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The Wise Mother Uses

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Who mother: always have a baffle o,‘ It on hand: it’: their protection.

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Mark Twain as I ,1 A Country Editor ;

By Edgar White

The acknowledged leader of Am- erica's writing men was a develop- ment of the country newspaper of_ flce. If Mark Twain hnd not learned ' to set tyipe and chase down small itelns for the Hannibal, Mo.. Union, ‘ which was published b yhls brother Orion, he might never have set the ‘ world afiame by his literary genius.

We have read‘ a great deal about Clemens’ work on the Daily Terri- torial Enterprise or Virginia City. and most people regard that service as the starting point in ills literary career. But Mark Twain had felt the thrill of contributing to the printed page before he went west. What happened to him in the Sun- act Land was merely the shaping up of his destiny. it was Missouri. and the Missouri printing olllce, that really opened the door of oppor. tunity.

The building where Clemens worked as n printer and local edi- tor yct remains on Main Street, Hannibal, ill about the some con- dition us it was along in the 50's. Hannibal ls one of the sides towns in ihc Stale. There are buildings there which were old beioriylnany of toililp/‘s illlssouri cities came illtn existence. _

As a boy Clclncns was oven morn livcly than the ordinary run. but lilo lnnlicr oi‘ golfing the paper out right wus serious to him. He frequently had clashes with his bl-otllvl‘ over Orion's free and ch53’ way of taking things. According to lllcn who worked in the office with Clemons, he would often come down nliil work late after supper in or- iii-r to get out the paper or to com- plcic some work that had Ibccfi prmuisi-d. lIc had considerable ex- oculivi- ability and he look pride in getting out a good pnpor. His lilcii of n good paper was some- thing that would“ make people talk. Wdloncvcr Orion was away and the "~ ' lonslllility was op Soul's shoul- ho would “stir up the nlon- _ ' lic figured that it was good business to get out iv. paper that would lnilkc people talk even though some would cuss it. It was a new thing lli those days for a news_ pnipcr to print funny pieces about tllo people oi its home town. if the ltVPPilgQ Missouri editor wanted to make people laugh he would scissor something from the New York nlilg- zlzincs. It never occurred lo him illut by any possible lllenns origin- al humor could develop West of tho Mississippi river. Sam Clemens’ ruthless handling of traditions brought lots of criticism, but made the popcr friend's.

A low-A lckc-n poi-t once sent some vcrscs dedicated t0 "Mary in li—-~l." ()\' course ilc meant diary ill iiannibul. and Sam knew he did. But hr- put this ln llVdGkPiS uniler the 170M111 "We'll let this illillg go this time. but the next illno kiln»- wislles to communicate with his

friends in H———l. he'll have to se- lcct some other medium than this paper?‘ '

A rumor swept about town that a certain pllySlfflilll had tried to drown llimsoll’ in Boar creek, but lllndc i! fizzle of ll. Sum sharpened his jack- knifc and worked lute at night wlllt_ fling out n sketch of tho would-be suicide ml the back of a big wooden lcttcr. Tho sketch showed the doc- tor hunting cosy water with n cane.

The local cemetery committee was ripped up the back in an lil- gclllilils way‘. All old inhabitant, rc- ccntly buried, came back to lilo. and

urzlvcs and toitcrl’ tombstones he tolil wilat llc thought about such nc- glccf.

About everybody worth mention-

ill the guiduwvhccl. and crowds stood around the doors on pubiicn. tloll days waiting for the pa-per i0 come out. Several fellows with blood in their cycs rushcti in lo mop up the floor with the editor. bill seeing only all innocent looking boy tthcrc. contented tihclnsclvcs

ii The above- representa- tho num- ber of yenrl spent in fruitless ef- orfs to cure a bad case oi eczema lth ordinary olntmenta, com- red with the time it took Zam- uk to effect n complete and per- nent cure; This was the experience of Mr. . C. Buckley of 461 East Broad- way. Portland. Ore. Writing to the Zam-Buk Co., he says: "For fifteen years I suffered with a bad case of eczemamnd used all kinda of aocalled “cures" and treat- ments. but nothing was capable of curing me until ltried Zam- uir. This wonderful balm. how. ver, completely cured mo in leaf ban a ear. and not only so. but have ad no return of the dis. ase. l strongly a commend Znrnl n-k to anyone afflicted as I was." This is but one of the hundred! of cases where Zam-Buk has efi fectcd a cure when everythin else fliled..The reason la cull explained. Zain-Buk being uni‘ usually refined-containing absoi iutely no animal fats or minera drugs such as are contained in ordinary olntmenta-la ca ble of penetrating ta the un erl ln| tlasues where akin dlaeaaea ave their roots. Ordinary ointment: on thocontrary, never get heyon

the surface skin and so are Incap- able ofleffectlng wrrnanent cnreli

“is

Zam-Buk 4a‘ Just as ood fol nit ‘rheum. ringworm. Ila. u cere, abac . blood- ironing piles. cnfa. burns. acal s and a

All drn late . box.)

akin in urtes. Zena-Bu Co., Toroanto,

B fut‘ Sh”.

on lnonoy for

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THE CHARLOTPETOWN GUARDIAN. '

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It's flower-fmggmp, healing lather has - pleased four genera- tions of Canadians. m Ailwrt Hoops lJrnlte-l. llfrm. Montreal.

with saying things in a high-keyed voice.

But the farmers liked itqit was the town folks getting the roast. When Orion got back and found the uproar his little brother had creat- ed. he started to have a fit. but when Sam led‘ him ovcr to a corner of tho 0illCG'llIl(l showed him the big Dllc of potatoes, cabbage and turnips the farmers had brought in subscriptions, and some real horse and sale bills. Orion rcciiled it might he ior the good of the shop to make another trip.

If nlhout that time some friendly Hannlballic had laid an cncourug_ lng band on ‘Sam's shoulder and told him to keep up the good work there is no telling ivllat effect it might have hail‘. Sam might have decided to remain in town and ‘brighten it up with the humor he was forced to soil in other markets. Hannibal did know what a real booster a newspaper could be in those days.

later years Clemens his life in the

What Mark Wrote Afterward;

"It lllny be that the printer of to- (lily is not the printer of 35 years ago. I was no stronger to him. know llllll wcll. him

in the Wllil(‘l'

iFOlil

Hannibal Union office. and the sketch shows how thoroughly acquainted he was with everything in a country news- paper office. Thirty-five years at‘- ter graduating frolu the rural prin- iery, with his feet well up on Famtrs ladder he wrote:

I llullt his fire for mornings. brought his water from the village pump; l swept out his office; I pick- c-il up llls tyipe Sidiltz‘; and. ii‘ lie was there to ace. I put the good type in his case and

under his

the broken ones among the ‘hell lllililfl"; and if he wasn't there to sec i (lumped it all with the ‘pl’ on the imposing stone—lor ihabwas the furtlve fashion of the cub, and I was the cub. I wetted down the paper Saturday; I turned it Sun- days-for this was a country week- ly. I rolled. I washed the rollers; i Wil5ll€d thr- fornls. l folded the

papers; I carried them around at town ’i‘llursilny mornings. I enve- loped llle papers that. went for

the illzlll-VW had. 100 towns sub-

Roumanians Are ' _ Superstitions

One of the chief homes of super.

i stitlon is Roumaula. says a Writer

in t1he “New York Heraid."

“Superstltlong accompany life lit- erally from the cradle to the grave. When a child la born the parents invariable turn their eyes anxious- ly toward the window, for just out- side lt are the three Uzltoare, the Peace, or Eatessplnnlng the thread of the child's life. or weaving the web of its destiny.

"Before tlhe child ls chrlstesed it must undergo the important cere- lnony of its first bat-h. This is ad- ministered ln a huge wooden bowl, called an albia or copae, which serves both as bath tub and. cradle. and also it is said, a kneading bowl

' when bread is made. The bath is

given at the house or the infant's godmother, whither the little one is carried together with a gift of coffee and sugar. Ilf it is a girl the bath must contain feathers from the wings of a dove and petals of a rose. which serve as a prayer to tile Three Spinners that her foot- steps through life may ‘be soft as down and her face as fair as a flower.

a child a loaf of bread. a book, and a rod. if he chooses i.ll8'l)l'6fld he will be thrifty, practical, successful man of affairs; if he clloses the book ho will become a scholar; but ll‘ he chooses the rod he will be a ne'er-do<well .

"Man-y are (the romantic tradit- ions anil superstitions of the age oi‘ love . Just as Roman maidens cen- turies ago invoked Diana, the Moon Goddess. so Rouxnanian plaids of to- day take that "orbed maiden" for their chief confidante. On seeing a new moon n Itoumanian girl ex- clalms: “New Queen! -In health thou hast found me; in health leave me. Thou has found me unwed; leave me with a handsome husband by my side.”

“Tlhere is u resemblance to our own ‘Halloween practices in some Rouiuanian customs. Probably few young women in that land have the courage to follow the classis ex- ample of going to the forest by moonlight. stripping off their cloth- ing alid looking for the faces of their future husbands in the wnt- ers of a sprln-g. tBut-it is a common practice to sleep with a sprig of basil under the pillow on the night of ltllB Epiphany, when the fair sleeper lwill see her lever in her dreams.

"If she lbe in haste to wed all she has to do ls to wear a bit of basil in her corsage or in her hair. and a lovi-‘Fwill infaliibly be attract- ed to her.

“ilf she wishes to know if she is to wed within a year she goes ill uhe dark to the garden hedge and with a ribbon from ller hair binds together two branches. If in the morning she finds that “he has thus

united the branches of two differ- ent shrubs her marriage will spe-

edily occur.

“Wihen a girl is engaged she gives to her lover a. sash as a for- mal acknowledgement other be- trotllal. If she hears a dove coo or a cuckoo sin-g at her right side her marriage will prove happy. But if the pair on their wedding day cross the path of another party coining

“It is o common practice to offer I

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A oecret ‘of the (North

Another Arctic cucllc. with c-cll 08g of hardships and traces o.‘ n. daring explorers‘ outfit, has b-een found by Vililjzlinlul" Stcfullssoll and Storloer Stonkerson. of the Canadian Government expedition. The cuclle is believed to be ono built. more than half u. century ago by (fomlllodore Robert McClure. oi‘ H. M. S. lilvestigaiol‘. who sailed the Arctic seas in quest oi‘ Sir John Franklin. and tho lili-lnilsil"; of his ill-fated expedition.

Commodore McClure wliltnrod i.l the Arctic ill 185i. i852 and i353, and ills old cache was on the west aide oi‘ the Buy of -Mcr<~y on Bmllts island. Near the shore of the Italy of hfercy the site 0f the bictflilrt- cache was found with strands of old rope, l'8lll.iiilnk,.~; of sillppillg, barrel stoves, pieces of iron from the boats llblflil for Ari-tic explora- lion. and from eiglii to ten tons of soft coal, which had survivcil llle fiction 0i‘ 1hr olclllcnis.

lt is known lo Arctic explorers that f‘nnlnlnnilel' i\'lc(?lure and his‘ mcn went on foot through Mc- =Clilre‘s Straitfor tho Buy of Mur- cy to Dealy Island. .\li:t‘luri-'s Strait, presumably liulllcii lifter the explorer. forms a body of water

lll‘ poticreil around the wcoii-gruwll i"

pcd the paper. town

ing got ill the paper while Salli was ll W05

pc r.

all.

$2.

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tructloil.

would changed

out.

dead and

theln.

.'~;(‘l'lll(‘l'S and 350 country ones; the lilwn .~ubscl'llhcrs ipsid ill groceries ilvd the country ones in calibngcs and l‘i)l‘(‘lW0(lfl—Wlll‘ll they paid ht all, which was merely sometimes. and then wo nlivays stated the fact the paper. and gave puff: and if we forgot. it they stop. Every mun on the the thing; that is, he gave orders as to how to be edited; dictated its opinions. and marked out its course for it. and every time the boss fnil- ed to connect, he stopped his n11- Wo were just infested with critics, and we tricd to satisfy them \Ve had one subscriber who paid cash, and he was more trouble to us than nil the rest. He bought us our-cs i1 year. body and soul. for lie used to modify our politics every which Wily. and he madc us change our religion four times in _ ll wc ever tried to rcilailli with him he would threat- on to stop his paper. and of‘ course that meant bankruptcy and des- Thnt man used to write llPilClflS a colulnn and n half long. lczulcd long primer. and sign them ‘Junlus’ or ‘Vcrltas’ or ‘Vox iiwpull.‘ or some other high-sounding rot; and then. nfter it was setup. he say he had llllHtl‘——WlllCll was a gilded figure of speech, because ho hadn't any-and oredr it to be left We couldn't stand such waste as that; we could ont afford ‘bogus’ in that office; ways took the leads out, altered the signatures. credited the arti- cle to the rival paper in the next village. and put lt in. the ads. but we seldom paid any attention to the marks afterward; so the life of the ‘td‘ and the ‘if’ ad. was equally eternal. the ‘td’ ad. of the sheriff's sale still booming serenely along two years after the sale was over. the sheriff the whole circuslnnco ZlllCiPIiL history. Most of the year- ly nda were patent nledicine stcro. lYlIP-H. and we used to fence with ibifo was easy with us. If we pied a form we nlways silspend- oil every now and" then when the flailing was good and suspended until next week. and we explained It by the illness of the editor, n paltry excuse. because of n paper was just as well off with a sick editor as n well one, and better 0ft‘ with a dead one than with either of them. lie was full of bless- ed egotism and placid selLlmport- ance. ‘but he didn't know as much as a three-om quad. any type except in the rush 0f the last day. and then he would smooch all the ipoetry and leave lhe rest to ‘Jeff’ for the soldid lakes. wrote with impressive flatulence and soaring confidence upon the vnstcst aubiects; but puffing aims. —" gifts of wedding cake. salty lcei cream, sbnormubwatelnielons and sweet potatoes the size of your leg was Ills best hold. He was always a poet-u kind of poet of the Car- riers’ Address breed-sud when.

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I have seen

that kind

He never set

out of church. either bride or groom will die before the year is out. Ghosts are plentiful in Roumanla. The Strlgol are evil spirits which on ‘Si. Andrew's night make their way for mischief into every house ivilose doors and windows are not anointed with garlic, the scent of that plant ‘being intolerable to the ghostly nostrils.

“Filnnily, wlhen a man dies, there must be placed in his coffin a comb. a piece of soap, and a coin with which to pa-y the fee due to Charon. the ferrymnn of the world in hades."

An Australian Drought

Unless one has seen for himself the effects of a drought in Austra- lia, any written description of it is almost unbelievable. Tho Darling Downs of Queensland is probllbly one of the lmost fort-lie stretches of land under the Southern Cross and wilon favored with sun and rain, supplies fodder and grain to millions of cattle and sheep. A drought turns‘ them into a. dcaort of death. Carcases of the fleocy fortune to squatters lit in thous- ands along the steel tracks. Skel- etons of cattle are interspersed. A drop of iwnter is a treasure. And when filo sun high l-n the heavens proclaims no sign of rain at a time that decides the fate of crops. the farmers" and their families leave their farms to the mysterious ra- vages of the drought. The present drought. has thinned out the abori- ginies in several diistrlcts. And yet there are small compensations. Sandstorms. are frequent, and they generally drive rabbits into their iloles, w-here they are imprisoned tiili death puts an end to them. And that is a gain, for the rabbit pest in Australia is responsible for mll~ lions of dollars of loss‘ every year.

Perhaps libs (the waggon that makes the wheels tired.

A soft answer has no effect

upon a soft person.

ever his intellect suppurated. and he read the result to the printers and asked for their opinion they were very frank and atralgbtfor. ward about it. They generally scraped their rules on the boxes all the time lie was reading and called it ‘hog wash‘ when he got through.

"All this was 35 years ago. but I can see that printing office of pre- historic times yet. With Its horse bills on the walls. its ‘d’ boxes clog- ged‘ with fallow, because we always stood the candle in the ‘k’ box nights. it towel, which was not’ considered soiled until it could stand alone, and other signs and symbols that marked the establish- ment of that kind in the Mississippi

YWW" ._ e an ... ital-anti

between Melville lslallil 0n the north alld Banks island on the south.

“No signs of any, provisions were found." said Stilrkersiell. “but wv picked up pieces of old ropc and

' N'T ROB rnnoop of the foods that promote growths

essential food element for tgrowin ‘c _ are the“vitamins" found in lo Shredded Wheat containsall _ , and mineral salts combined with the body- buildin elements in the whole wheat grain- the pe ect food for growing childrernTwo. Shredded Wheat Biscuits served with hot milk make a warmmourishin meal at a cost of a few cents-the most real ood for the least money.

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MARCH .23; 19a;

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wheat. the fitamirls

‘other fragments left by explorers' who wintcred" iii that region many years ago.

“McFluri-‘s vessel. the lnvesligyl- tor. was nbanduncd ill the north. Ho probably built the cache for the benefit of future explorers who might happen that wily. The cache hull been destroyer] by tlli- Eski- nlos uuil probably some of lllcse EfikiillOn had never seen a wllilc nluu. They took the iron from the boat, and undoubtedly they found lhc pieces of iron useful.

The cache was probably‘ buili by (‘onlinundcr Mcflurc after n con- sultation with (‘aptuill Kellelt, of the ltcsoiutie, and (‘upulln llicfllin- lock of the hlterpiil, and after he had decided 1o abandon his ship, the Investigation