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N• . .0 And Its Delightful
ice -- • Environs
I3y KATE DEADMAN
The lovely eity er Nile! in South- waters of the artifieial pond. Every -
,ern. France, on the blue Merit-err:me thing is done to enhance the attrate
.'nn, may mean to the satieted Heelless, and add to the fascination
waft of pleasure a wey of ependial of the place. As we wander front
a tolerably enjoyable winter, amid one beauty spot to another, it seems
.axuberant surrou.ndings and gay an incredible thing Heat in the catiao
society, besides the opportunity of in their midst, there should exist av-
displaying a rich wardrobe of the arice, jealousy, reettlessness, tensity,
latest Paris styles. Anil when thm ieverieh excitement, despair; bet
'tire of these, and 11V011 the epee- mon entering the buildings, one sees
ch feature prominently have les lust these expressions written on the
their charm and all entertainment Mt •.teets of the players at the various
become blase, then the spring maga ablee. The croupiers in charge of
etaI is iutroduced, and the people he genie. sit serenesatisfied, care -
make merry with gay fetes,. INAVOI elacent, in the assurance of final vie -
and eonfetti battles, and gorgeous- uory. The players look tense, nit -
processions. Aorhed, lost to their environment, the
mind intent on one thought—their
Nice may mean just thie to n tom
claett of visitorbut ar, 'iate, riches or poverty, El -gotten
train ; there
gains. or devastating. losses. No--
many others who will tell you that
,veryone does not start by inveeting
this lovtdy district needs ticne •of
large sums; but that becomes the
these attractions to entiee elm tour-
ist thither; but rather, that Nature tendency, especially if encouraged by
egin
herself provides its greatest lure. bner's luck. Frequently the
night air resounds to the report of a
As one travels along the shortie of
the Mediterrenean, this heaetiret jol and terrible as it may seem,
ounds are $earched, lest
eeountry kdliblit is said that every morning the
maes 'an inee Mimes-
hgr
-elon on the mind. On one side if1 th" eautiful
they be found to harbour the sad vie -
blue, blue sea, on the other, terrace/1
dm of finanrial failure and despair.
'hills, sunny slopes or rocky heights.
The whole question of the menage•
• tettraetive villas, and perbape what
merit of the game at Monte Carlo is
fingers longest in the memory, temb
an Pnigma to -the outsider; but this
-quantities a gorgeous flewers—
we know, that this extensive estab-
flowers, flowers everywhere—run-
lishment is not kept up without tie-
riing riot over the walls. gratefully
mendous gain, and we must therefore
trained over the pergolas., hanging
conclude that the majority of thoec
from the rocks, peeping out. from
who play, go away poorer than when
etach nook and cranny; 01111‘1. SPen, it
es n sighm
t to reembr they came.
y ealwayFurther in the drive, one cometo
s. The
s
atalmy atmospheteo lend.; itself to
the caetle of' the Duke of Monaeo,
blower production, that the result is
a great profusion of any kinds of
the eh:elute ruler of the principality
in
-blossoms in every shade and color. which includes Monte Carlo. The
oses alwaysclaim a large placin castle is very attractively situated on
H. e
the ffections of the public; but pro- a promontory and is noted for its
beauty as well as for its wonderful
bably the moet brilliant, the moet
lavish fiower is the bougain-vira, aquarium.
whose vines literally cover the walls The next drivel from Nice which
a prodigality of bloom. Or we •deserves special mention, is that to
pause before a gay garden, tine find Grasse. Passing through extensive
that the bright colors we had eo much wardens and vineyards, the small
admired, are simply our own ivy. town of Cagnes is reached, front
geranium, or one of the variety of which there is a steady elevation to
plants which we ourselves produ.e. Vence, a thousand feet above the st,a
obis country, but grown beyond all level, and an ancient town with
boundbeneath the sunny skies of ruins of old Rornan fortifications.
Southern France. Net far away also, one SOPS whole
fields of roses, and we are told that
And so, looking at Nice through
the eyms of the lover of the beatiiee these •are grown for perfume, the
of Nature, one comes to appraise maitufacture of which is an important
the place as very pleasant in itself, industry in Southern France, Rise
taut to think of it more especially as inte still higher, one comes to the
Pont du Loup, the whole over per -
se means to an end: the headquarters
front which one takes delightful fectly engineered roads, which, be-
tides. insuring' comfort in travel, in-
ehaves into the surrounding country
` Three of these I should like to nu n-
spire one with a feeling of confl-
deem' in the safety of the drive.
From the Pont du Loup one sees the
Perhaps the most popular motor
same lovely scenery which character -
trip is that which includes Monte
izes many of the mountainous rural
Carlo, going by way of the Grand districts—a winding river, lofty
rornice, and returning' by the sea-
shore route. Leaving 'Nice, one grad- heights, miniature gardens of flow-
trs and fruits on a fertile shelf of
really ascends to a height of fifteen
the rock, the humble homes of the
hundred feet, the splendid road tra-
peasants; and one drinks in the
versing a picturesque district, with
olive groves and little towns, or warm, baimY atmosphere -and the
e blosteemS,
• skirting the edge of the precipam, sweet fragrance of orang
,over which one sees the Country and is tempted to partake of the fal-
len fruit which lies, apparently un
low.
in panoramic beauty be-
low. After going through the old h"th'd' under the .trees—a
lovily
restful the madding
Roman village of La Turbip, theffect, "far f
e
From here the road follows
.eoad de:mends by numerous zignets, cr°wa'"
high above the river for a long d -
is
- Mentonte nearby being the Pont Blaze Started by Oil Stove Destroys
.St. Louie, which is the actual Italian tfance, in one place passing under Waechter Residence and Spreads
froutier; so that be who left Iraly ,,he towering rocks, over which it case To Larger Buildings; Loss $85,000
gide roars and tumbles to unite with
with a sigh of regret, may once more
the water far below; and then up
get a glimpse of her shores. The The Village of Fosmosa, Thursday
view from the bridge is absorbing,
eat any time, be it. French or Italian
with its rocky heights to one eidr,
down which wanders a little water-
fall, losing itself on the opposite side
of the bridge in a mass of shrubbery;
or from another angle. with delight-
ful recesses, beneath which lurks the
eolive tree, or the orange and lemon,
laden with luscious fruit. One is
tilled with a claire to clamber down
the rocks and explore the beauty
'mots in the valley below; but tin
French and Italian soldiereeintinels,
Los' about a month, at the end of
which time, the fat having absorbed
the essence of the perfume, the two
are separated by it eating procees. A
by-product of sweet scented soap is
also manufactured from the fat
whieh haa been thus used. The frili1O-
1111.11 method appeals to me as being
en 'men more delicate process, on fle-
eount of the fact that, in spite of its
being combustible, it certain amount
of heat i$ neeessary. It would IW
interesting to know how the haPPY
medium was determined, - whereby
heat could be applied- withoW, pro -
clueing undesirable results, and also
how the essence of the perfume could
he extracted without its evapora-
tion. .Later, one is taken to the
warehouse where eager saletdadies
greet prospective customers with a
fine display of perfume. When leav-
ing 'the building one feels like an
advertisement for the sweet product,
although possibly satiated, and eel-
tainly saturated with it personally.
In Grasse also, candied fruits are pro
duced, and even rose and violet pet-
als are dipped in the liquid sweet and
make pretty and edible decorations
for the attractive confections. And
thus from Grasse, one returns, by a
less circuitous route, to Nice.
The third drive of mention is that
to St. Raphael, and is so absolotely
different, that one wonders if indeed
we are not hundreds Of miles from
Nice, instead -of being within two
hours' journey of it. The drive to
St Raphael follows the seashore, pas-
sing Cagnes, te fortified town of An-
tibes, the little village of Gofe Juan
(where Napoleon Bonaparte disem-
belted on March 1st, 1815. after his
escape from the Island of Elba), un-
til Cannes is reached. This attractive
city on the Meolterranean, With its
beautiful villas, vies with Nice in be-
ing a popular and fashionable re-
sort. A short distance from here the
road begins to wind in and out
around rugged headlands, where
great red boulders and rocky shore-
line preeent a striking harmony with
the sapphire sea. Or one passes
through fragrant pine forests, so
silent and imposing, that we seem
far away from the heart of civiliza-
tion, and the serenity of the lands-
cape creeps into our souls. The
whole presents a certain wild elm=
and picturesqueness which is not
found in the other drives. And so
St. Raphael is approached, .a town
beautifully situated on the Gulf of
Frejus, and on account of its climate
popular as a winter resort. The TO -
turn trip takes one through the town
of Frejue, which was colonized by
the Phoenicians when their power
was in the ascendency. Some of the
ancient ruins, notably the arena,
have been excavated and can be seen.
From this place the journey home
goes through a sparcely inhabited
region over the Esterel Mountains,
thus providing another new type of
landscape.
Each of these deives has an indi-
vidual charm all its own, but each is
so different from the others, that
one can sacrcely realize that they all
radiate from Nice, The firstboo,
especially, are righty eanked among
the finest in the world.
Convent and Echooi
Burned at Formosa
at their respective posts, look suffi-
ciently conimanding and impreseive
to make one nip the desire in the
bud, and choose the, safe anl un-
molested way. From Menteee we re-
turn to Nice by way of the lower
Corniche road, which is within it
stone's throw of the Sea in many
places. This part of the drive is
almost as attractive as the former,
the chief difference being that one
looks up in admiration of the moun-
tain, instead of down from it to the
valley and sea. In short, the drive
embodies an almost perfect combin-
ation of scenery, even as its differ-
ent angles present different phase.,
ef beauty. And so, winding in and
• out among the beautiful little beys
• and promontories, we mine to Monte
• 'Carlo, in whose famous casitm, for-
• tunes have beer lost and gained i1.
to day,
The buildings theinselves are in the
midst of gardens of great beauty,
Where flowers • always bloom, and
firtnttairne play Mirthfully, and lilies
reat their pure blostiOnis on .blie placid
and up by a tortuous, narrow way tit
the Sault du Loup, -whence one looks
another thousand feet below to the
Pont du Loup, which itself seemed
but a short time ago, a place "high
and lifted up." From' thence one
comes to Gourdon, with its quaint
stone houses and old castle, partly in
ruins, but being restored anti inheb-
ited by an American authoress.
A$ on stonds en the point of the
point of the rock upon whieh the
castle is situated, at an elevation of
twenty-two hundred feet, one trete a
magnificent panorama of the sur-
roundingcountry.
From here the delete eontimme te
• Grassy, a delightful town on the
efOuthern slope of Mount Hartwig -
non, This is said to have been a
favorite reaort of Queen Vieterie,
one of the beautiful villas of which
she frequently inhabited. As one en -
tem the town, it is not difficult to
know that here perfume is manu-
factured, so heavy le the air with the
fragrance of it. It is of interest to
visit the establishment where this 1,1
oroduced. When vve entered the main
room, the first sight which ereet ,d
1111 WAS a great pile of orange Mose
ROMA ready for treatment. The rao-
eete,s by which the perfume of the
flowee is extracted, is both surpris-
ing arid interesting. In this factory
two methods were employed, the
traeolthe method, and the uSe of fats
it is found that some flowers adapt
themselves to ono method, some to
the other, In the ease of the latter,
lhe flowers are peeked in barrel; le
layers .of fat and are left to stand
was visited by the worst fire of its
history when two fine buildings were
completely destroyed with a loss es.
timated at $85,000. The buildings
burned were the Notre Dante Con-
vent with separate schoolrooms, in-
cluding the continuation sehool, to-
gether with the entire contents, a
loss estimated at $'75,000. A fine
brick residence owned by John W.
Waechter, with the entire contente,
was else destroyed, the less 'being
estimated at $10,000.
Due to Explosion.
Fire broke 'out in the Waechter
residence shortly after 3 o'clock this
afternoon, caused by the explosion
or a coal oil stove. The blaze soon
spread to the roof a the convent
and in it very short time both build-
ings wore beyond saving and the en -
lire village was in danger of destrum
tion.
The Mildmay fire brigade, along
with some firenten from Walkerton,
arrived at the scene about 4 o'clock
rind an hour later the blaze was well
under control.
Buildings in danger were Forniose
Hotel, Oppermanis .Hotel, Dentinger
Tiolugessler's general store, the
head office of the Formosa Mutual
Piro Downtime Company, a real es-
tate offi•co. and a number of private
residences.
The eonvent, Which was a teller!
hriele struettire; was built and don-
eted by the late S, X. Messner 'mine
years ngo, There wes insurariee of
5/9,000 on the building and $3,000
insuranee -Carried On the Weetehter
On Washington's
Errand and His Own
By ETHEL HOLMES
Om visiting the town of Dobbs Fe'
ry, on the east bank of tbe Iludsoo nod
some twenty miles from New Yorl ,
will and j.1linsele in a pia% that has
been called by its present tame tor so
oug that no one, except perhaps some
of the present residents, knows the date,
Doubtless Mr. Dobbs ran a ferry there
to some poiot 11CrOSS the Hudson. He
has passed away long ago, but his
name remains.
There is another name connected
with Dobbs Ferry of far more impor-
iance—that is, George Washington,
One mounting the declivity, leading up
from the thilway station and following
the road leading southward pas4
A Doll's House
By ELINOR MARSH
Train robberies, which had quieted
down during tbe early Part of 10—,
broke out with renewed vigor in tbo
autumn of that year. • One or these
attacks was not only well planned, so
far as getting treasure was concerned,
but in getting away with it.
Jim Clearnley was the leader of the
band that made the attack and chose
the field of enterprise by personally in-
vestigating different points on the rail-
road he proposed to operate on, Efe
diScovered a eave concealed by thick
uudergrowth where a party of men
might hide. So far as he could learn,
O frame house before which rims a no one knew of it. Ile proposed to rob
wall to which is attached a tablet stat-
ing tbat it was the headquarters or
General Washington during the Revo-
lutionary war.
One day a country lad named Enoch
Weatherby, who was a member of the
Revolutionary army and had not seen
his best girl in New York city for some
time, got leave to go there for the pur-
pose of meeting her. Being a patriotic
youth, he wont to General Washington
and, telling him what he was about to
do, asked the general if he could be of
any service to him iu bringing informa-
tion of the British army, which was at
that time in possession of the city.
The general told Enoch that he very
much desired to know how many troops
were there, how many cannon and
whether any preparations were being
made for a movement. Enoch prom-
ised to gain what information he could!'
a train as it passed within a few hun-
dred yards of this cave. A part of the
force would make off on horseback
while another part with the plunder
hid in the cave. A. posse would follow
those who had ridden away while the
men In the cave waited till the excite-
ment had (lied out and them make off.
The robbery was eminently success-
ful. The train was stopped mid the
plunder taken horn tbe teepeess car.
The robbers made off through a wood.
oropping the treasure into the hands
of four men who made their way to
the cave unseen. Those who had rid-
den away were followed but uot cap-
tured.
A surprise awaited those who had
gone to the cave, among 111.30M was
Jim Charnley, the lender of the gang.
Ile had not been to the cave since lie
bad discovered it several weeks before.
That night the youngster put4 load On entering it be saw a doll In a little
of farm produce in his boat on tbe bed and several tuticles of doll furni-
river and the next morning started ture beside it.
with the outgoing tide for New York. The presence of this inanimate com-
On reaching Spuyten Duyvil creek he bination of china and sawdust caused
turned into it and when he arrived at a ,commotion on the part of the rob -
Kingsbridge, leaving his boat under , hers. Some of them, fearing that their
the bridge, proceeded on foot to the presence there might be discovered,
Were for moving at once. But Charn-
ley argued that the region of the rob-
bery would be filled with persons moo -
ad by curiosity, if nothing more, and
that any move for tho present would
be dangerous. If the 'child came to
play in the cave she could be taken in
and held from giving information of
their presence.
Little Margy Bickford, who liqed on
the other side of the rise from tbe
mouth of the cave, was the child who
had made the place a playhouse. On
the afternoon of the robbery she start-
ed to go there to get her doll and bring
it home. Coming to the rise, she pass-
ed over the rode of the cave, where
there was a break in the rock that
formed it, not sufficient to let in light,
but through which sound might pass.
The robbers had closed up the mouth
of the cave and supposed that they
might talk with freedom. At the time
Margy was passing over the break in
the roof they were dismissing whether
they should get eta or remain where
they were. The question was a mut-
ter of life or death with 'them, and
their arguments were by no means
subdued. athrgy, heeting voices in the
bowels of the earth beneath her, turued
and ran back Louie as fast as her 14.
tie legs would carry her. Her mother,
seeing that the child had been fright-
ened, questioned her mid was told
that some men were in nor pieshouse
and would tete her dully away with
them.
Mrs. Bickford had heard of the train
robbery, and it was not long before
she began to suspect the truth concern-
ing the neves iter daughter had heard
In the cave. She went at once to a
neighbor and reported the case. Uri:
fortanntely most of the men there -
idiom tied polio off after the robbers,
win) hild i•itltien away, and not enough
men mule be got together to warrant
ettaeking en unknown number of des-
peradoee memenced in a cave, so noi
Ing was (10111; except to stades, n boy
or six teen to watch the hiding pima,.
Cliarnley derided to remain where
the roblier$ tt ere only till midnight,
then to walk 10 the nearest Ma Lieu t we
miles dielent and board a train Oita
would stop there at it few 111111111011 art.
er 1 o'eloek.
Sliniosoa, who ,was On watch,
saw them 1(1111e the cave. He followed
theen to the 8 talon, tear which they
waited (111 107 heard the train eentinti.
and then went up on to the platform.
Billy weal; to the rem' car unseen by
them aud got aboard le 1 be same time
they did. There were tour bleu in Lite
gang, but they took see:trete sent's.
They paid i he conducter their fare,
and be missed onto -the retie elm. where
Billy lafersued hhm as to the Lettere at
Ike passengers who had just got on the
train.
The eonductor wrote a telegram,
wbech he gave to hilly, inetretetIng hint
to get off at the next station, ilve miles
city, some nine or ten miles away.
There was a British soldier at the
bridge, but Enoch, being loaded with
produce, was suffered to pass, and
whenever he was stopped on the way
a few eggs or a pound ot butter was
sufficient to pass him.
New York was tben all at the south-
ern end of the island, and Enoch's girl,
Becky Bleeeker, lived at the lower end
of Greenwich street, near where it
joins the Battery. He found Beck -y,
and she was delighted to see him, for
there was little communication be-
tween the American troops in the re,
gion beyond Spuyten Duyvil creek and
the city. Enoch while in New York
was continually going about, counting
the guns he saw and estimating the
number of the soldiers.
One day he made bold to sketch a
redoubt in the region that is now Cen-
tral park and was observed doing so
by a sentry. The soldier called the
corporal of the guard and by him sent
a message to the commanding, officer
that a man had been seen sketching
the works. By this time Enoch had
left, and a couple of men were sent to
bring him back. Enoch soon discov-
ered that he was being pursued, mid,
though the men most of the time kept
him in sight, he succeeded in reaching
Becky Bleecker's home without being
arrested.
Becky put him iuto the great hall
clock, he handing her the memoranda
he had accumulated, giving her a kiss
at the same time, and she had no soon-
er taken them than there was a loud
rap at the door. She opened he and
two redcoats eatered, inquiring fur the
young fellow who had illSt 001110 111.
Becky declared that they must be oils.
taken, but the soldiers, having sten
him close the door behind blin, seam!"
ed the house. Not thinking to look in
the clock, they did not find him. But
one man station& himself at the front
of the house, the other at the rear,
and Enoch was pinned in.
After thdy had gone outside Hooky
returned to Mama, and be bemoaned
the fact that he would not be permit.
Led to take his,uotes to General Wash-
ington. Beaky was in tereor lest the
infermation he proposed to take away
should be captured on bim and cause
his convietion as a spy. Something
must beedone before auy one caene
from General Howe and %Mille there
were onlie green,soldiers on guard.
Becky resolved to walk out with
Enooliis notes,and drawings is face of
the sentinel at -the front door. Site did
so, and the man essayed to step her,
but she gave him a scornful look and
proce0ed. She bad scarcely got out
of sight' before a member' of the stair
came.,,w-ith a semeant and Mat men
and gave orders thatino one should be
permitted to leave the house. , Enocb
bad heard the door shut after ISecky
and thought it best to come out of hid.
ins. 13ut, since there 1171151 00Pling distant, aiiel send it, believing that his
'found to indicate that to was a epy, own motions would be watched by the
after being held/for some time he was robbers, On thaehing the station Billy
itiffered to go his way. stepped off on the eerie 11Idt. filo. ear
meanwhile Becky, presuming that ,unseen and the train went on. The
her lever' would net be perraitted to t veaEt
, ' i bed, but Bill om
ted la
augaenand t1:10 telegram '117113ro
c1 Rent t.0 11
go back :e° °°°.1.211 Washington, nitide :IZabie town ten milete (Meant.
her way to Singebriuige, where she
foultd Enoch's boat and•pulled heeself Meanwhile tito conductor directed the
engineer to slack speed thitt stifficient
time might be Oven for preparation
to the:demise where VirashingtOn
a ca
nsture.
artored, she told bitthe.story of for f
But few men could be got togethet
Etoch's and her adventures and hand-, in so shoot a time, aud they welt Ms -
ed hinuthe memoranda'Enoch had col. gulsed, having boarded the train and
leeted, went on wiValt... The robbers began
, "Wben Enoch Weatherhyerebprne, if to leave it one 1.4 one, thinking they
be does," said the general, "come to- were unstuipected. This rendered their
Enoch returned miner than was 0* egtItIti:net etil"46.and they were en
gether te see Me." tteicO
noted, Arm whou thmlovers called cm Llttlo Miry, who lind armed a40.000,
the geneint he direothd his ,eltaplaiu was atlopted'by the express eorapany,
to merry theM and beatoiked RMS. Was given tt hritulsoine rewerd
Wein% totatisouto wedding preePtete nal later a healtiort ou the retiree&
Tried to Escape
Killed Ey Train
Patient at London Hospital Met
Death on C. P. R. Tracks
London, Ont., July '7,—Leonard
Albert Smilley, a patient admitted to
the Ontario Hospital here from Sea -
forth one month ago, was killed by
the. C. P. R. express from Toronto,
near Highbury avenue about 9.30
last night.
Smilley, who had been regarded as
a model and tractable patient at the
institution, eluded attention for a
moment upon seeing a door leading
to the front verandah open and rueh-
ed out. His action was observed
and Archibald Wright, night watch-
man gave chase. The pursued man
I„T„ Here and.1 here
Tremendously rapid development
of forest and water power resources
of the Province of Quebec is indi-
cated in the forecast of revenue
totalling $6,000,000 from these
sources for the current year. Last
year the same resources produced a
revenue of nearly 54,500,000.
Sixty men from the training camps
in Brandon and Claydon, England,
have been accepted by the Canadian
Government and sailed on the "Em-
press of France" at the end of June.
They proceeded to Winnipeg after
landing at Quebec and will be placed
on specially selected farms.
Saskatchewan exported last year
77.4 per cent. of its total production
of creamery butter, according to a
statement made by the Provincial
Dairy Commissioner. The increase
in production in 1925 over that of
1920 had amounted to 126.8 per
cent., the output last year totalling
15,946,233 pounds.
Close on one hundred pilgrims
from St. Paul and Minneapolis
passed through Montreal recently on
their way to the famous shrine of
Ste. Anne de Beaupre, near Quebec.
They were the advance guard of the
great army of pilgrims that visit the
shrine every year. While stopping
off in Montreal they visited the St.
Joseph Oratory in that city, also
well-known as a shrine.
Hundreds of students and co-eds
from Canadian and American uni-
versities have been passing through
Montreal recently to board ships for
Europe in connection with the Over-
seas Collegiate Tours that have
grown increasingly popular of late
years. Many of these collegians
travel by Canadian Pacific boats, the
"Empress of France" on a recent
trip carrying over 250 of them.
Clad in gorgeous scarlet tunics,
plentifully decorated with gold braid,
forty members of the world-famous
Coldstream Guards Band, of Lon-
don, reached Quebec recently on the
Canadian Pacific liner "Montealm"
on their third Visit to Canada, having
been here in 1904 and again in 1911,
Under the command of Lieutenant
11, G. Evans they will play at Bran-
don, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon,
Regina, Vancouver and the Toronto
Exhibition.
ran long to hospital avenue to the
C, P. R. right-of-way and turned
westward, keeping' to the tracks.
When Mr. Wright reached the rail-
way line he saw the fast train ape
preaching and stopped until it went
by,
Continuing his pureuit, the night
watchman found that Smilley had
been killed near the overhead bridge.
A report by members of the train
crew WaS that the victim heti climb -
to the bridge structure and was
hanging there when bit by the train,
but hospital authorities do not cre-
dit this versioe, no they maintain that
Smilley had not time to reach -the
bridge and climb upon it. They sny
that not more than two minutes
could have elapsed front the time
amilley disappeared from the hospi-
tal and the tragedy, and are of the
opinion that the victim was overtair
en on the railway tracks and in that
way met death,
Smilley was 32 years of age and
O Canadian.
The electrification of the main
line of the Imperial Japanese Gov-
ernment Railway system from Tokio
to Shimonoreld, 750 mires. 'has been
long projected, and recently the 45 -
mile vetetion betWCell Tokio mid
Odawara has had experimental
trains drawn by electric locomestives
run twice n day between these points.
Owing to the great expense involved
it is feared it will be many years be-
fore the entire neain Inc can be elec-
trified.
Pounded 92 years ago in gardens
on the site of which the Canadian
Pacific Reilwey Windsor Street Sta-
tion in Montreal now stands, the St.
Jean Baptiste Sticiety of that city
celebrated that event on June 24111
last by having a • memorial tablet
affixed In the walls of the station.
The tablet was the gift of Victor
Morin, former prsident-general of
the society, who was present and tin -
veiled 11.
Negotiations ha- ve - been completed
for the erection, and work will
shortly commence, upon a terminal
warehouse and coldestorage plant, to
cost about fiVe million dollars and
to bo built \in Montreal. It is stated
that it will he constructed withileten
months from the eta of June, will
be, thn storeys in bight and will
have a total space of 600,000 satiate
feet, of which one-third Will be for
coldlstoteie.'The plant will be built
tho Monhreal ititil end tte
Tereninals, Iihnited, and emit sTh be
fihinced by Munieipal Banker& Core
notation of Torente.
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A RESCUE OF LONG AGO
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(From the Guelph Mercury of MaY
13, 1869)
"A Brave Boy—A little hero, aged
eleven years, son of Mr. T. Goven-
lock, of Seaforth, plunged into his
father" mill pond the -other day to
rescue two late girls who had fallen
into it from the bridge. The water
wan over twenty feet deep and he bad
to swim some twenty yards. The
first he came to was his young sister,
and having conveyed her to the
shore, he went bark for the other,
who, in the meantime, had .gone un-
der. After diVing twice, be succeed-
ed in catching and conveying her to
the shore. In this case the vital
spark was all but extinct and she was
a long time recovering."
The little hero spoken of above
was Wm. Govenlock, now of Van-
couver, B.C., son of the late Thomas
Govenlock, of Seaforth. The little
sister was Miss Susie Govenlock .and
the other little girl was Mary, dau-
ghter of the late Mr. Robert Goven-
lock, of -Seaforth, who presented
William with a beautifully bound
Bible, with an account of his heroic
act inscribed on the fly -leaf, and ex-
pressing the gratitude of the family
to him for saving little Mary's life.
The above wae sent to Mr. R.
Covenlock by Mr. Alexander Mac-
kenzie, of Guelph, and was published
in The Huron Expositor of last. week.
It will be of interest to the readers
of this paper to know that the one
referred to as "little Mary" is the
wife of Rev. T. Wesley Cosens, now
pastor of the United Church at
Lyndon.
THE CANADIAN HEN
The Canadian hen. has been the
subject of articles, eulogistic or gay,
eine° the first newspaper was publish-
ed in the country and "pro bono pub-
lico," "constant reader" and others
began to tell the editor how his per-
iodical should be conducted. But she
has been responsible to. a large ex-
tent in securing for Canada the
World's Poultry Congress to be held
in 1927. Some idea of the extent of
this organization may be gleaned in
the statement that from United
States alone 2,000 delegates are ex-
pected. It i11, incidentally, be the
first such congress held in an Eng-
lish-speaking country, former gather-
ings having all *taken place on the
European continent.
It was the showing made by Can-
adian poultry exhibits at the last
Congress, held at Barcelona, Spain,
in 1924, that decided the place of
meeting for next year. One feature
of these gatherings is tht exchange
of ideas as to poultry raising, pre-
paration for market, and egg produc-
tion. Ottawa, where the Congress
will be beld next summer, will no
doubt find it as interesting as a ses-
sion of Parliament,
The value of poultry in this
country is now a recognized faetor
in its commerce and busbies. A re-
cent estimate gave Canaea nearly
43,000,000 hens, withturkeys, geese
and ducks bringing the totel number
of poultry ie the country up to al-
most 48,000,060, the whole having a
dish value of some 542,500,060.
These striking statistics may soothe
the heart of the plat who sometimes
has harsh words foe the damage his
neighbors' hens do in hitt garden, or
the early morning choral efforts of 0
conceited rooster,
IllitUCE COUNTY
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The County Council of Bruee,
threngit 118 solicitor, David4Forreeter,
of Paisley, has entered en appeal
/method the ;judgment of His Honor
Judge Spetton, of Guelph, Who pre-
sided at the Spring Assizee beret and
who nweeded Mrs. Albert Pennell, of
Walketton 8400 damages end coats
against the.toenty far a benken ee1.
lar bone and other injosies meeived in
euto spill et the aPProaelh of Om
lath Con. bridge. Brant, last AugUst,
Cainpbell Gram, commei f ot •Mre,
It'ennell, will combat the Apnea') %oboe
it antes. before the Aonelltite DivItifon
(Irma, at Oegoodp Ball, Tatuti(0,