ng i Selkirks and Rockies, lace ra- 8, and 'takes the form of snow greater part i' io oh Jha Rocky glaciers In British Columbia, Lys Montreal Standard, is the r or "Iecillowaet" glacier. It is five miles across the snow fleld d the lower part or ice river to be from one to five miles and 1,800 feet in thickness. er is more SHEN sxpiorsd ith other in America, use le conveniently. The foot of 1s only about two and a half miles distant from Glacier Station, on the main line of the Canadlan Pacific Rallway. At that place are several Al- pine guides brought over every year from Switzerland to conduct parties of tourists across these great ice flelds. Exploring the "Great" Glacier. The ascent of one of these vast ice rivers is an experience well. worth the while, although a trying one to the no- vice in the sclence of mountain climb- ing. The outfit consists of heavy oor . len under ing, a knickerbocker su a pair of stout hobnailed shoes, wool- a thick sweater, a pair of rough doeskin gloves, a combination alpenstock and axe, and a coll of rope, several cakes of chocolate, and, most a ih siid £ t. It Is an easy J ey to the foot of the glacier, over t " As the glacier is approached, an one comes. to the moraine, or stretch " | of rocks and stones, which, In ages : | gone by, has been carried down by the Eh . glacier and left there as it melted. For hic | a couple of yards the mountain ~ tckty climber makes his way jumping from d . rook. Then he comes face to ray ch looked so the telescope i, is now foot of ting, h @ ascent, if ohe moment over the' the glacier appears to be hundreds of feet. These chasms or crevasses have been at one time but mere cracks, no wider than the blade of a knife, The cracks gradually increase in size, until at times they are a thousand feet in length, hundred feet wide, and of a depth in inable. Cautiously making one's way, by the support of the alpenstock, one of the most interesting sights is that of rivers of water, caused by the melting of the The water flows for some distance on the sun until a crevasse is reached, Down these chasms the water leaps, 'making in many cases beautiful water- falls. Sometimes deep wells or moulins are formed, filled with water. In other cases the glant aperture is, to all ap- pearances, dry, but on listening the sounds of subterranean streams 'are heard echoing through icy tunnels far Below, 3 Chopping an 'tce Stairway. 'When a particularly steep place on the glacier side is reached, steps in "the slopes are chopped out by the guide. The rope is fastened round his waist, and then around the walsts of the re- maining members of his party, who aro "strung on the line" like beads on a necklace, at intervals of about twenty feet. is done in order that any unfortunate who "takes a tumble" may be hauled up into place again on the perilous path. The slant on the glacier | side is sometimes 50 per cent, and for | short distances more. A wall of ice rises in front, and bit By bit, placing the feet carefully in the niches cut by the guide, the daring climber surmounts the obstacles and comes out finally on the snow fleld or meve, which is in it- @elf the course of = Sadler. spite he molgture of As prec te | oloon The tops 'of the high mountains i du the whole year in the ; of & aos Sanal panaiixe xd il uénge of gold an | pressure 'this is compacted into' the clear ice of the glacier proper. WARM SUBJECT x nothing in the world we're so bh interested in ss Coal at this time Te. It may sound queer to | soal buying and selling as a jut that's what we've made it. 'complete © I pays best, and that the Dusineds is to deserve it. & Co. on =fallen snow, and in the ber Crest ig | t 0 a ts dhe snow disappears entirely, the Heading ice raghing the surface. RR! 3 ge depth ® wiacler, flowing over this river of ice. | 'Wpes layer of this forms under down the valley till the melting point is reached, where the heat of the sun is sufficient to counteract the move- ment of snow and ice, but the "foot" of the glacier recedes or advances ac- cording as the ums tong or short, hot or cold. If a hot er, the foot of the 'glacier will recede perhaps 50 or 60 feet. If the melting has not béen as great as usual, the foot of the gla- Senator George A. Cox. Senator George A. Cox, president of the Canada Life Assurance Co., is, says 'The Globe, one of the outstanding fig- ures in the financial life of Canada. Senator Cox is a Canadian, haviig been born in Colborne, Northumberland County, May 7, 1840. His parentage is English. He attended the public and mar schools of Colborne until Feb- ruary, 1856, when he entered the ser- vice of the Montreal Telegraph Co. Af- ter two years' service, and when only elghtéen years of age, he was placed in charge of the agency at Peterboro'. He remainéd there for thirty years, and has still extensive interests in that city. He was Mayor of Peterboro' for seven years, being returned four times by ac- clamation. In 1871 he stepped into the Provincial Parliamentary field and won West Peterboro' from W. H. Scott. 'The election was set aside, however, and in the following year he was de- feated by a majority of one. In 1887 he again contested the same riding for the House of Commons, but was de- feated by 16 by James Stevenson, In 1878 he became president of the Mid- land Railway, holding the position un- til 1884. During his term the amalga- Port Perry, Victoria & Toronto and { likely, a flask of general comfort and tion of the Grand Junction; Whitby ds and Nipissing Railways was effected, and the consolidated roads sold to the Grand "Trunk. It was in 1884 that Mr, Cox be- came president of the Central Canada Loan & Savings Co, and fh 1885 a di- rector of the Canadian Bank of Com- merce. In 1890 he became president of the latter. He is president of the West- «ern Fire and Insurance Co. and 'the British America Fire and Marine Jasurance Co. Senator Cox is a Metho- dist, a temperance man, Bursar of Vic- tdria University, and President of the Ontario Ladies' College. The Baroness Macdonald. The Island of Jamaica is the birth. place of three distinguished women, in- cluding Lady Holland, Josephine and the Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe, widow of the late Sir John A. Maodonald, Peghaps this ac- counts to a degree for the political affin. ity that at times manifests itself be- | tween Canada and Jamaica. Lady Macdonald is a daughter of the late Hon. F. J. Bernard, a member of the Privy Council. She was born, as stat- ed, in Jamaica in 1836, and at an early age was takem to England, where she was educated. Her first visit to Canada was at the age of eighteen, when, with her mother, she came fo Ottawa on a visit to her brothers, Messrs. Hewitt | ---- | London Lecturer Severely Condemns' and Richard Bernard, then young law- yers at the capital. There she met Sir John A. Macdonald, and in the year of Confederation, 1867, they were married. | During many critical moments of his ; career as Premier Lady Macdonald was ! at his side. It was after her husband's | death that Queen Victoria created her a Peeress in her own right, with the title Baroness Macdonald of Earns- | cliffe, Canadians Eat of Catalo, In serving as the principal feature of its recent annual dimmer at the Hotel Astor, New York, a glant roast of cat- | alo, a hybrid of the American bison and domestic cattle, the Canadian Camp achieved a double victory in supplying its guests and members with an en- tirely novel dish and at the same time one which all gladly partook of even after learning what it was. Dr, G. Len- nox Curtis, president of the camp, was toastmaster,.and speeches were made by Col, Jones, Hon. Dr. Resume, Commis- sioner of Public Works for Ontario; Jean Prevost, the Quebec Minister of Fisheries, and others. Dr. Curtis read a letter from Lord Minto, Viceroy of India, and former Governor-General of Canada, expressing regret that he had been unable to find during his briet residence In India anything sufficiently rare to sehd for the camp's feast. Oxford's Oldest Woman, One hundred and twelve years is the age that was claimed for Aunt Dinah, As Mrs. Hannah Stewart, the cehtenar- fan colored woman of this county, was affectionately called by her many friends. She passed away at the House of Refuge. at Woodstock recently. 'Where she came from originally is not known, -It is Believed she was a slave for many years in the southern States. About sixty years ago she ran away and came to this, the free country, settling dn East Zorra, There she lived until the House of Refuge was bulit, twelve years #go, when she took up her residence there. At that time it was generally cgnceded that she was a centenar! In spite of her extreme age she was bright and active, She was very reti- the Empress | Ph aans Over neve or snow regionrit Is and Envelopes dimeult, t not so dangerous climb- N . +} ing. The snow is perhaps fifteen to eighteen inches deep,-and it is just & cent about herself; and no person could learn from her the eventful story of- her life. J . ! | Mrs. Charles Smith of Jimes, Ohio, | writes: I have used every remedy for | sick headache I could hear of for 'the past fifteen yoars, hut Carter's Little Liver Pills did me more good than oN'! the rest, : THAT V A SHIPS Secrets of These Vanishings. powerful out 1 sea and of which nothing is ever heard or seen after mists have dipped marine tragedies. To-day it is the | Claverdale, which left Hong Kong for | Viadivostock, and of which no trace has | been found; yesterday it was the Roy- alist, which cleared from Singapore to Hong Kong and never reached her des- Unation; the day before it was he Idum, from Norway, which vanished from human view, and so on, through the long list of ships that have sailed and disappeared. - What are the secrets of these mys- i « terfous vanishing of stately ships with thelr crews and cargoes? In nineteen { cases out of twenty the secrets lie with the ships many fathoms deep, and will, perhaps, never leap to light. To this day no one knows what became of the City of Glasgow, Which set her salls so sallantly in the Mersey half a century ago, bound for Philadelphia, mor was she seen again after the hills of Wales Were lost to view. The Bervie Castle left London some Years ago on a long voyage to Austra- Ma. She should have made a final call at Plymouth, but she never came with- | in sight of the Hoe, nor has human eye | ever seen her from the day she dropped | down the Channel. It was on May 10, : 1854, that the Lady Nugent spread her sail at Madras'with 367 of the ¥wenty- first Madras Light Infantry and other passe , on board, Her destination was Rangoon, but half a century has gone and neither Rangoon nor any oth- er port has sighted her. . Nearly two years later the Collins liner Pacific dropped down the Mersey with 180° souls on board. She was ac- counted one of the stoutest and swift- est vessels of her time, and so, no doubt, she was, But she went the way the City of Glasgow had gone a couple of Years earlier, and for forty-nine years has beén lying at the bottom of the sea, but where none may know kill all secrets are revealed. The trading vessel Atlanta started a quarter of a century ago for a short cruise in Bermudan waters, and from that day to this no one knows what became of her and the 250 souls she carried. 'On Jan. 20, 1870, the City of Boston salled from Halifax for Engiand with 191 souls on board. She was an In- dian liner, a finé ship, splendidly equip- ped and handled; but she, too, was de- stined to vanish from the face of the 'waters. The victim of another still remember- ed ocean mystery was expected .at Liv- erpool in March, 1881. 'March passed and Liverpool saw nothing of her. The. long delay in her arrival caused great anxiety, and the wildest rumors began to be circulated. On April 13 news came that her engines and rudder had been disabled in heavy 'weather, and that she had put into Madeira for re- pairs, and there naturally followed a reaction from gloomy forebodings to transports of joy. The vessel was ex- pected at Liverpool on a certain day, and her arrival was awaited by hun- dreds of people who had friends aboard, | but she never came, and it was found | that the story of her arrival at Ma- | deira was a heartless hoax. AN the { time the ill-fated vessel was at the bottom of the sea. On Nov. 30, 1888, a large vessel was seen from the beach at Deal, salling to- ward the Goodwin Sands. She was a { picture to look on as she moved over the waters with her stately spread of sails, But as the eyes of the 'watchers followed her she was seen to pause, and within a few seconds she vanished ut- terly from their view. What caused this tragically sudden disappearance of a stately ship? That is another of the countless secrets which the ocean has in its jealous keeping. -- LAWYERS MAKE FACES. Specialists, Especially Medical. Many soclety women, dressed in the very height of fashion, are studying the philosophy of Plato at Claridge's Hotel, London, where Dr. Emile Reich delivered his second lecture recently. The lecture was entitled *The Parti. cular and the General; the Individual | and the Soplety," and many and varied | were the subjects dealt with. One of | its most interestfig features was the belief expressed by Dr. Reich that pro- fessions make faces. "I find it very difficult to say whe- ther the lawyer's face is' growing more like that of a wolf or a fox, but it is certainly getting more animal-like," was one of the lecturer's statéments. "The general physiognomy of a Ro- man Catholic priest is different from khe general physiognomy of a Protes- tant priest, and, if the twd were dressed the same, you would be able easily to distinguish them," he continued, add- ing that a similar difference might be Seon in the faces of Oxford and Cam- bridge graduates. The man who endeavors to be a "spe- olalist" in anything came in for severe criticism from Dr. Reich. "The specialist knows nothing, be- cause he does not generalize" he said, and then, referring to the medical spe- cialist who particularizes on the eye, the ear, hair or teeth, he added, "You will soon be going to a specialist for the right ear, and a specialist for the jane ear. . And you will lose your hear- ng." -------- Fruit As an Aid to Digestion. ' Dr. J. G. Sharp In The London Lan- cet calls attention to the very consid- erable digestive action of the Juiees of such common fruit as apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, ete. He states that jhe fruit acids combine with the iron in proteid foods and enable the blood to take it up; hence meat and fruit are the proper die: for anaemia. The ferments contained in many com- mom fruits, as well as in the pine- apple, give them considerable digestive power of a nature similar to that pos. sessed by the pancreatic juice. To ob- tala the best therapeutic results from frult Dr. Sharp recommends that it be | eaten at the end of the chief meal. All tinned fruits are lacking in this diges. tive power, since the high temperature preceding the canning kills the fer: ments, - : ko. & VANISH rst whit e0co COMPANY. There are few things which are so full of mystery or which make such a { appeal to the. imagination as'! the stories of ships that sail gallantly ' Pastime with good company I love and shall until I die. Grudge who will, but none deny; So God be pleased this life will I For my pastance, hunt, sing and dance, My is set. All goodly sport to my comfort 'Who shall, who shall me let? Youth 'will have needs dalliance} Of good or ill some pastance. Company niethinketh best All thoughts and fancies to digest, For idleness is chief mistress Of 'vices all. Then who can say but pass the Is best of all? . ; Company with honesty » Is virtue, and vice to flee. Company is good or ill, But ev'ry man hath his good will Tae best I sue, the worst eschew, My mind shall be. Virtue to use, vice to refuse; I shall use me. , --Old English Song. PUPIL TEACHER'S RING. Wore it In School Room and Ordered to Take It Off. * The London Dally Mail asks an in- teresting question: Is the wedring of an engagement ring a sufficiently grave offence to warrant the dismissal of a pupil teacher? The local Educa- tion Committee of Rotherham, near Sheffield, appears to think so. Miss Mabel Turner, an attractive girl of eighteen, has for some time past been receiving. instruction at the local Pupil Teachers' Centre. With the consent of her parents, she became engaged on Jan, 18 and attended class wearing her engagement ring. The next day she was called up by the headmistress, Miss Hodge, and ordered 'to take off the ring. "lI naturally protested," said Miss Turner. "As she insisted, I consulted my parents, who upheld me, On Jan 24 1 was sent for by Mr. Howarth, the principal of the teaching centre, and told that as I had disobeyed the orders of the headmistress I must remain at home until the matter was settled. "The next step was to summon my father and myself to a committee meet- ing, where he was not allowed to speak In my defence, I was then told by the chairman of the committee that 1 must apologize," Her parents refused ko allow her to apologize, Although the local officials decline to give their view until the matter has been considéred by the central educa- tion authority, the principal of the cen- tfe sald that, as a considerable sum of money .is spent in training young teachers, pupils "should not be allowed to flaunt engagement TINY Whefl non. and best selected hops,. They are very nally studying for a scholastic career." » . ro. In London schools the marriage of a D€althful and aid digestion. Labatt's pupil teacher terminates her agreement. But while an engagement is discounten- anced on the ground of the youth of the pupil teachers and the fact that it lg likely to cause them to abandom their profession after having received a spe- clal training at the public expense, a teacher would not be dismissed or sus- pended for that reason alone. Several London pupil teachers are at this mo- ment wearing engagement rings. BACK TO OLD LIFE. *' Australian Natives Never Retain Habits of the Whites. In Western New South Wales and Western Queensland, Australia, black aboriginal stockmen are common. Many of the landholders have inter- ested themselves in the training of the young aborigines, teaching many of em to read and write, and bringing hem up side by side with the white children. The result has not been very encouraging. Says a writer: "I hava known several instances where abori- ginal babies of both sexes were taken completely away from their people and brought up in a white family, They were taught various accomplishments, and spoke English'just as well as the white youngsiers. But invariably, on the first opportunity, they relapsed in- to barbarism, and soon the only trace of their upbringing that remained to them was their faultless English. One native girl whom I knew was kept im a refined white home until shejwas 183 then, getting word of a native camp a few miles away, she stole off to it, In the list of necessaries for cam PETER'S MILK CHOCOLATE. food, irresistibly delicious and wholes butter. Lamont, Corliss & Co., 27 Common Street, DEIVRVOE MITEL DE ©PO000 OEBEER500695 000000y The Woman with the Telephone can depend upon SHREDDE WHEAT Send for the "Vital Question Cook Bock," postpaid. 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Evangelines and when found she was sitting in a RR AAAI III ON 'mia-mia' (native hut), with her clothes FINANCE AND INSURANCE 3 all discarded and a possum rug wrap- $ A -- A -- 3 Ped round Be. i 3 os Se If Y Ww nt a Home : "Undoubtedly the best black stock- N f ; J man that I ever knew fell away in the - CUSTOMS BROKER " ou 3 % same fashion. He had been brought up from a baby in a white family, and was noted for his scrupulous cleanliness Oliver, will be carried on in his talk with and dandyish care for his clothes. On offics, 79 Clarence streste George Zeigler, "EAL ESIATE horseback he could hold his pwn easily G.A. BATEMAN eorge IEP, &iNstkaNcH with the best men on the station. "I left the station just then, and, re- turning three years later, I pulled up at an old 'mia-mia' to question the oc- cupants about the route. Beginning in the usual pigeon English, I am amaz- ed when the half naked, dirty and un- The business of the Iaté CO: G. Who for the last flve years has been associated with Mr, Oliver. Moriey to Loan Or Insurance, have a 57 Brock Street. ane FOR SALE AAHAACAASIASIR EE ¥ kempt native who was sitting in the 3 g a-Jarge A General Store doing ¥ ashes replied in first-class English. As & Mel iness i mart village, in ¥ his voice seemed familiar I looked at Melntyre ntyre Ee I tomtict, For particulars + him more closely. 'Why, surely you're :: BARRISTERS = rh to 7. J. LOCKHA 3 arty, from Yaleor a Same 2 Ki Street Ki to Real Estate Agent, 159 Wellinz® @ s oolly replied. 'Soon af- reet : : : : 2c 0 ter you left I married a girl of my own ng : +o BIDgsion | on st, Kingston. i. 3 color and took to the old life' And ICIS ISI ROI BLIGE hr he kept to 1t w 5) 3 HAG FSIS ------------------ eet Old Curiosity Shop. Many of the Curiosity shops planted in the back streets of most country towns In England are kept up by large | } Londoa firms, who, from a prolonged | study of human nature, have discover- i ed that people who are shy of buying old furnituré or old silver in Bond street or Piccadilly are ready and eager purchasers of precisely the same objects at a rather higher price when they come upon them in the back Streets of a country town. ; Moans as Medicine. 4 The Lancet, the leading medical pa- per, of London, has been discussing "The Language of Moans." Says that publication: "There is no doubt that there are considerable mental comfort and relief obtained from a series of long drawn sighs during a period of sorrowful depression or from noisy Church's ALABASTINE is as simple to prepare and to use as it 15 superior to other wall 'coverings. Just : with cold water, and tli§ PERFECT, EVERLASTING WALL COATING 1s ready for decorating. ALABASTINE The Sanitary Wall Coating It hardens with age. 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We ha around us and some fro but no one helped | The eczema Wis som and the doctors said if case they ever saw. At body and face were cov feet. 1 had to bandag arms; his scalp was used many kinds of | before try ing tlie Cutict 0 no avai are friend teased me At last 1 consented, was three years am old, having had eczem and suffering untold mi | three of the Cul ura Soap hel t. He wa six month him the Cu r, -- using tw - and always w for bathing, and He was four j , and his s o publish this alway s glad to do gao think I have told you gary to tell" Oct. 24, 1905. Mrs. R. and Intern = 10 Scrofu ern Univer Londen, sa "t.is a important t that the ph can confiden commend a ¢ brand, as one possesses in § nent a degr your » Wilso Invali Por has, all the b tonic effer good, sound along with t tract of Cin Bark, which of our very tonics." The Rich, F Creamy La BABY'S OW) leaves the skin Smooth and sw every time it i gives renewed d ALBERT SOAP! 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