$2500 FOR A LETTER Gan You Write One ? Eight Prizes to be Awarded in a Letter Writing Contest Open to Every One in Ontario. Dr. Williams" Pink Pills for Pak People have been used in Ontario for a generation. Hundreds of remarkable cures have been reported during that time and there is searcely a family in which the remedy has not been tries with beneficial results. This furnishes the material for the letter to be writ ten in this santest. There is no de mand upon the imagination; every letter must deal with facts and facts only. PRIZES: The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., of Brockville, Ont., will award a prize of 825 for the best letter réocived on or before the 2th day of March, 1911, from residents of the province of On 'tario, on the subject: "Why | Re commend Dr, Williams" Pink Pills." A prize of $10 will be awarded for the weond best letter received, a prize of $5 for the third best prizes of 82 each for five letters. CONDITIONS: I'he cure or benefit from the use of the next hest letter, and five) Dr. Williams' Ii Pills dese ribed ia the letter may be in the writers own case, or ope that has come under his or her personal observation. More than one cure may be de scribed in the letter, but every state ment must be literally and absolutely true. The letter should be mo-tougér than is necessary to relate the bepefit ob- tained from the remedy in the case do scribed. Every letter must be signed by th full name and correct address of {sw person sending it. 1 it describes th cure of some person other than th. writer of the letter it must aso be signed by the person whose care is déscribed ns a guarantee; of the truth of the statement made. The writer of each letter must state the name and date of the paper ia which he or she saw this announce went. Fine writing will not win the prize unless you have a good case to de scribe. The strength of - thé recom- mendation and not the style of the letter will be the basis of the award. tis understood that The Dr. Wil Lams" Medicine Co. shall have the right to publish any letter entered in this contest if they desire to do s, whether it wins a prize or not. The contest will close on Mare 20th, 1911, and the prizes will awarded as soon as possible thereaf- ter. Do not delay. Hf you know of a cure write your letter NOW. Observe the above conditions carefully or You letter may be thrown out. Address all letters as follows : The Dr. Williame® Medicine Brockville, Ont. N oH L be I Co. T0 QUIT SEA A Line of Famous Clip | ol schooners which sailed gone out that the few ships left to be wold. 8. sections of the globe lie the THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG MONDAY, pers to Leave FEW ARE AFLOAI KNOWN FOR NEARLY HALF A VENTURY, or Thirty Ships, Seventeen Were Wrecked--Their Tragic Stoties-- A Decidedly Interesting Tale. ew York Times 'The recent passing of tae great fleet ubder the ewell tiag has been 10 lowegl Jv news that another kine of windjamunars, the Loch Line, been the biggest fleet of clipper ships sailing the seven seas, is to be broken which for fifty years has p. To every port they carried the och Line sag, and now the order has ae Since the iate sixties, when the firs: of the Loch Line flag sailed from Glas OW on her maiden voyage to Austra swift a, more than thirty clipgpor ships have been built or boaght the line. Uf that nunber only uve © Xx are still in service. In as man, wrec Letter Contest Department. ives of more than 400 persons. Bat- tered by seas ynd dismasted by wimas, of seventeen or more, which cost the- FEBRUARY 6, for hulks in August, 1808 and pow are doing duty as coal barges. Both assed through terrible storms which dismasted and otherwise damaged them, and they were not considered worth refitting. They lie side ay side n Adelaide, Australia. The Loch Katrine, first of the sic, arrived at Sydney on May 10th, 19089, so bai. tered by storm and wave that she, too, was sold as g barge, Between 1573 and IN75 five Loch Ard, Loch Mares, Loch Laggan, Loch Vannachan, and Loch Rasmoch. tut ill-luck pursed this family of sisters as it had the other. On her maiden trip in 1874 the loch twice was dismasied before she seeded in getting started. Twice bad to put back to Glasgow to refitted. With this inanspiciols start it is wot surprising that she came to be looked on as a hoodoo ship, and the hoodoo clung to ber until 187 when, on June Ist, she was lost on her third trip. Capt. Gibb, her skipper, had been married a week before he sei ed, Hut his bride never saw ham again. When almost within sight of Hobson's Bay the Loch Ant was wrecked at Curdie's Inlet, twenty sever. miles from port. Of her fifty-twe crew and possengers only two survive ed. One was Tom Pearce, a mu 'sup man, who saved one passener, a Miss Emily Carmichael, by swimming with het to shore. Peri:: later heey ae commanler. with the Steam Packet company. He December, 1907. The Loch Maree, like the Ard, was dismasted on her maiden voyage and forced to return to Glasgow to refit. suc she be a died in that did not save her from the fate of her sisters. On Oct. 20th, 1881, ghe . ships | were added to the fleet. They were the | Ard | Royal; Mail | She was exceptionally well built, but ! 1911. (Now on Sale) Dream Faces" ~Rileen Al 16700. : Hoaey. i i * 31808, Gems from "The Pirates Jomer Slip on Vout Gingham Gown'. 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That ill luck follows 5 change in al vessel's name is an old sea supersti three have been con.erted m.o barges und on: has becy nouep up In its day it was the ne ghiest ie ol sailing vessels ever assembled der the nag of a mingle une. ip LO. FOR. Health Drink McCOarthey's Ale BIBBY 3 CAR STAND DAY OR NIGHT Hear these records at the nearest dealer's. Write for free catalogue of sur 3,000 un eves and Porter. It's the best. Agent, R. J. LAWLER THOMAS COPLEY, Puonre 987. Drop a card to 19 Pine ¥treet whe: wanting anything done in the Geren ter Ul Estimates given on all kinds of repalrs and new work alse Floors of all kinda Al orders will receive prompt tt 1 Bhop. §0 Queen Street J.E. Hutcheson aA t to $17 Al gi So references gi ores ESTABLISHED 1863. President--Sir Richard DRriwrgh: Money issued on City and Farm Pro rties, Manicipal and County Deben- ures, Mortgages purchased. Deposits received and interest allowed. 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Refuse Dr. de Van's are sold a Aailed to any addres St. Catharines, I~ case Hut gone of the HOST seventeen ca tains and crews, aod in many passengers, all were lost. It was in the latter part of the sis ties that the Loch Line was organ ed with the Clanranald, Ben Nevis, and Loch Awe chartered by the Glas, gow Shipping company, and started on trading trips. The Lne was have been kdown as the Clan Line, bat the registration the trae cases : to of mark "Clan" by another line forced the adoptiomof the other Scotch pre fix for its clippers. So snecessfully were were ordered built, all on the sa model. These were the Lochs Katrina. Ness, Tay, Earn, Lomond, and jevin The Katrina took the water first atd on Dec. 20th, 1869, she sailed trom Glasgow. As fast as the others Re Groot English Rew ones and invigesates the win narvous lp : case, »i y all a mailed | ne Pugkien Ww tan) Cut pom phe Toronta On were ready, they followed the Katrina in each case the maiden voyage heing made to Hobson's Bay, Australia. Ur the six the Tay made the best re cord. Her arrival on Feb. 12th, 1870, in Australia ended a voyage of onl seventy-three days. For n.ne consecu tive days the Tay logged an average 0: 285 knots, her banner day be, 365, which is much better thon mam steamers made to-day in transatlani. "A Tree is Known by Its fi "» AND OUR COAL is known by its good burn- ing qualities. P. WALSH, 58-37 Barrack St. plssages, The first of the sister ships to con to grief was the Loch Leven. Onl one voyage had she made, when on Oct. 2nd, 1871, she ran ashore oj King's Island, in the Pacific, and was a total wreck. Capt. Brancom)é, her skipper, was the only man drown d. He had reached the shore safely, an was returning to the wreck to recover the ship's papers when his boat was overturned. The night of Nov, 21st, IR73, in mid- atlantic was bright and starry. 1h Loch Earn, bound for this port, was bowling along at ten knots, with the wind astern, when she crashed full tile into the French passenger steams hiy Ville du Havre. How the accident happened is not Semall Pa, Genuine hdbdanabaBIBLONSLAL LoL Make the Liver Do'its Duty ahh SA Lhe ond Distress after Eating. Small Doss, Small Price. wat bear Signature known. Both hoats were in sight on each other for half an hour, but the bow of the clipper cut the steel side of the steamer to the water's edge Capt. Robertson, of the Loch Earn 8tooll yy and rescued sixty-one of the Ville du Havre's crew, and twenty-six passengers. When this had been complished the steamer went carrying with her 226 persons. The next day the Tremontaing, American ship, bound Jor ardiff, hove in sight, und the Ville du Havre's passengers were transferred to her The Loch Earn then continued on her way, but the collision had injured her 80 she sank and her crew took to the small boats: They were saved by 4 passing ship and brought here. For forty vears the loch Lomond had an adventurous career till in 1905 when she was sold. Three vears lated she was lost in & hurricane in the South Atlantic, with Capt. J. Tham Son and his crew of nineteen men. The Loch Ness and Loch T iy were ac down, an the threes under charter that six ships | | } sold just before reaching Adelaide. tion, and it was exemplified in the Loch Kaonoch. The Rannock was ore of Glasgow, first known, respectivel, as the America, Asia and Africa. The \irvica left the Clyde in 187 boun-i for India, and wae no <r seen aga a. live fate pttended the Asia, which left Uembay in 1873. The America's name vas changed to Loch Laggan, and on Oct. Ist, 1875, she left Liverpool fox his port, under command of Capt dugh Camphell, She was never spoken nor beard from again More than fort. nen were lost on each. i But change of name did not work {a for the Loch Rénnoch. Formerly ~areer for thirty-four years, and "in 1907 was sold in Norway, to be used as a whaler. In 1900 she was brokey up for her timber. The Cairg and the Great Queensland two steamers comverted into sailing chips, under charter to the line, were naver reported after they had sailed from Glasgow in 1873 for this port. In each case more than thirty persons vere drowned. One of the few ships which survived the gules of vears is the Lock Garry, which recently was in this port. She is one of those to be sold, The Loch Vennachar had many a tempestuous voyage, and her sturdi ness earned for one of her skippers, Capt. Pennett, a Lloyd's medal, the Victoria Cross of the sea In June, 1592, Capt. Bennett took her through a three-day hurricabe off 'the Cape of Good Hope, and reached port safely, though with all masts gone. But thir teen years later, in September, 1903, the Loch Vennachdr went down, with all hands, in the South Pacific. Capt. Hawkins, formerly of the Loch Ness, was in command, having relieved Capt, Bennett for that trip. In her also perished a son of "Tom" Pearce, hero of the Loch Ard. Ihe years INS, IST6 and INSTT the Loch fleet increased by the Lochs Sunart, Fyne, Shel, Sloy, Long, Ryan and Etive. The Sunart's life was less than seven months. She started from Glasgow on June Tih, INTS, and after visiting this port rounded Cape Horn reached Melbourne, Australia, Un her way home she was with all hands, including Capt 1th, ISTY, on the saw and safely. lost, Wear, on January Skulmartin Rock. Afeer six vears' sevice, the sailed for London on May ith, from New Zealand, and never was seen again. With her were lost Capt. T. H. Martin, his wife, and three chil dren. The Loch Shiel foundered "Tannary Jbth, 1507, off Milford Haven, England, but het crew was saved, The Loch Sloy started on her last voyage on January 25th, 1899, from Glasgow. She carried a crew of twen tinine and six passengers and cargo valued at $150,000. She lost on Kangaroo Island, Australia, Of the thirty-five on board, thirtyitwo ol her passengers and crew 'perished. With Capt. Strachan and his crew of thirgg-two the Loch Long was lost 'n a storm near the Chatham Islands early in 1903. The Loch Rysn sow serves as a trading ship for the gov- ernment of Victoria, Austgplia, having been purchased in 199 from the line which she served so well. The Loch Etive also is still ploughing the ses. In her first thirty-one vears of service she had only two skippers. . Capt. Stunt sailed her for seventeen years Fyne 1853, on a Was and died 'at sea in 18M. He was sue | ceeded by Capt. Fiswick, who had been chief officer of the Loch Garry. He sailed in her until 1969, The next new ships of thg line, the Loch Moidart and seh Torridon of three sisters, built by Connell & Co { A | the Clan Ranal®, she had a peaceful | Berliner Gram-o SOLD IN US.A. BY VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. my -phone Company, Limited - - Montreal sailing vessels ever assembled, not even excepting the Sewall fleet and those which wait in the harbor of lost ships have added much to the stories of the sea that are told in every port where sailors call. New | York Times Health and Beauty. A solution of one teaspoonful of per oxide into a teacup of. water makes®a sanitary wash in the mouth | every -morning and ev ening. Cold water soothes the ymin of an sudden inflammation of the eve; hot water will help to dull the pain and a [ weak solution of boric acid is always good for the eye. A few drops of oil of lavender in an open receptacle, such as a bowl oa deep dish, containing water and placed in bed rooms apartments will clear the "stufiy" atmosphere. | Lemon and orange rvinde, dried, powdered and sprinkled over a shovel of live 'couls are a fine disinfectant and impart a delightful odor to an ill smelling room. Sugar and ground coffee may also be used in the same manner with good results, Every mother should keep a supply of lint and boracic in the medicine cupboard and when acci dent, such as a cut may be used. Spread a litte ointment on the lint and lav it on the injured part after it has been washed thoroughly with hot water Cover the lint with a soft rag and tie up to use ! or omtment An finger OoCurs it of the Too Many Bank Failures, Barrie Saturday Mor: & Since the confederation of Canada, in 1867, there bunk failures, as follows St. John, N.R., 156s: pool, N.S., 1873; real, IN77; Mechanics, Consolidated, Montreal, 1879 Liver pool, N.8., IN7%. Stadacoma, Quebec, 1880; Exchange, Montreal, 1853. Mari time, St. John, N.B., i857 Picton, Pictou, N.S., I8R7: London in Can vila, London, Ont, Toronto, ISR7; Federal, Toronto, 1888: Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEL, IS81; Commercial of Manitoba, Winni- peg, 1803; Bangue de Peuple « real, 1805; Ville Marie, Montreal Banque St. Jean, 155; Ontario, romto, 1906. Sovereign, Toronto, | St. Stephen, N45, 1916; bank, Toronto, 191} have been twenty Commerc Acadian, Liver Metropolitan, Mont Montreal, 1579 ISNT: Central, ) vw' Pains or Cramps "I carry Dr. Miles' Anti-Paia Pills with me all-the time, and for aches and pains' there is | nothing equals them. I have used them for rheumatic pains, headache, and pains in side and | back, and in every case they give | perfect satisfaction." HENRY COURLEN, Booaton, N. J. Pain comes from tortured wrves. It may occur in any part of the head or body 'where there is weakness or pressure | upon the nerves. 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