openly Jreityls 'priceless A SERIOUS ILLNESS : RELIEVED BY PE- RU-NA. ME WILLIAM HENDERSON,' Oralk, N. W. T., Can., writes: 1 "1 was troubled with very serious In<' ternal weakness, which exhausted me go that I feared I would lose my mind, "J suffered agony with my back, the pain extending down my left leg. The pain was so severe that I woyld fave, welcomed death ss a relief. ' #Peruna cured me of this toulop- #0 wonder I recommend it so highly, * "It will soon be two years since I found relief from the pain and not & #ign of it has returned. | «I am glad that there is a way i which I can speak of this, as many a sufferer may read my testimonial, and ot only read, but believe." Had Given Up All Hope. {" Mile. Albina Chauvin, No. 50 Rue Agnes. Bt, Henri, Montreal, Canadas,' writes: i ) "I consider Pernna better than any other remedy, as it cured me when noth' dng else could, | } "I suffered for years and years with iheart'trouble, headaches and weakness, iI 'never expected to find anything to ure me. "] tried Perunaand am entirely cured.", LAW ENFORCENENT WHAT A STRANGER RE- PORTS OF KINGSTON. The Liquor Laws Openly Violated in Kingston--Complains of the License Inspector--The Com- ments of the Pioneer. Pioneer, I'he . I he accompanying letter evidences a state of non-enforcement of the law whieh a disgrace to the pro- vince and the administration. The writer not Inv within a hundred miles .oi Kingston. Let us sup the actual facts are greatly ex: aggerated; yet the letter forth what was quite apparent to a singly casual obgerver, and he a stranger, If a tithe of it 1s substantial fact the conditions in Kingston are a disgrace Hero the letter written last Sun- day : Toronto is does pose sels 18 Ont., about July 12th, 1908.-- Travelling a great deal I have to live in hotels very considerably and often find thatt the licensing act is a dead letter as regards closing, parti cularly Saturday nights and on gnd® the law is Kingston 1 was night where wide open at half-past ancl during the latter hours scores of men went in and out of the bar. Also on Sunday morning a rush- ing business was done. 1 also saw two go into an hots) hingston, on Sundays. I violated in an hotel bar in the seven, on Saturday was policemen in uniform stay there a few minutes, come out gether, one wiping his lips. I pass- the mt of this same house and saw the bar wide open. This was at ten o clock this moruping. passed other hotels and heard men talking loudly and the lo of the glasses, I tried to look mside the bar but the window was curtained. 1 dg not know if the police ae to tnat the enforced. If there Ii- cense here then it not is actively employed, be- hotel here there ure no escapes ready in case of ed Ire required See law is Is a inspector does that he in lire show cause rope emery Kingston the other don sedm one ency. beyond all I: is wicked cities in the province. as if the ad- ministration of the lijucr law was in the the friends of the trade. In Chatham not lohg aga an inspec tor was appointed despite the qppesi- tion of the friends of temperance, who recommended for the position an ex- pevienced officer in whom they had contidence. A son or son-in-law of the man appointed has secared a license, and the inspector has resign ed. It remains to be seen whether or not the government will consider the wishes of the people who want the law 'enforced. One of Mr. Whitney's pledges before taking office was that he would divorce the administration of the license law. from He has not done it, and the result is thut in many places instead of heing a kar- rica lo - evil, the law is simply a screen for evil doers, not sometimes hands of now politics. Cameron, clerk in Moir's store, Araprior, cut his fin- Blood poisoning develop- but left James hardware ger on glass. ed, which the finger was finally cured, deformed. Pimples And Disfiguring Blotches. They great cure place a only many disadvantage a blood girls at I'he young in life. puritier like Ferro cleanses the crimson flobd poisons and impurities, renews and thens if. and makes lots of ved corpuscles that manifest their pres- by a rutldy, healthy glow, builds broken-down constitutions and weak, sickly women an abund- ance of vitality, energy and heauty I'ry Ferrosone, it's all right. Prige per box, six boxes for £2.60, druggists, or N. C. Polson & Co., Ont, in one. It of streaygr ence up gives 8 spirits, 50¢. at Kingston, or GITY DOME] IN RUINS a (C oa tina X tom | page 2.) Tens gud tons of water were poured in: to the tower to keep the blaze irom spreading, apd this water wid grént dageid. to all parts of the barding. Every ceiling, every floor, every, wall, room, recéived a terrible soaking. Scores of men were! at work in different parts of the buildifig, tgging to keep the water from touching: any valuable things and they succeded very well. The rooms, Just below the tower, oécupied by, Jolin Ballantyne, are a total wreck from water and smoke, and muck of his furmturé is lost, in fact all he resc) ued was a sofa, a few carpets, Tsome chairs, besides the wearing appar of : his family. Many were arognhd to aid Mr. Ballantyne jn get- ting his goods out but finally th: water tame too fast for them and they Bad to stop. On' the mext floor, in the City and Ofitarig + + Halls, where some of the treasures are stored, many men were at work before four a'clockg dn the City Hall, the first they « wads to take down all the pictures {rom the walle and pile them in ay Where the water could not reach them, and if the fire spread, they. colild be easily takém out. The water poured into the hall from half a dozen gources, and soon the foor was submerged. All the pictures were removed without any being damaged, Hut thé water caused great havoc ®ith the walls and floor. In Ontario hall it was the sme way, only not quite so rasich - water got: in. The water poured down the stairs from the tower, tothe collar, like a miniature Niagara Falls, and jn! places it went down with such force. that could not walk against it. in every one City Officials Busy. The city officials on the grouml floor were not neglected by the water in its visit aroimd the building. On the main floor the water was sometimes three and four inches deep, dnd was spread FIRE CHIEF JOHN ELMER., office in. the building. Men with augers were soon busy boring holes in the floor along the hall, ana in the othees to let the water run away, but not betore it had rumed or badly damaged everything it came in contact with. All the time the water was causing the trouble down stars, Chief Elmer and a handful of me, | were putting up a strong fight on the! roof to keep the blaze from geting down into the offices. In the treasury department many things of value were removed to places from the. wa ter and s&mgke. I'he floor here was flogded, causing considerable damage the nk ot British North America did not get off without its share and it will cost quite a sum to repair the damage by water to the ceiling and walls of the bank. Away down in the cellar of the building, the, water came through like 5 sieve. The offices and dwellings below there were flood ed, a# much as six inches of water be- ing 1n certain parts, Bank Messenger | Stafiord had much his belongings ruined. Every available buildin: was in use. is always in the building use and gave excellent Up the main entrance, through the stairs the top Foor, two Hines of hose were run and were kept play- ing on the of the tower con tinually. Streams were played the chief op the building from all direc tions. 10, much praise cannot Le given to the two men off Calvin's tug Fronte- nac who climbed the ladders to the top of the building and avrded in putting out the fire with the hos: from the boat. As soon as this hose was put on it made quite. a difference. The two men from the boat wereab- solutely fearless, going right up Jdnto the mouth of the fire with their hose. In the police station quite a differ ent scene is presented than ever be- fore in mgny years. The water came from the ceiling from the walls, and in fact it came so fast for a few min- utes that one could not tell where it was oming from. Everything was put out that was needed or would be needed gtd covered over ready to car- ry out at once if the occasion re- quired it. The police station also seem- ed to be the favorite spot to store things. as many things were carried there from all parts of the building. over every safe done of foot of hose in the All the hose that was put in satisfaction. to inside by long { which iple go up into that living hell for graceful, as smart and attractive as the dome on the main building with the pepper pot cuppla was tame. When that fine market building 'was firee! by an incendiary, who chose a storiny night the better to make his job sure, he did King®ton an irrepar- able injury. 'Ihe fire brigade was wenk, and not only the lotty square building, but the long range of cham- bers was burnt. The city was fortu- nate in having the destruction stay- ed ever there, and should hold in re spect the memory of the late Chief Devlin, who as branchman of the old Deluge company, stood indomitably in the very path of the flames amd fought them inch by inch. The issue of further spread lay in dbubt for two hours, but Devlin won out in the only way he could have won--hy per- sonal courage and no surremtler, The writer has a vivid remembrance of that sad burping. He was one of the people attentling a Shakespearian perforinance in the'city hall, by the late John Townsend, then a resident of Kingston, with'a family large en- ough and sufffeiently tale ntetl to fill six leading réles. " An alarm came only a' few minutes before flames burst ou! 'of the windows of the print- ing office, on the second story of the King street extension, the city thus paying dearly for its commercialism in renting a valuable public block for the sake of a few dollars of revenue. There were ther but two fire engines in the brigade, the Deluge and the Viatoria, worked by hand. And they were 'well worked upon that occasion, the citizens being impressed to help, as was the custom of those days, en- forces by fire and police officers, But the fire hath a start which made the battle hopeless even wegp there not a wild snowstorm which fanned the flames, it seempd, as never before. They shot up like streaks of the aurora of a northern sky. The .drop- ping of the stone tower into the midst of the fire wgs a sensatipnal view, and an involuntary shout, a real pang of sorrow, went from the vast crowd. The building was not replaced, he cause it was noti needed, and the shambles were rebuilt for only about half their former length, but in an architectural sense the market square was robbed of its redeeming feature. Will the city council of 1908 be hig enough to be recognized as the sue- cespors of the public spirited men of the forties ? Will they have the spirit and independence to go to London or Boston to really great architects in the hest centres, and procure a plan that will be an improvement uppn the old dome ? Or will local favor and political conditions keep us in the old rut ? The planning of a tower in the most' diffiult of professional work, and the best is none too good for Kingston's central building. It takes no bread from local architect to pro- eure an outside plan. He gets his compiseion all the same. 9 Visit To The Ruins. ' burned tower was visited, Sa- The turday gorning, by large numbers of One can imagine the heat to thé men inside the tower were wheh the large copper- melted over hali away. done was not on the where the people the inside. people. supyected bronze bell All the work outside of the roof, could it, but was on All the men were up there in that furnace for over two hours and the only thing that kept them alive was the cooling effect of the streams play- ing on the tower from the outside. The fire had got down between the flooring at the base of the tower and was sireading around when the fire- men got there, but they succeeded in holding it. Had it got the start of them they would never have held it. A United States fireman, who witnessed the fire, said it was the finest cut off he had ever seen, and hg was strong in, his praise of Chief Elmer and his men. 'Let these peo- a few minutes with burning timbers and molten metal falling around them and they will all quiet," said the man. "You have as game a bunch of fire eaters as any other town," Assistant Chief Stratiord and men J. Hall and Smith, were on duty all night, and several times they had to put on the hose to stop the smouldering Harry Newman, an old callman, but now employed in Winnipeg, was in the city at the time of the fire and did excellent see Fire- | work. ------ Notes Of The Fire. The people throngzed around the building, held their breath many times as the men on the roof seemed in im- mediate danger of their lives Large pieces of timber weighing hun- dreds of pounds and sheathed in flame would break away from the high tow- se and come crashing down on to the main roof and then onto the pave ment, 'More than once the men on the roof were struck, but managed to hold on, When they were falling fast on the outside of .the tower, one can im- agine what it was doing on the side... Chief Elmer was hit three times by falling . timber, and one him on the head and neck, caused severe pain, but the chief stuck it out. For one to stand down on the walk and watch the men outsde the tower pour water on it, and say "why don't they get). up closer ?" $ eapy, but if nine out of every ten of the critics were given J the chance they could not get half as lose to the fire To one who has not been in tit is hard to realize the § sensation, when one climbs up the stairs into clouds and clouds of smoke. That makes the eves swollen 'and red, makes the throat losing Books, records, furniture and clothes were piled in the station from all} sources. The men worked with a will | all afternoon, in all parts of the fire doing al! they could to help the fire-| fighters. The water ang smoke filled the Island market, but was put out before any damage was done, to amount to anything. | ce Had Big Men Then. * A leading citizon remarked friend, on Thursday, that the town of Kingston, in the forties, less than 4,000 people, had biz men, , bigger. than it now possesses, or it would mot have Lad attained the ele- gant municipal builtling that it pos. sesses, and which lost its fihest orna-| ment in the disasteous fire early in the sixties. * The = Phposing ™ square building which lined King street, beautiful proportions, and the clock | tower surmounting it was lofty and to 2 littde | of and contents dry and hot, and make one feel as if he could not keep control of himself. There is just the smoke, then one sws darts of flame, like a huge sword, shooting out in all d§rections. One hits your coat and leaves a mark, another hits your face or hair, and leaves a good mark. These and many other wirse things have the firemen got to ht in"a fire like the one vesterday, nd every thing should Le taken into « ronsideration. The insurance on the city buildings was only £22500, Of this amount $15,000 was on the building, and £7,500 on the contents. There was $1,000 insurance on the | clock. Pr.' Vincent Dalev, who for some years was a fireman, donned the rubber coat and helmet a quarter of had an hour after the fire broke out, and was one of the men who held a line of hose on the roof of the east wing. (Continued from page 3.) The engagement is announced of Dr. George R. Randall, of South Milwau- kee; a graduate Queen's, and son of Captaih' and es. John Randall, and Miss mma Jylia Kpieck, daugh- ter of Mr. and rs, M, Knieck, of South Milwaukee. The marriage wid take place in 8 3 > we. Miss 'Kate Smellie was hostess at a high tea, at the Country Club, yes- terday, in Honor of Miss M son, of Conway. Those present were Mrs. J. D. Craig, Miss Mildred Oooke, Miss Bessie | 'Smythe, Miss Lillian Kent, Miss Loretta. and Miss' Jrene Swift, Miss Jean Duff, Miss Bessie Dowsley, Miss Aileen - Mulloy, Miss Kathleen O'Hara, Mr. Geoffrey O'Hara, and Mr. James Swift. Miss Alice. Kearns, who has been having a very pleasant visit with Mrs, F. C. Lockett, Stuart street, left for Toronto today, Mrs. James Hideo, Gore street, has gone up to visit Migs Mair, of Toron- to, at the Golia Hotel, Muskoka. Miss T. Leavitt, of "Brockville, has been in town this week. Mrs. George Harcourt, of Hamilton, has been spending a few days, this week, with her cousin, Miss Etta Cal- laghan, Garden Island. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Empey, of Ot- tawa, and Miss M. A, Walsh, are stay- ing at "The Avonmore." Miss JEthelwyn Lomcks, Barrie street, is expected back from Oriental Island, Bree'ville, today, or on Mon- day. . > > oe Miss Herchmer of. Belleville, is the in- hit » i guest of her sister, Mrs. C. F. Gilder- sleeve, King street. . A witty member of the Croquet club 'was, yesterday, heard comparing. | her sisters in the game ta Nero, who fiddled when Rome was burning. Play was going 'on while the pride of the city was, being humbled, and the time of the city being devoured. Needless to say the good ladies, unlike the Caesar of the famous story, were in blissful ignorance of the calamity. Mr. Arthur Yates and his Mrs. Vere Hooper, Princess with Miss. Dorothy Hooper, terday, for St. Paul, Minn., Captain and 2s. Sart - Miss Nore Hughes, Brock street, returned to-day after a month's visit with friends in Battersea. Miss Norma Reid and Miss Bertha Mahood left, to-day, on the steamér Toronto for Toronto, Buffalo and Niagara Falls op a two weeks' visit with friends. Dr. Edward Ryan and his boys are camping at Loughbora Lake, and Mrs: Ryan and Miss Kathleen will probably - join them: on Tuesday. Iveryhody « will be very pleasdd to hear that Master Hugh Ryan's acci- dent, thought a nasty one, was not so serious as reported, and he has not had to have an amputation of the finger, joint. party, street, lett, to ves- vigit - oe Mrs. George Webster, Rockwood hos- pital, expected to go down, this even- ing, to Tremont Park, to voin Miss Muriel Webster. Miss Etta street, is spending her friends on Wolfe Island. Miss Maud Rush, of Peterboro, the guest of her aunt, Mrs. S. Winch, Rockwood hospital. Mrs. Edwin R. Rogers, of Torgnto, has been a guest of Mrs. Rfan, at "Rockwood House," this week. She returned home, to-day. ' -- Dr. and Mrs. from Liverpool, on the Empress of Britain, and are bringing with them from England lit- tle Miss Trizie Gill, of 66 Earl street. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pillar and son left, on Friday, for their home, in Santa Rbsa, Cal., after spending six very pleasant weeks with the former's mother, Mrs, Pillar. Miss 'Maggie Sallivan, Barrie spent the last two weeks at Kpen's, Oates. Miss Mollie Koen, Friflav and Saturtlay in this city. Mrs. W. L. Molarland, of Markdale. and baby, are spending a ¥honth with Mrs. MeFurland"s mother, Mgs. R. J. MeDowall, Princess street. > - > Mr. W. I. McFarland, Markilale; Mr. Hamilton, Toronto, and Mr. Rob- ert McDowall left, yesterday, ih Mr. MpDowall's launch, for New York and Perth Amboy, via the Hudson. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ford an their little girl, "of Minneapolis, have been staying with Mrs. Walter Connell, at "Qneenscote."' They went, to-day, to rey Mgs. H. W. Richardson, Stuart street, a vifit, Mise Phyllis Ramsren, of Port Hbpe, is expected, to-morrow, to visit Mrs. Robert Crawiord, Barrie street. Mr. and Mrs. J. Richmond, Winni- peg, are in the city on a visit to friends Grimshaw, Division holidays with - 18 street, James of Oates, spent visiting friends > 00. Mrs.) Richard, Cartwright from Napanee. Mrs. H. A. White returned, to-day, to Hamilton, frpm_ her «visit to her sister, Mrs... D. E. Mundell, Brock street. Mrs. Arthar wer Mareh will mptor up to onway, to-morrow, takidg Miss M. Neilson back with her. Miss Neilson has been feted a goo] deal, in a very informal 'little daring her week here. Mie Anna Rigney, Miss Bessie Dpwsley ang Mis Freme Swiit, are go- ing for alittle summer outing to Mr. Timothy Rigney's island, on the Ri- deau. _ Miss "Lian Kent, George street, went out to the Carcuthers' farm to- day. down is - eo. Mes. Ramsay - Dufi, Princess street, left, today, for Queber, where she will join De. Duff, and together they will: tick: the Saguenay trip. ° Miss' Edith Pepse; King street, will go up to Toronto, on Montlay, to vidit Mr. and Mes. Herbert, Pense. Miss Kitty Betis returned to Lbu- don, ou yesterday and Miss Constance Forneri are camping at Riverside Park, west of Ottawa. Miss M. Low, whp has been jn Re- gina, for some time, is home again, anil is with-her people on Earl street. Mr. William Low is down in Quebec at present. Mr. Joseph Walkem, who is visiting his son, Mr. H. Walkem, in Halifax, is having a' delightful visit. All sorts of gaieties are claiming him for their owh, and. he is enjoying them all. ' a Mre. James Cotter, Alfred street, is hpme from Montreal, but Miss Annie Cbtter was unable to come up jost now, as she intended. Charles Fortesche is -with his mpther, for his: holidays, and Mr. George Fortesope, who was so seri ouply ill, is almost well and is walk- ing about, Mr; and Mrs. R. Maitland Hanna- ford have gone out from Montreal to their summer cottage at Lachine. - - - Miss Mabel Macdonell and her sis ter, Miss Mildred, of Brooklyn, N.Y. are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. ©. 'Macdonell, Brock street. Lr is PITH OF THE NEWS. / The Very Latest Culled From All . Over The World. Crazed by the heat an Albany man killed himseli after trying fo shoot his wife. The Prince of Wales, to-day, visited the agsembled warships in Quebec har- hor, At Pbrt Arthur, Ont., tions point to a busy fall marine trade, Troops fired on hands, in Bombay, killing five wounding forty-three. The dead letter office, Ottawa, is being flooded with letters bearing only4 half of a ter-ventemary stamp. An insane Newark woman drowned her twin babies in a tub of water and then committed suicitle. A special general meeting of the shareholders of the Ontario bank will be held at Torpnto, on September 16th. R. W. Leonand, St. Catharines, of- fers to build a consumptive hospital there if Daughters of the Empire will equip and run it. 'Walkerville, Ont., ir to fit up a swintiping pond on the Detroit river, George Rogers, London, Omt., fell off a C.P.R. engine at Chatham and was badly hurt. Fanatical Doukhobors, in confine ment in the west, are trying to starve themselves and the authorities have the greatest trouble in forcing nour- ishment upon them. After a carousal, at the Neully, Pa- ris, a man named Reichbet het his companion that he would throw him- self in front of a motor car. He won but there is no hope of his recovery. Mrs. William Bramburger, aged twenty-five yeark, of Alice .townshipy was killed, on Fritlay, while helping her husband with the hay. A team of horses ran away, the waggon passing over Mrs. Brambprger's body. and killing her almost instantly. all indica. for the the striking mill and Hat Of Cretonne And Straw. A smart model in a cretonne hat is here pictured. These hats of cre- tonne or of linen or straw, with cre- tonne trimmings, are one of the fads of the season, and are most attrac- tive with light summer frocks. The model sketch was of cretonne, with edging of straw braid, and the trim- ming consisted of black velvet ribbon, arranged in a large, round rosette, and drawn around the crown. Northbrook News. Northbrook, July 23.--Berry pickin is the order of the day. James Pres lar, 'accompanied by his grandson, of Ottawa, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. T. Clark, Flinton. Ira Wood and family, are camped at Kala-) dar, buying and selling berries. Miss Ada Wain, Kingston, is the guest of Miss Lizzie Abtott. W. Both and J. Reid, mad: a business trp to Kala- dar on Tuesday last. John Broadhead and family, of Belleville, are spending a few weeks with his father and moth- er, Mrs. F. Cogswell and three child- ren, of Rochester, are spending a few weeks with her father and mother. Miss Jese'a McKim, Kingston, returmed home Tuesday for a short visit. Mrs. Archibald Shier and little daughter, of North Bay, are spendiog a few weeks with his mother, Mrs. G. Shier, Miss Hattie Reid , Bpent two weeks with her sistér, Mrs. M. Preslar. Look Out. The "Promoted Corporal] and "The Masquerade Ball')(the latter repeated by Fequec rl The King Edward to- night. "Rotheo and Juliet will be given next week bv forty of the best English actors and actresses, from. a London theatré, five dollar seats, for five cents. This is without doubt the best film we have received yet. Don't miss it. The steamer Mississquoi called here last' night on her return with an ex- cursion party, the largest party ever going down the Ridean. She carried all the law permitted. The execur- sionists were from Gananoque. The steamer drew \ 530 much water that trolible was experienced) in , getting through the locks. She was piloted by D. J. Pritchard. 1t was understood that the Y.LC.B. U. and the C.L.C. were to at jous the fair grounds on Satu noon but the™schedule said and the Inshmen and Vietorias meet. The races were all filled, four events having four entries each. mored, for example, that the Lusita- the [nia consumed over 7,000 tons on her inju earlier so healthful in its psi gd his if as Phir Rock the one effervescent mineral water combining tial 'of per. fection. The idea sumaner rink which' im oie Bg mpi refinement to any social ev Messrs, RIGN EY & HIC Ky, Distributors for Kingston F. X..St. Charles & Co., Ltd., Agents, Montreal. deliciously - and vicinity. MORE WHITE GOODS New White Cotton Repp. and Linen Skirts, $1.50, 1.75, 2.25, 2.75, 3.00 up to 7.50. New White Linen Coats, $3.75 and 5.50. New White and Fancy Costumes. New White Embroidered Underskirts. New White, Black, and Colored Heather- bloom Taffeta Underskirts. New Golf Jackets, White and Colors, $1.75 to 4.00. Great cut price sale of High-Class Sum- mer Waists still on. See them. 33}% off. David Mi: Spence, The Leading Millinery Store, 119 Princess St. EXPECT BETTER TIME. whereas. the actual consumption 'on the Lusitania's third voyage was just 4,000 tons, including that expended for raising steam for auxiliary pure poses. 'In the forty-eight hour full power trials the turbines developed rather over 78,000 shaft horse power, equal to 19,500 horse power per turbine for tweAty-six knots. Actually the low: pressure turbines developed rather more than Rhe high-pressure_ofiés;~, in fact but very little less than 21,000 each. Each screw is capable of trans- mitting this amount of power, with fair efficiency, and with three pro- pellers of the Maurétania developin, this amount each a speed of 25. knots should be maintained, other things being equal." With respect to the repairs to. the (Mauretania, the head of 4 well-known | American shipbuilding firm said yes- terday : "I have been informed that the Mauretania will not be in full werk- ing order with her four propellers un- til she comes out of the dry dock in October. On the face of this state- { ment it seems incredible that the | damage to the liner simply consisted of a few broken blades off her port forward propeller. 1 have heen told' that the turbine would have to he lifted out of its bed, and that was the cause of the delay. It was said that one of the engineers went to clear the drain pipe from the port forward tur- bine, which had got choked with oil, and he let one of his tools slip insidé the turbine, which whirled it around at a terrific speed when the turbine was set at full speed later, and it was this simple accident that had caused all the damage which would mean some thousands of dollars before it was put right. "With regard ' to the great speed * made by the Mauretania unger three screws, it is said that blades were broken off one screw so that the other screw on the same side was replaced by..one; of , coarser, pitch which had given, such fine results! "Undoubtedly synchronism was de- stroyed," said the shipbuilder, "and vibration of the hull greatly lessened, which may 'be'a factor, in a small measure, for making better .speed."" Cunard Liners to Show What They Can Do. New York Times. ihe statement credited to the Cu- nard Line officials at Liverpool pre- vious to the departure of the Lusi- tania last Saturday, that the pitch of ber propellers had been readjusted, and mm conexquence the engineers ex- pected her to average twenty-seven knots an hour on her westward pas- sage, has credted interest in enginepr- ing circles on both sides of the At- jantic. The average speed of the Lusi- tania on her westward trip when she eclipsed all previors records of the Maurentania as well as her own was 24.88 knots. On this run the whole of the coal supplied to the Lusitania came from Wales; which was shown to burn better, give more steam, and less work to the firemen than any mixture of coals supplied on her Previous voy- ages between New York and Liverpool. The coal on her present run westward has been supplied from the same mines and, with the recent docking of the liner and alleged improvement in the pitch of the propellers, an increase in speed is expected, The fact that the earlier runs of the two giant Cunarders, Maurentania and Lusitania, did not come up to the ex- pectations of the British government, whicly is paying $760,000 a year sub- sidy on the two vessels, led to the be- lief among Europeam competitors that the liners were incapable of maintain: ing the speed they were intended to. In dealing with this question Fnzi- neering in Its current issue says : "The moderate speed maintained un- til recently by the Mauretania and Lusitania was attributable partly to the fortune and in part to policy. Fine performances have again and again been frustrated by. the, advent of foe, while the fact that during the winter season considerably lower fares are charged than during the summer months must undoubtedly be an in ducement to the proprietors of the boats to keep down the coal bill. "Summer fares going westward come in next month, and we should not be surprised to se: the Lusitania make a series of new records on her passage to New York, but it is questionable if her sister ship, the Mauretania, will show any substantial improvement un- til her port forward propeller is re- placed. "In the meantime the runs with three screws should provide some very | valuable data on screw performances, which it is hoped the Cunard line w Sine will and was drowned. The letters "W, see fit to publish. The mean P.," were tattooed on, his wrist and the Mauretania on the round goo nt, name Chan Sohmon on his when she averaged 24.48 knots could Jeft arm. Watermelons, Watermelons. Big sale Saturday. Edwards Jenkin. Phone 775. A ------ At Kenora, Ont., a drunken man, not identified, jumped into the lake & be realized with four propellers trans | About a hundred and fifty residents mitting collectively about 55,000 horse of Windsor and Walkerville have been power, or for three propellers 58,500 horse-powes. ho The reports published in the vari- papers on the coal consumption of the steamers have proved to be far - George in excess of the facts. It was ru. on ny 15th, ann twenty-one ed nling from buggy. He voyages across the Atlantic, --ht his foot, re