Me Atta, former featherweight cham ion has Ariived n Japdon gad immed chainenged redd} Welsh for the lightweight title, . -- The Ottawas have sent invitations out to all rowing clubs in the eastern States and Canada to attend the big Interprovincial regatta at the Capi- tal 'on Labor Day. ~All Canadian chiubs will be strongly represented. Packey McFarland is said to be the ohly man in the world with a ¢hahde to win the lightweight cham- p of the world back from dy Welsh in a twenty-round . ~The pictures of the Smith-Carpen- tier fight in London, of which a pri- Vite view has been given, show that Smith struck Carpentier ab least twice in the sixth round as Carpen- tier was in the act of falling. ie j-- * * Hdward T. Collins, the Philadel- . phia American's second baseman, has 'raneéwed his contract with the 8 - champions "for a number of years." in. the announcement, Mana- gor Connie Mack declined to state the length of time the contract is to run, or iis terms. Ottawa Jourpal:--The Canadian . baseball league race is panning out . pretty much as it was figured at first ing the running, and with Erie, St. as and Beavers fighting forithe first division places. Reisling lias & Just now with his The leaders have a twir- ling 'staff about a hundred per cent. better than the champs, every man. being experienced. 'The Cockneys Cape unlikely to blow at this stage. The Big Four will not, in all pro- " bability, journey to the coast after the Minto Lacrosse cup this year, so it was announced to-day by president Caron. "We cannot see our way el to making the trip," stated pre- t Caron of the Nationals. "We conditions in British Columbia and § do not find them to our liking. The teams in the west are not playing fast Jacrosse and are not drawing the crowds, It appears to us as though the. national on a pro. basis "was in bad out there. and unless conditions improve we shall not go west after the Minte cup." J Plans to reconstruct the National Hockey association in such a manner as to allow the admission of teams from New York and Boston are pro- gressing favorably and this much dis- cussed scheme is at the present mo- ment further advanced than it has J beep at any other time in the history got the game. In fact, if two or three not'very fmpertant details can be 'fisuitably arranged, the plan will be ! t into operation this autumn and y the time winter comes, the Inter- national Hockey League will be an accepted fact while the old N. H.»A. ill drop from sight. A well known ring writer claims George Carpentier, the French heavy- weight ds "yellow." He cites instan- ces of where Carpentier quit cold to 4 Billy Papke and was knocked out by ank us through his lack ef courage. He further claims, no game fighter would claim the technicality on which Carpentier was awarded the decision over Smith last week, and that if the Fremchman had not § been a coward he would have got up d continued fighting. Ottawa Free Press:--The Hal Walters participated in a boxing tournament at the Q.A.A.C., same years ago and his opponent was a negro: Walters was not much of a boxer but had a hard kick and was [prone to cast the rules to the winds| when mixing it up, The negro land-| ed hard on the white man's Jaw, knocking him down. Walters 'picked himself up and what was coming and leaped over the ropes, out through the dressing room, downstaris onto Laur- ler avenue, with Walters after him. The negro was faster of foot and lost| himself in Lower Town still wearing | he gloves. # With ten of the fastest motor Jboats in the world entered, entries 6 change your mind?" have been closed in the twelfth an-! regatta for the forty-foot class | championship of North America, to. held the last three days of shia curious traits," said the mam who he keeps one, "bésides his constant habit or a allénge clubs and their nominees of ae raw fish, but he is abt shh Prices Paid at the Union Stock re: Tappan Zee Yacht club, "Little ately h on Lake George, N.Y. II.;" Lake George club "Hawk | . with the Senators and London mak- have thoroughly investigated lacrosse | late) ate serve its distinctive fluvor, to accent 'stfdets, made one) at the coon, The latter antici- him Bait way, a8 he must build his and who will § into the contest animated y land or America can build, rig and sail the better boat. CRUDE MINING IN COLOMBIA. r Natives Used To Pan the Streets of Quibdo For Platinum. Under the primitive mining con- ditions of to-day the Choco district of Colombia stands second only to Russia as a producer of platinum. Most of the gold and platinum export- ed are obtained by 'native women, working {Wo or three hours per day. They use the antiquated ground sluicing process as a preliminary to get rid of the coarser gravels and then with their "bateas" separate the metals from the sand and gravel. The batea is a wooden pan, shaped like a very shallow inverted cone, eighteen inches in diameter and three inches deep at the centre, with two small handles or knobs on the rim. The women handle the bateas with great dexterity, throwing off the gravel and sand by a rotary metion and leaving the gold and platinum dust in the common. centre, Another method of mining that is extensively employed by these wo- men is diving into three or four feet of water for the sand and gravel con- taining the metals and bringing it up in the bateas. This method 18 usual- ly more remunerative than the sluic- ing process. The gold workings have existed for centuries, but little has been done in the development of the district. The river gravels were being washed by the Indians long before the ad- vent of the Spaniards, and this re- gion furnished much of the gold that was carried back to Spain. In those days the value of platinum was un- known, and 'when the Indians brought the'mhetal down to the Span- ish headquarters in Quibdo the plat- inom was thrown away. Large finds of this discarded met- | al have been made recently in Quib-| do, and frequently the earth excavat- ed for foundations has yielded suffi- clent quantities of platinum to pay for putting up the building. The na- tives were beginning to pan even the thus uncovering large! amounts of mud, which was injurious to health. A decrce was therefore promulgated in 1913 prohibiting any further wafhing of earth in the streets of Quibdo. Silent Auctions, Japanese auctions are noiseless affairs. In many parts of Japan an odd little booth serves as such a room. The auctioneer holds aloft the object offered for sale in order that all may see it. To the stranger it appears that the object is not de- sired by anybody, although all seem to examine it closely. Not a word is sald by any prospective customer, but a number of them march off to a little box in the corner, wherein they deposit certain little slips. - If one's curiosity be aroused by this rocedure a Japanese will explain the method of conducting the sale. The bits of paper represent the bids, and when all have been deposited the box is opened, and the highest amount of buys the article: These noiseless' auctions are much patronized by the Japanese. y For the Common Good. } Town planning, let it be under- stood, is not a movement to make towns beautiful in a superficial sense. Its purposes are fundamental. It aims consciously to provide those fa- cilities that are for the common good, that eoncern everybody; it seeks to save waste, the almost incalculable waste due to unskiliful and planless procedure, for by doing of things at the right time and In the right way comprehensive city planning saves far more than its cost. It endeavors also! to establish the individuality of a city ~to cateh its peculiar spirit, to pre- | its particular physical John Nolan. Outreasoning Redson. Little Raymond's mother had told him that she should put him to bed it he disobeyed her command in aj certain matter. Temptation over- came him, and when mother proceeded to fulfill her duty sobs of anguish filled the room. "But, Raymond," said the mother | gently, "I told you I should punish. you in this way if you disobeyed, and mother must keep her word, you know." Between muffled. sobs Raymond managed to say, 'You needn't break your word, mamma, but eouldn't you situation. -- h I Forces a Discharge. "The Japanese servant has many , &8 a rule. For instance, | who wift build boats | the desire to learn whether Eng-| OF INCREASING THE BRITISH GOLD RESERVE. ---- 3 Sir Felix Schuster Cites the Contin- ued Accumulation. of Gold in Euro- pean State Banks. Lomndony: July 23. -- Sir Felix Schuster, presiding at the half-year- ly meeting of the Union of London and Smith's bank, again urged the necessity of increasing the Brit'sh gold reserve. He called attention to the con- tinued accumulation of gold in the great state banks of Europe. During the last twelve months, the imperial Bank of Germany, he said, had ad- ded £11,000,000 to its holdings, ra's- ing it from £54,000,000 to £65,000,- 000, an increase jn two years of £20,000,000. The Bank of France held £162,000,000, an increase in 12 months of £30,000,000. Russia has £169,000,000, this being £18,000,- 000 more than last year. These additions to the various gold reserves were the result not of natural commercial or monetary conditions, but of a deliberate policy and certainly afforded considerable increase in: the veent of grace noli- tical or financial difficulties sing. In the United States, he jnu- ed, new banking legislation tak- en place, and some banks well pre- paring to enter the field of interna- tional banking competition. Referring to the prospects of the coming half year, Sir Felix said the unsettled political outlook at homie and abroad, and the possibility of labor troubles, could not be without influence on both the money markot and the stock market. In many parts of the world a period of economic depression had set in, following as almost invariably was the case, a time for rapid expansion. There was also a 'brighter side of the prospect~which must not be ov- erlooked and perhaps the feeling of pessimism prevailing generally was overdone. Several problems which had been weighing on the public mind for a considerable time seem- ed to be approaching solution, and if political and financial conditions in Central and South America were restored to a more normal state, the effect on commerce would make it- self felt. Looking at fundamental conditions, the position generally seemed sound and pr mising. MRS. PERCY V. PENNYBACKER, Re-elected Head of General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs. Texas is to-day the peer of any state, barring none, mot even the Bluegrass, in the standard of women of brains and beauty. Look at the Lone Star colony in any city in the land and you'll find the women folks shine resplendemtly. A, credit to the advanced, progressive womanhood of this section is Mrs. Pennybacker. She comes' not only from Texas, where, at Austin, she lives, and from Vir- ginia, where she was born, but from ,the United 'States at large over which the General Federation of © Women's Clubs, of which she 'is president, has jurisdiction. She is the daughter Jof a Petersburg, Va., minister, and her husband died fifteen years ago. For years She was a teacher. She was president of the American History Club of Austin, president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. She is a ready speaker on education- al and literary subjects and she wrote a history of Texas that told the story of the most blue-blooded and red-corpuscled genuine folks in America. ot TIVE STOCK MARKET. Yards. Union Stock Yards, Toronto, July We have often heard that worry can kill even the nine-lived cat, but we have only half believed it, and until now we have had no scientific proof that it was so. Medical science has recently 'con firmed the fact and explained how worry commits its murders, It has reached the conclusion that in many instances of what has been regarded #~ lunacy, and from which the victim finally dies, the case has simply been one of acute worry. Instead of the person dying of mental breakdown he has worried himself to death. Worry medieal science now defines as the dominance of one idea, usually that of fear. There is a fear of some 'existing condition or dread of what may happen. The {dea crowds all others from the mind, orf permits them only the feeblest and occasional activity. The most terrible tyranny is the tyranny of an idea. This one idea pounds hammer-like upon one set of brain cells, It over- stimulates them, causing an unusual flow of flood to those portions and a dearth of it to other parts of the brain. This would not be serious if it happened only now and then, for every brain cell sbould be replenish- ed by more than the usual flow of blood at times to keep it properly fed and nourished. ; But a constant overfeeding of thése cells causes a congestion there. The cells become more and more distend- ed. The worry grows more and more acute. The pounding of the blood against the sides of the cell acquires a hammer-like violence. The sides of the cells wear thin. A cell bursts. There is a so-called 'clot on the brain." Death follows. The cure of the worry that kills is prevention. Refuse to worry. De your best, and, having done this, decline as positively to fret about the results as you would decling to drink a draught of poison. Worry 'somes a8 an ocoa- sional visitant to everyone, but as we shut our doors to unwelcome visitors, so we close the portals against the entrance of worry. Admitted, it ceases to become a visitor--it is a habit, and a habit that destroys. The action of worry upon the brain cells is most like the constant. dropping of water upon a stone. At first it makes not the slightest impression upon the stone, but in time it wears it away. The cells of the brain are of more delicate tissue, and the steady wear and tear of the extra blood sup- ply ia time quickly wears them out. Or, according to medical science, it is as though a garment worn day ) after day without change soon falls ' into tatters. Examinations of the brain after death have shown a group of nerve cells at the crown of the head that have perished in the same way the nerve of a tooth dies. While every other brain cell to be in ordinary condition this group has shrunken. It is a curious coincidence, and science says a consequence, as in- evitable as eftbet after cause, that the hair on the portion of the scalp just above this brain area is the first to grow gray, and an excess of blood in any portion of the brain eauses the scalp above that portion to be over- heated. A) » Keep the Spade Bright. If the hired man carelessly puts the spade away without cleaning it you may have a hard time cleaning it next time you go out to dig. But if you have been careful to put cinders in a nice pile not more than one min- ute will be required to clean the spade and make it as bright as & new dollar. : Simply dig in the cinders for a min- ute or so, shoveling them about as you do gravel and cement when mix- ing concrete, and the job is done. The cinders should be wet, as they are sure to be if exposed to the weather. We learned this while shoveling cinders into a post hole when build- ing a fence. It works like a charm. Hi Russian Marriages. The celebration of a Russian mar- riage sometimes extends over three days. At the wedding festivities the bride is expected to dance with the men one after another, until she drops with sheer fatigus, It is a matter of pride with her to keep go- ing as long as possible, and it is not unusual to find a bride dancing gayly after three days and three nights of vigorous frolic. When a girl is danc- ing with a man she always holds his SYSTEM LIKELY READY FOR TRAFFIC IN OCTOBER. Car Ferry Ready Soon.--No Intima- tion That G. T. P., Will Not Carry Out the Agreement. Ottawa, July 24.---Work on thé completion of the National Trans- continental railway is being rushed forward under Hon. Frank Cochrane as commissioner. Late last fall the steel on the whole eastern division was linked up, and since then the engineers have been at work getting the roadbed in shape for carrying traffic. Eleven thousand men are now engaged at this work, chiefly in train filling, etc., and the expecta- tion is that the whole line will be ready for operation by October. The big car ferry Leonard, which was built in England, will be ready to carry trains between Quebec and Le- vis, thus providing through cemmu- nication over the whole line of the Trancontinental, Early rumors that the Grand Trunk Pacific would be unwilling to take over the eastern division are not being borne out as time goes on. The line is being com- pleted in accordance with the provis- ions of the contract, and the Grand Trunk Pacific is giving no sign of a disposition to evade carrying out its share of the arrangements. ROMANCE ENDS SADLY. 4 -- Danghter Repents After a Four-Day Honeymoon. Savannah, Ga., July 24.--The ro- mance of Florencé Martha Pickard, daughter of the Rev. Dr. W. L. Pick- ard, of Mercer university, who elop- ed with her old sweetheart, Ewert Harrison, of Halifax, N.S., while her announced finance, Karl Gustav Kar- sten, was on his way from London to wed her, ended sadly in New York after a honeymoon of four days. Mrs. Pickard received a communication from her daughter urging her to go to New York and bring back the bride. The information was hardly sufficient to determine whether Mrs. Harrison has been abandoned by her husband er whether she has merely grown dissatisfied with her choice, Mrs. Pickard will leave immediately. Announcement of the engagement of Miss Pickard to Mr. Karsten was made July 12th and the marriage was to have taken place July 28th. Mr. Karsten is a son of the late pre- gident of the university of Illinois. He was with Miss Pickard at the uni- versily of New Mexico. He won a Rhodes scholarship and went to Ox- ford to complete his education. He was graduated recently. On the day the engagement was announced Har- rison arrived in Savannah and visit- ed Miss Pickard. He was said to have been engaged to her ot once. Within five days Miss Pickard elop- ed with him. Karsten reached Ape- rice on the same day. RALLYING CRY TO WOMEN. Harraden Writes of King's Intervention. + London, July 24.--Beatrice Har- raden, the novelist, writes a letter to the papers saying the news that the king has intervened in the Irish cris- is comes as a rallying cry to the wo- men of England who are working for enfranchisement. She says: "Only a few weeks ago we heard that the king did not have the power of intervention and no suffrage de- putation could be received by him. Now we learn not only has the king called a conference, but that one of the members, no less a person than Captain Craig, is responsible for illegal gun running. "Can you wonder at the unrest among women at their increasing anger and indignation over the in- justices meted out to them and their cause? For men rebels there is no persecution but a conference with the king, for women rebels no confer ence with the king, but heavy, vindi- ctive and ruthless re-arrests. For men rebels Buckingham Palace is oper wide, for women rebels thous- ands of police are called out to bar their progress. Nevertheless we wo- men have reason to be of good cheer for the unrest is spreading." Beatrice the The quality of White Rose flour never varies. People Who Know and Appreciate Ls NO WHITE SLAVES, HE SAYS . r-- Berlin Police Official Asserts Trafic Does Not ®xist. : Lierlin, July 24.--~There will shart. ly appesr under the auspices of the toyal police administration uf Her- lin & remarkable publication d sigy- el ro destroy completely hp kng- prevailing idea that there is dita a taihg wu: organised "whit; traflic." The work, which is an exhaustive production, dealing with the subject in its world-wide ramifications, has been written by Dr. Kropp, a dis- tinguished official of the Berlin po- lice, who for years has occupied himself with the question of the "white slave trafic." Dr. Kropp's conclusion is that "white slave traf- fic' is an absurd misnomer. There slave is no such thing he declares in sub-! stance. Real white slaves average scarcely one 2 a million among the women and girls who willingly enter lives of shame abroad. The r have previously led such lives and simply move from one place to an- other for a change "f enviromment, or other attractive inducements, Dr, Kopp explains, There is doubtlesss some semi-or- ganized system. of intelligence offices through which the transfer of disso- (Juté women and girls is facillated, but his point is that they emigrate voluntarily and cannot, therefore, be legally interfered with, Dr. Kopp admits that his treatise explodes all that the nationas hither- to have popularly cherished in re- gard to the "trafic" in forming liv- es, and he makes bold to say that in- ternational philanthropy 1s on a wholly wrong scent in spending m*l- lions off an "evil" which has no existence in fact, Dr. Kopp received much of his in. formation in regard to the "white slave" situatign in the United States from former I igration Commis- sioner Marcus Braun, of New York, who entertained Dr. Kopp at dinner in Berlin this week. Lancaster Resident Dead. Cornwall, July 24.--Dr. Alexander McLaren, M.D, of Lancaster, died at his home after an illness of about ten days. He was one of the oldest and bést known residents of Lancas- ter, and was seventy-two years , of age. Surviving him are two sons and one daughter, Dr, A. F. Me- Laren Ottawa, Dr. T. O. McLaren, Lancaster, and Mrs. Alex. McDonald. Insist on White Rose flour. SPIRITS TELL OF GOLD. Ra Asks Flizabeth Cowneil's Permission to Dig in Park. Elizabeth, N.J., July ME. 8S, Richardson, eighty years old, one. of Elizabeth's most ted negro citi- zens, has asked Pet eion of the Uity Council to in Jeflerson Park for a pot ot gold which he insists was buried there during colonial times. Richardson told the council he knew the exact spot where the treasure was buried and would be satisfied to exea- vate in only one place. He added that police protection would be necessary. The negro says that for twelve years the spirit world has brought messages to him of the nature and lo- cation of the tredsure. The ueat was referred to the committee on parks and shade trees. -------- Find Rich Strike Of Gas. Moneton, N.B., July 24.-<While deepening an old well in the natural gas and oil fields at McLatchy's, in rt County, Mr. A. Crichton, ma- er of the maritime OIll Fields, strtick a gas sand giving a flow of 2,000,000 cubic feet per day. The gas which gave such an excellent flow was discovered afier burrowing a reasonable depth through a bed of shale and sandstone, The strike of gas comes as good news to gas consum- ers in Moncton, and is taken as con- clusive proof that there are big pro- ducing sands at a lower level that will be of immense value to Monc- ton and will ensure gas for years to come for domestic purposes. Cat Acts As Mother. Charlottetown, P.E.I,, July 24.-- At the Scotia Island fox ranéh, Bible Hilly a fox recently gaye birth to a wee pup, towards which tle mother exhibited a most unkind disposition, wanting evidently to destroy it. At the same. time an old motherly cat was raising a brood of kittens, and the owner of the ranch decided to see if she would adopt the neglected fox pup and so installed the pup with the kittens. To his surprise the cat took kindly to the the young fox, and at last reports the experiment has proved a success and pussy is rear- ing the fox waif as if he was one of her own kittens, Campbell Bros. Bargain 50c Straw Hats, now 26c. Cheese sales : Peterboro, 12fe. to 12 11-16c.; Woodstock, 124c.; Madoc, 12 11-16ec. ' Here Men, Take These Suits They're brand new, all sizes, right-out of our regular' stock. Prices cut to the limit for lively sell- ing. Seeing is believing, so get here as early as you can' Saturday. Look 'the suits over, note the fine tailoring, the careful workmanship, the style, fit and finish of every garment. Then decide if you aren't wise in buying one or even two of these suits. Here they are, three lots, three prices: Reg. $12.50 and $15.00 Suits for $7.00 Reg. $20 Suits for $9.00 Reg. $22.50 Suits for $11.00 A SIZE FOR EVERY MAN 100 pr. men's working pants, sizes 32 to 44. On sale Saturday BOOTS AND SHOES : Men's Low Shoes, tan, black, reg. $4.00. Sat. . .$2.00 Ladies' White Canvas Button Boots, regular $2.50, Saturday Louis Abramson The Store Where the Styles Come From AASAAMMAMALLS AAAAAALLAAS An. Actual Saving of Real Money are Coming' i | To This Live Store's. Final | he nevep will give you notice that he 3 Atlantic Yacht club, "Baby Re-| widhes to leave you. Instead his work te V." Motor Boat club of Ame-! Y ~"Baby Speed Demon II;" Col-, Yacht club, "Peter Pan VI;"" thian Yacht club. "Tech Jr.";| George Regatta association, | Deep;" Thousand Island! club, "P. D. Q. Vv." Kingston, 'Xacht club, "P. D. Q. IV." the New York American i ly Thomas Lipton, who is Eng- best sportman because he is Irishman, has left England with fourth Shamrock. Handicapped ously unfair conditions, he E year after year to build for the America's cup ab ll them across the ocean to ve for it. defenders meanwhile are tried tuned on millpond water and ps the rack and strain of a (tia voyage. is no fairness no sportsman- this. There is nothing in it . desire " 23.----Receipts were light all round. 85 cars, 187 cattle, 1348 hogs, 431 sheep and lambs, 70 calves. Cattle trade was slow as the qual- ity of those oun sale was not good, that is generally speaking. Choice butcher's steers, none offered; good butcher's steers, $8.15 to §8.40; med- ium butcher's steers, $7.85 to $8.10; common butcher's steers, $7 to $7.- 75; choice butche eifers, $8.20; to $8.35; common butcher's heifers, $7.76 to $8; choice cows, $6.75 to §7; good cows, $6.25 to $6.50; can- ners, $3 to $3.50; bulls, $5 to $7.25. Feeders and stockers--Supply was limited and prices steady. Choice steers, '$7 to $7.25; medium steers, $6.50 to $7; stockers, $5.50 tq. $6.- 5 will grow steadily worse and worse till you can't stand it any longer, and #0 you fire him. It's always dome purposely to avoid the necessity of telling you outright that he is tired of you and wants to quit." --~Clean-Up OF ALL ODD LINES &SUMMERGOODS $18, $20 & $22 Suits | $1000 Boys' & Youths' Greys and some browns in Worsteds Short Pant Suits, DD. B. and Norfolk and Tweeds, best hand tailored and guaranteed. Sizes 32 to 46. i styles, bloomér pants, sizes 26-35. Priced To Clear at $12.65 | To Go At $6.95 ice of all small hoys' Sailor and Buster Wash Suits. eckwear just Jeceived on Wednesday. Get ready at d Boys : Amateur Just eon- cluded a performance of the part of | Hamlet, to a friend who has been one of the = Well, old fellow, don't you feel inclincd to comgratu- late some one? Friend--Indeed, I do. Amateur (with orious mien) "on modesty Milkers and springers--About 20 on sale: prices firm at $50 to $100 each, bulk sold at $65 to $75 each. Calves-- Receipts were light, only 70, all told. Choice veals $10 to $11 and common to good $5.75 to $9. Sheep and lambs-- Lambs were firmer, selling i 18 $11, while sheep were firm, steady prices. Sheep, Man wants but little here $5.50 to $6.50 for ewes and $7 to} andl seldom gets more than half of $8 for yearlings. Culls and rams, ee WLI SRE BAS Syring Jamba, $30 . E per cwt, ~ s 4 Portugal. - Hogs--The market was very firm. Portugal has a total ' Selected, fed and $9.10, $8.- of 5,428,132, of whom 3,31 are | 756 f. o. b. cars $9.35 weighed off Nell--Do you think you could love him if he were rich? : Belle--1 would try harder. mr Rr nets p-- Emck§ at That, - One-third off the New Shirts and New small cost to celebrate with the RO a < of the New York .