i rss HOON I Fomurk able Tenet SECOND SECTION. : ' YEAR 77-"NO. 18, Ch , a K INGSTON, ' GREAT BRITAIN'S PROJECTED NAVAL BASE AT SCAPA FLOW, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JA IN NUARY THE ORKNEYS, - SCATA FLOW, CHOSEN BY GREAT BRITAIN A3 HER 'NAVAL Scapa Flow, which has been selected by the English government as a na locked harbor, about (en miles by sight miles, sheltered by Pomoun, the dhief island of the Orkneys, nud the smaller southern islands of the group. | CONVICTS' LIFE A COMIC OPERA IN THE OLD LAND. : Sarnen, Switzerland, Seat of Crimio-| al's Garden of Eden--Nice, Pleas-! ant, Do-As.You-Like Lotus-eating | Existence, n Prison- life in Switzerland a luxury instead of a punishment. The | comie opera jail at Thorburg, where | the inmatds did as thdy.pleased, ha only recently been suppressed by the Berne authorities, yot details are pub lished in the English papers of a simi lar institution at Sarnen, in the can ton of Oswald, : Sarnen i apparently an ideal penal resort, for the happy eriminals who are sentenced to terms of "detention' in that institution have a far better time than hundreds of "free" Swiss citizens who are forced to earn their bread. A correspondent of a Lausanne pa states that he was passing through Sarnen when he saw a num ber of men, dressed in dark blue clothes with white stripes, walking about the village, smoking and jok- % - is ing. thers were seated in a cafe, and some were working in a leisurely man- ner, ecartying bricks for the construc- tion of a wew building. To his aston- ishment the corgespondent found that the men were convicts from the can tonal prison close by. £0 These convicts are pecmitted to leave the prison early in the morning, and find work around Samen, or walk about the country witil night- fall, when they return of their own ac- cord to the prison. They are unaccompanied by ward- ers, and there is nothing to prevent their escaping, but they are far too comfortable to think of relinquishing their quarters, for they have as much liberty as other men, and are, more over, fed and lodged for nothing. The money earned hy those convicts 70 YEARS OLD GRATEFUL FOR MEDICAL AID. "Though 1 had passed by seventioth * writes RB, A. Silvera from Duncan PO. "1 am painfully aware that one of the penalties of oll age is the slowing down of the activities of 'the system. Ome of the most danger ous( conditions of old age is consy tion, an inditect cause of many den deaths. 1 have used many m dines, but none so suited: to old a8 Dr. Hamilton's Pills. They wonderful ¢ With headquarters at Scapa, tivo miles from Kirkwall, the Orcadian capital, the ships of one division of the Bibtish home fleet will 'bo... stan tioned ut Reapa Flow the greater bulk of the year, and at mes the bulk of the greatest of the English naval squadrons will find shelter there. Yhere are many small bays in the Orknevs and diverging from the who choose to" work can be spent they like. One convict, who is ployed as a gardener by a local magis- trate, sends his monthly salary to his wife and ehildren, Two or three convicts some weeks ago, but they eventually returned to the prison in a hali-fam- ished condition, and after being vercly reprimanded, they were allow od to returf to their apartments. One conviet was discharged recent- the completion of his em ' so Iv, alter wer tence, and he remained in Sarnen for | t purpose of continuing fo carn money. as a bricklayer, but his " Jengues.... in prison uniform things so unpleasant for him that begged the governor of the prison allow him to g and status as a conviet. ke me he td reste his A Hint to Shopping Ladies, - If you wanted when you suaded to something else stead, when you came away would: you feed a little disappointed ? "As ii somebody had "got one over you"- and not for vour benefit, mind, for their own profit ! And when you proved that something which was represented being 'just as good," as what asked for was not as good--was not to be compared even with, the thing, wouldn't you feel still worse ? This i just the case about Zam- Buk. Like all good things it anything badly, and to the stors were per in got take Tobe ask for Zam-Buk, and see that get it. The name is protected by law, and is clearly Don't have anything else ! Thep you won't feel that somebody has made a few extra cents out of your lack of firmness. : Macdonald Wedding, 5 Macdonald, Jan. 20--A quiet wed- ding was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clark, on the 5th inst., when their daughter, Migs Leta, was united in marriage to Capt. Edward Bartley. Mr. and' Mrs. Bartley . have returned from their wedding trip and will reside at Mac- donald during the winter months. The infant son of Me. and Mrs, John Galt died quite suddenly on Saturday metn ing last, aged eight months. Miss Eva Richardson, ill for several wesks, is very much improved. A number from here are at{onding the special services at Gretna. JA. Kent, Napanee, and Mr, MeClennan, off Lindsay, visit- ol 'at George Hawley's recently. » Died In New Jersey. r, Ont. Jan. 21.--<Miss An , daughter of the late Nd who was collector of customs) er, for forty years; is dead at , N.J., aged seventy years. relatives in Ottawa as about [Flow where as | 'escaped' | 4 ' | evidently cornered by Freddie | nounces that while he never Englishman for Decor "uniform" | ve | but | the | - as =, you | real has | many imitations. When buying it just | you | seem on each packet, | the small craft of the navy can find shelter, and there is an oxosdlont anchorage for the . largest battleships. Scapa Elow. just . lies off the. great western highway, the Pentland Firth, famous for ta strong tides and the amount of Scandinavia and German tonnage which pase through. Its strategic advantages are solfrevident. © > NAMES CONDITIONS, | Nelson is Willing to Meet Welsh in Callforpia. New York, Jan. 21. ~Battling Nelson Welsh, featherweight champion, the world's the English who claims title, had Welsh in Grea will make a match with on dav. an an Brit Lhe ea of fighting ain, he al the must rounds, 133 pe at : and that Cali roia must be the scene of the battle, If Nelton means what he save, Welsh will have enoug! be the rir son. says bout sunds time Although a maritime region, ing many men into the merchant rine service, the Orkneys have { tributed few pian to the navy. base. Transportation facilities at are very limited, but this will remedied. A wireless \clegreph hefore coming bere to complete rangements. 'Bealy, Blotchy Skin, Is a type of irritating skin di that's becoming very spreads . rapidly and parts of the body. itchy and irrita a qui ly like Dr, amilton's Ointr it penetrates the skin, allays the ing, gives relief at For sliin irritation, roughness there is, nothing Hamilton's effects di If your skin 3 Use a | reme H once, or is 80 certain Ointment. Sold in Ble, as by dealers haoxes. common, BADSIIN THE send ma- con Great interest, however, is now taken there in the establishment of the new naval Scapa | tended to rival be sta ito met Packy McFarland in Loudon Sense It nt is ting nent: itch chapping 1h ail Jan, 20--The for Fest Side. Court New York, things Tackin phere in the days ago and a eo a le of laurel wreaths, A concedned a Greek sonal touches were Raymond. Dunecan--hardly Menalkas, were a mire of local color. Mr. Duncan was garbed much whieh was covered with flowing hair, As for little Menalkas, his garment might be called a burlap bag by the bag protruded a sturdy pink limb, Jove ab. fist) PAYMOND DPUNCTAN, Hi WIFE AND PON MINALKAS IN coumT ie {to the child through exposure, The trouble all started when Saturday with his aunt. The station. "You are charged. with endangering and died at unsesthetic, From each corner of the your child's health," said Magistrate: last night. " Hetbert, only { and the abandon with which Menalkas a classic atmos-| gambolled on a eold modern table top few i almost gave the lie direct to the con- were a few Ionic columns | tenfion oi Policeman McNish and the ¢ | Society for the Prevention of Uruelty iar as costumes and other little per-ito Children regarding possible injury' the nameé--his wife and fofir-vear-old son, | policeman saw Menalkas out walking! police after | man refused to be led to the possible | the popular conception of Epictectus, conclusion that the child did not feel | MH . 1 with the possible exception of his head, | the apparent hardship, and forthwith | ith, fell from the roof of the British be led the t#io to a convenient police } American CRY NEY S FR ra Tee tion is to be ous depot buildings while the present small pier will enlarged to permit. the landing large numbers of men. The admiralty regards Scapa Flow as purely a strategic hase, not in- ival Rosyth, in the Firth «| of Forth, which is rapidly being mdde {a great station, BE SILRS establiched and, numer will be erected, be of | RESTORED HIS MIND. =~ { Memory Returns After Lapse of Fifteen Months, 0., Jan. 21.--Harley W former deputy auditor of tw, awoke last evening fif Delaware, cout rom a lapse of memory of over On October 2nd, 1908, een months {Dh laware | Simpson was thrown from a buggy in | alighting on his head. It | fea wo had been fatally injur- i He recovered physically, but his | never returned until fell on ice, hurting for his recovery seemed { | i Simpson, { mental faculties Hast week, wi his {several d when he He was unconscious and head, AVS | doubtiul { restored the first the aecident, recognized fle began telling her of the runaway, then start the county was held injured. He the last fif Un re since 5 Wile, of the result of which i of the mn, e_ he was | the day befor { remembers no in'ident of ths { teen mot NEW KIND OF INFLUENZA i { i | | { Prevalent in ! Few Weeks. | 21.--~While London | from true influenza, as i fluenza germ--last showing sixteen deaths, compared with an average of 22.3 Lan epidemic of psendo-influenzal at- i : | tagks has been . keeping the doctors | both in the west end and in outlying {districts, busy jor the past fortnight. | A physician practising at Battersea { recently described the prevailing ail | ment as a mild type of influenza caus- ted by the bacillus catarrhalis. "So {far few of the cases have shown the tordinary symptoms of bronchitia or 'cold inf the head," which usually char- {mcterize an influenzal atgack. (eperal Imaluise, great prostration, nausea, and other indigestion symptoms, with iclight fever and pains in the Hinbs, {have been common." . i Isn't This Ror antic? | Two toes loved by { ur corns {five years and sentenced to die by Hive applications of Putnam's Corn xtractor. H you want to cure corns "Putnam's" is the only thing--try {this painless remedy. Fell To His Death. Windsor, Ont., Jan 22. William Mc- | Millan, thirty-five years ol, a tin- London, J jusually free caused b th week's return, i an for brewery to the frozen forty feet below, yesterday, x Dien of his injuries 4 left arm was frac ground, London During Last: is PRIEST TO BE ARRESTED. Interfered with Winnipeg Magis trate's Order. Winnipeg, Jan. 21.--Rev. Father Kowalski, a Polish priest, has run foul of the courts here by attempting to usurp authority. Some months ago one of his congregation was mr rested charged with seduction. He pleaded guilty and promised to marry nis vietim. He pave a money guar avtce, but the marrmge has hune five ever since, the time having been ex- tended by the magistrate according as representations were made some unforeseen hitch had oceurred Lately, however, he- became convinced that no marridge was 'and ordered an explanation. that: he had nothing to do with the matter, as the priest had accepted the settlement which } had made with the irl, to whom he paid $00 to release him from his obligation He also paid the priest*one hundred dollars for ffecting this sdttlement. He was at once arrcsted, and a war rant has been issued for the priest on a charge of compounding a felony, SOCIETY DAMES we With Supporting Anarchy And Mob Rule. New York, Jan. 21.--The part taker by women of means, refinement education in supporting the striking girl shirtwalst makers 8s strongly criticized here in a petition just sub mitted by thé employers to the preme court. * I'his strike would have been calle off ago," says the pemition, "i it had not been for the support weicty women given to demonstrate women's power to fight for a caus and thus strengthen the equal suf frage movement. It is exceedingly dif fioult to understand what other mo tive these women. can have for sup- porting anarchy, mob tule and law breaking." Ihe employers ask that a tempor ary injunction already granted whith forbids the strikers from pie keting a fdctory be made permanent Justice Gerard has reserved de cision. Charged and CIR long of his -------------- Pagus'-XXX porter, ale and lager is put up in kegs and bottles expressly for family use. Delivered to any part of tht city. : Some people are too honest to take advice they haven't. paid for, and others are too wise. As the bride and what ghe leaves the church, trouble and follows them home. married gets busy & SECTION. "A CHOIR LEADER Tells How Peruna Kid Fim of AR Catarrhal Troubles, { that | { 1 { i contemplated | Fhe man then appeared and informed him | | | [NA PE-RU-NA SCORES Another Triumph in Canada. "A Relief to Breathe Freely Once More." R., G. W. MARTIN, Hartford, Ont., choir leader at St. Paul's Episcopal church, writes: "Peruns is a wonderful remedy for eatarrhal troables, "I have been troubled with catarrh for agreat mang years, and always trys ing something I\r it, but was able only $0 secure temporayy relief until I used he {realy once more." Almanac for 1910. 01d As You Feel It's a simple matter of Stomach and Liver. Take Abbey Effer- Sone vescent SOLD EVERYWHERE. ELECTRO PLA TING Partridge r all kinds of Plating epared to do your Bliverw & Sons have put Wy Call or write (rescent Wire 2nd lon Works It costs Berlin } than 81,500,000 a | year to keep the streets clean. People who talk the most generally attract the least attention. 4 { believed the last fall a | tured and his back broken. 'was working under guard in the cor | ed. AAAAAAAAAAAF AA AY Crawford Largest Selection of Woollens | IN THE CITY TO CHOOSE FHOM 20% Discount THE TAILORS. i & Walsi, | | Everybody Who Eats Bread from the Should avoid danger of Impurities in delivery Oven to the Home. Insist on your Baker wrapping his Bread in EDDY'S BREAD WRAPPERS We are the original manufacturers of BREAD WRAPPERS now used by Leading Bakers, © cities. ttawa, Montreal and other' ' THE EDDY CO., Ltd., Hull, Canada. Fleeing Military Prisoner. | Buffalo, N.Y., Jan. 22.--People liv. | ing in the section of the city sur] rounding Fort Porter witnessed a | thrilling man hunt. Private Margit | troyd, recently sentemced fo two vears' { imprisontuent at Fort Jay for desert. | ing from the Filth cavalry in Utah, ! - - { > ral at the fort. At dusk he made a break for Hberty. Two guards gave, chase, occasionally. sending bullets from their rifles after the fleeing man. The soldiar made for the residence see tion. The guards Kept up a running fire until it became dangerous to peo tle 'on the striet. Margittroyd essap- RAT 91 ob Ask aour bought tor a Free Peruas wo