The Clinton News Record, 1919-12-4, Page 3TFNSW HUDSON'S BAY
RAILWAY MEANS TO, CANADA
the possibilities of theirs• development
.in ecnnection with furnishing local
tonnage for the railway, samples oi'
quartz, emt ming IleeIse oe free gold
were founcirit Beaver Lake, 140 miles
northwest, in 1918, A. mall rush fel-
lowed, Thein, in August, 1914, 'better
indications of the pne1ourmetal were
Old 1/tideon Bay and New Medians;
wheat for Europe via the: fovraer and
gold and silver for the woe' Lorlt of
the \•aster...
This is the flews which, whet the
cold woatheh' breaks tit itll tite._coming.
of spring, will start a new rash into
the groat Canadian Northwest, `,L`lhis at found Herb Lake, and only the ottL-
is the promise -Wench line tinned the 'bra* Of the- war killed what would
thoughts .of prospectors, wheat grohi" have been a genuine boons, In the
ergs, investors -hien of pioneer in
stinets-to'tvard the new '178,100 summer of 1916 leliivFion was cis••
aiXuttre miles of ter'rftory tacked an to
covered with an oro body which has
the northern boundary of the Province beep proved up to a depth of 900 feet,
of Manitoba by the Dominion Govern., showing a tonnage of between sixteen
meat in 1912. and twenty tons 04 sulphite oe copper-,
Through this new district civilize- the values••being:. Gold, .077 ounce per
tion is reaching out to historic 1-Iu 1 oil ton; silver, 1.09 otundes per ton; eao-
iBay, for the Bodeen Bay division of per, 1,66 par cent„ and zinc, 8,68 par
the Canadian Government railwayce
s ata, .
from The Pat) en the Saskatchewan Followed' the discovery of-. the
River, to Poirt'Nelson, on the welitern Mandy Mine, at Schist Lake, whao4
shore of the bay; is now approachinghas already :produced 26,000 tans of
liew division will be high grade capper ore. Other claims
completion. This
424 miles long, Its main object will of lmportImce have been opener
be to provide an alternative or optional among the little lakes that dot the dis-
route for the peoduetL.of the prairies tries, 'and the last word 'has by no
to Great Britain, At the present time means been said on the mineral pos-
sibilities 'btlik of the shipments go via sibilities of New Manitoba. The gov-
,1ttontre'ai. Winnipeg is 600 miles near- eminent has announced ,its intention
er to Port Nelson than to Montreal, of building the neeessary branch rail-
whes;eas for a11points to the north' road lines into the mane district just
and -vest of Winnipeg -and this in- th it washed out to join Porcupine to
cludes•almost the entire fertile belt- the Temiska her and Northern On-
aerie in the other ease.
the distance in favor of Port Nelson
is greater. It is estithlated that the The Hudson Bay Company has long
+a maintained posts 'at the months of all
Hudson Bay route will mean an aver- chief rivers, but'Churchill and
age shortening of a thousandLiver be-
',the,eson, being available for large
item the wheat fields and Liverpool. 1ocean steamships, are the two ports
In other words, wheat can be landed .best suited to become the termini of
at Nelson as cheaply as at Port Wil- raihvays leading to the 'settled parts
]lam. • of- Canada.
But the present significance to Can- Port Nelson, at the mouth of the
ado of the -Hudson Bay railroad lien Nelson River, will be the terminus of
not in its attractions as a grain ca:- the Judson Bay railway. Although the
vier through Canada's far northern harbor is naturally inferior to Church -
gateway, but in the fact that with its ill, improvements are being madeeto
development has come the opening up secuer safeeanchoi•age and dockage,
of a hitherto unknow: mineral pro- Records of the Hudson Bay Company,
party of vast wealth around the head
of Lake Winnipeg. For history has
repeated itself here. The building of
what was to' be a grain carrying rail-
road -the Temiskaming and Northern
Ontario -from North Bay, on Lake
. Nipissing, up into the, country around or white whale, and 0011 fisheries are
' Lake Temiskaming-resulted in the productive, and will probably furnish
discovery and development of the big the basis of a very valuable industry.
silver misses at Cobalt and the gold' Fur bearing animals, for Which
mines at Porcupine. While the etten Hudson Bay for centuries has been
tion of all North America has been noted, exist in the territories sur -
turned to the battlefields of EuioPe, rounding the whole bay. Polar bears
the building of the Hudson Bay rail- and Arctic foxes may be encountered
road to • carry grain. to Europe, via anywhere north of Churchill. Black
Hudson Bay, has resulted in the cis- bears, wolves and moose are common
covering and partial opening up of a in the country around the southern
new mineral. district of first import- part of Sanies Bay, and smaller ani -
once .in Northern Manitoba. male, such as the otter, beaver, mar -
While a searching investigation of tin, fisher, mink, ermine, lynx and
the resources of New Manitoba was -wolverine 'exist in great numbers
being made with a view to' estimating throughout the Hudson Bay coiitntry,
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Weekly Market Report
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Dec. 2. -Manitoba wheat -
No. 1 Northern, $2,80; No. 2 Northern,
$2.27; No. 8 Northern, $2,28, in store
Fort William.
Manitoba acts -Ne. 2 CW, 881f•c;
No. 3 CW, 86%c; No. 1 feed, 88%e;
No. 2 feed, 81%c, in store Fart Wil-
liam.
Man, barley -No. 3 CW,
rejected, $1.35%; feed, $1.8511', in
store, Fort William. •
American corn -No, 2"yellow, $1.701
No. 8 yellow, $1.69, track, Toronto,
pronfpt shipments.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 88 t3 90c,
ac(ording to freights outside. r
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per
car lot, $2 to $2.06; No, 2 do; $1.97 to
$2.08; No. 3 do, $1.93 to $I 99, f.o.b.
covering a period of seventy years, shipping points, according to freights.
indicate that on an average Nelson is Ontario wheat -No. 1 spring, $2.02
open seven months in the year. • to'$2.08• No, 2 Spring, $1a9 to $2.08;
The fisheries of Hudson Bay will No. 3 Spring, $1.95 to $2.01, .f.o;b.
probably prove to be its greatest 'shipping points, according to freights.
natural resou-Peas-No. 2, $2.60.
resource. 'Seal and porpoise, , Barley -Malting, $1.60 to $1.58, no -
cording to -freights outside.
Buckwheat -$1.30 to $1,32, accord-
ing to freight outside.
Rye -No; 3, $1.37 to 91.40, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Manitoba flour -Government stand-
ard,
flour -Government
U. S. SOFT COAL
STRIKE CONTINUES
' 4�,, All Proposals Ave
p � Rejectedby
BO`th Sides.
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L. H. CLARKE NEW
LIEUT.-GOVERNOR
Chairman of Toronto Harbor
Commission Succeeds
SSi • J. $zlendrie:
hams, tied., 87 to 88e; 'heavy, 83 to
34c; cooked hams', 49 to 510; basic,
plain, 47 to 48c; (backs, boneless, 49
to 620; ,brealr4as't'Tacot, 42 to 4ae;.
cottage rolls, 33 to 34e.
Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $46;
mess pork, $45.
Green Moats -Out of pvekle, le less
than smoked.
Dry Salted Meats -Long clears, in
tone, 32%c; hi cases, 28 to 29c; clear
bellies, 27 to 28c; fat backs, 32 to 88c.
Lard -Tierces, 29 to 293c; tubs,
29% to 80c; pails, 29%, to 301/.ac;
printd, 30% to 310. Compound lard,
tierces, 28% to 29c; tubs, 29 to 291%;
prints, 30 to 301/ae.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Dec. 2, -Oats, extra No. 1
feed, 981/sc. Flour, new standard
grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled eats, bags,
90 lbs., $4.50 to $4.55. Bran, 945.
Shorts, $52. Hay, No. 2, per ton, ear
lots, $24 to $25. Cheese, Ernest east -
erns, 27c. Butter, choicesttcreamery,
88 to 68%c. Eggs, froth, 90c; select-
ed, 65c; Na. 1 stock, 58o; No. stock„
55e. Potatoes, per bag, car lets, $2.05
to $2.35. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed,
$25. Lara, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs.
net, 31c,
Zine Stock Markets.
ENGLAND,
9liiss (10 Lanesy, Who for many years
was ltoeseleeoper of the 1Houso of
Lords, has retired,
Rey, (1, IT. Alarcon, rector 02 Lanes
beth, diad suddenly after et sheet ill
neaa•of only two days,
Handicraft classes far disabled ser-
vice man have been started at the
London County Council School of Arts
add Crafter
Seventeen thousand Aoople attend«
ed the military tourinanient at Olym'
pia, and times thousand wore unable
to obtain admission.
The result of the election held at
Guildhall was that O. 8, �?.'shtlown and
Oharies llivee were elected as sheriffs
of the city of London.
Factory pleat Is in great demand in
Great Britain, and buyers ere paying
the Government large ])noes for its
Surplus war material.
The Board of Agriculture has pur-
chased forty acres' of rerndown Re-
creation ground for, a colony of de-
mobilized soldiers and sailors.
The death took place recently near
Rochester of ex -Gunner Chapman, who
took part in the Baltic expedition un-'
der Sit' 'Charles Napier,
A service was held In Westmineter
Abbey In memory of eiglrt choristers
and four members of the Abbey staff
who fell in the war..
While Rey, Samuel Hosking, vicar
of Coalville, Leicester, was preparing
a peace sermon, a blood vessel burst
in his brain, and he died immediately,
Lloyd George's son-in-law, Major
T. Carey Evans, R.AXI.C„ has return-
ed to London from Bagdad, where he
has been serving with the forces,
A window has been erected in Hos}
don -Parish Church in memory of
Lieut...0. D. Sneath, Middlesex Regi-
ment, a well-known hockey player.
Keeping the Milk Supply
• Good.
P.econt studies have convinced the
dairy experts that most of the trouble
with milk is due to imperfectly
cleansed utensils.
A milk pail or can 1s thoroughly
washed; it looks perfectly clean. Nev-
ertheless, around the edge of the bot-
tom (inside) a little residue of milk
remains. If water be put into the re-
ceptacle and shaken ahout, twenty-
four hours later, microscopic examina-
arc, $11, . oro ton will show it to he fall of bacteria.
Ontario 9stand If new.millc bis Pitt into the can this
arc, , inj to baIvlontriipd nt.To- steers, , 12,60 to , 13; butchers' cattle, imperfectly cleansed, there is already
sante, e jute bags. Prompt shipment, $ $ a bacterial Culture present to infect
1VTillfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont_ choice, $11:50 to $12; do, good, $10,60
real freights, bags ineluded: Bran, per to $11; do, med., $8.75 to $9.25; do, it, the germs rapidly multiplying in
ton, $45; shorts, per toil, $52; good cam„ 3G to 96,50 bulls, choice, 310 to the fresh supply.
feed flour, $3.15 to $3.50. 910.50;,do, mecl„ $8.75 to $9; do, rough, To get rid of this trouble for the
Hay -No. 1, per -ton, $2G; mixed, $7 to $7.25; butcher cows, choice, $10 mill; termor, the dairy division or the
]ser ton, $21 to 923, track, Toronto, to $10.50; do, good, $9 to $9,25; do, U,S. Department of Agriculture 'tan
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $11.50 to need., $8 to $8.20;*do, com., $6.25 to invented a simple sterliziug apparatus
12.50, track, Toronto. $6.75; stockers, $7.50 to $10; feeders,
$ that can be 'cheaply made at home. A
Country Produce -Wholesale. $5. to $21:50; canners and choke,
$5,10 to 33.25; milkers, good to choice, snarl holier produces steam that is
Eggs -New laid, cases returnable, $110 to $176• do tom and pled $65 emitted through a short Verti c sl pipe,
30 to 85c; held, 55 to 56c. Batter-
Toronto,
Toronto December 2e -Choice heavy
steers, 913.25 to $13.50; good heavy
$75; springers $90 to w175 fight over
3
' r which the can or pall ma be in-
Creamery solids, 61 to 68c; do, prints, ewes, 8 to $9; yearlings, $9 to $10.50; verted. Io a few moments the recep-
62 to 64c. Honey -White, per 1b. 20 to spring lambs, per cwt., 918.75 to tacle is rendered bacterially clean,
21c. Live poultry -hens, 4 to 5 lbs„ $14,25; calves, good to choice, $17 to For sterlizing separator parts, can
18 to 25c; hens, under 4 lbs„ 15 to 20c; $18.50; hags, fed and watered, $15.75; covers and email utensils, a bottom-
hens, over 5' lbs., 23 to 260; spring do, weighed off ears, $16; da; f.o.b.,
chickens; ens; to e, ' $14.7 ; o, o, o.. armors, ,
uc - ings, Montreal Dec, 2: Buterher steers,
A desuaLch frons Ottawa sayer-Mr.;88c. Eggs -No. 1, 60 to 61c; selects, the box and the latter is covered with
Lionel I3'. Clarke, Chairman of the To-' 63 to 64c; new laid, 86 to 90e. Butter common, x;$7.5 to $8,5 hutches 6 to a lid,
i ere, mei., $7.50 to $8,50; tom., $e to
sante Harbor Commission, has been .-Creamery prints, 65 to 67e; choice $7,50; butcher cove, $6 to $8; canners,
appointed Lieutenant -Governor of On- dairy prints, 57 to 59c; ordinary dairy $4 75; cutters, $6.25 to $G; butcher
tario in place of Sir John. Hendrie, prints, 60 to 58c• bakers', 46 to 50c. bulls, tom., $5.60 to $6,26. Good veers, Whale Meat.
whose Germ of oPflce has expired. He. Oleomargarine (best gr.), a"8 "te 37e. $14 to ,$17; med., $9 to $1.81 -_grass,
will take over the duties as soon as he cheese-blew,'large, 31% to 32'• $6,60 to $7. Ewes, $7 to $8; lambs, A whale yields from three to twelve
is sworn in by the Governor-General. Ii:Taple syrwp-Per 5 -gal. tin, $3 1'•ri' good, $13,75 to $14; come $12,50 to tons of prime meat. The weight of
gal„ do, one -gal, tin, 98,15, • i 313.25, Hogs, selects, $16.75 .to $17; the atlimal is usually reckoned at a
Lionel H. Clarke, Ontario's Lieutein ! Provisions -Wholesale. !lights, 915 to $16; heavies, $16; •sows, ton to the foot Thus a Ofty-foot whale
ant-Governor-toabe, is well known in
the business world, but to the public Smoked meats -Rolls, 30 to 3I0$Iz.75 to $1"a, -- would weigh fifty tons,
genera 1y he has 1ere�o ate been' •�"- - • �' -2------ '"---'------i------ �-"-`� Marc than 1,000 tons
in the limelight. He wee born,in Princes. Mary Makes Debut A .Question of Etiquette, were shipped- to Boston last surumei',
because the
A despatch from Ottawa says:- h' k 19 2S roosters, 15 to 200;6 d d t f $14 50 less sheet non box is placed over the
d 1.1 22 to 28c• tmiseys • 30 to steam pipe rite articles are put into
Canadians can now look forward to a
•shortage of soft coal supplies for soma
time, in the op,:nion of Mr. C. A, Ma-
grath, Dominion Fuel Controller, who
hoe just returned from Washington,,
In view of the breaking off of negotia-'
tions between the miners -and oper-
ators, there can be little hope of
amelioration of the situation for some
time,
Previous,to receiving the announce-,
meet of the breach at Washington, itIr,
Mt.nreth, who had been in conference!
with the Fuel Administrators of On -1
tette and Quebec, issued a statementl
calling attt:ntion to the gravity of the:
soft coal sit etion, endl urging thhe
most rigid cohseevahion policy. On'
being informed of the new develop-;
anent across the border, he called rt-'
tention to Jae' fact that he had entici
paten. that the award might not be,
acceptable to either minors or oper-'
404013, and said that now the utmost'
care with our present supply would be
ate c. easy,
Approved Wooden House
Now Occupied itt England
A ,Te,2at h erom t,ondon says •-The
-far.t wcccl n house approved by the
\'lies try of Health. ,is now occupied
in Neve kis 1't tools a month in build
-
ing end col (13 pounds sterling, three
tine, the pec -war l.iece,. London
property owners allege thef° is a ring
among builders and merchants width
is reponsible for house -building cOst-
big eight to twelve hundred per cent,
mote than befcr•e the wilt..,'
Five ll
-.FC•r Great Britain
generally 1 not 1 P b iof.whate meat
Guelph and . educated at Trinity Col -I In Speech at Public Function The releasees of ilio hottso engaged frozen. it is economical
lege at Port hope, being anat.ngliean �-
housewife gets all clear meat, without
p< y a new servant" and gave her metra bone or gristle; there is no waste,
in religion. i A des atch from London sa s:- tious how to behave when ans\veriha On Barclay Sound, in British waste.
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z About thirty years ago Mr. Clarke Princess Mary made her debut as a her bell, One evening she rang for bia, there a a bigwhaling station, :Alum -
came to Toronto, and he her been speaker at a public function on Thurs- a -•glass of milli, and was surprised to 'which killed whales are towed. Bono
act ve In the grain
business. Ile is day night the occasion being a fate- see Martha appear with the glass
President of the Canadian Melting Co„ well tally of the Women's Land Army, grasped in her hand'. "0 Martha," she
Ltd., and up until tha Dominion Gov- which is being disbanded.; The core- said; "always bring the mills 'to me on
ermnent agpcintcd the Wheat Boarcl, moray was a picturesque one in the old astray!"
Mr. Clarke teas a member of the Boayd Draper's Hall. After making an et- it'Iartha apologised, and promised to
of Grain Sepery r:ore. feet,ire speech, Princess Mary pre- remember in the future.
Mr. Clarice in recent year; trete gar- rented- "distinguished service bars" to
en considerable of his time to muni- some fifty women for their war work.
cipal affairs, althoug'h he never sought The women and girls present wore
the suffrage of the people•in any civic their war uniforms and later were
office." For one year he wag. Presi- entertained at a supper and concert.
dent of the Toronto Board of Trade. They gave the Princess a hearty wel-
IIS was•also for a time the city's rep- come,
resentative on the acre County Goad
Roads' „Commission. Ilse Was also a
member of the Canadian Niagara Pft
and blubber are removed, and the
meat, shipped to Pacific cities, fie on
sale within twenty-four hours after
the killing.
Other whaling statioios see building
A week niter the mistress rang' and
aannertes. (Sue concern at Victoria,
niece the same request. This time B,C., has packed this year 40,000 cases
Martha Repealed with the tray and the of canned whale meat--Forty-.eight
mills emptied into it. Anxious to one -pound cans to a case.
please, she curtsied and inquired,
"Shall 1 bring a spoon, ma'am, or will
you lap it up?"
Falls Park Commission.
When the Toronto 'lather Conmmie-
slot was organized ueven years ago,
ivJr.. Clarke was appointed Chairman,
whie}h position he has occupied up to-
this
othis present time. Under h's odnrhnis-
INCE OF WALES' FAREWELL
�IESSAGE TO HIS FELLOW -CANADIANS
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despatch from Ottawasays:"I welcome which my Canadian comrades
dation millions of dollars 'have' been can n
spent in etirryieg outh the harbor a- the 0
proven -lents, Which \vi11 give a water- opens
ffotlt.unexcelled on the Great Lakesiran
ever forget it, nor can I express in arn'is and all my Canadian fellow -
hole of niy deep gratitude for, the
hearted welcome which my Gana -
comrades in 'gams aid all my
dwo-
A despet,ll from London say;.- t'edd!itj Meg Finger.
Great Britain to goingto hays five- .\nc!ently, the .wedding ring was
shilling note::, width at the present Met placed on the thumb, then on the
rate of exrl:c^.pr ire egeivalent to cue fast enema then on the second, and
dgilar bills. lastly on the third, where it has re -
The present high price of silver ,is attained. Tire Romans, with whom the
responsible felt their introduction, and wedding slug really originated, chose
if the cost keep_ nt its present height the (mirth 'finger'because they be-
. b ela'sveli ubstitute ve'have to be found Roved a nerve' went from it direct to
:for lesser valued. coins, the heart.
pnaa+.�aemm+�m t,w.rza.r umamwrt en,e.mn,rmaanrumw o .mmm«' ew -maces - _ >.
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Canadian fellow -countrymen an
men have given me." The foregoing is
from a farewell message from his
Royal Highness the Prince of W'a'les,
whleh lilts been received by his Excel-
lency the Governor-General,
The message fellows:
H.M.S. Renown, Barrington Passage.
"The Renown is weighing anchor,
and I feel that my first visit beeCanada
CA ARIA GOVERNMENT MERCHANT
MARINE FLEET OF 23 M S
Completed Before End of 1919 Unless ' Severe Weather
Hinders Construction of Massy Large Steel Vease1e
Now Under Way in Dominion Ship Yards,
A despatch from Ottawa says:--
Unless aeyere weather upsets the
present expectations, the Canadian.
Govermment Merehaut M'a`rine Fleet
will number twenty-three vassals be -
fare the, end oR the present yeae, ac-
cording to Mr. Alex. Johnson, Deputy
Minister of.Marine. 1t is hoped that
sufficient yowls to bring the total to
the above alumber will have bean de-
livered Ware the end of next month,
'Mia. Canadian Natvligtrtor, a 'steel
vessel of 4,350 tons, built by the Cana-
dian Vickers yards at Montreal, Inas
been completed, nnado her trial trip
and handed over to the Government.
Tho Canadian Spinner, an 8,360 -ton
steel ship, will have her trial trip and
bo delivered before the end of next
weeks, it is -expected, She will, after
being handed over, .leave Montreal
either far Halifax or St. Jahn, to load
for South American ports.
An instance of rapid shipbuilding
work has been accomplished by the
Vickers works i14 the case of the Cana -
Largest of. Shells Driven
Through Thickest of Plate
A despatch from London says: -Sir
Robert Hadfield announces that the
largest calibre of armor -piercing shell
has been driven in recent British tests
through' the thickest of modern armor
plate. This feat in gunnery, he says,
will render the British ,big gulfs,
countrymen and women have given weighing something like 180 tons, tin-
st,rpassed it nava] engagements in the
1110,- - future.
"Will you please convey this ties -
se
though it bv, to Sir Robert Borden and War area in Northern France and
the whole Dominion Government, Belgium is 'estimates: to contain 8, -
whose care and hospitality through- 000,000 tons of copper, of which one -
out my visit shave been so generous bided. may be reclaimed, Sectors where
and so kind, The last four month's tvlll hard battles raged are said to have
influence the whole of my life and 125'0 tons oC iron to every 23fi acres.
seg
of 'thanks, most inadequate
-shall never be Happy if many months, The wonderful improvements l in
elapse without a visit to niy home on farming made in the lest 250 years
this side of the Atlantic. ' have been due inaliniy to two things:
is really at an end, lean never forget "My best wishes to all the people of The 3ntroductiom' 01 grasses atixl
14, nor can I express the whole of my Cana'tla till we meet again. clover; and the invention of labor -
deep gratitude for the open-hearted (Signed) "Edward P." saving machinery,
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dian Planter. This 'ship, wheels is
8,1350 tons displeeemexut, was launche
oil the afternoon of November 22, tiltel
boilers were instlllled on November 23,
the engines ineta'lled on November 24
aneeeit is expected, unless several
weather upsets pinus,tto turn the vest,
eel over to the Government before
navigation closes.
The Can Wine Settler, width is be-
ing built at the Tidewater Yards, at
Three Rivers, Que., will, it is expected,
be handed aver' on Saturday morning -
next, while the Canadian Rancher, else
from the acme yards, will be delivered
before the close of navigathon. Ash-
other vessel on which, clolivery its exe
petted before the close of navigiatioit
is the Canadian Traveller, being built
tit the Levis garde, The Canadian
Railer, under construction at the Wale
lace •Shipyau'dtr, Vancouver, is expected
to be complete and handed over before
the end of the year, malting the
twenty-third vessel of the Cenaddaa
Government Merchant Fleet in eomr-
mission.
Prince Albert as a
Speaker.
The royal family of Britain is rapid-
ly developing a goodly number• of ora-
tors, even the Younger members having
taken to this role, says a London des-
patchi"""One of the latest additions to
the list 3s Prince Albert, the Ring's
second son, who is a freshman at Cahn -
bridge. After having gone through
the ancient ceremony of being made
a freeman of the Di'aper's Company
here, he delivered a striking little
speech. Replying to a toast by Canon
John Dalton of St. George's, Windsor,
at a luncheon after the ceremony, the
Prince said, in peat: -
"It is, I assure you, a real pleasure
to me to have the honor of replying
to .the toast so kindly proposed by
Canon Dalton and received wth such
cordiality by you all here. For the
pleasant things he has said about the
servlcos rendered by my faintly dur-
ing ire war, 1 would thank him sin-
cerely.
"I can, only say that, should the
chance over arise, 3 have no higher
am11tfon than to follow the splendid
example set me by my father, mother
and eldest brother, and to emulate
thenal to the best of my ability,
Snap -Slots:.
A enap•a10t is a photograph taken
by a slot machine, and before long
these machines may by common fea-
tures on piers, peradea, and station
platforms.
The machine takes your picture, de-
velops it, prints it, and delivers it, all
in the space of four minutes. ,
This is how it does it: -Von sit be-
fore the machine and drop in your
coin. A. bell rings, and the machine
dispays this notice: "Now, then!
Turn your bead, please, to the right;
look at tho little cross above the mir-
ror -and senile." Then a lamp lights
up in the machine, A second warning
SCOTLAND.
Information has been received of
the death in Iligypt of Lieut -Cot.
James Hay, formerly of Allem.
The death is announced at„Edits
burgh of Di: C. A. Whyte, son of Peter
Whyte, baker, Fraserburgh,
R. C. T. Mair, solicitor, Elgin, has
been appointed Chief Assistant of the
Forfarshire Executive Officer.
Lord Northcliffe, accompanied by by
biographer, Max Pemberton, is stay. '
ing at the Marine Hotel, Nairn,
The death is announced of Colin
Mackay, M.B.D., who was for -twenty
one years station master at Inverness,
R. H. Cowie, Royal Bank of Scot-
land, Aberdeen, has been appointed
Lecturer in Banleng at Aberdeen Uni-
versity.
Mr. Stuart, the new Professor of
Scots and Civil Law In Aberdeen Uni-
versity, is an honorary Sheriff -Substi-
tute,
A fully equipped motor ambulance
wagon has been presented to Fort
William by the St- Andrew's Ambu-
lance Association,
A fire which broke -mut in the Sea -
forth Highlanders' depot at Fort
George Barracks did damage to the
extent of more than 125,000
Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald, ot South
College Street, Elgin, are informed
that their son, Pte. W. Macdonald,
formerly. reported wounded, is dead.
Prince Arthur of Connaught has ac-
quired Monteoffer House, near Baud,
where he and the Princess will stay
during the shooting season.
In accordance with the will of the
late Alex. Alexander, Cowanbank, a
memorial archway has been erected
in the grounds of. All Saints' Church.
The death is announced of Robert
Garden, proprietor of • the estate ot
belt rings, and n new notice appears. i Menzi°, and one of the founders of
•'Keep sail, please," it says, sad you Lite first halfpenny paper in London.
The citizens of the burgh and dis-
obey.
Tislet of Nairn were greatly clic': or the shutter and the ex- shocked
tingutshiug of the tight inform you when they heard of the death of Alex -
that the exposure has been made, but, ceder Mackintosh at Sheffield.
In -
lest there• should be any mistake, ti
Lie tt: C!ol. James .T. Mackay, an In-
third notice appears with the follow- \cruces man, has gone to Rhodesia
ing message: "Thank you, the sitting with a view to establishing a farm
is over, and you can rise from your colony of easorvice Highlanders,
seat Tn four minutes Your puth'ait Chas. Leith Hay, of Leith Hall, has
will be delivered at the bottom o1' the written a three -net farce which was
first produced in aid of the Scottish
apparatus." Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' I3os
The picture arrives punctually 30 tel Si
the second, and if it is not like you,
that is your fault! The invention is a—lee--
French one. � Wealth Under the Ocean.
Mater a Mineral. Man Is a burrowing animal. In tee
pursuit or wealth be will even burrow
Water is our prinialtal mineral, Air, under the sea,
is a mineral, and so, of course, is salt, • The most valuable iron urines' In
These are the three minerals which Nova Scotia are beneath the ocean,
tiro take direcfv into our bodies, Tbore are outcropphags 0!'the ore -heals
]ror supplies of outer minerals, such en share, and the miners follow them
as calcium, nines, seas, phosphorus, far out as they dip down under the
potash and soda, we depend upon the sea -floor.
plants we eat or upon food animals It might be asked, bowdo they pre -
that subsist 00 plants, ! vent the sett -Moor from caving in upon
'You drinik about one ton of water M. t them?" No trouble at all about that.
a year. But the total quantity of that Enough of the tree -bearing material
fluid required for your individual sub -1 is left untouched to serve an pillars,
sisteuce,for a twelvemonth is not less upholding the roof.
than 6,000 tons -reckoning what must Elsewhere on the coast of Nova
be used for the titoduction of the Scotia coal is mined in' the same way,
plants you eat. and the plants eaten by I under the see, 11 is an excellent quali-
o
th animals t hose flesh you consume ty of bituminous coat
:
ne
Water is the funclamental c essit
} Qin the boast of Cantwell, in Eug-
of-lite; kenos the extraordinarily in land, mining is dorso for tin beneath
genions expedients adopted for mak-1 the ocean, the lodes being folloSved
ing it available. Of these, none, per -out from s'tol'e. - The bottom is of
haps, is more remarkable than the 1 solid granite, and the workmen can
scheme employed to supply the city actually hear the boulders reeling
of Chicago, where tunnels are run about over their heads, as the storm -
miles out beneath the lake bottom, waves drive them about,
with au artificial inland built at the In ono ease a veils extraordinarily
end of each tunnel for the housing 01 rich in tin was found tit extreme low
machinery, • By this means the indis- water in a patch of roe's, A bulkhead
pensalrle mineral is obtained fresh and
pure,
i•— a_
The post -card ie. 49 years old in
Bnitain.
was built around the rock, and a abaft
sunk, large quantities of precious ore
being taken out before a storm wiped
out the works,,
In California, el Suntiuen•lnnd, may
he seen tite strange spectacle of oil -
derricks far out in the sea, They are
gettbtg Petroleum from beneath the
ocean floor, following out the oil -bear -
leg strata,
They are even dredging for iia- .
monde 13,011, at the roast of what. was
Carman Southwest ,\frlca, and very
successfully.
The Christmas Star.
Over Bethlollam's stable lowly
Shone a quiet $Lar and holy,
Saying by its a3.aarly glow:
"From tlals place a Son shall go
Who shall die to bring arcate
Peace on earth, good will to mon."
\V!Id Semite b1 India,
Tigers killed no fewer that' 1,000
persons in 'l'o'ss last year; \VolV09
sand pease 00001311t001 for 338; tom
ands for 325; anti crocodiles and ate .•
ligators for 1114, Realms headed the
as40 tjlst Wille 28,1300 victims,
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