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“Flee as a Bird” For business or pleasure we believe there is no better Wheel at the price than the stxong and gcod 1900 Dominion for $40 00. ARTICLES FROM SOUTH AFRICA Sergt. McCrea’s Collection on Exhibition at this Office. HARDWARE, mus NATIVE BOY’S SUIT. In one of his letters, Sergt. McCrea told of meeting a crowd of refugees at one point on the way up. One of these was a boy of the Basuto tribe. From this lad the sergeant bought his clothes for a bob. Such a bargain in daylight would be very unusual in this country for climatic and other reasons, but in Africa it is different, and for a shilling the native was willing, both to part with his wardi'obe and go about in the original costume. When it is explained however, that the extent of his outfit was a string around his neck with 35 heads on it, the transaction causes less wonder. Of these beads 9 are white, 7 black, 2 blue and 17 amber. They yary in s?ze and are strung on without much regard to size or color. One of the black ones is cut to present 44 faces or surfaces. it- seems too bad to take away a buy’s clothes and winter coming on. THE PIECE OF KHAKI. This is a bit of the goods from which he soldiers’ suits are made for service in If you want wings first Africa. It is oflkzht enufi' edict-{made apparently (f cotton and as thick as brown ‘ duck. Goods of that: nor: have been manufactured in India for some years. It is now made in England and costs 36 cents wholesale. It: is near the color of the soil and well adapted for eoldlere’ suits isince they have deciéed that it is wise: to take cover than a dose of lead. The Beers have put the red coat in the museum and khaki clothes go marching rm: QUEEN’S CHOCOLATE. It is well known that Her Majesty the Queen sent a half-pound box of chocolate to every soldier in Africa at New Year’3 001. Hughes’ box was the first to reach here and was seen with great interest by a large number of people. On the day that ‘Mrs. Hughes left town after her Easter visit and took that away, Serqt. Mc- Crea’s arrived. It came in the original package wrapped in heavy all paper. be- tween two broad slats and encased in heavy matting. The box itself is of tin with a bronze and red japan. It is about 7 inches long. 4 wide, and over an inch deep. The cover shuts with a snap. 0n ‘ it isaraieed medallion of Her Majesty ' about 3 inches across. Underneath ina copy of the Queen’s handwriting, is the greeting “I Wish you a happy New Year. Victoria.” The chocolate is in the bars usually seen, withlthe name of the maker! Fry, on each bar. It is of a lighter color than the ordinary article of commerce. Sugar and shell give the latter its rather better than khaki complexion. These boxes are selling for as much as $50 In England, and will be greatly prized by the trcope. THE AFRICAN FLO‘WERS. From the few simple-looking flowers in this collection a botanist might tell us a good deal about the flora of the Dark Continent. To the rest of us however, they are flowers “and nothing more.” A passage in Sergt. McCrea’s letter on page one of this issue. gives them added in terest when he said: “There is such a horde of us that a great deal of perfume is pressed out of the grasses, flowers and bushes, and it struck me there would be a fortune in the name South African Veldt Perfume." The odor of even the dried specimens we have, leads one to ancur in Sergt. McCrea’s opinion. THE DUTCH LETTER . When Cronje surrendered after his dreadful ten days at bay in the river bed. the British soldiers anxiously took any trifle they could from the laager as a niemento of one of the most dramatic actions in history. The strict British regulations against looting made it neces- sary that these articles should have no ' value. Sergt. McCrea picked up aletter. ‘ Though “11.351, no value there, it isn -A .- m mums-g; - "I ‘l â€"---4-.'u.'_ 1..“ “A. mumâ€"u- longer so, but is by far the most valuable and most interesting feature of the exhi' bit. It is addressed to a man named Pretorlus in Cronje’s A camp, Modder River, ‘ by“ c." E. ”MT”JoJSén at Kaalfontein. The sender is evidently not the late general. The characters are practically English but the words seem to be just Boer, Le. a badly corrupted Dutch, for the people of Dutch extract in town are able to do nothing with it, more than to see that it speaks at children. and mothers and tells of in- I cidents in the war. Thelwritiuz is rather bananas? thfififigfi 0:551:11 workingman. The lines. run .eyenly ~,_- across the pages and 'thatf together with the fact that the envelope was opened'b-y neatly slitting it along the under edge instead of by dynamite as many Canadian envelopes appear to be, indicates that the sender though not a scholar, was a man of character and some taste. These articles will be here for a few days more and will then be returned to Seat. -McCreas friends at Omemee. at Washingmn to take food subscribed by American charitable instntions to stricken Innis. â€"Active preparations are being made by Typographicai Union No. 6 of New York for a busy season at their Industria1 Farm on the old Fisher place, Bound Brook. NJ. Already there is adele' gation of 34 idle printers at the farm‘ making ready for a season’s work in rais- ing potatoes. Last summer there were sixty printers on the farm, and it is under- ‘stood that the officers of “Big Six” have more requests from printers who wish to join the farming colony than there are facilities for handling. The farm is con- sidered a great success and there is talk of leasing adjoining land so as to enlarge the scape of work undertaken in providing for printers who are out of work and de- sire to till the soil during the summer months. Pessimism saps faith out of life. Sorrow is a crucible for purification. No person can be satisfied who is sick. Riches are the source of unhappi- ness. Transgress the law and reap unhap- piness. God can always overcome the devil. Any one who knows he is a trans- gressor of God’s law cannot be happy until he repents. What difference does it make to me whether I have riches or not, it I know I shall have eternal life? 5.000-steamer has been secured SHELDON’S VIEWS. was! Why He Marveled at the Lack of an Audience. "I think the late Bill Nye was at his} best when an oppqrtunity presented it- self to make humorous remarks about himself or his own misfortunes,” said M, A. Marks during a conversation in Which the writings of the humorist were dis- cussed. “I remember an incident which happen. ed in Madison, Ind., the town in Which I was born and raised. I was manager of the playhouse we had in the town, and when upon a certain occasion the Wom- en’s Relief corps, an auxiliary organiza- tion to the G. A. R., Wanted to get up an entertainment for the purpose of raising money it asked me to pick out something I thought would be_a drawing card. “I looked over the list of attractions and ran across the names of. Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Riley, who were then touring together. I told the ladies that in my OpiniOn they could make no better selection, and the humorist and Hoosier poet were immediately communicated with. It so happened that a few days later I had to go to New York and, of course, left the entire matter with the ladies, telling them to proceed at once with selling tickets. “You may imagine my astonishment‘ when I returned home on the day on which the entertainment was to be given, when one of the ladies came to me and said that they had sold but seven tickets and that they had abandoned the idea of holding the entertainment at all. The worst of it was they had simply come to the conclusion that they could make no money out of the entertainment and dropped« it without communicating with Nye or 'Riley or with their manager. “Of course in the afternoon they both arrived on the train. and it devolved upon me to 'break the news to them. I shall never forget the feeling that came over me when I entered their room in the tav- ern at which they had put up. Riley was sitting in a chair in an apparently medi- tative mood, while Nye, with his back turned toward the door, was unpacking his grip. Nye did not look up when 1 came in, but kept right on unpacking. and so I addressed my remarks at Riley. I said that but seven tickets had been sold and that the ladies had decided to abandon the entertainment. Then Bill Nye turned round and remarked: ‘Only seven tickets sold! That’s funny. because the people of this town never heard us.’ ” --Cleveland Plain Dealer. How Minn Amanda Finally Came to Marry the Captain. There is no end to the tales of odd characters and their odd courtshlps which the tactful traveler in New Eng- lan'l can gather from the lips of old peo- plo- in country districts. Here is one of a ! 'vers’ quarrel which was finally healed ix- Lxe way least to be expected. ~ aptain Amos Deering of Hentley Cove _r-_-_ _.77 , a 1 Miss Amanda Nott were opposite : ghbors. Miss Amanda had her own : neâ€"the old Nott homesteadâ€"and Cap- . :1 Amos, who had retired from the sea. l :irded with the widow “'right. The he saw a good deal of each other and i-mnd the companionship pleasant. Captain Amos frequently hung over Miss Amanda’s fence, offering advice concerning her tiny garden. He even wearied his back in gallantly laying a border of whitewashed stones and large East Indian shells along her front path. Miss Amanda in return occasionally lift- ed her skirts out of the dust and daintily scurried across the street to inspect the captain’s window box and the progress of the cuttings from her own geraniunis growing therein. ‘~ i'JAA‘I ‘Lnb Of course llentley people decided that the two were considering matrimony. So they were, with the deliberation and dis- cretion befitting their years. They had at length made up their minds so far that only one diiiiculty remained. Miss Nott kept a canary; the captain kept a cat. The bird had been taught tricks. The cat was a beautiful Persian, brought home on his last voyage by the captain himself. Alas! It could not be expected that the two would agree. yet neither would the captain {relinquish his cat norAmanda her bird. No dangerous ca‘c should enter the Nott homestead. Cs ptain Amos would go nowhere where his; pet was not welcomed. There was a quarrel. They made it up next day, but only to the extent of being again on conventionally friendly terms. Each remained resolute. They argued daily, weekly. but neither would yield. So matters rested for three years. Then one summer night Miss Amanda forgot to shut a window, and early in the morning she was aroused by a hurried knocking and found the captain on the doorstep. Gnu ‘- uuuuuuu -VV He had seen the fallen cage and missed his pet. The inference was plain. He used no circumlo‘cution, but broke the news at once: _" ‘ ‘ C A SA... “CV79 un- vuw - “Bear up. Amanda! It’s hard, but it’s providential. My cat has eaten your ca- nary. Let’s have the wedding next week.” And they did.-â€"Youth’s Companion. Electrified Stockings. Robert Symmer, in 1759, described some most entertaining experiments, making use of the opposite electrifica- tions of superposed stockings of. different materials or merely of different colors, the dye matters in the latter case caus- ing diflferentiation. It in a dry atmosphere a silk stocking be drawn over the leg and a woolen one pulled over it, the two will be found. upâ€" on being removed, to be very powerfully electrified in opposite senses. If the four stockings of two such pairs be used and then suspended together, they will in- dulge in remarkable antics due to each of the silk stockings trying to'attract both of the woolen ones, and vice versa, and, on the other hand. each of each kind repelling the other. _L!__ A...‘ I. CPCIAAHO yu ~~~~~ The amount of electrical attraction and repulsion produced in this simple way in , 1 I _ mi“. lcyu- SUV..- y uuuuuuuuuuuuuu a. dry atmosphere is remarkable. The experiment may also be perfmmed with all silk stockings, one pair white and the other black. -â€"Popular Science. Her Cure. Heâ€"I understand you have been at- tending an ambulance class. Can you tell me What is the best thing to do for a broken heart? 4 A ,7#__-3 vsyq-uâ€"u a»..- - - Sheâ€"~Oh, yes. Bind up the fractuged portions with a gold ring, bathe them Wlth orange blossom water and apply plenty of raw rice. Guaranteed to be well in a month.â€"â€"VVeekly Dispatch. Next to the mosquito and the borrow ing neighbor, the friend who is continu- ally telling other people things for their own good is the most unmitigated nui- sance in the world.~â€"Saturduy. Evening Post. i And they did.-â€"' BlLL NYE’S WONDER. THE WATCHMAN-WAHDER: LINDSAY, ON'I NEW ENGLAND COURTSHIP. who want your patronage . , . We’ve got the lead and mean to keep it by always haying good quality and always taking the Lowest Price for it. . This policy means economy for youâ€"success and prosperity for us. We don’t pay as much as others for our goods and we are satisfied with SMALLER profits. Every now and then we scoop in an extra deal at exceptional prices, and every time we do you get the benefit. For example ...... mWfiWMfiMW fi»$$@k$fié¢$¢¢e -â€"Men’s Soft and Stiff Hats ........... â€"Men’s New Spring styles in medium low crowns ...... , .............. â€"New and Natty Styles in well-known English and American makers. . . . -â€"One of the best Spring Hats, made in Fine Felt and with elegant Linings â€"Fancy Tweed Hats, the latest new fad â€"-Men’s and Boys’ Hookdown Caps, in imported checked Tweeds ........ FESTIVE GLUTHES FDR EASTER Backsh’ding Prices "HATS" BOYS' CLOTHING _Men’_s 33f: agd gtiff Ha‘ts... . 3-1-; $0 75 LIKE FATHER’S“. .gENSON EWAR SHIRTS MW UNDERWEAR Extra nice fancies in Ties, Puffs, Imperial Knots and Graduated Derbys. o I O o o o o o o 12%C’ 15C, 20C, ZSC‘ SOC Men’s Fine Cambric Shirts in best check and stripe patterns ......... 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Now about our Men’s Boots---Think of the best Boot you ever saw, s $2.25; come to us and. you will find its equal if not its superior at No need to mention our Boys’ Boots; they are the very best that can be’ EASTER NEGKWEAR for the money. 74 Kent-st, FOR WIDE-AWAKE BUYERS 150 250 75c THE WONDERFUL CH Manish Suits for the little chaps of 4 to 1:, Coats, like Father’s for bigger lads, Or the fancy kind it you want to be really stylish. â€"Double-Breasted 3-piece Suits... . . . . . $2 75 â€"All-Wool Serge Suits, 3-piece.... . . . . . 3 0: â€"Fine Navy Blue Sailor Suits, 2-piece.. 2 5c â€"Little Boys’ Blouse and Sailor Suits. . 93 2< â€"Eton Suits, prettily trimmed. . . .. . . . . I EASTER SUITS FOR MEN - Aiways Goockat GOUGH’ Q 2 Doors West of Campbell’s Grocer?- In Canadian Twped ...... $ 3.7 50 In Scotch Twee .$6.50,, 7. 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