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7 i forty fourth year no 23 acton ontario thursday morning december 5 1018 sincio copies fivo ocnta 11 art nn tee tyrees tin- acton mem toehm la pub lished every thursday mo rains at tho tna l building mill htroet acton ontario tho subscription prloe la 1 go mr year in odvdnoo postage la ehargt d additional to offlcoo in the united mates tho date to which mil ncrijitlonn aro paid la indicated on tho address labl adv1 iit1m1no batrj transient ndvrrltnemonta 10 cants par lino egal nimnurrmonl for drat insertion and b renin per una for each subsequent in sertion contract display advertise ments for co inches or more per an num 10 conta par inrh each insertion advrriisrrorntn without spocina direc tions will bo inserted till forbid and rlutitrd accordingly tkunionra fdltorlat anil business office 11a residence lib business directory thos qriay m d c- m mcgill l rc p udlnbursh l b f b s glasgow member british medi cal association etc omeo frederick street acton onl dr4amonlvcn physician and surgeon ohlce and ilea i don co corner bower avenue and elgin streets tho resid ence formerly occupied b7dll hen derson acton ont veterinary john lawson veterinary burgeon acton ont grarfuato of ontario veterinary col lege i860 oflloe arthurs block boeidenoo mill street calls day or night pramift- ly attended to j legal a j mackinnon d err later solicitor conveyancer office mill st in ferryman block ir dr j m bell d- d 8 l d 8 dentist honor graduate of toronto univer sity the uuesta anoothotio used if desired oqloo at residence corner mill and frederick streets miscellaneous marriage licenses h pjoore itauer marriage lioenaea frlvato office no quired issued at residence in evening floo p offloa a francis nunan bookbinder account books of ail kinds made to order periodicals of every descrip tion carefully bound bullns neatly and promptly done wyiidham street duelnh ont ove williams store r j kerr llcehedauo06ir for tho counties of ilalton welllns- ton peel and tjufforln and toe city of quelph acton ontario sales may be arranged by mall or at real donee at acton or at the free press office acton tho mercury office auelph tho nows itecord fergus or with w j gordon harness maker lllllaburs sal oa entrusted to r j kerr re- uclvo attention from date of hating to date of aalo list your sales with me realdenoa vounp street acton phone 30 acton can act- my kzpense roy hindley auctioneer ontario i arm stock ileal estate and merchandise oral cholco forma for sale j e cheevers book binder quo boo bt eait quelph onl iipk p rn bamia handsome fend uubata covers namoa lettered in sold on blblosj hymn books and other books all work promptly executed when the war ends there will be many opportunities during the reconstruction period but they will need a little ready money to swing them the question is affe you willing to save money now to grasp the opportunity then decide nowto let us help you to save interest paid every six months the bank of nova scotia i ejccooq w k cbxllau 1303000 actio ussxser savage co the bond store esubllihsd 10w wynohah ot quelph watches diamonds jewellery library desk 0ets fine china cut glass silverware silk uudrellas fountain pens 8pcullu la weddlne and birthday btf tx expert watcli and jewellery rcpatreru savage co tqvaaxs in business in quslph winter is coming kenney bros full assortment of best lines for winter wear including pelt boots heavy winter rudders overshoes heavy mackinac socks j our prices ere right and our qualities superior repatrino promptly and neatly executed kenney bros jjmain street acton is more than a hardware store ins nfotnimln oncnowicdgc at your command wqen you need hardware for any purpose use it get what you wont be 3atjsged it is not too late for fall painting martmsenour paint 13 the bond brand tho price 13 75c a pint u5 a quart 5 00 a gallon all information as to quantity requir ed for a job ju3t for the asking come in the bond hardware co ltd phone 1q12 ouelph my daddy a a farmer he bay a hiu rood grain hhould nourlah our bodies and ntrenffthan our brain not be made into whisky yiat faurna our noula up ifo nayo there la dancer and death in the cup my daddys a hanker ho says that moro ffold is opent for dad whisky than his bank woud hold ho soya wo all might bo rich oo two klnis j ty invrii nil tiii jnoneyfor sensible thin so my daddy o a fireman i tell you heu brave he cava if he drank bo couldnt help ravo ho lives on tho homes that ho saves every day a fireman can drink iro heard daddy nay my daddy a a nsherman out in the ho catcheo blur flah for you and for me he aays if ho drank podxbo sure to drown f so my daddy keepa kober when he comrn to town my daddy a a blacksmith i toll you hoa stronjr ho soya to drink whisky la oh very wronr he says jf ho drank nod have oo atrenartb at all sa tosraimay wont oven emeitatcohot common sense tells you that oyelffht is your moat tm portont function if eyeolsbt la all important then full seeuur power lt vital to your welfare and ehould not be ncelected to protect your eyesight from betns injured or impaired through ezceaslvo strain uncorrect ed dcrmtatn you ehould mako up what you lack in your ayes with correctly fitted glasses t savage optical service makes you aoo look and fool aa you should oarjoju xujkij3k on d alex nivbn ontario land surveyor and civil engineer flurvoya bubdlvlalona plana lie jtorte ijoacrlptlqiia dlucprlnu etc curt if cat co for pure honor and mortboeoeo hurveya fur archlticts llilllders and municipal councils pmlnut wtoptrta in lima tee etc mclean uuildinq douglas bt uulm11 phono 10h oni the old and reliable granite and marble dealers vo are tnanufaoturorq and direct lmjortcn of nil kinds of monumental and llcadstaiio work we sell direct to our customers at wholesale prices lima invlnk our customers 40 per cent wn have the beat appliances and the ml mechanics in the dominion who can operate pnoumatta tools properly o can elve voferonces from hundreds of our customers in toronto and other pi toes where others liave to lis re law suits in order to oollrct wo have the lanmflt and bt stock of oranlte in tho dominion or moro than any three flcalors in tho west wo are lc tuate dealers and employ no anls and do not annoy or pest customers by miniim out lenorant axon la solicit liijr orders we employ only mecbanlra nml defy competition hamilton sons cor norwich a woolwich fjls qusspk safe buying ono of our mndo to measure lllno hulls iiiudo fnm 1uro ivtwl aluiulutily rani dye hno clotliii mudo lo nirduuro for 45 up ltir winter comfort iiouilnj is nicer or moro comfi rtublo than ono of our j urj wool hcotch tweed kultliiiri fust color madd to measure for 35 up overcoatings aro of tho botit runt of lot lis for wlrvtc wtur in tlia trudo wo msko tlitm lo your order ltrnt clusa in any atylo fr in j25 up lmtomit dhuvuhy re nelson phone 40 next post ofboe quelph my daddy says i oicrclno for ten boy a ho nayn that a tempo my daddys a soldier no man who drinks whisky can flsht wctj for dear undo tiam for a soldier lie says must be steady and truo bo my daddy keeps nober cause hos flrhtlnn for yoi my daddy a n sailor he nays just like you that uncle ilam n men must keep dteady and tru ho aya that no sailor must uso alcohol causa ho mlilht not e ready for lncli bam s call my dad runs a train- he says an onfflneer munt keep hln hand steady and bis drain ilwsyn clear j nd if ha drank whlcky would inuddlo ma brain bo my daddy keeps nober cause ho runs a train my daddy s a preacher he tells lrl anl boy j that liquor robs life of all of its joyn ho says that the xube sys drunkard will learn that the klncdom of heaven boa no plsco for them my daddy a a teacher he aays you can t thirk when your brain la all cloudy and muddled with drink he aays that no matter how hard a boy trico u ho smokes and drinks whisky ho 11 never bti wise j all we all think our daddies are just about riehl bo wo have enllstod kins whdky to flshl we plodgo ourselves neither to smoko nor to drink you should all do thb same so wo boys all think leila munscll it will add to the effectrreness of this exorcise if each boy is dressed to re present his daddys occupation the costumes wll bo easy to arrsrure and are suggested by tho wordschlcaeo now century jwienjiofliaielranlt saved the town of endicott frederick e bumham u a 1u look at heem vcr aliarp piled tctrnull ah tank ah open heem bout mcrdnlrl t maybe the rain increased wlui the nlsbt and at eleven o dork finding that tho how of water over he dim wns in crcaalne decidedly totrsult made his way over the lltlto bridge whlcb span nod tho dsm and locating the lover which controlled tho wallr rate open- od it up at nvo crjock tho following morn ins tetrxmlt mw ncatfurtniiolijiark which served as an office nt the quarry havliijr como in to cet warm when ho wan rounod by a sharp rlnjrjnk of the telephone a private lino which con nrcted tho two quarrlon it was thi flrnt time bo had been called upon to answer its rlnir and fcarlns he know npt what ho nprnnn to answer it itun to tho vllluro and warn tho town were ujo words ho heard over tho win upper dam sonal tctrault utorted oft at top mcd but ho iiud conn lr nn than ten rods when ho stopped short ho was pauslrut lo storehouse wliero the explosives wore kept when a daring uioucht occurred to him ah can blow up heem ilorol ho muttered water heem have to com ball bero hurriedly nttlna ifls key to tho pod lock which secured tho door or tho storehouse ho turned it and dropping tlitfpadlock on tho ground lio yanked oien tho door it was eolunir luzht and he had no difficulty in locatlns a half emptybox of dynamite a- bos of dctonstlnc caps and a fuse innldo of thirty seconds ho was on his way to io dam hunnliit out onto the brldco ho selxed tho lover which controlled um watcr sate and closing it ho crawled down over tho bridge resardless of the torrent of water which barred his way instant later he had entered a box- on tre or the dam where tho water gato won located ant work eh what con yo dot questioned hiram liar clay proprietor of tho bar clay a rani to quarries look lng sharply at thekyduns man who hod come to him asking for employment ah can cut pavln replied louis totrault a french canadian turned off two men thla week affirmed barclay ah can use dynamite i attend to that myself young i man ah con drive houses faoe here da yo know how to keep awake nlghtst questioned barclay ah do if ah sleep day moestah barclay replied tho frenchman all right ye are hired then i need a watchman at the lower quarry were havliuf trouble with the help go home and so to sleep report to mo at six oclock to night louis totrault turned out to be an admirable watchman btrons and alert t was not lens before those inclined o lawlessness learned to fear him ho had several oncounteru with miscreants during tho fall and winter but he gavo a good accou it of himself ajvl no dam age was done about the quarry which hstuardsd the lower quarry was located near the south bank of barclay pond considerable body of wator formed by the damming of lester 1 liver two dams were equlrod to hold the water in chock a lsrro one on the east sldt of tho ionl and 3 somewhat smaller on on tho southeast near tho quarry the latter dammod the natural course of the river below the larger dam was tho village of endicott a town of some two thousand inhabitants majority of whom were employed in tho lstidfcott cotton mill which mado use uf tho water power furnished by the river the larger dam had beei built with great care considering ttio village juat below it but it waa a con slant source of anxiety in view of tho fact that five miles farther up the river a much larger body of water was similarly hold in check it was getier ally believed thai should tho upper dam give away nothing could save the town of icndtcolt the winter that tetrsult was em ployed as watchman at tho quarry nu enormous amount of snow felb uy tho rirot of march tho full was no leas than two feet deep on the lsvel and la many places it was drifted to a depb of six and eight foot aa a result with tho coming of warmer weather ho river boramo greatly swollen lly the first of april barclay pond was brimming full and a great quantity of water was flowing over the spillway of tho dam near the quarry keep a sharp eye on tho dam louts ualtt tlarelay one monday nvun lug when totrault showed up ut the quarry this rain is gulng to bad matters worse if tho water rises muui before morning ye had better open up uie water gals in tho dm that will help thlogs a bit 1 urn wor rlod about the big dam it only uckii a foot of tho top of it now like cormiartment li hero tho wati there it was dry so far as any falling water was concerned ah blow boom boeg ho aald placj lng a doxen sticks of djnomlto in posl- tion and arranging tho dctonatlnc cap andtusc anjjnalant and he had light ed the fusointcern go bang n lot tie minute lio muttered hurriedly em crglng and making his war to tho shore hcfore tblrtynoconds had c lapsed there occurrc3 a t nun 61 id 0115 orplostonr tctrault standing a considerable dla tanco from theopotr was thrown to iho earth but picked himself up in umo to 000 a great mass of stonework dn scendlng whero once bsd been tho dam with tho blowing up of the dam a cnlghty flood of water shot down the ild course or the river a wall of water fifteen feet hlph rolled out fllllnc tho bed of tho river from bank to bank it seemed almost as thoucfa tho bottom had dropped out of tho pond oo quick ly did tho water subsldo in tho reser- inslde of three minutes tho pond was fully ten foot below high water mark ah tank ah sect ii red if dat fellah give me april fool remarked totrault looking anxiously up tho pond what a happened demanded bar cloy who had arrived coming on tho run from hla ho ujo a quarter of a mllo distant ah blow up heem dam replied tfttruull what did yo do uiat fort cried barclay angrily ifor on instant tho i reach man did ot answer ho wu listening what did yo blow it up forr roar cd barclay seising totrault by tho heem comln cried tetraull upper dam heem bustodl answered tho frenchman pointing toward tho upper end of tho pond dat fellah d6 april fool louis scarcely hud tctruult ceased speak tnc like- a tidal wave swept around tho bend in tho pond it was coming with the speed of an express train losing some of its height as it spread out in tha larger basin but advancing relentlcao ly a thunderous roar marking its ap proach on and on it came and moment later that mlfihty flood was pouring through the great gap where a 9 co had been the vy heem good fellah you got up to quarry aald tetraull heem ring telopono say dam busted ah tank heem toll truth den ah tank may bo hocm april fool louis den ah govt skocrcd cause heem soy run tell the people ah no do dat ah tank queek an use dynamite welt louis yo certainly thought quick replied barclay laying his bamf on totrault s shoulder i have had five years atnee tho dam was bulll to think it over and it never occurred to mo what to do in caso the upper dam lava way you have to tank qutek sometime answered tho frenchman while hundreds of others were coming on tho run and it was not long before totrault found himself sur rounded by a groat crowd of excltod ineti all qf whom were striving to get a chanco to shake hands with him ah tu tk ah gltid you no is french ji exclaimed totrault vnally how is uiat loulut laughed bar- clay renchmsiia you kiss ma two maybe ono hundred time ah glad you no iyoncbmans we 11 do that too laughed ono of tho men ah say no ah go homo ah guess tnaybtt ro plied totrault hurriedly when it was learned through bar clay that louis tctruult had been sav lng money uo ua to be married tho people of i ndlcott got together and subscribed thrco thousand dollars and purchased a cottage house and pre son ted it to him on tho cast end uf the now dam at the quarry tlicra is a brouso tablot which rocurdi the blowing up of the rormer dim on april lirut 1898 by louis tutmutt i lulling til tlio saving of ho town of lndlcott to uk kind is kingly if wo wero only a little moro tender one with tho other how much sweeter nnd brinitcr the world would seem and sweeter and brighter to both ourselvca and those who engago our kindness and jong suffering how much misery grow out of needless misunderstandings and needless criticisms it 13 not that the hawthome ta more fragrant today than yesterday but to day we have a soul to drink its breath it is not that people are more fuu of fault than good but that wc have not eyes to ace or hearts to echo the good in them be kind it is kingly and more than all it is christlike pacific advocate giving him his start just step inside its too cool b wait out hero 10 toy looked doubtfully at him ho did not need to bo told that day waa cold ills blue lips and tho teeth that would cl alter in aplte him eloquently proclaimed tha knowledge tho collar 6t bis thin jac ket wan turned lp to his red earn and his bare rod hands wero thrust hi to his pockets leaving exposed several inches if wrist neverthekw he hesi tated to accep the invitation 0uess id better stay whcra i am with on awkward effort ajl politeness tou sco im pretty drippy your rug would get all wet the girl still held the door open and a grateful breath of worm air came out to him sho spoko with decision tt will toko oomo time to get those things together i don t wapt you to wait out there in tho cold youre of more consoquence than tho rug you know como in tho boy entered in a daxed fashion there was a radiator in tho hall and ho held his chilled hands toward 1- ho looked down and saw that llttlo muddy streams trtn his boots were trickling down upon tho rug what that this remarkable young lady had ealdr jtou are of more con sequence than the rug nobody euo uld beliovo it if he told it ho old not have believed it if he had not beard it himself and yet shcr had really sold it you aro of more con sequence than the rug tho boy had heard a great many opthlonj oxprvssod about himaeirho was well aware that many of his ighbors wero of tho opinion that he is on tho way to become a toush probably tha neighbors were right he was both lawless and f par less somo- hok tho words of the girl who bod opened the door for him had struck a new chord uha had spoken on if ho counted for something otf if be were or some importance in tho world tho thing uiat utirred in the boys heart was on awakcnlrgr self respect und with it htm u10 deslro that other people should think well of hlm tho girl como back with the papers for which ho had been sent sho also carried a pair of mondod mittens 1 wonder if you could wear thcmt they were my brothers i guess theyll be c llttlo too big for you but theyll keep yuur hands warm anyhow tha boy slipped his hands into tho mittens and tho comforting warmth seemed to 11 tea i into his thinly clad body and penetrate- to his heart did not know how to say thank you but his eyes were grateful in a dumb fashion and the girl urn i led at him that a better sho said you con just as well wait till you axe real warm lie went out into tha storm looking except for tho new mittens on hla hands tho selfaamo bedraggled boy who had entered but those simph words of kindliness coating so little but so pathetically now to his expert encc imd altered bis outlook on life and implanted in his hcirt inspirations bo bad nover known before and the girl who wiped up tho drippings the rug never guessed that her cordial interest had started a friend leas boy long uphill climb to cnanu nous nichard miller twenty years aoo from the issue of the free press of thursday december 8 1b3s tho roods aro badly drifted in many plaoes there wero no idle snow- shovels in town on monday a jarro number of electric light poles have been erected mr w williams is getting scttlod in his remodelled houso at the ntoro family will bo very comfortable in their new home the heaviest fall of anow far twenty- two yearn foil on faunday night prom 14 to 10 inches on tho lovel waa tho dcpui truicabouts no uaxnxtgs bcymid the blocking of the roads was dono here but in many places tha damage to telephone electric power and light and trolley wires was enormous dectlan day john it barber and col w kerns aro tho candidates the electors of acton were out en masse ut the meetings of these gentlemen itlday and saturday evenings at tho board of education meeting tuesday evening tho secretary was authorised to order now desks and seats for tho room for tho now firth dopartment to be opened at tho begin nlng of tho year the nftj fourth anniversary services were hold in the methodist church lost bundsy lloquent sermons wero do ilvered by i lev pr ilos of quelph secretary of tho general conference married mccalon ursuai tho methodist parsonase georgetown on wodnca day november 30 by itov o a mitchell b a ooonro u mccalg tomls3m s n of ertn- the big brother and bio sister movement havo you a utile time and interest to 11 paro for ono ot tho most needed and mdjt paying undertakings to which you could possibly slvo your ufa i big brother or big stater is a man or woman wbo becomes a friend and counsellor for a boy or glrl thero aro increasing numbers of boys and girls t tt uur ca io towns anarcvon th a good motto ono of the lurgent und mont sue- rensfiil 11 lion buy ni in tho unltod htutm ban tho following motto framed on hln desk lie says ho rdweo moat of hln success to itn influcnoo upon his llfo lot mo la a llttlo kinder jot mo bo 11 llttlo lender to tho faults of those about mo lot mo prnino a ilttln moro lot mo be whim i am weary just a lltuo bit moro rhocry lot ma servo a llttlo better those that i am striving for let mo bo n llttlo braver when temp tations bids mo waver let mo strive a ilttln harder to bo all that i shoul 1 bo let mo bo a llttlo mwlcor with i ho brother that ii weaker let me think moro or my nelclibor and a llttlo lean of mo look out the man you have must to fear is yourself wo miht all devoutly pray for dullvjrunre from ournclvio there is a man living in your hounu who is lay thoughtless broachy tricky and jrslly crooked whom it will take ojj your time to watch yau may tryj io make yourself beliovo uv- these traits are not prune nt but juat glve y umeir half a chunco and oeo ir jou will nut develop a crop that win put to shame it ten aero field of canada thla tics lhe heart of man ts de ceitful above all things anl desperate wicked who oau know it ho that truateth in his own biart is a fool it hi uo whether you think it cut hot tou may imagine you nra not laxy but juat indulge yuurnclf in tho luxury uf wurmliik a sent for a llttlu and you will noon und out what a bold a chair will tuku on your una torn y you may l row hull a uit at thu thuu hi that you should swurvo fn in tho straight line but before tlip uiuntlt lu nut tho old fellow will buvu you trying to arue unlit hit u 1 roimmillii n from tho pit kep your oyo on tho old man keep hi m wlicm ho lielungu tlol 1111 i i hho a ieuthir journal the proof of patriotism tho proof of patriotism is sacrifice we canadians havo come to ace that clearly in tho last four years wo have discovered that agiuq pevuln who talked so eloquently about ue flag have fallen short when it lomcj to wervlo ail o have found uiatothcj who never huvu much to nay on tho subject liavo worn patched shoes und shabby coats in order to give tu the bed cross and tho y m c a a 1 have oeeii tholr dear ones join tha colors without a word to hold them back but there la another side patriot ism grows by sacrifice you loved lour country in tho behlnuliu you invu it more when you havo scrimped und i inched an j utrvggld ir order to buy v icti ry bon hi if you wero loyal to your heart a euro when canulu entorod thu wur that i lyuttj was doubled vvh you saw your loved brother or our dear frloiul mprch by in uniform nd if some of tscse dear ones should never return it would no t be a death bli to your patriotism instead it would inspire and ouuslcrato it and slvo t immortality it tnkort mure umn words tn unvo 1-atrlotbiin- it takes sacritloe and tli bigger tho osrrinco uio ot finger the latrotbun becomes country who need tho counsel and guidance and interest which you could so easily give thousands of boys and elrl aro started on a career of crime that moans heir perpetual undoing largely becauxo no ono cared or took any notice tho bounding energy of later childhood must find expression somehow and with tho socialisation that taken place uirough tho loon years it is bound to follow soma lead and work itsoir off in noma direction tho delinquent bay and liri la usually the one who has had uie wrong lej has accordingly sot tho wrojsifotart hero is where tho bit brother and big n inter comes in with thdr tuwlos coun sel and intxtst to give the lead in uie right ilracuon to help the boy to and a job and sot him to report to you frequently to soe him lo hla own surroundings and chut with him to take him with you occasionally on a hike or for a ride to glvo hlro a higher view of llfo und belp him to a proper valuation uf uilngs to link him up if possible with the sunday school and wlui proper playgrounds thla is work that lays higher dividends in re dcmpuva returns than almost anything else you could do to stand close to that girl around whom a thousand snares are prcad and with uie in fluence of your pure womanhood help hex to sea tho uacrodncss of hor life and to abhor tho tilings that mean hor undoing here is a privilege and a cliallcngo uiat loyalty to your own family requires that you do not owr look work at your hand work that la twice blast blessing htm uiat gives and blui uiat takes if youwajil to ocrvo in a large way got in touch with tho juvenile court in your locality and lend a hatid and a heart in giving boys and girls u cliarjco for strong clean ufa nails that held the sound of a lively tattoo played apparently by a hammer caused uncle jack to lay oaldo hln paper and n troll out lo tho back yard from which the ioibo seemed to come thero ho found harry at work nailing a loose board to tho fence carpentering ehr aald upclo jack woll i llks to seo a boy wbon bandy with hla too in look here thojgh j lorry here a a nail that i m afraid won t hold ho pointed to a nail which had bean drtvun in clnno torhittomiailffurtaco of tho post and which waa half cx- ioaod oh uiat wont mako any difference undo jack harry said lightly its put in well enough for uils kind of work but bis undo did not socm to agroo in this i hopo you don t intend to drlvo 11 your nails uiat way ho oaldvery gravely why undo jack you talk as thoi i expected to bo a carponterl i wan havo many nails to drive if i expect to bo a lawycrl i don t bellove you understand just what i mean harry unclo jack said with a cmjlo shall havo to tell you about friend of mine and tho noils he has been driving his nomo doesnt count in tho story i thnn ptlinpw n1 pli rerornift it if i told you ho come over hero several years ago a young tallow of ilghtoen or twenty who was nnxous to get a start in america he had no business training be was an artist to hla finger tips and had dona some work in drawing and painung before ho loft tho old country when ho landed in new york ho did not know what ho should do to mako a living but ho fouil work before ho had beoa in uie country twelvo ho urn a man at tho docks hnrd him siy that be was a painter and offered him tho job ot polnung a small schooner that lay at nchor not far away it wasnt tho iiort of pointing that albert meant or v anted but ho answered prorcntly that he would do it good for him horry interrupted that is what i said when he told mo his oxpcrlonces well ho did such a good pleco otwork on tho schooner that bo soon got ouior work of uie oomo kinov tho first nail ho drove held you seo he wasn t ii that sort though you couldn t ex pect that ho would bo so ho got ready to drive another noil out of hla ranail earnings be managed to pat for a course of ovenlag lessons at 0 now york art school and before very long woj doing lllustrauns for eomo of the daily papers ibs work wuo good and growing better all tbe umo and he had little trouble in dlsposlnff of it tho sacondnnll held you might have thought ho would bo satisfied with this it wxa tlutt he liked and it brought him a good incomo which ho could depend upon but no he felt uiat ho could do a still better and higher class of work ho had bocn ot a dying and cx- pcrtmenung and practicing and at lost he surprised all his friends by giving up his uluutruuns and putung in his whole time at portrait pointing- a good many of his friends and 1 11 own uiat i was ono of them thought it a foolish move for ho had a good safe lino of work and tho portrait painung of an uld ho como out harry 1 od full of interest wo might havo known what tho result would be undo jack want ou well you know albert was a boy who drove his nails to hold and this third ono was no exception he prov ed to hate a wonderful knack for get ting delicate nosh lints and it wasn t long before his portraits were in as croat demand as his lllustrauons luul been x toll you hurry it s a good uilng to drive your nails no they bold harry said nothing whan tho story was finished but hla eyes mot undo jack a steadily for a moment then wtui the forked side of tho hammer no slowly drut out the nrst nail that no had put in and drove it in again straight and tiuo oliver t marsh hauls wheat with touring car unexpectedly deprived of tha use of tuumn a barry county michigan foraiar brought hla touring oar into service by tuwlng two loads of wheat to market ha placed sixty bushels of wheat on ono wagon hitching it behind tho ur und then unillug bo null liaul it very easily hu placed hlxty buuiols on unulhar wagon an hitched it behind the first wagim the totul weight of tho wagons and whout wan about nvo tons and without unj mlahip thu wlicut was hauled over junt u fair roud ut the rto of mllefl uu hour to tho market a in 1 ico uf two ilnd a half mlloa noble sayings lio lu vlui and you will nover warn fur lovo lo humblo and you will never want for uldunco d m mulock nothing uxcui t a buttlo last can half au melancholy uu a battle woi duko uf wulungtoii tlmt w filch in uccompllahod too quickly bus nu deep routs tln hullo wo only that which hu has jilm self tuada furdluaud pa lesaopti llfo is uurualvcs it is ours it ill all truil wo poasuss bow then la it pus nllilo to suy that it lu nothing t if this is nothing show me somathlngi aukuiuno blrreu music is 000 of the falroat und most git rlous gifts of god it refined tho pinslons and imi ryvu thu uiulort lsnd- lui martin luther natural ability la by fur tho best but many men iiuve aurcoedcdlu win nil if high renown ly skill that is tha fruit of teaching ilndor didnt know sheep sow harold uai tho toucher ii o wire eleven sheep lu 11 noil ui jumicd tin fence how muiiy wuul o bo loft nne replied hurcrto wi uld sui 1 oil there wo uld 11 t 1 1 you may know urllh don t know slieep dimensions of the qreat lakes if laic 1 greut lukua 1 4q0 miles tist of tho numh ut i hutt u greater why tbr no ma u auled hurol niutla but y take time to make up your mind home people try to avoid vacjllauon by avoiding decisions it 1a not un common tto bear people say i simp cunlonoke upmy nfliiutruilb wero true it would mean that each sufferers needed to consult an alienist there lit a form of nervous troubla vrhlort muni ten to itself in an inability to do- cldo questions but as a rule the people who declare they cannot make up their minds ore vloums of nothing worse than intellectual latin ess ono of tho qualities most necessary to uuccojs lu decision lvery man who makes hla m irk hi chare ct orisod by tho ability to make up hla mind und stick to it anl tf thla trait la not inborn in you tt b hoovui you to bend 11 11 your energy to cutlvatlug it toko time to mako up your ittlnd lio not jump at huaty xuncluuloiis which must ie ro- vluod in thu light of nuituro refloctlon but force yourself to decide after a reasonable amount of consideration und tu ntlck tu a resolution anm reach 1 t lur when decision is left out of a oluiracter uio remnant is worth very llttlo vl 11 u ntrlght lino tho nvo would total a 1igth of lake ontario ho email 160 uilloa lonv ca than that of connecticut and ilhodo island uom- blilod iako kupuriur the argcat fresh water lake lu tho world la 300 in hon long und ico mllia wide ant alon 1 1 larger ttmir tho entire statu of jeuth cur llnu iuko michigan la alhjul hw inllvu i out und fifty miles wide wpllo ijiko huron wlionu waturu join thotto of ltko michigan in e0 ixke 1 rtr die mont shall iw of all la nlirhtly larger than tho uttito of vex mont lln longth in 70 miles and it aluo unties ttin great ntroajn kiuiwn tut the nlagtuu ltlvrr with its funiltua raj ida and falls uu lo lakeontario