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A HEALTH N
ant Work Dons a
tieing in Me
Conservation a kol
0 'which ruet rtl
er reeal 'patreea , a '
saalNe gatherins, )30th pled:
OpIe And laymen from all
oreieion neet to consider:
'eataining to th.e pnblioeve
to discover tM Meet N.
a of helaing 0100 w
0 how, , r ...eve not the po
thernseivee. And eveey one,' It is the symbol of tb.e,great brother-
s Reyna IF4glineee, who operie hood af the Sikh ealigiem and with-
engreee at a brilliant tee- out that title a man is. nothing in
Royel Victorie Coe, to the eyes of the true Sikh. Translated
lir aseietan,--areery ale into English the word means "Lione"
e w a wilL T14 seemed to and as every male over eighteen is
feature of the. eouvention. No eligible for that title upon baptism,
Atteladed rahhhY to enjoy himself the bravery and strength that such a
se egatreeez leve aeceetance, ext the' surname eoeveys eta. spread threugh
zeds of euggestion Ana ad: the entire Sikh race.
4 § 00na anied by proof that To a reporter, Dr. Sunder Singh,
lea led to their utter.' the prominent Punjab Minister, gave
i ties covering every aspect a very interesting story of the rise
U '0 ealth, from "Military pro.: and fall of the once great Sikh race,
s Of Oanitation" to "Dust as e Dr. S'mgh has been in the east in
or in Disease," Were plaeedbefore connection with his petition to Ottawa
q, ngrem vit,13. peraotroel remedies 1 for a ehange in the immigration laws.
ea treizing fatal reeults, He is one of the very highest naen
a Mpre$SIVe: feature Of the .,eone • among the Sikhs, and is regarded as
wl‘e the important pert teken the real leader of that race in Canada.
0 in this great rbteraent to Wearing the turban, whieh every Sikh
tl. te'r living. Without belittling
'0 dale. by all a the Men ever ose
agg leg efforts axle energy made
etOnvention possible, it must be
Med that wonien effect reforms; wo-;
en disoover needs whieh men would
o see, and the women take the hate
1
,1'v --bringing to public, notice tone
t ons width require complete alterai
on. Without theix assistance me
Quid be powerless to reach the Too
the matter. Every paper read a
0 ,bonerention (there may have bee 1
0 or two teehnieal exceptions) cone
e ously er otherwise, bore out the
eta of this statexnent. Women had
abed money tor elate and that; wee
en had given their services for title
that; women had taken statistics -4
ad invaded homes for this purpose,.
here mem, would not have been aue
itted. In this great eampaign against
orality and vice, against poverty)!
ess and early death, against wholee
ale deterioration of tb.e race, it es
colleen -who need assistance. ,
,. His Royal Highness, the Duke of,
ormaught said that the -vast inanie
ate resources of Canada—her for.
etts, her rivers, her fields, her mines'
were of no value with.out animate!
• eSources to work them. It is woman'e
'gilt and privilege to give sturdy sone
nct daughters to her land, and in. ie
,ousetry as young as Canada this eau:
e done—it must be done! Do your.
Orb 1 Help ever so little and some.
ne else will not require to do so
A 13 1 N
•
Every Baptt e Sikh Takes eh Tht
Surname.
"Sunder Single."
To the, average eitizen Taneela
the above eignattire acro es the regis-
ter at a hotel the name mewls noth-
ing. It is simply another peouliaritY
that is to be met with in dealing with
Beat Indiana. However, to the Sikh,
more especially to the man who hae
been transplanted to another land the
strrnanee "Singh" means everything.
, tta
must adhere to, he is a very striking
figure as he passes along through the
crowded thoroughfares of Toronto's
business district.
"In the year 1469," said Dr. Singh
"the same year that was made famous
by the rise of Martin Luther, the Sikh
race was founded. It was in the 15th
century that Nank, the real creator of
the Sikh religion, earae to the fore,
and that date marks the beginning of
our era. To begin -with, the Sikhs
threw off all easte, such as is recog-
nized by the Bramin and Hindu, and
of couree a great deal of, opposition
was shown to the new sect Many
were murdered for upholding their be-
lief, and nine of the first teachers of
the Sikh faith were crucified.
"Gobind Singh, the tenth teacher,
was the man to lead his followers to
success. There was at that time a
.price placed upon -the heads of those
who professed the Sikh belief. It was
then that the word Singh was added
to those who joined the brotherhoed.
Singh roeans disciple, so that the en-
tire race is bound together. The
Sikhs do not worship idols, as do the
other Indian races, and there is no
priestly class, every man being placed
upon. an equal plane.
"It is polution for the Hindus to
cross the ocean; in fact their entire
life is controlled by -the Bramin or
priests. The Sikhs, in taking names
upon themselves, follow pretty much
in the footsteps of the North American
uch i The mere narae—The Censer-. Iedians. For instance, Dr. Sunder
ation of Public Health, can encore.' Singh, gets his first name from the
eta& nothing! English word "beautiful." Other
;Cold storage, town planning, labor.; Sikh names are taken from object,
gtory work, sanitary engineering and flowers, etc. To these are added the
eobitecture, sewerage and garbage' surname Singh, signifying -Unit they
sposal, and many more papers bear- are baptized and belong to the broth-
rxg upon theee subjecti were present- erhood:
, A word about the first before go-, "Many have wondered why it is so
g on. Sir Tames Grant voiced a many colors are shown in the turbans
art of popular sentiment when he reel which the Sikhs must wear. According
i%lied to Dr. Bryce's interesting revieW to Dr. Sunder Singh there are seven
eef the cold storage and refrigeration different grades in religious knowl-
;..testion. Sir jaMESS asked. if the food edge. The class that a man occupies
' us preserved did not lose ranch a is designed by the eolor of turban. he
ts nutritious value; he said. that fish: is given. Black is the lowest grade
iparticularly should be eaten great% while the pink and yellow turbans
and the same applied to fruit, e thee that Dr. Singh has ween. during the
cold storage meat and fowl Was noV past two years mean that he has
to be eompared to fresh. Then, ale, reached the highest ,possible perfec-
ihough the point was not. argued, le tion in the Sikh race. ' .
fact was mentioned. which proved thee It is this man whom the Sikhs have
:by refrigerating meat properlY, alli entrusted with the work of securing an
iphysical changes in that body were, amendment to the immigration laws
absolutely arrested—in othee words i that will,permit of their bringing in
i
eihould be as good as when freshl , their wives and children and Dr. Singh
deified. Dr. MoConnell said that i ' has every confidence that he will be
:One refrigerating plant he had seen S' able to go back to his people and tell
hog which had been there lor years them that he has been successful.
a. d was still solidly frozen.
' The section wader the heading of
:Social Workers, of which Dr. Grace
:Ritchie England -was convener, struok
:it the root of the whole question -1n -
main it dealt with infantile mortal-
lity. Dr. Helen NfacMurchy showed a
;6011ection of pictures illustrative of
leer paper, which were appalling. The
.average mothernis perfectly ignorant
tof such conditions existing in what
are called the slums.—Madge li/Cacbeth
'in Canadian Courier.
A Hint to Game Lovers.
It is not very generally known that
'Toronto spentsmen can el:0'0,y a little
ehooting right, as it were, at their
own front doors. During the early
fall, they may gb out on the lake be-
yond the island, and if they are
lueky, they will return with a fair
bag of ducks. True, they are not the
, .best type of ducks, which go north to
the rice beds of the Muskoka Lakes.
The local eportsraen have to content
theraselves with vrigeons, saw -bills
and eea-ducks which are not ao par-
ticular about their -diet, and therefore
. xtvel in the 'refuse from the city.
The men who like this shooting do
not think they are securing a table
delic.aey. One of them, returning
from the lake with a couple of brace,
decplained his point of view a few
days ago, "I would as soon eat a
Piece of an old shoe," he said. "It
Could not be much tougher, and. the
flavor might be better."
"What de yeti do with them?" he
was asked.
"Oh, there is plenty of sale for the
ducks,"" went on the hunter, "when
people are not wise, they pretend to
like the peculiarities and call them
"the fine gamey flavor.' "—Saturday
Night,
..
Civic Representation in the Prisons.
Iast year, according to the report of
the Ittepector of Penitentiariee, there
was 11834 daily population in the
prisons of Canada.
Montreal, Vaneouver and Winnipeg
ittent more individual representation
than the other -cities of Canada. There
ate SW eititene of Montreal in the'
enitentiaxies, 130 VencouVerites, and
14 bad mert from the 'peg. Toronto,
Alio good, comes fourth with te9 err-
-lag eons whiling away hems behind
prison bats. .
XII this
thing in
liot to
bin
,peesical Shaw.
/ea do not say a,
ethay jost wA/.1;
'-aeaentiena
OLD
AND GETTING WELL
Thanks to Gin Pills
Maru,sor; Avz, Tonotiro,
Arair, fieeee 19ele
Pur1g *he pa# two years, layer
been g With Kidney TeoubIe—
severe in Illy 1340c at times, atel
with feet, ankles and legs so very
eveollee that I fouee great diteculty in
atoring amnia the beeSe even in
elippere. I am pleased to telt you,
alum taking GIN PII4LS) the Pain has
gone, the swelling has subsided, and I
gain Wear my boots --which have not
'been upon my feet, fee' heeelY two ritr00..
' I aid seventy' Years of age, reed am
nowise:bags:ay stxth boi of GIN PILLS' ,,
SCADDING.
Old people with lanie backs—who
suffer with Rheumatism, or Kidney or
"gadder Trouble --will find welcome
relief in GIN PILLS. Bvery box.
guaranteed and money refunded. if not
satisfactory'. eqe. a box, 6 for $2.eo—
trample free if yoli write National Drug
,ift Chemical Co. of Canada Limited,
Dept. Toronto. • 86
Old Times In Kenora.
Kenora men are talking of leaving
and joining Manitoba. This recalls
a bit of history. Nearly thirty years
ago, Kenora—then suffering under the
unpleasing name of Rat Portage—was
the battleground el a conflict between
Ontario and Manitoba. There was a
boundary dispute between Ontario
and the Dominion. The line claimed
by th.e Dominion would have passed
east of Port Arthur. Oliver Mowat
put up a fight for Ontario that fired
the Liberal heart and paesed into hie -
tory. Then A was that Sir John A.
Macdonald said he did not care a rap
for Mowat, his Frasers and his
Blazers, his Hardy's and his Pardees,
his Lardies and his Dardies. He had
a law passed making the eastern
boundary el Manitoba coincide with
the western boundary of Ontarie.
This was—as Sir Sohn. perhaps
faintly suspected and did not deeply
deplore—the signal for a fight between
Ontario and lVfanitoba, centred in
Rat Portage. Rat Portage had two
governments, two jails,* two court
houses, two sets of police. The con-
stables arrested. each other, the
pattieans fired each others' jails and
released prisoners. Manitoba was an
the verge of sending soldiers to the
scene. Finally Oliver Mowat return-
ed from England, and framed up a
compromise with Attorney -General
Miller of Manitoba. And now Kenora
wants to lea.ve us and go arid live in
Manitoba's house. --Star Weekly.
A Marriage Foe.
A Toronto clergyman tells an amus-
ing story eoncerning a very important
event in the life of Rev. 3. E. Starr,
the newly appointed Commissioner of
the Juvenile Court. It seems that
when Rev. M. L. Pearson, formerly
pastor of Berkeley Street Methodist
Church, was married yeare ago, he
asked Mn. Starr to perform the eere.,
mony and presented him with a fee of
fifty dollars. Mr -Starr took it grace-
funy, and when very WW1 after he
was to be indfried himself, he select-
ed Parson to tie the knot, where-
upon he handed back to hie friend his
filty dollars.
Friend of Children.
! After seventeeu years' service in
the Ontarie Governmaset's Department
of lteglected children, 'Vire. J, L. Ilan
vie has resigned. .
The htenanitarian work of caring for
tottet and neglected children has al.:
s
been a pleasure ,as well ea a
forrare. Itarvie. Por her it was
SEPULCHERS OF WAX. I
Tombs That Sees Sometimes Erect In
Their Hives.
Bees have a very ingenious and sani-
tary way of disposing of a mouse or a
slug that may happen, by accident or
design, to find its way into their hive.
When the intruder is killed the prob-
Ini
ariees how to deal with the body.
If it is impossible to expel or dismem-
ber it taey will proceed methodically
to inclose it in a Veritable sepulcher of
nazi. •
In one of his hives a beekeeper dis-
eovered three such tombs side by side,
erevted with party walls like the cell
of the comia so that hio wax should
be wasted. These tombs the prudent
"sextons" had raised over the remains
ofethree snails that a child bad inteo-
dueed into the hire. As a rule, when
dealing with snails, bees will be con-
tent to seal up with wax the opening
of tbe shell. But In this case the shells
were more or less cracked and broken,
and they had considered it simpler,
therefore, to bury the entire snail.
They had further contrived, in order
that traffic miglit not be impeded in
the entrance hall of the hive, a number
of galleries exactly proportionate, not
to their girth, but to that of the male
bees, which are almost twice as large
BB the workers. -Loudon Standard.
or," of love.
A CANADIAN IMPERIALIST.
Capt. D. F. Campbell Now Sits In the
Oritish Commons as a Unioniet.
Another Canadian has made a hit he
British politics, Fie is Capt. D. lh
iNuipleell, formerly of 'Toronto, who
hate won a seat for the Unionist at
North Ayrshire, Scotland.
It hi not very loug sinee Campbell
left Teronte. Re was bora there about
thirtyeltve years ago, and was edu-
cated in Tetoato. Campbell wee a
football star in his college deys, punt.
ing the pigskin at Trinity College
Schotil and Trinity College, After he
lead taken on boot on the gridiron, he
Went to Beg:land to take a post -gradu-
ate eourse e military school. He
liked the clank et' sabres and hei
rattle of guns, and ch tided to join th,
, regular army. Becoraieg attached .te
the Lancashire Fusiliers, he soon got
a taste a real warfaee out in Malta,
There he covered himself with glory,
an& when the South African war
cloncl loomed up, Campbell got a eotn-
mission. In Sonth Africa he had the
misfortune to have his foot knocked
a trifle awry by a Mauser bullet.
After the war, the gallant captain
linked -up with the Black Watch High-
land Regiment, and for some tante has
been living in barracks at Bermuda.
This duty is as good as a furlough,
and the captain took advantage of his
leisure by reading up on polities. He
got somewhat of a reputation for dis-
coursing eloquently at mess table on
corn taxes, the navy and that sort of
thing, -until, first thing he knew, the
Conservative party in England began
to write him appeals to run for Par-
liament in England.
said the Campbell, "Scotland
forever," By which he just meant to
say that he wouldn't run. unless a
Scottish seat Wine provided.
A few weeks ago, Mr. A. M.. Ander-
son, K.C., got an appointment as
Solicitor -General for Scotland. That
meant lie had to eontest his seat
again. Here was a chance for Camp-
bell. But it looked mighty slim, for
Anderson, K.C., is a cracking good
debater and platform orator, ovlaile
Campbell has nothing more to say
than. a soldier should. However, the
genial, -whole-souled ways of Camp-
bell prevailed at the polls, .the cap-
tain w.orsting the prospective Solici-
tor -General by 271 votes.
Capt. Campbell got Christraas ca-
bles of congratulation from Mr. S.
Lorne Campbell, the Toronto stock-
broker, Barlow Cumberland, publicist,
and others of his relatives over here.
STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
Place Names That. -Do It Breathe of
Its Tragedies.
The history of the toll of the strait of
Magellan began when the first primi-
tive canoe capsized and fatally spilled
its dark skinned Anierinds into the icy
waters of this southern archipela.go.
The first White man's toll -was paid on
his maiden passage through an() strait
by the man whose name the strait now
bears, and the price -exacted was one
of the flower of his tleet and the deser-
tion of others, which turned tell for
home before the bitter blasts from the
western unknown.
Since that long 800 years ago these
wild. and forbidding regions have ex-
acted their heavy toll of life and
property from every maritime nation
of the globe which has sought to use
these "ends of the earth" as a high-
way. The very names given by explor-
ers to these parts are a clew to its his-
tory and character -Mount Darwin,
Beagle channel, Mount Sarmiento,
Desolation island, Thieves bay, Port
Famine, Mount Misery, Unfit bay, Last
Hope inlet, in many eases spelling trag.
edy in its worst forms. --Outing.
Stevenson's Name.
No modern writes Is better 'mown
by his initials than Robert Louis Ste-
venson, but "R. L. S." was arrived at
after considerable experiment. Ste-
venson's baptismal names were Robert
Lewis Balfour, and the third name
caused the diffieulty. Until he was
about fifteen be signed himself "R.
Steenson." After that he occasional-
ly Used Stevenson, "11. L. B." In 1868
he asked bis mother to address him as
"Robert Lewis," eut a year or two
later, as he expressed It in a letter to
Mr, Baxter, "after several years of
feeble and ineffectual endeavor with
regard to my third Initial (a thing I
loathe)," he finally abandoned it alto-
gether. Stevenson when about eight-
een changed the spelling of his second
name from "Lewis" to "Louis," but
Lewis he remained at all times in the
naopth of his family, and friends.
010 TIME NEWS
FILES OF A CENTURY AFIEJNTERe
ESTI NG R EAD I NG.
'The Quebec Gazette For danuary,
1807, Contains the Pruseian Mani-
festo Wtsich Meant So Much For
Europe Under a Small Heading--
Pertnerehhe Notices Reveal Some
1110911C Names.
The New Year euggeets the old year,
and the impalse that oomes to one at
this season to look backward is al-
most irreeistible, It is always inter-
'esting to review the peth over which
We have passed, for if it does nothirig
else it reminds us how far bave
traveled, says The Montreal Standard.
At hand are the ilea of a number
of old Canadian neWepapers, and by
means of !their time -stained and badly
printed pages one can look backward
many yeaes, and obtain something like
a sucoession of pictures of the life of
long -ago ae mirrored in the public
press.
First at hand is a file of The Que-
bec Gazette for the year 1807 — one
hundred and five years old. It was
Upper and Lower ;Canada then, and
each province was fpr the most part
a wilderness. For fifteen years the
provinces had had representative
government. lb was still the days of
the stage-coaoli and the sailing vessel,
There was not yet a steamboat on the
continent; the steamship did net come
until about a quarter ef a century
later; the steam locomotive was not
invented. in England until almost.
twenty years after this old news -
nine 'years were to
paper ea= off the press, and twenty -
pass before there. Lion," was acquired by the Frenah
was a railway in Oanada• Government for the Musee de Luxexce
There was an issue of this old bourg.
newspaper on New Year's Day, 1807, Miss Wallis studied at South Ken-
A CANADIAN SCULPTOR.
Miss Katherine Wallis Gains Fame
in Europe.
One day a lady was eitting feorib
of the lion's cage at the Serdiu dee
Plantes, Paris (the "Zoo," ae we
would call it), absorbed in her task
of "Axing" in plentic clay the pose al
the tnahnal, when. the lion pushed his
paw through ihe cage and caught the
end of a fur scarf worn by the young
artist. -
Intmediately a stranger rushed to
her assistance,. mid was Overjoyed t,o
find that the sear!, not hairing been
fastened, fell, harmlessly out of the
lion's paw. The young lady WEL;
Katherine E. Wallis, from Rotel
Ont., whe had spent some tint„.
Smelt Keneington, and had' nine te
Paris to complete her studio The
incident just narrated was the ninst
fortunate of her artistic cateer, for the
friend who rushed to her rescue 'MU
the famous ;sculptor, Mons. Ozcar
Waldemarm. Learning her story, he
at once toele her as his pupil, ,o,nd for
ten years has been her "guide, phil-
osopher and friend."
It was a great privilege for the
young Canadian to have the personal
help of the greatest animal sculptor
in the world, and richly has she
profited by- his experience and in-
sttuction,
Mons. Waldemann has for a qua -re
ter century exhibited in the Paris
Salon, and received honorable men-
tion. In 1900 he received a silver
tnedal in the Universal Exhibition in
Paris; took first prize in sculpture in
a general competition in Paris; re-
ceived the highest award at the exhi-
bition of the Society for the Protec-
tion of ,Anixnals, Paris, for an import-
ant exhibit; has had several of hie Nearly every farmer on 11
works produced in porcelain at the lanted from five to a dc
state manufactory at Sevres, while '*f -tobacco as, a measure
his fine piece "The Waking of the ectien. And it was a good
idbecause it has b„een
ion speaking- th a '
sense:
Tobacco is such a rich c
quires so much attention t
individual acreage , is the
authority has claimed thaee
will make as much as el
should grow, but in MereX
of the County of Essex thenk
of teneetwenty, thirty, and
ferty -acres being grown re'
In the vicinity of Blenhe
Oeunty of Kent, there are
fifty"- acreeef mans- of.Jobae
e.fields are also encounte
One of her weeks, Dachshund
(bronze), .was acquit -eel bere.the eeee-
bition. authorities in Dresdenafter
being shown there in 1901. Her
"Mercury Charmed by His Own. In-
vention" (stone) was acquired' by the
Ontario Government in 1908; also
"Mignomre" (marble bust) in. _1910.
The city of Paris acquired two medal-
lion reliefs for the Petit .Palaie col-
lection. An exhibition of her work,
with that of Mons. Waldemenn, in
Montreal, in 1908, was visited by the
Governor-General and Lady Grey,
Miss Wallis has become very much
attached to ' Paris on account of the
artistic atmosphere prevailin.g there,
but I trust event e may yet take her
back to her native, land, -where her
influence wink], greatly assist the
growtinoLant. It was a great-ploaeure
to me to visit lier'''Studierjand that W
her enthusiastic tutor.—Thomas Ben-
_
gough in The Globe.
London,
pages tell us -what Canadians were
and in a limited way its eight small sington under Stephen Webb and Lanteri, and won modeller% free
talking about on that first of January,
It eontained important foreign news scholarship for two years. She has
one hundred and Ave years ago.
exhibited. seven times in the Royal
'—sensational news we would call it Academy, London, and eight times in
now, and news having to do with Paris salen.s. By spetial invitation
of the time. she exhibited at Liverpool, Leeds,
events that contributed to the history
This falas
of British Art" and "The Animal in
oreign news filled the first
Glasgow and London--"Tvrenty Years
Art Throughout the Ages." She re -
and it bore in small type the simple Univrsal Exhibition, Paris, 1900.
TOBACCO OR
Ne.' Farming Industry
Real Meet.
In . certain favored seetion
Doramiori there is springir
comparatively Lew farming
that is becoming tea importa
in the agriculteral developme
country, Tine i6 the 'prod
tobaeco.
The traveler in the eoente
40 and 'Kent, at the eeitee
weetern part of Ontario, and
petioles ef the Provinee „Of
!ell fine farmers who entities
alittert that tobacco 'ie the be
elesp they car grow, $o vet
the induitry become the" t
tie production increased fro
petuids in 11396 toe o -ver eigh
rairlde for the last flecal Ye
Where a farmer., can geow,
eobatco to the acre and get
e Pound for it, as he did. I
he iss long-headed ,pncagh
mit that few. Atter crops A
him 020 iiii acre,
It used to be said in Esee
that corn was king there, 1
has been an agricultural inE
end King Tobacco reigns on t
IA the Plaeo of King Corra
In the Province of Quebeel
e,f "L'Associetion des Pia
Tabac de la Vallee de Yam
tell you that tobacco id al
gold mine for them.
Across on Pelee Ieland,
southerly point of Canada, ti
was the means of "pullin
a chorus of praise for tobai
many a farmer who waul I
have suffered a slim finario'
account of the exceptio
Weather that prevailed lee
e
three pages of the New Year issue, ceived honorable mention in tle
head -line. "Prussian Manifesto." That
!manifesto, issued by the King of Prus-
"sia, announced that the King "had
The Mayor. and the Censor. 1 itaken up arms for the defence of his
'people" against Napoleon Bonaparte.
Those Toronto policemen who act
It meant the renewal of the great
-
as play and poster censors have leap-
-European war which, with brief in -
ed into the limelight lately by reason terruptions, continued until the battle
of soine rather absurd direttions con: 'iof 'Waterloo, eight years later. The
cerning the covering up of cards and manifesto is reproduced in full, and
cigarettes shown on posters. its date shows how slowly news
This recalls a rather amusing ex" %raveled at that time.
petience that Mayor Geary, who hap- The manifesto was signed, "Head -
pens also to be chairman of the Board iquarters, Erfurt, October 9, 1806;" and
a 'Police Commissioners. had with it was now published for the first
those same censors shortly after his time in Canada on New Year's Day,
return from Ms coronation trip to 1807, almost three months after it had
England. been issued by the King of Prussia.
While in London, Mayor Geary mei It was also announced that "the nego-
a bright and literary -minded Mente 'tiations in, -which the Xing of Great
real girl, who talked with him about Britain had been engaged with France
literary matters, and advised hirn to had been terminated without. sue:
read H. G. Wells' recent book, "The eeseet
New Machievelli." which deals with On another page is news that fol -
problems a Obotal and political lifei as the sequel of the manifesto
The mayor Is ,, not an admirer o of the King of Prussia. It is an ac -
;lows
Wells, but he iead the book. Ho eount of about one thousand words
found it interesting. 'of the battle of Jena, in which the
Soon. after he returned to Toronto Prussians were routed with great loss
he was asked to address the Buenos!! and Prussia again. prostrated before
Women's Club, a flourishing organ.; !Napoleon.
ization of some four hundred mem, Of Canadian news this New Year
bers. He found himself. drifting in issue oontains next to none, except
his speech along the line of Wells' such as can be gleaned from the ad -
doctrines, and then he frankly told vertisements. There is one death no -
the feminine audience to read the tice, which announced that, on the
book. day following Christmas, Thomas
For a week or two thereafter his ,
Faunee, Town Major of the garrison,
worship was bothered by frequent and naval officer of the Port of Que.
requests from women who had heard bee, had passed away.
his speech and who wanted to know The first advertisement is a notice
where they could buy the book. The addressed "to the Seigniors and Farm -
mayor made some investigation, and 'ere of the District of Montreal," which,
found that some three weeks before point out that "wheat is too precari-
the police had put the book undei ous in demand and cannot give 13Ut•
the ban. They had discovered soil ficient employment to the rising gen?
little incident in it which d.escribe eration, which is very numerous, and
a fall from grace on the part of thci from habit like to live near each otha
hero, and they decided it was inn er." The advertisar, Chas. F. Grace,
moral. And so was presented thi then goes on to say that persons de.
amusing spectacle of the chairman el sirous of seeing the different pro- .
the police commissioners recommend. cesses in the culture and manufacture
ing to women the book hie subordin. of hemp will be employed by hirn at
ates had banned.—Courier. ihis establishment at Longue Pointe,
where he is making experiments in
Amusing Election. Incident. the mitten of hemp.
The recent municipal election in Several of the partnership notices
Hamilton was not without its emus- are interesting, one in particular,
relish which may be -called historical. It
ing incidents. One of the most re
ed stories around the city hall 131. announced that John Gregory had
volves Mayor Lees and Harry Kent, withdrawn from the firm of McTa.vish,
who is a son of the eity clerk and who Fraser & Co.; that the firm ha's been
was an officer at the polling booth reorganized, consisting of William
McGillivray, Duncan McGillivray,
where the mayor voted. • His wor'shig
entered the voting place and intima William Hallowell, and Roderick "Plac-
ed that he would like to exercise his kenzie, the firm -name being McTav-
ish, McGillivray & Co. The notice
right of suffrage. "What's the name?"
demanded the young 111511; He was was sigaed at Montreal on Dec. 11,
told. "Where do you live," dutifully in
1806. Here are names conspicuous
continued Mr. Kent. This informa- the history of the Canadian West.
lead -
tion was also supplied vritla becoming Some of these partners were the spirits of the North-West Com.
modesty. "Are you a tenant or own-
pany, the great rival of the Hadson
er?" was the next question the mayor
answered with a smile.- At this junc- Bay Co., and subsequently amalga-
tura the officer recollected that Geo. mated with it. It was after William
McGillivray that the fort built at the
g. Lees happened to be the name of
mouth of the Kareinistiquia River ,was
the mayor Of the eityand with an
named Fort William—to-day one of
abashed air, he hurriedly passed out
the required voting blanks amid a Canada's two great grain -shipping
ports an Lake Superior, and the is.,
burst of laughter from the other occu- s
pants of the booth. ter eity of Port Arthur.
May Upset Reduction Bylaw.
Kingston, Jan. 19.—Hoteimen of
'Kingston have hopes of'13,eing able to
quash the bylaw for :the' reduction of
tavern licenses by ten. The first step
-was taken yesterday when a recount.
of votes was arranged to take place
on. the 96th before Judge Price.
The offieial majority of 105 is known
to be incorrect, as the deputy return-
ing officer of the subdivision wrote
council that he had made a wrong
return, which brings the naajority
down to 67.
Virginia Wants Roosevelt.
Charleston, W.V. Ian, 19.—Gover-
nor W. E. Glasscock of West Virginia
issued a statement last night in whieh
he declares that a earful canvass of
the political situation in West Ver.
ginia, haft convinced him that the
people of the state are overwhelmingly
for Col. Theodere Roosevelt, for the
Republican Ptesidential nomination,
and he calks uponthe people to elect
delegates to the Chieago National eon-
ventlofl wJi Y9ta fp): his tom!.
nation.
Earl Grey a Peace -Maker.
Roderick Mackenzie -was a cousin
of Sir Alexander Mackehzie, the dis-
coverer of the Mackenzie River, and
Earl Grey has not forgotten Canada the first white man to cross Canada
since going back to England. At this and reach the Pacific. Roderick Mac -
moment the earl is prominent in the kenzie built Fort Chipeevyan on Lake
movement to celebrate the centenary Athabasca, and assisted Sir Alex'
of peace between Canada, England der with tho Journal of his fanwee
and the United States, dating frora voyages and Joe/nays, ! "Roderic];
the signing of the peace of Ghent in Mackenzie," says Dr. Bryce, "had the
1814, Earl Grey has been elteted pen of a randy teelter; and it is gene
president of a society which will or- erally believedthat he gave him (Sir
ganize celebrations it the three above Alexander) much help in prepating
tottntrie,s during the years 1913, 1914 his journals,"
and 1915
Prince Rupert Goes Aheqd.
, Growing Pains of Fredericton
rrederieton, N.B., has been 'hitherto
knowo as the ca,pital of New trate.
wiek, and a quiet eollege and residen-
tial town Recently the eornmercial
spirit has got hold of reederieton. In
the town there is Tway 4 well -directed
movernent ef business,inen which aime
to boost the populatien of Predericton
!torn eight to fifteen thousand hi 1916.
Prinde Rupert, the Pacific coast ter-
mines of 'the G.T.P., is at present
malting great strides. A waterworks
system is being installed at a cost of
about $550,000, $100,000 of which will
be spent thee year. The city is also
spending 8600,000 on the sewerage sys-
tem, and another $500,000 is being
Spent on rock-catting and street grad-
ing..
The Democratic Duke.
The Dukeeof Connaught, Canada's
new Governor-General, is utterly de-
void of austerity or affectation, and
thereby, hangs this little human in-
terest tale that all the daily papers
have missed. Recently the royal
train was speeding along the C.P.R„
and arriving at Havelock about 7.30
a.m. a stop WM made for breakfast.
The train stood west of the station.
Train Despatcher Tom -Pyser took
his camera, and accompanied by
Yardmaster Haig, went out to get a
picture of the royal traveling outfit.
They were rather despairing of get-
ting a glance at tin duke on account
of the early hour, and meeting a man
owalking up and down the station
platform, they' assumed that he be-
longet to the Governor -General's
suite."
"We are going to take a picture of
the train," said Pyser. "I wonder if
the duke is coming out soon?"
"Why, do you want to get a picture
of him, too?" asked the stranger.
"We sure would," answered Pyser.
"Weil, go ahead then, my good
man. I'm the duke."
In amazement, the two railway
men stared, and then quickly took
their hats off. They had dreamed of
the duke as being clad in a gorgeous
unifoem, and he, like an ordinary
mortal., was out taking a stroll as a
morning appetizer, in plain civilian
attire., The duke conversed with-
Pyser and Haig, and when Haig re-
marked that they had expected to see
him in a uniform, His Royal High-
ness explained that he always wore
plaiu attire in the mornings. Then
the duchess and Miss Pelly,
waiting, came out, and the duke in-
troduced the nien to them. Then
Pyser, pleased ...beyond all his ex-
pectations, got a picture of the whole
royal group.
Wanted—Cars.
There is a transportation famine
about Regina just now. It is grain-
movieg tirae, and exporter's are urg-
ing upon the railroad companies the
need of more cars. At Davidson, the
story goes, grain has been piled up
in the main street because "freights"'
were not tooting by that way.
There ate 94 towns howling through
Boards of Trade for 6,855 ears to be
despatched instanter.
P. Month's Record.' n One Province.
'An Easterner hears of the "Arnett -
can invasion," ant he wonders What
is the exteet of it. Illuminating fig.'
tires from Manitoba for October, ghow
that itt that one Month, 584 of Uncle
Sam's people crossed the line on to
Canadian prairielxk that province; 290
of these people were children. Thy
brought 748 horses, 163 head of ,cat -
tie, in 149 railroad ears.
Vancouver Islarid Roads. ,
Five hundred miles of roads aree
open to the public in Vancouver DO,
land and may be uted Automobgail
along the shore of Lak
1Elgin County. Mes-
ons of Walkerville have
'stinctionof eultivating
the largest crop of toba
world. It le a plantation o
containing one. million tee
and fifty thousand plants'
The tobacco plantseere
May, sprayed and culte
September or October, w
are out off, -which widen
ens the leaf. The sprout
ered" once or twiee, a
October the hervestieg
operation consists in
leaves, placing them u
the Esun for half a day
after which they are st
"lathed." and then toll
process.
Quite often the tole
purchase the crop in
cently agents of Cana
0 F,ssex and K
dreds &CAI -Tons ncls o
ing 12 14 to 13 eents a
mediate delivery. Qu'
able part of the crop wi
spring in tobacco barns,
shipped to the manufac
The Dominion Govern
tered the tobacco indu
establishment of a epei.
which is okthnooreffiZ4 th
vision of the Departm
ture.
have rendered assistance
tine, atfor instane
the almost prahibitie
cents a pound on the
lueraftnCoabneadian ma
dayel
A Preeteble
From a financied sta
1911 will go down' in
tory as one of the
Canada has ever had::
only from a staodpoin
ous financial transacti
been carried out thrai
but more particularly
of the big changes- wl
brought about in conne
lie utility' ! and Wee
prises in the -chief ci
try, like Motreal,
nipeg.
The year jast closit
• been a bumper yea
hanks. The institute
theit fiseal year if
ber were about t4t,)
these together were
creases in their n
$1,500,000 for the y
oE the other institut
cal year at the ea(
by the time they
ments to their sh
pected that the to
year will amount
which is a pretty
the manner in wit
to make money. -9
Both Are "Righ„
The distineuished
bers of the t'Priey
Mr L BCiden
pointed, in order of
now Sir Charles Tip er,,
Laurieni 'Sir Rie,hard 'Ca .
Chattel:, lepatriek Feed
For`Ohlt, o&st time ina
Canada, the two lee,
ing,parties will new r
er in addreesiug 'the
Right lionoralele Mernb
While Canada has five
cillors, Australia hae
Zealand one, and South
Decrease, I n SUCC
A falling off in the s
of the province of Ontaric
past year is shown by, ti
ures:
December, 1911
December, 1010
Deorease in 1911
Year ending Dec..31, 1914.
Same to tied. 31, 1910.,
Deorease itt 911
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