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DISTRICT MATTES
Ari.
No Foundation For Rumors.- -Suspi-
cion that any person caused the death
of Austin Church, of West Wawanos'h,
-was set,at nought on Saturday, when F
-s. jury under Coroner Hunter brought ,
-in a verdict in short orler that Aus
tin Church carne to his death:by . be-
- Ing trampled On by a horse at his home
on December 10th. The investigation,
conducted by Crown Attorney Seager
and. Inspector Reborn, was the re-
sult of rumors started after the ast
- dent which. were without foundation,
HAY.
Officers for 1917.—At the first
meeting of the township fathers, the
following were appointed to the re-
spective offices with salaries as Stat-
ed: Clerk, F. Hess, sr., $175; Treas-
urer, Thomas Johnston, $125; as-
sessor, George Blackwell, $95; Col-
lector, Elmore Klopp, $80; auditors,
.J.. Campbell and Jacob Haberer. $8
Caretaker, Mrs. B. Howald, $25.00;
- Member of the Board of . Health, Al-
" Heideman, Sanitary Inspectors
Alex. Munn, C. Eilber.
STEPHEN. ,
Township. Officials. --At the inaug-
uralmeeting of the Stephen council
held on January 8th, the following
.officials were appointed for the com-
ing year: Jos. Guinan, assessor and
-truant book enumerator at a salary of
1100; Jos. Guinan, sheep valuator at
the rate of $1.50 per diem and 10c
mileage; James Hodgins, caretaker
of the hall $25; Chas. Zwicker and
'Monies Trevethick, auditors ,at $4
each; H. F. Eilber, Truant Officer;
Alonzo Hodgins, member of Board
. f Health; William Lewis, Ed. Brok-
enshixe and W. B. Oliver, sanitary
inspects with divisions, concessions
1 to 11; concesions 12 to 17 and con-
cession 18 to - western boundary of
-the municipality, rsrpectivoly.
t1Hoosiw't1 AN EMP.RI S.
LESEN'T '' eveute are =kin'
people so'.. forgetful .that if
scarcely deems odd that. the
world should occasionally
overlook an island. Such Is the case
ot,Tri tan t)a Cunha, an island in -the.
South Atlantic remarkable chiefly tw-
its is ration. A steamer on passage
from oath Africa, bound for Buenos
-.Aires, chanced to call there recently.
The I t vessel :that had touched its
1 rathe bleak and unpromising shore*
was a French barque, and -that was
Mast March. Negle.t it seems is rapid-
ly reducing the tAinhabitants (some
200 in number) to the role of Robin.
son Crusoes. Their foodstuffs are
very short, especially dour, rice, tea,
and coffee, and even eloth is none
too abundant, Report hath it that
"a British war Vessel calls at this
isolated British -settlement once s
year," but, according to the inhabi-
tants the island has had no much
visitation since the Boer War.
Though bullocks, _sheep, and geese
• are reared in this isolated spot the
disappearance of whalers and Chet
sailing vessels has made it difficult
to trade.
•` "They have, gnly two frail boats,'
writes the captain of the latest boat
to call, "made , of canvas over wooden
fran}ing. Their lifeboat was lost with
all hands (17) some $icrty years ago,
while going off to a ship during
heavy weather. The men are expert
boatmen, as is proved by their going
off in any possible weather to inter-
cept any vessel sighted, and they
occasionally visit the Inaccessible
and Nightingale Islands, some twenty
miles distant, in search of seals. A
few days before our visit they caught
a whale, but were unable to tow it
home with their frail craft. They
say that from June to Septembel
whales are frequently seen, especial.
ly the right whale, with its valuable
bone. There is no whaling station.
or factory on the island. The 'ac-
quisition of a whale orsurf boat
would -be a great boon .to the people.
They -state they will come off at any
time during the night .if a vessel will
make a' signal or show a flare.
"They have no new signal code or
book, and as the old one they possess
is now obsolete it Is useless to them.
"They have two clocks on the is-
land, which I augmented by the gift
of a Houston Line clock."
Another Island, more rornsatiC
but as remote as Trintan Da Cunha,
has also succeeded in attracting the
attention of civilization by the ac-
count of a recent visitor. The stat-
utes of Easter Island, in the south- `
east Pacific, some 2,000 miles from 1
the coast of South America, have re-
mained the mystery of the Palo
since the first European discoverer
of the island, the ' .patch admiral,
Roggeveen, sighted it . on Easter
Day, 177 2, said Mrs. Scoresby Rent=
ledge, relating to the Rural -Geo-
hicai. Society her worst during
manner of fine Etrusesn wl+arlarea
turned out.
It was not long, .however, . before
the Government began • to ' wonder ,
what watt becoming of its gold pieces.
The officials knew - the pec le were ;
not hoarding gold, so a quet loves-'
tigation topk place. It was then dis-
covered that the makers Of gold
jewelry were to blame. Having found
the cause, it was not difficult for the
officials to find .a cure. They- did it
by "peppering" the coins with irid-
ium. Resembling black emery in the
crude state, iridium requires a heat
of 3,542 degrees Fahrenheit to "melt
it. Gold, on the other hand, can be
melted at 1,913 degrees Fahrenheit.
F "Peewees Tokiko May Mount Japanese
Tirane in Spite of . Ob jest ons.
Prfncess Tokihe of the noble
l of Ichija seems mostly likely
to become the new crown princess of
;Apia. In fact, her nomination is
practically inevitable. ' She is the
only princess of rank available for
the place. She will . attaire this honor
in spite of a number of objections
that have been raised against her.
It is said, for instance, that she. is
Iseking ice. temperament, because she
ie a little `"short tempered," as . the
Japeaese /express it, or "quick tem-
pered,'" as we wcould say. It is, how-
-ever, hoped that as she grows older
'she will became better able to con-
ol temper and be a suitable
teaaart for his Imperial Highness.
Itis also said that she is not per-
fectly strong. in body and does not
•ey absolutely good health. But
'again it is hoped that, with care, she
_.ay become physically perfect,
In the third place she is not yet
pert in the writing of Japanese
poems. That is one important qual-
cation of a prospective empress;
-Skill along that line may be develop -
by practice; so that_ she may yet
eeome a poetess. w
it remains that, in spite of ;tate
drawbacks, she is the only one who
is really eligible among all the prin-
cesses of the Go-Sekke, or five noble
houses, from which the consorts of
the crown princes have always been
chosen. If she is not selected, it. will
le necessary: to break the ancient
custom and choose the crown prince's
'bride from some family outside of
that charmed circle. Custom, how -
weer,
weer, is powerful in the Orient.
In this connection I may be per -
to to add a few Iines to cover
:some points learned indirectly from
one of the ° tutors of , the crown_.
Prince about the young mail himself.
That teacher has always aimed not to
eve merely mechanical instruction,.
as many of the imperial: tutors are
satisfied to do, but to incd>lcate the
;proper spirit in the future filar of
the empire. And he learns, to hare
succeeded with striking results.
It is said that the = crown., p$noe
takes no notice of the ctui , but
remembers well. And when he was
-once asked what was the most .im
portant thing he remembered,' as iea
,pressed upon ?him by the teacher, he
fly replied "personality." The
same instructor has been emphasis-
ing the importance of , self-sacrifice.
Ile has also taught the prince not to
love, but to honor money, and has
held up -before: him the example of
Industrious farmers who are making
valuable contributions to the welters
of the nation.
The royal tutor also says, with the
greatest Pride, that the young prince
resembles most his grandfather, the
late emperor, now known as Meiji
'Tenn. From all sides I hear the
statement that the hope of the na-
tion lies in Prince Hirohito.
It is easy to see, then, how the un-
suspecting jeweler, 'melting up his
gold pieces at the temperature re=
quired, . got a large number . of un -
melted specks of iridium in his metal
when it cooled.
You can imagine his dismay when
hie analysis and deductions revealed
that he had been trapped.
Spanish Railways
Spanish railway companies have
under consideration the advisability
of changing. the gauge of. their liners
to the uniform European) gauge of
4.69 feet.' Should the change be:
made, it is urged by those in favor
of it, Spain would beeome .a centre
for the trans -shipment of vast quan-
tities of European Merchandise for
Africa and America, and of African
and American merchandise for -Euro-
pean
Euro
pean markets. Under .present condi-
tions all merchandise must be • un-
loaded and reloaded at the Spaiioh
frontier. Spanish merchandise, it is
also pointed out, could be sent direct
to the heart of Europe, which would
greatly facilitate the export of min-
eral . products, the weight of which
makes transshipment dicuit..
Fur-
thermore, products like fruit, veget-
ables, etc., 1iown in Spain, would be
saved from exposure and delay. The
principal obstacle in the way of the
change is the great expense. One
project, involving double tracking of
many existing lines, would cost, it is
estimated, $54,0~00;000, and take
ten years before completion.
Why Gold Pieces Are "Doctored."
Why don't jewelers melt up $10
and $30 gold pieces in order to use
the metal in the manufacture of gold
jewelry? Indeed, gold pieces were
used : some 40 years ago by enter-
prising jewelers and with success,
too—until the practice was stopped
in a very novel but effective way. In
those days jewelers bought enough
.$10 and $20 gold pieces for the work
in hand. The gold was melted, the
necessary aiioys_were added. and all
Capture Dye Trade.
Many a struggling company has
'leen set on its legs by the war, .but
here is perhaps no mote remarkable
,stance than that of Ley'instein,
'.im:ited, the dye and color manufac-
carers of Blackley, Manchester, says
he . London Chronicle. The com
zany was formed in 1895, with a
capital of £90,000.
Not by any stretch of imagination
could the company's pre-war record
be called successful. The disappear-
ance of German 'competition, how-
ever, brought about a. great 'change,
and for the year ended June 30,
1915,; the company made a net profit,
after meeting all charges, including
£21,700 for depreciation and wiping
out the goodwill and patent items in
the balance -sheet. of £80,300. Four-
teen and a half years' arrears of pre-
ference dividend were discharged,
and 30 per cent. was paid on the or-
dinary share capital.
There has been delay over • the
issue of the accounts for 1915-1916
owing to difficulties with the author-
ities over the an ount of, excess pro-
fits tax payable by _the company. 'Ent
the profits are believed to have been
prodigious. Already, ordinary . share-
holders have received 30 pee cent. in
dividend in: rect of the 1915-16
operations, and. a further distribution
is evidently expected when the ac-
counts make their appearance,for the
£10 ordinary' shares, which at . the
outbr€ak of war stood, at a very low
figure, and, indeed, were practically
unsaleable, are now quoted in Man-
chester at £75 apiece!
Photography in Warfare. •
Another use: for photography in
war has been found by the, Serbians
in connection with their prisoners.
'The Bulgars, with the remembrance
of. their own cruelties to the Serbs
weighing on their . minds,. at . first
feared to , surrender to the Serbian
army,, their, .i npression being that
the ,Serbs would not take prisoners.
Such as lid give- themselves up
were, of course, treated as well by
the Serbians as by any other section
of the allied army, and to show other
Bulgarians ,that they incurred , no
daager by surrendering, ' the Serbs
had a Photograph taken of long files
of Bulgarian prisoners drawing
rations, each man holding .a loaf of
bread and, a bowl -for soup.
Two thousand copies of this photo-
graph were printed,.and the Bulgar-
ians who had surrendered .were in-
vited to write messages o4 them to
their comrades"paying how they had
been received. The 20000 - pt
Postcards were them droppedby
aeroplanes .into the Bulgarian , lines..
Since then surrenders have : been
much more frequent, and the men
who give themselves up aiw o f the
to bring with them a copy
photograph, which they regard as a
sort of safe conduct, One man said
that he had paid: fifteen francs • for
his, and that he carried it always
with - him in case he"should be cap-
tured.
grail
a residence of sixteen and a hall
months in the island.
Ml round the coast are the- res
mains of what were known as the
stone terraces, numbering about two;
hundred. These terraces consisted of
a long wall on the side to the • seal,
about 300 feet in length and eight
to twelve feet in height,ed on
either side by a paved I slope of
masonry. The walk consisted of a
central portion ancIP two wings, and
on top" of the centre portion was. a
level platforra on which stood the
images. They had their backs to
the sea, but not one of the statue'
was now in, place; they had. fallen
forward and lay in a row on . their
faces. It h ,d been, suggested that
• the images were thrown down by an
earthquake, but nothing was found
to confirm such an idea. Some of
the images had been more than thirty
feet in height, but from about twelve
feet to twenty feet were more usual
measurements. In the quarries on
the south --west portion of the moun-
tain Rano Rarku the statues could
be seen by scores at every stage of '
completion, left precisely as they',
were when the work was stopped.
In all there were about 150 partially-
finished statutes and in the detritus
below the quarries a large number
had been set up, and they all stood.
with their backs to the mountain.
The statues had not been oriented,
nor were they erected after any par-
ticular method, being simply set up
in the spot most convenient to the
quarry, or sometimes in the quarry
itself. The present inhabitants of
the island knew nothing of the
origin- of the great works; they sim-
ply took the statutes for granted, and
they were of no particular interest j•
to them. The mystery of Easter Is-
land was a puzzle of many places,
and a large number of them must be
sought outside the island itself.
'largest Meteoric Stone.
The largest m.eteerite stone act-
ually known tohave fallen to earth
weighed 646 pounds. .
Rich in rIe .
The Dutch Indies in 1915 produces
1,400,06 8 tons. Af 'petroleum.
ttme :Oyster jndustry.
' New Zealand Government is
considering taking up the scientific gigaature of
fostering of -the oyster industry.
Men Cheaper -Than Machines.
When earth embankment can be
placed by man -power at a cost of 2%
cents a yard it is evident' that there
is little use .for excavating machin-
ery .in Chinese railway construction,
even if that machinery costs no more
in China than it does at the point of
ot
manufacture. Accordingly,
building the Canton-Hankau Rail-
way; which will be, in point of popu-
lation served, one of the most im-
portant trunk lines in the 'world, me-
chanical -equipment is used only -
where absolutely necessary, as on
bridge work. - .. Engineering Record.
Potatoes for the Army.
Potato growers and merchants met
1. in London and nominated a commit
tee to act with the military authori-
' ties to secure the necessary supply
of potatoes for the forces, says Lon
don Mail. ' Mr. A. S. Harper said Mr.
l Runcimtan had told them in confer-,
ence that 20,000 tons of potatoes are'
needed'' every month for the army.
A small• expert committee is to as-,
gist the Board of Trade as regards
the civil supply.
Sudan grass yields from one to
Bge tons of cured hay an _acre,
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CASTOR IA
Par Infanta and. Maim
The End You Hen Alms Bonet
Bears ,the
Regular
Oar Order
Clearing Sale o
of Women's Coats
$12.50, - $14.00, $15.00, $16,00, and
for
90
NEVER
intthe history of our store
have we offered such bargains in
new stylish up -to -the minute coats.
Made with large collars and cuffs. Some
with full belt, some with hall belts, ail
beautifully cut and handsomely finish-
ed, It will pay you to buy now for
next season ass these coats are Old the
very last word. in new styles. But do
not wait,come early as they will soon
cleared at these ridic lotusi y law
be� �
prices. All sizces, -
Sale Price $8.90
Our Semi -Annual
Remnant Sale
WE
have nearly completed stock taking, and have
ptaced our remnants from
every department. . Al l oh one coitigter and.marked them at big reductions
There° are some great values to be
for quick' Iling,
found here, in silks, dress goods, serges, tweeds, cot.
ton voiles, ginghams, prints, &c The remnants are
all of useful sizes and many are unusually generous in
you see the.pricesyou will buy more
yardage. When
than one.
Men's Suits
Made -to -Measure
In the face of the great-
est advances ever known
in the woollen trade, we
are prepared to make your new
spring suit at very slight advances
on the old prices. Ot course the
suits will be made up to the high
standard for which our tailoring
department has always been fam—
ous. We positively guarantee
the colors and the fit. If we have
never trade you a suit you should
come in and see our stock. The
prices will be a pleasant surprise
to you.
Well -made
Overalls
Peabodys'
Snagg Proof
j. M. C.
Blue Stripe
Grey Stripe
Plain Black
Boys' Overalls
$1.50 to $I.75
1.00 to 1,50
1.00 to 1.25
X.00 t0 I.50
1.00 to 1.50
god to ° 1.50
50C to I.00
Butter, Wool
and .
Eggs WWnted
1
1 '
l�.en s Work Shirts
50c to $1.O0
Full length, roomy, well made, per-
fectly cut work shirts, made of black,
white, blue and white, kh kis brown,
tan and navy. Sleeves cu with plenty
of elbow room, ali double tiched, but-
tons put on to stay. Price 50c to $1
8.00
Staple Goods Now
The e is no need to wait to buy staple goods for spring
and' summer sewing. There are hundreds. of new pieces
her to choose from, Prints, Gingnams, Towelling
Flannelletes, ottons, able linens, Shirting's, ' ick
ingS, Art Sateens, Wrapperettes, Denims, Pillow Lot
tong,.-
This store has an enviable reputation for Staple
Goods. . We have the quantity and the quality at the
lowest price.
en's and boys'
Underwear
Tb ore is pat a store in
On tario that can give
you. €bettea. 'value in Un-
1 dem-ear than this store.
All cq tr lines are branded goods
known from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. You can buy this h igh
grade underwear here to -day at
before the war prices with the ex-
ception of three lines, and even
{ in these the increases are hardly
noticeable.
Boys
Wool
Fleece lined
f Wool
Merl s t Fleece pined
50 to 1.00
40C
$5c to 2.50
floc to 75c
ranimilmostommematesmPloriebe
Good Values in
men's Socks
Wool, Flat Knit 25c
Fine Ribbed Wool 35c
Heavy Ribbed " 35c to 5oc
Cashmerette 2 5C
Cashmere 35C to BSc
Silk and wool 5oc to 75c
Worsted 4pc to 75c
Stewart Bros
SEAFOItTH
Burg
Eggs Wan