may be prepared to ',e hm I never “I one who W“ rendr. †“P1, what’s the diflerence between ï¬ne meaning of prepcred and ready?" “nun 5L---’- _. - _ Probably the {nost desolate spot in the world inhabited by white men is the lighthouse maintained by the Ar- min Government at Cape Horn. ' is claimed to be the southern- most lighthouse in the world. -‘J- - band now. They say the} Aunt Jug- has been at ‘t for twenty years 21111; hasn’t caught one yet â€--London Telegraph. “Yeé, I éuppose 30," continued the little girl musmgly. “and I think I’d Pettgr start 3.â€: look put for a hus- "Shall I have to get, married when I grow up?†asked little Flossie one day of her mother. “Just as you plem dear.†answer- ed her mother, with a smile. “Most women do, however.†____ vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv OUII, Will!!! 15' ins: abou? 300. is contained in twenty~ eight. volumes. ' She was pouring boiling water into a ï¬ne thin glass tumbler, when crack, crack, and the crvstal vessel was in a condition ï¬tting it only for the ash pile: Lope de Vega, the famous Spanish dramatists and poet. lived from 1562 to 1635. His literary work began when he was about thirteen years old. and from that time until his death. a period of sixty years, he poured forth an enormous quantity of plays, dramatic compositions of all kinds, poems of every character. breathing every spirit from the strictest ascetic- iam to the most unbridled license. Over 1,800 plays are credited to him, and the punlflished collection, compris. :â€"~ ALâ€"Aâ€" ---\/‘~Il. __ _r.._â€" “house of divine wisdom.†Accord- ing to tradition an angel inspired this name. Shortly after the founda- tion of the church had been laid by Justinian a boy, set to watch the workmen’s tools. was visited by a ce- lestial ï¬gure with wings reaching to heaven. “Go and tell the emperor.†commanded the angel, “that this church is to be name ‘the House of Divine Wisdom’.†and on hearing the boy's story Justinian obeyed the an- gelic command. ' Some may have wondered who was the St. Sophia who gave her name to the great church at Constantinople. says The London Spectator. It is not named after a saint at all, its correct designation, Agia Sophia, meaning: “k ..... -1 J:._:“ , 0 1 n. . . It lies in the heroine herself, and tc-day she trudges by her knight} side, makes a restful refuge when he is tired, cheers him when he is sad. and helps him devise shrewd scheme-ac for the downfall of their mutual enemy, supplementing in every way his cruder strength with her keen intuitions. -Vâ€"O â€"--\‘ § "\\4‘ \ I remarkably. No longer is she the lily maiden tying a silken scarf to her knight's arm aid sending him forth while she sits snugly at home and makes tapes- try. Of course, nowadays knights do not go to the world’s end for a ï¬ght; any knight with a drop of red blond in him can ï¬nd a contest worth whilu at his very door. 80 that necessarily alters the lily maiden aspect slightly. but the real change is not due to cir- cumstances. They don’t go around and own.- sensations; the; don’t go in for hinh brow isms and oIogies. or for huh and fetishes; but they are outfittml with good mentalities, and they use them in some practical. resulthring- ing way. Poverty is no crime. or even a cause of caste lowering. but. the heroine of the modern now]. if she is dependent on herself. is nm likely V) be p0\r_._ _She gets out an" I. II.‘ (lllll A'\ we. may class everything in which m}: heroine is mt a grandmother as a “juvenileâ€â€"but heroines are distinmly older than they used to he. Middle- aged matrons of fascinating qualities, sing‘le young women of 30. or thun- abouts, as beautiful as they are Inï¬l- liant, and charming old maids-4h- kind that seem to have heen jus' until the wee sma’ hnure. Thvro is no age limit to ‘he modern heroine. Perhaps the most striking thiwr a‘. ‘It the present heroines is tlr-tr efï¬ciency. They are fast. dyed, they won’t fade or wear off. They urn ll.‘ mo t practical. capable. “Qt‘l~tll(‘r(3-)" set. of people anywhere on the fncn «if th_e__ea.rth_-â€"except the heroes! vuc tuUlC. UUllglllK the hem to duck his manly head and crease wrinkles into his well pressed shoulders before he can put. his hand um : the dummy thing and resinrv it to the weeping fair one. Testy eyes. trembling lips and faltuing confes- sions have quite gone out. Clinginu femininity in to-day's novels is ob- solete. A gradual development of the m Ml ern heroine cliaraoler has tu do wit“. am" Possibly w» lmvvn'l rPfl"ll"vl the culmipatinf mint yo!-l)\' .‘lll‘l w A Ion-Balk“! Lady Who Has Ruth. Glass Needed 3 Spoon A Duolate Spot. after sbmething and succwde Church of St. Sophia. The Different». THE .006“ "ERNIE. Litfle Pitchers. Lupe de Vega. )iut vetâ€"bv and . vthing in which tlw grpndmothpr as a preterm Maw: was auxeaeï¬ï¬eflwil “Did you tell him to takv (‘hzlm berlain’s Tablets ‘3" “Sure, that is what he mods. Sold by all dealers. \VHY HE WAS LATE. “\Vhat made you so late 1’" “I met Smithson." “Well, that is no reason why you should be an hour latv got- tlng home to supper.“ “I know, but I asked him how he was feelin , and he insisted «m telling me 3 mt his stomach trouble.†«A? tle glut disk wlth its metal collar upon the brick pavement was the sig- nal for the nations to begin to build their Dreadnougbts.â€"American Man- wu unbroken. The one mt defect of the telescope sight had been overcome. and Mustln had made poniblo the long range gunnery or the modern navy. The thud or the lit- “thunk†amend its circumferena. Then he opened the window and de- Iherataly threw the lens with all h. Mt upon the brick pavement he- Iow. The others knew of his pet beb- by and thought he had given it up h ditch-t and had taken this way of tel- incthem so. But he putonhia hat. II! a durette and bade them follow hm. He led them down the ataira amid con- Illlei'able Joking and out to the spot wheroï¬bo lena lay on the pavement. One day years later, while station- ed in Washington. Mustln called 1 few of hi- brother omcere to the window near his delk on the second floor of a hymn; 1n the any yards He show. Well, along tn the early nlneues Hen- l 17 O. Hustln. a young mldshlpman at ‘ Annapolls, lean faced and square at l law. built like a medium slzed Heb ; cubs. qulet mannered. but a bulldog tn . the football ï¬eld, Interested himself in the study of optics. Naturally enough. . his thoughts were dlrected to the de- . feet!" lenses of the gun telescopes. l‘he lenses broke when the guns were ï¬red; therefore lt was necessary to tn- vent a nonbreakable lens. ot coum was a great tmprovemont. but there were still can pmcucu do- par _ tlnt no Ilr. and In. John Laidlaw, .. Pitttlb%, It: )2.“th their I, colon Ill .en I . an 'I. Gedd s, of . l Mi,“ Hattie Byers returns [u ; cu. however. to that in odor to no It 'dutb‘ ‘t Ti‘d‘k" 0" TWBday It .1: tho My. Ind a» ho W (â€3 “99k. tron the (on before am My ' 31" Austm Derby IPaVes fur comma; a to. of 00va “could. In Wf‘st this Week. Clint that am “about: taken. Miss Etta Anderson \‘isitmi baht. to obvuu un- dotoct. tho .t‘riend. Miss Bessie Park. H110 { hula-cop. wu adjusted to the at: of .last week. tho (an by a â€sum or plnllol um- movtnz up and down In unison with 9' I t . . J .‘ the run. thoutb detached from It. This 1mg m m†'3". M.†"'m ‘ '“ Miss Lizzie Young is lmnw \‘ia Lough-"of!!!“ It was nbonttbonnrl‘thum raccoon-immaculate- othhpIfluotnnolu-nm WMMPWMI‘QI IAVM. GUI McIntyre Block, Lambton Street Durham. Ontario Mlhluwmm Shaun This wvek we will show same uftlw styles in trimnwdaml unhimmed hat and Snumwr. and invitv ymx Lu m Paw-Inns tn tin-y tlmu un. \Vt ll {hlt‘ ï¬'i'l. t)ll|( ha u MISS E. E. MOONEY ll n Shap l\ \Vvst 0f Sta! (lard Bunk 0 «house “will ml thlv that “'(‘t Hum i l'f uul get the ï¬rst Shapt Mica Lizzie Young is home visit- ing her mother, Mrs. John Young, A very and death occurred here :this last week. Mrs. Wm. Kuhn : nee Emma Fritz, died at her muth- er’s home last Wednesday after- noon. Her death was very sudden 'and unexpected. Pneumonia and pleu-risy were the cause of death. ‘She leaves a husband and little fbaby two months old to mourn her Moss. The funeral to Ayton ceme- étery on Saturday afternoon Wm largely attended. The bereani ones have the sympathy of Hm in or near by this Municipality DOMINION TACTILE PRESS Misses Bella and Hattie RUIN have returned, after a three weeks’ Unit with their sister, Mrs (‘arruthers, at Welland. rem-950mm! hm Miss Etta Andeuon visited friend. Min Beanie Park. one last week. FREE Books and Magazines for the BUND 275 Delaware Avenue TORONTO nfthv very "awed One vol any lmnkï¬l‘ the Bililv in “Moon" type FREE tn tlw Blind. Sighted persons knnwing â€1' such addresses will router :c favour by rmnmunieuting the smne mus. is fashimmhh Lu nlll‘ Millinvn I) Sailm- Sh for Spring Publishes of Addl‘t‘ss 10th, for tho Mr- her day her w kinds zardv a â€eds, (‘PIHI‘H flowshflreï¬ am an various N0“ Foundr)‘ suing cue-m up H Clover mhoï¬phitt’ï¬. each stimulant huh food. F Central Dru?! 5“ mission“ held in tho Durhain, ("I «y 0‘ Apr the afternm In the town hall. D1 â€outlay. April 21st. 1‘ ‘hl Jean “0.1)th w strate the beat and e1 0" of bread and pad All ladies onstrm ion The furnihlrr mu‘ started the Pad-Ly 0‘ “‘5‘ “ “And the." are in in! 011 po t “'15 U M! “ siCk at “W m at the mom Ind having â€W “(er in hié \\ [v.7 little mid mg intoxica‘e â€I the 9’0"“ u 0‘ A pr“. .1 ternoon meeting wk “hilt in 4 mm pictuw H O“ mus wurl am of I! t Pinkerton, V NI own bqhal up “one drin" t dter enteri “med, ma I it was UH I taken that \Val [It rude“. Ii?“ antral Dr“! I‘ (‘8 l N0. 2408 and fl inst" Thur "‘1'“ Stun of Full)‘ M ul't H1 voun m it ht “H1 (If net