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Your special attention is called to our ad on buck page. A. Mills & Son THE HOSMER TIMES Yceur special attention is, called to onr ad on back page. A. Mills & Son Volume II. HOSMER, B. C THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1910 Numbee :5C hWHO? **************************************** ************ I. We are here to stay and build our nest accordingly. Our store is up-to-date and complete in every line. We carry the largest assortment of Drug- Sundries Edison Phonographs Patent Medicines Columbia Phonographs Crockery Ware Phonograph Records Hand Painted China Stationery anS„F„d"oy Our stock is now large and well assorted. Try us and be convinced that the place to buy your goods is at Hosmer's leading store. Once a customer always a customer. Our tobacco line is now full up. Sole agent for the famous * *Q /ilUBBfllf Colin McArthur wall papers ii. D. VAF1 iDLLL "House Cleaning Time Again" P Drop in antl have a look at our complete House Furnishing Catalogue. All goods sold at Winnipeg prices Curtain Muslin in Madras, white dotted, frilled and plain. Brussels Carpet Mats 1} yds- for $1. Wilton mats 1-J yds. for $1.25. Cocoa door mats regular price $1.50, special price $1.25. Window roller blinds, regular price 60c, special price 50c. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK, HOSMER G. H. MARLATT ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ********************** j Real Estate Bargains * : For some snaps in real estate call and see me. Some good houses and rooms for rent. Agent for life and accident insurance in thoroughly reliable companies. R. W. ROGERS Post Office Block HOSMER, B. C. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•«♦♦♦♦♦. V HOSMER HOTEL JOHN SORKEE, PROPS. ) Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars Any kind of mixed drinks that you call for will be served in First class style Best Rooms and Meals in the Town YOUR TRADE SOLICITED Front St. Hosmer, B. C *f^^r^WWW^^> m We ROYAL The only Commercial Hotel Sample Rooms Main St., Hosmer V^^^***^*A^^ S+++/++AJ **************************************************** | Queen's Hotel I The Workingman's Home Is now under the management of Robert Gourlay * will be run for the accommodation of the working I and class. All modern improvements. per day, special rates by the week Transent rates $1 X ? ! Front St. Hosmer, B. C. | LARGEST INFLUX EVER RECORDED PROVINCIAL NEWS Thirty Thousand Emigrants Sail in 23 Steamers in a Month It is stated that 30,000 emigrants will sail from Liverpool for Canada in 23 steamers during this month. The increasing proportion of people with capital emigrating to the Dominion is the subject of comment in London. Interest is aroused in Livepool by the suggestion that a hotel be provided for emigrants who have to wait before the shipping offices are open and who are often exposed to inconvenience by lack of accommodation. A branch of the general unemployed agency is now established. A league for the colonies has been formed in South Australia. The London secretary of the institution states that the body would be delighted to send more men to Australia if only "because we get the money advanced for fares returned much more regularly and quickly than from those we send to Canada. Where we get a dollar and ten dollars from the Dominion, we often get a sovereign or ten pounds from Australia." Lumberjack Badly Gut at Fernie Last Saturday morning a terrible cutting affray took place at the Roma hotel, Fernie which may have fatal consequences, and at present one man is lying in the city hospital and the assailant is under arrest in the city jail. An individual who states that his name is Gorman, and who has also an alias, under which he has travelled—William Cummins—claiming to be a native of Pennsylvania, entered into conversation with a ""lumber' jack by the name of Alexander Cramp, but from words it soon passed to the more serious situation by the man Gorman drawing a razor and making such a vicious attack at Cramp, striking him across the throat, he has inflicted a wound so dangerous that it necessitated about a dozen stitches to bring the severed flesh in apposition, but fortunately did not penetrate Efficiently to reach a vital part. The razor wielder used his weapon iu attempting to prevent Constable Bowen in effecting his arrest, but without a- vail, nor did he inflict any wound on the officer. He advanced as an excuse for his murderous assault tbat he thought that the man he attacked was a Pinkerton detective. ' *eeMeM*+***eM*********»*eK eK'**^ ' Firemans Smoker a Success The smoker held in the opera house on April 2, in aid of the Hosmer Fire Brigade, was a success from start to finish. The following program was put on in first-class style and enjoyed by all present: Selection... .Hosmer O'chestra Song Percy Warr Song Geo. W. Gordon Selection... .Hosmer Orchestra Song Fred Oakes Song Jas. McKelvio Selection.... Hosmer Orchestra Song Jas. Mitchel Song Walter Smith Duett.... Messrs Smith & Warr Song J. C. Munford Selection.... Hosmer Orchestra Between selections, speeches were made by the chief, T. A. Cornett, C. H. Dunbar and the chairman, A. McL. Fletcher. Plead Guilty Three of the men held in custody on the charge of being implicated in the Coal Creek hold-up some weeks tigo, appeared before his honor Judge Wilson at Fernio on Tuesday afternoon. Fred and James Bolanger asked for a speedy trial and pleaded guilty. Nat Babcock elected to be tried- by a jury at the assizes. His honor will hold court on Saturday next when the first two cases will be up for trial. A new cannery is to built at Kelowna. The Passburg Hotel was opened last week. Creston will install a local system of sewerage. Cranbrook will celebrate Victoria Day, May 24th. The Baker Lumber Co's saw mill at Waldo has started. The new government bridge at Elko has been completed. Percy Godenrath is building a two-storey building in Stewart. Trail city council, will expend $100 for shade trees and shrubbery. P. A. Rantz will open the King Edward hotel in Wardner next week. Three million feet of logs are ready at Christena lake for the drive. Kaslo city council is taking steps to st'op gambling in that town. The ncwlyformed Delta board of trade has already a membership of 60. The St. Eugene concentrator at Moyie is now being run by water power. The Pacific Coast Lumber mills at Vancouver have been sold for $600,000. The Crow's Nest Pass Lumber Co. is erecting ten dwelling houses at Wardner. It is proposed to hold an agricultural fair next fall in the Boundary country. In Summerland the stores will close every Thursday afternoon until Nov. 1st. Major Stewart is planting 15,000 fruit trees on his ranch, near Christiana lake. George W. Chadsey of Chilli- wack died last week. He had lived 44 years in B. C. The warehouse of W. W. Wolstenholme was destroyed by fire last Tuesday at Frank. The C. P. R. is negotiating with the city of Greenwood for 30,000 gallons of water daily. The High River Wheat & Cattle Co. has been organized. The hetid office being at Trail. Within a few days Granby shares dropped from 90 to 37 cts. on the New York exchange. E. B. Skinner will start a poultry ranch at Nanaimo and will raise 10,000 chickens yearly. The license commissioners propose to reduce the hotel liquor licenses to five in Greenwood. An old building belonging to Louis Blue of Rossland, was destroyed by fire at Greenwood last week. The G. N. has subdivided 700 acres into ten acre lots at Grand Forks and will put the same on the market. The Fraternal Order of Eagles have presented to the Phoenix general hospital five handsome pieces of furniture. The estimates for the Nanaimo city council provide for an expenditure of $70,578,67, including $24, 252 for schools. A. McCowan, car foreman at Cranbrook, has been appointed car foreman for the C. N. with headquarters at Winnipeg. A Chicago syndicate has paid Kaslo and Nelson men $100,000 for 12,100 acres of supposed oil lands in the Flathead valley. The machinery has been removed from the Sunset initio and the Boundary Falls smelter to the Rawhide mine in Phoenix TheKamloops board of health has requested that measures be adopted to prevent additional consumptives going into that town. G. T. P. PURCHASE COAL PROPERTY Lowery on Judges A member of the B. C. legislature says that the judges of the Supreme Court *ire fools, lunaticsorcriminals, That beats Col. Lowery, who in the Denver Ledge said that the B. 0. judges merely sat on the bench and looked wise anil lie added "Some of them merely sit on the bench."— Kincardine Review. $400,000 Will be Spent on Development Work at Once **************************************************** I L.JL. LARSON & CO. I | - DEALERS IN J I - - - - - • * | Staple and Fancy Groceries | OUR STOCK IS ALWAYS FRESH OUR PRICES CAN'T BE BEAT The control of the Lethbridge Collieries Co., the property across the river, has been sold to J. N. Greenshields, K. C, Montreal, who is supposed to represent the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It is understood that $400*000 will be spent in developing the propel ty at once and there is a report that the G. T. P. will tap thc mine with one of its branch lines. The original company included the late Geo. Rogers of Lethbridge Hon. Colin Campbell and Isaac Cockburn of Winnipeg and Jos. Griffin, of Saint Thomas, Ont. It is understood that the old stock holders did not dispose of their interests but remain in the new company. John iSorkie Died Monday It is with much regret that we have to announce the demise of our townsman, John Sorkie, who died at Banff on Monday, April 4th. He was proprietor of the Hosmer Hotel, having purchased same only a few months ago. For the past month or so Mr. Sorkie has been troubled with some internal complaint and went to Banff for treatment but finally succumbed. Mr. Sorkie is a native of Austra-Hungary. He has been in the district for the past thirteen years and has earned the respect and esteem of all those he came in contact with. He was 31 years of age and leaves to niournh is lossa widow and two children aged three and one and a half years. He also leaves his mother Mrs. Mary Sorkie of Fernie and a brother Mike of Hosmer and two sisters Mrs. B. Butcher of Pincher Creek, and Mrs. M. Mollie of Spokane, Wash. The funeral will be held at Fernie on Friday afternoon under the auspices ot the Fraternal Order of Eagles and a Slavonion Society. A Pleasant Surprise Party On last Thursday evening a surprise party was tendered to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bruce by their many friends. The evening was spent in dancing and at midnight a dainty lunch was served. Mrs. and Mrs. Bruce are leaving Hosmer. Among some of those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Cameron, Mr. nnd Mrs. H. Bell, Mrs. Robt. Anderson, Mrs. J. T, Musgrove, Mrs. Fred Wildman, Mrs. Conn. Misses Jennie and Maggie Patterson, Annie and Mary McDonald, Ethel Metcalfe, Josephine Bulduc, C. D. St. John. Messrs. G. R. Sheppard, J. Bossio, T. R. Spears, M. L. McKinnon, T. A. Cornett, Robt. McTaggert, Sam Snell, H. Arm- stead and J. Green. * SPECIAL J VALUE « TEA * EVERYBODY'S TEA 35c * * * * ___ * * PES * POUND * * J. A. LUND, Manager Hosmer, B. C. * **************.*****************!(.******************** A Generous Donation Hugh Bell has received the following letter from the Hosmer Fire Brigade, which is self- explanatory: Hosmer B. C. March 30, 1010. Mr. Bell, Esq. Sec. Order of Owls, Hosmer, B. C Dear Sir—At the last meeting of the Hosmer Fire Brigade, held on March 28th, 1910, a hearty vote of thanks was tendered to the Order of Owls for their generous donation of $142.70 to the Hosmer Fire Brigade. Yours very truly, Hosmer Fire Brigade, J. D. Fletcher, Sec.-Trcas. Goodeve Hay be Conservative Whip A despatch from Ottawa says that in the event of the early retirement of Goo. Taylor, as chief Conservative whip, the names of A. S. Goodeve, Kootenay; Crothers, West Elgin; and Perley, Argenteuil are mentioned as likely succossars, Fresh For Saturday Green Onions Lettuce, Radishes ' Rhubarb, Ripe Tomatoes Oranges, Apples, Bananas FRED COX Main Street Hosmer, B. C. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«»"«► FRANK WOODS PAINTER Estimates Furnished on Application Orders promptly attended HOSMER, B. C. BANK OF MONTREAL (ESTABLISHED 1817) Capital All Paid Up #14,400,000 Rest $12,000,000 HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G. Hon. President. Hon. Sir George Drummond, K. C. M. G., President. Sir Edward Clouston, Bart., Vice President and General Manager. Branches in British Columbia Armstrong, Chilliwack, Knelcrley, Groomvood, Hosmer, Kolowna, Nelson New Denver Nloola, New Westminster, Roitsiand .Sjimniorland, Vaiicouvoi*, Vornon, Victoria, Savings Bank Department Deposits uf Si and upward received. Interest allowed ;et enrri-iet raton nnd paid half yearly. 'Die depositor is snbjeet to no dolay whatovor in tho withdrawal of tho whole or nny pnrt of the dciceesit. Hosmer Branch C. B. WINTER, Manager fc ***************************************************** P. BURNS CBi, CO., Limited f WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Meat Merchants + + * i Fresh and Cured Meats, Fresh Fish, Game and Poultry. X X We supply only the best. Your trade solicited. Markets * f in all the principal Towns and Cities in British Columbia, $ + * * MAIN STREET HOSMER, B. C. J If it is PORTRAITS in Oil, Water Color or Crayon that you want, see ROBSON The PHOTOGRAPHER All kinds of Fancy Painting nr Decoration Work done on short notice GEO. McMURREN All kinds of Draying done on short notice Dry Wood for sale AIIKNT KCIK The Celebrated Tabor Coal IfftClcWf m?D OIUlKUS I.KIT AT TIIK I'rKKVS llilTKI. I* f IiyjOl IE*IV \\ II.I. i;i.■ uvi. I'KOMll A 1 I KN I ION **• ^»« ***************************************************** * x X L. A. Lanthier Jos, Asselin * + * * * + ! Hosmer Livery & Transfer Co. Livery, Cartage and Feed Stable Rigs at all Hours at Reasonable Prices Dealers in Coal * * * * * * * * * * * * i HOSMER, B. C. 1 * * ********** *********************************** ******** X FRONT STREET THE HOSMER TIMES Political Serfdom in Rural England OX!-: lesson learned from the recent general election is "tin slavery" ,,r t!n' country people to their landlords, win dictate how they shall vote, declares Mr, A. s,. Juul Adeock, writing in the Liberal Daily Chronicle (London). All. -' leock is a journalist and novelist well known in Lou don. ii" lives in :i rural district of Hertfordshire and writes from personal observation. He admits that the working men cf London and other large cities are "healthfully inde ptMi-l<.it fellows." They do not vote "out of fear of thoii |a, |i njfi ,i employers." Hut it is different with "tbe farm ha:. .- and workers on the soil." These men are far "Un dependent, too terribly under the intlurnec of their lords aud masters. Their souls'are not their own." Even the schooh ar0 dominated bj the influence of the noblo lords, and wi read: "There art- some church schools in a village nol far away from in.'. Kver since electioneering Btarted in this division nf Hertfordshire the little children in that school have been instructed in the 'virtues' of tariff reform, and just before polling day the blue rosettes of tin- Tory candidate were serv ed "in tn'those helpless youngsters. The parents of" one boy complained to mo of this, us they, in common with others of tne parents, are stanch Liberals; but they sensibly decided not to complain nor remove tin- ribbon, since that might bring the child into disfavor with the teneher." Soon after the electioneering began in Hertfordshire, "« local greal ladv withdrew her custom from :i tradesman," on learning that he was a Liberal. Two similar instances caun directly under the writer's notice. A local duke, in Mr. Ad eock'a opinion, assumes almost divine honors to himself, am *v read of "a charming village" owned by this "nubli duke": "Above the doors of the cottages in his village appeari the duke's im nogram; his monogram is also on the outer wall .if the church, ns if he were thu local deity, and il wen dedicated to his worship. The villagers are the duke's ten ■in'-, uml since none of the poorer dwellers hereabouts be liove in the secrecy of the hnllnl it iti ta>\ to guess for which candidate they voted nnd why." The deplorable condition of thc poor, forced, as this Lib- nai writer thinks, to vote against their own interests, is thus dwell upon under the subtitle "Slums nnd Terrorism"; "Another village hereabouts has slums in it almosl as de plornble as any y, an Hnd in the worst parts of London The villagers are very poor, kindly, uninformed, and unam bitious, Their average earnings are fifteen shillings a week and there arc several weeks when they are out of work through no t'aull of their own. How Lhey and their families (large families, some of them} contrive to keep alive in those black weeks is more ih.'in I can sav. "Nearly within sight of this village lives :i peer who has done nothing whatever to earn his title; he owns much prop erty including a park t>f many acres, beautiful gardens and preserves, and a pleasant mansion, How this gentleman can go, oi allow his wife or his agents to go, to those hard beset cottagers and urge then! nol to vote in their own interests, hut in his—not to vote ngainsl putting a tax on their insufficient fond, but against a small tax being put un the increased value his superfluity of land hns acquired, not fro in his labors, but from the labor nf the community—this, too, is more than I can say. Humanly speaking, one would think that if he went to look at those' small cottages, and reflected nn the narrow, starved, slavish lives of their occupants, and reflected also on the comfort and case and luxury of his own lot, he would feel au unconquerable sense of shame against even asking men so incalculably poorer than himself to east a single vote in his private interests, knowing how he al ready lias everything, and they nothing. "Several [cottagers and laboring-men] bud been request- ilane arc .so few that the failure of even one wire may mean i broken wing. In this respect, as in others, the position is. n fact, exactly the same as the mast of a sailing-boat, and we would expect, therefore, that the -same materials would be suitable. At present, however, the stays of thc aeroplaio ,\ ngs are almost invariably solid steel wire or ribbon, while the shrouds of a sailing boat are invariably of stranded rope solid wire not having been found satisfactory. There is no loubt that. BPeight for weight, the solid wire will cany t, heavier strain than the stranded rope when tested in a ma thine, but it is found in practise that it is not so reliable. The stranded rope seldom breaks without winning, but several strands go befon the whale gets unsafe. As the breakage ot these is very eabily seen, an unsafe rope can always be re- ilaeed before actual breakage; whereas iu the case of tlie single wire there is nothing whatever to show whether it has leterio) ited or not. "It does not. of course, necessarily follow that what is Host mi'table for a boat is also the most suitable for an aero- dune, but as the con litions are so very similar, it seems very loubtful policy t.i use in au aeroplane what is not good en- -ugh for a boat, as the consequences of failure are so much more serious. " Incidentally the Delagrange accident shows what may be he evil effects of striving after 'records.' What is wanted to make the aeroplane of practical use is that it should be reliable ami sate. The tendency of record-breaking machines s the exact opposite of this, as the weights of all the essential parts must be cut down to tlie finest limits possible in irder to provide enough engine-power, petrol, etc.. for the record tun. It is. in fact, generally found in engineering thnt the desion and materials which will give the best results for t short time are essentially different from those which an In- most reliable, and striving after rocoids consists simply in neglecting reliability and safi ty to the'nt rimst extent to which tho pilots can be persuaded to risk their necks." TRAINING BUSINESS MEN IN THE SCHOOLROOM V[.) line wiil deny tin- fact thai nermniifl are amongst the i_i keenest business men in the world. And undoubtedly one of tho secrets of their success lies iu the fact lint in Herman schools they teach boys the practical details if business at :i time when English boys arc kept Imsv over heories. The writer recently returned from Hamburg after i year's course of education, ami au outline of the system if training buys in business may be interest in-.'. i Mi hi- liiM .lay V attendance I was handed a timetable on which appeared, sei out m formidable airny, such subjects us commercial correspondence, laws of bills of exchange, cur retiey, political economy, and commercial law., none Ot which at, tlie lime conveyed much to me. and raised serious doubts in my mind as to whether ! should be able to understand ami appreciate what appeared to be most abstruse subjects. A) H a.m. sharp on the following day the course began. prefaced by ;i couple of hours' hard study, for the Hermans are gluttons for work, and think nothing of a twelvehmir day. The first course was called "Business Training." We worked in two spacious rooms furnished as ofllccs, each room representing a different business house. These two linns carried on an imaginary trade with each other, and the routine adhered to was modelled exactly on the lines of a first class business establishment. Kadi linn had a director, and these two were the most eminent students in the academy. They had subject to their management and control a complete stall" uf correspondents, shorthand writers, typists, book keepers, etc. The whole was supervised by a master, to whom reference was made in ease of dispute or difficulty. On mnking my appearance I was informed that my Her vices were in request ns an oflice boy. 1 was somewhat taken aback, not lo say a little humlinteil, by the lowly position assigned to me, and I gave the master to understand that I considered 1 was qualified to occupy a much better post than I hat which he hail chosen for me. He did not seem in thi' least perturbed by my remarks, but said. "Vou have already made a mistake—a mistake of diplomacy. One id* the great maxims nl" business as taught here is to do what you are told, tn do it at once, nnd to do it well. Tills is a business house, vices on the » ommission on the Blind, Deaf and Dumb; ana the third, and most famous, was Postmaster-General in Gladstone's second administration. Mr. Fawcett'fl triumph over the terrible physical handicap uf blindness was one of the most remarkable exhibitions of pluck in our history. As a young man, one of the most distinguished of Cambridge graduates, he looked forward to a brilliant career at the Bar. Then, one fatal day, he went shooting partridges on Harn- hatn Hill, near Salisbury j and shots from his father's gun completely destroyed the sight of both eyes. Undaunted by this terrible disaster he decided to abandon his career at the Bar, and. "blind, poor, and unknown to force his way into the House of Commons." How, alter repeated failures, he succeeded, and found his way into the Cabinet, the world knows; as also with what incredible patience and cheerfulness he bore the loss of his sight. Nor did he miss many of the enjoyments of life. To the end of his days he was a keen sportsman. He spent thou sands of happy hours fishing-rod in hand; he was a clever horseman, and few could excel him as a swimmer or on the ice. To many who, like the writer, have seen him riding and skating it seemed impossible that he had not the full use of his eyes: nor would many who saw him daily walking briskly along the Embankment suspect that behind his color ed glasses were sightless eyes. CLOTH FROM SEAWEED A TEXTILE seaweed has been discovered in Australia— that is, a marine plant whose fibres may be utilized as we do those of sucn land plants as flax, hemp or jute. \ot only is the present living stock of plants available for this purpose, but there is, we are told, a vast mass of utiliz- able fibre mixed with clay ami sea-shells but easily recoverable. Says Francis Mnrro, writing in Cosmos (Paris): "From Melbourne comes an interesting account of a marine plant of the family of the Naludnceae, called Posi ideiiia Australia. Spencer Gulf, south of Australia, contains »millions of ions of material of which tho fibres of t'osiden (constitute a ureal part. The properties of these fibres enable them to he used iu numerous ways; they may he spun aud 'woven by mixing them wilh wool; exporimen'ts made in the | lurge Austral in n woolen factories have demonstrated that the#\ take dye almost us well as wool itself, which is not the cat' with any othor textile of vegetable origin ami which UUilt08 their utilization possible in the manufacture of large carpets or rugs. The fibres of Pusideiiiu do not take fire until in the neighborhood of ;t7."> dog. P.; they are as good as hemp for calking vessels uml may be of great value in making bags for the transportation of coffee, wool, or cotton." Specimens of different products made with marine fibre, as at present offered lor sale in Australia, have been very favorably received by merchants and manufacturers. The first attempts to use them in paper-making have not resulted [satisfactorily; but Ihe experiments have not been abandoned and success is expected ultimately. We read further: "Hitherto the Posldenia Australia has been found only in Spencer Gulf. The shore of the part of the gulf where there are the best deposits of fibre is a long beach with gentle slope, edged with a border of living plants. This border, cut in places by narrow sandbars which communicate with terra firm a, extends out some distance. Numerous soundings have proved thut the deposit is very extensive, for it has been accumulating for centuries. It is found sometimes a few inches under the surface and sometimes at a slightly greater depth. It reaches a thickness varying from 4 to 1- feet. The fibres have been entangled by the action of wind and waves in a mass of fine sand, shells, clay, and calcareous matter; they are intimately mingled with all these substances, holding them together like a web. The lower strata are of better quality than the upper, for the latter contain decaying roots of tin' more recent vegetation; but below it feet the fibre is of much clearer color, while mixed with layers of earth. Specimens of the best quality for industrial use have been gathered in layers covered with 2 to 10 feet of water. "The mass of sand) shells, clay, and lime, mixed with fibres, is easily worked, so that the extraction of the tex- WOMEM FARMERS (By Gcorgina Binnie Clark, in the Daily Mail). iT was at the home of the Manitoba Free Press in Winnipig that I once discussed with some women of its staff the prospect of the woman gardener in Canada. The subject was threshed out between us in the tiny room allotted to Miss Cora Hinde, to whom is entrusted the business CO mnn of the great political organ and farmer's journal of the J>ruvth- west. All thero was to know about the markets she kiuv.*; the prices, grades, and weight of wheat, the reason of the indifferent quality of barley, the outlook for stock-raising trom different parts of thc Dominion. Yet she always finds time to strike her note in any discussion relating to the development or proBpects of woman. If there is no ready-made place, wo concluded, for the salaried woman gardener in the cities of Canada it is cert un she can make one, especially if she decides to co-operate, cither with one or a dozen. The question is whether gardening from the point of view of the hired laborer in Canada is worth while. If two women gardeners went out as comrades to Winnipeg and knocked at thc doors of those houses with promising gardens, I feel sure they would obtain all the daily work they could take and that it would command a salarv of from two to two and a half dollars a day and board. But one could only rely on 'rurden work six, or at the longest seven, months in the year, and it would take nearly all the savings of the working months to carry oue over the months of tin1 frozen soil. The woman gardener would be wise, therefore, to equip herself with a working weapon <'or winter. In young countries excellent work is seldom out of ciiploy- ment for long. Hut if the lady gardener is not yet at a premium in the laud of opportunity, it is certain that the domestic help with a trained knowledge of gardening will command the choice of employers and a higher salary, and by the side way she will doubtless arrive eventually at her iwn most valuabl" and delightful kingdom. Lady gardeners working in co operation on their own land outside n city should do really well, as, although fruit and vegetables do not grow through the winter, packed iu sand in a frost-proof cellar lhey retain their freshness in i mar vellous degree. Some friends of mine who live 1- -side one of ihe lovely Qu'Appello lakes suddenly decided to spend the 1007-1008 winter in England. The cellar had already been ftocked with the winter's keep; they left in November and returned in April, to find the vegetables in perfect condition beetroot, cabbages, cauliflowers were as fresh as potatoes; turnips and carrots were sound in the natural cold store of that empty house. The woman farmer has still less prospect of obtaining salaried employment in Canada since casual labor would not be open to women in the wider sphere. A capable woman would easily get a post as domestic help on a Canadian farm, and if she be a lover of animals one can imagine the delight of the farmer's wife in the fact that her help is able and willing to undertake the duties of feeding the poultry and pigs, and of milking; that she can ride or drive to fetch the mail; that she can "hitch up" the pony without calling iu the services of the hired man; and that she is not "seared'' to water the horses. It will be even a greater satisfaction to find that the help can hoe as well as dig potatoes, and that she knows all about the ways of fruit and berries, Parm work for a woman is not looked upon aa impossible in Canada. A Canadian neighbor of mine, who farms over a thousand acres and never employs hired labor except at threshing season, for many years entrusted his land work to his (ddest daughter. She woulu plough, drive, or harrow day in day out, frequently milking half a dozen cows before and after her field labor. He has often told me that she was worth a higher wage than any hired man, and, in fact, she NATIONAL TRANSCONTINENTAL SHOPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT SPRINGFIELD, MAN.—GENERAL VIEW OF SHOPS TAKEN FROM THE DUGALD ROAD ed by their landlords to display Tory bills and to vote for that candidate, and thev were not going to risk being turned out of their cottages. When I spoke of the secrecy of the ballot, 'Don't you make any mistake,' thiV said; 'they've got ways of finding out. Thev and their fathers have for no long been under'the heels of the little great men of the locality that they are obsessed with a superstition of their omniscience. To some I said, 'You are not a landowner or an aristocrat. The landowners and aristocrats have possessed themselves of more than their due shares of land and money by looking after their mvn interests, of course, not by looking after yours. Thoy arc fighting to keep it all, and add more to it; and do you suppose they hope to do that by still looking alter their own interests or by beginning to look after yours?' 'That's all very well,' said thev. 'but if you put this oxtia tax on their land they'll raise our rents or take it oil' our wages, and so it's us that 'II have to suffer,' Mr. Adi k. writing of course from a partizan standpoint. predicts dire results if protection is ever the law of the laud in England, Hence his words: "For my part, the more I see of ihe pinched, subservient lives that nre led by the von. poor in country and in town, the less I blame the French for the excesses they committed in the lirst heat of the Revolution, The more I see of such lives and realize how, in spite of all obstacles, the rural poor are slowly progressing, despite the unmanly tactics to which their lords and masters stoop, the more certain I am that if ever these shortsighted tariff reformers mislead the jrenple into putting their necks back under the cruel, antiquated of which I am the head, and it is your business to follow out mv orders and lo conciliate me to your utmost." With that he handed me a pile of envelopes and a long list of addresses, am! told me to set to work addressing them. I did so, hut not with a very good grace, the master coming round from time to time to inspect my work. For two solid hours 1 plodded on until 11 a.m., wheu the course came to an end. Then I took the opportunity of going up to the master again aud asking him if he did not really think I had been wasting my time in what 1 had been doing. "Not in (lie least," said he. "In everything, no matter how simple or how difficult, there is always a good deal to learn. If you have paid attention while you were working you will have learnt something about the geography of the Herman Empire, for each address contains tlie name of some important town and ihe province in which it is situate, and the name of some firm celebrated for some particular class of goods." 'Ibis gave mt* food fov reflection. As ti matter of fact, r had "ol paid the least attention to what I had been writing; consequently i littd failed to derive tlie benefit which it was tiie master's intention I should obtain from what seemed tee me at tlie outset a most senseless task. On the following day I resolved t■ • follow out the' master's instructions to the letter, and I wns surprised to find how interesting the work became, I cientiimed addressing envelopes for two hours a day foi a whole week, nnd tho next week I received promotion. In this way 1 wenl through the whole routine, from office boy to director, aii'l the experience which 1 obtained in the van- jtile1 substance does not appreciably increase the cost. On an average, although with considerable variations, "0 tons of material will furnish 1 ton eef fibres in condition for mnnii- i fnctnre. The crude fibre, after imperfect drying on the j bench, is sent to a neighboring [tort on barges, Here it is I dried mechanically, sorted according to quality, und then made lip into packages for shipment. "If the use (ef the objects manufactured witli the I'osid- eni.'i fibres shows, as seems probable*, that durability is one of the valuable qualities of this textile plant, the industrial and commercial movement that has started in Sponccr Gulf is destined to quick extension. Already au attempt is being made to better the conditions of extraction of the material. The fibres are to be collected by means of barges provided with special ree'eptacles and rakes, as well as agitators nnd compressors similar to those used for cleaning wool. Also a company is being formed to exploit the fibre commercially, either in the raw state for a relatively low price or by the adoption eef machinery specially adapted to work it in the best possible conditions. "The quantity of raw material at present available has been estimated, as said above, at several millions of tons and even when the first manipulations have reduced the utilizable products to one-twentieth of this, there will remain for industry an important commercial source that is nowhere near exhaustion,'' yoke of Protection -then tlie desperate millions will nol stop "us capacities has proved invaluable to me In business. short at bread riots, us they e|i,l before." j As director I had to sign cheques, dictate letters, enter into agreements witli the other firm with reference to the sale and purchase of goods, keep au eye on the money market, AEROPLANE ACCIDENTS ' work out arbitrage calculations, draw up and endorse bills of A VIATION is decidedly f the arts io which on,' must; "f''*"'K<' ■■'•'• bills ft lading, make out periodical statements A "loam by doing." 'And in "doing" lives are occasion-1'I1 nl'nirs' allnw '"'i*'"!'"*'' amounts placed to the debit of the ally lost. Has anything I n learned from these accidents! Were they an unavoidable feature of progress in aviation? These questions are discussed in Engineering (London.) Tlie writer Holes that the latest fatal accident, the death of Delagrange, is the only one, apparently, that has been distinctly due to a failure in the main structure of the machine. It se'ems to be1 generally assumed, the1 writer snys, that Ho- biplane' is safer than the1 monoplane, yet the greater number of accidents have happened '" the- biplane, He goes firm on i ount (ef general, and generally supervise everything. While wo were thus drilled in practical work, the theoretical side of business was not neglected. Lectures were given at fixed hours by professors on banking, currency, book-keeping, ai.el mercantile law. Thus we enjoyed the inestimable advantage nf acquiring tho theory unci practice of business at line same time-. FLIND AND ARMLESS M.P.'S Previous t. > thc death eel' Delagrange ihe-re- had been four r*,,,,,., , , , , fatal ace nts will, , lern flying-machines- viz., Lieutenant ' T" , "" . w" .'""•'"', mon aotivoly uHaiatmjj to make , *,., JL our laws at Westminster who have lost an arm—often Sclfridgo was killed when making nit useenl with Orvillc Wright on a Wrighl machine in America; fjefebre lost control of Kj-s Wrighl machine, which therefore fell; Lieutenant Pcrbcr had a fall in his Voisin machine, from which he died soon after; and I'Vmnndez was hilled when Dying in a biplane of his own design. "One at leasl of these namely, Lieiitenanl Selfridge's death—appears to have been due tn the failure of the machinery, a broken propeller having been Iho primary cause of the Pal', li in also possible thai Lcfebrc's mishap was caused by the control win breaking, and the machine becoming unmanageable in consequence, li is, however, inevitable that mi r;ise of ii fall th" machine should if bo damaged thai it is impossible to tell what happened from the broken parts; and if the pilot is killed, it is diflicull to ascertain how the accident took place. In tl uses of Berber and Fernandez thoi in their country's service; and one of the most notable tif them was the late Michael Davitl, who was first elected to parliament when a prisoner at Portland. Hut far and away the most interesting of them all, and in many ways the most remarkable man who has ever sat in thi' House nf Commons, was the Kight Hon. Arthur Kavanagh, who sat for ('ailow from 1S00 to bsso under conditions which would have been impossible for almost any other man. Mr. Kuvnnngh was born without arms or legs-he was, in fact, :i mere trunk of a man. And yet he performed many ;i feat Irom which most men, with their full complement of members, might well have shrunk. Strapped on t• • his saddle, he was one oi ihe most skilful and daring riders to hounds in all Ireland. On one occasion, il is said, "the saddle turned under him, and Ihe horse trot Ut II I ■ <""*> I M.O r*. I II I Ml- I ii:-' '."*> ■ II I II I II* I •■ II M I ■ I II el II I I I /, I III 'I I" , , c . . i . 1 ... , . . . , Is no evidence thut any pari of the machine railed, and in! I'1 >"'.•'* ."'. ""■ stublo-ynrel, with his music hanging „„, ,,r tl Mies ..f Mri.li nniA-lf, i.lgr and Nefrbre the main train ! Il""' ,'"s lm" »"<*P™e tho |jr id, hi ng profusely lie Yf i).,i. ,.. r„iR .,.,..,i , I,,,.. I merely cursed the groom with emphatic volubility, had HIS ing 'lid not fnil ever, flier ing forming one chine- falling in "Curiously In the- ense of Delngriingo's nee good reason to suppose i hat the if the wings gave way altngetln onsequoneo, ough, Santos Duinnnt had an ue the elf more safely re-adjusted, nnd rode out once more.'" „,.,.! See remarkable was Ihe sight of this pink-clad trunk, wt if.-iv from an almost exnef he did nol lose his life." '.'king up ic'xl i he rrlaf ion of uei'0| iniiln perched ecu his big horse1, thai a child who once saw him dash i.l. nt tlio ,n(Jf '"" "' ""' '*..'"' ran shrieking to lu-r mother, exclaiming, use I but I I ""h. Mi...oeiv I've soon Satan himself! I've seen him sure | enough'" Mr. Kavanagh wns also au enthusiastic yachtsman, and the llrsl to nsserl the right of M.l'.'s to moor their crnft SIMIAN SOLDIERS XT we are to credit ull testimony on the subject offered by naturalists, man is not the only animal who carries on his w'arfare by means of organized hands, and calls in the forces of nature t.o assist him. There have been witnessed in Africa fights that were conducted in as orderly a manner ns if tlie warriors had been really men, instead of only somewhat like tbem in form—i.e., baboons. A certain naturalist was once stoned out of a pass in a very few minutes by these creatures, who sprang upon ledges and stones, ami looked down for a few moments on the valley, growling, snarling, and screaming, and then began to roll down stones with so much vigor and adroitness that the intruders took to flight. The baboons evidently knew the value uf cooperation, for the naturalist saw two of them combine their efforts in order to set a particularly heavy stone rolling. One monkey, bent on making the most oi' his missile, wus seen to carry n stone up a tree, thnt he might hurl it with greater effect. Once, while1 senile, baboons were ereessing a valley, they wen1 attacked by clogs, and, as is usual during a march, the females and young were in tlie centre, tlie males heading tlie column anil bringing up the rear. As the dogs rushed upon them the mules turneeel and faceel their enemies, growling, bent ing the ground wilh their hands, and opening thoir mouths wide, so us to show their glittering tooth. They bud. ed so fierce nnd malignant that the dogs—Arnb greyhounds, accustomed to fight successfully witli hyenas mul other beasts of prey—shrank buck. Hy tin1 time they hud boon encouraged lee renew tlie attack flu' whole here! had iniide theor wny, covered by the rear-guard, tee the rocks, one six-months -old monkey alone (excepted. This little monkey sat on n rod;, surrounded by dogs; but he wns not long left iu his perilous position. An old baboon stepped from n cliff near by, advanced teewnrd the dogs, keeping them iu chock by threatening gestures and sounds, picked up Hie baby monkey, and curried it to a place of safety on tlie cliff, while fhe whole crowd of baboons watched the net of heroism nnd shouted their bnllle-crv. .instruct ieei. ti ., ., ', ,, ., ........ was tlie lirst tn :ass,. r I lie rig i o .*,.*. s to moor the r crnft these accidents, thc writer snys thn he wing ol nn neroplano -, ,, ,, ,. ,, ,,- , ,, , .! , i i .i , i ,- opposite lie Houses ot rurlian t. He wen on n sheen ting is in i.s structure very nun- h i ke the inns aio r gging ol a, ,-,. ,,. • , ,-„..,,,. , „,, , - , , , r ... , , ,, . i • ,e i ,- ,i , expedition to Albania, unci published a charming book on ns ie n line in.-it I lie neiiii an.iru t,,l.-ii,,r tho ,. <<i-,- .,1 I i.> etiex ' ... ......... (-> _ sailing boat. i" main -oars taking the ok e lie mast,1 ■ -,, , . , ,, , , , , , , . ... *\. ■ , .' ,, , ,.h., ,' , , . ' i experiences, i us rutee with admirable photographs tn ton by while the w re stays take hut of he shrouds. A vcrv nn !,.' . ... ... ,- ,. . ,• ' ,- ' , ... .- ,, , ,, , n , ■ ,- : hiinselt win (■ mining his favorite ens lines were anglingt porlaii' cli.lere nee is that liie lii.'esl nl a leoal iisnully has u lore | , , . ' . ,,. , B ' h h His must famous expedition, howover, wns his ride from N'orwny to Ineliu. Accompanied by two friends lie rode across Russia I" tho Caspian Sen; thence tee Astrakhan and stay tu take- th., longitudinal pressure when going head to wind, while the wing nf an aeroplane often has no such provision. It is |e.i^silih' that this bael something to do witli the Drlagrango accident. Savs the writer: . , , , ,, , . - ... .. , *- h ■ Asliali.iel. unci tlirenigli Persia, laughing nt tho perils ami "Whether the failure- of Ihe wing was actually from longi fatigue of li journey which might well have daunted even the teielmnl stress or from the supporting wire breaking . . .famous Colonel HoVnubv. will probably never be accurately known; but ii is ipiite clear \i,- Kavanagh. who wns the father of four haadsome sons tbnf tho epeesti. f ample slreuglli to ifsisl longitudinal „,,,| daughters, nil perfectly formed, was carried into the stresses should be '..'iv en rcf ii I ly oiisiderrd. es| .ally when i House of Comomns on the'bnck of an attendant) and was putting more power into nn existing machine. certainly ono ot the keenest and ablest of the legislators of "The (piesteen of the most suitable material and fasten-j his time, ings for the supporting wires is. moreover a matter which Of blind members of Purlinnient thero have been at least requires vi'ty careful consideration. In ti use ,,f biplanes three within recent years. One represented the Ossory i)iv- tbc wires nre so numerous that the failure of one or even more I ision of Queen's County, aud was a brilliant graduate nf may ne.et endanger the whole structure, but those eef the mono-1 Trinity College, Dublin; another was knighted for his ser- THE LOPHIOMYS—WHAT IS IT? AMONG the live animals thai havo recently reached America from the Roosevelt party in Africa i.s a strange little creature' known ns the* lophiomys, the first of its kinel ever brought from the wilels and the first of ifs kind ever viewed by the eyes of a white man. It, dwells In the dense forests of interior Africa, nnd its existence wns unknown to scientific men until recently. The Wanderobo hunters had told the Knglish gunii'-wnrilens of the section of the existence of flits crenture, and a reward hud been offered for the capture of o f them alive. About the time thc McMillan collection of animals which hud been presented to the Smith- soninn Institution through Colonel Roosevelt wns to leave Africa, the unlives came in with a single lophiomys, and it wns added to tlie collection, emtio to America, and is now installed iu Hie National Zoological Park at Washington. Tlie newly capiiired creature has not yet been classified, It is a iri'o rodent, resembling the porcupine more nearly than nny other well-known animal, It is held as belonging to the rut family, the skunk family, the squirrel family, the porcupine family, but so far science has not given its edict. The sailors on the way over dubbed the creature "Lottfy" for short, and that is the only populur name it has as yet acquired. was tho strongest support in Hie journey from poverty to com punitive affluence. Hut when iiis eldest son reached the age of leaving school and settled down to regular work on the land, the old theory of the natural superiority of a "lord of creation" revived, and there was an occasional difference of opinion about choice of horses and division of duties. More competent to work a hundred and sixty acres of land than many homesteaders 1 have encountered in Canada, this Can adiun girl had no claim to the hundred and sixty acres of free land which her Govornmonl grants to a male of any nation. "Free homesteads for women" would have been well worth winning from the Canadian Government if it had been for the sole sake of that Canadian girl. It is therefore evident that the Knglish woman gardener nr fanner must clear her own trail to the garden or farm in Canada; and if this trail is to be clear cut and broad it must lie by means of co-operation. Independence, and even wealth, is to be won by women in (either grain or stock raising on tho Canadian prairie, but it is necessary to become familiar witli the conditions of farming iu Canada before launching out into individual experiment. It is not so much a question of building the fence as avoiding the pitfall— the good training given at one or tlie other of our own schools for outdoor occupation can qualify for the one; only experience can bridge the other. A gradually extending scheme of co-operation could be so carefully thought into form and practice as to pay from every point of its association, The capital required should be sufficient to cover spot-cash payment for a section of land—the building of a cottage farm sufficient to accommodate ten pupils, a matron-housekeeper, and a land director; to purchase twelve work horses, three light horses, twelve milch cows, and erect a solid barn stable for their accommodation; to purchase from twelve to twenty pigs ami build convenient piggeries for the accommodation of at least fifty; to purchase implements of the best selection for working the land; to allow of a least one hundred acres being broken in the first year from outside labor; and to blink a sufficient sum for initial expenses, A co-operative experiment worked out on the above foundation, with its premiums from pupils plus their free labor, its profitable grain, stock, dairy, and side-line profits, should easily yield a per cent, to its shareholders, and so soundly and surely extend itself in depth und breadth that, at the end nf five years, the value of the original $5 shares should have arrived at $25. Meantime its fifty pupils would have passed—whorcf At present the most promising farming opportunity for women is presenteil in Sir Thomas Shaughuessy's scheme of made- fur work, horses, implements, and the household plant, with house und stables erected by competent workmen from orthodox plans. A sound fence is ulso put up, and fifty acres uf cropland broken and seeded. The payment both for the hind and these improvements is extended over a term of years, sei that the only enpitnl required for the venture is sufficient for work, horses, Implements, and the huoschold plant, with just a margin for the immediate expenses of living. Women settling ou these fiirms could arrange lo co-operate without necessnrily settling een the same farm. Kxpensive Implements for a time, at any ra^e', ceeuhl bo used in common, nnd the work- of two ill co-operation is usually well worth the work eef threo Individuals. Hut us time goes on women farm rs will gain confidence that success alone can bestow, and will doubtless form their own plan nnd conditions for co-operative settlement on the land. TRANSPARENT EELS THERE are not very many transparent animals, but studies of two larval eels which possess this peculiarity, seem to show thnt among tlie possible advantages of being truns- pnrent is economy in personal decoration. In ordinary opaque animals tin* color markings nre symmetrical em the two sides of the body, but th is is not tho cuse witli the transparent eels. Each of them, when looked at from one side, appears to have seven large black spots arranged at nearly regular intervnls along the length eef its body; but closer examination shows that in ench case three of the spots are on the left side and four on the right, and irregularly spaced, but in such u manner that, on bulking through Ibe body, all seven appear in u symmetrica! row. THE JAER FAMILY Mr. Jarr's Uncle Henry Is Actually Growing Fond of His Wife WELL, he's gone," said Mrs. Jarr, '' and I do hope that will be th* last company we'll have." "Uncle Henry wasn't company—he was a relative," said Mr. Jarr. "That makes it worse," Mrs. Jan- replied. "I want to just Bit down and take a good long rest. 1 do hope what I saie] to him, though, will do some good. Think of him being here visiting us for weeks, while poor Aunt Hetty was left on that lonely farm to feed tbe stock, chop wood, to look after everything, with three feet of snow on the ground and she suffering from sciatica, whila that old villain, Cncle Henry, was taking it easy here with us!" "So, you see, you haven't it so bad, after all!" said Mr. Jarr. "1 almost made him promise to be good to Aunt Hetty when he went back," said Mrs. Jarr, not heeding Mr. Jarr's remark. "Poor soul, I will say that she never complained." "Never complained!" replied Mr. Jarr. '' Did she ever do anything ia her letters but complain!" "I mean about him. She never com plains about Uncle Henry," said Mrs. Jarr. " Vet if she wero to die, he'd miss her.'' "I think he would, too," said Mr. Jarr. "lie told nice that they had beoa married over forty years, and that she had been a good wife to him, and that he had gotten tee like her." 1 "Gotten to like her!" cried Mrs. Jarr. "Well, J will say that your family certainly cun restrain its emotions! When I die' you'll probably go around telling people tual you hail gotten to like mo, loo! " "Oh, yon mustn't take what Unci* Henry suid seriously," ventured Mr. Jarr. "It is a strange thing about molt peojde that they do restrain themselves, so fur as kind words and expressions of affection are concerned, but they are all so willing to say what will hurt. That is, they restrain themsolvoB when it is a mutter of appreciation and sympathy, but ure quick tee urgue on anything un pleasant." "I'm so glad you confess it,"said Mrs. Jarr. "Hut how you can do so in/ cold blood gets me. You're as bad as your Uncle Henry." "Yecu forgot 'one thing," said Mr„ Jarr quietly. "Uncle Henry is your uncle, not mine." "Well, it's all the same," said Mrs. Jarr. "Vou follow his example. Hore you have seen me nearly killing myself with work, and tiortriide away visiting her married sister. She always goes visiting about this time when there aro dances every night before Lent. And you never offered to give me a hand." " Ves, I did," said Mr. Jarr. "Come, now, Uncle Henry is gone, und we'll not suy any more about it." "That's the way you always do when I say anything to you that it doesn'l ' please you to hear!" said Mrs. Jarr peevishly. "Vou turn the subject. I know I'm foolish to kill myself with work. un<! I know 1 wouldn't bo cold before you 'd marry again and bring in a cruel stepmother who would be mean to my dear children and turn yon against them, and "' "Don't be foolish, dear. I'll promise you I won't dee anything of the kind," said .Mr, Jarr soothingly. "That's what all the' mon sav," sob bed Mrs. Jarr, "but they are (ill alike. If I were lo die' I know you wouldn't grieve one' bit. " "I'm sure I'.1 grieve forever," said Mr. Jarr. This helped some, but Mrs. Jarr want ed to hear more assurances of his woe at her demise, e.j ^IIIIW V(IU wouija*!, cry. Vou never do cry," sho said. "Look how Mr. Dllkins carried on when his wife died! Ami look at Mrs. Swank ley! She never could get along with Mr. Swankley, but when he was buried sbe wanted to jump into tho grave" "Maybe it was to make sure Mr. Swankley was there," suggested Mr. Jarr. "If you will remember, both of these people married again within a few weeks. That kind always do." "Still, it is a comfort to be remembered after you're gone," snid Mrs. Jurr. "I'm glad ye think so," said a voico. and Uncle Henry stepped into the room. "Hut I've changed my mind about going right away," he added. "And, be sides, I left a box of paper collars on the bureau and come back for them. So, if yer grievin' so much about mv goin' nway, I'll stay a little longer, it don't matter. 1 et my lunch in the deppo, anyhow," BALLADE OF VICTORY Beyond tho Gates of the Gardens of Khan, That lie in the limits of Tartary, Beyond the Cross of the Son of Man, On the red, wet slope of Calvary, All a cycle before the Axe and the Tree, From a world of light by our dim dreaniK veiled. The Lord Cod 'stablisheel His Mystery— A Land for the .Souls of His .Sons who failed! Yea, ii Place He made for the slaves of ban. And for those who fell by the priests' decree, And ono for the1 hunger pinched court, esan, Who to suckle her babe sold hor purity; And equal they were- in the same de- grei— he scourged and the scorned, the beaten and jailed— When the Lord God founded His Char ity, A Land for the Souls of His Sous who foiled! A few who .'111111' thoro when the world began Hnd names, but the many from nameu wero free, And whether 'twas Christ or poor Joan, Bruno or Brown, or them that bo Ground into dust at Thermopylae, T|iey pu' them awav with all they on- tailed, When the Lord God awarded in victory A Land for the Souls of Ifis Sons who failed! L'Envoi Ship of Success, on failure's grey sea. Oh, These, the .Valueless, calked holes us yon sailed, Till the Lord Cod gave them their liber- '>— A Lund for the1 Souls eef His Seens wine foiled! —Rem A. Johnson, iu LiVe. A GEYSER-HEATED GREENHOUSE IN the Yellowstone Park Geyser Basin a small greenhouse stands over a geyser stream, A current of nearly boiling wutoe- constantly pusses through it. Steam arises in profusion, moistening the plants, unci the sun aids in Hie work, so that an extraordinary rapidity of growth is the result. Lettuce matures in two or three weeks, and other plants grow with proportionate rapidity. The climate of the locality is very severe, which makes more striking this example of the utilization of nature's energy. A LAY Said the poultry man rough to thc littlo breewn hen, "Ve.u ain't laid an egg in — knows when.'' -Snid the little brown hen to the poultry- tnan rough, "I ain't been fed on rich enough stuff." Said the poultrymnn then to the littlo brown hen, "I'll kill you if you don't go on and lay like you used ter." Said the little brown hen to the poultry- man then, "Peed me ice cream soda, if you don't don 't ! 'II refuse ter.'' THE HOSMER TIMES OLDJBHUM Cigafrttes TEN FOR TEN CENTS WA-DRU-C9, > N j ,cn you see tliis Trade Mark on any Medicinal or Toilet Preparation you je, it is an assurance to you that every ingredient entering into that ion is of the highest quality that money can procure. What is even j portant, it is an assurance that these ingredients have been compounded, ,g to the best formula; known, by expert chemists of long experisnee, in l*.iloy of one of tbe largest wholesale drug linns iu the world, tbe National |yd Chemical Company of Canada. i.eiu have probably noticed, " NA-DRU-CO " is made up of tbe first \ihcwords"National Drug Company". It is pronounced "NA-DROO-KO", ly accent on the second syllable. [ UVhat the Laws Say *(ee protection of the public the ,icli Province in Canada slates I) " thoroughly qualified men are ■■ .o dispense prescriptions— - /being physicians or graduates triiized Colleges of Pharmacy, tigicul conclusion is tbat as the 'made by the representatives of •lc, the people want protection, dd welcome the opportunity able to procure iu any part of be NA-DRU-CO lilie of nic- ,111(1 toilet preparations, com- '. by expert chemists from the nd best ingredients, and guar- [ v a firm of our standing. you see the NA-DRU-CO | ark you have this opportunity |guarantee for which you are :e of the NA-DRU-CO Formulae SNational Drug and Chemical 1 y of Canada, Limited, ac- jilie businesses and maintains 1 citable traditions of 21 of the li\l wholesale Drug Houses iu from Halifax to Vancouver. i these firms had long and suc- Icarcers; some of thein fifty to i^idred years, and during their they had accumulated a rfi1! lot of formula' which all bc- •b\e property of the " National." ■ Jiving these formula* careful stu- lipractical tests for several years ,'e now brought out, Teased on J the NA-DRU-CO line of about fedicinal and toilet preparations, : ingredients in these preparations Je, • best and purest tbat money can Iliad they are compounded by a ltd expert chemists, each of whom : high in his profession. li have such implicit confidence in JiRU-CO Preparations that we them with l\ Four-Fold Guarantee |l The First Guarantee [ f firm behind tbe .VA-DRU-CO Mark. National Drug and Chemical [ pany of Canada, Limited, is oue c f trgest wholesale drug firms in tbe ., having a Paid-up Capital of 1 Five Miiiion Dollars. We have legale branches in the principal Jbuting centres in Canada so that F.an at all limes satisfy yourself | 'here is such a firm. We are the Irf buyers of drugs und do the part of I he wholesale drug f.is in Canada. Wc employ a staff | it nine hundred people and distri- |i salaries, dividends and other expenses over Oue Million Dollars annually. We carry a stock distributed among our Branches of about Two Million Dollars, and in addition we own real estate and buildings which are to-day wortli about Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, and other large assets. The Second Guarantee of NA-DRU-CO quality is the NA- DRU-CO Trade Murk itself. We know thut the quality of the first NA-DRU-CO preparation you buy will practically decide whether you become a regular user of NA-DRU-CO articles or not—and for that trial you may select any one of the 125 preparations. So we must make each NA-DRU-CO article of the very highest quality or risk the reputation and sales of the whole line. The Third Guarantee of NA-DRU-CO quality is the fact that NA-DRU-CO preparations are never, at any time or in any place, sold at cut prices. NA-DRU-CO preparations are so much better than the preparations whose prices are cut that discerning people prefer to pay full prices for the NA- DRU-CO goods. The Fourth Guarantee of NA-DRU-CO quality is short and very much to the point. If after trying any article bearing the NA-DRU- CO Trade Mark you are not entirely satisfied, return it to the druggist from whom you bought it and he will hand back your money. Consult Your Physician NA-DRU-CO medicinal preparations are not intended to take the place of your physician's prescriptions—far from it. When you are ill you need the physician's skilful diagnosis and treatment, and it would be folly to depend on youi own diagnosis and any household remedy But in emergencies when you cannot get the doctor quickly, and in many other cases, a reliable household remedy is a real blessing. To put the absolute reliability of NA- DRU-CO preparations beyond doubt or question, we are prepared to furnish to your physician or your druggist, on request, a list of the ingredients in any NA-DRU-CO preparation. Ask these men, who are men mt standing in your community, and in whom you place implicit confidence, all about NA-DRU- CO remedies. If your druggist has not the particular NA-DRU-CO preparation you ask for in stock, he can get it for you within two days from our nearest wholesale branch. Me for the 1910 NA-DRU-CO Almanac, giving a list of NA-DRU-CO I and prices, with other useful information. Address "National Drug Co., I sing Department, 34 St. Gabriel Street, Montreal." ional Drug & Chemical Company I of Canada, Limited 3 |ile I Halifax—St. John—Montreal—Ottawa—-Kingston—Toronto—HamiHon \t: \ London -Winnipeg Rcgina Calgary - Nelson - Vancouver—Victoria OUR 1910 (Seed Catalogue is NOW OUT ||.- YOU HAVK NOT RECEIVED A COPY DROP US A CARD WM. RENNIE CO., LTD. WINNIPEG MANITOBA / "j V ,/M sfsflPi HP M IPIflJKI *^jii.'*'' ■*■'■'■■■ ^W:ii--m:. rn-^m When You Buy a Mason & Risch PIANO You Pay Nothing Extra The selling price of tho Ma value of the instrument. Tho sents the actual cost of making ed. Buyers of Mason & liisch commissions of any kind are a There is only one g There is only one p There is only one p We nave at all times bargai at prices and terms which asto er. Write today for a list of be sent by return mail. Quarterly or Pall payments son Si Risch Piano indicates the irice you are asked to pay repre- , with a small factory profit add- ^ianos pay for pianos only; no Med to the price. iade |the highest) rofit (the smallest) rice (the lowest) ns in used and Bhopworn pianos nisli the shrewdest bargain driv- these great bargains which will arranged to suit. The Mason & Risen Piano Co., Ltd. Factory Branch 710 Centre Street, Calgary, Alta. "That Reminds Me M DO you read all the books you buyf" "No," answered Mr. Cumrox; "my leisure is used up in reading the advertisements that persuade me to buy them." . . . THIS beautiful gem appeared the other day as a head-line in the Chicago Tribune: "Make City lleads Toe Mark." What a somersault this must have beenl . . . IV says here than men are goin' ter wear clothes ter match th' hair, this winter." "That's goin' ter make it kinder cold fur th' bald-headed fellers, ain't itl" • « • STRANGER (to boy looking at tho monkeys in the Zoo)—"Guess vou're going to be a naturalist some day I" Boy—"Nope. CartoouiBt!" . ■. . WHAT men think," remarked the knowing woman, "causes fully one-third of all the trouble in the world." "Yes," rejoined tho mere man, "and what women say causes the otber two-thirds." . . . CIUSTOMEH—r'Mr. Wilforg, why I do you charge such an enormous price for a pound and a half o" veal chopsf" Butcher—"Mrs. Bartleson, think of tlie gallons and gallons of eight-cent milk it has taken to grow that calf." HANK STUBBS—"1 never could see any sense in that expression, 'Six of one and half a dozen of the other.' " llijo Miller—"How would you have lit?" Hunk Stubbs—"Why, 'Hix of each,' ' of course.'' • • * MURPHY—"Poor O'Reilly is dead. And a good old soul he was." CASEY—"Vis, and a thought- j fill wun, too. Shure, before he died be called ull his creditors to him and told jthini where they could borrow enough to cover what lie owed thiin." e. ee # "VTelW, in order to subtract," the _LM teacher explained, "things have always to be of the same denomination, for instance, wc couldn't tak( three apples for four pears, nor six horses from nine clogs." "Teacher," shouted a small boy •'can't you take four quarts of milk from three COWS?'' tho door in response to Wiggles by's ring. "Is Miss Durllioi'iuigli in!" asked Wigglesby. "Yis, sorr, she's in sorr, but she s engaged," said the maid. "Yes, I know," smiled Wigglesby. j " 1 'm what she* 's engaged to.'' ) * » » LITTLE HKRBERT, aged four, and several of his little friends wt.-e 1 being given u party by his parents. About four o'clock, before tho lunch 1 wns served, Herbert's father took tbem all for a sleigh ride to whet their appetites for the dainty feast to follow. His father, noticing that bis little son was very silent, asked; "Well, Herbert, !what's the matter") Aren't you huving I a good time?" With n very sober expression, he answered, "Why, we have ! n't begun 1.1 eat yet." ONE of the new women visited a Boston fortune teller. "Lady," said the fortune teller, shuffling the : cards, "tho fate decrees that you will I visit foreign lands. You will mingle in tho court life of kings and queens. Con- ! quering all rivals, you will marry the j man of your choice, a tall, dark, handsome gent of distinguished ancestry—in I fact, a peer of the. realm." "Will he be young? "Yes; young and rich." The : visitor in her excitement clutched the seer's arm. " But how," she cried eagerly, "how am f to get rid of my present husband i" THE tourist who hnd secured a guide within a few moments after his arrival in Rome spoke crisply to the : man. "I've only got nn hour or so to I spare for Rome," he said, "and I want jto see just two things—one's St. Peter's land the other is the Forum. Take mo 'to them both as quickly as oyu can." I The guide engaged a carriage, into j which the tourist jumped, and after a I few words from the guide to the driver, '|the ecpiipage started off at a brisk rate. Suddenly it stopped, and the tourist ceased his lire of questions abruptly. "Hop out," he said to his guide, urging him by a slight push. "Now which is this, the Forum or St. Peter's?" H for.5 OW much are eggs nowt" "Two dollars down, and a dollar a month until tha dozen is paid IRISHMAN (after waiting at the theatre entrance for a long time on a cold night)—(' Shure it's meself wad sooner walk fifty miles than shtand five!" • • * I HEAR Jones the sea-captain is in hard luck. He married a girl and she ran away from him." "Yes, he took her for a mate, but she was a skipper." THE HAMLESS HAMLET To be or not to be—-that is tho ques tion: Whether 'tis better to Buffer the relentless butchers To outrageously deprive us of our fortune, Or to take up tinus against them and the meat, trust, And by opposing smash them? To diet, to eat No moro steaks, chops, or sausage, and ho end 1 The hoartache ami the thousand natural shocks 'The meat consumer\s heir to—'tis a consummation Devoutly to bo wished. To diet—no meat, ■No fowl! Porchonco no flsh; ah. there's tin- nib! 1 For if we have no meat, no bones to boil, What friends may come and wish to stay lo meal— 1 This possibility must give us pause, j There's tlie respect, we owe to those 1 Who have a taste for sirloin or sweet- 1 breads That make a calamity of so long life; \ For who would bear the clips and bones they weigh, The tainted ends for which they charge full price, 1 The butcher's wrong, the packer's contumely, ! The pangs that bacon costs, and also ham, I The heavy price of chops, the lean ox- joint, (That patient merit of the unworthy takes, I When he might feed on dandelion greens Or fill his stomach with mock-turtle soup? I But there's the dread that if we cut out meat The packers would go in for garden truck, And soak us as we ne'er were soaked before. This lurking danger puzzles the will. And makes us rather bear the ills we ha\o Than to flv to others that we know not of. THE JABE FAMILY It's Awfully Hard for Mr. Jarr to be Generous! THERE NOW!" said Mr. Jarr grandly; '' there's forty dollars. Get yourself one of those pouy coats!" "Forty dollars!" said Mrs. Jarr, "What sort of a coat could I get for that much?" "I should think you could get a very good one," said Mr. Jarr. "L never had a forty-dollar overcoat in my life." "You've never gotten a fur overcoat, that's why," said Mrs. Jarr. "I don't know what's to happen to poor people," ventured Mr. .larr, half musingly. "It used to be that a poor man's wife was content to dress as a poor man's wife, but now they want to dress like a millionaire's bride." "And why not?" retorted Mrs. Jarr. "I guess I'm just as good as anybody else!" "I didn't say you weren't,'' replied Mr. .larr. "Hut my mother never had a forty-dollar coat, and you turn up your nose at it.'' '' Now, please I'' said Mrs. Jarr, quick ly. "I'lease, don't bring your mother into the discussion! She's interfered enough in our affairs without you invoking the memory of it. I don't know whether she had a forty dollar eoat or not. Sho always dressed better than 1 did, I know that! And I also know that she wouldn't have me get a forty dollar coat if sho could help it, nor a ten dollar coat! She never wanted me to have anything, and " "Hold oil," said Mr. larr, interrupt j ing, "let bygones be bygones. I 'm only j sorry 1 haven't any more money, but the! fact remains that this is all the money I have. It's the best I can do. Wiil: you take it and get yourself a pony coat?" " Von insist on me getting a pony : coat?" asked Mrs. Jarr. "Of course I do," replied Mr. Jarr. "I knew it, I just knew it!" said I Mrs. Jarr. "In the first place I'd rather I do without a pony coat, than have to wear a cheap one! In tlie second place it's toil late! Why, the spring is hero," "I haven't seen it," said Mr. Jnrr. "But that doesn't matter, I dou't really I mean for you to havo a fur coat "Of course vou don't!" said Mrs., Jarr, quickly. "Vou don't mean for me to have anything! I notice you like to be nicely dressed, but you never think, of mc. I dou't need anything to wear, j of course! 1 can stay iu the house! l\ can slip out to the grocery stores at night with a shawl over mv head like a • beggar woman! That's all you can-!" : "Gee whiz! Ain't I giving you $40?"' asked Mr. Jarr. "It's a little extra money I made and I thought it would please yon. I heard you say you'd like: a pony coat and so I suggested that. But I don't care what you get with it!": "Of course you don't!" snapped Mrs.] Jarr. "Vou don't care anything about; me. Vou have no interest in what f do! Vnu thrust the money at me as if to say: "Take this, slave! See, how kind I am to you. Here's $-10. Buy yourself a sealskin sacque and diamond earrings ami a pearl dog collar, for I am a gea orous master! " "Well, just listen to that!" cried tho amazed Mr. .larr. "What can a man do to please a woman, anyhow?" "Ho can be good to her. He can treat her liko a human being!" replied Mrs. Jarr. "He needn't come to her and say: 'Here's $40. Thc season is over, pony coats are going out of style. 1 want you to got one and wear it this spring and all aoxt Bum in or and be a laughing stock for everybody. Don't you dare get anything else! And look grateful an.I speak thankfully!" "Oh, all right, if that's tho way you feel," said Mr. Jarr, aad reached for tho roll of bills. "1" knew you didn't want me to have the money! " cried Mrs. Jarr. "Vou wero afraid I'd find out you had it and so you thought you'd show it to nie and twit me about, having it and hurt my feelings—and then take it away from mo! That's what you always do!" And Mrs. Jarr clutched tight the money and sobbingly added, "Take it! I wouldn't have it if vou wore to beg me to take it!" "Now, if you'll just be calm a moment, my dear," said Mr. Jarr, restraining himself with great effort. "1 want to say to you that I'm sorry you misunderstood me. Take the money and buy anything you want with it." "Well, then, don't bo rude to me," said Mrs. Jarr. " I wouldn't take a million dollars from you if it wero not given to mo with a smile." "I'm sorry I didn't smile," said Mr. Jarr, "but I felt badly because it wasn't a million, I suppose." "That's sweet, of you! Why didn't you say that at first," said Mrs, Jarr, "and I do need so many things!" STANDING FORCES OF FAR EAST K'SSIA still maintains a force of - more than 200,000 in Manchuria and there are wild rumors and predictions of war iu the Far East. The magazine is piled high, and it needs but one spark for au explosion. Russia is sore at her defeat by Japan, and Japan is still sore and disappointed over being buncoed out of her expected indemnity by tlie Treaty of Portsmouth. Th-' I'rus- sfan General von der Boeok admits all this, but declares in the Deutsche Hevuo (Berlin) that thero is no immediate prospect of a rupture. After investigating more practical problems, ho proceeds to givo an account of the forces tho various IVnvors havo on tho spot, Of Russia's Asiatic forces he writes: "Russia continues to maintain in tho Far East a largo part of the forces sent there during tlie war. Posted there, on a peace footing, is an army of 200,000 men, who in the event of war would easily be reinforced by 100,000 more. This number does not include either the garrisons of tho fortresses, tho reserve forces, or the territorial militia. Vladivostok has boon strengthened by new fortifications so as to become a stronghold of the first rank. The naval forces which Russia maintains in the Par East, havo, however, received but scanty attention in tho way of increase, a natural consequence of the destruction nf the Russian Moot in the late war. Altho Russia, in case of war, would thus be com- | polled to confine herself to thc defensive, | it is nevertheless true that Russia's po- i sition in the Far East has been much improved since the war." Japan's financial condition has prevented much improvement in hor arma ment, and while she need not fear i'us sia on the sea, she is scarcely her mat-:h on the land. General von der Bocck says: "Japan since the Treaty of Ports mouth has also struggled, in spite of financial obstacles, to augment hor mili tary forces and to improve their organization in accordance with the exp"ri ence gathered in the courso of the war. Hor army, which before tho war consisted of 13 divisions only, now numbers 19. On a peace footing Japan maintains 250,000 men, who in time of war could be reinforced by 750,000 of all arms. " As to her fleet, it exhibits a remark able expansion, both by the incorporation into her squadron of war-ships captured from the Russians, and subsequently repaired and modernized, and by ships of new construction. It is also noteworthy that Japan has on the stocks several great cruisers of the Dreadnought type, so that at the present moment she holds the fifth place among tho naval Powers of the world. It is quite probable that by 1911 sho will havo attained to the fourth place. Since Japan, for tho present at least, has no cause to fear the naval forces of Russia, to judge front her eager efforts toward naval expansion it is quite credible that sho anticipates a possilde war with some Other Power, probably America." China is also beginning to make vigor ous warlike preparations, this Prussian export tells us. and it has surprised Die world that a nation which formerly held "the trade of war" in BUprome con tempt should suddenly turn to it wild enthusiastic ardor. To quote his words: "Up to rocent t lines ■ Ihinn on ae count of her military feebleness was al most h negligible quantity in tho politi leal intrigues of the Far Fast. At pros ent thlnges have changed. Tlie Chinese Government has been engaged upon a ■vast project for the reorganization of the national army on a European basis. ■ In accordance with this project the Chinese Army is ttn comprise, on a ''•ence footing, seine 30 divisions of 'JO, 000 men each. " ■ Gcuernl von der Bocch thinks that | Europe lias good reason to fear the am bitious aspirations of ihe Japanese. Even now they an' no] contented with their .situation in Asia. Europe should not be deluded by their smiling subrnis sivenoss, he declares. At present while j preparing herself Japan remains inert. "When favorable opportunity presents j itself she will ind hesitate to declare I war ou the Powers who have balked hei I'll the past. The nation most irnme- ; dlately menaced is Rus,-ia.' MANAGING VICIOUS BULLS As a general tiling the wisest way of handling a bull that is inclined to be vicious is to hand him over lo the butcher, as an animal of this class is never safe to trust, ff he has proven to be an extra good sire, aud it is doomed desirable io retain him for service, the safest and simplest moans of hand ling him is to blindfold him. He may bo managed by means of ropes and pulleys, giving him room to move out of his stall when required, and bringing him back to his place; but it is a cum bersome method. Blindfolding quietly takes all the conceit out of a blusterer. A broad bandag" of double sacking securely fastened over his eyes may serve the ordinary purpose in the stable. This device may be used to good advantage in handling a nervous or excited boast while being led to market or- drawn in a wagon to bo shipped on a train. I remember a case of a heifer ro-cciv od on the train being so wildly excited that she would jump at a person ap- proaching her to untie her halter, but by throwing a blanket over her head and afterward tying a sack over hor eyes, she was quietly unloaded and tied behind a wagon, which she followed as ineekly»as ono could desire. Mismanagement or lack of thought makes a great dead of trouble in the handling of stock. How of.en do wo soo men chasing pigs all ever tlie place in the vain effort to get them into a pen, the porkers always going in fhe direction ^contrary to the one thoy are desired to go, while, Ity having a pair of low, light hurdles,' hinged together, forming a V-shaped guide, the animals can be handled quickly and with tho use of no unseemly words. Vicious bulls are generally made so by unwise treatment when young, giving them too much liberty, or using them cruelly. It is well to use them kindly, but they should be trusted no moro than is necessary, for it sometimes happens that, a bull that has been quiet. suddenly ami unexpectedly becomes vicious and maims a man for life or gores him to death. It is the part of wisdom to handle a bull with a strong staff aad a safe connection with his nose ring, no matter how quiet ho may be. Many a good driving horse has his years of usefulness cut short by being left in the hands of some person thut docs not knuw how to tuke care of a horse and does not caro what happens to the animal that chanceB to come into his hands. One of the most common ways of injuring a driving horse is by driving him hard in cool weather, and when tho horso has been brought into a sweat, leaving him uncovered and exposed to cold winds er to drafts in a stable without the protection ef a blanket. It in seldom necessary tu drive a horse so hard that he will on a cool day be ia a sweat. In warm weather it is different, as the horse then sweats with little ex j ertion. When a horse has been driven until he is covered with foam and sweat he should be taken into a stable, rub bed down with whisps of hay or pieces of rough cloth and then blanketed. The neglect of such precautions has resulted in many a horse catching a cold that has proved serious. The carriage horse should be so dri\ rn, in ordinary cases, that he will no! I sweal. Driving is a science in itself. and there ure many mature i pie wbo have not learned how to drive a horse. They have no idea a." to the amount of work he i> aide to perform witboul less ening his vitality. The writer rcincui hers a minister thai gut the ill will of the community in which lie lived by driving a horse Til miles in a day. He was bragging >>.' the fact when it was announced to him tout the |i,iim' had died as a result of the overstrain, Tho result uf ihe drive ruined the work of the minister in thai place, but it is prob able that it was the ignorance ef tho man that was to blame and not his lack of heart as regarded the brute creation. It should be borne in mind that a horse is limited as to the amount of work lie can do as well as a man. Water for animals.—The borse requires from tit to SO pounds, or 8 to 10 gallons of water per day, a gallon weigh ing S pounds. Cattle drink more than horses. Feeding upon dry material they require S',\ pounds per day. but on green food they require only about 33 pounds of water* per day. About three fifths of the animal body is water, and while water is not strictly a food, no food can be assimilated without water, large quantities of it being required to carry on the process. The number of times an animal will drink during the day, when allowed full opportunity, is not known but is indicated in a general way by the stomach. The stomach of the horse is small, and as might be supposed, does not require much water at a time, but often. The stomach in cat tie is vory large, and rumination (chew ing the cud) is performed. This necessitates saturating the food with water before rumination takes place, and probably explains the fact that they require more water in the morning than iu the evening. The high prices ruling for all kinds of butcher's cattle has led to tho shipment in of a number of boasts wholly unfit for slaughter, antl iu consequence the market is falling for anything but tops. Receipts aro small, oven for tho time of year, showing that stocks in the country aro all too well cleaned up and that little but tho ritf-raff remains. Receipts of hogs, though showing a slight increase since last writing, are still lamentably below the requirements of the market, and the price holds firm at $8.50 per cwt. In the matter of cattle prices, nothing could bettor illus trato the undesirable quality of much that is being received as the range last week was all tho way from $11.00 to $5.'_'o per cwt., the latter figure being paid for cbolco steers averaging 1,249 pounds. One encouraging item of the live stock trade is the number of sheep that are being brought down from the ranch country round Maple Creek to Brandon district. Those sheep are practically all ewes, Shropslnros, CotBWolds, Beit-esters and South downs, and are being secured for breeding purposes. Within thc past few years farmers of Brandon district have gone into sheep, with such success that others aie now following thoir example. If many of the sections where wild oats are rampant would follow the same courso it would soon rid tho farms of those pests. It is highly significant <>f the market for mutton in Winnipeg alone that the re ceipts of sheep for an entire week amounted to the magnificent showing of one. There has been a heavy movement of I horses during January am! February, |over 5,000 head having boon brought in from Ontario. A few of theSe huri*o« aro auctioned in Winnipeg, but tho bulk of shipments go to points further wesi. In tho shipments there has been a fair percentage ol heavy-druft horses suit able for drays and railway coustructiuar but the bulk of the shipment;** havo bo<j» ordinary farm chunks and some of thoa not too good at that. Prices are goo* and tho horses find a ready bale, show ing that in tho west at least, motor power is not supplanting tho horse to any extent. * * * One of the most healthy signs of th« times in connection with light harnosi sports is the inquiry for designs of grand ■tauds. The grand stands oi the averagtr trotting track arc behind the times. They are often ugly wooden structures, built in ihe most primitive fashion, usually far too small, with narrow wooden seats and distinguished principally by a total luck id' comfort for tho Bpe-9 tater. In many cases the seats ur<- st close together that sitting is uncomfortable and if a person wishes to leavt everybody in the row has to stand up. To add t" the genera! discomfort, tlit Ktund has been -,, arranged that it is im- •Jtuilliw eqn|.w sei.orj ot|1 90S <>l opiissoo* go everybody stands op and many .stand en the -eat*-.. Nm seats cun be kept eloai umb r such conditions. The lai gu woo leu grand stand at J'rei t,>n, N. .1., where the great state fair if held, wa> recently burned down, and ii ■ i be rebuilt of concrete and will b*» large enough to accommodate the thous :iimI- of enthusiasts who go there i<> so* the races. If insured, we think it would be a a 1 thing if all the old, nut of date, inadequate structures misnamod grand stands, were burned. Il would 1>» a decided benefit to the public and th* sport. Tho majority of our grand standi aro in a direct line with the track, while they should be at such an angU that everybody can se(> the turn into th* home Btretch'seated. The elevation of is another important all there should b* Even with plenty ot lews il is annoying, especially when a race is on, for a persoi to pass in front of a large number of spectators to get out. The methods of ample. We have often looked at 80m* of the .dd fashioned crowded grand etanda and wondered what would hap j pen in the event of a sudden panic or fa fire. A grand stand should be us comfort able as a theatre ami as clean. Xo ob joctionable pillars or posts obstruct th* view of tho audience at a theatre, al though they go to hear as well as SCO. At a race track, whore the public goo* simply t<> see the races, tin" grand stand should be so constructed that it can d* so to tho greatest advantage . When the public sees a well contested race, i» which there is a real live contest i* every heat, it is perfectly satisfied. ' the rows \<t' seats item, and above plenty of aisles, room between tin RALLY ROUND THE FLAG Hurrah! hurrah! We bring tho jubilee! Hurrah! hurrah! No dollar meat for mo! Wo will dine ou vegetables from Denvot to the sea, While we are bursting thi' beef trust' MARKING INK FOR CASES AND PACKAGES BOIL 05 parts of shellac and 65 of borax in '150 parts of water till the wholo is entirely dissolved. Then add 05 parts of gum arable and re move the boiler from the fire. As soo* as the mass is cold, add water to 75© parts and enough pigment until the pro per consistence is reached. Lamp black will make a suitable coloring material for cases, and red or white for pack ages. The ink should be kept in glass or earthenware vessel; no other kind art suitable f<ir this purpose. LEARN THE BARBER TRADE Only eight weeks required. Free Tool* Poiitiona leisured at 114 U 130 pel: week. Wonderful demand for barben. Call or write for Frea ElurtraWd Catalogue. Call and see Cunada'i largeit and fineit Barber Shop. MOLEE BABBEX COLLEG1 2-2-2 Paoifio Ave. Winnipeg THE BUCK-EYE vol.. 1 WEEKLY EDITION NO. 2'1 Stick to the BUCK-EYE and You're Safe "Stll'le lee Ihe- flirill, " sa.VB lice I'l esiele-lll Tee the v.'Ida oyod farmer boy. Then lie hii'M him back to big Wbito license: home, With its air el rustic joy. "Htie-k le. tho fierin. s:ev» tic railroad kniee, To tho lad who looks afar, Then hikes liim back on tho double-quick Tee his rustic privutt' car, "Stick to the farm," Bays tho clergyman To tho youth on tho worm-fence perch, Then Inys his our to tho ground lo hear A call to ii city church, "Stick to tho furni," riivb tho dootur wise To tlume who weenie! break the rut, Then hies him where the appendix (,'niws In bountiful crops to cut. "Stick to the BUCK-EYE," tho smoker sayn Tee the man who's still in doubt, Then—to show you how differently this proposition works out freem tlie foregoing —he goes right out and buys a quarter's worth, to sheew that his heart's in the right place and that the BUCK-EYE is the king pin of all ten cent cigars. p. S--Every man who ever smokes a BUCK-EYE becomes a BUCK-EYE smoker. See the point? Well, try one; then you'll know. THE TIMES, HOSMER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Hosmer Times SUBSCRIPTION' RATKS Oae Year One Dollar in Advance Single Copies Fire CentH Each "S iritifih Columbia,, THURSDAY. AI'Kir.7, 1910 Time Tables. 0. P. H. TIME TABLE Arrive Hosmer No. 213 West OM No. 2H East 18. 15 No. 230 Local East ». 27 No. 23f> Local West 19.1(5 No. 7 West Flyer 10. 22 No. 8 East Flyer 20. 30 Change* took effect Sunday Oct. 31 Ci. X. TIMETABLE No, 251 leaves Michel 10:10 a. m. Arrives at Hosmer... 10*40 a. in. No. 252 loaves Rexford.. 4,15 p, in. Arrives at, Hosmer .. 7:13 p.m. G. R. Shepherd, Agent. ORDERS ARE FOR GOATS Mr. Haldane Issues Circular Regarding Proposed Shipment for Ranchers As a result of a circular issued a few days ago by W. It. Haldane, general freight agent of the C. P. li. at Nelson, and mailed to those who had made inquiries regarding the proposed shipment of milch goats from England, 10 replies have been received, and 10 goats have been ordered—seven does and three bucks. These preliminary replies indicate that the ranchers evidently mean business. Two or three who have not definitely ordered goats bold out the hope they may lie able to participate in the movement later. Xo doubt many persons who are more or less vitally interested in this question have not yet corresponded with .Mr. Haldane, and consequently have not received tlie circular. After reading the present article, Financial Statement of the Hosmer Baseball Club RECEIPTS Baseball competition, Sept. 6, 1909 $ 75.00 EXPENDITURES Water boys $ .50 Hosmer Hotel 10.00 Pacific Hotel 8.50 H. F. McLean 12.25 A. B. Campbell 3.50 Rent, for opera house 10.00 Queens Hotel 9.75 Hosmer Livery, team to Fernie, Oct. 6th, 8.00 Cash on hand, April 1st, 1910 12.50 Total $75.00 Prince Rupert Needs Ironing By Ethel G. Cody Stoddard. Canada has many new towns, but perhaps none of them shakes hands with the future in quite such a heartly manner as does Prince Rupert, B. C. Various stories concerning this The Dreamer Iare more or less vitally inter- new ocean port have floated Take pains to be faithful and ,.st»*il in this question have not inland but to be on the ground conscientious in business. It yet corresponded with Mr. Hal- ftn(l personally observe, dispels will bring you success. dane, /ind consequently have It'10 teiry stories and compels Take as much rare of your not received the circular. After belief in the reality. Hearsay money as ynu can, if ymir reading the present article, carries a considerable distance, means arc limited: but don'l try they will be in possession of all but seeing is believing and one to save your Bmiles or your the information available re- bas much more respect for kind words. Tbe more liberal garding the proposed shipment, Prince Rupert after having seen you arc with these the inure and if tbey wish to order one ■■" ^ *s tbe only town from you will have. or more goats, they are respect- Vancouver, B.C. to Skagway, Take,•! walk several of tbem. fully requested to intimate Alaska, that has a hum in It is healthful to walk, and if it their intentions as early as its atmosphere, is a nice moonlight night and possible. Its harbor is excellent, being some rich old man's pretty Mr. Haldane's circular was as flanked by tier after tier of daughter is banging on your follows: snow tipped mountains, which, arm, it is especially healthful. "Dear Sir, Referring to your if they had only continued a- Take time young woman to inquiry re goats. I round the harbor to the sea- be kind to your brother—and "The position of affairs is go out with him when he this: Mr. Henry Hincks, wishes ynu to do so. He is one rancher at Hosmer, B. C. iin- of your best friends, sure. He'ported some time ago eight protect you always. Take j goats of tho Anglo Nubian or Toggenburg breed, and being satisfied that they would do Alabastine ia easily applied. AH you need to help you ia cold water and a flat brush. Alabastine walla make the home lighter, more cheerful and beautiful It will not soften on the wall like kalso- mine. Because it is a cement, it will harden with. age, become] part of the wall I itself, and last _, for many years. will protect you always time to be good to him, Take a wife if you are able to support a wife, a very, very j well in this country 1 suggested stylish one. It is every able to him that he should import a bodied man's duty to help some number sufficient to make up a good woman through the world, carload, to reduce the cost of Where would you be now if transportation, your father had not done this? j "These goats are bred for Take heart, if you are cast milk purposes, and are fairly down. Your luck will change costly. Cable advices indicate ere the year is out. What j that the laid down price in Nel- though the clouds do cover son will be $.'W and higher, you now, the sun will shine by These goats should give a gal- and by. No life is made up al-1 Ion of milk daily, whereas or- together of shadows, and (Jod never yet wholly deserted a resolute man or it brave woman. Fight on and victory will come at last. Take a rest if you are able to afford it. Rest is sweet and you don't wear out while you dinary goats only give about half this quantity. "Whilst the initial cost may be high, still when it is considered that blooded stock always commands a premium, and that the cost of keeping is the same for a good as a scrub goat, and ward side would have greatly benefitted the town in that the ocean breezes that now skip across low lying Digby island and frequently discommode vessels, would have been barred from an entrance. Otherwise everything is its it should be— plenty of water and no end of dockage room. A brisk traffic by water has been established and several steamship lines make Prince Rupert their most northern port. While Alaska bound vessels make it their chief port of call on the trip. If Prince Rupert's townsite could be ironed out it would be much improved; as it is, the hills that crowd the water— front are being cut out by the railroad for its own benefit. But to do ttway with sand rock hills from 30 to 80 feet high is no mean undertaking and it is not probable that more will be disposed of in the immediate are resting. The .Savior bade that the kids, have a high mar- future than is absolutely necess the weary to come unto Him, ket value, the price is not inland He promised them—rest. reasonable. This would be a great audi "As generi.l freight agent of glorious old world in a few the Canadien Pacific railway, I years if our children would |am not officially or personally only achieve what we expect and predict for them. interested in the sale of these or any goat. I simply wish to -• foster a new and promising in- After Cook's Data dustry in this province. The Brooklyn friends of Dr. | "Mr' Hin('ks "il] complete his F. A. Cook are in com nica- arrangements in England for tion with Capt. .John Berry of M*e Purcl*ase ot these goats, and St. Louis, who plans a balloon on J"s arrival ■» Nelson e!U'1>' trip next May to the summit of '" Al;,nl' ,f -espouses I receive Mount McKinley in Alaska. Perry is an ardent Cook supporter and his main object iu attempting the ascent is to search for the (lata which he believes Cook left there. He will use the balloon University City in which he won the national balloon race last year. He has equipped il with an eight power engine and it will carry seven or eight passengers. The start will probably be' made from Susitna, Alaska. 150 miles from I lie base of Ihe mountain. s in He took Swiftwater Bill is Broke Swiftwater Hill (iates London, England, broke. went over Ibe seas to sell in a .Nevada property, but I lie British public would not invest, and as Hill bad given away all his money tipping waiters in order to attract attention, lie is now realizing that it is often as cold in London as ii is in Alaska. Swiftwater should come back as a stowaway in a Hying machine.—Greenwood Ledge. to this circular letter are satisfactory, be will cable to have tbem forwarded. "On receipt of this letter, so tiiat I may bave something definite for Mr. Hincks to act upon, please write me whether or not you will purchase one or more goats (stating number, and if bucks or does.) "Please acknowledge, whether intending to purchase or not."—Nelson Daily News. (Who is Henry Hincks?—Ed.) Hotel Ferforms Freaks Andy Good, who isat the Empire Hotel, lays claim to the most unique bouse in the world. ary. The present front street runs straight up grade from the water front ^till it becomes it bit too steep to be comfortable, then branches off and surrounds the hill that balked it. A new and less breath taking front street is in contemplation and none but well built stores are to be erected upon it. Several fine buildings are at present in course of construction and an imposing main thoroughfare is assured. There is not much earth around Prince Rupert's immediate vicinity; muskeg holes the fort to a depth ranging from 18 inches to 15 feet. In consequence the roadways, of which there are over eight miles, are planks mounted on piles and all have been laid since the past spring. Each store tbat flanks the present business street is likewise airily situated and has a stilted entrance. Houses follow suit unless they are fortunate enough to arrive on a hilltop tit the same point as does the road. New roofs appear in every direction and some attractive Be is proprietor of a hotel at [houses are being built. Its Crow's Nest, Ii. ('., on tbe sum- general appearance is scattered mil nl' the Rocky Mountains, because it teeters on the tips of When it rains tlie water falling j many bills, nestles in warm mi (lie east roof of bis hotel ' hollows and sticks to the hill- Never judge a person by bis outward appearance. A shabby coat may enwrap a newspaper publisher, while a man wearing I wi|(, .um|la|s „,. q^ |lf) ^ a high plug hat, sporting a gold Lg animals from the tropics, hendeacane may be a delinq- There the alii uent subscriber. Hows to the Atlantic ocean, and that which falls on tho west roof goes to tbe Pacific Mr. (bind is in Spokane at present in the interest of certain coal and oil lands in British Columbia. Mr, Good ;ilso boasts of one of the best zoological exhibits in British Columbia, Surrounding his hotel in inclosed spaces he has specimens of practically all the lere tbe consort tog itor and the seal I ber in a water sides. The railroad construction and real estate buys ure tbe uppermost topics of the streets. The latter is steadily mounting while the former is equally persistent in its progress. The railway enters the city from the south and snatches a resting place from the foot of Mount Oldfield, which stands guard on the southeastern shore of tho harbor entrance, and dips its green skirts into the sea. The roadbed is rock ballasted and practically ready "or steel. At present one en X An Alabastine wall can be re-coated without removing the old coat. Alabastine walls are the most sanitary. They , are hygenic No insect or diseaae { germ can live in an Alabastine wall. Alabastine one room, and you'll want them all Alabaatined. Church'. Cold Water 'Alabastine Dropin and let uashowyou beau- 9} tiful samplea of Alabastine work. | FREE STENCILS '.Let ut show how to get beautiful Alftbastine Stencils absolutely free. With them you can accomplish any desired color scheme—you can make your home charming at a moderate cost. EVERYTHING IN Paints, Stains, Varnishes, Wall Paper, Brushes Bennett Brothers HARDWARE AND FURNITURE Near G. P. R. Depot Hosmer, B. C. "Lithographic liars" was the alliterative title bestowed upon realty wild cutters by Aid. Hepburn, of Vancouver, a few days ago in condemning the fake real estate boomers of that city. tank, while tbe polar bear play- \ gine is monarch of tbe road fully makes friends with monkeys. .Spokane Chronicle. For a comfortable shave or a neat, artistic hair-trim visit the shop of Sam Snell. 61tf and was brought in from Van couver on a scow. Hut soon tbe ponderous moguls of a well equipped road will be speeding in and out of the town and a new era iu Canada's railroad history will have .arrived. He Never Had Your Chance In this man's day there was liltle chance for the chap who started out in life as a workman with no special training, lie was foredoomed to work tor small wages until finally disqualified by old age. With YOU it is different. If you are not getting ahead as fast as you should in your chosen occupation, the I. C. S. will help you. A record of over 10 years of remarkable success in training thousands of ambitious wage earners for better positions and increased earnings enables us to state positively that we can help you, no matter how scant your time, money, or education may be. Don't neglect any possible chances for advancement. Send this coupon MOW. ♦ ....♦.•••••♦..♦••••••»>• * INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL* Box 799. SCRANTON. PA. Oi* their local Representative GEO. C EGG P. 0. BOX 30 FERNIE, - B. C. 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C. #> MINERS AND SHIPPERS Hosmer Steam Coal and Coke GENERAL OFFICE, MINES AND COKE OVENS LOCATED AT HOSMER, B. C. Lewis Stookett, General Manager D. G. Wilson, Superintendent Elk Valley Beer Beverage of Quality Manufactured from Canadian Malt, Bohemian Hops and tho famous Crystal Spring Water Elk Valley Brewing Co., Limited CRYSTAL SPRINGS, B. C, (Via Michel) ■"■55 THE HOSMER TIMES DEALING with the rather sordid subject of gambling, Ralph Nevill has written a decidedly interesting book and ont* of some value to Boeiolog- iflts. Prom time immemorial gambling has been a phase of human life that no legislation could control. When driven, by ■trict enforcement of law, from the surface of the body politic it has existed ■ub-cutaneously, like some hidden eank- - er. No matter what severe penalties be ■tmbodied in preventive statutes, no matter what the zeal disclosed by public servants in the exeicisc of their duty, the craving for excitement which is innate in humanity demands satisfaction und thus tho evil, proscribed though it ,might be, has still survived. Those devotees who confine their attention to the simpler forms of hazard, such as are to be found nt the card- table or on the race-course, are not infrequently looked down oil by others, who, though not admitting it, are them ■elves under the sway of equally insidious, if more respectable, forma of templing fortune. Whether it be in wheat «tr pigs, race horses or cards, gambling exercises an irresistible fascination over •ertain natures. Whether the desire to acquire Bometblng for nothing is the ■fMliToiling Inflileflce it is hard to 6.1V. The vast majority of gamblers undoubtedly lofl Hut as long as they are able to aequi e the means for speculative •ntorprisl they inevitably return to bow before the GoddeBS of Fortune with the ever recurrent hope that in the end sho will smile upon them and thus repay i their ardent court. /'Once a gambler, always a gambler," ifc.ght be designated as an axiom, the truth of which is proved in spite of its few exceptions. And the years have equally demonstrated the * fact that gambling hits had a strong hold upon 'many splendid characters around whom history centres. Napoleon gambled, but iid so in an amateurish way and was not particularly obsessed. Tho Duke ot Wellington, while a member of Crock- ford's, a famous gambling club, was not particularly fond of play; the author .fays, and then relates the following anecdote of Blucher: "Another great soldier, on the other hand, repeatedly lost large sums at play. This wns Blucher, who was inordinately fond of gambling. Much to his disgust tfais passion was inherited by his son, who had often to be rebuked by his lather for his visits to the gaming-table, and was given many a wholesome lecture ■pon his youth and inexperience, and the consequent certainty of loss by coming in contact with older and more practiced gamblers. One morning, however, young Blucher presented himself before his father, and exclaimed with an air •f joy: "Sir! Vou said I knew nothing •f play, but here is proof that you have ■nder-valued my talents," pulling out at the same time a bag of roubles which he had won the preceding night. "And I said the truth," was the reply; "sit down here ami I 'II convince you." The Alee were called for, and in a few min- •tes old Blucher won all his son's money; whereupon, after pocketing the aush, he rose from the table observing: "Now you see that I was right when 1 told you that you would never win." One of the most famous of the. old- time gambling places, the Palais Royal, which during the Revolution was known as the Palais Kgalite, was built by Richelieu and by him bequeathed to Louis XIII., and in time given by Roi Soloil to his brother, thus becoming the property of the Orleans family. Crippled hy his debts, Phillippe Kgalite lirst conceived the idea of putting the noble building to an ignoble use and obtained u large sum by letting out suitable parts as BhopB, gaming houses, and restaurants, some of them of a very questionable character. Mr. Nevill draws a picture of this famous gambling club, showing the life that made it remarkable: "The Palais Royal in its palmy days was the centre of luxury—an emporium •f every alluring delight. While its brilliantly lit piazzas were viewed with real or pretended horror by the austere, it was a Mecca to the pleasure-seekers of the world. In Kngland the place was eften called "the Devil's Drawing- Boom," it being said that here a debauchee could run the whole course of his career with the greatest facility and ease. On the first floor were cafes where his spirits could be raised to any requisite pitch; on the second, gaming rooms where he could lose his money, and ■anions devoted to facile love—both, not unusually, antechambers to the pawnbrokers who resided above; whilst, if at the end of his tether he determined to f end his troubles, he could repair to some of the shops on the ground floor, where daggers and pistols were very con .'en- iently sold at reduced prices—every facility being thus provided for enjoying all thc pleasures of life under one roof. '' Besides the licensed gaming-tab'rs there were also many forms of unsanctioned dissipation in divers subterranean chambers. A number of billiard rooms, each containing two or three tables, provided further opportunities for passing the time. Women were everywhere, and from about midday till three o'clock in the morning the galleries of the Palais Royal were thronged by crowds of gayly attired nymphs ready to lend their aid in charming the dream of life. In the days of the Terror they absolutely dominated tins whole place. It was an epoch when many knew that the guillotine was being made ready to receive the .ad for this 'e&Hon were seized wit a veritable frenzy to snatch as much enjoyment as possible. "Thc close connection which at thai time existed between illicit passion and death was well typified in the personality of one of the most popular sirens, Mile. Dubois, known as Ma title Chevalier,' who was a reigning favorite of the gardens. The girl in question possessed no great beauty, lier chief attraction being that her father was the executioner of Dijon, who had sent numbers of people into the other world. "The gaming rooms were on the southern Hide of the Palais Royal. To enter them you ascended a staircase and opened the door of an ante-chamber, where several hundred hats, sticks, and great-coats, carefully ticketed, were arranged, under tho charge of two or three old men, who received either one or two sous from every owner for the safe delivery of his precious deposit. No dogs were admitted into these sacred apartments, nor anything which was likely to disturb the deep attention and holy quiet which pervaded them. From this antechamber opened 11 folding-door, which led to a largo, well-lighted room, in the centre of which was a table surrounded, at a moderate estimate, by two hundred and fifty or three hundred per SOUS anxiously inspecting a game. The ■alons in the various establishments opened one into another, and in some there were ns many as six rooms which contained tables." So comprehensive is this work, suca a picture of the phase of life that it is intended to portray docB it present, that it is difficult, almost impossible, to cull the striking features of the frenzied gambling indulged in by the young bucKH of the day. They lost no opportunity to wager. Wherever there was chance for a difference of opinion there was an opportunity for the laying of a wager and men of different temperaments met. The freak political wagers of our own times were equaled in eccentricity by those of the gay youths of the time of which Mr. Nevill writes. He tells of a well-known German author of the times who actually rode a horse from Edinburgh to London sitting backwards: "In 1735 Count de Buckeburg. a well- known German author, on a visit to Kngland, laid a considerable wager that he would ride a horse from London to Edinburgh backwards, that is, with the horse's head turned towards Edinburgh and the fount's face towards Loudon; and in this manner he actually rode the journey in less than four days," What more eccentric wager could be laid than that arising from tho relative speed of turkeys and geese, yet Mr. Nevill, citing an instance of this sort, charges it tu one of his ancestors: "The eccentric wager made by George, Lord Or ford, fill Ancestor of the present writer, is well known. The latter, In 1740, bet another nobleman a largo sum of money that a drove of geese would beat an equal number of turkeys in a race from Norwich to London. The event proved the justness of his lordship's expectations, for the geese kept on tho road with a steady pace, but the turkeys, as every evening approached tlew to roost in the trees adjoining tlie road, from which the drivers found it very difficult to dislodge them. In consequence of this the geese arrived at their destination two days before the turkeys." Another eccentric performance upon which much money was wagered involved the use of a mile long cord. Mr. Nevill says: "A young man of the name of Drayton uudertook for a considerable sum to pull in a pound weight at a distance of a mile, that is, tho weight had to be attached to a string a mile in length and Drayton to stand still and pull it to himself. The time allowed for this singular performance was two hours and a half. The odds were against him, but he won his wager." And to show that the clergy, even, had succumbed to the general mania foi odd wagers the proposition of a young clergyman as related by the author is ample proof: "A young divine in the vicinity of Edinburgh, declared himself ready to undertake for a wager of a hundred guineas to read six chapters from the Bible every hour for six weeks. The betting was ten to one against him." But history fails to record the outcome of the undertaking, which, according to the betting, must have seemed very difficult indeed. Dwelling upon Monte Curio, Mr. Nevill presents figures that are almost staggering and shows upon what a thoroughly systematic business basis the place is run. Created by the genius of M. Blanc in the early sixties by arrangement with tho ruling family of Monaco, the Grimaldis. it exists today, an undeniable monument to his capacity for organization. After relating the early history of the place, the author gives us a glimpse of the profits, which are truly enormous: "Of late years the annual profits of the Casino ut Monte Carlo have worked out at about a million, £4,000 a day, it is said, flowing into the coffers of the hank during the season. The disbursements, however, are heavy, amounting literally to hundreds of thousands of pounds. Amongst these must be reckoned £0,000 for clergy and schools, £0,- 000 for charity, and £20,000 for police. The arrangement, which was some years ago renewed by the reigning prince, naturally absorbs a very large sum of money; but, when everything has been paid out, the annual profits do not fall far short of £500,000, the shareholders, even in bad years, receiving something like 30 per cent. "The Casino employs about two thousand oih'cials and employees; the general management beinii carried on by a direetear general, who receives 100,000 francs a year, aud three directeurs. Three sous-directeurs, under whom are the chefs de table and the croupiers, have to superintend the gaming rooms, in which eighteen inspectors walk about the rooms quietly and continually, keeping watchful eyes on employees and players. These inspectors are kuown only to the initiated, and have the appearance of being ordinary onlookers, fond of watching the play. Amongst other duties, these men keep an eye upon the people staking, in order to detect nny habitual snatchers of othor people's money, and also to report on any one who may apply for the viatique. "The viatique, or sum of money doled out to unsuccessful gamblers by the Casino, consists of a prico of a seeoud- class ticket to the applicant's home, together with some small additional funds to enable him to proceed on his journey. "The dole in question was in, the earlier days of Monte Carlo generally granted without much demur, but at the present time a successful applicant has to comply will, some very unpleasant formalities. "To obtain the vintique the presumably penniless gamester must present himr-elf at a special oflice. just off a cor ner of the central gaming room, and there he must take an oath that/he has lost over £800, Inquiries arc then made as to whether the applicant Ins really lost a large sum at play, which is easily discovered by the evident £ the inspectors and officials presiding at tlie tables. If these inquiries corroborate the story told, he is handed the money, for which he signs a receipt; and until the advance is repaid the recipient is not allowed to pass the doors which separate the atrium from the gaming rooms. As a matter of fact, I believe those wbo have received tlie viatique are now photographed so as to be identified by the door-keepers.'' In Mr. Nevill's work there is much material for those who deem it possible to legislate humanity into Puritanical ways. With the evil of gambling now existing under cover, now breaking forth into an hysterical speculative flame, reaching forth its tentacles and touching every nerve and fibre of society, manifesting Itself in a thousand different forms, knowing not creed nor color nor condition of servitude, it can undoubtedly be regarded as a subject equally interesting to the law-maker as to him whose duty it is enforce the laws already spread upon the statute books. concluding his historical work, for siu it is, although somewhat eircum- serit. d in scope, Mr. Nevill drawB the eouclu. '"on that gambling can never be entirely suppressed. Undoubteduy there is much'food for thought in the last few paragraphs of the book, wherein the author writes: "Those who in the pages of this book have wandered through the gaming houses of Europe, and have briefly surveyed the careers of moist of the chief gamblers of the past, will, it is hoped, uo the writer the justice to admit tbat he has in no wise sought to minimise the grave evils which are the almost inevitable result of worshiping the Goddess of Chance. "Nothing, indeed, is more striking than the almost universal ruin which has ever overtaken the vast majority of gamblers, except the complete failure which has invariably attended all attempts to stamp out this vice by means of coercive measures. "The futile and ineffectual results which, during the last two hundred years, havo invariably followed all drastic repression are clearly demonstrated by hard facts; at the present time speculation, gambling, and betting all flourish as they never flourished before. "In open combat the strong arm of the law is resistless; but there ia no possibility of its ultimate triumph or power of eradicating the desire of gaming from the human mind; aud more especially in a country where speculation on the stock exchange is regarded with the greatest tolerance by those who denounce the race-course aud the card- table. "The anathemas of well-meaning and unworldly ecclesiastics, the plaints of zealous philanthropists, the strident declamations of social reformers, who call for legislative measures of drastic restriction, can only cause the philosophic student of human nature to deplore that so much well-meaning effort should be devoted to such u futile Hid. "In sober fact the gambling mania is one for which no specific remedy exists—it is possessed by those who aro well aware of its dangers and realize that in the ordinary course of events it! must prove ultimately destructive. Etc- pross it in one direction and it reappears—more often than not worse than ever—in another. "It is impossible to dragoon human nature into virtue. The leopard cannot change its spots, or the Ethiopian his skin. Man with his craving for strong emotions will assuredly find a means of gratifying them, and it is mere hypocritical rubbish to assume that in the future milk and water is to be the elixir of life. "The well-meaning altruist who looks with contempt on tlie frivolous occupations which appear to amuse a great part of mankind should remember that they, on the other hand, are equally at a loss to account for the pleasure which ho derives from the more elevated pur- in this case conscious, and a condition of local anaesthesia was successfully induced by benumbing the lower portion of the leg. Dr. Robinovitch was born in Odessa, Russia, where her early interest in electricity began. But good Itussian schools are expend ve luxuries—and even families of liberal tendencies sometimes look askance upon percucious girls. It is all very well for a boy to be studious, the world over, for he may develop into something worth while; but didn't Lom- broso sound a warning against this tendency in girls when he taid there were no women of genius because women of genius were men? Hence, though she does not tell us so, we are at liberty to believe that Louise Robinovitch had her troubles—even by her own fireside. It was diffeffreut, though, when she got at last to Paris. There her life really began. She has worked in the laboratory of Stephen Leduc in Paris aud Nantes, and took tho degree of A.M.A. in Paris only four years ago. She is also a member of the French Medico-Psychological Society. But why should people be interested in her, she wants to know, Bince it is ber work alone that is vital—and the irood of humanity the only thing tbat counts? The worker comes and goes, but the work counts on. If it were not for a certain deprecation in her air, we might almost think her contemptuous of a public that could find anything worth while in personalities. Her life liaq been "uneventful, like that of all students," sllO would have us believe, and with this we shall have to be content, while we hark back briefly to the time when as a child she caused a tiny steel boat to plough through the waters uf a washbasin after a magnet which she manipulated to the persistent cry as lo "what made it run like that?" And whilo the subject of electricity and its uses haunted the now Dr. Robinovitch, like something that did not propose tn bi' forgotten, for years she had no definite idea of putting her knowledge of it to any practical purpose in her profession. But in 1002, sho set to work in earnest, fired by Leduc's success in sending a current through the brain aud thereby inducing a condition of sleep hitherto obtained only by the use of drugs. To perfect knowledge in thiB direction, she saw, was the something worth while that she had looked forward to doing for the world. Who of us has not read the heartrending little tale of Rab and His Friends, written as the personal experience of a famous Scotch physician, and of a time when anaesthetics were unknown; of the dear, patient old woman who bravely endured the martyrdom of thc knife with her faculties still ability of their purchases is a matter of much moment to them. Women are, above all. affected, for women spend eighty or ninety per cent, of the eight hundred million dollars annually expended in the United States for clothing and other textile materials. Moreover, a large part of the huge total expenditure is the money of people of moderate incomes who must husband their resources and cannot easily replace what ha too speedily worn out. There are absolutely honest manufacturers who turn out honest goods, and thero are others who would be willing to produce material perfect in all the component parts if they were not forced by competition and the many difficul- ties which textile manufacturers at present encounter to act in the same manner us their less scrupulous rivals. A good manufacturer will say frankly that honest goods pay better in the end, but he must sell his products, and he has to compete with thfse who do not hesitate to use false or quasi-honest .guarantees. Thus a silk-ribbon manufacturer told me that if he were obliged to keep his stock six months it would deteriorate so as to be practically worthless, because it had to be made with adulterated material to compete with rivals. The United States government in buying clothing for its soldiers makes all purchases by means of carefully Specified con tracts, with the conditions of which the manufacturer must absolutely comply. Not only this, but, after the goods are received, they are carefully examined by experts. Each yard of elutu is looked over to see if it comes up to tho required standard. Various tests aro applied, deductions are made fur each imperfection, and, if necessary, the materials are rejected. Tn fortunately Uncle Sam does not protect the private householder as he does the soldier. One reason why the ordinary buyer needs protection is that all the time new methods are ueing evolved by which inferior fabrics are given the Burfae.1 appearance of good fabrics. Cot- tun is given the appearance uf wool, poor wool the look ami finish of fine wool. Cotton is chemically treated with magnesia to produce that sense of coolness tu the touch by which many people test linen. In spinning the cotton that is to be substituted for linen thread, irregularities, such as the little lumps which always occur in linen thread, can be imitated. Another cotton imitation of linen is obtained by substituting mercerized cotton thread for linen thread. This adulteration is largely practised in tho manufacture of cheap table-linen and towels. Many dealers honestly say that the articles are in part or wholly made of mercerized cotton. I have, however, examined nia- ! If tho law gives no protection to the purchaser, what can he do to protect i himself T Should he not demand the i same protection that he now has in regard to food and drugs / Should there not be standards to which manufacturers of textile materials must conform? To attain this end, one absolutely necessary for the welfare of the people, thc i first thing needed ;s a campaign of education. The agitation which led to the j pure food laws is said to have started i in the women's clubs. Women being the family purchasers of materials as well as food, the question of the honesty of the fabrics they buy is one of daily importance tu them. Among the most important resultB of the test of textile fabrics made at the chemistry laboratury uf Teachers' College. New York, under the direction of Dr. Vulte, were those made on woollen blankets. One expensive blanket was what it purported to be, one hundred per cent, won]. The final proof is iu the magnification r.f the threads, whiich should show that they are all wool. The chemical treatment, a simple one, consisted in boiling a ten-gramme piece of the blanket in caustic soda. Another blanket, a cheap one purporting to have fifty per cent, of wool, proved under the chemical and microscopic tests to have only eleven per cut. of wool. The firs' j blanket had no cotton residue after the treatment. The second blanket showed a residue of cotton which looked almost the same as the original specimen; the Warp threads were plainly cotton, tho weft threads were cotton with a little | wool laid on. The warp ami wett threads .showed clearly that this assertion is microscopically correct. ; Another example id' adulterated wool is a dress material. Bold as pine wuol, which, when tested, proved to have thi: ty-four per cent, of cotton. The material in question was so thin that it should have been genuine at that price. Another example of adulteration of linen was a handKercbicf marked " War ranted all pure linen," which, when tested both by the microscope and by chomicals, proved to have no linen threads. What is to be done? Conditions are growing steadily worse, and, as adultora* tion increases, the consumer grows mure helpless. Is not the public entitled to protcc- tion from evils which affect every house hold Injuriously! NEW WAYS OF RECRUITING WILL it be necessary for the United States War Department to dig up and apply an old and neglect ed statute, which provides a premium j of two dollars to be paid any citizen. Do not mix too much humor with tho serious business of farming, and just because some local jester tells you that March is the month for peachy blows, don't necessarily assume from his remark that it is a good time for peach blows. Kathcr bear in mind the sagu counsel of the old-time philosopher who i bserved that the '' early bud catches the frost." The only national holiday in March is the Seventeenth or St. Putrick's Day, and even this is not so national as it ought to be. it is sometimes denominated the h'rst day of spring because of tho large number of green things it brings out. Be careful to inspect \uur autumn preserves about this time. With the c> m- ing of the first touches uf spring these are apt tu become active, and it has been known to happen that a hundred or more currant-jolly iars ex plod ng simultaneously have dono considerable injury to the interior of the Imu-ae. and given tn tli.? scene of the explosion a most sanguinary aspect. Do not fail at this time in meeting a buffalo or any other kind of moth—Chicago, Detroit, Syracuse, or East Aurora, the breed docs not matter—to seize it by its hind leyS and dash its brains out even against the wall if you have no other hard surface at hand. It is safe to assume tbat it is out on a reconnoit ring trip, and is trying to locate the rag carpets und claw hammer coats upon which it expects to feed 'luring the ■spring and sutnmoi months, 1 .squimau fanners should begin to prepare Huir breakfasts about this per iod, Bince dawn will be upon them within a tew weeks. It will hardly be safe as yet fur them to remove the cold frames from their lettuce patches, or to set out their strawberries, owing to thu uncertainty of the temperature und the practical certainty that there is stiil some frost iu the air. In southern latitudes this is a fairly good time to dig your post-holes. This may be done either with a trowel or. in som«• sections where the thaw sets i/i earlier, with a good stout dipper, Caro must be taken when using the dipper, however, tbat the particles of earth re moved from the hides do not leak back into them again. Keep your eye upon your drying-yard at this time. The safest way to hang out a shirt to dry after washing is to tie the tails together with a stout piece nf twine, making the garment over into a sort of bag, and then fill it up to the neck with cobblestnnes or freestone gravel. This will prevent i' from being Blown oil' the line into your neighbor's well, or landed on the weather vane of the town hall or the Methodist church. If your chicken coop is in an exposed situation, and you find the eggs frozen when you go to gather them in the morning, handle them with very great care. Their explosive condition may work irreparable injury tu your pantry or kitchen if they are inadvertently dropped upon tin1 floor. Those who feel that they must plough up their fields at this season are recommended, particularly in northern lati tildes, to use a steam-drill for the pur pose. A series of drill hides set in at the |rate of two hundred and fifty to the acre, aud filled with dynamite, will |thoroughly turn over tho surface of your field on exploding the latter, es pocially if you drill the holes to a depth of five or six feet. Tin- moon will go through its usual iu n of quarters and fulness at tli is : time, but is not recommended for ham j mock use for some time to come, hav [ ing a cold and frosty quality when view | ed from a hammock during tho month j of March that is likely to result in heavy chills, and pains in the vicinity of the chest. VIEW OF RADISSON, SASK. suits in which their lower mental capacities forbid them to indulge. "As a matter of fact the strongest motive with all mankind, after the more sordid necessities are provided for, is excitement. For this reason gambling will continue—even should all card- playing be declared illegal and all racecourses plowed up. "Repugnant es the idea may be to Anglo-Saxon mind, regulation, not repression, is without doubt the best possible method of mitigating the evils of speculation; and, moreover, such a system possesses the undeniable advantage of diverting no inconsiderable portion of the money so often recklessly risked into the channels of undoubted public benefit. "The time has not arrived yet when Knglish public opinion is prepared to face facts as they are; but though it may be at some far distant day, that time must come, when a wise and more enlightened legislature, profiting by the experience of the past, will at last realize that the vice of gambling can not be extirpated by violent means. Reluctantly, but certainly, it will endeavor to palliate the worse features of gambling by taking care that those who indulge in it shall do so under the fairest conditions, while at the same time paying a toll to be applied for the good of the community at large. Such is the inevitable and only solution of a social problem which from any other direction it is absolutely hopeless to approach." A RUSSIAN WOMAN'S WORK IN SURGERY (By Genevieve Grandcourt) IT has been said that the influence of Russia upon the world's progress bids fair to be increasingly great; her teeming population and her undeveloped resources being pointed to as factors—while she lies a mighty giant, manacled by the pigmy of officialdom, Be that as it may, she has produced more wuuien who have left and are leaving a lasting impression upon their times, than all other nations together— if we except France—have brought forth iu the course of boasted develop- mo The wonder would seem to be that in such an autocracy the weakest element of all should contrive to lift its head, unless we reflect that the movement which partly accounts for the so- called "now woman" began in America —and that extremes meet. Moreover, it is a commonplace to say that anything may happen in this wonderful age. At any rate, a little girl iu fur-off 1 Russia seemed to have established a ' connection between t lie two, not so many years ago as to make her forty ■now. This was Louise (!. Robinovitch, 1 Hie subject n\' this sketch. She was i then vastly interested in an Irish gen- jt Ionian who, having played with magnets as a boy, found them still interesting as he grew in years and wisdom, and she wanted tn know something more about him than his name. When only a little older, the fact was tucked away in a s.'ii'e corner of her mind that Michael Faraday had established the law that electric currents may be formed by moving a coil of wire in a magnetic field; not dreaming that she was destined in the course of time to find an entirely new use for at least one such current in practical surgery. Thus it is that to her we owe a novel discovery as evidenced by her method of electrical anaesthesia used the other day in a hospital iu Martford, Connecticut, on the occasion of an operation to atnptitttte frozen'toes. The patient was alert—and after all, lost her life from tho shock? However, whon ether and chloroform came to the 'imelioration of such conditions in 1840, a new element of risk entered into surgery, which, though slight in the majority of cases, has operated to sustain the law of balance in human affairs. This is the effect of these drugs upon the heart. It is to obviate thiB minor risk that Dr. Robinovitch aims with her new anaesthetic. She has demonstrated that the current used to beat advantage is that of low tension and frequent interruption. The face of one accidentally electrocuted or one apparently dead from ether poisoning is in all cases black, demonstrating a carbonized condition of tho blood which, speaking generally, may bo corrected with increased facilities to get sufficient oxygen quickly enough into the circulation. The method is to open the circuit for about a second, and close it for a-quarter of that time— thus producing rhythmic excitations. Dr. Robinovitch revived a young woman in Paris in this way, who was apparently dead from morphine poisoning. Dr. Robinovitch prophesies for the future a special branch of study dealing with the physiological effects of the different electric currents. NVith such technical knowledge perfected, she bccb no reason why this method should not revolutionize surgery, and reduce the risks even of major operations to a minimum. ""DECEIVING THE SHOPPER (By Nellie Crooks) fT\ OW to purchase to the best ad van- X tage is an important matter at all times, and especially so in the present era of high prices. If in addition to the large cost the commodity bought proves to be adulterated, the position of the. purchases becomes doubly unfortunate. Strange to say, although the seriousness of the question is recognized with regard to numerous expenditures, yet, in one which affects every inhabitant of the laud, the pur chase of textile fabrics, the buyer has comparatively little assurance as to the real worth of what is obtained. Uow are we to know whether we re celvo full value for our money when buying clothing or woven material Por household use? In the stores the pur chaser is generally (18811 rod the fabric is "all wool," "all silk." or "all linen," as the case may be. and the label on the goods bears out this statement. The purchaser accepts the guar antee only to find, too often, that the article nr material has no such wearing qualities as "all wool," "all silk." or "all linen" should have. The present laws set a standard of purity for fond and drugs, but there is no law to insure us that textile goods are as represented. If a manufacturer chooses to put the stamp "all linen" on fabrics that are really all cotton, there is nothnig to prevent his doing so. The same is true as to materials that claim to be "all silk," or "all wool." Exceedingly expensive materials are generally as represented. But the rich nre only a small pnrt of the population and every one must have clothing and household furnishings. The Ignorance of the buyer and the skill with which adulterated material is given the appearance of genuine fabric are the reasons why misrepresentations pass undetected. The seriousness of the question is evident when tlie amount annually spent fur woven goods is considered. Institutions yearly pay out large sums for supplies, and the dur terial "all wool and a yard wide" can simply mercerized cotton. The short ends of refuse flax or tow, which were formerly used for inferior goods, are now, by a new process, spun into fine thread and used for more expensive linen. These short ends do not wear and break easily. in cheap woollen material the thread is often cotton with a cover of wool twisted around it, or wool is simply laid in along with tlie cotton threads without twisting. .1 examined some cheap woollen dress goods in which the material was woven entirely of cotton thread; the wool consisted of short threads felted on by moisture, heat, and pressure to the surface of the already woven fabric. When this woollen surface was washed off with caustic soda, a perfect fabric of cotton remained. Cheap material :'all wool and a yard wide" can technically fulfil the guarantee "all wool" and yet have little wearing quality, Tho woollen thread in these fabrics is made from the wool remaining in old rags after the cotton has been burnt out by acids. This is called "wool twice on the sheep's back." Wool thus obtained can be mixed with good wool and used for a better grade of material. When the wool "twice un the sheep's back" is used alone, however, the resulting fabric is poor and thin and quickly wears out. Adulteration of wool is a serious matter, because wool forms an important part of winter clothing. We can deny ourselves the use of silk, but every one, rich or poor, must be warm in winter to keep well, so that the question resolves itself, not merely into one of the comfort of the whole population, but actually into one of its health. Silk is chiefly adulterated by the addition nf weighting material tn the thread. Before weaving, the silk thread is weighted by adding sugar, starch, or mineral salts. These salts swell the thread and make it heavier. Naturally the effect on the wearing quality of the woven fabric is very bad. Evory woman has at times seen what looks like minute pinholes suddenly appear in an almost new silk skirt. The rough particles of the mineral salts that remain in the goods rub against the fine silk threads when the friction id' wear is applied lo the garment, and this causes the threads t- break. To what ail extent this adulteration of silk is carried is better shown by the results of tests made to ascertain the amount of weighting iu silk, lu one, a cheap silk, the weighting of mineral jmatter proved lo be over seventy pei cent.; iu tie1 other, a silk of better quality, tlie weighting was over thirty per colli. Mercerized cotton is often substituted for silk. Mercerized cotton is cot ton chemically treated so thai it has the lustre of silk. When properly .untile strength nf th tton is increased thirty per cent., and well-merceiized cotton material whon sold as Buch is n really valuable fabric. The dishonesty appears when mercerized cotton mns querades us silk. In cheap silk the thread one way is often cotton, ordinary cotton that has not been mercerized, Has anything been done to relieve this Btato of affairs,' The only law in the State of New York which treats Rpeclally of the adulteration of clothing is one enacting that collars marked "all linen," " pure linen.'' must have lit least mi" ply or thickness of linen. This law is said to have been parsed al the urgency ol the laimdryiiien it' Troy, I'll.o linen collars can stand th- nlkut.ts and acids used in the laundries oetter than cotton substitutes. non-commissioned officer, or soldier, for each accepted recruit he may bring in in order to keep up the army's quota? ThiB is the question that is now and has been for some time worrying the oflic- ittls of the War Department at Washing- ton. Sooner or later both the military and naval establishments have got to j adopt sume means of stimulating enlist- ment if their ranks are not tu become more depleted from now on. This fact j is brought about by the increased de- J mand for labor at a higher rate of pay than has before existed in this country. The Navy Department has already adopted a new plan for recruiting—by correspondence and the card-index sys tern. Names uf eligible yuung men have been obtained and will be kept on the department's fibs. To the men a Rcries of letters pointing out the advantages of tho aerviec will be sent. These names have been obtained from various sources including enlisted men already iu the service who know of friends at home that come within the class of those acceptable as recruits. This plan, while a new one, has been found remarkably successful. The War Department, how ever, is still looking for a better method than that now in practice. The old law providing two dollars for each recruit does not meet with favor, as it would add to tho cost of recruiting, since it would be a safe prediction thai for every new enlisted man entering the military branch of the service some one would get two dollars. Many sugges lions have reached the officials of the War Department, but none of them have appealed to be better than the mode of recruiting at tin' present time. it Is, however, still seeking for a method which will bring good results. MAY A MAN FLY OVER A FARM ? AI'l.'Il.NDLV suit is about to b, brought in the courts to determine whotbei an uviator may fly ovei [another man's property. It is proposed that Curtiss, a Wright brothor, oi some Other bird man. shall fly over the house |of a member of the Aero Club of Amer lea, bo tha: the tne in ber can bring suit against tin- aeronaut lor trespass. The whole matter has a serious as well as a ludicrous side, The common law has a tnaxilll tint he who owns the earth owns up to the skies and down to the lower regions, f)t course ties maxim was in vented before airships were dreamed <>(, but. that does uot make it any tie- Icsb Itroublesome. If aeronauts can bo sued for trespass whenever they fly over a gentleman *s farm, the successful contesi auis in next year's international aero plane cup races may lose inure in dauiag.1 •-itits thai, tlu-v gain in prizes. Child' Justice Baldwin, of tl 'Ctieut S.i preme Court, suy-** the right tn fly must certainly ho "subject to regulation by government nnd subject to some respon ibililv in ense of accident that injures titers." Current Verse THE GREAT "WHAT" What are we here for— ■lust to get rich? ■lust to write novels Or dig in a ditch? Just to be famous Or act iu a show, Just to preach sermons Or dig with a hoe? PUNCH Said a bibulous chap from the South, In a state of perpetual drought: "It surely seems droll That a punch iu the bowl Should be ever worth two in the mouth, t • * HE THOUGHT He thought he saw au antlered ulag, And so he fired his gun. He looked again and saw it wus The village barber's son, He thought he saw a novelty To paste upon his page. He clipped it—then he saw it trui A thing all hoar with age. THE HERALD It comes before the swallows dare, While yet tit'- wind is in the north; While days are short and trees arc bate, It brings its lovely blossoms forth. It beckons us down sunny ways Where clematis and roses twine, Where light the g< Dial zephyr sways The larkspur and the columbine. All in -i garden fair with Spring, We geek the ivied trellis seat, While thrushes in the lilacs sing Around the lawn sd green and neat, And all the beauteous flowers that blow Shall roign victorious over weeds; For il has come, despite the BnoW- ThO lirst blight Catalogue Of feeds. AN ENGLISHMAN'S LEGISLATIVE WAYS •■ 'Ti- a curious fact." paid the govern menl shark. As he rend about commons uud peers. ' * Thai an Knglish man votes with his ayes and his noes. And expresses applause with his FARMER'S ALMANAC FOR MARCH Ii*' your farm carries among other mod em improvements a first-class mort gage, which you desire, to pay oil", March ;*, the best month of all in which to raise the wind, although you may have some difficulty in coming down wild the 'lust, which seeks high attl tudes .ii ibis season of the year. March being the month of fierce boreal storms, the careful rancher will take care to anchor his lighter cattle aocurely with either a ship's anchor which may be obtained at small COBt in nn\ old ycrap-iron shop along the Beaboard, or io chain them'to noavy boulders in the pasture, lest they blow nway. MA'S CULTURE CLUE Ma - goin ' out to lecture- now | she don 't ploy cards no more; She liston*- to professors talk, ami says bridge is a bore; she'*- payin' dues and has to wear the bt'sl things that she's got; Ma calls it elevatin'. but pa says it's tommyrot. Sho went io hear a Harvard man at Woodruff's yesterday; When pa got home last night he asked: "What did he have to say?" Ma 11 'ed tc. think and then -lie said: '' I don 'i exactly know The title ot' his subject 1' was interest ing, though. MHe •-•poke about the comet and—oh, I remembei. uow nt life on Mais I couldn't quite catch What in' meant, somehow; lie had a lot of charts and things'; his talk was full nf thought," Mo calls it elevatin'. but po "ays it'a tommyrot. THE TIMES, HOSMER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ********************************************************************************* \ Do you enjoy a pool game? * ; Drop in on Sam .Snell. -51 VI-M ♦ * * * * * * * * * Correct Dress for Women O-iat with long label, trimmed witli Mol v c* silk and silk I i n ed throughout. M i le i n Panam i and Serges in qual, I clieth at $25.00 We are showing this week a beautiful range of the new spring styles in N0VI-M0DI costumes The strictly tailored suit will be the popular style this season, although a large number of the Russian Blouse effects will be worn. The most popular cloths are Serges in fine and heavy wale weaves. Colors are all shades oi Blue, Green, Tan, Wistaria .and Rose. All Novi-Modi costumes are operated Inexpert tailors and finished equal to the best made-to-order. SEPARATE COATS in the new Moire silk materials, striped silks and Diagonal clothes which are very popular this season, Prices from $10 to $28 B send in your changes no later than Tuesday Plea of ads. night if you wish to be sure of securing a change during the current week. A man who will get out of * I bed to stop an alarm clock and SI jump back into bed again has no intention of getting up. Diarrhoea should lie cured without loss of time and by medicine which like Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarr lioea Remedy not only cures promptly but produces no unpleasant after effects. It never J J fails and is pleasant and safe to • | take. Sold by all druggists. ♦ I - - _.♦-— — * 11 Miners Will Erect New Building 2 Hosmer Local Union No. 2497, S U. M. W. of A. have purchased JjLot 1 in Block. This is the cor- Jlner lot facing tbe Queen's Hotel * j on Front street. The miners are X out with a pretty big program. 2 j for is announced that they intend erecting a large two storey building 90 feet long. The ground floor will be. used as a co-operative store and the second storey will be used for a public hall. Cunt 32 inches leeng, silk lined, self straps and buttons. Made in black and white cheeks and serges in qual, H cloth at $25.00 NOTICE On and after May 1st our store will close every evening at 7:30 with the exception of Saturdays and days preceding holidays. A. MILLS & SON MILLS BLOCK "The Home of Swell Clothes' HOSMER, B. C ********************************************************************************* TALK OF THE TOWN Nurse Kier left Sunday for Michel. It is better to see the best in others than the worst. Board of t rode meeting, .Monday evening, April I lth. John Morgan was a visitor in Fernie cm Sat unlay. Harry Olilland, of Elko, was in town last Friday. Corner Bleosdnll, of Fernie, was in town yesterday. Do nothing and you will be shy on friends or enemies. The crime of poverty is usually punished by bard labor, Mr- McKce of Elko, is visiting her sister Mrs, i{. Kennedy. Lewis Siocket I was transacting business in Fernie ou Tues- day. Mr. Kennedy of Elko, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy of llosmer. W. E, Smith returned to town last week. He spent the winter in Fernie. 1'. Burns & Co. have secured a fine new team of horses from Pincher Creek, Alberta. Fred .Musgrove left last Saturday for Seattle, Wash., where he intends to remain permanently. Miss Inez Marlatt has started a ''Kindergarten" in the premises lately occupied by A. Mathieson. The Wonians Auxiliary will inert next Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. B. Winter at .'i o'clock. Otto Myer. manager of the Elk Valley Brewing Co., Michel was transacting business in Hosmer yesterday. Mr. .ii ie I Mrs. Geo. W. Gordon have moved into the cottage formerly occupied by eS. Lawson and family. Every family and especially those who reside ill the country should lie provided al all times with a lioiile of Chamberlain's Liniment. There is no telling when il may be wanted in case of an accident or emergency. It i- most excellent in all cases of rheumatism, sprains anel bruises. .Sold by all druggists. "Who ever beard of any one getting into trouble by following a good example?" "I did." He was a counterfeiter. Great credit is due. A. Mills & Son and A. 1>. Campbell for making a passable sidewalk between the two places of business. I). Boitto has started up his ! to travel in both classes. There were more births than deaths in Cranbrook last year. This is time ol the year when all towns should have a cleanup. The cleaner your premises ure the more health there will be in hot weather Cleanliness is next to godliness, and surely the citizens of Hosmer deserve shoe repairing shop in the old stand and is ready to do all kinds of repairing on short notice. Fred Kirkpatrick was a visitor to the Times on Sunday. "Kirk" is at present with tho Foothills Printing Co. in Sunny Alberta. .Soon the man with the hoe will be talked about, but the man with the spading fork | is the one that is on to his job. Mrs. G. Pondrey and two daughters, who have been to the old country for a holiday, arrived on Wednesday to visit her sister Mrs. Harvey At a special meeting of the Canadian Club held at Michel last week, it was decided to hold a celebration at Michel Prairie on Monday, May 2. A social dance was given at the Scotia Hotel last Friday evening. There was a goodly assemblage of guests present and everybody spent an enjoyable evening. Miss Mabel K. Burchill hns When the fire whistle is blowing is no time to think about insuring your house and furniture. Don't put off another day. You should also consider what company you insure in; H. W. Rogers represents the best companies. The East, Kootenay Telephone Co., Ltd. are installing a local exchange in Hosmer. This will be a welcome convie- nience. All persons wishing residential 'phones will please leave their orders with IL W. Rogers at the post office, A. W. Baxter will start a class in mining engineering and kindred studies, having secured enough students to ensure success. Mr. Baxter is a student of W. Williamson of Hamilton, Scotland, and is fully qualified to teach all budding engineers the neccessary essentials. A full syllabus will he printed in in the near future. Chamberlain's .Stomach and Liver Tablets assist nature iu driving all impurities out of the system, insuring a free and re- been engaged as an additional igular condition and restoring teacher for tbe Hosmer school, the organs of the body to She will have charge of the pri-1 health and strength. Sold by mary division and commenced 'all druggisls. her duties on Monday, April lth Baseball Club Organized A meeting was held in F. Ln belle's sample room on Friday evening April 1st. for the I purpose of organizing tho base down to Bellvue where he is ball team for the present year. going into the happy content-1 The fonowinK officials were ed life of a rancher. Joe will (Jo to old, reliable Pete for a good shave, hair-cut or bath. Pete's Barber Shop. IJ t£ Joe Filion has taken a move New Agricultural Land Frank Mosher, who has been at .Stewart lake for the past year, arrived in tho city Tuesday. He is enthusiastic over the prospects of the northern country. The lowest temperature at Stewart lake during the winter was 'A1.) below zero and that only for a few days. Spring was opening when he left there a month ago. Mr. Mosher believes the Stewart lake district is equal to any in Canada for agricultural purposes. He leaves for the north in about a week.—Greenwood Ledge. Hearty Thanks On behalf of the boys of the Hosmer Fire Brigade, I take this opportunity of thanking the citizens and property owners of the town of Hosmer for their kind, hearty and most liberal support of our smoker on Saturday, April 2, from the proceeds of which we will be able to buy at least three or four hundred extra feet of hose to be used for outlying buildings in the town. We took particular notice that the man with a pair of blankets to the firm with a $10,000 building at stake were present both in person and donations. Nevertheless we will not get the swelled head bill will be there with the goods when the case demands it. Again thanking you all, I remain Yours truly, T. A. Cornett,'Chief. Hereafter the Hosmer opera house will be operated under the management of the owner, Phillip Carosella. For shows, concerts, etc., apply to my store in Hosmer or at the Roma Hotel, Fernie. Phillip Carosella. Feb. 2, 1910. Fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism is simply rheumatism of the muscles due to cold oi* damp, or chronic rheumatism, neither of which require any internal treatment. All that is needed to afford relief is the free application of Chamberlain's Liniment. Give it a trial. You are certain to he pleased with the quick relief which it affords. Sold hy all druggists. King's Health Causing Anxiety The Associated Press states i the London newspapers ordinarily print only the briefest news bulletins about the condition of the King's health. The King is at Biarritz and bas not been well for afornight. Newspapers say he is suffering from a bad cold, but the fact is that he has had more than a cold to cause his physicians worriment. He has not been robust since his recovery from the operation that nearly proved fatal at the time of his coronation. His throat is weak and any cold caused inilamation of the throat frequently produces almost suffocation. Tho King's physicians always have a tank of oxygen handy to relieve choking attacks that afflict the King nowadays. His general health is fairly good for a man of his age, but his physicians never take chances and when he develops the slighest cold they generally keep him indoors, as they did for rt week at Biarritz. Prompt relief in all cases of throat and lung trouble if you use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, Pleasant to take, soothing and healing in effect. Sold by all druggists. COMMUNICATIONS The Times does not hold itself responsible for the opinion of correspondents. All correspondents who adopt a pen nnnie must enclose their name nnd address for the information of the editor only. Tlie Times does not agree to publish all or any of the letters received. tackle mixed farming with cows, chickens and pigs. Heavy on the pigs. Your tongue is coated. Your breath is foul. Headaches come and go. These symptons show that your stomach is tin* trouble. To elected for the season: Honors' president. ('. li. Winter, president, A. McL.Fletcher, vice president, C, 1'. Higgins, secretary, M. Moeran. Treasurer, 1!. Swantou, manager, F. Labelle, playing manager, (i. Gordon. Tlie secretary will lake measures to form dales wilh Blair- remove the cause is the first more, Coleman. Michel, El thing, and Chamberlain's .Stomach and Liver Tabids will do that. Easy to take and most ICO and Hillcrest. Last year's financial state- nieiil wiil li" feiimd in to-day's effective. Sold all druggists, issue of tl Tii ue. I CHURCH DIRECTORY Catholic (lauROH—Moss every fortnight nt I.eitluuiser's liasenient, 10i80 o'clock, a. in. Rosary and Benediction at 7i80 p. in. J. Salles. O. M. I., I'll. 1). I'iiksiiytioiiiax CHURCH — D i vine service in Odd Follows Hall on Sunday evening, at 7:.'-t0 o'clock. Sunday school nt 2:Hl) p. in. Choir practice every Friday nt H o'clock p. in. 0, K. Nicoll, Missionary, English Ciiukcu Services—-Held fortnightly at, Ihe Hosmer Opera license. Second Sunday. Evensong at 7:110 p, in. Fourth Sunday, Holy Communion at il n. m., Evensong at7:80 p. in. Fifth Sunday, Evensong at 7:30 ji. in. liiianl, N. Crowther, M. A., Curate in Charge. Methodist Church—Rev. R. W. Lee, Pastor. Sunday School 2:80; afternoon class for adults, 8:30; Divine service, 7:30; choir practice* Wednesdays, S p. in. Tht* pastor's residence adjoins Uie church, and he will always welcome any one who calls upon niin for advice or help in any direction. He will lie glad to In* notified eef any cose of sickness, Strangers will be always welcome. Italian Store (isami & Jioia, Props. Groceries. Fruits, Tobaccos and Confectionery Front Street llosmer, IS, C. of the Michel and Fernie people who prefer to remain passive on the subject and if those people take that position what will it profit us to assume the highly moral. Yours for the Town. C. S. Hosmer, B. C, April 5, 1910. Ed. Times:—In view of the many opinions expressed by the citizens of Hosmer re tho introduction of the red light people, may I make bold to make a few remarks from a common sense business point of view. It is a well-known fact that these people are in Fernie and Michel, and just so long as these people are allowed at these towns just so long will surplus money be taken out of town to those places. It is like cutting our nose off to spite our faces. It we take a stand from a highly moral point of view, we cannot better a position without the active co-operation Hosmer, April 4, 1910. Ed. Times:—If you will allow men small space in your columns, I would like to say a few words in regards to the Saturday night meeting. The people above the C. 1'. I?, track have families and it is in respect for our own homes and our children that I would like to speak. It is very surprising to think that the married men of this town have no thought of protection for their own Ixrys and girls and respect for themselves and I would say what can we expect of our town when the leading men are in favor of them coining hack. I would also say that the few ladies that are here need protection from such men that are here. eSince those people have been put out of this town the ladies of Hosmer could go out and not bo insulted on the street as they have been in the past when those people lived in Hosmer. I am speaking for the young boys and girls in our town. What can wo expect of our families that is brought up in the midst of such iniquity? I would say to the people of Hosmer wake up and see to it that this evil is kept out of our town. I have a family of my own that needs protection. I remain A Citizen ok Hosm er. *************************4 t LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S t EMPORIUM 4 Mrs. Louisa Pitblado 4 A profusion of * Ladies9 jj Neckwear I and Belts J li.-is jnsl arrived. Tile season's 4 choicest goods, ('all and in- J spect tbem, tin* prices are sur- J prisingly low. * Royal Hotel Block Hosmer ♦ ^♦Jt^^J^je^^J^J^e^^^ D. BHUTTO BOOT AND SHOE MAK^ Repairing Neatly Done While Wait. .Satisfaction Guaranteed. ' Main Street Hosmer B. I A young man worked on a farm for $30 a month. He took a shorthand course with us. Now he gets $100 a month. The course cost him $65.00 that's the story. The Garbutt Business College has schools at Calgary, Lethbridge and Winnipeg. The principal is F. C. Garbutt f Postoffice Box 60 Shop: Scotia Hotel BELL & DAVIS Builders and Contractors All kinds of repair work done on short notice. Shop J Fittings a specialty. .Estimates Furnished on J Application. Satisfaction Guaranteed * **************************************************** Si We have finished removing our stock into much larger and commodious premises in the | Royal Hotel block A MODEL GROCERY Is Always Up-To-Date and Absolutely Clean Our stock is replete with the cleanest and freshest staple and fancy groceries Goodwillies Bottled Fruits Wagstaff 's Jams and Jellies Cross C& Blackwell's Pickles Griffin's Hams, Bacon and Lard NOTICE During the summer months our store will be close at 7 p. m. sharp with the exeption of Saturdays and clays before holidays STORE gf SATISFACTION Main Street Hosmer, B. C.
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