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é. s: - ' g. of? i: , Conrad ‘ not made by nature. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"s,â€"â€"--â€"_ THE BANFF BUFFALO _...___. GOVERNMENTS AND CITIZENS SAVING FRAIRIE MONARCHS. how‘gho work of Saving the Buffalo in ' Being Doneâ€"Success Attendant Upon the Effort- I‘ut Forth â€"'1'hirty-Ouo Now at Bani! and forty-five at Silver Heightsâ€"The (onrad and Yellowstone Herds. The buffalo have not all disappear- ed from the face of the earth, though it is frequently supposed that such is the case. 'Ihe buffalo ranch of the Canadian Government at the Band National Park, and that at Silver Heights, niar Winnipeg, the property of Lord Strathcona and Mount. Roy- al, are according to recent advices, both in a. flourishing condition. The animals are in splendid shape, and, notwithstanding their semi-captivity, they thrive well, and are multiplying and increasing. ’lhe original twenty at Banl‘f, thirteen of which were do- nated by Lord Strathcona, have in- creased to thirty-one, While the ranch at Silver Heights now num- bers over forty-five head, the proper- ty of the High Commissioner. These are valued at $1,000 a head, and Lord Strathcona. has recently been Offered as high as $1.500 a. head. The Conrad ranch in Montana, which is of wofldâ€"wide fame, is own ed by Mr. C. E. Conrad, father of C. E. Conrad, jr., of Vancouver. B. 0., and 1113 herd is said to be the finth in the world. When it is known that 800 is a fair estimate of the number of bufialos on the conâ€" tinent, it Will be seen that Mr. Con- rad’s herd of 37 find specimens of that animal once so numerous, now nearly extinct, is an important col- lection. Early in 1897, wholesale slaughter of the buffalo was tending to_exterminate the valuable animal. Mr. Conrad commenced to collect as many good specimens as possible, and resolved to start a ranch in Monâ€" tana. The first stock there belonged to some Indians who crossed the locky Mountains into Flathead Val- ley, with half a dozen buffalo claves, which in twenty years increased to a. her of over 150. When the Indian ' clncf died some years ago, Mr. Con- rad purchased of the widow her share of the herd, and placed them on his ranch south of Kalispell. He now has 37 in a. two hundred acre field and has been offered large sums by the managers of Zoological gardens, either for his herd as a. whole, or for one or more of his thirtyâ€"seven, butr'mstead of parting with any, Mr. is on the lookout for new specimens. The best care is given the animals and they appear contented. However, buffalo raised in captivity, ‘ Mr. Conrad says, fail to develop as finely as in their wild state, and al- though they may not seem to droop or to pine for the freedom of the plains if they are given a fairly ex- tonsi-ve stretch of country over which to roam, still the restrictions of civ- llization leave their marks upon the animals accustomed for centuries to unlimited freedom. The most strikâ€" ing difference is in the body betwecn the hips and the shoulders: The an- imals raiscd in captivity display a. shortness of body and a lack of mus cle which but poorly resemble the splendid proportions of their ances- tors. The wildest and probably the larg~ est herd of buffalo on the American continent is that which roams at will through the vast expanse of terri- tory, the Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, much of which is rarely ever visited by man. A This herd, once so numerous, has been sadly decreased in number unâ€" til now it is not thought that it. numbers more than fifty. They range in the remote corners of the park, where no one but scouts and poach- ers see them, and it is, of course, im- possibie to keep accurate count of thesz On rare occasions, however, the herd wander down the road, which outside of the hotels is the only thing in the great wonderland On one Oceaâ€" sion in the seas on of 1890, the herd emerged from the woods on a hill- side not far from the Lower Geyser Basin, and becoming alarmed at. a stage coach, which happencd along, dashed down the hillside, scaring the horses, which overturned the coach. This herd of buffalo formerly rang- ed mostly in Hayden Valley, and a. few years ago a, huge corral was con- structed there and hay cut and stack- ed in the hope that some of them might become corralled and become somewhat domesticated, but. the ex- periment utterly failrd. Very few buffalo were evensecn, but the elks, which are very plentiful in the very wide domain of the park reaped a rich harvest and devoured all the hay. lien and Women in Canada. There is a marked difference in the proportion the sexes bear to each othcr in the different provinces of Canada, due to conditions that are well understood. From the west eastwaad the following shows the division by geogral‘hical arrange. ment: Mate. Female. To‘al. Unorganlzcd ter- tltory . . . . . . 38.272 16,437 52,709 British Columbinll-LIGO 65,479 173,637 Northwest Terri- tories .. 87.438 71,502 158,040 Manitoba .. .. 138.403 116,707 265,211 Ontsr’r: .. ....1,0!)l2.638 1,0S6.304 2,182,808 seine .. . 824.454 24.444 1.618.808 9w munswlck 10228.03!) 132.481 331.120 P. E. “"‘t'iid .. 51.951) 51.300 103.27!) Nam .:.o;l:l . 233,153.: 225,932 459,754 2.151365 amigosâ€"5.371315 HA--_. .. STRATHCONA’S LIFE. Lon: on Exile in Labrador-Services Dur- ing Red River Rebellionâ€"His Part in Building the C.l’.l‘.. A biography of Lord Strathcona. and Mount Royal, written by Mr. Beckles Willson, has just been pub- lished. In reviewing it, The London Telegraph says: During the reign of Queen Victoria, the greatest oddh tions to the Empire wore Rhodesia and the Canadian Pacific Railway â€"â€" the latter by bringing the. great. Cunâ€" adian Northwest in touch with the rest. of the world. As “Forexvords” to Lord Strathcona: the Story of his Life,” by Becki-es Willson, the Duke of Argyll writes: “I do not think there is any other civilian now alive who has been able to do so much practical good to the Empire before filling an oflicial position," and Sir Charles Tupper has said; "The Can- adian Pacific Railway would have no existence toeday, had it. not been for the indomitable pluck, energy and de- termination of Sir Donald Smith" (now Lord Strathcona). As the story of a pacific Empire-builder the work comes opportunely. The career of Donald Alexander Smith, horn eighty-two years ago, in Morayshire, divides itself mainly into these periods: Eighteen years at home in Scotland, thirty years in the service of tbe Hudson's Bay Com- pany in Canada, a special commis- sionership in the first Riel Rebellion, membership of the Dominion Parlia- ment, construction of the great Can- adian Railway, and life in England as‘ High Commissioner for Canada. The first 'thirteen years of Donald Smith’s service L'nder the Hudson's Bay Company was in the inhospitâ€" able wilds of Labrador. It is impos- sible to comprehend how a man of the energy and character of Lord Strathcona endured that. exile from civilization. It was a. hard appren- triceship. He broke down once with an affection of the eyes. and this is how he was received whcn he came to Montreal for treatment. Sir George Simpson, the governor of the Company, asked: “Well, young man, why are you not at your post?" “Myâ€"my eyes, sir," faltered Mr. Smith, pointing to his blue goggles; "they got so very bad. I've come to see a. doctor.” “And who gave you permission to leave your post ‘2" thundered the Governor. As it. would have taken a full year to have obtained official consent to his journey, Mr. Smith was forced to re- ply: “No one." “Then, sir," said the fur-trade autocrat, “if it’s a question between your eyes and your service in the. Hudson’s Bay Company, you'll take my advice and return this in- stant to your post." And he did; the future peer there and then “com- menced a. painful return journey of nearly a thousand miles to the scene of his dreary duties.” But Donald Smith was a, successful trader, and he himself in the end be- came Chief Factor of his company, and .was filling this office when the Red River rebellion under Riel broke out. It arose solely from the purâ€" than of Hudson's Bay territories in the l.o~thWest.. by the Dominion Gov- ernment. As Government Commisâ€" sioner and agcnt of the company he saved the province from a, racial war between 1112 French half-breeds and the English settlers, and it. was in pursuit of his recommendation that Colonel Garnet (now Lord) Wolseley was sent on the Red River expedi- tion in 1870, which Without bloodâ€" shed quashed the revolt. It is of interest here to recall that two young officers who took part. in that excellently organized movement were Capt. (now Sir) Redvers Buller and Lieut. (now General Sir William) Butler. Lord Strathcona saw at once that for that fertile province 0f Manitoba and the great territories beyond to be openrd up, and for the Pacific re- gion to be welded into the Dominion, n, transâ€"continental railway must be constructed. It is pleasant to sue- cced where all the authorities have predicted failure. The first step to- wards the main end in View was the purchase of a, bankrupt undertaking, the St.‘Pa.ul and Pacific, a, Minnesota line, with a, branch to Pembina, in Manitoba, built mainly with capital raised in Amsterdam. Mr. Donald Smith associated himself with Mr. James J. Hill, the American railway magnate and bought up the bank- rupt. stock. Very few people either grasped the plans of Lord Strathcoâ€" na at the time or believed in their practicability... A Parliamentary col- league said to_hi1n in the dark days: "Well, Mr. Smith, your constituency seems fated in the matter of rail- ways. The Canadian Pacific is shelved for another generation, and no capitalist will ever touch that Yankee railway to the south of you. Those Dutchmen \vould do well to come over and sell those rails for old junk." Mr. Smith smiled. “That railway isn’t dead,” he said. "A traveler isn't dead when he sits down by the wayside to rest; and you and I, my friend, will be riding on the Canadian Pacific within ten years.” The prediction was fulfilled almost to the letter. Two men believed in the great. pro- ject; they were Mr. Donald Smith and a relative of his, (now Lord Mount. Stephen), then a director of the Bank of Montreal. They became the heads ofla syndiâ€" cate for executing the contract, and “were both obliged to pledge their private fortunes to prevent the Work from ceasing." The meetings of the Canadian Paci- fic. Railway directors were sometimes amusing in these days. “The board of what. is now the greatest railway 3‘}, lb: world used to meet and dis and the tightness of the money mar- ‘to ‘Mr. Smith’s turn. Mr. Stephen W110 train- ket with very blank faces. During one of these conferences. Mr. Smith is said to have eutcrcdbriskly. When made aware of the situation, he inâ€" stantly moved an adjournment, 'It. is clear we want money,’ he re- marked, dryly. ‘We can't raise it among ourselves. Let us come back to-morrow, and report progress." When the board met‘on the following day the members had each the same story of failure to tell, until it came ‘I have raised another million.’ he said, slowly. 'It will carry us for a. bit.’ When it is spent we will raise more.’ " At last ocOuQn.n°u°u.n°o-.no". iug sovereigns, lives render it absolutely necessary for them to have some private euâ€" grossing interest,” says The Lady’s Realm. “Queen Alexandra has numerous interests, but her special fad is said to be photography. She possesses a most. interesting collection of pho- tographs, taken by herself, of the members of her family, her favorite dogs and horses, her chickens, and of pretty country scenes. Among the valued possessions of the Queen is a. set of china which is ornament- ed by her own photographs of variâ€" ous scenes which have pleasant memories for her, and on other china are pictures-cf the members of her family and of dear friends. “The Queen has many other inter- ests, not the least of which is her pattern dairy at Sandringham, for she thoroughly understands the working of a dairy and is herself able to make excellent butter. .I-ler dogs and horses give her immense on November 7, 1885â€"five and a half years before the time allowcdby the terms of the charterâ€"the great line was finished, and at. a little halt- ing place called Craigellachie, in Briâ€". tish Columbia, Mr. Donald A. Smith lifted a hammer and drove in the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Before nightfall of that eventful day Queen Victoria sent. a telegram to the lovernor-General, Lord Lansdowne. now our .l-‘oreign Secretary, congratulating the Can-ad. ian people on this national achieve- ment, which her Majesty regarded as “of great importance to the whole British Empire." Very commonly it has been surmisâ€" ed by those who knew the great wealth of Lord Strathcona that it was acquired to some l‘.xl'.L‘llt from this vast undertaking. He has con- tradicted his supposition. "I have heard,” he said to the anther of the pleasure, for she is devoted to aniâ€" present volume, "that people speak mals of all kinds. A favorite re- oi the fortune I‘ have gained out of creation of hers is cycling, an exâ€" ercise which of late has been someâ€"- what put. aside for the superior pleasure of driving a motor car. HAS THE MIMETIC FACULTY. “A great deal has been written about. the young Empress of Russia, but little is known of her real charâ€" acter, except that she is a devoted wife and mother and somewhat. re- served to the outside world. .Her Majesty has many pleasures in her private life, most of which are shar- ed by her husband. Her hobby is said to be caricaturing and collectâ€" ing caricatures. clever mimic, and has the ready tal- ent of catching a likeness and transâ€" mitting it. to paper so that even those who are most caricatured canâ€" not but laugh at the goodâ€"natured the Canadian Pacific Railway. Let me tell you I should have been hund- reds oi thousands of pounds in pock- et if I had never had anything to do with the enterprise." Next year he were. created K.C.M.G., and in 1896 elevated to the peerage, as Barcn Strnthcona, the barony following alâ€" most immcdiahly 2)) his becoming High Commissionerme the Dominâ€" ion in London. Mr. George Stephen, his relative, had been created Daren Mount-Stephen in 1891. - ‘ During the South African war Lord Strathcona equipped and transported to Africa, at his own cost, a Canad- irn force of nearly 600 mounted men. ’l hey were called Strathcona’s llorse. and were known among the enemy as the “an‘lish Boers." Wilhmt be- ing a. set' biography, this story of the life of one of the most successful of Empiremakers of the nineteenth cen- tury to an extremely readable vol- ume. It tells graphically a. story well worth the telling. taken off. “It is not every one who is al- lowed to peep into the portfolio of the Czaretza. The Czar finds this talent of his wife an unfailing amuse- ment, and he himself is not exempt~ led,"for the Empress has done many SALMON IN THOUSANDS. An Idea. of the Great Fish Industry and. 'tcr’ and has managed to hit on cer- “1"” 1‘ Mums- tain characteristics of his in a clev- C l' manner . At last the great rush of salmon PHOTOGRAPHY HER HOBBY. has begun, says The Vancouver World of the 11th August. Sunday night the first. large catch of the season was taken. and last night, the boats were loadcd to the 'gunwales with the silvery salmon. Reports from the fishing grounds this mornâ€" ing are pleasmg alike to both can" ,traits of her children, of her nerymen and fishermcn. The boats band and other “Like Queen Alexandra, the man Empress’ hobby 'is photography. and beautiful relations; pictures Will not arrive at the canneries until '01- her children-S pets, and a conec; this afternoon, being delayed by' wind and tide, but the cannery com- panies' offices in this city received word this morning that fish were numerous. In one boat there were. over 800, and others had similar numbers, while some even went. over that high limit. The canneries have been ready for some days to handle the pack. Every available boat will be sent out, and from now on the scenes of the industry will be busy activity. News from the north says: “The fishing is rapidly nearing the end of the Skeena and River’s Inlet, but the can-zeries all expected to fill up. Some of the fishermen have al- ready startrd south for the Fraser, about 20 from the Skeena went. south on the last steamer. Hump- backs had started to run on River’s Inlet, and the canners were beginning to acceptthem from fishermen, to- gether with sockcycs. The pack of lnvcrncss amounted to 12,000 cases; North Pacific had 17,000; British American 17,000; Aberdeen, 14,000; Balmoral, 9,000; Peter Herman’s, 10,000; carlisle, 11,000; Claxton, 11,000; Standard, 9,000; Mill Bay. 8,500, and Naas harbor the same, making a tolal of 17,000 cases for the two Naas river canneries. Prinâ€" cess Royal was reported to have 15,- 000; Lowe Inlet had 4,000; and at Alert Bay the pack was small. 0n tion of photographs of the game killed by the tusstock and Rominthen. ren look upon their is to ask momma to photograph ‘it. press during her journey to the Holy Land were lantern for a charity after her turn home. ‘ ‘The favorite amusements Queen Wilhelmina are skating D! the keeping of poultry. ty is devoted to I-IOW AFRICA IS SLICED. __.. Great Britain Has the Best Part of the Country. Britain’s new Boer colonies add 167/165 square miles of territory to her British South African posses- sions, which now contain, perhaps, 900,000 square miles. one of the most valuable on the Continent, and its acquisition does away with a. dividing barrier that might have proved a. formidable ob- stacle in some political emergency. Throughout Africa the holdings and "spheres’.’ now aggre- l'liver’s Inlet the Brunswick cannery gate more than‘3,000.000 square had 14,000; Good Hope, 12,000; ,miles. Of the other European naâ€" tions, France has claims about as vast; but some 2,000,000 square miles of her African territory are in the desert. of Sahara, and her sovereignty over this sandy waste is poorly established. Germany Wannock, 10,000; Wadham’s, 16,000; and River’s Inlet. 12,000. On Fri- day the fishcrmm of the Alert Bay cannery took 22,600 sockeyes in the Nimpkish river in one haul of their seine nets." -muâ€" 900,000 square milcsj and so has REWARD OF KIN‘DNESS- Belgium, if the Congo Free State " ' " ‘ . try. A kindâ€"hearted man In New Zeaâ€" be Walked .0“ 10 Phat 00““ land had a sudden SW“ “ “we $331353 51:13:33 mfiIdls‘ilsltitsaligfi $01130 ' - ' 0.4, c. , . t ‘ “me ago. He was standing on a. Tripoli, whigh is rica. of 88,000. tributary to Turkey, is nearly 400,- 000 square'miles. Britain has an advantage not only in the size of her possessions, but in their character. She has more territory that is habitable for white men than any other nation, and conâ€" trols what are now the greatest dia~ mond fields and gold regions in the world. She has also a. more direct control over the districts credited to her than have most of the other railway platform giving apples to a circus elephant caged in a~ cattle, truck as- the circus was on the move. The train started, and the elephant, not to lose the last apples in the' ibasket,promptly seized the man in [his trunk and carried him along with The train had to be stopped and the kind-hearted man rescued from the trunk of the travel- ing elephant. ~MW . . countries over their» districts. But FLIGHTY. on all the claims there are large “ V 'V . __.- numbers of natives who have still to m fly it filquand s so‘e’ratic so be reckoned with. The partition has g y been exclusively a European afi'air. "Maybe his work has something to do with it. What is his occupaâ€" tion?” "He's an ael‘onaut," mmfiw A single pair of rabbits can multi- cents paid ply in four years to 1,250,000. The Empress is a‘ way in which their peculiarities are‘ la funny sketch of her lord and masâ€"z _ _ _ ‘obliged to lead during the period of The tract is. British I . and Portugal' have each‘ .°-.3uo..5..gnanonguanaug"one.magno..a.ie.....o....-c- cguououououoI.9..cum....g..9..a...........q..encummuol l l i i l exhibited with a magic' are varied re- been too short a time on the throne of she has hobbies. and interest in the hospitals and charita- ridinv' but as a Child 1181‘ hobby W613 ble institutions of Servia, and has 1101‘ Males- a strong penchant animals, and is Russian." l I .9"...on...onon...5..o..ono"anonanon...3.....9...uou.~ I.ol.n.oo.u’n.~.u.n.n.n.oIMufiIb.ln.lI'Dlouauanonc- THE FAos or QUEENS. Royal Ladies Have Their flobbies, “any of Which Are interesting and Unique. mumguiumuougnoug. “To no people is a hobby of greatâ€" averse to sport, as she cannot‘bcar er necess1ty than to wives of reign- to think of the animals, in her whose c'ircumscri ..d serves being slaughtered. pro Her hus~ banal, however, shoots as much a: he likes; but. formerly, when the pro serves were shot. over, the Queen never appeared or showed that slu took the slightest interest in the sport. Wilhelmina is a beautiful needlewoman, and fond of painting. but. she is not in the least musical. HAS MANY HOBBIES. “ 'Carmen Sylvia,’ the Queen of Roumania, has so many interest: and so many hobbies that it. is diffi- cult to name any one as the chief. During many years one of her great- est.de1ights has been to discover an- cient. legendsâ€"a, taste fostered by be! life in the pleasant Rhine country, which abounds in every kind of folk- lore. “The Queen of Greece’s favorite recreation is yachting. She is an excellent sailor, and is the Only member of the Russian imperial house who, bears the rank of an ad- miral in the Russian navyâ€" a unique honor bestowed on her by the Czar Alexander, who was very fond of his beautiful cousin and who knew of her deep love for the sea. When yacht- ing Queen Olga. is perfectly happy, and she has many opportunities of indulging in her sea excursions in he] Grecian home. FADS OF OTHER QUEENS. “Queen Helene of Italy has many interests. Her favorite amusement: are shooting and driving a motor car. She is an excellent shot. and an untiring walker, having been used to spending days with her fath- er and brothers on the mountains of her native land. The automobile i: at present quite the favorite hobby of most of the members of the Ital- ian royal family, and the King, a: well as Queen Helene, spends a: much of his spare time as he can making excursions in his horseless carriage. This taste is now shared by Queen Margaretha, who was ini- Itiated into the delights of motoring by her nephew, the Duke of the Ab- . ruzzi. “Queen Christina. of Spain has, perhaps, fewer hobbies than any of our European sovereign women. The extremely busy life ‘which she was the regency left her little time for relaxation. What -time she could spare from the duties of state she devoted mainly to the companionship Ger- 5 ble she would go with them to 1101‘ collection of Pictures is Unique, ipalace at. San Sebastian, on the sea: comprises every kind 0f scene; lcoast, where, while ,her three child- views and curious people‘ren she met on her eastern travels; porâ€" iwoum sit, hus' ,work or a book. of her children, and whenever possi< her bathing or cycling, she (in the strand with her ‘VCl'O “Queen Amalie of Portugal may be said to be the most energetic queen in Europe. She is always Kaiser at Hilbel"ibusy, and is never known to be ill. Her Child-3:119:- Majesty's hobby is the study of mother as alinedicine, and she may be said to . wonderful being, and every time they lhave gone so deeply into the ques- I‘CCCiVO & new 13% the first thoughtition that. her interest in the healing art. has become worthy to bear a The Photographs taken by the Elm more dignified name than a hobby. there has “Of Queen Draga of Servia accounts, and she for any one to know whether or not She takes a great for everything SALT AS A CURATIVE. _An excessive use of salt on food is injurious to the digestive and other organs of the body, causing scurvy and other scorbutic diseases. But it has some curative properties which should be known. For the reason that it is cheap and always at hand, the curative qualities of salt art not appreciated as they should be We gather from an exchange that i.‘ used persistently enough it will cure nasal catarrh. A weak brine shoulc‘ be made and snuffed up the nose. al~ lowing it to run down the throat One of, the most. elTective remedies known for sick headache is to place a pinch of salt on the tongue and :allow it to dissolve slowly. In about ‘tcn minutes it may be followed by a ‘ drink of water. There is nothing better for the relief of tired or weali eyes than to bathe them with a strong solution of salt and water, applied as hot. as, it can be borne. Salt, ‘is most excellent for cleansing the teeth. It. hardens the gums and sweetens the breath. â€"+. a... J APAN’S COPPER MINES. Native Japanese engineers and managers have developed to a tre- mendous extent the cop-per mines of Ashio. There are 10,000 persom employed in the mines and finances who, with their families, make up a city of 17,000. Japan is now the fourth in rank of the copperâ€"produo ing countries, and the mines of Ashio, owned by Furukawa lchibel‘ of Tokio, produce oneâ€"third the total of the empire. 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