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The G erns are now beginning to
g g
remember history, They are turning
the pages and there is stirring within
them the disquieting knowledge that
the British are beyond all measure
stubborn. In 'financial and business
circles the British. bud,et has brought
'positive dismay:" rite"fact that Great
Britain is guuite'cheerfully and com-
placently preparing for at least an-
other two years of war has come
with something of a' cataclysmic
shock to Germans. It was Germany
herself wh ooriginally: conceived that
the war would not last more than six
months. That the British are now
prepared to carry on the weir for
years unless Germany comes to terms
in the meantime is causing much
more apprehension than the possi-
bility of -thee lines being broken.
Evth ythingh therefore which can be
done to make; Germany realize that
the Brish still., are a most stubborn
race a ?d haw's got cit firmly fixed in
their Minds that they are going to
win this war even if it takes them
twenty.years and every man and cent
they pessess to do it, is likely to in-
crease this feeling of hopelessneess
among the Germans as. to the ulti-
mate outcome. Maximilian Harden
has already voiced this sentiment and
in due Course it Will.flx itself in te
German mind.
The full menace of this stubborn,-.
ness of the British can be under-
stood only when it is considered from
the German point of view. It is riot
hatred 'of the Germans' themselves,
but simply a determination to make
them. pay for the misery they have
wrought and deprive them of the
ROMANCE OF
JAS. J. HILL'S LIFE
HE WAS ONCE A DOCK LABORER
IN ST. PAUL,
A Glimpse of Some of the Charactier-
istics of the Great Railway
Magnate.
One of the intimate friends of the
late J. J. Hill, the•• greatest of Ameri-
can railroaders and the man who
opened up the North-Western States
of the American Union to setblement
a generation ago, is Mr. Elias Rogers,
of Toronto says the Toronto Star.
he used to call, and the woman there
always used to give hhu n piece of
breed and buter, although he never
asked for it, He confessed to me
that he was always very glad to get
it, just the same.
"Hill always had a remarkable,
capacityfor details, but he maintain-
ed his breadth of vision, He was
opposed to extravagance and display,
but was never penurious. He lived in
a very nice house in St. Maul, "frith
beautiful grounds around it, but it.
was not a showy piftce. `He had an-
other house in New York: Mrs. Hill,
is one of the finest ladies I have ever
met, She is not a society, woman, al-
though she is accepted everywhere, of
course. She is a motherly woman.
She is a Roman Catholic, but of the
broadeet type.
"Hill had a model farm at St: PAW
and a laboratory where he kept,
Mr. Rogers knew J. J. Hill in the chemists employed. He had model
early days, having met him first in farms dotted throughout the .tern-
St. Paul in 1882. Hill formed a .tory of his railroads to the coast. cone's fortune. I remember stalking
strong affection for Mr. Rogers, Here he 'experimented with crops, and t4. Hill during the South African war
ly because he had gone to a school had samples of different soils sent for and'remar'king on the big expense the
in Rockwood presided over by Bev. analysis to St. Paul. Then he would Strathcona Horse must be to Sir
William Wetherald, a member of the determine,what crops were best adapt- Donald."
Society of Friends, of whom Mr. ed for each particular region, and
Rogers is also a member, what fertiliser was the local require
"J. J, Hill was the biggest railroad.] ment. This information he would pub
man in the United States ..or in the lish for the benefit of bhe people; to-
» 'ether with the comparisons of the
world, said. Mr. Rogers. "There wasg
not his equal. Van Horne was a crope. in thedifferent d'istricts under St. Paul and Winipeg. Each: ewas
friend of his and there were manythe different treatments. His farms traveling, with a d6g sleigh°
t
"At the time of the first Riel rebel..
lion at Fort Garry, when the people
vera; housed up. in the ;.fort, it looked
as of they would be starved out.
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" `He can easily, ;stand .it,' saia''Hill.
`I've made 'more than that for him in
one deal that he knew •nothing .about:'
"Hill and Strathcona; met .the; first
time on the Red River trail between
points of similarity, but Hill made
Van Horne. He -brought' hint to the
C. P. R. Strathcona and Stephens
could generally produce., twice wha
was produced on the farms of their
neighbors. In this way he improved.
wanted Hill to manage the C.P.R., the agricultural standing .of the tem -
and Hill took hold for a while, but tory through which his lines ran.' His Strathcona sent word to Hill asking
he picked Van Horne to take his methods were always practical rather if. he would get word through to Fort
place on the C.P.R. and went back to than mere 'academical or theoretical. Garry that there would be food .there
-the Great Northern. He used to sell improved 'seed at a . by the time spring opened up. ' •Hill
nominal figure. He also introduced could not trust anybody, so he went
Was a Dock Laborer. the best stock.:. When he•.became im- himself, traveling by dog -sled a dis-
"J. J. Hill was a big looking man,
Pressed' tvith 'a farmer as a progres- tante of over 400 miles, and taking an
sive, common-sense man, he would Indian with him to cook and help with
often present such a man with a fine
breeder, and thus improve the stock
of his district.
Find to Animals.
"Hill was very' kind. to animals, and
good humor as theyhave left us. We the stump is still to be seen of the it horsees .wasatir he'saw the sat Roc -
tired, that time at Rock -
can still joke, still laugh in their last tree he chopped at Rockwood. A wood, that he carried ,a pail of water
faces and "play the game" of war man named Harris was working with to it. The stranger, in appreciation,.
cheerfully. But the long strain of the him that day. Harris since came to gave him a ` copy of an American
_fit riionths has roused in us all that work for me, and he told me the .ilei- newspaper, where he read that men,
inherited stubbornness of race which dent. Hill, who had conceived the were wanted in Minnesota, and where -
is not only dangerous to those who idea of going West, laid his axe froni.he derived his determination to
oppose it but is unconquerable. It is � against a tree.••• go West. -
not a sentiment nor an acquired} " `That's the last tree I'ni going to "Hill wanted to fight for the North ti`aveling all day and all night, to
habit. • It is bred hi the past, cen-i chop,'said he. in the Civil War in .the States, and get away from. any possible pursuit.
"He started West on a ten dollar organized a .company. They would
bill next day, not let him go, however, because he
"Hill was a particularly , quiet was blind in one eye. It.. wee. not .an
spoken man," continued A'Ue;.Reeers, apparent• msseeyTele•-fact no one
'Dui Itis words atways carried weight.,
He was well read; one of the best read
men in America, I suppose. He was •
well up on such subjects as the modern
science of agriculture, botany, flowers, I
themselves, he asserts, have tracked j chemistry of soil, and so forth. He 1
down sedttionists, like the 7000 who 'was strong in • geology. There were.)
came back from America a year ago, F few. subjects he was not thoroughly i
apparently under German inspire -,familiar with, but he had no fads..
tion, t;2 stir up •disaffection. Lord i Among other things he was a con-
Hardinge •himself was the target of I noisseur on precious stones and jewel -
anarchists at Delhi; but he prefers ry, and had a cultivated taste in mat-
to believe that the vast. majority of ters of art. But, he was self-educat-1
the Indians repudiate the philosophy ed, the schooling he had received at!
and the methods of assassins, He Rockwood being chiefly valuable for '
bases his optimism on the facts. In- teaching him how to learn. He had a 1
dian rajahs and chiefs sent• all the prodigious memory. I
men and gave all the money they ! Fond of Old Memories. j
could spare, and in many cases re- '"He was fond of indulging in e
ported in person at the front when ireminiscences. He used to talk to I
the war broke- out. ! me for an hour at a time"of the old
days when he was a barefoot boy in :
France, in Egypt, on the Gallipoli Canada. There was one house where 1
although he was not so tall as I. He
weapons which make such misery, f was square -shouldered with a leonine
possible. They are not fit to be I head. He was blessed with a very
trusted with power therefore it must
be taken away from them.
We intend to do this with as much
strong physique. He had worked as
a boy on the farm, and when he came
to St. Paul first he worked as a
'stevedore on the docks. They say
the dogs. The Indian peeVecha traitor,
however, .and when about •: Neff way
there, he refused to do as he was told,
Hill got suspicious. The Indian had
been told to cook brea]cfast, and not
obeying, words followed, when the In-
dian attempted to seize the rifle. 'Hill
was too quick for him, and grabbed. it
first. He bold the Indian'`to run.
"'If you look around or let up your
stride until out of sight you're a 'dead
man,' said Hill. The•, Indian 'went
straight ahead. and stayed not. Hill
then started for Fort Garry: alone,
Curies and is itself the history of our
race. •
Lord Hardinge, who has relinquish-
ed his post as Viceroy and returned
to England, has given an interview
as to his impressions of the loyalty
of .the pe'bple of India. The people
Peninsula, in Mesopotamia, Egypt,
East Africa and China Indian and
Britieh troops to the number of 000.-
friti-:h troops to the number of 300, -
fought valorously side by side, and
the British army of occupation in
India was cut down from its usual
enrolment of nearly 75,000 to less than
15,000. In view of the fact that the
native population of India is more
than 815,000,000, anarchy would have
had one long devil's carnival in the
absence of the troops, if in the length
and breadth of the country its foot-
hold and mindhold had been firm.
Lord Hardinge, progressive in his
attitude and following the liberal
pattern set by Morley and Minto in
his administration, is qualified to
speak for the pat •iotism of India.
England's grandest colonial experi-
ment is justified by the fruits of it
in the unwavering fidelity of the na-
tive rulers who enjoy the heditage of
Hastings and of Clive.
What He Was.
They met once before. • It was
after he had had a stormy meeting
at the lady's house with her father,
"Was your father a pirate?" he
asked. softly, as she ilew to his arms
and was enveloped by his enraptured
embrace. She looked up at him and
with the light of love shining iu her
beautiful eyes.
"Why no, darling, why do you•
"He seemed to me to be a great.
al of • a freebooter," he murmured,
e once r. ere sought her ruby lips,
axle: in which 'a
a main's,
He was familiar with the Indians
around Fort G•arry,•and was able, to
work into the barracks during the
1;'zies.e and deliver his message. He
would ever have known it. His other 'stayed there a short; time, and when
eye was strong and did all the work. he started 'back the 'river, had bie ken
He told me himself a couple of years up. He was waylaid by a party of
;o that one eye was blind or I would Riel's Indians :andefoi'eed 'to cross the
never have known it. He did not wear
glasses except in later years to read
by.
"He owned most of the First Na-
tional Bank at St. Paul, and the con-
trolling interest in bhe Northern Pa-
cific and the Great Northern. The
three institutions occupy one building,
newly completed; which takes up a
whole block and constitute the finest
building in St. Paul. The bank is in
bhe centre, with a glass roof, one or
two stories high. This allows the
Great Northern and the Northern Pa-
cific office buildings to tower up each
side, and have plenty of 'light all
around them.
Helped Strathcona.
"J`, J, Hill helped to make Strath-'
river. This he did, by swimming
among the ice: floes while the'Indians
were shooting. He got his dogs around
him and crossed all right, but one of
his dogs was shat while in the water.
He made for a light and was taken in
by a settler and put to, becl He was
unable to travel for two..or three days,
but came out none the worse in the
end.
Couldn't Be Idle.
"Hill used to plan vacation trips of
two' -months' duration down the Lab-
rador shore
ab-rador-shore and elsewhere. He was
very fond of fishing. But he never
stayed out the period he had planned.
His business instincts got the better
of him. IIe. could ,neverstand being
idle long. .
FOR PRESERVING
Look for the Red. Diamond, which is ` now prop i-
nently placed on every package of St. Lawrence Sugar.,:
Absolutely pure and perfectly refined
guaranteed by this mark.
Cane sugar is best for every purpose --sweeter and
most wholeeonie—but itis indispensable
for preserving and jellies ; other
kinds pften cause ferment-'
inion and prevent'
jellying,
A size
•a.nd style for
every need, andn';
flee, 'medium'or
eoerie grasin.
u.wgeNcc 03 a'nrr+yeaiLs: u rrrb, eve r•
"I saw James J, Hill in New York
only five weeks ago, and he looked to
me as ;well as ever he did, full of life
and energy. He always moved as if
en steel springs, I cannot understand
how it was that tJie operation killed
him. I thought lee was likely to live
for ten years or more,'.'
VARYING VIEWS
OF WESTERN FR NT
OPINIONS ' OF CIVILIANS .AND
MILITARY MEN.
The German Armies Will be-Cauglrt
Like Rats in a
' Trap.
According to John Balderson a well
informed American -newspaper eorres-
ponFlent in London, there are four
opinions and only four among civilians
and military men conceening the situ -
tion on the western front. One; of
thesis to the effect that the Gei:mans
cannot be driven out of: their' preieht
positions by a general offensive, and
oddly enough' this pessimistic view
has been strengthened by the fight
ing,at Verdun. There, say the doubt-
ers, the Germans after months of
preparation have been unable to' malce
any •rn$terial 'headway. }neva "then,
can the Allies in their turn expect to
crumple up the GermansL drive :them
out of their trenches and start on the
triumphal 'march to ,$erlin through
France and Flanders? Mr. Balder-.
son explains that' those who'' hold to
this belief are almost all' civilians.
Among the military men he spoke to
he did not find any•who believed that
a. grand attack against the Ger`maris
in France and Flanders could not
succeed.
• The Optimises View.
This brings us to the second opin-
,u•,.
ion, namely, that the'ti'rst great gen-
eral attack upon the 'Germanlines will
result in a clean break through and
on a wide front. Then the German
armies' will be caught like rats in a
trap and will suffer the greatest mili-
taryedisaster in the history of tiilg
world. They will not retreat to Ber-
lin; they will 'not be able to; they will
have to stay; and .fight against' super-
ior forces or su render, Those who
held this view insist that the great
Allied offensive ought, to be under-
taken at whatever cost, since it . is
sure to 'succeed,' and though the
casualties' will be enormous, it' will
end the war. Opposing this view is
one to the effect that a great offensive
now • might imperil everything,. that'
the Allies ought to continue their
present tactics, that time is on their
side, and that patience alone is ne-
cessary to bring about the downfall
of the German armies in the West.
A Question of Luck.
Finally there are 'those who con-
tend that luck plays an abnormal part
in modem. warfare; and that it was
simply bad luck that robbed the Allies.
of tremendous victories..at Loodr•and
in Champagne. They argue that the
only thing to' do it to imitate the
tactics of the Germans to attack
again and again first at this point
and then at that, suffering defeats
occasionally and learning from them,
but never relaxing the efforts. They
are ;opposed to a huge offensive along
the whole line, because if it failed it
would so exhaust the Allies that they
would have to give up the hope of de-
cisively beating the German armies .in
the field. The generals, according to
those exports,' ought not to put • all
their eggs`.in one basket. ' It is pro-
per to mention that the pessimists
who believe that the Germans cannot
be driven out of their positions' in
France, look to the Russians advanc-'
ing through Germany, and thus bring-
ing;, about her _defeat; ,:while eeth'ers
.think that from Salonica • will be'
launched the'•gieat offensive that will
Brush in turn the military strength of
Bulgaria, Austria and Germany.
SKIING IN NORWAY.
An Exhilarating Sight to See a Troop
of Soldiers on Skis.
When an3rone writes : of skiing in'
Norway, le; is ;the purely Norwegian
aspect of the sport that is of the most
interest, says a correspondent of bhe
London filmes. Mountain skiing is)
with the miner variations, due to local
conditionse the sane the world over;
Meese, skiing is ' essentially the pas
time of Norway. Those who 'are ac-
customed to the long rano over, per-
fecb, snow common in Switzerland find
little pleasure in f olloveing }narrow and
tortuous tracks through" forest, and
ttr'g, of; course, incapable of mating
bub such a'track for themselves;'for
forest skiing requires skill of a wholly
•difirent'°order°• front that necessaryrin
•olien. The paths are Oben 'hard
end fiery bumpy, speed is quickly,.
;gatheredy eid1 grrero:vdomand'over t'he
situ Ys ne vss ley to keep the .;l aeltince;
7. bY and'ta14e':tlle ehaap teams:# ween the
ti Et? ,treese ew4zndi 4 'exhilarating, g>4hts
STINGING NEURALGIA
The Trouble Due to Nerves
Starved for Lack of Good Blood.
• An eminent medical, writer has said
that `neuralgia is the cry of starved
nerves for better blood." ' The one
great symptom of this trouble is pain,
fierce, stabbing pain, that almost
drives the sufferer frantic. The one
cause is poor blood; the only cure is
to enrich the blood, Meat applied to
the inflamed nerves will give relief,
but does not cure. ' Dr, Williams' fink
Pills. furnish the blood all the needed
elements, and the blood conveys them
to the nerves. The only way_of get- .
ting food or medicine'to:the nerves is
through the blood? and the only way, •
to enrich the Mood is through a fair
use of Dr. Williams'. Pink_Pills, In
this way neuralgia, sciatica and other
nerve disorders are profeeptly cured,
and the . whole system benefited and
strengthened. Mrs. M. Gleason, R.R.
No. 1, Uxbridge, Ont., who was a
great sufferer . from neuralgia, says:
I suffered intensely ,from.. neuralgia
for four years. ` ey _Wood hues thin
'and 'I was''oompletely' run down. '`I
suffered intense pain all the time. At
different times I consulted three doc-
tors, but their treatment did 'no more
than give me temporary relief. Then
I tried different medicines, but the
restilt was the same—they seemed no
good in my case. I • was', `growing
steadily worse,' and finally could not
do a bit of work. The last doctor 1
consulted could do nothing for me
but give nee morphine tablets to ease
the pain, and by this time I had abou.:
resigned.myself to a'life of pain. Then
one of Dr. Williams' almanacs cane to
our house and I read ofesiniilar cases
cared through the use of Pink Pills. 1
got three boxes and before they were
all gone the pain began to decrease,
and I began to have a better appetite.
By the time. I •had taken six boles I
was again a well woman, and my
neighbors could hardly realize that
such a change could be made in so •
short a time. Later I was beehered
with ,eczema and Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills cured me. I have -found these
Pills worth their. weigli't•�in gold' and 1
cheerfully recommend them to all wiio
axe ailing."
You can get these Pills from any
medicine dealer or by mail'at 50 eats
a box or six boxes for $2.50 fi•a n The
Dr. Williams' Medicine"Co., Brockville,
Ont.. ,
A Lesson in "Business.".
."No, sir," said a wealthy merchant
to his confidential clerk. who lead
asked for the hand of his daughter;
"no, sir; if you were a rich man it
would be different; but as it is—"
He spread his hand out palm upwards
to signify that the young man's
chances were hopeless. But,thcy were
not altogether without hope. Some
monthse later the wealthy merchant
was astonished to find that .his eon-
fidential clerk had bolted with praeti=
tally the whole of his fortune. Ile
was still more astonished to receive
a.,telegram from the absconder, who
was somewhere in South America,
with the following message:—"Am
rich -very rich, but regret to say ani
not in position to marry a poor man's
daughter."
wegian soldiers flitting through the
forest in Indian file, hard on each
other's heels, all going full speed,
prodding with their sticks to increase
the pace even down the hills, never
faltering at the bumps, and swinging •
round the bend's without a check.
The course of the fifty -kilometre
race, which bakes place annually be-
fore the great jumping competition
at:.Holmenkollen,'is laid right through
the,great forest of Nordmarken, and
is;cevered by many of the competitors
.in about four hours and a quarter—,. ,,
not bad going for thirty-one mile's up '
'hill, down dale, and cross lakes,. with •.
the finish no lower than the start. The
track to be followed is marked by lit-
tle red streamers hung to the trees at
intervals. It is laid by officials of the :
ski club,,who delight iii choosing the
most difficult way they can find, and
the actual tracks of whose skis con-
stitute the course.
Last year I spent a night in a lint
'in the eerest and went . out. i'n the
niiorning te'see, the runners pass.; They '
h'ad been going about six miles when •'
they passed me, and' I chose a nice,
Ethick place on' a good slope to see
them go by. As they must go in sin-
gle file they are started at two,
minute intervals, and a competitor r
who is caught up with must give his .
pursuer room to pass him. There were
thirty or forty starters, all very young
Bien; and they went through ''t4f%.'
thicket at full 'speed. I had the;
natured .satisfaction . df seeing . two, . 4'
fall who failed to clear a partictilarl'q e
:ma1iSiotis bush with the tree. of their
skis; they. pitched on their,; heatde;:lout.
they'were eip again in'a trice. Several
Tof 'them .avoided that particular yell ,,
with aside, jump'takeneat tile.%la 't eiib'�'''
' nentr,which-served further to nerease
their pewe , 1'heeeu`iere all going, with
a;in'reasy swarip;, which' berried' tfi'em
�sr, a � i4"pai pe, ar}t galtecl t �`aii, �t bop� With hardier en effort over the g.r ounclie':0
0.