« We have some fine lines in Jadies Oxford Blucher lace |, An ys in _putent, ind \, Ji. priest w 3 g y Varden" Sloss in all leathers, 00 to rion a slices with or without cushion soles, $1.50 to $4.00. Gents shoes In all leathers at all prices. Fine shoes made to order and repaired. We make » specialty at The Shosmaker. 200 PRINCESS OT. Branch: 206 Barrie, cor. Clergy W.. " WHY WORRY | 1: Choose your variety and ask your grocer for SClask's"', PASTEURIZED MILK is the safest for babies in Hot Weather Buy it in bottles from. PRICE'S Phone 845 227 Princess Street. "qWR DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1018. ones x THE LATE AGNES DEA NS CAMER- ON WRITES pas Abont the Women of the West--The Heavy End of the Burden Falls Upon Them. Guiltless of Kindergarten, Meetings, or Womexid Cilibe, Bo household columm "in the y: press, or "Votes for Wosnep™ in the market-place, without having heard a single sermon on the "duty of the homemaker," the Indian woman of the Canadian West and North is a faithful wife and idéal mother. Her children are taught to teverence and respect their parenats, to be kindly to one ahother, to earn their own living by the worky of their hands. They worship a Great Spirit, and look for- ward-to a future state, sharing the be- iief with the rest of ns that "there the good shall be happy." in the adjustment of white burdens to red backs, the respective duties of nan and wile are ciearly defined, to the 'woman falling the heavy end of the burden. when he can prove himself a mighty hunter, with skill of gun and trap sufficient to provide food for two: This is his part of the bargain, and be resolutely does no more. When he has succeeded in bringing down a bear, a moose, or a caribou, indicat sing the 'scene of the kill with broken twigs Or a blazed tree, the man grapdly walks back to camp empty angded. Burdened as she may be by two or three children clinging to her "FOR SALE. Frame hose, Earl street, $1950, Two houses, solid brick, Princess street; bath and C., rooms; goad cellar, D. R, and K. $3500 for the two. Four good cement houses on Earl street, $2650 each. TO RENT. Livingston Ave., new house, modern improvemenis. TONITE TIF gettin J, 0. Hutton and H. S. Crumley 18 Market'St., Kingeton. Poisonous Matches are passing away Da Seine. EDD pa n ¥ Sst ie mn ou and no A as good." Bato i Sn Re ; senge--I1s absolutely anteed, but you must ox EDDY'S new sample Ladies' Waists wast. Co., Moutreal at 50c on the ot ¥pd will sell them at the same price. Come early 1 Lbs jt bought oll the an and pst choice, We have also re- cei quantity of. corsets and will nr these at redu od prices. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY. Men's boots. and. shows 1p bake L patent colt and tan Rus sian calf. di welted,. soles. Fateyt J American ples. 3 skirt, as well as by the p uj her back, it is the duty of the pn to set out from camp, find the spoil and drag the "quarry back to the tepee. Arrived at camp, it is she who skins the animals and dresses the flesh for food. Hers, too, is the task tu scrape the skin, cure it, tan it, and work it up into garmente for her household. lomon's eulogy of Mrs. Owl-pluck- ed-out-his-eye or ~ Mrs. .Red-sky- of-the-morning, adjusted to the lati- tude of 70 degrees North would read, "She seeketh fish and the flesh of the mopse and worketh diligently with ;| ber bands; she riseth also while it is yet night and scrapeth the skins for gaFments." In the building of empire on this frontier, the woman, red or white, plays her part. During the course of a six weeks' journey "up the Peace River in an open boat two years agd one evening at dusk we put into' the bank Sy the Little Red River makes into the Peace, 'and there in "the 'sifent wilderness, 500 miles north of thé railroad discovered the home of Tom Kerr, of the Hudson Bay Co. his Scottigh wife, and their four bairns. The pifture stumbled upon was a little bit of empire in the making Pom ™ been off all day cutting meadow-grase, 'and was now wending hix way home with a Jaud of it in & little art drawn by a 'walleyed mare, At hy kide frisked # foal, And two -houl &$: forward nthe master and "his shack, THe 'children bounded out to greet their father. "Oh, daddy, daddy, the red 'coo "broke Awa' yen the byre and is' far awa' on the ither side of the 'barn!' Around' us were cows, efor breaklast, and we heard "t e tongue that 8 Hhukespeare spake," rem in an accent born far ayont the Tweed. ' Across the mouth of the Little Red River Tom Kerr has a fishing-seine The net yielded seven fish that night. and they were of five En species --trout, ne, kfish, and om "calls a For 366 days every year ny net pik food Tor the family; 1 ssnnmer in the flowing water, and in winter ugpder the ice. This is one of the mest beautiful spots in the whole North Countree. Loug after Tom &nd Mrs. Tom are upder the gowans; apd the Tittle Kerrs a land, "some capi- takiab wi Hogs list summer villa on "the te of of the stimdy pioneers, and. there will be populous cities along the Une y'not hope "ta write the shortest chapter in the history of emi pice and' keep from the records the deed of u Scot. MH was over & bun: greg. 3 yeas ago that r Mao i 5 Bib Alario: acrom he. "wp from asce River pushing questing through' interior waterways to cif he might, An unknown 46 the Pacific: Ocean. persevering fortitude allowed him ultimately to attain the' ide! Pagific sweep, to 'dip Bi# brush in vermillion aid write there ih lefters on = black board, * Mackenzie from Canada,. by 1788." kengie was 'the first man to 'cross 'the contitlent of America frony ocean to ocean north of the lati- tade of Mexico. 5 To-day every nation and every tongue has its part in the growing history of Western Canada. Canada refbgnizes no espgblished religian. Her proud boast iz that on her fertile prairies the expatriated outcast and the religious refugee of every creed, tenet, caste, or color, can find un- to worship as is conscience prompt, his fathers. A Rhea and : vests goo it church. a b the in ble Loe sunlig! t Isl 0 le blue ae Canadien skies. These otk justify el n-air meetings argu. n God. is not glorified if our build a" chr; and present 'with the .mortgage."--Agnes ¢ Cameron in Graphie. Just Dus. The towns of W, and Berlin, Ont, are in much the same relative on as , the twin dities of oag ge and Strath- fe or wi dietates - whom she had known only a short time asked the Bootch girl to marry |! hima, and she said: "1'll. marry you, bet 141 take & bit o wooing § Brat. » A man claims his wife ish army. land,' ng 4 the at the head cb! i "union is is ike ia oy OPO whoai he heard. "A man, i - | ARMY ARISTOCRATS. to the Khaki Uniform. "Private Sir George Adolphus!" + "Yes, corporal?" { "Parade for coal fatigue in canvas | clothes at once!" Aud the aristocrat, brought into the ranks through falien fortunes, or dis- sipation, or need of temporary saue- | tuary, briskly obeys the peremptory | command of an unfledged "lance Jack" of a questionable twenty sum- wers, Of course, the eminent person dis- guised in whe King's scarlet may oot reveal his real name and ancestry; | | but nowhere is it harder 1 keep a se- eret tran in a barrack-room. ters that arrive bearing seals; cold indif- ference in respect to pay day; an ex- aggerated deference \o superiors; & polite sequest for that unnecessary lotvy Ye are not lost on plain Tom- | my Atkins! For instance, when a paragraph in a Rewspaper br the eye ol a ser- geant in Bhropshires some four fears ago, v7 went Prompily 10 a for his love of literature in French. "I will net require you to scrub tables to-day, after all," said the ser- eant. The bandsman stared. "Ever feed of a Count de F---- of France, the one who died a short time age?" continued the mon.-com. The bandsman blanched, The se- quel was an application to a London magistrate by bandsman in ques- BE advice as 1c Dow he Imig recover an immense fortune: left 3 lam by his father, a'French nobleman. Gambling ties sent the son fo a ie he Sake of crack cavalry regiment prior to the South African War; an Irish peer who fought, with distinction in the Bur- mese War was forced by his chronic dissipation and resultant debts to re- sign his commission, After touring with a theatrical company, love of the army returned, and he enlisted--as a comiuon private, Orie of Earls of Lindsay, who died in the "nineteenth century, had been a sergeant in the army, and was the sgn of a private soldier. One of the Earls of Btirling, overwhelmed with. debt, enlisted im the American Army as & private, and rose to be a brigadier-generdl; and poy very long ago it was discovered that the broth. er of a barou#t had been forced by the pressure of eircumstances to join the Royal Irish Constabulary as a common trooper. Doctors, and even one clergyman, have served in the ranks; and aristo- cratic "remittance-fuen" very often find their way ibto the rauks of ecol- ouigl corps. Que of the latter, hav- ing charitably adopted a deserted Zulu babe and trained him as a scout, rned years later that his dusky tegé had *royal" blood in his veins, and, owing to a- chain of cir- cumstances, had succeeded to the chiefiancy of a very troublesome tribe. But the ambitious if humble -'Tom- my, in despair at the limited oppor- tunities of advancement in our army, has often to aristocraticieminence in othér coun- tries' armies. The weent appoint ment of Bergt, Balding'4o the post of cavalry instructor to the Emperor of Moreceo at a salary of something like $6,600 a year, is proof of this. Then there 'was Trooper Ward of the York- shite Yeowanry who, being deputed to take some horses to thé. Prince of chickegs. trustworthy old nage, por. { Parma, so impressed the latter that he wus retained a8 groom ab 8 high IFsalary, and vese to be a barou and commander-in-chief of the army of Parma. But perhaps a more amazing record, in its way, was that achieved by Thomas Castine. He rose to the rank of sergeant in "The King's Own Regi- ment," and then, overstaying his poss. escaped ony board a smuggling ugger to Dunkirk fo avoid being ar- rested as a deserter. Never was a misdemeanor more fruitful of good, for bre was made mueh of in the demo cratic Frepch army, became a. colonel of infattry, performed hecaic feats as a general obsdivision--+and yet was nos elever enough to escape the guillotine for political mistakes! Ono the other hand, & French Tommy pusserged in coming & major-general in the Brit- ue $ Tiiks was Claud Martin, who left the French for the British army's ranks in, India, became ingpec- torgeneral of the artillery of the Na- | wal of Oudé at a salary of $15,000 a | yéar, amassed a vast fortune by other means, and endowed the Martiuieres iti Lucknow and other towns, Considerate. me. Ben ais fool to-day. Mis. Benhatu-- You ought pot to get mad about it: 1 think it was very considerate in § your ancestors. ed The Sickly Golf Players. beaten by hig oppenent explained to him that he had been suffering all day from neuritis. "It's a curious thing," replied his opponent, "but I've never beaten g wan in perfect health in my lide." George MeKimm, son of Mr. and Mrs. MelKimm, Smith's Falls, was op- erated upon for appendicitis. -- such hints of | attained something akin - Bra. Tn -Yon look mad | am wad. A mano called him to blame it on- A golf player who had been badly § (Continued from page 9%.) {tish Columbia, investing largely lands there, | #a stock and fruit farms and hop- | yards. He canie, too, with a previous | vice-regal experience---in ireland. | Lora Aberdeen's constitutional is- sue. came after the election of 1896, and proved that a governor-genéral after all, has something to do with Canad an political affairs. Sir Charles Tupper, after his defeat, made num- erous important appointments, 'which } Lord Aberdeen refused to sanction. Lord Aberdeen held that after a | ministry had met defeat, and until | its setirement of # meeting of pariia- | ment, the government is in the | hands of the sovereign's representa- | tive rather than a ministry repre- { senting a minority. This action, which made it necessary dor 8ir Charles to resign without waiting to call parliament, was a practical dis- missal of the gabinet. The settlement of the seal fisheries { troubles, and of the Manitoba school | guestion, and the diamond jubilee took place during this regime. lord Aberdeen gave hearty support to every mevement to promote egocial moral, and intellectual welfare, ably assisted by his wife, a woman of rare executive abilily, great capacity for work, and the broadest sympa thies. in Karl of Minto. No stranger either was John, fourth Earl of Minto 1904), who, as Lord Melgund, been military secretary to lord Lansdowne, and echief-of-staff to General Middleton duping the north- west rebellion of 1885. Dyring hig administration oceurréd the Sauth African war, the death of Queen Victoria, the royal tour, and the establishment in Canada Af a royal mint, Lord and Lady Minto were great | trateliess, visiting the north as far as Dawson City, and waking friands in every part of the dominion. More conservative than his 'predecessor, and his successor, Lord Minto's prae- tical mind and good judgment, made his term go harmonious that it re- ceived a year's extension, and at its he was appointed Viceroy at Gilbert (1898. had close India and Connaught, Parl Grey his successor and bro ther-in-law (1904-1911), has left Ca- nada 80 recently that his administra tion is fresh in every mind. He en- tered deeply into the various phases j of Canadian life, and was active in the promotion of imperial unity. He studied social problems, and devoted earnest attention to matters of pub- lie health, He visited every part ot Canada and made an arduous explor- atory: trip to Hudson Bay The death of King Edward, and the for- mation of the new provinces of Sas- katohewan and Alberta were the outstanding events of his extended derma. Now Canada is basking in the light of royal favor, under the ad- ministration of His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught. With characteristic energy the duke had , Plunged headiong into Canadian life, ! visiting hockey matches and lumber camp, gracing ball-rooms, inspecting hoy scouts, and paying international visits---and all with the zest of a schoolboy on holidays. His demo- cratic ways. genial manners, and practical sense have taken Canadians by storm, and are bound. to leave their impress, and strengthen the imperial tie. - Grey UNWRITTEN LAW INVOKED Acquitted on the Charge of Murder- ing Husband, Memphis, Tenn, June 20 Mrs Margaret Schieber was acquitted of the charge of murdering her husband Augustus Schieber, milliona'~® lum- berman, when she foun! him in an apartment with Mrs. Lillian A) How ell. She will inherit. Lhe ate of her husband Mrs, Sobighar real pea 'ol the der the ostensible dig tionak iw iagity. farted cna un- mo wai 8 wnwritien Jaw, vide of Most Satisfactory. The Grand Trunk railway officials have received a communication from the Barnum and Bailey circus in con nection with. the handling of their { four trains over the lines in Canada, "We take e which reads as follows: | preasure in stating that your serv, in handling our shows has been most satisfactory; we also speak a word for your employees with whom we came in contact. They all to do their utmost to maka it pleas- ant for ug, and 1 assdre you it Was greatly appreciated by our pe ple" Workmen Buried in Debris. Cleveland, Ohio, June 30.--A portion of the wall 'and a scafiolding being used in adding a second storey to the Euclid Square garage on Thirteenth street, near Euclid avenue, collapsed shortly hefore noon Saturday, bury: ing fifteen workmen in the debris. Five were immediately taken out, badly in- THAT FATAL WRECK NEAR OTTAWA. When two cars of the C.P.R. im migrant special left the rails and i rolled down the embankment into the Ottawa river, causing the death of jured, and rushed to an hospital. GOVENORS OF CANADA When Blue Blood In Adversity Takss | upon which he establish-! Fa "WT 8 WINNIPEG AhaVY T° GUARD AGAINST ALUM $ IN BARING POWOER SEE THAT ALL. INGREDIENTS ARE PLAINLY PRINTED ON | THE LABEL, AND THAT ALUM OR SULPHATE OF ALUMINA OR SODIC ALUMINIC SUL- PHATE IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THE WORDS "NO ALUM®™ WITHOUT THE IN- GREDIENTS IS NOT SUFFI. CIENT. MAGIC BAKING POWDER COSTS NO MORE THAN THE ORDINARY KINDS. FOR ECONOMY, BUY THE ONE POUND TINS, SED Nn 1819 |} E. W. GiLLerr Company LiMiTED TORONTO, ONT. MONTREAL For Oooking and Drinking, also for Cake Iceing and Making Fudge, pemed | ALE --- STOUT --- LAGER* Pure -- Paratasre -- Nutrimious -- BEVERAGES FOR SALE BY WINE anp SPIRIT MERCHANTS EVERY WHERE LOCAL OPTION--Residents in the local option districts can legally order from this brewery whatever they require for personal or family use. Write to eo JOHN LABATT, Lire, LonponN, CANADA NY nes LS EE Make Your Living Porch Cheerful and Al In warm, pleasant Weather, when much the is spent out-of-doors, the porch becomes your Hving r C si It can be made unust ally attractive and comfortable like any room, with LX wire grass rugs and runners. They cover the bare boards ~areinexpen~ le and save wear and tear On paint CREX is not affected by rain or dampness--lies fist --never curls--ls reversible and heavy enough not tu be blown about. The numerous patterns and color combinations make possible a selection that will greatly add to the appease ance and attractiveness of any perch, Best dealers carry a varied assortment of sizes and colors, Refuse substitutes, Insist on CREX the original und genuine. Look for the name woven (simost invisibly) in the side binding on rounded edge, as show in illustration, , Wiite for "The Story of CREX" und catalogue of numerous patterns in life-like colors. CREX CARPET COMPANY Dept. ;,; 377 Broadway, New York City Orly inators of Wire-Grass Floay Coverings 2 URRY up witha bottle of Kuntz's Old Ger- man," said the man from New York. "It's worth a trip to Cana ada 10 get a drink of this torking brew There's nothing like the "Qld Cer- man" flavor in the Umited States, you know. | Perhaps because the "Old (erman" process of brewing is so very costly. Anyway, you Canadians ought to feel proud of Kumz's for brewing such a superb beverage. And | guess you are from the number | see drinking Kuntz's Old German.