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Daily British Whig (1850), 19 Jul 1912, p. 11

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GUARANTEE OF PURITY, p------ ts THATS WHAT MOTHER USES | : { { Children speak in the "Mother Tongue" when they say " Sunlight Soap." They have heard Mother say it-- seen her use it--worn the clothes washed with it--know it to be purest and best. : It is only left for us to say how careful we are in manufacture to ensure that Sunlight Soap shall be worthy of The confidence placed in it, 5¢. a bar at your Grocers. LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, TORONTO. OTHING nicer for informal picnicing than. cool, refreshing Regal Lager. A pure and refreshing tonic that adds to appetite, prevents heat enervation, and gives rest to tired nerves. , Remember, when you think of "lager," to "spell it backwards" for best results. At Dealers, Leading Hotels and Cafes: Jas. McParland. Regal Agent Hamilton Brewing Association, Limited, © Hamilton, Canada. | CONSPIRF | Subterranean Cave-in's are EARTHQUAKE CAUSES 'REND THI ASUNDER, One oi] Quakes Aeted on ithe Earth's Crust the Causéts--Holy Nome were attributed to volcanic manifesta tions. But often the earth is agitated | to regions where there are wo vok | eanoes. Hence the belief tias arisen that earthquakes may arise iodepend- | ently of volcanic action. Very often, again, when volcanoes are tn eruption | there are ho earthquakes. Subterrapean cave-ins are often the cause of eartbquakes, They are the con sequences of the action of subterranean water. When water runs through lime | stode It carves out grottoes and ter faces or galleries. When in its under ground run it comes in contact with gypsum or rock salt it dissolves these substances, and-tlius vacuums are form. | ed In the depths of the earth, When | the water hus worn the earth thin the | earth gives way, and the subterranean | emave-in shakes the regions above it. ln | | well worked coal mites great hollows | are made which produce similar re | suits, The layers forming the solid en- | velope of the earth are neither homo | geueous nor regularly * distributed Limestone hits granite, and relatively | recent rocks overlie ancient masses. Limestone and schist lie together Mke | folded cloth. Layers of the same age are separated by abrupt gaps and | breaks by the debris cast out on either side. . The crust of the earth has been com pared to marquetry composed of many parts which must have been joined, broken and joined again times. {ts. component parts are u movements are still in progress; they shift, and possibly their sudden shifp Ing causes the upper crust to tremble Lave devastated countries where the ins and slips. In Japan an earthquake 112 kilometers. An coast for a long distance. Earthquakes Himalaya, Asia Minor, the coasts of the Adriatic, Italy, the Alps, the Pyre nees, Algeria, Andalusia and southern | Portugal; the other zone comprises the two coasts of the Pacific ocean. The ma jority of earthquakes have been pro duced in the - first zone.~Harpers Weekly, Sew re coma, poten A Bartholdi's Egotism. An old friend of Mme. Steinheil's husband was Bartholdl, the sculptor of the colossal "Liberty Enlightening the World." Although a man of keen in- tellect and much originality of thought, Bartholdi's egotism was as colossal as | his statue. Once Mme. Steinhell met bim at the "institut." Ee wore the green uniform and sword of a mem. ber, and his breast glittered with or ders. "You see this little thing here? he sald. "There are but three Euro peans who have the right to wear it-- one emperor, one king and myself. 1 don't attach the slightest importance to it." Of the statue in New York barbor he said, "The Americans be lleve that it is Liberty that illuminates the world, but in reality it is my gen- us." ~Bookman. ty dia "Wigan Scared and Knew It. Ls A soldier under his first fire was charging with the rest of his regiment up the heights of Vicksburg, but so scared he looked like a ghost. A com- rade next to him was unafrald and even smiled at the torrents of grape | shot that swept the ranks. The com rade, noticing his friend's plight, turn. ed to him and sald with a sneer: *Coward!" , WeCoward yourself," frightened soldier. retorted the "Old man, if you bave broken ranks and run long ago." ~Kausés City Journal | AT The One He Caught. One day many years ago the tele phone In the office of the chief of po- lice rang. The call was from a new policeman on the Union avenue beat He anid, "A man has been robbed down here, and I've got one of thim." "Which one bave you?" asked the chief. | sea able; thelr | | did not look well draped over the regu- geological layers show traces of cave | | | based on European military models, raised thé ground abouts twenty-one | teet, And the rise ran for a distance of | earthquake in | Alakka occurring in 18990 raised the | | torney general, said: "This additional were one-tenth as scared as I am you'd | hesitated before ha tan Chief Speers answered. | | days." take reminders. i 1] BRIDGE OF THE SEAS. - Isthmus Has Been Named. ©. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1912. . mez mn [START BY. The "Bridge of the Seas" is the striking same which" Pindar gives to | thé Garrow IStHINGE Which connects | ! the gult of Corinth: with the Aégean It is one of tbe most ijteresting | strips of soll on the five continents. It Uotll recently all earthquake shocks | is the Isthmus par excellence of all the world, for from its Greek name, Isth- mia, every other isthmus named. : The ancients were not good sallors They. never went by sea where they could conveniently go by land, and te cross this narrow peck of land, only, 1 four miles wide, saved them many a weary league of sailing around a stormy codst in going from the Pelo ponnesus to Attica and indeed from has been : Eurgpe to Asia. i} Ibe squtheastern point of Attica was especially dangerous, and an old prov-! ! wrb used to run, "When you are round- | ing Cape Malia forget all yop have at | bome." Indeed, navigation in these seas was almost wholly abandoned in | - ' the winter months, and we remember | that in the graphic account of St | Paul's shipwreck he advised the cap- | tain to winter in the Cretan barbor of | ; .Falr Havens. Through disregarding | | this advice disaster came to ship and'| crew and prisoners alike, - { No wonder, then, that the isthmas, | which the ancient city of Corlath dom- inated, became at one time the busiest | and perhaps the most notable strip of { land which the world knew. More battles have been fought, more dynas- | ties established or dethroned, just here | in all probability thao in any other | | spot on the earth's surface.~Christian | Herald. A ROYAL FEATHER CLOAK. Kalakaua Couldn't Wear It, and His : Groom Disgraced It. When King Kalakaua of Hawaii vis. \ ited Japap many yefirs ago he was | The best evidence in favor of this ex: | 9 planation is that the great earthquakes | very anxious to exhibit to the Japa- nese his famous royal feather cloak, It lar éostume of the king, which was It was out of the question to wear it draped over brown cuticle, as was the ancient fashion. Finally it was decid ed to let Robert, one of his attendants, | | wear it. . are limited to two zones, One embraces | William N. Armstrong, the king's at service delighted Robert, who now, ac cording to. a. confidential statement made to his Japanese attendant, was 'keeper of 'the royal standard,' 'groom of the feather cloak' and 'valet in or dinary.' While in the imperial car, on the way to Tokyo, the king's suit bad suddenly seen Robert sitting in state in the luggage car dressed in a silk bat, white gloves and with the gorgeous royal cloak hanging over his shoulders, the tableau being completed by a group of Japanese attendants who were standing before him lost in admira tion. "But Robert was scarcely equal t¢ the dignity that was his. In his ca pacity of valet be preceded the party to the palace assigned to them. and discovered there abundance of wines and spirits, which he consumed until they arrived. He was found asleep in the king's bedchamber with the sili bat far down over his head and the gorgeous cloak askew on his shoulders He was at once deposed from his office of 'groom of the feather cloak.'™ adi At Least He Hesitated, ' A group of St. Louis men were dis cussing a banker In that city who hat the reputation of hard bargaining, clos¢ fistedness and who Invariably gets his pound of flesh. : "Oh, well," sald a man present whe hadn't taken part in the general ham merfest, "he isn't so bad, 1 went in to see him the other day to get a Joan of $10,000, and he treated me very courteously." "Did he lend you the money ?™ "No, he didn't lend i to me, but he day Evening Post. x al | -- J% 7 New Management, - "What's come over Wombat? I saw him scooting up Penn avenue a little while ago, and he couldn's stop for a word." "Yes; he's working like a horse these "But be used to be rather lazy. Why the change? "He's under a new management. His latest wife needs a Jot of expen sive things."~Pittsburgh Post. Usually, Jack--Hello, Fred! Had your hate cut? Fred--Yes, old fellow. 1 found a place where they cut your hair while you walt. Jack-That's good. A bar ber's shop is usually a place where they cut some other man's hair while you walt. . "The Lik --_--a Mrs. Newed-I suppose now we havd It's the sensible ~ gift for all ages! Every package has five separate sticks full of refreshing mint juice. Every box has twenty packages of this real enjoyment that whitens teeth--purifies breath -- aids appetite -- but . does not burden digestion. Remember -- it benefits much if you chew but one stick, but benefits most . by - the habit. > -Made in Canada "Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Lid. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Paid at Centres. Montreal Gazette About 650 head of butchers' cat- tle, 175 calves, 600 sheep and lambs and 400 hogs were offered for sale at the Point St. Charles stockyards to-day. The offerings of live stock at this market during the week were 1,700 cattle, 700 calves, 1,200 sheep and lambs, and 1,100 hogs The continued hot weather caused a very slow trade, but good cattle brought higher prices than on last week's markets, as thére were only a few on the market, and these were not choice. . The best cattle gold at about 814c per 1b.; pretty good animals, 6c to 8% ec, and the common stock, 3%c to 5% c per 1b Small bulls sold at from S%ec to 3% c per Ib, Calves sold at 3¢ to 6¢ 'per 1b. Sheep sold at about 4c per "Ib.; lambs at about Te per Ib Hogs were scarce and © brought higher prices, or about 83z¢ per 1b. The Prices the Various Chicago Market. Chicago, July 15.--Cattle receipts 16,600; market steady to shade higher. Beeves, $05.60 to $9.70; Texas steers, $5.20 to $7.35; western steers, $6.00 to $7.75; stockers and feeders, $4.00 to $6.30; cows and heifers, $2.65 to $8.00; calves, $6 to $9. . yg Hogs receipts 35,000; market slow, 5¢ to 10c lower. Mixed, $7.06 to $7.63%: heavy, $6.90 to $7.57%; rough, $6.95 to $7.15; pigs. $56.50 to $7.20; bulk of sales, $7.30 to $7.55. Sheep receipts 26,000; weak, generally 10c lower. Native, $3.15 to-$5.15; western, $2.40 to $5.15; yearlings, $4.15 to $7.75; and lambs native,' $4.00 to $7.25; western, $4.35 to $7.25. market Toronto Market. Toronto, July 15.---Union Stock yards. Butcher cattle, choice, $6.50 7.25; do., medium, $5 to $6.25; ., common, $4 to $5. Butcher cows, choice, $5 to 5.25; do., medium, $4.60 to $5; do., bulls, $4.00 to $5.50. Milkers choice each, $40 to $70, There 18 love, and thers is justice. | and springers, $4 to $4.50. Justice is for oveself; love is for oth- ers--i LoStevensom. | .o. . Alden Slack landed an eighteen- | pound salmon on the U) Rideau, on Saturday, and Mrs. il Gould, of New York, a sixteen and a hall pounder. | The consequences are always mis- | ot Sheep ewes, $3; lambs $8.00 to $5.50. fed and watered, $7.85; hogs, fob, $7.50. Receipts, 1,686 cattle, 22 calves, $25 hogs and 560 sheep and lambs. Howard Timmins, aged forty-two years, formerly of Brockville, died suddenly, in New York, on Sunday, 7 Scott Street, Toronto, Ontario Repays In Results Beautiful teeth, Madam, follow beautiful care of the teeth. No---not just brushing, butinfinite care in choosing and using the dentifrice that will repay your brushing to the fullest. besides its delightful quality of mouth refreshment, is thorough. Thoroughly cleansing--whitens glisteningly--corrects acidity and purifies the mouth It, and the. habit of consulting your dentist once of twice a year are your 7bsolute assurance of clean, healthy teeth, Trial Size Package of Santo! Tooth Powder or Paste, Face Cream, Cord Cream, Face Powder, Tulcats Powder of Oise Gif Liguid $ampon sent free on weoriph of your dealer's nage Mod addioss and 4 cents 10 pay posiage and packing for euch sample--of say walled In 3a siractive bes on receipt of 10 conts io samps. Toronto, Ont. 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