He is now faced, however, with the prospect of having to take them back to headquarters one at a time as hand luggage, or run the risM,of their beâ€" ing impounded _ until the excess tharges are pald. 4 While the officials were still wonâ€" dering how to get out of the quandary the Scot hailed a porter and had his procious charges removed to a taxiâ€" cab. Advice was sought by telephone from stationmasters of other railways but nobody had ever even heard of such a thing as a curling stone. One officlal suggested that carriage should be paid for at least part of the Jjourâ€" ney, but this the Scot just as obstinâ€" ately refused. "Show me anything in the regulations entitling you to charge carriage on curling stones and I will pay," he retorted angrily. By this time the passengers were geiting restless, so the stones were taken from the van and placed on the platform. Piles of musty documents, were proâ€" duced from the station archives, but in none of them could any mention of curling stones be found. One day recently a train on a mountain rallway above Lake Geneva was held up for ten minutes because an angry Scot who was taking six pairs of curling stones and a number of brooms to a bonsplel at a neighborâ€" Ing resort objected to paying carrlage on them. London.â€"The Scotsman, even in w d > b." 4 Switzerland, does not lose his thrifty ’d Why do sofll nnul my. lll:::lnyfba&:;s o’f’ :; babits. | ay escape e e fre 8 One day recently a triain on a 424 infantile ailments that used to mountain rallway above Lake Genevya WOrrYy mothers through the day, and was hell un for tan minute® hocance Keep them uphaif the night? Curling Stones Not In Rate Schedules So Scotsman For these reasons, it is reported! e from Sofia, the list was not made use of by the Bulgarian Government, andi the British Minister there bhas writâ€" ten to Downing Street a note disâ€"| couraging all such intervention in the | future. _ Meanwhile the Macedonian' organization is said to be preparing a manifesto to the League which, while exposing the affair and again es claiming protection under the minorâ€"| #£ . ity clauses of the Treaty of Neulliy, &: will again assert its right to fight uul . death for the liberation of Macedonia. If the list was made known by the | efforts of the Bulgarlan police to find those named in it, the Yugoslay anâ€" thorities would themselves make the arrests on their side of the frontier| on the ground that the mere fact that the revolutionists mentloned bad been proscribed by the Bulgarian, CGovernment was sufficlent evidence! against them. The Yugoslavy Govâ€" ernment would then express regrets that it would be obliged to deal sumâ€" marily with the delinquents as they had been caught in Yugoslavia. | (Bm m 0 o e e « of removing the causes of friction beâ€" Toad Alwe After 3] Ycan' tween Bulgaria and Yugoslavia." Sea]ed in Texas Corner- | But this is not the end of the story. stone | This list was about to be handed over ’ to the police to attend to the persons Eastland, Texas.â€"A horned toad, | mentlioned thereon when the Bnln-is'ealed alive in the cormerstone of thei rlan Premier, who is himself a Maceâ€"| court house here thirtyâ€"one years ago,| donian, received a secret communicaâ€" was alive when the stone was removed tlion from tie head of the Macedon!an recently, according to County Judge organization, dated from its hoad-: Edward S. Pritchard. The old court quarters in the mountains of Serbâ€" house is being razed. ' Mcacedonia, saying that the list did' It is a West Texas tradition that | not contain the names of persons livâ€" a horned toad can exist a century| Ing the Bulgarla but the names of without food or water. A skeptical | suspected persons dwelling in Serbâ€" newspaper man had the judge verify| Macedonia whom the Belgrade auâ€"|the report that the toad was alive| thorities were anxions to put in when taken from its long entombment.| prison. Hitherto evidence had been| After the cornerstone was removed‘ lacking against them. the toad appeared lifeless for some‘ If the list was made known by the| time, but in a little while it opened l'ts{ efforts of the Bulgarlan police to find eyes In about twenty minutes it beâ€", rlian Premier, who is himself a Maceâ€" donian, received a secret communicaâ€" tlion from tie head of the Macedon!an organization, dated from its headâ€" quarters in the mountarins of Serhâ€" "This shows," says the Sofia corâ€" respondent of The London Times in a dispatch dated Jan. 27, "how effecâ€" tive has been the British demarche in Belgrade and Softa for tie purpose of removing the causes of friction beâ€" tween Bulgaria and Yugoslavia." But this is not the end of the story. This list was about to be handed over to the police to attend to the persons mentlioned thereon when the Bulgaâ€" British Peace ‘ Red Effort in comes In due time the Sofla Foreign Ofâ€" fice notified the British Minister at Sofia that its Government had alâ€" ready intorned at places in the inteâ€" rlor an umber of suspected persons from the frontier Province of Petâ€" ritch, and added that although it conâ€" slidered that the Yugoslay fears in some cases were not entirely just!â€" fNed, it would, nevertheless, direct all the persons on the list to withdraw Into the interior and put them under police surveillance. h e ue as any tea can. Everything "‘an‘ N“lhï¬â€˜ d that tea experts can do t Ba mkoRodil;ouOIi;e;pl;:oho: # ® t GCave List of Macedonian Agiâ€" :‘l'ls.:?lrnild:nu:in{ingr::: tators to Bulgars, but |Red Rose blending rooms. Their Arrest Was | Try it toâ€"day. Put up in the Balked bright, clean aluminum Early in January the British Forâ€" elgn OfMce, at the request, it is said, ef the Counci; of the League of Na tons, ordered its Ministers at Belâ€" grade and Sofia to coâ€"operate to lesâ€" «en the tension between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria on account of the manoeuvres of the Interlor Mace donian _ Revolutionary Organization, which is fighting for polltical auâ€" tonomy in Serb and Greek Maceâ€" On receiving this order, it is beard en high authority from sofia, the British Legation at Belgrade underâ€" took to transmit to the Soffla Lega tion a list prepared by the Belgrade Government showing certain +meypâ€" bers of the Macedonian organization who were suspected of intending to cross from Bulgaria into Yugoslayia to commit acts of violence. This list the Britis> Minister presented withâ€" out comment, it is said, to the Bulâ€"| garan Foreign Minister, who in m' passed it on to the Ministry of the | Inté O Won‘t Pay The doctor often tells you to do just that; and always says Fletcher‘s. Other preparations may be just as pure, just as free from dangerous drugs, but why experiment? Besides, the book on care and feeding of babies that comes with Fletcher‘s Catstoria is worth its weight in gold! [a Fletcher‘s Castoria is purely vegeâ€" table, so you may give it freely, at first sign of colic; or constipation; or diarrhea. Or those many times when you just don‘t know what is the matâ€" ter. For real sickness, call the doctor, always. At other times, a few drops of Fletcher‘s Castoria. If you don‘t know the answer, you haven‘t discovered pure, hbarmless Castoria. It is sweet to the taste, and sweet in the little stomach. And its gentle influence seems felt all through the tiny system. Not even a distasteâ€" ful dose of castor oll does so much Afghan Ruler Efforts will be made to induce the toad to take food and, of necessary, the mouth will be opened by an operaâ€" tion. The toad is now on exhibition. gan to breathe. The mouth, however, appeared to have grown together. The reception differed from the welâ€" come extended to Royalties before the war, in that there was no German Emâ€" peror to greet the visiting ruler and no gaudy state coaches to bear the Afghans to their quarters. Instead, a new _ ceremony was worked out by the Foreign Office in which Presiâ€" dent von Hindenburg was the princiâ€" pal actor. The Oriental guests, after passlngI through streets replete with Republi-) can emblems, found generations of | Hohenzollierns _ gazing down upon them from paintings and etchings 1nl the various palace rooms. I New Ceremonial Introduced in Republican Germany Berlin.â€"The young German Repubâ€" lic recently for the first time officially welcomed a foreign potentate when Amanullah Khan, King of Afghanisâ€" tan, accompanied by his wife and 17 high dignitaries and a large retenue of servants, arrived at Berlin. comes as near A Strange Tale The BABY | Rose Orange Pekoe as near to perfection Visitor o Ei e memmty "Why do you call your chauffeur a leaky vessel? Does he gossip about your affairs?" "No, but I am always bailing the fellow out." |__The party in question consisted of | the usual engineers, rodâ€"men, laborâ€" ‘ers, and cook. The latter was a Chinaman and around him this inctâ€" | dent centres. _ The work of surveyâ€" \ ing and monumenting had been comâ€" , pleted on one portion of the line and the camp was moved forward seven | miles to continue it. . The cook was hustled off to make ready the noon [ meal and on his way he encountered 'a. black bear. _A spaniel, the cook‘s | pet, was accompanying him at the !time and it immediately rushed at : the bear, The cook also attacked | the forest denizen, assuming the best | defensive action to be the offensive. \ There were no firearms bandy and the eook had to resort to primitive | methods. Frying pans and other | cooking utensils were brought into !plny. while the spaniel annoyed the | bear incessantly. The cook retreated to the top of a tenâ€"foot cliff where | boulders abounded. The bear halted ,be}ow and endeavored to beat off the |attacks of the dog, and taken off his | guard, Bruin was laid low with a wellâ€" | directed _ boulder. The â€" surveyors reached the scene in time to merciâ€" fully dispatch the fatally injured . bear. T A dissatisfied galleryite booed loudâ€" ly at the end of the pantomine. The rest of the gallery, who liked the play, objected to his noise, and a scuffle took place. "Chuck him over the rails," someone suggested. Whereupâ€" on a mild little woman in the stalls below stood up and cried excitedly, "Oh, please, please don‘t throw him over the rails. Kill him where he is." In South America an extremely inâ€" toxicating tea is made from the leaves of the local variety of holly. Many and varied are the experiâ€" ences of Dominion Government surâ€" veyors and engineers during their months of work and travel in the newer parts of Canada and not alâ€" ways are they as amusing as the one related above. The loss of complete camp equipment in running rapids, the breaking of caches by animals, and other such misfortunes of the trail have been reported, but these and many others are all considered just part of the day‘s work. HAULING So inseparably a part of the day's? Many pe work hafe become the accidents and find thems trials of the surveyor or engineer in overwork, Canada‘s great unexplored regions that ersg find th the recording of exciting incidents in and depre forest or on stream seldom occurs to to be wort these forerunners of settlement and headaches development. An encounter with this comes wild animals or a mishap on a tur-| Doctorin bulent river is as commonplace to ous sedat! him as the narrow escape from col-i'l‘hs only lision with a speeding auto is to a city | supply of dwellerâ€"an exciting and sometimes ‘ to relieve exasperating incident at the moment'health Dr. but one hardly worth recording. be taken. A thick, even, heavy spread of galvanize over every inch of surâ€" face. Deep corrugations. Write us, stating size of barn you want to cover. WE PAY FREIGHT WHEELER & BAIN, LIMITED And so it is that many interesting events in the field experience of Canadian surveyors and engineers never come to light. The following incident, which occurred during the triangulation by geodetic engineers of a section of the International Bourdary line along the 49th parallel, is typical of what is encountered by many survey parties during a seaâ€" son‘s operations. Dept. W, 108 George St., Toronto 2 Cook Dispatches Marauding Bear With a Boulderâ€" Exciting Experiences Common ON BOUNDARY SURVEY One Ton So Corrugated Iron Use Fertilizer that gives DOUBLE WORTH ASK FOR WHEELER & BAIN "Council Standard" P# D. W. GUNN, LTD. 900 Vine Ave., Toronto, Ont. 4.24.4 = Two Tons costs REDUCED for Prices Send 2122, Sherbrooks Tribune (Lib.): The forest regions of Canada have an . esâ€" timated value of more than three bilâ€" on dolars. Properly administered, they would furnish our governments with a considerable annual revenue, Some men learn wisd mistakes; others commit Although exact figures are not availâ€" able it has been estimated that the total s»tan%’ot lodgepole pine in Canâ€" ada at présent comprises 18,050,000,â€" 000 feet board measure of saw timber and some 50,000,000 cords of emaller material. . £*% The United States and Mexico are new on capital terms, with Mexico needing the capital.â€"â€"Weston (Ore.) Leader. "Ordinary deliquencies had a rude setback, particularly in Bicily, but there is yet something to be done in Sardinia, particularly in â€" centres where there are remnants of banâ€" ditry, which must be destroyed at no mater what cost. The Carabinieri already are well trained in this work and will finish it." Thus Calabria, on the mainland, was ahead of both Sicily and Sardinia on the average crime per given unit, well above Sardinia in average murâ€" detrs and double Sicily in point of thefts. Once Sardinia is chastened, as was Sicilyâ€"which is likely to be no easy job, since that island produces Italy‘s hardiest soldiersâ€"observers of the Premier‘s campaign are wonâ€" dering when he will tackle the region of Calabria, comprising three provâ€" inces in the toe of the "boot" of Italy. Calabria in 1924 showed 3,285 crimes per 100,000 the murder rate being 22 and the theft rate 741. The total crimes committed were 33,522, with 19,541 convictions. In discussing the situation with Carabineri oficers, the Premijer said : ‘RICH, RED BLOOD â€"© | A REAL NERVE TONIC The latest official figures, those of 1924, show that in that year the number of crimes per 100,000 inâ€" habitants was only 1.523 in Sicily, while Sardinia‘s rate was 3,172. Sicily led Sardinia in murders, 24.1 per 100,000, to 16.2, but the smaller sgister isle quite outdid her in thefts, the rate being 914 per 100,000 for Sardinia to 353 for Sicily. The crown prosecutors obtained 45,897 convicâ€" tions in Sicily in 1924 and a totat of 16,964 for Sardinia, the latter figure being commensurate in view oft he‘ smaller population. The decisicn was announcer recentâ€" ly by officers of the Carabinieri force and appears to have been the outâ€" come of the Premier‘s intensive study of crime statistics for both those islands. If you are at all runâ€"down, or weak, you should begin at once to take Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills and you will soon be well and strong. These pilis are sold by all medicine dealers or will be sent by mail at 50 cents a box by The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Plans to Clear Up That Island Now That Mafia Has Been Chastened in Sicily Romeâ€"Premier Mussolini has deâ€" cided to pursue vigorous‘ a cleaningâ€" up process in Sardinia now that Sicily has been chastened by recent antiâ€" Mafia prosecutions and cinvictions. I bad to lie in bed a part of every day. I could not do any work and was taking medicine all the time, tryâ€" ing one medicine after another. 1 was advised to try Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills and I have reason to be thankful that I acted on this advice ,as this was the first medicine that gave me any relief, and in a comparatively short time restored mo to the blessâ€" ing of good health. When I think of the marvellous good these pills did me, I can most highly recommend them to all weak, nervous people." supply of rich red blood. Therefore to relieve nervousness and runâ€"down health Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pilis should be takenr. ‘These pills enrich the blood, which tones the nerves, imâ€" proves _ the appetite, gives new strength and spirits and makes hithâ€" erito despondent people bright and cheerful. Miss Irene Denne, R.R. No. 1, Washago, Ont., tells what Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Pink Pills did for her as folâ€" lows:â€""I suffered for a long time with my nerves and a generally runâ€" down condition. I grew so weak that Many people, both men and women, find themselves run down through overwork, or anxieties. Such sufferâ€" ers find themscives tired, lowâ€"spirited and depressed.. Their nerves seem to be worn out and they suffer from headaches and other nerve pains. All Supplies of Lodgepole Pine this comes from starved nerves. Doctoring the nerves with poisonâ€" ous sedatives is a terrible mistake. The only real nerve tonic is a good The Source of All Nervousness is Weak, Watery Blood. Sardinian Bandits Forest Wealth Drive On by _A regimental chaplain was to play a part in some garrison theatricals. On being shot by the villain, the chapâ€" lain had to exclaim, "My God, he has shot me!" but he objected strenuousâ€" ly to using such a strong expression, and eventually a compromise was reached. He was to say, "My goodâ€" ness," etc. On production night one of the stage hands gave the villain a tip intended to make for realism. It was to insert a raspberry into the barrel of his revolver. The effect upâ€" on firing the shot was perfect. The parson exclaimed, "My goodness, he has shot me!" and clutched at his heart. _ Discovering the mp!?rry gore on his finger tips he immediately added, in a voice of real horror: "My God, he has shot me!" On fishing trips take Minard‘s. On the Niagara River, the water power of which is shared between Canada and the United States, five to six million horseâ€"power could be deâ€" veloped, but by international treaty the United .States is restricted to a total diversion of the flow of the river to 20,000 cublc feat per second and Canada to 36,000. These diverâ€" slons are practically all utilized by the developments now in use. Baby‘s Own Tablets are especially made for little ones. They are pleaâ€" sant to take and can be given with absolute safety to even the newâ€"born babe. They quickly banish constipaâ€" tion and indigestion, break up colds and simple fevers and make the cutâ€" ting of teeth easy. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 ecents a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ontt. Absolutely no meat should be given to a child unt!l it reaches the age of 18 months, and then only if approved by the doctor. For medicine, all strong, disagreeable oils and powders should be abandoned and Baby‘s Own Tablets given instead. Many mothers give their children solid foods at too early an age and say proudly that their bables "eat everything that grown up people do." Buch a course is almost certain to bring on indigestion and lay the founâ€" dation of much illâ€"health for the litâ€" tle one. Other mothers administer harsh, nauseating purgatives which in realâ€" ity irritate and injure the delicate stomach and bowels and at the same time cause the children to dread all medicine. everything, The swiftly edlent swish of burrying snow, The lash of rain, the savage bellowâ€" ing Of stage, the bitter keen knifeâ€"edge embrace Of the rushing wind, and st!ll the tremulous dawn W1l touch the eyeless sockets of my face £ And I shall see the sunset and anon Shall know the velvet kindness of the night And see the etars. rocky ridge Down to the gloomy valley and the streams Fall foaming white against black, beetling rocks, Where the sun‘s kindly radiance se!lâ€" The passing gods and all the ways of MISTAKES MOTHERS MAKE IN CARE OF LITTLE OXES bier * And on it lay me down, Where far beneath drops sheer the f dom gleams, Where some tall peak deflant, steadâ€" men forgotten | So may I know Even in that death that comes to in me lies Is fled to join the great core of life That surely flames beyond eternities, Bury me not, I pray thee, In the dark earth, where comes not any ray Of light or warmth or aught that made life dear, But take my whitened bones far, far away «J Out of the hum and turmoil of the town. Find me a windswept boulder for a A Glasgow university undergraduâ€" ate recently died of exposure on the Cairngorm Mountains of Invernessâ€" shire, Scotland. The following poem was found in his rooms, written just shortly before, and printed in the London Observer: _ When I am dead, And this strange spark of life that Hydroâ€"Power on Niagara When I Am Dead I§SUE No. 10â€"‘28 {disappear in five mimutes. â€"By Hugh Barrie. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO ! Many people, two hours after eat | ing, suffer indigestion as they call it. ‘is usually excess acid. Correct it with ‘an alkali. The best way, the quick. harmless and efficient way, is Phillips‘ Milk of Magnesia. It has remained for 50 years the standard with physiâ€" clans. One spoonful on water reutralâ€" izes many times its volume in stomâ€" _ach acids, and at once. The symptoms "Seeing is believing, you know." "Not always. I see my husband freâ€" quently, but I rarely believe him." There are notable exceptions among the provinces. Prince Edward Island, for instance, has had but one divorce since Confederationâ€"1867. But Alâ€" berta hbas grown from 4 to 164 in fourteen years, Saskatchewan from 1 to 48, Manitoba from 6 to 856, British Columbia from 20 to 167. British Columbia Large Leadâ€" The other seven Provinces have their divorce courts, and periodical attempts have been made to estabâ€" lish in Ontario the necessary judicial 1muchiuer,\' for the severance of mar ital bonds, but without success. The large Quebec Catholic representstion iln Parliamert which opposes divorce on principle makes it improbable that there will ever be a divorce court in the Province and provides a sdrious stumblingâ€"block for attempts to provide Ontario with more adeâ€" quate facilities. Those who advocate the establishment of such a tribunal in Ontario are able to quote statistics to prove its necessity. At this time, for instance, 210 petitions for divorce are before Parliament, and 187 of them are from Ontarioâ€"116 from the city of Toronto. Quebec‘s quota is but 23, which reflects the power and influence of the Catholic Church in that large province. i A Growing Problem. Divorce, whether an evil, a problem or just a condition, is becoming inâ€" creasingly prevalent in Canada and the situation is causing a good deal of comment In 1913, the last preâ€"war year, in all the nine Provinces there were only sixty divorces. By 1919 the number had grown to 376, in 1926 to 608 and last year to mbout 700 deâ€" crees by Provincial courts and Parliaâ€" ment. Nor is this the grand total. There are no statistics available of those Canadians who sought the f2â€" cilities of United States courts, but it has been estimated that last year not fewer than 2,000 Canadian couples were divorced at home or abroad. Approximately 94 per cent, of Canâ€" ada‘s output of lead and 92 per cent. of the zinc comes from British Columâ€" bia; the remaining 6 per cent. of the lead originating in Ontarlo, the Yukon, and Quebec, and about 8 per cent. of the zinc in Quebec. Use Minard‘s Liniment for Corns. Ottawa.â€"Canada‘s : Parliament, enâ€" gaged now in considering such matâ€" ters as national trade and commerce, the operation of railroads and diploâ€" matic representation at Paris and Tokio, also must deal with more than 200 divorce cases at the present sesâ€" slon. This is because there are no divorce courts in Ontarlo and Quebec, and applications arising in those Proâ€" vinces come to Parliament itself, each in the form of a private bill which costs the applicant from a few dolâ€" lars to many thousands, according to the evidence it is necessary to proâ€" duce. No decree is fesued unless unâ€" faithfulness is proved. Evidence is heard in private by a committee of the Senate, which makes its represenâ€" tation, and the approval of both the Senate and the Honse of Commons is required before a petitioner is grantâ€" ed freedom. Canada Troubled By Gain in Divorces At Least 2,000 Were Granted Last Year, Many of Them in U.S. Courts TEA is goodted The Orange Pekoe 200 WAITING is extra good * In clean, bright Aluminum s 2)0 Mucll | ACID _ You will never use crude mu:o«' when you know this better method, ; And you will never suffer from er» sess acid when you prove out thig easy relief. Please do thatâ€"for you? own sakeâ€"now. Be sure to get the genuine Phillipr‘ \ Milk of Magneria prescribed by physiâ€" (clans for 50 years in correcting exâ€" leou aclids. Each bottle contains full Argry wife (to Monsamer wi taken refuge in lion‘s den}â€" Coward!" j QUALITY ROCK, LEGMHORN, MBST C@ 4t h ul C 8.00 ’2:' 100 tnd up. Po‘lfrrd = els, $8.00 eac ML::. age Iusâ€" trated Chldosuo g R. 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Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound at better after taking the Vegetable mpound, so he went and got it for me, When 1 had taken three bottles 1 was just like a new woman and have had sglendid health ever since. When I fee} any bearingâ€"down npains I always take it; sometimes a haif bottle or whatever I need. 1t is my only medicine and J have told m«»y a one about it. Any one wanting t» %mw t?!?ll: about Lydgn Ili l{i]rlxkba‘: im Com: will gladly v:’t:to her. idol!f J can to recâ€" Minesing, Ontario.â€"â€"*"I am a pracâ€" tical nurse and 1 recommend Lycia E. Pinkham‘sVegetableCompoun< *o suffering women. | For three morths I was almost helpless and could not git at the table long enough to drink A cu‘r of tea. Many a time my h=sâ€" band carried me to bed, I would ie so weak. ‘Then he read in the paper of a woman suffering as I did who CARRIED WIFE TO BFD lla'z swallow of Buckley‘s". You‘ll b .-Pt-i-b:;i":v the t-ec-.-'d';te method, <