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"encounte: iY, ad the ne com pite the fact that kept going--by means and at other times by hand-- 'water rose steadily in the hold, 'fime in the South Atlantic, well-nigh waterlogged condi. measures. It was impossible the leak from the inside, so He outside. For this purpose a div- x suit of some form was pasessary Mafteon fashioned a huge bag, feet long and two fect in dia- 'meter, fixin 'inside in order to keep it in shape. 3 en scraping the back off a al yRinoe for the purpose. Armholes and 8 so rigged up that the bag D water to the | jel under water. Captain Mattson him- self descended in Ss novel diving 'able difficulty, tw places where the water was entering. 9 e 1 its way into the ves. he re) on deck when pos- tually the Flora, which was n, The captain then decided upon terminéd to try and stop it from out of a piece of sail cloth, C ap- 3 Hain sixteen metal rings at intervals a suitable height he put in a emal beset 'were fitted, and the whole ap- 'to enable a person in- examine the hull ofthe ves- suit, and discovered, after consider- With the aid of rags, rope, etc., caulked the apertures, the dangers of the task being increased by the fact that, whilst the leakages were rome four feet below the actual water line of the vessel, their depth momentarily increased to eight fect or so as the ship dipped to the long Atlantic roll The pitching of the vessel, too, canse rd Captain Mattson to be continually thrown with more or Jess force oe the hull, and indeed the friction gra- dually wom a hole in the canvas at the Ho of the bag. Through this the water entered the bag and immersed gapists 'Mattson to the chin before he could call out to his men to haul him up. Another unpleasant interrup- gion was caused by a shark. All the morning before Captain Mattson com- menced operations a large shark had been swimming around the vessel. The crew had fished for him with meat, eto., but without success, but at length the monster, rising to grab at eo insignificant an article as an empty match box that had been thrown over- board, Captain Maitson had a shot at him with a revolver. The shark was lust below the water when the bullet it him, and evidently not much dam- age was dome. Still, he swam away, and was not seen again until Captain Mattson was below in his extemporised diving suit. The crew at once warned the captain of the shark's approach, but the captain decid o go on with his work. The shark came up, and Captain Mattson, keeping close to the side of the vessel, saw him come round the bows. The pilot fish that accompanied him inspected the can- bag, but the shark passed, ap- parently unheeding, some four or five feet off. Captain Mattson was at first hat afraid the shark might al his hands, and "had his knif ready to defend himself if necessary The leakages being repaired, the Flora, continued her vovage to Cape Town, which she reached in safety, sad, as a recognition of his daring and ingenuity, Captain Mattson was | the recipient of overs handsome Coun. im In England Had Beer For | | Breakfast. | Bixteenth-céhtury children in Eng land ate very diffe ont food from that consumed by modern American young- sters. The following dietary is taken from the Northumberland House Eee 1 | showing the nursery break at the beginning of the rian century: "This is the Ordre of Braik- fasts for the Nurey for my y Mar- garet and Maister Ingeram Percy | every day in the weck in Lent: Item, | a Manchet ( small loaf of white | bread), a Quarte of Bere, a Dysch of | Butter, a" Pece of Saltfish, a Dysch | of Bproitts ir iij White Herring, | Braikfastis of Flesch dayly thorowte the Yere: Item, a Manchet, a Quarte of Bere and iij Muton Bonys boiled. | On Fyshedayes throw-owte the Yere: | ° Jtem, a Manchet, a Quarte Be re, Dysch of Butter, a pece of or a Dysche of Butter'd Eg seems to have been an unknown bev erage, but the beer of those days was different from the modern article, and much more harmle | a | CANADA HAS ARRIVED. i = You'll be delighted with { a roently celebrated: the 40th niversary of her presept political jon... The provinces then Greig's White ig Upper Canada and Lower Canada hel Swan Jelly Powder in 15 true fruit and wine flavors. It makes such a delicious dessert soquickly and with so little trouble. d their first united Par- Jiament in Kingston cn June 14, 1341. The demonstration under that system of 's ability to manage her own ! affairs led to the gonfaders tion, whieh | effective on July 1, 1867. The Price, 10c. The ROBERT GREIG CO., LIMITED of this event is known Canada's Jopulss Toronto. 8 than 8,500,000 t {ar from 6. ies of Farm meetings. + o A into two | Ings the | mer weather and { ern part of the | with The effect of Scott's Emulitons on ai: § G children is magical. It contains Cod Liver Oil, Hypophosp ad Glycerine, to make fat, blood and so put together that it is easily diges lithe folk. ALL DRUGCISTS: BOo. AND.$1,00, HOLL BOTOOUOLDEED That Registered Trotting -Bred S: Abdalla Reg allion alitel No. gpl, "amp TL a STANTON No 127 ix one ob the 16 hans high, weighs 1300 da, theee honts at Taranto ¥ mir, 1008 sire of Belmont Chict 2.14% Canada, trottod lelmont 04 ah wire t ofc lived which is ut G4, he by Al Pd 19, sire of Golds ths Maid 2 14, he by Hawble and e Cooksville { of acknowled Fu STANTON'S dam was si se Wilkes, the founda Hectionecr far STANTON'S second dam v at Ethan Allan, who was th ABDALLA STANTON'S 00 ts o market. Many of them hava ( ROUTE Night Noon Little Britain, Oakwood. Mani 3X Noon Y-- Noou Creswell Muna insure mare in foal $12, fastest big or been rai payalie, and and has and kuce > huat hett iy 2 154 and others. Sire te Belmons t Nutwood 2 154 who ix one of the greatest | sted horseman in | | | | | General Stanton and he hy Hamble of the Wilkes fami y, and BElecton- | | ry op ed hy y Gros ting © ull high ol n Mountain Morgan, and h | Stallion that i mand the hig o and sold. from $300 wver sto wt | on ne and see this horse before breeding your 1 F OR 190% { | THUS SDAY Afternoon and Friday morn. | gl ry Green ank yon-- Saintfield, After and it his stable i Monday f own ; Seagrave. | Feby 1st, 1808. | { KENZIE, Owner | rfrvea Iv wo ne Ogafes 'or last year, $547,000,000, a very striking total for small a population, In 1868 Can- ada's bank discounts were $56,000,000 They are now welt above $500,000,000 In 1868 there were 8,638 postoffices There are now more than 10,000. Her mail business has grown from the 18,- 000,000 letters posted in 1868 to nearly 300,000,000 at the present time. She has paid enormous sums in bounties to industries, and even larger sums to develop railway and canal systems. The first three decades of her 40 ars of experience as a Confederation were a time of plowing and planting or the last ten years she has been ering an ever-increasing crop. She in finding herself, but it said to-day that Canada has New York Sun be ed.~ FARMING arriv IN SASKATCHEWAN. Province Promises to Become Ideal Agricultural Country. There has just been completed in the Province of Saskatchewan a ser- rs' Institute , for each of which a delegation | two speakers was provided. The speakers were Mr. CC. M. MacRae, B.8.A., Mr. Duncan Anderson, of Or- NM in Baskatchews: chen, deputy cor ture for that provir Owing to the lat earlier ( tended, as most not finished se r 3 latter half of period the meet ings were exceedingly well attended Messrs. Anderson and MacRae re port that although wth was very slow in commencing that it has made such rapid progress sinee the sum- 5; have coms little behind the same period last ner of agricul { the meet that vegetatior what it was at year. These gentlemen report live stock, particularly in prov winter that the the east- ince, have come in excellent con- supplied iy and oat were able to in really through the | dition. The an abundanc with which their they tock straw, bring through fine condition Mr. Anderson regard to the po of the country which he visit of the Bas- katchewan. The d is rolling and much better adapted to mixed farm- ing than wheat growing. He consid- ers that there is a wide field for the milking Shorthorn. While beef cattle are needed they will be much more valuable to the farmers if they are able to produce a good quantity of milk. Cream gathering creameries are springing up and these will be able to e cure of a large quantity of milk from dual : cows. From the class of set a large por- tion of the country and the physi- cal features of the land, it would ap- pear that in a very few years there would be a very extensive output of butter, cheese and bacon. With this combination associated with wheat growing, the rolling sections of Sas- katchewan promise to beconte an ideal farmers country. enthusiastic with Immigration Figures. crt. but from Great Britak The immij noted this for some time, and ures for May last emphasize During yi ¥ there were 87,- 191 immigrants of all classes; and dur- ing May of this year there were 45,- 677, which is 'an anerease of 23 per nt. Advices from 'the Northwest state that the cause of the decrease of American i ration is the rapid rise in land 5 Already 200,000 immigrants have ar- rived in Canada this year, and it is expected that " total mais ration will reach it nprocodented Deure 300,000. BRITAIN AND YELLOW maces late war with Russia. | '| fated transport ip J for Japanese Ww me nis iana- ADEIO-CAXOD Tesistance in the ing of Japanese imimig territories bordering & Pacific Ocean. The colenists of Australasia, Africa and Canada are as anxious 8s the people of California to exclude the yellow races With all respect towards The Spectator is mnable to withhold its sympathy from the colonists. Tt gays circumstances have forced the Americans to be the pioneers in work- ing out the proBlems, but it is im- | possible to foresee how soon another sories of accidents may not bring Great Britain face to face with simi- lar difficulties Consequently the paper expresses the most earnest hope that the Brit ish public and press will do the ut- most in their power to assist in the promotion of a peaceful and enduring solution of the American-Japanese problem, the Government by the tact ful influence of an ally, and the press by the avoidance of any comment that might prove to be an embarrass- ing precedent in the future, "With all grmpalty and sdiiisiios and the Ji must sami oh The Review ki ig "that Great Britain's first and last duty is to her own flesh and blood." RULING THE WAVES. Fleet Compared With Britain's. How Britain rules the waves is | shown in a Parliamentary return, which gives the strength of the fleets | of this and foreign countries, built | and building. In the following list the figures in parenthesis show the number of vessels building Battleships--Great Britain, 60 (5); France, 31 (10); Russia, 10 (4); Ger many, 32 (8); 1tAy, 15 (5); America, 23 (7); Japan, 15 (2) Coast Defence Vessels--France, 8; Russia, 2; Germany, 11; America, 11; Japan, 1 Cruisers, armored-- Great Britain, 30 | (8); France 18 (5); Russia, 3 (4); Ger- many, 6 (4); Italy, 6 (4); America, 12 (3); Japan, 10 (3) Cruisers, protected, 1st class--Great Britain, 21; France, 7; Russia, 7; Am- erica, 3; Japan, 2. Cruisers, protected, 2nd class--Great Britain, 45; France, 12; Russia, 2; Germany, 168 (8); Ttaly, 4; America, 16; Japan, 11 (1). Cruisers, protected, 3rd class--Great Britain, 16; France, 16; Rusia, 1; Ger- many, 12; Ttaly, 13; America, 2; Ja pan, 8. Cruisers, unprotected--France, 1; Russia, 2; Germany, 15; America, 5; Japan, b (2). Scouts--Great Britain, 8; America 3). Torpedo vessels--Great Britain, 20; France, 14; Russia, 7; Germany, 1; Italy, 9; America, ; Japan, 1. Dassen Gres Britain, - 143; France, Russia, 85; Germany, 47; Italy, 17; ae 20; 'Japan, 56. Torpedo boats--Great Britain, 89 17); France, 280 (19); Russia, 10%: Germany, 84; Italy, 108; Ameriea, 52 Japan, 79. Submarines--Great Britain, 87 (11); France, 40 (59); Russia, 20 (8); Ger- many, 1 | @); Italy, 4 (2); America, 8 43 Japan | ti The World's ER ache BEiri--u caaliSHREN In the Yasukuni, in Tokiey mony of fo ¥ spirit adiang of the empire has just taken place. There are enslirined in this national pantheon the spirits of all who have rendercd notshle services to their country, the latest additions being of those who laid down their lives in the Among these future =k, of the Japanese race are to be found the names of three Englishmen, the com- mander and two icers the ill- Hitachi ® Maru, which, with more 1 1,1 gals 18 the Fepas Bed. er tires "Englishmen Miss Lascelled traveler, and h sg able experien: "I have pl Etiquette to Be Majesty If youl were to got. tertaining the King a ; Qu land for a little * crowning privilege cost you a good de elaboration of deta dition to cash expe nothing if not a he is a stickler for | ing to him as rep of Great Britain | when he goes to a | list of the visitors ceived while he is mitted to him, with out guests or add he prefers. The meals are inspecte | pictures of King | trated newspapers" graphs are obvio to facts than su ly and as nicl but with a disting creeping over the beloved personali that so far as his ence goes, it has é of smaller and lig hie great occasions. 0 likes the French comes to home di beans and bacon. formal week-end which the King come without b personal retinue chauffeurs, includ His recreations are a motor drive, a gitting in at b: 'When Queen hangings of the be in pale and p expects fresh shes laid on her bed @ be understood, | never stirs any orite dog, C. | her Japanese birds around hi Piles get qu Shonp's Magic On mado e for PHS vid sera {N returning thay 1 patronage ext cars. 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