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Feros 1 mA YB " eae to Consultations: 9 to 12; 9 to 5,7 to 8|" b. hin e Sa. Office: =a to ie Gnd Solicitor for the Eastern Moswtiehipe | Early Closing Appeal we "way out to the Wild and Wooley k | oe Paes | | 7 | (Lethbridge Herald.) | Whose Fairbanks were fragrant with |The worst fire in the history of Min- T @ lh {a D & Stati 0 er Go.

Dr. William Norwood : ; of | teen grass, Primvoses and Wild|nedosa occurred to-day, when the e7 rug I | y

Graduate of Chicago College of ‘Magistrate Humphries for an infrac-|0f Day Rose o'er the sand Hills inj and four locomotives damaged. The

~ Drs: ‘Lang & Leech W. H, Lana, M.D: West second st. north, “Taker pe Mv i kb ‘ t : 18 ba | West. Aah ess DENTIST | The judgment in the appeal Denteh, sores. the Easthope once moré buoyed his fire if supposed to have originated in I

VOL! th, NOOR Oe sae Cuba se TABER, ALBERTA, | THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1908. St os apis ey $0. YEARLY PHYSICIANS; SuRGkons, a adap se i ;,W, LEECH, M.D, 2nd door E Union hotel | Judge Winter Guashes the Great Scott! An Hider mounted | Pape “Sat School Supplies this Wild -mustang and rode one Day! ; ie Passing around‘ the Westlake,| .)Minnedosa, Man., . Aagust 16.—} Robert Sage ‘against a conviction by | 'Rose Budds, just-as the glorious orh | C.P.R. engine house was sentore| OFFICE: Alberta Drug & Stationery Store |

tion of the early closing by-law of the _. | city of Lethtindge haa’ bean’ handed | drooping spirits, and his horse being|an engine standing for repairs in the |

4 down by Judge Winter of the This: a Good Walker he Feldt sure, if he {southwest corner of the shops. we Bastern “Townships Bank.

Doric Lodge, No. 312% os rn smitet cote Row, ot recieves no] Gaia si Ae AO ove y sit te Baht attend thereat 7 Plencaic: a agate Acar " 57 breaches and agencies in Canada. 48 years im operation Meata-Yinesday ou.| dagininiz the days’ and hours during} While at Raymond the previous | dinnet and ‘only two mien were in| General Banking ; Business Conducted | or before the full} which the closure is to take effect. | Day he had saluted a King, dined | the shops. Fanned by a strong west ACCOUNTS SOLICITED moon inthe Masonic |The class of shops to be affected is iwith a Duke, attended Court in | wind the flames made. rapid head- Drafts Sold in all parts ‘of the World. Hall, Main Street. | sufficiently stated. Regarding the|company with a Knight Wearing a} Way, and although the local fire bri- | Visiting brethren | contention that the by-law has not | Shield, crossed a Holbrook and} @ade, assisted by many volunteers,

States, England, Scotland; at following rates

nee orders payable in any bank in Canada (Yukon excepted) United

cordially weleome. | heen published as provided by sub- | passed a Stone Wall where a Picket | made strenuous efforts to extinguish $5 and under, 03. $10 to $30, 10c J. T. STEPHENSON, W.M. section 3 of section 2 of the Amend- | stood guarding the Holmes. the fire, it’ was soon seen that the] ‘ $5 to $10, 06 * $30 to $50, lde y ees 1; » ‘ : ‘ ; A. P. VEALE: Sec’y. jis Act, the judge refused, to bear; Whenever,he thought of the Leth- shops were doomed. Impossible to lose your money in transmitting it by this method 4

the views of Justices Taylor and) was just Aiken to find’ a physician | ' Burns in similar eases. The by-law | who no Long’er Leech’ed his pa- is clear as to who shall be guilty of |tients as in the Day's of Auld | jout and suffered great damage.

jan infraction of the by-law... He! Lang Syne.” At one time it looked .as if sina A | freight offices, elevators and a ‘large |

finds that the appellant did keep! —p L 2 7 TABER feck adsing & Long, Low 2h ster | amount of rolling stock would go, but do"

Naned open “during prohibited hours and | Woodpec ‘ker he met y..Manwaring | om Meantig iq that a sale did actually take place | gouire-toed shoes going ‘Southworth |2°F wpne ‘saved... “Tha: divssiongy ioneer ere all 3” Meets every Thursday Evening in) " rer Hi Honor’. l going ‘ya! superintendent and. other C,P: R.|

Douglas Block, Main St., at 8 o'clock. during such hours, - i huntold wealth.» Near » White Short- | Sige : ?

Ree : therefore affirmed the conviction | pouse in the suburbs of Taber, where | officials arrived this afternoon from | | e isiting Brethren always yeleou and ordeved the appellant to pay the | Wild B ‘ Brandon on @ special train to make } respondent's costs, fixed at $25, to; the clerk of the court. ©, F. P. | Conybeare, ¢ity solicitor, attended to

!evidence of non-publication following | bridge brewery: he Feldt Sick and ‘ One engine was dragged out-on to » ¥ f the turntable and thus escaped, is) Taber edie Cc. E. DOP, aaa

three others were unable to be taken |: ——

erry’s grew in abundance, he

H. P. MUNRO, N.G.

an investigation, and until their re- | 7: BULLOCK, R.S. :

jasked a‘ Kidd netr the Taylor's. where he might, find a barber.

port is in it is difficult to maké an }

: estimate of the damage, but probably | Every man in Taber has Fallon OG rds

. 520,( y > a‘ near estimate. - <

W. BRUSH GRUBB jthe case for the city and 0. F. Harris | into the habit, of shaving with Abe ‘“ _ phe mt ga ayeys peti ste To clear thes balance of our Summer Goods, rather than carry Fi Life, Acid t | ' fox the: opens: pee éctannred “the Younseaew. 'As Minnedosa is a divisional point |

insurance: Fe, Lite, ACCINEN . | the fire will seriotsly affect traftic on | them over, we are offering the following Very Specigl Feige: —.

* You will also tind the Lyon and the |

Reeves Traction res

bath, dyalling in Love wz Ps ‘in, itis yd and in view of the a ES Beate Ft be i ~ REAL E T ~Bverta- Pie ges @: Wild) West-ern town, and |} pra. wasy pentson Tite feted 118 18 Most aS: yg oe ) Are a 'though you are posing. as an Elder, “unfortunate. "a MEN S anaes. H REGULAR * 85c. to SI. 5D YOUR CHOICE. te 75c. : Bi

tyre | S hb t| Alli }yet among the miners you are just | McLellan & MciIn U a a 1 lance | plain Jack Still.’ ‘The Mills of |

GENERAL BLACKSMITHS eg ithe gods delight in making niinee- | London 1 Unem-

FLOUR & FEED Bamontéa' Aug. 14.-—The Lord's | | Hull thing and paint the town Al- INVADE CATHEDRAL “DRESS GINGHAMS ‘Be. “YOUR CHOICE an 10c.

‘Day Act is being observed in AL. |sec, as the Kidd had told the truth. |

STOR ber'ta better than in any other part of | Farther on to the Wright he saw | : | : at, the west’is the testimony of Rev. | ™eny Haycocks standing near the | London, Aug. 15.—Stewart Gray,! DRESS MUSLINS 15¢ YOUR CHOICE =... 10¢ ; W. M. Rochester, western secretary | Green uncut grass, which Still stood st” 4 .

Try LETHBRIDGE NEW MILL leader of the unemployed, who have |

UNION MADE FLOUR . fe fa gies tita ceo. Wiad RS ahs month’s tour of Alberta. The |# farmers, tile that may Grubb vturchers” in this city, invaded sen’ Tieine ; 1 Saytt ' oh 1 8 : bs outstanding future.of our work,” Brush, Birch and Elder bushes, and Canterbury Cathedral to-day and DRESS Pe ; 96. yous. CHDICE | or C.

South Side of Track, opp. Depot said Dr. Rochester, “is the cam-| hear Robbins, with Wings as Black compelled Dean Mason to iake up

paign of education on Sabbath ob.!as Jett, Carroll the Long Day.”

. : Nee his ‘ ry > “Giyv : “ of the Alliance, who is now on w| Nee high, and he cried: “Give Mee) g.ined the title of the. “ Hungry |.

“ a } : } j s @e > v) ure "Ss Public Scales in connection the cause of the “Hungry Marchers ; : ;

/servance, that. we are carrying on, Just then a Wild: Bullock ran o'er) from the pulpit. °'The scene in the REE EERE ES |Special attention is being paid to ex-| the Hill, frightening a Young Fawn | cathedral when Leader, Gray stood MAORI Gr TEE ON ta BERT SUTTON | planation of the preséht law. We) which Flew past, though he called at the head of his: band of gaunt, | | find the authorities, in Alberta very} out assuringly that while he was | hungry, crazed men making an im- PROPRIETOR | yeady'to respond to any representa-'! near nothing’ Wood Harmer, passioned appeal for them has never T tions by our organization with refer-) « —-HoOMESPUN. been equalled in any church ia this | e a er ra ing [ 0. L ‘ence to the violations of the act.) > land.”+ Gray had written to the Dean | The following es | Without. making invidious compari: | fand: “asked: -that -he. mention: the! ‘ B ‘sons T may say. that the act is better The Diffe >TeENcCe | “Hungry Marchers” in. his sermon. | NOTICE : heuforeed in. -Alberta than in any /Dean White. expressed synmpathy | * . ‘ if ' has just been received | other province of the west. The Peers with the great numbers of\ unem- { e0ple have every reason to bé grates | loved, but refused to accede to the | Hal iw the disposition shown by the | | He stood heside the altar, Nae: wishes. . It was a complete | BINDERS ig N. Harding bo attorney-general and his deputies to | And his face was grave and sad; surprise to-day ,when the forces of | WAGGONS y Yh cus give the acf reasonable enforcement | She stood beside the altar ‘unemployed, with Gray at their | { ideale: saddles, whips, ee in the provinee.” | With a smile both sweet and glad, |head, invaded the cathedral duving | ; TWENE: blankets and everything for your FROSTBURY, ARCTIC CIRCLE. ret oer is RRS But why this awful difference ithe regular service. The Dean had | ‘ | ho¥se, Special attention given The beginning of au exceptionally | ’ , Bobineen ihikctaw nha anata ® finished prayer and wns 3 about to | a to orders of all kinds : ray ‘ jannouneé the hymn. The * "Hungry | . long teym of terribly severe weather Natural Gas ) 4 /

‘ : d tl - earnestly. advise ail residents of | ‘And then (paue ur ROBES & SUMMER DUSTERS |

; ; at ‘ ’ | : — ‘ing his finger at the Dean, who stood Taber to get busy at once und have | : —— ‘ | roated to the-pulpit, the Jeadér, “in er ARRIVED.

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just: left here and will arrive in your | | HER clothes were made to order, nd aA 2 Hy yen ow 0. Sha ten oun pheck oe listrict. about. Dee... Ist, Would : om pypy| While His were ready-made Haare sich sacs peh bina bcp

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a furnace installed in théir; homes, . Sain hts

is howli : Lae , Ne ) Neep OF THE DIFFERENCE. well-chosen words, began the appeal » neh ae Moloeend Sabah, ah W. R. Martin, C.P.R. natural gas ; : for the men he represented, { eens. which ig now hurrying to- /expert, reports striking. a flow of Wir YOU ' The church vergers “hastily ap- wards them. heavy oily gas altogether different When. We ‘Make To Order Hye: “ie re ie idee Yours truly, ‘ifrom the Medicine Hat product at | im ve the “ redy ub he ase LSU ‘Bo Sao iuitella “Crow's Neat FROM $16.5@ UP . |refu saying : 00, am about |. ; «| Bow Island.” in row’s } ane pig ey: feiss Father's. business.” > The Dean

division, The well is: 1,650 feet - | deep and it is hoped this yas overlies oil, The flow is 80,000 cubic feet |

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~GANADA'S FINEST AND SAFEST PLAYHOUSE

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> THE NEW WALKER THEATRE A

DREAM OF ELEGANCE AND COMFORT. . |

Manager Walker Secures ;

Summer: Attraction in the John, C,

Fisher Opera Co.—A Repertoire o!

Popular Musical Comedy Suc-

» cesses Including “Florodora,” “The

> Strollers,” and’ ‘The Silver Slip: per.” eh tra 4

Yhe accompanying views of Cana- da’s finest and safest playhouse, wae new Walker Theatre, Winnipeg, will be of interest to our readers. Ground was broken for this magnificent ‘edi- fice’ on March 19. 1905, and_ it "was only a few weeks théreafter when the huge steel frame was in place, to the amazement of all» who had watched the building operations, ard the ma: sonry was begun. Work was carried on so rapidly and well that the thea- tre was thrown open informally tc the public on December 17, | with Pollard’s Australian Lilliputian . Op. era Company as the attraction. While the exterior was practically complete at that time, there remained much tc be done in the interior, and the. work was carried on even though the thea. tre was open for business all. the time, as attractions which had beer booked many months .in advance had to be played. BS

On February 18, 1906, the theatre be ‘ing complete in every detail, it was’ ‘formally dedicated. The speakers fo1 the occasion were Sir Daniel MéMillan lieut.-governor of Manitoba; .Premie) Roblin of Manitoba; and Mayor Ash. down of Winnipeg. All three lauded

Manager Walker for erecting in Win- wnipeg the most palatial playhouse ir

the enterprise and public spirit "|

the Dominion—indeed, a _ theatre! which for beauty, safety, equipment .poth before and behind the curtain, and for the comfort of its patrons, has but few equals and no superior in all America, .

The Walker Theatre cost nearly $350,000, and is made wholly of fire- proof materials, even the auditorium floovings and other woodwork being Jaid -over solid cement. The view showing the auditorium gives -a} fairly good idea of the seating capa- | city, which is 2030, and further re- veals the fact that from every seat there is a clear sight-line t the stage. The posts seen at the back uf | the seats on the first floor assist in carrying ‘the balcony, and the gal- lery is trussed across and is support- ed by steel rods from the roof. One thing the cut cannot show and that is-the beauty of coloring of this :in- terior. The seats are of red plush, the carpets red velvet, and the walls eovered with heavy figured satin i a beautiful shade of green. The plas- ter work ‘in front of the baleony and gallery and thé” boxes is finished in soft ivory and gold. The proscenium arch is decorated with strands of ma- ple leaves. in green and ‘autumnal tints. The boxes dre draped ‘with rich green velvet and gold embroider- .ed curtains, wlfile the chairs are up- holstered to match. . Two handsome curtains close off the stage from the auditorium; The first curtain ‘is of heavy asbestos and it is su set and run that nothing can prevent it from working properly. It is strung °on thick wires’ at the sides and_ these wires are enclosed’ in a metal groove. _ Meavy stone walls separate the ayd- ‘torium from the stage, and more heavy walls separate the stage from the dressing rooms. " 5

alpniiat wat 34 laces lage Gat tae uipment an 18.80 large e tlamneromed most el ; metropol- dtan prod ms can easily be put on exac as originally done. ‘

The very entrance to the Walker is, indicative of the beauty and safety of the structure, It will be seen in @he cut marked “‘Lobby.” This is all garb and wainscotted, with ‘beautiful decorations in bronze on the wapper walls end ceiling. 2% accen-!

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ganee, with its\warm yet retined color scheme, and decorations. One finds. the, Big settees at either end most inviting lounging places be- tween the acts. The men who smoke find éonifortable quarters during the entré-acts in‘ the spacious smoking room in the basement, or in the com* fortable room in the balcony. As for the ladies, the ave every conven- -ience. furnished them in the hand- some retiring rooms on.the first and second floors, where maids are in at- tendance. The “stairways are all of steel and brass and ‘very’ wide. ‘

Patrons of the theatre are pro- tected from’ rain or sun while’ wait- ing for their carriages. by the hand- 3ome marquis over the entrance.. It is shown above. ; page

The. Walker. Theatre was built with » view to being kept open all the year round, hence the perfect heating, cooling and ventilating plant. whic was installed at: a cost of $14,005. This plan brings fresh air from the top. of the building im winter and, after. cleansing it, passes it over steam coils, and then it is fanned up into the house by two, immense fans through apertuzes in the floor of the auditorium.

In the summer the fresh air is taken in and.cleansed in the same manner, but it i§ passed over ice and tnen fanned through the house. How successful. this cooling and ventil- el’ng system is may be gathered from the fact that the mercury never rose above 70 degrees in the Walker Thea- tre on the warmest nights during the various performances given there last 3jummer. Therefore it is an _ ideal place in which to while away the warm summer afternoons or evenings. Another feature that should be men- tioned in speaking of the comfort to the patrons of the house is the width of the seats and the fact that there is no crowding between he rows. One ‘may sitvin absolute ease and comfort.

Manager /Walker has. secured - for his big summer attraction this year the John C. Fisher Company, of New York, in a repertoire of popular mus- ical comedy successes. The company

numbers sixty-tive. people and it re- quired ‘four of the largest baggage , cars to transport the scenery ‘and | costumes from New York to Wiun- | peg. The Fisher Company opened | Monday evening, June 22nd, in, “Flo- ; rodora,’~_and will remain until the end of July. The repertoire for Fair week will include ‘Florodora,”’ ‘The Strollers,” and ‘The Silver Slipper.” ' The press and public rave. over the | ability of the principals and the beau- ty and grace of. the. choristers, ‘also the productions.

The Jackass and Debs.

Eugene V, Debs, the Socialist leader, tells the following story on himself:

“I was to address a public meeting, and there was intense prejudice agdinst me, so the young man who had to introduce me thought he would try to disarm it,

“Debs is hated by some people,’ he said, ‘because he has been in strikes. This is not right.” It is the law of na-} ture to defend yourself. Why, even ° a dog will growl if you try to.deprive ‘him of the bone he is gnawing, a goat will butt if you get-in his way, and’ you all know what a jackass will do if you monkey with him. Ladies ané

' gentlemen, this is Debs, who will now address you,’ ”—Success Magazine,

Dickens and the Theatre, Charles* Dickens‘ was a great patron of the theatre. He allowed himself: one night to be taken to the play by a friend who was interested in the a which happened to occupy the ards. The man in charge of the door

would not admit them without pay- |

ment, but after awhile the authorita-. tive official was found and the neces- sary permission secured. ,The per- formance unfortunately to ke very dull, but.for the sake of hig friend the famous novelist endured it with stoical calmness. In leaving, how- ever, he stared about him and’ re- marked, with simple pathos: “I am ’ looking for that kind hearted man ne : hy" not for er ‘us in. i I should like to give @ shilling.’ Dundee ry oth bed ‘

fag ty sipatp Deeean | 7 eons yor foyer is a dream of} »

ION A590 aaa we Fh SHE MEANT WELL, an a Phd’ But’ Put a Damper on the. Young Man’s ; Enthusiasm. ' : The young man who’ aspires to the

intense was walking with the young woman who doesn’t quite: understand

all he says, but nevertheless thinks it is simply grand...

“Look on the glories of the, western ‘sky! he exclaimed) (°°. 2

= seemed, puzzled for a minute and

said: RRO ys aera ee 9" ‘ “Let meé see; you face the north-- that’s the way our house fronts—and then on your, right hand,is‘east and on your left is west. Why, it’s the direc- tion we'ré walking, isn’t it?” a

He looked a trifle gloomy, but re- sumed: PE .

“How the great masses of color are piled one upon another in nature’s lavish and transcendent art!’

“Yes.” she sighed. “It makes me think of Neapolitan ice cream,”

“And there, close and closer to the horizon, sinks a great crimson ball, the setting sun.”

' “Right over there?”

“Yes,”

“Straight ahead of us?”

“To be sure.”

“Well, I've been wondering about that for the Iast five minutes, You know, my little brother is so mischie- vous. He broke my glasses this after- neon, and I am so nearsighted that I couldn’t be sure whether that was the crimson setting sun or somebody play- ing golf.”—Washington.Star.

American Tourists.

The wealth of “Ormus or of Ind” Is not nowadays to be compared witb that of America—at least, in European eyes. The number of Americans in ‘Europe has risen during the past year from 125,000 to 150,000, It is caleulat- ied that American tourists disburse In Switzerland alone what amounts to $16 for every inhabitant of that country.—

Vnaeq Antonlasie Rome.

A Pathetic Love Story.

How many people are aware that the marriage of the Empress Marie’ Feo- dorovna, of Russia, the czar’s mother, who is at present in England visiting her sister, Queen Alexandra, and who hopes to make her home in England, provided one of the most pathetic love stories in the annals of royalty? asks a writer. Before the empress, who was Princess Dagmar of Denmark, mar- ried Alexander III. she was engaged to his elder brother, the ezarowitz. In 1865 at Nice the Grand Duke Nicholas fell from his horse and was so badly injured that his life was despaired of. His fiancee hastened to him and never left his side till he breathed his last. The succession to the throne devolved on the Grand Duke, Alexander. He stood by the deathbed of the czaro- witz, who in the presence of the em- peror and empress placed: the hand of the’ weeping princess into his, saying to her with almost his last words, “Marry my brother; he is true as erys- tal; and I wish it.” , Enforced by politi- cal reasons, this bequest was law to the bereaved girl. .

W. N. U. No, 696.

FREE PRESS. —

Operation . a foided voided,

When Doctors Had Given up and. the

Surgeon’s Knife Recommended—

A. Cure is bg yt Dr. Chase's

‘Kidney-Liver Pills. Sel,

W: G. Aikens oi Zephyr, Ont. Co., writes that his wife was rescued from a medical operation for inflammation of the bladder by Dr. Chase’s * Kid- ney-Livé?” Pills. “She had taken doc- tors” medicine, but without avails and when almost resorting to» the sur- ‘geon’s knife: this Ni tieiggall ‘was given‘a'trial, with the above, result.

This terrible disease may be recog- nized by the frequent and imperative desire to urinate every half hour, night and day: Urination is accom- panied with a heavy burning pain, felt chiefly about the bladder. Some- times ,at the end of each urination blood is passed, while almost invar- iably the urine contains . pus and, blood. The patient is—also liable to be chilly, followed by. considerable fever. ;

There are thousands of persons who, although they have not a' symptom cf any kidney or liver disease, take oc- casionally a pill to regulate and as- sist these organs. This prevents dis- ease. , .

Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills will prevent as well as cure. One pill a dose, 25 cents a box, at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto. Write for Dr. Chase’s 1908 Calendar Almanac. a by SS ___________

Remedy for Road Dust.

To control to some extent the dust whicktroubles travellers, M. J. Buck- ley, general superintendent of the Oregon Navigation Line, purposes ‘o allow weeds to grow along the tracks. Instead of keeping the track clear o weeds by cutting them, the section men are instructed to allow them to grow, keeping them trimmed close to the rails-that they may not come in the rails that they may not come :n contact with the wheels of the cars and cause trouble. It is estimated that the company spends $40,000 each year in cutting weeds; and, in- cidentally, keeping soil worked go that winds catch the dust. Wherever weeds have been allowed to grow dust has never troubled, and. this fact has caused Mr. Buckley to try the experiment of allowing weeds and grass to cover the‘ties, especially the at at the ends of the ties outside the rails.

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A Medical Need Supplied.—When| a medicine is found that. not only

acts upon the stomach, but is so com- posed ‘that certain ingredients of it; pass unaltered through the stomach to find action in the bowels, then there is available a purgative and a cleanser of great effectiveness. Par- melee’s Vegetable Pills are of this character and are the best of all pills.. During the years that they have been in use they have established them- selves as no other pill has done.

Se ee eee Of all the discomforts in life, says Marmaduke in London Truth, the worst is—woman. Before marriage woman is ali bait; after, all hook.

Minard’s Liniment Cures Diphtheria.

“What is the meaning of false doc- trine, Willie?’ asked the Sunday school teacher.

“Tt’s when a doctor gives the wrong stuff to a sick man,” answered the little fellow. . ;

A little girl, who was trying to tell a friend how absent-minded her grandfather was, said: ‘He walks

-|around thinking about nothing, and

when he remembers it, he then for- gets that what he thought of was something entirely. different from what he wanted to remember.’—" Philadelphia Ledger. —

MR. HERBERT ASQUITH.

A Pen Sketch of England’s Strong Commoner | A few years ago. the spirit of im-| perialism was dominant in England,|| but to-day the fortunes of the. ad- ministration are tied up with ques- tions of local public‘weal. It is hint- ed that. but’ for the large and sub- stantially increased labor vote polled at the elections in 1906 Mr. Herbert Asquith would not have been selected premier to succeed Campbell-Banner- man. The English people, not alone the workingmen, but all classes, are demanding that something be done for them, whatever happens to im- perialism, and the increased vote for pronounced friends of labor is only | one’ of many signs that times have changed. . _Herbert Asquith is a self made man, a man of the people. He was born a

democrat, trained a democrat and.

made his own way in life without) powerful friends and without money !} to back up his ambition. Moreover, ! he has remained a democrat and not a time server or a climber. He first entered Parliament as a home ruler, and it is said that when he first open- ° ed his lips to speak on public quess | tions in the presence of Gladstone | the “Grand Old Man,” then gloomy over the impending defeat of his pet principles, was forced to “‘sit up and take notice,” and that‘he did so with a look of supreme.relief on his. face. A new voice had been lifted up on the side of the people. That was twenty years or more ago, and since then Asquith has been ‘a marked man_ among Liberals: He has a great task before him to realize the many hopes built up in the minds of the common people of the British islands, by Lib- eral leaders’ and teachers of the Gladstone school, but -évery cause and every peculiar era finds its prophet. He. may promise more than his ad-

fninistration will be able to perform}. >

r the overburdened and struggling masses of England and Ireland, but he was born r ght for the role assign-

him, and through all the .vicissi- udes and turnings of political life he has remained true to his birthright— a man of the people—and he stands firmly as well as aonsistently on that platform now.

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FOR CAMPERS. ~

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Save Many Thous-

Dont’s That May - and Dollars.

(1). Don*t, when in the woods, throw. down ,a lighted match, cigar stub or other flaming object; make aure

You surely wouldn’t buy.an inferior cow,

the flame has been thoroughly extin-| for the same money? Why should you

guished: before throwing it away. 'Q): Don’t build your canip ‘fire larg- er than is. necessary... :

(3) Don't, under any circumstances, leave. your fire unguarded, even for a comparatively, short time; see that it is- dead out before you go, away.

(4) Don’t biild your fire-in leaves, eh ia i wood or other inflammable mat- erial., i

(6) Don’t build your fite ‘against a large or hollow. log, where it is hard to be sure when it is has been entirely put out. \

To these “don'ts” it may be added that in windy weather, or in a dan- gerous place, it is well to confine the fire in a hole dug clean down to the mineral soil. A fire may smoulder in the humus, or “duff’’ for days, on-

ily. waiting for a strong breeze to fan

it into a flame ‘that may burn over miles of timber.

Summer tourists and campers un- fortunately have a_ bad reputation among the owners of timber limits as being a frequent cause of fires. Such fires could be prevented, almost with- out exeeption, by a little extra care on the part of the campers, who have been the unintentional cause of much forest destruction, and who have just as real an interest in the preservation of the forests as the owners of the timber themselves. The rules given above are the result of long experi- ence and‘ observation on the part: of many woodsmen and lumbermen as to the origin of fires from this cause, and are, earnestly commended to the attention of campers, sportsmen and others. ‘

The need for observing them is em- phasized by the occurrence a few davs ago of serious fires in the~Lake St. John district in Quebec, one village being wiped out; the fires are thought to have originated from. fires left by fishermen.

‘Worms: feed upon the vitality of children and endanger their lives. A simple and effective cure .is Mother Graves’ Worm Exterminator.

Most women have faith in their husbands as long as they can buy things on credit at a dry goods store:

When two women exchange compli- ments the ‘recording angel is kept us busy as when two men trade horses.

Many a man gets the upper hand by dealing it to himself from the bot- tom of the pack.—Pittsburg Leader.

A New Railway Danger Signal.

Testimony in a recent distressing accident due to a grade crossing col- lision between a trolley car and a passenger train showed that danger signals are recklessly ignored some- times. To make schedule time is the object set before motormen and en- gineers, and it is only fair to say that occasionally the making of schedule ame by a train will limit the liabtttty to accident through confusion. How- ever, the practice of ignoring signals has come t» be a menace, and railroad men have encouraged a new devize for. signaling which also stops the train or car signaled. If the machine operates effectively it will doubtless be widely adopted. :

The new signal cannot be ignored, because the car or train is at once taken. from the éontrol of its master and compelled to stop. The only way to start motion is for some one to alight and release the exterior check,

fixed automatically at the time the

signalman gives warning. Recently an old railroad man declared in an ‘article printed in The Atlantic Month- ly that the practice of ignoring sig- nals by railroad men at certain. times has become a habit hard to eradicate. He considered the practice responsi- ble for many distressing accidents, but yet trainmen continue to exercise discretion. If the obstacle suggested by the signal is seen the warning is heeded, but if not speed is merely slackened and no full stop made. If railway men will not obey rules as to signals absolutely a device to check

| |

buy cheap, inferior, imported salt when

Windsor

‘Salt .

costs no.tnére, It’s best for butter—best for cheese—best for the table, Insist on having Windsor Salt, ,

Born to Be a Sailor. >°

The merit %tanding of the new first- class at the Naval Academy—the gra- duating class of 1909—has been com- piled. In a membership of’ 180, it’ és interesting to note, Midshipman Lu- ther Welsh, of Kansas City, Mo., stands No. 4. Welsh is the youngster

who, determined to follow the navy as a career, and finding himself lack- ing slightly in height, had himself stretched to the required stature in a specially constructed machine. He is one of the youngest members of his class and, as his reord shows, one «f the brightest.—N. Y. Tribune:

Pills for Nervous Troubles.— The stomach is. in the centre of the ner- vous system, and when the stomach suspends healthy action the result is manifest in disturbances of — the nerves. If allowed to persist, nervous debility, a dangerous ailment, may ensue. The first consideration is to restore the stomach to proper action, and there is no readier remedy for this than Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills. Thousands can attest the.virtue cf these pills in curing nervous disor- ders. ;

An old gentleman walked up to the pretty girl attendant at the counting room of a daily newspaper office a few days ago and said:

“Miss, I would like to get copies of your paper for a week back.”

“You had better get a porous plas- ter,’ she abstractedly replied. ‘You get them just across the street.’’— exchange.

Teas come and go, but the tea that always stays, always leads, always absolutely pure, always the best in quality, is ‘‘Salada.”’ s 35

On leaving his study, which is -in the rear of the church, the pastor of a church in Brooklyn saw a little boy a friend of his, talking to a stranger.

“What was he saying to you, Dick?” asked the divine, as he came up to the youngster. , - ; j wanted to know if Dr.

“He just Blank was the preacher of _ this church.”’

“And what did you tell him?”

“T-told him,” responded the lad, with dignity, ‘that you were the pre- sent. encumbrance.’’—Lippincott’s.

Minard’s Liniment Cures Distemper.

Flowers at Funerals.

A clergyman who conducted the ser- vices at a funeral on the East Side re- cently caused a mild sensation and, for the time, made the mourners for- get their loss, by speaking of the “foolish display of flowers.’’ He said that the effort to ape the rich people in this custom was as reprehensible as it would be to follow them in dress. “T have come to be with you when you take leave of the dead,”? he said, “but I speak to the living, and ask fou to remember that there are places in the world where death no- tices state also that no flowers are wanted, and ask that the money which would have been spent for them be sent to charitable institutions.’’? The sentiment evidently found favor in some minds for an “extract from a

their train in spite of them will be ! sensible sermon, made from memory”

whera tha dangar.ia crea’

found necessary, especially at points | was sent to all the East Side publi-

cations.—New York Tribune.

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ALWAYS, EVERYWHERE IN CANADA,

ASK FOR

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Sold and used everywhere in Canada.

- Children Like It. OO

Children Thrive On It.

Shrédded Wheat

Children Grow On It

regulates ' stomach sweet and clean,

the system and keeps the

Try it.. Bold by all grocers.

that | when you could get a pedigreed Jersey~ ©

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, Our. Letter

H® Parisian taflor has been very lucky this season, for the ~ weather. has been inclement in the extreme, and the charming: spring toilets usually worn at this time of year by the elegantes had tobe saved for some future occasion, Costumes , of cloth and serge hay .been, up to date, the only: ones wotn, and even ‘@ark* colors are, favored; but these tallored suits are interesting because they are. quite different from any ‘production of former years,

There are’ ‘skirts of largely “ checked. ‘black and white lainage, accompanied by jadkets of fine black safin-facea cloth, cut swallow-fail and worn ovet

““® white satin vest and an old lace

Jabot. Sometimes they are trimmed with soutache and. sometimes with passementerie. The tailors, too, have launched skirts of materials that have hitherto never been seen, hey show alternating stripes of patterned and Plain ‘stuff exactly matching each other. This material is pleated, and, ‘With each motion, it produces an iri- Gescent’ effect which “is most original and chic: With these skirts a plain silk or cloth jacket to match is worn. The revers and vestings are embroid- ered and braided,

The tailors are combining novelties ef great elegance, and nowadays the gwo-called classical tailor-made is mever seen in a close-fitting version, There are-curved backs on tailored coats,

White serge suits are shown in the shops, although it has. been.too cold for them to be seen on the’street as yet. These are made on the in- croyable style, heavily trimmed and bound with white soutache braid. Then there. are others where the Jackets are-cutaway. These, too, are bound in soutache. Thé skirts for these suits creole walking length, and they are etter circular or gored,

A jacket seen of a new shape, by Doucet, is loose at the waist and cut round;in front. Its originality con-

From Paris

sists’ in @ kind of draped front, #6 ar-_

ranged as to forin ‘three deep folds fastened with three pearl buttons,

‘The tailors have certainly made the most of their popularity, for, they

have launched also new fashions for .

men, which ‘have become instantiy the rage among the beaux of Paris, Ac-~. cording to ‘the present fashion a man’s coat must be cut tight at the waist and finished with wide skirts,

while two pockets are cut across, The ~

most fashionable , colors fre dark green, violet and brown, ° The Vests are almost. always: made of a light

‘ material and bound all around, pock-

ets and.all, with the same'material in a much darker shade:

But to return to the costumes of mesdames, Pleated skirts, except for very light materials, seem to have gone out of fashion, but, if they are no longer pleated, they are trimmed with braid and many small buttons. The plainest skirts have now a wide fold at the back. They are higher at the waist line and loose, but very tight over the hips. With skirts cut on this plan very little trimming is used, When soutache is used as trimming it 1s in a small design; the Greek -key is a favorite for a simple skirt. When skirts are long any kind of trimming can be used, and covered buttons are agafn in fashion—they look well on fancy tallor-mades. Brass buttons, too, like those used on men's trou- sers, are original and new.

A particularly elegant tailor-made costume, seen at the Cafe Madride the other afternoon, was made with browh, green and gray mixed. woolen material, trimmed with black silk soutache, finished down the front with a cambric ruche edged with -valen- ciennes. The green straw toque was trimmed with a torsade of velvet and three or four bright green quills,

oh re

To Help You Make a Shirtwaist

ANY women make their cwn M shirtwaists and blouses who would never think of cutting

out and seaming wp a skirt of the simplest variety. One reason for this is, I supposé, because the waist Is in small sections .nd may te easily handled and conveniently tucked away in the workbag, wile the skirt is bulky,-refusing to be reac.ly Gig posed of, and can, by ne streteh of the imagination, be called “fancy. work.” .

The very best of patterns needs to be adjusted to the individual figure. Did it ever occur to you how unrea- sonable we are in what we require of a pattern? Every woman who buys a pattern expects it to fit her—and just think how many women buy the same pattern! If these same women tried On one another’s clothes, how well do you suppose they would fit?

It is well worth knowing where to make alterations so as _not)to disturo the lines and style of the pattern,

The line of the neck and the line of the arm-size should never be cut close to the pattern, for these are“places where frequently alterations ‘are made.

Collarg are often hard to fit because the neck has been cut out too much. To, adjust the collar properly to the neck, the waist should be tried on and

the neck, which has been cu’ high, clipped little by dittle, and gently stretched until it settles into place without a_ wrinkle. Then the col-

jar may be pinned about the neck, fitting it comfortably and smootuily, then pin its lower edge,carefully to the waist neck. The very best collars are straight strips of material, curved gradually at the top to measure one- quarttr to one-half of an in¢gl higher

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HILDREN'S clgthes must be washed! That is a statement which allows of no argument, In fact, it is an axiom. So, when selecting models, for children, wise mothers have found that. the most satisfactory are those which are easy to iron. This year the designers have realized the importance of the laundering qualities;-and they have put on’ the market several styles pre

Chaka, be left pon fg ening from top sides, —

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FEISM os),

in the back than in the front. It is possible to fit these, straight collars smoothly, provided the waist js cut high enough at the neck, A cOlli-c with a wide eurve at its lower edge, which sets down below the throat line, gives the neck a thick look and robs it of all slender, column-like -grace; :

A common fault is to cut out the arm-size.too much under the arm. This done and the sleeve sewed in, the e4rm is pinned to the side and loses all

freedom of motion; whereas, if the waist fs cut high under the arm, the sleeve may be tight, yet the arm may be raised above the head with no dis- aster to the waist. *

When the shoulder seams must be altered care should be taken to keep the line true and the position right— neither too far to the front nor to the back. At the base of the collar the neck line should be divided into three equa), parts; the line from shoulder seam to shoulder seam across the front should measure exactly twice as much as the line from shoulder seam to shoulder seam across the back.

The shoulder seam must not be too long, else the sleeve cannot be fitted with the necessary trim, square look,

To adjust the waist at the belt line a narrow belt should be pinned about the waist line, and to this the fulness should be pinned, keeping the seams and line of fulness as perpendicular as possible. Let the under-arm seam fall straight and let it be an easy fit from the arm-size to the belt line,

Gather. the fulness into about a seven-inch space at the belt line in

front, three and a half Inches each side of the center front if the shirt closes in the front. A five-inch space will hold the fulness of the back at the waist line.

, OSTUMES for summer weather ‘must not only include Nght

dresses of silks and cottons, but also a few gowns that may be worn on cooler days at sea- shore and mountains, and for these

thére are no better materials than .

wool voile and light cashmere. There is no fgeason, however, why the gowns —no, matter how warm they may be— need be either stiff or unbecoming, and there are a few suggestions on the page today for the -making of such cg

In the Wrst place, they should not be too short. Wool voile is a material that needs a little sweep to give the appearance of grace that belongs to it. Then the material is so elastic

Waterproof Silk

P kinds of weather are becoming more and more recognized, and they may be found in all the gay colors. There are some even with knife-pleated ruffles around the edge. These last will deceive every ‘one, for they look just like the lightest of sunshades, but they are really waterproof and will protect one from the rain.

One parasol handle and frame will now do as a foundation for several para- sols, for the newest ones have separate epvers of different colored silks to sim- ply stretch over the one frame. Think how convenient this would be for travel- ing, for it would be necessary only to carry a'stick and frame covered with a somber waterproof cover, which would be quite appropriate in case of rain or

shine, and then, when one has reached the parasol could be

her destination,

& Frocks

ery

bearsd

directly in front or directly in,the back.

If the dress 1s pleated, it is obylous-

that it simplifies matters greatly if the

buttons ‘are’on either side,’ for it may’

then be laid flat on @ large table; other-

wise it is necessary to Waste In the

pleats so they will keep their\shape? The

buttonholes are covered with a flap, 80

that when the dress is onsthe child,

there fs no vat le opening, This gigat- fe of the dress.

PaaS

WATS VA

Ze He VID AL Bot Sheuk ay

Fe fi:

Of course, the great difficulty in iron- ing frocks for children is that the neck is too small to be spread over the board; this is ahviated, where the “shoulder may be undone, When the buttons are down the front or back they may be covered or uncovered, as

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that it will not hold without a belt line, so it is not the sort of thing that may be made in’ one piece to hang from the shoulders. ( :

A wool voile in a soft shade of brown {s.made in pleats, while the vest effect is obtained by two bands of embroidery crossed in the fron. These are edged with a narrow -ruch- ing of lace and fastened by four satin- covered buttons in black. The girdle is of black satin, while a band of the same finishes the codllar at the‘ top. This gown is most attractive, and might be worn in the afternoon if. the occasion be not too formal.

A pretty model, which would be good for linen as well as voile. is in a shade of grayish blue. The long

line from the right shoulder across to the left side is good, and the lit- tle vest-like front is becoming. The guimpe itself is of tucked sheer linen, while the cravat is of black satin with a wide ruche. of lace, which should match that used for the vest. The band around .the guimpe line should be of taffeta; if made of: the material it would not hold ‘in place. If Mnen be used, the band may be of the same, and should be stitched, The gown is really charming, and it is so simple that it could not fail to be satisfactory.

A striped wool voile is worn over a guimpe of cluny lace. The neck and sleeve edging, as well as the band down the front, are of brown taffeta, which

. SEEN IN THE;)SHOPS

Curned into a light and aity thing that would suit any dress.

“rere are tdo;" some afterfipon Coa’ made of waterproof silk to wear with summer gowns’ for driving and ‘motor- ing. It seems as though in time we will all wear waterproof clothes entirely; and indeed it would be a clever idea, for it would save a great deal of the anxi- > ety caused by the ever-fickle weather.

Important Accessory IRDLES with sash ends are becom- ing more popular than ever and they are shown in a Jarge variety of styles—some of them tied in front, some in the back and some on the sides. They are made in all shades and widths of ribbon, There are many shops, too, which make a specialty of building gir- dles to exactly fit the person desiring

them. Girdles are an important feature of the costume, and good fit*and good

a 4 h it - Some are made in one piece, with Tagine a anda

api ll Bi ve seedes a che neat ee hee

por ll cag ten yea

NY) (LAs

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in pleats, with the upper part stitched —

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style in thjs little accessory is worth consideratign.

- Fluffy Neckwear

UGE bows and frills of net have lace-trimmed. or embroidered edges, and are worn with stocks of tucked net. Some ofthe very newest neckties are made of finest silk mousseline or mull, fully eight inches in width, with deep embroidéred edge. They are tied in two loops and two wide ends.

Novelties in Jewelry

N JEWELRY the best houses are showing all sorts of little odds and ends which help make‘the toilet com- plete, Little watch charms in the form of telegrams have a mé€ssage engraved inside and one has merely to open the envelope to find it. They are made in enamel and gold. Then there, are

plain gingham piped with bright tar tan plaids, and still others ar; piped

ith white, esses for li Leh made of ‘stripes fail Sd teancaied oun ehecks, © aenne ton ron lawns make _fascinating frocks for little SP these may’ bé a of trimming. The gulmpe must, , of course, be

Ant

, arrows—long ones, broken ic the middle

POPES LEM TG AN ‘Btraw hat to hold the veil in place.

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Material also covers the buttons,

This frock. would also be very at- tractive made of linen, gingham or cotton voile. In fact, any of these- * dresses may be made of other mate- rials, although voile and cashmere are so soft and wear so long that they are very desirable. The first® gown with the crossed vest would be~ beautiful of silk cashmere in a soft shade of champagne, and: it would then be appropriate for quite dressy occasions.

Of course, a variation in the color” of the sash will do wonders toward helping the costume from plainness to~ dressiness; and when really handsome” dresses are needed chiffon cloth is the - ideal material,

—which one may stick through the edge

They are made ‘in all sorts of jewele@ designs and, as they do not tear the brim of the hat, they are very useful indeed. Many new shirt studs and shirtwaist sets are shown, jeweled with all sorts of precious stones. These are ~ not only for women, but also for men, although, perhaps, they will be, consid- ered too dressy for the men to be satis- saapenrs

FETA, which has played such « - large and important part both in the making and trimming of”

clothes, is this season being supplanted - by satin.

Satin is the vogue in black and ir colors. bd For the dressier costumes satin is chosen, and it is seen in all the modish

colorings.

Simplicity is the dominating note tn the construction of these costumes, for satin is a material that can well afford hag be used untrimmed, so handsome is t.

Beautiful evening cloaks are of patie and, as trimming, it appears _upon other \ y cloaks of dressy type, whethér for even-.. ; ing or day wear.

Gowns of voile and chiffon and alt

. Glaphahous fabrics are bordered and fin- ished with satin in matching or har- monizing: hue

Bias folds of black'satin trim where like folds of taffeta used to adorn,

Buits, - ; ay eetey vere fas : ae frills of white Very chic are i

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» Call and see usin our,

LARGE, EXTENDED

SHOWROOM

We have Jingt sa lisdai up a Catload of FU RNITORE, including Kitchen’ Cabinets and ‘a. nice assorbment:.of |; Upholstered: ‘Fancy ° Rockers and Leather Goods, - Call’ jn and get prices, . H. vou do not want! to biry you, will later.

Taber Furniture Co. .

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that an Ex-

auination will he held by Jos. Buxton, a oly }

a pointed Inspector of Steam Boilers for the Pro- vince of Alberta, ut —

High River, Sept. 7, at Astoria Sainple Rooms:

Clarésholm, Sept. 9, at Alberta Sample Roams;

Macleod, Sept. 11, at Town Hall;

L -thbridge, Sept. 14-15. in A.R. & I. Reading Room;

Raymond, Sept. 17, in Town Hall}

Cardston, Sept. 19th, in Cohoon Sample Rooms: at 9 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of giving en- ‘gincersand apprentices an opportunity of qualifying for Certificates under the provisions cf the Steam Boilers” Act, 1906,

Application for examination should be made to the above-named [Inspector or to

GQVERNMENT OF THE |

To Steam Engineers |

‘Advertising Rates © on ‘Application Subseription $1; 50 yearly, i in advance |

W. A.M. Bellwood,editor and manne

TitAsbat,

Avot 20). 1908:

Notes and Comments).

The eatimnited ‘op eld, for Taber this year is 90,420 bushiels. + This js well within the mark. -

One’ of our sporting men truth: = fully remarked the other day, “You

lof cheap skates.

ithe United Kingdom was 1.29; in the United States it is 3.21, and in Japan it rises to 5.45,

A despatch from Grayson, Sask., says that the average yield of wheat between the Canadian Northern and

| will run about 13 bushels per acre, very heavy damage being done by

Pre - Emptio

- Regulations

setae ~| Reguaton af Department Gavern-

~Thg Lands Lara to Betsy

“EAST OF C. & E. AOD

don’t have.to go to arink to see a lot | Lands Will Be Held Short Time

For Homesteaders if Applica-

J. R. Sutherland, dominion lands

agent for Calgary district, received | ithe following letter from the Hon. |

Frank Oliver :—

“Pre-emption may be taken on either odd or even numbered sections

south of township 45, east of the ithe C.P.R., a distance of 120 miles, Calgary and Edmonton Railway sid

the west line of range 26, and west |

of the third meridian and the Soo

|Majority

‘For Scott

Complete hiturna 81 Give Literal | 12 Majority " utes

The Sie et ‘of the, Sas- | katchewan election are ‘now in and | the doubt .as to the result, has passed | away.« Fall returns give the’ stand- | ing of - the -parties -as follows :- Liberals, 26; Hqual, Righters, 14; one election to be held. ,

jority. | | Canora: Robertson, 25 majority. Duck Lake: Turgeon, 150 ma-

jority. Hstevan: Bell, 300 majority. Francis: Stevenson, 100: majority. Hanley: MeNeil, 50 majority. Humboldt: Neely, 400 majority, Moosomin: Smith, 70-majfority. Regina City: Bole, 264 majority. | Rosthern: Ens, 210 majority.

Bas THE “buckine stool.

How a “Goold” Used. to Be Punished In

Old Englands “4 ‘It is interesting to conjure up a ple: ture of a “ducking” as practiced in England at. the end of the elghipenth century.

When the “gcold"™had been properly tried and convicted, she ‘was escorted * by a crowd of her neig rhbors--in fact. by the whole village—to the nearest poud, and ,the greener and sljmier the pond the. better. A long plank . was produced, at one end of whic hy wis the ducking stool, and in this the scream | Ing. struggling vic bia was wecnitel pi | foned,

The chair end of the plank was theh pushed far over the edge of the pond. and ata ‘signal ‘tt was tilted deep into the ‘green ooze until the scold» was completely immersed.

When the dripping? half drowned wo- man was’raised to the surface hgain to the jeers avd laughter of the on-

she was’as penitent u woman as the | village covthined and was allowed to proceed hone a sadder and wiser wo- man until the next time.—London Tit- Bits.

DEFIED THE JUDGE.

| A Fine For Voting That Susan B. An-

thony Never Paid. “It bas beev so wany years ago that

| most people have, forgotten that the

late Susan B. Antbony was fined $100 or a year's Imprisonment for having

OHN STOCKS, . : : 7 : D

t sore Deputy Minister, | SOPhers. Railway line, but townships -within! - Swift Current : Scott, 227 ma-| president.” said a Chicago judge. Devers: Se soem ana | ys that aed in which « railway com | jority. “Miss Anthony was as brave as she 4 onton, / : ~3 = 7 , x \-

annie: | = Piék > daily . ; . S. Battleford: Simpson, 155 ma-| “8% intellectual a asked to be n ick up any daily paper you may|pay has selected eight sections of aie lowed to speak a word in ber own be- : . wee and you are at once’ confronted with] its land grant are excluded from jority. ; half. lea gore: being eves os * geet . : ee : t tr Pp sn 1A n Court of Revision. large headlines drawing attention to | the pre-eription privilege. , annie said oe sa ounes fidis. newaneper giian from en nee ~< ar a ane has been! — “* Persons entitled to a pre-emption "Pally: Sobinatas 32 majority ey réaid, telding abe Heeorlati bape estroye y fire. Should a fire r : : sa: ve , . or,’ she said, holding up ber right band, TOWN OF TABER. break out on Main St. in Taber, with oe. sine : peer witli" Saskatoon County : Sutherland, | ‘I am due wy creditors uot less than ‘ : , in which

Notice ‘is Court of Revision of the Assessment

“hereby given that a)

a strong southwest wind | what would. be the result ? it is considered: the thousands of

blowing,

When |

townships

available as a pre-emption, are en-

pre-emptions | may be taken, and alongside whose | homestead there is a quarter section |

13 majority. Redberry : Langley, . 113: majority. | Saltcoats: McNutt, 200 majority:

$1,000. This money I expect to live to pay, but | am willing this arm shall wither from my body before I pay the $100 you have so unjustly assessed

dared to vote for General Grant for |

We. are now making a splendid ‘\arade of clean, uniform sized NUT COAL, just the thing for domestic use. Try a load of it and ees will use no other, }

$2. 50

PER TON AT, THE MINE.

Canada West Coal Co., Lite

Established ‘since the flood

z x tion Is Made At Once—Agent LIBERALS. |lookers jt can be imagined that her vo ie PROVINCE. OF ALBERTA | Shall Settle Dispute — Mapes | ' : : ee tongue wagged to some purpose. Aft- and up-to-date ever td be, | | A recent English blue book shows leeued Arm River: Scott, 90 majority. er a second dose she emerged more | NOTICE that the death-rate in coal mines in , Cannington; Stewart, 200- ma-| subdued, and after a third or fourth |

Depew & Veale CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS

P.0, Box 262 - Taber, Alberta

a . r Hy : f 3 ; lachtiin': Mi . against me.’

Roll for, the Town of Taber will be] doliars invested in busihess blocks | titled if the first applicant to'etiter Weyburn: Mitchell, 57 majority. “The court realised the decp serious- c

held in the Council Chantber on} and stocks, and no more fire pretec- | ¢ vol ie aah Touchwood: Atkinson,’ 55 ma-| ness of Miss Anthony’s declaration, DON'T TRAMP ALL OVER, i Tuesd ay, Aug. 25th, 1908, at 10 a.m.! 4:5 A . : OF such QUATLCY Sefulon 86 B- pre- jority. and though she could have been or- | follow the sign that lead hi § BUA, SIU) ‘M. ' tion than two little chemical engines, : - after Sept. 1st ; : ~ | but follow the sign that leads to this

‘ i ; emption on or after Sept. 1st next. M : C ty: Sh 1, 99| dered to jail for nonpayment of the | : All parties interested will govern | it almost makes.one shudder. The Rev NOOR to DEPLiTaeRt Sonne Waunny eppara, fine his honor did not have the nerve , Yard. It is the best place we know themselves accordingly. rates charged for insurance make in- aire a SA ene: majority. to enforce the extreme penalty. Miss {of to huy lumber for a fence, hen-

GEO, C. MILLAR,

}surance almost prohibitive. Those

“Tf such homesteader, whose entry

‘must be in good standing, notifies in |

Wadena: Pieree, 266 majority.

Anthony lived for its imposition, but the fine was never

many years after

coop, barn or house.

| y . i + mater 97-1t Sec’ y-Treas. who are insured do not carry any- hi by | Vonda: Totzke, 227 majority. | paid.” | SKASONED LUMBER s . hori ’ 7 i a | thing like the amount they should. | writing over his own signature or by | Yorkton . Garry, 227 m@jority. i ule Se ee ee kil ] .: vd tl . i ast ti I h d d F ; Ist w fire-wtike Tahor-and the teault | telegraph from a sub-land agent, the, Lloydminster: Lisle, majority un- Cobra’s Fatal Bite. Ree eee: oes sen wr eee at TABER L NDS OR ALE! 4A tig inant Iti tt jagent of the land district in which | known. One of the deadliest suakes in India | lowest prices is what we olfer mer- H ; would be disastrous, is up to the ' is the cobra, which claims hundreds of lechant, farmer or banker. Get lum- ' | eR ee _|-his homestead is situated, before; North Battleford: Finlayson, small, viet ‘ary: ¥ An ‘Boclish off |o oe oy Known as the C.Y. Ranch Lands | People of Taber, business man, me \ ileus ce eo i a est ace, aber lied 1 your buildi sill S the ©1. chahio-iiner aod’ lebotee: to de all! | Sept. 1st, that he desires to pre-empt | majority. | cial once saw one bite a fowl, and, be | VEP Here and your puridings wil ‘: i eee eee yes EE Tn Ee An available quarter section lying , CONSERVATIVRS. | Ing curious to learn how long the, ven- | stand the ravishes of time, and will

I will sell any. of the following |

alongside his homestead or separated |

om took to act, be timed it with his

be the kind you.can point to and be

| | the interests of a waterworks system ache acs | ea lses ae = Last Mountain: Anderson, 246, babar iat paca a cock ° was proud of quarter, or half-sections as_ | stat and fire protection. Vr dy only’a roa ce, the majority. ouc screamed, but at once ran , : : oa —— Td agent shall Nold such quarte Teeny enema = ott tots inates: mia began preety ws — below for the price . of - $12.5 50 | per . ote seas a such quaiter Milestone: Whitman: 64 Walority. 12 Ba all AN ls acre; $4.50 an. acre‘cash, $1.50 per : section reserved from homestead €D-| Moosejaw City : Wellington, 81) onds the comb and wattles changed | HJ nacre say January, 1909, and $1.00; During the recent by-election con-| try and -for- pre-emption entry only majority from red to black. In two minutes it | ojers- Unning all] Ti F : i . ivisi i . 15 . : we begun to stagger and fell down in con- pe pet each year therenfter until | test in -the Hsanerston division of oe ths ond:.of; Bone. Apsh, bub po Maple Creek: Wylie, 304 majority.| yulsions, struggling violently until it | Lumbe C Ltd paid for, with interest at 6% per, London one of the speakers for the, oneek: Pheasant Hills: Willway, 130 ma-| died, three minutes and a balf after it | r 0., 2 annum :— successful Unionist candidate drew If more than one homestead ad- jority had been bitten. On plucking the fowl Section ain” Range’ at | attention to a circular which had| joins a quarter section available for Pinesions: Gillis, 383 majotity lbh dealer ge sence pa nae Dae et J. F. GLAYSHER . . . . * . . 9 & . a € e West $ .....0... 19 41 17 #44)\come into his hands bearing upon| entry as a pre-emption in connection Pri ‘Alberts City. Brads wing. Round this spot the color wae | LOCAL MANAGER West 4 20 11 17 4{Socialism. He attached impor ith such homesteads, and if noti eee ee See err ey d's | : De cveesiey 2 ocialism. e attached importance | with such homesteads, and if notice 184 majority very dark, but the rest of the bird’s | _ North Kast}... 19 11 17 4) to it in view of the fact that the|has been given as above provided : body, excepting comb and wattles, was = mee Jorth FE ¢ . Prince Albert County : Donaldson, | of tural color, hee on oe 7 ae 4 struggle, so far as could be judged, | that one of the homesteaders desires 168. msiority: : ela pact R. A. VanOrman North West+... 21 11 17 4{Wa8 mainly between the Unionist |it as a pre-emption, the pre-emption} on Qu’Appelle: McDonald, 115 The Bribe That Failed. CONTRACTOR, BUILDER, South West#... 21 41° 17:« 4 and the Socialist candidate. It be-| entry for such a quarter section shall mnaioeliy: air ie ibang gn si cad | All work guaranteed in every way North Rast... 21 11 17 4/ gan as follows :— not be granted until the agent has South Qu’Appelle: Haultain, 374| He was drank as etiwa de he. nina | Estimates given on all classes of t South Bastt... 19 tb 17 4). What is a Socialist ? decided which homesteader has the ees ; ‘ get that way. [Father Dempsey tried | buildings \ "% South East + eee 21 it 17 4 : . 2 igh h : : majority. all manner of means~-to get Delaney | a — - P North West+... 16° 11 17 4 A man who has yearhings first right to the pre-emption entry. Regina County: Tate, 341 ma-| to quit drinking. At last be said to Kast 4 .......0. IS dk 17) 4) For trade union funds— AGENT SHALL DECIDE. jority. him: Le al Acre Building Lots and a hat ae io fae Trade unionists’ earnings. “The agent shall decide on or| Souris: Riddell, 220 majority. -| grmtiae te aay mate, It you'll stop eee i West 4 ie a0 uo4uw7#sf4 A man and a@ brother, id before Sept. 15th which of the| Moose Mountain: Elliott, 85 ma-| check at the end of that ee for $00." Johnson Addition, nS 30 IL 17° 4! You will find he is willing homesteaders has. first right to the jority. “Indeed, if 1 stopped for six months eae hdiCarale Waktel Can. ‘South Fast + ... 7 {1 17 4 To pocket your pound pre-emption under sub-section 9 of Kinistino: Johnson, 35 majority. _U could write you a check for $100," Mine, Taber Sup Peis 5 . “ny: : Se . answered Delaney, and Fatber Demp- ‘ South West ¢... ( 11 17 4} And pay up his shilling. section 27 of the Dominion Lands ip telli fitl dded: SEE North Bast + .. 5 11. 17 4 : ‘ bay Pid deca yaa ost : s : The statements of those verses, he} Act, which provides that the home- } : ‘And inaeed he could, too, for he's a AARON JOHNSON North East... 22 11 17 4 ee Ne. 't tocckanie” | i South Westt... 28.11 47. 4 said, were borne out by the figures; steader in good standing who holds Gore Ba il vastat d td : : OR North East}... “7 11 17 4/Showing the smallness of the con-| the first entry for his homestead has , y e ' e FRANK JOHNSON, Agent North West+... 7 11 17 4/tributions of the Socialists to the|the first right to the pre-emption; va iia ieee hy Rhymer. North 3 ......... 10, 1L 17 4} labor party’s parliamentary fund. I d th hall n Ulustration of the working powers EASY TERMS 2 y fun n/ an e agent shall give the pre- : Fifteen Business Firms and of George R, Sims, the dramatist and

vice at 8 p.m.— Mutual Improvement Association,

J. J. WHITE, —

Northumberland Street, GUELPH, ON®.

38,

Church Services

St. Theodore Chureh.— Morning Prayer, 11 a.m.; Sunday School, 3 p.m.; Evening Prayer, 7.30 p.m.; Holy Communion, 11 a.m, first Sun- im each month and 8.80. a.m. on third Sunday in the month,

Knox Chureh—Morning service at 11 a.m., followed by Sunday School ‘and Bible Class. Ewening service,

_ 7:30. . Wednesday . Gongregational

Prayer Meeting, 8 p.m Church of Jesus Christ of Latter

ing at 2p.m. Sunday’ evening ser-

every Tuesday at 7.30 pm, ' Primary

Asaociation ) every Saturday at 3 p.m.

‘Yéung Ladies’ |.

bondtineipa it is asked in the cir- emption entry accordingly.

lar: “‘ How long are trade unionists

going to pay Socialists to misrepre-|in a township which is not available

sent them in parliament ?”

Departmental Examinations

Successful Candidates From me and Alberta. ”

Taber Public School

The ‘result of: sis recent depiir Keir Har die Coming!

mental examinations is out, and it is highly pleasing to both teacher, pupils and parents to note that all the candidates who wrote were suc- cessful. The following were the successful candidates :—

_ Standard VI.—Nellie Wright. —_— 2

Harvesters are pouring into.’ the West, four thousand having reached Winnipeg in one day.

“A homesteader who holds entry

fo. pre-emption, if there lies along- side his homestead in an adjoining township available for pre-emption an available quarter section, may pre-empt such quarter section. “Index maps showing the pre- emption tract and-the townships nob available for pre-emption are avail- able for free distribution .at’ all land agencies in: Manitoba, Saskatchewan

will Try to Form New Political Organization on This Continent

Glasgow, A: ust 15. be Fe Keir

for Canada and the United States. The object of his tour.is to. fry and amalgamate

the American and Canadian trades |.

unionists and. socialists: into one political organization like the British labor party. ; Af

Eight Residences Destroyed oN

Gore Bay, Ont., Aug, 16.—At one o'clock this morning fire broke out in the Mutchmore General Store, and, fanned by a strong east wind, crossed the street and swept both sides of Main Street to Bickle’s store on one side and Johnston’s drug store on the other. In all fifteen business firms and eight residences were burned out, including both news- paper offices.

Coal Miners Idle

Pittsburg, August 17,—-Kight per cent. of the coal mines along the’ Monongahela River are idle and

Ohio River. ———— +e “Peace be with’ you,” remarked

the tramp as he left ‘the remnant of}: his coat tail with the bull dog. »

poet, it is said that one night a new Piece was prodaced at a leading theater in London. Sims sat it out and then returned to his office, where he wrote a column and a half of criticism in thyme. It, was near the time for the

and the boy took the plece verse by verse from bim to the Composing room, the boy walking continuously from one to the other for an hour.

A Hint te the Old Man.

“I hope you appreciate the fact, air, that in marrying my daughter you pone a large hearted and generous

“ft do, sir.” with eniotioa, “and .1 bope she inberits those qualities from her father.”

Expressive.

One morning when littie Edna's

mamma came down to breakfast she

was so boarse she could scarcely ak, ( “Ob, mamma,” cried Edna,

“what a sore voice you've got!" ’

Extremely Prosperous, Mra,.Brown—la husband's. bust.

po, large ne sat have a receiver appointed to take care of them!

TER pea rgpengerc world can be ale acate alle at Cartyle.

paper to go to press when he began,.

TH S. IRVINE® GENERAL MERCHANT

Fresh, clean stock of &roceries and dry goods always on hand

MINOT, ALBERTA.

Taber Meat Market ©

Fresh and salt meats of gil kinds Fish in season, butter, lard and

i : si Haidia, - member”'of. the of miners are out of work |. fresh sausage, temb and mutton . ° ee Day Saints—Siinday school at 10 a.m, Standard V.--May Paxman, Geo. ‘pens growing? Mése Smith—Oh,. dear, 3 E Hier fe = every. Bandny.. ‘Bed t moet. | Pussell, Mary Simons. Hoste of eign here to-day|as ® resiilt of the low water in the| yest “Why last bis receipts were ie ' id

.B. Jett & Co.

‘Question . of Spex. Do your eyes tire easily? Do your eyes burn ? »

Does the type become blurred in ¢,

reading ?

Do you suffer from frontal head: aches? .

Ir So, You NEED Guassus. “ Our tn < Parlors’ are*well

Nestlake’ Ss

THURSDAY, Avoust 20, 1908

“Ssraniontny bie A MONSTER Tunnout EXPECTED

LOCALS

T. O. Hyde of Lethbridge was| visiting friends in town Friday. Try a dish of our ice cream, it is

made from pure cream, — Taber Bakery. 18-tf

R. 8..-Standerwick of Medicine|—

at is spending a few days in town week.

For -SALE—Five South African

Volunteers’ Land Grants. P. Whim-

ster, Portage la Prairie. 27-5tp.

The sympathy of. all is extended to Mr. and Mrs. a B. Henderson, whose little baby boy died Monday.

Grassy guake res idents put a China- man on the run the other day. .Mar Tay has laid’ a charge of assault in return,

The Court of Revision will sit on} when the side about. twenty feet | this accident would not have occurred.

Tuesday, August 25th, to hear and determine all appeals against the assessment roll.

Mr. A. D. Macleod, circulation managet of the Calgary Daily News, | was in town Monday and gave the 6" Press a pleasant call.

frs. John Hill, who has been in the Galt Hospital at Lethbridge for

some months and underwent an operation, returned home Friday.

For SALE—160 acres Coal-land in famous Taber district; mine ready to ship coal; seam, three feet. For particulars “apply Tabet Free Press.

26-2t

During the past week considerable threshing of fall wheat has been done. From what we can learn the average yield will be about 30. bushels | to the acre. ,

he Canada West Coal Co., Ltd.,

urning out a very fine grade .of nut.coal which they sell at the mine for $2.50 a ton, Look up their new ad. in this issue. ,

The Alberta Pacific Elevator Co. is erecting a grain warehouse 14 by 40 feet in which they purpose handling grain for this season. They | are also putting in a large weigh scale. We understand it is their intentionto erect an, elevator next summer.

R. W. Cooper of Bow Island was in town Monday. He reports crops in that section as good. On Friday night last they hed a: heavy rain which will be a great benefit to garden vegetables. Both the Al- berta Land Co, and the C.P.R. are

ing for gas.

Messrs.. E. Williains and A. J. Williams are starting a general, store in the rising town of Coal City, th company to be known as the Coal City Trading Co. Now that the mines in that vicinity are opening up with the prospect of a busy season they should have a good business.

A motoring. party consisting of H. L, Tweed, T, M. Tweed, J. A. Fraser, A. G. Peard and.C. R. Turner of Medicine Hat passed through here Sunday onthéir way to Lethbridge, When returning’ on Tuesday they stopped ta shake hands with J. B.

ite, a former Medicine Hat boy,

other friends, They report a delightful trip. @ f

, We were wrong last week when we

said that ‘Bullock Bros. had 300

acres ready:-for fail wheat. -They

have 600,.aores ready and in a few

- days will -have:it all seeded. The

‘land has been thoroughly cultivated

all summer and ig in excellent con-

dition. With a favorable year they| evening. -Mr,. Cotter will spend a

~ PUBLIC

A public nieeting will be: held’ in the Taber Opera House on ‘Saturday night, commencing at 8.30 o'clock, in the interests of the Liberal candidate for the House of CORE Hits of C. Simmoris

Hon, A. C. Rutherford, Premier’ of Alberta; Hon. W. T. Finlay, Minis- ter of Agriculture; Senator L. G. DeVeber, Duncan Marshall of the

FATAL ACID ‘ACCIDENT

Percy Marsh Loses His Life in a Well at Woodpecker

Percival’ Marsh, aged 23, son. of Mr. John Marsh of Woodpeceer, lost his life in a well at Woodpecker yes- terday. Percy was digging a well and was down about 65 feet. He was. almost finished with his work

from the bottom caved in. The} earth struck him and crushed him over the box used in hoisting the dirt. Several of his ribs were broken | and his lungs badly injured. He was buried under about eighteen inches of soil. : Those above rescued him in about twenty. minutes and sent for Dr. Lang. They did all

| D. G. MeInnis of Portland, Ore- |

gon, spent Friday in town. | Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Berne were}

Calgary visitors to town Friday.

E. F. Shellaberger and J. Bivenér! of Dekalb, Ill., were in town Friday.

Senator Dr. L. G. DeVeber of | Lethbridge was in town Tuesday on business.

Mr. and Mrs. Gibson and Miss Grace Gibson arrived up from Seven | Persons Monday.

, The Council is having a very necessary piece of work done this | week in that they are having the noxious weeds in the streets de- | stroyed. |

Mr. McPherson, teller in the..Eas- tern Townships Bank here, left last week for Winnipeg, where he will spend a week assisting the Inspector with his work.

Mr. A. L. McGrath of Hillsdale, Ont., arrived last evening and is visiting his sister, Mrs. F. R. Davis. We understand’ Mr, McGrath may make his home in Taber.

Senator Douglas and Miss Douglas of Tantallon, Sask., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Douglas.. He has also been spending a short time visiting another son, J. T. Douglas, at Calgary.

Mrs. W. W. Douglas and children have returned from their holiday trip to Elko, B.C. They had a delight- ful time, even though itbecame a little interesting on accountof the bush fire. ." '

By a vote of 171 to 31 the rate:

payers of Lethbridge passed a by- law voting $196,000 to purchase an | ~

electric light’ plant, erect a second’

stand pipe, install a new force main and install’ septic: tank, -

B. ‘Smith left suddenly last week for Salt Lake City, His father has been ill for some time and, becoming worse, he was wired for to ‘go: at once. It is to be hoped his father

mtu kuites © hele Ae

FETING "SATURDAY

i ea frat Men will will Address Electorate ®

lis aad that he should be cut. off so

| We undeistand the proceeds netted

|town to A. F. Krapfel. of Elko, B.C.,

AAA te A BME ERE TE =F

wines, will . be held Chureh ‘Sunday.

“The duck shooting , season apes on Monday, Aug. Bathe 85

‘. Mr. aod Mrs. B. 8: Bowden sore in Lethbridge vA tla returning home this morning. |”

NIGHT 1 | Mes. B. RB: Vickery. will: te at

‘|home -at her residence, Taylor Ave., on Wednesday and’ Thursday, ‘Aug. 26th ‘and’ 27th.

Rev: D. Lanig,’B.D., ee Andtéw's Presbyterian’ Chirch, St. John, N.B., ‘is the -guést of his brother, Dr. W. H. Lang.

vi. Stephefeon left Sunday night |for Banff to return with Mrs. ‘Ste- |... .phtenson ‘and Mrs. GC. Millar, who have been spending a few, weeks holidaying there.

Mile ne oastid. aa Ukdpaais cup sage ING CO:'§ Suits and Overcoats this season agaig™ ¥ ot Nas 2 BECAUSE there is no better made, Cee A a : - Qur New Styles and Fabrics for Fall ‘and’ raya -. Winter are tow ready, and we are prepared to 3G REN * “take your orders for Suits and Overcoats MADE “TO MEASURE with the distinc! understanding’ that you must, be petfectly satislied with the gar __ments‘or you don’t take them. * Be mB Ppt ba “Those who know this make of Clothing.doo® LD Cie ae ; have to be told and Saabs teat. au ha AN convinced by a trial. ‘ ? 4 ; 4

“The. Big 3 Store ;

Bdmonton Bulletin, W. C. Sifhimons, M.P.P.,,and others will address the eléctors on the questions of the day. This is an oppertunity to hear some of the most prominent men in the province of Alberta on matters affect- ing Canada in general and Alberta in particular as a part of the Dominion. No doubt there will be a large atten- dance of both gentlemen and ladies. °

Invitations are out announcing the wedding of Mr. A. G. Loomis to Miss Geneva Mabel Wing, daughter of Mr. 8. J. Wing. The wedding will take place Tuesday evening next at Mr.|' Loomis’ new home on Third Street North. They will be at home after September 1st.

Eddie Price, a lad fourteen years of age who lives north of Purple Springs, met with a painful accident Wednesday afternoon. He was rid- ing pn horseback and ‘had one end. of the lariat rope around the horse’s nose as a halter. He wanted to take his dog with him, so he tied the other end of the rope around the dog’s neck to lead him. The horse was galloping along nicely when the dog ran ahead and around a fence post, snubbing the horse so suddenly that it threw the horse. Eddie fell and the. horse rolled over his leg. The rope by some means wound | around Eddie’s thumb on his left hand and almost: cut it off, there being only two tendons holding it. He walked home and his parents brought him to Dr. Leech to have it dressed. It is very doubtful if the thumb can be saved.

flere You Are

An Idea For Some Enterprising -—. ~~ Taherite ... —-~-<- »—

JOB PRINTING -

POSTERS ENVELOPES —

they could to resuscitate him but without avail, his injuries being ‘so great that he must have died almost instantly. It is a dangerous thing to dig a well so deep without cribbing it, and. had this well been cribbed

is REPORTS. INVITATIONS Percy. was born at Spennymoor, :

England, and came out to Taber about one year ago. He was a

bright, promising young man and. it

SALE BILLS MENUS

suddenly in the prime of life. The bereaved parents have the sincerest sympathy of, all in their hour of sorrow.

In fact, all kinds of Printing Zs

The Ladies’ Guild of St. Theodore Church held a very successful lawn social Tuesday evening on the church | grounds. There was a good turnout }and” all” hada “most 6njoyable time.

| From a Visiting Card to a Poster”

“

some $26.

Chas. Edwards has sold his home- stead four miles southwest of the

There are in Paris many houses that are bathless, more perhaps than in American and English cities. This is of course a great inconvenience to the inhabitants, and an ingenious Frenchman, realizing this, goes through the streets witha bath outfit which he lets on hire to anyone who cares to pay the small fee of 35 cents he demands, and moreover he sup- plies the necessary hot water.

Bring the Rest of Buffalo

WE CAN SATISFY YOU °. PRICES ARE RIGHT

manager for the Elko Lumber Co. We understand the same gentleman | bought Dr. W. H. Lang’s homestead las well.

H. N. Barrett keeps his aailons engine going. When it becayge too hard to plough he started_in to disc and last Thursday double-disced one hundred acres. This is. pretty good work for one day. Since getting his engine here this summer he has broken over seven hundred acres of raw prairie.

H. J. Eastman has resigned his position as town constable. Mr. T. Bullock, who was for ten or more, years on the R.N.W.M.P. force and who had earned promotion to cor- poral and sergeant, was appointed in his stead. With the experience Mr. Bullock has had he will make a most efficient officer. He stated on his duties Saturday.

For the past few weeks the boys and girls of the town have been enjoying a well-earned vacation. Play is now over and work has be-

Edmonton, Alta., Aug. 18.—The 250 buffalo which is left of the Pableo herd in Montana will be brought north in September by way of. Re-: gina and Saskatoon, down the G.T.P. to Wainwright and unloaded there at the new buffalo park at Battle River. This plan is outlined by Howard Douglas, commissioner of dominion

parks... Mr. Douglas has gone down| }} Tye Wer’ tees Ba Boi Down wh , to-day to arrange for the unloading died Friday night last: He was &

for ~~ Readers : the buffalo at Wainwright. The) oie Jj \Prominent member of the 1.0.0.F- new park will be all fenced by Sep-| and K. of P.

Pincher Creek carried a by-law to raise $20,000 for the protection of - provements. *

—0--

Dr. ‘W. G. V. Forbes of Macleod

News | in | Brie

gun, The various town schools wont. + | Tdghtaing struck a tree in: Rartani | opened on Monday. No doubt the Ohio, and killed 120 turkeys. . Theigdeeransahioein’ £ Ottews children are ‘pleased to get back to Ooh wig have worked on Sundays for several

BORN |.

MITCHELL—At Taber on Sunday, Aug. 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. 8. B. Leia

Mitchell, a son. g r _ wife of Louis

GRoTe—At Taber on Monday, Aug. of Kansas ‘City, has given birth to Fifiy-alx:por-cent. of the finishing 17th, to Mr, and Mrs. T. P. Grote, elo SONNE 3 |eapacity of the plants controlled by’ at is a daughter, © 1. at ay por, anawor g ie ite Joe ibieiibdbiad sieeatalied by the thar pty rt cages faces

Dominion Government to locate the . % Fe: ' ' , ik projected road to Hudson Bay, is in|* | ng , ari * oth,

General Baden-Powell is expected | weeks and the Lord’s Day Allianes ‘ in Toronto the last of the month. ig complaining. | for the battle of life after the school days have passed. v Martin Fedore, two sons, a daugh- ter and son-in-law, residing south of

—o—

Miss Cotter of Lethbridge, who have | before W. A. Aubin, J.P... who am:

been visiting Mr. and ‘Mrs. R. P. Wallace, left, for Lethbridge Friday

should harvest 40 bushels. to the short time in the city before retura-

agre next summer,

ing: be

i { | i } t {

’ HWiving skeleton, was pallid as putty. ' “No, 9," he repeated, whereupon the

stream and be lost to hin,

ne In 7 Bal lic.

’ BARR, of Eugene Val-

(Continued) CHAr'L mk XVI,

8. the sailing boat cast off. and

was shoved away from the

\side of the steamer there were

eight men ahoard. Six grasped,

his sense of direction, to pit be a long time here.”

theirs, and the young clerk who had signed the documents given to him by the captain took the rudder, motioning Lermontoff to a seat beside him. All the forward part of the boat and in- deed the space well back toward the stern was piled with boxes and bags.

“What is this place called?” asked the prince, but the young steersman did not reply.

Tying the boat to iron rings at the small landing where the steps. began, three of the men. shipped their oars. Each threw a bag over his shoulder, walked up half a dozen steps and wait- ed. The clerk motioned Lermontoff to follow, so he stepped on the shelf of rock and Jooked upward at the rugged stairway cut between the main island and an outstanding perpendicular ledge of rock. The steps were so narrow that the procession had to move up in Indian file—three ‘men with bags, then the prince and the clerk, followed by: three more men with boxes, Lermon-

.toff counted 237 steps, which brought

him to an elevated platform projecting from a doorway cut in the living rock, but shielded from all sight of the sea. The. eastern sun shone tlirough this doorway, but did not illumine suffi- elently the large room whose walls, ceiling and floor were of-solid stone. At the farther end a man in uni- form sat behind a long table on which burned an oil lamp with a green shade. At his right hand stood a broad, round brazier containing glowing coals, after the oriental fashion, and the officer was holding his two hands over it and rubbing them together. The room nevertheless struck chill as a cellar, and Lermontoff heard a_ constant smothered roar of water.

The clerk, stepping forward and sa- juting, presented to the governor seat- ed there the papets and envelopes giv- en him by the captain. The officer se- lected a blue sheet of paper and scru- tinized it for a moment under the lamp.

“Where are the others?”

“We have landed first the supplies, governor, then the boat will return for the others.” © ——~

The governor nodded and steack a bell with his open palm. There enter- ed a big man with a bunchof keys at his belt, followed by another, who car- ried a lighted lantern,

“No. 9,” said the governor to the jailer.

“TI beg your pardon, sir, am I a prison- er?’ asked Lermontoff, gThe governor gave utterance to a sound that was more like the grunt of a pig than the ejaculation of a man. He did not answer, but looked up) at the questioner, and the latter saw that his face, gaunt almost as that of a

jailer and’ the man with the lantern put a ‘hand each on Lermontoff’s shoul- ders and marched him away. They walked tegether down a long passage, the swayitig lantern casting its yellow rays on the iron bolts of door after door until at last the jailer stopped, threw back six bolts, inserted a key, unlocked the door and pushed it pon- derously open.. The lantern showed it to be built like the door of a safe; but, unlike that of a safe, it opened inward. As soon as the door came ajar Ler- montoff. heard the sound of flowing water, and when the three entered he noticed a rapid little stream sparkling in the rays of the lantern at the fur- ther end of the cell. He saw a shelf of rock and a stone: bench before it. The jailer placed his hands on a black loaf, while the otber held up the lan- tern,

“That will last you four days,” said the jailer.

“Well, my son, judging from the un- appetizing look of it, | think it will last me much longer.”

The jailer made no reply, but he and the man with the lantern retired, draw- ing the door heavily after them. Ler- montoff heard the bolts thrust into place and the taru of the key. Then silence fell, all but the babbling of the water. He stood still in the center of the cell,-his hands thrust deep in the

» pockets of his overcoat, and, in spite of |

this heavy garment, he shivered a little. “Jack, my boy,” he muttered, “this

“is a new deal, as they say in the west.

I can imagine a man going crazy here if it wasn't for that stream: I never knew what darkness meant before: Well, let’s find out the size of our king- dom,” ‘

He groped for the wall and, stum- bling against the stone bench, whose existence he had forgotten, pitched head forward to the table and sent the

four day loaf rolling on the floor. He, ‘made an ineffectual grasp after

loaf, fearing it might fall into ‘the but he could not’ find it, and now his designs for measuring the cell gave-place to

the desire of finding that loaf, He got

down on bis hands and knees and felt

the floor inch by inch for half

pes ety he estimated the time, but

Bethy Geen Aid be toned de fouea: “How helpless a man is in the dark,

“after all! he mvttered to himself. “1

‘|

4 must do-ttts aywteminticatty, vemmning |

Nee : i Fouts bs wicetad tha Wakatn’

hy the ‘rivulet and felt his way along

‘the brink till his head struck the op- posite wall. He turned round, took up a position that he guessed was three feet nearer. the door’ and feain tra- versed the room, becoming so eager th the search that he forgot for the. mo- ment the horror of bis situation, just as when éngaged In a chemical expert.

.| ment everything else , vanished from

his mind,’ and thus after séverar jour- |

neys back and/ forth he was again re- minded, of the existence .of the stone

' bench * by’ butting against it’ when he’

knew he was séveral feet from the

wall. Ribbing his head, he muttered some unfavorable phrases regarding the immovable bench, then crawl

round it twice ahd resumed his ‘trans-

verse excursions. At last he reached the wall that held the door and how with breathless eagerness rubbed his shoulder against it.till he came to the opposite eorner. He knew he had touched with knees and hands prac- tically every square inch of space in the floor, and yet no bread

“Now, that’s a disaster,” cried he, getting up on his feet. and stretching himself: “Still, a man doesn’t ‘starve in four days. ‘I’ve cast my bread on the waters, It has evidently gone down the streain. Now, what’s to-hin der a man escaping by means of that water course? Still, if he did, what would be the use? He’d float out into the Baltic sea and if able to swim round the rock would merely be com- pelled to knock at the front door and beg admission. again. N6. by Jove! There’s the boat, but they probably guard it night and day, and a man in the water would have no chance against. one in. the boat. Perhaps there’s gratings between the cells. Of course there’s bound to be. No one would. leave the bed of a stream clear for any one to navigate. Prisoners would visit each other in their cells and that’s not allowed in any respect- able prison. I wonder if there’s any one next door on either side of me. An iron grid won’t keep out the sound. I'll try.” And, going again to the margin of the watercourse, he shouted several times as loudly as he could, but only a .sepulchral echo, as if from a vault, replied to him

“I imagine the adjoining cells are empty. No enjoyable companidnship to be expected here. I wonder if they’ve got.the other poor devils up from the steamer yet. the bench and listen.”

He could have found the bench “a shelf almost immediately bg, groping round the wall,

I'll sit down on

but he determined to

himself against the darkness. “I need not hurry,” he said, “I may

Im his mind he had a picture of the cell, but now that he listened to the water it seemed to have changed its direction, and he found he had to rear- range (Ms mental preture ‘fna-mare a different set of calculations to fit the new position. Then he shuffled slowly forward with hands outstretched, but he ‘came to the wall and not to the beneh. Again he mapped out his route, again endeavored and again failed.

“This is: bewildering,” he muttered. “How the darkness baffles a man! For the first time in my life I appreciate to the full the benediction of God’s com- mand, ‘Let there be light.’ ”

He stood perplexed for a few mo- ments, and, deeply thinking, his hands automatically performed an operation as the servants of habit. They took from his pocket his cigarette case, se lected a tube of tobacco, placed it be- tween his"lips, searched another pock- et, brought out a matchbox and struck alight. The striking of the match startled Lermontoff as if it had been an explosion; then he laughed, holding the match above his head, and there at his feet saw the loaf of black bread. It seemed as if somebody had twisted the room end for end. The door was where he thought the stream was, and thus he learned that sound gives no indication of direction to a man ‘blindfolded. The match began to wane, and feverishly he lit his cigar ette. ;

“Why didn’t I think of the matches, and, oh, what a pity I failed to fill my pockets with them that night of the professor’s dinner party! To think that matches are selling at this moment in Sweden 250 for a halfpenny!”’

Guided by the spark at the end of his cigarette, he sought the bench and

( effi i2

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winunetnini TT

in Tn

At the jarther end a man tn unttorm ke ‘5, sat behind-a laa eta Ady

sat down upon it. He, was'surprised to fiud himself so little depressed as was actually the case. He did not feel in the least disheartened, Somethiug was

going to happen on hia behalf. Of that !

he was quite certain. It was perfectly | drops spurt against him., Beyond this ridiculous that even in Russia a Ie | there was silence, .

subject who bad never done any Ill act in his life, a nobleman of the e1n-

Dan ahaa ane vane ae -_" _—~

mre | ana a rend of me czar ‘sound | ower Tihber fre a mit race erbucen'l

be incarcerated for long without triai and even without accusation. He had -no enemies that he knew of and many friends, and yet We experienced a vague unéasiness when he remembered that his own, course of life tad been such that he would not be missed by his friends. For more than a year he had been in ‘England, at sea and in America; so much absorbed in his re- searches that he had written .no pri- ‘vate, letters worth shenking of, and if any friend were asked his whereabouts he was likely to reply: ' i

“Oh, Lermoutoff is in some German university town or in England or trav- eling, elsewhere. » | haven't Seen him

or heard of fim for months. Lost in a wilderness: or in an’ experiment per- haps.” |

These unhappy meditations were {n- terrupted by the clang. of bolts, He‘ thought at first it was his own door that was being opened, but a moment later knew it was-the door of the next vell upstream. The sound of course could not penetrate the extremely thick wall, but came through the aperture whose roof arched the watercourse. From the voices he estimated that sev- eral prisoners were being put into one cell, and he wondered whether or not he cared for a companion. It would ail depend, .1f fellow prisoners hated each other, their enforced proximity patent prove unpleasant.

“We are hungry,” he heard me say. “Bring us food.”

The jailer laughed.

“IT will give you something to drink first.”

“That’s right!’ three voices shouted. “Vodka, vodka!”

Then the door elanged shut) again, and he heard the murmur of voices in Russian, but could not make out what was said. ~One of the new prisoners, groping round, appeared to have struck the stone bench, as he himself had done. The man in the next cell swore coarsely, and Lermontoff, judging from such snatches of their conversation as he could hear that they were persons of a low order, felt no desire to make their more intimate acquaintance and so did not shout to them, as he had in- tended to do. And now_he missed something that had become familiar; thought it was a cigarette he desired. for the one he had lit had been smoked to his very lips, then he recognized it was the murmur of the stream that had ceased. ,

“Ah, they can shut It off,” he said; “that’s interesting. I must investigate and learn «evhether or no there 13, com- munication between the cells; not very likely though.”

He crawled on hands and knees un- til he came to the bed of the stream, which was now ‘damp, but empty. Kneeling dowg in its course, he work- ed his way toward the lower cell and, as he expected, came to stout iron bars. Crouching thus he sacrificed a second match and estimateil that the distance botwéen-the-twuc-colle_was28.mrch_as ten feet of solid rock and saw also, that behind the perpendicular iron bars were another horizontal set, then an- other perpendicular, then a fourth horizontal.

While in this position he was star- tled by a piercing scream to the rear. He backed out from the tunnel and stood upright once more. He heard the sound of people splashing round in the water. The screamer began to jabber like a maniac, punctuating his ravings with shrieks. Another was cursing vehemently -and a third appealing to the saints. Lermontoff quickly knelt down in the watercourse, this time facing the upper cell, and struck his third match. He saw that a steel shield, reminding him of the thin shut- ter between the lenses of a camera, had been shot across the tunnel be hind: the second group of cross bars, and as an engineer he could not but. admire the skill of the practical ex- pert who had constructed this diabol- ical device, for in spite of the pressure | on the other side hardly a drop of wa- ter oozed through. He tried to reach the shield, but could not. It was just beyond the touch of his fingers with his arm thrust through the two sets of bars, but’ if he could have stretebed that far with the first ibar retarding his shoulder, he knew his hand would be helpless even if he had some weap- on to puncture the steel shield. The men would be drowned before he could accomplish anything unless he was at the lever in the passage outside. y

Crawling into his cell again, he heard no more cf the chatter and cries of the manifc, and he surmised that the other two were fighting for places on bench or shelf, which was amply large enough to have supported both had they not been too demented with fear to recognize that fact. The cursing man wus victorious, and now he stood alone on the shelf, roaring maledic- tions. Then there was the sound of a plunge, and Lermontoff, standing there, helpless and shivering, heard the pris- oner swim round and round his cell like a furious animal, muttering and swearing.

“Don’t exhaust yourself like that,” shouted Lermuntoff, “If you want to live, cling to the hole at tither of the two upper corners, °The water can’t rise above you then, and you can breathe till it subsides.”

The other either did not hear or did not heed, but tore around and around in his confined tank, thrashing the water like a drowning whale.

“Poor devil!” moaned Jack. “What's the use of telling bim what todo? He is*doomed in any case/ The: other two are Row. better.off.”

_ A moment. later, dribble through the upper aperture in- to Jack’s cell; Increasing and increas-

ing until there was the roar of a water- j,

fall, and he felt the cold, splashing It was perhaps ten minutes after that the lever was pulled, bana the water belched forth from the

~ women.

water began to

loose, temporarily flooding the: floor so that dack was compelled to stand on the bench. ,

He sunk down shivering on the stone shelf, laid his arms on the stone pillow and buried his face ip them.

“My God. my Goad!” he groaned.

(To be continued )-

AN HISTORIC MANSION.

Hengrave Hall, ‘Choice Specimen ot

Tudor Architecture,

‘the neighborhood of Bury §t. Ed-: munds is particularly rich in beauti- ful old family .mansions, most of which have historical associations of the most interesting character. . And among them all,: perhaps, the finest fram some points of view is Hengrave Hall, a magnificent, remnant of ‘Tudor architecture, dating . back, like so many of its neighbers, to the sixteenth century. It is said to have been ‘orig- inally built in 1525 for a London. mer- chant of great wealth, Sir Thomas Kytson, with whom it was once sought to connect Lord Airedale’s family. The building: has been reduced in lat- er years to about. a third of its original

HENGRAVE HALL.

dimensions, but the hand of the de- stroyer has spared the beautifully or- namented gatehouse, which is one. of - the choicest specimens of architectur-

al beauty in the district... The south front and the inner court also remain, and although extensive — restoration work has been executed on the inter- ior care has been taken to keep it in harmony with the original scheme of decoration and arrangement. Among the features of the ornamentation of the gatehouse the arms of the Kytson family remain in fine -relief, and of the pictures preserved within the main building one of the most beautiful, from the point of view of excellence of workmanship, is the portrait of the builder, by Holbein. Not far away, about ten miles from Bury St. Edmunds, is another charming old building, the Guildhall of Lavenham, dating from 1529. This is regarded by many good judges as one of the finest existing specimens of the “‘half-wood”’ types of architecture, and is said to have for a time served as the prison of Dr. Rowland Taylor, one of the earliest of the Queen Mary martyrs.

Buddhism In England.

The first Buddhist monk ‘o visit England, Bhiikkhu Ananda -Metterya, hres “arrived;-ciad-in the peculiar robe of his order and without money or possessions. His vow does not permit him to handle money orto shake hands. A motor-car conveyed him fo his quarters outside London, as horses and horsed vehicles are against the rules of his order. Whatever the wea- ther may be, he will not wear boots or shoes, but is permitted to o*rry an umbrella or fan. The Buddhists of: these islands and the members of the Buddhist Society have been look- ing forward to valuable results from their guest’s visit.

Major E. R. Rost, hon. treasurer of the society, gives the following de- tails of/the work and aims of the Buddhisf'Society in that country: “Of the 95 Buddhists in Great Britain and Ireland, the greater part are in Lon- don. To be a member of the Buddhist Society it is not necessary to be a Buddhist. In the society are Lord Mexborough, the Hon. ‘Eric Collier, Sir C. N. E. Eliot, Prof. E. J,, Mills, F.R.S., Prof. and Mrs. Rhys Davids, and other. well-known publie mer and The gospel of Gautama Bud- dha is to:enable men to lead a heal- thy, joyous life. The eightfold truth of the faith is: Rieht Conduct, Right Tivelihood, Right Speech, Right Views. Right Aspirations. Right Ef- fort, Right Mindfulness, Right Medi- tation.

‘Buddhists’ believe there is no anni- hilation of the soul at death, but that it continues to live on according to the character of the deeds done in life; that there is no sin but ignor- ance; that there is no underl¥ing reality.beyond the elements of being, and that to know truth is not nessim- ism, Qur ethical system prohibits in- toxicating liquors, and places all men and women on the same footing. The spread of Buddhist tenets would un- doubtedly tend to do away with the inivriovs distinctions of sex that pre- vail in the west. The work is spread- ing. At Leipzig there is a most uge- ful centre. and also sood work is be- ing done by that at Budapest. Hence- forward the work in the west will radiate from thé new headquarters of the international movement. in London. We are expecting good re

‘sults from ithe visit of Bhiikkhu An

anda Metteyya, who left this connt for the east seven years avo: Rv birt he is a Scot8man, Mr. Allan Bennett MacGregor.”

A Courtroom Anecdote,

Here is a courtroom story .which a southern correspondent sends us about a southern judge:

The Jedge—Is yo’ name Immanuel Baxter?

Immanuel—Yassab.

The Jedge—Well, you are ‘achat by Officer Tucker with stealing a side of bacon at Walters’ store last night.

Immanuel—Ab wants ter file a. allbt

The Jedge--Whbat for?

_Immanuel—Ab don’t know, éab; Mise tab _ Reg'nald James -he’s a col'd law- yeh—he done tol’ meter say dat,

The Jedge—Oh, | eee. But why. didn’t you steal a ham? They're bet- ter than sides. . Immanuel — down dah.

The Jedge--Thirty days.

They wasn’t no hans

THE LAND OF GRAVES.

Ancient Egyptians. Believed In\ Con

i stant Reminders of, Death.»

/To the Egyptian death wassbut the beginning of a career of adventures and experiences compared with which tim most vivid emotious of this life were tame, - He lived with the fear of death before his eyes. Everything around: him remindéd him: of that dreadful initiation into the: mysteries

of the. tremendous ‘after life for which -

his present existence was but a prép- aration. His cemeteries were not hid- den away in remote suburbs; his dead were pot coyered with mere grassy mounds or a slab of, stone. The whole land was his graveyard; its whole art was of the mortuary. “Are there no graves in’ Egypt that thou hast brought us into the wilderness to die?” asked the Israelites in derision, and we may believe that Moses winced at the sar- casm.

Egypt ts the land of graves, and the whole energy of the people that could be spared from keeping life together was devoted to death. The mightiest tombs in the world—the, pyramids— were raised upon the deaths of multi- tudes of toiling slaves, The hills. were honeycombed passages and galleries, chambers, pits, all painfully excavated in honor of the illustrious dead and sculptured and painted with elaborate skill to make them fit habitations: for his ghost.

Wherever he looked the Egyptian be held preparations for the great turning point of existence.. The mason was squaring blocks for the tomb chamber, the potter molded images of the gods or bowls and jars to be placed in the grave for the protection or refreshment of the Ka, exhausted with the ordeals of the underworld; the sculptor and painter were at. work upon the walls of the funeral chamber, illustrating the scenes through which the ghost was to pass or depicting the industrious me of the departed.

The very temples which cluster dipay the levels beside the Nile were in a sense but vestibules ‘to the tombs in the hills behind. ‘The sacred Jake, now the weédy, picturesque haunt of water- fowl, was then the scene of solemn ferryings of the dead. The temple walls were covered with the terrors of the judgment to come. The houses of the living, indeed, were built of per- ishing mud, but the homes of the dead and the shrines where supplication was made to the gods who ruled their fate were made to last forever. On these all the strength, the science and the artistic skill of the ancient Egyptians were cheerfully lavished.—London, Sat- urday Review.

A Preserve Owner’s Sick Trout.

A man whose experience as a sports- man had been limited to an occasional day’s fishing in the mountains bought for himself a placé with a fine trout preserve on Long Island. He looked forward_with.great interest to the_last. opening day, as that would be his first opportunity to fish in his own pond? and when the day at last arrived the first streak of daylight found him leav- ing his house, rod in hand.

A day or two later a sportsman friend inguired as to what luck he had had.

“I caught plenty of fish, and big ones, too,” responded the owner of the preserve. “There are plenty of trout in the pond, but they all seem to be sick.”

“Why, what’s the matter them?” asked the spottsman.

“Well,” answered the preserve own- er, “to tell the truth, we were afraid to eat them. Their flesh is pink, and 1 never saw a brook trout that color be- fore.” “

“Don’t you know, man,” exclaimed the sportsman, with a laugh, “that any trout will turn pink if it lives in salt water? Your pond empties into the sound, and of course the trout run in and out. The next time you have any of that sort of sick trout just send them in to me, and I’ll eat them for you with pleasure.”

with

“A Tiny State.

The miniature republic of San Ma- rino is a mere dot op #2 map of Hu- rope, being the smallest state in the world as well. as the oldest independ- ent republic. Its area is thirty-eight square miles, only little less than twice that of the island of Manhattan. It Hes entirely in Italy. but is wholly independent. Its situation is on the easterly side of the Ktruscan Apen- nines and about twelve miles from Rimini, on the Adriatic sea. The fron- tier is only twenty-four miles in length, and the population would make only a small city ward, numbering less than 12,000. There is no public. debt, and the annual expenses i 4t by taxation amount to $60,000, The country has bronze and silver currency, coined by Italy, 158,000 lire of the latter and 105,- 000 of. the former. ‘The principal ex. ports are wine, cattle and stone, The military force’ of the republic wambers 88 officers and 950 men:

The Wild Boar.

The wild boar is a most courageous animal, for a great deal in pig sticking, as in most other forms of sport, and it often happens that the foremost sfiortsman who, by dint of hard riding or thanks to the fastest horse has come up with the quarry is deprived of the coveted honor of “first spear’ by a sudden ‘“Jink” or turn of thé pig. The boar, in spite of his clumsy appearance, is

not.only , ponent f,a great f speed, but-is Mirededinartiy, oi Hel

will turn and, twist like a. Hares pmtting |. boiling

every obstacle ‘In the shape of bushes, rocks, water, ete., and his pursuers, but all the time mak-

ing for the nearest patch of jungle and’

baie The pace after pig ts faster n the best of runs with hounds, but

‘fs sooner over,—Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

‘fhe element of luck counts,

between © hiriself’

% “\ Yn A

NORKNG WITH GLASS.

The Way the Different Color fects Are Produced.

FREAKS OF THE BLOWPIP.

Quaint Specimen’. Shapes That Ap; Sometimes Dropped From the Puntil.

How Bottles Are Made'by the Clever

and Dextergus Workmen.

Tf a stranger enters the glass ‘works on avdgrk. night he will find not only beauty in thé blowing operations, bit a great deal of humor, with an uncan-

ny weirdness in flame and shadow that must affect bis imagination to some extent.- The building is ctreular, with -a chimney sticking up through the mid- dle of it, from the top of which a pe~- culiar intermittent light is flickering. In the center of this building, under- neath the chimney, stands a conical furnace of brick containing perhaps no fewer than eight holes: which are like’ fiercely glaring suns and from which .pour expanding broad rays of orange colored light. If your eyes are strong enough to look through the holes from which the orange beams of light emerge you see several hundredweight of molten metal shining silvery green

ing pots.

The nature of different kinds of glass is dependent upon. the quality of the raw material, called “batch,” put into the melting pots. “Batch” is a mixture of such materials as Calais sand,. or common river sand abounding in silica, salt cake, or sodium carbonate and much lime. Blue cdlors may be ob- tained by adding oxide of cobalt, green by means of a chrome, black by man- ganese-and amber, The mass oMmolten metal’ got from this opaque, earthy looking “batch” ‘has frequently to be skimmed of impurities, but it ts never- theless a problem whence comes that wonderful and enduring transparency’ which everybody likes to see in glass.

Until the hour ‘strikes for the work- men to commence operations you may find them experimenting for amuse-

in as many earthen dome shaped “"“6@

ry >

ment or profit with the blowpipe. You —

will see many an enormity produced in glass the like of which can scarcely ever have been dropped from a puntil before. Specimens are blown out to

the thinness of a tissue paper ac

which another puff of wind explode

with a crack, or a glowing glass pear is for very wantonness knocked off the puntil so that it may vanish with a re- port on the floor, its hue and heat be- ing extinguished immediately. The floor all around the furnace chamber is cov- ered with brittle shining splinters an@ particles of glass, which crackle under- foot at every step. One of the men may bring you a mass of metal ou @ blowpipe and ask you to éxpend a few cheekfuls’ of wind upon it.. The pipe takes no more blowing than ua trom- bone, though it lacks a’ mouthpiece, and you. may expand the bubble until it is black and cold,.so fragile that it will break into a myriad pieces if you touch it. The molten glass is so ductile that it may be spun out into a thread, and the men often vie with

longest and thinnest strand. At the signal to commence work th

waist, poke their four foot blowpipe through the hole of the crucible oppo- site to which they work, twisting. it round until it has taken up sufficient of the ropy and viscid glass for one bot- tle.. The man who js clever at his work will, of course, gather up neither too much nor too little for the thickness of the bottle required. He can tell with- out looking through the furnace holes when he has enough by the weight added to his pipe. Thus all around the fiery furnace there are figures moving continually across the lurid light, most of them dexterously wielding their blowpipes and balancing at the end of each one the exact quantity of vitrified matter to make a bottle, The amateur would find it difficult to balance the molten mass. The chances are that it would drop ou the floor, never to be ’ picked up again,

At the same moment you will see hot- tles in all stages of grewth—some glit- tering gold, others cooling down orange or red, some in the forms plummets or dazzling pears, others as incandescent bosses threatening to be- come \w3gile bladders, It is all as charming as a pyrotechnic display. You will see the black blowpipe -twirled round, blown down, held up like a gun barrel, then in the form of an incun- descent lamp globe turned round on a beeswaxed cast iron implement @alled a marier, on whose edge the bottle neck is formed. It is held up once more, blown intop then shut up in a east iron mold placed at the operator's

' ground. This mold is opened and clésed by a: wire spring, which the opera- tor presses with bis feet, and directly “the red hot bottle is inclosed be blows

completely.

A man goes round from mold to mol inserting a rod into the neck of enc bottle and collecting a trayful to go to the annealing chamber. ‘Here the ‘hot. tles are stacked up for a gradual! covl- ing process, which may possibly tast thirty-six hours. This gives them the desired strength. The enpesiipe proc-

we a cure for their natura

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Btitl Possible, . Clara—When ‘Tom proposed to meche admitted that he had more money than brains,

it, although I understand he was e @ollar to bie veme. oe

4 u a

.down the pipe once more so as to till it’

fragility ‘enables them’ to stand the test of -

Maude—Well, I've no reason to doubt’

each other to see who can make x ) e

men, already partly stripped to the ©

feet somewhat below the level of the —

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; fo EG mer THE TABER FREE PRESS: ‘ Swindlers ‘In London, rf nea »

rs) as LANoLoRD AND Host. 'IN THE HOMES {| _-8 BTS n! ae vir : ‘ on ‘ Many American and continental de- va Do you want} King edward ts Thoughtful and THe OF FAIR CANADA! t:ctiv Bape ah he: nn Wi a Painti Boo to Make Everybody Happy. thelial "| thieves and swindlers who will exer-. a ’ bec k? Ting Edward is a model landlord, | Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills Are Bring-| “ise their skill and daring ‘upon. the Mr, Ai cown, of Meigitois, It’s F ree says a writer, and when at Sandring- |. ;, ‘Weal a great crowds of visitors trom all over |MM can st ier seam bs TA ham sperids some time every day with ‘ ing Health to Weak, Despon- | (re world who ‘are coming to the’) 7 wee teen agai yin ‘Ask your mother to send us aj aie and: takes an ‘active per- |. \ dent People. shindig sy 8 ixhibition. — These} “from pain, No on ave wuffered her name and address and | wall bone at th the estate and in the ), a the atiiacrabs of "the “criminal | fe Oe from itching Dlecling Plea we'll send you one of these | | tionate rolitiche. Test between the ae eet ae aren “| world, men and women dressed in the | ign Pel rae Ete One doy : splendid Painting, Books with |:toyel Inndlord and his tenants a jams’ height of fashion. able to sneak Eng: [HM piend of mine who had been cured the colors all ready to use, | C™Mloyes. There is a cot ge hoebtual |S nay wee wed: ined ‘fram aie vast We'll also. send d quarter. . pound package of Celluloid

dish, French, arid'German fluently, of } Boo onthe estate fot sick indoor arid. out cherining manoers, ane wel, nie ; doors servants, and it contains pleas-

Starch for your mother to try

‘with money. They, will stop at the ant nurses’ quarters as well as sick : @ next ironing, day.”

best hotels, and ‘endeavor to Ge\\uloiad Starch

wards. Ench ‘village on‘ the estate’ idl : upon their fellow guests or become has its club for workijemen, and in ind sw utredeiin: toe Gar Reg acquainted ‘with wealfhy strangers in these institutions ‘the Kihg takes Whe! ask! your neighbors and, they’ cin telt’ the igrounds of the exhibition, and

Never Sticks. Requires no Cooking The Brantford Starch Works, Limited, Brantford, Canada

closest interest. It is the King’s cuss '} will réap a rich barvest by theft or tom on Spndays to. walk to chaeen, part eS whan rae vous, Bins pod some elaborate variatiou of the confi- while the Queen and,.othen ladies happy anaemic gitl who owe ptesent| Cence trick. “Many of the members drive.’ | His Majesty joins in the |health and strength to Dr. Williams’| these gangs are well known to. us,” hymns, his deep. powerful voice It Pink “Pills” Their. wondertul. su said a French detective who will re- ing very plainly heard, and, ds every- |is due to the fact that Dr. Williams’| ™#in_ at Shepherd’s Bush until the te pows: @ sermon delivered befors |Pink Pills’ go right to the toot of the) 4 of the exhibition to a newspoaer the King must not last more than 10 disease in the blood, and by making representative. ‘They have been |, minutes, the vital fluid rich and red, streng-| Known to us for years, and we have

The King is an ideal host, and both they every organ and every nerve been certain that they have been the Queen and. himself ‘bestow much ;thus driving out disease and pain. "| guilty of extensive robberies, but we thought on the individual tastes of Mr. Joseph Lacombe, Quebee City, have not been able to convict the ma-

EBONY WOOD.

All of the Several Varieties Are Heav- ; ier Than Water. Ebony was known and highly es- teemed by the ancients as an article of luxury and was used by them for a

A. Difference. ; “A fellow feeling,’ says th&® poet, “Doth make us wondrous kind,’ But a fellow feeling for his watch

“Blanco started all right, but there are a Couple of drunken Americans

and cash, gheir guests, and jl their’ fads and |says;—"Today-1. weigh about forty| Jotity of them. The reason ia that, | “ANY a Piet St ut was omlgo byl ey mone Might havé made him change his fancies are ‘remembered, and as far pounds more than I did a year ago with their grest cleverness, they n Ip t sa was em-|go by mind! as possible administered to. Tt is the | and am in every way in much sounder | ¢)8e people of nosition as their vic- | ployed by kings for scepters and also

for images. On accouut of its sup- posed antagovism to poisons it was used largely for drinking cups.

The name ebony is given to the wood of several varieties of trees. All kinds of ebony are distinguished for their great density uvud dark color. The], | wood in-all varieties is heavier than water. The heaviest varieties are the darkest. The other grades require a considerable amount of staining to make them black.

Ebony is of a uniform color through- out and will not show any “deteriora- “tion even from long continued use.

King’s habit to sccompany the men’ tims, and the deluded ones are gen- guests to their room, where he will hon bis Clad siete’ has yy sag ¢rally unwilling to exnose their cre- stir thé fire‘and himself look about examinatidns and my health had dulity and tno often fatrity for, the to see that they .have all that they completely given. way under the|:®™usement of the pnblic.”

want. strain. I lost flesh rapidly, my ap- The authorities of Scotland Yard When: entertainments such as the- petite was gone and my nerves were have made. all. their srrangements. atricals take place the King and | greatly weakened. I was obliged to and a large number of officers will. be Queen and the house party enter the | abandon my studies and was in a| "duty et the exhibition. Each de- ballroom in. procession and sit on state of complete exhaustion. I con-|. ‘tive will. play a part, one being a either. side the gangway. Plain even: | sulted a physician, but a8 I was daily| ®vileless old country gentleman, an- ing dress is de rigueur at Sandring- growing weaker I decided. to try Dr other an assistant at a stall, and so ham, where the frock dress is never | Williams’ Pink Pills. which Tf had} 07-,.When a noted ‘ernok is seen in- worn. The King wears the ribbon of often: heard very highly spoken of. rratiating himself with a stranger a the Garter on festive occasions, how- |'The beneficial effects were indeed re-) (*tective in the vicinity will be keen- ever. At the conolusion of the enter-|imarkable for I had not used more| in& his eves and ears.open. An in- tainment the royal procession is again |than a couple of boxes when I could teresting innovation is the eneage- formed, and the way is led to the sup- | feel an improvement, and hope re-| ent of a large number of lady thiet- per Son where no formality is ob- way continued using the pills eatchers, whose snecial duty it ‘will served. The King goes about among | for some weeks longér with the re-| b@ to keev a sharp, watch on mem- the guests, seeing that they are hav- | sult that my strength increased daily| D¢eTs of their own sex. It is well -ing supper and enjoying themselves. and I was soon able to take over my known that many of the most exnert A. few specially favored ones he takes | studies and work with as much en-| POcket-pickers.are women, and they up’ to the Queen, who chats foy a ergy as I hed ever done. To-day I| *t¢, also dents at recognizing the minute or two with each. His Ma-|am in perfect health and I attribute| "le detective. in snite of any dis- jesty is the life and soul of the party | my recovery solely to Dr. Williams’| 778¢ which may be asenmed: bnt on these occasions, and nothing can Pink Pills.” . i+ is hoped that the female Sherlock exceed his amiability and good spirits. You oar. get these pills from any Holmes will merge her identity more . All the cups, pieces of plate and medicine dealer or by mail at 50c a} *Boressfnil@

such trophies won at races and regat-| box ‘or six boxes for $2.50 from The! . —_——_—_————

tas by the King are at Sandringham, Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Brock» The Ameer Proves Loyalty.

orcs Te pe be i lag Hy llr ville, Ont. ; As an detene of bis, Sign dliness : ieee owar reat Britain the ruler o

a modern house, and was built bv | : : ? i ibi i

the King when Prince of Wales 37 There are two periods in a naa Afghanistan has prohibited the priests

years ago. Above the entrance is |life when he is unable to understand <a ern ‘ie Scineiien pulled earved: ‘This house was built by Al-|women. One is before marriage and out. He has aiso ordered that all Af- bert Edward. Prince of Wales, and the other after.—Harper’s Weekly. ghans who join the rebellious border Alexandra. his wife, in the year of ee De eile . tribes shall have their feet cut. off. Eli: oe eg 1 Tt is in the modern | Regarded as one of the most potent| The British general, Willcocks, in ‘ te ethan sty Seba no varticular | ¢ompounds ever introluced with| command of the forces in northwest pate oa nga 11 itecturally. The!which to combat all summer com- India, had reached close* quarters . ee de oo aon and there | jlaints. and inflammation of the bow-| with the Mohmand tribesmen. The

a Pri e F Victo ,Where the Queen | ojs, Dr. J. D. Kellogg’s Dysentery| brother of the Ameer who is trying to an Tincess Victoria often take tea. Cordial has won for itself a reputa-| usurp the throne is avowedly anti- tion that no other cordial for the pur-; British. The Mohmands, who are the Lessons For Mothers. pose can aspire to. For young or old} chief cause of the trouble, are a great

“There are mothers in all classés of | suffering from these complaints it is| tribe half in Afghanistan and half in ‘the community who should be asham-'|the ‘best medicine that can be pro-

A Household - Medicine.—They that are acquainted with the sterling pro- perties 6f Dr. Thomas’ [electric Oil in the treatment of many ailments would not. be without it inthe house. It is truly household medicine and as it is effective in dealing with many

@ orainary complaints it/is cheaper than a doctor. So, keep it at hand, as the eall for it may come most unexpect- edly. oN :

Every woman may be attract- ive. Bright eyes, pink cheeks. and .red lips are her nature- given right. A sallow skin, lack of animation, low spirits and weak nerves uaa rg by. fe the use of Beecham’s $, a There are three varieties of ebon : well known in commerce. The pervon remedy that well deserves the Ress from the Gaboon coast of Africa is the confidence of every woman. darkest. The Madagascar ebony is the| Again and again they have densest. The Macassar ebony furnish-| proved to be invaluable at those ~ es the largest pieces. It is sold by} recurring times when so pete weight - \women feel debilitated and suf- Imitations of ebony can always be fer from nervousness, headache distinguished by their lighter weight, | and depression. It is wonderful and the cheaper imitations can be de- the way these pills assist Nature tected by merely scratching the sur- and relieve the suffering. et Every woman who values health and good looks shoul become a user of

BEECHAM’S

Between optimist: and pessimist The difference is droll ;

The optimist tne doughnut sees, The pessimist the hole.:

Minard’s Liniment, Cures Garget in Cows. :

“T guess you coal men didn’t make much profit this winter?”

“We are satisfied to break even in winter. We make our profits during the long Arctic spring.’’-—Kansas City Star. -

Btate of Ohio, City of Toledo, ; Lucas County,. } 8s. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the-firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL- LARS for each and every case of ca- arrh that cannot be cured by the use f Hall’s Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 6th day of Dec- ember, A.D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON. (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter- nally, and ects directly on the blood and mucous surfaces “of the system. Send for testimonials free.

SPECTRAL WARNINGS.

The Bloody Mark That Appeared on Cardan’s Finger.

Who shall say that spectral warnings are entirely chimerical? History bas many instances to the contrary. Thus the once well known tragedian John Palmer died on the stage at Liverpool. At the same hour and minute a shop- man in London, sleeping under a coun- ter, saw distinctly his shade glide shop, open the door and

Sold Everywhere in Canada and U. S, America. In boxes 25 cents.

British jurisdiction. British authori- | if Mr. Pat#er himself had been there. ' F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. éd to look a tabby cat. in the face.” | cured. bho ae ee ae ti Y diy ask the .Ameer the utted “lalianr phiioso- T SUTHERLAND SISTERS’ : Take Hall's Family Pills for con-| by Dr: Stleeby, sneaking re-| Knicker—Do you think hoop skirts| totally unable to control those oa | Duet saw on the ring finger of his Mepstvsnec:” an Ser echet ad ° ° s VA) nicker—. u l- stipation. cently on the subject of “The Human | will ever vatura? J right hand the mark of a bloody sword | !s only Dandru re. For

their side of the border.

. pooing it has no equal. ; " ‘ .

at all Druggists, 50c., or postpaid on. receipt of nriee from 7 Sutherland Bis- ters, 179 King St., Toronto. Sample | sent tor luc. y

and heard at the same time’a vyeice which bade him go to Milan, The red- | ness progressively increased until mid- night. The mark then faded gradually and disappeared. At that midnight hour his son was beheaded at Milan. The father of Dr. Blombey was cap- tain in an army: serving in America. We are told by Dr. Rudge that six officers 300 miles. from -his position were visited after dinner by this mod- ern Banquo, who sat down in a vacant chair. One said to him, “Blombey, are

Mother” at the conference on infan-| Bocker—The women are wearing tile mortality, resumed at Caxton | them on their heads this year. Hall, Westminster.

The? human mother, he said, had the maternal instinet only in.its es- senoe, but of all details she was be- reft. Instead she had _ intelligence— an immeasurably greater thing—but, whilst intelligence could learn every- thing, it had everything to learn.

The mother cat not merely had a far less helpless infant to succour, Dr. Saleeby went on. but she had a far superior instinctive equipment. She

Some people miss opportunity when it knocks because they haven’t push enough to get a door open.—The\ Bus- iness World. \

LEAVE FOR WINNIPEG. Routledge, Man.—Mr. E. Williams and others leave this week for Win-

ipeg to receive surgical attendance @::: Dr. Burnham. :

Minard’s Liniment Cures Colds, etc. i ee age eee Peete acronis _ |Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited. : Dear Sirs,—This fall I got thrown on a fence and ‘hurt my chest very bad, so I could-not work and \* hurt me to breathe. I tried all page haif an hour. The queen fixed the ap- Lie, od ee eee TINT. pointment for 10:45 o'clock and .the | \WENT, warmed on. flannels and ap- pope for 11:15 o’clock on the same| plied on. my breast, cured me com- morning. The difficulty of the task | pletely. -

Queen's University: and College “™Sxratio

Quick Changes. London Tit-Bits tells how J. Pier- pont Morgan suceeeded.in interviewing the pope and Queen Helena within

Binks—Very few. women have any knowledge of parliamentary law.

Jinks—You should hear my wife. knew the best ford for her kitten, and | was increased owing to the fact that Cc. H. COSSABOOM. you mad?” He rose in silence and ‘ARTS She has been speaker of the house| did not give it “the same as we had | etiquette ‘prescribes that for the |Rossway, Digby Co., N. 3. slowly glided out at the door. He was EDUCATION ~ for the last twelve years.—New York a ted hool f th gueen’s audience Mr. Morgan should slain on that day and hour.—St. James’ THEOLOGY Press. © advocated a school tor mothers | aypear in a-frock coat with a fancy Gazette. as a far more potent influence towards : / MEDICINE : Mamma—Why, Elmer, haven’t you the decrease of infantile mortality “a _~ gs rat al padiastaee : The Wooing of the Woodcock. SCIENCE (includi a » > n . mpany him, should ap . . ‘ Engineering) ; i Satis fo} pa, we, Jou haven't he pare iit depot, n,n, [ stored walking gown, with an appro |, Witness sas man with “gpe| The woolks of the woodeock is oon| SCTE an ee ? : : ; 8. : of those s: to witness which a i Elmer (aged 5)—No, mamma. Men| _ Mrs. Edwin Grey of York said she | priate hat, while the etiquette of the Lawser-sWhat. wes the name’ of & may be taken

would like men to raise their ideal of what they wanted of a wife. A man should ask his fiancee to attend a four months’ course at a domestic economy school. :

Commenting on ‘a man’s want of eare in choosing a wife, Mrs. Carl Meyer remarked that it compared un- favorably with the care he exercised in selecting .a chauffeur or a stud groom.

lover of nature in all its moods will | out attendance. make a journey of miles; The scene is enacted at twilight, and the setting Is of willow or alder bushes whose branches are just beginning to show the tender green of early spring. Suda- denly from the damp ground a bird form shoots upward like some swamp spirit until it is outlined against the gray of the evening sky. Then it circles.

Vatican prescribed for Mr. Morgan evening dress aud a white tie and for the Aady a black gown and a black lace veil over her hair, both to be un- cago, “never started on one of hig gloved and unjeweled,. A quick change | exploring expeditions .without receiv- artist might have made ‘light of this ing by mail and express all sorts cf matter. Even ‘Mr. Morgan and his | packages from cranks—cowhide -un- daughter effected the transformation | derwear, tea tablets, medicated boots, in five minutes after a twenty minutes’ | and whatnot. Peary once told me interview with the queen, and a fast |that George Ade, a few days before

don’t kiss each other; it looks child-

the other eye?—Judge. ish.—Exchange.

—————— “ee > s hi- In ten minutes the battle would Feary, ‘said = geographer of (bs

begin. _. The enemy outnumbered them five to one.

“Boys,” said the captain, solemn- ly, “‘we have hard work before us. See that you are all arfhed to the teeth ” .

Far down the line little O’Flarity

) SaaS Nase ae the start’ of his last trip; wired him| above the branches, and the song of “The eee Just to Punish Him. I ee ) to expect an important package by| the. wooing twgina. Hidden in the “ O’F larity 2” es Not very long-ago. there lived near H eo express. darkness of the thick lower growth is “On -OL havent any tathe.”—Chi-| Halifax, Eng., an old man who-al- ow He Made Money Fly The package came. It was labelled} the object to which this love song is

“Though not a rick man and not|*To be opened at the farthest point overinclined to waste money, neverthe- | north.’ Peary opened it at once, how- less I spent cash with a recklessness |ever. It was a small keg inscribed: that was of the-Monte Cristo order |‘Axle grease for the pole’.” while on a tour of Latin American countries recently,” said Professor p. | G. Everett of Harvard university. S f

“It was in the United States of Co- ymptoms 0 lombia, where my prodigality reached

its zenith. Meeting an old friend, 1 Nervous Exhaustion

ways rode on a donkey to his daily work, and tethered him while he lab- ored én the roads or wherever else he might be, It had been pretty plain- ly hinted to him by one of the local landowners that he was suspected of putting it in the fields to graze at other people’s expense.

“Eh, squoire, Aw cudna do sich a ‘thing, fer my donkey wean’t ait” (eat) “owt bud nettles an’ thistles.”

One day the gentleman was riding along the road, when he saw the old fellow at work and the donkey up to its knees in one of his elover fields, feeding luxuriously.

cago News. directed. The bird above circles” per- haps a score of times, then drops back to the damp thicket, making a sound which can be likened only to the drop- ping of water into a woedland pool, Again ‘the bird soars and circles, sing- ing stil] the love song. This is repeat- ed time after time until the last giéam of light has faded and night’s dark- ness comes down,

Wilfred’s Thought. Lic: If they have got a baseball field immense

Up in the distant sky so blue,

I. guess the stars are knotholes in the

A commercial traveller is on friend- terms with the porter of a sleep- ear that he uses frequently.

"Well, George,” y-announced the salesman one morning gleefully, “I have good news for you. We've had a birth in our family—twins.”

“Dat am no berth, sir,” said George. “Dat’s a section.”

asked him to dine with me, and when |

I came to settle cheerfully paid a check | Headache.

that called for $980. Then I tipped the! Sleepléssness.

waiter to $40 and paid $100 Tor two| Impairment of memory. extra fine cigars. These figures are ab-| Despondency and gloorh,

: a ES

ure

Dandruff

Why? Because itis annoying, untidy. And mostly, pbecause it almost invariably Tads to idness. | Cure it, and. save

*“Halloa, John!” sald he, ‘I under- | solutely true, but it is proper to state} Palpitation of the heart. a fence ' Be a stood you te say your donkey would | that the cost of my dinner was esti-; /nability to stand exertion. ‘To lat poor. any Boys poem Shea. eat nothing but nettles and thistles?” |, mated in the currency of the country| Jemdency to fear and anxiety. : —Hareer’

3s Weekly.

“Ave,” ‘said John, “but he’s: bi Vertigo, faintness and dizziness. ss

: Saat riers sir, He abate and that it stood me in reality only| Inability to concentrate-the mind.

ed me i’ the chest just now, soa | 99-90, & dollar in our United States | Muscular weakness and trembling. _ Aw put him theer to punish him !* money being worth $100 of the Colom- | ‘Twitching of the muscles and nerves. ; bia. Sp it was that the waiter got ata| The above symptoms are infallible Police Methods In India. — -| Tight valuation only 40 cents, and the | signs of the “nervous wreck,” whose rich Komati. | two perfectos were 50 cents apiece on | life has been ‘‘all work, no play.” our Yankee basis.”—Baltimore Ameri. | The development of nervous exhaus- cab at By tion is.slow, as is -the trea’

al SABSORBINE ) y will ;

Jack—-But do you think that ham-| Beis — mock will hold both of us this sum- | MaBE:

| enews ie fogs :

e@ tment. your hair. Get more, too, at : 5 Electrical, massage treatments, cold the sametime. All easily done fauna hd me ——= plunge baths are excellent to alle-)

viate this, disease, but a nerve -res- torer such as Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food

ard, 219 Dundas treet, , it to him bi } g ' tock, Ont, states: “I could aot ke | q not. to- : r] ‘ i d yy! ¥

with Ayer’s Hair Vigor, new improved formula. ig this

ee of the

merchants.

The 7 fer’s Hair Vigor will certainly do tis work, because the of all, io stroys the germs which. “origi of dandruff. Having given this aid, letes the cure. The scal restored to # perfectly healthy condition Lowell, Mass.—

—-llade by the J. 0. Ayer Co.,

Showing How. Bra Brave. Men oa : ‘Calmiy Meet Death. ?

-MRECK OF THE BIRKENHEAD,

‘The Way - This. Snitish Vessel thao’

Down. Off. the Cape of. Good Hope.

| Most of the Crew Were Lost.and All |

the Women and Children Saved.

{

aa Visitors to the hospital. of the old pensioners at Chelsea will perhaps have @oticed in the colotinade a simple me- .' gmorial tablet. plnced there .by order, of the late Queen Victoria, to record the heroic constancy and discipline of the ficers and soldiers’ who ‘lost . their ives in the wreck of the transport Bir- ‘kenbead off the Cape of Good Hope ov Peb. 26, 1852. On Jan. 7 fn that year, aft- er embarking re-enforcements ainount- Jing to fifteen officers

athe Birkenhead ‘eft Ireland. for yeape, On board were also 166 women wand children, the wives and families of soldiers. All went well till eighteen nen). were

aden officers and

@anded. The ship continued her course |

on a.

“op the evening of Feb. Rut the captain ip bis anxiety fora quick pas-

‘gage unfortunately: kept sv close to the |

whore that during the night the ship sot amony the rocks which line the

yeoast. About three. miles of Danger |

point at 2 o’clock in the morning of the (26th, while all except those on watch rwere sleeping peacefully in their bam- ¢mocks. the ship struck with a violent yabock. The bulk of the men on board were young soldiers.

The rnsh of water on the Birkenbead @triking was so great that most of the soldiers on the lower troop deck were @rowned iv their hammocks. The re- -goainder, with all the officers, nppeared on deck. many only partly dressed, and fell in as orderly and as quietly as on the barrack square Calling the officers round him,: Lieutenant Coldnel Seton of the Seventy-fourth highlanders, the senior officer on board, impressed on them the necessity. for preserving or Ger and silence among the men. The services of the next senior, Captain Wright. Ninety-lirst highlonders, placed at the disposal of the command er of the ship to carry out whnrtever orders he might consider essential Sixty men were put on the chein pumps on the lower after deck ‘and told off in three reliefs Sixty more were put on to the tackles of the pad dle box bouts. ind the remainder were bronght on to the poop to ense the fore part’ of the ship. as she was roll ing heavily. The commander next or dered the officers’ chafgers, to be piteb ed out of the gangway. The plunging and terrified horses were got up and cast over, five of them managing to ewim ashore. The cutter was then got rendy for the women aud children who had been collected under the poop awning, and they’ were passed In one by one. There being room in the boat for one or two.more, the order was given ‘for any trumpeter or bugiler boys to be taken. A young drummer standing near was told by an. officer to get tnte the boat. but. drawing bim self ap. exclaimed that be drew man's gayvand would stick by his comrades The. cutter ‘then shoved of ‘in tharze of one of the ship's officers, and the women and children were safe.

No sooner wus she clear. then entire bow of the vessel broke off at the foremast. the bowsprit going up in the air toward the foretopmuast. The Tfinuel also went over the side. carry ing away the starfloard patie hox and beat and crushinug the the tackles The paddie box boat capsized db being tawered, and the large bout fu the center of the ship could not be got up.

The

Nene OW

men were ordered on ta the poop. where they stood calmly awaiting ‘Ne fnte Within a. few minutes the vessel broke in two. cross wise, Just abaft the engine room and the stert. bezan rapidly to fll fn this extremity the conmoatider enlied® out, “Those who ern savin jump everbourd and make fer the bonts! but the oof ficers bezied the soldiegs nut to. as the hoat with the women and children would he swanipel Ther were meu iu the prime of life. with all be fore them, vet ho one moved: nor did auuy xign of terror or fear esenpe thew Lower and lower the deadiv shivered, guve a tinal plunge appeared, carrying with her of heroex on deck below at the punips

then

Be The otf transport and ais

the band

Men of all ages gud ranks they were |

—the colonel and the drummer boy, of

workshop. the plow and the mine. but @il aninated, with the same heroic Feaolution. forthiude and chivatry —as cool as thengh they had been ow Chefr parade gronnd, as-incaction ip the fled A few man aged io cling to the rigging of soainmast. part of whiel renained out of water, while others got-old of float

ing pleces of woudl aml were eventually |

of fourteen officers: and

fewer than

mrenened. tut 458 men no apd 349 men perished, prey to the attacks fwhich surrounded the ship in shoals, walting for their victims. . Every wo- {man and child was saved. : Perhaps the greatest complinent ever fe-the memory of the brave was

many

eae of the king of Prussia for -

tthe account of the awreek of the Birken-

thead ‘to be read ‘on three successive

tparades at the ‘hend of every regiment

bis ariny, and it was spoken of in

school In Prussia ang Gerwany. Globe,

‘the northwest -coust of ‘Suinatra.

and 476 men for | abe troops engaged in the Kaflir war, | the |

the | . ¢ransport reached Simon's Town, where | sisted of brandy,

| to a comfortable fortune in that gen-

were |

zling

the |

and these avorking |

With gs much courage |

the |

nine officers | faliing | of the sharks, |

‘de best

| panion,

| AN OLD SALEM STRATEGIST.

The Cruise of ‘the Rajah and « Corner ‘ " fn Wild Popper.

Evidently Americans were hustiérs and strategists: of commerce from , the beginning. for. witness a f00d story of fact as told. by Ralph D. Paine in the Outing Magazine: > ,

“In 1793 Captain Jonathan Carnes of

‘Salem was looking for trade along the:

Sumatra const. Tonehing at the port >» Bencoolen, ‘he. happened to. learn that ‘wild pepper, might, be found. along. “The Dutch East India company was not.as alert.as this solityry, Yankee shipmas- ‘ter roaming along wre and hostile | coasts. “e

“Captain Carnes west bis knowledge:

“to himself, eompleted his voyage to Se-> | lem and there whispered it to a mer-

chant, Jonathan [eele, that’as soo as possible a “secret. pepper ‘expedition should be fitted out. .Mr. Peele order- ed a fagt schooner bujlt. She was call-

| ed the Rajah and carried four guns’ | tnd tel men:

There was much gossip- ing speculation about her destination, but Captain Carues had nothing at all to say. In November, 1795, be cleared for Sumatra, and not a soul ip Salem except -his ewner und himself knew whither he was bound. Her cargo con- gin, iron, tobacco and dried fish to be: bartered for wild pep- per.

“For eighteen months oo word re- turned from the Rajah and ter mys- terjeus quest. Captain Carnes might have been wrecked ob coasts whereof he had no charts, or he might bave been slain by hostile natives, but Jon- athan .Peele, having risked his stake as Salem merchants were wout to do, busied. himself with other affairs and pinned his faith to the proved sagacity and pluek of Jonatban Carnes.

“At last a string of signal tags fint- tered from a station at the barbor mouth. Jonathan Peele reaebed for his spyglass and saw a schooner’s top- sails lifting from: seaward. The Rajab had come home, 2nd when she tet go her ancher in Salem barbor Captain Jouathan Carnes brought: word ashore that he bud secured a cargo of wild pepper in bulk which would return a profit of at laAst 700 per cent on the total cost of vessel and voyage

“In other words. this one ‘adventure’ | of the Rajah realized what amounted

eration.

“There was great excitement among the other Salem merchants. They for- so0ok their desks to discuss this pepper bonanza, but Captain Jonathan Carnes had nothing to say, and Jonatban Peele was as dumb as a Salem harbor clam. The Rajah at once refit ted for a second Sumatra voyage, and | in their engerness to fathom her daz- secret several rival merchants hasfily made vessels ready for sea with orders to go to that fast as eanvas could carry thein and endeavor to find out where Captain Carnes found his wild pepper. They hurrfed to Bon.

Wis

Coast as

“making and for which,

| Were, we were ever Jouking.

‘jon ' ed with a

WHAT | IS A Gas?

| Well, ‘Here: te Lov Kelvin’s “Auaintly ti Eccentric Definition.

‘One of ‘the’ late Lord Kelvin's stu- dents at the’ University: of ‘Glasgow writes of some? of the old scientist's peculiarities: “To, those ‘who attended the nétural philosophy class at Glas. gow university. Lord RKelyin. or, rather, Sir Billy (for to that, tengtb onr ir- reverent love of the genial old, man would ‘yo), is a cherished memory—a memory of a great mun who, gave ‘ar- ticulite “shape. to. the thoughts that! wander ‘through eternity.’ . Hig appeal ‘to our ‘humorous’ faculties was dne partly. to some personal pecdilarities, partly. to the ‘sublimely unconscious use of, véty familiar ,abjects and, ex: tremely colloquial phrases to ilngtrate his great thoughts ‘on, great things. “Never blessed with powers of, clear enunciation, he had a way of wrestling with certain words and giving them a prolonged rolling Intonation that added point to those. unintetrtionally -humor- ous observations which be was ever thoughtless: yet unlovable crew that we Let me

not wholly cite some examples nature of a gas one day, thus delivered bimself: ‘Imagine a thousand million students rushing with tncredible velocity in one direction and a thousand million students rushing

with the same velocity in the opposite | | direction and meeting.

That is. gas.’ Doubtless, but the homely simile com- pelled langhter and at the same time ieft us both mystified and enlightened

ing of a simple tune on a huge trom- bone Conceive, if you can, a leanied

professor of silvered Jocks and beard, | ' dressed in the black robes of. bis oftice |

and surrounded by scientific instru-

ments, slowly squeezing from a giant |

trombone-some familiar air and you will understand why I bave said that Lord Kelvin often made. too appeal to our sense of the butorous For himself be was sublimely upcon- scious of the bumorous picture which he presented. He was tov intent upon

bis scientific triumph for the langbter |

-and it was laughter that fiterally held both its sides—-to. reach his ears. “Lord Kelvin was once in his usual delightfully inconsequent way rambling along and letting his great mind slow- ly unfold its great thoughts. One of

the inuny subjects on which he touch- -

ed was the transmission of light from distant worlds. ‘Heres he said, ‘h have a calf's foot jelly uiade by Lady Thom- son. Observe the wabbly motion of the jelly [here suiting the word by ac- tion]. Gentlemen. for vught we know to the contrary, interstellar space may be one vast mare foot jelly.

“Tle w have said, simple in many of bis ways cessive generations of students he filts- trated ‘uniform in a sfraight line’ in a singulirlx characteristic fash- Lame dn one he always walk- most marked limp, “yet be

singularty To sue-

motion

leg.

covien, DUt-Awere wosuccessti and tert etrated “uniform. motion na coagt

to proceed to India to- fill their holds with whatever cargoes came to band. Meanwhile the Rajah stipped away for |

| a ‘secoud. pepper voyage and returned

with 150.000 pounds of the precious

| condiment.”

| The Tears He Shed.

“Over in Illinois when I was a boy,” Said a congressman from the state to | a reporter, “there was a lawyer named | | Hathaway, who lived jn my native town and who had sometbing thy niat ter with bis eyes. 1 think the doctors said his lachrymal glands were, weak Anyway, be was always wiping lis eyes. Sometimes it was amusing in court to see him bring out his big red banduuna and wipe bis eyes owhen be was fatking to the court upon some dry lecal proposition. You know you rather expect a lawyer to do it: before a jury in criminal practice Well taey used to tell this story on Tlathaway One Gov a woman came into his ovice to consult with him regarding ginuing

the be a suit for divorce from fer She related bad used and told a story of suder Just at this point Flatliawas reached for bis bandkerchie? and wiped his eros His: client, who was of a syinpatoetic nature, sought to stay his | arm anid said:

“Don't very,

: of husbacst been al Jing

she

how

Mr. Hathaway; dot

| ery.’ youns |

“Hatbaway his intirceity,

was ‘seusitive regardin: but he always lraghed

| heartily when the story wus told in bis | presence.” sank the vessel tuto |

Well Placed.

There bad never been any diffiertty 5 about securing Mrs. Homer Clay | Washingtes of Maple court: when one | More wolitn was needed for washing |

or serubbing. so that when two postat |

: : | cards failed to bring her to.the Morse ficers of geutie Lirth aud mew fron: the | x

residence ope winter Mrs. Morse weut | to see what could be the trouble.

She found Mrs. Washington, evident- lysine the best of health, entertaining two of her aeighbors and was wel- | comed mest cordlafly. : ‘ |

“L suttiudy os pow'fit glad to see yo, | Mis’ Morse,” said the hostess, “an' is d fainbiy wall toPable well lp win- tar? “Not as well as we should ba if you | had come to help us out. said Mrs. “Why didn’t you come when 1 wrote you? We thought you must | be ill.” (

“No. iIndeed,, Mis’ Morse,’ black head tilted airily; “I's enjoyin’ ob henith, ant “de char'ty so- | clety done ‘stublish a bread, soup van’ coal fund up at de corner, so none ob | us ladies fi dé co't hus to work dis rheumaticky tine ob yeah,

"You hevh folks ‘talkin’. "bout de | harm ‘society does, but ous ladies ob | Maple ¢o't ix risht ready to stan’ up | fo’ it any time now.” —Youth's Com:

“ue

Morse

* apd the |

‘

| kinetics

, something,

| vessel's

line’ by oT ae ie round bis rostrum in a circle. 1 do not believe that he ever | knew why his pathetically way of illustrating a simple fact! in tmiade his successive classes

| ‘smile confoundedly loud.” |

Didn’t Seem Fair. ‘

| « Having finished her atternoon’s phil

anthropic work in the east side teue-

; ments, the voluntary helper started for

home. Before-she had proceeded far, however, she discovered that her purse was gone. So, surmising she chad either carelessly misivid or been rob- bed of it. she retraced ber steps to the tenements. Her search availing noth- ing, she was about to turn again to- ward home when a tear stained youth aecosted her. “Say. missus,” across the crouched

he sniveled,. street, where fu oa haflway to examine

“if vo ‘re lookin’ fer oy’ pocketbook, dat kid over dere’s got it!’

Activg on this declaration, the lady hurried over aud cornered the lad be- fore he was aware of her propinqguity. Seeing uo’ chance of with the purse wid coul- plied with anid tianded over,

“Now, tny honest lad.’ (urning to the first boy, who tad fol- towed ber across, “there's a dollar for pointing our the thief!"

As this boy ran off clutching bis re- wird the second tad squinted bard at the Indy, ;

“Say, missus,” nothin’?

“Not a penny!"

“Ceel he rejoined, olexity, “An | fron) him’

pointing another boy

escape the demand

Its contents, the lady's

hoy

‘she then said,

he said, “dou't I get

fn a kind of per- stole de pocketbook

An Astonishing Airship.

In these days of dirigible balloons.

airships and aeruplanes the following | account of au wirehip faten from the | 22. 1709, is-of in- |

| ment for bestowing such a trifle, which,

London Post for Dec. terest:

“Pather Bartholomew Laurent says That: be bas found ont an invention by

ily travel otber way.

through the eliher by

vir than

lund or sea, #0

{hat one may go 200 ‘tatlen iu twenty-

four Hours,“

The airship whieb was to accouipiigh |

this astonishing feat had at the. top “sails wherewith the air is to be dl- vided, which turn as they are dlreet- md." cotirse, and’ the “formed at both ends sga!lopwise. he cavity of each is a pair of bejlows,

which must be blown when there fs no |

oviud,”

Two loadstones, some large amber |

wuds und ovarious ‘other items afl fad

oe uxveterious part to play in this)

‘tony toctriverse the air. This

of all ttylug machines on record.

Lecturing on the | Lord Kelvin |

strong |

humorous »

| the help of which one may more speed- | apy |

There wasa rudder to direet the | body was | In

iv perhaps the most extraerdi-

| counter there, | leugth, however, after be bad issued a

| about: > Dr.

; mained there ever since,

ath a ein

‘ CROMWELL’S BODY.’ Sentionnd Stories as to Its Dispeel-

tion After Death. »

that lbecame of Cromwell?” , The | quextion is a vexed one. According to An anctent tradition, Cromwell's. body was convered away Immediately after his death in obedience to his last or- ders and was buried ‘on Naseby field, “where he had- obtained | th greatest victorp. and glory,” According to an- other account,’ Maryy. Lady Faucona berg, Cromwell's daughter, was able » to vonvey the body away from its. grave lv the abbey and to-have' it bur-’ fed” In ber bustitid’s. hbuge of New-— burg, ‘in. Yorkshire, ‘where the tomb, no impenetrable. marble one, ts still shown. Another. corpse.“was substitut- ed for Cromwell's in the abbey, and it was this nameless corpse which under- wert Januiry, 16h, when the putative body was hanged on the gallosvs at Ty burn, together. with Lreton’s and Bradshaw’s, while the head was set up on a pole above Westiminster hall.

This bead, still transfixed py a spike whieh was Jet through the cranium by means of a specitily drilled hole, is | now iv the possession of Horage Wil- kinsou of Sevenotks. It is the head, curiously enough, of some one whose

hody has probably been embalmed, for | the top of the skull has been sawed off |

to udmit of the brains, The body to

in order, removal

prestunably, of the

whieh this bead belotiged was buried |

under the gallows of which is probable,

‘Tyburn, unless, the Fauconbergs

| obtained the body there and carried it | \ off.—Loudon Lancet. “But bis greatest feut was the play- |

A TRAGIC EXPERIMENT.

How. a Husband Tried to Cure Wife’s Fear ot Pythons,

Concerning pythons, the following is a true story: A young lady in England for a long time resisted her lover's en- treaties to go out to Ihdia with him as bis wife. She bad a borror of the wild animals she believed she might, en~ especially serpents, At

His

sort of ultimatum, she consented to ac- company him. She did not, however, leave ber fears behind her and lived in constaut terror of some day meeting what she so Intensely feared. Her hus- bund did bis best to laugh ber fears away, but without avail. solved to try more drastic means.

A huge python was killed in the

the indignities put upon it in}

Then he re- |

at a

neighborhood of bis bungalow. With- out telling his wife anything about it, he ordered the reptile to be brought | into the drawing room and coiled up | as if asleep on the bearth rug. Then | he went out and called his wife, telling | her to yo into the drawing room aud | thet he would join. ler in a few min- utes, Soon after be beard a dreadful screnm. *" Phat will cure ber of her fear of serpents.” be smiled to bimself , and purposely delayed bis entry, | When at last he went into the drawing | room he saw bis wife lying dead on the floor, and coiled around her was , another buge python, the mate .to the | ove that lay dead on the hearth rug.— St. Jumes’ Gazette. The Turret Battery.

Early in the nineteenth century, In | 1812, Colonel Joln Stevens conceived the idea-of the construction of an iron | plated vessel of war with a saucer Shaped bull, propelled by screws so ary ranged as to give a rotary motion to! the structure. The battery was to be |

of the heaviest ordnance of the time | and the plating heavy euough to resist |

the shot of similar guns at short range. The main purpose of the craft was harbor defevse, and the plan of action Was to moor the vessel by ua chain leading dowu through the bottom of the ship at its center and to spin it uround this center, iring gun after gun as it came in the line of fire, thus an- licipating the later in turn

Was the germ of the modern

‘Timby turret, which |

monitor aroorelad. actually the

later was

bolt balf a ceotury

Russinn government and a

Such a vessel was | by |

good representative of the tirst Stevens

Everybody reads

bullery. : ‘ ee eee ge Paved With Tombstones. the hoteworthy the building.”

“Not thing

writes

least beautiful

Wochenuschrift, dral of This fs

referring to the cathe- that plice, “is the pavement

made with stones on

Sunderimany from Mayence to the |

which |

there are Hebrew letters, which aroused |

our curiosity Investigation that the at one time marked graves in the Jewish cemetery and had been taken thence when there was a

stones

to pave the cathedral. ‘They have wre-

the inscriptions are still in a fair state

| Of preservation.”

Its Cost. A Frenchinan,

soldier with a Waterloo medal, ani-

showed |

| scarcity of building material and used |

and some of |

meeting ah English |

mudverted sneeringly on the govern- |

he declared, did not-cost 3 franes.. “That is true, to be ‘sure.” replied the hero, “It did not cost the English gov- ernment quite 3 francs, but it cost the French a Napoleon,” -_—-———————_ Returned Empty. A mean multimillionaire who suf- fered terribly from seasickness on ‘his way back ,to New. York has, it is said,,

demanded a rebate off his fare, claim. |

ing special enipty.”

terms: as a “returned

-__

The Retort Caustic.

Miss Rinkles~Kverything costs 80:

much nowydays! ‘to live plainer, my dear, you couldn't be any plainer and live.—London Telegraph.

| suppose I'll have

Miss Sharptung—Why, |

{ i

A rat may flood a province.-German |

Proverb,

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