me Le Head 27 Horse Power 700,000 Cost $75,600,000. 2 | First aes Here’ Feet In the sixteenth. century a great dream lived in the minds of explor- ers and seamen, that of finding a ‘Northwest passage to the which would give Great Britain the means of securing a share of the rich trade with China which Italy and the countries of Eastern ®ur- ope were monopolizing. And so they eet out, these interprid + explorers, determined to find a route over the unknown seas to the West, to Po land of treasures. In _ their stood an immense continent which defied all their efforts at encircle-} ment. It was a bar to success, a bar to trade, a mere something that pre- i them bigeye a cherished . In spite of them, America .ob- raked itself upon their notice. What could not be ignored, must be ex- Orient! Today plored, and so they defved into the country, and thus Canada and the United States had their beginnings. men are still striving to push that Northwest passage as far to the -west as human ingenuity can do, this time for the sake of tapping the rich west ldnds of the two neighbor nations, Canada an the United States, and they-dream of the great St. Lawrence waterway which will permit ocean vessels to penetrate to thé Great Lakes, for it 1s estimated that in the lands tributary to the Great Lakes four billion bushels of grain are raised annually. If this great waterway and its! kindred power development schemes are actually achieved, it is believed they will bring great prosperity to the Dominion. The figures quoted Howse power #00, ‘COSt $72000.000 in relation to the power developed in hydro-electric plants on the water- way, power equal to the energy pro- duced by seventy million tons of coal: The first units contemplated in this scheme are shown in the sketch above. First a plant canes of developing seventy thousa horse power at Morrisburg, and seo ond a plant capable of developing nine hundred thousand horse pow- er_at Barnhart Island. It is believed that power developed would event- ually pay for the deepening of the waterway. ace new pr goed from the sea the Head of the Lakes would be 2 233 miles from Belle Isle to Fort William and Port Arthur, thus by far, the bigger half of the journey from Europe would a eit the three miles of the St. rence ng be improved, and at the ge a quired for purpose. two” million horse power would be developed. A nation grows in proportion to its exports, and this, ,the nation’s reatest avenue of, ‘transportation (part of the ‘greatest system of wa- ter transportation in the —_ would give Canada great sary assistance in the right F direction. Canada is rich in natural resour- ces, and in none ie she richer than n water power and the means of de- veloping electrical energy. this depends industrial development and with this amazing supply t hand Canada's industrial future should be assured. f einspaper that is Afraid of Of fending ': Is Weak and Cannot Succeed’ "|B (Mail and Empire) ‘Adolph Och’s career as a news- paper publisher has been one of the most successful in the history of American — and ark wspapers are always worth Figg to. Recently he gave an interview to Frederick Boyd Stevenson, of the. Brooklyn Daily Eagle, in which he gave his opinion of modern newspapers and their pro- per functions. The New York Times, of which Mr. Ochs is the owner, is one of the great newspapers of the world. When Mr. Ochs took it over it had neither glorious tradition nor existing prestige. Its annual income in 1896 was $500,000; to-day it is $18,000,000. It employs 2,000 per- scons with a weekly payroll of*$100,- 000, and its daily circulation is be- tween 300,000 and 400,000. Its Sun- day circulation with its expensive Magazine and book sections and its rotogravure has a circulation of half a million. The great feature of the Times is its news service. If Lloyd George or Poincare makes a speech the Times will publish it next morn- ing, giving it perhaps more space than jt recelves in the Temps of Paris ar the Times of London. It is almost a weokly occtirrence of the Times to devote a whole page to the speech of some European politician. A Serious Paper Mr. Ochs recalls that @e@ took hold al errors, and sometimes A. P. porters may have been deceived, but} the sole object of Ee association is! to give unbiased n - Accuracy poe Honesty t Accuracy he sets’down as the chief; point in a good newspaper. Mr. Ochs— would rather be a day or a week Yate with an accurate account Legend | secure an inaccurate.*‘scoop,"’ as ex- clusive news is called. He says that; his paper, and no doubt others, had | early information concerning the oil scandal, but printed nothing until it | was confirmed at Washington. When Lieut. Wood was making the front pages by his successful Wall Street speculations, the Times sent one of its best men to Manila to interview him. When he arrived he learned that Lieut. Wood had gone to Japan. e was instructed to wait until his return so that the story might be absolutely correct. Every newspa- per in New York appeals to a differ- ent clientele, but Mr. Ochs is gener- ous enough to say that the editors are equal in their desire to give the public the best newspaper they know how to produce. They have all dif- ferent methods, but he believes they are equally honest and above temp- tation. They are, of course, all mil- lionaires, the men who own the New York daily newspapers. To that ex- tent they represent capital. Never- theless they are unpurchaseable, and no more guided or controlled by sin- interests thangeny sorialiat rag oe Pahoa ere S = | = it ie] | FI 4 ro) CG real Z Z *} school. capable of making.good progress in In such a case there is eith- er something quite abnormal in the mental health of the children gt that (Dr. J. G. Shearer) In a previous article we discussed the “criminal imbecile.'’ The defect- ive delinquent is largely a juvenile criminal imbecile, a boy or girl who either in general has become incor- | rigible and lawless, and so comes In- o the hands of the officers of the law, or having a strong tendency or passion in some one dijrection such as | Zextial indulgence or incendiarism or extreme cruelty has not the moral power to control these tendencies or passions and in consequence gets in- : to trouble for violating society's laws fer social welfare. There comes to mind a young fel- low who had a mania for setting fire to buildings, stacks and the like. No amount or kind of punishment had any effect in curbing this mania. On examination he was found to be mentally defective. He was put in a training school and in due course was given charge of one of the fur- naces in the heating plant. From that day to this, (and he has passed three decades of life) he has given no further trouble and is thoroughly! contented and happy. _ I recall another case of a boy -who had a passion for cruelty and would cut up a worm or any small creature he could capture. He was discovered cutting up inch by inch a live chick- and by and by attacked a little child. Had that boy. been allowed to continue at liberty he would some doe basen hoon Muller, 0f_ genet th. oO o newspapers were rapidly incr their circulation by means of inané features, muckraking and crusades of every character, and the impres- sion was general that no paper that did not follow this example would be anything but dull and unprosper- r. Ochs proved otherwise. An enemy might to-day call the Times dull. It is devoid of humor- ous features and illustrations, ex- eept in the Sunday edition, which contains an article from Wiil Rogers and an admirable column of com- ment on the editorial page. Since Rollo Ogden has become chief edi- torial writer there is often an agree- able glint of wit in the editorials; but speaking generally the Times is esteemed for the completeness of ifs news service. It suffers the disad- vantage of being too large. Nobody eould read it all; but it is very like- ly to contain much news matter that ether papers do not publish. Editorials On the subject of editorials Mr. said: — “No editorial writer or no writer Jn any capacity can do his best work if he is hampered by dictation from jose who own the newspaper. ¢eourse, there should be an editorial policy—that we all know. And th editorial policy should be strong and firm as to the big issues of the day. Now the men who form that policy may be right or wrong from various A eee cannot eaders whatever that policy is, it must Heh the honest belief of those who form it and it must be adhered to firmly and hon- éstly and fearlessly. The newspaper that is afraid of offending this per- gon or that person or of driving away some advertiser is a weak mewspaper and cannot succeed. But the writer must be left free to ex- press his own honest beliefs, for if he be not free his writing will limp end halt and show his insincerity. It has been eaid that the late ne R. Cobb, while editor of York World, wrote splendid caitde. from an indepemdent standpoint, and ren should remember that Mr. Cobb given a free hand to write hone editorials by the owners of the or e - What News Is Mr. Ochs defines news as every- thing that gives information, a defin- ition that might be quarreled with as a newspaper is concerned. doubted, he remarks that the Times tries to get the advertisers to present their matter from this point of view. Once he was asked what would happen to a wriaenprc that printed only vertisements, and he replied that he - could print a newspaper filled only with advertisements that would get reulation than. a new ~! opportunity for contradictio P nig? exclaimed a fellow 2 tradic' —+——_ YOUR HEALTH} (By James W. Barton, M. D.) Your Height and Weight 3 ago we were taught that the ideal ‘height for a man was 5 feet inches, and for a woman 36 feet 4 inches. That is for an adult of 25 to 30 years of age. It was’ said that at- mospheric pressure at height was ideal for the human body. What about it? Well most men like to be at least 5 feet 10 inches, whilst for’ women, 5 feet 4 inches is the most popular, as that is the height of the) Venus de'Milo. What about it from} a health standpoint? ell insurance companies prefer the heights of 5 feet 7 inches for men, and 5 feet 4 inches for women, so that our early teachings must have been founded on facts. It would appear that where a man or woman is a great deal taller, or a great deal shorter than the above heights that they are not considered as a good risk. Of course this does not tell the whole story, because the family = tory is more importan& even the height. These companies thousands of cases from which draw their conclusions. Of course the height 4 important in relation to Sa weigh For in-; stance the man 6 fe - “4 inches should weigh about 140 to 145 Ibs at twenty-five years of age, and a- bout ten pounds more than that at fifty to be considered a first class risk. For every inch over this add 5 lbs, and for every inch less subtract 5 Ibs. If he weighs twenty pounds more he would not be as good a risk. In one case, although sider, they might suspect tuberculos- is or some wasting condition, and in the other heart or kidney trouble. As a matter of fact to be a little, just a little lighter in weight as you grow older is really asset, and the companies will tell you that those of lighter build stand bad soute illnesses better, than the hea type. other thing -l point ont that very old peo light in weight. What lesson in this? That as you grow older that you do, yourself to get more: es over-, have| rE | is} Simply cutting down on your food, intake will keep your weight down. ' A little light exercise like walking will keep you nimble and light on; geet feet. I haven’t ane anything a-) bout the two types of bulld—grey hound and biilldog. I’ Se just aed th ‘the. insurance companies’ figures. Some people will never miss an} n.: Which | fact recalls the story of the “womati | ser “f - Reade pea dates Sch Wales. el w-ypaneeaaee | ictory one*looked»’ 4 ate | ‘course become victimizers and tay Tere Ty Orie Ore tare shocking and _ revoltingly brutal crimes that happen not infrequently. Such delinquents (or later, crimin- als) are mentally defective and not so much to blame as is society that does not have all children examin- ed by a mental specialist, and those who are mentally defective thus dis- covered and given such specialized care and training as will at least protect society against their natural criminal tendencies I think of another youth of 19 who being mentally weak was also cursed, as is very frequently the case with mental defectives, wit ab- normally strong sexual passions, which were developed by a pervert- ed form of indulgence until one day he succeeded in inveigling a young | girl in her early teens into a vacant eellar and after committing an in- decent assault, murdered and go fully mutilated his victim and was due course convicted and executed. ; Girls who are thus defective usual-| ly fall into sexual offences though! often also into other crimes. They ; are easily victimized and ue| ‘the prolific sources of vice, venereal dis- ease and illegitimacy cursing no only their more guilty partners but the mis- and and innocent women who have fortune to marry these latter their children unto the third fourth generation. The mentally ge inated delinquent | constitutes one of the most serious and difficult of the social problems of today. What is to be done about it? Clearly when discovered in delin- quency or crime they should be seg- regated. All offenders, not merel murderers, should be examined by specialists—not mere insanity spec- ialists but specialists in mental mensurement, and when mental de- {ectiveness is established they should never again have the liberty that af- fords opportunity to exercise their criminal tendencies. They should ni are our own worst enemy. city or something “‘pecul- jar” about the inspector. Some would be cruel enough to suggest that he himself be examined by a specialist. the nough condition in a scientist as in . Py oa are This was the affliction the Pharisees of our Saviour’s day ond there was. no sin. so seathingly denounced as the closed mind of the members of that sect. A medical man's training in science ought to save him from it though it does not by any means always do so . . * ° e TYRANNY ee fee eee ea ® I can recall how my mind recoiled at the story of tyrants as I read of them in my early school days It seems to me that every lovable trait in human feeling darkens just the minute one — shadow of ty- ranny crosses-its From the old oe who tried to make the world believe he could do not wrong down to the small boy bully at echool, this tyranny busi- ness seems to have found its way. But the fact remains that a high thinking, well meaning human being needs little bossing. One thing that makes God real to oe is that I never feel I would like eee 1 want. Him around, for‘ know it is His highest desire that I work out my own salvation with the marvelous tools He has loaned me for the pur- pose I ‘abhor the tyrant in any form. That's why I hate war and all thought of war. There isn’t a fine in- stinct in all life that war feels bound to respect. On my reading tablets a little book—the published writings, beautifully worded, of a soldier who died on the field of battle. At the close of one of his brief paragraphs he says: “War is filth. Simply that." No one could honestly feel bitter toward God. For He doesn't boss at all. He just loves. He is the opposite of everything that tyranny suggests. t bad as tyranny 4s, there are few of us who do not employ its weapons every once in a while. And we employ these weapons « against our own selves. For, after all, we Why can’t we be our own best (riend? Friendliness toward yourself is bound to go so far. It will sweeten your spirit, clear your mind, scatter your worries and set you upon high ground. where you can see the big thing in life before you. —George Matthew Adams. Their boat was ae idly, the un shone above the sea was sarenis while ahe bus sitting snugly. Then he propos From the opposite end of the craft she gazed at him calmly. Then she said: “As a matter of common sense, realizing that we are in this boat, on water more than fifty feet on, and i you'were going to act as you should act if I accepted , batanc be ae I will decline _ proposal moment—but, George, row a6 Suet as pine ean to the shore and ask_me again.” That girl will: make a food wife. : i eces-| at all events; wil be burning aber’ coal.”’ os OTe eae ole ole ole fe oe de dade oe ode ee ole oe be le ode obo de oe oe oe oe ote NORTH PERTH. ‘16.—-Continuing Toronto, Feb. the debate ir the reply as 4 sPectalth from the hee onteith of member for Stratfo North Perth in the Prarine ial Legis- iret public utter- ; yesterday. In regard to Alberta coal, he said: “The Dominion must have # fuel pol- encouragement t The member,;: o is a close stu- dent of choo! affairs, said: heal on does not mean storing the bra ra ae mere facts, but giving} the ore training that will bring ou a d make it possible creative work—to give it initiative. The cur- riculm undoubtedly is overcrowded today, I believe tise frills and fads may be too numerous. Therefore, I feel that the time has come at least to investigate whether it is wise or not to get back to the old paths, rally around the fundamentals and in hy way still preserve the busi- ness of a proper mental training for children in the schools. In the part of the province I live in we think education is too expensive and it is gratifying to see that the program mapas out by the premier is look- ing to some saving. Economy is be- ing erantinnt in that department as in others. “I think the tenoners are doing a wonderful work at great sacrifice to themselves, and are véry diligent and conscientious. We have an enrolment HEN the Bank of Montreal opened its first office in Quebec 106 years ago, travel between Montreal and ” Quebec was mainly by stage coach, occupying three days in the journey. The difficulties and exigencies attending travel were such thar funds were only conveyed between the two cities “at the first safe opportunity.”. | With the opening of this Quebec office, the Bank of Montreal in, ' oduced into Canada branch banking, one of the elements that has ‘eontributed to the remarkable elasticity of the Canadian banking system, winning for Dominion finance an eaviable reputation in all parts of the world. Of the Bark’s 567 Branches, 83 are situated in the Province of Quebec. . BANK OF MONTREAL Ohi Paes tn ees of San z8S.e0 in all classes, primary, secondary and vocational, of 676,358 © pupils would be the last man to deny a dol- lar tor the good of a child, but in secondary education I believe there are municipalities whose finances are beginning to crack under the load. and they are beginning to let the province know that along these lines especially, and in _ building, there is a certain amount of extrava- gance which can be curtailed, and I am delighted to hear that the prem- ier is disposed to act along that line." Dr. Monteith spoke to a light Fri- day afternoon House, with members one by one darting out to catch trains. When he concluded, M. MacBride, South Brant, called atten- tion to Mr. Speaker to an almost empt .F.O. section, saying: ‘‘The who-do-you-call-it party has been without a leader for the last hour.” ied Vb eC tetae e A A TIMELY WARNING + —_—_— + “The Hydro Lamp,” pub- *% lished by the Hydro-Elec- + tric Power Commission, + warns its readers never to ‘% use portable heaters in the + bathroom. 7 f you must use aux- + jliary heat in the bath- + °, % room it is better to have a permanently installed wall heater controlled by a switch. It is dan- gerous to use a portable heater in the bathroom, but if you insist on us- ing it do not move it while in the tub taking a bath, or while touch- ing the basin, or any of the plumbing fixtures. If you do you may re- ceive a ver disagree- able jolt. The heater, if it has been used for some time, may be grounded, and by touch- ing it and the plumbing fixtures, or the water, a ., Oa PEERS EEE EEE SEE EEE TEES Special! For a limited time we will sell you 100 Ibs. of Granulated Sugar for ............ $10.85 2 lbs. Seedless Raisins for 25c ‘2 pgs. Seeded Raisins for 25c 2 pgs. Large Prunes for 35c 2 Ibs. Dried Apricots for 25c 2 cans Tomatoes for 35¢ 5 cans Corn for Extra Special ! Blended Blk. Tea, 70c Ib., 5 lbs. for $3.25. R. A.. CLIMIE . The Grocer Wallace Street * good connection for the + flow of Seed is es- “ tablished The shock v mete be fatal. Be care- - + Two recent accidents give + point to this warning, and + lives Baad be saved by heed- ing ett rr ror ebedeededebe bth dete dl eb eth t Owe Over Five Millions On Automobiles They Dri Windsor, Feb. "it—Aceording records in the fice at Sandwich county up to the end of 1 owed upwards of five iiiiom dole lars for the automobiles they: drive. li “partial payment’ plan. owever as a rule, have the care, treatment and training which i8 pos- «ible only In a training échool sar that sort of offender, not metre im prisonment as in.a prison or tentiary, and they ought to be exempt from execution ut prevention is always better, immeasurably better, than mere cnre or control after the mischief is done. There should therefore in ev- ery province be mental specialists— medical men—who shall co-operate with the regular medical inspectors of schools to examine and_ discover the -mental defectives while yet children. _Then they should be ‘ taught in special classes by specially ; tretngt teachers industrial training schoo | their training can 43 crompiees cad they can in whole become self-sustaining and fot given full lib- pts until they are proven after long udy be able to live in liberty Lame even then to be let out only on parole. These Bi ssn are no ee, er Mgt a ec wediéal imspector 6 ie Rial is not l camserivanop™ sagging béfore = Misisonary Says “‘“Mah Jong” Is “The Curse of China’ London Advertiser—"The curse of Chin That's what W. “A. Minshaw, mis- sionary, Says of-Mah Jong. Mr. Mih- shaw is a man of 18°years’ exper- fence in’ re Orient and he spoke .to The Advertiger with ‘an’ air of con- viction,* © This white batred, ‘eultured; mis- sion worker, with his. wife, stayed at lea dn tas Bde byt i ¥ oa 4 =. ‘jto gamble. e men °o -\play the losses, although infinitesi- ay rei atop of the elit, Borie cone game. Rickshaw men squat on the ground in narrow lands and side silevn adjacent their stands and whilé awaiting a-call to service piy intently with 54 See The “til of bone and bam lot ag are 100 expen for ane ‘<n shaw, who lived. ‘in Shang- ‘hai itor two years, said he never saw Chinese women playing Mah Jong. Engaged in outside labor, working on an equality With men and at the same unskilled employment, they have little time to rest, much less But for th Ymal when. compared with ose of this ‘country, are really heavier and THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE announces that as a result of the amalgamation ef- fected with the Bank of Hamilton, it now has the following branches in the County of Perth and the immediate vicinity : Capitel | Paid Up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund $20,000,000 GRAIN, SALT, FLOUR-nd FEED Try the Listowel Elevator for High Grade Flour For the Next Ten Days We Are Offering: Five Roses Flour Purity Flour Why use the small mill low quality flour when you can buy” these first Patent High Grade Flours for less money? C. H. SMITH $3.30 mars disastrous because they earn ‘Deliveries to any part of town. _ Phone 256. ywhere from. 26 cents to 50 cents Stas sis ee eas s ne nm the treaty ports of the Bast.) or 2 sane last seaahy? i The rafit for a sane Frog AS La moi rapa Wess a an ose bes ps0 A pees « pene make zoe sebar Scandalizet Judge (to to enraged at- gare nicl donne 36 Tor content of Atormey. £