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t license in- W;'v\\'bat i ,is suing Re said be- for damages for ..you'l1 L 1- I...-on` hat there will` be rio Bank share- double liability Denvet yester- J. Bryan for Kearn of Ind- A`... ,.. 3.. a...- 1 IA- _-..!n__L-_I ~ ... gag,--, .y -,~,ym ., -- .~-l:_U_`.V_X,. , _ Dccullateven among shes... ega 1` race. the `Uni 1 }>jta~ki1l_1fi':If ?{them is notthe lest. very mm ` _ot,`,nar';nave~p.;,been.' by the ordi-l 5`- Pui `seized our worm and tangled up om-;`une in its slimy .ve: coils. You may cut off the head` of an yet a manner, recommended by ` H `the S." P. O. A.--and leave its body full ;A of tsquirms and wriggies, tor the eel isja hateful and uncanny .creature. l ' have been told that the true_methodis' _ iirst to cut of! the eel s tail and that brings all life and movement to -an M end. As to this i cannot say. for l ` only heard this recently and have not Jc *. since had to deal with a sinuous eel. A. correspondent has cited an instance of a conger left apparently - dead for twenty-tour hours_on the beach. which then hit three. ngers from the hand of C a small boy who came to handle it._ 1 P can well believe this. I shall not easily -forget the eerie shock which i had on I " a certain` occasion in Wales; i had 3 caught a large eel on a night line set - for pike. We had severed his head and y . left him for some hoursxon the bank. ' V leaving a good book in his gullet. in the evening he was presented to a small boy, who bore him off in triumph as a supper dish. Half an hour later W the boy's mother appeared, with some concern and indignation, to relate that _I_' the head had bitten the boy severely when he tried to remove the excellent M, hook. And this was no congeri The i- occurrence seemed to me like the hor- ror in one of Kipling-,* s most weird sto- 2 ries of uncanny horror. Whether these 4, posthumous wounds by eels betoken ;:-9 the remnants of life in their severed portions or a mere mechanical icker` $51; of the nervous system only the biolo- l gist could say. And perhaps he would St be only making a guess.--St. James` ' Gazette. the ___________ A Simple Test to Which the Defendant 1 ' Objected. " . _ `~ An English solicitor was defending a fruit broker in an action brought in :1 London court for the` recoveryof $100. the price paid for a consignment p of. gs which the plaintiff declared to he unt for human food. The defense alleged that. although moderately dis- colored by salt w:1ter,.as the plainti knew when he bought them. the tigse were perfectly wholesome. The ties were in court. ; The plainti. a coster. who conducted his own case, was skillfully cross ex- ` unlined. The trial was obviously going against him. and once or twice he` re- ; torted so hotly that the judge threat~ l. ened to commit him for contempt. _f At length the coster grew desperate l nhd- turning to the opposing counsel. msysmuous EEL. pr; BUCU LU \.vu-I boa - . - . -F length I and. turning hoarse and petsplring. he said: Look"here, guv'n_or.,yon say them gs are good to eat. and 1 say they ain't. That's all there is between us. uln t`lt.? Now. s`elp me; if you`ll eat two of them gs and you ain't sick; immediately afterward l ll lose my ll \I`s - -_ Look " here. good ain't it? No` V im media tely case." . The judge at one saw the propriety of this suggestion and asked `the law- `yer what -he proposed to (10.7 l"Your honor is `trylnglthis case. not` l." `was the reply. ` "No. not The offer ls made to you. [ sold the judge. A hurried consultatlon took place. Counsel suggested that It was the so- lic-ltor s duty to submit to the experi- - nu... .-..-.lh.H'nl' 1'mE dRT7HE1wADvANcE jnqge. ` place.l ment. The solicitor refused. The bro- ` ker himself was theuasked if he wquld risk it. . - "What wm ha , pen to me it` I don t? _ There We; in Difference. When Dr; Randall Davidson. arch- bishop of Canterbury.` was a curate. one-day at Dartford he took a Sunday lghboring parish. The T subject after the less chise the children. "Tell me. boys," he said, what was the difference between Solomon and other men?" -No answer. "Come, ,... _...m thn future archbishop. chuureu. _ dlerence and other fmen? No ' said the future 3? difference, for in- King Solomon and my- d went up and a tiny ' A tiny han Solomon was voice replied; Please.eslr. wi,se!_"[-London M. A. P. uuu ~You'il lose the , I Ajnhsquia ' of- ecu, Queer Plants. The searcher plants nds muc Kew. gardens. for icuriosltles among 11 to Interest him in There are prlmroses be hand if stroked. leaves ` absotutely on `Anni. aiivided into two together and imp aiights upon them. the ground; plant! and plany wh And an these marve . uhlfnf Sectional \V uuuu rison any insect w plants which live _air. without any root in walking` plan ts, sleeping ich grow whiskers. nich ` LOST THE CASE. EZA1:-" % to drink. H with one we a A Monologu. Tommy-Pop. wha a dialogue t is the and _a. monologue? Peculiar 095' _n_ _. lulu ln-" `ll Vvlu ,..___ for uommg;. case." replied both II! V Uh-u-.-- , ` mn193- ,'f.iIi:a~IvM# `i:i'.1.`hie'i_f.o11owing are the succestsifuif pupils ijvho -tried the recent "local examinations in connection with the "University of" 1_ oronto. The exam- ination centre `for Barrie District is Joseph s Convent here and the pupils of` that institution deserve .very great credit for their good year s work : "`--- TV 1 1113:: `Junior gheory-A--Cla.ss I.v-I, Miss L. Cline. -Class II.-I, Miss B. A. Quinlan. Pass_--I, .Miss F. M. Overs; 2, `Miss H. Axrmbrister; 3,` Miss G, `_ D. ' Gilchrist. pg. 71- _> aJo I.I-nw...-_.. Vlntkermediate th eory--Class I-I---1,' Miss ' S. E. Aylesworth. . Pass-I, ` Miss K. Lynch. ` ' - -- , 1-3:... L` Primary vio1in-Pass- _ Johnson. ' I`I,.__ Senior singing-Class M. Powell- * A.` P rimai'y pia_n o.--Class II.--1,. M G. D. `Gilchnst. T Pass-I, . [M155 Ness. -.V I 1.22.2 ~- *v _ 1. Junior pianov-`Class H. Mayor. Pass--I, N 2, .1\ [isTs, B. A. Quinlan LVL. `kl V 61 D." Senior piarA1o--4C1ass II.--`I, Miss M. Powell. Pass-I, Miss K.` Lyn-ch. T-1---- First Swallow a Real and Then `----- Mlh thq String`. SWIIIOW I nvuu cu... ..---_ , ' Chances with the Strings. ~ V bles Mednssls head on a platter. It I looks like snakes, but it isn't. You i eat it with fork, spoon, knife, ngers, face, chopscks or scissors. as you pre- fer. - In the real Italian style it comes in strings. 7 Macaroni originally was m- a_: Ll.-Anlnlm Q A was on top of the M in style it comes In ; Any good Italian 'could start masti- cating a piece the other end or which ` asonic temple and nish within seventy-three seconds. V A boa constrictor could eat a string\ot -.._I_ catingaa other end or wmcu top Masonic a 3 boa eat e macar(=ni-if he were long enough. c it s an art. `That's all there is to it. t But that isn't all there `is to it. Some i it is an acquired art. '0th- } ers insist that you must be to the man- 1 ner bom. Some say the Italians have ` reels inside. and there may be some- -1 people say feeding a machine by machinery. No one has ever dared to measure the iengthof a single strip` of maca- roni. Like the population and clrc`uzn- ference of the world. it has to be esti- i \ mated. Estimates differ, but all admit that it is long enough. except the dyed in the wooi italians. _ A dish of macaroni. ltailan style, con- sists of one of these strings festooned in imitation of the Gordian knot. Some cut the Gordian knot: others absorb it. .1 The absorption process may not be the most elegant. but it surely is the most 5. _ eneral. . ..__..-.._ .......am- 11' von are ever led up PASSED m MUSIC. uvc us. '- Gentle reader. if you to a platter of macaroni. Italian style. and tind all the exits closed. grit your teeth and go at the thing with firm de- termination and a timber fork. Gently V decoy the left end "of the string on 1 your fork and begin to wind. Rotate the fork vigorously for some four min- V utes in the right hand and then trans- fer to the left. Then when the wad ` has assumed the size of a ten cent 1 spool of darning cotton open your mouth with your tingers and punch it in _ ,_--:..... ..,..., far the amateur to To EAT MAcAnom. ll Iu A convenient way for the to consume the dish is to get some kind friend to nd the end oftbe strim Once having discovered this. distin-` guish it with'a bit of red silk ribbon | Then look for the other end. If not found within fteen minutes ask the l waiters assistance. ___. 4-- .....I ha rnngohgd vour pace waiters 1lSSlSIu.u1't:. When the end is reached your pace ot engulng the string will have in- 1 creased. so that probably the end wlll sllp into you unnoticed. But do not let this worry` you. You have found the end even ll you have lost it. Look ; at your plate! It is empty! Aha! At ` last you have accomplished the gentle art of absorbing macaroni, Here is- southern corresponden a Southern judge: V'rhe Jedge-Is yo n II`.-I-1, Miss 31-. Miss L. Cline; Quinlan; 3, Miss _F.[ _ _ - I ` *0? first eumn A Courtroom Anecdote. ` ~~----6u:n\n1 Qfnrv W won-ry'you. xuu unvx: ..,...._ even if 1 AtA " ---- --1l\lf]M`n` -Class [I.-I, .Miss x_..z..,.... . Mg (;_ JJKTDIJ Dun cue" 1e(}oi'dian 6 t process C r 1 < I 1 I [,1 1t .- tie I Geny .. .u__ -4--Sun nn I . ., ._ .. ....c- unnua kind s-1_, Miss E. I.-1,` Miss 139 \J 1 H7`.-'-"HE: , sheds lawn arrie. . Large ~ Clap... . ishene - Miss I` and 3- and g\ot ed t` of ti Eel` 1 S 0. `$35 the . ber two. Com noug 0 , mon easure unda mnm- :13. I` `s.ec9u` l`-"`` a"'- .LVJ.-1'. V~V Au. s.u-.:...., ._ W1 ici In->0nnet1n with th `5`l'ti 6n4 sta" er the Canadian Northern lsftriictlon`. oftthe new *Grand Trunk; Oritai"i`o Railway, visited town. last .1Vat1 ha-PPed .Y-Stelday m"`\ Thursday, and. went over the ground Hing when 3 3'g ;man by the, name , with iM.ayor Curran and Reeve Gof- Of John Ifund 3-` Vac. engagedton fatt. He reiterated the statement jthe working vhouset -missed `I15 f9t- that the C.N.O.R.e would be in Oril- "mg and fell I20 _fe_et. . He W39 13' lia before the snow ies. Mackenize stantly ikilled, striking on the back & Mann intend to run west from Of his head- The unformnaie Young here, to secure connection withi `man `was from Pennsylvania. He Lakes Hung and Erie and the W3-5.3b0`.1l? 26 Years Of 383 and `m thickly populated Niagara peninsula. -married. The-` members of the Steel- They will start surveyors to work W01`keI'S' UTNOII hefe tQ0k Charge Oil at once, and will run several trial The 130(1) and had-1t 5h`PP_ed `back to lines between here and Atherley. '_"l'-l1i.U11itd States 01` b3~l-Af35- Mr. Sloan visited the factories, to CREEMORE--.-A fatal accident get an idea what business the CN. surrounded by exceedmgly Sad C1l'- O.R. might expect from Ol'llllD..-- cumstancesp occurred just at noon on Packet, - 1' th farm of Mr. Wm.. ii %12i;*`,d<;>1i)ie azind :1 quarter miles fromi Aljthuf 3611, 0119 Of the tQWfl 5 $1- the village of Ci-eemore, :Mt-` Day ectricians, took hold of a live wire was having a frame barn improved on Monday afternoon and had his - f a stone founda- right hand badly burned., He and `Milton Shier were removing some tion underneath,`and the contract for O _ _ _ ' ` - -=--~- tn Mr lins that wereiiiterferitig with the S . y_qDLAND.- :-s nruflf U1 lllllw ground below. ~Mr. ately, was caught by "bets and badly crusl head and chest. _'H ly removed" by hts - taken at once to th he lingered until Su Stayner `Sun. V ATHERLEY.-A -s m,....1. Ontario `Ci-i.s"p lxtg-acts Garnet-ed from the Exchange_s.. COLI:INGWO0D.--'] was charged with pass less $10.00 bill. It was federate bill and he : [--`-1-~ 3+ M ? at P2 D.-Th econd fatal ac-` _M,-4_ wm_ Sloan, -2-.. ...:4.1. 4411: 1-nn- .:v..;;.-:;a...# M the C; it ouy of our g fatality occurred at Port d, on VVednesday evening L o clock, the victim being `Chambers, a. youth residing wood. Deceased, accompanied mng man belonging to Brace- started from Port Sandeld rn home in a canoe. The wat- not particularly rough at the Ld all went well until the had got out about two hund- . . .1........-..1a vnllirllflu nlne ICCL \.v a... Mr. Duff, unfortun- t the falling tim- crushed about the . _ 'He was quick- ```` -3nm= and 3' VVILIL AI;.-5aJ\4. -_-__. 1,0 `reiterated the f<.>t- yC.N.O.R.e would in " lia flies. run Olmg `to secure Lakes" Huron and Erie, the E populated 3t"v'3l` E3 f|at `run Ck t here '35- visited :ident the 1 Ci1'- Jn )5]:-/`gil Arthur town el- Day ectricians, wire ,1-oved on and his mnda- right burned._. and mt fog-`Milton removmg_ some us- 1:. that were interfering the Ihen DHICI |Cc.LL.u\.u ue... ._V `was lying on the ground gasping sfor breath. 2,200 volts were passing through the wire at the time. Mr. Ball was badly shaken up and had `one nger burned to the bone. He held the wire for only two or three seconds, but says he thought it was .about-15 minutes. It is probable lthat Mr. Shier s promptness in cut- 'ting away the wire save > I x ;[ -News-Letter. d Ball s life. The report of the survey ot the va and Georgian Bay proposed Ottzu ship canal has been laid on the table : of the house. I The report gives a detailed, esti- mate of the cost of constructing a. 22-foot canal, which is placed at $94,000,000 by one entrance to Mon treal, and a. hundred million dollars for another. The survey has cost about $600,000, and represents four work by the engineers. The do not include land route would be 440 develop a mil- years above estimates damages. The miles long and would 3 E1 lion horse power. I ` ---nub-l1 AF HUYDC Pvvvwn. The route from the mouth of the French River, on Georgian Bay, to Montreal, via the Ottawa _ River, ;l\-/Iattawa River and French River, is l44o miles. Of this about, 410 miles ,' d lake navigation, and only 30 miles actual canal. `There are two entrances to .\'Iontreal pro- `posed, one through Lake St. Louis and St. Anne de Bellevue, the other by the Back River or Riviere des Prairies to the north of the Island l l lof Montreal. The estimated cost of the Lake St. Louis and St. Anne de lBellevue entrance for a 22-foot chan- nel is about one hundred million dol- lars. For the Riviere des Prairies entrance the cost would be some > munication between .VllJl||.|\.u.| ....- the lakes to th.e largest vessel now on the lakes. It is estimated that a million horse power would be avail- s able for development along the route lof the waterway. Slban, f t.he construe-T C2_ma.d1an~ __...:o.,;.1 +n-urn Inst q-!--- of the 1W3. L ien- f, at ome Owen ms U16! \ do In ch aid 07] IIOD .d that emento m` int oice. l`.ldItG'. ale. 2245 . I srrie. _ .. L Avu. Uuiver sit)` .\`1 \ K` kl 1`l K\`\ `MN $K .\`\ `\ \\ l Fred. John %le\`en,_ su\'cU; 1 1 \Mv~.. Iosgph ber 01 ' .\ Kingston. It is negotm Tbury IO .P_rof. A 1nu11mri:11 fell :11 R1U1gc\\': U1n\'cr.<~.ty Hal Bct\\'ccn unc hundred and one nun- dred and Im_\' 1>c1`:`0nS were killed 1n the 1 ur:Lgn;1_\':u1 revolution. The h. of L1*`rank J. Farley,` \dro\\`1m1 in Humber Bay 011 Sunday, was rem-cm-.1 yeaterday afternoon. The i\'in;,r schooner Acacia was benched near backetfs Harbor, hzmng aprung u leak. M. 1m. Go-cl (lav out. l1u.\'111g sprung u .l\.un. The I.u.~w.miu. on 11!` rst day `out. from (~)L1cc11:lu\\'n, saxled mxles, brcak111g all prcvxous records- 1. .\l. 'r`m`ac, under arrest in New` Yu3rk fuv-1' fr;mL will return to T91`- omo xmlmm \\'Lut1ng for extradltlon pa1)cr~`. ..\1i:.< lw U111. 11 \Vinnipeg `teach- .1 ;.. tam Melisson. `. ;Vic:1r;: . ._ , in plain -fritlhlr. The new boia um`. u P_ort .-\r1hur it Very cvcn un- 1-c\'u1L11'lI Thrcc .~\1mumitc of belxezxdv.- at liunoi, for coxnpliclty in :3. the Fm-m,-`n garrison. . ,L H , Y th_ :tc_>n of .Vaughari tovgnsliip was ac- THURSD{ sY. JUL 9 , lcndentglly stabbed with a Pitchfork X. R: L;n'm1cl1_ael Of Queens and kllled. , 2 . _ 1) Llml ` hmg Ont` . Ten_ workmen wer_'e.ki1led in` St. Street: T01'0nl5;.Pet-ersburg l_>y`the_ collapse of the $3000 P91` f0t~ roof of a buxldmg m course of .con-, gstruction. O1}_e.hund`1_ wealthy -lumbermen -- ..'....4.1.` agar! v :01. . vcrsl and mm-re 'lt'm- mum` lllllll ` 1.>lm.~n Vi Uuelphr aged ' ' girl compamon from red. ...u .`:I\'L`(`-. fl +~:-+++-:-++++--+-:~++~:- a-g;-+-:44-sz--:~-:--:1+-:o++++-:-e:--:~-:-~:-~:-~:~44~:-7o : Inc rrumgn g'.1rr1so11. Fire 5'-\L`1)t a quarter of a mx1eV'0f harbor in.-m in East Boston, C3`,15g! u pmpc1`l_\' 10,5 of nearly a million` and u lmli nf .- . _4_-.... Lawn` e such operty I) na wll `lint: New E1 prothtcd Clth of i unif.,rm.s E\'idcx1n: committwr half :1 H tonmh-tcc disaster 1' -Au\|`u unt "'I `-""*" `I }'.1'x,'i;m n1unufa,cturerSk1;13`{('3i ` :x:,r:.in:`t the use Of_ Vah ' mi &`.rLi~h maxutfacture 103,`? '3; l1I1if.y:1m wj ijnited States s0111:5-I E\'idc'.1rc ;,"1\ L`}fL before the commimr- at U-ttnwa showe h ve- mi.`.1}~m_more V\{0111d dike ct_.>n1ph~tu1 xhc Quebec bridge, 11*? mm taken place. , FRIDAY, JULY Ioth. Stank-y Patton, aged 1:611, walsw drowned at Amherstburg. _ . A Thcrc mm prospects of a dlvlden of 40 1;.-v.~ U.-Ht. from York Loan. H. (.'h:=.m1 )<:r;~` was drowned at T). . .- - - . . 1 1-1,. nnnnn 11et.t' 11. L11}! Port S;m< mg. Ll|Iub..._ M H911: I)e11:>'in1 1* nlon. There 5.. an cue! the nmnbxr of Stud versuty of Toronto. 1- lyca Ln. -, > NE nr` ' " " V'ersit:-m}`}:~,1. A`f Students at th Th ' "I'OI1tO. C ` '(I`\ ' . m:~::`:;`*:;`::%:* ,2 ( S ' `_ r O Sn`` ;- The Can: {ind i< 11] . ~ rontenmg to 13 ' A. ,_ nd m""7'5- ~oratton ,- a 2 Pf -~ \ \ . ` Czgt1\ ;111:i:1c:1V`;1;-:{115tite Comfort - of st; `mnsscd lfy us Sen ,3unmarx1y dis -_tQ buy `thg ment. 10 E rov1nc1a1- Govern; v.a,_u-1v-- the.,..Li 2 _It is said .t The th ucllt. . .3ur-\ . Mr. .Ohy1';_. 1. The httle 5011 of I DLI UL!-l\lLlo One hundred in States of the south and middle. 1 H. Dv1`i1lL`ll)'._3.11 ex-mem-1 west are planninghto form a mergers \ it-.:i~.ci-_v. was drowned atiwith a capital of $300,000,000. V _ _ Supplementary estimates aniount- : "1 l`.i-iiisli capitalists are. mg to about tenand a half millions 1; in)!` the purchase of the\ were brought down in the House of U11 llk`.(l.`. `Commons by Mr. -Fielding. e ' rccriiiting an army] Nathan Levine, a youth of. twenty,` r ght again-1 confessed to the ;New York"polic`e that he had robbed nearly e_vei'yi `rst-class hotel in the city. n1iii.\,iiif Guelph, agcu . mi. .1111; 5 h;ii._1itii`;i> in he .1lli'1lLlI'lL'>. \\'iiii_lo\V to those who ii-rizil _ V iiigu~x~:i>* i< to be erected in SATURDAY. JULY mu. my H.111. Toronto, _- _ r _ _ ` Five Persians were killed in a ght en and one hun- . . . '.'.;`\`q were in with Cossacks near Tabriz. :.___-,i.. M. l\`y CU. 5 drn\\`11cd n sight Hf R. L(l1`111lL`11a.\;1 Us ,0. at King, Ont. .ongc `Tor lure >1m.~ -ml. EDDY S my-.. reading 0.f the old-aig `mil passed the British Com-~ enormous grow-th mg the Um`-I ,~.mb<.-rs V-im-hi by his canoe upset;-L L.l'.LK. bl.Cd.Iu\.L ..........- _ c Humnic raced from wasmbadly tq the S00, and `made-sorpeguest tlnfmg 0f`1t. . Thirty st ~.;.:nx_tc 0_1cerS have b_een have been p lianm, Cochm ,Ch}na.. who are 1, my plot to poison` ' The _Do .P.R.' steamer Assimi- =- -n-...: Frnm 1, \Vim1ipeg*t.each- .-d in Lake Mehsson, several of her!` J11. ` th2"h"n-`"c'6 of Ken n S d . a(,3te,n1(1,rcl,n?y Vessels are now pass: . the new cut of the Co: ner Acacxa . _ *tt`s Earl` Roberts and thc Norfolk left Liverpool daylput. Ye5te1'd3Y~ it ALL. 1\/rn SIULIG} yuu. .... .. ,. ` strike is reported on V `her: the upper reaches of the_.Chi111wack River, in'Brit1sh C _ _ y `Hotel at Regina was badly damaged by` re; andl made-sor1_1e `guests had a narrow "escape. E Thifty seldiers with machine gpns . AA?` 1...... eent.a2'ai1`1St the 1\!E}V3.J'0S,` iSSini- The Waverle lzlb {U5 3 ` hon William spector at havel Thomas 15 khqki! slander. ycbtcl G, 0 iMemb:rs of theM4otor Leagtie, Toronto, gave ve hundred orphan \~ children an outing, A ` B` '1 J-n:r`nI1 rffj The Medical _Co` igvestigate gertaxn Vsxonal practxces by LL11. yucca..- ..-.._ Rot is making serious inroads -1__._..... noonn (11: Kent COl1ntY. The Waverley `Hotel at 1\c5uw.. some guns been. sent against the Navajos, In revolt In New Mexxco. Dominion . Government has undertaken to dredge the recently- ldiscovered shoal near Sarnia. V - ` .. uv_:...I..a. Hnenge in-` Hon. D cation, ha to _study traming. AN CE mort %a call on the Onta holders under the clauses of the act. I The `teamer 1 Clauses of the act. A Regulus` of St. cks near John s, Nd.,-ran on the ro ' bably be The 'D<=_;mocrats at ' day nommated W. (1 I. W. _ 'i11iam Day of Wgllbridge wags assaulted near Bellevxlle, and now ' ' ? ' 3.1 in'~a ca'itic_a1 cori- an named Earl Dr; Pyne, Minister has left on a. trip tc :ly the subject "of i tn * . Kingston, is 5 E. Burke for ed that DCI IULID Inntv--- _ `, top Kent county. : now passing through Cotnwall Canal, rts the Duke of for Canada ``_Council decided to am alleged unprofes- doctors.