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You will find it a refreshing, invigorating beverage that will bring back your lost energy, Suiiiis Lager is mild, pure, appetizing-- just the thing for the business man to rest his nerves and insure sound sleep. Drink it with lunch, dinner, In the evening---any time --and "be sure it's JOHN LABATT, LIMITED 48 LONDON, CANADA, James McParland -Agent, 339-341 King St., East you must care for it. If dandruff is pre- sent, first eliminate "it by using Na-Dru-Co Dandruff Eradicator for three of four weeks, then tone up the scalp with NA-DRU- co that can affect Che color of the hats In an Its daily use is a pleasure il beneficial as it is, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, @ressssssrssssssacscen Prrersrrsssscsrssaescel Notice. At the week-end instruction camp to be held shortly, the 2nd and 3rd troops will camp separately in the vicinity of Kingston Mills; Scouts will either march or wheel out May 24th in the morning, and return Sat- urday, in the afternoon. No scout should miss this camp, an@ as a good programme is being prepared, it will be enjoyable as well as in- structive, Each scout must hand in the written permission of his parents, so that the patrol-leaders may know how many tents, ground sheets, and how much provisions are necessary; these applications must be handed to a patrol-leader before 4 p.m., Monday, May 20th. The patrol leaders will give each scout a list of provisions that he must bring in his haversack to the camp. This will not cost éver twenty-five cents. Each scout must also bring two blankets, soap, tow- el, toothbrush, a tin plate and cup, and knife, fork and spoon. Fur- ther details at next troop meeting. Surveyor Scouts, On Saturday afternon, May -10th, a few scout wheeled out to King- ston Mills, to make a survey for the week-end camp to be held May 24th and 25th. As it was their first at- tempt at accurate surveying, they found it rather hard, but a credit- able map was turned out. Other scouts report being out in the coun- try sketching, - painting, and hunt- ing for wild flowers. Meeting of 3rd Troop. At the last meeting of the Syden- ham street troop, plans for the week-end camp and June 3rd were discussed and the remainder of the time was spent in drill. Some of the scouts were wearing shorts and they looked fine. This troop is very sorry to lose its scoutmaster Mr. Roy Ward, who on account of increased business duties has been forced to resign. However, in H, E. Pense, who will succed him, the scouts will find an able and enthusiastic scoutmaster, who will certainly be capable of carrying on the work to the fullest possible advantage. 3rd Troop Naturalist Scouts, 'I'ne close of last week and the early part of this one saw the re- turn of many birds, among others were catbirds, red-eyed vicen, Bal- timore orioles, house wrens, sand- pipérs, biff or eve swallows, crested flycatchers and 4 number of 'wood warblers, including the myrtle, mag- nolia and black-throated bluebirds, make an interesting study, and all scouts should get interested. Among the flowers we have cut were toothwort, really these leaved crinkle root are edible and taste like watercress; yellow, blue and white violets; gol- den and pale corydelis, marsh mari- gold, whose leaves make excellent sandwiches; barren strawberry, with yellow flower and no edible fruit; tufted buttercups, mitre wort, bane- berry, and Jack-in-the-pulpit with many medicinal uses, the common- est as a cough remedy, the dry root being powdered and mixed with honey. isnt Scouting Works. In the May Woman's Home Com- panion, a mother gives her personal experiences with her troublesome boy of twelve or fourteen years of age and tells how his connection with the Boy Scouts of America made a better boy of him. "The twelve points of the Scout law, says the mother, in her article, are: . A Bcout is trustworthy. . A Scout is loyal. . A Beout is helpful. A Scout is friendly. A Scout is courteous. . A Scout is kind. . A Scout is obedient. . A Scout is cheerful. A Scout is thrifty. 10. A Scout is brave. 11. A Scout is clean. 1.. A Scout is reverent. After telling how her son enter- ed the movement, she goes on to say: "I had hoped my boy would be all these things and had so admon- ished him. But these are scout laws, mind you, not advice and ad- monitions, not hopes backed by ma- ternal pleadings and fears, but laws, self-imposed when the scout takes his oath; .for in taking the oath he promises to obey these laws, That settled it. If the scour move- ment stood for these things, and inspired and exacted them, I was with it, heart and soul. "From the start the whole thing was a gréat success. The boy, for one, benefited immensely by the as- sociation. It would take me too long to tell you how much. [I only tell you humbly that some of the faults in him which I had worked with for years, such as selfishness, i SATURDAY, of France from memory, in which he described every principal .cha- tean in the kingdom. Cardinal Mezzotanti, "that monster of lan- guages," as Gyron called him, could give offhand the contents of entire dictionaries and grammars. A Roman priest used to amuse his friends by an extraordinary feat of memory. Allowing them to de signate any line of an 'Italian poet, he would begin with that line and recite a hundred lines, either back- ward bor forward, acording to the wish of his listeners. Experienced librarians will carry in ther heads a list of titles of books, with the names of the auth- ors and even the proper number of the books and their places on the shelves, to an extent astonishing to the ordinary reader. Log practice gives this accomplishment, but it is of course the sooner attained when the person possesses & naturally retentive literary memory. This faculty was downright gen- fus in Antony Magliabecchi, librar- ian of the Grand Duke Cosmo III, of Florence. For instance, if a priest wished to compose a pane- gyric on a saint and communicated his intention to Magliabecchi, the librarian would immediately inform him of amy reference to the saint of the part of the work wherein it was to be found, and that some- times to the number of a hundred writers. . Magliabecchi could tell not only who had treated a subject designe edly, but also those who had touch- ed upon other subjects. This in- formation was given with the great- est exactness, naming the author, the book, the words and often the very number of the page at which the passage ocenrred. Magitabecehi visited other librar- ies, and his local memory was such that he needed but to see and con- sult a book but once im its place to fix everything pertaining to it permanently in his mind. One day, the story runs, the Grand Duke sent for Maglibecchi to ask whether there could be procured for him a book that was decidedly rare. "No, your grace,' answered the librarian, "for there is but one copy in the wotld and that is in the library of the Grand Seignor at Constantinople" It is the seventh book on the second shelf on the right as one enters." Prescott tells how Macaulay was once caught tripping with reference to a line in Paradise Lost. In a few days he: turned up with the poem in his hand, saying, as he of- fered it to the gentleman who had caught him, "I do not think you will catch me again as to the Para- dise."" And they did not. Doctor Addison Alexander of Princeton Theological Seminary had a wonderful memory. It was not only tenacious of words but of facts. For the amusement of young folks he would sometimes say, 'Now, 1 am going to talk without thinking.' And he would put forth period after period of strange words and incongruous im- ages, harmonious and even rythm- ical in sound but wholly desitute of sense. If any one thinks this is an easy feat, let him try to suspend his rea- son and give free rein to his fancy in periods which shall, be gram- matically correct and yet without feaning. Another of his feats was to sub- mit himself to examination and tell offhand where he was and what he was doing on any day of the year the examiner chose to name. His most wonderful féat was dis- played at the matriculation of a class in the seminary. Forty or fifty students presented themselves for admission. Each handed his credentials to the professors, who examined them, and, if satisfac- tory, entered the student's name. When the students had retired the professors began bantering one another as to which one should take the register home and prepare from it an alphabetical roll--an irksome task. "There is no need to take the register home," said Dr. Alexander, "] will make out the roll for you." Whereupon he took a sheet of paper and, without referring to the register, wrote out in alphabetical order the full names and addresses of the students, which he had heard once only, when they were recorded. What makes this still more won- derful is the fact that the entire ss of names and addresses must bive been present in the doctor's mind when he was selecting each one in its alphabetical order. It is a curious fact that extra- ordinary memories are frequently by those who are other- wise mentally deficient. There is on recopd the case of an imbecile who was able to repeat accurcately & page or more. of any book that | had been read to him, even though it was a book that had been read days before. In the same institu- tion for the insane there was an- other imbecile who could repeat backward what had been read to him. Demonstration by Comparison. Before the use of chloroform had be- come so general as it is in our day, a quik advertised that he would oe teeth painlessly. A patient was in the chair, the instrument applied to his tooth with a wrench, followed by a groan from the wm- tly surprised sufferer. "Stop 1" gic the dentist. pose yourseli. I told you 1 would give you mo pain, but I only gave you that twinge te show you Dr. a applied instrument was to an and another tug and an- othor roar. ¥ "Now, don't be impatient. That is Dr. Logan's method," said the den- : ] "Com- MAY 18, 1912, Com PAGE ELEVEN MARK TWAIN. Amusing Anecdotes Connected With His Lecturing Experiences. The story of how Mark Twain came n lecturer is told by A. Bige- low Paine, in Harper's' Magazine. In 1866, after his trip to the Sandwich Islands, Twain had several plans un- der cazsideration, one of which was to take advantage of the popularity of the Hawaiian letters, and deliver a lejse on the same subject. But this was a fearsome prospect--he trembled when he thought of it. He believed he could entertain, but be lacked the courage to declare himself; besides, it meant a risk of his slender capital. He confided his situation to Col. 1. McComb, of the Alta California, and was startled by McCombs vigorous endorsement. "Do it by all means, urged McComb, "it will be a grand success--1 know it. Take the largest house in town, and charge a dollar a twket." Frightened but resolute, he went to the leading theatre man. ager and was offered the new opera house' at hall rates. The next day his advertisement of the lecture ap- pearad, announcing the lecture for 0ét. 2nd, with the line : "Door open at Ti. e trouble will begin at 8g" Expecting to find the house empty, out from the wings wobbly-kneed and dry of tongue he was greeted by a murrgur, & roar, a very crash of ap- plause that frightened away his flut- tering rags of courage. Then came reaction--he was facing his friends, and he began to talk to them. Fear melted away, and as tide after tide of applause rose and billowed and came breaking at bis feet, he Lom something of 'the exaltion of Monte Cristo when he declared "The world is mine !"" It was a vast satisfaction to have: succeeded. 1+ was particularly gratifying at this time, for he dreaded going back into newspaper harness. Furthermore, it softened later the disappointment resulting from another venture, for w the Harper - article appeared the printer and proof-reader had somehow converted Mark Twain into "Mark Swain,' and the literary dream perished. There was a gross return from his lecturing venture ol more than $1,200, but with his usual business insight, which was never foresight, he had made an arrange- ment by which, after paying bills, and dividing with his manager, he had only about one-thizd--of this sum left. Still. even this was prosperity and triumph, He hud acquired a new tive profession at a bound. that he was on the right road at lest. Dennis McCarthy, late of the Enterprise, was in - San Francisco, and was willing to become his man- ager. Dennis was ¢ipable and hon! est, and Clement was fond of him They planned a tour of the nearby towns, beginning with ' Sacramento, extending it later even to the mining camps, such as Red Dog and = Grass Valley: also across the Nevada, with engagements at Carson City, Virgin- fa. and Gold Hill. It was an ex: ultant and hilarious tour, that firs lecture circuit of Mark Twain. Success travelled with him everywhere. Those who remembered him as a lecturer in that long-ago time say that his delivery was more, quaint, Rie drawl more exaggerated even than in later fife; that his appearance and. move- ments on the stage were natural, ra- ther than graceful; that his manu. script, which he carried under his arm looked like a ruffied hen. It was, tn fact, oliginally written on sheets of manila paper, in large characters, so that it could be easily read hy dim light, and it was doubtless often dis- ordered. Following custom, the lec- turer at first thought it necessary to be introduced, and at each place Me- Carthy had to skirmish around and find the proper person. At Red Dog, on the Stanislaus, the man selected fa¥ed to appear, and Dennis had to provide another on short notice. He went down into the audience and captured an old fellow who ducked and dodged, but could not escape. Dennis led him to the stage a good deal frightened. "Ladies and gentle men," he said, "this is the celebrated Mark Twain, with his celebrated lee- ture about the celebrated Sandwich Isles." This was as far as he could go bul be- and licra He folt he found 4t packed. Sidling Glorious Hair Your Money Back says J. B. 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This proved good advice and the lecture, thus opened, started off with general hilarity and applause, » -------- A man may not know who his friends are, but he usually has his en- emies spotted. Probably there is nothing more ex- peneive than the things we get for nothing. Dear Mrs. Currah--1 am Shiaying be v oases of women's disorders, including painbal if she will sen {every 12 Tumors Removed Without An Operation Silver Lake, ont. Sept. 20, 1909. better health thay I have for aight years, e none of the old symptoms. am very ith, ahd think ink Orange Lily is the greatest treatment for women the world knows. Its or growiha | Of some sort. 10 be ek: of some 0 be ex- pelled. were as large as a hen's ofE, a others smaller, down 3 the aie of a walnut. 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He walked to the porthole and dis- covered that a British India steam- ship with a Lascar crew had come in during the night, and had tied up alongside. Hengp the false impression to his nose. "I knew my nose wouldn't fool me for fun," he said, with relief. "It said Bombay the minute I opened my eyes, and it was mighty mear right." --XNew York Sun. he notion The Kiddies' Supper chould be simple, appetizing and easy to digest. A steaming dish of the new focd Post Tavern Special meets the requirements and makes a good nightcap for little folks--and grown-ups too. This food combines the delicate field flavors of wheat, com and rice; and is full of rich, wholesome nourishment. «It is easily prepared -- same as old-fashioned pormidge--and is served with cream (or milk) and sugar. Try it for the cereal pant of Tomorrow's Breakfast . Post Tavern Special is now made in Canada and sold by grocers in 15¢ packages.