THE FLYING AGE.
‘‘How old is De Swift’s youngest
child?”
“It can't be more than a year old.
It’s just learning to fly.”
Her Great Love.
They had already celebrated the fact
that the mistletoe hung in the hall,
and now they were occupying not only
one settee, but also the entire drawing
room.
“Could you love me, darling," he
murmured, as the thought of that
sprig of mistletoe came to him again,
“if I possessed only one coat in the
wide, wide world?”
She looked up into his eyes as she
framed her reply.
“I could,’’ she said, “if I knew you
had sacrificed the other to buy me
a new dress!”
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In another part of this paper you
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The Reason.
"Why is consistency considered
feuch a jewel?”
"Because it is rare.”
Nature generates facts, but fiction
Is manufactured by man.
LIFE’S STRUGGLE
WITH ILLNESS
Mrs. Stewart Tells How She
Suffered from 16to45 years
old—How Finally Cured.
Euphemia, Ohio.—“ Because of total
Ignorance of how to care for myself
when verging into womanhood, and from
taking cold when going to school, I suf
fered from a displacement, and each
month I had severe pains and nausea
which always meant a lay-off from work
for two to four days from the time I
was 16 years old.
*‘ I went to Kansas to live with my sis
ter and while there a doctor told me of
the Pinkham remedies but I did not use
them then as my faith in patent medi
cines was limited After my sister died
I came home to Ohio to live and that
has been my home for the last 18 years.
“The Change of Life came when I was
47 years old and about this time I saw
my physical condition plainly described
in one of your advertisements. Then I
began using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg
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or any one the relief it gave me in the
first three months. It put me right
where I need not lay off every month
and during the last 18 years I have not
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been blest with excellent health forawo
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“ Since the Change of Life is over I
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Adelia Stewart, Euphemia, Ohio.
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Saskatchewan
In the Provlnoe of
Saskatchewan,
Western Canada
IV) you desire to get a
Free Homestead of 160
ACRKS of that well
The area is becoming more limited
but no less valuable.
k NEW DISTRICTS
have recently been opened up for
settlement, and into these rail
roads are now being built. The
duy will soon come when there
will be no
landwrrUomCI'tea'llnK
A Swift Current. Saskatchewan,
farmer writes: “I came on my
homestead. March 190»5. with about
f l.OUi worth of horses and machin
ery, and just |36 in cash. Today I
have KJU acres of wheat, 30U acres
of oats, and 50 acres of flax.” Not
bad for six years, but only an in
stance of what may be done In
Western Canada in Manitoba,
Saskatchewan or Alberta.
Send at once for Literature,
Maps, Railway Rates, etc., to
W. V. BENNETT,
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Canadian Oorernment A Kent, or
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I * RELIEVES
I_SORE EYES
Because of its exquisitely beautiful
and diversified manner of decoration, j
symmetry of form and the mystery of i
ihe great rock it shelters, this build- !
ing is among the most beautiful in j
:he world, and is surely the most in
teresting.
For ages unnumbered this spot has J
oeen set aside for worship, and is now i
•everenced alike by the Jew, Chris
tian and Moslem. No other spot in
:he world has such a wonderful his- i
:ory. Here of old rose those temples
| if Solomon and of Herod—visions of
j mow and gold—emblematic of purity
j tnd consecration—here within the
Holy of Holies dwelt the visible pres
I ;nce of Almighty God. here Christ
] valked and talked and did many
j nighty works.
Destroyed by the soldiers of Titus,
j \. D. VO, after centuries of neglect,
his spot was destined to again be
' :ome the seat of public worship, but
his time of the descendants of Isb
| nael, not of Isaac, and the followers
j if Mohammed, the founder of Islam.
| after age has passed, change and
I lecay have treaded each on the heels
1 if the other; but this rock of the ages
ias stood safely through all the vicis
S titudes of the Holy City, and now it
' igain showed Its wonderful power of
: ittraction; and, as of old, it rested
! within structures that were the won
j ters of the world, so now there stands
! )ver it one of the finest buildings to
: >e seen at the present day.
j In Moslem eyes its sacredness
J irises from the fact that when Mo
| lammed made his famous journey
| rom Mecca to heaven he went first to
lerusalem, and there, in company with
he Angel Ghabrial, mounted to. the
j summit of this sacred rock and thence
o Paradise. If t,be visitor doubts the
ruth, let him see in the rock of the
! ootprint the prophet left as he sprang
j iloft, and then examine the finger
j narks made by Ghabrial as he held the
•ock in mid-air when it endeavored
0 follow Mohammed!
This tradition sanctifies the rock
I ind area in the eyes of the believer,
tnd therefore complete forgiveness
if sin and a good position in Para
iise await all who visit it. But even
greater rewards are in store for any
me who build on or endow any part
if the sanctuary. This will account
’or the many buildings in the inclos
ire, the cupolas, colonnades and foun
ding.
The dome of the chain is the most
nteresting of these. First it was
built for a treasury, but its founder,
\bd-el-Malik, A. D. 691, was so capti
vated by its beauty that he gave or
ders that it should serve as a model
'or the Mosque of Omar. At that time
t was known as the Judgment Seat
if David. From the center of a rusty
:hain still hangs. It was formerly
if greater length, so Moslem tradition
says, hanging so low that one might
jasily touch it; yet it could only be
trasped by those who spoke the truth,
t rose to its present height and re
fused to be any longer the means of
settling disputes because of the harsh
.reatment it received at the hands of
1 Jew. This Jew owed some money
;o a Mpslem, but refused to pay,
Maiming he had already done so. In
order to prove his claim the creditor
dragged the Israelite to judgment, and 1
laving grasped the chain swore the
noney was still unpaid. Then the
Jew seized the chain, having first
handed the Moslem his staff, inside
which he had placed the money in
question, and swore he had paid the
debt. To the astonishment o£ the on
lookers the chain then rose to its
present height.
The principal building, the Mosque
of Omar, is highly praised by many
great authorities. Professor Lewis
says: "It is undoubtedly one of the
most beautiful buildings in existence."
Mr. Ferguson, speaking as an archi
tect. says: "The one thing 1 was least
prepared for was the extreme beauty
of'the interior of the building 1 re
member perfectly the effect of the
Taj Mahal and the other great im
perial tombs of Agra ami Delhi, and I
am tolerably familiar with most of the
tombs and tomb-like buildings in
other countries. Hut, as far as I
know, the Dome of the Hock sur
passes them all. There is an elegance
of proportion, and an appropriateness
of detail which does not exist in any
other building 1 am acquainted with.
Its mosaics are complete and beauti
ful in design, and its painted glass,
though comparatively modern (six
teenth century), is more beautiful
than any in this country. These, com
bined with the mystery of the great
Hock, occupying the whole floor of
the sanctuary, make up a whole, as
far as 1 know, unrivaled in the world.”
Hefore entering the building shoes
must be removed or covered with
slippers.
t No sound disturbs the solemn still
ness which reigns around, even the
footfall of the Moslem worshiper is
noiseless; no organ peals forth har
monious notes; no white-robed choirs
chant the praises of the Almighty and
Kternal God. who of old shed forth
the brightness of his glory, the great
ness of his majesty, and the tender- |
ness of his love on this spot.
All is still, and the stillness seems
to attach itself to the visitor; as a
whisper sounds so loud the voice is
used as little as possible, and then
soft and low. A dim religious light
pervades the building, and a feeling
of awe and of reverence steals slowly
o'er the astonished and wondering I
traveler. When the sun glints through ;
the colored windows, of so many va
ried shapes that no two are alike, and
yet all are in perfect harmony, their
marvelous beauties amaze the behold
er. As the sunbeams linger on their
beauty they shed their brightness on
the mosaics and tiles of the dim in
terior. the gilded cornices, friezes and
capitals. The exquisite beauty of the
decorations gradually appears and the
more one becomes accustomed to the
light, the more one lingers under the
Dome, and the greater grows the ad
miration.
The Moslem pilgrim feels not the
spell of the beauty of the building.
He has come to worship: his thoughts
are fixed on the great rock in the
middle space, which rises from one
foot to five feet above the marble
pavement. A hole leads to a cave be
neath. "This cave is about six feet
high and floored with white marble,
below which the Moslems think is the
Well of Spirits, and in order to prove
this the attendant stamps with his
foot and a hollow sound is heard. The
floor was only made, so the Moslems
say. to prevent gossiping women from
speaking to the departed.
The rock is believed to be one of
the rocks of Paradise; and it stands
on a palm tree, beneath which flows
one of the streams of Paradise. This
rock is the center of the w-orld. and
on the day of resurrection the Angel
Israfil will stand upon it to blow- the
last trumpet. It is also eighteen miles
nearer heaven than any other place
in the world, and beneath it is the
_
source of every drop of sweet watei
that flows on the face of the earth
It is supposed to be suspended miracu
lously between heaven and earth. The
effect upon the spectators was, how
ever, so startling that it was found
necessary to place a building around
it to conceal the marvel.
Before leaving the pilgrim is taken
to pray upon a dark-colored pave
ment. All agree that it is a stone
which originally formed part of th‘
pavement of Paradise. On this stone
were formerly nineteen nails, three
and a half of which still remain. The
others were taken by the devil in his
anxiety to bring about the end of the
world, which will eventually come to
pass when all disappear; but he was
fortunately caught by the Angel Gha
brial, who is their special guardian
and driven away.
BURIED THE STANDARD POUND
Official English Measures Will Be Un
earthed After Twenty Years
Have Elapsed.
The speaker, the president of the
board of trade and the chief commis
sioner of’ the office of works will
shortly take part in an interesting
ceremony at the House of Commons
This is the testing of the standard
yard and standard pound in official
use with the final and indisputable
standards that are buried away in the
House of Commons.
In 1852 a hole was solemnly made
in the masonry by the side of the
staircase leading to the committee
rooms of the house, and in the cavity
was immured the standard yard and
pound it is necessary to keep sub
sidiary standards for frequent testing
of other measures, and these are de
posited in a building near the house
known as the Jewel Tbwer.
For fear that heat or cold should
cause expansion or contraction of the
official yard the temperature in the
room is kept equable by the most
delicate mechanism. Should it rise a
lamp is automatically lit as a warn
ing and even the bodily beat of a
person entering the room causes this
signal to flash out.
But in spite of these precautions
there is a fear that somehow the of
ficial measures in use might vary, sc
every twenty years they are taken
with great care to be compared with
the standards in the house. The
chief commissioner of the office of
works is charged to roll aw’ay the
stone. Out come the standards and
the president of the board of trade
compares them. The speaker sees
that the stone is duly laid again and
the structure of the house suiters nc
damage.
What is to happen if the standard
yards vary by a hair’s breadth ap
parently has not been provided for
The ceremony was last performed ir
1892.—London Mail.
Simple as Could Be.
Tarts were on the table, on the
dresser—in fact, everywhere, it was
the day of Mrs. Swankle’s party, and
the cook was making great prepara
tions for the feast.
"Very nice—ve-rv nice!" said Mrs
Swankle. impressively. “But what a
pity, cook—they’re all the same!”
"No’m,” , replied cook. firmly
"Some’s apple, and some's raspberry.’
"But they’re ail marked *T. A..’ ’
said the mistress. "How can you tel
the difference between them?”
"Easy ’m,” was the cook’s proud ex
planation. “The apple tarts art
marked ’T. A.’ for ‘ 'Tis Apple,’ anc'
the raspberry ones are marked 'T. A.
for ‘'Tain't Apple’!"—London An
swers.
LITTLE PRINCE WAS SHREWD'
'lot Only Escaped Punishment, but i
Received Reward After Act of
Carelessness.
The patriarchal manners of the tit
le court "t>f Montenegro are well
known. King Nicholas lives the sim
ple life of a shepherd king, and his |
wife has brought up her family her- j
self. Every evening she used to !
bring the children round her. those j
daughters whom King Nicholas is j
once said to have mentioned in reply
to the accusation that his country had
no exports, and the son. Prince Da
nilo.
Every night she told them one of
the legends of the Hlack Mountains
from which their country takes its
name and every night the little chil
dren had in turn to tell her a story,
the most successful being rewarded
with a sweetmeat.
One evening little Danilo was very
thoughtful and refused to tell his
story, saying he was really too sad.
"Come come, Danilo, I must in
sist,” said his mother.
"A very short one, then.”
“All right, a very short one.”
“And you will kiss hie after I havt
told it?"
"It's a promise.”
“Well. then. Once upon a timt
there was a Sevres vase, and I havt
just broken it.”
The Sevres vase was a presen
from the French republic, but Da
jiilo's mother had to keep her wore |
and kiss the culprit.
Long Pastorates Best.
'This anniversary only emphasizes
lie argument in favor of long oas:or
itee. After all the church has got to
zo back to the long pastorate it it is
;oing to accomplish its work in the
world. See what a great work Chap
lain Jones is doing to-day at the
floating Bethel, and notwithstanding
the tact that he is now in his forty
sixth year of service he accomplish es
more good to-day than ever before.
The minister who serves his people
a long term of years comes to be one
of the family. He baptizes, confirms
i and officiates at the wedding ceremo
nies of the same people. He main
tains a hold on the community that
is most wholesome. He fixes the
standard of life for the parish, and
men carry their joys and sorrows to
him without hesitation or embarrass
ment.—New York Sun.
After a man once holds a public
office he is hardly ever again willing
to waste the time necessary for earn
ing a living by working.
Letters Written on Skins.
Skins were perhaps the most an
cient substances used for writing pa
per, and they are even now not out
of date. The Jews and other Asiatics
sewed one to another, skin after skin,
of the calf or goat, tanned soft, and
sometimes dyed, until a roll, perhaps
100 feet long, was formed. Parchment,
too, is an ancient material, first used
in the same part of the country, and
called Pergamana, after the Mysian
city where its preparation was largely
carried on.
JFJANADA
The closing of the year 1912 has
brought out the usual bank statements
accompanied by the addresses of the
Presidents and General Managers of
these institutions. Their reading is
interesting as they show in a striking
manner the prosperity of the country,
and deal with economic matters in a
first hand way. Those who know any
thing of Canadian banking methods
know the stability of these institu
tions, and the high character of the
men who are placed in charge. In
discussing the land situation the Pres,
ident of the Union Hank of Canada,
whose branches are to be found in all
parts of the Canadian West, said: —
“A good deal has been said about
speculation in land. The increase in
land values has added enormously to
the assets of Western business, and
has to some extent formed a basis for
extended credit, but this is not felt to
be a drawback when the value is real
and convertible. We consider that a
business standing which is strength
ened and enhanced by property hold
ings is entitled to a reasonable en
largement of credit for legitimate busi
ness operations.”
It will thus be seen that the banks
recognize the certain rise in the value
of farm lands in Western Canada.
When the facts are known of the won
derful producing qualities of farm
lands in the Provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta, it is sim
ple to understand the liberal stand
taken by the banks. ,
Living not far from Lashburn. Sask.,
is a farmer named Clarke who in 1912
secured a crop of Marquis Wheat,
yielding 7C bushels per acre. This
is spoken of as a record yield, and this
is doubtless true, but several cases
have been brought to notice where
yields almost as large have been pro
duced, and in different parts of the
country. During the past year there
have been reported many yields of
from 35 to 45 bushels of wheat to the
acre. Oats, too, were a success
ful crop, and so was the barley
crop. \\ heat that would yield 4U
bushels per acre, would bring on the
market 70c (a fair figure) per bushel,
a gross return of $28.00 per acre. Al
low $12.00 per acre lan outside figure)
there would be a balance of $16.00 per
acre net profit. This figure should
satisfy anyone having land that cost
less than $100.00 per acre. Very much
less return than this proves satisfac
tory to those holding lands in Iowa
and Illinois worth from $250 to $300
per acre.
The latest Government returns give
an approximate estimate of four hun
dred thousand of an immigration to
Canada during 1912. Of this number
200,000 will be from the United States.
Most of these are of the farming class
and it is not difficult to understand
why farming lands in Canada will ad
vance from ten to twenty per cent,
within the next twelve months. There
fore investment in Western Canadian
lands is not looked upon as being in
the speculative class. Those fortunate
enough to secure free homesteads in
Canada will acquire in the intrinsic
value of the land alone the best pos
sible start for a splendid future. Ad
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Fair to All.
"Recently,’ says a Richmond man,
"I received an invitation to the mar
riage of a young colored couple for
merly in my employ. I am quite sure
that all persons similarly favored were
left in little doubt as to the attitude
of the couple. The invitation ran as
follows:
" ’You are invited to the marriage
of Mr. Henry Clay Barker and Miss
Josephine Mortimer Dixon at the
house of the bride's mother. All who
cannot come may send."—Lippincott’s
Magazine.
Really Not to Blame.
"Don’t you know 1 tol’ you not t’ go
swimmin’ wid no white trash chillun.
eh?" sternly asked Sambo Johnsing.
“But he wan’ white befo’ he went
in," replied Sambo's small son.
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