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THE ROUGE' RIDERS •Of CANADA.
-Stirring Life and Wide Patrol ot the Northwestern Mounted
Police—Tbeir tilstory and. Personnel.
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The romance and tredition of the Far plains. These mongrele were a curl -
North for thirty yearhas made the Olifi combination. Wittig Scotchmen had
Northwest Mountea Police famous. Be- come over bound Or A period of ton
eently a Government edict has gone forth years to the service of the conilmena
that will send the daring body of men Arriviug at the limit of the ship paesage
further north and practically confine hi Hudson Bay, they hail fauna them.
their efforts to the mysterious region selves virtually slaves of the offisers.
inarltecl on the 'south by the Arctic lvfany of thou, bold and hardy youths,
circle. This new era in the career of deserted and married into the hostile
the Northwest Mounted 1, ewe is the tribes with whom the company trallea.
sequel of the tremendous immigration These were mostly Crees and Stoneys,
ttat has been pouring over the :south- the savage Blackfeet occupying the plains.
ern boundary for the last five years into further south, with -whom they came Rt -
the Northwest Territories. It presages tie in contact. These adventurers be
the dignity of provincial autonomy, for came a constant menace to the security
which Allaerte, Sad:atoll:man Ana As. of the Hudson Bey authorities, and in
siniboat, through thoor legislators, have time the turbulence culnanatea in that
repeatedly petitioued the Ottawa Govfierce outbreak known as the Red Aver
ernment. rebelliou, which later, in 1885, was 're -
The 'change means that the militia peated under the name of the Rael rebel -
system of the Dominion will be estab-
lished in this vast western empire, which Canada organized a mounted police
for more than thirty years has been force in Toronto in 1873, for the purpose
subject to the iron rule of the red- of establishing a semblance of order in
coated cavalry of the British empire. the unknown Rupert's Land. Three hun-
Probablynowbere in the. world, with the drat troopers revelled the West in 1874.
possible 'exception of Texas, wnere the Lieutenant Colonel French was in corn -
Rangers of pioneer days attained. fame. mend. They cause M by way of Fargo,
as rough and ready fighting men, does and Fort Bouton, and found the Amer -
history present a more picturesque ex. lean whiskey traders in command, exer.
ample of military oceupation of a force cising a elespotio sway over the Black -
of men with eo many daring deeds to feet. This was the beginning of the
their credit. In fact, the Mounted Police . fighting of the Northwest police. Cap -
of Canada have since their organization tam Charles E. Denny now resides in
presented a fascinating interest to civ- Calgary, He was with this original
illation peculiarly their own. There is body of men, and tells many interesting
i
no other instance n the empire -building stories of the collisions of the first year.
record. of the British people where so Where Macleod now BMWs, ono Inn -
small a body of armed men have accom. deed miles from the border, the whiskey
plithed SQ much with so little actual traders had erected a. fort. They had
resort to arms. Valued in song end mounted several brass cannon, and with
story as the explorers of Prince Rupert's the aid, of the rich Americantraders fur -
Land and the preservers of tbe peace ther south at Fort Benton were able to
of a domain as wide as from the Mee, defy the Iudians. This field had been
semi River to the Pacific Ocean and abandoned by the Hudson Bay people
from New Orleans to Boston, this splen- to the American Northwest Trailing
did army of veteran fighters was con- Company some years before. It was to
structea upon a nucleus of but three drive out the American whiskey trad-
hundred plainsmen. Ora that the mounted police found their
It is an alluring story f or the English- first week- The old fort was taken.
speaking world to contemplate. The This was the famous Whoopup of the
reign of the. Canadian police extends Pioneer days. It was so named because
over A 'hostile country lying between. the traders there ran olit of whiskey
the 49th and 61s4 parallels of latitude Pa one oeasion, and hurried a messenger
and the 101st and 116th degrees of longi. to whoop up the supply. It was located
tude. To -day there are twenty-four at the jonetion of tbe Belly and S.
hundred members of this body In 1873, Mary's rivers. The name was changed
when the force was organized, it eon. in honor of Colonel Macleod.
slated of three hundred. It was in the The mounted polies stations were grad -
following year that the small army sne ually extended north., They reached the
present site of Calgaree one hundred and.
vaded the unknown Prince Rupert's Land,
as all this section was then -known. For fifty miles north, the following year. It
was here that a curious character of
years the original forcee ontrolled this
ieree history was found—Sam Livingston. He
colossal empire, inhabited. by
tribes of Indian warriors, and fiercer was located in a natural fort at the
bands of White desperadoes. The gradual confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers
and, eked out an existence trading with
increase sof population necessitated
adding to the force. the Indiana He was an American, who
To -day these cavalry scouts penetrate
had come west as a child with "Kit" Car -
far beyond the Arctic circle and main. son. Then and for years afterwards
tain law and order among the Indian Livingston claimed absolute domain as
tribes that spread out in the icebound
far as his rifle would shoot in any direc-
north, where the redman's skin grad-
ually clears .and gives place to the Es-
quimau. From the American border on
the south to the Arctic Sea on the north,
a distance of two thousand miles, and
from Manitoba on the east to British
Columbia on tbe west, n distance of
eight hundred miles, these nien exercise
civic control.
It was to this veteran force that the
empire appealed in its darkest momenta,
wheat the Boer sharpshooters were de-
eitoying the English eegnlars. Many of
the Canadian mounted rifleman who died
at Haat's River and fought the republic-
an forces at Spion Kop were drawn from
these riders of the western plains. It
was this leaVen that formed the Cepa-
dian regiments sent to South Africa into
such a fighting corps similar in mobility
and accuracy of rifle fire to the Boer
oommandoes. A generation. before these
same rough riders had been celled upon
for the hard work in advance of British
regulars putting down the Biel rebel-
lion in the Northweet. These two fierce
cosvfliets established the mettle of these
men, as a hundred sharp battles with
Indians and outlaws all over the North-
west had before ane. since teated their
Ted blood.
The Americana pouring into the west
threaten to destroy the usefulness of.
this histork.organization. As rapidly as
the Territories are Organized the militia
system supplonte the anounted police.
Therefore they will be confined to the
Mackenzie la.nd, Athabaska and. the un-
named region beyond the inlets of the
Arctic Ocean within a ehort time."To-day
the outposts of chilization on. Great
Beat Lake and the valley of the Macken-
zie River, the Mississippi of the north,
are marked by the presence of a single
red. °oat, and, curious as it may appear,
this lonely sentinel, the .only symbol of
British authority for hundreds of miles,
Is sufficient to preserve order among the
half wild tribes Wale sufinly the Hudson
bay Company with its far treasure in
that distant land.
In Calgary, nearly two eliousand miles
from Chicago, the People do not eonsider
themselves anywhere near the border of
civalization toward the north. Here is lo- retrograded because of the lack of ex-
oated the great barracks of the police,but citing duty. But to -day it includes a
three hundred miles north, Edmonton, a
city of 10,000, is the northern terminus
of the Clanialian Pacific Railroad. Then the readiness of these raiders of the
for another thousand miles ordinary plains to tnove from point to point,
commercial relations are maintained make time and shot guide is duo the ex -
through the actin of Hudson Bay trad-
big poets. Not until that remote region•
Is reached do Canadians begin to see the
border's of their empire. In fact, the
Peace River country, that land of prom-
ise which is being aought by so nia.ny
i
Americans to -day; s five hundred miles
north of Edmonton. Here tate Ameticans
age to -day raising wheat sand *ate, in a
land where vegetation was a few years
ago supposed to be abaolutelye extinct.
This gives an idea of tam tremendous
mope of the field tributary to the influ-
ence of the Northwesst :Mounted Police.
This alas been their sphere of influence
me
di1874.
It u'is in 1860 tth
hat e Itualsoo. Bay
Company, that eolossal industrial organ- are immune from the attack of bandit,
ization that dates its charter back to These robbers realize that on that side.
1761, sorrendered its claim to Remert's ean be found day and night several Inin-
Land. Canada paid $1,000,000 in got& for dred men as Well armed and as well
this unloosen stretelt :territory that mounted as they, who know the country
year. Tate mape of that date ellosv a better and who can move faster on
ssplash of wIllte from Winnipeg to the slight Justice than all the sheriff posses:
Rocky Mountains. The forty-ninth do- the Western States could organize. 'limn:
gree wan the American border, and that the same theory that sotne time sinee led
Was the only mark thee would bitlicate the Union Pacific to arm a ittunber of re.
to school children. of that clay the gee- solute men and keep them with their
grapbical location of things to the uorth. mounts ever ready to go aboard fast
The Hudson Bey traders had purposely train to pursue trein robbers, the Cana -
• kept the world M ignorance of the uat- dieri West dominates the lawless "gun
twat wealth of that Iand just over tbe fighters" of the Territories. It is the
Amerkan border, oaten the stream display of force and preparedness.
break away from tate watmethea leading It is no secret in British Ameriea that
th
into e Guff of of Atexiee, and, gathering Northwest Mounted Pollee will form
ea
volume, flow into the Arctic Ocn: or the scouting force, and. probably the first
Hudson Ilay. It Weal an opth book to line of elefeftee, of ever a conflict comes
these menarche of the forest and plains, with the ,States Though 78 per cent. ot
but a aealed book to the outside world. the new settlers are Amerients, the relit -
Here it wan that elm old Motion Bay Adorns betseeen the Canadiens and the
rulers used to drew, eaeli evening for din. ntilkOOS are most medial, However, this
Dier Iaeleally as in their dear old Lon- inmortant. fact is nob lost sight of—that
don, for the single purpose of avoiding the moimtea police Woeld attempt here
*a relapse into savegery. with aome eh:owe of :amass to repast
In 1809, when they eurrendered this the Odin found ets dangerotta by the
domain that the. el:arta of tha Xing old Boer Warriors, if it ever bermes- me
gave them in perpetuity, it WWI because cessary to repel an etteek from genteel -
of the amid -savage raee of half breeders can troops,
end hostile Indians tlutt overran the The (went in the history of the force
•
bon. The extraordinary character re-
sides here to -clay, one of the ties that
bind the present with the early part ol
the last century. It was some time ago
that the old man made a trip down to
Winnipeg, a spot he had not visited in
seventy years, He declared that "meat.
eine" had been put in his eyes when he
saw the tall buildings. He witnessed
the movements of an electric ear then
for the first time, and again declared it
more "medicine" than real.
The mounted police barracks at Cal-
gary are a spacious park, including many
building. Lieut. -Col. Sanders is in com-
mand. Commissioner Perry resides in
Regina, capital of the Territories, six
hundred miles further east, but this is
the important post, since it is the point
where the Ca.nadian Pacific Ralroad Ines
cross for the east and west, north and
south. The police are attired in eavarly
trousers, a ',aright mil tunic, and white
helmet. They carry two heavy revolvers
and a Snider carbine. Strung out in
every direction over the plains, the po-
lice are prepared by this chain to con-
vey news off the railways with remark-
able celerity. They ride in relays and.
couriers reach the Arctic Circles from the
American border easily at the rate of
one hundred milee a day. Two score men
are maintained in the Calgary barracks
for emergency duty, and aro rushed out
in relays as desired. Regular military
discipline is maintained, and any Mail
permttn,g a prisoner to escape is sent to
the penitentiary. In the isolated dis-
tricts these police make arrests, act as
judge and jury, and not infrequently as
executing officer. This complete corn.
mand gives the force .extraordinary influ-
ence even at points so far remote that
they could not back their edicts • by
force.
While the members of the mounted
police receive but ninety cents a day
and provender for their mounts, the ser-
vice is surrounded with suck a halo of
romance that the adventurous and. the
restless of all nations vie with one an-
other in securing the positions. Since the
American occupation the country has so
rapidly settled up that the service has
fine body of cavalry, ready to move day
or night on the slightest provocation. To
traordinary freedom. of the Canadian
West from lawlessness. On the Ameri-
can side of the border, south of Macleod,
the cow -punchers go armed, and the
"bad" men flourishes his weapon, always
eonspieuciusly displayed: The line is the
limit of this sort of thing.
The desperado who vides ,aeross is
forced to discard his weapons. If he re-
sists he is confronted with certain death.
The road agents who levee periodically.
raided the transcontinental trains pass-
ing through Montana, when pursued, ride
-close up to the Canadian line, but seldom
erOss. The Canadian Pacific trains, rich-
ly laden with the treasure of the Orient,
passiug through to the imperial coffers,
_w•nagent.L.-.
Of Exquisite Flavor
and Absolute Purity
VI
Ceylon Natural Creen Tea
fragrant tea leaves. It Is to
"SAI•ADA" Black Is to the
lead Packets only. 25 and
that reflects most credit upon their capa-
city foe handling eritioel situations grow
out of the flight of old Sitting Bull and
his Sioux band of braves after Ilse Cus-
ter massacre. Captain Denny, of Calgary,
ellen in command. of a detachment of
police, surrounded the Sioux, outnumber-
ed. a hundred to one, and forced them to
remain fn a preseribed limit pending ne-
gotiations with Uncle Sam. It was the
dashing Mounted Poike Captain Denny
who took front Sitting Bull the huge
gold. watch the old. Daltan oblef had
snatched from the still quivering corpse
of the doling Coster on the bloody field
of the Little Big Horn and retiu.ned it to
Mrs. Custer. Though the Sioux baa nest
destroyea snore than twice as xnany fine
cavalry troopers as Captain Denny eon.
fronted him with,his braves seemed cowed
ed by the very knowledge of their bloody
victory, and offered no violence to ehe
small body of Canadian police.
These fighting men bate no authority
within towns and eities throughout the
Territories •to make wrecks except wben
the crimes are committed beyond such
municipal bounds. However, they act as
it militia, force ;to be called in whenever
the ordinary constabulary are linable to
maintain order. The troopers do regular
patrol work, and Tide by their chain Sys-)
tom from the Amerieen line to the Arctic
circle In their relay system. It is one of
4110 Marvels of the many curious things
witnessed in the far north—the presence
of single red -coated men, grim and si-
lent, keeping in check hundreds and even
thousands of India.ns and their wilder
half-breed companions, It is the cer-
tainty, however, that if violence is done
one of these men retribution is swift
that gives them the amazing command
of tarbulent"forees altogether out of pro-
portion to their ability to enforce the
laws. The police commissioner or diigh-
est officer present site as a court and
dispases of all cesee brought by ehe
scouts, with little regard for the hair-
splitting technicalities of the legal fra-
termity. The guilt or innocence is de-
termined not infrequently upon hearsay
evidence, but it is enariently satisfaotory
to the law abiding people. The Amer-
ican settlers are the loudest in their
praise of 'this strange, system that em-
braces both civil, ami criminal jurisdic-
tion, with little hope .o.foguilty men evad-
ing. it. . -
It was this !resolute force that was
most responsible for the sudden crum-
bling of the Ric' half-breed republic that
the old western fighter attempted to
eaeve out of the Territories in 1885.
When Louis Riel came over from the
States, where be was teaching school at
an Indian Catholic mission near Sun
Dance, Mont., he was pursued by the
composed only of fresh,
the *Japan tea drinker what
black tea drinker! Sealed
400 p-er lb. By all grocers.
Mounted. Police. Though Canadian mili-
tia, were neceseary before he :surrendered,
after the fierce battle at llatoelice it
was the pollee wbo eaptureil liiM, 46111 it
was the same determined redcoats who
hanged hint at Regina, Nov. 16. But they
permitted a monument to be eroded
over his tomb at the old St. Boniface
mission, on the banks of the thrbulent
Red. River, of which Whittier, in his Red
River Voyageur, wrote:
The voyageur smilea As be listens
To the sound that grows apaee;
WeR lie knows the vesper ringing
Of the hells of St. Bouiface.
The bells of the Roman mission,
That call from their turrets twain,
To the boatman on the river
And the hunter oa the plain.
* Kidney Duty., it is the particular
function of the kidneys to filter out poisons
which pass through them into the blood.
Wheu the kidneys are diseased they cannot
do their whole duty, and should have the
help and strength that South American
Itidney Cure will afford in any and all
forms of kidney disorder. It relieves in 0
houru.-14.
RAW FOOD FOR LABORERS.
Uncooked Ration to be Issued_ to Those
on the Panama Strip.
Chicago is the location of the head of a
cult Which is endeavoring to popularize
an uncooked diet, end the members of
the movement axe just now greatly
elated over the fact that the United
States Government has adopted a raw
food ration for its laborers on the Pan-
am,a. °anal. It is asserted that raw food
is not only more convenient to trans-
port and prepare but it contains more
nourishment and maintains the body in
a superior condition. It is claimed that
the qualities of a great many foods are
destroyed by the process of cooking
Which is now generally resorted to, In
the case of the Panama laborers it is
said that they will be better able to
fight off :tate ravages of fever and dis-
ease and by this means it is hoped that
the death list of the Panama strip will
be materially kept down during the ap-
proaching operations.
The advocates of the raw food diet
held a meeting recently in the city of
°Wag* to nitify the Government's ac-
tion in this :matter. A. very interestiag
address was made by Professor 13yron
Tyler, the lemident of the organization,
He said that the society's motto van "A
Universal Raw Food Diet," and its work
would never cease until this end was
accomplished and people were in cense-
I 'Miss I-Iapgood tells how she was cured
of Fallopian and Ovarian Inflammation—
and escaped an awful operation by using
yclia E. Pinitham's Vegetable' Compound.
"DrAn, Mits. PirutzrAm : —I suffered for four years with what the
doetors called Salpingitis (inflammation of the fallopian tubes) and. ova-
ritis, wbich are most distressing and painful ailments, affecthig all the
surrounding parts, undermining the constitution, and' sapping the life
force .s If you had seen me a year ago, before I began taking Lydia B.
• Pinkhara's *Vgetable Compound, and. had noticed the sunken e3res,
sallow complexion, and general emaciated condition, and conipared that
person. with me as I BM today, robust, hearty and well, you would not
wonder that I feel thankful to you and your wonderfttl medicine,
which restored no to now life and health in five months, and saved me
from aii aivful operation." Thrive ILtr000n, 1022 Sandwich St,
Windsor, Out
I Ovaritis or inflammation of the ovaries or fallopian tubes which adjoin the
1 ovaries may result from sudden stopping of the monthly Bow, from inflamma-
tion of the womb, and many other causes. The slightest indication of trouble
With the ovaries, indicated by doll throbbing pain 40 tho side, itecompanied
by heat and shooting pains, should claim your instant attention. It will not
euro itself, and a hospital operation, with all its terrors, may easily result from
neglect.
"Drain Mts. roliormsr can truly say that you have saved
my life, and I cannot express my gratitude to you in words.
"Before I wrote to you telling how I felt, X had doctored for over
two years steady and spent lots of money in medicine besides, but it all
failed to do Da0 any geed. My menses did net appear in that time, and
I suffered much pain. X would daily have •
fainting spells, headache, backache and
bearing down Pain, and was so weak that
it was hard for tee to do my work.
"X used your medicine and treatment
as directed, and after taking three bottles
of Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Corn,
pound, lnellSe8 appealed, my womb trou,
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Lydia V. Pinkhuni's 'Vegetable
Compound and 1310od Purifier
. together, and am now restored to
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T,„ C. Wmtensrs, It 11.Xo. 1, Iterating, /owe.
Such unquestionable testinmay pivots thts power of Lydia E. Pink,
ihrtmert Vegetable Compound over diseases of womeu.
'Women should remember that they are privileged to tonsult
;$101.-rillklutra at Lynn, Mass.) about their illuris) eutirely
ogee:tee made better, healthier and hap-
pier. Ito Said that the Chicago Raw Vow/
Society was doing the greatest work of
the twentieth century; that all the vice
and warts and intemperance of the world .
did not cause half tbe injury that the '
practice, =IV 60 general, of eating gook -
ed food, did.
"The hopes and 41MS of the Chicago ,
Raw Food Society," sold Professor Ty-
ler, "are not only -to teach eivilizeil man
the art or Meme of eating his fowl nn -
coked, but, since Uncle Sam is to com-
plete tile Panama, canal by the influence
of our example and practice of dieting
wholy and solely on elementary or raw
food, to suggest to thousands of our own
high-grade and kiglochtes artisans, labor -
1 era and others, who would go to that
country at Once if it were not for the
feat of disease, that it is not only possi-
ble but the easiest thing imaginable for
one to go to Panama anti do all sorts of
businese and perforin the iiaudejb »livsi
cal tasks that migiit be required of la-
borers on the ditoh and yet enjoy perfect
.hesath,or at least just as good health IN
the average would be with the same
number of inen engaged in the num
class of work in the United States,
"In order fully to satisfy my cam mind
on this subject, in the spring of 1901 I
acepted a position beim the Santa Fe
Railroad Company as pump eagineer
a deep well pump at Pinta, Ariz., irate('
on tbe banks of the Rio Pereldo Raver—
one of the. most important water stoe
ticms on this line of road. between Al-
buquerque and Williams, Ariz. For a
period of three months I sereened and
wheeled every day three tone of coal 40
yards to the engine house; the screen-
ings I wheeled 00 yards ana dumped, and
beelees did all the work proper connect-
ed with oaring Mr a local stationary en-
gine. And. tide I did notwithstanding the
faet that I had folkwed a business car-
• alt ol
y iife, and for a Long time
immediately prior tbereto was a member
of the Kansas City Board of Trade. My
muscles ot the start were aoft and not
inured .to work. But notwillistanding
these Ws 1 was able to perform this
work very satisfactorily to myself, fl.nd,
also, I believe, to the company. One thing
is certain, I demonstented beyond any
doubt that, living on raw food, it person
could. do hard phySical work and enjoy
better 'health than the average laborer
mho subsists on .the devitalized cooked
foods, who is engaged in the same work.
"In view of the experiences already
noted,'We awe an easy argument to eon-
vince the most dubious mind that the
most intelligent, the most beautiful, the
strongest and the longest lived animals
and birds live in the tropics. We might
mention the elephant, for longevity, in-
telligence and strength; the deer, ante-
lope and gazolel for beauty and sym-
metrical fugure, and the gorilla, the
strongest animal in all nature for its
size, the one that most nearly approach-
es anon in appearance and the one that
all other amnia% fear.'
Professor Tyler stated that his experi-
ence had shown tlita people in the
tropics at present vere addicted to eat-
ing a great deal of cooked meats and
drinking an enormous amount of very
strotug o ee, whieh he declares is the
principal cause of the sickness prevailing
in those regions.
LARGEST LIVE STOCK
SALE.
Some four or five years ago the Ter-
ritorial Cattle Breders' Association ini-
tiated an annual auction sale at Calgary,
in order to develop a market for pure-
bred cattle produced in the west, and. to
encourage the increasea production of
mi.& stock. Secretary C. W. Peterson
says that this sale now enjoys the dis-
tinction of being the largest individual
auction sale of pure-bred stock in the
world. The sale last May was most en-
couraging to breeders, who contributed
from every portion of the Northwest
Territories—from Prince Albert to Ox-
bow, and from Moosomin to Morley. The
future of the stock industry of the west
very largely depends upon the quality
and number of pure-bred sires available
there, and, consequently, any encourage-
ment extended to local breeders of pure-
bred stock will be given in a good cause
- The directors of the Cattle Breeders' As-
sociation are careful to conduct the an-
nual sale in the most scrupulously hon-
orable manner, so that purchasers may
always feel assured that any animal
bought at the sale is obtained at a price
only slightly aboye what other.breeders
were prepared to pay, a feature of pur-
chasing by public competition, which
will no doubt aepeal to most buyers.
It may be of mterest to note that as-
sociation auction sales of live stock
were first advocated by the Dominion
Department of Agriculture, and that the
establishment of the sale at Calgary is
very largely due to the efforts of Mr. le.
W. Hodson, Dominion Live Stack Com-
iniseioner. This annual event draws
breeders and stockmen from all over the
west, and since its inception the produc-
tion of pure-bred (little in the Terri-
tories has increased by at least 400 per
cent., due to the fact that an annual
remunerative cash market for pure-bred
, stock is now available.
Another Sale for Port Perry.
The Scugog Agricultural Society and
the Port Perry Board of Trade are ar-
ranging for another district combina-
tion sale of live stock, to be held at Port
Perry, on Oct. 15th, under the rules and.
regulations drafted by the Live Stock
Commissioner, E. W. Hodson. Secretary
J. H. Brown states that O'er previous
sale, held on .Tune lOth, was very satis-
factory, both in prices and. attendance.
A large number of people were present,
and it great many of them were 'buyers.
Both sellers and buyers apepated to be
well satisfied, and the management com-
mittee considered the sale a great suc-
cess. Yours very truly,
W. A. Clommus,
Publication Clerk.
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C.A. WORE AS A CAREER, I
Field for Young Men In
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"1 went into the work to make a
career," said the general eeeretary in
charge of tlie Young afen'e Chrietian
Association in a town near New York.
"To Make a career?" asked the Sun
man, to wbom the remark svas made.
"Certainly, to make a career. I don't
know any better way."
."Do you mean on account of the good
you think you can do?"
"Oh, yes, you can do good; but that
isn't what mean. 1 went into the work
to make a career for myself, and I ean
sure .I made no mistake'
"The opportunities in the association
itself are •far frone bad, especially if a
' fellow is starting 'without a pull. And
. then, the opportunities for gradeating
out of it into something better are,
"24Telhieepnt
oint is just this: It gives 0 man
a chance of making an individual repu-
tation from the very outset, If he lias
force of character, executive ability, the
faculty of dealing with men and influenc.
ing them, he is sure to be noticed sooner
1 or later by men wno are looking out for
these qualities and who have big remade
torroifieferspfeoarketrlieli‘n,a?s' a moo of
perhaps 27
or 28. His face indicated some of the
qauities he spoke of. His appearance
was at once aggressive and. attractive.
He was well groomed, wide awake and
good humored, a shrewd observer and a
fluent talker. He went on to outline his
experiences:
"At the age of 22 I was earning $60 a
month inoan insurance company. That
wasn't so bad. But I couldn't see any-
thing ahead. 1 had no idea of rusting
there. I began to look over the outside
field, and then I determined to become
a Y. M, C. A. general secretary.
suppose the idea would not have
come to me if I had not been an active
member and a volunteer worker in the
association in the city wbere I lived. I
was in sympathy with the association
programme, I was familiar with its
methods. I bad been serving on commit-
tees since I was 19,
"I felt I could succeed at it, so I re-
siened from the insurance office, and
started in, I couldcommand a little
money, just it very little, so went at it
as if I were studying a profession. I
entered for the -three years' course at
the Y. M. C. A, school at Springfield,
Masa, and wlutt with the money I could
get and summer work and a windfall
or two that came through my good
figuring I was able to go through and
graduate, and I got a place before I
was really ready to take it at $900 a
year.
"That was nearly four years ago. I
have made three changes and 1 am get-
ting $1,200 it year now. It's not a for-
tune, but in the next couple of years I
will pretty nearly double it, and that
without leaving the association.
"I axn in no hurry to leave. I shall
probably not do so until I am 30 at
least. But I have had two offers already,
one of which would be paying ane,
suppose. $1,800 at this time, and the
other, maybe, $3,000; it was in instil.-
; ance, and would have depended very
much on myself.
"I refused one because I saw no
future in it, the otber because it was
in a part of the country where I don't
care to live; and both because I am not
done with the association yet, either for
its own sake or for the opportunities it
offers. I like the work. I feel I am
doing good to others and expanding my-
self, and then I expect by holding on
, to get something really big.
"You see you -are thrown In contact
with the very best men in the eountry.
There's your board of directors; it's sure
to be made up of some of the best men
in your city. They stand for money,
business and progress. They get to know
you thoroughly, and if you're any good
they are bound to speak about you
among the men they meet.
I "Then you go about trying to work up
support for your association. Of course,
that is a grand chance to queer yourself
if you aro it bore or a crank; but, if you
have Met, you can get a man's money
and help and his friendship a,t the eame
time.
"Then there are the boards of direc-
tors of all the other associations. Their
eyes are on you to it greater or less ex.
tent. That's the way you get on, in part.
1 When a vacancy occurs in a bigger and
hatter association than yours the colt
comes to you and you go up.
"Now, let me say for anyself and for all
the others who are in this work with me
that this view of association work does
not for it moment mean that we are in-
sineere,that we dee in it merely for what
it means to ourselves. On the contnary,
there is no pursuit 40 whieh :there is
more earnestness.
"But, of course, we are not fools; we
have the same ambition to succeed in
life as other men, and that phase of the
career is what we were talking about."
I The experience here given was outlined
lo John Glover, who is in emerge of the
secretarial bureau of the International
Committee of the Young Men's Christian
Association at the offices at 3 IVest
Twenty-nirith steet.
"From a strictly worldly point of
view," said he, "general secretarial work
cannot in itself be called it very attrac-
tive fild. The highest salaries at pres-
ent in eiglit are not over $5,000, and
there ore only a few at that figure.
I "There are it comilderable number of
peeitions which pay. it fair living income;
but that is the best you ean say, and this
is the reason why it es hard to get the
best material hi the first place, and to
hold the bese'ineu when they develop.
"There is considerable demand for as.,
escalation nicu in lines where expert
knowledge is not indispensable. Our sec-
retaries are really business agents or
managers.
"They have large plants to control;
they bare large groupe of men to man-
age; they liave financial and economic
problems to solve. Then they acquire
that power of meeting met and interest-
ing them and leading them their way
which 13 so nitwit prized in businese.
Some of our young men, generally those
who are ntost suceeeshil with us, make
high etaiift euceeeesee in businese life."
In reply t<I a question Mr. Glover said
the ease of the secretary given nbove
Wes a very characteristic mita.
*Shs majority of our recruits," he said,
"are young business men—men of from
22 to 20 or 27 year% who -ave been mene
bets of the oseociation alit' have become
intereeted in its work. Of late, however,
we are getting a great many college
graduates, and 1 eepect we will keep on
getting more anti more.
"Some of them are interesesd through
the tollege branches of the association;
others; originally intended to enter the
ministry taut think they eat it better field
Our uou-sectar.
of 'usefulness with us.
ianisin, our method of going outside of a
limited eircle mid doing 'ingressive work,
are two of the features that appeal to
many young men of the most modern
type.
"fly the way. I should remark that
-mete 0 fele at QM serretariee,
telieft they leave us, do rot go into btu&
uess, but ate attained itt the churches,
FRUIT REPORT FOR AUGUST.
Department of Agriculture,
Commissioner's Breath,
The Fruit Division, Ottawo, reports as
follows regarding the proopeets for the
fruit erop:
Apples—Prospects have not chengea
materially since the lase report. In
southern Ontario the fella will at leeet
equal the erop of left yeav in quantity
end surpass it in quality. To the Geer -
Put Bay ana Lake Ontorm district
everything points to a meal& crop,
cleaner than usual. Nova Scotia is de-
velopiug eonsiderable fungus. Prinee FA1.
Wttrti. Islana reports no appreciable
change.
Other Fruit—Pears of oll sorts are a
light erop. Plums are a total failure in
more than half the °reboil% end only a •
light .erop anywhere. The proepeets for
pettaPS MVO not hovered. Fifty per
eeut. of the correspendente report a total
failure.. Mark Tot has injured the grape
erop materially, in the larger vineyard%
. but tee erop will still be fair.
Foreign. Markets and Crops --The that -
American apples sold in telaegow at le 40;
114 thillinge. The British and ematinerital
erop fill tbe enorket at present, but the ,
Ifruit crop ie lighter than was antieloat-
, ed, though still a gmul crop. Amerrean
!apples are 75 per cent., peaelme 60 per
vent., and grape 90 per vent, of a full
stop,
F
X, Kilt
<et
and some of them makei'very successful
ni Misters." .
Mr. Glover Said there wore at present
about 20,000 nut employed by the luisin
elation of the country, Of these/ 0014
28 per cent., are ganeral eeeretarme. Isi
the Kane class with these are bead* of
departments, other than phylical, 40
large associations, the supervieory offi-
Oen attached in the international ocun-
mittee and the teacher* in the associa.
tion ethools in Springfield, Maes, and
Chicago.
The Springfleid echo()) is an independ.
ent institution with fine buildings of ite
own; the Chicago one is attached to the
main branch in that city, There are thir.
ty-five 'students on the average in the
Chicago school. The Springfield one ay.
erages fifty students, it has a three year
course and a faculty of seven instruct.
ors, with numerous lecturers each year
in special to,pies.
One of the college men who have re-
cently token up the work in Allen T.
Burns, who is head of the religious de.
partment in the main branele on Twenty-
third street, in tills city, and who is go.
ing to Chicago in the fall to take cora.
plete tharge of ene a the branche*
there.
He has been a professional Y. M. 0,
A, worker for a year. Before that he
took four years of post -graduate courses
in the University of Chicago, in theology,
sociology and kindred subjects.
He was asked from what point of view
he adoptea the association career.
"Because I could find no other," said
be, "in which I saw eo elear it field for
doing good. This work is attracting
many college men of the elm formerly
going into the ministry-, because it al-
lows so much freedom of conscience.
"Men who could not he ordained. in any
sect without compromising their true
heartfelt beliefs can come in here Simply
as Chriatians, and then reach an ele-
ment who are more in need of being
reached than those who are in the
ehurches,
"I have not come in as a means to an
end, and the greater number of menwho
leave the ministry for it do not. We
propose to stay in. the -work so long as
we feel we can do any good, just as we
would if we were ordained.
"Of course, the temptations to many
are very great. The work is not paid.
as other fields requiring equal ability
are'—not nearly as well as the ministry,
for instance. But that will right itself
in time as the importance of aasociation
work is realized?'
Those Worrying Plies 1. --os
application of Dr. Agnew's Ointment will
give you comfort. Applied every night for
three to slx nights and a cure If effected In
the most stubborn calms of Blind, Bleeding, or
Itching Piles. Dr. Agnew's Ointment cures
Demme and all Itching and burning skin
diseases. It acts like magic. 85 cents.—I5.
HOW FRUIT GROWERS -
LOSE MONEY.
A strongly worded warning to fruit
growers and farmers will appear in the
September issue of the Canadian Horti-
culturist, which is the official organ of
the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association,
against selling these fruit crops to irre-
sponsible buyers. These buyers are
those who do not live or own any prop-
erty or sections where they buy their
crops. The Horticulturist claims that
tens of thousands of dollars are lost an-
nually throughout Canada through the
fraudulent methods practised by these
buyers.
The first year they buy a few thou-
sand barrels in one section and pay cash
Lor them, thereby establishing their rep-
utation with many growers as responsi-
ble buyers. The following year they take
advantage of this reputatiou to con-
tract for large quantities of fruit, but
do not pay tor it, putting the growers
off with one excuse or another. When
some growers are suspicious and demand
payment, they pay immediataly, but
in the majority of cases, they manage to
ship the fruit out of the section without
out paying for it. Later they tell grow-
ers tales of losses and say they are un-
able to pay the full value of their fruit
and offer to settle at 20 to 30 cents
on the dollar.
Growers are adviced by the Horticul-
turist, when dealing with buyers they
are not thoroughly acquainted with, to
demand security for their fruit, or only
deal with local buyers, who have prop-
erty or stake iu the community. One
of the best methods of avoiding danger
of this kind has been for growers to co-
operate and deal directly with large
wholesale buyers. The case of the On-
tario buyer, whi two years ago defrauded
the fruit growers of the Annapolis Val-
leyin Nova Scotia out of $30,000 to $40,-
000 worth of fruit, is mentioned.
The Early Vegetable Indestry.
The fruit growers of Essex county
who have this year forced vegetable's
for the early summer markets, have had
a very prosperous season, as will be an-
nounced in the September issue of the
Canadian Horticulturist. The shipments
this year have been the largest an record,
and have not been equal to the demand.
These vegetables are started under glass
M the late winter, are later transplanted
under cotton frames and finally grown
in the open. This method enables the
growers to place their products on the
market much earlier than the regular
erop. These vegetables are superior to
the imported ones front the United
States, which have in the past practi-
cally supplied all the demand. Owing to
the satisfactory prices realized this year
it is probable there will be a marked in-
crease in this line of work next season,
aud that ultimately Canadian vegetables
niay largely displace the United States
itnportations.
A WISE MOTHER.
A wise mother never attempts to euro
the ailments from which her little ones
suffer by stupefying them with sleeping
draughts, "soothing" preparations and
similar medicines eontatining opiates.
This class of niedicines are responsible
for the untimely death of thousands of
little ones, though some 1110therg may
not realize it. When your hitt1 ones
are ailing give them Baby's Own Tab.
lets, a medicine sold under a patentee
to eontain no opiate or harmful drug.
Mothers who have used the Tablets
ways speak in their praise. Mrs. A.
Johnston, Eddystone, Ont., says "I
Lind. Babes Own :Wilde all you reeora-
mend them to be. My baby was trou-
bled with eczema, ami wee very ernes
arid restleee, but eine° giving her the
Tablets slue has beeome quite well and is
now 11. 'drag healthy ebild." RR by
alt dtuggiste ov sent hes:mail at WI eenta
a box, by writing The Dr. Williatat Medi
Cine Co. Brockville., Out