is P. B. Thibindean hus ré- tumned from « visit to Ontario.

Mrs L. “Puffer spent Christmas

with her parents in: Macleod.

Mrs. Collier and danghters have returtied froma Visif'to friends in the Visshod hic

The bavcnite Skating Rink open- ed on Tuesday night. for this sea- sén. The prices set: for season tickets are $5,00 for men, $3,50 for ladies and $2,50 for children.

“The “Mother Goose visit to Sante Claus Land” at the Presby- terian church ‘on Tuesday night was a highly successful entertain- ment. A latge audience was in'at- tendance and. all enjoyed it thor- oughly.

‘The Christmas tree. and enter. tainment held in the Methodist church on Monday. evening was highly successful. The children taking part.in the -performance were well trained for the occasion and acquitted themselves credit-

ably. ‘The’ performances of. the

elder utes’ were! also. exceedingly good. The church was will filled and rang with the hearty applause ofan appreciative audience.

MARRIAGE

Napper-McNaughton—At Swift “Current, Sask., ou Deo. 10th, by Rev. G. B. Mckinunon, Harriet B. -Me Nanghton to Gordon 4H. Napper:

‘Spring, Valley

Nomination -meeting ‘at the school house on Monday dan. 5, 1914,

School will be open on Tuesday, Jan. 6, with Miss Craig of Portage la Prairie as teacher.

Miss Rothnie left for Manitoba on Saturday expecting to eat Xmas dinner with her parents. She will be greatly missed as elie was a favorite with everybody.

The school. entertainment on Friday night was a huge success, There was a large crowd and a good programme ‘well tendered. Miss Rothnie had her pupils well drilled. There was also outside talez.t which was. highly . appreciated. The Xmas tree wag loaded with al! sorts of presents for therlittle folks.

Buca fetihrswho had bedn yu io-

ome op, Rytweday sloat, was buried at Lacombe i tiie . Whe) Wab"é pioneer of ‘thie -socating here ..iv .. 1900. Wave behind ‘to mourn her , 4 basbend, fonr sons aud She hdd reached

age of dine: three.

| terwa'ys Railroad will be _ turned

real start en the line from Edmon-

habilitated A,& G: W.

j geant-surgeon to ine King,: s | gton-in-ordinary.

lid for some time cwvap walled:.to:

‘ary to Queen. Victoria and, tbe

the virulent ire specialists of hig couhfry “by ut- tering a warning against the

Sees ba » oe 4

en ar ees 7 eee ny whet eps Say

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aimost constantly in ofler lo avoid Hide. surgeon, oa it it tall - ce toe He passed over the jura, my tot *to have to inde an the chain of mountains separating operation I should carefully g@-]France ftom Switzerland without lect one who. was not brilliant, Poeing able to see any landmarks, Hard work produces better fe} but recovered his sults than brilliancy.”’

Eminent. surgeons, declare they are living from ‘day to day on their reputations—always work.. ing at the highest poimt of ach- ievement. But what Sir Freder- ick is understood to be, hitting at is the growing habit of brilliant surgeons of advising operations on insufficient grounds whet big fees are assured.

Sir Frederick has retired from active practice, being past 60. For the past 14 years he has been chief surgeon to the British royal family.

st Sad. of -A.&6,. A&E, ea

Bamonton, Des: 26.—The firet sod.of the Alberta and Great Wa.

bearings on

wighting the Jungfrau, one cf the most faivous mountains of the

Swiss Alps, about half av hour be fore he caine to Berne.

Saturday ‘afternoon at a’ point north of .the Sturgeon river, east of St. Albérf’ at the Edmonton, Dunyegan and British Columbia crossing of the river. It -will be here that the junction of the two railroads witt be made in order that they may nse the same terminals and have one entrance to the city. _ Under the act of the last seg- sion of the Alberta Legislature, under which the A. & G. W. rail way was taken over by J. D Me Arthur who is building the E. D. & B.C. railway, it wae specifically required that a start in. construc- tion of the A. & G W.railway be made before Dec. 31st of this year.

The turning of the first sod to- morrow will not be in the nature of a technical start only. It is not Mr. MeArthur’s intention to delay actual constraction work,. A large force of men will’ be put to work in clearing the right of way of the line, which has already been lo- cated for ten miles. Supplies for next summer's work will also be taken in, thus providing employ- ment. for many:'men. .

Mr. McArthur ‘has adupted the the method of filling-plans with the provineiat department: of ruil. ways for each ten miles of the:line as the work proceeds.

This is actually the second time for the “first sod” of the A. & G. W. railway to be turned. In 1910, under the abortive contract with W. R. Clark, of Kansus City, » start was made on the line at a point near Battenburg on the Star- geon river, northeast of the city.

Latigation which resulted in the elimination of Clark then followed, and tomorrow will see the first

Edmonton Dec, 20.—There -was jgroat excitement at Camrose yes- terday afternoon when gas was struck in the well which is being bored by the International Suy p'y Company on behalf of the Camrose Natural Gas company. At a dep- th of 1,235 feet, which is two feet below the stipposed gas strata, a | tremendous volume of gas wes en-

Big Offer Made to Secure Pardon ° countered, the flow being estimat- «jed at half a million feet in twenty-

New York, Dec, .26; tine whe. four houre. : bia After the well had been capped, er E. ee business sticcessor tha gle: San Mishiol, che of Daniel Tolm ney lénd- ' " ‘ wk eves eee sie ae: ‘is reaching upwards for over twenty ie? 4 rf feet. Owing to the fact that by

months, is ready to surrender :

ith . |agreement the town cau take over oe pean an id we ae the franchise, there was great jub sink Xo ¢e - daily y is ilation in Camrose lust night. It : per oe on: MR is likely that, other wells will be father, is the statement made

drilled. as soou as the necessary Christmas night by Benjamin F, machinery cen be installed.

Spellman, counsel for Solman.|

Applitation for a st nae 1 Neda ie rath ee

made to Governor Glynn ‘Fues- |; : Sad Tragedy in Calumet

Mr. Spellman said that Elmer Calumet, Dee 24.—-Four score

E. Tolman was willing to meet persons, mostly children, were kil-

any conditions which the attorn-

ey-general might wish to impose. led tonight at a Xmas celebration by copper mine strikers in an Ttal-

In addition to surrendering the ian hall because of a needless pan-

flame

notes without reserve of any kind, he is prepared to have the state attorney draw up the pap- ers in case those which he had submitted should fail to meet his approval. Mr. Jr., agrees to close as many of his

ic caused by a false alarm of fire.

While several hundred miuers the chiklrea pressed eagerly towards the presents. Jn an instant aman put Lis. head iu at the door of the hall and yelled “Fire.”

taken ap

Tolman,

and their wives leoked on

ton to Fort McMurray. The first step in the actual com- mencement of operations by the re-

places of business as possible be fore January 1, and all of them by ‘May, 1914, should further ev- idence of good faith be desired; the applicant would be willing to have the pardon made condition all The notes in question affect 25,000 persons, it is said and most of them repre sent loans of about $20. This in debtedness weuld te cancelled in each instance.

staye to receive Christmas

railway company was taken on Wednesday when the provincial trvasurer’s de- partment received a cheque from J.D. McArthur for $950,000, be- ing the accrued interest at 31-2 per cent on $7,400,000, the pro- ceeds of the sale of the A. & G. W. bonds.

The cry was hall.

Everyoue started for the doors.

by those in the al upon the performance of The weaker ones were thrown to

the floof aud those behind tried to

promises made. climb over those uhead of them.

The stairway and other avenues of egress were blocked so cffectu ally that those inside could not get out aud those without could not get in to aid the crowd in the hall.

panic strickeu

Rouses Anger of Specialists

London, Dec. 26.—Sir Frederick Treves, one of the greatest living surgeons, Who bears among many high-sounding titles that. of ser-

It was some time before the panic subsided.

Swiss Aviator Flies Over Alps

Berne, Switzerland, Dec. 25- Oscar Bider, a Swiss aviator, made a successful flight across the Alps today, though for several hours he was unable to see his way because of the heavy fog which hnug oyer the mountains. The airman ar- rived here at 2:85 o'clock . this afternoon, after a journey from Bue, from which place he started at 9 a.m.

Bider said that after leaviu® the French aerodrome he ‘was foreed to maintain an altitude of 6,5000 feet

the hall by a few who had been eer the door, and had escaped an- hurt. and the work of clearing the hall

A crowd soon assembled,

was begun. The principal c¢xit was a narrow stairway al the back of the hall. When this bad been cleared of the bodies that fillud it to the top, and quick accounting had peen made, it wis fonnd that eveuty-four corpses had been pil- ed ap beside the hall building. It is thought a dozen others were carried away by friends,

The dead was piled up side by side, the girls numbering 37, boys 19° women 18, aud five men.

the om, and ‘formerlo oe

late’ King “Fdyard.“pas ‘provoked

of the eminent

brilliant members: ‘of his own at

fessiod of durgery. .. ©... “There is nd ‘person,’ says Sir

Fréderick, “of. whom’ | would

= to. affect an organization,

The alarm was spread outside

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Abolition of the Bar

Provincial-wide prohibition is

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in Saskatchewan. The govern-|

ment

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have consented to submit)

the question of the atolition of;

the bar to the clectors within a,

year. The time is not too long con- duct a winning educational cam- paign and arouse the Iethargic el- ements of the population so that not less than fifty thousand qual- ified voters will register their op-

inion. The meagre vote polled in

the case of the direct legislation!

bill serves as a forceful reminder

that the great majority of the

in a campaign apart from person- alitics and the superficial excite- To right principles the reform forces will have to

ment of a political contest.

and spectacular crusade if victory is

add a novel to crown their efforts. . More to expected but not less to be feared than the indiff- the many will be the spirited and thoroughly organiz- ed effort of the vested interests. Men who are depending for a liv- ing and their hope of worldly suc- cess upon “the traffic” will not stand idly by while their oppon- ents seek to ‘undermine them. Vhe trade is lucrative.: From the fortunes that have been easily made it will not be difficult -to gather an fund and

be

erence of

enormous campaign in a contest money is powerful. The Saskatchewan ex- periment will attract Dominiop- wide recognition.

the temperance movement are breaking with the principle of local option limited to small communities that has been followed with more or less

Leaders of

success for some years. ‘Abolish the Bar” has become the slogan of a provincial-wide campaign en- dorsed and led by,the Liberal party in Ontario. In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the same goal has been fixed apart from any po- litical afhliations, but the

latter the campaign is now given

in

a definiteness that should greatly

accelerate the movement.

Emigration Mania in Enoland

London, Dec. 21.— England faces rather a serious problem in what the board of Agriculture calis “The emigration wania.” Corres- pondents in Oxfordshire, Berk. shire, Devonsbire, Cornwall, Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, Wilt- shire and Hampshire blame the in surance act.

Eleven out of every twenty-one men ip one troop of yoemanry. in Yorkshire are now in Canada.

A Truro correspondent writes of 150 cases in Cornwall in six weeks

Devon are going iv the spring time. From Polle, Dorset, over two hundred have gour to. Canada ina year. From the Cauterbury district in Kent, alinost three hun- dred people have gone

lt

$1.00 PER YEAR

SETI TT OE OI er nr TU wn

(Horse Thieves Near

the goal of the temperance forces |

Stettler

Stettler Alta. Deo, 22- A band of horse thieves are at work iv the district north of Monitor and Vet- eran, and ranchers up in that die- trict have reported to the mounted police that they have altogether lost over thirty head of horses Yesterday fiifteen of these were re- covered near Monitor, They had been sold to farmers in the district. aod it is thonght that the others have been disposed of in the same

way and will be recovered.

The farmers, who purchased the horses said they were driven in that district by three men, who came from the north. These men’

iraid the horses were for sule, and electors are not easily interested |

the figure asked was such that they’ had not much difficulty of dispos- ing of them

The police here have a descrip- expect before long to have the thieves be- hind the bars.

Several hold-ups have-also been reported is this district, and it is

tion of the men, and they

| thought that the horse thieves are

also responsible for these. Ou Wednesday night, two brothers. named Smith, were driven some little way out of the town of Vet- eran where they were he'd up. by three masked men at the point of revolvers, aud told to hand over their valuables, The men gave their pocketbooks containing in the neighborhood of $200. They reported the matter to the police. and althuugh they could not des- cribe the features of the men, it is thought that the perpetrators were the horse thieves.

Tuspector Hefferman, of the lo- ci | police has despatched four con- stables to effect the arrest, which it is thought will have to be pulled off with every caution, as the thieves appear to be desperate men.

Bi Storm on East Coast

New York, Dec. 26.—Two men drowned in the Kast river and ten mu of the crews of two barges

wrecked ou the New Jersey coast,

iyiven up as lost is the cost in

human lives of of tne storm which swept over this city and vicinity early this morping.

Most of the property losses are due to bulkheads giving way to onslaught of the waves followed by a gale which at one time was 50 Two three-uaated burges whose crews have been

miles an hour.

given up as lost were in tow of the sea-going tag, Edward F.

While the storm was at ite the barges broke away and then drifted in shore midway between life saving stations 15 and 16, six miles.sout of Seaside Park, N. J At 9:30 this morning only’one of the barges was visible and-on it was the form of w men, It dieap-

| peared later. and some hundreds from North |

Heroic efforteon the part of the life saving crew have so fur failed to reveul a single survivor of the wreck. Two men drowned here were long-shoremen whose bowt wes caught in the srorm and swamped,

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fanely shrieking, séme @ilet refuge where lie can't hit-your trail;

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| She didn't cate for children,

young ba

“They are noisances,’ gald she,

You meet him in the hallways and | ‘rhey make an awful lot of work, #6 note

fn the clanging mart, and every where and always be brenk® your aching homrt; In vain you try to crash him, in vain you “pish” and “tush” bim, in vain you strive to bush him and beg him to departs»...

Tt is his Wild endeavor {and will till he’s dead) to tell you of the clever, bright things his Willie satd—his sweet, Precocious Willie... who drives .the whole world silly, He'll tel! you, willy nilly, till you are seelng ted.

“At breakfast time {his ° thorning,” the outcast parent si “without a bit: of. warning, my, Willfe ups and

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cries"= But ore be can unravel the ‘tale you hit the gravely with’ frantic |

eed you travel, in which yoii're-aure- + hie :

» Ailrdtigh ana dark and tilly the out. cast parent's road, His yarns of little Willie tf searcely can unload, for peo: ple turn their faces and bit the higher places when with his tales he chases forth from his grim abode. ;

So total is his blindness he does not understand why there’ no human kindness for him fn all the land. He wonders why we sliun him and show desire to gun him and sometimes try to. stun him with words that should be canned,

He finds the whole world chilly, and still he tries to tell the thitigs that lit- tle Willie gets: off so passing well. His game's not worth the candle; we hold him as a vandal and wildly yearn to handle an old dime “chestnut bell!— Walt Mason in Judge.

His Wich,

He had a faraway look. It was éy}- dent that he was the proprietor of on as- sortment of large dapple gray though

“What are you thinking of?’ bis wife asked re

“I'm just wishing,” he reptied,

t are you wishing?” she de. manded, for, as has been indicated, she was a woman. :

('m wishing I ‘were as great. and wise ‘and good find rich as you think K ought to be if I expect to be worthy

ef you.”—Chicago Record-Herald..

? Stage No * “Want time fn vaudeville, ech? Are

“What are you, then?

“Merely an actor.”

“An actor, eh? Well, I don't know. Actors are unusual in vaudeville, but the very novelty of the thing might make it a go.”—Pittsburgh Post.

Har, Har!

“What are you grinning about?” ask- ed Mrs, Gabb.

“At a department in this magazine headed “Woman's Talk,’” replied Mr. Gabb.

“Well, what's funny about that?” de- manded Mrs. Gabb.

“There is only a column of It,” grin- med Mr. Gabb.—Cincinnati Enquirer,

Obvious.

“Yon can't hang up your hat in this house, let me tell you,”

“Not very well while you are sitting on it.”"—Baltimore American.

BiG GRAGKS ON HAND AND FINGERS

Eczema for Three Years. Broke Out on Head in Scales, Itched and Burned Badly. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Cured.

Lyous Brapk, N. 8. — “I suffered with @czema for three years. It started on my hands firet in sores between my fingers and all over the paims of my hand and fingers were big cracks. Then it broke out on my head in scales. it itched and burned so badly 1 could not sleep. it was so itching and burning that I scratched and \ made sores and my hair came

out awfully bad. 4 did not know what !t was. “I was treated for a long timo and it did 1 gavo un my work for

meat ead thas cured me.’ (Signed) Mrs. P. J. MeKearney, May 27, 1913.

Not oaty are Outicura Soap and Ointment ost veluabic in the treatment of oczemas end other distressing eruptions of skin and ecalp, but no other emoilients do so much ples, biackheads, red, rough skins,

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of them for me.”

The training of an infant mind would surely interfere

With Ker ambitious visions of « wotable caredr.

She tatbed herself most modishly tin aff

slaved’ to. hor bills.

She won hy on earth she ever wed the stupid dap.

Heér only consolation was a session at the club, .

Yor theré she sensed a largér field brim full of strange delights,

A hundred -worlds,.ta. conquer when the women get their rights.”

A second Joan of Arc Was she whe couldn't bake ‘a cake, ‘

But who could marstal arinies when her country was ab stake.

The neighbors from her gossip hed a ros « _ pite of surcease While from the stump the advocated unk _. ¥ersal peace, With elogtiente her soul was fired. The women. folk went wild : To hear one tell of children's wrongs whe never had a chili,

. \

She spoke of loving sacrifice, of work she would perform, %

Whose husband scafcely ever ate a sup per that was warm.

She guaranteed to rid the earth of all ite present ills.

And what became of hubby? Why, he went on paying bilis.

~—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,

i Appearrnces Deceive.

A man lay groaning and writhing by the roadside when up dashed n_po licerman and proceeded to investigate, but all he could get out of the sufferers was:

“IT ate one, t ; I ate one, too,” and he was puzzieg, but not for long. < “Poison!” was his diagnosis, and, mindful of his trainipg, he at once

t8-'|. procured an ‘antidote, which simply

electrified the t. Between convulsions he managed te ask the reason for such treatment, nnd

on his being told and. asked what: it}

was he had eaten

he became more abusive. i :

“what did I eat?” yelled be. “Why,

you idiot, ‘I 812’ is the number of the car that knocked me. down!”—londoa Exchange.

Neo Doubt About It-

Chapple (on steamer in midocenn)~< Going over, old top?

Old Top—Yes. Are you?—Portiand Oregonian.

Old Saw.

Tramp—You know the sayin’, mum, “He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.”

Mrs. Stubbs—Very true. And since you speak of proverbs, I'll refer you te another old saw.

Tramp—Whicb one is that. mum?

Mrs. Stubbs—The one back in the woodshed.— Pathfinder.

Great Invention.

“Noddles ts the laziest man I know. He bas an Iavention fixed so that by merély pulling a wire In bed he can light the Ore; but that doesn't seem te improve matters.”

“Why not?”

“He's tov lazy fo ‘pull the wire."« Spokesman-Review.

Sure Proof.

“How can a girl be sure that a young man loves her?” ~-

“Ob, there are reliable signs. Now, my ‘eau stands for my father's stule stories and even for an oecasional touch."’—Louisville Courier-Journal.

Sure Enough.

“That man you just introduced mé to impresses me us one who knows how to keep his mouth shut at the right time.”

“Yes. Ho's trying to get used to lis new teeth.”—S8t. Louis Post-Dispatch,

When « Job Leoks Good.

“Brown is bragging about the good job he has now.”

“Yes, he started yesterday, You see, he basn't been ip It long enough to dis cover the work that goes with it."~ Detroit Free Press.

Against high Prices.

“I'm going to cell kisses at the chert ty bazaar. Deo you think §1 a kiss le too high?”

“Oh, no. People expect to be rubbed et these charity affaira”"—Pbtadelphig

> Raced a

Biina

Proudly: he | ed up to his be trothed and Par lh Rib. pocket a small moroteo case. Opening it, he took out 4 ring—a single diamona— and plated it on her fapering finger.

She looked at it, ~

It's very smali; she said, and not very brilliant, @ither, ugar His oot : vanished;

recovering mself, he laughed and said:

Ah, sweetheart, but ‘love ix -blind! we hér Timpid cyos to his, she 8 4

Yes, dear; but not stone ‘biind:

At the Durbar there appeared 200 old men, all that was left of the Se poys who remained loyal in the Mw tiny, to be reviewed Ls the Duke of

ught and the Viceroy. . Lor Kitehener, of course, was theré, and

he in silence at the line of q ing veterans. ‘ he turned to. a brother-officer

of high rank and said: I say. old let’s give these mena cheer! All ¥e- sponded to the call, and a moment-lat- er it, was seen that the tears ‘we standing in Lord Kitchener's yes.

: »°., Trembling Cities . . The heavy traffic near St. Paul's

Loadon, has shaken and cracked the

columns of the cathedral so seriously me

that the Government ,is considering tiggs-Yes, but it’s nothing to the

how. the vibrat cain be lessened.

trouble Pd have if I didn't All large cities, however, are in a

tate state of vibration. In pl e tte tee Mtenteatet ana meet GOOD MENON: | " FOR THE BABY

ingham there is nét a square inch’ of Baby's Own Tablets are the very

soil that ‘s perfectly. still, In so latge towns it has been found necess- ary, to insist. on iron draimage pipes) best medicine a mother can give her being used ingtead ef earthenware) little ones.- They sweeten the stom- ones. Thotigh embedded in concrete;) ach, reguicte the bowels; break | up the average -eartherware drainage} co'ds, promote healthful sleep — in pipe lasts only a few weeks uncraok-| fact they «re a ctre for all. minor ils ed. of little: ones, The mother may feel Some months ago Professor Inglé-| absolutely safe in giving them to her ton experimented in different parts of} children for they aro guaranteed by a London with a seismometer—the in-| government analyst to be strictly free strument uss” for mivasuring ¢azth) from all injurious drugs. ‘The Tab- quakes. He found that, though the lets are gold by medicine dealers or by trembling of the earth was naturally} mail at 256 cents. a box from Tlie Dr. less in the suburbs than in the»City,| Williams’ Medicine Co» ‘Brockville, and between t a.m. and 6 a.m. than! Oft. ; j at other parts of the day, the constant vibration was such 23 to make a sels- -mometer. in» Londcn ‘useless for its ‘Teal purpose of registering far-distan to earthquake shocks. : Of'recent years there has been somé

Briggs—-You must have a lot of trou- ble keeping your wife dressed up’ in height of le,

r

Tither aWy Would Do It would be nice if everything oneé uched turned to gold, wouldn't it? asked the dreamer, :

Yes: or if @veryone one touched talk of finding a frosh site for Green- é : * wich Observatory,-dwirg to the vibra- se thay over gchd, nlggested the dead

tions set up by the London traffic.

A Tip for Him . ffie Preacher—Do you know where little. boys go who fish on Sunday?

Exchange no. Robbery

eons hentpey Bre ‘been one: somewhat late at the office on Satur 4 day, and 60, without wasting ya'able| The Kid —Yes, sir; all us kids time gétting a meal, he Bought some| #round here go down ter Smylie’s currant;buns at a bakery set out| Tick below the bridge. . : for’ the football match immediately

On his Way back from ‘the matea therefore, he returned .to the bakery and made an indignant complaint; de- manding another bun Im place of the inhabited one. : '

Do you.belfeve \that money has germs on it? It may have. ‘What in the world. shall be do? Don’t, worry; it would take a mighty

you care to.return the fly, we shall.ne ‘ only too glad: to exchange it fer-a att ranty sok eke f Tie}

One Advantage “—" There's one consolation about the _—_—_ present drama. e

The Way Lots do it Aud What's tht? ;

A famous clergyman tells of a lay|. When I get old and ama grand- breachers’ conference in which a vet-| mother I don’t’ believe) my | grand- eran described his method of sermon} children will be able to take me to preparaticn. a play that will shock me.

I take my text, he said, and divide my sermon into three parts.“ In the| For Asthma and-Catarrh.—Ic is one first part I tell.’em what I'm going to| Of the chief recommendations of Dr. tell ‘em. In the sécoud part—well,| Thomas’ Eclectric Of! that it can’ be I tell ’em. : 2 *em what I’ve told ’em.

as it can outwardly... Sufferers from asthma and catarrh wil] find that the

Confession Oil when pare rrinedaad ape eres eey : _| will give immediate relief. | .Many Ticket Collector (after heated argu scorers. from Chase: ailsbats “hava

eee aa, coral Rave to pay for! round relief in the Oil and bave sent “Mother—No, but if he hadn't got} testimonials. a new suit on he'd be under the seat.

Well, well, said Dr.. Bigtill, as. he

Not so Classy met a former patient on tae street, I'm

First old Friend—Hello, old chap,| $!@4 to see you again, Mr, Brown. how are you? How are you this morning?

First doctor, said Mr. Brown cau-

ae ° wo Log ee Sane Bow ate tiously, does it cost cnythirg to tell F.Q.F.—Steerage. you? -

\ Paris, when a street car is full they put up a sign, ‘Complet’ (Full), and afterward they won't let Anybody else get aboard. Jawhawker had just returned from the Ville Lumiere and a friend asked:—Did ycu see a good deal in Paris. my boy? Yes, sir, said he. I saw every place but one,

Those whom many men ‘ove, dye young.

WIFE WON Husband Finally Convinced

Some people are wise enough to try new foods and beverages ang then gen- - erous enough to give others the benefit} #24 that was Complet. Every time of their experience. A wife writes: I tried to get out to Complet the durn-

“No slave in chains, it seemed to me,| 4 C878 were full. was more helpless than I, a coffee cap- tive. Yet there were innumerable warnings -~ waking from a troubled sleep with a feeling of suffocation, at ‘imes dizzy and out of breath, attacks

Some people will accept a ride in a buggy. cnd no matter how steep the hill , how heavy the load, or how tired the horse, never Bh acirap thes getting out

af to walk a bit, bt there wey stick a on of the Beart tliat fright to the bitter end. This sours many a

(Tea is just as injurious as coffec| 004hearted driver. because it contains caffeine, {h> same mE, oF drug found in coffee) . The Careful Walter

“At last my nervous system was so} “Gent.--ls there any soup on the bill disarranged that my physician ordered} of fare?

‘no more coffee. J capituldted. . Waiter—There

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brown liquid with a rich snappy flay-| Put down in a land contract. You may

our similar to coffee. When cream| Ml a dozen sheets of paper and put in and sugar were added, it waz not only| all the little points thaf can be known good but delicious. or mentioned. but honesty of purpose

“Noting itg beneficial effects in me|im-you or in your proposed tenant can

wag, Sir, but I wiped ’

Brethren, some things vever can be

the rest of the family adopted it—all| mot be written down. That is a thing except my husband, who would not ad-| of the heart. and ff the heart is right mit that coffee hurt © him, Several! you can leave & gocé dea] out of the weeks elapsed during which I drank; paper. Postum two -s three times a day,

when, to my urprise, my husband A pedometer is something we carry said: “J have @acided t> drink Postum»| on our person to register how far we Your improvement is so apparent—you| hate waked, but most wives are more

have such fine color—that J propose to| interested in obtaining a contrivance

give credit where credit is due." And; to show where we have been. now We are coffee-slaves no longer.” Name given by Canadian Postur Co., Windsor, Ont. Read “The Road|reising window-sbades, . self-raisin to Wellville,” in pkga. Postum now comes in two ferms: : Regular Postum—must be boiled. farm is a contraption to. raise _ the wder.} small boy early enough in the yYina eup of hot water and wit

be get Lis face was in cream ard] breakfast. wie a sugar, makes a delicious

etantly. Grocers sell. both argue bed . Bes

dumb-waiters, anu whamot; but one

instant Postum is a soluble A teaspoorful dissolves qui

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tj about’ two hours, Josiah said it. was

I'm sorry. sir\-aiid the saleswoman, ecttyq germ to hop from the money }’ with ‘a bewitching smile, but that, 1) you during’the short time that you am afraid, is impossible, . However, if keep hat you get. me

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In the third part I tel used internally with as much success]

There ig self-raiging buck-wheat, gelf- the things that is most needed on me. . pectabiity Ube wother of con}:

They were epen of mike condi: tions along varions lines oe: th night — a i age ie baseball magna as réminded of } in Gothen: cate of an incident

e dime since, aecording to the story toll by the magnate, a prosper- clic Ja apiabiog Gr aati a oe

ion an stantial dinner. bat UPA

When the layout finally arrived the diner gave it a critical examination, ea then imperatively called the wait-

Look here, waftet! he exclalméd in & latge-Bized vole, do you remember what fF ordered just now?

Yes, sir: answered the waiter, glahe ing from the man td the bash layout. you ordered spring chicken ard ‘74 port, sir.

Exactly, responded the diner,-in- a cold. crue] voice, and you save brought me spring port and .'74 chicken.

~ ‘ An qmusing scene was witnessed in a Cincinnati machine shop recently on the occasion of the retirethent after a service of thirty years; of a valued And faithful employee. In congidera- tion of his long and faithful service, the ¢combany had arranged to give him a monetary recognition. .and: it fell to the lot of the superintendent. a German, to. male the presentation speech. This is how he did it:

Gtistave, you. have vorked for dis company over thirty years, yes?

A bow from the expectant recipient of..the purse.

Und you are going to-quit, yes?

Another and lower bow.

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Uncle Josh Windless and wifé from Posey countv, Indiana, took a trip to Chicago. They. were walking ‘un State street. holding hands... After thev had butted their way throueh the crowd for about six blocks, . Josiah said, Samanthy Hickins, quit. ‘your ‘pulling back, and come on. She said: I will not go ‘another step. till the crowd gets by. After waiting for

the longest procession he ever saw.

Well, my son. said a good-natured father to’ an ‘eight-year-old son the oth- er night, what have you done today ihat’miny be set down as a good deed?

Gave a poor ‘boy. a ‘penny,, replied the hopeful. ae’ oe Ps

Ah, ah, that was charity, and char: ity: is always right, He-was an. or- phan boy, was he? "

I didn’t stop-to ask, replied the son. I gave him the money, because he was going to Jick me for upsetting. his

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man. . Yep: best farm band 1 ever. had. Sho! What was the mattor? Nothin’ John’s a’German, you know,

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How long

Punctured

The altornsy for the gas company was makipg . :opular address. ~

Think of the good the gas company has done! he cried.- If I were per- mitted a pun, I would gay, in the words of the immortal poet, Honor the Light Brigade.

Voce of a consumer from the aud- ience, Oh, what a charge they made.

The first kiss is always forced and unvatural. Kissing, like violin play- ing, requires much practice.

Women are not so Coarse as men; they never tell you to go to the devil, they generally lead you there.

Harry—Why do you roll your own cigarettes?

William~i must take some exercice you know, -

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Domestis Economy

Father was of an économical turn of mind, and hated extravagances with all his heart. He * <d since the earlier days tried to instil ideas of a. similar nature Into the brain of:his snigll son aged eight. ; x

His grief was terrible to see whon one day he came upon the budding economist stuffing himself with a slice of bread generously covered, with a layer of butter which was surmount ed by a young mountain of jam.

My _boy,:aid he sadly, though se verely, surely . you do noi realize’ what you are doimg; yet you ought by now, to comprehend the wicked ex: travagance of eating butter and jam together. R

—

Why, I'm being most. economical, .

father! replied the young _ hopeful. Don’t you see tha’ I'm making the same slice of bread do for both? ~~ .

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A well-known viciinist is, the father of. two Jovely, and intelligent children. The Other day he overheard a conver sation between the two.tn which they - were trying to recall the first names. of all the nag opera. singers, What - is Cruso’s_ first. %i he: heard. the younger ask. Jon't you’ know? re- plied the other ih a disgusted tone, Why, it’s Robinson, of course! .'". State of BS cit of Toledo, ss goa oath that he

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Husband-—What letter? :

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Husband—Y es. Here it is. Its your dressmaker’s bill. .

Teacher—Johnny, name the states,

Johnny—There’s the state of Penn- sylvapia, the state of New York, the state of matrimony, the state of the mind, and the state of the weather,

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% > * “What makes, Fok. Gand, 6n one*foot and move your shoulders in that way? ed the snipe.

ell, replied the crane, there’s no ance of my léarning.to sing, po I’m cticing to see if I can't becomesa ssic dancer. , ; :

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a poem

A Firé Alarm He declared he btirned With love for Lucy. 3" 3 What happened? Her father put him out.

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She Knew — a shouldn't think golf is much exer- Be, , Isn't it! Why it makes the boys so strong in the arms you can hard- ly breathe

The Difference

“Old Gentleman—I wouldn't make

such Atl 2 Phe little man. 8 Boy (with difficaity) — You

would if you. knew this woman was

going to kiss you.

.Time after time have I seen inherit- ed lands or money bring the recipient to ‘poverty, debt and the poorhouse; but money. earned by honest labor, and wisely invested, stayed for a comfort in old’ ee. /

‘ar better a barren farm with pure

r, than the dirty, noisy city, where no

one cares if you starve to death: Buy

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g ds of Women &Stffer from! «backaches, dizziness, Suor and nervousness. Few rea that their misery all comes ftom ff J bad staie of their btood.. They : one thing for their. head another their stomach and a third for the’ nerves. . And yet all the white it isi simply their blood that isthe cause of all. thé trouble. Dr, Williams’, Pink Pills will cure because they adt ually make new, ric> red blood, whic reaches every organ and every ner in the body, carrying with it a ne health And new strength. Mrs. Wew Acorn, Charlottetown, P.R.1.. says ‘Before I began the use of Dr. Wile Hams’ Pink. Pills T was one of the most) miserable women living. For more than three years I lives - life of cote stant dread. I was taking weak spell@ so that I could not be left alone. Ifh walked from one room to another my" beart would palpitate so violently that’ I feared I would di’. 1 was contin ually sending for the doctor, who told me I had no blood -nd that my nerves were shattered Notwithstanding hig, treatment I did not get any better. “I could not keep anything on my stom- ach, and the least thing would ma

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ieir irksome Imposition, Five mMitnutey later the teacher re- turned to see how they were getting m, and found a heated argument fh rogress. Come, come! What's the matter now? , Whereupon one of the boys burst Into tears. Taifi't fair, mum! he gasped. H name's Tim Bust. and .nine's Alexan- der O'Shaughnessy.

she asked,

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The Waitér’s Pricc

It was at a banquet, where a notable gathering of politicians had assembled. A certain aspiring young barrister was among the number, and ag he spied an influential judge at the far end, he called the head waiter, slipped half- a-crown into his hand, and whispered: Put me next to Judge Spink at the table.

When the time came for the guests to be seated, he found to his astoufgsh- ment that he was at the opposite end to the judge.

He called the head plain,

Well, sir, replied ’

waiter to e€x-

oficial, the fact

Miller’e- Wotm ‘Powders will dtive}Came so bad that I had to be liftett} is that the judge gave me five bob to worms from the system without injury | like a child, and th. pain was almogtj?"t you as far from him as possible.

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unbearable... I was in this deplorable condition Wh.n my husband read of

Help for Asthma. Neglect gives

The trou-

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cause they promptly kill the worms that cause the pain, and thus the suf- fering of the child is relieved. With

so sterling a remedy at hand no child| twelve boxes, anc I can trul, say they} cases of asthma cf

should suffer an hour from worms.

A New Type Lewis Cass Ledyard was talking in

\New York about @ muckraker of, a

new type.

I've never heard any good of him, he said. Even ‘when I thought I heard’ a word in has favor, it has al- ways proved the opposite when trac- ed to its source. i * It’s like the case of the office boy whose mastér said:

Willie ig slow and sure.

Slow and sure, eh?

J ¥ed, slow to learn and surgito for- get.

EVIL EFFECTS OF ~~ CARELESS EATIN

When depressed, blue. bilious and out,of sorts ;you may attribute this ‘condition £6) poison in the blood, re- sulting from careless eating—eating too much, eating too quickly or eating what does not agree. - :

dozen boxes I felt much better, at could go about the house. I kept on taking the Pills until I had used

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Some men are smart; some men ave dumb, ;

) Some men lack cofimon sense, 4%

| While: some will borrow. trouble, some, Won't even take offence.

An amatet) ‘can start a love affair with a Womah, but it takes: a connois- ‘Seur to break on: off.

“Whis' isa great’ age. What has’ strick “you now?

fastens its grip on the bronchial pas- Sageg tenaciously. Dr. JD. Kell- ogge’s Asthma Remedy is daily curing long standing. Years of suffering, however, might have been prevented had the remedy been used when the trouble was in its first stages. Do not neglect asthma, but use thig preparation a‘ once.

Queer Tricks of Memory

Tn later life Emerson’s memory play- ed him some strange tricks. James Cabot, his blosraphor, says that he niet him one day in the streets of Bos- ton apparently’ at a loss for something and asked him where he was going. To dine, ‘said Emerson, wit) an old friend. I know wherc she lives but I hove you won't ask me her name. Then he went on to describe her as ths mother of the wife c’ the young man—the tall mar—who speaks 80 well. -nd Bo on until Cabot guessed to whom he was referring. This failing led to a pathetic scene at Longfellow’s funeral, After gazing long at the

face of his lifelong friend as he lay in his coffin Emerson said to a bystander, ».ethat gentleman was a gweet, beautiful

The fac; that 30 many doctors ure} soul, but [ have ont!rely forgotten his

successful without ~ whiskers waen’t so thirty years ago. Sea aeeee,

It! name.

What fortune has Miss Polly?

For three or four days there are} InJife things are not what they s¢em, |, She says her face is her fortune.

looseness of the bowels, fickle appe tite, acute indigestion and all-gone feelings. fficiency.is lowered, busi- ness deais are spoiled, ple.sures are interfered with, and the sick spell may prove dreadfully expensive to you. By using Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pillg"@s oon as, trouble is apparent such an attack may: be“eut short, ‘and regular healthful acticw cf the digest- ive o.gang quickly restored. Ne treat-

‘mept ‘so promptly. cleatises the filter-

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Pen, Chisel and Brush

Senor Gamboa, Mexican minister of foreign affairs, is not only a diplomat, but an autbor of distinction. He is a novelist, publicist and writer of mem- oirs, and one of his best known works is his extensive memoirs of his diplo- matic career.

Charles Grafly, selected to model the statue to the pioneer mother as the central figure of the fine arts de- partment of the Panama-Pacitic Inter- national exposition, is a native of Phi adelphia and has been awarded num- frous exposition médals for his worly

A. G. Watt, the distinguished Brit ish painter, is a medalist of the Royal Tostitute of Painters in Water Color. Tlis recent painting, now in the ‘pos- session of the Ruke of Portland, last year won the diploma of honor, open to all Europe, for the best pictures of flower gardens.

A friend of Sir Walter Landseer. who acconipanied him to Kensington museum on the first occasion of Its ex- hibition by:ga! t, relates that Land- seer stopped ‘8 before’ his large pieture, ‘A Visit to, Waterloo,’ I must have been, mad when I! painted ‘that; he said; and walking up to the picture he placed his hand over the part which had. attracted criticism, An attendant policeman shouted his polite caution: Now, then, take your hands off, there! My man, said Sir. Bawin, | was merely remarking how bad that.was. ‘Then why don't you go and do better? said the police- man; who had no idea to whom he Was speaking.

At the feast of the virtues, it wag nesessary to introduc. Gratitude to Generosity, for they -had never met hefere. pn f

Impossible

Bilence id gold, isn't it?

Of cour >.

Then I.wish they would invent so new kind of dentistry that could fil a woman’s mouth with it,

Talked a Lot I never say all that I think, she rey marked. ’ Then, he replied, being unwilling to Bony the chanee, you must think an a 1 jot.

= Some people speak the truth only to hurt others. ———E To ask for seorecy ig to suggest that there ise something to reveal.

There’s many a crooked) deal,’

And many a mah Wears ant auto cap

Who .asn’t an automobile.

ceri ncpeeipamanemsagit tle wore a neckt'e flaming red, The bull wae in the lot,

Ob, He came down all right, all right! The cross cenotes the spot. Wife—I really belisve nox. that you

only murried me because | have

money. ; i Hubby—I didn't. T married you be: |

cause I thought you'd let me _ have}

some of it.

You are my «ll, the lover vowed, And then —it is to laugh—

The girl who was his all, he begged To be his better half. !

You seem to be very intimate with | the Digbys. I didn’t know you had met them.

I haven't met them. their dressmaker.

1 patronize

Aye, money taiks, as you can see I heard it on the fly. The only thing it said to me Was simply, ‘Sir. goodbye!’

Lost

Amos Pinchot (and probably others) ! tells this story: |

In the war I fought and bled for my country, said the old general, and lost | all I bad, save honor. And when the war was over I went into politics and | lost all I had saved in the war.

He who is satisfied with a little nev-| er gets much more, be it religion, crops, or money.

Americans do not think for them- selves—still lesa fov others. They pay | Europeans to do) their thinking for, them.

If earthquakes had any spirit of ac- commodation they would leave the) Isthmus of Pan*ma alone, after ne glecting to dig a canal themselves. |

The Paris scientist who promises a great improvement in domestic refrig | eration had better put that off until next summer and look after the heat- er. .

— |

The University of Pennsylvania has) imported a twelve toa spliing «from Egypt instead of patronizing home in- dustries and buying a statue of Con- nie Mack.

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of the bowels is an absolute neces

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or griping. Use De. Indian Root Pills’

© it decay

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Well, it hag too many bad features to make a good investmen’.

You're @ mean old indian giver, Said Genevieve to Jacl, For every kiss you give the You insist cn taking back. Len—Sweetheart, I canno;: my emotions for you. Marion—-Why don’t you try the par- cel post?

express

Ada was asked 'f she believed in the divining rod.

Certainly she rep.ied. Look at the hot water we found w'th the twig of an apple tree!

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Ata recent election a ready auswer securcd Ohe WOMan Cauvasser a vote for her party. She had fluently ad- vanced several reasons in favor of her candidate to a grumpy elector, who told her she could talk the hind legs off a donkey.

Well, she replicd, it would give me much more pleasure to drive you to the polling place than to the hospital.

The retort go tickled the voter that he promised to support her side.

A genticmau who had been spending a holiday at a Scottish seaside village noted for its golf links, aiilked one of the caddies if be got muck carrying in the winter time.

Na, sir, na, replied the caddie. in the winter time. Ye see, it is this way. If it’s no sna’ it’s frost; if it’s na frost it’s sna’; if it’s no Bna’ nor frost, it’s rain; if it’s no rain, it's wind; an’ if its a fine day, it’s the Sawbath!

Love speaks in two languages—one with the lips and the other with the eyes.

Father's Dilemma

How's the family? a fond parent asked.

Well, my children are at a difficult age now.

Difficult? Why they're all passed

the measles and tecthing stage, have they not?

Long ago. By yo y' how £ father’s frouthes eae ren are at the age where if I used slang my wife says I'm setting a bad example; and if I speak corre¢tly, the kids think I’m a back number. Which would you do?

Burning the midnight oll isn't bad if it ie im the way of honest businegs; but if it is over the card table or wine supper, then it is all wrong.

old saying that little girls should be

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eeean erwin

‘part of where. the 7 certatn thureh comateat- ed to eee for it. your Being to

to ask for rain.

Ith be pretty ktrong.

e Wore his ratncoat and took hoes and his oldest umbrella, ‘t rain!

tche brought back a much mbrella shan the one he took

No; better away.

Poor Pat Father—You must know, sir. that My daughter will get nothing from me until my death. Suitor—Ih,. that's ail right! I have

enough to live on for ‘two or three | years! . More Noise °

I'm going to start an anti-noise ag- sociation, sald the ma: who Is always promoting somethi.

How will you go about it?

Well, the first thing is to get the public intoreste:l. 1 have already |

engaged half a dozen speakers and a brass band. , en How the Stare Rah

An old German was in the witness box the other day ond a lawyer whs cross-examining him as to the posi- tion of the door, window, and 80 forth in a house, where a crime had been committed.

And now, sir, went on the lawyer, kindly describe to the court just how the stairs run in that house,

The old man looked dazed and scratched his head for a few minutes. How the stairs run? he repeated.

Yes, if you please, how the stairs run? sald the lawyer. :

Vell, ventured. the witness slow- ly, vin I am oop-staira they run down, and ven I am @own-stairs they run up.

—_—

An Old caw Maude—She’s such a Quiet little person that I’m surprised te_hear she is wearing a silhoute skirt. E-dna—Perhaps,she believes in the

seen, but not heard.

An Englishman cn holidays, was driving around the county Tipperary one wa"m day, when he came across a farmer setting potatoes. Thinking of having a joke with him, he began:

Well, Pat, what are you planting?

Praties, sir, said Pa..

Do you think potatoes will come up? asked the Englishman.

Of course, saiu Pat.

Why, I set onions last year in our

garden and carrots came up, said the|>

Englishman.

Oh! said Pat, I set an acre of tur- nips last year in that fleld over there and do you know what came up?

No. replied the Englishman.

Mike Murphy's old black donkoy,

Honesty Teacher—Henry, can yo: define a hypocrite? at Henry—Yessum. It is a kid wot are to school wid a smile on his ace, :

Remembered Him Did your uncle remember you when he came to make Lis will? Yes. » He remembered me g0 well that he ieft my nam: out altogether.

Then znd Now Before I married my wife I could

Hsten to her voice for hours and hours, And “ow?

Now | have to.

An Exception Does like always produce like? Of course. Then why is poor health produced by rich food?

Back H jaded ‘ Is he a man you can trust? I should say ‘e was. You can al- ways trust him for everything he gets if you want to.

My son, said the father, who was somiewhat addicted to moralizing, this! is the age of specialties and special- ists. Is there anything you can do better than any one else in the world?

Yeth, thir, lisped the small boy; I can reud my own writing.

A Definition Gceorgle—What's a@ faith curist, dad? Dad—He’'s a fellow who von’t take

his medicine.

‘

Dear me, Uncle Bplraim! she ex- clafmed. as she net th’ old gendeman in the hallway, you don’t lnow how surprised I am to see you. Did you travel all the way from Vermont alone?

Naw, he replied, Ceeply offended at the question, as he put his carpet bag down. There were forty or fifty peo- ple on the same train,

Natural Supposition

Johony, tho teacher asked, can you tell me anything about Christopher Columbus?

He discovered America.

Yes. What else did he do?

I suppose he went home znd lectur- ed about it.

Many a time have I listened to the plaint of men: Ah, if I could only work as 1 did once, when well and strong! But John Barleycorn stole away their strength, health and wealth, and left them nothing worth owning.

A boy of sixteen has far etronger feelings and a flercer temper than when he gets to be sixty; and then— in hig youth—ig the time to exercise contro! of it himself. lt is wrong for

others tp tease or anger him for css

fun of it.

It is supposed to bea mark of polite ness to say: Ob, come right in; never | mind the mud!! This is an insult to the housewife, and adds to her labor. ,

Better say; Here's the broom and a} purine eye

chip; clean those shoes well.

Great people ehould not be worried by small debts

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The Chauffeur to the Rescue

When the young physician's motor ear reached the scene of the accident there was nothing to do; all the vie tims had been so slightly hurt that they were able to walk home. The young doctor was keenly disappoint- ed, but his chauffeur spoke up cheer- ingly; Never mind, doctor. I'll ron dow: some business on the Way home

Her Yearning She—Do you love me as much when you are absent from me? He (fervently)—I love you darling. She—Oh, why car't I be with you, then? -

more,

There wag a young map, vain of his accomplishments a8 a preacher, who after officiating at a certain service for a Scottish minister who occasionally had to avail himself of the assistance of probationers, was met by the old gentlemun with extended hands as he descended from the pulpit. Expect ing high praise, he said: No complt ments, I pray.

Nay, Day; my young friend. said the parson, nowadays I’m glad o’ apy- body.

Julia, you have the prettiest mouth in the world, sighed young Van Win kle.

Well, she replied, if mine is the prettiest then yours comes next.

And it came.

There is real pleaeure in owning fine stock, well fed; but scrub stock and ugly fences give the farmer that tired feeling which detracts from success.

A friend writes this wise sentence which all parents sLould note and act upon: Instead of ‘conning dead lang- uages and the memories of sentimental literature, the study of nature shouvl@ be substituted,

At Last

So Miss Lorena Liugerlong ta to be married at last’ Yes, she has finally lived down all

competition. ETS Ey

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50c.

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a da ae one of ‘ite most. “precious Loans wete avoided as fur. aa Yow sible, and when they were required, such was the confidence inspinéd by Hon, Mr. Fielding’s methods, that he was able to, negotiate loans at rates varying from 24 to. 8} per

be

eee demonstration that same

EWE, pees Aye

RED CRE ae

Selina Sak Siokny ol Sam Hoghes that Lt. Col. Balder- this “Week sbiala be’ ‘eutitled’ t '| son’ in daring to run in Sonth Lan-|- ‘a similar rates becatise of its nate ark as an Independent Conserva- tive candidate had forgotten both |Comvitions,wrch, aa mp, gfe the divcipline of the snilitia and of | uryes, together with its ine the Orange order, and prospective increase in a The Sonth Lanark episode, after| He submitted that. writer pre two yeara of Conservative adininis- conditions the game states oh

tration was pitiful in Comnparieth) prrvail trom Fort Willines west s yy

Mr. M. 4 ope ik: ©., is not only a prominent’ lawyer, but an

2 is r Wilfrid Lauries taid down his| old Parliamentarian and for 60

public wae platform of free food in the follow- years was Assistant General Cun. [9

modest demands, on. ‘the. money market that. whetted a Rope of the’Britisi investors, Canadian credit thus stoo until the defeat of the il mt in 19H. It has. 1¢ Borden govern

oak high |

a the poorer-classes of the ‘commun.

BOV- fy

ol the mothers, for the children; we

7 peel forthe G. T. Ry. Co. He baahs ee “It the tarift were reduced; us 1 had lots of. experience: in railroa” propose to-do, we woukl take away legal work and is practically qnalie} § fied to understand coviditions:

ity. It does not -affect-eo much| During the final debate in par] those who sit at this board, but it|liament last June on the propo

We are fighting for the wives, for “The granting of such subsidy and |

mab office with loud protesta- dire Hititiog.bveu ‘fox Sou able the receipt thereof, shall be anb-|

tions: of‘eeonomy pnp ge

ceasant deebed fox’ Joane... Where}

= bodied men, who, with reduced wa- | Jct to. the condition that woh | ote nod |

have to face the coming of a|/companies within two. months from |, Gold Canadian winter.” the date of the passitig of this Ao® Sir Wilfred further referred to} submit to the Board of Railway

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Hon, Mr. Fielding’s offerings. were the splendid work of the tariff.com- weleomed as opbettunities for mission after the election of his

sound, invéstiiong « aid, sold, at 8) Geet government ‘of 1896 and de- premium, Hon aaa White's latest olared:

Commissionérs for Canada a ached. |

ule of traffic rates ‘apon ‘the. lines!

of such -companixs,. now or

std tht theca

referred to it as “The biggest fiaspo that has. been seen fora long time past in “any. part of {he world” The London Morning Post was an even sharper critic, declaring that the Canadiat Finanee Minister had so clouded. his financial methods that the English lenders could not tind Out''the real standing of the Canadian Government debtor. It is further intiniated that Hon. Mr White had first tried to borrow $30-. 000,000, but was brosquely told that he had dipped.into the loan maiket too often and had better curb his appetite by at least $10, 000,000. As a. result when the Vanadian foan was put on the market the British investing pub-

lic bought just $3,400,000 worth. |

The balance of $16,600,000 remain. ed on the hands of the underwrit- ers who will have to carry this mass of undigested securities until the public buys them. And this, with a Canadian Government loan at 4 per cent, which was placed with the underwriters at 97!

LEADER AND LIEUTEN- ANT

Two notable events have occur- red in the political world during the past week. Chief of these was the great Libera) demonstration at Montrexl in honour of Hon. W. 8. Fielding as Chief Editor of the Montreal Daily Telegraph, and his chief, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with the latter's reiteration of the Liberal policy of free food and the duty: of the Government to reduce the cost of living.

Interesting in a different manner was the incursion of three of Mr. Borden's Cabinet ministers in an

effort to end the Tory family quar- relin South Lanark. This latter was made rewarkable by the ap peal of Hon. Mr. Foster that “The. Borden Government has not yet

’ a “] will tell you what we" “would after to be ) donstructéd, —

‘Minister of Trade and Commerce, ‘the Minister of Customs, the Min-

| umpbantly returned to power

Mr. Fielding ‘sea doit be were|same a8 now are spelt to the | in office. He would go on as head | lines of the said companies in. the of a commission, on which’ the] Provinces of Ontario and Quebeo, except in so far and:to such extent

fster of Lebor would sit, and they|*” as to the said Ruilway Sompaanien |

would go all over the country from may be able to ‘establish tigher |; Halifax to Viétoria investigating cost of operation of such lines west the situation, asking: the’. producer of Fort William) “and -the “said to give testimony, askiig the work-| schedule shall be subject to the| ing men to give testimony, =nd authority und control of the. said |

asking the manufacturers of every Boord: af Rallway~Uomsoianonees'

large city to find what would be the best means of reducing the to be revised and adjnsted by them

tariff, 80 a8 to bring down the cost |” acecrdance ‘with the foregoing of living, and’ doing no injustice to provision.”

abybodyi:: WeMEY gikie it betore,|: °> te Just demand wan. promplly ae voted down by the solid Govern- We can do it again.

Hon. Mr. Fielding trenchantly eiilidly for.it

criticized the present government Had the Government accepted for ite vacillating inaction and rid-| the Liberal demand that Macken- iculed their course in waiting to! nie and Mann should give a fair see what the new American tariff} quid pro quo for this $15,009,000 would do before daring to under-

take-any: tari ‘sale for Shen. we taken out of the present pro-

acted proceedings before the

"| mént, forces, the Liberals voting as |;

gift, much of the sting would have;

4 oe} 1 ‘ty

taesdiahest: Company

for ee ina ] and. private funds to ‘ial

Agent for National Trust Company, Ltd. aan Netherlands. ‘Transatlantic Mortgage Company

“INSURANC

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' Fire saacraliies Pisved on tanh and tow buildings ei convene

at lowest. possible rates.

Agent for the Quebec Fire Assutaitee ©

Co., the-German American Insurance Co., the Centaal Canada Insurance Co.,-the Acadia Fire Insurance Co. and the: American: v4

A NA DIA ray Pod > ite =

al ¥ Gentral Insurance Co, | does affect very closely the artisan, | to present Mackenzie and Mann)

the mechanic, the clerk, the-clergy-| with a subsidy gift of over $15 ,000,.] Rs ban, the professor, the teacher, 000, Hon. Frnk-Oliver moved—|'

: EXCURSIONS ‘ i "

Baily Dee. 1 to 31| ge P

First ‘¢lags: round trip fares from; Lacombe to

Toronto, Hamilton, Sarnia, Windsor

Montreal, Ottawa, Believille, Kingston... .

“St. John, Moncton

orresponding fares from other ae to stations in ‘Ontario, Que- , and Maritime Provinces.

‘Return limit five months; stop| * over and extension privileges.

*

Booklet of information from any Canadian Pacific Ageut:

selves.’ That Mr. Fiejding would iis Commission in the effort |.

not reset upon his laurels but gol i gecare by legal means justice

forward with his leader to fresh| which the Borden Government has victories wasshown by his ringing | refused to the West. declarution-—"We are living in a

new century; a century in which} BODY OF WOMAN FROZ- new conditions are arising. It is EN IN ICE

It is the , Minneapolis, Dec. 28.-—Standing

age in which the great mass of | like a piece of statuary in the ice,

the aye of a democracy.

people in this country is going to| the body of a well dressed woman was found in the Mississippi river this morning, within helf a block of the huge municipal Christmas tree. She bad evidently jumbed It was throughout a splendid] ¢.0., the high bridge: She wos a demonstration by a party now in| blond, aged about 35, regular feat- Opposition, and from first to last} ures, expensive clothes. Half the

make a charge, and the worker is going to demand a Jarger share of the fruits of hie labor.

it tingled with the living sense of | body was frozen into the ice, and j

vo the other balf was above. . She had broken through the ice ia her

}mad leap. that whenever the people should | silks.

a party 89 clcsely in touch with

le that no doubt could be felt thie ; Sbe wore fure and

be called upon they would be tri-| frozen that firemen had to chop it j out with axes.

The body was so firmly!

Enquire regatding through tourist sleeping cars.

Special fares iu connection witb Atlantic sailings November 7 to December 31.

EXCURSIONS TO UNITED STATES

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DAILY DECEMBER 1 TO 31

Low firet' class rourid trip fares’ to pointe in Miunesota, Illinois, Mis- souri, Nebraska and Wisyonbin. Fullest information from Local Agent or

R. DAWSON,

District Passenger Ageut, Oulgary

“Pood anal Sale _ Stables _

- Rigs at regaoastio: rates,

6 a short notion: Horses bought and sold ©: ~~ a. w. GARNER, Pepe

PETES ETEOEEEETE

Phone 143

IT. PAYS TO ADVERTISE. i THE LACOMBE GUARDIAN

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In every instance where you use Blue Ribbons aobiie you savé money’ ‘They go further and pos a “than any offer. Order'a can ‘of Blue Ribbon - Coffee and Baking Powder when next in your grocers. The. -

result is eure to please. Sold with & money back _ guarantee.

the -farmet ~ well for -|troubleiess trouble than ‘hy gives to his cows and pigs—for it selling the mutton and wool ane

my? Pin the young lambs they ‘briiy tion. “| ped vis, 707. During September. him in ready cash at a gime |

ver, i ais “ie bd tons resemne declined -by $2.661- other things. The best breeds are} ' mont nt thers] O84, showing that merchants were Merino. with» two crosses of

nie ay p bthinining their gails, for reduced) Shropshire. Oxford sheep 2 The public debt increased larger and heavier, but they need],

0 daring October. and te niore chive at lambing than the

aby ¢

ere jembel.

na nt-for ‘September, Oc- sheep are those well woolled, for eet Batenhot wore $44,015,- those that are Bare underneath Ss he whan, for will soon chill when left out, but me t] ree months ofthe. ‘pre: the Shropshires are able to with-

' ; * | previous year. yi stand the’'¢old, being a well wool-}the p every montli, oe Ate this high livibg. by the led*sheep.- They have 6vigorou Cs ERE GPE Government that aeans high cost}, 94: that can quickly get of|

of living for the: man who pays the their feet and are soon markets 7% able.

’ With the oui of . Dr. | tion are rievel, and every dine is: fit Charles Drew and Dr. Gage, the! to real aloud, A year of The father completed “the ‘exatnitia~| Youth's Companion as it is today is

| lapse, he was led moaning from/ benefit to the family.

4p51X STITCHES IN HEART;

‘pected

that the operation (as necessary,

Because of the weakened comdi.| every genuine interest of the fam- Try it fur a year. bY

the agen ewiae ot “phétogravnres, many cf them worth framing. ,

It is the most popular “Pick: ine np”

Then,-on the verge of col-| of inexhustible entertainment and | °° walling. room tables of the fund

American monthly periodical-and is the more appreciated becauée it}

PATIENT DOING WELL | of twelve. The Companion as it is today,

The expenditures of” the Shropshire. The best breed 1 New York, Dec. 26.—With six|enlarged, and broadened in scupe,

Holy Family “hospital injaccurate and impartial editorials,

Brooklyn, the . surgeon decided | Science and Ourrent Events, maki s a volyme of matter that touches |” THH “PICTORIAL” PUBLISHING

Ttion of the patient no anaesthetic ily. ‘| was given, but cocaine was used} So carefully is it edited, 80 varied

aoe COST “OF LIVING Wocally, the ribs above the heart is its contents, that a family would

; a8} ‘ae of Play” that be COMMISSION - VOODOO RITES FATAI. TO 4 were cut through and six stitches oe hie supplied we regieaidances

b B roth er Vice ind’ joy, “ride Be Sa eh Boe? GIRL. 3 taken {n the heart tissue. . Late|ing fiction, op to date information

TAS SIRI The commission to investigate ; 4 Thursday. night the patient was|#2d wholesome fan, if tio other cost of living will begin, work after a improving ‘so fast that the sur-| Periodical entered the home.

Havanna,-Dec. 26.—The murdet; of _ the -six-years old white girl’= Eugenia Fertandez, on November

the holidays, will spend some time turning over fyles s and conning: de-} }ipartmental fenords 4 in Ottawa, and i will afterward visit snch and—so 25, at Artemisa, in the province many poiits as. is deveined. exped- of Pinar Del Rio, in connection detightta! frip’-at tbe ‘goentry’s lent. Unless the board attains a with! the’ practice of “Voodoo~’ ; ~ expense, while thé Nanaimo strike bale ¥ progres seen then Son sain yi ag te ies Be 2 Taged sod the militia. ‘wore heme Bi ehe.:t0. comiminicge, the in. tees — ae 4 ‘out; aud are still ond to put} vestigating part of, its duty, will fill augenib rdtnas,. now under ar- iaiy haa while sibs jniole” in the timeiuntil next fall, aud the| Test. ~~ re ee tare: dente ‘with iota ‘preparation of -the-report take up According to those who inves- ‘ : ian Se rt se hay Mr sik months more. This-would pre tigated the. _erime, the negroes | ae has ok eater os ‘cent parliament acting-on-the re: obtained the consent. of the par- Ni re ‘ ealldagguce ta port ufitil 1916. and of wourse any} wins ap draw blood. from the ido wha ate playing with the ‘proposal for parliamentary action nee: byey <. the Pat of} " inked a cats of Vib og: ‘Tie: viens |B she meantime. will be voted |curing a sick Woman ‘named/ Sak i

nr wubooeded in, stirring a ‘Ministet™ of “Play “that. Mr. ra thers | then hurried’ off “with *Crothers. to England for a

REVENUE san oop ie a coming session of veriamént- may | little girl was seized, but manag- When ‘the "Ro Giosenmenl ‘ag well Aismiss the‘hope and meet |ed to free herself. and ran to her

Sey found the treasury fall, the revem chances are that there be no relief| This was repeated each time she ba na bunvenk: ‘de increasing, and}at.cither, the approaching or the}saw the knife in the ‘“‘wizafd’s Page a a, prosperity, everywhere. .Canadw ploceaningeetion: hand. The negroes then. decided ; had never been in such a happy: seicoenlenerrenennere rer condition as it was previous to the . ion of powder, but the explosion time that Sir Wilfrid Laurier laid dowa, the reins of office. No mat-| _~ ter how Premier Borden -and-hie if heterogenous gronp of colleagues} At 4 recent farmers’ institute

SHEEP. the child,

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‘ ue mediately stem the tide of prosper- | more,” Matieod;-’ Aita,, w. ¥.| DOCTOR FINDS DAUGHTER : ity. They blundered bliuily along | Stevens, live stock commissioner

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“Frée Demonstration ‘in our Drog Store

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to wound the girl by an explos || Li ag Gombe W. F. STEVENS TALKS ON proved so violent - that it killed |} and Hand

I buy wud sell second-hand might blunder they could not im.| meeting in the district of Hazel-/ANSWERS EMERGENCY CALL; |] goods.

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down as inadvisable; in view. of the} Vadora Arjona. They went this Office. election wil ‘end thele jg game. commission having been appoint-| through she ceremonies in _ the All the week commencing sheecaietigaictecentis ; vd. Anyone who hus been hoping | Presence “of the parents, prepar- Monday, December 29th Mi Scars oS for some measure of relief at*the}atory to taking the blood, ~ The}, Cémé and’ learn how to

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some of these deliciona lamb| ‘be splendid camprigos of tho “Witness”

'chops, or one of these big, juicy steaks, if you only came here and suw them. - Really, you would not deny yourself such splendid cuts. They look so good,

Tae wat for.a yout or more, hoping that] for Alberta;, gave an address on| Worcester, Mass., Dec. 26.—Dy-|] ture. Beds. Springs and Mat. |/fresh and tasty, and they actually

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them. seeds. They are ‘good soil pack-|As he approached the operating ovlves traveling around in private,

‘tak the wave of

‘Farmers could onipte me: awe. thours*before on a tour of Chpist-

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cs “ luck would pull them through. | sheep taisiog. He believed that ing from‘injuries received in anj] tresses, the Famous Monarch sey" They played ducks and drakes with | there was nothing more. advan-} automobile accident, a 15-year- line of Stoves arid Rauges, -the treasury, grabbed everything | tageous, to. the farmer than ajold girl was brought unconscious |} Cooking Utensils, Trunks and in sight aud borrowed in’ England | flock of sheep: “There “fre 680|to the city hospital Christmas|} Valises, Galvanized and En- “when fonds ran ‘short; the coun- know varieties of. weeds and| afternoon and placed on the op-|[ amelware, Sewing Machines, Se ee ee

try’s business was run by depaties sheép will.eat 500: kinds. “Sheep, erating table. Dr. Clarles-Wheel- “Guns and Amunitions, Phon- B. Cl @ AFE

Prete 44.2% hile t f tl er, Iting sure called. || o@tepbs avd Records, Musi- eat Mad sinister while the| therefore, can ssuecess ully “fight | er, consulting surgeon was calle L Al Tandenioiient all kioda:

: and Jewelry. Real Estate ers, preventing drifting and thus}table he almost collapsed. The bongbt and sold. Get my

pats.}saving labor for man and beast.) girl.was-his.daughter Anna, who|} prices before buying.

are the finest to be had in. this section or anywhere.

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it provides more than any other|*!!y “used up” by thé many who are at tracted by ite entertaibing and beautifu

It'e a “love at sight” publication and it

comes fifty-two times a yeur inatead | 9** Separtmental features of great inter: @t to the young women and the home- maker.

Or it- -just to quote one tinn’s praise

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and Notary

P. O. Box 148 Phone No. 19 Offices Denike Blovk, Barnett Ave.

chapters from Frank Lillie Pol- VIGOROUS JOURNALISM

Of the Out and Out, Independent . Kind

New subscribers who send $2.24} People:who really want sturdily in-

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Companion Practical Home Culen- Siac: tbere.are others that have: main-

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It has never pandered. ‘The “Witness” is the unique self, luved by its friends, hated by ite enemies,

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The “Weekly Witness" has now no conn ction with apy daily newspaper

Vickerson’s Office, Railway St and is the healthier for it.

New Year’s G

T wish to extend to my friends and | ado i? : f best wishes for a Happy. and Prosperous. ‘New ie P

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Year. ‘Trusting to be favored with your pat-

renage in the future as I have been ‘ih’ the past”

I will. endeavor to give the best of satisfaction to

my customers.

I. keep an up-to-date stock of Groceries and Dry

Goods on hand at all times.

‘the provinces ¢ On! All samples yu ve @ sent

ce i to the pote Jive ve and tom kind Ae! rBaasy * potatoes)

8 8 or as they have grown, so that a promising i, for their conJ‘tlons may be we

Bach application must bes aoite and must signed by the applicant. Only one sam of nh and one of potatoes can be seit to each farm. Applications ‘on ‘any kind of printed form canhot be adcepted.. If two or more samples are asked fpr in the same letter Only one will sent.

s the supply of seed is limited, mers are py oo to apply -early; byt the applications will not necessarily: be filled in the exact order, in which | Cl they are. iecelyed. Preference will alWaye be given to tlt. most thohght- ful and explicit requests.:.. Applica: tions received after the end of January Will probably be too late. —

All. applications for grain (and ap- plications from the provitices of On- tario and ree for toes) should. be pred aha minion Cereal- ist, Centra Le lateiaaastal Farm, wa... Such. applications . require no postage. If otherwise addressed de: lay and disappointment may occur.

Applications for potatoes, from farm- ‘ers in any other province should be addressed (postage prepaid) to the Su- perintendent of’ the nearest branch of the Experimental Farm in that pro- vince.

‘| . Thousands of mothers can testify to the virtue of Mother Graves’ Worm Bxterminator, because they know from

Small Daughter —- It's most school time and I've mislaid my geography.

Cultured Mother—Well, tell me what the lesson is about and I'll write out the answer for you to learn.

Small Daughter— The lakes of | Africa

Cultured Mother—Um—er—tf you've | | mislaid your geography, you careless} ebild, you can just hut till you find 60c. a box or 6iX boxes for $2.60, || it. at ail dealers, or The Dodds Medi-]) —_—--————_ cine Gompiny, Limited, Toronto, A philosopher is cue who aske ether Canada. people questions in order that he may answer them himself. He is most

? arom - yhilosophical when others are wn W. N. U. 979 7 . —

experience how uteful it is. TF anon : t here at all? Carrying One Class bin (11) and Th he ! Suiayartne Us Perey p dni Si I should gir, replied ox oe as too much pudding, e é. eare the ate (Ty Brae chy bin have the b SP eS eis at Sécond ‘Clase ; The Mista 8 Life, the incorrigible one, suddenly and hap- be he #66 aun tae ‘ There must be, coritended hig mioth- eer ANDANIA pane me eh sib Mia hot down patie table With #1 tate: Re Rea is, tL Y decided to! 6x, else why aid the little Boy burstt|] New t91s—t9,400 Tone Each, Canadian, Service, ‘fl Ging tate, and Gung bike | ms eee James passed his plate for the|} v tivtinad AGNIFICE Ry"ArPot arate erce, resounding bang, an ung Dim- 4 . rm ounge, Gymnas! jum, “or » Open and Covered nelt into an war. hore oe ¥ Willie \éas the’ Patient fourth time, saying: Not enough hoy! se. ASA Ghar re at's Wrong ay, Biuffer? ou "4 : R 4 nol cet look bad. jomtae $e eran ie be the Going to the blackboard the teacher |} 4,, cu mand PRONE Grom eeD 8,000 TONS (New 1008) a ’ I'll never, forget myself...I kicked} putt of his fellow-echoolmates;, who| V7O'?. this sentence:, The horse and nat on shodation. ena, ie vile : rd ain other) en nd ry. of tt paa- SO eet S| ant Toe dSat onus «| vette tng moma MBean euten oho," tno uf sh MSRESIAD cng tiane exiting ; ! . one. Young fellow, I suppose? from the bullies w. ie a re something wrong with that sentence. FROM iad ays TO LIVE shout QUEENSTOWN) ALAUNIA,,. No; past middle age. the could, and then one day he| “%® ¢an correct ft'and'tell why it te Pivia. Plymouth), AUSONIA 13 i ., Well, these old nongers base fo busl-| tet "ab tara as. the “Unual ‘offenaive! “TO7e? nid Paves lun Naith FOR PA ATICULARS OF THE COMPANY'S’ SAICINGS "AND, SERVICES ‘| eas coming around courting young query was flung at? Ais diminished et way ex- akin») pe PORTLAND, BOS ‘ON, -AND. Sey sone APPLY _ ; — would bave kicked him. ont pe ce eae oe and the teacher called upon THE uaa gh oTeA Jos Loa innpen meet | OY 8e i n't at . dootor’ t rorskcek » Sookien Li to hIME ; ae Yee; but.T have found out since shat} oq cect th calm iid n | y, 8 Wrong. he said with: importanee. | : Sun wkend eel ons ariate se eRe : || this. man wasn’t courting my‘datighter.|’ ‘Then-do. you ever ‘take any medi| Lt OUsat to be the cow and the horse — : srrrettepsetteomeerentiegeeeetmens We ; | He was after my mother-in-law: clne? was the text question. was in ‘the: stable; hecause’ ladies ‘al-| ; ' . ‘ag, ig ; co Oh. tye I Wille replied, Father’;| V878. ought to Bo rst, Fined : Up to Da aden mother's i; homeopat>, my What ate you giving your cows now|¢Mest sister's jolnec the- ambulance appar ht treated with 0 iomars im the way of galactagogues? asked the|°#ss, grandma goes mad over every Corn Cure. % Irvington pone of the milkman, bes r medicine. ng Aageah b . wis te mar Oh, eaid milkman, who has just < + , , F No other bg meytinny shaves the * been graduated from Purdue and is not| °**. and they all practise pn’ me: A cx mos hha e7-4 peanentecb yeh re are} saa a mh ake $2 2Oav% Ws ‘Pe eatned. peo. ft te be stumped by a1y. Butler College uft th: hes hy Sy This process eliminates : " ogue, their sustenance is wholly te An Artist eae al ere ye eri anybody ‘clee in the ‘the dengan t of torn. uK ry of vegetable origin; rich in chiorophy!| © That woman ¢an do anything with play, ou must put yourself into a _ abuse of hands—the unpleasantness : ‘land opulent in butyraceous qualities. | figures. Foye Rea ton ReDERemts Kring oF ana ort on id economy to 4 §] A pint, € you please, sald the pro-| What ts she? iar TA katior séiiled: the eedink woman. : the greatest degree. insist on “ Pet ap! satis jotlidliek: oe ee Til try t6 make myself believe I'am inde Pasa ee Some ten ate bofn good; others eh sd the people who paid $2 to ‘see a Brazil’s White Goal pare ee thrust upon thom by ad Oe e wiy f = ae o Brazil ig: the richest coulitry today in . pi ‘There's less in the garment than in : 4 N wet erty white coal (water. power).\ The fall "SKIN. 7 Labor the way it is worn. ‘There was never Keeping a Secret maWery ; of the Iguassu o.. the frontier of Ar- He auth lato "the “Sian a time when the modest woman. .no} Agnes—Can you keep a secret? Asker—What did you give for that i gentina is superior in extent, in height wintees ato att bi + gw oy her] matter what the fashions, did not look}. Emma—Well, to be frank, dear—no, | car? aed a a and in yolume to Niagara. /The fall of look, iBigrre bok oe os ea fr 5 airesine red | modest. 1 can't. Tellitt—Took it for debt—chap owed ENS the Iguassu, or the Santa Maria, is fifty ‘Any ‘vackheles $6 ik BS. ’ Agnes—Then 1’ better tell you that}'me a thousand dollars, \ meters; that is seven meters mote), "ooh. a an be pW: Bey ay. ma Hoop skirts are sald to be coming|George and I are to be, married next} Asker—Ah! Do you stand aty , te i than that of Biarecey Ni power has fortably fs dap ales ga com: béok and man muy as well re | month. = of getting the other nine hun- been measured at 14 million horse. It to give up his right to the one’h in PA — Tak fe known that the fall of Bete Quedas, My trade or Preteen. he ronat.| the clothes closet that has been’grant,| Some men try to console themselves = ‘ANLREY L on the frontier of Paraguay, has about a vownl A rit ere. ed to him. with the thought. that they could be}: Conceit acts as a pneumatic tire to ER 5 million horsepower, and tho cataract ve. pone pro- better if they tried. carry a man smoothly over many @ thd ba of Paulo Affonso, on the Sao Francisco re oaut oat rg es ‘oterk aie.’ So,'we There was a school’ in Babylonis. - i rougk jolt. is River, composed of several falls, has a have nothing. in that’ line’ o ‘yout 5,200 years B.C., “ut some people} The Zulu prince who is paying his total level difference of eighty-one me- Raw, pen just! think that all the wisdom in the| way at Harvard working as a waiter! ‘There is always a woman in the ee tors and a million horse power. I'd take something elec if It sulted schools was developed during the last|‘has the right kind of stuff in him aud} world about whom .some unworldly va Political Economy me and I thovght I could do it proper- two or three decades. may be a Pullman porter some day. ‘man thinks all the world, Mk

Teacher-——-Now; Whe can ‘tell me; Small Urchin (to the owner of the] jy, you know! he went on. making him-| = somaeeiinge . dalle . E : what political economy is? horse which ought to have been cat's) gelf more comfor*-“le on tho counter, oy

Mike (embryo Tammany statesman) | meat)—Does yer want me to 'old ‘im,) Ags for instance? . —Gertin: the most votes for the least] sUV’nor? | Well, replied the born-tired, I would < money. The Owner—No, thanks. He won't] nog mind calling out the names of the ;

i run away. : stations On board an Atlantic liner, or},

What has become vf the old fashion-|, Small Urchin—t didn’t mean to hold} gomething of ‘that sort! ed man, who washed his face at the ‘im fast so’s he won't run away. 1 oo pump every morning and made so|™eant to hold him up 80's he wop't Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antare: much poise that he could be heard in| 2D. tic explorer, télls apme amusing stor- the next county! fes of his experiencé as a lecturer. Pd

To Mexico once a guy went On one occasion he was given a lec-| eae

Po be all right ‘1 With a ncte to the great president ture at Leith in Scotland and he had and Tguetibas paar al a Treektasl, He arrived a week late, paid $26 for the hall and §20 for oa , ag the agricultural department author-| _ 454 he found thet the state vertising; Other expenses amounted f fties insist. But suppose a tellow hap- Was run by a different gent. to another pound, He drove from Bd-! j pens to be hungry? — inburgh to the hall and instructed his| i

chante ee oe She Was stout and mast have Meters op 4 i ne Py bie. In he

fi i weighed nearly 800 pounds. She was} bUllding he found an audience consist-

tne nanbie a beet hice te tbe aten| learning roller skating, when she had|!ng of an old, decripid looking man,; that the Pa l the misfortune to fall. Several at- FoF EY SOI ee

veaterday and ls doing a fine business | tendante rushed to her slide, but were|tWo men and & couple Gf women. Anx:|

That is the Goethais style. unable to raise her at once. One| {ous to increase the number of his aud-

said soothingly: lence, hy Mar down to ee cabman

We'll get you up all right, madi and sa will pay somebody to hold ;

The person who scolds you loves) 9 not ia iavee. ial mredkincsiad fT er you cap come up and pe A you bes | Ob, I'm not alarmed at all, but your! bear thé tecture. The man at once ey) ‘ —_ ————___________ —_- floor ig so terribly Jumpy. replied, Ob, no, thank you, sir. I am Boy

And then from underneath came aj 4H right where! am. -The lecture el small voice which said: I am not a) Was, however, given to the bitter end. ee: fy jump. Iam an attendant. Next Way he \,as sorrowfully recount-

fom = ing his experiences to his wife and

i Revenge calculating his loases. Five. people *

Youbelicve in mustard plasters, or tees 8, pi ser ok: os le

9 ; > 2b. ‘ Po

mi ‘Ruther! I always order them| ®#@ lils better balf, you must deduct woe Camda fuses with he bide analy f Pertond Cement it is possibile. * 4 for patients who call me out in the 50c. from that. I sent the cook and or human pan * 4 = ot | mid@le of the night when there's no "ert of the macs = : We have reduced pp epat abies Portland Cement wnt iia within our mach or patil Fie thing the matter with ‘er. | Net Oulity every purpose, hts material that is not increasing in :

Applicants ‘must give particulare a

foe Se paper. 9 OF) C r

comman paws, and when t lick it off

first expedition of Ttalian ran a ie np ot er and heads, aoa!

Tripoli in 1911. and was the first ei Dates g y Sorgen wll about b

ernor of the new Italian colony on| be and “| their wild endea

the northern coast of Africa. He! #et. rid ofthe flypapers §

holds the highest rank in the, army| and over on the ground, roaring fighting for breath. ‘Then the. hi

after the king himself, that of ‘gen- he

erale desercito:’ Man and his followers rushed forward | Frat with long ‘ropés, lassoed thé plu

anal lions and.tied them up—rflypape:

* Was He Sacked

Though @ benevolent old ene ; 2 hee oy ag Pa bog. ys pws whented? Minard’s Linimént ures Diphtheria. Alexander Kaldwit, was concerned,) WW. NSPE ATONE the Nimit of his patience had been) reached. re ‘

The boy must be sacked. :

He arrived a quarter of an, hour late yes! ay, ten mintites late marie day before, and this .morning—Mr- Jones glanced at the office clock—the > was alfeady twenty minutes. over} fix

ue,

Precisely nine’ minutes later lie ‘en- tered. the office in the quiet, nnobtras- ive manner of one préparéd for trou- ble: . A horrid silence ensued, fy nth

And what excuse have you got this morning? demanded. Mr. Jones in th fiercest voice that he could ae

The—er—ice on the pavements, sir! stammered Master Alexander, It—er —every ~ I—er—took—-I er—slip- péed ‘back two.

Mr. Jones glared at the lad.

Indeed! ‘he remarked with calm de-

Why, Indeed? : A Pe captain. had been lectak dl ing’his new ‘recruits at some” on ‘The Duties of a. Soldier.

nGbetls ae ue ya tye te mite

ists it‘on' Private Murphy as his first victim. ' Private Murphy, he’ asked; why should a’ soldier be ready to ate for his country?

The private scratched his head for

a while; then an ingratiating ‘sinile, flitted across his face, Sure, captain, WELL-KNOWN FAF ‘TS.

wip obond hae you're quite right. ADD;ESS 706-703 Y., GRAIN jek on ot Se 6? r —

James started his thitd helping. of THE OLD RELIAGLE = pudding with delight. Once upon a : we feet time, James, admonished his amiher” there was. a little boy who ate too ’ liberation, Then pray, how did, you pot gs Papen ngs vy bere Ala't no

ESTABLISHED 1840 CANADA TO EUROPE (direct)

\

A Massaschusetis mini:ter was making his first visit to Kentucky sev. eral years ago. He had to spend the night in a smal! mountain town where fei ‘s and mooushine stills abounded. | Engaging in conversation with one ot | the natives, be said: My friend, this | i8 @ very bibulous gtate, I hear,

Lord! replied the man; there a

Be fe to ask for Cihedi Cement, in bags.

Cossids Cement enener yao Montreal Vien le a Pte it a dl

twenty-five Bibles in all Kentucky

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His Record Fay—The Widow Dashaway’s hu} bend didn’t leave Ler much when he died, did he? Ray- No, but he left her very often *hen he was clive |

CUNARD LINE cee:

' c6, when an epid strikes an Indian settlement ymortality is tremendous and ir

child perishing from. measles. Yet,

% poe the white race, ihe disease . ‘been so prevalent that it has be-

come one of the common maladies of

childhood and is hardly dreaded

‘with regard to its fatal effect. The white race, therefore, by hav-

“fog had these diseases for many

‘£16,000. een ‘- In September, 1894, over £20,000 : worth of diamonds.were stolen from | Mr. Spyzer, of Antwerp. He was j; standing alone in an afice at 70 ; Hatton-Garden, when he was sud- ‘denly attacked; from . behind . and overpowered by a handkerchief, ‘soaked in chloroform, being pressed over his nostrils... When he recover- ‘ed consciousness he discovered that the bags containing his jewels were gone, The thief or thieves left no

®. | clue whatever behind them.

curing kind: treatment, for borses if helptng drivers who are In need in waking the bazaar a suc- “Perides the fun of dancing, pleasure of knowing that they,

But barn.

Polish ising of | 1861. members of the’ Contad x

he mouse begin a tittle, peeping

do you sing?” mewed the cat,

b down on the roof, with one his.back, .. rane iaey sing at this time of night,”

ied the mouse. “I should be very

“°¢ tappy to bave you sing with me.”

Se ‘pleased Buzz, who was vain. be stot hee. etched up bis neck, as if to look eabare ae AY tb cence, wuld began

be wise mouse peeped softly, but he cat ‘fond of his own voice and

“gang With all bis might.

When the tune was done Buzz looked

feown and saw only a bole in the root.

4 & Balancing Trick.

a plece of wvod six inches fn, th and about half an inéb tn thick. |° ‘and tear one end of it (brust In, ‘Diades of two knives in such a!

that-one of then) inciiues to the second to the other. of on tip of the forefinger it ‘keep itself pe falling, and even if it is inelined to it will instantly recover its fenlar position, being in reality tept in equipoise by the knives. Historical Questions. ee Se of “Hall Co Joseph Hi nson. ‘whom was it ear said, “He

ro

ould mot be Kicked Into a ‘fight?’

Ison.

he “Hero. of. New. Or

my og dackson.

bo said, “Itt try. sir?" Colonel ‘Lundy's

rat t Lane. wald."A little more grape, Cap- 2" General Taylor. ;

hen he took his paw from the mouse | ; 7 W beat time.

the wood is then | rfectiy tipright with |

* One night.in December,“ 1874, Lord and Ls Dudley drove up ‘te Paddington ‘Station followed by a cab conveying, two servants who had charge of her ladyship’s jewel-case.

he servants alighted from the cab and placed the box on the pavement whife they paid the driver. When they ed. to pick up the box they

found=it-had vanished. -Although a reward of £1,000 was offered for any information that would ‘lead ‘to the recovery. of bo or or part there- of, no trace of them has since been discovered. y

ee even ree —-

h "Am Adventurous Life.

the .

Warsaw. ek i : an ardent patriot, he came under the notice of the «Russ “Go t, and was arrested’ just. before the Various concerned in” this rising, and the novelist’s mother was banished to Siberia, Rie

in Cracow, and in his youth follow- éd the sea. His first yoyage was madé on an English trading vessel,

- Uaimayer’s Folly," and though it did

not sécure many readers, the liter- ary critics were kind, and Mr, Con- rad resolved to adopt writings as a profession, oy ; . » Mr, Conrad writes English with a i rare sense of style and beauty, so that it is a surprise to many of his admiring readers to learn that he is employing a language which he did not acquire until after boyhood ~

Painful Experience. :

“After I had written ‘The Wake of the Sun’ I sold it for $250,” writes | Mr. Morley Roberts in ‘“‘The Private again as Saal sr 5 sens Brown said to mé, ‘Now, Mr. e as | the business is all.done, would you mind telling me quite frankly to what extent this book of yours ts truet—1 | replied, ‘It is as true in every detail as it can possibly, be.’ “Then you meant to say,’ be asked, ‘that you ac- tually, did starve as you relate?’, I said, pI did, and might have

+

reve-

w dea) blacker if I had ch-s-. tary reve-

’ Hp Ya momen’ od, “Ah, ger ina e— 1 ence went without dinner myself!’ ”

Or (rr Tt Plas Newydd, the home of that ec,

eentric cou}

olien,” has been offered . first sale occurred in 1832, and from ‘the style of the

erica ort 2 . bce diet2 — , c-

an nek o -

my

J te bora ‘organism that is: articles of other jewelry, the Ad ner in other words it having & market value”

Mr. Joseph Contad .was educated

y j life was laverage human life to-day reaches

thogsand years has built up en

ost iimmune) or’

resistance to

“Especially is- this true in _the world of Work and thought. Too hard work is one of the diseases of civilization, But the very fact of the compulsion of enduring. life, al- though. working too hard, ‘has en- abled a. man or & woman to endure heavy -toil-.and has developed tie human race to that extent. Bight or ten hours of continuous toil to a race not accustomed to it would kill it off speedily. The same is true about thinking. The Bushman and Negritoes, for example, can by no meats. follow a conversation with éach other for more than two min- utes, and when a white man learns their tongue and ‘ries to talk to them, at the end of three or four minutes of questioning or attention in listening they fall to the ground in sheer dizziness and weariness. or go temporarily mad under the strain.. Yet, under the force of pov- erty, faithfulnesa of duty, the desire for fame or some euch motive, men have worked all.their lives 12 and ng hours a day without suffering for t. < « So

_ A Game That Lasts. For the man who has once had j eoaching- an

tion Ww be pcre Rooms Eye | = most college

is chess

ma mt, nin compa *5

, t from # ché | in the“fact that opponents

| chess

prob

don’t

rength of forces, but this only adds tot] ination of trying to boat a winning combination,” .

\

How Much Sleep Do We Necd? How much sleep ia necessary for

Jaman? The. question was. raised

centuries ago by Montaigne. ‘‘Phisi- tians,’*. he wrote, “may consider whether sleep be so necessarie that our life_must needs depend on it, for we finde that Perseus, King of Macedon, prisoner at Rome, being kept from sleep, was made to die; but Plinie slegeth* that some have lived a long time without any sleep at all, And. Herodotus reporteth there are nations where men sleep and wake by halfe years. “And those that write the life of Epimenidas the

perfected ‘its & hostile environment. / Articles of a similar kind in use at

»

ways start with the same,|

ft with marking ink, material itself or on & tape sewed on it... The

former 4a. preferable;..os. the mark

Cannot be obliterated, whereas it-is a simple matter for the tape to be fo- moved anti replaced by another piece with some one else’s Unitials. With cer: tain afticles, such @s stockings and other garments the texture of which will not permit of the use of ink, tape

‘some casés ati ge ora bons iv 3 must of course bo used. Swept away, © man, Woman’ a’ The place where the mark should’ ‘appear is a matter. of individual taste,

t it is most useful In that part which be. most easily seen when the article is folded and put atvay. Tor instance, stockings should be marked at the inside of the top of the leg, tablecloths on the under side at the Corner, nightdresses at the bottom of e front opening or at the inside of e back of the collar band.

the same time should, in nddition to the initials, be marked with numbers as well. Wor Instance, in the case of handkerchiefs they should be marked with the initials of the owner, under which should be put numbers 1, 2, 3, and so on; the same with stockings, nightdresses, scrvieties, tablecloths, Bhects and, in fact, everything that can be marked at all. They should then be placed in the drawer or linen cupboard, as the case may be, with the numbers in consecutive order. If they are then taken out for use-in their right order and replaced in the same manner after washing, one article will hot receive mere than its fair share of ase, Thus, if handkerchiefs numbered 1 to 6 had been used and washed, they should. be replaced under those num- bered 7 to 12, so that they will not be used again before the latter. Again, if tablecloth No. 2 is to go to the laundry;.-you will know that itis now the turn of No, 3, and No. .1 will not be brought into use out of its proper order.

Ald to the Boot Injured. Tilustrated is a novel shoe brush, or, to be more explicit, shoe brushes, which do not polish the shoe, but re-

pers all the dust. and dirt that collect’

the leather

wise affirm that he slept the contin- |~

ual space of seven and fifty years,"’

A Costly Bean. The vanilla bean is said to be the costliest bean on earth, It’s home is

in Mexico, chiefly in Papantla and |

Misantla. It grows wild and is gath- ered solely by natives... Just as they

come from the wilderness of forests ,

the beans sell at $10 per 1,000. After they are dried and cured they aré worth from $10 to $11 per pound, according to their quality. They are used extensively by

portant Mexican product. Woman's Reason.

Womens have more of what is term-

good sense than men. They can-

reason wrong, for they do not

m at all. They have fewer pre-

ons, are less implicated in theo-

ed not

; and judge of objects more from

their immediate and involuntary im- pression ‘on the mind, and therefore more truly and naturally.— Hazlitt.

Average Length of Life. Four hundred years ago the aver- age length of human life was between

eighteen and twenty years. One hun-

ears ago the averege human less fhen thirty years. The

nearly forty years. This shows what science has done for human

Self Composed. persen of perfect

and is therovgh- |

:|-atternoow wear. Remeniber

druggists and | eonfectioners and form quite an im~-

NOVEL SHOf BRUSH.

a lever the wlicels are set in motion and the brushes revolve quickly, re moving the sofl of a day's wear in the process,

Where there are many men tn the household this ¢ontrivapce, which is not expensive, would be a great con- venience.

+ Umbrella Cases.

Because in many boarding schools the girls sharing a room also bave te share a closet it is the wise thiog te bave.a plainly marked umbrella case which can be bung on a hook bebfind one OF more garments. This case, large enough to, beld several umbrellas, is made of heavy dark denim, bound at the long edges, at the short closed end and at the wide mouth with thick worsted braid and on both flat sides plainly marked tn white tape with the (Initials of the owner. Much of the trouble which arises among girls room- ing together at bourding schools grows out of misunderstandings with regard to ippropriating each other's small be longings, but the student who arrives armed with one of these cnses clearly indicates to her companion that she regards her umbrellas as ber own prop- erty.

Pract.cal Dyeing.

Where there are many children ip the family it is economy to do consid erable dyeing. Many a faded muslip can be made to appear in a treat color,

ight evening frocks can be dyed # darker shade and serve for school of r te dye al the same time any extra pifeces of ma. terial to serve for altering or patch.

| tog, 9s

There's the silken sheen of poplar

leaves against the darkening.

ky,

sky, And 4 rippling splash where a foam-

flecked stream goes madly hur trying by,—

There's a waiting silence, drowsy- sweet—and then, from the un- derbrush,

The last clear note of his even-song from the pulsing throat of a thrush. ;

GOING BACK FOR GOLD.

©ol, MacGregor Will Look Up Long Neglected Field.

About thirty-five years ago a_parly of prospectors, while exploring the horth-westérn slope of the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, came upon promising indications in a se- cluded valley, hidden jn the depths of what waa then the great wilder- ness beyond the divide. They had panned out gold along the Cariboo, and from there had pushed on in the hope of, finding new fields. They were interested for a time in a gravel bank oft «a tributary of the Ominéca River, where one hundred dollars a day were secured for every man working on the bank.

Pushing on, the party came to the valley in which they found most promising indications; but the sea- gon was far advanced, the supplies were running short, and the party was obliged to leave the valley be- fore thoroughly testing its worth. Returning to camp, the men separat- ed; and of that party, only one mem- ber is alive to-day——Colonel Donald MacGregor, of Williamstown, Glen- garry, Ont. He knows the location of the valley where gold was found, but which was left unexplored, and he has now under cousideration an expedition to.the distant place among the still unexplored wilds of the western slope of the Rockies.

Col. MacGregor was in British

Columbia in the early days when |

gold mining outranked all other oc- cupations, and later, when the wealth of the forests began to be turned to account. Much later, and when the Klondike was the latest El Dorado, he apent ten years in the Yukon, principally at Dawson City, where he was chairman of the celebrated Citi- zens’ Committee that brought about reform in the government ‘of the famous mining camp. He now thinks of making one more’ trip to the West, revisiting tha valley found many years ago, and robbing it of the secret of its hidden wealth,

Double-Faced George. «

Capt. Bellairs, formerly of ‘The Landon Times, who is now traveling in Western Canada, told a good story at the Rideau Club the other day about Sir George Reid, the High Commissioner for Australia in Lon- don. Reid, when in active politics in’ Australia, had éarned ,the sobri- quet, whether, justifiable or not, of

“Two-faced George” or ‘‘Double-fac-

ed George.” It Was a reference to hig alleged agility to always be on ihe side of the winners. Addressing a crowded meeting in Sydney Town Hall, during the ‘heat of a political campalgn, Sir George was frequently interrupted, one man in the front row ofthe first gallery being persistént in his calls of ‘‘Two-faced George.’’ Reid gtood it for a little while, and then turned upon his tormentor. ‘‘I no- tice,” he seid, pointing to the gallery, “that a gentleman has frequently in- térrupted me and called me ‘two-fac- ed George.’ Will he permit me to ask him a question?’’ “Certainly I will,” replied the man. Reid thereupon re- marked: ‘‘May I ask if the gentleman in the ga}iery has two faces?” ‘‘Not on your cin type,’’ same the quick reply. ‘I might have known that,’ Reid shot back, ‘otherwise you would have left that face at home.’’ The cheers and laughter wuich followed lasted fully five minutes, curing which thé interrupter made a quiet departure from the building.

Wives and Kiddies Coming.

It speaks well for Ontario, that of the new arrivals from Great Britain and Europe fully 60 per cent. are wives and cuildren coming to join the husband and father, who came ahead and “made goed.” The number of newcomers is also swelled by the ar- rival of brothers, sisters, and relatives of those who canie before. . Then, again, the young immigrant, finding conditions better than those in the old land, does not forget friends at

home, and a series of encouraging let- ':

ters are. often followed by friends

~ coming out to join them here.

The two classes which the Govern- ment ia striving to obtain are the

‘agricultural workers and domestics. '

The artisan class, which all too fre- quently but serves to swell the ranks of the unemployed in the elties, is not encouraged by the authorities, and, “although it is charged that some of

the transportation companies seek to |

induee such to migrate to Ontario, ~ percentage is kept as low es pos- sible

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William Short, K.¢., Mayor of Ha- monton, will be remembered a very long while as the mah who, in 1902, became for~three successive years ‘mayor of what was then a fur town, and in 1912, because he had taken a very. Iive bull by the horns and suc- ;cessfully got him vornered, was re- clected chief magistrate of a city, In

|the eight years that William Short \was a private citizen Bdmonton jchanged from. a/elattering furpost town to an energizing young city of “modern ideas and progressive busi- ‘ness, But it didn’t succeed in out- growing W. B. Short. He was born in, Blora, studied Jaw in Ontario, and in 1894 was admitted to the Alberta Bar—which was then about as ser- ious as the bottom bar in a fence-gap. Mere legality mever made W. “B. Short the character he ia to-day. It was the country and the town. Short

WILLIAM B, SHORT.

was always a public citizen, He took a keen interest in the civic and relig- ious and educational affairs: He was chairman‘of the Edmonton School Board in the last fow years of the 19th century. He was Clerk of Ses- sions or some such dignitary in the Presbyterian Church. He was senior partner of the firm, Sh-rt and Cross, long before Charlie Cross dreamed of being Attorney-General of Alberta. He drove a good horse. and was a splendid driver. Ina day when after- dinner speakers were supposed to take their cue from Frank Oliver, hi

stuck to. hir own facile and effective, “x of delivery and Paway with

And .in .1902, when he became Mayor of Edmonton, when there was nothing but a switchback railway on the flats and a cable ferry to con- nect Edmonton to the civilized world, beginning at Strathcona. Short was far-sighted enough to recognize a very large buli on the edge of the field which he expected to tackle some day, or. somebody else would. The bull was taxation. ‘The thing that W. B. Short more than any other one, man was responsible for inaugurat- ing in that part of the world was a form of single tax which remains te’ this day as a partial leveller in Ed- monton and ha. been an example tr other cities in the Weat,

~ They Called Him Vanus.

_, It ip curious how Inconsistent are the prejudices of people in regard te the use of heathen names; Mr. Payn,: in his ‘“‘Gleams of ‘Memory,” tells an’ amusing: story of Dean Burgon, whe objected to the name of the goddess: of beauty, but found’ no fauit with) that of the god of the woods.

An infant was brought to thei church for christening, and the name proposed for {t was Vanus. ‘Vanus?” repeated the dean. “I suppose you, mean Venus. Do you imagine I am going to cali a Christian child by that name, and least of all a male child?"

The father of the infant urged that he. only wished to name it after his‘ grandfather. ‘Your grandfather!) cried the dean. “I don’t belleve it, | Where is your grandfather?’’ He was). produced—~a poor old soul of eighty | of go; bent double and certainly not looking in the least like the goddess. im question. ‘Do you mean to tell, me, sir, that any clergyman, ever —_ you ‘Vanus,’' ss you

“Well, ne, sir. - I. -was christened Sylvanus, but they always:calls me *Vanus’.” .

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Ideal Length For Sermon,

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LACOMBE BRANCH the C, és R. yards here, as a result . | of which ‘Thomas Newcombe, H ow al t the

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