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For natural drainage there is only the winding prairie creek, the Wascana, or Pile of Bone. ~But with the aid of the immense sewerâ€" digging machines (for there is litâ€" erally not a stone of rock in the soil on the site of Regina) trunk sewers have been put in to take the sewage to the disposal works where the city‘s sewerage is disposed of by the most approved sanitary methâ€" ods. > Coming into Regina a few weeks ago by the C.N.R., down which line I had been over Sunday, when about 40 miles out, I saw from the car window the great plain in which Regina is situated, dotted for miles with stooks of grain and marked in many places with the smoke from threshing â€" outfts,â€"a _ beautiful scene, and perhaps only paralleled in this Western country. In this plain is Regina, truly a prairie city, for on its site no tree grows naturally, but only as they have been planted. From the top of the eupola of the Parliament buildings, possibly one hundred and fifty feet from the ground, you can survey the country for a radius of many miles, and only in the northâ€"east can any bluffs and trees be seen, and in the $. W. only is the horizon line broken, where the Dirt Hills can be seen about forty miles away. A Glowing Description of Saskatâ€" chewan‘s Beautiful Capiâ€" 3. ‘_ tal City. These disadvantages of position bring problems, and one of the greatest problems here is drainage and sewerage disposal. Regina has now, too, a most amâ€" ple supply of the very best drinking water, procured from springs at Boggy Creek, several miles from the city. There is, too, a native article in which Regina can equal any other place in the world, and that is its mud. In stickiness and, at the same time, strange as it may seem, in slipperiness, it cannot be surpassed. But this has proved, a blessing in disguise, for the citiâ€" zens have seen that if the city is to grow the mud must be eliminated; so, for the past four years the work of paving his gone rapidly forward, and now there are about thirtyâ€"five miles of paved streets in the city.. These natural disadvantages have made the citizens feel that they can. only have a beautiful city by their own efforts, and this has produced a civic pride seen in the _ wellâ€" cleaned streets, in the boulevards planted with trees and sowed with grass, by the city, as. the new streets are opened up, seen also in the parks and public playâ€"grounds of the city. During the past sumâ€" mer vacant lots throughout â€" the city have been plowed at the city‘s expense, and in consideration of a small fee have been allotted to those who wish to cultivate them, the only proviso being that flowers were to be planted next to the street. These have both benefitted those who cultivate the lots and has also beautified the city. The fact that this is the the capiâ€" tal city accounts for some of this civic spirit, and the government and the city are joining hands in this development. A tract of over four hundred acres east and south of the parliament buildings is being surveyed according to plans of Sir Thomas Mawson, the great townâ€" planning expert of England, and in this will be embodied some of the best ideas in the arrangement and laying out of streets, so that the parliament buildings may have fitting surroundings. Some beginâ€" ning has been made in this direcâ€" tion along 16th Ave., the northern boundary of the government proâ€" perty, where in the distance of half a mile these buildings have been built or are in process of erection, viz.. Grand Trunk Pacific Hotel, Regina College, Normal School, St. Chad‘s Anglican â€" College _ and Clergy House. PROF. E. R. DOXEE, OF REGINA COLLEGE, WRITES. REGINA 18 PROGRESS IVE Where formerly you looked down a level and straight street and over the Tevel prairie to ‘""eternity,""‘ as some one has expressed it, plans are now being made and carried out to have public buildings close up these streets and thus give an impression of ~â€"protection _ rather than of being exposed to all the winds on the prairie. The city, beâ€" sides owning a largo areaof inside property, owns and operates its own street cars, electric lights and water systems, and it levies a proâ€" perty tax that approximates closeâ€" ly to the single tax, which goal the system eventually has in view. Although Regina is situated on the prairie, you must not suppose that there are no resorts and means of recreation near at hand. Last Mountain Lake, a beautiful sheet of water seventy miles long and from one to four miles wide, about twentyâ€"five miles from Regina, has ts devotees at the different peaches, viz., Lumsden, Regina, Baskatchewan, and Arlington. This lake is of peculiar formation, for it is simply a great gash in the prairie worn away by the action of water through the ages, and hero, two hundred feet below the level of'the prairie lies the lake. On its sides are shelving ridges and a heavy growth of timber, which affords beautiful sites for summer cotâ€" tages. Similar in formation are the lakesâ€"in the Qu‘Appelle valley on the Grand Trunk Pacifie Railway about forty miles from Regina to the north east, and here at old Fort Qu‘Appelle and the Katepwa Lakes are many beautiful summer homes. I have said that the West has its problems, and there seems to be something in the very atmosphere which helps men to think clearly and face the social problems of our modern civilization, and from this middle west, I believe, will come the forces that will almost revoluâ€" tionize our present social, political asd church life. In Regina our greatest problem is the foreign population, ten thouâ€" sand in number, without whom it would be impossible to carry on the frogramme of civic improvements, or they furnish the unskilled labor for the city. Many of these are wellâ€"toâ€"do, and many are intelliâ€" gent men, but, too, in the crowded houses of the East End are the beâ€" ginnings of slums in our fair city. The Y.M.C.A. made an attempt last winter to Canadianize these people by providing night schools in English, and this year the school board has seen its responsibility and decided to furnish the night schools to those who wish to avail themselves of them. _ The school board also provides in the schools medical inspection, school nurse, dental clinic, for poor children, supervised playgrounds and skating rinks, and it is the intention to make the public school the civic centre of the community. # This past summer has been a most beautiful one, few severe storms, no excessive rains, plenty of gloriâ€" ous sunshine (and I believe from this a great deal of western optiâ€" mism originates) warm days and eool nights have made up a great combination, and have made forn the farmer one of the most successful seasons he has ever known. I have sometimes wondered. wheâ€" ther this great expanse of sky, wheâ€" ther these glorious sunsets and the boundless prairies, compensate for the hills and trees of Eastern Canâ€" ada, and down in my heart I beâ€" lieve that the compensation has beâ€" come almost complete. The West is not entirely imbued with the materialistic spirit, nor is it entirely selfish and selfâ€"centered, but there is a sympathetic, helpful, and neighborly spirit shown both on the prairie and in the town. Mrs. Nellice McClung in her readâ€" ing, ‘‘‘The Spirit of the West,"" given recently in Regina, showed perhaps in exaggerated form what she believed was the Western spirit when, after telling the story of the disgruntled Orangeman, she sumâ€" med up : ‘‘Where can you see such a spectacle as a Roman Catholic priest at an Orange walk1l Where can you hear a Yankee leading in singing ‘God Save the King? Noâ€" where but in Canada ; nowhere but in the great Northâ€"West.‘" R Larger Structures Not Ruilt With a Due Regard to Safety. A despatch from Ottawa says: That the fire loss of Canada per capita is higher than any other country in the world is shown by. statistics issued in a Conservation Commission bulletin on Monday. The per capita loss in Canada in cities of over 20,000 popâ€" ulation last year was $2.88, as comâ€" pared with $2.55 in the United States, 54 cents in England, and 84 cents in France. ‘"Unless there is loss of life, our Canadian public reâ€" gards destruction of fire with altoâ€" gether too much complacency,"‘ says the bulletin, and goes on to state that many of the larger strucâ€" tures in Canadian cities are not built with a due regard for safety. LARKIN GETS SEVEN MONTHS. A despatch from Dublin says : James Larkin, the leader of the striking Irish transport workers, was on Monday found guilty on charges of sedition and inciting to riot and sentenced to seven months‘ imprisonment. The Attorneyâ€"Genâ€" eral, in opening the case for the prosecution, said Larkin ~had not been prosecuted because he was a labor leader, but because ho was "a wicked and â€" dangerous crimiâ€" nal." Dublin Strike Leader Is a Dangerâ€" ous Criminal. Rearâ€"End Collision at ~Waterloo Junction. A despatch from London, Engâ€" land, says: _ Three persons were killed and more than a score seriâ€" ously injured on Saturday in a rearâ€"end collision on the Southâ€" western Railway at Waterloo Juncâ€" tion. Signals were confusedâ€" beâ€" cause of a heavy fog, and an exâ€" press telescoped the three rear ears of a standing local. FIRE LOGSS IN CANADA. WRECK KILLS THREE. Three Countries Will Benefit by the United States Tariff. Washington, Oct. 28.â€"Wheat and wheat flour will not be admitted free to the United States from those countries which decline to admit free of duty similar products from the United States. This rulâ€" ing has been made by Assistant Becretary Hamlin, of the Treasury Department, who construed the new tariff law as presenting this decision. Customs collectors h{ advised of the interpretation, a%@ each collector was advised that the countries now admitting American wheat and flour without duty were Great Britain, Finland and the Nostherlands. Man Accused of Rifling Bank of $370,000 Freed by Jury. New Westminster, B.C., Oct. 28. â€"Oharles Dean, twice tried on a charge of robbing the New Westâ€" minster branch of the Bank of Montreal of $370,000 in September, 1911, was rcquitted and discharged toâ€"day. In the first trial the jury disagreed. â€" Dean was arrested in Los Angeles, and has been in cusâ€" tody here for over a year. His companion, J. B. McNamara, is now serving a term of twelve years for theft of the automobile which the Crown alleged was used by the men who robbed the bank, Manitoba. Tyndall, Man., Oct. 28.â€"May Martin, aged 7, is Manitoba‘s first storm victim this fall. Wandering away from her playmates last evenâ€" ing, she lost her way, and this morning was found by a searching party lying dead by the roadside two miles east of Tyndall. Biddulph Farmer Fatally Injured _by a Runaway Team. Lucan, Ont., Oct. 28.â€"James Keefe, a young ‘armer living on the Chapel Line, Biddulph, was so serâ€" iously injured by a runaway team of horses last night that he died at 8 o‘clock this morning. He was 45 years old and unmarried. â€" The Capital Gives Them a Quiet But Warm Welcome. A despatch from Ottawa says: Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and the Princess Patricia with the royal suite were given an undemonstraâ€" tive yet warm welcome home at 6 o‘clock Saturday evening by neariy all the members of the cabinet council and their wives, a few other prominent people and a big crowd of the general public. The special C.P.R. train of nine coaches steamâ€" ed into the Central Station sharp on scheduled time. Shortly after their arrival the party were driven directly â€" to ~government house, which was entirely renovated durâ€" ing their absence. Sevenâ€"Yearâ€"Old â€" Girl Perishes In The Milwaukee Brigade Suffers a Terrible Loss. A _ despatch from â€" Milwaukee, Wis., says: Seven dead firemen and 24 injured were taken from the ruins of the store of the Goodyear Rubber Company here on Bunday night in a fire which caused a loss of $500,000. It is believed there are several more bodies in the ruins. The flames broke out on the second floor, and while the firemen were fighting the blaze from the front and . rear an explosion sent the walls crashing down on fifty fireâ€" men.. Windows for blocks around were smashed and the flames spread to adjoining . buildings. _ Reseue companies were sent into the blazâ€" ing mass, and the bodies of the dead and injured were taken out. Practically the entire fireâ€"fighting apparatus of the city was called to the scene, which is in the heart of the business section. § Building of the London Bed and Mattress Company Gutted. A despatch from London, Ont., says: The factory of the London Bed and Mattress Company was gutted by fire on Monday night. The monetary loss will total $30,â€" 000, partly covel‘e_d by insurance. ROYALTY AGAIN AT OTTAWA. The dredge New Welland arrived at Quebec from Germany on Thursâ€" day for work on the Welland Caâ€" nal. Quebec is to have one of the largest drydocks in the world. Miss Gertrudeâ€" L. Heatley, of Brantford, has been elected Superâ€" intendent of Nurses in South Side Hospital, Pittsburg, Penn. A Roumanian domestic in Montâ€" real, Marie Vogasky, has become heiress to $10,000 by the death of an uncle she thought poor. FREE WHEAT AND FLOUR. SEYVEN FIREMEN KILLED. ALLEGED BANK THIEF. FIRST STORM VICTIM. DIED OF INJURIES. FIRE IN LONDON. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STVDY Verse 2. The defeat of the Amorâ€" ites by the children of Israel reâ€" corded in the preceding chapter so alarmed Balak, king of Moab, that he sent for a foreign magician, of whom ho requests that he place upon the Hebrews the restraining influence of a powerful ban orcurse. The story is entirely in accord with the early belief regarding the efâ€" ficacy of a magical spell. 4. And Moab â€"saidâ€"Either the king or the elders of Moab take counsel with the elders of Midian. 6. Pethor, which is by the River â€"Commonly identified with Pitru Lesson V. Balak and Balaam, Num. 22. 1 to 24. 25. Golden Text, James 1. 8. ‘ on the Euphrates, mentioned. in early Assyrian tablets. Balaam, therefore, was summoned from Asâ€" syria, noted for its magicians, 6. For I knowâ€"Balaam‘s fame had preceded him. 24. 10â€"19 The passage intervening between the printed portions of our lesson tells of Balaam‘s response to the summons of Balak, of his yvision by the way, and the instruction of the angel to bless, and not to curse, Israel. It records further the sucâ€" cessive attempts of Balak to get the famous magician to pronunce a curse ; but each time he pronounces a blessing instead. 10. Smote his hands togetherâ€" In despair at the outtiome of his effort to bring magical powers to bear against Israel. 11. I thought to promote thee unto great honorâ€"The usual methâ€" od of rewarding magicians and prophets for forecasting a future favorable to the king. 14. I will advertise thee ~what this people shall do to thy people â€"Balaam is quite willing to depart, but before leaving, informs Balak, unasked, concerning what the Isâ€" raelites will in the future do to Moab. â€" In so doing Balaam goes more into detail than in his former brief pronouncements of blessing, making it very plain that eventualâ€" ly the people of Moab will go down before Israel. 16. Knoweth knowledge â€" Posâ€" sesseth the secret of the Most High. 9 C3 e c 15, His parableâ€"His poetic proâ€" phecy. 3 s 4 A star out of Jacobâ€"The star has always been a favorite figure for a king in Eastern imagery. . Smite Ehrovugh the cornersâ€"The corners of the head, that is, the temples. s . 17. I see himâ€"The future king, David. Sons of tumult â€"â€"An uncertain phrase the meaning of which in the original is not understood. The margin of the Revised Version substitutes the sons of Sheth, supâ€" posed to have been one of the leadâ€" ing tribes of Moahbh. 18. Edom shall be a possessionâ€" Of the coming king. Edom was directly south of Moab. Its hill country was known as Mount Seir. A scepterâ€"A more familiar symâ€" bol of royalty. & * _ wWHEN AND WHAT TO DRINK. In the morning, on arising, after thoroughly cleansing the mouth and teeth, sip slowly a glass or two of cool water, not hot. The "hot waâ€" ter in the morning‘‘ fad is a popuâ€" lar superstition which needs corâ€" rection. _ His eye was closed â€" Or, is opened. s s Hot water is weakening and enerâ€" vating, inside as well as outside. Nature does not provide hot drinks, for her ecreatures, and Nature knows best. Cold water, fresh from the hydrant or the well, is refreshing and a natural stimulant to the digestive organs and the system in general. It is all right and necessary to drink sufficient water to satisfy the demands of the system, but I warn strongly against taking too muchâ€"because there is a ‘"too much‘""‘ in drinking as well as in everything else ; but this, our friendsâ€"the â€" "‘flushing‘‘ enthusiâ€" astsâ€"seem â€" to overlook. _ Unless you are under a special regime for certain diseased conditions, from six to eight glasses of cool water per day should be sufficient, disâ€" tributed about as follows: One glass in the morning on arising, two between breakfast and lunch, two between lunch and dinner, and one or two glasses before retiring. Hunger and thirst are the only true guides for eating and drinking. If we lived naturally we would not eat or drink except when hungry or thirsty. Most vegetarians drink very litâ€" tle. It is the customary highlyâ€" spiced meat diet which creates exâ€" cessive or abnormal thirst.. A raâ€" tional, nonâ€"irritating and â€" nonâ€" stimulating vegetarian diet furâ€" nishes the organism with fluids of the best possible kind in the form of fruit and vegetable juices, prepared in Nature‘s own laboratory, rich in medicinal qualities and free from all objectionable constituents. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOVEMBER 2. The less you drink with your In one of the most beautiful leâ€" gends of the Buddha we read that ‘"far, far back, in the, distant acons‘‘ therse lived a hermit, Suâ€" medha by name, who found that he had solved the secret of existence and could thus, if he so pleased, cut himself off from that endless chain of being in which he, like every other unhappy mortal, was ensnarâ€" ed. Deliverance from the terrible succession of rebirthsâ€"Karma, as it was calledâ€"was now his; and yetâ€"he declined to take advantage of his saving knowledge! ‘"‘Why," said he, "should I attain deliverâ€" ance alone! I will embark anew on the ocean of existence in a ship which will convey men and devas." To this work, therefore, of rescuing the ignorant and perishing he forthâ€" with devoted himself through @ long series of existences, until at last the hour arrived when he knew not only how to save himself but also how to impart this knowledge unto others. Then «did he appear upon the earth as Guatama, the Buddha, and show to men the Eightâ€"Fold Path to Nirvana! â€" _ The Remarkable Thing about this impressive story is the fact that it lays down as a basic principle for the whole of life that which we much too easily regard as demanded only ‘by exceptional 0câ€" casions. In the face of some great crisis of disaster there are never wanting dauntless souls who gladly. save others at the expense of their own happiness and security.â€" A man safe upon the shore leaps into the sea in a sublime erdeavor to bring to land a drowning stranger. A passerby dashes into a burning house to rescue a sleeping baby. A woman on the Titanic gives up her seat in a lifeboat to an older and feebler passenger and herself reâ€" turns smilingly to the deck of the sinking vessel. RESCUING THE PERISHING Thus ever is the hero present when the heroic action must be done!‘ But how many of us thus sacrifice ourselves for others not only at such times as these, but also in the ordinatry, humdrum routine. walks of daily life? And If We Would Live Nobly Then Must We Refuse Deliverance for Ourselves While Others Perish meals the better. The dryness of the food furn‘shes the necessary stimulus for the secretion of saliva and of gastric and intestinal juices. An abundance of liquid in the diâ€" gestive tract, therefore, weakens the activity of the secreting memâ€" branes‘ and glandular structures. Moreover, it dilutes the secretions and thereby weakens their digestive qualities. The juices of the stomâ€" ach and the intestines, as well as all other secretions in the body, cannot be made more effective by adding to them large amounts of water at meal time or any. other time. Coffee, tea, or alcoholic liquors are especially objectionable before and during meal times. The forâ€" mer retard digestion; the latter overâ€"stimulate temporarily the seâ€" cretions of gastric and intestinal juices,. thus creating a false appeâ€" tite. The unnatural stimulation is soon â€"followed by â€" corresponding weakness and inactivity of the secreting glands in the digestive tract. Alcoholic liquors, therefore, taken before and during meal times, encourage overâ€"eating, and, when the reaction sets in, the digesâ€" tive juices, as well as the vitality necessary to take care of the excess of food taken under the influence of unnatural stimulation, are not forthcoming, causing indigestion and physical and mental weakness and lassitude. A glass of water, taken about half an hour before meals, will in most cases do away with the desire to drink at meal times. However, if there be actual thirst, it must be satisfied. If you prefer a warm drink, you may take cereal coffee, warm milk, or occasionally, cocoa. The best drinks at meal time are THE BEST BEEF FOR THE STATES A despatch from Montreal says: Best sirloin of beef 25 to 28 cents per pound. Best ribs 22 to 25 cents. Other cuts increased 2}% cents per pound. Wholesale price for carâ€" cases 91 to 13 cents per pound. This is the table which confronts the housewife as the result of the United States‘ _ new tariff, which permits the free transportation of cattle into the States. Becf is getâ€" ting more scarce every day, and the price is going higher still, some say this winter, others not until spring. It has already gone up two to three cents a pound, and despite this increase there is no doubt that the quality of the beef on the marâ€" In the Eastern Townships Only Inrferior Is to Be Had at Higher Prices & yet is it this very duty of hazarding our~ own : security â€" ‘"for others‘ sakes,"‘ as much in the commonâ€" place as in the critical events of life, which constitutes the pith and marrow of the legend which I have taken forâ€" my text. If we would live as nobly as Sumedha then must we as gladly refuse deliverance for ourselves while others perish. We will refuse to bask serenely in the light of knowledge while others are stumbling in the darkness of ignorâ€" ance. We will refuse to share the luxury of wealth while multitudes are struggling in feverish anxiety to keep body and soul together. We will refuse to shelter ourselves bes hind the beilwarks of respecta,bilit)2 while millions of waifs and outcasts are thronging our slums, crowding our prisons and rotting in the end in our Popgters‘ FKields. We will x8â€" fuse, in & word, like the ancient hermit, to £ "Attain Deliverance Alone!‘‘ Rescued ourselves by some blessing of inheritance or accident of forâ€" tune, or grace of personal endeayâ€" or, from the miseries of ignorance, poverty and social outlawry we will plunge back into the welter of the world‘s wretchedness and laâ€" bor, ‘‘while it is yet day," to bring to others that glad deliverâ€" ance of knowledge, economic ~seâ€" curity and friendly brotherhood which we ourselvyes have known. For why should we be educated and others ignorant? Why should we be rich and others poor? Why should we be lifted up upon a rock and others be cast down into the pit? What we have all shall have Il YÂ¥ea, this they shall have even though it be purchased at the price of our own denial or destruction ! skimmed milk, buttermilk, and fruit juices diluted with water.â€"Dr. Lindlahr. To seorn to be saved while others _ perish, to decline to live while others dieâ€"and this, not only in the _ _ awful crises of disaster, but quite as much in the ordinary courses of daily life, where "a thousand fall at (our) side and ten thousand at (our) rightâ€" hand""â€"here> is ‘"the whole duty of man,""‘ so long as the «y injustice of an unequal world shall last!â€"Rev. John Haynes Holmes. The Knife Used to Eliminate Crimiâ€" nal Tendencies. A despatch from Chicago says: Four patients were operated on on Thursday by Dr. E. H. Pratt of Evanston, Ill., in an effort to elimiâ€" nate criminal tendencies and moral deficiencies. _ The operations were performed at the instance of Judge George W. Bridgeman of the Cirâ€" cuit Court of St. Joseph, Mich,, who has announced that hereafter he will not sentence any one conâ€" victed in his court of moral crimes to penitentiaries or insane asylums, until the knife has had an opporâ€" tunity to regenerate the mind afâ€" fected. For obvious reasons, the names of the persons upon whom the operations ar eperformed will be withheld. Total Figures for Six Months of Present Year. A despatch from Ottawa says : The total immigration to Canada during the first six months, April to Beptember, of the current fiscal year was 307,287, made up of 121,, 3094 British, 72,880 American, a,nd 113,183 from all other countries. During the six _ corresponding months of the last fiscal year the total number was 273,649, comâ€" posed of 108,331 British, _ 89,649 American, and 75,659 from all other countries.. The increase is 12 per cent. ket has greatly deteriorated. The blame for this must not be laid at the door of the butchers. They would like to get hold of the best beef even if they paid six cents more for it per pound, but it is not to be had. The American dealers have invaded the Montreal market, as they have every other market in the Eastern Townships, and have bought up all the cattle that can be obtained and rushed them to the American markets. _ The conseâ€" quence is that only the inferior aniâ€" mals as a rule find their way into the local markets, and owing to the scarcity of beef gencrally even these find a sale at enhanced prices. CANADIAN IMMIGRATION. MORAL DEFICIENCIES.