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What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties
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DO YOU REMEhLBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING Tine LAST DE-
CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY?
From The Iluron News -Record,
jam -2, 1896:
The Clinton News -Record celebrat
ed its seventeenth anniversary b
issuing a magnificent. paper of 2
pages. The News-B,ecord is one
our most valued exchanges. and
are glad to see the evident signs
prosperity in our contemporary.,Th
it is appreciated is evidenced by t
extensive advertising patronage i
receives. --,(Bruce Herald.)cM
Me, James Math of town spent
Christmas in Lucknow.
Mr. David Welsh of Senetac, Mich,,
is .here on a visit to relatives.
Miss Minnie Shaw of Brnssels
spent 'Christmas with her brother,
Dr. 3. W. Shaw.
Mr. D. K. Prior. of town visited
friends le Exeter last week.
Messrs. M. D. McTaggart, N. MeL.
Fair, Dr. Shaw and J. E. BIaekall
were in Seaforth last Wednesday.
Miss Broder of Merrisburg is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Mc-
Taggart.
Mrs. W. J. Biggins of the London
Road is on a pleasant holiday to
visit relatives at Chesterville, Ohio
The Model School Examinations—
Among the young ladies who were
successful are Maggie Duncan, Phe.
ebe Densmore, Maggie Hartley,
Maty Ellen Ford, Agnes McGregor,
Maggie Skelton, Alice Tyndall. A-
mong the young men are: Thomas
Brownlee, Henry Fair, George How-
ard, Wen. W. Hodgins, John McKen-
zie, Alfred McTaggart, Charles Mc-
Kinnon, Wim. H. Rowe, Robert J.
Reid, and George Spotton and many
ethers.
St. John's Day—The members of
Clinton lodge No. 84, A.F. and AM.,to the number of about thirty-five
met in their hall last Thursday even-
ing. The new officers as follows
were installed by W. Bro. IL Hey-
wood. W. M,,Dr. J. W. Shaw; P.S.,
Thos. Smallacombe; S.W., T. C. Bruce
J.W., A. J. Holloway; Chaplain, Rey:
e. H. Fairlie; 'Secretary, R. J. Me -
Donald; Treasurer, O. S. Doan; S.S.,
D. Johnston; J.D., S. Emerton; I.S„
J. B. Hoover; Stewards, D. B. Ken-
nedy and T. E. Blacken; DIC., W.
Jones; Tyler, Joseph Rider; Trustees,
W. J. Paisley, R. ,Heywood; auditors,
J. H. Lowery, Fred Alcock. After
the installation the brethren adjourn-
ed to Bell and Masons hotel where
an oyster supper was served. W.
Bro. Shaw occupied the chair and S.
W. Brother Bruce the vice.
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or They Were ,accompanied by , Mrs,
we 'Kenip's brother, Mr. Will Rath sue
of his son, Wes, of East Wlawanosh.
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who, with Mss. IIill are visiting then•
daughter, Mos. Will Plinnsteel, visit-
ed his eather'in Brussels last week.
Mrs. S. Kentp and Miss Nellie vis-
ited relatives in Dundalk:' last week.
WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY
WAS YOUNG
From The News -Record, Jan. 6th,
1910:
Married in Toronto.—A quiet, but
pretty wedding took place Tuesday
morning of last week at the home of
Drand Mrs. J. Y. Egan, when Miss
Harriett Holmes of Toronto was uni-
ted in marriage to Mr. Thomas Lang-
lands of Lake ICatrine, Parry Sound
district. The groom was supported
by Rev. Kenneth J. Beaton and the
bride was assisted by her sister, Miss
Alice S. Relines of Ottawa.
Doing Good Work.—dRev. T. C.
(Clarence) Johnson has for some
Months past •been in charge of an
Anglican M1lssion at Edrans and. Pine
River, Man. Reports' from that
province say that his labours are 'be-
ing rewarded with success.
Mr. David Kyle of Kippen was in
Clinton on Wlednesday.
Mr. Nixon Welsh has returned to
his school at Washington , after a
pleasant holiday at home,
Miss Gertrude Chant bas returned
to College in Stratford.
Miss Edith Duneinore of Stratford
visited her sister; Mrs. (Major)
Combe.
Mr. Frank Evans of Toronto and
Miss Emily Rnniball of Elint, M'ich,,
spent 'New Year's holidays with
their aunts, the Misses Rudd.
Mrs. W. H. I3ellyar and her daugh-
ters, .Fannie and Amy and Master
John returned yesterday front a
week's visit in Toronto and Bow-
manviile. ,
Miss Erma Diehl, who has taught
school for the past two years at Har
row, Essex County, left on Monday
to take charge of a school at Glencoe.
- Mr. and Mrs. James Tucker spent
New Year'e day with Mr.. and •Mrs.
Yeo of Goderieh township.
Prize Essays --In the Local Option
Essay competition prizes were award-
ed as follows: first, Frank Rose; se-
cond, Fred Thompson; third ,Cela
Beacom. Special, Bessie Brown and
Miss Saundercock of Constance also
sent in an essay of merit. The con-
test was a local one.
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From The New Era, Jan, Oth, 1910:
Mrs. Melardy Smith and son,
Frank spent a few days in Toronto
last week.
Miss Doan of Cleveland is visiting
with her sisters.
Miss Mary Cliff left on Monday
to take up her dirties as teacher in
the Walton school, Miss Mabel Cluff
accompanied her to Walton.
Rev. Me. Hovey and two sons of
BiuIington spent New 'Year's in Clin-
ton.
Mrs. Holmes and Mr. W. S. R. Hol-
mes were New Year's visitors in Sea-
3orth.
Master Douglas Stanbury sang in
St, Paul's last Sunday evening and
the 'church was crowded to hear the
little lad sing,
Miss Margaret Wiseman has re-
turned to Ottawa,
Mrs. J. Bean and Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Jervis returned home Friday
after spending the Christmas holi-
days with friends 'in Port Hope.
Miss MacDougall, the new teacher
of Modern, at the Collegiate, arrived
in' town on Saturday.
Walkerburn--John and Mrs. Fing.
land held the anniversary of their
Silver 'Wadding on New 'R'ear's Eve.
An oyster supper was served in the
dining room, after which games fil-
led in the remainder of the evening.
Miss Ethel Govier of Clinton•is re.
Sewing old acquaintances here,
A Grand Success -A packed house
greeted the Boy's Athletic Associa-
tion on New Year's night. Standing
room was at a premium at 7,30. The
chorus was under the direction of
Thomas Jackson Jr., the "Daddy" of
the 'organization. Solos by Lloyd
Walken, Stewart. Jackson, (who took
the part of Robt. Downs), Karl Wil -
ken and Ike Rattenbury, were well
rendered.
The Endmen kept Dodds Hollo-
way, the centre man, busy answer-
ing' questions. Moving pictureswere
also shown. One of the principal.
eters of the evening .was Master
Douglas Stanbury •of 'Toronto, who
delighted the audience with several
'solos and a •duet with his mother,
Miss Cluff gave an excellent recite -
than and Doreen Murdock brought
Mr. J. Wr.'Hill of Oxbow, Sask.,down the house with "Stingy Kid"
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
RABBIT TURNS TABLES ing stronger, especially among young
A local pimped was out hunting 'men who always in martial conflict
rabbits the other day. He paused by prove to be the cannon fodder, while
a 'stump to light a cigarette and ' a many who remain at home reap rich
bunny who had been - hiding there fortunes. The students of the Uni-
bolted out, striking the gallant hunt- versity of Toronto, have, taken the.
er on the back of the legs. His knees stand that they will support Canada
promptly collapsed and be sat down in the case of war if the country is.
suddenly if not gracefully. invaded. Never again will they mar-
Wiltile the hunter in clues- shat forces to fight in foreign lands.
tion is a bit reticent in They also unite in asking the nation -
speaking about the incident, we alization of .munitions as a means to'
gather that any ambitions he had for prevent armament manufaeturers
from agitating for hatred of other
big game hunting are completely
gone.—St. Marys Journal -Argus.' countries and working to produce
war scares. In the Great War, 'Beth-'
* * * lehem Steel of the United States,
A WHITE CHRISTMAS Vickers -Armstrongs Ltd„ of England
TMAS and Kropf's of Germany, and many other kindred firms made profits of
In New Zealand the thermometer hundreds of cotillions while ten million
stood at 80 in the shade for the men were slain and another ten mil
Christmas holiday. That might be lion rendered unfit for life and pro -
desirable, brut it does not .seem likeperty to the amount of four hundred,
Christmas, until mother has, the billion dollars was destro e
kitehen ,broom standingof
d and
just. outside. the world left in a condition ouphea-
the door as a suggestion to those who val and disorganization and nothing
enter.—Stratford Beacon -Herald. was settled. Ine
the face of these'
facts talk of war is nothing but folly
and insanity.• --,Milverton Sun.
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PEACE SENTIMENT GROWS
, The peace sentiment In Canada
'seems from day to day to be grow -
FARMING SEEMS PROFITABLE
A press despatch from Quebec tells
THE-
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
of 'thieves entering a ' farm house
while the owner was In tho fields and
stealing $72,000. A few more stor-
ies like that and the farmers will be
hurrying from Saskatchewan, to
stake homesteads in Qneeee.
-Fergus .News -Record.
LOSING WEIGHTY COUNCIL
The Village of Arthur will lose its
distinction next year of having the
weightiest council of any ;municipal-
ity of its size in Ontario. Reeve W.
H. Tleppler, who tips the scales a-
round the 280 -pound mark, has de-
cided to retire; Councillor W. Pinder,
who weighs in at 220, has moved to
Niagara Falls, while II. J. Colwill; •J.
II. White and George Wilson, who.
are all in the same class as bit-. Pin -
der, are doubtful if they will again
seek office. The 1934 body carried
mo"r"e weight than any other one.
group of legislators in the village's
history.--eVadkerton Iierald-Times.
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A TOWN'S BEST BOOSTER
A, writer in a current magazine ob-
serves "if the newspaper is just a
little better than its town, the latter
is the gainer therebte" '
Towns and their newspapers usual-
ly lag or lead together. Progressive
journalism is the unfailing tonic of
the lethargic' community.
There is no better eorntnunity asset
than a home newspaper equal to the
needs of the community. While a
poor newspaper is better than none to
the individual reader, that does not
hold true for the town.
What can a good newspaper do for
its community? It can serve as the
town's messenger; to the outside
world. It must take the leadership
in all community projeets if they aro
to be successful. It is the infallible
line of communication between local
governemnt and citizen. It is to the
newspaper that all organizations turn
to for assistance in public welfare
movements and without -that assis-
tance they face failure.
The newspaper reaps the reward or
its initiative by sharing in the gen-
eral improvement of business and
cotnmunity affairs it has' been instru.
mental in bringing about. The good
newspaper deems it a pleasure to
serve its community and its readers
and is fully aware that it is only
throughgiving a full measure of ser-
vice that it can progress and prosper.
—Carleton Place Canadian.
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TO DESTROY COMMUNISM.
There is only one way to destroy
the growing menace of Communism,
and that is to do away with the con-
ditions in which it grows and flottr-
ishes, It is true that oof the
mut won-
ders of history has been the benefits
which our present capitalist system
has conferred 'en humanity. The
world has enjoyed more material
benefits during the past three 'hun-
dred years than aver before in its
history, And yet, in its last stages,
the system which gave these benefits -
their birth is strangling them to
death. It is nobody's fault. It is the
natural development of e. good thing
allowed to run wild. It is nobody's
deliberate will that tens of thousands
in our country are out of work; that
there is poverty in the midst of
Plenty; and that men and women are
robbed of their self-respect and
have to go on relief. This is no-
body's fault—all the same it is these
condiions which make it possible for
Communism to grow. In, order to
defeat Communism, our present sys-
tem must be modified, changed, and
controlled so that the great benefits
it is capable tel bestowing may be
enjoyed by all. The floodgates of
credit must be pried open; goods mast
begin to flow, work must be provided
and the decencies. ,of life made a-
vailable for all, Our present econ-
omic system must be made toprovide
better conditions than Communism
promises—if Communism is to be de-
stroyed. There is plenty of brain
power to do this, if only it were tack-
led in a big way by those who at the
present time are in. control,
—Napanee Beaver.
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A. SUGGESTION OR TWO
An esteemed correspondent asks us
for a suggestion for the New Year:
First, "Fear God ' and Keep His
Commandments."
,Seeond, Attend strictly to one•e
own business and to leave.'other peo-
ple's alone.
Third, when one is not at market
or in church, to be at home.
• —Exeter Times -Advocate.
A BOOST FOR FAT MIEN
In spite of what insurance statis-
ticians have to say en the matter, Sten
Who are overweight will derive not a
little satisfaction from .a discovery
made by a leading army air leader
in England that men in the British
air service who are within ten pounds
over weight enjoy mueh better "health
than those ,who are ten or more
pounds underweight. This statement
was made only after records had been
made over long periods, and the offi-
cer who compiled, these records' was
so convinced of their accuracy that
he strongly favors the enlistment of
overweight men in the air service.
Following through his contention
that men with a reserve of weight are
more immune to disease than those
YOUR WORLD
AND MINE
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
(Copyright)
I have been reading a story by
Rupert Ilughes—one of his admirable:
short stories. It was about a man
who had been a shoe salesman in a
small` town all his working days. He
never had an increase in his wage,
and never sought one IT was a
good salesman, wholly trustworthy,
but without personal ambition. IIe
married a very plain young' woman,
and together they were very happy
in a very plain cottage. His one
indulgence was tobacco he smoked
evenings,; getting great enjoyment
from his pipe. ,
Within a„ year of his marriage he
running to slimness, this officer also
states that it has been his experience.
that the aviator who is .heavier than
insurance statistics claim he should
be, is invariably trete ,to last longer
•under heavy strain than the thih
type. In other words the Stan over-
weight can "taise it" to better advan-
tage than the man who is markedly
underweight,—Listowel 'Banner.
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A GOOD IDEA
At the last meeting of the Town
Council' Mayor Hanna suggested that
a hill should be prepared onwhich
the children could enjoy sleigh riding
with safety. The use of .motor cars
hasmade the streets most unsafe for
playing and furthermore it is against
the law. However, it cannot be ex-
pected that Canadian boys and girls
will not slide on the hills when they
have no other place for this pleasure.
The idea of having the unemployed
make a slide for the kiddies is such
a good one that we trope little time
will be lost in getting this slide ready
for use.--1Wingham Advance -Times.
A GOOD LOSER
The recent elections unearthed at
least one first-rate loser: He was
Angus Graham, defeated for the
reeveship of Kincardine, anti here's
the "Card of Thanks" he .put in the'
loeel papers: "I thank the friends
who voted for me on election day, and,
while I was a loser, I'm a winner in
a way. I've got rid of Iots of trouble
and I don't regret defeat; no public
sins to answer for, no obligations to
meet. So don't think len downheart-
ed or go around feeyng sore; for
some get in and some get out --that's
What elections are for. To my. friends
who didn't vote for pre: you were my
life-saver, and I thank yon very kind-
ly for just doing me this favor.
—Hanover Post.
LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL
Canadians are learning to love the
beautiful things of Canada. Our own
appreciation is communicable, too,
for whatour people have said about
it has brought many thousands from
outside of Canada to see and to ap-
preciate for themselves. Love of
beauty has led to the improvement
of live stook, to the understanding
and cultivation of flowers, to plan-
ned outdoor decorations and to the
beautifying of the home. Even cul-
inary implements, once so homely,'
are now for the greater part objects
pf art in design. There is de-
sign in the planning of the
kitchen, and the living' room of
the humblest home showing skill and
taste in its adornment. Perhaps one
of the most striking' examples of the
influence of cultivated expression of
beauty is in the designing of gar-
ments of fur. Not so, many. years
ago the costliest.furs were Stade in a
way that did Tittle justice to the won-
•derfully beautiful material. Today
furs are the smartest things, and set
off the female figure and enhance the
beauteous face in a frame of beauty.
--Listowel Standard.
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AN OLD FASHIONED CUSTOM
—BUT—
Wle often read about couples who
have been receiving congratulations
at golden weddings; couples who have
shared trials of all sorts, sickness and
sometimes hard times,
In past generations, it was quite
customary, when a couple were uni-
ted in matrimony for "better or for
worse," fm• each to assume that the
contract would prevail "untildeath
do us part."
And old-fashioned '' as some think,
this custom has much to recommend
it to the younger generation. To -day,
particularly in the States, far too
many marriages are entered into
without the least thought of the re-
sponsibilities involved, and when
these responsibilities insist en inter-
fering with the round of pleasures,
they care thrown aside.
There is something inspiring in the
sight' of an old couple, who have en-
joyed together the pleasures and sor-
rows ,of life, travelling, side by side,
the last stages of the Way, happy
the last stages of the Way, happy
faith 'with one another. Anti therein
lies lesson. worthy of emulation by
the younger folks of the day..
—Listowel Banner.
was a widower. The child which cost
the, mother her like was stillborn. His
double bereavement stunned the man.
Theeeaftee he went, through life in a
rather dazed: condition. In the store
which employed hint he was as goof]
as ever he had been, and customer's'
liked him; but always the: man's
thoughts were far away. He 'con-
tinued to live in his little house, cox-
ing for himself. His pipe enabled
hint to live an imagined life -put him
into a. world •of make-believe a
wend occupied by his wife end his
son. 1" a t.
The son was sent to school in.
imagination, Then to the .university.
IIe became .president' of the United
States and was re-elected for a :se-
conil terns, and nominated for a:third
term. In his elevation the father
and mother had glory and honour.
The son was the perfect son. Re
was, no prig, and he never did wrong
things. Always; in school, at the
university, in his law practice, ' he
was forern'ost amid his fellows, Year.
by year, according to his age, the
father found perfect delight and cont -
fort in the development of his son..
The little man's employer, grown
rich and •eminent, had children—eons
and daughters; but, being the child-
ren of a .nob father, they were incl
strainedly indulged. and grew up 'wil-
ful and wicked.. Their father's hap-
piness was spoiled by their sins, and
tragedy—death by Violence -put ash-
es into the father's mouth. Sorrow-
fully he confided to his old employee
his grief, and said ' to him that he
ought to be glad that he had no child -
len, never knowing that his em-
ployee was rearing a son — in ima-
gination.
And •so the old man went through
the years, happy in his wife's happi-
ness and in his son's achievements.
Imagination redeemed his lot -=lifted
bim out of a great sorrow and loss,
and gave hint •e perpetual joy—the
joy which perfect filial love and a
child's glorious progress give to par-
ents.
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I•Iow this faculty of imagination
can give zest to fanning halt illus-
tration in "Aftermath:" by lames
Lane Allen — an exquisite book. This
book tells of a beautiful courtship, a
blissfully happy marriage, and of the
mother's death when hes child was
born. The son lived. Of his son the
father says:
And since it becomes more
probable that there will be a war
and that I may not be living to
speak to him of his mother in
ways not written here. I shall
set down one thing about her
which I pray he may take well
to heart. He ought to know and
eemember this: that his life was
the price of hers. She was ex-
tinguished that be might shine,
and he owes it toher that the
flame of his torch be as white as
the alter's from which it was
kindled.
Before he married — and after —
the ratan who tells his story in "Af-
termath" dwelt on a small farm, near
'to the home where his betrothed live
ed. See how iniIganation made a.
chore a fine exvpclrience:
Believe in the divine right of
kings I never shall, except in the
divine right to be kingly Sten,
'which all. men share; but truly a
divine right lies for any man in
the ownership of a. comfortable
barn in winter. It is the feudal
castle ,of the farm' to the lower
animals, who dwell in the Dark
Ages oftheir kind — dwell on.
and on in affection, ,submission
and trust, while • their lord de-
* viands of them their labour,
their substenance, or their life.
Of a winter's day, when these
poor dumb serfs have been scat-
tered ever the portionless earth,
how often they look towards
this fortress and lift up their
voices with criesfor•night to
come—the .horses, ruffled and
shivering, with their tails to the
wind, as they snap their frost-
ed fodder, or paw through the.
rime to the frozen grass under-
neath, causing their icy fetlocks:
to. rattle about their hoofs; the
cattle, ,crowded to leeward of
same deep -buried haystack, the
exposed side of them white with
whirling flakes; the ,sheep, turn-
ing their pitiful, trusting eyes"
;about them over the fields of
storm in earth and sky:
What' a joy at nightfall to•
gather them home to food and
warmth and rest! If ever 'there
os a time when I feel myself a
mediaeval lord to trusty vas-
sals, it is then. When they have
been duly stabled according to
their kinds, I climb to the :erib
in the barn and create a great
landslide of the fat ears that is
like laughter; and then from ev
'ery stall what a hearty, healthy
chorus sof cries and petitions re-
sponds to that laughter of the.
core What squeals and grunts
persuasive beyond the realms of
rhetoric! ,What a blowing of
mellow horns fromthe ems!
And the quick nostril trumpet-
call of the horses, how edger,
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Vig
When he's very young, a simple, minimum cost camera is really prefer-
able in most instances, but once he comes under the: spell of real snap -
shooting, he merits -and should have—a modern camera of the better
y , type
•YEAR after year, the idea;of cam-
eras as appropriate gifts for
birthdays, graduation and other
memorable occasions, has grown
steadily. Last year, if you'll pardon
the personal intrusion, 'I gave my
own mother a simple little camera
on her birthday. At first, she was
frankly skeptical. She had never
used a camera, always relying on
my sometimes unreliable self. She
was sure she would never master
that camera:.. Now it goes with
her everywhere, much to our mutual
joy.
To some folks, I wouldn't dreamt
:of giving a camera. They're not
enough interested in other folks 'and
places arid life in general to get any
fun out of it,
But there are others --the major-
ity—to whom a camera would mean
much.
What kind of camera? It depends
entirely on the kind of person who is
to receive it. Every youngster should
have a chance at a camera, but only
of the simplest, most inexpensive
sort. By "inexpensive" I mean cam-
eras costing from, say, one to five
dollars. They should be of any of
the standard snakes, using film
available everywhere,
Of course, if you have a young
friend who has shown more than
average interest in picture making
and has outgrown his simple little
box camera, you can provide vast
happiness by presenting him — or
her—with a better camera.
Once you get above the five to ten
dollar class, the variety of cameras
to be had is bewildering. Of recent
years there has been a tremendous
increase in the use of, so-called "pre-
cision" cameras—small cameras,
beautifully tirade and equipped with
all manner of useful gadgets. Their
lenses are masterpieces, their ad-
justments more accurate than many
a professional studio camera. Nat-
urally, they cost money, plenty of
money. Beginning at about $25, the-
prices
heprices of these miniature cameras
range on up and up and up. If you're
really anxious to spend a hundred
dollars on camera, you'll have no
trouble at all. However, you can
stay in the general neighborhood of
fifty dollars and get some amazingly
beautiful cameras. By"beautiful" I
mean something so expertly design-
ed and constructed that there's
sheer delight in handling it.
Many of the miniature, precision
cameras use. very slnalI-size film_
The idea is that the small pictures
are kept as records, while enlarge-
nments of the best shots are used by
the proud owners to show what
they've been doing.
Modern, fine-grain film, by the
way, makes this procedure possible.
You need not, of course, consider
the miniature camera in your gift
hunting. For the average person you
can select a camera with a reason-
ably good lens—one that's rated at
3.6,3 or even 3.4.8—and uses a film
big enough so that enlargements are
not always necessary. The famed
"post -card size" camera is a favor-
ite and will probably remain so.
There's a reason.
If it has been several years since
you last Iooked at cameras, shop
around just for the fun of it. You'll
discover that things have been hap-
pening.
JOHN VAN GUILDER.
how dependent, yet how come
mending! As I mount to the
top of the pile, if ever I feel my-
self a royal personage, it is then.
I ascend 'my throne, I ant king
of the corn. And there is not a
brute peasant in my domain that
does not worship me as ruler of
heaven and earth!
And so on andon goes this pie
-
thee of the farmer in his barn, feed-
ing the stock in mid -winter.
I beg you to get hold of this book.
"Aftermath,." and its predecessor, "A
Kentucky Cardinal." The two books
form Prat 1. and Part 1I of a con-
tinuing story. If you litre fancy and
exquisite wilting, yon will find gnat.
ificaticn in these — and in outer —
books by James Lane Allen.
The imagination of little children!
Do nothing to deshoy it. It is a
very preceus gift. And in your own
adult years let this same faculty gild
what overwire might be ugly and
bard and deadly.
It is imagination --, imagery —
Mi'ich gives .poetry lis appeal, nobil-
ity :and sublimity. How beautiful
are the following verses prompted by
the poet's sight of woodland flowers
in the breaking of the morning:
-W!e matin worshippers! who, bend-
ing'lowly
Before the uprising • sun — God's
lidless eye—
Throw from your chalices a sweet
and holy
Incense on 'high.
Ye bright mosiacal that with stor-
ied beauty
'The floor of Nature's temple les-
selate,
Wheat numerous emblems of instruc-
tive duty
Your forms create!
"Meath clustered boughs, each floral
bell that swingeth,
And tolls its perfume on the pass -
ling air,
Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever
ringeth
A. call to prayer
Not to the domes where crumbling
arch and: column
,Attest the feebleness of mortal
hand,
But to that fame most catholic and
solemn
• ,Which God hath planned;
Ta .that cathedral, boundless as our
• wonder,
Whose quenchless lamps the sun
and moon supply,
Its choir :the wind and waves, its
organ thunder,
Its dothsky.
The Ende.
DOING VERY WELL
His wife was on holiday, and he
Was doing his own shopping and cook-
ing.
"HoW much are eggs?" he asked
the shopkeeper.
"Fifty cents a dozen, for the best,"
said the man behind the counter.
"Cracked ones 25 Cents a dozen"
IThe harassed
ssed
hu
sb
and
look
ed
doubul. All right,"he said, "crack
me adozen.
PIIS BREAD RETURNED
(Continued from page 2)
to be happy," was another's tribute.
There were but four more days of'
grace. The old man sat crouching in
his chair 'as if shrinldng front the
coining blow. The whimsical minor,
t'he independence, the courage wera
all gone. lie was a Poor, hopeless
old pian, down never to rise again.
Two or three fainters came in and
sat on the edge of the porch. He tried
to be sociable, but made a pitiful
failure of it. Others came in, and
then more until there were two or
three dozen seated on the porch. The
old man knew they had come' to sym-
pathize with him, but he could not
bring up the subject of his loss.
There was an awkward half-hour
in whish nobody talked of the im-
portant matter. At last Haney nud-
ged Todd, and urged hint to speak.
Todd shifted his position once or
twice, got up awkwardly, and stood'
before Johns, trying to speak, but the •
words struck in his throat. Then he
fumbled in his pocket, chew out a
paper, held it out to the old man and -
managed to say "Maybe it'll help..
you."
The old man looked at the paper;•
It was a note for three thousand dol-
laps, due in three years, all ready for
his signature. Below was the name
of almost every man in the commun-
ity as security,
The old man tried to speak, hut;
could only call:
emery!),
His wife came quickly and looked:
at the paper.
"Thank 'em, ma; I -can't," said the'
old man, with, a sob in his voice. The
tears were running down her face an
she turned toward the men. They
were all looking away.
"I can't, either," she said, as she
slipped down beside her husband,
with :her arm round his neck, "but
they know."
"Looks sorter like rain over in the
southwest," said Todd. "Guess we'd:
better be going, boys."
QUEEN'S PARK QUIET DURING:
HOLIDAY WEEK
There has been little in the way of'"
news announcements from Queen's
Park the past week, Absence of sev-•
eras ministers and the inevitable iet-.
down after the Christmas holidayst
have contributed to the lack of news..
Premier Hepburn is expected back at
his desk en January 7th from his•
holiday and things are expected to,
liven up with his return. Hon. David'
Croll, Minister of Welfare, has been
in Windsor, The Minister was alight
ly run down when he left for his
Windsor hems a day or so before
Christmas and it is believed trouble -
with his teeth was the souse, and ha
is having them: attended" to.
REVERSE ENGLISH
Dear Old,
Lady Lad to
Infant H'
o re+
y wa
you, my little man?
Infant-.O.K•'babyl