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mm mm â- V mfgwfB â- m^i9**iw«^^9?9 ^jMiM^jLim^mmemmm Thursday, May 6, 1920. THE FLESHEBTON ADVANCE. SEVEN BY AUNT JUNE s Our Boys and Girls Corner Registered According to the Copyright Act. DEDICATEDTO EVERY BOY AND GIRL IX CANADA THE SUNDAY SCHOOL II LESSON. My Dear Boyi and Girls: â€" We have not had a story for a week or two about any of oar animal friends. How would you like to hear about my third little dog friend? I think his name must be: BOVEB. Bover Uvea in a city close near the lake and his master has an office in some big warehouses which are on a street leading down to the water front. For several summers the fam- ily in which Hover lives, usea to go across the lake by ferry boat to a cot- tage situated on an iiiand and Bover °3 master when he went into the city some days to work would take his dog with him. Bover seemed to enjoy this trip on the boat very much and soon become friends with the captain and the man who ran the engine, so much so that some days when his master left him at home on the island, Bover would run down to meet the afternoon boat and when the men saw him coming they would let him on board and take him across the water, where he would very quickly find his way up the side streets to his master's office and there sit waiting for him until it was time for him to go home. One summer after three years had passed, the family decided to stay in the city, so on the day that they gen- erally moved away Bover could be seen tearing wildly through all the rooms and sniffing at the furniture as if he wished to say good-bye. Then he went out to the front door and sat waiting for the summons to leave the house. This he did for several days and although his mistress and master talked to him and told him that they were not going to take him to the island, poor Bover seemed very trou- bled and could not understand why he lid not have his daily trip. He used, however, to sometimes go down with his master to the office when he would lie under his desk or walk around the warehouse making friends with the men. The men down on the boat who had been used to seeing him every year, were beginning to wonder, too, where Kover was, when one day, what do you think he didi This doggie made up his mind that he would go down to the water all by himself, so he went down to the boat, and there was the captain and the engineman and they whistled to him just as they used to do, and called him "Good Doggie" and Rover wagged his tail with de- light, and then just as the boat was going to start, he jumped on board. How he enjoyed that trip across the water again, and when the boat reached the other side, the men who thought perhaps they should not have let him go over, went to hold him un- PLEDGE FOR HELPEi;.S, "Do a little kindness to someone every day. Scatter rays of sunshine all along the way." I pledge myself in the ser- vice of niv King and Country to DO MY BEST IN MY D.\ILY WORK, wherever it may be, to help others wherever possible, and to endeavor in every way to make myself A GOOD Cllt- ZEN. Name til all the people had got off, but Ko- ver was too quick; he just gave one jump onto the shore and then tore away i across the island to the little cottage, i The people who lived there were very much surprised to see the big brown doggie (did I tell you he was i brown and curly!) and when he curled ! up on the verandah in such a homelike way, they were rather pleased: they felt sure someone from another cot- tage would come and claim him. How- ever night came on and no one called i anil H6ver still stayed. ' I think he had got it into Ws dog- gie head that if the family would not move over, he would, and that if ho went first and stayed over they would' be sure to come too. So for th-eo days Kover stayed at the cottage aul made some new friends with the peo- ple who lived there, but every day he raced down once or twice to meet the boat, and see if his master haii ' come, and on the third day his master did come, and what do you think had : happened in town? When Eover's master found that the dog ws gone he was very much upset, for he thought someone had stolen him and did not for . a long time think of the island and then on the morning ot tne third da" Rover 's mistress said, ' ' Do you know I think Bover was pining for the is- lind? I wonder if he can have g-->ne : over there by himself?" Straight away his master went dowu to the water side, and there he «aw the captain of the boat who told bim I about Rover's trip and how he was waiting over there every day. Bover 's new friends were so kin \ to him they told his master he could make a visit whenever he liked. s> sll that summer the people on the is- land were amused to see this doggie coming over two or three times everv week to stav for a few hours, whei • he would go bacx again and caii lor his master. Don't you think He was rather a clever dog? This is quite a true story, and Bover is still Living in the big city by the lake side, but I think he is really going to the island again to live this summer. This story has taken np so much of my letter to you that we have not any room to talk about the birds this week, but I wiU give yon a pretty piece of poetry about Spring. You will see the names of several birds mentioned in it. The Call of Spring. March! MarchI March! They are com- ing In troops to the tune of the wind: Redheaded woodpeckers drumming, Gold-crested thrushes behind: Sparrows in brown jackets hopping Past every gateway and door; Finches with crimson caps stopping Just where they stopped years be- j fore. i March! March! March! They are slip! ping ' I Into their places at last: | Little white lily-buds, dripping j I'nder the shadows that fall fast; Butter cups, violets, roses; Snowdrop and bluebell and pink; Throng upon throng of sweet posies, Bending the dewdrops to drink. March! March! March! They will hurry Forth at the wild bugle-sound; Blossoms and birds in a fiurry. Fluttering all over the ground. Hang out your flags, birch and willow! Shake out your red tassels, larch! Up, blades of grass, from your pillow! Hear who is calling yoo â€" March! â€" Lucv Larcom. RIDDLES. Answers to Last Week's Riddles. R. â€" Why is a person suffering from rheumatism like a window? .\. â€" Because they are full of panes (pains). R. â€" At wnat time of day was Adam created? A.â€" A little before Eve. R.â€" What is it yea cannot hold for . ten miuutas although it is as light as a feather? A. â€" Your breath. THIS WESK'S BIDDLISS. R. â€" When has a bey four hands? B. â€" 'Where can one always find happiness? UNCLE JIM'S STORY. BBOTH£B AND SISTEE. â-  ter had come to a ladder rising ri^ht 1 »!_« up in front of them. One summer morning a long time ^^..ciimb that ladder." squeaked the aga. when water nixes lived at the , . ^^j .„hg„ ^ou get to the top bottom of rivers and wells, and before pull it up after you. And remember either your grandfather or my grand- 1 i_jQp^ where vou are plaving after this father was alive, a little brother and ' ^^^^ ^^^.^ â-  i^^j^g j^ any more sister, playing by the side of the ^*i'' , .^eiig >> tumbled right into it! -pjj'g L.jiildron scrambled up that lad- How they did drop, drop, drop, till : ^g^. And they were just in time, too. they were sure they were falling to the ! wiien they reached the top they looked other side of the world. ' back down the hole and could hear Plump! They hit the bottom; but, the heavy steps of the water nix just funny, it did not seem to hurt them a j catching up with them. In a flash bit. 'They were a lot more scared than the little boy grabbed the ladder and hurt for a long-nosed water nix ] pulled it up after them. grabbed hold of them. j "Where are we?" asked sister, in "Now I've caught you," she ! a trembling voice. For she was so screamed ' ' Come on with me, for i frightened after all she had been I've lots of work for you to do." ! through that she wanted to sit down So awav the children ran with her and cry. "We're home," cried the brother. "Look, there is our house, and there are papa and mama on the steps look- ing up and down the road for us." as fast as' their Uttle fat legs would carry them. When it began to get dark" and they came to a tumbledown looking house' the water nix handed the girl a bucket with a hole in it. "Ketch me water," she said. "And don't be all night about it." ^ She gave the boy a broken axe and . told hiux to cut dowu a huge tree. Then for supper she gave them a dunipUug, which was a hard as a stone and promised them br»th a good whip- [ ping if thev had not done everything , she said by" the time she came back. The little boy and girl looked at each other. "We might as well run away, said the boy. "If we don't she will surely starve us to death. We can't live on stones." So they started to run. Oh, how fast they ran, faster, faster, and as thov ran they saw that a little gray mouse was running beside them. All at once the little girl cried: "She is following usâ€" that dreadful water nix." ^, "Throw your comb behind you, squeaked the little mouse. And when the Uttle girl did as the mouse said, though she was surprised to hoar a mouse say anything, an im- mense hill of thorns and bristles with thousands and thousands of spikes ran up and it took the water nix a long time to get over the hill. The children had got a long way ahead before she did, but she finally almost caught up with them. "Throw that little looking glass you have in your pocket back of you," squeaked the mouse again. The girl obeyed, and instantly a Our letter box will really have to wait until nest week. Someone promised me a story about his pets. Who was the Helper? I shall look out for this letter. All Helpers please remember that you are being very real Helpers I when you feed the little birds andj look after them. fntil the berries come out on the trees and the little insects begin to stir, which birds de- pend upon for their food, our little Spring friends will have a hard time unless you remember them. Will you see that they get some crumbs and | scraps from the table? | Lots of loving wishes to all good t Helpers. Yours lovinglv, AUNT JTXE. CANADA EAST AND WEST .\nyone at all familiar with the geography of the Dominion of Canada knows that the land adjacent to the city of Montreal is usually spoken of as the "Eastern Townships." This part of the province is almost exclu sively English-speaking, although in the more recent years many French - Canadian families have purchased farms in the very fertile area. Very shortly after the division of the two provinces into Upper and Lower Canada proclamations were is- sued in the two provinces inviting set- tlors from the United States to take np their abode in Canada. Those who ac- cepted the invitation of the Lower Province settled in what they called the Eastern Townships. From 1790 it was the practice of the government to grant a large area of land, called i a township, to a leader who brought in'a number of settlers. Ofter in this way a large grant of the land came into the possession of one man â€" a thing that in later years made the set- tlement of the district and its develop- ment more difficult GOOTH TARKINGTON .-x 0< E- Creator of The Goldwyn, Booth Tar- klngton "Edgar-Comedies" which the press of the country heralds as "the dawn of a new day for the photo- play." The second "Edgar" release will be "Edgar's Hamlet." "FASLOS, BSDBOOM ANC BATH." Edward Dillon has been fni;3ged by Metro to direct 'V'iola Dana in ' ' Par- lor, Bedroom and Bath." the Al Woods farce that will be her next Metro-Screen Classics picture. Mr. Dillon, now on the Pacific coast, went from New York especially to dir««t this production. After the war of t8l'2 when Sir huge hill of glasi aud mirrors rose be- j Gordon Drummond desired to reward hind hor. This was so slippery that ' those who had taken part in the war the water nix could not possibly J for their serWces he discovered that climb it. j huge territories were held by a few in- "I'll go back and get my axe and dividual* in the Eastern Townships, break the hill," she shrieked; but by So an endeavor was made to guard the time she did the brother and sis- against that occurring in the future. HEl^F THE TEACHSBS. Believing that the American public ix in general sympathy with the move- ment for higher wages for teaebers, and encouraged by the thousands of letters of approval which have bee» received on "Topics of the Day" fa vpring better pay for teachers, the Literary Digest will support a nation wide campaisrn through the Topics on behalf of the teachers. The campaign opened at Cleveland, where a conven- tion of teachers was held and it met with great popular favor. Lesson VI. Blay 9. ELI AND HIS SONS. Lessonâ€" 1 Sam. 2 1217; 4: l-Ts. Printed Text â€" 1 Sam. 4: 6-18. May be used with temperance ap- plications.) Golden Text â€" "The wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord"! (Rom. 6: 23). Timeâ€" 1142 B. C. Place.â€" Shiloh. The Ijesson Text. I 5. And when the ark of the cove- • nant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout. 30 that the earth rang again. 6. And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout they said, What I meaneth the noise of this great shout ; in the camp of the Hebrews I And they ^derstood that the ark of Jeho- var was come into the camp. [ 7. And the Philistines were af raid, | for they said, God is come into the | camp. And they said, Woe un'o us! for there hath not been such a thing i heretofore. 8. Woe unto us! who shall deliver! us oat of the hand of these mighty ' gods ? these are the gods tluit smote ; the Egyptians with all manner of j plagues in the wilderness. j 9. Be strong and ijuit yourselves | like men, ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you; quit yourselves like men. and light. 10. -Vnd the Philistines fought and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent ; and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel \ thirty thousand footmen. | 1 1 . And the ark of God was taken I and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and] Phinebas. were slain. I 12. And there ran a man of Ben-: .jamin out ot the army, and came to ] Shiloh the same day, with his clothes j rent and with eartii upon his head. 1 3 . And when he came, lo, Eli | was sitting upon his seat by the way- j side watching; for his heart trembled ! for the ark of God. And when the I man came into the city, and told it, all j the city cried out. i 14. And when EU heard the noise | of the crying, he said, What meaneth ! the noise of this tumult ? And the j man hasted and came and told Eli. | 1 5 . Now Eli was ninety and eight j years old; and his eyes were set, so j that he could not see. i lo. And the man said onto Eli, 1 1 am he that came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he ! said. How went the matter, my son! 17. And he that brought' the tid- ings answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hoph- ni and Phinehas are dead, and the ark of God is taken, 18. -ind it came to pass, when ho made meutiou of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. Comments. Verse 5. The awful doom in store j for the house of Eli, as revealed to ! Samuel U Sam. 3= 10-14.'. was not' fulfilled for twenty years, but it be- gan at oace. Eli 's two sons, Hoph- ni and Phinehas, were protiigate and godless, and profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah (, 1 Sam. 2: 12-17, 29). ••This was probably the tirst time since the settlement of Israel in Ca- naan that the ark had been broaght into the camp. Verse 6. Instead of depending upon righteousness, the Hebrews look- ed to the ark for their salvation. They thought formal observances would an- swer the purpose of faith. Verse 7. •â- Whatever was joy to Israel was a cause of fear to the Phil- istines. " They did not know Israel was weak through sin. Verse 8. The Philistines were polytheists, and supposed that the He- brews, like themselves, had many gods. The Hebrew of this word â- â€¢plagues" means smiting, and refers to the Red Sea disaster where the shores were a ••wilderness." Verse 9. By the realization of dan- .-â- r. the Philistines were nerved for victory. Verse 10- The presence of the ark ;â- ! not help the Hebrews in the ab- i seace of reliance upon God. t Verse 1 I. Losing the ark was .i crushing blow; and the destruction of j the two sons of Eli meant that the whole of God's terrible judgment would be carried out. I Verses 12, 13. A Hebrew runner in distressful agitation set out to find | Eli. He was anxious both for the sa- cred ark and for his people. Verses 14-16. The ears of the bUnd old man were keenly attuned to the news of failure. Verse 17. Here is a climax of trou- , ble. Each blow is heavier than the | one before â€" the rout of the army, the I slaughter of the people the death of I his sons, the loss of the ark. j Verse 18. To Eli the loss of the; ark meant that God had forsaken his people. It was more than the old man could bear. Illustrated Truth. It is a woeful thing when the peo- ple of God do not come up even to the expectations of the wicked i,vs. 6. TV Illustration â€" In a small city where a wet and dry fight was on, it was arranged that the churches should vmite in a scries of prayer meetings for a fortnight before the election. The fact was reported to the liquor men, with the result that they were greatly disturbed. They made an es- timate of the number of church peo- ple among the voters, and saw them- selves badly beaten at the start. They were giving a good many men credit for virtue the.v did not possess, for. when the votes were counted, it was found that the liquor interests had won. IP AIBICEN FLT AT 600 BCfLES AN HOXTBâ€" ••To grow younger," Maj. H. L. Wimferis told the Boyal So- ciety of Arts, "use an airship." "If â-  airmen increased their speed to 600 miles an hour â€" would appear to stand still in the sky, and if they went faster and started on Monday they would find themselves back on Sonday. "This," he said, "would not matter much so far as grownups were concerned, but the children wonld get younger and younger until they came to nothing, and then what would happen!" ADVICE TO GIRLS By Rosalind KegiMtertti According to th* Copy' right Act Dear Rosalind: â€" â-  Please send us a list of plays suit- BOHBARDING MOON WITH CANNON SOON French 121-Mile Gun Brings Up New Hope. That we should soon be able to bom- bard the moon and other heavenly planets is the prediction in the French scientific press apropos of the new long range gun just invented by a Frenchman, the signaling of Mars and other recent scientific developments. "Who would dare deny that we are every day getting closer to the reali- zation of all of Jules Verne 'a one- time fantastic imaginings," says a prominent scientist who asks why fur- ther experiments with M. de la Mare- maze 'a principle should not yield more startling restdts than have been achieved already. Already Can Fire 121 MUae. He does not deal with the secret of the long-range gun's construction, in- asmuch as that belongs to the govern- ment and is considered of paramount importance to national defense, but he examines the principles by which it is hoped inventors will be able to over- „Ki , ,•„. k _; , 1. • ^t '-[come the projectile's chief adversary, able tor beginners between the ages of | „^,jy^ ^j^^ J^ resistance. 1- and 17. | j^jg ^g^ g,m ;j j^jj .q i^ave a range Hoping to see our letter soon in print ! of 121 miles, and some good advice on this matter, ' we are, EIGHT CHUMS. Dear Grls: I am sorry I cannot give there is anything in your town library, answering letters I have not time to look up a catalogue for you. See if there is any town library. Failing that, write ot Elinor paper, and I 'm you some advi.^e. That i.s more in her line than mine, vou know. aoSAUND Merely a ICatter of Aim. "The whole problem," says the writer, "is one of initial velocity. Cal- culations show that an initial speed of 10,000 meters a second still would give an elliptic trajectory: but if we _ should reach or surpass an initial Murrav, Jare "o"f " this ' *P««'^ "' 11.180 meters a second the sure she would give ' "-'"rve would ie an ellipse, but would become a parabola, and we never would see that shell again. It would I be thrown into the inanity of space. I "The bombardment of the moon, of D*>ar Rosalind: ' Mars or the other planets then would 1 am a member of the sterner sex, i •>« ?"'«'?â-  ^ matter of good aim." but enjoy ve.'y much reading your col- umn for girls, and thus hope yon wiU pnrdon this intrusion. My reward for following you is not trarticularly the sane advice you give. I'Ut rather the appearance and matier of some of the letters sent in to your colomn. Take the one signed ' ' Unpopular Maiden." for instance. She finds fault with the boys of today because they do act seem to seek sensible and practical girls, bat prefer silly, fluff." bntterflies. | I feel sorry that the "returns" do | Mother called Uttle Susie to her, 1^". at present take to the qualities [ when she returned from school, prssessed by this writer, but she and i "Just imagine, dear,,'" she said, otters similar to her should remember |'"Aunt Ethel has a new bab.v. and now the mode of welcome these soldiers re- mamma is the baby's aunt, papa is ceived in France at the hands of the the baby's uncle and you are her lit- French girls, who look upon them â€" and I tie cousin. ' ' aU British soldiers â€" as the saviours of ' "Well," cried Susie, in amaze- that co'mtry â€" and acted accordingly. ment. ••wasn't that all arranged But the men will change, and the de- quick!" mand for girls of the â- â-  Unpopular . Maiden "s ' ' type wUl be far greater tha* j "I wish now, ' ' said the lecturer, the supply. Then will come their j-- to tax your memory.'' chance â€" as now those who "do not , a waij in the audience: â- 'Has it know if they should be squeezed'' are [come to that?" popular today. Because a young man does not keep company with girls does not of neces- â-  sity place him among the woman hat- ; ers. On the contrary, he may have j higher ideals than those who are al- ! most constantly with the fair sex. The \ reason he does not mix, is. of eotirse, | his own business, bat yon will find | The maiden of â€" er â€" forty or so was much upset. Quoth she to a younger friend: â- â- Kate talks so outrageously. Yes- terday she actually told me I was nothing but a hopeless old maid. 'That's pretty frank" exclaimed the friend. â-  â-  Yes, wasn 't it unladylike of her ? ' ' â-  ' It certainly was rude. ' ' agreed the other. â-  ' Still, it 's better than having her telling lies about you." New grace and wisdom giving. To larger love and purer will And nobler heights of living. â€" X. W. Howe.> A BACHELOR OF TWEXTT. Dear Bachelor Bov: â€" _ Methinks you vastly wise for your iiis reasons "almost simila'r to my own, i age. young man. and would there were which arc: lack of time, deficient edu- I more Uke you! I agree with you that cation and timiditv. Perhaps, also. | " Unpopular Maiden," who is not at financial difficulties â€" very little cash. These should in time vanish. Time will come when present studies are re- warded, giving more time to enio.v the financial benefits one may reaaonsb^ expect. all unpopular, but only thinks she is, will surel.v come into her own. The boys may like to play and flut- ter with the butterflies for awhile, but when it comes to choosing a help- mate a man is going a select a sen- Po not give up hope, girls. Follow ! sible and practical little girl who Rosalind's advice, if possible, for she i knows how to meet the high cost of is doing her •â- bit" toward a better ' everything. Sensible girls are just as generation. She deserves both thanks i prettyâ€" and twice as nice as the silly and credit. | gushy. spoony ones. „.,,.,..„ Lead on. Lord. Thy people still. ! ROSALIND. nimsf ^ mmMK I p jL'SS^ cai, pussy cat. where have ycv '^een? A worse cat for gaddmg never was b^.^n. 1 think your behavior is not at all nice- Why don't >x)u slay home and rid us of mice? FinJ two other per'^uns Upf'r »Je Juwii, on iprun. affnx »ac Jowii. CO iprol) tow