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X nt : | a examined and classified by 'all particulars | 1 2d In. the gister. Thus ers, when they are called up- 0 insure a vessel, may obtain pre- Information as'to its state and re. hermore, in order to provide un- ters with information concern- gs of ships, Lloyd's pub- y a shipping newspaper, and Mercantile Gazette." od in the basement of the Se cabled by thousands of hroughout the world. i The tnsurance of Shipping. "Gazette," 'which with the ex ion of the "London Gazette," is © the oldest existing London newspaper, was started towards the \end of the seventeenth century by a eran Ed- i Lloyd, at whose coffee-house in mbard Street merchants and others ed to meet to arrange marine insur. . These covered all sorts of con- tingencies, but gradually the insur- ~ ance of shipping became the chief : buginess of the frequenters of Lloyd's. Lloyd was an energetic man. In or. to develop the operations of his mérs, he produced, in 1606, a ..newspaper called "Lloyds ,- which contained -information the movements of ships. oar a while the paper was suspend- rough Lloyd publishing = a re- to the proceedings of Parlia- vd, - or. at any proprietor of Lloyd's: change, _ anderwriting part of. its business. oyd's underwriters, by 'the way, "only insure the ships that sail on sed, but all sorts of other things ell. They will insure you against twins, they will insure you against fire, and even against a change of Govern- ment. ricci rnanes' Deathless Journeys. The 'Wandering Jew is not mention- 'ed in the Bible. He is merely the principal character in a story, like Rip| h Van Winkle, "The story is "certainly of very ancient origin. In its most commonly Ce Assepied form, it is that Jesus, weary , the cross, sought to rest! ne a moment on the 'doorstep of a er named Ahasuerus, who tald!' to "get on, and be quick about At To which the Saviour replied: "Ij. shall soon be at rest, but you will + wander until I come again." : Ever since then Ahasuerus has been 8 towards imp! , tenders were invited 'to convey tho American mails by steam vessels. Circulars = were distributed broad- cast, and by chance one found its way tuto' the hands of Sampel Cunard, a merchant of Halifax, Nova Scotia. "As early as 1830, Mr. Cunard had begun to agitate for a trans-Atlantie steam service, and in 1833 had actual: ly become director of a company form- ed for this purpose. This" company purchased the Royal William, a steam- er. built -by James Goudie, at Quebec, 'and meant for the Quebec and Halifax Steam Navigation Company. She was a vessel of 830 tons, with engines of 10 horse-power, and was the first ship to cross the Atlantic from west to east under steam. ' Leaving Quebec on August 4th, 1383, she arrived quite safely at Gravesend on September 11th. A Doubtful Honor. The venture, however, was not a success from a commercial point of view, and the Royal Willlamm was eventually sold to the Spanish Govern- ment, who used her as a warship. As such, she had the doubtful honor of being the first steam vessel-to fire a gun in war, To return to Mr. Cunard, after read- ing the offer of the British Govern ment, he went all round Halifax en- deavoring to raisq money to start the new line. But steamers in those days were looked upon very much as dirigibles are now. It was granted | that they could steam, but it was con- sidered impossible that they could pay. No 'one would put up a penny, 80 ur 'Cunard left Halifax and sailed for Bordon. For days he visited various firms and financiers, but without the slightest success. However, Samuel Cunazd, in spite of -{ his fifty-one years, was not the sort to be daunted. He found himself in pos- session of a letter of introduction from the secretary of the East India Com- foremost steamship builder Clyde. ~ A Government Contract. | Mr. Napier received the Canadian visitor cordially, and introduced him to Mr. John Burns, of Glasgow, who was already running coast seamers. Burns was interested at once, and in his turn introduced Cunard to his part- 'ner, David Maclver, a Liverpool man. Burns and Maclver listened to Cunard's scheme, and promptly agreed to back him for all they w worth, 'Within a few weeks '$1,350,000 was raised; and a tender put in for the mail contract, . The Government accepted the Cun- 'ard tender, a seven years contract wag signed, and it was stipulatéd that four steamers should be built and that 'the payment should be $405,000 a year. The steamers were ready within two on the : doomed to wander cver the earth; and, | years: strange to say, he seems to have turn. ced 59.90 now and again, at long intervals' ; ot fn Paul von Eitzen, Bishop of _ Schleswig, met and talked with him in - the year 1547. He told his story te the . bishop, who described his as very tall, barefoot, with an astonishingly long ~ beard, and air "hanging - over his 'shoulders. "He was seén in 1576 in Madrid and again in Paris in 1604. In 1640 he _ turned up in Brussels--an aged and "tattered man, who aceepted food, but refused to sit down and eat--and in . 0 years later. iption of his appearance is : He tells his} h ebody, passes. on and dis-| same. #ed | toon knots against the Britannia's | In the "Liverpool Mercury" of July 8rd, 1840, appeared the following ad- vertisement: "The 8.8. Britannia will sail for Boston on the 4th July next. Passage, including provisions and wine, thirty-eight guineas.~ Steward's fee one guinea," > The Britannia was a wooden paddle steamer of twelve hundred tons bur- den. To-day we should call her a mid- get. Eighty years ago she and 'her three stout little sisters, the Acadia, Columbia, and Caledonia, were the finest steam vessels afloat. The Britannia's first trip to Boston was made in fourteen and a half days. ers, the Scotia, was la e- was of neatly four A a Rone, and | built of iron. She could Steam thir- ah h a fhe u pany to Mr. Robert . Napier, then the, Dominion Express 62, that | Co ! is wider than the whole thoroughfare, | and her sides would fgwer above tallast houses, Most people know the Thames o Tower Bridge. If the Aquitania were | o. | Placed across the river alongside-the| | bridge, - her stern would be on one | bank and her bow on the other. fit ; Sola i Just This Minute. "If we'ré thoughtful just this ite, E In what'er we say and do; If we put a purpose in it ¥ That is honest through and trough We shall gladden life, and give it Grace to make it all sublime; For, though life is long, we live it . Just this minute at a time. "Yesterday is gone; to-morrow Neyer comes within our grasr; Just this minute's joy or sorrow, That is all our hands may clasp, Just this minute! Let us take ft As a pearl of precious price, And with high endeavor make it Fit to shine in Paradise." HEALTHY CHILDREN ARE HAPPY CHILDREN The well child is always. a happy child--it is a baby's nature to be hap- py and contented. Mothers, if your little ones are cross and peevish and cry a great deal they are not: well-- they are in need of medicine--some- thing that will set their bowels and stomach in order, for nine-tenths eof all" childhood "ailments arise from a disordered state of the bowels and stomach. Such a medicine is Baby's Own Tablets. They are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels, sweeten the stomach, and thus drive out constipation, colic, indiges- tion; break up colds and simple fevers and make the baby healthy and 'happy. Concerning .them, Mrs. Albert Hamel, Pierreville, Que,, writes: --"Baby's Own Tablets are the best medicine I know of for little ones. They relieved my little girl from constipation when nothing else would and 1 can strongly recommend. them to other mothers." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co,, Brockville, Ont. = It doesn't speak very well for a man when all the animals on the place get out of his .way when they see him coming. MONEY ORDERS. Buy your out-of-town supplies with Money Orders, Five Dollars costs three cents. People who buy their food in small] packages and expect the grocer to deliver it suffer from the cost of high Hving. Azk tor Minas «nd take no other. Remember that plants root shallow and that the roots run deep. Deep plowing and shallow cultivating suits the plant. FALLING? HERE'S ~WHERE IT SHOWS * Don't worry! Let "Danderine" save your hair and double its beauty AST HMA Templston's Ait fo deh sules ABH ae ap other day. a 5 pletons, 1 t. Write Temp) for freesa: Jeliable dn druggists sell them at "Photographing the Picnicers. No picnic is compiete without a - | group photograph; so a few hints for the amateur photographer may be use- ful. (1) Don't wait till after supper for your picture. Get the class together as early as possible, while the light 11s good. (2) Group them facing the sun, but if possible make your exposure while the sun is thinly veiled in cloud, so as to have a strong diffused light and no hard shadows. (3) If in direct sunlight, hats which throw .a heavy shadow on the face should be removed. (4) Under trees, faces are often mottled by leaf shadows. Look out for this, (5) Don't let your own shadow spoil the foreground. (6) Advance the ends of a group 80 that all are equidistant from the cam- era. (7) Water makes a good foreground but a bad background, (8) Before pressing the bulb for a snap, say something to make the class smile. (9) Don't try a snap after four o'clock. Take a "shert time." mee een Feed Cart in Cow Stable Facilitates Dieting. The cow-stable "tea wagon" makes its bow. It comes in answer to the need of the scientific dairyman who feeds each cow differently from the rest, in conformity to ita dietic re- quirements. The feed cart, to name it more exactly, is mounted on two small wagon wheels, and is divided by partitions into five or six .compart- ments containing bran, ground corn, etc. A scale and measuring pail are suspended by a frame above the mid- dle compartment. rely Minard's Liniment for sale everywhers The Bible is issued, in whole or in part, in over 100 languages and dial- ects in Canada. | me Jeweller did, too." ; Creditable Act. =~ Maud--"T'll give Jack credit for get- ting me a nice engagement ring." "Marie--*"I understand that's what : solid. : : The Bride--"That's my pastry, Dick, and you said nothing about it. You're always cracking up Elizabeth's." Her Spouse--"I'm sorry, darling, but yours wouldn't crack." = as » ~ Search for Wealth. - Littlé Willie was discovered by his sister industriously smashing all the EES | in the house. "Why, Willle," she cried, aghast, "what do you mean by breaking all those eggs?' "Well," said Willie, "I heard papa saying there was money in eggs these 'days, and I'm trying to find it." Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Dear Sirs,--This fall I got thrown on a fence and hurt my chest very bad, so I could not work, and it hurt me to breathe. "I tried all kinds of Liniments and they did me no good. One bottle of MINARD"S LINI- MENT, warmed on flannels and ap- plied on my breast, relieved me com- pletely. C. H. COSSABOOM. Rossway, Dighy Co., N.S. The Greatest Joy. There's lots of joy in this queer old world, Though it's sometimes hard to find; And the road seems long as you jour- ney on, With your home left far behind. There's lots of joy in the sunny skies, |: In the green fields, fresh and fair; In the work well done in the battle won, And the courage to do or dare, But of all the joys which the world may boast, Alike to the great or small ° A contented mind and a heart that's kind Is the greatest joy of all. ar ees A good coat of paint on the build- ings will make them sell better--will make 'them "lock so good that you won't want to sell 'em! Hook on DOG DISEASES . and How to Feed Mailed Free to any Ade dreds by the Author. =. Olay Glover Oo. Ino. 118 West 31st Street . New York, U.S.A, 'ERED rT STRAT CHOOL: BE South Broad Bo aE ey. Comple! Ay cou lowance: first Year $6. third $16.00. roa AGENTS WANTED. ANTED--AGENTS WITH FORD tars, everywhere in Ontarlo to handle « fast sel ng ice that improves SoH ighting system on the Ford car 200 per cent.; agents ak, ; ine $60 to $200 a week pio ofits; spare or whole time. Write ck, territory rl golne; fa Just, The Arlington Co. Lorne ark, > A useful coat-hanger can be made from a newspaper rolled up and sus- pended by a cord around its centres To remove a ring from a finger: swollen by its tightness, dip the finger in cold soapsuds. MOTHER! "California Syrup of Figs" Child's Best Laxative Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only--Ilook for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless physic for the little stom. ach, liver and bowels. Children love its fruity taste. Full directions on each bottle. You must say "Call. fornia." 30235: COUGHS For Colds, Pain, Neuralgia, Tooth- ache, Headache; Earache, and for Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Neu- ritis, take Aspirin marked with the name "Bayer" or you are not taking Aspirin at all. ccept only "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" in an unbroken "Bayer" Aspirin is | Aspirin--the genuine Aspirin ONLY TABLETS MARKED "BAYER" ARE ASPIRIN Not Aspirin at All without the "Bayer Cross" package which contains complete di- rections. Then you are getting real re- scribed by physicians for over nine- teen years. ow made in Handy tin boxes containing 12 tab- lets cost but a few cents. Druggiste also sell larger "Bayer" packages. There is only one Aspirin~"Bayer'--You must say "Bayer" the trade mark (registered in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of Mono- aceticacidester of Salicyllicacld. While it is well known that Aspirin means Bayer manufacture, to assist the public against imitations, the Tablets of Bayer Company, will be stamped with thelr general trade mark, the "Bayer Cross." PLR ele (1d | ee, = oy ANCHOR PLUG | is 2 I5%a oho 2 NJ 2 for 25¢ freshness, and flavor, of ANCHOR PLUG is not equalled, nor approached by any other chewing tobacco. That is why I a supreme,