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The Clinton News Record, 1912-06-27, Page 7onto* MONTREAL " 11 THE STANDARD is the NatIdnal ,N5Teek1y Newspaper of the Dominion Canada. It is national in all it Wens. uses the mOst 'expensive 'engrav. ;Angs, procuring the photographs from all over the world. 'Its articles are carefully selected and Its editorial poliCy is thoroughly Independent. A subscription to The' Standarci , Costs $2.00 per year to any address 111 o anada or Groat Britain. TRY IT FOR 1912! Montreal Standard Publishing Cd., Limited, Publishers. Synopsis of Canadian Northwest Land Regnlations. , Any person who is the sole head of a family, or any male over 18 years old, may homestead a quart- er section of available Dominion land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta. The applicant must ap- pear in person at the Dominion Lands Agency Or Sub -Agency ,for the district,. Entry by proxy may be made at any agency, on cer- . thin conditions by father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intending homesteader. Duties. --Six months residence upon and cultivation of the land in each of three years. A homestead- er may live within nine miles of his homestead on a farm of at least 80 acres solely owned and oc- cupied by him or by his father, • mother, son, daughter, brother or sister. • In certain districts a homeatead- er in good standing may pre-empt a quarter -section 'alongside his homestead. Price, 3,00 per acre. Duties.—Must reside upon the homestead or •pre-emption ,six months in each of six years from date of homestead entry (including the time required to earn home- stead patent) and cultivate fifty , acres extra. A homesteader who has exhausted his homestead right and cannot ob- tain a pre-emption may enter for a purchased homestead in certain districts. Price, $3.00. , • Duties.—Must reside six months in each of three years, cultivate fifty acres and erect a house worth $300.00, • W. W. CORY, Deppty of the Minister of the In- terior. N.13.—Ijeauthorized publication of this .advertisement will not be paid for. .0.9114c. BUNKER HILL GUN A FARE? Antiquary Writes That It Always Belonged to British. A despatch from Quebec says: An interesting letter in connection with the Bunker Hill gun has been writ- ten to a local paper. by Col..Neil- ton, the president of the Quebec Literary. and 'Histalieal Society. He says the gun was not captured at Bunker Hill, but always belonged to the English. The idea that it seas taken in war was given out so as to make it intereseing 'to American visitors. ' MANY HOMESTEAD ENTRIES. 4,451 Made in Western Provinces During April. .A deepatch from Ottawa says: During April 4.451 homestead en. tries were made in the Western pro- vinces: 475 in Manitoba, 2,263 in Saskatchewan, 1,684 in Alberta, and 29 in British Columbia. Of these 1,199 were Americans, 837 from Great Britain 1,210 Canadians, 69, French, 132 Germans, 343, Austro- Huegerians, 14 Hollandere, 149 Swedes, 207 Norwegians, and 209 ,Rassians. • 'MOUT MILLION BUSHELS. ° --- What Mr. Chamberlin Expects G. T. P. to Irani This rear. A despatch from Montreal says: Mr. E. J. Chamberlin, President of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Grand Trunk Railways,made an estimato • on Wednesday of the amount of grain the Grand Trunk Pacific • would probably haul out Of the prairie country this year. Against '18,000,000 bushels brought out last year, he • believed that the figure this year would be nearer 30,000 - 000. SIR GEORGE WIIII'E IS DEAD. Defended Ladysmith Against Boers for 10 Days. A desPatch from London says : Field Marshal Sir George White, V.C., Governor of Chelsea Ethos/- . tal, London's home for aged soldi- • ers, arid deremler of Ladysmith during the South African War for 119 days, died on Monday in his 77th year. cUNBURN. %dr BLISTERS, SORE FEET. litveirylioely Dow admita ZeMellIdi be, tee' die* Lab citslez WIN Awash ant Saver estopeasest BOAT BREAKS CANAL LOOK Vessel Runs Amuck at Thorold and Three Children Drowned A despatch from St. Catharines hurled down upon them, .oarrying qays Three young lives were lost and thousands of dollars' •worth of damage done at Lock 22 on the new Welland Canal en Thursday after- noon, when the Government survey steanoer La Citnadienne crashed int inthe head gates of the lock, which were carried away.. In the onrush of water from the level' above the steamer was thrown back against the rear gates, sana,shing and pulling them out with her, thus giving tile water in the entire level above free scope to rush through to the short level below. The mighty ',lath of water carried the vessel back with it more'than hunclre,d yards, landing it on the easeerly batak of the canal, where the rough, stiff bottom severely punctured the hull, causing the expensive 'vessel to eettle to the bottom of the canal. At the time of the accident five young lads from Merritton were playing near the west weir of look three of the boys ae it would eo many weeds over the embankment and into the waters of the wapte weir, fifteen feet below. The un- fortunate lads who lost their lives were Willie Jaeke, eged five years; Willie Wallace, sometimes called Tiffany, about the same age, and Leonard Bretheriek, aged four. Dave Bouck, a few years older, was rescued by Hugh Maguire of ' the Government Survey staff, who was• with his gang working on the Wel- • land ship canal route in that vicin- ity. George Bretherick, an elder brother of one of the lads drowned, managed to save himself by running towards and gaining shelter in the lockhouse of lock 21. Water from the upper leek tore away the bank aleing the waste weir and did dam- age to thesroadway along the side of the canal and eurrounding the country as far as loek 18, The Grand Trunk tunnel near lock 17 was flooded and entirely filled up. 21. With hardly a moment's warn- Ilia alone wdl cost the Govern- ing the water from heck 9.2 level was ment thousands of dollars. AT A COURT PRESERATION SOCIETY LADY DESCRIBES THE CEREMONY. How It Was Conducted in the Lat- ter Days of Queen Victoria', • Reign. A visit to a relative who was busy with preparations for the forth- coming Court to which she is cora- tnandedaremireded me vividly of my early impressions of is Drawing Roorn. I first made my bow to Royalty during the latter daye of Queen. Vic- toria's reign, when Courts were held at the unbecoming hour of three o'clock. On my first aimearance at Coma I dressed very simply in a white sa- tin gown and train, and wore no jewels. I had the advantage of the private entry. The fortunate few entitled to this privilege are mem- bers af the Corps Diplornatigtie, foreigners af dietinction and mem- bers of the Household, They have the right to drive into the courtyard by a separate en- trance reserved exclusively for their benefit, and, once inside the Palace, they meet in a room ad- joining the Throne Room, where all crush is avoided, and pass arat the Royal presence, while their less for- tunate friends wait their turn be- hind a roped -off barrier. MY FRIEND THE PAGE. _ Judging from personal experi- ence, if a girl has any natural grace she had far better trust to that to carry her successfully through the ordeal of presentation than to take lessees from one of the many pro- fessors of deportanent, who adver- tise their ability to instruct in mat- ters of Court etiquette. A little relative of mine, aged fonrteen, who was aceing as Page of Honor to Queen Victoria ail; the time, standing erect, behind her Majesty, •smiled encouragingly at me as 1 curtseyed, and I could scarcely refrain from laughing, as we had .so often rehearsed this scene in private. My little friend the Page ful/y a,p preciated the importance of hi position, as his attendance a Court, for which he received—as d the four Pagessin-Waiting—B230 year, entitled him to a ehole day' leave from school on the Stet occasions to which he was corn FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES op INTEREST ?Rd M HER RANKS AND BRAS. What Is Going on in The Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. A man. named Thomas Carey, who resided at Dovecothell Street, Barr- head, has lost his life through mis- taking barium chloride for Epsom salts. Mr. James Shankland has died at, Girvan, aged ninety years. He NSW born at Bridgernill and lived his lifetime in Girvan, having carried on a boat and shoe huaineas there. The body of a woman found float- ing in ehe Forth and Clyde Canal has been identified as that of Eliza- beth Sandilands Penman (82), a do- mestic servant in the employment of a lady ab 1128 Argyle Street. Fatal injuries were inflicted on Robeet Brander, cattleman, Gays - brigs Farm., near Elgin. A ball he was driving turned viciously upon him and tossed a,nd trampled on him repeatedly until he IVILS beaten off. Dumfermline Town Council have received authority fnom the Local Government Board to proceed with their proposed town planning echeme for Rosyth, The area which will be town planne.d is 5,000 acres in extent. • A family of five has been rendered lmmele,es by the burning of a house near Auchen,crow, Berwickshire, occupied by a stonebreaker. The furniture,. whic,h was completely de- stroyed, Included it 200 years' old granelfather clock, On the occasion of his retirement from the service of the North Bri- tish Railway Company on attaining the age limit, Mr. James Garrow, stationmaster, Linlithgow, was pre- sented by the tinders and public of the town and district with a. hand- some testimaniel, A body washed ashore at the vil- lage of Avoch, in the Black Isle, has Scan identified as that of 'William Fraser, it Jorryman employed by - Wordie and 00., WhO disappeared s from Inverness on and March last. a; Elie widow and family reside in In - 0 verness. a The fraudulent stencilling of s trade marks on bartels of Scottith e herring exported to Russia has been - going on for some years, and one of the ehief sufferers has been a lead- ing o deeetablished firm of Fraser- burgh fish curers. The death has occurred at his residence, Broomvale, Broom- knoihe, of Dr. Ohms, 1. Allan, who hit e for the past 45 years been a medical practitioner in the •Bonny - rig and •Iasswade districts.. Dr. sAhlilraeu Was a native , of- Aberdeen. Martha Lestiper (17), who resided at 352 St., Tames' Street, Kinning Park, hes been found drowned in the Clyde. Mr, John Henderson, contractor, Gatehouse of Fleet, has died as the reeult of injuries sustained through being pitched out of his dogcart, which collided with a motor car. On the occasion of his retirement on account of ill -health, Mr. Wm. MeGarvas ,who has be,on fitotor for the Ardwall and ICnockieshie es- tates of Lady MeTaggart for 38 years, was presented privately with a solid silver. tray, while Mrs. MC - 00.21,a was the re,mpient of a eieridet necklace, News has been received in Haw- ick of the deatli at North Ta,ieri, New Zealand, of Mr. Andrew Grieve, who had attained the age of 91% yeas. Mr. Grieve wae a na- tive • of • Aghkirk parish, and spent many eyears on a farm near Hawick, being afterwards for fourteen yeers at Jlroornhill, Melrose. Formerly a post of Page of Hon er meant a nomination to one of th regiments of Guards, then a costl affair. In the present day this dis tinction is given to the sons of par ents personally known to the King and Queen, at a stipend of 11230 a year, and no other privilege i granted. A boy's duty ends when he attains the age of sixteen and a half years, 'and he is fthe to choose his own profession. Presentation at Court in the days of Queen Victoria generally con- cluded by five o'clock in the after- noon, when the debutante and her' mother returned borne to receive friends and show off their finery.. WHAT A STATE BALL IS LIKE. A command to a State ball follow- ed my presentation at Court, and to this I looked forward with the greatest pleasure. When the great night arrived, I dressed myself with more than customary care; and, when my toilette was complete, left home to call for my another, who was dining out, and accompany her to Buckingham Palace. The ball begins at eleven o'clock,. but gaests arrive 'before that hour sand stand in line to watch the Royal procession enter the ball -room, pre- ceded by the Gold Stiek, who walks backwards. To be in'vited and dance in a Royal quadrille is considered a much -cov- eted honor, but to me it was a doubtful pleasure, as, although I did not disgrace myself, my whole thoughts were so busily employed in remembering my Steps, and in endeavoring to copy ethos, that I had no time to enjoy myself or con- verge with my partner. The latter, I think, must have found me a dull companion, for, its aeon as the dance was over he, bur. ried off to my mother, in evhoth charge he left rae. At one o'clock supper is served in one of the magnificent apartment; adjoining the long corridor, Supper over, the Royal hosts res tire in prooesgion as they came, and the guests teasurely take their de- parture.--Londoti amen. GRAIN MEN HAPPY. Hot Weather in West Great Benefit • 'to Grain. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Among grain clealees of every de- scription in Winnipeg on Monday it was asserted that the present hot weather is Nat what wiea needed, folloevinethe wet spring. They as- sert the growing grain is not ad - feting. Natural gas in large quantities has been discovered, at Tofteld, torty-one mike from Edmonton, on the G, T. P., where coal was lately tosd. • Pains Have Vanished Neuralgia' Completely Cured, eure of bire. H. L. Garrett, Guthrie, P. Ga, ie another ,vlotorY bl Roceee rsaarfa, Tbis great meat- olne has eutheeded in Meey canes where °there have utterly failed. Mrs; Barrett say st "I fingered intensely from neurelgue In the head face and ohm/Mere. 5 had used various medi- cines without relief. I heard of Flood's Sermaparilla end decided to try It. and I bless the day I did. I took It several months and now feel well. All any pains have vanIthedra Got Hood's Sarsaparilla today. Sold by all druggists everywhere. • GERMAN AIRSHIP'S FEAT. Zeppelin III. Shows What Can Be • Done in War. The magnificent flight of the Zep- pelin III. at midnight on Friday frorn Friedrickshaven to Hamburg, a distance of 425 miles, has been hailed with pride by the German •press. As was the case in England when the naliy, aeroplanes and hy- ciroaeroplanee achieved such fine results at the King's review of the fleet, so in Germany the Zeppe- lin's suocess has turned public and expert attention to the possibilities of aircraft in future warfare. The Tagliehe Rundschau goes straight to the point in saying: "What this signifies is at once clear when one'realizes that the dis- tance from Heligoland to Rosyth Bay—the English North Sea naval base—ie also 425 miles. "In this future naval base on the Firth of Forth will be stationed six- teen English first-class battleships and ten armored cruisers, which would be of the utmost importance in deciding a naval engagement. From here also a bleeka,cle of the North Sea from Seistland to Norway Would be initiated. "From the aeroplane dock at Hamburg, if necessary, with a halt at Religeolancil a Zeppelin airship can now fly with absolute safety to Rosyth, and could reconnoitre the movements of dreadnoughts, and when its task was done either re- turn, or, if necessary, remain for days on the horizon, sending by wireless e,verything that had been discovered. "A still simpler task would be that of reconnoitring Harwich, with its active destroyer flotilla,. This harbor is only 285 miles from Heli- goland and the distance would be., child's play to our large airships. Dover, with its six battleships and four cruisers, and Sheerness, with its reserves, lie only a mere trip away and could be patrolkd at the slime time. "As soon as the German Admiral- ty has four airships with a capacity of 500,000 cubic feet they will be able to reconnoitre the whole Eng- lish coast in the event of mobiliza- tion," 15, SEVEN PERSONS SHOT. One Woman Was Probably Fatally Injured. A despatch from Hastinegt-Osille- Hudson, N. Y., says: Seven per- sons, including a woman and a small boy, were shot on Monday afternoen in a clash between strik- ers and special deputies guarding the National Conduit & Gable Com- pany's Works, where a strike has been in progress for some time. The woman was probably mortally wounded, anti all the others are in a serious condition. The others wounded were (strikers or sympa- thizers. So far as could be learned, the shots were fared by the guards and not •returned by the strikers. The small boy injured was playing in the streets. $10,000,000 CONTRACT BY C.P.R. Toronto Construction Co. Will Den- ble Track Part of Line. A despatch from Toronto says: It was announced on Thursday that a contrast efor the proposed double- traeldng of the C.P.R. between Sudbury and Port Arthur had been awarded to Deaks & Hinds of the Totonto Construction Company. Work will be started at once and rushed to as early a completion as possible, and it is hoped that the road will be in operation before winter. Ten million dollars ,is the estimated cost of construction, and it is expected that twenty-five hun- dred men will be engaged by July the first. SMASHED WIND OW TO STEAL. Thief Perpetrated Nervy Robbery at Toronto. • • A despatch from Toronto says: A nervy shopbreak-er smashed a win- dow of Ellis Bros.' jewellery store, 108 Tonga Street, with a stone early on Friday morning and made off with $300 worth of diamond rings The thief apparently made one grab and took just whatever his hand happened to fall on. There was other -jewellery in the window More valuable if the man had taken time to get it. . 4 NOTHING BETWEEN THEM.• . y`e,'11hear you had wards with Casey?" •• , "We had no words." "Thin nothin' passed between "Nothin' but 'one brick." Shakespeare's birthplace at Strafe ford -On -Avon- was visited by 40,000 people last year. -- Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills owe their singular effectiveness in curing Rheumatism, Lumbago and Sciatica to their power of stimulating and strengthening the kidneys. They enable these organs to thoroughly biter from the blood the uric acid (the product of waste matter) which gets into the joints and muscles and causes these painful diseases. Over half is centuryof constant uee has tieved conclusively that Dr. Manse's dies Root Pills strengthen weak kidneys and . 41 ‘Cure Rheumatism NOTES AND COMM NTS In his interesting brief dismission of the Lloyd -George national ineur- anoe bill Dr. Evans recalls John , Burnt' statement that 30 per cent, of the poverty in England is due to sickness. Britigh etatesmen of thie geeeration have been compelled to face the problem of poverty more definitely and sincerely than their predecessors. Under pressure of the tremendous competition for world trade and expansion, and of exigent social pressure frem within, it has become apparent to 33ritish stateannangbip that not only for the sake of domestic peace, but for that of international success, tho pover- ty of it huge proportion of the Brit- ish people rnust be studied and re- lieved.' In consequence, the pre- sent enlightened government is pros posing measures, like the insurance bill, that from our point of view seem •sweepingly.radical. Just as modern military ecience studies to perfect the efficiency of the individual soldier, so Modern statecraft must study to strengthen, equip, a.nd keep fit the individual citizen.' Neither an array nor a, na- tion engaged in the peaceful war- fare of trade may hope for victory solely by the larger strategy. Both must have its personnel at a high state of individual efficiency. Pov- erty makes an ewe:oinic. anel.social army of weaklings. Unquestionably health ii 8, prerequisite of fitness, and any social investigator will tes- tify to the part sickness plays in dragging under the normally self- eupporting, self-respecting, indus- trious class below the level of effici- ency. Where the margin of earn- ing over subsistence is narrow, as it is with a large class of the popula- tion, sickness wipes it out. John Burns' estimate is probably not too high, and this should be especially brought home to the smug conser- vative of the older type who, likes to dismiss poverty as the result of willful unthrift or viee. The problem bf national health is, therefore, one of the most import- ant. Sanitation, enforced by pub- lic regulations, must be supplemen- ted by sanitary education by mu- nicipal agencies by school instruc- tion, and by health discussion in the press and magazines. /5. According to an article by T. Thorne Baker in the London Times, chicken raising by means of electri- city is highly successful. Experi- ments with electrical currents ap- plied to the growing of kern and gancleu amps have been in progress Lor several years; the good results obtained therefrom led Mr. Baker to try the application of -a ean•rent to his poultry yard. • The chickens sUbjeotecl to this abnormal treatment, he writes, grow to the same weight with two- thirds the noeinal amount of food; fed with the normal amount of food, they gain nearly 40 per cent more weight in three months. The 'eke- trically treated, chickens ere far stronger, and weakly chicks, which ordinarily would have died, thrive under the treatment. Most extra, - ordinary result of all, the chief trouble of foster-naother ohicke'n raising., a high death rate during thesfirst few days, is avoided. The treatment is said to be inexpensieo. Chicken farming has long had at- tractiveness for many who seek a "back to the.land" life. Now comes a new hope, that electricity may be the means through which the chick- ens will survive and thrive. Fowls that are hatched in an incubator and raised by means of electric cur- rents may be far removed from na- ture, but they ought to be just as good eating as those produced by old-fashioned methods. If what Mr. Baker says proves true in gen- eral practice, the electric chicken yard will bo a great success. GOOD NATURE. Good nature has its lights and shades, and we need ,:to recognize them both. Easy, amiable people do not always de their full share to- wards the world's progress. They oil the wheels of life, it is true, and thus, by preventing friction, make its motion easier; but they do not always supply the force needed to move it. Good nature needs for its true balance a strong and firm sense of justice. If that be present and active there is no danger of our kindliness going to an extreme. But where it is absent, or at least imperfectly developed, the good - Matured person may easily fell into a habit of indiscriminate patience and forbearance, of easy approval and of toradoning whet is wrong, that is quite as self-inehrlgent as it is indulgent to others. Mr. Justioe •Greenehieldsaward.. ed $3;000 damages to Mrs. Morin, daughter of the late Father Chaska Chimquy, in her libel station againgt Joseph Begin, editor of La Oran; SOUND Al\II GEUIE COIRTS Triumphing &fore Battle or Discounting Victory Before Battle "Let not him that girdeth on the armor boast himself as he that tak- eth it off."—I, Kings xx. 11, Once in ancient days an invading conqueror sent a sword to hie en- emy withthe inscription, "I thirst," anti the enemy returned answer, "Haste, the vultures hun- ger." Savage warriors were ever to given brutal badinage before bat- tle, and this extravagant banter be- tween the kings of Israel and Syria stands as one of the famous replies from the field or on the eve of eon_ diet, As it appears to have been the only thieg worth noting that Ahab ever said, it is probable that this laconic answer was framed by the counsel of elders or one of the prophets at Samaria who were in the guidance of Jehova,h. In the stress of life's warfare bluff and trickery may Serve an end, but they also carry a risk. Vain boasting argues a bad cause — an empty hand—whose gamble is apt th be called elisasfaiously. An evil cause ought to spell elefeat. In the end we are bound to play the game and show our hand, and then it is the sound and genuine that counts. LIKE BENHADAD OF OLD, we may vainly depend upon mere trappings, plan and force for suc- cess. These are all good if they are well used, but when unworthily, em- ployed or bungled they may serve to hamper, entangle or confuse us; proving again that the "Taco is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong." In the end, it will be the manhood behind these that will win out. This old braggart was resting on his laurels. Had he not subjugat- ed these thirty and two kings who were here with armies to fight for and drink with him? And he was discounting his prospects, the. How many who have won diplomas this year will, like him, rest on their laurels, forgetting that a commence- ment argues a campaign, a start should indicate a finish, that suc- cess is evesin the making and is never assured till accomplished 1 In the end it will not he what your fa - them did, nor what you did onee upon a time, Kut what yon are and ' what you do then. How distressingly large is the number of temporary people who are in to -day and out to -morrow, who make it Path in the pan and ' THEN GO OUT FOREVER. Mark Antony dined with thirteen kings the day bethre Actium, and Benhadad feasted and drank with thirty and two kings an hour be- fore the disaster at Mount Geeizim. If we follow the high calling of Gad in Our work in the world it should be distinguished for stability, 8,nd if our life rests on sound principles and our warfare upon it good cense, then failure is shameful, wrong, and suecess is right, victory logical itnsi necessary. But in the end life's triumphs de- pend upon God! It was God that Berthas -lad left out of his life, plans and equipment—a fatal omission which seems to have been made by many now -a -days. Being without faith in the love and care andspur- . pogo of God, they are empty, weak. When certain desperate pirates sought to bribe the way into it Gre- cian city the guards answered, "The king keeps the gates." And so does God the Almighty keep the gates of life—He holds the golden key which opens the doors of vic- tory—His the hand also that unbars the everlasting portals of Paradise. Then, with all thy getting, get God first, and you may be sure of hap- piness at last.—Rev. C. Q. Wright. MANSION FOR PICKERING. Lord Somers to Have a Big Home Erected. A despatch from Cobourg .says: Martin Jest & Co., contractors; of , this town, have sent a large force of men and part of their pleat to Pickering, where the firm will erect a largo residence for Lord Somers, who recently purchased a fruit farm there. What Will The Settlement of Your Estate Cost? We will be pleased to tell you, if you will furnish us with par- ticulars. Bo charge. 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