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ture exhilaration at leaving England. would now probably be the champion off -in the lead, and they take the tuck The 'wireless' obviously can keep me in plaiter of neat rattan chair-bottoms in out of their horses at the wrong point convenient touch with the Cornwall jails) your crack penitentiary, Mr. Dunnes­ to win at the wire. It takes a greater for a fully adequate time yet." ton. Really," he concluded, "if the reinsman to ride behind than ia front, "I beg pardon," the Englishman cor­ word had come at night and they had in some respects, and he is a master who Waylaid by Wireless rected conservatively, not certain of found me wearing my evening clothes, never commits an error by pumping cut how many of the younger people's words I don't think even the alibi could have his horse to no account so far aa win­ Bg EDWIN BALMER were meant seriously. " Mr. Preston was cleared me.'' ning is concerned. (Copyright, 1»0», by Small, Maynard * Company, lac) observing to me, with quite unjustifiable "But the alibi, Mr. Preston," the Some race drivers, too, are like a class relief, surely, for one who left England Briton persisted, puzzled. "You said of horses that when collared become in his extremely—ah—equivocal posi­ that the alibi was false, did you not!" fainthearted and lose their grit and CHAPTER X.—(Continued) when 1 left you at the Tudor last "Formerly a man—even a criminal— tion, that we had quite entirely lost the "Oh, that was the funny part of it, gumption and give up, when if they night! " he charged. counts upou at least a week's se­ land for the week. Whereas—" Mr. Dunneston," thecirl put in for the kept up courage and the struggle they 'Wireless''—And a Wounded Wrist "Of course!" curity if he could get safely to sea. But "Yes, whereas the 'wireless,' Mr. other somewhat weakly. "Mr. Preston would come off victors. They are what, HE turned to the American again, "Of course? Hut you—you-*-" for all the freedom or refuge one can Dunneston," the American interrupted really left at eleven; but as mother when applied to horses, are termed S with her commanding, inevasive " I told tbe inspector, ' the girl seem­ find now, even upon a transatlantic impatiently, "as you very properly re­ didn't know that, she got him off easily "quitters"; and there are occasions no appeal, which he could only obey. ed to defy bim, "that I could show to 'liner'—as you Americans say—in mid- called, ean bring a warrant for my ar­ without suspecting that she was per­ doubt when the poor horse is blamed for "Let us go now, Mr. Preston!" she Ins satisfaction that vou did not leave ocean, one might quite as well be upon rest at any moment and keep the police juring herself." quitting that exact truth wonld locate said. till after twelve. And I did!" our Strand or your Broadway. For now very cosily in touch with me for a few "I see!" the Englishman acknowledg­ it at the other end of the reins that The inspector wavered. "Yes; but your mother—you mad* you cannot shake a thing off, or escape hundred miles at least. And, as it has ed doubtfully after a moment. "But, are fastened to tbe bit. Falling short "Men," he directed them, "until we your mother—" it even for a week, though upon the been decided over and over again in the obviouslv. you knew it, Miss Varris! before the wire is reached also might be oan ascertain beyond all doubt whether "State just what she honestly high sea. The 'wireless' will send what­ courts that the deck of an English ship And I say, Mr. Preston, then you were accounted for in horses chargeable to or not this gentlemau is the one we are thought. Wait a moment, please," the ever there is to pursue you hot after is English ground, and, obviously, we not only arrested upon the information drivers that get the miles out of them after, make public none of the details girl stepped bim as he started to protest. you, and overtake you with it eveu in still have the English with us, it still received by the ' wireless,' and freed up­ on the wrong side of the wire. Over­ we have gained this morning. If he is "I mvself said only three things, all of mid Atlantic! " behooves me to be wary." on a false alibi, but actually, you know, working between races or in preparation not the one, we must keep them to our them true. I said that I knew you were The American pretended to shiver at "It does indeed!" the girl nodded. you might have done it after all, for them, or excessive drafts made upon selves for our use uutil we have caught not hurt when you left me last night, the foreboding warning in the Briton's "But, Mr. Dunneston—" what!" them in scoring and getting off and driv­ our man.'' and that I would swear that you did not words, but he shook himself up again "I beg pardon." Thc Englishman Young Preston watched him solemnly. ing what is called the '' overland route'' Then he followed the two young Am­ get hurt till this morning. And 1 said and smiled easily. checked her seriously. "I beg pardon, (To be continued). after the word is given, unquestionably ericans as they made their way quietly that it was after twelve when I woke "Some of you English certainly have Miss Varris," he repeated, after ponder­ explain why many a good horse does not through the inquiring, wondering crowd mother by going through ber room. Now. the most inveterately cheerful way of ing a moment. "And, I say, I would not live his mile through even approximate­ waiting outside. A part of the crowd I know that you left at eleven; but 1 bringing out the gloom in things. You ask it, you know, but Mr. Preston is in ly his gift of speed. started to follow as they saw the police did not fasteu the outside door and almost con\ iuced me for a moment that the cabin with mo, you know. He PACIFIC COAST LUMBER TRADE inspector accompany the Americans to­ pass through mother \s room till a little I actually had come to sea to escape bought the other half'just by chance, HjlHE development of the timber re- ward the town. But as most of the after twelve. She did not know that something which is now sure to pursue and, I say, I 'in glad to have "him with JL sources of British Columbia is be­ police loitered at the "wireless" sta­ you had not just left. I did uot tell and catch me anyhow! But let's not re­ me, of course, .lolly that, we two to­ ing accelerated by the amount of A RAILWAY SCHOOL FOR tion, the crowd turned back and still her.'' call anything like that!" He shrugged gether, what! But I say, you know, railway construction in progress and FARMERS waited about the little stone house. when you came up a bit ago, Miss Var­ contracted for in the Province and in "I see that she onlv told what she with a real, reminiscent shiver this N response to an urgent request from 80 young Preston and the girl and the thought," Preston acknowledged. "But time. "Let's think that we are at sea ris, you addressed Mr. Preston as 'Pris­ Alberta and Saskatchewan. Mr. A. I). again, and four hundred miles nearer oner.' I say, I hope ho hasn't been jail­ McKae, president of the Fraser River I leading dairy interests in Southern inspector entered the sleepy little Cor­ you knew I had at least an hour to do California, Prof. Leroy Anderson, nish village alone. It was little more what was done in Plymouth last night America each day!" ed a bit anywhere, has he! You were'not Lumber Company, recently stated that seriously iu jail, I hope, Mr. Preston?" probably 120 new towns would be built head of the dairy department of the than a double row of pretty, picturesque between eleven and twelve. And you He looked away from his companion California College of Agriculture, haa stone and thatch shops and houseB ex­ knew that I might have done it! " and glanced expectantly and hopefully he turned with concern to the young this year alone along 1,400 miles of rail­ tending along both sides of the shady American. road by the Canadian Northern, Grand just made an examination of the milk "I knew!" the girl again defended down the broad, bright promenade deck, conditions in that part of the State. httle street, unevenly paved with big, him defiantly against himself, "that alive with the breeze and gayety of the "Oh, not tried, condemned, and in Trunk Pacific, and Canadian Pacific tint stones. But beyond the end of this you could not possibly have done it! I first forenoon at sea. Ahead, the tiny stripes — I mean in the funny arrow- Railways, and that the initial lumber Prof. Anderson says that in consul­ •street stood a newer a__d more preten­ knew it! 1 knew it even before the po little green Isles of Scilly, speckled and marked suits your convicts wear, Mr. requirements of these settlements pos­ tation with the dairymen, it was de­ tious building, put up to attract the lice put that in about your hurt wrist! '' splashed with the wdiite, dashing surf Dunneston," the girl corrected. "He sibly would reach at least 100,000,000 cided to inaugurate a general policy travelling Americans who love Corn she cried. "I'd know now that you from the mighty ocean now clear and was just arrested at Polporru that morn­ feet of lumber and 2,250,000,000 shing­ of education upon the subject. In his wall. couldn't have done it, if 1 didn't have open to the American shore, began to ing and detained a short time under sus­ les. Last year sixty timber companies opinion, the reform of many conditions A big motor-car was standing before that, to make uie more sure!" slip past in scattered successions. But picion. '' were incorporated, with a capital of now undesirable in the methods of pro­ this inn. Ethel Varris recognized it "My hurt wrist!" Preston demanded nearly $1,H,000,000. ducing milk, can better be reached with an exclamation of pleasure, and iu iu wonder. through the commercial aspect of the :_ moment she saw her English friends "Ves! But I tell you I didn't need business and through the education of with her mother in the morning room that to make me know!" the girl re­ the producer and the consumer than of the inn. peated. " When they put that in as they through drastic and radical legislation. The girl at once brought in young did, of course it made me still surer that Ho says that he finds the conditions Preston and the police inspector and this 'wireless' was all part of the po­ With the Horses under Which milk is produced about Los presented them to her mother's friends. lice plot against you. All summer Angeles are not materially different Mr. Brookingdale stared at the officer they've been trying to get the real from conditions in other populous cen­ sternly. The inspector stood to one thief, but they couldn't, don't you see.' 1H E fatal fault with many otherwise tres, except that nature is possibly side, uncomfortably. So they have been persecuting you to T progresshe contestants, for the kinder in granting more sunshine and "And now, Ethel," Mrs. Varris ex save their own reputations. Why, don 't world's highest honors is stopping less rain and a more porous soil, pll of claimed when the introductions were you remember how they had to wait and just a little short of the goal. Vou see which tend toward an easier cleanliness. over, "what has happened and what is wait there before getting an answer at it, exemplified at every series of race What, advice he has to offer, there­ the njatter?" all; but, when they saw they could get horse meetings attended. There are fore, is applicable to all parts of Cali­ "A most stupid mistake has happen nothing from the Bahia, they just pre­ running horses ,'11111 there are trotting fornia. He hopes especially that tbe ed, mother, but nothing is the matter tended they did and described you as horses that show magnificently the great man who in producing and selling direct­ which you cannot cqrrect in a moment, you stood before them.'' part of a mile, but, fail in the end be­ ly to consumers in the smaller towns if you will. The inspector here, who " No, they didn't. Miss Varris, " Pres­ cause not going quite far enough with and cities, whether he has one cow or came down from Plymouth with us on ton had to correct her, although his thc clip lhat wins. It is this defect as more, may receive un incentive to have the train this morning, merely wants heart leaped into his throat at this girl's applied In tlie men who are engaged in better cows and keep them in a clean you to tell him what time Mr. Preston passionate defence of hi hi. "They des the work of developing horses into ex­ and a healthy condition. left us at the Tudor last night—to avoid cribed me as I was last night—the treme speed performers that is in mind __ In cities like Los Angeles and San another stupid mistake, mother! " clothes and all—not as they saw me at this time, is well put bv Spirit of the Francisco, he says, where large whole­ "Oh, that is all?" Mrs. Varris asked, then.'' West. salers act as distributing agencies be­ niach relieved. "I will bo very glad to "Then how could they describe you A trainer, a go.nl, conscientious, hard tween the producer and the consumer give that or anything else which can with your wrist hurt, when you didn't working, capable fellow, begins as soon and pasteurize all thc milk, some of the help him clear this case. It was after hurt it till this morning after break­ as one .car's races ,-jre over to get ready dangers that might result from disease twelve, Inspector, when Mr. Preston left fast ?'' for the next, getting his string oi horses of the cow and uucleanliness arc obviat­ —but then, he had come rather late.'' "I dou't know that! I don't know- together and going at them with in­ ed. '' At what time he came is not mater­ that!" Preston stammered, confused. domitable energy aud unflagging appli­ "It does not have a pretty sound," ial, madam." The inspector collected '' But how do you know my wrist was cation, lie begins early in the morning continues the professor, "to say that himself. "The time of his departure hurt this morning—and not last night in and he works late at night and sticks to lack of care on the part of the producers alone is the question—and essential. the fight with Hareston? You merely business right straight through. But, ii partly the reason for thc expensive We know that he did not return to his had my word for that!'' after all, in the technique of his work pasteurization which the wholesalers rooms at the Grand Hotel till after half- "No, I hadn't!" the girl returned in there is one or another nutter of vital now give to milk." past twelrr, (ind we know thai the kin- triumph; '-i_r>r I .kl6jt.w for. myneif Hus| importance thst he overlooks, or is cog- "Pasteurization, however, is one of haa sailed sharp at twelve. If he bad moning when you hurt yourself helping ui.-.ai-t of, that, spoohvit all, and when the advance steps toward a healthier left as early as eleven, ne must explain the man with his motor.'' the summing up of the results of nis raco, and some day this process will what he was doing between that hour '' Vou didn 't! " Prjston cried incredu year's work is made it is found that he give way to such clean methods of pro­ and his return to the Grand Hotel at lously. came out just a little short of reaching ducing milk that it will not be neces­ twelve-forty. But if he did not leave "I did!" the girl confessed, coloring the goal of success. sary. That is thc goal toward which the Tudor till after twelve, obviously crimson. "For early this morning, after It may be said, in explanation, that we are all striving." we are wasting our time in trying to we were all packed up, I took Elsie out he had a hard streak of luck or it may "It costs money to produce clean trace hira in this matter. So I wish to for a walk with me, and," she turned be charged up wholly to the class of milk, which cost must be met by a know only, madam, if you are certain j her face away for the first time, '' I horses he had to work with. But oftener higher selling price or by more profit that this young man did not leave your took her down the street toward the than anything else a close and critical able cows, or both. The cow is espec­ parlors at the Tudor Hotel till twelve Hoe. You were pacing up and down in observation of his methods will reveal ially in our mind just now, and we call o'clock or after." front of your hotel when the motor went that at some point in the details and the reader's attention to records taken "I am certain." wrong in the street beside you. I saw management of his work he was remiss, from different sources to show by actual "May I ask, as is my duty, how you you spring out to fix it, and something and that accounts fully for his failure, figures how cows vary in returns to are certain!" fly up and strike your wrist, and saw lt may be it was in the matter of the their owners from similar outlay for "Because, Inspector," Mrs. Varris the blood come, and you stood and feed he used, not being stringent en­ food and care." replied patiently, "aome little time be laughed 'All right' to the people in the ough in what he purchased and using a Prof. Anderson then refers to thc sub­ fore, I went into my own room, which car before bandaging it. I—I won 't tell batch or two of unwholesome grain .or ject of proper stables and corrals for was just next to our parlor and between how close I came to letting you know hay, deranging the health of his charges, dairy cows, and says: that and my daughter's rdom. then that I was there! But, when the or he may have allowed an irregular ad­ police put that in their description "The great thing to be desired in "I was very tired and lay down in ministration of food or drink in quan­ either, is that there should be easy my room. When my daughter closed the against you, I was sure it was part of a tity or time which had a deleterious ef­ plot. So, I saw my chance to best them means of keeping dean and then keep outside door of our suite, after Mr. Pres­ fect to an extent unrealized by him. Or them clean. This is thc chief reason ton had gone, the noise woke me, and a at their own plot! And," she triumph­ "What is the Baby Crying for, My Child?" he may skimp the animals in the amount ed gladly again, "I did it!" for using concrete in stable floors. It moment later, as my daughter passed "I Dunno; 'e's Alw'ys Crying. I Never Came Acrawst Anyone Wot of feed they should receive or in thc does not decay and then cause foul through, she turned on the light, and I "Miss Varris! Oh—oh, Miss Var­ Looks Upon the Dark Side of Things as *e Does." beds given them to sleep on, 6r in pro­ remember distinctly commenting upon odors, and it can be hosed down with ris!" young Preston could only exclaim, viding lotions necessary for the best re­ water and swept, in a few minutes, so the time. It was ten minutes after incredulously. sults in caring for them when heated up twelve, waa it not, Ethel!" She turned at last the steadying ship shook off even that no dirt remains. Some dairymen He felt the blood sting hotter and "At Polporru?" the Englishman re­ in the work, or for their legs or feet un­ object to cows standing on concrete, but to the girl for confirmation. hotter within him. He put out his hand those last lingering recollections of the peated. "You mean he was arrested," der the extra strain put upon them. land and breasted full and fair the in California, where the cows are only "Yes; it was precisely ten minutes and caught one of the girl's and held he exclaimed increduously, "between Some men will chance spoiling a in for feeding and milking, they suffer after twelve," the girl replied evenly, his over hers for a fleeting instant, and breadth of the glistening Atlantic. the time I left you at the station and— then Mrs. Varris's quiet voice in the And, as forgetful as young Preston year's work on a horse for the differ­ no injury. "when I came into your room." and when I saw him off myself two ence in price between a first class and Again young Preston started; but as hall brought his senses back to him. himself of the warning of the "wire­ hours later when he was called away! "Occasionally a very good stable is he glanced about the others, he checked "But how can that give me the right less" aerials humming softly in the I say, you know, the police were quite inferior article of feed, or in boots, constructed where the cattle stand, wind overhead, the other passengers be­ Btuffy about their information received blankets or combs or brushes, or other which portion is made of plank. This himself with an effort. to stay?" he cried, as he let go her matter of equipment. In giving a horse, "That is quite sufficient, I fancy, is hand. "If that could clear me, you gan to settle themselves comfortably for by the 'wireless' that morning; but you works well from a sanitary point, if it not, Inspector!" Mr. Brookingdale could have told it to the police. But it their last, long delightful week at sea, do not mean that Mr. Preston was ar­ not good treatment, but number one tho planks are water-tight or are under­ could not! I can take advantage of your secure from disturbance or interruption. rested the forenoon upon that! Why care, the best known and possible, laid with a water-tight substance so put in. which is never any too good. A very "Quite, sir!" the officer bowed in —your evasions for me, to keep myself The American reviewed, with a share you didn't tell me so, Mr. Preston!" he that the soil under the planks cannot free. But I cannot stay with you with in tlieir gay satisfaction, the fair ser­ rebuked. successful and observing owner ouce become saturated. respectful apology. "It is quite—quite remarked to us that he had seen three incomprehensible still in some ways, 1 —without the truth." ried Saxons and Angles—British^ and "1 ought to have told you, I know," "A milking stable is absolutely es­ mast say, sir,"—the man iooked about "Do you suppose," the girl challeng­ Americans—who passed aud repassed or four hundred dollars' cost of work sential to the production of clean milk. the young American agreed guiltily, put on a horse spoiled and thrown away aad moved out reluctantly,—"but we ed, "that I could not account for your him in their morniiig promenade. "particularly before being booked in Milking in the corral is an abomination are glad to have ourselves set right still staying up, after leaving me, with­ He started forward! the same cabin with you, and most par­ for the price of some good xub rags and eithor in winter or in summer, in win tbout this young gentleman. We ask out thinking you a thief?" "Mr. Preston! Well—Prisoner!'' ticularly," he ran ou recklessly, "as I brushes to use in caring for the animal. ter, during the rainy season, it is not your pardon very sincerely, Mr. Pres "No!" Preston cried. "For—oh, you he cried in his delighted astonishment. would now be languishing in jail pray­ It may have been an exaggeration, uncommon to see both cow and milker ton." He bowed to the American and said you, yourself, stayed up till after "Mrs. Preston! Well — Prisonerr! " ing for adequate longevity to pay the though only as an extravagant illustra­ wading nearly to the knees in mud, withdr iw. \ twelve, too! Could vou understand me The girl's familiar, teasing voice, after English people the proper penalty for tion. when of necessity the milk must become Young Preston returned the bow from that!" her first surprise, laughed at the young my twenty-six crimes if we had not of­ Frequently there is witnessed the ruin the depository for some of the mud. blankly and turned, hopelgsssly, to try But the girl now flushed deeper and American behind the Englishman's fered a false alibi.'' of a horse's chances for a successful sea­ "In summer, when the corral dust to join in the light talk which the others bowed her head and did not answer. back. "Mr. Preston!" the girl warned too son brought about for want of sufficient may be from one to four inches deep, almost immediately resumed. That the Preston pulled himself together. "Liberator!" young Preston found late. "For—" blankets and dress in carrying for him, the condition is even worse. The dust girl was brightest and gayest of all "But that only makes it more neces­ himself rejoining as naturally and easi­ "False, Mr. Preston?" the English­ or for the cost of a protection boot at is raised with any shght breeze or with and was clearly covering over his stupid sary for me to go till I can come back ly, in the bantering tone of their old man was repeating in alarm. "I say, some point where its absence left him every movement of man or beast, and replies only made the endless hour to you clear," he said hollowly. "So companionship into which the single you weren't really arrested upon the to knock himself out for a year in the even more dirt finds its way into the worse. goodbye! " he cried. "It is only that I amused, mocking word of the girl had information received by the 'wireless' time taken to snap a finger. Stopping milk than during the time of rain and Bnt at last the English left, and Mrs. care so much to stay with you that at once re-admitted him. "Jove!" he and freed by a false alibi?" short of accoutrement is one of the mud. Thus the cows must be provided Varris went out with them to their again I can only say, Good-bye!'' cried joyfully, as he fully realized the "Yes, Mr. Dunneston." The Ameri­ most expensive things that can be done with some stable which is dry and clean, motor. He caught her hand once more. meaning to mm of her presence on board can carried it out now that he had com­ when resulting, as often occurs, in* and where they can be held for milking. Preston faced the girl then with tbe "Good-bye!" He crushed it between ship again in the easy spirit of their mitted himself. "It was this way: Miss losing out in the year's entire work. But "The stable needs not be expensive. agony and sudden weakening of a snap­ both his own, and was gone. former friendship. "But it is impos­ Varris and I, you remember, went down in the matter of help employed, oftener On the contrary, it may be very simple, ped strain. sibly good to believe that you are here! to the 'wireless' station directly after than anywhere else perhaps, very many and the less lumber in it the better, so "You knew it was scarcely eleven And really, Miss Varris, it is most you started uptown. And, some time af­ stop Bhort of the goal, after a deal of long as the frame is sufficiently strong. CHAPTER XL alarming to me, and surely must be to ter we got there, the police got into com­ toil and expense endeavoring to get It should permit the entrance of an Mr. Dunneston, to find you here on Under the Wing of the Wireless munication with the Bahia. That Ply­ their horses ready for the races. abundance of direct sunlight and have board this ship full five days before mouth police chap, who had been dog­ It is where owners employing train­ enough openings to give constant venti­ "Land's End!" the American point­ you intended to sail. What has happen­ ging me, procured for us the place of ers to handle their horses for speed very lation. Large louvres in the roof are ed. ed to send you here to sea—are you es­ honor inside. Well, then, when the Ba­ commonly make estimates utterly inade­ excellent for ventilation and also admit Far off to starboard the extreme point caping something, which is going to fol­ hia answered, the chief inspector told quate of what the cost of the animal light, but not direct sunrays." low and catch you anyhow!" of Cornwall slid into the sea. the captain to rendezvous his mates and should be. The man in the sulky is only In Britain the annual consumption of DODDS "We've lost the land now for six "Oh, Mr. Dunneston!" the girl cried, he purser into a marine court, which be­ one part of what is necessary to develop sugar amounts to 85 lbs. for each indi­ day!" as she recognized then the Englishman gan taking depositions from Mr. Hares­ a race horse. The caretaker is as essen­ vidual, and in the United States to 61 The Englishman smiled seriously, then behind young Preston. "So you, too, are ton and the steward, and the 'wireless' tial, and even more responsible for re­ began bringing them ashore. lbs. fKIDNEY indicated the long, vertical streaks on board!" sults, and a capable manager of a train­ Among birds the swan lives to be the strung from the masts overhead. "Certainly, Mr. Preston,' she turned "And when they had their system in ing stable understands this and realizes, oldest, in extreme cases reaching 300 PILLS "Not for a few hundred miles yet;" back to the American, "I am glad now perfect'working order, they discovered as he cannot make those not versed in years; thc falcon has been known to he reminded. "The 'wireless'!" he al­ that I am on board. For, from what that they desired a tall, tanned Ameri­ the business understand, what a problem live over 160 years. Wti most exclaimed. you have just said, the foreboding Eng­ can in a dress suit, with dark hair and and expense the matter of competent as­ In the Kamyshin District of Russia ON'/I, He watched the American carefully lish disposition which so readily forces eyes and a wounded wrist. Now, as I sistants and stable men puts him up for a moment, as he turned sidewise to a suitor has to buy his sweetheart from you to connect yourself with every was both tall and tanned enough to against. It is the very last place where her father. A pretty girl of good fam- vKlDN-Vj the ship's rail. crime you chance upon, seems to charm satisfy them, and had hurt my wrist parsimony pays. ity obsts about $100. '' For the ' wireless,' Mr. Preston,'' he you still—in spite of leaving England. only the same morning, as I told you on Some cannot sit still when a horse is continued warningly, "cannot only —just exactly what, please, was Mr. the train, they gathered me joyfully to In England and Wales, to every 100,- doing his best and let him alone, but 000 of population, there are annually bring back to land and make available Dunneston suggesting to you nowf" them, and if Mrs. Varris, who is very push and disturb him until he goes off there evidence from a ship at sea, but well known in Polporru, had not been granted two divorces; in Ireland, less "Oh, he was merely warning me his feet because of their interference than one; in Italy, three; in Scotland, it can also carry from the shore to the about the 'wireless,' that was all, Miss able to swear that I had not left the alone. A class can never ride behind ship any matter which may come up Tudor Hotel the night before till after four; in Germany, fifteen; in France, Varris," the American reassured. "He and await the opportune time to make twenty-three; and in the United States, against any one on board. was cautioning me' against too prema-1 twelve when the Bahia had sailed, 11 a drive and forge to the front, when not | seventy-three. THE MAGRATH PIONEEE

sian colorings when the fall garments are brought forward. In lingerie dresses there is noted a considerable use of fine embroidery flouncing combined with Valenciennes, Cluny MULE WITH DAME FASHION'S and baby Irish crochet lace. These materials are employed quite extensively for misses and juniors' commencement and party frocks. They are very lovely when relieved by a broad DECREES ribbon sash of pale blue, pink or apricot tone. Bordered cot­ ton marquisettes and batistes are combined with lace inser­ tions and motifs for the fashioning of party frocks for the •younger set. IDSUMMER styles feature garments of linen and of More material than ever before in the history of the trade Another Wonderful Core By That M rough silks in suits and in dresses. There is a special is being used by the dressmakers, although this may be slight­ Wonderful Fruit Medicine liking for the rough linens which are converted into ly exaggerated. The fact is, however, that the use of mater­ "Frult-a-Uves." two-piece suits, smartly tailored. ' Not only are these shown ials, one over the other, accounts for phenomenal needs in in white but in many of the dark tones, such, in fact, as make yards and dress lengths. It is common for a gown to hnve them adapted for traveling purpose's or every day wear. three layers—a Hilk foundation, an interlining of net or gauze Mr. Mathiaa Dery, of 226 Church As'^o the shape of these garments there is nothing absolute­ and an outer veiling of some transparency. Net is seldom •treat, Ottawa, Ont,, waa treated for ly new to report. The coat with the short length has proved posed over silk because of the consequent flat, wallpaper re­ years by physicians for Painful Dyi- extremely popular with fashionable dressers, and, therefore, sult. And it i9 not uncommon to flnd more than one interlin­ pepBia. He spent so much money for with others. At present there seems not the slightest disposi­ ing of gauze for the sake of the irridescent effect which is •doctor's medicines without setting tion to lengthen the suit coat. As a matter of fact the tend­ desired. mueh relief that he bad about mads ency is in a contrary direction and it now looks as if coats up his mind that his case was hope- of the persuasion of the pony model of several seasons ago Three-toned silks in the loveliest chameleon tones are might be carried before a great while. The waist-length coat, abundant in all the blends that one can think of, but more Seeing "Fruit-a-tives" advertised, popular with the dressmaker is the chameleon effect brougnt however. Mr. Dery thought he would out by gauze over gauze until the Bbimmer of broken tints invest Ste in a box of these wonderful is what she is looking tor. Oftentimes five layers of material fruit Juice tablets. are used to bring out a rich euect, as, for instance, the foun­ And this famous fruit medicine did dation silk in black, white or some bright color, white chiffon, fer Mr. Dery wbat all the doctors coarse gold or silver net aud black chiffon, aud a fancy mesh conld not do—It cured him. net over it all. Ha writes:—"Frult-a-tives" positive­ ly cured me of severe Dyspepsia when Veiled effects are the leading whim of the hour, and so physicians failed to relieve me." much so that one finds all sorts of gauze over-dresses and "Fruit-a-tlves" makes the stomach waists in the shops. Chiffon jumper waists with square or •west aad clean, insures sound diges­ round necks and half sleeves come in black or color to match tion aad regulates bowels, kidneys and any toilet. They are worn over lingerie waists or gowns or over silk or satin waists or gowns. Gauze tunics, plain or fife a box, « for 52.60. or trial box, elaborate is could bc wanted, with braid and embroidery are a Bo—at all dealers, or from Frult-a- all ready to slip over lingerie, lace or silk gowns. tlves, Limited, Ottawa. Chantecler—The pink cerise of a rooster's comb i.s a leading tone among trimmings. Buttons engraved with or made in rooster shape are the latest. One of the oddest but­ HE longed for si new hat. So she tons has a portrait of the famous play writer who is respon­ S began to worry her husband for sible for the craze, and the entire figure of a rooster jewelled a aew dress. elaborately. He: "A new dress! Can't afford it. If Black gauze or lace gowns with bright colored sashes, you wanted gloves, OP a new hat, 1 scarfs and other accessories are one of the prominent fancies wouldn't mind. But a new dress! " for watering places. Vivid greeu, bright cerise aud golden Bhe: "We'll, dou't get Hurried, dear yellow are the most used colors. The gowns are often made est! Yon know I always give in. So just over bright linings of the kind, while spangled or jetted black buy me a new hat." nets, laces or chiffon drape them. The laces chiefly used for gowns are of the fine silk ones of chantilly or maline order. The chiffons and nets arc 'hts u braided as elaborately as ever or are embroidered in bold Mining and Metallurgy patterns with coarse floes in padded designs. Such embroid Time t* Cyhernietry ami Minings,, eries indeed not only trim the silk and tine gauzes, but also School of Mining Brass Band OrganiitaI Miemalepy mmi Qeetment lingerie gowns and waists. Instruments, Drams. Bond Music. ' A COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE Cawnioal Essfinaariaj EVERY TOWN CAN HAVE A dA Tbe old wheat stitch, which is a variant or direct copy of Abn*mx*a to Qmseer* \Jm**m**n*. CMl Etmjineerina J ow«.ii iMe-.maersr quoted F__Me»t__.> the coarse fagot stitch used by convent workers on altar 1 Uttbrnmieml Engia_ H__ ar .VJ' il)r._tr*tloDi. mallad tm* wrf cloths in making wheat ears, is one of the natural develop M v ranj '->"''•< in Music or Mi.okcl te.trui. »•• KINGSTON, ONT. &ootrioa\ EnglnenHng incuts of the liking for coarse embroidery on tine fabrics. E'HALEY. ROYCC & CO.. Lia»» Om <********* ot the Mtoat a__4 Bfcfegy and Public HwaNh Toronto, Onk.. and WLunluve. *_» u This work, it might be said, goes fast and is possible for the veriest amateur needle. Patterns stamped with scroll and - MJnln,. «!!£__£ ." I**!***** Dwvoiopiiiarst other conventionalized motives are done entirely in this way, KENDAUS except for narrow lines, which are intended to suggest stems

SRWI TArXOLEMA CUKE* CCUMA CUR TAROLEMA 50c- PEft POT Kills Bone Spavin CUBES ECZEMA C : ...MiieaVS W-#£ : Rich Valley. Alta, May 20th. UM And Mont Other <_«riii Skin Ills.•;...<-_. "1 have lued your Spavin Cure for a leag time aad would not be without It. TAROLEMA Consists of COMPOUNDS Have hilled a Bone Spavin by ita use." OL,!. CARLSON. WITH COMBINED OILS-OMAR Thai tella the whole »tory. Aad FOR CHILDREN and Mild Cases or Wet Eczema aAtaarrd. ot th ouaaada have had the use TAfaOLEMA No. 1. sam* experience la the post 40 yeara. FOR\DRY ECZEMA and Eczema of the Head, use Far Spavin, Riigbone, Cnrb, TAROLEMA No. 2. *cxr> fceverti- -*3rK9t*9;' CHTnT. aTfy ~Pr6nouniie'rl In­ Splint, Swellings aod curable, use TAROLEMA No. 3. all Laneiess, 50c PER POT AT ALL DRUGGISTS. aUraaalV* Sparia Cure cure* the If your druggist does not sell Tarolema, order direct, trouble—make* the horae aound aad and address Dept. p. 3 wett—aad Ufa monry for the owner becaoae it remove* the cauta ot th* trouble. Caraon Oil Works, Limited, Winnipeg Keep a bottle always at hand- flort for $*. Good for man aad beast. A »k Blue and White Foulard Gown Trimmed with Blue Silk Lace your dealer for free copy of our book '•A Treatise Oa The Horse" or write ns. St B J. K_.TD.LL CS. EiMtkarf Palls. Vt popularly known as the Eton, is exploited in summer models for misses and young matrons. FOR THAT NEW HOUSE Because of the vogue of peasant styles there is a liking just now, t'or coats of satin and oi voile made in Russian effect. Black is the favorite color although for midsummer Dr.Martel's Female Pills use there are chic little models in white voile, serge and Sackett Plaster Board canvas cloth. As a rule, the trimming consists of collar of SEVENTEEN YEARS THE STANDARD satin of the color of thc cloth with more or less embroidery The Empire Brands of Wall Plaster in colors/ Since the chantecler rage has set iu, not a \tVw of Prescr ilx-d and rnonimijnfled for women's ail the white coats are piped with rod, others have low rolled MANUFACTURED ONLY BY merit*, a W-prtlilically prepared remedy of proven collars of red satin. worth. The r-Mult from their n.e i_ i|uiok ami Very interesting are the new .Norfolk coats which are of permanent. For Hale at all >•__ k»d old eases that skilled doctor* ka>« •fcana'aaed. Ran., snd _lmple; no have the advantage of not readily showing the dust. Many of cutting juat a IHtlo attention erery fifth da/ -and vour money r>_u_>U d nnd illimtrated. made of the little tunic coats of net. lace aud chiffuii that are ri.L.MlM- I'.IIOS . Ohemtcts, *•' Church 5treet, Toronto, Oat. being ordered by fashionable women for wear with evening gowns, and as an accessory for the boudoir robe. They are fin SAWS WITHOUT TEETH 'xperinteiitod with swiftly rotating gile, very charming and very modish. rilllK employment of circular disks ol j disks of iron. They found that when a Summer frocks are extremely simple in their lines and X iron, turning with great velocity, disk about seven inches in diameter made of exquisite cachemire mousselines and chiffons reliov but posesssing no teeth on the turned with a peripheral velocity of ten ed by bands of satin or embroidery. The skirts incline to I'llgc for sawing metal, has become com ! metres per second, it could be cut with scant lines, or rather, the front band is very narrow, conh'n mon iii many workshops. Among other | a steel tool pressed against it, but that Veteran Scrip ing the fulness of the skirt proper closely about the ankles— places where such saws without teeth! when the velocity was increased to the width not measuring, in extreme instances, more than are uso! are tl.ie celebrated Krupp gun \ twenty one metres per second the iron Farm Loans one and a quarter yards. These skirts are adaptations, for works, where armor plate is sometimes ! was unaffected and the steel tool was the most part, of originals introduced early in the season in cut in this manner The process is not i damaged. At a velocity of sixty metres We will accept a first mortgage on a newly discovered one. As long ago a> j per second the iron disk even cut quartz improved farm land and sell you the French models oi . oiret, who has recently gained a re putation for originality combine with extreme simplicity. 1824 Harrier and Collailnn, at Geneva, and agate. Veteran Scrip in this way at regu­ Black and White Foulard Gown Of course his models are not for all women; but on those lar eaari price.- Write today for who can affect them they are charming indeed. loan Application. YOUR OPPORTUNITY IS NOW As a rule the blouses that form part of these odd skirts are aad for iho dots, which may be.worked into eyelets or soliil the simplest (apparently) of simple affairs. But because of spots. Tbe coarse floss work may easily be accomplished the simple effect of the finished garment, the cutting and on the gauzes and thin silks with great effect for small outlay CANADA LOAN & REALTY CO. Ltd. fitting of the material requires expert fingers and an exper­ of time and effort. WINNIPEG, MAN. ienced eye. The beauty of the style is all in the lines. Briefly, the sleeves are short and cut in one with the body Nightcaps have come in again, ami very dainty they aro. I OLDJgHUM of the blouse. The neck is semi low and finished with a flat, closely plaited frill of chiffon, white batiste or fine linen or of .Many materials aro used, but fine lawn seems to be the first satin. This frill may also be used for a turn back cuff on choice. Made like a baby's cap, fitting snugly around tlie the elbow sleeve. There are no plaits, gathers or other figure face, with little white tics under tin- chin, they are most motifs on these new blouses; so only those with good figures, becoming to round-cheeked lassies, especially if the round slim, and well formed, should essay to wear them. Dresses of cheeks are also rosy. A French idea is to use China silk, shantung, voile, foulard, and of the soft cotton fabrics are as that material is supposed to be good for the hair. The made in the Poiret style for summer exploitation. rap can be gathered with a little rufHe of the silk or made Separate blouses follow the lines of the dress bodices. close-fitting and edged with narrow lace. A fascinating little They are attractively simple in effect. Some recent models cap made for a bride was of fine Brussels net, oval in shape are made of figured chiffon voile as being more durable than and pleated at the back of the neck. The border was of two the chiffon or chiffon cloth. The foundation color matches rows of lace, insertion, with deep scallops, it was caught to­ DY-O-LA the skirt and the figure may be white or of a harinoiii/.ing gether by the scallops, and blue satin ribbon, one inch wide, tint. Other models are of the Persian mousselines r\A chif was threaded through the holes. A little rosette of the rib fons over a lining of plain chiffon or of China silk. bon, with a bunch of tiny rosebuds, was on top at the right Too ***** em** *a-e to kaow what UM ol mma Touches of the ''cachemire"—or Persian—are seen on side, and a last coquettish touch was given by a rosette of **** goods ssw -»<_• of. IAMB Oy* tor ALL. all manner of garments—coats, blouses, dresses and suits. It ribbon and roses under the left ear. Such a cup is, of course, Mil III sso IMPOSSIBLE. Fast eta*. B•.__-_•_! has proved a prime favorite with the milliners, too, since it better fitted for day wear, and ought to be a solace for the OS-SiS, MOSUL Dee; fail to (ry H. BsnpU Csit / aa*axaax*nr,aa. makes a most effective trimming for both small and large tedium of convalescence, when one's appearance becomes im- Co.. I-•Hi I. MSSSM-J. hats. It is likely that we shall see a greater use of the Per- portaut aud occupations are still ou$ of the question. TEN FOB TIM CEJOf 38 MAGRATH PIONEER Lethbridge Big lt**bs*WiBinS$mmit^s^i***SmBB^*b Published every Tuesday at MAGRATH Exhibition ROBERT SPOOR MANAGER. The annual exhibition takes FRANK C. STEELE place on the usual dates, Aug. 9, NEWS-EDITOR. 10 and 11. At tbe grounds things are beginning to look as though something were doing. Gangs of SUBSCRIPTION: men are working on the buildings SI .00 Der annum in advance. the grounds, and the track, and New Shipment Just Arrived. Six months 50*. in advance. nothing is being left undone that will add to the comfort and con ADVERTISING: veuience of exhibitor* or sight- seerf. The City has just got half Onlumn $12.50 per month a dozen huge street watering carts, We Carry the Largest and Best Stock of GROCERIES Half-column 7.50 " two of which will always be in use yuarter-column. 5.00 " ou tho grounds to lay, the dust in Town. All We Ask is a Trial Order. nuisance. A dining room is being built which will be in charge of a TRANSIENT ADS. i iirst-class caterer so tha. good Our Goods will do the Rest. $1.00 per inch per month. meals can be obtained en the

grounds. Special electric lights ______• Soecial reading notices in local are being put in and a first-class column 1.0c. uor Hue in advance. entertainment with all the plat­ form attractions, and a big Indian Pow Wow will be given Wednes­ Ail ordeisfor discontinuing con­ day aud Thursday evening. The The Magrath Trading' Co. ! tract advertising must, be handed big band contest on Wednesday in in writing to the office. promises to be one of the biggest events of its kind ever held in Al­ Limited TUESDAY, JULY 26th. 1910. berta. Special rates are being given on all railroads and it is ex­ pected a big crowd will be in at­ "THE FARMER'S STORE." C* (&*** J&>^\r***As***\fyn**tt*tendancem\ . (3 f " The Store where you get everything you want at Right I Our Opinion ^jhc Call of Nature. Prices. . y

C irbto.i is goi-'g to have an ex­ Plodding away in the cold, dig­ hibit At the Dry Farming Con- ging long for that elusive thing gross, to be he'd Oct. '.\ to 6. Thc sought by all men, which glitters people of that town are certainly iu the crannies of swiftly-purring boosters of the right kind. We streams. Rex Beach was once a ought to take a lesson from them. plain miner. He, however, felt W. T. Fletcher & Son - Give Us a Call, We Aim to - Wm. Paris Tims after time Magrath has lost the call of nature in her every Livery, Feed and Sale Stable Please You. ALL KINDS OF excellent chances of advertising mood, nnd upon a friend's sugges­ Plumbing, Heating, and Tin this district. We can raise just as tion one day put what ho had seen General Dray Business good (and perhaps better) trains, and treasured up into words, and ICE FRESH - Work - grasses, etc , as any other district transacted. that was "The Spoilers." Since Done on the Shortest Notice. in tbe province, but we do not get then the author's rapid rise to MAGRATH • ALBERT CREAM, LONG JIM FRUIT, busy and exhibit them. Why not prominence is a matter of common SOFT come to life and boost a little. If knowledge. WATER SHOP NOW OPENED IN MAGRATH we were as eager to boost our dis­ DRINKS RESTAURANT AND The coming Vancouver exhibi­ Advertise trict as we are to see a ball game, • MELONS, tion, to be held August 15—20, , ON Magrath wrrtrW «mra be talkt-el -erfl will offer untold &.poTtrm_tT?& for in.tllel^Eioneex:' - ICE.- *-C0]M!MERL£l *_•_— fr«_ni ocean to ocean. Let's trv the; Canadians to portray their own expen neit. heritage in some 'manner. There The Pioneer are prizes offered for the best col- and the H Praying and Packing. of wood varieties, Canadian woods, MONEY TO LOAN OUR TABLE SERVICE IS UNEXCELLED A reporter called on a rector to leaves and flowars. There are On Farm Lands or Town Property ask him if he had accepted the abundant prizes for the skill of Easy terms. No delays Home Journal bishopric that had been offered to the Canadian artist, whether with Meals 40c. Served as Follows: him. The servant said her master brush or pen, for the architect, W. 5. JOHNSTON, Breakfast, 8 to !0_ Dinner, 12 to 2. Supper, 5 to 7. $1.25 Per Year. could not be seen, He was at wood-carver and camera lover. prayer seeking for guidance. Then There are prizes even for those of Barrister, Cardston nmlf Don't Forget the Hours ~» could the reporter see the rectors originality of mind, such as de­ wife? "Oh, no!*' said the slavey signers. "you can't see her. She's busy r**K parking up." ^c«-\rv rA&A&£7**a*7tt Local Firm tfan OLD FOLKS Changes Hands Grasp This Opportunity

ENTERTAINED I the undersigned wish to inform my patrons and the public gener­ Spend Enjoyable Time at Carter's ally, that I will turn my business . ^ow! ^---^-=== over to my two sons, Harold and Grove on Thursday Angus Wood on the 1st. of August. I wish to thank all my patrons Ideal weather prevailed last Thursday when the old folks of and friends for the support given the town had their annual outing me in the past. I trust my sons at Carter's Grove. will ment the same patronage. I shall be thankful to receive any Columbus' Wa A long precession of buggies accounts owing to me at the earl­ left the Meeting House about 11 iest date. Will take Produce in a. m. for a drive around town, payment. My reasons of making alter which they proceeded to Car­ this change is because of my dif­ ter's Grove. Here dinner was ficulty in hearing and advanced served by the Committee. After There Are None Just As Good. Insist s» age. full justice had been done to the repast a very enjoyable program Yours very truly, was rendered. Speeches were made W m. WOOD On "Columbus," It Will Pay You. by several of the old people, ex­ 1 pressing their appreciation to the ********mmmmm*amm)emmmmgammaam^ _____•___— ______—• committee fcr having gone to so The much trouble for their comfort and enjoyment. The old people Best Bargain were then taken for an auto ride in reading matter that your SEE US FOR SPECIAL TERMS. by Messrr. Jack and Dick Brad­ money can buy is your local shaw, Edwurd Hodges and Mrs. paper. It keeps you posted Ed. Hocking. The pa-ty returned on the doings of the com­ to towh tired but happy. About munity. 150 were present at the social and all report a most pleasant time. This Paper Grandma Bridge was the oldest will tell you the things you inhabitant, being 83 years of age. want to know in an entertain­ The committee are to be congrat­ ing way; will give you all the ulated o.i the success of the out­ Geo. W news of the community ; its ing, and we wish thew every suc­ every visit will prove a plea­ cess in their future labors in this sure; it gives more than full zmir+Q*. value for the price asked for it. f •** NEWSY ITEMS OF LOCAL & GENERAL RED SOX ===== INTEREST == V J Take Two Games Born—To Mr. and Mrs, Wm. For Sale—Fresh Fish every Hindley, on Friday, July 22, a Thursday at the Pioneer Meat son. Market. At Raymond it The baseball dance last night BORN—To Mr. and Mrs. C. Har­ i Now Is The Time To Buy g was well attended and an excellent ris, on Sunday, July 17, a son. time was had. Avery Pitched Fine Ball Mr. G. A. Magrath, our popular FOR SALE.— Three Young rU M.P., was in town last Friday Prize Bred Pigs, One Boar, Two < Yesterday. lo.king over conditions here. Sow Pigs, Chester Whites. Apply N. BLAXALL, "Old'* George is again wielding "Doc" Avery and his aggrega­ the hammer in his shop on the The Stake Presidency, Messrs. tion of ball tossers have again corner. It's a familiar sound to Allen, Brandley, Redd, were visi­ proven their superior knowledge the old timers. tors hereon Sunday. They were of the game by taking a double Sam Jessop has purchased the tbe speakers in the meeting house header at Raymond yesterday. at the afternoon service. Great Reductions new residence west of Jensen Bros The boys went over td the Sugar store from M. Bean. The Young Ladies Mutual Im­ Town with the intention of play­ The local implement dealers are provement Association will hold ing the Reds onlv, but on arriving busy these days. A large number its ward conference in the, Meet­ there they"discovered that Warner IN ALL of binders havo already been dis­ ing House on Sunday afternoon. had arrived in town and a game posed of this year. Everybody welcome. had been arranged for between m them. But this was good news. LOST-Winchester Rifle 32-20 Mr. Whitt called on us yes­ We like to play with Warner. between New Dayton and Spring terday with some splendid samples They're a bunch of jolly good Coulee, on 8th of July. Anyone of fall and spring wo eat. The fellows and good ball players too. returning same to A. E. Kester fall wheat measured 53 inches in Raymond wili be rewarded. height and was ready for the bin- Well, the game was played. SUMME Kandy Peterson pitched half of For some unaccountable reason der- the game and Doc finished. Both the name of Miss Avilda Green Heathershaw and Phillips re­ were in great form. Warner was was left out of our write-up on the ceived an A^ery separator from shut out for five innings. They opera, ',The Girl from Quai set." Regina last Friday. The "Yellow secured 1 in the 3rd. and 1 in the She played the \ art o _ Mar gut r.t» Fellow" will doubtless do its share 7th. Berg pitched-great ball for PM daughter of a pirate, and acted in threshing Magrath's crops this Warner. He allowed very few GOODS the role very well. She wore a season. hits. Sheidel scored for us in the rt full Malaysian costume. FURNITURE FOR SALE- 3rd and Coleman and Mercer both The prize list of the Migrath Organ (Kimbell), Dresser, Bed­ scored in the 7th. The score stood Agricultural Fair to be held on steads, Desk, Ranges, Clipboard, 3-2 in our favor when tti2 game 1 Thursday and Friday, Sep. 22 and Dining Table, Kitchen Cabinet, was called. 23, has just been received at this Rambler Bicycle, and a host of Meecnam umpired and gave office. The booklet is neatly print­ other Articles too numerous to entire satisfaction. ed and shows the hand of an ex­ mention. After the Warner game, the i perienced unnter. We congratu­ J. H. BENNETT, Magrath. Raymond Reds took tho field, out late Editor Spoor on his excellent wished they never had. 3 to nil i% For $6.00 we will print you nn work.-Cardston Star. in Magrath's favor. It's just like attractive set of stationery includ­ The above bouquet was handed we told you some time ago, we Jensen Bros. Co ing letterheads and envelopes (500 to us by the editor of the Cardston would make a whirlwind finish. of each). Conduct your business Star Thanks. Avery pitched wonderful ball and is correspondence properly by using La*t week ns Berg Ellingson Ott gave him good backing behind first cbss stationery. We make a and A. Shelton were driving around the bat. We regret that we were specialty of that kind of work. f§ The Home of Up-to-date Goods. the city viewing the sights, their not an eve witness of the game, faithful burro became frightened After a life time in the butcher and that we cannot give a detailed n and did a few circus shunts. After ousiness, Mr. Wm. Wood has re­ report. Raymond played a good, prancing around like a war horse, tired. He has turned, his business clean game.—They-were beatm he decied to play a joke on the two over to his two sons Harold and fairly and took it like true sports. poor mortals in the rig. The Angus. Mr. Wood has built UD Berg, of Warner, was the ump., chariot was backed over in true a good sound, business here and and conducted the game fairly. Public Notice. 0 no doubt his sons will keep up "Maud" stymie, and Berg and Ab The boys are loud in the praise ^V Home Cafe the high standard. Success to the are now under the doctor's hands of Charley Fox, manager of the as a result. new management. WHEN YOlT WANT A celebration. He certainly showed Government of the GOOD MEAL the boys a good time The lads AT AN UP-TO-DATF RESTAURANT. are all smiles to-lay. Province of Alberta. Board and Room by the Week. Twenty One Mormon Elders HaymaKers Play Ball.

A bunch of hay makers, styling. Notice to Steam Engineers. Bread and Pastry Our Specialty. EXPELLED FROM GERMANY. theaiselves the Diamond City base ball team, blew into town last Sat­ "VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ICE CREAM cv CONFECTIONERY. HOME BAKERY, urday. "Doc" soon had his colts that an examination will be CIGARS AND TOBACCO. Prussian Minister of Interior Orders the Expulsion. Police together and the two teams pro­ held by Nathaniel Marshall, a ceeded to the ball park. They duly appointed Inspector of Steam Raid Conference in Session at Berlin and Takes Mission­ Boilers for the Province of Alberta. aries into Custody—Escorted to the Frontier. were followed by a bunch of faith- at Thos. F. Kirby - - Proprietor. I ful fans among whom was a sprink • Lethbridge, Aug. 15 & 10, A. R ling of the fair sex. Bnt alas !'

'about my son. I don't know what to tions. Parliamentary items, notable! say when the commissioner asks me | events, and movements of famous peo-; The about his age. You see, if I make him pie all are duly recorded. Moreover,'the out younger than he is he will be sent ocean daily often gets news that the back ko school, and if 1 make him out land dailies cannot get; for it muat be older they'll stick him in tbe army. borne in mind that the liners are in What the deuce am I to dot" touch with one another as well as in " 'How would it do,' said the friend touch with land, and are thus able to to thoughtfully, 'if you told the commis get exclusive "scoops" now and then. si.mer his exact age'f' A very artistic production is the "Poitr slapped his leg and laughed "Journal da l'Atlantique," published THE BUCK-EYE delightedly. on board the ss. La Provence of the " 'The very thing!' he cried. 'I never Compagnie Generate Transatlantiqne. It thought of that!' " has larger pages than the "Cunard Bul­ VOL. 1 WEEKLY EDITION NO. 32 letin," and each number is well illus ULLO, BILLIK," said the fresh trated, the news being published in both H man to a classmate, who was French and English. whistling blithlely as he walked The daily of the ss. Kaiser Wilhelm along. '' Whither away f'' IL has twenty-four paces, and it bas so "I'm goin' up to Br. Cuttem's to be many advertisements that it can be giv­ examined for appendicitis," said the en free to the passengers and still leave other. the Norddeutscher Lloyd a profit. Hu­ "t.eerusalem. You don't seem to be morous illustrations are a feature, and a P very much worried about it.'" said the puzzle page gives much amusement on THE BEST ON EARTH /"VNLY those who suffer first. the vovage_ vJ from piles know the "Oh. no," smiled Billie. "There The *• Atlantisches Tageblatt'' of the misery it brings 1 It robs' won't be anything doing. I've never Hamburg-American Line is a sixteen- JBL life of its pleasure, steals, heen able to pass an examination the page sheet. It is printed partly in Ger­ the brightness from exist­ first time in all my fair young life." man, partly in English, and has a story Some years ago, the late Professor Rowland, of Johns Hopkins University, ence, end substitutes days of dull! by some popular writer. The "Express Mail," published on testifying in m case involving the Cataract Power Company; in anwwer to a pain and moments of acute agony i WELL-DRESSED man was stand­ board the Canadian Pacific Atlantic question on cross examination as to who, in his opinion, was the greatest Most ao called "remedies" givel A ing outside a bookseller's shop in liner Empress of Ireland, is a most ele- American scientist, replied, "I am." ease only for a time, and then- Charing Cross road, closely exam­ gaat affair. It has twelve pages, and is back comes the trouble and pain ining one of Balzac's works, illustrated enclosed in a handsome wrapper stamp­ After leaving the court room one of the lawyers ventured to criticise the answer for its effect upon the jury, whereupon Rowland exclaimed: and misery! Zam-Buk cures Piles l\ by (Justave Dure. "How much is this ed in gold, with an emblematic design Balzac?" he asked an assistant outside. printed in the richest colors. "Well, what else could I say? Wasn't I under oatht" And cures permanently. Proof of) "Twenty-five shillings," was the re this lies all around you. \Vomen| , ply. There aie two kinds of swelled head. Ono of ,them is inflated with hot and men In all stations of life havi "Oh, that's far too much. I must •I teach my parrot only short air. pure and simple. The other has the goods, and bulges out with them. proved it-possibly some of your| see the manager about a reduction," word*. friends I Let it euro you I continued the prospective customer, aud. "Do youf Xow, I should think that Modesty prevents ns from placing ourselves in our correct class, but Mrs. Wm. Hughes, of 2f>3, Hochela I suiting the action to the word, he took parrots were better adapted to learning | there are thousands to whom we can refer you for a true estimate of the St., Hochelaga, Montreal, savs : " 1 w up the book and went into the shop. polysyllables." BUCK-EYE. They are testing them daily. , sufferer for y« ara from blind. Itching Approaching the bookseller, he took nd protrudingpiles. Thcagony lsu_t>r_d 1 the hook from under his arm and asked Were we placed on oath, and asked which was the best ten cent cigar in > >ir l)ra«(l.. Will 1>ll !•« the market today, we could do no otherwise than follow the Professor's illus­ no one knows. Kemedy after remedy ! wh.it he wonld give for it. "Seven Murine tCye Remedy HeUeve* Sor* Kyta, proved useless. Day followed day and shillings, highest offer," he was told Streacinens Weak Eyes. Doesn't Smart. trious example and reply there was no reliet for uie—pain, loss of Th, i lor was accepted—the man took Soothes Eye Pain, and Sella for Mc Try strength, dulness, misery, this was my .,...' Murine in Tour Eyes and in Baby's experienceuntilZ;un-Bukwi_sinuv money, and left. Eyes for Scaly Eyelids and Oranulatloa. "Well," queried the assistant later, know now that there _« nothing onj II this earth like it! It cured me of piles. after the man had gone, "were vou able "THE BUCK-EYE and once cured, I have had no return of to hit off with the gentleman, sir!"' RUSSELL "Oh, yes. 1 managed to get another the evil. I would like all women who AUT0MOBILB8 suffer as I did to know that Zam-Buk copy of that edition of Balzac for seven til cure them 1 ^hillings. **I HAVE SECONDHAND UBf Besides bring a speei't far pile* Zim-r.uk eure* Then the bookseller went out to lodge ALSO MOTOR SUNDRIES tezrmtx b!e- tracked or c'mpped h 1 _._i a complaint with the police. ulcers, cult, uurne, bruitrs. scalp torei. ring"-or m. CANADA CYCLE * MOTOR OO iba.i le

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but lay utterly helpless, just showing her teeth, her flanks heaving painfully, a most pitiful sight. The ground was such that spearing her was difficult, so a rifle which one of the men had brought was sent for, and by TALK Panther Speaking the time it arrived she had recovered sufficiently to make a fresh start. But she could only drag herself along very slow­ /7o-3 (By Captain G. A. Hope) ly and laboriously; she made no attempt to attack the en­ emies round her, and not even when wounded but not killed, by the firBt shot, did she try to charge. In short, the killing AN panther spearing be justly considered to be sport of her was about as pleasant and exciting as the shooting of in the true sense of the word, notwithstanding that it a worn-out troop horse. 0 is exciting and dangerous enough to satisfy ihe most Others may have had more exciting experiences, but these MADE exacting, and that it requires the utmost nerve and skill in are mine, and tbe conclusion of the whole matter is that a those wno take part in itf One form, tho spearing of a bag­ panther is not to be compared with a pig as a sporting animal, ged panther on a parade ground, is emphatically no more although one would always ride him—and legitimately—if MAGIC sport than are rabbit coursing and shooting live pigeons from one put him up when out pig-sticking. As to spearing a bag­ a trap. Even the legitimate method—when a panther is man on a parade ground, the practice is indefensible on any beaten out as an incident of pig-sticking—is rather too one­ grounds. At the same time, unless galloped out, the panther CANADA BAKING POWDER sided an affair as a rule to conform altogether to the strict is as dangerous a customer as one could wish to tackle; and canons of sport. when the occasion arises it is as well to bear in mind the fol­ lowing points: To obtain a fair idea of the principles that govern it, it Always try to spear well forward, just behind the elbow is necessary to understand the way of life of the panther low down, here the heart and big arteries lie. Spur on hard himself. In common with all cats, he hunts by stalking, with after spearing, shortening your spear, and be ready for an a final spring ot short rush on his quarry, never by running attack from thc rear. Receive a charging panther with a Contains no alum. his prey down. His ordinary traveling pace, when not alarm­ rather shortened spear, and then turn your horse to throw him ed, is a fast striding walk or easy trot, never a gallop, and aside if you cannot pin him down. Be very careful how you Made of healthful ingfedieftts, without alum. though he will gallop at great pace when scared, he never tackle a panther who lies down, especially when speared after keeps it up further than the nearest covert, or till he thinks a short run. If a man is pulled down, go to his assistance on The only well-known moderate priced baking pow* he is out of danger. 1 remember one, a very large female, foot. In a melee round him on horseback there is too great getting up under my horse's head out of a bush one day, a risk of spearing the inan instead of the panther. Finally, der made in Canada that contains no alum. when L was riding with the beaters through a thin stretch put your pride in your pocket and have nothing to do with of covert. She broke back and traveled literally like a flash, him unless absolutely sure of your skill as a' spearman and Complies with the Law of Great Britain hy containing but pulled up within less than a hundred yards and turned rider. The game calre out all the best qualities in a man no alum. round to look at mc. Then, as I rode towards her, she trotted when all is said and done, but it leaves no margin for mis­ off quietly into some denser jungle close at hand, into which takes, and the duffer rides to certain disaster for himself, and Anticipates the Pure Food Law of Canada by contain­ .she knew I would not follow her. probably for his companions, who will have to rescue him. Thus, from its natural habits, it will bo seen that a You may not always have the luck not to reach your quarry ing no alum. panther is designed for short, rapid bursts—is essentially a before he is pumped,out and harmless. sprinter, not a stayer—and it is this characteristic of the ani­ Safeguards the health of the family by containing no mal, together with his extraordinary activity and complete armament, which makes panther spearing the one-sided affair alum. it is, either in favor of the man or animal. THE ROMANCE OF THE FTJE TRADE b honest with consumers by containing no alum. The method of dealing with a "bagman" is as follows: HE history of a lady's fur coat is*; if ono thinks of it, full A trap is contrived in the jungle, usually built into a mud T of strange contrasts. A wild creature of the Canadian hut, with a live goat behind bars as a bait. It is visited forests, a silent Indian trapper and his wife, a lone NO OTHER MANUFACTURER OF every morning, and when a panther is taken he is brought in Hudson's Bay Company trader, the half-breed paddlers of a the trap to be speared the same afternoon on some convenient "north" canoe, the hands of the Hudson's Bay steamer in MEDIUM PRICED GOODS CAN plain, usually the cantonment brigade parade ground. The the ice-floes off Ungava, the employees of a British railway cage is placed BO that the poor brute has no refuge witnin company, the operatives of a London furrier—all these may MAKE THESE STATEMENTS. reach, a long cord is tied to tne door, and about fifty yards haVe played a part in the making of the coat before it can from it the spearmen take their stand, usually mounted on appear in the windows of a Bhop in Bond street or on the speedy polo ponies. Every wall and tree within sight is back of some proud lady of St. James. The fur trade is one crowded with natives full of delighted anticipation, and when of the few departments of modern business about which there all is ready au orderly pulls the cord which opens the trap, still lingers the odor of romance. Other trades have been and then runs for his life. revolutionized by nineteenth century science; it has remained, Free Cook By this time the panther is half crazed with terror and almost alone, primitive in its methods. Since the day when cramp, and as often as not refuses to bolt, and has to be '•The Honorable Company of Adventurers trading into Hud­ Book scared by a discharge of blank cartridges or of fireworks. son's Bay" was founded by Prince Rupert it has hardly If t** har.aat r*. MAGIC When he does come out he is usually too stiff to gallop, and changed at all. In unimportant details it may have altered, c_mdt__rc1 most naturally you wanted ridden on after spearing. If the man is a good horseman aud Me goes off in the autumn to his winter's bunting grounds him to win. Vet you treated me throughout with the most a skilled spearman, he will save himself, but he must be as with a single small canoe; he sleeps all winter in a bark generous assistance. quick as the panther itself, and if he makes the slightest mis­ tepee or in a canvas tent, when he does not roll up in his How I Flew to A Spanish lady who speaks French acted as my most take, the animal gets home on horse and man, and the rest rabbitskin in the snow; he travels through the bush when helpful interpreter—for I have no English myself. A friend­ of the "sport" consists in a bloody rough and tumble on the the mercury is frozen in the glass, snowshoeing with his pack (By Louis Paulhan) ly soul lent me a motor-car. and I drove to the hotel. I met ground, ending in the panther being held down by two or upon his back and has rifle on his arm, through windfall and inv wife, and had a light meal of eggs, milk, and soup—very three spears, and prodded to death. The run practically through tangled swamp, and, worst of all, through perilous comforting, considering that 1 had subsisted on a single sand finishes with the firet spear. burnt bush where a wilderness of charred poles sway in the wich during the day while building up the machine! But he is not easily killed, and if thus run into before wind like the masts af countless ships. Comfort is a thing he WAS allowed twenty-four hours in whieh to fly from I went to bed at ten o'clock, deciding to start again as being winded, will often revive with very unpleasant results knows not. He lives on pork and beans, and flour and tea. soon as it was light, or even a little earlier. 1 slept like a top His clothes he never changes, night or day. His only remedy 1 London to Manchester. As a matter of fact, 1 flew to when least expected, as on a certain occasion in the Deccan, Manchester within twenty-four hours of my machine for five hours, and then woke as fresh as a lark, delighted to when the "bagman" was speared within the first hundred for all the ills that flesh is heir to is a drink of burning pain­ find that some of the strain of fatigue had left my limbs. My killer. He lives and dies in debt, and would not become sol­ being delivered iu London. I was hard at work for eleven yards. He turned, as usual, but did not succeed in getting hours building it up, and the moment it was built I flew hands, arms, legs, and feet had become supple enough for me home, and after a few encounters was pinned down and lay vent if he'-eould. A good winter may bring him in $.*500; ft to work the machine again with confidence—though I must bad winter $50. On the whole, his life is that of Hobbes' That was because the wind was in a favorable direction, for absolutely inert, the epear being through the base of one ear. the first time for about it week, and 1 could not afford to admit that I felt as if I had been working very hard. He appeared to be dead, and one of the spectators rushed natural man, "nasty, poor, mean, brutish and short." But, It was still dark when 1 reached the narrow meadow be­ on the other hand, he is quite content. He does not feel the waste thc opportunity. up with a camera on a stand to obtain a picture of the When I went to London on Wednesday morning I had no side Trent Valley .Station in which my machine was lyiny. need of comfort or a balance in the bank; aud he has a stoic­ My mechanics, Chauveau and Miscarol, had worked well dur­ supreme moment. He got his photograph, and, strange to say, al and philosophic calm that enables him to take with equal real idea that I would bc able to start that day, and I had it survived what followed, but no sooner had he taken it had only five hours' sleep the night before. But a flying ing the night. The machine was charged with petrol. She mind whatever the gods may send. He may always get, he was all ready for a start. My new tank will hold sixteen than the panther revived, tore himself loose, and went for argues, credit with the traders. Why, then, should he take man must take hi.s winds when they come. the photographer. Somehow the man escaped, but the camera I found the atmosphere rather disturbed when I rose; gallons, but 1 carry no more than I need from considerations thought for the morrow—what he should eat or what he of weight. On the first day I had fourteen gallons aboard, was sent flying, and, disconcerted by his encounter with it, should put on? there were small, gusty pull's aud tricky currents, and it was the panther turned and made for the nearest tree, up which somewhat difficult to find just the altitude at which they on the second only twelve, for that was more than sufficient he went as quickly as a monkey. Now the tree was crowded The trader's lot seems even harder, because he has, as would bother me least. I heard the cheering of the people as to carry me to , allowing a generous margin for with interested spectators, and for three or four strenuous a rule, known better things. The Hudson's Bay Company I circled over Hendon, and thc enthusiasm delighted me, so emergencies. seconds we enjoyed a spectacle of natives dropping to earth traders are, with a curious unanimity, sons of the "land of I flew right over the heads of the crowd. Once more as 1 made ready for the start I was struck by with loud thuds, like ripe plums from a jungle plum-tree, as wild heath and shaggy wood." I have heard one of them re I followed the lino of the Midland Railway to Hampstead. the generous attitude of the people. Although they had the panther approached them. By good luck none of them cite With no small amount of feeling: Then I saw the cemetery and the white flag of the Official heard a rumor that Mr. Grahame-Wite had started, and al­ were hurt, but the panther speedily had the tree to himself, Observer. I went round it, high up in the air, and I knew though their inclination must have been to hope that the and going up to the highest bough that would bear him he "From the dim shieling of the misty island, Englishman would beat me, they placed not the smallest ob­ Mountains divide us, and a world of seas; that I had fulfilled the conditions necessary for a start, so 1 defied all attempts to dislodge him, and finally had to be shot. flew over the lake of the Welsh Harp aud made directly for stacle in the way of my departure. They crowded round the On the rare occasions when he is given a long start he is But still our hearts arc true, our hearts are Highland, machine out of interest, but pressed hastily back the moment And we in dreams behold the Hebrides." the North-Western railroad. usually galloped to a standstill before he is speared, and is London i.s a difficult place to fly out of. It is so huge and I wanted them out of the way. then so blown that he can do nothing in self-defence, as will lt was a tricky start, for thc field was short and narrow This trader was a Scot who had come out to Hudson Bay so confusing! I know the way from Hendon to Manchester, be seen when I describe the legitimate method. But on one but 1 do uot know the way from Hendon to St. Paul's, nor and there was a nasty hedge to surmount at the end of it. A occasion, at Secunderabad, I think it was, the panther proved when a young man, and had married an Algonquin wife, of collision with the hedge would have been disastrous. Happily whom he had a family of little Indians, who lisped in broken could one learn it without practice. So many districts all to be a better stayer than usual, and got in among the houses alike, and such a bewildering number of railway lines running favored with a head wind as 1 was tnen facing, though it was which fringe the brigade parade ground, and gave a lot of Scotch, when they condescended to speak English at all. Ho a following wind for my flight, I rose above the hedge without has heard the call of the wild. To ply the paddle, to shoot in every conceivable direction! Without my map I could never trouble before he was cornered and shot. But even in this have found my way out, but I had well impressed myself with difficulty, turned, and headed straight for Manchester. case he had hardly a better chance of escaping than he would lived at his trading post from January to January, receiving Here was the end of my concern about the issue of the letters from the outside world once or twice a year, and see­ all the signs of the particular railway track I wanted, and have had if turned out in Hyde Park, and this is what con­ I was soon flying directly to the north. race! Barring accidents, 1 was bound now to reach Man­ demns spearing a bagged panther as sport. Dangerous ing white men hardly oftener. Another of the verses he fre­ chester in safety and in good time, and there was no reason though he may be, he has no chance of escaping, which is quently repeated was: I had to fight the wind all thc way from London. Not a to anticipate an accident, for I had surmounted the worst of not cricket, even where such a mischievous brute as a panther moment's rest came to me in my battle against the gusts. I the difficulties—that of the rise from tue narrow field only is concerned. "0, Solitude, where are the charms made rises and dips of as much as 3l_0 feet, always with the That sages have seen in thy face? 1-0 yards long above the dim lanterns which were my only In the legitimate form of panther spearing the animal is object of flying in the steadiest level of air I could find. indications as to the whereabouts of the hedge. Better dwell in the midst of alarms it was cold, very cold indeed, and the wind bit into my usually put up, more or less by chance, out of long grass in Than live in this horrible place." As soon as I got up I made my circle, followed the railway, the open when advancing in line out pig-sticking. Not having face. Fortunately tor me, my eyes do not suffer while I am and then set off for Crewe, fighting all the way against gusts flying, though they begin to burn terribly when I come down been terrified out of his wits and cramped for hours in a And yet he miself was the first to confess that anyone of wind. So certain did I feel of thc road that I did not trap, he invariably goes away at a pace which makes a first to earth again. I have had to bathe them steadily since my trouble to take my map on the second stage of the journey. who had tasted the life of the bush could not go back to descent to relieve the smarting. spear in the first few hundred yards usually an impossibility another. "Once a Hudson's Bay man," he said, "always a This was a mistake, for after leaving Crewe I thought the on the rough ground, even on the smartest of ponies, if I started without gloves, for I hate to feel my hands en­ first station marked my landing place, but I could discover Hudson's Bay man.'' There is a fatal fascination about the cumbered when I am flying. The result was that at the end of there is covert or badly broken ground within reach, he will free life of the forest that holds a man captive. Such a one none of the marks I expected to find there, and I had to circle, my first flight the little finger of my driving hand was useless back towards London before 1 picked up the whitewashed certainly escape altogether; frequently he will lose himself the wild duck, to hit the trail across the virgin bush, to sleep and without sensation; it was quite numbed with cold. For in the grass and ba over-ridden and then break back to safe­ beneath the stars, to breathe the scent of cedar or of pine— marks on the sleepers which directed me onwards. the second stage of the flight I borrowed a pair of thin gloves 1 made yet another mistake in my route, and had to curve ty; but if forced to gallop half a mile at most his doom is these things are life to him whose blood has caught the fever. from my excellent friend Mr. Holt Thomas, and I have given sealed. He slows down to a feeble, shambling trot, and when The labors of the traders are not arduous. They have to in yet another circle backwards. But at last 1 saw the new- them back to him as a souvenir of my flight. station at , which was my objective. I saw the white speared does not seem to have strength left to do anything sell the trappers their outfits in the autumn; and they barter To return to the first evening. I was going north for a in self-defence. for the peltries in the spring. They have to sort the peltries marks in the field where I was to land; 1 lauded; and I knew long time before 1 sighted the special train which was ac­ that I had won. All the way from London it had been a fight I recollect one, a three-parts grown cub, just under six that they buy, and transport them by canoe or dog-train to companying me. But there was no mistaking it when it feet in length, who was put up thus on the right of a long the nearest railway line or steamboat wharf; and there their between me and the puzzling wind, and I had beaten the caught me up. The three loud hoots of the whistle and the wind. line where I was riding alone, and whom I had all to myself. duties end. The only time when they have cause for worry is big white signal cloth floating from tlie window of the rear He went clean away from me at first, and being on a slow when thej" have to meet with opposition. Then they have to There are a few things which I shall be glad if you will coach—it looked like a handkerchief from such a height—told now permit me to say. horse I thought he must escape, although he had not ten yards fight for very life. When the Northwest Company set up me all. I could see that things were going well. The wind start. But it was just the slowness of my mare which proved against the Hudson's Bay men in the beginning of last cen­ I cannot sufficiently express my admiration for the public- whistled, and so did I. I shouted and I sang. 1 do not think spirited attitude of The in offering this splendid his undoing. On a smart polo pony I should probably have tury, there was a bitter fight, in which trading-posts were my voice is particularly fascinating, but nobody seems to run into him quickly, and, being alone, I should certainly burned, and men were kidnapped, and often blood was spilt. prize. It is the finest stimulus that has ever been given to have had a very poor time of it. As it was he came back to mind that iu the upper air. aviation. It should give a great impetus to the science within The methods of warfare now adopted are those of commercial A pelting rainstorm lashed me for twenty minutes while me after going three furlongs, and when I reached him was aggression; and they are called "free-traders"—free lances the British Isles. I do not say this beeause I have been for­ going no faster than a man at a slow jog-trot. I was in the neighborhood of Rugby. Fortunately, 1 am not tunate enough to win, I said it from the first moment the who set up beside the H. B. Co. posts, and try to win the unused to flying in tho rain; therefore, although it was uncom­ I speared him clean through behind the shoulder as I pass­ company's Indians over. Many a thrilling tale might be told prize was offered. ed him, the sensation being somewhat as if I had been attack­ fortable, it had no effect upou my flight. I kept on flying at of the bitter commercial fights between the "Great Com­ a steady pace, although my altitude varied remarkably. ing a feather pillow, and then I spurred on hard, in hopes of pany '' and the lonely '' free-traders'' in the heart af the for­ THE DEATH OF THE BRIAR escaping reprisals from behind, for there was no No. 2 for est primeval. One such fight took place a few years ago at I flew until it was quite dark. .-11 I could make out be­ him to attack. But as I looked back I saw him crawling up what, for caution's sake, may be called Ghost River. A low, neath me was the smoke of a train once in a while and the NCE more it has been stated recently that a dire catas­ the side of the nullah in which I had caught him, and my illiterate Dutchman set up in opposition to the H. B. Co. post, occasional flicker of lights from a village. I came down O trophe will soon threaten the smoker. The bruyere horse being handy, if slow, she came round at once, and I and made a bid for the fur trade of the district. He cut rates, rapidly from 300 metres to 100, so that I could be more cer­ root, from which the majority of the best pipes are got him at tne top of the riBe. Still he did not try to attack, and made loans, and dispensed whiskey, and married a chief's tain of my direction. made, is being used up far more rapidly than it is grown; and after I had speared him a third time, he collapsed abso­ daughter, with the acumen of an up-to-date American trying Then came the most exciting moment of my flight. Dark­ and this most valuable—in the nicotian sense—of all the lutely, and let me kill him without resistance. I must declare to break a ring. And, tnough he did not manage to make ness had fallen before me. I saw the lights of Lichfield. I woods now begins to show signs of coming to an end. The that this is a confession, not a boast. I have never felt good his footing, he gave tne factor at the post a most un­ decided to alight in some convenient meadow before reaching prospect is not a pleasant one. Many of us dislike the flavor proud of this achievement, which was the tamest affair im­ comfortable time, and made that easy-going man bestir him­ the town, and to do this sank down to 150 feet. 1 was imme­ of the meerschaum, whether it is of the old type or the new aginable when it came to the point. self in earnest. The story of that fight, enacted against the diately above what looked like a large factory with a chim­ chemically-treated and unbreakable variety. The democratic The big female whom I have mentioned already illustrates background of the wild primeval bush, is only typical of what ney. I am now told it was a orcwery, and so, to alight safely clay has lost some of its old popularity. The corn-cob is not the same thing even more perfectly. After breaking back, is going on here and there all over northern Canada. in the field with no damage done, I made a fish-hook turn, and a thing of beauty, and most certainly it is not a joy forever; thinking herself unobserved, she left the thick jungle to go Such is the life of the traders arfU trappers. The rest of my machine was now pointing towards London. the myall good pipe is indeed sweet and excellent for a time, to another covert on the other side of a piece of rising the story of the fur is simply and easily told. Early in June, Suddenly my motor stopped, every drop of petrol exhaust­ but all too soon—like a coalition majority—it splits and dies. ground. However, a man in a tree saw her, and shouted the when the pelts have been gathered and sorted and cured, the ed, and tho machine swooped downward almost like a stone And there are a good many objections to the cherrywood; news to us, and wo turned and rode after her. great six-fathom canoes are brought down to the water and dropping. What should I do? Beneath me was the brewery the hookah is not a pipe which one can indulge in on a short She went straight away till she was almost at the top loaded with their precious freight. The "packers" (as the and a certain smash. Behind me was a narrow field which train journey, the hookah being essentially the pipe of peace of the rise, and then she broke back. But as wo were between Indians are called) step in and man the thwarts. The pro­ was almost like a spider's web with a mesh of telegraph which needs to be smoked in the study; while as to the new her and the covert, she had to make a large detour to avoid cession of canoes streams out across the lake. With gaudy wires. I had an imperceptible fraction of a second in which bright-yellow variety of pipes with bowls as large as pudding us, which she accomplished successfully, galloping round at handkerchiefs the Indian village waves a last farewell and to make up my mind, and I decided to risk the telegraph basins and stems as long as walking sticks, bold are the racing speed. The effort was too much for her endurance, the fur brigade disappears around the bend. wires. As I sank I made a sharp twist right back on the line people who venture out with one on. The briar is the thing, however, and just before she reached the covert and safety The furs are shipped to Hudson Bay on to the H. B. Co's. of my course, and was lucky enough to lift myself over the and we refuse to believe that the day of the briar is over. she dropped into a little hollow, not five yards from dense steamer, which makes an annual passage through the ice-floes wires. We can not all smoke cigars the whole day long, and many of of the northern channels to the far-off shores of England. And So far, then, so good. I was stiff with cold, and was very us refuse the modern cigarette as a useless thing, fit only for jnngle, utterly done. degenerate youth. The clay pipe is suspect, and supposed to A single spring, a few halting steps even, would have when the furs reach England, in the workshops of the fur­ glad of a drink of whisky from the flask of a gentleman who rier, they are made into all kinds of furry garments to keep had dashed up with a motor-car, and of the friendly atten­ lead to cancer, and one does not care to have horrible strength to make them. She could not even snarl or swear, thoughts of that kind lurking at the bottom of the bowl. saved her, for she wa6 not cut off, but she had not the warm a sheltered race. tions of a number of people who brought warmth back to THE MAGRATH PIONEER. TUESDAY, JULY 16th, 1910.

termined at sowing time and again productive than the ordinary spring have given somewhat larger yields. Proust Resist, tg Crops at harvest time. The loss of water wheats This wheat was introduced All of these varieties U,>r,> originally The Girl oConthvu ed from ( r*vat page) from the soil plus the rainfall dur­ from Russia, where tt has long beon imported from Russia and are early grown in a climate and under con­ maturing, producing -a raithwr short We Carry moisture capacity and its power to ing the period of grow.th was the ditions similar to those of the west­ growth of straw. BSarUoass in man­ i*--____aa______-_Hi^B^^^M^^__r retain water, and is an important re­ amount of water which was charged from Quanset quisite to insure agafcist the injur­ ern part of the North-wester* states. uring appears to be tl charact erwnich (From our special correspondent.) to the crop. is necessary in all grains adapted ious effects of drouth. It is true cf It is dtcidedly a •dry-land farming.'" At the Kansas Experiment Station crop, and it is the hope of those in­ for growing in the West The later- the soil in a large p*rt of the West Magrath was treated to one of the a, series of field experiments of this terested in introducing this*wheat maturing varieties are apt to be in­ best shows of the season on Friday Lumbe r that it is lacking in humus, and for character have been conducted with that it may prove successful in , dis­ jured by drouth and hot winds, and this ren son its water-holding power night, when "The Girl from tjuanaet' different crops during....the past three tricts where the nvinfajl is not suf­ often fail to mature plump grain. is not so great as it might be. re­ was presented by Miss E. Wright aud enough at all times to seasons. ficient or is too uncertain to grow her company of "Juvenile" players. sulting often in low yields and crop meet your every want. The seasons of 1903 and 1904 were the common wheat, and thus extend The opera was performed io H most failures in an unfavorable season. STOPPING ENDLESS APPEAL. This is a lumber yard very wet. Excessive rains fell, and a profitable wheat growing still far excellent manner and goes to prove USE OF WATER. (Toronto News.) thsi Is never 6"just considerable part of the water must ther west and into the semi-arid that in Magrath we have some of the out" of what you re­ have been lost by surface drainage. lands of the Mountain states. best histrionic ability in the south­ In the growth of plants water is The employe who enters :.uit f>g- quire. There's only one needed in the soil for the following None of the crops lacked for water. ern portion of the province. To Miss kind of lumber that From these results it would api>oar ainst a railway 0r an inuustrial cor­ reasons^ At present, with the varieties Wright is due the highest praise for « "you do not find here. that barley and oats require less poration, claiming damages for In­ To dissolve the plant food. grown, the success of the wheat the time and patience she must have It's poor lumber. We water that the other grain crop._, spent in bringing the performers to 2. To carry the food to th© plants crop In the West is more largely due juries received while at work is han­ are always out of that while emmer, which is classed as a such a high state of perfection. i_nd and through the plants. to the fact that the crop grows dur­ dicapped, no matter how strong his drouth-resistant crop, used more wa­ the wriier knows from personal ex­ 3. lt is food in itself to the plants ing a part of the year when drouth statement of claim may be, no mat­ in ter per acre than any other small- is least apt to prevail than to the perience what an undertaking it is CITIZEN'S 4. A certain amount of water ter how conclusive the evidence. Un­ the grain crop, except flax. to drill a company of thirty or forty lto« soil is necessary to give drouth-resistant character of the t he Corn used more water per acre der our legal system, with its mul- people and at the same timt keep LUMBER CO'Y., LTD. proper texture favorable for crop. But wheat is a deep feeder than any other crop. This was duo. tiplicy of appeals, litigation may be peace among them all. growth of the plant roots. and a rapid grower. The plant draws in part, to its longer growing oer- J. $. 'i_OY, ho!»_r.fo 5. Water also acts as a regulator Its food and moisture from a large prolanged for years. It is not necessary to give here the iod. The relatively small amounts volume of soil and is ahle to with­ of the temperature of the soil, tend­ After tedious waiting the trial plot of the opera. It is light ami of water required to produce tho stand considerable unfavorable wea­ ing to raise the temperature of cold judge may be sustained by the court fantastic and has to do with the cap­ and, crops of sorghum and kafir corn may ther conditions; yet the crop is of­ soil by reason of warm rains of last resort. But it takes deter - ture of the girl from Quanset" by J. S>. Stewart, the be due, in part, to the fact that the ten materially injured and the yield by evaporation, to keep down initiation on the part of the plain - bold, bad pirates and of her release the crops were planted several weeks lat­ deci-eased by drouth during almost Make appointments by Telephone temperature of the soil ddring till to resist offers of compromise on trom captivity by one Capt Dab er than the corn and had less rain­ any period of ies growth. By hot LETTHBRilDGE, ALBERTA hot summer weather. the basis of a small money payment ton, of the life savers crew at Camp fall charged to them than wns char­ winds nnd unfavorable weather on- 6. The bacteria in the soil Vhich and a dropping of the suit, it taMs tod. ged to corn. The fact remains, how­ ditions a promising crop may be assist in decay and in chemical fortitude to trust to the fortunes oi Miss Hazel Stoddard made a dash­ ever, that the amount of dry matter destroyed in a few days. William Laurie, changes by which the plant-food in legal war, and to expose one >s claim ing Capt. Dalton in her uniform of produced was greater with the kafir- Wheat cannot stop growing and BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, etc. soil is made available to the plant, to the danger of destruction by tbe white and blue and surpassed even corn and sorghum than with the corn remain dormant during an unfavor- thrive and multiply in the soil only application of some obselete statute her own l«et previous efforts, while Solicitor for Union Bank of Canada and that an acre-inch of water pro­ orable period for growth as does with a favorable condition of soil, or some technicality. Costs are en­ as the "Oirl from Quanset" Miss M. Correspondence promptly attended to duced more pounds of dry kafir-corn kafir-corn or sorghum. The grain moisture, heat or air. ormous. It is no small worry tor Bennett acted and, Hang in her best CARDSTON .... ALBERTA. or sorghum than of corn. must finish its growth and mature in style. It was on these two that the AMOUNT OF WATER REQUIRED about a certain period, whatever the the poor litigant to see them mount­ BY CROPS. ing higher and yet higher as the honors of the evening fell. Of the MOISTURE IN SOIL AFTER conditions for growth may be. ^ minor characters T. Rolverts amd C. years go by, and to feel that,through Experiments which have been con­ CROPPING. Spring wheat is not well adapted Bridge as a clam digger, and a cod Magrath Realty Co some quirk of pettifoggery, he may duced show that in their growth for growing in Kansas, but with fi3her respectively were excellent and The moisture determination made becorue responsible for this payment. Improved Farms close to town. plants require a large amount cf sufficient moisture to start it in the thoroughly entered into the spirit of Sugar Beet Lands, Town Property, water. Prof. F. H. ing, at' the in the field after the crops were har­ fall, and with the usual spring rains th<_r parts. The part of Tom Scare- This inequality between the uch Wisconsin experiment station, found vested showed the following results: winter wheat is a profitable crop, bead, a reporter, was well acted by and Prairie for Sale. corporation and tho poor employe that cultivated crops withdrew from Comparing the soil in each plot to a even in the western countries of the Miss A. Shaffer, who did not seem D. H. BINGHAM & SON strengthens the cry for law reform. the soil during their peeiod of grow­ depth af six feet, the kafir-corn plot state, where the annual rainfall I.s at all bashful in rants." Frank MAORATH. not exceed fifteen to twenty inches. It is an intolerable situation. The th from 2.4 to 5.1 acre-inches of v.a- contained 0.69 per cent, less water Steel as the Duko ()f Nantucket gave However, the methods of growing employer is responsible for his work­ tar, or 300 to 500 tons ()f water, for than the corn plot, while the sorg­ a most finished performance and to­ every ton of dry matter produced. the crop are crude. Often the West man's safety. Why shuu. I .hero he hum plot contained 0.11 pei cent, gether with C. Whitt as Plunk, his From his experiments he has de­ em farmer plants so many acres 'hat tliis scandalous dela\ in _.« Ltlement, vallet, the two drew forth many a Dr. O. J. Courtice less water than the corn plot. Thus he is unable to farm the land '.veil particularly if the employ i nas been termined that one acre-inch of wa­ laugh. The part of Ethel, a camp DENTAL SURGEON ter is required to produce three and the drouth-resistant crops actually and the result is ., poor cr< >, if the guilty of contributoiy negligence.' girl was well acted h\ .Miss .). Kith Graduate of North Western one-third bushels of wheat, or that left the :soil drier in the fall than season is nt all unfavorable. lhe Ontario law says lint 'lie defen­ The work of th>- chorus loo went to­ nine acre-inches of water are suf­ did the corn. Some farmers, however, are adopt dant shall bear Lhe oi > > ,. piovug wards making the pei ,,.nuance a suc­ University Dental Sohool, Chicago. ficient to produce a 30-bushel wheat The result of this experiment indi- ing better methods Knough good that h has not been uogli rent. Bul cess. I'll.' •lapanese parly were ex­ Macdonald Block, Corner Round and crop if this water could all l>e used dicate that the dron*th-resibtant farming has been done to prove that this is only a partial con -sion to cellent .md made n great hit. Redpath Street. by the growing wheat. In like man­ crops may use a large amount > f tit pays to cultivate and till th.' land the employe, especiall,. wher the case lhe hall was till «' art to by a most enthusiastic audience and alent to five bushels of barley, five greater degree than tho crops whieh remarkable results from the praet i v court. we understand that Uie proreeds tot­ bushels of oats or six bushels of are not classed as drouth-resistant. of his system of culture ,.n the I'om- A strong workmen's compensation alled a good round sum Dr. J. E. Lovering eroy model farm, in Graham county, corn. "Dry-land farming" is, therefore, as act is needed in Ont. i'i< ... law that Alter the opera a short hut very M.D.C.M. McGill According to his figures it would much a question of soil culture or of Kansas. For several years thisfarn will male e\ery employe; responsible entertaining viiudovi^o (Hlifurmance PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON require only four and one-half acre- conserving the soil moisture as < f was made to produce twice as much for the accidents that occur in his was presented. Catch, songs, jokes. inches of water to produce a ton tf growing drouth-resistant crops. wheat per acre as the average crop premises during working hours, a etc., made up the programme. The Offlce in Oddfellow's Block. clover hay, or a four-ton crop of in the surrounding country, with rjo law that will definitely lix tre am­ different numbers need not be men­ Corner Round and Dufferin Street, other treatment of the soil ex'-ept clover hay could be produced by _8- PRINCIPAL DRY-LAND FARM­ ount of money to be paid by the em­ tioned suffice to sa\ the performers I.CTHBRIDOE, ALBERTA. through tillage and cultivation. acre inches of water. Two acre-inch­ ING" CROPS. ployer to the heirs of a man killed, w• i• •!ishod, in • heb y this means can the total number tons per acre would require only 12 J Wheat is the great money-making dered by little Zelpha Harris. The ten Seasons since ihat st.tion as of industrial accidents be lessened. M.D.C.M. (McGill) acre-Inches of water. crop of a large part of the semi-arid iece was exceptionally well render­ established, to demon .. rat >• ntl in Machinery will be better protected. 1 L.R.C.P. (Edinburgh) Professor King's experiments were West. It is not particularly a drouth ed am brought down the house. the semi-arid West pood farming Employers will be more watchful. performed out of doors, but thecrops resistant crop, although certain var­ The scenery was a work of art Physician and Surgeon pays as well or e\en better than it Managers will be more diligent. were grown in cylinders, and were ieties appear to succeed better than and too much credit cannot be given MAGRATH ALBERTA does in the rich farming states of Beet of all, a deal of litigation not subject exactly to natural lield others in the dry districts. The hard the painters, Mrs. Wright and Mrs. the Mississippi Valley. will be [irevented, and the practice conditions. Red Turkey or Russian wheat is the Clarence Blaxall. It is rumored that of wearing out small claimants by In experiments which the writer type or variety which has proved EMMKH, the opera will be rendered in several repeated appeals will receive its James Stacey conducted at the North Dakota Ex­ hardiest and most productive throu­ of the neighboring towns Lmmer has prosed to be especially death-blow. Heartless cruelty >n - periment Station 1898-99, it required ghout the Western part of the winter JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. hardy and drouth-resistant, and in duces the practice. It is unjust, and on an average 15 acre-inohes of wa­ wheat belt. In the spring-wheat MAGRATH ALBERTA the Northwestern state-, tl.tis grain cannot be denounced too strongly. I was talking to a clo»er American ter to produce a 30-bushel wheat states the standard sorts grown «..re has given greater yields per acre All the legal practice rules on earth Offlce, Roger's Lumher Yard. crop, or one acre-inch of water was Fife and Bluestem, which are also the other day, wjho is settling his thun barley or oats. Ilo.vever, et cannot make it just. All the preced­ equivalent to two bushels of wheat. hard wheats. The Durum or Maca­ sons in our West, and was here buy­ the Fort Hays Branch Station., m ents cannot make it fair. A man These results were secured in the roni wheat is rapidly coming into ing machinery, if you please— sulky western Kansas, emmor has not prov goes to the courts for justice, not so freshly, so strangely, or with such field. The moisture content of the use in the Northwestern states, and plows, seeders, mowers, side delivery soil to a depth of six feet was de­ ed as hardy and productive as bar­ or law. If he can get jiisticethrough poignancy as they brought it to me it appears to be hardier and more rakea, binders, and a lew other un­ ley or oats. As a feed, emmer wiill workmen's compensation act, which there, growing absolutely ;., the ******************************************** hardly take the place of barley and is both stringent and definite. one considered articles. footsteps of ruin, yet unruined aad * • oats, but it may be ground and fed aore scandal will be abated. He told me that strong efforts were with not a dew-drop brushed from in combination with these grains or being made to stem the tide of emi­ their leaves. with corn. Wherever barley or oats gration into the Canadian North- In my life Lhave seen many a won­ I The Next Big Event f produce well ommer is not an espe­ Weet, aad to turn it south to the derful thing, but my memor. carries cially profitable crop to grow, but in CHRONICLES waste tobacco lands, cotton fields, with it nothing more miraculous than those sections of the West in which and sugar cane barrens of the vast those flowers of promise, seen as I the grains mentioned cannot be suc­ OF THE KHAN and silent South. saw them in the forest of despair." cessfully grown, emmer max prove to "We passed it up," he said, ahe be a profitable crop. UNDER WHICH KING, DEVONIAN? whole of us. We don't want to THE EDMONTON I tackle the negro probfem or be mix­ BARLEY. Oh, fhe Yankees know that we have ed up in it in any way. Some peo­ 800,000 INSECTS the best land; ple talk about the French in Quebec Barley is successfully grown in Kan They're getting jealous of our splen­ establishing a Gallic republic. It is STILL UNKNOWN INHIBITION sas farther west than any other did West land. spring grain. In fact, barley is pro­ to laugh. But one of these days the They talk to their tarn, rs « itli a duced in larger quantities in the Black Prophet will take the stump I''ew persons appreciate the im­ lluent mouth; and preach a black republic. 1 said western counties of Kansas than in mense si/e of the insect fajnily— the "Don't go North, but com' down to my boys and girls; 'We'll be safer the central and eastern countries. irritating mosquito and fly in sum­ August 23, 24, 25 and 26 South." and better off in a. white man's coun­ The counties producing the largest mer, the much-abused caterpillar and This is their song, anti it's kind of try, and that's what the Canadian number of bushels in 190Q were as industrious spider being the species rotten West is sure to be. We'll have white follows: Pawnee, Bartom Ness, Rush most prominently tin the publicmind $187,000 "Away down south in the land of neighbors all around us. white 1- Thomas, Pratt and Hodgeman. Each —but scients now tell us that al­ One hundred and eighty-seven thous­ cotton, fioals, white magistrates—yes, and of these counties produced over 150,- though thre are only _;00. North there's golden cakes, awful elp: "We ain't going to be is apparently a less profitable crop showing the various species of in­ and RACE MEET west of the Great But away down South there's copper British right away, paw, but we're to grow than wheat. bead snakes— sects that reside in Canada, and es­ Lakes. all going to be men of the northern Look away, look away, look away, pecially those which work evil to FUN FOR EVERYBODY zone.' That's it in a nutshell. It OATS. Look away down south in Dixie. was either a lagoon with an alliga­ Canadian agriculture and horticul - HORSE RACING, CIRCUS, ANI­ The ordinary varieties of oats are ture that the Vancouver Exhibition MAL SHOW, FIREWORKS, SIDE­ tor in it, or a cool, sweet lake cov­ not adapted for "dry-land farming," Oh, the Yankees hire a good Association will offer good prizes at SHOWS. brass ered with wild geese; it was either but in recent years •. few varieties band, the coming fair, August 15—20, for Excursion Rates from all points the haunted cotton fields or the have been imported from Russia that And ihey play the times of Dixie's the best insect collections. In two See the Capital City and the great wheat fields of the North; it was appear to be hardy and productive, »Vland, either the malaria, social as well es of the three classes for which prizes mixed farming portion of Alberta. are offered the insect must lie strict­ in Western Kansas and Nebraska. But the farmers say: "lf we'd trou­ atmospheric, or the sweet wind of Write for Prize List to-day. ly Canadian "born." Tbe first calls In Nebraska the Kherson oat is high­ ble lick the West—and tbey made the choice.' for 500 specimens and the second ly recommended by the Slate Exper- We'll leave the nigger RepubWck— Our new settlers will find it tough for 200, all of which must be injur­ f imens Station as a variety adapt>3d Keep away, keep away, keep away, for while to be without Old Glory, a ious, and with which must be sam­ A. B. Campbell, L. E. W. Irving, A. G. Harrison Western growing. In Kansas the Keep away from South and Dixie!" and their old acquaintances will twit ( ples of injury done to field or flower. Kherson oat has also proved to be a Uhem with being British. President Vice-Pres. Mgr.-Sec. This contest should be valuable in ffardy and productive variety, but THE MEN OF THE NORTHERN . ; They are men of the northern zone. at the Fort the way of knowledge to the Canad­ *, \> Hays Branch Stati>n ZONE. 'just like ourselves. ian farmer and visitor alike. W&t&XO^^ Sixty-day oats and Burt oats THE KHAN.