1560 HE a AMUSE CBT oe ce bas ressed to the Lord Mayor.s letter in" which he says that the Gev ernment have beem considering the question as to the best method of com memorating the life and reign of King | Edward VII. As a result of their in quiries they are disposed to think that the object in view would best be se cured by local rather thas national memorials. They feel that the mem ory of a King who showed so keen s desire to become acquainted with all classes of his subjects in every part of the United Kingdom would more sp propriately be honored snd preserved by each county or large city marking specially for itself, and in a manner most suitable to the loca! conditions. the love and vemerstion in which he was held. The Prime Mivister sug Kests that the Lord Mayor should take the initiative in carrying out the pro Ject of a London memo The Lord Mayor has replied, expressing the gratification it will give him to in augurate such a movement, and stat ing that he is taking steps to form an influential Mansion House Commit tee fo make the necessary prepars tions. The Man Whe Went Back After a Black Eye and Various Other Facial Adornments ja | -- ; It was less the 'ght in a grocers shi than the quaint way in which the assistant told how his waster belabor- td him which created uproarious merriment ai the Gulidhall, London. Thomas Walter Capp, the assistant, was complainant, and his employer, "Wm. Mortimer Phelan, défendant. A quarrel took place In' the shop over monetary matters, and Copp said he called his employer "a liar." He said it emphatically and with an adjective. Thereupon Phelan told him, "If you say that again 1 will give you that." "What was 'that'? asked the clerk. "Well, first a black eye," the shop assistant replied, amid\laughter. "Then he give me a blow behind the ear, and knocked me down. He asked me to | get up, and knocked me down again.' (Laughter.) Then he asked me to get up again, and once more knocked me down, (Laughter.} I went away them. (Laughter. Some time afterwards 1 went back-----<" > : "What for?" asked the solicitor. "Only to show hima what he had done," Capp answered, to the great amusement of the court. "Not to get any more," he explained. * Thereupon there was a peal of laughter. But Phelan told him if he did not go away he really would give him some more. Curious, by this time, to kuow th end of the incident, the magistrate asked, "What did he do?" Complainant: Well, he gave me some more. (Much laughter.) This time he. loosened some of my teeth. 1 couldn't open my eye for three days, and could eat nothing for "fwur. ( Laughter.) J Alderman Sir David Burnett, ihe magistrate: | must say that if aay body called me the name complainant admits using to defendant i" Mr. Peet, complainant's solicitor: Would strike? The Magistrate: Yes, 1 think 1! should. Mr Peet: "yy further. he Magistrate: But 1 should legal ly be in the wrong. No words would | Justify® an sasault. Mr. Peet: | will go on with the case, then. The defendant contended that al] he did was to turn Capp out of the shop. Another witness sald that complain ant, after the first bout,. return to the scene, remarking, "I've had one eye closed up and | want the other tone, too. I don't know whether that'll come off this time." (Laughter.) Sir David Burnett dismissed the summons. i that the defenders had tendered to the - pursuer the difference between firs: THE BABY ESKIMO and third-class fare. His Lordship found in law that in the circumstances the defenders were not liable tn dam: ages. SEAT IN THE TRAIN Railway Company Not Bound to Provide One : An important case to the travelling public has been decided in Scotland. Some time ago William Penney, super intendent, Local Government Board, &nd residing at Boatland, Perth, ralsed an action against the Caledonian Rall: way Company for $10.50, as compensa: tion for damages'for breach of cou- tract in respect that-on July 23, 1909, the defenders issued to him a first class ticket for a seat in the 9.16 am. trala from Perth to Edinburgh via Stirling, and that he was occasioned inconvenience, annoyance, and fatigue the train. The defence was that Perth was an intermediate station between Aber deen and Edinburgh and that the day in question, being a particular day owing to the Highland Show at Stir ling, the carriages were filled up prior Then it's no use going and that the defenders' servants had done everything in their power to pro vide pussuer with a seat. Sheriff-Substitute Sym, after hearing proof and the day was one of exceptional crowg- ing of trains owing to its being the cheap day of the Highland and Agri- cultural Society's show at Stir}ing: that pursuer, unable to get'a'Seat, had to stand in the corridor between Perth and Stirling; that defenders had wade all reasonable and proper Arrange Always Healthy--His Mother Licks Him in Lieu of Washing ® What do we know of the childhood of the Eskimo in his natural state? He Is certainly not born with the pro verbial silver spoon in his mouth, Silver and gold are practically un known quantities In Eskimo land Riches--as civilization understands! Ap extraordinary letter was read at riches-- have no attraction for the the inquest at Portsmouth on Mar little mian. 'The height of his ambition garet Gillard aged twenty-nine, who probably is to bave plenty of seal hanged herself. In thé letter she meat to eat and Syficient sel skins to gajd:-- make his clothes. His MO SuPer | «gy committing myself to a suicide's 'wiition_ says it makes bables cross 0' yyy hol) die as | have lived. God. wash them, so the youngster has to forsaken and friendless. Many a tigae get accustomed to dirt and make the my soul has yearned for a kind word best of it. | once came across an or action, but my whole life seemed Fakimo child several weeks old that cursed. Of course, the world's opin- hal iver Does os aly fon will be 'insane.' My verdict will cleans , RE lick from its mother's De 'TOO sane, too sensitive. Rake up YEARNED FOR A KIND WORD Strange Farewell Letter of Young : Woman Suicide tongue, and 1 have a to 'believe all your condemnation Against me-- |: deceiver, fool and miser. Bury them all with me, to be forgotten in a si lent and lonely grave. Trample the earth over me, as you all have my Ma . . The girl's father, a naval pensioner, sald his daughter was a single woman and a dressmaker. There was noth ing to justify the suggestion of il treatment made in the letter. She had 00 love troubles, and had never Yalp ed out with young men. Her Post Hite Office banking book (proguced) show- ed that she had a t balance of hain, Whet the mother Sur ve £40. She did not make friends. Her so nice, and, far from being Stiended, iuinoss Es ery sutoeastul 4 > he rune ae Tha a 00 reason whatever why she should ake her own life. or that it cried more after that much. |" needed tubbing. : ! A was returned of "Suicide f verdict Some one will possibly exclaim: | while of unsound mind. "But how can a baby possibly thrive | in so much dirt and filth?" Yet they that was by no means an isolated case. Ia this Instance | succeeded by stealth in getting the baby washed. Wishing to employ the mother for a short time; I persuaded her to give her bahy into the care of a Christian Eskimo' woman, and, having sccomplished that, the remainder was an easy mat ter. The wife hunted up sonfe baby's clothing, and she and the Christian; Eskimo together, undertook the of spring-cleaning the poor A MARK, TWAIN PREFACE Why Candy Stores De Net Hardware Sell Thepe is & characteristic bit of the sld-time Mark Twain In the volume. The | "Mark Twain's Speeches," which the Harpers have just published. The preface, scarcely half a page long, was written by Mark Twain himself, and is & confidential note to the reader: i i 5 : $ ie ke KING EDWARD'S MEMORY) by having to stand in the corridor of! to the pursuer's arrival at the train, | parties' agents, found thad) ments to accommodate the traffic: and ' iH i i THE DAILY BRITISH WHiIG, FIGHT OF A PEAK District of England ---- While holidaying in the Lake Dis trict, England, the Rev. H. F. Lloyd had a most exciting experience. Mr Lloyd 'went 'on a climbing escursion alone among the mountains that flank the Troutgeck valley, and when near ing the" summit of Nl Bell, which fe some 2,746 feet above sea level, he 'was startled to see a large bird hover ing about him in a rather threatening manner. He watched it, trying to evade Its movements the while, sud thinking. it was a hawk of the larger variety, continued his climb. But as he proceeded this sirange visitor be came more and more aggressive, and began to swoop down upon him, mak ing 8 direct attack. It struck at his bead and passed just above him. The another bird of the same species, ap yarently the paired mate. joined in the attack, from behind the rock} crags in the immediate neigh borhood. Te Luckily Mr. Lioyd had a stick which he carried to assist him in his climb and with this he set about to keep the two birds at bay, striking out to pro tect himself from their combined at tack. As the encounter assumed a perilous phase the reverend gentle man beat a speedy retreat, leaving the feathered combatants masters of the battle-ground\ Mr. Lloyd afterwards discovered that his assailants were a couple of great bustards that have evidently taken up quarters in ihe neighborho™d. The great bustard, it | may be meiitioned, Is the largest game bird in Europe, and is not a denizen of the Lake District. Mr. Lloyd, on relating his exciti adventure, was |.10ld thst several tors had recently d~ similar experiences, one gentle man & few 'days before coming from his climb almost in a atate of panic, and requesting that a party should be | organized to try to shoot the birds which have naturally become some: thing of a ter;or to the district. It ie recalled that last year two persons were attacked on different occasions | while climbing the same mountain, ii | being them thought that the bird was ! an eagle that had strayed from its accustomed haunts. i i "ROSEBERY SMITH" 1 i i { The Close of a Romantic Career on : the Turf | By the death of Mr. James Smith at Upper Tooting a romantic career in sport and business is recalled. He was familiarly known as "Rosebery Smith." It was in 1876 that he accom- plished the foat that has been associ ated with his name ever since, for in that year he won the Cesarewitch and the Cambridgeshire with his horse { Rosebery--a feat that no horse had | previously achieved. In connection { with his nickname "Rosebery," thoughtful melodrama, may be re counted. the autumn prior to the horse's great Yictories, a promi nent London sportsman, getting wind of Rosebery's carefully concealed mer- its_sent his brother down 10 the stable to spy out the land. The adyent.in | the neighborhood of a mysterious stranger quickly becdime known, and to rid the stable of this unwelcome plan. It was customary to send a boy oft a hack to the village for letters every day, so the trainer, that the "tout" would find it out, mounted the lad on Rosebery. Imme- Cidtely the "tout" found out the na ture of Rosebery's employment he returned to London convinced his. brother had got on the wrong scent. i --. NO WEDDING BELLS Bride Alters Her Mind One Mour Before the Ceremony An hour before John Tobin, a coal porter, Paddington, should have led Alice Anderton to the altar to make ber his wife, he received a from ber that she had olin cam mind, and did not intend to get mar ried. That night Tobin met Miss Anderton in the street and struck her several times on the head and body. The sequel was Tobin was charged with the assault. Mr. Lake, the magis- trate said that the girl bad a perfect right to withdraw even at the sleventh hour. She was not compelled to marry the prisoner if she did not wish to do REAL ECONOMY On Lovd Dufferin's estate, near Bel fast, there once stood a historic ruin, a castle which bad been a st i i : ih :7 ' 5 A Clergyman's Experience in the Lake | 'situation became more alarming when i visitor tha trainer hit on an ingenious | knowing ; that | BIRD THAT NEVER FLIES Some Intarmting Facts At the Swift-footed Outrich The ostrich, because of its resem- blance to the camel, has been sald to be the connecting link between the beasts and the birds. is a horay escrescemce op the breast of both the dromedary and the ostrich, on which they len while resting; they have similarly formed feet?' same muscular neck; their food is much the same, and both can go an incredibly long time without water, Moreover, au ostrich never flies, nor Is It possible for ft to lift itself from ithe ground In the slightest degree by the use of Its wings; but, like the camel, It 18 very swift-footed. In its native countfy the shells of the eggs 'afford almost the only household uten- sils used. An egg will weigh from { three to four pounds, and is equal to | two dozen hen's eggs. It requires thirty-five minutes to boil Jue, and longer if required bard. A b egg i is worth twenty-five dollars. | The kee, of an ostrich farm says | the birds io the only thing he ever farted that be has not succeeded tn taming. They are known to live to be seventy-five years old, and some { think they will reach a hundred. They | are about eight feet in height. Their { hearing and sight are very acute, and { these seem to be about ail the sense | they are blessed with. Their legs are very powerful and are the only wea- pon of defence; when they attack an enemy they #0 by kicking, but al ways strike forward and never back ward. » : > | The choice "ostrich feathers" are | found only in the wings; the undress ed feathers vary in price, having been as low as twenty-five dollars per | pound and as as three hundred dollars, and there are from seventy to ninety feathers in & poung. A single themselves, If fine ones, are valued at one thousand dollars per patr--OQur Dumb Animals. : ! | THE ANGORA INDUSTRY ( F. P.--Fletcher Will Raise Goats In Alberta Proyince Fergus P. Fletcher, Alberta, 1s bringing the nucleus of & herd of An goras from Montana. "There are many people in Alberta who regard the Angora as a beast with great pos- sibilities in this country," he sald, "and I am out of them. They are not ooly lavaluable for clearing scrubby | country, but they can be run with great { profit on any piece of poor land. | | have seen a herd of goate put on land {tbat was absolutely useless, and they bave impreved it that much that if'is | now well prepared for other stock or | grain growiug; there has {| ever increasing demand for this |-past few years, and the prices in London England, during the years from 1906 to 1910 have been i , episode, worthy of a place in the more S'8tIYIng. And there is no fear of an over production. The Angora try is only in its infancy, but it is full 1 of great possibilities, and when the | general public become educated to eat goats' flesh the industry will grow fast. Iu all the big restaurants of Europe, England and the Unlied States, the delicacy, and the demand for ft is in- creasing all the time." Mr. Fletcher expects to pass through the city again in about ten days with Josty goats with which to start his erd. OATS FI¥E FEET HiaH Mr.. AM, Cooper brought in some oats from his farm in Neebing town ship, near Fort William. The oats, which are green, stand five feet high and are well headed out with full ker. nels of grain. Six weeks B80 he thought of ploughing it down as use less, but since then it bas grown to its present size. He bas thirty acres of , Such oats and his wheat is equally SCIENTIFIC MATING Millionaire Wants Yale to Teach Doe: trine of Race Culture New York, Aug. 20.--The time bas come in the opinion of W. E. D. Stokes when the science of 'eugenics should be taught at Yale. In a letter to President Hadley, the millionaire sug- gests that study of race culture and the application of fs principles to marriage will lead to the physical and moral betterment of the human race. Mr. Stokes submits that by scientific methods the value of horses, cattle and poultry bas increased. Then why not, he argues; try to improve humanity through similar knowledge? He pre dicta the when it will be a public disgrace to be the parents of any but healthy, intelligent, well formed chil- dren. IMPROVING POULTRY Beaverton Farmers Are Putting Brain into the Industry Mr. J. Hare, Whithy, has been for the past six weeks devoting his time to the organisstivn of rative Poultry Circles" in the vicinity of organization, be states, is composed of over , Who have been receiving since organization t SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1011. SUPE BER HI Ny. Harold Loze, of Star City, Sask, Avdids Fatal Hug by Jumping Into'a Creek Harold Lozo, a lad of thirteen, liv ing with his uncles, the Fleming broth ors, near Star City, Saskatchewan, was attacked by a bear. He had been sent Jon an errand to a Helghbor's, was re- turning, and had just reached a bridge over a creek which crosses the farm. Hearing something behind him the lad turned in time to see a huge. black bear at his very heels. Harold drew his knife and bad it half open when the bear rose on Its hind legs and grabbed for him, knocking the knife out of his hand. The boy immediately dropped into the creek, and being a swimmer, W brevely fooling the bear and thus sav- ing his lite. tly the bear had been Iyb PAGE SEVEN. 2 THE KEELEY INSTITUTE For Alcoholic and 1253 Dundas St. Drug Addictions. Toronto. ni i -------- Brandy Snaps in a bluff near the trail, and ing the boy pass, had followed him, catch- ing hitli at the bridge. Bruin gave twe or three growls of disappointment and finally walked away. Chase was im- mediately given but no bear could be foun bears are gelting bold and hungry. Harold's overalls and shirt were torn by the claws of the animal, otherwise he is none the worse for his adven- ture. z OYSTER SHELL SCALES While looking over several young orchards in the southern districts of Hastings, Mr. OQ. D. Mcintosh, Stirling, says he finds a great many dead and dying trees. Many of them are badly affected with oyster shell scales and the egg masses of the applé tent are very abundant, and unless something is done before mext summer the trees will no doubt suffer severely. The green apple aphis is a serious pest this summer. The growth of young wood this year, in most cases, is ex cessive, and it will be well for the trees if they are headed Lack some for next year. Early spring is prob ably the best time to do the pruning of young trees. It {i while trees are young that they get their shape to the growers liking, and those who are | buying trees will do well to get two- year-old trees, and then see that they get a good start. The Codilng Worm is getting in its work thls year iu the old orchards, with the result that very mauy worniy apples may be seen in most of the old orchards. If the only losses were the wormy apples, it would not be so bad, but the extra ex- pense of picking and sorting to get a few good oues very materially affects the price the buyers can afford 10 pay for apples. Se A Silent Partner, Nibbitt--That woman who just went out is the partner of vour joys sorrows; | suppose ¥ Rufton She's partoer [to my joys all right, but when it comes to my sorrows she slips over to gee her mother. This Sounds Like Business. We positively guarantee, in'writing, flesh of the Angora is deemed a great ' to refund every cent paid Ly any student who, at any time during the first two weeks in our College, will stand in the presence of the class snd state that we have misrepresented facts or that he or she is dissatisfied { with our College or System. 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