@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "28a7d32a-9938-4796-9416-18676ace4977"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-12-18"@en, "1912-02-17"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cumberlandis/items/1.0224693/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ NEW GOODS Onr Spring Good, are nnw driving and wiii •nrpiuui all pre. vioiuunn, not only u reuarda t xteliBKitlim . f auoituiiin'a, but aa to Iho attraC'iveiiHNN ... tin valuta lhat wa ahall offer. CAMPBELL BROS. THE ISLAND Embroideries A !artf« selprfh n of Corset ' C *vei Kinu'uidi'i-'i'R. jtat open od "ut Also a «idu ranllow.< Hull on Thursdny evening}&**. mul a vary enjoy.inh. thim was spent in various amusements arid singing. Tlio following artistes assisted:— Messrs. Chan Irish, Jas. Aston, J Man ner, Scotch cniiioilinn; Bert Anton, Jim Mi'L'iughliii, and Thos. Lewis, Tlitipiogruiri was completely changed whi'ii a sumptuous liaiid-otit wns served l»y Cumberland fair ladies. All seemed satisfied wlieri sii'ldenly a raid was made nn the old familiar political fjUeaiion •4\\Vomen'« Suffrage," Mr. •lolm Hunnerninn j*uv« a very t'1'nU Oii^e and interesting spvcttjl—in favor of women, of course. Johnnio knows lo whom he sells the candy. Dr Hjeks thought a man should iave as mnny wives as possible. The ladies at this stage became nervous, and thought a few parlor games would be beneficial to to the masculine sex, lliere were in dulgeil in for some time. Mr. Pnrkinsort ihen guveaiec'tation i'n Ins usual appropriate style, Mr. J Gillespie acted as chairman, md gave a very interesting Kpeecli regarding the aim*, accomplishments and efforts of the Choral Union. He also extended a hearty invitation to all do airing to become members of tho tooiflty to hand in their names to the secretary, Mr. Adam .lack COUNCIL FIXES CITY VALUATION . AT PRACTICALLY $277,470 Special Meeting to Sit with Hospital Board Called for Monday Eve. I The Night Man Severely Hauled Over the Coals. Aldermen Maxwell, Campbell, Beveridge and Cessford were present, wheu the Mayor called the council to order iu special session ■ Thursday evening;. Immediately the couficil resolved itself into committee of the whole house on the assessment roll. The aldermen did not appear to be stuck on the job. Maxwell thought that whatever might be done a howl would go up. They were in for it any The evening wns brought lo a t'lt... bjj the singing of t'Aulil Lang Syne,' nml eaeli member looking happier for the evening's amusement. i'iiVay-. When it came to Alder- Ikj. .n Beverid: ;e's property lie !1 days' work. This was beside the cost of lumber. Bever- wanted to know what kind of work this was. Cessford, being asked, said he would like a summer's job at those rates. Beveiinge said he had heard the city was paying 8100 a month for the keep oi the city horse—one horse. It transpires that there is a bill in for $117.00, but it covers several months. The matter of the isolation lospital was brought up. The Mayor and Chairman Bever idge of the health board, had met with the hospital board on Friday eveliing the Stli lt was designed to send a delegation of one from the council and one from the hospital board to Victoria to get the provincial government to approprite §.ri,000 A STATEMENT OP FACT. Sometime since School Trustee Smith slaterl publicly heforo the council that there were cracks in the Iloor of the school rooms through which tho children's feet might slip unci a leg ho broken ami which appeared in Tnu Islander nccount of Ihe meeting. Tho statement created some little comment and ho inclination was to censure tho old 1'oiird. the principal of the school and teachers for subjecting the children to such a menace. Shortly after tho meeting it eamo to tho editor ef tliis paper straight and very emphatically that there never had been any such cracks in the tloor nnd wo were invited to investigate IA. ourselves. Our representative was accord ingly sent to the school building to ascertain the facts iu tho matter. He c 'uld tind no crack*, nor evidence of any such having fatten repaired. He was met hy Principal A. B. Iloycr, who denied all knowledge of such cracks and, wns positive there had hecu n u.e Now conies Mr. Smith's statement iu the 'News' insisting that tliere hail been sueh cracks, Imt tin*}' had been repnired. Our representative iiiiincdi ately went to School Secretary Cmcy ami asked lo see the bill for these repairs. Tho bill showN that something ovor $100 has been expended in repairs, hut does not contain any item of repairing floors. Now that ihu old school board, thc principal of tliu school and the, teachers may havo justice done to Ihem anil the parents may know whei her tho children ■ havo been in daily jeopardy of broken limits, Mr. Tho*. H. Cai'ey, the School Secretary, is asked to stato whether at any lime "cracks through which tke children's feet might .-lip nnd a leg be broken" ever existed in the school rooms. Mr. Smith is invited to stnte in which room or rooms these cracks existed, how long nud wide they were autl when repaired. '■ Dr. Biblo, hiiinerist and ilocutinniit; in the Metlioditit Church Wedieslay aid Thureday evtiniugs. Don't mils it. arose and .moved tluit the valuation be increased §25.00. Several of the aldermen tumbled over themselves to second the motion and it was passed with great cheer. The matter of iuauffuratinff the single tax system was talked ovei', hut it was thought to be impractical at this time. The Mayor thought that revenue might be obtained trom the brewery, which was now going to the provincial government. The oflice from which they conducted tlieir business was within the city limits. Maxwell did Uot think they could get the tax money away from the provincial government but if they were doing business within thi! city limits a license revenue might be derived f'l'oin them. Improvements on lot 12 blk 14 were, valued at £250.00. T. Irwin s' valuation was reduced •$200. I\\ Anderson's valuation reduced $200; L. Mounces< valuation was raised §200. E, C, Eludes valuation Was raised to §2,000. 11. Creech's valuation was raised $75.00. Replying to a question the clerk gave §85,475; on lots anp §192,000. on improvements, making total of §277,470. It will be practically the same for this year. • While the night man was not present he yet came in for a good hauling over the coals Tliere were many complaints. Beveride called attention to a wagon box the night man had built and had put in a bill for for the build of tin isolation hospital iu Cumberland) The Council finally decided to call a special session for Monday evening to meet with the hospital board. In the opinion of The Island er an isolation hospital would he of great benefit to the people. In conversation with Health Officer Dr. G. K. Mac- Naughton we learned the details of the proposed hospital. It is proposed to erect the build ing on the rear of the present hospital lot. The quarters will be fitted up with all the home comforts. When there is a contageous case a trained nurse will be assigned from the hospital. Hence the patient will receive not only nil the comforts of a home, but what is ditlicult and costly to obtain in a home, the skilled attendance ofa trained nurse. Certainly one alllicted with a dread contagion would infinitely prefer to go to such an hospital rather than to remain at home antl spread the disease to other members of the family. And it would be cheaper. The regulation hospital fees for all costs are one dollar a day. The city and provincial government would save ment yon indigent cases, not only in a lower per capita rate, but in a lessened number of cases, and in absolute prevention of spread, . On Monday evening lasl n very in tcresting attain touk place at tlio regu larses-ion of Harmony Itehekah Lodge No. 2l', wben Mrs. Sydney Horwood was presented with a cut. .lass sugar and cream set,'and a hcailtlful ring, set with pearls, as a mark of appreciation of Inr services for the good of the order, POWER DAM COLLAPSES Buildings Washed A- way and One Jap is Drowned. At a little past 0 o'clock Saturday evening the big power dam of the Canadian Collieries company at Union Bay colhipsed and swirling waters tore through the town, creating havoc and consternation. When tho dam was found in danger the ollicials of the Compnny sent out runners to w.irn.hut so suddenly cnine the collapse thnt there were barely five minutes to spa e ere tin; Muu 1 was upon the town. The dnm was situate some two miles away iu the mountains and at an elevation of 800 feet or more above the town. The reservoir is estimated lo have contained more than a million gallons of waler. When tbe dam collapsed a solid wyll of water lo feet high rushed and roared down the ■^teep deelivi.y tearing great, gushes and gullies in tlu earth and sweeping evertliiug before it. Shacks of tho .Tapatie-o which stood in its path were swept into tho bay. One life, thai of a Japanese* was lost, he sitting ou the roof being carried into thc sun. Tho body has not been found. The Union Hay Co-Operative store was completely undermined and only the dead weight of the large stock of goods prevented it being curried to the sea. The government tele graph office was washed into the hay and on Sunday was found stranded on Denman Tsland four miles away. Fred Drown, the wharfinger, bad a narrow escape. He was ill the telegraph office and hearing a distant rumble and roar und excited shouts uf men, rushed out and hnd barely time to climb a nearby hill tn safety. The coal hunkers were damaged somewhat and railroad tracks and telegraph lines were washed out. The (lum was used to supply power to the Immense plant of the Canadian Collieries Co. Ltd. at Union Bay and to provide wnter for the town. Thc company's loss is variously estimated at from $r'0,0Hf .00 to i50,j,<-()0 wliile the projHirty loss to individuals is placed at from 81ri.000.00 to 880, 00. The collapse of ihe dnm is apparent ydtie llie unusual he ivy r:iins for the past few weeks. Knee Deep in Mud. Tn an intervi.*w with .Mr. and Mrs. 1'Yank Partridge ns In how tbey managed In save themselves. Mrs. l'art- ridge sail she was lold by a man who warned .ill those whom he could come across lhal thcdnin bad burst and to get out ns quickly ns possible'. Mrs. Partridge, who was alone nt the lime, had just time to gel a coat, and take her two children outside, the water already Hearing tho house, and take refuge in the Wilson Hotel. From there she watched the progress of the Hood, expecting every minute to see her home and the storo washed 'completely awny. The roar of tho water was frightful. Vour hours later Mrs. Partridge entered her how to lind it kneedeep in mud and water. CRACK VICTORIA SOCCER TEAM To Play Cumberland Black and Whites on March 3. Tho cMck irnccer football loam fmiu Victoria ia expected to piny hare mi Mnrch Srd and thu local h>>y* tre getting theniHelves in shape to give them a hard •■un for the points in all their games in all their frames in the B. C, and Island Lemre. V ctoria has been defeated hut imcuand that by our heal team, and the buys are contrdtnt that they can repeat' n Mucli ;. Tliere will he a practice ((nine uFeb 18 K'ckr it ab 10:110 a. in. Flay. •■rn will limit at W. brown's at 10. , Col- lection will bn taken up. LOCAL MAIL SKHV1CE Passenger Couch will leavo as follows to connect witli the C. P. It, at Union Uay. Tuesday—5 p.m. Wednesday —6.45 n, m. Thurudgy—8 n. in. Friday—G. 15 p. in. Saturday- 5.45 a. ni. Boat leaves for Gotnox. Wednesday —7 p. nt. Friday- -7 p. nt. Saturday—11 a. m. HAVWAun L,vNt> DisTkicT, Diitrict of Say- wai-d:—Take notice that Johu Ge"rge MaHy of C'uHetiHy. B, C, occupation auctioneer, tnteuhe following described ttodn; Coiniwmcinj* ata pout planted ut' the N bank nf Cranberry lake and at the SE citruer of Timber Limit 30012 thence W 40 chains; thence S 40 Chains; thence V. 20chfuue: thenco NE 10 chains to point ol commencement and containing 110 acrea more or less, Joun OoiiriE Hardy D.ited Jan. 14, 1012. Reginald Catwithin Ageut. RATMARD land district, District of Sayward.—Take notice that Margaret Car- within of Sandwick, B. 0., occupation widow, intends to apply for permission to purchase the followiugdesoribed lands: Commencing at v post planted ou the north bai k of Trout lake and about one mile west from the SW curner of Timber Limit 37470 thence N 40 chains, thenco W 40 dhaius, thence S 40 chains to the north bank of Trout lake; theuce along the t.nrth b ink of Trout lake E 40 chains to p' int of commencement and containing 100 acres more or less. Maroakrt Carwithen Dved Jan. 11,1912. Reginald Carwithen Agent. SAYWARD i.anodisthkt, Disirict of Sayward -Tuke notice that Harriet Jane lluinbridge of Loudop, England, occupation single woman, intends to apply U>c permission to purchase the following described landa- Commencing at a po«i plnnted on the N hank of Trout lake and about one mile fr'iu the most southerly •tt d ■ if said hike thence aloug the hank of said lake sout lierly 80 chains, toence N W 80 chains, thence E 4(1 chaina to point nf ct minenccmcitt and containing 100 actun more or less. Harriet Janji Bainrkidijr Dated Jan. 11,21/1012. Reginald Carwilh- tn, Agent. HAYWARD land histRKT, District nf Say- ward. --'IVke notice that Kdith l/icey Btttes of Lytham, Kng., occupation widow, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands- ■ ■ C 'tnmenciiig at a post planted on the smith bank of Trout lakeagd about two milt's from the nr nt northerly end of said lade, thence E 80 chains, thenco N 40 chains, thence south aloug bank of said lake 8u chains to point of cnmmenccliient aud containing SO acres moro or less. Edith LA0BY Hates Dtted Jan. ll, 1912.Iteginald Carwithen Agent. Mrs. SiimiiH will give lesioiu nn ihe p alei at hei h<'use in Jerusalem, formerly owned by Mr. J tines Stewart, nu aud after Monday, Match 4th—until then in Cump as usuitl. Mr. D A. Thomas, nf tbo God, A, Kletcher Music Co., left Fitday morning fir Nanalmo, Mr. Thomas will be iu Cumberland again about March lat, WANTED -A girl for light house woik glo 00 per mouth. Apply this oflice, THE ISLANDER. CUMBERLAND. B.C. ONE WAY OUT Copyright, 1911 B$ WILLIAM CARLETON [By Small, Msynard A Co., Inc. CHAPTEE HI—Continued Ilu Middle Claw Hell SHE sent me away every morning with frcBh hope and greeted me at night with a cheerfulness that was like wine. And she did this without any show of false optimism. She was not blind to the seriousness of our present position, but she exhibited a confidence in me that did not admit of doubt or fear. There was something almost awesomely beautiful about standing by her side and facing the ap- Eroaching storm. She used to place er amall hands upon my back and exclaim: "Why, Billy, there's work for shoulders like those." lt made me feel like a giant. So another month passed. I subscribed to an employment bureau, but the only offer 1 received was to act as a sort of bouncer in a barroom. I suppose my height and weight and reputation for sobriety recommended me there. There was five dollars a week in it, and as far as I alone was concerned 1 would havo taken it. That sum would at least buy bread, and though it may sound incredible the problem of getting enough to eat was fast becoming acute. The provision men became daily more BUspicious. We cut down on everything, but 1 knew it waB only a question of time when they would refuso to extend our credit for the little we had to havo. And all around me my neighbors went their cheerful ways and waited for me to work it out. But whenover I thought of tbo barroom job and the money it would bring I could see them snake their heads. It wns hell. It was the deepest of all deep hells—the middle-class hell. There was nothing theatrical about it—no fireworks or red lights. It was plain, dull, sodden. Here was my position: work in my class 1 couldn't get; work as a young man I waB too old to get; work as just plain physical labor these same middle-class neighbors refused to allow me to undertake. I couldn't black my neighbors' boots without social ostracism, though Pasqualo, who kept the stand in the United Woollen building, onco confided to me that he cleared some twenty-live dollars a week. I couldn't mow my neighbors' front lawns or deliver milk at their doors, though there was food in it. That was honest work—clean work; but if I attempted it would they play golf with met Personally I didn't care. 1 would have takon a job that day. But there were the wifo and boy. They were held in ransom. It's all very well to talk about scorning the conventions, to philosophize about the dignity of honest work, to quote "a man's a man for a' that"; but associates of their own kind mean more to a woman and a growing boy that they do to a man. At least I thought so at that time. When 1 saw my wife surrounded by well-bred, well-dressed women, they seemed to me an essential part of her life. What else did living mean for her I When my boy brought home with him other boys of his age and kind— though to me they did not represent the highest type—I felt under obligations to retain those friends for him. I had begot him into his set. It seemed barbarous to do anything that would allow them to point the linger at him. I felt a yearning for some primeval employment, 1 hungered to join the army or go to sea. But here again were the wife and boy. I felt like going into the Northwest and pre-empting a homestead. That was a saner idea, but it took capital and I didn't have enough. I was tied hand and foot. It was like oue of those nightmares where in the face of danger you are suddenly struck dumb and immovable. I was beginning to look wild-eyed. Ruth and I wore living on bread, without butter, and canned soup. I sneaked to town with a few books and Bold them for enough to keep the boy supplied with meat. My shoes were worn out at the bottom and my clothes were getting decidedly seedy. Tbe men with whom I waa in the habit of riding to town in the morning gave me as wide a berth as though I bad the leprosy. I guess they were afraid my hard luck was catching. Ood pity them, many of them were dangerously near the rim of this same hell themselves. One morning my wife came to me reluctantly, but with her usual courage, and aaid: "Billy, the grocery man didn't bring out order last night." It was like a sword-thrust. It made mo desperate. But the worst of the middle-class hell is that there is nothing to fight back at. There you are. 1 couldn 't say anything. There was no answer. My eyes must have looked queer, for Kuth came nearer and whispered: "Don't go in town today, Billy." 1 had on my hat and had gathered up two or three more volumes in my green bag. 1 looked at tho trim little house that had been my home for so long. Tho rent would be .'ue next month. I looked at the other trim little bouses around mc. Was it actually possiblo thnt a man could starve in such a community! It seemed like a satanic joke. Why, every year this country was absorbing emigrants by the thousand. They diil not go hungry. They waxed fat and prosperous. There was Pasqualc, the bootblack, who was earning nearly as much as I ever did. We wero standing on tho porch. I took Kuth in my arms and kissed her. She drew back with a modest protest that the neighbors might sec. Tho word neighbors goaded me. 1 shook my fist at their trim little houses and voiced a passion that had slowly been gathering strength. "Damn the neighbors!" I cried. Ruth wns startled. I don't often swear. "Have they been talking about you!" she asked suddenly, her mouth hardening. "I don't know. I don't care. Bnt tbey hold you in ransom like bloody Moroccan pirates." "Ilow do they, Billyf" "They won't let me work without taking it out of you and the boy." Her head dropped for a seeond at mention of the boy, but it waa soon lifted. "Let's get away from them," ahe gasped. "Let's go where there are no neighbors." "Would youi" I aBked. "I'd go to the ends of the earth with you, Billy," she answered quietly. How plucky she was! 1 couldn't help but smile as I answered, more to myself: "We haven't even the carfare to go to the ends of the earth, Rutb. It will take all we bave to pay our bills.'' "All wo havet" she asked. No, not that. Tbey could only get a little of what ahe and 1 had. They could take our belongings, that's all. Antl they hadn't got those yet. But 1 had begun to hate those neighbors with a fierce, unreasoning hatred. In silence they dictated, without assisting. For a dozen years I had lived with them, played with them, been an integral part of their lives, and now thoy were worse than useless to me. There wasn't one of them big enough to receive me into his home for myself alone, apart from the work I did. There wasn't a true brother among thom. Our lives turn upon little things. Thoy turn swiftly. Within fifteen minutes I had solved my problem In a fashion as unexpected as it waa radical. CHAPTER IV. We Emigrate to America Going down the path to town bitterly and blindly, I met Murphy. He waa a man with not a gray hair in his head who was a sort of man-of-all-work for the neighborhood. He took care of my furnace and fussed about the grounds when I was tied up at the office with night work. He stopped me with rather a shame-faced air. "Beg pardon, sor," he began, "but I've got a bill comin' due on the new house—" I remembered that I owed bim some fifteen dollars. I had in my pocket just ten cents over my car fare. But what arrested my attention was the mention of a new house. You mean to tell me that you're putting up a house! " The bit of a rint, sor, in Street." Tho contrast was dramatic. The man who emptied my ashes waa erecting tenements and I was looking for work that would bring me in food. My people had lived in thia country some two hundred years or more, and Murphy had probably not been here thirty. There was something wrong about this, but I seemed to be getting hold of an ides. How old are you, Murphy I" I asked. "Goin' on sixty, sor." "You .came to America broke!" "Dead broke, sor." "You have a wife and children!" "A woman and six childer." Six! Think of it! And I had one. "Children in school!" I asked it almost in hope that here at least I would hold the advantage. "Two of them in college, aor." He spoke it proudly. Well he might. But to me it was confuting. "And you have enough left over to put up a houae!" I stammered. "It's better than the bank," Morphy said apologetically. "And you aren't an old man yet," I murmured. "Old, sor!" ' "Why you're young and strong and independent, Murphy. You're " But I guess I talked a bit wild. I don't know what I said. I was breathless— lightheaded. I wanted to go baek to Ruth. "Pat," I said, seizing hia hand— '' Pat, you shall have the money within a week. I'm going to sell out and emigrate." . "Emigrate!" he gasped. "Where to!" 1 laughed. The solution now seemed so easy. '' Why, to Ameriea, Pat. To America where you came thirty years ago." I left him staring at me. I hurried into tbe house with my heart in my throat. I found Ruth in the sitting-room with her head in her hands and her white forehead knotted in a frown. She didn't hear me come in, but when 1 touched hcr arm she jumped up, ashamed to think 1 had caught her looking even puzzled. But at Bight of my face hor expression changed in a flash. "Oh, Billy," she cried, "it's good news!" "It'a a way out—if you approve," I answered. "I do, Billy," sho answered, without waiting to hear. "Then listen," I said. "If we were living in England or Ireland or France or Oermany and found life ae hard aa this and somo one left us Ave hundred dollars what would you advise doing!" "Why, we'd emigrate, Billy," she said instantly. "Exactly. Where to!" "To America." "Right," I cried. "And we'd be ono out of a thousand if we didn't make good, wouldn't we!" '' Why, every one succeeds who comes here from somewhere else," ahe exclaimed. "And why do they!" I demanded, getting excited with my idea. "Why do they! There are a dozen reasons. One is because thoy como as pioneers— with all the enthusiasm and eagerness of adventurers. Life la fresh and romantic to them over here. Hardships only add zest to the game. Another reason is that it la all a line big gamble to them. They have everything to gain and nothing to loan. It'a the aame spirit that drives young New Engenders out west to try their luek, to pre-empt homesteads in the Northwest, to till the prairies. Another reason is that they come over1 here freo—unbound by conventions. They can work as they please, live as they please. They haven't any cause to hamper them. Another reason is that, being on the aame great adventure, they are all brothers. They pull together. Still aaother rea son is that aa emigrants the whole United States stands ready to help them with schools and playgrounds and hospitals and parks." I paused for breath. She eut in excitedly: "Then we're going out west!" "No; we haven't the capital for that. By selling all our things we can pay our debts and have a few dollars over, but that wouldn't take ua to Chicago. I'm not going ten miles from home." "Where then, Billy!" "You've seen the big ships come in along the water-front! They are bringing over hundreds of emigrants every year and landing them right on those docks. These people have had to cross the ocean to reach that point, but our ancestors made the voyage for you and me two hundred yeara ago. We're within ten miles of the wharf now." She couldn't make out what I meant. "Why, wife o' mine," 1 ran on, "all we need to do is pack up, go down to the dock and start from there. We must join the emigrants and follow them into the city. These are the only poople who ore finding America to-day. We must take up life among them; work as they work; live as they live. Wby, I feel my back muscles straining even now; I feel the tingle of coming down the gang-plank with our fortunes yet to make in this land of opportunity. Pasquale has done it; Murphy has done it. Don't you think I can do it!" She looked up at me. I had never seen her face more beautiful. It was "My man—my wonderful, good man!" The primitive appellation was in itself like a whiff of salt air. It bore me back to the daye when a husband's chief function was just that—being a man to his own good woman. We looked for a moment into each other's eyes. Then the same question was born to both of us in a moment. "What of the boy!" It was a more serious question to her, I think, than it was to me. I knew thnt the sons of other fathers and mothers had wrestled with that life and come out strong. There were Murphy's boys, for instance. Of course the life would be new to my boy, but the keen competition ought to drive him to his best. HiB present life was not doing that. As for the coarser details from which he had been so sheltered—well, a man has to learn Booner or later, and I wasn't sure but it was better for him to learn at an age when such things would offer no real temptations, with Ruth baek of him I didn't worry much about that. Besides, the boy had let drop a phrase or two that made me suspect that even among his present associates that aame ground was being explored. "Ruth," I said, "I'm not worrying about Dick." "He has been kept so fresh," she murmured. "It isn't the fresh thinga that keep longest," I said. "That's true, Billy," ahe answered. Then she thought a moment, and as though with new inspiration answered me, using again that same tender, primitive expression: "I don't fear for my man-child." When the boy eame home from school that night I had a long talk with him. I told him frankly how I had been forced out of my position, how I had tried tor another, how at length I had resolved to go pioneering juat as hii great-grandfather had done among tho Indians. As I thought, the naked adventure of it appealed to him. That wae all I wished; it waa enough to work on. . The next day I brought out a secondhand furniture dealer and made as good a bargain aa I could with him for the contents of the house. We saved nothing but the sheer essentials for light housekeeping. These consisted of moat of the cooking utensils, a half dozen plates, cups and saucers and about a dozen other pieces for the table, four table-cloths, all the bed linen, all our clothes, including some old clothes we had been upon the point of throwing awny, a few personal gimcracks, and for furniture tbo following articles: the folding wooden kitchen table, a half dozen chairs, the cot bed in the boy'a room, the iron bed in our room, the long mirror I gave Ruth on her birthday, and a sort of china-closet that stood in the dining-room. To this we added bowls, pitchers, and lamps. All the rest, which included a full dining-room aet, a full dinner set of china, the furnishings of the front room, including books and book-ruse, chairs, rugs, pictures and two or three good chairs, a full hudrootn set )i, our room and a cheaper one in the boy's room, piazza furnishings, garden tools and forty odds and ends, all of which had cost mo first and last something liko two thousand dollars, i told the dealer to lump together. Ho looked it over and bid six hundred dollars. I aaw Ruth swallow hard, for she had taken good care of everything so that to ut it waa worth as much today as we bad paid for it. But I accepted tho offer without dickering, for it was large enough to serve my ends. It would pay off all our debts nntl leave us a hundred dollars to tho good. It waa the first time since I married that I had been that much ahead. That nfternoou I aaw Murphy and hired of him the top tenement of hit new house. It waa in the Italian quarter of the city and my flat consisted of four rooms. The rent was three dollirs a week. Murphy looked surprised enough at the change in my affairs and I made him promise not to gossip to the neighbors about where I'd gono. "Faith, sor," he said, "and they wouldn't believe it if I told them." That wasn't all I accomplished that day. 1 bought a pair of overalls And presented mvself at the office of a contractor's agent. I didn't have any trouble in getting in there and I didn t feel like a beggar at I took my place ln linn with alout a dozen foreigners. I looked them over with a certain amount of self-confidence. Most of Ihem were undersired mea with tagging shoulders and primitive faces. With {their big eyes they made me think of shaggy Shetland ponies. Lined up man for man with my late associates they certainly looked like an inferior lot. I atudied them with curiosity; there must be more in them than showed on the surface to bring them over here— there must be something that wasn't in the net of ut for them to make good the way they did. In the next six months 1 meant to find out what that was. Iu the r.ioantime just sitting there among them I felt as though I had more elbow room than I had had since I was eighteen. Before me at before them a continent atretched ita great length and breadth. They laughed and joked among themselves and stared about at everything with eager, curious eyes. They were ready for anything, and everything was ready for them—the ditch, the mines, the railroads, the wheat fields. Wherever things were growing and needed men to help them grow, they would play their part. They tay there's plenty of room at the top, but there's plenty of room at the bottom, too. It's in the middle that men get pinehed. I worked my way up to the window where a sallow, pale-faced clerk sat In front of a big book. He gave me a start, he was such a contrast to the others. In my new enthusiasm, I wanted to ask him why he didn't come out and get in lino the other side of the window. He yawned ae he wrote down my name. I didn't have to answer more than half a dozen questions before he told me to report for work Monday at such and such a place. I asked him what the work was and he looked up. "Subway," he answered. I asked him how much the pay was. He looked me over at this, I don't know what he thought I was. "Dollar and a half—nine hours." "All right," I answered. He gave me a slip of paper and I hurried out. It hadn't taken ten minutes. And a dollar and a half a day was nine dollars a week! It was slmost twice as much as I had started on with the United, it was over * third of what I had been getting after my first ten years of hard work with them. It seemed too good to be true. Taking flushed and eager. She clutched my arm. Then Bhe whispered: out the rent this left me six dollars for food. That was as much as it bad cost Ruth and me the first year we were married. There was no need of going hungry on that. (To be continued) the bottom of tho water and accumulate there In a reddish brown layer. It ia now considered established that the same bacteria cause trouble at times In municipal water mains, sometimes even causing their complete obstruction. A FIBRE EXPOSITION IN JAVA A unique exhibit of fibre plants and fibre-working machinery has been held at Soerabaya, Java, during the past summer in connection with the Fibre Congress of the East Indies, which opened July 3rd. Dutch, Oerman, and British machinery was represented, made by Krupp, Benisch, Berand Lle- bescher, Lees & Co., and Oldham. All the fibre plants of Java, and many from the Philippines, Siam, etc., including sisal, agil, pineapple fibre, banana fibre, cocoanut fibre, Java cotton, kapok, and others, were exhibited. One exhibit showed the natives of Java working kapok and cotton from the very first stage of preparing the fibre to the fin ishing of the woven cloth. Kapok is the silky fibre surrounding the seeds of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pantandra), one of the noblest trees of the tropica. It ia extensively used in stuffing mattresses, and alto in filling life-preservers, for which latter uae it is especially valuable, at it will support a greater weight in water than any other substance used for thia purpose. A matt of pressed kapok will support thirty-six or thirty-seven times its weight. POOR SYSTEM OF EDUCATION Sir John Gorst Is trying to rouse the British mind to a sense of the futility —even to the vlclousness—of an educational system which bears small relationship to the practical needs of the time. His indictment ts not lacking in directnets. "A starved and stunted race," he says, "Is being allowed to grow up as a legacy for the next generation to deal with, for In most elementary schools children are only drilled, not educated." Again, "The higher and university schools are still fettered by mediaeval systems which makes the acquisition of learning to be produced at examinations the mdln work of the students." It would seem that the American system Is not the only one which needs overhauling. WHAT PETER WOULD DO Dr. Ingram says that he was $10,000 richer when he became Bishop of London than he Is now. No one will dispute the bishop's word, but there are other bishops who have not been similarly Impoverished by their work. Dr. Ingram says that on one occasion whon he drove from the House of Lords to Fulham Palace he gave thc cabman 2s. Cd. The driver gazed upon the coin In the way habitual with drivers and said, "If St. Petor had been Bishop of London do you think he would have given me only half a crown?" And the bishop answered, "If St. Peter hnd been here he would have been Archbishop of Canterbury, and the fare to Lambeth Palace la ls." We are not in a position to dispute the fare to Lambeth Palace, but we may believe that if St. Peter were ln London at the present time he would not be Archbishop of Canterbury. Probably he would be In Jail for disturbing the peace or for healing the sick without a medical diploma. BACTERIA THAT FEED ON IRON The organisms commonly denoted as bacteria are a remarkable class, not only as regards the intensity of the actions which they are capable of exercising, despite their small alte, but also as regards their extraordinary variety and versatility. Thut, for Instance, bacteria played a very important role In the decomposition, which led to the production of the coal measures of our earth. A peculiar group of bacteria are the so-called "Iron bacteria." These live In highly ferruginous water, and have peculiar power of extracting the Iron from the water. Iron ia contained In water In the form of ferrous carbonate, and It la thit which It consumed by the bacteria, who convert It Intn Iron hydroxide. When these bacteria die they tlnk to SKINLESS FURS It la only too well known that furs are subject to the ravages of moths and other unbidden guests. As a matter of fact, It ts only the akin to which the fur ia attached that attracta theae creatures. The idea, therefore, suggests itaelf to a mind sufficiently bold to mako the step, to substitute aome other material not adapted aa food for vermin, in place of the natural akin. The statement of the problem Is simple enough, but ita solution Is one which most people would hesitate to attempt. Nevertheless, lt appears that the thing has been successfully accomplished. The following Is the method adopted: The fur Is atretched upon a wooden frame and la then dipped, hair-side down, ln a flat dish, the dish being filled with water and placed with the fur In a refrigerating room and allowed to freeze. When the fur Is frozen to a solid block, the skin ls sawed off with a circular saw. It can be further utilised for the manufacture of leather. The surface of the Ice block Is allowed to melt down a small distance, so as to bring out the ends of the hairs, and then a number of layers of rubber solution are applied. After this has set the ice block Ib melted off, leaving the hair firmly seated ln the rubber. The product so obtained perfectly resembles natural fur in appearance, but differs from lt tn being quite unassailable by the vermin which attack the latter, VALUE OF VENTILATION The odor of the air proves the presence of abnormal constituents and Its disagreeable character certainly suggests, although it by no means proves, that they may be harmful. One of the earliest experiments bearing on the subject we owe to Brown-Se- quard. Air was aspirated through a Belies of bottles ln each of which waB placed a mouse. Between the fourth and fifth bottles the air was passtd through strong sulphuric acid. Brown Sequard reports that the flrst mouse to die was In the third bottle, while the mouse In the fifth survived without 111 effects. It was plausibly assumed that the acid had removed some poisonous material other than carbon dioxide. The repetition of this experiment in the hands of competent observers has at times given similar results to those of Brown-Sequard and at other times given divergent results. Possibly this ls to be explained by the differences ln the rate at which the air is aspirated through the bottles or by some other uncontrolled condition of the experiment. It can hardly be doubted that, under the given conditions, toxic substances are added to the air; and, since these are removed by sulphuric acid, lt Is possible that they are of basic nature. The presence of toxic constituents ln the air of a crowded room Is also Indicated by experiments In which the i r vapor of the air la condensed D> cold and the liquid thua obtained is administered to an animal in one way or another. While the methods of work are decidedly open to criticism, It would seem that in many of them distinctly toxic and even fatal results have followed. In other experiments large quantities of the air of the room have been passed through sulphuric acid, the acid subsequently neutralized, and the liquid thut obtained haa proved to havo toxic properties. Assuming that the positive results from experiments of this kind should be given greater weight than negative results, we are still Justified in concluding that only the air of the crowded room contains some poisonous material. We are not Justified in assuming that lt comes from the lungs, since there Is obviously the possibility of contamination from the skin, clothing, decaying food particles ln the mouth, or catarrhal exudates from the air passages, and the like. This has an obvious practical bearing on the older teaching, that while the carbon- dioxide la not of itself poisonous, It Indicates the quantity of poisonous mnterlal present. This cannot be truo unless the poisonous material comes from the lungs; and there seems to be practical agreement that, when the respired air Is received directly from the trachea of a normal animal, It Is not only Itself odorless, but there Is no odor In the liquid obtained when tho tracheal air la condensed by cold; nor do any toxic effects follow the administration of this condensed liquid to an animal. word chaos, whllo othera think that the Sanskrit word akasha—celestial ether—waa the basic word. Ramsay il of the opinion that gaa la derived from the German word gelst. Mora Interesting than the etymology of the word ls its history. After tbe death of Hel- mont tt appears to have been entirely forgotten, and it waa not uaed again until 1778, when Macquer used It In his "Dictlonnaire de Chymie." From there Lavoiae took the word over Into hie system—tralte elementalre, 17M, In Germany the word gaa waa flrat mentioned ln connection with reports of Montgolfier's balloon ascensions ln Paris. It was then called "der gas," and from that time on the term baa been In common use. However, J. Chr. Adelung, a well-known publisher of dictionaries, used it only with reluctance, calling lt a barbaric word, wblch Helmont must have taken from the Hebrew, or perhaps from the Dutch word geest (spirit), and he hopes that a more proper word would be found. But the wlah of Adelung haa never been fulfilled, and Helmont'a word haa'been preserved to the present day. PERNICIOUS PUBLICITY Speaking of various matters, the San Francisco Argonaut remarks: "Our exposition managers ought not to have asked permission to carve Ban Francisco, 1916," in one of thc big trees In Sequoia Grove and the Interior Department ought not to have granted It. It Is quite enough that fences, dead walls, and house roofs should be sacrificed to the passion for advertising •'publicity,' we believe is now tho phrase. The beauties and grandeurs of nature should be exempt. Public resentment against the promoters of the Portola festival for defacing Goat Island has not yet died out; and it is a demonstrable fact that resentment against a recent candidate for sheriff for writing his name across the face of Twin Peaks contributed to his defeat. There Is logic and propriety In advertising our coming exposition In reasonable ways', but It is offensive and outrageous to deface the Sequoia Grove In exploitation of anything." HISTORY OF THE WORD "OA8" It wat the Belgian chemist, Joh. Baptist van Helmont—1577 to 1644— who for the flrat time Introduced the word "gaa" into use, and experts and philologists have long wondered whence he derived this expression. Max Speter gives a lengthy account of the history of the controversy and the etymology of the word gas. From thla It aeemt that Helmont derived thla word by a transformation of the Oreek i WHEELS MODERN APPLIANCE Strange though It may appear, wheels were not used generally for facilitating transit In Britain till comparatively recent ,timeB. The very flrst carriage waa made for Queen Elizabeth in 1668; the flrst that plied for hire In London were ln 1625, and tho flrst stage coaches were in 1669. Broadly speaking, all the early wheels were compression wheels with radial spokes. The introduction of the suspension wheel for bicycles marked a great advance ln the shock-absorbing powers of wheels. The flrst bicycle wheels were compression wheels, and had wooden spokes and rim with an iron tyre. The wheels wero just ordinary light carriage wheels. The curved member connecting the back axle to the top of the front wheel Is not altogether unlike that used In the char- lots of the ancients. Later bicycle, wheels had radial-wire spokes which, being in tension, kept the rim ln position. In a suspension wheel the spokes and hub are ln extension, while the rim ts in compression. It Is a common, though not unnatural error to suppose that the spokes ot a modern bicycle wheel are sometimes tn compression. As a matter of fact, they are always . ln tension, even those between the hub and the ground, when a heavy rider Is ln the saddle. THE VOGUE OF "ALICE" A quarter of a century ago "Alice In Wonderland," the nursery classic which has delighted millions of people, was dramatized, and there Is shortly to take place at the Empire, Liverpool, a celebration of this event; for "Alice" ' ls simply worshipped In the north. The history of "Alice In Wonderland" Is one of peculiar Interest. It originally consisted of a collection of verbal storlet with which the author, the late Rev. Charlet Dodgson—Lewla Carroll—was wont to delight hla child friends. He was subsequently persuaded to publish them In book form, and the work at once leapt Into widespread popularity, and Is now recognized aa being one of the finest worka in the English language. It seems almost Impossible that the writer of a book of such pure Imagination should at the same time distinguish himself in the higher mathematics, and produce auch worka aa "The Formulae of Plane Trlgnome- try," "A New Theory of Parallels," etc. Yet so lt was, and thla apparent anomaly ia responsible for an amusing. Incident at court. When "Alice In Wonderland" wat exciting enthusiastic criticism throughout the length and breadth of the land, Queen Victoria, who had heard of Lewla Carroll's success, aaked that any other books written by the same author might be sent to her. You may imagine the Royal surprise wben an obtruse mathematical volume was placed In her hands! PRINTING WITHOUT INK This Invention is the product of an English inventor. In tho course of some electrical experiments he accidentally pressed a coin, which had fallen on to the table and waa rolling off, against a metallic plate covered with a piece of paper, and at the tame time against an Insulated electric line. To hla amazement he saw a sepia print of the coin Impressed upon the paper. This happened about twelve years ago. Since then the inventor has followed up this observation, and has now developed a process for printing without ink. He uses dry paper Impregnated with certain chemicals, whose nature Is not disclosed. In the process of printing the paper travels over a metal plate and the type is applied on the opposite 'Ide, a current of electricity passing through the paper. According to the particular metal used for the sub-stratum, and according to the mode of Impregnation of the paper, a great variety of different colors can be produced, so that multi-color printing becomes an easy matter. AN OUTSPOKEN JUDOE Justice Grantham, the great English Jurist, who haa Just died In London, was famoua for the candid expressions of opinions with whleh he decorated his conduct on the bench. Here are some of the decided statements with which he ta credited: Counsel very often try to draw a red herring or a hare across the path to prevent the Jury seeing what Is the real Issue." i "It Is time that some of these publl- , cans were strung up by the neck, If more publicans were prosecuted there would be less drinking and less crime." No one ought to take a check from a bookmaker." "Farmers are wholly Ignorant of their own business." "A husband In certain circumstances is entitled to box his wife't ears." "I dislike the Roman Catholic faith aa much aa anybody," It la easy to believe that thete obiter dicta rarely failed to call forth a protest from the aggrieved victims, but th* protects had no effect upon th* Judge. Ra neither retracted, apologised, nor explained. THK TSLANDER. 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I also rubbed lt on my limbs where I felt the rheumatic paint. In three days from the time 1 flrst began applying ZAm-Buk 1 was free from the cold in throat and chest, and also the rheumatism in my limbs." Zam-Buk will also be found a sure cure for cold sores, chapped hande, frost bite, ulcers, blood-poison, varicose sores, piles, scalp sores, ringworm, inflamed patches, babies' eruptions and chapped places, cuts, burns, bruises' and skin injuries generally, All druggists and stores sell at 60c. box, or post free from Zam-Buk Co., Toronto, upon receipt of price. Avoid harmful Imitations ond substitutes. Head Doctor: How many patients die I since yesterday! Head Nurse: Seven. Head Doctor: But didn't I inject eight! .. SHORTHAND TUITION FREE ^ABSORBDOW (nilauir-mtlor ~ YeilMfiJffiSa; tod, Bupturc.l, LbBi Th roir.lro- i. TttakoBuatll lona aiuutlon, ■oroncw anil dincoiora- tlon; rellnires tba pain and tlrodnr: m Swollen ViricoM Veins £^4 rim LlfCSI I dls. J llr* Sauces tlio swelling, gradually Tester- « part to normal Btrcnstb and appearand, ai: i*ii:uiiiI;,Ji:.,iH.i miU, tute, pleasant antiseptic lint* •cat, healing and Mottling, Sercro caws whero trim have ulcoratod and broken have bcen rt m- Jlo: Mr and permanent!/ cun H. First fow arr1!* 1 oni of AiWOEUijN-E, jk. will gl;e■ rllicl and prime Iih merit, tliti and $J.oo prr bottlo at diurTgiaia or delivered. Dotallid direction*, reports on recont cases and Hook 8 O f roe on request. tt. F. YOCNG. KD.r.JN ImantWa* Montreal Cn ............-,,-u l>| Mill.. iwH A ii ■ I.i.o », Hlfllilt»> . - Nnliumal l»gi)-j «uklClwiulOll W. txuuuititf * OhUbT* < lir-oiuaH **~* ctm Ua Vtemjemt __m "~ "IMMBI F UR Si HIDESi MlMILLAN fur*& WOOL CO.J ■rrnHW ^ t ^ | r t /.iNNlPCr. MANITOBA t \\\\ n i i i I'niM llll ll. ill , >HkP tO US TH3J3.1 IT'S "ONLY A COLD"-, STOP IT BEFORE IT STOPS YOU Have you ever heard of a case of catarrh, tiro.tcliitis, inlUnmialion uf the lung), or p!j.tri->y that did uot start wil i a count .m old? Kvery cold you catch has in it the nuking of one or oilier of these diseases, if it can break down your defences. And evcit if it does not develop into Something more tlingerous, it will keep you tlu: mghly miserable for a week or two at least. The wise course, as soon ns you feel the cold coming on, is to slut taking Na-Dr:i-Co Syrup of Linseed, Licorice and Chlorodyne, and keep it np till the coin i* knocked ont completely. This splendid ^O'agh syrup will do the trick quickly an.l l.ioronghly. Yon cut (oil•perfectly safe in taklnf Na-Dru-Co Kvrup of Linseed, Licorice ami Chlorodyn.-, or in giving it to yonr clilMreii. We'll (jlilly give your nhysican a listuf .ts ingredients if yon l.ke. Your DruggM can supply either a-c or .wc. bottles. The Notional Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada. Limited. 117 Discovery of Porcelain in Europe (Result of Accident in the Qieit of the Philosopher's Stone) The date of the discovery ln Europe of porcelain, as distinguished from earthenware, is known quite exactly, ln 1708 the professional alchemist Bottger, ot Meissen, acting under the Inspiration and assistance" of Augustus the Strong, Elector ot Saxony and later King of Poland, produced the so- called red porcelain, using for the purpose Saxon earth. Incidentally remarked,, this 'inspiration and assistance" consisted in Imprisonment, with lhe prospect of release only when he had discovered that "philosopher's" stone which would change lead Into gold—the discovery of porcelain being a aide issue. It was only by accident that Bottger arrived at the use of kaolin (or "china" making. Report says that this happened by some of lhe powder trom his wig—such powder being ln fact kaolin or true China clay falling Into the Ore. lt was not until 1710, however, that he hod succeeded ln manufacturing white porcelain; or at any rate It was not until this date that he showed It In public— namely, at the great Lelpsig "Messe" or fair. The raw material was for a long time Imported; but later it wu found that there was an abundant supply ln Saxony Itself. But thiB discovery of Bottger, to whom a statue has been erected In Meissen—In the "Burg" or castle of which he had been imprisoned—was after all but the re-invention of an art which had been long known to the Chinese and Japanese—ln faet, Chinese porcelain was In use on the table of the Elector Augustus himself. There had of course been many attempts to produce the thin-glass-like material; but all in vain—all that had been done before Bottger's time was to produce lhe so-called soft or "frit" porcelain, which resembled the true porcelain tn iome particulars, and which was manufactured ln France In thc eighteenth century. Just how long the Chinese had possessed the secret which refused to disclose Itself to the European Inventors, has until very shortly been as aauch a secret as the composition of hard porcelain was to. the experts of ihe previous centuries; but now we :an say that we know with tolerable .ertalnty about when the Chinese commenced the manufacture of 'China" ware. It has long been supposed, by those who have studied the question, that the Chinese have known porcelain ince the sixth century before Christ; his belief being based upon a state- -hetrt by the French Jesuit Father d'- Entrecolles, who had lived In the ' lhe same result about 1100 years later. Thousands Now Use This Low-Costjjough Syrup A Family Supply fer We, Saving You {8— Ths Quickest, Best Thing You Ever Used, sr Money Rsfundcd. Ths prompt and positive results given »y this Inexpensive couch medicine have caused it to 'be used In mere homes tn the y. 8. and Canada than any other cough remedy. It gives instant reller, and will usually v,-be out the most ob- annate, dsep-scotcd cough Inside of U hours. It quickly succeeds, oven In whooping cough and creep. A 60-cent bottle cf Plnex, when mixed with home-made s-a;ar syruo, makes IS ounces—a faml'.y s'oply—of the most pleasant and effoctlve cough remedy that money could buy, at a Bavlng of ?2. Easily prepared ln five minutes—lull directions in package. Children take Plnex Cough Syrup wit- llngly, because It tactes good, lt stlmu- lates the appetite, and Is slightly laxative—both excellent features, splendid for hoarseness, throat tlck'.e. bronchitis. etc., and a prompt, successful remedy for Incipient lung trouble. Plnex Is a special ar.d highly concentrated compound of imported Norway White Plno extract and Is rich In guala- 401 and other natural healing pine ete. 'monts. Simply mix it with emrnr syrup cr strainsd honsy, in a 16-os. bottle, and it Is reedy for use, Plnex haa often been Imitated, out never successfully, for nothing else will product the same results. The genuine Is guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction er money refunded. Certificate of guar- antes ls wrapped In each package. Your druggist has Plnex or will gladv get It for you. If not, lend to The Plnex Co., Toronto, Ont. "Middle Kingdom," und who based his assertion on Chinese Informxtlun. All belief In a still earlier origin—and this belief has long obtained among many who are Interested In .the subject—Is based upon too little recorded evidence to be considered as of any value. The "Chinese porcelain," found In 1834 in an Egyptian grave of 1800 B.C., proved to be a fraud of the commonest sort But now having the advantage of long and careful research, Herr Ernst Zimmerman, Curator of the world- famous Royal Porcelain Collection in Dresden, has come to the conclusion that Chinese porcelain was invented toward the end of the fifth century of our era; and he names as the Inventor the MiniBter of Public Works, of that time, Ho Chou. This Ho Chou is Bald to have been a collector and connoisseur of old painting and the like, and to have had a very thorough knowledge of antiquities. This was at a period when unfortunately the art of gloss-making had been lost for some time, as that of hardening bronse is to us; and while the workmen did not dore to make new experiments, he succeeded ln making out ot "green" porcelain, vessels which resembled the long wlshed-for glass. Records of the same period go to show that workmen then had succeeded ln making vessels which were "white and brilliant as Jade." Prior to this time, says Zimmerman, the Chinese records concerning porcelain are scarce and unsatisfactory. During the Tang dynasty—618 to 007 ot our era—on the other hand, there commences a series ot praises of the ceramic manufacturers of the time. Earlier records concerning ceramics can In no wise be considered as referring to porcelain; while there la no difficulty In recognizing in later descriptions the true hard porcelain. In fact, in tho records above referred to, not only the time of the invention Is mentioned, but even the way ls pointed out by which lt was arrlvec] at, the production of a material the qualities of which lay between those of the previous ceramic wares and those of glass. ln any case, Bottger, of Meissen, was the flrst European who succeeded tn producing, by ceramic process, a ware "between glass and pottery." So we may set It down as proved that Ho bolt screws into a nut; some a're driven Chou Invented the true hard porcelain in anil some slide into grooves and re- about the end of the fifth or the be- semble a piece of knife blade. The ginning of the sixth century after style of calk that screws in is genor- Christ; and that Bottger arrived at ally uaed in and around the cities, and this cause are indeed more numerous than the deaths due to limitations of aeroplanes and unsuitable atmospherical conditions. A dozen good flyers were killed ln the last two years ba- cause they were overconfident. The responsibility of aeroplane builders Is general and often direct. No matter what may cause the fall of an aeroplane the fate of the pilot when he strikes the ground Is largely governed by the construction of the machine. If a machine ls strongly built the aviator tn a fall stands a chance of escaping with nothing more than a shaking or Injuries. A weak machine on the other hand, will collapse at the impact of the fall and the aviator may be pinned to the ground by the motor. SHOEINO FOB IOE Thero are several kinds of adjustable calks on the market, that is, calks that can be removed anil also replaced without taking the shoe off of the foot. Somo are threaded and screw into holes made in the shoo for that purpose, as a ACUTE EFFECTS OF BAD AIB In studying the physiological aspects of ventilation it is of practical importance to distinguish between what may be caned the acute effects of exposure of an hour or so to vltiatod air, and those effects which are produced by prolonged exposure to such air. While the line cannot be sharply drawn between them, Btill it would seem that tho toxic material acting-for loug periods of time should produce a cumulative undermining of health quite different from the immediate acute interference with the running of the human mechanism which all have experienced after half an hour's stay in a crowded room. Toxic material, so far as it is a factor, does harm chiefly if not i»n- tirely when it acts over comparatively long periods, and wa must seok elsewhere the explanation of the acute effects. They are sufficiently familiar to all; tbe dull heavy feeling; at times headache; the difficulty of sustaining attention, or even of keeping awake while listening to an address. Restlessness also develops, and this is often the expression of actual discomfort. The symptoms are strikingly similar to thoso experienced in the warm muggy days of summer time, and in two respects the atmospheric conditions in the two cases are the Bame; namely, the high temperature and the high degree of humidity. Evry breath of expired air leaves the nostrils at almost the temperature of tbe body, and saturated with aqueous vapor. The result Is thi most unfavorable of conditions for the maintenance of the constant temperature of the body, in the effort to maintain which resort is had to vascular aud other adjustments, which, while successful in their immediate object, are unfavorable for other phsyiological activities. So important is this maintenance of the constant temperature that almost everything else, such as digestion, mental work, and the like is sacrificed to it. A constant temperature means, of course, the maintenance of equality between the heat production and the heat output of the body. Heat production, when tho body is not engaged in muscular activity, is, to all intents and purposes, constant above 68 or 70 dog. Fahr. At these temperatures it docs not vary with external climatic conditions, and is not influenced by vqutila tion. How Aviators are Killed Make the Liver Do its Duty Niostiiaetinlenwhentkslhsrlerirfllit itomsch sad bowels tra right CARTER'S LITTLE UVER PILLS gtndy but Grra.y ca pel s Isiy Itnr lo do iu duly. CumCaav stlpatloa, Indlgtf/ tion, Sick Htadadu, a»J Distress afar Eating. hill NL fata Dw, tmaU Mm Genuine *-*- Signature The reaaon ao many aviators are killed or injurod—the cause of one hundred sccidents and sixty deaths, or ilose to two-thirds of the casualties of tho aviation field—is not, as generally supposed, an excessive element of danger In flying due either to the limitations of the aeroplane or to the helplessness of thc aviators in unsettled atmospheric conditions. These are but minor factors, boing responsible for less than one-third of the accidents that have happened In air flight. The aviation death-roll comprises tae names of about one hundred mon who have lost tbelr lives on tho aviation field in a littlo over three years. To attribute all these deaths and accidents to the advancement of the now science would bo little Bhort of a libel ou aviation as a profession as well SB an applied science. Lieutonant Sel- fridge, Captain Ferbor, Leon Dela- grange, Charles Wachter, Charles S. Rolls, George Chavez, Lieutenant Princeton, Lieutonant Ridge, Captain Englehardt, ami a few others, about twenty in all, may be said to have given thoir lives for tho advancement of seionee, for they met their deaths in the first accidents of different kinds and theso accidents had value fer the lessons which they taught. These deaths may be regardede as the cost In flesh and blood of developing tho new invention. But twonty deaths and about fifty accidents are all that can properly be charged to this account. Tho rest lost their lives, either because tbey undertook to lly without proper qualifications or training; or because they became careless anil broke tho rules of safe flying for the Bake of gain or reputation; or because tho makers of their aeroplanes were so pressod with orders that thoy eould not stop to npi'ly moans of safety, or were so luroil by tho vision of returns and prestige to bo galnod by speedy and light machines that they overlooked tho element of safety. In any event, tho deaths are a good show shoe; the simplicity witb which the dull calk can be removed and a sharp one replaced, mako them a favorite for the city snow path. There is generally one calk uaed In each heel and two in the too, but some use three in the toe and also an extra one at the outside quarter, especially in tne hind shoe. As stated before, tbis is a good shoo on the snow path, but is of little benefit on the hard ice, ns the calks, for a race horse, are not long or sharp enough, and also four or live This was especially true in tbe of this type of calk aro insufficient li) cases of O. Kreamer, Mr. Penot, A. V. Hurtle and W. A. Purvis in America; F. Wiescnbacli, H. Bochmuller and L. Liere in Europe. All of theso lost their lives through thc combination of inexperience and bad machines, ln each caso tho would-bo flyer undertook to fly without knowing even the rudiments of the profession and used a machine that was bound to collapse at the smallest shock. The other thirteen had good maehinea, but lacked tho training to operate them. Paillole, for instance, undertook to fly across country with only one week of training; Carlos Tenauil tried to fly over a town with no more knowledge than he had gathered in a fow weeks of self- teaching; V. Smith tried to fly in winds when hia experience was confined to what he had learned in a half dozen flights. This—tho tendency of the beginners to uhdertako big feats—is one of the most deplorable features of aviation. Most of thoso who enter the aviation Hold to fly think that flying is the easiest thing in tho world and seldom go to the extent of loarning more than the rudiments of piloting an aeroplane before engaging themselves as professional flyors. Tho exhibition Hold bas ever spelt death and destruction for aviators and maehinea. Here the greed of tho promoter, tho ignorance of tho crowd and the anxiety of the flyer to gain or maintain a reputation combine Tn making aviation appear a very deadly gamo, Vory often promotors of meets do not know anything about flying machines and the problems of power- flight. They promote meets just aa ihey would promote a circus, and they expocL flyers to perform under any conditions, like clowns. When they engage a llyer they require of him— and set It down In black and white In contracts—that he perform certain 'stunts;" lf ho does not do so he will from these causes woro'entirely un-, not be pnld. Their favorite flyers are necessary and avoidable those who risk their lives to electrify The casualties duo to the inexperi- tho spectators, ence of the aviator are more numerous The crowd ls often no better than than the f-nsunltics due to any othor | the promoters, lt does not understand cause, inoxperlence boing responsible' (he subtler problems of flight and, nalfTtrt'cilnls^wentv8 m"ell' ^'"2 ""TS .Z*^ .* *" ^ «»' *"™y. »<*»<"' at the" exponio of lost tlieir ive. Inthe^latuIrvaLrtSl'mS0M'bl.ft ^ ' ■!hey fa" '° T" U. the other. Thus sleep is accotntianieil tost tneir lives n tne last twelve months l0 expectations they accuse them of •,„ |n»ronqo,l cutaneous circulation- because of their inexperience with fly- belnK fakers. It Is this that has sent ^aki "C',f ™L ffby a sudden mark inn machines. These wore moat v cases _ 1° . « .. ... .. .... .-a ™ki"B la preceiieu uy a suuuen, niarn procure secure footing, as the ico, bo ing brittle, breaks away as tho calk sinks into It, and It leaves no foothold for the propelling forco, especially of the hind limbs. ln many countries where ice racing is in vogue, they Btill stick to tho old stylo "chisel calk." This as Its name implies, is a calked shoe with tho heel calks turned up and drawn to a sharp edgo and about three-quarters of au inch high, the toe calk is welded straight across the toe, and is given quite a slant toward the front so as to stick upright into the ice as the foot is leaving the surface. This elyps a good toe purchase to get away from. This shoe is moBtly used in tho for northern ice racea. Thoy also use a four calked shoe that is forged out uf a solid pioce of stool. This obliterates all chances of a' calk becoming lost or knocked off during ll raeo, which would be a serious handicap indeed. This four calked shoe has calks similar to tho chisel pattern, one at each liccl, the outside heel calk boing of tbo side- calk typo, running lengthways, liio too calk is straight across and thero is one extra calk at tho quarter to assist in proventing tho foot from slipping sideways. These calks, tho same as the chisel calks, are from one-half to three-quarters of an inch high and enter tho ice far enough so it ean not all chip away and thereby they furnish a firm foothold. Tho sole objection, of course, to tbis or tho chisel calkod shoe, is that, owing to tho depth thoy enter the ice, whilo they give firm footing, it is bound to tiro un animal, not only on account ot the depth the calks outer the ice, but an animal Bhod with calks of tbis length must necessarily pick his feot up considerably higher than if ho wore shod with shortor calks, or plain. It is surprising how a low-gliding going trotter will act up when placed upon a set of these long, sharp calks, an.l as it enforces unnatural action, it uiiist naturally be tiresome. CIRCULATION CAUSES Between the circulation in the skin anil that in tho brain there is a very dose correlation; one Is generally, if ing machines. These wore mostly esses where would-be aviators, eager to win prizes of gold and fame, entered the exhibition field with hardly any training or qunlificationa, often using self- mado, crude contraptions for flying, that were absolutely unfit to go in tbe Asthma Doesn't Wsar Off Alone. Do not make the mistake of waiting for asthma to wear away by itself. While you are waiting the disease Is surely gathorlng a stronger foothold and you llvo In danger of stronger and yet stronger attacks. Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy taken early, will prevent Incipient condition from becoming chronic and saves hours of awful suffering. a dozen of flyers to the hospital and several to the grave ln the last six months, ns flyers usually prefer to face any danger than to being called cowards or fakers. The factor that has killed many experienced aviators Is carelessness, lt ls an accepted truism ln aeronautical circles that It takes an experienced flyer to mnke flying a dangerous profession. That la because some flyers have a tendency to become over-confident and careless. The deaths due to ed cutaneous constriction. Mental work, especially that involving Interest and attention, is accompanied by still further limitations of the flow of blood to tho skin. Convorscly, whenever tho cutaneous vessels aro made to dilate, as on tho warm, muggy day, the quantity of blood flowing through the brain is lessened. In these facts wo probably find the truo explanation of the dull heavy feeling, tho difllculty ol attention, and tho discomfort both on tho muggy summer day ami of the Only the uninformed endure the agony of corns. Tho knowing ones apply Holloway's Corn Cure and get relief. SMhh'sGun evnnc rniiruc heals thr mings STOPS COUGHS 4-Kict. ai c«Mi crowded ill-ventilated room. Tt is not impossible, too, that tho unfavorable circulatory conditions in other organs as well as the disagreeable sensation of au overheated skin contribute to the interference with working power. A TIUVELEirSJXPERIENCE "My one wish will be," writes Harry P. Pollard, a well known boot and shoe traveler of Hartford, "that everyone with a bad sumach may learn as 1 did before It's too late, that Nervillne is the one remedy to cure. Why, I was in mighty bad shape, my digestion Was all wrong, and every night I would waken up with a start and And my heart Jumping like a threshing machine. This was caused by gas In my stomach pressing against my heart. When I started to use Nervillne I got better mighty fast. It ls certainly a grand remedy for the travelling man, Keeps your stomach in order, cures crumps, prevents lumbago or rheumatism, breaks up chest colds and sore throut—In fact, there hasn't been an ache or pain, inside or outside, for the past two years that I haven't cured with Nervillne. Do you wonder I recommend it?" then made the flrst public statement of the fact that only a few days ago a marvel of engineering had quietly been completed at Nauen, which could be considered a world wonder of at least the same ordor as the Eiffel Tower. In spite o{ i iolent gales blowing recently, the Telefunken Company had In fact succeeded ln the daring task of putting another tower of equal height on top of the freely oscillating iron tower, resting only on a point in a ball joint and kept vertical by three steel cables, The Telefunken tower of Nauen with Its present height of 660 feet is, after the Eiffel Tower, the highest building and, Incidentally, the most daring structure in the-world. ELEOTBIO POWEB TRANSMISSION IN SWEDEN Swedish engineers are engaged in n lively discussion of a scheme suggested by Mr. Wiltaniler, for transmitting any Burplus electrical energy from the" huge Trollhattan falls to Stockholm. The whole of central Sweden is to be covered with n large network of electrical conductors, the Trollhattan lines being linked up with other sources of electrical energy nnd especially with the largo Dnlnfven waterfalls recently ocquiii-1 by the city of Stockholm. This schemo would promote tho distribution nf elec trical energy to the small industries, and while satisfying the euergy requirements of the Swedish capital for a conaiderablo .imp lo como, .voulit dispose of the project of exporting Trollhattan energy to Denmark. It is rfven thought that the Trollhattan-iHtiickholin power transmission scheme may furnish electric heating for tho apartment houses of the capital. A GERMAN EIFFEL TOWER At the congress of the Oerman Shipbuilding Society. Director Bredow of thc Telefunken Company delivered an Interesting lecture on the recent progress In win less telegraphy, especially ln connection with ship Installations. A wireless connection between Germany nnd her colonics, Implying spans of up to 3,700 miles, would by no moans seem to be Impracticable, for even now the huge radlo-telegraphlc station of Nauen near Berlin, with Its tower of 330 feet and only 100 horsepower consumption, has bridged distances of 3,100 miles. Dr. Bredow THE RIVALS Mr. Chesterton seems to be fond of the public debate. A few months ago he discussed the woman's question with a suffragette leader, and now we read of the crowds that came to the Memorial Hull In London to witness the duel between him and Mr. O. B. Shaw. The question for debate was In terse and colloquial terms. Mr. Shaw moved a resolution to the effect "that a democrat who is not also a socialist Is no gentleman." Mr. Chesterton asserted the negative, to the effect that a democrat who Is not a socialist is, or at least may be, a gentleman. Mr. Shaw Is tull and thin. Mr. Chesterton Is—not thin, and so the antithesis was physical as woll as mental. Mr. Chesterton was slightly supercilious, Ironic, mocking, and for once in his life Mr. Shaw was forced Into fiery exposition and seemed for the moment'actually to believe some of what he said. Mr. Hilaire Belloe was in the chair, and although the question at Issue was not put to the vote, everyone seems to havo had a good time. Neither Mr. Shaw nor Mr. Chesterton took any notice of the other's arguments, and so when Mr. Chesterton said that a man had as muoh right to own a piece of land as to own his arms and his legs, Mr. Shaw said that It was a burning outrage that thousands of pounds should be paid for a Jewel While the market valuo of a baby was nothing at all. Naturally no conclusion was reached except that Mr. Shaw Is capable of emphasized declamation and that Mr. Chesterton can stir him to display It ABTISTS LONG-LIVED Tho longevity of artists is almost proverbial, and tho case of Thomas Robert, Macquold, who, at ninety- one, is still painting, is remarkable, but not unparalleled. T. S. 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The "Emipre" brands of Woodfiber and Hard wall Plaster for aond oon .truotlon, 8HAJJ, WE SENS TOO PLAHTEB LITEEATUBE" The Manitoba Gypsum Co., Ltd. WINNIPEG, MAN. 123 mmm fsms THE TSLANIM?n. CUMBERLAND THE ISLANDER P--l»;islied every Saturday at Cumberland, B.C., Islander Printing & Publishing Company W. R. Dunn & Company, Proprietors. W. R. Dunn, Manager. SATURDAY, FEB, 17, ID 12. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE CAPITAL, - $10,000,000" Advertising rates published elsewhere in the pnper. Subscription price $1.50 per year, pnynble in advance. The editor docs not hold himself responsible for views expressed by •orrespundentd. What the Editor has to say. Mr. Hawthornthwaite, tbe Socialist, bas had another "turn," if we may be pardoned the expression. At a public meeting in the Grand Theatre in Vancouver Sunday evening, be exclaimed concerning the Union Jack: 'The moment the majority ol the working people—the only useful people—decide that they don't want the old rag, they have the constitutional right to tear it down and make a mock of it—to wash some of the blood stains out of it." R is doubtful if Mr. Hawthornwaite really believes this ihmji iiovv'i in his heart. Certainly no intelligent person does. No one Ims the right to tear the Union Jack down, and besides it would be an exceedingly dangerous pastime. Every person who is at all up in history, knows wbat tbe Union Jack stands for, what it has done for humanity and the world. To hear this gentleman one would think the British Rnlii ft ,,i'i\\ pnrticnlarly the Canadian workman, were the most abject; abused autl downtrodden wretch in existence. Even our schoolboys know this is not true. Error and perhaps to a limited extent abuse of labor may exist, but in nine cases out often, it i.s due to faulty conditions and laws rather than to intent. Mr. Hawthornthwaite is but a superficial student if be has not noted that the Canadian suhject and workman are day by dav, and by the common sense use of the ballot, slowly ■..... . •'■ • -""t, iin-ot. • vi.a lie is ■ nl M]j in political economy and but an indifferent observer, if be has not noted that the Union Jack has brought to the Canadian people more of freedom, more of right and justice, has made of the world a pleasanter and more fit place to live in than any other flag has to any people on the face of the earth. We have no desire to "slobber" over the Union Jack, but, right is right and justice is justice, and both are very far removed from the mouthings of Mr. Hawthornthwaite. SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L., PRESIDENT ALEXANDER IMRO, GENERAL MANAGER REST,- $8,000,000 FARMERS' BUSINESS The Canadian Bank of Commerce extends to Farmers every facility for the transaction of their banking business including the discount and collection of sales notes. Blank sales notes are supplied free of charge on application. BANKING BY MAIL Accounts may be opened at every branch of The Canadian Bank of Commerce to be operated by mail, and will receive the same careful attention as is given to all other departments of the Bank's business. Money may be deposited or withdrawn in this wuy as satisfactorily as by a personal visit to the Bank. 4231 CUMBERLAND BRANCH. W. T. WHITB, Manager. There certainly was an ancient aud fish like smell the other day in Belfast wheu Lord Pirrie, who presided at the liome rule meeting, was greeted by the populace with a shower ot herring and eggs. I 1 THE VANCOUVER I8LAND NURSERY CO. rcgret that owing to It.? nrcr.t >iiity falls of mow, Ihey bate bren unable to nuke their fall delivery at early aa pros, iard. They hope, however, to have tbeir lull tlipment made In course of a week or so. It ii not too late to order NOW for thii shipment. Vancouver Island Nursery Co., Ltd. Somenos, V.I. II s On Little River Road Five minutes walk from sehool, postoffice and store. Ten minutes' walk from beach. All have a Good Frontage on a good government road. Land is Good, surface Leve!, and not stony. Price 00 per acre, Very easy term. The Island Realty Co. 1 Fire, Life, Live Stock I . . Accident Phone 22. P. L. ANDERTO Courtenay, B. C Now conies an order from Mexico for one million bushels of Canadian wheat. This shows two things; That our prairie farmers are in luck aud that the Greasers know good wheat wheu tbey see it. TilE washout of the big dnm at Union Bay is quite a serious loss both to the company and quite a number of individuals. 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THK ISLANDER CUMBERLAND, ll.fi. i. ^ T-^"~ gffiffl&k-m WBiW. ^agjSffljft }i__: _ 'MoM-^M ■T^^^ ^ li Success. It i% Favored by Home People If beeps jou posted oa liome affairs THE ISLA ER The Very BEST in Commercial Job Printing 6. B. ASTON f Practical Watchmaker All Work Guaranteed 1 tete a Sur. fl. NEXTQT0 TARBELL'S, . . Dunsmuir Ave ::: Cumberland ■■ ■ ■ ■l ; ftjyi ' ! ■ ".'■-■'' ■' "'■ ^^Ml.:. -=*^__' Picture of Coninmptlve Oamp Shown on Moving Films the enjoyment of moving pictures, the moving-picture audience and the moving-picture manufacturers have together been working out very practical problems of social service by means of the film dramaa. They have been aided by those few wiser souls in the community at large who havo had the good sense to see that in tbe popular Interest in moving pictures lies a vast power for good. We propose to tell here's few of tbe definite educational ends which have been aided by moving pictures, most of them without any further incentive than thc desires of moving-picture audiences to learn and the desire of moving-picture manufacturers to serve the best interests of their patrons; and to •bow, in addition, what a wide educational field il as yet untouched, what an influence for good, if rightly directed, the moving pictures might exert over the young. We fancy that the time will come, and before long, when every elementary •chool will be equipped witb a film-projector, to be used in the study of history, botany, geography. All children love moving pictures. Two hundred thousand children go to the film theatres in New York each week. Instead of decrying this great natural interest, tbe part of wisdom is to utilize it. The only true education comes through a rousing of tbe child 'a interest. Here, then, is an obvious educational weapon. Instead of dwelling upon the evils that ought to be suppressed, and painting a gloomy picture, let ui point out the good which already inheres in the film dramas now being shown in the commercial theatres, and the good moving picture! are already accomplishing when put to special purposes. A certain percentage of the films turned out by the better manufacturen for display upon tbe commercial screen! are, to-day, educational, not because anybody has ordered them to be, bnt solely! because the moving-picture aud- iencejRIike to see such films, and the manufacturers prefer to maintain a decent standard. One of the popular films of recent aeasons was called "Boil Your Water." It was a microscopic film, showing the bacterial life in a glass of water, multiplied ten thousand times. The water was shown in the process of boiling, the bacterial life was seen to die, and finally the water was filtered off clear. A second film, also microscopic, showed the life in a little pond, including what the photographer's catalogue describes as "terrific combats between water-fleas." It also showed the growth of a frog from the tadpole, and many otber Interesting things. Another popular film was a picture of the diabolical career of a house-fly, from one generation to another. It ■bowed him walking in filth and then wiping his feet in the sugar-bowl, all in the most vividly revolting manner. We fancy thia llm cauied more than one garbage-can to be covered. It was rented by the State boards of health of Louisiana, Kansas, and Florida, by the health boards of Chicago and Galveston, by the Oklahoma agricultural experiment station, the University of Wisconsin, and tbe Battle Creek Sanitarium. Another film of distinct educational value was prepared at the suggestion of the New York Milk Committee, and was exhibited throughout the country. It showed, flrst, a dirty and unsanitary cow-shed. The farmer's son protested against such conditions, but his stubborn father, like most old-time farmers, refuted to mend matters. The ion, with his wife and little baby, left the farm, moving into the city. Presently the baby fell sick from drinking tainted milk. Her grandfather, coming to see the child, discovered that the milk came from his own stable. Then he went back and reformed, the film finally showing a clean, model, sanitary dairy-stable in operation. The direct value of such a film, especially in the light of the character of moving-picture audiences, can hardly be questioned. Moving pictures are already used in technical and medical instruction. Com- ; mandon, of Paris, not long ago astonished the French Academy of Sciences by displaying microecoplc films showing what takes place in the blood of a mouse inoculated with the virus of sleeping-sickness. A Oerman scientist hai taken X-ray moving ptetnree of the room; chips fly, workmen move about, feed the machine, carry off waste, and so on. The United States Oovernment has officially recognized the value of motion pictures, for both education and recreation. The battle-ship Vermont was the first ship of the United States navy to be equipped with a projector, and films are regularly displayed, both for the instruction and the amusement of the crews. The army and tbe experiment stations of the Department of Agriculture are following the lead of the navy. Moving pictures are easily utilized in agricultural instruction. If a film- camera is placed by a glass seed-box, and a picture is taken six or eight times a day, the whole growth of a plant may be shown. Of course, when the lilm is run through the projecting machine, you see the seed go into tbe ground, sprout, grow, flower, and come to fruition all in the space of ten minutes; but .1 you make proper allowance for this acceleration, you get a vivid picture of plaat growth. The behavior of harvesting machines, seed drills, and the like, can also be Illustrated in action, in order to teach modern, scientific farm methods. A hop grower in New York State uses moving pictures of his plantation to intereat investors and buyers In tbe city, who cannot get out to see tbe actual process of hop culture. The American Tobacco Company has a similar series of moving pictures, covering the tobacco industry, which is used for much the same purpose. Salesmen for other industries, of varied kinds, now interest possible buyers by means 04 motion pictures. We may well ask, If commerce can make auch use of moving pictures, and if they are valuable in highly technical education, why should elementary education neglect them, where they would have the added appeal of dramatic and pictorial interest! Indeed, many of tne technical scientific subjects, and sucb of the medical subjects as are proper for general exhibition, have already been -shown on the screens of the regular film theatrea, with no little success, children and adults alike enjoying tbem and learning from them. A fine film has been popularly exhibited by an American firm, showing tbe life and beneficent activities of the silkworm. Being a lories of actual photographs, there is no "nature faking" about it. Most children in sehool love to read about the silkworm, and to see pictures of lt. How mueh more would they enjoy their study If tbey could see the eggs laid, see the worm eating his way out, shedding his skin, and spinning his cocoon, see the cocoon bunt, see tbe whole life of this useful insect unfold before their eyes I The'same American firm hai a splendid series of bird photographs, taken by cameras hidden iu trees close to the nests, and operated by electricity. The mother-birds are shown on the eggs, flying away for food, coming back to stuff worms down greedy throats. All the intimate domestic bird-life is caught as few children, in cities, at any rate, can ever observe it. Another wonderful bird film, taken by two Englishmen at great danger, shows the life of sea-birds on tbe face of a cliff. The picture ia very exciting aa well as scientifically valuable, for it shows the men preparing for the des. cent at the edge of the cliff, swinging off over space in their little sling- chairs, and descending the face of the precipice, tbe camera accompanying tbem on another sling-seat. If such pictures are not truly educational, and inevitably bound to interest tbe youngsters, one is hard put to say what is. Motion pictures of bird flights, indeed, bave bad definite influence on the development of flying-machines. They have a technical as well as an educational value. A film made in March last, by an American firm, for commercial exhibition, shows the shelling of the old battleship Texas in Chesapeake Bay. The historic Interest of this picture its value In displaying the effects of modern projectiles its dramatic depiction of naval warfare, its scientific interest, cannot be denied. We cannot conceive of a dais of boys who would not delight to watch it, in connection with their studies, The camera, in taking this film, wai placed on one of the battleships that moved past tbe Texas at a four-mile or five-mile range. Views ef the firing from tbe ship on which the camera was placed are followed by views of the Texas, showing how the shots landed. Similarly we aee the gum of the New Hampshire, next in line ahead, belch forth, and these views are followed by pictures of the result, so timed that it seems as if the spectator follows each discharge with his eyes. The series closes with near views of the wrecked battleship and scenes on board, where tbe havoc is indescribable. Not long ago an oflicer from the State board of health of Louisiana went to New York seeking moving pictures suitablo to show in a health campaign. A car was to be run all over the State, containing sanitary exhibits, and moving pictures were to be a part of the programme, aa a meant not only of attracting the crowds, but of instructing them. Films for the purpose could be found ln plenty. Here was an instance of sane recognition of the motion picture's vast possibilities for good; and, as we bave mentioned, other health boards are also employing film dramas. The University of Wisconsin, however, has gone a step further, and has taken definite measures to incorporate tbe moving-picture machine into its educational extension work. As an illustration of tbe varied educational films which, without any orders from anybody the manufacturers have already provided for the patrons, especially tbe children, of the present commercial theatres, we have only to scan the lists of a single firm, For instance, a well-known French firm, operating largely in America, has, besides "certain scientific films already mentioned, such interesting pictures as "Bobbie's Microscope," showing the food on the table, the blood, tbe sap in a leaf, and other common things and processes under the microscope, It has a beautifully colored film showing the entire growth of a chrysanthemum. It has a marvelously clear picture ef tbe life and activities of a carrot-caterpillar, lf all these films, and many more like them, can be prepared for commercial purposes, and can interest people who have come to the theatre solely for amusement, without the aid of teacher or lecturer, how vast might be the carefully directed use of moving pictures in education! But even more than in scientific subjects, the manufacturer! have found whom you become interested; a dog runs into the view, a strange carriage appears and rolls away, making you wonder what its destination may be. lf the camera itself is moving, you have the sense of moving along yOunelf. It is almost as good as actual travel- Geography, the study of strange lands and peoples, becomes vivid and real. Let us take, as an example, the eruption of a volcano. The geography shows a picture of the mountain, which ia pitifully tame by comparison witb the actual scene. The children read about flowing lava; but no picture in the geography can show the lava flowing. A motion picture can show it, however. Last summer a French firm exhibited ln America a picture of Mount Etna in eruption. The camera had been placed as near to the crater as It was possible to get, and the lava aad steam were seen to belch menacingly forth. Then the camera "followed the lava stream down the mountain. The film shows a vineyard flooded by the molten mass, and a house burned up, Finally, the lava is observed to flow more sluggishly, and at length to harden. Here, in a space of ten minutes, the moving picture can show to the child, more vividly and correctly than anything abort of being actually an eyewitness, the processes of volcanic eruption. Here is a lesson in geography at once vivid, accurate, and Intensely interesting. If such a film is not educational, and a useful weapon for instruction in a school, we do not know the meaning of the word education. It trains the child to learn by actual observation, and it inevitably holds his interest at the same time, because it has been demonstrated beyond a doubt that children love moving pictures. Another excellent example of the geographical value of moving pictures Is afforded by a film taken not long ago at tbe Panama Canal, That film shows the sides of the canal as the train moves along; it shows the workmen and officers at toil and at rest; it catches the tropic vegetation; and, above all, it shows the huge shovels and derricks and machines in actual operation. You see the dirt fly, you watch the cut grow before your very eyes; you can see how a great canal ia dug. One of tbe favorite geographical subjects for the normal child is mountain climbing, especially in the Alps. A moving picture camera has been carried to the top of the Matterhorn, picturing various stages of the ascent, the perilous inclines, the glacier crossings, and finally the panorama from the summit. Otber peaks of the Alps have also been scaled with a camera. Tbese pictures have a thrill which no words of teacher or book can carry to the child. Similarly, the motion picture of the Old Faithful geyaer spouting, in tbe son should ipeak enthusiastically in favor of motion pictures, since he ia one of the men who Las done most to make tbem possible. But hia words, in a recent Interview given to the Dramatic Mirror, are none the leas true. They are well worthy of every educator's attention. "The motion picture," he predicted, '' will be used for teaching many of tbe elementary subjects. What child, for example, gets a very well defined idea of a foreign eountry or people merely by reading about themf A printed description 11 obviouuy incomplete, and mental pictures are formed that are generally incorrect. No one visit! a foreign land, no matter how mueh may have been read about It, without a sense uf newness and surprise. "For a child, reading and itudy are generally irksome. Now, if geography were taught by moving pictures, if foreign landa and cities were shown, if their topography and general characteristics were diiplayed, If the habits and demeanor of the people were depicted, and if tbeir occupations and methodi of work and recreation! were llluitrated, the child would have aa clear an idea of everything as if the original scenes were viewed directly; and not only so, but the study of geography would be a tremendously interesting experience, and not a hardship, as it now likely to be tbe case. Let ua hope and believe tbat thii day is nearer tban a great many good people suppose, Already private schools are installing projecting machine!. A new public ichool building in Connecticut haa a special motion picture hall attached. And elsewhere the attention of educators is turning seriously to this new weapon of initrnctien. WOMEN PEARL DIVERS Curiously enough, tne pearl divers of Japan are women. Along the coast of the Bay of Ago and the Bay of Ko- kasho the thirteen and fourteen-year- old girls, after they have finished their primary school work, go to aea and learn to dive. They are In the water and learn to swim almost from babyhood and spend most of their time In the water except ln the coldest season, from the end of December 10 the beginning of February, Even during the most inclement of seasons they sometimes dive for pearls. They wear a apeclal dress, white underwear, and the hair twisted up Into a hard knot. The eyes are protected by glasses to prevent the entrance of water. Tuba are suspended from the waist. A boat In command of a man Is assigned to every Ave or ten women divers to carry them to and from the fishing grounds. When the divers arrive on the grounds they leap Into the water at once and begin to gather oystera at the bottom, The oyaters are dropped Into the tubs suspended from their waists. When theae vessels are filled the divers are raised to the surface and jump Into the boats. They dive to a depth of from five to thirty fathoms without any special apparatus and retain their breath from one to three minutei. Their ages vary from thirteen to forty yeara and between twenty-five and thirty-five they are at their prime. shores of Lough Neagh, wben St. Bridget came crying to him. On being aaked the eauae of har teara ahe explained that a mutiny had broken out amongst tbe recently baptised women converta at Klldare, aa few men now cared ta aak them In marriage, and they, therefore, wlahed to claim the right of "popping tbe question" themselves, St. Patrick said he would concede them the right every aeventh year, whereupon Bridget threw her anna round hla neck, and exclaimed; "Arrah, Pathrlck, Jewel, I daurn't go back to the girls wid aack a proposal. Make it one year in foar," St. Patrick replied: "Bridget, accuahla, squeeze me that way agin, an' I'll give ye leap year, tbe longeat of the lot." St. Bridget, upon thle, herself proposed to St. Patrick, exclaiming tbat It waa then leap year, and that abe would be the first lady to take advantage of the new dispensation. Thle, however, waa more than the saint had bargained for; ao he got aver the difficulty by giving her a kiss and a silk gown. Needless to say, tho above legend la of no historic value, but it ia to be found, with many variations, in the earliest Uvea of the saints, thereby proving the antiquity of the custom. Very quaint, too, in aome instances, are the methodi adopted for giving effect to these leap year proposals. ' The Burmese maiden lights in her window tbe "love lamp," when the boy of her fancy pasaea her father'! houae at eventide of the flrst day of leap year, and keeps it there night after night until she either achieves her object or hli prolonged silence uhows that he, at all eventa, ie unresponsive. Then, If she li still deilroui of being wed, she signal! her wish ln similar fashion to aome other likely lad, and so on until either her matrimonial expirations are satisfied or leap year comes to an end. In like manner the Moravian gipsy maid takes a leap year cake and throws It within the tent door of the man ahe would wed. An Andaluslan peasant girl utilizes a pumpkin pie for a similar purpoae. In Tarragona the dark-eyed aenoritaa twist their powder-puffs Into leap year pompoms for their favorite cavaliers, and if the recipient wears It at the next bull-light It Is a match. President Lincoln ln BU Study at the White Home—Posed for by a New York Business Man profit in historical themes. The educational value of historical pictures, of course, depends upon the accuracy and skill with which they are arranged. To the credit of tbe manufacturers, let us state at once* that much of the work has been done with great skill, and at great expense and pains. If, unaided by the suggestion! of teachers or historians, the manufacturera can turn out educationally valuable historical films for tbe regular trade, how much more could they do if they worked directly for the schools, ander expert supervision? Two historic films, also by an American firm, which have proved very popular, shows episodes in the lives of Napoleon and Washington. William Humphreys, an actor, was engaged to play Napoleon, and the scene showing him on the rocks at St. Helena, though tho rocks were on the shore of Long Island, is remarkably realistic, Washington was played by another expert actor, Joseph Kilgour. Still another film of definite historic value was taken not long ago, with great labor, depicting the siege of Alamo. As that famous building still stands, it was possible to show the actual scene, and to make it more vivid for boys and girls than any aecouot we have yet read in a school history. Indeed, there are numberless historical films possessing that vivid, dramatic interest of action and movement which cannot be secured from the pictures in a book. They are exhibited throughout the country, before thousands and thousands of children; but they are not adequately explained. They are not related by a wise teacher to other subjects and to one another. They still await their proper use in the schools, to serve as a powerful weapon in education. Ai in science, nature-study, and history, still more in geography the motion picture might be a great aid to education, inspiring interest and imparting instruction at the same time. The eye is the most open channel of appeal to the child; and the motion picture appeals tn the ».d Inti. II, 1012. .Reginald Carwithen, Agent. -Men'aclothing al cuttt price at ihu li y Sto o fur pay-day. SAYWARD LAND DISTIUCT, District of Say w ird. Take notice that Margaret Btuhm C*r willion of Sandwick, B. 0., occupation Hii gin woman, in lot ids to apply for per- mission to purchase thu following do acribid lands:— Commencing at a posl plant i'd at the most southerly end of Cranberry lake, thenc E 80 chains; thenco S 80 chains; thenco W 40 chains; thet ice along the boundary of Lot *36, Sayward District, in a general north and west di rcction, to a point due south of the point ofectnmei cement, thence due north to the point of commencement and coi tain- hit oi 0 aun a more ■ r less. Maroarbt Bit hm Carwithen Da'ed Jan. 14, 1012. Ktginald Carwithtii Agent. UayWnld L'tlld U. 11 tut. Dirttne of Sayward Tak »■ iii-- thai Gtmnp. Itobert Bates of O in... uy, li 0 , i/ceil I at ion real estate i :!■• ', in toi it] to ap| ly ft i permissiion t< !■ ia ■ to ih cl ,.i,(lb:- C" n u uiln ata p-'H pUuted at lib ti. B). i niet: fT.tubor Liinii. 40775; thunc hn, ir Dued j. n 13.:,. 1912. S>iy,w'ai'd Ln tl Diatrict District ft tSiyward Take notioi that-Louisa Sophia Bates, of Sahdwickj ll.C, occupation, mairieo woman, intends to apply for permission ro purchase the follow ing described lands: OoiiinteneinGf at a prist planted at the N E. ciner Timber Limit 4(.'77o, thence north 80 chain*; Liiunco east 20 chains tlience south 80 chains; thonce west 20 chaii a to pnint of tommoncemenb nn4£pUtf. theneo went tfOchaltia; thenje soil tli 40 chains; tlu-nce east Ofl thence south *jo chains; titmice east 20 chains: tlience nortli mi chains to point of commencement, ami containing 840 ncres more or less- liKomn: William Caiiw. TUB?* Rogttiultl Carwithen. agent. Dnted January 18th, ion BAYVURD LAND DISTRICT District of «ay wanl Take notlco that lluiirv Mtclur Carwithen, nf Handulck, in:., occupation far r. intends to ap- jily for ponnliwloii i" purchnse iha following des* udbed landnt—Commencing at it post planted at the N.w. comer of Timber Limit IMS, thonee hurt It BO chains; tlience east tlo phaltis; liiunco Bouth mi chains| thencs wosl no ulialitti to pnint nf cuiiinience niL'iii, ami containing -imi acres more or loss. HKMIV I.I IO.ll OAHWfniBN Rcgtualil Carwithen, agent. Dat ui I January uth, 1018. BAYWAItD I.ANI) hlSTlllCT ' Dlsirlctof Sayward Take notice that Ai.tiii;n John C^nwiniiiS, of Sandwick, B.C., occvpatlon farmer, Intends tu apply fur permission to purchase tlic following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted at iim N.K comer of Timber UmtUOTf-iUlnmcanor li 40 chains; tlience west 40 elialus; Uienco north 4ti ciiiiiiisjlliiliic west illt-liaiiis;tlit'Ui-ici»iithClcliailiM theuce oust 20 chains] theuce qontli 211 chains; ihenoaeast 40 chains to point of,conuiioucemeiitj -.oul containing lit) acres more or tens. AU'lllillJolIN CAIlWITItKN Ki'giuuM Carwithen, agerit. Dateil January 18£h, 1012. SAYWARD LAND DISTUICT Disirict of Saywiiiul. Take noltoe llml Mabel Hardy, of Courtenay, n. ('..occupation married woman, Intonds to apply for mrinissioii In purchase the following ilefleribnl lands;—Cflimnonchig at a post plained at Ihe N.K Conner nf Timlior Limit 80011, thenco south sO chains; tlicin'oeaatiOchaliiit'thciiconorlh B0chains theuce went 4ti chains t» point of ctmnuenct'iueilt, nu,) containing 320 acres mora or less, MAIIISt, llAltnv Itegiiiald Carwithen, ageut. Dateil Janmiry Mth, Wtt.; HAYWARD UN!) DISTRICT DlHtrictof Haywnrd Take notiee that ilorlifl Muwarth Hales, of Ly- l.liHiti, Kllg , iiccupatlHngctiilt-iniwi.liiUiljUlpaJiplj! for pitniishii.il to purchase the following duscilhol IhiuU; -ruiutiieiieiii^iit upcwl p|oiityd 011 the north bank of TrOnt . i\\lie t- iiifai li'wS W ceriier of'11in< her Limit 374TU, tho'ltccilortli ^l< liniio*: lliemti wc»l tfQuhufu*;rti«tiotfi.muht<>lln*hoik of snld Tnmt UtftUSW ll.un--; lll-'-'ie 11101 IS Iwitll of suid Ttuut [AkeenritttO.chalm, to pom. ... r.,uiiiiene,*uieiit, Datod Ji. ui.nm.is ipptj for pen .,.; ,lH| !tud llull Di uii Jn tl) l,A ..■ IILSTIUCT l.,,.i,,i Mlinotl Wnudeock, of 111 n i(n [le v\\.iiimh. ini,mln lo luu to.nuichtuni ihu follewiiig dtfr . , il H ,,.,,. phuteii Oil . 1 : ■ I I-.k-. Mid fj ro«i .i Tin. ■ . LllOliiSO M.ntll 80 ,-„■ Jb bull I tn l-i,.t. 'I Lot t8A Makioj^ WoaficooK ghi I' ( irwiihotl, tiuutil 11 I Dili k BARGAIN TO PHOTOUKAl'UKRS FOR HALE—Olie OJ x 8£ Camera. ■undo hy tin linn ,(f Skjuner & Co., ol I, < ii. li u , iiLsMiu'cly oi f ihe best .ii i' Ulalk \\Ude Ir. in Spanish Ma- Inui i y, a iid '.athor Loliows, double ex- teitniou levei'hible back, rise and fallfroiiN rack and pinion focus, 2 D.D. slidus, .'! ftild sah tripod, aud 10 x 8 Perkins & Ity i iii; I'.Kl ns A ■ 4i x Oi mah ^.iii\\ pa ni era, solid oat Uur hollows, tl nliio extension rack ind pini 'ii focus, Hfce and fall front, AtU{( tnd ii'VeiHo bnck, timo and msiaiit •ton tor, apitiiillid i- Iv i in.; 4 double haik slides, Uf Ul Ahh tripo , all complete in case One first'olass p-u trait lens, F4; iitiiubor i f Ions by lirat-class unikers; a larjffc quantity of ptraphemalia which i> usiid by amateur and professional plioto- i^rapliurs. Tliosi; yn-uls are almost new. and can be soon any evening from 0 to 0. Ki'Bi't'lnsa instructions given to purchab- oi8 by a gentleman of 27 yeare' ixp n ience m thu luisiness. The prices of those yo'ids will l»e ffund reasonable. Por fui bar particular apply to fei'ENCKtt BiiOTiiBitH, Cumborlaiid, B.C, D A THOMAS UP-TO-DATE PIANO TUNER lt..|>'-,aiiiiiiii/ ThoGrti. A. Flotclier Co., Nalmimn, B.C. Orders lrft at T.E.Bii'h's Stnrc prciaplly ..I1 HiiiUcl to. E. W. BICKLE Notary Public, Conveyancer. Etc. [''OKSALK-lIoimn. 5 rooino. Pii^e, $050.00 l'OIi ,-SALK - llmiso, 7 rooms, Pi ice, $1000 00. Terms cash Apply, E. W. BK'IvLE, LXiw \\cr }t Now W-bt- 'uiiili ■nii'ti, fir 1. in-i". o It.-.-.'ii uu . uup ■■■.,[ a. ni iiiircnoiv chereof a post at Irtrtgi fi ur inches square and Standing not leas than four foet above the surface of the ground. 3. The aald post is about 20 chains distant and in a northerly direction irom North-East corner of Timber License No. 40780, 4. 1, on tho same day, did inscribe on the said post the name Ben. Roberta and the letters S. E. Corner. 5. I, nn (he same day, didaltixt'the said pos a notice with* the following words written thereon:— Commencing at a post planted 20 obains Ninth of Timber License No, 40780 then c west l'ii obains; thenco north 20 chains; thence west 20 chains; thence north 20 chains thence west 20 chains; thonce north 40 chains: thence eaat 2f> chains more or less to the shore of Drew Passage Calm Channel; thence following Hhoioiu in a South-easterly direction to place uf commencement, containing 2C0 acres. 0. Th purpose for which the Und is 'i quire'i U f r >gncult.tiral purp s s, 7. That 1 am nm dieijuaiitied to make this application by the provisions < f sub- stctiuM (11) of sictiiMi 'di of the uLand Ao ." And 1 make this si h inu declaration conscicutiousl} believing it to be true, and kiinwiiig that it. is if the same force and effect as if made undor ?S4 am '.-■^i'i ■' ■-)., m ^*._St mi r&m THE CORNER STORE Great SALE Foi'TEN DAYS', cttrryrien.cirig TO-DAY Pay-Day MEN'S CLOTHING, HAT3 and BOOT3 Slaughtered Ladies' Slippers ranging from 2.00 to 4.50, mK*. Going for ' •»^» Men's 3.00 Hats, going for 1.50 /. N. McLEOD Dunsmuir Acenue Cumberland iggO H. PARKINSON PAINTING, PAPERING, ETC. Sign Work A Specialty. Estimates Given. \\ gent for Stained Paper, a good imitation of 3tai All orders receive Prompt Attention. _E£. IP^ZRIKZIIISrSOIN" BOX 93. CUMBERLAND, Capital $6,200,000 Reserve $7,000,000 THE R©YHL BANK OF eHNHDfl Drafts Issued ln any currency, payable all over the world SPECIAL ATTENTION paid to SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, and Inter highest current rates allowed on deposits of $1 and upwards CUMBERLAND, B.C., Brunch - - - OPEN DAIV UNION WHARF, B.C., Sub Unmch-OPEN THURSDAY D. M. Morrison, Manager COURTENAY, B.C. BRANCH OPEN DAILY Wm. H. Hoff, Manager. IF YOU WANT A FIRST CLASS PIANO AT A MODERATE PRICE Buy a STANLEY Thuse Piiuius givii satisfaction in tone anil touch and are built *n last a lifetime. We carry the Victor Gramophone & VictroW and Victor Records. Call uud hear the latest novtircy, The Victor Puzzle Record Price $i.Wj 6 IRECOIRDS IIN" OUMlm o .. DUNSMORE'S MUSIC STORE Church St., NANAIMO, B. C. Opposite Bank oj ST0CK=C A | p TAKING O/lLC -*■ ♦■ We are taking stock at the end tl the present montb and are therefore . flEDUGII DOS STOCK. 75 50 Barrels of Best Brsafl Flour-Hungarian-every sack guaranteed to give satisfaction or money back. 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