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1'HE NORTHERN Anvm-?E*+T ` Q ivnbn. Weigh?-V I,."Wiil~5v1S?!1 ~th1| mor91984"0t *9 groce1y;.e.1;r.'g; qpced Brnda. a `small. da!nty-:;ypunn?_ ygoqzan oftrlm ngure.. ' and! wejthedvgjust njnety-nine pounds % . _ .__.'a -1 1:11.... I ntnnndd dawn Olqm i'fax,m.aI` wgnmen~;eu-- ``..".*J``."'..`' .I"---*_ ma fa hhll';f-EW1!n"l."stepned,.d9Wn old .Mr."".f"F11!,'ly`_I5`1" lauzhed and was `That's`ig"l`ucl':yj_hait, mlss._ Nlpety-nine, `is . wftii'3`sl.V sitif` at `:o;;Iil`c"ed"?f.I1`1it' He . meant. and` he said}. My.-.e rmys didn't: ever hear. of *w'it'ches" weight? ~ ' . Well. l" ? that is queer. "Your granfther kin tell ` ye. thouh ` And now. grandfather. what is witc_hes_ Weight?" ` Ma'am Jones," said grandfather tersely,'was a witch. and her weight was witches weight. ~ . There was a chorus of exclamations ; Yes..a-witch` in my day," he reiterat- A ed. "as much a witch as any witch. and l as much believed in. if not as widely. As for her weight. i believe ninety- "nine pounds is indeed the traditional limit of weight for :r witch. Perhaps `ltyis the utmost a broomsticl: will car- How_ Caterpillars Build; _ I Many clever caterpillars which dwell imbitnaliygin company build .a common nest for the common benet.` Of these is the famous American tent caterpil- lar. The _tents are really nests of silk spun among leaves and twigs. In them` the caterpillars dwell when young, and to them they resort for shelter in rainy weather even when larger grown. Al- lied species which pass through the winter in the mterpillar state con-_ strnct winter ailveping places which 1 the ,bmi;ish full: call hibernacnlums. L These are ofte-n -umzpicuous among the branches during; the cold months of the _\'e:1r. if torn open they reveal a sur- prising thickness of spun silk. forming a dense noncondnctlve wail. `At the center n. the mass lie from thirty to `fifty tightly packed caterpillars waiting for the. return of the warm weather. ,I'lmn they will resume their feeding. A The World Goes On. We all imagine that our work is im- portant and that no one can do- it as well as wedo, but the world has been constantly improving in spite of the fact that every man dies at the end of i a short time. ' Ready Remedy. Agthor-I am troubled with insomnia. I lie awake at night hour after hour` thinking about my literary work. His Iiend-How'very'rool1sh or you! Why don't you get up and read portion: of H9 - \ov-u m _ "`;"Vhat are you trying to do. Jean- nette? demanded mother. "Be careful; you will cut your hand," ',. 3-1.! `I- _.___,,A.;__ LAID..- L.._l--_ L- ._... A comprehensive measure of elec- toral reform`, wluch may be amended to mclude woman suffrage, wnll be introduced before the close of the present Parliament tn Brntam..- The Three Periods. ` Jason-There are three periods In I man's life when he does not under- stand a woman. Grayson-And' they are? Jason--BetVore he knows her.` when he knows; her gn__1_atterwardl 121.5. 0.130- "'i~'E 3h'e{"."n3r:}irI:;v"Zt'?n}'6F}iEE;II1 table three-year-old Jeannette was pek- ` Ing vigorously with her knife at a his- cuit. ' . Not a Matter of Choice. Columbia Alummxs--'1'lmt woman on the debate team ls lntolemble. You wouldn't like to debate with a woman. would you? Cornell Alumnus-Got so I don't mind it now. Been married ve years.-New -York Tribune. vuu - juuuwui Does your wife make you explain all your acts?" Worse than that. ' Worse than that?" - Ear worse; she doesn't permit me to explain them.-V-Houston Post. What She W}: Trying to Accomplish. ` Tho nfhnr xnnrninsv at fhn hrnnkfnslf '"sTa:; a_' .1:15e}'.;,'3i'-7.2` trying to an. loosen this biscuit: it's so tigbt!"-New York Times. ` T A aeuc'n5us a:TinnaT{:stain'1'n' g food. Fragrant", .nutritious- and economical. `This excelleattocoa n_nrai%nta`lnsT_ the system In robust. haalth, and enables` it to resist; .." _- x' SHOE potash?` Robert Stewart, an elderly farmer near Brockville, was attacked by James Young, his hircdiman, beaten with a `club, and is now in a critical condition. Young's motive was rob-' bery, and he got away. , Hard Linea. . 1' explain 0" -~%+-3:-:-+-a-+++++++:-5-+++4+++++++++4-:~+-z++++++++++++++++->+{ hove all ohe spplinnceu for the care of funeral: in transit thrown town and surrounding country: Hearses om? Wagqons; Morgue and Bun-al Parlors. In torment: inall cemeteries. or shipment: to all parts of the worm. Work Cg undertaker: promptly and pronerlv cared for. P|-[ON E 32 _ irrie Undertaking Estahlishmenf` D`O*L`L%A`R* A Y E A R `f You may ask for a good thing and never get it. But, if you don't ask, you are sure not to get it. Mr.{Willam Anderson, ex-TM. P. P. for East Peterboro , is `dead. %}A`DMifrEDL Y BA zeze./*5 % % a %+*%%LEADlNG PAPER) % THE ADVANCE has always main- tained at rgpulntion as being in the forefront l`lWeeklies. Its 8 pages are all 1 '- 0 , t , IIQIIIG pI'__Intl.' Every department carefully `.f?ll%8nd:Di`strict News--the main featute. SUBSCRIBE FOR Northern Advance Said and Guaranteed by HOB OFFICE- V Collier and Clnpperton Streets The steamer Motgose ra'n~.into`the wharf at Quebec, domg consxderable damage. A - 1 II 19,,_,_,_A, ,_,_,A _j A Aftwpgiluitiea for artistic :_ % wgggxj gggtytof Toronto. % R. 71`. TYREP_g ALWAYS OP_EN. SMITH 8 CO. ssjljnausuao 1869 ...Tl-IE... MAY 28th, In Worth and wear-- style and satisfaction %--Progress Brand Clothing will well repay you for the slight trouble of asking for it. , 190$; The Pope refuses to let French priests take pensions under the Church devolution law, and many millions of dollars will go in default to public charities; l _ . _ . . _ . -.., - - g v w 5.! Five_ persons were killed by a for- nado 111 Kansas and Iowa. cw----wg vs The total gold shipments engaged for export from New York amount to -$3o.I92.6s4. ' ,__--1, ___-_._ J..-_,'__-_.I `V `ru'!7-:~u'r' * `Seven young people were drowned ewhile on a moonlight excursion at Cla,x'endon, Ark. `rum : . 7,. ,1 A disastrous ood occurred at Car- il-lon and Point Fortune, Quebec, owing, to the dam being carried away- `William Marlingt of Mona-ea1 . 'umped from a window in the I-Iotell Manhattan at New York and was killed. Plans for the propo sed_ new rail- way viaduct for Toronto were laid before the Board of Railway Com- missioners. ' l Delegates from all over Canada discussed a "simplified bill of lading at a meeting held at the Toronto Board of Trade. , - . i -f 5i`.Xy1esw'orth.. has given. notice of an amendment to the crim- inal_ code_ to increase the penalty for sellmg cigarettes to mmors-. . xf V OF COMMERCE -:7-1-I-4--:~-z-so-:-+-s--3--:-s--s-+:--1-1--:-z--s--:--:4-s-z-+t+++:-4--:~:-+-1-z++-1-+4-2-z-z--tow:--:-:49 i Events of {he Week .1. _ . . . . -75 v-:3---..uvw... av on-..-u.un l Zarossi, the.'Ita1ian banker, charg- ed with swindliug 111 `Montreal, has been artcstedin Mexico City,_ and! steps will be taken to extradxte him.` In a decision stating that-` the` Michigan Central Railway had `over-i charged a St. Thomas rm on' switching charges, the railway is sharply criticized by the Board of Railway Commissioners." ` Ff`! `l :3, p .WA_I-KER, President j :' Paid-i1p:Capital; 00,000` ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager j~ V Resgl-Ave Q.~ nnms `AND MONEY onnEns.s.m, and money uansa-ma by; telegraphor letter; N \ ` T I J _ COLLECTIONS madam all parts of Canada and i!1 fo`1-`eign countries. A roman ausmess. cnequesana ma. on an-.u.ma sum, I Q-++4.n-+-1--s--3-+-:~:--I-+-s--2-+-:--z-i-ts-:-:~-:-a~-:~ 4-+++-n-++-:--:4-oz-nugo-s-a--:~+-z-+-:-`g--z-:-4-:1 THURSDAY,` MAY 21st. a hundred injured in a.- train. wreck at, The steamer Mont:-ose ran into the` Ccitttich. ne3`.'.`.'Antw." p' ,s. .. , I I ( TSixty, persons were killed and over` A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS IBANsAcEEB`Ar ALL BRANCHES Fmmwnm. i;o'I{Iet"K.; I n I III a I I E - "9-'_-rt -- --~v..- _ _-v rut wo!'lI gladly at- tend to. Just` '\v r Ito 0|! I lllt-. ___..n 143-..; WOULD-3YOULIKE-TO-READ-THE-STORY OF-THE . ' ,__ A, .I=unNAcE? `'a..uu`'.s'.'5".J u'."f"2' " LONDON TORONTO ION TIIEM. WIIINIPEO -mun oxrmcn. 'ronoN'ro~ FRIDAY, MAY sand. ' Great Britain and countries btmght ndgoltl. "3 BARBIE BRANCHi - The duty is briefly cold in a; little booklet called " Furnace Facts." - ,I:'_s not an adver- Iisement. No fu-Vmccn|m,e is mentioned. andyou,:anVredtho\'~ho|ut`atyin 5 n'\inutes.- To ch puny comanpluinj fukmlce it'poinzs&o'ut the mm and pitfalls. and shows exactly what to` demand of an itchi- tea. aotugracnur or dale. in in-nun cpnsu-ugzion "and inmllacion. V . , % vaucoavgn C . er. JOHN,N.B. . A V a _ . HAMILTON % _ L I _2= cuannr "22 `f9?m9#Frieud --w uv'Anv.l VIVID, II `;,7f,"'_-(3'a~>iine` Engiiie` ? . I .. , twuldomonworkthmnyotlgot >34. ('.l-I.... In, .3: -- Votulnohonopowot.. . . , , _.j, 86: ZGr'lxV:;i::-g'._1;`::;1$l_`._ct:`urni:i and Gaenl "Pam or Inchin:g)1op_ -Wore, the l='.'x.L-`.I..4 n " In V ,\I-utuulv BIIJLIIU DI IIW9 n0fI0'IWr V 5'1` V Dealers Evetywhefe _ out outzoonpmo sdvonuommc mm `min LUIILIUII, Inca; ruuvvcny. e"VIau_rice -Hi[l,_ a young` . Englishman, commxtted su1c1_de near Indian Head, Sask., by shootzng. ,,.,1 __.-,i Dr. Lapp of Holland. Landing took an overdose of strychmne `at the Grosvenor House; Toronto. %' H. 311;r'sia; 111; 99%; Brbok- lyn matgufacturer who died of hy- drophobxa, was a Cangdiang UtIII\JLI|G, 7'30 3 '.Qlla\LlZllo ` Mr. and Mrs. John McLean, an ag- ed couple from Bruce county, were found wandering about the streets in Detroit. ' ~ ` ' The Po1iceuvMa.gistrate at Brantfo-rd warned the striking moulders` that he would in future refuse bail to persons arrested for besetting the Buck stove works, but union men refuse to stop and last night nine men were arrest-I .ed in the_'vicinity of the works. I-W.W.Boyce, I HCENSED AlJC3T|5C3|VE'ER,' [ JMIDHI/RS7`, ozvr. "oE'siI tested yesterday in Toronto ve -prove-d slow, or in favor of the consumer. 1\ T ,PTT,II, -J 1 , J 1, I "Cunard steamer Lusitania is, domg the'westward voyage across the Atlantxc at a speed of 25.02 miles an hour. I. Prof. George Cross of McMaster University has been offered a pro- fessorship in `Church history in the University of_Chica.go. 1 Six militant. suragists who were demonstrating in front of Mr. As- quith's residence in London were at- rested and sent to prison. 'I`I,, 15,!` It .1-\ -,a ron TH: couN'rvToI-' I ` SIMCOE. V Most reasoriable terms given on all Stock Sales 1 _ T ` 4| LICENSED AAUCTIONEER` Lott [John J ennett, Farm and Stock S-ales hndled at ' ' very reasonable ates. -.43 -G`il_AA'SETT.-Manager ` uuuuua bIl3l,I_I_'ll[U_ A _ cut out `copulate: Qdvonuogung `mg pja;_ so CRAIGHURST. ONT. (Confinued ;>n Page Eight.) asruiusuizn 1301 -I-+-I-tn:-+4-+9!-:-5:-1-+~:--1-z-3--z--2--3-+-t--3-3-V To prevent the boiler` from. rusty ing rub it well on the. irgside with soap after using. This "will yelp make` suds -for the next wash/ day, as well as prvent rust. | Do notput `pearl.-handle knives Ln" hot water, whih willlvnotoxllly loos en the cement which holds, them in place" -but discolor them "badly as well. Raw potato dipped. in brick dust _will remove stains on the ,knife and the handlesbcan be improved by rubbing with a. soft cloth dipped in turpentine. _ - -. Fresh milk will make cakes cut like a. pound cake. Sour milk or buttermilk makes a light cakh of spongy texture. Ifrench im'ustard'is made Ly mixing mustard with tarragon vinegar, in- stead of water, and adding a little salt. In France black mustard is used. .Oilcloth and. linoleum will be . bet-A day. and night ;before `using; The oor should be scrubbed and before it is entirely dry the linoleum should be unrolled slowly and carefully, then cut and llaidlu lin place. The slight dampness will not injure the lino- _leum, but will cause it to stretch. In a couple of days it can be tacked down no wrinkles then appearing, as would be the result were it tack- ed as soon as laid. Every wrinkle will sooner or later crack. If you can obtainit, use skim milk to` wet the cloth with which you wipe the linoleum. It tends to preserve the gloss and coloring.` Kerosene also is goodrfor this. Once in a while in wet `weather it is-necessary to give a good scrubbing with plenty of warm water and soap. rAtleast once a year, the." linoleum, after being thoroughly cleaned, should be given a light coat of some kind of varnish. If the work is done inthe evening it will be dry the next morning. ter and can be more easily handled if left in a warm room for at least a V` ,When the machine has been used for mincing 'rath~`cr fat. meat," run a crust of dry bread througtn it. .\_T_his will remove a gobd deal of the grea- se, but the mincer should afterwards `be well waghed and`. scoured. A good lotion for the complexion is made as follows: Dissolve two tablespoons Epsom salts and one tab- lespoon boraxytin half. a pint of 1uke~ warm,.water', then stir in ten drops tincture of benzoin, and bottle. -'Af-v ter thoroughly washing the face, ap- ply with a soft cloth, rubbing it! wel1.; 'Put ,fursa away in regular moth bags, oi` in any kind of heavy paper bags, tied so tightly that a. moth can- not penetrate. . To rpake_steak tender, smear it with oltve o11,%and le_t stand a couple` gf hours befo\'e-cQo_k1ng`. , ' Let'ey_egl asses lie in alcghol fer a few_ moments, thenpolish with c.ha-A .m'o1s. If the glasses are set Into gold frames a_ne camel's hair brush wi'1l;lift -the dust from the edges `and make them looklike new. | ` Keep lemons in cold water, chang- ing it every day. If, however, any of them should have become hard and dry through neglect of being put into the- water, put them into a pan of hot water, and set. -whereit will keep . `hot without boiling. In about two hours "the fruit will be soft and juicy again. If rolls, biscuits, or buns, have be- come" stale, roll them. up in wet -p'a.p.~ er, lay them in a pan and heat in a hot Oven until the paper scorches. They will be as good as` if freshly baked. ` . VA few clfops of lemon juice im- proves scrambled eggs. It should be added while the eggs are cooking.-" -White straw hats may be cleaned by a mixtureyof flour and gasoline spread on the straw. Let the paste stay until. the gasoline entirely evap- orates and the {our becomes dry, then brush. with stiff. brush. ' `of_fruit stain. Pour the water on the Hot water wxll take out every kind` discolored parts'_ `before washing, and the tablec`1oth,jor whatever it may be, will come back as good as new.; ' To rmove ink stains from bodks use a small quantity of oxalic acid diluted with` wa,ter,~.applied `with a camel s hair pencil and blotted with blottjng. paper. .This will, with two` gpplxcations, remove all txfaces of thi- jnk, ; . V h Bun$ wet over the top with milki lwill come out of the oven with a :pretty brown crust. If a g1aZe'. is_ `wanted, `when the buns are done pull lthem out of the oven for a. moment brush over againhwith aplittle water or milk in which at tablespoonful of granulated sugar -has ben disso1v~-J ed. ` 991-{u . j_Try cooking a` stick of-,cinn2a`mon w1_th4 your _pruties. l(' VVIFIU` V r. ' Keep handy_'an_ "emergency box `of clean old elmen -for bandages. _ J3 _t'____ A__ A_ Q_' Ann III alive` -__ _-__ -_ _v _-.--..-ve--.a. Gnra juice, ofive` oil, and hot miik are all _tonicS and `good nourishing fOO,d._'.` . 4" ver thatt,ifsA not {in frevtiuent use wull not tarr;is_h;if rubbed with out ' ._ _ hdt salt"bjL1tf1_jl1A:sAt xbefore fetiring. gs ::eQ_mmended .,}n~CaL8.' o;f., n`ervous.. `mm mm nmmnens` ----- - -_ __ The British steamer Latona col- lided off The Lizard with the Jap- anxc, and went down. . . The Hamilton Radial Railway is said to be purchasing property in Toronto for a terminal station.