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i It does not require much presciâ€" ' ence to foresee that armaments CC will soon go the way of armor, and i'“ that twelveâ€"inch guns will soon be ; as obsolete as the sixâ€"foot bow. The ?' coiming of the aeroplane will revoâ€" [ â€" _ lutionize everything. Austria, it | is said, is about to launch out into f a huge expenditure on Dreadâ€" roughts. The king of Italy showed | .& kee er insight into the probaâ€" _ itics of the future when he said **@fvo years ago: ‘‘Why should we ; agi';)pem} two millions over a huge ironclad when there is every reaâ€" son to believe an aeroplane costâ€" â€" ing no more than a motor car may reduce it to old iron before it leaves P othe stocks?" Fesort to the saseroplane as the most effective means of destroying the government. ar below the world‘s surface is abâ€" solutely unprotected from attack from above. The opportunity whica d;hin?’e's to the anarchist and the desperado was perceived years ago by M. Azeff when he recommenâ€" «ed the Russian revolutionists to Pesortto the seronlane us ho mâ€"lr _ The aeroplane dashing through ‘the air at 100 miles an hour capaâ€" Wle of dropping 100 pounds of high explosive or of asphyxiating shells vn any point from any height is the nearest approximation which manâ€" kind has made to the discovery of itril. _ Tt was by the invention of ailâ€"that potent compound of elecâ€" ‘t\ and dynamite by which a. eluld could «dGestroy an army by waving a wandâ€"that Lord Lytton prophesied the ultimate extinction of war. The azeroplane is the next step to vril. For it places illim-[ tbable forces of destruction. at the( «lisposal of any one who can raise | $50,000 and find half a dozen de&: peradoes to do his bidding. What| this means is that the human race| which has hitherto organized itâ€"‘ self for «lefense from ecnemies 0n|l 1 the governments do not cou no difference of opinion between the government parties and the e€elements of the opposition. _ Here are some of the changes the %‘_co.mmittee recommends : Increased _ attention to the connection beâ€" %Ween day. schools and evening | echools ard evening "continuation" rschorols; exemption from attendâ€" ance at school between the ages of 11 and 16 only when the children are employed in suitable establishâ€" ments; municipal and other regisâ€" tries to give advice to parents and others as to proper employment of \chi}jdren; the establishment of conâ€" uation schools where they do not ‘&t and compulsory attendance Zup to the age of 17, employers to to required to allow children hired by them to attend such schools; ptatutory protection of children, working and studying, from everâ€" straim ; the adjustment of educaâ€" tion to local needs and callings both in the day schools and the evâ€" ening continuation schools. other reforms, would involve great additional expense, but the comâ€" mittee holds that there is true ecoâ€" nomy in liberal expenditures on education, general and special, inâ€" dustrial and technical. Taxation ‘might be hisher, but there would w#e more wealth and income to tax, and the burdens would be felt less than they are now. On this quesâ€" tion, at any rate, there should be Tle committee further recomâ€" mends the training at public exâ€" pense of teachers for the continuâ€" ation schools. This, as well as the ges of idleness and misery. Thouâ€" sands of young people, it says, drift from job to job, learning nothing well and unlearning something every year, until at 20 they dehiâ€" iitely enter the ranks of the unâ€" skilled "casual‘‘ laborers. _ Meanâ€" fime industry is hampered by lack ‘dgxteri‘ty, efficiency and skill, and trade that would naturally go o England seeks other markets. Impressive figures recently pubâ€" lished showed how systematically Germany was training her indusâ€" trial army, from the rank and file up to the generals. The Teutonic example has (been studied by Britâ€" ish educators and officials, and a voluminous report has been issuâ€" ed by a department of the governâ€" ment recommending â€" farâ€"reaching impfov-ements of the _ present schools and methods of public inâ€" struction. T‘ e committee finds lack of technical and industrial training to be one of the more prolific causâ€" NOTES AND COMMENTS eU5C Serentcen Handred Cars of Wheat â€" Handled This Season. A despatch from Winnipeg says : [ The CGrand Trunk Pacific is playâ€" ing an important part in the markâ€" eting of the season‘s crop, despite the fact that it has only just been completed. Up to date seventeen hundred cars of wheat have been hauled over t‘ s line from the west, and Thursday twoâ€" hundred cars were turned over to the connec~l ’tions at Portage la Prairle for dew Hvery at Port Arthur. A despatch from Ottawa says : A. McGregor, of this city, a comâ€" _ mercial traveler for a Montreal |firm, attempted suicide this mornâ€" ’ing at the Hotel Cecil, by shooting himself in the head. The bullet enâ€" tered at a point between the eyes, and is now embedded in the back of the head, but apparently did not penetrate the skull, as he is conseious, and able to converse raâ€" trionally. Despondency over conâ€" tinued illâ€"health is the cause asâ€" signed by his friends for his attempt at suicide. } Commercial Travcler A ttempts Sui cide in Ottawa. A despatch from Ottawa says A. McCQregor, of this city, a com SHOT HIMSELFP IN THE HEAD Mustard Plaster.â€"Trim the crust from a thin slice of light bread, then sprinkle it thickly with ground mustard. Spread a thin cloth over the mustard and dampen with vine gar or water. Your plaster is all ready, with nothing to clean up af ter making ‘t, and much beiter than the old sticky batter plaster. _ A piece of bread well dampened is better as a poultice than either flaxseed or slippery elm, and will neither dry out nor sour so quickâ€" ly. For Sleeplessness.â€"To those who suffer from sleeplessness. Repeat the first two verses of psalm 127 : Except the Lord build the hou‘se, they labor in vain that build it ex= cept the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 1t is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorâ€" rows; for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Repsat slowly and thoughtâ€" fully. To prevent accidents with botâ€" tles containing poison buy a dlozen tiny bells and every time a bottle of poison is brought into the house tie a bell to the rneck of bo.‘tle. Even ‘n the dark the bell will tinkle its warning. N That a/ teaspoonful of ground mustard in a cupful of warm waâ€" ter is a prompt and reliable emeâ€" tic and should be resorted to in case of poisoning. 6. T. PACIFICS RECORD For cold in the head, rothing is better than powdered: borax, snilf~ ec up the nostrils. ~ Cure for Croupâ€"One teaspoonful of vaseline given internally about twice a iday. It rests you, in sewing, to change your position frequently. A bag of hot salt ralgia. C ciety may find itself hurled with hideous ruin and combustion down to bottomless perdition like Lucifer and his hosts in ‘‘Paraidise Lost."‘ be powerless. Should they let hell loose by making war upon each other heaven itself would rain hell fire upon the modern cities of the plain. In sheer selfâ€"defense the inâ€" stinct of selfâ€"preservation ought to compel governments to federate inâ€" to one international worldâ€"state, with international tribunals interâ€" preting the laws of an internationâ€" al parliament, whose â€" decisions would be enforced by an executive without whose command appeal to force on earth, or air, or sea would be absolutely forbidden. This may read like Utopia. But it is the only alternative to the destruction of civilization. If we refuse to recogâ€". nize that the geroplane will soon render war impossible, human soâ€" their absolutely fatuous habit of preparing for war with each other they may find themselves confrontâ€" ed by forces of disorder armed with new â€" and invincible weapons, against which they themsleves will HEALTH HINTS relseves neu 11. I appeal unto Caesarâ€"To Paul was forced, because (4) he certain of being condemned by Ranbedrin, and (2), since Fe I 5 oneen m ce 10. I am standing before Caesar‘s judgment seatâ€"The verb means he is now, and has. been, standing there.. For two years he has been in custody of the Romans, and he declines to be handed over to men from whom he can expect no jusâ€" tice. Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem . . . before me?â€"This is a violated Roâ€" man law. _ Festus therefore proâ€" poses that the other offenses be heard before the Sanbedrin with himself present to insure fair play. 9. Desiring to gain favor â€" Proâ€" vincial governors _ were really anâ€" swerable to their subjects, since the latter might bring complaints against them at the close of their term of office. 8. Paul said in his defenseâ€"The three headings of his statement cover the same ground as his deâ€" fense before Felix (Aets 24. 11â€"21). 7. Bringing against him many and grievous chargesâ€"These they had doubtless accumulated from every source through the two years of his imprisonment. Went down unto Caesareaâ€"Acâ€" companied probably by the Jewish elders (verse 5). Chapter 25, verse 6. When he had tarried among themâ€"Festus, the successor of Felix, at Jerusalem. : j . 0CT. 24. Chapter 26, verse 1. Agrippa â€"f He was the son "of that Herod â€"â€"â€" Agrippa whose tragic deathi is de-‘] ; y seribed in Acts 12, and became riiâ€" Lesson TV. Paul a Prisoner, Acts ‘ler over several Jewish cities. He | 25. 6â€"12.â€" Golden Text, 2 was instrumental in completing the | Tim. 1. 12 temple, and was d-e_eply interested,[ es in all Jewish questions. § He was| Tenxt TDIT last of the Herods. With his sis THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. ter Bernice, who bore a most un<! Time : Summer of A.D. 59. Place: enviable reputation in the Roman| Caesaiea. Perso~s;: Paul; Festus, [ world, he had come to pay his reâ€"| the new goverror; Herod Agrippa spects to Festu‘s., the new governor. I1., greatâ€"grandson of Herod the Festus regards it as a most opporâ€" Great ; Bernice, his sister, a notoriâ€" tune time to bring forwqrd his disâ€" cus character ; Jews from Jerusa-jtlngulshed_ prisoner. The lzearl.n:e,rI lem. _ Links: Festus gave prompt was held in the presence of Agrl_p- attention to the case of the Jews pa, Bernice, Festus, and the chiet versus Paul (Acts 25. 1, 6, 13, 23).| men of the city. _ The hostile Jews attempted to have! 8. Expert im all customs . .. ... the case tried in Jerusalem, that among the Jewsâ€"No idle compliâ€" % ‘they might carry out their plan to;ment. Jewish ecustoms were his|â€" kih'. Paul, but EFestus insisted upon ; specialty. ) their carrying their charges to 4â€"27. Paul‘s defense. The main | Caesarea, where Felix had left Paul Eoints ate : (1) that sll Jexs know| in bonds. Point of the Narrative : of his strict training in the belief in Festus, in order to please the Jews, :a coming Messiah and the resurrec.| | invites Paul to be judged at Jeruâ€" tion ; (2) that he had had his dif._ | salem, but he appeals to Caes?r’,culties in accepting Jesus as the|_ knowing there is no justice for him| folgliment â€" of promise, until his In J'erusalen_l. Before Agrippa, l muiraculous conversion and commis who appears in Caesarea to pay his sion to the Gentiles ; (3) that the respects to Festus, Paul completâ€"eâ€"’hostimy of the Jews grew out of| I ly clears himselt. dn ncome Netmmens. W THE SUNDAY SCHOOL If that life in which we live and love and have our being is less than our own, then our own lites_ aro Does the universe in its higher significances turn to us a face of blessing or of terror! Is that law which reigns through all our friend or foe?! Is the will that eternally expresses itself with us or against us! Shall we think of our godâ€"â€" the Life that explains all livingâ€" in terms of large ‘life or less, with fear or with glad confidence ? and spiritual energy to the universe and the matter of just how we think of this life is of Lo lNttleâ€"concern to us all. We may no longer believe in a deity of the Hebrew type. localizâ€" ea_ and dealing directly with men, but still all men who look below the surface believe in a life in which all lives are gathered up, 0‘ approach and apprehension are. The importance of our conception lies in its results on us, in our livâ€" ing and attitude to life. All our thinking and speaking of a god must be in terms of parables and figures of speech; such a being must transcend our vocabularies. Our definitions signify not what such & one is, but what our lines That may have been a benighted age, but it knew a freedom, sponâ€" taneity, and rejoicing in its religâ€" ion that we have lost. They may have worshiped only a local deity, the god of the Hebrews; but we have made for ourselves a lesser being, hedged about with our noâ€" tions and restrictions, and him weo call the god of the universe. "Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be gladâ€"before the Lord, for he cometh to judge the earth.‘"â€" Ps. xevi 11. 18. When _the ancient _ Hebrew thought of his god coming to judge the world he thought rot of the thunders of an awful countenance before which trembling mortals shramle im fear, but of one whose beneficences found its reflection in the smiling face of nature, in the gladuess of sea, and field, and wood. Such a judge and judgment was to be longed for, rather than to be feared. Just as the Sky Would be a Pall Without Clouds and Showers TRUE LIFE HAS ITS SORROWS INTERNATIONAL LESSON, _â€" o0CT. 24. A MORAL CENTRE since Festus this was the 24. Much learningéi‘i;évw‘many writings, literally. Referring â€" to Paul‘s conversance with the legal 22. To small and greatâ€"The Lord had said that he should bear his name before kings (Acts 9. 15). 22, 23. The teaching of the proâ€" phets and Moses was : (1) that Mesâ€" siah should come ; (2) that he should suffer ; (3) that he should rise again from the dead; (4) that he should be preached to the Gentiles. 16â€"18. Paul here summarizes seyâ€" eral revelations. The command to preach to the CGentiles was given later (compare Acts 22. 15 and 21). es e ce « _ 10. NCE 8. The question is equvalent to, ‘Why not believe that Jews was raised from the dead ? ‘ 9. Contrary to the name of Jesus â€"In order to stifle confusion of it. ' 10. Gave my vote against themâ€" Establishing the fact that Paul was a member of the Sanhedrin. 11. Punishing them . . . in all the synagoguesâ€"In various places in the Gospels we find references to the synagogues as places in which men were accused and punished | (compare Matt. 10. 17). | To make them blaspheme â€" TOI deny the name of Jesus. dg . siah 6. The hope of the promiss â€" Inâ€" cluding the resurrection of all Jows to share in the Messianic kingdom, ag well as the coming of the Mesâ€" â€" 4â€"27. Paul‘s defense. The main points are : (1) that all Jews know of his strict training in the belief in a coming Messiah and the resurrecâ€" tion ; (2) that he had had his dithâ€" culties in accepting Jesus as the fulfillment of promise, until his muiraculous conversion and commis sion to the Gentiles ; (3) that the hostility of the Jews grew out of his zeal forâ€" w‘ at Moses and the prophets had _ distinctly taught (23). 8. Expert im all customs . .. ... among the Jewsâ€"No idle compliâ€" ment. Jewish customs. were his specialty. was both just and timid, he could expect nothing from him. 12. The councilâ€"The assessors, who acted as the governor‘s legal advisers. Unless our god means to us goodâ€" ness, life can never be good ; unâ€" less religion means a happy freeâ€" dom for larger living, life can never grow ; unless it means a vision that inspires with bope for the future, and gives confidence of the worthâ€" whileness of present day endeavor, it can save neither us nor our age. If you can set your heart free to faith in the infinite goodness, even the deepest sorrows have their comâ€" fort; they lead to deeper joys, to larger life, to a more spendid faith. calls to man to rejoice. The fields manifest joy and gladness ; no man‘ can open his heart in the out of doors and stay disconsolate. T}iei artificiality of the manâ€"made monâ€" archial deity disappears from the mind amidst the glory of the au| tumn woods or the glow of spring-! tide flowers. Only in our crowded streets, where man‘s work prevails, ' does life seem to preponderate in | misery and pain. ' How blind we must be to the many glimpses of the great face ever to have allowed the spiritualâ€" ly astigmatic ecclesiastical leaders to substitute such a bogey for the reality of the divine! Why should we hear the voice of the infinite only in the thunder and not when it speaks in the song of bird, the bilâ€" lows of the sea, and the forest, and the beauty of the blossoms on the weeds, and the glory of the face of a child ? i: N oge ce enneie ie ce e What is the traditional god of the average man but a being possessed of unlimited powers, engaged in the sole business of restriction, vengeâ€" ance, and ruling with finnicky exacâ€" titude our lives, waiting for the moâ€" ment when, after dleath, he can call us to account for our failures to do his will? That makes life either a serf‘s subjection to such an oppresâ€" sor or an exciting game of getting the best of such a lord. bound fo shrink, to become less under the narrowing pressure of that ideal. What we are is deterâ€" mined in no small measure by what we think the highest is; we never go beyond our <wn highest. bound to THE WHOLE WORLD a Gentiles: (3) that the { the Jews grew out of r_ w‘ at Moses and the had distinctly taught HENRY F. COPE death is deâ€"| The temporary employment of three l became N_‘or four thousand Asiaties would h cities. Hef save two or three years. _ Their mpleting the| Introduction would not displace a y interested f single native Canadian. When their S.â€" _ He was| contracts were ended they would Vith his sis-| be taken back to the Qriental port a most 11n<!f1'0m which they had embarked. t vIston N30 WÂ¥ould be Sent Home When Work ftt};lee f‘gg‘lf,ffij Was Completed. y endeavor, | _ A despatch from London says: ior our age.| In an interview on Wednesday with regard to conditions at the E. COPE. _ Prince Rupert end. of the Grand â€"â€"â€"â€"_ | Trunk Pacific, Sir Charles Rivers J 1d Wilson said that there everything n fdto 4t | practically hinged upon the supply 4 |‘0E labor. â€" Personally, said â€" Sir _ Assessors, | Charles, he never had been able to. rnor‘s legal ) appreciate the pesition of the peoâ€" [ple of British Columbia in this re-’ Agrippa â€"! spect. An early completion of the. that Herod troad meant much to the Province" leathi is de_ \The temporary employment of three | became m_‘or four thousand Asiatiecs would| _ cities. He| Save two or three years. Their| A despatch from Philadelphia says: Nineteen deaths from baseâ€" ball have been reported from variâ€" ous parts of the country during the season which just closed. _ The liss of injuries runs into the hundredas. Nincteen Deaths From Ba: the United States. Legislatures of the selfâ€"governing Provinces throughout the empire held their first meetings preparaâ€" tory to the drafting of a constituâ€" tion for the empire. China Added to the List of Constiâ€" tutional Monarchies. s A despatch from Mukden says : Despotic government in China endâ€" ed on Wednes}dary, when all the iierused to Hat and the (Mficers,‘ Witch a Dinmond. Turred Hotr Free. § A despatch from Ottawa says A despatch from London says:| The police are looking for an ec Lady Constance Lytton, who \;‘as’(‘.em“c individual with a diamond lately sentenced to a montl‘s ime | [ (US> who has begn defacing plate prisonment at Newcastle for mk‘}glas.-s windows along the principat ing part in a Suffragette disturb.| PUSimess streets, T]"e. word "‘Jack" ance, has been released in conseâ€" !=.Cut bold and deep into one of the quence of refusing to eat. The| windows, and others are defaced . . & 1 Fau 2 +a . x prison officials did not attempt to|!". YRri0us ways _ About 25 shop feed her forcibly, pending a decis.| \indows have been operated on in 2 & x 3 S S y yay. r 7 A 7 ion of the case granted by Lord|°2° W4y of a.notherf evidently by Alverstone against the g'(rvernor! the same person. There is no clue and doctor of the Birmingham pric| to the perpetrator. â€" n i % T son to test the lagality of forcible | S3 tss ~ feeding, L PUTIPXTS ALARCHPrN Aup Refused to Ca | Manitoba. _ A despatch from Rapid City, Man., says: A fire broke out here. at 3 o‘clock on Thursday morning which, before it was gotten under control, did damage estimated at $20,000. It originated in Glerdenâ€"| ning‘s carperter _ and paint shop! and rapidly spread, until the four | adjoining buildings were also s-oon' in flames.. The buildings dlestroyâ€" ed include the Town Hall, Rodger‘s bakery and Darling and Young‘s veterinary office. | Cire Spreads Fast THE EXD OF DESPOTISM. _ _A despatch from London _says": The London County Council has spent a dlecade in preparing_ a ground plan of London, showing the owners of the land. This_ is nearly completed. It shows that 34,600 landlords own land covering 113 â€"square miles, these being mostâ€" 1y single house owners. Sixty square miles are owned by 187 perâ€" sons, ~organizations and corporaâ€" tions. Oneâ€"third of this area beâ€" longs to the Crown, the ecclesiastiâ€" cal _ commissioners, the County Council and the city corporation. It is estimated that the present value of the land on which Loadon is built is $3,000,000,000, which mill ko increased to . $3,175,000,000 by 1920. | LADY LYTTON RELEASED 187 P Ew iescs te en e n ce demnation or acquittal by court. ALL FANS READ THIS If he had not appealed â€" This appealdmade impossible either conâ€" 7 ES C corol nc es Sn n Nee cce on h w0 maiier at the conclusion that you accept the teaching of the prophets as I myself receive it; but whether it need little or much persuasion, or little or much time, my prayer to God is, for you and for all who lisâ€" ten to me, that they may become such as I am," etc,. 32. Might have been set at liberty =â€"Agrippa accepts Paul‘s version of the Jewish Seriptures as true, and as a Jew acquits him. This conm. firmed the view of Festus (Acts 25. k 26) PIVE BUILDINGS BURNED 28. Withe but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me 3 Christianâ€"This is preferable_ to the old translation.. "Almost thou persuadest me‘‘ is hardly a possible rendering. The idea is, that the apostle is foolish to suppose he can with so little trouble win the king over to the side of the despised Nazarene. 29. Lumby‘s paraphrase : "I may have seemed to use little persuaâ€" sion, and suddenly to have jumped . 25. Note the goodâ€"n courteous formâ€"of Paul‘ the Greck, soberness is opposite of madness. and prophetic literature of tion. ORIENTAL NAYYVIES. ersons and Organrizations Own 60 Square Miles, OWNERS O Froin Baseball in 4 in Rapid (City, " LONDONX. goodâ€"natured and !Adaniral!y Invites _ Tenders_ for apid (Jity,i Building Four Vessels, ;? ;1]1;21(32! . A despatch fron'q Lo_nd‘c';n says : iss unde? [The Admitalty has just invited tenâ€" Ematcg aJtlders' for 1he\3 construction of fo‘ur n Cierden icontmgcnt Lxelad.noughts, which the pamt Shongovernment «decided upon in July l o fas last. ‘These are to be completed by sfp s-oonIMS.rC“ 31, 1912, under severe penâ€" s destroy.| alttes for delay. ‘The firms tenderâ€" , Rodge{’~s’mg are askszdl to submit prices for i Â¥oune‘ § both battleship and eruiser. s reply: In is the exact a lower | n | ‘ A de | The. pi a | duced : ~ l e faxe â€"| Strikeâ€" e P hHlads 6 ployers «l the enc S the end Strike of Bakers at New York Haz Reduced Output. A despatch from New York says: The pieâ€"bakers‘ strike here has reâ€" duced the usual daily output of the big factories from 100,000 to 3.000. Strikeâ€"breakers were expected from Philadelphiz on«Eriday. . The omâ€" ployers declare they will fichl to Fire at London Asylam Does Litâ€" tle Damage. A despatch from London, Ont., says : Over 600 patients were march ed ont to safety in less than thre»p minutes when fire was discovere3 in the main building of the Londc»> Asylum for the Insane on Mondrz afternoon. _ The damage was less than $50. [ Offawa Man Cutting Name on Them ! With a Dinmond. A despatch from Ofttawa says : The police are looking for an ecâ€" centric individual with a diamond fring, who has been defacing plate glass windows along the principat | business streets. The word "Jack" is cut bold and deep into one of the | windows, and others are defaced | 10 Vur'iou§ ways.. About 25 shop ! PLATE WINDOWS DEFACE f Otlawa Man Cuttinfi Xame on P} Estimated: to Cost Quarter~ of a Million DolHars. A despatch from Owen Sound says: Figures were submitted to {tne Town Council on Mondsay night |for the construction of the proposâ€" [ ed drydock at this port. The estiâ€" ,‘mate was prepared by Mr. R. Mceâ€" iDo'wa,ll, C.E., who places the cost approximately at $225,000. _ The 'plans and estimates will be forâ€" warded to the department at Otâ€" tawa with a view of having the unâ€" dertaking given the statutory subâ€" sidy by the Dominion CGovernment. CONTINXGENT DREADXOCCHTS PATIENTS MARCHED GUT. visions of the Rushâ€"Bagot agreeâ€" ment. The reply was returned from Washington that it was the intenâ€" tion of the American CGovernment that the ship was to be used only as a training ship for naval cadets, and with such an understanding it was permitted to pass through the Welland Canal. on the lakes, with modern guns and armament, has been received hero almost incredulously. It will be reâ€" membered that at the time the Don Juan de Austria was taken through the Welland Canal after being brought to _ this continent from Manila the question was raised by the Ottawa and London Governâ€" ments as to the intentions of the United States in thus desiring to place a protected cruiser on the lakes in direct violation of the proâ€" partment has in direct violation of its agreement decided to fully man and equip the two United States naval training reserve ships, Yanâ€" tic and Don Juan de Austriz, now United States Will Eqrip Two Yosâ€" sels on Lakes. A despatch from Windsor says : The announcemont from Washingâ€" ton on Monday that the Navy Doâ€" 1 Drook_ streets, New Westminster. )Mr& Smith, who is partly of Inâ€" dian ‘blood, was born in Nicomen Island, and_ married Smith two years ago. Their married life was marked with many quarrels. Smith was an old manâ€"ofâ€"warsman, and had been watchman on the ship Raâ€" mona, sunk in the Fraser last year. The_ _ sixteenâ€"yearâ€"old daughter, hearing shouts, rushed into the room and found her mother dead and Smith dying. Smith raised himself from the floor and pointed the gun at the girl, who knocked it aside. Smith fell back dead. The girl and her younger brother, aged ten, fled and informed the police: The wife was shot through the brain. _ The bullet entered Smith‘s head at the right ear. Smith left a note addressed to the Chief of Police, which said his wile had made life unbearable. DRYDOCK AT OWEX S9UXD. Terrible Tragedy at Now Wesiminâ€" ster, B. C. A despatch from Vancouver, B. Câ€";â€" â€"says â€" on Friday morning Harry Smith, an Englishman, shot and killed his wife and himself and tried to kill his daughter in the home, corner of Blaclce and Holâ€" broole streets, Now Westminsiar WITH MODERN GUXS. A PIE FAMINE, MURDER AND SUITCIDTE. Lo