye's, "Well?" he said, taking his friend's arm, "and how have you settled it? Poor devil! I pity him with all my soul. I ean imagine .no greater torture, here or hereafter, than being tied for life to that fa ir-hairesi termagant !" ‘lare don't tie people for iife in these latter days," the major responded. "I'm not afraid of Madame Rose; we will get rid of her easily °hough. It's Trevamon himself Iext afraid of. The lad will go' Mad or kill himself under the disgrace. I have known him from boyhood, you see, and I understand pretty thoroughly the stuff he is made of. eould throttle .The Dawson's relict this mintite with all the pleasure 'hi Wel" "Do," said Ilawksley, serenely. "I wish you woudl. It 'might tuive, in the future, some holiest man, But a few hun- dred pounds will buy her off. She goes cheap, the little Villain. Oh, what la their It wits a wornana ecreem. The next ittetatit Rego liereelf came flying down the stairway, and out before them on the naoonilt,piazza. "The deuce!' said the major. "I thought I locked her in. Does the chief ef the infernal angels help her to whisk through key-holea? How did you get out, mistress?" "J wanted to speak to Cyril Trevan- ion," Rosa answered. breathlestly, "ahd I pushed back the bolt with a pair of leiseors. POI' pity's sake, go to him, eajor Powereedurti Somethitig dread. flit has happened! Not that way—not that wayi His door is leiekeal" The Indian major waited for no Moro; he dashed away down the piazza to the Window of the young lieutenant's room. The window, like the door, was 61oeed and fastened, tied the cattalo vious drawn; but through a space which the ettrtain aiti riot toyer he tem see into the brightly lifithted room. One glands wail enough. 1th a try which mortal tnan had new before heard Irene the etera lips of the bald Indian sithreur, he &teed the eaternetit In with one blow of his mighty list, and leaped beadiong into Vie apartment. atArrEtt, t.,Nr11 Trevation lay W. doivirserd on the 1100; still and lifelefit as a deed men, Oa tho table was *toe of pi& tele, a halbwrittet letters a ditrk Striatti Of 1 lood triekle4 *lowly trent the livid lips end formtd a little pool on the oar. t, Du major ridged him nil, with a hap • - exelemation of horror. The helpless laad fell back over him arm, the limbs being limp mid lifelese, and the dark, dreadful stream still trickled from the ghastly lips. "He has not shot himself, after said Major Powerseourt, glancing at the leaded pistols; "he only meant to, and feature has saved bins the trouble. lie has ruptured an. artery while writing letter, Here, Hawksley, send some of these gapers after a doctor, and see tishealltpse Dawson does not make her "I shall not try to escepe, 111ajor Puweriscourt," Rose said, with little diedainful air, "Why should I? If Lieu- tenant Trevanion ruptures an artery, no one can blame me for that foolieli att. I will return to my room, and await Major Powerscourt's geod plea,sure." "oG, then," the simper said, sternly, "and pack- your belongings. Before day - dawn you will be many II mile from this, or—" The little beauty shrugged her grace. fill shoulders and smile dinsolently as she turned to leave the room, "You do well to leave your eentence unfinished. You will not herrn a, heir of my head, and you know it, Major Powerscourt. The Indiau hero would hardly gain much credit in a victory over poor little me." She left the room and went up to her own a luxuriant apartutent, brilliantly lighted. But once alone, and the insolent senile faded, the fair fece turned hard and drawn, tho black eyes took a fierce, bitter light. She stood in the centre of the room, the gaslight flooding her sylph -like fig- ure and flashing back front her bright silk drew "Is it worth while," she thought, "to riek so much to gain so little? Is the game worth the candle? Must my 'whole life be like this—one endlese round of plottings and counter-plottings—of de- feat in the very hour of victory? I fled from a drunken sot of a father --a father who had dragged me about from town tO town, from country to country, from one. wretched lodging to another—. to a still more drunken sot of a hus- band. Good Heaven! the horrible life I led with that man! The sternest cen- sor that ever eat in judgment on frail woman could hardly have blamed me when left him. And yet, I was mad enough and coward enough to return to hint—to Joe Dawson!" She covered her face with her hands, shuddering. "No, I can not think of that. If there be an avenging Heaven, as they say, how will I ever dare to die? 05, my God! how that dead man's face rises before ine in the awful hush of night— that face, as I saw it last, so terribly still and white " She wrung her hands hard together, and began walking up and down the room in an involuntary hisrry, born of the hurry and tumult of her mind But her face wee flushed ,and there was a streaming brilliancy in her great, glit- tering black eyes. "It is not sorrow," she said, setting her white teeth; "it is not remorse. I would do it again, if it were to be done —for he was the greatest brute earth ever saw, to me. But that terrible face haunts me—will haunt me until my dying day And the child—I wonder if it is alive—if it will ever meet its rube erable mother? They talk about lnoth. er-love, those others. Perhaps I am dif- ferent from the rest of th'e'esvorld; but always hated it a.s I hated its father —little crying, fretful torment! It is dead, no doubt—workhouse children al- ways die," She continued her walk up and down, her slender fingers twisting themselves convulsively, her exquisite, face strange-, ly old and haggard and hard in the gar. ish gaslight.' "And now," she thought, bitterly, "this Ind fallure—the worst of all! / took pains enough and trouble enough, Heaven knows, to lure Cyril Trevanion, the heir of fifteen thousand a year, to his fate. I thought to reign at Monks - wood Priory—to have done with this miserable life of lying, and echeming, and crime—to turn Lady Bountiful, to become the mother of the Gracchi, an honored matron among the landed la, dies of England, and lot in the very hour of my triumph, find my husband discarded by his petrician father, and no hope before but a dreary exist- ence, dragged out In some forlorn for- eign colony. And then, Philip Hawks- ley and. this big Indian major must need turn up and defeat even that project. Truly there is a destiny which shapes our ends, in spite of our cleverest schemes. Well, I can face either for- tune—I am no worse off at least than I was before, and I won't leave England —I won't, not for Cyril Trevanion and Philip Hawksley, end Major Powers - court combined. I'll stay, and have revenge on General Ewes Trevanion, as sure aemy name is Rose. I will never tross his threshold, won't I? I will nor' - Or oWn one centime of hie money, for- aoothl" She clinched her little fiat, and her black eyea blated. "Very well, we shall seeI" There was a knOck at the door. Cyril Trevanion's bride threw herself into a fauteuil before the fire, elevated her pretty little bottines on the fender, laid her head against the violet velvet back of her chair, and said in her soft- est, sweetest eoprano tones: "Come in Major Powerscouvt." Major Powerscourt came in. Rose never stirred. The hard -drawn linea vauished from the roae-tinted face, and bright little Miles dimpled. the dainty mouth. She Made an exquisite piettire reelining there, the glistening golden hair in 'shining tontrast to the violet velvet, the dark eyes Iurninoue as two diamoiads. But Major Powerscourt had tome straight from the bedside of las sick friend, struels down as by lightning through this ambetetrerised eiren's per- fidy, end he WAS am moved by all that tenstions eplendor or beesity and coloring tie Weather.beaten St. Simon Stylitee ort his hoary pillar Might have been after twenty austere years, "Will you sit down, MnjOr Power- edurt V' the little beauty said, waving one rieMer ringed hand airily toward a their. "Yoe have it gveat deal tO any to me, I dare say, and it will lie Meth more tonstortable to gay it eittirig them *tending. How its Lieutenant Trevardon nowt Poor fellow! I am really very sorry for hitti. Since you ere heartletts enough to pert man end wife, Major PoWerritourt, it would be zo meth niter to port omicably. Ile has retuvned to tonselowinees, I hope? What does the doctor earl" "That it is the turn of a straw whe- ther he ever earvivees, That if he dote 'arrive, it is tea ehenees to one but he will ha an Idiot for Wel" The little lady lifted heir plump White Idere ow very unpleasant! Boys of ninth** telt. t terribly in wile,* - C.) Aud you won't pit down, Major Mowers- THE RYE OF THE CAT. court? Then, aa it makes one fidgety Tee peel; ee cave eye eeemeelly to Nee you standing there so frightfully Pears se long narrow ovae ur griln and aerie will you be good en- reresertevferottlgiguittiiien,t 001112ita °ugh to say what yoll, have come to say, and go out? Only please tion't soold—lt never does any good, and, I dislike to im Uii'lDaseetlec' u, indeed?" said the Indten. 0( fieer, In spite of himself, the insolent aildit city of -the frail little midget befere hint allillsed him. She looked so pretty, so tiny, soe Childish, so helpless, that, wick ea little sinner as he knew her to be the harsh words he ought to utter died upon Isis lips. The contest between the strong, etalwert man and the slender sylphide seemed so terribly =guise. "Do you, indeed, Mrs, Dewsotte" he said, eyeing her stoically, "I wonder how a cell in the old Beiley, a diet of bread and water, a prison barber to shave off all those lovely ringlet's, and a prison garb to exchange for that gnat - ening silken robe, would suit you? I have the strongest mind to try it 1 ever had to try anything." "Don't be disagreeable," Rose eield, petulantly; "you know you haven't. You would ashamed of yourself all your life long if you did anything half so un- manly. rm only a poor little woman, Major Powerseourt, and if I try to bet- ter rnyeelf, who can blame me?" "Ah, you are going to do the pathetic! Well, don't waete your eloquence, Rose. I'll let you off scot-free this time, to bet- ter yourself (Mee More, I wonder who you'll victimize next, Mrs. Dawson?" "Don't call me Mrs. Dawson," Rose buret mit, angrily; "L hate the nantel And I am Cyril Trevanion's wife, and have a right to his name. I am Mrs. Trevanion as faet as Church and State can make me." "OhUrch anti State in this case., standing for -Gretna dreen," said the ma jor. "It was the Los:aortal Blacksmith who tied the nuptial 'spot, wasn't it'? But we waste time talking. Here are my terms: I will give you. one huedred pounds, and you will leave England as swiftly as steam can carry you, and bet. ter yourself in Prance or anywhere eise,, if you ohoose. You may beguile the Enaperor of the Frencb or the Sultan of Turkey tnto marrying you, for all I will ever interfere. I resign them cheerfully to the wont of all earthly fates—into being duped by you. But you must pro- mise never to return to England—never to trouble Cyril Trevanien more." "I will promise nothing of that sort!" She arose as she epoke, and stood brightly defiant before him, her little figure erect, her hair head thrown balm. "I won't leave England, I vvill depart from this place as soon as you please—I will promise to keep the secret of ray marriage— with Cyril Trevanion-1 will promise not to use his mune; but fur- ther than that I promise nothing, I like England, and in England I shall renutin. it Is of no use for you to threaten and bluster, Major Powerscourt-1 tell you won't!" She' stamped her little foot, and fold- ed her pretty arms, and looked at him ablaze with rebellion; and Major Pow- erscourt looked down at the defiant fairy in a whimsical mixture of anger and amusement. "Give me the hundred pounds," she said, holding forth one plump, bejeweled hand, "It is a pitiful sum eneugh, but it will suffice for the present. And the next time you meet me, Major Powers- eourt—or your friend, Captain Hawks- ley, either—be good enough to mind your own business and let me alone." Major Powerscourt took out his pock- etb000k, still staring in comical dismay at the flushed cheeks and flashing eyes. "Upou my soul, Rosa," he said, "you have an unequaled knack of turning the tables. I yield. But, mind, it's a weak end cowardly aet of me; and if you ever trouble poor Cyril Trevanion mere, I'll keep my promise and have you up for the murder of Joe Dawson. All! that makes you wince, does it? Remember the sword of Dem—what's his name?— suspended by a siugle hair. Let Cyril Trevanion and my personal friends alone and the hair will uphold the sword; mese die with them—" "That will do," Rose said, disdainful- ly. "Don't trouble yourself to finite the sentence. I won't interfere with Cyril Trevanion, unless in future Cyril Tre- va.nion interferes with sue. In that case, self-preservation is the first law of na- ture. not be crushed with impunity by anybody, Suppose you give me your purse off -hand, Major Powerscourt, as they do on the stage. General Trevanion would give more than ono hundred pounds I dare say, to see his son freee." The 'Indian officer grimly laid two crisp fifties in the pretty pink pains. "I give you just one hour," he said, pulling out his watch, "to get to the station. •There is a train for London at ten -fifty. You will go by that. And remember, for the last time, if you cross my path again, I'll not spare you. Your beauty and your blendishments have ebout as much effect upon me as the beauty of Kathleen had upon the stony St. KeViet when he hurled her oVer the rock. And, by all the god's, hurl you to perdition without mercyl Have you anything more to say to me before we part?" "Only this," said the bride of Cyril Trevanion, her pretty face sparkling with raalicious audacity, "that it is a thousand pities I did not marry you in. stead. of that milksop clownstaire. To dupe sulth a man as you would be some- thing to be proud of to tha last day of one's life. Good-bye, Majew Powerscourt. If we ever meet again, don't be too hard on poor little Rose." She netually held out her hand, arid Major PowerscoUrt, in spite of herself, took it. The next instant he was gorie, indignant et his oWn svealsnese and fol- ly; and Rote TreVanion, alone in her. tom, laughed a silvery peal of triumph. "I can wlnd the best of thent and the atereest of them eround ley little fin- ger," she said, exultingly. , "General Treletnion is a widower, Who knows, thee? I may reign. queen of lifenkswood yet, in spite of the discarded son and little Sybil Lentox." Within the hoar he had giVen her, R006 Prevenient left the hotel, Slue tar- ried a large Ineroeco beg in her hand, containing her jewels and that mystet- ions topper box, which she would net intrust to the keeping of her trunk. By the ten -fifty train, flying through the brilliant November mooulight, weaving silently her dark plote, the little ;Oven- turess sped on her way to Lothlon. (To ba Contintted.1 TREATING. (Newark News.) Into a eal0On Dix Men go in company and tho tlret Men orders beer ter all. Thee drink. The attend man buye. They drink, „ The third Man has the gleslrea The!, drink. "SIX beere," tell* the fourth Merl, Again thev drink. Beye thh fifth Mee to the bartettame 'the settle ell *Mend, Per the fifth twno thief arink, la Is the sixth man's turn. Tigre' a ri14, vus ts 'strictly In tetterd Wit the of treating, arid thee. Is nothing able &Vogt it, Bat what reel -would be it *ix women *hoist g State 1tted drink thletY4 Ord* water! faces. thee light. One Is accuatomed to eYe. %%gen a regara the narrewness of the pupa tee the dietiuguishing PeettliaritY of the eYes circular. Of eats. Ali animels of the cat familY share this peculiarity. Yet the nature! ehane et the Moil of the cat'e eye is By varying the quantity of light enter- ing the eyrie of exPerimenters /moo seen the Pelelle of the eyes of cats and More change from straight lines to perfect cite Vies, and while ureter tho influence of atropine, which suspends for a time the muscular control of the OM they are al- wites circular. The normal form of the, eat's MIMI is teen the same aa that of the Min= Purse. but when submitted to the influ- ence of light Its behaviour differs. ID a bright light our pupile become very mail circlet', while those of o. cat ture into oval', Or narrow elite. The general efe feet Is the same In either case, namelY. to diminish the quantity of lIght passing into the eye. In the larger animals of the cat leam- ily, ouch as tigers, the pupil sometimes bettavea exactly like a human pupil, and wben brightly illuminated contracts into a minute circle instead of becoming lies ear. en the case of domestic cats, the older the animal the more frequently does the Pupil assume a circular Perna It has been said that so long an there is a cat near it is not necessary that one should consult a watch or a clock to ascertain the time, since the animal a eyes will furnish the deeired information. The' first European to learn of the use of the cat as a time -indicator is eald to have been the Frenchman Hue. who has left us on account of bow he was Initi- ated into the mystery. M. Hue and a party of friends had set out to visit a mission in China, situated at quite a distance from the French headqueaters. On the road they met a young Chinaman, who eoinea the party. time, this newconier ventured to suggest ;memo egt cie se mimeo uonsene atteee that it- might easily be e.seertained had necesaarY" he a cat. The "harmlesS, animal being obtained, the young Chinese took the cat into his arms. pushed up Ite event% with bis hand, and asked the Frenchman to look at them, at the same time volunteering the information tbat it was pot yet noon. In examining the Cbinese pointed out that the pupils of a. %Ws eyes grow gradually narrovver up to twelve noon, when they become scarcely perceptible lines, drawn perpen- dleularly aeross the eye, and that after that dilation regommences. 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It ran something in this way: "You are a rising sun, but I ant going down, The best way to frightet housebreakers is to have a small dog about. He'll al- ways be on the alert and is better than the ordinary watch dog."—From M.A.P. SILVERWARE FREE , 41,11111n41."„'ll".04,e111 d 1 In appearance and utility this silverware ts exceptionally attractive. They are buffer polished as carefully as any piece of Sterl- ing Saver ever produced. A handsomel line In gracefulness of pattern and richness of finish Is not found In the market, This beautiful 8 pleat set of SIX TEA SPOONS, WM. TER KNIFE AND SUGAR SIIRLL in Pup LINED RACK BOX is given Fut for selling only 33.00 worth of lovely Geed Embossed Picture Post Cards at for 10e. The very latest de- signs In Views,Itioral, Birthday, Comics, eta. The fastest sellers. Just show them and take in the money. 'Write to-dsy and get a package. Hurry new. for we ye an extra present fos promptness, C BALT GOLD PEN CO., Dept. Ana Toronto, Ont. eee eeemese.e.. DIDN'T WORK. (Sheefield Telegraph.) A .eatroany of Edinburgh students were starting for Glasgow on a football excureion and meant to have a earriage to themselves. At the last moment, however, just as the train was starting in hastened an old woman, One of the Young fellows, thinking to get rld of her easily,' remarked: "My good woman this is a smoking car don't yoU 'Mow?' 'Well, well," answered the woman; "never mind; I'll mak' It dim." And she took a seat. An the trate started the word was %sassed around. "Smoke her out." All every student produced a. pipe, and soon the windows were closed accordingly, the car was tilled with a dense cloud of tobccco smoke, So foul was the air that at last one of the boys began to feel ill. As he took his pipe front his Mouth and settled back into his seat the ol!liroyne-:rragge,"ovdsil: in a wheedling tone, "wad 'ye kindly gle me a bit draw? I came awe' In sic a haste forgot mine," ilohb Gwie STOPS COUGHS HEALS THE LUNGS PRICE, 25 CENTS 4 • • READY. (Puck.) Reeerena Gude—Isn't there Soineone 'here Who will help ue to keep up intereet In the thuech? teetotal. Tightwad (suddenly awakening') -4, for one, ane prepared to raise the rates to 8 per dent. on real estate loans, and 10 per emit on chettel Mortgages, If the other Morley tendert' in the ceris gregation will cosoperate. • • • 4%, MIrlard'a Liniment Cures Diphtheria. IN-ACENT. (Medital Theme.) Ratans—What yea' 'think Is de inattah *If wie, doetals? • Doctor—Oh, nothing but the chicken- pox, gueas. Beattie (getting liervoutt-4 'clam on male honeh, doetor, ain't been nowhar I hould.keteh clat! „ ON. Natural Coro for Catarrh Obivatos Taking Drugs It Has Superseded the Old-fashioned Stomach -dosing Remedies, and In- variably Cures Quickly. It. was their inability to roach the real source of Catarrh and bronchitis that caused the medical profession to 'drip liquid cough medleinee and adopt "Ca tarrhozene" instead. Ca ta rritozone provides a method of breathing right into the funs certain rare medicinal vapors which are so healing and come forting as to entirely banish roughs, catarrh and throat trotsble in a very short time. The mast evonderful thing about Oa. tarrhozone is, that no matter where the germ of bronchitis or catarrh are hidden, Caters -hexane Will reach and de- etroy them. "About five years ago I took a cold in the head and Catarrh set in. It kept increasing by leaps and bounds. I kept putting off getting anything until at last I found would have to. After trying several things l heard of your remedy, Catarrhozone, and pre. cured a bottle and, began using it. I was not long in finding out I had struck the right thing. I am recom- mending Catarrhozone to all who have catarrh, etc, "(Signed) Everton L. NVaesan, "Blair P. 0., Queen's Co., N. B." Catarrhozone has made an `astonish- ing record of cures. Its method is tight; Oo drugs; just healing balsemie vapors, that bring instant relief to Ca- tarrh and all throat, bronchial and Chest colds. Get the large size, lasts months, is sure to cure you, priee $1,00; smaller size 50e; sample or trial size, 25e. All dealers, or The Catarrhozone Company, Bufalo, N. Y., end Kingston, Ont. WHAT MANY MEN KNOW, (Exchange.) s Same old overcoat; Have to suffice; Expected (1 neNy one; Haven't the price. Funny looking, ain't it? No wonder you smile; Out at the elbows.— e 'Way out of style. Seven years old! Cross my heart! Expect to wear It - Till it fails apart, Bade it goodby Late last May; Told friend wife To give it away, She knew better, Now I'm glad. On the level, Does it look bad? A WINDSOR LADY'S APPfAL To All Women : will send free witE" full Instructions. my home treatment which positively cures Leucorrhoea, Ulceration, Dimplacements, Falling of the Wernb. Painful or Trregular Periods, Uterine and Ovarian Tumors or Growths, also Hot Flushes. Nervousness, Melan- choly. Pains In the Heed, Back or Bow- els, Kidney and Bladaer Troublee, where catsed by weakness peculiar to our sex. you can continue treatment at home at a cost of only nbout 12 cents a week. my book. "Womanas Own Medical Ad- viser." also sent free on request. Write to -day. Address Mrs. M. Summers. Box H. 8. Windsor. Ont. KISSING. (Buffalo News.) It would seem that the (testers, if they are able to do it. would rob humanitY of an its toys: Not content with harp- ing upon • tee aeedteratien of our food and drink; e ith wareing tie ebout the awful germs that ordinnry drineing wat- er contains. they 1:ave inaugurated a campaign against that. most delectable of human pastimes—kissing.. Over in Moss.achusetts the other day they pre- sented a youth, on lea twenty-flret birth- day, with a gold inedal, simply fur the Menke that he had never "kissed a glri outside of hls own family," as if that were it merit. We linagine that most people who read of the warding of the medal felt nothing but. pity for the lad who had wilfuly missed so much in life: but, accerding to the sanitary experts, thls lad has set an example we. eho'eld all POLICE WHISTLES VERSUS P I STOLS. (New York 'Jerald.) If you cannot earry a pistol by all means get a police whistle. It is recom- mended by the Metropolitan Street Rail- way Company, albeit yesterday gave an miler for three itundi'ed, to be used by meteemen against atacks by highway- men. The idea came to the manage - meal like a flasli when one of the em- ployees reportee that a hold -un of the cstr he was in charge or was frustrated by blowing a whistle. which put the at- tacking DartY to flight. , Write for partleulare. THE BUSINESS UN'IVERSITY of Canada. Correspondence Dept. Hing's elontreal,,P. Q. . SIMPLICITY. (New York Herold.) We love to speak and play with child - tan because et their simplicity, the tints plicity of their nature, Slinplicity Is without similarity or simulation as ola posed to duplicity. Duplicity is duplex, not simolex, as Is sirripticity. diMplicity ean neither be added o tor takee from beeaduse it Is the unit of its own fair famed existence, natural, simple. nothing more, nothing less. God le simplicity, beettuee wall God there are no complexities, no intricacies, no assume. Gone. Ged th like to Himself in the memento perfect ideal of His own grand end uncopled simplieitY. 4 -4- LinimeenotwaC. ures Garget in SOIENCD JOTTINGS. The teleolione Is now used for railroad purposes oil 137,000 mules of line. The Prench are experimenting with Salt for keeping down dust on the highweye. Our trade with the Chitiese Empire de- ereased last mite The Wrist conteins 8 bon% the pahlt 8, strul the fingers 14. Asbeetos from Vermont is at the high- est quality. Eleven hundred pianos were tent last eerie to Manila alone. A, single square yard of leaf -surface. counting both the upper and the Under sides of the leaves, ean, under favorable dreutnetanetee, decompose at theist A gal.. lett of earbolle acid in a day. Mena 4,710 tons of liritith `Money are -momently in eirculetion. crones are the may animate that can- not mini. In London 40 per mt. of the days ire wet, The potate and the banana are altn0e.t identical in cheinieal eomposition. Chemonane bee sligntly mere than I!! 1)er rent. of alcohol. White eariary birds have been bri%11 in arrence and are on sale In the Pet ahOPS of Parte. ,It le etated that the weekly royaltlea Of Ur. tdison from a moving-pletere In. yentitni emetitit to 48,00. Clerk/led rtecerding to color there are 5,- 422J012 white farmere in tide country mid 017,4413 other". By Meane of a double antenaae, the di- rection from which wireless avenge tomes May be reedily determined by the revolver. ,Taximr the iSnited !Kingdom as * whole, the' Merrick* rate Is about 10.8 the birth rate as.a and the death rote lit a thou. Intact tor, LAM IN CAM poitirthe Use leses ae Meg WI out OW eat metherle et Interior eleisb, wesedee lath precluetien anitounestal te gibe Weise dred and fitty-twe ninon leleetne 'moth one :WOW. oboe Modred end theetrelawee thousand dollers in Canada during Ice& Me information Nee been obtatawe Own statleties compiled be the Detnistion leer - try Breech, which showe that reettrlY thirty million more lathe wore Produeed In 101e then In the year borer*, het that owing to a dorm's:, in the price per thouseind, the totes value of the IMIUstrY wag thirtysfive thouNand dollars' Two-fifths of the tOtal was cut in On- tario, Weil Province increased Its MO nrodeetion by fifty-seven million or near- ly twentY Per cent. New Brunawick, the second Province In impertance, increesed its nroptrloa of the totai trews one-elfth to orse-euarter by cutting eixty-two mil- lion more than Met year, The preduction of laths in Qtzebee and British Columbia clurisw. 1010 was consitlerably more than 10e0, amounting with Ontario and New Brunswick. to ninety-feur per cent. of the total. The remaining five Provinces Out smaller amountaana with the exceea tioe of Alberta„ each showed a decrease from the amount produced in 1e09. The averege price of lathe In 1910 was $2.28 -per thousand, or 10 cents less than In 1900., The price varied considerably be- tween the different Provinces, British Columble laths being Vt.ss per thousand, 'while in Prince Edward Island the price was li2.07.—Forestry Press Bulletin, No.; 40. SAYINGS OF FAMOUS WOMEN. (Chicago Tribune.) Amelia Bloomer -1- Peat all of you to It. anyway, Nataippe—Socrates. dont' mumble your elude! Cessandra—Didn't I tell you so? Harriet Beecuer Stoeve—Horrorsi The idea of "Two Topsies"! Bloody Mary—lee-fl-fo-fuito Pceahontas—Stop itt I'm not eons. to neve things Around here all mussed up! Mother Goose—Here's one I Just daeh- ed off. GROWTH OF PRINCE RUPERT. Prom inforniation received front Betimes, it le evident that Prime Rupert, the Pacific Coaot Terminus of gthoeingOarhaneadd Tarpuincikty.Pacifie Railways la Work is being pushed on the water- works system, the cost of which le es- timated et $550,000, $100,004 of which Will be spent, during 1911.. The city are also spending the suni of $500,000 this year on the eewage syetem, and $500,000 on rock main, and the grading of the streets. Last year $100,000 was spent on the water- works System, S50,000 on the sewerage system, $500,000 on erading, and $100,- 0 en plank roads andt'walks, POTATO BAGS, (Ottawa Citizen.) Potatoes on the Ottawa market are being sold in bage not up to the stand- ard of size and weight, chiefly because there is no standard size in this Province for potatoes or for any other similar commodity. At the annual meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers.' Assoelation In Toronto on Tuesday. Mr. Thomas Dil- worth, the President of the Association, called tha attention of the members ta this anomaly. which Is causing muele confusion and a decided loss to house- holders In all parts of the Province: Ot couree. tee are all anxious to blame the seller In such cases, but after ail, the lattee may be, like ourselves, only tha victim of others. The standardization of measures seems ihe enly solution of. diffieulty Mace has an important, bearing. on the question of househoid ex- peithes. 0.11.01••••••=.0111.•11•01••• I was cured of Rheumatic Gout hy MINARDS LINIMENT. Halifax. ANDREW KIN(l. I wee cured. of Acute Bronchitis by MINAItIrel LINIMENT. LT. -COL. CREWE READ. Sussex, I was ettred of Acute Rheumatism by MINARD'S LINIMENT. Markham, Ont. C. S. BILLING. T.akefield. QIIP., OCt. 9, 1007. 1110•1•1••010mIelemArt.01•••••••••••. LITTLE LEFT. (Detroit Free Press.) "'What's the bere?" asked the calls:, noticing the barren appearance, of the house. "ecet your goocee away to be stored?" "No," reviled the hostees.. "Not at all. My claugmer was married that week anct ebe has merely take naway the things thet she thought belonged to her." Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. •• • CH I NA'S POPU LAT I ON. (From the London Globe.) .4c:cording to the latest official returns the nuinber of Inhabitants in China pro- per, 'Manchuria and the new dominion Is 012,420,023. And as we have pointed out before. uurselves, the National Review (Chlita), the estimates of China's popula- tio» have always had a tendency to ex- aggeration, and even if 10,00,000 be add- ed on tor Mongolia and Tibet the total is far below that usually quoted, In 1901 Mr. Rocklin!, then United States Minister to Pckin, after carefut inquiry crone to the coneiusion that the number of inhabitants of China proper was pro- bably less than 270,0.0,00e That would rrsoitinlit&htinieg tositiagthtploypuulantdleoln woofoothe.000emphiet something be allowed for natural increase since that time it does not seem as if the 312,000,("00 of the latest census erred on the side of' unders4taotrent. Of Speciai Intere&i to Ladies Unsightly Warts can be renioved in a few hours, by Putnam's Painless Corn mid Wart Extractor. Reliable, safe and Mire. Try "Putnam's," Price 25e per bottle. • e • ESSENCE OF GOOD COOKING. Th essence of good cooking lies in four things': the abllity to preserve, develop, improve and very the flavor of foods, The lerelich exeel particulArly In the art of varying tbe flavor. A small piece of Meat suffices them to make a whole pot of vegetablee redolent of It. ConverselY• they use sorts of„, vegetables to Im- part their uhleue flavor to meats soupe, etews, sauces, and the Water In which meat or fieh is boiled. The com- binations in variatione are endless. An Jewish epicure declares that the eecret of the eXcellence of Preneh cookery Iles In the lavish ese made of vegetables, "Where we Ono 11111d, Fr011ell cooks twenty,"—From Henry T. Ielnek s "lialtiplying the PleAsures of the Table" In the December Century. W1,••••••V400•004nerA 1.3 414 ritteXt I I IIG SnfiT.4 144 St • num. num* omult,anYg. giro' laitnotin. VeWriate23Hb,IMK:'Arn. land. 3534 Queen street east, Terent"e agent for the Domlnlori. STAMMERERS The Arnett Institute tresta the CAUSE, triehet rothe**Inh'‘opegIrssa' "loodidneenrette4neas4tilYn fourcullt: eight weeks. Write for proots,, referancil 114111E4A111101;741tilirriTtUolt, 004 BO 12 e------,• --, ANE5f.,-) , ,. it.,........„, A ,.. . .artoE 1 , jr744 16. ,100.siiiNEA:Foft 10? „ • • .... . , 4.-• . ''' i'.,-- ---.-;‘---%,, . ptisH i ", f .. , . ' • OM C I LO WIthout Danger & Almost Paleleest A Boon to ProspootIvo Mothers. Norse Elites' RIATRIXINE flamovesthe Peril* of Childbearing & Strengthens 11Notherand Childs Melted withlmseln• able information. $5 or three for$12. The getectine Remedy CG.. 52 ADRLAIDE ST, EAsr. TORONTO, WRIST WA-MI.-I—kik A beautiful small size LADIES' WATCH,In handsome LEATHER BRACELET given FREE for selling only MO worth of the lovela est Christmas and New Year Cards and Folding Booklets at 3 feriae These are the very latest and most exelusive designs. Embossed and lithographed hi all the natural colors, Appro- priate mottoes and verses. You just show them and take the money. Many of our agents sell a dozen packagee one house. Dozetrulss this wonderful chance. Write to•day. You may not see this advertise- ment ag,ain. COBALT COLD PEN CO., Dept. eog , Toronto. Ont. NEW EQUIPMENT ORDERED. The Grand Trunk Railway System has placed an order for fifty first-class coaches and twenty-five standard bag- gage cars. The coludiee are the standard equip- ment. 75 feet 6 inches long, mounted on six -wheel trucks. The inside finish is of mahogany, with green painted eeilinee. All the latest improvements ere inaalled in these cars, and they are model; ofe perfection for railroad travel. The body of the coaches are upholstered in green plush and the smoking rooms in green leather. The total seating capacity of the ears is 09 persons. These ears are heated by steam, lighted with Pintseh gas, and are equip - pea with high speed Westinghouse air brake, and all the latest appliances for sa The baggage cars are 03 feet 101/4 ;lichee lone, with a clear 00 feet in length inside. Triere are four doors to each car opening in the elver 0 fret x 6 feet ety, inchee, These ears are mounted Olt four- wheel trIlekS, ftr• lighted with Pintseti gas, and heeted by steam. They are Mee (minima with the Westinghouse high-speed air brake. This equipment will be placed in ser- vice on different divisions of the system as goon as delivery is made. se. WOMEN'S VOTES. (Niagara Palls Journal.) - The impression is convene' that -women are not to be trusted In 'matters of thiA kine, because of their inexperience. The idiot. the drunkard, the thief. the sad& parasite, the gambler, the illiter- ate foreignee, the vote seller. the graftere the "boss." and the imudred other evils ef our present eystein of male franchly4 have never given capital a moment'a uneasiness.. Bet a woman! All the financial dis- asters conceivable to the human mind, inetantly. spring ito life with the mere theught of allowig a woma t ovate. But wome are going to vote, and "cape Rah' will have to bow to the inevitable., RY MURINE EYE REMED ,ForRed,Weak,Weary.WateryEyesaud. GRANULATEDEYELIDS.. IYIurineDoesn'amart—SoothesEyer'aid Naafis 3.11 Marks En, Remain Liselaa-4450r,31.01 Morino Eye Satre, ia Aseptic Tubas, 25a. $1.00 EYE BOOES 4WD ADVICV FREE me BAB. MurineEpekerneebrCo.,Chilcago BREAKING IN A PIPE, "Hang it," reinarked an old commuter, dropping into a seat in the sitioker, be- side his daily coinpanion, "I've }meted rny pipe and now I've got to go through the torture of breaking in it new one." "Let this railroad break it in for you," remarked his friend. "What? You don't understand that trick? It's an old entok- er's recipe, Pill your new pipe—but wet the inside of the bowl girst—light it,get it well started and then hold it out of the window with the mouth forward. The draft will keep it alight as well as you could by puffing it. That will take the raw newness out of it. 'fry it and see."—New York Tribune. Minard's Liniment Oures Colds, &c. s 4, • ON THE SAFE SIDE. "You'll be late for slipper, sonny," said a merchant in passing a email boy who was carrying a package. "No, I won't," was the reply, "I've dot de meat."---Lippincott's. It's quite possible for a man to break his ward without going around dropping remarks. limamilmomminianialm Double -Sweet Strength Containing double the sweetening strength of other Sugars, Is ene.irripOrtant reason why the boot Sugar to be had to -day is At the same titles it is, tathsolutely out*, le made iron Pure &lira Cane, its full mersonge with pOki lively eorreet weiglit in evil piteltso. rot oolor, teiptertinee and teat§ it is unequalled. Try it to -al -Y. Granulated made in coasts, medium mid Vim Prato. THE St tAwrINce SUGAR REEINING Immo, MONTREAL SOMORMIRINIMPOOMMIIIIIN.110.11101111010