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GORDON going like a SHOT and we always hit the mark. The time has almosc'come when the reports of the Entrance Examinations will be out. The teachers of those winning edals will be kind enough I: send their names and addresses to us as soon as they know so that we can send the me dals to the schools. It must be thoroughly un- derstood that these medals are given FREE by us and that they are hat to be given till the certificates are given out. Teachers will kindly let us know a few days be- fore hand so that we can send the medals to the schools. These are the first medals that were ever given in South Grey and we sincere ly hope that the winners will prize them as such. a; Custom Cal-ding “1d spinn- ing attended to on short notice. MODEL BAKERY. Blankets. Twoeds, Yarns. Funnels, Groceries md Dry Goods :lwuys on hang}. J. G. ORCHARD. S. SCOTT WOOL We Want ONTARIO. Your Dear Old Mother. Young man, did you ever put your arms around your dear old mother, who has loved and cared for you, and tell her that you love her and are grateful for the tears she has shed and the prayers she has oflered for you? She ‘ may think that you love her without ! your assuring her that you do, but it 3 costs you but little eflort to tell her, and your words may bring more Joy iand sunshine to her heart than you i ever dreamed ot.â€"Exchange. are some one clue.” anuppeyâ€"nu, ucul. Aunt JV“ V“ 5" It Wu on the T bl member it. ‘ ‘ e. Mistressâ€"Jane, where is the “lad sum-g the mud Identity. .0” I “Id 3°“ *0 Put On the table? Jane “Beg pardon. I thought you were -Please, ’m, I did put it on the table name one else.” when I polished it “P ”11! morning- “Oh. no; I’m ‘n right. it 1'70“ WM. men. . heyâ€"How very remarkable! Min An- tiqueâ€"That I could play by ear? Miss Snappeyâ€"No. dear. That you can u- member it. 'A Wonderful lemon. Miss Antiqueâ€"I remember, when I was a little tot, I could play several pieces on the plano by ear. Miss Snap- Every one laughed excepting the dis- comnted conductor, who had omitted to register the first collection. "You have given me your tare al? ready.” argued the man In uniform. “I know,” responded the comedian, “but this is for the company.” One of Them For the Company. A well known comedian celebrated for his eccentricitles boarded a street car the other day and duly paid his fare upon demand. After riding a block or so further be produced another nick- el and tendered the lame to the pass- ing conductor. The honest conductor refused the proffered coin, while the actor vehe- mently protested his desire to pay his fare. No sooner was seri'dom abolished than the peasants followed bourgeois example, dowering their daughters and securing the interest of their sons by law. In pro ncial archives exist many of these doc ments. the rustic bride’s portion consisting of furniture, clothes, money and sometimes cattle or a bit of land. The archives of the Aube contain the marriage contract of a skilled day laborer (manouvrier) and a widow whose property was double that or his own. The deed secured him joint enjoyment and ownership. ‘ I can- not here, of course, enter into the in- tricacies of the French marriage laws. There is the regime data], which safe- guards the dowry of the wife. There is the regime de la communaute, which makes wedlock strictly a partnership as far as income and earnings are con- cerned. And there are minute regula- tions as to the provision for children and widows. The latter are always sacrificed to the tormenâ€"Cornhill. Lovemaking Begins Aher the Wed- ding Bella Have Rant. The word “courtship" has no equiva- lent iu the French tongue, because the thing itself does not exist. Stolen tete-a-tetes, even turtive kisses, may. of course, be indulged in, but only un- der a modified chaperonage, the half shut eye of parents or guardians. No young French lady would be permitted, for instance, to undertake a cycling ex- pedition with her future husband. Still less could she take train with him for the purpose of visiting relations in the country were the Journey of halt an hour's duration only. Lovemaking be- gins with the honeymoon. For centuries, alike in the humbleet as well u the highest ranks, matrimo- nial nettlemente have kept family poe- eeulone together in France-end en- riched village notation! And wherever Barnum advertised his concert he advertised that fact to show what a great attraction he was touring with. As a consequence Genln’s hats were in demand all over this country, and he became enormously rlch. The next day and every duy after- ward for many months it was an- nounced that “Genin, the New York hatter, had paid $700 for the first Jen- ny Lind ticket.” only won a fortune for herself, but made two men wealthy as well. One of them was Barnum. the showman. It was Barnum who brought her to America. He ventured all that he could raise in advertising the wonder- tul woman, and his successful manage- ment of her tour in this country lifted Barnum to grand business success. But there was another man who get rich without having anything to do with the management of the Jenny concert tour. It was Genin, the ewYerk hatter. His name and busi- ness were advertised by Barnum wher- ever the Jenny Lind concerts were ad- vertised, and it didn’t cost Genin one penny for all or the advertising that Barnum did for him. There was no hall in New York big enough to accommodate the crowds which attended the first concert in this country, so Castle Garden was fitted‘ up for the purpose, and the seats were sold at auction. Now, Genin was an unknown hatter, although he was a good one. He went to the auction sale of seats at Castle Garden and outbid everybody. He ran up the price of the ”it ticket until some of his friends thought he was going crazy and tried to induce him to desist. But Genin was not crazy by any means. He kept on biddinl until he finally got the first ticket for $750. He had outbid the rich- fit men is New York. COU RTSHIP IN FRANCE. WON HIM A \ FORTUNE. I would much rather that poeterlty should inquire why no statue: were erected to me than why they were.â€" “Well. anything is preferable to hav- lng her here.” “I ahan’t put up with your conduct any longer. I intend to go home to mother." “Yea," replied the fellow who drawn more tool questions than his share. “I believe that most any two men could live on what my wife spends.” Beyond Doubt. “Do you bell/eve that two can live a! cheaply as one '2” he asked, for the rea- son that he undoubtedly wished to A Mean In-lnuatlon. Sir Henry Thompson, who was equal- ly famous as an author, an artist and a surgeon, was once staying at a country house with another surgeon of great fame. and somehow the talk turned on the number of letters that each re- ceived. When the post arrived only one or two letters came for Sir Hen- ry, while his friend received an im- posing batch. The friend proudly call- ed attention to his mail. “Yes,” said Sir Henry, with a twinkle in his eye, “but I see yours are all in black edged envelopes.” Cur-1710’s View of Humility. In one of his letters Carlyle says of Macaulay, the historian: “We have had Macaulay for two days. He was a real acquisition while he lasted and gave rise to much good talk, besides an immense quantity of indiflerent, which he himself executedâ€"«a man of truly Wonderful historical memory, which he has tried in really extensive reading and has always lying ready, with this or the other fact, date or anecdote on demand; in other respects constantly definable as the sublime of common-' place, not one of whose ideas has the least tincture of greatness or original- ity or any kind of superior merit ex- cept neatness of expression.” are anxious for the safety of absent ones repair to the mountain of Dako- yams to perform a singular rite. There is a shrine at the summit to commemo- rate a princess of antiquity who daily watched hopelessly undl she pined and died, when her body was changed into stone. One who looks with the eyes of a believer still sees the princess on Mount Dakeyama in the shape of a perpendicular rock. Before her shrine are heaps of pebbles, and those who ascend to pray for the safe home com- leg of one they love take a pebble away with them as a talisman. And when at last reunited with the beloved. another pilgrimage is made to the shrine on Dakeyama to replace the pebble, with a handful of others, in de- votional gratitude. A Juliane-o Ihrlne‘. A romantic custom of the Japanese in denoribed in the “Kokoro” of Lafcadio Hearn. It is narrated that thou who He who will may compare the re- spective merits of Zola’s “L’Assom- moi)? and “Nana." There does not ap- pear to be much to choose between them, but undoubtedly the earlier book 'has been more popular. Zola’s habit. as is well known, was to keep the same families in his various treatises, for to him they were specimens of natural history and mightily portentous. Con- trast with Zola our immortal Fielding, who began one of his novels by'way ot a parody of Richardson. It would be interesting to collect into one volume the stories of the masterpieces. In what circumstances were the great books of the world written? Think of Dumas pcre and his firm of assistants! Well, Pope preceded him and farmed out his translation of Homer. That was a conscienceless thing to do. A work of art is not a contractor's job. But then Pope’s Homer was not a work of art. But Dumas! Grub street lies in Paris too. ._ If there be a rule. are there any ex- ceptions that prove it? Stevenson’s “Catriona” was not up to the level of “Kidnaped.” Mr. Anthony Hope wrote a better book in “The Prisoner of Zen- da” than he did in “Rupert of Hent- zau.” Wise authors never undertake sequels.- Once upon a time Mr. Rider Haggard was tempted to adventure a sequel to “She,” but repented at dis- cretion. It is altogether a different matter when successive books include the'same character. Thackeray used that trick in “Pendennis” and “The Newcomes,” but in no sense is the lat- ter a sequel to the former. In a way Thackeray’s novels may 'be said to constitute a chain right down from “Esmond.” The links ‘subsist, but there is no continuity of narrative which defines a sequel proper. the Earlier- Iooku. ’ The Question or sequels was under dil- cussion in a literary gathering the oth- er day, and the consensus of opinion was decidedly against them. It was even roundly maintained that no se- quel had ever been a success from the literary point of view. Some one do- murred and suggested “Paradise Be- Bained." but that suggestion, greeted with a burst of laughter, practically determined the argument. “Paradise Retained” was a distinct falling of! from “Paradise Lost.” It'might even be declared a dignified, dismal failure. No; Milton’s sequel was no exception to the rule. A} a Rule They Are Roi .. “fiv... SEfiUEL§ TO STORIES. m. Choice. Noxc Door South of Post Ofico. CALL AND SEE ONE. Marshall Sanitary Mattresses The Composition of a Rocket. The ordinary skyrocket is made at various compositions packed in tubes rolled tightly round a cylindrical core. The match by which the rocket is ex- ploded is placed in a cavity at the bot- tom. The movement of the rocket would be irregular if it were not for the guide stick. which is made very light, so that it does not retard the flight of the rock- et when the gases come out and hit the ground with all their might and send the rocket up into the air for all that it is worth. HAVE COMFORT. “Then let us divide honors,” said Bandeau, “for it it were not for my sugar coating your historical facts would dry on the shelves." “Ah, but it is the ingredient which cures, not the coating." remarked the historian. “The reading of history is like n piliâ€" it needs the sugar coating to make it palatable," argued the novelist. The P11! and the Coutlnx. Joseph Savador, the French histo- rian, and Jules Ssndeau. a novelist. made their meeting at a public recep- tion the occasion for a dispute as to the respective places which they occupied in the world or letters. The Coup de Houses-rat. The fatal issue or a recent French duel causes discussion of what the Pa- risian fencers call the “coup de Mouser- rat.” The history of this stroke is ro- mantic. The hero of the story was a young Parisian musician engaged to be married to a young lady of Bordeaux. Quarreiing with a cousin of his iiancee. he got his ears boxed at the Bordeaux club. Ignorant of tendng, he dared not resent the insult and renounced his engagement. But he also took fencing lessons from one Monserrat. a maitre d’armes of Toulouse. Monserrat taught him one trick only, and he practiced it for a year. At the end of that time he returned to the Bordeaux club, slapped his man's face and. being called out, instantly ran his opponent through the body with his cunning lunge. A Man and a Hatpin. In a theater recently a man down in one or the front rows spied on the floor a large hatpin with an amber top. Looking about him, he saw that two .women and their escorts had just sat down. To one or the former he present- ed the pin. A shake of the head indi- cated that he had made a mistake. Then he tried across the aisle. The wo- men seemed to be interested. The pin was a curiosity and its amber of a unique carving. They hesitated, but the pin was handed back. Desperately he began the search now. Two ladies unattended seemed likely owners. To them he showed the pin. They took it and enjoyed its pattern. Just then the man felt a tug on his sleeve. It was his wife, and she remarked, “Why are you showing my hatpin to strangers?” He blushed, went over to the feminine pair and explained. “It’s my wife's hatpin," he said, but in such consciously guilty accents that the women handed it back with doubting smiles. not worry them with conflicting hy- gienic rules. The no breakfast fiend. if he existed, was less prominent than at present, and those who thought that the first ought to be the best meal of the day did not publish their views from every roof top, figuratively speak- ing. Vegetarians and meat eaters wran- gled only in inconspicuous corners, and the devotees of the cold bath were con- tent with fewer victims. Today, when all these and a million other so called health rules are being dinned into the ears of a long suffering public on all Sides. it is more than ever important to bear in mind that inclinations and disinclinations were not arbitrarily im- planted by nature in animal organisms; that they exist for our guidance and not solely to mislead us. ' Health all... One of Queen Victoria’s health mm is said to have been, “Do whatever you like. but do it in moderation," or words to that effect. and a similar role might be adopted with still greater profit by the men and women of the present day. 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