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and To err is 1_1ur_nn;"uot`to air others ierrors 1s`_subl1me. 5., A...` -n ua.1\LAa~:n In &-Inn cup.-IA .n`nn J. \/L-sin sen`. A II U1'1U1D 13 |lUl.l.L|.l'Uo mo one is useless in the world who lighgtens the burden _oi someone else. Ihxs is an age or re1 orm--t.ry'-*;o '1-enorm something, it` it is only your- an In lJDL.|..lI'. ' ' ` The fact that 'aman s_ phsqtograph i-s mat in the roguefs gallery 1s_-oy 1_1o means a. proof that ne 1S ialehgible. 0-Rm.-.np.+rnp.a"" name fhp. rnnn whn BUM. waouldbette1-.noc tell that to ayoang mother. TI11... .':.....'- J-`l.n+ "n-an-\ n nknnmronla All infants may look alike, but you V SK'alUUU." _ . in cnowded trams t_hc prpevailmg topxc of conversation 1n Ireland is `-cattle; in -Sootland,T education, and in England cricket. ` Xlfhiln 'I4':.vn.nnn gum (Inn:-or fhnri fhpm mvauga EL PLUUL Llld-In DU 13 ll-l1V`l.l'5lU1Uo "Soometimes;` says the man who lives on the next olock, `-the peeka- boo wahnrtwaist `exposes the Ia-mily skelewn. `I ... nun`.-An I-an :.v\n I-Inn n1-not-7a:l;nri nxzgluxxu U1'1U&V&o _ VWhile lemons are dearer than they were. there, will be no raise in the price otcircue lemonade for the rea- son that they don't use lemons to make it. A .......a. z... 41.... .........A.-. ...:4-1. Q-`) unnn L 11050 UH-J Do` Newfoundland is about to. send to the English market an experimental; shipment of whale flesh, which is; said to taste like venison. The xpri-eel will be about 5 cents. per pound. -'I"hn_ 9:70 .41`? Q nn.nn Load in ha I411` \-lllC3&l\I 11640 I "-II'i:<'"h(-at l'ayTuca.st and west Of him ~ as he sat, 1 l:Ao:ng level rum in the; flatter pzunt of ` the foothills`. i 7!`1.._.. ._ , __v-_..L- ....-I_.. 4- mt!-in` LHULU IL: j A seat in the sena-_t_e with $2,500}; year indemnity. free transpuprztation, land nothmg todo bu-t alittte time- killing isthe softest snap going l these days.~ \Tn.uyFn.-nv-.J!onrI in nhnnfl fn. cnn in `VIII. UV -LU\J`|-Ila U \IVl||vB- [J91 gpuuuu. i -The size -of am-a.n s head is by no means an index to the size of his brain. you can never accuratel es- timate the thickness of his skul un- til he is given a little a_utho~rity. A 1-n nnmnnno ' ni-' 1l| nnn mm fami- vu. . ` I hWhat is believed to be the largest! |pair of shoes ever-made in 'the_U;nit- 1 ed States has been turned out bya shoe factory at Nashua, New Hamp-; shire. They will be worn by a ne-; grass who lives near Atlanta. Each; Vsh~o-e is 23 inches long and 7 1-2 in-i ches across the widest pant. ` Th9. YYIZII1 who rnnlrou n lIr\Ynrv\nr-n:n'- uuva uu;.v:s.-.1 L.|.1`U wxwesr. pant. The man who makes a commercial` failure and manages to -abstraot'en- ough of his assets to get -back into business is soon restored to public confidence and favor; but the -poor devil, who impovierishes himself to my off every doliar of his debts is `a rcfxpcless wreck for the rest `moi his 1- e. . T . We hear` sometlmes of the changes that are taking place in agriculture` in England, and tho. 1'|'|1HJ:~nrr M: .m..... 1 Luat. juxv vazuug pIH.C`8 H1 agI'lCU.1E11I'e' in England, and the building of some very zealous and enterprising agri- culturist is taken to illustrate [the supposed facts. But "to go down Ln- to the country and to look over a `number of average {arms is to re- 'cei_ve complete di.si1lusionment_ on the i p:O1ni.'_ The farmer. is a most com- Iservatxve kind of `man. As a rule! .he goes on using" the aid, bad machinery that served the turn of` his forefathers. 5 `X71... :. 1:. ;1_-z. I319- - I .11 LII LVJ LB EIVVII iI.1I.|-1'-LJKJ d.1_lLLl.IU'llL_y- ' J A raft ' composed` of 10,000,000 feet 1 of `spars and piling is to -be to-wedg across the Pacific from British Co-1 lumbia to Shanghai, a distance of about 6,000 miles.` The size of the raft and the length` of the trip s-ur- \ pgsses "anything ever before at;tes_mpt- ` 0 , \1Ll.u.Vvd. vaucy auournzu says: | The producing of the food and the; converting `oz Lhe same into milk,` beef or pork, is what the major- -ity of farmers ,-are engaged in doing. Am I right in saying tnnat it is the height 01 tony to be culxcjvating a; large area or undrained. half impov- h erished soil, when the same results: could be obtamecl on about one-half the area 01 W-ell-drumcd soil in a p1oper state or cul.Lmatio,u? let this mechod or work goes on year ;nLn;r year. There is a gwa-t, waste of time in working unurained land. As a" ruge. the land which needs draining Iequxros Irom two to three times the ` amount or` labor in_ proparingasoedt bed. to say nothing or the time spent ehtdvelling water furrows. the labor or which amounts to as much in `two or -three years as putting in the txle. i Realdlll rial` (If nrnnn fa ` um 1uuuaLu\:.1's. ' Why is it that life is held so cheap across the line. The Brook- lyn Eagle tells that teen years ago murders in the United: States ave1'- l aged about five "a day. Last year} `the average was about 14. This isl an appalling record, but it is notall.l Ten years ago capital punishment` was meted -out to one in each six- teen of the murders. Last year the `proportion was only one in seve)nty- two. Evidently life is cheaply. held` across the border and is growing- cheaper while crime is not `punished with such severity as willgive it serious check. A A Lambton armer writig to the %0ttawa Valley Journal says: The nrndnnina nf fhn Fnnrl n.n.-1 +3-an. Ill -uuvo _yv:eua as publlllg 111 the tile. Regardmg the kind ot crops to grow, we must aim to produce the largest amount of cheap xeed. In the county 01' Lambton, corn is king, and the silo is a necessary adjunct of cqrn. `When we have xilled the silo W'1th oprn. we have taken _It.he first step towards securing a large amount of feed` with theleast expenditure of labor; as them is no way equal to the silo for .na_ndii.ng corn cheaply.` If it is dalrvmm we are nna'n.n'.:u? vupovww ovvruv -M the mvomeut anyone but Growl- 01' would have noticed the -ominous H:-111' uf that river. T ' ' ' He had heard it incesstmtly I401` 50 lunil`. ihuf its noise `hand bcscoum-e part 0i his 1:01'm:1l environment. like the amt .~sp:i(~,(-is-`, the smell of the sage bl1..~'h,.`un(i U10 gloriously tithtd; W31` V 01 H1059. rolling urplmnds. _ All he saw. was `old Bill's 11ats.?. and the long parallel lines .01 the 0IUI=-'m.V he serv~cd.. ` V For an hour he sat in 1ront'of this} mmm ixnxnovable a.-s thoboulder be? M Iron. whilst his mind went back i *0 the Icotory in whibh 11';_wa`a `him. and to :1 little; case. Of medals which '35 On the dr.awi{ng-room table So! that \v0st` country home.` "lvhn (1......-...._.-_- --.1.- 1...: '......g .4.I;...... grain ground at the home. The man who does the threshing brings his engine _and grinder, and in a half day. ugrind-s two or three tons of grain into chop. In this way, the timeof bagging and taking the grain to the mill is saved, .and the cost per hundred is no greater than that charged by the miller. to say math- ing of the satisfaction of knowing that youhave not been cheated out of V some_ of your grist. Another s s- tem which has been introduced t is tall i-s in connection with the thresh- ing. The tliresher carries his own gang. `The farmer pays three cents a -bushel and boards the men. The thresher furnishes sleeping accom- modation for_ his men in a van that is drawn fnom place to place -by his traction engine- So f2a_r, the [an ap- pearsto give. satisfaction. he far- mer is saved at least two weeks time, as he does not need to go to help all his neighbors to do. their `threshing in payment for wha.-t they have done for him. This_einabl,es him to put more work on his own land. I ,An~othei'. V-time-sa-veer is the use of larger implements and more horse Eg1vV.8!_`. Qne man can drive -three , rse`s_ on; a.large si_zed implement ',_and accomplish, more in a given time ghan, with two horses on a smaller implement. " "`ll!`I`...'... '-. ..- .1 th... -2-. LL- ...I---~- uuy: rauu 1:01` nanaung 001' cheaply. d:1iryi'ngq_w_o are .enga.ged in we should keep none but good cows. Do not attempt to milk 20 cows 11 you can. by any possible xnea_n-s, produce the sameammmt. of milk and butter from a smaller herd as the_ extna cows ne,quire more time. I and tlmejms money. V! I Poorlv nlnnnptl .cf.oI1Iaa urn nnnn --- :.u.u.o 1:: money. V ` Poorly planned stables are respon- sible for much lost time. Everystning ; should be planned to enable one .to7 accomplish` the maximum amount ouf{ work. In that pant of the couanty: -of Lambt-on'.in which I live, it _isi -quite a. common thing to have the. grain ground at the home. The mLa_n whn (`nan +ln-u.-.'h:..-.~ I....:........ 11.1-lUDlVlJ.lR2ll|-u ' These are _a few of` the m'an'y things which 1f- practiced. would as- _ait very materially in etting along lvfxth lesshelp, and at t e same time {n l,`nAn:n'rr`nn }'|n I"n11t:v\`|I1I Q` mun`!-no VVII:-LI IVDD MVLP, G-IIII GI: LLU Dtl-LLIU llI.l-IV fin keeping up the revenue. Of cou_r.se we. cannot adopt these. methods ma dairy, but. by knowing_them and ._ke9ir__1.g - t,hem..`alWays in -V;eW.- _We 6811 ,m_a e` the-changes aspur cucum- ,at-anoesi will ;s._l1_ow., A _ ~ , Successful Farming. TIT BITS. FOR- CHOICE GROCERIES ?+++++++++++++++++++++++%+ .v pubbvuv at-snow --u-...=-~ It was just a `piece ot rgollingl tznttlu country in the spring. -through which It` broad and turbid riyer wound in curious loops. A. 41... , -____-__- L.'.L IV..-...I, ,-`: ...- +w'r-!-!~*!-`i-'1'-i'i~-!-`i-i-I--`-1*-i--i-I-4'-I"i'f'3--i"i"! 3. H. REYNBLBS, THE .ADVA N c E W EDD I N G STATIIINERY , . . and Right Prices . . ` MAKES YOUR SKIN LIKE VELVET Drnggisfs M ONK .\1A'N S GLYCEDONIA. Has a. marvellous effect, on rough Hain One or two apgniiczuinns will remove the roughness, and by v i':; occur.-iunnl use the skin acquires the smoothness and sofmess of a baby s. . _Giycedonia is not sticky. and '- g?o\-es may be worn a. few moments after using it, D..L... `I7... .....1 0:- '.'The besi soldiaens don't hunt Vi-'0-_ toria Crosses. but just nd the'xn:i.n -` the cotlrsc of duty." , un.,.-. Ivl'\I` Fnlyn o +.nb.cul- fnvv `Kama- b Maybe you think of ` Mooney : Sodas`, only as a ' toothsome tidbit. Dob : _ overlook their food value Mooney s Perfection _C1-eatn Sodas are made of nest Ca.na- t dian wheat our, pure but? ter and rich cream. There's ; else of equal size ` and cost. that contains so much wholesome nour ishment. An ideal food. matriniony you will be If you are contemplating Sfationery, and, of course, .l_:ind. We print; and We interested in Wedding will require theCORREC'r style.` This is the only are prepared to satisfy you OYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQQOOOOO5 90OOOOOOOOOO'OOOOOOOOO0.0: as to quality and price. Corner of Marv and Elizabeth Sis. Everyone needs glasses whose eyes are not perfectly focussed for seeing distant objects, or easily adjustable for near work. -We can ive you perfect sight. Our Sta-Zon Eyeglasses please the particular. ` GEO. MONKMAN. EXPERT 'OP'1`_I'CIA:\'/; {swam 1'23DUNLo1>: STREET. SIUII-Ii` lllll Price 152 and 25c. Delightful after shaving. A--- CALL ON +- ?M:3:?;-93?? .oooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooboooooouoooo A ` ` v ` A Ban ie. THE SIGNALMAN V."-" `V\`I|. UU'UJIL1'y Univ! 7 1110 Grosvcnors who had won;t[hose . r.rHuasnAY.'AuG.1o;. .19oa{i 3- Eddy : LEVER nnornnns L1MrrED.51onoN1'o. CANADA. Noxumnes. Bun \v_o:4_'r rm orrr. L1an'rs.oN_ ANZY Sunucu- `Pronounced by us_e`n to be` yhq Use SUNLIGHT some and SAVE Tnncoupozeezg The Couponsarc the same` as. cash 1beca`u. (fan be excfx,a.ngd ifor _T,oi1e 1.: Soaps for which you` have to pay out money every week-., ` V Users of SUNLIGHT and` CHEERFUL SOAPS can get their TOILET SOAPS for nothing. A . ` 2 ' ` V T > }\s1<.yo1ir grocer for paaticulars or wnfitfc us `for Pi'e'miuh1 List. A gift is of little value if it consists of soTm'e'thing you have no ue` fm-.1 (iro\\'l(*1` 5was a red flag man. {His 1(-ul 11411110, was GnoSVe4nol`..~and he h:1Vd,.'a..`=.':1 Loy. dreamed of the `set-' vice` and :1 Victoria Cross. A-ft!!! 3 `mm-xv oi 1"-ailur-c at school. caused mix.ci`1`::al]y by his `inability to under- <~t:pr.d `that figures .had.anyt.hing to do with lighting, hchad wyakerucrd `to iind himself in the smvicc of `Tt_~h(:N C. I . 11.. the di.sco.ntcn.ted 'wieL.d~er 6! :1` red flag, ._a private in the x.mk.s o: :x z:,1'ov:1tV industry, known -to his c(;nn':1d(.*s us Gfowler, because 11!}, pouid xsrhc 310 glory. in the dull Iduty by which he had to earn hi~s'bAnda.;d. - use everyday. In exchange for Sunlight Soap Coupons yu %BEs1* M4101? Iiv 0.4mm. SILENT vi 9 qowvw acou- , Then a hawk lit upon a r'ock two: ghundred yards away. and taking his` jwincheeter . Gmwler. lay down, and 7 gnestling his cheek lovinglyagsainst` its stock; he sighted at the bird. 7I\LA..n ...-.. .. l....... .;u....... -..I.I'n #1..` l J "&I'5{va`' a'1Z'"pa'h'se"{Jha1l'he man held his breath. and `then. rt-he` `bird tell. a broken `handful of bones_ and`, V `feathers. ,. '?'I don t'k:now that 'tigur`e.s`'wo-'uld_ ` ;have improved my` shootilyg. vm1.1"- ` tiered the man. and then `as the sun wa`s beginning to set, he- boiled his billy `and late `his solitary meal. About midnight it. would be his ;duty to ride his machine along the linevtose~e that all was clear `for the west b-ound -train. He ought to have secured some `sleep during thv day. -but he had had a bad day `oi. : it. thinking too much of what might have `been,..a.nd, was therefore, when the moon rose"coldly,Aover the polish- cd bars vofste-el. "a bit jumpy`. Be- sides, his lame log had been tnoubl-`_ ing him. i "l"I_- _.,__.._.I.. _._!-_ -__I.',I- 1.- ___L_,' -wv-w-~- The _Iiver's voice. which he rarely noticed. hadfbeoomo audible to him. and familiar bluffs took on strange and threatening shapes. He looked at his watch. In another hour the wos't. I-bounld oxpressi would be along.` bearing with it a load 01 careless sleepers, lucky d0VilB.VWh!0 had their Oh~8J10"8S`,a he thought. He mounted his machine. and,went cast. a j ' _ T It was all rigihit- still,` but he had had no motion that tho snowsiwrer-eh going so fast. - ,5 There must have been tazehoud burst of some kind up stream.eSno.w, however rapidly melting. couldnof have so swollen the river since the morning. but even as the rivererem. she raged uaelessly against the stout pierswhich supported the company s bridge. _ U - - Gnowler covered his twelve miles without Iinding'mo1'e than an oo'oa.s-' icmal stone` upon the track. and then hesat down again upon his boulder, to wait un'til"tho smoke-plum-odmome ater with its line of brilliant eyes shaauld flash by and begone. _.| 1.0. LL___._I_L_ ..-_--..l.,-J L- .1901` the year th=a't'1ie baa servea the great mains had gone safely: Hwy had gone safely. for ten years l`)(*Io1(~. his advent on theline-; 'bhB!' H(-`-(.1l'('.(1 no reason why theywahould not always go safely. and therefore Hus. ummnosny of his job `had made G1'o\vl01` slack. things had had their chances. .why should he never havehis! III]. A _ u 4 If such weather ..oontinud. `there; iwould be `opds and washouts `so-o_n(, and surely the roar of the river was * ; louder than it had any. right to -be. ; les stopped tolook a.'t it._ ` f ` It was impoossible. of course, and` `yet in the u-n-ce;;Vtain_ light it looked V, to him as it it was running. bank high, and the way OI it was {like the way; of a tide rip. ` `I! I When' }?$'er;2; the Itltl -bridge. be. {sound that the light had not fooled "him. T ----- -vv 3-...-. As usual his thoughts reverted to the might-have-been. He saw. himself a leader of mvein. as 0ll1ers.of his nnm had been, and he gnound this heel into vthe.lill-lo red ag. .at'hia heat which was "his badge of servi- tude. ' ' - % Au he asked rage ,was some big thing t.o do, somoenvemy worth ghting. Why should he,,be,=.shut Vuut of th axen.a of men; =pi-okcatedj ior life between 3 alriver and . :1 railway line? V ` ' A...` ._ `L- Ll.v;.,..~.L'L. `Inn AIR k` ..,, ....... 7 , And as he tho-ugmt the old bitter`; tthoughts, the river like a vast -and` tawny dragon tossed whitto crests in ,the pale baltvlight. and raved om ibeneath `him. stronger than any army of man's making. Surely that was big enough. an -enemy sufficient for any maam .s- pride.. V PARLOR Ask~Your arm: for % !a %ho"x 3 Q;_` Vwhat chane was `there. he argu- 1 cd, of anyone divstinguishing himself at M1911 :1 I`0t:tc11 g-ame. T ' AL -A __ 1. rI-__,,_I.___ L-) ..-A_.- .-`......A i'.1 ca11 get something Even` Growler listened to it now; The`thre`a.t in its voice was unmis- t_a.kab_le, amdyet he missed the mes- sage of it. The loop of the river I0J.lt!1d,Whi0h_VG!`0Wl8I"S beat ran was horseshoe shaped, but though this horse-shoe was twelve miles round. its outer curve the heels of it were so close `together that the Ilagma-n s cabin and the `trestle; bridge, stand- ing on either heel of the shoe, were barely half 0. mile apart. W In the; grey" moonlight Grovosnor could see no details of the trestle. but he could see . though dimly. the bulk of it against the sky.` [ Just half an hour before the sche- duled` time at which the westbound express sh-ould cross the trestle. 3 huge -buttress Vof gravel andrnock. which had stood for `centuries knee- deep in the river's brim, went out witha roar, and wasxnixncd in A a moment witlrthc heavy flood. x 4 | Things were growing serious. ori might soon become so, and, Gr-o-wleir s' I spirits nose, and his-bnailn "became. active. ` ` tor. A-s the river had swept" out the {man's bridge, and there was-no long- ..--._ ---- _--v-, _--_. 37,... The ifed flag man cuoviered-his eyes and waited; when he ;un'cm'crcad them. they told him "the same im- possible story. . ' [There was 11:0 trio.-elstle. V V In a moment he was mace"-t-o face with the great thing he -had waited gI_avcl'w1:mttross' so it had swept out er any w.ay over for Vth-c expre-ss. `I7, _ _,,-__D `T- L__L' 4I.-___ - Fxuom habit he jookcd towwardslrtthc _tzc'-qstle, not because any tool flood like that could matter. to the great bridge. "but. just from habit. . And yet "what nnonsensc) was this? The lihg htTwas Iiowvorsc than it had be-em, but for `the momrmt he could; see notzestle. That dim bulk whicsh i had always luoomed on the tar 'side, whe1*efthe train-s crossed irom myotrktb V to south of the river, had gone. ' fI`1,_ _,-J II--. , *_A___-___J `,'_ _-_-._ \ Roaring `along at her night speed in the ilat, wi-th hundreds asleep in- `side of her. sleeping securely in the knowledge that unsign-alled she was sate. the express Vwso`uld dive head- long into that hideous flood. It was his business: to signal her. The e'nomy was thnough the limes. He. Gmsvenor. the sentry, had been sleeping at his post. and -the giant roaring, below was laughing. at an- other .surprise of the British f-orc-` He tore his machine Virom its place, and swung it on the track. `but be-i bore he had mmmtd. his bnain had; told him that that scheme would, Inot do. He. was out off b1 the .\'iv- 1 jer. `Ewen . if he could ride `the 12` ymilee in twenty-I-ivve minu.t-es. which \ was impossible, he would. at the end of his ride, be on the wr-ozng side 02 the river, ' ~ -up u Iv.-..;-u-ug...- -_"..,v' _,_,__,__ ____ Awild, and free, gliding by yioil` _ycu l`i-:-.. dreaming in your berth; you me, it ycur mind has eyes the first chfx1tC1' in the history of a grIe{aa t" Jmtion, b-utyyou dont s cethe_red {luv mun. ` To attempt it meant certain death. Those are the; deeds for which Eng- land sometimes pays with glory` Yes. but even to a red -flag mam ufe is dear. `Even to a hero. some; voice seemed .to `reply `glory is not* ;4oheap. .It -nevcrh is '_cheap excgpt 9 when it is that of anot.her man. head W ! _ of in the press; -- .._,, -._ _-- V-__- :TTT*'7TV Way over ?- No. but them -_was :1_ way in. " There was where he wanted "to be. ; there, there. only 9. mile Irom wtheire ;he-stood. and there was no way ex-` ;oept across that swirling ilood that crushed earth's buttresses, -andrrmade matohwood of man's bridges. It was stronger tmm an` army. how could one man struggle against it? Ah 1` but his thought braced him. He had - asked, day, and` ~mg ht or- years. for some deed to `do; he had boasted to himself that he would; have charged an army to wian.-the; KT!` I A ertibank. _and his clofths w'e;fe`drbp-_ * ping otfehim on to _the bouldera.ovuea' : which `the spate `lapped aindshissed. But the right blood was in Growl- er. so that has the ivoicesianswered each other in his brain. -his game leg had taken him daowne.-tio_the riv- lviere was the `deed, where was the Linen? ` _ For one long -minute he stood 1 shivering" on the brjnk of the impgs- ; ' eible which had to be done. and then ? . he heard the banshee cry of the com-' ; ing train. She` w.aastill two stations * `away. ` ' :7; --_-'-..' ....; ;... .1..__` ..A n I... ._.--J. uvn vup wan`. -new .--a-- gggv V..- -. -. V..- of- devilish "laughter came up from I the ~ri1_ner`e `bed. for `the strongest of um: s1nroea%% mum mm -h-man tA.i>%*4r4Vw*h and mw-% % . __.__ 2..I-..J I.--) LL-J. vvvvnu u '11: was my gentry, go.f .he mu;t-` toyed. pad the ne:ctVmo 1_nent at-oar` _ .n_.-_._~` ,- ..'I,`L __'_ --v `pvt, "- ; .~ln_1t~ it-. wk; i:n5'Bm !'i'khat 1 jaw?` `e M whon;- M-=d '1`hr:y_c.1" like the co.31.i:rom which` the p0\'.'(`If is `obtained which propels . your l0com0tiV0. humble. unobtrus- `ivc, but nc-ccssary.- " ' I No! -by Hedven, no; that should .1. .1... you need . and THE NORTHERN ADVA}\ (`.E iorgt too oten, tom the meai.-who ' light against long odds.-so A. `that al- though the red` dragon took it and chewed it in his jaws.-and spat i't ` out a'g5ainA in a spume of white wa_- 1 ter. though he rolled it over and over` in- his bed like 8. Nvandcred. _ ____.._I_ 1.1.4. UVVJ. 111. urn uvu unv u: ,u.........--._, log. `that living -otsam'missed' the other wreckag_e,.ot `which the river 1 was full, by a -hair s breadth. and near mid-stream was stiltmaking a stroke ,or2totWard-s` its goal. when- ever it came to the surface. ` _L_J 1.- .15.. .-.4 U_VU.l' 1|: UaJ.l.l`U LU Growler had expected to die. at the` first - plunge, good swimmer though he was. so that his first few strokes were made almost under pros test as being too ridiculous against DLIU Bu; LIA-`JV: such ` a current. . . V EILVIJ G UH] LVIILQ Even when half-wa'_v_ across the. man L .a_u'ely did more than wonder why death was so long delayed. but` when he saw the further side be m- ` 4 membcrd why he was in that dea- 1 ening. hustling ood. r.eme.mbere the great live thing that was rac- _A.. 4.- 2;- .1--_._ .....A .-at `hi:-nanlfi-n At `first Growler had seen` some` dignity in his service. A thousandi liv('.~'. 1;.ym his hand. But thwt `had all '1u'l.`i.SLd. By daily use his M'D"1'k1 had become mier-ely ._a monortonolu` `grind . sdmany miles out and bank. 80 muI1y.. times 8. day nd night. any weather, {or small pay. uannotio-' ed zmd unknown. I ,_j_ _! uI.!-_- u..|u_51.\:uI. uvv u.u.n.5 uu-x-v v`--~ --.~~ ing `to its doom. and set himself to cover the last half of uthe course with _all the cool. calculating cour-' age of his breed. Il'f_ 4_.-J.L.... IA.-.9 na '11: nnnn if, 1 1 I-B`! Ian non`-J nu- vyv-p His `rotten !eg. as he called it, was more useful in the water 'than on land. and though the grea.'t`surg- es.-tossed him at one moment and buried hihme the next, they gave him b1'eathVing spells in which to edgeai foot or `two nealer. the shore, -until` at .lustA an imsweeping rush him ; blundering among submerged bould-j e1~s. upotn which. but for luck,` ihe wvoxuld have been ground to pieces} , .I-.l_L ......n.\..6- `:1 -x` \V VUFLLIK-I J10: V\J IJ\/1151 ea. vuuanvn gv :.--~- Instead he was "left. caughut likz other drift behind onq of them. and lay there, like enough to drown now_ in two feetof wayter. tho-ugh 4110 had come safely through the flood. He was utterly sponst, and something bad- struck him besides the `baoulder, so that his whole body seemed Id-egad on one side. "' " I `I V ' AL ,_-.`.I 'L-I.'Z I in a tottering race towards `the on`-1 V U'lI `UILU 51 V 3 Hit. I .guess, he `muttered, half- ` consciously, that's when the good -uns go on, and lifting his.li*mp body -out of the water, he cnawlcd weakly up the bank. Frcomltlio top oi it he could see.the line. and cling- ling with the tcndacity of a bull? dog to his last rc~mnan~t~ `of life and G'.0IlvSOi he spent his sti'eng&tl1_ i coming train. She must have time. In spite of the air bnakes. `such a train, -going at such a pace could not be `stop- ped in her own length. The broken bridge was behind him. the river was crossed and the moon- light still held. ' V n- 1-,-.. :4. ---.... --...ll `l..-...{- clan.-.n11 I-an LII J-JAXI [vb vv v-5.: sauanvvaava v: v-.--. Luckily at that moment a sound he knew called. him two him-sc1[.,The % metal-s_ between which -he ran whis- ` pared to "him then: a snvtron-g live; pulse drummed in them, and in the: east -3. glow `crept along them to- j wardwsvthe runner which was neither ` the ghow of moonlighv or of dawn. n-n.-, r1_.____I-_. 1,__-_.- 1-5.. JI--J.-- .....I Iuadv es-\rvv vn Avvaao-5-av V- v... --. Then Growler knew his duty won his cross. He could make -no le,-' gitimate signal. He had }neither lamp nor flag. ~ In the middle of the `track he must be seen. and in the middle of the track he stood. four square Ito the death he realized, waving -his red shirt or a warning to others, and thlcnu-gh the driver jammed onifche brakes with a savage western curse the brakes could only sigh over that i which they were not strong genorughd to save. ' nun I an. 1 1 CV- I151-4|: Ian-'1;- JJVA\Ao I So -far it was well,but mhough he thought that he` was running he` could not breathe, he knew that he I could not keep his scunses much long- -; 1,- 1.-.: ;1_.._._ ..4.:n ..`....I" uvuuo , "Ah. yes-.- those were the bagpipes. Il0'_ d011bt. They always play when men winthe V. C., and stha!t pain in his leg was another wound. r ,1 -L, _.L LL-vL __.__.,._L .. .........A Acoording to report the Sultan of Turkey_ is to have a bodyguard of dogs. He has losfiafaith in men and women who conspire against him. A pack of man-attacking dogs has been . ordered in England for service at the royal palace at Constantinople. `\lUl.L!\L IIJIJD Avvlr a-law ravunwvu a.n.nu-v-o -'-- er even if he had -them still, and" ;there was a strange `humming invhis } head. - ' [U0 uuu;nv V. `Orv-var VVhon you take a ticket for .Vfan- couvcr, B.C.,na1crosS the Ca.nudianVP-aT- cific Railway, you reoeiven folder which 0xp:1,t'La.t0~8`-DDOOII the m.a.rvel- |ou,s _s.cc11ery oi, thelineyand -the gIand0\_1r .-of the R-ockiueas tlu',oug.h which that line pa-sseas, but no men-" mm is made in it or the `red thug m(-Zn,o1' of what `they mean `to-n_thTeA `passengers of the Canadian Pacifiof; Railway. . _ From your Pullman windowrjyou `5(*-L`, :1 1n;1110I`ul'ni1 of beauty. stern and 1 ..,.n `a-u-Tlllu-urn kn n.`n-hv "nu The best soldiers don't hunt Vic-` toria Crosses, but just find them in the course of duty.-The .Week- ly Scotsman; .------j--.o -- 5 Col"clf Coughs `ALI. III!` F s nou.n% % --msT 1 ,9 :.- T". '`"'_.` "' . -- Cdlds are the most danger ous of all forms of disease. A neglected cold leads to Bronchitis, Consumption. -P-ne.umIoni_a`- `S Cough`s "sate the result of imitat- ed bronghigl`-tuhes. Psvcnxxgn .' V ur'es;coighslj' by._temovig:.gf` the i_:'jri- " ta.t'xg*~- particles and` healing` lithe. inamed ihembrgne. It is a germi- cide and destroys the tubercle ~__.. u :. .. 4.'...:.- that strength. up cme anu uescruya um u.u......... germ. It is a tonic that strength- ens the lungs, the liver, and "tones . up the system. It makes for better- V Health iq all cbnditibns of-hunyghity. , Get s-tro`ng'i: and.-the (gough will: appear. PSYCHINE makes weak people strong. It cures coughs of the"`most obdurate `.ndgbi-eaks (raonouuceo suesg) pzllt otfhe _ Thom were no giant; peaks to til` the im.'1g_i.natiu0n. no impending anowr lidm. to suggest grewt dtmger. I`. -..-_ --- ....IIl..an