FLED WHEN THE GUARD GAVE THE ALARM The Foreigners Were Evidently From « Washington State -- They Intend- ed To Cut the Pacific Cable. Vancouver, B.C., May 17.--The first deliberate attempt at extensive damage ia British Columbia origin- ating apparently from Washington State and 'évidently attempted by Germans or Austrians came quite close to succeeding at midnight Fri- day in an attack on the cable station at Bamfield Creek on the west coast of Vancouver Islaad. A large launch loaded with raiders swooped down on the cable station from the sea. The watchfulness of the sentry caused an alarm to be sounded and the military gultrd being roused the visitors beat their retreat. They Bot away in their launch, but which direction they took and where they now are Is a mystery. The intention of the raiders was evidently to put out of business the Pacific cable ecomnecting England end Canada with Australia. Cable officials were awakened by a rifle sliot fired by the sentry, who 1a- mediately afterwards fired at the fleeting forms of two men who got away to the beach and boarded a big launch. "An armed guard of sol- diers was out within a few minutes and In small boats searched nearby waters, but nothing more was found. Later information was obtained that a launch had been in the vicinity for several days and was seen signalling to persons on shore. Officials of the cable station are sending a re- quest to the Admiralty authorities at Esquimalt for a patrol boat to guard thelr station from the sea. A Story of the Wayside. ~~ Once 'pob 4 time a Traveler woke up an a valley ap' seen a bright face Young Man stanin' nigh, an' de Trav- sler axed him ter please show him whar Mr. Ha lived at, an' de Young Man phinps --"¥ou --right now. -- It's whar you done had dat good rest last night. Mr Ha lives in de ground at yo' feet, an' w'en he hears de sound of yo' plow an' yo' pickax an' yo' hoe he'll come up an' almos' shake yo' two hapds off--he'll be so glad ter see you!"---Atlanta Constitution. Numbered Teaspoons. Tea table etiquette was somewhat complicated in the days of that "bard- ened and shameless tea drinker," Dr. Johnson, when many people thought nothing of drinking ten or twelve cups up those who did not ten were supposed to Brilliant Mme. de Stel.' Mme. de Btael was about thirty. years old when Bouilly wrote that she je if} i) IN CAMP AT PYRAMIIS, Australians and New Zealanders Are Splendid Lot of Fellows, in a letter from Cairo a tourist says: "This city has naver héon so in- teresting. The streets are crowded with Australian and New Zealand soldiers, the finest looking men I have ever seen. Many of the ordin- ary soldiers have incomes of Arom $25,000 to $50,000 a year, and haye enlisted as privates. It is strange to see these men in their khaki uni- forms lunching at Shepherd's Grill Room, the mest expensive restaur- ant in Cairo, dining at the fashion- able hotels, and dancing at the Sat- urday night ball given at the Con- tinental, "Those from Queensland have gand colored sombreros caught up on one side with a large :cockade of emu feathers; other sombreros are trimmed with fur, ete. It is rather funny to hear one of these good na- tured, unspoiled men say 'Thank you very much' to an Arab gamin who ha¥ given him back change for some- thing he has bought. "One rich man, a sergeant at Ab- bassia, was told to appear before the Meutenant of his regiment, and when he did so found that his super- jor officer was the chauffeur whom he bad employed in Australia at $12.60 a week, The democracy of the Australian contingent amazes strangers, as 'the officers do not hold aloof from the men in the way they do in other countries. The most marvellous sight of all is the mew city that has sprung up at the base of the Pyramids, behind the Mena House. I could hardly be- lieve my eyes. Here is a tented city of over twenty thousand, Macadam ross have been lald in the sand, alohg which are thousands of tents and small shops of every descrip- tion, coniaining things for the sol- diers to buy, and a number of mov- ing pleture buildings] two of which, nearly finished, are very large. There is a little branch railroad that connects with the Cairo tram, so that provisions and so forth can be brought to different parts of this new city from Cairo, "Australians are the most frank, open-hearted people I have ever met; are--delighted to have talk to them, and pleased as school' chil- dren with everything they see. They are like tigers, however, and are anxious to get at the Germans. "Thé Mena House has been con- ve*ted into a military hospital. While lunching there, through- the kindness of an official, yesterday, I heard the solemn tramp of steps and saw a band of soldiers march by carrying a coffin covered by the Union Jack, with the poor boy's felt Kat resting on it. Tears came into my eyes as 1 thought of his dying of pneumonia before he reached theibe front, a disease of which many have died at the Pyramids. George III. and the Wigmakers. When George III. ascended the throne of England his wealthy sub- jects were beginning to leave off wigs and to appear In their own halr, if they had any. As the sove- reign was himself one of the offend- ers, the peruke makers, who feared a serious lok of trade, prapated 3 petition in whi ey Pray majesty to be ee acly pleased t "shave his head" for the good of distressed workmen and wear a wig as his father bad done before him. When the pe y walked to the royal palace, however, noticed that they wore no wigs themselves. As this seemed unfalr to 'the onlookers they seized several of the leading processionists and cut their hair with afy implement that came most readily to hand. not only wear a wooden leg himself, but enjoin the e to follow his laudable example, [of $802,578.19. Since 1912 the ex- ON "ARIO ROADS, Northern Development Work Among Settlers Shows Good Progress, The Province of Ontario, through its Northern Development Braoch, has demonstrated in a striking man- ner the beneficent effect of better roads upon agricultural districts. Commissioner Whitson, who has su- | pervised for three years the road- building activities of the service in New Ontario, in addressing his re- port to Premier Hearst, says: "When inspecting the different districts along the roads which have been constructed during the last three years, I find that good progress is being made by the settlers; along these roads nearly all -the vacant land suitable for settlement is being taken up and improved. In the val- ley of the Rainy River exceptional progress has taken place; the set: tlers are now able to reach markets along 'the Canadian Northern Rail- way, which three years ago were in- accessible, Heretofore where no roads were constructed, the settler was merely marking time; since the construction of roads, he has taken courage, and is now clearing up large areas of land, and in other ways improving his social condition. This will apply to almost all the sections where good roads have been constructed, It has encouraged the settlers to build schools and has made it possible for the children to attend them. This in itself has done much to stimulate settlement, as in the past the want of schools and their inaccessibility for lack of roads, I have found to be one of the great obstacles in the way of settlement." Since 1912 the Northern Develop- ment Branch have been engaged up- on the construction of 1,705 miles of roadway, chiefly in the great clay belt and in the Rainy River district. At the height of last season from 4,600 to 5,000 men were employed. There were under construction 708 miles of road, of which 2556 were new--ecut out of the forest. Grading operations were proceeded with upon 296 miles; 108 were surfaced with gravel or crushed rock; 214 were partly graded, or improved by ecut- ting down hills, and by ditching. Forty bridges were constructed. Three experimental farm plots were Last year's work involved an outlay penditure by the Branch in this de- velopment has been $2,076,833.27. The chief markets in Canada are widely separated and the through railway lines are an absolute neces- sity to general development. But, as Commissioner Whitson points out, the highway, stretching from the gate of the farm to the nearest rail- way station, has a distinctly encour- aging effect upon agricultural pro- duction. While the good road may ed as a free gift by the community to the individual farmer, the cost of it is usaally more than repaid in the expenditure of the ex- tra wealth earned by the farmer as one result of its comstruction. The farmer is a large consumer of the manufactures w do much to maintain cities. he last Dominion census gave a list of products total ling in value to approximately $40,- 000,000 which found their market almost entirely in the rural districts, and they are but a small proportion of the goods purchased by farm- ers throughout this country. To Tax Signboards. The Ontario Government. has struck upon a novel method for pro- suitable locations. | BOOTS THAT | STOOD THE TEST MES HOLDEN McCREADY LIMITED, Canada's largest shoe manufacturers, supplied, within thirty-three days, 32,217 pairs of leather ankle boots and 30,000 pairs of canvas shoes for the outfitting of the First Can- adian Contingent, the largest quantity supplied by any manufacturer. These boots were worn by our soldiers on active service both in this country and in the training camps in England. rey were subjected to the most severe uszge that boots could be subjected to. They travelled over rough roads and smooth. They waded through mud and through slush past all description. They were soaked by the never-ceasing rains of an abnormally wet English winter. They were baked on hot stoves, grilled on steam radiators and roasted ie open fires. Yet, THEY STOOD THE TEST. Outof the entire 32,217 pairs of leather boots supplied by this company only a single pair was shown to be open to criticism when the Government enquiry was made six months later. employed by the Government examined 1365 pairs and 348 odd boots made by various manufacturers. Among the number were found only seven pairs of boots of Ames Holden M¢Cready man- ~ ufacture, of which five were found to be repairable, one pair unrepairsble, and ONE PAIR HAD A SOLE UNDER GAUGE. The best proof of the durability and serviceability of the Ames Holden Me- Cready boots, however, was afforded by the sworn statements of soldiers who had worn these boots - constantly from the time they were issued in September, 1914, right through to March, 1915, They swore that they had worn the boots through all the rough experiences at Valcartier and on Salisbury Plain and that they h given eagellen:, Service roughout. Sergeant Nu s oronto, who had served twelve yearsin the British Army, appeared before the Committee with a pair of such boots still on his feet and submitted them to the committee's inspection. The testimony of these witnesses has ~The appointment of 'its® products-~bu officers and soldiers at the front all testifying to the good wearing qualities of the Ames Holden McCready boots. When the question was raised concern- ing the quality of the Canadian soldiers' boots, Ames Holden McCr Limited placed themselves IMMEDIATELY upon record, by Writing to the Govern- ment, as desirous of having the most thorough Investigs tion of the matter. a Parliamentary Com= mittee and the official enquiry followed, It occupied several weeks' time. The Committee Stopped at nothing in their efforts to get at all the facts. This Company purchased the best leather and supplies available in Canada and spared no expense in manufacturing | the boots. All our invoices, and shop and manufacturing records were produced before the Parliamentary Committee for their inspection and information. We had nothing to hide and were proud of the boots which were furnished to the Government, THE AMES HOLDEN McCREADY BOOTS -CAME OUT OF THE ORDEAL UNSCATHED. The Committee reported to Parliament that the boots supplied by this company substantially complied with the sample, that no paper or other fraudulent sub- stances had been employed in their manufacture and that all charges involvin the integrity this company or" the boots su by them had been abundantly disproven by the sworn evi- dence taken before the Committee. The report, which was by Parliament, was A COMPLETE VINDI- CATION FOR AMES HOLDEN McCREADY Li AITED. ® ® 0 0 these facts In bringi before the oh : of the Dom Holden M y the desire mot only to tect their own good ny ie--which es vindi- cation with th thousands of Canadians prominently of th inion, Ames Limited are actuated who are familiar with this company and a notable and important Can: i . i a Lupo ¢ h ntabl : a which