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ng 'degrees 'of cold; it was a very good diversion with which to begin "|the day. When one day is almost _ | exactly like another, the first hour "| of the morning is likely to be a little - I'sour, * The competition engaged Flevery one's attention pleasantly. Each man's entrance was awaited h | with excitement, and one man was ; | not permitted to make his guess in s {the hearing of the man who fol lowed him. = Therefore, they had to ~| speak as they came in, one by one, | "Now, Btubberud," 1 would say, 'what's the temperature to-day?' Stubberud had his own way of cal- culating, which I never succeeded lin understanding. One day, for in- stance, he looked about him, and studied the. various faces. 'It isn't warm to-day," he said at last, with a great deal of conviction. I could immediately encourage him with the assurance that he had guessed correctly. It was -60 degrees F, ! The monthly results were very in- prize-- cigars Besides giving practise in * teresting. Bo far as I can remem- ber, the best performance in. any month was: eight approximately cor- 'rect ghesses. A. man might keep remarkably close to the actual tem- 'parative for a long time, and then uddenly one day make an error of five degrees. ge winner's mean temperature agreed within a few tenths of a de- ares with the actual mean temper- 1 . of 'all the competitors' mean tem- | peratures gave a result that was al- most exact correct." Bo if we had been so unlucky as"to lose all our thermometers, we. should not have been entirely at a loss, REI. be tm Well Begun. ; Officer (to recruit. who has missed | every shot) v 'Good heavens, man, | where are your shots going?' " Reoruit (nervously): '1 don't | know, sit ; they left Tiere all right." : Bal LSE 4 Winard's Linlment -Gures' Diphtheria. he Way OF3E 1 Bome »meh. Jake Jools of them- selves for a pretty gir { others don't even have that excuse: Bas a lot of | Work and the Weather. The restless days are here. | outdoors invites us and our work bore. most in sympathy with Jerome XK. Jerome in his confession as follows - "1 like work; it fascinates me. X| oan sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the ides of getting rid 'of it nearly breaks my heart." Wire Wounds. M3 are. S Yety valuable one, wae badly bruised and out by being caught in = of the wourds would then strongse as the sores ter, until. after three wee have healed, snd best of al growing , and is NOT WHITE as most always the case in horee wounds. ¥. M. DOUCET. Weymouth. Evidently Preferred Noise. Is he fond of peace and quiet?" "1 guess: not. He's giving hi three ~ daughters musical educa tions." Minard's Liniment Cures Garget In Cows. _ Exactly So. *Embroidering letters on hand- kerchiefs is 8 very non-progressive business" "How so?' "Because it never gets beyond the initial stage." i [ : i fru _ ' Fine, = ' ] This sure would bé a dandy world, "life would be one big bubble, 1f money could be borrowed just as easily as trouble: : Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. distrib 3 I ¥ ® tk oil a PCT Pa n - Ah; es Aa pr Fr W WE 5