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ing in the river bed wherever we camped and when we would go ashore for lunch. and in every in- stance found gold and precious stones, such as rubies. garnets. and we 3130 found a diamond, a small one. but big enough to be certain that it was a «Band. “We hara- an expert mining man in fnur part} so that what I have told ou is no guesswork. He told me GOLD AND The Missanabie or Moose River Country Attracting Attention of Mining Men That precious stones are to be food in the country adjacontwtho James Bay is made clear in a letter dated Moose Factory, James Bay. July 4, from Robert. Swanson. of Fort William, Ont. After describing his party's trip, Mr. Swanson says: “On our way down we did quite a bit. 0! explor- Two thousand members o! the In- dustrial Workers 0] the Wurld ‘thc gone on strike on the Grand Trunk Pacific between l-Iazolton and Pmrns' Lake. a distance of one hundred and eighty miles. Burns Lake is a short distance northwest of Fort. George. When I hit the trail the world is a mine as far as the eye can see. Big Jack Munroe is back in camp. He has been hitting the trail south of here in a territory whiCh has been little prospectcd. Jack does not say very much about the new field ex- cept that free gold was found. He goes a little on the theory that it will be time enough to spill the beans and speak in a voice louder than thunder if he wants when he and his friends haVc staked what they want. PRECIOUS STONES that he {eels quite satisfied ill“ the river bed is rich in gold and modem stones, once down to bed rock. What we got. was just 03 $0 surface. so. that it is bound to improve as noon as bed rock is readied. i er) will be lined with mining men. There are some good reports of the Whale and East Main River dis- tricts. One report. is that adiamond was found in the East Main River valued at 576.000. and many smaller ones of less value. Another report is that two men on the Whale River panned out sumom of gold in half a day. and so on." ”I feel satisfied that within the next two years the Missanabie River (commonly known as the Moose Risa} Good Roads Mean Saving in Freight lington. the member for Timisknm- ing in the Provincial house $60001: beim: spent on the fiowganda road hetueen Gounandn and Elk lake. and Wilson llerron. n “ell known rozul builder.hns the contract for the Wadi now being done. The money will be spent in repairing the present wagon road and it is figured that the $0000 will put the road in excellent shape. although if this amount is not sufficient the government has con- sented to grant a further amount to complete the work. E. M. Webb of the Canadian Rand 00.. whose eye was injured two weeks mm by a piece of flying steel. is still in Montreal where he is to undergo an operation which it is to he hoped will he most successful in the savinc‘ of his sight. Through the efforts of R. Shilo ‘MHe slugs in a bed that has not been made for a Week. There. are several ‘heds in the house and he has slept in ' all of them. Beside each had is a lit. .‘ter of old newspapers. cigar ashes. and tobacco dottels. He takes his meals where he hap- Is the Bay Brass Widower as He lives in a house where the dust is an inch thick, where the soiled breakfast dishes are stacked half way up the kitchen wall.where the rubber plant is slowly perishing of thirst. where the canary has been lent to a neighbor. where the Irish terrier has tiVen up hope of his daily hand-out and Images from garbage cans. lle lets himself into his deserted >mansinn at midnitmt. A light burns dimly in the 'hall. It burns there day and night â€"â€"for he is afraid to go lhome in the dark. His footscps echo on the hardwood floor. As an echocr there i9 nothint: like a hardwood floor in an empty house. He hangs uphis hat. What is. that lurking form he- hincl the piano lamp? Ps‘haw. noth- im: at all! Just nerves. Brmhing ghosts and enneealed assassins aside he hurries upstairs. Thank heaven. the bed is where he left it! Nobody has been here. Nothing ha: been touched. He sleeveâ€"and forgets. So goes the dismal round and the morn- ing and evening are each another day. He takes his meals where he hap- pens to be. He has tried out every- thing on exert hotel hill of fare. He has sampled the special dishes of ev ery restaurant. In consequence he is sad and does not belieie that. life 13 north lixing. Ewn his club does not please him. He moons about the smoking room and compares notes with his fellow outcasts «110. like him, are filled \tith an unnttetahle yearning for home cooking. lle haunts hotel rotundas. a lonesome note in these animated scenes. Ila worth living. Even his club does not, please him. He moons about the smoking room and compares notes with his fellow ontensts who. like him. are filled with an nnntternble yearning for home cooking. lie haunts hotel rotundns. n lonesome note in these animated scenes. lie has no joy in his auton‘nhileâ€"ior man was not made to ride alone. “is sole amusement, is writing let- ters to his wife and family in Mus- koka. cheque enclosed. telling her to eniov herself. I Who is thie homfloss. friendlcss, solitary man? Is this the gay grass I HUMAN BEBEUET “I in" “M llis Miraculous [tnâ€"Esâ€" at Blindness 0mm“ "0m and other Bodily n- g I '.\'o-~ 2r. .3 hhdfl‘ aims" I” dust 33mins THE PORCUPIN E ADVANCE "if SCHBIIE Miraculous mm: of no less than fifty cases of blindness as many cases of other bodily afflictions. and temporal and spiritual lnvors dis- pensed to two hundred others are re- ported within the last few weeks at the little shrine at Cote des Neiges, Mind the mountain. where Brother Andre. of the Holy Cross Order.li“es in a humble dwellinc that is begin- pensed ‘0 ““0 hundred others 3““ "3‘ Philadelphia. according to George Imiscellaneous relations. but heaven ported within the last M weeks “tgFitoh. is the lamest village in the help the stranger who comes to the "We 8'1”“? 8‘ COW “93 “it". lworld. It is situated in Pennsyl- Philadelphia. Seventy yeuengo some Mind ”‘9 mountain. “'1‘?“ Brother 1, Vania on the Delaware riVer and con- New York people moved to Philadel- Andre. ot the Holy Cross OrderJir-es W” of 300.000 red hriclt dwellinglphia and the natit’es are just begin. in a humble dWl’niM that is hegin- .houses with marble steps which are lning to ask their grandchildren how ning to rival the famous Ste. Anne: scrubbed "My day by Philadelphia l they like their new home. deglleaupre. : women and eat upon .eVery sllmrner‘: Philadelphia has about. 1.500.000 . 0 far has spread the fame of the eienlng h) lhlladelphla men. When . people and la growing quietly at the I saintly hrother and his wondnousfa family gets so large that the; , 5rate of one square mile of houses a mirm‘les. that the members 0! the ' steps eannot aeeommodate them. the; . . . order haVe decided on the erection eldest wn marries and starts to till Wm“ h L“ Doll‘d for its aoelety lit a new and greater church to ne- 3 set of steps of his mm. 'Whlt‘h ls .q'mte simple. and stlll preâ€" fers to .l\'(‘ in small houses around l'nmmodate ”‘1‘ hm?" "0““3 that: l'hlllulelpllia is noted as a city of . daily 9"“ physical and spiritual home and retards New York with lhttpnhnmo square and to go do?“ nealinl: at the shrine. scorn as a eitv 0‘ clifl1lwellel's. town after hreahlast alter the rnml. l’illzrims are now \‘lSlllflL’ the . l‘hil'ulel thinla two stories high (3;. .1 It ls “‘5 lmpnsalhle for. the Sufism” .hl‘im- from all parts of North .-\m-t -. t I . .. - ..~ 40 “H mm l‘hllndelphla society . as ”I“ m the unter Mule 't ““1““ . lt seems to he for a modern l‘hlla- Prion. | ‘ ‘I l " ' ' \ ' ‘ " ‘ d ' o o tllllhhl'l.‘ (“I 5‘ ““d‘m‘k” !‘ ‘0“ edelphla statesman to get into his- - tam. the titllt‘sl elty hall in the l torv C O O . we l‘lll. the 'reate.'t lol'omotlve Works: . . . 'MlSSlng Since .. n ,“ ~ . ,. l l'hllallelphta is surrounded by 3 m the wmld. the gleatest magazlne lheautil‘lll sulmrhs whieh eall he Viiew- ‘ : llisl'n' lltlls'. the Ian mt lark . ! LaSt JuIYl P“, H L ’ Q in '4‘”? ed at the rate ml 3 cents a mlle on ; g all h- l 'et baseball team. . . i I . ‘ ‘. e N. . . 'all l'alll'nmlS. It is lei-ls than 100 all-Hm” 1" ”WWW”! ‘“ “ “M.” “m“ ! flee from \'ew York whiuh laughs ll. .1. McDonald of Cornwall. (lnt.. but if it should eVer Wake UP 1‘93"?“ .m I i. ' l - ‘ ' (lin th th ( l tr 'n tl‘ illtll the rest of the world It '~i one 3‘” m and "N always alllldlmrln some ‘ 3 .e ‘} . . _ a u . "_ I l . . i. sell 1 l: e nrr run 3 l 0| l lm‘W manner to its sleepiness. How- . ’o rt ' '- 'e s , ..l,! i the must Versatile and met 'etie; , , J " tplne dmn t for h" on D l“ 1‘ lever. the Philadelplllan now retorts ilf‘nmiim \lellrmzlld- who has not lsomnambtllists in ”Sis‘mce' liliiio :l in mwnr 'lqlenn nrmmtl second l l D. J. McDonald of Cornwall. 0nt.. is sourrhing the north country in the Porcupine district for his son. D. J. «fanuim McDonald. who has not horn hoard from sinve tho Porcupine tire of July 11 last year. No one knows that the 31mm: man was in Porcupine camp at the time o! the fire. but as ho was in the north country and has not thwt'd up since. suspicion is strong that he since. suspicion :5 strong mat ne! may have lust hi< life in the firm: The rt-liof mmmittw in charm ofi locatinc and takim: care of bodies! following tho fire. am not receivo' infm'tnntion relation to D. J. Mc-l Donald. and quite likely the boy is‘ in same other part of the northwest. widower. whose surreptitious wicked- nvss. when his wife goes to the coun- try. is the food of funny columns? If ho is drop a tear {61' him. It's pity he needs. not reproach. NEAR Mflllflfll THE WORLD’S Chief Features are Red Brick Dwellings and Marble Steps Philadelphia was founded in 1H“ by William Penn. and many of the. original buildings are still actively in lmsinest down in the wholesale section. In 1770. Philadelphia enter- tained the Continental (’ongrers and the eity still contains Liberty Hall and the Liberty Bell, having success- fully defended it against many eity administrations during the last cen- tury: In1876. Philadelphia pulled off a Centennial exposition with me off a Centennial exposition with great success and last year it kick- ed out its grafters. Aside from these events it has rested quietly. Philadelphia means “City of Bro- therly flow" and is well named. Evieryone loves his brother and his grandfather and all his cousins and LARGEST VILLAGE Philadelphia is surrounded by beautiful suhurhs whirl: can be View- ed at the rate ol 3 cents a mile on all railroads. it is less than l00 miles from New York whiuh laughs at it. and is always alluding: in some new manner to its sleepiness. How- ever. the Philadelphian now retorts that it is never asleep around second base and this remark can he guar- anteed to produce apoplexy in a Sew York man in the seconds or money refunded. .\'n Italian who kept a fruit-stand on Broadway was muvh annoyed. by powihlc customers who made a prac- (ice of handling the fruit and pinch- ing: it.thereby leaving it softened and often spoiled. Exnspernted beyond vndurance. read : “If you must pinoha da fruit,â€" pincha da cocozmut 1" he finally put a sign which :\ POINTER