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FALL GOODS .ARRIVING DAILY. at CAMPBELL BROS. _ <? THE ISLAND' BALL <£lJTaiNG V/CTL^»J^.c^^>nrwo Weeks ■ Nn. 15 TIIE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1910. Subscription price 81.50 per year. E1S BEAT 111 M Higgins is in Form and Hold Unionists to Two Hits. "Tlien up "polcp Kic'lcicl; Higgins "Oml Hnulcril" llllll S'llciltil lit) swnrt' Though Union wontio ye (Irate gamine They'll surely wynnP no more, lie pitched tlicm inula iiml wicket) Kails Of oui'vos liolli luneo anHoulte And they struck nut riglil readily And knocked Iiim not tilioutto" Pitcher IligginR wns the bi.r noise at the hull guine nn Sunday when lie held the Iluys at the wharf in two hits nf th.- scratchiest order, hud though he forced n man home with the ha-es loaded, he had-lho situation woll in hand at. all limes and Union never liad a chance. 'I'he Brewery 11 y* cinched the game in the iiist round, when they made the round trip six times nn a cninhiimtii n nf four hits, two errors, a base on Kalis and a passed ball. First Innings,—Pilsonor—Boyd hit safe to third ; McKay struck nut ; Hamilton hitsafo over lirst; Higgins put a slow one down tiie Ilrst- httae line and beat thc hall to the cushion while Boyd scored on the play : Pearme banged one nver short scoring Hamilton and Higgins; Robinson was *-t. on an error at short; Bailey sttuck out; Pearmo scored on a passed ball; Haines got a base on balls; Hobinsnn came home on the catchers error ; James flew out to left—C runs: Union Bay Balo hit safe over short ; Clark was safe un an error at lirst ; Frederick was hit by a pitched ball and the bags were full; Droski was treated in a similar inannei and a run was forced home ; Smith struck out. ; Sommerville went out on an infield Hy and Robinson struck out. — 1 run. Second Inning— Droski replaced Robinson in the box and the team was gen erally shaken up. Pilseners—Boyd singled to left.; McKay wus safe on an ovevthrow from short; Hamilton flew out to catcher ; Higgins went out in left; Pearme hit safe nver third scoring Boyd ; Robinson was safe on firsts error and McKay get home; Bailei vent out at. flrst—2 runs. Union- Ryan struck out; LeClnire struck out; Balo was hit liy a pitched ball; Clark forced Balo at second—0 runs. Third Inning Pilseners—Raine struck out ; James went out third t< first ; Boyd was safe ou third's overthrow ; McKay hit safe past first; Hamilton went out pitoher to first— 0 runs. Union—Frederick fanned, Dm ski fouled nut to the catcher ; Smitl was hit by a pitched ball; Soinnie;. vllle fanned. IJ runs. Fourth Innings, Pilseners - liig gins nin, liy io -eeonil; Pearme out. llv to catcher ; Rohinson nut second t< lirst- 0 runs. Uninii- Robinson out, fly to right ; Ryan and LCIuire both fanned,- 0 runs. Fifth Inning-, Pilsener, —Bailey went out second lo first; Ryan fanned J J allies flew out tn first—0 runs Ralooul pitcher to lirst ; Clink got ti first when third held the ball instead of throwing it; Fredericks flew nut ti third ; Droski was safe on shortstop) error and C|ark scored ; Smith fanned — 1 run. Sixth Innings,- Pilsener-Pmyd flew ' out to left; McKay to short, and Hamilton died at fust—0 runs. Union Souiinerville wentdown pitcher to first; Rohinson struck out; Ryan grounded out. id pitcher—0 runs. Seventh Innings,—Pilsener,—Higgins hit safe to centre hut was forced liy Peuruie's hit to sec nd ;- Robinson wont out second to first; Bailey scored Pearme with a hit to right Imt was caught, stealing second—1 run. Union LeClaire was hit. by a pitched ball ; Ralo hit an easy liy over first which the baseman lost in the sun, and it went for u hit; Clark hit to the pitch- LOCAL OPTION LEAGUE MEETS Pass Many Resolutions Looking to Regulation of Liquor Traffic. A meeting of the Local Option Leagin .vm lmM mi Tuesday t veiling last, with tie President in thn chair. After the minutes mid a long list of •rrespoudenoo hail been read it was de- ided to invite thu Kev. Dr. Spencer tt . nit Cun i tnr) a nd tu preach and deliver tt least une meeting in the interest* of oiopcrence. A resolution was unanimously carried ■ ••questing the City Council to pass a by Uw reducing the wholesale licenses t. ■ue only, nud that to be a genuine whole •tie business, and no puddling of beer or ph its to be allowed, and the business t be in connection with no other business whatever. A committee was appointod to inter* vow the licensing board asking that they refuse a transfer of license to the now huildiuu recently erected, as it will iu all probability be eventually in the heart of a residential district. Anothor resolution was carried ashing the polce commissioners to list all the habitual and confirmed drunkards, aB provided for under a section of the new Act. The League considered this to be one of the Acts many good provisions. A resolution was carried asking the au thorities to refuse a wholesale license to t te brewery, andWsu to prohibit the ped ding of beer, which the League consider a 1 to be unfair to those paying a retail license at a much higher rate, and wh', if they coi.dueted their business properly were, entitled to all the retail trade. The Provincial Superintendent of Police was asked to see that the outside ho ttils have their windows so altertd as to illow an unobstructed view of the interior of the bar. Satisfaction was expressed tfUt the Lo :al Option League bad secured the pasting of the new Act, and that its enforce* nent all over the province was a credit Co the province. The meeting then adjourned. MEETING OF MET LAST CITIZEN'S LEAGUE THURSDAY MGH1 We are informed by Mr. Mike Henii- •»»y that the buxinig conteat between Dixon and Wytttt on the 19th innt., will ie conducted in proper ■hape. The be if eider will be maintained, bo aa ,t. nike it plo-iBHi-t as poBabie for the spec- utom. There will bj no mailing to the r'rout allowed ; everybody wiil be request •il to keep their Beat or otherwiae a ili be irdered to have the hall. Louie out for J. N. Mt-Leod'a change of ■d. iu our next isnue. Loi-k out for the Oathnliounnater bazaar uany novelties. Cumberland hall T mi- Uy Oct. 18.li. ni- who threw to third but failed lo catnh llie runner | LeClair scored on n vild |iili-h ; I'lrileiiek flew out to short; Dro-lii Hew out to third ; Smith was uife on a error »t Bhort and Halo scored ; Soiomei-ville Hew out to lirst—2 I'UIIH. Eighth 1 linings, Pilsener—Raine* touted out to the entailer j James roll .-il one to the pitcher ami was "lit; lloyd Hew out to centre—0 run*. Union,— Rohinson Hew out to centre : Kyan anil LeClaire fanned—0 runs. Ninth Innings,—Pilseners—McKay tanned ; Hamilton went out third to ilrst; Higgins hit safe to right; Pearme was safe on a slow throw from short; first then threw over third trying tocateh Higgins, who scored ; Rohinson hit to short and Penrme wie caught at third—1 run. Union,— Halo struck out; Clark hit io shorl and was out at first; Frederick faun ed.—0 runs. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pilsener 6 2 0 0 0 0 10 1—10 Union Buy 10 0 0 10 2 0 0—1 .Struck out hy lliggins 14 ; by Rohinson 2 in one inning ;liy Dt'Oslti 3 in ei'lit innings. Much Business Disposed of at Wednesday Night's Meeting. K meeting of the Citizens League was held iii the Council Cliainlairs on Wednesday evening. It was announced, that iu response to a ounvitss of the city hy Messrs Iteid and Thomson, e:gliteeu additional citizens had paid the the members subscription fee and joined the league, The question of dumping rubbish along'the sides of the approaches tn the eily was raised by the report of the committee that had waited upon tl g 'Vei-uiiient agent, who snid, if anyone would report a case to him, he would i-sue a summons and prosecute. The opinion was expressed that the practise was a disgraceful one and that mentis must be taken to put a stop to it. After considerable discussion a resolution was carried asking the Council to allow only I wholesale license in Cum bet'land, The resolution also contain ed a recommendation that the Hotel license fee should be raised to $500. The question of level crossings on the Roy road was raised. Here, there will be two very close togeteer, wliere the C. P. lt, and the logging line cross the rond. Th.) railway commissioners have made a special study of this matter and are insisting that the railway companies shall take the necessary steps to safeguard the public After discussion, it was thought well to await further developments in construction liefore taking steps to bring it hefore the railway commission, There was so much business that. several matters were leftover for next uie.'ting, one of which was the question of lire escapes in the Public School. This was considereded so serious, as there wus a furnace being installed in the basement, that the Secretary was asked, after he had interviewed the Trustees to report to the President who would if necessary take action for a special consideration of the matter. Union Bay. S. S, Leenanaw i? hiking car£o coal for San Francisco. Hulk Robt Kerr took cargo of coal on Monday and cleared for Vancouver S S Spithead bunkered hereon Mon- lay and cleared for Vancouver. C fl S Kestrel took un bunkers on Thursday. .Mrs. Ablaut* nnd Mi*s Milttliowa of Cumberland are visiting friends here tins week. A In unci) party journeyed to Ftnrfihy Maud on Labor Day to visit Mr. Car- iniohal. Although the sea lining rather rough all returned safely having "pent a pleasant outing and heavy laden with the eho'estof fruit. Mis. Mclaughlin, of Fanny' Hay am! \\r< Stmldait, of Vancouver, visited friends here last week. MrsStoddart »vas the gu-st of diss Cluda Drew for ■i few dnys be ore returning to her h nne. The local Orchestra gave one of their popular dances on Monday evening last all present spent a pleasant evening. Thos Hudson returned on Wednos- lay after spending a few days at Victoria, John Humphrey, proprietor of AVil- son Hotel, after spending a few dnys it Nanaimo returned homo on Tuesday's Iniat. Mr. Alex. Grant, of Vancouver, and .Vm. Grieves of Comox, spent Thursday here. Devel ipmenfc League Holds Busings Session. A meeting of I he Development I#ea- gue was held Thursdny night, President Shaw in the chair, A letter of thanks was ordered io lie sent to Mr Bryan* Williams for pheasants turned louse in this district, and nlso fur placing a game warden on duly here. Mr Coburn, president of the central organization wrotesaying tlmt he would visit the local branch of the league shortly at a date convenient to the league here. The secretary was instructed to wire tho Dominion and the Cnn adu Northern 1 xpre>sfVs with a view to having branches established here, Tne secretary .was instructed to take up the matter uf (ire escapes iu the public school with ihe trustees. A resolution was passed asking the police comniissioneis to pee that the sidewalks w-pre cleaned oti'evory morning, and the main Etreet cleaned up once a week, The resolution passed at the Citizens League re a bylaw to reguhite wholesale liquor houses was endorsed, and a similar motion passed. jOSSIP OF IG UMK The last issue of the Cumberland News contains a letter over the signature "Comrade" which reflects adversely upon the character of theeditor of this paper. Unless the offensive statements contained in the letter are not withdrawn and an adequate apology oiler ed, legal proceedings will be instituted. This action has been decided upon after having secured legal advice. An interesting contribution from Mid night Philosopher Imb been unavoidably held over till our next week. Courtenay. Mrs Chapman of Victoria arrived on Wednesday's boat. She will take up house keeping for her husband who is employed as huok keeper for McPhee and Morrison. The joy riders still continue to haunt the roads from Oyster river to Nanaimo. We wonder what was the matter with •hem on Labor Day, Mr A Knight of Cape Lazo called in town last. week. Vs the News says why not come to Cunberland and retire? hut whnt is the nailer with Courtenay and who ever niw $20 go us far as it due*5 in Courtenay. Why there was many a 10 spot came for miles around to McPhee A" Morrisons' sale. Wc are glad to see Mr A Urquharl is able (o be around ay a in. Comox valley seem- to he a great place for fishermen, even the real estate men bring their hate with them. A piece of blue paper. Walter Wood hus called on friend- in Com tenay last week( Many Wagers on the Result ot the Dixon Wyatt Contest. Many bets have already heen mado on the result of tlm Dixon.Wyatt ftjht on the 10th lust., several hundred dolls ri having been put up by admirers of tl e men at even money. Dixon may bu seen any afternoon at liis training quarters in town, w' ere anyone who asphes tn become a punching bag in »y have tbat ambition gratified ; in fact it ia becoming difficult for Dixon to li id imy spurring partners. DiXim has won a bust uf admirers ly ds work thus fur. Hi is au extremoh clever boxer, and very fast on his feet, ami his spued has stood him in good tund in many a contest in the old oouti try with heavier but lu*s e'ever fighters. Around Courtenay, where Wyatt lm bum limbering up, the liglit fans can set nothing to it but the Ottawa boy. Wyatt, who In. hi tlm Canadian Championship in his cltas for years and nevei has been beaten for the title iu the riug, has a reputation aB a fight- r that roachef from the Atlantic to tho Pacific. He is a glutton for punishment, and ean tako as well as give, llo li >s a knock out punch in either hand aud it is tins fact that has enabled him on numerous occasions to go out of his class aud wit from much heavier men, If successful in his scrap with Dix n m the 19th, he is g inti after Stauden and the Canadian Tide, and is quite cot,* tident of his ability to demonstrate Ins superiority in the ring. Kid MtK ty and Yuung Rubinson, and 15., Wynne vs. P, Moyes will furnish twi very interesting preliminaries to the Dix on-Wyatt tight. VAST DEVELOPMENT WORK PROJECTED Mr. J W. Cooke who bas to vacati his prepcnt prmnines on account ul' saint being suld, has al»o purulmstd ihe l« t next to Mr. Rl» Be derson, and aY\ commence building a residence on ihe property immediately. Dr Kerr, dcntisl, will only ho here next week j govern yourselves accordingly. TENNIS TOURNEY Mixkd Doubles Whs V Matthews and Dr Gillespie bent Miss N Matthews and Lawrence ; Mrs J Roe and Dr McNaughton heat Brown and Rniloy • Mrs O Hoi and Lafl'ere beat Miss Willimar and Palmer ; Mrs G Won and Lullere beat Mrs J Koe and Dr McNaughton ; Mkns DoUWiBB Palmer and LafTere heat Hoe ami Law tence : Gillespie, and Clinton bent Qreen am! Bailey ; Palmer and LafTcn ieat McFarlane and McNaughton ; Kin ai, Palmer and Laflero beat GHlcspii and Clinton 6*0 1-6 111 Tbo final in mixed doubles will 1 ( pla; cd off on Tuesdny next. Mrs H, Murdock was au incoming passengei on Thursdny, Hov. Mr. McGillivray returned from Victoria Thursday, George K bertson ■returned from n trip to Scotland on Thuasdsy. Smn P.'ivia returned on Tuesday. Dr. Kerr at rived in town on Tues ■lay's train. (Joo. Willard and Sam Wntson arrived from Victoria oti Tuosd+y, J. N. M Loud is 111' ring for sale for Pity-Day some excellent basgains in all lines—look out for change of ad uex* week. Miss K. M. tlray, of L <b Angeles, Cal- fornia, has accepted the position of •Mulder at th« Ci y Hall, fur Mr. Cuilis, manager of the Kleotrlo Theatre. Mr. A. W. Curtis left by Friday morning's buat f r Vancouver on a business 'rip mnl will return on Sunday by S. S. Cowichan. Ho nfllbiing bsok with him sulltu of tbe iiiu.it up to dtlo music fui bis ,oitopiano. Harry McOiinpscy, up till last March a wutkniaii in the mines hcie, mul tin fUtcher on the Cumberland baseball earn Um year, was kilhd in the Conl Oreek mines at Penile on Friday last, lle WHNftruik "0 the head by a rnoawaj car i his *kull being crushed aud destb instantaneous, McGuhpsoy was 'M\ yeaw uld. A brother is Working at Oampbel Itivor. An excursion of Nanaimo E*gles wil visit this city on the occasion of the organisation of a local Aerie of Eagles, which will take place this month. Tho baseball schedule letB heen ro-ar- ranged and Cumberland given auothoi match on the homo grounds. To-Moi- row, the Courtenay boys will he on hand to play the local lit lie and with the league standing us it dues at llie present, the ro suit uf tho match is likely to have consld ..-ruble bearing Upon the result of thi race for the pennant, With Higgins and Thomas as tlio opposing pitchers a battle ' royal may be louked for. IS.'. McKenzie tells of Company's Plans in thia District. Mr. MoKonale, of McKonzie & Mann, in au interview in Vancouver on Satur- ty, made some important announce- oents respecting the plan of the Caiiadi- ii Collieries in this district. The railway from Cumberland to Unit Bay will be practically rebuilt, at d lie snipping docks at the wharf greatly narged. Mechanical haulage is to supercede the time honored mules iu tha .duos here. At present the four mines here employ 1800 men, with a monthly pay roll of #35000, and the output of coal 2500 tons lally, The output is to be increased to UiOO tons d.iily in two years, and to 6000 ; ns per day iu three years, tn one year there will be 3000 men aiployed in the mines here. Fif y thousand horse power will be developed tn the Puutledge River, and tns is tu furnish energy to operate the Uumpaiiy's railway and the various mines. Fifteen months will be occupied in harassing the water power, and from the powerhouse will bo distributed 22000 over a high tension power line. Sandwick. Mr. Stair's 11. U. M. S. Egeria.— I'tiis match was played on Saturday last at Oak Twin Farm, Sandwick, by kind permission of S. Calhoun, Esq., and re- mlted in a win for Mr, Stairs 11 by 3 {oals to 1, The scriitch team comprised;—J. Mc- Vlillan, goal; W.Sutherland and J. Black- burn, backs Walter, W. Blicault, and \. Cairns, halfbacks ; T. McMillan, W. Watkinson, W. Knott*, A.Beaton, andN. i. Stair, forwards. Referee,—Mr. U Huckerby. Ou winning the toss, the homo team took advantage uf a strong bretz>, and set ho sail rs to fuce the sun. Owing to i somewhat late kick-off, only half-hour •ach way was played. At the start, both owiiiB pie.'»ed in turn, and play was mostly in mid-field. Gradually the homesters 'a ned the upper hand, aud after forcing wo or three corners, the forwards broke away, and McMillan scored, with a lung slut. The "T,.r>" played hard for an equalizer liutwerob atenback, aud Cairns, securing I rib hied through and scored No. 2 with a liaidshot. Tbo navy lads repeatedly tried tu break through tho good defence of Sutherland and Blackburn aud at times thowodsmartfootwork, butall theirefforta vere nipped iu the hud before they resetted McMillan, who had an easy time in Some tive minutes prior to the interval Stair accepting a pass banged the ball past tho visiting custodian, fur the third timo. lalf time was called with the score Mr. Stairs 11 '\ H. M. S. Egeria nil. Ou tho restart both teams went off with i dash, and play became fast and exciting try as they would the home forwards could nut tig-.in boat the sailors "goalie" who was giving nothing away ; alt ho* several corners wore forced, and thu goal bad many narrow escapes. Several determined efforts to score were made by the visiting inside-loft, oid at last met with success. He scored choir ouly goal, on the stroke of time,— McMillan being drawn out of bis goal. The tiual whistle terminating a most enjoyable game, iu favor of tho Scratch 11 The Egeria buys were a smart set, and .bowed a lot of good football. While the iiomu team exhibited surprising dash, aud a strung defence. After the match the teams partook of light refreshments, un the ground. THE BVSEIULb SCHEDULE. (Remaining Games). Sept. 11—Courtenay at Cumberland S pt. 18— Union at Courtenay. Standing nf the League, Won. Losi.31 n Courtenay 5 4-—.556 PUsoner 6 5— .500 Union Hay 5 6 -.455 i TIIE ISLANDER. Cl'MRERLAND. B.C. Whg Newfoundland Stays Out of Confederation . 2,.r)00,ono worth that bIio imports from Itriiain tliorc would bo a reduction of per I i kcnfoundliu "i'lO^I^UlluM l ment of a uew national status by tho creatlou of hor uwu navy, it may nut seem amiss to set out for the Canadian people the reusous why Newfoundland stays out of lhe Cuufedora- tiou; ami the arguments which ure advanced, uu the other hand, by thu advocates ol' union as showing why she should enter it. The recent marked Improvement in the colony's economic couditious invests this mutter with a special significance ut the present juncture, because Newfoundland is uow entering upon a new era in her colonial existence destined lu be fraught with momentous results mnl probably to make Ihe prospect of union with Canada less likely thuu over before. Newfoundland, as is well known, is the oldest colony of the empire. Ex- elusive ui' iu territory iu Kastern Ui* brador, estimated at 120,000 square miles, ur almost as much us tlmt of Canada's three Maritime Provinces together, nml though it lias only $50,000 people ns against n million ia these provinces, Its populatiou hus increased llfty per cent, in forty yenrs us against an Increase of hm fifteen per cent, iu theso provinces in the snme perioil. According to the last census, it increased U.-I7 per cent, in the decade, whereas .Nova Scotia increased but - per cent, nnd New Brunswick only il por cent., while Prince Kdward inland actually decreased 2 per cent., and Canada as a whole increased only 10.14 per cent., all her immense assisted immigration included, whereas Newfoundland has no immigration whatever. During the ten years uow ending, Newfoundland 's revenue, imports, and exports have doubled; the savings of hcr people have trebled; anil her incrcuse in muter- mi wealth .luring that period can fairly challenge comparison with any uf Canada's older provinces, while she is now on the threshold of new developments which promise to enormously enhance hor material prosperity. Hor fishery products at present represent four-fifths of her exports and make hcr the greatest lishing country iu the world, but the recent successful manufacture of pulp aud pnper iu tho island by the ilarnis- worlhs, of London, presages au industry that iu a very lew years will dispute with the Jisheries for her industrial supremacy, while tho mineral wealth of the island is being exploited at present on a large scale, hi both these directions Labrador is likewise becoming an important factor, so that the outside world may bo said to be only dimly realizing at present what vast possibilities for material advancement Newfoundland undoubtedly possesses. It is therefore not surprising that she should be an ubjeet of interest tu her neighbors and thut the question of Confederation should always be mure or less in evidence. Not for forty yeara, however, bas it been actually before the peuple of tin colony in tho form of u definito positive propositiun frum any of. its legislators, though there has never been a political contest in the island ia which it has nut figured, in 18tiii tho question was submitted to tho people at a general election, which resulted in completely overthrowing the advocates of the measure, only eight being returned. The late Mr. Charles Bennett was at the head of the Anti Confederates. Possessed of great energy and uf widespread Influence, he went into the contest well prepared and supplied with the munitions of war. On the Confederation side stood Sir F. Carter, the leader ui' the Government; Sir William Whiteaway, Sir A, Shea, and with them members of the party supposed to be strung in the confidence of the electors. Su strong did Ihey feel themselvOS that they neglected precautious lo counteract ft well-prepared programme <>f attack, which was ornamented with ter- rlfying pictures of children used us gun- wads bv Canadian filibusters; of the bleaching bones of Newfoundlanders compelled lo fight the buttle of their musters aud left to rot on every Canadian shure; of high taxes on all the essaries nf life, and ou all the effect" by reason nf the Bri i ■, i.e iliuws llml in Can u,lir; ill; i Qbt&.Qa his i:: ..; about half iau rate Ce tier pays, and that'bv i. c duties on I'ui'dstu.^s, le. ur. iture. .v.1.1 Iw.,,. < ■.-.. i that they would not revive the subject ef un ion with Canada. In subsequent elections prouuiou candidates wero singled out for criticism, but nut till 1SSU did Sir Charles Tupper, during u visit to tho colony, re-open the question, and tho Thorbura Oovernment then in uflice, took it up, sending delegates tu Canada to negotiate terms, but such an outburst of popular hostility wus amused that they were called back by telegraph frum Halifax and the plan was abandoned. In 1896, following upon the disastrous "bank crash," which for n tune threatened the solvent existence of the colony ami seemed to leave it no alternative but Confederation ur Cruwn Colony, the Whiteaway Ministry sought union, ninl Messrs. Bond, Morris, llorwoud, antl Kiuersuii win1 appointed ns delegates, but the terms offered by Canada, not being satisfactory, would uut be entertained] ami the colony made other efforts to secure horself, and succeeded iii carrying uut her fiscal rehabilitation, la the hi si four general elections—in 1000, 1004, und iu the double struggle of No vein her, 1900, occasioned by the Bond-Morris deadlock of eighteen seats each lu November—Confederation played a large part, notably tho latter of these struggles. It was not officially before the colony, but the Bondites claimed that the Mor- rlsitos were really confederate in sentiment ami supported by Canadian mousy in a pint to bring about union if they won. l'ublic feeling was greatly inflam ed as a result of this, but the Murrisites countered most effectively by producing a series uf letters written to Canadian public men by a Canadian who was held to bc an emissary of Sir Itobert Bond's, ami lhe publication uf these documents at u decisive moment, just before polling, provoked u series of dramatic manifestations of public feeling ami contributed nut u little to the striking overthrow of thc bond party. The advantages to Canada of acquiring Newfoundluud may be briefly stated. The island lies athwart the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It nud tho Labrador coast comprise a moiety of the British- American Atlantic const line. Canada's trade skirts its shores and passes under its surveillance. Were a foreign power lu own the colony the situation would be intolerable for Canada. Under the present semi-independence, grave difficulties have arisen and may arise again, and, ia addition to possible dangers, there are immediate disabilities. The farmer uf the prairies and the cattle- Shipper of Ontario alike are interested in the safety of the St. Lawrence route. The rond from Montreal to the sen should be lighted like a strcel, but over seven or eight hundred miles of const line the Dominion has no jurisdiction. By virtue of its position the entrance of Newfoundland into Confederation is of the first importance to Canada. The accession of Newfoundland to tlio Dominion would give the now and larger Canada control of the great Atlantic fisheries. The situation in some respects is simple. To catch cud a particular species uf bait is essential. The coast of Newfoundland supplies this bait in abundance; the Nova Scotia coast has a limited supply; United Slates lishing vessels have no home supply of bait whatever. Consequently American fishing schooners must get all and Canadian vessels must gel port of their bait from the Newfoundlanders. American fishermen stay in the business by sufferance of Cannda and Newfoundland, and by playing the one against tlio other. Were Newfoundland part uf Canada, her fishermen nml Ihose nf Nova Scotia would have common interests, and the American lishing concerns would be nt the mercy of the Dominion Government, At present an oppressive tariff keeps British fishermen nut of the American markotj although the Gloucester fishermen are not ahle to catch fish enough to supply the demand, and drive a thriving trade in buying fish from the British fishermen and selling them as their own catch. If Canada imtrolled tho bail supply, the Ameri- in tariff ou codfish would come down itdu there wuuld be a saving to the poo pie uf this euluny amuuntiug to $1,125,- OUO a year, or *5 per head of the pupu latlon, Lastly, ho argues that Confederation is bound to come, soouer or later, and that tho colony cuu secure Letter terms when on the fluod tide nf prosperity than wheu, as in 1S95, she liad to seek for union in the face of decided reverses, and therefore he advocates the question being submitted In the country at present und favorably determined. The Terranovan Anti-Confederale, na the othor hand, maintains that a colony as remote as Newfoundland would be comparatively ignored in pub- lie expenditures, and points lo the agi- tat ion of Prince Edward Island for some hotter means of winter communication, lhe promise made in this respect when she entered the Fedorary having been ignored for nearly forty yenrs. lie also Instances the failure to provide thc Maritime 1'rovinees wilh anything like satisfactory steamship communication itt summer, even the abandonment of Sydney as a port of call for fhe transatlantic liners, after ua experiment which was tried fur-but one season. He contends, further, thai our principle Should be lo buy iu the cheapest market and sell in the dearest, us we tlu nnw, which wo could no longer tlo il united with Canada, fur tho Canadian tariff would apply. Ue further doubts the wisdom of our transferring lu tho Cabinet of Ottawa, in which Newfoundland would have at most but one representative, the absolute control uf all our fisheries, extending over (including Labrador) nearly 10,000 miles nf sea- beard, and thus giving that Cabinet the power to deal with these valuable fisheries as party expediency might at some time dictate ami without rofer*oee |,, Newfoundland *S primary inter*., .s in lhe matter. Kor instance, he fears thai Canadians may make our coast their lishing base antl compete with us in our foreign markets, or that the Ottawa Cablnot, under pressure from other Provinces, may remodel our fishery laws to our detriment or barter nur splendid bait resources to lhe Americans fur cnnl cessions from Uncle Sum to Oni,uio und | longer. The colony has built a trans- Insular system uf (lii,1) miles, aud is uow enterprising extensions which will increase it to nearly 1,000 miles, and yet her prosperity is such that tho present year sees tho largest surplus revcinu in her history. Th oNewfoundland work ing man now enjoys a freo breakfast table himself, for all tho necessaries of life ami tho implements of industry used by the fisher, tho farmor, and the miner aro freo from duty. In respect of material prosperity, Newfoundland considers herself in quite as favorable a position as Canada. In the past ton years her surpluses of revenues have averaged $120,000 annually, although she has reduced taxation $250,000 a year oa the one hand and increased tho outlays for various public services by about $00(1,000 a year on the other hand, while of the $1,200,000 in surpluses sho has put aside $.1110,000 as a cash reserve against fhe proverbial rainy day, and used the remainder iu augmenting the grants for roads, bridges, lighthouses, and similar public undertakings so es sentlal for a country where almost the entire population is dispersed nround 0,000 miles uf senlmnrd iu nearly 1,1500 Settlements, greal and small. IS PRIZE-riGHTING KNOCKED OUT? IN one way i am glad that Jim Inst this liglit; it will turn him back Into paths he should have kept tu, though il will break his heart," saitl the Rev. Alexis 0. Jeffries when told id' llis son's defeat at Bono, and many seem to think it may also turn the whole country back into the paths it Bhould have kepi to, and end the disgrace uf p 'ze-fightiag hero despite breaking hearts and breaking purses, Mrs. .Teirries "rushed from the room with her handkerchief to her eyes," when sho heard her son had losl, says a special message to the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, and thc father said quietly: "I suppose it is tho Lord's 'will, let us be bravo in heart." Aad a special dispatch lo the New York Tribune reports him as saying: "Hoys, the hand of Cud is very plain ia this, Jim had forgotten him, but uow I hope my son will come back," thus showing thai if the ox-champion could not come back iu one way, another is open to hiin. Jn Chicago unother seeno of parental regard was being enacted. Airs. "Tiny" Johnson sal ou the stage of a theatre filled wilh cheering members of her race, elated with a mother's pride, "lie -aid he'd bring homo the bacon, autl the "Compared with the wauton brutality with which men of African blood were hounded through the strcots of many American cities and villages on Monday night by white thugs, the prize- light in which a white man was beaten by a negro was oxaltod in its refinement. . . , "Tho white scoundrels who formed themselves into gangs for tho purpose of beating and torturing, in some cases slaying, whatover black they could comer, pleaded tho necessity nf vindicating the superiority of their raee us their motive. They have, ia fact, placed upon their race au execrable blot." A uegrn paper, the Baltimoro Times, draws the following admirable lesion from the fight; "While Johnson was becoming world's champion he pursued a course which would have made him tho champion hnrber, blacksmith, carpenter, waiter, or farmer of his community, Any negro anywhere may reach eminence in peaceful ways bv using the Jolim.oii method hi his particular trade ur cilling." M mt:while the Cl ristiau Kn.leavur Sociei,, with branches in every tuwn of thc United Stales and iu many foreign countries, has set uu foot a movomonl to prohibit the moving picture reproductions of the p'i/.e tight--u movement which, iu the opli.'LD nf tha Boston Transcript, "cun be justified on grounds id' expediency if' md of ethics." Already police authorities in many Southern cities had put their ban on lhe fight pir lures lest they should cause further outbreaks of race preju dice and violence. The DisfYict oJ Columbln In.s taken this course, am1 dispatches i aent ion iho Governors of niinois, Virginia, Indiana, Maryland Maine, Louisiana, Montana, and South Dakota as among the Executives who have either announced their intention to forbid flie exhibition of the tight pictures, or have declared themselves in sympathy wilh tins prohibitory movement. The .Mayors of many cities, among which may be mentioned Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Boston, Lijh Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, aad New Orleans have similarly expressed themselves. The movement, we are told, is even making itself le't in England, Australia, New Zealand, and India, the Calcutta papers suggesting thnt the Cni ted States an thurifies destroy the films and compensate the owners. These owners are a syndicate, the head nf which is reported as saying: "We are confident that the efforts tn prevent the exhibition woll not stand in lhe courts. Scenes at the Lake of the Woods, Where Winnipeg Poople Spend Holidays ners to the flanks. Nova Scotian and the Newfound- I fishermen alike would prolit by tlu of the householder, including each pano of glass iu his humble dwelling. Thej electors were told, in a country where j with a rush, or Gloucester would coal is unworked, that no wood or to-- ■ ' firewood eould be cut or procured with- r|; out a license* costing in the eyes of the people fabulous prices, nud so far did this aspect of tho panic extend thai numbers of households cul down and stored away supplies of firewood to Inst them ten years, The cemeteries were to be locked, only to be opened by payment ol a high fee t.p ihe Canadian Bgenl by eaoh applicant fur permission to bury tho dead, and men were dreBsed in soldiers' clothes nnd sent to scout .,,,, | ri remote fishing hamlets, tho \ pie being then told that they were members of Canadian press-gangs "ent to seize nml carry away the able-bodied ;.,;, . to fight in the Canadian army. So universal was the panic provoked by all these extraordinary mothods ol political warfare that the people rose In their might nnd swepl the Confederate)! out of political exisl io for the time being. Ln some places Confederate candidates wero nol allowed to land from the little vessels In which thoy were visiting the coustol villages comprising their constituencies, lu othor cases, where they had effected landings am! the fad beenmo Known, they were forced to Bee from the infuriated populace, and in not a few instances they were actually fired upon by some irate electors, who believed ia summaryI ticlpato in tin methods uf dealing with politicians who advantages Cur would "sell thc country." In the original conference at Quebec, Which framed the act of union that made Canada a whole, Newfoundland was represented by Messrs. Carter ami Bhea; and in 18(37, when the nucleus of Canada, as we know it, wns formed, these politicians advocated Newfoundland's becoming a party of the same arrangement. The eclipse Ihey suffered, however, in ISC!) was but temporary, for at th'1 noxl election a religious issue enBUed, ami the Dennett Ministry, whiidi had carried 'In* country by d narrow majority, wus defeated in the Legislature liy tlio defection of some of its own supporters, uud the Carter und Shea administration won a signal triumph in another appeal to the country a vear later, these leaders having moan- The addition lo ihe Canadian home market need not be despised by her manufactures ami farmersi The farmers Would have free access to, ami iu some cuBeS control of. the Newfoundland market iur Hour, ment, dairy products, fruit and similar articles. The manufacturers would supply thc Island with sugar, molasses, WOOlon and cut Ion gouds, bootfl Mid shoes, and numerous other ar- lii-les which thoy now can soil in New Fuundllind only 'by surmounting a high tnrlff wall. li would bem lii ihe Newfoundlanders in lhat Ihey would get Ihe nOCOSSarlOS of life more cheaply; it would benefit i uimilu 's muiiiil'ael u re is because they would add to their home market aa area already possessing a considerable population, promising to support a larger population, and unable to supply all its own wants in regard to agricultural products or manufactured articles. 'I'he New found la ml Confederate argues that union with Canada wuuld give the colony all the advantages that The alliance of n weak stale with a Btrong one always assures to the former, lie maintains that the colony would par- uderful commercial is enjoying at present, lie asserts thut. Canada would applv to tho colony her liberal expendi teres for lighthouses, fisheries, and marine services, establishing fish hatcheries and otherwise improving our fisheries. all of these services being carried oul ou a sealo utterly impossible by Newfoundland with hev limited population and resources. The generul public works, ho contends, would bo adminis tored on a scale hopeless of approach l.v the Colonial Exchequer, and the colony would also have the advantage of the exploration of the interior by the Doralon Qaologicnl Burenu to determine more fully iis mineral capabilities. Confederation would enable the colony to secure, free of duly, all the $4,000,- ninl worth of products she now import- annually frum (fanadn, while on the the West. The Ten vun fisherman oppose- Confederation because ue is under none of the restrictions which Canadian fishery laws create ami enjoys a degree uf porsonal independence in the conduct or his industry known in uo other coun! ry: being immune from tuxes, fees, or similar imposts, while he can also directly influence ihe Legislature through his repreijcntativett, .vim aro familiur wiih his requirements, The general arguments alrendy sol nut as lo the fisheries ure always advanced by him, und he especially dreads ii,e Instl- luliou uf direct taxation ur of statute labor on the roads. In Newfoundland Die only taxation is that in lhe duties on imports, The amount thus raised pays till the obligations nf the stnte, provides schools, tisy buns, hospitals, ami charities; covers the whole of the outlay for the upkeep of the (ioverinneiit, aiid meets the disbursement for public works uf every form, There is no direct taxation whatever, there is no statute labor, as in NOVO Bcotla, nn.l if has been vory aptly said that " Newfoundland is the best country in lhe world for the poor man." Among other fno tors which operate uguiusi Confederation is the feeling uf the Irish elon t in Ihe population — ono-thlrd of tho whole—in favor of Inline rule, ami ngainst what is known among them its "selling the enuniry"; am! the similar feeling among lhe greal mass nf the Knglish element against sacrificing any of thoir Independence; a feeling easily understaiidublo when one considers thut ihey are the descendants of the sea lovers of the KM/abet huu age. Such la the present situation iu Newfoundland iu regard to union with Can ado. Just whal proportion of the people would favor it If Lbo quostlon over camo to vote, it is Impossible to say, but lhe general Impression is that it would be a small one, though il, is admitted that with the spread of education, the increasing intercourse between our people and those of the Dominion, the antipathy to Canada is diminishing, There are, however, prejudices to be overcome, misunderstandings to be removed, and ill-feelings to be dissipated, beforo the subject cun be approached on its merits, ninl even then it is doubtful if the majority of the people would see in the mosl roseate presentation nf tho pro-unionist views any reason to change their condi I ion, In bygone years some of the inducomonl ) offered to Newfoundland to unite with Canada were; (1. thut Canada would build a railway for us; (L') that under Canada the masses would hnve a free breakfast tariff; (.H) that an part uf the Dominion wo would enjoy a greatly enhanced prosperity. Today nono nf the reasons exisl any hone}1 buy has dt tears streaming Inter she stood u homo her son gi it." she cried, the vn her face, and he hoicuuv uf the her. and led the crowd ot ncti-voice i blacks in singing: "There'll be a Met Time iu the Old Town Tonight." The dispatches in lhe press of the next day showed that there hud been a "hot time ' in many towns where lhe outcome of the light had infuriated the opposing races lo a niurtleruus pitch. The immediate aftermath of this much-advertised prize-fight, in which a negro successfully defended his title to-the heavy-weight championship of tho world against lhe retired while champion who tried in vnin to "come back," was u disgraceful outbreak of race riots in almosl every section uf the country, The secondary result premises tu he' some interesting litigation between the syndicate which controls the moving pictures of Ihe fight and the various Stale ami municipal authorities which have put a ban upon their exhibition. Newspaper comment—which is abundant enough to give point to Col onel Watteisun's gibe about the fight being "promoted by the press id' the country"—concerns itself chiefly with theso two phases uf the Incident, ami with lhe prediction that lhe Itcno affair will probably be the lasl big public prize light in this country. The announcement of Johnson's vie lory, ilispntches tell us. was everywhere lhe signal fur Inula I clashes bid ween negroes ami whiles, in which lhe latter were almost always the aggrossors, He purls frum Texas, QaorgTa, Arkansas, Illinois, New York, Virginia. Pennsylvania, Louisiana. Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia, Colorado, Delaware, (Hiin, Kentucky, ami the District of Columbia made a tally of eighteen dead ami hundreds injured. The I'aterson Call blames the newspapers ami Jeffries is quoted ns having said: "I am going into this light for the solo purpose uf pruving that a white man is better than a negro." "Is it any wonder." asks the Cull, "that, the negro having won Ihe battle, the colored people should become exuberant nver the result?" "ileal race pride," says the Memphis Commercial Appeal, "would have prevented Jeffries from making the match," while the Macon Telegraph reminds us that "Ihe highest, type uf mea are known by their brain power, and not by their ability lu pound with tlieir fists." "Tho complete seriousness with which the gontlomon of the sport fraternity have spoken of the liglit as hinging the supremacy of the white race is » contribution to essential humor not to tie lightly prized," remarked the Kansns City Star, while the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle soys: "Wo spent upward of $200,000 to get perfect pictures of that light. We had special leases made for tho occasion and twelvo machines at the ringside, so that nut a" motion of the fighters would be lost. After all that expense and troublo we do not mean to yield to the opponents of tho exhibition without a fight." x Biekard, the promoter of the fight, who owns a one-sixth interest in the moving-picture films, professes to regard the movement against their exhibition as "tho best sort of advertising." No less an authority than John L, Sullivan says nf the fight at Reno: "it will probably be the last big tight iu lhis country." Ami we find papers rang ing all the way from New Vork tn Sdittie wliicli share this conviction, Says the Toledo Blade of .Inly o: "Prize-fighting received the most staggering blow of a century yesterday. When the knockout comes, as it may eume shorl ly, the beginning of the last round will he fixed in the records as at .lulv i. ifiiu." GIRLS WIIO ELOPE WITH GIRLS milK story nf the beautiful daughter X of a leading French politician, who became so Infatuated wilh a schoolfellow lhat she ran away with her, and, as her professed husband, supported her for some months by her earnings as a male waiter in a Paris cafe, is the latest of a lung list of sinii- lar strange romance.'-. It is md many years since there died in Brittany an old fisherman who for more than half a century had success fully uiasquorudod as a man, until death revealed the secret of sex. As a girl of eighteen, -Marie Ambcrt, daughter of a provincial schoolmaster, hat) conceived a strong passion for Juliette Clvray, the pretty daughter of a fisherman, whom, ns her pa roil ts objected lu the Id thnn cy, she porsuaded to elopo wiih her. They went In Brittany, where, ns Jules Iteriiuy and his wife, they won golden opinions as uu amiable nml hardworking couple, Jules prospered su well thut within a few yenrs lie was owner uf several beats, umi had a sub stant lal sum to his credit in the Dank „f Franco, When, after iiinnv veals of happy life together, .Mme. Bernay died, Jules consoled himself by lending a successor tu the altar, and' tu her in turn he proved u modol husband. Thus fur fifty years he lluurislmd, so successfully concealing hi> sex lhat, when at lust il was revealed, nut une uf till who had known him so long would believe that "I'ere Bernay" wns actually a woman and nut a man. Evon mure remarkable is the sturv of Nicolas .le Raylau, Secretary to the l.ussian Consulate, Chicago, who dlod a short time ago, after making three pilgrimages tu the altar. Nicolas'a romantic career began with aa elupeiuent with the charming daughter uf a French barrister, lho first nf three wives, aut une of whom, curiously enough, seems to have had any suspicion nf her husband's sex, which ouly became known aftei death, "J am cur.viuceil," says an intimate friend uf Nicolas's third wife, "that Mrs, de Ray Ian never knew that her husband was n woman. She loved him passionately, ami was exceedingly jealous. Nicolas tie Roy inn was pretly, weighing only about JOO lb., nnd his feet ami bands were small. De Ray- la n's bedroom was like a lady's boudoir with all thuse accessories tu Iho toilet table dear to the feminine hoart. nis underclothing was of a dainty material, generally in palu blue ami pink colors. lint his habits wero deplorable. He wont the whole gamut nf dissipation with a vengeance, and as I now think, to give color to the deception he practised ea his wife." A more romantic lady-husband was .Marguerite llios, known to fame as "Lucia, Queen of tbo Brigands," tho instigator of a number of' crimes perpetrated a few years ago by a band of rubbers in the south ami west uf France. An a child Luola gained a reputation fur reckless courage which amised and shocked the eelire Jistrict ia which she lived. When only ten years uhi she rude a horse which au one else dared approach, anil slept, every night in tin stable, with her head on its hoofs. At seventeen this during and handsome Amazon assumed man's clothes, and as a dashing highwayman, lhe terror nf the countryside, made love to and ran away with tne daughter of a wealthy landowners Ui wl i. it is saitl, she was " devoted "husband." One day last year a gentleman uf I orto Sail tliorgio, who was spending a lew days at Auconn, made flic start bag dlsoovory that his host's good look ing coachman was none other than the daughter uf n friend, whu was supposed to have been drowned some months ear ber, but whos.| body luul ae\er been lound. The yuntig latlv, if was disruv ered, had oll'ered her services as couch man tu M, Borvndoo of Ancuita, and in I Ins character hatl wooed ami married M. Servu.Iee's pretty housemaid. A similar romantic Btory wus reveal e.i at Westminster a voar nr so ago, when if wna discovered that u "little old man," who gavo his name as Charles Wilson, wus really a wmiiau ot the name of Catherine Cuombes. At the ago Of fifteen sho had become tho wife of ouo I.'ereivul Cuombes; and many yenrs Inter she had graduated as a husband, ami had onjovod fourteen years of wedded life iu HuddersfleW. For somothiug like fifty years Gather ine ha.I boon working as a painter and decorator, at tho ducks, in a minting olllce, and on board ship; and during the whole of lhis time md a soul hud suspected that "Charlie Wilsun" wa.* nut a man. Nur, among many similar romaaees, must we forgot that of Jean Riohe- bourg, who died only a few months ng* dean, whu was the .laughter of a Purin professor, began her romantic career by eloping with a schoolgirl from Itoneii As a man she joined the army, won rapid promotion by- braverv 'in the Franco-Prussian War, became the hns band of two more wives iu later years, and tiled ia the odor of sanctity, fol lowe.l to her grave by her heart-broken widow and a eurtego half a mile Io»g. MOVING A CAPITAL BY MOTOR CAR THE State of Oklahoma is in lur moll over a contest to removo tot capital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City. The change in distance would lie about twenty-five miles. Governor 0, N. Haskell, opposed to Outline and m favor uf Oklahoma City, the hitler being supported by him on the stump the removal campaign, caused the great, seal of the State lo be carried ut night frum the uflice of the Secretary id' Stnte tu Oklahoma City, where In advance uf the official returns of the election he established himself and declared Oklahoma Citv to be the [tor- manont capital nf tiie State. Guthrie obtained a temporary injunction >a a State district court forbidding tlm Gov eruur and other elective State offtfors frum removing State records from Outlirie ami from transacting official business outside the seat of govern ment. Governor Haskell threatened with arrest ami Imprisonment ihe ofiit er that served upon him thn mandate nf the State enurt. Outlirie made application in the Federal court for a restraining order, and when the court's officer appeared before Go vor nor Hns- koll, the latter refused to accept Her vice and threatened to kick the officer downstairs. I.ater, Governor Haskell changed his mind ami accepted service. When the Congress of the United states granted Statehood to Oklahoma, the enabling act provided that the State capital should be Outlirie until 1913, ami thereafter until changed at an election authorized by the Slate [*•■ gislnturo. l'nder the tnlntive laws of Oklahoma, a bill was initiated by Ok ahuiua City in which were two pro posals: First, shall the permanent, capital be located.' Second, where shall it located? Without their consent and ., inst their wishes, the cities nf Guthrie and Shawnee were named in Ihe bill by Oklahoma City ns its rival andidates. Guthrie and'Shawnee de- hired thai (he location of the capita! lawfully could not be changed prior to HM.'!. because uf the fad llmt fhe Constitution of Oklahoma, bv urdinauce ir revocable, had accepted' fhe enabling act, ami entered Into a compact with the federal Co\ermjieiit, Hoth eifiea appealed to the voters to onposo removal. In its campaign Oklahoma City, through its public speakers, nowti- pnpors, and its Chamber of Cnmnierce, ■ii ret! the poople that nu change uld lake place before 1013, but if at the election Oklahoma City should win. tin* intervening years WOUld be used in tin- erection of the capital building, that it might be ready I'm" occupancy in 1018. This promise led many voters opposed to disregarding the compact with the Federal Govornmont, whleh Govor- . Haskell said was nut binding, to vote for removal and for Oklahoma Citv. The tdect ion was hold .lane I] Oa the night of that dav the great seal .f the State was carried to Oklahoma City in a a automobile by Governor Haskell's private secretary, ami on Monday, .lane 13, Governor Haskell declared the seat nf government tu be at Oklahoma City. His insistence was thai the initiafed bill was sn framed tlml the capital was located autumati ...My the ntumeiit it became known that the removal proposals had carried. Guthrlo has undertaken to carry the controversy to the United States Supreme Court. While this present battle seems pic- turosquo to the tamer blood of the Kast, wdiere State capitals aro rooted affairs with n stationary history of half a century or so, yet it. must be admitted that the rivalry is subdued and gentlomanly emu pa red with the uld- time cnunty-seal fights of twenty years ago, when gun-play reinforced personal opinion. •17 ————-mmem ——\ THE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C. 0 DAME FASHION'S DECREES OF course, everybody is talking about sleeves. As a matter of fact, there' is such a variety that a wide choice is possible. Coat sleeves, especially for the strictly tailored models, remain small ami full length, ouly slightly fulled into the arm's-eyo. For the Moujik or Russian costume tho sleovo is fuller and moro varied in cut, but the fulness is rather between the elbow and the wrist than at the srm'e-oye, whero tho contour of tho shoulder is preserved, The strictly tailored sleeve is seldom seeu on the Russian coat or blouse, for it is nut at nil in keeping. Embroidered Chiffon and Satin Gown Pretty sleeves of three-quarter length and even half lsagtti are noticeable on the new foulard and pongee frocks, se that it is apparent that we are not to bc encased in the ray long tight sleeves of last season, Thc suppleness of the new fabrics makes possible many charming effects in shir- rinifu, eordlngs, tlickings and the like, and as iu thc Russian OWnimes, the fulness is more marked below the elbow. But there is this difference, that in these fabrics thero is also a fulness at the tup of the sleeve, especially where a transparent material is used over a tight -fitting umlorslcevo. Our Paris correspondent has this to say In a late letter wbieh comes to hand just as this is being written: "Sleeves are fur the most part invisibly put into the armhule, and appear as if in uae with the bodice, the fullness being dissimulated by tiny gores, and the joining eoncealod by embroidory, The elbow sleeve will hnve its innings iu the present seastia ae it is bnth practical and elegant, "With the advent of the new models, many fancy sleeves copied from uhi paintings will make their appearance, sleeves with shoulder nnd elbow puffs, others rather full gathered aad straight, and others still with tiny tops and full lower portions coming frum the elbnw ami gathered intn a wristband. Metallic tulle veiled with black net ur chifl'un mukofl pretty and becoming sleeves." This recalls to mind an odd dream that 1 had just before receiving this information, 1 dreamed that I was taken to a Tory exclusive model hnuse ami there shown the latest frockH Uiat were indeed wonderfully like the costumes shown in paintings uf olden times, with lung pointed bodices and draped, herufllod overskirts. Hut what seemed to interest me most in the dream was what my escort assured me was to be the coming rage in sleeves. It was certainly a pretty model, the material hugging the arm rather snugly at the top where there was almost no fulness at the arm's-eye, thon flowing gradually out till it measured at least twenty inches half way between the elbow ami the wrist. This fulness was not held by a cuff, but only partly confined by a strap of tho material below which it escaped in a sort of frill, whlcn fell over an undor frill of exquisite old yellow laee. T was vory emphatically informed in thc dream that this frill was the most noticed characteristic of the new sleeve; that, and the fact that the fulness was not caught la by a cuff, but allowed thc arm to show almost to the elbow, whoa oven sligktly raised. * # « As in Paris, the opening or first night of a plav is now regarded in New Yora as an event nf decided importance from a sartorial point of view. All the social world flocks to these first nights and the women vie with one another to bring out their smartest and newest frocks ou those occasions. New York has experienced sevoral first nights lately that assembled really unusually brilliant audiences. Tho general visiting and foyer promenade between the acts now prevalent in New York theatres gives amplo opportunity to study the gowning of women, ft is interesting to note the general features of the tout ensemble. Tho majority of the women now do not wear hats and 'tbia gives scope to coiffuros that aro charmingly, wooderfully and oven grotesquely arranged, accentuated by tho white powdered faces and vivid scarlet lips which tho Amorican woman now copies from her Fronch sister. In nearly ovory ease, the coiffure is kept small and little, if auy, padding is worn, tho hair wrapping the head and bringing out a clear- cut contour. If any building is dono, it is at tho back of tho hoad. Many of tho younger women nre wearing folds of satin, velvet or gold, or silver gauzo twisted iu tbo hair. Several young girls, whom I noticed at a very smart First Night recently, wore folds of satin tho same color as thoir gowns wound round tho head ctosoly, quito covering the hair. A dolieato chain, fashioned out of twisted silver or gold gauze ribbon, is also a uotieeablo coiffure ornament. As the coiffure is now a really important part of tho gon oral costume, thoro is apparently nu end to the wonderful coiffure ornaments worn. Narrow gold Oreek bands, jeweled or ornamented in high relief gold embroidery, tire very smart it is likewise modish to curry a chatelaine with an evening frock, and these are now made to match the headdress orna monts and other jowclry. Nearly every gown one sees on these occasions, whether it bo of satin, crepe, or one of the countless supple materials that are now worn, is draped in sniue way. Somo are caught up in tho back with a motif of lace, ur galloon, or met all ic eabochun; others are draped under a tunic of chiffon or other transparent fabric, ur are caught in around the feet with a band of trimming. Hut all are draped, and it looks as if the tunic in its many modifications had also come to stay. ■ t • Many gauze Liberty scarfs are worn to match the gown in color, trimmed with marabout, They are -ury wide, and extpiisito iu texture .md sheen, Kvery other gown nue sees at the play is of satin, and thero are many uf them veiled with a tunic of ehilfon or line net. A lovely frock was of blnck and whito striped satin, covered with narrow silver galloon, 801110 nf tho tunics are draped, but nftener it is the undordross that is draped, while the tunic falls uver the shimmering satin iu straight lines. Oue notices also that many of the gowns show the trimming placed ua the satin underdrcss to gleam through the tunic. SAKLY STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY THROUGH the generosity of Mrs. Abraham Lnnsing, of Albany, the Metropolitan MuBeutn of Art, New York, has come into tue possession of a collection of historical Staffordshire blueprinted waro, consisting of thirty-seven oxumplos of plates and platters decorated in tho majority of cases with designs uf more than ordinary interest at this time, when sn much of old New York is vanishing. Here aro records nf such events as the opening of the Erie Canal, the completion of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, tho Texan Campaign, and various pro-slavery and anti-slavery questions that were tu load tu the Civil War. At tho beginning of the last quarter nf the eighteenth century block-printing was in veatod by Thomas Turner, of Caughloy, und almost immediately taken up by Josiah Hpode and Stoke. Both potters at first mado use of the willow pattern and the amorphous floral and pagoda design quite commonly found upon tho pseudo-Canton blue and white waro of china, which from thc days of William and Mary to those of George III. wore ex tensivelv used both iu Kugland and the colonies. At first the ware Mas printed ia pale blue, the rich dark blue with which we are so familiar appearing first towards the end of the first quarter nf the nineteenth century. As R. T. Haines llalsey points out, in his ''Early New Vork un Dark Blue Staffordshire Pottory," 1899, tho various decorative borders of fruit, flowers, marine subjects, etc., so charming and dis tiactive in this printed ware, were first added about 1802, through thc suggestion of ,1. Olive, a Tunstall engraver. Among the pieces included in -Mrs. Lansing's collection are many showing tho distinctive designs for borders adopted by such well-known putters as tho Woods, Stevenson, Rldgway, Stubbs ami Clews. The Hoods came of a line of men thoroughly familiar wltn the cermanic art. From the dnys of Ralph Wood (1710*78), earliest and best of tho Staffordshire figure modelers, down to the closing of tho Burslom factory direction, According to Halsoy, the chief characteristics in tho decorative borders employed by the Woods are as follows: 1. Hollyhocks, iris, and grapes ou the Lu Orange and other French views. 2. Sou-shells surrounding a circular opening. 3. Shells ami marine flowers ami an irregular opening arranged to give the effect of a view from a grotto. -I. Various flowers, among which double poppies are must conspicuous. 5, Small flowor dosrjns: roses, thistles and shamrock, found na hollow ware, 'ieees such as "The Landing of thc Pil grims" and "The Boston State House" have their own specinl borders. As to the Kidgwnys, John aud Itobert, whose pottery is now su famous alike fur the brilliancy of its glaze and its decorative subjects, they took uver their father's factories after his death in 1814. Between that time and tho year 1830, when their partnership was dissolved, the factorie's of Shelton and Rnnley were ennstanfly turning out quantities nf this type of tableware, liad the "Beauties of America' series been their side legacy, it would huve made them fom ous, so interesting are the designs thero depicted. Pink Voilo de Soie Gown with Oold Embroidery The Clews brothers, of Cobridge, were similarly instru mental iu preserving tu us many a picture of our early moiiu meiits, yet it is to Ralph Stevenson, of Oobrldgo, that we owe most of tho vievs nf earlier American buildings and parks To him we are indebted for many views uf old Xew York Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Harvard College, Charleston. Rochester, Philadelphia, Hartford, Troy antl Washington From 1802, when Stevenson aud Dale started the factory, until 1840, whoa the firm siiHpondcd operations, Stevenson deluged the market with his wares. -pfTSTTSTTTSr .». .t. ... ... .'. ... ... ... ._ ... ... ... .♦. A „{. .«* A # ... ,♦. ... ... ... .♦. A A A A MAGIC BAKING POWDER Does not contain Alum NO baking powder that contains alum is fit to put in your home baked food. Alum lessens the flow of the gastric j wees, causing indigestion and irritation. The heart and nervous system are also affected by alum, and it is pronounced unfit for any food by all food experts. MAGIC insures pure food for your household. MAGIC makes delicious, healthful bread, biscuits and pastry. You have the assurance that your baking is sweet and wholesome when it is used. MAGIC is; a medium* priced baking powder and the only well-known one made in Canada that does NOT contain alum. Full Pound Cans, 25c. Insist upon MAGIC—Nothing is "just as good." [WHITEST BAKING POWDIB ALUM Made in Canada E. W. Gillett Co. Ltd. Toronto, Ont CDCC STtfW X_t"—r\r'-' Ustm—raatttritali—latmm'lllmtmCMltt^k.mam—w.mlnUmm rKtt CUUIV DUU'lft OUpo.lult.rJ.»d1ki...ly.bl. tllUlxxAwiUb. ouW(TMrid»r«. No. set mHBBBssBWK^^ THE ROAD-CARS OF CANADA By Donald B. Sinclair (From Canadian Courier) A DOZEN years ago nobody in Canada owned au automobile. Many people had heard of the motor ear; they had seen pictures iu the Sunday editions and illustrated weeklies of the new-tangled conveyance—tiros ami wheels and intricate engine; they listened almost hopefully to rumors that it was likely to drive tho bieyele into the scrap heap; hopefully, because thoy wished it would. Por about this time they were becoming a littlo tired of the bieyele; those hills! But did the average, everyday, Canadian city man, pedalling down to business think seriously oi the possibility of lying back iu a luxurious touueaii und watch the telephone posts whizz by? Probably he thought the automobile Httle mure within his reach than tho aeroplane today. As for thc farmer—well, he had read of horseless waggons; the Yankees had thom. Accounts sometimes appeared in the local paper of these machines over in the States frightening decent people's horses. A now tail, evidently— liis spanking greys, out there by the barn were still gnud enough for him. The embryo automobile in Kurope and the States grew every month, became a fact in the market, developed into a very live thing indeed. Canadians heard more about the machines Uncle Sam was turning out. His factories began to smoke with the automobile industry; here and there bank clerks resigned their jobs to learn the coming business. The Dominion ull the while was an interested spectator. However, in 1899, the automobile began to dribble into Canada by twos and threes—great lumbering "ono lungers" thoso playthings of the predatory rich. Many people wondered where the fun was driving une of those snorting, malodorous machines which made a noise like a thrashing. Only the owners fully understood. Tho other day I was talking to an enthusiast who has followed tho automobile gnme from the beginning. "Do ynu know," he said with the attitude of a veteran trailsman of the West—-he was thirty-five—" I doubt, if the chap whu chucks the speed limit over his hood today with a forty horsepower, enjoys himself half as much us wo did ton years back. Do you seo that turnout?" and he pointed to u rakish, rod touring car, purring genlly past us. It was leaving a fashionable liutel; throe ur four ladies in the tonneau; na the front seat the chauffeur, an alert young man in brass buttons, My friend regarded this moving luxury with a quizzical air. ' Humph," he saitl, "tame; mutorists of today don't know the sensation it used to be to go ea tour when a sensible fellow took his overalls along. There was something you don't experience now—after your batteries had gone to blazes, to stretch yourself on your bath in the dust, under the car, prying into the mysteries of a machine wblch no one really soemed to understand. Then wc were heroes—and this is an ago of hero worship." llo laughed. The automobile has hit Canada hard. Its ascendancy in our midst has boen mostly a matter of tho past five years. The asthmatic ear which occasionally puffed up street in 190(1 was an expensive enigma, Tho man had courage who Itempted to go any distance in one, There were not a hundred men in the Dominion who understood the mechanism of a gasoline engine. A man might get. stalled in a country town. Should there be anything the matter wilh the ugiue, well, the knowledge of all thc farmers and blacksmiths in the vicinity would not snve him; they knew binders down to the ground—but as for the intricacies of spark plugs und magnetos ! How different conditions in 1910! Manufacturers have got the mechanical equipment down pretty fine. Not enough yet—but the cur will go. Being a motorist is no longer an exclusive accomplishment. A man learns to drive a ear in threo days—taught by a smooth agent. Women and girls guide their runabouts through the densest crowds of tho downtown streets. Nowhere is the remarkable appeal of the new mode of transportation better illustrated than in Canada. I have before me a trnde dispatch from Washington dated May 30. It Is rather startling. It imparts the Information thut the imports by Canada of American automobiles for the past ten months were valued at $3,057,456; for the preceding tea months $1,123,273, Canadians are spending over three millions of dollars u your on automobiles, increasing their expenditure nt about the rate of 200 per cent. Thoro are betewen five and ten thousand users of automobiles in Canada; that many citizens of thc Dominion whose incomes can stand a drain of frum ono tu six thousand dollars overy couple of years for the satisfaction they get out of motor cars. Are these citizens mortgaging their assets 1 I put the question to an agont, "No;" lie said, emphatically, "not much motor-mania of that sort here. The remarks of a certain American publicist as to tho situation in the States does not apply hero. Canadians have too much Scotch shrewdness." Hm*, W»»k. wrarr, watery Bye*. Relieved By Murine Eye Remedy. Try Murine For Tour Eve Troubles. You WUI Uke Murine, ft Soothes. 60c At Tour Druggist*. Write For Bye Book* Free. Murine Rye Remedy Co., Toronte LORD KITCHENER LORD KITCHENER, who enmo so near visiting Canada without doing so—whereas Lord Roberts was hero for several days, about two years ago, and lately Oeneral French—has been ns much in the public eye ns Col. Roosevelt. But, like Lord Roberts and unlike Col, Roosevelt, tho "K, of K." does not advertise. Following is an appreciative pen picture of Britain's greatest soldier in a recent issue of M.A.P.: Homo again after eight years of sor vice for King and Empire, service in the farthest corners uf the world; back in London for a few weeks before pro ceoding to a new com ma ml—is Field Marshal Viscount Kitchener, of Khartoum, O.M., nur greatest soldier since the Duke of Wellington, Oa June 21th he will keep his sixtieth birthday, When he stepped from his train at Waterloo the other evening to receive the welcomes of his friends ami the greetings of a people not unmindful of what ho has done for them since he first won distinction at Tnski, twenty years ago, he smiled his pleasure at his return. Ho stands as straight as u dart. His bearing is the bearing of a man who has schooled himself through mnny patient years of endurance and obedience to'tho degreo of leadership aud com tn audi In appearance he has changed little since we bade him welcome home fresh from his triumphs of war and diplomacy In South Africa. His faco has been burnt n duller red by Indian suns, but the tropics have not blunted or blurred tho clear-cut features or iho firm-drawn lines in which wo all Baw thc hope of our victory, ever after tho holocaust of Colonso. The outline of the jaw and the folds of the throat are a trillc heavier; tin t is his only concession to his years. The steel-grey eyes pierce you with their indomitable power, with their look of frnnk courage and high authority, These are the eyes under whieh strong men have quailed in the hour of defeat; thoy are tho eyes that have made this man master, of Africa first, of India afterwards, of himself always; that have made him feared and respected even where he wan not loved. "I like Kitehouer," onco said De- lnrey, himself a great soldier, wheu the Boer generals came as honored guests te England, "his eyes are so honest." A bachelor, it is sometimes said that he is a hard stem man, and that ho dislikes women. Thut is a half truth; he is not a misogynist, but he believes tbat women should be kept in their proper place, and he doos not think that soldiers should havo wives. Lord Kitchendr hus no very grout Opinion of newspapers as vehicles ef .self-expression (he prefers doeds te words),, and ho has more than onee timed somo great coup of his to follow a curious breakdown of telegraphic communication. He has dodged iutee- viewors, or has sent them a curt message to the ctfect that "Lord Kitchener has no statement to make." He is self-reliant, aud he does net advertise, Ho knows his worth, and be is indillercnt to opinion. Men who have served with him knew that ho is tireless, and thnt he bas ne patience witb men whose code is not bis code. lie filled the interval between passisg out of Woolwich and being gazetted te his regiment by serving with the Froneb army against tho Germans. Tbe Duhe of Cambridge recalled him, and asked him what he meant by it. "Well, sir," ho explained, "I understood that 1 should not be wanted for sume time, and I eould not be idle. I thought I might learn something." It was characteristic of the man, who, many years afterwards, paid a surprbie visit to Cape Town, and seat every ofl- cer ho eould find hurrying to ths front by the first available train. WHY THUNDER "ROLLS" DURING electric storms, when the lightning is very near, the thorn- der is heard oace only with a sound like tbe discharge of artille/r. When the storm is farther away tlo thunder is not a short sound, but a sories of closely connected explosiona When lightning bursts between twe clouds, ur between a eloud nnd the earth, tho different points on the course followed by tho cloutilo llscharge are at different distances frum him who he..vs thom, sn that 'ho sounds, traveling frum different locations, rcarh tbe listening ears une after aaid hor, the pOrlod bid,ween the discharges apparently increasing as they como from greater distances. That famous landmark which occupies so prominent a position on the lhimhlotoii Hills, iu England "The Kilburii White Horse," has bad n "spring cleaning." Three tons of lime had to be used for whitening tbe "White Horse," which now stands out very prominently on thc hillside. The "horse" hus nut been ro-coatcd since 1001. DODDS KIDNEY \. PILLS ' ;!(\\\\^0is! 47 ■™ TIIK ISLANDER, ITMIU'.RI.ANP, B.O. THE ISLANDER Published every Saturday at Cumberland, B.C., by On.Moxi) T. Smithe, Editor und Proprietor, Advertising rales published alsewhore in the paper, Subscription price $1.50 per yenr. payable in advance. Tim editor dues not bold himself responsible fur views expressed bj' correspondents, SATURDAY, SKIT. 10, 1910. Wanted Canvassers What the Editor has to sny. Tne Secretary of the United States Brewers' Association Ims sen', out it circular which compares the growth of population with the increase of liquor consumption to this effect, lhe population has probably increased to 93,000,000, or at a rate of 22.G percent in the decade, in the same period beer salo have increased from 39,330,848 barrels to 59,485,117 barrels ol tliirtv-oue trillions each, aratioof51.2 percent. The consumption of other spiritous liquors has increased in tbe same time •I 1,9 per cent. Tbe secretary adds that this tremendous increase has taken place in a period when the general superintendent of the Anli Saloon League asserts that 41,000,000 of the | pie of United States are living in prohibition territory, ln tbe light of these f'icts he wantsto know "wbo, what and where does prohibition prohibit?" to solicit Our attention has been called to the following extract from a letter appearing in the last issue of the Cumberland News. signed '•Comrade' "So 1 will pass over our M, P's" (Midnight Philosophers) "intimacy with the editor of the Islander, so that be invites correspondence with him, to his discourteous (I had almost said dishonorable) disclosure of Mr. Shaw's identity with 'Cumberland Sage,' a secret of the editorial sanctum and a trust of honor the betrayal of which must destroy all possibility of confidence on the part of correspondents." We wish to say however well'Comrade' or any one else who hv long training or from natural bent may be ilia position to speak from inner knowledge of "discourtesy" or "dishonor" a mistake has been made in this case. The identity of "Cumber- laud Sage" as much as that "of Midnight Philosopher" remains a secret securely locked within the breast of tht' editor of tbis paper. Any opinion which may beexpressed as to the identity of either is pure guess work. on commission Sale of Lands lor Unpaid Delinquent Taxes in the Comox Assessment District. Province of British Columbia. 1 hereby give notice that, on Wednesday, the 12th day of October, 11)10, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the foreni at the Court House, Cumberland, B.C., I shall sell bv Public Auction the lauds hereinafter set mit of the persons in the said list hereinafter set out, for tbe delinquent taxes unpaid by said persons on the :ilst day of December L909, ami for interest, costs and expenses, including the cost of advertising said sale, if tbe total amount due is not s ier paid. LIST ABOVE MENTIONED. ■W—Wmr, ■IWTMMi^—^—■WMWII 11 ——a———i i.— |B ■■■IWIiM^MIIIW HI^BUMHI ^^1 pKI.IWQUKNT TaXK8 Statutory Xami: ,it Pwison As8K8sm I Shout Description op Piiopkhty. I ','717cmuumi Total I I** loftiulo r.i.|i,,|, of Vw nver Inland. Kolwrt Scott'* ICsla'e Bloaii. Y\ illium WiUon, J. B Wilson, .1. 13 Fraaer Ulver Lumbar Co McNull, Jnlin Union Browing Co Herbert, D. I Hayes, Catherine Stewart... Padgett, II. II . Vruum, -I. P Johnson, Ellis J. Stephens, 15 Hunt, 0 -.(■ ,l,„i, hu, Rev. J.J. Estate fell, Elizabeth Ann anil John B. II... Scott, John I! Shutlleworth, Henry ... Forrest, James M. Mcintosh, Finley. 40 I - een- of See 1 nml 2, Comox .. 12 sores In N. \V oornor of See. l'l Loi 200, Horne Uke NELSON DISTRICT, I...I lu Ir. N. W. I I ,vN. K{ Seo. 27, Tp. II l.oi 27 V lv I 1 Sec, -.".I. Tp. XI I'm-t 2 acres nf S. K I I Seo 83 Tr.X IhiRNIlY ISLAND, S. E, II See., In HE11NANDO Island S. I 2 of Seo., I COJITES ISLAND. Pr, S. W. 1 I See., :i Undivided I 2 nf N. I 2 of Seo 22, . HAYWARD DISTRICT. Tbnt part of S. \V. 1 | of Sec, 17,. lying W. of river, S. \Y. l-l of N. W, l-l of Sec., 17, S. E, l-l of N.E.l-l See., 18, Tp, 3 RUPERT DISTRICT, Undivided I :i of Sec. 15 (i acres in N. W. corner, See., 18 Mission Island ... W 1-2 Sec, 10, Tp, 2 N.W.l-4-of N.W.14ofS.W. 14, Sec, 21, Tp. XI Fr. S, W. I-l Sec, 17, Tp, 35 COAST DISTRICT RAMIE 1 Lot 11(1 Lot 288 Itisu 9.20 I 80 32.80 1000 58.00 4.80 no 5. Si I 20 3,00 1,80 8.90 307.20 3.00 14.72 24.48 .K0 1.80 28.20 3.00 ,r,i ,96 ,38 2.00 2.00 2.00 14.18 12.10 7. is 1 08 ,B| 2 Oft ,28 .03 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2,00 B7.30 12.80 57. li.*) 7.H7 2,0.1 .20 2.00 7.02 .21 2.00 0.11 ,15 .Oil 2.00 2.00 5.! 5 3.89 .19 2.00 0.09 30.61 .15 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 505.87 5.15 17. 27, ill .01 .09 2,00 2 00 2.84 8.89 1.41 .18 2.00 2.00 81.01 5.78 JOHN BAIRD, Deputy Assessor, Comox Assessment District, Cumberland P. O. Dated at Cumberland, B. C, September (ith, 1.910. Are you A JEWELLER subscriptions to v THE ISLANDER If not ion a \M A is ? In either case you should be interested in this CHANCE OF A LIFETIME $1.50 a Year in advance Carrying a full line of the very best Clocks, Watches and Jewellery Also a BOOKSTORE IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUSINESS The present owner is making lots of money, but will sell at a sacrifice on account of AGE AND ILL HEALTH Will sell on the buyers own terms The building and lot are also for sale cheap, or will rent on reasonable terms Full particulars may be learned by communicating with "M" The Islander Office Cumberland, B.C. <1 THE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.O. POOR PRINTING IS A GREAT =BENEFIT= To the printer who does good work. Good printing is the only kind we do, and our prices are reasonable See us about your next printing job THE ISLANDER Prints everything Prints it well FOH SEE. 114 acres on Denman Island immediately opposite Union Wharf; _ mile sea frontage; good harbor and good beach. Plenty of good water; creell and splendid well on property. The land is now being logged ofl'. A quantity of good cedar on the property. A snap at 83000. Apply H. BEADNELL, Comox. B. C. Cumberland & Union Waterworks Co., Ltd. Sprinkling will lie nllnw.il onlv between the luiim of 7 to tt a.m. nml 7 tu 8 p.m. Leaking tups must ha. attotiilcil to. Any chungi'H or addition" to existing piping intiHt lie sanctioned l.v tin' company. A. MoKnioht, Malinger. JOOOOOOOOOOOOO P. PHILLIPS HARRISON Barrister, Solicitor and Notary Public. ilOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOl THE CUMBERLAND = HOTEL = W. MERRIFIELD, Prop. The finest hotel in th e city Grocers & Bakers Dealers in all kinds of Oood Wet Goods Best Bread and Beer in Town Agents for Pilsener Beer »W>#*»^MWW»»WWMWWW^^WW»»»W% Furnished Rooms to Let, opposite the Hospital. Wanted -Three Young Pigs ; send price and particulars. T. A. L. Smith, Hornby Island. .'■> Tiro Light Draft Teams, weight abuul 140011m. Apply MiunUnd Bros., Sandwick. jll For 8>.le—0 Milk Cows and*!) Heifers Apply H. 8. l'urteus, llaiikslntn. Oourteuay. jl8 S Roomed House nml D"uble Lot lm Sale, cheap; or will rent furnished Mrs. Ri.o. For 8»le—Chicken Ranch Snores, Oood House (recently renovated). SOO l.yiii bens, bn.nder hnuno and outhnusos, orchard, gnud unrdtm. Apply Mr Hill, i ppusite Iir. Ileailnell'n, C.miii.i. NOTICE. New hoi's will be rented out nn Mi.e 'lav next from KK ni. until li p. m. P.etent box holders will oblige Posl. master by returning nlil keys. Ia. W. Ni'M«h l',.stinastor Cumberland, B. C. August oth., 11)10. NOTICE Any person or persons wishing to cut any fallen timber on City Pail, IjOts nre at liberty to out and carl same away for their own use. Any standing limber must not !><■ cut or destroyed. Any person or persons found dumping garlmgc or refuse on same will bo prosecutod. By ordor nf the City Council. A. McKinnon, City Clerk. City Hall, Aug. 10th, 1910. -eeRNER STORE We have just received a Complete Range of Samples of Suitings, Trouserings and Overcoatings .'. 1 For Fall HHO-1911 And nre prepared tu tak.' Special Measures for same There must be a reason wny our trade keeps growing, and why young men come here, past all the other stores We hnve really Handsome Clothing to begin with, and surround the selling with every possible courtesy; and when it comes to Downright .Iood Values you'll travel a long way before you find anything to equal these Be as keen as you please for the moneys worth. Don't take anything for granted, but invs itigate and compare. Do as we do insist on quullty and i tyle, along with fair prices. Our aim is to make one purchase bring another, and you can depend on better values hern than anywhere else in town Call and see our F ishion Plate i, and get a Style Book freo J. N. McLEOD H'SBSaffiffi C. H. TARBELL Stoves and Ranges, Builders Hardware, Cutlery, Paint, Varnishes, Arms and Ammunition, Sporting Goods, etc. AGENT3 FOR: The McClary Manufactuing Co. Sherwin-Williams Paints SM&WWW.MKVtKs'S.iJfcKii' Mote Larp Cisipiit nf if t tnii Dressers .'and Stands ranging from *66 to 515. Sideboards " " «50to*20. A Large Assortment of Chairs and Rockers New Styles Extension Tables from 810 up We carry a Choice Selection of Wall Papers and Linoleums • t i The Furniture Store" McPhee Block A. McEINNON Cumberland, B.C Pilsener Beer The product of Pure Malt and Bohemian Hops Absolutely no chemicals used in its manufacture =====Best on the @oasts=s~ Pilsener Brewing Co.. Cumberland. B.C. Beadnell & Biscoe REAL ESTATE AGENTS Comox, B.g.=- S«-a frontages and farming land for sale FRUIT TREES Not the Cheapest, but the Best Catalogue Free Vancouver Island Nursery Co., Ltd. Somsnos, V.I. THE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C. "Frult-n-Uves" The Onlj Medicine That Will Really Core Constipation. The Liver both causes and curei Obstinate Constipation or Paralysis o( the Bowels. When the Uwtr becomes torpid or weak, then It cannot five up enough Bile to more tka Bowels. "Fruit-a-tiwsr acts directly on the Brer and make* the liver strong and active. By curing tha liver, "FralSa-tlves" •nablea this important organ to give •ff suffldant BU* ta move tha bowels regularly and naturally, and thus curs "Intestinal Paralysis." "Fruit-a-tlves" Is made of frnlt Juices and tonlos and Is undoubtedly tha only medicine ever discovered that wlH positively oar* Constipation la any form. "PrnK-a-Uvss" to MU by all dealers at 80c a box. < far 11.11, or trial box. tte, or may bs oMalasd trom Fruit-a- Uves, Limited, Ottawa. That Reminds Ne A DANGEROUS JOB WHAT is the most hazardous job iu Canada? A rather Interesting question. Mining haa iis dan gcrs, railroad accidents nro numerous every year, but neither of theso ocenpa tions are attended with so much peril as lumbering, according to the view of a British Columbia newspaper. The Bri tish Oolumbla man wlio has done the investigating Bays that mure lumberjacks are killed every year iu his province than men in auy of thc so-called "extra-hazardous trades." This fact is not generally known because obituaries of these victims aupear but seldom in tin newspapers. News from the logging camps buried tn lhe bush does not filter •ut regularly. Whon a big tree knocks a man out, there is no reporter on the scene; sometimes it is weeks before word of the accident is received. A CINDER IN THE EYE PASSENGERS who put their heads out of a railway-carriage window often get a cinder in the eye. lt is both painful and dangerous. The foi- towing hints should be kept iu mind when one experiences this common mis- no. Nine, persons out of overy ten with a under or any foreign substance in me eye will instantly begin to rub it with one hand while hunting for a handkerchief with the other. This is all wrong. The right way is not to rub the eye with the cinder in it, but to rub the other ns vigorously as you like. "A few months ago," says a railway engineer, "I was riding on the engine of a fast express. The driver threw open the front window of the cab, and I caught a cinder in my eye, which gave luo intense pain. I begau to rub the eye desperately, when the driver called to me: 'Let'that eye alone and rub the other one.' Thinking lie wns chaffing me, 1 only rubbed the harder. 'The doctors think they know everything, but they don't; and if you will Vet that rye alone and work on the ethet one you will soon have the cinder out,' shouted tiie engine-driver. I did as he directed 1 soon felt the cinder drawn nenr the inner corner of the eye, and made ready to take it out. 'Let it alone und keep at the well eye/ again shoutod tho driver. 1 did so for a minute longer, and then, looking into a small glass the engineer handed me, 1 saw the offender on my check. I have tried it many limes since, always with success. '' HIGH HORSES HOiJSI.S have crept up throe or four timed in value during tho lust ten years; even the ranchers are rebelling/ This was quite strikingly illustrated not long ago. Messrs. liyaa and Fares, Winnipeg, and Mr. E. 1*. Day, Medicine Hat, wanted to build tanks anil reservoirs ou tlieir properties. Horseflesh, they concluded, wns loo dear to waste on this kind of work. How was construction to proceed? Then eume a happy idea. The ranchers quiet- fc- disappeared. After a few weeks' absence they came back to Portal with 388 cow ponies and Md mules. There was silent envy among other cattle men wlio can't pay the long prices for ' lkirses. The presence of the new steeds was explained. Thev had been roped in off the Mexican plains. Despite the Ifeavy duty, the ponies and mules are a aJieaper Investment than horses. There m work in them, too. Tho cow ponies, who have been trained to bull-fighting, are expected to pick up the tricks of Idin round up with ense. Their board till won't cost mueh; Ihey live till forty und over, munching only tho tough prnirio grass. ^Knsi5B£ ABSOFBIM^JR is a Hali\ pleasant, ontiwptlo hiiiniuiit for reducing Varloose Winn io it normal cniulltinn, healing them even hIUt they Imve broken, ntopplngthe |mln quick);, overcoming tho ft<>ro> ne**, rmtoriili th« otrciilntlno !□ a Kuumnatila longth nt'tlme. Alm> a miceeiaftll roniwlv In treating Vari roc I Mm, painful Dwelling*, toothache, mti- rmlgl*. rbfiatnatUm.rheum- ittlcor gouty iir jmi.ltj, bunion*, fiii-ns, bruljiM, lum« tMK*h,»t1fT»eoU. A good rein* et\j to bave tn the honm In cAMthechlldran getabadcrat, brulw, itratti, tor* throat, or ■omfl painful trouble wbero a liniment would ho tweftih ~lRBINB,JR.,r*n«r»* ui»««tof UitwwuiiUqnffiiy MtbontaMlnng unit* ".IMiiL. »100 >8<ML bottlm. At fU good... ABBQ] .It quid i. prlrfltl.lM<ia.»lM»««L bottlfl. At all j rwrlMior (Ullttrci Book Win* lunofaeu. rH only by I (.7. VOUNG. P. 0. F„ 210 Tempi! Bt., Springfield, Mass. I.TIim. Ui., »Mt™.l, I'mtilH i«*Mi. «• runkhH ht ItRTlH NOLI * • »»■■ Ul., fflMlpMI i HiTioniL aaw * niiiiiit to., »ii.-vB * c*i- _erj* ee*. MIIIUIMI MM. Cfb, UL, "u«..», ■ Dr.Martel's Female Pills SEVENTEEN YEARS THE STANDARD Prworlbftd and recommended tnr women'a aii menu, n Klentlfloally prepared remedji of proven worth. Tho reault trotn their US6 in quick Md permanent. For Bale at all 'Iniu Htoros. BOBBIE—Pa says you're a self-made man. Visitor (proudly)—Yes, my boy, 1 am. Bobbie—Ain't you sorry now you didn't let somebody else help you? * * * BELLE—But do you think you aud he arc suited to each other. Nell—Oh, perfectly! Our tastes are quite similar. I don't care very much for him, and he doesn't care very much for mo. MRS. Ella Wheeler Wilcox characterized iu a neat epigram a notorious difference in tho world's treatment of tho sexes. "To say," she observed, "that everybody is'talking about a young man is eulogy: but. to say that everybody is talking about ii young woman is an cleg;'." A MAN in "liio recently sought nn expert in oil, becauso he believed ho had struck oil on his land. He brought a sample in a bottle, Evidently ho had beeu In a great hurry, aud bad hastily grabbed the first bottle ut hand, for when the chomist had duly analyzed the sample submitted, he sent the following telegraphic report: "Find uo trace of oil. You huve struck paregoric." # • ♦ THE town council of a small German community met to inspect a new site for a hall. They assembled at a chapel, nnd as it was a warm day a member suggested that they should leave their coats there. "Some ono can stav behind and watch thom," suggested another. "What for!" demanded a third. "If we are all going out together, what need is there for any one to watch the clothes?" CHARLES SUMNER, when in London, gave a ready reply. At a dinner given ih his honor he spoke of "the ashes" of somo dead hero. "Ashes! What American English!" rudely broke in an Englishman; "dust vou mean, Mr. Sumner. Wo don't bum our dead in this country." "Yet," instantly replied Mr. Sumner, with a courteous smile, "your poet Gray tells us that 'Even in our ashes live their wonted fires.' " The American was uot criticized again that evening. a * * HE had run up a small bill at the village store, and wont to pay it, first asking for a receipt. 'I'he proprietor grumbled and complained that it was too small to give a receipt for. It would do just as well, he said, to cross the account off, and so drew a diagonal pencil lino across the book. "Does that settle it?" asked the customer. "Suro." "An' ye'11 niver be aakln' for it agin?" "Certainly not." "Eaith, thin," said the other coolly, " an' I'll kape mo money in mo pocket." "But I can rub that out," said thc storekeeper. "I thought so," said the customer dryly. "Maybe you'll be giviu' mo a receipt now. Here's your money." THIS is a jury-room secret that has come into circulation in some mysterious way: "Look here," said one of the jurymen, after they had retired, "if 1 understand aright, the plaintiff doesn't ask damages for any blighted affections or anything of that sort, but only wants to get back what he's spent on presents, pleasure trips, und so forth." "That is so," agreed the foreman. "Well, then, I vote we don't give him a penny," said the other hastily. "If all the fun ho had with that girl didn't cover the amount he expended, it must bo his own fault. Gentlemen, I courted that girl onco myself." AT a recent English election two laboring men were discussing polities (and four-ale) in the public bar of the Red Lion. Jones was a true- blue Tory, while Smith was a Radical of the deepest dye. Tho argument was fierce. "Ah, well," remarked Jones, at length, "yo can't got nwny from the fact that Mr.Hobinson's a putlick genol- maii. A reel torf, 'o is. Only tho other day 'e sent mc a rabbit for my dinner." "Oh, 'o did, did 'e?" snapped Smith. "Well, that's wot we calls bribery." Jones began to get alarmed. "Well, the rabbit was a trifle 'igh," he replied, deprecatingly. "Wuss still," thundered Smith; "wuss still, That's bribery and corruption." WHEN tho time came for tho re- nomination of a member of a Southern legislature, the member sauntered down to the corner store one night to sound out the opinion of his townsmen as to whether no should be sent buck to the capital of his State us a lawmaker. "Well, boys," he said to the assembled politicians, "what nbout it ,'" Ther-1 was an omiinrrasMiig pause. "Speak right out, fellows," he encouraged the mooting, "To tell lhe truth, Sam," saiil oue of the crowd, "we've decided that judging from what lhis hyuh county got. out of the legislature while you were there, we mought ns well liavo writ a letter." ete rpETE lata Professor Sophocles of liar- J. vnrd, was a short but finely built man, with bushy, snow-white hair and beard, olive complexion, nud piercing blaek eyes, and looked like some venerable Arab sheik. Reserved and shy in manner, hn was yet. full of genial [minor. Onco, iu the class-room, he asked a student, "Whnt was dono with the bodies of the Greeks who were killed at Marathon. " "They were buried. sir. " " Next! " " Why, thc\—thoy wero burned." "Xe.st!" " t—I don't, know, professor." "Right. Nobody knows!" lle was never married, bnt lived alone in ono of tlm cbllego buildings, ami pre pared his own food, getting up curious Turkish dishes, lb' allowed a servant to visit the room to mnke his bod. but would endure no further disturbance, and tho floor was un swept from October to .Juno. rORD CROMER and Sir Eldon Gorst J arc not the ouly uncrowned kings Kgypt has had. Natives who never heard of either worship "Cook l'asha." Lord Cromer hns told of a trip ho once took in company with tlio founder of thut wonderful institution known as "Cook's," into an almost unexplored region away to the west of the Upper Nile. Ho wont to pay his respects to a certain sheikh. He introduced himself. The sheikh was polite, but had evidently never hoard of Lord Cromer, or, indeed, of Britain's footing in Egypt. "And this is my friend Mr. Cook," the Consul-General wont on. .The sheikh bowed deferentially. "Ah," said he, "everybody heard of big, good Mistah Cook!" TO a place of entertainment had resorted a gracious and gaudy youth, gotten up regardless and resplendent in goodly apparel. Enamored was he of the singers in tho opera, and he had brought with him a bouquet. The lady appeared upon tho stage to sing hor principal air, and with foverish eagerness ho handed his floral tribute to an usher, and adjured him to pass it ovor thc footlights as soon as the song was ended. But when the air was done tho admirer of embodied art saw tho singer retire without his bouquet, and directly afterward the usher was per eeivod lugging the trophy up the aisle again. "You see," said the usher, on reaching tho surprised youth, "I really didn't have thc faco to hand up your flowers for that sort of singing. Why, sho blurred her staccato passages fright fully, and hor crescendo near the finale broke right in two in the middle. And her trills! Great Scot! You yourself couldn't have failed to notice that Bhe made a comploto slump of thom. I can't encourage that kind of work even while acting as somobody else's deputy," and he shoved tho bouquot into the young man's arms and disappeared into the lobby. » # • WE have the surprise beautifully planned," said young Mrs. Wes- terleigh to the guests, "and Frank doesn't suspect a thing. I think ho has even forgotten that today's his birthday. He will get home from tho office about seven o'clock. Then he always goes upstairs to take off his coat and put on his smoking jacket for the evening. When he is upstairs I will call out suddenly, 'Oh, Prank, como down quick! The gns is escaping.' Then he will rush down hero, unsuspecting, to find the crowd of friends waiting for him." It went off exactly as planned. Wes- terleigh came home at the regulnr hour and went directly upstairs. The guests held their breath while Mrs. Woster- leigh called out excitedly, "Oh, Frank, como down quick. Tho gas is escaping in tho parlor! " Every light had been turned out, and the parlor was iu perfect darkness. Thoro was a rapid rush of foot down the stairway, then a voice said, "I don't smell any gas. ' "Better light the jet," Mrs. Wester- leigh suggested tremulously. There was a sputter, and suddenly tho room was flooded with light. Everybody screamed. The hostess fainted. For thero in tho centre of the room stood Westerloigh, attired only in a natty union suit, with a fresh pair of trousers over his arm. Birthday parties still form a forbidden subject of conversation at the Wes- terleighs'. With the Horses DO AMERICAN HORSES LACK STAMINA? THE poor performance of tho American colt, Sir Martin, in the Gold Cup at Ascot, whore ho finished nowhere, has again drawn the attention of the English critics to tho quality of American horses, and the verdict is that Yankee racers havo groat speed but can't stay. Sir Martin's rating last year was a most peculiar one. In the Derby ho fell just before reaching Tat- lenham Corner, and not only put himself out of the running, but it has been thought over since that he actually prevented William tho Fourth from winning. Ilow much there is in the theory cannot uow be determined, but it is a fact that. William the Fourth was interfered with by Sir Martin and yet he finished in third place only half a length away from Minoru, tho winner. The subsequent running of St. Martin as a three- year-old gavo ground for a calculation that ho should have beaten everything iu tho Derby except Bayardo. In last year's Cambridgeshire Sir Martin ran a nne race when having thc worst of tho weight by long odds. Ho was third to Christmas Daisy aud Mustaphn, As the race eamo off iu very heavy ground it was probably not to his liking or he might have done better. The day following, when the ground had dried up and was much bolter for going, tho American colt put up u record performance in the Durham Handicap. |[o won with the top weight, but was not seen in public again until ho won tho Coronation Cup at Epsom. This event was over tho milo and a half course, and Sir Martin put up a capital performance. Sir Martin's victory sent his stock up greatly lor tlte Gold Cup, especially as Bayardo had only given a very moderate display on his lirst outing this season. Tho horses had never met since the Derby Inst year and thero was great curiosity to see them measure strides aftor a twelvemonth had elapsed. Before tho horses went to the post Bayardo was the favorite, principally ou account of his splendid appearance when he was stripped in the paddock. Ilia figure was 7 to 4, while Sir Martin was il tn 2, W, K. Vandorbilt's five-year- old, Seasick 11., started at fi to 1. Tho raeo was one of the best over seen for the Cold Cup, the unusual numbor of thirteen horses going to tho post. The race is two and a half miles, and for the first mile and a half Sir Martin was with the front brigade, Bayardo, ridden by Danny Maher, bringing up the rear. Coming out of tho Swlnloy Bottom, which is about six furlongs from the finish, Sir Martin began to die away, while Bayardo shot from last [dace into tho lead. This change of^ position happened in about 2(10 yards, and is said to bo the most wonderful piece of running ovor seen on a race course. Bayardo finished with his ears pricked, one of tho easiest Gold Cup winners on record. The dope was that he could give Sir Martin twenty pounds and a beating ovor the two and a half mile course. Commenting uooii fhe quality of American horses, "Vigilant," says: "It is remarkable, however, that horsos bred in America have generally beeu distinguished for speed rather than stamina, though thore havo boen notable exceptions. Tho late R. Ten Broeck had a string of horses over hero many years ago, among which were included some good stayers, aud although Prior, who was reputed the best of tho lot, did not realize expectations in England, the reason was not far to seek, as he nover became properly acclimatized, aud after several ineffectual efforts he died. Prioress, in tho same interest, was more successful, and there are people still living who remember a sensational Cesaro- witch which she won in 1857 after having ruu a dead heat with El Hakim and Queen Bess. She won various othor races over long distances, but was tho recipient of a terrible dressing whoa she threw down the gauntlet to Mr, Merry's Special License for tho Whip over tho Beacon Course, of upward of four miles, at Newmarket. Another American that had a great reputation about that period wus Umpire, aad it may bo doubted if ever ouo curried as much money as ho for the Derby and again for the Cosarowiteh, his trials having boeft phenomenal, He showed to little advantage iu cithor nice, and metaphorically speaking Mr. Merry's Tlioriuuuby made him lie dowu when they joined issuo for the Clarot Stakes ut Newmarket. In fact, the best thing ho ever accomplished was over a much shorter course, to wit, the City and Suburban milo aud a quarter, wheu he achieved a great performance by run- uiug second to Advonturor. Starke's advent to this country was not preceded by any great flourish of trumpets, but, nevertheless, ho was one of the gamest and best horsos that ever camo from tho land of Stars and Stripes, und among his triumphs wore included tho Goodwood Cup, in which he beat Thormanby, The Wizard, and othor good horses, of which the first named had won tho Ascot Gold Cup and the second the Two Thousand Guineas. lie was afterward sold to the Prussian Government aud sired a great number of chargers. "A horse that camo from the far side of the Atlantic with a very tall reputation was Preakness, who was said to have been one of tbe host horses ovei reared iu America. He, however, vas too far advanced in ago to distinguish himself here, and Mr. Sandford sold him to tl.e late Duke of Hamilton, for whom ho sirod a useful horso in The Fiddler, who finished third for tho Cosarowiteh tu Foxhall, in 1113' opinion the beat horse that ever eamo from the United Stntes. That victory of itself was a great performance, but nothing compared with wlrit ho did a fortnight later when as a three-year-old carrying nine stone lie won the Cambridgeshire and beat one of the best class fields that ovor assembled for that event. Meanwhile he had vindicated his claims to cIobsIp consideration by winning the Grand Prix of Paris, and in the following yenr set tho seal on his fame by winning the Ascot Gold Clip. Here, perhaps, ho was a little lucky, as but for easing his liorse, who wns ostensibly making running for Fetroncl, Teddy Martin would never have been caught ou Faugh a Bullagh, and thus tho late Duko of Beaufort was robbed of his coveted trophy bv a head. That severe race probably got to the bottom of Foxhall, for not only was ho well beaten in tho Alexandra Plato on the following day, but never afterward ran up to his form, and, moreover, was a failure at tho stud. It tkouKl have been mentioned that although foaled in America he eamo ovor as ,1 yearling nnd was always trained here. A brilliant horso was Mr. Lorillard's Iroquois, but, although ho wen the Derby and the St. Leger, I doubt if ho was a genuine stayer, and u similar remark applies in tho caso of the snno owner's Parole, in spite of his having won the Epsom Spring double of City and Suburban nnd Groat. Metropolitan, I luul nl- •:<o.X o'tiitted to mention us a good stayer Mr. Ton Brooch's Optimist, who won tlio Ascot Stakes, and another that was well endowed with stamina but not in Tm Dr««l.t Will Tell Toi Marina By* Remedy Relieves Sore Eye* Itrenfthene Weak iCyea. Doeen't Smart, loothu Bye Pain, and Sella fur BOc. Try Murine tn Tour Eyea and In Baby'i Byea for Boaly Byelida ami OranuUtton quite the first class was Blue Grass, who took tho Northumberland Plate, ns also the Alexandra Plato at Ascot. Walloii- stein, who won the Manchester Cup for Lord Ellesmere, was above the overage, though, perhaps, not a gluttou for distance, and others that may be included in the same category may be mentioned in Disguise II., who won tho Jockey Club Stakes, nnd Cap and Bells, who captured tho Oaks, both trained by Sam Darling for Mr. Keono." Seven miles of anglers competed for the Bolton and Mid-Lancashire championships at Gnlgote, England, recently. Mr. Koosevelt has sent to the National Museum at Washington his ofiicial roport summarizing tho natural history results of his African expedition. Tho bag consists of 4,897 mammals, about 1,000 being big-game animals, some 4,000 birds, 2,000 reptilos and batrach- mns, and 500 fishes from the Whito Nile and other wators. Soveral thousands of plants wore also collected throughout tho regions visited. 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It ends axle troubles, saves energy In the hone, and when used on axles of traction engines economizes fuel and power. If aet at ,oun, write for descriptive circulars I* The Imperial Oil Company, Limited THE BUCK-EYE VOL. 1 WEEKLY KD1TION • NO. 38 The Kind that Mother Used to Make Hor smiles! Ah, they are mighty sweet! They till my days wilh suu nud shine, Thoy gild the paths before my foot With glory gulden and divine. They till-me with ambitions fair For tasks immortals undertake, Ami spur 1110 ever on, for they're Tho kind that Mother used to make. Mer eyes'! Ah, thoy aro deeply blue. ilow 1 rejoice to watch their light As they fiash out on curo and rue And drive nil worry out of sight! And when she uses them*—ah me!— To stir me, how my pulses quake, Fur they're again the kind, you seo, The kind lhat Mother used to mako! Her cooking! Ah, what genius lies Behind each culinary scheme! .Such rabbits rare, such pumpkin pius, Each dish a sweetly dainty dream. It matters not what she may do, Whatever sho shall mix or bake, Thero is not oue unequal to Tho kind that Mother used to make. And when at night, returning late, From business euros—aud other things— I find hor waiting at the gate. Or upstairs, full of inurnmrings, I think of many a bygone day, And how my daddy used to shako, Por her remarks aro, sad to say, Tho kind that Mother used to make! But, never mind, there is a charm Which puts all railing to tho rout, Initiates a peaceful calm, Gives peace within, and peace without. And when rebukes like Mother mado Assail the car, both near and far, Just erawl outside—Invoke the aid Of ono ten-cent BUCK-KYK cigar. FOR THAT NEW HOUSE Sackett Plaster Board The Empire Brands of Wall Plaster MANUFACTURED ONLY BV The Manitoba Gypsum Co., Limited WINNIPEG. MAN. P.S.—ln the midst of misfortune, when all seems lost, never despair. There is still the BUCK-EYE —and it Is the best ten cent cigar you can buy. 17 THE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C. . < How Long Do Animals Live? (By Krnest Thompson Setou) LET us take the familiar insects first. The common house fly is oue of tho many whose longest life period is less than a yeur. The few adults that survive the autumn, sleep through the winter, reappearing in spriug. As soon as warm weather sots in they lay in manure heaps, etc., as many as ono thou- hand oggs (luring tho season. In six or eight hours these white eggs hatch into white maggots which are Cully grown in four or live days, nud then each bo- comes u pupa in a hnrd, brown case. In tive. dnys moro this opens, and tho adult tly appears for a season of activity covering several weeks. Most of theso ilio of some disease in early autumn, but a few are left to hibernate, and propagate the species again the following Miminei'. Although su lung considered harmless tt is uow established that tho common house liy is a thousand times mure deadly than the rattlesnake, in Now York City alone this insect causes over seven thousand deat lis each your through germ transmission of typhoid and intestinal diseases. The common katydid is nn Interesting example of tho grasshopper family. The individuals of this species are hatched in the spring from eggs laid in the autumn before; the young go through several stages of development, reaching tlic perfect form of the green katydid in midsummer, and scroop, screech, mate and lay before October. Then all havo done tiieir part: they die, and the race is represented only by the eggs. Thus their early lite nnd' time of growth cover nine mouths, thoir perfect time but two or Ihreo, and their whole life a year or Jobs. The same is true of butterflies; but here and there a specimen will hibernate, and thus appear iu two successive seasons. The mosquito, according to popular notion, lives but throe days. Unfortunately this is ant. so. The common, abominable kinds that wo know havo normally an egg period of throe or four days, a wriggler period id' about six toen days, a pupa stage of five days, uud an adult, stinging, singing time of several weeks, maybe throe months. Occasionally one winters over, as in tbe vase of butterflies. Hut the average life of the familiar mosquito is two to three months. Queens of the honey boos live ouo or two years, but some havo been kept ..live for five years. Sir John Lubbock, for research purposes, kept female ants, one for thirteen years, another for fifteen years. Tho thir.teen und seventeen year lo- ottflt derives its name from the probability that tno broods are thirteen and seventeen years respectively in maturing, although tho perfect aud winged stage lasts less than a month. Ali these, however, aro exceptions, as most, insects complete their round of lite iu less thuu n year. line of the most singular cases in tho insert world is that of the common May fly, whose whole term of life has thus boon woll described: "In the early twilight tlu- young, May tly floats from lhe bottom of the lake to the surface, or crawls up on tin; bank; the skin splits, the tly comes forth full-fledged, joins its thousands of issuing compan ions, whirls ami dances, mates, drops its masses of eggs on to the lake surface, and soon butters and falls aftor the oggs. It takes no food and dies without seeing a sunrise." This is tho glorious finish in a few hours id' a two or three years' inglorious life among the roots and pebbles at the bottom uf the wator, Fishes are tho lowest of tho familiar forms that aro known to bo long-lived. Lampreys iu fish ponds have reached the age of sixty years, and under similar conditions pike ami carp havo lived to one hundred and fifty years, Gesiicr relates that a huge pike in a Sunhian lako had lived at least two hundred and sixty-seven years, as was shown by the Inscription on a ring which it bore—a ring still t examples i the n tli tho p, grow tho> ii The i Mannheim. These either contradict nur sustain at life is live or six times lod of growth, as fishes seem lo .definitely, though slowly, aftor e mature enough to breed. ige nf a young salmon is easy to get at. Tho scales with which il is covered are never Bhed, but aro enlarged with the growth of the individual by animal expansions, each around its orig inn! nucleus; nml a careful examination „itii a low-power Ions enables us to count these, and thereby compute tho nge of the fish. Not only is its age indicated, but also the numbor of times it has spawned, uud oven tho years on which this function took place aro clearly recorded, Bxcoptlonal cases are soon iu some of the Pacific BaimOil. These aro hatched in the small si roams of their native river ami go to tho sea. When four years old thev return in Hwarms, re ascend their river, spawn ut OOCfi, and all die; the parents and Iho young never soo each other. The gigantic salamander of Japan has boon kept till lit least fifty two years old. Turtles nro higher iu the scale than fishes, and therefore less likely to in- crease indefinitely i" size, but they also havo a sort of tally-slick of ago on thoir poisons. This is in the lines of growth on the edges of their shell plates. These linos on a common snapping turtle show that, it becomes an adult ut five year and fully grown at ton. at which lime it weighs nine, or ton pounds. Indefinite growth mny continue, but toward the end of a very long life the shell record is practically indecipherable. A particularly interesting case is that of the great Galapagos turtle in tho New Vork Zoological Bark, Tlio ov'ideneo of tho rings of growth shows thut this creature is nut less than two hundred nnd fifty years old, und apparently is still growing, though very slowly. The crocodile nlso is noted for growing throughout practically the whole of tho mio hundred years Or life that aro said to be its common term. Next higher in the scale aro the birds, Tho general impression is thnt a bird lives in full vigor for ton or twelve times the period of growth. This is more nearly truo of the smaller birds than of the larger, and calculation is hampered by those facts: First, that the wild birds do not usually reach old ago, because as soon as their powers bogin to decline they are picked off by their en cmies; second, in cagod birds, whose ages can be absolutely fixed, wo do not kuow how much the longevity is duo to human interference and protection. Tako os a basis the small species of the sparrow tribe. They aro adult in six months, continue in vigor five or six years, but in captivity may live to be twenty or twenty-five years old. Canaries often reach twenty years in cages, aud a cardinal that I onco knew was strong aud hearty, though obviously very old, at twenty-five, The robin is adult in six mouths, and apparently old at six or seven years, but I have soon one that was ten yenrs old, and analogy would load us to believe that in captivity robins may live to be twenty or twenty-five years old. A pair of wrynecks, presumably tho same, came back for sixty years to tho same nesting-hole. Of a pair of Bnrbary doves, ono lived twenty-th roo years, and thu other is living yet in full vigor at thirty. A collared dove, adult in half a year, has reached tho ago of forty years. Parrots are less than a year iu growing, and yet havo reached eighty years before death. A raven has lived sixty-nine years, and a heron sixty years, A Chinese goose has reached fifty- seven years; aa ordinary gouse, eighty years. A pair of Ural owls are nllvo at twenty-two years and still vigorous; u Lapp owl has lived twenty-seven years, and nn eagle owl nearly seventy years. A condor is ou record as having reached fifty-two yours. Eagles have been known to live forty- eight, fifty-live and fifty-six years, but are reasonably credited with oue hundred yenrs. A swan has lived seventy yours; a whoopor swan has been sixty-three years iu captivity, adult when caught, and is still vigorous. A wlute-hoaded vulture has lived one hundred and eighteen years. AM of those wero captives. There is un record a case of a wild turtle dove that appeared on the samo grounds each year for twenty-one yours. A final, most interesting case is that of a pair of honing gulls, reared from the nest, but allowed freedom, They lived in vigor for sixty-five years, and thon wore lost sight of ou the death of tlieir own. et. As the gull is muoh less than a year in growing, and those wore not confined iu any way, it is one of tho most valuable records of all. The conclusion to arrive at is that while wo have not enough good observations for giving the average lifetime of wild birds, thc evidence of cagod specimens goes to show thut these creatures muy live twenty to forty times tho period of their growth, and the eases of tho wild turtle dove and the herring gulls seem to indicate that there is nothing abnormal iu tho longevity of tho captives. Our interest naturally quickens as wo come to the group in which wo, as humans, find ourselves. Tho mammals, our companions and kinsmen, aro safer examples ol' what we shuuld expect. Dogs, for example, are two years iu growing, and authorities agree ou fifteen to twenty as the ohl ago attained by dogs nud pigs. Ulysses's dogs, pro sumably full grown hefore the her. wont away, recognized his master afto twenty years' absence. Cats, on the other hand, mature ii one year, but live to be twenty. The hare is fully grown in oue year and old at seven, but I know of one that reached twelvo. Squirrels grow for live or six months, are old at six yours, but havo lived tn b0 eight. .Mice grow for threo months and have lived lill six years. The wild boar is said lo reach twenty live years, the lion thirty-live years, aud tlio boar forty years. Sheep mature in two years, are considered old at eight to'ton, but have reached fifteen years. Those are the man-made, domestic breeds. There is gooil evidence — in the rings on their horns — that tho wild sheep reach at leasl double those ages. Similarly the age tally that each of Ihe horned cattle lias in' its horn offers some ilicnntostuhlc evidence seen that tho animals have a tremendous advantage here: it takes them one hour to wind tlieir clook, or grow to maturity, and then they go right on aud live ten, fifteen, and twenty times their period of growth. What ifl the trouble with man's clock? Evidently it is ei- thor a badly constructed or it is very thor badly constructed or it is vory tiou in the world today that tho clock is ull right, but horribly misused. It stops after three or four hours because wo never oil it, and wo never give it tho slightest protection from dust and dirt. Now is this so whero man really lives according to natural laws? Tho fact that many mon havo lived to bo ovor one hundred years of ago would seem to prove that man can live just as long as the mammals if he would only tnke care of the clock. I romemebor well nn old Irishman in the backwoods of Canada who was one hundred uud seven when ho died—hale and hearty to very near the end. Hippocrates, "Tho Father of Medicine," was credited with an ago of one hundred and nino years. Those people und the ages to which they lived aro on record: Years Margaret Patton 137 The Countess of Desmond .,.,145 Thomas Parr 152 Thomas Damme 154 John Kevin 171! Poter Torlon 185 While it is believed that some of theso ages have been much exaggerated, yet thore is no question that each and all attained far over the ono hundred. Ta the caso of Thomas Parr, for exam- pie, thoro soems that this Knglish peasant lived fill over half of his second century, marrying again in his one hundred and twentieth year, continuing in full manly vigor until one liundrod ami thirty, and dying iu London, when summoned by tho King, in 1635, when one liundrod and fifty-two years and nine months old, not of old age apparently, but killed by the now and riotous mode of living. Tho overeating and drinking of the Court proved too much for the old man. It is safe to presume from his past life that hud he stayed at homo and lived his simple life he might not have.boon thus untimely cut off. Iio had lived under nine Kings of Kngland. Now, witli thi how about our (dc iu throe or fow wheels wear oul, . keep thom clean.' can bring to bear to believe that the evidence before us, dt? Hoes it run down r hours because the or becauBo we do not Kvery fact that we in evidence helps us machine in each nor INOCULATION AGAINST HUNGER (By Katharine Nowbold Birdsall) THK high price of foodstuffs, which bears heavily upon the poor and is felt even by the rich, has been made the subject of considerable investigation. Doubtless each of the many reasons assigned contributes its share towards this increase. An ounce of prevention is, in a caso of this sort, as iu all others, worth a pound of cure; aud it might, perhaps, bo wise for us to go back to first principles—back to the ground—for the possible cause, as woll as to apply tho prevention. The most expensive manurial substance tho farmer has to purchase is the commercial fertilizer which contains nitrogen, such as nitrate of soda, guano, tankage, etc. Nitrogen, which forms four-fifths of the atmosphere, is a necessary ingredient in animal and plant food. Tho nitrogen in the air should supply the ground with plant food, but nitrogen is hard to catch, or "fix," as the process is technically called; jfnd while it is possible to secure it with the aid of static electricity, and also by chemical processes, the cost is nt present prohibitive. When living things die or animal products decompose, a process which is brought about through tho medium of disintegrating bacteria, some of their nitrogen is converted to plant, uso—which explains why manure brings such a high price. Another nitrogen fertilizer, nitrate of soda or Chile saltpetre, which nas boon secured from ancient deposits of "inuio, is fast being exhausted, not only by farm demands, but by tho demand fur gunpowder. We must, therefore, look elsewhere for nitrogen to nourish plants, for soon the supply of natural nitrogen fertilizers will fall short of the demand. Now, certain plants have the property of absorbing nitrogen from the atmosphere through the medium of millions of bacteria which gather the freo nitrogen from the air, and this nitrogen can lie used in place of expensive commercial fertilizers. The most beneficial nitrogen-gathering bacteria form ox- crescensos called " nodules" on the roots of certain plants of tho pod-bearing family. Theso plants are called legumes, and include clovers, peas, beans, alfalfa, peanuts, etc. These bacteria have one function only to perform; thoy form a co-partnership with the plant to supply it with nitrogen. They gather in great numbers on the roots of legumes, forming nodules, which are large colonics of bacteria stored with nitrogen, lu exchange for sugar food Which the legumes give the bacto f * RAGE Racing at Winnipeg Fair Coming up For thc Start ago of twenty rt v or fort v. The same buffalo. The enmol when mature, i.u olghty, Horsefl are growing, ami lv, with t- at three years, and attain with a possibility of JO of tho American four or five ve:. old old al fifty, bul may live pt three or four yours in live to bo fifteen or tweu- isibilil v of growing to for- Ithough thoy rarely attain that. Still, the famous hors >ld Billy," of Manchester, England, died, it is said, aged sixty-one. KlophantH uro fully grown at twenty and aro ohl at one liundrod, but sometimes attain one hundred ami fifty,and are credited by the Hindus with'throe hundrotl years of life. Whales also appear to lie long lived, at least equalling the periods of the elephants, Evidently thore is a relation belweeit bull; and longevity. Th" sum of nil available observation on the lives <u mammals indicates tlmt a normal individual, guarded from violence, lives to bo eight or ten times ns old as the period needed Cor it to attain full stature, and that frequently this is extended to double as long. Now is thoro auy lesson in tho ages of ihe mammals for us, as human beings, to learn1/ Is it possible, for example, for a man or woman to live relatively as long as an animal? Lot us soo. Tho textbooks tell us thnt a man is twenty years growing; he is old at eighty nml near his end. That is, at lhe besl, a man lives Ihreo or four times tho length of time ho needs lo attain maturity, In olher words, it takes him one hour to wind the clock and threo or four hours to run it down. Wo have I case was wound up to last perhaps tenfold the time of the winding, and those who clean aud oil the wheels and protect them from violence need have no fear of their early running down. And what is this cleaning of the cogs,1 We an- told llml all diseases arc in two groups, those of neglect (exposure ur failure tu find fund), ami those that result from Immorality in its broadest sense. That is, thero is revived for us lhe Biblical thought that all disease is of sin; that there are two kinds of sin, omission and commission, or nog loot ami crime; that the latter is nearly eliminated iu most wild animals, and the former is warded oil' liy man in the cases of tin.1 long-lived captives men- Uouod, so thnt thoy live till the wheels run down. Our little brothers, uur blood kin uf like needs uud passions—the animals— live, as we have soon, six, eight, ten, twenty, yes, sumo of them fifty times the period needed fur their full development. Is thore auythlug inherently absurd, thou, iu tho belief lhat mau, too, might have a somewhat parallel continuation of his life functions and activities? Dootor ou Ting fang, the Chinese Minister, is over sixty, yet young uud strong. According to u recent interview', ho expects to return to America ami have another look at things in fifty years from now, for ho believes that pure food, pure uir, and pure thoughts surely spoil strength and verv long life. Of ' fuel Ihero is little doahl--few men live their full term. Longevity is not an accident, bul is the ripe fruit uf careful plant ing and culture, and wo ure more and moru amazed at tho results such n isdom may procure. Thus lho idea is "rowing iu manv quarters that the great ages of tho Biblical patriarchs wore uol, as the so-called higher critics hold, the continuation of dynasties that hore oue name, nut woro actual ages of veritable individuals, Die men who lived nearer lo lhe truth than we do. And Micro is no reason why we might not at least greatly extend our days by paying heed to our way of life. We havo all hoped to hear that the "elixir of life" is a pill or a drop of sumo sort to bo taken, after which perpetual youth is conferred instantly and without trouble. Hut we knew'right well lhat this i.s not the way of Mother Nature. The secret is in a higher habit of life. We must not expect tu keep Iho clock going by simply giving it a shake. \\o must, establish a thorough system of cleansing, oiling, uud protection. Then wo shall hnve a right to expect that the human clock, like thoso docks of our brethren of the uir ami woods, may run twenty times the lime ef winding. If mankind today would walk the wiser way it could live a life jusl as lung as lhat ascribed to eerfai. patriarchs of old. ami i gathi m which they thrlvi r nitrogen from the it to the pluuts as desire by giving two per cent, coives liiuetv-live per i-ei from tho bacteria. Whei nines die iu the ground. which the bacteria hnv . the bacteria air and fcoii I. The plant. of sugar, re- i. uf nitrogen i roots of leg ilu- uilrogen heady gathered and stored in these little bunches or nodules on lhe roots is given to the soil, which is then rich iu nitrogen. Whon lhe next crop is planted iu that soil, ni matter what crop it may bo, nitrogen is thore. The more nodules, the mure. nitrogen. Therefore, il is to the farmer's advantage, to tne advantage of lhe world, to encounigo the incroaso iu growth of these nodules. The more nodules that are formed in the roots, the more nitrogen is fed to the plant, aud lhis makes the plant grow more healthily; makes the foliage deeper iu color, more abumiuiit, and of greater food vnlue; tho roots stronger ami longer; and the stalks tailor and siurdior. bacteria wherever he eau find them al ready flourisniag, takes them to his laboratory, puts them into glass jars with a gelatinous plant food aad legume seeds, and tests their power under scientific conditions. There he can watch the formation of the nodules on the roots and select only tho healthiest bacteria for distributing. fa preparing the bacteria for farm and garden uso, u noodle is thrust into this pure breed of bacteria, and comes uut laden with thousands of them. Those aro quickly transferred to unother bottle containing a bed of jelly, which preserves the bacteria for years. The nock of the bottlo aud the needle are, during the process, passed through flame, to destroy any foreign substance. The bottlo is corked with a patent rubber cork through which a glass tube runs, so thut air can reach the bacteria. Tho tube is stopped with cotton, which prevents tho entrance of foreign germs. In this bottlo millions of bacteria breed, exerting themselves to absorb nitrogen from the air which filters iu through the cotton. Tho jelly contains uo nitrogen— the bacteria work to get it from the air aud so keep healthful aud active. Tho jelly soon becomes alive with baclerin, and the farmer can get his nitrogen fertilizer for all tho clovers, all tho beans, nil the peas, alfalfa, all the vetches and peanuts—a dill'ercnt kiud of bacteria fur each, which can be purchased, like medicine, by tho bottle, Pure culture uf active, vigorous nituo; gen -gathering bacteria, which need sim ply to bo mixed wilh -sugar and a little water to be shaken well and poured on the seed boforo planting, cost- less than #- per acre. This process entails no waste of valuable time, no expensive nitrogen fertilizer; but instead a maximum of benefit to the present crop and improvement to tho soil for years to come, with a minimum of expense and labor. When every farmer whoso soil lacks nitrogen employs the aid of bacteria thero will be a wonderful increase in size ami weight uf crops; thoro will be a wonderful increase in the proteid valuo of food for cattle, which wil! make for increased food value for man Exporlmonts in Iran Herring nltrogei rich soil from somo sec ions of Die cum try where those boctoi a flourish tu noi localities, lo mix with worked out soi have been made. Bonn times the expor men is successful; mor i often, howevci some harmful Ingrodtl ul of the soil i also spread to tlio now soil. The only safe wny is to apply healthy bacteria direct to the seeds of the crop before planting1— to htoculuto lhe seeds with bacteria which will gather nitrogen from the air to feed to the growing roots. lu 11)01, wilh the sanction of Con gross and the Secretary id' Agriculture, a thorough Investigation of iho legume bacteria, which were originally a dis covery of Herman scientists, was undertaken by Dr. (leorge T. Moon', the Gorman process of inoculation having proved unshtlsfaetory. Dr. Moore discovered a process of drying the bacteria, and claimed thus to be able to preserve thom indefinitely. This method was successful, but it becomes necessary to bring tho dried bacteria back to life and activity beforo tho seed can bo inoculated. Aud in awakening tho nitrogen-gathering bacteria, it is necossarv lo prevent the growth of other bacteria such as moulds, yeast, etc. The government method proved cumbersome for the farmer and small gardener, the directions difficult, and the bacteria did not always "awaken." After mueh experimentation, Dr. G. KarpThomns, of Pdoomlield, N..T., has carried tho art of cultivating and preserving bacteria to a point where every fanner iu the country can make use of pure bottled bacteria!; alivo and healthy ami ready for uso, which he feeds to his seeds before planting] instead of working expensive nitrogen ferlilizrr info the ground. The bacteria on a good crop will thoroughly fertilise the ground for at lenst three years without rolnocu- lation. Dr. Karp-Thomas collects healthy THE OLDEST MUMMY ALTHOUGH tho embalmer's art was practised in ancient Kgypt per haps as early as aiKll) B.C., tho earliest known mummy until recently datod ouly from about 16S0 B.C. Now, however, there has boon placed In the museum of the Koyal College of Surgeons, London, a mummy of the period of Snofru, found by Flinders Petrle in 1S01 and dating back as far as 2700 B.C. —a jump backwards of 1,100 years, In an address before the Koynl Philosophical Society of Glasgow, ' Prof. Elliot Smith discusses this find and gives, Incidentally, an interesting sketch of mummification in Kgypt. Wo quote au abstract printed in The British Medical Journal. Says this paper: "To appreciate thc motives which impelled tho ancient Kgyptians to invent the art of embalming it is necessary to throw our minds back nearly sixty centuries. . . . Theu Kgyptians were ia the habit of burying thoir dead Ju shallow holes scraped in'the soil immediately beyond the limits of tho narrow strip of cultivated laud. As a result of placing tho body iu hot dry sand, if frequently happened that, instead of undergoing a process of decay, it became desiccated and preserved in au in- corrupted form fur au Indefinite time. Tint burial of valuable and useful (ib jocts with the dead naturally led lu grave robbing, which was already common iu the earliest kuown prehistoric times iu Egypt. This plundering uf graves must have taught tho people at large that the forces of nature wero often suflicient to preserve a dead body, lu this way it became a purl of the religion of Kgyptians to regard the preservation uf the body as the condition of the attainment of immortality. . . . "The early Egyptians learned Hint tho body when plucod in a colliu or buried iu a rock tomb usually underwent decomposition It was'a widespread belief that the stone 'ate the h'—hence the word sarcophagus, Artificial mummification, therefore, had its origin iu aa attempt tu deprive the rave of its victory." If this hypothesis is correct, evidence f embalming would naturally be found BOOU nfter tho invention of rock tombs. Hut Prof. Smith found in the Cairo Museum no authentic mummy earlier than about 1580 B.C. Thero 'was thus gap of eighteen centuries between-the uie when, ou his hypothesis, the irliest attempts at embalming were lade, and lhe most ancient actual mummy in the Cairo Museum. Mum mies at lhe Sakkara and Llsht Pyra mids wore much earlier, bul were su fragile thut it was not possible to move them without reducing them to bones and powder. The mummy iu the l.uyal College id' Surgeons is therefore moro than eleven centuries older than any other actual mummy, that i^ to say, not mere bones, hilhertu found. Tu quote further: "Prof, Elliol Smith thinks it highly probable that attempts af embalming were made during the six or seven con lories before the dato assigned to the mummy in question, which is supposed tu be that nf :: high official called Uaiio- fer. The reason why this mummy has eume duwn tu uur limes in micIi he eats two or three times the amount the system requires, says Mr. Cromie, it will uot be properly digested, and will cause fermentation, and if thiB be allowed tu continue for some time, it poisons the system aud eventually causes indigestion, nervousness, and sleeplessness. It is while in this condition that one suffers from extreme heat. Therefore: "In warm weather, moats, oils, and fats should be reduced to a minimum or omitted entirely, and fruits, vegetables aud cereals should be substituted. The first and best way to keep cool is to avoid heavy and stimulating foods, aud to reduce the amount of other articles of diet to that merely required for tho sustenance of the body. Befrain from intoxicants and deeroasu or avoid tea, coffee, and condiments, A large percentage of the deaths is caused by infantile diseases, many of which could bo prevented if precaution- iieasures were adopted. Feeding, with many mothers, is the panacea for all ills. When a child cries from the etl'ecls of having been overfed this surfeiting process is repented—vory often with disastrous results. A noted doctor has said that more babies aro drowned in milk than sailors iu salt water. While lhis is probably a radical statement, still the best, baby-food, milk, can he given to excess, and prove injurious, It is positively criniinnl,i,to feed babies on moats* and unripe fruits,' especially iij the summer,'/ Next the author.-'talihs. up the subject of clothing, which ho says should be light both iu material and color during hot weather, although when one becomes overheated, heavy clothing, such as an overgarment or a sweater, should bo put on to prevent catching cold. He goes on: "In occupations whore one is subject to severe trials of strength, such as the army, farming, and boating, heavy clothing should be worn even in the summer. It is a very dangerous practise when ono is overheated to ride in nn open trolley or sit near an electric fan to cool oil'.' "Linen underclothing gives a pleasant feeling of coolness to the skin, and the perspiration evaporates more quickly. Underclothing should be well nired at night if one does uot mako a daily change. Tot much clothing worn by day or night has a tendency to enervate and make one more susceptible to sudden changes in temperature. "Suu and air-baths are esteemed of groat value by the Germans in their nature-cure system. The sun has a vory beneficial offset on the skin nnd it is found that its rays are far superior t» the use of cosmetics. Many persons in exposing their body to the rays of tho sun tako too much at ono time and thus exporicneo extreme annoyance. Air and sun-baths when taken intelligently harden one's system and consequently enable one to withstand with more oase the Ind days of Bummer, "Daily, systematic exercise should not bo omitted because the wenther is warm. A little taken in the early morning followed by a cool bath will tend to make ono cooler for tho rest of the day. Muscular work is tc tho body what friction is to metal. The metal will rust if not used; the body will become diseased if uot exorcised. A master mind in a weak body is like a good blade in a poor knife-handle. Therefore, one who deems it inconvenient ou account of time or location to take a littlo daily exercise will eventually have to take time to seek the advice of a physician "Proper dieting, sufficient exercise, rest and sleep, daily bathing and intelligent exposure to the air ami sunlight, the avoidance of stimulants nnd a cheerful frame of mind, will insure one a strong resisting power so that he need have no fear of the extremes of either heat or cold." 1 Fr FRASER IS BIG IN ALL WAYS Honorable Duncan Cameron rnser, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova .Scotia, is, his numerous friends throughout Canada will be pained to loam, iu poor health at the pros ent time and, aftor consulting a specialist in Montreal, has retired t'o the quiet of his country home in Cuysburo, the county he represented in the Federal Parliament fur many years. Governor Fraser is an ardent disciple of Tzaak Walton. He Iikcs to catch list —fresh water Ilsh and sail, wator fish. D. C, Fraser is one of Pictuu county's big mon. Ho is big in stature, big in heart, big in Ms convictions, and if 1 mav use the term, big iu tho all'octions of all Xova ScOtiaiiS. A Liberal nf the old school, a trenchant speaker, an Indefatigable canvasser, a ready fighter, he has, nevertheless, won the love of his strongest political opponents and thoy will rejoice to see him return to Government House possessing all his old-time vigor nnd geniality. D. C. Fraser is a lawyer by prnfos- in, a Presbyterian in religion, and is, when in politics, a Grit. He was a member of the Supremo Court Pencil for a short time, resigning that honor- ble position to BCCOpI llo- more eougell- ll and less arduous one of Lieutenant Governor. The latter position he fill* with dignity ami tact. As an aftor dinner speaker, Governor Fraser has no equal in Xova Scotia, and as a presiding officer af Important marlcnbly good state of preservation isI functions he Ims few peers. He is lhat it was encased in a hard and thick |,|'":1'1 ""ll Moral in his views, and is a carapace of resinous pasto which liud | valiant champion of the right uf every Ided, when soft, into the form of tho body, Tho head, ami faco had been particularly well modeled; Ihe wig was faithiiilly represented, and colored brown with resinous pnsto painted on the surface of the mask; Ihe features (lhe 0060 is now destroyed) wore carefully fashioned; tho eyes (pupils, eyelids and eyebrows) were indicated by malachite paint; and the mustache, represented in Egyptian statues only at the poriod assigned tu this mummy, was painted uu the upper lip nf the mask with brown resinous paste like thai employed tu represent the hair of lhe wig." HOW TO KEEP COOL 80M d gymni svlvai 13 practical rules fur avoiding iscouif'ort in hot weather aro glv* u bv W. .1. Crumie, Instructor in sties iii the University nf Ponn- ia, In fhe first place, says Mr. i', we should be careful to avoid latillg, a fault to which those engaged in sedentary occupations nfe specially prone. It is truo that the se doutnry man needs food as much as thc laborer, but owing to muscular Inactivity he is not. as capable af converting his food into assimilable mulorials. If valiant champ] man to his own opinion, lu his younger days-the early days of his legal and political career—D, 0. Fraser was an nrdoui upholder of the doctrine of moral suasion, lle believed in mural suasion—he preached mural suasion and he practised mural suasion, ami throughout the countryside was known us "Duncan Suasion." In tho cause of temperance reform, he wielded quite an inllueuce, nnd if was hero ho found vent for the doctrine so neur his heart. Making men sober by mural suastdn i* almost unknown now. The law is supposed to be tho cure all. D. C. Fraser is promlnont in tho courts of liis church, llis experienco has boon all the way over the road from singing iu .lames Church choir to taking an activo part in tin- debates of tho General Assent lily. Ho is an ardent church unionist, and his address beforo lhe last General Assembly on that question will ever live iu the memory of all who heard it. lie is a Past Grand Master of tho Xova Si'ofia Masonic Lodge and a Spot- I ish clansman, appearing al the annual banquets of tho North British Society iu full Highland costume. As a story teller he excels, and ho can speak tho Gaelic as readily as ho can the Knglish. 47 V "*** mv. jblandeh, ci.'Mr,r.in.ANii, n.c. 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H."piaeEY Meuum .1 S itlu-r nml, A O.iniB, .1 Adftiua, W Smlu (1 und T M - MiiUn, members uf tlm 5 na\d. fmitMi team rt'pn»«Mitin^ Cumberland in ilu* Lilor \) y toiirnumuut nt Niuiai.no, rammed mu Tti.'-nlny after hiving oleareil up nil the i tli< r U'nuis in tlio touHiay mid tuktng iha iu< ney. InvitaHLMin have bueti itwutid f< r a *•' cid evening in tl.- Oun.bt.rln d Hnll fur Mondny ii ht, under the auspices of UirlB' (itnld uf Holy Trimly Chun- . Dancing will o'liinnoiiee nt •' i»'el" !•, and Lridgt- will form the amununrent uf thtif>u whu do uut.eaiu tu trijj tlic. light faiit&Hiiu, A guntlrmat) of thin riiy, who whs loBt irom Suudny tu Wi-dinad.iy, wna discovered nenr Jtijj Qialumin and brought to 'he hospital t *r treatment. Lie h d been imbibing too freely of Kte of tiie eup thnt cht'ei'H add alao i - 'biiatt'x, and «a a eun^t'ij -e ce was "seuin<.' thinga." C. EMDI n Dealer in BicycIeB and Gas Engine Supplies FARMERS ATTENTION Tenders vautt'd for thu nvdt i<rai a fr in ih.' IM-Hinr Brewing-0'., Cumb- oiKnd, Tlio conditions and oontr ct covering: tho above may be seen at tho oltice uf tlio above Company at any time. Tenders will received up tu Sept. 15th 1010. Puskneu Bkewisi! Co Ltd- The Third St. Sc Penrith Avenue MAXWELL k HOllNAL Proprietors AU kinds of hauling done First-class Rigs for Hire Livery and team work promptly attended to TENDERS. Tenders wil! be received by the utulur • igned until li p in., Saturday, September lOtl, 1010, fur tliu txcljiBivu riklit tn H.ll liglit ii'he-liiiiuitth on thu Agriculti). ml grounds, Fair Duy, September 23id, 1910. M. B. Bali., Saiidivick, B. C, Aug., 31st. Mice to Advertisers. Change advertisements for Saturday mornings issue must be in this office not Inter than 10 a.m. on Thursday. H. M. Beadnell, Comox, B. C. Agent for E & N. Lands for Comox District. Liical Agent for The London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Co. Get rates before insuring elsewhere Office: Cumberland Co to J. JACK, Jr. For Candy, Fruit, Iee Cream and Light Luncheons l;1 A FINE LINE OF NEW MA TERIA LS JUST RE- : : : CEIVED : : : P. DUNNE Up-to-date Merchant Tailor DUNSMUIR AVENUE 18LIDEH MUSING fiftTES Display Advertisements 75 cens per column inch per month. Special rnc for half page or more. Condensed Advertisements 1 cnn, 1 word, 1 issue; minimum oliarge 25 cens. No account* run for his class of adverting. 1 Cloutier GENERAL BLACKSMITH Horseshoeing n Specialty Third Ave., (lumherland Sa M*y _W/k t O^* EXAMINATION FOR INSPECTOR OF STEAM BOILER \.\I) tt •' H1NBUY 1JX UllNATMiNS f r lhe position of J Inspector fStuain Boilers nud Mn ohiueiy, under the "St. nm Bnlleri d • speotion Act, 1901," will be held at thn pitrlinmeni Buildings Victorin aotntnen. dug November 7>h, 1910 Aiplioutioii Hnd instruction forms can bo had on application t<. tin. undersigned, to whom iim former iiiukI bu return il eorrectl} lill .1 in, mil Inter tl, .h October 24th, 1U10. 8 laiy $130 mi ie in nt.li, i" oreaslng at the rate of §5.(10 per month each ytar to a maximum of tf IHO 00. JOHN PECK, Chief Inspector of Machinery, Now Westminster, B. C. Datod Sept., llrd, 1010. LIQUOH LICENSE ACT. Notice, is hereby given that on the 12th iluy of September next application will lie made t" the Superintendent of Provinciul Police for the giant <>f a license for the sale nf liquor liy wholesale in anil upnn the premises known as Pilsener Brewing Co., Ltd., sii tinted at Cumberland, B.C., upon llie lands desortlied as Sub. Lot 1, of Lot 21. Nelson District. Dated this 12th dny of August, 1910. Pn.sKXKii BitEwmo Co., Ltd. IVi W. I'\ Ramsay, applicant, Ct miii'.iii.axii Collection anh Com mission AclKNGY. Rents anil Debts Colluotcd, Brokerage, Real K-iate mul And ooeers, Thom- son Building, Diinsiniiir Avenue. ('uuil,. iliiinl. Phone 17. John Thorn s.ni, Manager. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY B C SERVICE SUMMER SCHEDULE S S CITY OF NANAIMO lioavo Vli'lnrin Oiutn. Twonlny Arrive Niiimlnni :t |i in. Tiiemliiy l.ftivc Niiiuittmi .'>.:«! p.in. I'liemlHy Afrivo Union Hoy in HO pun. Tuesday Ia'UVo I'liinii liny Sii.in. wt-dnesiliiy Arrive NiuinitnnS , in. Wedneadny Ari'lvn Vancouver il :i(i y in. rt'ednosiiwy Lunva Vmipniiver 8 ii.ni. Ilmmlay Vrrlvp Nmiatmoia ifipm llmrsilaj Arritu Union Uay " Hfl i> in. i'tmniilay Friday uniVHai iirctuy repeat trips of Wednesday ami Tlinnriay Leave Union liay i2.ir. a.in, Sunday Arrive Nanaimo Ou in, Sunday Arrive Vletnrlu i p.m. Sunday Por rates and liifortnatlun rtdatlve to Inter- inudliitu polnta ol will, apply to C. B. FOSTER, W. MoOIRR. A. O. P. A., Agent, Vaneouvei', B.C. Nanalmo, B. G. Autos for Hire and Motor Launches on the Lake Terms ronsnimblc. Phone 68. DENTON St ANDERSON YOUR NAME IS -— GOOD ~ Anything in the Jewellery Line Sold on a Small Monthly Payment 0HTCITC& STODDART THE CTE'WIELIL.EIR Next door to Koyal Bank, opposite Pott Office T n Little cubes of metal Little tubes of ink ; Brains, and-the printing presses Make the millions think ».II»1U.1A I1. Hit There is no better way of making the people of this district think of you than through an ad vertisement in fh.e Islander
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