DEATH IN THE IGEFIELDS Liabibiud George W. Rice, the Only Canadian Who Accompanied Polar Dash ot *84 Tells In His Diary of Struggles 3 of Party to Keép Up In the Icy [¥*North--Sergt. Frederick Describes \. Death of Rice From Cold. ¥ 8 k At the présent time, when the Cook- pe ary polar controversy is filling the world with its clamor, the following last* few pages of the pathetic diary deft by George W, Rice, the only Cana- dian in the ill-fated Greely Expedi- gion of a quarter of a century ago, will be of interest, The diary is printed by permission of his uncle, Mr, A. 1. Rice, Montreal. Monday, March 24, 1834 --Tempera- ture at three a.m. when I started out, 23.2 with wind from the west. 1 froze any nose and fingers as usual, and had poor luck with the shrimps, but got a dew. This day turned out the most hor- rible of all our miserable experience here. The wood has given out, and we have taken the aleohol as fuel Ventilation was neglected, and the whole party was prostrated; many of ms--in fact, almost all--being uncon- BCIOUS A terribie experience! Bome gushed out, and other were pulled outdoors, to the fresh air, and then almost everyone fainted, and all were gnore or less frost-bitten. Brainerd and Lieut. Greely had their hands frozen to the knuckles. 1 cannot for- get the emperience at me. Henry --my suspicions--his 1llness--my .re- turn--rmy conversation with the com- anander, ete Good luck with the which we ar Brainerd ha dbs. 2 o0z.--a day! Murch 25.--1 am off again . after whrimps at a little before 3 a.m, Whistler accompanies me to help me set a large trap at the berg outside where 1 hope to get larger fish, Can- not make it reach bottém. Did not have good fortune with the nets. Re- turned to camp at 8 am . I opened the bull on Henry to-day, and- everything is arranged, although 1 think we would have been justified in putting him to death. uceeeded in getting pounds more of shrimp Aang, making in all séventeen to dat We have a shrimp ghrimps and tallow--and it ious March 26.--A een discovered that ten ounces of whoedlate, which was saved for the wick corporal, has been stolen off the shelf. The theit traced to Henry I went out in the storm at low tide fo draw my nets, and after a hard ime, in which 1 froze my face and hands, I was forced to return without many shrimps March 27.----Liut'! Gre day I go to the wrimp m.m., but got only about a p have no bait, having to use old seal skin pants, fox skins, sleeping ete Long with Jens, shrimps, over highly elated. a fox weighing 5 ending to a bad all shot good about this four even- pounds stormy day. It has Wits ly's birth. nets socks out to the and Saler carries ak. Saler returns with sixteen dove kies us a present to Lieut. Greely. We are now all right I secured twelve pounds of shrimps to-day farch 23.--Long. procorv thirty-three dovekies vest ain furnished th egs of the bird rod s isu ptar. Trig I draw them and over | are hnaing fine and gets fourt March a.m. | went and had to d began. It w goes open water the kay- 3.a.m te pm. in all and wi stows A Long STERN 20.--It gan to. storm ny ot 8 traps storm 1 that Biederbick going outrdirectly after me, could ne dind 'me in the storm, and raturned I found. twelve pounds of tire little dishes and afterwards shot a ptarnn gan. 1 had seen six on my way out March 20. --Temperature in house this morning, plus 21 April 5.--1 fished for shrimps for the last time on Thursday (rd), and had very little Loug had no fortune with doveki He has seen a perfectly fresh bear track and seal or two in -the water I y caught in all one hundred #nd eighty nounds of shrimps, and have iuitiat- wd Saler, who caught fifteen pounds vesterday, and is after more te-day { start with Shorty to Baird Inlet af- or the meat to-morrow, although I am sretty well used up--weakened and ungry, with face and hands freshly rozen. Eskimo Fred died this morn- wg; Linn, I fear, will soon follow, nd Jewell and Lieut. Lockwood are so failing again. seal to-day. It will on. Here Mr. Rice's diary ends. Sergt. rederick gave a report of the fatal ip which contains the following : April 9.--I discovered about 4 p.m. at Rice was weakening. I therefore minded him of the agreement made fore leaving Camp Clay, that in so either of us should show signs exhaustion his companion should i 11 him, in order that necessary steps eht be taken to prevent disaster, d I again urged upon Rice the 'ne- ssity of returning te the sleeping- g for rest and shelter But he said that he was only a lit tired, and would soon recover by weling a little slow. After a short ne, however, I could plainly see at Rice was weakening rapidly, and serving an iceberg about 1,000 yards the west of us. I urged upon Rice , reach it in order to obtain at least partial shelter. We fortunately ac- mplished this. T did everything for bait, as be our salva- m that my limited means permitted, | wrapped him up. in my temiak in der to keep him as warm as pos- ble, and remained on the sledge midst the drifting snow with my un- ynscious friend in my arms until 45 p.m:," when poor Rice passed way. Sergt. Frederick returned the fol- owing day, dug a grave in the iee-- vith his axe--and buried thé Jody of is friend. Occasionally & man takes his wife's | advice so ho can taunt her with the . worthlassness thereof bad. a The less a man knows about women the morg he thinks be kuows; I hepe Long gets | if it turns out: THE DEW CHIEF. Why "Joe" Rogers Was Chosen to | Command Police. The appointment of Inspector "Joe" | Rogers to the post of Superintendent | of Criminal Investigation of the Pro- vince of Ontario, has led to a great eal of criticism | been accustomed to work with in the investigation of cases in, the | province for a good many years past. | What he has done to merit the whole #alé condemnation visited on him by one or two newspapers, who in this case were certainly not actuated by party motives, is difficult to explain. The explanation probably lies in the fact that a detective, by virtue of his calling, makes a good many enemies. Moreover, there is no calling in which professional jealousy is sq rampant, and more of the pleasant things things which fall to the lot of the de- letive in the way of trips abroad on xtradition cases have fallen to Rog- ers' lot than to most other Canadian officials. He was always more noted for his executive system in handling a case than for the showy methods associated with the great detective. That is to say, he pursued more of the method in use at Scotland Yard and by the Pinkerton agency of mak- ing a complete record of all details of a case in writing. In this way he had his witnesses tied down to their original assertions. For this reason criminal lawyers in charge of the de- fence in cases which he had charge of were rather *'leery" of tamperi with witnesses in cases which he h charge of. The qualities which the public sp- preciates in a detective are brilliant initiative, but this quality alone does not always secure convietions. For instance, everyone is familiar with the discoveries of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, but in mest of the mysteries solved by him a clever. crown prose- to go to a jury with. The difference between Rogers and men of more considerable reputation is that be- tween a good methodical desk-man in a well organized newspaper office, and a brilliant descriptive writer. And under the reorganization of the department of criminal investigation it will be desk work that he will have to do. His especial fitness for the position lies in his knowledge of every nook and corner of the vast province of Ontario and 'of the capa- bilities of the locad officials who have for years back been a stumbling block in the way "of justice. There are many arguments against the bureau: cratic system in ordinary affairs of Government, but unquestionably the time had arrived when it was the only solution in this province. only in ¢riminal matters was this so, but in the administration of health regulations and of the license law there has been much difficulty owing to wrangling between the local officials and those of the Government. It will be the task of Mr. Rogers to see that the men under him attend them, and no one who is 'familiar with his executive capabilities doubts that if he himself to the task that he will prove capable in this respect. It may be said that the work of cleaning up the circus business in Ontario was practically his work, al- though the Pdy administration got the credit of it. Before the present laws were put in force, the advent of La circus, espgeially of the smaller variety, meant the arrival of a troupe of burglars, confidence men and Dioh pockets, 'in addition te more violent types of criminals. It was Rogers sets the regulation of circuses in a meas- ure fromr the 'municipalities and subs stituted a provincial license and provincial inspection. 'He was also the man who put it into execution so effectively that of the northern States have adopted similar legislation. An Unfortunate Earl. There have been one or two un- est recently. A short time ago, when he was about to retire one night, an incandescent globe, near which he { was standing, exploded, and frag- ments of glass penetrated his right eye. Fortunately, a successful oper- ation saved the sight. A Parliamen- was a rather. unfortunate affair. | both polled. the same number of votes, result that both presented themselves at the table of the House of Com- mons to take the oath. Subsequent- ly, however, a scrutiny was made, and some of the ballot-papers being found to be unmarked, Mr. was declared to be the legal holder of the seat. - War's Terrible Side. "If people could only see the in- | side of a field hospital as I have," | says Goldwin Smith, "they would/be | more careful." Just so. But in' the | literature extollng the pomp and | glory of war, but little is heard of | the field hospital. And yet the field hospital is one of the terrible reali- | ties to be nourished by war litera- ture, let us have the whole of it. It is said that the bones of the Russian ily, in the recent war with Japan | are now used in great quantities to | make animal charcoal for the pow- der mills at 50 cents for 140 pounds, | and are used to form the a mew explosive, capable of supply- ing other bones, when the present supply runs out or before. There's | glory for you.--Woodstock Sentinel- i Review, Loss to Militia. Brigadier-General . Buchan's death is a great loss to the Canadian mili- tia. Of thé Canggdian officers who | won distinction in South Africa, | none did more than he to" compel | admiration . for Canadian manhood and military skill and efficiency. And it is perhaps not too much to say that of all the officers in the Canadian contingents he was the most popular with the rank and file. | --Halnilton Herald | story" wouldn't go in a church papcr. Seme men get up with the lark to take a swallow before breakfast The more wo need advice the less likely wo are to get it. which reads rather | strangely to the reporters who have | him | to their duties and to 'keep tab" on | basis of | the | | i | | | { who suggested the statute which took | the business has | been cleaned up in Canada, and most | | These Not | U5€ dickeys, and occasionally Lawyers Inna Hurry Resort to Queer | "Dodges. 1 Every lawyer that appears either to argue a case or to make a motion | before any of the High Court judges in the non-jury eourt is supposed to wear his black gown when so doing. Occasionally 4 lawyer 'will arrive in | court other court minus his gown, will come on so suddenly that he won't have time to get into his legal togs. Bo with miany apologies and from out of town, or irom an- | or a case | asking the sanction of the court, one | occasionally takes part in a case clad in his business suit. Wallace Nesbitt did so before 'Justice Latchford re cently. Justice Riddell has "called' lawyers for trying it. tie. rister being called into court sudden- ly before a stickler of a judge, who | spring, and earliness in losing them folded the black cloth lying on a typewriter, over his coat and appear- ed to speak to a motion without the court's noticing the deception. while it is hard to appear to wear a gown when a lawyer actually hasn't one for the occasion, it is a different matter with the shirts and ties. Al- though to gaze at them in court one would say that each lawyer under his black gown wore a white shirt and tie, an examination for discovery™ would disclose the fact that at least a third of them don't. A hustled into the rear room court recently, pulled off a red tie, Native Maple Does Not Do Well on the Plains. i One of the most interesting papers read at the convention of the Cana- dian Forestry Association held re- cently in" Regina Angus Mackay, superintendent of the indian Head Experimental Farm, his was that by Mr. ' subject beipg *'Tree Planting on the | | Prairies." %he results of his expen- ments, as given in his address, are that the native maple is a very un- | satisfactory tree i from all parts of the trunk being a constant cause of trouble when : in some respects; | its propensity to send out suckers | | grown singly; though when used for | But | lawyer | of this | unbuttoned his collar, took a hand- | kerchief already crumpled in his pocket, slipped one end of the hand- kerchief over his collar button, but- | | of extensive growth, both for orna- toned the collar over this substance, put on his waistcoat and gown, and behold, there he was clad for the fray. shirt on. In reality he had on a checked colored shirt, hidden by the { handkerchief. cutor would find a very weak case | 4 } ther lawyer did precisely the | advantage. The ash may be consid- ed for the prairies, its only fault be- ing its lateness in leafing out in the in the fall. Native or American elm for-street or avenue purposes are the most satisfactory yet secured, their only fault being the liability to have branches broken in heavy wind- storms. Dakota cotton has so far proved.a good avenue or shade | k poses ing is an | With the black gown necessarily go | hedge pur the suckering i the white shirt front and the white | cred one of the 1 4 yet obtain- There ig a tale of a daring bar- | tree on the experimental farm. This- variety is easily propagated from cut- tings, and, except the Russian pop- lar, surpasses all others in growth. Russian poplar, which at one time gave promise of being a valuable var- | iety for this country, has for some | years been injured by a fungus dis- ease which makes the trunk unsight- ly and eventually kills the tree. The native birch which grows in many sections of the prairie, is well worthy mental and commercial purposes. | This is usually abundant each year. He looked as if he had a ruffled white | | and the most beautiful tree to be same thing, only it was found that | he also lacked the white bow tie that goes with the shirt and collar. He tried vainly to beg a tie. other lawyer took a paper pad and Finally an- tie, cutting it out afterwards with his | knife and the minus the tie. "Just the thing," exclaimed othér lawyer © He put a dab of muci- lage on the back of this paper tie, stuck it on the bogus shirt front and sailed serenely into court to represent his client. Three feet away from him anyone would imagine he wore a white tie. Besides pressing handkerchiefs into passing it to man the | service as temporary shirts lawyers | large sheets of white paper for a flying ap- pearance. Others would scorn to show up unless immaculately clad. There is one lawver who always a pears ig a "white" shirt, but while it may Conform to correct tradition, it is generally in such a dilapidated shape that one wonders at the cus- tom that allows such a thing in court. The shirt always appes s to have been worn from three days to a week, wnd every High Court judge on the bench has privately remarked on it. Canada's Far North. The reports of Cook and Peary, both of whom claim to have reached the North Pole, agree in this--that there is no land at the Pole and none within many miles of the long-sought spot. It is a region perpetually ice- bound and beneath the ice are the waters of the Polar sea. Such being the gonditions there it is impossible to set up the claim of national own- ership to the region, for that owner: ship can only attach to land and to the surrounding waters -three miles distant. In po manner do the ex- ploits of these Arctic explorers affect Canada's ownership to the numer- ous, and in many cases, large islands which lie north of the mainland and extend far toward the polar region. islands are adjacent to Can- | ada's continental possessions and of | which they have always been consid- | America 18 | Canada tary experience of 1878, too, when he | put up for Parliament as a Liberal, | His | opponent was Mr. Ridley, and they | 8 The returning officer declined | to give a casting vote, with the strange | ; | and foriner | ered as appendages. lucky episodes in the career of Earl | Grey, who got lost in a Canadian for- | They were al- ways considered to be part of Brit ish North America and British North now 'the Dominion of And, further, these islands have formally been taken possession of by Canada and her sovereign right to the same firmly established. Cap- | tain Bernier has been in the Far North extending this work and mak- ing explorations which will further add to bur knowledge of the geo- graphy of the region. Lucky Journalists. A number of Canadian journalists | journalists have {allen { heir fo a piece of good luck in the | northern Ontatio silver field, says ! The Editor and Publisher, New York. Ridley | 1t is claimed that in August of last year they unearthed three lumps oi | native silver weighing 22 pounds, and they have just received word from | the' engineer in charge that a second | discovery has been made in the shape of a 29-inch vein very rich in silver. The syndicate owning the property: | is comprised of the following gentle- | formerly of | life. men: Col. E2 W. B. Morrison, editor of The Ottawa Daily Citizen; Bren- ton A. Macnab, managing editor of The Montreal Star; Wm. H. Moore, proprietor of The Canadian Courier; John T. P. Knight, editor of The Journal of the Canadian Bankers' As- sociation; Frank T. Ahearn, of Ot- soldiers who fell pitifully, but brave- | wa ormerty of The Ouaws fo zen; Wm. J. Carrique, of Montreal, The Hamilton Herald and Ottawa Citizen, and Major W. QO. H. Dodds, of Montreal. Finer Man of Twe. Capt. Bernier was as eager to dis- cover the Pole as Peary was, and tried hard for twenty years to raise enough money to fit out a polar ex- pedition. It was the dream of his disappointments like a man, but when he learned that Cook was on his way to the Pole he helped the doctor with provisions, and when he learned of the doctor's success he sent him hearty congratulations. We think that,. although Peary reached the Pole and Bernier didn't, our bluff Canadian sailorman is the big- ger and finer man of the two. We're all proud of the Cap.--Hamilton i Herald, The average man's idea of a "geod | i | you | was prepared the year before plant- | ing; either by breaking and back- | setting if new, or by summer-fallow, | | account of The cut-leaf birch is quite hardy, found in all Canada. Mountain ash and at all seasons one of the most beautiful trees that can be grown. In the summer with its white flowers, or in the fall with the large clusters | of red berries, it is dally attrac- drew on it the outline of a white bow | Sos tive, In the evergreen family, the Scotch, jack and stone pine, Rocky Mountain, Norway and white spruce, and balsam fir are quite hardy. Tam- | arack or larch, both native and Euro- | also nearly all the | pean, is hardy, Arbor Vitae (cedar) family, but the latter are very slow growers. In the twenty years of tree-growing on the experimental farm, cultivation | has been the main reliance towards | With a few exceptions, wat- | er has never been used, even in the | success. dryest seasons. In all cases the land if old, In no case has failure oc- curred with either of these prepara- tions when the trees were in proper | condition at the time of planting. The last week in April or the first two weeks in May have been found | the best deciduous trees. results with evergreen varieties, on the strong time to plant | leaves or needles. - In propagating trees from seed, ma- | ple, ash, elm and birch are the only varieties attempted on a large scale. | Elm ripens its seed early in June, and should be gathered at once and sown shallow as soon as dry. The other varieties come in -about the | time of wheat harvest, or early in September. Ash and birch should be sown late in the fall or early spring, with no danger of being winter-kill- | Maple can be sown in the fall | with considerable risk of being kill--| ed. ed, or can be sown early in May with safety. back, the grewth of the young plants over the spring sown, is very mark- ed. A wise plan is to sow both in fall and spring. Farms In Clay Belt. Hon. James 8. Duff, Minister of Agriculture, has returned from a trip to northern Ontario. He went as far north as Cochrane. He said that the quality of the soil along the Tamis- kaming and Nothern Ontario Rail- way is such as to warrant him in pre- dicting that within the next twenty- five years there' would be more good farms surrounding the Government railway than there are from Toronto to North Bay. Despite some muskeg there is an abundance of rich clay | soil, of which the town site of Coch- rane is a good sample. The experimental farm at Drift wood has made satisfactory progress in demonstrating the quality and pro- ductiveness of the soil in that part of the province. Oats sown last spring have matured splendidly, and turnips, cabbages and other vege- tables have yielded excellent spedi- mens. Two acres of fall wheat sown this year are showing up well "While northy"' said the Minister, "we discussed the question of the town site of Monteith, and in all probability arrangements will be made in the course of a few days for making a survey on the opposite side of the railway from the farm build- ings where a promising location is to be found." Overheard In Saskatoon. The following was overhéard in the reading-rocm of the Flanagan House, Saskatoon : Typical Westerner (which means a man who did nothing, for next to no- | thing a week, in some Ontario vil- | lage) came West on a harvest excur- | eity sion, 'made a stake," lote--talked prosperity till it | came--sold his lots, and wouldn't go | back east--No, Sir! to stranger who | is just folding up his newspaper: i But not only has he borne his - "Toronto paper? Ain't seen one for a long time, Let's have a look." He glances through paper and re- | turns it with the remark: "A Toronto paper, and not a darned thing about | Saskatoon in it!" Toronto's Boy Phenom. Wilired Morrison, the thirteen- year-old boy singer of Toronte, is to be paid $500 a week by a New Yerk concert company for a tour of the | United States from New York to San | Francis { th How many men do vou know who do just as they please ? There are lots of great midn--until close to them. It is hpman get nature to act inhum- " anly ocsionally. } od bov who would and thenes to Australia, trip to last one year. And there are probably » lot of | good people in this world who do not look the part. What has become of the old-fashion- rather stay home and work thea go: to school. bought a few | | which in the early years was ex- | tremely tender, is now quite hardy | Late in May has given better | and warm | winds prior to that time injuring the | When fall sowing sue- | ceeds, as it has done for some years | g We can fit any man of any physique type. Here is a figure of a man with slightly stooping shoulders. q By our physique type system of designing this departure from the normal is corrected in the finishing of the clothes. It is not accentuhited. Semi-ready Clothes are shown in a range to suit any man who wants good clothes. @g Below $15 you are in the "danger-zone" for quality. q But from $15 up you are safe-~ in Semi-ready selections. Suits at $15 Suits at $18 Suits at $20 Suits at $22 Suits at $256 And we show suits at $28, $30, $32 and $35--in the last two lines the fabrics are of a quality seldom seen in Canada--as only two retail tailorsin Canada buy the same quality--and * they ask $15 a suit more for the same garments. or g It's a pleasure to show--and wa are here to wait until you want w buy. But come any time and inform yourself a bout the new fashions for the season. THE HoH. D. BIBBY CO, Any woman, who uses "Black Knight" Stove Polish on her kitchen range or parlor stove, would gladly pay 25c. a box for it, if she had to. "Black Knight" saves her so much hard work. "Black Knight" polishes so easily! Just a few rubs, and the stove shines like a new patent leather shoe--and just as black. "Black Knight" is a paste--cleanly to use--cleans as it polishes--and lasts. You get the best polish--and the biggest box--in a 10c. tin of "Black Knight." : Send 10c. for a large ean free postpaid if your dealer does not handle "Black Knight" Stove Polish. THE F. F. DALLEY CO. LIMITED, - = ~- . MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS "2 IN 1" SHOE POLISH. HAMILTON, Ont. 17