- 3 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, W mas | A WHISTLING AGE. | MOON wisrune omsnce | IN THE 'EDNESDAY, DECEMBER .21, -- 1910. he "LEGENDS ABOUT, THE a DISC*S INHABITANTS. = aa rats 1umbler, of OUR CLIMATE. It 'Is Recommended by Cooks For iired Eritons Who Want Sunshine. anada, our contemporary publish- | Bugland; remarks very ,uign- ¥ on the advan 5 of Canada as {8 winter resort for Englishmen need- ing a rest ture } . Winter Sunshine" is the appropri: at of a pamphlet issued by ve. the whist j *. Thomas Cook.and Sons, the irious graded. | d-famous tofirist agents. It com the moun. : Wins particulafs of the facilities for akic 10 con | Ageing, from the rigors of a British four | Winter offered by the firm in the | : : | Gomera, in. the Canaries, Possesses a | i Queer Custom. Gomera is two centuries behind the | | #¥ines, although it [ies no more fifty miles outside 'the track of ste | ers. In importance i i sixth among the Canary lands; br i | ! OLD Lan You can't enjoy life with a torpid liver. What then? Take Abbey's Salt. 25¢ and 60c. Sold everywhere. Every Country Has Its Own View-- What the Indians Say--Moon Worship Still Exists in China. ust | feature that is distineti jing language. By a i scale of shrill whistlings ) 1 | taineers of the region ar: sted in these tales about the old | verse over a distance of as far as ' J | moon. In évery country in the world | or five miles. \ } shape of. visits to countries which people have some story or other 10 | The art is of great antiquity. The | Provide sunshine in varying degrees." tell about the mysterious spots on the | original inhabitants of the island Une section is deviled W winter sport face of the moon. -The Indians of | wire the Guanches. who were con~ | 5 Switzeriand, with its "dazsling . rica tell two legends concerning {quered by the Spatiards in the §f splendor of sunshine and snow." But Chi- hese spots. One declures that the |tednth century. These were a pastor why is not Canada also given a place Big mai inethe moon was u hunter With [a] people, despite the mountainous | "000g the countries where "winter his dog, banished to the sky for some | nuiure of their territory. It was their sunshine is to be found? There is offence. The other story is that long | need of a means of communication sunshine in Canada in winter, and ago a group of Indian boys met every | across long distances over the great | *'Dl€r sports can be indulged in in evening to dance to the music of one | ravines that cut the heights which | 70 inspiring and bracing atmosphere of their. number who was a sweet | c3 sed the development of a system | 09! 10 be rivalled even among the singer. One night, however, when | of crude signalling by whistles into a ips themselves. Sir Wilfrid Laue. their parents had refused their re: complete language. The like method | *7 who regards the Canadian wif. quest for dainties to make .a great | is umpipyed by ths natives of the sor as "the glory of Canada; may feast, although they danced as usual, | Atlas Mountains, and it may be that again cited for the benefit of Bri- the singer sang more sweetly than |}. primitive manner of whistling tons in search of "winter sunshine,™ ever before and as he "sang they | gus brought thence to Gomera, since | 30d those catering for their wants: -- danced ever faster, till they finally |1,,, ago there was considerable emi- I do not know anything so beauti- rose into the air, still whirling gration of .the Africans to the Can- BEYS > L according to a gentleman who. has' 4 h scjourned there, it possesses one 302 King St ~ Phone 141 and Pure Oream Goods Yon young féllows or fair maidens | who knew how it is to spoon on tht evenings ought to be in- A LATE SHIPMENT Of "natty Pictures from cago. Just the thing. value. Small prices, D. A. WEESE & CO. 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[S0C00000U0D000T v New Goods for "Xmas Raisins, Currants and Peel. All kinds of Cheice Creceries at reasonable prices. Prompt delivery. $ M. NOLAN -338 Princess Street :; 'Phone 720 | 7 INSANITY AND DIVORCE. g Tor tarsus Sir James Crichton-Browne. Says jOne " Sh rt ke : Is no Excuse for+Other. ¥ | s Oo ca - ort e + Sir James Crichton-Browne, the dis Prochn ; v : ! , tinguished. physician, who has been | Fresh2Shortcake this week, our own-maké, in 5 the Lord Chancellor's Visitor in 10, 15, 20 and 23c. cakes : also oe ? Lunacy-since 1875, is at variance with » °h =U 20d Zac. cakes ; also at 12¢." per doz. the majority of those who have+ex- pounded their "views on lunacy an Se . > divorce ¢ beforetthe. Divorce § Commis- | RR H TOYE sion. . 3 . Sy x ° : When he - gave evidence # at fWin- | x e chester House he'declared that the | P.S.-- Carrant Bread: Poy : of =any-dura fresh on Saturday. ground for 'divorce mseemed v to him | highly objectionable. | ity is simply- a *bodily *dis- ease," he added, "manifesting itself | in mental*derangement, and if it were | to Be recognized as a sufficient res- | son for divorce, Igdo not see why | many other bodilypdi should i not be:also. {- | "Insanity is a.disease-and a Visita- | ition of God, and to allow any 'dis- | ° | ease, no matier whit its nature or : . extent, to annul a mutual contract | For. Milk, Cream and Ice explicitly or tacitly acknowledged ; ; hitherto by all who have entered into | it to be 'for better or worse, in sick- 'a {ness and in health,' would be, i¥ |. seems to me; to truckle to selfishness, | k : : ! | to undermine those altruistic senti- | : r . : ful as a beautiful winter day such | ments which have played so great a | o Phone 845 : 277 Princess St around their leader. Though their |sries. But the signalling in the Atlas | 3° We have in Ottawa, in Montreal, | part in human progress, and lo be in | oo 4qqpegepe y . - parents called them, they rose high- | M,untains has never expanded be.' |9' in Quebec, where the rays of the | some measure a reversion to the ruth- | $0000cgecsscccccsncosessscncnsea er and higher. One boy, looking yond its original simplicity, while "hi givid upon the white carpet | lessness of savage life." . = 8 : back, fell to the earth and changed |, Gomera it has grown into a dis- ich extends as far as the eyecanm : In reply to a question by the Arch- into 'a pine tree. The others rose to- | tjr.ct language. go towards the hotizen. There is no- | bishop of ' York, Bir James told a ward the sky till they stepped into As far back as 1630, Dr. Sprat, who thing quite so beautiful, uniees 1t'be good story. . Ly ow i the. moon, where. they can be seen | wy at that time Dishop of Roches 3 Minler night, when the bluest of all. | "Years ago," he said. "a medical on any moonlight night. On certain | ter wrote a letter to the Royal So- | ® ies is studded with millions of gems | friend of mine became engag i Ww a nights of the year Indians still elimb ty .ity in which he made mention of Hever seen to such advantage in any; { young lady and married her as high as possible into pine treés |; Frolishman he had met at Ten- |° sid country. 8 : In the carMage on the way to the and, stretching their arms toward | .riffe This unfortunate - man had n another column Port Arthue. | station after the ceremony the young the heavens, chant prayers to the | phe.n made deal for fifteen days by | Correspondent once more 'takes wp | man discovered that his bride had boys to bring blessings from the | th. shock of a native's whistling at the cudgels in defence of Canada's 'suddenly gone mad. He hesitated moon to the earth. . Ts his ear. Indeed, ns one reflects on Slimase, and enters a protest against | whether to take her back. to her par- In New Zealaad the Maoris say | th. distance that the sound .is made i ® persistant . appellation of "Our ents or continue the journey to the that a man went out one night and, |, carry, it becomes apparent that the aly of the Snows." It was not with, Continent. He decided on the latter stumbling, sprained his -ankle. He |, (0 Jhoe pe fajgly deafening at Su Sood ground that the title pre | course. cried so loudly that at last the moon | .}. «e quarters. A hotelkeeper in Jerrad or the collected impressions of | "While they were crossing the came down and took hold of him. | g,,14 Cruz de Teneriffe employed a Yanda of the representatives of the Channel the young wife threw herself In his fright the man seized a bush. | Geran as kitchen girl. She had a bi Sri tional Council of Women, edite | overboard, but, buoyed up by the but the moon pulled that up by the |, . ro worked in Laguna, almost [*&% 1 is ountees of Aberdeen was j Crinoline she was wearing," shes was roots and sailed back into the sky | fio miles from the hotel.! Yet the ur Lady of the Sunshine. | saved. ~ es L ; with both man and bush. : girl was accustomed to mount a hill pains ! Her delirium disappeared at the In China moon worship still exists. | thos rose at the back of the hotel, and The Wily Politician. | tine of the rescue, and' the f couple There they say.that the man in the | hore indulge in a series of ear-split- It is to be feared that politicians |. cd ,B8PPily: together ; for - twenty Mmooh arranges THATTIng ob Fun dies j ting whistles. And always the lower | are insincere and artful persons. Not YJ ; ited | -- bsg a ---- Sma-- together with a silkén cord the youths | arrived to visit her within' an holir. | long since, a newspaperman was talk- ir James said he was not enti | - and maidens whom he intends 10 | phat such performances requires | ing with a political worker who had | '° 30 opinion on the subject of di- | SS IEA ATO unite. ln all probability the man in spent some "years campaigning in | vorce generally any more than any . a special wers is demonstrated | the moon is the creator of the honey- Spec pe demons 3 by . . d believe that the fdet that the Gomerans of the moon. Samoan islanders believe that | jo, ne0ing have extraordinary devel- the moon came down one night and opraent of chest and throat. io lo the Wo. Sina. working 1a the It is small wonder that the island ight. - Neve 4 ae A little wn, as it lies two days' earth, you can see het now in the is title known, as ies jwo days journey from Teneriffe, and is with- mon, With Jer Sallet and the board out accommodation for guests. Its GO which, the ¥38 PoSang oul park | Extent iv only filern miles in length ) . by thirteen in breadth, and e pine devs ler he pe moon, 8 | population Bumbers a. scant fourte . a thousand., It is, however, an idea 2bpaars on the western half of the spot so far as climate goes in all sea- disk. -sor's of the' year, since rain is rare, and the temperature is uniformly de- lightful. The primitiveness of the place is shown by the fact that it has no roads, only bridle paths, and these are sb steep that cruppers and breast girths are essential to hold the sad- dles in place. One must adventure over the rough trails if he would hear the whistling language; for it is not used except by the mountaineers. Dwellers in towns are not familiar with it, since, with them there exists no necessity for its use. To the mountaineers, however, it is a great convenience, and women employ it as much as men. Some of the less skilful resort to their fingers in the mouth, after the fashion of our own boys; but this is a confession of inability. ~ The language is made up like a sort of Morse code, with high calls and low, short calls and long, with rising and falling inflections, and with a curiously articulated utterance, some. thing similar to triple-tonguing on a cornet. Quaint and impressive 'as this whistling language is, it seems a pity that it should die out. It is, however, surely passing, and a few years more will witness rs extinction. pretty close relations with several Sher San thi dhe al pe bublije men in Qunads, and remarked allowing oe at in divorce 3p . @ 2a ar gift possessed by | ,.4 popularizing it, the sound policy' | Sir John Macdonald for remembering in the long run would be to abolish | the names and faces of even humble it altogether, and to hold men and Ferre Toa paltucind oot. m<. {oF | women: for. good aod sal to. ther | years tician smi . : 3 nial | "And you will notice," the, reporter | nr al bonds. continued, "that Sir Wilirid Laurier | Selfishness of Bachelors. possesses the same gift. 1 | . osges: striking Ants Sore haan | Some outspoken remarks oncoming | a TF sly the politician. "And Ro Sues oe made by tho] Sir Charles Tu r i . . emphill © ipperary at' | Mr. Borden." pper had it, and so has Jliesatiistence of the Church.of Ire- "It would seem, then," sai p and at Belfast recently. porter, "that cb dd he Ie A woman of the farming class, he: | gift raises a man to leadership." said, remarked to him the other day! "No. The gift comes to the leader. | ab the population was r grvery, | In other words, it is largely a matter thin. He wondered what had come' of good management. * successful | ©Ver'the young men that they prefer-, man. does not have to do hig own re red patent feather boots and spats. membering. He can get it done for | 204 ® fortnight's "swelling" at the: | him. A sharp secretary or campaign ! 'seaside, with a game of billiards ewery manager can find out a good many | °TaDS. to the joys of family life. things and speak a few useful words | Their wages would not allow both' ! to his chief at the right moment. For "'® fine. clothes and a wife. They | instance, the prompter who knows ,.C'0%¢ the clothes; and let some Sweet will tell his chief that some time dur. girl pine out her life in maidenhood. ing the afternoon he is likely to, be They were wretched fellows who did introduced to Mr. Horatio Smith |"°' know in what true happiness con- who often tells the story of how he | sisted. Better the love of sweet and | once drove the great man out to a] Pure wife than all the silk socks and meeting at a certain place. Sure | gaudy waistcoats in the world. enough Horatio meets the leader, | .. Come back," said Dr. Hemphill, The leader looks at him intently. It | to the simple life. Learn true jor seems to me we have met before. Let consists in woman's gentle love. This | me see. Yes--it was in the election | I7°87Y bachelorhood is destroying | of 90. You drove me out from the |' Urs by making you selfish and de- | railway to a meeting at Bileville," | *'7OYI08 hers by robbing her of, the | Does Horatio remember it? Well {husband ang children. God intended rather. He is tickled and *| '°F. her. 2 the Story wilt te oad = Senti-aad He knew that things were dear, and | The Marechal Niel Rose. When Niel, the French general, was returning home frem the scene of his victories in the war between France and Austria he received from a pea- sant who wished to honor the hero a basket of beautiful pale yellow rises. One of the stems the general took to a florist in' Paris, in whosg care it remained until it became & thriving bush covered with blossoms, Niel then took the plant as a gift to the Empress Eugenie. She expressed great admiration "for the exquisite flowers and on learning that the rose was nameless said "Then I'll name it. It shall be 'the Marechal Niel'." At the same time she bestowed upon the astonished general. the jeweled baton that betokened his promotion to the high and much coveted rank of marshal of France. This Is the Last Week. Christmas Is Rushing Along. Come to Sutherland's for Sensible Shoe Gifts. 22022022020 20 0 2020 20+ +020 PQ 7 Astoria Shoes for Men, Queen Quality for Women, i $ ocky Boos, Overshoes, Rube, Noi, : ! 0 0 0 00 0 0 OP Bea B Bo Go ro Nothing Better In Canada OPEN EVENINGS THIS WEEK. A Pi J. H. SUTHERLAND & BRO. The Christmas Gift Quick Returns -- Honest Assortment Correct Market Prices Paid for all kinds of RAW FURS and SKINS Send your collections to REVILLON FRERES f ESTARLIGNED 1723 The Leader in the world's Fur Trade. 134 ot 136 MecQUi Street, Montreal, Our PRICE LIST FREE for the asking 18 AA A AN Lattice Screens for Inns. Many quaint old inns are to be seen in King's Lynn, England, and the sign of the Lattice Inn is one of the oldest in existence. In the olden times the windows of inns were kept open, and in order to hide the revel. lers 'within a lattice screen, painted red, was. placed in the window. There is an old saying: "As well known by my wit as an alehouse by a red lattice." The lattices continu. "NM children." that people expected more luxury than their parents had, but those expecta- Loves Hig Alma Mater. {tions must be discouraged. 'For : | God's sake," he concluded, "pitch | Be sides several professors of note, [away your tobacco, annual outing, | Queen's University has a negro nam- | your fine clothes, your club, and what. «il Alfie. Alfie's position in the calen- { ever else makes such an inroad on Our 12 mentioned as assistant janitor, | your income that you cannot think | or caretaker, or something of that : {ot holy marriage. It is- a glorious '| ature, but his real business is to | thing to be the father or mother of | ¢ FAY EXPRESS CHARGES Shoe Store. An Astonishing Invention. Perhaps one of the most astonish- r inventions on record was the de- of a Frenchman who suggested the laying down of huge suction tubes from the coast out to various points Suggestions want to give Why not You some- thing useful make a selection from the follow- { and ing. for Men, Women, Children: -- Men's Slippers, T3c, $1.00, $1.25, $2.00. Ladies' Slippers, 23¢, 30¢, 75¢, $1.00, $1.25, Ladies" $1.25 to 83.30. Evening Slippers, 'Boys' Hockey Boots, $1.30 to (i Ladies' Hockey Boots, $1.73 ( to $2.50. » ed up to the beginning of the eigh- teenth century and when they dis. appeared from the windows they were adopted as signs. The latter are getting very scarce and it is ques. 'tionable whether halla dozen could bé found in England. Habit. Habit is the deepest law of human nature. It is our supreme strength, if also, in certain circumstances, our miserablest weakness. Let me go once, scanning my-way with any earn- estness of outlook and - successfully arriving, my footsteps are an invita tion fo. me a 'second time to go by the same way; it is easier than any other way. Habit is our primal funda. mental law -- habit and imitation. There is nothing more perennial in us than these two. They are the source of all-working and all apprenticeship, of all practice and all learning in the world. --Carlyle. Grunt-Who-Will Tower. Annie, the duchess in wooden shoes who brought Brittany in the pocket of her wedding gown tw her husband, the King of France, kept the Govern- ment for herself, and when the Bishop of St. Malo protested . against the stronghold which she built to cow the too independent Maloons she carved on her tower the irreverent inscrip- tion, which may still be read there, "Grunt who will, so shall it be; 'tis my pleasure," and the tower "Gruat Who Will" (Quicquen Grogue) it re- mains to this day. The Judge's White Gloves. In the olden days judges were for. bidden to wear gloves on the bench for fear of bribes being dropped into If there were no cases to be in the gpen sea. When war broke out and hostile fleets approached the coast, machinery on shore would be set to work, the enemy's would be caught by the irresistible suction, drawn to the ends of the tubes and there held firmby as prison- ters. The one essential part of this idea which seemed to be missing was the machinery which was going to draw a 25,000. ton warship backward with its engines going at "full steam ahead." : She Wasn't Fretting. A 'fond mamma had found occasion during the 'morning to reprimand her | small daughter with more than usual severity It seemed to' hurt the child's feelings considérably. In the afternoon the little girl sat on the sofa staring vacantly out of the win- dow, apparently wrdpped in medita- tion. The mother relented and, com- ing over to the side of the little girl, placed her hand on the child's shoul. der- and asked, "What are you think- ing about, dear?" . "I 'uz jus' finkin"" said the little girl, "if 1. want six or eight brides- maids." Iils We Might Have. A famous writer said: "Man in gen. eral, or, as it is expressed, on the average, does tot '.ve above two and twenty years, and during these two and twenty vears he is liable to two and twenty thousand evils, many 'of which are incurable. Yeét even in this dreadful state men will strut and figure on the stage of life. They make love at the hazard of destruction and in- trigue, carry on war and form projects just as if they were to live in luxury and delight for a thousand ages." vessels | root for Queen's athletic teams. or lose, Alfie is always on the side- | lines, i in hus whisper so weil of that university and to the players on all opposing teams, was to leave, and tlie student body was full of sorrow, McGill he would "know the worst, and said: "I hear you are going away, Alfie." Stop a large crowd came to the station to eatch a glimpse of the duke. was dark and wet, and as Mr. Prior leaned from the window the crowd made a rush to see who the distin- guished Britisher might be. genially away. and Ign even make a speech. poston © and Laywan's grocers on the south Win | shouting peculiar "Come on Queen's" hoarse and husky | known to all students | It was rumored last fall that Alfie At the end of a Rugby match with one of the players thought "No," replied that individcal in my Alma Mater." : | Not a Royalty. Mr and révolu- | Duke of York, on his | During the | a prolonged was made during the night, and It | No.\ said the arflsi, waving them "I'm not the duke, not the duchess, and I can't A Bright Outlook: The bright lights of The | imagine him to be. Melton 'Prior, the war corre i srondent and artist, who saw about | tweniy-four campaigns Hous, died in London, England, oan Nov. 3. He accompanied King George ! V., then the pS orn | tour of Canada in 1901. royal progress through the West, Mr. Prior was very much interested in the scenes in that vast country. At one of the Western towns ! { gestion!" . Writer | erties jd by all the best critics. the little even the poorest family.' Wit of Sir William Robson: Sir William Robson, Great Britain's | leading counsel at The Hague arbi- tration tribunal, is by no means the | dry and serious individual one. might | He is a brilliant i speaker and has a ready wit, and as | a gentleman he once defended said of him, "He seems to get on good terms |! | with | pretends to be jesting with them, he~! {18 all his usual harsh notes, "I wouldn't } poimt. leave his audience, and, though he ! the time working home his ®n one occasion in the House of Commons, when he was a member for Bouth Shields, after a | lengthy débate a member of the op- | posite bench complained with a touch of bitterness that evidently Sir Wil- iam could not swallow his argument " said Sir William without hesi- | ation; "I don't want to die of indi ---------------- On the Fire. "Hall Caine is the most abused | in the world," said a pub- | lisher. "He gots nothing but grills | and roasts when he brings out one of | those melodramatic novels or plays of his that sell so amazingly well "Yes, the critics roast Hall Caine, but he, too, will often roast the One night at a dinner attend- man, rising to a toast, pushed back | the thin auburn hair from his pro- tuberant brow and said: i ""'Dear me, what a lot of erities there are here! It requires very Tit- te ability to find fault. That is why, 1 presume, there are so many of you, gentlemen.' " Gramophone In Church. Shes og EE Ed . i Robin (0) WE CALL Hood Flour "The Flour that is Different" say, "itis really the We must stand ready to prove it and also pro¥e~-that the differ- ence is so marked, so worth while, that you will Teel this is the flour you rught to use. That is exactly where we do stand. « We ask you to take no risk. Buy a bag of ROBIN HOOD and give it two fair trials. If it does not prove perfectly satisfac- tory, so satisfactory that you, too, flour that is different," you may Moccasins. Overshoes, them. Rubbers, of the track are being rivalled the Boys' Club and Laaghton's ad cery on the north of the track. It Niagara pwer were only as "free as air," as Maclean once told 'he farmers at Gaelph Water Fair that it should be, ws could have quite a bright little town. Parkhill Gazette. Novelties have been introduced in- to the services at St Michael's Church, Btouebridge, Willesden, Eng- | land. Sacred selections are played on a large gramophone, and brief ad. dresses upon the music and COM pos. ers are given by the vicar, Canon Humphreys . tried, however, there was no oppor. tunity for bribing, and the sheriffs might give the judge a pair of gloves; hence the custom of presenting a judge with a pair of white gloves when he has no cases to ry at an as. sizes. Pleasure and Happiness. There are many pleasures found ig the search for happiness, but thére is, little happiness for him who seeks pleasure. Pleasure is what you feel when your neighbors come to spend the evening. Happiness is what feel when they go. . ---------------- enn. take it to your grocer and he will give you back your money. : Will you make the trial on your next flour order? THE SASKATCHEWAN FLOUR MILLS CO. MOOSE JAW, SASK. LIMITED FRERENT i : Es EEE . Unfair, » The Tailor--Married or single? : The Custonier--Married. Why? The Tailor--Then let me recommend my patent safety deposit pocket. It contains a most ingenious little con. trivance that ieely exactly like a live "Explorations made during the last ew years have lad geologists to the epnclusion that the gulf const of Mes igo has gresit possibilities as aa' oil ay The smo pss powder factory of the Mexican goverment has | com Its annmal capacity is 110,000 pounds 6f powder of the best quality. ; The man who used all the knowledge he bas, has all the know he can ~ O00OCO00 JTulands are now the of ococoanuts in the ied of the whole General Botha, prime mimster of the Transvaal, savs that never lore mn the history of South America were there such solid signs of prosperity. What a' girl can't possibly follow is s Judgment doesn't do so vers much i : 2 her parents' adiice about a map. harg if vou don't mvest mopey oa it. hops