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i. FLEET“ cumous owner-ins. no Anselm ms Crowded 0 One. D's-sons Poe‘- The mediaeval romances st! full 0‘ mam. makinx contempmfl“ °‘ the age was not su Ianypartlculartotbatoftbenovel-l HI. their plans do not amount to ; literary point of view.l isthecaseofAriosto,: i ’ . i nbsurdities from beginning to end. f In this poem Charlemagne and his; ’00" are Joined by Edward I. of Eng- z bud. Richard, earl of Warwick; I nee, and the Dukes of Yorkâ€" and: Gloucester. Cannon are employed ml, dreds of years before the time of Monk f lehwartz, and the Moors are reprea Rated as established in d the historic fact that~800s yeujv flupsed. after the death In one place Prester John, 'who listed? 00 years after Charlemagne, and Con- 3 lsntine the Great, who died five cen-' hiries before him, are introduced and hold familiar converse with the great asrles, while in another Saladin and Idward the Confessor are joined by the Black Prince. ________._â€"â€"- Wet Weather nnd Camels. Camels are very _. sensitive to mois- 3 hrs. In the region of treplcal rains, they are usually absent, and if they ‘ ”me into such with caravans the re- sults of the rainy season are greatly ' bored. The great humidity of the air “plains the absence of the camel from the northern slopes of the Atlas and from well wooded Abyssinia. This sensitiveness expresses itself in the altimeter of dhferent races. The finest, most noble looking cam~ eis, with short, silklike hair, are found in the interior of deserts, as in the Tuarek region. in north Africa, and they cannot be used for journeys to moist regitms. Even in Fezzan, south of Tripoli, the animals are shorter and fatter, with long. coarse hair, and in Nile lands and on coasts it is the same. These animals. too, are less serviceable u regards speed and endurance.- Birds Plant Trees. An old time Arizona woodchopper says the him-jays have planted thou- sands of the trees now growing all over Arizona. He says these birds have a habit of burying small seeds in the ground with their beaks and that they frequent pinon trees and bury large numbers of the small pine nuts in the ground. many of which sprout and grow. He was walking through the pines with an eastern gentleman a short time ago when one of these birds fiew from a tree to the ground, stuck his bill into the earth and quickly flew sway. When told what had happened, the eastern man was skeptical, but the two went to the spot and with a knife blade dug out a sound pine nut from I depth of about an inch and a half. Thus it will be seen that nature has ‘ her own plan for forest perpetuation.- g Clar- 1' of. , Charla l' msgne before they crossed modem!“- hm'o'f-higsnative Provence. He oushlyanppredtted the New” m l to show signs of growth Th- ”1‘ 3E repasthewouldworkswe formanyhours. Thenheusuallyt swslkerwouldmvlflfl breakfastwhich French Ihsnhswouldspeaktohisfriends outforadrlvemeflmum and return s little after 4. W wentregularlytobedandslept . was W - it; E 5 s 8' E3. 3% in all..- M would "mun chm mmtlfifl hour. Hisbdsh M was always subsequent to his ‘ sleep. No one could be of the coast near Marseilles, the bean- ‘dinner at the Duchesse Galliera’s a u an. Pnssled the Professors. An amusing joke was practiced upon the examiners at Cambridge, says a London paper. It had been said that the examination in mathematics had been becoming far too dimcult, and very real complaints had arisen from tutors. To the astonishment of the unlversity,’ all the eigtheen or_so so lutions appeared on the day before the examination in the Granta, “worked out, we believe, by our office boy.” How the miracle was performed re- mained a secret until it‘had been suf- ficiently wondered at. The editor of the Grants had secured the services of a number of recent senior wranglers, who in privacy had deliberately set to work to master the problems which the university dons had been conceding for months past. The task had to be accomplished within twentyâ€"four hours, and the printers were up all night set- ting the Solutions in type. Naturally the Granta sold by the thousand that week. How He Got It. A good story is told about a former member of the Missouri legislature. Before his election he was chronically “broke.” When he returned from ch. ferson City, he exhibited $500 in good, crisp greenbacks. Some of his friends “joined" him about his prosperity. “You didn’t have a cent when you went to the legislature, did you, Jones?” said one of them. “Not a blamed cent,” said Jones. “As a matter of fact I lent you half your railroad fare, didn’t I?” “I believe you did.” “Well, you were down in Jefferson ‘ City about forty days. You got $5 a . day. Now, what the gang wants to How He Lost $1,000,000. Colonel Ochiltree used to tell a story I of how he once lost $1,000,000. ‘ “It was at a banquet,” he would say, “and Senator Hearst of California sat beside me. Hearst told how years he- i fore he and his party had once been helped across the Platte by a brave , red haired boy. The boy to do this Ioedhad risked his life. Senator Hearst ‘ as he talked on got enthusiastic in his gratitude to the lad. “ ‘Why,’ he said, ‘if I could only find ' that boy tonight, I’d make him a pres- 1 out of $1,000,000: ? “I could restrain myself no longer at 5 this point. I burst into tears. ‘Sena- tor,’ I said, ‘I am that red haired boy. : Behold the boy in mel’ “But Hearst said, ‘Ochiltree, you liel’ ‘And thus I lost a million.” ‘. The Pole Yellow Kind. . ‘ There is a double joke in this story which the New York Mail and Express relates. A little girl, riding with her ‘ mother in a street car, was much at- l trected by an amber necklace worn by _: a lady who sat opposite. “lamina,” she exclaimed, “are those beans that the lady has on a string mund her neck?” i “No, no, my dear,” said her mother g In confusion. “They are very pretty j beads.” i “But, mamma," persisted the child, I “they look just like those beans papa ' Iouldn’t eat last night!” :â€"â€"â€"_â€"'â€"'â€"= know is how you managed to save $500 out of a total income of $200.” “Come closer,” whispered Jones, “and r ‘ longer buds holding in embyro ’summer foliage have not. yet begun , I round buds it ,2- i l ggiiigi E .8 5:8; 55 i harmonious purpose. that came in the fall and restrained inert through the winter have already opened, and the fiowu'l ‘ are fulfilling their mission, but the z the: 1 lowish tufts are casting fertilizing 3 .' pollen on the air and will soon be ‘ littering the pavements and . boule- i'vardg. By the time the louver are , the fertile buds will 5 ready so unfold, - have their early-maturing seeds al- . 3 fair nixed bottle ofoil was special”. . placed next his plate and he consume. 3 I’ll tell you how I did it. I had my mashing done at home.”. loent Secrets. The monks of Santa Maria Novella, st Florence, have been famous for more than four centuries for the precious se- cret recipes of perfumes and healing balms handed down to them, which . they prepare entirely from herbs and flowers grown in the convent garden. Lawsuits In Siam. They have sometimes a curious way ; of deciding lawsuits in north Siam. Both parties are put under cold water, § and the one staying under the longer i wins the suit. Fatherly Criticism. A ready opened, most formed. The trees by the roadside show an ‘ interesting variety of habits and 1 customs. The seeds of the soft maâ€" ; r ple fall to the ground in early sumâ€" ‘ ' mer, and if they have a fair fighting . chance take root before resigning to the sleep of winter, but the sugar maple keeps its seeds till late in au- tumn for germination the following spring. The flower buds on the up- per branches of the clms have 9.1- but the tiny brown flowers are so inconspicuous that but for the discarded scales thrOWn to the pavement and the occasional de- prcdations of the municipal pruncrs this interesting activity Would pass unnoticed. In a. little while. even before the leaves are unfolded. the seeds will be scattered on the inhos- pitablo streets. It is the way of our forest trees to flOWcr before the loaves appear. but. their unfoldinzs are so infinitely varied and their habits so elusively interesting that it is passing strange. they do not receive more attention from those with abundant leisure to devote to the affairs of their fellows. The trees present so much that is more enter- taininq, The buds swelling at the top of the tall, slender Normandy poplar will soon unfold their longr broWn catkins to waste their pollen on the air and i; l] to the earth. The ic- malo tree is so small and insignifi- cant that it has never been brought to this continent. The pussies on the willows are shOWing‘ the yellow- ish and reddish hues that distinguish the paternal and maternal trees. Where the suburban shrubbery has not been denuded the hazel catkins have awakened into life and hang like slender caterpillars. arresting attention by their fresh yellow color- ing. 0n the alder: the. little catkins that have been so hard and inert all winter have suddenly softened and elongated. and are shaking out. their pollen at the faintest. stirring of the ‘ The eye has but. to open to j that: wind. see the manifold awakenings more GRAHAM is ready to fi HURRAH FOR VICTORIA DAY Watch Graham’s special prices for this week as you pocket book. ' customer. be» L memmmvcwt . ~ - shapes. Negligee Shirts makes. Summer Underwear feel “summery" for little money. Soft flats in many new and swagger ‘ Sweaters. New 12.1.. in excellent as- sortment for the hot weather. Pretty Socks. eyes on prettier. Charming necku'ear. colors beautiful. CELEBRATE! You never laid .your Shapes new and CELEBRATE! You’ll be surprised what we can do to make The man with a modest p nit . a '3 “ ’. t‘x ” c i. .l .L/(J young men long garment for 1 days. Light SummerSuits. “Tutu-c you want you'll find itatCra «arts \ . 5 J ~~ 7.. , .e .;\.. (fit: {I . . i \ h a. . l ' smart, new stylish Craveneite Rain C0375. J.C._ it you out in fine feathers for the Occasion Its the Nation’s Holiday. We wish we c0u1d pin our advt. on every suit we sell for the a. what an advt. it would be. You can go further and save less, but you can’t go further and Save Celebration Prices All Week I KlDC .h . l.‘ light Spring Tap Coats. its tape:- haps, but not too hot for a light top coat, our styles are handsome. Our store will be closed on Monday. show the all-pervading power of na-j ture renewing her perpetual youth. Veregin a Canadian Now. Peter Veregin, the Doukhobor lead- er, is a. Douk. no longer. He is a Canuck, that is, if the tailor and the harbor can make the man. He arrived at. Winnipeg the other day with a bundle of money, and pur- chased importml stallions and brood mares for the \‘orkton colony. was clad in a long blue coat with flaring tails, long boots, d the wind whistled thrvvvrh asefinc a bunch of whiskers as the Northwest can boast of. He announced to Mr. J. Obod ‘ Smith, the Immigration Commission- er, that he and all his flock were now Canucks. and spirit pilgrimage: were things ofthe past. Rhoda Broughton’s first work, pub‘ lished before she was thirty, created a great sensation on account of its vigr orous unconventionality. She asked her father his opinion of the work, and he, ignorant of his daughter’s author- ship, replied that it was an unfit book Q for her to read. Heart Fnilnre. “Turrible thing happened to Bill in the poker game las’ night.” “What was it?" “Heart failure.” “You don’t mean it.” “Yes; he held four hearts and drew one card; got a spade.”- Snccessm Experiment. “Mabel married that awfully dissi- pated young Flutterby to reform him.” “And is she satisfied with her choice." “I should say she is! His uncle died hstweeksndlefthlmhalfamillion." Monds. When Lord Randolph Churchill visit- ed the diamond fields of South Africa. while looking at a huge parcel of dis- mondshe remarked. “All forthe vani- ty of woman." A lady whohesrd the remark added, “And the depravity of man. ‘ voice rumbled forth from i l l l l “Well, if you are going to be s. Canadian, why don’t you wear Ca- nadian clothes and set your people an example?" Peter, from his six-foot elevation, looked down at the Commissioner a. moment, and without a word headed for the door. Two hours later a two hundred pound man in a store suit and a. soft hat reentered. Mr. Smith had a. chill when Peter Veregin's over a clean-shaven chin. Peter had donned Canadian clothes, and had sacrificed his whiskers and hair for the good of his colony. With a fierce bristling moustache and closely cropped head he looks like a swashbuckler of the old days. ~Wnter Drinking. The average daily consumption of water per head of population in Amer- ican cities is about 80 gallons. In Eu- rope it varies from 3 in Brest and 11 in Venice to 202 in Marseilles and 264 in Rome. Com dust. which is generally to be found at the bottom of coal cellars when the chunks are getting low, m be nflllled by being mixed with salt andwatersndthenmadetntotur lumps, which will pm" to be best possible backing for m See Graham Grow King Clothier, East of Benson House. He. ‘ ' A SLEEP FANTASY._M The Confusion uni Absurdltles mt ‘ Cons. to Us In Brennan. If you would know what stuff dreams are made of, read the following de- scription of a sleep fantasy from F. Marion Crawford’s novel, “Cecelia:" Sometimes in meandering through a maze of absurdities in which we feel as madmen must, believing ourselves to be others than ourselves. Conceiving the laws of nature to be reversed for our advantage or our ruin. seeing right as wrong and wrong as right in the pathetic innocence of the idiot or the senseless rage of the ma- niac, convinced beyond all a m that the absolutely impossiblerfi1 hi: pening before our eyes, yet never in the least astonished by any wonders. though subject to terrors we never feel when we are awake. Has no one even :understood that confused dreaming must be exactly like the mental state of the insane? lnanimate things turn into living matures, the chair we sit .011 become' I horse. the armchair i. turned intoa wildbeast, and .7. no. il-hunting through endless drawing rooms, which are full of trees and un- “mm till “'9 trees are suddenly turned in” people, who dance and .laugh atusbecause we ‘thebsllinstflreso banana”, 1 that we wonder how : have let us in. the ”Huntsman “M11181! scanty â€"â€"~ mum AM Toronto, Hay 11â€"11;. a... tlou against. H. 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