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To all our readers we 53W!” hearty greetings for 1906. A Happy and Prosperous New Year. It “as a gratifting siv'ht to see 501 mam of our citizens at the nomina- tions last lflrida}, and it is a pitvi that they do not put in appearance more oito-n. when matters of such vi- tal interest are at stake. Alderman Mauuder struck the right note when he said that citizens, should take a. deeper interest in the town' 5 affairs and that it was one thing to stand aloof and criticise. but an altogether different thing to take of one's coat. and 1-11tc1' the fray. At the xm-svnt time the brainiest, the most capable and honest men are tart-fled in 11111- Council, and the best is mmv 11111 211111! "It rests with the puhlic In s01- the best men an: 1-11-1101}. and if the") (house wiselv at the polls. putting aside all sentimen- tal noun-115e, the ht'st men will be reâ€" in: through thu pz-ris for making mum'}. ~ 1' wuuhl ht- ath‘isahlv for farmers bux'nn- parting with thvir hardâ€"warn- ml dullur's In umsult smuc- of their friends for adviu- in mat.- kiml. It is “'vll toreâ€" lm‘iln->.~ 1(‘1'5 of this zm-xnlu-r that if thcsv schvuws 4 were as gum! as Lhcy promise, there. would hr nu nm‘sxil)‘ l'ul' luvn guing [lily to a humh'u} milrs I'mxu homo.- to sell th" $Y1M'k. 'l‘hw party has inn-n xvlling "hank shu'k." um] prnmising' to open a coxnpam sim‘k." um! [n'nlniSing‘ to open a hranvh in lu-ul'ly ('VQ'Y)’ \‘illagv. and hznv hw-n ummning $125 for $101) “'Hl'lh (H. .\[()('k. “'hih' SIOCKS in SUV- prul ul‘ our {mam-n! financial institu- timw \Vhil'h hzu'v dq-nmnstratwl their pmwr In cum diViclvnds and have lurm- rm: funds. van he bought for r. nrim- “ilhin Ian 10 xil'tu'n paints of (W211 ul' mu‘ [)l‘x'St-n tiun< whivh haw ‘ puxw-r In cum diV lurg‘u- I't's‘ funds. ( n nrin- “ilhin tun al Price. For Butterflel. Butterfly collectors are seldom able b estimate with any confidence the value of their collections. since the prices for specimens so constantly vaâ€" ry. A case in point is that of the blue butterfly of Brazil. specimens of which were originally sold for from $50 to 75. Afterward some collectors who supplied the London market ran into a perfect swarm of these butterflies and shipped to England such quantities that better specimens than the original insects sold for $1 each. It not infre- quently happens that two or three specimens of a certain family are dis- covered by collectors, who. encouraged \U'v-uu U; .V......_ by the high prices received for their finds. are tempted to prosecute their search for this'particular variety with- out result for several years. Suddenly they or some other collector finds the insects grown plentiful, and the cher- ished varieties of the cabinet become among the commonest specimens. Sociable Spiders. Spiders have been observed in Ms: drag which live in a sponge-like nest of branching network. penetrated inter- nally by canals of communication and furnished with a number of external apertures. The nests, which may be at- tached either to the tips of branches or to leaves of the prickly pear, are ashy gray in color and constructed of leaves, with an external covering of the usual: sticky threads. The spidem are similar: in color to their nests. Their incon-r spicuous, sheet-like webs radiate in all ; directions. and as many as five or six; nests, connected by intermediate webs, may be found on a single plant. The} connecting webs. which are .very; strong. often form tubular bridges be-g tween the nests. From forty to a hun- : dred spiders may be found in a single; nest, and males and females inhabit; the same nest in the proportion of} about seven to one. 3 p1 How the Bulldog Wa- Evolved. ‘2 In the north hall of the British \' lt- ‘ ural History museum skulls of domcs- . ticated dogs are arranged which illus-r trate the evolution of the modern bull- ‘ dog from a breed which, according to old pictures was more of the mastifll type. Bull baiting was a common sport in the thirteenth century, and there ,,hj __I.s-l_ A‘xâ€"vn n RI ah‘ is a later record which draws a dis- tinction between bulldogs and mastitis. Low. in his “Domesticated Animals of the British Islands,” points out that it is essential that a dog which makes a frontal attack on a bull should be both under-hung and short legged, that it may get a firm grip of its antagonist and avoid its horns. We may therefore be sure that, as the bulldog was gradn~ ally evolved from the mastilr, these points were held to be of prime im- Ht'l‘.‘ Dooned the Colonel. Emperor William I. of Germany was a strict disclplinarian. One day during the maneuvers of the army a cavalry regiment charged at a strongly in- trenched and embatterled village. of which the garden wall: were lined with marksmen. “Look. look!" ex- claimed the Russian representative. “That regiment is lost.” “No." walthe emperor's calm reply, “this regiment Isn’t, butthe colonel certainly is." And. sure enough. at the chat of the manag- T“ m SCIXSt THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION pl‘lt‘t t hat set-Ye! AHAPPYIKWYEAB L-n brought to our know- :‘c-x'w'al prnmntm's art- gu~ x Ihu county inducing our » tukn- stock in various huMing‘ out glmving prosâ€" INVESTMENTS raders We extend What's!” ancivetoagooddlgaflon. Itlspreter- abletobea littleundertedthanatall: overfed. Hence we come to one of the 2 ‘ first causes of indigestion in the adult, , too large a quantity of food; After an 1 ordinary meal the food should all have 5 left the stomach by the end of six or ‘ seven hours. It owing to an excessive i 7 quantity the stomach cannot deal with ‘ the amount some food remains in the stomach and termenm. This creates . discomfort, pain, wind, nausea and “Ten years a over this :- _....â€"a man 'I' perhaps vomiting, by means of which the abused stomach gets rid of its bur- den. It the suflerer is not thus fortu- nately sick thqbest thing he can do Is to drink a large tumbler of lukewarm water. which will probably induce vom- iting and so wash out the stomach. Half a teaspoontul of bicarbonate of soda added to the fluid will cause still more relief. During the next twenty- four hours the lightest diet, such as a little tea and dried toast, some boiled rice, 3. little arrowroot or corn flour. should be taken. Chotohuree at the Gymkhana. In “Modern India” the author, Wil- liam Eleroy Curtis, records his meet- ing with the word gymkhana and “ventures to say that nobody who has not been in India can guess what that means.” And it you want another conundrum. what is a chotohazree? It is customary for smart people to have their choto- hazree at the gymkhana, and I think you would be pleased to join them aft- er taking the beautiful drive which leads to the place. Nobody knows where the word was derived from,- but it is used to describe a country club-â€" a bungalow hidden under a beautiful grove on the brow of a cliff that over- hangs the bayâ€"with all or the appurte‘ nances, golf links, cricket grounds, racket courts and indoor gymnasium, and everybody stops there on an after- noon drive to have chotohazree, which is the local term for afternoon tea and for early morning coflee. Winding Your Watch. The old superstitious belief that you will change your luck if you stop wind- ing your watch at night and wind it in the morning may have some slight ba- sis in fact, according to a jeweler, who says that the morning is the proper time to do the winding. This is not only because the hour of rising is for the average man much more regular than that for retiring, but even the so- berest and most orderly of men are apt to relax and prone to carelessness at bedtime, when more or less worn by UWLAIuc, "u‘..- â€"-__ -, the wear and tear of the day. In this condition the winding is apt to be done in a jerky, irregular sort of way or too far or not far enough. “Nine people out of ten wind their watches on going to bed," said the jeweler, “but if they would do it when they get up. at some regular point in the process of making their toilet, they would do it much bet- ter." Curious Alla-house. The most curious almshouse in Eng- land is St. Mary‘s hospital at Chiches- ter. There eight old ladies live actually in the church, which is a fine old build- ing dating from 1680. It was originally a monastery, but when Queen Eliza- beth came to visit there she turned it into an almshouse to endure as long as almshouses exist. The old ladies have two neat little rooms each down the sides of the main church, with win- dows looking out on the garden. They have each a coal supply, a kitchen range, water and gas. At one end or the church is the chapel, where daily services are held. The choir stalls are beautifully carved old oak, the original seats that the monks used. The church stands in a quiet little square. 'l‘oo Serious. While a great many persons probably take themselves too seriously, enter- taining an. altogether exaggerated opin- ion of their ability and worth, not many nowadays go to the extreme length of the German whom the Eng- lish poet Coleridge met at Frankfort He always took 01! his hat when he ventured to speak of himself. Were this pTactice to become general what a number of people would be permanent- ly bareheaded! Boarding a. nun-om. Have you ever noticed the right way to get into a hansom when two people are riding? Few persons know what to do. In nine cases out of ten the one who enters first seats himself on the of! side. But this is wrong. If, on get- ting in first, you take the near seat, your companion can then enter in ease and comfort, which otherwise he could not. To Waterproot Callus. Scientific American gives this recipe for waterproofing for canvas: Soft soap dissolved in hot water and a solutiou or iron sulphate added. The sulphuric acid combines with the potash of the soap and the iron oxide is precipitated with the fatty acid as insoluble iron soap. This is washed and dried and mixed with linseed oil. Masculine. Mrs. Hixâ€"Mrs. June strikes me as being entirely too masculine for a wo- man. Mrs. Dixâ€"Yes, indeed. Why. every time she has an ache or a pain she makes as much fuss about it as a . First Lawyerâ€"It seems to me you let that last witness down pretty easily in your cross egamination. Second Law- yerâ€"I had to. He is my tailor, and I owe him a big bin. ebrated illustrator. tor the excenengejindr em: 4 .. A __- .m- When a man says, “0! course it’s nc business of mine.” it is s snre sign that Eggâ€"gems to do the best he can make it his business. nu nut 11““..- mourning. her heavy veil having been littedtoallowabreathofalr. When the conductor approached her the wo- man burst into tears. 7 As she cried as if her heart would burst the conductor asked her what was the matter. She aobbed thlsreply: “Ten years ago I took my apt husband over this road to be cremated. five years ago I took my second husband on the same trip to the crelilatury. and Lâ€"_.I A- Vfl any "â€"v ._-‘ , now I am taking my third husband to be condemned to ashes.” Just then there were loud sob: heard coming from a seat on the < opposite side of the car. The conductor turned and saw another woman crying. Ap- proaching softly, he asked the weeping one, “What is the matter, madam '3” 7-“ L-- vuc, n.._- .. _. Taking her handkerchiet from her eyes, the second in tears answered. “That woman has husbands to burn. while I can’t get even one.” ~, 'l‘he Sen-cl o! the Word. “She is a lady in every sense of the wo ,” exclaimed Burkins. ' “Then she is the most remarkable woman that ever lived,” replied John- Dvu. “What do you mean? Aren’t there plenty of. ladies in the world?" “Yes, but not in every sense of the word. For instance, if the woman is what you say, she is not only a woman of good family or of good breeding and refinement, but she is also, according to the Century Dictionary, ‘a sweetheart (local‘United States); a slate measur- ing about sixteen inches broad by ten long; the calcareous apparatus in the cardiac part of the stomach of the lob- ster, the function of which is the tri- turation or food.’ And it she is all that her fortune is made in the mu~ seum line.” â€" .- . “I9L2__ Richard Bell in his book. “My Strange Pets,” tells of the solan geese. which in Great Britain in bygone days used to be salted and dried for human food: “Many years ago these dried geese found their way to the lowlands of Scotland and were used as an appe- ,‘___ LA Dvum .l_v' After that it was noted that Blifkins usually pruned down the remark to “she is a lady” simply wyv u.â€"_‘â€" v.â€" tizer. A small portion when eaten be fore meals was supposed to tickle the appetite. In this connection I have heard a good story: A worthy farmer in the neighborhood gave a dinner par- ty, and when the dinner was in prog- ress he asked one of his guests if he would have ‘another portion,’ upon which the guest remarked, ‘I think I will, as I et a bit 0’ solan goose atore I left hame and it has made me very hungry,’ upon which his neighbor said, ‘I dinna believe in these solan geese. for I. et a haill yin afore I cam’ awa’ and I dinna feel a bit the hungrier.’ ” The Book. of Ancient Per-in. We knew that the Moslems when they conquered Persia found in that country an innumerable quantity of books and scientific treatises and that their general, Saad Ibn Abi Oueccas. asked Callph Omar by letter if he would allow him to distribute those books among the true believers with the rest of the booty. Omar answered him in these terms: “Throw them into the water. If they contain anything which can guide men to the truth we have received from God what will guide us much better. If they contain errors we shall be well rid of them, thank God!” In consequence of this order the books were thrown into the water and the fire, and the literature and science of the Persians disappear- ed.â€"Notic'es et Extraits. The Atmosphere. The earth’s sensible atmosphere is generally supposed to extend some for- ty miles in height, probably farther, but becoming at only a few miles from the surface or too great a tenuity to support life. The condition and mo- tions of this aerial ocean play a most important part in the determination of climate, modifying by absorbing the otherwise intense heat of the sun and when laden with clouds hindering the earth from radiating its acquired heat into space. All Against the Preacher. Sydney Smith loved to tell a good story, and one that haunted his brain and tickled his sides for weeks was that of a tame magpie in a church that suddenly descended on the reading desk and strove to fly off with the ser- mon and of the desperate struggle that ensued between the bird and the preacher, the congregation all in favor of the bird. Naturally. Patientâ€"Well. doctor, do you think I’m getting well all right? Doctorâ€"Oh, yes. You still have a good deal of fe- ver, but that doesn’t trouble me. Pa- tientâ€"Of course not. It you had a fever it wouldn't trouble Inaâ€"Tales. When a fellow has discovered that all his loose change has filtered through a hole in his trousers pocket it is nearly impossible to get him to accept the scientific proposition that nothing is ever 105;. Gladysâ€"I don’t like this egg, auntie. It’s notgood. Auntieâ€"Nonsense. dear! It was only laid yesterday. Gladys-â€" Well, then. wmust have been laid by a bad hen. sun In the Future. Cashier (coughingâ€"Pardon me. I did not catch your last name. Ethel (bimb- mm-I haven't caught It yet myself.- â€"â€"‘ -v the part of a little schoolgirl. The teacher wished to impreu the ldet of the wrong of idleness. 'He led up to it by asking who were the persons who got in they could end did nothing in return. Formetlmetherewueh lence. but at int the little girl. who cxi'veund Infidel- The Solnn Gee-e. Wonderful Theo”- JV“ I ) you think Doctorâ€"Oh. I deal of fe- N 1 »le me. Pa- hire you had a rent. " isn’t unposalble. as the enemy were in p08- oessiou of the country all around, he went to Westwood. the home of Dr. Brokenbrough. who was then a sur- _.-.. In Hm u-mv- The enemy flp‘ to avold capture. e hls brother's re- on foot. Mrs. Bro- gyman to perform the funeral ceremo nies, but the enemy would not permit him to pass. Then, with a few other ladies, a fair haired llttle girl, her “‘ - #An -_.I .. service “I’V . knees, in sight and hearing of the toe, she committed his son}! welfare and - I -. n ,1...) WC ‘vw-‘nvâ€"vâ€" w-v the stricken hearts he had left behind him to the mercy of the All Father." or “Pud.” leaning o! Sum-en. Nearly all surnames originally had a meaning. They were descriptive of their owners. In a word, they were nicknames, like “Skinny" or “Shorty" vi . unu- Peel is a surname that shows the original Peel to have been bald. Grace means fat, from the French “gras.” Grant, from “grand," means big. An Oliphant should be a clumsy and unwieldly person. This surname was “elephant” originally. The Parkers were keepers of noble- men’s parks. The Warners were war- reners, or rabbit tenders. The Barkers prepared bark for tanning. The La- boucheres were butchers. Bell meant handsome. Cameron meant crook nosed. Curtis meant po- lite. And Forster meant a forester. Napier a servant in charge of the table cw- l__.__l_‘n‘ :- vvâ€"v v- .w Bell meant handsome. Cameron meant crook nosed. Curtis meant po- lite. And Forster meant a forester. Napier a servant in charge of the table linen, Palmer 8. pilgrim, Wainwright a wagon builder, Walter a wall builder, Webster a weaver, Wright a carpenter. Substitutes For Tobacco. Sailors on long cruises sometimes exhaust their tobacco. Thence untold misery and many ingenious efforts to create a tobacco substitute. Tea and coffee make the best tobacco substi- tutes. They smoke freely in pipe or cigarettes, and their taste and aroma are not unpleasant. But they burn the mouth and rack the nerves. Rope yarn -the untwisted parts of rope and oak- umâ€"is smoked by sailors as a last re- sort. Bark, peeled from the hoops or salt beef and pork barrels, is also smoked when the limit is reached. These things smoke abominably. and the black fumes that they give forth from the sailors’ mouths are always accompanied by oaths and impreca- tions. Yet many a desperate sailor has smoked them in the hope of ap- peasing his tobacco hunger. St. Maurice. St. Maurice. in Switzerland. 19 the name of a little station on the railway that leads up the Rhone valley from the lake of Geneva. The place gets Its name as follows: Maurice was the om- cer second in command of the Thebuiv legion. which the Emperor Maxxmmu marched over the Alps in A. D. 302 to quell a rising in Gaul. At Octodurum (Martigny) the legion, every man or which was a Christian. was ordered to sacrifice to the Roman gods for the “Ll luyv ‘v .â€" sum or the vexieditionf Headed by Maurice, they refused, marched 011' 1r) Agaunum (St. Maurice) and there were twice decimated to enforce submission. But they still refused. and finally tbv remainder were surrounded and cut <1an by the rest of the army. Automatic Cooking Boxers. Automatic cooking boxes were in general use among the Hebrews near- ly 2,000 years ago. The Greek and Roman writers frequently refer to them. In his edition of “Juvenile." for example. Friedlander cites a common- tator. who refers to “the Jews who a day before the Sabbath put their viands hot into the cooking boxes. flu- pom being covered with napkins and wrapped about with buy. so that tim- , â€" fir.l.1i..ol. " may have Alwayl 1- Evidence. “I notice," observed Tutfold Kmm. “that people don't pay no taxes on tho costliest things they's got." “How's that?” grunted Ruflon Wratz. “Well, fr instance. it you wuz wuth even a million you wouldn‘t have to Day nothin' on that peach of a nose ioh’ve got." fent. Bellobl didn’t know leigh was so philanthropic. -vT, isn’t. She ovâ€"vns the house widow lives in M-lhr Sympto-n. Oneâ€"Are you certain that you love the girl? Tamerâ€"Certain? Why, I can’t slew of nights for thinking about _ -L L‘â€" â€".â€"., _ -v _ young man must find out how to kill the dragonâ€"the dragon of competition. yua- - v---‘, ._ v," her. Oneâ€"I get the same eaect from my tailors bills. “Facts are stubborn mmgs" us an aphorlsm first used by Lt Bags in “GI! m" It Ins since become proverbial. to go to mun." 7A1! H81“. but “'t 10} m be too ,A __ L_--I waâ€"r;nwtood or} the Sabbath." Nellâ€"She .__‘ ' 'The Emperor .1. viewing at _Tu_r_31 pulse. It is the fury of superhuman huh. and hence the deeds reported are not acts of patriots. soldiers or otherwise, but the enormities of madmen. “For every barricade destroyed Sun- day, two or three appeared in other places. Orders were given by the re- volutionists to shoot only when there was great hope of bringing a man down, but otherwise to tire out the troops until they lost patience. Loyalty of the “Tr-009s. “The most surprising thing of all is the loyalty of the troops, which no body here anticipated. “Talking with an intelligent group of St. Petersburg revolutionists I was informed that while they believed the strike would be victorious. they fully realized they were staking everything upon the issue, and that failure would set back their cause for several years. They said they were devoting their eflorts to shaking the foundations of Russian twee in full confidence that once the existing regime was over- ;thrown. they could as wickly build ianother and that foreign nations London. I i would have recourse to terrorism, . choosing‘their victims from all classes of society." St. Petersburg. Dec. 26.â€"Direct tele- graphic communication with Moscow was severed Sunday night. but the Government succeeded in restoring communication by a roundabout route yesterday morning. All reports agree that the fighting Sunday. which continued until mid- night,- assumed the nature of a but- chery by the machine guns or the ar- tiller)‘. grape and canister being em- ployed mercilessly against the ill-arm- ed insurgents. AtrociOus tries are told of the Cos- sacks, who. plied with vodka until drunk. iired down the streets, some- times charging with lances. The insurgents displayed great stub- bornness in holding their barricades, even advancing in a mass to the slaughter. At the same tune the bombs were thrown from the windows of houses near the barricades occupied by the revolutionaries. The artillery was summoned and battered the houses to pieces. The plan of the insurgents. it is stated, is to hold the outskirts and gradually enclose the troops in the centre at the city. Leaders announce that an army of 30,000 is concentrated at Orecholtsuelr, north; at of Moscow. and will soon be ready to march to the city‘s assist- ance. The Meat report is that both sides were exhausted at midnight, when ilring practically ceased. in; j__l_ nose. save for searchughta ‘ tower: at the blvom behind On First-Class Improved FARI PROPERTY Pmmrt stander: given to [mp1 cations, Apply to .. E. STABACK WOODVILLE. -AT... in absolute dark- Razors, Mtlelllldll 8:0}. Guns. Carpet Sweepers, Food ChopperS. Bread Mixers. Clothes Wrin rs, Clothes ashers Axes, McLennan 8: Co. FORD'S FORD' Prosperous NEW YEAR Hardware, Coal and Iron. and have constantly endeavored to give extra value for every dollar passed over our counters. We have won the confidence of the public, and as long as we have your appreciation there will be no let up to the work of better satisfying all. Rifles, We Heartily Wish All Our Friends and Customers a Knives. Saws, Air Guns, Scissors, Cow Chains, Weather Strips Yours very sincerely, FORD'S FORD'SFORD'S FORD'S Skates, Winter Mitts Carvers. Dry or Green Hardwood. Also Logs delivered at our yard, Lindsay. 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