¥ . * 'barrens of on + be i TH CARIBOU AT HOME Ba BEAST 19/ CANADA'S WOST | ERRA #5 AMBMAL. / @ Db the Han. Always Be Relied on to Opposite Thing to Any Other Ami. XN imal--Color Is Like That of Méss- | Geewn 'Bushes--It Herds With Its Fellows Moré Than the Mobse or Deer--F eet Adapted to Deep Snow. | "The caribou or' American reindear (Riugifer caribou)" writes Mr. W. H Moore in The Educational Reyiew.ol WTR NOD Provinces and New undla in size midway between fie Vir, n deer and thé mobs; and is without a doubt the most er- ratic in its wanderings of any of our native mamroals, Its true habitat is among barrens, somewhai overgrown IW lack spruce, upon which usnea moss, (really, a lichen -- Usnea bar - 8 'whether 2 wr fronds grow on the spruces of the the. trees, of rocky. $iayated sitions. This animal also Hows the. roads made by the lum- rmen #nd crops the lichens which row on the felled trees. When disturbed, the caribou often #oen away, perhaps not to return for 'weeks: 'and when spursaed may. be wipected to do' exactly the ropposiie "40 . what ' another animal would, de. 'Herds of half a dozen or more have 'been known to 'allow as lunter come ap with them, and to stand staring st 'him in amazement, as ond giter another of them was shot down At: other tigieg they flee at the slight wit warning at the approach of = Bunter The, actions: of this animal wre very -uncertein. If, while wan- Boring 'about, one of them - should Come #eToss a man trail ip the snow, it will sometimes wheel about @nd run for peghage twenty miles the Maritime ay ! Til ; quite as likely to follow up his i Arail, . The color of the caribou. whieh in summer is a glossy reddish-brown, becoming ~ grayer: towards winter. scrves to proteet ito becayse it much resembles that of the moss-grown bushes among which it stands. The Ander parts Being of a lighter color Ahan the upper, the form of the ani- sual is much broken; and its outline is rendered indistinct to any, but. an experienced eye. "The female caribou single fawn at first birth, that two are born at a time. the cow moose, she is often the b "wessor of a pair of antlers, wih are, however, much smaller more slender, than those of the male Some hold that the antlers' of the female caribom| are' | never dropped "This statement "is based on the belief that the antlers not having an, en- largement\at their base--known as the Lier wie be dropped ard again reproduced, ~The writer, however, be- fieves that 'the fntlers of 'the: feinale 1 brings forth a and after Unlike ch and Lome dropped and grown just the same a8 are those of Wie male and that es for the burr: 'the female hus. as much ine proportion to the size of her whtlers as has the male, © + The caribou .is much more grégar- Wous than the moose or the deer. In davorable localities, as many a8 fifty of 'thein may be seen 'at one time , moattered over the side of a hill -in wearch of, their favorite food, locally known a8 caribou moss. ~The caribou, unlike the' moose and the dear, does not "yard' in the win- ger, but roams Over a. eonsiderable wied. The formation of ite feet faeili- Rates its progress through deep snow Wr over Snow . covered with a thin wrust.. The hoofs are' very shallow wnd broad, as are nlso the dew- claws 'or secondary. hols. In travel ing where the footing j§.ingecure, thie animal squats down until the lower part-of the leg rests on the surfaee of the snow, and with the hoefs and dew- claws spread laterally; a support al- most equal to that of a snowshoe; quite: a surface is covered, and the speed attained i# much greater than if it 'had to wade or plunge through the snow, as animals that.run on the extremities of their hoofs have to do. The flesh of the caribou is much esteemed as food, and clothing made of its skin, is, it is said, so Impervious "to 'cold that with the addition of a blanket-of the same material one 'may bivouac on the snow with safety even in the coldest winter night. With usathis animal is 'a beast of chase merely, but it is well known how useful the tame reindeer to the Laplander, being his cow, sheep, horde in one animal. The milk of the herds is the principal support of 'the owner and his family, and as a draught animal his speed .and endur- ahce render it~the most valuable of 'ereatures to men living in high gorth- ern latjtudes. The' carthou or Americ these provinces sud {#fther north is regarded by seme naturalists as only wa .variety of the Buropean reindeer i(Rangifer. tarandus). Another variety lis the Greenland caribou, a smaller animal, inhabiting the shores of the Arctic Ocean and the woods and bar- rei. srounds adjacent." } Niagara Relic Gone. Built nearly 125 years. ago, the old Morse Home at Niagara Falls South, iwas destroyed: by fire wm short time Jago. The house has been occupied by four generations of the family and was built by the father of the present owner. in which was then almost an udinhabited district, the centre of _ untouched forest. It was probably the oldest house in this district. It witnessed the vicissitudes of the war of: 1812, and, situated near the battle- field of Lundy's Lune, was often the rendezvous pf officers and soldiers of the 'defengfmg army. It said | to have beefi the scene of conflict when a small company ol British soldiers suceessfully withstood the siege of American forces, It was a Mecca for tourists. a is an reindeer of 3 » is To Record Spex'. Taxicabs will soon cardy an instru ment will automatically indi cate witat speed the vehicle traveling Should the speed exceed twenty miles an hour a bell will ring nlp. which al has fallen off the ow Y < was spending « Many on month Even ty lish Some maoasuLe, a man while his wife the seashore fool of clothes at a can be fitted to 1 suit men are only amporiant chief Bier Ty Tom het ofthe -carrbou™ its long pendulous threads: ta tself, | : GUINGUENNIAL ECHOES. Toronto Ladies Still Talk of. Their Strong-Minded Guests, If the "halt" were 10 be printed oi what is being told about delegates. to the Quinguennial Council: in Toronto that town would not contain the werit- ing thereof. There were adequate daily reports @s to how the council occupied ts business hours, but she I Yrinage lives of it& members while here is & subject whieh has been left to gossip, and some funpy 'stories are | gainiNg currency. |. Some of the European visitors stop- at other points on their way. to | Toronto, and it is said that a Mont | real family, returning to tife city {dr «brief. sojourn in their tows house in praparstion.of. heir visit to the city, i | i Prospector Has Floated Some Inter esting Companies In' His Career. Piehe, the French-Canadian pros- pector, who was captured by the wath: orities after a two vears' search in all parts of the continent, has, as has al- ready been shown by the reports in the daily press; had a spectacular ca- reer in_his dong life in the wilds, but there is one episode in his career' that has not found 'its way into the daily papers A few years ago the city editor of itemn about on important joint stock company that was to be formed. found. entirely to their surprise,""® prominent Teutonic delegate to the connoil occupying. their -houke and bossing their servants, They depre- cated her untimely arrival © during their absence and the upset condition of the house, and assured her of their complete surprise. . But their guess comiorted her inveluntary enteértait- ere With Que assurance of the great comfort of her entertainment, and her intention to remain until it was time to wove on. Meeting liter on in To- ronto, the German lady was equally cendid in informing the Montreal peo- ple that she 'was not being half =o well entertained in the Queen City There is. an old. cricket. story; which gaw the light in the times when cric- ket matches never exténded into the second day, about some Englishmen exiled. to France, who, desired To alle viate their homesickness by indulg- ence in the nafienal gene They ae ecspted & free lead from a wealthy landowner near, the fown of a gener- ous partion of his pasture, and soon chnie to feel so much at houte that their secretary, wrote their benefactor Tequesting him to remove his cows from their crigket field. Some of the delegates must have been descended from these old cricketers A Toronto lady who bears ugle, but yields in loyal British sen er BAT N+ PR REA =n lady from ver the seas amd one daughter The expected guest asked the privilege of bringing another, daughter, and even- {ually turned up with three daugh- ters and « maid, No doubt the hos pitable hostess,* who has never wine ed under the hardships of synod time, gan to understand why the quar ing of soldiers ued to be unpopu- eased to be customary, her enterprising out of her own . a foreign i : HR te called upon tu qntertain a , and hag ¢ specinlly when guests turned her room . Niagara's Age. \ceording to Mr. Spencer 'anadian Geological Survey, spectaele of Niagara Falls, it to-day. has been-about 39,000 years in the making." Mr in com- mon with other geologists who have studied Niagara, believes that ongin- ally cataract fell into Lake On- tario over three steps, or platforms, the first beitig, 36 fest high, and the third being at or near the ¢ ige of the lakeeproper, instead of seven miles "pack: upsthe-river--as. at. presenl 11 took the strewn 39, out the first three miles of the gorge, but only 4,000 years for the other four miles. The difference of time in these two stages of the erosion, and of the cataract s recession of seven miles in all. is explained on the theory of a sudden and enormous increase of the volumne' of water, caused by seismic disturbance, or earthquake Formerly the Niagara River served us outlet to Lake Erie only. After the the waters of Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior, which 'previ- ously had debouched directly into Lake Ontario, were diverted into Lake Erie into the Niagara. River, swelling that Stream six times its former volute. Mr. . Spencers figures, of course. can be taken only approxi- mately, as even contemporary authori- at vanance to how the Niagara have receded during fifty years=--some estinaies } 28 metres per annum, others 1.52. Moreover, while the U.S Geological Survey that the rate of reecssion of the Falls has in- creased "during the last fifteen years, the corresponding Canadian official report shows, that the rate de- creased some © 66 centimetres per Lunun: Spencer the upheaval it tao declares 188 » Elevators and Flour Mills. The Department of the Interior recently issued a map of that part of Canada lying west of the Great Lakes, howing the positions of grain eleva flour #nd oatmeal mills, to- gether with tables showing the in- dividual and collectiye capacity In the three provinces of Manitoba, Al- berta, and Saskatchewan there are 650 grain elevators, with an ager caprctty of 42,568,900 bushels terminal elevators at Lake Super have a capacity of 20,152,700 bush and there are also transfer elev at eastern points with a capae 14,526,000 bushels. Thus the tot vitor capucity of Western Canada amounts to, 78,016,140 bushels. Mum toba hes 50 flour and oatmeal mrlls, # daily capaeity of 17.360 bar- Saskatchewan has 2% mills, with has tors and iv rels; white Alberta has 17 m#ls, with 0 bar- rets; a possible daily output of 1. reis. >» ir iy Fish Freights. In order to encourage the develop- mats of the Canadian fishing indus: try on the Pacific coast, where bounty systesprevailing inthe At antic provinces, does not obtain, the Dominion Gevernment recently pass- ed un Order-in-Council granting a bonus equal to a rebate of one-third of Mie express freight rates on all shipments ot fish billed from Van- couver by Canadian fishing companies Canadian fishermen to any point \iberta, Saskatchewan, and Mam- toba. Thix rebate bonus applies to any varnety caught in Canaaian water including on, halibut, oysters, crabs, and Town Hali fo Messrs. Trollop Westminst Lor premises in Kegnington road ly used as the Lambeth Tow to the Church of England Waifs Strays fo 4 the or or of sea-tish s sal cians r Waif§. of Victoria street hay INET Hall and ---------------- you earring to be seen nu mobil Some who pat yon 1 head mm would rather pinch vom Mans } Ie «oman has townd eli taht in a ose suid a. possible daily. putput of 3.3656 bar) 5000 years to-hotiow + of logging Jaoises that abound in' that d@trict. Here he found tHe little 'weasel-faced prospector in, the tom- pany of twelve or fifteen Englishmen who had come' to (Canada with their savings te make a fortune. . Piche was expounding what he called a great -seheme, witch the Englishmen were drinking in with apparent delight. Jt-was nothing less than to secuge a large resePvagion on the shore of the Hudson 'Bay for the "breeding of fur-besring animals." The promoter of the schdme had his prospedys price of furs) and how in Ins wan derings in the the secret er Valuable bea obviously been sent for us a ruse.ie wak bona fire, te believe in his own plan, and his manner. was so sipeere that it was impossible to sgy' whether he re ed the other fellows as "sucker not. However,' the reporter this "get-rich-quick" scheme, and persuaded to tempt fortune in the froz en north he never learned At rate, Piche's company Farm Hands In Demand. "We eannot begin to supply the de mands which come us for farm laborers. Wé have at the present time over fifty applications which we cannot fill," was the statement made vy & Montreal Salvation Army lmmi gration official. last week "These are all: local applications, from ' farmers and landowners within easy distance of Montreal. "We have to had a good immi grants book with us this year than last vear, but not so many the year before Next summer many us we ex- have had"™ Wg book for farm labor and donfstic we guarantee only to find work. Nearly all the im- migrants eome with the intention of West, but we have placed sev- ar Montreal this ring. For n who came with family i situation at ( $30 { house sides free béden ever only service, es of cla oing eral one 1 we found % month, and : others have n 8 at at be similarly ner Several so elags "of our-immigranis-_has been unusually good: They -- have nearly all been able to pay way out, and in only about a dozen cases have 'we been ohliged to give any assistance of this kind. They have been respectable, industrious men and women, and have, been, giving good satisfaction wherever we sént them We have had only three deportations this year For domestics wg have alwavs far more applications than we can sibly fill. Out of two hundred fifty this year we have been able fill only twenty. pos- to iem--re-------------- To Stop Accident Fakirs. Arising ou¥ of the arrest foreigners in Montreal July "faking" railway accidents, a igformation and identification to be established in Canada whereby tab will be kept on. all ac dents, to guard against any cious "'répeat," with the "holding up" country. This announcement James Forrest, claims ageut of Toronto Railway Co., on the occasion 0f a picnic to Buffalo, on which , of for soon by was made ticipated 3, Such a bureau has been'in existence in the United States for some with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio; the three foreigners in having adopted the system of purpose- ly falling off street cars or trams a profitable means of making through damage claims, no such sys- tem Mas been thought necessary Already, Mr. Forrest states, the To- ronto Street Railway has the certain recent accidents, including the Montreal trio, and Acton Burr ; secretary of the Canadian Streey Rail- way Association, will, it said, as- sume the duties of filing and keeping track of these and future cases and 15 ot holding these cards for distribution. Sir Charles Tupper. of a young nation blinking at the brilliancy of its own future. fond of saying that Canada on, the, Hireshold. But . surely crossed the threshold on July 1, when a few ' scattered we 1867, and the devoted loyalty to Canada of a galaxy of patriots. one whose task was the most arduous, still lives in the full possession of his faculties, Sir Charles Tupper.--Van- couver Sunset. Apples In Africa. According to a report from the trade commissioner at Cape Town the con- signment of Canadian gpples shipped last fall to the South Afriean market he n disposed of to the retail trade ag factory prices Thé shipmendhgousisted .of 4,363 bar- rels of Sqrious varieties They at prices per barrel from Kings down . ® + t were sold $9.75 i Ben from h ight charges were $2.50, and othe ing insurance, amounted more per barrel. T Charge except. to 55 cents mone ard- | * or | decided | that his paper did not want to boost | whether any of the Englishmen were | any: mare | that | those | their own | three | I capital | MR. PICHE, PROMOTER... an evening newspaper wad asked to | send a reporter to a certain address | on John street, Toronto, to receive an | © | L finally. logated the place, and found it to be one of the rather: svabby { 4 3 deawn up, ahd expatigtéd on the high | wilds he fad learmed | of rearing beavers and oth- | The reporter had | convince the strangers that hid seheme | Piche, indeed, seemed | t - steam-cooking, shredding and baking. strengthens t _and active. Fry it for br i 70U "don't care what he says, so long as ygu are well, but when your food doesn't digest and Dyspepsia ro Waves the dangersignal you begin tor... sit up and listen. If he is a good doc- 1 | SY cor he-will onder.you hack tothe Sim 3k to. sf Ye A ine wn w ple Life and tell you to ge Nature by eating a : he food that contains all the y- building material in the whole wheat made digestible by Its daily use he stomach and keeps .the Bowels healthy 'Lhe. best-for-children--best.| ro : for. eakfast. Your grocer sells it. Shredded Wheat is made ¢f the choicest selected white wheat, cleaned, steam-cooked and to-morrow with milk or cream. for THE - ONLY baked. Try it for breakfast The Biscuit is also delicious any meal in combination with fresh of preserved fruits. « BREAKFAST CEREAL" MADE IN BISCUIT FORM pect the number, to be larger than we | BETTER TO They tere to-day. Improvemen resulted in greater Tt Try th delicious-quality, he eo em--t---- Make test. a and | JU M"Co You enj JAY THAN EVER-- ST TRY R yyed a package Six months age delicious. But much more so t in process and materials has finer flaver, crispness, a more ey are superior to all. Prove it. ---- em now PRODUCE | MONTREAL MARKET Pro- ureau | the corporations of this |p the | all | the chief officials of the company par- |; time, |t but until the charges were laid against | Ib Montreal for | forms | in shape and cards printed relating to | Canada has-ememged into -thesstatus | We are | stands | settlements | under the genius of the old chieftain | And of all that |' brilliant corps of nation founders the | 1, Of Your Coal Bill Saved By This Invention | i This is the Hecla Steel Ribbed Firepot--one of. the greatest fuel- saving inventions ever made in furnace construction. The firepot of a Warm Air Furnace 2 throws off or radiates a large part of the heat. The greater the radiating surface on the firepot, the more heat given off for the fuel constimed. By means of our patented process of fusing steel and castiron, -we succeeded in fusing steel ribs -into the outer surface of the «Hecla" firepot-- thus giving the «Hecla" Furnace two and a half times as much radiating surface as any other furnace firepot made. A three years test proved that this one invention saved 3%4%, or more than oné-eight, of the coal bill. : J V And this is o are exclusive fe described in our new Catalogue--sent free on request. ly one of a dozen inventions and improvements that tures of the "Hecla" Furnace, They are all fully CLARE BROS. & C0. Limiled. Preston, Ont. ."~ Montreal, ELLIOTT BROS., 3 ACIENTSS. of the other expenses, Ho that "he cost sre. | to the pupils is small I that these travelling schools have Travelling Cooking Schools. ravelling cooking schools have very i cently been ietituted in Germany Tor | said } the honedit of farmers' danabters, 7 he {several other advantages hosides thir Bavarian Farmers' Association svae accessibility. Fhe - teachings. can ba \ first to establish these schools tand adapted to local conditions and the URS The + put iio. practice pave and as- | pupils ean at raost | what they bavi - chose teaches, a tin litys quality Lada tesiehers Jenvned " 3