The Wingham Advance, 1909-03-04, Page 3‘1110.41.07,
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NEWS FROM THE OLD LAND
Many Interesting Happenings Reported From
Great Britain,
(Lonelou Daily Mail.)
A correepoadent et thd. Ceilaleirenk
nite Lagos, S. Nineria, the following wee,
Mtge
Tim work a the Niger and Cross Riv-
en epe4tUw i proeeeding, end alreedy
a lenge area nes been brought under
itontrol. The force is organized in three
coltunns, east dealing with a lerge tract
of count ren
A largo We eamp lias been formed at
lkeill, teW11, some fifty suttee front the
boundoeyetsa North Nigeria. All the
stores a the cola= are, concentrated
Imre, and when neceseery the columns
return to the been to rent.
The forte et Colonel Trenehard'a
posali mimosa of portions of corn -
prudes from the 15t and rL bettalione
South Nigeria. Regiment, drawn frora
the yarioua garrison* in the Protector-
ate.
Tim that phase of the present opera-
tione will -deal with the lb° tribe. This
tribe °envies a vast traet of country
east of the Niger, and betweeu lbo and.
ltlah; it reaches eastward about Itelf.
way to the Cross River. The tribe in.
intim in human secrificee, poi,soniug
and extensive slave dealing.
It le a orinie with this tribe for a
wonum to lune twins. When this oc.
curs the woman is drivers away into the
bush and the twins are Jellied. The
tribes' the expedition evill deal with are
armed with flint -lock guilt itni ese pon
noned arrows to a large extent.
As a large portion of the Okpoto end
Munshi country is administered. by
North Nigeria, Colonel Trenchard has in.
structions to meet the resident of these
districts on the frontier -with a view to
consulting as to the best means to be
employed to bring these tribes under
Government control. Having dealt with
the Okpotos, the column will move east.
ward along the boundary, deal with the
Islanshis and. Ibos, and finally demobil-
ize at Alialcaliki, the Most northerly
South Nigeria station item: the Cross
River.
The heat is intenne, and the troops,
especially those operating in the 'amt.
waterless district, are enduring consid-
erable headships,
RAILWAY WAGON FEUD.
Over five thousand Scottish miners
were thrown idle on Wednesday by a.
strange dispute between the colliery
owners and. the railway eompanies.
The companies hest Monday imposed a
cleave of is 6&l a day on their wagons
when detained on colliery sidings, on the
ground that there was undue detention
whien caused an unnecessary shortage in
the "supply. The eninerel trade had
threatened. to close down if the them
were enforced,with the result of 5,000
rainers beingeihvoluntarily thrown idle,
Meentime the results are almost
comic. There are miles of empty wag-
ons on the railways which the mine
owners refuse to use. The loss on 30,-
000 .empties at is (Id a day is thus £2,-
250 a day to the companies. On the oth-
er hand, many of the mines have private
wagons which are mixed up among the
empties on the companies' lines, and the
companies will charge them is tid a day
until they are employed.
Then the coal masters and steel mak-
ers placed orders on Wednesday for 0,-
000, private wagons at a oost of £5,000,
to be independent of the railway wag-
ons, but the companies threaten to re-
fuse to haul these private wagons.
.All the time the coal and minerals
are there to be carried, and. only the
railways can carry them, and it stems
that some one has to give way.
ELEPHANTS AT PLOUGH.
Three railas from Horley, in Surrey,
the remarkable sight of elephants plow.
ing a fifty -acre field, and. doing it ex-
tremely well, is being daily witnessed.
Nor is this the -only unusual sight to
be seen there. for close by camels—real
camels—are frequently hard at work
cutting chaff.
A representstire of this journal visited
Buretow Lodge, where the animals, which
are the property of Sanger's 'Circus,
hibernate for four months on the 400.
nfr acre farni of Mr. Lord John Sanger.
In bright stunehine, though tlie ground
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wits white with frost at midday And all
eeriest:a water eovereil with len
They, whose eltief claim to her =Me
anlearstn ir''‘ tin he faet that she Is
far the largest of tlus four elophente at
Burstow Lodge, plowed her lonely fur-
rowa merrily, her pnediar /demi, Annie,
loolging on and eneouraging her at In-
tervale with jovial snorts.
Amite oleo eau turn a good furrow, but
else is a- beginner, being only about
siety years of aao, while a iny is seventy
lir eighty at least. Amain wits out
a few lemmings ago alone to the fields,
but reeenbed the "new -tangled notion,"
elie regarded the plow, asid trumpeted
furiouely,
She further showed a diepoeition to
Alt on the new. which \void !rave done
her lihia ne good. and. eerteinly spoiled
useful agrieultural implement.
So she returned to the farm, and was
ordered to clasp the tail of Tiny withher
trunk. Then, itt dignified prooessioa, the
two elephants marobed to the field, and
Armin wee yokedto the plow, Tiny
siandieg by to encourage her, She did
very well, considering*.
Afteriverds Tiny took her place, and
showed what a really smart ena experi-
enced elephant Roulet do. The plow slid
through the heavy soil as if it were
slielag butter.
'There aro two other eleetbants in the
Boole' circle a Burstow Lodge. Tbeir
names are Rose anti Ida. They are en -ger
to learn to plow, but they are rather
young as yet, neither of thein mucli over
fifty, and there is plenty of time.
Bach of the fourelephants eats it
hundredweight or two of /my daily, If
they have a long march or heavy duty
in the fields before them they are given
ten quarter loaves of bread apiece for
breakfast, as au extra tit -bit.
Altogether the animals a1 Burstow
Lodge consume considerably over two
tons of chaff daily, besides hay that has
net been cut, and the Chaff -cutting is
tinniest entirety done by camels.
An elderly coon.t" earned McGee is the
foremen, and. his "mate," as a, rule, le
Sammy, a juvenile dromedary, who
takes n very great delight in his work,
and fills the humps of all the other
camels and dromedaries with bitter jeal-
ousy. '
On this imique farm there are 150
oircus horses, and a complete menagerie,
including lions, tigers, wolves, hyenas.
and raonkeys. . .t
DAYLIGHT SAVING. BILL.
The Board of Trade inquiry ate to the
Views of the country on Mr, W. Wil-
lett's ides for saving daylight in eurnmer
by tedvaneing the clock one hour is new
almost concluded. For months the offi-
cials have been questioning- traders on
their views, and alr.Churchill will be in
possessionsof the report, it is expeeted,
soon after Parliament reassembles. .
One of the chief diffioulties Was that
the New York and London. and Liver-
pool Exchanges would. not be open surfi-
eiently long simultarreously. J3y Mon-
day's mall Mr. Willett dispatched to
each member of Congress a circular let-
ter, arguing that an extra hour of day-
light in summer would be just as agree-
able to Americana as to Britons, and
asking each member to let him know
whether he would iniroduce a Daylight
Saving Bill iu the Legislature, or would
support one introduced by someone else.
"When I first drafted the bill," said
Mr. Willett, "I wrote to every member
of the House of Lords and the House of
Commons. I -received only one reply,
-
from Mr. Robert Pearce, who Introduced
the bill and secured the appointment of
the Select Committee. I now possess ex-
pres,sions of goodwill toweeds the mea-
sure signed by twenty peers and 170
members of the House of Co.ramons."
.A. public meeting of business men in
• support of the bill is to be held at the
G11116111 on April nettle and the Lend
Mayor will take the chair.
FROM OMNIBUS TO RANCH.
After his firet visit to England ain
Sidney Kidman, the millionaire,- "cattle
king" of Australia, left London this
.week for his home. Min 'Sidman is said
to be the largest landowner in the
world. Be is master of over 31,000000
;a
ti 'eExciting" ventures
nt?
,a4,211"4;105.11-,
WHAT HE OWES TO ZAM-BUH.
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Mr. Frank Sariamore, the great.
war correspondent, who sent trimly
of the Canadian despatches during
the late Boer War, owes his health to
Zam-Buk. He has paned unscathed through 29
battles, but, a scratch which tarned to blood -
poisoning nearly ended his days. Zam-Buk saved
him and he writes as follows
:—
"1 bave proved Zain-Buk such a blessing that
I want others to know of its merits. The
poisonous dye he some underclothing I waa
wearing got leto it scratch I had sustained
and blood -poisoning set up. Inflammation
was followed by great, pain and swelling, end
then ulcers broke oub on my legs. /tor some
time I could not walk a few MAO nor oven
put my feet to the ground. On my left
103 below the knee I had seventeen sliders
wblch caused hole.s, into which I could pub
my thumb. On the right leg I had fourteen
ulcers. Medieal treatment falied to relieve,
ham* remedies were applied %Vain. Week
followed week and I gradually got worse,
until I was worn out with pain and lack of
sleep. On the advice of a friend I obtained
some Zartaelauk and left off 'everything else
while I tried it. It seereed togive me gtnost
instant• relief feoni the pain, and in a few days
I noticed that it was healing some �f the
ulcers. This Was cheering indeed, and gladly
I bersered with the Zant-Btsk temttsnent,
Bit by bit the poisonous Matter wee drawn
otrte The Mort were healed, and neW healthy
akin grew over the ptevioualy &eaten plates,
I ans now quite cueed, and In gratitude, I
Mention these fates that °thee suffekers front
skin disease May know of soinething which
veal Wee theln.
Zorn-Iluk dlifers entirely film ordinary OtrantMtd and
solos, OS the atom rods clearly Prove: For all sktn distort
nieces, Owens, scalp sores, ringworm, childran's sore heads
etrA kens, bruises. ete., it is n Opmfy cure, 11 alto cures
mem, Rah, pUti, Woorl-polsontno, foce.blemishes, barber's rash,
etc, co!it sore*, ch4pPe4 hands, and frost We. .1mblAy1 melt
into the ports edeelst; It rum rheum:am], siefirta0k, and
solotteet, All &soles Ittut stores sell et Mk a box, or post
free from 2ont-Su7t Co, Toronto, for 'Of Ids
1 Nita r 11S,
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Common Sense On The Ceiling Question
People used
to think
metal ceil-
ings were ft
sort of min -
Jog camp
re alteshif t—
something
that woold
do, after a
fashion
when you
couldn't get a real ceiling. And
they were not far wrong, then.
But that was long years ago—
before even I got
into the metal cell-
ing business.. Metal
ceilings have
changed since then
—and opinions.
People know -
nowadays, that the
right sort o ieta1
ceilings are fine
„
enough for any
building that can't use marble
ceilings. I know a few build-
ings even, that could have mar-
ble and do have Pedlar Art
Steel Ceilings. Like to send you,
pictures of such buildings.
And Pedlar ceilings are not
only fine enough, in point of
looks, for any building—they
are good enough .in all that
makes a ceiling good. They are
away, 'way ahead of plaster, to
start with.
.And of course- wood.—even
expensive wood. like mahogany
--doesn't begin to eompare with
a Pedlar Art Steel Oeiling.
Doesn't compare either in value,
cleanliness, hygiene, beauty, or
durability—especially the last
named.
Take the matter of eost or
value. Plaster, you see, Q081s
as much as or more than, a Ped-
lar ceiling in the first plaee—
counting only to the smooth
coat stage. Time it's decorated
or finely papered, it costs eon-
siderably more.
And the life of the good kind
only a mere shell of lime nua
sand. Tok
But a Pedlar Art Stebl Ceil-
ing is fireproof, absolutely --
and outranks every other kind
of a veiling in every partieular
that appeals to people of emu -
mon sense.
1 would tell you all about it
in detail, if I knew your ad-
dress—the subjeA is far too bi
to handle here,
Possibly you have some vague
itlea---a survival of the old
days ?---tbat metal ceilings ure
maehine-made art, erude,
unlovely/ I just
wish you clad see
the, 'pi et ores ar
some orA 1fl evil-
ings. You would
know better then.
Suppose you let
uta send you a lit-
tle book ou the
subjeet. 1 am
ty snre you will
Lind it worth reading. I don't
mind if yon are merely envious
now ---T want you to know. Your
address, please/ •
For Churches, Residences, Civic Edifices, Schools,
Libraries, Hotels, Club Houses, Office Buildings,
Factories, Shops, Stores.
of plaster ceiling's is short
enough—even if it doesn't de-
mand repairs every year.
Of course every plaster ceil-
ing creeks and keeps on, erack-
ing for three years after it's
new.
Wood ceilings are costly in
themselves, even if the cheaper
.woods be used. And they are
dearer in that they make a fire-
trap of any house.
Of course, plaster is not fire-
proof, far, far from it, as it is
Pedlar produets include every kind of
sheet metal building materials—too wavy
items to even mention here. You can
have a eatalogue—infortnation—estimate
—prices—advice—Just tor the asking. We'd
like specially to interest you in our Art
•Steel•Cellings and Side Walla—they are a
revelation to many people. More than
2,000 designs. May we send you it booklet
and pictures of some of them?
The Pedlar People of Oshawa ESTAMI1SHED
Address our Nearest Warehouee:
MONTREAL OTTAWA TORONTO LONDON CHATHAM WINNIPEG QUEBEC ST, JOHN, N.B. HALIFAX
221-3 Craig St.W. 423SussmrSt. 11Colbornat. 80 ItingSt. 200 West KingSt. 70 LombardSt. 127 Rue duPontStb 42-40FrinceWillimuSt. ISPrinceSt.
We want Agents in some sections. Write for details. Mention this paper. • No, 127.
ete nee n neene
nee. • ei.;.-•
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acres and has close 'upon 200,000 cattle
and 10,000 horses.
During las stay in London Mr. 'Sid-
mau has made himself the friend of the
omnibus man, In fact, he Is Bending out
four drivers, with their families, to ids
stations in Australia, paying their pas-
sages and giving them. excellent wages
• out, there. He is doing this else for
twenty lads, including two pages from
his hotel.
"Your omnibus drivers are fine fel-
lows," he nerearkea recently, "I've done
a powerful lot of omnibus riding in
London on top of the omnibuses, talk-
ing to the men Shout their horses. I
have staid to some of them, 'You write
to me if yott want to go to Australia,'
and four of them are going.
"The best horses in the world. are in
England, and the best treated. You
feed them well, treat them well, and
drive them Well, The Loudon -omnibus
anct cab horses are the best in their
elass anywhere, and you see the finest
driving. The Englielt cattle, also, are as
fine as Can be found anywhere.
"But your framers are, I fancy, be-
hind us in AuetralM; tile implements
they use are not nearly so up-to•date as
ours,"
SHEEP IN BRITAIN.
• In Great Britaiet it is estimated that
at present there are foe every 1,000
mires of Burnie° at least 125 head of
cattle and 475 head of sheep. And this
largo percentage of sheep is In ansmall
land full of big cities, hills, lakes and
inlets, where the tillable land is email
and the cast of operating neeessazily
high.
Compared with • this, a glance at On-
tarao's fertile soils bears a poor com-
parison. In York County there are
only 81,733 sheep, while Oinicoe, which
has the largest number, totals only
06,521, Approximately this Would mean
about 20 sheep to the 1000 acres in On-
tario and actin.' figure.s for the Whole
of older Ontario would show that less
than half that number would. be held
by our ferns:ere.
The point is that, if on the highly val-
uable lands of the old country so many
sheep can be maintained at a profit, it
stands to reason that Ontario eould
better Afford to. approach their enample
than otherwise.
The great trouble with our Ontario
farms at present is the lack of fertil.
Hy on =my of the older settled home-
iateede, Continued cropping, reeting
and leek of cultivation have done muoli
to wear out their soils.
To build these up we should keep
more live stock, and by doing so eve
would. soon make our lend. ouppere
more then 100 acres of land. nio ciao
o animals can be handled so easily
on most ferms as eheep. The returns
show larger &eau profits than do many
other forms of stock huebendry.
Now, evhile sheep are selling low, is
the time to stock up with a good Meek
of inutten or woonprodueleg ewes.
•
Woman's Rights.
"Madam, do you believe in wosnanas
rights?" asked the man standing in the
car,
"I bp oho Topitea shady.
"Excuse me," he went on. `I am hut
an igaorant male Reeking lfght, May
T tusk if you eousteue these rights to in -
elude the privilege of spreading your
realle becoming skirts over three
meats?
Thereupoa she eondeneed herself, he
took a Rent ona couvernation flagged,
--Philadelphia Ledger.
A Foolish Outs:Aloe.
Shee-Do you think the Married' nien
really envy the bachelors?
Re--Mk.me if I think the barnyard
Nal envies the wild iluele—Phileilelphist
Record.
GOLDEN FLEECE.
Sheep, One Great Source of Austra•
Ilan Wealth, Not Native There.
It is 120 years since the first siiipment
of people left England for Anstre.lia.
There was then not a sheep in that
country. The pioneer sheepmen were
met with ridicule and rebuffs on all
sides. The first fleet, in 1787, brought
sheep, the genesis of Australian wealth,
but only for food on the voyage. Spain,
Holland and. France had sneered at Aute
trans and passed it by.
The sheep shipped in England were
eaten on reaching Cape of Good Hope.
Forty-four sheep were there taken
aboard, with sonie cattle and pigs. The
sheep were Cape natives, hairy fantails.
Some were landed but died. (lov. Philip
blamed the rank grass.
Never did other sheep reach Australia
alive till 1791, when the Gorgon brought
sixty-eight from the Cape. In 1792
twenty were brought from Calcutta. In
1793 100 more came from Calcutta.
To Capt. Waterhouse, aa army officer,
belongs the credit of twinging the first
Spanish Merinos, the ancestry of our
valuable flocks, says the imperial Re-
vue.. In 1797 he was sent. from .Aus-
trail& to .the Cape for Merinos, a service •
Which he described as almost a disgrace
to any officer. Col. Gordon had some
years before brought' a few Spanish
Merinos to the Cape and they had in-
creased to thirty-two. Waterhouse
bought 20 of them and brought. them to
Sydney.
"Macarthur was allowed to take three
rams and five ewes. He noticed that
as they remained in the colony their
fleeces became heavier, the wool softer
and of better quality. .By judicious
breeding he further increased the qual-
.1tee
"Samples taken to London in 1803
were valued et six shillings a palate. He
had gone to London tvith a great
toluene. He explained to the Secretary
of Steen that his flocks would double
theineelves every two and a hail years.
In twenty years with proper encourage -
mann he could make Englana indepeud-
ent of Spanish Merino Wool.
"Bill ideas were poolepoohed on evevy
hand: The sheep could not. live on Aus-
tralian grasses, "Welt was the voice of
the experts. Failing to get extra capi-
tal Dirsertrthur yet persevered. He re,.
turned to Australia with a few peaticti-
larly valueble rams and ewes presented
to George. III, by the King of Spain.
His flock nietetteed to 4,0410."
The extraordinary growth of sheep
raising is seen from a few figures. In
1702 there Were only 106 sheep in the
mail. In 1800 there were about 0,-
000; in 1810 about $8,000; in 1821; about
200,000, and in 1842 over 0,000,000. To-
day they are the tnte Geldet Fleece of
Australia.
Repeat itt--"Shileh's Cure will
always cure my coughs and colds."
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Live and Let • Live.
A neatly attired, but eomeWhat wan -
fated:, middle-aged Hallett woman, arese-
ed in black, leading a little boy with
each Itend, celled at s. lawyer's offiee
in the Land Title building reeently and
arranged with hint to apply Inc ri at -
yore°. After going oiler the history of
her ense the lawyer said: aWeil, 1sup-
pogo you want to get alimony?" hi
slightly aecented, though nearly perfect
Englieli, the client replied: "1 ivould just
like to get part of his rtioncy, that ail.
oePhlladc'IDbit Itteera
Jean Located.
Teaeher (during history lest:no)—Who
wee Jean el Are!'
Per
few minutes there wee ellettie,
then it bright little boy put up hie leind,
"Pleeseeteacher, she was the daughter
of Noah,')
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Only One Pupil in School District.
Johnny aergensen, 11 years of nge,
probably occupies the most peculiar pos-
ition of any pupil under the public school
system in the United States, He is the
only child of schOol age in the district
nseelaii.• Kettle Falls, Ferry county, Wash-
ington, and hWei
as a teacher all to -
n,
The instructor is M. R. Honenenan,
formerly of Spokane, who took charge
of the school early this month. There
were three pupils at the beginning of
the terne soon after which .the parents
of two of them moved out of the din
trice, taking their children with them.
The district is regularly organized and
has
it school board, with °intimate see-
retary and treasurer,
It also Ita.s ample funds to its unlit,
and in addition to this the State makes
an appropriation of seven cents a school
day in the year for each pupil. This
is the highest appropriation of any
State in the Union.—Spokane correspore
denee Anaeonda Standard.
*
Repeat
it: —"Shiloh's Cure will always
cure my coughs and colds."
•.•
Unfortunate.
Author—Has my play been accept-
ed ?
Manager—Well, you aeo the mem-
bers- of tha reading committee want
one of the three mita out out,
Author—I won't kiek about that.
Manager—tinfortunately for you
each of them want a different mit
struek out.
Ominous,
"Friend," asked the masculine half of
the party in the runabout, "What road is
this?'
"This is lovers' lane, Mr," said the nat-
ive; nind it ends down there in the bend
of the river they call the devil's el-
bow."
Bidder Men- to Fight Fires.
—
Will he Needed on the Hiatt Pressure Lines
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4, (Oh Y. Sun.)
There was joy among. tile paw.that- itiolsr:7,10:14"::::eofsel;:eiltIltinal4g uiktt:rmed
nee:
slide officers of the Fire Department , ahoilt its Am% distipline. They want
„ Thee think too the nifo
.trial hoards similar to the courtsmartiat
41t the army and nevy ; that is, the men
of good behavior do, while the black
sheep would rather go on being tried
by the Commissioner or his deputy.
The Fire DepArtment has kept itself
fairly free from the blight of politics,
no compared, for instence, with the pe.
lice, Department, but politics doge ereep.
into the trial rown, and by the sante
token discipline creeps out. The chiefs
and captains think that this will bo true
e..loug ea politiciane sit itt judgmeut.
A man is under charges, let us say, of
drunkenness or tardineae or disrespect
to an officer. Ris first move if he is
guilty le to lay the cue before hie dis-
trict leader.
The district leader is perfectly. -willing
to intercede with the Commuesionert
Who very likely is a district leader him-
self end likely to be asking considera-
tion of the same kind in some other de-
partment. So they lay their heads to-
getherand the little arraugment is
easily effected, and the drunkard or the
insubordinate gets off with a reprimand
or a small fine where be fleserVes to be
dismissed. Why, these are the easiest
favors a politician citu grant. They con-
fer obligatious awl they east; nothing—
eneept the efficiency of the department.
That, briefly, Is Ilte argument of
Chief Croker Aud his associates, who
for years,have pleaded for trial boarde.
Let us beludgeand jury, they say, and
it will be a pretty clever rascal who will
get away frent Us, who know all the
tricks of the trade. They oonteud too
that firemen are better judges of the
facts at issue than even thetottost un-
prejudived Aud unselfish laymen, ftteta
whichonly men of actual experience
can appreciate.
The scheme does not contemplate a
trial board composed for long. periods of
the sante officers. Politics maght weave
its web about au& a court too. The
members would change Bo frequently
that a culprit 'would never know who
his judges were to be.
Witli the matter of trial boards the
Civil Service Commission has nothing
to do. It is up to the Commissioner, who
by law prescribes rules for the govern-
ment of the department. So it becomee
simply a question as to when the city
shell have a Commissioner who will eon -
Bent te try the experiment.
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BABY'S OWN TABLETS
WILL CURE YOUR BABY
If your little ones are subject to collet,
indigestion, constipation, wornae, simple
fevers, or the other minor ailments of
ehildh000d,. give them Baby's Own `.1.1ah-
lets and see how quickly the trouble
will disappear. But better still, an oc-
casional: Lose of Tablets given to well
elaildrelt will keep these troubles away.
Mrs.. Allan A. MacDonald, Island River,
X. B., says: "Aly baby suffered greatly
from eonetipatioa and stomach trouble
and Baby's Own Tablets curet him,
always oskoefdp btyhemTedaibeilentse ena jetrhse oclorabye
mail et 25 emits a box front The Dr.
Willituns' liedleine Co., Brookville, Ont,
a few /lays ago when word came from
Albany that hereafter bigger Men
Must he lertml tor Appointment to the
uniformed force. The State Civil Ser-
viee Connuission decreed that tut num
Under 5 feet 8 invitee or lighter than
140 pouride would be eligible, thus
adding an inch to the required sta-
ture and five pounds to the weight.
Chief George Farrell, master of the
sehoui of instruction and philoeopher
in general of the department, txpraiii-
ed. the common judinnent ol the Sere
vice when mum otto aeked him 11 a
good little man watin't all right.
- "Yea," he anewered, " a, good little
man is all right, hut is good big man
is just ao much better,
Chief Farrell ouglie to hinny. He
him trained more than half of the de-
partment eta it exist e to.day and has
studied thent luau by man,
It is the judgment of another chief
after tiveuteneight years of experience
in fire fighting that, other thiugs be-
ing equal, efficiency iaereases witty -
height and weight up tit about 6 feet
10 .
"After that," said ho, "there is too
much of them above the waistline,
and they are likely to break amid -
The aetion of the State Civil Ser-
vice Commiselon ie it tardy response
Lo comae:tints whieh have been grow-
ing more and more ineistent for the
lest five years. Time and again Chief
Croker bens protested against the phy-
sical unfitness of • many of the men
410 have got by the civil service ex-
aminers and the hargeons.
Lately the pension Bat has begun
to give empliaais to Chief Croker's
arguments: Look over the roll and
you will find an increasing number
of comparatively young inen retired
on about $400 a year for disabilities
not lammed in the line of duty. That
means usually that a narrow chested
Man has collapsed under the strain
of ordinary fire fighting and has been
laid on the shelf with one-third pay
instead of the half pay that is the
lawful due of every fireman who re-
tires after twenty years or more of
eeTirvii:el.vecti. sand tear
on a fireman is
terrific. Take the siegle item ot lost
and broken sleep. A continuous
night's rest i$ is thiug almost un-
known. The arrangement of the wire
circuits is such that the gong will
ring inany times when some of the
companies which it awakens do not
respond to the alarm. Unless the
rieW recruit can learn to take Isis sleep
in instalments he is doomed to failure.
Then there are long days and nighte
of battle when bedtime and mealtime
never come at all, times when the
water freezes over rubber coats and
boots and liehnets till their wearers
are clad in garments of ice, times
when for hours together men must
breathe smoke and gas till throat and
lungs and stomach are inflamed and
their heads feel as if they were clamp-,
ed j jackscrews. No wonder thee
that the man of frail timber weakens.
to woeder that Croker keeps -ceiling
for stout ribs and strong limbs as
well as brave hearts.
The intredueti6n of the high pres-
sure -water system within the last
year is an additional reason for ' de-
manding more powerful men. When
the gauge shows a hundred pounds
pressure to the square inch. at the
nozzle it takes four or five men to
keep the hose line steady; and a
hose line that gets away is a devil
unchained:
• As soon, as it etrilc'en the floorinbe-
gins to thresh and 'writhe like a giant
snake and the nozzle flies beck with a
kick that may easily hill a inan if it
hits him in the head', So far, throe&
good luck, it never IhIS actually struck
a fireman dead, but it has broken many
a leg ana many a shoulder, and there
is elle skull pieced out with a silver
plate in the place where it landed.
Jimt now the high' pressure area ex-
tends only front Chambers street to
Twenty-third street, but it. is to be ex-
tended to ail the closely built parte of
the city. As it spreads the 'need of
abler horned men will iteorease peeper-
tionately, not only because bigh pres-
sure lines are lierder to handle, but els°
because fewer companies will be called
out on each alarm and there will be more
work for each tuna to ..do,
Firemea regard this recent entices, of
the State Civil Service Commisaion as
it concession to professional opinion, but
it is only a partial concession. .Profes-
sicautl opinion has demanded a great deal
more, and so far has dereanded itt ram
The officers of the department are quite
certant that the whole system of exam-
ining men both for admission to the
ranks end for promotion to the higher
grades could be improved along practieal
Rues.
Chief Croker had said so in all his
etneial reports and itt meaty other appro-
priate ways. Hugh Bonner, eldef and
commissiotter, the line of the depart -
meet, was of the Same opinion, This is
Chief tiroker's latest commenication otx
the subject:
"J. would recommend a coaference
between the fire commissioner, <thief of
department and officials of the muni-
cipal Chat Service Commie -siren with a
view to chenging the mottled of exam-
ination for appointment in the uniform-
ed force and promotion to higher grade*,
as under the present syetem of prenio-
tion men Who by reason of experience
lit the depertment orA particularly well
fitted by tiaveneeneent are eutelessed by
the younger men, with whom they are
unable succesefully to eotopete itt ex-
autinatiouS ae At present eoaducted, end
as a result of which condition tho
de-
patttttfll im preVelltea fr011i promoting
Thetnbers W110 woad make first Mese
°rfTkelter8p2;teent system worke too much isr
laver of the men who are mereilhandy
with pen and hike -MAN what- Croker
think, and hie °filters are mostly IP
Rerviee Cointeiseloti
took maim charge of examinetions the
tealdidete for proutotioe had to aeitte
muster leer.? it heard of Mid officers.
nuns an oral examinetien, and was
eirietly practieal. What would be do in
We or that merger:ex? What its hie
judgmeut Was tlie hest nienhig of work-
ing out some difficult penitent? Sup-
ine* a fire under eatoin tonditiont, how
would he dieposo of his form in fighting
It. ani would lie send ire a second or a
whit 0.7 was kind o1
tint the man' hail to titeen and it Was
mere thett a Matter a Iona 0011011On
evhonl Wu:anion, It Was teehnicel and
etpert, end, the etateittei. Ref Wan pro-
fosslotally -sewer.
it is tentothing litre Met the firemen
,re eeking now--not-an absolute return
to the old system,. but 41; 'menhir:Mims of
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Miss Bell—You AsitYyeCIlltrearn more owner
by your pen than you did it yeer sew
norms and boom
t:riSd:uitifteetttosolr_cu—nestIevvyydeo:v. orwtopes.8 writ:1,1111r
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$10.00, New York and Return.
Prom Suspension Bridal), Natt Lehigh Val-
ley It. It., Thursday, March 11t15. Tielteb*
good tor 10 days. Particulars 64 King street
east. Toronto.
Lincoln's Matchless Diction.
The letter of President Lincoln to Mrs.
Bixby, of Boston, deserves the comment
of the college authorities of Oxford,
written beneath a printed oopy hung in
one of the college lialla—"one of the
finest specimens of pure English ex-
tant." the letter runs as follows:
Dear Madam;
have been shown in the files of the
war department a statement of the ad-
jutant general of Massachusetts that you
ere the mother of five eons who hare
died gloriously on the field of battle.
feel how weak And fruitless meet be any
words of mine which should Attempt to
beguile you from the grief of a loss so
overwhehning. But I cannot refrain from
tendering to you the consolation that
may be found in the thanins of the re-
public- they died to save. I pray that out
Heavenly Father May Assuage the nag-
upish of your beitanenient and leave
you only the cherished nunnery of the
loved and lost, and the solemn pride
that niust he yours to haVe laid so costly
it sacrifice- upon the altar of freedom.
Yours very sincerely and respectfully.
Abraham Lincoln.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
-ate- - •
Repeat it:—" Shiloh's Curo Will al-
ways elIre my cough a and colds."
h HMS 1,
Mrs, Cfcm.,14imes:, 1111,Ve N'tni mer
thought what will become el US when
we ere 'Old?
Mr. Crow—Oh! I suppose we'll mind
up as. quail eft toast at eome table
d has restaurant.
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How the Trouble Started.
Publisher --Surely It oup,ht to leteet.
tta mate peel print paper 4.11t ,of
coric,taik4.
Mill ihvti-r Volir Wish, ir, is .
to the thought.
Kindly Bear With .Hirn.
There was a ,young num itt Ishpeming
Whoeo canaluet wale far from condemn.ing*,
Vor Jti helped us one time
la our searelt Inc at rhylne.
lly wedding at maiden named Fleming.
Where It Gete a Jolt.
'resteiter fat night sehool)--Can you
give me a familiar illustration of the
proverb, "it ie la.VET too bite to mead,"
Shaggy -haired Pupil—The only thing
1 think of jest new is a wornout cedar
block pavenient.
tliat in an easily -
don.
Fixing a Limit,
Johnny—They're making shingles out
eement nowklays.
Dieky—I don't mind that so muelnbut
if maw over gets a pair ce cement slip,
pine I'm gone to run awns!
Nearly.
"Can yaur iltilo hrolher walke"
"No," said ; "hilt he eon
squawk."
Oe re mony Om I lted.
The t,int of tile holson who wile on
Iih trnvols, had just met lite king of the
CAnalbal Wands.
,"Well," they with as they loOkikd nt
emelt other, "I guess we woon- keel."
.Could Tell Some Time.
"(la II you 14.11 time, Jacky?"
"Oh, yes," Fai41 aaekyn 1 always know
when. rCeP414..11111(1
"Ily the Oink t"
' "No; by the vole& the big bort begin
to make."
Appropriate for Skates.
"A boy told me to -day that there are
fishes called skates, but I didn't believe
it," Paid 'b'en.
"Oh, yes, there are," said his father.
"l)o they, swim in ice water7" askcd
Ben.
--
Among Girls.
"I don't like theway. they run the
theatres.
-
"They ought to have floorwalkers in-
stead of ushers, and let you examine the
seats before purchasing."
"Yes, and maybe see one act of the.
Courier-Sournal.
--
Then the Worm Turned.
Professor (to his aged. cook).— Yon
have now been 25 years in my service,
Regina. As a reward for your fidelity
hare determined to name the bug I re-
eently discovered after you.—Fliegende
Blaet ter.
The Sculptor's Triumph.
The sculptor laid down his chisel.
be cried, "I am satisfied; my
Apollo Belvedere nas met the approval
of the Taft inaugural ball committee."
Herewith he felt that there were no
mare 'worlds to conquer.—New York
Sun.
. Strictly Biz.
"Didn't Farmer Honk pay up eis
back subscription?" asked the wife, of
the country editor.
"Yes, my clear. Ring up six squashes
• on the cash register."—Louisville Cour-
ier journal.
Illutninating.
"How's your new kid?"
"Don't you find that a baby brigh-
tens up it household wonderfully?'"
"Yes, indeed. We have to have the
gas going most of the eight now."—
Cleveland Leader.
ONE QUALIFICATION LACKING.
"Splendid preacher, isn't be?"
"Yes, but °bemire; he has no previous re-
cord of a desperado."
•
IIER CLAIM.
Gillett—SO there is a tsblet in your
trarsept 1.0 her nleMpry, Did die do anythiug
to bring peolge into the church?
Mrs. Perry—Well, I guess: She wore it
sew hht, every Sunday for three
Der's Baser.
Time Too Short.
(From the Omelet Been
"It is mot complimentary to a New .
York editor to be invited to •drop in on
the grand jury for a few minutes aud
`testify 'to all and everything yon
known" There le this much about it;
thought they might not have been asked
to testify at all.
"Now, my dear rector, I want a little
-spiritual advice. You see, :qrs. Delaney
goes in for Scientific Pantheion, Mee
Vim Ginner goes in for Senna -14m, and.
Mrs. Simpkins for New Theught. Now,
can't you tell me what ie the very latent
thing ,in religioe?"—Harper's Weekly.
"Muriel, I love yott 1'
".ts—is that all you have to say, Ru-
dolph?"
"Caveat SeOtt. 'Muriel,•it has taken me
eighteen months to Kay 'that l"
Both Reluctant.
"in t1t raining, and I haven't any
umbrella I"
"Here, miss, take mine."
"But you may need it yourself. I hate
to take yours."
"Well, if yon hate to do it—or—dmin,
mine"
Horrible.
"That waS nil awful aleastere There
WWI Ohly C111C survivor—isn't thnt ter -
"Fearful. 'What a bore bell be!" •
Cleveland trader.
-
Going, Going, Go.
WW1 -1 wok.' up 1;14 -night wall a
si art . 1 dreamea that my waint wee
gone.
Wren- Wellwee it e
VouI. No. but it wee going- Yela
Thema.
Continued,
'Vet, I give up hit:kit:1r itt New
\'tern, tistil et Ibis cud of laet week I
had nien in the bank- "
"(treat 1 1 imill you lenil five?"
eina eeetertley the lentk fallen" -
s tevelatel
The Sticking Place.
(*Innen -Di liov a JOU. Norah. Ira at
Ile gin,. factory Otis 'Mime.
Claney -Theron ue tereent uhv
ae all-mill:1'r 1;,,k t 1114 ouc„Tulge.,
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