Montreal weekly witness and Canadian homestead, 17 février 1914, mardi 17 février 1914

[" - \u201c1066 Journal in the Demin, HR as 61000 More vigereuely er mére osnaistently fer good sitingriahip than the Mentresl \u2018Withess\u2019 \u2014\u2014 Carleton \u201cSen- tipel,\u201d Weedeteck, NB.= VOLUME 8, NUMBER 7.MONTREAL, Montreal -e \u201c and Canadi cokly Witnes , \u2018Homestead.A + > FEBRUARY 17, 1914 940 POST-PAID; 4 A COPY, > \u2014 curr The Witness : Founded in 2046.N = È PUBSDAY.FEBRUARY 17, 1914.sort Tino iupuyt of tha committe of the Lagisietive Assembly on the Burns revelations was as usual a partisan the report of the liberal rajority which tbe Conservative min- wigu.It alieged that it waa proved dy the evidence that ne of the house had recelv- whatever 0 secure the passyge of this bil.It wes on this opposition members had misgivings about spesking, desperately but of perspect've There was no reprobation whatever of the & metuber of the house, and that was the end of the matter.But it callsd pen the house te express ita strong- out élanppreval of the methods adopt- od 15 induce Mr.Mowsssau to accept money, M.w, no ons can question that parties committed crimes, and it is not morally permitted to do that good may come.Almost the detective business is opsn 0 mation on this ground, as ttle \u201caa be done without betraying confidences.But as Judge Chartonneau recently enié, in \u2018dealing with another phase of the same matter.where there is corruption there ase two parties to it.ani where condemnation is Tovok- od upon one and not upon the other it ta not done im the interests of justice.If & 1s wremy to offer bribes for the purpose of pheovering en alleged age- long systema of cervuptior @ 'v surely infinitely wores to betray eme's coun- wy and break the oath with which one aOcepts the res)onstbility of be- pile ta ker oy ove fh thousht ali 1 e members of the Mouse were convinced that it was the first tiune that Mr.Moussean Nad Open up- true to the mandate entrusted to him\u2014this, after hearing.almost from My.Moussean's own lips, that be knew those with whoes he had to deal and thelr prices, and many another remark which set him forth as enured te thé business, and after héuring the advice given outside the hobs as to the proper channels throurh which to reach the venal members.Mr, Taschereau's further remark that Mr.Meusseau had been tempted with a view to ** downfail\u2014that Is out of malice against himsslf\u2014is one for which we bave seen nothing in the evidence that + ulé give a shade of warrant.On the contrary all that was stated before the committees seems te centradict it.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 The promier later in the day made an impassioned allegation that the whole proceeding waa en effort to twin the Liberal party.and especially te ruin him personally.There was reason for this warmth in the fact that, of the convicted members, one was u law partner of his own, and the principal one was his right hand man in the Legistature outside of the ministry.One can imagine the keen suffering of an howset leader, and such we believe Sir Lomer Gouin to be.in the presence of such fects There bas been nothing in the whole proceedings that has looked .therwise than a determination on hig part to bring the fullest light to bear upoñ the facts, untess it be in treating a parilamentary committee as & court of justice, amd, instead of bidding it find out al] It could, ilmit.= Pd Jon Dougall & Soe | the iihone\u2019 sloth Montres .John re er business an- nouncostuents ace Page & ing it strictly to charges which cer tain newspaper proprietors, who were not responsible for the honnr of the douss, were prepared at their own Mek, to substantiate.i] le natural that a house full of iawyeln, as ait our legialatures Are, should ses 8a inquiry only in this Mght.To thos who are net lawyers the ordinary reasoning would be, where thers fo mnoke there must be fire, and the mere extiaction of some one: visible tongue of flume does not prove thet the fire is eut.\u2014 ni Mr.Tellier, whe is leader of the Opposition, and who.was one of the \u2018dissentient members uf the com- mittes of investiga.sald that for a long time one has heard in this province and out of it that the lawyers and others who come here to get le- misiation pansed claim that they are fieeced by the members rné are forc- sé to use cerTupt methods in order to get their blils passed.It is safe for Mr.Tellier to say this from his place in the house.But it is very dangerous nowadays for any one outside of the house to make such general remarks.Were we to say that we have beard this from time out of ming we would be liable to de brought before the house, 8s Mr.Tellier proposed to bring Mr.Beck, aad asked where w.heard from whom we heard it.and not, remember.to be set an slapderers and lars.But n tat would pot blow away the fi } \u2014 sommes As for the ailegation that the whole proceeding was & plot to bring about the downfall of the 1.15.cal party, it i» bad not-tecs te © on with any or else oo the matter.Mr.McGibbon's likes and dislixeh are Kiewn to be etronz, but they ure generally supposed to be dared on financial not om political in- treats.When he was owner of the \u201cHerald\u201d it kept up a contiruous cannonade, reasonable and unreasonable, against the Tramways Company.In explaining the genesls of the detective movement Mr.Beck said it had its beginning there.The president of the Tramways Company is a member of the Tegisisture, and is It is true, a supporter of Sir Lomer.when there, whi¢h be seldom is.Mr.Perron, the advocate of that company, is also a supporter of Mir Liwer in the house.Mr.Perron, who was a member of the investigating committes, made many attempts to show that he was the member really attacked.What animesl- ties there may be in that direction are irrevelant to the\u2018 inquiry.It would avail nothiag whatever to show that the assault comes from an enemy.It would seers that we are still in such a barbarous stage of social existence that justice ls always supposed to move at the instance of an enemy.What else was meant by the action of the legislature, the proper guardian of the pubMie honor, in washing its bande of its convicted members and handing them over to be »roceeded against by any one who chooses, to wit.any one wh) hates them enough to take that duty upon himself.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014e\u2014\u2014 There was \u2018an earthquake Just week.In Montreal most people did not notice it.though many were sure they had tek it \u2018when thelr attention wag called to it, but had ettributed the sensation to something else.\u2018As measured by the evlemogreph.it lasted in some places two or three minutes, but, ss perceptible to ordinary observation, i IN THE INTER ETS pUACE lasted only a few seconds, though such Seconds always seam kos.and few, People have any dea how song five esconde ja, ist alone fifteen or thirty.But newspapers, Intent on tbrilla, de- cleared it to have lasted minutes, and had stories of sky-screpere sheking and other portems.Of course, the sky-scrapers t'embled as eveything eise did.The earthquake, unless the stories told are excggerations.was more violent elsewhere.But we all know how yarna grow in passing frem Mouth to mouth, and how news- mongers in search of copy that will sell their papers, heap them cumulatively on each other higher: than they wil stand.At ail events the shake in Montreal wes insignificant.Kk is a Py when newspapers and news.mongers imvé ev itis local potriotiom 48 10 tell alarming stories about earth- Quakes ard gales and sa.w storms.by the people themselves list for the trumpeting of them.: rte .t Earthquakes \u2018sre coustentiy oceur- Ting in ait countries.A huadred cress Great Britain very year, shough of very few of them is any one not in charge of & seixnograph aware.The dect is the earth's crust ls always In motiem.In some places it is winking, ja other pinces 1ising.Everywhere the very rocks are flowing.especially those Plied \u2018u mounteln ranges.Thess motions are uncpeaksbly slow but consciess.Narthquakes occur when a creck or a jar occurs.These are worst ang most frequent in the ooesn bottoms along the slopes of continents, where mountain the crack have failen in, and ave fonger continuous with the beds the other sh of the crack.Such a fault fifty miles long was the effect of an earthquake in Japan in 1891.Along these fensita there are Mable to be little slips or jurs from time to time, Ia (his a3 in 50 romay o quakes that haw occurred wii distance of Montreal, that made them perceptible hers, wa have had reports of their magnitude, direction and duration from seismograpte in many other cities, such es Boston, New York, Washington end à number ot smaller places, but we have had no local report of the action of the seismograph at McGill Univ sity.Seizmograph reports are wery interesting to the pub- Vic, and are as goog udvertising as an Institution of loarning can put cul There is an instrument at MoGill, but Inquiriers are usually infr-med thet it has no record Il ts famous the world over for its science equipment and for the ability of many of Ja science professors.This failure to report on such occurrences ts necessarily noted and is a distinct loss to it as an Institution as well as to the sciencé of the word Te those in- an Science all over the world the of a good ei report from !-cGili must louve can in the records ! a44 to the airti- culty of determining the piace of the slip and the amount of consequent settlement.lt looks like à chance for oo beastactes to supply a long fei rt ; The city of Montreal to \u2018the first of last ox tat w otis hundred and seventeen thousand Goligrs on the removal of its snowfall.This le no inconsiderable part of its annual budget.Since then there bas been \u2018another cConsiderable anow- fall.The lsat half of the month of February and: the whole of the month of March have still to be weathered, and this is usually the anowiest pare of the year.The snow problem Is probably more impor.ant to the city o¢ Montreal than to any ether ci'y on the continent.No serious attempt at » solution seems ever to be sade.It took years of suggestion by the \u201cWit.ues\u201d before the Road Department would even try the civic snowplough for the sidewalks.tlome day the omf will try other mens of treating its ronds than that of ocmrrying the sow away that nature would In its own way dispose of without cost.Thers is small hope thet it will make any euch attempt of ita own initiktive A definita plea will bave to be suggested to it and hammered into the inattentive ears of ite oo : re and departmental officers, and then it wij have finally to be shown that it has been tested and proved satisfactory in some other city befors Montreal will experience a | shange.\u2018 \u2014meamememet{prtammrtenmnes ' A study of snow \u2018conditions In B Potatsturg and some of (he Scandiniitfes cities would be of \u2018iy torest .But there is nothing to pre vont the enginere of Montres! doing some experimenting cn .eir own account.It is more than possible that a steam roller pulling a grading, machins would be Able to spread and settle the snow on ail the sire-te that are gk \"tot = ar trans H would « some of which would pass uangticed- IBe Peoples Paper.I | THE BOSS FLY.The Demeeratis party ia siways represented b a don pletured i} means in it povrer\u2014hoet, Lind, the beta of Tam mony, whe neoncarnedly sits ind and ie here Ke lifé blosd.\u2014 than they now are, anû that no snow nesd he carted frem them.A warm sunny day or.twe | clear away as v as tha city can get remsov- od for a hundred thousand dollars.The city has the steam gliers lying fdle in their sheds.It the graders end t on some sac It probable that a governments and , WS , spread thé whrk.of te nation\u201d moré evenly quer the year in such a way that all rough work that can be done out of doors.in winter will be kept for that season when the builders have to cease, and must turn their hands to other employments to make meney.réparer A bulletin issued a little while ago by the of the Inland Revenue Department deals with the analysis of ome hundred asd sev:nty- one samples of Headache Powders purchased by Inspectors of the department in various parts of Canads.It is gratifying to find that the present inspection shows a very great improvement in the character of the drugs as well as in the conditions of their sale.But thers is apparently still much nesd for improvement.Acet- uniliée 1s used in most of the powders and in quantities considerably exceeding the maximum limits of dosage prescribed by the British Pharmacopoeia.\u201cNo doubt,\u201d ways the report, \u201cserious gesults sould mare \u201cfrequently follow their use were it \u201cpot that-they contain oller drugs \u201c(usually caffeine) which act as stl- \u201cmutants to the \u2018cart, The ropert characterises as highly objectionable the statement, to the affect that the powder ia a \u201ccure,\u201d which appears on ve many labels.\"Henér\u2019.is not a \u201cdisease; and consequefnaf DO cule \u201cis neofief.Headache #6 merely « \u201cwarning of something being wrong.\u201cand a cure for that something is \u201cwhat is needed\u201d This \u201csomething\u201d may tbe over-fatigwe, indigostion, nervousness or manv another thing.Ihe golden rule in ail cases of bad headache is\u2014as has often been snid\u2014to Noousult & capable physician.At the dest \u201cHeadache Powders\u201d are risky things to take.At the worst the very drugs which give most of hem their @tichenc< are powerful heart depressants and as such &je capable under vertain conditions of producing fatal results, while under most conditions they inevitably do harm.\u2018 The Great Eastern Railway of xng- land has got à manager from the United States.Lord Claud Hamilton, the president, says there are Ro good raliway managers to be had in Png- and, that the Bnglish system reduces the men to autemats, sacrificing ability to seniority, and thus makes them incapable of rising.This statement is resented bF 0.07 railway men, who enumerate by mame the chieés of all the other great systems, all of whom entered the service far down and worked their way to the top.British ilaays have staffed those o£ India, South Africa and Egypt.If the Gres Eastern has not been able to produce as Lord Claud Hamilton avers, the subdivision ot departments In that system has reduced the men to automata.The representatives of rallway labor in Parliament naturally dwelt on Lord Claud Hamilton's genemal proposition that railway men are given no chance to rise.Against that is the fart that they do rise.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2018 A bill to bar andesirable immigrants fa: mn radical than am) oro -[of Florence.We presume it ia not mapa st 1- his ovitics sliege, be- 1 troduced foto parliament by a mors than ugually busy member, Mr.EB.M.Lawis, of West Huron.1t does not go on Hnes of color, but simply on fitness to form part of our self-governing community.It cuts Europe across and up and down by lines chosen dy Mr lewis.The upright line, twenty east Jemgitude, cuts off Russia, Hungary, almost the whole of what was Euro.peam Turkey and Greece, \u2018while thé cross line, forty-four north latitude, cuts off Bain A Portugal, the southern coust of France and the peninsuler part of Italy from sume distance north malt Lo follow thems lines exact weuld be counted out.Mr.hewis speaks of the Slavic peoples as the sort he would exclude.Yet there would still be Bohemia, Croatia and Slavonia.It is not to be supposed that so drastic a measure is going to become law.It te à question whether people, who have tm charge such & vast ares of the world as we possess, have any right to exclude the sufferers of mlisgoverned countries from its opportunities and its Hbortics.\u2019 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 A quarter of a million men ill in the French army \\ithin & month\u2014as many as would make the biggest active army in the world! Any one can understand this who has any memory of the condition of the Quebec citadel \u2018when the Boer War recruits were gathered Into It.The most of these sick men are, we are told, recruits in their first year.Many of them, leaving segregated fever the moment they got among the germa of these things.The war minister bids the socialist members who call bim an assassin, vote enough of money, instead of refusing it, and he will the sooner bring about sanitary conditions.which he is earnestly trying.to do.Two hundred and fifty thousand young men, not flourishing in uniform as thelr sisters and thelr cousins and their aunts fondly , \u2018ture them, but lying fil in dirty barracks, will do 8 lot towards making France an angel of peace among the nations ! \u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2018 Three hundred and twenty-five years ago Spuin had more drcadnoughts than all the other nations of the world put together.Her Invincible Armada of towering shipa, she sent out one fate- fui day, in array of war, to meet the English and by conquering them punish them for their rebellion against the Church of Rome, force them back into the fold, and at the same time show them that Spain was still master of the seas.The Spanish ships bore the same relation In sise to the rest of the ships of the c.y as the dreadnoughts bear to-day .other naval vessels.and in their great size lay their weakness.Their high sides caught the wind, making them poor wmilors, - end their depth limited their choice of hartors They were undurmanned.beœause of the difficulty of fine ae sailors to man them, just A9 it occamoatiiy leaks out that the dreadnoughts of to-day In most of the navies and certainly in that of Britain are undermanned.To these two defects wc=e due their troubles and their final catastrophe.Thare ts fo certainty that a war would not reves! similar .ngers in the sise of ships to which the race for bigness has lod modern naval conatructors rat .14ke the Armada these dreadnoughts could not take advantage of the small ports along tiie coast, but must confine their search fof shelter from storms, for coal and fur repsir, to the few ports that will afford a depth of water at low tide of at least forty feet, with a alear pasenge IR, and room to turn around without danger when inside.There zre few such harbors and almost every one that doss exist Is so homes, have taken measles or scarlet|\u2019 ~ entering such & harbor is (hat ks may be Mined, or that it may centain & submarine.In fact the battleship of to-day when in action on the cosst of an enemy la \u20181 à far worse position fer available harborage than was the Armade of Philp JL, and that was quite bad enough.The one argument given to the public in favor of the big Ships for sea-fighting is that of the victory of the Japanese over the Rus- slaps in the Bea of Japan.The instance is far from convincing, for many of the attendant circumstances were exceptional, for the big ships on th ground that it 18 the recomme: dation of the sdmiral- ty; unfortunately thers ia a vary general impression abroad that the mak- ors of armament have an unconscious influence on such decisions.At least so far as a protective naval force ls concerned there is much to show that a flest of small vessels on every coast of the Kmpise would afford oa the whole the most efficient protection, 1 \u2014 : It is odd that in these days, any rallway comp: - or steamship line should, when sued in court for damages of any sort, plead the limitations printed on the back of the ticket or agreement sold to the traveller, or the consignee of freight.Time after time the courts have declared that theee protective clauses were of no value, in specific cases brought before them.These cases have from the twenty dollars limitation on the value of suit cases.to immunity demanded by some railways for loss of lite.The most recent attempt, is one just concluded in England, in which the White Star Steamship Company pleaded non-liability for loss of life, because of such a clause on the ticket sold, absolving it from damages under the circumstances.When one buys some kinds of long journey railway tickets in Canada, he is made to sign an agreement on the back, which 18 supposed tq protect the Company.He has no lime to read the agresment, and if he did hold up the line waiting to buy tickets, to study it.he would be peremptorily urged to sign by the agent, and possibly told that it was of no account anyway.Steamships and rellways are \u2018common carriers and cannot determine the conditions on which their lines\u2019 shall be used.The law is designed to protect the rights the whole af France 62 of boththe Arpveiler and the \u2018cee | gual wboio-ot Brera fR05: por.a0-Ce compans: hos_po.right to use ita position uf potrer to compel a traveller te algn away any rights that he may have under cesinon or statute law.It is high time the practice was put un end to.It is easy to argue varied anywhere he cannot be ave\u201d, It seems not ax.likely that this sealot's insistence es some things will lead to such a revival of the church's verbal attitude townsds them as will make for Christian waity.\u2014teeti\u2014 .Out ia California they ace beginning: to gat busy on the issue of gemshting.Lett to itesif the vice will always ensrry begple to puch lengths that tt on itself a reastion.A test has been made of ene newspaper Francisco tor advertisements of in schemes that are no better a lottery.In England they have hard to keep the newspaper con- 1 ts which are filling the mails with coupons and guesses from deteriorating into mere lotteries, by prosscuting such as fit to such affairs, with the result that seme of our papers are running coz- tests which are very breadiy caver.: tised, that on the face of them look\u2019 plausible, and as if a little thinking might bring one at, or very nesr to, the answer.In one such contest the chances of winning the only big prise, the Arst prise.if mathematically oél- culated, are somewhere between pia ia two hundred million, and ene in = thousand million.It\u2018is rightly announced as one of its attractions that, it requires no thinking.The contest is, most plausible, and attracts « good.deal of attention without there being any chance of its originators ksing the money that they have staked to advertise themselves.There is sure, soonct or later, to come a revulsion against\u2019 such lotteries or bets, whichever they may best be called, as well as aguinst the winter and summer horse racing that Montreal gamblers muke thelr chief mode of operation.: \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014r\u2014\u2014\u2014 § The Dutch of South Africa have always been un exceedingly religious race.The Bille is their book of reading, and in few houses up to the time of the war was there any other book except the Bible and a hyms book.They keep the commandment te: rest on the Sabbath.It is net at all surpfising, therefore, that now, having\" come into the government of the country agaiv, y sheuid be shocked st the chiet of the goyuntre, fhs.mines of _ tuming ee the parilament siiting \u2018in Cape Tow ad Ukely to baw 3) few wecha The mina operators ; very anzious to keep their plants gp- ing seven days in the week.The ine 5 HOw Navice unuw.\u2014Indianapolis \u201cNews.\u201d 1 The Bishop of Zanzibar is so zealous for -the Athanasian creed and the sacraments ef shsolution and confirmation and the rest that he im- peac not only two mi nary bishops sinong low equatorial Lribes, but the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom he accuses of having prejudged the case against him.'n fact It would seem that the Archbisk- is Also à heretic in holding that it is possible to regard churches which do not hold to this creed and maintain these \u201csacraments\u201d as branches of the Christian church.He for his part le not going to con- tinup to werve a church which holds such fellowship until some undoubted authority declares those innovators faultless.The Arcigpishop is evidently not such an authority, nor is the consultative committes which the Archbishop proposes: Tor does it appear that he has declared what would de an undoubted authority.He appests to bave sil the sal for the faith that was in Saul of Tarsus and Loyola and many another mint of the Mistoric ohurch, without that spirit of submieston which wes a osrdinad vir- ture with the .ionks.What he seems to require le simply the wosgnition af the Athanasian cresd, Wut faith In it; else hu would have to excommunicate the larger part of thos with whom he now has communion.They are Content for the most pert to repeat It a3 & historical Go iment \u2014 to wae {tg own words, mot three incom- prehensibles, but ons Jacomprebensibin \u2026 and to Igbore the durmMtory important that f in welt Tortifled.The 206 far 1° re Just, in- greatest feat cf Iv 3 SBIR to-day in i clanse whith says if a man dons Met: all 118 motapayai\u2014 pation.æ.terestu of the workers are nothing te them, so long aa they can be kept from\u2019 revolt, and the interest on the capitait- \u2018| mation of the mines and the plant runs uj on Sunday Just the same as other days, whether thers te money earned that day or pot.Their calculation ia that, running seven days a week alt on contract labor, at plece work, the mines cai make a profit ia « year one-sixth greater than they can make running only six days à week.i then earnings are to be cut by one- sixth, dividends will also have te be cut.Such à change ie certain te raiee a bowl from the great number of pes-\\ ~, ple In England who own blocks eof shares in the Rand.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Such economies reasoning is ussal but le net always true.In almost ail busintasen the weekly la?off is fn practice an economic advantage.But, if ft should reduce the gold output, it would be a positive advantage to the world in general.Gold has beén increasing too fast, and as everything is valued in gold Ia cheapness has made everything dear as ocempared with money.Wore this excesstve aup- ply cut down one-eixth, or, better still, three-fourtesnths, that is giving the Saturday half holiday as weit as Svp- day, the world of consumers would be mightily pleased, though busiriess mon would batter sell off, as the'r poases- riens would go down in meary value, It is a positive advantage te the worid te got any oo unefsl auba! se mventer or tee .Fhe question.ju, new Haine HI rT ew ee IEE.es 2 _\u2014 suse, tu en or irridium, would he a fine thing for the world.Still more an increased supply of radium.Gold is certainly useful for many commercial purposes, but its use for ornament is immensely vutweighed by its use as, the basis of mesaurement of value in all the world's ~ommercial transac.tiona.For the purposs of this use there are three requirements: Indestructib- tity, acarcity, and uniformity of supply.Closing down the Rand mine ovar the week end would serve twe purposes.It would help to stop the over-production of the mine, and would prolong the life of the mine.thus insuring à rontinuance of the euppiy when other more erratio sources, such as the quarts veins at Porcupine and those in Colorado, shall have run out.lt would also save the lives of the minors and thei; overseers from being crushed out of them, ard give them some chance to be human beings, if that is any consideration with the pers of gold.\u2014 THE KING'S WISH.It was not the responsible leader of she Unione: party, Mr.Bonar law, who moved the amendment to the address upon the Irish question.but Mr.Walter Long.If thet a.nendment bad carried it would have Leen Ary Walter Long who had secured a ma: jority in the Hcusa of Commons.and | % him the King would have had tv look to form a ministry.mesn thet Mr.Waiter Long is going to be leade- of Une party, or eimply that Mr.Walter Long rushed in with fis threats of war against te King's government, where even the truculent Mr.Bonar law feared lo tread?The speeches of Sir Eward Carson and of Mr.Bonar Law were, however, still in Ercles\u2019 vein, and i.seem~d from the way in which they flourished thelr threats that If they and the london Telegraph\u201d could get up a civil war they were still determined to do # But these and the whale army of irreconcileables know.as all | the world does, that the demands of Jreland have kept Parliament in à turmoil and balked legisiation for forty pears.during all which time the Irleh have by unanimity of political action held the handle of the whip.They know that no government can do its work freely until that question is aet- tled, and that to refuse Home Rule now would, at the best, be tnorowing impertai interests back into the pot for ancther generation, and at the proret cause a sore which would sap the life of the empire.They know that the Dill which has twice passed the House of Commons is an honest attempt to settle the question.They know also that the government in anxiously ready to consider any modification ot that bill that would not be a simple megation of its purpose, and so, completely fall to be a settlement, and that } it would welcome any possible compromise between what Dean switt called the Bigendians anu the Little- endians of the distressful island.They know that if the government cane into their own hande they would have an tnsoludle problem ca their tfrands that gould only be settled by satisfying Ire- and.Yet they had no solution of any sort to propose.Their demand was that everything Irish ehall be determined by the Engiish.Failing that they would bid the Ulstermen fight.It may be however that a good deal of this waving of the bloody flag at the opening of the session is only to maintain the record established by platform speeches, and is really meant to open the donr for better counsels.It is to be noted that these extremists have distinctly shifted their ground.Even Sir Edward Carson, who before refused to accept the ; exclusion of Ulster from the operation of the blit as a possible solution, now (ers to urge this on the people of that province as a solution should the Government offer it, while his companions urge it on Par- lament as an alternative to & dissclu- tion, thus putting themselves in an entirely different position before the world in the matter of reasonableness While it wes unreasonable for four counties in Ireland to dictate to the rest how they should be governed.there is in the abstract à certain logté about say- tng that if Ireland's Tight to choose | ber own form of government Is acknowledged the Protestant counties may also claim such a right.or course there ia an obvious ilmitation © such reasoning.What a historic netion inhabiting a distinct\u2019 country may claim cannot be equally claimed by counties, eles we might have Cornwall or Kent ciniming & Partiament of its own, Ulster, however, in a hlstor'c kingdom.It is dominated by a Boottish people, distinct from the Irish, though now more by religion and thrift then by temperament.If ister as a whole should demand separation and give any reason to hope she would live nappHy in that condition, her plea would be almost ir- veniatible.But the fect that the Ulster parliamentary majority le now in favor of Home Rule, and that under any rearrangement of constituencies the Home Rule vote would still be large.and will be increseed by man- ©ood suffrage, it ia to be feored that Mr, Redmoad is righ.li saying that the seperation of Ulster can never be & satisfactory solution.In fontrast to the fire-eating of the Opposition, was the benignant snd assured tone of rainisters and their supporters.Mr.Birrrell, perhaps the most alendered of the supporters of Home Rule, was jocoss about some of the things that had been said about him- sail.He spoke in laudatory terms of Sir Bdwerd Carson's new attitude He said it showed that.much as he hat- od Home Rule, he loved ireland more.Mr.Asquith said that the reason the sovernment's conciliatory proposals were not being irought down for scare Weel wis because thers would be an entirely different atmosphere in the Rouse then from the superhented condition: (a which members came trem the country.Mis mestiag each other lives ths.| proposals + daily come to understand each other better.He might have had in mind something that might occur in the meantime, Indeed the press of the country has Liven surmieing that, behind all this bluster on the one hand and benigrity on the other, things must bs a good way along the path to conciliation.Mr.Asquith expressed THE MONTREAL WEEKLY WITNESS, FEBRUARY 17.1914, annual deficit te pay upon her roonu- ment.The question is whether such an advertisement would be worth Canada's while even at that cost, OT whether London, that would have the hencfit both of the decoration and ot the business it might draw, should not chip in to son.greater extent thun a reduction of four or five hundred WILL IT COME ?(Astronomers are sagerly watching for the new comet which is expected to rival Halley's in brilliancy.) himself as pretty sure that when made would he well received.Mr.Redmond also spoke In a very conciliatory tone.He resented the remark of Unfonist that the Home Rulers only | wanted 10 retain Ulster for the sake of taxing her.Te would readily consent to leaving that pravines out, if it so wished.but he felt sure that that would Lriag no solution nf the trouble.These amiable expressions added to the very eamestly expressed wish of the King that some solution might be reached by mutual consent certainly had considerable effect in brizhtenix the atmosphere bath Indenrs and out.Of course the King's speech is open to respectful criticism, hut he seems to have so put himself into the wish for patriotic conciliation that the country was touched by it, and only ane of the spsakers ventured to he saucy with regard to his earnest wish that the Irish question might be settled by consent.\u2014 A CANADIAN MONUMENT.Lord Chelmsford, who is visiting Canada At the request of lord Grey, not tu advocate, but to present, the scheme for housing Canada upon the Aldwych site in London, exhibited « plan which has recently appeared in the London \"Times,\" which presents a building effective am a monument though.with its darkening coloiinades, it does not seem t he in the highest degr« economic as to user The plan.however, is nothing but an iden.The main fact is that unquen- tionably the most prominent site In London.threes acres in extent, ia through the Canadian patriotic .of Lord Grey.offered to Canada at fifty dollars a square font, a price at which property could not be bought in Montreal on the leading streets, and that Canada has an opportunity to build a monumental hutlding, such is would not only accommodate her zovernment- al officers of ali kinds, hut would afford ® abundant space for the display of the products of the Dominion.with an office for all sorts « \u2018 inquiries both by Canadians with regard to British business and by Hritish exporters with regard to Cana lian business.Any one who examines the Canadian Pacific i Railway's display on Windsor street will see how instructive such an exhibit would be to persons wanting to know the possibllities of life in Canada and what an advertisement of the country it would be if such an exhibit could be made one of the customary sights of london.There is such an exhibit at the Imperial Institute, Ken- sington: but there it remains dead, not being hendy to the rushing tourist, and indeed not being known to him at all, The building would also have stately room for the London offices of all Canadian businesses and institutions, such ae banks, Insurance companies, steamship lines, railways, newspapers, and so forth.These would all profit greatly by proximity to each other, cad it would be a great advantage to the Canadian in london to be able to get all needful Information at one centre.On the other hand there would inevitably be jealousies mong rival institutions that would possibly make it hard for them to dwell together in unity.If the building belonged to and were administered by the Canadian government, the institution or the business that should have a pull with government would get advamjages of position and of rental which would make rivals sulky.A change of government would give like advantages to another set, the result being that the enterprise would become & losing one, and those who had no pull with either party, or who did not work in that way, would be worsted.We are mentioning those probabilities, not as wishing to belitte the scheme, but as showing dangers to be provided aguinet, which would : ; quite possible by any government desiring to do so.\u2018The reia- tive rente of ail offices might be de- terméred by an independent expert commission before there were any leases, and then, all transactions being above beard and public any departure from the rent fixed in one case would meas a raising or a lowering of the whale scale.When ail was done wo mapest that Caosés would hove a3 \"Xe - ta kJ the ; thousand dollars, say seven percent, on the cant of the site, which is what has been already allowed in the option.It is as a monument of imperial un- iy that this scheme commends ftuelf to the imagination of Enætishmen.But, in my far as Canada may ses her way to standing sponsor for it, she will have tu look upon it very largely as un advertirement.lt 1x an established tact that advertising pays.Those who find it most difficult te see why it pays, still have to admit that it pays Canada is dolog business, and it will pay her to advertise.If we may judge from the practice of men of business, we must conclude that no form of advertising is more impelling than a building that no one can help seeing.A building that every visiter to London must pass, and that tens of thousands pass daily.and that none Can pass witheut notinæ.Would eminently serve this Purpose.Tt ix for advertising purposes a miner matter what goes into the building.But if its contents hecome one of the sights of London, that would give point to its advertising aime.Many » township In the Younger provinces spends money from year to year on exhibits of its products to he seen at the provinclal stows.This ia in addition te any individual exhibite that mac he sent.They find it pays to de so, chiefly in directing to those townships the steps of the enterprising and intelligent immigrant, thus giving value to its unused lands and adding to the value of those occupied.It in thus that Can- ade would reap the greatest and most direct material benefit from the scheme, and also great moral benefit an she neecdx just now to promote à British immigration to leaven and glve a Iritixh quality to the masses that are coming tn us from other lands.An effective Canadian exhibit in a building nat restricted for room could he made intensely interesting to the young men In the Old Country who are Inking for a chance to start out on a new lle where the ultimate pos- nibliities of promation «or Auccess would not be so circumscribed an are those, say, of a salesman in a London shop.Prince Fdward Inland for in- stan e, reeking just now a market for breeding foxes.could make an exhibit of wild animal farming for fur.with statementa of the profits that some of its cltizens had recently made in the pursuit.A miniature forest with a running stream and a mode] lumber camp would attract others.Mining exhibits with samples of ore and the prospecting laws and figures showing how many men in Canads registered mining claims each year would attract the more venturesome.If this wan well done it should he possible to de- fiect to Canada a good many of the \u2018emigrants that are continually leaving the Mother Country for the United States and South America, and securp to Canada this, the very best, of emigrant stock \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 THE WAR FEVER.' The doctors should get husy finding a culture that would antidote fingoitis.There are countries which have ft chronically, such as Germany and Great Britain, where the gentry and the plutocracy with all their admirers and imitators seem to be incurables.But it seems to be catching, and, like mosquitoss and other pests, to attack new victims with special virulence This is the case with Sweden, Bweden, constitutional, peace- fui, progressive, prosperous, joyous and singularly well educated, has jong been the admiration of wise men she world over.But suddenly the King \u2014 the Bernadotte kings have been wise\u2014is caught in the whirl of warlike zeal\u2019 which has been stirred up by the adventurous and consequently popular Sven Hedin, whom, as & traveller, all the world has admired.On the occasion of receiving a vast visitation of the country party urging warlike preparation he joins in their hurrah for increased armament it de apocifically against the Swedish constitution for the king to make utterances that he has not sudmitted vw his ministers, The ministry had cab, Ue o German chancelier, te \" SMR Nes RAT A Le \u2018 ps father the utterances of the King and prepare to fulftl them, or else resign; oc the Staaff miniatry resigned.The King has now to find new ministers.He asked Haron de Geer, of the Liberal party, the son, we presume of the Mlustrions constructive statesman of that name, to form a cabinet which he failed to do.The King then turned to Mr.Lindman of the Conservative party, whose success has not been reported.No one can measure the extent vf sych popular excitements.The demonstrations that cerried the King off his feet continue, hut the fact that Haron de Geer was not able to form a ministry chat would face the Inevitable election auggests that statesmen un all sides doubt that the majority would eustain a goverment in a course that would rod the countty of its means and of its peace of mind, ail to enrich the wily shipbuliders who plan theas acares.The movement is probably at bet- tam a reaction, both in the mind of the King and of the country people, against the emeroachments of soclul- istic ideas which have Leen making progress under the universal manhçod suffrage secured by Mr.Stauff seven years ago.The extraordinary excitement of it had its cause In certain stories, stories, true or apocryphal, of Russian spies having heen discoverdd, Russia is the age- long enemy of Sweden.It was Russia that in 1808 wrenched Finland from her, leaving a great open sore.Russia is notorious for encroaching in ull directions, and is known to Le specially covetous of enough of the Ecandinavian peninsula to give her an open port, Sweden has memories of the great rule played by her reat Gustavus, and the mad career of her twelfth Charles.both of whom might have djctated terms to Europe had they been as prudent as they were venturesome and hud their country been big enough to hack their vigorous movements.But, neither would Europe permit Sweden to enter like them un a career of promiscuous cone quest, supposing that possible, nor would it permit Russia to crush her.she has the best yeomunry in the world fur ho: defence, and ail whe needs ut sea is local hasbor defences.It is a pity to sce one nation after another plunging into the mire of militarism.Meantime the students who are figuring in this cemand for armament do not notice that they are weakening the underpinning of their country's free con :lution by backing the King, as a political factor, against the parllament.W tere.; RAILWAY WORK.According to the very elaborate Te- port of the .esent government's commission of inquiry, the Transcontivent- al Rallway is #ning to cost the coun- trya hundred r 4 sixty-one million dollars instead of the mixty-one million dollars which.on updegtaking the scheme, Mr.Fielding apnopnced as being the estimate made for him by experienced wilway mei.Adding intcrest on the period until th> Grand Trunk Pacific will begin to _ay r-nt for it in 1922, the Commission makes out\u2019 that it will by that time have cost the country some two hundre\u2019 and thirty-five millions, three or four times what it was to have cost.A large proportion of \u2018this over-cost the commission ascribes to overdoing the work, paying toe much for a boast of low grades.for unnecessarily generous curves and for stone and iron construction where wood would ve one for years to come, and greatly cheapened the better constiuction later.But there would seem, from thelr showing, to h been a desire on the part of the 1 .nagement to apend as much money as possible.Here was the tarm of Narcisse Delisle, which he offered to the rallway for $3,500 and which was appraised for the commis- stoners at $2,000, For this farm was built a subway costing $35,000, ten times the top value of the farm, and as this was only = \u2018ful at low water the man wan accorded level crossing rights besides.A culvert for the stream that crosses here could have been built for fourteen thousand dollars, including \u2018the price of the farm.The same process .ns repeated at another farm near by.It is assumed by the investigating « 'mmissior that there must have heen à big )rofit to somebody on those jobs, or In other words that, useleas as they were, they cost far more than they could have been done for.There are stories of bulld- ing in the wilds four limes as many stations as there is any call for, and building them first-class appointments, altogether beyond any supposable needs.At one place two stations were bullt, th.first mot having been considered grand enough.There is one story of & contracior being allowed a very unusual price for a job north of Lake Nipigon, which job was not begun till railhead had reached the section and then sublet with & big \u201crake off\u2019 to the contractor who had failed to fuifil his undertaking as eontracted for.Of course we must take all this, and much lke it, as the statement of \u20ac commission anointed to discover and expose the unfalthfulness that was suspected, snd.while we must assume that nôthing }-e been set down In malice, we may Also be sure that nothing has been extenuated, and that the utmost has been said.The public Was already prepared to hear of wrongdoing from the accusations made by Mr.Hodgins some years ago.The fact that a parliamentary committee with a bullying Liberal majority managed to refuse \u2018co be convinoed, and the further faci that Ar.Hodglas suddenly withdrew his.charges, carried to the public mind no evidence of righteousness \u2014 rat loft the impression that there was much te conceal and that the party had to stand together to conceal It.Mr.Hodgine's accusations referred chiefly to she claselfica- tien of the material excavated, making utohey ground inte rock, and earth into atbineg.and paying aécoré- o ba.woe .tN & \u2019 WN ar CE ingly.The present commission ¥¢- peats these charges in full.But, in what way is the wrongdoing going to be brought home to the men who are here broadly alleged to have plundered the natlon to a total extent of many millions It wilt simply be made a talking point against the [Aberal party, which will be responded to by rich exposures of mismanagement and wild waste ai Port Nelsun, and the people will read and forget.The public which would not believe the exculpation of the parliamentary committee, wil} pans over this report as A matter of course and (ts heart, like King Pharaoh's, will be further hardened to any sense of public righteousness.Yet, apart from the injury thus done to the public conscience, which is treated as negligible, let us suppose thers are a million an & halt men in the country and that the total lods alleged is about a hundred and fifty millions, as the re- -port would appear t6 make out, that would \u2018mesa & hundred dollars for every man.Allowing for ressonable explanations and for unreasonable fault finding let ue say titty millions of waste or thirty-three dollars per man.The London \u201cDaily News\u201d commenting on this and the Quebec scandal fears that thess two exposures are symptomatic of a general moral .axity in Canadian administration.It says, 160, that we are exploiting our exceptional reso.es with a recklessness for which we shall later have to pay dearly.The history of thin railway began with the Quebec bridge, a structure for which thei» was no obvious need, and which, as there was no prospective husiness for it, had to be financed by the guvernment.the money put into it from other svurces being entirely dependent, not on the prospects of the enterprise, but on the government guarantee.As the bridge advanced towards completion, it was obvious that some use for it would have to be found that would bear some proportion of Its enormous cost.When the Grand Trunk Railway sought & charter for a railway west of lake Superior, they were given It on condition that they would attach to it a railway which the government would build eastward from Winnipeg to the Quebec Bridge, and thence on through Quebec and New Brunawick, parallel with a railway which the government already possessed and which notoriously did rot pay.The Grand Trunk made its own terms and Mr, Parent, the financial engineer of the bridge scheme, was put in char.e of the larger work.On the other hand we think it it safe to say that whatever may have been the merits of its history and construction, time has vindicated the wisdom of building this road.if not as a commercial venture, at least as a means of widening our country and opening regions of much lumbering and agricultural value.It also skirts the northern |' vite of \u2018he surprisingly rich mineral deposits that have developed on the northern shope of the Laurentian highlands.Before it was planned, the inhabited country east of Winnipeg was about a hundred miles across.If it shall result in peopling the regions n.\"1 of the Laurentians in the section It tra erse: it will much more than double this beit.' \u2014 \\ BROADENING CANADA.The Dominion Government has just published a report called \u201cThe Basin of the Churchill and the Neison Rivers.\u201d It is a description of New Manitoba, taking in the region north of Prince Albert, but deals more particularly with the portion of new territory lying to the eastward of the old Provincial boundary.As is well- known the rich flat land of the Prairie Provinces was once the bed of a great sea that covered most of the ir.terlor of the continent.' it is the muddy sediment precipitated on the bottom of , this sea that mikes the rich fertile soil for our wheat fields.The ancient sea, which is, of course, prehistoric, is known to geologists as Lake Agassis.As the ice of the great northern glacier receded northward the lake increased in a long broad arm stretching toward Hudson Bay.This arm covered just the territory that lies between the Churchill and the Nelson rivers, and deposited over this surface a deep bed of clay.The vegetable growth that has covered this has permeated its upper layer with nitrogenous matter and covered it with a leer of mould.It is now in a state to be us- té as arable land if the climatic conditions will petTit, and if means of transport are supplied.The report states that as far north as a temperature of fifty-five for the three summer months can be found, agricul ture may be pursued.In this it assumes of course that there are no summer frosts It is the report of the temperature given of these northern regions that is the \u2018most Interssting thing about the investiggtion.Unfortunately the dats on which the averages are taken ore extremely mudire.No continuous registration of the temperatures, the precipitation and the winds has been kept at any one post oly the figures of pasging.Dominiqn explorers are to be had and they were net equipped with modem instruments.It is just such lack of certain knowledge of Weather conditions that hae kept one part of Canada after another from developing.The Hugson Bay factors bave at times been Intelligent men, who were not so filled with the spirit of their company in its efforts to keep out the white settler, but that they cord investigate and lot out some their part of the un- remember the discussion: aver the Peacs River Distaset shat took place in Par- lament.AN Britiph Columbia remembers the discussion ever the pos- abilities of the Bulkeley Valley, and more recently over the Nalchaoco.Some maintained that in cach of these | esicas these wes-snse 49: ho\" guests wa, Pt a oad ve .\\ 1 every month ef @ie year.Others maintained that all sorts of vegetables and grains coulé be grow in them.Everybody made guesses and many gambled on the correctness of thelr guesses.Each of them was a resi of immense importance to the country.The country had explored them geologically but never climatological- 1y.The latter cannot be accompliahed by expeditions, but must bs a work of long observation, It would just now be of much more value than the other.Again we are experiencing this lack of knowledge In à new ares that may have immense possibilities.In future we will experience it again, unlens steps are taken to remedy thig defect.Thers seems to be no reason in the world why a mslieorologicsl station should not be maintained at every pest of the Northwest Mounted Police; and possibly more stations might be added with this most useful object in view.There wight be oc- casfonal lapses, if it 1s permitted to desert the stations on duty, Rut the keeping of the records would give an interest to days of monotony.In the valley of the Churchill the report gives average maximum aum- mer temperatures for the three months of July, August and Beptem- ber as 77.3, 62.1 and 61.6.As an average for the Nelson and Îts rorth- een tributary, the Burntwood, it gives for the same three summer months 12, 66.5, and 576.This gives à warmer summer climate than Eogland whose only average Is 81, July being there the hottest month.That comparison is weakened however by the fact that in England It never gets very cold.A more useful comparison is with Southern Manitoba.The summer figures do not compare at all badly with the suthentic figures given out by the mateorolo- gical department for such weil- known places in the present agricultural belt of Manitoba as Minnedosa and Brandon.The high mean temperatures for the same three months in these places are: for Hrandon, 79.5 78.5 and 75.nd for Minnedosa, 77.4, 764 and 73.7.The northern area would ssem to have not far from the same temperature In July as the twr southern places, but has according to the figures some (weive degrees lass of heat in August and about fifteen degrees less in September.The the minl- mum temperatures ot the same two northern regions with the same two southern ones fis surprising and far more important.The minimum for the Churchill waa: July, 60.6; August, 45, and Septem) ber, 44.8.The minimums for the Nelson and the Burntwood were: July, 53, August, 50, and September, 445.\u2018The corresponding temperatures for Minpedosa were: July, 545, August 51.0, and September, 48.6.For Bran don the temperatures were: July, $1.7, August, 49.1, and.September, 418.It will be seen that there is so Ifttie difference between the minimums f.the northern and the southern places as to be negligible.The records of early frust are also about the same for both regions While this new northland has a lower temperatures at the heat of the day than has Southern Manitoba this Is to a large extent compensated for by the greater length of the day, which, during the growing seuson, would amount to ten full days of extra sunshine.In respect of latitude the region \u2018in question is comparison of parallel to the cultivated parts of Scotland.As stated before, the figures of temperatures are not to be too much relied on as they are gatherd at haphazard and not by regular trained observers stationed at the several points over a series of seasons.All that can be said positively 1s that the northland is not a» hopelessly uninhabitable as had been supposed, that it gives good promise, and that it is worthy of further inves- tition In immedise future.MAKING DESERTS BLOSSOM.Our conservationists assert that fully eighty percent of the rala and snow fall is not water that has come direct from the ocean.but is water that has been evaporated from the verdure of the country.Where there ts no verdure in tbe land there \u2018a litte or no evaporation, and where the verdure is very deep as in the forests there is & maximum.There is a very simple and sure conclusion from this Burn the forests of the hills and decresse the rainfall.In- cresse the area of the country ufder cultivation and Increase the gninfail.There are very few dry belts so dry that they do not get a fall of rain of at lenst five inches a year, Wars these countries gradually covered with a thicker and thicker verdurs by cultivation until orchards ani farms alternated, that five inches would, It seems, multiply itselt by four, and twenty inches would ba th> result.It is some such prospect that we are looking to ses realized in those parts of Alberts and British Columbia that are over-dry st present It a rule that the rainfall is \\n- creased three or four fold by the verdure of the country on which it fall can be positively demonstrated in Alberta, thers will be hope that the great dry interior of Australia may some day be brought under cultivation.For some reason it ls & common eccurrence to find soil in the dry sections of the world where little grows unusually productive when supplied with the necessary amount of wuter: and our dry farmers have brought the possibilities of cultivation down to such & aclence that a bare twelve tncbes of fail in & year suffices to produce heavy crops.The most im mediatply beneficial lesson from the snnouncement of the law ghould be an extra effort on the pert of all ta preserve our mitural forests from destruction.Lumbaring should be conducted fer 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Pf.Rand American ens gineers, an well vx giving positionte to his own relatives.The debate was not conciuded, but Premier Borden replied shit no n- fluence had been exeried hy the (ove ernment on the ¢anaiiso Northern, and that the rates charged the ©.P.R.by the I.¢\".R.for carrying their freight from HulKax to SL.John were very much higher than certain rules which hud prevailed betwes 1 Montreal and Halifax under the Lih-n] rene.When the House adjourind to-night.the Hon.Rnhert Rignes, wha wae lea.ling the Government in the abrence of the Premizr, stated hat Mr.Borden (Continued on next page) Government charged with applying presure to Canadian Joha port.Amendment to bill before Railway Committee to reduce time limit for construction of railways.Railway Department accused of gross negligence at Port Nelson, causing loss and damage.The Hon.Mr.Cochrane, Minister of Railways, in defence.blamed mishaps and delays to failure in delivery of supplies from the Old Country The Commission which investigated the building of the National Transcontinental Railway reported that \u201cwithout includ- mg the money which was unnecessarily expended in building the railway east of the St.Lawrence river, $40,000,000 at least was needlessly expended in the building of the road.\u201d It was that contractors had been made rich on the construction of * Trees said to be growing on right-of- way, lies rotting and rails rusting away.I lleged ilder- would introduce the redistribution bill to-morrow uid would probubly make a statement regarding it.Mr.A.K.Mclean asked for a statement trom the Hon.Robert Rogers regarding the declaration of Consena- tives In the present provincial Seles tion In Victoria county, Cape Rreion, that the supplementury estimates of the Federal Parliament would include specific votes for various works in that county, \u201cIs thers any authority for that statememt: has any one received ud- vanced «cplea ¢f the supplementary estimates asked Mr.Maclean, whe recabled that mmething of the sume knell happened a yeur ugo, The Hon.Mr.Roxerw rentied that he was it no way responsibie for the statements made.The supplementary estimates had not been made publie, nor any formation given out about them.r.Maclean\u2014Hove any conclusions been reached?> The Hon.Mr.Rogars\u2014These conclusions will only be .innounced when Lhe estimates are brought dawn.Mr.W.F.(*arroll, South Cupe Rreton, read à telegram which stated that the Conservative speakers in tha hy-elec- tion were reading a ji of works provided for in the supplementary eeti- mates, The Hon.Mr.Rugers made the same reply as before, REPORTS ARE MÈRE GUENSES.The Hon.15.P.Graham remark that for the third time, the Government newspapers had published fe.recusts of the Teport of the Investigation of the Natrona! Transcontinentale Hon.Frank Cochrane rep that the report itself would be rented un Wednesday.The papers were Einasing ut it, he added.At least, he not know t e source - J ation of their jn Sr Wilfrid \"aucier intimated the hints of scandal to Ho be revealed by AMERICAN APPOINTED.English Railway Could Not Find Right Man at Home, SOME CAUSTIC COMMENT.London, Feb.13.\u2014The directorate of the Great Eastern Railway Company of England to-day ammoumnced the ap- poilntment of Henry W.Thornton, gen - eral superintenden: vf the Lamy island Railway, as getieral manager.Lord Claud Hamilton euté he thought there was something paltry in the Brith aystem which tended to Inter- fers with the mental activity of em- ployeea who were reduced to autoinatsa ns merit was sacritied to senfority He said he hud not been able to find in Faglend a man bi for the post, but in Mr.Thornton he had found a general manager admirably rualitied avd whose career wna one suciersion of Intellectual yallway triumphs, London.Feb.16.-Tiiat the charge of a dearth of capable raliway men made by Lord Claud Hamilton wich accompanied the appointment of Hurry W.Thornton, general superintendent of the Long Island Raliway s general manager of the Grert Eastern Ralinay Company.comes as 8 shock to the national amour propre ia evident from the spirited retorts made In various querters of the railway work.The general opinion seems to he that the assertion comes tuck a a boomerang and his the Great Eastern Railway in regard tn the faliure of its own system dealing with promeo- tions of the staff.This ke hinted at In a atatement hy Mr.Whitelaw, chairman North British Rallway, the dearth of talent, but S3resing with Lord Claud a the apeclei circumstances regaidin Great Eastern.\u201ce sh &is David Stewart.another Bcet- tish chalrman, says the emailer raii- ways are the best for rearing all- round men because lesa aubatvision ives \u20ac greater grasp of general Mr.Wardle, parliamentary representative of the raliwaymen, ad editor of the \u201cRaliway Review.\" be- Hoves that there iv pienty of abliky, but that it te etified and that there ls something redically wrong with the system of promotion.If true this statement reflects ruther on the men- agement than on the employees.At Derby the cherge is discounted by the Cemral and » idland Hystem, this symem being noted eminent administrators It hes went to aH parts of the work.Another officiel said he had not objected Lo the Americha coming use he belleved that here was 8 free ex.10 America.Tannen haviog goog 20090 F0 000400000 Australian Premier Ignores Labor: Men London, Feb.16\u2014A cable te the \u201cMorning Poet\u201d from fi] ney, N.B.W.states that - mier Cook has refused to forward to the Imperial Government resolutions from Australien Trade Unions deprecats of tl deportations So! * | le +++.sonanntasaan ad] KIKIYU CONTROVERSY, Bishop of Zanzibar Says Issues Are Prejudiced, OBJECTS TO COMMITTEE, London, Feb.18.\u2014The Bishop of Zanzibar, in u letter to ilis Grace Archbishop of Canterbury, takes à remarkable stand.Heferring to the Kikuyu controversy, His Lordship declares that the Archbishop has already prejudiced the issues involved in the discussion.He objects to the Archbishop's reference tu the desire to federute the various branches of the Church of Christ, pointing out that the phrase implies the validity of non- episcopal ministers and also constitutes an official pronouncement Justify- Ing the line of conduct taken by (wo bishops at Kikuyu.The Bishop ot Zanzibar proceeds: \u2014 \u201cIt Your Grace accurately interprets the mind of the English clergy in \u2018anting Nonconformists the title of \u2018Bianches of the Church of Christ,\u2019 1 must admit that my whole action, irom your point of view, ls contrary to church discipline; but I submit that the exact point In the controversy is the luw(uiness of regarding such bodies, however venerable and spiritually effective they may be, branches of the Church of Christ.\u201d The bishop of Zansibar further ob- Jects to adjudication of the matter at of bahops on the ground that the Arch bshop of Canterbury » char- man, and aiso because certain of the bishops have already compromised their judgment.He declared that unless the Bishops of Uganda and Mombasa are found fauitless'by an authority beyond all question, he will be in the position of baving to determine whether he will continue to remain in commission with them.\u2014 ANOTHER BEILISS CASE IN RUSSIA .\u2014\u2014 Kiev, Feb.18.\u2014The murder of (he boy at Fustoff, .which it is alleged \u2018was committed for ritualistic purposes is assuming the dimensions of the Bellies case.As In the earlier tra- fedy, stories of mysterious characters have been Introduced, such as a \u201cred headed man\u201d and a \u2018\u201clamp-iighte hoth of whom have dissppsared.The Black Hundrèd and the Union of Russian people are showing their old- time anti-Semite activity.The, Minister of Justice J.a.Chichegievitoff, and other judicial of.ticials, have arrived at Kiev and are sifting the evidence.On their arrival they were acclaimed by deputations from the Union of Russian Pcopis and the Two-Headed Eagle organisation.The leaders of the Black Hundred, after first asserting that the victim was a Cheistlan, subsequently declared that he was a Jew, and that he had been murdered by Jews in connection with the Bellis case for the purpose of disproving the allegations that in the so-called ritual murders Christiane were invariably selected.They also were seeking to prove that go LEADERS IN THE HOME RULE FIGHT.LORD LANSDOWNE.HOME RULE FIGHT REOPENED AGAIN Call for General Election on Subject Voted Down by Majority of 78.IMSSOLUTION FUTILE London, Fah, 10.\u2014King (ieorge toe day with pleturesqus ceremony open- od Lhe fourth session of the present British l'arliatuent-a session that promises 10 be a history-making one, uwing tu the important counstitutionsl Questions tu be decided, including that of the granting of Home Ruic to Ireland.In the linuxe of Commons noon, the Uniumist party pi pi their attack on the Government in re- gord tu its attitude luwards Home Ruie.Mr.Long Chal.enges Premier.After the speeches of the mover and ssconder of the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne had been made, the Right Hon.Mr.Walter Long, former Chief Secretary for ire- lund under a Unionist adminisire- tiun, immediately challenged Premier Asquith to submit the Home Rule Bill to a vote of the country.Mr.Long demanded that the House should squarely face the fact that for the first time in centuries the United Kingdum wan threatened with civil war.The attitude of the Unionists, he said, was the sume as it hud been since 1386.In no cunditions would hey stultify themselves by accepting a measure to which they were root und branch op- There were, said Mr.Long, 100,000 men training in Ulster and prepared to sacrifice their tives in resisting this Home Rule Bill.and, as the first fruits of the fterliament Act the Government it It carried its Home Rule Bill nto effect, would have to du it by the use of British bullets and bayunets.Me.Asquith\u2019's Reply.Sr.Asquith.in his reply.promised that the Government would take the initiative In putting forward rUK- Kestiuns for n settlement by ugree- ment of the Irish difficulty.\u201cIf,* the premier remarked, \u201cthis matter is to be aetiled-and none desires it more than I-by something in the nature of a Keneral agreement.it can better be seitled here a.{ now than by a gene.il election.\u201d Mr.Asquitis said the Government could not «ivest Itmelf of the responst- blilty for initiating ruggwslions, but whatever stepa it took must not be construed as an admission that the Home Rule Bill was Ineffective.There was nothing the Government would not do, consistent with the (fundamental principles of the bill to avoid civil war and bloodshed Without delay the Government would, the premier sud.submit to the House of Commons suggestions which would be put forward honesi.y in the hope of overcoming all objections.Welcomes New Scheme.Mr.Asquith said he would welcome the scheme proposed hy Sir Horace Plunkett for a plebiscite to he taken after certain number of years whether any section of Ulster desired :o continue subject to the Irish Parlie- ment: but he did net expect it would be acceptable to the opponents of Home Rube.\u201cAu far as 1 and my colleagues are concerned, we will not close any avenue, however unpromising the entrance thereto may appear, which, directly or indirectly, holds out any hope of lead.Ing to concord and a settlement.\u201d In regard to Home Rule the King by the emphasis of his words and his manner in delivering the Speech from the Throne, indicated his personal realization of the gravity of the situation.He sald: \"I regret that the efforts which have been made to arrive at a solution ty agreement of the problems connected with the government of Ireland have 80 far not succeeded.In a matter in which the hopes and fears of sc many of my subjects are keenly concerned and which, unless handied now with foresight and judgment and in a spirit of mutual concession, threatens grave future difficulties, it is my most earnest wish that the goodwill and co-op.eration of men of all parties and creeds may heal the dissension and Fashkott hy Jewish taller.who has son A .being toate Se muréer, is areas ra \u2014 PREMIER ASQUITH.Jay the foundations of a lasting settlement,\u201d London, Feb, 11, - Home Rule for Ireland was again the subject of para.moulit interest in the House of Commons to-day.Slr Edward Carson, wns Ulster Unionist leader; David Lioyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Nir Juhn Simon.the Attorney-General; John F.Redmond.leader of the Irish Nstiouglists, and Andrew Bonar law, leader of the Uppoaition, nll made rer- veut spéeches, and at the conclusion ol the debate the amendment tu the reply ta the Hpeech from the Throne, moved yesterday by the Right Hon.Walter Hume Long, thut \u201cit would be disastrous for the Mouse to proceed further with the Government fur lre- land Bill until the mewsuge had been submitted to the judgment of the country\u201d was defeated by a vote uf 333 to 265.The announcement of the figures was received with loud opposition cheers and shouts of \u201cresign.\u201d Mr.John E.Redmond spoke in a conciliatory tone und appeared anxious to meet the question from a hroad viewpoint with an earncst desire for a peaceful settlement, Mr.Bonar Law predicted civil war the moment Home Rule passed, but uged that the danger of «civil war could be averted by leaving l'Inter out of the Home Rule Bill or Ly submitting the bill to the judgment of the people.Sir Edward Carson declared that If Premier Asquith\u2019'z promised \u201csuggestions\u201d attempted to draw Ulster within the grip vf the Dublin Parliament, he would, regardless of sll consequences, stand with the people of t 1- ster in their ,ulicy of resistance.KING CONCERNED AT BISLEY DISCORD Expresses Wish That Canadians Will Not Be Prevented From Attending, WAR om CRITICIZED, \u2014 Ottana, Feb, 12.=Cables are bring exchanged between tha Minister of Militia and the authorities in England with regard to the Hisley situation and the participation in the mecting of the Canadian team.It was learned tonight that a wealthy Canadian has of- tered to defray the expense of equipping with rear aperture sights the rifles of all the British marksmen participating at Bisley, This would be with the object of making conditions similar for all competitors.The \u2018'ana- dians, of course, will use the Ross rifle fitted with that style of sight.London, Feb.16\u2014Members of the National Rifle Association mustered in great force for the general winter meeting held on Saturday.[Primarily the meeting was culled to adopt the past yeur's report and tu elect new members to the council board.but a great deal of discussion took place later upon the new rules of the Army Council, several of those present expressing their feelings towards the War Office and the proposed regulations in no mia- taken terms.Even Lord Cheylexmore was not spared % Certain amount of criticism, and one member openly accused him of having done his best for some time past to bring about the resent clash.P Major Fixiey, Major Fietcher, Mr, i1ppins and à number of others hoped 1t would go from the meeting to Colonel Hughes thut the National Rifie Association had not created the present difficulty regarding the Ross rifle, but that it was entirely the work of the \u201cJumping Johnnie Showmen\u201d of the War Office.They commended Colonel Hughes for the bold attitude he had taken up.Lord Cheylesmore read a letter he had received from King George expressing the hope that the c'anadians would not be prevented from attending Bisley.Finally a motion w carried unanimously: \u201cThat this meeting hopes that means can be found whereby the War Office conditions, as now understood, do not take effect until the Bisley meeting of 1916, in order that their effect on the number of competitors from our overseas Dominions may be fully realized.\u2014\u2014\u2014r BURDEN NAVAL MUST BE BORNE \u2014 Feb.) ~The Let Mayor pres vec à noni -polit utidim resting To dey of cky men to assure the Prime Minister of the support of the commercial community of & policy ensuring the supremacy of the navy.Londen, London, ¥eh.13.\u2014- The parliamentary correspondent of the \u201cDaily Chronicle.who ia usually well-informed on navy matters, understands chat the navy estimates for the neat financial vear whi exceed $253.000,000 over and above the fifteen million dollars of lust yeus's entary estimate , D ere, who has hitherto been somewhat of A dark horme on (he question of increased armements spoke luat night hefore the members of the Eighty Club and Juve unquall- fled eu to the Hon.Winston Churchiil\u2019's case.He eatirely agreed that the whole business of armamen:s was op; ing a scandal and no one should be surprises at the reaction felt in the Liberal ranks against this Immense burden.\u2018But 1 can assure vou.\" Lord Crewe continued, \u201cthat the Government are very coracious of the gravity of the position.We de not underrate the gravity of the occasion.nor are we surprised at the evkiences of doubt which have heen expressed in various quarters of the Liberal! parey.The First Lord of the Admiralty takes a keen pride in \u2018he splendid service over which he presides, and he war has regard for the efficdency of that service, bul le is really [re or to Churchill to say.or to hint, that gards the increased THREE MEMBERS WERE FOUND GUILTY Quebec Legislature\u2019s Judgment on Graft Cases Presented NO ACTION RECOMMENDED, Quebec, Fah.12-\u2014Roth the I-giaia- tive C\u2018ounucil und Assembly Insentigu- tion \u2018'ommittees made publie their re.| ports tu-duÿy, und Messrs.ferard, Bergevin und Mouaseay are found guilty by their colleagues.The re- borts contain ne recoininendation to the Leginlature and thers wus little discussion upon thelr finding.The Assembly Committee's report says they were ordored tu tnquire into two questions: Mr.Mousseau rnceive the sums of money in connection with Bill No, 168?2.\u2014Was there a conapiracy between persons who were unknown when the motion ordering the inquiry wan made to obtain the commission by Mr, Mouss-au, of the offense wit which he is charged?The committer finds na follows: \"The evidence proved that Mr, Mousseuu received from the American detectives Hiddinger and Maloney the sum of $4,150 in connection with Hilt 158 to incorporate thu Montreal Farr Associution of Canudu.\u201cMenrarx, Nichol, d Macnab hmit.0 Mr, Moussean, rs of the legis lative Assembly are concerne, tout the evidence proves that no other member of this House has received anytiong | hatever to secure Lhe passing of this \u201cAs to the three officers who were mentioned us those lu whom xe money might be given, no proot whe ever hus been made against them and œil three have formally sworn that neither promiscs were made nor moncy given then, lontreut ar Asan.| us passe] by the Legislutuee, contains no provision which is extravrdinary or prejudicial to publie interest\" The report of the council in brief, the committee saying: \"The aceuss- tions made aguinnt Measra, Achille Bergevin und Louis Phibppe Berard have been justified by the evidence, It has been estublis that after having in the first place refused, they ended by taking money ln connection with Hill No.164,\" Thera is no comment with the report, The Tt of the committer of the legislative Assembly concludes from the evidence that Mr.J.A.Labelle nas aware Mr.Mousseau received money with u view to bribery, HOLD OATH INVIOLATE.Fyven though the ses of the Quebre Legislature to-duy forget fn: ness as law mukers in the excitement of discussing the reports presented to them by thelr tovestizatine commit- teen, tha conviction, thay they were not speaking Le the ugunl apathetic members but to the great pablic conte side.gave an wir of tremendous jin- portance to everyihing said and the Way in which it Was received.The usu decorum and shaence of debate marked the proceedings of the Cpper House, but the address of the How T.Chapin Was an eloquent appeal to hin fellow members to hald RLY.TY and under every cireumstauce anvio- late, the wath of office which they tovh «neutering the legisluty Eupeciully did be warn then 4 allowing their busines or pre interests to conflict with their duty as Legislators, He aba xtated his pe.uret that instead of the committer of which he had been chairman a oval Commission with wide powers or investigation had nut been appointe in the Lower House the atrnesphere was more electrical.In the afternoon there wus à Wériing-up period lowing Lhe notion by the H Taschereuu.The leader uf the tion, Mr.J.M.Tellier, guve an udmir- ably lucid and forcerul expositic sof his views With regard to the report of the committee wideh he had not signed, and he gave it with characteristic fairness.Later there wus the eloquence: of the member tor Vercheres, Mr.J, Gouin, aroused the Mont vehement applauxe of the session with the mong vigurous srutorieal effort that any event during the present session hay succeeded in evoking from han.FUR WIDER INQUIRY, The fight did not only centre around the report of the vommitive and the belief of the Opposition that à much wider investigation should be instituted than the vne wiich had to cimit itaelf te charges brought aguinst Mr.J.O.Moussesu.This, of course, was argued very sarnesily and elogugntly by Mr.J.M.Telller and those who thought like him, and was the continually recurring topic.But another matter of contention was introduced by Mr.Taschereau's motion te accept the report because he asked that the methods by which Mr, Mousseau was induced tu take money should be strongly condemned.and that no further action ehuvuid be ta\u2019 cn against Mr.Mousseau.Mr.Tellier wan inclined to favor the condemnation of the methods, although he claimed that it wae only utilising methods Uov- ernment officials were using in pun- iehing infractions of the liquor license law.His argument that the committee should have a wider field so ax tu leave not the slightest trace or doubt in the public mind rezarding the honor of the legislature were nven with great force and feeling.is legal uments that the committee should ve contented Itself with sending a report to the House without making deductions «s well commanded attention.PREMIER'S CHARGE.Mr.Berniet's amendment tn have a committes investixate further how the $1,150 claimed by Mr.Mounsseau to be for membera of the lower tinuse wan expended made the debate even warmer.Me.J.1.Perron introduced the personal element by locating the oriztn- ator of the investigation ax a man who bought the Montreal \u201cHerald\u201d for motives which the speaker questioned as being in the public interent.BERNIER AMENDMENT.\u2019 Kir Lomer Gouin gave a dramatic note to the debate by stating that he had felt all along thet the ahject nf this attempt at bribery of lexislatorp had heen tn destroy the Liberal par ty in Quebec, and had been particularly directed at himself with the express object of au ng him LE -00 004050 GO49tOS6HSOHHH HUE Lord Minto.ex Governor Genaral of Canada and ax-Viceroy of India, is tying seriously ill in London.L bulletins report his condition as being \u201cvery grave.\u201d that reson Jee had allowed tle ext ltitude of inquiry te Me Nichols and Mucnatb before the of the House, und bad wiven \u201cvery opportumis te me They had tefu-et te and pote ele could to anvestigate those The 14 1er Cluusses of Lhe M real FL tlon bill with those of 1b and Qui lp e Expositions Ve poners Were nt xo Wilde ot Whom th v cottipareel r A M ow Sant and des lunch Lis withugiess te veuliRate NY der us sen enrages Iv and Tionestiy pade by re-pou persons.USED GYNAMITE IU DESTRUŸ 18 Mexican Rebels Wive Out Military Escort and Wound Many Passenzers, TO SPANARLES FRIENDLY oma fra are el wong de Ne nestle peu.A Det vert of hi: wih a UD Masst of Tia fuer ge.ser the Cars, Med Lone Lega seme of hen Wiesel à tea Deariy sal on.The tren was dev raved on which the reis tore up a.vfirak Am vaut \u2018rom tre un ores But Lt Stat TNT 4 COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY ALLEGES THAT MILLIONS HAVE BEEN WASTED (Continued from page 3) the report was case of the \"wish being father tu lie thought.\u201d Amung the answers given to ques- tlons was that uf the Hon, T.W.thers that the technical educating cummiasion, including nine wembers and a secretury, had cust the country $103,172.D, Stewart, Lunenburg, was informed in regard to the visits of No Frederick Liorden to th Imperial conferences 1907, 150% and 181), that the cost uf the (rip on the three aston wus $4,003, $5,000 and $0837 respec tively.The Hun.Frank Oliver was infoim- ed that 240 parvels of lund were sald on the Ni.letor's indian reserve but only three patents trad been isaued.Dr.Neely, Humboldt, learned that thers were 77 (arm implement factor- tes tn Canada in 1911 representing an investment uf §.5.000,000.Mr.buchanan, Medicine Ilut, was informe.that the G.vernment doen not inten.to provide superannuation allowances for retiring muomhers of the railway vomnussion.WOULD REDUCE THE TIME LIMIT Ouaws.Feb, 19, An innovation Wus introduced in the ratlway come mittee this morning which, af 11 sue ceeds 10 becoming lan in connection with the Wi affected, will form an important precedent with regard te meunures contempluting the ruild- tng of rasiwass.This morning M.1 Bennett, of Calgary, during the sideration cf à bill of the Calgary and Edmonton Ratlway Company.providing for the construction of three branch lines from the Mac- Leud branch to the oil fields and cual lands of the foot-hills, moved that the time for commencing construction be changed \u2018rom twa years to one, and for completion from five yrars to three.Despite cunsiderable objuction, the motion carried By cb large majority amd the bill thus amended was rrpurted.A similar amendment in regard to the lime of completion Was carried in connection with an act respect - ing the Lachine, Jacques Cartier and Maisonneuve Railway Company.and there are andivations that amilar amendments will be moved to all bills coming up in the future of a like nature, .Colonel Thumps Culgary and Edmonton stated that it wax the build three snort branches from the Macleod branch to tap the wile fields recently discovered tu the foots speaking fo applicati purpose to hill country.Oil discoveries, he said.were bei made from dax tn dax.und they uid net be sure as to tone exact direction which these lines would take.Mr.Hennett, of dat gary, sald that the company should not be circumscribed an that respect, Mr.Dougles, of Strathcona.said that mennt business, and e vol many hy an no paper charter which for this proposed work.Mr.Bennett then proposed the amendment above referred to, Mr.Nesbitt, of South Oxford, ohjected to the limiting of the time.Two years, he declared.were a short time in the lite vf à corporation.\u201cIt is à long lime in t farmer who is waiting f that it possessed he tife o7 A or the road to come in said W.F.Maclean, of south York.The motion «f Mr.Rennett was put to & vote and carr.ed by a large jority.mal wis to provide for the \u201construe- tion of a railway to he known As the Central Western Canadian Ral way, from Winnipeg to Edmonton.was sponsored by Ww.F.Rharpe, of Lisgar, and counsciled by Chive Pringle, K.C.of Ntiawa.The pro railway, Mr.Pringle explained.would run between the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian Narthern to Battleford.and thence to Hdmon- ton.W.I.Maclean, of South York, declared that there were already three railroads running from Winnipeg to EA nton.ahd that it was time this fv p of roads was port of duplication ras stopped.especially in the west.Why could the compuny not et running rights over other roads until it came to a ne weountry net yet served by railway facilltic 7 The bill was reported unamended.LOSS AND DAMAGE 055 AT PORT NELSON Ottawa.Feb.11.The von-: 1 i | | damage, the fault tay with the captain ur ofticers on the vessels themselves, and was not dus to lk uf aids to navigation.' WIRELESS COMMUNICATION.The wireless station is practically completed at Fort Nelson, he and the first messages expected here Within a few days.A large number of men will be sent over land tu Port Nelson in the early spring so that they can start to w.rk much earlier than if they waited till they could Bel 11 jrived at bi: tating the Interest on by steamer.By the end of another [ (he amounts expended durinf each year, said the Hon.Mr.Cochrane, very | seau from the end of the your up to the substantial progress would be made un eng of 1921, the harbor und terminal works.The report stron condemns the rs methods that prevailed in initin CENBURES DEPARTMENT.tenders, The unlimited security Nd Mr.A.K.Maclean sald that Hon, Mr.Nelson as the terminus, but had not publicly Justified bis cholie and should do so.The department wis also to be censured for the fact that vessels went up there and had to return without getting any -« ull of their cargoes off.The roput tion of the whole project hufl been seriously dan - uged.The steamer \u201cAlcazar\u201d had brought two million feet of lumber from Texan to Port Netson on August 14, was unable te unbound, threw off a Hitle tumber, which was said to have heen all lost, and the trip cost the vernment about $0,000 becapse the \u2018ernment had failed tu supply light.cring supplies.the « STEAMER WHECKED.\u2019 had been © sida (0 navigation, and the steamer \u201cAlette\u201d had gone ashore.Captain Howard of the \u201cCae renze said the Government steamer \u201cAcadia.\u201d doing hydrographic survey work, had made à punr chart of the river channel und buoys were marked The steamer \u201cCucrenze\u201d wreched fut lacs vous the charts that did not oxist.The | or the Lut said that if Fort Churchill on, | vhosen the railway would have to run \u2018 1 + steumer Kathleen\u201d which wus used tu tow the scows was not able to pull them axainst the strong current.Mr.Maclean alse urged that the relative werits of Fort Churchill aud ort Nelson should Le reconstdcoed.A \"ORT NELSON AN IDEAL HARBOR.The Hoo Mi Cochrane admitted that Port Nelson was an ideal ha sevemty iniles farther, and over à darren district, frozen #1 ce Adam was a kid\u201d The enginecrs would not advise building over that.This wax ales to be à grain route chlefiy, and advantage os the distance belag shortened wax worth consideration, Maclean, in referring 16 the mi and delays, ha! quoted mea who were interested or who had mu michupa.The loss of the was totally due to the captain starting in without asking direcilonx from the \u201cAcadia\u201d wd going abead without taking soundings.The government had got Captain Nunders, Lloyd: agent in New York, to Re up and port on the route and he anid that navigation inte the mouth of the Nelson river was less difficult than on the Thames, the Mer- sey und other rivers.IMFRFICULTIES TO RE EXPECTED.Difficulties were (on he expected but the port would be ready for the ratl- way when it was finished, the Minister conchuded.The Hon, Mr.Frank oliver suid the government did not appreciate the im- portunce of the pro, or the difficulties in carrying it out.At the present rate of vanstruction, the railway would be finished before the port facilities were ready, which would he a serious injury to the route for many years, Mr.J A.M.Aikens, Itrandon, said the Hon.Mr.Cochrane had shown that every possible precaution had heen taken.Mr.Maclean had quoted Mr.W.Beach, Winnipeg, as asserting the superiority of the harbor at Fort Churchill.ft was natural that the owner of the townsite at Churchill rhould favor that L rbor.For Tort Nelson it could be maid that it was over 100 miles farther south than Churchill.was open earlier in the spring und remained open later, le war still open on December 5 last, Mr.Aikens agreed thai the Hudson Hay Railway was necessary to help carry out the western grain and it was het- ter to have a few mishaps than to have opposition | gue delay in completing the pro.guns were trained to-day in the House | Jet.of Commons nn the {zovernment npert- tions at Port Nelson.Unbusinesstike methods were charged, ns & result nf which it was suid progress on this project wan seriously delayed, and a loxs of some $200,000 entailed.The allegu- tions nf negligence und bungling on the part of the Department of Railways and Canals were aimilaë to these that have already appeared in the pr \u201crank Mr.A.K.Mclean, the Hon.Oliver, and the Hon.Mr.ti.Graham led the assault, backed hy Mr.E \u2018nowles, Mnose Jaw: Mr.G.Ww.W.Kyte.Richmond.N.8.and Mr.J.J.Humhes, Kings, P.E.I.while the main defence was made by (he Hon.Mr.Frunk Cochrane, \u2018inister of Raliways, and Mr.JA.M._Aikens.Brandon, supported by Mr.W.H Sharpe, Livgar.\u2019 MR, MaciBEAN BTARTS ATTACK.* Mr.A.K.Macl.- n reviewed the mishaps tn vesseis going up Le Port Nelson and the Ingmes.also, through others being unable to land their cargoes There was & general unprepal d- ness for the bexinninæ of the Work en the part of the Government, he said.Proper facilities for lightering the vensels taking in supplies had not been provided, and the rame was true in regard to alds to navigation.The Mon.Mr.Frank Oliver declared that the Hudson Fay Railway would be compieted hefore the port facilities were ready and thin fact would damage the route badly for years.THR HON.MR.GRAHAM'S CRITICISM.The Mon.Mr.F.Cochrane replied ticised the Government for delay In making arrangements for steamships to handle the traffic between Fort Nelson and the old country.The railway construction was @& nimple matter, he said.The harbor and terminal works should he rushed und the government should decide what the steamship arrangements were to he and have everything ready on time.The former Minister of itailways declared his confined faitis In the feas- IMIKy of the Hudson Bay route, Sie HON, MR COTURANES ['E- FENCE.The Mon.Frank Cochrane replied that the mishapr and delnys were not due to negligence of careienpnesa on the part .the governiaent.Their piags were all made ahead, but un- w bip deisys had occurred including late delivery of scown for lighter ing and of a tug ordered in the old country.Hut as a matter of fact.he sald, seven vessels went up last sean and were hble to get n and out of the river channel all right, with one exception.In that cmee, and also in the eae 03 anctder veeshl which met with REAL ESTATE INTERESTS.Mr.W:.E.Knowles, Moore Jaw, hinted that real estate interests had zome- thing to do with Port Nelson being chosen as the terminus, The Hon.Mr.Unchrane rose to say there was nothing in that, because the Government has reserved hair & mile on cach alde of the river.Mr.Knowles replied that here was still room for spcculation on the town- site.The Hon, bir.Roche stated that this had been withdrawn, also, for tivo miles on cach side of the river for six miles.TREMENDOUS WASTE ON TRANSCONTINENTAL Ottawa, Feb, 12, \u201cWe find that the Transcontinental Railway (om- mission, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and those having charge of the construction of the railway did not consider it desirable or necessary to practice or en-oursge economy in the construction of this road, \u201cWe find that.without including the money which was unnecessarily expended in building the railway east of the Kt.Lawre e River, forty millon dollars at least was needlessly expend- od In the building of this rosd.\u201d The above repres \u201cta in concise form the findings of the commission investigating the building of the National Transcontinent.], the report of whose investigation ne laid before Parliament by Hon.Mr, Frank Cochrané this afternoon.The rep-rt In a most voluminous one.Tt \"+ based in the main upon the evidence of the persons who had charge of the building of the railway.hut added to thin is the prrsonal observation of 1.é commissioners Who made an Inspection of all work done prior to the first of Octaber, 1911.After reviewing the agreement ane der which the ratlroad had its Inception, Investigating Commissioners Mr.Gutelius and Mr.Lynch-Rtaunton, K.C., called attention to the fact that until the appointment of Major Leonard in the autumn of 1911, no member of the Transcontinental Rallway Commission had an, experience or knowledge of rallway building or operation.Further, the .\u2018lway wan designed \u2014 that is, its standard was decided on \u2014 without any kiowledge as to whether {t was suitable for the country, and on assumption as to business expected which were unwarranted.[It is stated that when the til for the con.netlon of .-« raliway was being discussed in Parliament, the Hon Mr.W.8.Fielding, minister of finance, sald that be had been advised by ciperi- ced railway that the cost of such a rallway \u2018from Quebec to Win- 1,644 miles, would be $35,000 à mile, or a total pf $47.040.000, and that the cust from Moncton to Quebec, 440 avn ot WL à mite Cochrane had chosen Port | added.| 400, or $I4.500 à day.+ | sulted in only five contractors tend- Ld THE MONTREAL WEEKLY WITNESS.FEBRUARY 17.$14,376,080.The total cost, according oor.Fieldings estimate was $61.415.- ready been upent $109,000,000, and Mr, Gordon Grant, the chief engineer, then estimated that when completed the rond would, exclusive of interest, have Cort $161,300,000, The commissioners in their repart point out that if the roid is complet- od aL lily cost by the end of 1814 the G.TP, will commence to pay rent at the beginning of 1922 on this amount with $15,700,000 interest added, making an annuel rental of $5,400, Assuniing that the (i, T.PP.will com- menve ta pay interest on the vost of construction fu 1832, the read will have vost the country for principal and in- tvrent 8234 1.This amount is ar- quired from contractors and the plan of letting the work fer the most part In unreasonably large sections re- cng for 308 milen of the railway, while eleven contracting firms secured all the work, and zub-let (t to upwards of 100 au\u201d -contractors who, had the work been divided in reason- nbly large sections and the security required in other Governmental contracts only becs exacted, would have, in all probubility, completed in the bidding.AP un indication of the haänd:veme profits derived by these cleven firms, it appears that they were pald $5,500,600 In profits for that part of their work which they let ta sub-contraciors, CORT MILLIONS: LEFT ROTTING.The vommiss.net.are strong in their condemnation of the construc.ton of the New Brunswick section, and are of the opinion that It was not & commercial necessity, and was built for the jurpase of placating the supporters of the Government east of! Quebec.In addition, its premature construction has resulted fn the of Large sums of money in interest The wrt states that it parablels the tnteycoloniai Mails.y.and tu t- self earning pmubing.Arreudy 1reer are growing up oni the right of way, tirs ate retting and the rails are rusting away, This portion of the! road cost $ 10.000, and the interest charges to-day are $1L.I00.000 a Year.The co missioners point vut that of one-tird of this amount had Leen expended en the Intercolontal it would have provided all the trunk Line facilities required for the pro- vice of New Hrunswivh.fur many years.The repurt es on tu deal with the method wt awarding contracts, and says that the contracts for scc- tons No.§, 150 miles; No.13, 1875 miles: aid No, 45 milen - which are estimated ».8.$5.011,000; No.1s, nd Na, 21, $13,000, vou t sion finds were not tet tat tenderers, ahd they believe that in at | ust two or three cases advance Information as lv (he wstittiste | qu.tex wus made use of by the successful tenderers, Thelr earons for Lhe.e stittements are given 14 Cest part of the report peferring tu these contracte.INDIFFERENCE ALLEGEL.Contracts Noa, 18 and 17 were let to Messrs, °*.I and J.T.Davis, on vuluber 29, 1305, Chey agreed to fin- Nn, 18 by the 31st December, 1910, and contract No, 17 by Murch, 1911.Very high prices were agtied lu bé paid for this work because twas north of Lake Nipegon und at that time inaccessible excopi- ng al considerable expense for tole road, ete.Fhe paint ie that a hign price was paid by reason at the remoteness of this work, and the conductors in September, 1908, had not done a stroke vf Work ei either von- ttuct.At thay time the work had become cusy of access by reason of the work dune by the cuntracturs .o the cast and lo the west uf them.Mr.Haver, of \u201cve Urand Trunk I'uei- fic, drew ie attention of the Prime Minister and Le commission to tae fact that the time had nearly expire ed for doing th.work; that nunc of it had been d nez ee a high price had been ugre 1 to be paid because of Its rem.eness from civilization, and that now, 1s the work was eaay of approach, the Government should take auvantage of their right tv can- vel the contracts and ad-ertise them agatil because, Le said, under the new conditions, Was quite certain that ihe work could be mure chexp- ty done.crime M nister, su; s the report, appears Lo have taken no action.und tue commissioner refused to cancel the contract.In « long letter to Mr.Hayes the chairman vndeavored to argue thu, he had no authority to cancel the contr but it is clemrly pruvided in the contract that wncre the contractor is in default the commission van take tne work from «.m.Not only did they refuse te cancel the contract, but at the time when the were discussing the ratler with Mr.Hayes (hey consented to un assignment to Messrs, OO Urien, O'Gorman and McDougal, whereby it was agreed that Mesars, Duvis and Co.should receive 10 percent vf the gross cost of the work.That 19 percent was tu be deducted by the coiumission from the estimates.\u2018The commission duly ue- ducted it, snd !lesrrs.MN.P'.and J.T.Davis have received the $749,000 fur duing nothing.à CLAY CL BE.AS RUCK.The report then deals with classification, and es that when the trouble nrust abuit the cuntractor's specification, the chalrman nsked the advice of the Hot.Mr.Graham.(ben minister of railways, who infofined him that full power had been vested in the commissioners and engineers Lo carry on the ork in auch a way as to them secined hest, and returned (5e papers to the chairman to take such action as to him seemed necessary.Thin letter is duted December bth, 1907, and is in the report of the 1.umsden charges.The classification prescribed in the contracts was ignored and contractors were overpaid $3.300,00¢ on solid rock.A new sub-classification of solid rock, called \u201cassembled rock,\u201d which is described as \u201cfragmenta of rock cemented together by Interstersial material,\" was Improperly introduced after the contracts were signed, and though $1,835,061 was paid for \u2018uesembled rock.\u201d there 18 no material on the line which can possibly be marshalled under that head.and that material which was described as \u201cassembled rock\u201d should have been classified as \u201cloose rock\u201d or as common excavation.About 1,317,940 yards of ploughable clay on contracts 14, 18 and 16 In New Ontario, which should have been classified as common excavation, were \u2018classified as louse rock, resulting in d loss of $750,000.Over-break,-1.e., rock taken out beyond the section\u2014shouid never exceed 20 per cent of the intended excavation.On this line it exceeded 40 per cent.The engineers first certified that all overbreak amounting to $4,084,813.78 should be paid for.The arbitrators duced their returns by $560,000.The commissioners find that that reduction should have been $677,968.59 mere than it was, As to Erades, the report says that had momentum brett ndepted, On Rept.30, 181), there had al: | grades as is the usual practice in high-class smilviy construction, Shey 22520 la HERO OF THE WIRELESS SERVICE This young man.Ferdinand J.Kuehn, was the senior operator of the wireless telegraph on the ill-fated steamshiyr \u201cMonroe.\u201d which foundered an à result of collision with the \u201cNantucket.\u201d He stood by his instruments to the lust, and when In the act of jumping off the doomed vessel he gave up his lile-preserver to « Woman, and went down with his ship us a result of his self-sacritice.The noble record of many wireless operators in time of y was worthily maintained by would have in no way usefulness of the rallw the cost of operation, or reduced its hauling capacity, and $6,200,000 might and should have been xaved.As to curves, the report says, that had sharper curves le.curves of a shorter radius than those actually used, been allowed, they would not have impaired the usefulness or Increased the cost of operation, or reduced the hauling capacity of the road, and $2,400,000 might and should have been saved.On the question of bridges, the commission finds that had wooden trestles been used instead of train fill and steel structures.as were dene by the Grand Trunk Pacific on lix portion of the and as is allowed in the bent Modern railway construction, they might have been In course of time replaced by fill and steel structures and $3,947,227 thereby saved without impairing tbe usefulness or reducing the hauling capacity of the railway or increasing the cost of operation.The N.T.R.{\u2018'ommission had an offer from the Grand Trunk Pacific to fill wooden trestles at the rate of 25 cents per cubic yard.Had the commission made auch an arrangement to do the train filling after the road was opened $3.250.000 would have len saved In addition to that included under the last heading.As to buildings, the report says that the 16 engine houses to be von- structed were considered of such small importance that the contract.= were not required, although the attention of the commission was drawn to the omission, to name a price either in bulk or in detail for their construction, but were given the contracts on prices afterwards to be arranged.in consequence of this, these buildings are said to have cost $800,000 more than they «other wise would.In the opinion of the investigating commission, this was 8 direct violation of the statute, which clearty requires that contracts be given on tender which name the price at which the work is to be done.The commissioner says with regard to stations that there were 18 station bulldings at different points on the line, each with office acrommo- dation for a staff sufficient to operate 500 milex of railway.Four such might have been justifiable but no more.There station buildings average $22.000 « .h, and $204,000 might have heen saved here had rare been taken to only provide stations with ample accommodation for the operation of the road.At Reddit, which is ina wilderness.a station ample in every respect for any possible purpose was built, but because it did not comply with the sxtravagant Grand Trunk Pacific design a second station was hullt beside it at a cost of 422,122, to the profit of the contractor alone.The commission finds that the de.aign for freight sheds, bunk-houses, store-housen, Icehouses, were on an unnecessarily extravagant scale, and there were far ton many of them built.Had the design been within reasonable limita and had they been built only where they were useful.$300.000 would have been saved.On Cap Rouge viaduct, which ie near Quebec, had the piers heen built with ordinary open calssons, as they should and could have been, the same result would have been had at $260,000 lesa cont, says the report.The Chaudiere cut is about one mile east of the Quel c Bridge on the south side of the St.Lawre.e river.Notwithstanding the fact that the approach to the Quebec Bridge on both nides is over a one per cent.grade, the commission apent $351,000 to preserve the low gradient within one mile of the Quebec Bridge.An embankment wag built at Coal Creek fl.containing over half e million cuble yards of material, of which 20,000 yards was solid rock borrow.The total cost of the filt and arch wag $398,000.If the commission had built & wooden trestle there they would have naved in seven years $418.000, and could have then dulit the embankment and the arch and have been $139,000 in pocket, On the New Brunswick section there are at mileage 148 and 174 two pusher grades, thirteen miles and eleven mites in length, respectively, where the grade is 1.10 cent., yet at Chipman, rather than allow the grade to increased one-tenth per cent, the oommissioners $178,324, Dealing with Little Salmon r viaduct, the report finds that this steel structure.contain! 14.000, nds of steel, was erected across the Pate Saimon River Valley.in New Brunswick, at 3 sont of over $800,000, It pusher ww had Deen use) in tocasing this crossing $1,750,008 would bave been baved in » Gistanse ef ten 1914.miles and the interest on this sum would in twenty years have paid for « revision of the tine if the traffic then warranted it.Ât La Tuque there wus a chance to save over a million dollars, which was neglected.The commissioners\u2019 engineers advised a pusher grade at this point.They demonstrated to the mnt.isfaction of the Government, of the commission, and of the G.T.P., that from an engineering and railway point of view it was a desirable and proper thing to do, that it being a division point there was always at hand an engine to help a heavy train over the grade.Al parte admitted that this waa right, but as it entailed the saving of money the conumission thought it sheuld obtain the sanction of the Government.The Government's en.ginéer agreed that under the cireum- stances 8 pusher grade at this point would not harm the railway, but advised that because members of the Government had repeatedly stated thut this rie a four-tentha rafiway nôt to allow ft, and 30 against the protests of everybody who knew that thoy wére talking about this money was thrown away.Accerding to the zeport, the C0vern- ment at no time suggested to the commission to be careful in its expenditures, although the Opposition was continually pointing out that thé roud was being extravagantly built.Though the yearly returns showed that the cost wus mounting beyond that of any single truck ruliroud ever constructed In America, the Government continued indifferent and the commission extra.vag The Government never exer- ciséd any authority over the commission excepting in the La Tuque J und this only in the Intercats of ext vagance, On the question of accond sidingm, the report euys that the original plan was to build along the whole line at seven mile intervals two eldinge of 3,500 feet and 3,338 feet In length, to acrommodate two 80-cur trains.After laving spent $374,800 on the second sidings, the commission realiged that this was an unwarranted expenditure and abandoned the two sidings\u2019 plan and built only one, On the line there are 367 miles of sidings and yard trucks which are equipped with new #0-pound rails.This was an unjusti- flable cxpenditure, as rails of 65 pounda would have answered the purpose equally well, and $340,500 was wasted by not using the lighter rail.WENT BEYOND AUTHORITY.The statute provided that the Line should be a single track railway with necersary turn-Huts and switches.The commission.exceeding their authority, double-tracked six miles at an addi- ti nal expense of $679,692.The contracts provided that piles delivered on the ground should be raid for at so much per foot, and that piles driven should ve paid for at another price per foot.The cun- tract was unreasonably interpreted tu mean that for piles driven the contractor was to be pald for piles de- Hvered und after\u2019 he drove them he wan paid à second time for the piles plus the additional price per foot for driving them.The contractors on con- ttact 9 were in this overpald $33,900, $166,900 was spent in draining borrow pits.a useless and unjustifiable expenditure, Certain contractors were by a wrong construction of the cone tract pald two prices for one handling ot material.The wuste under this head amounted to $75,284.83, On contructa 14, 15 and 16 the commissioner finds that the extra heixht of embankmenta beyond what was necessary to stay within the maxl- mum gradients resulted in unneues- sary expenditure of $159,000.JUST WILEUL WASTE.3] ing allowed out on Expensive farm drainage is .lso dealt with, and the report says that u farmer named Narcisse Delinle, who lives about 59 miles west of Quebec, owned à farm which he offered to sell tu the Government for $3,508 and Mr.Guay.the land agent, reported that this was about $1.500 more than it was worth.Because of a creek flowing from the high side of this farm, across the right-of-way, the commission intended to bulld a culvert, which would cost ahout $10,000 Had they purchased the farm and built the culvert the expenses to the commission would have heen about $14,000.Instead of doing that, however.they Lullt a great under-crossing through this man's place at a cost of nearly $35000, so that more than $21,000 was absolutely thrown away.Notwithstanding that it could only be used at low water they paved a passugeway with concrete, although they provided this man and his neighbor with a joint level-crossing as well, There is another cause of the same kind where a farmer near Delisle, named Honore Perron, whose farm was of ahout thé Pame value, got .\u2026- other great under-crossing built at the expense of atout $35,000 to the commission.it was intended to have built ut both these places a six-foot arch culvert, but rather than buy the farms, and evidently to suit the contractor, the culverts were increased to 14 fect.The use of cast-iron pipe instead of a concrete pipe.as is the usual practice, to carry water from the ditches along the line under highways, and farm crossings accounts fot $13,672.15 unnecessary expenditure.$82,280 was lost by Installing gravity water supplies ai Pangburn, Heaver Brook.Hiuebell and 8t.Leonard in district A, New Brunswick, inatead of pumping plants $45,600 was lost by the installation of 57 gasoline pumping plante instead of steam pumping plants.Two streams, the River Des Bud.60 miles east of Quebec, and Creek a'Shea, 160 miles west of Quehec, were approached with fills snd crossed with 30 and 40-foot concrete arches respectively, Had steel boe.n used a saving of $384,000 would and should have been made $61,380 was spent on unnecessary fences ELECTION JOB CITED, There are two cases known as Mr.Napniean Martineau's case and Mr, Adolph Chevaliers case reported on by the investirating commission where the chairman of the former commission paid one, MF.R.R.Bergevin 87,50 of the commise! ns money for the pretended purchase of a lease, The report seems 8 indicate tha\u2019 the chairman knew when he paid this money that he was getting nothing for it, and the conclusion drawn in some quarters is that this was a repayment of money nt by Mr.Bergevin to forward the election of the Liberal candidate In Quebec.The commission: ers chardcterize it as a \u201cmost improper payment which cannot be justified in law or in morals.\u201d As to the Transcona shops, the report says that the country has been committed to the expenditure of $4,- 600,000 for the erection and equipment of the Transcons shops at Winnipeg and which are in any event twice as which, in the - \u2018410.1 of the commis.sionerts, are not authorized by law large as are uired for the purposes of the eastern division.The \u201ceport c'aime further that large sums of money could have been saved it ordinary business riethods had been adopted in negotiating for and acquiring the «trance te Winnipeg at the proper time.The commissionere conclude as fol.tows: \u201cWe f.d that the Transcontinental Railway Commission, the a, aT.P.Raliway and those having charge of the construction of the rafimay did not consider it desirable or necemery te practice or encourage A AT.ue construction of this economy iL the road, \u201cWe find that, without including the money which wap (nnecessarily expended in buildinz the railway east of the Ht.Lawrence river, $40,000,000 al leant was necdiessly expended In the bullding of this road.\u201d KING'S PRINTER NOT YET NAMED Ottawa, Feb.12, - The House of Commons spent & business-like, but desperately dull day of it, largely over Items In the estimates.Almost (he was occupied in a the appointment nf an assistant King's Printer, the fact that some printing has to he done outside and the number of French employees in the Printing ureau.The only outstanding feature of this us cussion wis th announcement of Hon.My.Lows Coderre that there would be provision in the supplementary euti- mates for plens for a hw printing bureau In Ottawa, The Hecretary of Suite alan said that despite newspaper reports, © postion of Kings f'einter, made ucant by the desth of we Charles l\u2019armelee, has not yet been illed.Ottawa, Frh.13.The real signifl- cance of the report on the construc tion of the National Transcontinental Hen In the pousibjiity that the Grand \u2018Frank Pacific Rallway Company may repudiate (ts arrangement with the Government and refuse to take aver the eastern mection on completion, The terrific cost of the read.amounting to $234,000,000 entailing a rental charge upon the lessecæ of the road of nearly $15,000 a day, presents a burden that the Grand Trunk Pacific is likely to refuse to assume.1f the agroement were repudiated, the result would be that the whole enstern section from Moncton to Winnipeg would remain a charge upon the Government, and would either have to he operated by them or allowed tv pase into the hands of some other railway at a rental far below (hat which the G.T.P.Is expected to pay.and at à consequent loss to the country.Ottawa, February 15.-The question in heing discussed here as to whether it is possible ta secure any restl- tution of the enormous sums which huve Leen wantonly wasted In the building of the N.T.R.It lu not likely that one dollar will ever be collected from sny one.The question has also been raised ax to whether the N.T.R.disclosures will have any bearing on the judgment of the Railway Commission in the western freight rates case, which, it is understood, is now being revised.It was pointed out, however, that the commissioners hud already taken the huge cost of the road into consideration in the case, and that details as how every dollar, was piled upon every dollar, however, reckiess- iy could have no new infuence.It is estimated that the Grand Trunk Pacific, if it takes over the read, will be called upon to pay an apuual rental of $5.400.000 or $14,800 a day.This, vf course, must come out of earnings and those earnings will ta paid by the Canadian people (In freight rates.There is no hope of relief being brought through this agency.re NANAIMO MINERS FREED.New Westminster, B.C.Feb.11.\u2014 Fourteen miners who had been convicted in connection with the riot troubles at Nanaimp, wers this morn- suspended sentence by Mr.Justice Morrizon , the trial judge.The fourteen, Including \u201cRig Louis\u201d Nuentha, who was also allowed! out on his own recognizancs of $1.000 in respect to anotier charge not yet hepid.The other thirteen wers Mike Linsa, Mike Metro, George Metre.F.M-Kin .T.H.Rogers J Stewart, ¥.Aeop.Ro Wallace, J.D.Robinson, M.Mati, J.Rall, D.Purse and J.D.Ross.The judge said that these men did not belong at all to the criminal class, but they had heen betrayed into their present dilemma Ly desixning agencies whose machinations they had been un- nble to resist.! A FISHERMEN WANT LAKE CLOSE SEASON REMOVED ttawa, Feb, 12.\u2014The aholition of the cre season for pickerel on the Great Lakes was urged upon the Minister of Marine and Fisheries to-day by a delegation (rom South-Western On- tarlo.The situation at present = that while Canada has a close season on piekerel the United States has none, and when Canadian fishermen on Lake Erie and eleewhere cannot take this fish the American hoats, but ten miles away In some cases, can take in all they please.ee JUDGES' LOW WAGES.whole evening t Montreal, Feb.11.\u2014The government is stently neglecting the poor man\u2019s court to distribute {its bounty upon that of the rich man, according to Chief Justice Le Beuf of the circuit court.\u201cThe prestige of this court,\u201d he sald, \u201csuffers considerably by the starvation wages meted out to its judges.The poor man has a right ta have his claims dealt with by judges on a par in every respect with those at the disposal of the rich man.\u201d Although, he added, since the court was established twenty-one years ago the cost of living had increased by over five times and the popu'ation of the city by over six times, the salaries of the circuit judges remained the same.\u2014 BURGLARS DISAPPOINTED.Edmonton, Feb.9.\u2014 Because they used too much nitro-glycerine in an effort to blow the safe of the Leroy Steam Laundry, thesburgiare blew the safe door in instead of out and were consequently unable to get at any of its contents.' \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 ' THE CEDARS OF LEBANON.All that now remains of the Cedars of Lebanon is a little forest of some four hu trees, Which are rigidly .They lle on a small fertile altuated at an aititude of 6,123 feet above ses level.The grove is reached from Besherrsh by a steep and winding road.With the exception of à few sirag- glers, the grove ts enclosed by & neat stone wall but by a former Governor of Lebanon to protect the smaller trees from goats.\u201cThe older trees have always oceu- pied a position of honor in the ootl- mation of men because of thelr connection with the temple bukit by Boto- mon and the various allusions to them nh the Hible.\u2014 \"Wide World Magazine.\u201d fy ELECTRICITY ON A FARM.The new $150,000 house which James J.HHL is having constructed on his 1.000-acre farm at North Oaks.near White Bear, Minn, will be equipped to utilise electricity to the fullest extent.Electric motors will be used for ver- ous farming operations.Prior to algning a five-year contract for elec- tries power, Mr.Hil had experts investigate the advisability of an 120- lated wer plant, but ually he a In favor of central station ser- prove plateau, vice.\" Miectrioni Work\" ___ IMPETUS GIVEN TO EARL GREY'S PLAN Lord Chelmsford Outlined Details of Scheme for a Dominion House.NO OFFICIAL DECISION.DRAWING ROOM DOUBLE.Furthering Earl (rey's scheme for a Dominion House on the not famous Aldwych site.lord Chelmsford von- tinued hits missionary work before members of the Canadian Club at Moutreal lust week.Karl Grey proposes the centralization of all Cann- dian activities In London, in @ building on one of the best nites now vacant in the metropolls.Unable himself, at tha moment, to press forward his pro- Ject, he left It in Lhe aympathetic hands of Lord Chelmsford.former Governar of Queensland and of New Bouth Wales, who has been in con- aultalion with (he members of the Dominion cabinet upon ft.At\" the outset of his address to the Monireal- ers, he tonk occasion 10 contradict rumors circulated to the effect that the Dominion Government had re- Jeuted the proposal.\u201cSo far as I know,\u201d he said, \u201cthe Dominion (ov- ernment lias glven the scheme full and careful consideration, and I feel confident that us soon as the members Lave made up their minds upon it they will first let me know, before communicating with the general public.\u201d Speaking upon the main outlines of the scheme, he pointed out that a company of ardent Imperialiats, headed by Earl Urey, had secured sn option on what in known ae the island aite in Aldwych, with frontages both on that broadway und on the Strand, from the London County Council.in the event of Canada and the other Dominions, of the first named alone, deciding to adopt the scheme, the company wus prepared to hand over the option without profit to the Government.A MAGNIFICENT aire.\u201cThe Aldwych site in the hest abe tainable, and la magnificently aituat- ed,\u201d sald lord Chelmsford.\u201cIt is in the very centre of London.on the highways of traffic to the four quarters.There are three tube rallway stations within five hundred yards of it, 448 motor omnibuses pass it three times daily and #80 cars on the tramways pass up and down in the same time.There is.in fact, every means of transit readily avallable.\"pon this site It Ja proposed to erect a bullding to house the High Commissioners, Agenta General.a permanent exhibition of Canadian products, à commercial Intelligence bureau and all the Canadian Government offices.In the nineteen acres of floor space within the building, it Is hoped, in time, to bring together the hanks, Insurance companies, newspaper offices, and ail other businesses in which Canadians are engaged.Canada would then not only become known to every Londoner as something more than & geographi- ca) spot, but you would have all these offices and facilities in one spot.\u201d \u201cWe are not here,\u201d he continued, \u201cto attempt tn force upon you an unwelcome scheme.We are here merely to explain Lord Grey's idea and to put before you what he considers conducive to Canada's best Interests.In its greatest form the idea is to house all the offices of the three great Dominions.Canada, Australia and New Zealand, under ons roof.But it is not a hide-bound scheme: It is elastic and if Canada thinks she can take the whole site over from us she may do so.Or it is possible to divide the site into three parts allowing each Dominion to have its own buliding.\u201d INVESTMENT PROFITASLE .Dealing with the figures of the scheme Lord Chelmsford said under the option the purchase price Is $6,805.- 000, andthe right to purchases at this figure is held for three years conditionally upon the holders reporting that some progress has heen made with the scheme, year by\"year.To develop as planned, a capital expenditure of $14,012,000 would be necessary, while the net return on the authority of experts, would be $601,400 annual- iy.To pay 4 per cent.on the horrow- ed capital, ax Canada would do, would require $360,000, leaving à margin of over $50,000 after all outlay and provision for contingencies had been made.\u201cYou erect this building in the heart of London and make it a hive of Canadian industry: you will be proud\u201d of it, end we shall be not the less proud of it because it is erected by those who are, after all.\u2018bone of our hone and fleah of our flesh,\u2019 sald Lord Chelmsford closing his interesting address amid genera] applause.i | =\u2014\u2014 : MAY PETITION FOR VICE COMMISSION firekinx the test way of grappling with the vice problem in Montreal, it in possible that the Protestant min- istera of the city will shortly awk the Provincial Government to appoint a commission on \u201cvice.\u201d The Rev.R.W.Dickie, president of the Ministerial Asgoviation, made the suggestion &t A meeting of the asaociation last week.Such a commissinn would represont atl religious, would have the aupport of all bodies working for morel end social reform and would have the power of the police behind it.: \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 MR.CARNEGIE GIVES $1000 TOWARDS AN ORGAN \u2019 Orangeville, Feb.9.\u201cAt the services yesterday at St.Mark's Church (Anglican).the rector, the Rev.George W.Tebhs, announced that Mr.Andrew Carnegie had given a donation of $1,000 towards the purchase of a new pipe organ for the church.The new instrument will cost over two thousand, and will be Installed this year, Mr.Carnegie has also given $12.500 to the Public Library hese which bears his name.\u2014 FINE NEW HOSPITAL OPENED AT STRATHROY Strathroy, Feb.9.\u2014S8trathroy's tine new bospital was formally opened by Dr.R.W.Bruce Smith, Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities, Toronto.The bullding was crowded to the utmost.Every visitor brought a donation, and the tables were heaped up to overflowing with canned fruit, pickles, towels, dishes and hundreds of other useful articles.The Chairman was Mr.T.N.Dunn, whn hought and donated the site and tuliding.) + KILLED BY FLYING METAL.Ont.Feb.10.\u2014While Mn to-day the struck by a pisce of thrown against the stairway, ing yeh severe Injuries to his that died this afternoom, TE SO DUKE MAY PROLONG STAY IN CANADA Chance of Term as Governor Bring Extended for Another Year, NO OFFICIAL, ANNOUNCEMENT.Ottawa, Feb.9.\u2014Though the term of H.R.H.the Duke of Connaught.as Qovernor-General of Canada, is generally understood to expire next October.there is a strong pronalility of the term being extended another year, rticularly W the health of the chess continues to Show as wale.factory ETess as uring recen! montha.Pn Renicas are being brought 10 bear to gain the consent of the Duke of Connaught to remain In Can- ads for a longer period, and it Ia be- lleved that these have haa weight, though no announcement has yet been made regarding the matter.CONFERENCE MAY MEET IN TORONTO \u2018There is much discussion at present upon the likelihood of the next General Conference of the Methodist Church in Canada heing held in Toronto.The last conference, held at Vancouver, de- clded to hold the next meeting at Ottawa.The date recently set for that meeting, September 23, 18 now considered to be too late, but was chosen so an not té claah with the Ottawa Fair.The date clashes with the opening of the Victoria College term, and (\u2018han- cellor llowles wrote to the Hpecial Committee of the General Conference to that effect.However.the Special Committee could not decide upon the matter, as it ts onc which Iles within the jurisdiction of the Ottawa Methodists.BOYS AT KNOWLTON DISTRIBUTING HOME A party of hoys 15 expected at the Knowlton Distributing Home, about March lat, ages from 8 to 14.Farm- are and others desiring a bay, fre requested to write at once to the Su- rintendent, Distributing Home, nowliton, Province of Quebec, atating what they require and what terms they offer to a hay, They should slso enclose rail fare for the boy from Knowl- ton and Five the name of their minister and of a Justice of the l\u2019eace as references to l.selr good standing.These boys have been in training since August at Mrs Birts Home in Liverpool, and many of them came from other Orphanages or Small Homes where they have been years under good teaching and training.They are healthy, obedient and willing to useful.hail under fourtec.must be sent to school, An it in the desire of the home authorities that all their wards shall become Intelligent 4 capable citisens and for this purpoce they need a good grounding In the Elgmentary shoot.Bite Home also des.res that its wards shall attend church and Bunday School larly.Te evial request la made for homes for the youngc> boys, all of whom re bright; sturdy youngsters of §O0 habits.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 WO MILLIONS FOR T GREY NUNS' PROPERTY transfer of the Convent of the rey ne the Nasareth Asylum, the building of the Catholic Orphan Amy - tum and other property directed by the Grey Nuns, situated on the north aide of St.Cntherine street, Montreal, and running east from Mance street, there takes place the largest mle of real estate of Montreal city propery ever The property Wt question hes & frontage to Kt.Catherine street, from Mance street eastward, of 406 feet 5 inches, a return to Maoce street itself of 125 feet.a frontage of 232 feet to the lane at the year, and runs back to the junction of Plateau and Winnipeg etresis.The grand superficial area is 98,243 feet.The shape of the estate is considered ideal for development.being stmost oblong and having a front- one to Et.Catherine and Mance streets combined of over 630 fest.This together with the situation, accounts for the price paid, $2,000,000, of at the rate of $20 a foot.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 v DOCTORS DISAGREE AS TO HIS SANITY After being dormant for about a month the case of Moffatt vs.Montgomery came up in the Montreal Su- for Court last week, when Mr.N.Kaname.counsel for the plaintift, spent the entire day arguing his side of the case.Mr.H.J.Elliott, also for the plaintiff, wil continue the argument.Mr.Roland Moffatt, plaintiff, declares he is the duly appointed curator of Mr.Geo.Moffatt, who was interdicted for Ineanity In July, 1912, and who ia now in the Verdun asylum: he sues Mr.W.8 Montgomery, Mayor of DaMousie, New Brunswick.to recover perties ana values to the extent of 68.000.The plaintiff claims that this sum wae obtained from Moffatt by Montgomery while the former was in- sa: ne.During the hearing about seventy Witnesses have beep examined, fachud- ing some twenty doctors.Kome of the latter declared Mr.Moffatt was mn.sane, while others were equally certain that he wae sane.BIGGEST LOCK IN WORLD NEAR HOME To Facilitate Handling of Lake Traffic at Sault Sainte Marie.TREMENDOUS TONNAGE PASSES.The one unnavirable link in the chain of lakes and rivers between the thriving, productive Northwest and the equally thriving and reciprocally Marie, Michigan.where, in the rapids of the Baint Mary's River, the waters of lake Superior drop eighteen fest to flow Into the lakes of Michigan and Hyron.Grain and iron ote feed ihe zaping maws of the Fastern market, while coal renders the severe'y could Northwest habitable, rung its manu- factories, and fires the amelters uf ita mining districts, At the present time there are three locks tor lowering ships from the lake superior to the Lake Huron level or elevating upbound vessels.on an average, ons hour and flfty-nine minutes are required to \u201clock\u201d a boat, including passage through the canal.But there la often considerable deingy owing to congesticn arising from fogs and other non-preventable causes.Immediately after the revere fogs clear away sufficiently for eut: r - ships hasten to the locks In such large numbers from both directions that the three available locks, although bperat- ing at thelr utmost capacity, cannot mest the sudden rush, and Iate arrivals must often wait eight to ten hours for their turns.For at the locks a strict rule of \u201cFirst come, first served\u201d prevails.When it ts mentioned that each minute that a jouded ore- carrier lies Idle costs the better part of a dollar, one can readily appreciate the incentive which has actuated the United States Government to relieve this congestion and.incidentally, fac- flitate the normal handling of Creat lakes traffic by bullding the two largest Incks In the world.We have been hearing no much about Panama lately that the vital Importance of these new locks af Sault Sainte Marie has been shamefully overlonked.In effect, Panama will probably never compass in } net tonnage the traffic of the Jucks at Sault Sainte Marie.In 1913, 72,472,675 tons of freight, valued at $791,357,837, were locked through by 23,778 boats.In 1855, when the first of the American locks was constructed.193 bonts carried 14,508 tons.In 1887, 6,494.649 tons, worth 879,031,757, were registered.In other words, ten times the value of freight was handled in 1913 that was handied twenty-five years previous, and fifteen times the amount in tonnage.\u2014\u201cThe Outlovk.\u201d \u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2018 RELIGIOUS UNION AT REGINA SCHOOLS \u2014 Regina.\u2014 Religious union as far as school education goes, has been effected In Regina.As far ar is known this is the first attempt to have a system of religious training in public schools, that is suitable to Protestants and Roman Catholics alike, For some time past the various clergymen of the city, including among others: Rev.Dr, W, W.Andrews, formerly of the Regina Methodist College and Bishop Matthew, representipg the Roman Cat lic denomination, have been considering the question of the form which religious teaching in public_schools should take, By eliminating certaln parts of ine form used by the different churches and picking out the parts which in all theses denominational teachings are similar, a system was arranged which is now suitable to all.Owing to the many objections which one denomins- tion finds fn another's teachings, it was expected that some obstacle would come up.This, however, was not the case.\u2014\u2014 \u2014\u2014 POTATO PATCH RECORD.Toronto, Feb.9.\u2014 To-morrow the Board of Trade at Port Arthur will banquet Mr.Arthur Gltch, of Hy- mer's post office, ' under Bay district and Hon.James Duff, minister of agriculture for Ontario, will take advantage of the occasion to send Mr.Bitch a congra\u2018ulatory telegram.In winning in this district the prize offered by the Onlario Government for the most productive area, Mr, Bitoh achieved a remarkable record for Ontario.and for Canada.His sample acre produced 472 1-2 bushels of potatoes, which, while It exceeded by over one hundred bushels ine yield in potatres of any «ther sample acre, is also probably a record in yleid of potatoes for the whole of Canada, ?\u2014\u2014\u2014 1 TUG CAUGHT IN ICE.Curling, Nfid., Feb.9, \u2014 O, C.Gould, the United Btates consular agent at this port, 1s hopeful t¥e \u201cPotomac\u201d will come safely out of the ice.He sald last night that men familiar with conditions off the coast were of the opin- fon that her position is not a dangerous one.\u201cA 1:ad is likely to open through the ice any day now, enabling the \u201cPotomac\u201d to procec ' to Bydney or to return here for fuel\u2019 the consul â.Although tle tug was sighted in the Yoo on Saturday, no irect Sora come from her wireless since Nr, when che left Lark Harbor, in the Bay of Islands, for Sydney.C.B.\u2014 MONTREAL LIBRARIES.Following a Terquest aome time ago to the City Clerk to ive the City Council details of the varioug ltbraries in Montreal, Senator David has presented to the Council à report giving he folowing list of Kbraries and the number of volumes in each: Fraser Institute, 66,000 volumes: Municipal Library, 12,000; mew Library of St.uipice, soon to he opened im &t.Denis atrest, 80.000 volumes; 10,008; CathoHe Behoo! Commissioners, 10,000: McGM University, 148,000; Mechanics\u2019 Institute, 19,000: Yo! Men's Christian Association.3,- 000; .Mary's College, 4.000; Montreal From Library, Bleury street, 14.230; Mount iM.Loute.7,700.Several smai- ler Hbreries were included in the list, but thelr number of volumes je not Jmportant.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014tta\u2014\u2014\u2014 CITY CORPS\u2019 TRAINING.Ottawa, Feb.9.\u2014Milttie general or- dors to-day announce that city corpe this year may train at headq for twetve days, of in preference train -t herdquarters for eleven days and epené three in \u20ac came of instruction.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 LIBERALS TO MEET IN WINNIPEG.Winnipeg, Feb.9\u2014A general convention of Manitoba Liberaie has been oalied for this city for March 26 and 37.The of \u2018hs convention le te consider political eituation, de- clove a platform and for the grec slerilon, which |a now looked > wl @ NE.productive East occurs at Sault Esinte : THE MONTREAL WEEKLY WITNESS, FEBRUARY 17, 1914, CONSTRUCTING THE BIGGEST LOCK The location of this lock is on the 8t.Mary's River at Sault Sainte Maric.the United States Government.It is cailed Lock Number Three by SEES BRIGHT FUTURE FOR PRINCE RUPERT Big Programme of Construction Added Incentive to Growth, TOWN I8 GROWING FAST, Mr.G, A.MeNichoiix is the commissioner of colonimutlon and industries for the Grand Trunk Pacific Rall.way with headyuarters at Prince Rupert.Re.During an interview le spoke In glowing terms of the futur \u2018of Prince Rupert.especially ax the Grand Trunk Pacific ure now complet ing their rmilway to that port.\u201cThe centre of the fshing induxiry om that coswt.the town fran grow considerably during the last four tha popuistion Increasing from to 6,000.When steel communication to the eaxt Iz an accomplihied fact the town wlll then he able to support à popuiation of one hundred thousand,\u201d suid Mr.McNicholls enthusiastleally.\u201cThe town does not depend on the lish- ing industry.for the mineral resources of the country around aro being d veloped to a large extent.One à in the fishing business will be the fa that fish will ba shipped to the cast to arrive only about elght à ald, not tifteen, as At present.y, we flave to send fixh tn (he east vin Vun- conver, whereas when steels In con pleted we #h«!l be able to «hip direct.The town owns its own eric ght, telephone and water services, each of which, with the exception of the latter, which Is not yet complete, I4 selr- supporting.\u201cA drydock Ia being bu!lt hy the 0.T.P.at a cost of three mililon dotixrs, which wiil accommodate a ship 697 feet in length: stipways for a complete shipbuilding and repair plant are alsn under way.Excavations are velnz made for a first-clasa hnteé to cos?two million dollars, and an elevator capable of hglding ten thousana bushets of grain will shortly be crectsd.Prince Rupert, 100,\" continued Mr.MceN!chall, \u201cwill be the conlrmiling fac Canadian Yukon and the Canadian Alaska trade, as lt In two days nearer than any other railway terminus on the American continent.Not an inconsiderable Item is the touriet travat along the Canadian Pacific Const, for the inland waterway running from Vancouver to Skagway, Alaska, ean hardly he surpassed in the world, from @ scenic standpoint, \u201cOn the eastern part of the mnun- tain section steel has reached Prin-e George.Eastward the steel 8 now 337 miles from Prince Rupert.From that point to Prince George the distance fs about 127 miles and construc- tlon work ie comparuiively easy, as the climate is so equable ax to permit of work the\u2019 whole year round.Over ten thousand men are now on the line and everything in being done hg the road to an early vompie- \u2019 \u2014 3000 MTLES OF TRACK, Canada's Railway Increase Breaks All Records.WEST AN EASY LEADER, If 1s hardly believable, but the Dominion of Canad.last yeur, bulle as much new railway mileage as the whole of the United States.In fact, the Dominion has the greatest railway mileage, according to population, of any country in the world.It is hard to believe that Canada, whose population of 7,000,000 does not exceed that of the state of New York, has 30,000 miles of raliway trackage.That means thit the Dominion takes sixth place among the nations of the world with respect to railway mileage.During the past 3 .r nearly 3.000 miles of additional trackage were laid down.The largest previous addition in 1912 was 1,226.The most of the trackage was lald down west of Ondurio; and Quebec, which has never, strangely enough, shown much enthusiasm sor raliway bullding, only had, of the total, the negligible amount of 103 miles.Into the total figures for lest year were brought in, of course, the 1,400 miles of the western division of the Transcontinental, The mileagé under construction last year was the largest in the history of railroading in this country, It represented nearly 19,000 miles.That means thai the addition to mileage construction in 1913 was 12,398.Of all tufs construction 83 percent was in the western provinces, although 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CLA RKE, * Waterville, Que.Dear Sir, Enclosed please Rnd 4 on far the \u201cWeekly Wiincse\" for the vear 1914.Times ure dull, and here in this village men are working only half time, and one has tn eut out some things, but the las: thing we can do Without Is the \u201cWitneas\u201d 1 consider it a splendid paper, second to none: it Should he In every home.Ishing you every success ou noble work, believe me, n your Very sincerely yours, MRS.W.PICKEN.\u2014 lane RB.Dak Dear Sire.- -T app-ecinte the eh: pac.ter of your publications and wish you many more years of usefulness In Your very Important fleld of - jem.\u2014 Yours very trois, Journal R.W.I\" REYNOLI'n Canastot N.y.Dear Kirn.1 find he \u201cway Witness\u201d editoriain stimulating; jin wide range of news in very hetpfui.Wishing à large sphere of usefulness, 1 remain, yours teuis.REV.A.©.HORSUAN.; Miiton, N.Dakota Gentlémen, \u2014J am very sorry we neglected to renew our \u201cWitnean\" subscription till now, Couldn't do without \u2018the \u201cWitnexn.\" | persuaded a friend to wubscribe with us.\u20141 am, yours truly, A.R.STEWART 30 Franby Ave, Toronto, Ont.Gentlemen.\u2014-] am riad that the \u201cWeekly Witi.ens\" Iz still holding the fort in maintaining the same grand principles for which it has contended for so many years.| most heartily wish it ever growing success.\u2014 Yours incerely, sincerely.(REV.WM.TUCKER THE AGONIES OF HADES Aren't supposed to be worse than a bad corn.For years the standard rem- ody has been Putnam's Corn Extractor, It painlessly removes the worst corn in 34 houre: iry Putnam's Rxtrwctor, 38 ot all dealers.2 \" Loe, LADY STRATHCONA HOLDS UNUSUAL HONOR Is Now Seventeenth British Peeress in Her Own Right, THIRD OF CANADIAN ORIGIN, london, teh, 9.- tady Mount Royul and Strathcona, as the daughter of the late Lard Stratheons, will be styled by virtue of the second creation under which she succecds, as the seventeenth I'ceress of the United Kingdom in her own right, in addition to three 1y holders of Scottish titles, Strun ¢noukh, two of the seventeen Lmperial Peerages ure of Canadian origin.The uther Is Lady Macdonuld of Earnscliffe, one of the oldest members of the group.Lady Macdonald 1s the holder of the only new creation since the death af Viecountess Hambledon, Khe is the widow of Sir John Macdonald, who was Prime Minister of the Dominion at the time of his death.The title was à posth.imous honor fur the Can- ndian statesman, Queen Victoria conferring the Uarony upon his widow in frecognition of Sir John's services, In the same way that Mr, W.H, Smith was \u201crewarded\u201d after his death.Three of the Peeresses are minors Lay Furnivall, in whose favor the abeyance in an ancient Hurony was recently terminated.Lady Clitftan wha succeeded on her birth in 1800; and Haraness Heaumoent, who will price is said 0h.WORLD CONFERENCE OF FAITH AND ORDER \u2014 Church Deputations Are At Present Holding Consultation in London, ARRANGEMENTS UNDER WAY, London, Feb.10.\u2014A deputation from the non-¥piscopalian churches of the United States [a at present In England to confer with the Free churches as to the arrangements for the proposed World l'anference of Faith and Order.The movement wus Initiated by the inhabitant of Beverley, Yorkshire, Eng., United States, a deputation from which visited England In 1912 and secured the co-operation of the Church of England.The non-Episcopallan churches in the United States then joined forces with the Kplscopullan churches and the present deputation wus chosen to visit Great Britain and lay the question of à conference of all Christian communities throughout the world for the consideration of matters of faith and order heforo the Nonconformist bodies of Ureat Britain and Ireland.The deputation consists of the Rev.Newman Smyth, DD.Congregational church: the Rev.W.H.Roberta, D.D., 14.8, Presbyterian church: and the Ttev.Peter Alnalie, 1.D., the Disciples of Christ.Meetings have been arranged with representatives of the Baptist Union of Great Brituin and Ireland, the Congregational Union of England und Wales, the Free Church Fellowship, the Preshyterian Church of England, the Primitive Methodist church.the Welsh Calvinistic church, the Wesleyan Methodist and United Methodist churches, the kstablished Church of Scotland aud the United Free Church.Finally the deputation will meet the committee of members of the Church of England appointed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York ' WOULD ABOLISH AID OF THE RED CROSS London, Feb.9% \u2014 Miss Edith Durham, whose despatches from the Balkans contained «5.© of the most vivid descriptions of the horrors of the recent war, lecturing In London .ast night.expressed her conviction that \u201cno Red Cross ald ought to be vent out in 4 war.To heal men\u2019s woundr und send them back to the front an soon as possible is to prolong war indefinitely.\u201d But for the Red Cross ald, she sald, the Balkan war would have been ended much sooner than (t was.If the bullet from a Mauser rifle does not hit a vital p.t.the wounded can return tu the front In ten days.The one idea of the wounded.she said, was to get back for revenge and loot.\u2014\u2014 = \u2014\u2014 'SABBATH CLOSING ON THE RAND London, Feh, 13.\u2014 Of more concen te Johannesburg than the speeches on the Indemnity Rill In the question of Sunday milling in the miner, save the correspondent of the \u201cTelegraph Tt in felt that should the mills and cyanide work be closed down it will mean a big reduction in the amount of spending all along the Rand.The acceptance of the recommendations of the Sunday Observance Commission would impose an enormous burden on the shareholders, in whose hehalf the newspapers are suggesting compensation.- \u2014\u2014\u2014 LORD COWDRAY EXPLAINS MEXICAN LAND DEAL London, Feb.10.\u2014The \u2018Tines\u201d pub- Ilishen a statement from Lord Cowdmy on the report that Sir Liooel Car- den, the British Minister to Mexico.and Lord Cowdray are interested in a Mexican land scheme.Lord Gowdray describea the Tepont as \u201canother mare's nest\u201d and explains that Sir Lionel Carden when consul in Mexico fifteen years ago @cquired a landed (oterest on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and later formed a compsuy to handle the estate, Which comorised ahout 40,000 acres of agricultural land walling development.\u201cMy firm,\u201d continued Lord Cowdrwy, \u201cand man others, including Sir Lionel Carden, are interested in the company as an investment, but 1 had nothing to do with the formation of the company.The Mexican Government thas nothing in the word to do with it, nor is President Huerta or any member uf the Govermment interested.\u201d \u2014 HISTORIC QUEBEC RELIC.London, Feb, 10.\u2014An interesting bis- toric relic has been discovered in the wall at Grove House, Southsea, in the form of & large stone which, on examination, proved to have originally formed part of the keystone at the entrance to the gate of the citadel at Quebec, when it fell into the hands of the British in 1769.The stone id to be presented to the Tunadian Government, and the Mayor of Quebec, on their behalf, has gratefully accepted the present.The stene will be built Into Bt.John\u2019s Gateway, which is being reconstructed in that \u2014\u2014 MR.THOMAS HARDY WEDS HIS SECRETARY London, Feb, 10.\u2014 Thomas Hardy, the British novelist, author of \u201cFar from the Madding Crowd,\u201d and \u201cTess of the D'Urbervilics,\u201d\u201d and many other works known throughout the world, married to-day, Miss Florence Dugdale, his secretary and typist.Mr.Hardy's first wife died tn 1913.He is In his 74th year.The marriage took place at eight o'clock in the morning In the parish church of Enfield, so as to avoid the presence of crowds of spectators.The bride is the author of a number of tales for children.\u2014\u2014 \u2014 DIED WITHOUT SERING SON.London, Feb.10.\u2014 Mra.Roberts, mother of Evan Roberts, the revival.1st, who stirred Wales some years age.died yesterday, having failed to eee her son.The er fe the of Mrs.Penn Lewis, and persists in holding aloof from his family in spite of their urgent entreaties.emt OLDEST SERVANT OF KING.Mrs, Jannah Greensides, the oldest habitant of Beverley, Yorkshire, Eng.and the oldest servant of the King.who died in the 110th year, was gives an imposing funeral.\u2014 { .LORD MINTO NO BETTER.London, Feb, 11.\u2014Lord Minto, a for mer Governor-General of Canads who has been ill for some time and who had s serious relapse on Tues: dey, was stated last night to be ne better.His Lordship is in bis sixty- sixth year.\u2014\u2014\u2014 TO RENEW FIGNT.2 \u2019 ENGLISH.Smash on\u2019Blestris Railway.A nd train ram off the lines of the Manx Electric Railway, near Jaxey.The train fell down an embankment, and the driver sustained a _ fractured leg, while another amploye .was also injured.Seventy Miles an Hour in Londen.For travelling in an automobile on Chelsea Embankmert, Landon, at a Speed declared to de no lean than ssventy miles an hour 8 manufacturer .waa fined £30 (3100) and his licence was suspended for six months.Oead at Sowing Machine.As George Dale, an lpewich iron- workter, passed a house in Fore atreet, he saw & woman seated at a sewing machine in the window.Noticing that she looked pale and made no movement, he opened the door and went made.to find that the woman was oa His Fifth Wife, .WA couple of nid-age pensioners who ere married at Marlborough, walked te the church and bark, nine miles.The bridegroom.Andrew Goodship, Middleton, the bride, wo is seventy- whe is seventy-four, has previously een married four tines, und Ann ph has been twice previously married.Cheked at Tea Table.The death of William Davis, of Rrl- tannia Yard, Bury, a l'om Office linesman, took place apparently from choking by a piece f meat while at tea.During the mea! he suddenly threw back his head, put his hand to hia throat, and fell back dying.Engine- Driver Killed.By Inadvertence an express cos \u2018train driver named Ciladstone Cock._ ng, of Huddersfield, was killed between Sandbach and Holmes Chapel, on the main line from Crewe to Manchester.When about three miles from\u2019 Sarfébach, Station, it is stated, he had to leave The cab of his engine for some purpose.Hin head came into contact with a bridge, and he was Instantly killed.Aged Vicar Died Suddenly.The Rev.Fimitt Browne, vicar of Kt.Jude's, Spring Bank, Hull, died suddenly at the age of eighty-three.He \u2018Was the oldest clergyman in the city, \u201cand up to quite recently he carried on \u201cthe work of the church and parish un- atded.The deceased gentleman was a ,.very close friend of the late Sir lsauc - Fitmsen., À Bargain In Degs.A wire-haired terrier dog, Raby Dez- +.2jer, which only about & year ago was \" puichared by the landlord of à Hull public-house for £5 ($35), hus now *lisen purchased 1y Mr.GQ.W.Quin- (ard, of Now Yerk, for round about L400 (32,000) \u2018The dog was consl- dered of merely Dplebeian value, and \u2018fa value and qualities were not re- vognised until it was sent to the Lrad- (or dog show.Love and the Revolver.A \u201cI really believe,\u201d said Mr.Justice Channell at the Leicester Asaizes, \u201c\u201cthat falling in love is = species of madness.\u201d This extra-judicial dictum Jet fall during the trial of Joseph fowett, who was sentenced to five .years\u2019 penal servitude for the attempt- ~d murder of his sweetheart, Clara _ Webster.The evidence showed that he fired five shots from a revolver, hit- sng her three times.\u2018Had Thirty-twe Brothers., Mrs.John Smith, whose death at the age of eighty-four has just occurred at Brighton, was proud of the fact that she had thirty-two brothers.Her fathe, Li utenant \u201cames Roper, M.who fought in the battle of Trafal ang was in charge of french prisoi ~rs at Porchester Castle, married twice By his first wife he had aixteen sons, - and by his second wife another sixteen sous and one daughter.Major's Body in the Thames.\u2018 Major T.C.Walls, a city assessor of taxes, who was missing since December 22, was found drowned in the Thames.At the inquest, where it was stated that his account had been found in excellent order, a verdict \u2018of suicide while temporarily insane wag returned.Some months ago he \u2018suffered a temporary loss of memory, und he had since made frequent complaints of pains in the head.Sane on One Point.A lunatic at Richmond Asylum, .Dublin, declared that he had hidden £200 (31,000) on the shore at Balbrig- wan, but the statement was regarded as evidence of his disordered mi.d.He was so persistent in his assertions, lowaver, that the authorities took hima in a taxioad In Balbriggan, v hers \u2018he went to a recess in the rocks and disclosed two bags comfaining £183 19915) in gold.\u201cse Young! Mrs.Sarah Wadsworth, of King's.Cfosmcfoad, London, has attained her 105th birthday.Bhs is in go- ipg through the Bible, ich she , without spectacles.Birthday sree s came to her from as far .afield as America and Australia, and + she rec ived ler visitors with a scarlet geranium tucked ia her black vel- «vet aap in honor of the occasion.Miss Riteo, of Bath, who vas 103 the .her aa poet) walked in her garden in wthout support.Mrs.Katharine Mae.quold, the novelist, has celebrated her #0th birthday, part of which she Ce- voted to work on her latest nc /el\u2014 her sixty-fourth! Miners Want Girl-Werkers to Ge.Between twenty and thirty girls have besn amnployed to work the screens on the surface of a Yorkshire coal pft, and the Miners\u2019 Pederstion who object to female labor on pit tops, are asking for their dismissal.The girls are paid between seven and eight shillings & week (31.78 to $2) and are at work eight hours a day.lt was stated that the management intended to dismiss the girls.A Fatal Bath, \\ Maris Marshall.aged 36 years, died as the result of suffocation by fumes from a coke fire in a bakehouse at Dalton Brook, near Hotherham.Her sister, Mary Ann Marshall, aged 37, was found insensible at the same time.The women went to thu bakehouss one night to have a bath, as was their custom.Bricklaying at 76.A bricklayer named J.Coles, of Hersham, Surrey, atill works on high buildings, In spite of the fact that he is seventy-five years of age, and he recently repaired the roof of the local parish church.He is a descendant of a famby of farmers who cultivated the same land for 760 years.Was Oldest Doctor.\u2018The death of Dr.Philip Whitcombe, reputed to have been the oldest doctor in the country, has taken place at Gravesend, where he had lived for upwards of sixty years.Dr.White.combe, who was (n his ninety-eighth year, became a member of the Roya! College of Surgeons as far back as 1888.Vicar's Golden Wedding.Canon D.F.Wilson, who han been vicar of Mitcham for fifty-four years, has just celebrated his golden wedding He is in his eighty-fourth year and his wife in some years younger.Je is chairman of the Mitcham School Managers, presiding at most of the meetings.and still conducts all the important work of his parish, which he has seen grow from a population of 4,000 to one of 28,000.Bern in Montreal 102 Years Age.Mrs.Mary Ogden Button.a deacen- dant of \u201cGood old John Ogden,\u201d a famous American, died at the age of 102 at Tunbridge Welis.Mrs.Hutton was born in 1813 in Montreal, where her father, General Evans, was serving with his regiment, and was entitled to army rations from the day ste was born.When a small child a Joc- tor ssid she would never live.Mra Sutton attributed her long life to being an abstainer and an advocate of fresh air.On her hundredth birthday the King sent her a telegram of congratulation.Seventy Years An Oddfellow.1 The death occurred at Ashton der-Lyne of Mr.Joseph Kirkham, aged ninety-two.His connection with Oddfellowship ext- ded over seventy years.Fireman's Daring Feet.Fireman Reuben Studd, a young member of the Kensington Fire tri- gade, was at the London County Council meeting, unanimously voled à silver medal for \u201cextraordinary bravery\u201d at the fire at Hyde Park Chambers, Knightsbridge, on December 22 last.Being told that three women were in danger on the ssventh floor.he went to their assistance.His Ind- der was planted in & lane only 14 feet wide, and he found that it was impossible to get it up to the seventh floor, owing to a projecting cornice at the fifth.He climbed to the fifth, placed a ladder on a ledge only eleven inches wide.and mounting to the scventh, zighty feet above the ground, ha successfully brought the women Gown.Policeman Found Shot.William Unwin, 8 member of the Hongkong Police Force, who returned to England for three months holiday.was found shot dead at Fpsom Common with an automatic pistol In his an Died in Street Car.An elderly man named James Mol- loy, a sewing machine agent, who had hurried to catch a tramcar at Sheffield, threw up his arms as soon as he sat down in the vehicle and died.He lived in Hoole street and had been a keen sportsman and footballer.Boys\u2019 Fatel Play With Gun.\u2018Three schoolboys were at play in a farmyard at Burbage, Nueaton, and got possession of a gun.One of the boys accidentally knocked the weapon over, and the charge entered the knee of Wilfrid Garner, aged twelve.His leg was amputated, but the boy died.Nobedy Get the Reward.\\ The supposed loas hy a Blackburn gentleman of a leather case containing a Bank of England note for £160 (3506) caused the town to be placard.od with notices offering à £10 reward.It became known later that th owner bad found the case and its contents intact In & pocket of another jacket.* Now Recorder of Manchester, Mr.A.J.Ashton, K.C., has been appointed Recorder of Manchester In succession to Bir Joseph Leeas, wh has sag sued.The salary Is ($2,800.Smoked Within Feet of Death, A miner named John Twigg we.: fin- 4 at Bwadlincote for smoking within a foot or two of the powder magazine of the Granville Colliery, near Burton- on-Trent.The door of the magasine waa open at the time.Whele Deskside Abiane.A dlssstrous fire broks out late at night st the Harton Coal Company's ataithes, on the mouth side of Bhields Harbor.Three powerful engines from Elswick, Crook, and Houghton-le- Spring, which are capable of throwing water at the rate of 400 or BOO gallons a minute, supplemented the efforts of the local fire brigades, yet they were of making e preciable of , and the jetty, which ih 1,000 ft.long, Dresented one mass of 0 £5600 flame, for hour after hour.Nething wan but a gaunt Dome ~ work.A train of laden coal trucks and three great travelling cranes were destroyed.Fireman Cook was badly Injured in rescuing a spectator who had fallen down the jetty, and was taken to the infirmary.Fireman Johnstone was also cut about the face.Boven other firemen were rendered incapable from the fumes of the creosoted woodwork.The damage is estimated at $509,000.Tragedy of Unpaid Bille.At a Plumtres, Notts, inquest on Edward Steane Jackson, a clerk, whose mutilated body was found on the Midland Railway, it was stated that à number of tradesmen's blils, ng for immediate payment, were ound in his pockets, and also a county court summons.An open verdict was returned.Tried Thrice and Acquitted.At the Worcester Assizes Mr.Wm.Yates, a gentleman residing at North.wick Hall, was put into the dock for the third time, charged with attempting to bribe a policeman at Broms- grove.He had been previously tried before Justices Coleridge and Berut.ton, and the juries disagreed.The allegation was that he offered à haif- sovereign to the constable.He was now found \u201cNol guilty\u201d and was discharged.\u2018Acsusation Lad te Death.\u2018Death dus ta perchioride of mercury polsoning\u201d was the verdict returned at a Fenny Stratford inquest on Charles Murphy, a proviaion dealer.He wus tu huve dppeared at the police court to answer a charge of stealing a purse containing cheques to the value of £39, but was too 111 to attend.There was no evidence, the jury found to show the state of his mind at the time of death.Yeung Farmer Found Shot.A shocking discovery was made by Mrs.Betty Ball.Springfield Farm, sanks, near Bouthport, when she found her son, John Ball, aged twenty-five, dead in the orchard.He had been shot hetween the eyes, and a gun was lying by his side.His sister heard a shot half an hour previously, but thought nothing of it, and he was discovered by his mother when she went to call him for breakfast.It is thought Dall went out 10 shoot birds.He was to have been married shortly.Had Bones Like Eggshelle.Remarkable medical evidence given at the inquest at Newport, isle uf Wight; on a Parkhurst convict named Coe.It wan stated by the medical officer that the msn suffered from malignant cancer, which, starting in the hone of the nose.spread all over the body, rendering the bones as thin as an egg-shell, and quite unable tc support the body.In this condition he tad a fall, fracturing both his arms and both his legs.A verdict of \u201cDeath fiom cincer\u201d was returned.Skipper and His Wife.A Russian woman named Olza Del- mold was remanded in custody at Hull charged with shooting at her Lusband, the skipper of a trawler.It was stated that when the woman was arrested she sald her husband had threatened to kill her, a0 she determined to ki\" him first.In answer to the stipendiary it was asserted by the police that the accused fired a revolver at Ler husband, but the shot did not hit him.The woman afterwards locked herself in her bedroom.SCOTTISH.Fatal Fall on Stair.Criwford Heaney, shoemaker, 24 King street, Ayr, died in hospital as the reacit of falling down a stair lsad- ing to hig house.He never regained consciousness after the accident.Cottages for Old Folks.The Glasgow Old Man's Friend Society and Old Women's Home have decided to erect small houses on their property, the occupancy of which whl be given free to old masried couples in necessitous circumstances.Engineer Missing frem Ship.On the arrival of the Glasgow cargo steamer \u201cAtalanta\u201d at Tail of the Bank, it was reported that the chief engineer, James Dickle, had disappeared during the previcus night.He was last seen when the steamer was off Carsewell Point.It ls conjectured that he had gone to the mide of the boat and fallen overboard.Deceased was between 60 and 70 years of age.Tie belonged 10 Troon, but had latterly resided in Liverpool.Welt Clethod! The annual report on the medical trapection of school children within the County of Aberdeen atetes Chat es was the case in previous years, a very large proportion of the children were found to de overciad.It was thought laut echoo! year that a record hed been established when a «hd ves found wearing thirteen layers of oloth- sm, but this record has since been broken by x chid in Turriff School wearing fourteen layers, and this during the summer Good Deed Was Fatal.Bherift Blur ot Paisley as civen udgment « _compenen\u2018 ons Sonn by the dépendants of Alex- arvder Aitken, à gateman in the em- plovarent of Finiayron, Bourfieid, and .Johnstone.Aitken heard of an ac- meni fal within the scope of his employment.\u201cGold for Dollars.\u201d Chagnon of ri à LA wo men frauded \u20ac South Bide dank in dard fashion.The \"wanted\" man asked sold in exchange for dollars, alleged, put down about 120 the counter.but when the gold been counted cut they stated that had changed their minds, and lifted up their dollars end tonk departure.When the bank empi counted over the money he found the amount was $35 short.Merse Cut Its Threat 2 LL £ i 3 83H | | i i : j os LE i : : i i $ | i i il is i | Deoters \u201cMaking Rartunes.At Cowal Diigo Commies mest - ing at fgmoon, Dr.Eye Infirmary, eaid they could not get duly qualified practitioners to come to Argyll for iess than £308 (41,500).hey a8 went futo the clties\u2014thanks to Mr.LAoyd George.He thought that that gentieman Imé done more for the they were all \u2018making thelr fortunes at the presant time.The Swans Were Fressn In.During the recent sharp tree Wand were oa tn freesing waters of Cag Loch.near Castie Dougiez.The los aufficientiy st: Joven oe weight, effec ne wo of ic Srentually woke waler'a edge.The third unfortunate bird was Sam able to force Itself free before help arrived, a slight thaw having weak- sned the ice under the overhanking tress where the bird had besa caught \u2014\u2014 IRISH Farmer Killed by Fall frem Cart.Martin Kelly, or, of Killelery, y farm 6; near Geashill, was killed by fall from & cart while going home from Tul- lamore.The body was found on the road, the skull being fractured.Profitable Honey.At the anna! meeting of the County Wexford Beekeepers\u2019 Association in Enniscorthy It appeased from the sec retary's report that during the past year honey to the value of near $3,850 was disposed cf by the members, Drowned In Beghele, The desd y of a woman nf about sixty, named Mrs, Patterson has been recovered from a bog hole about two miles from Moy.It appears that her way home led along a narrow path through the bog.and she must in tne Perkness Lave accidentally fallen in the ole, To Boycott er Not to Boycott.A decree for £3 10s.$(12), was given by Judge Johnston at Monaghan Quarter Sessions in an action by John M'Kenna, Knoekbellaronia, against Patrick and Joseph M'Kenna, of Dernasell, for assault.For the plaintiff it was said that be had refused to take part in a boycott, and that, an a result of a beating by the defendants an his way home from Monaghan the drum of one of his ears had been broken.His Honor said \u201cprovocation\u201d was no defence.Rival Agrarian Bands.Fdward Kennedy, Athenry, was at Gort Quarter 3essions, awarded £12 ($60) compensation for the loss of five shesp alleged to have heen maliciously destroyed.The sheep were grazing on the lands of Thomas Kenny, Craugh- well, and;acrording lo the evidence there were two sections In Craugh- well, the \u201cKennyites\u2019 and the \u201cAnti,\u201d between which bitterness existed.The sheep disappesrsd one night, and the contention of applicant was that they were thrown into the river near by, as there were signs of sheep tracks as well as the tracks of men found on the bank, TL.: \u201cThe Finder Keeps\u201d | A decree for £10 (350) was given at Abbeyleix Quarter Sessions.at the suit of Kiernan Jelly, against the Munster and Leinster Bank, for a banknote of that value .hich he claimed as his property as he found it on the bank counter unclaimed.\u201cIf the owner turns u,.\u2019 said Judge Fitzgerald, \u201che is entitled to it.If he does not it is the plaintiff's property.\u201d Lady Walked inte Canal.The body of Miss Brilget Swan.1 fifty-five.was found in the G 1 Canal, Bodemptown.She had in Ballins, and it was assumed that ol her way home .ne hal walked into the canal.Miss Swan was deeply esteemed in the Bodenstown district.She and her brother lived closs to the famous churchyard, and their hospitality was always readily extended to visitors to Wolfe Tone's grave.Riss in Land Values.Notwithstanding labor and political troubles the value of Irish land continues to Increase.At a recent sale a twenty-five-acre farm near Thurles, subject to an annuity of £8 ($40) odd, fetched £360 (34.300), and five percent auction fees, this being equal to 110 years\u2019 purchase, An acré and three rods in County Dublin a few days ago sold for £175 ($875).Similar exceptionally high prices have been recorded in various parts of Ireland recently, WELSH Training Colliery Officials.The Bouth Waien Schoel of Mines at Lord Do Long Breaths Hurt?DANGEROUS PLEURISY ALWAYS BEGINS THIS WAY.Spesdiest Cure is Nerviline.Ouch, that stab-like pais in the side is lke a hot knife blade in \u2018he ribs! Probably got overheated \u2014 cooled too fast \u2014 now there {3 congestion, tightness, such soreness you can't draw a long breath.This 18 the heginning of Meurisy.Pleurisy i» far too serious to neglect a single Instant.Quickest relief will come from n vigorous rubbing with Nerviline.This trusty old pain reliever will fix you up in no time\u2014will take away the congestion make you well just ad it dia r.Samuel St.Johns, of Stamford, who says:\u2014\u201cIn running te cateh a train last week 1 became much overheated.1 put up the train window and rode that way in order to get cooled off.In an hour my side was so full of pain and my breathing hurt so much that 1 thought 1 had|pneumonia.1 always carry Nerviline in my grip and st destination T rubbed my side thoroughly three times The warm penetrating affect was soon noticeable and quickly gnt relief.Nervi.fine 1 consider saved me from a serious iliness.\u201d Any sort of a cold eas De quickly broken up with Nerviline which ie à marvel) for reducing inflammation, for relleving congestion in the throat and cheat, for curing stitch in the side, lumbago, a sciatios or rheum- stism.Nothing morc soothing or L \u2018The béc large family oise the most economical.Frmall trial cise 300 At dealers everywhere.FEBRUARY 17, 1914.MRS.A.SAICH! of Cannington Manor, Sask., Writes :~~' \u2018My brother suffered severely from eczema.The sores were very extensive, and busned like coals into his flesh.Zam-Buk took out all the fire, and quickly gave him ease.Within three weeks of commencing with Zam-Buk treatment, every sore had been cured.\u201d \\ \u2018This is but ene o the many from people whe have proved the hesling powers of Zam-Buk.Fer eczems, piles, sores, bures, cuts and ail skin troubles there is nothing like this wonderful balm.No skin disease should bs coz- Jl sidered incurable until Zam-Buk hao bean tried.All Draggiste, 30e.par Fes.Refuse Sobetttates.owners, who are subscribing a tonnage levy of a tenih of a penny on thelr declared output.King's Banner for Scouts.Theee years ago the King gave a challenge banner to be competed far annually by all the traopa of Roy couts fn the United Kingdom, and for the third year in succession this coveted trophy has been won by thd Ist Bary Troop, as the most efficient troop In the Kingdom.and pomeming the largest number of King's Reouts, Brother Saved Sister's Life.At Wrezham the mayor, Mr.Byéney Farman, made an interesting presentation to a Hite hero named Leo Collins, aged mine, who, sosing à patr- hores convey.cuming towards him, saved hin litte sisisr, aged two, hy punting her awry He himeell was knocked down, and the whesls went over buth his Legs.| Railway-Station Rescuer Rewarded.Mr.John Cynon Jones, Blackwood, whase heroic rescue of a lad at Ponts- pool road ation was scknowledged at a public meeting In Blackwood, In to receive Royal recognition of his courage.Mr.D.J.Thomas, of Black- wood, who had placed the facts before the King amd the Curnegie Trustees, received an Mmtimation from the Home Office that the King had bean pleased to ap) e of the award of an Albert Model of (tbe Hecond Class to Mr.ones.Ludy Lest an Eye.A young lady.Miss Maiasie Davies, Cermarthen, has met with an acci- den;, resulting !n her losing an eve.She wd \u20ac lady friend were out for à walk, and we procesding along a drive leading up Neviin's HSH, Aberx- whi.when two stray psilets pierced her right eye.pellets came from à shooting party én the vicinity.\u2014\u2014 WED DUKE WITHOUT GUARDIAN'S CONSENT Lond, Feb.9.The hearing npened in the Divorce Court to-duy of the pe- titlon of Countess de Cauquet-James.whose maiden name was Misa Elise deth Trob'tts P'rait, of Prattsville, N.Y., who aska for a declaration of the valldity of her marriage to Duke Heinrich Berwin von Meukleaburg-Heh- werin.The reaponiiant, who Is à cousin of the reigning Duke snd also of Crown Princess (\u2018ecil'e, urgueg that the British court has na Jutladietion, The couple were married In the registrars office at Dover, England, in 1911 and later went through à religlous ceremony of marriage in the private chapel vf the l'auntess's rustie in France.In 1913 the ma Ke was declared null and void by a special court sitting at Rostnek, on the ground that the Duke's guardian had not given his Te obtain these patterns fi tn for return 9833 | 98332.\u2014 A NATTY AND COMFORTABLE DRESS.Girls\u2019 Dress in Russian Blouse Style, with Cremisette, and with Lung or Shorter Sleeve.Brown and white striped galatea.with trimming of white, are here shown.Blue serge with chemisette of red, and collar and cuffs to match would also be effective.tlingham.chambrey, voile.percale, linen or ilnine are ail suitable for this model, which is comfortable and smart in itn simple lines.The broad collar is joined to the chemisette, which closes in front and is amanged under the blouse.The gored skirt has plaits at the front seams.The pattern is cut In four sizes: 8, 10, 12 and 14 years.It Tequires four yards of 44 inch material for a 10 year size.A pattern of this illustration malled to any address or receipt of 10\u20ac in silver OT stamps.9371-A BIMPLE DRESS FOR HOUSE OR AFTERNOON WEAR.Ladies\u2019 House or Home Dress.striped gingham in blue and white with facings of the blue was used for this charming model.The fronts ere shaped below the yoke facing which te finished with a tab over the left side.A rolling collar pointed at the back adda to the trimming, but may be omitted.The short comfortable sieve han a straight cuff, The four-piece skirt is cut lo habit back style.The tern la cut in six sizes\u201433, 34, 36, 8, 40 and 4) inches bust measure.It requires b of éé inch material for the 86 inch sine.À pattern of this The \u2018Witness\u2019 P umps for each eT tel and they will be ©! The home dressmaker hound \u201clem aes very useful te reic- to frem time te time.coupon giveu at in rotation.9836.\u2014 A SIMPLE.UP-TO-DATE GOWN.Dresa for Misses and ¥mail Women.(With Long or Shorter Sleeve and with or without Chemlsette.s Blue and white checked woollen wax empluyed to make this design, with facings of white eponge.The chemisette and standing ovllar is of fine tucked net.The waist ix bloused and shaped over the front, in a point below the bust.The skirt front is cut to correspond.The deep arin scye Ina good style feature, and the sleeve in either length is pleasing and attractive.The pattern Ia suitable for velvet, corduroy, serge, caxhmere, voiie, linen and other wash fabrics.It is cut in four aizes: 14, 16, 17, and 18 years.and re quires 5 yards of 44 inch materinl for a 14 year nize.A pattern of this [lustration malied to any address on revelpt of Itc in silver or stamps.9978\u2014A PRACTICAL PLAY DRESS.Child's Rompers with Long or Bell Sleeves and High or Square Neck Outline.Galatea, kindergarten cloth, lines, linens, percéle, gingham, or khaki cloth faar be used for this design.The closing ie at the left side, and the slesve may be finished with a band ouft or shorter length as illustrated.The pattern Is cut in four sinee\u2014s, 4, 6 and 6 years.It uires 26-9 yards of 30 inoh material A 4 year aise, A pattern of this illustration mailed fo any address os receipt of 60 in liinatration mailed te any adèress \u20ac ve 166 sliver or stamps, L in betioved that the ; attern Service.foot of this department.sont to your address.Allow one week margin beyond time 7 N Suffered Intense Agony With Mis Back.Kidneys Wore The Causs.Veak back is caused by weak kideeryy frames Trouble Pons Kidney Pills Kidney trouble \u2019s should be used, asd serious trouble avoided.Doan's Ki Pills go right te the seat of the trouble, cure the wea: achi: back, and vent any further cations eri .Mr.Jobo Briggs, Whitewood, writes:\u2014\"'1 am seuding you this testimonial out of gratitude, as I am mot à believer in pateut medicines, but 1 got 20 run down, that I became quite willing to give anything a trial.I paid 8 visit to our local druggist, sad told him 1 was suffering intense agony with my back.He told me I had trouble, and handed me a box of Doan's Kidney Pills, saying it wus the thing he could possibly give me, tried them, und the effect was marvelous.They are worth $10.00 box of anybody's money, and I would sot be without a box by me.I certain! owe my present condition to Doan Kidney Pills.\u201d Doan\u2019s Kidney Pills are 50 cents per box, or 3 boxes for 81.25, at all dealers, oe mailed direct on receipt pre hy The T.Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont, When ordering direct specify * Doan's.\"! _\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 f Sl consent, The further hearing was ad- Jouried for a week The 1'mintess\u2019s first husband, Count de Canquet Jamies, dad In (503, lear - ing her a large fortune SWIFT JUSTICE FOR THIEF IN NAVY London.Justice wis not stow In the case af forner flsat paymaster lowry, wha wax arrested in the amuh of England a couple of weeks since, after having been nuss ox from his ship at Harwich fer neariy & month.Tha courtinartial found him gultv and he was mentancad ta three Years\u2018 Imprisonment.His total defalcations swill amount to néariy $76,008, + -4 ft to us wih ten cents in p a catalogues scrap beok of the daily pattern cuts.Trsse will be found A CHARMING LAR DES Ladies\u2019 Costume With Plain or Full Chemilsette, and With Long or 3 Shorter Sleeve.Brocade in pretty brown and green figures, Was \"sed for this design.Tan messaiine with chiffon in a cream tint supplied the triminine.The skirt AND POPU- Ix gracefully draped over buck and front and tue plats may be tacked invisibly or stitched in tuck effect, The drop yoke 1x lengiheurd hy a sleeve thal may he finished at elbow length with a pretty cuff.or In close fitting wrist length.The pattern {x cut fn six sizes: 32, 34, 36.2R, @ and 42 inches bust measure.It requires five veards of 44 inch material for a 36 inch size.A pattern of this Illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 1c.in ail- ver or stamps.VLE 0600000020000 00¢ © \u2018Weekly Witness\u2019 Pattern Coupon.\u2014 Tieuse send me Pattern.LY N®.covesovanen vessccnmessseu NO.vcseesnanse M@.2s000000e cécossavacsess \u2014esseca0s0000m +000000 0000000 0OHOOHOU0\" CHtHO< + RAILWAY LUXURY WILL COST MORE Fastidious Passengers Must, Pay for Special Accomo- dation Required, After the early part of March people who wish to enjuy exclusive accom- saodation on slapping cars will be to pay more This rule will not only affect the Canadian lines, but will 20 10 effet on «very railway on the Amecivan continsnt, with the possible exception of the Canadian dov- erament ratiways.The lutter.not be- tng fo much affected Ly ondinary busi - Teens conditions, will not, so ® is un- derutoni.adopt the new schedules once, but will Wait to wee how the work on the other lines.Possibly (f they are found profiiable ta the rail ways and convenient to the publict Intercoioninl with also adopt the new ecule.! la contendad thut the new arranganient will not have to be sane- toned hy either the Interstate Comn- merce Conualesion or the Canadian Railway Commission, since it 1s a domestic matter having relation ce ppeciml conditous.Rut at Ottawa It da stated that the new =chednle most have the approval of the Railway Commission The proposed change be «nplu that any parsenger who wishe use the drawing room on sleeping car will! have te buv twa tickets, wale he; w.rher (0 accupy 1 whale compartment | on a ceep ik var he whi have to Pay one aed ah fares, This it is.contended.«beng done Bot only in | the vests of Die venpanes.at | ©f the put, 0, \"tres under present conditions it - pron- ne lof pux-.pp included fer Canada real a: suburbs excopted), Jand end the British Isles: sles Bardadoes, Barmués.British British Hondures, Pritieh North nea, Ceylon, Cyprus, Fuitland I Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, Mon, Jamaica, Leeward Telands, at, Me: ritius, Now Zealand, North 9 I.BO cons.Fravuvasl, Tvinided, To ern œ anevasi ni bago.Torva Ÿ , and Zansibar.YOUR FRIENDS IN TRE COUNTRIRS would be fav te these papers.If you will send we nemes we will send them free samp! without implying the lightest tien on your pa: or on theirs.POSTAGD NETRA.Te the Tinited States, Inelu By, Hawaiian a Philippine Tartes Itnons.\u201d 16 cents entre: \"a 10 cents extra: \u201cWorld extra \u201cCansélan Piotorial\u201d extre.a an ot a 0 Te cents extra; her \u201cNorthern Mesveng \u201cCanséian Pistoriaï\u2019, vou ves Tak Mesa) OBEY THAT [MPULSE avcus res ie ony avo to baa BT SNR SA Si TE BOUT AOS } + . FEBRUARY 17, 1914.Montreal Weekly Witness and Canadian Homestead.Sixty-Ninth Year.4} AGRICULTURE \u2014 CARE OF THE BROOD-SOW Professor Shaw of the University of Saskatchewan, gave sume useful pointers on plg-breeding to short-course students.Pigs were, he suld.4 class of stock that all farmers could keep\u2014- feeding on by-products that might otherwine be wanted.Ralsing hogs la easy when understood but eusy to fail in if not properly taken care of.\u2018The number kept should vary with the farm and breed.Two types, bacon and lard type were mentioned.The lard type is produced in the corn belt and is not \u2018heard of here.The British market demands a lighter type with the.fat laid on in leyers with the Isan, The.best American bacon ix manufuc- tured tn Minnesota.The hogs of Min- nesote do not get am much corn, and therefeto prudure a hetter type of bacon than those of the Chicago dis- riot.The.Canaglun market demands the bacon ype.\u201d Any type can Le turned itto = von type.This charge of type tu aBxier with hogs than with any other stodk The farmer should start in lightlyiin hogs and go on easily, The average farmer can start out with one .w a year, four sows in a litter which with care, one liter wil in five years produce one thousand.In selecting a sow far breeding purposes sha must have certain.lines.Good length, high back, with curve .over lains and as much depth as pox.ing Suorthorn Iluminata IIL.Prog 8.560 Iva.3.77 per oent.milk in SAT days ss a mature cow.sible; thin and neat nhout head, no surplus Yut about the juw: smanth shoulders, and rather upright.Strong bounce in necessary, atiff, straight in the punteen, \u2018Enoukh Uhickness giving room - fut \u2018heart and lunes for good constite Mibe should have good eprinx.Wd depth ty cary feed and 3 large litters.It In easy to tuke cure of the row in somimer.\u201cShe can he allowed out: \u2014 rootifig atorind.The went plan for the beginner Is te hive the sow farrow in spriug.Bhe must le taken cure of during the winter.must not be allow ed to :et tuo fat or tov Jean.Her feed for winter should be ground vats and shorts-in equal purts\u2014a perfectly rut- Latactory Teod\u2014dry 9 we Housing © ROW.Over winter is very - 2.fow DalbR oir Whi ine iin froth the threshing machine jm directed.The sow must get plenty of exercise\u2014 they usually take exercise.but those of a sluggish nature should he forced to take exercise.The sow should be placed In a pen by herself about farrowing time.A laxative dict should be added.The sow should not be dirturbed.A guard Tail MAY be placed around the pen, to save the young ones from being laid on by the sow.It In dangerous to allow an gid fat sow 100 much straw to make à nest.It is not flecerssry to disturb a sow until she has come to the trough.She should not be fed very much at first, but increase feed with time, With only one litter a sow may be allowed tc wesn the young herself.but when two litters, eight weeks Is sufficient.Skim milk is the best food [or young pigr.They should be taught to cat as moun as possible.Ground oats ls not a good feed for young pigs.Lut it passed through a the fina part may be fed to iruund barley is good.Wheat in nearly equal tn corn for feed.but is not good feed ainne, Ground wheat should not he fed alone, but should be mixed.Canadian field peas are very fattening.Hogs are not equipped for making great gains on grass or alfulfa.A combination, how.over, will improve.Rinseed meat has not proved a very satisfactory feed.A sew sometimes needs a tonic in winter.A good tonic in: 1 bushel wood ashes, 2 Iba.charcoal, 5 Iba.sulphur, 2 iba.salt, about 1-2 Ib.of blue stone diluted in water.Mix up and place in a trough where Lhe sow can get at it + \u2014\u2014 \u2018 FEED ARRANGEMENTS AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC, Arrangements have been made by which the Department of Live Stock at the P.jama Pa-\u2018fle Exposition will supply feed for all clr mses of animals on exhibition, at cost.Thin involves a large amount of work In securing *he various feed supplies at the proper time; it Involves the erection of a special building for the storage of this feed and it Involves a \u2018considerable investment of money.The department of Liv: fflock, however, (ecls that the results will justify all the trouble and expense In the protec:ion which jt \u2014iil afford to the exhibitor against extortion by unscrupulous dealers.Plans have heen mads for tha ersction of six or more silos of different types and the fling of these allon with corn and perhaps kar\u2019 or milo.These silos will he prepar@t and filled In Lhe fall of 1914, so that the exiibitors who desire to use slisge will find it alt ready for them on thair arrival at the opening of the Exposition on ceoru- ary.30.Careful estimates of the cost of var- fous feed materials has determined that feed of suitable quality will not vary in price materially from that of the corn belt states.Alfalfa is fully as cheap in Ban Francisco as it is In Kansas City, the center of the alfaifa growing district.Grain of various kinds averages in price about the same as in the corn belt ntates.California and other const states are not ranked as corn producing states, though they each have large aress where corn i grown profitably, In fact California corn Is unusually fine when grown in sultable localities.The yleld of alfalfa ts very heavy.and other hays and the smaller graine like barley will not vary in price greatly from that in other sections of the country.It ls believed that the b: ° of country wili appreoiate the efforts hich have been put forth by the De- ment of Live Stock te provide efery convenience in the matter of sgpplying different kinds of feeds such may be required, This, however, 4 not mean that the breeder shal » vide his wn feed stuffs if he vo imres.It ta simply offered as an nay \\solution of the problem which must confront every breeder plans to .xhibit.Arrangements will be made by which grain and fodder of various kinde will be delivered by boat at the Exposition grouncs at regular Intervals so that there need be no lack of succulent feed for the maintenance of Vicw Herds a» well as for the use of the exhibit herds in (he contest for premiums in October and November.who ?\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 FARMERS AND WORKERS.Tho question of a closer alliance between the laboring clans and the agriculturists with a view to lessening the present high vost of living was discussed at 8 meeting of the Toronto District Labor Council.At a previous meeting of the Council a committees wus appointed to meet the representative of Lhe agricultural interests.This committee reported that the armers are williuæ to enter into co-operation with organized labor for the supply of produce to the citizens of Toronto if organized labor will form some kind of a body to receive the goods and\u2019 distribute them.\u2018They are also willing to ship their produce direct to the consumer if the labor men will send their orders direct to the producer, Considerable discussion aroee over the resolution that the council purchase forty shares In the union label stores.it was shown by Delegate Kennedy that the union label stores would bundle all kinds of union-made goods, and as the business grew they would also branch out into the produce business, thus incorporating In their store the co-operative plan.Several of the delegates wanted more ipformation re- Kurding the stores Lefore voting on the question, but the majority were in favor of purchasing the proposed number of shares and thus give an incentive to the various loculs to enter into the co-operation idea and make it a success.The resolution was finally carried, and in addition to this,\u2018 the executive council and directors of the union label stores company will meet the agriculturis with a view to bringing In «à comprehenaive co-opera- tive plan, .\u2014_\u2014\u2014 HORSE 18 STILL FARMER'S STAND-BY \u201cA factor In the west that will have an important bearing on the demand for work horses is the decline of traction power for furm work.\u201d was the statement made in the unnual report - \u201cinsaisn Wen\u2014Gorannaer.of the Clydesdale Horse Association of Canada, ut the unnual meeting at To- ronteo.\u201cA few years ago it looked as if the tractor wus likely to supplant the horse very largely for farm work,\u201d stated the report.\u201cA reaction has, however, taken place and the horse is assuming its place as the chief power in working the lands of the west.This does not mean that the tractor will he displaced altogether.There is work in which it can be utilized to advantage.but more than ever before the horse will be the standby of the western farmer.\u201d The election of officers resulted as follows: President.John A Boag.Queenaville; vice-president, William Graham, Claremont: vice.presidents for the various provinces.Ontario, Peter Christie: Manitoba, John Graham: Haskatchewan.W.H.Bryce: Alberta, John H.Turner: Quebec, Robert Ness: British Columbia, (Capt.\u2018Watson: New Rrunswick, Morris fcoville: Nova Scotia, R.S.Starr; Prince Edward Islund, T.Ross; secre- tary-treasurer, J.W.Wheaton; directors, Willlam Grant, Jas.Torrance, F.Richardson, Jas.Henderson, T.D.Elliot, A.G.Gormley, Walter Milne.' \u2014= ONTARIO BREEDERS\u2019 PURCHASE.Messrs.5.and A.F.Dyment, who are members of the Ontario Jockey Club, have purchased three young thor- oughhreds, which will be shipped to their stud at Barrie, Ont.hy the Minneapolis, leaving Tilbury on January 29, says à london mess: .From Mr.mil Hers they have acquired Double Bass, à three.year.old bay colt by Uncle (son of fitar Shoot) out of Mou- ble Six; and from Mr, J.Butters they have hought the three.year-old chestnut colt, Brendel, by Uncle out of Bremen, and the threr-year-old chestnut colt, Tippecanoe, by Goldfinch eut of Tongese.Uncle was the champion sire, in regard to two-year-olds, in the States last year.t tt QUEBEC STOCKBREEDERS.The General Stock Breeders\u201d Assn- cation of the Province of Quebec.a federation of the four principal live stock hreeders' axsnclations in the province.held their twentieth annual general meeting at Montreal recently.In the absence of the Hon, N, Gar- neau, president of the association, whu was detained at Quebec hy ta - mentary duties, Robert Ness occupied the chair, and Dr.J.A.Couture acted as secretary.The nasocietion.Mr.Ness mid.was founded in 1896 with rome forty members: now it consists of the Sheep Rreeders\u2019 Association, of the Swine Breeders\u2019 Association.the French Canadian Cattle Breedera\u2019 Association and the Horse Breeders\u2019 As- rociation.in all 704 members.The secretary's annual réport, among other thinas, showed that during 1913 the receipts amounted to $4,153.74 aud the expenditure to $1,923.08, leaving a balance on hand of $2,230.68, After luncheon, the Honorable Messrs.Bur- rell and Caron, Ministers of Agricul ture at Ottawa and Quebec.Were present and made short speechen.The election of officers resulted In the Hon.M.BurreH and the Hon.J.E.Caron being named as patrons: Robert Ness, honorary president: the Hon.N.Gernesu, M.C.L.president; Arsene Denis, frst vice-president; James Bryson, second vice-president; Dr.J.A.Conture, secretary: Joseph Beland, Victor Bylvestrs, Napoleon Lachap- pelle and Louis Lavalles, directors.{ \u2014meemmnt-nt Wheat straw is not & sultable fved for horses, even when chaffed.It proves so | tible that it hardly nourishes at and I cause colle mer CORNGROWERS' \u201cMAP\u201d WAL SHOW ATTRACTION.Several thousand people visited the exhibit of the Ontario Corn Growers\u2019 Association at Chatham, Ont.The exhibit by the Kent associations attracted much attention, On a platform in the centre of the large exhibition fluor Was à map of the County of Kent, about fifteen feet square, made entirely of shelled voru of different colors.The townships were ull marked off and the cily of Chatham und the rious towns and villages desipnated d properly labelled.A train of cars loaded with corn was driven about through the exhibit on an endless track, the motive power being electricity.At one mide of the exhibit was another map of the county worked out in shelled corn glued to a buard.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014t FOREST CONSERVATION.A National Forestry Congress, sim- Har to the one called by Sir Wilfrid laurier in 1906, will be held in Ottawa next January.This was decid- td, on the suggestion of Premier Borden.by the delegates to the sixteenth svnual mertink of the Canadian For- estfy Ansociation at Otlawu.The Lieutenant-Governors of the Provinces, members of Farilu- ment and of the Senate.prominent lumbermen, and in fact everybody who is prominently identified and in sympathy with forestry, will be invited by the Premier to attend the congress, at Which matiers pertaininæ to the preservation of the forests will be discussed.Prior to deciding on holding the convent'on, the delegates waited on Right Hon.Mr.Horden and the Hon.Dr.Roche, Minister of the Interior, and submitted re-olutions covering such matters nn the extension of forest areas, more care in deciding what lands shall be opened for settlement.free distribution of young trees, und that appointments in the forestry service be based on cupability and ¢x- perleace.To all these the Premier and Dr.Roche promired to give Immediate consideration, and Mr, Borden nug- gested holding a National Forestry Congress.Later the delegates Informed him they would be pleased if such a congress could Le held.and the Premier promised it would be.The delegations were headed by the Hon.W.A.Charlton.M.P.retiring President of the association.and the Hon.Clifford Sifton, Chairman of the Couservalion Cormmiasion.Officers of the association for the ensuing yeur are: \u2018resident, William Power, M.of Queber: Vice-Presl- dent, F°.Whitman, Annapolis Royal, N.x,; Secretary, Jumes Juwler, Ottawa.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2018 HIGH PRICES FOR GRADE cows.\u2018 At a recent sale of pure Lred and grade isteins by Johnston Bros, of Huntinggon, Que, some remarkable prices Were realized for grades.Every Rrade cow in the herd brought over $100, and one reached the record price of $273.8he had eight straight crosses of pure bred blood in ber veins.and was of fine dairy type.She would average 60 Ibe.a day for 300 days.aliowing a 65 day rest for the benefit of herself and offspring.The pure bred cows were of good Molstein Cow\u2014Colsntha 4th's Johan- ne.Produced 87,433.85 Ibs.milk aad 958.20 lbs.butter fat in 1 year.dairy type.with promise of being deep milkers, but they were young, three heing two-yenr olds und one four-year-olds The (ullowin are the averages made at this sale: Pure bred cows, $340; pure bred yearlings, $220; pure bred calves, $130: grade cows, $160: xrade yearlinms, $36.grade calves, $36.\u2014 ONTARIO CORNGROWERS Warden Bryon Robinson of Romney Township was re-elected president of the Ontario Corn Growers\u2019 Association at the annual business meeting held at Chatham.The other officera ul- 10 were re-elected as follows: - Firm vice-president, RM.Knister, Comber; 2nd vice-president, lester (iregore, Chatham: treasurer, J.H.Coataworth, Kingaville: secretary, W.Esnex.the » alee?ting: tne elite euros most ENGINES Now à ful Mand, CHEAP | Send for Catalog.Guarantes Molter Company, Memsitcu, Fairbanks, Ohio, Stickney, n ol Marine, $75; Also others; get.H.P.P.is VIRGINIA FASMS AND HOMES REE CATA OF SPLENDID BABGALNG rn hon; (ney Sohmens, ve TO ADVANCE CLAIMS.It Is the Intention of the Canadian Ayrshire Breeders\u2019 Association to send twelve Ayruhire cows of good type, having un official record of mitk and fal.to represent the breed at the Panama Exposition.Ruch was dscided upen at the annual meeting of the assotiation at Toronto, and $1,000 was appropriated for this purpose.In this they are co-operating with the Ayrshire Association of the United Ftates, which has appropriated the sum of $2,000.The Dominion Government ig to be requested to assist the Canadian bresders In the undertaking.The charge was made that, with the exception of Macdonald College, Bt.Anne de Bellevue, Que., and \u201che experimental station at Claresho'.1, Alta, the quality of Ayrshires kept at the educational Institutionen of Cun- ada was far below what it should he.Thoasn kept at (Guelph, Winnipeg and Saskatoon agricultural colleges wera a very ordinary lot, and hetter Ayr.shires conld be seen in many of the stables of breeders.In the stables of the Central Experimental Farm at Ottuwa thers should he a better and more typical herd.As the work of the institutions is educational, and many would judge nf the breed from what was shown, Ît was necessary that the hast of the type should be possessed by them.The following were elected an the hoard of directors: R.N.Ness, Hens.tor Oweny, Jas.Bryson.Hector Go don, P.D.McArthur, Geo, ©.I, Intyre, M.Ri.Marie, W.W.Halla tyne John McKee, Wm.Stewart.j A.Hume, A.#.Türner, A.H.Trimble and Frank Harris.' \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 1 THE GENTLE ART.There are the days when ugricultur- ists lake counsel together.and have the opportunity.at the meetings of sucietien, to give to their fellows the results of thelr work and experience.Often, indeed, the farmer finds that ha has spoken to a wider audience than he thought, for by the medium of the newspaper his utterances have heen carried far afield.it may he he had not noticed at the meeting a quiet individual who from time to time jott-d down a few notes on the margin of his programme; but had it not been for that same unobtrusive man, the speaker would never have tad the satisfaction of knowing that his words had gone forth at the richt time to assist others.Th\u2018 reporter la ring.in the course of hir duily work, as great a service to the public as the speaker whose gems of thought he preserves, -and often pulinhes till their author is daszied by the ef- fuigence.The reporter, then, ls entitled to all the courtesy that can he shown him.Does he get it?We fear thut there are occasions whon he does not.Some people tuke a long time to reulize that they are not conferring favors on the Press hy affording its representatives facilities for their work, und seldom also do they realize ttat the newspaper man ls deserving of the same hospitality that they would unhesitutingly extend tn a neighbor.Whither the journalist represents a peper with a Dominion-w eireula- tion.or one Whose territury covers but a few villages, he belongs to à profession ax distinguished as thut of the ficctor or lawyer a prufession whose meinbers ase constantly filling public positions of great responsibility.and | filling them with credit ta themselves and advantage to the nation.The average farmer ia no snol, but he does not visualise a state of affairs in which the \u201cpaper\u201d does not exist.Yet were It nut for the journalist there cculd be no newspaper.Remember your debt to the Mr.Farmer; the best way to pay It Is to treat its hard-working representatives with courtesy and hospitality.\u2014H.J.D.' \u2014\u2014\u2014 The republic of Columbia is said; to have excellent regulations for its national forests, Lumbermen who take cedar and mahogany ure required to plant young trees of the same species in the cut-over spaces, \u2018ONY i8 MORE POPULAR.That the pony is more ular the Dominion to-duy than over ro was shown ut the annual meeting n° the Canadian Pony Association, held at Toronto, when the atutement was made that 359 pedigreed ponies, In addition 16 more than 59 non-pedigreed, were imported during 1913.This com- parea with an Importation of less than two dozen p onlen the previous year.It wa tated that the pony had shown an increased demand in Toronto through ita being excepted from tha by-law which prohibits a child under twelve yeurs of age from driving.Before this exception was made the by-law hud almost put a stop to the denund for ponies.Officers elected were: President, Invesoy, Mimico; ficut vice-president, W.J.Mangton; second vice-president, d.M.CGardhouse; secretary-treusitrer, G.de W.Green: directors, Robert, Graham.Torontu; J.Treech, Lambe.tou Mills: 5.K Markles, ti Watson, Hudson tone, Toront M.Robinse Heighta, T.Cusston, .Toronto; Ont: \u20ac.Whitby; Fred Richards, Columbus, Motheraill.Ouhawu, and John Miller, je, Ashburn, Ont.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014e 1 WANT WESTERN MARKET FOR ONTARIO SHEEP.Ontario Sheep Hreedars® Associuti nn in granting 3425 to the Toronto Live Stock show, at their annual meeting. \u201cGently, Marie, gently: bishoprics are for old gentlemen; and this is a young gentieman.\u201d \u201cMamma' he is not so very young.\" pot compared with you, Marle, el \u201cHe is a good bigth, dear mamma: and 1 am aure he is good enough for à bishop.\u201d \u201cAlas! mademoiselle, you are mistaken.\u201d \u201cI know not that, Monsieur Gerard: but I am a little puszied to know on what grounds mademoiselle there pronounces your cheramer ao boldly,\u201d \u201cAlas, mamme.\u201d sald the Princess, \u201cyou have not looked at his face, then;™ and she raised her eyebrows at her mother\u2019s simplicity.\u201c1 beg your pardon.\u201d said the Countess, \u20181 have.Well, sir.tf I cann@t 20 quite so fast as my daughter, attribute ft to my age.not to à want of interest in your welfare.A benefice will do to begin your career with; and | must take care it ia not too far from\u2014 what call you the place?\u201d \u201cTergoy, madam.\u201d \u201cA priest gives up much,\u201d continued the Countess: \u201coften, | fear, he learns too late how mach:\u201d and her woman's eye rested & moment on Gerard with mild pity and half surprise at his resigning her sex and all the heaven they can bestow, and th; great parental joys: \u201cat least you sh: be near your friends.Have you a mother?\u201d \u201cYea, madam, thanks be to God!\u201d \u201cGood! You shall have church rear Tergou.She will thank me.And now, str, we must not detain you too long from those who have a Detter claim on your soclety th n we have, Duchess, obliga me by, bidding one of the pages conduct hind to the hall of banquet; the way is hard to find.\u201d Gerard bowed low to the Countess and the Princess, and backed towards the door.\u201c1 hope it will be & nice benefice\u201d said the Princess to him with a pretty smile, es he was going cut; then.shaking her head with an air of solemn misgiving.\u2018but you had better have been Bishop of Liege.\u201d Gerard followed his new conductor, his heart warm with gratitude: but ere he reached the hall a chil came over him.While was with the Countess, the excitement of so new a situation, the uniooked-for promise, the joy and pride It would cause at homme, possessed him wholly; but now it was ar a to Pa heard again.t! give up argaret, whose soft hand he etill feit in his, and her deep eyes in his heart?resign her and all the world of love and she had opened on him to-day?The revulsion, when # did come, was so strong that he hastily redolved to say nothing at home about (ii offered benefice.\u201cThe Countess is 80 good and kind.\u201d thought he, \u201cshe has a Aundred wae of aiding a young man's fortune; ore will not compel me to 7 hopeful reflection his mind was eased, and.being now at the entrance of the banqueting-hall, he thanked his conductor, and ran hastily with joyful eyes to Margaret He came in aight of their place at the table\u2014ahe was gone Peter was gone too.Nobody was at the table at all; only a citizen In soher garments had just tumbled under it dead drunk, and several persons were raising him to carry him away.Gerard never gueaged how important this solemn drunkard was to him; he was looking for \u201cBeauty,\u201d and lec the \u201cBeast\u201d Île.He ran wildly round the hall, which was now comparatively empty.She was not there.He walked through many strests, but could not fiid her he sought.At last, fairly worn out, he went to a hostelry and slept till daybreak.All that day, heavy and heartsick.he sought her, but could never fall in with her or her father, nor even obtaln the slightest clue.Then he felt she was false or had changed her mind.iio was irritated now, as well as sad.More good fortune fell on him: he almost hated it.At last, on the third day, after he had once more heen through every street, he sald, \u201cShe is not in the town, and I shall never see her again.1 will xo home.\u201d He started for Tergou with royal favor promised, with fifteen golden angels tn his purse a golden medal on his bosom, and a heart like a lump of lead.CHAPTER IV, It wap near four o'clock In the afternoon.EH was in the shop.His eldest and youngest sons were ubroad.Catherine and her little crippled dau- shter had long been anxious about Gerard.and now they were gone a little way down the road, to see if by good luck he might be visible in the distance; and Giles was alone in the sitting-room.The chairs were Tu-le and primitive, all but the arn- chair, whaso back, at right angles with ite seat, was 20 high that the sitter's head stopped two fest short of the top.This chair was of oak, and carved at the summit.There w: a copper pail, that went In at ti waist, holding holy water, and a little hand-besom to sprinkle it far and wide; and a long, narrow, but massive oak table, and a dwarf sticking to ita rim by his teeth, his eyes glaring, and his claws in the air like & pouncing vampire.Nature, it would seem, did not make Giles a dwarf out of malice prepense; she constructed a head and torso with her usual qave; but just then her attention was distracted.and she left the rest to chance; the result was a human wedge.an inverted cone.Bisected, upper Giles would have outweighed three lower Giles.But this very disproportion enabled him to do feats that would have baffled Milo.His brawny arms had no welght to draw after them; so he could go up a vertical pole like\u2019 a aquirrel, and hang for hours from a bough by one hand like a cherry by ita stalk.Now, this pocket-athlete was insanely fond of griping the dinner.table with both hands, and so swinging; and then\u2014cHmax of delight! he would seize it with his teeth, and, taking off his handa, hold on like grim death by his huge ivories.But ail our joys, however elevating, suffer interruption.Little Kate caught Sampeonet in this posture, and stood aghast.\u201cOh, Gilea! how can you?Mother !s at hand.It dents the table.\u201d \u201cGo and tell her.little tale-bearer,\u201d snarled Giles.\u201cYou are the one for making mischief.\u201d \u201cAm [7° inquired Kate \u201cthat is news to me.\u201d \u201cThe biggest In Tergou,\u201d growled Giles, fastening on again.\u201cOh, indeed!\u201d sald Kate drily.This plecs of unwonted satire launched, and Giles not visibly blasted, she sat down quietly and cried.Her mother came in almost at that moment, and Gilles hurled himself under the table, and there glared.\u201cWhat is to do now?\" said the dame sharply.Then turning her experienced eyes from Kate to Giles, and observing the position he had taken up, and a sheepish expression.sne hinted at cuf- ing of ears.M \u201cNay, mother,\u201d said the girl.\u201cIt was but a foolish word Giles spoke.1 had not noticed it at another time; but I was tired and in care for Gerard, you know.\u201d \u201cJet no one be in care for me.\u201d said a faint voice at the door, and in tottered Gerard, pale, dusty, and worn out: and amidst uplifted hands and cries of delight, curiosity, and anxiety mingled dropped exhausted into the nearest chair.Beating Rotterdam.Ike a covert.for Ma: .and the long journey - ards bed fairly knocked Gerard up.But elastic youth soon revived, and ba- hold him the centre of an eager circle.First of all they must hear about the prises.Then Gerard told them he had teen admitted to ses the competitors works, all laid out in an enormous ball before the judges pronounced, \u201cOh, mother! oh, Kate! when 1 saw the goldemiths\u2019 work.1 liked to have falien on the floor.thought not all the goldsmiths on earth bad so LA meute Kate.when 1 came to the illuminated work from Ghent and Bru- ges, my heart sank.Mine was dirt by the side of it.For the first minute I could almost have cried: but 1 prayed for a better spirit.and presently I was able to enjoy them, and thank God for those lovely works, and for those skilful, patient craftemen.whom I own my mastern.Well.the colored work was so beautiful I forgot alk about the black and white.But next day, when all the other prises had heen given.they came to the writing.and whose name think you was called rat?\u201d fi \u201cYours.\u201d sajd Kate.(To he Continued.) calmly; Tried and Wore Stood \u2018the Test Dodd's Kidney Plils Making » Repütation in the West.tohewan Man Tells Hew They Se him, After Pour Menthe Suffering from Backache and Other Forme Kidney Disease.At.Phillips, Sask.February 17.\u2014 (Bpecial.)\u2014In à new country where changes of climate and impure water are among the difficuities to be surmounted, kidney trouble ia prevalent.it ie the kidneys, the organs that strain the impurities out of the blood, that first feel any undue strain on the ody.Consequently Dodd's Kidney Pills have been well tried and tested both They have stood the test.Many settlers tell of backache, rheumatism and urinary troubles cured by Dodd's Kidney Pill Mr.Otte Olshewsk! fe one of these.In speaking of his cure says: he, Dartereé from kidney disease for dry lesling; my heavy: and 1 has, a dragging senss- tion across the ne \u201cI consulied a éoctor, but es I dia not to improve, 1 decided to poire Kidney Pilla.1 used oiz Vanes, and now Usa, all right\u201d Dodd's K! Pills always atand Ask; your asighders.MISS M a SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS We are introduced to the home of ths Porter family in St.George, & suburd of New York.A mesting of the Women's Philanthropio Association, of which Mrs, Porter 1s president, fa interrupted by mysterious sounds, and @ oung girl ja discovered unconscious à one of the bedrooms.When she re- covera consciousness, ahe does not appear to remember her identity, having fecelved a biow on the head, apparently from a falling brick.Dr.Guthrie tells Marjory Chamberlin, a friend of the Porters, that he le doubtful whether the injured girl's memory will return.Winthrop Porter, the esdest eon, comes engaged to Marjory.There Is no clue [Nt \u201cMies A 1dentity.and efforts to trace her past fail Winthrop takes a great interest in the etrang and Marjory, bellevin; he has transferred hig alection, d oft the engagement.and retu nip ring.He throws it into the garden.where it 1s found Chester, by his young broth who entrusta it to \u201cMiss M dance, and the qu Mra.Porter receives a loiter, tellin that Walter Warren, a friend of the family, has died in Australia.leaving @ fortune of a million dollars, to ton she fs the hel The news sets the family planning expenaive pleanures.but a thunderbolt falls in the arrival of ashjonably-dreased woman who claims to be Warren's widow, and ex- pla ns that he was drowned on their oneymoon.Her atory so impresses Mrs.Porter that she determines to hand over the fortune to one who, she believes, is the rightful owner.CHAPTER XIH.\u2014Continued.This went an for two Weeks; not once during that time was he at home before the supper hour.and several times he ate after the others tad left the table.[lis evening study suffered.but he invariably made it up by early rining the next day.His mother wondered what he was finding so engrossing.to the exclusion of his usual sports, for it was not hasket-ball, she discovered: on three successive after- noona there had been insistent demands, vin the telephone, for him tv report at the gym for practice on pain of forfeiting his place on the team.With the wisdom that had endeared her to her mons, she refrained from questioning him as \u201cong as he did not neglect his lessons\u2014a tentative inquiry or two had reassured her on that point \u2014 feeling that a confidence forced is but haif a confidence, after el, At the end of the two weeks her patience was rewarded.Mystery called her into her mom one morning, and shutting the door, asked in an excited whisper: .\u201cWhat do yon think Ches 1x doing\u201d \u201cT don\u2019t know, dear.Nothing rong.T hope.Whatever it ia he seems.nil tired out.I notice.What is ft?Not more debts?\u201cYon wont\u2019 tell any one if T tell vou?Promise, please do! ! think you ought to know.\" \u201c7 promise.\u201d \u2018He's doing\u2014this!\" She reached Into her hureau drawer and held up to view a man's purse that had seen long and arduous service.\u201cThere's ten dollars in it,\u201d sde announced solemnly.\u201cTen dollars! Why, where\" \u201cIt's hin! He earned it!\" \u201cEarned it?How?\u201cOh, by doing all sorts of things\u2014 things he wouldn't have dreamed of doing before.He cleaned up the Cham- berlin's cellar, for one thing\u2014Marjory says he's made a splendid job of it, too \u2014 and he's been chopping wood and clearing up gardens and \u2014oh! everything.Isn't he just the dearest boy you ever saw?\" \u201cBut 1 don\u2019t understand it!\u201d Mra Potter's voice wan plainly puasled.\u201cWhat does he want to get with It?A motorcycle?\u2019 \u201cNo, indeed!\u201d Mystery spoke almost resenttully.\u201cHe's workir, to pay off that twenty-five dollars he owes.And he'll do it, too; you mes 11 he don't! He told me it didn't seem much money at first, whiie you End the fortune, but t's as big as a house now.He'll never get into debt again, I'll warrant.\u201d \u201cThank you for helping him, Mystery.You've been a real sister to him.He loves you dearly, or he wouldn't confide in you aa he does.But then, we all do.You're à regular tank for confidences: 1 don't see what we ever did without yru.1 couldn't spare you now, I know.I'm .terribly selfish, dear; I'm aimos: hoping that no one will aver claim you~- almost.but not quite\u2014for your sake!* Mystery snuggled into the outstretched arms, and laid her head on the motherly bosom with a little sigh.Fer voice, when she replied, was » mingling of contentment and unrest.\u201cfo dn T\u2014almost!™ As she left the room, Mra.For- ter's mind was a chaos of conflicting emotions, but pride In her boy's newly awakened! sense of honor, as evinced by his prompt measures to pay his debts, predominated, The possession of the fortune had plunged the lad Into reckishs expenditure, and even bade fair to lead him on to din- sipation; its loss was bringing n° the true manliness beneath the boyish veneer of slang and indifference.Truly God works in mysterious ways his wonders, to perform! She breathed a prayer of thanksgiving from the depthe of her mother-heart, Just before bedtime that night, Marjy Chamberlin knocked timioly at her aunt's door.In response to & cheery \u2018Come, come in, whoever you are!\u201d she entered, hut paused just within the room, her face flushing and paling, her hands working nerv- cuaiy.Marjory stared at her in surprise which changed to alarm, % the girl suddenly dropped to her hnees.buried her head In re poouch and into \u20ac on no! he 8 ring! Phat is K?Are you sick?Wait, I'll call your mother of telophone\u2014\" .\u201cNo.no, don\u2019t! please don't! she vesded, \"1 dont want mother tn T didn\u2019t am any one to Inow: dut ! just had to you I tried not to, but my feet seemed to bring me right up te your danr.Oh, dear! oh, dear! you'll neve~ forgive me.Newer! T7 promised td do it, but T forgot.vbody'l} hate me now, 1 just know they will.And 1 don\u2019t blame them, either! T1 Aeservs to be hated.You can't depend on any body that breaks her word.1 ought to Ko to prison! T've killed her, 1 know 1 have! If she dies, 11 De & 1° aril Her aunt's fright lent siernnase to her tone.\u201cWhat have you done?Tell me instantly, do you j ™m your : Maan mean to\u2014bdut Î-forgot \u2014t\u2014give\u2014it\u2014bark\u2014\" \u201cTo give what back?\u201chat pin yeu found on your ana.don't yon remember?1 teld you t+ belonged tn Mies Mis-\u2014she Choa she'd lost a pin\u2014but I never tou ouvre kept that pin ait this time?be so carcless?Did she scold returned the pin herself?It was partly Mariye for saying it be- By ETTA ANTHONY BAKER Copyright 1818, by LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.Published by Sposial Arrangement YSTERY \u2014 - longed to Misa Mas.It it Should mean \u2018thing to mystery a all th you?What did she say?Tell me, dearle! Tell Aunty Mar!\u201d Her tone became coaxing; the girl's distress frightened her.\u201cCome, come, honey! Sou'll make yourself sick: 1'll explain it to Miss Mig: she'll understand.Anyhow, her bark's ever so much worse than her bite\u201d * darn! fri sont! Shell never ua erstand! o'a\u2014dead, nd I tell you \u201cWhy, Marsy-\u2014Aunt Miss dead?\u201d No.Miss Mystery! And I killed ! 1 know she's dead by this \u201cTell me what you mean!\u201d Bi save the hysterical child ga unm takable shake.\"If you don't tell me y- I'l throw this plicner of cold .wmter over you.Now go on! Do you hear?Marjy obeyed, but her overwrought state made the disjointed confession almost unintelligible.\u201cl\u2014went over\u2014to see\u2014Ches\u2014to\u2014to ask him to put up a telephone between my house and Alice Chapin's.He knows how to make the kind, you pull little boxes back and\u2014\" \u201cOh! go on! 1 don't care about the teleghone! Tell me what happened!\u201d Marjory spoke firmly, though it was with difficulty she controlled her nervous trembling that assailed her, \u201cJust aa 1 was leaving, Miss Mys~ tery called me into her room to show me something she's making for Mrs Porter.It's awful pretty\u2014you know, one uf those Irish crochet bags with\u2014\" \u201cNever mind!\u201d came the stern edict.\u201cGo on! : \u201cl Just happened\u2014by accident\u2014te have that pin in my collar and\u2014\" \u201cWhy, Marjy! Deliberately woaring © thing that doesn't belong tu you! Oh: how could you?* \u201cEL dont know, but + did.Anyhow, she saw jt.Nhe kept watching I: and watching It, just like a cat watches 2 mouse, but I don't mean she's u cat, though, because [ think she's the prettiest, awcetest\u2014\" The look on her aunt'a face brought her æcont- umn-to full stop.She went on hurriedly: \u201cAnd finally she walked up to me just like thin.\u2019 The child was a good mimic: she went forward with hesitating step, her eyes opened wide in a fascinated gaze almost like that of a sleep walker.Marjory shivered in spite of herself, and gavh a little cry of terror when ler niece finally reached her and laid her outstretched hand upon her throat.© \u201cIt was Just as though she had to walk up to me whether she wanted to or not.When her hand touched tha pin sha gave & queer little sound almost like à minan, then she ferked it off\u2014yee, jerked it! Hee wherg she tore the lace?That hole wasn't there |: when 1 put the collar on this moma-~ tng, honestly it wasn't.\u201d \u201cWhat did she do then?™ Marjory apoke in a whisper.She was quive ering with eagerness and anxiety.Oh! why had she been so ugly! Why hadn't she stiffed her foolish jehloudy weeks lost-\u2014\"What did she do then?\" she demanded aagin.in harsh tones, towering threateningly over the cringing girl.bed or face was a white food that -apreed,.and her eo like Sap classes.Tes \u201chart wo.Bha'll be sick and die, 1 know she will, and then T'II\u2014 \u201cGo on!\u201c came Lhe inexorable command.\u201cShe shut her fist up tight over the pin just like this, then the took me by the shoulder and pushed me out of the room just as though I were a child!\u201d With the words Marjy\u2019s mood changed; remorse gave place to resentment at the cavalier treatment she had received.\u201ctf she had spanked you first it would have served you right\u201d her aunt commented vindictively.\u201cYou had no business to forget to return the pin after you promised.and you had no right to be sn positive when you were not sure at all.Just see the trouble \u2018you've caused, you bad girl!\" While she was speaking she seized a cloak from the closet and wrapped it about her.\u201cDon\u2019t bay one word of this to any one else, do you understand?Not one word!\u201d \u201cAnd you won't tell \u2018ather?Please, Marjory! I'm awful sorry I didn\u2019t take it right back, but I forgot\u2014*\" \u201cYes, it looks as though you forgot _ when you were wearing it!\" \u201cBut this was the onl time\u2014eross my heart, hope I may die If it wasn't! It got pushed down into a big crack at the back of my bureau drawer; that's why 1 dida't remember it.I only found it this morning, and I pet it oa so I'd he sure not to forget it again.1 intended to give It to Miss Mig after school.1 was to-any; I had te rush like sixty! A \u201cOh! t.at'n different! Why diént you say so st first?I'm glad you didn't deliherately keep I\u2018, Marly, I'd never have you again.Don't forget, now\u2014not oue word to any one!\u201d \u201cI promise!\u201d Mariy called after her, an she sped down the stairs and wut through the back way.\u2019 But she returned again in a \u201cew minutes, with dragging step.disappointment written all over her flushed face.In mpite of her pleading, Miss Mystery had denied her admittance.fa response to urgent questioning, she had insisted that she was not siok und nesded nothing.(To be continued.) New Testament! In Braid Scels DTS J\" STE .Pu n Copies from Transistor, Only Scottish Scotland, REV, WILLIAM > SUITE, 189 Quebec Ave, Toronto.- 8150 postpaid. YHE MONTREAL WEERLY WITNESS, FEBRUARY 17, 1914.19 HE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, \u2019hief Scout for Canada.Rende:s will be interested to learn that Montrealers who are most gener- «us supporters of the scout movement Bave subscribed $6,000 of the necessary $16,000 to be raised before Lord Stratheona's bequest of $15.000 can be claimed.The late Lord Strathcona made the handsome present of $15,000 for the purpose uf having a travelling organizing secretary, who could Rive up his whole time in travelling from end to end of the Dominion founding new troops and associations and putting new life Into the old ones where they needed it.This offer wan conditianal upon an- ether $15,000 being raised for the same purpose.The following extract from a letter of Lord Sitrathcona\u2019s is of interest, in that it sheds a light upon the fact that the Scout movement in the Old Country owed a debt of gratitude to DOMINION SECRETARY.Canada\u2019s grand old man, when it mnat needed it, namely.in (ts early dave.\u201cOn the initiation of the Boy Scout movement some \u201cears back, by General Robert Baden-Powell (now Bir Robert Baden-Powell, he consulted me on the subject, and as he found it impossible to procure the necessary means for proceeding with the pro- Sect, owing to the fact that at that time very few had any belief that it would be à useful association.| was very happy to give him the substantial aid which enabled him to proceed with the work.I mention this to show that I have always had fuith that under proper organization and management the movement could not fall ta be of the utmost value hoth to the boys themcelves, to the mother country.and to the Empire.The present position of the Buy Scouts\u2019 Association in the United Kingdom, in Canada and in the other Dominions beyond the seas shows how wisely General Baden-Powell judged uf the outcome of the project.\u201d GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S APPEAL.* The followink is the Duke of Con- naught's appeal: My Dear Sir:\u2014I am vriting to commend to your special :upport a work which appeals to m: us one of exceptional merit and hope for the future, namely: Canada\u2019s part in that great wotd-movement, the Boy Scouts association.Although the movement is probably well known to you.I enclose u few notes upon Its object and development.I should like to take this opportunity of expressing to you my conviction of ie great educational value of it In Canada, if the next gen- erfation of Ca::adians, who will Le drawn from ui Lhe white races in the world, are to be formed into a nation of good, high-minded citizens under the British flag.Much has been \u2018one.and much ground has becn cleared.but although first class organizitfons have been formed In certain parts of the Dominion, In others the results have been less favorable, It is clear to me that if the movement is not t.lose ground, it in em- sential that 2 central fund should he ralsed to provide for the cost of generally controlling and directing the movement throughout the Dominion, more especiall.to cover the salary and expenses of u Dominion secretary with a small office staff.This secretary would be expecte® to travel extensively.to lend the benefit of his experience and advice to local officials, and to keep (Le malin purpose of the organization conatantly before the local authorities, I am pleased to say that one of Canada\u2019s most distirzuished citizens has already offered to contribute an annual sum o $5,000 for three years, provided a slt.ilar sum 8 raised for three additiona! yea:s.lt le therefore necessary to ise a minimum of $15,000, payments to be spread over three years.I am awai.that the present moment is not a favorable one in which to ask for subscriptions, | am uiso are llberal supporters of the \u201c aware thut a call for subscriptions to a general fund for the whole of Can- ads may be less popular than one for local organisation.Nevertheless, the cause in \u2018so meritorious and is ons which 1 am so ardently desirous of seeing placed u on a regular and satisfactory footing before the close of my term of office as Governor-General, that | venture to m: \u201ce & very atrong appeal tu you for your personal Ine THE LATE LORD STRATHUONA, terest and support for a movement which 1 look upon as of real and growing importance to ihe future of the Dominlon, Yours sincerely, ARTHUR.Guvernment House, Ottawa, Jan.12, 19142 ee The following are those who have \u2018subscribed in Montreal: A Year, .$280 Total.Mr.Hugh Paton $ 750 The first five gentlemen in thia list Scout movement in this city, and have ul- ready nubscribed liberally to its funds.At first sight the sum of $30,000 for three years may seen large, but when one considers that the upkeep of headquarters and staff for the Province of Quebec costs $3,500 a year with the most careful\u2019 management, it will be seen that $10,000 a year is not too much for the upkeep of Dominion headquarters.It has heen suggested that some of the annual $10,000 should be distributed between the Provincial organisations, but this ia very unlikely, and even if it were dono the sums for each Province would be very amail ALL ROUND CORDS.The new rule with regard to \u201call- round cords\u201d has elicited several inquiries as to whether Beouts who have already earned these cords should give them up until they become First Class Scouts.This in not the Intention of the new rule, and those Scouts who have already earned their cords are entitled to keep and wear them.It is, however, hoped that Scouts will pass thelr 1st class test at the earliest possible moment.\u2014trmmnt | 40th Montreal concert tn at St.Lous Town Hall, corner of Main street and Laurier avenue, at elght o'clock.â i CÙ x y { + BM.THOMPSON, TY of (he AD Mentredl A SURE FOUNDATION.General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout, is Master of the Mercers\u2019 Company, which is the premier City of London (England), Guild, and in his dual capacity he ia asking the nation to provide a quarter of a million of money for the Boy Bcouts.Already his own company, the Mercers, have headed the list with a girt of £1,200, and her companies are responding to the call.The Chief Scoul has had this Idea in his mind for some time past, and his starting- point is to place the Bcout movement on such a sure foundation that it can never fail, while its scope can be extended to poorer and outlying districts, where boys cannot afford to provide uniform or belong to the \u201cLone\u201d tribe, who, amid many vicissitudes, have to coach themselves as beat tHey can.The greatness of the work already accomplished and the immensity for good which It presents will, it le hoped, call for the heartiest support of all those who have the Empire at heart.I S.M.'s CLUB MEETING.Monday evening, Feb, 8, the Scoutmasters\u2019 Club held the monthly meeting, and twenty Bcout officers were present.The matter of chief Importance was the report of the camp committee, which made a number of minor recommendating and described plans rth new bullding, which were ac- cam\u2014 OTTAWA, A considerable shaki = adjustment of patrols and y core took place in the Westminster recently.Owing to the organisation of some twenty-six of the older fellows into the Scout Rangers, the resignations of all the officers were called for and the troop division effected.He for band purposes the troop will remasn officially the same, the groups will In future known es the Westminster Scout Rangers and the 11th Otta CWestminater) troop.Both groups have begun an active recruiting cam- paign, and iL fa expected that the tro will soon enroll recruits sufficient to maintain the original number and Hil up the depleted ranks save by the withdrawal of the older The Westminster Rangers met at their headquarters on Tuesday evens ing last to complete their organiss- tion.ft wil be noted that all of their are King's Meouts, as are al' the Rangers with the fon of à few.who are working to dimb 10 that distinction.Advanced badse work gunnery, St.John's ambulance, life saving, astronomy, etc.will now be proceeded with without further delay.The yüestion of uniforms wil also he finally disposed of at the next regular meeting.The Rangers wish to, emphasize the fact that it is not - sary to become a band expert In order to be eligible for membership.Any older fellow who has outgrown ordinary stouting and is unattached to any other troop in the district, would be promptly considersd on application.ett.\u2018 WINNIPEG.The Winnipeg Scouts report themselves as very lively.Recently the Manitoba Snowshoe Association held their annual united snowshde tramp, when the Winnipeg Assqciation of Boy Hcouts were invited to attend, and were there in force.On arrival at Portage avenue the snowshoers lined up four deep and marched with colored flights, and singing their various club choruses to the Y.M.C.A., Vaughan street, where an ample supper was in readiness.After this they repaired to the gymnasium, where various games were the order of the evening.The boy scouts took part in most of these, and had 8 right royal time.About 11 p.m.after threes ringing cheers for the president of the \u201cHolltes.und the Manitoba Enowshoe Association.the hoy scouts departed to their respective homes, all voting & hearty vote of thanks to those who Invited them, and having thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and hoping that they may have the plensure at some future date of repaying the compliment.i PROGRESS IN SOUTH AFRICA.A great exhibition of handiorafts was held in Johannesburg recently, to which exhibits from every part of the Transvaal were sent, representing the various Boy Beout proficiency badges.The display proved a «reat success, and was attended by a large number of people.The muvement is pro.sremsing Most favorably in the die.trict.The sumfher campn ape the great feature, some of them remaining open for six or more weeks.A report from one camp saya that the health was so good that the camp doec- torn duties were restricted entirely to prevention instead of cure; that la to say, he taught the Scouts ambulance and first-aid work, and paseed them in theif testa hut otherwise his office \u2018was B sineture.There are.now 2.300 Roy Scouts enrolled in: the Bouth-Woestern dintriet of Londom: \u2018an increase of 600 as compared with year, Sir Thomas Shaugh- NeBSY .+1 Le 20 .\u201c750 Henator R, Mackay.250 750 | Mr.H.V.Meredith .1,000 Sir Wm.Macdonald .1,000 Mr.A.B.Baumgarten.1,000 Mr.A.D.Braithwaite .50 150 under competent instructors, lncluding J Colopel Burland.Provincial Commissioner, has appointed as a Camp Committee Messrs.Allen, Thomson, Ascah.Lyman and Paterson.This committes has already met to decide on the details of replacing the camp equipment which was burnt, and have comme to some Ihportant decisions The Mean lial to be arerted will probably be placed an (he level strip of ground betwe the headquarters office and the hi uarters whast.Instead of being two storeys in height it will be planned as a one storey building of a bungalow type, and will be much longer than it ia broad The kitchen arrangements will be placed in an addition at the west end oi the bullding.and thers will ha ample room for dish washing and for atoring the kitchen and mess hall equipment.If finances permit there will he a large atone fireplace between the mess hall and the kitchen, and at the east end of the mess hall & platform will be placed for use in entertainments.The main part of the building will be sur- reunded by a verandah, and the trees between it and the lake will be cleared away so that there will always be a view of the water.The present headquarters office PROGRESS OF THE CAMP COMMITTEE.building will.be converted Into the quartermasters\u2019 atores and the office.The small ice house at present behind the office buliding will probably be fixed up us the cold storage.There wus vonsideruble discussion as to whether to continue the combtn- ed evening meul for all troupa in camp, and It wan finally decided that this should be continued.A change will probably be made in the orderly arrangemenia so that each table will appoint {ts own orderlies, who wii] be responsible for keeping the dishes clean.Quotations huve heen received on replacing the tents, blankets and ticks, and an ample supply of these will avon be ordered.It was decided to purchase three salu dinghies and to look into the matter of whether eight large Ver- cheres boats and four smaller ones would not be more convenlent thun having ten all the same size.Any suggestions officers or scouts may have for the new equipment would be very gladly vonsidered by the committee, and should be sent In to provincial headquarters uffice an soon as possible.Bome have already been received.+ + + + + * + + 5464400000 000000000000 05060000 WEEKLY CALENDAR.FRIDAY, 20TH\u201440TH MONTREAL, CONCERT.MONDAY, 23RD\u201433RD MONT REAL, AT HOME.CLQPOP0VLLP00000000 00000000004 * + + & * + © ° A Great Lord Strathcona, the Giver of of Scouting Since David Livingstone there has heen no greater ploncer and conqueror of many lands, It is a far cry to Forres and Blantyre, \u201cOur Lady of the Snows\u201d and Africa's freed races have seen the last of these two great lovers of their continents.Few who knew this country when Lord Strathcona came to it as a poor hoy ever dreamt of a Dominion reaching from sea to sea, the provinces linked together by a great railway.Yet this has been accomplished by the courage and fortitude of one or two lonely Scots: placed as sentinel outponts \u201con belts of dusky pine land, and gusty leagues of plain.\u2019 .\u201cWhy did he suceered?How did he mike so vast a fortune out of such =n!) beginnings\u2014such hard conditions?\" Patient, courageous and careful, single-minded, upright and daring, those were the saving graces of his character, \u2018These qualities Donald Smith had as a birthright.and.combined them with a great determination to sticceed.There is a story of him in an estate of which he was once a tenant in England.On entering into the possession of it, Lord Strathcona interviewed the gardener, and said among his requirethents would be that a certain fruit and a certain vegetable should appear on his table at a given season.The gardener.accustomed to rule in his own n, replied that at that season nel coutd appear.\u201cIn this garden, and in these greenhouses, they will appear,\u201d was Strathcona's answer, and the gandener retired, convinced that If he did not attempt the Pioneer.$50,000 for the Development in Canada.Impossible, somebod \u201cle wouid be found to do it.= Beldom could Lord Strathcona be induced to speak of those fifteen yrars spent in the lone wastes of labrador, The great silences of Nature had sealed his tips.but his memory had treasures of adventure, and of daily risks which in their overcoming developrd the character of the mun sho encountered them us part of the daily round, the common task.Donald Smith woud speak of them as the happiest years of his life.Hix communication wilh the outside world was limited to once or twice a year.His company, the trappers and traders, and the men placed by his company in the trading posts.Of these he was the overseer, guardian and leader.His perils were among wild beasts, and his dungers by ice and torrent His Lest companion.the thoughts of great ideals, and his hapes of the coming race und nation.Few of those under hia command could have understood all that wus in the mind of the overseer, to whom they cume for ad- vire and help.He took over the gathered wealth of furs, and distributed the goods for burter.He was minister and doctor.He married and buried, he looked after the sick, and even taught himself how to extract teeth of his paticnts.There are those who say he could hang the insubordinate as well as uct as judge.He probably was a terror to the evildoer, as he was the protector from the storm to all those who claimed his thought and cure.And.ever he moved forward, vigilant, and keeping the vision.No Goubt every Kroutmaater has administered the oath to one or more scnuts, and will remember: that in the first part of the oath the scout prom- res to honor the king.At the Becout- masters ang Patrol Leaders\u2019 \u2018Banquet held on the 31st January, when the King's heuith was drunk and a verse of God Save the King waa played, 75 percent of the Patrol Leaders did not salute and 50 percent did not even stand at the al:rt.Quite a number of the Scoutmasters saluted although they had no hats on, and we are ashamed to say some of them did not even stand At the alert.All boys, we trust.In this country are taught to take their hat off when God Save the King ia played, and the majority do sn, but the Scouts.alas, seem to consider it beneath their dig- SCOUTMASTERS ATTENTION.nity when in uniform to salute when it is played or sung.This is a matter that rests entirely with the 8coutmasters, If a Scoutmaster is slack in theke matters, how can he expect the Patrol, leaders to be smart?It really ts 4 disgrace to the Scout Movement In Montreal that at a dinner representing the Officers and Patrol Jeaders 25 percent do not seem te know enough t+ abey the first part of their oath, and we trust that this breach of etiquette, or rather decency, will not have to be mentloned agnin.A Scout always salutes when God Save the King is played, whether he has his hat on or not.A Scoutmaster salutes only when wearing his hat, and stands at the alert otherwise.E.T.KET.MONTREAL WEST va ST.0SOR0ES v About 8.30 p.m.Wednesday evening Montreal West a.aroused Li tumultuous cheers and joyous shouts and when the clouds of front Nad cleared away and everyone had had & warm-u it was dincovered by ur overjoy reporter that the Z8h Monireal West Troop had won their Wennial hockey match with the 12h ft.Georges Troop, dy the close score of 4-0.To amateur Sherlock Holmesen, (he Score will not afford any chi: to the many excitin bits of play and the excelent wo done by hotlt teams, nor will it indicate that the weather was twesty helow, BL.Georges vêre handica by only four of T-eir regoiar team being able to locate qur MY.(yes, we a ways though Pyttifindérs was an ex- palient badge) but we uve them two goéd subs.and played aix men a aide, Large crowds of one and two eh- thusinais were present to watch the momentous event, ard we hope to arrange a return game at an early date.The line-up, including those entitled to Inurel wreathn, halos and medals, herewith: Montreal West.Bt.Genrges, W.Westgate Goal .Thistlewaite C.Elder .oint .+ Kell 1.Westover .C.Point adwig G.Tyler .,.Forward .Phelan H.Halthy .Forward .Cunningham D.Richardson , Forward ., (Hanns Umpire, Chas.Westgate.(Dietrich , XXXVI, 3RD LACHINE.The maich arranged between the Srd lachiné and the let Weatmaunt for Thursday, February 13, was postponed because of the cold.A case of cold feel nide-tracked! The game will he played on the Westmount ice on February 19.The 3rd T1arking hae saried to huilé a model bridge far the spring exnhihle tion, biur-prints for which were supplied by 8.M.\u2018\u2018lompson.While out scouting fer wheels for à trek carl the teoop pas prenented with a pair of bals carrie wheeln! Any.y with suliable wheels and, iiliug Pod t ith them might send them LEE Lacan ra pe JOTTINGS.The Central Division with the aid of eight acoutmasters and Mr, Ascah, the referee, beat the Westmount officers by 4 to 1 at huckey last Salurday.On the result of this game the Cen- trail Division have challenged the Wanderers to be pluyed on April the st.Bomeone cumplained that the hend- quarters offices were cold on Monday night, but it wax not long before the hat alr made the place much more comfortable.The 3th Troop are to be congratu- luted on their efforts to start à Dominion scout payer, but it would require quite a lot of money before this could be properly started \u2014 It was resolved that the quarter master Will assist the cook at camp this year during his spare moments.Mr.Johnson on heing Interviewed shortly after the motion wae passed, sald it was bally rot.To chew or not to chew at camp thls year raised quite a lot of feeling at the 8.M.'s meeting.After a very [ine apeech by District Scout Master Lyman against the awful hablt of chewing, it was passed that chiclets should be included in the stores of Tamaracuuta.In consideration of this it is expected that the Westmount Scouts will have time to puss at least two more budgen ar camp, seeing that Just year they spent so much time pathfinding to Milles lales, Mr.Ascah would like very much if every scoutmaster would inquire whether scouts preferred the potatoes reeled or cocked in their jackets, Personally at camp last year I cold not tell the difference.The nurfanters committee were quite busy last month, and they decided after due consklération.Chat the whistle lanyard should be worn around the arm.Al the same rate b presume they Will report at the next meeting that they have decided that pocket hand- xerchiefs should be carried up the sieeve.One gentleman who is very keen on the deportment of S.M.'s will move that two inch linen collars starched.and polished be the official neckwear for parudes.Already several troops are under way getting collections and mudels ready for the exhibition, time is now short and every troop should try and exhibit sumiething, so as to make this the best exhibition of its kind, I was allowed to see sume excellent models of tents made hy ane acout last werk, which will take some beating.But with the large number of classes every scout should be able to find something thut he cun have no difficulty in entering.THE OWI1, \u2014\u2014\u2014 = + + © à à à + à + + à \u20ac + \u20ac à à NORTHEAST END DISTRICT.The Quarterly meeting of the above District will be held on Thursday.February 19, at $ o'clock sharp, at the headquarters of 8ürd M.Will all officers in this district Le sure to attend as there ir much important business to come up.Now, 24th, wake up.C.T.HARDING, Becretary.POOL PLL PLO GOL LPOeIILOOONOD SPOOL OPO0O DEST DN == .PERSONALS.Commission.Burland returaed Montreal at Lhe end of last week afte a fortnight's ho iday in the south.The Hcouts were delighted to ser Commissioner Cole at the Bt.Martin\u2019 reception lo pareils end friends, It is rumored that the N.H.A.U after #.M.Ascah as one of its officla referees.#8 M.Cotton seems to shine at the umpiring game, We have memories o! his activity in that c.pacity at ths vasebull match bheiv-een Pr.Matthias and Bt.Andrew's last sprin.A.5.M.Nellson seemed delighted to receive the blue whistle lanyard from R.M.Lyman.We don't thint 1e red ane will be thrown away fof guod, however, Word has heen recelved from # M HBeruefield from Calury toat he will be in Montreal about the midâle of March A.8.M.Gay has returned to the 33rd Montreal after a seven months visit to England, A.Stock »\u2026 been appointed Senio Scout to the 33rd Montreal, He is the only King's Scout the Northeasi End District and carries 15 proficienes |badges.8.Corp.HBul: .k has been given the position of Assistant Quartermaster te the 33rd.On Thursday, February 12th, the Provincial Secretary, Mr.Paterson, visited the 44th Montreal and dispisy- ed the cump pictures.Mr.G.C.Varley, of 1R5 Devilitere st.Ville Emard, City, writes to say that he has à summer scouts uniform to sell us he has given up scouting.All offers considered.A.8.M.MEYERS.A.&.M, Meyers, of the 44th Monte real, in a keen scout, and a great favorite among the hoys of his troop.He is%an Englishman by birth and his been connected with the scout move- ment in this city for four years.18TH MONTREAL HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY.The 18th Montreal, 8t.Martin's Troop, held à very successful Itirthday Party in the Diocesan College, University street, Wednesday, the ilth inst.at 8.45 p.m.Considering that they were only notified at 4.30 pm.that they could not hold.their party in Rt Martin's Church the troop showed that it believes in being prepared.After a few remarks by 5.M.Thomson to the parents who had ull been invited.the Troop fell in for the induction of a Tenderfoot.Mr.Turner was then presented by Commissioner Cole with à Gold Swastika Badge from the Troop, and Provisional A.8 M.Nielson with a Hluc Whistle Lanyard by D, & M.Lyman on behalf ot the oftivers of the Sth, The badges won at the last examination were presented.and Judging from the number earned, the other tronpe in the ity will have te buck up or they will find 8t.Martin's top-notchers as holders of l'roficiency Badges.Instructor license sang, As solo, #t.Martip's new troop Rong, the troop Joining In the horus, ft.Martin's is to he congratulated on this innovation in Montreal, h- \u20ac the first troop to have a mongz all its own.Provincial Se retary Paterson showed the pictures of fe nt Camp Tam- aracouta, which were enjoyed by the rents, .Pe Retreshments followed, which were done fuit justice to.After a reception held by the officers of the 18th, the meeting broke up at 10.80, everyone voting the Birthday Party of the ith Montreal one of the most enjoyable scouting events in the «dits.33RD.MONTREAL.The 2nd anniversary of the Sôrd'a formation will be celebrated on Monday next, 23rd inst.by a feed.We are looking forward to having Mr.Paterson with us and he is bringing hin viewn of Camp Tamaracouta.We have now forty-seven boys on the hooks.The Troop parades on Monday'n-and Friday's, at 7.45 pm, with an average attendance of thirt\u201d lads.SHAW MEMORIAL TROOP.The 21th (Mhaw Memorial) Trop held their firat grand display of Scout- craft on Friday, January the 13rd.There was a large attendance, and everyone seemed pleumed with the dif.terent dinplayr.given hy the members of the Troop, The programme conslat- sé of: Piano Folon, Recliations, Junior Buretoher Aquad.À Few Thinge Ecoute {earn in Do, Presentation of Radres, a couple of dialogues, and \u201cA Prisco Auctioneer,\u201d by I\u2019.1.Driscoll (otherwise known aa) I'ref.Driscoll helong- ing to the Korp and Kell Patrol.1t tn too bad that our friend \u201cfMenith* ct \u201cTamaracoula.rhould not be acquainted with our Famous He-Ha Pro- tenser (on Billy), We are pige te Nie say that we tunk in the mnst ever taken in from any entertainment or concert ever held In the Shaw Memorial Church, namely $80.00, and after deducting our expenses we are sure of a clear profit of $85.00 part of which is to pay for our \u201cwireless sel,\u201d which we are getting into shape for the Big Exhibition, The Troop held their first snowshoe tramp to Mount Royal, Tuesday, February the 10h inst, We would like to receive any challenges to a basketball or hockey match, Send same to J.H, Arblaster.17217 Christophe Colomts street.lease answer out circular lete ter.\u2014 Le 20th TROOP HOLDS ANNUAL SURPER.The 3rd annual supper, commemars ating the formation of the trop, was held on Saturday, Febrnary 7th, at 9 pm.There were between fifty and sixty memliers of the troop present, besides parents, and meverul guests from other troops.Owing to the absence of the Provincial Secretary through illness, the chair was taken by Mr.Bushell.one of the members of the North Fng Council, The programme of toasts, etc, was as follows: Toast.\u201cOur King.\u201d the chairman; toast, \"The Scout Movement.\u201d pro prosed by P.L.Sidney Joule.and responded to by P.L.Tom Binmore of the 8th Mont.Troop.Piano solo by William Broidy.Toast.\u201cOur Guests\u201d proposed hy BM.Guiton.responded te by Mr.H.L Brown.Mandolin sole hy P.IL Tom Binmore.Toast, \u201cDur Kcoutmaster,\u201d proposed by P.L.Riche ard Keep.After the supper, a flag was pres ented to the troop hv Mr.Bushell.Tae atform was lined up on three aides by the members of the troop and with every mcout at the alert, and the band playing (he General Salute.8.P.La Bidney Joule received the tiax from the hands of the donor.Mr.Bushell, a presenting the flag, sald what a pleasure it war to him to see the troop in their present atate of efficiency, and hoped that they would go on to yat further efforts, and always remain to their Mrouts\u2019 onth and to the Union Jack.The entertainment closed with the singing of the Natiosal Anthem.2167 MONTREAL.Our troop la addit.to ita Rewbere ship at almost every meeting.The new fecrultd are ariart boys and will apparently make goof scouts, off agve- ral succensive Raturiays we have had good games en Mount Royal.The troop waa recently tendered a \u2018Bosh feed.\u201d by Mr.Rooth, father nf our A 8 M.The troop assisted materially at she Sunday School festival, eee boy rendering a piano solo snd the troop putting on the aacient \u201cPi.George and the agoon\u201d in very creditable manner.to \u2018PURPLE AND WHITA\"® SCOTTISH LETTER | Renewed Activity of the Militant Suffragists.(Correspondence of the \u201cWeekly Witness.) + ou Glasgow, Jan.28.P local suffragettes have struc anotber blow at the self-conceit of the city.It will be recalied that certain | of thelr number attempted to burn down one of the mansions which over- ook Kelvingrove Park, and that two ladies, one of them a minister's wife.who were arrested in connection with the outrage.were sent to prison, but bad to be released when they went on hunger strike, | + A CRIMINALS TRICK.The minister's wife was taken to a œursing home, whence, after à few days\u2019 time, she was permitted to so | to.her own house.(mee within her: dwelling » snapped her fin at the police, as the fumous \u201ct t and Mouse Aut* does not give power vo | rearrest except in à publie place.The house was invested hy the pulive.wi ; 8 kapt watch upon it dus and night.boping tv cateh Lhe lauy cmerging, oven fur a breath of frerh air.L abe cuntented herself indoors, peeping at times through a window at the constables und detectives who were keeping up the siege.Un the evening of an important meeting of the local militants, the police watchfulness was increased, as it was Iimugin.od that she would make an effort to | @ttend this function.In spite uf all | however, disguising lerself as a tot- ® tering old woman, she managed to elude the vigilance of the peer | Phis feat brought such ridicule upon the force that the authorities have\u2018 mever again had the courage to nuke a move aguninnt her.and her sentence | of Imprisonment still remains unful- | filled.ANOTHER CRIME.! \u201c That was a little triumph for the | violent section in the women's movement.but as time passed on the more daring sp.rits apparentiy thought It ¢ was due to them tv du sumething fresh.Accordingly, they tried this | week to destruy (he Kibble l'alace, in our Botanic Gardens.by blowing up that gigantic cunservatory with time- fume bombs.Hy good luck a night- attendant happened to pee the apark of one fuse, and, after failing to stamp it out with his feet.cut the fuse it- soif with his gurdener's knife.But our militant friends had taken the precaution to have a second homb 1aid%and this exploded.duing a great dual of damage iv the glass of the Palace \u2018The \u201cKibble\u201d ia one of our pet show it Is a sort of \u201ccrystal pal ace,\u201d forty feet high, constructed en- tively of giass and iron.and is filled with innumerable plants.many rare and exceedingly valuable, It would have been \u2018a great mysfortune if the place and ft: cuntents had been destroyed.ANOTHER BOMB.Now, this prank was ro \u201cicely planned that the suffrugelies expected to \u201cchortle\u201d over its accomplishment, but one small incident dushed their Joy.It srems that the hiding-place of the perpetrator or perpetruturs wus discovered by the police, who found there the remains of the refreshments with which the lady or ladies had regaled herself! or themselves during long linurs of vit while awaiting darkne x and a favorable opportunity to attack the I'nlace.Alack, amongst the debrix of the fast was a champagne bottle! The (act wax published far and wide.and soon everybouy was luugh- ing at the suffragettes snd their re- fræahroents.The mitlianin vere fur- fous- :hes krew, an some others of ug know now thet the champagne bottle had nothing to de with their onse, It had been, in fact, thrown over the wall by & midnight roysterer.But the result of ull Is that the mill- tants\u2019 scheme has missed fire\u2014in Wore penser than one.It is true, they Pave since hurned down u large mansion in the county, byt the Glasgow attempt must Le set down as a lamentable failure.TRAMWAYS.Glasgow's Tramway Department oamcludes thin week two-thirde its financial year with covery prospect of a record revenue.it is estimated that the million pounds may be avertop- pod by forty or fifty thousand.Update the receipts are st least £48.ahead of last year, while the num- of passengers has mounted up to extraordinary total of elghteen millions.Owing to had weather there was & faliing-off Jast week-end; Kate \u2018a drawings amounted to £4- or &80 below the previous Bat vi , but for the week the total of £19.384 was £30 better than the pre- ooeding une, and fully £309 up on the year.one TRADE TTERS.Dissatisfaction prevails in trade un- jon circles regarding the dismissal the Coplawhill works of the way Department of five in.emt officials of the United ngdom Society of Coachbuilders.The reason for the dismissal was \u201cslack work.\u201d but the union men allege that overtime has been worked since the services of the quintette were dispens- with, and, meantime, victimisation! is being paid to the men The jent was considered by the Tram- Committee of the lun, the general manager has been asked to make a report en the circumstances.On the Clyde repair snd averhant \"had Deen excepu y Susy all Rast nas voing duel itn oy tic liners are being t m The fire of these will, ver, be finished and sail (his apd the others at quon ater wp co the beginning of ren dry docks have se Booth ome.My, hut & number Pe 5 *reat- of there have been new endé comylet- thelr fAttingout.Oimsgow ry een pilot 5 e many teagic affairs.One other falls te be recorded.Un Nunduy ast the body nf a woman whose death is yet ing 1916 chreudeé in mystery wes found la « ui GLARKGOW UNIVERKITY.ublet house in Portland street, one of the \u201cbraes\u201d rising from George street, and next to the famous \u201cBa mano Hrae\u201c The degoased, who was 33 years of age.entered the house on Saturday night In company with a man, the latter paying two shillings for the use of a room for the night.About three o'clock the following afternoon the woman was found dead, lying on the bed and fully dressed.Her companion had left the house un- | observed.appurentiy some time previously.There were no marks ot vi lence un the woman's Lady, and there did not appear 10 have been any sigue of a strugkie In the room.The pro- party found on the body cume prised sixpence in coppers and a pawn ticket for wu shawl pledged Lust September, She resided in rmudel ging -houses in the city, and had several relations on the sorth-side, who have now identified the remains, I is believed that any foul play enters into the occurrence, big the man who accompanied the woman has disappeared.and until he has ween found the police will Le unable to account fur the death.WHAT THE CLANS ARE DOING, Clan Gregor Soviets st exsful social in the Roywd ilail, hiehull atrect.under (he pred.of Nir Maicolm MacGregor of Gregor.Bart, RN.chief of Lhe Clun, who, in the course of lus address, paid that social meetings were most beneficial 1o the society, as last year's meeting resulted in an increase of numbers.He also referred to the present proposal by Glasgow to wipe out a lol of the historic landmarks, has had à .nost : and spoil the place po very closely a - suciaied with the MacGregurs refer- rimæ tu the vitvs scheme of water extension in the Balyuidden country.No clan has süffered more vicissitudes than that to which tite hold Rob Roy belonged.The severity of the laws under which the Mactiregors suffered after the Battle vf Glen Fruin is unpuralicted.Those who might kill à Mactireror were not only held \u201cscaith- less,\u2018 but were net rewarded by a free gift of their \u201chaill moveable goods aml gear:\u201d in 1803 they were commanded to ange their name under pain of death, and prohibi.ed from carrving any arms, except à pointless knife fo use at their meals.It fs even ntleged that Lluudhounds were employed to track them In their retreats, and had their countrymen been ax hostile as the law required, the MacGregors had been speedily exterminated.The (Man Mackay Society of Glas- SOW 1% Arranging a social meeting fur the 14th of March.It is expected that Lord Reay.chief of the clan.will preside.The society was first forme ed in 1806.but became inoperative for sonic years.It was reorganized In 1889, and thus celebrates its semi- Jubilee this session.um Society holds its an- g un Wednesduy, 1th n the Masonic Halls, West Regent street.Parties hearing the name of Malcolm, Muctallum, Cal- lum.and Malcoimson, are elligible for membership in the nociety, which vas only {neuæurater last year.1 see that the Clau Lamont Journal announces its purpose of printing from the parish registers of Cowal the entries referring \u2018tv all Lamonts and those bearing sept or kindred names, 1 being thought that such will be of interest tu clansamen, and moy also be a guide to them in ascertaining to which branch or tamilv of the Lamont clan they belong.At the gathering of the Mull and Zona Association, held in the City Hall, Glasgow.that very popular lady.the \u201cSquire\u201d of Carsaig and Tiroran, Mull, and Hentley Maner, Worcester.Mrs.Cheape spends a few months cach year in Mull.and is held in high esteem throughout the island.This was the first time In ita long history that a lady has honored the association by presiding ut the annual gathering.Greenork has lan xoclettes of ita own.At a meeting there of Lhe Mackinnons those present included Mackinnon of Mackinnon, and the Hon.Mm.Mackinnon, of Mackinnon.and Provost W.B.M'Millan, it was agreed to form a brunch of the Clan Mackinnon Rociety.and the Rev.Albert G.Mackinnon was elected president.An Illustrated lecture entitled \u201cThe Btory of I\u2019rince Churlie\u2019s Rebellion.\" wax afterwards delivered by Lady Parrott, the chief of the society presiding.Nongs and pibroch music interspersed the entertainment.February.HOME RULE FUR BCOTLAND.At the annual meeting of t.~ International 8cota Home Rule League in Edinburgh the secretary reported that branches formed in America were now in working order.lt was resolved to recommend that the league should arrange for local cesbrations of the 480th anniversary of Bannockburn, RIVINE speelnl prominence to the demand for the legislative freedom of Bcotland.The other day a tablet to the memory of Kir George White.V.C., Colonel of the Gordon Jighlanders, war unveiled in the Gordon Highlanders\u2019 fn- stitute, Aberdeen, by Captain M.V.Broke, of Fairley, w! was mn per.nonal friend of the h of f.adysmith, \u201cThe tablet.which is of brass.affixed to the wail of the staircase.in about thres feet six inches in height.and is handsomely engraved.The horder consints of Froitish thistlen, and the inscription, which occupigs (ip centre, sets forth Bir George's, decerstions.and narrates the outst features in his distinguished mi career, The tablet has been erecteé by the officers, warrant officers, non-commis- sicned officers and men, Roe nd present, of the Gordon Highlafulets, - A DOLEFUL LETTER .A correspondant who calisthimself \u201cMontreal * has been writing to the papern here sounding what seems to me to a useful warning.He writeq: \u2014\"1 should (ike to warn ware.housemen, shop assistants, or any who may be connected with the dry coda business, against coming to add in 1914, nr even thinking of such a step.Pusiness\u2014te 1t mid- jy\u2014is extremely slack.Two large w hoses (one in Maentreat and oronto) have closed their doors; there are rumors of others being in difficulties, and staffs are Leing reduced all round.The outlook ts anything bet bright, and fer the ake of all concerned, I would may, ment etiphaticaliy, sr at bone dur- wr wwvRGE SQUARR $.THE -MONTREAL WEEKLY WITNESS, LONDON LETTER.(Correspondence of the \u201cWeekly : Wimness.'} London, Feb.2.TRE LAROR PROBLEM.The question of lator has again been occupying all our thoughts.The ayes of the whole Empire dave been turned 0 South Africa, viewing with amazement the action of with the nimh annuei gathering of the Women's Labor League.Th's league wax founded by Margaret Ethel Macdonald, the wife of Mr.Ramsay Musdosrali, M.P., a woman of unusval force, who devoted her life to the attempt lo re- dregs the wrongs of others.Her husband\u2019s short but vivid life of her Ix singularly worth reading.Mra.Mae.donald, in common with other women whose social consciousness had been developed, felt keenly that.adthough ever; where oppartumities of evurged vision were being offered to workingmen so that they might better under- stund the soctal, political und economic conditions in which they lived, yet for their wives nothing was dane.Out of this need grew the * Women's Labor League, which has head a wonderfully educative effect upon the women of the working classes, The meetings uf the League Inst week were characterized Ly one of the most critica of the weakly journals ag \u201csn made 1 « purpessful serlonspers and eif-re strained taking vf counsel.\u201c WHAT LAROR WOMEN WANT.The subjects discussed included, amongst other things, strikes, wonien's suffrage.the armements question and the abolition of war.A resolution in favor of women's nuffrage.the armaments question and the abolition of war.A resolution in favor of wo- wen's suffrage was unanimously carried, but therg was à good deal of din- cussion with Tégard to the tactics that the suffragists should employ.A rcso- tion was moved that the Labor members of Parliament should reject any measure not dealing with the enfran- chisenient of women, hut thix extreme suggestion «did not ment with favor, and the resolution waa lost by a luge majority.Jt was linalis decided that the Labor party sheuid consider the question of Moving a Women's Ruf- frage amendment ut \u201c+ the address at the Another mu- wes th - Pposal that the workers «f the Country should be asked to resist the efforts of the great war trusts to Increase the national expenditure upon armaments.Parents, 100, «hould be called upo to withatand the \u201cinsidious attempts\u201d of the Naticanl Nervice League to intro- duce a avstem of conscription.The prevention and ultimate abolition if war are, {t was pointed out, of capecial Interest to wonwn.PARLIAMENTARY ATTITUDE, On Tuesday.January 27.was held the first meeting of the conference of the Labor i'arty proper, and on that day came up the question of the efficiency of the [Parliamentary representatives of the party.The point at Issue is between thuse who favor compromise with the Jiberui party and those who are ali fur independence.These latter incline to think that the Labor members are prune ty follow the Liberal lead rather than to assert themselves.The subject is of great interest to both the other political parties, an ell as to the Labor men themselves, for liberals and Conservatives alike are deeply concerned with the attitude of the Labor arty.During the past week the government organs have vied with each other In pointing out tu Labor how much it hus to gain from an alliance with the Lib- erai& and how much it has Indeed already gained in Old Age Pensions, Trade boards, N tional Insurance, etc.On the other hand the Conservatives, whose sim it Is to break up the coall- nt the Labor men with sub- , and .eer that when they return to the House of Commons, they will no doubl again be \u201cus tame us white mice, and will, as usual, march tnto whatever lobby the Liberal whips direct them.\u201d Meanwhile, the Labor Parts, heeding neither Liberal nor Conservative opinion, haa thrushed out the matter for itaci at the meeting last Tuesday.The debate was conducted In a remarkably lair and courteous manner, The ctalrman (Mr.W.C, Robinson) in calling upon Mr.Ramsay Macdonald, the leader of the Party.to present his Parliamentary Report, said that while the executive did not object to criticism, they hoped that it would he tolerant and that the delegates would not stoop lo abuse.The hope was abundantly fulfilled.Nr.Ramsay Macioaid, who te unquestionably the greatest Intellectual force in the Labor Party, presented his Report in an Interesting speech.The labor members, he declared, had done what they could, but it must be remembered that there were unly forty One of the most novel aud leart known agricultural and live stuck enterprises probably in New York .# Lhe Jungle Farm, where the food for more than five thousand animals, birds, and reptiles, exhibited in the New York Zoological I'ark.Its out- the big python to lettuce cel- pigs tor honey, ery, raspberries, strawberries, ete, for the smaller denisens in a secluded ènges.It la located alley in Bronxdale, eust Bronx River, between Boston Road and White Plains avenue, It covers six acres of land, and is one of the most essential perte of the complex machinery for the maintenance of the xçolugical collection, the largest ia the world.The farm produces al the various food-stuffs, such as corh, carrots, beets, cabbages, turnipa, man.gels, and other thinga to delight the appetite of the vegetarians amo.g the jungle folk.The several breeding houses raive chickens, rabbits, suines es, rats, mice, pigeons and squabs the thousands for use of the carnivorous birds and hig serpents.This outdoor plant for the teeding of wild things from the ends of the earth was established becauav the open market could not be depended upon te furnish the large and varied 1ist of food-atuffs required to ma sty the fimicky tastes of these feu:rered, turry and scaled caplive boarders from every clime.Their food tastes differ far more widely than tt se of 8 collection of the races of the earth.Aside from the necces'ty of Keeping these valuable living specimetn in rfect health, as far as that can be one by a carefully studied diet, the Zoological Park a found that ft saves about fifty per cent.in the cost of furnishing the supplies.Pure ther than that, there Ix never a chance of abortage.ns & great reserve atock food of all sorts is Kept consantly = Every day » wagor takes Park from the \u2018a of- ol on hand, Tarots.as the Jungie Farm ficieur onlisd, à big assorted 1s ruixed | of chicke ut_the | orous birds, of them in & Hou1e of 670.\u2018They had done thelr best to Introduce private Ville, but chance had been against them in the ballus.which allocate the intro- «iuction of suvh bills, and tliey had almost invariably drawn blanks.They were criticised because on certain oc- castons they had wot forced an issue and driven the (iovernment to defeat.Nut of what advantage would a General Election be to the labor Party\u201d The problem it has to :olve al present 1a nol the problem of tuening the gov eran out, but the problem of ure ting & Government in.That problem will not be aolved for many years.The Labor Party, born only tn .906, Im sull young and we: \u2018 ; it has noe chance of coming into pr \u2018er for & very long time, Meanwhile which party ik in power must remain Lo {t @ raurce of perfect indifference.\u201cThere is no difference.\u201d said Mr.Maced.nald, \u201cbetween Liberalism und Toryism, They ure Tweedledum and Tw.edledse\u201d Rome candid eriticlem followed from Mr.W.C.Anderson, who regrette che sion from the report of any statement with regard to Wor, n'a Buffrage.tie then went on to say that thee is a definite feeling In the country that the policy of the Labor Par v Is not sufficiently distinct from that of the Liberals, and that more open fighting is wanted, A vast amount of good work is dove by the Party, hut in many vases it Is interfered with by the outside orcupa- tions of the members.What Is wanted is a more distinctively labor policy pushed 4) a party colieremt end compact.Mr.Anderson concluded his temperate speech by an expression of his deep regard pc loyalty towards and become an enduring power h: the the party.which he denired to grow politics of the land.Oither criticism followed, for the mogt part friendly enough.but a breeze\u2019 wan stirred by Mr.Wilt Thornes suggestion that the chairman of the Party had been gulley of barg.ining with the Government.To this accusation Mr.Ramsay Mavdonald gave s categorical denial; \u201cNever since | have been in the chair,\u201d he declared, \u201chave any negotiations been conducted with the government regarding the policy of the party.\u201d The questions of the Marcon! Report last summer, and of the lLaeices- ter ated Chesterfield bye-vlections, incidents which were all provocative of a gond des] of dissension within the party, were satisfactorily settled after a brief discussion, and the meeling then closed, EFFECTIV CRITICISM.This discussion has her n of immense value in justifying to each other both the members of the Labor l\u2019arty in Parliancnt and the general body of their supporters throughout the country: and it scomu likely that the criticism directed towards certaln points of the policy of the purty will be productive of good results.More persistent efforts will probably Le made to introduce Labor proposals as private members\u2019 bills under Lhe \u201cTen Minutes\u2019 Rule,\u201d which allows the introducer just ten minutes to speak on his motion, Even if time does not allow of the Bill being carried any further, vet by this means publicity will be ensured, as any bill Introduced is of course reported in the press.Another desirable innovation is that in connection with all the commissions and committees appointed to investigate various subjects, the Labor member or members upon it should publish their own mihority report, as a matter of principle refusing to be included with either of the other parties.And, finally, à point of great importance is that members of Parliument should not, at the same time.be trade union officials.Both tasks cannot adequately be carried out by one man: industrial and pofitical activities should be separated; if they are not, both are boufid to suffer.The overworked labor members would probally themselves De the first to welcome this reform.N LABOR'S DEMANDS, What are some of the points of the Labor poliey which the conference decided should be emphasized may be seen froin a glunce at the list of reso- tutions which the Parllamentary Com-' mittee of the Trade Union Congress are to lay before the heads of the various Government departments next month, The deputation to the Prime Minister will speak of the nationalization of railways, vlectoral reform, civil and political freedom for all civil servante, and various meusures for improving the conditions of the workers; and will make « protest against conscription and undue armaments, Mr.Pease (president of the Board of Education) is to be asked for compulsory day-time classes for continuing education and maintenance grant for secondary school children: Mr.Churchill (Admiralty) for various reforms connected with the navy: and Mr.Mc- Kenna at the Home Office for, amongst other things, state ntenance of the blind.The list of reforms which the deputation will present to the president of the Board of Trade is a long one, containing many points of interest.It includes amendments to the National Insurance Act and its regulations and to the Trade Hoards Act, the unifica- von, improvement and cheapening of canals and waterways, the improvement of laborers\u2019 cottages and security of tenure, and many suggestions for the improvement of soclal and economic conditions of the workers.A FARM FOR JUNGLE FOLK.freah vegetables and fruit for the hungry boarders, Plled on ton are the box containing the day's supply Guinea pirs rats, mice, and other choice morsel for the meat eaters.The vultures, hawks and owls and other such sharp-heuked n.rds of put Includes everything from young , prey know alniost to the minut.when { their rations are due.Everything hae to be sbwolutely hysienically clean.of the | This In especially the case regarding the animal food furnished the carniv- imuls, and reptiles.Infection of every sort is guarded against most carefully, for every specimen In the great park has 3 definite value.Some of the birds and beasts ars priceless and have cost much money and the risk of many lives to secure, Owing largely to the carg that is exercised In.growing the fuod for the great colicetion of i.ving creatures ia the Xonlugical P\u2019arx, and to the skill with which It is prepared and served, cases of iliness among the \u201cboarders\u201d are very rare.The daily supply of vegetables and rations that comes from the farm In deposited with the cook, who weighs and arranges them in piles, e Keepers then come with their push carte and load up their allotted rations and return to the various bulidings to feed the animals.Here ia a list of the number of livestock and quant:t.es of vegetables that were 1oised inst year n.d fed to the great army of housed\u2019 animals und bird 108 pigeons 10 ducks, 3.600 chickens, 1,1 obits, 1,388 quinea pige, 763 mice.8,733 als, 3.000 worme, 23.938 o8gm 3 bunde honey, 44 plug, té sparrowe Le pounds grapes, 9 husheln chi cweed, 49 quarts of strawberries, 30 tol mangels, 900 bushels eels, 38 harre potatoes, 1,500 roale celery, 5,000 jot tuce, 3.calibage, 5,000 care \u201cork, 2 tons cornatalkn, 40 bushels tonintnes, Dushels turnips, 59 quarts raepber- ri For most of the large carnivereus animals the meat Is wat cooked, fut fod raw.Yor a change, savers! horses FEBRUARY 17, 1914.BEAUTIFUL STORIES By CANON FREDERICK W.FARRAR (afterwards Dean of Canterbury).HOFMANN, HEINRICH Dusseldorf and Antwer, and the study of the life of Christ have becoms famous.FOR §S.S.WORKERS We feel particularly pleased that this splendid and latest edition of this Kreat work should be avaliabi.at this time, since the International Sunday Bchool leasons for 1914 are on the Life and Teachings of Christ.And Canon Farrars stories as here illustrated will awaken and intensify interest in the Bible study.Every Sunday School teacher and scholar should have a copy of this noble and captivating work.Kindly tell them of it WHAT EVERYONE THINKS.I received my cop of \u201cBeautiful Stories\u201d in good condition.Tri y it is a fine book.The pictures rnd simple language make it very instructive, and a great l.elp In studying the Bible.FRED DOW, Lawrence Station, N.B.Gentlemen \u2014I thank you fer the copy of Dean Farrars \u201cLife of Christ,\u201d that has reached me in perfect condition.It is a Look that I have been trying to get ever since | firat saw one that a, friend of mine can Mise) K.B.BROWN, Dunham, ue.JESUS, TWELVE YEARS OLD.n in Darmstadt in 1824, he studied at the Academies, and then spent se asters.Though he was imitator than a painter of originality, many of hi s le his paintings, a number of which are reproduced $ SpE + By H.Hofmann.al years in travel rega od more of an pis ures, ing with the one the Dest kncwn among in \u201cBeautiful Stories.\u201d How STORIES,\u201d pont paid.am aiso Jending & me the book, \u2018Bea NAME .P.O.ein Prev.ublientions, direct ok-\u2014Joha Dougall & ER 3% x2 ins.Vest Pocket Testament For those, who in connection with the Pocket Testament leagues, need a small Testament, we can supply à very fine one\u2014a really rich, dainty, coge leather, gilt cdge beauty.This Testament sent postpald for Thirty-five Cents (38¢), or three for One Dollar ($1.00).YOUR RENEWAL to \u201cWorld Wid and ONE NEW SUBSCRIPTION \u201cWerld Wide\u201d with a Testament each \u201cWorld Wide\u201d Subscriber for only.$2.56 SPECIAL \u201cWITNESS\u201d OFFER TO READERS OF THIS PAPER Tell your friends ot their adva The \u201cWeekly Witness\u201d \u2014 tw months on (rlul-end the Testam both for 90 con only .the \u201cWitnheas\u201d and profit by it.For fuller description see elsewheds in this tssue, N.B.\u2014Ofters involving subacriptions are subject to the usual postage resus lations.See elsewhere in this issue.Address: JOHN DOUGALL & SON, Witness Block, Montreal.| reusesasmnac taseuac00s mecarannncostt annonces auvats To Get It : Just ADD ONE DOLLAR to any yearly subscription order yoo vend us, for any of our publications, snd receive The printed Coupon will simplify yeur erder \u201cBEAUTIFUL \u201cBEAUTIFUL STORIES\u201d COUPON JORN DOUGALL & SOK, \u2018Witneas' Block.Montreel.Enciossd find ONE DOLLAR EXTRA (31.00) which, (as 1 years subscription herewith), utifui Stories.\u2019 post;aid will secure PE ssovssoseuc0cu,00000 cassous se avevsencesense NOTE.\u2014We will not dell these books separately to th ers! public, except at $3.15 pestpaid, but to a yon sending \u201c years subscription.mo or t Son \u2018Witness\u2019 Block Mon.real.renewal, te a \u2018Dougal AN EXTRA DOLLAR cures te and healthy by.the veterinarian, are Alsu slaughtered and added to the meat courses.The food for the great collection of reptiles, giant pythons, cobras, boas and others, demands & special care.One of the largest and most showy of the inmates of the Reptile House is the huge regal python, nearly 24 feet long and weighing over 300 pounds, This mighty serpent possesses a color-pattern of a richness that rivais oriental tapestry, together with an irridescence which gleams in ail the high-lighta cf its folds.During the first few months of cunfinement very large spec mens of this snake appear to suffer from the reetfaints of captivity, They steadily refuse food, and if shespetic meanures are not employed, they become emaciated, and gradually starve to death.Whenever the big python is found languishing and approaching toward a suicidal end.it is necessary to feed it by force.and thus either awaken or counteract iis sluggish appetite.Young rabbits are killed and tled together with brown twine, the snake is held by the Keepers In as straight a position as possible, when by meals of & pole the meat in orced down its thrust s distance of about six feet, and offering & novel and spectacular: performance.Food thus administered usually changes the snake's demeanor toward captivity.With the meal once digested, there comes an appetite for fond, which \u2018Usually can be detected by the snake's actions, although for a time tha reptile may lack sufficient courage to feed voluntarily.Careful attention on the port of the keeper js usually suc- ce 1, and renders a repetition of compulsory feeding unnecessary.At resent there is great relief to the Eee of the Rerdie House us the thon ir feeding volun! y aie ound treshiy killed pis.This myal Is sulficlent for several montha The king cobra is 3 cannibalistic species, In captivity usually refusing everything but snakes.Most of the other serpents, alligators, lisamis, etc.teed upon Young chicks, pigeons, Tab- bits, guinea pis, rodents.all 1reshly killed, and devoured whole.Rese are also awallowed entire.\u2014The femn- tific American.ING FOR THE TRAINING FOR LÉ FECTIVE \u2014\u2014_ .Speaking \u201cbroadly, # may.be mi that, impertant as.physical eduontion ia to the mehially fit, it is more important to the memtally unfit, To the lower grades of the feeble-minded.it offers almost tha only chance of any educeiion.The use of the hands and feel which normal children come to almost of themselves, or with but litle assistance.has to be most #edu- tousty and painstakingly taught to Sesble-minded.One often sees 1 mere baby (1 have observed it in © normal child of less than old) put the tips of the fingers together an a great joy and aa if he wers making a discovery, aa Indeed he ie But | have seen feeble-mindes boys andl girls of fourteen who were so defective mentally that they pussied aver thin as a hard task.They hardly seemed to know where the fingers ef ane or other hand were to be found, The power of walking Is markedly à week, afler being Galayod dy mental defect, Jt is &lone year; ways late in being aoquired, and in the absence of any other explanation or reasonuble cause, it is prima facie enough to raise in one\u2019s mind the suspicion of mental defect when we hear that a child did not walk till he was over two years old, and probubiy u uot talk for six months more.Co-ordination of muncular action 18 always markedly defective in the (ee- hle-minded.Simple curves described with dumb-bells, or with the extended hand und arm.are often entirely beyond them except as the result of the mont careful training.Actions like tieing & knot have to be simplified to the last degres and every motion adapted to their poor understanding befure they can be performed by them.One of the best exercises for 8 feeble-minded child is to giv: him a gigantic upper of a leather shos, which haw been made oh purpose, with eyelets large enough to admit the little finger.Into these holes the child learns after days spent on the lesson to insert à lace with a metal tag about the size of a coarse atecl knitting needle.Finally the triumph ia achieve ed of being able tv put on his own shoes, lace thera up, and even tle the boot laces.The\u2019 glory of this comforts him and puts him on a higher plese in the institution.The only real hope of making anything of the feeble-minded, and of securing care, safety and protection fur them, and for the community, is found in the permanent shelter of Institution home In the best of these homon for the feeble -minded greut pains ure taken with the physical education of the inmates, At Waverley, Dr.Fernard has been pecuilarly successful in such work.Rope making and rupe plaiting In one of the best ways to develop the muscles of the arms and the use of the hands and fiugers, But rase exorcises to music wre Ils carried on daily and are of immense benefit to the children, hoth younger ubd older.To learn Lo obes + class command, Vs à great step, aud I In unyaily in id tlasees of physical education that it earned.The Joutensort method, which aise le largely founded on the develepment of the physival powers of the children was of courss hegun when Dr.Mon- teasori was tenching mentally defeo- tive children: In this she merely fol- jowed methods taught long hefure by Heguin and siso by Dr.rngld, ®t Waverley, Mass.: Such simple eduéstion In the une of the fingers an has been described, leads on th the acquiring of complex actions.When, for example, by con- tinuul practice, the.innate learns to button his cluthes, put on his shoes, and dress himself, there lo hope that he may become, in some.sn all degree, partially self-supporting, At least he Bs on the way (0 ure his physical pow- era to take care of himself, Ny and hy he will rarry things, help in the house of garden, learn to scrub, to polish or to plough, or some other useful thing.The bodily powers of the mentally defective can be developed hy physical education, so that they are not only happier, but much more useful, and perhaps even able partly or entirely to support them- elves.' NO PARDON FOR A LOAN SHARK.(Brooklyn \u201cKagle.\u201d Governor Glynn shows chara teria.tic sanity and chara in hia formal announcement that HH.Taman, convicted loan shark, who has a six menthe\u2019 prison sentense to serve, will DO YOU NEED FURNITURE ?Wrlte for our large photo-illustrated Catalogue No.10\u2014it's free to you.THE ADAMS FURNITURE CO.aimited.TORONTO, ONT not be permitied to secure a \u201csardon by destroying $500,000 worth of rotes held by him and standing axatist his victims.The Governor doubts whether most of these notes ure +apable of heing collected through cous.pros cess.If they are not thon tne de= struction of them is a \u201csuld brick\u201d offer.But far mure important than thia consideration is the necessity of giving equal justice to rich and poor under vur judicial ayat-.For that the Governor atands sternly and inexorably.It will be gond for thin map Tolman to serve out his sentence.Il: has prospered beyond the dreams of avar- ise as R usurer, with offices in many cities, defying the usury law snd using the garnishee law to (error his: victime.He has hidden.vehi; the petticoats of women \u201cbranch managers,\u201d whom mala prosecutors male Juries have hesitated to punish.At last, after yeara of immunity, he han caught and brought to jus tien More than this, it will be 1 good thing for the community to have 3 trade of the loan shark dfecour: Any compromise with Toliimn woul have been A stimulus fo tha: trede The Governor's determination will My applauded by all rixhi-thinkinx citie sens of New York State.BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEAT Notices of births, marriages snd dent muet invariably be endorsed with name and address of the sender, otherwise no notice can Be taki them.Birth notice re in a 25c; marriage notices for be; den Botices for bc prepaid.The nouncement of funeral a» ed death notice, Bic extra; other slog to obituary, such as ghort ake of life .two conta per werd extra, ept poetry, whic se 66 cents ne extra\u2014prepaid, Annual subscribers may have a ments of birth, marrisges and.deat withous extended obituary or ver: Seoutrt ght tA) jmmediste famiil free of char fa which case and address subscribers sho ave \u2019 oso.« HALL \u2014 In Marnt on Wed: February 4th, 1914, Halen, you daughter of, the late rancis a Christina HÉlI, formerly of Clac nannenshire, tland.Pha fune tonk place from ber a residen 199 Davin street.on day.Feb sry 6th, to Laxeview, comet ¥.! , AUTTON-On Jan.26.1914, at T road, Tunbridge Welln, \"2x Ogden Hutton, in her one hu and second year.\u201cWEEKLY ' WITN e Tip ubitahed Gt 83 Seis b War ioe Shop ol Legal, Eugene Dougal! bou or sonra, \u201cWeekly 234 Crelg iness communiontion RE cat) otters to the Las should de Montrent.Every Canadian family would enjoy\u2019 \u201ca "]