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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1910-01-20, Page 3jantitiry Mk 1910 .1 9VIGAN04 SIDELIGHTS SCENES IN AND AROUND ON. TAR1O'S NEW SILVER CAMP. Music Is Used to Break the Tedium of the Isolated Little City and Pottl. Parlors Are to Be Found In the Wilderness -White Shirts Are Rare and Children Are Unknown - Men Who Have Done Well. From the broad verandah which .see.edels a rough ornamentation to the •Mgest hotel in this queer little min- ing city. I looked southward across the bays and inlets of Lake Gow- ganda, just as the sun was retiring behind the dark forest growth of jack ,pine to the west, 'says J. S. Crate, itt The World. To the left the tents and shacks and the more pretentious buildings lined themselves in an irregular way that seemed to have some relation to -the vagaries of the shore. It. was a strange town, more than a 'mile in length, with no depth, and not the 4111100121):: ne • of order. The place looked as thougn .. had just happene0, and as a matter of fact, that is the ex- planation. There were no streets and the people moved among the build- ings along an irregular trail. .The nearest semblance to a street was at the end of the old winter road, where a score of buildings had grouped themselves in something like orderly alignment. A$ the shades of early sunset gath- ered into darkness the buildings seem- ed to venish as spectres dissolve from the picture. The white tents could be .still distinguished, but as darkness gathered in its intensity these, too, be- earne more indistinct and vanished also. Meanwhile lights commenced to wink at the windows; tents were sud- denly aglow with a phosphorescent ra- •diance intensified by the unsurrencler- ing blackness of the forest setting. The lake seenied to gather light by the mirage of its glassy surface. 01- x:toes stole silently here and there across the bay, which would otherwise have been undetected but tor the rhythmical rub of the paddles against The sides. Far down the lake a light shone out .on the blackness, and the ears could 'detect behind it the rapid throb of. a gasolint• engine. It was corning in from the . west side mines with its lead of passengers. To the right was a tent almost big -enough to shelter a circus side show. From this came the sounds of lively music and the voice of a woman sing- ing a song from one of the latest musical eomediee. The merchant who owned the lent had learned that his /amity eould break the monotony of frontier life by the magic of music -while the oamp found solaee lo their songs. The eliek of pool balls had become audible from isnside the hotel. Voices -were becoming louder with the simple exeitemente of the tamp. Other pool' tables were going in full swing in the 'hotels further down the shore. The -night restauronts were as eesplendent with lights as oil illuminants would permit. The mutant moving of ea - aloes in smd out' of the darkness was puzzling until it was explained thut the men moved about frore'one sec- tion of the town to another in this way. Finally a eline launch nosed up 1-0 the shore and a young man ran -up to the hotel entranee. Once inside he danced around the wtove to get his blood On circulation. "Ay' bein oot fee an 'oor sin verra neer frozen," he said. "The mon couldna run the engine. He tweested every tap he cud lay his hands 4341. Then a mon kern fra .anither boat and set the. thing agoina" Inside the place wus filled with men. All wore long leather boots, which reach Almost to the knees, and many wore the bros.(' felt hat of the typical frontiersman. A white shirt or collar in that group would have commanded instent notice. On the whole they -were young men ranging in years from eighteen to thirty-five. There was an -entire absence of children. The con- - versation was all about the mines -or ebout freighting down the "branch" -all of w.hieh a, done by peekrzion and canoes. l!e.rne of these men spoke in language thet indieated femiliarity with the drawing -room, beek in the older centrto: of eivilizateion. Invest- gation prove•1 that many of them -were S. P. S. men, graduates ot Princeton. Harvard, McGill or Toron- to. There were many foreigners, too, who gathered in groups and convers- ed in the tongues of far-off lands. These men were mostly workmen at -the mines. The absence of a printing eStablish- inept was indicated by the queer ad- vertisements on the walls. One ad- vised ; "Ile up-to-date and have your let- ters typewritten by Tom Chitty." Two young druggists were pointed .out to MP. They had come in with the rush with a stock of $100 worth of goods. They were making money, had a good stock, first-class credit outside and a substantial bank account. I met Scobie, the barber, who one day last winter gathered up his razors in a Toronto store and started north. Scobie has !shaved $1,000 net, profit off the faees of the men of the north and has it "planted" in the bank. He pays $25 a month rent for a shop about ten. by twelve, employs an as. sistant, charges 25 cents for a shave and banks $75 a week. Scobie is get- ing on. I dropped into one of the three .chartered banks at Gowgancla„ and .asked as to the kind of business trans - .acted. "It is nearly all a deposit business with us," he said. "Men from the mines have few ways of spending their money and we carry a great many sav- ings' accounts. We also make up the pay rolls for various mining interests. These vary from $7,000 per month .down to $500. There are few requests for loans, as no one comes into the mining country without sufficient money to see him through." There are real heroes in this coun- try whose works of devotion must al - 'ways go unrecorded. TRADE WITH J 54PA4'. It His Great Possibilities Saye W. T. R. Preston. The return to Canada of Mr. W. T. R. Preston, Commissioner of Trade to Japan end -Clitime hes given in im- petus to the desire for an expansion ot trade with the Far East. No weed - ern country stands in each favorable geographical relation to Japan as the Dominion a Canada. Our western ports aro nearer by hundrede of miles than those of any other countty. The requirements of Japan tire simply in- calculable. The entire area of the empire of •the Mikado is Ices than that of the Province of Onterio, end les e than one-fifth is available for successful egelculture. at Wein suck limits there IS a population of fifty millions, increasing at the rate of half a million annually The market this country will af- ford to the world in a comparatively short period., opens up a enost profit- able channel for very many Cana- dian products. The opportunities that will be offered for'an expansion of the trade of the Dominion should not be neglected. In many ways Japan is going to be a competitor ot the West in the markets of Asia, and perhaps eventually in the 'western world as well. The empire must de- velop on some liue, and as the limit of expansion has about been reached in it$ agricultural life, the only avenue likely available for expansion is along industrial lines. But the great chenges that will be brought about in tbe life and habits of the people bysuck expansion, must ne- cessarily create a demand for west- ern commodities. Japan's necessity, therefore, is go- ing to prove Canada's opportunity. Japan will require very many of our natural products and raw materials. But the demand will not by any means be confined to the. usually AC- cepted list, such as wheat, flour, pulp, paper and lumber. Iron and steel products from our great eastern industries will certainly find a mar- ket, not only * Japan, but in Keret' and China, also. AS in all these countries' vast railway eonstructiou is already certain, the. Canadian Gova eminent wiJJ do well to put forth -its best efforts to cultivate and deveop our trade with these eastern markets. It is evident that our neighbors to the south theroughly appreeiete the possibilities -of the far eastern trade. This is evident from the feet that an - influential izinperial busineea eonnois. aim is at present touring the United States for three months as the guests of the chambers- of commerce ef the western crept. A few .niembers of this commission were persuaded to make a brief visit to Canada, and they were •deeply impressed with the resources of the bountry andthe possibilities for an exttansion of trade with this country. The subject is .moet..inipora tont The Government at .Ottawa, in co-operation with the commerciel- in- terests of the Dondeion, should leave • nothing undone to fleeter and proteet 'Canadian interests- in the Far East, • • Buying Cerregies. One of the older -residents Of Toe route was recently titling. ot a cantata ist, long since cleceateed,. .who hed. made a fortune by the •• purchase. of rags and the development- of the ha duerie of whieb they are the raw material. In tinie he atet tip te man- sion which he was -- desirous should not he surpaesed in the land, and en- gaged in the -proem .of filliog it With works of amt.-SomeoneMid.- hire that no MAI:18i011 was eomplate .without -a Corregio, and, :having business in Ilng- •land with regard to the :shipment of a• vastconsignment of rags, he decide.d to pick up e Corregio or two it he got a chalice. . He happened to meet on aid' Toren. to friend who was a' :university man and familiar . with art .subjeets, end asked hint. where - he •could. get. one. He would like to See- One anyway. The friend -took _ thim -to the .Sentli Kensington useinn, andnetillY eani apart e small hipeeimen, of the dethlt. eras work. • "Oh, that!s. a little • one," eaclaiined the eenitaliet, "how tirach • would. it lp;•• worth?" • • "S.ntowliere in the ne.ighborlion.)- ten thotzsand pounde said his frinel.' "Pshaw 1" was the Pon buy pictures likethat. in MOntreal for $27 a -piece. • • .• . • e A few weeks atter the •celitteol foetid met the capitalietr !o again; he had been td. Pa. raie in the infest -ohne. . • "What ebrut the Catregioe?" .quere i"‘tl his friend.. . . . "oh, I tonight -ft pair of aisle! • tot five hunared Pritrice," said the -cede.- talist; "they. don't tri, • to rob .yot over there." And sure enoogh-he had brand pries bou•ing the sienature ,"Obtre gio" in round, clear, letters: . Sir Wilfrid Is No • Horseman. . There are some things not eenerel. ,ly known .aboute Cenadeas ['vend w and one is tlert, 'elthoueli he, gnid.r. the reins of the edthinistratiop. wit} masterly skill and tlinlornarV, eau not drive a horse.. When Sir goes . to his pretty' runt retreat. te Arthebescaville, where lie Snands few weeks every 'summer; he frequent ly takes some ieitimate Mewl not with him. Sir- Wilfrid always iredest! on driving, but his eoinpahinn ie n so er very easy in mind. While tte Premier can easily keep his follower, within party lines.. he cennot:contro nearly so well the Ines over the steer that lie is direating. The e.nimel Inv a tendency to wander all ovitr th. road, and sometimee the carrieee dangerously near .the ditch.. Rut the polished and teetful chief of the Lib brat party is totallyoblivious of atm ger, no matter whet hauntino Jean his eseort may have. The tumor o the situation lies in the feet that Si: Wilfrid thinks that he is an admir. eble horseman, but ahem. althougt they do not care in openly :decline their opinions, says he pushes on the reins like a. woman, And are alway; thankful for one more esetme whet the journey is ended, ' Should Explain. It is up to Greet 13ritait Itt thit stage of the negotiationto come Ott plainly and explain what she evoult eonsider a valuable contribution to Hi strength of the Imperial navy. Ther it will be up to Canada. -Ottawa Citi I Clistoo News -Record THE WEED PROBLEM. Department of Agriculture Has lotted a Book on It. This question of weeds is interest- ing to many; to the farmers it is of vital importance. That is. why the Department of Agriculture Ima just issued a large book devoted to weeds. It is not an ordinary. departmental blue book, forbidding In appearance and dry in matter. It is a book fit for the library, substantially and at- tractively bound, well printed on fine paper„ and profusely and beautifully illustrated. And, best of all, it is filled with information presented in niost entertantiog and instructive form. Every farmer should have a copy and study it during his hours of lei- sure that approaching winter will bring to him. And., havingstudied it, he should begin next spring to put in practice the knowledge gained. In this book will be founda de- seription of practically every noxious weed known in Canada, and aecom- panying the description is a full-page colored plate of the weed. These plates are large, they have been care- fully prepared, and are accurate re- presentations of the weed in question. The book also relates the great loss sustained through weeds and it de- scribes in detail the beet manner of fighting them. Take one weed for example, one whose bright, blue blossoms look pretty enough along a road side, and which is very connnon throughout Eastern Canada. It is wild chicory, idso called wild succory and blue sailor. It is said to have a history. and like the history of so many it is downward and not upwards. Ile several countries of Europe, particu- larly in England and France, chicory WAS cultivated, principally for ite root, although its 'eaves made good food ler cattle. Its blanched leaves could also be made into a salad. But it is the root that is chiefly valuable. This is roasted, ground to a coarse powder and used either as a substi- tute for coffee or asan adulterant of coffee. Many people liked the additional flavor it imparted to coffee, and as it gives off a deepbrown color to water in which it is infused, it added the appeurance of strength to coffee with which it is mixed. The early French settlers of Can- ada brought out chicory seed l'and. planted it, and the root became Wide- ly used for the purpose of making a beverage. But control was lost of the phint and it became wild, just as it is wild in England and France. The book on Farm. Weeds tells all about it and how to fight it. And there are two hundred pages in the work filled with just such useful information.. ART 04 GOWBANDA. The Prospectors Knew Fidelity to Ne- ture When They Saw It. SO tne men are art critics, and others know how to blast rock. Generally a broad chasm divides men who exer- cise one or the other of these talents. Some of the 'miners who touch oll dynamite are likely to fall in detect - :mg the more subtle tones or outline* of• a work a art. Paint the picture of a miner eat- ing soup from• a: sieve with a fork, and the miner will rose at the ab- surdity of the thing, .1' mention tide because it is preliminary to the hist waVe of controversy that ever swept oyer the mining' country, hi which art detail was the inspiration. This is the way it happened: A new theatre was .being erected on the Sznyth side of Elk City, andan ar- tist, one Of the really good ones, was selected to paint the drop curtain. Ile decided to paint .a picture that the miners would appreciate, Forests of jack pine rose tinder the magic of his brush. Rushee were planted and thrived at proper places on the can. 'fate , A ' mountain loomed up like a bhie shadow Vier in the background, The water was so real that you coilid drOwn yourself in it. . Then eame the eroaming tion. the centre of • a raier. painted a canoe in which -two ,roitga nem were seated padding gracefully, thin sleeves rolled up to the ellenve •and muselea, standing out like cords, as the fragile craft was forced througe the water. It was a fine piettxre. There ,NWIS life and spirit in It. The artist whose work, well done, as its owe • :let:v.14111: with, the pride of a num . The night that. the theatre -opened • there was an uproar in Elk City, The miners came ii and seated thernseivee. Etres' were centred on the canvas Men grew fidgety and could not look at the picture without getting nerv. ous. Just what the trouble was thee eould: not fathom until tome one .at •the reel. shouted: "Say, men; theist fellers are both paddlin on .the side." *That started the racket. The absur 'they of the . thing daWned on '.these men, .who live half the time in theat canoes. For dart it, was the talk a 'Elk City, and finally the management of the theatre removed • the curtair altogether. • Where Jumbo Was Killed.. St. Thomai Times: On Sept. 15 next it will be just a quarter of a benturt sinee the famous elephant, the mane moth Jambe), was killed near ths Grand Trunk Railroad crossing or WOodworth avenue!, St. Thomas. Bar nurn's Circus had been exhibiting ot the 12 -acre lot, north of the track part of what is known atothe WM' Fem., and where chews tents har been annually pitched for years: • This historic spot, along with -the 1# acres lying on the emith side a sthalee.tratk, is now being offered fee Inimigration For October, The total immigration into Caned! for October was 17,301, as compare( with 9,089 in October of last year 8,032 arrived at ocean ports, an in orease of 78 per cent.; and 9,269 front United States, an increase of 102 pa dent., eompared with the same month of last year. The total immigration for etwee months, April to Oetober inclustve was 138,234, as compared with 109, 66'6 for the same months of last yeor an incrense of 26 per cent,- DUFFERIN"3 LOSS. Late Dr. John Sam' M.P., Was Bee loved In His District. The County of Dufferin is just be- ginning to realize the great lose it has sustained in the death of its Federal member of Parliament, the late Dr. John Barr, who died recently. Al- ready scores of people are heard dis- cussing the impossibility of filling his place. From the busy streets of the village to the lonely homes on the township side roads a unanimous expression of regret is voieed by the people regardless of their politieal °PPOirnearly half a century he was reeident of the county and 'became so identified with its interests, both in his private kindnesses and public benefactions, that he was looked upon as a county institution. Some idea of his great popularity as a physician may be gained from the fact that in the Township of Osprey there was only one bouse to which he was not called in his capacity as medical ad- visor, although this township is not situated in Dufferin, its nearest boun- dary being 15 miles north of Sheb burne. Upon the formation of Dufferin as a' separate county in 1875, he became its first member of Parlferhent, and with the exception of the short period when political lines were obliterated by the transient patron movement, he has been in public life ever since. He knew the County of Dufferin better probable than any other man who ever lived in it, and hundreds looked upon him as a personal friend. He was a great dispenser of hospital- ity and the very antithesis of the modern politician, who' forgets his supporters after the day of election. To those in trouble he always gave a sympathetic ear and did whatever lay in his power to aid them in their dif- ficulties, and although he accumu- lated a fortune in the practice of his profession, he was never known to enter court to recover a claim. To these many excellent qualities he owed his great popularity as a public man, and was generally return.. ed to Parlienunit with tine of the largest matoritiee in Cauada given to rural members. As a public man. his influence was always exerted for the benefit of his constituents and he was looked upon as one who could not, under' any cite cmustances, be influenced to betray this trust.. To his influence mey be traced many reforms in the law die redly benefiting the common people, was pointed out byrepresentatives of the Quebei c press n Ottawa as a model member for a rural constitu- ency. Although a supporter of the Temperance and Moral Reform Move- ment in Parliament, he was a great lover of individual freedom in person.. al tastes and was looked upon as a connoisseur in all the requisites for the convivial hoard. He had the happiness to be united in marriage to it lady who hadd the grace of perfeet breeding and enjoyed in her erre of action an equal popu- larity with himself. Melvin -Jones on .the Bench. Among the preeminent residentof !Toronto reeenitly fined for exeeeding Ithe speed limit with his automobile, Was Senator Lyman Melvin -Jogs, Who contributed five dollars to the civic exchequer. And this is not the first time that. Mr. Jones has etaid fine and helped to swell the *offers ag a large emporation. - The other incident was in Winnipeg ;back in the early eightiee„ when be lwas ntayor of that city. It 'was that It wanton practice for •Then to taw aordwood me the streets, for tlae prat- kie oapital had net aequired anything Like the metropolitan air that it hos to -day. A bylaw was passed by the City Connell that no wood -sawing thould be done on the public than -oughfares. Yet, what was the poor aYerage resident to do? There were kevr back yards fenced off, and wood !sheds werenot numerous. ' One day an offending citizen was umminied by the police for it :viola- tion of the bylaw. Mayer jonee pre- ided in the Pollee Cou,rt that morn- ing. The defendant acknowledged hie guilt, and the acting magistrate, for the, purpose of setting an example te other probable offenders, taxed' him dollar and costs. • The inan asked if he could have time to pay, and was rellowed a week. Before the seven days had etapsed, the mayor went down in his:ownit pocket and settled With the city, Alter that the police Were .allowed to overtook ' the practice of sawing wood on the street, tis it lwas felt by 'his 'worship that to en- torce the regulation too rigidly would be a hardship he those pioneer days. Mr. Jones is probably the only Cana- dian mayor who ever taxed a Citizen for violating a byte* and then paid the fine himself. • Duck Hunting With Nefe. • Duck hunting with nets, which is [declared by E. Tinsley, chief game inspector of Ontario to be "the -dirt est form ° of law -breaking' possible," as cropped up again in the neigh. orhood of Belleville, where it used to be rife some years ago, and: the' depertnaent: is taking -rigorous meas. tures to stamp it out. One Offender, Who has been apprehended, in addl. 'tion to having his nets confiscated, has had to pay a fine of $20. Port Rowan, Fort Erie and Bella .ville were formerly theresorts of gangs of law -breaker e of this stamp, who set the department at defiance ,and on one occasion even raurdered an inspector. These, however, had been 'pretty well cleaned out, nntil the present recrudescersee of the evil. Chops Wood at 102. The Poet Credit News, a hustling newcomer in the ranks of Peel County journalism,, says: It is not often that we hear of a person living to the age of 102, but we have one citizen. Patrick Long, whet celebrated his 102nd birthday on Fri. day, Nov. 12, by a largegathering ol his family and many friends. Some were present frdm Toronto. Mr, ,Long was born in Ireland, • and eanie, ter Canada when a young man, and hat lived in Port Credit vicinity evet since. At present he is living with his daughter, Mrs. joselph Elea, and is enjoying good health and is able to be out (ugh day, and ofteh in• dulges in the good exercise of Cutting light wood... . seimart.14"1...09.1 VERY FINE BIRDS. Hie Wife's- Comment on the Result of His Hunting Trip. The braggadoelo ot the (volition vet riety of buttbands generally Ammer or later tans tteroce the town tetnetto thet moon women have or Inman miture iti general lited brugging telebouois to pale Neuter. A witto NtlIlinern nottasto wee married to Suet) it man. who. 1nottgli tor:viably IltItItleetttitifIll HS a hunter. was coutinualey beistiolute et his 11111 Ings. As he was returuing 'home one mem Ing alter an all day minting trlp it ts. eurred 10 hitt) that the usual amino 1111110111 or all empty game hag was actorrtt;slltt1114g:skill us IL bunt:r and: that M O Wit' nstiniirijie4):eoi he went to the market and .pltretiesed two brace ot partridges. As he enterK1 the house he threw them Oti the table with great eciat a I owl/dowel, "Veit, you 4011' OM doubt er, vou see that 1 ant tawnier with ;lie gun man you gire me credit tor betng, utter all; now don't your . Milady picked ilP the birds and ex. amlned them very carefully. As she .saatowited: up after the ekatnitiation Ile "ripe birite, my dear -very nue birds, are they uota" "Robert." responded the wife, torn Ing up her pose, "you were only piss Ip time 1u:shooting those Milts twiny. Tomorintv It wuttot have been ever. Itudingly too -late."--b't, Lotus :Repub. be. EATING AN APPLE.. What You Take Into Your System With the. Fruit, "Po you know what you're euting?" said the doctor to the giri," "An apple, ot course." "You are eating." sold the doctor, "iiibitmen; sugar, gurn. mane acid, gal- lic•aeld. Ober. water and phosphorus.' "1 hope those thlugs ore good. 'd bey sound. alarming!' " Net h I ug- eou id be bete er. .You ate, 1 observed, rather too Innen meat tit dui • net atie madeacid ot tipples neutral- izes the excess of cbalky CLII/I4-, ea by too unich meat and thereof). ghoetitiffs lo0r yourkeeP(13,Oltnite3e.4)sitlittlig‘ i. OA'tiPel)iiresat.'2. ..drive out the muttons toat fers " w li sett muse skin eruptunis. They are g000 tor your 'wale., WWI) those same nos. foils 'netters it centimel render slug - One Moreover, the steida ot the apple diminish the acidity or the' stointieb that totnee with some forme ot nun- ..gestion. The phosphorUs,:or which op- ples couta In a tiarg.er percentage than ' any other frnit or vegetable, renews the 'essential nervous matter et the brain and spinal eotutun. Oh, the an , limns were not wrong when they, es- teemed the apple the rood ot the gods -the magic renewer ot youth to wiileh the mein resorted wheu they* telt. t hem. selves growing' old mid feeble. -I (tank 111 ve sin apples." coucturied .t he doe- tOr."-I-New fork Tribune, .Stratige,Lapso of .Memory. • . Cases tit:forgetfulness en matters ot interest are on :record. White Prtettly wee preparing his work en - tied "Harmony et' •the •tkokeir tit) had taken great. pains te inform, hint. sell on it subjeet whten had been mo dter'=. disetienien relative to:the Jewish Passover., 'Ho wrote otit the -resod' ot his ,researelies Rita • mid .the • ps tier • • a way, I-1 is a tteittion and time tieing taken with something; else, some tittle: ttme elepsed netore the subject oertir- red to his mind again. Then the same elfin*emit pains were git'Pli nettle sub. Pet ,taisteitito giren .to lt tietore, end the results were agitio.put ott ea pet• anti in al. itttittt' II conipietely Mot h*. torgottt n. that he 'had cOpied 14.e. 5111110: Inttagt'st Otis end retlectioes tietere that it weeonly wimp -he had lomat. the onset% oil tvitien he Mid 1111itser10- . ed thee' that i1. was.Teettiled to ms rete. otteetien, -Thi4 snide author Mui tre „fp-minty yearl 11(5 own published Writ- ings and dld.tiot teeognize Aiwa). A Question Per the King. 1)1r1tlity ma 'always .tteilge king. There have beei 1. many rulers yeller eoult1 take as well' as giae in the. jotting •iine, 'late moat. etriking 11 steuee or thireeitai is•seert in the (else 11 Charles tlitil.good natured /411) It. w 119 miee asked his cite pla HI, 1 tr. "IlOW itt It putt you always read_ your sermons lietore me , tv heti. as 1 unitte•stitiel, you eon preaeh elmptetiti -enough elsewhere without huok 01 :Hot ea?" • . .The good doctor answered that he was so overwitsimed by ,his majesty!st present*. toot he ('(*11 Id not trust Mitt- selt otherwise% cositiiining, eAtid ono: -sire, may li memo% you to tell ni11. a he • you read pun. speeetnetwhen you hare no sucteexeireeS"-St„ Lotus iteptilete. • Her Own 'Co.in. There was • 111111e a seem% the othet night at a certain liridge party. A inset tatid i littlY with her own 1, (1. s '('he lady said h Was most ottgeette• manly. Site said she wouldn't have: minded 114,1tfg pH Id back in hese, own rolls, but she disliked paper tutitley. 1•Ixehatige.' the Harder Part. "It le hard les tenets sot sad dog tieu frleke." quoted the wise guy. 'Yee, it's hard to had the opts It'it•ks.";stilded the simple initg.--Plilia delphla Record. • Well Bred. Gentlemah-That look,* .st well two dog. Owner -1 should AMA he wzlt. welt bred. Why, he wives- /wee 11 liti a dinner till he's got Ithe collar onto. Punch, Thehe are about 2d.t400 wOrnin to Id acre ot cuitioelete met it subscription to The Nonsiltecord for one year for one dollar. • Haggart the Oldest. An interesting study at the begin - Wag of every Parliament is to dis- cover who the oldest members are, as the number of those who were re- turned to Parliament in 1896, Sir Wilfrid Laurier attained power, is now veryrapidly diminishing, the i following s the list of the thirty who remain: Conservatives -Major Those, Beat- tie, London; R. L. Borden, Halifax; Andrew Broder, Dunclas; Hos, Geo. E. Foster, North Toronto; Hon, J. G. Haggart, South Lanark; David Hen- derson, Halton; Col. Sam Hughes, Victoria and Haliburton; D. Monk, Jacques Cartier; William 13. North - up, East Hastings; E. B. Oster, West Toronto; Dr. John Z. Reid, Grenville; Dr, W. J. Roche, Marquette; Dr. T. S. Sproule,. East Grey; Geo. Tay- lor, Leeds; Crude Wilson, Lennox and A.ddington; W. F. Maclean, South York -16, Liberals -Sir Fred. Borden, Ring's; Hon, L. P. Brodeur, Rouville; J. P. Brown, Chateauguay; jos. Aeethier, _No itfountains;Hon, W. S. Fielding, Shelburne and Queen's; Hon, Sydney A. Fisher, Brome; Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier, Quebec East; Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, Gaspe; D. B. Meigs, Missis- quoi; Hon, Frank Oliver, Edmonton; Hon, Win. Paterson, Brant; Hon, Clifford Sifton, Brandon; 0, E. Tal bot, 13elleehasse; Joint Tohnie, North Bruce. -14. The father of the Home is Hon. Mr. Haggart, who, was born in 18,36, and is thus 73 years of age. He has been in public life since 1867, when he became, mayor of Perth. He was elected to Parliament in 1872 and has held his seat without defeat ever since. He was appointed Postmaster - General by Sir John A, Macdonald in 1888. Montreal Goes Ahead. Mr. Alex. McFee, the Montreal graiu exporter, asked recently whe- ther that port has held its own as against Boston, New York, and other United States ports on the Atlantic, in grain shipments for the year said: .".E think that Montreal is holding its own. But it, is tny opinion, that the combined exports of grainfrom the Atlantic porta has decreased of late years. Montreal's supremacy in this regard is to be attributed to our canal system, which gives us cheap freight rates from west of the great lakes to Montreal. The fact that the shipment of grain goes by an all water route, obviates necessity of breaking up bulk of the cargo. The American system of grain transpor- tation, utilizing both lake and reit, is at a disadvantage here. • Something to Be Sure Of. This anecdote is. attribtited' te Rev. Wm. Patterson,. of Philadelphia„ for"- merly of Toronto, although as he is the 'high -salaried pastor of a very. Wealthy church it • teem ..scoreely apropos. It is gaid that he once re- • marked, in a circle of his lerethren, that.he thought •minietees Ought to be humble and poor, Ilke their Maater. "I have often prayed," said . ke. "that I• Might be kept humble; I 114ser prayed that I might be poor- ).- could trust my church inr that!" The Position of Canada. A political. leader, iti conversation with a Montreal Standard representa- • Live the other day said 'This may• be only an expressain of American euterpnse, .but in, ..iny . estimation it may mean very „much more. • The daily exploitation . of . the riches :of Canada for the delectation of Amer'. can readers must naturally haie. the Q.ffeet of exciting the .aapiaity• of • Am- ericans -this is only mature). The timehas, eunie when they need our aw inaterial---this.has become an ab- solute necessity. • Espeeially is this • true with regard to our pulpwoou. vtenat more 'natural than that Arneri• can newspaper ;publishers ehoeld do ee-erytbing itt their power to become poseeseed, by any means Possible,l'of the treesoree 'of the Caoadian .foreets And to do this the way roust be pre- pared --the nob -lion' of the people must be moulded, T into' be .wrong,- but this looks 10 me ••like the beginnieg of .etirriug times. What ,the a.meri- • can- papers .undertake they generally. accomplish, and. it seems tome that Canada is now the plum upon ivhich- they are to concentrate 811 their at- tention. How Canada will ,come out 'fl it 'remains to 'beSeen,- moinsuum.-0.7-0-04-00, Listless, eaekwerd Child Made Bright and Active ky Pr. morsel Ida Boot Min Many ;iri growing boyo odown as conttite- 0,1' giro tirlazy onallyswlohwe,nitstupid. ,, avVri.401, • Ay really a question ef /144604.:1 inactive bowels, lazy liver or sluggish \'111.31 Ze• growing chikl, with a hearty 4\41101,1 appetite, certainly !kik cannot long remain if the sewers of the • healthy and bright body, the bowels NW. Ca". aohnodulcithebe ktihrcintewrY: L 11. arechokedsup with The" snamudi; p complpromptly,teg limbs and dislike for mentalbr physinal effort show' plainly that the child needs Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills to Stir up the liver and kidneys and regulate the bowels, Pr. Morse's Isoliats Root Pilk do this most effectively, cleansing the whole system, purifying the blood, aiding the digestion and giving plenty of life and activity. As upon the education obtained may depend the success in life of your boy or girl -see to it that the general health of the child is such that study is pleasure and not a hardship. Made from roots and herbs by W. IL Comstock Co., Ltd., at Brockville, and. sold by all dealers at 25c. a box. 5 THE GUARD WAS ANGRY. But the Pretty Girt Didn't Need lila • -Protection. ' Passengers on a snowey ear Matilde from 13rooltlyn to New Yortt ort Sun- day afternoon had an experienee that tirst caused, reowes.and. then 31 tane gl The cur was crowded, but all the - women had seats. on the piatforut was a middle aged man, appareotly •- respectable. On it side seat' wee a. girl in'Old rose, with cheelts.to muteh. The matt on the platform caught her eye for a moment and threw ti frantic, kiss, The girt tirst stalled, then bluete.' 141 furiously. He theew another, and she turned. away st crimsoned Mee. . "That will -about do for yob." saki.; the big, rawboned guard. "Go Imine to your wife," • Tbli didn't seem to worry the appar- ently respeetabie matt, and, catching; * glint trout the girl's eyes, be threw . another kiss. She turned :her face tee study carefully. a pretty not, across the ear. ' . At ' the iiittuntittati. etid of thebridge. the -girl rose toeteare the var. The man who was trying to dirt with her also fared the' sliding door, By that time all •iyets Were ott the pitir, the guaed Wee'. mad eel • thrthigh, :and rouple ot passengers edged dangerous- ly Close. •• • The girl l'n old rose tank- the arm ot tbe• apparently resiteetakit. 1111111 and . said tu it silvery %'ok'elhrtt all coot* near: "Oh. papa, how Yon?"' Therarverybiety howled et e joking. father and a lovely . daughter. -New York Press.- . . Trouble Ahead. A north country coroner is said to he waiting the suielde ot a toe.sil poet who .wrete. about. clasping the t wo• remit - bus hands".'ei his iadytove, hut tt 1114 ti. theprieter Made to, read -thetwo tre=.. mentions bends." -London Mail. A' Queer Question. • $ ma 11 . Thei tad •tat the zoo -Want taet tunny looking bird, papa?. l'aptt , --That•la a bald eagle, Ilarelda Stnall • Harold -Bow leag, does au englehave to. be 'married before he 'gets bald', .Pa pa ?-Chiceigo News. * How the Frost Fence 'Gives" and "Takes" Like a Spring • ANV"coiiless" Fence is liabie to snap in certaig weather conditions. But the Frost is -a coil Fence.in 'Winter, • when steel wire contracts, Prost coils "give" their sm:plas, instead of snapping like, coilless Fente. And in Sunimer, when the' Wire expand+, that surplus returns to theProst coils, in- , stead of sagging and cat:Wine' the Fence to lose its shape... And no matter how often contraction or expansibiis caused, the Frost Pence always acts the tame, like a Spring. • • Merely Excuses •••••••=ame. im 0•••••..•••••••• Lots of other Wire Fences have a Tension, curve or Kink, IS alt excuse for "Give" and "Take." But the number of these "Gives" and "Takes" is limited. They cannot keep it up. It isn't in the Who otthe method. Both the Prost Field -Erected and the Prost Wren Fence have extra provisions for "Give" and "Take." But no others have it. You simply cannot find another Fence which will retain its shape likt the Frost. IVfaice.Our Own Wire We are the only Pence Makers in Canada who Make and Galvanize Wire exclusively for Pence purposes. Wire, to give satistadory service in Canada, should be made especially to fiffht off the peculiar Canadian climate, which simply knocks the vorytifc oat otinost Fences. But all Wire is not made with Canadian conditions in view. • The Wire fprinerly .used for theFrost Fence was made in thb States. But wehad it made especially for us. 11 Ova better satisfac- tion than most Wire, but we wanted far better. For that reason We -decided to make line Galvanize our own Wire: So we built aMtli for Witemlaking, and another for Galvanie. ing..akul installed the most modern Machin - in use. Then we dbtnined the serviceof one of the most EXpert Wire -Makers in America. A rnan with a5 years of Wire -Making ex+ perioneo back of him The new Frost Wire is Anima x so selen. tifically that it possesses the grope temper for Canadian conditions, Every, inch 'is Of uniform tempe , tul .strortger than any other No. 9 wire, It -will not snap, regardless of peen! Canadian weather variations. 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