< > SECOND SECTION, nse R EAR 76. KINGRTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1909. NO. 83 i ; THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA FROM MANY EUROPEAN Col TRIES. Dey Xy a ol ~ wis ame (or ane SMUGGLING TRICKS WAY UNCLE SAM IS SWIND LED THROUGH MAILS. A Scheme That Was Disclosed a Gleeful Gir! Who Could Hold Her Tongue--Gloves Came One at a Time Sections. Not and Cor sets in New York loo few people swindle the Tribune. it a cri customs. or that many bright and brainy persons hard how to get goods from without paying toll to Unel most of the successful operator line are women, who have more tir to think about sucl h things than men dan be imagined that the customs « cers have. to be erally ler: to pr the government, The avenues through the passenger route pretty guarded, and as comparatively few peo ple go abroad the great mass of dwel lers in this protected land are from sharing in the humorous little gs of hide the diamond or smuggle tl silk. But there is another avenue is being used enthusiastically hy the anti- duty aggregation. * It is the States mail. With the immense volume mail delivered td this countiy manifestly IMPoss] e to open amine every package that tain newspapers or merely see whether or article is concealed therein, it is possible, however, it is done, the addressee has to go to the fice and pay duty on the amowdt at which the dutiable article is appraised The custom house experts at the postefiice have their hands full check mating the clever moves of those wh are constantly devising new ways disguise dutiable things as mnocent look ing parcels, 'We used to pass cakes through witl out question," said one of the iners. "Tt seemed too bad to lay on a Christmas pudding by rela tives in England to some exile in this country. It also distw¥bed the sentimen tal side of a scction think steamship are fully of fore it 10 not and postof exam hand sent of wedding cake that had been sent from the old home in Ger many to: Fritz in America. So we let these sacred things pass, through. But one day we had an awakening. One of the customs men heard that a neighbor had obtained a new watch from) abroad By That | L . i So far as | ¥ a customs officer to demolish | These are types of settlers who are steamers running betv tlantic The steamship people h that this will be transa N.B pect ave an averag arriving in Canada from given out statements that they ¢ year in the immigration line. ex a repet itio Now, tl fore ) prevent na ev us debarred [1 a a womar ce and cut pudding right in Do we the front of the ct catch a. Hartar Well, you may take it fo any 1e who would t a Tartar, to begin v get off withow cutting time com { the that don t fooled us for a time Was | tles hr agh the ! Se to give the merely a orn glo ve that in Europe would come t to that You went away without one gloves,' etc Of course 1 wugh unsuspectingly. But we y many of these that it began tol suspic S50 we held on to one m, and by » next mail there ther glove from the same addr S erson. The glove. was ti other Then we hand glo Wi and later Cre ve us came love and ere admir: beifig a time icity sent through in qu queerest 'trick we er day A woman was accumu large 'stock of fancy cor troubling about the duty have been paid on them ick was to send half a corset throu the mail. We the wr of onc idea had With | tl O1 | we passed | f] the 1! tert exposed knew of no rule about | G:400 acres per 1 T { With ing duty on half a corset us to be a mer y date woman's to consider sl the appear along! But in with all too looked as though suddenly attained importance in some one's stimation. So one of the men put it his wife, and she took something { fraction of a second icture the scheme. The was useless in itself, but when the other f arrived 'there was a French. corset i for wearing. "We find Tine silks done up in pack- ages of herbs, watches, diamond rings and br accle ts concealed in the leaves of n holes cut for the purpose and diamonds hidden away f transnarent liquid whe ble. No doubt ape us, but pm eparate SCAT | duti ble mail Giving Away The Land. Foronto Glohe. I'he closing days of the present ses- ion have been marked by a waste of people's heritage that is positively | alarming. Following the giving of two ' | million acres of farming land with its pulpwood to the Mackenzie & M nterests, and the repetition of the v 1 blunder of a checkerboard railway serve, comes the revival of four ex- nsive subsidies and the granting of y that are entirely new. The Mani toulin & North Shore-is to receive 10, 000 acres of land per mile from Little | Current to White Fish, and 7,400 acre for the rest of the line, and also a cash gr $35,000 per mile. The Algoma f which 70 miles are construct and 100 miles graded, is to receive le, and the Central | ed the | een European ports and St. John half | to | half corset | re the gem | getting wiser every day to the tricks of | - ------ I ------ | Ontario is given time to obtain $3,000 { per mile. TRe line north fromi Bruce | Mines is to be covered for six miles ty {2 subsidy of 6,000 acres of land and i $18,000 cash. These are revivals, ex- | tensions, and modifications of old grants. | To the Superior & Western Railway | there is 11,000 acres for the eleven | | of line to be built. The Kenora & Kee- watin connection between the G. T, R. and C. P. R. will receive, at the same rate, 20,000 acres on twenty miles of oad | | cn imam-------- HEIGHT OF A HORSE one Can Tell With | Tolerable Accuracy. Experience suring the height of a horse line from the ay so many hands as 1s, 16, 17, four to the hand. we a vertical etc. 2 inches A The four fingers of the hand held at right Fate to the arm and at arm's length from the eye cover about seven degrees. And an angle of seven de: | grees corresponds to about 12 feet 24 inches in 100 feet, or to 36'4 feet in 100 | yards, or to 645 feet in one mile, ete. With a little experience one éan soon tell with tolerable accuracy the height of mountains without the use of expensive instruments. In ascertaining the time it is necessary, of course, to have a preity definite idea of the hour when the sun sets, Boon { Hamilton To The Municipalities. Times. I'he Municipal Committee of the Leg- islature by a vote of 9 to 4 yesterday ap- | proved of an amendment which practi- | cally relieves municipal councils : responsibility for maintaining the high- ways ip a condition of safety for travel, by providing that action for 'neglect can- not lie unless proof is given that notice of the defect to which damage is due has been served on the council. This absurd amendment is one for which the butters-in of the self-styled municipal associations have been pulling wires, It is hardly to be thought that even the Whitney Government will allow such a clause to become law. The minority, composed of two conservatives, one liberal and Mr. Srudholme, promises a fight against it in the legislature. To 5 | adopt such a provision we ald be nothing | short of an outrage. | ---------------- | It's difficult for |g aged to realize how i! ucky-=-she is. a girl who is lucky--or en un TWO Ley STRIkinG BASEBALL "PICTURES <> Ther S5/@ J [7st Dirse Brava, eT (I 2 Cont DooiT77.OUE Ft Forme Plate: < © TOW, © < © These plays were shown iu the first game of the season between the Philadelphia National and Ameri. can teams for the city championsk ip. ~ DEMANDED A RECOUNT. of Triplets. The stork recently visited the home of a well known politician who lives in { a town up the state, and in due time the family physician, wearing a reassuring | smile, entered the library where the anx | ious father was waiting. { "I congratulate you, sir," | i | | | Reply Given Doctor By the Father | | gleefully ex- "you are the father the | claimed the doctor; 1 of triplets." { "What's that?" excitedly cried | politician, springing td his feet "I said vou are the father of triplets," | repeated the physician. i @iThere some mistake | irns," the startling rejoi I demand a recount." was the politician, { : 1 als | in taking their | men, | withers | of 15 hands is Go inches, or 5 feet | miserab le of CAMELS AS COMPETITORS. Hard to Overcome Fondness These Animals, New York Times) As far back-as in the middle of last century General von Moltke in his des- criptive. letters from Asia Minor had many good words to say about \ the | camel. "This animal," he said, can | For carry burden of nearly 600 pounds | and 1s fised by the nomads and Arabians | women, children, old'| tents, food, water ete, from place to place. It is able to withstand a | march of ten days without drink and a fifth stomach even reserves a drink for its master in an hour of extreme dis- | tress. "The hair of the lothing and tents. camel is used for The milk and -flesh are healthful. It exists on the most food, such as grass and thistles. Such are the characteristics of this patient, strong, defenseless of all animals." A camel is never relieved of its load from the beginning of the journey to its end. It eats, walks and sleeps un ler its burden, often for weeks at a | time. The training 'of the camel is no | asy matter, as it takes about three years to teach it to bend the knees in order purchase lots. | hold their own side | day and. in the market place in front of | the Mosque NOW GOING ON. This sale involves all the fashionable new goods of high standard quality. secured from leading Manufacturers everywhere, many overproductions, surplus stocks and special ALL AT BIG PRICE CONCESSIONS. Here are a few samples of the prices. to be loaded and unloaded. While, as the time passes, the cate] will not be able to withstand the keen competition of the new railways, which are piercing every part of Asia Minor, vet thanks to the power of tradition over | the Turkish inhabitants of the country and their fondness for these animals, the | caravan routes to-day are still able to by side with the Aidin railways. Anatolia, Casaba and | Hundreds of camels pass over the cara van bridge into the city of Smyra every of Mohammed at Con- staptinople many may still be seen. MILL USED AS CHURCH | And Known As Chapel of the Holy Cross. Twenty ' years ago, says a writer in the April Wide World, when. thé, vil lagers-living off the borders of Reigate Heath, Surrey, England, had no place of worship nearer ' than the parish church, a service was held in a school room close by, and was so well attend- ed that the guthorities looked around for a suitable permanent building. The erection of a church was out of the question, but there stood on the Heath Come early ! Come of | scape. { small outlay the remains of an old mill, a picture- sque feature in a beautiful bit of land- Inspection showed that once the rats were got rid of a comparatively would furnish and render the mill fit for public worship, and Soon it was opened as the Chapel of the Holy Cross. The interior of the chapel arouses interest. Four buttresses, four feet thick by six feet in height, serve as rests for two massive beams which cross each other in the centre and sup- | port an upright shaft, cracked with age and The coves, strongly bound with iron bands. buttresses make four natural al- The entrance door stands i in one, and immediately opposite is the altar; the harmonium is placed in a third, and the bell-ringer sits close beside it and rings his bell; the fourth is occupied by the congregation. The rent is 25 cents a year. The "double strength Parine'* proof bags are sold in Kingston Gibson's Red Cross drug store, last for years. Occasionally you encounter a man who is a failure because it requires less effort to fail than it does to win HCCeRK, Probably' the easiest way to acquire wealth is to inherit it. moth at They Big Spring Sale of New Goods EVERYBODY COME! . Goods we have ten ! We are giving two dollars 1,200 Yards English Art Cretonne 30 inches wide. Regular price, 10 PRICE, yard i . 500 Yards Lustre shades. Regular price, 50ec. 35 PRICE, yard . Table Oil Cloth fancy colored designs. Reég- 7 ular : price, 30e. yard. 22 French Wool Poplin leading shades. Regular » price, 75¢. yard. SPRING 3 G 50 Inch All Wool Pana- Will make lovely suits, ete., in fashionable colors. Regular 59 SALE PRICE, yard » Canadian Prints All fast colors. Regular value for every dollar spent. Handsome designs, 28 to 15¢. yard. SPRING SALE 42 inches wide, all wanted vard, SPRING SALE 1; yards wide, plain white and SPRING SALE PRICE Fin®™ medium weight quality. SALE PRICE ma Cloth price, $1 yard. SPRING 5,000 Yards English and 12}c. yard. SPRING SALE , Nottingham Love Cur- tains Large variety of + . and pat- terns. Prices range from. 1,200 Yards Checked Apron Ginghams 36 inches wide. Regular price, 12}c. yard. SPRING 09 SALE PRICE, yard SPRING SALE OF EMBROID- ERY EDGING AND INSERTION, widths, 3 and 4 inches. Regular 12¢. yard. SPRING 07 SALE PRICE, yard . LINEN HUCKABACK TOWELS, hemmed ends, large size, Regular 356c. pair. 22 SPECIAL LOT, 500 YARDS, UN-| BLEACHED TABLE LINEN, 60 inches wide. Regular price, 4 . ] 40c. yard. SPRING SALE 950 YARDS VICTORIA LAWN, 36 and 40 inches wide. Regular 10c. and 12¢. yard. {J§§ | SPRING SALE PRICE, yd. i SPECIAL PRICES ON ALL SUMMER BLOUSES. ON SALE, 49¢. to $3.50. LADIES' LAWN HANDKER CHIEFS. Regular 5c. and 7c each. | ON SALE, 3 for 10c. 1,500 Yards White Regular $10 = v2 98 'units. ON SALE Regular $8 and $9 Suits. 4. 43 Clearing lot. ON SALE Boys' 2-Piece Norfolk Suits Single and double breast- od. Regular $3.50 Suits. . ON SALE Regular $4.00 Suits. ON 9. 98 SALE Regular $4.50 Suits. Regular $5.00 Suits. Regular $5.50 Suits. 200 pairs Boys' Knickers Made of strong domestic Tweeds: Sizes from 23 to 27. Regular 60c. . pair. MEN'S WORKING Dotted Muslin 0 Small, medium and large 08 dots. Regular 10ec. and Men's and Boys' Spring | 50c Pair to $3.50. "POLICE, FIREMAN" ELASTIC Braces. Regular 19 85c. pair. ON SALE s Fast Black Cotton Stockings ! Full fashioned seamless. . Regular 18c. and 20c. pair. 1 Sk<ING SALE PRICE, pr. * i i i | MEN'S SUITS. Regular i 12¢c. yard. ON SALE .. BOYS' ELASTIC BRACES. Regular 15¢, pair. ON SAL Clothing Department All new arrivals, choicest pat | terns and materials, latest makes, | suits have cuffs on sleeves, long | { lapels, vent in back of coat. 05 $18 and $20. ON SALE Regular $15 and $16.50 I Suits. ON SALE 9.98 PANTS. Resular $1.75 and $2 pair. CN SALE MEN'S HIG SRADE TROUSERS. Regular §3 1 po and $3.50 pair. ON SALE Men's Kid Gloves Perrin's and Dent's makes. Regular $1.00 and $1.50 8 pair. ON SALE, Pa ist Men's Double Thread wear. Regular 50c. gar- MEN'S HEAVY WEIGHT BLUE OVERALLS and SMOCKS. 49, Yarn Balbriggan Addr ment. ON SALE ...... Regular 75¢. ON SALE |. to be found all over, the store. We cannot print all the prices. These are just a few of the hundreds of wonderful bargains See hand 'bills for more particvlars and prices. Ask for anything you do not see, and remember 'the goods are all new and fresh. This sea- son's latest designs, patterns and styles. A WE ASK EVERYBODY TO COME AND SHARE ™ THE FOwIIRIVL SAVINGS, AT The Montreal Stock Co., 80 Pr ct. BY No. 844.