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THE MIRROR JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 23
Mrs. Chureh, of Toronto, is visiting with her sister Mrs. kh. M. Hutchinson.
LOCAL NEWS
Molly MacKirdy was in Cal- gary for several days this week visiting her brother James who is with the second contingent,
Rev. Holdom was in Edmon- ton for several days this week. Arthur Price was taken to Edinonton on Monday to under.
Pym Bros.. of Mirror, shipped four heifers to Viking, Alta,
rh t held in that cit on Wedhesday. which is being he 1 that city.
The Womens Guild of Mirror will hold a Sale of Fancy made goods on Friday, May 7th. Look out for bills later.
Rev. Hugh Dobson, field sec- retary for Social Service and Evangelism will deliver a lee- ture on “Science, Economies and Alcoholisin” in the Method-
Good Friday passed off quite- ly with the exception of the prairie fire which was the only excitement around town.
Mr. and Mrs. Summer Clark arvived in town on Monday from the States, They intend
to go farming on their home-
stead, ist Church on Thursday, April Several of the soldier boys | lth at 8 o'clock in the evening: were up from Red Deer and |The lecture will be illustrated
Calgary spending their Easter by lantern slides,
holiday.
Rev. Geo. F. Driver, chairman | of the Lico ne district will ov- cupy the Methodist Chureh pulpit next Sunday evening
M. Mecklenburg, M. A., eye specialist will be in Mirror at the Imperial Hotel on Thurs day, April 15th, Alix, 16th ; Bashaw, April 14th.
If you have the lumber, we have the machinery—Band Saw Circular Plaining work done, also all classes of engines overhauled. Mirror Black- smithing and Tinsmithing Works, Carroll Avenue, Bill Johnson, proprietor,
yary. 15 Pairs Wristlets
12 Flannel Shirts
12 Cotton Binders
44 Face Cloths. 3 Pairs Bed Slippers
18 Hot Water Bottle covers 4 Flannel Bandages 2 Pneumonia Jackets
and left Mirror the secretary of the aid has received a latter ac- knowledging receipt of goods and wishes to thank all mem bers.
THE CANADIAN BANK. OF COMMERCE
SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O.,LL.D., D.C.L., President
ALEXANDER LAIRD, General Manager JOHN AIRD, Ass’t General Manager Vv. C. BROWN, Superintendent of Central Western Branches
CAPITAL, $15,000,000 RESERVE FUND, $13,500,000 FARMERS’ BUSINESS
The Canadian Bank of Commerce extends to Farmers every facility for the transaction of their banking business, including the discount and collection of sales notes. Blank sales notes are supplied free of charge on application. Ww25
T. S. LITTLE, Manager
Mirror Branch
Childrens Boots
At last we have secured a boot
that cannot be beaten, one that
we can guarantee will give you
wear, they are made by THE J. LECKIE CO., LTD. Next time any of the Children require boots come in and let us
show them to you.
GROCERIES
Some Special Prices for this week
Panrucker & Holland
Mirror and Alix
Miss Cassidy left on Monday jw hich w for Calgary where she will at-| the tend the teachers convention | officers for the year 1915-16 and
The voluntar y aid of Mirror accounts, receipts and expenditures of have sent the following articles | ¢ to the Red Cross Society in Cal-| pre
32 Flannelette Night Shirts |
Since the above shipment | Draying
MIRROR, ALTA., APRIL 9, 1915
MIRROR GUN CLUB also to discuss a few important
questions in regard to the chub
of the held by The club is desirous of
and the possession
On Thursday afternoon, | April 15th, 1915, at 38 o'clock Championship Cup
The Mirror Gun Club will hold, Mirror. the first shoot of the senson at their trap, imme dintely after i be held a meeting of to elect
obtaining as many new mem- bers this year as possible and would invite all to visit: their traps and break a few pigeons next Thursday afternoon,
members new
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
OF THE Village of Mirror, Alberta
For the year ain verter pin 1914
DMteree, Alta, March Ist, 1915.
To The Reeve and Council of the | Village of Mirror. Gentlemen, I have examined the books of
correct and that the expenditures have been made according to Law without exception.
Subjoined isa synopsis of receipts and expenditines, together with a} statement of assets and liabilities as at the above date,
P. M. CARMICHAEL, Official Auditor. |
the Viliage of Mirvor with the rela- ive vouchers, since the date of the vious audit until the 31st Decem- ber 1914, and have found them to be
RECEIPTS
ash on hand Nov, Ist, 1918 $ 2,600.22 Municipal Taxes collected 10,508.48 School Taxes collected 7,139.38 Borrowed during period covered 500.00 Costs collected from tax enforcement proceedings 591.40 Searches 25 Dog taxes 54.00 Pool Hall licences i 13.00 Livery nf ’ 20,00 sn 1,25
Show - 80,00 Refund from Registrar re Tax enforcement return 87.50 Taxes overpaid (Refunded to senders) T5.49
Total Receipts % 2 1615.07
SSS EXPENDITURES
Officials’ Salaries $ 1,295.00
School District No. 492 6, 600,29 |
Paid on promissory notes 3,005.40
Building account (altering and re pairing municipal premises.) 1,082.58
Cost of Cemetery sie ty Ii Surveying **
%
5 CENTS PER COPY
South Buffalo Lake School Report | PIANO CON] TEST
For March RECORD Grade VILL -Ovilla Sorum,
98: Annie Loftstrand, 08: Esther
Serum, 96; Iva Kerr, 04; Eftie! ‘The following is the standing Serum, 92. pOF contestants in the piano Grade VIL -Ray Sells, BA; contest,
Robt. Fell, 80. Contest Nimmber of Grade Vi-Mary Lofstrand,| Ne: Voten, 96; Jane Bell, 04; Pearl Gradnana, | V0. OTORAD 4; Martha Marshall, 90. 9 3510200
7 >. be » 2 262 Grade TV — Valina Sells, 98. iu pepo BIOL Grade TIT--Myron Sorum, 86: 2] 1880035 Floyd Sells, 83; Violet Sells, 80. 4 N20840 r] Zs. HOSS Grade T—Jas. Marshall, Rosy | 4s Hee Marshall, Ray Marshall. ‘ 1305180 se: : oa 119 L458 6 Average for month 17.65, Gs WM-o2 ALFRED Miter, Teacher. vst BOBO ” iy vik 82 j 100,000 Votes for your Renewal | nid Je Is He] . oe As 37 08 GET YOUR FARM HOME. * ri » nie From the CANADIAN PACIFIC} | Udi Av immense area of the most fertile a ee pb land in Western Canada for sale at ju [ae low prices and easy terms, ranging Wot DA from $11.00 to $80.00 for farm lands oR ary A ample rainfall—irrigated Jands 14 1th a7 from $35.00. Terans--One Twentieth 3] 4 4) down, balance within twenty yrs Inir- | 18 SRILA rigation districts, loan for farm build- 81) Sh ings, ete., up to $2,000, also payable 1 WU in twenty years—interest only 6 per) Rg" Ht sa cent, Here i8 your opportunity to in- | 18 1OS44 crease your farm holdings by ge things | ig 2568 udjoining land, or secure your friends | rae DAWA) as neighbors ; 64 ; THs For literature and particulars apply ee ; 10003 t” 146, 5 é 2000 8. F. CAMERON, Gen'l Supt. of Lands| 47. 8087 Dept. of Natural Resources C. P. R. 57 TRS CALGARY - ; - - ALBERTA}; 45 ; 700 22-13-np. 72 7000
Grrrrreceseseesetees
NOTICE.
To Whom it May Concern
That all Persons owing
THE MIRROR HARDWARE COMPANY
100,00
Furniture and furnishings 195,70 Stationery, printing, adve rtising and postage 507.88 Tools ete. (3 scrapers, 1 plow, 1 slip) 252.80 Grading and Ditching 2,143, 17 | Lumber and side-walk construction 2. 047.32 | Repairs to side-walks 5.60 | Fire equipment (Hydrants, hore, rel « te.) 560.31 Light 13.30 Caretaking 5.75 Charity 102.50 | All other purposes 1,895,211 | Total Expenditure 19,581.47 |
Balance of Cash on hand 2 Pe il HO) “Doin oy 615, 97 |
| Statemaint of Assets and Liabilities of the Village of Mirror as at 31st December 1914
| ASSETS Cash on band, per statement $2,081.50 Halpany surplus 42.57 § eed Real Estate 835, 00} | Buildings 993, 40 | Office furnishings, ete. per inventory $25.85 Fire equipment of os 5H.B1 Police equipment * * 24,15 Grading equipment 248.40 Sidewalks 1,500.00,
Arrears of taxes, per 1214 Tax Fnforcen ent return |
$2,190.04 *f ' JUL5 Return 8,663.02
Total Assets
LIABILITIES Due to Schoo! District, No, 492 “* ** Sundry parties
Total Liabilities Surplus
Piano Contest
The Mirror Journal will yive the follow number of Votes on the Piano Contest at Duitman & Johnson store, as follows :—
25,000 Votes for a New Subscription
15,000 “ for a Renewal Subscription
5 for ever cent on Job Printing for every cent on Advertising
“
Cut out this Coupon, and present itat Duitman & Johnson's stove and they will exchange it for 100 Votes on the Piano Contest,
THE MIRROR JOURNAL
Are Requeste to Call and set- tle their accounts not later than APRIL 15th, 1915. Otherwise not Settled will be placed in the hands of Solicitor for Col- lection.
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| Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde or Formalin very e and dearer this year and L was successful in securing quantity in both bottles and bulk. Labsolutely guaran- tee it to be full strength,
Bulk 5 Ibs. for $1.00 Bulk 10 Ibs. for $1.75 Sealed bottles 25c alb. (Bring your own containers for Bulk
is scaAree
Full strength Formalin cannot reasonably be sold at a lower price this year. _—_— Special sale of Royal Crown Toilet Soap 8 Bars for 25c. ‘This is best Soap Bargain ever offered in Mirror, oe Fresh seeds in bulk or packages at Catalogue Prices--Reunies,
Ferrys, McKenzies.
Feed your horses INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD for the
hard spring work, — Lt will pay you,
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BLACKLEG VACCINE FOR YOUR CATTLE $1.00 for 10 doses. Injectors $1.25
Compare these Prices with Eatons
CHAS. SUGGETT = Mirror, Alta.
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THE JOURNAL, M
IRROR, ALBERTA
The Golden Girl
By Alice and Claude Askew
Ward, Lock & Co. Limited London, Melbourne and Toronto
(Coctinued)
tired of toss!ng about upon his bed, and decifed that it would do him more good to get up and take a long walk. So he rose and dressed and went ovt, He made his way first to St. James’ Park and strolled leisurely round the ‘ake, stopping now and then to stare w'th urseeing eyes at the ducks and water ow! that practicaily had the place to themselves as that early hour of the morning. His walk was quite objectless as far as destina- tion was concerned—he merely want ed to clear his brain.
Up Constitution Hill to Hyde Park Corner. He was beginning to feel bet- ter already, and the parks were won- derfully attractive in the freshness of the morning. He wondered why it had never occurred to him before to take such a walk, Why, it put new courage into a man. He felt invigor- ated and disposed now to regard all that had happened, and all that was yet to happen, from the point of view of his natural sense of humour, From the little he had seen of her he rath- er imagined that Barbara Forde had a seuse of humour too—only how utter- ly different she was to the romantic schoolgirl whom he had _ imagined, j-mping as usual to conclusions, as the writer of the letter which had fall- en into his hands! She looked as if she were very well able to take care of herself. P
Having reached Hyde Park Harold was inspired to walk further—there was not the smallest hurry or need to think of returning. And so he stroll- ed along Rotten Row, taking but faint | interest in the few matutinal eques- triane, and then along the banks of the Serpentine till he came to Ken- singtone Gardens.
Here he sat down under one of the gnarled old trees to enjoy the sun- shine and the shadow, the scented morning air and the rich coloring of the landscape. London seemed very | far away. Suddenly he remembered that Mr. Forde’s house was now close \ at hand. His feet had led him uncon- sciously to where he knew’ Babette must he.
He wondered if, perchance, she was addicted to taking early strolls in the Gardens. Their beauty must appeal to such a nature as hers, It did not seem to him at the moment that he | knew nothing of her nature—he had | worked out in his dream-lady with as careful elaboration as he had bestow- ed upon face and figure.
So he could almost picture her com- ing to him from among the trees, with the blue sky and the sunshine and the shimmering water of the Serpentine for a background. What if he should meet her in reality? How delightful- ly idyllic that would be, and what would he find to say to her, and how should he introduce himself?
The fantastic notion suited the spot, and Harold allowed his mind to dwell caressingly unon it. “Such things do occur, after all,” he muttered. “Coin- cidences are always happening in real life, though I should hardly call it a| coincidence when two people meet be-! cause, unconsciously, one of them has | responded to intense thought on the part of the other.”
The flicker of a white dress among the trees and the patter of light foot- | steps over the grass made him start up and look round. Could it possibly be true that his desires were so quick- ly to be fulfilled?
He drew a sigh, when he saw that the intruder was merely a white-clad child who was running away from her nurse The latter followed more heav- | fly. They were laughing merrily, as if they imagined that the gardens be- longed to them. The little girl stop- ped suddenly when she caught sight of Harold, and regarded him with startled eyes, as if she fancied she had come upon the evil genius of the
HAND AND FINGERS
Eczema for Three Years, Broke Out on Head in Scales, Itched and Burned Badly. Cuticura Soap aud Ointment Cured,
Lyons Brook, N, 8.—“'I suffered with eczema for three years. It started on my hands first in sores between my fingers and
° > allover the palms of my hand and fingers were big cracks, ‘Then it broke out on my head in scales. It itched and burned so badly I could not sleep, it was so itching and burning that I scratched and *\ made sores and my hair came
~ “i out awfully bad. 1 did not iknow what it was. “I was treated for a iong time and ft did
about Cuticura Olntment and decided to try them. I eent for a sample end [ used them tilt I saw it stopped the
|place, In her eyes he was an intrud-| Birth Rate Threwa Light on tie War
= the disturber of childish make-be- ve.
Her mind was soon set at rest, however, by a few cheery words which | Harold addressed to her. Then, leav-
ing her tu her play, he strolled off. But the pleasant day-dream had been shattered, and he began to think that it was time to turn his steps home- ward. This he fully intendea to do, but after he had been walking for a | tow minutes, Kensington Palace loom- (od in sight, and he realized that, un- ,consciously once more, he had taken the wrong direction
And then, suddenly, he knew what it was he wanted to do. He must ex tend his walk as far as Mount Ararat House. It was barely a stone’s throw farther on, He resumed his way with rather halting footsteps. Just to gaze at a house from the outside—because Babette lived there! Like a silly schoolboy!
“A girl whom I’re only seen onse and never exchanged a word with,” he mused. “What a fool Pilkington would think of me if he knew!” Pitk- ‘eton was that matter-of-fact friend of Harold’s who had given him sound advice, if a little too late, on the sub- ject of his speculations. And Pilk- ington had equally solid opinions on all other subjects under tne sun, in- cluding women.
Harold smiled as he reflected upon what Pilkington would say, but, never theless, he continued his walk until at last he came to the double row of mansions where, towards the Notting Hill Gate end, stood Wyndham Forde’s, Facing the latter he came to a halt. He took up his position upon the opposite sid of the road, where there was an open gate Delonging to the drive of an unoccupied house. From this point he commanded a good view of Mount Ararat House, includ- ing the new Gothic wing, looking al- most like a chapel, which Mr. Forde had adapted for his library. Harold re- garded this portion of the edifice with special attention. It was here that his work would be laid.
The blinds were drawn before all the windows, and the house appeared very quiet. What else could be ex- pected at that early hour of the morn- ing? The broad roadway itself was quite deserted. Harold glanced to the right and the left, and there was not a single soul in sight. What a mad freak it was to have come here—for no purpos«e whatever! Well, he had achieved his object—if it could be called an object—and now he suppos- ed it was time to think «f turning back.
He was about to move away when his attention was arreste1 by a figure approaching on the other side of the road, It was that of a man, a man who walked with a slouch, his head bent and his feet dragging. Somehow he gave an impression of weariness altogether out of harmony with the warmth and brilliance of the morning. Moreover, it seemed as if he had been lurking in some gateway, like Harold, himself, otherwise the latter must have perceived him when he took his 8 “vey of the road.
As the man drew nearer Harold was struck by something familiar in his appearance. Yes, at first sight, he gave an impression of poverty—he might almost have been a beggar or a tramp. He wore a shabby old coat, the collar of which was turned up over a red muffler, and kis wide-brimmed felt hat looked very much the worse for wear. Some poor homeless and house- less wretch, who had perhaps tramped the streets all night—out of work or unemp!oyable—one of the great army of the submerged—it was tu this class that Harold had assigned him. Yet what was there about the man that struck a familiar note?
He reached the gate of Mr. Forde’s house, -nd here he paused for a mo- ment, looking furtively from side to side, his hand upon the latch. In- stinctively Harold drew back, so that he was completely concealed by a clump of laurel bushes, and it was all he coul.. do to smother down the ex clamation of surprise that rose to hi3 lips.
For he had caught sight of the face of the apparent vagrant, and had rec- ognized that individual to be no other than Wyndham Forde himsec .- -Wynd- ham Forde, millionaire, in the guise of a beggar upon whom one might easily have been inclined to bestow charity.
What did it mean? Harold held his breath as he watched. It was not so many hours ago that he had een Mr. Forde, clad in the evening dress of convention, bowing farewell to one of the most popular hostesses in London, vet here he was, looking «s if he be longed to the very dregs of humanit7, stealing into his own house as thouga he had some evil purpose ia mind and dreaded discovery.
It - as inexplicatle. Lady Evelyn's warning as to the peculiar propensi- ties of Mr. Forde, especially his habit of disappearing mysteriously, shot through Harold’s brain. Palpably it was something of the sort that had been on foot during the night.
Mr. Forde—if Mr. Forde it was— opened the gate and, keeping well to the side of the cri-e, approached the house. But he did not go to the front door. Intsead of this, he took a gravel. led path which, winding round the prominent library wing, evidently com-
municated with the garden at the back. Here he was quickly lost to sight.
Harold waited for some minutes, wondering if Mr. Forde would reap- pear. But nothing further happened, and so, presently, he emerged from his hiding place and slowly made his way homewards.
He had an uncomfortable sensation of having played the spy—innocently enough, certainly, yet he had witness- ed what it was not intended that he should witness. And, as he walked, he glanced back over his shoulder at Mr. Forde’s house, silent and shuttered still, and wondered what secret lay be- hind its walls.
For he knew now that there was truth in the warning which he had received. Babette lived in a house over which mystery hung like a pall.
(To be Continued) “Can I get off today, boss?” “What for?” a
“A wedding.” “Do you have to go?” “Td Tike to, sir--I’m the bride “Why, say, a man’s as safe in Mex: ieo as he is in Chicago.” it as bad as that?”—Life, f
teresting vial statis.ics recently compiled by the Department of Fealth of the United States in regard to the birth rate of the large cities of the world were issued recently, accora: ing | which Germany, duriag the years 1880 to 1893, inclusive, leads the world, The report says in part;
“From the statistics prepared by the department, Berlin in 1880 had the highest birth rate of the cities of the world, namely, 40 births per 1,000 of pepulation. From 1880 to 1893, despite a gradual decline in its birth rate, Berlin retained its lead. In 1893. however, London forged ahead, and in 1894 New York and London both had a higuer birth rate than serlin.
“It is clear that the enormous birth rate between 1880 and 1893 _ still shows its effect in the prese .t Ger- man army, for all of these individuals are now about twenty-four years old, and therefore constitute the flow- er of the fighting force. With the de- cline in the birth rate, and especially since Berlin was passed by London in 1893, it must have been clear to the kaiser and his advisers that the pros- pect for the continuation of an over- whelmingly large army was beccming dimmed.
at war, together with that for York for comparison, were: York, 26 births per 1,000 population;
per 1000, per 1,000.
—$—$—$—$—_—_—_———_
Funeral Festivals /*
The Greeks and the Romans never prescribed chilling silence at funerals. In the contrary, they regarded them as festivals and entertainments and chose these occurrences for the pro- ductions of their great vlays. Everv comedy of Plautus was first produced at a funeral celebration.
— ee
and Brussels,
Mother Graves’ Worm Exterminator.
London, 28 births per 1,000: Berlin,}land the society has 20 births per 1,000; Paris 17 births | grown, until toda
\ ORLD'S MOST-TRAVELLED MAN
Rev. Francis E. Clark, Founder of the Christian Endeavor Society, Has This Distinction
Doubtless no other man in the world has travelled .o man miles and done 8o large a work for the world as Rev. Francis B, Clark, D.L., UL. founder
|president of the World's Christian En- deavor Union,
Thirty-three years ago Dr. Clark was pastor of the Williston Congrega tional Church of Portland, Maine, He was then a young man just fresh from college and seminary, Williston churel. was a typical New England church, with all of the problems and difficulties that those churches had to meet.
In the winter of 18801881 a series of special evangelistic services in the church ‘.ad led a great many young people into church membership. This wise young pastor realized that if those young people were to be held for
|the church they must be tyained for ervice, they must have something to o, and they must be shown how to doit.) He called his young people to- gether, and on February 2, 1881, the first Christian Endeavor Society was
“The birth rates in 1918 of ‘the rae the Grek Oatatieg Batenror on the
,| pledge was sigved, and the following
pr gehen Mba cde Mg og New Sunday the first Christian Endeavor years. He designed the eml'em of the New | Prayer meeting was held.
‘of the Christian Endeavor Society :
|, ° building to be rented to srovite an income for thy extension of the © ove- ment in anc other lands, This, with the ,rofits of the Eg de partment, which has paid all the expenses of the work in North Amer- i for more ‘han 26 yeirs, wil. be sul ficient to permanently finance the world-wide work «° this movement. This headquarters building is to cost, when compete, including lot and furnishings, $300,000, One-half of this amount has been raised, and it i. the purpose of the society to raise the last $150,000 by November of this year. A continent-wide campaign is being organized, and will be waged this fall, Every former Endeavorer, as well as present members of the society, will be urged to have some part in this’ mat ter, which will mean so muc’. to the world-wide work of this great society, and will be a-fitting >st'monial of their appreciation of the great work of Dr. Francis FB. Clark, che world’s most travelled man. : Associated, with Dr, Clark in the di- rection of the work of Christian En- ‘oavor in North America i- a very ef ficient eronn of executive offic_rs, The vice-nresident is Dr. Howard R. Grose, missionary editor of the Northern Pontist churches. Dr. Grose 127 been board of trustees of the United Jaetaty of Christien Rndeavor for 25
society, a Christien Bndeavor moro:
From that small beginning in Port-|"ram. The general secretary is Will:
spread
ani|‘°m Shaw, LL.D, a Massachusett: En- there are mora/‘eavorer, who \ 16 births |than 80,000 Christian Endeavor socie-| ficer of the United Society ‘or more
1a* rerved as an of:
ties in the world, with mors than 4,-/than 25 vears. The treasurer, Hiram
000.000 members.
N. Tathpop, is » prominent Réston
The-e are Christian Endeavor socie-| business ruin, who as an unnatd of ties in every country of the world,) “cer, Kives a vast amount of ‘ime to and each week meetings are conduct- ‘he werk of Chrietian Pndeavor, «mos ed in more than eighty different lanz-|¥. Wells, Litt. D., LL.D. came from
uages: the literature of the society has been printed in as many tongues, Somethine like 1,800 daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals carry Christ- ian Endeavor news! more than 2u0 vertodicals are devoted entirely to the work of the Christian Endeave *. There
A pleesant medicine for children is/are more than 750 different kinds of
hooks, ‘ealets, cerds, ete. publish d
and there is nothing better or driving | sor use in the work of the society and
worms from the system.
Personal Property
A Cleveland attorney took the Med iterranean trip a month ago.
as aids to it. Mi.lions of pages of spec ial printed maiter are issued every year.
From almost the very beginning of
It was|the movement Christian Endeavor has
hie Arst time across the water, and he| heen interdenominational in its scope
stated on his ~etvrn that he would
and work. Though it began in a Con-
have had a perfect!y glorious time but} cregational church, today there.are 8
for the silly onestions asked him py ecnstoms officials.
It was on the plier at New York that his voes came toa climax. “Onen vorr trunk. please.” commandec the enstem house officer. “Have . ou anv- thing in there but personal property?” he enontinued.
“What do yon mean by personal pronertv?” counted the lawyer.
“For heaven's sake! Don't vou know what nersonal pronertv te?" The offic- er looted up in amazement.
“T thought I did.” answered the at- torney. “and I can assure you that there is no real estate in my trunk.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Minard’s Liniment Cures Dandruff.
: The Thrifty Spirit Tt seems easier to be a deacon or
elder nowadays than it was in our tions clos
father’s time. The vortentous solem-
denominations that take Christian En- Aeavor as their youns veovle’s society. Throvehout the world there Are prob ably more Methodist Christian En- deavor societies than those of any other denomination. though fn North America many of the Methodist churches have a purely denomination +! vovrng neonle’s society. On this con tinent there are more societies in Presbvterian churches then any othor denomination: the Christian church + the second lar.-est number of so- sleties, the Congrerstional third. the Raptist fovrth. Tn BEnelan’, Burma a ' India, the Baptists le 4 in Christ- jon Enienvor, ~-hile in Avstralia. Snain, France and other countries the Mothodists le d: in Norway. Denmark Germany and Russia the Tautheraas lee”; in Ttaly and Waldensians, etc. Ne agency has done more to bring the Chris*fan peonle of all denomina- er together than has th's
ereat societv. The nresent tendency
nity of countenance has gone out With | toward a unity of Christian people and
the “acks” that used to be essential for the duty cf standing plate.” Ouly last Sunday, says a cor- resvondent in the Glasgow Nevs, I ‘aid down my mite under the gaze of auite a sprightly deacon wearing a soft gray hat and a snit tweeds! plate a certain small boy finds it diffi cult to observe due decorum as he passes in to worship. In
at “the | ohristian
churches ‘s dune, in a large part, to Endeavor, with its more than 12,000 union meetings « verv year, ranrine from local and county Christ- ian Pndeavor union gatherings of one 1- adreé or less, to the State. Interns
of lignt) tional, -nd World’s Conventions, with When daddy stands at the|)+n usands and tens of thousands of
dolegates present. Some of the connty conventions in this country are large:
fact. he|1og Angeles County, Cal., seldom has
shows a desire to take his parent’s| rower than 1,000 <t its coun‘, conven
hand and rtand at the receint of col lection too. On Sunday, as I sat list-
tion; Middlesex County, Mass., had 2,- 403 at its conventior this year. Th?
ening to the chink of the coin in the] o7¢h International and ‘ifth Worlds
“plate” in the vestibule, I heard @/ Convention is to be held in Chicago, voune voice uplifted in argument with July 7-12, 1915.
a fond mamma: daddy!
“But. mummy, it’s
He'll let us in for nothing.| its character the time came when it
Becaus® this work is world-wid in
Can’t I keep my penny for another] was necessary that, some one man
time?” Judging Distance apparent distance of an object
fact, however, can be
a table. Then stand alongside table, close one eye and attempt to knock the pencil off by quickly hitting the proejcting end with the tip of the forenger. Almost ipvariably the per- son making the attempt underesti- mates the distance by an inch -r more and, much to his surprise, misses the pencil entirely. One eyed people, ac customed to estimating distances with only one eye, of course, have no trouble in hitting the pencil at the first trial.—St. Nicholas.
An Aviating Hen
Every summer Harvey Davis, who lives on the old Lecron farm, a mile south of Zullinger, has watched an old hen which hid her nest.
He never could locate her until a few days ago, when he saw her fly in- to a willow tree along the run, 50 yards from the house. Davis got a ladder, climbed about 29 feet into the fork of the tree, and found her nest with 17 eggs.
The nest was made of leaves and bark, which had fallen and lodged in the forks 20 feet from the ground.
“IT believe I'll promote a transporta- tion company.”
“Land or water?”
“The latter, I think. For the form- er I'd need rails and right o but in a water proposition I'll have an ocean to start with.”—Exchange
“You're very young to be left in}o
charge of a chemist’s shop. Have you any diploma?” 4
“Er—no—sir, I'm afraid not, but we've got a preparation of our own that’s just as good.”
Blobbs—Jones is the most unlucky fellow at cards I ever met.
Slobbs—Then I suppose he is lucky in love.”
Blobbs—I suppose so, At any“rate, he has never married.
Some profits are not without dis- honor.
Wife—I can read you like a book
Husband—Then I wish you'ée do more reading and less questioni.g. ‘
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Most people are unaware that the| try,
should give all . * his time to the work, travelling from State to State, prov- ince to province, and country to coun- There were no funds availabie
d>|4,= this work from which to employ a|ine conditions that are in foul, alliance pends upon the use of both eyes. This| worker; but 29 years ago, Francis £.| with moral strikingly| Clark gave up the pastorate of tie shown. Place a pencil so that two or| phillips Congregatiopal Church, Bos- three inches project over the edge of|ton, where oe had gone from Port- the! jand, and through all these yeais he
has given himself to this work, with- out one penny of salary from the Christian Endeavor movement. Dr. Clark has earned his own living by the use of his pen, the books. he has writ- ten, and the special] articles for maga zines and newspapers. Not only has Dr. Clark earned his own salary thus, but he has paid practically all of his own railway, steamship, and hotel bills as he has travelled in foreign coun- tries for Christian Endeavor. Dr. Clark has gone five times around the world, and many times to Europe and Great Britain. There is no country in which he has not travelled and spoken for Christian Endeavor. It is estimated that he has travelled at Jeast 825,000
les—325,000 of this by water, 435,- oa miles by rail, and fully 25,000 by wagon, horseback, camel, in jinrikis- has, in man-carried hammocks, etc. He has addressed at least 2,000,000 peo- ple; he has been in the midst +1 dan. ger by land and by sea, in religious riots, in earthquakes, tornadoes, cy- clones, blizzards, shipwreck, — traia wreck, and a score of similar catas- trophies.
Dr. Clark has been received by presidents of the United States, of Panama, Peru, Argentine, Brazil, the kings of Norway Swedea, Greece. the Mikado of Japan, and scores of other celebrities, There is no American citi- zen who has been more freatly hon-
tizen anywhere, Christian Endeavors have decided
wish to build a memorial |.
that Orr.
for Dr. Clark in appreciation of the many years of service for the cause, and they don’t want to wait vntil he is dead to do it. They want to bring roses to him while he is alive. The
matter was fully considered, and it}.
seemed to all that the wisest and most substantia’ thing .o to was to erect a building which should be the International Christian Endeavor headquarters. The pian cal's for a five-sto building, two stories ot which shall be used for the offices of the movement, end thus 4a‘e the $5,- 000 a year that is now paid in ren‘s for that purpose, and three stories of
, and there is no more modest} ed
Ohio: there is no more efficient, elo. ouent. or nrolifie neh in the world than his. Dr. Wells is the editorial secre: tary of the movement. A. J. Shertte the nublication manager, was field secretary of the Pennsvivania Christ- fan Union: under his efficient man agement the pnublication department has Anne more for the cause than ever before: he earns the money that sunnorts Christian Fndeavor on this continent. Rev, R. P Anderson, sup erintendent of ths Ruilders’ Union fsa
‘Sentchman. who organized the first
Christien Wrdeavor societies in Den mark and_Norwav- he fs alen associ- ate editor of the Christian Pndeavor World. Daniel A. Poling ts the new: est officer of the United Societrv: he was fleld secretary of the Ohio Chriet fan Endeavor Union, and is now vresi- dent's associate and citizenshin sinner intendert. He is leading the camnaien for “A Saloonless Nation in 1990" Karl Lehmann. formerly field secre- tary af the Colorado and New Mevireo Christian Endeavor Unions, is the field gerrotary of the Tinited Society
The official organ of the society ts the (Mhristian Endea-or World. nuo- lished at Boston Dr. Francis FE. Clark fa the editor-in-chief. Amos Ro Wells is managing editor: Arthur W. Kel ly and Rev R. P. Anderson are the asenriatea editors.
This article is the first of a ceries to be published this fall. telling of the rreat work heine accomnlished by ‘hia world-wide society. The next one, “Chrictian Pndeavor and leadershin.” by William. Shaw, LL.D., will appear in the near future.
The Late Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
It is not merely the example of a noble life, and of a high responsibility tranquilly assumed and _ faithfully; discharged, that the president’s wife has left to the nation as a legacy be- yond any asséssable worldly estate. The action of the Virginia Federation of Labor is the first step of the pro- posed nation-wide endeavor of the American Federation of Labor toward the abolition of the slums, and this movement, President Gompers now declares, takes on new meaning and will be prosecuted with greater vigor) because of the dying desire of Mrs Wilson that her dream might be! brought true.
She had always labored for the poor and ‘riendless, and her efforts in their behalf, in medical opinion. shortened her life. Her personal min- istration in the slums of Washington will result in an increased enrolment to give battle in all cur cities to liv-
degeneracy—and what ~orthier memoria! could any woman's life desire?—Philadephia Public Ledg er. ss Ontario Fish Breedinz Canada alread, does 1 good deal of scientifi- fish farming, especially of commercial fish such as salmon. We
are informed that the province of On- tario has for two years dv.en stocking its own bass fingerlings for <tocking purposes.. This has bee. done by the use of breeding ponds, where hund- reds of thousan¢s 0° fingerlings hav: been bred. They are taken ‘o the vav- ious lakes which are to be re-stocked and there they are devosited. The fishin: has been so good that $2(,884 was paid by non-residents for licenses to fish '. Ontar‘o waters dist year.
The experiment with bass having been so. successful, the governmen: is extending its work of propagation by erecting a trout hatchery at Mount Pleasant, Brant county, wher» the bass ponds are located, and hopes to be in a position to distribute several million by next season, providing in this way additional sport for resi- dents of the province and further in- ducements for visitors.
The value of the -ommercial fisher- jes have increas~* from $1,708,963 in 1905 to $2,842,887 in 1912,
Too Often - George Ade was sitting with little girl of eight, who looked up from “Hans Christian Andersen,” and ask-
Pr yd m-i-r-a-g-e spell marriage, Mr. e ” “Often, my child,” said the cyni- cal bachelor.
dge—What’s the fuss over there
t corner?
“Lady sending a telegra.a.” “IT know that. But why the facial -contortions?”
“She's trying to tell her husband what she thinks of him in ten words.” —Pearson’s Weekly,
in
“I see you employ a number of virls.”
“Yes, and ther work vvell.” “Dor't watch the clock then?” “Don't even watch the mirror,”
ome us
MIND AND HEALTH:
Physical Conditions Often at the Mersy of Montal Attitudes
A celentist writes: “A woman fan- cied she had swallowed a frog and ‘was rapidly sinking. The efforts: of physicians failed to afford relief. It occurrec to some one wat Bhe might be deluded into health, A tiny frog was caught and put into a tube wita which they were attempting to wasn out her stomach. When the frog was thrown out of, the tube the girl ex- pressec relief dnd said she hoved they were satisfied Ler complai te had a real foundation, In a short time she was restored to “.ealth, This is only one of the ins.ances in which the mind has affected the physical condition,
“No one doubts that versons have been frightened to death, and ridicule in statements of this kind should en i, The influence of the mind is a subject which calls for investigation and study. There is no question that men- tal agitation aggravates, if it does not cause, disease. Many a child droops and dies becaure it feels it is unap- preciated and neglected Many who survive drag out a miserable existence instead of being full of hope and joy and energy, promise and pleasvre and making themselves useful in the world.”—New York Press.
The worms that infest children from their birth are two kinds, those that find lodgement in the stomach and those that are found in the intes- t'nes. The latter are the most destruc- tive, as they cling to the walls of the intestines and if not interfered wita work havoc there, Miller’s Worm Pow- ders disloage both kinds and while ex- pelling them from the system serve to repair the damage they have caused.
Moods of *' « Bay of Fundy
The bay of Fundy is full of strange and contradictcry features. Grand Manan island, which lies to the port hand of a vessel entering the bay, is one rocky gra eyard—on tle reef of the southeast an impe cd ship is a common sight, Every indentation, nay, every rocky cranny, bears some ter- rible and suggestive name descrip:
ve of rome maritime tragedy. On the island, twelve miles in lengta and scarcely inhabited, is a graveyard fill- ed with the bodies of unknown sail: crs. A little above Trinity rock the coast of Nova Scotia rises in rocky parapets from the sea and a narrow inlet admits to the Annapclis valley where, trange to say, the eye rests on a fertile valiey of apple orchards which raise the highest »riced fru.t in the world. In this sheltered space is a climate which, owing partly to th» gulf stream and partly to »osition, differs altcgether from the arctic coil of the storm sec witiout. Westmia- ster Gazette.
Potato Juice Cure
Potato juice as a remedy ior sprains, lumbago, gout, rheumatism and bruises is recomnended by Dr. Hea- ton C. Howard of London in an article in the London Lancet. He cites num erous cases in his own pract ce in whica the pain has been relieved quickly, sometimes by the first ap- plication, and the fluid tuat has exud- ed into the joint or the membrane has been ab orbed within a few days.
Potat> juice is used as an ointment, a liniment or a plaster. The raw pota- toes are squeeze in a hydraulic press. The starch and nitrogenous matter are removed and the juice boiled down un- til it is made five times as stroug as when resh. Glycerin is addeJl to pre serve it.
Some Insurance Items
Beyond the fact that we can in- sure our own lives—a fact of which agents, canvassers, and officers do not fail to remind us—few people know that quite legal insurances can be taken out In many ways, says London Answers. For instance, every subject of the king has an in- surable interest in the king's life, and may insure }'m. A creditor can legally insure the life of a debtor for the amount of the debt, and, even when the debt is paid, the creditor may lawfully continue the insurance. An employer of labor can insure the ltves of his workers, the insurable in- terest, which alone makes the policies legal, being that he is liable for fatal injuries received in the course of their work. Mere relationship does not create en insurable interest. HusbanJs and Wives can insure each other, and a child can insure its ‘ather; but a brother cannot, generally speaking, in- sure his brothers and sisters. Life poli- cies can be sold or assigned, with no- tice to the company and an acknow: ledgement, but fire policies are not transferred withcut the company’s * nsent.
Minard’s Liniment for sale every- where.
Who Owned the Cari?
An old law ir Carmarctinen county, in Wales, required that every convey- ance pass'ng over the turnpike toll roads shovld be plainly marked with the name of the owner so that the per- petrator cl any lawlessness coulu be easily dstected.
One ung farmer known as Stam- mering Jim was summo:e before a magistrate, who demanded why his
name did .ot appear on his two wheel- ed cart,
“W-w-whose n-n-name am I to put on?” starmered the defendant.
“Your own, of course,” said the mag- istrate,
“SB b-but it isn’t my cart, your wo.- ship.” says Jim.
“Who is the owner, tien?” demani- ed the squire.
“T-t-that’s the t-t-troup'e, sir,” sa:d Jim. “The old sh-shafts beloug to D-D-David T-T-Taomas, the wh-wh- wheels b-b-belon’: to Hugh J-J-Jones, the old axle to W-W-William R8-Bow- er, the t+ttrcb belongs to Joshua M-M-Morgan, tho t-t-tailboard belongs tto me. ‘hen w-w-whose 2-n me am I t-to put or, sir?” National Magazine.
# An Angry Constitucnt
“No, I'll ne er vote for that fellow again.” :
“Why not?”
“Il wrote him that I wanted a gov erament plu co and he sent me a couple of seedlings from the agricultural de- partment.”
Occasionally a girl marries a mao just to keep him from hanging around the, house very evening. e
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LHE JOURNAL, MIRROR, ALBERTA
CANAD HAS RNER WITH A HISTORY
THE ST. LAWRENCE IS THE OLD. EST RIVER IN THE WORLD
Nature Saved This Historic and Un- | changing Stream the Trouble of Cut- ting a Channel For its Course From the Great Lakes to the Sea. What is the oldest river in the world? The St, Lawrence, It is also one of the few rivers that d have to make its own bed and mained unchanged since the very be- ginning of the American continent. T of a time when the a mass of water, hot, s' tremendously disturbed by the throes of a globe be- neath it that was because it becoming
al not re-
was na y ed centre, and the ening crust, which could not be any more solidly than it was, to wrinkle, sinking bh here and bulging up somewhe' else, fe
After a time certain of these rising wrinkles, or folds, the thicker or firm. er p: ‘ts of the earth’s crust, stood the strain and became permanent ridges. The oldest of them that geologists know and apparently the first that bulged up above the universal ocean and remained high and dry was the broad mass on which Canada now rests. It is a part of the original crust of the earth, and we can see it today wherever it is not covered by newer rocks or soil just as it crystallized and cooled out of the primeval molten ma- terial.
This mass formed a broad V from Labrador down to Lake Huron an thence northwestward to Alaska. account of its shape geologists call it the Canadian shield. It is the oldest land known and apparently the strong est, for there are no signs of any ex- tensive changes in it (except the wear ing away of the surface) since it first rolled the ocean off its shoulders.
Off the eastern coast of this primi- tive continent lay a chain of lofty is- lands about on the line of the Blue Ridge, the White Mountains, the Maine coast and Nova Scotia. Between these islands and the maialand was a troughlike space that ran from East- ern Quebec southwestward to Ohio. It was two or three hundred isiles wide and filled with : shallow sea, and just outside the island chain was the great hol'ow that held the Atlantic ocean.
Time went on. For ages the strain- ing and cracking of the shrinking globe, earthquakes, sun and _ frost, pounding surf, running water, blowing gales, ice—all labored to tear down the mountains and carry the wreckage of rocks and dust away into the valleys ‘and eas. In this way vast-masses of Tock in layers of shales, sandstones, and whet not, were laid down in that narrow, troughlike sea between the chain of islands and the continent.
All poe codi mentoney Fi gaans Mighe
t eak as com w e porta eta raniter eeRly. rooted on either side of them, and the trough it- self, a sagging fold, was a line of weakness in the crust. As the load of deposits became heavier and heavier the floor of this trough slowly yielded, and as it sank toward the heated re- gion below the underside melted and grew thinner and thinner.
That could not go on forever, and soon the continual shrinking of the giobe and the enormous pressure of ths weight of the ocean became irre- sist'ble. The Canadiar shield was immovable, so the rock in .*e trough bean to bulge or crumple all along its length. Gradually, not all at once, but bv slow and varying movements, those folds were saueezed up, which in their broken ané worn down .orm we know as the Appalachian mountains.
Toward the south there was room for this action to be rather gentle and regular, but in the far northeast the trovgh was narrow, and the soft rocks were set on edge, overturned and splintered against the solid continenc.
Very early in the struggle a efreat fracture of the earth’s crust occurred here alon~ a curving northeast and eovthwest line. It left a deop and broad trench between the crushed and displaced rockr of the trough and the granite shore of the Canadian shield Into this trench rushed all theinterior waters of ‘he continent, draining away to the sea, and the St. Lawrence river was born! There, no doubt, it will re- main as long as the earth keeps its present form.
At that ime there was no gulf of St. Lawrence, The land exten .ed out to a coast line that stretched unbroken from Nova Scotia to Labrador. The present gulf ie the result of a sinking of the coast region. Most of it is very shallo but a chart o% soundings shows the ancient river bed as a chan- nel winding out between Newfound- land and Cape Breton to the deep ocean.—Youth’s Companion.
Sunlight and Fresh Alr
The word disinfectant has become a househeld term, and almost «very one knows that it means something that destroys germs, though comparatively few know what cur best and cheapest disinfectants are
The most useful and efficient all- round disinfectant that we have is the sun, and the air is his worthy ally. Fresh air dilutes germs 18 water di- lutes filth, and the lustiest germ will quickly curl up its toes and die if ex- posed to the sunlight. But fresh air and sun.ight are abundant and cheap, so, of course, we usually prefer to use some disinfectant that smells bad and can be bought at the drug store.
Open windows and rolled up shades would save many lives, but what do we have windows and shades for if not to-keep them down? Besides, if we left them up it would let in the flies and fade the carpets, 80 we pam- per the germs and employ the doctor, —Rural New Yorker.
When Sargent has finished a picture he is heartily glad to see the last of it. The story goes that a reyal visitor to his studio said, after looking over the pictures, “I wonder you can bear to part with them.” “Sir,” answered Sar-
ent, “having finished a picture, Iam ‘ke a hen which has laid an egg, ‘Come and take it away, come and take away!’ I exclaim. Its removal] en- ables me to start another.”—Sheifield (Hngland) Telegraph.
VORACIOUS PLANTS —
Sense of Presence of Objects at a
Slight Distance Without eyes, ears or sense of
smell, so far as we know, plants are issn et ae a by the presence of objects t do not directly touch them, In the case of animals, ghee produce this effect through the well known senses, but it is hardly prob- able that plauts have any of these, although the discovery of lenses, ana- logous to those of the eye, are found in leaves of some plants,
Yet they must have some faculty nearly akin to ours, as it clearly shown by the exper- iments described by S, Leonard Bas- ton. We know now, Mr. Bastor as- serts, that plants are able to feel ob-
jects at a distance. That is to say,,the king's mother, and the high posi-
they act as if they were aware of the presence of a certain thing, even though they may not be in ntact at all. He gives as follows a few of the most startling cases which have come under his notice, says the Scientific American.
Everybody knows that the sundew catches files, The leaves of this plant are covered with tentacles which, be- ing very sensitive, close in round the captive. But the foliage of the sun- dew has another remarkable char-
acteristic, If a fly is fixed about half| Dighton kept his place, but with the an inch ‘rom any of the leaves a most accession of King George, and the nec-
After @ essity of the widowed Queen Alexan- short interyal it is seen that the sun- dra having old faces to whom she had dew leaf has moved perceptibly to- grown attached about her in her sep- wards its victim. Soon the cruel ten- arate household, Sir Dighton willingly tacles have reached the unhappy fly relinquished his post in order to give and are seen to be slowly moving | the Queen Mother the comfort 6f his around their prey. There is now no presence near her on all state occa-
astonishing thing happens.
chance to escape, and with every mo- ment the fate of the insect becomes more certain.
A few feeble wriggles and the fly is dead. When one comes to think of it. it is very strange that a plant should be able to go in pursuit of its prev in the manner indicated. Some plants are very unscrupulous: unable to secure a living on their own ac-
count, they prey upon the more hard-| London.
working of their fellows Such ic the dodder, a most birvient parasite, which, apart from the first few weeks of its existence, has no roots or leaves, and exists as a blood-sucker on other plants. The seed of the dodder germ. inates in the soil. and from this arises
a curious threadlike growth. Now it!
{s of vital importance that the young dodder should be able to seize hold of some suitable host, such as a clover nlant, for instance. It is strange to watch the manner in which this threadlike growth works in and out among the erass stalks, seeking for a victim. When it comes within a cer- tain distance of a clover plant the dodder grows forward at a very rapid pace until a hold is secured. Even the sturdiest plant must go down be- fore the attacks of the cruel parasite. The threadlike shoot is within a few weeks multiplied by the thousand, and from every point are produced suckers which draw away the life- giving sap.
Analyzing a Raindrop
Rain water as it leaves the clouds is pure, As it passes through the car- mosphere it absorbs more or less car- bonic ecid gas end air, which it. car- ries with it into the ground. As it seeps through “he upper soil it will generally absorb still more carbonic acid gas from teh decaying .nimal and vegetable matter almost iuways pres ent. Should the water fall on insol- uble rocks. such as granite or marble, it will remain fairly pure. But if it nasses through a layer of limestone the carbonic acid gas which it carries will cause it tc dissolve away this rock, and as a result bicarbonate of lime will be present in the wate” Should + pass through a layer of sul- phate of lime or gypsum, the water will contain a large amount of this material.
It is generally known that the bi carbonates of lime and magnesia when present im the water form a comparatively soft scale; the chloride nitrates are apt to cause corrosion, and the salts of soda and potash pres. ent, while not scale forming, are apt to cause foaming when sufficiently concentrated.—Power.
Mansfield’s Manner
“Richard Mansfield possessed a dominance that never failed him, I believe. The strange thing about this is that he didn’t need it. He had ‘fa- cination’ enough without it.
“T)at fine, dry old manager and good man, A. M. Palmer and I were once visiting Mansfield at Southamp- ton, and late at night Mr. Palmer would come into my room, and we would talk an hour or so. It was al- ways about Mansfield; that was al- ways the way if you were near him; it was inevitable that you could think or speak of little else. One night | said:
“‘T think you understand him as well as any man could,’
“*Understand him?’ The old man laughed in his quiet way. ‘There's only one man on earth who under stands Richard Mansfield. That's Richard Mansfield.’ Then, after a pause, he added with sudden vehe- mence, ‘And he doesn’t!’ ’—Booth T..ckington in ellman,
General Principles of Rotation
Prof. 8. A. Bedford, deputy minister of agriculture in Manitcba, gives the following general principles of cro: ro. tation:
1. Include at least one leguminous crop in the rotation-to gather nitro- gen from the air.
2. Have at least one cultivated or hoed crop in the rotation that the land may be cleaned of weeds,
8. Rotate shallow-rooting crops with deep-rooting ones, so as to enlarge the feeding ground of the plants.
4. When possible to do so avoid ro- tating small cereals with other small cereals, especially avoid repeatin, the wheat crop.
6. If live stock is kept plan the ro- tation s) as to have approximately the same amount of forage each year,
6. As soon as conditions permit keep more or less stock on the farm, in no other way can the fertility of the land be kept up.
7. At the earliest possible moment have the bedding so free of weeds that the manure can be applied direct from the stable and thus save much waste of fertilizer.
8. Arrange the rotation so that most of the hired help will be profitably emnloved all the year round, the rate of wages wil] be less and employees will be more contended,
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;er the trust was being worthily fulfill-
\“of a constant succession of heirs
GUARDS THE QUEEN MOTHER -
Sir Dighton Probyn Attends Her Wherever She Goes Wherever Queen Alexander goes the question that is more frequently heard than any other is, “Who is the dear old gentleman with her majes- ty?” Sitting opposite the Queen Moth er in her carriage on all occasions is the grand old man with the patriaca- al white beard, and when on state occasions the Victoria Cross catches all eyes upon his breast, cursiosity as to his personality is great. . “his is General Sir Dighton Pro- byn. V.C, K.C.o., G.C.Vu., K.C.8.1. Though well over 80, this handsome military patriarch loses none of his youthful ardor when “on guard” over
ELECTIONS IN FRANCE
They Are Held on Sunday and Rarely Finished in One Day In France elections are held on Sun.
WHERE THE ARGOSIES OF THE WATIONS EET cia
LIVERPOOL’S GREATNESS IN THE} one of age, on proof of six WORLD OF SHIPPING
the elections to the chamber, saving only soldiers on active service and others disqualified for bankruptcy and criminal reasons Because of the num- ber of candiates the first day's poll- ing in many districts is not final. ong “rd age gp a? pi - abso- r yy, lute majority, a second election is 7 uaa yh Be dag yy Sikes: held. It often happens that from one. and variety of her oversea traffic. A ‘Hird to one-fourth of the elections for myriad vessels of every type and size “ues are not finaily decided until ply between it and the other greai #6 second poll, when not infrequently ports of the world. Here it is that 0N@ Or more candidates in a district the argosies of nations meet, richly | have withdrawn.
laden with the products of the globe—|, The rolling begins at 8 in the morn. East Indian merchantmen, whose !"8 anc lasts until 6 in the evening. fxecy wool from far Bombay and Cal- “28tead of regularly appointed clerks cutta are soon to be turned into clotn “i election officials, three volunteers in the fertile mills of Yorkshire, and ‘ke charge of the “urn” in which the whose duty cargoes of Karachi whea; Dallots are deposited and conduct the are destined to be ground into flour Proceedings. One of the penalties of fu the numerous corn mills of the being first to appear is the likelihood port; steamers and sailors laden with | °f being impressed into service as one similar commodities, and with frozen Of the assessors, of whom two, both meat from the River Plate and the| independent voters, must serve with far-flung sorts of the Antipodes;|the “president of the ballot.” The schooners of the huge four-masted| Counting of the ballots is also done by tyne bringing nitrate of soda from the Volunteers called for from among the Chilian ports of South America, and, °lectors.
others whose freight consists of grain In the absence of the party system from the Pacific slopes of North Amer-| 't is difficult strictly to classify the ica: large steamships laden with mon-|°@"didates. In a general way they ster packages of provisions, tobacco, | @0£e themselves in groups around timber, leather and other | products | certain well known political leaders.— from Canada and the United States |NeW York World.
and with hales of raw cotton from the ereat gulf ports of the Sonthern Quaint Old Welsh Custom States: vessels with silks and cer-| One of the quaintest of all Welsh eals from China and Japan, rice and| customs is the unsheathing of the timber from Rangon, sugar from Java, sword of Taliesin that takes place Germany, and Cuba, barley and other every year on the shores of Llyn Gel- erain from the Black Sea, fruits from|rionydd, near Trefriw, north Wales. the Mediterranean. brandy and liquer-|A short distance from the iake is a urs from Bordeaux and Charente, rub-| large, flat topped bowlder, supposed to ber from the Brazils, palm-oil and have been Taliesin’s pulpit. On this nalm-nut kernels from the West Coast| rock the old bard, (who is said to have of Africa, and conner and silver ores| flourished about 540 A.D.) performed from Callao and other Peruvian ports: | his weird religious rites, and ever tank-steamers, specially constructed since the rock has been known as the for carryine oil In bulk, bring thous-| ‘Court of Taliesin.” Once a year, in ands of gallons of that useful lubri-| August, a group of bards assemble at cant from American and Russian ter-|the “court”—the chief bard standing ritorfes: tramp steamers that have on the rock and the others on acircle sailed unchartered seas, with nonde- of white stones surrounding it. Here script carenes from wherever they can the rites are performed solemnly and find a freight: fishing trawlers with | quaintly in the presence of a large their finny freights from neighboring crowd. The naked sword is returned waters and Icelandic sess; and last, to its sheath when the chief bard
Has Always Reigned Supreme in the Shipping Service—The Vastness and Variety of the Trade That Enters Her Ports. \ No account of Liverpool's maritime
tion accorded him in the entourage of Queen Alexandra has been well won, act only by many years of faithful watchfulness over the destinies of the royai tamily, but by most distinguish-
1 services to the country as an army officer.
For a long time he was keeper of her majesty’s privy purse. Queen Victoria’s personal household consist- ed of twenty persons. Under King Ed- ward the number was cut down to twelve. Throvghout the reign Sir
sions. And none outside the royal en- tourage know how absolutely Queen Alexandra relies upon the old V.C. hero for ensuring her personal com- fort and safe conduct in her daily jaunts about London and elsewhere.
Sir Dighton, too, lends consider- able eclat to a state progress, for he has for many years been one of the real ornaments of royal pageantry in
epy’s Library
Pepy’s rary since 1724 has been in the possession of Magdalen: ¢col- lege, Cambridge. Pepys directed in his will that his collection of books and manuscripts should be transfer red on the death of his nephew, Johr Jackson, to either Trinity college or Magdalene college, Cambridge, and re- quired that the college which received the books should submit to an annual visitation from the other, the purpose of which should be to ascertain wheth.
lantic liners for which Livernool is there is peace in the land. The sword noted. for it is from this port that the remained unsheathed during the three largest. finest, and fastest steamers, years of the Boer war. The ancient engaged in the North Atlantic trade ceremony is followed by witty and start on their journey to “the other humorous bardic addresses, side”—the Lusitania, the Mauretania, | tions and songs.
anl the latest giant of them all, the ee omy
Aaritania, which has fust been added to the Cunard fleet. nool has alwave retened sunreme in| divided as follows: this service. Sometimes no fewer|Slavs (viz, than six of the stately < ins. with
ed. “Could I be sure,” Pepys wrote,
from my said nephew qualified like himself for the use of such a library. I should not entertain a thought of its ever being alienated from them.”
Value of Exported Timber The following are the values of the chief items in the exports of timber from Canada during the eleven months ending February, 1914: Planks and boards, $18,245,658; pine deals, $1,404,- 069; spruce and other deals, $6,319, 762; wood blocks, etc., for pulp, $6,- 628,868; laths, $1,615,254; shingles, $1,- 506,730. '
Bohemians,
a sinele afternoon. and swing
setting sun. 8,377,077, and the Germans 2,135,181.
The War
THE shutting off of imports from
Continental Europe into Canada due to the War, gives many home industries an unexampled opportunity for immense and immediate develop-
ment.
Canada will prosper at the expense of Continental Europe. This is not a time in Canada for repining on the part of the business man. We must be careful, even frugal, but we must also be bold.
- Victory is to him who has courage
Ever Eat It? There is a dish of the olden time that has been crowded almost out of memory by the ruthless tide of com- mon events. It was a cold weather food that came with the snow and hog killing time anu then vanished with the angry clouds and howling winds, When one ate it the green grass melted away thes now, the birds sang in the blossoming cherry trees and old frigid winter became the middle of May. It was so easy to eat. It melted in the mouth like ice cream, it was delicate. Let a person fully satis- fy his appetite on it, and he could go out in zero weather and enjoy a tropical blessing. ‘This food did not last long, ‘or it was part of an event that soon hurried by, and this was a grateful dispensation, too, for a per son would be apt to eat much of it if it lasted long. But it is weil it passed away. This degenerate generation, filled with caramels and angels’ food, couldn't appreciate it. But in those beautiful days before the war it was a beloved diet. We refer to hogshead cheese,—Ohio State Journa..
Straight Talk a Virtue Everybody respects the man who
Surgery Extraordinary
There appears to be no limit to the daring and skill of the modern sur-|talks without circumlocution and geons, which are nowadays so amaz-|who means what he says, whose ing that they verge on the miraculous. | tongue is not twisted and who goes “Tithin the last few months we have|right to the mark, never seeking to read of the restoration of a blind} mislead or to misrepresent. Straight man’s sight by transplanting sections| talk is a virtue that is practised all of the cornea from a boy’s eye which] too little. Imagine what a different the surgeon had been obliged to re-|° orld this would be if there were no
brain had been taken away, without|fairs, in society, in diplomacy—be- the least harmful consequences. In| tween employers and workers, politic- another case the heart of a woman,| lans and people, government and gov- who had been stabbed, was sewn up| erned and in the professional and busi- at a Paris hospital; and a few min-|ness world! How large a part of utes later she walked off as sound many ane occupations world be ever. A Swiss surgeon | S02@ ere was never anything bu 74 ae the entire stomach . a| perfectly straight talk between men patient, who gets along just as well|#2d man —Christian Herald. without it, eating and digesting See through the gullet; and a noseless} A curious society has recently beea man has been provided with a new| inaugurated by Count Okama, the Jap- organ from one of his own fingers, | anese ex-premier, It is called “Hyaku. The patient’s arm was encase in|nun,” or the Society for Centenarians, plaster, and for four weeks he had|Count Okama, who believes that un- to hold his “live” finger to his face|der proper conditions we ought to be unt] it took root, when it was am-|able to live for 126 years, is its first putated, to flourish as a nasal orgaa,| president.
months’ residence, is a legal voter at},
recita-
According to the latest census in As a port Liver-| Austria-Hungary, the population was In Austria, the Moravians, each| Slovaks, Poles, Ruthenians, Slovenes, its comnlement of nassengers| Servians, Croatians, and Roumanians) and eargo. dran down the tideway on! num ered 15,724,573, the Germans 9,- ” ont| 171,614, the Italians 727,102, and the *hroneh the rreat earetoae gateway of| Magyars about 9,000. In Hungary tho the port en routs for the land of the| Magyars numbered 8,742,301, the Slavs
move; and of a girl, part of whose| other kind in business, in domestic at-|
USE OF WIRELESS IN TIME OF WAR
NEW FORCE IN MODERN WAR. FARE FOR COMMUNICATION
The Usefulness of the Wireless in War Time Has Been Abundantly Proven—The Big Government Land Stations of the Powers.
Wireless telegraphy is the new force in modern warfare which has changed all the old problems of com munication, Prof. Frank Waldo, writ ing in the Boston Transcript, gives an interesting description of war time uses of the wireless.
“The usefulness of wireless in war time,” says Professor Waldo, “has just been proved in the recall of certain ships after they had left port, war having been declared in the meantime. One ship was recalled to New York after proceeding over 500 miles on her way across the Atlantic; and the wire less has been active in reaching ships from the Buropean stations either for purposes of recall or notification that the war is on.
“The stopping of all telegraphic and telephonic communication between the belligerents at the first breathings of war, and the partial stopping by com trol and censorship of such commun cations from nations at war to non-bek ligerents, has rendered invaluable messages by wireless across and around the regions controlled by the belligerents and especially at sea and across the seas. But the bottling of any place so that it cannot hold communication with the outside fs e thing of the past. The fact that a wireless apparatus cannot be easily hidden prevents the surreptitious use which might be made of it in regions under control of the belligerents, ak though for short-distance communica. tion, such as along frontiers or be tween close lying countries as in West ern Europe, a small wireless receiving apparatus might be secretively used, especially if it were temporarily strung under cover of the darknes¢ and taken down before daylight. Im such work there will be a new field for signal corps work and scoutings. F
“As regards the more pow land stations, those which will keep up communication 500 miles and up wards these can be easily kept under government supervision, but the use
hut by no means least, the great At- has ascertained from the people that of wireless on ships for sending mes-
sages up to from 250 miles to 600 miles, and receiving them at stil greater dista: ces from powerful land stations, will be subject only to such artificial interference as may be put in operation by the belligerents. There can be no doubt that the experience in the present war will result in the closer governmental control of priv ate and amateur wireless installation,
“Austro-Hungary has four import ant government’ wireless stations: Castlenuovo, Pola, and Sebinico, with normal range of 250 miles by day and 500 by night, and Trieste with a day range of 150 miles and a night range of 300.
“Germany has seventeen’ wireless stations, of which eight are light ships with small range of :rom 20 to 60 miles. The remaining stations are at Barkurn, range 100 miles; Bre merhafen, range 200 miles; Bulls (Kiel Bay), range 110 miles; Cux- haven, day range 110 miles, night range, 170 miles; Danzig, day range 330 miles, night range 600 miles; Hel- goland, range 110 miles: Norddetch, day range, 420 miles, night range, 830 miles; Sassrutz (Rugen), range 110 miles; Swinemunde, day range, 330 miles, night range 660.
“Franey has eighteen stations: Boulogne-sur-Mer, range 100 miles; Bouscat, range, 160 miles; Brest, range 350 miles; Cherbourg, range 850 miles; Dieppe, range 55 mfles; Dnukerue, range 350 miles; Eiffel Tower, large range; Ouessant, range 380 miles; Port Vendres—; Roche fort range 350 miles; §. Maries deta Mer, range 380 miles: Toulon—; sev- eral other stations are on the African coast.
“Russia has twenty-eight stations, of which the following are on or near the Baltic sea: Helsingfors, range—; Krondstadt, range—; Libau, range 170 miles; Preste, range—; Reval, range 170 miles; Riga, range 160 miles; Rouso, range 70 miles; Wt borg, range—.
“Great Britain has sixty-eight land stations. Literally thousands of ships are provided with wireless outfits, and those on board men-of-war have a range of 300 miles or more, and are thus equal to a good land station. Servia has no land stations,”
Story of a Picture
A picture which attracts every body’s attention at the Tate gallery by its position, its size and its striking beauty is that of a lady riding op a white horse through an archway inte a courtyard, She is dressed in a green velvet riding habit of the time of Charles II, with a long red feather in her gray hat. On her left stands a page in an old gold velvet suit, with a dog by his side. This picture has a remarkable history, as well as numer- ous titles. The catalogue calls it “Equestrian Portrait,” but it is alse ‘mown as “Nell Gwynne,” the name given it by Millais, and also some times as “Diana Vernon.” The fact is that Sir Edwin Landseer left this pic ture unfinished. He paincied the horse ‘and its trappings, intending it for an |equestrian portrait of Queen Victoria, | But he died and left the picture unfin- | ished, and it was sent to Sir John Mik lais, who painted his own daughter in this old riding costume, together with ‘the page, the dog and the background, The picture was begun in 1870 and fin- ished twelve years later.—London Cith zen.
Heyse as a Prize Winner The late Paul Heyse was probably the only man of letters whe could boast of having obtained two tmport- ant literary prizes with an interval of more than half a century between the awards. All the world knows that he got the Nobel prize, All the world does not know that his play, “The Sa- bines” was allotted a prize in a dramatic competition as long ago as 1857. He was a member of the Round Table of the good King Max of Bava ria, a sovereign whose joy it was te surround himself with men of science
and letters,—Pal) Mall Gazette.
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