Daily British Whig (1850), 7 Apr 1914, p. 12

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$ Violently 111, But Symptoms 'Pass Away When the Spider is Caught : , April 6.--An extra ordin- 'y of a woman's spider sense related to the Times a 4 tres dent. This AC- | eross-country travel . in 'even debility, but all these 18 at once pass away when ir is caught and' removed 'room, writer tells thé following _ "A few nights ago the lady refer- rod to Joined' hor husband at the where wé were staying. In mi of the: night my new ac- i came to miy room and 'me to attend to his wife, who 'become very unwell "I followed him, and found his wife in a state ich suggested sud- den collapse. She was very pale, with a feeble pulse and rapid breath- Ing. She declared that she felt 'dreadfully sick," and that she was absolu certain there was a spider v In the room. 2 _ "So insistent was 'She on this point that to humor her, but without in the least believing her story, her husband and I lit a candle and searched every nook and cranny in the room. We found nothing, and were about to give up the rather ~ ridiculous pursuit hen the patient * * suddenly announced that she 'had a « feeling' that the spider wat the mantelpiece. "We looked there, and had satis- fled ourselves: she was quite mis- taken, when it occurred to me to lift ' the edge of the flounce surrounding © the woodwork. As I did so a large black spider ran quickly along the ¢loth toward a hole in the wood and "Th band and T looked at one another, and I signed to him to af- ford no indization of what had oc- curred. But just then a sigh of re- ~ Hef from the bed, accompanied by the remark, 'At last you have found it,' proved to us the futility of our precaution, The sixth sense had not failed." r-- ccs ilies. OBSTACLES REMOVED And J. K. Hackett Will Come Into His Own Syracuse, N.Y., April 7.4By the sud- den withdrawal of the suit brought to contest the will of the late Mrs. Min nie Hackett Trowbridge, the ouly ob- to the payment of a $100,000 el t to Syracuse University for a law. college building is removed. Cousins. of Mrs. Trowbridge who started the contest to prevent James K. Hackett, the actor, from receiving over two-thirds of the $1,500,000 estite, gave no reasop Aor discontinu- ing it." It was, sid in New York, however, that had not only fou hat they had no grounds for pMoD, but that in event ef success Mr. Hackett would get the whole es- as Mrs, Trowbridge would then be red to have died intestate. With 'opposition withdrawn, the will is expected to be probated within a few days, and Syracuse University Id receive its bequest some time this year. Two of the other large lo. gotees are tho I'reshyterian hospital $f New York, $40,000, and Mrs. James M. Clancy, wile of the warden of Sing Sing prison, $60,000 in trust, AN IMPEDIMENT FOUND Fog in Morning Menaces Panama Canal Navigation Panama, April 7.~<Navigation of the Panama canal will have to be regular- suspended during the carly morning hours or i else "stringent regulationy must be enforced to insure safety on account of fogs io the Culbra cut, ace . wording to Capt. Hugh Rodman, U.S. § Na for operation superinten- It has been found that fiom mid- night until seven of eight o'clock ev- © ory morning heavy mists and fogs : Lin the cut, which even without © the menace of fogs will be one of the i dicult parts of the canal; 'for . apt. Rodinan has recently made a num of trips through the cut dure ing these hours. He says that near- ly always the mist was so heavy that even his small launch had to stow . down aud feel 'its way. Mis explanation of the fogs is the between the temperature of the Clmpres river as it flows ont through the cut and the surrounding causing heavy condensa- the lat hours, only worry enough, diges- IL stop entirely. Worry and 'consume nerve force Jeost. of living. considerably, Fae pose rr Travels Thirteen Hirted Miles (0 His PTresvirery 'here © are few terian minis- ow in the de oy varias settled districts who have to travel 1,300 miles for their s do at- tend -a Presbytery meeting. S: is the duty, however, of C. A. Wright, 4 Presbyterian missionary, of Prines George, who has to journey to Van- Souver for his presbytery westings. Mr. Wright goes first east over the i 4 T i a" Edmonton, and thence by way Calgary to Vancouver. He wight have gone by the old stage route from { Priuce George to Asheroft, but he. prefers the all-rail route to hardships of pring hough he the elie »| even thoug is 'compe to cover 1,300 milds by this longer route, : . Me. Wright is enthusiastic about the ects along the Grand Trunk Padifie main line. 'The advent - of the Grand Trunk +Pagific 10 v Prince George," he says, "has sefuced He oe t prices of staple commodittes are now not very much' higher than they afe in Edmonton. - Flour; which 'in eatly days sold for $12 can now be obtained forfour doi- lars. Provisions that formerly' we could not obteéln at all 'can now be obtained at reasonable prices," "It is a fact worthy of note," con- tinued Mr. Wright, "that we are geot- ting a good class of people: Thete nre Py to be faced, as In all pioneer towns, and some of them are appalling, but the people as: a whole are taking a good stand. There are people thers belonging to all classes and from "every quarter. d may soe a college graduate sawing wood. These are the people who make good. It is the kind of country where one has to be ready- to do anything, and the map who is willing to work and wait for the good thine that is coming is the man who succeeds." COTTAGE NEAR CEDAR POINT Will Be Erected By E. S. Woodward . , of New York. Many improvements are being made to the property which E. 8, Wood- ward, of New = York, recently pur- chased from John Robbins, about six miles up the river, near Uedar Point, George R. Kenyon, Clayton, has a large force of men at work there, ana at presént they are build- ing a dock which will rival any on the river. The main dock is L shaped and extends eighty feet from shore and is twenty-four feet wide. The shank of the L extends up, the river 135 feet wide, and measures twelve feet 'wide. As soon as the dock is comploted work will be commenced on a two- storey boat house which will cover three slips;-ull fifty-five feet long; ono fourteet feet wide, one, twelve ~Jeot wide add one nine feet in width. The hoat hause will be equipped with lifting doors, end will have all ymo- dern equipments for taking care of the owner's fine cruiser and launch- os, On the outside: point it is planned to erect a modern fire proof, iwo story cottage, work on which will be commenced as soon as weather conditions permit. A large bLarn and a garage are also planned to be erected on 'the property. MAXIM GORKY CURED Claims That Roentgen Rays Drove Away His Tuberculosis London, April 7.~The St. eters. burg correspondent on the Daly News telegraphs that Maxim Gorky, ina letter to the Russkoe Slovo, as- serts- that he has been completely '|eured of tuberculosis by the applica- tion of Roentgen rays by DE. Manu- khin's system. He says many cor- respondents have asked him how he was cured, and he has answered that he suffered from tuberculosis of both lungs when Dr. Manukhin visited him at Capri last October and made four applications of his treatment up to December. Although Gorky is now living in St. Petersburg, in a climate, he is no longer following any medical treatment, has put on weight, and feels no trace of the disease. Ha says he experienced no pain during the treatment or any nervouspess or other after effects. ° No Maister. A clergyman in Prince Edward 1s- land some years ago, when predching on the sweetness of home and du- | ties of husbands, said that old mar- ried men should kiss their wives as they did when when they were a year or two married. Meeting the preacher next day, an old man said: "It's no good, maister." "What isn't?" asked the preacher. Weel," sald the man, "when I went home af- ter the sermon last night and kissed ny wife, she sald, 'What's gone wrong with you, you old fool? return, and you will find sach symp- Lotta ad headache and dlbeplessness Mrs. Fred Jenson, Wave esd bn. a hundred polmas, | boy Funeral of the Late David Greentséd' on Monday . : «;amanoque, April 7.--The funeral of the Jate David Greenizen, who lost his life by drowning, presumably by acei- dent, on the 'evening of November 28th, 1913; and whose bod was found oh Sunday afternoon, by Yonah Sey- mour, was held from the home of his sister, Mrs. Robert Henderson, Main street, vesterday afternoon, to Willow Bank cemetery, and was quite largely attended. ' Deceased was an resi. dent; of thin. section, having followed the ocenpation of farmer a few miles west of the town. He was well known and esteemed. Miss Gertrude Byron, spending the pout few werks at Dundas, guest i of sister, Mra. A. A. Alford, has ge- turned" home, Miss Essie" De Long fund Misa Sadye Moggs spent Sunday in Brockville, 'with friends. Miss' A. Wright, gradvaté nurse of Kingston ' general hospital, who has been ill for the past fow weeks, is able to be around again. A nian mieeting of the workin of inh town il be held Be Tirnetts all" this evening. Among the s . ers of the evening will ed C. at: 16rd," predidefit the 'I'rades and La- 5 Congress of CUahada, and WW, kK. Bryan, general president of the Inter- national United Bratherhobd of Lea- ther Workers on Hove Goodsy The meeting will be in the interests of the loekbd-out hatness-mdkers, and inci- dentally of all the unorganized branches of labor in this section. et FIGHT $1,480.000 GIFTS Sather and Cowell Heirs Bequests. San Francisco, April 7.--Suits were filed in Alameda and San Frandisco counties disputing the right of the University of Calitornia to $1,450,000 bequeathed to it by Jane K. Sather and Emest V, Cowell, both of whom died in 1911. Mra. Sather left $700.000 to the univar¥ity to establish the Sather chair of classics. the Sather chair of history. a law endowment of $20.- 000, and to erect the Sather cam- panile, a steel and white granite shaft 300 feet high, now being built, She was the widow of Peder Sather, a pioneer San Francisco banker. Ernest V. Cowell, a wealthy cement manufacturer of Santa Cruz, leit £750.000 to the umiversily for a scholarship fund and an' athletic. sta- dium. ' The Sather heirs and the Cowal heirs contend that the laws of Cali- fornia forbid bequests of afore than one-third of ap estate to anv public or benevolent * institution when there are rightful heirs. ARMY IS TO OBEY Notable Statements Before and Militia of Australia London, Eng., April 6.~General Sic Contest lan Hamilton, addressing 25,000 Aus. tralian cadets and militih at Svde ney, with special reference to the crisis at home, said: "Not vour own view but the supreme will of people must to be the will of 'the government of the state." Let us implore you to remem- ber, and stick to it throughout your career, that when you are given ' a command you are the mouthpiece of the state, hut what you conceive to be the supreme will of the people to the men temporarily placed at your disposal by the government of ~ the country, All soldiers are servants of the public. To some have been en- trusted the function of command and to others that of i 3 Then no matter how democratic the coua- try is men will give vou the respect you erve | and follow you any. where." A RADIUM FOR DEAFNESS United States Citizen Sends and In- vestigator to Europe Berlin, April 7.--An American millionaire politician who is affected with chronic "sclerosin of the ear" which manifests itself in constant buzzing, has sent a private investi- gator to Europe to look thoroughly into the efficacy of the radium: treat: nent for deafness and other aural affections. The investigator has just ' completed his inquiries in France and Germany, now is in Vis enna, and will continue them in BEng: land before returning to the United States, His chief object was to see' Di Hugel, of Bad Minster, who says he has had successful results in the treatment of deafness in 50 per ¢ent. of seventy or eighty cases handled by the radium and mesothorium method. LEAD POISONING AN INJURY Comes UI'nder Workmen's Compensa- tion Law, Court Holds Boston, April 7.~Inability to work as a result of lead-poisoning is an injury within' the meaning of the workingmen's compensation law, ac corditig t6 a ruling of the full bench of the supreme court handed Hown. The court upheld an award of $5.50 a week for not more. then 300 weeks to Oto F. Johnson. a lead grindér, and ' an insurance company was ordered to make payment. Johnson is seventy-two years oid. The testimony showed that after his system had i Land Situation in England The agriculturad Cadets | "Making a lot of fussover rolled oats." | HAT'S what some 'people say about us. We admit our guilt. But our "fussiness' doesn't cost you anything. 3 And it's only extreme care that enables us to make the most delicious and convenient' rolled oats sold in Canada. 1 : For instance: --only !{ of every bushel of oats we buy is eligible for Tillson's Qats. . : We sift and sift our oats" until only the plumpest ones remain. These we roll so thin--so wafer-like, that you can cook Tillson's in only. 15 minutes. And m--m~-m! How good it tastes! I SGT XO, RE TR OSE Canadian Cereal and Flour Mills, Limited Toronto, Canada. Your Easter Breakfast! Make it worthy of the anticipation---a morning meal that shal: stand right out from the ordinary run of break- fasts. Let it be $ i i IN YOUR BAKING Use only Couper's Powder The Best that money ean buy. D. COUPER ~ 841-3 Princess Street Plone 76 . Prompt Delivery COAST SEALED OYSTERS If You Are Thinking of Building this year it will pay you to get our prices for cement, blocks, bricks, etc, as you will save $260.00 between solid brick and cement blocks. , We also have alk sizes In sills, lintels, pler blocks, caps and vases at reasonable prices. Kingston Cement Products Factory . Factory Cor. 9 Tarik ang i Charles Office: 177 Wellington St. "HOME, SWEET HOME" fll LACKS SINCERITY WHEN ll HUNG ON RENTED WALLS, fil OWN THE KEY TO YOUR FRONT DOOR. Cement block house on Rus- sell street, seven rooms. good cellar; will be complete on the of™ Nay, for $2500.00. Double frame house on a corner, $2850.00, : Brick veneer house on Syd- enham street; lot 35 x 65 feet; furnace, electric light, gas and improvements, $3659.00, : Double frame house on Montreal street, $1500, HORACE F. NORMAN Res] Estate and General Invur. ) ance. 177 WELLINGTON ST. 1 Swift's Premium' Ham or Bacon A few slices of this mild; delicately-cured ham or bacon--cooked to a tempting brown--served sizzling hot---here's a repast indeed | will you want to go back to bacon. Never again Jordinary" ham and "Swift's Premium" 'will win you for all time. There's a sweet, succulent tenderness about "Swift's Premium" ham andi bacon you find" in no other brand. : Tell .your dealer you must have "Swift's Pre- mium" for Easter Sun- day Morning! Order it now,

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