Ir MAR II 1912 PUBLISHED IN THE GARDEN CITY OF B. C. You will Like Chilliwack. Vol. 1. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 11.00 PER YEAS SINGLE COI'ltS FIVE CENTS EACH CHILLIWACK, B. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 8. 1912 C. A. BARBER Editor and Proprietor No. 27 Local Items 39. L.F.Ctoft,at MeeStu.lio for photos For photos at Chapman's—phone Coal and wood—City Transfer Co., phone -19. See the Spring Flowers and Hats, at T. II Henderson's. Stock Foods—Chilliwack Implement & Produce Cu. Provincial election-. March 28. Nominations March II. Thc cily Street sprinkler has boon in daily service this week. Westminster City Council has set aside sfiiKHi for publicity purposes for 1012. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Pool; ou Thursday, Feb. 2'J a daughter. Dressmaking anil Ladies Tailoring in all branches, by Miss Northcote Nowell st. All coal and wood orders receive prompt attention. Phone 411,' City Transfer Co. WANTED—Girl to do light housework. Apply Mrs A. S Watson, Gore avenue. TooKE linos. Negligee Shirts; Ashwells arc Chilliwack agents. They sell them. Light and heavy draying handled with care and promptness. City Transfer Co., phone 49. Born—On Monday March i. to Mr. and Mrs. Chas Kerr, (May- nard Farm) a daughter. Wanteii—A good driving horse quiet ..n thoroughly .roken. Apply t • John Orr, Yale road. Ladies Tailored Suits, Northway Brand; Ashwells arc Chilliwack agents; see tlieir Advt. page 8. Fownes Famous Kid And Fabric Gloves all sizes in Ashwells New Stock. See their advt. page 8. Emcress Shoes For Ladies. See Ashwells advt. page 8, They ure Chilliwack Agents for these famous shoes. ! Oh say, have you seen Stevenson's now wall papers? If not, do so They range in price from oets. a roll un Lost on Saturday March 2, a black purse containing a small sum of money. Finder will please leave, with C. E Eckert. Alf. White expects to leave Chilliwack about March 22 and sai s on tlie 28th. In the meantime Mr. White is verv busy packing, ele. Wanted—A good smart girl to as sist in Johnson's confectionery and ten rooms. Apply at once to S. Johnson, Johnson's confectionery The Lyric Theatre drew good crowds last Friday and Saturday to witness the Durbar. The pictures were highly interesting all through. I D & A Corsets—from 81.25 to $0.00 per a pair. Ashwells have a Splendid New Stock of these famous Corsets; they arc Chilliwack agents. W. J. Curtis piano and organ tuner is in the City. All orders left at this oiliee or at McManus' Music. Store will receive prompt attention. Wanted—By sober hard working Frenchman, work at clearing or ge oral farm work. Apply for references to E. W. Appleby care ot Cawley & Carinichael Handsome Camera to sell with all appliance. Been used twice. Cost tit) in England but owner will tale »35. To lie seen at "Spcranza," PrinccssavcnueChilliwaek. W. It Stevenson, the valley ptilUer is now getting busy as house cleaning time is here again. Don't delay until the rush is on. Come now and select y.<ur paper and have the work done. Wall paper, Wall paper, Wall paper—largest shipment of wall piper ever brought to Chilliwaek. over three ton has arrived at the Valley Paint and Wall Paper House. Come now and make your selections. Sunday's meeting of the P. S. A will Iki addressed py Itev. C. 11 Hueslis, M. A. his subject being "The contribution of Modern Thought to Keligion," Itev. Mr Hueslis is a good speaker and well quillillcd to handle the subject. Unbt. Marshall will contribute a solo to tbc program, und Fred Chadsey will tuke Alf. White's place at the piano. Sunday after noon at four o'clock at Ihe Lyric, theatre is the timca/ind place. t J. McKenzie is in Victoria this week. R. G. Bowat was in Vancouver this week. Mrs (Houston visited Vancouver this week. Miss Hebron visited Vancouver this week. Mrs. A. L. Coote is visiting iu Vancouver. J. Howe Bent was iu Vancouver on Monday. II. McAuley went to Vancouver on Tuesday W. Scott of Vancouver, was in town this week. W. II Trenholni was in Vancouver on Thursday. . Mr. and Mrs. Broadfoot s|H-nt Sunday at Yarrow. Thus. McNanght was in Van couver on Tuesday Josh. MeConnell went to Vancouver on Tuesday. Mrs. C. II. Beeves is visiting in Vancouver, this week Jas. Grigg of Cheam went to Vancouver on Saturday. W. T Jackman is spending a few days in Vancouver. Geo. l„ary was a passenger to Vancouver on Tuesday. T. E. Caskey was a business visitor to Sardis, on Monday. Mrs Jas. Munro was in Vancouver this week for a few days. A. E. McLane, real estate agent, went to Vancouver on Tuesday. Angus McKenzie and family moved to Victoria on Monday. Miss Dustcrhoeft was a visitor t.. New Westminster on Wednesday. Col. Boultbee was a guest of the Hotel Vancouver on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs Harry Ballam are visitng in Vancouver this week. Miss Ramsay has returned from a months visit with friends in Victoria Miss Grafton left on Sunday to attend Business College in Vancouver. Mrs. J. Armstrong and Miss McDonald went to Vancouver on Monday. Miss C. Humphrey was in Seattle, this week attending Spring Millinery Openings. Mr. and Mrs G. P. Chamberlain and children have returned from California. S. Gregory, General Traffic Agent of the B. C. E. R. was in the city on Monday. Mrs. Fred Phillip, of White Rock is the guest of Mrs. Chester Chadsey, Chestcrleigh W. R. Stevenson the valley painter made in business trip to Vancouver this week. II. Stacey is once more in hia position as accountant in the' Merchants Bank. J. R. Flan, of Calgary Alta., spent the past week al the home of Mr. and Mrs. Northcote. Mrs. (Dr ) McCaffrey and Mi-s.aJ A. Cruikslmnks were visiting in Vancouver last week. Mr. and Mrs Thompson of Brandon Man., nre the guests of Mrs. A ice Smith this week. I Mr. and Mm. J E. Garlick of Little Mountain huve left to muke their home in California. Mr and Mrs. W. Topley, Fair- field Island, are spending a couple of weeks with friends in Vancouver Mrs. Chester Chadsey and her guest Mrs. F. Phillips visited Mrs. Maitland at Majuba Hill on Tuesday. I Capt. P H. B. Runsay left on a business trip to Brandon yesterday, expecting lo be awuy ubout two weeks. Miss Townsly of North Vancouver is the guest at ihe home of Mr. und Mrs. A C. Wells, Eden Bank Farm, Sardis. Mr. and Mr-. Toms Miss Norma Toms and Flovd returned this w.ck from u two months holiday spent iu California. Mr. A IjingstalT of Emo Ont has purchased the business nud building known as the Sardis store owned by W J. Holmes. The regular meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary will be held on Mon ay March 11, at tb ic o'clock in the Odd Fellow's Hull. I Mrs. Samuel M. Carson and Mrs. L. Budd will receive on Saturday, March 1(1 and after on the third Saturday of the month. F. James, of Nay _ James, Bond nnd Ileal Estate firm, of Re- gina, Sask., was the guest of Mr. nnd Mrs. C. A. Burlier, on Monday. Jos. Thompson ol Sardis, vice president of thc Stock Breeders and Dairy Association attended a moot- on that Society iu Vancouver Inst week. Miss Sellers as Captain of the Sardis Girl Guides witli her patrol was in the citv on Friday, visiting the Chilliwaek Girl Guides during thoir exercises. Mr, and Mrs. (I. H. W. Ashwcll expect to goto Vancouver on Sunday. They will attend the Schumnnn- Heiuk Concert ou Monday night and visit Seattle before returning. J. E. Harrison, one of the woll known farmers nf the Chilliwaek district, was a visitor in thc city yesterday.—Columbian. li. II. Ashwcll, A. B. McKenzie and G. I). Thornton left Sunday night for Puyallup, Wash., as a delegation to investigate the fruit growing and preserving industry at that point. Mrs. Reg. E. Broadhead, Gore avenue received for the first time since coming to Chilliwack on -Mon day afternoon. The rooms and tea table were decorated with lovely d iffodils and carnations, Mrs. Ingram of Vancouver presiding over the tea cups. Tbe Paul Diablo Comedy Company will hold the hoards ut the opera house tt.-i.ighl and to-morn... night presenting strong Vaudeville hills eacb evening. The Company presents a good clean brunt! of comedy and song numliers, ami has lieen well received where ever they have appeared. You shoul I see the big display of Oranges in Ashwells Grocery They have on display the largest Shipment of Navel Oranges ever seen in Chilliwack. Prices are now at the lowest; its Marmalade making time. W. R. Stevenson the Valley painter aud wall paper man employs the best paper hangers that can be got. It is wonderful what a transformation you can make at little expense with our now wall papers. Thc name 'Barnum" has been a household word throughout America for many years. In fact it has stood for the acme of amusement management ever since thc famous P. T. Barnum first became king of thc circus world. At the present time thc cognomen "Barnum" represents the highest point gained in another form of entertainment; that of hypnotism. Barnum thc hypnotist who appears at the 0|iera House is considered the best on the American stage to-day in his particular line of work. The program presented by Barnum is different from the hackneyed performance given by most Hypnotists. Tke HaMUl A-iuT GrileW The members of the Hospital Auxiliary nre indebted to nil who helped to mnke the Opening Day a success: to Miss Hill's Orchestra for a musical programme; to Mr. McManus for thc use of piano; and to the City Transfer Co. for cartage. Thc following list of contributions were received;—Jnrs of Fruit, Mra. H. Eckert, Mrs. Munro, Mrs. C. E Eckert. Mrs. Day Mrs. M.C.Hall, Mrs. I/ive, Mrs. Ik-ale, Mrs. Parry, Mrs. Mcintosh, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. I). Chadsey. Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. D. II. McKay, Mrs. White; Mrs. C. I, Riiyds, Mrs. Sprout, Mrs. Cousins, Mrs. Davies, Mrs of the show is constructed of good, c can, original comedy but scientific test' aro introduced tliat are wonderful, indeed, and hnve been so declared by n great many physicans nil over the country who have investigated them. Some of the more important exhibitions which Bar mini will present in this city are, the hypnotic hloyole riding test of several hours duration the hypnotic I sleep of 50 or "4 hours whicli is induced over the long distance telephone. The subjects who take part j in these apparently severe tests have been examined by physicians during and at the end of encb exhibition and have been found to be in normal conditio,*, in every instance The only thing noticeable is u slight increase in respiration. A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION The British Columbia Liberals met in convention at Vancouver on Thursday and Friday Inst. Font hundred delegates were present from Sjl parts of the provinco and rousing ami enthusiastic sessions were hold. The convention adopted n clean, strong platform, and decided to contest the provincial election in earnest, and show up tho methods of the present administration, and enlighten the public as clearly as the short time will permit. Following is a list of the officers ehcleil. Honorary President, Sir Wilfrid Laurier; President, It. C. Brewster; Vice-Presidents, Dr. Ker- gin, F. J. Dcnne; Treasurer, A. M. Pound; Ifeoording-Socretary, C. IC. Campbell ; Executive Committee, II. ShepllOi', Nanaimo ; H. Fee, Vancouver Island; Captain Ramsay and .1. M Wearl, New Westminster; A.B Fraser and Geo. Bel I. Victoria; James .Murphy and M. McDonald, Upper Country; Ralph Smith, (I.E. MeCrossan, F. It. Mel). Ru«sell and E. L. Tayhir, Vancouver. Tbe lelegntes representing Chilliwuek constituency wero, ('apt. Ramsay, J. H. Ashwell, Geo. Thornton, P. W. Crankshaw, Andrew Lindell, R, A. llend 'i-s.in, A. Cruickshanks, of Matsqui, and Messrs. Towlan and Jiickiinin, Mt. Ledum p. II. L. R. CUT Defeated Militia Oil Saturday last thc City and the Militia teams met for thc first time in a league football match. The day was very fine and as both teams were strongly represented there was a large turn out of spectators. The game throughout the tirst half was Very evenly contested but thc City managed to score, after about 20 minutes of play, through Mailman. Half time arrived with the score 1-0 in favor of the City. In the second half the Militia played vory fine football but failed in front of goal. Towards the finish R. Orr shot a very pretty goal for the City and HM match ended with the score: City 2 Militia 0. The line up was, City; White, Bowdcn Nolans, Candlish, Raine, Taylor, R. Orr, Hall Malt- man, Logan, Brown. Militia; E. Huhble, Kor, Nicholson, D. Orr, unsworth, Patchell, II. Jackson, S. Hubble, Chettle, J. A. Jackson, Houston. Attest oi Posllry Riiiisi Mrs Sophia Davies of Vancouver, the speaker at the special meeting held under the auspices of the Women's Institute ou Monday night, was thoroughly at home with hot- subject "Poultry Raising." Here in the valley the matter of raising fowl to the licst advantage to all concerned is a vital matter and during the evening much important information was given both by thc speaker und through the discussion. Mrs Davies was born in England and there had a slight experience with poultry Emigrating to Canada she located in Ontario, going in for poultry raising on a commercial basis on a forty acre farm, eggs at that time heing Oets a dozen in summer and 25 cts in winter. Mrs. Davics made a contract with the King Edward Hotel to supply all tlieir needs at n minimum of 22 cts in summer and 11 cts in winter and made a splendid success o' her business Besides her practical km...ledge of the work, Mrs. Davics is a very pleasing speaker, und was listened to with much interest. Mrs W. V. Davies as president of the W 1. was in the chair and most of Ihe member*! of the Poultry Association were nlso present. The death occurred of Miss Cora Etbelwynnc Chat man. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bcnj. Chapman of Camp Slough, at thc hospital on iVodnosdoy afternoon, the cause of her untimely death being appende- eitis. She liad been quite ill for about two weeks, and on Thursday last hnd a relapse and although the doctor could hardly givcany hope for her recovery, she was brought into the hospital on Monday night to lie operated on, as a possible chance, a West minster doctor boing called to assist. The opera- lion was quite successful but thc ease was too far advanced to make the necessary relief possible and the patient passed away about four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Chapman was a very promising and bright girl much loved l.y hor friends, and sympathy is expressed for the bereaved family. BOARD OF TRADE MONTHLY MEETING Tlie regular monthly meeting of the Hoard of Trade was held in the Odd Fellow's Hall on Friday ovoning, there being present; Vice-Pres! dent W. L. Macken, Secretary D. E. Carleton. and Messrs. D. McGillivary, T. E. Caskey, T. J. Polley, E. J. Boucher, G. H. W. Ashwell,.). Burton, J. R. Anderson, S. S. Carleton, C. E. Eckert, S. Sutor F. li. Lyle, Mayor Waddington. Col. Boultboo, A. E. McLane, I). IC. Munn, Jeff. Harrison, H. T. Goodland, Mr. Hpicer nud C. A. Barber. In the absence of President J. Barber, through illness, W. Macken occupied the chair. A letter was read from W. Barge, of Rosedale, making complaint re mail sen-ice. A Board of Trade notice mailed to Mr. Barge and post marked Chilliwaek Jan. 30, was not delivered until Fob. 8, and Ivcaring Rosedale post mark of same date. Four days had elapsed between posting of letter and delivery, with a daily service between the two points. The letter opened the way for a variety of complaints and protest- in regard to mail service in the valley, instances being given whore it required a month or more for a letter to go from Chilliwack to Sardis, and others equally inexplicable. The delivery of mail from the old building now moved some distance back from the street was much disapproved of by the Board, on thc ground that it caused thc public much inconvenience, which with thc cramped quarters for the handling of the mails, constituted n condition of affairs that should be remedied. A resolution asking the thc Government to secure more suitable quarters during the construction of the new building, and also investigate the mail service department generally, was carried unanimously, a copy of the resolution to be forwarded to J. D. Taylor, M. P. bitulithic pavement. Both were good though expensive. C. E. Eckert on boing called on stated he had been working on a 'scheme of road improvement for the valley but had not the details worked out, and did not care to go into the proposition until these were complete. He would thon be pleased to submit a plan and work for its adoption, Mr. Eckert's remarks were received with expressed approval. Next to the roads are the boulevards, lawns and gardens and F. B. Lyle was of the opinion that the Board should start a campaign of civic improvement, and enthuse the citizen with the idea of beautifying his home surroundings. A. S. Watson brought up the all important matter of sewerage. The Mayor in reply stated that the city council had the matter in hand and a scheme would be worked out shortly. He thought a trunk sewer at least would be put in this season, and in this connection took up the waterworks question, of either purchasing the present system or installing a now one. In answer to a question the Mayor stated that thc Elk Creek Co., has not got an exclusive franchise of the roads for waterworks purposes. At this juncture E. Stuart Wade, publicity commissioner for Westminster arrived and was forthwith called upon to address the Board ou that important phase of Board ot Trade work—publicity. Mr. Wide gave a goodaddresscnthisquestion. Thc speaker emphasized -.he bet that to advertise profitably there must be something to-how, a bi_._, and a presentation of facts is they are, and that there was nothinii like' honesty in advertising. The valley had the basis—the developnieut and. growth of the past five years was evidence of that. Good climate, good pure water, tine agri.:ulturai ar.d arable lands, growing transportation facilities. During his tour months rccent visit to the States he was everywhere impressed with the 4s_- t, . t ...... ~ , i i position of the American to know Supt. of the C P. R. Telegraphs \mmiU ^ BrilL,h CaT__bia. wrote stating that service would be |Th_, _» _ __, an(j i fai_. fc instituted at an early date. A. E. McLane, John Robinson change, and it was important that B. C. should present ib indueernen-i fairly and squarely. During hi" trip lie had distributed three ijiarters of a ton of literature. To anv person who spends a winter in the east, the west will appeal. We have the land for agriculturalists and fruit grower-, but in addition to this wn require industries to give employment to people who do not follow agricultural pursuits. There i" only one way to get these, and that is to go after them, and when we get them to keep them by patronuing them. Buying at home was one of the best means of growth. Merchant, ami business men should encourage this. In many cases less profit would produce better results. Mr. Wade then gave some hints aa la tho compilation and distribution nf publicity literature, and congratulated tho Board on the excellence of the Booklet recently published, stating that nothing better had come under his ohserva tion either in Canada or the United States. Mr. Wade intimated that he intended to visit the valley again soon in connection with the Fraser Valley Progressive Association, which comprises till the rural councils and public bodies in the valley. A united publicity campaign in this connection is proposed. In answer to a question Sir. Wade stated that Westminster'*, publicity fund was supplied by tbe city council, out of tiie general revenue, and wa. considered an expense in the same light as any other civic expenditure. A hearty vote of thank" was tendered the speaker for his enlightening and practical address. and Samuel Sutor were elected members of thc Board. Thc Council of the Board recommended several changes in thc constitution and by laws. Changing of thc evening of meeting from the lirst Friday in the month to tlie first Wednesday, and the addition of the program and publicity committees to the machinery of tin- Board, were the most important alterations. It was recommended that tlic constitution and by-laws as amended be printed. The report was adopted. A petition signed by many of thc people of Harrison, on the north bank of tho Fraser, asking thc Dominion Government to grunt a subsidy toward the maintenance of the ferry service between Chilliwack and Harrison was read. A daily son-ice was much needed, but at present the returns were not remunerative enough to maintain a regular service. The petition was unanimously endorsed by the Board. Mr'. Spieer introduced the subject of Indian reserves in the valley pointing out thc injustice done thc valley by ticing up some of thc best land in the valley in this way. In the discussion whicli followed it wus pointed out that these reserves were the sore spots of the valley. The Indian with fow exceptions, was carelessness personified, with the result thut noxioiiB weeds and pests of every discription nourished unchecked to tlie detriment nnd discouragement of the man who wus endeavoring to produce clean fruit and a clean ranch. There are about sixteen reserves comprising about 2U0J acres of practically the I pick of the valley soil. One Indian | Two splendid addresses were the on an entire reserve can hold it and i features of last Sunday's meeting in some cases this is thc extent of lot tlie P. S. A. Rev. R. Marshall, settlement of or use mnde by the of the Baptist church delivering ono Indian. The land is owned by the | and Rev. E. J. Best, of Columbian Province, but held in trust for the College, the other. Mr. James. Indian bv thc Dominion Govern- sen., gave n vocal selection with ment. A resolution was passed requesting the Secretary to write J. I). Taylor M. P. for the best plan of procedure in dealing with the question. Good roads throughout the valley were also discussed. As regards the City road improvements, Mayor Waddington stated that tho city council hnd the subject under advisement and had investigated the Hassain intvement nnd also the harp accompaniment, The attendance was not as large as usual, owing to the almost irresistable beckonings of Old Sol and other glorious weather conditions. The P. S. A. Executive was appointed to conduct and equip the reading rooms donated by G. lt. Ashwcll _ Son. Has any Isidy seen the Chilliwack Street SwooperHn operation? CHILLIWACK FREE PRESS ONE WAY OUT Copyright, 1911 Bj. WILLIAM CARLETON [By Small, Miiymiiil ft Co., Inc. CHAPTER IU.—Continued The Miilcllo Class HoU olIU sent mo away ovory morning 15 witli fresh hope anil greeted mo nt night with u flioorfulnoas tlmt wns liko wino. Ami sho did this without uuy show of i'ilIsc optimism, Shu wus not blind to tlio soriousnosB of our present position, but she exhibited a I'onliiloiico in mo Uinl did not Utlllllt ul' doubt or fciir. There was Boiuotliing almost awesomely beautiful ubout Staudlllg by her side und facing tho up- proacblng storm, yho used to piano her smnll lunula upon my buck und ox dial in: "Why, Billy, there's work for shiiublers Ilka those." 11 UIIIUO mo feel like u giant. So iinot.lier month passed. 1 sub' st-ribed to un employment bureau, but the only oiler 1 reeeived wus to net us a sort uf bouncer in u barroom. I sup puse my holgllt und weight nnd roputu tiun for nobrloty roisonimendoil mo tliere. Thore wns llvo dollurs n week iu it, and us fnr ns I alono wus cernod I would havo taken it. Thut sum would at least buy bread, und though it nmy sound incredible tlio problem of getting enough lo out wus fust becoming acute. The provision men became daily more suspicious. Wo cut down on everything, but I kuow it wus only a question of time when tlicy wiiul.l refuse tn extend our credit for the littio wo had to have. And all around nie my neighbors went their cheerful ways and waited for mo to work it out. Hut whenever 1 thought of the barroom job und tho money it would bring I could sec them shake their heads. It tins bell. It wns tho deepest of all deep hells—the middle-class hell. There was nothing theatrical about it—no fireworks or red lights, lt was plain, dull, sodden. Hero wns my position: work in my rlass I couldn't get; work ns a young man I wns too old to get; work as .just plain physical labor tiiese mention of tho boy, but it was soon lilted. "Let's get away from them," sho gasped. " _ot 'a go whero there are uo neighbors." "Would youi" I nskeil. " 1 '.I go to tho ends uf the earth with you, Billy," sho uiisvvered quietly. How plucky she was! I couldn't bolp but smile us I unswered, moro to llivself: ""Wo haven't even the enrfnro to go to the ends of the enrtli, Ruth. It will take all wo have to pay our bills." "All wo have?" she asked. No, not thnt. They eould only gut a littio of what she and I hnd. They eould take our belongings, thill's nil. And they hadn't got those yet. Hut. I hud begun lo hate tlioso neighbors, with a lleree, unrensonilig hntred. In silence they dictated, without assisting. For a dozen years 1 luul lived with theiu, played with Ihem, been mi integral pint of their lives, and now they* were worse I linn useless to mo. There wasn't one of them big enough to receive mo into his homo for myself alono, apart, from the work 1 did. Thero wasn't n true brother nmong them. Our lives turn upon little things. They turn swiftly. Within liftecn minutes 1 had solved my problem in a fashion ns unexpected ns it was radical. son is thut as emigrants tho whoio United States stands roady to help them with schools und playgrounds uud hospitals uud purks." 1 paused for breath. Sho cut in excitedly: "Tben we'ro going out west!" "No; wo haven't tho capital for that. Hy selling all our things wo can pay our dobts and have u few dollars over, but that wouldn 't. tako us to Chicago, CIIAPTEK IV. We Emigrate to America Coing down the path to town bitterly and blindly, 1 met Murphy. Uo was a mun with not a gray hair in his head who wns a sort of man-of-all-work for the neighborhood, He took care of my furnace and fussed nbout tho grounds when 1 was tied up at the ollico with night work. Ho stopped me with rutlier u shame-faced uir. Hcg pardon, sor," ho began, "but mono middle-dan neighbors refused to'I've got a bill couiin' duo oil tho new allow me to undertake. 1 couldn't, house— black my neighbors' boots without I remembered that I owed him some social ost"racis,„, though Pnsqualo, who fifteen dollars. 1 had Ininypocketsjus ■ ■ ten cents over my car -.ire. But wlmt kept the stand in the United Woollen building, onco confided to me that ho cleared some twenty-five dollars h week, J couldn't mow my neighbors' front lawns or deliver milk at their doors, though there was food in it. That wna honest work—clean work; hut if 1 attempted it would they play golf with me*! PeiHoiially 1 didn 't eare. I would havo taken a job that day. But there were the wife and boy. Tliey were bold in ransom. It's all very well to talk nbout scorning the conventions, to philosophize about thc dignity of honest work, to quote "a man's a man for a' that"; bnt associates of thoir own kind mean more to a woman and a growing boy that they do to a man. At lenst I thought so nt thnt time. When I saw my wife surrounded by well-bred, well-dressed women, they Homed to me an essential part of her life. What else did living mean for her? When my boy brought home with him other boys of his age and kind— though to me they did not represent the highest type—I felt under obligations to retain those friends for him. I had begot him into his set. It seemed barbarous to do anything thnt would allow them to point the finger at him. I felt a yearning for some primoval j . ..... .. jv.......h - - £•;»"-;— "Ami you nnvo enougo icn u- employment. I hungered to join tho| t up a house." I stammered. army or go to sea. Hut here again were,1 ,.]t*s botter thnn tho bank," il... .ail'., nn.l la.iv 1 ..,!» I.La insiiiir inln . . ... _ 11 . the wife nnd boy. 1 felt like going into arrested my attention was the mention of a new house. "You mean to tell me that you're putting up a house?" "Tho bit of a rint, sor, in Streot." The contrast wns dramatic. The man who emptied my ashes was erecting tenements and I was looking for work that would bring me in food. My peoplo had lived in this country some two hundred years or more, aud Murphy had probably not been hore thirty. There was something wrong about this, but I seemed to bo getting hold of an idea. "How old are you, Murphy?" 1 asked. "Coin' on sixty, sor." "You came to America broke?" " Dead broke, sor." "You have a wife and children." "A woman und six ehilder." Six! Think of it! And 1 had one. "Children in school?" I asked it almost in hopo that hero at least I would hold thc advantage. "Two of them in college, sor." He spoke it proudly. Well he might. Hut to mu it was confusing. And you havo enougb left ovor to Mur-j , tu phv said apologetically, tho Northwest and pre-empting a home-.1 .\Aml you aren*t an 0ia man yot)"| stead. That was a saner idea, but it U muTm\rat\. took enpital and 1 didn't hnve enough. "Oil) sor?" I was tied hand and foot. It was like one .. Whv you'ro young and strong and j of those nightmares where In tho face in)|(,pC,;(|ent Murphy. You'ro " of danger you are suddenly Hf'K'K !Jut j gUCsa I talked a bit wild. I don't dumb und immovable. k|l0W what | gailL j was breathless—I I was beginning to look wild-eyed. I lightheaded. 1 wanted to go back to j Ruth and I were living ou bread, with- j Iluth. out butter, and canned soup. 1 sneaked "Pat," I said, seizing his hand—i to town with a feu books and sold them'. *> i'att you shall hnve the monoy within for enough to koop the boy supplied,n week. I'm going to sell out and I with meat. My shoes were worn out at the bottom and my clothes were getting decidedly seedy. The men with whom I was iu tin* habit of riding to town iu the morning gave me tis wide a berth ns though I had the leprosy. I guess they wen- afraid my hard luck was catching. Ood pity them, many emigrate, " Kmigrate?" ho gasped. "Where to?" I laughed. Thc solution now seemed so easy. "Why, to America, Pat. To America where you came thirty years ago." 1 left him staring at me. I hurried into! of thi'in were dangerously near the rim: the house with my heart in my thront. of this same lull themselves. 1 found Ruth in the sitting-ruum One Diomtng mv wife came to mc with her head in her hands and her reluctantly, Imt with her usual courage, i white forehead knotted in a frown. She and said: [didn't hear tno come in, but when I "Itilly, the grocery man didn't bring touched her arm she jumped up, ashnm- OUl order Inst night.''1 It was like a ,.,| to think I had cnught her looking I en puzzled. Hut at sight of my face \ sword thrust. It made me desperate Hut the worst of the mi.Idle-class hill her expression changed in a llash. i** tint thoro is nothing to light back nt. There vou nre. I couldn't sny anything. Then* was no answer. My eyes mutt hnve looked queer, foi l.uth cami noaror and whispered) "Don'l go in town today. Hilly." I Had on my imt ant] hud gathered up two nr three nunc Milium*", in my green bug. I looked ut tin* trim little 'Oh, Hillv," she cried, "it's good- nowat" •It's a way out—if you approve," I, answered. 'I do. Hilly." she answered, with- .oil witting tn hear. Then listen," I said. "If we were1 living in England or Ireland or Prance : or <'ormntiy mul found life ns nurd us' hoUM llmt had been my home for su tlm nnd some one left us live hundred! long. The real would be . ue next dollars, whnt would you advise doing?" | month. 1 looked nt tin* other trim '' Why, we d emigrnte, Hilly," she lillle hontei n mu ml me. Was it netu-Jsnid instnntly. nlly poaalblo thnl a man eould starve "Exactly. Where to?" in such n community 1 It seemed like a "To Americft." Utanle joko. Why. every year lids "Right." 1 "Tied. "And we'd be country wns absorbing emigrants by one out of a thousnnd if we didn't make the thousand. Tln-y did not "go | good, wouldn 't we?" hungry. They waxed fat and prosper- " Why, every one succeeds who comes OUS. There was I'usqunle, the boot- here from somewhere else," she ex- j bl.v-k, who wns earning nearly ns much I claimed, ns I ever did \ "And why do they?" I demnnded,! We wire standing nn tho porch. 11 getting excited with my idea. "Why took Ruth in my nrms nnd kissed her. * do tliey? There ure n dozen .canons. Bho draw buck with a modest, protest i One is because they come ns pioneers— tlmt the neighbors might see. Tho word with all the enthusiasm and eagerness neighbors goaded mr. 1 shook my (1st j of adventurers. I _* t -■ is fresh nnd ro-1 nt their trim little houses nnd voiced jinnntie to thom over here. Hardships, n ponton that hnd slowly been gather-[only add zest to the game. Another1 ing strength. reason is thnt it is nil n fine big gamble "Damn the neighbors!" I cried. I to them. They have everything io gain Ruth wns startled. 1 don't often mid nothing to lose. It's the same swear. 'spirit thnt drives young New Bug* j "Hnve they been talking nbout ' Inmlers oul west to" try their lurk, to! yon!" she asked suddenly, her mouth preempt homesteads in the Northwest,! hardening. I to till the prairies. Another reason Isj "I don't know. 1 don't care. Hut thnt ihey come over hero fre>?—un-I they hold ynu In ransom liko bloody ( hound by conventions. They can work | Moroccan pirates." [os they please, live as they please. They " Mow do they, Hilly?" haven't nny cause to hamper them. An- I "They won't let me work without uther renson is that, being on the same Uklllg it out of you and the boy," -rent adventure, they are all brothers.! Her head dropped for a second at!They pull together. Still another rea- go I'm not going ten miles from homo," "Where then, Billy?" "You've seen the big ships come in nlong the water-front? They nre bringing over hundreds of emigrants every yenr nud landing them right on those docks. These people have had to cross tiie ocean to reach that point) but our ancestors mnde the voyage for you and me two hundred years ago. We're within ten miles of the wharf now," She couldn't make out what I meant. "Why, wife o' mine," I ran on, "nil we need to do is pack up, go down to the dock nml start from tliere. We must join the emigrants tnnd follow them into the city. These ure the only people who are finding America today. We must take up life nmong them; work as they work; live as tliey live. Why, I fool my back muscles straining even now; I feel the tingle of coming down the gang-plank with our fortunes yet to make in this laud of opportunity. Pastiualo hns done it; Murphy hns done it. Don't you think I enn do it?" She looked up ut me. I had never seen her face more beautiful. It was "My man—my wonderful, good mnn!" The primitive appellation was in itself like a whiff of salt air. It bore me back to the duys when a husband's chief function was just thnt—heing a man to his own good womnn. We looked for a moment into each other's eyes. Then Ihe same question was born to both of us in a moment. "What of the boy?" It was a more serious question to her, I think, than it was to me. I knew that the sons of other fathers and mothor. had wrestled with that life and come out strong. There were Murphy's boys, for instance. Of course the life would be new to my boy, but the keen competition ought to drive him to his best. His present life was not doing thnt. As for the coarser details from which he hud been so sheltered—well, a man has to learn sooner or Inter, and 1 wasn't sure but it was better for htm to lenrn at an age when such things would offer no real temptations. With Ruth back of him I didn't worry much about that. Besides, the boy had let drop a phrase or two that mnde mc suspect that even among his present associates that same ground was being explored. "Ruth," I snid, "I'm not worrying ubout Dick," "Ho has been kept so fresh," she murmured. "It isn't the fresh things that keep longest," I .aid. "That's true, Hilly,'' she answered. Then she thought a moment, ond as though with new inspiration answered mc, using again that same tender, primitive expression: "I don't foar for my man-child." When the boy came home from school that night 1 hnd a long talk with him. 1 told him frankly how I had been forced out of my position, how I had tried tor another, how at length I had resolved to go pioneering ju.t as his greatgrandfather had done among tho Indians. As I thought, the naked adventure of it appealed to him. That was all I wished; it was enough to work on. Thc next day I brought out a second- baud furniture dealer and made as good a bargain as I could with him for tho contents of the houBC. Wo saved nothing but tho sheer essentials for light housekeeping. These consisted of most of tbo cooking utensils, a half dozes plates, cups and saucers and about a dozen other pieces for thc table, fo table cloths, all thc bed linen, nil our clothes, including some old clothes wc had been upon the point of throwing awny, a few personal ginicraeks, aim for furniture the following articles: the folding wooden kitchen table, a half dozen chairs, thc cot bed in the boy's room, the iron bed *n our room, the long mirror I gave Ruth on her birthday, and a sort of china-closet thnt stood in the dining-room. To this we added bowls, pitchers, nml lamps. All the rest, whicli included a full dining-room set. a full dinner set of chinn, the furnishings of the front room, including books i-.tni bookc'ise, chairs, rugs, pb tures; and two or llire<* good chain, a full I bedroom vt in 'mr room nml n cheaper] one in the boy's room, plain furnish- Ingtj garden tools ami forty odds ami i nds, nil of which had cost iih- Ilrst nnd Inst something like two thousand dol-! Inrs, I told the dealer to lump to-l Bother, Hi- looked it over nml bid six' hundred dollars, I snw Ruth swallow hard, for she hml taken good enre of OVorythlog so thut to us it was worth as much today ns we had paid for it. Hut I accepted the offer without dick-, ering. for it was large enough lo serve, my ends. It would pay oil all nur debts and leave us a hundred dollars to the good. It was the first time since j I married that I bad been that much ahead. Thnt afternoon 1 saw Murphy and I hired of him the top tenement of his] new house. It wns in thc Italian j quarter of tho city and my flat con-j -tatad of four)rooms. The rent wns' three dollars a Week. Murphy looked surprised enough nt tho ehnngu in my j affair*, nn.l I mnde htm promise not to gossip to the neighbors nbout where I M gone. "Faith, sor," he said, "and they wouldn't believe it if I told them." Tlm' wasn't all I accomplished that day. I bought a pnir of overalls ami presented mveclf nt the office of n contractor'l agent. I didn't hnve inv trouble in getting in thero and I didn't feel like a beggar as T took my place in Iin" with nbout a dozen foreigners. I looked them over with a "ertain nmount of .elf confidence. Most of Ihem <vere undcrslred men with sagging shoulders and primitive faces. With their big eyes they made me think of shaggy Shetland ponies. Lined up man for man with my lato associates they certainly looked like an inferior lot. 1 studied them with curiosity; thero must ue more in ihem than showed ou the surface to bring them over here— there must bo something that wasn't in the rest of us fur them to make good 'he way they did. In tho next tix months 1 meant to liml out whut fchat was. In the meantime just sitting there umeng them 1 felt us though I hud more elbow room thun 1 had had since I was eighteen. Before me as bo- fore them n continent strcUdiod its great length and breadth. They laughed nnu joked nmong themselves und stared about at everything with eager, curious eyes. They were ready fo? anything, and everything was ready for them—the ditch, thc mines, the railroads, the wheat fields. Wherever things were growing utul needed men lo help them grow, they would play tlieir part. They say there's plenty of |room at the top, but there's plenty of 'room at. tho bottom, too. It's in the 'middle that men get pinched. I I wmked my way up to the window I where a sallow, pale-fuced clerk sat in front of u big book. Ho gave me a slart, lie was such a contrast to tlm oilers. In my new eidl.asjnsni I want* 'ed to ask him why he didn't come out 'nnd get in line the other side of the I window. He yawned as he wrote down - mv name. 1 didn 'I hnve to answer more thuu half a dozen questions before he told me to report for work Monday I at such and such a plnce. I asked hun [what the wotk wus und he looked up. " Subway," he answered, I asked him how much the pay wns. lie looked me over at this. J don't know what he thought I was. "Dollar and a half-nine hours." " All right," I answered, lie gave me a slip of paper and I hurried out. It hadn't taken ton minutes. And u dollar and u hnlf n day was nine dollars u week! It wns almost twice us much as I had Marled on with the United, it was over ,i third of what 1 had been getting nfter my first ten years of hard work with them. It seemed too good to be true. Taking Hushed uml eager. She clutched my arm. Then she whispered: out tho rent this left me six dollars for food. That was as much us it had cost Ruth nnd mo the first year we were married. There was no need of going hungry on that. (To be continued) the bottom of the water nntl accumulate thoro In a roUUlsh brown layer, lt is now considered oatabllsh-d that ihe same bacteria cause trouble ut times in municipal water mains, sometimes even Gauging their complete obstruction. A FIBRE EXPOSITION IN JAVA A unique exhibit of fibre plants und fibre-working machinery has been held at Socrabaya, .lava, during tho past slimmer in connection with the Fibre Congress of the Kast indies, whieh opened July 3rd. Dutch, German, ami British machinery was represented, mnde hy Krupp, Benlsch, Berand Lle- bescher, Lees Sa Co., and Oldham. All the fibre plants of Java, and many from the Philippines, Siam, etc., including sisal, agi), pineapple fibre, banana fibre, cncoanut fibre Java cotton, knpok. ami others, were exhibited. One exhibit showed tho natives of Java working kapok and cotton from the very first stnge of preparing the fibre to tho fin ishing of thc woven cloth. Kapok is the silky fibre surrounding thc seeds of the silk-cotton tree (Cciba pnntandra), one of the noblest trees of thc tropics. It is extensively used in stuffing mattresses, and also in filling life-preservers, for which latter uso it is especially valuable, as it will sup port a greater weight in water than any other substance used for this purpose. A mass of pressed kapok will support thtrty-slx or thirty-seven times Us weight. POOR SYSTEM OF EDUCATION Sir John Gorst is trying to rouse the British mind to n sense of the futility —even to the vlclousness—of an etlu- eatlnnnl system which bears small relationship to the practical needs of thc time. Ills Indictment Is not lacking In directness. "A starved und stunted race," be snys, "Is being allowed to grow up as a legacy for the next generation to deal wltb. for In most elementary schools children ure only drilled, not educated." Again, "The higher nnd university schools nre still fettered by mediaeval systems which makes the acquisition of learning to he produced ut examinations the mnin work of the students." It would seem thnt the American system Is not the only one which needs overhauling. WHAT PETER WOULD DO Dr. Ingram says that he was $10,000 richer when he became Bishop of London thnn he is now. No one will dispute the bishop*! word, but there are other bishops wim bave not lieen similarly Impoverished by their work. Dr. Ingram says that on onn occasion when he drove from the House of Lords in I'u I hum Palme bt1 gave the cabman I's. Od. The driver gaiod upon the coin in tin* way habitual with drivers nnd snld. "If St. I'eter hud been Bishop of London do you think he would huve given mo only Imlf u crown?" And the bishop answered. "If 81. I'eter bad been hen* be would have iniu Archbishop nf Canterbury, alld the fare to Lambeth Palace Is Is." We nre not In n position to dispute the fare to I.ninhcth i'ulaee, but we may believe llmt If St. Peter were In London at ihe present tlmo he would not be Archbishop of Canterbury. Probably he WOUld bo In Jnlt for disturbing Ibe peace or for healing the slek wil bout a medical diploma. BACTERIA THAT FEED ON IRON The organisms commonly denoted as bacteria arc a remarkable class, nol only us regards the Intensity of the net Ions which they nre cnpnhlc of exercising, despite ihelr smnll slJte, but also us regards (heir oxtrnordlnnry variety nnd versatility. Thus, for Instance, bacteria played n very important rote In the decomposition, which led to the production of the Goal men- surcs of our earth. A peculiar group of bncterln ure the so-cnlled "Iron line- terln." These live In highly ferruguv ous water, nnd hnve peculiar power of extracting tho Iron from thc water, iron is contained In water In the form of ferrous enrhonnte, and It Is this which Is consumed by Iho bacteria, who convert It Into iron hydroxide. Whon theso bacteria die they sink to SKINLESS FUR8 lt Is only too woll known that furs are, subject to the ravages of moths und other unbidden guests. As a matter of fuel, It is only the skin to which the fur Is attached that attracts these creatures. Tbe idea, therefore, suggests Itself to a mind sufficiently bold to make the step, to substitute some other material not adapted as food for vermin, In place of the natural skin. The statement of the problem is simple enough, but Us solution is one which most people would hesitate to attempt. Nevertheless, it appears thut the thing has been successfully accomplished. The following Is the method adopted: Tbe fur Is stretched upon a wooden frame and Is then dipped, halr-slde down. In a flat dish, the dish being filled With water and placed with the fur In a refrigerating room and allowed fo freeze. When tbo fur is frozen to a solid block, the skin Is Sawed off With a circular saw. It cun be further utilised for ihe nn facturo of leather. The surface of Ibe he block Is allowed to lil.-Il down n small illslanee, so as In bring out the ends of iln- hairs, nud then u number of layers of rubber solution are applied. After tbls 1ms sot the lee block Is melted hit, leaving lho hair firmly sealed lu the rubber. 'I'be product so obtained perfectly rosombtos natural fur iu appearance, bul differs from li in boing nulla unassailable by the vermin which attack the latter. VALUE OF VENTILATION The odor of tbe ulr proves the presence of abnormal constituents nnd its disagreeable character certainly suggests, although it by no means proves. (hul they muy be harmful. O if the earliest experiments bearing on lho subject wo owe to Qrown-Se- quard, Air was aspirated through a series of bottles In each of which was placed a mouse. lietween the fourth and fifth bottles tlu- air was passed through strong Bulpliurtc acid. Brown- Sequaril reports that the first mouse to die was iu (he third bottle, while the mouse in the fifth survived without 111 effects. It was plausibly assumed that the acid bad removed some poisonous material other than carbon dioxide. The repetition of this experiment in the hands of competent observers has at times given similar results to those of Brown-Sequord nnd at other times given divergent results. l'ossibly tbls is to be ox- plained by the differences in the rate at which the nir Is aspirated through the bottles or by some other uncontrolled condition of the experiment. It can hardly be doubted that, under the given conditions, toxic substances are added to the air; and, since these nre removed by sulphuric acid, It Is possible that they are of basic nature. The presence of toxic constituents in the air of a crowded room is also indicated by experiments in which the water vapor of the air Is condensed by cold nnd the liquid thus obtained is administered to an animal In one way or another. While the methods of work are decidedly open to criticism, it would seem that In many of them distinctly toxic and even fatal results have followed. In other experiments large quantities of the air of the room have been passed through sulphuric acid, the acid subsequently neutralized, und the liquid thus obtained has proved to have toxic properties. Assuming thut ibe positive results from experiments of this kind should be given greater weight than negative results, wc are sllll Justified In concluding that only tho air of the crowded room contains some poisonous material, We nre not Justified In assuming that tl comes from the lungs, since there Is obviously the possibility of contamination from tbe skin, clothing, decaying food particles In the mouth, or catarrhal exudates from the air passages, and thc like. This bus an obvious practical bcurlng on the older teaching, that while the carbon- dioxide is not of Itself poisonous, it indicates the quantity of poisonous material present. This cannot be true unless the poisonous material comes from the lungs; and there seems to be prnctlcnl agreement tbnt. when the respired air Is received directly from the trachea of a normal animal, It Is not only Itself odorless, but there Is no odor fn the liquid obtained when the tracheal nir Is condensed by cold; nor do nny toxic ef- feets follow tho administration of this condensed liquid to an animal. PERNICIOUS PUBLICITY Speaking of various tun tiers, lho Ban Francisco Argonaut remarks: "<>ur exposition manngen- ought not to have asked permission to carve "Sun Krniioiseo, 1916," In one of Ihe big trees in BeqUola Grove and the Interior Department ought not to hnve granted it. It is quite enough thnt femes, dead walls, and house roofs should be sacrificed to Ihe passion for advertising -'publicity,* we believe Is now the phrase. The beauties and grandeurs of nature should be exempt. Public resentment against the promoters of the PortOJQ festival for defacing float Island has not yet died out; and 11 Is n demonstrable fact that resentment against a recent candidate for sheriff for writing bis mime across the fnee of Twin Peak- contributed to his defeat. There Is logic and propriety In advertising our coming exposition In reasonable ways; but It ts offensive nnd outrageous to defnee the Sequoln Grove In exploitation of anything." HISTORY OF THE WORD "0A8" It wns the ttelglnn chemist, Joh. Haptlst vnn Helmont— IR77 to 1644— who for the first time Introduced thc word "gns" Into use, nnil experts and philologists hnve long wondered whence hn derived this expression, Max Speter gives u lengthy account nf Ihe history of tho controversy nnd tho etymology of the word gas. From this It seems thnt Helmont derived this word by a transformation of the Greek i word chaos, while others think that the Siiiirikrit word akasha—celestial ether-—was the basic word. Ramsay is of tbe opinion lhat gas Is derived from the Herman word gelst. More Interesting thun tho etymology of the word is Its history. After the death of Helmont it appears to have been entirely forgotten, and It wus not used again until 1778, when Macquer used tt In his "Dlctlonnuiro de Chymle." From there Lavoise took the word over into his system—traite elemental!**, 1789. In Germany tho word gas was first mentioned In connection with reports of Montgolder's balloon ascensions tn Purls, lt was then called "der gas?' and from that time on the term has been in common use. However, J. Chr. Adelung, a well-known publisher of dictionaries, used it only with reluctance, calling it a barbaric word, which Helmont must have taken from the Hebrew, or perhaps from the Dutch word geest (spirit), and be hopes (bat a more proper word would be found. Hut the wish of Adelung ims never been fulfilled, uud Helmunt's word has been preserved to the present day. WHEELS MODERN APPLIANCE Si range though ll muy appear, wheels were not used generally for facilitating transit lu Britain tin comparatively rocont Units. The very first carriage was mado for Queen I'.liv.ahcl.i Iii 10Q8; (he lirsl lhat plied for hire In London were hi 102(1, ami the tlrst stage coaches Mere In ltir.il. Urondly spoaklng, -ill tho curly wheels were compression wheels with radhil spokes. The Introduction of ihe bub* penslop wheel for bicycles marked n grooJ advance In Uie shock-absorbliiK powers of wheels. The first bicycle wheels wot* inpresslon wheels, ami had wooden spokes and rlin wllh an Iron lyre. The wheels were Just ordinary light earihigo wheels. The curved mom ber connecting the buck axle to the (op of the front wheel Is not al- togothor unlike that used In the chariots nf the ancients, Later bicycle wheels had rndlal-wlro spokes which, being In tension, kept tho rim in position. In a suspension wheel the spokes and hub nre in extension, while tho rim Is lu compression. It Is a common, though not unnatural error to suppose that the spokes Of a modern bicycle wheel are sometimes In compression. As a mutter of fact, tbey are always In tension, even those between lho hub and the ground, when a heavy rider Is in tbe saddle. THE VOGUE OF "ALICE" A quarter of a century ago "Alice In Wonderland," the nursery classic which hns delighted millions of people, was dramatized, and there is shortly lo take plnce nt Ihe Empire, Liverpool, a celebration of this event; for "Alice" Is simply worshipped In the north. The history of "Alice in Wonderland" Is one of peculiar interest. It originally consisted of a collection of verbal stories with which the author, the late Itev. Charles Dodgson—Lewis Carroll—wns wont to delight his child friends. He was subsequently persuaded to publish them In book form, nnd the work at once leapt into widespread popularity, and is now recognized as being one of the finest works in the Knglish language. It seems almost Impossible thnt tho writer of a book of such pure Imagination should at the same time distinguish himself In the higher mathematics, and produce such works as "The Formulae of Plane Trlgnome- try," "A New Theory of Parallels,'* etc. Yet so It was, and this apparent anomaly Is responsible for an amusing incident nt court. When "Alice in Wonderland" waa exciting enthusiastic criticism throughout lbc length and breadth of the land. Queen victoria, who had beard of Lewtf Carroll's success, asked that any other books written by the same author might be sent lo her. You may Imagine the Itoynl surprise when an ohtrusc mathematical volume was plnced in her hands! PRINTING WITHOUT INK This invention is the product of nn English Inventor. In the course of some electrical experiments he accidentally pressed n coin, which hud fallen on to thc table and was rolling off, against a metallic plate covered with a piece of paper, nnd nt the same time against an Insulated electric tine. To his amuzement he saw u septa print of the coin Impressed upon the puper. This happened about twelve years ago. Since (hen the Inventor has followed up this observation, nnd has now developed a process for printing without Ink. He uses dry paper Impregnated with certain chemicals, whose nature is not disclosed, in tho process of printing the paper travels ver n melul plate nnd the type Is applied on the opposite side, n current of electricity passim* through thc paper. According to Ibe particular metal used for Ibe sub-strahim. nnd nccnrdlng to the mode of ImprOgnhtlon if the paper, n great variety of different colors can be produced, so thnt multi-color printing become** an easy matter. AN OUTSPOKEN JUDGE justice Grantham, the great (Snellen Jurist, who bus Just died In London, was famous for the candid expresslrins of opinions with which be decorated Ids Conduct OH tho bench. Here nre some of the decided statements with which he Is credited: "Counsel very often try to drnw a red herring or n hnre ncross the pntb to prevent tbe Jury seeing what Is the renl Issue." "It Is time that some nf theso publicans were strung up bv the neck. If more publlcahl were prosecuted there would be less drinking nnd los crime." "No one on-ht to tnko n check fmm n bookmaker." "Farmers are wholly Ignorant nf their own business." "A htjehand In certain circumstances is entitled to box his wlfo's csrs.*' "1 dislike tho Roman Catholic faith as much ns nnvhndy." It Is easy to believe thnt these obiter dicta rarely fnlled tn rail forth a protest from the aggrieved victims, hut th" nrote-t* hnd no effeot upon the judge. He neither retracted, sfolo- glxcd, nor explained. f*****"***" TTltT.ITfW'ArK Tlii'T'TtiTPfs"- ••■■-• %_ When Limbs and Chest Acha ZAM-BUK GIVES EASE QUICKLY Have you got cold In your bones? Huve you a und attack ol "general aching"'.' You know llie feeling. Umba ache, muscles seem to have become tired out, back aches, now and again a twinge of rheumatism strikes you hero und there. Your chest feelB tight, and there Is a pain between your shoulders. Cold Is responsible for this condition, and a vigorous application of Zum-liul< will put you right. Take a hot bath, and then rub your chest and the aching limbs well wllh „am- Buk. Mrs. B, Oorlc, 70 Berkeley St., Toronto, writes: "1 cannot speak too highly of Zam-Buk, A few weeks ago I was suffering from a bad cold, which had settled In my throat, chest and limbs. 1 trlod all kinds of remedies, new and old and found very little relief until 1 used Zam-Bult. tm applying this Ic, my Ihniiit un.l chest 1 I'nunil such ease and relief from the lightness and soreness I dolormlnod lo use only Zam-Buk. 1 also rubbed It on my lln.lm where I fell lh" rlloumatl pains. In threo days from Ihe lime I first begun applying Zam-Buk 1 was free from Ihe eold III throat und chest, and also tbe rheumatism In my limbs." Zam-lluk will also be found a sure curo fur .old Moron, chapped hands, frosl bile, ulcers, blo.iil-p.ils.in. vurl- c.iso sores, piles, sculp seres, ringworm. Inflamed patches, babies' eruptions end chiipped places, cuts, burns, bruises mul skin Injuries generally. All drugglala and slores sell al 60c. box, or post free from 7,nm-llul( i'o.. Toronto, upon recolpl of price. Avoid harmful linllnllons nnd substitutes. Discovery of Porcelain in Europe (Result of Accident in thc Qicit of the Philosopher's Stone) lleiiil Doctor: Mow many patlont, llloil siiii-e ycstcriliiyl lleinl Nurse: Heven. lleinl Doctor: Hut didn't I Inject olglll 1 SHORTHAND TUITION FREE »*ABS0RB_O_ uimon? FOB IT ) Swollen Varicose Veins ls;^\: ' Tortuou-4, Llreratcilt BttUtaxpOf ll id Le--_, Milk Ia:s. Thmi.Ao- nli, tlU'i'imiitiiiHh. it Ukcsout lho luJ_i_i:i_linn, suii-r.,----) and disci-torn* tinn: r -it -v.-H the pain and tlri-dm « nduees tbe swelling, nra .ually i-siui** Inn u.irt to n.irmal nin ncth and ap. p..ir_ni*«. Ai:i»»KBi:.v:.Ji;.,i**a oilli, __-<**. pk'-SiiDt sntls-ptlo lint* nc-at, hrallng ond B__tl:lna. Reter. caw*, when) fetal ba*e ulconitod and broken bate boon -t m- ■1 _* >i» and twruaseniif cur*d. first low er -_..___. •.•'•."•dSi: •- The date of tho discovery In Europe of porcelain, us distinguished Irom earthenware, is known quite exactly. in 1708 tlio professional alchemist liottger, of Meissen, acting under the "inspiration und assistance" of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony und later King of 1'oland, produced the so- called red porcelain, using for the purpose Saxon earth. Incidentally remarked, this "inspiration and assistance" consisted in Imprisonment, with the prospect of release only when he hud discovered that "philosopher's" Stone which would change lead Into gold—flic discovery of porcelain being a side Issue, ll was only by accident that Bottffer arrived at the use of Kaolin fm- "ohlna" making. Report (aya (hat this happened by Home of Lho powder from his wig- such powder being Iti fuel kaolin or (rue China clay falling Into Ihe fire. It was not until 1710, however, that ho had Hueeoed- '■il lu inaniifactui'lng white porcelain; or ut uny rule It was not until Ihls dale thai ho showed ll lu public— namely, ut the gre.it Leipzig "MoSSO" nr fair. The raw material wan for u long time Imported; but Inter It was found that thore waa uu abundant supply lu Saxony Itself, Hut this discovery of liottger, to whom a BtalUO has been erected lu Molison- In Hn* "Burg" or castle of which he bad been imprisoned—was after all but the re-Invention of un art Which had been lung known to thu ChlnOSO and Japanese—ill fuel, Chin- q_q porcelain was In use- on the table of the Elector Augustus himsolf. There Imd of course been many attempts to prod uii- the thin-gluss-1 ike material; hut ull III vain—all that hml been dime boforo Bottgor's time was to produce lho so-called soft or "frit" porcelain, which resembled the true porcelain In -.ome particulars, and which was manufactured in France in tho otghteenth century. Just how long the Chinese had pes- icssed the secret which refused lo llscload Itself to lho European Inventors, hus until very shortly been us much a secret as the composition of hard porcelain was to the experts of lie previous centuries; but now wo •an say lhat we know with tolerable ■ertainty about when the Chinese •ommenccd the manufacture of 'China" ware. It has long been supposed, by those who have studied the question, thut the Chinese hnve known porcelain dnce the sixth century before Christ; his belief lieing based upon a statement by the French Jesuit Father d'- Entrccolles. who had lived in the IW id pofinantu.. , ... . ~. ca'iuh-i.' At*->o::biM-,« J it., hiu givo n Ue? inl prow K^n^9t\^^{^S^\lSitim at drum-fists cr dellver-d. Det_ll*_iiit-ctionf.. rcporw on recent coal's and Hook 6(i f rue on rfqurs-U «W.r.VO.SC.r^.r..2WlytTunsildi,H-nti'e»I.C»B. • .'..li..iii I I'm; ii,.i _U< 1'iK-il lu '-.uumjl _-trf.rr . tl-.*,|i.r_-t "*_ "*** UA Vimum F U R S AND H I DES TO ' i McMillan fur,_ wool co.- i i-: i-'iiit ciiti'i i. a fi TI{3,j:J!T,S"0NLnCflLD,,- STOP IT BEFORE IT STOPS YOU Have yon ever heard of n case of catarr.i, broichilis, inflammation of ihe lungs or p.. irny that did not start wil i a com itou c >id? Kvery c_U yon catch has in it the nnkia^-t ol one or olhcr of these dis* eases, it it can break down yourd jlences. And even if it does not develop into something more dangerous, it will keep you tlur Highly miserable for a week or two at lci-l. The wUe course, ns soon n* you feel ihe cold coming on, islostirt taking Na-Dr i-Co Syrup of Linseed, Licorice and ChloroiWne, and keep It '\p till the coin is knocked cut co.tnlctely, This splendid joagh syrup will do the trick quickly an 1 LlOro-.lgllly. Vim cm fesl perfectly safe in ttklnr Nn-Drn-Co Svrtip of Linseed, LlcorlCt and Chlorodyiti or in giving it tu your c:.il.lr.*ii We'll gladly glva your physical n list of .ts ingredients if VOU l.kc. Your Druggist cm supply either tec .or wc. bottles The Nationnf Dhig& Cueniical Co. of Canada. Limited. 117 Make the Liver Do its Duty Mia. tin. ia m wlwa lis. linr UrisjhldM atwuch and bowtla .r. right. CARTER'S LITTLE UVER PILLS |Hssl)fbullitU.r«_ pel . I.if livu h> do iu dm.. CuiaCon_ atlp.tloa, IndlfM-.' Ilea, Sick - - HMsda-s*. aad Dl..r... af.-r E._f. ls.aU pa SauU Dim'mil Mm Genuine «-_- Signature /^Seteue^^JiTraf "Middle Kingdom." und who based his assertion on Chinese information. All belief in a still earlier origin—nnd Ibis belief has long obtained among many who nro Interested In the subject—Is based upon loo little recorded evidence to be considered us of uny Value. The "Chinese porcelain," found in 1834 in an Egyptian grave of 1800 B.C.. proved to be a fraud of the commonest sort- But now having the advantage of long and careful research, Herr Ernst Zimmermani Curator of the world- famous Royal Porcelain Collection in Dresden, has come to the conclusion thai Chinese porcelain was Invented toward the end of the fifth century of our era; and be names as the Inventor Ihe Minister of Public Works, of that (line, Ilo Chou. Tbls Ho Choti Is snld to have been a collector ami connoisseur of old painting and the like, uml to hnve bad a very thorough knowledge of uiitlquitles. This was at a period when unfortunately the art of glass-making had boon lost for Somo time, as thnt of hardening bronze Is to us; and while the workmen did not dare to mnke new experiments, ho succeeded In making out of "green" porcelain, vessels whicli resembled Ibe long wlshed-for glass. Records of Ihe suine period go to show ibal workmen (hen had sucrceded In making VOBBftls which were "white nnd brilliant us judo," Prior to this time, says Zimmerman, the Chinese records concerning porcelain uro scarce nnd unsatisfactory, During the Tung dynasty—818 lo 907 of our era—on Ihe oilier hand, there commences u scries of praises of Ihe ceramic manufacturers of the time. Earlier records concerning ceramics can In no wise be considered as referring to porcelain; while there is no difficulty In recognizing in later de- scrlptlons tho true hard porcelain. In fact, in the records above referred to, nol only the time of the Invention Is mentioned, but even ihe wny is pointed mil by which it was arrived at, the production of a material the qualities of which luy betw.een those of the previous ceramic wares and those of glass. ln any case, Bottger, of Meissen, Low-Cost Cough Syrup A Family Supply for 5Cc, Caving You C2— The Quickest, Best Thing You Ever Used, or Money Refunded. The prompt and pccltlve results given by this Inexpensive cou;;li medicine havo caused it to bo usod tn mere homes in tho U. S. nnd Canada than nny other cough r-tnedy. It gives Instant relict, and will usually v/.De out tho most obstinate, dcep-sci-tcd cough Inside of _4 hours. It quickly succeed,, even In whooping cough ar.d croup. A 60-ccnt bottle cf I'inex, when mixed with hemc-mndo su*_ar syrup, makes ltf ounces—a family B__*ply—of tlio mest plenBant and effective COUgh remedy that money could buy, at a savin** of ?2, Easily prepared in five minutes—full directions in rack_»e. Children tako Tlnex Cough Symp willingly, bocauso it tastes good, Ji stimulates the appetite, and Is slightly lawi- tlve—belli excellent features, splendid for hoarseness, throat tlck'.o, bronchitis, etc., and a prompt, successful remedy for Incipient lung troublo, Plnex is a apodal ard highly concentrated compound of Imported Norway White Pino extract and n rich In gun la- col and ruber natural heating plno elements. Simply mix it vitb sugar syrup cr strained honey, in a 10-os, tiuitic, and It Is ready fur uso. Plnex has often been Imitated, nut never successfully, fur nothing e'so will produce the same results. The genuine is guaranteed to givo absolute satisfaction or money refunded, Certificate of guarantee is wrapped in each pad-cage, Yuur druggist lias I'lnox or will glndv get It for you. If not, send to The Plnex Co., Toronto, Ont. crowded Ill-Ventilated room. It is not impossible, too, that the unfavorable circulatory conditions in other organs as well as the disagreeable sensation of nn overheated skin contribute to the interference with working power. Ibis cause are Indeed more numerous thun lho denlhs due to limitations of aeroplanes und unsuitable atmospherical conditions. A dozen good flyers were killed In the Inst iwo years bu- oause they were overconfident. The responsibility of aeroplane builders is general and often direct. No matter what may cause the fall of an aeroplane the fat" of the pilot when he strikes tho ground Is largely governed by the construction of the machine. If a machine is strongly built Ihe aviator in u fall stands a chance of escaping with nothing more than a shaking or injuries. A weak machine on the other hand, will collapse at the Impact of the fall and the aviator may lie pinned to the ground by the motor. SHOEING FOB ICE There nre several kinds of adjustable calks on thc market, that is, calks that can be removed ami also replaced with* was the first European who succeeded out taking the shoe off of the foot, in producing, by ceramic process, a Some are threaded and screw into holes ware "between gla.ss and pottery." So made in the shoe for that purpose, as a wc may set It down as proved that Ho bolt screws into a nut; some are driven ACUTE EFFECTS OF BAD AIB Jn studying the physiological aspects of ventilation it is of practical import- mire to distinguish between what may be caned tho acute effects of exposure of an hour or so to vitiated air, and those effects whieh are produced by prolonged exposure to sueli nir. While the line cannot be sharply drawn between them, still it would seem that the. toxic material acting for long periods of time should produce a cumulative undermining of health quite different from the immediate acute interference with the running of the human inecliuiiism which nil havo experienced after half an hour's stny in n crowded room. Toxic material, so fnr as it is a factor, docs harm chiefly if not entirely when it nets over comparatively long periods, and we must seek elsewhere the explanation of the acute ef* fects, Tliey »re sufliciently familiar to all; the dull heavy feeling; at times hoadacho] Ihe difficulty of sustaining at feu tion, or even of keeping nwnke while listening to nu address. West- less (loss nlso develops, and this Ih often the expression of aetunl diseoinfori. The symptoms are strikingly similar to those experienced in the warm mug gy days of summer time, und in two respects the atmospheric conditions in the two eases are the same; namely, the high temperature nnd the high doffreo of humidity. Evry breath of expired nir leaves the nostrils nt almost the temperature of the body, and saturated with aqueous vapor, The result Is th-*. most unfavorable of conditions for the maintenance of the constant temperature of the body, in the effort to maintain which resort is had to vascular and other adjustments, which, while successful in their immediate object, are unfavorable for other phsyiologieal activities. So important is this maintenance of the constant temperature that almost everything else, sueh us digestion, mental work, and the like is sacrificed to it. A constant temperature means, of course, the maintenance of equality between the heat production and the heat output of the body, llent production, when the body is not engaged in muscular activity, is, to all intent-*, and purposes, constant above 08 or 70 deg. Fnhr. At these temperatures it dots not vary with external climatic conditions, and is not. influenced by ventlla tiou. A TRAVEL.R'S EXPERIENCE "My otii- wish will be," writes lliu-ry P, Pollard, a well known boot and shoo traveler of Hartford, "that everyone with u bad sumach may learn as 1 did before It's tuu late, that Nerviline Is the ono remedy to cure. Why, I was In mighty hud shape, my digestion was all wrong, nnd every night 1 would waken up with a start and Iind my heart Jumping like a threshing machine. This was caused by Kits In my stomach pressing against my heart. When 1 started to use Nerviline I got better mighty fast. It Is certainly a grand remedy for Ihe travelling man,' keeps your stomach lu order, cures cramps, prevents lumbago or rheumatism, breaks up chest colds and sore throat—In fact, there hasn't heen un ache or pain, Inside or outside, for the past two years that I haven't cured wllh Nerviline. Do you wonder I recommend it?" th.-n made the ilrst public statement of the fact lhat only a few duys ugo a marvel of engineering had quietly been completed at Nauen, whieh could be considered a world wonder of at least the same order ns Ihe Kiffel Tower. In spite of violent gales blowing recently, the Telefunken Company had In fact succeeded In the daring task of pulling another tower of equal height on top of the freely oscillating Iron lower, i-eetllsg only on a point In u ball Joint and kept vertical by three steel rubles. The Telefunken tower of Nauen with Its present height of (1(10 feet is, ufter the Eitfel Tower, the highest building and. Incidentally, the most daring structure In the world, ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION IN SWEDEN Swedish engineers nre engaged in n lively discussion of u scheme BUffC-CSltsd >. u ,,„ijr OVI ,1 UU...I .. iris,,..., ...... .«.. ,...., p.iv„. ,,>.u •» »UV] m»...„ —. .. — - - v— . j*. ,1. ■ , I ff , I,.! Chou invented the true hnrd porcelain in and some slide into grooves and re-1 "l -Vr- wikiiiiucr, tor transmitting any ubout the end of the fifth or the be- scmble a piece of knife blade. Tho |e»p>$*_ olootrlett 1 energy from the huge ginning of the sixth century after style of calk that screws in is gencr- Chrlst; nnd that Bottger arrived at ally used in and around the cities, uud the same result about 1100 years later, are a good show shoe; the simpliciry 1 with which the dull calk enn be remo"- How Aviators are Killed The reason so many aviators are killed or injured—the cause of one hundred accidents and sixty deaths, or dose to two-thirds of the casualties of the aviation field—is not, as generally supposed, au excessivo clement of danger In Hying due either to the limitations of the aeroplane or to thc helplessness of the aviators in unsettled atmospheric conditions. These are but minor factors, being responsible for less than one-third of the accidents that huve happened In air flight. Thc aviation death-roll comprises tne names of nbout one hundred men who have lost their lives on thc aviation field in a little over three years. To attribute all theso deaths and accidents to the advancement of the new science would be little short of a libel on aviation ns a profession ns well as an applied science. Lieutenant Sol- fridge, Captain Kerber, Leon Dela- grnnge, Charles Wachtcr, Churles S. Itolls, George Chavez, Lieutenant Princeton, Lieutenant Midge, Captain Kugleharilt, and n few others, about twenty in all, may be said to bave given their lives for the advancement of si-icnce, for they met their deaths in the lirst accidents of different kinds and these accidents had value for the lessons which they taught. These deaths may tie renurdede as the coat tn llesh and blood of developing tho new invention. But twenty deaths and about fifty accidents aro all that can properly be charged to this account. The rest lost their lives, either because they undertook to dy without proper qualifications or training; or because they became careless nnd broke the rules of safe flying for the sake of gain or reputation; or beeauso the makers of tin ir aeroplanes were so pressed with orders that they eould not stop to apply men iih of safety, or were so lured by Ihe vision of returns ami prestige lo be gained by speedy and light lunch- ines thut they overlooked the element of Hufety. lu nny event, the deaths from these causes were entirely un- necessary nml avoidable. Tho casual tl 08 due to tho incspori- once of the aviator aro more numerous than the cnsualtics duo to nny other Cause, inexperience being responsible for over one third of the denths nnd half of tho accidents. Twenty men lost their lives in tho Inst twelve months because of their inoxporioneo with Hying machines. These woro mostly cases whore would-be aviators, eager to win prizes of gold and fntne, entered tho exhibition field with hardly uny training or qualifications, often using self- made, crude contraptions for Hying, that were absolutely unlit to go in the ed and a sharp one replaced, make them a favorite for the city snow path. There is generally one calk used in each heel and two in the toe, but some use three in the toe and also an extra one at the outside quarter, especially in tae hind shoe. As stated before, this is a good shoe on the snow path, but is of little benefit on the hard ice, us the calks, for a race horse, are not long or sharp enough, and also four or llvo air. This was especially true in the of this type of calk are insufficient ro cases of D. Kreamer, Mr. Pcnot, A. V. procure secure footing, as the ice, bo* Hnrtle and W. A. Purvis in America: ing brittle, breaks away as the calk P. Wiesenbttt-h, H. Bochmullcr and L. I sinks Into it. and it leaves no foothold Licrc in Europe. All of theso lost for the propelling force, especially of their lives through the combination of the hind limbs. inexperience ami bad machines, ln In many countries where Ice racing Is each ease the would-be flyer undertook in vogue, they still stick to the old to Ily without knowing even the rudi- style "chisel cnlk." This as Its name incuts of the profession nnd used a,implies, is a calked shoe with the heel machine that wiih bound to collapse at calks turned up and drawn to a sharp the smallest shock. Tho other thirteen edge and about three-quarters of nu had good machines, but lacked tho inch high, the toe cnlk is welded training to operate thom. Paillole, for straight across the toe, and is given instance, undertook to fly across quite a slant toward the front so ns country with only ono week of train-'to stick upright into the ice as the ing; Carlos Tcnnnd tried to Hy over a foot is leaving the surface. This illves town with no more knowledge thun he In good toe purchase to got awny from. had gathered in a few weeks of self-,This shoe is mostly used in the far teaching; V. Smith tried to Hy in winds northern ice races. They also use a when his experience wns confined to four calked shoe that is forged out uf what he hail learned in a half dozen a solid piece of steel. This obliterate (lights. This—the tendency of the beginners to undertake big feats—is ono of thc all chances of a calk becoming lost or knocked off during a race, which would be a serious handicap indeed. Thi Trollhattan falls to Stockholm. The whole of central Sweden is to be covered with a large network of electrical conductors, the Trollhattan lines being linked up with other sources of electrical energy and especially with the large Dalafvcn waterfalls recently oequlrcl by the city of Stockholm, this scheme would promote tho distribution of electrical energy to the small industries, and while satisfying the energy requirements of the Swedish capital for a considerable ".imp lo como, .vould dispose of tho project of exporting Troll* hat tan energy to Denmark. Jt is oven thought that" the Trollhattan-Stockholm power transmission scheme mny furnish electric heating for tho apartment houses of the capital. THE RIVALS Mr. Chesterton seems to be fond of the public debate. A few month, ago he discussed the woman's question with a suffragette loader, and now we read of the crowds that came to th- Memorlal Hall in London to witness the duel lietween him and Mr. O. B. Shaw. The question for debate wa_ In terse and colloquial terms. Mr Shaw moved a resolution to the effect "that a democrat who is not also _. socialist la no gentleman." Mr Chesterton asserted the negative, to the effect that a democrat who is not ■_ socialist is, or at l-a_t may be, i sen- tleman. Mr. Shaw la uil and _mn. .Mr. Chesterton Is—not thin, an.l i antithesis was physical aa wel i* mental. Mr. Chesterton waa sll . supercilious, ironic. mocWng, and for once in his life Mr. Shaw was Canind Into fiery exposition and wemed e the moment actually to bellevi 'ome Of what he said. Mr. Hiiair*: was in the chair, and although Me question at issue was not put tu t_te vote, everyone seems to have hod j. good time. Neither Mr. Shaw nor llr Chesterton took any notice at dw other's arguments, and so when IL* Chesterton said that a man hod ■._ much right to own a piece of [and is to own his arms and Wa legs, Mr. Shaw said that it was a burmnif nit. rage that thousands of pounds ibnu-d be paid for a jewel while the mar*i*r value of a baby was nothing u .dt Naturally no conclusion was ceaaftod except that Mr. Shaw ts aapaflfe .»■. emphasized declamation and thai IL™. Chesterton can stir him to display It A GERMAN EIFFEL TOWER At the congress of the German Shipbuilding Society, Director Bredow of the Telefunken Company delivered an; exhibited'"at Interesting lecture on the recent pro Kress in win less telegraphy, especially In connection with ship installations. A wireless connection between Germany and her colonies. Implying spans of up to 3,700 miles, would by no menns seem to be impracticable, for even now the huge radio-telegraphic station of Nauen near Berlin, with its tower of 330 feet and only 100 horsepower consumption, has bridged distances of 3,100 miles. Dr. Bredow ARTISTS LONG-LTTED The longevity of artists is almost proverbial, and The case at -Qamae Robert Macquotd. who. u ntnaqi - one, is still painting, is remarkable, but not unparalleled. T. S. Cooper*. B.-t, the Royal A.'a.iem-- :'ir several years after p;ui".i i , : ...- tleth birthday: John Masse? W- ,r. _ water-color artist, born in' ;"'., -vaa fully occupied and in active work ap to the time or* his death v the ig_ ). ninety-three. Most notable, hownvac, was Titian, who. born ,n 1477, -ed just one year short of a can wry, ard continued to paint pictures until ta« very last. most deplorable features of aviation, four calked shoe hns calks similar to Most of those who enter the aviation the chisel pattern, one nt each heel, field to llv thiuk that living ia the casi- the outside heel calk being of tlie kldo* est thing in the world'and seldom go calk type, running lengthways. .lie to tho extent of learning more than thc *« calk is straight across and there is rudiments of piloting an aeroplane before engaging themselves as profes sionnl flyers. one extra calk at thc quarter to assist in preventing the foot from slipping sidewnvs. These calks, thc same as The exhibition flcl.l ha. ever .pelt **• ct.l-ol cnlks nre from onehnlf to ■nth n.,.l .lentruetion for .viator. Ll k'oc-qu»rt«*r» 0 an Inch Ugh ami^on- tor the ice far enough so it can not all chip away and thereby they furnish a firm foothold. The sole objection, of course, to this death and destruction for avintors machines. Here tho greed of the promoter, thc ignorance of tho crowd nnd the anxiety of the flyer to gain or maintain a reputation combine iu making aviation appear a very deadly game. Very often promoters of meets do not kuow anything about Hying machines ami the problems of power- night They promote meets Jusi as they would promote a circus, and they i-xpeet flyers to perform under any conditions, like clowns. Whon they engage a flyer thoy require of him* and set It down In Idack and white In contracts -thai he perform certain "BtUUlStM If he does not do so he will not bo paid. Their favorite (lyers are those who risk their lives to electrify the spectators. Tho crowd Is often no bettor than the promoters, it does not understand the subtler problems of flight ami, therefore, expects uvlntors to do the or the chisel calked shoe, is thnt, owing to tho depth they enter tho ice, while thoy give firm footing, it is bound to tire an nuimnl, not only on account ot the depth the cnlks enter tho ice, but nn animal shod with cnlks of this length must necessarily pick his feet Up considerably higher' than if ho were shod with shorter cnlks, or plain. It is surprising how a low-gliding going trotter will net up when placed ultOM a set of these long, sharp calks, nud ns it enforces uiiaatiinil action, it m-ist naturally bo tiresome. CIRCULATION CAUSES lietween the circulation in tho skin nnd that in the bruin there is n very close correlation; one is generally, if not always, sect' od at the expense of The efficacy of Dickie's Anti-Consumptive Syrup in curing ooagbs ind colds and arresting inflammation nf the lungs, can he established by hun- Try Murine Eye Hemellv. No Smarting— Feels j dreds of testimonials from all aorta ?1,,e--M._LH^^ conditions of men. it is a standard When Your Eyes Need Can Watery Ky. s and <» rami Ial ed ByelldS. Illustrated H.H.k lu i-a.li Package, Murine U ci.iiipt.iimli-il hv onr OanliltB- nul « "I'tiicnt MihI- li-iiin"—imi atod in ■uec-ufnl Physicians' Proc* lice fur ninny yenrs. Nnw drilli-nti'il in lho I'ub- He nnd mild by UriifKlnts nt Si.! ..nl Wc iht Unit Ic. Murine Kyi* Halve In AlOpllfl TUbU, tffl nnd 60i*. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago remedy In these ailments and all Affections of the throat and tonga, It Is highly recommended by medlc&M vendors, because they know and appreciate Its value as a curative. Try it. Winc-Hss Asthma Doesn't Wear Off Alone. Do not make the mistake of watting for asthma to wenr uwuy by Itself. While Impossible, and If they full to come up u,0 ot]w^ ' T|lUg 8|Mp i8 accompanied to expectations ibey accuse them of |iy |nM0Med cutaneous circulation; being fakers. It Ih tbls that has sent WUKi„g |8 preceded bv a sudden, murk* n dozen of flyers to the hospital and Ct\ cutaneous constriction. Mental work, especially thnt involving interest and attention, is accompanied by still further limitations of thc How of blood to the skin. Conversely, whenever the cutaneous vessels ure made to dilute, ns on the wnrin, muggy day, several to tho grave tn the lust six months, an flyers usually prefer lo face any danger than to being called cowards or fakers. Thc factor tbnt bns killed many experienced aviators Is carelessness. It Is nn accepted trutsm In aeronautical tho quantity of blood flowing through circles that It takes nn experienced tho brain is lessened. In theso fnets flyer to muke flying a dangerous profession. That is because some flyers you nre wotting tho disease Is surely have n tendency to become ovcr-confl- Bath.rlng a stronger foothold and you dent nnd cnroloss. The deaths due to llvo In danger of stronger nnd yet stronger attacks. Dr. J. D. Keltogg's Asthma Remedy taken enrly. will prevent Incipient condition from becoming chronic nnd saves hours of awful suffering. we probably And Ihe true explanation of tho dull heavy feeling, the difficulty oi attention, and the discomfort both on the muggy summer duy and of th< Only thc uninformed endure tho Agony of corns. Tho knowing ones apply Hollowuy's Corn Curo and get relief. ShiloNoGvn • .Ana rm,rue HKM.STHEI._NG8 STOPS C0UCHS VKICU. a> Cat,,. I *§ Rifles For Huntin; Shoot a Winchc-tcr once and you will shoot a Winchester^ always: That's because Winy- Chester rifles after a test of > over thirty years represent i today in accuracy, reliability* and quality, the highest development in gunmaking. Whatever you preferences may be, some one of the nine" different Winchester models will surely suit;'' for they are made in all calibers and weights. I WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS OO., NEW HAVEN. OT. I WALL PLASTER PUitar Bi.rd take- the pluoe of Lath, and is fireproof. The "Emipre" brawls of Wood fiber and Hardwal) PlaiitsM- for aonH onnstrnotion. SHALL WE SEND TOO PLAflTEB LITEEATUKE' The Manitoba Gypsum Co., Ltd. WINNIPEQ, MAN. 1 123 -__ .BEE PEES*?, QHILLIWACK. BRITISH COLUMBIA. . »' .1, __e»ab-S____! ♦*M**tf»»MM*M*»*»»*»m»tMHi»IM«*ttH.«*4M+'. 1 PARSONS New Spring Goods Spring Suits CH/LL/WACK FREE PRESS Fornwrty (Tlie New Rm.) Printed nntl nnhll-ihM evrry Thursdiiy from its office, -ft CKtmlOSter Street, ChlllliVRck. Subscription price $1.00 per year In mlvniitv to nil ; point*) In Uritisli Kiupln* : In United State.|t,W, ADVERTISING RATES j Diiplit)' Advertising rate.** nmde known on aupll- catlun lo thu publisher. j ClU-sllk-d iidi.rli-k-im'iit_. 1 itfnt per word wu-ti insi-rtiiin. pitvabk* hi mtvniicti. I)is|>lny aiJvi*rtl-k*r-i will pIimi-m* remember that Ui Insure u cluuitrc fopy inu*it too in not luU-r Uuin I Wuiiu-idiiv uiornlmr. C. A. BARHfcR. I'ubllnj-rr nnd Proprietor. Hats Furnishings, Boots & ! Shoes I All of the latest style and finish, f Terms Cash. Cash discount on all | amounts over one dollar. f \ HART BLOCK f *»♦♦♦♦♦*>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦. _sHB_——■ DO YOU WANT A GOOD DOOR CHEAP? We have In stock a number of standard doors, assorted sizes, which ive purchased at a snap price. We bought these doors right aud will sell them right. The Prices Range From $1.75 to $2.15 Compare these with regular prices and come and see the doora. Come early as they will not last long at these prices. P. 0. Boi 243 Phone L2442 Ciillrwach Planing' Mills eee+ee*********************************************** * A. G. Brown-Jamison Co. Ltd. j Bl'CCISaSORS TO A. G. BROWN A CO. Rock Cl—llll-rs Howl Mm hiti.Ty Contractor..' Equipment Mining Machinery lls.il.-rs KngiiicH Internal* Autnmnhil. Farm IpiplsMnPtltl Dairy Sr»|,|,li». (iramni Motor Truck) llazclw.Mxl Wlltting Machine., 1048 Main Street •♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«-*.*-M.*»***». Vanconver, B.C. **************************** THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING All mot-bets wore present, at the 11 regular meeting of the oity council on Monday evening in thc clerk's office. A letter was road from the Elk Creek Waterworks Co., stating that ilie proposal of purchase of the Waterworks system ny the city had lieen discussed at the annual meeting nf the shareholders, and that the directors and two shareholders luul been authorized to go into the subject. An invitation to attend the Union of Canadian Municipalities convention ut Windsor, Ont . was filed. Edward Hunt, the contractor for the new post office asked for a third of the width of the street in front of the proposed I uilding, for material, etc. Twelve feet outside width of sidewalk was granted, a sidewalk to Iw laid around the enclosure The Ontario Securities Co., sent a statement regarding tlie city bonds recently purchased liy that tirm. which was received and Hied. Provincial Inspector of Dykes E. A. Wilmot replied to city council's proposal re collection of dyke tuxes 011 city property .Mr. Wilmot stated that it was too late to make arrangements for collection for this year, and pointed out the necessity that the total tax should lie paid at one oiliee to avoid confusion. On this and other points the council agreed that the city would have no advantage in collecting Ihe taxes, and the letter was received and filed. Revised plans re Thou Bonny- castle were submitted by R. A. Henderson, C. E. and approved of. The assistance of the Mayor and city solicitor Bowes was granted property owners on Reeec avenue and adjacent properties, in an effort to secure a re-adjustment of the survey, to comply with the registered plan. By an error the lot* as st present defined are thirteen feet too far east, each owner residing on portions of two lots. The mistake occurred in presuming that Young street was forty feet wide at this point, where in reality it is sixty- six feet wide. R. A. Henderson, C. E. on request of the council gavo a clear nd satisfactory explanation of thc situation and the steps necessary to remedy the matter. The purchase of a strip of property six feet in width from B. A. Irwin at the corner of Young and Westminster streets for the purpose of making Young road a uniform width was discussed. Mr. Irwin allies his propclty at $50,000, the strip required constitutes one-fifth of tin- whole, and would therefore be worth somewhere about 810,000. The portion of the building whieh would be removed brings a rental of 8900 a year or nine |»r cent on an investment of *10 (100. Alderman Eckert who had been delegated to interview Mr. Irwin, gave the above infomation. He, with the Mayor was appointed to confer with Mr. Irwin. Alderman Goodland again brought up the subject of city sanitation and the disposal of garbage aud the matter was discussed at some length. It was decide I lo rigidly enforce thc "Chilliwaek Sanitary By-law," the mnre important provisions of the by-law to In- printed and distributed throughout thc cily. No protests having been received re thc construction of a plank walk on Young street as petitioned for hy W. .1. Calloway and others, the Chairman of lioard of works was requested to proceed with same. The arrangement with Reeve Wilson on behalf nf the Municipali ty re .grading of Hodgins avenuo to hospital, city to pay half, wos considered satifactory The Mayor reported that he had visited wuter properties at lhmville Creek, Coitus Lake and Smith's Falls, and with It A. Henderson would stake out and make request for water privileges. For two horse collars for use in fire hall the clerk wa3 requested to convey the thanks of the council to Westminster city council. The lumber tender of thc Abbotsford and Trading Co., for car load lots was accepted, and that of tho Chilliwack Planing Mills for quantities less than car load lots. A request for 85(10 hy the Board of Trade for Publicity purposes was, on the lirst division in the proceedings in the 1912 council, laid over for one week. The Mayor placed 'he request of Maxwell Stevenson for street improvement More the council, and matter w.s handed over to chairman of board of works to deal with. SPRING SUITINGS Wi arc tdimvinir nearly 400 diller* nut linen of Spring Siiiiinp-i coin- priMing all the new color HJV-ta and lati'Ht wenveH in medium Weight cloth-. J. H. TURPIN W. llins/tou st. 0|.j. 0|s in llmis.. Sol Agency House of Hobb. Hiu, Limited Public Notice NOTICE is hereby given forbidding all |w-rsons from .Inn.ning ls.|!s. cans, or oilier debris along tin* public highways or in running streains in llie Municipal- ity of thu Township of (IhJlltwhack. By Order of the Council. C. W. WEBB, CM. 0. Annual Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Chilliwack Creamery AfwociatinnLimit d will b.' held in Ihe Odd Fellow's hall. Chilliwack, on Monday March 18th 1(11!!, at 2 o'clock, n.m Business will include the receiving of Director's R< ports, election of officers and a discussion of the plans for the season's operation of the Association's enlarged plant. A full attendance of those interested is nrgently requested. Vf. I. MACKEN. Secy. For Sale Remington Typewriter, good condition $30 cash. Piano, good instrument for learner. 800 Cash. May be seen at McManus' Jewelery and Music Store. Democrat, nearly new, may be seen at Adamson „ Compcan's livery barn. $75 cash Bargain. ALF. WHITE, Dog Lost fs.st—A black retriever dog. answers to the name of " T,.wser." The dog wears a narrow collar. The tinder will Is- suitably rewarded by phoning S A. Cliadsey, KOI. For Sale Kor Sale cheap— A large t.-am of burses, new harness and n-iig.ni for heavy work. Also puny, harness nnd buggy stumping outfit, blocks and cables. Apply to IV, N. Stringer, 2fi-2 Surdis. Nairn's Scalp Toalc Mach.ln. Nature's Scalp Tonic, contains one ingredient thai supplies nourishment to tlic hair root, nne thai kills lh.- daiulnitr genu, and another linn puts life and lusirc into the hair. Each package contain, a pnckii nf Machela Dry Shampoo Powder. Price for complete limn, in al ment $1.00 Hold and guaranteed hv II. J. Barb r. THE MERCHANTS BANT OF CANADA **+***.**********************<!■*********+*<.■;.,■.■** * * * t * * * t t ♦ + * * f t + * * * * * * * * * * Established Capital paid up Reserve Funds ism $6,000,000 $5,458,878 Farmers Business Money advanced ti Fanners at reasonaMe rates, notes handled on most favorable terms. Sale CHILLIWACK BRANCH N. S. MACKENZIE, Manager t **************************************************** Under the Paint Any wag-on maR can produce a hand- |. aome finish. But It taKes years of experience and study to produce a real, long wearing, easy-running wagon UKe the StudebaKer. When you buy a StudebaKer you Know It's tight cleat through. The House of StudebaKer doesn't hid. weaK materials or faulty worKmanshlp .—-'or the paint and v -lah. If you want to be will be a of wagon satlsl m your choloa Why taKe chances with any other? We sell and guarantee the StudebaKer For Sale by The Chilliwack Implement and Produce Co. H. C POOK Sum-Mor to WM ARCHIBALD HEATING AND SANITARY ENGINEER STEAM AND HOT WATER FITTING BATHROOM FUTURES A SPECIALTY Estimates Given WELLINGTON STREET Phone 58 P.O. Box 266 Electric Cooking Appliances El Perco For your morning cup of coffee. Price |7 and |8 El StOVO The heating disc tor general Unlit cook- iiiR. Price |5 El Tosto Makes, delicious tonal on a momenta notice. Price |4 Hotpoint Iron Too well known to need apecial mention Price 14.75 See these appliances nt onr Cliilliwnck Office. All are Operated from an Ordinary Lighting Socket B. C Electric Railway Co, Limited LIGHT AND POWER DIPT CHILLIWACK Central Property Business site in centre of the City PRICE $45 per front foot TERMS F. J. HART & CO., Ltd. The Chilliwack Specialists FREE PRESS. CHILLIWACK. 1&-TIS& COLUMBIA. MISS HILL T aeher nl Pianoforte Member ol M I. al i lii-iiilini til J ii.1 Pi-lvai. S .. ..i N Yuu Wishis pupils mr I'ianu ol Orgiui Appl) Henderson bin k, over Maple Leaf It straunt. C. T. Vradenburg CONTRACTOR AND Bl'll.DKR 1-;-1IMAlK> It ItNlslIKU FItlchtr St. CMIIIwmK NOTICE IV. haw a lli-W and up lo-daic plain .villi dn Ian sii in. ill.«U fur all kinds ol (Jl.ailing. Hy ing and "rowing. Expert help for all branch.',.. Special aitciiii.in «ill Is. giv. It ii.all Mini aii.l KxpnisM ..nl, ib from Chilli- vMickiiinltheViill.y. Wi H..|iei, airhil. JARVIS DYE WORKS 428 8th AVE. W.. VANCOUVER COLUMBIA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC VANCOUVER Tell-|l Is Of Vl.lee. I'llleil llllll Vi.ilil, iii Clilllbvai'k vvi-i kly •Sl'l'ls I'S |s..H.sll . anl la. til.- Cmna-rvisturr : HIM llniHilway Wlml, Vancniiver .nul ..ur tcrtL-her will - ..it ..it y«.i. JOHN II. I'LAI'lillTiiN BARRISTER. rtil.ll'ITOR NOTARY I'llll.lC Westminster Trust Building CHILLIWACK. II. C. II. A, Hendkiiron, i-.E. it- M.K. AHH.M lAl,: MK.IIlK.i I.,' TUB 1'ANAMAN aoetRTV OK l-IVtl. KNOINHRR. 11. C. I.ASIl SrllVKVOH Rssninss 10 A It. WcJtnilnitcr Trow Block illlll.l.lWAl'K. B.l' THE EMPRESS HOTEL CHILLIWACK, I. C. Opposite Ii. 0. E. Station Fitted witb modern conveniences' and comfortably furnished throughout. SAMUEL SUTOR, froprltlof APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER Tak. nolle that I D It. Mil/linan i> Ciiilliva.-k B C hereby apply lo tin B-Hid of Lin ns Commissioners for th- CliyotChlllln'ackattheinirtliigtobeli.liI n.i March I3.h 1012. for leave to tran.f. i ill. In.1.1 li.-. ns. for ills- sale of liquor ai .Ik Ktniirc*. hm.l Chilliwack. li C ... I- Sin I Sum Dated ibis Sih day ol F hrtiar,\ 11)12 D R. Mi LENSAN ForSale or Exchange HuUlllll Bull Calf, ngisnnil Sin. Prince Raiiilolph. Dam. Ku.il> D. bred l.y Win Anii"iriing llillliurst. Ontario R uni uf Dam. 10000 |h.iiii.Ih »f mill, in i« lv. moiling Fur particulars ami terms apply Us JAMBs DUNCAN, 24 .1 Harrison Mills NOTICE Tnki* tintirr tlmt Hppli. ation will tov ti:ul.* to tln-Ho;inl of l,i(***li*M- t'oiiiiuii«ioiii*r-i -.ittitif im a I.i.i-iiihiiik Court fur tlio City uf t'tiiiliwaii-k at lu noit r-iuiur- f»r '1 litw tu -k*II Wliien, flpiriU. Birr. or otlivr r.-nn.-ii till or iiitmicut in* Liquor Ity Hi* till In Unit .-ortitin bulldln* known aa tlio Com hut l.il MoU'l situ-iti* un tlio ni.rtliirly nidi* of Wittinlntter utr-wl on lot 5. nod the wt_n*rly I. nf lot fl. HI.H'k \V now known iia lot 5 and went erly i .1 of lot * lit Me- k XVU, Di*. lilon "K" nf the 'ii> »f( luiii wtuk tlio *iiin* roiit-tiiili-K not tan thin MmniiiH actually fuml-hed ami ttiwd fur Hoto I puriMiM***. Tlio following U a copy nf the Mid application: " To the Bmird of Mi-cntr Cmuquhomri f«r •tin-(ily of ('liilli-rt.uk. B.C. " I. John MiDoniiklofthe City of ChllUwmk " in the province of Urltlih Columbia. Hot. Ikeep- " or. hereby apply fnr h Ili-enH* to aell Winrs, " spirit*. Iloor. nnd other fenncntod or Intoiii-at ' In* liquor toy retnil In that corUIn buiklin* in ' the City of Chllllwaek known aa tho Comimr ' i-i il Hotel altuate on tho northerly aide of ' Wc-itniliiater alrect on lot 5 and the Wealerly ' 11 of lot 1. Blm-k XV. now known an lot 3 aitd 1 YV.-t-rl) 1 I of lot 6. in Hlia'k XVll DivtMon '"K" of the City of Chllllwaek. the mum* con " lu 'in* m>t Warn thin M naimaactually furnish "iii for ll.il.l purpowh ami of win. It tho ipplf "cant I* leaaee." " Il-l.H thi* Ural day of Ke.irn.iry Ah wit. John M.'lh.inilil."• IM«1 at Chllllwaek B.C. thla Ut day of Kil.ru [ ary ltd John McDonald, •_-*•*****, Applicant Spring Millinery Display AT T. H. Henderson's Lovely Flowers, Fashionable and Becoming Shapes nnd smartly trimmed lints. See tin-in before buying. ROLLER RINK Open evory evening from 7..'to t-i Hi." nml Saturday from 2..10 to 5. JAMES O'HEARN THE BOY SCOUTS Troops No. 1 nn I 3 lust Wednesday night did good work in Scouting and despatching for tbe 104th Regiment. One body wan under the command of Lieut Caskey and Scouts ed liy .Scoutmaster Collin, thc other led by Capt. Coote and "couts led by first Ans't. Turnbull. Tlic first mentioned body were to defend tho fairgrounds and buildings, the others to attack on both sides. Thc Scouts on both sides were sent out to iind and report the position of their enemies Un unfortunal.v Scouts on each side were captured. One body of attackers were cotnpletly wiped out nn account of tlie Serjeant stationing his men in a squad under a light After about an hour and a half the two bodies came face to faco, the umpire, Capt, Knox—flore blowing the whistle, thc light cume to a finish. Thc defenders being given tin- doubt of winning. Second Ass't. Hummer mul Scouts Nevnrd and Tieiiholni were a dny or two ag.. able Ibrough their knowledge to administer first aid to It young man who apparently was in a lit aud through their exertions were able to bring him around and get him in touch with thc doctor. Scouts S. Henderson and II II. Boucher were at Tuesday meeting made Corporals and Coi-|>oral Roach of No. 2 I'ntrol was made Patrol Leader of No. 1 Patrol. Free Press advertising pays. ■rtt si fc 1, i •J*-*"! _ trillih Columbia Electric ty. I'VsKM.KI •KKVICK Wl N la.inil.l-- l<HVC Train. Chwk. Arrive Wsstmln. Arrive Van. 3 H .in a.m. 11.20 12 16 3 1.13 n.m. 3-3 4.30 7 aim p.in 3.40 fl.30 Leave Train lligsln Arrive IV, minin Arrive Van 1 fl.30a.ni. 3.U 0.46 , BsUthfltlMd— l.-av- r.shi Van Arrive \V..|ii,ii, Arriv. Dim k 1 i fl.30a.ni. fl.flo 12.16 4 12 IS ii.Ksn 1.20 3.60 3 3.0flp.m. «10 9.10 1 l,civ. Arrive train Van. Weatmin Arrivi iltgrin fl 3 03 p.m. 4.06 fl.30 FHEIItl.T SEItVKK ' . "I.l|l|..n-I- 3 00 Vancouver 7 on a m. 1 Oitllv Km-, p i Siinilay _.. |,..atfa.ia.v« ...... a IsllililL _. pr.„. Young Street The Scene of all Future Business Expansion and Activity. Present plans <>f various interests involved, make it absolutely inevitable that this ptreet must become tbc seal of development nnd extensive building operations immediately. We Imve listed > ill. us even available piece of property mi Young treot We recommend investments on Young street, heartily and will be pleased to submit quotations which will prove tbe excellent opportunities existing along this tboroiigbfnre. We curry tbe choicest list of Farm and City Property in the Fraser Valley. Most complete and reliable information cheerfully given to all enquiries. Chilliwack Land and Development Co.Ltd. P. O. BOX 109 PHONE 178 OFFICE-YOUNG STREET Next to Empress hotel FORD ROAb NEWS C. A. Finny is having thirty acres of liis ranch nn Ford Road, Stumped nnd cleared, Stevenson & Snider with a gang of men Imve the work in charge, A petition is being circulated bended by T. Irwin, to have a llag station at north end of Lickmun road on the C. N. R. ^ Mr. and Mrs. 0, A. Ford, of Ford Road have returned to their home after a two months visit, in Vancouver. During their absence, John Broninor Lqokad tiftor the stock and premises. Tlie district around South Sumas is unique perhaps in having four different names by which it is known, Lickman, Ford Road, South Sunins and Atcbililez. il one of these names could be selected blithe designating one it would save considerable confusion. Alchililiv, Sunday School bus purchased n lot from .1. II. Collinsoil which adjoining lho present S. S., on whicli they will erect n public hall for S. S. pui'P0B(!B and public mooting, An amount Ims already been raised with whicli to build this hall. THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEETING ***************************************************** WE HAVE If! | Everything You Require for ! Housecleaning ♦ Alsibiistino in Many Shades * * Furniture Renovators j Kalsomine Brushes Gloss and Flat-tone Paints Paint Brushes ♦ J Step Ladders Ceiling Brooms % Curtain Stretohoi- * * ____________________________________________ * i Denmark ® Burton PHONE 10 * I I...IMH... Opera House Three Nights Starting MONDAY MARCH 11th i ^________________________________-______-_____________________^_________________________, America's Greatest Hypnotist BARNUM King of all Fun Makers OFFERING ALL THAT IS NEW IN HYPNOTISM 1 100 Laughs in 100 Minutes MORE FUN THAN ANY (MR-US COMEDY Ott ; MINSTREL Change of Program Each Night PRICES 25c 50c. 75c. * *r'e e i i :»♦♦♦♦♦<*•»».•♦*•♦*.* The Municipal Council met in re- gu'ar monthly session on Saturday afternoon in the office of the clerk, C, W. Webb. CoMMDNIQATIONS M Bocking re application for Municipal oiliee. Received and tiled. Minister of Public Works re culverts on C. N. R. Received and tiled. B. C. E. R. ro setting poles on Hope Slough and Knight roads. Permission granted. C. E Eckert and twenty others! re opening up and ditching on First avenue. Request taken into con- j sidcrntion, T. S. Annandalo re opening of I Gibson road was laid over for future consideration. Henry Kipp re extension of McSween road. Laid over. E R. Ballert re Chil iwack Cent nil road ditch. S. A. Cawley re purchase of part I lot on South Sumas road. Received and filed until tour of inspection. Fred Foster and others re continuation nf gravelling on Slough n)Sd, and A. E. J. Farrow and others r" Evans road gravelling j wena laid over until after t"Ur of| • inspection. James Munro and Robt. Marshall' re construction of sidewalk on Hn '- gins nve. to Hospital. If city would construe! walk the Municipality | ,would pay half thc cost, for half; I the distance, tlic walk to be laid on Municipal side of street. Thc sum of ?300 wns ordered to I lie paid .1. McLcod in full compen-l I ration for right of way, clearing l and fencing. I Abbotsford Timber 4 Trading, iCo , re road to Lumberyard. Coun- cil agreed to pay half thc expense] ] of gravelling this piece of road from ; . Young road to lutnlier yard. I Thc offer of the city council re | office room was accepted with a couple of additional conveniences added. W. H. Hawkshaw was allowed a bonus of 25 cents pcr rial toward expense of building wire fence along his property on cast side of Willis road. >300 was granted thc Cliilliwnck Board of Trade tn help defray ex- nenses of advertising resources of! thc valley, Re uriling roads in sub-divisions tbc following molion wns passed: Before any plan* of suh-divisions I can ho accepted all roads in same shall be cleared and graded, except in thc discretion of tbe council they may he excepted providing, it is i necessary for tbe use of the general 1 public in travelling from one main ; rond to another. | The wages for mnn nnd team was set nt So.IK) yn't day, nnil for n Iman $2.60 l»r day of nine hours. The clerk wns authorized to issue ] a check in payment ..f a sidewalk creeled bv Slcssrs. Reeves and Carey 'after wimc wns examined by the councillors. Thc Assessor was instructed to begin his duties forthwith and to return the roll nn or More April fith. Court of Revision to Ik-held on A11 il 20, in Municipal office. Jos. Scolt was appointed road tax collector, he to receive 15 per cent on collections. Clerk wna authorized to have notice published in locnl papers re disposal nf debris in roadways and streams. The Reeve nnd clerk were authorized to sign plan ot sub-division of part of D L. 88, (I 2., N W. D., II C. the property ot the Coqtialcclza Institute. Thc finance committee reported ' favorably on account! lo lho amount of IMf.ll I I. Report was adopted and council adjourned. ***************************************************** Your Suit or Overcoat Built Expressly For You Perhaps you prefer your clothes made to your measure which is all the more reason why you should come to The Fit-Reform Store • for your Suits and Overcoats. Our Special Order Department is at your service. The Famous Fit-Reform Designers aro at your service and hundreds of patterns in new and elegant materials await your inspection. We will be pleased to submit to you patterns and prices For Your Spring Suit. X t ■> <■ '<• * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * I Your Outfitter. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+♦♦♦. CHAS. PARKER Fit-Reform Clothier. : -» : : : x * * * \ X * Mountain View Snap We have for sale an ideal building lot on Second J Avenue, close in, which can be bought for t $475 cash j If you intend building it will pay you to call on us I for particulars. I I Chas. Huteheson ® Co. j i REALTY AND INSURANCE AGENTS CHILLIWACK I : : ****************************************************** USEEUL AND ACCEPTABLE Household Articles ElBoilo The little immersion beater. Boils water in a few seconds. El Stovo The stove which I your k quickly ove (-. boils ISLif!., {&/****■ ettle -Jf&'f-'"' Stove—For all cooking purposes as well as toasting. El Perco Makes delic I0U8 coffee in ut few minues. None 257 S. PUGH Chilliwack CIllLMWACK 1-*RE_ PRTISS Anaemic Motiitrs Here is Relief! YOU CAN ENRICH YOUR WORN OUT BLOOD AND QUICKLY RE NEW YOUR HEALTH WITH DR. HAMILTON'S PILLS Sufferer of Twenty Years States Dr. Hamilton's Pills Are n Hen I Cure "i can't romombor any time during thu past lit) yoara when my head wuh n't aching. If I bont ovor. dark specks wmihi como before my eyes, and it Boomed uh It nil tho blood In my body wnnu-ii io -rush lu tho head." Thus opens tho loiter of Mrn. I.nooh S. spry, of I'utiiiim i'.O., ami continuing her Interesting Htatemont sho aaya: "Work or exertion mado my heart beat terrible, and going up stairs caused such shortness of breath that It fairly frightened mo. My doctor told me that If that was the cause Dr. Hamilton's Pills are the greatest blood ronower on earth. 1 tell you how 1 feel to-day anil you can understand what a great euro Dr. Hamilton's l'ills have mad*?. I feci strong enough now to work tike a man, as for going up stairs on the run, it doesn't bother me at all. I eat and sleep as any well person ought, and as for dizziness which used to frighten me so much, it has entirely disappeared. Dr. Hamilton's Pills nro a wonderful woman's medicine. They helped me in other ways, too, and I know every woman that uses them will have comfort and good health." Refuse anything offered you Instead of Dr. Hamilton's Pills ot Mandrake and Butternut, _!_ por box. Ail dealers or the Catarrhozono Co., Kingston, Ontario. A company has heen formed in Jackson. Mulligan, to manufacture a moving picture camera, the invention of a Jackson man, wliieli is as smnll and light aa the average kodak. It is do* dared tlmt tins new camera means'an enormous extension of Ihe field for portable cameras. People travelling may tako motion pictures of the places tliey see, later to convert thi films in* to reels for private homo entertainment. To stow away tho contents of tho Pacific Ocean it would ho necessary to (ill a tank one mile long, one mile wide, and onr mile deep every dny for 440 years. Tho figures of thc other oceans nre in thc same startling proportions. It would take all the sea water in the world _,000,000 years tn flow over Niagara. On the island of Jersey the brooding of cattle is still systematically and carefully carried on. Thc authorities nrt* parttcul&r that thc island bo kept Immune from cattle diseases. Neither Inn ilies nor hay and straw may land from tha continent of Kurope. ^DODD'S--/* KIDNEY mml- feu__^ CANADA'S GREATEST SCHOOL JVM7?/PEG SSrAOlfSHED //JA?.' Cor. Portage Ave. and Fort St. A wnr.led first prize at World's r.i position on its work and method-*,. Write for a free, rntnlogue. We line give instruction by until. That Reminds Ne SHIP YOURS RAW FURS and Beef Hides to uh nntl gH 20 per cent more for them thnn nt home. Write to ua for our new price Hat S nnd we will mail you "»c free. Watch this ml. weekly. Wc Mltolt your shipments fnr Beef Hides, Raw Pure, Wool, Tallow, Seneca Root, [lorge Hair, Sheep PelU. etc, North-West Hide & Fur Co. 276 Rupert St. Winnipeg. Hm. At the Zoo two lillle glrla wero passing the parrots, .sitting on perches out of doon. "Ow—Glad-ys, Glud-ys, come 'ere!" "Wut for?" "Ow, look! 'l.re'.s a Jew duck!" Reading that a red chequer homing pigeon, wearing a blue enamel ring marked l.ll L.8915, had been found at l-well, Surrey, an old latly remarked that It wua terrible how the love of Jewelry appeared to bo spreading among all classes. "Who'H lhat man who just kicked thu chair over and threw a pack of cards Into the fireplaco?" Inquired ono waller. "tui," replied tho other, "he's the gentleman who tries to rest hla nerves hy playing solitaire." The City of Chicago has dceldetl to build ti home for disabled poets. Sueh uu Institution has becomo moro thun ever a ncceaalty In thla age uf motor traffic l*'cw persons have any Idea of the number of poets who aru run uver each year while out for a walk composing their masterpieces, a a a The defenco wus Ingenious, not to say Ingenuous, but the facta were very black. Prisoner's counsel was wind- lug up his Impassioned appeal. "1 venture to say that the prisoner's story," be said, "carries conviction on the face of it." "it does," said the magistrate, with a gentle yawn; "six months of It." "Why did you select Charles Instead of George7" asked Maude. "Well," replied Mayinie, "George said I had eyes like violets, cheeks like wild roses, shell-liko cars and lips like cherries." "Very pretty." "Yes. Bul Charles said I had eyes like diamonds, teeth like pearls and lips like rubies, lt seemed to me that his Ideals were much more practical." Once an old Scotch weather prophet at Whiltinghame informed Mr. Bal- four that "H's gaun to rain seventy- two days, sir." "Come, cume!" said the statesman. "Surely the world was entirely Hooded in forty days." "Aye, aye," was the response, "but the warld wasna' sue weel drained as it is the noo." The boy's fishing-pole was fastened under the rout of a tree on the river bank, and he was sitting In the sun playing with a dog. "Fishing?" inquired a man passing along thc road. Yes," answered the boy as briefly. Nice dog you've got there. What's his name?" "Fish." "Pish? That's a queer name for a dog. What did you call him that for?" "'Cause he won't bite." Then the man proceeded on his way. men Mme. Melba tells a story of a litlle American millionaire. "He stopped at the Savoy Hotel with his tutor and governess," she said, nd one night the two guardians went to the opera, leaving him alone In hla apartment with his toys. "About nine o'clock bis bell rang Curiously. Ho didn't understand the telephone, and one of the assistant nu lingers hurried to bis suite and knocked. " 'Uld you ring, sir?' he asked. '"Yes,* said Ihe little fellow. 'Please send someone to hear me any my prayers.'" e e a Skeczlck's car had turned turtle, and as he sat gloomily contemplating the situation Uncle Kil.is reined In his nag und stopped outside. Turned over, hain't ahe?" he observed. "Yep," said Skcczlck, shortly. "Want to sell?" asked Uncle Silas. "Yea," aald Skcexlck. "I'll sell out cheap." What's your upset price?" asked Uncle Silas with a grin. Father (Impressively): Suppose I should be taken away suddenly, what would become of you, my boy?" Irreverent Son: I'd stay here. The liiestion is. What would become of you? t • • He waa a poor, miserable-looking dog, nnd tho strunger'a heart was filled wllh pity. Por the dog was howling, and It was only too evident that he waa suffering pain. So he as*kcil tho tired rualh: who lounged near why Ihe dog howled. '"Im." asked tlie rustic, "lie's Just lazy, thnt's all." "Itut laziness docan'l make a dog howl, surely?" queried the henovolenl one. "Does 'Im." said the lired owner. "I inly lazy." "lint how," queried lho persistent i-ucstlone*---"how can htzlncsa make him howl?" "Well, you see," snld lho rural lounger, "that pore dog Is alltln' on ■OHIO real, tough thistles, and he's too lazy to get off, so hi Jusi slls there and howls 'ruuse It hurts no." its The second-floor room of the llttlo Cottage was decorated with a shrivelled lasl year's Christmas wrenth, depending from the creased and torn blind, and on either aide of tho wreath were pinned little fiitgH, lt gave the collage n particularly festive appearance. One of tho neighboring women, '. broad and huxom person, of middle ago, Stopped In passing nnd looked at Ihe window curiously, nnd ns she did so n little old Woman, ns withered nnd shrivelled an the Christmas wreath, came and bid her "Good morning." "Good mom In' to you, Mrs. Cowley," suid the neighbor, cordially. "It's eel- SMIohfoGim •TAB- ri*slls*H« HKM.-.TIIF! Mvrs STOPS COUGHS mm., a* c»n .s GURhS QLOJFOLKS' CJUGH Doesn't Disturb the Stomach, Eases at Onco and Cures Thoroughly "CATARRHOZONE" A BOON TO MANY THOUSANDS Because you are old is no reason for suffering with everlasting coughing—those terrible chest troubles and difficult breathing can bo thoroughly cured with Catarrhozono. You simply breathe the healing vapor of Catarrh- ozone, and Instantly its rich balsamic fumes are curried by your breath Into the tiniest recesses of the nose, throat, chest, bronchial tubes and lungs. Just think of ll—a direct breathable medicine, full of southing antiseptic pine essences, that readies every aoro, congested inemhrun.t In two seconds. No drugs to take—nothing to harm or sicken tho Btotnach, bocauso Catarrhozono Is the purest, sufest cough, cn- tarrh and cold remedy ever devised. "For many years." writes Richard McCnllum, Stirling, Ont., "I have suffered from Catarrh, and continually hawked and coughed, so that my throat was always in an inflamed, irritable condition. "Doctors' medicine did not help me in the least, and all other remedies I used were quite useless. In one case it was time wasted in snuffing powder up the nose; in another using a greasy ointment, and so on. Not one of them was the least bit of good. "I heard Catarrhozono favorably spoken of, and tried it. Really it benefited me more in a few hours than years of treatment with doctors' and other so-called remedies. "Receiving such immense benefit. I continued using Catarrhozono, and in a fow weeks I was completely cured of Catarrh and throat trouble." Get Catarrhozono to-day. Lurge size costs $1.00, and lasts two months. Smaller sizes 25c. and 50c. All dealers, or Tbe Catarrhozono Company, Buffalo, N.Y., und Kingston, Ont. Ibratln' yo are I hoc b' lh' decorations, an' molghty folne they look. Ye must b'lavo In Christmas." The little woman smiled. "Yes," she answered. "I'm cellbra- tin' this for Terence, th' b'y. He's comln' home tbls duy." "Is that so?" exclaimed tho neighbor. "Terry's com in" home. Ye don't tell me. I thought he wus sent up for live years." "So he was," aald Terence's mother, beaming. "Yis, he was sent up fr five years, but he got one year off fr good behaviour." "T'lnk of that!" said the delighted neighbor, in sympathetic tones. "Vr good behaviour! Now, Isn't it a comfort to have a son like that?" iii "How do you like your new minister's wife?" "Not very well. She's Jusi as aty- Ush ua the reat of us." iii The famous Cardinal Dubois, prime minister of France during the Orleans regency, had a violent temper, but was by no means Ill-natured. At one time he was swearing at hia clerks, saying lhat with thirty clerks he could not gel his business done. Venler, hts secretary, after looking at him a long time in silence, answered: "Monseig- neur, lake one clerk more to swear and scold for you; hnlf your time will be saved and your business will be done." Among those in a train leaving New York one afternoon for a Northern suburb were a man and his wife, who were overheard discussing various ways and means of celling out of debt. The husband had taken from his pocket a considerable number of papers; nnd as he did ao he observed fretfully to his wife: "I nm completely In the dark as to how these bills are to be paid." "Harry." said his spouse, as she Indicated with her finger u highly tinted bill, "you Will he even more tn the dark if you don't pay this one—it's the gas bill." • • * The following story of a Wellesley Junior would lend to show that thc sweet unreasonableness of tho feminine mind is not wholly done away with by higher education. This Junior filled a prescription for a tonic sometime during thc spring semester. The medicine came In dainty little pills of a delicate apple-green shade. When the first supply was exhausted thc young lady tripped buck to the druggist and. taking out thc Inst dose, which abt.* had carefully rolled up in lissue pupe**. held it out to the astonished clerk and said, sweetly, "Will you ph-iise match this pill?" A well-known educator tells of n school of advanced Ideas In Host on, Wherein no pupil la over punished in any wny. Ihe Individuality of every child being held loo sacred for repression, one day, It appears, soon after her entrance into this school, one little girl eume home wilh a face wet wilh tears and her mouth covered with blood. Tho mother was greatly alarmed, and. taking the child Into her arms, asked what had happened. The story of what hud happened was sobbed out to Ihe sympathetic mother. One, Sammy Parker, it seemed, hud struck tho little girl and knocked out a couple nf teeth. When the unfortunate youngster had been restored to equanimity, her father, who had. In the meantime, put In un appearance, naturally enough wanted to know how the teacher had dealt With Sammy. "She didn't do anything." "Well, what did the say?" "She culled Sammy to her desk nnd said. 'Samuel, don't you know lhat was very nntl-soclal?'" With the Horses Itecntrnlzed ns the leudlntr ancclflo for the destruction nf worms, Mother uravnr Worm Exterminator bus pi,. .•ii a boon to suffering cbihlren everywhere. It seldom falls. St til I ion certification at the various shows in Australia ia now quite gon* pral. Somo of the associations arc demanding that mares shall also pass the lest hefore being allowed to enter tho arena, Not any of tho stuto govern- iiients, howovor, havo moved to make the examinations compulsory for horses whoso services are offered to the pub- lie, but in most cases parades ure held in each district every season, and cer- tilii-utes arc granted to those whieh paas tlie tests. Tho public can then demand to see the Certificate of any animal of which they may bo in doubt. This certification campaign hus done incalculable good. Hundreds of unfit horses have been condemned and rendered useless for sorvico, so thut the percentage of eondoinnations at tho show- rings now is comparatively small. In tho young stock forward thero is a marked improvement, especially ia heavy sorts. A judge reeontly stated that ho never saw, in Great Britain or America, a better lot of youngsters than those forward at the late Melbourne show. The certificates ure uow demanded at the yard sales, uml, indeed, some of the uucttonoora will not accept animals whieh have not passed the vet. Where uncertified animals ire ot' fercd, buyers will not often bid for them. ill Ono of the best prospects for the slow pacing classes In 11)12 wus recently purchased by J, IU. Wright, of Prince Albert, Sask.. from Goo. Arnold, Sutton West, Ont, She is n handsome iron grey mure, four years old, goes without tho hopples, and with only eight workouts step- lied a mile over the dirl lu B:22 ami a quarter in !H seconds. She is by Petition's 1st, son of Petition, ho by Pistachio Iiiiil 1 _| a full brother to Nut* wood, 2:183-4. First dam, Minnie Me in tyro by Bronzo'a Blue Hull; second dam Sherry Cobbler, bly a thoroughbred horse. This mare has learned very fast, and iu the hands of a good man should boat 2:12 over a half-mile truck before next full. • • • During the turf season of 1912 thero promises to be a pretty struggle for leadership nmong the Americana who huve planned to race their horses in France, William K. Vanderbllt has been so tremendously successful with ins big stable thut lie lias been showing Mie way to all others by a wide margin. Americana who huve recently taken establishments over there are determined to give their distinguished countryman a stiff battle for the leadership, nnd Frank J, Gould and Joseph E. Widener arc mentioned as Mr. Van- derbllt's most likely rivals. Mr. Widener, when he first appeared on the French turf, figured only In tho cross-country races, but for 1012 ho has decided to take to tlat racing. Thomas Welsh, one of thc foremost rf American trainers hns been engaged to handle the Widener horses nnd many purchases havo been mnde, including the supposedly ten heat yearlings in Frunce. These wero secured for Mr. Widener by Eugene ' Leigh, another American turfmnn, who has long been identified with the French turf. Somo of these yearlings cost Mr. Widener $10,000 apiece. Frank .1. Gould has a stable of 28 at Malsons Lafllttc. His recent season was a tremendously good one, and he has also made purchases of famous matrons for his racing establishment. iii Frank Wootton rode more winners this year than any other jockey since Tommy Pontes hud 221! successes In 1803, though Moray Cnnnon was not fnr behind with lSij winners in IS!).*) nnd 182 in throe years previously. These records, of course, were surpassed by Fred Archer, who four times excelled T. LoatCS1 best figures and in 1885, The Tinman" rode 240 winners when he could not go to tho scales at less than S st. It lb. Increasing weight is bound to prove a disadvantage to Wootton, but his career, so far as It haa extended in England, has been extremely brilliant. He ia not only easily at the head of thc list this yenr, but has the best percentage of wins, an honor which usually falls to Mahcr. Wootton left for India this week, accompanied by A. Howley. It hns been very satisfactory to see thc younger school in Winter, IHckaby and W. Huxley come to the front, and other boys like It. Stokes, E. Huxley nnd E. ('aider show much promise. TELEPHONES IN GREAT BRITAIN On December .Hat, ISM 1, tho telephone service of the United Kingdom became, like the telegraph service of thnt country, a government monopoly. The history of British telephones is reviewed in a recent report of Consul Itufua Fleming, stationed nt Edinburgh. An net of 1800 gavo to the Postmaster (JehernI the monopoly nf operating telegraphs, nnd iu ISKO, ua a result of the case of the Attorney- (.eiii-ral vs. the Edison Telephone Co., it wns decided that telephones were included in the provisions of this net. However, the government, instead of buying up the patents mid tutting the telephone service into its own bunds, granted licenses to the existing telephone companies. At first the companies were restricted In their operations to limited nrcna, but from IHXI onward the licenses were applicable over the entire kingdom. Tina led to the organisation of largo companies, and by 1H1I2 practically nil the liu-ti- ness wiih in thc hands uf thc National Telephone Company. Ltd. In 18!hi the government took over the operation of nil the trunk lines connecting one town with another, paying the company upwards of ♦2.B.3.T83. The latter has Relief for the Depressed,--Physical and mental depression usually have their origin In a disordered atate of the stomach and liver, us when these organs are deranged In their net ton Ihe whole system In affected. Try Purmelee's Vegetable Pills. Tbey revive tlie digestive processes, act beneficially on the nerves and restore the spirits aa no other pills wlll,vThoy are cheap, simple and sure, and lho effects are lusting. since continued to operate the local hues, but will transfer nil its business to the post-0 Dice nt tho end of the present yenr. There nre approximately 044,000 telephones iu the United Kingdom, but it is estimated that if tho system were used in thc sume ratio to population us in thc United Stitt.s, the number would be nearly .1,000,01)0, .ludging from the history of tho telegraph service, it ia expected that tho transfer of the telephones to tho government will result iu a great extension of lho system. FOOT AND MOUTH DI8EASE IN ENGLAND Just on the eve of England being declared free from foot and mouth dls- ease another outbreak has occurred within u score of miles of the last In Somerset. The Board of Agriculture sent out notices withdrawing nil restrictions lu connection with the October case, but these hud scarcely reached their destination when telegraphic intelligence was received of a further suspected outbreak, and tho suspicion proved only too well grounded. Though it Is only about twenty miles from the lust, there Is no reason to believe that the latest arose out of the former, and they are still as much In the dark na ever regarding the origin of the trouble. A committee of enquiry appointed haa already begun Its work, und It hus the best wishes of all breeders. The Koyul Agricultural Society has made a sensible regulation regarding the sales at next year's show, it is to the oltool that If animals are bought for export uud the country lo which they are to be sent Is declared und the uiiIiuuIh paid for, (he sale shall be cancelled If within fourteen days from the date of thc auction the porta In the particular country ure closed on account of foot and mouth disease or for some other reason. This will probably be udopted In connection with other sales, and would certainly be fairer lo buyers, and give Ihem more confidence to bid, nnd confidence bus boon sadly undermined during the hist six months. DAMPNESS BAD FOR FOWL Damp floors, walls, etc., ure sure lo bring trouble, If you Ijavo a cement floor to your chicken bouse, be sure to cover it deeply wiih scratching material. If you use straw, cut ll lnio short lengths ubout six Inches long, or y*»ur chickens cannot scratch, us long straw clings together. Use n patent water fountain, as a dish Is liable lo upset. Great care Is required to see that the chickens have plenty of clean water in winter, as If frozen the chickens might be without water for a day. Hard floors are responsible for all kinds of trouble, aa the chickens Injure tbelr feet lighting from the perches. "Bumble foot" Is often caused hy BUNIONS NO JOKE Hard to get rid of them, too. Two or three applications of Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor softens the thickest tissue, and removes it painlessly. Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor removes corns, warts, and callouses quickly and painlessly. Sold by druggists, price 2Bo, SAVED HERSELF YEARS OF PAIN IF SHE HAD USED DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FIRST Mrs. McRea Suffered for Over Two Years, Then Two Boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills Made a New Womrn of Her the continual contact with n hard cement floor. Wooden floors are much tho warmest under foot, but unleas raised from the ground are liable to become dump. Hopper feeding of rolled or crushed oats la a good Idea, us your chickens never need be hungry. You need not be afraid of the expense; as soon as they get used ^to thla method of feeding thoy will not overfeed. The idea of hopper feeding cracked oats gives all the chickens a chance, If some havo not got their fair share of the hand-fed grain they need not go with empty crops. SHEEP AND SWINE HOLDING THEIR OWN The Canadian Farm says that "In sheep nnd swine, the Canadian breeder has, ut least, held his own, though handicapped to a considerable extent by general market conditions. All honor la due the sheep breeder for having maintained the pure-bred flock at a high Standard of perfection, notwithstanding the apathy which the average farmor exhibits in regard to sheep raising. The ShOOp shows during the year, especially In Ontario, have never averaged up better. Here agajn tho circle of those who are taking up tllO rearing of pure-breds la widening. The number of new exhibitors bus shown u gratifying Inoroaso during tho yeur and Ibe average quality has not deteriorated nny because of this new blood. Here, too, the Can- aillan-breil ji ii Iiiiii 1 has more than held Ills own. lu the field of swine raising, ll Is now largely lho ('unudlau-bred animal or nothing. Breeders in Canada have developed a type thut Is distinctly tbelr own. The bacon ideal has been the one they have sou^hi and produced. The type has become fixed in the majority of herds and it Is Hie exception to And an animal among the recognised bacon breeds that docs not conform In a large measure to this type. Aud all this haa been accomplished in spite of the disabilities which the hog Industry labors under generally. Take the present season as an example. Feed Is scarco und dear, yet the farmer Is getting no more for the finished product, und, In fact, not us much, us when feed ing conditions were more favorable. Uul jV6 will have more to say aboul this at a later date. In the meantime it mr ' be said that unless the pucker does more than he has been doing in j the way of paying a premium for ba- j con hogs, there must follow a recession from the Ideal aet up. ln fact, I there are some Indications that the | tendency In the other direction hus al- | ready set In." Provil, Gaspo Co., Que.—(Special)— That she might have escaped two years and seven months of suffering hnd she tried Dodd's Kidney l'llls in the tlrst place is the Arm conviction of Mrs. John Mcltea, an old and respected resident of this place. And this Is the reason she gives for believing so: "For two years and seven months 1 was a sufferer from Kidney Disease brought on by a strain and a cold. My eyes were puffed and swollen, my muscles cramped and 1 suffered from neuralgia und rheumatism. My hack ached and I bad pains In my joints. "For two yenrs 1 was under the doctor's care, but he never seemed to do mc nny lasting good. Two boxes of Dodd's Kidney l'ills made a new womnn of me." To save yourself suffering cure your Kidneys at the first sign of trouble. Dodd's Kidney Pills are the one sure cure, ! Mrs. J. 11. Blossom, of Minneapolis, ; operntlng the largest cutlery in tbe Northwest, began thc Industry a few years ago with n single Persian kit- j ten which she purchased aa a pet. Enthusiasm of her friends led her to the conclusion that a cat furm would pay. She bought some -lock and began raising Persians. Last year she made nearly ,$1,000 out of it. Her cats have won prizes all over the country, and she has 0 shelf full of cups, badges. aud diplomas. In excavating the foundation of Xew York's municipal building a new record hus been made for depth. At tho southern end of the Structure, which will house between 5,000 and 8,000 city employees when finished, the "sand- hogs'1 went down ISO feet below tho kerb-line, or 107 feet below sen level. It Is In Demand.—So great Is the demand for Dr. Thomas* Ecloctrlo Oil that a large factory Is continually busy making and bottling It. To be in demand shows popular appreciation of ihls preparation. Which stands at the head of proprietary compounds as the leadL.g Oil In the market, and It Is generally admitted thai lt Is deserving of the lend. WHEAT, BARLEY OATS, FLAX Owing (o .o mucfa unfavorable weather, man. farmer, o.er Weeterc Canada bare gathered at lead part of their crop touched by fro.t u. otherwise weather damaged. However, through the large shortage in corn, oate, barley, fodder, potatoe. and vegetalsles, by tbe onu.tial bent nn.l drought of lax .umnier in the United Htatea, Ka.tcrn Canada and We.tern Europe, there i. going to be a eteady demand at good price, for all tbe grain We.tern Canada ha. railed, no matter what it. quality may I.e. So much variety lo quality makes it impossible for thote lei. ei perlenced to judge the fuli value tbat ahould be obtained for turn grain, therefore tbe farmer never .tood more In need of the services of the eiperienred and reliable grain .-ommiHlon man to aet for him, lo the looking after and selling of bi. grain, tban he doei thi. aeaion. Karmen, you will therefore do well for youraelve, not to aeeop. ■treet or track pricei, but to .hip your grain by carload direct to Port William or Port Arthur, to be handled by ... In a way that will get for you all there i, in it. We make liberal advances wben desired, on receipt of shipping bills for care shipped. We never buy your grain on our own account, nut act aa your agents la selling it to the best advan tage for your account, and we do so oa a Hied commiseioa of le per bushel. We bave made a specialty of thia work for many years, and are well known over Western Canada for our experience in the grain trade, reliability, careful attention to our customers' interests, and promptness! ln making settlements. We invite farmers who have not yet employed ua to write to ns for shipping instructions and market information, and In regard to onr standing in the Winnipeg drain Trade, and onr flnancla' position, we beg to refer yon to the Union Bank nf Canada, and any ot Its branches, also to (be rnmmercial agencies of Bradstreets and B. O. Dun t Co. THOMPSON SONS & CO. GRAIN COMMISSION MERCHANTS 703 Y Grain Exchange Winnipeg SJ :*■ CW1.UWACK mm THESS v_J Education by Moving Pictures HOW FILMS AEE MADE POR THE MOVING PIOTUEE SHOWS THAT ARE SO POPULAR NOWADAYS Till, time hns long since passed wben a sensible person could sneer at moving pietu.es.. or minimize their importance in the life of the cum* inanity. There are still many, however, whose*attitude toward them is one uither of avowed hostility or of suspicion. Recognized aa inevitable, tho moving pictures are eveu yet considered na a kind of evil, to be kept down us much as possible. But while this 1ms been, nnd still is, the attitude of most ndults whose education has lifted them a plane above processes of digestion, and very valuable ones of hcurt-nction. Still other medical men have utilized moving pictures to show the externa) symptoms of various nervous cases. Also, there are over one hundred films showing surgical operations by skilled practitioners, which are available for medical school instruction. Iu various schools of technology, moving pictures ure utilized to show mn* chine-shop methods, The entire behaviour of u machine in actual operation can thus he illustrated to a clusa* mpvod pui*t the Texas at a four-mile or five-mile range. Views of the firing from the ship on which the camera waa placed are followed hy views of the Texas, showing how tho shots landed. Similarly we see the guns of the New Hampshire, next in line ahead, belch forth, aud these views ure followed by pictures of the result, so timed thut it -seems us if tho spectator follows each discharge with his eyos. The serios closes with near views of the wrecked eruption Picture of Consumptive Camp Shown on Moving Films Ithe enjoyment of moving pictures, the lnovi 11 g-picture Q ltd ion CO und the mov* ling picture manufacturers havo togotll* l_r been working out very practical prob* llems of social sorvlcu by moons of the Ii'Iiii dramas. They lave been nided by • tion pictures, fo IiIiohc few wiser souls in thc community j recreation. The room; chips Ily, workmen move about, feeil the machine, curry off waste, aud so on. '1 he United States Oovornmout has officially recognized the value of mo- educutiou and ship Vermont both battl il targe who hnve hnd the good souse j was the first ship of the United States T,o see that In the popular interest in*| navy to be equipped with a projector ■moving pictures lies a vast power for ■good. We propose to tell here a few of the llefiuile elocutional end- which huve iiled by moving picture.*', most of J hem without uuy further incentive It hun the desires of moving picture nud* 1 euces to learn and the desire of mov- ■iugpittuic manufacturers to serve the |l-c*-t interests of their patrons; aud to litiow, in addition, whut a wide educa* Itiounl lid.I is ns yet untouched, what Ian Influence for good, if rightly direct- led, the moving pictures might exert lover the young. Wo fancy that the time will come, land before long, when every elementary I school will be equipped with a film-pro- Ijecto.*, to be used in the study of his* Itory, botany, geography. All childron ■ love moving pictures. Two hundred ■ thousand children go to the film then* It res in New Vork each week. Instead lof decrying this great natural Interest, Ithe purt of wisdom is to utilize it. The only true educution comes [through a rousing of tbe child's inter* •.st. Here, then, is an obvious educa* Itiounl weapon. Instead of dwelling ■upon the evJli that ought to be suppressed, und painting a gloomy picture, let Ins point out the good which already linhcics in the film dramas now being ■shown iu the commercial theatres, and ■the good moving pictures are already lacconipli-hing when put to special pur I poses. A certain percentage of the films Itemed out by the better tminufactu.ers ■ for display upon the commercial screens I nte, to-day. educational, not because anybody has ordered them to be, but solelv because the moving-picture aud* [ lent ch like to see such films, .Mid the I manufacturers prefer to nininta.n a de- [cent standard, One of the popular films of recent ■ soiii-uns wus called "I.oil Vour VYate ." lit wna a microscopic film, 'bowing the I bacterial life in a glass of water, mul ltiplici ten thousand times. The wnter I wns t-hown in thc process of boiling, | the bacterial life wns seen to die, nud j finally the water wns filtered off dear. A second film, also microscopic, fhow- |e I thc life in a little pond, including J what the photographer's catalogue de (scribes as "terrific combats between IWuter fleas." It also ahowed the guwth lof a fing from tho tadpole, aud many lather iulciusting things, Another popular film was a picture of Ithe diiiboliiiil career of a house-fly, [from one generation to another. ft fallowed him walking iu filth uud then Iwiping hiu feet in ti.e sugar-howl, all Tn the most vividly revolting mniiner. |We fancy this film caused more than io gnihagccan to be covered. II wus |icnle.| bv the State hoards of health .if Louisiana, Kfuios- nml Florida, by f In* health hoard* of < liiciign ami Ottl* j ratoii, by the Okluhomii ngriculttinil jxperiment station, the University u< ot.uiii, and the Uut tie Creek Hani | Bt llllll. Another film uf distinct educational nine was piepured ill the suggestion 11' iht* Now Vork Mill, Committee, and xhlblted throughout the country, 11 sliowe 1, first, a dirty and unsanitary kllOll, 'I llO farmer's son protested Igainf-t such conditions, but Ir- stub- lorn ful hor, like most old-timo farmers, kfll.Od to mend mutt cis. The non, with his wife and little |<nby. left the furm. moving into the lily. Presently the hnby fell sick from 1 Halting tainted milk, Her grand- Jithei. coming to see the child, disrov- Ire I that tho milk came from hia own Ifnhie. Then ho went buck nud reform* ll. the film finally showing ti clean, Jlodcl. sanitary dnirv-ntnhlo In opera* ■'nn. 'the direct value of such a film, Upecially in the light of the C hi meter |f moving-picture audiences, can hard- he iiueslioi ed. ji Moving pictures nre already used tn [•i huical and medical instruction. Com- Jandon, nf Paris, not Inng ngo ustnn* I'led tho Trench Academy of Scimiccs displaying microscopic fllnia show- | g whnt takes place in thc blood of moils*, inoculated with the virus nf i-eptt'gslcl-ne-r-. A Oornmn scientist lis taken X-rny moving pictures of ths uml films are regularly displayed, both for the instruction and the amusement uf. the crews. The army and tho experiment stations of the Department of Agriculture arc following the lead of the navy. Moving pictures arc easily utilized in agricultural instruction. If a film- camera i? placed by a gluss seed-box, ami a picture is taken six or eight times a day. the whole growth of a plant mny be shown. Of course, wheu the lilin is run through the projecting machine, you see the seed go into the ground, sprout, grow, flower, and como to fruition all in the space of ten minutes; but .£ you make proper allowance for this acceleration, you get a vivid picture of plant growth. The behavior of harvesting machines, seed drills, and the like, can alto he illustrated in action, in order to teach modern, scientific farm methods. A hop grower in New Vork State uses moving pictures of his plantuticn to interest investors and buyers in the city, who cannot get out to sec the actual process of hop culture. The American Tobacco Company has a similar series of moving pictures, covering the tobacco industry, which is used for much the same purpose. Salesmen for other industries, of varied kinds, now interest possible buyers by means of motion pictures. We may well ask, if commerce can muke such use of moving pictures, and if they are valuable in highly technical education, why should elementary education neglect tbem, where they would have the added appeal of dramatic antl pictorial interest? Indeed, many of tho technical scientific subjects, nnd such of the medical subjects ns arc proper for general exhibition, havo already been shown on battleship and scenes on board, whoro the havoc is indescribable, Not long iigo an officer from tho State board of health of Louisiana, went to New Vork seeking moving pictures fiiitubte to show in a health campaign. A cur was to he run nil over tho Slate, containing sanitary exhibits, and moving pictures were to be llie programme, iih a means nut only uf attracting (lie crowds, but of lust uc- tlllg (hem. I'i lins for the purpose could he found iu plenty. Here wus un instance of sane recognition of the million picture's vast pos*i hill ties for good; and, ns we have mentioned, oilier health bourds are also employing film d ramus. The University of Wisconsin however, hus gone a stop further, and hns (niton definite measures to incorporate ihe moving-picture machine into its elm ulioniil QXtOIISloU work. .\s an Illustration of the varied edit- national films whlOll, without any orders from anybody the manufacturers have n I ready provided for tho put runs, especially the childron, of the present i-ommercial thent es, we hnve only to scan the lists of a single firm. Kor Instance, a well known French firm, operating largely In America, hus, besides cortain scion ti fie films already mentioned, pueh interesting pictures ns " Hobhie's Microscope,'' showing the food on the table, thc blood, tho sap in a leaf, and other common things ami processes under tho microscope. It has a bountifully colored film showing the entire growth of n chrysanthemum. It hns a marvelously clear picture of the life nnd activities of a carrot-caterpillar. If nil these films, and many more like them, can bo prepared for commercial purposes, nnd can interest people who have come to the theatre solely for amusement, without the nid of teacher or lecturer, how vast might be the carefully directed use of moving pictures in education! But even more thun in scientific subjects, the manufacturers huve fouud runs into the view, u strange carriage appears und rolla awny, inaktug you wonder what its destination muy be. If the camera Itself is moving, you hnvo the sense of moving along yourself, It is almost us guud us actual t uvol. Geography, the study of strange lands uud peoples, become- vivid und real. Let us tako, ns au example, the eruption of u valiant). Tho geography shows a picture of the mountain, which is pitifully tame by comparison with the uetuul sceno. The children read about flowing lava; hut uo picture in the geography can show the lava uuw- ing, A motion picture can show it, however. Last summer u French firm exhibited in Ainoriea u plcturo of Mount Ktna In The camera hud boon pine us near to tho crnter as it wns possible to get, and thc lava and BtOttUI were Feon to bolch menacingly forth. Then the camera followed thc lava Htrnaiu down the mountuin. The film shows a vineyard flooded hy the molten muss, und a house burned up. Finally, the lu vu is observed to How more sluggish- pnrt of ly, and nt lenglh to ha'den, Here, in u spnee of ten minutes, the moving picture can show to the. child, more vividly uml correctly thun uuy thing short of being actually tin eyewitness Ihe proeesM'S of volcanic ernp tiou. liere is u lesson in geography at onco vivid, nocurato, uinl intensely in terostlng. If such n film is nut educa* liouiil, nml n useful wenpou for instruction in a school, we do not know the inclining of the word cducntion. It trains the child to learn by actual ob Nervation, und It inevitubly holds his In tor Oft nt tho Mime time, because it hus been detutitist.ratod beyond u doubt thut children hive moving pictures. Another excellent, exnmplo of the geographical value of moving pictures is afforded by n film taken not long ngo nt the Panama Canal. Thnt film shows the sides of the canal ns the train moves along; it shows the workmen nnd officers at toil and at rest; it. catches the tropic vegetation} nnd, above all, it shows the huge shovels und derricks und machines in actual operation. You see tho dirt fly, you watch tho cut grow before your very eyes; you cun sec how u grout canal is dug. One of the favorite geographical subjects for thc normal child is mountain climbing, especially in the Alps. A moving picture camera hns been carried to the top of the Matterhorn, picturing various stnges of the ascent, tlic perilous inclines, the glacier crossings, nnd finally the panorama from the summit. Other peaks of the Alps have nlso been scaled with a camera. These pictures have a thrill which no words of teacher or bonk can carry to the child. Similarly, tho motion picture of the Old Faithful geyser spouting, in tbe sou fdioidd speak ontbuslastlcullv in favor of motion pic tines, since he is ono of the men who I.as done most to make thom possible, Uut his words, in a recent interview given to tlio D.'Ulliatlc Mirror, are none the less true. 'Ihey ure well worthy of every educator's attention. "'Ihe motion picture," he predicted, "will be used for teaching muny of the elementary subjects. What child, for example, gets u very well defined idea of a foreign country or people merely by reading ubout theinf A printed description is obvious.y incomplete, and mo utul pictures are formed thut are generally incorrect, No one visits a Foreign Innd, no mutter how much muy have beon rend nbout it, without a sense uf newness aud surprise, "For a child, reading and study uro generally irksome. Now, if geography wore taught by moving pictures, if foreign lands und cities wero shown, if tlieir topography and general character- lftlcs were displayed, if the habits and demeanor of the people wero depicted, and if tlieir occupations and methods of work und recreations were Illustrated, the child would have na clear aa idea of everything ns if tho original scenes wero viewed directly; and not only bo, but the study of goog uphy would be u tremendously interesting experience, nnd not u hardship, ns it now likely to bn the cuse. Let us hope und believe that this duy is nearer thun u grQttt muny good people suppose, Already private schools uro installing projecting muchiuoa. A. new public school building iu Connecticut hns a special motion picture hull attached. And elsewhere the attention of educators is turning seriously to this new weapon of instruction. WOMEN PEARL DIVERS Curiously enough, ine pearl divers of Japan are women. Along Ihe coast of tho Hay of Ago and the Bay of Ko- kasho the thirteen and fourteen-year- old girls, after Ihey have finished their primary school work, go to sea and lenrn to dive. Th.y are in the water and learn to swim almost from babyhood and spend most of their time In the water except In the coldest season, from the end of December to the beginning of February. Even during the most Inclement of seasons they I aometlmea dive for pearls. They wear a special dress, white underwear, and the hair twisted up Into a hard knot. The eyes are protected by glasses lo prevent the entrance of water. Tubs arc suspended from the waist. A boat In command of a mnn la assigned to every five or ten women divers to carry them to nnd from the fishing grounds. When the divers arrive on the -grounds they leap Into the water nt once and begin to gnther oysters at thc bottom. The oyatera are dropped Into the tubs suspended from their waists. When theso vcsaela nre filled thc divers are raised to the surface and jump Into the boats. They dive to a depth of from five to thirty fathoms without any special apparatus and retain their breath from one to three minutes. Their agea vary from thirteen to forty years and between twenty-five and thirty-five they are at their prime. President Lincoln tn His Study at the White House—Posed for by a New York Business Man profit in historical themes. The educational value of historical pictures, of course, depends upon the accuracy and the screens of the regular film theatres, skill with which they aro arranged. To with no littio success, children ond ■ the credit of thc manufacturers, let us adults alike enjoying them and learning state at once that much of the work from them. I hns been done with great skill, and at A fino film has been popularly exhi-lgreat expense and pains. If, unaided bitcd by nn American firm, showing the by the suggestions of tenchera or histor- lifo and beneficent activities of the silk- iung) the manufacturers can turu out worm. Being a aeries of actual photo-1 educationally valuable historical films graphs, there is uo "nnture faking"|f0r tho regular trade, bow much more about it. Most children in school love coum they do if they worked directly to read about the silkworm, and to see for the schools, under oxpert super- pictures of it. How much more would vision! they enjoy their stndj- if they could Two hi_torir fl, aIso b an Ameri. see the eggs laid, see tlie worm eating I fl fc| h h_„. ,, his way out. shedding bis skin, nnd , 8hows episodes in the lives of spinning his cocoon see the cocoon N » |Mn JI Wa.hington. William burst see the whole life of this useful, u'h .... „, w„ , tn insect unfold before their eyes! , Napoleon, and tho scone showing Thfl sumo American firm has a sp en- J, ; £ rocks nt St. Ilelenn. though did ser.es of bird photographs, taken „ _„_,., mft} t| _, ()f UJ by camera, hidden lu trees close to the w d ■ remarkably realistic. Wash- nests, and operated by elec.r.c.ly. Thfl . • , d , . h mother In *is are shown on the eggs, ~ - -' --.-■ ' (lying away for food, coming hack to Stuff worms down greedy throats. All the Intimate domestic bird-life actor. Joseph Kilgour. Still another film of definite blltOI value was tuken not long ago, with •might na few children, in cities, at any W»t labor, depicting the siege of ■** '*.. * i *. I i- ,!..., i.,..i i; :ii rale, can ever observe it. Another wonderful bird film, tnken by two Englishmen nt great danger, thovri the life of seii-hirda on the hue nf a clitV. Tho picture is very exciting na well us scientifically valuable, for it shows the men prepnring for Ihe ties* Alamo. As that famous building still htnuda, it was possible to show the tic tual scene, and to make it more vivid for boya and girls thuu auy account we havo yet rend in a school history. Indeed, there are numberless histoii cul films possessing thnt vivid, dramatic cent at the edge of the clitT, swinging interest of net ion and movement which off over space In their little sling-1 Cannot be secured from the pictures in chairs, nnd descending the faco of the a hook. They nre exhibited through precipice, the camera nccompnnyiug out thc couutry, hefore thousands nml tl.cm on another sling-sent. If audi thousands of children; but they nre pictures arc not truly educational, nnd not ndequntcly explained. They nre not inevitubly bound to int ere* t tho young-' related by n wise toucher ta other sun- -li' s, one is hard put to sny whnt II,Ijflctl and tn one another. They still Motion plctU'fll of bird flights, indeed, ■ nwnit their proper use in tho schools, have hud definite influence on tho development of Hying machines. They have a technical as well ns an educational value. A film mnde In Mnrch last, by an American firm, for commercial exhibition, shows tho shelling of tho old battleship Texas In Cherapenke Hay. The historic interert of this picture its value in displaying the effects of modern projectiles Its drnnuitlc depiction of naval warfare, its scientific interest, cannot be denied. We cannot conceive of a class of boys who would not dcl'ght to watch it, In connection with their studies. Thfl camera, in taking this film, wns placed on oue of the battleships that to servo as n powerful weapon in cdu cation. As In scionco, nature-study, and history, still mnre in geography thc motion picture might be n grcnt nid tb oducation, inspiring Interest nnd imparting instruction nt tho sumo time. The eye la the most open channel of appeal to thc child; and the motion picture appeals to the eye with the nearest approximation to reality, because things move, grow, shift, correcting tho perspective, giving the sense of life, imparting the added inte est of variety nnd change. Then. tno. thero \* alwnva something dramatic shout a moving nlcture. Even In a street scene, somebody passes In Yellowstone Park, is more accurate and vivid thnn nay word-painting or still photograph. There are moving picture fuctoriea all ovor the civilized world, and the vurious firms hnve scut, or will send, their cameras anywhere on the globe for interesting pictures. Tbey have gone into the Huasian wilds to follow a bear-hunt] they have gono into the African jungle; they have ascended snow-clad mountains. They have made pictures of wild beasts, of Chinese villages, far from the const, where "the life is thc life of two thousand years ngo; of coronation ceremonies, of aviation meets, of a my:iad of interesting things. Thousands ol there subjects figure in the geography which onr children study in school. They nre the most vivid possible illustrations. To exhibit the u in school, properly explained by the teacher, is |o make geography more interesting thnn it has ever been be fore. A plflturfl taken iii the heart of Africa shows the hiving of n railroad truck through the jungle. The sight of the actual encounter with the jungle, the light with llie rank vegetation. gives more vivid idea thnn one could possibly get otherwise of what the jungle moans, It nl-o shows clenily how a rnilrond truck is laid. It makes the uuin of In-day think how much he Would have enjoyed that picture when he waa n schoolboy; und wonders how long it will he before the school children of the prosont will fee the wonders of the world illustrated by the marvelous aid of the motion camera. 'I he motion camera, indeed, can do more thun exhibit the life of Chinese Villages or African jungles. It cun do more than show Arabian caravans cross ing tho dosert, coronation processions passing through London, or grape pick era on the terraces of the ntiine. Just tta thc growth of a (lower cun be rlinwu by taking eight pictures n day, cortain p'rysicn] change-* in the earth's surface can be illustrated in motion pictures. such na the movements of glaciers, the charges in n river's bed. the action of volcanoes—aircndy. ns we imve soen. thc subject of n film—and so forth. AM such pictures, of course, when shown on n screen, p esont a trcno'idmi**. nc ceteratinn in time, which must be care fnllv explnlred bv the tciichcr. Never ♦ heli"**". the iin-'sib'lii'c- for real and vivid Instruction sre Ihere. It ia nnly natural that Thomas A, Kdi Bhoree of Lough Neagb, when st. Bridget came crying to blm. On being asked lho cause of her tears nhe explained that u mutiny hud broken out amongst the recently baptised women converts at Klldure, as few men now cared te ash ihem In marriage, and they, therefore, wished to claim the right of "popping the question" themselves. Bt. Patrick suid he would concede them the right every seventh year, whereupon Bridget threw ber arms round hla neck, uml exclaimed; "Arrah, I'uthrlck, Jewel, 1 daurn't go buck to the girls wtd such a proposal. Make lt ono year In four," St. Patrick replied: "Bridget, accushla, Bt,-uceze mc that way agin, an' I'll give ye leap year, the longest of the lot." St, Bridget, upon this, herself proposed to St. Patrick, exclaiming thnt It was theu leap year, and that she would bu the flrsl lady to lake advantage of iho new dispensation. This, however, was inure than the saint had bargained fur; so he got over tin* dllll- ctilty hy giving her u kiss and a silk gown. Needleas to say, the above legondj Is of no historic value, but It Is to be found, witli many variations, In the earliest lives of the saints, thereby proving the antiquity of the custom. Very quaint, too, in some Instances, are the methods adopted for giving effect to these leap yeur proposals. The Burmese maiden lights In her window the "love lamp," when the boy of her fancy pusses her father's house at eventide of the first day of leap year, and keeps It there night after night until she either achieves her object or his prolonged silence shows that he, at all events, Is unresponsive. Then, if she Is iytlll desirous of being wed, ahe signals her wish in similar fashion to some other likely lad, and so on until either her matrimonial aspirations are satisfied or leap year comes to an end. In like manner the Moravian gipsy mold takes a leap year cake and throws It within the tent dour uf the man she would wed. An Andaluslun peasant girl utilizes a pumpkin pie fur a similar purpose. In Tarragona the dark-eyed stnortti-i twist their powder-puffs iniu leap */«ar pompoms for their favorite ,uwilier-., and if the recipient wear** it _t the next bull-fight it is a match. - SOME LEAP YEAR HISTORY This year Is Leap Year, when the ladles may propose to the gentlemen. Many people regard thla as a new joke. As a matter of fact, It Is a very ancient custom indeed, and one, moreover, which haa upon several occasions received legal recognition and sanction In various parts of the world. Thus, In Scotland, many years ago, an Act of Parliament waa passed which ordained that any maiden, no matter whether of high or low degree, ahould have thc liberty In leap year to propose to the man of her choice, and If he refused to marry her, then he was to forfeit one hundred pounds, or less, according to his rank and estate. It Is worthy of note that a woman—Queen Margaret—ruled over Scotland when Ihls measure became law. Moreover, the Act was by no means a dead letter. Several proserullons took place under It, and fines were frequently Indicted, und pnld. It wua held to be a good oefenee, however, If the accused was able to prove thnt he was already engaged to be married at the time of receiving the proposal. At a Inter date similar laws were enacted by various states on the continent of Europe, and rigidly enforced, more especially In Genoa, where In one yenr no fewer thnn 363 prosecutions SIMPLE FARE OF ORUlOS The early Britons, according ta the testimony of Dtodoms Slcutns, wen* remarkably simple ln their diet. The grain they cultivated in little patcltaa wos reduced lo pasts In a mortar tn.i funned their chief article uf fuod. Practically the only additions tu lim table were milk and tlesh. On groat and solemn occasions, bowevsc aa In times of public calamity, an unnatural feast was celebrated. The Druids -en- Joined the Immolation of certain victims to excite or to appease one of their multifarious deities. *A venerable Druid, perhaps tr*-mbling himaelf ac the awful rites he was about Co perform, led the silent flock into the secsst recesses of the sacred grov.a of oak- There, at the dark hour of midni-_hc the human ottering* waa brought furtJt uinl adorned fur the altar. At the falal sign the consecrated rtaggT**? a_M plunged Into the victim's heart. Tba body was then laid open, the *>nrruil9 examined, and the augury pronuun*c«*L Finally the bloody butchers sat down to their horrid feast, each one without exception religiously pnrtakim? of rha human sacrifice. These awful osgj_M were celebrated with weird rites rend the mysteries of an esoteric roHjgten In the deep and gloomy reces_*?a of tha primeval forest. DIDN'T KNOW HIS LUCK A certain gentleman, having recently moved Into a new district, hail _fl yet no experience of that terrible scourge known aa the town'- nriLaa bund. Consequently when, a few days before Christmas, a man called upon him nnd Informed him that the band would play Ma selection of carols in fn.nt of selected houses," Mr. X. had no »&$fle- tlon to his name heing added to the Hat. If Mr. X. was surprised when the band didn't turn up. he waa simply aatounded when, on Boxing Day. hla visitor called again "for that little donation." "But," protested the gentleman. "your hand did nol play In front of my house!" - i. Anci.nt Htstoiy on Modern Films. Ni ro Sanding a Cap of Poison to Bnt* tooicus were Instituted ng.ilnst men who hnd declined leap year proposals mnde to Ihem by members of the opposite sex. Precisely how or when the curious custom originated Is not known, but It Is certainly fnr older than even the Scottish Act of Parliament mentioned, for In nn Anglo-Saxon chronicle written before the Conquest occurs the phrase, "This year, being leap year, the ladles propose, and, If not accepted, rlntm a new gown." One account, Indeed, traces Its Institution t" St. Pntrlek, who was born In tho fourth century. The story noes that he was walking one dny along the It was tbe visitor's turn to be sur- priacd. "My dear sir." ho gasped, "tf our band had—er—troubled you. do you ihlnk I Fhould have had the coloasnl Impudence to rail nn yon thll morning? Your name was on the list, consequently you—er-escaped! 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We have gone into tno matter very carefully, and have had the makers absolutely guarantee tlieir glovt-s to give satisfaction, Fownes " The London " Exlm qunl* ity plquo Kid. in black, pair $1.50 Fownes " The. Arcadia" Two fasten, ors, Kid Gloves in Browns, Tans, Black, Grey and White, pair $1.25 Fownes "TheOtoro" Grey nnd Dark Cream, Chamois leather, pair 95c White Washing Kid $1.25 pair D & A Corsets latest models $1.25 to $6 per pair. They hnve been made even more stylish and comfortable than heretofore. We stock all sizes in the self reducing and superb styles for slender figures. Empress Shoes For Style, Comfort, atid Wear. Stylish Shoes and Slippers. You should sir our spring styles in our new shoe department. Fashion Favored Empress Shoe Made of genuine Patent Colt skin with Goodyear sewn soles, Note the graceful body lines, and shapely toe. This shoe can bo worn with distinction and connort on any occasion. Sizes 2 1-2 to 6. D width, black only, per pair - $4.00 Refinement and Good Taste in the Empress Slippers. One, two and three strap. Be sure and see them. $1.50 to $3.00 pcr pair School Shoes That Wear For Boys and Girls and prices that pleaso the parents. See our range Ahrens make, Canada's School Shoe Experts. Tooke Brand Shirts are the leaders Men's Extra Fine Quality Negligee Shirts Cont style, small eulTs, attached, mado large, and specially well finished. A good selection of all the newest Spring Patterns and colors. Sizes 11 1-2 to 17. $1.50 Each. Men's Negligee Shirts at $1.00 They are made from line shirting material, all good washing colors, large roomy bodies, good variety, all shades. Sizes 14 1-2 to 17. S1.00 H B K Brand and Big Horn Brand Working Shirts. We are agents for these two Brands. We challenge competition on these shirts. Prices range from 85c to $2.50. None better in Canada at the price. Groceries at Saving Prices Friday and Saturday Delicious Juicy Navel Oranges See t(ie window display. 20c per doz. $2.75 per box. Make your marmalade now. Price is the lowest. Tomato Catsup in 2 lh tins 2 for 25c. Quality guaranteed. Quail- tily equals 3—25c bottles. Asparagus 35c large tins. Sale price 25c. National Biscuit (Vs. Sodas. Regular 35c tins. Sale price 'lllc Fresh supply llaida Chocolates in hulk lllc per lb. Mixed Candy 1/ic 2 lb 25c Kippered Herrings 2 Ih 25c Smoked Halibut 3 lb 50c Cod Fish 2 Ih blocks 30c Pickles 25e and 35c ber bottle Gold Seal Condensed Milk, two tins 25c. £ Sterling Brand Pure Ceylon Tea 40c Ih £ Sterling Brand Pure Java and Mocha Coffee 45c Ih. We want your trade. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Jm 1 1 3 _*. s 1 1 em i ! em I1 I I & 1 me _4 me 1 am I *■*_ em me & .* -* nt I li Fresh EGGS wanted Top Price Paid Ashwells Departmental Store Empress Shoes U 13.00, .*3..'.0. $4 00 None better at the price iw&tmm I ft Church News Tailoring for Ladies and Men. Satisfaction Guaranteed A. CUPPLES TWO DOORS FROM POST OFFICE Optical Department ; Our Optical Parlor is now open, under the charge of a sight Specialist, All work guaranteed. If you have eye '.rouble see our specialist at once. Engraving of all kinds done on the premises. All goods purchased engraved FREE. Watch and Jewelry repairing of all kinds and all work guaranteed. We can assure prompt execution of all work left in our charge. REG. E. BROADHEAD JEWELER Young Street, ChilliwacK Second door from Empress hotel, Cliilliwnck. Next Sunday morning the Uev. C. H. Hueslis M. A., Western Secretary of the Lord's Day Alliance of Canada, will preach in the Methodist church. Mr. Huestis is a forceful speaker and is visiting chilliwack in thc interests of the work he represents. He will preach in Cook's Prcshyterian church in thc evening, and will doubtless attract large congregations. Service will be held in St. Mary's Catholic church on morning next at 10.30. Sunday last waa a day of special interest to the people or St. Thomas church. At thc morning service, Mr Scarles, recently appointed Incumbent at Rosedale, was ordained as a Deacon, by Bishop de I'encicr of Westminster. The service was participated in by Archdeacon Pen- trcath of Vancouver, Rev. C. B. Clark, of Sardis, and Canon Hinehliffe of Ht. Thomas church. Thc Ordination sermon by the Bishop was n treat. Taking the text "Now concerning spiritual gifts 1 would not have you ignorant," thc Bishop gave a clear exposition of Church of England rule of faith, the Churcli, and the Ministry, what they are, an.l mean*tind wherein they differed from the Roman church aud thc separated non-Roman churches. There were differences and those should be recognised, but with charity. Thc characteristic of this generation was a question mark, and this desire for investigation was leading to Clod, tor without religion there is nothing to give satisfaction. He pointed out that thc greatest force of thc Anglo-Saxon race is her religion, and cinpliiMtzed the necessity for teaching, study, and practice in individual life, and the making of Christlnl).teaching evident in our Law Courts, Legislatures, municipal Ixxlios, thus to permeate all the activities of lifo. Thc Bishop expressed himself as bt-ing delighted with the action of Ihe local authorities in prohibiting Sunday shooting. In speaking of the candidate Mr. Searles, he commended him to the love and support'of the peopc of the valley. He had been dediented in Baptism, consecrated in Confirmation, and in Ordination set apart as a spiritual gift (or man ) in the work of the church. The beautiful Ordination service, was followed by the celebration of Holy Communion. In the evening Archdeacon Pontreath gave a much appreciated discourse, to a large congregation. Tho Ordination service was the first ever held in St. Thomas church. The Methodist Ladies Aid will give a social for the congregation at the K. of P hall on Tuesday, March 12 at eight p. in. Members and friends will l»- cordially welcomed. Dr. Anna Henry of Chentu, China, is viM'ing at the home of her cousin Mr. B. A. Irwin. Dr Henry was a medical Missionary at Chentu nnd during the present revolution was actively engaged in the work of tho Red Cross Society. ***************************************************** The Spring Wall Papers Have Come We have just opened up the most beautiful line of Wall Papers we have ever carried. To look nt them you would think tbem high priced papers, but when you come to price tbem you'll find them remarkably low. We can sell wall papers right because we buy right. We handle the goods of only the best maker and charge only a reasonable profit. Such beautiful papers and such values will surely induce you to decorate several rooms this Spring. Come and see them. Look for our window display. The Valley Paint and Wall Paper House W. R. STEVENSON i ♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*«•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Easter Chicks Easter Rabbits Easter Dyes A large assortment of Easter Novelties for the children Easter Cards and Booklets Easter Chocolates and perfumes Call Early H. J. BARBER Druggist and Stationer AS a stMiiicl to ii dispute lietween Carl Johnston and a Mr. Chanilierlain over mi account of room rent, both appeared liefore Magistrate McOilllvary on Tuc.-.lny. Johnston was assessed,. 1-7,fri iind costs. A case of alleged supplying of Isooze to un Indian was up for hearing, but thc incused was dismissed.
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Title | Chilliwack Free Press |
Publisher | Chilliwack, BC : C.A. Barber |
Date Issued | 1912-03-08 |
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Language | English |
Identifier | Chilliwack_Free_Press_1912-03-08 |
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Date Available | 2015-11-27 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0067603 |
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