PAGE SIX. IF PEERS WERE POOR' ost cou "ERGLAND'S LOF! FJRN "A PENNY. [ Beveral of Thoin Are Expert Sea-Cap- tains, and Many Are Capable © Earning a Livelihood at Literature --There Are Also Some Notable Financiers In the British Uppers Chamber and Some Land Ager: In spite ¢! the dismal prognostic bons in which certain wealthy peer mve been indulging as to the pro! mble effect of the budget on their i eomes, it is unlikely that many of Jem would be unable to make both ends meet by their own exertions even were they reduced by a hard hearted Chancellor of the Exchequer to the painful necessity of earning their own living, Lord Montag: of Beaulieu, for in- wtance, could easily obtain employ- ment as a chauffeur or garage atien- dant were he to be deprived of his estates in Hampshire, while Lord de Ja Warr is another peer who is equal- | ly at home whether steering a 60- horse-power motor car or a dainty racing yacht. Quite a number of u very good living amongst those that o down to the sea in ships. lord rassey is a case in point. Not only is he one of the foremost muthorities | in the Upper House on maritime mat. ters, but he also hdlds a master's certificate from the Board of Trade, and has sailed many thousand miles §n his famous yacht the Sunbeam Another peer who is quite at home on the briny is Lord Dunraven, whose name was onoe 1n everybody's mouth as that of a challenger for the Amer- jea's cup. Many members of the Upper House, were they to be suddenly de- prived of their inhérited incomes, | would doubtless turn 'their attention to literature and journalism, among | those who have earned distinction in these fields being the Duke of Argyll, T.0ed: Rosebery, and Lord FitzMaurice. | in. addition. to. these aristocratic lights | of the literary fitmament, there are, of course, in the Mouse of Lords many men who owe their position to their brilliant work as professional jour- malists and newspaper proprietors. Most prominent 'among these, per haps, are Lord Northeliffe, founder cof ghe halipenny press, which has done go much to revolutionize newspaper methods, and Lord Burnham, an ex- proprietor of The Daily Telegraph Un this connection it is interesting to mote that 'the late Marquess of Balis- bury in hig younger days used to eke out his not oyer. lavish allowance as & youngersson by brilliant contribu. ) to The Saturday Review. Except as sdirectors end "guinea ple. few members 'of the Upper ouse-wotld be able to make much of | m living at commercial or financial ita hat thero are some conapic- | mons sxgoptian; notably. Lord Ave- and rd Rothschild, while the } arquess of Londonderry, an ex- yemeral, had had. oonsider- jen] experience as ° collier peers could earn | w lose ancestral | sbbed would dou in connectio thelr favorite sports and i Arh would probably be overerowded, there are a la number ol pal of the gilded ~lamber who would eminently qualified to aet as huntsmen, or gamekeepers Among prominent peers wh knowledge of racing matters m:? procure them profitable eniploy! might be mentioned Lopd Durham the Duke Portland noble lords » ho ters of f¢ earn their li equally Even if he to fall back lor might sti as marker court, he having of the beat these games, while a p of athleties' could al Tord Desborong Olympic Gaines Another upat shorn Y might be glad to land agent. Ear) etance, the present of the Board of ably excelled in practical &nowled by very few professional land agents, while another peer who is an adept in agricultural pursuits the famous scientist, Lord Reay From these examples it will be ea ily seen that peers, even if they do dake life easily on occasion, are by no means the incompetent drones they are spmetimes supposed to be Indeed it may Be said that there are few jobs which could not be perform ed by some hang man in the House of Lords ~ Even firemen are not unre presented, the well-known Sussex | peer, Lord Egmont, having at one time served in Metropolitan Fire | Brigade, while Lord Yonadale is the energetic chief officer of a brigade n the provinces | Dark Skins and Staff Surgeon Oswald Rees of the Mritish navy says the negro's color | gives him an advantage over the white jman in the stokehold as well as in the wun. "In the sun," this authority ex- plains, "dark skins resist heat better; in the stekehald it radiates heat bet. ter' . Dr. Rees' says the little thin man ia=e8 heat , much more rapidly wand therefore is a much: better atoker han iz the larger and mos Leshy ppan JCC trainers of while se v § present act as 1 xhound 0 b VII JR mble important 1 Abie 1! ti post had not upon 11 ture A race br amateat wl of thi roy take up Carring:on, lo Preside <= that of popular ut Agriculture, is nrob go the Heat. \ Mount Asquith, | 'Availing himsel of the privilege .1 explorers, Lieut, Shackleton has nam- od several of the wountains discover ed on his journey towards the Pole, One he calls ister of Ei other he Nest missioner of Wor and a third Mount Henry | South | alter the Prime Min- | and, Mount Asquith: an. the First Com- | . Mount Harcourt; | "holly, M.P." ter 10) Two Large Consignments the Intest Le n phi styles. in hats 1c un. been factories in E Eros', Bingsto '" le has | been made, the First | miralty has stated that it is not ex- | that | are guarded by s | penalties in the case of the making | had perished t oa man. | was only finally mevealed in 1854 by | the humor of the game with a new BEHIND SEALED DOORS. the British Admiralty Guards its Secrets. has been * stated that Jans of the ceicvrated he Indomitable, have These consist of con- supplied to the ney should now be of the Admiralty. closest search has Lord of the Ad- How off dies U mystery disappe a fidentis couttaeiord, uw we UBSes; While the ver) ra # cled the possession of them will regained. Some little time ago, the Admiralty lecided that all new ships should be puilt with the greatest secrecy, every effort being made to avoid letting «nv information at all reach foreign varnments. Every man connected uh the work has to take an oath he will not reveal anything which comes to his knowledge. No | longer is any outsider allowed near the building warship. Yet, despite all precautions taken, confidential plans of the greatest value have dis- appeared. It is well known that certain, foreign Governments will pay almogt any sum to obtain possession of some of our closely guarded secrets. It is also the case that many foreigners are em- ployed in the drawing offices of some of the warship-building contractors. As evidence of the big sums which are paid, it may be mentioned that some time ago it was discovered that a traitor in the Russian army. Col. Grim, had received no less than £80,- 000 from Germany and Austria for the sale of confidential information. In our great warship-building yards, such is the secrecy observed, that even workmen are not allowed in certain departments unless provided with a special pass. Any man at- tempting. to enter such a department will be dismissed instantly It is frequently the case that the entrances to some of the workshops cial armoured, fire- proof doors, and entrance and exit ean only be made when the doors are specially unlocked by the official hav- ing charge of the key. These keys are retained in the head office, and cannot be removed without the ex- press sanction of high officials. In all cases an entry has to be made in'a book, stating who 'has had possession of the keys, and the reason, the exact | time of removing and replacing the | | keys being noted Then, the men employed in these confidential departments are especial- ly picked, and are subject to heavy slightest dereliction of duty. The men are not chosen until the strictest tion has been made with their history and habits. regard to Husband Seekers. Hindu girls go through superstitious rites in order to obtain a good husband The "worship Gauri, or Pavati, the consort severa! ul ol 18 | Shiva, and on the twelfth day of the | first | little girls of the monsoon season, between the ages of five and ten years form an earthiern image of Gauri, and dress if up in clothes On either side they have sét a ves sel full of earth, in which they have sown wheat and barley. The morning of the twelfth, as soon as they get up, they go to the river side to bathe. Returning thence, they proceed ts some place where all the female chil veri of the village or quarter of the vl ays bling, and thence the ole pi gether, singing songs, y the i Brahmin whose image of Gauri has ) vel month some 128 sed W the goddess with p ribed ceremonials, her presents, which fall us perquisites to the Brahmins The mothers, or elder sisters of the girls, at this tiuse prompt them to ask a boon of the goddess, and the children, ne after another, say, 'Gor! (rant mei a good bridegroom festival is not a little suggestive. It not so poetic as that other festival trated by Moore, during which adu maidens float little lamps the (Ganges, and go away. disheartehed Lhey 1 he sixteen il in if the tiny Mghts do wot reach the | opposite banki in safety The Franklin Expedition. greatest tragedy of the far north, says a writer in The Boston Herald, was that of the Bir John Franklin expedition. Franklin sailed in 1845 with two ships, the Erebus ind the Terror. They passed up the west coast' of Gimeenland and were last seen in latitude {74 degrees 48 minutes. The | For three years: nothing was heard of the party. Then expeditions were sent out, and the discovery after years of the records of the voyage as well as of many skeletons showed that the commander, officers and crews of the two vessels, to the number of 134, Their fate Dr. Rae of the Hudson Bay Co in 1850 by Captain McClintock. and "Three Nights." Sir Henry Irving had a number of | old pensioners who, though they had | never risen above "deep-thinking" arts, vet considered they were allible experts on matters dramatic Shortly Rarore one magnificent but ill-fated Lyceum production, of which a certain super had no exalted opin. | the | jon, Sir Henry Irving, towards | end of a rehearsal, had a long cen. | | sultation with his two colleagues on matters musical and artistic A simistic veteran then called to a fellow-super and pointed out. the | distinguished trio to him with pity in his voice. 4 "rust look at 'em!" said he ole Sir 'Enry Irving, pore ole Bir Alexander Mackenzie, and pore ole Sir Alma-Tadema! Three bloomin' 1 knights--and that's abart as long as | thé bally piece will run!" A "Fine Panama." The Duke of Argyll has enriched olf story. Tm opening the new club ouse at Helensburgh recently the duke commented on the picturesque. ness of the situation occupied by the club house. It reealled to his mem- ory an incident that eccurred to him- self one day when he said to his ead- die that, on a certain course, a very fine view could be obtained. "Ves" said the caddie, with his arms akim- | bo, "it is a very fine panama." I'wo money bhv-laws will be voted on in Smith's Falls in January, the box by the sums of 216.500 for a new collegiate institute ad 3.000 for the purchase of the st t water, and the stone mill _adiobing of _WOLkS rowing debentures investiga- | Ma! | The | in- | "Pore | FE DALY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1900 THE BARBER'S TRADE. . Men Who Followed 1t and Afterward Rose to Fame. Perhaps the best known ol all bar- bers who have attained fame were Arkwright, the improver of the spin- ning jenny, who is said to have turn ed 16 mechanics when the wigmaking trade fell off, aud Jeremy Taylor, who was brought up' in his father's gshav- | ing shop at Cambridge. Edward «Sugden, afterward made Baron: Saint. Leonards, was the son of a hair cutter in a shop in fineoln's Inn, London, A story:is told to the effect that once when Sugden was ad- dressing' a crowd in the interest of | his candidacy to Parliament a man called out te know what soap cost and how. lather wus made. '1 am particularly obliged to that gentler man," Sir Edward is reported to have said, "for reminding me of my lowly origin. It is true that 1 am a barber's son and that 1° myself was once a barber. If the gentleman who so politely reminded me of these facts had been a barber he would have con- tinued to remain one till the end of his life." . Charles Abbott, Baron Tenterden, was alo a barber's son, and it is re- lated how. when he was made a peer of England, he took his own son to a little Westminster shop and bade him remember it was there that his grand- father had been accustomed to shave others for a penny. William Falconer, the poet, was a pogr barber in Edinburgh until his pm "The Shipwreck" brought him renown and incidentally a commis sion in the royal navy Craggs, associated with the south sea bubble, was a barber who turn- ed promoter. He became enormously wealthy. But when the gouth sea erash came his fortune dwindled, and in despair he committed suicide. Giovanni Belzoni of Padua was a barber with a varied and interesting history. Belzoni set up a shop in England, but soon found more profit in posing at Radler"s Wells as the "Patagonian Samson. Being of thrifty temperament, Belzoni accumt- lated quite a fortune as the discover: er of interesting relics in the tombs of Egypt and as a traveler / The '"Worthy' Fuller. Intimately connected with the County Of Northampton is that "stout Church and King-man,"' Fuller, who speaks with a peculiar love of the great corn county, its fruitful earth and plentiful water; and "if country esteem me no disgrace to it, I esteem it an honor to me " At Ald- winkle St. Peter's--his father was "the painful preacher" of that: place--his {early boyhood was passed, until he was sent, at the early age of twelve years, 'a boy of pregnant wit," to Queen's College at Cambridge He was preferred to the rectory of Broad- windsor, in Dorset, where he began his history of th® Crusades, under the | title of the "Historie of the Holy | W arre,"' marked by his peculiar hum- or, for wit was the stuff and sub- stance of Fuller's intellect, which with his deportment, "according to the old English guise," made him popular in the "voiced pulpits" of London, when he 'was called thither in the memor- able convocation of Canterbury, and which wen him, when lecturer at the chapel of Bt. Mary Savoy, crowded audiences which extended far into the chapel yard. A partizan of peace, a preacher of - ardent loyalism, when London was well-nigh abandoned by active royalists, Fuller was obliged to make his way secretly to the "home of lost causes," where he became chap- lain to the regiment of Lord Hopton, | and was. considered one of the great cavalier parsons, but where, for the | last. five years of the war, he "had | little +list or leisure to write, fearing | to be made a history. All that time to colleeting materials for his work from old buildings and ancient gos- | sips, which were afterwards made usze of im. his. "Church. History" and the Worthies of England Remarkable Song Service. A remarkable sedsice was held one Sunday recently in the chapel -of Pen- | tonville ' Prison, England, when over ! 4 thousand prisoners attended and lis- | tened to "the singing of a male voice choir from Lendon A large prison chapel, crowded with the prisoners men of all ages and sizes, clad in their khaki-colored prison garb, and wear- ing their identification badges on their chests--presented a remarkable "sight. Here and there the yellow was re- { lieved "by the blue uniforms of the warders. The men listened with mani- fest interest to the singing of favorite hymns by the choristers, and as the strains of touching pieces redched their ears, one could hard faces perceptibly softéning, and now and again a head would bury itself in la big blue prison handkerchief. The hymns sung inclnded "Fight the good { fight," "0, love that will not let me go," and "Lead, kindly light," and | among the choruses rendered were | "The comrades' song of hope." see | Plants That Mimic Stones. In South Africa there is found a { plant of the genus Mesembryanthe- | mum, growing on stony ground, which |so closely resembles a pebble that it is invariably taken by the stranger to | be a stone Another species of the same plant | growing on the hills round the Karoo produces two leaves about as large as ducks' 'eggs, having a surface resem- bling weathered stone of brownish gray color, tinged with green. These | plants look like stones, but for a short | put forth bright yellow | flowers. Still anether species of the | same plant resembles the quartz peb- bles among which it grows, | ime they Oldest Inns In England. | The Fighting Cocks Inn, on the rive | {er Ver, 'St*Albsns, said to be over 1.100 years old, claims to be the cld- | est inhabited house in the kingdom, | put the Saracen's Head, Newark, | memorable in 'the. story Jeanie { Deans," can actually, it seéms, show { title deeds dating back to 1341. The oldest tavern bill extant is that of Richard de Insula, Bishop of: Dur. ham. at the Angel [un, Blyth, Notts, anno 1274 The item "In Coguina, 51-2." : somewhat excessive, | taking the relative valve of money m- sto consideration.--London Athenaeum. of 27s ---- a Fur Neck Pieces { Bae Sou at vm pbeil lio ! Talk <hould find vou comfortably in a home of 'n McCann about it s eC Vout led with O that | - | entire absence of children. CONGANDA DELIGHTS - SCENES IN AND AROUND ON. TARIO'S NEW SILVER CAMP, Music Is Used to Break the Tedium | of the Isolated Little City and Poal' Parlors Are to Be Found In tne Wilderness--White Shirts Are Rare and Children Are Unknown -- Men Whe Have Done Well. From the broad verandah adds a rough ornamentation | largest hotel in this queer little mia ling eity, 1 looked southward aeross {the bays and inlets of Lake | ganda, just as the sun was retiring '| behind the dark forest growth, of jacs | pine to the west, says J 5, Crate, da |The World. { To the left the tents and shacs | and the more pretentious buildings { lined themselves in an jEreguiar Wed that seemed to have some relation jo | the vagaries of the shore. it was a strange town, mor: than a mile 1a length, . with na depth, and pot: th: semblance of order. Lne place luoied | as though it had just happsmed. @i as a matter of fact, that 1s the ex- planation. There were no gtreets ond the people moved among the buitd ings along an irregular trail ihe | nearest semblance to a stredt was at | the and of the old winter road; where a score of buildings had group 2d | themselves in somatiging like ord ry | alignment As the shades of early ered into 'darkness the: buildings ed to vanish as apeetres dissolve from the picture The white 'tents could b: { still distinguished, but as darkness gathered in its intenaity theds, too, b? came more indistinet end vanished algo. | Meanwhile lights { wink 'at the windows: denly «aglow with a phosphorescent ra: diance intensified by the unsurrender- {ing blackness of the forest setting The lake seemed to gather light by the mirage of its glassy surface. Ca- poes stole silently here and there across the bay, which would otherwise have been undetected but for tha, rhythmical rub of the paddles against the sides. Far down the lake a light shone, out on the blackness, and, the ears could detect behind it the rapid throb of a gasoline engine. ft was coming from the west side mines with load of passengers. To the right was a tent almost hig enough to shelter a eircus side show, From this came the sounds of lively music and the voice of a woman sing- ing a song from one of the. latest musical comedies, The merchant who owned, the tent had learned that his family could break the monotony of frontier lifer by the while the camp found. solace. in their songs. The click of pool balls had become audible: from: inside the hotels Voices were becoming louder with the simple excitements of the camp. (ther pool tables were going in full swing in the hotels further down the. shore. The night restaurants were as resplendent with lights as oi permit. The constant moving of ca- noes in and out of the darkness was puzzling until*it was explained that the men moved about from .one sec. tion of the town to another w whigh to, tag Gow- { sunset gath- seom- commenced to tepts were; sud- ts ay. y Finally a gasoline launch nosed up to the shore and a young man rain up te the hotel entrance Onee inside he danced around thd steve 10 get his blood in circulation: "Av" bein oot fer an 'oor an' am ¢verra neer frozen,' he said. "The 'mon couldna run the engine. 'He tweested every tap he eu lay his hands on. Then a mon kem fra anither boat and set the thing agoin'.!' { Inside the place was filled with men | All wore long leather boots, © which | reach almost to the knees, and many | wore the broad felt hat!of the typical | frontiersman. A white shirt or collar | in that group would -have commanded | instamt: notice. On the whole they were young men ranging in years from | eighteen to thirty-five. There® was an The con- | yersation was all about the mines | or abont freighting down the "branch" | --all of which is done by packmgn and | eanoes. Some of these men, spoke in | language that indicated familiarity | with the drawing-room, back in the | older centres of 'civilization. Investi- | gation proved that many of them | were 8. P.S. men, graduates of | Princeton, Harvard, McGill or Toron- | to. There. were many -foreigners. too, who gathered in groups and convers- led in the tongues of faroff lands. | These men were mostly workmen aj | the mines, x The absence of a printing establish. | ment was indicatéd by the, queer ad- | vertisements on the walls, One ad- { vised : | "Bet up-to-date andi hawe your let- | ters typewritten by Tom Chitty." | Two young druggists were. pointed | out to me. They had come in with | the rush with a stock of $100 worth of | goods, They. were making money, had a good stock, first-class credit outside |-and a substantial bank account. { 1 met Scobie, the "barber, who one | day last winter gathered up his razom in a Toronto store and started north Scobie has shaved $1,000 net profis oft { the faces of the men of the nerth wnd | has it "planted" in the bank. He | pays $26 a month rent for a shop | about ten by twelve, employs an as- | sistant, charges 25 cents for a shave and banks $70 a week. Scobie is get- ting on. tk dropped mto one of the three chartered banks at Gowganda, - and asked as to the kind of business trans- acted. "It is nearly zlib a deposit businéss | with us," hée.sagid. "Men from the | mines have few ways of spending ther money and we carry 4 gréat Mary s&vt ings' accounts. 'We clso make up th pay rolls for variegs--ining interp | These vary [rom $7,000 'per mo | down to $600. There are few reque for loans, as no one 'comes' into the | mining country without sufficient | money to see him through." | There are real heroes in this coan- | try whose works of devotion must al ways go unrecorded . McCartney, Rose north eighty from N Gilbert has Lrearge Hall, acres of the Gilbert, Fi ased the bal: wight the ; : hacs v farm {ton My ance of the farm for three years, in magie af music t in this | has | HAS 15,000 GARDENS. R. S. Dunlop Grows Flowers From Ocean to Ocean. Every ome who travels across Can- ada by the C.P.R. in the summer time is struck by the remarkable flor-' al display at practically every station along the line. The traveler says to himself: "This must be the result of a big general scheme planned and con- stantly nursed along by somebouy. It isn't by chance that sll the station agents of the C.P.&. have become eh, thusiastic gardeners, making their premises blossom and glow with color and beauty, instead or leaving them no less unsightly aad dirty than ordin- ary backyards. Some one has done something very unusual' in - bringing vr, i this almost uniform beautifica- i of station grounds along 'the whole 'length of a vast transcontinen- tal railroad." 3 The traveler is right. Nothing of the kind ever transpires without @ plan, and every good plan has behind it a directing mind. But the traveler perhaps never learns who is the direct ing mind in this notable instance, Mr. R. 8. Dunlop oi Montreal is the man. He is the chief of the CPR. floral department. Time was when most of the station premises of this road were scarcely different in appear- ance from those of any jerk-water line. In the largest cities, towns, and june- tions the railway gardens were proved by the cultivation of good turf, and flower beds were planted 100. But they had no distinction They were rather scraggy, and exhibited no particular taste. The grounds of the small statiops, were mostly eye-sores. Many of them were piled up with cin- ders and muck and the overflo of the freight sheds--old boxes and barrels and all sorts of rubbish. And those that were tidy were nothing more; they were not beautiful. Then along came Mr. Dunlop with an idea. He had dreams of a chain of. well-kept flower gardens right across the coun- try. He told the authorities at head- quarters what he wan to do--en- courage the employes of the zoad to make: every stopping-point of a O.P,R. train a beauty spot. The authorities told him to go ahead: "But. any good plan is difficult 'of achievement. Mr. Dunlop It required patience and tact and much | work to develop 1,600 | gardens. But there are to-day . just | that number of gardens ow the C.R.R. between St. John, N.B., 'and Vanoou- ver, B.C. Thirteen years ago | gan. sending out to the station agents | and section fofétnen of the road, free | of charge, seeds in the spring and | bulbs in.the fall, all selected with the | utmost care, and accompanied by in- { structions for their culture. This was the start of the scheme, which is now | carried out in & way that fulfils, per- | haps exceeds, his expectations. Last | spring he distributed over 1,500 pack- ages of seeds. Recently he distri | buted half a million bulbs. The agents | and foremen and their fatnilies are | now most enthusiastic gardeners. | They vie with one another in having | beautiful gardens and indoor floral de- | corations for the buildings in their charge; and in so doing not only give | pleasure to the traveling public but | to themselves. i } illuminants would | Why Cook Didn't Come. The American newspapers have been recently making investigations into the financial gains that .have fallen i'to Dr. Frederick Cook - through his | assertion that he discovered the North | Pole, and it has been shown' that by |'getting into the lecture field quickly | he has been able to mint the suspi- {-eions which have been' east upon his narrative into 'gold. According to all aceounts his present fee ig $300 a night for public appearance and he appeéars to be finding local managers" willing iw take the risk of getting out! with-a { profit even with such a guarantee to | face But' he appears to have come | down in his figures even at that. When the controversy was a 'miné days' wonder a Toronto sporting editor who has had some experience in hand- ling Marathon runners and wrestlers with profit thought there might be money in bringing Cook to Toronto. He wired Dr. Cook for his terms and the latter's manager replied, offering to give one 000 in cold cash. The sporting editor went as high as $2,500, estimating that that was the highest sum that could be paid, and even at that the chances of loss were considerable. Dr. Cook, however, declared that the lowest of- fer he would. entertain was $3,500. been deprived of his presence, and it is probable that the sporting edilor and his friends who were willing to take a chance in bringing him aro money in pocket. Newspaper Personalities. People are sometimes inclined to think that there is too much abuse exchanged between newspapers and that personalities are. rife. tle know of the change which Has come over the Canadian 'press of late years. In the good old days, when George Brown was the leading light of Canadian journalism, the for flew in reality. Then a paper was not econ- i sidered a gond paper unless it ocea. sionally took "a whirl" out of a few individnalg in merciless fashion. The early issues of The Toronto World--which was started by three young men from The Globe "staff-- would also prove illuminating. George Brown's roast on the oralorical style of the late William Loumt, when that well-known man was a youthful mem- ber of the Ontario Legislature, pos. sessed a cruelty that no newspaper to- of the old-time amenities was the re- tort of the well-known writer, James Fahey, who had accepted a nomina- tion to the Legislature, Fahey had lung' trouble, and The Teldgram said that if the gentleman got elected to the House he would: be "ecaghed down." Fahey promptly replied that if the editor of The Telegram ever got elected anywhere, he would be gough- ed up and swept out. Gilt Frames. Apply the white of an egg with a camel's hair brush. to fly specks en gilt frames and they will disappear. | | | Black Fox. and bess jamb sot, Campbell Bros" occurred in Friday Persian nt Black Lin the pow st A severe earthquake Guam, Philippine Islands, on im- | had his troubles at first, for | gardeners and Mr. Dunlop be- | lecture for the sum of $4,- For this reason Toronto has so far They 'lit- | day would be guilty of. A specimen, ee Baitais Sucleville, New Brunswick, dates from e year 1862, 'when, in accordance with an Act of the I of New effected, and" work of instruction 'was contmenced. The internal administration: of the university has been carried' on' upon strictly non-sectarian: pri , Tend members of all denominations found among 'he students. The own- ership of the institution, however, is Vested in the Methodist: Church of Canad, a. The General Conference ap- Points a large number of the board of regents, to which, and te the sen- ate, the government of the university belongs. TNR IE "The total number of regular and special students, according to the last calendar, is about 175. . There aré ten 'resident professors' and: one lecturer, and the full arts course is four years. In connection with the: university are two schools; one for boys and one {for girls. The lattér.is ene of the fin- , est of its kind in the Dominion, with #n attendance of -about 150 and a staff of twenty-five teachers. A new | brick building is shortly 40 be. erect | ed to accommodate the i at | tendance. The success of the school is largely due to the persanality of the principal, Rev. Dr.. Byron Bor | den, a member of the wellknown Nova BSeotia family which has given two leading statesmen ta ibe Domin- jon. The university buildings | BT | ally are of a superior type, and. are mostly constructed. of the fing free stone which abounds in the neighhor- hood. The art building, a very hand fome structure, contains a _eolléction of paintings, mostly loaned. by the rovincial Government, Vv al 80,000. The school of . domestic science is admirably equipped and most efficiently conducted, RD ishing one of the most important specialties of the work of the ladies' school. Bince its foundation, ago, the college has had three presi dents, the present incumbent being Dr. David Ry who has held office for nearly thirty yedrs. "The most hurried or casual visitor cannot fail to be impressed by the 'fact that a splendid work is being carried on in all branches of this institation on thoroughly progressive and modern lines. A large increase of students at the ugiversity is repoi ried this year Sackville is a town of about 2,000 people, seven miles distant from the thriving manufacturing town of Am herst. For miles on 'all 'sides stretch the celebrated ' Tantramar marshes, {about which Charles G. D: Roberts , and other Canadian authors: of Mari. time birth have written sotmuch. The country is populous and. prosperous | evidences of which are to be: seen on | every 'hand. The distriet lis in a sense | classic ground, having beens the scene | of the last struggle of the French for { possession of the western portion ol { Acadia. Within & few miles of Sack- ville is the site of .Fort Beausejour, . "renowned in song 'and story," and Roberts and his cousin, Bliss Carman, have found the region rich in inspira tion. ui ' i mai Humor In a Hymn Book. | | Most people are aware that the new | Anglican Hymn Book, the Book of Common Praise, is now comix "rita use, but not so many have heard of the annetated edition, compiled "by Mr. James Edmund Jones, 8 Toronto barrister, the convener and secretary of the compilation gommittee. The notes appended to each hymn deal with its history, the biography of the writer, and particularly the various readings of the hymp 'itself. It ap pears that very few well-known hymns have survived in their original form. Sometimes the author hupself has changed them, but mare often various readings are devised by editors, both for . doctrinal and. literary reasons, |'Some of the expressions, used by the older hymn writers were more forcible than beautiful, For exam : "Rock of Ages,' the lie lids. close in death," which has been tinkered a good deal "by editors, appeared in the original 5s "When my eyestrnngs break in eath." The well-known hymn for Palm Sun- "All glory, land and hopor to Redeemer, King, is from a long Latin hymn ascribed to Theo: dolph, Bishop of Orleans, AD. 81 The hymn is obviously based on the | Thee, story of Our lord's entry into Jérn- | salem, riding npon an ass, and His réception by the children. "Only 'the first, twelve lines of the original are represented in the modern ' version, but up to the seventeenth century the following remarkable stanza' was 1n- Be Thou, O Lord, the rider, And we the Littlé ass, That to God's holy ony, Together we may pass Area Under Corn. A report on cOrn-growing, jost issu- ed by the Ontario partment of Ag- riculture, contains an. article by Prof. C. A. Zavitz of the Ontario Agricul tural College, in which he points' oul that there are 533,433 acres devoted to corn-growing in the province. Of this ! acreage, more than one-half is located in the Counties of Essex, Kent, Mid- lesex, Elgin, Lambton and Oxford. Essex and Kent produce the greatest quantities of corn for husking and Oxford and Middlesex the greatest amount for the si 'of the corn crop in Essex and Kent, according to the latest report, was $3,200,566 in 1907. ---------------- Have Notable Record. Residents of Bowmanville feel that the "King's bounty" or seme other royal recognition is due Mr. and. Mrs. Herbert H. Dilling of that place. Thirteen years ago, on Dec. 23, they were narried, and on the King's Birthday they were blessed with their | sixth child. The others are named | Lloyd, Ray, Roree, Nina and Fern. | Ray was | Queen's birthday, during Her Majes- | ty's lifetime. Rorce was one of The Toronta World's Leap-year babies of 3904. Fern was born on Nov. 9 last | year. i ne | On December 4thy-at, Cherry = Val- ley, there passed away, in the cighty- | fourth year of his age, Abijah Foal ford, one of Athol's oldest and / most regpecied residents. . LS i forty, years ple, int Top- 10 The market value | born on May 24, the late | Fancy a congregation singing that! | oo 5 yh, Aeneid YE The' University of Mount Alison at | | Gasoline Engines MADE IN KINGSTON Inspect them before pur- chasing your new lngine. Engines from 1 1-2 to 20 Selby & Youlden, Ltd. 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