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RAl iction aign OF off with it. Carry tation, she would hoof on it, and s leaves and devou tiously as possible hold of a book s up; not all the s after her would Away she would r or more ahead of she would stop, s sot at. "Sho knew very well that it was wrong, and that if detected she would hnave to suffer, but she was exceedingâ€" y cunning, and from a good distance would keep an eye or the house, And when she saw, or cunningly guessed, that no person was in the sitting or dining room, or any other room with the door standing open, she would steal quietly in and, finding a book, would catch it hastily up and make off with it. Carrying it off to the planâ€" tation, she would set it down, put her hoof on it, and start tearing out the leaves and devouring them as expediâ€" tiously as possible. Once she had got hold of a book she would not give it up; not all the shouting and chasing after her would make her drop it. Away she would rush, until fAfty yards or more ahead of her hunters; then she would stop, set it down, and beâ€" gin hurriedly tear‘ng out the leaves; then, when the hunt drew near with loud halloo, she would snatch it up and rush on with it flapping about her face and leave us all far behind." Shocking! And there is some testiâ€" mony to the fact that lambs are not slways lamblike in amiability of disâ€" (One of the most curious and amusâ€"| ing instances of the fussiness of red tape came from an English officer who was sent on a special mission to Liverâ€" pool. In his account of expenses, which he returned to the authorities | on the official form, one of the items | was "Porter, 6d." The form came back | with the official instructions, "Major : Blank should have returned the item as ‘porterage.‘ " Major Blank made the alteration, and then, glancing | through the remaining items, found,‘ "Cab, 2s 6d," which he thoughtfully | transformed to "Cabbage." t A busy officer sent out for two penâ€" nyâ€"worth of pins and a file of plpfl’i.l which cost him half a crown. Later he : received an imposing communication, | pointing out that, inasmuch as pins were provided at the public expon-e.i he should have sent in form XL41578 | â€"$82, and for the file should have sent | in form YNPS$7690. A certain poorhouse in the south otl England had been turned into a miltâ€" tary hospital The matron wanted some chimneys swept, and the local| sweep affered to do them for fifteen ; shillings; but the War Office, on reâ€" ceiving notice of the need, sent the army sweep from an adjacent town. He climbed bodily into the lower p.rt' of a wide chimney, and stuck there. The local sweep offered to extricate the army sweaep for fifteen shillings. An urgent wire was dispatched to the War Office for permission to spend this further sum, and the reply came back: | "You are authorized to remove sweep at all costs." A clif swallow will eat a thousand flsas, mosquitoes, wheat midgets or beetles that injure fruit trees in a day, and, therefore, is to be encouraged. This bird is also known as the eave swallow because it plasters its nest on the outside of a barn or other building up under the eaves. _ Colonies of several thousand will build their nests together on the side of a cliff. These nests, shaped like a flattened gourd or waterâ€"bottle, are made of bits of clay rolled into pellets and lined with straw or feathers. . Th® bird winters in the tropics. ‘ecmember a tame sheep we once t my home on the pampas," Mr. on records, "who in thieving give points to many thievish not excepting the pointer himâ€" the most accomplished thief in ntire canine gang. Tobacco and : were the objects this mischievâ€" caust was perpetually foraging for she could get into the house. cco was hard to come at even she had a good long time to for it before some one came on cene to send her about her bustâ€" with a good whack or a kick. But : were often left lying about on s and chairs and were easily Mischievous Lambs. Redâ€"Tape Humor. Eats Many Bugs. H s well known to be a creaâ€" olic ingenuity in mischiet ector of dignity. A goat, »4, once eluded the sentiâ€" Napoleon‘s tent, entered al precinets, and quietly ely devoured the chapeau ueror, all but the cockade, s still champing when the ce, with a satisfaction he re,. A goat once butted a oral while he was inspectâ€" kitchen, and knocked his to a kettle of stew. An . MHudson, in his Book of . reveals the darker side of o. He knew a sheep that 1 to thievery and tobaceo; ature, which may or may en of an improving kind, ly never improved her lic innocence as to rival 1ances comes upon us as 1 (not human) on an rship chewed up an adâ€" as. But such is the beâ€" expected of goats. That 1 woolly lambkin should so far forget its tradtâ€" He imb and ed with al with a bite. It is is _ retrospectively little lamb â€" was mpanion for inno ‘ked over anced upâ€" when, as embraced ed it, was A SPRING TONIC _ The good old fashion of taking a tonic in the springtime, like most of the customs of our grandparents, is " based upon sound common sense, and good medical practice. Winter is alâ€" ways a trying time, for those who are not in rugged physical health. Many _men, women and children go through the winter on reserve strongth they have stored up during the sunny, sumâ€" mer months, and grow increasingly ;pale and languid as the spring days approach. A tonic for the blood and nerves at this time will do much for such people, by putting color in the | cheeks and banishing that tired foelâ€" | ing that worries thousands of people | at this season of the year. | _ It is impossible to be energetic it !your blood is thin and weak, or if your nerves are frayed or shattered. | You cannot compete with others it you do not get refreshing sleep at night, or if your appetite is poor or you are losing weight. You need a tonic at this time to add to your efâ€" ficiency now, as well as to save you \from suffering later on. And in all | the realm of medicine, there is no | safer or better tonic than Dr. Wilâ€" | lams‘ Pink Pills. These pills tone and enrich the blood which circulates through every portion of the body, strengthening jaded nerves and run down organs, and bringing a feeling of new strength and energy to weak, easily tired, despondent men, women | and children. Lay Foundation of Good Health Now by Building Your Blood and Strengthening Your Mrs. J. N. McNeil, Glace Bay, N.S8., says: "For years past my home has never been without Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pil!s, and I have good reason to praise them highly. Foilowing an attack of la grippe, I was left in a badly run down condition. I had no appetite and felt so weak I could scarcely go about the house. I was taking med!â€" cine, but it was not helping me, and a friend advised me to try Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills I used them for a time with the most beneficial results. My appetite improved, my strength reâ€" turned and I was soon able to do all my bhousework. I now use the pilis every spring and find them : splendid strength bringing tonic. I have recomâ€" mended the pills to other friends who have used them with good results." Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills are a tonic, not a stimulant. They build up the blood, and through their use not only the disastrous after effects of inâ€" fluenza but also troubles due to poor blood, such as anaemia, rheumatism, indigestion and the generally wornâ€" out feeling that affects so many people, disappear. You can get these pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, ‘from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Lips, to a certain extent, portray one‘s passions, and are usually indicaâ€" tive of character. Idleness, love of ease, sensuality and indotence are said to be represent: ed by thick lips. Almost cruelty is seen in the thin lip. Where the outline of the lips is narrow and joined up with a sinister mouth, then it is said to denote a lack of natural kindness, a deficiency of afâ€" fection, and a terrible temper. "Cherub‘s" lips, those well defined and developed, with a rounded outline, are supposed to show tenderheartedâ€" ness, affection, and a sympathetic disâ€" position. Discretion is discernible in well closed lips, while indiscretion and a want of refinement are seen in lips with a coarse outline. Generosity is generally denoted in the lower lip, and according to its fulâ€" ness and freshness in appearance, and its width, so is the extent of be;xevo lence and liberality said to be repreâ€" sented. Selfâ€"opinionated individuals are said to possess a long, firm upper lip, and they _ absolutely _ disregard _ other people‘s ideas. A love of being praised or admired by others is seen in a short upper lip, and the middle teeth of the top row ln: variably show. lip â€" Miserly and niggardly persons are said to possess a pale, shrivelled lower 8‘11)0&1‘3 all by d ol 1 s =4 Instant Postum Lipâ€"Reading. Better for you than tea or coffee â€" Delicious coffeeâ€"like flavor. $2}| the cup. mrrg] Costs less than tea ~Postuy!‘] or coffee. Nerves. Ar The number of improperly sighted rifles throughout the country is surâ€" prisingly large. It matters not how accurate a rifle may be, it is worthâ€" less if it is not properly sightedâ€"iIf it shoots too far to right or left, too low or too high. Correcting false sighting in rifies is not a difficult task, provided the breech block is removable and a clear vision can be had threugh the bore of the rifle barrel. _ The horizontal adâ€" justment of sights is the most diffiâ€" cult and requires some provisions preâ€" vious to making the adjustments. The rifle barrel should be detached, breech block removed, and a tight fitâ€" ting woodén trough made to hold the rifle barrel. The trough should be made of three pieces of oneâ€"inch board. The bottom plece should be as wide as the thickness of the barâ€" rel and the two sides should be nailed on just high enough to clamp the barâ€" rel. Take the wooden trough to a post with a flat top, and secure it to the top of the post by driving a nail through the bottom of the trough, and into the top of post. Lay the rifle barâ€" rel, sights up, in the trough, and swing the trough around until it can be brought to bear on some distant tree or telephone pole standing perfectly erect. This done, look through the bore of the rifle and shift it until the tree or pole stands squarely in the centre of the bore. Without moving the barrel from this position, slowly raise the eye to the sights and see if they correspond with the bore. If not, the sights are out of line horlâ€" zontally. They can be adjusted by shifting either front or rear sight till it corresponds perfectly with the The test for perpendicular accuracy of rifle sightsâ€"that of shooting too high or too lowâ€"can only be made by target practise. If false sighting is detected merely lower or raise the front or rear sight, as the case may require. Mrs. Blank had just received a new dress and was trying it on. The launâ€" dress happening to arrive just then, Mrs. Blank asked her what she thought of it. Mrs. Blank‘s face told her that she had made a mistake, so she corrected herself hburriedly: "I mane, ma‘am, it‘s a lady ye are, whatever ye look." "It‘s illigant," said the laundress, and added as a tribute to her genera! appearance, "An‘ sure, ma‘am, ye look a Nady, whatever ye are." Correcting Sights of Rifles. Aprons and a House Dress Worse and Worse. would agpeal to mang who desire comfortable dresses for the house. The pattern provides for a collar which may be used. These Taturns ma! be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond Street, Torâ€" onto. Dept W. Psn S aeoe A GENTLE LAXATIVE FOR THE CHILDREN Mothersâ€"the surest way of keeping your little ones well and happy; whether it is the newâ€"born babe or the growing child, is to keep their bowels regular and their stomach sweet. Nineâ€"tenths of all childhood ailments are the result of clogged bowels and sour stomach. _ The most necessary and the best medicine for little ones is a gently laxativeâ€"something that will relieve constipation; sweeten the stomach and promote rest and naturâ€" al sleep. Such a medicine is Baby‘s Own Tablets. They are a gentle but efficient laxative; are absolutely guarâ€" anteed free from opiates or other inâ€" jurious drugs and may be given to the youngest infant with perfect safety. They banish constipation and indiâ€" gestion; break up colds and simple fevers and give the baby that health and happiness which all children should have. They are sold by mediâ€" cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Spanish Flu Is a great preventative, being one of the oldest _ remedies used. Minard‘s Liniâ€" ment has cured thousands of cases of Grippe, Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Asthma and similar diseases. It is an Enemy to Germs. Thousands of bottles being used every day, for sale by all druggists and general dealers. Minard‘s Liniment Going the Rounds. "Where‘s the umbrella I lent you yesterday, Jim?" "Jones borrowed it. Why?" "Oh, nothing; only the fellow I borrowed it off says the owner has been asking for it." MONEY ORDERS. Pay your outâ€"ofâ€"town accounts by Dominion Express Money Order. Five Dollars costs three cents. Some Mental Prescriptions. For clearness, read Macaulay. For logic, read Burke and Bacon. For action, read Homer and Scott. For conciseness, read Bacon and Pope. For vivacity, read Stephenson and Kipling. For common sense, read Benjamin Franklin. For elegance, read Virgil, Milton and Arnold. For lofty, ennobling sentiment, for sympathy, candor and honesty, for comfort and consolation in affliction, and for the promise of the life that now is and of the lifo which is to come, read the Bible. # For sublimity of conception, read Milton. For smoothness, read Addison and Hawthorne. For simplicity, read Burns, Whitâ€" tier and Bunyan. For interest in common things read Jane Austen. For wisdom read Emerson, Epicteâ€" tus and Marcus Aurelius. Claims Many Victims in Canada and should be guarded against. MINARD‘S LINIMENT CO., Ltd. Wisdom. In life‘s hard school Are lessons learned That may be to Successful men Who win great stakes Don‘t ever make The selfsame breaks. One‘s profit turned $45,000,000 THEFTS FROM CARS SHOWN Booty Double That in Any Wholesale looting of merchandise in transit on the railroads of the United States caused a loss of apâ€" proximately $45,000,000 in 1919, acâ€" cording to United States Railroad Adâ€" ministration statistics made public reâ€" cently. This is estimated to be more than double the losses sustained in any preâ€"war year, but it is pointed out that the increased cost of the comâ€" modities stolen, roughly estimated to average 85 per cent., must be taken into consideration when comparing the losses in the days of low prices with losses now. Nevertheless there has been a steadily increasing numâ€" ber of packages stolen, and the orâ€" ganization combating the thieves have met an increased ingenuity in divertâ€" ing goods from their owners. A technique of robbery has been developed so highly that the methods of "master thieves" are similar in the United States, England, France, Italy and Argentina, according to a recent report of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Argentina. Detecâ€" tives, however, are inclined to disâ€" credit that organization‘s belief that a "widespread international organizaâ€" tion" is at work stealing merchandise. Substitution is the usual method used by the thieves. Sometimes boxes supposed to contain velvets are found at their destination to be filled with calico or other cheaper grades of cloth, but as a rule, waste paper is found. These are referred to as "conâ€" cealed losses" by railway men, and are especially difficult to trace, as the shipment leaves and arrives apâ€" parently in good condition, and it is almost impossible to discover at what point the theft occurred. The silk industry has been one of the most severely hit in the last year, and so great has the risk become that the Railroad Administration has been considering excluding raw silks from the privilege of freight transportation by rail. The Merchants‘ Association of New York, through its traffic bureau, has protested against such an exclusion, advocating some less radiâ€" cal measure to minimize or prevent the theft of silk in transit. A British postman has walked 200,000 miles in 50 years. . _ Drive away those persistent enemies of happinessâ€"biliousness and constiâ€" pation. Don‘t stay headachy, sick, tongue coated, sallow and miserable! Never have colds, indigestion, upset stomach, or that miseryâ€"making gas. Feel splendid always by taking Casâ€" carets occasionally. Cascarets never gripe, sicken or inconvenience you like Calomel, Salts, Oil or nasty, harsh Pills. They cost so little and work while you sleep ASTHMA NEURITIS 41404000000 :00000° ACHES AND PAINS QUICKLY RELIEVED Put it on freely. Don‘t rub it in, Just let it penetrafe naturally. What a sense of soothing relief soon follows! «External aches, stiffmess, soreness, cramped muscles, strained sinews, back "cricks"â€"those ailments can‘t fight off the relieving qualities of Sfoan's Liniment. Clean, convenient, economical, Made in Canada. * You‘ll find Sloan‘s Liniment Templeton‘s RAZâ€"MAH Oapâ€" sules uongmntood to_relieve ABTH MA. Don‘t suffer anâ€" other day. Write Tem Constipation, Headache, Colds, Biliousness, driven out with ‘‘Cascarets‘‘ that psainful, paraiyzing lnnunmat!og. of the nerves. Do notsuffer anâ€" other day. If you are & Templeten‘s Rhsumatic Gapsules Nothlnilelu brings relief s0 quickly and so surely. ESend for free sample to 'I‘om'pls:ons. 142 Xing St. W., Toronto. For sale at reliable drugâ€" gists for $1.04 & boz. pliable druggists sell them at .04 & boz. HOMELESS! softens the severe rheumatic ache Preâ€"War Year. IS8UE No. 14â€"‘20. have F Aspiration. An Irish mother who had occasion to reprove her eldest son exclaimed, "I ]uit wish that your father was at home some evening to see how you behave yourself when he is out!" Very Crude, "Boy," said a spectator, looking out to sea, "what kind of a ship is that out there?" "A cruiser," was the answer, "And who are on board?" "Her crew, sir." "And by what means does she travel?" asked the interested man. V”‘V‘Oh, its screw, sir!" came the smart reply. p Ask for Wages generally in Britain have increased by 100 to 150 per cent. through the war, while salaries have risen 50 per cent. at the highest. "You are a very smart lad, and where do you come from?" "Crewe, sir!" And he asked no more questions. Accept "California Syrup of Figs onlyâ€"look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is baving the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Childâ€" ren love its delicious fruity taste. Full directions for child‘s dose on each botâ€" tle. Give it without fear. "SYRUP OF FIGS" CHILD‘S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poiâ€" sons from little stomach, liver and bowels BITS OF 1¢, Humor & FROM HERE LTHERE _5 Mother! You must say "California For Shaving, Bathing The name "Bayer" idontifiee the|contains ; only muine Aspirin,â€"the Aspirin | Headache, prescribed by physicians for over nineâ€" Inlg'u. Lu teen years and now made in Canada. | tis, Joint Always buy an unbroken P‘clup ‘Tin hbox of "Bayor Tablets of Aspirin" whicblafov cent: There is only one Aspirinâ€""Bayer"â€"Y Aspirin is the trafo merk (registered in Caneda) o aceticacidester of Ealicyiiccold. While it is well kno manufacture, to ossist the public against imitations, will be stamped with thoir generci trace imark, the * 30B°BBCOUGHS SOAP y Not Aspirin at All without the "Bayer Cross" ONLY TABLETSâ€" MARKED "BAYER" ARE ASPIRIN ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO ‘V ELL EQUIPPED NEWSPAiER and job printing plant in Basterm Ontario. Insurance carried $1,600. Will ‘? for $1,200 on quick sale _ Bor §A llson Tublishing Co.. Ltd.. Toronts. K)) flour, bran sacks to Stevens. Hl%b: est prices. Geo. Stevens, 364 Mark & Peterboro . Kh‘l’l"x‘lNu YARNS, _ BEAUTIPUL soft lambs‘ wool fourâ€"ply, finger= mf yarns in sixteen colors. Just the thing for sweaters, ‘r\nlo\en. toques and children‘s wear. wde in Canada by Canadians trom pure Lambs‘ Wool, u." nothing el%.;nd somewhat resembi the high cPhes English yarns, but so much cheaper, as you buy direct from the #pinners. Price twenty cents per skein or turee dollars per pound. Smail sample skein, twenty cents, postage free. Also beavier yarns in homespun style, all wool to wash at bhome, in urex' Black, and White at one dollar, fty per pound. Large sample skein, thirty cents, postage free. Postage extra on mll orders under ten doliars, George» town Woollen Milis, Georgetown, Onâ€" tario. Noteâ€"Carders and lp&ncro Want» ed, used to country life sA "l’nfoi\e‘{. in spare timeâ€"send post card to tepayer Publishing Co., $ Columbine, Toronto. ll‘ YOU HAVE A CAR FPOR SALE write me. Geo, Stevens, 364 Mark Btreet, Peterhoro. ll‘ YOU MAVE A FIRE AND HAVE a car or more of scrap iron 1 will come and quote you where it lays. Gea Stevens, 364 Mark Street, Poeterboro. before too late Dr. Beliman Co., Iimited, Collingwood. Ont Minard‘s Liniment Lumberman‘s FPriend. Forgetting God all day, men deem it right To ask Him to remember them at night. Ca«â€"‘Qed Advertisements x CHOOL TEACHERSâ€"MAKE REAL In a few moments you can trans form your plain, dull, flat hair, You can have it abundant, soft, glossy and full of life. Just get at any drug or toilet counter a small bottle of "Danâ€" derine" for a few cents. Then moistâ€" "Bayer‘â€"You must say "Bayor"‘ in Caneda) of Bevyor Manufacture of Mone« it is we‘l known that Aspirin means Bayer t imitations, the Tablets of Bayer Company en a soft cloth with the "Danderine" and draw this through your hair, takâ€" ing one small strand at a time. Inâ€" stantly, yes, immediately, you have doubled the beauty of your bhair, It will be a mass, so soft, lustrous and so easy to do up. All dust, dirt and excessive oil is removed. Let Danderine put more life, color, vigor, and brightness in your hair. This stimulating tonic will freshen your scalp, check dandruff and fall ing hair and help your hair to grow long, thick, strong and beautiful. TEVENS COMPLETE PERTILâ€" izer will pay you. Write for pricem DOUBLE BEAUTY OF YOUR HAIR HIP YOUR EMPTY BAGSâ€"SUGAR Don‘t you say that winter‘s gone, With his cloudy face, Till April with his best suit on, Smiles in the Picnic Place. *‘Danderine‘‘ creates mass of thick, gleamy waves Amerioa‘s Pioncor Dog Remedics ANCBEH, â€" TUMORS, LUMEPB, EPC internal and extermal, cured without n by our home treatment Write us ore too late Dr. Beliman Medical _ ‘fin boxes of 12 tablets cont but a fow cents. Larger "Bayer" packages, contains proper directions for Colds, Headache, Toothache, Earache, 'Nog- raigin, ALMMTOMEC, PRACARTVC tis, Joint Pains, and Pain The Safety Way. Book on DoG DISEASES K. Clay Glover Oo., Ene. 11% Waest Sist Stroot and Mow to Foed Mailed Free to any Adâ€" dress by the Author. 118 West 31st Atreot . New York, U.8.A Sarache, Neu~ iatiom, Neuri« ain generally. lets cost but ger" packages. "Bayor" cture of Mone» ; meane Bayer