HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1904-08-11, Page 3THE- CARNEGIE
OF CANADA.
There is zlo more unique figure in
Great Britain, to -day than Intel Stratla-
cona mid Mount Royal, Lord High Come
missioner of Cenada, leuiglit o f4t. Mi-
chael end St. George. Ile 10 the largese
land owner in the world. Ire possesses
millions of acres of lane in the great
NorthWalt, Wel rich ft t minerals, a.nd
furs; he has a vast estate in Scotland
ttet
er way for me to da 1 beet like to
talk of that time, It was toe horrible,
lament', any rise in the Hudeon Bev
Company was very rapid. after that,
am g,lad I took the trip."
'Ms one instauce in bis life only goes
to tallow the indefatigable energy with
which it has ben marked. Ile late risen
to the Volition a High Commissioner of
the Beeson Bey Company before 1870,
and was Governor of the Territory, lie
land the honer of being the last resident
and h th conrollin inere
e owns e g Governor of vile Hudson Bay Company,
very rich man. 1 hRY0 119 friend that 4-$444-esteeleeeeeeeee'ele.4-lea+e-aset
1. think more ef than Mr. Carnegie.
"So It Was With Mr. Hill. When be was 'TESTING ;
a mud clerk on the levee itt fit. Paul,
working for efty cents a day, he pre*
pare birnself for ids work. Then, too,
lie saved his limey. His old clothes
didn't make him. less Of a genfleirian.
Mr. Hill told ene his only luxury in those
(lays was boolsee He was very fond of
studying , scientalle subjects, and the
snowy others _would have spent on
&Oars he spent in buyiug book& I
never met t nian who pessessed
greater fund of lolowledge than Mr..11111.
Re is a power in the financial world tos
clay. I should like to tell every young
man startines, out in life tbe eteccesity
of preparing himself for his work,
Value of Honesty one Thrift.
'Then he must be honest and save his
money. The great trouble with the
DAIRY HERDS.
Peat4-044.44seeeseeeleer1t-e491,-.1-0-a+0.
The Departineet set Agrieulture, Ot-
teem, bas for some time been resew.
InentlIng the establishment among 0,ena.
diet dairy farmers of co-operative teat
lug weecustiens, somewhat similar to
these Wilieh have had such a, mo.riced. Df.
Zest in illereasing the Milking capacity
and reducing the cost of production ba
Denisls. daiey lierde. Under the direction
,the Minister of Aviculture, an object
lemon along that line Le now beteg given
in •the district about elowensville, Clue.,
peo le ea -day is they all want to be rich with the Government Cool Garin Room.
the Canadien PaCitC Railroad, He was Presideet of the Bank, of Mout- wit ant first having been poor, I was ee the centre where the testae,' • s 4one
Ahd. still Lord Strathcona, with his feel at the time James J. Hill wag try-
. nag to get control of the St. Paul itc very poor."'
very poor when I began life as a boy, and the records kept. A.rearigemente
have been made whereby eighty-two far.
vest wealth, is A pal, unneemningnme, Pacific Railroad. Ever on the alert for I looked alma the magucently fur- mere in sthe vicinity undertake eo keep
and he speaks with pride of his humble , just such deals as Mr. Hill wee endeoe, Mailed room rule mechaniesey asked: accurate recorde of the daily milk yield
birth and his struggle with poverty in verieg to rut through, Donald .A. Smith one happier amid such surround- of each cow their Weds. Samples of
furnished he capital to buy the road. ings us yeursse
his early days. . both morning and uignt's mile are taken
"Ererabody was doing the tallsing ex- "No," he replied quickly. "Great three timeea mottle end tested for but.
Like Carnegie and Sir Thomas Lip- cont Mr. Hill; he sale nothing. In fact, - wealth, cannot bring happiness. Real heln ter fat at the COI, Curing Room- The
ton, eie talks lovingly of his poor but nobody but Mr, Hill knew Just what pine:minuet come from a contented mind mills lama eheets are collected monthly
honest parents, and be has never for. he was doing. Fpven those who were and head work. Greet wealth is a bur- i and •these ere cc/mei:teed with the books
=fleeted. with Mr. Hill in the deal
goten the frieuds of his boyhood days,
. den for one has to think very hard how • es eke cheese
. factories to which the fors
Neither has he forgotten his 'relatives
'who have been 1ess fortunate, than he,
but Ile Las assisted, them to, lucrative
positions and thus helped thein to help
theitselves.
It was in 'Morayshire, Scotland, in
1821, that Donald A. Smith first saw'
the light of day.
Ilis father was a poor farmer, and it
was with difficulty that he mede a scant
living for his already large family .when
Donald put in. his appearance. It is eid
that his Inaba! did not have the noes -
tin t. know exactly W iat he was doing,
but we had the utmost confidenee in
him. . And. 1 watt to say the confidence to make the best 'use of hie money. 1 I
would not a:Wise any man to strive af- suers end milk, so that a fairly efficient rtliey will be the eufferers sooner ior
ter great wealth. I would 'rather be a cheek on accuracy is provided. Some
water .surply Is often the calm of
1 placed in Mr. Hill at that thne bas i 1,450 caws ere concerne4 in this Cowling- later* An i's"frielent ' and tal,Pum
very good man, than a very rich male: , ville caw census, which shows that the i
never been shaken. There has been a Lord Strathcona is a great hives' of
creameries, where a) n011011 depend
an Inferior product, especially In
great deal side about !gr. Hill defraud- large dairymen of that district are alive 1
ing toe Dutch bondholders out of the the line arts, Idis eatery contrails mass the impartence et weeding out the on tte purity.";
road, hut there isn't a word of truth
. terpieees by Corot, Diaz, Van Dyke, and "i°
other greitt artists. His collection of eociation is, as yet, merely. in the experi-
unprofttable prod.ucers. This testing es-
tario A: ricu'teral College is se 1
Hrof. F. C. ritarrigen, of the On.
"Mr. Hill's transaction throughout the
entire sleet was of the most honorable A magnificent suite of rooms in his
the creameries throtegianit Gm Pro- .1/ , bad e, ioa who way named af-
palatial residence in Dorchester street, factorily, it will doubtless lead te th con- a OT$.
flr
'antic by atestmers was mado by twat
Tho next effort to °rose the At -
kind, The road was in the receiver's shierable extension of the movement. vince, and will make an oxen:dna-
hands, and Mr, Hill bought it. I want Montreal, is still known as the Pelee°
of Wales' suite, in commemoration of . . ter bun, and who Wel charge of the rival English coropa,nies in 1838. The
tion or the Same with a ;view to fur-
hands.
e ng Edward's yam o le
or aucia geVerileg, tr.) preveet Mee anti
iambic from dropping int0 tife Milk
while on the aLand over night, see I
believe illeii are a, great ware° Of
, Infeetion to eillire
IIt ur,11I bo ;seen from the aisaVe that
the mop :vibe have coveree the wbole
. Gehl aro of one mind es to tile lin-
portanee of the farmer giving Mere .1
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am:nee of the
o Ins ine'
fettesntion to tile care or
Ae an ovidenee of saleat MaY fte^a •10
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Statiee may lee given of Patron In
the vicinity per ieeterhore, wile dolly.
erea throe cane of milk, repreeentleg
throe wattage, to iai faetory on Man-
OnY Inoralagi JULY al.. SattirdaY
niaht's anel Bandy raorning'IS inilk
was firet elase, but the Sunday
nigliVe was rejected, leeeause Sour,
The two Iota Intel reeeived proper at.
tentions but the. Bendy rsiglit'e had
been neglected, the tarmer thinking,
no doubt, that the milk Would bo dee
giolegevenertleatitz.hieEhvebna,
not, tberefOres resPlirn the attention l', "'‘ hallg IP teae' I'Pc4s1P"'" a Ilia°e 'were 400 a !Member on the NOrtlif
cithre. mbeilkkeveptieelal .1i, kil)$' Ifinn, couin.,,, eeki he „rho River, and Ono or the Meet bodice
" lelle,re Is a facture that „you
ew bellainge 4, ti) wear a ere
livered tee next morning and wm114 was lined witil bu i hi d Th
as PINO4aVed ShOhicl be thorouahly
' . name ef 4 ems Tamatar, Vat I can
rj'act":.sv. tat- 7 . ."'' '... ,t or elripbuilders that the -world hag
-to be delivered the same morning lave i I s a dee • ever produeed, *wag wOrking aWayi
a did r.ot stop to enlighten td.rslibore 41.1' New ."31g4
Unless the earmers are prepared to yitetwial:111:114rveC'nf.tinkle;Tr 'ti!ter Gog'''IlAinael Prlictealcnar Imineaanasteotalaprirpdelibiner :reaan *
aerated feed •egooleil,
co-orieralc weta the Makers and in. name wile a .own to ehaeping men , going boate. In 1819 the Savannah,
etruetors in their efforts to better tes) we: LI o,er. H a Ceelgneci and the first eteanaer to crosas the oceans .
the quality of the cheese produeed called a fleet of paelsets that open- made the ems irons Savannah to Live
04)001 in twenty-five days. But
ea the' eyes of the whole ebilehing
he heed .to fall back on her ealls dur-,
w'n"Alnial. when the first line of Trans- bag worm] da.ya of the voyage. In
atlaetle steam se. the Cunard Line, 1831 tbe "loyal William made 'the
WAS establebod, dol tas designed atd trip all the Waal by steams ball beg
operated a lino o:, steanicrs, Ameri- entire hold was filled ,with coal.
canebals from Log to 'stern, Anseri- Botta ot theee ships were overhauled
eensin timed from cipcjii to etoker, -Dal sailor's- and were, of pouree, eons -
"A. little inealent of a few week's -
ago," eat/ the 011 New 10.k r, egoeo
to beow 1.Kew ae,illeielY a main le fcg"
cOtton. ein tale last day of the 011
Y00.2 I ciror,pee WC the Maritime'
adialltle Packet line. Tbe Garrick
and the Leberide.n, widela were being
built far the New Orleene trade,
Were added to the felhakeepeare, and
the fantote Dramatic /eine between
Exxchanga. Sties wo.kalell Were wee" New York and l4vere001 Wag or -
lea the fernisee Mee to the eactiangehl amazed. elheertta after the Siddene
new' hiellie 1,13 13,-Oed etrect- .A.st tale end the ThOSOIUS were built,
tits men took down ilia 01•1 portrait "Many of these :Alpe were built
Of Edward K. CO gush lelhne4 to a In this city. Mho Mot River, frora
member vald . Clinton etreat to Thirteenth, street
; . vases la rare and costly. 1 mental stage, but if it works out setts -
that eemplately outemesed the aun mercial faeluresa !
aaaineses of water from a numiser of eee
to say, though, that /mating. could have
sary clothes for the bairn, but being a been more Just tban the dectsion of t
• 1 •t
God-fearing womau, she seeil:
"The Lord never sends a mouth to
feed unless he sends something to put
into it."
Foundation of His Success
So she took the best of care of the
new -comer, and. as he grew older she
instiled into hint the principles which he
ri' 't t Canada.TI
same suite was ,occupied by the Duke
na. e States up
brought by Mr, Farley against the own-
and. Duchess o, f York, on their visit to
ers of the Great Northern Railroad." Canada' 1 (By Prof. R. Harcourt, Chemist.)
"I was very desirous of etting a road
•
Lord Stro.thcona is very close to the Scattered liere,ane there throughout,
g
through to Winnipeg at that One, so royal family, and IS highly esteemed by Ontario there are many swamps vary -
es to open up the Hudson Bey country, leang Edward. He received venter spa., ing it size from a few acres to mealy
and Mr. Hill's road offered the opportun-
eial favors from ,Queen Victoria than thousands of acres. Originally these
ity I was looking for," he explained, in U
any other peei in the nited Teingdom.1 swamps two covered with such trees
In spite of his 82 yenta, Lord Strath.' as the esh, tamarack, willow, cedar, etc.;
seeming about Mr, Hill.
•
SWAMP SOIL.
says were the 'foundation of his succees Dunne the first Riel rebellion ona
cona is strong awl vigorous, and pos-1. er bushes indigenous to the soil. They
New York cef ea. ate le gall .1",ing Great Western left Bristol on April
niahin,g eitact Information as to the uoinewaere. around New Tork. 1,1 you 8, and the Sirius; leftiCork Harbor Oa
:detrimental eefeet of impure Water. coald find lam you could hear one April 4. Both reached Newt York oat
Department or AgricultureelutY 13, of the snoet interesting oisapters of the afternoon of April 23. .
q.9%. • the history of Amerloaea merchant
"About thLs tele; at number of Eng-
lisamen, headed by Samuel Cunard, a:
eoupger Collina now a - maxi •
contract from the British Govern-
; otory : •
marine."
CRATES FOR FATTENING of 76, was found, anel this Is his casesdian, succeeded in securing a,
CHICKENS.
meet to carryt the Inane to the, United
'My father took to the sea as na-
Sta,tes, The Britannia was the Mat
. tarally as a duck takes to water -
of the fleet to 4=11. She made be
1.10 WA$ the rod of Capt. Israel G.
trip to Boston, in fourteen days and ,
Farmers who intend to try the crate Collins, the owner and commander
'eight houre—a quick paasage for
through life—bouesty, frugality and sews a marvellous memory. His Ingle were low-lying and covered with writes fattening of chickens this season should
well,developecl fotelieae and snow white , the greater part of the year. Conse - o fa Ship that traded betvveen the --
A. Sae& was commissioned by Queen soon be thin.eing of building their wastes. an t d S atria at 1 En 1:nl, In 113.1.7, those times.
perseverance. hair give him a patrierchical look, His euently the fallen trees tu d bushes and ei • ,. . .
In fact, his mother semed to have Victoria • to suppress. the uprising on ac-
count of his great knowledge of the In- ,
bl filled with int 111-• s - t ' 1 Gee an use at •the Illustration Poultry when nly father was- only iitteen .- "But the Engoala were eta to hare
nee and kindness: I grass have not had. free access of air to Stations ere 6 feet long, le inches *t.vide, years ola, he ineame a clerk in the undisputed control. Collins and WU-.
stood out before him through life for all X ns Ile was so successful in his a:
1EL . een, bine eyes are. e
• • 41 Ham Aymar, a well known south'
and 20 pinches high,. inside measurements. store of 'McCrea & SI:deli, at
that is good, so lovingly did. he speak of snclertaking that before six months he
g 11 k the liveliest •
e rt -es ieintetest in the brine about their natural decompottion,
street cliandler, were standing on
and the partially decayea matter has, Each crate 4s divided by two tieht Soulte. street. And f ire years laterna
her to me, - had subdued the rebellion and brougbt
"A mother's early training has every- the leaders lie justice. For this and the leading topics of the day. When talking through long ages, accumulated until it
thing to do with a mota career)" he great service he had. tendered the Do- he weighs his words. well, and he has a ' is from. a few inches to many feet deep.
way of putting things with such force .
said. "I know mine had with inc. Shemtb
minion as ember of Parliament e that he sweeps everything before him,In ell eases these surface accumula-
taught me to work when I was 'verY •Queen knighted him on the completion
"I am very fond Of the Americans," tions are rick in nitrogenous substances,
tl t • zio more mineral mat-
b
• d
wooden. partitions into three compare- he !shipped as separcargo on a 811/13 •
et
meats, and each compartment holds four running to the> as/est Indies.
be Great Western wag seen coming
.. •
chickens. The frantic pieces are 2 inches "Even at that late date, the wat-
up the bay.
wide and 7.8 inch thick. lens feesne is ere about the Tirest Indies were infest- "'1 ean make's:, good wager what:
d 'th 1 te .,i ..'. -i lenothwise on,, ed by pirates. My father, Collins : you're thinking a,bout,' said Aymar—
that you ye built yeur le..st sailing
young, and: to save money-Ttwo vely of the Canadian Pacific Railway, in he said at parting; "they are so pro- . ,
vessel.'"
inportant things in a man's life. 1886, as Sir Donald A. Smith, Enight ressive The United States is a great to. than the materials from which they :three sides—bottam,. latele and top—and redw.b.all erele‘131.1eliemi=
'atbelsienttr-tQbfroaa4trs2 -
"In 1847 Colltns sueeeeded lis inter -
Reared in the Presbyterian faith, Le of the Order of St. Michael and. St, g
country. seen mos o my time in
. 1 d • t f t" were formed. They are, therefore, very up-and-down in front. The slats for the
pasting. a number of New Yor e
has ben deeply religious throaghout his George, Lord High Commissioner of
Englandnowfo a my office is in Lohdon. i 11 Y
lki to be deficient in potash, h - b tto ' a 7-8 'n 1, 'I - <1 5-8 ' h One of therm experiences shines how
p os o m ai a 01 Wit e an . nee
soon he beeame master of the art
clia,nts in
life. Canada. In 1897 'Sir Donald was ele-
merican steamship line. And the
ti t bh ' . k In 1. -
He is strictly temperate, too, NV
.. • vated• to the peerage under the title of Some of the most charming women in phoric acid, and lime, necessary for the thick; the beets, top caw front slats are
London oeciety toality axe. Americans." full development of mu' cultivated plants, the eame width, but only 3-e inch thick. of, handling a, sailing vessel. His , . se es a, ishment of on
hich
' b t te 1 t in front skip was being chased by a boat A• •
10
WHEN SICKNESS COMES.
in thisperiod of fast living is game g . Lord. Strathcona and Mount Royal as a
unusual. His glass is always filled at fittingetribute to his many noble deeds,
a banquet, but it is never emptied. a mostegraeious reward from Her Ma -
What education he recived was 01.1
His great sucess had not dwarfed
jeety en her diamond jubilee.
baited at the public schools in Scotland.
•••••,,f".
especially those producing seed. a P Ces ,
During the last twenty-five years a are Iwo mehes wide, to enable the allele- that flew, rio .flag.. CollIne suggest- • g
he eaptsarr that they could is ,
a subsidy Of $858 000 a year for car -
OB 111
large number of these swamps bave been ens to fed from the trough. The bottom ed.
and gain speed . by shaking out one of
sea se should
eying the mials, Provided the vessels
cleared and drained. Where the vege. slats are put isi 1 1-2 inches apart,
the bawsprit sails. The eaptain, mall*, arid that the should make twenty-six voyages an.
Leek Pills Should be table matter is well decayed and not too nearet el b k f theerate
disagreed. Collins took matters in . be made In better time than that
Meagre as. it was, still it was sufficient ,
to lay• the foundation for a vast fund,
' him or made Itim unmindful of others'
misery, as is the ease with so many who '11eed to Bring Back Health.
se matured. after the soil has been cultivat.
deep, good crops, even of cereals, may be is 2 14 incites from the corner piece. The
bottom slate are ridged two inches from hie own hands, crept out on the beta -
sprit and cut tome° the sail. With- .
mw:udled bdee•fetahte the subsidy.
ea: ,n, y pets -
pie thought that tlas later coeval-1cm
. Williams
have once been poor end have acquire(' sickness wales ;welter er later an this d for two or three years. The•best re- the batons of the crate to prevent the
In a . testy: hours: the unknown was
great wealth, On the contrary, Lord life of eeeryone. Many who for years. sults are ' obtained Where the subsoil is chiekens' feet from being bruised When
left hopelessly astern. "But Collins designed two vessels,
Strathcona's wealth has. made him see. lia,ve enjoyed the best of health ere clay cite gime of it has gra.dually be- the orate is placed- on the ground. The
"After three years a,baard ship be the Atlactio fend the Pactrie, tleat
clearly the real epees of the poor, arta isuddenly seized with eome one ef • the : come mixed. with the top soil; top slate are 2 inche.1 apart and the back
he gives largely, gtves With a willing , numeroits ills of life. Most of the ills where the vegetable mould is deep, or
but slats 1 1.2 inches. The top slats are cut became the porener of his tether in in model and arrangement were a
hand to all who lie really thinks needs result from an impoverishedecomlition the subsoil, sand. or gravel, the mutts above each partition, and six strips 2 lerael G. coning & Sson's, at South departure from anything then afloat.
street and Burling slip. In the days 'Tho Atlantic sailed from the foot
hand to all who he thinks really needs of the blood; thus if the blod is en-, er usually not satisfactory. Crops, such inches wide are nailed under them The
before the cable each arriving veesel ol Cnal etreet, North River, on Apral
his assistance. • - .. riched the trouble will disappear,'That as hay and roots, which are not matured. three doors so formed are hinged to the
brought fie budget of news from 27, 1849. See reached England on
Mae 10. The trip had beefs made ful
trying to get the Council to donate the had a greater success than any other ' while wheat and oats will fail to pro- rear earner piece.
"The ship Ca,nada, a regular Liv-
erninent subsily elated. , •
When the people of Montreal were is why Dr, Wiliamse Pink Pills have before harvesting, very often do, well, The orates are placed on stands le Europe. .
less than thirteen days and the Gov -
grounds for the Royal Victoria Hos-
medicine in the world in curing sick and, duce seed. There are still. other soils inthe f el I The droppings
..e rom le grount. .
maw' trader, arrive .
'd in Newi York
ailing people. These pills actually make , which fail to produce remenerative crops from the ellickens are received cm sand •
ono day with the newe of a great "The accommodations provided by
or other ' abeorbent material. A light
than those afforded by the clippers.
new, rich, red blood, strengthen every ! of any Idea. The rank growth common eve trough, 21-2 inche.3 Inside, is placed rise in the price •of cotton. fe num- the English boats wore little better
nerve in the body and. in this way make on swamp soils is doubtless due to the in front of ,eaeh erete, and is carried on bee of naerchante combined to buy
The American boats changed all this.
people. well and strong. Mr. Alphonse excessive amount of nitrogen which Is two brackets nailed to the ends. .of the all the other cotton In the mar -
ed to the Coffins Line in the ' same
The Arctle and the Baltic were add-
Lacoussiere, a well known young farm- derived from the decaying vegetable mat- crate- The bottom of the trough is 4 Rot. Another cliques of merchants
determined to try the same game,
er of St. Leon, Que., proves the truth ter, and the poor seed production is prob- inches above the flour, and the sipper in -
and asked young Collins to go to 3.°ar•
of these statemeras. He says': "About able ca,used by the small amount of min- side edge is Iwo inches from the orate.
Charleston for them. to cross the Atlantic inside of ten
, "The Pacific was the first ship
a year ago my blood gradually became oral matter present. In most cases, • . . . .
"At 4 o'clock that afternoon two
impoverished. I was weak, nervous,and wheve a drained swamp soil dries out
of • knowledge. in his fertile brain, and
there eye few public men living to -day
better Acquainted with all sabjeets than
Lord. Strathcona.
Be never had a boyhood as boys have
nowadays. There was more work than
play for him.
Through the influence of friends, he
was sent to Labrador in the interest of
the Hudson Bay Corripany when he was
a young fad 'of 17.
This was the turning point in his life.
. • Humblest of Positions. ,
1115 position was the very lowest, and
meant hard -work, long bours and very
little pay. But this sturdy Scotch lad
began at the bottom of the ladder evith
the deternalpetien �f reaching the top:
'I applied myself faithfully to my
work,' be said, in talking about his be-
ginning with theliudson Bey Compaty.
'`Wbetever I had to do did my best to,
do it well. I prepared myself for a higher
position, which 1 was in hopes of filling
son= day. If one does his work well and
is faithful to his employers L do not
think there is any deulst that s man
can rise in life. I had to work very
heed, of course, but ene cannot succeed,
in life without workilig hard. I was
• young and very strong ehen and eould
endure a great deal. I wits bore in the
north of Scotland, you know, and. the
Climate is very frigid there, so I was
preparee for the extreme bold • of the
Arctic regions?'
It did* tot take his superiors long to
find Ottt that there was the right kind.
• king of stuff. in the Scotch lad. of which
to make a great man. •
He was rapidly promoted from one.
.position of trust to another until he be-
came a factor.
The extreme cold of the Arctic re-
gions and the long Winter nights had a
bad effects on but eyes and he was
tlareatened with color blindness.
There svas no way of getting him to
London, for it was October, and the
great north country was icebound. His
only hope lay in his reaching Montreal.
ourney of Hardship&
This, too meant great peril, perhaps
death, for be had to 'travel five hundred
Miles by dog train, over vast fields of
s unbroken snow and ice. The trading
posts were few and far between in those
days,
But hp determitee to take. his
, chances, and he set out with three In-
dian guides for Montreal. In speaking
of the trip he saitli "It was the coldest
'winter I ever experienced during the
thirty years was stationed in Lab -
Woe. The snow was unsually deep,
,e which made it harder for the dogs to
travel."
"It Meet have taken great deal of
. courage to have gone such ri, distance
at that time of the year," I said, its he
told me of their great suffering.
"I had to do it,' he said simply, "lity
eyesight depended upon it. A nutri
d6 anything to save his eyes. I never
for one inomeet doubted but \that 'we
would reach Montreal, and we did. We
were warty exhausted, though, when we
got there. The dogs suffered most. dm-
ing the. trip, I think."
The operatimi on his eyes proved suc-
cessful, but when the tbne came for
him to return to the far north coma -
try, With its everlasting snow, he hesi.
tato", for to take the trip at that time
of the year wceild be almost certain
death, And his marvellous eourage about
forsook bini.
"1 was a lector in the Theisen Bity
Compoey at that time," he leaid, "with
a great responsibility resting upon me,
/t was imperative that should return -
to the post es soon as possible. The
Indians wanted to wait until tlie Warm
Weather began before we etude& the
anoW WAS SO
"And couldn't yea?" 1 asked,
"No, T had my duty to perform," he
teid. "Everething must give Tilton to
tine's ditty,. you know. 'The DOW'S ire,
Biteil that they never could reach tee.
post alive. the 8hOW wee to deep. They
Were right, poor fellows—tWo died from
Ohl and Ilan:Mips we were forced to en-
dure before we lute gone half way; the
ether swam:died wheat we were over one
hundred miles from the post'
"And your Mika
-"I went on. It was the only thing I
could do."
"Not akinel"
Alone--te Sileasit
Viertehily. bad to; $4te to oth.
4.
Dr
pital Lord Strathcona guietlye bought
ten acres of Choiee city property and
gave it to the Board, with an Additional
sum of a -million dollars. The members
of the Board were unanimous for naming., •
the hospital after Lord fetretheona, but
he would not listen to it, and 'insisted
it should be called after Queen Victoria.
A conunon employee. of the Canadian
Pacific. Railway wits killed and his
widow was left pennilees, with a large
family of children to support. The
widow sued the road for damages; she
won the suit. The road appealed it;
again the poor woman won. Then the
big corporation decided to carry the
suit up to the higbest courts in Eng-
land. The widow had no money to
fight the ecael any further. Her lawyer,
however, wasn't to be beaten, and he
headed a subscription list, determined to
see justice done the poor woman. Lord
Strathcona heard of the case. He asked
the lawyer how much it would take te
carry the.suit to Eugland. •
"Twelvelimuired :dollars," was the
ply. "We have five hundred of the
amount already subscilbetle'
:-"Then. put me down: for the balance,"
said Lord Strathcona. "That woman
should have the money; do your best
to get it for her,"
And he gave' the money to beat his
own. railroad, •
'When I asked him what he attributed
his wonderful success through life to
da,y,s., She made the trip from Lae -
generally rut down. Then suddenly ; too much in the summer, the organic CHILDHOOD DANGERS. boate. .cast off from the Burling
elip pier. One wins the regular erpool to her dock ataCanal street
my trouble was- aggravated by pains in 'matter is not sufficiently deeayed to
, ._ la nine days and twenty-two hours.
my kidneys ane bladder, and day by form a close soil. Row the Heavy Death etate Among Charleston packet carrying :the oth-
er speculators, the second was a the record to nine days arid
A little later the Arctic lowered
I was to rise without ' aid. '" I plaining of the unproductiveness of these The death rate among infants and lins. As they started, the men on
Children May be Reduced.
Baltic shorten ed the trip by five
day I grew so mueh worse that finally ) In recent years so many lettere com- pilot boat under command of Col- enteen 'hours. In July, 1851, atehve-
consulted doctors, but any relief 1 ob- soils have been receivedat the Chemical
tained from their medicine. was only ' Department of the Ontario Agricultural young children during the hot weather the packet Joked the `boy,' promieing hours and ,esta.blished a record
that •stoott for some years.
is simply eppalling. For example, in to leave at least one bale ef cotton .11,130
intense- vase-- the excitement
temporary, and I began to despair of College that we have. decided to investi- the city of Montreal alone in one week for him.
1 the passengers when they real-
. ever being well again. One day I read gat the matter and see if a remedy can the wath of one hundred and six chit- "But Collins knew that a pilot boat
lazed—that the Aaltio e ki
1111 article in a newspaper praising Dr. be euggested to increase their usefulness. dren was recorded. Most of these deaths could sail closer to the wind then it
ripva.tshasiata ntgheay,
Williams" ink Pills, and I decided to For this purpose, nearly 1,000 circulars was due to stomach and bowel troubles, packet, and that it could keep near -
record -bre ki t
would not let tbe eaptain stop
try them. I got six boxes and before letters have been sent to farmers who which are always alarminglyprevalentor shore and utilize every current
• n.t Quarantine.. They deposited ou
they were al gone my condition had so own swamp soils. From the information d.uring the hot weather, and most, if not and tried breeze. He reached Char-
tthheeyewiabin table the tine of $500 in
greatly improved that r knew I had at ' contained in the answers received and all, of these precious little lives might teeter'', bought all the cotton in the
gold that thls breach of the harbor
last found a medicine to wee nee. 1 the results of the analysis of a number have been saved, if the =Alter had at market and woe crossing the bar on
laws entailed. In this instanciabow-
while longer; and every symptom of my I silents, we hope to be able to sugggest the trouble at the outset. As a life eat with the epeculators bove in
continued the use of the pills for a 1 of typical sarreples nee from pot expert- hand a safe arid siinple remedy to cheek - his homeetpard voyage whea:1:1e;
Plc- • act the S5100. i
ever, the Government did not ex -
trouble was gone and 1 have sinee en-. some remedy and next Year to undertake.. saver :ono% infants and young children, eight.
should be Y d "In the winter of 1852 the At.
kept in • "Sleo•rtl after this be aispatche
co-operative experimnts to tst the effi. Baby s Oen Tablets
The engines were so built
joyed the best of health. I think so 'antic broke her centre shaft in mid -
much of Dr. Wiliams' Pink Pills that eiency of thee remedies.
every keine. These Tablets prevent and same shale to Central American
dysentery,eteciehnoelebratteitnt.- ptaabrtles. that
vbeenteuerteabpureolvieded ocean.
line 0 that they could not be disconnect -
It is because Dr. Wiliam& Pink Pills feanilitaundlIaarnt
dhaaeall
f e teleef
Lam never without them in the house,"
ble. If little ones are given the Tablets full rigged packets, between New ed, and they had to be stopped un-
make nese blood that they cure such THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.
occasionellse they will prevent these York and Vera Cruz. Inen came a til the buckets were knocked out
of the port paddle wheel. at took
ney and liver troubles, neuralgia, in- 1 flepandki to a large extent upon; the troubles and keep the children healthy. re,gular line of fast palling Schoon-; a, day
The Tablets cost only 25 cents a box, ere between Netv York and Tampaeo
diseases as anaemia, rheumatism, kid- The future of the dairy industry
to do this and then the dale
"When x was a boy my mother taught poor blood. But youmustget the genus ! efforts pat forth by the Indivielual and a box of 13aby's Own Tablets in the and in 1832 a line PI packets be-
tween New York and New Orleans.
he said:• digestion and all other ailments due to Pa abled ;steamer put slowly breck for
The plans of three of these ships "It was forty
Cork.
days before she was
me to be honest and save my money. ine, beariug the full name "Dr. Wil.
She was one of the best women •that , Haim 'Pink Pills for Pale People," on culture asked the twp chief dairy in -
i farmer. Tho Department of Agri- home may
TITrdant e e pe tsoaftvcaonat contain tn) no . life.opi aItse itoiri They ehanfreamtryo-
rug, an may e given were drawn by Collins: 'himself, and
they. completely revolutionized the beenid given up for lost. The Cu -
tear from, Meanwhile she bad
ever lived. She made me work, which the wrapper around •everyabox. Sold I etruetors for a statement .of the
and work and save their money. When I for $2.50, by addressing the Dr. Wil- time. The eeplie,s reeeived are se - WilliamsMedicine Oa, Brockville,
should teach her children to be honest 1 by mail at 50 cents nebox or six boxes ' farmer's ataadpoint at the present and advantage to a new born babe, or
keep the Tablets, send tbe price to the
r. 1 • OC Ulna, as an experiment, sent the
1 "Europe's first opportunity.' to see
one of these ocean flyer came when As.the arctic came up,
she fired orr rockets. Word rapidly
news of her safety to N Y 8
tiew, mess
le lecher
Was. another good thing. Every mother by meaicine dealers everywhere or sent ! needs of the fairy business from the grown child. If your dealer does not apemerican packet service. nard steamer Africa brought th
I was earning only fifty cents a day - liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. given below; Ont., a•nd a box will be sent you by nuul , ahakespeare to Liverpool. This •wae -
I saved half of It.' No man can succeed George , 11. Barr, London , pest piud.
..i
• 8 5 A I sail d 1 tb el - passed that the Atlantic was slate,
Hurried Up. "Tae principal defects in: the milk
(London Tit-13fts.) being delivered at the cheese factor- A Loss to the Pulpit. .
les at the present time are -over-ripes
(Buffalo Commercial.) from over weep A couple of years later the 4l..
in life if he spends all he makes. Fru-
gality 18 a, necessity in every one's life.
Then I prepared myself. for my work.
Every man shotild prepare himself for hal
work. Prepare is a word I like. I wish
every boy Could understand the necessity
of preparing himself for his position.
Mr. Carnegie when. he was a common
blacksmith prepared himself; he worked
hard; lie did his best: To-cley he is a
121 say tee Liverpool, crowds lined 'the l4*4 t was announced on the stages of
all theatres.
pierheads to see this wonderful slip
lie-tic—the best, the speediest, and
Tompkins—Lucky man, that fellow ,. ness, cow flavors, ;gassy, and what
wae added (to the fleet. She Was
1 Dodson—I don't see how you make it
Biggsl t is known as bitter milk. All these de -
pastor is going to 'marry the soprano. . the telhakespeare startea for New
Helen—I have been informed, that our one reception on board. And When
"POT one week he held A. minting -
built by George Steer% the build -
the last of the Collins' steamers,
' auTtomplchis—Whee he took ent a life unclean milk, not etre-Ming the milk,
1 improper care on the farm, ShOili as
foots are eaused by the same thing,
g • York, her captain could have eat-
: seed three times the passengers and er of the yacht America, at hie
yard in East Seventh street.
insurance policy for a1,000, and died six Belle—Does she contemplate severin
could hold.
dayel befere the eon:many failed. . allowling the Milk to stand over her connection with the choir?
"011, no; I understand that he will freight the ship
1 ."Collins saw; the profit In a trans-, "Collins was always ready to risk
nigbt in placel where the air Is made withdraw from the ministry."
LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL Aged s0.
impure by apdjacent bog pens, barn-
yards, etc., and not ceoling the milk
to under 70 degrees immediately af-
ter milking.
'uOr makers are haviag hard wiork
at the present thee in many, of the
factories- to make even a passable
cleeee from the quality of milk be -
lag delivered, and the quantity of
milk required to make it pound of
eleeese Is inuela greater than if the
talk was In proper condition. Where
the makers; aro ca,reful In seleeting
tbe milk at the, receiving wIndow
there Is not so much trouble In the
factory, which leads one to the con.
elusion that the inakees have the Ab-
lution of the problem largely in their
owe laandee Where, we find clean,
tidy factoriee two invariably find
clean mlik delivered; and weer° the
fe,otor,v ammaker are dirty and un-
themilk is ,generally of tile same
nature. Cleanliness is the one great
feature neeessary to rat our Cheese
on a higher Vane."
C. G. Ptiblosv, lelaaston ; "I would
Hay that the*reat need of the pre*
gent tittle is tor people to be more
careful in the kmnoor In whites the
utilising le Ilene, Pand the place wheat -
in the milk le kept, mai to on more
attention to tee coolirig of the milk.
Woo much StrefiS cannot be laid tipell •
the latter,. 0:Poling, and especially in
the ilistriete where 'yeatit ferinentete
tton le prev•itient. Pro 1,4u1me. thie
tereeentation with any 'degree a oat*
istitetion, it Is absolutely essential
that the Milk Ilse wnIl cooled itt the
tarns inueediesiely titter milking, eo
it to retard itsgtewthj beret% it
reacliee the hands of elm elagail
MOM
All cites •elsoulit be Covered
V4th mosquito netting or Immo otb,
LORI) STRATHCONA, O. C. tit O.,
L. D., C.
Lis money an experimenting with
anything that looked like an ime
provement. It the Adriatic he In-
stalled one of Horatio Allen's oscil-
lating engines, .11 was not a sue -
ewes. After Allen had frittered away,
0. year, the valves were taken out.,
Meansvidle, the Adriatie which had
Cast 81,000,000 to •build, lay tied
up to her pier. The loss was a
heavy blow to the finances of the
Collins line,
"1lblis Was the turning paint in the
history of the line. Prom then on
only tragedy and failure followed. On
Sept. V.0, 1814, the '..e.retic lett Livers,
pool with a largo passenger bet.,
whicleinefuded the wife, daughter and
yotinger son or Coiling. Seven cla,ye
later, wielle off Cape latee, on this
Nowtoundland coast, the Arctie
into a tog and WaS rammed by the
French eteruner Vesta, elie vane
allele making a last 'rush for land.
Mast ot her °NNW and passengere
were lent.
"Rio flews of tile disaster reached
New York two weeke la.ter by over-
land extregs messenger. 'Vic City
Went bite mourning. Broadway woe(
draped from Bowing Green' to Peer-
teenth etreet. In January of the fol.
lowing year, the Pacifie left LIVer-
pool, and was never heard of. It wive
enippoeed tbat she struck en Iceberg
at night.
"The falai blow, to the line eattie
In laid, When tie; GoVernattent tied
aWay with Its subsidy. WItlt the At -
'attic. the Baltic, the Adriatio and
tee* ellarteted vessels, the line Main.
tabled a pinched existence for n,
tielover a year, and than eeld Ott te
the North Atlantic. liteataithiss Coin.
Pane', which Wee made up largely by.
Etigholl copitaiista„ ,