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Where• Wolfe and
Montcabliii. Met
tile red lino passed on end sweet the
enemy off the field.
Etar,yone knowthe story hne ow ,oof
tlie °Hears ' standing by liiin exelaimed,
as he wateltea the rout, "How they
ran:"
"Who rani" geepea Wolfe.
"The enerny.'sw; they gane way ev-
erywhere,"
"Go en, oue of you, te Colonel Bur-
ton Luta tell him to march Nantblaii ant-
inent down to Cherlea River to cut off
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eassesneetetataawsnisnotamtesoloweeineeetaienitenteaneenoostreeepteenenteete. the last words: "Now, (loll be m•aisea. I
die la peeve"
The GovernortGeneral must be more ill:lasted vita f .
ever, but I ate a as most Ttie brave aloutealm, tole died of his
(Montreal Witness.) prevented beavier loss. All through Am
titan delighted with the response to undisturIbedt. his Kern was wounds; aml whim he hord lee fate,
lie murmured, nutty, "So meth the bet.
g t uothing Wai (lone 1. O ' • • —a
tional mei:aerial on the Hetglite a lie said, "epirit will cal r v der of Quebec" Before be (lied be die-
ter; 1 0411 ten live to $(.13 tile Sarni -
idea for establishing a gyeat na- "Don't talk to me of constitution,"
Quebec. He struck a chord that Katt through e tated a note to the initial general, in
a ernpathetie thrill throughout ern-
Nevertiwies8' "147.81e0 wns mat'lang no kindly his Viatica and Canadian eriaon•
-requite/1.$/ .. v a mall
Ithielt he ileggeti, the victors to treat
pire when he proposed to commemo-
rate the tbree hundredth anniversary
of the founding of Quebec, which sm.
headway whatever. "The old. fox," ei
Wolfe veiled Itiontatine thing to his
lair. Taiti boinbardineut of Lower Quo-
chromises with the founding of bee continued, but the Freueh had only
French Canada, by the acquisition of to sit still ilea wait The oue Stleee84
the historical Plains of Abraham by of the F, won by
tha city of Qaebec, upon which was teil.1.0 enegi:gatat -tnehaedaebtetrenitimato
fought the battle which transferred aiiumph was aue. The French never
Cenada from the French to the Erin
tined that it would. be possible for
ish Empire. In putting forward this
ritish warships to slip up the nar.
proposal, Earl Grey appealed not only rews past Quebec, ignorant as their
to the province of Quebec, but to the eciatains were of the clnumels, ane ex -
Whole Dominion of Canada, and ha posed as they would be in the fire of
directly to the whole British Empire. the French batteries, But one night half
The project immediately kindled the British fleet accomplished this, and
the enthusiasm of all Canadians; it then peoceeded to intercept efontealm's
has won the approval of Wing Ed- provision boats mullet down the stream.
ward, who has contributed towards Thus, with half the °fleet above the
the fund for carrying it out; and to
city and half below, Wolfe threatened
such an extent has it taken hold ot
the imagination of the empire that Quebec with starvation if only he could
ramie there long enough. But of that
ev el in far off New Zealand the school
there was little Chance.Quebecnvas (ar-
ch:Wren are doing their part towards
tainly straitened or supplies, but it
raising the funds.
At present the first sight which asseredly would not have been reduced
strikes the visitor to the ancient bat-
by famine before the rigors of the who
m
tlefields of Quebec is a particularly ter onehs began.
sombre prison on the frowning
Disheartened, and ill with fever, which
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also destroyed a large part of his array,
Heights of Abraham—surely the most
Wolfe thought he would have to give
depressing and the mop* inappropri-
up the attempt until after the winter.
at., sight that could be imagined. As
But one day, while reconnoitring the
if purposely to emphasize this note of
north shore above Quebec, he noticed,
depression; a rifle factory furtber dis-
figures the heights. Both these build- at the now famous Anse du Foulou,
ing are to be removed, and Earl Grey narrow zigzag path, which led up to the
!preposes that at the most prominent summit, :bout a mile and, a half above
point an immense monument repre- Quebec. At once lie resolved to lead
isenting the Angel of Peace sha,11 be his army up that path at night and sur
set up, so that it may be seen by all prise the city. ,
coming up the river. He kept his ships for three or four
Further, .the battlefields of the days drifting up and down the stream
Pleins of Abraham and Saint Foye above Quebec, while the squadron be -
art to be converted into a grand na- low the ciey showed equal activity, and
tional park, and in this park impos-
ing monuments are to be erected to
Champlain, to the brave General
Wolfe, and to his equally heroic
adversary, the Marctuis of Montcalm.
Not only the English, bot likewise
the French, are contributing to these
memorials, and committees have been
termed in London and in Paris. A
pelt of the funds collectedby the
French committee, which is working
in unison with the French =basses
do: in England, is to go toward the
erection of a statue of the Marquis
de Montcalm in the Languenoo town
of Vauvert, the birthplace of the Mar -
qui, whose Chateau of Candian near
by, ts still in existence.
-With this great project put forth,
to be the crowning feature of the
great celebration of the tercentenary
of Quebec and the three hundredth
birthday of Canada, it is timely - to
recall the two great historic events
which gave Quebec a pre-eminent
place in the history of the New World.
The first of these events, namely, the
„founding of the city of Quebec and of
Trench Canada, took place in 1608;
the latter, the conquest of Canada by
the' English in 1759.
It was in the summ.et of 1.608 that
Samuel Champlain sailed up the River
St Lawrence to that part where the
River St. Charles flows into it. The
piece of ground washed by the two
rivers forms a bold promontory 200
feet high, and there he planted the
first settlement in the vast regi
now. known as Canada. The site of
%his settlement became the city of
Quebec. Thence explorers were sent
out far and wide. Brave., adventurous
intrepid men, they made their way
ac.oss vat wildernesses to the Great
Lakes, and even to within sight of
the Rocky Mountains. But the French
wen: not a colonizing nations and a
century and a half later the total num-
ber of Frenchmen in Canada was not
enore than some 600,000.
In the neighboring British colony of
New England there was a large popula-
tion of British people, mostly engaged
in farming. In the Old World war was
raging between Engiand and France, in
'consequence of which there was also war
between the two colonies. The Freneh
sent competent military leaders to Can-
ada, the, governor-general of orhich was
the famous General alontealm. The 13ri-
deb officers in New England, on the
other hold, were very incompetent. The
consequence was that the British colo-
nial troops were everywhere defeated,
and everything looked gloomy. Just
*lien William Pitt, the elder, afterwards
tread of Chatham, was recalled to office
an England. He immediately concluded
ahat there was not room on the Ameri-
can continent for France and England,
and he determined that the French muse
be driven out of Canada.
To accomplish this purpose be chose
General Wolfe, it young man thirty-two'
years old, who, like Nelson, after han,
was week of constitution, reokless ji
/daring, but wise in Counsel. Wolfe had
elletinguishea 'himself at the siege of
;Louisburg, and to him he gave the cone
extend to take Quebec, a fortification
aonsidered impregnable. Atother column
ander Amherst was to advance by the
all -fated route of Ticonderoga and Lake
Champlain, and it smaller column was
instrueted to harass the French outposts
at Fort Oswego, on the shores of Lake
Ontario.
Wolfe sailed with his army of 9,000
men boldly up the St„ Lawrence, and
anchored on June, 1769, off the Island of
Orleans, a kw miles below Quebec.
Montealre, the French commanaer, oc-
made a Nigorous femt at the mouth of
the St. Charles. Montealna. indeed; was
fully persuaded that the maig attack was
to be delivered at that point; neither he
nor any of his officers had the slightest
idea how many soldiers.Wolfe had with
hint on those drifting ships.
, At midnight on the 12th, on a fine and
dark night, 1,600 soldiers got into the
boats at Cap Rouge and dropped down
stream. in the deep shadows of the north-
ern bank. As the procession moved on,
Wolfe silently repeated Gray's "Elegy,"
written a few years before. He paused
on the words—
"The paths of glory lead but to the
grave,"
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• "I would rather be the author of that
poem," he. exclaimed, "than take Que-
bec."
As the boats neared Quebec two French
posts had to be passed. From the first
rang out the sharp challenge:
"Qui vive?"
"France," replied A Highland officer.
"Quel regiment?" he was asked.
"De la Reim," was his ready response,
adding, still in French, "Don't speak- so
loud, or the Euglisa will hear."
The boats were allowed to pass and
when at last the chosen snet was reach-
ed, a little band of forty nien, who had
been asked to volunteer for a hazardous
duty, leaped ashore and clambered up
the path in single file, tearing aside the.
entanglements with which it had been
obstructed. Reaching the summit, 200 the war, the obelisk in the public geld -
feet above the stream, just as dawn was ens at Quebec was erected by Cane,dtams
breaking, they completely surprised the of French and English clement jointly
French outpost stationed there, and the to the memory of Wolfe and, his =tag -
cliffs were won without a struggle. Then onist, Montanelli.
as boat after boat chew in to the shore, It is interesting to recall diet Wolfe
the soldiers heeded up the path, and by was described as a tall, slight man of
6 o'clock Wolfe, -with armY of four the Celtic type, who wore his red hair
thousand mem was. in battle array on undisguised with a wig, as was the
the Heights of Abraham, resting his fasbion•then.
right on the cliffs above the river. • The Marquis de Itiontearn was buried
Montcalm's main army was at Beau. in the Church of the Ursuline Convent
port, on the eastern side of the city, at Quebec, hi an excavation made by
gainville, with two thousand soldiers,
the bursting of a Shell within tee pre-
med the St. Charles; his lieutenant, Bou
was at Cap Rouge, five miles away. cincts of the convent.
Wolfe was between them. Theoretically, of
Xing Louis XV. bestowed a pension
his position was desperate, though it was. the Marquis de Montealm, welch was
$20,000 a year upon the widow of
of his own choosing, and it had been continued to her children. The last of
nothing Short of a miracle that he was his descendants, the Marquis de Mont-
ers. ."130, theh• protector," he Paid, "as
1 )'ave been their father." Ile did not
appeal in vain; and there tio need to
meat the ettiogiee welch history lets
passed upon. both the conqueror end tee
vaequishea.
Quebec surrendered four days later,
and the remainder of the French attuy,
aba•ndoning the lines and (tamp at Beau -
port, withdrew to Jacques Cartier.
A few months after the defeat of
afoutealm another battle took place on
the adjoieing Peen of 'Sainte Foye,
Were the French commander, the Che-
yalier de Levis, with reorganized forces
that. Were vastly superior to the "three
Maenad scorbutic .skeletone teat form-
ed the British army, defeated the Eng -
Hai Genera Murree, and would near-
edly have recapturea• Quebec) And prob-
ably have recovered all that had been
lost had it not been for the timely ar-
rival of a powerfa Britith fleet in. the
St. Lawrence. It was this fleet which
may be said to have been the determin-
ing factor in tee fertility of Genera
Wolfe's victory, and of the sterility of
the Olievalier de Levis' enecess.
Before the reinforeemente brought by
this fleet, nothing remained fOr De Levis
but to retreat as quickly as he could,
followed by a 'mating cannonade from
the 140 guns which Murray had lemma
ed on the. walls. The formal act of sub-
mission, by which the remnant of the
French army in Canada capitulated. at
Montreal, took place a few months later
and the long struggle between England
anti France for supremacy in North
America was over, never to be renewed
again.
There are very few relics left of those
interesting personalities weo were the
prime actors in those greet events.
There is a painting of • the death of
Wolfe, by Benjamin West, the American
artist, but the strict aceuraey of the
portraiture is open to question. Wolfe's
military cloak, on which he wee Iaid
when mortally wounded, is now pre-
served in the armory of the Tower of
London, while his sword is in the Royal
'United Service Museum in Whitehell.
In the same place is a Wretch of Wolfe,
drawn by his A.D.C., daptain Hervey
Smith, of the Fifteenth Foot, shortly
before the general's. death,
The body Of the hero rests in his na-
tive soil in the family vault, at the
pariah church, Greenwich, where it was
interred after being lanaed 'with military
honors at Portsmouth, and. fourteen
years later a monument to Wolfe„ by
Joseph Wilton, was, uncovered in West,
minister Abbey. It is one of the most
striking statutary groups in the Abbey,
and stands beneath the north ambuLe-
tory and St. John the Evangelist's chin
pel.
At Westerham, bis leirthplam, there
is
it table to hill memory in the parish
church and there is n. cenotaph at Squer-
ries court, on the epot where he receiv-
ed his first commission. At Squerries
court, his letters to his parents are aleo
preserved.
A column marks tee spot near where
he fell, and, as showing the remarkable
eradication of racial feeling following
USE
Thousands of American women
in our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed.
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and.
aches which daily make life a burden.
It is to these faithful women that
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VEGETABLE COMPOUND
conies as a boon and a blessing,
as it did to Mrs. W. Barrett, of 602
lgoreau St., Montreal, who writes
to Mrs. Pinkham:
"For years I was a great sufferer
from female wealcness, and despite
every reniedy given xne by doctors for
this trouble, I .grew worse.
"One clay a friend advised me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound. I did so, and am thankful to
say that it made me strong and well."
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from roots and b.erbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
•womenwho have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
penodic pains. backache, that bear -
mg -down feeling, flatulency, indigos-
tion,dizziness,ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pin -Idiom invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health, Address, Lynn, Mass.
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TOMB OF CONFUCIUS.
embedded in mortar between (nom
pleoes of stone, TIIP Oat surface id
vovered. with the inscription, and in
front of it are a Stone yrayer stool
and handsome vessel Whieb. in.
cense is constantly burning.
This is the modest and sumple tomb
of the an= who was deified by his
eountryment and whose temples, rear
ed for his honor and worship, may
be seen in all the larger cities at the
empire.
OARIBALD1'S ROMANCE.
Vellod English Woman Who Entered
His Life in His Wier Years.
Achille Fuzzed, ono of the closest per-
sonal Wadi of Giuseppe Garibaldi, has
reveated in an. iaterview published in
the Tribune of Rome a tomenee in the
later years- of the Italian patriot. Tito
..twroine is a Mrs. Colliatean English we -
man, who with her husband lived on the
Wend of Caprera, where aaribalal made
his home for many years.
Tbe couple bad '1.‘ hut on the Wend,
but .0itly tenanted it in the wildest wea-
ther. The greeter part of their time was
spent afkoat in eailboa•t on. waive. they
ongenatly reached, Ceprere.
They lived mainly ou the nett they
caught, on gold's flesh and one -wild belle
that the man sheet but every fortnight
they made it voyage- to the nearby is -
lana. of La Madelepa, where Uollias lona-
ed, made necessary perehases and got
his lettere.
The woman never left tbe boat, and
al the time that it remained close -to
the shore she kept bar faee and h•ettd
muffled up in a thick veil. Thie was
the oriuse of enaless speculation among
-
the peasantry.
Mrs. Conine was graceful, with the
step of youth and vigor, and she bad a
melodious voice. One theory was • that
the pair had eloped, and she was, afraid.
of being reeognized; but this seemed to
be- negatived. by the fact that Conine
mede no effort to hide his identity,
Finally bee story got abroad. that she
had. been beautiful, but had her beauty
destroyed through burning or seading,
. so that see was now repulsive to look
ats Her hueband's affeetion was undi-
minished—they seemed to be devoted. to
wee other—bat see could not bear to
have strangers see her, Hence the iso-
lation in which they lived.
This story held good uetil Conine
died. His wife dug a grave for him with.
her own hand $ on 'a seelt•ered valley in
Capefera. She zerartined on the island
for 'some years, but eke discarded the
veil.
Then She was tweeted as a beautiful
woman, :and . it was et once coneludea
that uneetts.oning jealousy on the part
of her husband had driven them to soli-
tude.
-Now conies Faunae with the state-
ment that very shortly alter Conine'
d.eath Garibaldi made the Acquaintenee
of the beeettafte wiclow. The result was
a paseionate headship oe platonic love,
at tenet on the lady's side.
Fazzari says see. wrote numerous let-
ters to Garibaldi beginnieg in 1860,
when he was in It:ttly, taking part in the
war of unification. All are conened in
terms ef devotion.
When asked weat the -end of the ro-
mance was Fazzari started a new mys-
toy.
"Let it remain a seethe," seed he and
no persuasions would induce him to talk
any more.
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Shrine of the Greatest Member of the
Oldest Family in the World.
A new guide book buries this laconie
paragraph among its descriptions of
the German port of Tsingtan and of
about fi'ty routes in the Shantung
province 'of China:
"At T'shue fu, on passports and
cards presented to Duke Kung, per-
mission is granted to visit the temple
and tomb of Cenfucius."
Many known tombs were very olrl
leefore that of Confucius was built,
but there is no doubt that Duke Kung
can show a longer pedigree than any
other person. He is the latest in the
line of the descendants of Confucius,
and the family has lived for seventy-
seven generations in the very place
where the illustrious Chinese phil.
osopher was born and died.
The remarkable history of this fain-
ily is -due largely to the attitude of
the Chinese toward the descendants
of the great teacher, The family is
the only example of hereditary aristoc-
racy in the empire. The head of the
house is an independent nobleman
ranking next to the imperial family,
supported by the State on the rentals
derived from -nearly. 200,000 acres of
land, and distinguished by various
special honors and privileges. The
Governor of the province of Shantung,
in the western pari of which Con-
fucius was born, is required to pros-
ttate himself nine time when he pays
his respects to the Dune, but the few
Europeans who have visited the place
•there at all. Montealm could easily calm, one of the tnost popular mem have been simply and cordially wel-
bring up from I3ea,uport a force which of the Union Club et Paris, died about comed though making only their ens -
outnumbered Wolfe's, an i Lougainville fifteen years ago at Montp,ellin, leaving ornery salutation. No other family
could attack him simultaneously in the no dinette, but merely an adopted son in the world, of course, has a record
rear. But Bougainville, though Bo near, of tho name of St. Naturice, who, mar- of having lived for over 2,400 years
know absolutely nothing of what was ried to MM. Poen de Berge, of the in one place. Conficius died in his
taking place. Corsic,an family of that name, has now birthplace 2,385 years ago. •
It was now that Meeealin made his assumed the tide Of Marquis de Mont- Four-fifths of the population of die
great mistake, He had hitherto beaten calm. little city that is hallowed by the dust
every English general he had fought
of Confucins can trace their lineage
th the philosopher. If the place 1S
witb, and that perhaps made him Pre"' BABY'S WELFARE te be visited hereafter by the tourists
sumptuous. Without waiting to gather
up his artillery, he decided to give battle : MOTHER'S CHIEF CARE who will go to China in increasing
nurnbers as transportation. ,facilities
the whole of his troops, or even to bring
with the four thousaud inen who were • • . improve there should be some agree'
with him
ment as to the spelling of its name.
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The firing began at about nine o'clock,
the main French force advancing and
openieg fire at a range of two hundred
yards. Wolfe woe shot through the
wrist, but he eirnply wrapped his hand-
kerchief round the wound and paid no -
heed to his' hart. Ile had issued orders
that the troops wean to load with two
bales andenot t� present their muskets
'until they could see the whitee of their
emeny't eyes.
The order was splendidly obeyed. The
French came on, firing and shouting,
until even the buttons on tbe blue and
zettrlet facings ef the white coats of the
anenoli regulars could be distiagnielted.
But still the British teamed their fire,
At lot, when may thirty-five yards sep-
copied a seemingly impregnable poet, mated the two :unites, the word. was
ton. He had a force of 15,000 men, but given. The effect was terrific.
arose of these were Canadian levies, and The still, red line sprang into life, tee
ihe Onsidered them an indifferent match reoverea muskets leaped forward into e,
/or the best soldiers of Great Britain. long bristling bar, and with one deafen -
'The French Xing was reatly• enough to ing cresh, the most perfect volley ever
lavish his hoot troops 88 the battle- fired on letttlefteld buret forth its if
aields of Europe, but, he and his Minis- final a single monstroue weapon, from
teat grudged every soldier and evera and to end of the British line. A dente
gun that was sent to Canada,. All the bank of smoke blottea the Froneli from
tzeme, Monteahn's position Was enortn- sight, and from behind it there arose a
°Italy strong, and the odds were all in horrible din of clattering arms and ego
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kis favor. age oaths and agonized trim Aare
Wolfe set to Work with great energy, elicit of rammas broke in upon the
He soon Seized the cliffs tte Point fennel as the British reloaded, and -ellen
Levis, en the zioutbern bank of the St. the smoke rotted away the gay line was
Lawreitee, opposite Quebee, whieb, how- Peen to be ell:hared to fragments.
ever annoying, was of no militery int- 'Monteath, untiauntea, eittered lii
tractile on, but they were too liar:tined,
portanee.
"You may destroy the town," gad and when they' were met bv another
volley, followed by it bayneet alinege,
those who survived turned and ran.
Wolfe was et the head of the Louie -
burg Grenaaiete, Moinealin mounted, on
elaellettnezay Aoite, in An interchange
meseages during a brief truce, "but
.you will never get 'elide it."
"I eviit take fhteete," Was the reply,
mif etay bere till November. - a Neel( Charger, was aserVed riding np'
At last, on July 81, Wolfe delivered. and don, trying in Vairi to r`estor8 the
attitek on the Freneh lines elose to eh:Altered ranks, The charge bad not
the Montmormicy end of tbe aleituport enrried Wolfe far adore lie wee Fillet in
sentterichments, but the attempt result- the groin, awl it tow yards fin flier oft it
tad in Absolute kitten, and the lose of Mira bullet posed Orange his beige.
nearly four hundred men. The slippery "Support me, apport me," lie °ailed
hank tould net be elimbed, and:ably a to eri offietet lit le* Aide. "lot my $tni.
Attaching thtlederetorm, Width iMParti- lent fenoWs see the NI," Ana *while fle
spodel the powder Of both, eiclet, Bonk te the ground *mortally Wonteated,
The one chief desire of the mother
is that her little ones shall be
healthy, bright and good natured..
Every mother ean keep her children
' his ri 1 1 will • e
them an occasional dose of Baby's
Own Tablets. These Tablets care
collo, indigestion, constipation, diar-
rhoea, teething troubles and the other
little ills of ehildhood. Mrs. E. LeBrun,
Carillon, Que., salts: "Baby's Own Tab-
lets -Mee been of .great value to iny
baby. have used them to regulate her
stomach and bovvels, and for teething
and always with tlie best of results."
Sold by meclieine dealers or by mail at
25c a box from The Ir. Williams' Med-
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Missouri Sale Bill 61 Years Ago,
State of Missouri, Colley of Pike. To
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sell at publie outcry for cash on pieta'.
see, where Coon Creek crosses on the
Mieoetri road, the following chattels, to
wit: Nine yoke of oxen with yoke and
elraire two wagons With boas, three nig-
ger wettehes, four busk niggers, three
•nlita a as,
five steel Leaps, Otie 'barrel pickled eat -
beep, ortintiogelteed of toliemo, (Inc lot
nigger hos, one spinning wheel, loom,
. three foxhotinde, it Jot of coon, rank
arid skunk skins med a let of other eritt
ties. gwine CichfactrGnhivia,i)ot.
ic ler( ne, nyer.
Free beeticheoe, appIte ana hard. Old
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Tad the Tettelatte
loreadie hail ant returned froin 1119
thitt day a .steaol.
. Auntie—What dia you learn?
•• Fredalealaian't loan onatbieg.
• Auride—Well, what aid you doe
• Illadditee-Diant t1a tieything, There
• wee it. IMMIX Wasting to kuote hote
ispeit'neV an I told her;
It is spelled in two ways n t ie guide
book referred to, and 'Legge, William.
son and same other writers on Con-
fucius have their own original trans-
literetions of the Mane of his birth -
CANADIAN MESE.
To the Editor •o- •••••'•*
Sire—Mr, (Wo. H. Barr, A member of
my staff, who was official referee of
butter and cheese At MontreaLlast sea-
son, in speaking of his work at tee eet
cent dairy conveutiou held at Pletom
Ont., made the statement that "only d
per coat of the cheese which be exam-
med. were of No, 1 grade."' This state,
anent has been widely quoted as stow-
ing eerioue mention in the Canad-
ian cheese trade. As_ there is nothing in
the •statement itself' or in the bate of
the me to warrant such a conelo,sion, I
ask your permission to make the follow-
ing explanation,
As Mr. Barr explained in Ins state.
m•eset, he examined than half of 1
per cent, or about one lot out of every
200 lots of cheese received at Montreal
during the. Newton aud further, as he
was asked to examine only those lag
which had been coademned by the pur.
theeers it is not surprising that only
2 per cent. were lint grade, The sem- •
ing is a remarkably good. one rather
than a bad one, As a Matter of fact, the
quality of Canadian cheese never stood
as bigh as it does- at -the present time.
More improveneet has been made in
the last year. or two than for many
years previous. Tee writer has just re-
turned front a lengthy visit to the men-
keta of Great Britain and on speak
with confidence on that point.
By giving. epee to this explanation,
you will greatly oblige.
• A. Ruddick,
Dairy and Cold. Storage Commissioner.
FROZEN MILK.
Method of Preservation Yet to Be
Tested on Larne Scala'
Wheneyer milk is scarce in the cities
somebody -comet forward and. suggests
that it be shipped .front distant poiats
in a frozen condition.
This idea has been frequently sug-
gested during the past years, but it does
not seem to be comieg into prActical
use. The latest suggestion is that the
finsh milk sboula frozeii by submerg-
' ing the sealed cans in brine chilled far
below the melting point of ice. • The
milk would not only be frozen, but would
be cooled still further to a. herd, dry
ice, which, it is claimed, would remain
in the solid form after removal for a day
or two before the entire niass would
rise to a melting point, the keeping qual-
ities being mach superior to that of
milk which is merely frozen at common
temperature.
The operating plan would be to estab-
lish a freezing plant at the creameiies
and milk stations, the frozen product to
be shipped in ordinary cans, thus doing
away with the present high .cost of re-
frieerating ears.
TO CURE A COLO IN ONE DAY
Tako LAXATIVE BROW Quinine Tablets.
Druggists ,'fund money if It fails to cure: E.
W. Onovnes signature is pu. each box. 26c.
'
A Curious Coincidence of the Sea.
Ralph D, Payne, while delving innto
the old malogs kept by eighteenth cen-
tury captains, and now stored in the
Essex. Institute at 'Salem, brought to
light a strange tale that yet was fact.
He telle about it as 2ollows:
"The Grand Turk, a good ship belong-
ing to Elias Ilasket Derby, of Salem, a
well-known merchant, was returning to
Salem from the West Indies.
"During the voyage Captain Ingersoll
reedited the master and mate of an Eng-
lish schooner, the Amity, whose crew had
mutinied while in the Spanish Main.
The two officers had been cast adrift,
in a small boat to perish. This was the
first act in a unique drama of maritime
coincidence in 1774.
"After the castaways had readied
Salem, Ce,patin Duneanson, the English
master of the Amity, was the guest of
Elias Basket Derby while he waited for
word from his owners and an opportun-
ity to return to his home across the At-
lantic. He spent much of his time on
the water -front as a naatter of course,
and used to stand at a window of Mr.
Derby's counting Meese idly staring at
the harbor.
"One day while sweeping the seaward
horizon with the office spy glass, the
forlorn British skipper let fly an oath
of the most profound amazement. He
dropped the glass, rubbed his eyes, chew,
ed his beard and stared again. A schooner
was making across •the bar, and presently
she stood dear of the island at the
harbor mouth and slipped toward an an-
chorage well inside.
"There was no mistaking her at this
range. It was the Amity, his own
schooner which had been taken from him
In the West Indies, from which he and
his mate had been cast adrift by the
place. Political reform in China piratical seamen. Captain Duncanson
bhould be accompanied by reform in • hurried into Mr. Derbeas private office
the Occidental spellings of Chinese as fast as his legs could carry him. By
place names. . some incredible twist of fate the captors
Sequestered among the mouretaint of the Amity had sailed her straight to
Of ahantung, the town has been al- her captain.
even to -day• few pilgrims, unsustaine pr‘o`MrapaitDuderee,yaeitydas °art ein man of isthe agnicahaotieesdt
most unattainable by foreigners, and
great discomforts of ahe journey there. brigs was instantly manned with a heavy
ed. by firm purpose, will undergo the ,
Six days are required. to reach the crew, two deck guns slung aboard, and
town- from the railroad at Tsinati. with Captain Duncanson striding the
quarterdeck, the brig stood down to take
The road is tho bed for driving, and the Arnita.
the choice is donkey or iri a wheel- eit
barrow. The 'place is called the Mc - WaS Captain Duneanson who led
ea of China, but many devotees hewn the boarders, and the inutineereo were
soon overpowered ana fetehed back to
the evestern World. are likely to wait Salem jail in irons. The grateful skipper
tion facilitiee. took the Amity to sea, a veseel restored
kr the linproYettent of transportee and his -mete sigried. crete in Salem and
Some hours before the eity is reach- to her own leenao marvellous nit event
that it would be laughed out of court as
eterv in -will& the remains of Con-
ed the visitor may see the large cent-
fueies and Iii$ descendants repose. material for fiction,"—From "Pioneers in
Near the top of a gentle eminence is Distant SeasP by Ralph D. 'Payne, izt the
Outieg Magoaine for February.
-terrace tie whiell a steno staira ay
rises a toinbstone of ordinery height, A Hundred Years to Come.
Where, where will the bade that tong,
A hundred years to eine/
The flowers that now hi beauty spring,
A hundred years to come?
The rosy cheek, the tate broW,
The heart that beats so gaily now?
Where, where will be our hoes and fears,
Joy's pleasant smiles and hirrrOW's tame
'Who'll press or goal tea crowded tarot
hundrtd years to come?
Who'll tread yon aisles Walt feet -
A hundred years tO mine?
Pale, tmribling ago and Hay youth,
And ehildhood with its brew et truth?
'rho rich, the poor, on late and sea,
Where will the mighty millions be
A hinlared yenta it, cone/
We all.Withiri our grave S Will steep
A hundred years to come,
No loving iteM1 for to will weep
A hundred years to conle,
But miter. men out lanai. will tin,
Azia /there thee our heroes will nu,
And ether birds 1011 sing as gay, •
And bright the Sunshine' itti to -day,
A eteedrea veer' to tote.
ft is clamed that frozen milk kept
over a month in a refrigerating room
showed no change in taste on thawing,
and that the cream remained evenly
iubced throughout the solid mass, not
rising, as It would when milk is merely
kept liquid at low temperature. Milk
for freezing would need to be in fresh,
Mean condition when frozen, else its
keeping period would be very short after
melting. If this plan ever comes into
favor it would greatly increase the com-
petition in the business of supplying
milk inthe great cities.
Dry Farming.
(Christian Endeavor World.)
Every American should be greatly in-
terested in the wonderful advance of pos-
sibilities for the West owing to the dis-
covery that much of the land heretofore
thought to be arid can be farmed with
great profit without irrigation. By "dry
farming" the wheat belt has already been
moved into Eastern Colorado fairly to
the foot of the Rockies, and where the
line Will stop no one can predict. These
Colorado dry lands; that had been
thought useless except for a little graz-
ing produced last year an average of 25
bukiels of wheitt to the mere, thus lead-
ing the entire country.
The steam plow is the chief factor in
the miracle. Et will plow, pack, harro,r,
and seed thirty or forty acres a day, at
a cost, including teed, of less than nye
dollars an acre. The plowing and seed -
Ing are one operation, so that there Isno
elfance for the ground to lose what mois-
tura is in it. Moreover, the modern far-
mer drives his weeder and harrow with-
out compunction ,through his lea:ming
wheat, not minding if he does destroy
bome of stalks, knowing how neces-
sary it is to preserve the moisture by
breaking up the soil. It is believed that
if the land is thus cultivated, at least
five hundred. million acres of land west
of the Missouri River, that have been
considered arid end barren, may be
transformed without irrigation into enor-
mously productive 'wheat fields.
HERD OF 20,000 SHEEP. .
Wye resulted in Assault* on the herd
murders and the wholesale slatighter 01
theep tet a learning that the offences
need not be repeated.
This year the floek maetera slam sum -
leered their sheep in Montrose County.
eombined for protection and are driving
their aneaals itt one big bunch in charge
of thirty herders with ninety eamedenen
118 guerds. This typical western earaven
11118 80 far met with nodetermined tome-
sition.
The 20,000 moieties make an impres-
sive sight, stretching in e. solid mass al-
most as far as the eye can reaele—Dem
ver Post,
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THE COST OF
GOOD HEALTH
Moved to Winter Range in Utah Un-
der Heavily Armed Escort.
Under the escort of it small sized army
of heavily armed men combined herds
of 20,000 sheep are being driven from
the slimmer ranges in Montrose County,
Col., to the winter ranges in Utah.
In order to reach the latter section it
was necessary to pass through that por-
tion of the western slope heretofore used
exclusively by cattlemen. Because of
the alleged damage done by sheep to
grazing lands, -cattlemen strenuously ob-
jeet to their presence in any numbers
whatsoever and frequently in the past
attempts to drive aeross a cattle range
Will Be Lessened, By the Timely
Use of Or. Williams' Pink
Hew much money is wasted on euse-
less Medicines. How much time is
lost; how touch pain endured shuply
because you do not find die milt
medieine to start with. Take the
earnest natio of thousancle who
speak from experienee in fusee of . Dr.
William? Pink Pills anti you v.ta
save tirne, money and above all, will
find perfect health. Proof of this is
found it the statement of Mr. J. A.
Roberge, a well known resident of
Lachine, Que., who says: "I am
boatman, and ooneequently exposed
to all conditions of weather. This
exposure began to tell' on my health,
The cold lead to weakness, loss of
appetite, pains in the limbs and side.
I tried several medicines but they eid
not help me. My condition was
growing worse and a general breakdown
threetened. I slept poorly at night and
last muoh in weight, and began to fear
that I was drifting into chronic inval-
idism. One day while reading it newspap-
er I was attracted by the etatement of
it fellow sufferer who tad been cured
through the use of Dr, Williams' Pink
Pill•s. I had spent much money without
getting relief, and hated to spend mare
but the cure was so convincing that I
decided to give these pills a trial;
am now more than thankful that 1 did
so. After the first couple of weeks they
began to help me, and in seven weeks
after I began the pills 1 was, as well as
ever 1 had emu, 3. anr now convinced that
had I tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at
the outset I would. not only have been
spared much suffering, but would have
saved money as well."
Rich, red blood is the cure for most
of the ailments that afflict mankind.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually
make new rich blood. That is why they
cure such common ailments as anaemia,
indigestion, rheumatism'neuralgia, heart
palpitation, erysipelas, skin troubles, and
the heedaehes, backaches, sideaches and
other file of girlhood and womanhood.
The pills are sold by all medicine deal-
ers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six
boxes for $2.150 from the Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
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Great Forest Reserves of Nevada.
The national forest reserve in Nevada
now reaches the enormous total of 8,-
528,470 acres, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. The total acreage of the
State, including water surface, is some-
thing over 71,000,000. ,Therefore the
forest reierve compriees more than one
acre in every tea. The last reserve
forma was the Las Vegas National
, Forest, locally known, as Sheep Moun-
- tains. It covers an area of 195,840
acres and is the eighth to be formed in
the State.
In addition to this the Secretary of
the Interior has announced the with-
drawal of 016,451 acres in White Pine
and Nye counties, to be added to the
national forest reserve, making total
of over 9,000,000 acres that will have
been withdrawn in a short time,
Bloodhound Tracking in England.
The most recent case of the success-
ful official employment of the blood-
hound in the public service was that of
the lost girl, Miss Campbell, in Ayrshire,
a year or, so ago, when the Provost of
Gatehouse sent to Mr. George Oliphant,'
Seeratary of the Bloodhound Hunt Club,
for three hounds.
These hounds were three days at work
on the scent, in most difficult and
treacherous country, and suceeeded in
carrying the search party to the edge of
a pool, at which they threw up the
search, and from which on its being drag.
ged the body of the missing girl was re-
covered.
The bloodheend hes the same instincts
for guarding his master as any dog or
hound possesses, though he does not hurt
the man he has hunted.—Fry's Maga-
zine.
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Great Canal Project.
The great. canal projected from the
Danube at Vienna to the Adriatic at
Trieste—at it cost estimated up to $300,-
000,000—would have twenty-two tunnels
of a combined length of Mx miles. Large
canal tunnels are not uncommon iri Eu-
rope, however. A single tunnel on the
Marne -amine Canal is nearly three miles
long and over 700 square feet in section,
and a tunnel on a canal at Condes is
about 1,000 feet long and over 1,100
square feet in section.
The Sick Man's Dial.
And the evening and the morning
Were another day,—'
How wore the afternoon
And the night away?
Weary Is the afternoon
And weary is the night:,
But the little hour that breaks the heart
Is just before the light.
Westminster Cassette.
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A Boston schoolboy was tall,
weak and sicIdy.
His arm* were soft and flabby.
He didn't have a atrong muscle in his
entire body.
The physician who had attended
the family for thirty years prescribed
..S`cotea Ematrioni,
NOW:
To feel that boy's arm yott
would think he was apprenticed to a
blacksmith.
. ALL nteUGOISTS; 50o, AND $1.00,
3
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Merely An. inquiry.
Who, lead ly,eome of the old •fatizioned
mita
Who coul1 tqlit it pailcr on ritIs SIhaple
OE n.;ii.isg the Vi Welt al-
wiye haste:
enlit lute income of the ail fiohierteti
man" Y
Altitude,
Mies Muggins (at the opera)—Wiett a
high note that tenor naval
liuggine oat wo thoutana pen I am
telt",
Their Racial Handicap,
"Isn't it wonderful to note the pro:
grees the Japanese have mule in aelalin
Mg oar western civilization?"
"Yes—until you hear what a wretched
botch they make of it Mien they try to
ewear.".
--
Locating Him.
"Whare's the man that's at the bottom
of this fuss demendea the policeman,
forcing his way into the centre 01 the
exeitc d crowd,
alle's there, all right," sad ons df tlta
eager speetat•ae. "the other men's atilt
on top!"
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Seasonable Rhyme.
Nese
Froze.
SC'S
TOM
Special. Delivery.
leate Wife (to bibulous husband)—
Where have t ou been until this hour?
. U. H.—Been out shopping, nedear.
Irate Wife—limn way dideat yoe
have your purthase.s sant home, instead
or trying to carry such it load. your-
eelf
Seasonable.
In proper seasou, oft one sees, •
(ln sea, the heave., seas on;
In heavy tone, one never sees
The proper thiug to seize on.
Eitel' one should seize on what let seem
eln land or seas, in season,
For ale who sees in time, can seize
Enough to take his ease. .on.
Be Ready.
In times of peace prepare for war,
When baby's sleeping, -0 beware!
Have slippers and your shin guards near,
For when you run to soothe the dear,
You're apt to strike a rocking chair.
Try Limburger.
Onions are saiti to cure lots of die -
eases, but what will cure ortions?—Bal-
thnore Sun.
Like All Women.
"Is your wife of the same opinion
eta'?"
"She is of the same opinion, but not
still."—March Sniart Set.
Uncle Allen.
"There wouldn't be half so much
-rouble in this world," said Uncle Al -
'en Sparks, "if the people who ought
'o be listening didn't insist on doing
ill the tancing."
Fond of Variety.
A. young Irish matron, who was it
believer in the variety that is the
spice of life, surprised every one by
bringing a suit agamet her inoffen-
sive spouse. When questioned by th.•
sedate judge for the cause of the legal
separation, she said:
"When Mike married me he iwore,
he would die for me, •and—and he
hasn't died yit1"—Exchange,
The Cautious Editor. •
He was an editor, who had been
landed once or twice for commenting
on sub -judice cases, arid he meant to
take no rislcs this time.
"No more libel suits for me," he
said, as he altered "Gain, the mur-
derer of Abel," to Mr. Cain, the al-
leged murderer of the late Mr. Abel."
The Ruling Domestic.
Caller—I am so sorry your mistress
is out. Do you think she will bp at
home that evening?
Maid—She'll have to be; it's my
night out.
What's in a Name?
Redd—ls that a fact that you have
given. your automobile a name?
Green—Yes, named it after iny wife.
"Bentuen it is unmanageable?'
"No; bemuse it is always running
people dowu."---Vonkees Statesman,
Meeting Conditions.
"The prospects for to -morrow are for
protruded ruin, or snow, cr it thunder-
storm, prereded by a team wave, or foe
clear and cad or cloudy weather, with
kinds brisk and desultory, or :cloudy to
calm."
"There," remarked the weather clerk,
looking at the bulletin he had penneds
"Nobody can say that We bureau isn't
equipped for emergencies. and anxious to
please."—Philadelphia Ledger.
Joys of Winter.
My blood at thin, and so am I;
I've no fat as it buffer,
Against the cold, and that is Ivey
To some extentai suffer.
My flat has iiiStitiklunt Stmon,
taiv- a A.
Of tammer I don% fondly dream, .
I like this whiter weather.
—Chicago News.
On the Elevated.
"Judge, you elweys ride in the smok-
er, yet yea never smoke."
"nee, if I go into one of the other cars
I might crowd some tired person out of
a beat. Ia here it doesn't make and dia
ferene weetlen I do or not."
Lateral Sptead.
alaniaganty was on his way home, and
in in &view wandiringe from side to
sid ee efts tieing the cadre width of
the iv tat,
feller's hi thish t'indltion," h.3
I:Mit:ion "you've got t' give elm some
1.1.04.••••••lar
Keeping Cool,
The a00-pouni renter on the sixteenth
floor looked alma for the fire ceeape,
the elevatina having stopped mining
and the nuke forbidding the use of the
at airway&
At last he found it.
"Pretty Wonted narrow eseapea' ite
said,
But lie managed to squeeze through it,
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