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Potted Plants. m w some people “never have m luck with plants” is sometimes ”use the drainage is defective. A plant will not live in a heavy. sour, mmnmchufillsapotwhen flu drainage is not complete. This Is unduly true of palms, to which the stagnant moisture is sure death. but 3 _I-_L W'w holds true oi: any pot grown plant first After Dinner Speech. dame speech?” asked the philosopher. “Adam.” replied the wise guy prompt- !7. “As soon as he got through with the core of that apple he said, ‘The _wo- mn tempted me,’ didn’t he?” Papa’s Joke. 'Itmnkitusosmy tomabab! mug his toes,” remarked the young mother. 7mm, I don’t," spoke up the young father. “It shows that he as already learninghow tobethrlfty. ‘Thrirty?’ In the Dept!“- “He’s trying to get a WNW“ ” the worst pessimist in town." “He is the worst already.” “on. no; he’s only trying to be” “But he declares he knows it will in: be his luck not to succeed." in a net of bagpipes is the sheepskin and tartan. The woodâ€"ebony or cocns ~cames from Africa or Jamaica, the ivory tram Africa, the horn from Aus- talisundthecaneforthereedtrom ' m2}: Sharpâ€"But, Mr. Saphead. it u totproputospeakthatwayofyonr A Case of Heredity. {molly-Do you know, Miss Sharp, I believe some people inherit their stu- Bagpipes. It is said that the only thing Scotch “I was very poorly and could badly get about the house. 1 was tired out all the time. Then I tried Ayer’s Smapafillz, end it only took two bottle: to snake me feel Mtg}! 'enc,,_:_Mno N. s. “a. Tired when you go to bed, tired when you get 3h tired all the time. y? Your blood is im- ure, that’s the reason. on are living on the border line of nerve ex- haustion. Take A er’s Sarsaparilla an be quickly cum we: hey, Princeton, no. 'ired Out AW 6131’. W um .. Now that the long wlnter night- are drawing near. we main have an opportunity 0! viewing the sky. which, during that season, exceeds in brilliancy anthing of which we can conceive. A more inexhaustible study than astronomy could not be found. That may be the reason why those who begin it never wish to cease, but to pierce farther into the boundless source or knowledge beyond. As I have said, the winter season is the best in which to pursue the study of the stars. The advantages are numerous: (1) the nights are longer; (2) the most brilliant con- stellations are then taking their pathway across the heavens; and (3) the stars, even the very faint ones, seem to stand out in bolder relief against the Sparkling sapphire blue ____-_n-. A The Great Bear, or "Dipper.” is surely familiar to everyone; so ought the Leela Bear to be; also the Dra- gon, with its fiery eyes, who encir- cl- them. The Northern Cross. Aq- uila, Lyra, Delphinus, the greet square in Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Perseus. with A1301, the faâ€" mous variable star; Aries,, Taurus, Aurign, the Pleiedes, Aquedul and Pisces are among those which we may see now any night. Several of these contain first magnitude etars. When once we have sought out a constellation, star by star. it is not apt to slip our memory. Neither is it difficult to remember the names. Later on, the Lynx. Gemini, Procyon and Sirius (the Lesser and Greater dog-stars), Orion, Leo, and Virgo, bearing the golden sheet, will all use. The‘m who goes to “Abdul- ‘ --. ‘A‘ -m. Not ldng ago a coroner’s jury in Ireland. delivered the following verâ€" dict on the sudden death of a mer- chant who had recently failed in bus- iness: "We, the jury, find from the new doctor’s statement that the de- ceased came to his death from heart failure, superinduoed by business failâ€" ure, which Was caused by speculation failure, which was the result of fail- ure to see tar enough ahead}: cy with which a beginner in the study watches night after night, for each new wonder to come forth above the eastern horizon. I remember how I felt when I began, and I have the same experience yetâ€"very impatient to see what comes next. Sometimes, unable to wait until the next evening for a certain constella- tion to rise, I would creep to the window in the night, to rob the store of future pleasure. After waiting months for Orion or Leo. it is with great joy that we Welcomethem back again. No on. will ever know until they become interested the eager expectanâ€" 01 the plunets J upitcr and Saturn are at present distinctly visible in the West after sunset. A,most inter- wting feature is the making of maps, on which to trace the progress of the planets through the constellations. It is an exciting amusement. it I may call it thatâ€"Marie MacGregor, in The Globe. While W. T. Stephens was plowing in afield of sod on B. Mothersill's farm, in the first concession of East Whitby, he turned upâ€"Or the plow point didâ€"the remains of an Indian, the skull coming to the surface first. and, on examination, the remainder of a. complete set of bones were found. The skull was quite firm, having all the teeth in the upper jaw but one, while the lower' jaw haicl all the teeth in it complete. The body bones indicated a long burial. Under them were found a. stone, in shape like the handle of a pocket knife. the blade of a knife some six inches long. and a. spoon-handle. The bones, en- closed in birch bark, were lying on the right side, with the fate to the south, the knees doubled up and the feet to the east, on a little hill near the stream‘ known as Farewell’s Creek. On the same day, some eight or ten feet from the remains referred to, eleven flat silver rings were found, about one. inch in diameter, having pins in them; with them was a silver rosette about one and a half inches in diameter, . which together probably formed a necklace. An ear- ring with a drop attachment and a, small spoon completed the find. Those Mr. Stevens divided between himself and the Mothersill family, which which they will no 'doubt take care of as mementoes of the past .What hopes and fears were buried there! Failure All Round. Bones of n Indian. REV. MR. WHSGN PREFBRS SALOONS TO THE HOTEL BAR And a League Siould. Be Formed to Have the Liquor Law En- forced A WEEK’S ' PENALTY The Licence Law is Not Being Well Enforced ln Lindsay- Watchmnn-Wnrder Opin- ions Criticisedâ€"An Able Sermon on them to prove that they were not treating.” 'lliat is the meagre and uninviting condition to which Rev. L. 8. Hugh- son, B. D. would reduce the bar-room if fox-sooth it was left in existence at all. That description of the proper drinking place was given by Mr. H'ughson in a very. interesting ser- mon at the Baptist church last Sunday night. Whether one agrees with the preacher in all points or not, there is no denying that his lec- ture was as good an example of con- densed discussion as has been heard here for some time. At the outset Mr. Hughson declared that since the referendum vote, the‘ press of ()nth had shown a gratifying interest in the problems of the liquor traffic. The address of Judge Dean at the county court and the reply of the grand jury were also encouraging to the tem- perance people. The opinion expressed in an edi- torial in a local paper (The Watch- man-Warder) last week that the li- quor vote was not fully polled, was said to be incorrect. In fact in an- other part of the same paper it was said that both sides worked hard. That was correct and disproved the editorial statement. Both sides had worked hard : but the temperance people had not. been charged with polling false ballots as the liquor side had. Likely the tem- perance vote was really larger than appeared. -â€"At a public meeting in the City Hall, Guelph, on Wednesday, in the interests of education, Prof. Robert- son made the statment that. . Sir fi'i‘he vote, so the preacher believed, had not been affected by party con- siderations. It had been suggest}; -â€"In the local bye.elections in the third district of King’s and the see»- ond district of Queen’s, held Wed- nesday in Prince Edward Island. W. A. Morrison, Conservative, defeated Mower), Liberal, by 23 votes in King’s ; Jas McLean and John Wheatley, Liberals, were defeated by Donald Harrie in Queen’s by 24 votes. that Consermtives voted to place Mr. Ross in difficulty. Here, at 911‘ events. that was not the case. for no. prominent Consgrvative worked for the Act. The question was too apt to prove a boomerang for either party to trifle with it. The majority, then nearly 80,000, was a tremendous majority. Was there ever in the history of legisla- tion a measure supported by such a majority, that did not become law ? The temperance people could supply the 46,000 they fell short of the re- quired vote and still have over 30,000 of a. majority. When cities like Toronto and Hamilton voted for the Act and every county except a. few in which Germans or French pre- dominate, had given majorities for it, governments and politicians could make no mistake about the meaning of the vote. -â€"Samuel Sutherland appeared be- fore the Winnipeg Police Magistrate on Wednesday on the charge of hav- ing previously married Christina Harriet Sinclair on February 8th 1897, the latter being still alive. The case was enlarged. “I do not say that the bar must stay,” said Mr. Hlughson, "but if it. does, it, should be apart from any other business. The hotel businessâ€" providing lodging and provisions for those away from homeâ€"is a. noble one. It, is such as Christ called blessed when he said a cup of cold water should not lose its reward. Liquor should not be sold in hotels nor where any other goods are sold. The bar should be in a single room with no door but that at the front entrance. It should have a large plate glass front. without blinds. Many who voted "No” were glad of the result. One man told Mr. Hughson that although he had voted against the measure he was glad of the way it had been supported. A hotel man at one place had voted “Yes" and said that any man with a family would be a fool to vote “No" There was a case in which a man's love of family was greater than his The vote was not a failure as one town paper had said. It had brought confusion to the liquor party. If politicians ignored it, they would have trouble ahead. The temperance people had heretofore gone back and sat dOWn after a vote. This time they must remain standing. The vote means that the Act is rejected and there is no practical reason for ask- ing for its adoption ; but more re- striction can be had. Mr. Ross had said that the bar and the treating system had been hit hardest by the Vote. “If we are‘to have the bar- room at all, and I do not say we are to have it, but if we are. it should be a single room with a single dowway, and. no cellar door, back door, or hole in the ceiling. It should have no chairs nor blinds not drinking boxesfimt should be open to the public gaze. If two men stood at the bar. at the same time it should be put up- FAVORS THE SALOON nor digits in ituund‘ it two men‘ stood talking ut-the bu. they should be under necessity ”o! proving that they were not meeting. and anybody Loafing around it should be ,a. can- didate for the cooler. If men want to drink why not do it openly ? I! it is a right thing to take a glass of liquor why should it be done in dark corners ? Let men stand up as Judge Dean says and take their med- icine. When we go to a. picnic we are not afraid to eat in the sight of the whole world. Why not drink the same .wuy ? It aould be a crime to give liquor to another in public. There should be shop licen- ses so that people who want to drink- ‘nt home and treat their friends can pt home do 30-. ENFORCE THE LAW The hours of sale should be limited. The law should be rigidly enforced. Here is a present work for the tom- pounce people. J udge Dean in his nddrcas to the jury told of a league in a. western town that eiâ€" fectively fought the liquor men. We need such an organization here to give attention to the cause until the referendum vote is settled. and at- terward to watch the social, manicipal and purfiamontnry inter- ‘ests ol temperance and the enlorcc- iment o! the laws. The enforcement of the license law here has always been a curiosity to me. As soon as a. man gets mad at an hotelkeeper. he seems to have no difficulty in getting a case against him or of usually getting a convic- tion; yet our inspector and conâ€" stables cannot do it. Private indiâ€" viduals can tell me of cases of viol- ntiou oi the law, too indefinite to be actually established, and it seems that these violations are pretty gen- eral, and yet the hotelmen go on breaking the law with impunity. To put. an end to this state of itfl‘airs there is need of a. league. William MacDonald of . Montreal would build and equip a model rur- Si" school, having in addition to oth- er courses, domestic science and man- ual training, and maintain it as ‘an example in this phase of the new ed- ucation. Did You Ever In his prayer Mr. Hughson said : “We thank Thee. 0 Lord, for Can- ada, its institutions, and the sound- heartedness of its people. While we seek to deny license to the liquor traffic, may we not allow license in our own lives ; and may we remem- ber that charity, gentleness, honesty. patience and kindness are also great. matters of the soul.” KEEP OUT OF THE BAR We must set our faces like flint "against the hotel business. A Chrisv tain man should not go into a bar- room unless to inspect it. It a man in a bar-room wants to do business with me he ”ought to be decent enough to come out, or I will do no businms with him. Go to the hotel for business or to be entertainedbut boycott the bar. That word brings me to mention another thing. The hotelmen are said to have boycotted a. town baker because he voted against liquor. A local paper (The Watchman-Warder) said that the temperance people did a good deal of 'squealing' at the terms at the vote -â€"more than the liquor people did about their position. I do not know where they did any. But the hotel men are certainly ‘sqnealing' enough when they boycott a man who votes against them. And then you have seen that advertisement that the ho- tel aheds will be open for patrons only Heretofore they are open to all: while the hotelmen have a perfect right to charge for the sheds. yet to make the change just at this time looks very much like 'equealing.’ ing men to quit drinking. There are boys and men learning the drink ha» bit. We should seek in no querulous tone but as Christians to get them to become total abstainers. This work of persuasion is too much nog- lected by temperance people." The temperance people should not insist on legislation that they will not help to enforce. I do not mean that they should meddle as informers or spies, but they should see to it that the oflcinls do their duty and it they do their duty we shall know it. 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