itis tory. We see 4 Wet ‘ BUILDING OF AN EMPIRE AN AMERICAN ADA’S CAN- Remarkable Magazi Tribute in a New York ine — “Conquering the Last Frontier.” “Success” Magazine of New York. for puget is one on the Canadian North- ‘yest, “ctiled, “Conquering the lien by Samuel Mer win, and gives @ graphi how an Annies 13 there be ng Duilt.. Parl, of the-a ticle, entitled “Our Lost Empire” follows par ion number seven, unabridged, of the transitive verb j e thougt it worth while to make advances difficult t what might or no advantage in chang- ju have ever felt, as I rather ie \d_ going into something in the empire- Suding way, you will do n the atlas to the map cf orth America and let loose your ima- finlion in the splendidly romantic con- ot that Far Northwest which we through are building-while you wait—an empire with which we, these States shall very shortly have 0 “ reckon. wa: NEW METHOD OF EMPIRE BUILDING It is the first time an empire was ever has. indians, Thanks te order, and * adit se Police, “bad eer there are few OF - noi those of the winter, with pack in the dept a S. It is Ree hardy young men of the pene: oS rmer aes! excellent tain wiatton ret cal ae there is, in fact; but like certain, re the othe ee the engineers are blazing the rairies and through the wil- 4 JO many 0! em and sleep under the stars. Pacific engineer, poor Vance, was froz- tm to death west of Battleford two win-| tt Yers ago. 1 know an engineer who has under canvas when the camp ther- windfalls, ea in winter, of “breakin, trail” for the dogs., ‘THE LURE OF THE Gaia cai ‘ecompense for this the engineer, two, able grammar, si draw from twice io ten times the salary. And the curious thing is that they ‘eh-| As much Wars New York, buttoned ig business-like log boom equipped with technieal fe ‘1 hard ex} the sea, is sending these men back to the wilderness. $100,000,000 OR SO. spending out of hand of a hun- Gia millions or so for railroad bui es Canada. Before long we shall be hear- ing a good deal about the foresight and the unflinching courage of the men who k of these ‘huge under- Bat when you see this sort of smile. wan, and Alberta here are miles of prairie land, most of it rich, Black loam, ready. cleared for the arto again awaits clearing. In the mountains are minerals and timber. Set- tlers are pouring in on every train to -| occupy this vast region. Towns and grain warehouses are springing up over ‘Imagine the Mississippi and under modern conditions! thing you like, b pina the facts. noting unusual for these rain: ot Add to taking. are bolstered up. wil | grants, and, now and then, with cash | subsidies, and the wonder grows. 0, the engineer is our man. er so pictur- 3 Ba LEe f=0-4 Bo & 2 who is risking his life. er who is conquering this Tastycand perhaps greatest, frontie SON 0 all Nanedire Cana the ae where town Gs Cen et oad "strike Le Here in Washin feauatee the rerous litle city cor th 6 ‘wan seems even farther away than accredited 2,500 miles. It is 800 miles west of Winnijeg, and it is some little -third parallel, don't work’ very well. attempt thesomewhat hazardous feat of Edmonton, ~ it er waters of es feienini up die coast of Labrador. All ery remote and inaccessible. ‘father the interior. recesses of of an Iowa or an Illinois; and if carri a pineale walsicoal, what 1 took to. be the emotions of ance was not, I prefer to think, unique. A CITY ae CONTRASTS. Edmonton is the jumping-off pl lace for frock coats jostling by the prosperous merchant oF a alsh “younger son” 1s alt brved in Stetson nat tie eihepolder ed gauntlets, or bundled on her ansilaate surrendered much. o} 3 The contrast thst Buks maps, ith ey staple @ living presence of clul churches, and automobiles. was. luminous Saskatchewan, as it woun Dut even if they under the railroad bri Rave come up short against. the very just below. * FROM peo ‘TO GRAND PIANO. The wild days are almost over more than two hundred thousand.square | 9, aad you. Will probably w: C ee at the 7 | filled two types, the man who is risking char ‘ | curately realized. n is the jumjing-off place for am Upper Sa: ckalohe- a Bg" of Greenland than the pastoral charms # a oe in trim riding breeches | he squaw with papoose| ply yf nous ooy melts the cor 4) Walls—makin; MILES OF TIN STREETS THE KAFFIR QUARTER OF THE “GOLDEN CITY.” Peculiar Architecture of JoHannesburg —Laid Out With Great Regularity. jpondent of the London in Town” is more than a hh in’ length and three-quarters of a mile z breadth. It is laid out with gularity on the American block 2B street 1s are unpaved, construction of yalks: are ‘pitiful tn. their. primal ieee The roadways of red earth—dotted with abet |erawling Kafr. babies - | unpleasant with s—are marred by he stagnant rain water, which myriad pugnacious rosqui- toes are forever buzzing. - The crowning feature of “Tin spate its architecture. more strangely th Structures of nighimarejand more: ac | THE PRINCIPAL MATERIALS from which this. great living ‘area has | constructed. are. petroleum inc. linings of imported Jarge scales of the tea m. ig ci ‘and The Jead Hes in wile an tect, his id ae children wan- ftin, In the~ colonies pees etroleum in cask. It is generally i allon ofl as he vende it: 5, 5 oes ee 2 earth they are used for building walls; board of trade; of department stores a|Painted green they are turned into good many storeys | flower boxes; they are in common use ahs of paved. atresls and brick and{as pails, drinking troughs for caltle, -{ stone buildings; n in| boilers, cooking utensils, besides thousand and one other familiar ob- rubbish heaps, and are eagerly p pouneed upon by the “h foam aflir. hammered fat and nailed to the shit battens. In couple of hours—given a pamnolent aus of Tateriai—the. citadel walls are complete, and this sown rugated iron chimney—or, rather, smoke ‘oullel=t0 finish. it. The huxury grates. may be lighted anywhere, and 1) DENSE VOLUMES. OF SMOKE are expected to” ascend skyward in the manner provided. eof the 80,000 ee 23° eee Kafirs in in one of the several a ° Town" m a distance in the strong glare of the Agfrican sun the bizarre collection of human dsvelings looks like some en- The tin walls re- compou miles Fee iron are transmuted sun, eyes, and the oR pon unsavory roa with their naked, seer op i rey AGhars water. ey are infested rondway and paddle or in the hollows of eta smelling with evident enjoyment. ore terns idly European d_ they te take life much moi eaod hum ly. The ale population of “Tin Town” een not ae home Pe one but Ss e 9 o'clock, y the law tera an black, save thoes 2 mere ot No streets after this Then he can them crackle and rattle like concentrated’ thunder— oe smoke i usses his Jove the life, these Tean, youngish men | electric lights and its automobiles. - I with the clear heads the mognifi- ly shook a listless head. when a meen a ebitains ue free ‘Towa? cent bodies. They will perhaps try to) talkative young man put the age-old) «0 games been steadily make you think the 1. ‘They are question, “What's your Tine?" ce ar nae aoe eae aa a silent Jot, as becomes men who pass| was here, too! Behind a certain pros-| it’ you 4 sulldal pole’ to under, their years in the wilderness or in the! gic waistcoat, a spark had flickered | timate the present m Jonely, wind-swept prairies, and they| out, After the engineer, the traveling] tore what is behind it are working for corporation directors) man; after the traveling man, the steam } whose business ears are not attuned to | plow; afler the steam plow, {he- grand ee re, the call of the wild. you could drop “into the Alberia Hotel at Eamon ton, on some mild spring evening, have a look at the assistant aaosts and {he instrument men who are booked te disap) the soldier to thé wars, or the sail = & moat paoks in lor-to | Servian ar empires to-day. + GREATEST ONE-MAN BOOK. No author of any nationality has ever which can ~ compare of Shakespeare for world- hundred for- 1 their.own tongues, ineluding such little-known language: is Ieelanidic, ‘ian, mian, and is] There there aré English readers of the o1 al in English. The fate of the work of the average wriler is. th rapidly wanes in poularity until in the course of a decade or ae it is entirely for- golten—a thing of the past. The selling power of Shakespeare's collected works was, quite — sixteer eS gre 18th than in the 17th century, and the 19ih century-saw ano- lisher of note issues a special Shakes- Reare edition of his own. ee. man. He hhas_ never found out a lucky 3 is Pee Se be is lucky. piano; that is the way they build up BRITAIN ‘Sr ON TOP. Kingdom is 41,005,177, ins of ae ay B 3 United ‘Kingdom "is Dare miles ; over 11,146,08h square miles, being Rite can produce British. Made” are still re- casniet d all the sth over as being the hall-mark of excellence on oe man- suitings to “But,” “said he, isn't your father like- sot ment?” aOhe ig in and the ahs “ et de NERVES Made Strong and Steady by Dr. Wik jams’ Pink Pills. WI ‘our nerves are out of order your whole health is on the verge uf break-down. “ Sudden sounds startle our muscles twitch and — your hands” tremble; shatlered your “willpower gone: are often cold and night and in| After struggling for. helf an hour |°, oI ve er is lable and through “pungent brickflelds of arid |40N Yon” tteriy. tainer le ae ee er ihe whole trouble is because your blood ate ea and fissures, dodging | js" io in and watery to keep the ee eee ea ee nerves strong. “There is only one wos a in 5 i 3 sidir have strong, healthy nerves — fe oat an te te sobennesiun rg finds him- th em with the rich, red blood that ate festa Dr. Williams’ Pink Pil make a d a 7 Sul wveeon technically 5 [an tet, ei alee eee ae propri area”’ actua vreck with nervous — prostra- Kathe “quarter of! te Be Wiliam: Phir Pills have Here the black man foregathers with a F ad been RS SOB See, Bat nervous for years; the least nm ould er ‘evolt ii ‘ id what results only the fulure can show, when I found they were helping me; my appetite leiproved my nerves began ¢ grow steady, and day by day I gain 8 Ete who suffer allows | near saan who oo not dwell in mining |to streets. Seen | fo) ed, The Kafr multiplies eae bi Mn pump little mites, these children. They | py, us and develop |'f, charge of eee is allowed on the Dp ‘oll 4 up against his tin| jw Atlhough the populstian of the United a 605, it et Gi but the Brilish Buupive extends | the “| yille and his wife, w! 1 did, Dr. Williams’ Pink fair trial, a cure will be s Dr, Williams’ Pink z s Forth, simply: beenus: a jen, Pure: aod which rr operly nowsh the: ves and Keeps ng. They ‘Will cure all the disea i pad blood and shattered nerves, such 2: nay indigestion, headaches and rheumatism, Vitus ts nce, ness and the g girls and women. ways insist 0 with the full neme-De. Willams! nk Fills for Pale People on the wrapper {around each box, Sold by _medicine | dealers or sent di mail a ior § these. limited means, vite ballets at eee Seer eunilny to | Writing. The Dr. Quillanne! Medicine os that miade by Pele and his -youth- | Brockville, Ont. ful r the azclagtion > of Wendy. ee t and <n oee| AUTHENTIGATED REGORD Sec hin see is First tie ground is ear quare. and.at Sees of the four.c sturdy SOME REMARKABLE MATRIMONIAL slake. some.ten-feck in-height is driver : A Chee are rarities and sup- DOING: ported by cross pieces. Then the archi- es Courted and Wedded Within Sixty Minutes—Mrs. Ayres Married Nine Husbands. A n has been added Jong’ and Interesting list of pibients cated matrimonial records by Ane mine riage of Captain Kuhns, ville, Obio, to Mrs. Sarah crawlard, ob the same town, the loy since through ivil thirty-one years ol when he first met his fiancee, it follows a a ies reached the age of 101 e marriage cerlificate, indeed, Stablished the fact, and also mentiorled that the blushing meine ha € just entered upon her second’ cen! his is a very differen sor of record from that of Mr. John 0 civilized country, within sixty minutes of first having set eyes on her. As night be expected, this “hustling” was the oulcome of a wager, Mr. c somewhat recklessly elle npade ed” that was r girl chanced to be unusually arity nena quite willing. though AN UTTER STRANGER TO HIM; and, as already stated, in something under ine hour they were made man and w Stati istics prove that most men and she e yw. It ia a Agarstaek that this re- without the lady other three times. ne x daughter- of the mi who was Serie som Hae an very mysterious ee ne time, in one of ing Tha) ful real, z = held Me. George Dun- e Washington, at the invitation o! President Roosevelt, who had" ex- “We ace best to call TT’S EMULSION ~< Pete because it stands so em- pt for perfect nutrition. 1 rot at ee yeahs , strength to the fasbes eae - as cae. its action is that medici 3 coe Ni > Toronto, ‘Ontario, 5 See, and $1.00; all druggits, deere | gence in again @ well man. ny |§ five 5 r “ ae none ‘The Nutshell’? dic Ms ovcock as I told “lif ye dropped off. 1 look p to congvatulate them persona on See into the world twenty-seven shildven and neverehaving had a single cl Mr. Dunvile aad his young, being respectively and thirly-nine, and their ily... has great rapidity, triplets—eight dng cel or nkee en parents are 10 wife -are still fourty-four 1 the Mrs. would envy Dunvile the task ci cutting bread-and-butter for her chil- dren’s tea} SEE GE : Pains. an are many and a multitude of indistinglishable ‘causes, but in the main owing to eae nin w eee 28 codily relieve pain, and $ filled its mission to-a remarkabl ee THIS ELOQUENCE, (proudly) ; “Only. just tes gone to addres Mrs. Lit@awit Cheles raidn't think he was a pat he bas a ee me cred dito THE worst KE Neral for After Piles haye ex a time the ‘suffesing 1s. inte thyobhing, tumor Wille black. bioo ‘This is when Dr. the only absolute Pile results that has ma Le sonra 's Rote Roid s. the Wilson- iagara Palls, Ont. . AM dealers, or The Fyle ¢ imited, BRVED SEAT. Over- te as Ron {lo street bg eon- ductor): “Is oah’s ark Tull yet Conductor * on pe al) but tie ass. Jump in.” Dr. J, s Dysentery Comdial is a Speedy cure for dysenter thoa, cholera, summer complaint, sea ickness and compliant incidental lo ehuldren teething Tt gives immediate relief to me those suffering from the elfe of indiscretienin.e ¢ cuinbers, etc pial and never fails. to cor No one need fear jis dave a bottle of this hadiaine cone 2 HE WAS IT. Mr. Might savagely ys ried “you “Be fans? 1 mar- ide there any dod “There was one.” “| wish to gooduess you'd The tolal imports of tea into Canada and the United States is about one Pap ered_and ten, million pounils per um: One fe hes: ‘eronto, Sibroligheut the spon staid Minneapels Dut, Manel an ion. A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Papa: “See the snider, my bo, ning his Is it not wonder you reflect that, try-as he may, no man could spin that wel “What of it? See me spin this top? yu reflect thal; try as he may, no spider eould spin this top” Just the Thing That's Wanted.— A pit that acts apon the stomach and yet so compounded. that certain ingredi- nts of it presetve. thelr upon the intestinal canals, thom of excreta, (he retention. of winien eemor but be hurltul, was 1ong looked for by the medical profession. i Vegetable Pills, much expert study, and are scientifically prepared as 3|2 jJaxative and an alteralive in one. TIRED OF THE BATTLE. 0 longer call your pretty Why did having funny men 0 Bo! ‘dol ring my ell to ae if the kernel was in.” if your chi ildren_mor moan and are rest- less during sleep, coupled, when awake, a loss of appetite, pale counten- “I am very ‘tired sand Lam going to lie; down as an hou yur.” ma’am.", “it T should Reopen to drop off, cal) me a at five o'clock. “Yis, ma'am.” lady Lee down, ne Le pene closes her eye Sag at arama chsea ween 18 “ the clock striking six, and cries instant- int you oaks ao at five you to dc ure, ma'am, ye tould ae to call ye in on at five, and ye hadn’t dropped off at all! Ye was lyin’ on the bed in the same place, sound asleep. fo ae Gao REASON ENOUGH. Benevolent Be a ees rescuing one small m the pummelling tt typo others : yah are you hurting this boy ” “Be le so many mistakes in at anitumel this morning.” usiness. was” that of Sines is “Why, he let us copy our answers from hi oe ae THE MYSTERY SHOW. “Don't forget to vat . mystery show while you are “Let's see, that’s im one a ‘the Ger- matt seat isn’t “No, ane Switzerland. _ I re- fer to ihe international sausage exhil tion” eB idiot pa fi this warm ne . ‘| LEAD PACKETS ONLY weather. 40c, 500’ and 609 per Ib, At all Grogors, “OSH AWA wy Wind, Water, Sterm and Fire Proof Steel Made from Painted or Galvanized Ste Any Hea re the only vators, Churches nasrinen sana alles flag, making then Eaves RO! per hundred square feet covering measure. This ering on the markel, and 1s an ideal covering for Houses, Bars, Stores Ble: man carl tools required. 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