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10 ot x SATURDAY, OCTOBER 35, 908. mm } E-- F 1 LowoN LETTER By Panton House. London, Oct. 8.--The 736th Lord Mayor of London, counting from 'Henry FitzAylwin in the year 1189, * has just been elected. The election, which takes place in the historic _ Guildhall, is a species of stately farce, for everyone taking part knows what the result will be, though #everal . The platform of the Guildhall on . this occasion is strewn with sweet herbs and spices after the pretty me- dieval custom, and the aldermen, sheriffs and members of the City Companies carry each a bouquet of chrysanthemums, and hen the new Lord Mayor has been invested with his chain of office, a peal of welcome is rung w the bells of the city church~ "This chain of office is part of the elty's antient regalia. Presented by Sir John Allen, a former Lord Mayor, who dled in 1544, it consists of 26 Jinks formed of the letter S, with alterndte knots, or "bows," and ros- es, in gold and enamel, joined by a Tuddr porcullis--the heavy grat- oncée used to strengthen a fort- away. From¥*this hangs the jewel," made in 1607, represent- ing the city arms in a wreath yoses, thistles and shamrocks, Brilliants and roge-diamonds. With the chain of office, the Lord Mayor also receives the City Purse {never used save on| thig occasion) and the Sceptre, a wonderful object, older than anything among the Crown Jewels af England in the Mower. It is a shaft of crystal en- aved with a spiral thread, about a foot and a half in length, and sald 40 date back to Saxon times, which would make it somewhere about 900 years old. Its head is a sort of coro- net of gold, set with pearls and 8 band of sapphires and large uncut rubles. Except at the mayoral election, its only public appearance ds at some great public ceremony such as a Coronation, in which the Lord Mayor of the day takes part. These city treasures are hardly ever seen by the general public, but many visitors from the Dominions have seen them this year while en- _ joying the hospitality of their guar- dians. : -- World's Leading Pudding. We believe it was that mysterious Scottish disk, the haggls, that a poet hailed as "champion of the pudding yace," but most Britons would con- ger that title on the noble pudding of rump-steak, kidneys, larks and "oysters- provided uring /the colder It of the year at the "Cheshire Cheese." - Canadian visitors to usually at that hostelry in a Fléet Street court; but those who go home be- fore the beginning of October do mot make the acquaintance of the pudding. : : 'The opening day of the pudding .geason is mow marked with some ~ eéremony. Several distinguished guests are invited, of whom two (this year Dean Inge, of St. Raul's ~ Cathedral, and Paul Mounchedr, the Belgian Ambassador) help to cut and Serve the famous dish. Among those of "present was a handsome old gentle-| man of 93, who first visjted the nse of the Pudding in 1851 (first A bition year) and has been a _ constant customer ever since. _ Dr. Johnson and. his friends are leved to have frequented the Che- shire Cheese and the great man's fa- worite seat is pointed out to enquir- ers, who usually manage to sit in it { Ives, if only for a second or two. The Doctor's house, 17 Gough * Square, in which he lived from 1748 to 1758, is close by, and is opén for public {nspection, int "he King'and 'Queen of the Bel- glans, spent a few days in Lon- i a ao found ime tor a visit to the so-called "Black Museum" at Scotland Yard. This museum con- | 'taing relics of many years of crime, and is maintained for the edification of budding detectives. The ordin- ary public is not admitted, th ed visitors from the Domin- d pen 'candidates' --vare. supposed to put up for the honor. of | t ) Lom-' take at least one lunch, but dis} gaming saloon. Behind it wefe two peep-holes. The prisms, together with mirrors on the walls, enabled a man in the next room to overlook each hand. He then signalled to the "crook" players with a sort of Morse code by means ofsp hidden wire. King John's Last Dinner. One of the few facts of English history retained after schooldays In the average child's mind is the death of King John "from a surfeit of lamphreys"--the lamphrey being an | eel-like species of fish. The River Severn, in the West of England, has been for many centuries a celebrated source of lamphreys; "the city of Gloucester used to send the king a 20 ™ lamphrey for his Christmas | dinner and keeps up the custom af- ter 700 years. A well-known sportsman the other dny gave a lamphrey lunch to a few friends at his club in Pall Mall, but nobody came within measurable dis- tance of King John's sad fate, or even confessed with: Queen Elizabeth that the queer fish "were one of his passions." The general opinion seemed to be that the port wine sauce was all right, but the 13th century delicacy tasted too muéh like boiled chewing-gum. \ "Tree of Life--!" Keepers of departments at the British Museum have to wrestle from time to time with people who want to sell them rubbish of various kinds, Perhaps the queerest of these alleged treasures was a twig, which the bearer sald had been won by a sergeant-major friend of his from a band of wild Arabs who were guarding this relic of the original Tree of Life! He was not at all pleased when the Museum official de- | clined to open negotiations. Anonymous gifts, of which odd bits of mummy are the commonest, are constantly received by the Mu- seum. They are particularly numer- ous after any story of bad luck, at- tributed to meddling with Egyptian antiques, has appeared in the news- | papers. i | ' NEW STRENGTH FOR | WEAK STOMACHS Indigestion Disappears When the Blood is Enriched. The urgent need of all who suffer from indigestion is a tonic to enrich the bldod. Pain and distress after eating is the way the stomach shows that it is too weak to perform the work of digesting the food taken. In this condition some people foolishly resort Yo purgatives, but these only further aggravate the trouble. New strength js given weak stom- achs by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills be- ca! these 'pills enrich and purify the blood: This Is the natural pro- cess of giving strength and' tone to the stomach, and it accounts for the speedy relief in stomach disorders that follow the use of Dr. Williams" Pink Pills. The appetite revives, food can be taken without discomfort and the burden and pains of indiges- tion are dispelled. 'Miss Mollie i Averill, Clanwilliam, Man., proves 'the value of these pills in cases of this | kind. She says: "Some years ago I thad a terrible attack of stomach trouble. My stomach rejected all i food and I could not even keep down 'a light custard. 1 tried soms tablets recommended for dyspepsia, but they did not do me a particle of good. Then I got medicine from a doctor, but with no better results. By this time I had changed from a robust, healthy girl to a complete skeleton, losing flesh daily. Then my parents asked me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I began their use. - After taking them for a short time I began to feel better and continued the treat- ment until I was completely restored to health. Since, on rare occasions, when I have felt the need of a tonic, 1 turn to Dr. Willlanis' Pink Pills and they never disappoint me. Most mem- bers of our family have at some time taken the pills with good results, so I now always recommend them to all in need of a reliable tonte." / You can get these trom any | medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents] ia box trom The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co,, Brockville, Ont. : the funeral of t Harvey Buck was held at He lived at Kepler until a ple of | years ago when he-andis Usd ia Sydenham. vs. Will Clark, Hartington, a i pp es x - ; 6) Doesn't hurt one bit! Drop a little "Freezone" on an aching corm, in- stantly that corn stops hurting, then shortly you lift it right off with fingers. Your druggist sells a tiny bottle'of "Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and the foot Sailuses, without soreness or irrita- tion. » Methodist church by her pastor, Rev. Mr. Dogget, of Harrowsmith, on Monday. The burial wag con- ducted under the order of the Wo- men's Orange lodge. On Thursday evening, Oct. 16th, the people of the Anglican church held a harvest dinner in the base- ment of the church, Rev, Mr. Her- rington of Newboro, and who was formerly stationed here, gave the ad- dress of the evening. Mrs. Powell, Napanee, gave several fine readings. The Methodist church was re-op- ened on Sunday and was filled to the doors, with extra benches in the aisles at both services. Rev. W. H. Raney, B.A., B.D, chairman of the district, conducted the service in the morning while Mrs. Lavell spoke to the people in the evening on the coming vote. This was followed on Monday evening by a dinner and concert in Wesley Hall. The hall was crowded and a very pleasant evening was spent. The concert was given by people from Gananoque. Their ta- lents were varied and a very good entertainment was the result. Over two hundred dollars was realized. »> WHY THE WEATHER? DR. CHARLES ¥. BROOKS Secretary, Amerfoan Meteorologios} , Tells Hew, Halos. : 'The moon with a cifcle water in her beak." "When the sun is In his house it will rain soon." These proverbs of the Zuni Indians show that they rightly recognized the halo, a large ring around the sun or moon, as an indicator of approach- ing wet weather. Halos are produced by the refrac- tion and réflection of rays of light by the ice crystals of high thin clouds, such ds ecirro-stratus,: They are either white rings, or when col- ored, always have the red on the side nearest the luminary. Often two spots of special brightmess, call- ed parphelia, or "sun dogs" (some- times there are '"'moon dogs") ap- pear on either side of the sun (or moon). Halos are most frequently about 22 degrees: or 46 degrees in radius, Other sizes also oceur, though rarely. Since a high thin cloud sheet ex- tends far{ii advance of an approach- ing cyclone, halos may indicate the coming of a storm 24 or 48 hours before the rain arrives. To only the extent that the passage of the cy- clone affects the weather at the sta- tion, is the halo reliable, With knowledge of the condition of the barometer, whether rising or falling, brings || stan STAN BENNETT AND "RED" NEWMAN, Coming with "The Dumbells" in 'Ace High," at the Grand next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. "A WORLD POWER IN A GENERATION (Continued from Page 1) In the past fiscal year, Montreal, Vancouver, St. John, Halifax ard Quebec, our five leading ports, transacted a total volume of trade amount- ing to over half a billion dollars. » < From the days of Tyre waxing commerce has always spelled waxing foreign relations. ' CANADA AND JAPAN. How meny are aware of, the astounding strides which Canada has made commercially in the past decade ? _. In 1913 Canada stood tenth in the value stood fifth, being exceeded only by the United States, France end Germany. A comparison of population makes these figures vastly more fmpres- of her exports in 1922 she the United Kingdom sive. For the period which we have quoted on a percentage increase in export, Canada is surpassed omly by Japan. : We have no interest in mere columns of figures. What we are after is the spirit of life represented by those figures. Applying that test we find that in yital growth at this moment we are surpassed only by Japan. ' About the time of Confederation the gums of Lieut. Perry boomed out across the harbor of Nagaski. Japan them counted less in world affairs than the four provinces of Canadas. : But the little Island Kingdom. that had been dormant for many centuries, suddenly awakened. As a result. of that awakening, in less than a generation, a petty hermit nation has become a world power of the first magnitude. 4 5 It Japan could become a world power in the past gemeration, is it unreasonable to expect that Canada, now answering fo that same vital growing spirit, may become a world power fn the next generation ? For over fifty years Canade has been concerned entirely with affairs within her borders. A halt a contiment to be subdued claimed all her interest. Hence with Canadians, as with Americans, the subject of Foreign Affairs was looked upon as a dilletanttsm, far removed from the realm of practical consideration. . - 3 a THE BALKANS. a During 1912 and 1913 I was etationed ss a correspondent in Com- le" The Balkan Peninsula st that time was the cockpit of Europe. After a long sojourn there #t was natural for one to become more or less internationally minded. I returned home to express the impatience of a sophomore at Can- ada's obvious lack of interest in the checker-board of Europe. : 1 did not recognize then, as I recognise mow, that Canada was 100 busy building railroads to bother about such a highfalutin' subject as the Balkens. Sp Lig ' But the death of an Austrian arehduke suddenly precipitated this dominion Into the affairs of Europe; in the consequent imbroglio we Those who argue | others by appear- . THE WHIGS ZOO ND here's a hippopotam The cold weather will mot have much effect on Miss Lucille Vaughan of Lawrence, Kan, This wintér she will wear her pet fox around her neck to and from the University of Kansas, where she is a student. Secret Transmission. Secret radio transmission is per- fectly possible, according to Edouard Belin, inventor of a photo-transmis- sion system. His idea depends on synchronizing the transmitter and recelver to perfection and making it impossible for an outsider to. dis- cover the key to this system, 'San is Blamed. The signals heard in radio sets during the attempts to listen in on Mars were caused by the action of the sun's-rays on the earth, explains Abbe Moreau, the famous French gelentist. The disturbances might have been increased by the proximity of Mars. THRIFT IN DRESS AN ASSET A Gleamy Mass of Hair. 35¢c "Danderine" does Wonders for Any Girl's Hair Girls 'ivy this! Wheu combing and dressing your hair, just moisten your hair-brush with a little "Danderine" and brush it through your hain. The effect is startling! You can-do your hair up immediately and it will ap- pear twice as thick and heavy-- a mass of gleamy hair, sparkling with life anr possessing that incomparable softness, freshness and luxuriance- While beautifying the hair "Dande- rine" is also toning and stimulating each single hair to grow thick, long and strong. Hair steps falling. out and dandruff disappears. Get a ° | of "Danderine" at any drug or toilet counter and just see how healthy and youthful your hair appears after this delightful, refreshing dressing. "IN PERSONAL UPBUILDING By S. W. Straus, President American Society for Thrift 'A movement is in progress which has for its object the encouragement of better stand- ards of dress among the men of this country. There comes to the mind with the mention of this movement the problem of | slovenly, illkempt a One of the Hay charac: teristics of the Spendthrif is his tendency toward flashy clothes, In this day and age of the 'world, no man, especially the young man with his h and denied wat we are influenced in our judgment of ou. for a Son will be reat dreams of great success, can afford. to neglect his pers sonal appearance, Clothes do not make the man, but a good appearance is part "of one's equipment for the battle of life. A ny movement now in progrese which has for its object merely mak- ing people spend more money for clothes is economically unsound, but any educational Soyement which seeks legitimately 'to en- courage sensible in 3 tages oes in these. matters is Wi 0 se, 0. The desire ho Bo ie and the ambition to dress better than others have proved the secret of many a person's downfall. - But it is within the meaning of good thrift to dress sensibly. Mone { spent to maintain such s is not wasted, Hy y {