'of every soldier from Canada, who enlisted for active seervic. iter rome ~ SPEGIALISTS IN CHINA WON BY DARING WIT. Story of Czar Paul, His Sacred Snuff- box and a Wager. Ctar Paul's snuffbox was as sacred #8 the imperial crown ftself. No one allowed to touch it. Kapioff wa- #ered that he would take a pinch out One morning be walked up to the ta- Bie which stood near the bed on which the czar still reclined and boldly took. it the majestic snuffbox. fig # roisily, be inserted his fingers, and, while Paul L was watching him, in stupefactioli' st such' audacity, He sniffed up the fragrart powdeF with' evident satisfaction. "What are you doing there, you Fogue?" exclaimed the czar excitedly. "Having a pinch of snuff, sire. I have now been on duty for eight Mours, and, feeling drowsy, 1 theught Would keep me awake, for I would / "That's right enough, my lad, but as 4 the snulfbex is not large enough for ~ {both of us you can keep it for your well" are very { cannot see more than a yard or two in t of them. Other reptiles are simi- deficient in semse of vision, and "deaf adder" comsequently expresses a fact. In one respect some reptiles show singular acuteness. They have an unerring instinct for water and in weather will travel straight fo it, evéll when they sre at such long distances that the mystery is how they eonld possibly become sware of its The Seal's Sense of Smell, The sénse of smell possessed by the penis is very stfong and will invariably wake them out of a sound sleep even you i: Ring ? One of the A oes Tore ten fob" the of pe ' " "Gréfitnese" on the Flim. It ts never wise to predict that the | miraculous Will not occur. Theres may conte a titnd 'when careful critics will award to sofe movie players the treas- ured adjective "great." present time certainly any such use of the ajectiVd Wolild bo absird The movie drunid has nof yet shown itself capable not glyen thé slightest indica- tion that if éver can show itself capa- bls of affording an actor the chance to do great wark.--Walter Prichard Eaton The Youngest Juliet. Phyllis Neilson-Terry was eighteen when she first played Juliet at the New theater, in London, in September, 1011, Adelaide Nellson was in her twentieth Year at letst When she first played Juliet in Apefl, "1865, at Mrs. Thorne's theater, Maigate. "But the record as "the youngest Juliet" must be given up by of them in fayor of Mary An- Gerson, whose first appearance ofl the stage was made as Juliet when' she was sixteen. 'That was Nev. 25, 1875, at Barney Macauley's theater, in Louis- ville. -------- The Justinian Cede. The Justinian code was, as the name implies, a compilation and rearrange ment of existing laws rather than a body of new laws. Justinian's com- mission authorising the work was giv- efi A. D. 528. To the code the emperor | Added the pandects, the Institutes and novels. These compilations were known as the Corpus Juris Civiles, or body of civil law. The Justinian code is still the basis of all French law, and | many of its principles are even to this | day operative in the state of Louisiana. Wis Pound o--r lin This ring was valued at §2- charwoman. color draw- and a painting in ofls hung beside The owner pointed to the painting . £2 The above Act is u Novelty Woman performing difficult tricks--tumb Attraction on any bill. 3 Decsitful Billy, Mother (stetnly to. young married daughter)--Really, my dear, 1 am as- tonished at your allowing Billy to at tend that farewell supper to Mr. Soak- um. 1 understand it was a most dis graceful affair. Daughter (indignantly)--Why, moth- er, how can you? I am quite sure it must have been very sad. . Billy dis tinctly told me the men-filled right up, and even the main speaker of the even- utterance HH i *3 38s fk 4 Ht i ¥ whose meibers nally that near Grateful For the Hift. ° "F &ish to otters your daughter, te able to' make hee wn einen 14 never be wis of Favoritism. : i a ~wund for justice for «if fretuyal constituent. "Always. uiways" responded Cons gres=man {lammfatt carnestly. "Hows | éver, as we can deal out justice to all {at the same tile, | keep a list of po- | tient, backsiidérs whom I try. to see ! get theirs birs€" = » < Scarce. "Has be a sense of humor?' "Yes, indeed. He éan see a joke on | the other fellow right off the bat." "That isn't suficient. What Pm look-. - ing for-is. a man who can see the hu- '| mot of a joke on himself." ! -o : " "You've got a long search, If there . | are any such men in thls town I haven't run across them." Detrott Free Press. Ser. : Rain Hats tn Korea, * . Korea is a country 0% strange head jes, but perhap: Pantomine it. which three Characters are introduced : Two Eecentric Clow band ba'ancirg, ete f also a burlesque decapitation which is ay. ov | Preparedness in the home. Get a Téléphone and save: fieedless work and worry. 'The is only a trifle--just a 4 lew cents a day. oh g d mail it to us fo-day. The Bell Telephone Co. of ee ® oe Fill out the Coupon below on) J 93 x wh 7 A TEL BELL 30 . (ESTABLISHED 1857] " Everybody knows tmif i is in The Observer. i 9 = | ¢ 5 $ ; Daylight Dariiibss. ra There are a bumber of daylight dark mn