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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1904-10-20, Page 3430034433130071)13r, AFRICAN RAILWAY 6ROWIN64 ovp.or.4, Gigantic Enterprise Projected by Cecil Rhodes Being Finished. ***** ** ** ******** * * Another link in the Cape -to -Cairo rail- road has been completed. Tourist tielcete are already being seta in Cape Town to Victoria Falls, in the Zambesi River, •whicb as a spectacle rivals Niagara, being higher and broader, but the vol- ume of water Rasing over the rocks is much less than at Niagara, This link in the eltain—the dream of Cecil Rhoiless 'tvitorri :Punch cartooned sts the now Colos- sus, with one foot in Cape Town and the other planted in Caire—is 275 utiles long, and runs from Buluwayo. to the Zambesi River. When one 'mare of a gigantic proposi- tion of a railroad such is this and. such as the Trans-Siberian was, the idea presents itself as a boon to travellers, as a means of tnaking to -day of to- morrow, or, in other words, clipping days if time. But • it is even known that passenger traffic alone will not pay dividends upon any long railroad; the business which will support a great trans- continental line is to be looked for in freight carrying, Ceeil Rhodes made this perfectly- clear \viten, in .-900, he wrote to Ewart S. Grogan, the young travels ler who was the first man to rhalce a trip from Cairo to the Cape through A country which had. been but little ex plorcd, that "everyone supposed that the railway is being built with the only object that a human being may be able to get in at Cairo and get out at Cape Town, The object is to cut Africa through tbe centre, and the railway will pick up tretle all along the route. The - junctions to the east and. west coasts, which will occur- in the future, will be outlets for the traffic obtained along the route of the line as it passes through the center of Africa. At any rate, up as Buluwayo, where I am now, it bas been a payable undertaking, and I think It will continue to be so as we advance into the far interior." From the Cape to Zambesi is 1,635 'stiles. At the northern end of the Iine there are completed 1,150 miles of rail, although with tbe water way links in the route a distance of 2,370 miles, or to Read, may be. said to be covered by travellers, The total length of the route is 5,875 miles, 1880 of \vied, is a water way down the Nile, White Nile and through the lakes of Albert, Albert Ed- ward, Kivu and Tanganyika. Of the 1,210 miles of projected railway neces- sary to be built to contact both ends of the route the eection between the Vic- toria Falls on tbe Zambesi and. Broken Hill mine, a distance of 350 miles, is now under 'construction. The link just finished carries the line through the rich coal region known as the Wankie coal fields, The crossing of the Zambesi River calls for the erection of au immense bridge, the highest in the world, which will oriels the river 420 feet above its whirliug waters,' and so close to the greet falls that, it has been prac- tically stated, the spray from the dash- ing torrent will play upon the cars as they cross. This viaduct will be .of. single span, 000 feet long, very similar in shape to the railroad- bridge across the Niagara River, below the Niagara While the construotion of this great open is in progress the mils foe the ex- teneion northward. will be conveyed Maine. It is believed, however, that the Nile route evil' be preferred, owing to the fact that the (lento, eavglea plass of vegetation. known as °S114d," wbicli ob- stvucted the river between l'aeltaile and Lake Albert has been broken up. A regales' service of steamboats bits been plying between Khartum and Rejig, a distance of 1,000 milea, since the begin- ning of this year, and. Khartum is eon - meted by rail with Cairo, excepting for a short atretelt of the Nile between Wady Haefa and Assauto Once Gm line is completed to Lake Tanganyika, a further construction of 410 utiles is all *int is necessary for an all -steam route between the two ends of the dark continent, and, excepting for A short stretch through the Come terri- tory, the route lies either within Brit- ish territory or British influence, the Boer war having straightened out one of the embarrassments. In order to make the Mite Nile p05 - table for navigation the sudd mentioned before, had to be cleared out fecim it. This was only done by immense labor, and a channel even now is only kept open by having a force 0 blacks con- stantly at work clearing it out, The sudd occurs for a distance of 300 miles along the river, and About half way there is built upon the west batik of the river a hospital for the suda cutters.. This is a station wbence two steamboats, sever- al small. boats and 300 go to finish the work of clearing the cliannel. For mike the channel lies like a white thread run- ing througle limitless expanses of papys rue, partly looted, partly floating, and at times blocking the river. The float- ing naasses of ,vegetatioo net very notch like the peak ice ie the arctic seas—at times it breaks up and leaves clearings; at others 'closes up again. At Gondokoro, the northernmost sta- tion of the Uganda protectorate, the Nile is at its highest point. Here it is 1,000 feet- above the sea level, but paddle- wheel steamboata make the run from the Mediterranean to this point without the aid of locks. The steamboats which now regularly ply on the White Nile make the trip from Khartum to Gonao- koro and. return in twenty-six days, which is not very rapid, considering the routid trip covers only a distance of a little under 2,000 miles. The prettiest part of tha journey is the Lade lenclave on the west bank Of the river, leased by the Soudan government to the Congo Free State. The bank here is high and clothed with thoroughly tropical forests, with beautiful glades and mountains. This is only a short distence.from Gott- dokoro, as far south as one may now travel from Cairo by this roirte, All along the banks of the southern end of the river elephant tracks are nu- merous and when the water dries up in the pools and swamps elephants aro fre- quently seen drinking and bathing in the stream and occasionally feom the deck of a Nile steamer the tourist catches sight of giraffes, lions, rbinoceroses arid baboons on the river's brim. Hippopot- ami, -which diffee somewhat from those sen in captivity, are often found sport- ing in the lagoons below Lake No, where the Bahr -el -Ghazal joins the mighty ,river.. The Cape of Cairo Railroad, which is 'japan Teas Doomed" 111 ay the Superior Article, CSYLON•NATURAI., CREEK tea. No adulteration. Of double strength andl absolutely pure. Sold in sealed lead packets the same as the famous "SAL -ADA" black teas. 25c and tal•Oc per lb. By all grocers. fox the safety ana protection of the sol- dier Whe Will wear this piece of cotton cloth as an "'obi" or belt while fight - tog for his country. The prayers of le ' 000 women for one men are believed to prated Jahn from alt dangers eaul to give him strength to overeame and conquer the enemies of his beloved Japan. across the obasm by sena' gear in ortter now slow y becoming a fact, was a part to avoid delay. It was originally ietend- of the dream of Cecil Rhodes, and it will ed to carry the Hue frone Bulawayo duo. be seen that it is an important part of north through the Mafungabust coal 018 his grand impartial seheme of all Africa triet crossing the Zambesi at the bertha for the British. The career of this man, A TROUGUTPUL PK416S1. Points Outeo Mothers theaVae toKeep Their Children Welt Imo liappy. Rev. J. L. Freemen; Casselman, Ont., is a kind-hearted priest who has done Much to alleviate suffering among the little -ones in the homes ef bis parishh- loners. Writing under a recent date he say's: "I must say- that Dr. Williams' Belay's Own Tablets are deserving of the high praise they have hail as a cure for the ailments of children. For the Vast eight menthe I have been introd.uc- ng in many hinnies, and always, the mothers tell me, with perfect re- sults. Their actimoie always effective, without any sickly reactiou, and they are especielly valuable in allaying pains in the head, fever in teething, nervous- ness, sleeplessness, cranms in, the stout - mit ana bowels, colic am' other trou- bles Their regulating action give's al- most instant relief, and. • gives speedy cure. This is the comforting, expenence that luta come to my knowledge out of their pudicious use, I ani glad to give you my sincere testimony, and I will recommend the Tablets te all mothers and nurses of -sick children, as 1 heve done heretofore." nese Tablets are sold by all meth'- . eine <teeters, or mothers can obtain . them by mail at 25 cents A box by writ - in gai The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, gorge. It woe found, however. Gad the countey north of the Zambesi at this point offers immense difficulties for rail - rood construction, and that the value of the eoal deposits is not to be com- pared with that of the Wankie coal fields. The certainty of a large tourist traffic if the line were carried to the Victoria falls formed a. funther 'induce- ment to ohoose the western route, and accordingly the line northward from Buluwayo was commenced in May, 1901, and ems consequently been three years in building at a rate of eomething less then 100 miles a year. Starting from the south, 'therefore, tho rallsysey is now completing from Cape Town. te Victoria Falls, and the next link of 350 miles is expected. to build in cor- responding time, the contract having al- ready been awardad. It is stated that this section 'will be eompleted by Mooch of next year, but that assumes more rapid work tbast lies heretofore been who aeld sway in South Africa tittle less completely than a crowned manarcb, is one of tbe strange, compelling, romantie atonies of success through the folloeving tenaciously a fixed purpose. In 1873, when Rhodes, then an undergradaate at Oxford, was ordered. away for his health, be went to Cape Colony. -He did not die, as was expected, as he was suffering from a lung disease which, it was believ- ed, would cause his death. Instead, he conceived the idea. of British domination in the dark sontineut, and knew that grand ides, withoat tit° cash to put them into effect, are useless. - He set to work to amass wealth, but money to bira was simply a moans of forcing the band of time. He amalga- mated the Kimberley mines, he made the De Beers mines, and with bis millions acquired from his gold and diamond pro- perties, began to play a meet important patt in ,South Africa. He orgaiiized com- panies he backed enterprises, be carried done on &he route. on war with the natives, he allowed With the next section finished there nothitie to stand in hie way, yet his way will remain the lost long link in the chain to be tompleted-450 miles from Broken Hill mine to legate, at the eouthern end of Lake Tanganyika. The Chartered. Compitay'a sway ends here. Survey work is now progressiug, and there seems to be no doubt that Gus link mill be completed and the line in opera - don within a few years. The little links then. remaining to be built, it has been found upon investigation, will have to be to stome extent a departure from Ithodes' plan. • Grogan who passed through the eouto try, poinied eut that on one band Lake ,Tanetanyika. is liemthed in. by steep moon - 'tains, offering well-nigh insurmountable difficulties to railroad construction, awhile on the Other the lake itself offers, it is said, o nutgnificent waterway of 400 miles ott the direct line. A atexualmat will carry passengers and ; freight from Kitato, to the other end of :Koko Tarignayika, nt Vsa,mbara. Front here to Kivu is a aistatee of ninety miles .offering no serious physical' cateteele to a railroad beyond a rase in level of 2,000 fleet. Lake Kiyu, which in sixty miles in 'length, is surrounded by high mountains, soul so will muse another break in_ the line, ate the distance will hove to bd covered by boat, From her -e,o Lake Albert leisure othere is another rise of 2,000 feet in sixty miles, the iiigheet point to be 1,rreac,hed by the road. Mr. Grogan is an- ythority for the statement that -theaoun- etry east of Lake Albert Edward is flet, that it would be advieable to Wile the line around -the lake instead of using the, latter as mother waterway link, Ile fragile that the 'country is rich, healthy, iota densely populated, and that the line had bebter pass through it around the lake ena tlown the Semliki valley to the southern end of Lake ,Albert, a diet:nee of 200 stales. - The Semliki valley is in Congo terri- tory, but it IS maintained that this is the .obvione route for the railroad. It is isseid to preeent no engineering diffieulty -but a drop in level of 1,500 feet before reachieg Lake Albete, While the elternite hive route in British territory wettla in- volve a elimb cd 2,000 feet and a sudden dews:et of 3,000 feet. Wlien Lake Al- bert is reethea there is a navigate 'wet- erway to the Mediterranean by way -of the Wiiite Nile, ease for a, stretch be- otWeen Defile end ltejaf, where the river if broken by 100 mike of rapids which will have to be Apannci by aliaelsier flee - YOUR GLOVE. Tliey must be clean. An expert says the cleaned glove sbosaa dry on the bane. It is a Mistake to let white gloves become really dirty. The new gloves offer a, great eelection for wear with brown, The careful woman tries them on be- fore the time she is to wear them. Tan Shades of the wannest possible sorts appeste in mautash headgear. Oigno.n brule, as the new light reddish - brown at called, is good in street gloves. -White gloves are elegant. if perfectly clear, for all dress wear. If dirty, they are horrible. With a pink evening dress- a dead White glove is nothing so pretty as one faintly tinted with pink, Pastel fawn gloves are attractive with dresses of brown, castor or tan color, or with dark green. Black gloves are worn with all black, though with a white rig black gloves, bat and. shoes are modish. Some women will wear fabric gloves till cold weather, and mine others have worn kid all summer. Suede kid is too soft and pretty to be east aside, and pastel shades look well with clothes in dark hues. The elbow sleeves'which are among the numerout Louis XVI. revivals, pres- age any number of elbow length gloves. Longer Life. The tenger lyfe, the more offence; The more offence, tho greater ova; The greater payn, the lesse defence; The less defence, the lesser gayn. The losse gayn long yil cloth tryo: Where fore come death, and let me dye. Th elosse of gayn long yil cloth trye; The less account the sooner made; The count soon made, the meryor minds; The merry mine cloth thought evade. Short life in truth this thing doth trye; Wherefore come death, and let me dye. Come, gentle death, the ebbe of care, The ebbe a care, the flood of lyfe, The flood of lyfe, the Joyful faro, The Joyful fare, tho end of strife, • "rho end ot strife, that thing wishe I; Wherefore come death, and let me eye. —TottersMiscellany, 1687. They are worn large. Try on very carefully at first. SOTO! -a Put h`m on Crutch. Choose a soft, pliable leather. Too often, cheap gloves are ;sheep. es. —James Smith, dairyman, of Grimsby. Be sure the fingers go in straight. Ont., writes: "My limbs were almost use - Benzine is argood as auy cleaner. less from sciatica and rheumatism, and not- withstanding my esteem for physicians, Gloves are cleaned on the hand or a form. mug give the credit whore it belongs. I Gloves to keep should be wrapped 'in Vtliel=d8= tou-day, :13tutthheAmerogy: tissue paper. eta a marvel. -34 .111111••••••••••••••:, *WM.% was not for himself, excepting so far as he hoped tb be remembered in his coun- try as an empire builder. His dream was an united country south of the Zambesi River. Coexistent with this idea was his scheme for the great trunk railroad from Cape Town to Cairo. At the time he first proposed it, about fourteen years ago, he was made pettier of Cape Colonye there was several difficulties in the path arid the line had not been sur- veyed. The British gained. territory right and left, or, rather Rhodes did, for hie government gave him but little backing, fearing hint as a wild enthusiast, who might plunge England into trouble. The Boer war WAS rather aggravating, and Rhodes may be said to have had seine - Gem to do with it, although be itiwn,ys blamed. it upon the so-called Holland elique, which was overrunning the Trans- vaal. Finally, the way was cleared for the railroad and the empire Cecil Rhodes had built was thrust upon an astonislied nation. It had beets the African mil- lionaire's hope to travel over the route which. he lina projected aud huge the spray from the Victoria, falls splash upon. his ear as he crossed the Zambesi, but it was not to bo—ho died before his dream was fulfilled. Considerable credit for Mapping the route of the great trunk line is due to the young Cambridge undergraduate, lievart S. Grogan, wile in 1808-09 eroesed Africa trete the Cape to Cairo, making the journey, most of the way on foot, in 18 moetlie. He had a terrible.experi- ence in the Dinka, ssvamps, several of his carriers went insane from sufferieg, he 'himself ma the African fever, Whielt nearly etuled his career, but he selected - eta gaining much 'valuable informatke about the route atid suggesting several clionges in the proposed scheme, Which were adopted. A Japanese War Charm. ere o Leslie's Magazine says the custom, of the Son Nin Riki is one that has risen in Japan during the went, war, Ever since the war began, at all times of the day, and even night, small aroups of wo- men can be seen gathering in the streets; one or more of the women will Lave a piece of cotton eloth with 1000 marks or dots :stamped upon it. "Sen" Is the Japanese word for 1000. "Nin" is the word for buman beim, japanese kinkiest, strength. bt combination the words mean "the streugth of 1000 pe0. tion of the railroad. There is, Lowever, an. alternative route Each one -of these 1000 dots or marks e passing through Abyssinia, the emperor in the Sloth are to indieate the plata of AMA coutifalt antler the frontier Where a stitch or kuot is to be made V . ttgreement te.' May, 1002, alkived the Con- a WOM(01, 01110, while making this knot, *Unction of re Milenty through Me to- givee her best thought, wish or pram, .• .„' • • •• tei• •, %• •. t • prominent Southern lady, Mrs. Blanchard, of Nashville, Tenn., tells how she was cured of backache, dizziness, pain- ful and irregular periods by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR Mits. PINKRA.M:— Gratitude compels me to acknowledge the great merit of your Vegetable Compotmd. 1 have suffered for four years with irregular and painful menstruation, also dizziness, pains ie the back and. lower limbs, and fitful sleep. 1. dreaded the time to come which would only mean. suffering to nie. "Better health is all I wanted, and cute if possible. Lydia E. Pink. Vegetable Compound brought me health and. happiness in a few short months. I feel like another person now. My aches and pains have Rift n10. Life seems new and sweet to me, and everything seems pleasant and easy. "Six bottles brought me health, and was worth raore thext months under the doctor's caretwhieh really did not benefit; me at all. I aan sat- isfied there is no medicine so good for sick women as your Vegetable Compound, and I advocate it to my lady friends in need of medical help"—Mas. B. A. BLAN011AnD, 4e2 Broad St., Nashville, Tenn. 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Mr. Gosling over with critical and auspicious eyes. Her examination of hint began at Ids boots, strayed over ids best clothes, and. his new neektie, and, glanced off at the hat and glove* which he had Placed, an the table. "You're very fine this Afternoon, George,' she remarked, "I stover saw such grandeur. And. a top -hat, too 1" 9: bowt top-liat when. I went to stay wi' my sister Polly 1' London,/' said. Mr. Gosling. "They telled me 'at te top -bats was feeltionable theer. And it'll alus come in eyseful for 4 funeral." "Well, but you're net going to A Xu - neral to -day," observed Miss Jex. "I—I thowt do it good. to sir it," said Mr, Gosling. Miss *Tea loked at him with critical cal suspicion than before, and Mr. Gos- ling shrank, He became profoundly in- terested in a fly that crawled. across the ceiling above lune and. Miss Jex took up a, pm of fancy work, and began to stitch, "If you bedn't -celled," abe said quietly, "I Was going to do a bit of spring-clean- ing. I was quite taken aback to see you coming through the orehard—and dress- ed, up like that. too r Mr. Gosling folaed his hands and, teied to be at ease, He fancied that he saw the opportunity he Wail seeking. "We bevret startea 4' spring-cleaning et our house yet,' he began. "la owa woman's been -adieu about it, but, of course, a housekeeper isn't like (he want- ed to say a wife, but dare not) ft --a, mis- tress is. Not but what t' owd lass does her'Isu bet." think site 414 1" said Miss Jere ".And a very gooct twit it is. I'm sure you've nothing to grumble at, George. Mrs. leempy's a model house- kee,penr." ,A4, same,' repeated. Mr. Gosling, wagging his head,"housekeepers is house- keepers, when all's said and done," "I'm quite willing to agree with you," said Miss Jex. "Especially since you Seem $0 positive about it." She continued to stitch at 'her fancy werk, and Mr. Gosling fan that be would give a great deal to be as cool as she was. He clasped and unclasped. his hands twiddled his thumbs, stared at the ceil- ing, and shifted his feet above the hearth rug, trying all the time to think of some easy and. fitting method of introducing the subject waich was filling his heart. A sudden. leaping of the ehery fire gave hi mwhat seemed to be an excellent no- tinion,,n,lr,ciaeaydn:dilho lati,, began to titter at the con- ceit of it, "Iiee-he-hee 1" 'laughed Mr. Gosling. Miss Jess lokked up from her work, and inspected Mr. Goalie% narrowly. "What are you laughing at 7" she de - answered Mr. Gosling. "At least, not a deal—he, hee, hee 1 14 wor a, good 'un, an' all, wor that theer I" 1 "1Vbat was a good 'un 1" inquired Miss tale 'at your ma -Wiled about your pa t' flames i' fire, replied. 14r. Gosling. "When they ewsed to sit e t' • front o' t' fire P their courtin' days, and Ihe reckoned 'at he could see faces, and castles, and -what not P t' flames. Ecod, it wor sight un an' all." . Miss Jex gave him a swift glance and • turned to her fancy work. Her eyes be- tokened excessive mystification, mingled with some doubt of Mr. Gosling's sobri- ety or sanity. '"Now it's a queer thing," continued Mr. Gosling; "I don't see no feces i' fire—not ie that fire, at onny rate." "Neither do L"said Miss Jex, drily. "I once did see stunmit," resumed Mr. Gosling joyously along now that a flood - tide of .speeeh had come to him. "It's a piece back—fosver or five years sins cone Mikklemus. It wore one night -when I'd come home thro' t' fat cattle auction at ornchester yonder, and I wor sittin' nt t' front 0' t' fire as it might be here, studyinelike about prices and quality, and I could ha' ta'en mi Bible oath 'at 1 seed a cow i 't fire. It wor that nate ral 'at I fair jumped at t' met on it. You'l happen ha' seen cows P t' fire your - sen at some timeor other ?" "I haven't then 1" replied Miss Jex. "Well," continued Br. Gosling, cheer- fully, "it's worth seek', is a cow i' fire. This here you might say—it was nowt but a shape, but 1 niver seed a better mak' of a cow mi life—it vowed its tail just as 11 14 had been. keepin' t' flies off. Of course,' he concluded, with sud- den asumption of superior knowledge, "of course, a knew 'at 14 worrn't a, cow; it wor nowt but imagination. An t' same, it wor just as if it had been a cow, if you can understand." Mis Jex loked at him narowly; and Mr. Gosling felt that be bad somehom got of the line. He Blade a desperate ef- fort to get back. "How's your ma 7" he inquired sudden- ly. "Quite well, Giants your answered Miss Jex. "Had you heard line was ill r "No-oo," replied Mr. Gosling, "I thowt lutppeu she'd be a. bit tired like at efter Item' al them folks to supper t' other night." "Oh 1" said Miss Jex.. "Well, she had a god deal of standing and runni»g about that niglit, end it doesn't suit her to be on her feet so much." "Suffers Giro' bad. legs, 'wary like r said Mr. Gosling. "Not quite that, 1 think," replied Miss Jex gently. "They're varry troublesome, is bad legs," continued Mr, Gosling, gaily sail-. ing of fon another tack. "Mi mother suf- fered a cteal this one for a. many years more shoo died—it wor one o' that sort at there's no cure for. 'We had another bad leg i' our family, nn' moth- er's- aunt—Dixon 'they caled her—she wor (appraised t' sane Way. But there's nowt o' that sort about me. I've heard mi mother say at when 1 wor a young al t' rieighbOrh00(1. agreed 'at 1 hed te &kelt skiit of onny bairn P these poets. They used to—" Miss jex dropped her fancy work with a slight screnen. "George," sho exelahnetl, "have you— Mee you been drinking?" "Dritikin'l" said Mr. Gosling, in palpa- ble horror. elhinkine Wed, no lassn "But you—you are behaving so queer- ly," said Mrs. :fax. "It's all so strange —dressed up hi your' best clothes on a week day—and talking about ettent itt the fire—and then about—about bail legs. You don't feel queer in your head, do you? Because, perhaps, you've had a sunstroke." "I been etude -he a deal lately," said Mr. (haling, uervously stroking the tep of his head. "Pve hed a tleal of eryire thowts. But there's this here abent it —osvt ett's reefed and 'reasonable I shall allas agree to. lam evillin' to leer new furniture i' best parlour, and 't beet m taale eltamar, an all, and if eenere minded i' that way Pin moan agen 1i'. gen out ti bit te braes. I' menu' mut paintin—owt ett's taight, 111 do vie piece:lure. And son theta it is." Miss ;relt lift M an astonished &tea "iloodsgraehme, George Gostitig!" she exelaimeit "Whatever are you talking about? Sere 'on ----you asking, me to marry , your "I roma like 'at you'll nay summat," dela Mr, taisling at length. "It's a '9141147 Riotous ()Pension, ie tide lierea" "Well, of teams 14 bas been tokea of," seal Miss Jea softly. 'There are folk wile consider it as g004 as settled. tamely." "Ntiayt" exchange' Mr. Gaoling. "Why, of course, theer's allue them as will talk." "I suppose we'd, better give them some more to talk about then," mur- mured. Miss tieX. "Then it's to be 1,' that way, is it?" asked- ala Gosling, anxious and eager. "Yes -es, I suppose, it is," answered Miss Jex, affecting great interest in her work. Mr, Gosling heaved a mighty sigh of satisfactiona-he was tenacious at the same moment that he had passed through the most trying ordeal of his life, He rose and stretebed his arras, and. then, remembering his duty, lie en- circled Miss ,Tex's watst and kissed. her. Miss Jex-submitted with grace,teal dis- engaged herself with gentleness. Then site looked. at Mr. Gosling with consider- ing eyes. "George," she said, "hadn't you better go home and take your beat clothes offr—J. S. Fletcher, rn London Mail. . . , . The Kind We Don't Rave. (London Truth.) I like these quiet, calm campaigns Without torchlight processions, Witliont discordant martial strain Or muscular digressions; I like the freedom from the hot Old bickering and lying, The lack of votes that may be bought, The scorn men have of buying. like the freedom from abuse With which the papers treat me; Few idle tales are put to use In efforts to defeat me. With gladness in my heart r know Men I begin my speeches That I ellen have a deeent show Against old eggs and screectres. I like the leek of bitterness, I like the quiet thinking; I like the fairness of the press, The lack of bets and drinking; And one thing more, rn here avow, That makes rae very glad is We seldom -kiss the babies now To c,aptivate their daddies. RMO Cures Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Hay Fever. Instant relief paranteed or money refunded. q FORMO is different to all other cures. It is a medicated Nasal stopple, in the forzn of cotton. You simply insert a small piece up the nose and leave for a thne, and relief is at once felt. It does aw4' with inhalers, atomizers and etc. PRICE 25c. PER BOX q If your druggist does not keep it, we will send it by post, on receipt of a$c. FORMO CO. 509 Church $t., TORONTO SELLING APPLE CROP. Joy Succeeds Despair The Co-operative Plan—Divide • IN THE HOME OE' Mit. JOSEPH. IILLTON, THOHOLD, ONT. His Daughter, Florence, Was All But Dead Prom Dropsy—Her Doctor Had Ulven H.er Up—Dr, Williams Pink Pills Were Then Used and To. pay She is Well and Strong. From the Post, Thorald, Ont. Everybody believes in a. dreamy sort of way of the efficacy of it well and wise* ly advertised medicine, when the record- ed. cases of restored. health are at a dis- tance; but e -hen a case comes up in the home town, olieri the patient is known to everyone, and when the cure is not only positive but marvellous, the efficacy of the medicine becomes a fact—a decided thing. For many years the Post has advertised Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People; large quantities of them haye been sold by the local drug stores, and. many remarkable mime have been effected. One of these attracted the at- tention of our reporter and lie investi- gated. Miss Florence Hilton, the 18 - year -old daughter of Josepa and Mrs. Hilton, living itt the west tart of the town, was taken ill early last summer,. with dropsy, coupled with heert trou- ble. She was compelled to give up one duty after another, and finally became tumble to walk, or to lie down, Her suf- fering was intense and medical skill did all that could be done. Florence, how- ever, grew worse, sitting in her clatir day and night for five long months to get her breath, and the parents despaired. At last the doctor gave ber up, and said -further visits were futile. The poor girl's limbs were pitifully swollen and finally burst below the knees. She sat helpless and weak, gasping for breath, and at times could breathe at all only with the greatest difficulty. One night the neighbors came in and said she could not live GU morning. But to -day she is alive and well, moving about among her young companions a. remarkable and mir- aculous contrast to what she then was. The reporter called one evening at the Hilton home, but Miss Florence was uot visiting. The father and mother were in, however, and. freely told him of the cure, which they attribute entirely to Dr. William's Pink Pills. The first box was brought to her by her grandmother, who urged their use. Then Mrs. Hilton herself remembered that she had the previous winter been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills of a slight at- tack of ("ropey, and also remembered the many mires advertised in the Post. She bought two boxes and Florence 'link them, three pills at a Mae In two weeks she felt a, slight decrease in the pain in her limbs, and more pins were procured. For five months—five long pain -laden months—the weary girl had Sat day and night in her chair, but now she began to feel the pain leaving her ancl to see her limbs resume their nat- ural size. Fourteen boxes of the pills were taken and at Inst her perseverance was rewarded. She rose from her 'ehair ; her former strength gradually tante back; one by one her household du - sties were taken up again, end when The Post representative- called he was met by beaming faces and thankful hearts, end a grateful readinesto give to the worla the filets Giat had saata a bright ends from Power Spra.ying. On Sept. 21 -the farmers in the vicin- ity of Ingersoll, Out., assembled to the number of about 75 or 80 to ispect the week done by the power spraying out- fit managed itt that division by the 33o - minion frouit division. The object of the demonstration was to show that spray- ing might profitably be done as thresh- ing is usually done in western Ontario, one man talting the contract of doing the work of it large number of his neigh- bors. A. circuit embracing 3,300 trees was contrikted for, and ele. J. C. Harris was employed to do the work. He suc- ceeded in spraying the whole number of trees four times with one outfit at a eost of something less than 20 cents a tree. The apples- in tbe unsprayed or- chards in that district are so scabby as to be practically worthless. The con- trast between the sprayed and unsprayed fruit is therefore very marked. The audience assembled at 1 o'clock at the orchard of Mr. J. C. Norsworthy and , inspected very carefully a large number of trees, counting and grading the ap- ples. Some unsprayed orchards were vas- ited and again some sprayed orchards, until six or seven ltd been inspected. Tbe results may be summed up as fol- lows: In the sprayed orchards 90 per cent. of the fruit would. grade No. 1, while in the unsprayed orchards not more than 15 per cent, would grade No. 1. In soine eases only 10 per cent. of first class fruit was found, and on some trees it was difficult to discover a perfect apple. The cost of spraying was about 20 tents per tree, or 10 cents per barrel, and -it is a very fair estimate to say that for every 20 cents expended in spraying there was an increased value of about $1. The inspection was witnessed by Pref. Hutt, 0. A. C., Guelpb; Mr. 0. A. Put- nam, superintendent of Farmers' Insti- tutes; Mr. P. W. Hodgetts, secretary of Ontario Fruit Growers" Association, and I half dozen correspondents of agriml- tural papers. Incidentally many points in gencrei orchaid culture were taken up. Pref. Hutt drew attention to the fact time even tboagh cultivation and pruning were neglected io some of the spmying orchards, the trees were well loaded and the specimens large. Ile pointed out that lmd the season been dry thesefine samples could not have been obtained. Mr. Putnam spoke of the seccess which had attended the operations of the Fruit 'Shippers' Associations, of Walkerton, Chatham and Si. Catharaines, and espec- ially commended this .system of dispos- ing of their fruit. Mr. McNeill spoke briefly on the topic: How to Sell the AAle Crop. He strongly commended selling in bulk. By thie method the fanner was selling a product, the quantity of which he was not in a position to estimate, to the buyer who lied spent years in buying and was very apt in estimating the quantity of apples on a tree. Ire also conderaned selling appks with the understanding that they be picked and piled on the ground tittle the packers came to pack them. This usually resulted in the loss of 50 per cent. A much better plan for the farmer was to pick, pack, grade, and mark his young life and had brought joy mstead °Ivn- and then offer it for sal. nmtion of a co-operative selling society, 'which would erect storebouses and pack- ing sheds at some central place, and have the fruit packed and graded by men who the land where icknes and suffering enters new health and were use to the work. This method m every home ni sls strength can be had through a fair use would not only effect a great saving in ber that substa ages of one variety and of uniform grade the quantity of fruit to be marketed, tutes can't cure—they make the patient worse, and when you auk for this meat- but by giving a large number of pack - would attract larger buyers and secure of this medicine. Remota mile see that the fen Theme lee Nem. better prices. Math reference to the erop pill-n:11114dr eroulnlitee" box ts around Ingersoll this year, Mr. McNeill —then you are sure yon have the genu - me wale. Sold by nil ineareme dealer, on by Dr. William' Meilicine Co., Broekville, mail poet mail for 50 cents a box„. or sig boxes for $2.50. by 'writing Tee ; sprayed other& had been sold, and no doubt with proper miumgement the rest almost nothing to buy. 'Many of the of grief to a, Thorold hoita." The best was was, undoubtedly, the for - In thousands- of other homes scatter- ed over the length and breadth of Can- ada., Dr. Wititaitee Pink Pills have brought health and joy and gladness, and said, that he could not couseieutiously urge buyers to make an offer, inasmuch as in the unsprayed orcharae there was .0.61.1.4.1.404.16a News spread Diphtberie. During n. recent 01)1(10111h, of diplalie- ria, which raged in one of the public seller& irt Paris the median inspectors deeitlea that the disease was traimmitted from one eldhl to another by the•pens efts. The pent*: med Wete Illitilleipal property anti were distributea each nuaning and eolleeted at the Oast* of the session. When one remember& how uni- versal ie the habit amonst, thildreu of puttiog the pencil in their mouths it is gage- to see how any dieectee of the throat caw be ovally -spread. The in- epeetor. le:eased each eeliolar hereafter be *Awed A pencil as his indiviattal pro - Mete. Multi be sold, though the individual farmer was at it disadvantage as 'com- pared with the co-operative associations. Yours very truly, W. A. Clemons, pub- lication clerk. "Ono Foot in the Crave." -Tr the thonaand4 of people who- rush to so worthy a reinede as South Amerlean Ner- vino an a het resort would get it es n Met neat, how melt misery and suffer- ing week be seared. If ram have any nerve diwder, you needn't mlffer a minute longer. thouSgal teettmoniee to move it. -40 The British Government Committee on Payment Deterioration reeommeelle law requiring eters" dwelling or portion of a awelling (*Quilled be- a single hare ily to bet proveled with a grnte euitairle fee sleeking.