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(brow ._ -II I. He Knew. . “It’s hard to collect money nowa- days." “Been trying to collect some?” “No. oh. no! But a lot of people have been trying to collect from me." Seek the Light. If there is anywhere on your horizon a spot of likht. fix your eyes upon it and turn your thoughts away from the clouds which. may cover the rest 0:! the sky. “Well. my dear.” his wife replied. “it was getting awfully discolored. so I gave it a coat of white enamel. and it is not quite dry yeti” ExtraVagant. Hubâ€"Reckless and extravagantâ€"I? When did 1 ever make a useless pur- chase? Wireâ€"Why. there’s that fire extinguisher you bought a year ago! We’ve never used it once! Kindness Misdirected. “What has become of the meet- schaum pipe?” inquired an inveterate smoker. by the market gardeners about the city of Nantes. Pear leaves have the highest quantity of nitrogenous. oak leaves come next. and the leaves of vines stand lowest in value. "1774. April 4. Died. Dr Oliver Goldsmith. Deserted is the village. .The traveler hath lnid him down to rest; the good natured ma n is no more; he stoopse but to conquer: the vicar hath performed his sad office: It is a mournful task from which the hermit may essay to meet the dread tyrant with more than Grecian or Roman fortitude.” Dead Leaves as Fertilizers. According to tests made in France. dead leaves possess a high value as fertilizers. They are extensively used Goldsmith’s Obituary Notice. 0 It would, be difficult to find a more quaint announcement of death than that published m an old newspaper in 1774. at the time of Oliver Goldsmith’s demise Loss of Weight In Rowing. A well known physician in New York city who has long been identified with aquatics. says that the average individual loss of weight in a four mile pull. whether in a race or a row against time, is two or three pounds. Under peculiarly trying conditions or heat the individual loss may reach five or six pounds. 0n the other hand. says this physician. many oarsmen go through a four mile pull with the loss or only about a pound in weight. This lost weight is fully recovered by the next day. Proper training is so ar- ranged in these days that a four mile race comes only when the oarsmen are thoroughly rested and at the top of their training weight. so that the loss of weight rarely indicates that the in- dividual is “stale.” or below good train- ing condition. Roman Bricks. When the preparations for rebuild- ing the Campanile. in Venice. were undertaken the archaeologists were afforded an opportunity to make some interesting studies or the bricks. it was found that they had been used in arches. fortifications. the tops of walls and in other ways before they were built into the campanile and that they were not Venetian but Ro~ man bricks. These ancient bricks were made in slices. for in many the layers could be seen undisturbed It is said that bricks made this way can bear a greater weight than modern bricks. The bricks examined were or the first century. One of them bore the imprint of a horseshoe. which may prove that Romans used a horse- shoe like ours, although it is generally believed that their horseshoes were strapped on, not nailed. a friend in Indianapolis. Sunday morning came. and the hostess invited her visitor to accompany her to Sun- day school. It is the practice of the teacher of the Bible class of which the hostess is a member to ask each mem- ber of the class to read a verse from the Bible and comment on it. The visitor from Louisville had not been informed of the teacher’s custom. However, the teacher seemed to think that visitors as well as regular mem- bers should participate, and when the member next to the visitor had read her verse and made her comment the teacher smilingly looked toward the visitor. The visitor appeared to be disconcerted for a moment, and then she hastily said. “I pass.”â€"1nd1anap- 0118 News. Poor Hand In a Bible Class. A'woman of Louisville. Ky.. who en- joys a game of cards. recently visited the country is near either the sea or the mountains. often both. and it is. only about as tar south as Georgia or Louisiana. The sun is hot. oi course, at midday. in a dry region where the sky is usually cloudless and the lati- tude is about like that or the gulf coast of the United States. But the tem- perature in the shade is seldom ex- tremeâ€"that is, in the parts or the coun- try where the bulk of the people live. South and east of the mountains, on the border of the Sahara desert. the conditions in respect to heat are alto- gether dilferent. but there the popula- tion is smalL The people or Moroc- co are fanatical Moslems. and they re- sent bitterly any kind of pressure to change old customs or give up old ways. but they are much less formid- able than they used to be in the prime of Moorish power, especially in com- parison with the conditions in the ad- vanced countries of the earthâ€"Cleve- land Leader. The floors. Mot-(woo 18 not so but. as it In often supposed to be. The greater part of 1'. More Useful. Bride Electâ€"What would you have thrown instead of rice? Brutal mend Not Much. Jackâ€"Would you like to live your life over again? Tomâ€"And owe twico as much as I do now. No. sinâ€"Bos- ton Transcript. t Occupation. Let every man be occupied. and oc- cupied in the employment of which his nature is capable. and die with the consciousness that he has done his best-Sydney Smith. St. Martin and the Dictionary. St. Martin when he divided his cape with a naked beggar at the gate of Amiens gave also two words to the English language. The oratory In which this torn cape was preserved as a sacred banner acquired the name or “chapelle” (from the French “chape”). the custodian being termed “chaplain.” and thus our English words “chapel” and “chaplain” are derivedâ€"West- minster Gazette. Wild Parrots Are Fighters. ‘ ! Parrots when in their native wilds? live in flocks and guard themselves hyl a complete police system which en-'-3 ables them to marshal their roller-tire! force quickly when any animal or bird; attacks one of their number. They: seem. to be disciplined and trained m} fighting- together. and all other hirds‘; and animals are afraid to attac-k a? parrot unless the bird can he caught alone. Even then a shrill call sum- mons the parrot army to the rescue. It is said that in the forests all par- rots die at old age and that none is ever killed by birds of prey or other wild animals. ' One Use of the Eel. It is diflivult to exhaust the uses of the eel. Experts m top whipping pro- noum-e a dried eel skin an admirable lash. and tops are by no means‘the only victims thereof. There is that afi'er'ting {mssage in Mr. Pepys’ diary: “April ‘24 1663. [‘p betimes. and With my salt eel went down in the parlor and there get my boy and did beat him till I was rain to take breath two or three times. Yet for all 1 am afeared it will make the boy never the better. he is grown so hardened in his tricks. whi<h I am sorry for he being capable of making a brave man and is a boy that l and my Wito love very well.” ”Salt eel" appears to have been a nautical term for ';a rope’s end. and it is not. certain that Pepys’ instrument or castigation was actual eels" skin. But the original “salt eel” laid its mark. -â€" London Chronicle. " A Styrian Peasant Superstition. A lawsuit for noel brought by an apothecary in Pollau. in Styria. against a young peasant reveals an extraordi- nary superstition prevalent among the country people. They: believe that apothecaries and' doctors have the right to kill at least one man and one woman every year in order to make medicines out of their bodies. An ac- cidental movement of the apothevary at Pollau. Herr Kobermauser. when giving medicine to a boy named l’utz led the latter to believe he was going to be killed. He ran away. but got such a fright that he fell ilL 'L‘he in- habitants believed his story and boy- cotted the apothecary. who was at length compelled to prosecute. ; Putz was sentenced to fourteen dayS’ im- prisonment. but ms parents. who had spread thestory. were acquitted on the. ground that they had acted in good faithâ€"London Standard. “‘What’s that? exclaimed the Eng- lishman. turning the revoiver toward himself to look intu the chambers. And on the instant the Mexican drew a knife and planted it to the hilt in the Englishman‘s stomach.”-â€"New York Times. ”‘You Will?’ said the Mexican. look- ing calmly into the muzzle of the Eng- lishman’s revolver ‘Well. you won’t do it just now; that gun’s not loaded.’ “That's where you fool yourself." said the man from the southwest. “It a man has .the nerve be can face a gun and get away with it-sutnetimes. I remember seeing: in a border saloon an Englishman pull a gun on a Mexi- can whom be had caught cheating in a game of cards “ ‘You give me back the money you’ve won from me or I’ll blow your head off!’ “Losing tho Drop." “When a man whips out a gun and get the drop’ on you there’s nothing else to do but throw up your hands and let him have Whatever he wants.” Men Who Never Unveil. mm is a wandering tribe of the Bnhnrn called the W 8 W people. supposed by some to have de- ncended from the crusaders and dis- tlngnis bed by the wearing of veils, I custom that has occasioned much disâ€" cussion The Tuaregs guard their eyes against the glare of the desert by two veils. one rolled round the tem- ples and falling down'in front of the eyes. the other reaching from the nos- trils to theedge or the clothing. cov- ering the lower part or the face. All manner of learned arguments have been adduced to explain this custom. but hygiene is obviously the only mo- tive. This is shown by the statements of the Tnaregs themselves and b! the sobriquet “months for files," WhiCh they apply to all who do not wear the veils. It is said that the Tuaregs never remove their veils. even at meal- times. lndeed. they are so much a- part of their wearers that any one de- Dl’iVed of such covering is unrecog- nized by his friends and relatives. '1‘th mom’brautiful picture en- tittet' ‘Home Again.” has brought “ugh a1 enormous amount of new hubscriptions to the Family Herald and Weekly Star. that the publish- ers are finding it impossible to keep up n ith the filling of orders. but in the columns of that paper this ueek we notice a positive guarantee from the Publishers that every subscriber to that great Wheklv for 1912 will receive acopy oi *the picture, “Home Again. 1’ Thar guarantee is sufficient. and subscribers need not feel anxious fipugh the picture may be de- 18.de for a few weeks. Those Who have not yet subscribed to ThegFamlly Herald and Weekly should do so at once and sure of having a copy of I1ct£a ure, “Home Again”. ‘ We * uays. said hr .u'as in fa vnr (if it. ‘66 were forced m chip in again to say ' that 1f,the GOV. intended to contribute t.» the upkeep of the various roads running through townships then the sclwmv might. Ma. all right but, if it was to build one lvading highway and trunk line then it certainly would bea. farce so fax-as the farmer would be benefited as he would nut dare. to .‘ travel on it if he had any re ':!!':’l for l ‘n . his life 01' property. --â€"_-â€". w‘..- -< . l Aresnlutinnsubmitted by Mr. Jas. ’VVatsnn praying that no {zn'thur ‘GJVH'flihentaid hogivm: In our iron 'and steel nmnufmrlurcs was unan- l imously adopted. : , In support of his resolution Mr. 1 \Vatsnn said that the public had be- mume sn usml an hour m" millions Being .spent annually that it scarcely cost ltlu‘ln a. [llmlgllt and h) (‘HHVPV [,0 the l mind of the. people what was equiv. ‘lenc tn :1. million. he figured it out in [every day business. nanwly. Butfiwt. llet us remember that during ill» 15 l years (if 'he Laurier Gav. $16.!)UUJMl l was given away in hmmties m muse E nmnufnctm'ers 0f iron and stat-1:1 Hifle over$1,(_}()().(,Nl(l;t year that wmwld be equivalent, ft) 5.00” hm'ses at 3200 much 20.000 0:th I? at $50 «inch: 4.000.000 lbs. hunt/er at, 2.5 Ms. :1 11).: 100.000 >lim‘p at $10 each: 5.000.(N)U dnz. eggs at 20 US. a doz all given as a. gift. Mr. Ball said mm :1 svlo (-t rmnmis- Sim: had lwen prnim: d m makv full investigatinn into all lll:ul'¢‘1’>"l‘l“llng to tariffs. ‘lx'. 'l‘hu.~.. 1'0‘N‘Pu’9 pniuwd out, how easily it: \\ (mld lw In lml'l'le in- thigniinn by the vmmuissixtn on account Hf Crm‘kwd pnu'l in 5. MIN! as Warm-9d smck (iv. At \‘arivue stages of the It): uting Mr. Ball ”and mftlv it” mu m1 “named Ian-Inner» nf the fine eting whivh was our-dial but decid- 7'}(‘]1_\' business iike and at the cloae a. int-HM 3’ Vote of thanks mm'ml hv Time- n u.- md fe realized [he Valw- Rurai Mai] tic-livery \Vuuld he Lu a «'unmmmts' he. duuhled much the prop i- 1y uf mull :4 scheme entailing as it, rmtainly Wnuld an wnnrmm s expcmse. Yunr humble weather (1ka “as nuzrh ll] fawn- of gi“’lng HIP H'IH-nw a, fair trial. thought that :L8 the faruwrs were the hat-khune nf,the cmmtry. the. (hwermnent had a right In do snnwthing fur them even {hung}: i.' might. be anther costl). Mr. Ball was next drawn out an the quvsLiun of improving the Puhlic high \\ ;“.S- sail! hp “'.‘!U in Fur‘nn. ..C:o “..- v‘r'l\ :uld "HW’M alike. M". 8-1” 2 up “23' l M ‘3 J" in ry. m (Ii Intel): H)“ u! u \ «Juvex-Imwm it a genvral thing a}! over I hr “119)? (JVH' it, Was asked Mn; is‘ nvgntuuing ihnmgh the ('mmciis panivularl)’ at mum tnwnships uf ngmnut 31sz An Iuspectm- isvsmm oxptv-n out. the ramps and al'mg the: if 50 per. vent, .nl‘ the: farnwrs them it will be «ast‘nhfislwd. Hf tho hUXl'S a: e (L: . P 60“»! s is all the far“ or: b «mt With weptinn uf post and pnnin. Mr. \Vacsma said that \\ hilv {tallied the Valu» Rurai Mai] \Vnuld he to a. (-mmuumts' he much the prop. i‘ ly uf .~m:h a matailing as it, .‘wrtaiulv “ |( invirmi III bv p 959: II and and 8"” (If the pufi lgP. I’IIIII eight. III 3m k GIL-Ind M Is - I J. took he (:II°:I'II and {In II.\ shml IiIIIe 10:1 ”UL-h bus sts Gr angm (Mlled ()ll MI. Bd' 0 .hw IIII HiI g. “I? “hp .I «I! U in: Wt. “13) \tate “as '(I ;.." \I* pick III: :III} llifmlnatinn “bid III' III IIIIIIII: I! lh-llnb". L. . gremont . anted an orchard of 120 In ees Which never grew an apple. bard wag, cu! down and the roots taken out. Every year there were blussums but never an apple. Certainly that farmer ranked high in hope and patience. Gossip says that the farmer (mm-d utfa horse that was no good for the trnps_ If such sum Um ('«mr it -.\:l~ n big mistake tot-tr th-H art-ham «Mun. It should have hm“ lr‘l't standing as a. waxuing (,0 8V” (lut‘lh’ and (’Hn.k~. The monthly tm-et Hg Hf xhv \‘aruey Grange Was held on Fruluy night last. and nu?“irimzmwlmg Hw unusual CUM [fight :4 huge HHIHLH- “‘rl't‘ pres- e;.t invlm‘i'n; .: umufwr ut' twin». Mr. H. J. “2131);. 1’. fur S H. h . ...... r (ta V} “'38 is ten Had it not been for pears a considerable a pulling. the old coum as it should have bee by acclamation. etception of Mr. Whitet‘ord man the Council remains as ' ‘ho mom ins! Closed with the Nation- Anthvm. A special meeting on day «awning Jan. 19rh.. business I. a, [')x"ngl':ulllll(3. Ladies invited. (HI PUBLIC G UARANTEE w ”my state w a}: any iufm'm mutual hvm‘fi 1111"”! alike. 8 1'6 md Mionnrh 'red M r Ba Pkbh". A mg Mr. Ba Wu 3' VPI‘V u “'4 ry. wt (1 it was the .u”\'itl‘lllnPD‘L to make {3; a}! over lhv Province 9 what was equiv. [19 figured it: out; in :s.nanwly. Butfirs't that during 1h» 15 i9!" Gnv. $16,000.000 nhmmties tn those iron and SL90] :1 t I ifle and puffing it 116. mat \xhile be fully If 1H 'eL lag of the Varuey m Friday night last. ..dmg the unusual numhvr wm-e nreS- movml hs' Thos. by R. “'3 tson patience. Gossip ° trade-d “If a horse m' #119 trt-‘PS. If u :l~ « big: mistake l‘\ m orp‘nhly Inner Hf [he at. mvsent in the t and Normath (-rxpvh'ed to lay ng these routes Irnwrs subscribe shed. The) rush dollmsmui Ihnt UV 5“. . \ 18:} devoting a. Mess of the «I! nadth-ss “{th meet- gzve nut, 01‘ which might ‘pl'esentjttive 4” first took rmnmis- llmkv full r-s wl~-ting 1'9 phiuhfl [I ha ”11* in- In the Mu‘h as ~‘ stages 1 snflly Ly and ulcd i mp! 13‘ with thé l, a new formerly. ’rn vi n ('9 M 1-. Ball Mom-e I'luus nun- )0 at;