"3 SEL? 3 F we sometimes get « back Sovereign shells from novices with the complaint that we left out the kick. "They contain Empire smokeless powder with slight recoil: The primers are 80 sensitive and power- ful that they refluce miss- fire or hang-fire to the vao- ishing point. ! For all makes of arms. Costs i seen Do bre birder Co., Lad, Montreal. DOMINION AMMUNITION -------- A nnd CURE Sendaghie relioyoall the tronbies nek to a Bilious stats of the system, such a8 Natses, Drowsiness, Distress aftes Pain in the Bide, ko. While their moss ucooss hing been shown la curing Behe they wonld bealmost priceless to those whe ung this distressing complaint; but fortue Bately thei * goodness does notend hers,and those them will ind these little pilin val in 00 pany ways that they will not be wil todo wighout them. But after allah head ACHE $0 0ho ban ov so many lives that hors fa where 'We make our great boast. Our pillacure it while donot, 20 Carter's Little Liver Pilla aro very small and . easy 10 taka. One or two pills makes dosa, arm strictly vegetable and do not gripe os but by their gentle action please sll od . I» vislaat 23 conte ; five for $1. Erin is iain ctte by mally yr MEDICINE CO., Now Yorly = ~ U5 bol Dos Small Pri the same. The same choice " Onitari6 'and Manitoba wheat--milled' the same-- "and blended in exactly the is why . Beaver Flour always gives the same results--and isalways ily warmed people notto Deans lg es 40 hig oo m, or similar poisons. And now-g lit ongress mys Fut iton the at are in your Cough Mixture." Go | od I Hereafter for thisvery reason Shou id insist on having Dr, 0 d nove in the medicine, else it must he label. And it's not only safe, but by those that know is best, a i Fig ough remedy. Tuke nochance then, th your children. Insist on having Cough Compare earefuily the in Duarte, them) o marks t ! You can on the sufn side by demand a S284 3 A ~~ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1 TWO-STORY COTTAGE OF BUNGALOW Designed by Charles S. Sedgwick, Architect, Minneapolis, Minx. TYPE ----r gpa--------------- This hovse has all the advantages of a good two-storey house, with full, square ceiling rooms in the second storey, a broad frontgge and the treatment of the exteMor on the bungalow order, with low-pitched roof sloping toward the front, the main roof carried out and over a broad; liberal piaga, with wide-spreading eaves, giving all of the cozy cottage appearance of the much-admired Calis fornia bungalows. The second storey rooms are amply lighted with good windows 'in the side gables. and wide, projected dormer windows in the front and rear, well sheltered from sun amd raip, with wide, projected rogis. Thesgegeral treatment is syns metrieul, with a central vestibule en- | | | { | | | | moth & | to compel an marks on Dr. Shoo % | t This 'vestibule may be omitted the* trance in southgry or warm sections of country, Ther ytajrway ix eentral, leading up to 'the decond storey opposite the main entrance, with windows on the stair landing, making the upper and lower stairway Jight and quite cheer- ful.- The, secofi@lrey hall being cen tral brings the 'edtrance to all the rooms convenient. At #hd right of the stairs in the first storey, a stair- way leads with steps down to the platiorm of basement stairs and rear outdoor exit, the same platform being reached by steps from the kitchen, and from this platform the stairs extend to the basement under the main stairs, The large livigg-room, at the left of the stairway, and no 'waste room in halls, the main entrance, is thirteen DUR--DEAD * LETTERS i What Bysiness Management A Has Ace lished The 'Service Re- volutionized--Cobweb Methods Swept OWt@M Sight. Torfitty Tollrany um 138-The Post Office De- partment Canada is one of the de: partments of the Dominion Govern- ment that it is generally admitted by the pegple at large gives good value for the money that is expended on its up- keep. Foes years it worked as a f-sleepy section of the ation, doing its duty their duty, but with nthusiasm to change a fl to a rail mail line unity for such a 'move It was a department stagey governed by al who took but little ork, and by deputies that werer rvative in the im- provehont | sorvice that it al Post lied spt wet of Parliament fem to change from the the electric-bulb proce- interest. an allow-dip to dure, Prior to Sir William Mulock's time as PMG, and Dr. Conlter's time as D.P.M.Gi there never was a Post. master-General or Deputy who would listen to advice or take a suggestion from an outsider. No; the beaten rut that had served the P.M.G"s of long ago was good enough for their fore- fathers, and wis therefore good enough for them. They were satisfied with the old corduroy roadway, and would sooner jog along that kind of canseway than speed along asphalt. : Until the 'entry ot Sir William Mu- lock "intq "the ofice of ] with his Depigty, Dr. Coulter, deficits were zlwdys a feature in the annual wind-up of thé year's business, but after Sir William Mulock grasped the reing, enferprisé was the distinguishing characteristic of the department, deficits disappeaved like snow before the summer sun. + Sir William Mulock was succeeded ty' the Hon. Rodolphe Lem- jeux, and-his work has been of the same excellent ¢haracter as that of his pre- decessor. The deficit. om thre accession of Sir William Mulock to office was nearly $1.000,000. It was reduced and turned mto a surplus of over $1,000000 last year in the face 6i'a very great decrease mn the rates 'of 'postage. TWO-CERT EMPIRE RATE. In 1808 the rate on letters between Camada and Ei d was reduced from to 2 cents per 1* 4 domedtic rate of 3 'cents per -ounce was r ounce, 'and 'the' Tnited States and from 3 $ per ounce to 2 cents per ey vo ! a: in post. to Sir not, ulock's aceession to. office, in- feet by twenty-five feet six inches, with a broad fireplace in the dentre and the beam ceiling. The dining: room opens to the right of the en- trance, with sliding doors. The kit- shen is back of the dining-room, and donnects with the same through the pantry with, two doors, the kitchen heing provided with recessed refrigera- tor, accessible from a rear porch. The main piazza, across the front, is designed to have a cement or tile floor, and the entire piaza or a por- tion of it; may be screened in. The cost of this house, exclusive of heat- ing and plumbing, is estimated at $3.: 0, the first~storey being finished in Washington fir or hard pine and stain- ed, the floor of plain oak, stained; the serond storey in soft wood, painted The roof lwing there is not large attic space; there is, however, low, ment, and which has always yielded a deficit vf nearly $100,000, The Dead Letter system which was centralized at Ottawa was decentralized and offices established in the leading cities in every portion of the Dominion whereby dead letter matter can be hand- led on.theé ground within a few hours which formerly took days and weeks to dispose of. . The Postal Note system which aims at giving a convenient method of cir- culating small amounts throughout the spuniry, asgreat benefit and convenience to the farming and business community, by the Department for the convenience of the public The Money Order business has been h was alsocene of the advantages added | ample room for storage purposes that can be so used if desired. The base ment ig under the entire house, with ample room for furnace, and fuel, laundry, vegetable cellars, ete. At the estimated cost the house is designed to be of irame eonstruction, either sides on the outside or shingled, At small additional cost the exterior could he covered with metal lath and cemented with a rough 1 "pebble-dash" finish, This would give |a very attractive appearance. The ad- {ditional €nst woulil not he larce. If | the exterior was veneered with a cood | quality of brick, it would add about | 8400 to the cost. A very pleasing {feature in the exterior treatment is the stone chimney, designed to be faced up with native field or bowlder, stone: il built of brick, there would he ga slight saving in the cost. SECOND FLOOR PLAN saying that the policy of 'the Depart- ment which has brought about this happy result, wed chafged "a deficit of {nearly $1,000,000 ints a surplus of nearly {one million and a quarter for the last | year, must have been characterized by | careful management and good business | methods, | Ordinary Statements that are con- | tained between the covers of depart- { mental blue books 'are, as a general | rule, uninteresting reading, but aot so | with the figures 'which show inn way { the active life. of the Post Office De- | partment, | WORK OF THE DEAD LETTER RRANCH. { The Dead-Letter Office is an import- ant part of the service, and returns completely overhauled, remodelled and | Showing the 'large number of articles brought up to the demands of modern | Féceived at the Dead Letter Office, and conditions, and although the rates on | undeliverable from 'offices abroad and P.M.G., along money orders have been materially re- duced, the close business management of the branch, the extension of facilities to the public and the cutting out of red tape and the establishment of pure business methods have changed a de- ficit which existed in former years, ever siice its inception, into a handsome surplus -at the present time. Formerly all money orders from one country to another had to be transmitted through international money order exchange offices. This often led to grievous in- convenience and delay. The Depart- ment by negotiating with some twelve foreign countries has abolished the in- ternational exchange offices, as far as these countries are concerned, 'and made arrangements by which a money order issued in Canada is transmitted direet to the office of payment, and vice versa This is specially convenient for people doing . business between the United States and Canada. INCREASE IN POST OFFICES. The number of Post Offices has been increased from 9,103 mn 1806 to 11,493 at the end of 1907, and a very large in- crease has taken place since. ' Money Order, Postal Notes, Savings Bank offices have been operied in all directions The Railway Mail Service has been developed and extended without stint and a very material increased frequency ranted to most of the ruml routes. he number of miles of anuoual travel has been increased by some 12,234.211 miles or an increase of some 40. per cent. So that whilst this happy condition has been brought about as regards the financial status of the Department, it has not in any case been brought about by a penurious policy, as the same en- terprise has characterized the policy of the Department in all directions; the service has been generally extended, and every reasonable demand of the public for increased facilities has been met. The letter carrier service, which was previously confined to cities, has now lation of 12000 and a revenue of $20,- 000, and mo doubt in the near future the Tequi ements on which this service ise ished will be reduced and the service extended. has also now a hill Departmen before the House for the reduction of the drop létter rate, where the letfer RC ane Sh owas to ane t ng ut the length and breadth of the land a universal drop letter rate of one cent P When iti considered, therefore tha itis that fhis Jatinisctiey Seancial condition of riment been brought about 34 been extended to all towns with a popu-| from offices in Canada for the nine months ending jist March, 1908, will | surprise readers ;-- | The number 6f ordihary ar- | ticles received from Geeat | Bgtain, the British Col- omes, and foreign countries $ as undeliverable in those countries J... The number of ordimary arti- cles received from post offi- ces in Canada, which the postmasters were unable to deliver, T',, . ig. yivaias The number of registered ar- ticles which were undelive ered, whether of foreign or Canadian origin, including the number on hand nndis- posed of last year ie number of letters, un- registered, found to contain value, including those re- maining over and urfls- disposed of from last year. , 1,158,607 6873 1.381.365 Then another part of the return shows the immense number of letters returned to Great Britain, the British Colonies and foreign countries, u total of 214,282, of which 6,056 were segis- tered. This item is followed by the num- ber of books, post cards and registered letters returned to writers. The fig- ures show that an immense amount of mail matter has to be landled and re- handled from' the time it leaves the sender's hand till, 'for some good and sufficient reason, it finds its" way into the Dead Letter Office, to be returned to its writer, or destroyed after every effort has been made to deliver to the address given. 'Here 1s the list :-- Ped letters Jetuned 10 Great ritain, colonics . a i countries . (ncinding istered) .. S, cards, etc, and foreign origin .« 85.319 Registered letter: (includ; foreign) re writers': 12,438 Registered letters failed of de- reg .s wes 21 British livery to writers fusal to a . address, éte. (nov 3 ' ered bra ed to writers... '.. Jattens. (he value) failed very, Letters "of Dead Drdin of doe 6474 : a tn Letter Office <..:.. .. Jetters returned dead > a" 908. msn to Government departments... 2843 Ordinary dead letters, unsigned { and unmarked, destroved ....147,253 Ordmary dead letters wm dead { letter branches, March 31, 1907. 3.7541 Returned dead letters disposed of 30,0101 Dead samples forwarded or re- { turned to senders Dead samples disposed of...... Dead post cards, parcels, books, etc, forwarded or returned to senders ,.. ... Dead post cards, etc, disposed o 544.56 a8 Jonh, books, sins sinsiB 7 Dead post cards, parcels, books, etc, remaining mn dead letter branches BE COMPARISON WITH U. 8S The figures given compare very fa- | vorably with those of the dead letter! branch of the United States Post Of- | fice, which serves a population of 75.- | 000,000, as against a Canadian popula- | tion of 6,000,000. A return lately pub- | lished in Washington shows that of | 1,053,602 pieces of mail matter received | in the dead letter office during March, | more than 600,000 were returned to the | senders, breaking all records for this! division. The postal experts employed in the | dead letter division ot the United States | are selected from the city post offices | and the railway mail service. The av- | erage number of letters refurned by | each clerk in the division daily during | March was 409, while for February the average was 308. Some of the clerks | maintained a daily average of Boa letters during March, and one clerk deciphered the names and addresses of 016 letters and returned them to the writers in the course of ome day's work. 4 Loughboro Township Council. Sydenham, May 25.--Court of revi- sion met at 10 a.m., and made the following changes and additions to the roll F. Guess, business assessment reduced $100; William Guthrie and Wesley Johnston, reduced 8125 each : G. M. McDonnell assessed for Wj 22. 7th. Added to roll : Daniel Woodruff, tenant; Harvey Reats, Oc; John Ho Jan, tenant; Dumcan Reid, F. 3; Geo. Whalen, Uc; Austin, M.,; . Henderson, Si Donnell, F.8. James Shearer, M.F.; Ernest Randall and Wesley Randall, M.F.. C, Nelles, tenant; D, dnd George Nelles, MF. : C. Campbell, M.F.; J. Prethrow, F.| S.; H. and D. Timms, M.F.. Earl] Young, F.8.; Henry Johnston, F.S.. Herman Johnston, MF. Moved, Or ser-Leeman, that the roll as revised be adopted.--Carried. Council met for regular business at p-m., the minutes of former meet ing were amended by adding to the motion re statute labor, "and all statute labor on lands adjcining country road be expended on road, and this motion to be consider el a by-law."--Carried, Moved, lee man-Orser, that all statute labor not performed by August 15th, shall be charged $1 per day and collected with the taxes.--Carried. Moved, leeman Orser, that H. Martin be given the contract to build 100 feet of cement walk opposite the high school, walk to be five feet wide, and built in a first class manner at the price of 90c per running foot, council to furnish necessary plank.--Carried. Voted: Wil liam Guthrie, $10 to repair road near his place. Accounts paid: John Free man, culvert on Norway road, $2; Thomas Trousdale, repair eulvert near Cold Spring, $1.50; Allen Collins, re pair culverts on Portland boundary, $1. By-law confirming appointment of township officers was passed and the council adjourned to meet at 2 p.m. Monday, July 7th. Geo, 9 Frock For Little Girl. A dainty little washable frock for a small gicl is here shown, the model being practical for various materials of the sort that can be laundered Gingham, cotton cheviot, percale or linen are all excellent for sueh simple little frocks, and the little dress is so made that it can be worn with or without a guimpe and undersleeves The model was in blue linen, with i mn- sertions « of white and blue embroid ery. At the end of the Edmonton Opera House regulations appears this para- graph: "Any old ladies afraid of taking cold, may keep on their hats or bonnets." Clothes do not make the mam, but a lot of men make clothes. said | To ay Es iin MRE -- Ent La SER La) fey RES SER | 3 A ---, - Fes a] a] 13 NS x "The Spring Bed' That Keeps Its Shape" If you have not slept on a "Banner" Spring Bed you don't know what solid comfort is. Guaranteed to please for a lifetime. This trademark on Mattresses, Spring Beds and Pillows guarantees absolute satisfaction. «+ T. F. 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