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‘ahiwesl-m 1223mâ€" In Spite of his great age, Mr. Franklin’s mind is fairly clear and his memory accurate regarding event: which took place in his youth. He is full of anecdotes of his early life in Canada and in Ireland, and is fond of relating tales of those times. 111'. Franklin has always been a. hard worker and has been idle scarcely a day until he became too old to work. “If I were to live as long again”! Mr. Franklin said this morning, ‘1 think I would enjoy life as well ll ever, and if I had my strenghe I would take more recreation and lest work in my life." Gold from the Canadian Yukon dis- trict to the amount. of $80,,000000 has been won date the first great discoveries. Inst. year mining ma- chinery valued at. 85.000. 000 was Mr. Franklin was married twice, having in his first family three girls and one son, who was in the Life Guards. and in his second family two girls and four boys. Mr. Day was born in London, Eng- land. in 1837, and was educated at Dublin and at South Kensington. He came to this country in 1862 and was for many years draughtsman in the royal naval yard at Halifax. whence he was transferred to the loyal Military College in 1879. Her. he remained until the end of the col- lege year, 1897, when old age md ill-health compelled him to retire. In. 1880 he was made a. member of tho Royal Canadian Academ of Arts by His Excallency the then Governor- General, the Marquis of lame. The picture that earned him this dis- tinction was a landscapeâ€"his fort. â€"“Scene on the Nouvollo Rim, N. B.” Two of his other most celebrat- ed works are “The Grand Pro” and "Louisburg," which gained for him favorable notice in Paris. After the close of the rebellion he went to Marmara, where he remained several years, and since then he has lived at Belleville and Bowmanville. He canndt be called insane, but his age requires that he be cared for d the aSyIum. The death of Mr. Foreshaw Day, R.C.A., which occurred at Kingston on the 22nd July, will cause deep re- “I was a. sharpshooter," said Mr. Franklin, “and give me three fingers depth of Whiskey in a glass and I ,Would never miss.” gret not only in Canada, but through- out the Empire. Wherever the red coats of British regiments are to be seen there may be found an «Ix-cadet of our Royal Military College, whose memory holds dear the eccentric but kind-hearted old artist who has now crossed the horizon. For eighteen years Mr. Day was professor of fror hand drawing and painting at the R.M.C., and during that time hun- dreds of young men, many of whom have become distinguished. passed through his hands. In 1830 he sailed from Dublin to Rin'ifi'ual, where he lived for a year, working at his trade as a mason. and then removed to Cornwall, where he remained until the outbreak of Mackenzie’s rebellion. At that time he joined the militia, and was preâ€" sent at the attack on the insurgents at the windmill at Prescott and lat- er fought against the insurgents in Lower Canada, where he was wound- ed in the thigh by a musket ball and had his knapsack cut 08 by a. sabre slash. About that time and the period immediately subsequent Mr. Frank- lin's memory is most clear. He re- members Wcll’ the excitement in Ire- land regarding tho threatened Napo- leonic invasions and the misery which followed the close of the wars. Mr. Franklin says he was born on the Bay of Dublin on Hallowo'en night. 1794. bolero the great Irish whollion, and that. his birth'is reg~ istm‘cd in one of the English churches in Dublin. On account of his being born on Hallowe'on his grandmother made him promise never to play any game of chance. as he would al- ways be made win by the fairies and his winnings would always bring him harm. and so, dump; his whole life, he has never played any game 0! chance. When 19 years of age he went from Dublin to the Loch Erna country to avoid being enlisted against Napoâ€" leon, and from that time till 1830 he remained in that part of Ireland. Although than to no means at u- cortuining his exact. use. since one 0! his Suns claim: him to be 97. whilo um othor say! he in 114, it is prob- able that. Mr. Franklin's own state- ment. that he in 109. to correct. Inn“. of Toronto Anyh- hr the luau. â€"Bocolu m. Youth. Mr. John C. Franklin. an inn“. of the Toronto Asylum {or the In- sane, can probably lay claim to bo- ing the oldest. man in Toronto. «y! The Star of thtt city. Last fall ho mm brought from Bowmanvillo to Toronto. and tau since that tum been at the Queen um: asylum. And idfumn dons her rotâ€"no of redâ€" And frosted sheen. thou alnzest yet. Thine Is no pessimistic mm, , ‘ Glad spirit of Perpetual m: The earth In thy enchanted we. Whose beauties “I to the belong! Thou drinkest from the secured (nil. And thou mun dag. sweet gigging-113. mg]! on the spray. thou lifted thy he‘d When April wakes the violet. And when the summer can In}! 9d ”tomthobmudbendmw human-anyway. Bomouuy,whmhly. Fran thy full repa’tolre of treasure, Our own Canadian Philomd, Thou brinxest forth no sunted measures 'nxe zudrln: taunts of m that well Within thy heart thy train. [lapel M morning stat to none: bell. Tho L11:- Ill- l'otouhuw Day. J. c. FRANKLIN, AGED 109. PAGE SIX Gold In- the Yukon. TH: GONG ”ARROW. | a few hundred souls. That they were i once a very powerful tribe is indicated ‘ by the condition of the land which ‘ they as a tribe still inhabit. One can- " not travel any distance through their ‘ land without coming upon the old and ) forsaken burial grounds of the Kanaa dead. These places cannot be called graveyards, for the bodies are not buried, but rather placed upon elevat- E ed platforms, wrapped in the garments of death and bound to the crossbeams that they may not be displaced. “Why. Polly!” we say. “How is it we find you here?” “Polly!” she repeats, with a dignity we never knew she possessed. “Lady Oledebts, if you please.” An apology on our part establishes friendly relations once more, and she tells us that she really has won and wedded Lord Oledebts and that her to.- ther‘s dollars are being expended in the refurbishing of the Oledebts castle. An Altair of Letters. We are much surprised at meeting little Polly Contossel. formerly of Bow- ersville, in England. “But,” we say, “it was rumored in Bowersville that you were hesitating in your choice between three honest farmer lads in the vicinity. How was it, then. that you married his lordship?” “Oh,” she fitters, “he came to Bow- emville one day. When I saw him I dropped my eyes and he began dropping his h’s, and It wasn’t long until he in- duced me to drop my 1’s, and now we are both making papa dmp his v’s and x’s.”â€"Judge. that they may not he alsplaceu. In one of these burial grounds there will be probably fifty high skeleton platforms and on each will lie from three to five of the Kanaa dead. The air in that part of Bolivia is very pure and preservative, for it is one of the highest plateaus of the continent, al- though Kanaa valley is just a little below the plateau’s height. A traveler passing through that land at night and by moonlight would be awestricken at tile gloonIy vision those graveyards present. He Won Her. “She has promised to marry you. has she? Did she accept you right on?” “Four times! Gracious. but you were persevering! What did she say the first time?” “Oh, no. I had to propose to her four times.” “She said If there wasn’t another man in the world but me she wouldn’t marry me.” “Tfiat was pretty strong. What did she say the second time?” “She said she liked me pretty well. but she couldn't think of marrying me, for she might see some one she liked better.” “Humph! And the third time?” “The third time she asked me 11 I wanted to tease the life out of her.” “Ha. ha. ha! And the fourth time?” “Oh, the fourth time she said it I in- sisted upon it she supposed she would have to say yes.” “If you are compelled to write a let ter in lead pencil because there is no ink in the house blow your breath on the page after it has been written.” said a woman who evidently had tried the experiment. “It will prevent blur- A Valley 0! Death In Bolivia. There is a valley in Bolivia. South America. which might well be called the Valley of the Shadow of Death. It has been inhabited for an indefinite period or years by the Kenna Indians. who are kindred to the various South American tribes and number now only ring after the letter has been folded. It moistens the graphite and makes it adhere more closely to the paper. 01' course you can make It blur by rub- bing it with the tip of the finger. but for all practical purposes the words will be as legible as If they had been 'V a“ wow wâ€"u' , haul out the wagons, which contain several hundredweight of coal each, andrunthemonthetailstoasortot tipping machine. which shoots the coal down below to the screen of. the ride dung machine. Among the other du- ties o: the women is the leveling of the coal on the wagons which receive it as it drops from the screen: ‘ - I 3â€" AL- -' “-vrâ€" __-_._ hey start work at 6 o’clock in the morning and finish at 4 in the after- noon. They receive 2 shillings or less 9. day. and men that do the same work get 6 shillings. Their costume consists of trousers and clogs and often enough written in ink.” The cynical man was staring through the window at the chesty man swinging down the street. “Does cum know anything?” asked his companion. JKnov} anything!” said the cynical man. “He doesn’t even suspect any- thing.”â€"New York Times a. cape which has at one time been worn by a brother. When going to and from work the girls and women wear petticoate. which they roll up around the waist while engaged on the pit brow. The hair is closely cov- , A-.. .A :rgdrvrvl'ti; 3‘ hgfidkerchlet. on top at which Is a sort bonnet. Induce and not down below. Once wo- men were employed in the coal seems. but in 1842, ,in the face of great oppo- sition from colliery owners. an act was passed prohibiting women and children from being employed below the surface in coal mines. At present the duties or the pit brow Women consist in dealing with the coal as it come: up the shaft to the pit head. When the cargo reaches the top they A Trick In Letter Writing. PIT snow woman. you will realize with a sudden shock that, bright though the light is. all dis- tinctions of color have vanished. Only light and shade remain. A crimson alrnation. a blue violet, a red table. cloth. a yellow blind-all look gray or black or white. The faces of those present look positively repulsive, for all natural color has disappeared. The Wonders of Color. A small and simple experiment can be tried by any reader which will go far to convince him or her what a debt we owe to color and what‘a good thing it is we have sunlight. which enables our eyes to take advantage of the beau- tiful hues of nature. Make a room quite dark and then burn some carbon- ate of soda in the flame of a bunsen gas burner. It will burn with an or- ange yellow light sufficiently strong to illuminate everything in the room‘ but No other experiment will so well cou- vlnce those who have witnessed it how great a loss would be that of our sense for color. Oriental Weddings. At wedding festivals in Arabia. Per- sin and Morocco the women guests hold carnival all day, sometimes several days, but the poor little pride is? in a room by herself tasting. She is being “decorated.” Depilatorles and tweezers remove all superfluous hair. She is scrubbed with pumice stone; her toes, fingers and hair are stained with ben- In, and her face is daubed with red and bits of gold paper. An oriental maiden has no voice in the selection of her hus- band. She seldom sees him till she is his wife, and he is not supposed to see her face until she unveils after marriage. Sometimes Cupid gets ahead of parents and guardians, the “wind” blows the veil aside, and the young eyes meet. Then there is some anxious maneuver- ing that the elders may make the right Tattooing is still a favorite personal decoration with some of the natives of Samoa, though not so fashionable there as formerly. Those who practice the art have an effective way of securing their pay. The color extends from the waisttofiiekneesnootherpartofthe body being marked. In the small of the back the design shades of! to a point which is never finished by the tattooertilihisbillhasheenpaid. As the incomplete design is public evi- dence of the‘wearer’s indebtedness the artistseidomhutowaitlonxtorhis money. yo’se't t’m head to toot!" “Dat aln’ 'lasses, mummy.” “Whut’s de use 0' tryln’ ter make yo’ look ’spectable, 'd like ter know? I wash yo’ an’ dress yo’, an' den I tells yo’ ter go an’ use de comb, didn't I '3" “Yes’m. An’ I look aroun’. an' all de comb I could fin’ was dis yene hon- eycomb. But I don use dat. mummy; I sho’ly did.” attended.” “Ah. yes. he had lots of friends; I don’t suppose he had any enemies at all.” ‘ I-v-I-n uvâ€"‘ “Goodness, law!" exclaimed the old mummy, who came suddenly round the corner. “What yo' slttln' dat nâ€"way for when I jes’ been tryln' to clean yo‘ up? E! yo' aln' yen: nn’ molassed no me Followed Directions. A little black boy sat on the‘sosp box which served as s front step to the tumble down shanty. His skin was more than black. Here and them it looked as it it had been varnished. His lingers clunt together when he st» tempted to open his hands. and films of silky sweetness were spun about him as he threw back his head and opened his mouth in epicunean ecstasy. Household Words explains ‘this happy condition: _ _ _ __ “Oh, ya fives.” ‘ to ‘ v; be had 8e veral rela- and Independence as American art. The principal fault nrflsti and illustraton Ilndwlth themietheirlackofexprea- eion, but for beautiful figure- and pen- fect features they are unexcelled. The beat modela In the world are found in France and America. when the most general Intelligence prevails in the clue fnom which they chiedy come. In America many of them be- long to middle clue families who have met revel-lea. The pleasantest things in the world at pleasant thoughts. and the greatest artinliteistohaveumuvotm u passingâ€"Bonn. "MA MM Not the Genuine Kind. “I’m afraid she Isn't cut out to: . society woman." “Why not?” “Well, she seems to have no idea of the measure! of extravagance." Most of them. however. are perfectly modest and good women. whose bnal- nesa. though apparently violating the letter of morality, pneservee lta spirit. In fact, behind the model’s professional career is little but the commonplace. Unique Way to Secure One’l Pny. mm by tho Artist would more his reputation with tho craft and make it difficult tor him to employ the batter cluoot models. The chief reason for this secrecy is the fact that the outside world is prone to look askance gt proteulonal model; Friend. :11! Relative; “So the poor fellow's dead?” “Yegamdhelettallhismoneyto marity. His funeral was very largely ,4 mm The cause. that bring about this condition in the circulating syetem are called mental stimuli. They con- sist oi joy, anger, shame and many other emotions. Sudden horror, re- morse or fear, on the contrary. in- fluence the nerves which control the blood vessels, and the lace become- white. Blushing and pallor result from the sudden action of the mind on the nervous system. So it the mind be forewarned and prepared (or emotions, both habits can at least be partially overcome. But when the nervous system is highly strung it would be a lifelong i! not a futile task to endeavor to edect a periect cure. It is the lensltive, nervoue girl who blushes easily, while the girl etolid by nature, or who by conven- tional education has hot nerve. un- der periect control. seldom blushed; (Parent Oombany) Special Treasury Stock, on which a. series of 10 per cent. dividends will be paid . Blushing in not an art, neither is it a sign of ill-breeding, an ”moul- kind people maintain. The last in. it is just as natural for some persons to blush as it is (or others to turn pale. The same laws of nature which govern the one rule govern the other. The capillaries, or small blood ven- sels which connct the arteries and reins of the body, form. particularly over the cheeks. a network so fine that it is necessary to employ a microscope to distinguish them. Or- dinarily the blood passes through these vessels in normal quantities. leaving only the natural complexion. But when some sudden emotion take. possession of the heart its action in- creases and 'an electric thrill instantr 1y leaps to the cheeks. The thrill is nothing more than the rush of blood through the invisible capillaries just beneath the delicate transparent eurâ€" lace of the skin. For particulars write OWEN J. B. YEARSLEY (Canadian representa- tive). 354 Euclid-ave., Toronto. Dividend of 10 per cent. will be paid on Aug. 20th. Important new patents just secured from the United States government. Stock $1.00 Wireless Ielegmpn (o. Uhiisted stocks bought and sold. Representatives wanted. . and YORKTON lU-VU On AUGUST 17th from stations in Ontarion east of Toronto to Shar- bot Lake and Kingston and Midland division of Grand Trunk north of Toronto and Cardwell. one-way tickets to Winnipeg only will be sold, with a. certificate ex- tending the trip. before August slat, without additional cost, to other points in Manitoba :nd Assinaboia Will be run to stations on Can. Pan. in Manitoba and Assinaboia, mt, southwest and northwest of winni- MOOSE JAW, ESTEVAN {arm laborers at Winnipeg, proirided such term labonem will not. work less than 30 days at Meshing, and pro~ duce certificate to that enact. they will be returned to original starting point at $18, on or More Nov. 80th 1903. ’ FA RM LAB ORERS WANTED 71 Yow'o Tordgio. 01"“:"4'. «at . PR. Dc Forest FARM LABORERS’ EXCURSlONS Second Class" 10.00 McLHllAl -~ (I . department is oomtanfly on the increzsc, in fact it has nwly doubled in the last three veal: We must do our work well t) mike this boast, Tnc balance of this month and the month of August we make speciu bums everything inourhe. Largest stock of Watches Gem and Wedding Rings, Birthday and Wedding Presents. Don’ t forget the place lfyouminwdofflflk Cans Creamcrs.CrcamCans Dair . . ’ . . . ! Y MO! anythmg an Lin or Gnmtcwarc. We can give you sahsracu' ' ’- and quality. °“' ”“9““ Bach's-gin Roofing. Plumbing and Heating Calland sec oursunpluof Paintedand Galvanized Steelsmngm We will be pleascd to quote pics to you. Milne’s New Block, 99 Kent Street, Lindsay. . S. J. PB T TY The Jeweile‘ â€"ouaâ€"- REPAIRING AND [NGRAVINE KEYS MORRISON MC Len nan CO. and thi'rst-qu ' ' . spark- ling, eflervw wno some. AlkBottleMlkcslfllls. oAZSCBottlefllkuSG‘. ’DAIRY SUPPLIES Root Beer DUN OON ’ ‘l’tism’ Iixed Paints IS NOT only a. Healthy Temperance Beverage but one of the most pleasantand invigorating that can be found for the hot weather, ucing a gentle stimuâ€" fition throng houtthe body. It _is_ peculiarly _mhweshmg Binder Twine Binder Whips Machine Oil Repairs Sections and Rivets Grain Cradles [lav Fork Rope Grindstones Paris Green Hardware Coal and Iron Drug Store S. J. PETTY, The Jeweller Opposite Benson House .M. mm twenty 6. H. M. BAKER. The Rathbun Co. This is what we would “'3‘ °' antennas to do in regard ‘0‘“ 3’ so doing you wfll prowl! 9'” P“ self the worry and Wm” 5' paicnced Inst will“ Mayan! order with us ”a ‘ will supply YO" 3°" And AVOID THE RUSH Come Early Mons meditation. fibre that fills ”urgent. Ho treat, but sad portray the thou I'D prayers for a v ties of nature ti “lady" Grpely is W in' St..PaI dune of the w .1 at the shrin hum-e. He also vilified the quaint. We, and the: the miraculous 1 m place roused are to‘ make W him“ I“ in the shi flit his sight..' vac fined with 1 u; out upon thei .333 ago. and in! “In to make mtitne they be to 05tain the cu %- Their dovo1 that overt is inten-su .3 80 fondly dc! turn ii: an its m most p8 Cir ll Inter! conduct