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TORONTQ. 133
THE MATURING WEST enc end connotes History roc the ivYrg-
get period, then we must not forget
Selkirk and Winnipeg and Esquimait.
•
And add Fort Churchill All can put
in very plausible claims for admission
EAST MEETS WEST WiTH NEW to the fellowship of the good old
AND OLD TOWNS IN 130tH. towns. The Canadian press has had
occasion to refer to the highly modern
energy of Moncton, whose Board of
Trade are boomialg the New Bruns-
wick railway centre with a vigor that
prairie-dwel1eas could not better, Any
western comanvinity that has gone on
doing the same t•1aing-•-hies: dealing,
for instance—in an increasing scab:
for twenty years or so is older, in a
sense, than Amherst, which has so
broken -with traditions of a leisurely
past that it is in the front rank of
woollen.,peoducing ecenmunitiee; or
Sydney, with its burrowing coal mince
and marring turnaaoes; or bustling St.
John; or Quebec, which, with Levis,
is the third greatest boot and shoe
manufacturing centre in the Empire,
Away from the railway lines in some
parted of the West, or in Ontario. are
tea be Bound' villa{kee which are stag -
mina in appearance as Valleyfield or
Welland 'or Sherbrooke are brisk and
up-to-date. "'
If thee° is a- critical- period is the
life of aay_+bwln, i= is when the lab':
of its old settlers dies. The man who
came into the wilderness with his
Red River oart and saw the first bush-
elof wheat ground into flour—in a
mortar, maybe—is a character that the
Eastknows not of. The old settler
still inhabits the West. The new-
comer who was too ,young to vote—
if there had been any place to vote --
in the mid-eeventies is probably a
grandfather . to -day. The grandchild
of the first white boy born in Mani-
toba is alive in Winnipeg to -day. The
Westerner knows how the death of the
oldest inhabitant can be a real climac-
teric. After he is gone there remains
no one who can remember a time
when the town was not. And, after
all, what town can say more than
that?
VILLIERS WAS ANGRY:
`The Visitor to the West Who Hes
Looked Upon the Prairie Cities as
Prosaic Mushroom Growths Is Sur-
prised at Mass of Fascinatting His-
tory Lying Behind Some of Them—
More Experienced Than East.
The literary discovery of the Cana-
dian West has been the achievement
Of a very recent period, writes Roden
Kingsmill in The Canadian Courier.
The Wild West we had long ago from
Ballantyne, Butler and a 'doyen of
%heir followers, bat only of late hes
:the Westerner begun to figure la3gleiy
lin fiction or descriptive article es any-
ithing but a curiosity. At preeent, ne-
ttive and alien writers are alike solicit -
led to write -of the West as it is, just
les if the West as it woe- yesterday . or
day before yesterday had been gaite
le different place. An Englishman. in
!a recent English review, gives tts,
:with a fiowered opulence of phraee.
tan idea of his surprise at western
wonditians: °'Tanned by the prairie
pwinds, warmed by the glowing sun -
Whine of the level lands, standing
}where meet the trade currents of East
send West, with command over both.
!the Canadian Westerner has in his
:grasp a glorious destiny, and he eeems
'capable of living up tb
Nobody surely desires to speak
leiightingly of the amelioration of the
:Westerner's lot which has followed
!the introduction of such dieeoveries
:and inventions as dry farming, irri-
gation, the co-operative local telephone
'and its companion. the Government
!lines, and the automobile without al-
ilasrun to whidth no discourse on the
•West of to -day can be called complete.
'But other people cannot reasonably
'be asked to admire the West's per-
Iformance unless they themselves have
- --theca- unegesl te- similar_ festa. she_
participants in a long-distance run do
:not turn around at its end to marvel
at one another's speed or endurance
!unless, perhaps, one of them is a boy
.or a weakling from whom nothing
'mach was to be expected. The West,
snot so long ago, was as sensitive to
lbeing snubbed or patronized by the
(East as was New England when Wen -
Holmes waxed wrathy because
lforeigners displayed their "certain
keondescension." But though the
;West is now more urbane—perhaps
does a little patronizing itself—toward
'its cities, it is a reasonable question
'how much longer it .need be regarded •
'as a youngster.
Every so often some writer on Cana-
dian affairs speaks of the "expert.
nent" of a federal country within the
;Empire. And yet Canada as a nation
'is in point of fact one of the oldest
place`:ane'of"t unet
-the verse at-ournio
-lira tad rm...of.
ment has continued in operation ,foe,,,
'more years with less alteration than':
►., many of the others. Our instrument
of government is older than that of
Germany, France, Japan, Russia,Nor-
away, Turkey, Spain. The same argu-
ment may with justice be applied to
the claims of the West. Montreal was
(founded by the French, yet almost no
(sign of French occupation remains in
the streets or edifices of the city. Even
!Quebec is much more modern than
'ancient. On the other hand, not even
Winnipeg can show solarge an area
of brand new buildings, so many
!acres that were market gardens ten
(years ago, "as are to be found in Mont-
Ireal or Toronto. Residents of Winni-
peg, who in the eighties were offered
acre. lots on Portage avenue for $100.
►are not more numerous than Mont
Irealers whose fathers . could have
!bought equal acres on St. Catherine
!street for a like amount or Toronton-•
�fens who misguidedly let go generous
slioes of central property. "]low much
this is like British Columbia!" said a
Westerner driving through dukedoms
;of Nova Bootie apple orchards. "How
;much this is like Ontario!" said East-
erners who motored with Mr. R, L.
,Borden through the Riding Mountains
when he toured the West four years
o
In any event, it is only figuratively
that we speak of a community as
rowing old. The only Anglican .pre-
late in Canada who was born in his
diocese is the Archbishop of Rupert's
Land—and he is the oldest bishop,
also. Where shall you find a,sleepier
—or pleasanter --town than Selkirk. on
the Red River of the North? It was a
thriving village three generations ago
when lusty young Ontario and Nova
,Scotia cities of to -day had not been
'chopped out of the forest or set atop
their coal mines to transmute carbon
Tinto gold.
And so it is only figuratively that we
may speak of communities as growing
old. Greybeards, though near the
passing of the Great Divide, move
'west into the very newest boom towns;
babies continue to be born in -cities
that saw Madame de la Peltrie or ere
tertained Frontenac. If that town is
Oldest which clan trsaon buck, a coher-
o
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Reminiscence of. War Correspondent's
_._.Lectur's..KTbur:..ttteCa tech•. ,ea.
Frederick Villiers, the famous war.
oorrespondent, who has declared his..
intention of settling in the Canadian
West, was On a lecturing tour through
Canada' some half-dozen years age.
Among the places in which Villiers
was - billed, to speak was a Western
Ontario city in which lectures• are no-
toriously ill -attended. So' much is this
the case that the manager of the thea-
tre where the Villiers' . talk was to be
given did not think it. worth while to,.
advertise his coining at 'all exten-
sively. •
Villiers came. The local newspapers
recognized the . bigness of • the ' man,
and gave him a couple ofcolumns of
space. These papers, however, did not
appear until •the• evening of his lec-
tnree-too late to bring him ;an audi-
enee. When the distinguished visitor.
fall ::ctrl- it,.
r
about•and dozen- zad half-1Fean.
,
file 'b tly:'b'oaa'tat`3ioum •^Mock sc thetna=
had Dome in on passes. Tli` hirer
looked over his audience With' some
surprise, but began his talk without
comment, and carried it through to
the end without abbreviation,' but al-
so, it must be said, without marked
enthusiasm.
The latter quality he reserved for
a little extra speech which was. not
cis the program. In it he delineated.
in concise, ; but cutting, terms the
character of that particular theatre
manager, who had neglected to .adver-
tise his coming, The audience, which
had applauded feebly throughottt the
regular 'lecture, ' was moved to still
more worked appreciation. The thir-
ty-six hands beat as one,. as Mr, Vil-
liers oontinued to outline his opinion
of the manager,. who was squirming
uncomfortably in the . doorway. And
as the • audience dispersed, its mem-
bers
embers looked in vain for the usual form
at the exit. The' manager had fled:
Mr. Villiers' "roast" is still remem-
bered in that Ontario town as One of
the most scathink ever delivered with,
in its borders.
A word 'with regard to black stoctt-
ings., ]tefnaae• absolutely to wear those
that crock. In this enlightened day
there is no excuse fot buying t heFne as
every store has on hand a large stock
of black hosiery the dye of Which is
warranted not to rub off on the feet
or shoe lining. One woman. not know- •
tag this and being of a cieanty dispotd-
tion. used to scrub the black dye from
beg feet every night with ammonia
and refined sand soap. Aftee serest
weeks of abusing the skin by this
process and rubbing the poisonous dye
Into the sensitive surface in the day-
time the poor oonl. going. like Agag.
"exceeding delicately.” forswore every-
tbtng but white balbriggan 'stockings
and will tolerate netbtng else. Chit- .
dren ehoufd never put on any except
fast color hose, • lis the tender cuticle
will certainty absorb the tnjuriolas dye.
Good black will not wash gray and
will thrive no more stain on the foot
then will a pure white stocking.
Tonin or Stimulant ?
There is an immense difference between a tonic and a
stimulant. Up one day, -way back the next; that's a
stimulant. Steady progress day by day towardrfect
health; that's a tonic. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a perfect
a strong tonic. The only Sarsaparilla entirely free from
alcohol. Do not stimulate unless your doctor says so.
He knows. Ask him. Do as he says. ,%C, Ayer Cao., Lowell, l os.
Conatipbtion is the one great cause of shit -headache, biliousness, Ln
breath, debility, nervi: mess. HAS your dodo? ever' rt ended Ayer” you?
The Clinton New *ra
PROSPECTORS AND REARS.
Thrilling Hunt Without Rifles In tlai
Porcupine.
Tittle imagination is required to aI
sociate Cobalt with stirring deeds.*
adventure, and the word restriction is
nue that would seem: to have lost fta
bearing whrnC a; ;.tied to such a place
Vet restrictions there are, and of e
rather peculiar cert, when the nature
of the place is consilered. According,
co the game laws, prospectors are for
hidden to carry weapons, Now, tht
Cobalt district "Might almost be de
scribed as n pla-'e where emergency
is the rule, so that the 'restriction b
1 serious one, and not only in rewire
to the danger to life, but in regard
to the cost of living, because. in spite
of the fact that moose and other.gamr
animals are plentiful, the "prot'e
tion of them raises the price of meal
materially.'
Some entertaining stories are toll
of the unexpected and unwelcome
visit. of Mr. I3ruin to the prospector:
camps. On one occasion recently 'a
made a nocturnal call upon the p -ie
serve of George Grogan and his pari.
ner in the Porcupine, and literat4
clean up the grub supply. The part-
ner
artner was despatched for more provi-.
skins, and while Grogan was in sole
charge of the fort the bear repeated
his complimentary visit. Giving up
all thought of -a romantic death,
George hastily got the pack sacks to-
a'ther and spent the remainder o1
' the night in the canoe in midstream.
Such an unified retreat would.
' of course, have been quite unneces-
eara had Grogan been provided with
a rifle and the right to use it.
A party of three, including a
Frenchman, engared upon assessment
Rork had n similar experience while
ramping. The distance of the camp
to the place where they were operat-
ing was about a mile. 'They were in
the habit of taking their grub with
them, but one day they took i Chance.
ft proved fatal, for in their absence
:ter. Bruin called andswept the board,
't pot of rice left hanging over the
fire was included- in the feast. On
the . day following this clearance two
of the party were sent for provisions
to Gowganda, bringing back with
them thirty pounds of 'bacon and a
large quantity of other foodstuffs.
At nightfall all the goods were hung
up in a tree and believed by their
trustees to be in a safe place. How-
ever, Bruin landed it all right and
demolished every scrap of it. Stimu-
lated by his success the bear would.
•all almost nightly, and the French-
man became so frightened that he
'would not go td bed, but used to sit
rep all night. The party always kept
a fuse and cap ready for .bruin when
he put his head in through the flap of
the tent. Recognizing that such a
:.tate of -affairs could :not continue, a
plan was' devised to rid themselves
"of the unsolicited attentions of Mr.
Bruin. .
Felling a •heavy. pole they attached
a noose to it in the form of .a snare,
and' after adding a piece of meat 'to
it they felt that the victory was theirs.
-- E"art ia1-sueeess.,auas.awarded....t
attempt. Mr. Bruin, injudiciously
placed -his paw in the noose, but with
wonderful woodcraft he climbed •a:
cedar and was able to release his
pinioned limb even while his enemies
were trying vainly , to belaborhim
with an axe. After this failure the
party removed the cedar and prepared'
fot reale war. They carefully spliced
the handle of a hugo.carving knife on
a pole.and made up their minds that
the torment must cease.
Failing to regard his lesson, Bruin.
carne again and got entangled in the.
snare; Once the, party got him sus,
pended,the work of execution Ni?'as di-
vided. •While one attended•to the pole.
another got the bear to elevate his
forepaws . andbox, and ' another did
desperate work under the belt with
the knife. '
x, Tlae•...„hear. Wi} laterally hacked to
f `ht o o
•rake '-•`btitr tla r wawa ia, n ne
e ,
� lr g
tI e`ylsztar lit'mg ccid„t the�eoi , Ie
was so- Weakened, hoover, that the
man with:the knife was at length able
to reachthe heart. 'Needless to say,
bruin was skinned and eaten, and so
atoned in a very personal way for his
Misdeeds.
Such encounters, while they may
appeal to the ventnresorne, are not
to the prospectors' liking, and. it does
seem only reasonable that the ''men
should be , allowed- to . protect them-
selves against any such risks when
.out prospecting. Big game is plenti-
fail, and if taken without undue waste
should be slowed the men , in the
woods.
Mrs. Cummings' Successor.
Miss Agnes Riddell of Toronto; Mrs.
Cummings'. successor in the office of
corresponding secretary, promises to
make a brilliant record as an officer of
the National •Council of. Women of
Canada. Miss Riddell took part of her
university training in Glasgow and en-
tered the. University of Toronto in
the second year of the four years'
course. She graduated with honors in
Moderns and is spoken of by more
then one of the staff as one of the best
aimacts theuniversity has ever had
'ea busgeages. Since graduating, Miss
►. i ldeli • has taught in the Oshawa
High School. in Branksome Hall and
Westbourne School, Toronto. She is
resigning from the staff of Westbourne
School to give her entire time to the
work of the National Council. Be-
sides her university work in lan-
guages, Miss Riddell spent a year tra-
veling in Spain, France, Italy and
Switzerland. This knowledge of 'the
Continental languages. is of the great.
est benefit to the new corresponding
secretary of the National Council in
editing for publication the three vol-
umes of the Year Book of the Inter-
netional Council which is to contain
the entire proceedings of the meetings
held in Toronto last summer. The
first and second volumes are already
in the hands of the printers.
atitfie,o�r,y game ''
' boys, Teto
s;• fir's
base'snarmelt. out, ono •at each of
the eatretne. epos of the .plOground.
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HE IS A RIO MAN.
Han, D.C.. Fraser Has Both Physical
and Mental Size.
The Honorable Duncan Cameron
Fraser, Lieutenant -Governor of Nova
Scotia, is, his numerous' friends
throughout Canada ,will be pained to
learn, in poor health at the present
time and, after consulting a special-
ist to Montreal, has retired , to the
quiet of his country home in Guys-
boro, the county he represented in
the Federal Parliament for many
years.
s Governor Fraser is an ardent dis-
efple of Izaak Walton. He likes to
catch fish—fresh water fish and salt
water fish,
1). C. Fraser is one of Pictou
county's big men. Re is big in
stature, big in heart, big in his con-
victions, and, if I may use the term,
big in the affections of . all Nova
Seotians.
A Liberal of the, old school, a tren-
s'hant speaker, an indefatigable cen-
P vasser, a ready fighter, he has,
nevertheless, won the love of his
•'rongest political opponents and
"hey will rejoice to see him return to
',overnment House possessing all his
old-time vigor and geniality.
D. 0, Fraser is a lawyer by pro-
fession, a Presbyterian by religion,
and was, when in politics, a Grit.
He was a member of the Supreme
Court Bench for a shorttime, resign-
ing that honorable position tq accept
the more congenial and less arduous
one oI lieutenant -governor. The bit-
ter position he fills with dignityand
tact.
As an after dinner speaker, Gov-
ernor Fraser has no equal in Nova
Scotia. and as a presiding officer at
important functions he has few
peers, He is broad and liberal in
his views, and is a valiant champion
of the right of every n,an to his own
pinion. -
In his younger days—the early
days of his legal and political career
—D. C. Fraser was an ardent . up-
holder of the doctrine of moral
suasion. He believed in moral
"siitision—he preached moral suasion_
and he practiced moral suasion, and
throughout the countryside was
known as "Duncan Suasion." In
the cause of temperance reform, he
wielded quite an influence, and it
was here • he found vent for the doc-
trine so near his heart. Making men
sober by moral suasion is almost un-
known now, The law is supposed to
be the cure all.
D. C. Fraser is prominent in the
courts of his church. His experi-
ence has been all the way over the
road from singing in James Church
choir to taking an active part in the
debates of the General Assembly. He.
is an ardent church unionist, and his
address before the last General As-
sembly on that question will ever
live in the memory of all who heard
it.
He is a past grand master of . the
Nova Scotia Masonic Lodge and •.a
Scottish clansman, appearing at the
annual banquets of the North British
Voociety in full Highland costume. As
a' story teller `lie exec s, an'T Fie cal%
speak the Gaelic as readily as he can
the-English.—
with
heEnglish.
with no thought wnatetrer of toe mu*
tary conditions surrounding. • •
NOt: only do undesirable bacteria..
putreffactiro In their nature, fail into
the milk and cream, but the odors of
an unclean stablearia absorbed by the
cream. The volatile fats of butter fat,
constituting 8 per cent of ' the entire
quantity, absorb very-reaidily any odor
that may be associated near the cream.
• Thus to insure a cream free from
odors or taints it is impossible to place
the separator anywhere but in a clean
place without injuring the quality of .
' the cream. Thus the separator' exerts
muc# int]acnee`in'the- kaept�clew
n
�f'-ereant Sinee pits' introduetinn the
separator ba. revolutionized the cream
business, but it hag not eliminated thaat
great factor of cleanliness.
Rest For the Milk Maker.
- Whenever a cow,has been so bred as
to produce milk continuously .when
fairly well fed it is better for the cow
to feed her well and continue to milk
her 'up to time -of calving. But it must
be remembered that sue] cows are
phenomenal cows and do not represent
the common run at good (not bad)
dairy caws Renee, as. •a rule, it is
better to allow the average cow six
weeks' rest between the mincing pe.
clod and the freshening.
Farm -Sanitation.
. Pigpens, and stables should be kept
sanitary. When not prevented flies
will breed In btablee and pigpens and
cause much trouble. Keep them -clean.
This will be to the Interest of the ani -
mala, .an well as for the healthy of the
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OURS (Iasi( HlEAD1ti1GHt,.
Less Use Fer klatches.
With a new ,iperrieer In the house the
need of matches is diminished. ' The
Yankee invention kinks as much like a
huge safety tdn its anything else, the
pin being tipped with flint and the op-
posite side furek+hcd with a short file
on which to scrape it and produce the
spark. It is 19-eenta
NEARLY MAD WiTH
SICK HEADACHE
There are few people who have navel
experienced a sick -headache, and those
who have not may be considered • very
lucky, as it is one of the most aggravat-
ing headaches a person can have. There
is only one way to prevent these horrible
headaches and • that is, to get rid of the
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Ford & .McLeod
Raying secured a commodious Grain
Storehouse, we are now buying all.
kinds of grain, for which the highest
prices will be paid.
Bran, Shorts, Qorn and all kinds' of
grain, Seeds and other feeds keptlen
hand at the storehouse.
Ford & McLeod
WA. WATTS & SON
store opens at 7,30 a m, closes at 8 p m,
We are Practical Boot and Shoe mak-
ers and repairers. Boots made to or..
der from one to three days notice and
repairing done while you wait.
• (Farmers Attention
We have on hand several pairs of
our own make boots,just the thing for
the Spring wear. Come in and see
them, •
W. H. WATTS & SON
Opposite Post Office
We Want to Land
your" first order, because we know that
the satisfaction you will derive from
that will open your eyes to the fact
that you cannot do better anywhere
else that you can with us. You will
ftncl that we are not "all at sea" in our
business, hut thoroughly ''u'p-to-the
minute" and watchful of the interests
)f our customers, knowing' that. by so
loing, we are. really actingfot,atur
wn ultimate benefit.'
Q. A DOWNS,
Merchant Tailor, . Cllnton
IN24HOURS
you -can p• ainlessly remove any corn, either
hard, softor bleeding, by applying Putnanirs
Corn Extractor. It never nnrns,'leaves no soar,
contains no acids ; is harmless because composers
onty of healing gums and balms. Fifty years in
use. Cure guaranteed. Sold by all druggists.
25c. bottles. Refuse substitutes.• . • a. .
P,UTNAM'S :PAINLESS
CORN EXTRACTOR
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