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-- were told that their whole duty to obey their Grand Master, the Old Man of the Mountain, who lived on Mount id ruled thirty cits. and a body, called "devoter murderers." 'Whenever he hated any one he sent "one of His subjects to kill him. These subjects were occasionally given hay hish, a drug; to intoxicate them; and 'because those wiio used. it so often committed murders secretly, all secret murderers were finally called assass- Ins----and are stiil. Once a sultan sent an ambassador to command the Old Man of the Moun- tain to stop murdering, and obey the law, under penalty of death. The Old Man called in several of his subjects, He told one: "Stab, yourself to the heart!" . The follower did so. He took an- 'other to the edge of a precipice and said: "Throw yourself down there, head- foremost!" The follower did so. other: "Cut your throat!" The man obeyed. Then, turning to the ambassador, the Old Man of the Mountain said: "I have seventy thousand followers. "You sed their obedlence. If I told them to kill the sultan, how long do you think he would live?" Soon after that sultan awoke one morning and found. a dagger having He told an- pillow near his bead, "He sent no more orders to the Old Man and winked at his: erimes. Another sultan insisted that, the. Old Man should obey him, apd was soon after found dead. In 1124, many of the agsassing were killed, however, in a furious war; but in 1191, they killed Count Conrad, of Austria, @nd forced the Crusaders to form treaties with them. They terri- fied every one and lived and ruled by fear. They spread over all of Asia, and weve, talked over all Europe: The most wonderful stories were related of their chief, though none could well ex- ceed the truth, They had great castles and lived in them on the fruits of their 'crimes. = But the worst and, strongest crimin- als cannot flourish forever. Men kill ' them to escape their crimes as well as to. punish them, It was so with the "Old man of the Mountain" and his | assassing. The Mongol Tartars be- came tired of murder and robbery. They collected a great ermy in 12562, destroyed: the 'great castle of the Old slaughtered, 12,000 ,. Then of, Persia and Syria attack- 0 ers. en and drove was a happy. decision as been taking the pills ion before I began to: feel better both in body pills for a couple of mont! feel like a new woman, sble to per-| form all my. household duties. I would not be without the pills in the Jouse Sud' 1 Icoend them Ww al run-down peo; oe Dr. Ti Pink Pills. are sold by | all dealers in medicine, or will be sent by mail at 50 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., * Brockville, Ont. ¢ [RCRD NR Ding, Dong, Dell!\ One of the finest carillons in the world Is in the tower of the village school at Bournville, England, popu- larly known as "Cadbury Town." In this connecticn, it js interesting to learn that Mr. Clifford Ball, the caril- lonneur. of the Bournville * Village Trust, bas recently won honors at the National School of Carillon-Playing at Malines, Belgium. He fs the first Eng-| lishmen to be so honored. Mr. Ball's playing caused constder- able enthusiasm, and he has received invitations to perform in various Con- tinental towns, EE ------ an a] Where there's a bill there's 'a pay. Youreallyenter sunny Cali- fornia the moment you step. : aboardoneofthefivefamous Santa: For cross-continent Th Cid catia trie is. the and fastest of the Santa Fe AGalornia gains, Only. TW days on hd No. i jarecn the ex on. fous Fred: oy nia sets. the Jaia ia afan, service dad in the EEE 'are Fe ~_F. T. Hendry Gen. Agent 404 \ding om nie] DY. I had not) i There seems to be an inclined plane '| eailled slipper animalcule, when reach- retreat; and set off again at a different struggling of prehistoric man, Secrets of Science. "By David Dietz. side. That is the mental side. Age of Reason. . One school of scientists maintains only automatic machines and that all mental phenomena are basically no- thing but so many chemical reactions within the organism. This is the so- called mechanisti®@view. But another school adheres to what is known as the "vitalistic" view, claiming' that "mind" is something which cannet be explained on a physi: cal basis of behavior, as. it were, starting svith the simple one-celléd animals. An amoeba will pursue and engulf or "eat" another amoeba. Here is ap- parently a definite energetic action. Another one-celled animal, the so- ing a sphere of disturbance, will stop, angle. Here, apparently, is a definit reaction to environment. In higher types of microscopic organisms we find some with several reactions to a stimulus, the creature trying one after another. called the "trial and error" method. One on Stevenson. R. L. 8. was writing hard one morn- ing when the door was pushed open and a much excited lady rushed in. "Oh, Mr. Stevenson!" she exclaim: ed. I won't really keep you long; but 1.do want you to help me out of a dif- ficulty. I have to take a stall at a bazaar, and there is not nearly enough material to sell. Somebody told me the other day that you are getting so cele- brated thas even a scrap of your hand: writing would bring in quite a lot of Jjuoney. Please give me one or two of your manuscripts. = We would put them up to auction!" 'When the lady at last paused for breath, her victim replied that it was nde in his 'power to oblige her; he had no suitable contribution to offer for her bazaar; nothing whatever that would be worthy of such a fate. ~ "Oh, Mr, tevenson, don't say that!" she replied with kindly condescension. "Any of the stories. would do nicely. My friend told me so; she sald any- thing of yours would sell. Please don't WP cosa, pence Q SERRE u y's' under ESSE lon Phone: Rasaolpi' a mm : and wh pa rin ar Gigi. ich ~80 far we have been surveying evolution from its physical aspect. However, it has another important The scientist realizes the import- ance of this, for he calls the present age, which. began when man became the dominant creature on earth, the that all creatures including man are This is! | the face of the earth. "| vantages; instead of (as in the short {rise in the mind of the author which ' { But in the essay (of an informal sort) Ex | recevtionof their dead. > .levanees to mood. "Modern Essays." The great sculptor, "Rodin, in his tami Work "The Thinker," showed the beginnings of thought in the still brutish prehistoric man. To<day's achievements of science and engineering had their beginnings in the vague Next in many-celled animals, we find what are called reflex actions. That is, the stimulation of certain nerve cells causes a definite reaction of the muscles. Thus the earthworm, half out of its burrow, jerks back into it upon the disturbance caused by the tread of a bird. The action is automatic, the disturbance stimulating the nerve cells which in turn cause the action of the muscles. The next step in the ascending scale, consists. of what have been named tropisms. These are obligatory move- ments which the animal makes adjust- ing its whole body to the cause of stimulation. Thus a moth always flies into a flame. This is because as the moth flies by a flame, one eye receives more light than the other. As a result there is an ineguilibrium set up in the moth's. nerve cells and muscle cells which forces it to turn so that both eyes are illuminated equally. As a result, it flies into the flamé Next we find instinctive behavior, as in ants, bees and wasps. Here certain lines of conduct seem to be inborn in the creature. Gradually we come to a type of ac- tion in animals which seem to require the i of an exist of intelligence rather than instinct to ex- p-ain them, & And lastly we come to reason. This is found in man alone and distinguish- es man from the other creatures upon disappoint us! Tt doesn't really mat- ter how stupid it is, or how badly writ ten!" How this lady was fiinally deported I do not remember to have heard. But she at least paid her footing by sup: plying R, L. 8. with one of his best anecdotes, one that he related with sheer delight. Ap Pimples come from blood that's not just right. If you want to get rid of facial blemishes try Seigel's Syrup. Any drug store, rr lpn 1 What Makes An Essay? . Yet it is a mere quibble to pretend that the essay does not have easily recognizable manners. It may be) severely planned, or it may ramble in 'ungirdled mood, but it has {its own point of view that marks it from the short story proper, or the merely per- sonal memoir. That distinetion, easily felt by the sensitive reader, is not readily expressible. Perhaps the true meaning of the word essay--an at- | tempt--gives a clue. No matter how personal or trifling the topic may be, there is always a tendency to general ize, to walk around the subject or the experience, and view it from several story) cutting a carefully landscaped path 'through a chosen tract of human complications. So an essay can never be more than attempt, for it {s an ex- cursion into the endless. Any student of fiction will admit that in the com: position of a short story many enter taining and valuable elaborations may must be strictly rejected because they do not forward the essential motive. we ask not relevance to plot, but re That {s why there Are. 50 mony essays that are merely | marking time. The familiar essay is }easler to write than the short story, , but imposes equal restraints upon a scrupulous author. "For in fiction thé "is controlled and lUmited and swept: along by* his material; but in thevessay, the writer rides-ils pen. A good: story; ticqiSlonply 'conceived, al remem) ves. Silence Towers Held Dead. * The Towers of Slignce are Parses erections In India and Persia for the Coffin, _ Alexandes the Great. te cdl to have bes ® Redpites itn : a great amount ubmeney. in afer: 1p bring them much The writer has sent to everal little Eo poor Ma sont to 2everal live tically received and. which yet cost al- most nothing. Sewing for small dolls | (those which are perhaps five inches in length) is one of the happiest occu- this fascinating employment. They were. selected rgels from the con- tents of a piece box, First a gay work-bag was made, suit- able in sfze comfortably to hold the articles which were to be put into it. Next, was selected an abundant supply of pieces of all sorts of materials pretty for doll dresses. These were pressed and tied Into separate bundls. Scraps of ribbon, lace, and embroidery were appropriate for diminutive lingerie, made up another bundle. A needlebook; containing large-eyed needles: an unusual pin-cushjon, filled | with unable pins; two spools.of thread, : one light and one dark; a tiny thimble and a pair of round-pointed scissors! (which really cut)--were packed into the! work-bag. GUARD THE CHILDREN FROM AUTUMN COLDS The Fall is the most severe season of the year for colds--one day is warm, the next cold and wet, and un- !less the mother is on her guard, the little ones are seized with colds that may hang on all winter. Baby's Own Tablets are mothers' best friend in preventing or banishing colds. They act as a gentle laxative, keeping the {bowels and stomach free and sweet. An occasional dose of the Tablets will prevent colds, or if it does come on | suddenly their prompt use will relieve the baby. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mall at 25 cts. a box from The Dr. Willlams' Med! | cine Co., Brockville, Ont. Iron vs. Steel. "If he's made up his mind to kiss you he'll do it. He has a will of fron." "That's all right--I've steeled my-| self against him." pations of Mttle: girlhood, and the gift | referred to consisted of materials for tea" TEA on Dy Shs fill grade One Scar or Many? likewise rolled together. White goods + Dat one smalipox case, whether in | dive ase which is showing itself in the | Below, ' Bat those who all the day snelfirmim ei After Shaving--MIinard's Liniment. Lady Byng Found Pleasure | in Her Rock Garden. | A permanent contribution to Cana-| dian horticulture was made by Lady Byng prior to her departure from the | dominion, in her complete rehabllita- tion of the gardens at Rideau Hall and her introduction of a rock garden planted with wild flowers from every province in Canada. Lady Byng was very fond of that rock garden. She gathered her stones ! from Rockcliffe Park, plenned plant- | ing so that she would have bloom from | | May to August and adopted plants | from all corners of the globe. All} were hardy and most of them peren:| nials, so that the beauty of the rockery | would continue from year to year. In! three years she accomplished what | normally it would have taken five | years to do and her joy in it was not lessened by the fact that she would | have only a short season to enjoy it | before returning to her own English | gardens. Anclent { Colne Were Immense. Some of the coins used by the an- olents were as large as dinner plates. ih The smalipox menace is ever with us. So many unprotected persons are living in every city, town and village, 3 REMNANTS, LBS, $2. 5 LBS, PATCHES, $1.60. | Toronto, Peterboro, or a town in the ro. north; witt act #8 the lighted match to the inflammable material of unvacein- PLAIN and light sewing a lated men, women and children who home; whole or spare time; Shere 2 "makeup -& large part of Ontario's work sent-any- distance; populaticn to-day. Send stamp for nrg Smallpox is a winter d It is Manufacturing Co., Montreal true that g few cases are found d GRATIS (LITTLE FRIEND) TO throughout the year, yet November al- either sex; mailed in plain en- ways sees fresh outbreaks. And the velope. Paris Specialty Co. result is that many a young woman or little girl will for the rest of her life to sel Washo. Best seller. Great have the many scars of an attack of repeater, Washes clothes without rub- smallpox on her face when she could bing and cleans everything like magic. have prevented them by one scar of Different. Beats ever: ng. $100 vaccination on her arm. | weekly easy. Sample free. P. A. Unfortunately, too, the type of the Lefebvre & Co., Alexandria, Ont. Printed Words. Silence and sounds, Rivers black and white, Flaming into fire, Freezing in the light. Province just now is not mild, but quite virulent; it brings to mind extremely fatal type which was met in the Windsor epidemic iwo years ago where only a very small number of unvaccinated patients lived through the attack. Children and travellers, especially, should be protected by vaccination. But when one case in a bowling alley, on a train, at school or in a shop, at a concert or church service can cause! an epidemic which will affect hundreds of people, no one is safe; we must, then, protect ourselves by vaccination, if we have not been successfully done within seven years. | Vaccination does not cost much, | usually very little, and that only for | the doctor's time, as the vaccine is | supplied free for the use of the people of Ontario by the Dept. of Health, Trembling tn the darkness, Monsters at a birth; One may fling an army Over all the earth. Fearsome, ah, heware! He whose hope #5 most | May despair in seeing In each one a ghost. ~ George Elliston. Plans or Homer Last word in builders' aid. 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Ihad awful bearing-down pains and was afraid 1 had serious trouble. I was tired oll the time and had no appetite. My sister-in-law is taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound and cannot praise it too highly and asked me to try it. T have had spler results and feel fine all the ~Caroline Lawrence Dier, time now. Any one who needs a thorough pick-me-up soon learns from me what to take."'-- Mrs. RENR PAQUIN, 320 Cumberland Street, Ot- tawa, Ontario. Terrible Backache Hamilton, Ont. "After my baby was born I had terrible-backache and headschea. I could not do my work and felt tired from the first minute I got up. But worst of all were the pains in my sides when I moved about. I had to sit or lie down for a while af- terwards. I could keep my house in order, but many things had to go un- | done at the time, because of my ail- ! ments. I was told by a neighbor to take Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable PAIN. Minard's penetrates, soothes, and relieves pain. Splendid for stiff joints, sore muscles. Compound, as she said it would build me up. I 'was relieved before I had taken the first we bought and have not had any trouble like it since," -- Mrs. T. MARKLE, 116 Ferguson Ave nue South, {ow Sealy Halos Ontario. © Proved safe. by millions and prescribed by physicians for LARGE PIMPLES ITCHED BADLY On Face, Shoulders and Arms. Cuticura Heals. "My trouble bog began with Pimples breaking out on my face, shi | and srms. They were and red, snd festered, hn Bp J over, causing disfigurement. The pimples itched badly and hen | 1 scratched them eruptions formed Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbago _ My Satin eld vos bres . Pain Neuralgia Toothache Rheumatism cr a aticurs Soak and Ointment ry they afforded | DOES. NOT AFFECT THE HEART relief in a short time. I continued the treatment and after using bmn wath Fined " el a ayer ease directions. 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