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Clinton, Ontario
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NEWS.
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rest counection is made .for Florida,
via Cincinatti and Atlanta, Ga.,
Jacksonville, Florida, is reached sec-
ond
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Miss ladzth Scott: retulnell to
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lversi'ty being closed for .} tiino
Miss Wiltse lend Miss retinae uta-
harts of New york were guests last
week at time home of Mrs, .1, 1,
Roberts.
Mrs. 01:va1 Jolles 'has returneli
Frain a visit with her. sister, MIs;
(Rev,) Corbett of Mozztrcal,
Miss Mitchell of 'reroute is visit-
ing her sister, Mrs, W. h;, ,South-
gate. I •
Mrs, Edgar Lawson of An: -burn has
been visiting 11er, parents, `Mr,, and
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Sclater al wll,
Miss Cl, Brown left last week for
a
visit 'with Toronto- and Mitehell
frien(is.
Mr,' W. D. Stewart of St. Paul,
Alitnl,, spent a few days in town
recently,
Amiss L. i McLeod visited her sis-
tel, IVirs, W. N. Southgate, ,Jr,, for
a few days prior to leaving for ov-
' crams as a nurse, .
( Miss Nellie Devereaux is visiting
in Buffalo,
Miss Blanche Campbell of Brandon
is a guest nt the home of A'Ir. and
Mrs. W. 13, Bright,
For some time money( eas been
missed from tine till at the station
and onwitch being set the thief
was discovered. Ile gave his name
as 11111 turd said he caste from Mit-
chell,
Miss Isabel McTavish„ a former
Seafortlr girl and sister of Miss
Christine McTavish of town, was
married at Orford, Mich,, recently
to Mr. , Judson Carpenter of. that
place,
Miss 1T'inniired McIntosh has accep-
ted a position on the staff of the
local branch of the Bank of Com-
merce.
111iss Mabel McEachren of Indiana-
polis is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Wal-
lace. •
Postmaster Dunsmore of at. 'Phonii-
es has been visiting old friends in
Tucker= ith,
IIIrs. W. R. Smith attended the fu-
neral of a niece in Chatham last
week.
Messrs. G. Bethune, O. A. Sills,
W. Bethune, J. ]meanie, C. Stewart,
W. E. Southgate, S. Barbet amd W,
Ament -tool;' part in the bonspiel at
Owen Sound last week.
Wingbam,
Rev, Byron Stauffer lectured
in the.. Methodist church here
on Monday evening week -on
"The Folk Next Door." Tho
Board of'ra u
7 do bans ettell the lect-
urer on Tuesday at the Brunswick
hotel, when the town council, clergy
and press were also invited.
11Ir. Abner Cessna was in Goderich
last week assisting in auditing the
County Treasurer's books,
Mrs, J. A.. Fox is visiting at her
parental home Battle Creek, Mich.
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Story of a Marriage
4riniversary, •
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ByC MUS C
L S KBIt.
A, MIA
The day Silas Dingeo married Maud
Ball be declared that clever before hgd
he known real happiness, Ile swore
that the' anniversary or that blessed
day which ended. his bachelor Welt -
nose would be• mnor'e Lo' blab than all
the lsolidaysin, the calendar' together. ,
A cynicat friend at lila farewell bach-
elor dinner the night before bad said
to hini:
"Si, I'm sorry f01' you, Tomorrow
you go to serve your life long term
of regulation, Farewell indeperelenee.
Farewell a jolly night nt the club.
Farewell cocktails; they'll taiut your
breath. Farewell cigars; they'll make
the curtains smell, Goodby, Si, The
matrlmouial prison doors will soon
close behind you."
"You dried up old bah," was Btn-
gee's reply, "tomorrow will be the hap-
piest day of my life. And let me toll
you whenever the anniversary of my
wedding conies round I'll have some
delicate memento for the dear girl who
is to furnish that happiuess. ,l shall
on that dny remain at house from bust.
nese and devote it to celebrating my
escape from such crusty old bachelor-
hood as you represent."
When air, and lairs. Dingee were
driven away after the wedding fes-
tivities, followed by showers of rice
and old shoes, it looked as if Ills prom-
ises would be kept. if ever there was
a happy man it was Silas Dingee.
One year passed.. 81:'. Dingee had
been made over by his wife from a
bachelor to a married man, Ile had
learned to live for some one besides
himself. The first anniversary of hie
wedding had come round, ebe day that
Iva had vowed he would celebrate above
all others.
As Silas Dingee shrugged on bis over-
coat that .morning preparatory to mak-
ing a dash for the nearest subway sta-
tion his pretty wife spoke from the
dining room door.
"It Pm not at home when yon come,
dear" --
"Going out this afternoon?" inter-
rupted Dingee peevishly.
"Just to Mrs, Wright's for bridge,
honey," she soothed him. "If I'm not
here the moment you arrive just get
a bite to eat from the refrigerator and
readour until y paper a t 1 I come, It won't
take me fifteen minutes to get dinner
after I arrive—steak and mushrooms,
Silas—it's Hilda's afternoon out."
"Seems to be always' Hilda's after-
noou out and yours, too," grumbled
ipingee as he kissed his wife farewell
and departed.
As he opened his newspaper on the
train be was still thinking of his dis-
like ofbeing alone. It was one of his
pecuiiarities that he was a restless
mortal indeed when Maud was away
from the apartment. Maud was an
inveterate card player and belonged
to two bridge clubs and a band of
pinochle enthusiasts, On tbo evenings
when be knew Maud would be late in
coming home Mr, Dingee usually went
from bis onice to his club and remain-
ed there until his wife's frantic tele•
phone messages assured bum that she
was home and that dinner was wailing.
On such occasions he usually called
a taxi and sped home on the wings of
love and rubber tired wheels.
Today everything went wrong. In
the mail he found several misdirected
letters, which had been returned to
him, One of them was an important
matter, which involved the loss of con-
siderable money.
So he discharged the careless .steneg•
r'apher, scolded his chief clerk, scared
the office boy into a state of humility
and lunched at•his club.
After luncheon things went better.
lie telephoned to Chicago and found
that ho wouldn't lose the money after
all. When the .tearful stenographer
came for her money he gave her anoth-
er trial, and the office boy was em-
boldened to ask for a raise in his pay.
Whether he received it or not is not
part of this tale, but at 4:80, when
Mr. Dingee closed his desk, he was
feeling in high good humor with him-
self and the world.
He had quite forgotten all about the
lonely apartment he must return to
and stopped to buy some violets for
Maud. Wille he stood there who
should rush up to him with hearty
greeting lint Tom Finch, Maud's Bos-
ton cousin and a particular chum of
Silas Dingee's.
"Just going up to your place," re-
marked Tom.
"Mighty glad to see youl" cried Din.
gee heartily. "Maud's out tbis after-
noon at some whist bat or other, but
she'll be home by 0:30. Wo can bane
a bite to eat as soon as we get there."
"Good! I'm hungry. Had a little ac-
cident coining down. The bent car
and ono coach derailed. Nobody hurt,
haven't had a bite since 10 this morn-
ing,"
"Man alive, hurry!" Dingee hustled
Tom.into a taxi, and they whirled up•
town.
"It's a now. Maud will be home In,
a few minutes," Haid Dingee 08 he
opened the door with his latchkey.
But the rooms were dark until be
switched on the lights and revealed
the warm coziness of the place.
• "We'll have to forego a bit," said
Dingee as they left hats and overeoate
la tho hail and entered the dlaiad
room• "2'n make Sou a cup oi'cod'e$;
hay?"
"Just the thing. I'm starved, old
man "
They entered Hilda's spotless kitchen
and investigated the refrigerator.
"Cold chicken! Not he'd for a hand,
out," commented Tom Float es he
pounced on the platter, "What's that,
Silas—Makin's of a salad?"
"Tes, and here's the mayonnaise,
take 'em along, Maud cartaihly bas
got some goodies mutt away for tile,
Let's try the pastry."
The pantry gave Cfl a remarkably
delnty loslf of bread and tt largo round
eako thickly Mee with ,visna ,
When the men bad set the table in
time dining room thole MIS a resat In,
deed. •
,n
this regular ,t
is a o liar blranda mut
chuckled Tom no he earvod the cblek.F.
en, "Aland 11ee40't bother about gall
ting Guy dinner, Tills is geed enPugh.
for mCi"
"Sults me down to tete ground,"
agreed Silas Diego, "I supposo Maud
will scold what elm 0nds 1;'ve treated
you to a picked up ureal When she
likes to put on company frills when
volt Come down,"
"1 unlpbl" suiffed Tops Finch, who
was more inteeestee inthe good things
before hbn than he was in the elabo-
rate preparations for any meal. "Seems
to Inc you live pretty high, Didn't X
see a steak and mushrooms and some
kind of pudding 10. the icebox?" '
"Ton dkl," said Silas cheerfully,'
',"Phase nee for dinner,"
"What is all this food for then?"
"Search mo!" retorted Silas, "Rave
a piece ()Pails perfectly 'spleudlferous'
birthday carie?"
Tom Finch looked rather startled:mil
laid down knife and. fork, "You are
sure—sure it isn't anybody's birthday?"
he faltered.
Silne meditated, "Not mine or
Maud's. It may ha Hilda's or the cat's
birthday. They don't count, though.
What's that?"
"That" proved t0 be the buzzer from
the dumbwaiter, aid Silas Dingee has -
tater' into the kil:eben and fussed
around a bit. ,Presently be returned
and sat down again.
"Ice •cream," he explained. "Maud's
evidently going to have it for dessert.
Funny, though, she should have or-
dered Buell a quantity."
A feeling of apprehension settled
over the two men as they consumed
the delicious cake, which was rich
with fruit.
"If ever is tasted a birthday cake"—
Tom was begiuulng when Silas Dingee
interrupted impatiently.
"Slang it all, man, can't you stop
croaking? What if we have eaten ev-'
ery hangedthing in the house, eh?
It's my house, isn't it? I'll eat the ice
cream if I want to!" he ended reck-
lessly,
"Let's save something for ]Maud,"
grinned Tom Finch as he pushed back
his chair.
As he spoke the door opened hastily,
and Maud Dingee, flushed and rather
excited from her hurried trip hems,
came in, followed by a remarkably
pretty girl with ermine furs snuggled
around her neck.
"Tom,Finch!" cried Maud, failing on
her cousin's shoulder. Aud over his
shoulder her eyes surveyed the re-
mains of the feast.
Silas Dingee looked at his 'wife and
saw horror in her gaze. She came for-
ward and looked at the remains of the
chicken, the evidences of salad, the
bare 'half loaf of bread and finally the
damaged cake.
The girl in the doorway looked on
with friendly, amused eyes.
"Silas Dingee," shrieked M,ud at
last, "what have sou done?"
"Had a bite to eat, as you told mo
to," retorted Silas defiantly.
"But—but--you've"—her voice was
close to tears uow—"you've eaten all
the refreshments!"
"Refreshments for wbnt?"
"For my party."
"Your party? When?"
"'Tonight, goose!" site sobbed angrily.
"Didn't you know that this is onr wed-
ding anniversary and ft's Polly's birth-
day, and I was going to have the love-
liest surprise for yen? The Campbells
aro coming and the Lanes and the
Treats."
Silas Dingee was pale, but he held
his ground.
"How was T to know, Maud?" be ex-
plained,
"You might have remembered the
day," she reproached limn,
"L -did," he prevaricated. "Didn't f
bring you violets?" Triumphautly he
produced the box of dowers.
Still Saud eyed him suspiciously.
"You often bring those on ordinary oc-
casions," she said, but her husband's
chagrined face quite melted her heart
so that presently she smiled and said
It didn't matter and remembered to in
troduce Tom to the pretty Polly in the
doorway.
l8verything turned out beautifully,
after all, Dingeo frantically tele-
phoned to a' caterer and a florist, and
Maud and Polly dashed around and
straightened up the rooms t'or the ex-
pected company.
They ate a hurried meal in the kitch-
en, Tom Finch skillfully making sand-
wiches for the two girls.
It was a most delightful party. Still,
Dingee saw there was one tiny cloud
which even the sight of Tom's devo-
tion to Polly could not lift from his
wife's heart.
Although he did not ask for an ex-
planation, Silas Dingee is quite sure
tbat Maud was more hurt because he
bad forgotten that it was their wed-
ding anniversary than she was over the
stolen dinner.
However, to be on the safe side, he
has, carefully noted on his desk calen-
dar the important date for next year,
and there isn't any likelihood that ho
will forget it, especially as Tom anti
Polly have selected the came dare for
thelr own wedding.
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A IID qrix ON 1TH i ll,Q '.:.
`ik Was' •o exeltine R ilro
ad Trip to
B
o Rapaatod,
An pagan nun wits tiding by71
r rl
tbroitgb the Rocky mloontnitls, A.
blend luau told bin) about ridhrg, on
the pilot of the ongtno through some
grand tnountaiil scenery, end the eget-
ether was eager to have the saltie .ex-
perience. At the Bret .epportugtty,,
therefore, he asked the eonduetor
whether tris friends and be Gould rico
on the Front of the engthe• %ho
eon
-
ductor very promptly saidthey col1G
not. Nothing but: a permit from the
superintendent of the line would en:
title any one -to such a privilege. As
the eeperintendent was a thousand
miles away, it seemed a impales!! case,
The easterner spoke of his disap-
poiutmont to the Pullman conductor,
who told him that perhaps the aftair
could be mammalafterall. Through
hie diplomacy it was arranged some-
how or other, and at the next station
four of the party, including two ladies, ,
took their 'places on the pilot,
The scenery was some of the grand-
est in the new world, but tho easterner
eoulcl not enjoy it. The two slender
rails in front held his gaze with a sort
�a--L^""r» Gaon, He could. riot- 10.0.15
away -from t.ze 1. iI0'i61t+'itrafA't'Tire
001110 .senna 01 ihseetlrity Anil terror
that gine re
Cl f Ile VClU sad.
.
flatly whilied Off into infinite to s
>
ace.
St ddan1 astho train roundedtd
a
00110,be taw. a haled ear on the track
ahead. His companions saw It 8t the
sante instant, A man Steal beside it
and Was waking deeperato efforts to
remove it from the rails, Ho got the
wheels oft; then, an the engine bore
d9vrn. upon bins, be eed.
`Tho engineer did not see the band
car at Onee, he was at the moment
looking at his gauges. W1011'110 diel
see it It was too mato for him to cheek
the speed of tbo train, Fie could only
lock on.
The hand ear was on the side of the
track nearest the lean from the east.
Ho bad an awful half minute, HIe
rose to his feet, not knowing what he
aid, and leaned far over in front or tbo
others, Ills eyes were riveted .upon
the hand car, • Ile saw nailing, reads.
ed nothb,g except its approach,
Tito engine strUelc the hand car with
territle fcree,-"nud time pilot lifted it
from the rails, It roiled up, ground
against the very piece where tbo east-
erner had been 'sill ins, t,lowed, a deep
groove in the lronil„rk nod then top•
pied over at the si•!.' .1' the track. •
Tae frightened ew'in, or act the
btalles an'q'r'Frougnt the Trtat'"to—A:
nte.ndstill. nle11 ono er the party WAN
r1an t0uc ad,
bu
t they
had
bed
Onoag riding onth0 eiIrdr
J
deed; it w'as the end of such riding
for others. Prom tont time 811 such
trips were strictly forbidden.
It Was two Fears before the man,
from the east could see a baud eau
even standing hurmlassly beside µ rail• •
Way track without turning faint and
dicey, -•-Youth's lompanion,
A Challenge,
Vf'hnt do you know about t the Iiali
electrochemical praduotlon of demi-
num; the Acheson process for manus
facturing carborundum, the Wilson
method of applying acetylene Indus.
trlally, the Lovejoy & Bradley plant
for the fixation of atmospheric nitro..
Berl , the Cayley Invention of the dry
air blast in iron making, tile Ilerres-
herr method of oleetrolyLic copl1es re-
lining, the Fraseh process for refining
crude oil? We feel safe in asserting
that the great majority of our reatlors
pould not nano offhand, mach leas de-
scribe, any one 'of these eight dis-
coveries. Yet they are basic steps in
our conquest of nature. Wo are all in-
debted. to them every day of our Tives.
—Collier's Weekly,
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