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The Hedley Gazette and Similkameen Advertiser
BC Historical Newspapers
The Hedley Gazette and Similkameen Advertiser was published in Hedley, in the Similkameen region of southern British Columbia, and ran from January 1905 to August 1917. The Gazette was published by the Hedley Gazette Printing and Publishing Company, and its longest-serving editor was Ainsley Megraw (1905-1914). The Gazette served the communities of Keremos, Olalla, and Hedley. In 1916, the paper was purchased by James W. Grier, who shortened the title to the Hedley Gazette.
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���������������r'W*'7p"iriyTt7Tr^'T7 ���������**���������'.��������� S^*"!*?"-'"-''-^"^*^^^^ ',.-'.'��������� I-:; ; ^"i'"'-/^-''''".;!^ Volume XII. Number 31. JmS.GLmRKE Watchmaker Clocks and Watches for Sale. |fravel by Auto... Call up Phone No. 12 lA good stock of Horses and Rigs on Hand. II Orders for Teaming promptly attended to. WOOD FOR SALE1 HEDLEY, B.C., THURSDA-Y;-AUCr-WSl} 17, 1916. '^i>&������W&w>4temv SAVE $2.00, In Advance YOUR PALA6E !very, Feed & Sale Stables MONEY p. m., Thursday, August 24th, instead-of a. m. as printed in the programme. Any one wishing a programme can get same,' by calling at the In.stituteroom at Mrs. G. G. Keeler's. geox-ge Pierce. Angus is with I Pte. T. Corrigan, 54th Batt. fins battalion and Pierc^w-i-T, I Pte. R> Corrigan, 54th Batt FOR THE lone 12. ��������� HKDLEY B. O. D. J. INNIS Proprietor THOMPS N . PHONE SEYMOUR 5943 ,'mgR. WESTERN CANADA fanimell Laird & Co. Ltd. Steel Manufacturers Sheffield, Eng. Offices and Warehouse., 847-63 Beatty Street Vancouver, B. C. - Dominion War Loan TO BE ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay of Spo-1 ience kane are visiting with their daughter, Mi������s. T. Daly of Island Lodge: ..While coming round a sharp curve near Midway they collided with another auto and the car suffered tremendously, while the occupants were only badly shaken up. "this battalion and Pierc'e'iswith the 3rd Pioneers. I shall write again before long and give you more news. Be sure and reply, to this at your earliest conven- -,,-,, Give r������y regards,IS all ! my friends. W / Yoi-l"fs very sincerely, y Neil McLeod. No. 154770. 15th Platoon, D. Co., 1st Can. Pioneer Batt., B.E.F., ��������� France. ���������n 13 '810, , A. F. & A. M. REGULAR monthly meetings of Hedloy Lodge No. 13, A. F. & A.M., [t are hold on the second Friday in f h month in Fraternity hall, Hedley. Visiting "fh,"i are cordially invited to attend ..SPRQULB, - W. M S, B. HAMILTON Secretary By purchasing,a bond you will help to WIN THE WAR and.obtain.for -yourself an Investment of the highest class yielding a most attractive rate of interest. <-- ' ~L. O. L. The Regular meetings of Hedley Lodge 1744 are held.on tho first and third Monday in every mqpth in the Orange Hall Ladies meet 2nd and 4 Mondays siting hv^ihern are cordially invited - W. LONSDALE, W. M. H. K. HANSON. Sec't. . DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE OTTAWA. KEREMEOS ITEMS. JR. F������. BROWN British Columbia Land Surveyor I'Tel. No. 27 P. O. Dhawer 160 B. C SpENTICTQN P. W. GREGORY ������ CIVIL ENGINEER and BRITISH COLUMBIA LAND SURVEYOR *_" Star BiMld'qg t Princeton CliLiii jij ') iw^^ct* |v-,TER pLAVTPN C. R. HASKINR CLAYTON &-fiflSKINS Barristers. Solie.itorsi Etc. MONEY TO LOAN ���������'���������*���������*"��������� PENTICTON, --'>' B.C. iedleu Opera House ft.I. JONES, Manacier large, commodious hall for jmces or other entertainment. >,-*:;^te|r".,;. HEBUEY, British eojHnipia f x -*, X Mr. R. Mott of Penticton was in town Sunday. s Mr. and Mrs. Croker were visitors in town Sunday. Plenty-of ripe peaches now oil the market at Keremeos. Mrs. Brown returned home from Penticton last Aveek end. Miss Mildred Kirby spent the week end visiting with friends at Penticton.' We are certainly enjoying some real summer weather at the present time. ��������� .-Arthur Kennedy of Vancouver spent the week end visiting with George Kirby. A number of Princetoiiians I attended the Liberal meeting held here last week. Miss Rita Kirby returned last week from Penticton where she '��������� * . spent" a few days with Mrs. Stewart. Messrs. J. M. Loung and J. Pearson returned home from a two weeks' prospecting-.'trip up ("he Ashnpja; The work trajn qf the Great "Northern railway is busy ditoh- clearing between Keremeos and Hedley this week. Geo. Kirby returned home-on Mrs. Orser'of South Keremeos was a passenger to Oroville on Monday's train. Messrs. G. B. Clarke and J. ���������Mattice left on Monday's train for the coast to attend the Vancouver fair. M. Elton and sister. Miss E. Elton, of Similkameen are visiting with friends at Keremeos for the'week. Messrs.,Brewster, Macdonald and Conklin spoke to . a rather small-crowd'on Tuesday afternoon in the Town hall. Don't forget the, work-a-day picnic in the park on Wednesday, Sept. 6th. The W. I. will serve rupper for the men. ��������� I ;,(D. J. and Mrs. Innis and family motored to Green mountain on Sunday and. spent the day with Mrs. L. A. Clarke. From the Front. The following letter. was received by Mr. J. D. Brass, and may' be of interest to many of our readers :' , ,' July 16th, 1916. Dear old friend: I have been expecting to hear from you all this time as I have not had a reply to the last one I wrote you. Two days previous to the date my Battalion left for France I had the misfortune to fracture a bone in my leg and in consequence attended hospital and, convalescent home for nearly eight weeks. I am alright" again and, have rejoined my company out here. We have had heavy casualties and I am almost a stranger in. my old platoon, the gaps having been filled with fresh drafts. Our work is very varied. We repair roads that have been subjected to heavy shell fire, build harroAv gauge tracks for ammunition carts, and build and consolidate front line trenches and communication trenches. We also have to string the wire in "no man's land," which is anything but a healthy occupation. Naturally, most of "this work is done under coVor of darkness, and all nightlong Fritz sends up a steady stream of starshells, which illumine the intei'vening space between the two front lines. Whatever position one happens to be an when the lights go up one has to retain until the glare dies out, as any movement would be immediately detected and Fritz wouldjget curious and Peculiar Features of Prohibition Act. the Bill Appears to Have Been Framed as a Direct Blow at Workingmen. . -j^ -*-" --j *������v������������ .ivvi ���������.lUlli-*-- KJXX Rates���������$1.50 a Day and Up x Tuesday after spending a few First-Class Accommodation. Bar Stocked with Best Brands of Liquor and Cigars X X X X X 3 days with J. Bromley at the Richter estate lower ranch. Morris Daly, after spending . two weeks in Princeton looking Ihe Misses Gibson entertained I after their cattle and horses A. tylj-^LgS, Proprietor. | ���������S!!������^!l|^*������*|K^������t^������?!}t^?^ilt8?������S������{������tl?������������ umin meat I I! All kinds of fresh and cured meats always on hand. Fresh Fish on sale e/yery Thursday. R, J, EDMOND, Prop, EAT NORTHERN HOTEL I . HEDLEY B.C. Bar. and Table the Best. Rates Moderate First Class Accommodation JOHN JACKSON, Proprietor. a few of their young friends at a party in honor of the Misses. Letchie af Vancouyer, at their hqrne, Riyersicje I^odge. Mr.Quaedvlieg returned home |ast vyeek "fr-om Boston, where l}e had gp.ne on. business and has given the contract to Mr. Wright for putting up a new barn and dairy, ��������� Every one Is looking forward with great interest to the visit of Premier Bowser and our candidate, L. W. Shatford, who are to speak here in the near future. The date has not been definitely set. The school opens l*er.e, on. August 28,th. We'think it wqu|d \\e a wise plan for. {"he schpp} b,oard tq tftke it up with the education department and see that the holidays are extended three weeks more, as it is such hot weather and the wchool rooms get so hot during the day with no shade that the teacher and pupils find it almost I unbearable. Mr, Carmichael returned last send over some rifle grenades or ��������� open up a trench mortar bat tery. It is of hardly any use to repair the front line parapet as it is seen in the daylight and quickly blown up again; of course, our men do the same with him and both the front lines at this point ai'e no better than ditches. The town Aye are billeted in is one mass of ruins and we take up our quartersincellars. There is not a single house Avith a roof intact, and the sight ot a church seems to rouse every evil instinct in Fritz's nature, anyAA'ay he has levelled them all to the week from Penticton, Prince-, ton arid other points up the line Avhere he had been on business, Mr. and Mrs. Francis, after a short honeymoon Avith the latter's uncle of Olalla, left for their home at Smith's Falls, Ontario, on Saturday. -' T.W.Coleman, accompanied by Mrs. .Frith and daughter, Misses R. Gibson and M.Letcher, motored to Princeton on Thursday, returning on Friday evening. Avhiclj. are turned out on the range, returned home on Friday night to look after the haying-. Qor-p. J, Verity, Ptes, F. Manery, G, LeflmgAvell, C. Smith, C. Harrison and A. Pedy of the 172nd battalion returned to camp at Vernon on Friday, after helping with the haying down the valley. The many friends of Miss E\*a Gibson are glad to see her smiling face once more back in* the postoffice. Miss Gibson x&- ports having a delightful 'time Avhile yisiitiug at the different points* on. the prairie, Mr*-. G, B. Clarke entertained at her beautiful home, Rose- niovrnt, in hoxior of her sister- in-law, Mrn, H. Clarke, of Vancouver, Covers Avere laid for eight. The Misses Clarke, nieces of the hostess, and the Misses Hardy assisted in serving. Don't forget the Flower Show August 25th, in the Town Hall. To the man - of means, Avho is accustomed tp buy his liquors by the bottle or case from the wholesale store or retail shop the .Prohibition Act means absolutely nothing, as he can still order his supply from a neighboring province or the States, just as easily as in the past, the only difference being that he Avill have to pay a higher cost, on account of transportation charges. To the AA*oz'king man, who is accustomed to buy his liquor by the bott/e or glass; the Act means, hoAvever, something entirely different. The ordinary Avorking man is not given an opportunity to lay by money sufficient to provide for his sending away for a case of liquor, hence he is under a handicap ' Avhich does not interfere with the rich man. Then, again, the working man's usual bever- ege is beer, and on shipments of this class the freight rates are so high as to make the price almost prohibitive for him. Again, while some Avorking men are fortunate to have homes of their oavii, a great-majority occupy houses jointly Avith others. A large proportion Avould come under the.term of "lodgers." Many others also take boarders in order to help out the family income. All of this class Avould find that the Prohibition Act was a distinct barrier to their enjoying their personal right to partake of a glass of beer in their own homes. The Act provides that a man may import liquor freely' for use in his own pm*ate dAvel- ling. It so defines the Avord "dwelling," however, that householders Avho occupy premises jointly are not allowed the privilege of haA'ing liquor for their oavii private use. The same is true of lodgers personally, and the families of those who keep lodgers where more than three goom in a house. As far as homes -where boarders are kept, the Act is explicit in statin" Corp. T. C. Knowles, No. 443,- 849, 54th Batt. -, - Pte.,Bob Robertson, No. 443,- 961," 54tfi Batt; ^8fa Pte.' Jack Howe, Nc 54th Kootenay Batt. Corp. M. J. Meher, No. 443806 54th Batt.'"'*N!jk * /W^ Pte. Dan DeA*ane, unknoAvn. Pte. Danny Dollemore, 54^ Batt. Pte. F. A. J. Dollemore, No. 443837, 54th Batt. Pte. J.T.N. Hepper, 54th Batt. Pte. B. A. Schubert, No. 443,- 850, 54th Batt, Pte.^Rod. McDougall, No. 443,- 852, 54th Batt. Pfc������f M. H. L. Jacombs, No: 107338, 2nd C.M.R., B. Squad. -: Pte.*E.J. Rotherham, No. 443,- 811, 54th Batt. ��������� c * Pte. Art. Freeman, No. 430237, 10th Batt., 2nd Brigade, Army P. O., London. Pte. C. Christiana, No. 63249, Machine Gun Section 15th Batt;, 3rd Brigade. C.E.F. Pte. Jno. Corrigan, No. 75913, 29th Batt., 6th Brigade. Driver C. Saunders, C. Battery, 156th Brigade. ' << Pte. A. P. Martin, No. 443919, C. Company, 54th Batt. Sergt. A. W. Jack, No. 443807, " C. Company, 54th Batt. Pte. W. Liddicoat. Pte. W. Tucker. Pte. Geo. Boxall, 11 West St., Rochester, Kent, Fngland. . Pte. T. Calvert, 99 Chart R.D., Army P.O., London. Lieut. A. E. Denman, R. G. A., Harwich, Essex, Eng. Pte. W. R. Rescorl, No. 931408, 225th Batt., Vernon, B.C. Pte. Jno. Donovan. Pte. W. R. BurroAvsy No. 688,- 266, C. Company, 172nd-JBatt;'-'������������������"��������� Vernon, B. C. - - Pte. W. McAlpine. " Pte. A. B. S. Stanley. Pte. F. Beck, last knoAvn ad- - dress rear 824 Harris St., Vancouver. Pte. Homer McLean, 103rd. - Pte. J. Ritchie, 172nd. Pte. J. Casey, Pioneers. Pte. Nick Pick.-ird, Pioneers. fe;-: ground. The other day he shelled a little town about eight miles behind the firing line very heavily and succeeded in killing and Avounding a targe number of the civilian population. Quite a few children fell victims, and I suppose somebody will get an iron cross for that. He only brings his big guns into action on dark cloudy days Avhen our aeroplanes are unable to recon- noiter. I have witnessed a few air duels and it is a marvel with what ease and skill the machines are handled. These days the noise of that the house is not a dwellino- and that liquor' for beverage purposes may not be brought into it. The above points cover phases of the Prohibition Act .which distinctly to the disadvantage of the Avorking man, although they riiean nothing to the rich man. A reading of the Act will show many similar features of class legislation of so open a character as to lead the organized bodies of labor, which have already considered the Prohibition Bill, to unanimously condemn the Act. " Britain Prepared." The Star Theatre Avill put on "Britain .Prepared" in ten smashing reels, Monday, Aug. 28 Part I.���������An army in the making, making ammunition, trench work, cavalry, artillery, mounted, infantry, flying corps, field telegraph, .motor cycle, machine guns' provisioning an army. His Majesty King George V. Part II.���������The silent sentinel, a battle squadron, at sea, grand fleet in North sea, Jack afloat, life on H. M.S. Queen Elizabeth, the submarine service' the hornets of the fleet, watch-dogs of empire in action. Admission, $1. Hedley Enlisted Men In order that the Hedley Patriotic Funds Committee may have an authentic list of the addresses and names of the regiments to which the Hedley enlisted men are attached . the following list of enlisted men _ is published together with such the guns is incessant, | addresses as Ave now have. The and the artillery is doing excellent Avork. The Huns are A*ery fond of "strafing," but they get more than they send these days. They are kept on the alert all the time and they never know at what point a raid is going to be made. The prisoners claim that these raids have a very demoralizing .effect on the troops, and I can easily believe them. I have only met two of the boys The entries will be from 7 to 9 I from Hedley, Augus Stuart and secretary, C. P. Dalton, will thank any one that Avill furnish him with any missing addresses or advise him of any of the addresses that may be incorrect. When the list is completed the same will be published for the benefit of all: Pte.W.Fulmer, 54th Kootenay Batt., C. Company. Pte. J. Stapleton, 54th Kootenay Batt., C. Co.rtipany. Pte. J. Fra.ru,e, 54th Batt. Tennis Tournament. men's doubles. First Round���������B. Jones and H. Jones defeated L. Brown and H. D. Barnes, 6-4, 7-5. C. P. Dalton and T. Terry defeated W. Cormack and R. Wheeler, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. B. Knowles and V. Zacherson defeated B. Rolls and W. Lonsdale, 6-3, 7-5. C. E. Prior and G. Jones defeated R. Williams and W. McDougal, 8-10, 6-2, 6-4. Second Round���������B. Jones and H. Jones defeated C. P. Dalton and T. Terry, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. C. E. Prior and G. Jones defeated B. KnoAvles and V. Zach erson, 5-7,6-4,6 3. Final Round���������C. E. Prior and G. Jones defeated B. Jones and H. Jones, 7-5, 6-3. T. W. Coleman, Mrs. W. M. Fritli and daughter, Miss K Letcher and Miss K. Gibson , of Keremeos Avere visitors in, I town. Friday last. r - ~i\ niH'i'inn ii'ii''i T'fir'miiiiiilt ii inn i I fiSBHMBMlll niTiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini ������������������iiiiiMiHuiii "i mSaBmmmtt&Uit^^ THE GAZETTE, HEDLEY, B. C. THE CANADA STARCH CO; LIMITED MONTREAL,, CARDINAL, BRANTKORO; FORT WILLIAM. Makers of "Crown Brand" ana "Lily White", Corn Syrups, and Benson's Corn Starch. More Blouses, Lingerie and Skirts���������more Table Linen��������� more Sheets and Pillow Cases ��������� more .Curtains ��������� are starched with "Silver Gloss1', than any other , starch in Canada. Your grocer has it. Train Divisions in Canada Six Provincial or District Brigades Likely' to be Organized A proposal is under consideration by the Minister of Militia to mobilize and train in Canada two complete infantry divisions wJiich would be ready to leave for overseas practically in condition to proceed at once to. the front. Hitherto the organizing- and training as divisions has been done in England. _ To carry out the scheme, six Provincial or district brigades are contemplated. / These would include a Nova Scotia brigade, already almost raised as a. Highland brigade under Col. Borden, a brigade for New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. a brigade from Quebec, two brigades from Ontario, and a brigade from the western Provinces. Details of the proposal are now being worked out. It .is usually safe to say that when a child is pale, sickly, peevish and restless, the cause is worms. These parasites range the stomach and intestines, causing serious disorders of the digestion and preventing the infant from deriving sustenance from food. Miller's Worm Powders, by destroying the worms, corrects these faults of the digestion and serves to restore the organs to healthy action. Only a Chip As an evidence of the unconquerable spirit of our fleet. Mr. Hunger- ford Pollen relates an incident concerning an officer of one of; the light cruisers who was ' reported in the official return as "severely wounded." Whitehall immediately received a telegram respectfully but ardently protesting against so misleading and humiliating a description. "I have only got a chip knocked out of my shin and shall be ready for duly in a very few days." The P. M. Q. was promptly wired to for a full description of this officer's in1 juries. It turned out that he had the right leg fractured, and left tibia chipped, a large piece of shell embedded in his groin, and seventeen other cuts and wounds. "Can you. accommodate myself and family for summer board?" "What's your politics?" inquired Farmer Corntossel. "Does that make any difference?" "Yep. I'm not going to take another chance on havin' the whole place stirred up with arguments day an' night. .All the folks that board here this summer has got to have the same politics."���������Washington Star. Pig Clubs and Bank Deposits American Bankers Are Helping to Finance Hog Breeders Bankers in many states are realizing the value of pig club work as a means of improving rural conditions, according to club agents of the United States department of agriculture. Not a few of the bankers have made it possible for worthy club members to secure pigs on their personal notes. In this way a well-bred pig is secured and the member can pay for it from the proceeds of the pig as a meat animal or from the sale of offspring in the case of a breeding animal., The member enters into a business agreement with the banker. This apparent generosity on the part of bankers is in many cases business acumen. A case in point is that of a;Texas bank, whose president placed 326 pigs among pig club members of his country. As a result of the acquaintance made in' securing and placing these spigs, many new patrons were secure'd. These patrons brought in more than $75,000 in individual deposits. This was profitable business for the bank. The boys whom he has helped to get started in the hog business are now on their feet financially and before many years they will be making big shipments of hogs to market each year. The money received from the sale of hogs will be expended in further developing the country. Every merchant in the county will profit, the banks will get more deposits, and farmers will have more money with which to develop their farms."���������Breeders' Gazette. War Socialism is Popular Now that the old border city of Carlisle in the Motherland has had a taste of war socialism in respect of restaurants and public-houses people are making notes of the results. -\ summary of these may be.classed as better lighting, better order, and better service. An afternoon tea is called, "Government tea," a glass of spirits a "Cabinet nip,," and a glass of Guin- css as "Asquith XX." i Model restaurants are now being erected. The scheme so far is popular, and the fact that the majority of the previous managers have been retained as such has assisted toward this popularity. "They say you can't square the circle." "Well, you can do it after a fashion," said the mathematician, "just as when you go out for a walk you circle the square." Reformed Russia _ Sir Robert Walpole declared in a vitriolic epigram that he could grow patriots, like mushrooms, in a night. Be that as it may, the Tsar's famous vodka-edict made a country sober in a day. The result is the substitution of a nation of well cared for, industrious self-respecting peasants in place of one of poverty-stricken besotted tatterdemalions. Does any person suppose that humpty-dumpty of drink can ever be reseated on his crazy wall by all the horses and all the men of Russian bureaucracy? Russia has emerged permanently it ;is to be hoped, from the Siberian night because the muzhik has flung aside the vodka bottle, and become a man.��������� Christian Science Monitor. What a Sea Fight Means The Supreme Glory of the British Navy That M.en Place Duty Al- ,' ways Before Fersonal Safety What is the real character of a battle at sea under modern conditions? Wilson Young, in an article in the London Times, helps us to understand.,"It is more ringed with terror than any other human experience. Each man commits, himself with a thousand others, to a vulnerable shell, and launches it into an arena sheeted and bolted with flame and concussion. He can do nothing for;his own safety, but only for the common purpose." If his ship is mortally wounded, he passes not to !a hospital or dressing station, but into the cold sea, where also disappears patients and surgeons in the very act of operating. Know ing this, he must go on doing quietly and cooly the exact work for which he has been trained���������work, perhaps, such as other men'do in the calm of a chemical laboratory. He may have to perform the most delicate scientific operations with the utmost care, conscious that he has only a minute or two to live in this world. Mr. Young says: ,"It is the' supreme glory of the British navy���������sometimes I think the supreme achievements of the British race���������that thousands and thousands of men are always ready to do this as a mattar of course; do it easily, desire to do it. There is no one to whom life is sweeter than to the average sailor, whose mental habit is to be always looking forward to pleasures; and there is no one who can bb utterly put aside the pre-occupation of safety and lose himself in his immediate duty. How else, indeed,, would such events as Beatty's single-handed fight with the German battle fleet be possible? If men thought of themselves in such a situation, their demoralization would be indescribable, and the names Queen- Mary, Invincible, and Indefatigable would be names of terror. Instead of which it is the high morale which is indescribable, and these names are names of glory." There are some consolations, which do not detract from the. glory. The care of the wOunded and their sufferings are not much heard of in a modern sea. fight. Every action is a matter of life or death. The mass of those who die, die at once. Their mortal _rcmains sink into' the great salt, sanitary sea, as their souls are launched upon the unknown seas of eternity.��������� Toronto Star/ Where Do House Flies Go Scientists Unable to Determine Where Flies Go During the Winter Where does the house fly go in winter and how does it get back? That was a favorite mystery for generations, but a few years ago fly experts began to say a. lot about wintering wintering flies/and so within the past couple of years we have had a flood of fly literature telling us that if we swatted an over-wintering house fly we would kill possible '���������< descendants running into the billions. Well, in the middle of the past winter we happened to see flies in a building in a certain town of one of the Middle States. We mentioned the fact to an entomologist and he doubted that they could be house flies. So there was nothing to do. but to catch a few of them and prove that his skep- tisisrri was superfluous. But it was not. He was right. Furthermore, the scientists will not. admit such a thing as an over-wintering house fly until it can be established by better evidence than they have been able to find. . ,..;������������������,. '.'������������������ Recently Prof. Arthur Shipley, of Cambridge, spoke before the Royal Society of Arts on insects and /the war. In the course of his talk he said of the house fly: "We used to think that some, in a state of suspended animation, were 'carried on' through the winter months. This is, however, non-. proven. He concluded: "The manner in which the interval between one fly season and the next is bridged still reniams unsolved." It is safe to conclude that nobody knows where the flics ;go in winter���������-but everybody wishes they would stay there.��������� The Country Gentleman. EXCELSIOR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY An Exclusively Canadian Company Assets Over Four Million Dollars An Excelsior Policy is a Money Safer. Get One To-day. Ilinard's Liniment Cures Diphthera. Live Stock Problems Woman Made Well by Lydia ������. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Columbus, Ohio. ���������' 'I had almost given op. 1 had been sick for six years with female troubles and nervousness. I had a pain in my right side and could not eat anything without hurting my stomach. I could not drink cold water at all nor eat any kind of raw fruit, nor fresh meat nor i-''','<-V>. i*?������������A/-'-'$ chicken. From 178 l*-^������������������������������������ ~ 1 pounds I went to 118 and would get so weak at times that I fell over. I began to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and ten days later I could eat and it did not hurt my stomach. I have taken the medicine ever since and -I feel like a new woman. I now weigh 127 pounds so you can see what it has done for me already. My husband says he knowa your medicine has saved my life."���������- Mrs. J. S. Barlow, 1624 South 4th St., Columbus, Ohio. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound contains just the virtues of roots end herbs needed to restore health and Btrength to the weakened organs of the body, l.^at is why Mrs. Barlow, a chronic invalid, recovered so completely. It pays for women suffering from any female ailments to insist upon having Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Asthma is Torture. No one who hasn't gasped for breath in the power of asthma knows what such suffering is. Thousands do know, however, from experience how unmeasureable is the relief provided by that marvellous preparation, Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. For years it has been relieving and curing the most severe cases. If you are a sufferer do not delay a day in securing this remedy from your druggist. To Collect for Seed Grain Dominion Government Out to Collect Ten Million Dollars Preparations r.re being made by the Department of the Interior to collect this year the larger part of the advances for seed grain made to western farmers for the crop of last year. Over ten million dollars was loaned by the Dominion government in the drought-stricken districts in Southern Alberta and in Southern Saskatchewan. Last year despite the heavy crop, many farmers were in no position to make any payment. This year it is hoped to collect the larger portion of this amount. A head office has been opened in Moose Jaw, with Harry Cuttle, Chief Inspector of Homestead Agencies, in charge. Arrangements have been made to have payments made to postmasters, while no collections will be made by the elevators. Worms sap the strength and undermine the vitality of children. Strengthen them by using Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator to drive out the parasites. W. N- U. 1116 A Compliment to Canada It was surely more than a coincidence that Sir Douglas Haig's big drive started on Dominion Day, the national holiday of our friends across the border. Generals like politicians, have an eye to effect at times, just as when the late Lord Roberts gave the Canadians the post of honor at Paardeberg, and forced the surrender of Cronjc on the anniversary of Majuba Hill. The British were not ready to start their drive on Empire Day (May 24,) which would have been the most fitting day of all, and failing that, the most appropriate day was July l.������ It was :. fighting compliment to Canadian gallantry which, on the occasion, saved the whole line of battle.���������From the Detroit Journal. What Britain is Doing ���������Britain should do this and do that. Seme editors advise a great drive, others advise caution, others again think she should withdraw from certain points where the loss Of life is enormous. Depend upon it she has men as resourceful and as anxious to conserve the lives of her soldiers and sailors as the human race has produced. What.is Britain doing financially? asks an American ; newspaper, arid answers: ".Great Britain not only is paying the cost of its own part in 1he struggle, but has largely financed the other nations allied against the Central Powers���������British money has helped France, has kept Italy oh its feet, has clothed and equipped the vast army of Russia. It is an, extraordinary drain on British resources." And Britain holds the seas for herself and her allies, is fighting Germany in the remote places of the earth as well as in Europe. She also makes possible the increased trade that Canada is carrying on with the nations across the seas . The man who finds fault with Britain should he advised to stop and think.���������Winnipeg Tribune. Have a Good Complexion! The Flower of Good Health The true secret of complexion lies in the blood. Keep it rich, pure, nutritious, and, above all, keep the system regular. No aid to complexion compares with Dr. Hamilton's Pills. They tone and enrich the blood, clear the system of waste products, promote good digestion, and in short, establish sound, health, which, after all, is the keynote of all happiness and well-being. Don't delay; the charm of a lovely complexion and all the blessings of health are yours, once you employ this old-time family remedy. All dealers sell Hamilton's Pills in 25c.boxe&. Germany Will Lose a Monopoly The day of Germany's monopoly of the_ dye industry is past. . The organization of factories in other countries, under government support and with government protection, insures a varied supply for the future. Japan has now entered, the field. The Japanese government has voted a subsidy to all corporations and firms engaged in the manufactu.. ; of dyes, provided more than halt o: the capital is subscribed by the subjects of Japan. The artistic value of Japanese industries depends much upon dyes, and the suply heretofore has come mainly fronV Germany. The amount of the subsidy will enable the companies to pay a dividend of 8 per cent, on the paid up capital, and the subsidies will be for ten years. The manufacture of material for gunpowder will be regarded as manufacture of dyes and chemicals.��������� Industrial Canada. General Gallieni's Epigrams The late General Gallieni was a master of epigrammatic expressions. "Don't criticise until you can remedy," is one which obtained great favor in France, and might be recommended to critics here. "If you've got brains, use them, if not, plant cabbage," was another of the General's sayings. "Set things going and keep them going," and "Say what you want done, but don't say more than a man can remember," were two other counsels.���������Wcstminsted Gazette. Amos���������I don't care much for that piece the orchestra is playing now. Muriel���������Why, that's futurist music! Amos���������Oh, is that it? Why don't they They Fooled 'Em ��������� ��������� i "Did anyone discover that you were a bride and groom on your honeymoon?" "No; we fooled everyone. Instead of calling each other by our first names, I called Jim Mr. Black and he called me Miss Pinkly, just as we did before we were even engaged. We were just as formal with each other as strangers would be."���������Detroit Free Press. Live Stock Commission is Collecting Much Valuable Information The Royal Live Stock Commission appointed by the Government of Saskatchewan is collecting much information which will be of value in improving the live stock industry of that province. The commission is formed of some of the best live stock men in the West. Hon. W. C. ��������� Sutherland is chairman; Hon. W. R. Motherwell is a'sb a member. Sittings were recently held in Winnipeg and the Commission will eventually visit a number of eastern cities. The immediate object is to gather information regarding the marketing of live stock. Any person able to give evidence relative to the matter in discussion will be gladly heard and in return the information that is acquired in eastern Canada and the States will be willingly given to ail." Transportation has become one of the most vital problems of the day. Coal is an exam'ple, the transportation of which costs more than the coal itself at the mine. The live stock industry is greatly affected by the same thing. Hon. R. W. Motherwell speaking in Winnipeg said: "It is only natural that grain growing should be the first industry of the west and all praise is due to the pioneers yet like many of the older countries the time had come when the livestock industry is becoming predominant. The livestock industry is now the corner-stone of the three provinces and the older countries have profited by the same experiences which these provinces are now having." Proceeding he said that it was a progressive step, that the government would now have to choose whether they would handle the problem the same as the telephones, and that the question of the packing plants, and abattoirs, would have to be considered, for perhaps while they could make large profits a smaller concern could not compete with them. He said that there was a decided feeling among the farmers that there could be made great improvements in marketing conditions, and that the commission, if failing to do any other good >vould at east have helped to calm the fears of the farmer that men manipulating the markets were robbing them. W. R. Ingram, Esq., of the Swift- Canadian Company gave much in formation concerning stock loan companies. Mr. Ingram is much in favor of these companies for they offer a line of credit which the banks cannot touch. He said: "It has been my experience -that cattlemen prefer to deal with cattlemen, and on a certain street where there is a bank and a livestock loan company doing business, nine out of every ten will go to the loan company for their credit." In dealing with the matter of the one-half of one per cent, insurance alTowed packers on condemned carcasses, Mr. Ingrain stated that the packers were entitled to it and that it was barely sufficient to cover the loss they sustained in this way. He favored the bonding of livestock drovers and brought up the matter of reaching the press, with an accurate account of the local livestock market prices. He claims the drovers arc always well posted by wire or letter and that it would only be doing justice to the farmer to furnish him this information. Value of Advertising Big Corporation Decides to Shelve Old Policy and Use Newspaper Space The Bethlehem Steel Company has entered upon a campaign of newspaper advertising which is epoch- making. Display advertisement space is being utilized in a list of 3,500 newspapers. The purpose of the campaign is to present the case of the Bethlehem company in regard to the proposed establishment of an armor plant by the United States government. ' The most' important phase of this matter is the belated decision by a great corporation that a policy of secrecy is disastrous. Silence on the part of a corporation, when its interests are at stake, denotes a fear to meet the issue in the open. Corpo. - tions will generally recognize in this sensational, action of the Bethlehem company, the_ opportunity, to -.hem for trying their cases before a jury of the whole people���������and, as this method gains adherents: the necessity for: lobbyists at Washington ��������� and at state capitals, of corruption funds, and of intrigue, will vanish. Thus the policy of publicity now adopted by Mr. Schwab will have a revolutionary effect. Win:, or-lose, so far as this present .issue; is concerned, he will' have established a precedent which must rule with "big business" in the future���������that of working with, not against, public opinion. "The day of the clear light" seems less of a vision because of the significant event,���������Editor and Publisher, New York. ���������'���������;' ���������', /-:./.' The Lights Of 65 Years Ago Are still doing: duty in^g, / the shape of Eddy's Matches Sixty - five years ago'li the first Canadian-madejil Matches were made atiwj Hull by Eddy andlf since that time, forff materials and striking'!'! qualities, Eddy's have! been the. acknowledg- J ed best. When Buying Matches Specify tt Eddy's." IA Real Levar SinralatiDn GOLD WATCH N A - ��������� L. BO ��������� B ��������� V L. ��������� N ��������� ON SY ��������� BY Minard's "Liniment Cures Garget in Cows. Trade at Home Co-operation Between the Farmer and Merchant is Necessary for the Success of the Community Why not be consistent? This paper, preaches and practices trade at home.������������������'.'There are merchants and business men of, this town who do riot do this. To advocate the idea of trading at home is pleasing to a number of our people as long as it means to buy from them, but frequently when they need what may be ^bought here; they go elsewhere, or send orders to mail order houses. This is not fair, and it is inconsistent. The grocer who buys his clothing, dry goods or shoes away from home has no right to be offended if the local dry goods, clothing and shoe dealers go elsewhere to buy their groceries, and the merchants who sell clothing, dry goods or shoes owe the same duty to the local grocer that the grocer does vo them. Then why not trade at home? Co-operation is necessary if our city or our country are to be prosperous. The farmer who has no use for the town except as a place to sell his produce does injustice to his own interests as well as to those who live in the town or city. And the merchant who has no use for the farmer except as a customer to whom he can sell his goods, acts as badly as the fanner who goes away or sends away for what he wants. Then why not trade at home? A country is prosperous in proportion to the prosperity enjoyed by its towns and cities, and no town of city can be prosperous without the co-op- eration^of the people of the country. Each is dependent one upon the other for that which is for the betterment of both. Then why not trade at home? The farmer who says he has no interest in the welfare of the town and the town man who says he has no interest in the prosperity of the country, are both wrong, their interests a.e mutual. Just as an illustration: If a destructive fire consumed every building in our capital city and the word went out that the city would not be rebuilt, would any acre of land in the vicinity then be worth half as much as it is now? And if there should be a terrible drought or some other calamity come upon the farmers, would not the residents of the town bo sorely affected, many of them ruined? Are we not, be we residents of the country or of the town or city, dependent upon each other for success? Think of this and trade at home.���������Swift Current Sun. In this puzzle'you see four lines of, letters.. Pill in the I inissinjr letters so J that each line spells I a well known town I in the world. > A | Magnificent Watch ���������I<ady's or Gent's (guaranteed five yeats). will be sent free o(*' I charsre, to readers of this paper , who solving" ] this puzzle and conform to our.one coudition.|' It costs you nothing to try. Send your1. answer toeether with stamp,- th'atf ������e mayft send you result. -.All failinir to do this will! I be disqualified. SEND NOW..... . |j "BARGAIN" WATCH CO. (400 Dept.) '( 80 Cornwall's Rd., London, N. WATERPROOF COLLARS AND CUFF93 Something better than linen and big laundjj bills. Wash it with soap ��������� and water, stores or direct. State style: and size. 25c, we will mail .'you. .���������'���������-. ��������������������������� THE ARLINGTON COMPANY OF*Q8 CANADA, Limited 68 Frnmr Aronua, Toronto, Oniari* [fl Wood's PkosskQdinL, The Great JSrialish. JiemedM Tones and invigorates tho wholjIS nervous? system, makes new Bloo'jJ in old Veins, Cures JVeruoiA'a Debility, Mental and Brain Worry, Despoil dency. Loss of Energy, Palpitation of tli%. Heart, Failing Memory. Price 31 per box, siVa for $3. One will please, six will cure. Sold by ayj .druggists or mailed in plain' pkg. on receipt <!>; Rrice. Nnopomphlet mailed free. THE WOOE; IED9CIWS CO.,T0RQHT0, 0NT. (Firmriy WinAsuM ������HENEW FRENCH REMEDY. Not H,t 9I.M THERAPION SA'tfdi f real succe������, cores chronic weakness, lost vrG0'"������f Jt VIM KIDNEY BLADDER. DISEASES. BLOOD fOISOt/.l PILES EITHER No. DRUGGISTS or MAIL SI. POST 4 CTf'lt, POUGERA Co. SO BEEKMAN ST. NEW YORKOrLYMAN BRO" ttl TORONTO WRITE FOR FREE BOOK TO DR. LE CLERCi'I Med Co haverstockRd.Hampstkad. London ENflS\f TRVNEWDRAGEElTASTELESSlFORUOF EASY TO T������l7^ THERAPION ������ffiS5-i���������J BEE TmfT TRADE MARKED WORD 'THERAPION' IS 01*11 BRIT. GOVT STAMF AFFIXED TO ALL GENUINE PACKKtitH Willis-T���������"My wife has just ordered the most daring bathing-suit of the season." Gillis���������"Now. I suppose she will write for circulars of the various summer resorts." Willis��������� "No, she is writing for copies of their municipal ordinances." :���������New York Times. Wealth in Livestock Canada's new wealth from livestock and general farm production was between $700,000,000 and $800,000,000 last year according to E. F. Hebden general manager of the Merchant's I Bank of Canada. If this rate can be/ maintained for a few years the Dominion will be able to meet its share Ruth���������Trust her! You surely don't think she could keep a secret? Matilda���������Well, I've trusted her with other things, and she kept them. , . . . ^ of the war burden and still have Jplav it some time m the future, thea? handsome surplus for development. Granulated Eyelids, Eyes inflamed by ccpo- ���������ure to Sun, Oust and Wind; quickly relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. No Smarting, just Eye Comfort. A* Vouf Druggist's 50c per Bottle. Murine Eye SalvcinTuDes25c, For Book oltbeEycFrceask Prugguu o������ Uiurtae������yc "toaedy Cm., Chkaflft A German Incident In a little Rhineland village near the border of Holland there is, says a Dutch report, a smith whose three sons have been killed in Ihe war. When he heard of the death of the youngest he burst into fury at the consolation tendered to him that his sons had met with a hero's death for the Fatherland. He exclaimed: "What do the Fatherland and the kaiser matter to me!" and hurled a beer glass at a bust of the kaiser which stood on his mantlcpiecc. For this a charge has been preferred against him for "gross misconduct." Russia Goes Ahead The liberalization of Russia is going forward at a tremendous rate despite the war. The act of the douma granting to the present class the same civil rights that are enjoyed by other citizens is almost as great a step forward as was the establishing of the douma.���������Buffalo Express. Dutch Egg Farmers Making FortunevI Particulars of the imports frorja Holland to Germany of dairy produc������| show that the consignments to th'/J latter country are enorriious. - /'J In 1914 Holland exported 3,101 tonjifl of eggs. This year she has exportei'isf to Germany 11,825 tons. Her exportm to Britain are for 1914, 2,733 ton^l while this year Britain has only.bees'/ favored with 557 tons: The explana;.i tion of the Dutch is that the risk t'/jl Great Britain is too great, while th'|J prices obtained in Germany are bt\f yond anything ever dreamt of somil time ago. Egg 'farmers are makin|Kl small fortunes. *���������' Germany having gained control o^M the sea, according to Berlin, let uijil have done with the agitation about th^T closing of German markets to ouvJi cotton, the withholding of milk fron$y| the German babies and the unfairnes|'| of our-trade in war munitions witr^S the allies. The blockade, of coursers is off, and the freedom of the sea being in control of Germany, is noif-J a subject for further discussion.���������I:'-* Washington Herald. I* ��������� il Doctor (to patient)���������You've had j'������f pretty close call. It's only youi.' strong constitution that pulled yoi������ through. Patient���������Well, doctor, rei, member that when you make out you.';' bill. . Visitor���������To what do you attribute your remarkable health? Octogenarian���������Well, I reckon I got a good start on most people by being born before germs were discovered, thereby having less to worry about The Dutch Navy consists of 7 battleships, 4 cruisers, 40 torpedo boats, 6 submarines, and 8 destroyer*. SOLD BY ALL qOOD SHOE DEALERS ^VOBW HY gVERr MEMBER OF THE TaMICT J i*ipJf������M*P4*i BUD >' ������������������' HHHH mu*mmwwwi* THE GAZETTE, HEDLEY, B. C. 10 SLACKENING OF AMMUNITION OUTPUT UNTIL VICTORY ATTAINED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON IV.���������THIRD QUARTER FOR JULY 23, 1916. lPPEAL TO PATRIOTISM OF BRITISH WORKERS premier Asquith Asks Workers to Forego Their August Holidays To Assist in the Rapid Output of Munitions, so That the Present Intensity of Bombardment May Continue o Russians Take Two ' Thousand Prisoners London.���������The allied offensive on ic western front is only' in its bc- fcnning, declared Premier Asquith in jhnouncing in the House of Commons fiat the government had decided lo tik workers to forgo their August fcdidays because of the demand for \unitions iii France. He expressed Je conviction that the - workmen fcould co-operate in this plan so as make it plain to Great Britain's fes that the offensive, in its present tensity of bombardment and assault fculd, if necessary, be "continued infinitely." The Premier also an- hinccd that by royal proclamation ie August bank holidays would be [islponed, and he appealed to all isscs for postponement of all holi- Ijys until further and definite process of their offensive had been se- |red. FThe Premier recalled that the June |id July holidays had been postponed view of the urgent military requirements of the moment, and he had to {���������knowledge, on the part of the gov- Jnment,- a very full response by the Ibrkcrs to his appeal at that.time. [Since then, he added, a great and i;ry favorable change in the military Ituation has been produced by the plied offensive now in progress, "hat offensive," he continued, "is lly in its beginning, and it nccessar- Ry requires for its success a continual Ripply of munitions of'all kinds. jrom 'the success achieved, we have jcri able to gauge the paramount |eccssily of avoiding even the slight- it risk of restriction of the use of initions in the field, not merely in Tie weeks immediately before us, but Pntil our objective is achieved. In the ([pinion of the commander-in-chief, ijiere must be no slackening of the fcutput, even for a moment. I therefore appeal to the patriotism of the 'orkers and public generally to again postpone their holidays in order that le attack, so brilliantly begun, can i'e carried through to a triumphant fonclusion." .Where health required, continued ic premier, leave of absence would ic' granted, and the government held Tiemselvcs responsible for seeing that jhe holidays were merely postponed, Ind not abandoned, if. Representatives of the admiralty the Ministry of Munitions,_ he ad- Jed, would meet representatives of "le workmen and employers to secure Bheir. co-operation and he was sure fj>his would be forthcoming, and that l/he forces in the field would "be given iouragement, in the certain knowledge Eouragement, in the cert in knowledge j:hat the present intensity of bombard- jrncnt and assault will, if necessary, (pc continued indefinitely." Desperate Fighting Reported West of the Lower Stripa River ..Petrograd.���������The capture of more than ,2,000 prisoners by the Russians in desperate fighting to the west of the lower Stripa in Galicia is announced by the war office in an official statement. On the. Stokhod, in Vol- hynia, there has been an artillery duel. The statement reads: "On the Dvina aboveand below Friedrichstadt, we carried out successful reconnaissances. "On the Stokhod there has been an artillery duel. Some squadrons of enemy-aircraft flew behind our lines, dropping bombs' and firing machine guns. "In Galicia, in the region west of the lower Stripa, desperate fighting has occurred in many places, the enemy launching energetic counter-attacks. We took more than 2,000 men prisoners, and captured a gun and some machine guns. "On Tuesday our torpedo craft in the western part of the Black Sea captured a Turkish 'steamer with a cargo of petroleum and barley and brought it into port. Other torpedo craft on Wednesday destroyed at the- mouth of the river Mellen, west of Erghcli, another steamer in tow of two tugs. "Caucasus front���������West of the Erz- crum line we carried out a successful offensive. The Turks vainly tried to launch counter-attacks." V f Approaching a Crisis ermans Throw Two Whole Army Corps Into Action to Save Position London.���������The second phase of the '[British offensive is approaching .a risis in the battle northeast of Albert, [where the British troops are striving 3 advance two miles eastward to the eights of Martinpuich. The Germans have thrown two hole army corps into action on both des of the Albert-Bapaumc road to defend the approaches to Bapaume. They arc making the most savage: /counter-attacks, particularly south- 'tcast of Contalmaison, where a German success would hold up the whole British advance. [j, German correspondents, admitting Ijthe great' power of the British offen- bsive, claim, that the attacking forces 7have suffered heavy losses comparable only/to the casualties at. Verdun. British correspondents' report that the English losses have..been severe ���������only in the death grapples for possession of villages, where German ma- jchine guns have played on the British iVlines. j, No Canadian or Australian. troops ijhave thus far taken part in the Sonrnie offensive, but the Newfound- jland troops have distinguished them- ' selves, according to reports "from British headquarters. Canadian artillery, it is understood here, has taken fpart in the bombardments however. ft' ' . ! Newfoundlanders in Big Offensive . London.���������The Times' correspondent at British headquarters in France sends the following: "The Newfoundlanders were the only overseas troops engaged in these operations. The story of their heroic U part cannot yet be told in full, but when it is it will make Newfoundland very proud. "The battalion was pushed up to what may be called the third wave in the attack on probably the .most formidable section of the whole Gcr- \ man front through an almost ovcr- .' whelming artillery fire and over ground swept by an enfilading machine gun fire from hidden positions. \ The battalion behaved with noticc- j able steadiness and courage." France Sends a Greeting On Eve of Celebration of French National Festival President Sends Appreciation ' London.���������President Poincarc sent the following message in apprcciatior of the 'British celebration of the French national festival: "The /French nation has watched with unbounded admiration the deeds of Britain's glorious navy, and the wonderful development of the empire's mighty resources, and now her growing army, alongside ours and those of our other gallant allies, is paving the way fo*r. final victory on land. France sends affectionate greetings of lasting brotherhood to the United Kingdom and the dominions overseas. The president recalls with great satisfaction the receipt of a stirring address on France's day last year. On that occasion the splendid tribute was sent to our wounded soldiers. They with the whole nation have been deeply touched by this and many other" instances of devoted personal services and great generosity of the people from every part of the British Empire."; To the whole empire, M. .Cambon makes an appeal which will not be in vain, to British generosity for the sick and wounded on the long battle front at a moment when the gallant soldiers of France are once more showing their indomitable spirit. Getting Friendly Again Washington.���������General Pershing reports that it was generally believed both by Mexicans and foreigners along the line of communication of his expedition that a crisis between the _TJnitc'd; States and Mexico ' had been averted, and that. ;'this had brought about a new friendly relationship between the Americans and Mexicans. ! Text of the Lesson, Acts xviii, 1-22. Memory Verses, 9, 10���������Golden Text, Acts xviii, 9.���������Commentary Prepared By Rev. D. M. Stearns. I do not know that we can tell how long Paul remained at Athens, but he gave a faithful testimony, and some believed (chapter xvii, 34). The messenger of the Lord-is apt to be discouraged if he finds opposition to his message and seemingly few, if any, believing, or if after a faithful testimony there is neither a "thank you" nor a word of appreciation. It is true that we must never speak to please people nor covet their approval, but most of us are so awfully human that a word of gratitude from one who has been helped by the message is very cheering (I Thess. ii, 4; II Tim. ii, IS). The devil will be sure to tell you that you have accomplished nothing and had better seek some other occupation, and messengers have been known to heed his suggestion. I am thankful that 'some one said to me many years ago, as I wondered if any good was being done: "Do you recollect that when the devil sowed his tares he went his way, for he was sure that they would grow? And you do not seem to think that the Word of God is as good seed as the devil's tares." That helped me* greatly, and since then I have gone my way after a service, saying: "Thank God; that will work; it will surely accomplish His pleasure" (Isa. iv, 11; Jer. i, 12, R. V)* Leaving Athens, Paul went to Corinth, a wicked, worldly, commercial centre, notorious for its immoralr ity, and the first thing we read of him "is, not that he preached, but that he found employment with some who were of the same craft with himself��������� that of tent making���������and he abode with them (verses 1-3)., He would rather .work at his trade and thus earn his living than be a burden to an one. He afterward wrote to this people, asking them to forgive him if he had wronged them by not being a burden to them (Con xii, 13-16). It does sound a little like sarcasm. The Lord Jesus Himself was known as the carpenter (Mark vi, 3) and no doubt helped to make a living for the family till He began His public ministry. When the Sabbath days came round Paul was ready to testify to the/Jews in the synagogue that Jesus was the Christ, their Messiah (verses 4, S and margin). Silas and Timothy, whom he had left at Berea and for whom he had sent from Athens that they might come- to him,' reached him here at Corinth (xvii, 14, 15). The phrase "pressed in spirit" (verse 5) is translated in the R. V. "constrained by the Word." Weymouth says Paul was preaching fervently. We think of Jeremiah, who, when he was derided and reproached, was tempted to stop speaking the Word of the Lord, but it was such a burning fire within him that he had to speak (Jer. xx, 7-9). We think also of Elihu, who said that he was so constrained by the spirit within him that he was like a bottle of wine ready to burst'and he had to speak that he might be refreshed (Job. xxxii, 18-20). When the Jews opposed Paul and blasphemed he turned from them to the gentiles and found an open dooi in a house close by the" synagogue, owned by a man named Justus, who worshiped God (verses 6, 7). When God wants His message, proclaimed He will provide a place. I held a classl in one town where all the churches were closed against me for the truth's sake, but a hotel proprietor invited us to meet in his parlors, arid so we continued. Paul said concerning one place. "A great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there continued at Corinth a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them (verse 11). In due time he sailed thence, taking Priscilla and Aquila, and, leaving them at Ephesus, he went on to Caesarea and Jerusalem and Antioch and thus completed his second missionary journey (verses :18- 22). We would like to know where he left Timothy and what became of Silas, but we shall meet Timothy again, and we can wait to know a lot of things. It seemed to Paul that he must be in Jerusalem in the near future, but note his " if God will" and see Jas. iv, IS. Provincial Exhibition Programme For the Exhibition, at Regina July 24 to 29, 1915 The time given in the programme is Regina local time, one hour faster than standard time. Monday���������Live Stock Day. 9:00 a.m., gates open to the public. COMBINED ALLIED OFFENSIVE HAS WRENCHED INITIATIVE FROM HUNS VICTORY BEGINNING TO FLOW IN OUR DIRECTION David Lloyd George Tells the Allied Ministers That the Change Is Due to the Improved Equipment and That More Guns And Ammunition Will Mean More Victories ���������O Valiant Fighting on The Eastern Front 12:00 noon, arrival of special trains from Areola, Outlook, Moose Jaw, Broadview, Lanigan and Canora. 1:30 p.m., commencement of judging in all departments. 1:30 p.m., announcement of awards in Grain Growers' Competition. 1:30p.m., horse racing in front of the grand stand. 2:00 p.m., band concert. 2:30 p.m., Official open- in by His Honor Lieutenant Governor Lake. 3:00 p.m., platform attractions in front of grand stand. 4:30 p.m., Miss Katharine Stinson will make her first flight with looping-the looo etc/'7:30 p.m., band concert. 8:00 p.m., grand stand platform attractions. 9:30 p.m., Miss Katharine Stinson will fly up-side-down. Tuesday, July 25���������Motorists' Day 9:00 a.m., continuing of judging in all departments. 10:00 to 12:00 noon, arrival of special trains from Weyburn, Swift Current, Colonsay, Outlook, 'Vantage and Moose Jaw. 1:30 p.m., horse racing in front 'of grand stand. 2:00 p.m:, band concert. 3:00 p.m., grand stand platform attractions. 4:30 p.m., exhibition flying by Miss Katharine Stinson. 5:00 p.m., auto parade around the grounds. 7:30 p.m., band concert in front of grand stand. 8:00 p.m., grand stand platform attractions. 9:30 p.m., aeroplane flights by Miss Katharine Stinson.. Wednesday, July 26���������Moose Jaw and Regina Citizens' Day. 9:00 a.m., continuation of judging in all departments. 11:00 a.m., arrival of special trains from Neudorf, Swift Current and Moose Jaw. 1:30 p.m., horse racing in front of grand stand. 2:00 p.m., band concert. 3:00 p.m., grand stand platform attractions. 4:30 p.m., Miss Katharine Stinson will loop-the-loop etc. 7:30- p.m., band concert in front of grand stand. 7:30 p.m���������parade of 300 farm boys in camp on exhibi<ion grounds. 8:00 p.m., grand stand platform attractions. 9:30 p.m., aeroplane ilights by Mis-; Katharine Stinson Thursday, July, 27���������Farmers' Day. 9:00 a.m.,, judging with awarding the prizes for groups in livestock departments, also championship and special prizes. 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, arrival of special trains from Talmage, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Moose Jaw/Areola, Weyburn, Cojon- say via Nokomis, Broadview and Canora. 1:30 p.m., horse racing in front of grand stand. 7:30 p.m., parade of platform attractions. 4:30 p.m., exhibition flying by Miss, Katharine Stinson; 7:00, p.m., grand parade of prize winning live stock bri the race track with 500 animals ,in line. 7:30 p.m.'band concert- in front of grand stand. 8:00 p.m., grand stand platform attractions. 9:30 p.m., aeroplane flights by Miss Katharine Stinson. . Friday, July 28���������Travellers Day 9:30 a.m., registration of travellers at Mc- Callum, Hill building. 10:00 p.m:, completion of judging in all departments.' 12:30 noon, travellers parade Both Sides Hurling Reinforcements of Men and Guns Into the Struggle .Around Kovel .��������������� ������.,.������. London.���������The most violent fighting i(h001 "to I *n l'ie great allied offensive is on the eastern front/'when General Brusiloff's tremendous blows arc being continued without apparent lull or hesitation. Temporarily, at least, the Aus- tro-Germans appear to have halted the Russian advance along the Shok- hod. Both sides are reported to be hurling huge reinforcements of men and guns into this titanic struggle, the prize of which is the immensely important strategic town of Kovel. Further to the south, a battle of almost equal intensity is raging on the lower Stripa, where the Russians are striking north, in an effort to crush Gen. von Bothmer, and flank the entire Austro-'German line. The Aus- trians admit that the Russians penetrated von Bothmer's front, at some points, , but assert that they were driven out again in counter-attacks. The Russians claim to have taken, 2,000 prisoners, but make no mention of a gain in territory. The British have held .their gains on their portion of the Somme front, and have appreciably advanced at some points. The usual .period of consolidation and the pushing forward of the big artillery is presumed to be taking place. The British have^ also captured some German howitzers, with a quantity of ammunition, which "will be used against the enemy at a suitable opportunity." A similar situation exists on the French lines, and a remarkably brief French official statement of Thursday night simply records the continuance of the bombardment of Fort Souville in the Verdun region. to,, exhibition grounds. 2:00 p.m., sports in front of grand stand. 3:00 arc many adversaries" (I Cor. xvi, 9). (p.m., grand stand platform attractions. Notwithstanding the opposition at |4:30 p.m.,. Miss Katharine Stinson will Corinth there was much encourage-1 loop-the-loop , flying up-sidc-down rhent, for the chief ruler of the syna-I etc. 5:30 p.m., travellers trip through Sub Attacks an English Port London.���������The English port of Sea- ham Harbor was attacked by a German submarine. About 30 rounds of shrapnel 'were fired. One woman was killed by the bombardment. One house was struck by a shell. Seaham Harbor is a seaport of England, county of Durham, on the North Sea, six miles south of Newcastle. Population about 12,000. Submarines Attacked Fishing Fleet London.���������Following the attack by a German submarine on the British port of Seaham Harbor, a submarine raid on fishing boats near the English coast was reported by Lloyds. A German submarine attacked a British fishing fleet off the north-eastern coast and sank the trawlers Florence arid Dahoursc and several smaller vessels. gogue and all his house believed and also many of the Corinthians (verse 8). No doubt; it was, as always, be- the.-midway. .7:30 p.m., band concert iii front of grand stand. 8:00 .p.m., grand:stand platform attractions. 9:30 cause of the manifest work of the p.m., last thrilling flight of Miss Kat Holy Sirit that the devil stirred up such opposition. How Paul must have been strengthened to continue by that most gracious visit of the Lord Jesus Hims'clf, who came to him in the night and said, "Be not afraid, for I am with thee, and no. man shall set on thee to "hurt thee, for I have much people in this city" (verses 9, 10). The day that the Lord appeared to him on. the way to Damascus He said, "I have appeared unto thee, and I will appear unto thee" (chapter xxvi, 16), and this was one of those other appcarings to him. We have His completed word arid can hear Him speak to us at any time if only wc have ears to hear, for He is the same Lord who revealed Himself to Samuel by His word (I Sam. iii, 21), and He loves to do it still. Being thus strengthened, he arine Stinson. Ottawa.���������The Minister of Finance has stated to the press that'the second domestic Canadian war loan would be issued in September. ���������/. The; amount, terms/and price of the issue will be settled a few days before the date of issue, and will not be announced until the - prospectus is published. It is thought advisable to give general notice of ,the issue now in order that the public may arrange their finances with a view to participating. Delay in Reply to Casualty Queries Staff at Ottawa Tries to be Prompt But Difficulties are Many\ Ottawa.���������The casualty branch of the militia department for the past month has been receiving an average of 200 queries a day from relatives of the men reported wounded or missing at the front. A staff of a little over six hundied is now employed in tae branch looking after the records and keeping track of the individual members of Canada's army. Some complaint has been made by anxious relatives who have had lo wait a week or ten days, or perhaps more, before receiving replies to their queries for detailed information as to the character of the wounds of those about whom inquiries are made, or whether any information has been received in cases where the men have been reported 'missing. The officials in charge of the branch, which is under the capable supervision of Frank Beard and Miss Maloney, in every case answer all inquiries, at the earliest possible moment. ������/ It is pointed out, however, that it takes at least seven days to get replies from England to the cabled messages /of inquiry, which are going forword at all hours of the day and night. "These inquiries have to be sifted out in London and redirected to the hospitals or battalions where "the individual cases in . question are located. Everything possible is being done here to expedite the giving of information to relatives, and it is hoped that the latter will bear in mind that there must be considerable unavoidable delay in many instances. London.���������Lord Derby, making his first speech as under-secrctary for war, said: "The war will not end with the declaration of peace. We arc now going to keep our birthright of trade supremacy." Warship Built in U. S. For Spain Boston, Mass.���������The first warship ever built in the United States for Spain���������a 196-foot submarine, capable of cruising nearly 500 miles without renewal of her fuel supply���������is to be I launched next week at the Fore River shipyards at Quincy. After receiving her finishing-touches, she will be tried out in Massachusetts bay and will then be ready to go into commission. Whether she will be taken direct to Spain under her own power is not known here, but it is believed that she will not, especially in view of possible danger that she might be mistaken for a craft belonging to one of the warring powers. London.���������David Lloyd George Secretary of State for War presiding at an allied conference on equipment, declared that the combined olfensive of the allies had wrenched the initiative from the German, never, he trusted, to return. "We have crossed the watershed," he said, "and now victory is beginning to flow in our direction. "I his change is due to the improvement in our equipment. The conference was held at the War Office, and was participated in by Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions; Gt:n. Beliaeff, Assistant Minister of War of Russia; Gen. A. Da I'Olio, member of the Italian Ministry of War, and the new British Minister of Munitions, Edwin S. Montagu. "Since our last munitions conference," said Mr., Lloyd George, "there has been a considerable change in the fortunes oi the allies. On that date, the great Champagne offensive in the west, had just failed to attain its objective, and the French and .British' armies had sustained heavy losses, without the achievement of any particular success. In the east' the enemy had pressed the gallant armies of Rus- * sia back some hundred miles, and the Balkans had just been overrun by the central powers. "The overwhelming victoiics won by the valiant soldiers of Russia have struck terror into the hearts of our foes, and these, coupled with the immortal defence of Verdun by our indomitable French comrades and the brave resistance of the Italians against overwhelming odds in the Southern Alps have changed the whole com- lexion of the landscape. "Now, the combined ��������� offensive in the. cast and west has wrenched the initiative out of the hands of,the enemy���������never, I trust, to return to his grasp. . _ "vVhy have .our prospects improved? .The answer is, the equipment of our "armies has improved enormously, and is continuing to improve. The British navy, until recently, has absorbed more than half the metal workers of this country. The task of building new ships and repairing the.old ones for the gigantic navy, and fitting and_ equipping them occupies the energies of a million men. Most of our new factories now arc complete, most of the machinery has been set up. Hundreds of thousands of men and women, hitherto unaccustomed to metal and chemical work, have been trained for munitions making. "Every month we are turning out hundreds of guns and howitzers light, medium and heavy. Our heavy guns arc rolling in at a greater rate and we arc turning out nearly twice as much ammunition in a single week ���������- and what is more/nearly three tithes as many shells���������as we fired in the great offensive in September, although the ammunitions we expended in that'battle was the result ��������� of many weary weeks' accumulation. The new factories and workshops we set up have not yet attained one-third their , full capacity, but their output 'is', now- increasing with great rapidity. Our main difficulties in organization; construction, equipment, labor supply and re-adjustment have been solved. If officials, employers and workmen keep at it with the'same zeal and assiduity as they have hitherto employed our supplies, will soon be overwhelming.-^ "I cannot help thinking that the improvement in the Russian ammunition has been one of the greatest and most unpleasant surprises the enemy has sustained. Still,! our task is but half accomplished. Every great battle furnishes additional proof that this is a war of equipment. More ammunition means more victories and fewer casualties." '������������������������������������'..;' ��������� the de- Australia to Investigate London.��������� The government of Commonwealth of Australia has cided to appoint a commission to go to the United States to investigate methods" of manufacture and production and conditions of employment, says' a Reutcr dispatch from Melbourne. To make Australia independent of outside sources for cables and metal ropes, the dispatch adds, it is I proposed to establish a government ' cable works. Deutschland "Brought Consignment of, Diamonds London.���������It has been learned from a good source, says Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent in a despatch that the principal object of the voyage of the German commercial submarine Deutschland to the U. S. was to convey a consignment of diamonds which it had been impossible hitherto to export. BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF EXHIBITION GROUNDS, REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Sir James Aikins May Succeed Sir Douglas Cameron Ottawa.���������'��������� In Government circles here it is stated that Sir James Aikins will in all probability succeed Lieut.- Governor Sir Douglas Cameron of Manitoba, whose, term expires at the end of this month. *', British Expedition in Mesopatamia ! London.���������The British expedition in j Mesopotamia is still at Sannayyat, ) ;,-about fifteen miles below Kut-cl-Am- ta, on the Tigris, according to an official statement .which says that the j, British forces have been subjected to !j an ineffectual artillery attack. Annie Besant is Kept Out of Bombay London.���������Mrs. Annie Besant, one of the leaders of the movement for home rule for India, has been prohibited, under the Defence of India Act, from entering the Bombay presidency, says a Bombay dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph' Company. Petrograd.��������� Russia has authorized the employment of Chinese labor in Minsk province according to the semiofficial news acency. sS*. r^������.^V" ������s + < "���������*��������� Av/O^s ^i-^S'Vr* ~w - l.v.v.-vy? "-.-^.i < >-5?v<\ ."&C >������&&>, ���������*>Abf **> '$&; v- >* ��������� ���������c ."f ��������� ��������� .v ���������*���������*- '4' , ^' tf* ?*���������; ���������v. .9. ������,. ' H } ^ :-v^f,: -*r i> * * *������t������+ i Canal Builder Resigns Major-General Goethals Has His Resignation Accepted by President Wilson Washington!���������President Wilson has agreed to accept the resignation of Major-General Goethals as governor of the Panama Canal at an early date to be fixed by the general. Recent press despatches foreshadowed the resignation of Major-General Goethals, in view of the trenchant criticisms in the Culcbra Cut, which it is now stated, to be l.othing more or less than a gigantic bog and thut the canal project-will have to be given up". Gen. Goethals is fifty-five years old. The engineer was born at Brooklyn, and is a graduate of the West Point Military Academy. Civil engineering was his hobby and he joined that branch of the service acting as assirt- ant on several river and harbor improvements. He was a member of the coast defense board during the Spanish-American war and was appointed chief engineer of the Panama Canal, on February 26, 1907. Dreadnaughts Sunk Two More German Warships Are Accounted For, Says an Admiralty Despatch Washington.���������An admiralty cablegram to the British embassy here says positive proof has been found that the two great German dreadnoughts Kaiser and Kron Prinz were sunk by torpedoes during the battle off Jutland, and that they now have been added to the British official list of German ships destroyed. The Kaiser was of 25,700 tons displacement and carried ten. 12-inch fifty calibre guns. The Kron Prinz carried ten 12-inch foity-fivc calibre guns. She displaced 25,575 tons. [IHE GAZETTE, HEDLEY, B. C. OffOJl upper loops of each stitch and widen by taking two stitches in every stitch, until your task numbers 27 stitches. Continue without increasing number of stitches until your ball is the right height, then stuff with cotton and narrow every The bag of cross-stitch and filet is 11 inches wide by other stitch by crocheting through the two outer loops of EVERYWHERE will see them this summer���������beach and _ porch and garden parties, suburban trains and trol- 1014 inches high. Lace and linen are of equal width, made two stitches at once. ^ , , - , T. ., , ���������, leys and motors. For the needlework bag haa leapt separately and sewed together. The top Is 8 rows of plain <*������ ^be^m *������*.������������ ^.tak. stogie^ into a higher favor than it has known for many a year. filet mesh ending in a row of single crochet. Bone rings n^dle down through the outer slanting loops and take your The knitting bag pictured is made of mercerized cotton and rattail braid finish it. stitch through both. Continue until the cord is 45 inches rep and cretonne. Cut the selvages from the rep in strips Both sides are alike of all bags. No. 3 cottons are used. long. Make two, sew a ball on each end, arrange cord's in of 1V4 inches wide. Take a piece a yard long by 2114 inches The peacock bag is made of biscuit-colored crash���������16 bowknots and sew in place. Hem the top of the bag over wide'and stitch a panel of cretonne down each side, ending inches wide by IOI/2. high, finished. The hem is ladder- steels and sew a dress snap in the middle. 2% inches from the middle. Cover a piece of cardboard 14x stitched, the cord (D) twisted from blue and black threads. The other cords are made of soft threads���������the flat 6"I4 inches with rep and stitch across the edges of the bag The other bag (15x914 inches) is made of basket-weave one (A) of two threads, the colors alternately pulled through on the wrong side, to make the base. Stitch the sides to- linen canvas, each cross-stitch taking up two sections of the each other's loop. The cable cord (C) is of three threads, gether to 7 inches from the top. Turn back the upper weave. The filet panel, the balls and the cord are crocheted Begin with a knot. Loop the thread farthest from you corners, face with cretonne; border panels and points with from cotton���������the kind like soft Btring. Use a No. 4 steel" around your little finger, bringing the end back aoross the gilt braid. Take up the bottom corners and secure each needle. knot and holding firmly. Bring the thread at the left across with a big button of cretonne and braid. ��������� To make the balls, start with chain of three, then take the loop and hold between two fingers. Cross it with the Wind two hoops (12 inches long) with the selvage two single crochet stitches in the outer loop of each of the thread at the right and draw through the loop, which is etrips, sewing gilt braid on the outside. Hem the top of second and first stitches; then two in each of the loops on . then pulled tight. Repeat until the card is lonff enough t&ch side of the bag over the lower edge of a hoop. the other side. Then take the stitch clear through tlia two and end In a knot / IHE GAZETTE, HEDLEY, B/ C. Plenty Business For Canuck Boats One-half Great Lakes Tonnage Is Now Engaged in Ocean Trans- Dortation la, With over ialf the Canadian tons' . nage of the Great Lakes engaged In t^ the coastwise trade In and around jit\.the United Kingdom and on the At- fy'.lantlc .coast, the balance of,the fleet, \V comprising about 63 vessels, will be kept busy filling the large number of "j charters offered for the season about til to open. , as As a matter of fact several owners Jiirhave announced that their vessels are Iv, booked for the entire season for the |:i grain trade, while others are prepared le" to fall in line but are holding back for iclbetter price, consequently the vessel Itlinterests look forward to a bumper VUseason. The different fleets will be Impressed Into service as soon as pos- [tBible. J- tf ' |yt * ( Value of Sunlight It's a Powerful Disinfectant and Health- Producing Agency i , Sunlight is an active germicide and {kills all forms of bacteria and not IJ only are the bacteria killed but the [���������jpoisons they produce are also alfected. Js Direct sunlight is more powerful than "* diffused sunlight; the" < action is a a, chemical one. Ordinary sunlight is a I j composition of different colors and l-S certain of these colors or rays produce IJthe disinfecting power. The germ that I*j causes tuberculosis, one of the hard- J'lest to destroy, is killed in a few min- |Jutes to several hours by direct sun- p.light; in diffused daylight it is killed I''-in from five to seven days. The germ | j that causes typhoid fever may be des- I troyed in six hours by direct sunlight. J J Anthrax germs, causing sickness in |J cattle or sheep, are destroyed in one y,or two hours, influenza germs' that ;M cause colds are destroyed very rapid- ,*< ly. The diphtheria germ is more diff i- I5, cult to destroy in the sunlight, espec- 'f ially when coughed up with bits of membrane and this membrane becomes dried and hard on the outside, *) it may last for weeks, in such a condi- i'J tion. !", These organisms have all been ac- $ tually killed by experiments with sun- ."] light and diffused light in the above l*.\ stated times and clearly demonstrates i'j the importance of making use of "na- gy lure's means of disinfection "and funii- p gation. i Every room -in a dwelling house( should have plenty of sunlight" and fresh air admitted at all times. Every ,��������� person can remember of some care- ^ ful housewife who draws the blind !**���������'��������� in her spare room to keep the sun |A from destroying carpets and furniture $ and who keeps the windows down M-' tight to prevent the dust from -blow- '4 ing in. She only succeeds in making $, these rooms uncomfortable, cold, oppressive and unsanitary. No dwelling house can get too much light. There I is no better means of disinfecttion and fumigation after infectious diseases 'A especially measles, than to open wide }t the doors and windows and run the 'j blinds up to the top. The only diffi- l culty is that there are. certain closets j and corners- of the room that do not hi get enough sunlight unless,the furni- I;) ture and clothing are taken out and ui ; exposed outside. Clothing should be spread on the line and left: there during the whole day.. The importance of sunlight, and .fresh.air'.is;.'fully recognized in dealing with the "disease "tubercuolsis" among cattle. In the dairy regulations of the public health department, dairies must have at leayt two square feet of light for each cow and a good ventilation system. ��������� In fact they, are recommended to and have, given an improved score, if they have four square feet of light. 'If we can exercise such care -for; the sanitary arrangement of live stock, it is" much more important to make proper provision in-'dwelling'houses. . "At this time of the year outside windows .;��������� should be removed and the. screens ^putloh without delay. It Is also an.-opportune time to make provision for opening the windows 'at",the. top as well as at tlie bottom. This.is a factor that is overlooked in this country. "Where we have no other provision made for ventilation-in a room, it is necessary^that not only an inlet should be provided by raising the lower sash but also an outlet by lowering the upper ^ash.���������Saskatoon Star. Insect Destroyers Birds That Are Especially Active in Trees and Foliage Canada's bird visitors are rapidly returning for the warmer season, and we may again look forward to their assistance in the destruction of caterpillars and insects, so destructive to our trees. One of the most important of these birds is the woodpecker. It feeds on lafvae and small insects, which are found in crevices of* the bark; securing them with its protrusible tongue. This tongue is sharp, hard at the end, has barbs directed backward, and can Be extended several inches. The redheaded woodpecker, besides digging .out of bark, seizes them on the wing. In the examination of over 700 stomachs of woodpeckers, animal food, mostly insects, was found to cousti- Canada Has 50,000 Men In The Firing Line lhteIllaent 8eIectlon8 of Dairy Cow8,8 The Dairy Herd Over 200,000 Men Still to be Recruited Hero A memorandum summarizing th������ work of the opartment of militia in connection with the war, during the past twelve months, was presented to parliament by Sir Robert Borden as a preliminary to the request for the voting of $250,000,000 to provide the sinews of war for the coming fiscal year. The memorandum covers reports from the chief, of the general staff, the quartermaster-general, the master-general of the ordnance, the paymaster-general and the director of contracts and includes several hundred orders-in-council dealing with contracts and war operations of all kinds. ' ' ' Perhaps the most interesting information given is that Canada had actually at the front, on March 18 last, about 60,000 troops or practically three complete divisions. Also in England or in passage to England on that date, there were 44,000 troops; in Canada, there were 134,000 troops, in, the West Indies there was the 38th Battalion, at Bermuda, and a company of the Canadian Royal- Garrison Artillery at St. Lucia, while with the British Mediterranean expeditionary force there were three Canadian general ,hospi-, tals, and three Canadian stationary hospitals. Out of a total of effectives amounting to 240,000 there were only'60,000 troops actually in the fighting, including the permanent force, there were 13,000 men. At the present time, to complete the total authorized army of half a million, a little over 200,000 men have still to be recruited. Of the 44,000 troops in England, about half are at Shorncliffe, as one training division, under Brig.-Geri. J. C. MacDougall, while another training division is at Bramshoot," under Brig.-Gen. Lord Brooke. It is intended as soon as the weather permits, to concentrate the men in training in Canada at camps for the summer, namely, at London, at Niagara, at Petawawa (with a detachment at Barriefield), at Valcar- tier (including the Quebec and the Maritime' Provinces men), at Camp Hughes. Man.; at Vernon, B.C., and at the Sarcee Reserve, in, Alberta, near Calgary. To transport 87,659 of "all ranks, and in addition, 2,891 Montenegrins overseas during the past twelve months, has required 157 special trains, and ninety-four- steamships. In addition, 17,013 horses had been sent over on eighteen steamships. The housing" of the troops in Canada for the winter months cost a total of $853,130, while for the housing of guards, prisoners of war, the establishing of convalescent homes, etc., the cost was $147,135. On the defences at" Halifax there has been an expenditure of approximately $145.- 000, and on the Quebec defences, nearly $90,000. The report of the paymaster-general shows that for the sixteen months ending with December 31 last, the total expenditure on war account had been $153,000,000, of which $118,000,000 had been expended in Canada, and $34,600,000 in England. Of the, total expenditures approximately .$82,000,000 went for pay allowances, ration's, etc. ���������������������������������������������. The total expended in separation allowances is given as $9,148,000. . ' At the' present time the monthly expenditure is up to about $18,000,000 or; considerably over half a million per day. A High Mountain Peak Proposed H igh way to Mt. Whitney, the Highest Peak in the United -. ' States��������� VA highway to Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the United States, will be built if plans recommended by the Los Angeles chamber of commerce are. carried'out. The California mountain is 14,502 feet in the clouds, about 400 feet higher than Pikes Peak in Colorado. . The proposed road would open' up wonderful scenic territory, at is would pierce the great Sequoia forest -j-'. serve for 85 miles. A preliminary estimate places the cost at approximately $300,000. The several counties and organizations that are pushing the project are hoping for government aid, as "the new highway would afford better fire protection for billions of feet of magnificent timber owned by Uncle Sam. Surveys indicate that the summit of the towering peak could be reached by a road with a maximum grade of ten per cent. The view from the top is pronounced uuequaled in the world by- those who have made the trip on horses. Death Valley, the Funeral Mountains and hundreds of lakes, streams, forests and ranges are visible. While highly desirable from a scenic viewpoint, the. proposed highway is important commercially, as it would open miles of hitherto inaccessible reserves now used extensively for cattle. . Necessary Not only Interest but real value attaches to the question of carefully noting the individual performance of each cow in the herd. It is only after Keeping ��������������� complete record that one finds such a strange contrast as this: Of two five-year-old cows in one herd, both fresh the same day, both dried off the same week, one gav3 5,454 pounds of milk and 213 pounds of fat, the other gave only 3,570 pounds of milk and 153 pounds of fat. Most probably the owner would not have taken on a bet at the beginning of the season that the one' cow could, bring in over twenty-two dollars more than the other, but' she did. In another section, of -two cowsv ol the same age, one gave 8,430 pounds of milk and 362 pounds of fat, but the other day gave only 1,690 pounds of milk and 67 pounds of fat. Is there a difference of eighty-eight dollars in the earning power of any two cows in your herd? Building up' a profitable dairy herd includes the selection of good individual cows. The rational method is to weigh the milk and test samples regularly for fat. Write to the dairy division, Ottawa, for information on cow-testing, so that your selection may be intelligent, "so that your profits may be larger. Should Conserve Petroleum What Shall We Do When the Oil Is Gone is the Question Now Asked ' How much petroleum there is in the United, States no one knows, writes Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, in an article- on -/'Economic Preparedness." .��������� But at the present rate of consumption���������265,- 000,000 barrels-a year���������it will soon be exhausted, for the Geological Survey's maximum estimate is 23,000,- 000,000 barrels. "Whatever the supply," he says, "it should not be allowed in its crude state to compete with coal as fuel. Petroleum is a priceless resource, for it can never be replaced. Trees can be grown again on the soil from which they have, been taken. But how can petroleum be produced? It has taken ages for nature to distill it in her subterranean laboratory. We do not even know her process. We may find a substitute for it, but have not yet. It Is practically the one lubricant of the world today.. Not a railroad wheel turm without its way being smoothed by it. We can make light and heat by hydro-electric power, but the great turbines move on bearings that are smothered in petroleum. From it we get the quick exploding gas which, is to the motor and the airship what air is to tlie human body. To industry, *- agriculture, commerce and the pleasures of life, petroleum is now essential." i-wsr The Imperial Ideal j Famous Women Explorers Were Captured Prisoners Germany Not Keeping Faith With Released Prisoners Among a batch of German prisoners who have arrived in England are two soldiers who only a few months ago were sent back from England to Germany as unfit for further-service. Both men on their arrival in England were recognized by the military1 authorities as having been badly wounded last summer. One of the men had actually lost an arm. In course of time tho two men ,.were, with others, sent back to Germany in exchange for British prisoners as incapacitated ���������tor further service, and it was of course never imagined that they would be seen again. Evidently, however, the Germans are. hard pressed for men, for the one armed soldier and his "incapacitated" comrade were once more sent to the trenches," where for the second time they fell into British hands. '���������; Both men, when challenged by the military authorities at the camp to which they were sent, frankly admitted that" they had been captured twice. Sir George Perley Speaks In London of Canadian Aspirations Speaking at a luncheon given recently at' the National Liberal club, London, in honor of representatives of the Overseas dominions, and at which Lord Crewe presided, Sir Geo. Perley, acting high commissioner for Canada, said that Canadians would not be willing to have their powers of self-government curtailed in any way." They had, in fact, been looking forward to the time when they might have something to say regarding matters of comr_K>n interest to the empire���������such as peace or war and foreign relations. "Our people," continued Sir George, "are proud to be doing their share, but It must be evident, when we carry our part of the burden of the empire, we should at the same time have a vote in all directions regarding matters of common concern. "I do not wish to say anything which would appear like participation in a discussion of the fiscal questions which have aroused party controversy in England, but I may be permitted to. say it seems vital that everything possible should be done to make the empire.self-contained and leave us in a. position to assert our economic influence. I am sure you will agree���������leaving out the many questions on fiscal theory���������that if a metal mined in Canada or Australia is needed as a finished product here, we certainly should keep it under our own control through its various changes. It is not consistent with our imperial dignity that it should be refined in Germany and sent back here as a finished product. "Ever since confederation Canada had kept in view the imperial ideal. We refused to allow natural attraction toward that great republic, the United States, to draw us from our imperial connection. Woman's Place Iii Politics When Lloyd George was a young country solicitor in Wales, he was rid- x . _. . , ., ,. . , , ing home in his dogcart one day. and tute 76 per cent, of the diet, and veg-I came.'Upon a little Welsh girl trudg- etable matter 24 per cent. The am-1 ing alon so weariiy that he offered mal food consists largely of beetles her a rid������e. she accepted silently, and and caterpillars, and includes many harmful species. The chickadee is another of our ���������most active insect destroyers. It is especially active in the vicinity ���������of any timber or wood chopping. The birds will become very familiar, and will readily make friends. "Not being equipped, as the woodpecker is, with a long bill, they take advantage of the cutting of cord- wood, etc., to secure the grubs* found under the bark or exposed in tlie cut- -ting. As a rule, however, they feed upon the insects of the orchard, the bush or shrubbery. The woodpecker and the chickadee are only two of the many birds which .are of great service both in the city X 'and country, and it is surely not too \inuch to ask that.people give them the /necessary protection to allow them to j. continue their invaluable work. I' ' i" all the way along, although the future statesman tried to engage her in conversation, he could not get her to say anything more than "yes" or "no." Some days afterward the little girl's mother happened to meet Lloyd George and said to him smilingly, "Do you remember my little girl riding with you tlie other^day? Well, when she got home, she said, 'Mamma, I rode from school with Mr. Lloyd George, the lawyer, and he kept talking to me, and I didn't know whatever to do, for you know Mr. Lloyd George the lawyer, chrrges you whenever you talk with him, and I hadn't any money."���������Youth's Companion. Seed Supplies For Special Grades The establishing of special grades for seed of Red Fife and Marquis wheats, white oats and six-rowed barley at governemnt interior terminal elevators, which are well equipped for cleaning and handling seed grains, has resulted 'in a substantial supply of clean Marquis wheat of excellent quality, a lesser quantity of Red 'Fife wheat suitable for seeding, but not nearly enough oats and barley to meet the demand for good clean seed. Reports to hand indicate that- shippers who hold warehouse receipts for ^eed oa'ts are receiving ten to fifteen cents per bushel in advance of the trade price for commercial oats. The difficulty in securing an abundant supply of seed oats in these terminal elevators has been duo to the, prevalence of wild oats and barley as impurities which prevents No. 2 Canada Western oats being accepted for seed. These seed grades are available through the usual channels of commerce for grain. Mrs. McClung Does "Not Favor the Formation of a Woman's Party At a political meeting in Edmonton, Mrs. McClung spoke of the suffrage movement in general and the change which had recently come in Alberta. "Now the women have come to the last ditch and in Alberta and Manitoba have crossed it, and although not much is said openly," she said, "I believe there are inward tremblings of what is going to happen. "People are afraid, and I am not blaming them. Changes are fearsome things! Just as new doors, new avenues are opened up for women, there are new ways for them to make mistakes, but mistakes are not necessarily fatal, or none of us would bo here tonight!" ' *Mrs. McClung made it quite plain that she did not favor the formation of a woman's party. "I can see no future for such a movement," she said. "But I can see that the great independent, unfettered body of women voters, carefully studying the questions of human and social welfare, without bias, not looking- for favors, or jobs, or preference, might become a factor in shaping the policies of governments, or in -forming the platform of oppositions. It is only by careful,, calm, .determinate study, and hard work, unselfishly given, that this can be brought about. "Women have a lot to learn, but that is nothing against them. The process is pleasant. It does not make so much difference where you are as the direction you are going? Women are now the leisure class; they have more spare time than men; for a large part of their work'has been taken from them, and is done in factories. The ready-made garment has come to stay���������so has the electric washer, and iron���������and we are glad to say many women are anxious to use their spare time to promote'public welfare. "We may as well admit that, in pur legislation human welfare has lagged behind material welfare. Women - are naturally the guardians of the race���������the mother's instinct is to care for, nourish, serve and- the world needs mothers, and mothering as it never needed them before." Recounting Some Marvellous Feats of tho Fair Sex ���������There Is scarcely a remote corner of the earth into which women have not carried brave hearts, and often frail bodies. They have gone where few men have ventured to go, and have not only added rich stores to our knowledge of the world we live in, but have done splendid pioneer work for the extension of our empire. Miss Mary Kingsley was the first Briton to enter the terrible gorilla country in the Cameroons, and to explore the land of the Fangwes, the most blood-thirsty cannibals on earth, risking a hundred deaths on her journey. Lady Baker was the first European to look on' the Albert Nynaza, and much that we know of the secrets of Central Africa we' owe to her clever pen. And Lady Baker has a formidable rival in another of her sex, Mrs. Jane Moir, who spent long and perilous years in the very heart of the Dark Continent, and was the chief instrument in adding Nyassaland to our colonies. - Few men have had a life so adventurous as Mrs. Bishop, a lady of frail physique, who has roamed the world from the Rockies to the Pacific islands. __ She was the first woman to scale the almost inaccessible Long's Peak, in Colorado, and to visit the remote regions of Japan and China. She has travelled into the most ��������� daiigerous Kurdistan and Asiatic Turkey; she has been captured by brigands in North America, led a Crusoe life in the Sandwich Islands, and has wrested all the secrets from a dozen "other lands from Siberia to Ceylon. Patagonia was almost an unknown country ' until Lady, Florence Dixie, with a rare courage, set herself .the task of exploring it some years ago, risking her life every day for months among the savage tribes, and, among other excellent work, discovered a race of men hitherto unknown. No less adventurous is Miss Gordon Cummlng, the story of whose travels outstrips fiction. She has "played Crusoe" on a score of islands in -the Pacific, climbed the Himalayas, feasted with Fijians, checked a rebellion in Samoa, scaled California peaks, and travelled thousands of leagues in China and Ceylon and New Zealand. In fact, it would almost be easier to say where she has not been than where her adventurous feet have taken her. It was, it is said, very largely through Miss Cuniming's intimate knowledge of the Pamirs that our government was - able to counter a dangerous Asiatic move by a European rival some time ago. Mrs. Bullock-Workman is another lady who has done magnificent woric in exploration. She has penetrated into most of the world's out-of-the- way regions, has toured India on a bicycle, and knows more of the Himalayas than any other human being, save her husband. But it is chiefly as a mountaineer that Mrs. Workman has won fame, by scaling peaks compared with which the Alps are almost pigmies. To this intrepid lady a climb of anything under 20,000 feet is mere child's play. She has left this giddy height far below her many times, and not long ago established a record in mountain, climbing by camping out at an altitude of 24,300 feet���������more than a mile and a half higher than Mont Blac! Nor must we forget, among those women of enterprise and daring, Mrs. Theodore Bent, whose journeys of exploration, in her husband's company, have ranged from Asia Minor to Ma- shonaland, and from the Cyclades to Abyssinia and the Soudan.���������London Answers. The Object of the Allies , > From Sir Edward Grey's Speech' (a Parliament Defending tho Blockade i Let us also bear this In mind. I do no say that we are exercising theso measures of blockade the least bit more for our allies than for outs selves'. If we had no allies I have no doubt we should have done precisely^ the same thing, and, as the houso' says, it is our duty to this country to do it as effectively as possible. But do not let us forget that It Is our duty to our allies as well. We ar^ in this war with allies, a war forced upon Europe after every effort had been made to find a settlement with? out war, which could easily have been found,' either by conference, as- we suggested, or by reference to Th<* Hague tribunal, as the Emperor of Russia suggested. Prussian , militarism would not have any other settlement but war. We are now in this war with our allies. I say nothing of what the actual conditions of peace will be, because those are things wo must discuss with our allies and settle in common with them. But tho great object to be obtained���������and until it is obtained the war must proceed��������� is that there shall not be this sort of militarism'in Europe, which In timo of. peace would cause the whole continent discomfort by its continual menace, and then, when it thinks tho moment has come that suits itself, would plunge the continent into war. The whole of our resources are engaged in the" war. Our maximum effort, whether it be military, naval, cr financial, is at the disposal of our allies in carrying on this contest. With - them we'shall see it .through to the end, and we shall slacken- no effort. Part of that effort is and must remain that; whether it be in the Interests of ourselves or of our .allies, in the interests of- the great cause��������� the great transcending cause, which unites us ��������� all together, which makes us feel that national life will not be safe and individual life will' not be worth living unless .we can achieve successfully the object of this war��������� in that common cause we shall continue to" exert all ou- efforts to put the maximum possible*-pressure upon the enemy, and part of that pressure "must be, and continue to" be,, doing the most we can to-prevent supplies going to or from the enemy, using tho navy-to' its full power, and, in common with our allies,- sparing nothing, 'whether it be military, naval or financial effort, which this country can afford, to, see. the thing through with them to the enu. It is believed that forests sometimes take Are through the branches of trees being rubbed together by the violence of the wind, thus producing Mother���������No, Betty darling, I can't button your boots for you. Now you have a little sister you must learn to od things for yourself. Betty���������Shall I always have to do things for myself? . Mother���������Yes, dear. Betty���������Then I don't fink I shall like life.���������Punch. . Mrs. Brindle���������Now Mary. I want you to be careful. This is some very old table linen���������been in the family for over two hundred years and��������� Mary���������Ah, sure, ma'am, you needn't worry. I won't tell a soul, and it looks as good as new.anyway. Round' upvGerman Spies in Paris The French secret service, which is weir organized, has been busy rounding lip the German spies in Paris who are'working in the hotels and restaurants as "German-Swiss", waiters, porters and valets. Two hundred suspects were arested recently, and half that number has been imprisoned and fined. Those who have been proved to be of neutral birth will be interned or expelled from France when they have completed their term of imprisonment. No one is permitted to talk over the telephone in France except in the native language, by order of the government. An alleged Swiss waiter at one of the best known hotels along the boulevards was overheard by a naval officer rejoicing over the telephone to a colleague on the heavy German artillery attack on Verdun When he was arrested the man proved to be a genuine Bosche, but the man he was talking to and who escaped was a German-Swiss, the secret service men said. Hog Pastures - Pigs make the cheapest gains on pasture. Trials at the North Dakota Experiment Station indicate that broods sows running on good pasture and nursing, litters will do as well when receiving one to two and a half pounds of grain per each 100. pounds live weight of sow, as sows" in dry lot receiving ��������� 2%:.pounds, grain per day per each 100 pounds light weight. The pasture just about cuts the feed cost in two. The pasture alone does not furnish enough feed for either the brood sow with litter or for the weaned pigs.' They should be fed some grain, so as to ��������� make a rapid growth, in this way the spring pig can be ready for market before real cold weather sets in. Alfalfa, clover, bromus and winter rye make the earliest pastures. When these have not been provided early, spring seeding of such grains as oats and barley or rape are the next best thing.���������Farm and Ranch Review. Do Not Criticize Their Allies But the Most Severe Reproaches for England Come From English- .men To read the excerpts from the English papers as published in America you would think, that "all the inhabitants of Britain were slackers, strikers and muddlers. As the late Charles A. Dana said: "It is not news if a dog bites a man, but it is news if a man bites a dog." The unusual attracts attention. If the Welsh miners strike, if a society composed of five hundred of the 40 million people in the British Isles delcares that it is for nonresist- ance���������that is news.. It isn't news if three million Englishmen have enlisted to fight for England and are under-" going the merciless drill for ten hours a day. ��������� ������������������- . The day I arrived home there were column headlines about two cases of grafting in public offices in one of the New York papers. By that criterion an outsider might have judged that every American public official was a grafter. You and I know that this is not true. Foreigners, from a glance at the newspapers,, conclude that it is, and we object. Any criticism of England in. her own press the censors let through to Amer- ic:.," but they would allow no criticism of their allies in their own press. According to the British: press, no French or Russian general has ever been "guilty-of .an error, and British generals have been guilty of" little else.- . .'.. ���������",.,: "We don't care who gets the credit ,���������what we want is to win this, war," said an Englishman of the type that has a cold gray-eye which seems riv- ette to the backbone. It struck me as a fine thought. I have /heard Frenchmen . say the same'���������-: thing.��������� Frederick Palmer in Collier's Weekly. George���������Dad, what's the difference between cannibals and other folk? Father���������Cannibals, ' my son, eat their enemies; other people generally go no farther than to liye on their friends and relatives. "Do you writings brinfi you ra the friction necessary to ienite them- > turns?" "Alas, yes." Saving the Birds of Passage Have you jver wondered about the fate of tlie thousands of birds which cross the seas at migration times? In severe storms and when there are thick fogs, many of them are overpowered, or bewildered and die of exhaustion. Many lighthouse keepers around the British Isles have adopted a splendid plan for saving the migratory birds, by constructing a great many perches and rests beneath the lights. These resting places have sheltered a large number of migrants when wind or fog has overpowered them. The keeper of a lighthouse in the Isle of Wight said that it. was now a rare occurrence to pick up dead birds around the light. The smaller birds made good use of the perches. It seems, in fact, that these death-luring lights have been changed into harbors of safety for the birds. Wool From Mary's Little Lamb Nearly all English speaking boys and girls know that old nursery -rhyme, "Mary had a little Lamb," but it is doubtful if they know that there really was a little girl named Mary who "had a little lamb." If not they will be even more surprised to hear that a bit of woolt from the famous lamb is in the possession of the Historical Society of Summer- ville, Mass. The giver obtained this wool or yarn from an old lady in 1880; this lady was the "Mary" of the rhyme. The yarn was cut from a pair of stockings which Mary's mother knitted for her nearly a hundred years ago. Mary and the lamb made that trip'to school in 1814; if you are good at dates you will remember that was the year before the great battle of Waterloo. Farm Land Values Increasing in U.S. Farm land values are increasing almost by lQaps and bounds. Figures made public by the U.S. department of agriculture show that values for the United States, taken as a whole, increased 25.7 per cent, in the past four years -nd 11.5;per cent, last year. The figures are based upon reports from the department's field agents. An ounce of prevention Is worth a ! Women Farmers, in Britain ��������� / Government Will Train Women In Agricultural Pursuits "Britons are coming slowly to a realization of the country's needs," declared the Hon. Walter Hume Long, president of the local government board, London, in addressing the inaugural of the Women's National Land Service Corps, which intends to undertake agricultural work during the absence at the front or in the government employ of the men of the British Isles. " ' Mr. .Long declared that tne government required co-operation of all classes, and heartily approved of the women's movement, which, he said, meant that women would now take even a larger share in the defence of the country. "We want soldiers," said Mr. Long. "The government means to have sufficient soldiers, and we are getting them. But we also want to keep the land cultivated and obtain a maximum output, so that we may assist our overseas trade and our imperial position. "There is a wide field open for women's activities. Women have proved themselves capable of work, which, before the war, they were thought unfitted to perform, and it is the farmers' patriotic duty not to employ a single man who can be spared for a more important occupation." The government has announced its intention to employ a corps for the purpose of training women in agricultural pursuits. .X \: pound of cure, but a pound of cure is worth a ton of I-told-you-so. By June next Australia will have sent to the war 300,000 men from a population of 4% millions. A stately old aristocrat, on being requested by a rich and vulgar young fellow for permission to marry "one of his girls," replied: "Certainly; which would you prefer���������the houaa- maid or th������ cook?" ML. MHMBI '���������'.��������� ������������������'i..i'-'..'������'������������������;���������. ) i&2 THE GAZETTE, HEDLEY, B. ������ ��������� 8 B D ��������� ������ ' THE MISSING RIM A Dramatic Incident at a Dinner Party By MOLLIE K. WPTHERELL At a dinner consisting of a dozen persons or thereabouts a lady who had recently returned from abroad wore on her finger a ring she had brought from Rome. It had been found In digging the foundation for a bouse to be erected on the Via Cavour, and, con- eidering the depth at which it lay and dts workmanship, archaeologists placed it us belonging to the time of Augustus Caesar. The rlug having been noticed by some one sitting near her, the ludy took it off ber linger, and It was passed around the tuble for Inspection. The curiosity that had belonged to eo distant a period and probably the juiost Interesting to modern European races In history led to a spirited dialogue on the conditions existing at the .Eternal City under Augustus, and the ring was forgotten. Later Its owner asked for it. Each person who had ���������held it looked at some one else at the fable, but no one produced the ring. Several minutes passed, during which ���������a search was being made among tho .tableware, the brow of the lady who had submitted It for Inspection meanwhile darkening. The host, who also looked anxious, arose and, asking the guests to push their chairs back from the table, looked carefully under it, "but without success. There bad bepn.no waiters In the room while the ring bad been circulated, for the dinner was over and the coffee served. A suspicion 'therefore arose among those present that it had been' stolen by one of their number. This suspicion showed itself to a ���������marked degree in the expressions of those who held It. The host, who sat nt one end of the table, and the host- ^V who snt at the other, looked at -.ii-h other in dismay. There was in lie incident material for a first class -ciindal. Then the host, evidently much moved, said: "It looks as tbough we had In our midst a thief, and yet 1 have perfect rontidence that sucb is not the case. Nevertheless .every person present Is under suspicion. That every one may be cleared of that suspicion I propose ..that' we each and all submit to be Kearebed. I will calj In some one who has not been in the room to do the wearchlng, one of my own family, who will have no reason In screening or convicting any individual. You have beard my proposition. Let those who are willing to submit to it say 'Aye.' " Every one nt the table rose except Eurle Huxford. a young artist who had passed his novitiate in Florence, Italy, und had returned to America for a short stay. Those present looked at the young man In astonishment. "Mr. Huxford." said the host with diluted nostrils and dashing eyes, "do Toil confess yourself a thief?" "No" "Then why do you object to clearing this matter up?" "I do not care to state my reasons." Huxforc* sat toying with the stem of a wineglass. Outwardly at least he was cool. He did not meet the gaze of those whose eyes were fixed upon him. some with indignation, some with surprise and' some with .contempt There was a short silence, after which the host snid to the others: ~* - "1 presume we shall be obliged to take Mr. Huxford's action as proof of his guilt, though he virtually pleads not guilty." Then, turning to the lady who hud lost the ring, he added. "I cannot replace your property. Out 1 shall send to a friend in Rome, an archaeologist, to procure rae the best substitute he can find that is purchasable at any price." The lady replied that she did not hold her host responsible for her loss, but he insisted that he was responsl ble and would make it good. Huxford arose from the table and, looking at the host, said: "Under the circumstances I must "ask your permission to withdraw." "Madame," said the host to the loser of the ring, "is it your wish to call upon the police to regain your ring?" "Certainly not; 1 would not think of sucn a thing." "Very well. Mr. Huxford. You may withdraw." All eyes were fixed on Huxford, whc left the room without turning his buck to the company, mnking a slight inclination just before passing through the door. He left a roonifu; of persons influenced by different emotions. Some blamed the host for permitting him tc depart without attempting to secure the ring; some felt that he had nctea -wisely, but no one expressed an opin Ion. The episode was discussed In general terms by the company all taking part except Miss Louise Trover, who seemed to have been stunned by belhf an artist, poor ana having lived hi Rome, knowing the value of the ring, had yielded to a temptation to possess It, then had relied on the character of the company not to push the matter to a disclosure. The next afternoon while Miss Trover was preparing tp go out she was surprised to receive a card bearing the name ot Karie Huxford. She was about to send an indignant "not at home" when she abruptly changed her mind and went down to receive the visitor. She walked, into the room with a look on, her face to Indicate thHt Mr. Huxford under a cloud was not un acceptable acquaintance. "Louise"��������� he whs beginning when she stopped htm. "Miss Trover, please." Huxford's face changed. "1 enme here for an explanation. From your manner 1 infer that you consider me a thief. Sueh being the case. I will hot attempt to remove the Impression, 1 bid you good morning." The composed mauner that accompanied the words changed that ot the lady. With a voice that trembled slightly she snid: ������������������'��������� "Heaven knows how glad I would be to bear proof of-your' innocence.' She bad not asked him to be seated, and wh������������n he spoke again be continued standing. She, too, remained on tier feet "Do you remember when we first met in Florence, while I was copying a picture Id the/Pitti gallery V" he asked. "1 do." "A young American lady had just left me. You did not notice ber, but she noticed you... 1 do not relish speaking of favors I have received from women, but in this case it is necessary. That girl wished me for herself��������� why 1 know not. for I certainly bad no reciprocal desire on my part She watched you and me during youi stay in Florence and when you were gone reproached me for what she called deserting her for yon. 1 declared that far from deserting her, 1 had never expressed any other; except a friendly feeling for her." "1 was not aware I had a rival." "Have 1 not just said that you had not? Certainly not In the woman A have mentioned." ���������'Go on." "Then when I was able to do so, after our correspondence, i followed you here." He paused, seeming to debate in his mind just wbat to say next; then ne said abruptly: "You wish to know where that ring is?" .' . ��������� She looked up at him inquiringly. "I certainly do." "If it has not been lost on the way you will find It in one ol the- folds <>t tbe gown you wore at the dinner last evening." ,.;.. "In my costume?" "Yes. in yours." "Why do you say that?" "Because I saw it dropped there." The girl stood as if stunned for a time, then suddenly ran out ot the room and upstairs. In a few minutes she returned with the ring. On tier face were many thoughts and emotions in confusion, but the one that was growing predominant was a consciousness of a sacrifice having been made to save her from a very trying position. "What did yon mean," she exclaimed almost indignantly, "by admitting tnat you were a thiet wheii you were���������were ��������� what were you trying to do anyway?" "There were several things for me to do. x'he first was to prevent your being' found witb the ring In your dress. You didn't know it was there. Since I saw. it placed there 1 should have had to accuse the person who put it there, and 1 question it 1 would have been believed. At. any rate, tbe motives of the person who sought to vent her vindictiveness upon you would have necessarily come out" -. "Who was she?" "Miss Sheldon." "Miss Sheldon! What object had she to Injure meV" "Youi dinner companion had sat between you and her, bur had moved to speak to another lady. Our host was telling of an adventure be had bad In the Coliseum Id Home. All eyes were turned on him. The ring was on the table near Miss Sheldon. Though i appeared to be watching the speaker, half my glance was upon ber. She, too. pretended to be interested in wbat was said. Presently she let tall her hand on tbe ring, then lowered both beneath the table. When she raided her hand fhe ring was not in it The dress you wore, full of folds as It was, was a convenient receptacle tot stolen property." "Who Is Miss Sheldon?" "One you have dignified with the name of rival." There were a few moments of silence between Huxford and Miss Trover. The explanation bad appalled her. Two emotions struggled within her���������horror at tbe act ol the woman who had sought to ruin her ana wonder and appreciation for tbe sacrifice that had heeD made In her behalf. Silently she moved toward the artist, and be clasped her in his arms. "1 hove beard ot such women," said Miss Trovei presently, "but 1 did not KING CF THE ASPS. Thli Reptile, the Most Venomous of 8nake������, la Doath ttaslf. The most venomous of snakes Is said to be the Echis oarinata of India. It Is about eighteen Inches long and of fl gray color. The creature is death Itself and carries In its head the secret of destroying life with the concentrated agony of all the poisons. The Echis carlnata is tolerably common In India, being found in nearly every part of the peninsula. Fortunately, however,'for man, It la not. like the cobra, a house frequenting '���������snake,' for Its aggressive habits would make it infinitely more fatal to life than its dreaded relative. This king of the asps does not turn to escape from man. as the cobra will, or flash Into concealment, like the ko- riat, but keeps the path against Its human assailant and, pitting its own eighteen inches of length against Its enemy's bulk, challenges and provokes conflict. A stroke with a whip will cut It In two or a clod of earth disable it But such Is its malignity that it will invite attack by every device at its command, staking Its own life on the mere chance of Its adversary coming within the little circle of its power. At most the radius of this circle Is twelve inches. Within it at any point lies certain death, and on tbe bare hope of bund or toot trespassing within its reach the Echis oarinata throws Its body, into n figure of eight coll. Then It attracts attention by rubbing its ��������� loops together, which, ��������� from the roughness of the scales, make a rustling, hissing sound,, erects Its head in the center and awaits attack. It Is said that no one. having once encountered this terrible reptile, can ever forget Its horrifying aspect when thus aroused. Its eagerly aggressive air, its restless coils, which, in constant motion one i over the other and rustling ominously all the while, stealthily but surely bring it nearer and nearer to the object of its fury.��������� Harper's. TWO NEW HATS. OUS COLONY England's Penal Settlement In the Andaman Islands. LIFE CONVICTS FROM INDIA. The8cheme That Won Them and the Way It Was Worked. A man who used to be in politics and ' [tig 800^ women. On arriving at Port Often the Moat Desperate ��������������������������� Prisoners Kill On* Another, While Others Fall Viotims to the Native Head Hunters, to Whom Murder Is Sport Frederick Taylor. F. R. G. S., writing in the Century Magazine about life in the Andaman lslanda, says: "The sailing of the Maharaja from Calcutta for the Andaman islands was not accompanied by the usual goodbys and handkerchief waving, for of my fellow passengers there were seventy to whom no one wished ; bon voyage or a safe return. These were convicts, all murderers under life sentences, who for some reason bad escaped the death penalty, and Included six women, for the Maharaja ifl the ship used by the colonial Indian government to transport convicts to the penal settlements near Port Blair, South Andaman Island, a distance of 650 miles from Calcutta. "The prisoners were all manacled and shackled about the ankles, with chains fastened to bands at the wrist They were a despicable lot. At night a continual moaning and cursing and hopeless sobbing came up from the hatches and made sleep out of the question for me. though the European officer In the Hteamer's cabin apparently slept undisturbed. Early the first morning I went on deck and learned that two of the male prisoners were ill and had been brought up to the deck for air. They were closely guarded, and raw recruits were stationed at the railing to prevent them from committing suicide by jumping overboard into the Hugli river. "The Andamnns are literally the homes of murderers. The Inhabitants are the -most vicious members of an older civilization and the uncivilized head hunters, among whom murder Is a sport and a pastime. In the settlement are about 1,700 prisoners, includ- TRIALS IN ITALY. was a constant borrower found him self in need of a new hat. but he couldn't find anybody who would lend him a cent Finally he went to an acquaintance and said: "1 want to borrow $50 for five min utes." "You can have it if you will put up a couple of fingers for security." 'Nix. Now. I've got a scheme. You Blair the prisoners first spend six months in solitary confinement in the cellular Jail of Viper island. They are then transferred to one of the associated Jails and the comparative blessing of hard labor In company with others, though still occupying separate cells at night After a year and a half of this they become slaves, working In and about the settlement during the day and sleeping in barracks at lend me the fifty and you needn't let night, always closely guarded. At the me get out of your sight If you do j expiration of five years a convict be lt I'll stake you to a new hat" Mystified, but curious, the acqualnt- comes eligible to Join the colony of ���������self supporters' and live in the vll- ance agreed to this, and the two re-' lage. where he earns his living in his paired to a,prominent hat store. | chosen way. lives in his own bouse "Wait a minute," said the adventurer and left his backer doing sentry Criminal Court Methods Thoro Utterly Different From Ours, Criminal court trials in Italy are conducted under a very simple system, though utterly different from the system which governs procedure in 'American or English courts, says an exchange. The trial takes place before three judges and ajury, to which are added a' certain number of extra Jurors, who are sworn and are present in court to hear the testimony and are heldready to take the place in the jury box of any Juror who may in the course of. the trial be incapacitated from further service". The!.- depositions of all the witnesses have been taken in writing and sighed before the trial begins. Each of the Judges has a copy of these before him. The prosecutor and the counsel for the accused furnish to the court a list.of the witnesses they desire called, and these are all summoned by the court, which has power to punish nonattendance. The first thing that happens when the trial begins is the questioning: of the accused by the presiding Justice. In Italy.' as in most of continental Europe, a man accused of a crime Is considered by the law to be the very best witness to his own guilt or Innocence. In England and America the accused need not testify unless be chooseB. In Italy be is the first and most Important witness. The accused Is allowed the widest scope In defending himself. He has, a right to tell his own story in his own way, to offer anything he can In the way of Justification or palliation. Even hearsay evidence is admissible. ,The Judge has absolute discretion as to what testimony may be received and 'what excluded, and any judge , who exercised this discretion unfairly would bean object of execration Bias on the part of one Judge Is possible, but there are always the ��������� other two Judges on the bench with him. and they are a perfect check against unfairness. When the accused has given his testimony he Is confronted personally with his accuser. The accuser is necessarily the principal witness against him. Strictly' speaking, the prisoner has no right to Interrupt: his accuser while the latter Is telling his story, but in practice the Judges permit it. and the confrontation sometimes becomes a three cornered debate between accuser, accused and Judge, the latter- giving the accused the widest leeway to demonstrate his Innocence.���������Case and Comment THE FL.OCKMASTER. _^ ������l Sheep do not "drink much water, but what little they drink must be clean. ' Sheep are a persistent agency of improvement to the soil of the farms' on which they are kept Look out for sore teats on ewes w������ch lambs. When such ���������conditions are discovered rub the affected parts twice a day with salted butter. When ten days old' dock your lambs and castrate those not kept for rams at about two weeks old. A good flockmaster will not fall to have every sheep on the place pass under bis own eye once every day. In selecting a ram always pick out one that stands square on fl" his legs and shows courage and']j masculinity. A slow, poky anl- < mal will prove a disappointment DRYING OFF THE COW. duty on the sidewalk. , Picking out the most important looking personage in the store, the politi clan went up to him and said: "I am So-and-so of the district. and can send for his wife and children or marry a convict woman. In a limited' sense he becomes a paterfamilias, but is always carefully watched and cannot leave the settlement without permission. "Despite the rigid discipline and the I have come to pay for two hats for vigilance of the authorities the com- which I have given orders on you to munal life is far from harmonious, two of my constituents." and the more vicious often rebel. The With that he flashed a fifty dollar murderers kill one another and are In bill. turn.murdered by the treacherous An- There was a scurrying around, a damanese, who regard the hapless con- search of books and a reply that no vlcts and their guards as their natural such orders had been presented. prey. Occasional attempts at escape "Just look out for them, will you?'; lire made by the prisoners, but the ef- sald the district leader, waving the bip bill, which was hypnotic In its way for the clerk bowed low and said "Yes." Half an hour later two orders wen presented and two hats left the store ���������Chicago Post forfs Inevitably prove disastrous. The fugitive, finding his conditional freedom worse than servitude, either,dies nt the hands of the .Tarawa warriors, falls a victim to fever or other disease or starves. There is also a system in vogue by which the more friendly tribes of savages co-operate The History of "Stepmother." | with the authorities in capturing es- "Stepmother" is a word with a com caped convicts and receive rewards monly unsuspected history. Probably for the return of the unhappy desert- most people if called upon to explain prs. More often, however, the head It would say that it meant a woman hunters kill the fugitive and return who had stepped into the place of the >nly the"' head, receiving the reward true mother. Dr. Johnson, at any rate lust the same, the killing adding Best believed that this was the suggestion to the chase, and the return of the How Watohea Vary. Theoretically, says a Jeweler, the best watches of today are perfect, but actually they both gain and lose time every day. Even if the good watch does not vary one second at the end of the twenty-four hours, the expert Insists, it has both gained and lost in that time. If It is wound In the morning it runs fast and toward the next morning runs slow, thus equalizing the time. He says the best watches should be wound twice a day and then at only" two-thirds of the capacity of the mainspring, thus preventing either binding or extremes of strong or weakened spring. The balance wheel was expected to equalize" differences of mainspring tension, but really this is not the case to wbat Is called perfection.���������New York Press. Dairy Animals Should Have Several Weeks' Rest Before Calving. My twenty years with dairy cotjS| have convinced me that continuoif milking Is not desirable, and 1 dou| whether It Is profitable, writes Charlf Evans In the Country Gentleman. Is not unusual to find a cow th'1 shows no Inclination to dry off. SuJ an animal exhibits an excellent dai) trait���������persistence In yielding milk. J& cow should be forced to go dry agalt|| manifestly . natural resistance. M however, the milk' has ,an nnpleasa? taste and turns creamy she may: jy* well be dried at once, regardless ,o the date, for her milk will not begoe until she Is fresh again. This cone! tion as a rule does not occur until J short time before calving. I am sure that better .results are be obtained from cows that are glve^f- a rest���������not too long���������to allow recupe ation and furnish the strength to Imparted to the rapidly growing cal| My observation leads me to belle\ that the cow that milks up strongl| until she drops the calf Is sapping he vitality and that either the calf or tr| cow or both suffer. However, tb mother will tear down her own bod$ to build up that of the calf as long possible, the results showing later! o| in the reduced milk yield. One does not need to possess anj extraordinary reasoning powers t| conclude that a cow cannot maintalf her own body, build up a new one'an|j at the same time give milk withou|j drawing heavily on her strength. One instance to prove this was tha|, of a Guernsey-Holstein grade that of. the. word to most minds. Really, "step" is the Anglo-Saxon "steop," the original meaning of which appears to have been "orphaned." Stepchild, step bairn, stepson and stepdaughter came first, and then by gradual fading of the etymological meaning of "step" stepfather and stepmother came into being.���������London Chronicle. it. and Miss Kate Sheldon, who. though she made no comment, showed in ber \,De]jeve tD������U thev existed." expression that she was much moved ..You nave proot in tbja tnat tney The qnestion. "Do you believe him ^0" g-uilty?" passed around the table. Mis* i ������Wnat is the next step in the Trover's reply was. "I can't under- ; drama?������ stand It." Miss Sheldon's was. "1 have no opinion to express In the matter." Nothing else than Huxford's guilt��������� his motives for taking the ring, his consent to stand in the position of a thief if Innocent���������was discussed for the rest of the evening. One gentleman, a lawyer by profession, proposed a theory that met with more favor than any other. He suggested that Huxford, "To return the ring without an explanation." "Without an explanation? In that case you will not be vindicated." "I never can be vindicated. When a man is attacked by an unscrupulous woman his only defense Is silence." Then, after a pause, she said: "One I Japanese Landowners. A landowner in Japan owns the surface and products of the land only. All minerals under tbe surface appertain not to him, but to the Japanese government Moreover, should the government or Its nominee wish to extract the minerals lying under a landowner's property the latter, though he would, of course, receive compensation for loss, cannot object on legal ground to the development of these minerals.���������British Consular Report His Motion. "De raeetin' had to disband very sudden." "Did you make the motion to adjourn?" "I did." "How did you do It?" "T made a motion like I was reachln' fob a razor."���������Pittsburgh Press. - Properly Plaosd. "John," exclaimed the inebriated printer's wife, "when you come home in that condition at this unseemly hour I hardly know what to call youi" At's awright m'dear," cajoled the printer. "Jus* put mein the 'too late thing I am glad of. I aha I) partake ol Ito classify' department"���������Judge'* Li- roar disgrace before tho world.'*', J brary. head being the easiest and quickest way of earning the reward. "Under these conditions there are few attempts at escape, though many remarkably hazardous dashes for liberty have been made from time to time, which, though futile, were most daring. Some time ago the steamer Fulata picked up a poor, emaciated wretch who was sighted on a Bmall bamboo raft off the Arakan coast. He was later found to be an escaped convict When picked up he had been on the raft for twenty-nine days during one of the southwest monsoons and had secured water by catching the rain and sucking It from his turban and loin cloth. He lived upon flying fish that flew aboard the raft, eating them raw. He was swept off the raft many tJmeB by the waves, but had managed to cling to It After a month In a hospital at Rangoon he was returned to prison and solitary confinement "Another daring attempt at escape was made by a party of six convicts who were sent with two native policemen to a small Island off the middle Andaman to work. They managed to escape from the guards and, hoisting tbe sail of the small boat, started out in a gale. After seven days of heavy weather they were dashed upon the rocks of the Tenasaerim coast and the boat was wrecked. All escaped with their lives and eventually reached the Siamese border, where they were apprehended by the local authorities and returned to the prison.'* Boston's Winter and Summer. Nearly all visitors to Boston, if.they' do not see it. are told of the place where one may "step "from Winter into Summer or from Summer Into Winter at any time of tbe year without giving a thought to his clothing." This may be done at the point where Washington street intersects.the street which is "Winter'! on one side and "Summer" on the other. A guide was enlarging on this bit of humor to a visitor from New York a few days ago, but was not rewarded by the smile which the Winter and Summer joke usually calls forth, "That's nothing," said the New Yorker, "but what is really funny here Is to see the entrance to the underground railway marked 'The Elevator.'"���������New York Tribune. The Ayrshlres are distinguished more as good average dairy cows than for heavy production either.of milk or butter fat. In both these respects they occupy a position midway :between Jerseys or Guernseys and Holsteins. An average herd of Ayrshlres would probably produce more milk and butter fat than an average herd of other dairy breeds, but a selected herd of Ayrshlres would fall behind the production of a selected herd of the other breeds, says the American . Agriculturist. Prom the standpoint of the milk consumer the Ayrshire is almost ideal because of the uniform composition of the milk. The cow pictured is a typical Ayrshire. The Church Cough. Of all coughs the church cough is the most difficult to check, and it is almost as contagious as yawning. The late Mr. Haweis practically cured his Marylebone congregation of coughing during the service. ' He used to announce an interval for coughing with a polite request to those who found this insufficient to go outside. There is a somewhat similar practice in the Russian army���������the nose blowing drill ���������which Is performed by the whole regiment at a signal from the colonel. And no soldier dares sneeze af any other time.���������London Spectator. Tbe value of a thing la the peace of mind It sires you. ' The Old Order Passeth. What has become of the old fashioned man who was about to solve the problem of perpetual motion? And where is the old fashioned woman who wore gloves that reached only halfway to the end of her fingers? Can anybody furnish information concerning the whereabouts of the old fashioned boy who wore mittens which were fastened to a long string?���������Chicago Record-Herald. Considerate. * "Why do you argue with your wife?" asked the bachelor. "Don't you know the futility of it?" "Of course," replied the married man, "but I have to allow .her a little pleasure once In awhile."���������Puck. Diligence, above all. Is the mother of good luck.���������Samuel Smiles. owned. She was a heavy, persistence] milker, usually drying three or fourf weeks previous to calving. One sum-,^fl mer I found her daily milk yield in'-| creasing within three weeks of calving.. It was then too late to ..dry ber off,: and by the time she dropped her calff she was giving fifty pounds of milk \ dally. The calf was only of medium,- ?| size, and that year this cow fell off j nearly 2,000 pounds from ber previous^ j year's milk record. But a small parti, ij of this loss was met by the extra milk; || obtained In the previous period. fl Every cow should go dry from three to six weeks before calving. An accurate record of service by the bull is- H essential to drying off cows at the- right time. When the time comes for drj-ing off a cow the grain food should |4 gradually be withdrawn. ' This may 'jJ of itself cause milk to cease forming, ij If not, omit one milking a day, then milk once In two days, thus extending the drying period. The udder must be- watched. and if any hardening or abnormal heat is showji regular milking' must be resumed until a normal condition is brought about. If a raw continues to secrete milk it must lie drawn. Dry cows may be kept ou pasture nlone or on a low stable diet mainly Of coarse forage, until about two weeks jl before calving. Then there should be- jl n slow but steady increase of feed of |j a nourishing and laxative kind. .Vhent bran is good at this time, inn new- process linseed meal ia prefenihic ic1 Is better to have the cows calve <>������������������ tluV upgrade while dally gaining In strength and vigor. A week before calving give the cow a comfortable, , (roomy box stall within hearing or''.., sight of the herd and watch for th������ "ft event. Be sure her bowels are mov- ^Ins freely for two days before calvlnjs,j f THE GAZETTE, REDLEY, B. . C. Japan's Big; Guns J'he Little Japs' Big Guns Are Doing Good Work For Russia I'We have heard a great deal about >ipan in the European war. Shortly Iter she declared herself on the side the allies there was some difficulty i:tween China and Japan which j-ought Japan prominently before the liblic. This was quickly smoothed ^er and little more has since _ been l-.ard of Japan, mainly because it has lit-been necessary for her to take \y active "part in the war, either by Lval or land forces. (But recent events show that she has \en of very great assistance. Strange- enough, her help-hasbecn given to Ijssia with whom she so successfully liged one of the bloodiest of modern Iirs just a few years ago. The rapid Ivance of the Russian forces and Lir utter route of the Austrian army ler a front of 100 miles or more at |fe of the most critical periods of the is due in great measure to the Lie Japs' big guns. They have de- foped a large field gun which is said be much more than the equal of By gun of any of the enemy forces, addition, they have developed a |w high explosive'shell for this mon- J'.r. It's power of destruction is said B;be almost beyond belief and much lore terrific than any explosive so r used in this war. The combination I this big gun and terrible new shell, J! quantities, in the hands of a great ussian strategist and backed by lormous cnthusiastic'armics, has got lie Austrians "on the run" and we Je all hoping that the run continues f the final end of Austria, Germany, fed all of their allies. Tjapan's part may not be very spec- licular but it is certainly very valu- YAc.���������North Shore Press, Vancouver. BAKINGPCWDER fHinard's Liniment Cures Distemper. Future of the Turks fc'The hour of disillusion for the {kirks has struck. It is the crucial ���������four for their government, perhaps Die hour for, their doom. _ For the {bople it may Le a new beginning, the jgnificance of which they can as yet Jut very imperfectly estimate. Russia Ras some thirty million Moslem subjects, peaceful and prosperous like [Jnc Moslem subjects of Great Britain, 'ranee and Holland. The Turks are Jhduring intolerable suffering as the Result of the entrance of their govern- Jficnt -into' war. The return of peace ivill find them stripped of all that I'nakcs life' worth living. In despair Ijhcy will cling to any sincere offer of Help. Such offers will' be made by those they are now told to count their lenemies. But Americans only will.be KJo situated that they can give them ij-.o'.h the material and the spiritual aid )f which they will be conscious they tare in dire need. It may be our priy- j-ilcge and glory to take the lead in [teaving not only an ancient Christian yiracc, but a vigorous Moslem race al- tec from destruction.���������From "Armen- lions and American Interests Under lussia," by Rev. George F. Herrick, \\'P. D., in the American Review of Re- Hyiews for July. ��������� li'London's 27,0.00 Underground Railway Men Some suggestive facts have just Ffbeen published that show the pheno- Imenal operations of, the London Elec- Jtric "Underground Railway system. |$When .the war broke out the traffic' ; was seriously threatened by the ultra ^loyalty of its operatives, and Govern- ' xnent officials had privately to use itheir influence to regulate the zeal of fapplicants for service. It now ap- Irpcars that out of 27,000 employees 14'7,700 enlisted and, over 6,000 attested. Nevertheless each' of the railways ���������within the group report satisfactory receipts, and a big dividend has been |Hdeclared for the yar 1915-16. The Bukowina harvest reported to foe. above the average, will this summer be gathered in for the benefit of 1^'; the people and not the German army, as had been arranged and actually paid for. " ���������., The first 3ible published in the United States was in the Indian Ian guage Mass. and , printed at Cambridge, a Healthful Zest to Any Meal Most everyone likes a hot table drink, but it must have a snappy taste and at the same' time be healthful. Probably no beverage answers every requirement so completely as does This famous pure food-drink, made of roasted wheat and a bit of wholesome moUsscs, affords a rich, delicious flavour, yet contains no harmful clement. The original Postum Cereal must be boiled; Instant Postum ia made In the cup "quick as a wink," by adding hot watf.r, and stirring. Both forms of Postum have a delightful aroma and flavour, are healthful, pnd good for children and grown-ups. "There's a Reason" Sold by Grocers everywhere The Rubber Industry The Bulk of the World's Supply of Rubber Comes From Brazil The rubber gatherers iii jungles of the! Amazon, the Orinoco and - the Congo, making incisions-an inch and ���������a. half long, three-eighths .of an. inch wide and;a half inch deep in the bark of the tropical trees which so.metimcs attain a height of 60 feet arid a circumference of 8 feet. Beneath these cuts the natives attach small cups to ca^ch the rubber milk, which is not the sap of the tree. The average Para rubber tree yields two ounces of milk a day. By coagulation in the smoke of a wood and palm nut fire the milk yields one-third its weight of the prized rubber; the normal annual production of a tree being ten pounds of rubber, and the flow continues fairly constant for a number of years. One of the bye-products of rubber harvesting, and one which promises extensive development, since planta tions of these trees have been successful in Sumatra, Ceylon and the Straits Settlement, is the rubber seed which yields almost half its weight of' an oil closely resembling linseed oil, and adapted to the same uses. ��������� There are many varieties of rubber producing trees, vines and shrubs, the most," valuable species being that which yields the standard "para," and which grows over an area of a million square miles in Brazil alone. The world production of rubber during the year preceding the European war was 151,000 tons, of which Brazil produced 40,000 tons, her nearest competitor, the Dutch East Indies yielding 8,000 tons. The United States in that year imported more than twice as much of the raw material as Great Britain, which stood second as a buyer. For 57,000 tons $90,000,000 was p-"id.���������National Geographical Society, Washington. This is to certify that fourteen years ago I got the cords of my left wrist .nearly severed, and was for about nine months that I had no use of my hand, and tried other Liniments, also doctors, and was receiving no benefit. By a persuasion ' from a friend I got MINARD'S LINIMENT and used one bottle which completely cured me, and have been using MINARD'S LINIMENT in my family ever since and 'find it the same as when I first used it, and would never be without it ISAAC E. MANN. \ Metapedia, P. Q. Aug. 31st, 1908. Real Economy Among the Japanese thrift is a virtuein high esteem. Two old misers of Tokyo were one day discussing ways and means of saving. "I manage to make a fan last about twenty years," said one. "I don't open the-whole fan wastefully andwave it about. I open only one section at a time. That is good for about a year. Then I open the next and so on until the fan is used up." "Twenty years for a good fan!" exclaimed the other. "What sinful extravagance! In my family we use a fan for two or three generations and this is how we do it: We open, the ,whole fan, but we don't wear.it out by waving it. We hold it still like this, under our nose, and wave our faces!" Canadian Postum Cereal Co��������� ���������""indsoi:, out i/td* Stayed With His Pal The story of a brave Saskatchewan lad is thus told: "One Canadian doctor, with his assistant," "had worked all through the bombardment at a field-dressing station'close behind the front line, and near the Cumberland dug-outs where Colonel Shaw died. He was a ship's doctor from Vancouver who had made many voyages to Honolulu and across the Pacific before, coming out to the great adventure in France. Of his assistant I knew nothing except that he was a brave fellow who did not think of his own danger because he could help other men. When the Germans came across neither of these two doctors, deserted his post, but 'carried on' to the last moment, bandaging the wounded who lay about them." Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc Overrated German Efficiency German efficiency will be less made of in the future. Its limitations are as obvious as those of an analytical conclusion. It solves a given problem, working from premises^ laid down , but it is baffled by the unexpected and lacks imagination to foresee new conditions. It sees narrowly in a straight line, and when deflected by unconsidered obstacles, which imagination might have provided for, it is like a locomotive off the track.��������� New York Times. Lloyd George He is the Irresistible Driving Power In Great Britain When ihere is any work to be done in England extraordinary hard and unattractive involving great responsibility, the cry is "Let Lloyd George do it!" And yet no man in the realm is more abused. Every crime in the political calendar is fastened on him. Old party associates fling the epithet of traitor at him. If we believe his detractors he is untrue to his chief and; concerts with Mr. Asquith's enemies by stealth, revealing cabinet secrets to them, Mr. Lloyd George'is accused of abandoning the convictions of a life-time of betraying labor, of grasping'greedily at power, of cultivating all the vices that honest men despise in politicians. Of late a dead set has been made at him by the. most brilliant pamphleteers who serve the Liberal party.. .They have done all in their power to drive him f-om public life. ** , Mr. Lloyd eGorge has often been unpopular, and he has always had enemies who exhausted the language of vituperation in assailing him. As the most radical of reformers he excited such bitter hostility that he could not show his face anywhere without being reviled. He opposed the Boer war with speech that enraged Englishmen of every class. His peace crusade of 1900-2 divided the Liberal party. Today he is the most aggressive of militants, and there are Liberals who suspect him of plotting to destroy the coalition cabinet in order to raise himself to the premiership on its ruins. His enemies multiply hourly, and they would drag him down if they could, in spite of his great services to the empire since the entrance of England into the war. Among them are sincere men who believe that he is an unscrupulous and dangerous politician.'. It must be admitted that Mr. Lloyd George when he had an opportunity at Conway to answer his critics evaded their gravest charge that he had conspired with the opposition to force his own views upon the premier. But he abused the counsel for the other side with all his old vigor of epithet. It is unreasonable to suppose that where there was so much smoke a little fire crackled? Nevertheless, it was Lloyd^George who was selected to brin ; order out of chaos in Ireland and reconcile factions that breathed slaughter one against the other; and now again it is Lloyd George who is regarded as the logical successor of Lord Kitchener to the post of secretary of state for war. The explanation of what scheme so paradoxical is that with all his inconsistency and, vaulting ambition Lloyd George is recognized as indis- pcnsible to the empire in its crisis. He, like Kitchener, realized how titanic was the task Great Britain had set herself in the war; that it would last for years, and that all her resources must be mobilized and employed with skill and daring if the designs of Germany were to be frustrated. Lloyd George is the man who does things, politics or no politics. Not another man in the country could have made such a success of the difficult and delicate work of minister of munitions. He has no monopoly of brains in the cabinet, but his is the irresistible driving power. He may have thrown overboard principle and consistency, but it was, in his view, for the common cause, for the salvation of the empire.���������New York Sun. W, i*t Ur "1116 Hard and soft corns both yield, to Holloway's Corn Cure which is entirely safe to use and certain and satisfactory in its action. It was several days after arriving home from the front that the soldier with the two broken ribs was sitting up and smoking a cigar, when the doctor came in. "Well, how are you feeling now?" asked the latter. "I've had a stitch in my side all day." replied th- wounded soldier. "That's all right," said the doctor. "It shows the bones are knitting." An American tells of a visit to a Zoo in Ireland on which occasion he was much interested in a solitary sea lion. Turning to one of the keep- era, the American asked, as he pointed to the solitary beast, "Where's his mate?" "He has no mate, sor," responded the Celt "We just feed him on fish." "I'M give you ten shillings for that deg of yours, old man," "Ten shillings!. Why, that dog/fi got a pedigree a/ Jong as your armr "That's all right! you cart keep tho pedigree, I only want th������ dagi' | How to Attract Farmers The policy of taxing land values and untaxing industry in western Canada is apparently tending to make this country more attractive also. For the Buenos Aires correspondent to the Public says: " No farmer should come to Argentine. Here the more a man works the more taxes he will pay. If not content with the States, Alberta or Saskatchewan will be found to present conditions that compare favorably with the States.. Argentine is no place for the tiller of the soil, ,-In the policy of attracting land settlers after the war Canada has everything to gain by extending the progressive policies of the west.���������Ottawa Citizen. Acclaim Lloyd George The appointment of Lloyd George as successor to Lord Kitchener, as Secretary of State for War was heralded by ah extraordinary manifestation of public endorsation. With one exception, all the newspapers in London acclaimed him as the_ natural successor to the great soldier. In enumerating his qualifications. The Pall Mall Gazette���������one'of Lloyd George's bitterest oponents politically,���������set forth in the following paragraphs Mr. Lloyd George's qualifications for the position: Finance���������As Chancellor of the Exchequer at the outbreak of war he pursued a policy which, by common consent, prevented a grave crisis and maintained our financial stability. Trade Unions.���������He succeeded in inducing trade unions throughout the country to abandon many of their privileges in the national interest. Drink.���������The difficult and thorny problem of the sale of intoxicating drink in time of war was handled by him with skill and a large measure of success. Munitions.���������His work in connection with the munitions supply has been a triumph of organization. Compulsion.���������By general consent, Mr. Lloyd George pressed forward J the question for decision and gained a victory. War Office.���������As successor to Lord Kitxhener in the office' of Secretary of State for War his appointment would be approved by the nation. Why He Lost His Job Tommy���������Out of a job? ! Jimmy���������Yes. The boss said he was losin' money on the things I was makin'. Tommy���������Wasn't^ there anything else you could do in the place? Jimmy���������I guess not. Anyhow, he said I didn't seem to be able to do anything else. Tommy������������������And what was you makin'? Jimmy���������-Mistakes.��������� Ufcxca Herald Dispatch, Organized Agriculture France Provides for the Organization of the Farming Population A decree of the minister of agriculture in France provides for tlie organization of the farming population in every rural commune in the republic. A commune corresponds to our township. In each commune there has been established under the decree an agricultural committee consisting of farmers who are elected by themselves.' The minister's object was to create "a permanent body composed of the pick of the farmers belonging to each rural commune, which body shall be the centre of action and regulate the general activity." The committees elected consist of'5, 7 or 9 men, according to the 'population of the district. , The body is entrusted with the general organization of_farming operations and the overseeing of the cultivation of the land. Farms owned by soldiers who cannot cultivate them, are managed by the committee, if necessary. The committees really are agricultural syndicates, similar to the co-operative agricultural societies which are doing good work elsewhere abroad and in parts of America. Even before the war French agriculture was strongly organized and remarkably prosperous. Under the new decree it will be more efficient and productive.. In her crisis France has shown a quickness and logicalness of mind, a power of imagination and adaption, and a resource of courage and will which are the admiration of all fair observers. She has manifested a genius for getting at the fundamental thing in a sound, fundamental way at the right time. _ The general scheme in accordance with which the French rural communes have been organized is worthy and capable of adoption in hundreds of communities in this country. It is the small, wieldy, working community unit whicu k>es things. Organize large units, .fnd thus eliminate the persona!, neighborhood element,- as an organization of farmers- becomes impersonal, unwieldy and political. It degenerates into a mere list of names, which interested officials are apt to use for political purposes only. The small rural social unit is being formed'tind organized in America. Where it has been developed, and given a fair chance, it has functioned effectively. The idea of which it is the concrete expression will logically and inevitably be adopted by every farming community in which there is a sufficient population spurred by necessity. State of Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOIXARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cuTed by the usr of HAWS CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my ftresence. this 6th day of December. A.D. 18S6. A. W. GLEASON. (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surface] of the System. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by all druesrists, 7Sc Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A Prevalent Sin Private Doherty; was : six feet four in his socks; his sergeant was about a foot shorter. The sergeant looked along the line. "Head up, there Doherty!" he cried. Doherty raised his head. "Higher!" said the little ; sergeant. "There, that's better! _ Don't let me see your head down again!" "Am I to be always like this?" asked Doherty, staring above the little sergeant's head. ��������� ��������� "You are." "Thin I'll say good-bye to ye, ser- gint dear, for I'll never see ye again in this world." Here is the latest story from Sandhurst Military College: Overnight the cadets conspired. When next morning the sergeant gave the order "Number off from the. right!" the voices rang out "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, knave, queen, Icing." Quick as lightning the sergeant continued with "All court cards fall out and report to the major." A Sure Corrective of Flatulency.��������� When the undigested food lies in the stomach it throws off gases causing pains and oppression in the stomachic region. The belching or eructation of these gases is'. offensive and the only way to prevent them is to restore the stomach to proper action. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills will do this. Simple directions go-with each packet and a course of them taken systematically is certain to effect a cure. Twentieth Century Farming At Lansdale, Penn., ploughing at night by artificial light has been introduced, to make up for the delay caused by the late coming of the spring. A tractor' engine was cm- ployed for the purpose. It was fitted with an acetylene gas tank and a searchlight, and by means of it.and three shifts of workers the ploughing was continued for forty-eight hours. The Lansdale experiment was designed merely to meet an emergency. But wc may yet see our. up-to-date farmers employing tractors and artificial light regularly every spring. Certainly the farming of the future is going to be done on other lines than those of the past���������Providence Journal. "NERVILINE" STOPS EARACHE IN 10 SECONDS CURES TOOTHACHE IN 2 MINUTES It Seems to Possess Almost Some Divine Power Over Pain RUB ON NERVILINE Toothache is usually due to neuralgia in the gums or to the congestion and swelling of the nerve pulp. As "Nerviline" relieves congestion, you can easily see why it cures toothache. :, ' ��������� < Nerviline does more���������cures any ache or pain���������in any part of the body. It matters not where your pain is. It may be in a joint or muscle; it may be neuralgia or lumbago; it may be a surface pain is deeply situated in the back,,side or chest. Nerviline will reach it; Nerviline will drive it out What is Nerviline, you ask? Just a liniment, but very much stronger in pain-subduing power than other'liniments���������one that penetrates more deeply in the tissue than any other liniment. It is a liniment that cures quickly, that gives permanent relief. You might spend ten or a hundred dollars, but you couldn't buy as1 much relief, as you get from a single bottle ��������� of Nerviline. We guarantee Nerviline: we refund your money if it does not relieve you. .In many lands it is a household ; trust, a remedy that has justified itself under the experience of those who have used it. Guaranteed for neuralgia, sciatica, lumbago, rheumatism, pleurisy, strains or sprains; the large 50 cent family size bottle is'more economical than the 25 cent trial size. Dealers everywhere sell Nerviline,'or direct from" The Catar'rhozonej'Co., ' Kingston, Canada'. A Good Scout iiifrll! -A BETE*' 53 'IHE$ Work of the Boy Scout Movement Among the Boys of Saskatchewan . Of many trusts that have been made in the last half century at superstition and ignorance, the Boy Scout movement is one of the most effective as it is also one of the most recent. To be a "good scout" means much the same thing as it once"meant to be a noble champion of the lists��������� only ,it means more. The knight of old had nothing more to fight than an occasional dragon; he had only to break into a stone castle to find his beautiful princess awaiting him. The scout, however, -has to conquer himself. To speak honorably, to live 'oy- ally, to" act helpfully, to be friendly to all, to be discourteous to none, to o1 ey cheerfully, to .smile and whis. e in the face of every difficulty, to live thriftily, to think, speak and act cleanly���������these are the ten commandments o-" the good scout the energizing precepts of clean living and wholesome thinking. <��������� That the Boy Scouts of Saskatchewan are "good scouts" who strive to live up to the ' principles is fully attested by the place they have taken and are continuing to take in the public service of our country. Though not a military organization in any s-nse of the term it is significant th=-t over 150 scout officers and senior scouts who were active in boy scout vork at the beginning of the war are now on active service. On account of c.ge, the majority, of course, have been forced to remain at home. But ever thtse have striven to uphold the name of the organization. Some of. the troops have given the recruiting 'agencies splendid as- s' tance. Red Cross societies the country over have had the assistance of the Boy Scouts in their activitn ���������>. On many occasions they have acted as orderl'es at the various functions under the auspices of Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire. At the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Conventicn held in Saskatoon ia March thev were much in evidence acting as guides and messengers. They themselves by their own subscriptions, by holding concerts and displays���������one troop by killing gophers and cleaning stables!���������have raised during the past year hundreds of dollars for various patriotic causes other than their own. And so the record might be written, almost to no end, of the hundreds of public duties which have been assumed by the little fellows in khaki. To make every boy in Saskatchewan a "good scout" is, then, the aim of the organization which, during the, past year, has been working in the province. Ausgustus H. Ball as Provincial Commissioner and Frank C. Irwin as "Provincial Secretary are the two men who are giving energy to the movement, and in spite of difficulties these men and their many loyal assistants are meeting from day to day, the province is being thoroughly organized into districts and the boys are everywhere being made acquainted with the purposes and aims of the association. Contrary to a commonly accepted opinion the organization is not a military one. Indeed, it is opposed to militarism though ifrcsponds to the call of duty whenever it may be heard. It is, however, and educational propaganda with the training of the boy's whole nature as its aim. The great war of the immediate future is that struggle for commercial and industrial success which will follow the present European conflict, one which will demand leadership, resourcefulness, sterling character, high ideals, practical minds :vnd honest endeavor. That war will last for a quarter of a century and, in the words of Baden- Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts organization, "will be won by the country whose citizens are then the best equipped in spirit and in ability to.- the great work." The Boy Scout movement is an organized endeavor, to grasp for our growing youth a great national opportunity. The Saskatchewan Headquarters of th: Boy Scouts Association is on the second floor of the Y. M. C. A. Building, Regina and to that address all requests for information re the formation of local associations and troops should be sent Perfect Fit "Yes, grandma, I am to be married during the bright and gladsome spring." "But, my dear," said grandma, earnestly, "you are very young. Do you feel that you are fitted for married life?" ��������� "I am being fitted now, grandma," explained the prospective bride, sweetly. "Seventeen gowns." First Philosopher���������Of course every young man thinks he'd be perfectly happy if he could only have-his own way! Second Philosopher���������Yes, and the older he grows the happier he is to think that he didn't have itl The Women's Suffrage Society "in London have offered to take overihe street cleaning of the city owing \o the shortage of labor. Socialism in Germany. From our standpoint Socialism al ' its best is seen in Germany, where before the war that part of the nation . who opposed the militarism of the Kaiser ��������� fought under its ,banner. If ', Germany, when the war ends, repudiates Prussianism and becomes' a Re- ��������� public, Socialism .will be one of, thje ."��������� potent influences which have prepared the way for this beneficial revolution in the national life.1 ������������������* Dr. Lieb- knecht, bearing a name that ranks high in the history of German Social-; ism, will then become a national hero because of "the courage with which he has stood out against the Kaiser's war' policy of late The most ardent opponent of Socialism in this country must recognize tli.i. it has given form in Germany to a protest well taken against misgovernnient, and that it has in such a case as that of the.oppressed German people' a definite and valuable use.���������'Montreal Mail. Canadians Burning Forests Too Fast Carelessness With Fire Going to Cost Canada $7,200,000 More This Year Than Last In war time and while many interests are urging thrift and economy, the Canadian people are burning up their created resources at a much greater rate this year than last, is the statement which appears in a" bulletin issued by the conservation commission. For the first five months of 1916 the fire loss in Canada has exceeded that of January to May in 1915 by approximately $3,000,000 or $600,000 per month, says the bulletin. At this rate of increase our fire losses shall exceed that of 1915 by $7,200,000. Canada has need of all her financial resources. She is borrowing money to carry on the war and is paying five per cent interest thereon. The additional fire losses of 1916 would therefore pay'the interest charges on the recent war loan of $100,000,000 ' and would pay $2,200,000 of the principal. Canada's average annual fire loss. of over $23,000,000 would pay five per cent, interest on - approximately 'hiilf a billion dollars'? Our fire loss, however, something for which we are receiving no value, either financial or patriotic ,is simply a tax due in great part to carelessness which Canadians appear willing to pay and which they as a whole are doing little to avert. SUMMER HEAT HARD ON BABY No season of the year is so dangerous to the life of little ones as'.is 'the summer. The excessive heat throws the little stomach out of order so quickly that unless prompt aid' is at hand the baby may be beyond all human help before the mother realizes he is ill. Summer is the season iwhen. diarrhoea, cholera infantum, dysen- try and colic are most" prevalent. Any one of these troubles may prove dead-" ly if not promptly treated. .During' the summer the mother's best friend is Baby's Own Tablets. They regulate tlie bowels, sweeten the stomach and keep baby healthy. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont Net Fishing What the case was about no one seemed to know exac*'". The lawyers themselves were pretty well mixed up. Then an'important witness entered; the box and was presently asked to. tell the Court the total of his gross income. He refused; the counsel appealed to the judge.' "You must answer the question," said the judge sternly. The witness fidgeted about and' then burst out with: "But���������but my lord, I have no gross income. I'm a fisherman, and it's all net." A Ready Weapon Against Pain.��������� There is nothing equal to Dr. 1 'nomas" Eclcctric Oil when well rubbed in. It penetrates the tissues and pain disap-: pears before it. There is no known preparation that will reach the' spot quicker than this magic Oil. In consequence it ranks first among liniments now offered to the. public and is -accorded first place among all its competitors. , .���������.���������-..���������������������������,. Wc must beat France first of all and finally. That done, our .hands will be free to deal with England, for there can be no end to the struggle until the soil of England herself Vlso is saturated in the lifeblood of its people:���������-Berliner Tagcblatt. The saturation cannot begin, however, until the British fleet is put out. of business.���������> New Y'ork Sun. "Your daughter has a wonderful Voice. You ought to cultivate it." "What for? A voice doesn't show up lu moving pictures. But I've go: a boy with a funny walk whom I expect to see drawing a thousand a week on������ of these days." ^^Mi^iliiiii^ ���������Km g-tf&a THE GAZETTE, HEDLEY, B. C. GOleiMlGO. "The Big Stored General Merchants KEREMEOS, B.C. SING LEE Laundry, pontracting of all kinds, Ditch digging, Wood Sawing, Clearing laria, Cooking and all kinds of Chinese Labor. Keremeos, B.C. Cbe tfcdley gazette and Similkameen. Advertiser. Subscriptions in Advance Per Year .TT... .92.00 " <United States) ...2.50 Advertising Rates Measurement. IJ lines to the inch. , ��������� Transient Advertisements���������not exceeding: one inch, $1.25 for one insertion, 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. Over one inch, 12 cents per lino for first insertion and 8 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Transients payable in advance. Contract Advertisements���������One inch per month $1.25; over 1 inch and up to 4 inches, ������1.00 per inch per month. To constant advertisers taking larger space than four inches, on application, rates will be given of reduced charges, based on size of space and length of time. Certificate of Improvements.............. .$10.00 (Where more than one claim appears in notice, 82.50 for each additional claim.) Jas. "W. Grier, Publisher. Act'will be used for party, or rather machine, advancement. One instance: A Liberal runs an hotel at Trout Lake City. The stage leaves there between five and six in the moaning to catch the tug at Beaton that connects with the Arrow lake boat at Arrowhead. The hotel man was up at 4 o'clock to provide breakfast for his guests^be- fore starting on their 13-mile stage ride. There was a constable from another district in the party. He reported the fact that the hotel man had his bar open while guests were paying for' their lodging. Fined $50 and costs, or $60 altogether. A hotel man at Silverton, vice- president of the Slocan Conservative association, was more fortunate. In a theft case, it carne out in evidence that he had supplied liquor to persons in a room of his house on a Sunday at a dollar a flask. After some strong hints were published, the local constable laid- an information, witnesses were summoned but failed to appear at trial; constable asked for the issuance of warrants for witnesses and a remand of the case. Request refused and case dismissed. One of the justices of the peace is returning officer for the Slocan Electoral district in this election. to conserve our natural resources and develope them for the benefit of all the people, and not for the enrich merit of a few. A number of Hedleyites left this week for Vancouver to attend the exhibition. Among them were H. and Mrs. Jones, Ed. and Mrs. Hossack, R. and Mrs. Boyd and daughter, J. and Mrs. White, Mrs. John Jackson, Wrn. Robertson, Wmi Lons"dale, and about fifty others whose names we were unable to get. Something should be done to preserve the few mountain sheep left on Nickel Plate mountain. Had they been protected the band would now have numbered two hundred instead of about a dozen. Another case of politics vs. efficiency. H. D. Barnes of the Daly Reduction company is taking a couple of weeks holidays in the hills/ Dr. McEwen ieft Tuesday evening for the coast to make final arrangements for going to the front. W. and Mrs. Hambly of the Nickel^ Plate mine left last week for Jackson, Cal. E. D. Boeing returned Monday from a trip down the line as far as Bridesville. Hedley, B. G.. Aug. 17, 1916. " He who does me once, shame on him; He who does me twice, shame on me." POLITICAL POINTERS. Do not make the mistake when you come to cast your vote that you are deciding any great national issue, or upholding any great party principle. Both the party leaders are New Brunswic politicians. It is said that the two principal products of New Brunswick are potatoes and politicians. It has also been hinted that party principles in that province are, like the other product mentioned, for sale to he highest bidder. We do know that Premier Bowser ran as an independent in Vancouver in the federal election of 1896, causing the defeat of Cowan, the regular Conservative candidate, and elect: ing the Liberal nominee. Mr. Brewster may not have jumped a party or two in his political career, but this may be due to opportunity not having knocked very insistently at his door, and he is only emerging from the school trustee state of political evolution. Mr. Bowser is premier because he said so, and none of the thirty odd invertebrates in the legislature could say no without danger of heart failure; Mr. Brewster is leader of the opposition because he wasn't known, and all the prominent Liberals in the province were- too well known. Mr. Bowser is not the leader of the Conservatives in the province although he is premier by a self- manufactured divine right. He bluffed his way into the [position because he was sitting in a game with a bunch of chubbers. Mr. Brewster is the inconspicuous tool of a bunch of Liberals who have a past. This election is not one of party, but of men. If the right sort of men are elected the laws will be enforced, irrespective of party. The ward-heelers are not to blame, but the electors are. There are constituencies in this province where such things could not occur, because the member would not stand for it. It is for the electors of each constituency to decide on their particular man. He should have backbone, he should be able to think straight, and he should be honest. Neither Bowser nor Brewster, nor any other person can walk on men of that sort. MONTHLY REPORT TBat the prohibition act sub- iftitted to the electors was not intended to be effective is quite evident. Had any attempt been made to honestly enforce the Licence Act, there would not have been an insistant demand for prohibition. Like the Licence Act, the Prohibition In the Similkameen L. W. Shatford and R. S. Conklin are the candidates. Mr. Shatford has been a resident of the district for upwards of twenty years and its representative for thirteen years. Thirteen years ago there were a few pieces of wagon road and no railroads in the district; now there are automobile roads in every part of the district, and two railroads running through it. Mr. Shatford is, of course, entitled to some credit foi- the better roadsandimproved transportation facilities. Contrast: Thirteen years ago, trails and pack trains; today, automobile roads and railroads. Mr. Conklin has been a resident of the district for about seven years and is reeve of Penticton. In his speech here he did not outline any scheme to improve existing conditions. His speech was a criticism of past acts of the government, but nothing definite as to what he intended to do if elected. British Columbia is a new country in its development stage, with vast natural resourses. We should be more concerned about the future than the past. The past has been bad, very bad. In thirty years successive governments have done their utmost to make conditions a little harder for British born residents of the province, until now the only people who are taxed are those who are trying to make homes here. Those who come here for a few years to-" make a stake and then go back to Europe or Asia, receive all the privileges without assuming any of the responsibilities of citizens or paying any taxes. We need representatives who think British, with British ideals and with a definite policy for the future that will guarantee to the British settler and British workman at least an even chance with the foreigner. We need men who will endeavor H<jdley Patriotic Fund Committee The Hedley Patriotic Funds committee submit the following report covering collections made for the month of June. If your name does not appear your subscription has not been received^ during the month., In some cases subscriptions are paid in advance and have previously been acknowledged. If you are in arrears please hand your subscription to the Treasr urer. Collections made as per list, month of June, $945.70. Of this amount $153.85 was subscribed for the Hedley Enlisted Men's Fund. The- balance, $791.85, was subscribed for the Canadian Patriotic Fund. Following will show the amounts remitted to the Canadian Patriotic Fund: October, 1914..... $1001 75 January, 1916..... 597 00 February, 1916.... 772 00 March, 1916 752 75 April, 1916........ 747 50 May, 1916......... 747 95 June, 1936 791 85 A. Beam 4.00 F. Bentley ���������.... 3.50 Ed. Hossack 3.50 A. W. Hm-per 3.50 J. Gaaie 3.50 J. Jamieson 4.00 VV. Knowles 5.00 W. W. McDougfill 3.50 J. Donnelly ...... 3.75 T. L'.Tei-ry..'.r..'..'."...���������-..'.*.; 3.50 Leo Brown...'...'' 3.50 G. E. McOlure......... .'���������'....... 3.50 D. Curry....:.....,...:........ 3.50 XV. Robertson.................. 3.75 .Top. Whyte.'.'-.................. 3.50 F. Decario.. 3.50 A. Sandberg............';....... 3.50 D. Henderson......... ..-'. y.t 3.50 R. Anderson.../. 4.00 A. Appleton..; 3.50 A. Ross.....: V............ 3.50 N. Stechishin.......;..:.:.,.... 3.50 D. Sweeney.... .......... '.���������.,' 3.50 G. R. Allen..................... 4.50 T. Bysouth............;./...... i:. L. Basso............. ;^...'...... 4.: W. Burrows. 4.: J. R. Brown. .'. 4. J. Bloomberg.............;..... 3.; E.Bei'K.....................:... 4.: J. Coulthard... '���������'.���������.;,.............. 4.' J. Casey..::.... i:'.:..':.'... .... 4.' W. Constantine .......;.. 4.1 J. Dragoes. .. ���������.'.'........ .''���������......... 4.' Joe DeGroe.....'................ 3.' O. Franzen.... 3.' J. Grieve... ...............'". 4.i J. Galitzky. ..... .:.���������" ../..!... 3.', M.Gillis.........^......:..;.... 4.5 H. Grenquist. .....;'.....:... 4.' Hedley Trading 60, Ltd ESBSBBSSBSBBBB NEW Flower Vases Teapots Tumblers Water Pitchers $5410 80 C. P. Dallon, Sec-Treas. We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts of the Hedley Patriotic Funds Committee and find the above statement to be correct. H. D. Barnes "i . ',.. ��������� F. M. Gillespie/Audltors* PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS, JUNE, 1916. XV. Sampson $ 3.50 M. L. Gezon 5.00 Friend 8.00 B. W. Knowles 4.50 Win. Lonsdale 10.00 C. E. Prior 5.00 A. Clare 4.50 S. L. Stiiith 4.00 G. E. French 3.50 John Smith 4.50 P. Murray 6.00 G. M. Gilbert 5.00 P. G. Wright 4.00 C. A. Brown V. Zackerson H, E. Hanson W. Mathew R. S. Collin J. W. Wirth W. W. Corrigan L. C. Rolls R. Boyd P. Millett H. F. Jones T. C. Porteous . 4.00 . 4.00 . 4.00 . 4.00 . 5.00 . 4.50 . - 4.50 . 3.75 . 3.75 . 3.-75 5.00 4.50 G. W. Wirtuien 4,50 R. Hainbly.......;............. 4.25 J. A. Holland.../.............:. 5.00 J.Hancock,... ... 4.25 XV. Hambly',..-.-.-.--.-.-..-..-........ 5.00 J. Hossack... ..... .'��������� 3.75 P.Johnson..................... 4.25 S. Johns........................ 5.00 P. R. Johnson... .'. 3.75 C. G. Johnson.................. 4.25 L. Johns............ .-.'���������' 4.25 0. Lindgren.................... 3.75 L. S. Morrison... 5.75 H. H. Messinger.... 4.25 W. Mitchell,.................... 1.35 G. Malm .............:........ .'���������'"���������' 3.75 J. Martin ..'.' 4.25 A. Nicholson....... 4.75 K. O. Peterson....... ...... 5.00 G. Prideaux.................... 10.00 R. Pon-itt.:...........' ���������...'.;...��������������������������� 4.25 Fred Pearce........"..'.......... 3.75 D.Rankin.......... ........... 2.00 A. Rawnsley. .......... v......, 4.25 B. Rescors........... ............ 4.25 Geo. Ransom..:.............:.. 4.25 W.Ray... '.. 4.00 C. Rause 4.75 J. Roden.. .J "2.75 J. Snell 4.25 Ole Scrcenes 5.00 W. J. Stewait. 5.75 S, Swanson 4.25 Swan Sweedling......... 3.75 C. A. SulquisC 3.75 Bob StilHm 4.25 Casper Sleen 3.75 W. W. Savage. 3.5 J. Thomas. 4.25 A. Taddis..-. 1.00 A. W. Vance. 4.75 J: Williamson. 3.75 F. Williams.. .. ........ 4.00 D. Weri-y. 2.00 Fk. Wyberg.................... 3,75 F C Chapman 3.75 F Carlson 4.25 S Dogadin 3.75 C E Ericson 4.25 Clans Ericson 3.75 W. T. Grieves. 4.25 G. Southain 3.75 A. Nyborg 3.75 W. Sutherland 4.25 W. Trezona 4.25 HEDLEY���������TOWN LIST. W. J. Cormack................ $ 3.50 J. K, Fraser. 5.00 G. P. Jones. 20.00 JohnBeale 3.00 G. A. Riddle 3,00 H." D. Barnes 5.00 C. P. Dalton 4.50 A. T. Horswell 3.00 tho W!ndo\A/, fledieu Tradino 60. Ltd. HEDLEY GAZETTE JOB DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED OF- Letterheads Billheads Envelopes Statements Meal Tickets - Milk Tickets Ball Programs Posters Dodgers, Dates Circulars Invitations Business Cards Bills of Fare Memo Heads Butter Wrappers Visiting Cards TRY VS ��������� WE GIVE SATISFACTION S. E. Hamilton.. B. Rolls.. H. Rose.... Rev. R. Williams A. J. McGibbon. Geo. Lyon....... GeoShelder..... 10.00 5.00 5.00 1.00 2.50 10.00 10.00 SIMILKAMEEN LAND DISTRICT, "���������?,������������������ S. C. Knowles 4.00 E. H. Simpson 4.00 T. Henderson 4.00 H. T. Rainbow 4.50 G. Knowles 5.00 G. Stevens 4.75 T. R. Willey 4.00 J. G. Webster 5,00 R. Clare 4.00 3. I-Lu-dman 4.00 T. E. Buri-ns 4.00 M. McLeoil 4.50 Geo. Walker 3.75 R. L. Jones..,,,,.. 4.00 A. F. Loonier...,,...,..,.. 3,75 A. J. King ..,..,, 4.00 F, M. Gillespie 10.00 A. Winkler J. Jackson T. H. Rotherhain.......'... W.T. Butler C. Barn urn Miss McKinnon G. McEachren.. Miss RocheJ J. D. Brass R. J. Edmond F. H. French W. A. McLean Jus. Stewart Miss L. Bealp Miss K. C. Halliday Miss Ida Tompkins John Maiihofer MissE. Clare James Clarke James Ci itchley The Daly Reduction Co.... R. J. Corrigan 5.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 1.00 4.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 3.00 5.00 5.00 2,00 1.00 2.00 3.50 5.00 2.00 2.50 1.00 200.00 4.00 Take Notice that. Richard. L. Cawston, the younger, of Keremeos, cattle rancher, intends to apply for permission to lease the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted one milf north of the north-east angle of Lot 2036s;"tJ)eii(:e north 80 chains; thence west 40 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence east 40 chains containing three hundred and twenty acres. RICHARD L, CAWSTON, Jr. Dated July 10th 1910 TH6 Nickel Plate Barter SHop SATISFACTORY, SANITARY TONSORIAL SERVICE This .shop jt equipped with , Baths and all the; f.afest Electrical Appliances, , W.T. BUTLER,'��������� Prop, SIMILKAMEEN LAND DISTRICT.. Take Notice that Henry A. Barcido of Keremeos, cattle rancher, intends; to apply for permission to lease the following dt'^rjbed lands:���������Commencing at a post planted "it the south-east angles of Lot 1469s; thenae .south .40 chains; thence east 80 chains; thierjcp north 40 chains; thence west 80nhuing to the point of commencement, and containing three hundred and twenty acres. HENRY A. BARCELO. Dated July 5th, 1916. .'. BEflLE PAINTING PAPER-HANGING KflLSOMIiNING TERMS MODERATE, omy mt, man SIMILKAMEEN LAND DISTRICT. Take Notice that Henry A. Barcclo of Keremeos, cattle rancher, intends to apply for permission to lease the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted at the nerth-east angle of Lot 2036s, thence north 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence eosith 80 f.hains thence east 80 chains to point 01 ojnmencement and containing 640 acres Dated July 10th, 1916. HENRY A. BARCELP, 60 YEARS EXPERIENCE $10.00 REWARD. Ten Dollars Reward will be paid by the undersigned foi- information that will lead so the recovery of the follow- the following animals which strayed from the range at Hedley, B. C, the first week in June: Ono gray mare, 10 years old, branded O^'O on right shoulder and Z/f 011 left hip, and sucking colt. One iron gray yearling colfc, branded same as mare on right shoulder. One bay 3-year-old (gelding, branded curb bridle bit on left hip. A. W. Habpbb, Hedley, B. C. Trade Markp 'Designs Trvv*" * Copyrights Ac Anyone sending a sketch and description may .julckly ascertain our opinion free whether ac Invention is p-obrtbly patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sont free. Oldest agency lor securing patents. Patents taken through Wunn & Co. reoelvc special notice, without charge. In the ��������� Synopsis ol Coal Mining Regulations rjOAIj mining rights of tho Dominion, t, y Manitoba, Siinkatchewan and Alberta, tho \ukon Territory, the North-west Territories mi'l in a portion of the Province of British Columbia, may bb leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of gl an acre. Not more than 2.560 acres wi bo leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-AKont of the district in which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-divisions of sections,-a,n.d in unsurveyod territory tlie tract applied fa;- g'jall bp staked out' the applicant himself, " Eacluipplieayon must be accompanied by fteof "$5 which will bju 'rp'fu'h'd.ed if tliii'HgfiL-- applicd for are noj; availably,' biith'o't brlipr wise. A royalty shall be paid op the iii'erphiiMt. able output of the in}pe up the rate gf Hy'e con fa per toil,' ... The person operating the inine slpil) n'rnU'i H"oA*ff'",; with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable ' I and pay the royalty"thureori . ing rights.lire not being operated un should '��������� *������������������-���������--���������> -' ������������������ Largest olr- Terms, $3 a A handsomely illustrated weekly, oulatlon of any sclentlflo Journal, year; four months, $L 8old by all newsdealers. IWUNN&Co.3e,Broad^N8wYorf( Branch Office. 625 F BU. Waahuwton. D. 0. - Coi" ntniefl coal ni'n������; be fiu'nished VilpaRt'ohop'n'y'uiu-, Tlio lcaso will include tho coal mining righu only, but tho lessee may be permittadLo purchase whatever available surface rights mus' be considered necessary for tbe working of u,e mine at the rate of $10.00 au acre For full information application should bo' made to the Secretary of tho Duniu-tinont of the Interior. Ottawa, or o any Agent or Sub- Agent of Dominion Lands. W. "VV. (JURY, Doputy Minister of tho Interior. N.B.-rUiiauthorized publlcati tisomont will not be paid for. this adve 96m ww^CTMM^wmaamCTaasKnBs:
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