The Stanstead journal, 15 avril 1915, jeudi 15 avril 1915

[" The Stanstead Journal.VOL.LXX\u2014No.15.« ROCK ISLAND, (STANSTEAD) P.Q., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915.WHOLE No.3609.HOTELS AND WOMEN.At Sherbrooke, Saturday, the writer came across a Boston & Maine con- dupgtor who was on the Stanstead branch a few years.Apparently this donductor was not familiar with some of the late happenings in this section, and the writer made no effort to inform him.The conversation was principally upon the subject of hotels.\u201cUp here in Canada they seem to think they cannot keep hotels without selling rom.Well now, that is just because they have not tried anything else,\u201d said the conductor.The railway man bad lived at hotels in this section and went on to compare them with hotels \u2018\u2018down the line,\u201d much to the advantage of the latter.Cleanliness and attractiveness of Vermont hotel offices, was a point which appealed to the conductor.In many of these women felt almost as much at home as the men do.One of the worst features of the bar is the onwholesome \u2018\u2018atmosphere\u2019 which is bound to permeate the whole eatablishment.Bars are the breeding places of foul talk and low morals, and this influence is bound to find its way to the hotel office.Go Into the office of any small-town li- lensed hotel, sit down with the crowd and see how long vou will have to wait for proof of this statement.It will come about the time the first woman passes.When the crowd is around it is a practical impossibility for any grown-up girl or woman to get by one of these places without some comment or criticism.The remarks may be vile or they may have reference to form, carriage, or dress, but they are always obnoxious.Such talk is not only a babit, it is contagioue; it spreads to those who do not frequent \u2018bars.We have wondered how men cquld sit in a crowd and tolerate such talk.\u201d Do they expect their own women folk can get by without the same comment or criticism when they themselves do pot happen to be present?We told of this condition, carried to the limit in a certain hotel where we had once remained for some time.\u201cIt was just exactly so at the \u2014\u2014\u2014 hotel,\u201d said the conductor.\u201cI was there three years and I know all about it.\u201d Most men have a natural desire to protect women, but around tbe licensed hotels they grow careless and indifferent; maybe they fall into the very habit we have mentioned.Through instinct or observation many women become consclous of ths very condition we have described.They would rather go through a gang of any kind of laborers, down in a ship\u2019s hold among the stokers, or through an asylum, rather than \u2018\u2018run the gauntlet\u201d of one of these small-town licensed hotels.If you are a nan of ordinary intelligence, if you are capable of reaching conclusions by reasoning, you will in your heart of hearts admit that the foregoing \u2018picture\u2019 is \u2018\u2018true to life.\u201d Why not, then, help to clear the \u2018\u2018atmosphere?\u2019\u2019 Everything now points to the passing of the discredited licence system from Rock Island after May first, and the question of enforcement comes next.Doubtless license will be sought for temperance hotels and in this connection the council will have a serious question to settle.It is not every person that ie qualified to keep a temperance hotel.Licenses for such should be given oply to persons whose character and standing would warrant strict observation of the law.Doubtless there will be made attempts at illicit sale of liguor; the danger of this trouble will be less if the council, at the beginning, does everything possible to lessen the likelihood of such infraction of the law.It has been announced that moving pictures of the recent Johnson- Willard prize fight at Havana will shortly be brought to Montreal for exhibition throughout the province of Quebec.Several years ago the fllms of the Jobnson-Jeffries fight were banned becanse of the protests made to the Attorney General by religious leaders and moral reformers.Can it be possible that we are weakening in our ideas of morality?The chairman of the board of moving picture censors 1s Dr.L.J.Lemieux, 638 St.Gabriel 8t., Montreal.If the wishes of leaders in religion and reform are made known to him we feel sure there will be no films of prize fights in Quebec.The municipal council of Waterloo has cut the hotel licenses to three and passed a by-law to cut the number to two May 1st, 1916.This action is the result of a temperance campaign in which the religious bodies have taken part.The petition asking for a re- duotion of licenses was presented by Rev.M.Beauregard in the presence of a large delegation of citizens.TOWN TQPICS.You can\u2019t check \u2018\u2018no-license.\u2019\u2019 A.H.Laberee graduate optician, willbe at tbe Union House, Rock Island, April 21st.Hours, 9-6.e The Ladies\u2019 Aid of the Congrega- tjonal church will meet with Mrs.McDowell Wednesday, April 28th.HoLTON BAND INSTRUMENTS\u2014New models, easy terms, repairs and accessories.E.J.Bachelder, agent, Derby Line, Vt.The Ladies\u2019 Guild of Christ church will meet at the home of Mrs.Horace Cordeau on Tuesday, April 20th at 2.30 o\u2019clock.Mr.and Mrs.Benjamin Seguin, who have both been seriously ill, are now improving and on a fair way to complete rceovery.The special war stamp tax became effective in Canada today.This raises letter postage to three cents, postal cards to two cents.Bank checks issued in Canada require a two cent stamp.If license is a good thing wby do licensees tell their confidential friends that the business isrotten?It takes some nerve to ask the public to sane- tion a business, which is confessedly rotten.Miss Mamie E.Langevin was quietly married on Monday morning to Mr.Rosaire Baril of Princeville, Que.Tho wedding took place st the Roman Catholic Church, Rev.Father Cruveiller officiated.\u201cIf you let rum alone, rum will let you alone,\u201d is one of the claims put out by the liquor party.There are plenty of people who have let rum alone, but rum bas rever let anybody alone.Directly or indirectly it affects everybody.: Members of the Stanstead and Rock Teland Patriotic Association will meet at St.Joseph\u2019s ball, April24th.Anyone in the three villages who has this necessary work at heart will kindly come and help.It matters not to what station in life you belong, here is opportunity to be of service to your fellows.Will you not answer this call and be present?Services in the Centenary Methodist Church next Sunday at 10.30 a.m.and 7 p.m.Mr.J.D.McFadyen will preach in the morning.In the evening hymns written by \u201cFanny Crosby\u201d will be used.Rev.P.8.Dobson will bave charge of the service and will give a brief account of the life and work of this noted hymn writer.Visitors welcome.The sober mechanics are the real bulwark of the no-licenee movement at Rock Island.More than eighty per cent of the men employed at the But- terfield shops are for no-license; the proportion is quite as marked in the Lay Whip factory and the smaller establishments.A lot of these young men are married and prefer to spend their money on their families rather than give it to a saloon: keeper.There is no place for the saloon in modern industry.We wish to apologize for some of the shortcomings of this number of the JOURNAL, and to ask for the continued leniency of those patrons and friends whose copy has, by force of circumstances, been neglected in any department of our business.The proprietor\u2019s capacity for work has been serieusly checked, we have lately \u2018been obliged to spend much time with outside affairs, and our mechanical force has been somewhat uncertain.We hope the disturbance will not last long.Mrs, Jennie 8t.Pierre Seguin, wife of Mr.A.M.Seguin, died at about 6 am., yesterday.She was taken to Montreal Thureday and Friday underwent an operation of a serious nature, but was understood to be doing well.Her husband, who had accompanied ber to the city, returned Tuesday.At midnight he was called by \u2019phone and left on the early express from Newport.Bhortly after the breakfast hour relatives here were notified of Mrs.Seguin\u2019s death.The remains reached Rock Island this afternoon.The funeral will take place at 9 a.m., Saturday.From the firet, almost, the war has probably been nearer Mrs.Goode, who lives on the Beebe road, near Rock Island, than to any other person in this vicinity.Her husband, Sgt.Maj.R.G.Goode, was an instructor at Quebec when hostilities opened, and be responded to the first call.He bas been in the trenches for some time, but so far bas met with no injury.Mrs.Goode receives letters from him weekly, with surprising regularity.Mrs.Goode wae a Miss Raymond and lived hereabouts before her marriage.Afterwards she lived in Quebec until ber hueband\u2019s departure last Septem- ber.She bas several small children.TO.BUY RIGHT GO TO TRUE & BLANCHARD CO., NEWPORT, VT.FOR \u2018Prices on Nails, Roofing, Wall Board, Plaster, Sewer Pipe, Bath Room Outfits and Cement.Phone 277-2, Newport 7 TRUE & BLANCHARD CO., NEWPORT, VT.* TOWN TOPICS.Mrs.Niel Mullen is confined to her room with la grippe.The streets of Rock Island are being cleaned promptly this spring.Twin girls were born to Mr.and Mrs.Leslie Gilbert, Monday.Mrs.T.H.Langmayd of Manchester, N.H., is spending a few days in town.Mr.W.W.Waterman of the variety store spent a few days in Lyndonville last week.Dr.G.F.Waldron\u2019s new six-room tenement over his barn is nearing completion.The masons are plastering the flats in the postoffice block.Mr.Jacob Martin is doing the work.Mesdames William F.Pike, A.J.Bissounet and Charles R.Jenkins are spending the week in Boston.Mr.T.Frank O'Rourke went to Boston, Sunday evening for spring and summer goods for both stores.Dr.Charles A.Moulton, who bas.been confined to his home with an attack of la grippe, ie able to be at bis office again.The Derby Line schools resumed the work of the year Monday morning, under the same corps of teachers.The attendance was large.Mr.Rex Lampron reports an egg six by eight inches in circumference and weighing four ounces.It was the product of a Brahma pullet.Mr.Charles Hall of Nelson & Hall Company, Montgomery, Vt., was in town Monday, the guest of his sister Mrs.(Col.) Charles E.Nelson.For Sale\u20141 Massey Harris Binder and Reaper, 1 Drill Seeder, 1 Road Building Plow, Ceder Posts all nearly new.Apply C.A.Goodsell; Rock Ieland, Que.08w2 Stanstead College announces a recital by the pupils of the Eastern Township College of Music on Friday evening, April 23.The programme will include piano, violin, vocal pumbers, readings, and a drill by the young ladies.Admission 25 cents.Mr.Edward Audinwood.has just taken to bis lake cottage a spruce tree for a flag pole.It was 72 feet long, almost a perfect taper from 16 inches in diameter to 6 inches at the top end, and very straight.It was secured by Merrill & Raymond from their Holland limite.The road committee of the village of Derby Line has decided to do \u2018good roads work?\u2019 on the balance of Elm Street west, from the school building to the west limit near George Crawford\u2019s residence.This is a much needed improvement, and will make of this new residential section one of the finest in the villages.Miss Mary Pomeroy Green of Chicago has been spending a few days at the Derby Line hotel.Miss Green\u2019s mother, Mre.Oliver B.Green, now in Chicago in her eighty-seventh year, was formerly Miss Emily Louisa Pome- roy of Stanstead where her two brothers and several other relatives still reside.Mrs.Quartus Bliss of Compton is Mrs.Green\u2019s only surviving sister.The Pathé filme which were to be shown for the boys and girls last Saturday at the Border Theatre were delayed because of the late delivery of a letter in Montreal.This week there should be no disappointment.Five filme will be ehown, including the Review of Montreal Troops by the Duke of Connaught, The Birth of Plants, Sugar-making in Cuba and several stories.Rev.P.8.Dobaon occupied the pulpit of the Congregational Church Sunday morning, owing to eickness in the pastor\u2019s family.The sermon was a timely reference to the glory of the spring season and the opportunity for usefulness, a seasonable, helpful message.One of the great blessings that comes to the villages from the College faculty, is their readiness to supply the several pulpits of the churches when needed.Such service is too often taken for granted and looked upon as a matter of course, when we should more fully appreciate and estimate ite value and importance to the civic and religious life of the commu- pity.It is purely their love of service that prompts it.ron Wednesday.Quite a number were TOWN TOPICS.\u2018Now ds the time to get your wagon varnished.J.Allard, Jr.House and Lot for sale\u2014Good 1'; storey house of 7 rooms, barn and henhouse; good orchard; well water and one acreof land.Fred Pelow, Sr., Derby Line, Vermont.Messrs.Eimer Hallett of Ashfield, Mass., and Frank Hallett of Springfield, Mass., were called here Friday by the illness of their mother, Mrs.H.F.Hallett, who is very much better.We have on exibition in W.M.Pike & Son's window, a cedar chest that is all right from our point of view.We are not going to keep these chests in stock, but will be glad to WOMAN'S READING CLUB.Tuesday afternoon was again very pleasantly occupied by club members who attended the regular meeting at the college parlors.Mrs.Harlow Martin gave a paper on Japan both profound and superficial, if one may convey by such conflicting words an idea of much research, coupjed with a quaint wit in the telling.The paper was a very choice one, dealing with many of Japan\u2019s most interesting artistic features, from flowers to national architecture.This will remain long in our memory of the theme, \u201cThe Japanese Are No! Artisans but Artists.\u201d The lanterns even are of beauty, because made in little individual workrooms rather than in factories as would be the case here.Already, however, we see quantities of Japanese articles decorated after the western way and cheapened accordingly in taste and design.It is as much to be deplored as the Japanese adoption of western style in dress.Very appropriate steriopticon views, from Underwood & Underwood, accompanied the paper.A Jap-a-Lac advertisement was set up at one end of the parlor, as it was a perfect imitation in line (not decoration) of a historic Japanese \u201cTori\u201d or emblem make yoy up one of any size providing | you leave your order early enough.| Don\u2019t forget that we are making a: special run on shingles this month.Three Villages Building Association, Ltd.Per J.A.Tilton.This is tue tine for kindling the, of Heaven.Some of the photographs of these Torii were very beautiful, one being built where the tides rise to its feet.Mrs.Trueman played some selections from the \u2018\u2018Geisha,\u2019\u201d which cleverly conveyed an idea of Japanese music, from a foreigner\u2019s pen, and rubbish fire and a general cleaning up.{Miss Irma Moutton\u2019s rendering of a Look up all the low, damp places, about your grounds and give them a | good cleaning, and use a liberal quantity of sulphate of iron (copperas) in | all places where unhealthy conditions | obtain and flies can breed.Look over your fruit trees and shrubs and destroy all the clusters of tent caterpillar germs, brush them off and burn them.\u2018A stitch in time saves nine.\u201d A PLEASANT MEETING.i Why am I a temperance woman?What is the influence of women and girls, and what their responsibility?What about our patriotic work and ; village work?Such were the topics discussed on | Tuesday a by group of nearly thirty ladies at the home of Mrs.Homer Martel in Stanstead.After a pleasant | halt hour of chat, the hostess spoke a few gracious words of welcome to her guests and took charge of the informal programme.Mrs.Duchesneau gave a very interesting paper in: French, noble in thought and beauti- | ful in language.Brief readings and addresses were given by Mrs.B.P.' Ball, Mrs.Daly, Mrs.Trueman, Mrs.Lowell, Miss Flint, Miss Colby and.Miss Flanders.The presence of several sweet young girls added charm and interest to the occasion.Delicious cake and coffee were served.Mr.and Mrs.Ticehurst | and Mr.Gendron kindly played a! number of good and lively selections for piano, violin and cornet, and led: in \u201cTipperary\u201d and \u201cGod Save the.King.\u201d .More sewing for soldiers was dis- | cussed.All present felt that it would | be a pity it this little campaign of | peace and goodwill were to end with the present license situation, or even with the close of the war.SMITH\u2019'S MILLS.Mrs.Linda Yetter announces she has arranged to do dressmaking at her bome, the Ruiter farm, Smith\u2019s Mille, or go out as seamstress, \u2019Phone, 95- RA.Mrs.O'Leary entertained the Guild present.Mr.and Mrs.Wm.Lunderville of Concord, N.H., have been visiting at the home of his father, Mr.J.Lunder- ville.Mrs.C.R.Jenkins of Derby Line was a guest at Ruiter farm the past week.Mr.Peter Simpson is quite ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs.Thomas Manning.LEADVILLE.The Misses Grace and Myrtle Moore of North Newport were recent guests at the home of Mr.and Mre.L.J.Stickney.Mr.Geo.Ootrow, who has been spending several weeks here at his sister\u2019s home, has returned to Coventry, Vt.Mr.and Mrs.G.P.Brown of North Troy spent Sunday here.Mr.and Mrs.Raymond Tinker spent Sanday at the home of his parents, near Province Hill.Mre.W.W.Brown has been visiting relatives at Newport.\u201chouse sugar \u201cJapanese Love Song\u201d was delightful.She was accompanied by Mrs, True- man.Miss Leslie was heard in two very finished readings, one from Mark Twain\u2019s \u201cInnocents Abroad\u2019 and the other from \u201cAs You Like It.\u201d The club members have been most generously treated this season by the members of the college faculty, who have given both time and talent for their pleasuring., At the next meeting Mrs.J.C.Colby will have the program in oharge and Bermuda will be the theme.Mrs.Telford will assist as reader.MASSAWIPPI.The village people were invited to a a sugar party at \u2018\u2018Lakeside\u2019 recently and responded heartily.The sugar was No.1 and was enjoyed to the full.Sugar parties are few and far between this year on account of the poor run of sap.Many are gathering their buckets, thinking the season is over, yet some predict a \u2018good run\u201d yet.Mrs.A.Smith and Mrs.A.Dresser are on the sick list just now, as is also Mr.Soderquist.Messrs.Grico & Monaco, government contractors, have leased \u2018\u2018Mill- bank?\u2019 for the season, and moved in.Mrs.Monaco has relatives from Boston visiting her for a few weeks.Mr.and Mrs.Scribner of Ayer\u2019s Cliff were recent guests at Mr.Bert Kent's, a8 also was Mr.Cory of Kingscroft.Mrs.Vase has been called to Boston as her brother is very ill and not expected to recover.She left by the evening train Tuesday.Mrs.L.Colt wae at Newport, Vt., on Monday.Mr.and Mre.8.Colt entertained a party\u201d Wednesday afternoon.The \u2018sweets\u2019 were delicious.REGISTRATION IN VERMONT.Aaron H.Grout, State\u2019s Attorney, Newport, has given notice that on and after April 25, next, automobile owners and drivers found on the highways without proper number plates showing 1915 registration of their cars, may expect prosecution.Drivers are cautioned to look well to the lights which the law requires shall be dieplayed at night; and also to the position of the rear number plate.Mr.Grout bas thus far been lenient in these matters because of the unseasonableness of the weather, but thinke there is no season why this leniency should be extended longer.CARD OF THANKS.We desire to most kindly and sincerely thank oor neighbors and friends for their sympathetic solicitude and marked helpfulneseduring the long iliness and death of our husband, son, and brother.We would specially remember the choir, the Odd Fellows and those who so beautifully and tenderly expressed their sympathy, by leaf, bloom, and fragrance.May there be voucheafed to all the abiding care and blessing of our Heavenly Father.Mes.BERT C.DREW, MR.AND MBs, FREDERICK DREW AND FAMILY.THE LATE BERT CARLOS DREW.In the death, Thursday morning, April 8th, of Bert Drew, the community lost one of its leading young business men.Mr.Drew was born at Fitch Bay, July 22,1882, and was therefore in his thirty-third year.He was the son of Mr.and Mrs.Frederick Drew.When Bert was about 18 years of age the family moved to the Three Villages.Previoue to this time, the deceased had worked more or less on buildings, evinecing an unusual aptitnde for construction of this kind and was adept in the uee of tools.Upon coming to this community he worked for Mr.N.A.Beach on the library building and the residences of D.W.Davis, F.G.Butterfield and others.His next change was to Sherbrooke, where he worked at hiy trade for about two years.The family then moved to Toronto, where their son Charles was and is still located, and in businese as contractor and builder.Bert's experience as workman and foreman ou the larger work of such a city gave him desirable training, giving him greater confidence in trying to make a start for himself, and he returned to the villages about seven years ago.For some time he was associated with Mr Lewis II.Huckins, but for the last three or four years he has been alone and the examples of his construction inthis section ehow that he had grown into the confidence of the community as a builder and a man to a marked degree.A prominent busi- pess man said on the day of his death, \u201cBert bad the confidence of the business men of the community and his word wae as good as his bond.\u201d The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Congregational chnrch, Rev.Samuel Clark of Holland officiating, assisted by Rev.H.F.Hallett.The church was well filled.- The attendance at the church and cemetery was a fine tribute.A quartette choir sang \u2018Nearer, My God, to Thee\u201d and \u2018Abide with Me.\u201d\u201d The bearers were five brothers of the deceased and Mr.Bernard Renihan.There were present as mourners, besides those of the immediate family residing here, Mr.T.B.Langmayd of Manchester, the foster father of Mrs.Drew; Mr.and Mrs.Adelbert and Homer Drew of Fitch Bay, Mr.A.E.True and mother of Newport.There was a profusion of beautiful flowers.The burial was under the auspices of Tomifobia Lodge No.18, Odd Fellows, some eighty members of the order, including those from Beebe and Derby Center, being in the procession.The ritual service at the grave was read by Noble Grand Benjamin Miller and Chaplain T.A.Halpenny.Mr.Drew is survived by his wife, father and mother, sister Carrie, and brothers Charles, Adel- bert, Homer, Oral, Ralph and Melvin.BRESETTE CORNER.The W.C.T.U.met with Mra.Jas.Robinson on April 7, with a good attendance.Mr.Merritt LeBaron who has spent the winter in Canaan, N.Y., has returned to his home in North Hatley, and visited friends here on Friday.Little Mies Florence Taylor, aged 7 years, took a three-mile walk alone on Tharsday to visit her grandparents, Masters Reggie and Raymond Smith spent a few days the first of the week visiting in Waterville.Mrs.W.Holyan ot Waterville was the gueet of her sister, Mrs.Robt.Smith, on Thursday.Little Stewart Wilson has so far recovered as to be able to ride ous.Mrs.A.Jones of Compton was the guest of Mrs.J.W.McConnell on Thorsday.A merry party of young friends gathered at the home of Mr.and Mrs.Jas.Robinson on April 10 to assist their son, Master Clayton, to celebrate his 16th birthday.It is needless to say that all enjoyed a good time.A largely attended meeting of the Baptist Mission Oircle was held at the home of Mrs.Robt.Smith on Thursday when a good time was enjoyed by all, and a large amount of work was finished for their sale, The roads are in an almost impassable condition.Mud, mud, everywhere.Mr.Wright Sampson bad the mie- fortune to break one of his ribs on Friday.Morton Sampeon, who has been sick, is improving.Mr.Albert Kezar's only horse was quite badly hurt last week by getting his foot caught between two stones, nearly tearing the hoot off.The animal is doing well, end is expected to be able to work again soon.* Rate\" clears out Rats, Mice, eto.ash Se in the House.160.and Mc.aû Drug and Country Stores.i SE + \u2018ROADS IN BETTER CONDITION Split-Log Drag of Great Service in Keeping Thoroughfares in Shape \u2014How It ls Bulit.The use of the split-log drag is !m- portant in putting the roads in shape.There are over 2,000,000 miles of earth roads In the country, and the split-log drag 18 of great service in keeping them in economical repair.The drag 18 used in many states and in foreign | countries.It is used with two, three, or four horses, and is basily com | structed.! It is a mistake to construct a heavy, drag.A dry red cedar log is the best material for a drag.Red elm and walnut when thoroughly dried are excel lent, and box elder, soft maple, or even willow are preferable to oak, hickory or ash.The log should be seven or eight feet long, and from ten to twelve inches in diameter, and carefully split down the middle.The heaviest and best slabs should be selected for the front.At a point on the front slab i four inches from the end that is to be! at the middle of the road locate the center of the hole to receive a cress stake, and 22 inches from the other end of the front slab locate the center for another cross stake.The hole for the middle stake will lie on a line connecting and halfway between the other two.The back slab should then be placed fn a position behind the other.From the end at the middle of the road measure 20 inches for the center of the cross stake, and six inches from the other end locate the center of the The Split-Log Drag.outside stake.Find the center of the middle hole as before.When these holes are brought opposite each other, one end of the back slab will He 16 inches nearer the center of the roadway than the front one.The holes should be two inches in diameter.Care must be taken to hold the auger plumb in boring these holes in order that the stakes shall fit properly.The two slabs should be held 30 inches apart by the stakes, The stakes should taper gradually toward the ends.There should be no shoulder at the point where the stakes enter the slab.The stakes should be fastened in place by wedges only.When the stakes have been placed in position and tightly wedged a brace two inches thick and four inches wide should be placed diagonally to them at the ditch end.The brace should be dropped on the front slab, so that its lower edge shall lie within an inch of the ground, while the other end should rest in the angle between the slab and the end stake.A strip of iron about three and one-half feet long, three or four inches wide, and one-half of an Inch thick may be used for the blade.An ordinary trace chain is strong enough to draw the implement, provided the clevis is not fastened through a link.The chain should be wrapped around the rear stake, then passed over the front slab.Raising the chain at this end of the slab allows the earth to drift past the face of the drag.The other end of the chain should be passed through the hole in the end of the slab.Make-Up of Dairy Cow.A wide, deep and full barrel or side is very important in a dairy cow.She must have plenty of room in which to manufacture milk from food and a large barrel indicates large digestive organs.A wide mouth and long, strong Jaws also indicate that Bossy is, like Bill Nye, \u201cfond of food.\u201d She ought also to have a large belly and moder ately high flank.Beautify Home Grounds, Set out fruit trees where they will a\u2019d 'v tae E.auly ol the grounds LINE THROUGH NIGERIA BRITISH TO CONSTRUCT RAILROAD IN WILD LAND.Laborers Who Will Be Employed Are Cannibals, and White Men Will Be In Constant Danger of Their Lives.A new railroad is being constructed by the British through the territory of Nigeria, in West Africa.It will penetrate the regions known as \u201cJujuland,\u201d so-called because the inhabitants were long enthralled by a horrible idol known as \u201cLong Juju.\u201d It will be built by cannibal natives who have shown themselves the most intelligent and industrious workmen.It will oben up the last region of Africa where white men have not yet settled.The new line into Nigeria will be 530 wiles in length and will take \u2018four or five years to build.It will cost about fifteen million dollars.It is being built by the colonial government, of : which the head is Sir Frederick Lb- gard.The country which is to be opened up Is rich in palm oil and coal, which the British expect to yield a handsome revenue on the money invested in the road.Fifty thousand natives have been \u201chired for the work of building the road.They will work under the direction of British engineers and foremen.Doubtless some Americans will be associated with the enterprise.These natives of Nigeria are noted for their obstinate cannibalism.Although the practice has been suppressed wherever possible by the British officials, the Nigerians in the depths of this wild country frequently find an opportunity to indulge in their peculiar taste.They attack an isolated village, destroy the houses and feast upon the inhabitants.Sometimes they take thelr victims to a lonely part of the forest, keep them in a corral and fatten them up for a great banquet.Several times the white men have accidentally stumbled upon the hiding place of these destined victims of the cannibals.The white engineers and workmen will have to guard themselves care fully, for the cannibals believe that white flesh is the greatest kind of meat.By eating it they imagine that they will acquire the cleverness and other qualities of the deceased per son.\u201cery few natives are daring enough now to attack white men, but there 1s no knowing what they might do in a moment of excitement.Half a dozen white men in a jungle 500 miles from help may be in a delicate situation.Danger from lions and other wild animals will be very great.Duting the building of the Uganda railway hundreds of laborers were carried off by lons, and in recent months the beasts have walked into railroad cars and snatched off defenseless travelers.In Nigeria lions are even more nu- mercus than in Uganda.Their numbers depend largely on the amount of food they can find.Elands, antelopes and other game of various sizes are so abundant in Nigeria that the lions find inexhaustible food.Sometimes as many as 60 or 60 lions lurk in a patch of jungle a few acres in extent, neat a drinking place where the food animals gather.The new railroad will run along the river banks and will cross the favorite hunting places of the lions.There will- be a tremendous disturbance among the animals.Bruges asa Relic.Bruges has been celebrated by poets and mystics as a relic of the past, but its medieval aspect is also due to present design.One does not penetrate it far without discovering as squalid, ill-cared for and poor a town as Belgium before the war could produce.But of its outward venerable appearance the authorities are not neglectful, and anyone buflding a house, who is willing to be guided as to style by the town architect, receives about a third of the cost of the frontage out of the municipal chest.One characteristic Bruges still retains from the days when it numbered 200,000 inhab- tants of all countries.It has a large cosmopolitan element, including numerous English.Self-Defense.Men have been known to kill rab bits in self-defense, but to kill a hen for the same reason is uncommon.Yet a New England woman used this unique excuse when her neighbor trailed a missing hen.\u201cThe hen came at me like a fury,\u201d she told the judge.\u2018She seemed de termined to scratch my eyes out.I fell back and she pursued me.Then we fought and fought and I finally killed her.\u201d Alas, for the theory of defense! The hen was found with her feathers off, gently stewing in the aggrieved woman\u2019s kettle.And the judge gravely shook his head as he rendered judgment against the kettle owner, Leave Boots in Trench Mud.A private of the Welsh Fusiliers, who is among the wounded who reached Cardiff recently, said: \u201cl have seen men in the trenches pulling at their boots for over twenty minutes in an effort to get out of the mud, end finally going without their boots, which are doubtless there now.\u201d Another man said he himself had been in the trenches barefooted.\u2014 London Globe.| gathered.\u201d \"or dirigibles.EE ERE CITIES HAVE GREAT FUTURE Ports on the Coast Bound to Grow Enormously as the Country's Wealth Is Developed.Seattle on Puget sound in 1913 cleared for foreign trade ships with 3,058,504 tons tonnage, New York alone leading it and New Orleans coming third.At the present time, says the Christian Science Monitor, there are 50 deep-water ships in Seattle\u2019s harbor loading for foreign or Atlantic ports and due to make the passage through the.Panama canal.A considerable numerical and high tonnage proportion of these vessels are American owned and fly the stars and | stripes.They indicate a mounting volume of business for the port and for the region of the country of which it is one of the several doorways to the outer world; so that when the statistics of 1914 are compiled the city\u2019s relative rank will not have changed.What will be disclosed probably will be its supremacy on.the Pacific coast and its lead over must of the Atlantic and Gulf ports.The natural resources of this city as a port of entry and of exit were exceptional prior to deliberate planning by citizens for their use: Equally so were the potential stores of wealth in the vast hinterland which the rall- ways focussing Seattle tap.But when the nation set about linking the Atlantic and the Pacific at Panama, and when the citizens of Seattle created a port commission and began developing the harbor and providing terminals then a new day dawned, and the results are now apparent; and not the least of the gain is from growth of the port as a place for transshipment of goods billed through to Asiatic ports.West-bound Cotton and eastbound silk symbolize a double current |.that flows in and out and out and in.And as for lumber, the Pacific slopes are under attack to provide heavy timber for the world, now that exports to the Atlantic coast and to Europe have the Panama canal freight rate.What is true of Seattle.also is true of Tacoma, Portland and Vancouver.Seattle's pre-eminence is in degree and not in kind.All outlets of this enormously rich region of the North American continent are bound to grew rapidly under altered conditions of business, conditioned by the interoceanic short cut and by economie changes following the present war.They also will profit by coming development of Alaskan resources under restrictions that will insure growth of population in territory and retention there of a larger proportion of its wealth, hitherto so largely falling into the hands of transients and absentee owners of properties.Sunshine and Strawberries, If one needs a sea voyage to restore the health, go to England.For real rest a five hours\u2019 journey out of London to Salcombe, South Devon, will bring one to a sunny eaviron- ment.A correspondent writing from Salcombe to The Lancet, says: \u201cLast week (I am writing November 23) I had on my table peas, French beans, globe artichokes, tomatoes and strawberries fresh from my garden and grown without any special attention at all.The strawberries have been! our chief dessert for more than six weeks now, although the same plants gave us a splendid crop in June.Today roses are flourishing gayly, and one can scarcely realize the awful weather experienced north.Those fortunate enough to live in houses sheltered from the northeast enjoy | warmth and sanshine.Last winter ; we found an aloe in full flower and bunches of sub-tropical flowers were Portraiture In Italy.The Pagine d\u2019Arte, of Milan, of October 30, commenting on the closing of the biennial Fine Arts Exhibition in Venice, says: \u201cAs in most modern Italian picture exhibitions there was a great scarcity of portraits, and the question naturally arises as to what this scarcity may be attributed\u2014to want or demand?Until thirty years ago there was an abundance of good portrait painters In Italy, but since then they seem to be altogether wanting.The fact thet not & single por trait of artistic value exists in Italy of either King Humbert and Queen Margherita, of the present King Vit- torio and Queen Elena, nor of the last two popes, the only\u201d good presentments of these royalties being by for eign artists, seems to point to a scar city of good portrait fainters in Italy.\u201d Gun Without Recoil.An officer of the United States navy has invented a gun that fires a six- pound projectile without recoll.This gun, because of its absence of recoll, is well adapted to use on aeroplanes The gun is most interesting, haviag both ends open to the atmosphere.The shell has the projectile \u201ctted into one end, and in the other end is a mass of birdshot.The shot is of sufficient weight to furnish the required resc- tion when the projectile is discharged from the other end of the gun.When the gun is fired the projectile is thrown from the muzzle at a high velocity while the shot is discharged from the breech at low velocity.War Maps Boost Laundry Bills.The effects of the war are far reaching in London.Recently a restaurant keeper found his laundry bill was increasing rapidly.He was compelled to place a notice which read: \u201cCustomers are requested not to draw on the tablecloths.Maps of the seat of the war will be found in the smoking room.\u201d _ \u2014_ = EE ee eh eT ee ee) ' KATHAN & HOPKINS LE 11 \u2014 =} { Sugaring is not far off and you'd better get your outfit jn good working trim.We have a good line of Bits, Braces, Hatchets, Spouts and Sugar Pails.We have pails on both, sides of the line._ At this season of the year the question of clothing for the farm, the waterproof Boots and Shoes for the sugar bush, must be decided, and we have the Rubber and Leather Goods that will aid you in making your verdict-dollar-wise.OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT Should interest every hmsemaker and keeper.We make all our purchases in quantities and for cash, and have been pursuing this policy for sixty years and we ought to be good buyers.We buy for our customers, making their interest mutual with our own.We see the quality first, we must know it is the best.Quality wins friends, the way to gain a customer is to sell him the good article.Our grocery department has everything the commissary of the home needs.Teas, Coffees, Chocolate, Cocoa, Raisins, Figs, Prunes, Dates and Currants, Macaroni, Spices, all the styles of Pickles and Condiments.A full line of Canned Goods, including Apples, Tomatoes and Robinson\u2019s Jams.and Fruit Marmalade in 74 pound cans.We have all the breakfast foods, including the Old-Fashioned Scotch Oatmeal, and a new one, Wheat and Barley.This is the season for Evaporated Apple in bulk and in cartons.Fish, Pork, Lard and Compound.Sugars of all kinds and in the various packages, Molasses and Syrups.Flour for Bread and Pastry, Graham, Corn Meal and Buckwheat.Ingersoll\u2019s Butter, Ham, Bacon and Cheese.Nuts and Confectionery.Prompt delivery in this department.HARDWARE DEPARTMENT We have everything in this line, a complete assortment of Carpenter\u2019s .Tools and Builder's Supplies, Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Shellac and Brushes.If you are repairing or building come to us for your Lime, Cement and Pulp Plaster for we are headquarters.FURNITURE AND HOUSEKEEPING GOODS We have added Furniture to our stock recently and we have a splendid line of Rugs dnd Carpets, Wall Paper and Curtains, Beds, Bedding and Mattresses, Bissell Carpet Sweepers.COME TO US FOR YOUR REQUIREMENTS; NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR LARGE, YOU WILL FIND US READY TO SERVE YOU PROMPTLY.KATHAN & HOPKINS ROCK ISLAND, .QUEBEC = Je\u2014|\u2014\u2014|\u2014\u2014\u2014 ojo] \u2014\u2014\u2014|\u2014\u2014[\u2014| \u201cA STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.\u201d \u2014 BUY YOUR\u2014 RUBBER FOOTWEAR WILLIAM M.PIKE & SON'S We carry only the BEST CANADIAN MADE the DOMINION WIDE KNOWN KAUFMAN'\u2019S LIFE BUOY RUBBERS.Leg Boots for men, women, boys and children Leather Top Boots for the farm and woods.The famous red leather leg working Boots, absolutely waterproof.Everything in men's, women's boy\u2019s and children\u2019s Rubber Shoes.EXAMINE YOUR SUGAR MAKING OUTFIT and make your purchases early, the season may open soon\u2014We have SPOUTS.BITS, BIT BRACES, HATCHETS, SAP DIPPERS, PAILS, ETC.10,000 ROLLS WALL PAPER AND BORDERS We have these goods in store where you can make a selection and take them to your home, and you can judge a paper better in the roll than by sample.The PLAIN OAT MEALS are the vogue this season and they are certainly practical and durable.Come in and see them, NEW STOCK OF RUGS AND ART SQUARES FROM $4.50 to $20.00 Full line of MATTINGS, OILCLOTHS, AND LINOLEUMS.A complete line of CURTAINS AND FIXTURES\u2014These for the Homemaker We have imported from London a large range of qualities and styles in Men's Hats, in both soft felts and derbies.The felts with fancy bands are the young man's Hat this season, and we have them in grays, browns, greens, tans, blues and black.Our English derby is a fine ome.Full.stock of Lounging and Outing Caps.CLOTHING FOR MEN, BOYS AND CHILDREN Better styles, colors, quality and workmanship than any former year.English Serges, Worsteds and Tweeds lead the world and we have them in great variety.Our Clothing and Men's Furnishing Department makes a complete store in itself, no better stook in the Townships, and values are at an unusually low level, never so much for a dollar as now.Men's Serges from $10.00 to $18.00.A Boy's Blue Serge in Norfolk for 85.60.Our stock is ready for your selection.Take a look at it before yo decide aboat your spring suit.y ore you 3 MEN\u2019S SHOES\u2014Fifteen lines of Canada\u2019s best shoemaking\u2014The INVICTUS,\u2019 the world does not produce a better shoe.WOMEN'S SHOES\u2014The Woman's Shoe of the Dominion; the unequaled footwear for the home or street.We have them in all the desirable lasts and leathers, HAVE YOU TRIED OUR COFFEE?WILLIAM M.PIKE & SON Rock Island, -.- - - Quebec = \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2018 FV EN \u201c cerning Conk county, (Conducted by the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union.) Pau \\ .SALOON THE PAUPER-MAKER.One out of every ten people a pauper! This statement is made con- Illinois, of which county the city of Chicago constitutes the chief part, and 18 given In the annual report of the president of the board of county commissioners.During last year the number helped was 250,000, the chief cause of need fin 9,000 of these cases being reported &8 unemployment.The close connec tion between the 7,000 saloons of _ Chicago and the burden of pauperism 18 easily seen.Any business man accustomed to employ labor could make a tolerably accurate conjecture that fully two-thirds of the men who cannot in ordinary times secure employment are unreliable and undesirable ag workmen because of their indulgence in liquor.And the men and Women who each Year dig deep into their pockets for the taxes necessary to care for these 250,000 paupers and other dependent citizens, are in a majority of cases the same men and women who Ii- cense the Institution that produces them! > MENACE TO THE BOY.(From the speech of Congressman Garrett of Texas, in behalf of the Hobson resolution.) \u201cI am not afrald of the blind tiger for my boy or myself, but of the tiger that can see\u2014the tiger that stands on every prominent corner with bright lights that blink at me.Young men do not begin the drink habit in the blind tigers.They learn to drink at mahogany tables in the high class beer gardens and restaurants, where they serve nice little drinks with fruit sticking around them.When you took our slaves away from us we suffered, but we thank you for it today.We thought we had a right to decide that question for ourselves, but you said we could not.Now when we want to destroy the saloon curse, you will yell \u2018states rights\u2019 at us.\u201d JUNIORS DRY UP THE TOWN.In Georgetown, O., a few weeks before election, young men of from fit- teen to twenty yeas of age organ- - fzed à Junior Business Men's club and announced themselves as a \u201cbunch of winners.\u201d They made a thorough canvass of .the town and solicited every voter, saying to the drinking classes, \u201cYou wanted saloons in your day; you've had them; we boys don't want them in our midst; won't you help give us what we want?\u2019 The result was that Georgetown went \u201cdry\u201d three to one.This campaign has attracted much attention in the state and the \u201cwets\u201d feel they have nothing to hope from the new generation about to step into the electorate.* LIFE-CONSERVER.An exhaustive investigation into 2,000,000 lives insured during the last 24 years was recently completed by the life insurance companies, Arthur Hunter, a New York actuary, reporting some of these findings to the Association of Life Insurance Presidents in New -York city, said they showed that \u201cthe loss of 500,000 men in the present war could be made good in less than ten years through complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages by the inhabitants of Rus- sla.\u201d FOOD FOR THOUGHT.The following figures are given by & writer in economics: In 365 days there are (24 hours to the day) 8,670 hours.The church is open on an average of 600 hours a year, the schools about 1,900 hours, the average factory about 2,400 hours, and the average business concern about 3,800 hours, while the saloon and other like resorts are open about 4,725 hours.SAME OLD PROBLEM.The problem that faces us today is the problem all ages have wrestled with, and the pen of history has yet to record its perfect solution, that of causing the individual to accept in his life the ideas and the ideals that mark the trail of an advanced civilization.\u2014 Mrs.Amy C.Deech, National W.GC T.U.organizer.GOOD JOB FOR BOYS.At an Epworth league meeting re- oently a group of boys, each with a spade on his shoulder, marched to the platform.Another boy met them and asked: \u2018\u2019Wher3 are you going, boys?\u201d In unison and with emphasis they replied: \u201cGoing to bury the Mquor trafic,\u201d and then marched ffom the stage, CONFIDENCE IN PHYSICIANS, Said B.L Stewart, M.D., in a re cent article in Kanses City Star: \u201cThe liquor trafic could meet no surer end today than to leave îts fate in the hands of the physicians of the United Sta \u201d DRINKER NOT WANTED.\u201cThe last man hired, the first fired ~the man who drinks.\u201d KILLS AND PRESERVES, Alcohol kills the living and pre serves the dead.DESIGNED TO HOLD NEEDLE Practicp! and Handy Little Book That Can Be Made in Materials of Many Calgrs.Here is-a practi] and handy litle needle book that is simple to make end of a very convenient size.It is carried out in cream-colored satin or art linen and lined with soft white silk.and measures when closed, 5 by 834 inches.It is cut out in one piece measuring 534 inches by 10 inches, lined, and that portion which forms.the pocket.folded over and sewn down at the sides, and it is also seamed across the center at the point where it folds together.It is fitted with a number of leaves of flannel cut into tiny points at the edges.Across the front of the case the word \u201cNeedles\u201d {8 worked in bold letters with colored silk and ribbon strings of a color to match are provid: ed to secure the book when closed.The upper sketch shows the case open and clearly illustrates the way in which the interior is arranged, ang a packet of needles is seen place partly in the pocket.The lower sketch shows the case closed and secured with the ribbon strings.For possible sale at a bazaar it would be a good plan to make these little books all of different colors.NEEDS CARE IN DECORATION Dining Room is One of the Most Important In the House, and Requires Thought.In dining rooms there are certain general rules to be observed in their decoration.In even the most unas suming house the dignity of this room should be preserved.At the same time we should be carefud in de signing an elaborate and expensive one not to have it overawing in the magnificence of its decorations or severe in its elegance.It should be so designed as to promote to the utter most the feeling of geniality and good cheer, and the decoration cangactually go far toward furthering thistmost de sirable result.The colonial dining room 18 apt to be cold in its effect, and I have often corrected this fault by a discreet use of potted plants, inside window boxes, etc.The Dutch dining room some: times has an excess of platters, and 1 have seen a French room that was wearisome in its tapestries, gildings and rococo effects.The corrective for all of these failings, it goes without saying, is good taste.\u2014Kate Greenleaf Locke, in the Kansas City Star.IDEA FOR CHILDREN\u2019S PARTY May Be Help to Worried Mothers at a Loss to Know How to Entertain Guests.A charming children\u2019s party given last year at a little town on Lake Champlain displayed souvenirs that the hostess had herself made.This little lady, who was scarcely twelve years old, was gifted with her pencil and had made on various occasions a profile drawing of each little friend.These on the important day were shown cut out in black paper and mounted on white cardboard after the manner of silhouettes.- The delight of the little guests can be imagined, for everybody wants a picture of herself! It is always gracious, when it can be afforded, to give some little trifies at a child's party, for small hearts always expect gifts.But as the true spirit of giving is self-denial, the little mistress of the day should contribute some of her pocket money toward them, or else be shown that the work of her own hands provides a far more elegant gift than anything which can be bought.White Beits.One of the white serge suits made for southern wear shows an unusual belt.It is of dull white leather, about two inches wide, perhaps narrower.It is fastened in front by means of a leather covered buckle, and on the left side, a few inches from the buckle, is a little pocket, just about the width of the belt.It clasps shut with a soap fastener.> New Mesh Bags.New and quaint are the German sil ver mesh bags with their little round tops that clasp snd gathered meshes which suggest the bags our grand- mothers carried.com LEFT TAIL AS TROPHY \u2014 FRENCH OFFICER'S REMARKABLE * ESCAPE FROM MOB.Revelation of Closely Guarded Secret May Have Bean Unpleasant but Undoubtedly There Were Great Compensations.On February 24, 1848, when Paris was disturbed by the revolutionary mobs, a Captain Prebols was sent by the government with orders to be de Mvered to the leaders of the troops that were defending the threatened points in various parts of the city.It was a dangerous undertaking, for the bitterness of the people against the government was intense Before starting out, says Novellen- Schatz, Captain Prebois was warned to take the greatest care if he valued his life; but he took the warnings lightly, and said, \u201cIf you fellows knew my black horse as well as I know him, you wouldn't worry about me.That horse has carried me through thick and thin.\u201d And with a farewell wave of his band, he was off.The black horse of which the gallant captain was so proud was indeed | a beautiful animal.He had a well shaped, erect hed, a deep chest, and slender, well-forried legs.But there was something very extraordinary about his tail.It was long and bushy, but it never moved or twitched, except with the* movement of the animal's body.Closo observation showed also that it had a slightly reddish hue, although the difference in color was not great enough to bo noticed under ordi: nary conditions.When Prebois arrived in the dis turbed section of the city he fearlessly delivered his messages.He met with no resistance from the crowds in the streets until he reached the Placa Ven- dome, one of the principal squares in the heart of the city.Here a great crowd of revolutionists had gathered, and as the officer rode through the square, some one seized the bridle and cried, in a fierce voice, \u201cHold! What message are you carrying?\u201d The captain refused to answer.\u201cPut a bullet through him and get that message!\u201d bawled out the man in & commanding voice.He was evidently a leader of the mob.At this point, the captain deter mined that quick action alone would save him from violence at the hands of the crowd.Quick as a flash, he wheeled his horse, and dashed off.Several bullets flew after bim, but they went wild\u2014and then suddenly ceased altogether.He looked round, and saw the mob crowding round one of their number, who held.something in his hand.And then his eyes fell on the back of his horse, and his heart sank in dismay.It seemed that, as he whirled his horse about, several men seized hold of the animal.But the powerful creature threw them all except one, a lad of fourteen, who had seized the horse's tail.That tall was the object of interest that had caused the shooting to stop\u2014for it had come off.There stood the boy, in tke middle of the road, with his feet spread apart and an expression.of grim determination on his face, as he tightly clutched the fleeing creature's tail.The mob saw the humor of the situation, and burst into a roar of laughter.The explanation came out later.It seems that Captain Prebois\u2019 horse, while perfect in every other particular, did not have a very good tall, and so his master had had an artificial one made for him.No doubt that artificial tail, and that alone, saved Captain Prebois\u2019 life.Rodin\u2019s Gift to England.In the Burlington Magazine an arti- ele on Rodin\u2019s gift to the British na- tiof of a collection of his works is acclaimed from an angle of appreciation.The writer decides that although Rodin\u2019s fame was made in France it was established in England and that in reality Rodin is a British institution.There is something to be said in more senses than one for the contention.Superficially, there is less sharpness of contrast between the best British sculpture and that of Rodin than exists between his work and all other French sculpture of technical excellence.His blurred contours are seen to better effect in the environment of London than in the vivacious light of the Luxembourg.But of course the main point is that the generous old sculptor achieved a maximum of tact in making himself the symbol of the new mutual understanding between the two great nations.Liver lis in Varnish.A new liver disease caused by a quick-drying varnish, and to which varnishers and polishers may be subject, was discovered at London, England, by Dr.Bernard Spilsbury and Dr.Wilcox, the eminent pathologists, in an autopsy upon a workman who had been employed at the Hendon aircraft factory.* This varnish is composed of tetro- chlorether, menthylated spirit, benzine and other ingredients.Rats subject to the vapor, sald Dr.Wilcox at the inquest, became drowsy and developed an extensive liver disease.The workman's death was due to syncope from disease ef the liver caused by the action of tetrochlorether.Didn't Think It Pretty.Bell\u2014She led him à pretty dance, you Rnow.Beulah\u2014Oh, it wasn't the tango, then?ADVICE FOR THE NERVES Well to Turn Habit of Overatrenveus ness Into Some Really Profit able Channel, Are you strenuous?Do you go iu for things for all they are worth?If you are an American-born woman 1 know the answer.You pitch headlong into club llfe, art, society, or some other pursuit because your nerves are ragged American nerves that never stop sending out impulses from dawn to dark There is too much pent-up vitality in all of us, and yet it is better for your everlasting beauty and poise that you expend it with discretion over a number of activities rather than exert it over one that may be a mere fancy.| I realize that this is a day of spe- clalization, and to be a success one must adhere to one thing, but vitality is both physical and mental, and the first must not be neglected or the second will suffer.Regular walks in the open country and daily exercises would gi.e hef the perfect equilibrium and nerve control which she and her work both need.Have you ever noticed what a lot of useless things we do when our nerves are on the ragged edge?When they ure rested and well you keep calm, you enjoy life and accomplish things without leaving lines of wear on the face.If you must be strenuous in the pursuit of some object, expend a good amount of dally enthusiasm on physical exercise.The benefits will show in your looks and health and the perfection of your work.\u2014Pittsburgh Dis patch.WELL TO ABSTAIN FROM FO@D Giving Stomach an Occasional Rest is Regarded as an Excellent Idea.Abstinence from food for a short period is a very excellent method of treatment for dyspepsia and kindred digestive disturbances.A raging sick headache disappears after giving the stomach a rest\u2014by omitting to eat only one or two meals.It is common knowledge that a day or two of starve ing every two or three months enables one to do better work\u2014mèôre mental and physical work can be accomplished without fatigue.It is advisable, however, when on a hunger strike to drink water.Copious libations of hot water\u2014several quarts during the waking hours\u2014will contribute to the feeling of well-being.The water may be taken a tumblerful or more every hour or two.Those persons who eat at irregular hours and partake of foods poorly cooked or of such composition as to cause indigestion will find the mild form of starving for 24 hours or longer a practice worthy of trial, for the resulting effects of the experiment will be gratifying.The rest (when one is on a hunger strike) given the digestive apparatus strengthens it and thus aids in conserving the health.A general feeling of rejuvenation invariably follows a few days\u2019 fasting.Common Humanity, Olympian Joves do not ride on clouds or sit on mountain tops in these days thundering commands to common mortals.Or if they do, busy folk pay little attention to them, Owls that simply sit and blink and look unutterably wise do not fool many people.He who never unbends to speak the simple language of the home and the fields, or hold occasional honest converse with his fellows, may be a truly great and dignified personage.Me may indeed deserve and gain a wide respect by sheer force of intellect, perhaps, but we love to feel the quickening power of that divine spark we call common humanity that links mind to mind and heart to heart; that makes us comrades in a common cause.That ls the thing really worth while.Without it ali is \u201ccold storage,\u201d void of the spirit that stands for the sunlight, for God's good earth and the brother hood of man.\u2014Breeder's Gazette.Victoria's V.C.'s.* In presenting the Victoria Cross to soldiers actually \u201cin the field,\u201d King George may to some extent have been influenced by the original order, which provides that under conditions stipulated, the coveted decoration shall be conferred \u201con the spot where the act to be rewarded by the grant of such decoration has been performed.\u201d The first presentation of the Victoria Cross, however, took place in Hyde Park In June, 1857, when Queen Victoria with \u2018her own hands pinned it on the coats of sixty-two Crimean heroes.It is re corded that the queen wore a red and white feather at the side of her round hat, \u201ca scarlet body made nearly like a military tunic,\u201d and a dark blue skirt.She was on horseback, with Prince Albert on her left, who made & profound obeisance to each wearer of the V.C.\u2014\u2014\u2014 .Pigeons That Swim.The swimming of blue pigeons\u2014the familiar domestic bird\u2014is the remarkable sight reported to a Dutch natural history journal.Some months ago one of the doves was thrown into the water in a fight and rescued by human ald, and since then they have be come more familiar with the water.Pleces of bread noticed in shallow places evidently tempted them at first.Galning courage, they soon learned to swim, and just before making his re port the observer saw two of them sailing around like gulls a few yards from his house.When they tired of the bath they quietly flew out of \u2014\u2014nbam Business and Professional Cards.J.C.coLBY, B.A, M.D.Office a* Carrollicroft, Stanstead.onsultations 9 to 108.m., 7 to 8 p.m.and by appointment.ofp \u2018Phones.DR.H.P.STOCKWELL, Stanstead Plain, Que.Oo el and Pope Tape R.O.ROSS, B.A.M.D.C.M., Mos, at residence of the late Dr.McDuffes.Bell and People's Telephones.WILBUR A.REYNOLDS, D.D.S., 88 Newbury pr.Boston, Mass.DR.C.L.BROWN, B.A., Physician and Surgeon, rur's CHff, Que.- People's Phone.DR.GEO.F.WALDRON.People's and Bull Telephones.ffice and residence opposite the Haakell Place.foe Hours: Until 9 A.M.,1%08and 7 to 8 P.M.SYDNEY A.MEADE, Provincial Land Surveyor, Coaticook, Que.H.M.HOVEY, vocate, Rock laland.Que.U.8.P.0.Address: Derby Line, V9.M.F.HACKETT, Advocate, Bolinitor, &e., Stanstead Plain, Que.Plates Engraved when wanted.Fitch Bay, Que.J.J.UNDERWOOD, .Mason and Plasterer, General Contractor.Stanstead, Que.EDWARD AUDINWOOD, Undertaker & Embalmer, Derby Line, Vt., and Rock luland, P.Q.C.|.MOULTON, L.D.8.Dentist, Stanstead Plain, Que.ERASTUS P.BALL, Veterinary Surgeon.Graduate of Montreal Veterinary College.Office at Lee Farm, Rock Island, Que.U.8.P.O.Address: Derby Line, Vermont.CHARLES E.BENNETT, Designer of Buildings, Machinery, Furniture, Landscape Gardening.Derby Line, Vt.Consultation and Superintendence.When in need of Printing or Stationery remember the Journal's new location on Church street.Agency at Fitch Bay, Quebsc.E.G.BETHEL, Accountant The Quebec Bank Established 1818\u201495th Year in Business Authorized Capital, $5,000,000 BANKING BY MAIL Business of all kinds can be transacted in this manner, and will receive prompt attention.SAVINGS DEPARTMENT AT EVERY BRANCH Joint Accounts may be opened in the name of two persons; in case of death balance payable to survivor.Paid-up Capital $2,730,560 Open Thursday of each week.ROCK ISLAND BRANCH A.C.McPHEE, Manager WE HAVE THE Waterman and several The Journal Sf] cane if] esas {canes §] § comes 5) cass cs 515 FOUNTAIN PENS Ideal, .Moore\u2019s Non-Leakable, | other well-known makes.Consult us before buying.Printing Co., ROCK ISLAND, QUE.Ij on 1] |) ons J) canes §) | cuss §§ ses | cus 15] ans (cosas 1] §] css J YOUR account.- CASH ON REQUEST YES, you can get your money on demand if deposited with us; no depositor ever waited a .minute for the cash on his deposit.ALL CHECKS still taken at par regardless of the high rate of exchange.FOUR PER CENT for your money compounded twice each year.One dollar starts an Yours.to use ORLEANS TRUST COMPANY.ol\u2014]\u2014\u2014\u2014H\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014=]q] = HARDWARE We are gradually increasing our lines, and this season we are ready for any requirement in HARDWARE.Heating and Cooking Appliances Are you to build or do any repairing to your home in 1915?Come in and get your supplies of us.We have a good stock of Senour Paints and Oils for interior and exterior work.LET US SELL YOU A KEROSENE COOK STOVE THIS SEASON, THE COMFORT BRINGER AND FUEL SAVER. « , copy as in the past.The Stanstead Journal.PUSLIAERD BVERY THURSDAY BY THE JOURNAL PRINTING 00.Bock Island, Que.Une year (advance payment) $1.00 Lf paid in six months, 1.38 Af the end of the year, 1.60 When sent by mail to subscribers in the United States the price will be $1.50 a year in sdvance* Entered as second-class matter at the Post at at Derby Line under the act of March, 8 ADVERTISING RATES.Transient advertising 10 cents a line for tue first insertion and 8 cents a line for each sub- seguent insertion.12 lines totheinch.Nuaëd vertismont received for less than 50cents.would inaterial- Correspondents Baist us by \\y sending as much of their copy as pussilbe by Monday evening's post.Reports of later events may then be sent in by mail as late as Wednes day evening, or by \u2018phono on Thursday fore noon when necessary.It is trequentiy difficult for us to flud work for our cumpositors Monday and Tuesday.Wednesday and Thursday they are always eubmerged with copy.who dan do so THE PUBLISHER.ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS.After war is over Stanscead county might do a lot worse than to forget politics and send Col.B.B, Morrill t Parliament.: It is not necessary that war stamps be attached to printer's manuscript.Correspondents may continue to mail The war tax applies only to \u201cfirst class\u2019 matter.On April 6th, Mr.and Mre.Thomas Grady of Ladd\u2019s Mills celebrated the sixty-eighth anniversary of their marriage.Mr.Grady is now 91 years of age and is in very good health.H.N.Bigelow of Beebe returned Saturday from Montreal.A little over two weeks ago a large fibrous tumor of twenty-five years standing was removed from his neck, the operation being entirely successful, April 6th the municipal council of the town of Windsor voted dry by five to one.The town had been dry for several years, but last year licenses were granted to two of the hotels.One year seems to have been enough.» With swollen head and disfigured features, the editor of this paper was a guest of the officers of the fifth Canadian Mounted Rifles at dinner at the military camp in Sherbrooke Saturday evening.The suggestion was made that he should go to Belgium to get out of danger.Frank O.Bliss, who has owned and occupied the B.F.Kezar farm in East Stanstead for some.time, has bought the St.Peter farm located in the river valley, one and a half miles north of Orleans, vermont, and will move there May 1st.The farm contains 176 acres and has a dairy of 20 cows.Work has been resumed on the provincial highway from Sherbrooke to Derby Line.It is expected that operations will soon be extended to Stanstead township.So far construc- tio work has all been north of that municipality.The gorge north of the \u2018Nigger\u2019 river near Burroughs falls will entail most work in thie section.The old road through the section traversed was a very good natural highway.With further reference to an editorial article which in the JOURNAL on the first of April under the heading \u201cA Remarkable Injunction,\u201d we feel it our duty to state, by reason of fuller information eceived, that some expressions we used regarding the administration of justice were not warrauted, and we now regret to have used them.There was no intention to criticise either the judge or the petitioner's attorney.A short time ago the JOURNAL received from Mary M.Phillips, Hon.Cor.Sec.Ladies\u2019 Committee, The Canadian Red Cross Society, acknowledgement of the receipt of ten dollars from the proceeds of a box social held at the home of Mrs.W.L.Pomeroy, Judd\u2019s Mills.From the letter the following extract is taken: \u201cThe committee would be very grateful if you would convey their appreciation of this timely gift to those who have so kindly codperated with the Oanadian Red Cross Society in a work which, under any circumstances, appeals to the best instincts of humanity, and at present has for us the claim of caring for our own.\u201d - Mr.W.W.Buchanan, the well- known temperance worker, and secretary of the Social Council of Manitoba, died at Winnipeg on April 4th, aged 60 years.IS YOUR pldob Ri po [ i ot - is the indirect cause of much winter sickness\u2014it allows chills, invites colds and sickness.NOURISHMENT alone makes blood-\u2014 not drugs or liquors\u2014and the nouris.1- ing food in Scott\u2019s Emulsion charges summer blood with winter richness and increases the red corpuscles.a AY Its Cod Liver Oil warms FS the body, fortifies the lungs, and alleviates rheumatic tendencies.YOUR DRUGGIST HAS IT.SHUN SUBS vo REE RED CROSS WORK.What Has Been Done in and About Stan- stead.\u2014 NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE.Below is given a list of articles sent to the Red Oross Society in Montreal by those in Stanstead and earrounding communities who have so generously given time and money to this great and good work.This work has met gith the sympathetic support of a great number of our loyal Oanadians, and a few of our good friends across the border have given generously, still there remain many who have not realized the urgent need of our brave men at the front.Each one of these lads is some one\u2019s well beloved who needs our help.To a great extent the needs, and in many cases the lives of these soldiers depend upon the efficiency of the Red Cross Society which can only carry on its work when loyalty supported by those left at home.This is one thing we can do for our Country in this hour of her great need.We have been asked to furnish comforts for the men, sweaters, Lowels, pencils, writing pads, little things which mean so miich to them and would cost us so small an effort it every one helped even a little.A letter written March 16th gives some idea of the uncomfortable conditions in the trenches and how much a few every day comforts mean to the men; this letter wae written to the boy\u2019s mother: \u201cThanks so much for the underwear, I bave had my first bath to-night since we came to France six weeks ago, and it certainly is fine to have something new and clean to put on.The boots are great, my feet were getting in bad shape after standing for three days at à time in mud ankie deep, * * * A fellow doesn\u2019t get much sleep with shells shrieking and bursting about him.We lost a man in my platoon today I did feel badly about it but the more one sees of this game the elim- mer his chances look.\u201d It almost seems the duty of each and every.one of us to add all we can to the comfort of these brave soldiers who are enduring unbelievable hardship that we may continue to enjoy the protection of the Union Jack.The committee of the local Red Cross Society find their fund is almost exhausted and make an urgent appeal to all to do what they can for tbis work.No amount of money or time given is too small to be thankfully re ceived and it can be promised that every penny will reach the great army of suffering mankind who have borne and will continue to bear the greatest part of this terrible burden of war.The list shows that there have been many interested and generous friends, and special thanks are due to the societies and workers of the surrounding country districts without whose aid it would bave been impossible to send this contribution, still there are many who have not given the Red Cross work thought nor support.The cause is good, the need is great let every one do what they can.The treasurer Mrs.Stockwell will gratefully receive any contribation, it does not matter how small, nor how great.: The follcwing is a list of work already sent: From September to April, 282 socks, 129 wristlets, 81 Balaclava caps, 26 scarfs, 52 housewives, 128 \u2018surgical shirts, 98 pneumonia jackets, 51 gray flannel shirts, 27 flannel bed jackets, 1 Tommy Atkine, 30 nightingales, 42 sets of pyjamas, 35 bed socks, 6 sets of underwear, 11 sweaters, 27 hot w, b covers, 14 crutch pads, 3 linen sheets, 1 pair knee protectors, 2 blankets, 20 wash cloths, rolled bandages.THE MEN IN THE TRENCH.James Bernard Fagan in Victoria Colonist.Can you hear me, young man in the tree n Ia it nothing to yon who pass by, Who down the dim-lit ways in thousands roam?From here I watch you, through the driving sleet, Under the evening sky, Hurrying home, Home!\u2014how the word sounds like a bell\u2014 I wonder can you know, as 1 know well, That in this trench Of death and stench 1 stand between your home and hell, I am the roof thas shields you from the weather.I am the gate.that keeps the brigand When pllinge, fire and murder come toe her, I am the wall that saves your home from sack.Man! when you look upon the girl you prize, Can you imagine horror in those eyes?You have not seen, you cannot understand.This \\irench is England, all this ruined an Is where you wander, street, or fleld, or stan Save for God's grace, and for the gun that ree & \u2019 guns 8 Upon this dripping mudbank of the West.Our blood has stained your threshold\u2014will you stain Your soul, give nothing and take all ?Why did Sime?1 ask nov, nor re a gain Something biased up inside me, and went, The khaki fringe is frayed, and now, a rent.Needs men-needs men, and I am almost spent.Night, and the \u201cready\u201d \u2014so sleep well, my friend\u2014 The e again are gol I + ati fone sgal à golug~\u2014\u2014I must stick A fall official list of German casu- alities up to Maroh 31 containe one and a half million names.The official list issued à month before contained one and a quarter million names.EASTER VESTRIES.WAY'S MILLS AND BARNSTON The Easter vestry meetings at Way\u2019s Mills and Barnston were held on Monday and Tuesday in Easter week.Viewing tbe affairs of the parish altogether, financially the standing is better than at last Easter, which iteelf marked the close of a successful year.At Barnston the meeting was held on Monday afternoon at the home of Mr.and Mrs, J.N.Jenks, and followed a Guild dinner served to a large number of parishioners and friends, at which the hostess was assisted by several of the young ladies.Mr.H.Covey acted as vestry clerk, and was also appointed auditor of all church accounts.Messers.T.H.and R.J.Walker, the wardens, were again installed in office by unanimous consent.The treasurer's report showed a balance to the good, notwithstanding a considerable item for repairs, and also that since July this congae- gation has been paying an increase of assessment to the Diocesan Board.Gratefyl recognition was made of excellent work in the Sunday school and choir by Mrs.Jenks and Miss A.Walker and others, and Mise Walker was presented with a neatiy-bound book of Qrgan voluntaries.A very gratifying report was also read by the Secretary-treasurer of the Ladies\u2019 Guild, and the sum of ten dollars was given the Incumbent towards a bath.tab for the Parsonage.Hearty votes of thanks were tendered the members of the Guild for their good work, and to Mr.and Mrs.Jenks for their kind hospitality at the parish meeting.The Way's Mills Vestry meeting was held at the Parsonage on Tuesday evening.One member who hardly ever fails was unfortunately confined to his home through illness, and two or three other busy men who live at a distance were also prevented from attending, but a sufficient number were present for the transaction of business.Mr.Willis Cramer acted as vestry clerk and was also appointed auditor along with Mr.B.Smith.Messers.W.H.Davideon and W.B.Sargeant, clergyman\u2019s and people\u2019s warden respectively, were again placed in office.Messers.8.W.Sargeant, Albert Davidson, and B.Smith were elected sides- men.The treasurer\u2019s report showed the very valuable help by the Ladies\u2019 Guild and the Dramatic Club.To the credit of the latter it is that electric lights have been put in the Parsonage and outbuildings.Votes of thanks were duly passed to both organizations.Mention should also be made of important repairs done to the barn by Mr.W.8.Sargeant, who was good enough not to make any charge for his work.BARNSTON.It is with pleasure that we learn that Mr.Dale of McMaster University, Toronto, will take charge of the Baptist church work here during the summer.Mr.Dale is expected here early in May, and will make his home with Mrs.E.8.Buckland.Rev.J.McBradshaw preaehed an inspiring sermon Sunday at Christ church, on Sabbath observance.With bis usual generosity Mr.Henry Bradshaw has had several sugaring- offs which the Barnston inhabitants have thoroughly enjoyed.Mr.Charles Thornton entertained three generations of the Thornton family at his sugar camp Saturday afternoon.Miss Robinson spent the week-end with her parents at Hatley.Mies Alice McCoy has been engaged to teach the model school department and Miss Clemer Converse the elementary department of the model .school here for the coming scholastic year, as the Misses Robinson and Walker both resigned.Except where gravel has been laid, the roads are exceptionally bad, almost impaesable, and it was with tlie bes: utmost difficulty that the cream was conveyed to Ayer\u2019s Cliff Saturday.AYER'S CLIFF.The primary department of the school has been ciosed'on account of several cases of scarlet fever.The cases reported are a child of James McFadzean\u2019s, Marjory Taylor and the children at **Grapdina\u2019 Dustin\u2019s.Mrs.W.G.Libby entertained the Guild on Thursday of this week.The social held at Mrs.E.P.Lyon\u2019s ob Monday night was a success socially and financially, the proceeds being over #6.The prevailing topic of conversation this week is the fire of Sunday morning, and much sympathy is felt for Mr.A.G.Clough in the total loss of his store and stock.General indignation is expressed by everyone against the brutal treatment received last week by our much respected editor, looked upon as one more proof that \u201cno-license\u2019 would be safer for us all.Lord Rothschild, head of the English branch of the Rothschild family, noted for his great wealth and philanthropic labors, died in London on March 31st, aged 75 years.He was the first mew- ber of the Jewish faith ever elected to the British Parliament, where he represented Aylesbury from 1865 to 1885, the year he was made a peer.Mr.Holland.It is |1 CANADA'S FIRE LOSSES.Conservation, Ottawa April, 1915.With a loss averaging over two million dollars per month, or sixty- seven thousand dollars per day, the fire situation has reached the stage where some steps must be taken toward discovering the cause and evolving some means for a large reduction of thie annual toll.Fire commissioners agree that a large proportion of.fires are of deliberately incendiary origin, that a still larger percentage are of anconsciously incendiary, and that a not inconsiderable number are the result of carelessness or neglect.The number of fires resulting from causes beyond human control constitutes almost a negligible quantity in the year\u2019s total.How this situation should be handled is a difficult question.The law prescribes punishment for arson, but, under present conditions and with the machinery available, it is exceedingly difficult to secure convicting evidence.The insurance companies, being private corporations, cannot be expected to prosecute; unless the amount at issue is sut- ficiently large and the evidence is conclusive, it ie cheaper for them to pay tbe loss than to contest it.The police departments of our cities are not interested in fires unless it be shown that there a.e suspicious circumstances surrounding the ocour- ance, Even should tnis be demonstrated, there are no trained men connected with the police forces qualified to thoroughly investigate the circumstances.The Ontario legislature at ite session in 1914 passed an Act to appoint a fire marshal, whose duty it would be to study the question of the annual fire loss.He would also have power to investigate fires and to prosecute where necessary.No further action bas yet been taken under this legislation, and the appointment of a fire marshal is still in abeyance.The Ontario Government\u2019s license bill, after vigorous and heated discussions has received its third reading, an amendment to the second reading that the bill close all drinking places during the war, grant local option on a county basis, and provide a provincial reterendum after the war closed, being defeated by a vote of 23 to 68.BORN.DAVIS\u2014At Beeb: Plain, Que., A; ril 11, 1915, a son to Mr.and Mrs El Davis.COBURN\u2014At Graniteville, Que., April 11, 1915, a son to Mr, and Mrs.Walter Coburn.LEBEAN\u2014 At Kingacroft, March 26, 1915, a son to Mr.aud Mrs.Richard Lebean.DIED.DAVIS\u2014At Beebe Plain, Que., April 11, 1915, infant son of Mr.and Mrs.Eli Davis.$100 Reward, $100.The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least ome dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is Catarrh.Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity.Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment.Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work.The proprietors have so much faith in ite curative powers, that they offer one Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.Send for list of testimonials.Address.F.J.CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.Sold by ali Druggists.Price 75c per bottle.Take Hall\u2019s Family Pills for constipation.URNISHED COTTAGE FOR SALE.Eim- wood Park, Ayer's Cliff.For particulars apply \u201cCottage,\u201d Journal office.Low5 OR SALE\u2014Good Mattress, practically ss Food asnew.Cost#5 J only 2 months ago, will se:l for $2.50.Mrs.Emily Bresette, Union House, Island.œow EGGS FOR HATCHING.White Wyandotte, White Leghorns, 8.0, W., $1.00 and $1.50 per sitting of 15 vpes.T.DOBB, Mayhew Street, 0feow?2 Stanstead HOLSTEINS FOR SALE Purebred Bull Calve:, combining the two great strains of De Kol and Segis; one calf nearly fit for service; also King Begls 4th, a two-year-old Bull.Prices reasonable for the t stock.EK.H.CAMBER, \u2018\u2018Fernhill,\u201d R.R.No.1.Georgeville, Que.AUCTION SALE 1 shall sell for Homer A.Cass, at his farm, 8 miles north of Fi'ch Bay on the ruad to Oliver, on Wednesday, Arpil 21, at one o'clock sharp, the following property; !l extra new mfich Cows, 8 two-year-uvld Heifers, 1 yearling Heifer, 2 yearling Bulls, 1 four year old black Gelding, good driver; 1 pair bay Mares, aged 8 and 7 years, weighing 2200 lbs ; 1 seven-year: old brown Mare, good worker and driver, 2 earling Colts, 1 Brood Sow, 1 thoroughbred hropshire Buck, 1 Mowiug Machine, 1 Horse: rake, 1 Smoothing Harrow, nearly new, } Plow, Harnesses aud other articles tuo numer ous to mention TERMS\u2014310 and under cash; over $10 good endorsed notes payable in 8 months, with interest at 7 per cent at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.IN HOWR owl Auctioneer, AUCTION SALE.I shall sell for Frank O.Bliss at his farm known as the B.F.Kezar place, Kast Stan- stead, on Wednesday, Ap.1128, at one o'clock sharp.the following property: 1 bay Mare, nine years old, sound and kind, extra good driver and worker; | extra miich Cows, 8 \\ alves, 6 shotes, three months uid; one good brood Sow with 7 Pigs, a lot of Hens, 1 Mel- lotte Cream Neparator, nearly new, à Buggy Wagons, 1 light driving Harness, 1 set double work Harnesses, | Pung, 2 pairs work Sleds, Mowing Machine, Horserake, Wheel Harrow, smoothing harrow, all new last epring, Plough, d.uble Wagon, 1 set of Scales, about thirty: five or forty cords of Stove Wood, and a lot of other email articles too numerous to mention.Sale positive as Mr.Bliss has bought a farm in Vermont and is moving away.Terms «1 8ale\u2014310 and under cash, over $10 six months bau kable paper.Pwd EDWIN HOWE, Auctioneer, M.M.DERICK, Show Card Writer and Sign Painter.Best Work.Prices Right.Smith's Mills, Que.FOR SALE.A nearly Lew T B .F.\u2019 BART TP Buse 4 B.Fong FRANK D.FLINT NEWPORT, VERMONT WELCOME NEWS FOR LARGE WOMEN It\u2019s no longer necessary for the stout woman to worry about not being able to buy a ready-made dress to fit her form.Neither will she have to bother patronizing a dressmaker.However hard to fit you may be, Mildred Dresses solve the problem.Being exclusively adapted to stout }) figures, they eliminate the annoyance ?of altering.Mildred Dresses are made of stylish specially appropriate materials, sizes 35 to 51.ASK TO SEE THEM when you visit Ready-to-wear \u2018Department.If you are not stout don\u2019t feel that we cannot also fit you with any kind of a dress you may require.The dress business has grown to an extent unthought of five years ago.; There are dresses for the girl who is going to be confirmed, for the girl who is going to graduate and for the woman for all occasions, pretty morning dresses or afternoon dresses that are not expensive, or you can find dresses that are much more expensive for the occasions that require the better gowns.SUITS and COATS that are made also expressly for Stout Women, or one that are made expressly for the Small Woman or Girls as well, ones that.are for the Medium Sized Woman at any price from $10.95 to $40.00 for Suits and $5.95 to $35.00 for Coats.CHARMING NEW SILK BLOUSES EXTRA VALUES $2.95 to $5.95 Materials are very fine Crépé de Chines, Chiffons, and a beautiful new material lighter weight than Crépé de Chine that is washable and non-crushable.SILK MATERIAL FOR WAISTS Beautiful Colorings and Textures in a Wash Satin, will wash like a pocket handkerchief, it is impossible to describe the sheen and quality of this\u2019material, it has tobe seen to be appreciated \u201436 inches wide $1.25 a yard.SILK CREPE DE CHINE white with colored stripes makes beautiful Waists\u201440 inches wide $1.50 a yard.; Crêpé de Chine in all the newest colors from 50c.to $2.00 a yard.Samples of these materails and all other Dress Goods will be sent from our Mail Order Department.If you cannot visit the store write or telephone for anything you may need.Our Mail Order Department is fast becoming one of the most important ones in the store.- All sizes McCall Patterns in Stock.FRANK D.FLINT, - NEWPORT, VT.The Caswell & O'Rourke Store Co.GENERAL STORE MEN'S AND BOYS\u2019 SHOES The Bass Waterproof Shoes for Mem and Boys The Educator Shoes for Men and Boys The Crossett Shoes make Life\u2019s Walk easy THE WALK-OVER SHOE $3.50 TO $4.50 an Old Favorite back in town; come on and meet them The Franklin $2.50 Shoe in the New Spring Lasts for Men\" MORE SHOES HERE THAN EVER Rubber Soled Shoes are very good, we have them The Caswell & O'Rourke Store Co.DERBY LINE, VERMONT BARROOM SCENE IN : preliminary bearing was beld in the BEEBE.DEMICK'S MILLS, VT.NEWSPAPER OFFICE.Liguor Man Asked to See Mditor Private.iy then Struck Him Without Warning.HELP RUSHED TO RESCUE.The editor of this paper was the victim of a brutal assault in his own office, between five and six o\u2019clock Friday afternoon, April 9th, The assault was committed by Joe Healey, .Who je employed by bis sister, Mrs.Patrick Gilmore, at the Union House.Readers of this paper are familiar | with the no-license campaign which hae been in progress for months, and will not need to be told of the cause of the attack.Late Friday afternoon the editor was in the basement of the JOURNAL building when told by an employé that he was wanted by a gentleman in the office.It is perfectly plain that the editor\u2019s assailant had planned a deliberate assault, and that he intended to have no witnesses to the affair.Ae the editor entered the office he met Healey.Miss Campbell, the stenographer, was there and Healey requested to see the editor privately.This is a common request, and one which had caused no suspicion.The editor dismissed Miss Campbell, closed the door as she left, then stepped behind the glass cases \u2018which serve as a counter.Healey produced a copy of the JOURNAL which he rested on the edge of the last show case, pointed to a paragraph on the first page and said: \u201cDid you write that article?\u2019\u201d\u201d The editor leaned forward to identify the paragraph and replied in the affirmative.While bis eyes and attention were still directed to the paper and without a moment\u2019s warping, he was struck in the face and momentarily dazed; the answer and the blow seem to have come at about the same time.Before the editor could realize what was happening Healey rushed behind the