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' The" g`rea.t shells forthe barbette wane are `being placed -on` hydraulic litftb. `A lever is pressed. and they go up. `Another moment anti`; they have reached the` `breech of the gun. It dunner closes the heavy _mechemrism of the` `breech with one hand. Run cut." orders the officer of the tur- ret.: `An-other lover does the busi- ness. -'I,`he enormous weaponts glide` am-colthly outward. their long'necl projectin'g' overboard has the barbet- te is trained. 'A' dozen men and one officer completethe crew of this pair of heavy guns. The `officer ist-ands `upon a little iron platforxn. peering above the turret. with 0. voice tube at hisear. The Captain `of the turret is peering` throughthe telescopic sights. A - t Glanee inwto one of the isolated 'o*asemu'tes. The thick. armored door is_ shut now. enclosing the six-inch" g`un and its crewvi in" a box of steel.- `The `gun has been cast loose.`tro.in'e'd on the beam. and` loa'd,e4d'withim'ou1< minutes -of the fbuge call. Reuerveis of shot and shell are being whipped up intt-o" the easemate through .r a round aperture leading to_the `she'll room `below. T'wen'ty`-_ or]? thirty `rounds will soon ' aceumulate. and the gun`: erew; will stake their lives against the entry` of aeshell -through . the. oasemate. 'Here.~too. is" an offi- cer `waiting directions through -a .v~oiee `tube. `The men have stripped *t`_o t-heir -tlanneis and` trousers. ~ `A ; xt\1'b -of limejiuce stand_a.,`?_in a `corner. .1! _ II. ,._,,_1_ _n LL- ...I.!._ LL ; - *4-GENERKL QUARTiiS?" --.-._.. _..--o -w we--vv cuvv an guuoavanv qaaovu ' Let us note" what preparations are being "made for the coming battle. The .g'ame has -been` rehearsed often venoug'h-so often. indeed, that we can `hardly realize that .-this is _at last, the real -thing: the grim real- ity. Take any ship at random. The .-same preparations are -being` madein .all.. Seven `hundred men are going .a'bIou.'t their ordinary business. Sud- -denly a 'bug`le blares -out the `fam- iliar oall to ".g'eneral` quarters,"-and are the harsh notes have died away every man `begins to run- to -his ap- (nointed station. Some make towards the lgrreat barbettes, where 'the'12-' inch .'guns are sntugly sheltered: some for armored casemates. isolatin`g~ t-he :6-inch weapons; others run: to the light. `quick -firers. mounted` on the superstructure. Others again. and- these mostly non-com`ba,tanits (if any such can `be* in a ship of-' war`), hur- ,ry `below. to the shell-rooms and ma- sglaziine. -. Hg 1 ~.. 1 ug:`.`.L' `What a Modern % Naval Ea- xagement Means on a Battleship. % NAVAL o1rm_omnT DESORIBES ' A ' near AT BEA--'1`HE 0ASEMA'.l'E- `IN mm ooxnmu TOWER. on `fleet -orsix gray ' ybattleshipd. is steaming navpid-ly in a calm `see. For ahead" of the fleet can "bodie- tin'g'uishe=d' the Bulls and slenidell`. masts of several cruisers. are the sc=outsj..the "eyes" 0'! they "eet, upon whichthe Admiral re- lies 'or news of th eene'my s `move-. .men`ts. Other cruisers. out of sight- of. the battle fleet. are scouringthe Seas upon some prearranged plan. Let us. howeverpconfine our atte`nv- tion to the battle fleelt. These six g`reat rarmorolads are all ofione wtype` harming :a. homogeneous 's'qua-drom Each? is no`! 15.000 tons displacement. at equal `speed. and carries similar -g'_'u!nIs. To the eye of the landsmen they are like as half a {dozen drie'd peas. and their similarity. is acoen-_ u`ait0.d' by the gray paint that oovers them {from (truck to t water-line: '.'.l`hey are. `formed i_n two divisions. not as yet` in order of ibattle. The two leading" ships -each flies an `Ad- miral ag`. , l`he divisions are six oafbles. apart. (1,200. yards), but the space` `between each unit is but (400 yards. and this interval. you will `no- tice. is maintained with an accuracy won! by constan-`t upractice. . Little smoke issues from the tall. gray Eunnels. tln the smooth sea ` the` heavy ships have no -peroiptible mo- tion. though you can `see they are Vzn,.a.king' progress `by the white foam at rtherbows. `and by _the -.broad rib- lion of foam` churned` up" by. the twin screws or each yvessel. . . ` (Presently ;a red` and white.answer- ing` -pennant streams from the mast- _oheuJd of the -`flagship. One of the distant. scouts is signaling. , She begins to close with the siquatdron. -One Ipreceives that -other `and more Idistzant cruisers are also steaming- baek `to the fleet. .We g'ue'ss thefrea-, son long` `before our keens-eyed sig- nalmran can" d`isting'uish the message. The `enemy has 'be_e'n sighted some twenty miles to the eastward}. Such is the welcome news. 'At once` the aig's.'hip runs up .-,1 signal. Prepare tfvor action; form` the ord<'eriofbat- tle." F-or in these days `of fast steaming` twenty miles interval at- 'tord`s lbut '.OOl1lf0I'ta.bl0' breathing space `unless the enemy `decides to run away. If he is `bearing down, upon us, we may -`be within ran!g'e`of him: in a quarter -of an hour. Such. it seems. is his d_'esig'n. so eour ships ` must `form a.t_once into a sinigfle line. 17...; -.._ _.-L- ___L_.l. ., L --.-.--- -.- v-- ----.q---v- - wa ----.-.~_,, a v*`Th:a.to no one shall catch` in. one 'd'_ay. lby ang'ling. more than eight small or large-mouthed ubass. four` maskiwong. 12 pickerel (,d'ore). or four lake trout :_ a `greater number lof speckled` or :brook trout `than: tin the aggregate `shallweigh m'ore'than ten pounds, and no greater numbetr than 30 Elpeckledi .or brook itrc{ut',a th-oug'h said` number weigh less than ten -pound`s. _ ` T No lesethan 10 inches in: leng`th. speckled -`trout less than six. pickerel (id-ore) ldss! than 15 inches in leng`.th. arid` ma`sk_inong'e less than 30 inches in length sha'1l.`be-sold.' of- fered`. or `exposed for sale. or_ihad in tpcssession. The meaeurcemenvts shall be, from the point` of {the nose to *the centre of the` tail. "`The' sale and` 9Xp'0I't-\O'f speckle'd trout. -`black bass. and maskinongb is pr-ohibited for a._ period of five years, but any person`. `from, a fore-ig 1,1= comm`-o try `tvishing'A in the waters of the pro- vince and applying` - and paiing `for an ang'ler a_'pez_'mit may. upon leaving the pr.ovince; when the same are _ac'- c~om'p=anied 'by him. take with him the- lawful catch A of _'two d-'a'ys. . _ NI ; '...:n .I...'.'...|..--.....-.*rn ..___ 1.-2_L -__ -_...--- -_--.. -- -.... ....,... . "It will `be observed? says Fish- eyr Commissioner Bastedo. ,from the above. 'that-no speckled trout; "black bass -or maskinong a can be shipped or taken. `from the province. sexce'pt where apgors take out a ~;pe"rmit .from. the "department. T and then. on- 1.. u.:_. 1-_._n__n --L_u- --v . v-- 2-vr1-Q`v-Z`-vol . In O VII` VIII-' ly the lawful catch of two days. Th'edvapar`tment haveff-ound that aug- lersifmm the States were in; the hab- it- of ex-pressings fish to the 4 other side. Mghere tbev were sold. and their expenses in this way defray- ed. . The size _; limit '39:` .-masxinonga. may appear` lqrg5e;' ~'bu't' these famous vv anemia V: O vinovlnin vacuum -1-: The Captain and the g'unnery Lieu- tenant are in the conning`-tow~er-c. cramped little `structure bristling with voice tubes `It contains a_ small .steerag"e wheel.-and is in 'com- .m'unication "with `both barbettes. the `several groups of guns. and with the eng`ine rooms. Reports are contstant-p ly. being` "made `through these -num-' erous voice tubes. :Thu's:-"All wat- er-tig`ht' doors `are closed. sir :" "Bar- bettes`re'ad'y for action. sir :" "Steam _re*a.`dy for eig'htee'n knots, sir. `and so forth. _ :The_ Chief Quartermast-qr. e y'beard"ed veteran. sprucely -dressed.` grasps the spokes of the [steering wheel. and` keeps an attenltive eye on the Captain. Not a man- can be seen on `the upper" deck. `but. in the thinly protected foremast, a . few hands and a middy are clustered a- round a three-pounder` gum. . `All is now; ready. The fleet in-. creases speed . and thejcruisers. clos- ing` in. onle after another, `take sta- tion ,to the rear. So we 'willnwait-a period of anxious suspense. since` scar- cely e. dozen men of the .700 can see the appr-caching` ene'my. `At last the `twelve-pouinder. which is `our best range finder. rings out Nvith sharp report. eWe know. that the hour has come._.The Captain gives an -order through the tubes to ieacfh of the 'barbettes._;-a-"Leedin8".ship of the -enemy on port `bow, ran_'gei`4.0.00 yard`s."!_ All ready, sir. comes the reply. 'A moment later the two pairs of `heavy guns are imultanepusy fired. The ship _quivers under the check of thedischargre. The battle has `begun. *The 700 men think swiftly -of home. of mothers. wives. sweethearts. of little children. A shell `of the enemy crashes throug'hl_a lig`h'tly armored section of the hull bursts and` knocks two large boats into .matchwood. Again ithe lshi'p' quivers `and rushes -on. Home is now fiorgldtten. The men turn their mindst-o the bloody work in hand.- Lieut. Charles Gleig` (.late R. N.), 'in The London Morning Lea.-der. . EIGHT nAss' THE LIMIT Ffhe `V Provincial Fisheries De- partment has received from" the` Ottawa -authorities notice tha. t' the faolldwingf` radical changes` `have `been made: inwthe fisheries re'g*ulationen:-.' urn-u,,;, . ._JL_`II -_;-1_- _-_. _r_._ Theoebyeu will dye Wool. Cotton. Sil|:. Jute mixed Goods in one bnth-theylro the latest and Mo: improved .Dyo in the world. . Try u package. Aucolon ut ' D. H. |1cLARlN'S DRUG STORE: uh- wligt a_ W_'hteihea`_d`._can tip.` STEPS TAKEN TO PREVENT `TEE DEPLETION OF WATERS. }REXALL3 lzlil` Yi91?l lhavoucdtyo Harv! rtot-along time. It 10. lndood. a wonder I but tonic. restoring health to the hair und ooslp. and. at an also am. pro 5 uplondid dI'QllIll.; J. . mun, mam. In IN I halt J. O. ATIB O0. :1! arm: 1:. 1`- _. Lowell. Mun: Hair] ?:3r :'BiF5 ' 51" '61I}'s1:"y'c$io don t. Do you like thick, heavy, smooth hair? Of course you do. Then why Do you like your thin, rough, I -`_ -..A L4,-` 4 4 _ . - A - - 4 -4 not be pleased? sAyer s Hair Vigor makes sbeautui heads of hair, th'at s the whole story. Sold for 60 years. 4.- n____ .__-.n |_ -3- 1-1- cvn..-_ n-_ - _ Household EB VII [ i'o`5'nni mu. J . 0. 00.. Lowell Mun. nvasi AERATION ANDBBJLING or mn'..x-A A COOLING ESSENTIAL INSUMMER _-AERATION OF QUESTION ABLE ` VALUE ' "'Department of Agriculture.` n r . |C_ommissioJuer`s'__Bra:nch. By aeration of milk we u=nder`s`tan`d the `exposing of milk to the air. or` the forcing` of air into milk. Isaid that the oxygen of the air -purifiers Pref. Dean of, -the Ontario Agiicul-T taral Colle-ge; at the conference of! dairy eiperts held at the. Depart- ment of Ag`i'ioulture. AO.tta';wa,< last fall. The theoryvof thegpractice is: I or improves the milk. ilnidgat `the same time gases or volatile oilsfwhich are in the milk are enablefd go paw (away. If.V'the air to which the milk. is exposed or -which is forced into}. `the milky- be perfectly .-pure`. the (re- `sult will und\ou bte`dly be kn -. im- pr-ovement in "the `flavor aw physi- cal -`quality of the milk. V.-The experi- ments `at. the College have not"shown any advantages -from aerating milk. Probably the cond`ition's there. so far as `feeding the cows and caring for the milk are concerned, are `better than those of the average farm. f1`.he -farmer `may be compelled to feed his cows in such a. way O1 fthexbows themselves may get such fe'e,d. that aeration of the milk would be an advantage. .. . = . , `Aeration in the Barn:yar,d. - In many cases. however. the air is not pure. and` as much` harm as wood is idlome. -Instructor `Paublow has men- ltiotneld that ditty per cent; of (the: cans in Eastern; Ontario are left in the barnyard. Aerating` milk in- the barnyard is one of the worst things a. man could` possibly do. .We `have milked our cows in -the yard. which is kept a good` deal cleaner than the average barnyard. We hays` put the aerator outside the-`fence. milk- ed the cows, and have le`t_\the milk run `down over the aer-ator. The result was that we got some 1015 the worst milk we could {possibly have. nUnle the air be --pure`. it would" (be better to cool the milk with as little` aeration as possible, il`C....I:....l Iran- m:__ .LL_ 111.--.-- 7.1-- Cooling Milk for the Cheese Fac- _rbory.--(Coolin'g` of milkis a. most `im- portant point. .-The Q'd`van!t-ag`e.v of cooling is that it prevents `growth of bacteria or organisms which are apt to develop bad flavors in A the milk. There are two ways of cool- ing` milk. One iis"by maximum of! ex- posure `to the air. and" the fbther by minimum -exposure to the air. !The. first method. -the use of suchka. cool- er as the Star. or Champion. [Will pool milk rapidly, which is a Ideoid- ed advantage. A Ediisadvantag-e ;is that -one must -have water elevated orfunder -pressure in order to .use the `ordinary cooler. and a "great many farmers have not such a `sup- ply of. water. `A second disadvantage is lthe~la.bor of lifting` the ,/milk nip 1... LL- --- -_ __-._I. -2. ,-._-I_-, .r A! , t-o t-he. cooler, and` of washing the cooler afterwards. eThe majority of farmers will not undergo` the lab- or necessary to do this work prop- erly. ._T-o lift the milk up. to ,-`let it run over the cooler. and -afterwards wash the cooler. is more then `the "average man will do. .. l`.hen there` is the `difficulty that -by using such a cooler, the milk is larg'ely exposed` t-o the air. and the same srisk -is run as in `the use of' the ae,rator.i Any `form of cooler. which coolsthe milk rapidly. exposes it largely to `the air. "`An'd'while this gives an op- portunity for the g'ases and vola- tile oils to pass away. impurities are apt to `be absorbed. -To -overcome! this dviffioulty various -devices have been" suggested` to cool milk under cover. [Probably the best plan is to set the cans. of milk in .`tan?k-s- of cold water. Running coldvwater. at a. -temperature of from 40 to 50dei- igrrees. gives the ideal` conditions, W-here that is not obtainable ice`-will be -necessary to get themilk prop-` erly cooled; ` In that case` milk should. `be `suf- ficiently stirred while hooling to bring the cool milk from the -out- "side of the ce.ni_to the `entire, unit! so facilitate the rapid" cooling of -the milk. with _a, minimum of exposure to the air. "Milk `for factory work should` ' then cooled .'to at lnemrperaiure at` least" !be'l-ow seventy degrees. to 60 degrees if possible. Where `the milk is paid? for ~by the lat 'c:onten*t`s. tlhef o_wn'er. is` apmlreii: Df better and more uniform tests" if the will stir. the milk an'di keem>\the'cre'am from" rising`. ` T - DAIRY NOTES THE ISTNORTVHERN AD[VANCE$ |RARES'f WILD BEASTS WITH INTER w ESTING HISTORIES. `No lane. competemti to express an opinion of the subject ever question- menzaglerf ` contained the"-'t_Jig`gest and rarest oiection of wild beasts ever A m-o.ve;dv lb road. or rail: withjthat of `Sells `Brothers such a; closesecond [in co`st~an'd_ m`ag mitude as to mak-e the` rivalry `between, them highly inters- :est.ihg'~.' From Madison Square Gar- `den. New York. to Melbourne. Aus- bining these two travellinlg zoolog- ical `giardens `is well `known. It :may be incidentally 4vmentione"d that in the last named city value .and interest were added to this living aggregation there by the` purchase of the enormous tigers forming a.` n'ota'ble `feature of itspublicizoologk ioal garden. One of these terrible lcrcaturcs was shot seven times with a tWinohestcr. at close range. in Maysville. Ky.. in the effort to res- cue a foolhardy keeper from `its massive jaws. `Some idea of its: strength and vitality may be gath- cred `from the fact that it ( still lives. withfour `balls in its (body, through it. `Among the recent addi- tions are to `be seen the -extraordin- ary and unprecedented number pf fourteen living . ifull-grown Polar bears. a `single specimen of which has heretofore been regarded as an exceptionally rare feature. Another ponderous. -amphibious attraction is the `biggest known living Nile hippo- potamus. `who. since Sells Brothers bought him and his late mate..twen- _ty-five years ago. has grown from hrcc others having` passed entirely a blessed baby i of five ~ihundr_e(d weight to tip the scales at ;. four tons. and, strange to relate, though naturally a tender tropicalcreature, has !become acclimated tolivejlong and `prosper in `water, whose tem- perature would just suit the four- teen Polar `bears. The double herds of biggest. littlest and brightest ele- ph_ants-wh.ose united ages it has been "computed would reach from the 'beg'mnin.g -of -the first great pyram- id to the completion of the (lastsky scraper-the Sultan droves of gigan- tic and sacred camels and dromedar- ies, the great d-ouble dens fillc.d.with an inter-c-ontinent congress of splen- did `specimens of everything worth seeing. that roars, chatters coils. crushes, ravages, ruminates. runs or flies. will also be here on -Thursday, July 14th. and you will have `a full -hour- in which to inspect them 'an!d enjoy the popular promenade con- cert `by Prof. Merrick`: fine military and arenic-`band. beforethe brilliant circus -and -hippodromatic performan- ces are announoed., 4 {ed the claim that Adam Forepaughfs - tralia. the7surpassing' result of com- V. TWO onmrzsr MAN- AGERIES UNITED Miss Glqdy_s .Ardagh, '(rs1-.- clagag honors at,To1ontb University) Pupil of Mr. W. Schuch is now pro` pared to give lessqna injsingiqg. Ap ` 9!: *:B9== 9- Great arrang'E>ments are (being made for the Provincial Fruit. Flow- er and` Honey Show it is fproposed to `hold in Toronto during` the sec- -ond` week in November. It will be the [biggest show, of the kind" `ever helxd- in Oanvada. T - It is expected to make this show` rival in its way, the Provincial ,Win- ter Fair held` at Guelph.. The man- agament of this show: will be large- ly in't`he`_ hands of H. _B.' Cow.a'n,o Tgoronto, Provincial Smperin'tende'nt- of Agricultural Societies, to whom any requests for information" maybe; The Provincial Fruit, Flow- er and Honey Show. n..\-..\- u... \.~-u----u-- A who various =associati'onB interested include the Ontario Fruit Growers` Association. the Ontario Beekee`ber3' Association. the Toronto Horticultur- al Society, the Toronto Gardeners and` Florists` .A.sBociationi and they '1\oron?to Electoral District Society. L IIULA ..L____ `I_!_4..__!..I.._ 4.. .l'IL_____`L _A.__-L zA Iseries of `big meetings will be held at the, -time `of the show. .The' Fruit Growers Association will hold its annunl convention as will also the Beekeepers Association. ,There will also 'be_ a- m~ee{ting' of delegates from all the Horticultural Societies in the Province. a result of which it "is expected: that a Provincial Hor- ticultural .A`ssoci_ation will be `form-, e.d'. Oheap rates have been secured ' over all the railroads. '. anon vnnuv aanvvvvovuo :--v--wv --`.v.--.,- {The two -big rinks on Church. street have -already =beetn .se cured.'for the purpose of this exhibition. The Fruit and. Honey exhibits will be shown in one rink. while the xflowers will .`be on view` in the ;'acon'd. A. diiapliay. of machinery and implements used in the cultivation oftruit `and flowers will `be made in an piece of .l`an'd fbetwvedn the two trinks. I I-_._I `u-vvv v- .-u-o-sq --vvv_vv vv-q wag` . v .- -___--- .'I`.he primes o'ered= for thd floral Hction a1one= amount to over $1`.- 200. The prize` list is already \in bir- culsaitionp r'1`he Fruit Growers will ex- pend` over_ $1,000 on their part `of the `show. Money. has been reiserv-' ed` `to provide` for the collection of rue{pre`se.n`tative exhibits of fruits from all `parts ofthe Province. The fruit will tbel kept in cold; .storag'. ._i__,-.._ _-E lI.!_,t .,, _-L Wash greasy dishes, pots or pans with Lever s Dry Soap a.- powder. It will re- move the greaee with the greatest ease. 36 `s 1 N GI: G coffins and casketseof all kinds in stock or made to order. Robes, Grape and all Funeral Requisites furnished. Orders`l)y Telegraph or otherwise promptly attended to. ` G. O. _.DOLM'AGE, Manager, Strand. [Steam Works and 8lnow'Boom;lB6|lior-st..Barrio UN D E RT:A K`ER, %nTTfsya0nKsmn G-- G`:-. l\II'I`IEI Tier its Subscribers at THE ADVANCE BARRIE AND STROU D. With Any Paper Why Gin Pills? IN THE DOMINION . Gin Pills are called (_31'_13 Pills because each pill possesses all the curative qualies of one and a half ounce; of the best Holland Gin. As a cure for Kidney trouble however, they have all of the good qualities of Gin, with none of its bad. All druggists, 5octs. per box, 6 boxes for $2.50 or direct from 000060` WILL. Club The Bole Drug 30., Winnipeg, Mal!-A Clubbing Rates ~Q'|ow we. cannot: aw-ww -new-`cw-V '3-- - -v____._. '. .Down `in the bo`welsVof the. ship the .'torpe-gio- menma-re cluaterdd . mfound V5(hii`:Vas}1'bmerg`ed tubes. ;With great r~9a1_'e_ . they {are adjusting`.the-Whito'- .' .`:9a s._`and their movements ard.8low- 3),!-_`t..1:a'3'; 1f'_t11ose '01 the g'un`ners.- sinoa` -{;.j_tV`h6;`( qhg1;1ca"iZoi fa `shot will (not `cqmo ~-7- 3aa;1y;_%ihA`tne mat-g rat` emnokm-uot4 micmt e:pra's%.the`A ;_I;\9tl}`1`6:j;jj`:1;fy{;`;g'be.- mhqy`-Qgggpt I: I IV . u. -*