BLACKMAIL BY SNAPSHOT CRIMINALS WHO CORNERED VICTIMS “IN CAMERA.” The Mormons Must Pay $500,000 or Have Their Extravagances Exposed. Twenty shoimaaa pounds is a big vr it hundred poum apiece, says London Answers. The photographs in question re- present different he inter: dor of pe wonderful Mormon Tem- it City. This temple, wal vis AG a a ye ae like a gigantic beehive, rty sine to baila, and Site over a millioi are rigidly excluded from its sumptuous interior, and the temple is always protected by unde: | $7,575,000 toward the construction AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE. | Military Plans the Common- wealth and of New Zealand. The Australian peers snem led with of the Australian fleet unit. Altogether 153,637 youths between the ages of 14 and 18 have been ri gistered as” pane for the ates service. sear have been examined cote assed as me- Halls fit. At she, ae of ‘Septem- ber 87,389 lads were actually under military training. omer Bai guards. — How t ice of the nega- 8 not get his mone: he vars ae ie will publish ee @ vp! phs, an eras the long-hidden ‘xtravagane mon sect. A DANGEROUS WEAPON. The Spabetiancony picture taken y a modern ‘a is a very dang- erous meapon in the hands of the blackm: ee ae ago_a man hears ia a member of the Hungarian OC! r of Deputiod with a nogative which he offered to sell him for four hundred crowns. Not unnat- rally. M demurred, \ but en was shown him, he w & proo! could not pay up quickly enough. The photograph showed the presid- r of one voting Risicict keeping a number of voters in close confinement, in order to prevent their counting for the rival eandi- ‘The deputy, $s we have said, paid up, and smashed the plate. But the blackmailer had Mia about half a dozen different exposures, ever he wan! mone; would return and ae to sell one of these. The b red, deputy at Tadetoubligisnder sort eolenige or eatitediine Wlackaniien: Ait den 5 own in society, and the picture represented her on her knees be- fore another lady, who is wife of a The inference was clear rst lady was supplicating| Pe the ather to get her lor take of putting too bigh a price up- | ™ on his wares. Tho lad, s who was impecunious, Hot Bey, and the snapshotter, in iB aa, the picture public property. [he unfortunate victim commit- ted suicide. CATCHING THE CONTRACTOR. A contractor bidding for street work under the notoriously eorrupt could MUniSlaehey of Pitisburay pot the following letter cast eae coming. We Rese cnotiye DORE it.” Ho was given to understand that he would have Wo pos tae thousan ‘ice of renewal o! s the wn part— And with this fon nged a meeting at the Fort Pitt Hotel. e leader of the corrupt coun- cillors turned up at the agreed ren- dezyous, and the contractor was in the act ee handing over the notes, when ther by it tractor me a capital photograph. of the councillor actually receiving his eis aaiaihat the contractor had no further cement in getting all ‘k_h 2 SE ES Tommy—Pop, what is sound ad- vice! Tommy’ 8 Pop—Sound advice, my generally nine part aqudsandesqenieticnci: Eczema wae Burning and ltching | -: “Used Box of Cuticura Ointment and It Completely Disappeared, anni fave suffered from eezema for two years ee beg mm one arm bet) snare ared Spot a about a five-cent size, and it teal Bee widened, all the time Mtching. and bur he first days I didn’t care, but But senna tut i gained in size, tried Ointim Baas eae but you d pidhout pars ‘pt the, Suvlomea Remedies, I et . lite and seeing that it improved, By 8 box of the Cutleura. Ointment. ing used one box, my fais Sap pestos, ame Gutleura ‘Olntutent should be kept. in every home.” | (Signo N, Osi iguy, aletlevile, Qu Que. Jan. 14, 1911, A Generation of Success ‘For more than a generation Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have afforded the ‘speediest and most economical treatment for ching. 5 buraing, sealy and ble ceding skin and scalp hi » of young and ol = aage bet. 1s often ‘sufficient. Bald ae rugzists liberal CN a Boag. and, , Olntme nt, tons, Potter Drug eon ron Da 8029 0 meee - Columbus Ave., Boston, U8. A, > i ates jones 0! the physique and salieary: "aptitude of these boys, cadets they ralia it was anticipat- for sé qualities. With the pebe type of are it is believed ther Bt be no trouble with these aka h year 3, 295, reaorof are to be drafted in! vi reserve. ing the necessary num! teers. The naval service is proving socrpnctedly popular in Australia. mn the time comes map the, aeeteation sar of the imperial fleet no dil expected in getting the nei um! blu jackets from the existing naval re- ne Ss that it would be ie Australian youth, the “larri- ins,’ te the severe dis- apie s of naval service, but officers of the British navy who have seven the Australian reserves to sea their shij raining say that there is not the eliehiont ground for these fears. They find the Au- stralians first class een for man-o’-war crew: also making ra- pid progress with her defence plans. During the iscussion of the esti- mates in Parliament the Minister of Defence reported that the Govern- ment pa decided to po enone for tl not yet pre- pared financially or in any other way for universal service. i the Government’s plans eottents plated physical training and dis: pline for all youths between the ages of 12 and 18 years. As the military authorities were of opinion that the 30, could be raised from the pet population low the age of 21 the Bee, wou nd made from below nee instead of 25, as originally aNet = The law authorizing the Gov- ernment to draft men up. to the higher age Seaahine cainaiied tor emergency use, however. = ah. — Shilolis G DYSPEPTIC PHILOSOPHY. It’s going to extremes to pull the ool over a ate 8 eyes and theo ie his leg, t It is better ‘te have a falling out with a girl in a hatnmeck than in an aeroplane. It’s all right to pay a man back ‘is his own coin, but it is better not ‘0 borrow in the f or st place. Sous If it wasn’t for the rain bets ‘ouldn’ t be any hay to roo while the sun shines. me people never kick at a thing ihlads thaycareTause “teena"i kick back. The trouble with most preachers is that they know more about the next world than they do about this. $ grow on us. A map can’t even fight a due! without having a “Few men can govern themselves. That is why so many of them get Spasticd. a man’s knowledge consists + leaty of the knowledge of lost op- portunities. Some men are so fair and Ligeti that they wouldn’t be beat a car pet when it was dow en must work had women tnust and tl vO) always their end of the 1b with more piea- sure than the ‘ost of us ae promises mend. to fellow is easy to get: along an who-is never shor rare aeisk eh ales Wek swine He always leoks so happy. uae TELEPHONING IN WATER. In a prominent technical ee telephoning, through water without wires. The speech transmitted throngh the water has been very distinct and the system kas shown good possibilities for use as a: means of verbal pecan aay betwee two ships, such a: battleship nad a submarine. The di- rectional, and a ot iB rans- mitted through the earth or water for a distance of several miles. T! rote is ex- ur watts p tremely sma fo teleohone cyer = dietanon:os tikg miles.”” ed| other city in the wo EVERY PLACE ON THE WIDE PRAIRIES TELLS OF CURES MADE BY DODD’S KIDNEY PILLS. ing, tells how he got rid of his Rheumatism -— honestly earned popularity. Cold Springs, Peace River Land- ing, Alta., Dec. 26 (Special)—Just why Dodd’s Kidney Pills retain | their wonderful Se latte is eas- | across the prairies. town, village and Bopeadtine: beet at least one man or 0 is ready to tell of pains valtavedd mal health restored by the ne; hi published. When T came to this part of the Thos. Griffln, of Peace River Land-| end’ wil Thousands Now Use Ts. 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It stimu- lates ‘the appetite, and is 6 tive—both excellent features, Spl for hoarseness, throat Hikes “bronchitis, remedy Mighty. tases Z ae Simply me it with sugar syrup or strained honey, in @ 16-oz, bottle, and is ready {¢ Erie tae “often been imitated, pur as | never Successfully, for nothing Bibs aH em to my eld confined to his bed from hewn: UeNow I know that Dodd’s Kid- ney Pills are the best medicine for Rheumatism and the. Kidneys. recommend them to everv person: I hose complaining of not feeling ie Dodd's: Kidney Pills made — popularity by curing sick Kid They k polarity cay Nkanpicg Gur Gunite elok: Kiauoys ___ LONDON FIRST. lon, the largest city in the world, has a population: as the last census shows, of 7,252,963, as ‘ against 6,581,402 in 1901. The po- pulation of New York is 4,766,883, faster than any rid. ‘The third city in point of size is Paris, whose population is about 3,000,000. Ber- lin comes somewhere about atte and is. growing in the scale. The pete 0} ee is well over 2,0 and Tokio. strange sae equal as regards ec pnlon The returns for hese cities show a little nae 2,500,000. Petersburg, Vienna, Moscow, Phi- ladelphia, Peking and Canton have all a population below the 2,000,000 mark. ee ees THE UNION BANK A RECORD YEAR. Head Office int he Moved to Winnipeg. The its os annual meeting at the Office in Quebec on Monday, Sener sr 18th, 1911. The meet: ing mati memorable one for sev- eral r . In ne _ a place, fe eeuorta presented b; and General Here were the beat the bank’s history and revealed the fact that progressive steps had been n during the At the Sans it was also several etided:¥ ‘scmovatie Head UAse from Queber to Winnipeg. This was deemed a wise move, owing to the fact Bey out of its total of 242 Eastern ap reviidce: on the part of the Seas shareholders to move the id ‘© Winnipeg is-a recognition of ane growing importance of the We jecision and The nét profits for the year, af- ter deducting expenses of manage and making provision for all ad and doubtful debts,“ amounted to ae as compared with 51, x the previous year. The earnings oe 1911 were at the rate of 14 per cent. on the bank’s av- erage paid-up capital for the year. The premium on new stock issued amounted to alance at cre jovember 3 ith the net of $1,199,000 available for distri- bution. Of this large sum dividends absorbed $361,000, of $200,000 was transferred to the rest miums account pension fund eaying a balance carried forward of $71.957, A further examination xeppe shows that ihe g rapid _progre’ departzient: ierauibune cb notes circulation increased during the of Be paid up capital increased by the rest account by nearly total assets of the ba ow stand at $58,434,000 as compared with 346,555,000 for the previous year. The increase in the bank’s capital, deposits and assets puts it in a position business during During the year the Union Bank absorbed the United Empire Bank of Toronto, which had twelve branches in Ontario ee tablished Toh n. England, ene ne vot the four Canadian banks branches in Great Britain. wether the | bank has been showing marked progress and enters upon the ney ar equipped to do evoial be otter’ Wk nion Bank of Canada held | fea WHERE DO BIRDS DIE? A Curious Question for the Natural History Student, e countless thousands birds in this country, therefore the ae ty mus ist . Yet, have cad bird? The majority BE nn have not, and even hose of ust who dwell in ee coun- try but rarely see a bird lyii a tim ave seen. y are astonishingly- few—de: 8, that is to say, that Bilis cata Aled: and have not ben shot down. Never- Bees it is eae that thousands of saat \< o they die aques- tion nthate even es “naturalist cannot answer satisfac Of course, me birds are killed off by ani Cats kill many birds, and birds kill each other, as witness that t an Sata rook is killed a by} his fellow The most likely explanation is this, that an ip =i rd crawls away to cove! e cort and there See Without Paoalie hun- reds of birds so perish each montl sometimes a bir ets into a comer that he cannot eteape from, then he dies tl birds mall ed as well as erawl off fo some isolated epob.and die unseen, and where they die there do their bodies wither to de cay. We know that an unwell dog gets out of sight if he possibly cam, nd an ailing cat does the same ing. They seek to hide, and i the eye of man to rest on their mem- bers ‘when pttte time of death com>s. e While They Cure.— The able compounds of which Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills are composed, mainly dandelion and | foands rake, clear the stomach and ntestines ‘of deleterious matter and Testore the deranged healthful action. Hence the remedy for tr availab! will Se bieke the truth of thi sertion and sre to con’ the ailing than Sogeiand that can bé written of these pills. COMING. First Graduate—I_hear you've got a job on the road. Second Ditto—Yes, but it hasn’t reached me yet: He one need endure the agony corns with Holloway’s Corn case at hand to remove them. that Man may be made of dust—but he always wants a little m Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, &o. 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