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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-07-01, Page 3COUNTESS A HEART AND SOUL WORKER (Plillatle'plea *ord.) 'When the Coueteee of Aberdeen len'1. ea in this country the other day, aseul»g to pe over the luternetion4 °omen of Women, et its, Toronto meetiuge, there stepped ashote one of the moist Preininent Workers in one of the foie, moat Movemente now before the world of preseutalay thought. There is stale ing here of the "eaffragette" type, noth. ing "militant" in any unwomanly sense ofethe Word.. Rather is elle the suffrag. it that ell her life she hes recognized the hilperative necessity of her kind' advice''ma while busied ie. countlese other labors in their behalf, has, quite neturally, spoken clearly from a elear mina upon the subject a the bellot for woman. - None at the meetings in the Dominion city will have tome weight in, the de- bates than this preeiding officer, who, her the by, is pretty eeetain to hoid the councire presideney as Iona as she will consent, 'Pliat office must go to an in- cumbent of unusual and peculiar quali. 'ficatione; 2h2Ulust epeak easily German U1 d PreneVas well as English; 'Ise meet be poeseissed of 'such social prestige tie will compel the respeet of an .the many countries affiliated with the move- znent; she must have at fingers' end. o full knowledge ef the Couneilts wide anal varied, work, and the meet be not only ready and able to serve without salary, but also to defray personally the esfur. ally heavy expenses connected with such a. potation. Deiteended from King Robert Marjoribanke—the Honorable Ishbel Ma- rie Marjoribanks—youngeat daughter of Dudley Coutts Marjoritanks, whose lit- erary end artistic tasteadded a not usual Charm to the business capacity of the senior pertner in the great banking house of Cowan One autefmn evening not long after the title of First Baron ineeedmouth had oome to the head of the family, a young ssaortsman lost his wa.y in the wild die. tiect emend Gnisachans the Marjora banks home, and mese tobeg shelter for the night. There was a true 'Highland welcome far him, and then it transpired thee he wee the Earl of Aberdeen, sev- enth holder of the ancient title and. but lately come into it and its great e,state.s. It was all a very fair imitation, of old romanee brought down to a prosaic pins- ent, and the sequel "came true" quite as the novel reader would ha,ve had it, for a few years later'the youngest of that eventful night's hostesses went forth from Guisetehan, to preside as Lady Ab- erdeen at Heckle House. THE FAleIlLY Isieelf AND TITLE. John Campbell Gordon became head of the house of Aberdeen wheu a youth just turned. of his majority, assuming then a title which belongs, it is said, to the longest -lived family in the Brieish peerage; created in 1682, it is only..now in possession pf the seventh'of its Deer- ers. The preeent. Earl is grandson of that Lord Aberdeen Who was Prime.M.M. vaster from•1853 to 1855, resigning just after th.e Crieneare:War; a close friend. and trusted councillor of Queen :Vic- toria's; and known, too, as the funder of theakthenian Society in 1805. It was his appearance aanono Edinburgh review- er&that gave rise to*Byron's couplet, in the "English Bards and Scot& Review - First in the oat -led phalanx shall be seen The travell;d thane, Athenian Aberdeen. Honors many and considerable have come to this seventh Earl. "G. C. N. G.". and. "K. T.e he writes after his name, along with nine academie degrees (when he so wishes, which is never—he being a modest men), including an liouvrary Lie D. from Princeton University. He is a Privy Councillor and. vice-president of the Royal (Monte' Institute; has been Lord Lieetenant of Aberdeneheire since 1880; was 'Canada's Governor-General be- tween '93 Rad 'NJ and now lives as the King's repreeernative in Ireland, having assumed the Lord. Lieutenancy four years ago. The man behind the titles is not tall, le inclines' to stoutness, and. fire's reereetion in Belling or - land. beep° gardening. The Aberdeen children (there are four sons and a daughter; the bele Lord leaddo, being now in his thirtietli year, with Harrow, St. Andrew's and Oxford behind him, neat a, home on Cambridge Squire, London, to occupy his time) have ail beeu brought up "practically. They had to learn how "to do thinge"— tie one time a furnished cottage was placed 'at the disposal of Lady Marjorie, who wan expected to keep it "quite tidy" without outside beep; she bad to lay fires and, scrub floors; and she did. both. That cottage"Stood.an ft small garden, which the sons were told to cultivate ana tend; each of the queduinvirate is, in .consequence, more than a mere eine- tette in the growing of fruitsand flow. FIGHTING SLAVERY AND IGNOR- ANCE The countess'cordial, sympathetic and whele-hearted, has tamed from the Brat quite naturally to all sorts of pillions thropies and reforms. On her very wed- ding trip she made her initial move of any considerable sort. . The two lied been in Egypt, and. while there had heard from the splendid Gordon of some of the awful horrors of the African slave trade, which then still flourished all too widely. Shortly afterward a dealer M men, coming aboard the Aberdeen yacht offered certain museular-looking youths for probable uses in the upper reaches of the Nile; they were seemingly to be "rented," but their state as well as their owners' intentions were very ob- vious. Lady Aberdeen took in the situ. atiou, and, after a hurried consultation with her husband, stood by flushed an triumphant. while he, pointing to t (English jack, mid: "Those boys are free. X claim them in the name of the Queen." And freedethey were, then and. there, Another long -ago instance of the coun- tess' philanthropies was the formation of "The Handel House Association." Mas. ter and • mistress were the first two members, but soon every servant and re. tainer was enrolled, attending classes in singing and drawing and wood Carving, listening to concerts or lectures. It was a simple enough sort of thing to do in American eyes'but it was snore than a mere rift in the conservative lute of England's social system. To -day its democratic prineiples have widened and broadened into "The Onward and. up- ward Association," with a membership of many thousands, and centres of work all over the "tight little, right little is- lands." HELPING THE CAUSE Olt WOMEN. When,16years ago, Lord Aberdeen crossed to the big Dominion to the north of us, his wife transplanted there her enthu.siasrus and energies. "The Victoria. Order of Nurses in Canaan" was the outeome of her presence, while one of her first move e was to joie the then sinning movement tso form a "National Council of Canadian Women," to bind together in menial Md and sympathy the workers in connection with every so- ciety of national interests in the coloilY, regerdleee ot politieal or religious views. In. its best and highest sense the en- tire cause of woman's higher education was mightily forwarded. be Lady Aber- deen during her fiVe years residence ot Ottawa, In '98, when se was about to return home, Queen's University, at Kingston, conferred upon her an aceepting which the herself test outlie. ed the anus and purposes which had brought the honoreto her. "I urge the students of both sexes," she sakis "to remember that only true mature affects the whole Iife and being and character. You nlay go *revel cols lege winning prizes and distinctions', and yet go forth to your future careers in the realest, most lamentable sense of the word, uneducated. We know we can ob. tain from our universities men and Nvo- nwn of learning and attainment's, but let us obtain also an influence which shall leaven with a high trausforming power the life of the whole country." In her fidelity to something of this high sort, perhaps, lies -the key to the close friendship which has for a dozen years existed between the Aberdeens and "Ralph Connor," the novelist -mission. ary, whose real name is Charles Gordon. He had been esked to dine with the Governor General and his wife, and 4e - alined the invitation on the plea of an earlier engagement, mot to he broken. It transpired that this engagement was a ,promise to preaeh to some half-dozen miners, itt a post Inc distant from even annacivilization, and the man's fine loyalty to his word given to suet an end node the strongest of appeals to the titled two who could so well appreciate and admire his motives and devotion. MAKING MARKETS AND BARRING "BRIDGE." • When the Aberdeens followed the Dudleys at Dublin's Viceregal Lodge, in 1905, the good *works of the Countess were continued as a matter of course. She has taken, above all else it may be, a deep interest in the "Irish Home In- dustriets" cause a. movement in which large numbers of Irish workingmen and women are engaged. She recognized the sore need of the poverty -ridden land, and her energies and influence have been constantly (and successfully) at Work to find fit markets for the beau. tiful woven materials which have come from their cottage looms, for the beau- tiful woven materials which have come from their cottage looms, 'for their ex- quisite Imes, and the marvelous carv- ings. From this inteeest, and largely through her generous "backing," the 'Hirsh Industries Association" has sprung into active life. Shops have been opened in Loudon as well as in Dublin, and in other large provincial towns, and the home-made goods put before the public. The result may be guessed; sales have more than quadrupled and good prices are maintained; ssor is there a middleman to at up profits. • "You cancome pretty near trusting the average farmer to get the most for his money. He doesn't earn. it easy; and he has to get full 'vc.lue. "That's why any roofing buyer gets a strong hint here: "My shingles eover more square feet of barn roofs all over *Canada than any other kind of roofing, two to one- - excepting wood shingles. "And we are overhauling the Wood shingles fast, be- cause the farmer is learning just how much wood shingles really cost, and how little mine cost. "Time you learned, too— isn't it?" Pedlar Products include every kind of elont metal building materials—toe many items to even mention here. ean have a eatalogue--estienate— prices—advice—just for the tokieg. Wed like eepeeiany to interest you in our Art Steel Ceilings and Side Wane —tloy are a revelation to many peo- ple. More than 2,000 liesialle. May we Send you booklet No. 14, an pie. tnree of some of them? You can rest easy nights when you Oshawa -shingle and save money, as well G. Any roof covered with Oshawa Steel Shingles (guaranteed) is proof 'lel against lightning. Not even the best lightning rod vetoes insulates a building so safely, 41mthe most accurate and complete figuresit is at present possible , That particularly matters to you if you own barns, for diming 1007, 1 fro to compile, this is what the electric blast cost the farmers of this continent: Lightning struck 6,700 farm buildings in Canada and the United States. Fires, caused by lightning, destroyed property valued at $4,123,000. Lightning killed 4,457 head. of live atock. Lightning killed 6e3 human beings, and injured 880, nearly all dweIlets on farms. JJ Insurance men declare that more than forty per tent. of all biten • fires are aused by lightning. Barns are peculiarly subject to the lightning stroke, because they contain hay and straw that constantly give off moisture by evaporation. The moist exhalatioes from horses and. cattle also attraet the bolt. MMININNiemiNsaikeisilyamosigortlIMIN OSHAWA GALVANIZED STEEL SHINGLES A new roof for nothing: if they leak by 1934 IgYet for a cot, of less than five cents a neat pee 100 square feet you can safeguard your barns—an& your house for that matter—against lightning. That is the reel wet of Oshawa Steel Shingles (Guaranteed). More than that: When you. Oshawa shingle Luse blinding you have ‘11 a reef that is absolutely wet -proof; absolutely wind -tight; abso- lutely fire -proof; end theis GUARANTEED to be a goodi roof for twenty. five year without painting, patching, repairing, or bother or fuss of any kind. IIAnybody who ever taw steel shingles before ean lay an Oshawa - Shingled roof perfectly with no tools bnt a hemmer end boner's shears, and no guide but the simple, easily -followed directions that come with the shingles. 4:1 Anybody who lets a building worth roofing right can afford. the ONLY roofingthatwill roof it right—and the only roofing that is guaranteed. That is the etor y in brief: Sane for the free book that tells it at length, and proves every statement as it goes along. With the book eomee a sample shingle to Anise you what we mean by saying that -the Oshawa Steel Mingles '(Guarauteed) are made of 28 -gauge Tease sbeet steel, heavily galvienieed on both slats and all edges, and fitted with the Pedlar four-way lock, that snakes the whole roof one seamlese, tuthrokeil abed of tough Meet—a root that Is tot only guarauteed for twenty-five years, but good for a century. 4/. Get the book and lease' about "Roofing Right." Send for it noweeto. day. Ask for Roofing Right Booklet, No. 18. sAdadrese our nearest plaee. The Pedlar People of Oshawa 4Establishea 1861 Addeees Our .Nearest Warehouse; • 4 • NIONTIMAL OTTAWA TORONTO LONDON OHATIIAt ININNIDIA VANCOUVER QUEBEC 121.3 Craig St.W. 4t.3 Seinen Se 11 Colborne Ste te Klee St. 200 West King St. ea Lombard 31,en Nivea it. tin nue eunent See RAIN, N.S., 42-46 Pate* netanex. 10 orient gs. W w.nt Agents fri some senttons. Write for d�tafls. IVIentlon thls paper. 126 a Aristocratic Ireleed does not wholly eaprove the Doke anti Duchess, however. In the first Otto, bridge is eabooeti at the ledge; in the second place, the Car1. • toe, eeross in London, furnishes the wines and great dinners width the Lord Lietitexatut gives; end filially (and worst of all itt met eyes—among those, that • is, who have the entree oleo the Viee. regal circle) the Countess is an tntt. spoken Home Ruler. Not tong after elie heel first mute to Dublin, so rune one local legend, slie asked Lord Morris, who was taking her out to luneheou at one of the garden parties of the seasaa; '.Azo there pony Home liedere here?" "Just yereer and the weitliers, Inc lady," was the .zionestoo-gracioue reply. ho Dublin "Lodge" is not, of course, a part of Aberdeen's estate ---a little matter of some 58,000 acres. His own • three homes are lit No. 58 Grosvenor street, Landoll; at "rearlend Lodge," ,Alierdeenehire, and "Hada° House," in abeedeentshire, ttn ekes last the Earl is said to be most devoted, The two - century -old dwelling lies in a rather bleak corner of his titular county, but its immediate surroundings are very fine, the park housing aomo of the noblest specimens of the ola Stanch fir known to the Highlands. The city louse, too dirty and sooty now (in the manner of Itmulon buildings) well to slow the warm, dull red .ef its aeelent Georgian. bricks, is, above all else, "liv- tibiae those who know it best speak of its library and drawing -rooms as more "homey" • than anything else of their sort in all the great, gray capital. At least two of its paintings ere world- famous—one be Tintoretto of a process. sion hi Venice in the days of the metliae. val Doges, and another by Titian, strange almost to the degree of uncenny, It hangs over the mantelpiece in the • dining -room, and shows three • mest's heads springing from it single neck; the one looking full forward is the Emperor Charles the Fifth, with Pope Jullue11. and the Duke of Ferraro, in profile on either side. Directly beneath each ap- pears the shadowy presentment of the beast which he was said. to resemble; a lion for Chnhers, a wolf for the then Holy Father, end a dog for Ferrands Duke. The mention, of the dog reminds ono net the Countess has just one bomely human fad, she loves a Skye terrier. But "Pro Feminie" might well be writ- • ten down the motto ot her life. Ener- getically though tactfully, she is evet pushing forward her schemes for the ad. vancement and elevation of women of all classes and races; no movement that as within it 4 single grain of aught that builds up the souls and minds of women is unheeded. by this titled lady, now our guest. Werwiele James Price. Facts About the Lightning Flash. If you're afraid of lightning, and dive into the storm miler when it thunders, its time to grettee the cellar stairs, For May and. June are the busiest seasons of the year foe these two. In the cities, the steel buildings and metal roofs draw off most oaehe light- ning and give a protection to the in. habitants ex a city. Isolated build- ings in the country are still struck fre- quently,'however,. and the antborities reconunend Heinen; rods for these.— or insurance. In view of the approach of the light- ning season, here are a few facts about it. The number of deaths from lightning annually in the Stetes is something more than four per million inhabitants. Close to 400 people were killed hot year. The oak tree is most liable to be struck by lightning. The beeeli is the least, the proportion being 23 to 1. Reeky 'Mountain regions and upper Missouri valley see the most deaths by lightning in the United States. Damage by lightning in this country Test year amounted ,to more than $1,- 500,000, Of the buildings Struck last year 5 per cent. had lightning rods. If a lightning- storm comes up while you're outdoors, don't get under an iso- lated tree, especially an. oak. Keep away from 4 barn door, too. . Muck of the alarm felt over lightning is unneeessary. If you live to see the flesh, it won't ever hurt yeti.. Tele Pacific coast west of the moun- tains is freest from lightning of any part of the country, the average being about one storm a year, Tide is due to the more uniform eleetrification of the clouds there. Scientists ascribe lightning to na- ture's efforts to equalize the 'ernisunt of elechiesity in the clouds. A cloud snore highly eleetritied tvill meet one leas so, and flashes will pass till the charges are equal. Believing in the- immunity of build - Inge !fleeted in populated centres, the United States Government ha' no light- ning toes on any federal beildinge ex- cept powder magazines, and the Wash- 1nton monument. a protection given the Washington monument is called the moat perfect in the world, A light strike twenty years ago aroused the Government eli- sion, who installed additional equip- nient. It is a shining mark for electric flitehes, but hag witleetood them all since the change. A one -inch copp4ube rod will carry off harmlessly • Strongest electric flash known. e It is imposaible to tell accurately how large a, space of Tooting one rod will guard.igLtning Ina equipment, placed by competent people, will &Env the light- ning efficiently except in the ease of an unusually severe and powerful charge. In ease of A. person seruek by light- nin, resuscitation processes should be resorted to at once, and the work not given up for at least an hour. The process of reviving a, person sertok by lightning is al -miler to that of a drowning person. Plate viable on back flat on ground and work teems ova- head every three seconds regularly to restore breathing 4 The Song of the Laggard. Vd like to have ray share of minor I'd like to be a loader here t'd like all mon to know my.naine And greet me with a rousing cheer, I'd like to ethub to topmost heights, Where mediocrity is barred But that, means 'working late at nights, And that's too hard. I'd like to Write a 'clover book, I've started onto or Mice to do tte When 1 hould Work, my ease 1 took, And so I've never struggled through it. 1 have ideas in my head, And could sueeeed without a doubt; But I've done nothing, as rve said, ' It is so hard to work thorn out. oertnin 1 mild stand seecess, And 1 would get it, IS men %mew Ms; 1 wonder why they never guess My worta and hand their prizes to inc. I Warit to held an honored place, I'm very sick or merely 'clerking, Most env statues t witi grace, . If / tan eet it efittbatoirr egkeleego, The Blectereil The popular vote for ]'residential eke - tors in 1888, the firet year in whieli thine reports were required by law, este 11,381,408; in 1892, 12,013,003; in 1s90, 13,913,243; hi MO, 13,054,518; ill 1904, 13,523,519, and In 'nos, 14,887,13e, abetit One eeter for vtry six periwig. Liver .an Stomaehlrong Indluesticorh Riad Colors Pala* Eatiguot/o. Those, oppressed. by Palpitation. 'and - Heart ralPS wilt find .luterestiu0 Facto to thio Article. The following letter is priltitea with the hope that it Will Show a clear Toed to health to those wlio 'suffer the pangs of indigeetion and weak stomach, "I tun anxime to send the message of hope fee end wide to ail who are in poor -health, as I Was it year ago," writes Mrs. Eruest P. Gomez, from Meriden, "For"Years I have had a weak stomach_ end, have experienced all the dieteess caused by indigestion. I may say that the heert petits, watery risings, pressure of gas front fermentation et 'Utiles al- most drove me wild. For a time I could seemly eat it menthes!, without causing myself euelless misery; 1 mild not sleep well, iny color was fearful, dark circlets muter my eyes, bad dreams,- etc. "As 4 4ast hope I waspersuaded to try Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Mendrake and Butternut. As I persevered with this treatieent my appetite fraduaily re- turned, and I began to relish my meals. Isiy strength slowly returned, the haid- aehe and chest pains grew less severe, and et lest I began to look my old self agains Dr. Hamilton's Pills curet' sue, and 1 ese theni occasioually still, be. cause I find as a system regulator and heeltiesupporter no medicine is equal to, them," The same medicine that so evondei- fully . restored Mrs. Gomez. will .also care you, 25e. per box, or five.' boxes for 11,00. e.,,lieware of sithatitates. 13y Mail from The Oatarrhozone Company, Kingston, Ont, Rulshing Away the Wrinkles. "I owe my longevity to much pedes- trianism and careful dieting," said Will- iam Schmidt, itged 81 years, a veteran of the civil 'war, The soldier 'fighter does not look to be a year more than 65 years having a smooth face and clear eye, Asked. hole he accounted for the ab- sence of any wrinkles in his face, he said: "Weil that is easily explained. Auer person advancing to it riPe old age oan prevent the presence of this ob- jectionable facial feature by simply brushing, or rubbing the wrinkles up- ward at every chance instead of dont.- ward or across. That is the secret of the whole thing. My grandfather laved to greatly advanced years and never shows ed a wrinkle, and he passed the secret to my father, who in turn gave it to me and now I pass it on. Away witb wrink- les, let us have to more Of thein. The upper stroke_...._does-the business, ant the ribbing mustbe done continuely."— From the Philadelphia Record. WEAK, TIRED GIRLS Will Find Health and Strength Through Dr. Williams' rink Pills. There is a tiine in the life of every girl when the straitupon her blood becomes too great; when she grows weak; has.eheadeches and bacicachei; when dizziness seizes her and she le - comes extremely miserable, That is the, time of life she iteede a tonie medicine that Neill not fail to enrieh her blood and give her strength to withstand the changes through whinti she is passing. Such a tonic is lir. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. They have raised thousands of grow- ing girls out of the depths , of misery and despair to a full enjoyment cf good health and strength. Assumg those who have found good health through these Pills is Miss Suddard , of .1faldimancl, Quo, ecincerning whose case her mother writes as follows: "Dr. Williams' - Pink Pills have been a great benefit to.my daughter who was weak and miserable. She was pale,' easily tired and was bothered with, indigestion. The use of the Pens has brought back her health, and made her strong and active. I am sou grateful for what this wonderful Peed'. eine has done for her," Dr, Williams' Pink • Pills are the greatest blood builder known to Medi. cal ecienee. That is why they cure anaemia, rheumatism, heart imitate - tion• indigestion, neuralgia, etc. That is why they are of suet value to wo- men and girls during the chadges through which they- pass from girl- hood to maturity. The Pills are f tsld by all medicine dealers or direct ty mail at 10 cer.ts a box or. six box.esi for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medi. oine Co., Brockville, Ont. LoCONIOTIVES «cp 1908.# Few Actual Novelties, But Some Nevi • Develeprnehts. The actual novelties in locomotive de- sigti in the last year are comparatively feiv, though the inunber of interesting designs is conektetable. but, according to Mssieres 31ttgazine,- the main fealltren of the world's locomotive practice in 1908 may *strictly reviewed as follows: 1, The extensive introduction of "pe. eine" locomotives in France and the in- itial introduetion- thereof in England and Germany, both of the letter, how- ever, lseing really toward the clots° of 1901, thanes unually aasociated with 1908. 2: The eetensive introduetion and de. 'velopment of articulated lotottiotives in the United States and the Construction of Midi locomotives by British and Ainerietut firms for me in other cau.tie tries. -et The somewhat extensive buildieg • of hoornotives of InOderate, dimensions foe engines, these smaller engines insole cases aearly et exactly corresponding in design with engines built, some yeans ego or being developmcnte of ettell de. signs. This has oecurred paiticularlyiri Great Britain, but is also characteristic to sonic extent of Continental railwaye. 4. The extension of the itee of super. heetting apparatus. • 5. Tho introduetion Of several new wheel arrangements end of at last one engine Which is a very redicel departure from usual methods of lleeigna. 4.••• Hot Water Ountaiti. One of the spectrietilar features of the health resort of Thermopylie, Wis., ig a hot-water fountehi, the steam ef- feete of Welt are saiki to be eittetteeing • in favorable atinoepherie ,conditione. It consists of a 6 -inch standpipe 28 feet high on the ttpe line running from the Illg Spriiig to the sanitarium and bath. houeee. The water faille into it eon - mete Wolin from which it Bowe to the sitar. The temperature .of the enter • is about 133 degrees le. and the steam effeet is - 'Mid to Ite eery attraetive en cool dsys. GARDEN ON A SHIP, One ()aim Liner Now Supplies Its Passengers With Vegetables 4 From the Soil. The reeent introduetion of a garden and truek farm on a small wale tin tin' Ifamburgeesnerieen line steamship Kane- ohe Auguste Victoria, While an innova- tion, is not merely a detened item .ap. peeling only en acemint of its novelty. it isn part ef the development of Weil.V011Siltered AWL carefille , planned seheIne, the peepose of which te to pro- vfde Wain traveller's with every poesible and ceueeiveble luxury and eonvenienee. The term "Neeessitleas of (wean trayel" has departed from the eategory of the eross.seat wanderer. No loeger does lie think of these neceesities in the :sense that, the enjoyment of the ocean voyage eoUld he restricted and limitea to mere neceseities. The wonderful advance in steamship eonstruetion is uot applied merely to struethral perfection, but eizi. believe evernspossible condition anti in- terpretation. of whet constitutes • our conceptioneof an "ideal existence," irre. speetive of the fact that in this ease it applies to a trip ElArQall the Anisette. From the' above statenteats it will be perceived, that the many innovations which have eppea.ted in recent years are really the ca -relative details of a won- •aPerfectioe in travel." derful stratem of wheel. the keynote is The steeanship companies have been Tack td realize that as fur as the trav- eller and hie inclination to pay is con- cerned, no limitatiou existed with re- spect to his wishes for the very beat. With no restrietion as to cost it was but natural, that improventents were in or- der, At first these were manifested larger accommodatious for each indi- eidual •traveller. ELEVATORS AND TELEPHONES. The equipments and appointments of the state rooms were improved, bed. steads were installed in place of old- fashioeed berths, and, as a natural ee- quence, inagnificeist publie rooms, such as the lounge, social halls, Wie' par - tors, smoking rooms, eta, were soon re- garded. as indispensable to every ship.. The same idea, was responsible for the elevator, electric light, betas, teieplaones, gymnasiums, wireless antr seibenraine bellsysteins etc. The truck' farm and green house on the Kitiserin Auguste :Victoria is but the natural outcome of a, well -ordered scheme, POrmerly fruits, vegetables and flowers, in order to be available for the table, were kept in'cold storage rooms in the hold.•of the ship, Now a steam- ship gardener is one of tbe regular staff. It is Ms especial duty tb look after the flowers, plants, the strawberries, the mushrooms, even the lettnerand other greens whteh are used in the restaurant. The green house itaelfels a steel struc- ture on the sun deck. It has the sante profusion of windows evbiele after the manner of the reguler green house ashore, allow of being opened and turnedi to permit the best possible circulation of air and sunshine throtiglioue the house. During inclement weather aud in the winter season 'the green flame will be heatedby coils ofesteam-pines. • Relatingeto the foregoing matter,- a few words as to the purchase, and amount of provisions taken on boatel may be of interest. Tlo modern ocean greyhound is a modern hotel, and hes but one diadvantage compered with the world-renowned hostelries ashore, That is that the dozens and dozens of mer- chants who supply the «hip 'with fresh vegetitinies, meats and other provender, are uneble to heel< their wagons up to the steward's department on the vessel Onkel out a fresh supply of easels for the day, The sea renteurant,however, Is almost at all times prepared to serve anything from a hain sandwich to a banquet. • THE. 'SHIP'S PROVISIONS. ss The chief care of te steamehip dining room is the prOviSions; that is true to a certain extent, but when the ship is sev- en or .perhaps eight days between ports, without a chance to get a large supply .of fresh food, the seeletion and. the man- ner of keeping the food really gives the steward something to think about. He must get a supply which shall be just enough in order that in the restaurant there may be a meal for 50 persons and the next two for 250. This requires a Jet of guessing and figuring, to the res- taurant must nevereruneshort Of any- thing. The various supplies' are bought at the most favorable places. For in- stance, in England, the Germen liners get the fresh European fish, sttch as sole, together, with the best English lamb, mutton and beef, At Cherbourg a sup- ply of fruits, poultry, _eggs, butter and milk is takee on board. The Keiserin Auguste Victoria takes in 5,000 eggs at Cherbourg and these are kept in perfect condition by eovering them with fresh butter as soon as they are received, placing them in straw and turning them every day. The peaehes and other fine fruits are also carefiely packed in strahwe. T store tOoms of .the greet ocean TIER W N CURED By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Gardiner, Mailie.—" I have been a great sufferer from organic troubles and a severe female weakness. T b e doctor Baia would have to go to the hospital for an operation, but I eould not bear to think of it. I de- cided to try Lydia E. Pinkbato's Veg- etable Compound and Sanative Wash —and was entirely cured after three eneriths' use of them."—Mrs, Wiraz.sIts, IL F. Dv No. 14, Box 89, Gardiner, Me. , No woman should submit to 4 sure. eal Operation, which may mean death, Until she has given Lydia E. PinItham's Vegetable Compound, made exclusive. ly from roots and laerbe, a fair trial. This famous medicine for women has for thirty years proved to be the most valuable tonie and renewer of the female organism. Women resid- ing in almost every city and town in the United States bear willing testi- mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound. It cures female ills, and creates radi- ant, buoyant female health-, If you are ill, for your own sake as well as those you love, give it'a trial. Dirs. Pinkba,nes at Lynn, Mass., Invites all sick women to write her for advice. Heradvice is free, %DA always helpful. liners may be compared to great mar- kets, where even the most perishable foods are stored. The store rooms on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria , for ex. ample, consist of a series of ehambers, artificially cooled to a fixedi tempera- ture, eaeh devoted to a different use. There is a room for fish, another for meats, another for fruits and still an- other for vegetables. The grocery shop on board ship is a, reproduction of its counterpart ashore, but of the highest grade. Long shelves and pigeonholes contain countless delicacies from all over the world. The wine vaults Aboard are' also marvelously eomplete. In hundreds of .pigemiholes can be seen the best pro- ducts of vineyard from every section of the globe, 4 Practically all Canadian drug. gists, grocers and general dealers sell Wilson's Ply Pads. If your storekeeper does not, ask him why. THE WICKED INVENTORS. • (Philadelphia Record.) Our late fellow -townsman, Mr. Carey, wished that the Atlantie were a. sea of fire. Our surviving fellow-totitnernan, Dr. Thompson, says that the applica- tion of steam to navigation has been of no service to the world, except to re. duce the number of persons who have +a earn their living on the sea, and it is ncitorions that it has not accomplished this; it has enormously increased the -number of persons employed in mari- time transportation, so that, in his opin- ion, the invention of the marine steam engine woe a, calamity. Because these misguided inventors have gone on eheapening production and transportation the proteetionists have been obliged to raise duties from time to thee. Alexander Hamilton thought 5 and 10 per cent. duties were proteatiye. Later 20 and 30 per cent. duties were demanded. In recent yearn even the higher of these rates were stig- matized as free trade, and when. steam- ers are carrying grain out of Nw York for the cost of handling it Mr. Aldrich is engaged in adding to the Dingley duties, which were All inerease on the :McKinley duties, and these were an in- • crease on the rates of 1883, which were, higher than the original Morrill rates of something more than twenty years earlier, If the proteetionists are right,, the inventors are our worst enemies, A BACKWARD MONTH. sp. • (Guelph Mercury) Is June losing its popularity as a month for weddings? Certainly, the pre- sent month has not been znarked by the tying of many nuptial knots and the trains carry few happy couples leav- ing Guelph for the trip of trips. Waken up, Cupid! The Real Canadian Girl will never waste her money on imported table salt. She knows that tight here in Canada, we have the besitable salt in the world— Windsor Table Salt The real Canadian girl, and her mother and grandmother too, know that Windsor Salt is tin - equalled for purity, flavor and brilliant, sparkling appearanee 1 Tbe flay fire losses in CaMitla and the United States amounted to $17,300,- 400, tne. Germany'* foreign tratie in 1908 fell off ba 4.9 per cent. 111 imports and 1.3 eon cent, in exports. Reggie bas laid the keels of ,four Dreadtainghte. Does Vett mean that there will be an immediate ery that Great Britain ellotild build four or eight or sixteen linnet' Turkielt women event to establish a branch of the National Counsel of Wo- men. just imaglue old Abdul Hamid, or his sueceseor, tleliverieg an address of Weleoine to Lady Aberdeen in cennee. tion with the orgasaization of such is beden Pattens the wheat operator, expresses the opinion that high prices will preyeal in the world's markets for a year to come, Ile gays Uniteti State % methods 'of crop cultivation must be improved, ita the wheat lends are "cropped to death." A. shortage in this year's. crop might make good his prophesy, The Ogilvie Milling Coropany is re- ceiving 5leservect • complimentfar eies couraging their employees to join the militia. The firm gives it men an extra weeks' holidays for this purpose and as- sures them that in case of abseeee on. service their positions will be kept for them. This is. a practical way of teach. lug patriotism, 4*4. 'New Yoek State hopes to take a leaf out of Canada's book, and deport alien convicts. Investigation shows that there are now 990 alieu conviets in New York State prisons, Of these, 319 were con- victed within three 'yeRTS after entering the State, and are held to he lieble to deportation. Eight of these convicts are said to be from Canada, eve* A great ehewing guen inerger has been cerodeeted with a capital of $6,700,000. ft is to include six ef the largest con- eerns in the 'United States and Canada, me of them being 0, 11. Somerville, of London, Ontario, who is named as sec- ond. vice-president. The chewing gum interest is one in wItieh a huge amount of capital is invested. ' - Canada has now 1,974 branches of dhartetled hank. They are distributed Its followsn Ontario. 1 Quebec ... NOVA Scotia ... . - ... New Branswiele Primo Edward bland . :Manitoba Alberta Saska tchewan . . . . . Brinell Columbia 'Yukon 933 315 104 63 16 162 111 161 106 3 A man who was eating a clam dinner in a lock-up while awaiting remoN-al to jail the other day foiled a $100 pearl in his food. Now, from alennie, Ill., comas the story of a man whoto shoe laee hitched on a mewl as he was being baptized, and on freeing it he found a $300 pearl. What luck! If some men were blown up in a coal mine explosion their cbance would be good to come down on a pocket of sold nuggets or diamonds! • The Washington authorities are wres- tling strenuously with the problem, "What is whiskey?" The Solicitor -Gen- eral has been *ailed in to settle the matted, and he holds that whiskey, the erug, is identkel with whiskey, the beverage. Among the Washington poli - Helene there should be enough experts to tell whiskey, the beverage, by sam- pling it. The returns of fifty of the large rail- ways of the continent show that their earnings during May amounted, to $49,- 188,578, an increase ,,of 14.79 per tent. .ree over May of last year. They are still, however, far below that of May, 1007, when the sante made 'reported gross earn ings of $83,011,407. It is interesting to note that the five months of 1009 gave gym earninge of $241,351,924, as against $380,802e3.30 for the same five meta* of 1007. •** The Chicago Tribune, commenting on the fake story recently sea out to the effect that Canada was to immeaiately spend $25,000,000 on building a navy, sagely rernahcs that the upkeep of these vessels "would help to sewn Canadian expenditures." Doubtletes the Tribune is eight as far as that gees. Zut what of RP /sat the primeval motive of those who chimer for the expouliture of mil- lions on a fleet the desire to separate the Canadiata taxpayer front his earnings —in the hope, of eourse, that the /est- hetic grafters may profit? Have lye not Peen the geese 'Worked in the States? A bin -glee -proof plate glees is now re. ported cram Mime, 11 114 thee (laterite ed by the 'United Moine Cowell there« While an ordinery plate glase, sots as is usually pet into jeteelone Pilaw winclOWS, was •litagiett to atOnls by orie • single stroke with a met:it-trimmed mal- let, the same attempt to break the 'Italie polite' proVed eutirely fruitlees„ Then thee pfoteeded to throw a large pieee of eon iron with extreme viohniee tho Show window, aud all they sae.' ecested in doing was to make a small hole into it meeettrieg only a few (nu- timetere. Thereepon several elnite of it involver loaded with steel east belle 'A err fired at the tallow window will, uo arther damege to the whitlow than the 'altering of the bane into it to the depth feW Millinieters. The plate glue whit+ Neill etcoul all Ruch usege is ordira tile' made of a thicknese of from 20 to miliiMeier4 (.787 to ennt MA); but. • if desired, ailloavier plate elift be made • eithelit in the lewd, direinlAing the tritasporeney of the alas.