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The Wingham Advance, 1916-02-03, Page 6nunary t of' KU lett you!" re addressed to me lie the German army. lie hie beard just sprout - there had been no war nany and any other pow- tg before he wan born he ) way of letting off big sur - We were in a beer garden, and been sitting, at a table tr one at Mach I sat with a party Ameriean friends, * Getting up from his table, he walk - ea past us, and, my foot being in hie way, he took pains to stumble .againet it. Then, glaring down at lee, hp vela in English: "1 vill pig stick you!" "What does the fellow mean?" , "You've been ehallenged to fight a attel," sEld Washburn, an attache at the American legation. Ile had lived In Berlin a number of years and knew the vas of the inhabitants. "Ile van send all .the ehatienges he pleases," I mid, "I'll pay no atten- tion to them." . "In that case," Washburn replied, "you must give up the social stend you bare prepared to take In Berne 1 shouldint like to pO you forward as 1 'lave prom:zed unless you either . right young Donhoff„ whom everybody et o is on intimate terms 1 family, or find some tatter," nt of the matter is t , ,, .. 1twee "I'll think it over. I've helped Bev. • eral Americans out of such scrapes. By the bye, I OMR I'll try the plan by which I saved Albertson from get- ting a sword thrust between his ribs." "What plan?" "I didn't explain it till the affair was settled, nor will I tell you. PO • yourself hi my heads, ask no clues. tams, and I think I can bring yeti out of this with honor, probably with eclat." I assented, and he took a Message from me to Donhoff. I was an Amer, lean, and .A.mericaes 'did not fight duels. However, I was willing to fight limier -certain conditions, or, rather, I would prove myself more skillful than he, We would fire at a • hen's egg at 20 paces. If he hit' the egg ofteuer than I, I would stand up • and permit lam to shoot at me as • long 'ait he liked, If I bit the egg more times than he, he was to eule • mit himself as a target for me. The hot headed youngster accepted the conditions. Indeed, he was rather pleased at the novelty of the plan, Washburn arranged for a test of skill in a fencing academy and brought a basket of eggs to the place, whin were to serve as targets, The atfair being an unusual one, none of the safeguards common in duel prelim:la aries were taken. Washburn fixed Ihe target, suspending the egg by it tliread, Donhoff and I tossed for order of trial, and I won. Each principal Wa'S to deliver five shote, and the one who thatterea more .eggs than the other W011, The day -before the test I eould smarcelyehit a barn door, but I prac- ticed sufficiently to bit an egg at least once in five ehote. On the trial 1 spattered the contents twice. Dom haft, who like all German army Mai- cers, was a good marasman, looked upon my work with evident contempt, I missed the first and second shots, andas soon as I had done so he ee mad to lose all interest in the cen. A. te... He had doubtless made a prt•ve out trial and discovered he could hit thetegg -every time. 1 was instructed by 'Washburn thin }ellen I beat Donhoff-and Washburn t nu assured me that if his plan work- ed I would -I was immediately to re- nounce my right to make it target of him. Washburn hung an egg for him. Ile fired somewhat carelessly and misspd. He was surprised especially at seeing the egg vibrating from the wind of the ball. He fired a second shdt, thistime aiming carefully. Again he missed, and again the egg danced. If now he hit the egg at every remain- ing et he 4.24,aottitheat me. Though A -took a long time to aim before the illiird shot, he missed it, 116 could neW only tie me. But he had become so irritated with himself that he was not capable of doing as good work as betore. He missed the fourth and fifth shots, the egg at each successive shot vibrating less, indicat- ieg that his aim had grown less accu- rate. On missing the fifth shot he threw his pistol down with an oath., Wasbburn shot me a glance, and I cried, "I renounce the right 1 have won!" and, hastening to Donhoff, put out my hand. He took it, muttering imprecations on himself • for having amen so clumsy. Then he and bis party thanked me for my magnanimity and left the academy. "By Jove!" exctaimed Washburn, sinking into a chair, "If those fellows bad exercised one-tenth the care they would have taken in an ordinary duel I would hayethadete leave Berlin." 'hat do you mean?" I asked. "You fired at a solid egg. Denheff a shell from which 1 had drawn te eontente. No ball will hit an mpty eggshell. The wind will drive it aside every time," We had. won by a Yankee trick, but 'since it was merely to avoid blood epIlling our consciences did not a trouble, as. I entered Berlin society under Washburn's wing with great eclat, I feared that I would be 'called upan to maintain my championship, but was let severely alone. le • * LITTLE Losr PUP. He was 'esti-not it shade of doubt of that; For lie never barked at a Milking eat, But :amid in the square whbre the !wlnd blew raw, With drooping ears and et trembling paw, And a Mournful look In his pleading eye And a plaintve sniff e.t the passerby, That hogged as plain as tongue could sue. NM, mister, ph afte may I follow you " A torn WC° Wtlie of tawny brown Adrift In the roar of a headless town. ni, the saddest of sights in it world et ein is a little I,.et pup with his tall tucked In. Well. he won my heart (for I St.t great etore oe my own red llute-who is here no n,y morel. 0 1 whietled riper, sad he trodded it; . nd Wit° So glad es that small lost ntier UP PilalY8 iny board, and he oWno v bee. , fairly ehouts When he in ars MY things no wrong as they Grime'- , 11 t I , M111 Ile, %Lula Is eold and I'M feel1i41: little tie .1i/e, rights to damage my evopA 1,,,,eent 'reel tongue and it nice cold nty,o, silky lig ad en nay 55111 OP 1(111,6 ,01 ti t'at 110 a, paw OM be. lir I. wi, rove the woods for a. league Wean' te•ti VIII of pranhe ti, e, pelmet let out 1„.nti frisks 11, 111v-4,- 16:miff's cell ;ere 1.e, down like it th,infkr- ef sights in the witted( oh 1,0•0 1.,,ith h 1 in tlie 44444'4444".4440.949.144444144444M4.40444444044.14144414.4444444441441.4(4414,44.4.4444444..44.4"4444144444144.441.4441444444M v0444444444444044$44444144444444.4414440440.444.4444141444144.4.04444444441.414444.41414!....44#444444444041144411.44#444 To most of his hearers there was nothing in hie Manner that was not quite natural, but Graves. looked 1111 suddenly as he spoke and eyed aira r ith a little more atteutIon than he Lea hitherto baetowea on him. Mr. Blake's examination was con- etudea, and the Coroner heard the me - e$ evidence. This was on the 'whole very simple. 'Jho medical men used professional terms, as they usually do, but the con. elusion to which they had come was etraightforward enough, James Rich- ardson had died from the effect of the wound on his head. "Not by drowning?" wilted a juror, "No, certainly not! The man was not drowned, It is not probable that he waS ever under water," "Can .you give us any idea Of the eon of Weapon which would have in- flicted these injuries?" 'Almost anything large, heavy and bunt; a blunt tool -a spade, for in- stance -or a large ;atone." "Buell as this?" -and the stone nicked up was hown "That would do it." "In Yaur opinion, allowing that this were the weapon, was it thrown at the man, or held in the hand and used aiti a hemmer?" "Probably the latter; but if it were thrown O all it would aave been from a very alert distance. The ap- pearances point to its baying been dulled ageinst the unians temple." "Would one blow have sutficed, or do you think there were more than ono?" "One would have been an that was necessary." "And what degree of force would have been used?" "It is difficult to say. If the as- retalaut had at all the advantage of po- eition, if he were standing on higher ground and could come upOn the man with something of a rush, a compara- tively moderate amount of strength would suffice. If they were standing level, anci if they were about the same height, it would require mare. But I do not think we need assume that there was any very •anustial muscular effort." "For a man?" said the coroner. "Exactly, for a man," "If you were looking at the subject In t onnection witha woman, what would you say?" "A woman? That would be a very different matter, The average wo- man would not throw anything with nearly the same amount of streugth, nor if elle need It as a hammer would she be able to pat the same force in- to the blow. Girls may compete very successfully with their brothers in running and swimming and climbing, but I never yet met one with a good idea of throwing." - "Yet it would not be an impossibil- ity for a muscular, well-developed wo- man?" "No, not an impossibility." The doetor retired, and the coroner busied himself for a moment with has notes. Then Tamnas Slade was called, and he stepped forward and was duly sworn. He gave his name, -an-d stated his business to be that of a job garderter and general laborer. "You knew the dead man by sight?" he was asked. "Yes, sir." "Have you spoken to him?" "No, sir." "When did you see him last alive?" "On Tuesday afternoon," "Where?" "Am I bound to say, sir? I don't want to go against the law, but I'm a poor man, with a wife, and I have to think. You gentlemen, will go away, but if I've offended any one here I shall be left" "No one will be allowed to injure you in any way," said the coroner. "You are certaanly bound to answer. Where did you see James Richardson on that afternoon?" "In the garden at Box Cottage," said Slade. "Box Cottage? That is -in the oteu- Patton of-" • "Mies Daintree, sir." "And Nitta was the deceased doing there? Was he alone?" "Alone, except for her -Miss Dain - tree, I mean." "Was the deceased a friend of the lady?" "Not that I should have.thought. I never aaMr him there before." "What happened on tine occasion?" "I came in from the 'fields at the back. They were stanea'vng on the lawn, and I thought they must have been friends unbeknown to me; but 11 wasn't as friends they) were there, fOr they were having a batter quarrel, and both were too angret to see Inc uutil I were close on Unarm" ,"How do you know they were quar- relling?" "I heard their voices raised, and as, I tome up t heard her say -and the threw the words at him as if they had been states -'That is the weapon that will be fatal to you.' Then he saw me and he went. away," "Do you Mean that you took this to be •a threat of personal violence from Miss Daintree?" "Well, 1 don't rightly know what to think. I told our peliceman about it, as I knew he was always het:Ping his eye on her because of wthat her lot was doing tip in London." .This cryptic stateraeut bad to be tenravelea for the benefit of the cor- oner. "Am I to gather that themffietr avas afraid of thie lady?" "I wouldn't say afraid, ,sir, but on his guard, ea to 'speak." Miss Dalian° was neXt arid sworn ita the coroner had expected to see a "wild -haired fury" tile was ells - appointed, for she looked very geld, very- pale, and very sad. "How long have you knOW1), tha ceased slut was asked, "1 have onlir spoken to him twice tn nly life. Once was on. the after- noon to which Slade rams, and onatt wee about five or six days before: then, when I' met him,, entirely,. by aecitimit ;the hollow 'by, the ftwa aoble." • ; .." • "Tell us whet hippo:zed then!" "1 had gone to pick flowers, andt found him already tlyere.- Ito Aare afraid he viaa driving Me, away, AA atfered to help um geetthellowers, 'nut this1 &ennui, und I left tat one, ;le Caalto with me as far ae the teeke, and handed me cole'rainy-ahteaket *bid bade- me gt.cti•evuning.", . "Did taw ate tat:c eed i'ateathiarale •• • •41 • "As 1 left I !taw the Rector aud Sir John Wooten." She Was told to stand down for a few minates and whilet Sir John was asked if lie remenaltered the incident, • He said that he did. "SVliy was the fact impressed upon your anind?" "Simply because 1 was astonished at the idea that ;Vise taeintree coula • poestbly know' a man ite such a very • different station in life from her ownat "Did you hear her answer him when be wished her good evening?" "No; she did not take any notice or hien at e"Did. ite look pleased or the re - "Decidedly the reverse." The Rector, locating very worried, • confirmed Sir John's statement, and Mies Daintree was once more called, "You -were surprised at eeeing this man in the hollow by the Pools?" 4iyes.), • "You heal uo further conversation with him there?" "None," "And the next meeting you had with him Was in your own house?" "In my own garden." "Why did he come? Was it by 1.- vitation?" "Certainly not," "You must have some explanation to offer, as to wily this man, a com- Pieta stranger, called on you? Do you think he was influenced by any desire, however impertinent, tc) ex- press admiration for you?" Beryl shook her head: "I must press this queetion, Miss Daantree. What had this man ter say to you?" "I cannot tell you," she said. "Surely you reallze this is verY extraordinary? This man forces' himself in to your presence, and You cannot tell us why?" Beryl did not answer. Every one in the room was staring hard at her, For the first time it dawned upon her that she was in a position of great difficulty, possibly great peril. • "You have heard Thomas Slade's • account of what he heard and saw. Do you agree with his' statement that there was a difterence of opinion, amounting to a quarrel, betweea you?" "Yes, there was a difference of opin- ion." "Was the subject on -which you dieagreed mentioneq between you on the occasion when you met the man in the hollow?" "No." 'Neither directly nor indirectly?" eiache "Yet you were aware of it at. the time?" • "I was not aware of it." "But in less than a week you are on terms of grave disegreement with him on some point, although you had not raet in. the interval. Are we to un- derstand that you reeeived any writ- ten commaitication from him?" ,"Noe I have never done so." ,n,,,yyeetse.,:sk us to accept these seem- ingly cotradictory statements?" "I should like to read over to you this extract from Slade's, evidence - heard Mies Daintree say, "This is the weapon that will be fatal to you." Is that statement true?" "I should think so -most likely. I cannot recall my exact. words, but I have no doubt they were very Mee that." "And to what weapon did you re- fer?" "To the telling ot the truth." "The truth was to prove fatal to the deceased?" , pla"nYse.s,,, fata•l to some of his hopes and "Will you ttell us what these hopes and plans were?" "I cannot." "What took YOU to the pools on the day of the murder?" "I went there to pick flowers." "And on the day betore .then, the day on which you were speaking to him there?" "I went thee also for flowers." "Cart you account for the stains on your dress, Miss Daintree?" "When I saw the poor man lying there, half in and half Out of the water, I naturally ran down the bank to his side and tried to lift him Aut of the water .He was too heavy for me, but I could scarcely avoid getting some marks." Item had turned rather pale as she recalled the horror of that moment. "I should have thought it weald have been more natural for a lady to have gone for help .at once," said the Coroner, "When You came to the spot you heard no voices, Ito sounds of any "And saw no one leaving the place?" "No; it was all quite still." Miss Daintree was again asked - to state the cause of the quarrel between •the dead nian ahd herself, and it was hinted to her that she might find herself in an unpleasant position if ,she did not -do so; but she resolutely declined to tell. At length the Coroner begat' to ad- tdrese the ,Ittry, and pointed out that 'the dead men appeared to have been of a very inoffensive disposition and to have no enemies in the place. The only record of any disagreement Ite 'had ever had was colniected with the lady , whose evidence they had heard, but who so firmly declined to answer any Question which would throw light •oet its came. Not only did elle appear to be his one adversary, but ithe was Also the only eveman with whotn he 'would seem to have had any conver- •eation at all that was of a marked or ameret kind, "Please, sir," Bald a Vence burn the back of the room, "may I speak? I do know better than that." • The Coroner was just working up the full tiao of litee eloquence, and did ,not welcome the interruption. He was • under the ittlpreeeion that Ali the evi- aince had been taken; but he could 7110t, refuse to heat* a witness, who iturrted out to be it certain man called Wrigh t, a taborer on the Hall estate. Having .been sworn, he said - "That -last bit you said wasn't true, ,sir, thieve seen tha poor eliap that's dead nieeting tolte one cm the ,quiet, not (Mee nog tWice„ and alwaysi;some- where round •the Peels." "When have you seen this?" •"Time and .again. Once in theteally Morning, but morn erten in the 'after- noon- late, Suet when it got asc, $aw It within the last four days 't eta WhOM did tha 044 OM taelat ; tbe'lleallew?" 'age wolltan„," maid the witeleget "anti if I were to say a lady 1 shetlide't ba tar Ont." "Oo you kilow 'who it Wale?" "No. When it wait the eacititig Elle bad a tlakleil veil down, INtel in the Inerniug1 watt not near enough." "tt as it allee Oaintree?" The whole room waited atlXiotiely fee the axtewer. Tba man loolted round itoulatully, "Vni1) e-ou, plow; Attend upe Miss Dalutrav, alla wiji Yett cone° forward hero?" etTlferIgtertrteitenanldell(..arae tarWard piitE To the Surer's° 0 many he enook hie head, "No, no, it wern't ber. Not a bit ilke. She's a head teller than the (me I saw, who was e liLtis slip of a thing, and len lay site had yellow bail'," "What 014$3 of person did alto al). pear? You deecribe her as a latlY." "That's what come inta my head as I eaw her. She Was all wrapped round 11110 M a cloak, so 1 can't say about her dress, but I held Iter to be a lady." "Did she appear to be on friendly, let us say on affectionate terms with the man she met?" eel); there Was no kiesiag or any- thiug 0 that sort. I though at Met it would be a bit of sweethearting, and I wondered weat the lass up at the White Farm would sal' about it," There was a general scusation; Wright had managed to hint at a. cer- tain The Coroner however took him back to his previous Point, "But there was no sweethearting, as YOu Yn"ot even p aand-shake, I didn't watch them Much after that, but I don't think they met as friends." ' "Mr, Blake," said the Coroner, "is your daughter here?" "She is waitiag for me outeide, sir." "Have her called, Tell me, is there • any ground whatever for this sugges- tion that your daughter took any spe- cial interest in the deceased?" ",No, sir." Florence Blake was called, and the coroner looked at her kindly and spoke gently to her. She was a girl' of about seventeen, very pretty in a sort of gypsy way. Rumor said that her mother had been a pure-bred Romany who had taken by storm the heart of joshua Blake by means of her wild, exotic beauty. He had cer- tainly toyed her with 41. more demon- strative affection than is common amongst men of his class, and his .heart was all but broken when, with- in a yea'; she died and tett behind it baby daughter, who inherited her mother's dark eyes and eable locks. The little 'girl became as the core of his heart and the light of his eyes. Now, as she stood taere, shrinking and trembling, her father put his hand an her shoulder. "There is naught to be afraid of, my lass. Speak out!" I ask you,. ?Miss Blake, whether there was anything in the nature of an 'engagement between you and the late lodger at your father's farm?" "No, sir," she replied. "Well -there would have been no harm in it, you know -was there any love -making?" "No; he was not in love with meat "You are sure of that?" "Yes, sir." "You were not under the impreesion that he thought of marrying you?" "No. He wasegoing away. I was never to see him again." "Vas this a grief to you?" "No; I wanted him to go." "Then you would not have minded if you had seen him meeting ;tome other woman? By the way, you nev- er met him in the place where he was Lound dead?" "Never, sir." "And you would have felt no jeal- ousy with regard to another woman?" "What right had I? It was for his wife to mind." Another bombshell appeared to have fallen in the room. "His wife? How did you know he was a married man?" "He told me so, sir." "Did he tell you who and where his wife was?" "No; be said she was it lady, and that she hated him," The girl was allowed to withdraw, and Beryl was one • 11 d, "Did you know of this 'marriage?" Miss Daintree?" "I did." • "'Were you this man's wife?" "Do you know who his wife was?" Beryl did net answer. In the end the jury returned a ver- dict of "Wilful murder against some person unknown," but added a rider : to say that Miss Daintree's evidence , had not been of a satisfactory nature. The coroner sternly rebuked her, and implied that matters could not be left where they were, - When she went home She felt that she was under a cloud; a touch of gloomy doubt was in the faces of all she met. Even her little servant re- quested permission to go home for the rest 0 the day, and seemed to shrink from her. HoW was she to clear herself? It was impossible as long as Dora held her to her promise -and Dora, was caly likely to do that. (To be Continued.) 1 Thackeray)F.; Appetite. Thackeray, telling of a dinner he en- joyed at Antwerp, ;mid it consisted "of green pea soup, boiled salmon, mus- sels, erimpied skate, roast meat pat- ties, melon, carp stewed with mash - rooms and onions, roast turkey, cauli- flower, fillets of venison, stewed calf's ear, roast veal-, roast lamb, stewed cherries, Gruyere cheese ;tad about twenty-four cakes of different kinds, Except five, thirteen and fotirteen ate all, with three rolls of breed and a score of potatoes," Those twenty potatoes remind the reader of the dreadful disillusion of Charlotte Bronte when she catne te London and sat opposite her literary lion.at dinneie "Oh, Mr, Thatkeray!" she .cried in slicked surprise as the watched hint eat. She had never im- agined a hero who ate potatoes by the eeore, Numbered Teaspoons In the early days .ot tett drinking, when the brew Was rare and costly, numbered spoons were used, It was not etiquette for a glean to aek for it seemed cup until all the company had finished the first. The numbered spoons therefore insured each getting his own eup•back again. As a sign to the hostess that no niore tea was wanted the spot% was placed •iit the enp. Even When etiquette Was a fet- ish teapot spouts sometimes got 'Omit. ed up, so the long handle of the. tspoon with piereed bowl that sueeeeded the silver strainer was thrust down the spent to disperse the _leaves. "Itti- (Melte," remarks Arthur Iltiti,vden in t hats on Ohl Silver," "forbade the imetwis to 'blow down the spout," RHEUMATISM, A SNEAKING DISEASE HAS AT LAST MET ITS CONQUEROR Throbbled Muscles and Swollen i‘oints Made Well. RUB ON NERVILINF- Old age RIIONve no foe more subtle, latere unrelenting than rheumatism. At first only a grumbling pain Is felt. 1313, alas, it settles in the Joints and muscles, and finally tor- tures its victims. To -day the disease may be in the lunacies Df the back, thigh, shoulder or neck -to -morrow in the lointe Of the hand, toes, arms or lege it may work with redoubled fury, Whether the Pain is constant or oc- mama', makes no difference to "Neve villne." Because other remedies have tailed, don't be discouraged, Nerviline hat cured the worst of cases. It has brought health to Moe° in the deepeat deePair, lute ended nem of awful slf. fering for those who never hoped ta he well again. There is a marvellous heeling pow. or in Nervilino, which, it derives from the extracts and juiceof certain rare liens and roots. It allaeti almost Magically the awful pain that only rheumaticcan describe. Congestion is drawn out a the muse elm stiffened joints are eased and limbereel up, the old time feeling of depression is east Oa and nee again. Nerviline brings the Flutterer to buoy- ant, vigorous testing good health, Every home needs good Ohl Nervi - line, needs it for earache, toothache, headache, aeuralgia, lumbago, sciatica, stiff neck, chest colds and sore throat. Wherever there is pain, congestion or inflammation, Nerviline will cure R. Large family 'size bottle 50e; trial size 25e, all dealers, or the Catarrh - ozone Co., Kingston, Canada. 'Used for Motor Cars, The American motor car industry last year nuide uso of the following raw material: Steel, 670,000 tons; aluminum Med alloys, 4,021) tons; brass, 2,141 tons; hair for upholstery, 1,008 tons; moss, 2,050 tons; hides, 67,232, on the basis of one-third hide per car, where real leather was used; artificial leather, 3,280,000 square yards; upholstery fittings, $917,542 worth; burlap, 6,560,000 yards; top material, 11,405,250 yards, valued at $2,447,780; maunfactured cotton., in tires on new cars only, 7,950 tons; cel- luloid, 300,000 pounds; rubber and compounds, 9,338 tons; hinges, 2,446,- 780 pairs; door catch fittings, 2,446,- 780a carpet, 489,356 square yards; lin- oleum, 642,908 square yards; boards for floors, wheels and bodies, 0,540,000 running feet. • 4' UNION BANK REPORT SHOWS 1915 A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR In Spite of Taxes and Contingent Appropriation, Dividends and Bonus Were Maintained Without Drawing Upon Past Profits -Bank In Very Strong Position for Renewal of Trade Activity. The fifty -first -annual statement of the Union Bank of Canada, which was presented at the annual meeting in Winnipeg on Wednesday, January 12, reveals a year which has been highly eatisfactory from the shareholdera' standpoint and at the same time has witnessed a great expansion in the deposit businese of the Bank and a remarkable increase in its liquid assets, while its loans to Canadian trade ad industry have been main- tained to the full extent of the present reduced requirements, of the country. The Bank reports net profits for the year amounting to $659,688, which compares with $712,440 in 1914 (a very moderate reduction, having re- gard to the prevailing condi- tions, which have been univer- sally unfavorable to profitable bank operationst-they represent 13,2 per cent. en the capital stock, and sufficed for the payment of the full regular dividends of 8 per cent. and the bonus of 1 per cent., • together with the appropriation of $150,000 to contingent account, the payment of War Tax of $45,720,77, and the usual contribution of $10,000 to Officers' Pension Fund, while the balance care, vied forward is increased by some $3,956, and now amounts to $106,- 976.75. It is worthy of note that thls Bank has passed through the entire three years, 1913, 1914 and 1915, main- taining its dividends and bonuses, its pension contribution, its provision for . depreciation and contingencies, its • special taxes and sundry patriotic do- nations, and all without having to draw upon acuminated profits or Rest Account, and with an annual Increase In the profit balance carried forward. The balance sheet showe an expan- sion of over nine millions in the total volume of assets . and liabilities. The Public liabilities total $81,654,026.75, as against $70,992,919,04 a year ago - the chief items being note ci-rculation $7,673,659.00 (increase about $1,300,- 000), deposits not bearing interest $21,999,882.00 'increase feur and a half millions), deposits bearing interest $50,685,304.63 (increase a little voider five millions), and balanees dtte to banks abroad, $984,405.99. The changes in the asset column are huportant, and serve to exhibit the immense reservoirs of strength which have been accumulated since the war began, and Which are now ready and available for the support of Canadian business in the period cf expansion which is already coming in sight. Total assets amount to $90,663,063.70. The liquid reserve amounts to $39,-' 1138,385,0, which is an increase of close upon thirteen *million dollars, or almost fifty per cent.„ over the figures of a year ago. It corisists of $9,257,- 094.56 of coin and Dominion notes in hand, $2,800,000 of gold and notes in the Central Gold Reserve, $3,556,491.45 ot cheques on other banks and $706,- 742.00 of notes of the same, K08,- 345.88 due by banks abroad, $3,434,- 139.73 of railway and other bonds Rad stoelts,. $7,746,570.44 Or Call loans la Canada and $4,183,651.69 of call Wills abroad, With smaller sums in other gilt-edged items, Notwithstanding these large sums Mit into fltittld assets, the Bank has in no degree neglected its duty to the .comntereial commuttity, Current loans and dieeettrits in Coned& '(other than call loans) are $48,941,315,32, which is scareely two millions less than in 1914 in spite Of the marked tontrac- tion in the trade of the couatrY, and is actually two Millions More than iii 1913, If we add together the cur- rent and call loans in Canada We tied an inereaee of $2,700,000 during the past year. Diseounte outside of Can- ada, are $608,602.92, a moderato in- erease. There is a Marked reduction in overdue debts, and all the less real - 'sable items aro very small, which appears to indicate it healthy condi- • Gee of affairs among the Batik's cliente. Very few banks, and only the very strongest, have ,tome through the past three years with each satisfactory re- sults as the Union Bank, and the fig - scam to show that President John Galt end (lerieral Manager G. H. Balfour have brought to the business, sines it was eMoved to Winnipeg, the Ball* eonitervative and thotoaghly sound principles which actuated It wheit its headquarters were in the eau. time mit. In the city of Quebec. 4 .14 Zn Auntie rue. When the Indiana travelled together they seldom walked or rode two or more abreast, . but followed one an- other In singiefile. It Las been thought by eonie that tale practice re. milted from the lacle of roads, evhich compelled them to malte their way pravtiee, then we atomic]. eXpect to countries travelled la companY, OA do :1.1:iotug08.11 woods. by path.% find that the tribewhos lived in. open If this were the read reason for the The true reason for jenirtleYing, as the Indiana did, in tangle file, seems ttie olleliliadiafis,i elelng of caste. This feeling was the bottom Of other cagoule of This Peculiarity IS Asiatic. How it has warped and disfigured Hindoo Ufo Is well IttloWit. Home is scarcely pos. sible where it prevalle, To the women and children, domestic life is bondage, The women of a Chinese household are Held= seen on the ;street. The chil- dren, when accompanying their father, follow him at a respectful distance, la single file, and in the order of their ages, .14-41 •""""-'++++44-4-44"""+"G Facts for Hoe Seekers To Ponder Over GOLIATH ee•-*-04-04-0-**-4-+-***4+4-+44-4-*,4-0-0 (By Sarah Baxter,) • Did you never hear 0 the Gila mon- ster? No? Well, the Gila looks none - thing like a young alligator,. When attacked it feigns to be deed, Its bite is frightfully poisonous. The victim lingers a long while in great agony, then dies. There is -or rather there was -out on the plains west of the Missouri river a human monster as much to be dreaded as the Gila. This Was the desperado who finds his prowling grounds in new countries. When Am- erica was being occupied by a civil- ized people the human Gila, was the renegade white. He lived with the Indians and fought with them against their enemies, including those of his own color. When the savage e wished to draw ,the whites into an ambush they would use the renegade for the purpose, and he was not ashamed to serve them, This human monster in another form was the terror 0 the plains when they were passing front law- lessness to civilizatiou. He delighted la cruelty. There wfl3 no law in the country on which he had obtruded himeelt to prevent his murders or punish him therefor except the re- volver, and since that was las espe- cial weapon he was so skillful with it that he had every advantage. Mark Rogegs, an Indiana farmer, having a sickly wife, sold his farm and took her with their children to a region in the southwest then being taken up by white settlers, There he "squatted" and rained what crops he could while his wife was regaining her strength, A hamlet grew up in the vicinity, coneteting al' four dwell- ings, a store, a blackemith shop and a saloon. Ono day Rogers was pass- ing through the hamlet when a mah known as Textee Bill came out 0 the saloon firing Ills revolaeraaboat him as a boy celebrating the Fourth of Stay. Seeing Rogers, he put a bullet into his left breast, in the region of the heart. He had nothing whatever against Rogers, He fired at him as he Would at a tree or any other mark. His victim fell and lay in the road 'till some persons took him up and carried hint home. There was little or no hope that he wouln survive, and at his death las invalid widow and her children would be in it des- titute conditior. He lingered along, however, and one day his wife heard him mutteriug to himself that when he recovered the man who had shot him would have a chance to shoot him agaan or die. This boded no good for the Rogers family. Texas Bill would have every advantage in a fight, and since it was to be expected that if Rogers recover- ed one 0 the two would die every one knew that Bin v.ould be on the watch for his enemy in case he got out again. There were no vourts to punish the crime or prevent a subse- queat murder. If the husband and father did not die of his wound he would subsequently be killed, It remained for it weak Newnan to solve the problem. As soon as she could be spared from .attendance on her husband Mrs. Rogers took a bag and went out on the plain. When she returned it was evident that she had something in the bag, but what it was no one know and no one caved. She took it into the cellar and 10111 there, locking the door. Every day after that she would go into the cel- lar, take the bag and go down into the hamlet, where sbe would spend some time answering questions as to her husband's condition, but it was noticed that she was always looking about her and had an eye especially on the saloon, One morning while she was thus en- gaged Texas Bill Came out of the sa- loon, smoking a long black cigar. His trousers wore 'inked in his boots,, his flannel shirt was open, exposing Itis hairy breast, and his face was flushed with liquor, A revolver was slung to each hip, and te long knife was in his belt, Mrs, Rogers left her friends and advaneed toward him, There was , something about her Movement to tell the others that she had some intent concerning ber bus. bead's enemy --n eeetain resolute look hi her eye, a quickness in her walk, She seemed ke a David advancing to attack a Goliath. Was the bag she carried a sting containing a stone? Texas 13111 stood for a manna on the porch 0 the saloon looking down on the desolate scene, then stagger- ed down the Steps end walked 'away from the group 0 wilich 'Mrs, Rogere had formed a part, Shefollowed him. While doing so She raised the skirt of her dress and from about her waist uncoiled a rope. Winn late came to within, a few yards ot Bill she threw a noose in the rope ov 1 bus shoulders and as it fell to his elbows gave it a sudden jerk, pinioning his arms. From this moment she moved with lightning -Ike rapidity, holding the lasso in her left hand, while with her right she turned the hag over on 13111's shoulders. A loathsome thing fastened itself onto his back. Giving a mighty yell, ho freed his arms and grasped what Clung to him, hut was too late to save bimeelf from he bite. Wrenching it off, he BMW the deadly Gila. Fortunately far the woman he was too Intently engaged with the Mole Stet' to pay any heed to her or he Might have served her as he had servell..her ljvhand. Ile went howl- ing down the tad and hie (*Mee of teeth were heard till death relieved him of his agony. floors recovered, and his wife was ever afterwkrd known as the woman who had betoken Texas 13111. • -• •46 44' .t %.1111. ..;6•341, iift, • g „ Nearly every disease eaa be trace to clogged or inactive stomacas, liv- ers or inteetinee, Indigestion, bilious- ness, headaches ana insomnia all ern- auate from this eause, Keep these or- gans in working order and you'll have continuous gotta beanie No case was ever treated with Dr, Hamilton's Pills and no cured; their record is one Of marvelous success. Dr. Hamilton's Pills are very mild, yet they cleanse the bowels promptly and establish healthy regularity, You'll cat plenty, digest well, sleep soundly, feel like new after using Dr. Hamilton's Pills -one a dose ---25c a box everyvvhere. Be sure you get the genuine Dr. Ham- ilton Pills, in a yellow box always. Saluting the Quarter Decks. In response to an Inquiry as to why officers and men of the nay)" "salute the deck" and civilians remove their hats when going aboard a naval ves- sel it may be said that, though tom - manly called a "salute to the deck," the salute:in question is really a sa- lute to the flag. For instance, ea night on reaching the quarter deck or upon leaving 11 110 salute is required, as the flag is, of course, not flying. Tbe fact that this salute is rendered upon reach - Mg the quarter deck, as when leaving the ship, is probably responsible for Its having been known as a salute to the deck; but, as has been stated, it is really a salute to the flag. Men should when rendering it stop, stand erect and face the flag. Marion Bridge, C, p„ May 20, '02. I. have handlea MINARD'S LINI- MENT during the past year. It is .ithvays the firet Liniment asked for here, and unquestiontebly the best, seller of all the different kinds 0 laniment I handle, NEIL FERGUSON. Out of the Mouths of Babes. Teacher -Now, Johnny, can you tell me the difference between one yard and two yards? Small Johnny -Yes, ma'am. A fence. "Mamma," said 4 -year-old Margie, who had been assigned the task of rocking the cradle containing her baby brother, "if the angels have any more kids to give away, don't you take - "Oh, dear!" sighed little Elmer, es he gazed at the flaming circus posters on the side of it barn. "I wish I were an angel for a few weeks." "Why do you wieh that, Elmer?" asked his astonisbed mother. "Because," explained the little fel- low, "then I could fly around and look at all the circuses for nothing."-Chi- eago News. a Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia **a Ancient History of Kilts. The Scottish kilt, as an article of dress, dates back to historic times, anti was originally, as far as can be figured out, -merely a plaid blanket, worn about the shoulders, with one end gathered about the loinin cold weather. The mountaineers of the Balkans wear the kilt, and students say that the soldiers 0 the Assyrian kings wore e costume very closely akin to the kilt of Scotland. Minaret's Liniment cures Burns, Etc, - o An Egg Trick. Hold a raw egg on end and spaatit on a plate or other smooth surface. Quickly- place the hand upon it for an instant, stopping the' motion momen- tarily. When the hand is removad the egg: will resume its spinning. This is because the liquid contents of the shell continued to whirl rapidly when your hand stopped the shell, and if it is quickly released the whirling tontents will again set tlie shell to spinning. * • Many a man can't understand why the rest f 118 don't get stiff necks looking up to him. Here's Palate Joy for You —also stomach comfort be- yond belief. Heat a Shredded Wheat 131scuit in the oven to restore crispness, then cover with sliced bananas and pour over it milk or cream. Sweeten it to suit the taste., A complete, perfect meal supplying more strength - giving nutriment than meat or eggs arid at a cost of three or four cents. A warm, nourishing breakfast—a de. licious lunch. Made in Canada. WANTI10- 0 TV rum loolanaree %es, sleeker teedere. e'er parte) • ter to the alluesby Mae the, terruttel turd. Ont. IstiLLING TO WORK ON lee Britiett Army orders,. knittsd. under' Wear, ;se/elbow. plain *ateliers EittulOartk. us, Brigilt, healthy employment. laaad weges. Zimmerman auk, co.. Ltd.. Aberdeen and (earth streets, Iiiinalton, Ont. ..e, . la7ANTDD-WEAvElt5 0N' 13i4A11. VT !sets and plain Cloths. Alan AP" prenticee to learn weeviug. .111eliest wageit and steady work. ekepla to the alingsby Menufecturinte Coe:teeny, Ltd., Brantford. Ontario, FOR 8ALE, 1?OR sa.ix-FANOY VicinioNs Attic flying homerto pricey retinue:Ole. la lIolton, 22 Caroline street fintan. kiare'n 11ton, oat, MISOBLLANSOLIS. 4.44 ATC"I'D-01111,4 OF (1001) 14I)I7C.A.. • t1oi to traM -for BMWS, -Apply, Wellandra ifespital, 91. Catharines. Ont. • .arbed Wire in the War. In war barbed wire is used in vari- pus ways, but its Main object is Man , stopping, It is iaterlaced with ground pegs in front 0 trench:lc:emir:1n poee 0 tripping ebarging troops, it is etrung across bridges 47e7ds.- to prevent thepaseege 0 cavalry, wed it is used for hawing in cameo • to guard against rushing tactics ou the part af the enemy. Whenever pos- sible barbed wire entanglements are hidden in long grass or in hedges, so that advancing troops will be trapped while tlie enemy rake their Haft with shot and shell. Barbed wire vermeill. ed in undergrowth is particularly deadly where cavalry is concerned, for the wire grips the horses' hoofs, causing them to fall on the spike strewn ground. -London Timm 4 .0 A MaAN SLAM. (Rochester Times) Ida Tarbell says the ultimate aim ot all girls ie matrimony. Why the "el- timater 4 4 40 NO MEDICINE TO EQUAL BABY'S OWN TABLETS Mrs, E. Cutler, St. Lazar°, Man„ writes: "I have used Baby s Own Tablets for the past ten Years for MY five caildren, and cad truthtelly eity there le no medicine to equal them." The -Tablets regulate the bowels and' etontach, cure constipation and Indi- gestion, expel worms and make teeth- ing easy. They are sold by flail -Mine dealers or by mail .at "25 cen Je! a pox from The Pr. 'Williams Medicine Set . e Brockville, Ont, Telegraph Wires tni Barometers. A phenomenon with will& most people are 'familiar Is the curlew: noise made by telegraph wires. It is accepted as ordinary; and yet there has been hitherto no final tx.•zplitaa- tiOn. Professor lebl, 0 the Vetiver. site, of Ottawa, eletes that the sang of the telegraph aires is that song ta theabarometer, and the.t the vane. tions are ia direct relation to varia- tions of the weather. It le eccorra Mg to Professor Mena eeeeele;retatcalpaaa, dicator 0 the weather. If tho Vound is IOW the woather will change in two days. If it is sharp it momentary change is probable. Accerding to the new theory the vibrations af the wire are., transmitted by the posts, whica receive them in tura from the earth. • A WOMAN'S MESSAGE TO WOMEN /f you are troubled with weak, tired feelings, headache, backache, bearing down sensations, bladder weakness, cons- tipation, catarrhal conditions, pain in the sides regularly or Irregederly, bloating.. or unnatural enlargements, sense of fall- ing or misplacement of internal emu's, nervousness, desire to cry, palpitation, hot flashes, dark rings under the eyes, or a loss of interest in life, I invite you to write and ask for thy simple method of home treatment with ten liars' trial en- tirely free and postpaid, also references to Canadian ladiee who gladly tell bow they have regained health, strength, and happiness by this method. Write, to -day, Address; Mrs. M. Summers. Itcat 2, WM& tier Ont. Crippled Feet in China. .According to • Chinese historet the custom 0 small feet among the females of China originateekaeaee ' ceztturiee back, wleetiate large bCaly of wemen rose against the Government and tried to overthrow it. To pievent the recurrence 0 such an event the use 0 woodelt shoot so small aa to disable them from. makingtany (effec- tive use of their feet was enforcati,..att - all female infants. eat— Mineral's Linlme......nt or sale_eyerywhere Paperhanger's me directions Pas:e. Kindly givefor mak- Ing paste for pixperhanging. wlsa 0. Follow • this formula: Five pounds of flour, two gallons, of water, make a thick paste of your flour, then when it is nice and smootll. pour your beineg water over gradual- ly, stirring all the time, then when this is finished take two tablespoons 0 powdered alum, pour warm water over it, and gradually add this. el- • Millard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. • EFFICENCY. And How ratigue Militates Against it in Labors, whatever of antagonient-egnil itis n a little -there may he in 'labor ear 0 the new "efficiency," its methods and its stadards, is based, at least avowedly, on the dontention that it increases proeitte- tion without regard to tho efforts of faster nixd harder work on those doing It. Of course, efficiency so secured Is more t dentine than it It human, and It would not la the end be profitable to the employers. One boss who evidently knows this is the superintendent of it Conneeticut blew works, who contributes an interesting little story to the iron ,Age. ,At these works there, was recently", co/tsunami a long Moline up which lime* loads were to bP wheeled in barrows, premiums wers offered to the man who did or exceeded it certain entount of this labor. They attempted it.vigorously, but none succeeded In earning any ot the extra. motley. Bieteaa they' ail tell con- iliaorably below the fixed task, Prompt investigation by an eXpert dis- closed that the trouble lay in the feet that the inett were working Without suf- ficiently frequent periods of rest. There. %molt tt formai' wits stationed by a clack, arid every 12 minutes he blew it whistle. At the eount every harrewman 16topped where he evea, eat down on hie barrow aria reetett for three minute& The first hour ittter that Was done slumed a re. Inittete.ble Omega for the better itt ae- eninpliehmenti the seated day the men all made a oretelum ellowenee by &Mei more then, whet luta been ten Melt, and ott the thli,d day thn brerrilum teninen- satin had risen, on the AVefeIN 44 • (*tette with no remplainte of overt vitae trOn any of the fates..-Vrew ark Thsieri.