? RECORD OF NEW COMPANIES Great Industrial Expansion In Ontario Shown By * Department A nnual Reports. A-despatch from Toronto Says: The industrial. expansion of the province is strikingly shown in the annual report for 1911 of the Secre- tary and Registrar of Ontario. During the twelve months 825 com. ames ¢ame into existence, while Rin to do business in the pro- vince were granted to 195 compan- jes incorporated outside Ontario. Most of the licenses were issued to companies incorporated under the Federal Act, but a large number represented the appearance of Bri- tish and United States enterprises. Eighty-nine older companies | found it necessary to apply for au- thority to raise additional capital to take care of the demand for their output. d The revenue received by the de- partment from the granting of char- ters and from licenses reached the highest total,in the history of the province -- $236,662.10. Automo- bile permits brought the depart- nent $50,381, 11,389 being issued, 7,338 of which were for motors own- ed in the province. SS Fashion Hints O2O220002208042089 WHIMS OF THE MOMENT. Prim little nosegays, made up of old-fashioned garden flowers, are tucked among the pleated frills of Py the jabot now, adding a eharniing | touch ef color to the summer morn. ing costume. For school wear there is a new tan shoe, sturdy yet good-looking, and possessing this admirable char. acteristie--that ink and grease spots may be wiped from it almost miraculously with a sponge wet with soap and water. The leather is alse impervious to dampness from rain or snow, and the boots, made in the usual buttoned style with sensible heels and soles, have all the softness and suppleness of Russian calf. The fashionable child now wears a buttoned boot invari- ably. A clever little milliner providing a hat for a long journey upon which but little luggage could be carried hit upon an inspiration--she found 4 shape suiting her customer's face, hair and general type, and then made up several trimmings for the hat, mo of crinoline- backed ribbon or vel- vet, which could be fastened around the erewn in a twinkling. The hat was a small roll-brim sailor, and there were four bandeaus ; one ban- deau was of plaited tulle over white, with a thick ruche of the black and white tulle encircling the het; another band was of grosgrain tibbon, with a cockade rising at one wide; still another carried a flat flower wreath, making a graceful low trimming; and the fourth ban- deau was hidden under a& very handsome ostrich feather wreath, with an aigrette slan ting backwards at the side. With those four trim- notice, the traveller was equipped for every sartorial contingency, The new jabots grow wider and shorter as the days move on toward fall. Some of these jabots over the edge of the shoulder resemble berthas more than jabots. VALUE OF CASHMERR. Cashmere is well to the fore for inexpensive gowns, and in its silk | variety for elaborate dresses. It may be trimmed with braid. black or colored, or with galon or passe- menterie, and sometimes the trim- ming forms the outline of a coat upon the skirt or portion of an all- | in-one gown. One of these is orna- mented with pearl buttons and imi- tatien buttonholes, a mode of trim- ming that looks very smart and is yet quite inexpensive. The neck is finished with a narrow yoke match- ing, the undersleeves coming from under. the straight, plain sleeves to the elbows. A NEW NECK SOARF. .... Tn these days of Dutch-neck gowns scarfs are in constant requi- sition, and consequently are shown in great variety. One of the newest is of fine white hand-embroidered batiste, which has an inset piece of colored mvterial at either end, These have a good deal of warmth, and present the alvantages of a washable article, which, in sum- mer, when one is far from the clean- er's shop, is an item not to be dis- regarded. Scarfs are also of plain mull, in all colors, hemstitched, --k Guide--"Now you will have to be careful; many a tourist has broken his neck at this spot." tent. (to his wife)--"Augusta, you go first." unting each upon a bandeau reach } and | SER HOARDED. WHY THE MI } , Left Most of Wis Fortune to Found- ing Children's Hospital. | Judge not!' is the moral that may be deduced from the life and | death of a man who died recently in | Vienna, leaving two million crowns {to found a hospital for children. | He was known to the world as Jo- seph Spitzberger, the miser, and his life seemed to justify the name. For many years he lived in a mis- | erable room in a poor street in the suburbs of Vienna. The room had no means either of heat or light: To keep warm when he was not at work, he visited the museums and j art galleries, and to save expense of light he went to bed when it grew dark. He mended his own clothes, and his whole wardrobe consisted of but one suit and one shirt, says the Vienna correspon- dent of the London Standard. During his last years he lived literally on dry bread and tea, freshly made once a week, and he drank this decoction without milk or sugar. To all remonstances of his friends, he replied, 'Your plea- sure is to spend; mine is to save. Leave me to my pleasure; it is all for a good purpose." He never married, and with the exception of a few small legacies to relatives, he bequeathed his whole fortune for the accomplishment of the design to which his life had been devoted--the founding of the chil- dren's hospital. oa] COAST PLANS OF €.N.R. Officials Make Announcements of Big Undertakings. Statements recently made by Col. Davidson and Canadian Northern officials in the west show the com. pany's intentions regarding its Pacific terminal at Vancouver and Port Mann. The former is to be the | passenger terminus, while Port Mann will be utilized for the | freight end of the business, and will also be the site of the com. | Pany's car and locomotive repair shops. In addition it will likely be the steamer port at such time as the Canadian Northern decides to operate a trans-Pacific service. No less a sum than ten million | dollars is to be spent on the C.N.R. location at False Creek, outside | Vancouver, and the connection be- tween the station there and the downtown depot, which will be by | Means of a tunnel. Work there will begin at the earliest possible moment, The foundations of the machine shops at Port Mann will be started within a month, according to a statement issued by Col. Davidson. ene Sco MORAL COURAGE. What a grand acquisition is mor- al courage, yet how rare! To those of us who lack the courage to face a difficulty it will present itself more formidable than before. Diffi- culties, like thieves, often disap- pear if one looks at them, We should cultivate moral courage, and the young especially should do. so. Have the courage to mind when it is désirable you should do go and to hold your tongue when it is better you should be silent. Have the moral courage to speak to a poor friend in seedy clothing when a rich one is near, The effort is not so great as many people take it to be and the act is worthy of a king. Have the cour. age to admit. that you have been wrong and you will create a desir- able impression, instead of an un- favorable one, in the minds of oth- ers. LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDERER W. A. Ferguson Convicted by Jury at Detroit for the Murder of Herbert, A despatch from Detroit Although himself admitting that he had shot down a fellow 'man in cold blood and notwithstanding that the murder was witnessed by at least half a dozen persons, William A. Ferguson, slayer of Herbert H. Herbert, the Canadian immigration ingpector, will escape the death penalty. Ferguson's trial ended at 8.25 o'clock Friday afternoon when, after concluding arguments by the Government and the defence, the case went to the jury. Deliberating a little more than half an hour, the verdict was returned finding Fergu- son "'guilty of murder in the first degree without capital punish- ment." Judge Sessions then pronounced sentence as follows :--"The verdict of the jury is a fair one and there is only one sentence which I can pronounce, The sentence of the court is that you be confined in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with hard labor for the rest of your natural life," says: : r displayed not the slightest. sign of feeling. His hard, lined face, which a several days' growth of beard only made appear the more dogged, was turned to- wards the bench where the judge sat. His gnarled fingers twitched convulsively once or twice, but be- yond this there was nothing to in- dicate that he 'had a full apprecia- tion. of his position. In his closing plea for the de- fence, Attorney James H. Pound painted a word picture of the cir- cumstances which led up to and which caused Ferguson to take the life of Inspector Herbert, "Here was a British subject longing to get back to his native land," he said. "But as he touched foot upon Can- adian shores he was met by these petty officials and turned back, re- jected and insulted, For this, and for the affection he showed his coun- try, William A. Ferguson is being put hehind walls of stee) and stone for the remainder of his life." The main argument of the counsel for defence was justification, The prisone THE HEWS IN A PARAGRAPH HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVEB THE GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL, Canada, tho Empire and the World in General Before Your ~ Eves. : CANADA. Windsor claims a population of 20,000. Wm. J. Erly and Jameg Chip- pington were crushed to death in the G.T.R. yards at Allandale. Miss Wylie; a leader of the Eng- lish suffragettes, has come to Can- ada to organize the militants here. Regina bricklayers are on strike for two and a half cents an hour increase. They were getting 674% cents. Two men who escaped from Guelph prison farm and were re- captured at Ayr, were given six months' additional. The Brantford grand jury report- ed to Justice Middleton that for- eigners be periodically searched for dangerous weapons. Woodstock Council, by a majority vote, decided to assess factories at only 42 per cent. of actual value, including business tax. The body of Mr. Wm. Bell, found- er of the Bell Organ & Piana Com- pany, was found mangled on the G.T.R. track near Guelph. Lord Milner addressed Halifax Canadian Club Friday night, con- tending for the absolute divorce- ment of Imperial from local issues. Montreal business men presented S. H. Carpenter, for sixteen years head of the detective department, with $2,500 and a gold watch, with a hand-bag for Mrs. Carpenter. He is becoming chief of police at Edmonton, GREAT BRITAIN. Hatfield, the English swimmer, broke the world's record for 400 metres; time, 5 minutes 21 3-5 sec- onds. The principal government build- ings in Dublin are guarded by pol- ice, lest suffragettes attack them. A despatch to the Lnodon Times from Constantinople, says that the Turkish troops in the island of Samos got out of hand and killed many women and children. UNITED STATES. The police captured a man at St. Louis believed to have been impli- cated in the New Westminster bank robbery. Anthony Debs, the New York policeman who arrested Ha rry speak your! Thaw, shot his wife and himself when summoned to court on her complaint. GENERAL. British and French sailors have been landed on the island of Samos.. Austria will hold for the time be- ing, the time-expired men in the Bosnia army corps. A monk, a teacher in physies in Italy, has invented an automatic rifle to fire 350 shots a minute. --__--_kk EIGHT WOUNDED AT LECTURE Conseripts Started Free Fight in Paris Hall. Paris A despatch from Says: tave Herve, the Socialist, who had just been released from jail be- | cause of the utterances of his paper during the railway strike, would deliver a lecture on Wednesday night on 'Our Country," stirred up the militant Anarchists, who re- gard Herve as a backslider, and they determined to prevent the de- livery of his address. They gath- ered in large numbers in the hall and started a disturbance before the time for the lecture to begin, Chairs flew and revolvers were fired, and before the professor started to speak eight wounded men had been taken to the hospi- tal. When he took the platform and failed to advise the conscripts to desert, the radical anti-militarist faction and Anarchists, who were present in great strength, raised pandemonium. In spite of the racket Prof. Herve proceeded ot deliver his address. The noise and turmoil were s0 great. however, that it was impos- sible to hear what he said beyond learning that he explained his fam- ous phrase about. planting the flag in a manure heap asa reference to an imperial, not a republican flag. He declared that his sole error had been in allowing himself to be dubbed anti-patriotic. He denied that he was an anti-militarist, and said he believed that it was only | possible to effect a socia) revolution with the assistance of the army, and to secure this the schools must be captured first. --h FOOD FOR THE VILLAGERS. Old Broken-down Horse Which Fell Dead on German Street. A despatch from Berlin, Ger- many. says: The Vorwaerts in sup- porting its meat campaign prints a story of an old broken-down horse which dropped dead in the Village of Maerzdorf, in Sik sia, where the food scarcity is extreme. The vil lagers skinned the animal, stripped the flesh from the bones, and car- ried it to their homes. ™ BLUEJACKETS LANDED. Will Protect Foreign Property on the Island of Samos. Sept. 26.--Bri- tish and French bluejackets have been landed at the Island of Samos to protect the Conculates and for. Constantinople, eign property during the fighting between the Turks and the rebels, The town of Vathy is now apparent- ly peaceable, the insurgents having withdrawn to the hills when the Turks landed, : The announcement that Prof. Gus- | came to Cobalt and lived for some THR LATE RT. HON SIR RICHARD CARTWRIGHT. ------ Bi "LAST GREAT WEST." Rush of Settlers and Prospectors to the North. A despatch from Ottawa says: A rush of settlers and prospectors over the trail from Lac la Biche to Fort McMurray this summer is re- ported by 8. H. Clarke, of the For- estry Department, who has just re- turned to Ottawa. Fort McMur- ray, which is on the Athabasca Ri- ver, is over two hundred miles north-east of Edmonton, and the Alberta capital is the nearest rail- way point. Despite this adventure, some homeseekers and prospectors are pressing northward along the two hundred mile trail. McMurray country, although so far north, is reported to have good ag- ricultural, land, while it is said to be rich in mienrals. Mr. Clarke, with a party of foresters, has been investigating the timber possibili- ties in the country between Lac la Biche and Fort McMurray. It is thickly covered with poplar and pine, which would make the best of pulpwood, but the timber is not large enough for commercial pur- poses. Another party from the Forestry Department is exploring north along the Edson Trail. Pre- liminary reports which have been received by the department show that there is splendid timber in the Girouard district, in Lesser Slave Lake. Fis THOUGHT HE WAS MURDERER Cobalt Youth Commits Suicide as a Result. A despatch from Cobalt Bays: After shooting three times at George Wilkes, proprietor of the Ottawa House here, this evening, and. thinking he had killed him, J. K. (Curley) McDonald, a young American from the Adirondack re- gion, stepped outside and shot him- self through the brain, dying in- stantly. Wilkes had garnisheed McDonald's wages at the Nipissing Mine, and McDonald's grievances rose over the action. Wilkes threw himself on the floor, exclaiming, "I'm gone,' when Me. Donald fired the third shot. He es- caped the three shots, one barely burning the skin of his hip. The affair occured in the Ottawa House, and the suicide was committed a few feet from its door. McDonald time under the alias of H. O. Mc- Carthy, giving the reason confiden- tially, it is stated, that he had for- merly committed a depredation. He was well educated, althongh in- clined to act strangely at times, ie 350 SHOTS A MINUTE. New Automatic Rifle Invented by An Italian Monk. A despatch from Rome says: A monk of the name of Mario Bon- tempi, a teacher of physics and mathematics in the monastery at Laneiano, in the Province of Chieti, has abandoned monasticism to ex. ploit an automatic rifle which he has invented. He claims that the weapon will fire 350 shots a minute. Bontempi wanted to patent his rifle and offer it to the Italian Gov. ernment, but his superiors ordered him to destroy the plans and speci- fications of such a murderous wea- pon. He refused to do this, and is now negotiating with the War Office. ah FOUND A GAINSBOROUGH." Has Hung For Years in a House in Monmouthshire, A despatch from London says: A portrait which has hung for years in the back room of a house at New- port, in Monmouthshire, and whose value has never been guessed, turns out to be Gainsborough's pic- ture of the Duke of York, which was painted for George ITI. in 1784. The owner of the painting on seeing Benjamin West's reproduce tion of the picture of the Duke of York was struck by the resemblance of the two faces, and this led to the discovery that the portrait at New- port was the original. Gainsbor- ough's signature is on the right hand corner at the bottom, er Vie Brantford Grand Jury Advises Per- iodic Examination. A despatch from Brantford 6aYS8 : The Grand-Jury at the Assizes here in its presentment to Mr. Justice Riddell, the presiding judge, made the following recommendation :-- "Owing: to the prevalence of crimes of violence amongst the for- eign immigrants by reason of their possession of firearms, knives, and other dangerous weapons, we be- lieve that for the protection of the community a periodical search for and confiscation of such weapons would be advisable, and we would | accordingly strongly -- recommend the same."' - The Fort | PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS Prices of Cattie, Crain, _Cheess ana Other Produce at Hume and Abroad BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Oct. 1--Flour--Winter whea r 90 per cent. pasents, are quiet and steady; it is quoted at $3.80 to $3.85 at seaboard, Manitoba flours (these quotations are for jute bags, in cotton bags 10¢ more).--Firsi patents, $5.70; second patents, $5.20, and strong bakers', $5, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat--The market is quiet, with prices easier. No. 1 new Northern quoted at $1.06 Bay ports, and No. 2 do., $1.0 Feed wheat, 66 to 67¢, Bay ports. Ontario Wheat--No, 2 white, red and mixed quoted at 97~to 98, outside; new wheat, 94 to 95¢, outside. Oats--The receipts are light, and prices firm. New No. 2 oats quoted at 43 to 44c here, and old at 47 to 48c, Toronto. West- ern Canada oats, purely nominal. Peas--Nominal. Barley--Trade dull, with offerings small. Forty-eight lb. barley at 63 to 65c, outside. Corn--The market is quiei, with No. 2 American quoted at 82 1-2c, on track, To- ronto, and at 78c, Bay ports. Rye--Trade dull, with No. 2 quoted at 68 to 70c, outside. Buckwheat--Nominal. Bran--Manitoba bran, $22 to $23, in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $26. BALED HAY AND STRAW. Baled Hay--No. 1 new hay, $12.50 to $13, on track, Toronto; No. 2, $10 to $11; clover, mixed, $8 to $9. Baled Straw--The market is quiet, with prices of good straw quoted at $11 to $11.50, om track, Toronto. COUNTRY PRDUOCE. Butter--Dairy Tolls, choice, 25 to 260; bakers', inferior, 21 to 22c; choice dairy, tubs, 23 to 24c; creamery, 28 to 290 for rolls and 26 to 27¢ for solids. Eggs--Case lots of new-laid, 27 to 280 per dozen; fresh, 24 to 25c. Cheese--New cheese, 141-2 to 14 3-4¢ for large, and 143-4c to 15¢ for twins, Beans--Hand-picked quoted at $5 per bushel; primes, $2.90. Honey--Extracted, in ting, 11 to 12¢ per lb. for No. 1, combs, $2.50 to $3, wholesale. Poultry--Chickens, 16 to 18 per lb.; hens, 13 to 14e; ducklings, 13 to 14c; turkeys, 17 to 19. Live poultry, about % lower than the above. Potatoes--75 to 80c per bag, on track. PROVISIONS. Bacon--Long clear, 141-2 to 143-4c per Ib., in case lots. Pork--Short cut, $24.50 to $25; do., mess, $21.50 Hams--Medium to light, 17 to 171-2c¢; heavy, 151-2 to 16c; rolls, 141-2c; breakfast bacon, 19¢; backs, 21 to 21 1-20. 15ueTt--Tierces, 141-20; tubs, 143-40; pails, iG. quoted at wholesale; BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Oct. 1.--Corn--American No. 2 yellow, 84c to 85c. Oats--Canadian west- ern, No. 2, 54c to 55c; extra No. i feed, 54c to 541-2c. Barley--Manitoba feed, 60¢ to 61c; malting, 75¢ to 80c. Buckwheat-- No. 2, 740 to 75e. Flour--Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80; seconds, $5.30; strong bakers', $5.10; winter patents, choice, $5.25; straight rollers, $4.85 to $5. 40; do., bags, $2.25 to $2.30. Rolled Oats-- | Barrels, $5.05; $2.40. Mil). | feed--Bran, $23; 8, middlings, $28 to $29; mouillie, $30 to $35. - Hay-- No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13.50 to $14. Cheese --Finest westerns, 131-2c to 13 3-40; finest easterns, 131-8c to 133-8c. Butter--Choicest creamery, 273-8c to 275-8c; seconds, 26 1-20 to 263-4c. Eggs--Selected, 29¢ to 30c; No. 2 stock, 2ic to 22. Potatoes--Per bag, car lots, 65¢ to 70c. Dressed hogs--Abat- toir killed, $12.50 to $12.75. Pork--Heavy Canada short cut mess, barrels, 35 to 45 pieces, $28; Canada short cut backs, bar. rels, 45 to 55 pieces, $28. tierces, $10.25; wood pails, $14.50; pure, wood pails, $15, LIVE STOCK MARKETS. |. Montreal, Oct. 1.--Good steers, $6.25 to | $6.50; medium, $5.25 to $5.75; common, $4 10 $5 per 100 pounds. sold well at $5.25 to $5.50; | to $5, and common at from the price down to $2.50 per 100 pounds. jcommon, $2.50 to $3.50 per 100 Lambs, $5.50 to $6 per | sheep | to $3.75 $10.75; ~ pure, inside Bulls, per 100 pounds. The trade | $2 to $10 each, as to quality. Hogs, $8.75 to $9.10 per 100 pounds, weighed off cars, Oct. 1--Choice butchers, $6 to $6.25; good, $5.75 to $6; medium, $5.25 to $5.50; common, $4.75 to $5; inferior, to $4.50; good cows, cows, $4 to $4.50; common, $3 to $4; $3 to $5. Stockers and 900 to 1000 Ibs., sold at $5.30 800 to 900 Ibs., at $5 to $ 5; stockers, $4 to $4.75. Milkers and springers, $50 to $90 each. Veal calves $3 to $8.50 per ewt. Lambs $5 to $6.10 per cwt., with an odd lot now and again at $6.15. Light ewes, $4 to $4.40; heavy ewes and Tams, $3 to $3.50. Culls, $4:60 per cwt. --_--___k eit MARCONI IN AUTO WRECK, Wireless Inventor Suffering From Serious Injuries. A despatch from Spezia, Italy, says: William Marconi, of wireless fame, was injured in an automobile accident near Borghetto, in the valley of the Vara River. The ex. tent of his injuries has not been disclosed, but he was brought back with bandages around his head. He was suffering from a wound of the right eye and his right cheek and temple were badly bruised. Marconi was motoring with his wife when in turning a sharp eurve the machine eame into collision with another automobile. Both cars were overturned, Mrs. was not injured, but Marconi's sec- retary and chauffeur received slight injuries. In the other car were five women, all of whom were found to be suffering from severe bruises and shock. Torénto, Feeders--Steers, to $5.75; steers, ence IN WILLIAM BELL'S DEATH, Temporary Insanity Caused Tragie End of Guelph Man. A despatch from Guelph says: "That William Bell came to his death on September 25. while in a state of temporary insanity, by be- ing run over by a G.T.R. train at Trainor's Cut, and that no blame be attached to any one," was the Bell, nent citizens, found ma on the G.T.R. track about two miles east of the city last week. whose body was DESPONDENT, SERKS DEATH, Hangs Himself on Wearing We Wad Consumption, A despatch fsom Montreal Says : Despondent: hecause he had learned that he was suffering from con- sumption, Jacob Atlas, who came here recently from Sudbury, Ont., committed suicide in a Craig Street west boarding house by hanging. Ti incciedbeacias TWO CENT RATE TO CUBA. Letters Go For That Sum Now to North American Nations. Ottawa, Sept, 27.--A conventidn has been concluded between Oah- ada and Cuba, bringing into foree between. the two countries a postal | rate of two cents per ounce. Cuba was almost the only country left jn had no such arrangement, Lard--Compound | Choice butcher cows | medium at $4} pounds. | 100 pounds, while | were quiet and unchanged at $3.50 | in| | Calves was active at prices ranging from | $3.75 | $4.50 to $5.25; medium | bulls, | Marconi | verdict arrived at by the jury who} inquired into the death of William | one of Guelph's most promi- | ngled beyond recognition | North America with which Canada | THOUSANDS $20,000,000 Damage and Death Toll of Hundred in Wake of Japanese Storm, -- A despatch from. Japan says: | Damage exceeding $20,000,000 was | caused by the typhoon which swept Japan from end to end on Sunday, while the loss of human life was very heavy, and tens of thousands are homeless, The storm was the worst that has occurred here for over half a cen- tury, according to reports that have just reached the capital, which has been practically cut off from the rest of the country for days. Crops suffered severely everywhere, but the greatest; damage was done in the neighborhood of the cities of Nagoya, Nara, and Osaka on the | * Island of Hondo and in Gifu. A: Vagoya every house was damag and a great tidal wave demolis the harbor and sank three: steam- ers, while several others went ashore, At Gifu 262 people were -- killed and 283 injured. The Kioke Maru foundered off Enshn, and ¢! be whole of her crew and passengers were lost. At Osaka 20,000 honses were ruined, and all the break- waters and the harbor piers were washed away. : ae At Nara the thousand-year-old_ Kasuga shrine collapsed into a heap -- of ruins. VOVVGoeecevserwcs, Young Folks Seeveeeeeqecs NINA'S PARTY, "Tt's because every other one of the B's has had a club party," Nina Keith said, at last. Her teacher, Miss Hale, never had seen tears in her eyes before, and she looked at Nina in surprise, "TI know I can't have one,"' con- tinued Nina, "because we haven't room enough."" When any one was sad, Miss Hale always thought of something de- lightful, and so she had a plan for Nina. "The next club party will come. the first Saturday afternoon in Sep- tember," she said. "Why not in- vite the B's to meet in your hem- lock grove ?' Nina clapped her hands. "Goody !? she cried. 'Mother said that she'd make the cake, and that we could have lemonade." "Tt will be the nicest party of the season," Miss Hale said. "And, O Nina, do you suppose your brother Tom. could -- 2° 2S pag some ---- for us to eat?' Miss Hale said the in-between words very softly, so that no one else could hear. And Nina danced about in delight. She had felt that Miss Hale would help her. Nina's party invitations written on sheets of note-paper cut from brown wrapping-paper, but the green hemlock-tree Miss Blake painted up in one corner of each | made them unique. Across the bot- tom of the invitation was written: "Tom. will =< and ---- some ---- for us to €at." } On the first Saturday in Septem- | ber every one of the B's came to the |8rove. They played games and romped; the cake and lemonade were were delicious, and every one of the B's declared Nina's party was the best. that any one had given. But who are the B's? They are "The Befrienders," be- cause they try to seek out to be- friend every one they can who is in | need. "And what were the in-between words?' all the children had asked. "Build a fire,' 'pop'? and "corn,'"'? And that, done in the grove, where the girls could watch the process, made Nina's party a success.--Youth's Companion. ate. LATEST DOG STORY. A man owned a dog which always Sat at his feet at dinner and had a bone. One day the diner quite omitted to give the poor dog his bone. so, after waiting a long time, and seeing his master taking his usual nap, the tyke walked demure- ly into the garden, plucked a flower and brought and placed it on the ground in front of his master; then woke up the cruel or forgetful man and pointed to the little flower. It was a "forget-me-not." oo ene "So those two lovely men were in love with you??? "Yes." | 'And they really fought a duel about | you?' - '*¥_ves.?? ""Swords or pis- | tols??? "P-nistols? 'How. excit- jing! Where they loaded?" "No, Both of 'em were sober." -- HEALTH} RICKETY CHILDREN. Rickets attack very young chil- dren at the very time.when their bones are growing most pea It interferes with the proper devel- opment of the whole bony siruo- ture, and if not treated im time - causes permanent deformity. The ribs and the long bones of the arms and legs are most frequently af fected; and protuding wrist and ankle bones, prominent ribs and the so-called pigeon-breast are among the deformities that result. : The disease is easily reeognized after it has become established, bud in the beginning the diagnosis is not so simple. Before the bones be- gin to be affected the child shows _ other signs of failing health. Tt is feverish and restless, throws off the bedclothes at night, and screams if. touched; and one very significant symptom is profuse perspiration, -- especially of the head, so that the -- pillow is always wet. A rick : child learns to walk very late, and -- teething is delayed. In some oases, -- children grow very thin; in others, -- they are fat, but the flesh is flabby. Much can be done to prevent de formity by keeping the child very quiet. If it is allowed to creep about or stand, its bones will cer- tainly become crooked, for they are not strong enough to do the work demanded of them. : An attack of rickets may be 60 mild that only an instructed and watchful mother would notice it, or so severe that the child is left a misshapen dwarf. It is more com- mon among the poor, because it is caused by insufficient or improper diet, and made worse by bad hy- gienic conditions and lack of care, When it occurs in a child of well-to- do parents, it can often be traced to the exclusive use of some patent food. : The first question in any ease must always be, "On what is the child being fed?' If a good wet- nurse can be obtained, she will work the cure. If the child is al- Ys | ready being fed at the breast by an overworked mother, or one who has nursed it too long, it must have a change at once to properly diluted -- cow's milk, ° A rickety child cannot have too much open air. If properly protect- ed from damp and cold, it may be kept outdoors both day and night. The sensitiveness of the body may be relieved by warm baths and rub- bing with oil, Any change in diet should, of course, be made under the advice of a physician.--Youth's Companion. I REAR-END COLLISION, -- -- Fireman Killed, Conductor and. _ Engineer Badly Injured, A despatch from Kenora, nays: A rear-end collision causing the death of fireman O. A. Clark, and possi- bly fatally injuring Condnetor Js H. Neal and Passenger Engincer, G. H. Olst, occurred early Friday morning west of Busteed between Extra No, 4, composed of dead- head coaches running east, and a heavy freight train also roing east, LARGE LAND DEAL IN WEST A despatch from London says: | One of the largest individual land sales ever effected in this country | | has just been completed here. The] purchaser is no less a person than | Lord Joicey, the famone coal mine owner, and one of the wealthiest | | Liberal Peers in Great Britain. He | has purchased nearly 24,000 acres | Lord Joicey Obtains 24,000 Acres of Mixed Farm ee and Dairy Land for $450,000. of mixed farm and dairy farming land in the vicinity of For} George, for which he has paid $450,000, ' Captain Hulton, who, it will be remembered, was responsible for the Sutherland and Desborough transactions, is negotiating for the -- sale to a Dutch merchant of 50,000 acres in Saskatchewan. Over Three SHOWED PRESE Miles Away. Saas NCE OF TCE New Instrument Rane Alarm When Iceberg Was A despatch from Montreal Says: On the st 2amship Royal Edward, which arrived from Bristol, was Dr. Myer Coplans, bacteriologist of public héalth in the University of Leeds, Dr. Coplans made the voyage for the purpose of testing an apparatus he has invented as an aid to navigators in fog. and haze and for detecting the presence of ice- bergs. Dr, Coplans describes his instrument as an electrical appara- tus, automatic, self-recording, for | taking the salinity of water. | The result of the voyage, » he stated, was that a complete reeord has been obtained of the salinity of the track of the vessel from Bristol to Montreal. The apparatus had an automatic ice alarm, which sounded successfully three times in the vicinity of ice. His instrument "nosed" the presence of an jeeberg three miles and a. half ayway., Tt ' a ee was not the temperature "of thera. ~~~ ter that gave the signal, bythe | change in the salinity of the fer, which was greatly Aeduced / the -- presence of the be-tg. / : f é.