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$ It is simply impossible for this space-saving IDEAL Folding d to close accidentally. It is self-balancing in any position. Works with springs, not. weights, and is so and fectly balanced that a fin can operate deo dr ~-- therefore vermin-proof. No parts to work loose, wear out or bugle Bedding kept in perfect order, always to air. nopy-'permits artistic draping--open or Tr itis a handsome piece of fumiture, Be sure and ask for the IDEAL Folding Bed, and see that it bears our trade mark. Ask for name of dealer nearedt you. Write for Free Folder Mo. F120 IDEAL BEDDING Clie 29 MONTREAL -- TORONTO -- WINNIPEG MONARCH KNIT INCE Eve turned dressmaker no gar- ments have had the vogue of "Mon- arch Knit." For lounging coats and sweaters the correct-costume for motoring on land or water, or camping in comfort in the cool of a summer night, "Monarch Knit" is par excellence. Your Merchant will tell you exactly why "Monarch Knit" coals and sweaters are superior--tell you far more emphatically than we'd care to do over our name. He's wise enough to know that a pleased customer is the best advertisement for his store -- Wise enough to know that once you are pleased more than a few of your friends will be calling around. Our aims and his are identicil, The Monarch Jo. Li Dunnville, Ont. Facturier. also st ti. Thomas, Oat. ; St. Catharines, Qot.. aad Buffalo, N.Y. Kaitting 1 After a sultry, sizzling day's work, Regal Lager at the evening meal refreshes and cools, while it aids Top the meal and the day with tonic malt and hops and the mild stimulation of a moderate per cent. THR DAILY BRITISH WHWA, PRIDAY, -AUGUST 18, FOUND THE NECKLACE MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS LOST AT THE SCAFFOLD. It Consisted of Black Pearls, and Was Worn by Queeh on Morning , of Her Exetution. After many centuries, and in a cus jous way, a historic necklace of black pearls, which Queen Mary of Boots wore on the morning of her execu- tion at Fotheringay Castle, hat been recovered in a romantic way. From that morning, when, at the foot of the scaffold, the ill-fated queen dis- tributed her jewels and money among her friends, the black pearl necklace had been lost sight of, and was only recently unearthed in an old curios. ity & in a amall village in Beot- land. The keeper of the shop parted with the pearls to a lady customer for 12s. 6d., but there was then nothing to indicate their real value. Nov experts have declared that they are incomparable, and, in- fact, they than £16,000 (about $80,000). It seems that a short time ago a lsdy, riding her bicycle in Beotland, identally broke the chain by which) her eye- glasses were suspended. Remember- ing that in a little shop she had seen a few strings of beads and other "trifle dear to youthfui-viliage- ens, she rode there to see if she could find something to replace for a time her broken chain. She found nothing to serve her purpose, and was on the int of leaving, when the old lady hind the counter said, 'I have got an old necklace that might do, but it is much more expensive. Shall | fetch it for you?' A necklace of i rather large, dull-locking "beads™ { was produced. It did not seem to be quite what she wanted, but the curi- ous workmanship of the clasp took the lady's fancy and for the sum of twelve shillings and sixpence she became its owner, and to it attaching het eye-glasses, she resumed her ride. To her purchase she attached but little importance, but being one day in London, a friend admired the "beads" not a little, and expressed a wonder as to where such a pretty string had come from. It so chanced that shortly afterwards the owner of ' the "'beads" had occasion to visit the shop of a dealer in antiques, her father clock, and while the she showed her "beads" to the ler, asking him what he thought of them. After a short inspection, the dealer became quite animated, fingering _each-- bead" --in-turn, -and--asking - 0. 'many questions as to how and when the lady had become their owner, that her euriosity was completely aroused. Subsequently the "beads" were submitted fo a jeweller and his interested inquiries served to con- firm the owner's impression that her possession was positively of rare value, and the impression was streng- thened when an offer was made of £6,000 for the string. This offer was declined, and instead the string was submitted to an acknowledged expert in matters connected with antiquities and ancient jewellery. Here a brief examination ef the "beads," and a glance at a book of reference, were sufficient. "This, madam, is the string of black pearls worn by Mary Queen of Scots on! the day of her execution. The pearls have suffered by neglect, but I can buy them from you, should you: wish to séll them, for sixteen thousand pounds. 1 shall resell them at a profit to a customer if you | accépt my offer which remains open for your consideration as long as you like." ' The lady accepted the offer, and shortly afterwards the old shop woman in the little Scotch village was equally delighted and astonished to receive a cheque for one thousand pounds. object being the purchase of a i { ------------------ Queer Ideas of Arithmetic. In a village churchyard in Worces- tershire there is. or used to be, a tombstome stating the age of the ten- ant of the tomb below to be 304. The mason apparently had the crudest no- tions of the mysteries of arithmetical notation, Oddly enough, to the présent day we would find in Burma 1000 900 11 1 used for the year 1910, this being a case of an admixture of an old nota- tion with modern symbols. The same kind of admixture of new and old is taught in the indigenous monastic schools of Thibet, and is prevalent all over India among the Hindu astrolog- ers. In purely native schools In- dian children are said to learn their multiplication tables up to 100 times Teachers in our own elementary schools may bless their fortune that Shey are not called upon to listen to su a nerve-ending drone from "twice two are four," uw to the num- bers just mentioned. Even in the Government schools of the United Provinces the children had to learn up to 40 times 40 until a few years back. \ | 5 Beautiful, But Dangerousft The laburnum is a beautiful tree. Unfortunately, however, like. many other besutiful things, laburnum blos- som is dangerous. The long, yellow flowers and the seeds wiih presently TIF RTEPOrTation co | LABOR CONDITIONS GOOD. Outlook In Canada Rosy Sdys July Gazette. Very satisfactory are industrial and | labor conditions in Canada as review- ed by the Labor Gazette. Ip its gem eral summery it says: | "There was general activity i {nearly all branches of industry | throughout Canadas during the month {of June. Prosprets of an abundant | harvest. continue t~ he exceptionally good, sufficient fu.us having fallen during the first two weeks of the month. ta emsurs prospects of good vields. While the coal ruining in- dustry in Alberta and Eastern British Columbia was. impeded by labor dis- turbances there was, on the .other hand, 'exceptional activity ic the coal mines of Nova Scotia. in all branches of manufacture | prosperous conditions prevailed and | arrangements were being made for the establishment of many new in- | dustrial institutions. | The general tome of the lumber {trade was healthy. | Unskilled labor was well employed. railway _ construction abtorbing » {large number of men. have been resold for no less & sum 3 Generally speaking, ali classes of {labor were: well employed, except in a few cases; the supply of labor gen- |erally equalled the demand though arrangement for the additional help {which will be required later in the {season had not been completed. | Returns of immigration, trade and Ag {large increases over those of the pre- | ceding year. | The number of trade disputes re' | ported to have lwen in existence in | Canada during. June was: 'twenty- {seven, a decrease of seven compared | with- May, but an Porease of nine 1 {compared with June 1910. About 208 {firms and 15.000 employes were in {volved in these disputes, about 167 {firms and 8.071 employes having been involved in new disputes of the | month : | Industrial sccidents occurring % 11,902 individual work people in Can- jada during the month of June, 191, {were reported to the department of labor. Of these eighty-two were fatal 'and 110 resulted in seriou: injuries In addition eleven fata! accidents {were reported as having taken place {prior to the beginning of the month, {information not having been received {by the department before June, 1911. A Wonderful Memory. | An interesting incident occurred on ithe Montreal Stock Exchange "the {other day when Mr. Rodolphe Forget | made what is now one of his periodi- {cal visitsito the Exchange. The com mon stock of the Wayagamack Pulp und Paper Company was, at the fime selling around 3, and Rodolphe started in to buy something like =» thousand shares, and succeeded in doing so before the stock got very much above 3712 Then, when it was noticed that he was buying such in large smpunt of the issue, other | brokers started to buy, and at the ond of the day. the stock had woue as high #3 39, and in the meantim= Mr. Forget, it rather looked, hal been able ta turn round and sell all the stock that he had acquired in the morning, and at the end of the day had practically little or no morey stock than he had when he started out. snd yet the stock was selling al [39, as eompared with 36 when he started in to buy it. : | 4n his operations Mr. Forget is a. ways favored with a remarkable memory and has a decided advantage over most other brokers in that he i. able to stand in the middle of a erowd and go along trading in 500 or 1.000 shares of a stock in small lots, both buying and selling, without bine forced to jot every transaction down \on a piese of paper until he has achieved what he has been after when he can step aside to the desk and from memory write down from twenty to thirty different transactions that he may have put through in the | course of five or ten minutes. Pei a pge---- A Railway Anniversary. Receutly the Canadian Pacific Rail- way celebrated or failed to celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday, as the only transcontinental railway in North America. The building of the Cana. dian. Pacific meant the building of a new Canada, the consummation of Confederation, the opening up of the Last Gr:at West, and the dawn of a new era in Canadian national ideals Born in political tempest, nurtured in trials and tribulations, the Canadian Pacific grew slowly and steadily until in June, 1886, the firs¢ transcontin- ental train left Montreal for Van couver, The total earnings of this ribbon of steel across the continent in 1584 were only ten millions of dollars. This year the total earnings will te over one hundred millions. The mile- age has grown from a little less than five thousand miles to over fifteen thousand. Then it had two steamers in commission, now it has seventy. one. --Canadian Courier. A Poor Memory. : They were watching the moonlight on Lake Ontario, and he was quoting the poets: ner re ovannARes je dri ies, and be finally made ce to their happiness the summer before. "Last summer?" echoed inno- cently. Why. were you here last 3 dg "Was 1 bere?" he repeated in in- dignation. "Why, we were engaged." She looked at him dreamily for a moment. "Oh, s6 we were. But 1 al- retched had a w | memory for 2 n Courier. 'them out. 1011. ANOTHER ALLIANCE. "Young Canadian Weds Spciety Woman In the Olid Land. ' Anglo-Canadian marrigges have bee: quite in vogue this sprimg. London has been the scene of at least two large fashionable weddings recently, which sttratted much. interest in the Dominion. Not Jong age Mr. Hamar Greenwood, M.P.|! was married and some of the most eminent people io | English public life attended his wed- ding. Just the other day, Mr. Claude | G. Bryan, son of Canon Bryan, To- ! ronto, married Miss Annette Furness, niece and ward of Lord Furness, the great ship baron. was a big social event. Mr. Bryan, like Mr. Greenwood, has mainly made his way by his own an- aided efforts, helped by a rather lrish temperament in certain ipcideats of his career. He is a graduate of Jame- son Avenue Collegiate Institute, To- ronto, and the University of Toronto Class of 1896. At Varsity, he was a well-known member of the Kappa Alpha Greek Letter Society. On leav- ing Varsity, for three years young Bryan was reporter on The Globe, Toronto, part of the time serving as secretary to Mr. J. 8. Willison, lhen editor-in-chief. While covering assigu- ments for Ns paper he one day met Sir Gilbert Parker at the Queen's Ho- tel. The novelist wanted a secretary. He was attracted to Bryan by that young man's boyish vivacious ways, and engaged him. For some time Mr. resided in Eogland with Bic Gilbert. From secretary he rose to be his literary collaborator. } r. Bryan and Biy Gilbert combiged in produc ing in 1903, "Old Quebec, a History of New France." The actual writing of this work, which is generally cre- dited to Sir Gilbert Parker, was done entirely by Mr. Bryan. While in London, Mr. Bryan wrote numerous short stories and articles for maga- zines--contributing occasionally to the Canadian Magazine. He hae for some time now lived in New York and Indianapolis as chief executive officer for a large insurance corporation is bride, he met during his en- gagement with Bir Gilbert Parker The tastes of the young couple are largely identical. Miss. Furness is a literary woman of no little note, the author, of several bright romances Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will reside for the future in London, in the magnificent home presented to them by Lord Fur ness, next door to Lord Charles Beres ford. It is understood that Mr. Claude Bryan will be the next Canadian to contest a seat for the British House of Commons. More About Sir Wilfrid. The ciety, with a long\ distance information about Canada's Premier. Undoubt. edly one of the most interesting vis tors to our shores just now is Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who has been do. scribed as "The Simple Life Prime M nister." Although he possesses a knighthood, he is at heart as demo crafic as Lloyd-George himse.f "Titles and badges," he said on on» occasion, "do not make the mag, and I myself would prefer to be :echlled simple Wilfrd Laurier." Indeed, considering his high publie position, Canada's Prem er almost too modest, but his sterling character and wonderful powers of oratory have won him the affvetion of all classes It is interesting to note that, al- though Sir Wilfrid is the virtual ruler of millions of English-speaking men and women, he himself was not able to speak a word of English until he was e'ghteen. Up to that age he could only talk in French, and his t re EE m-- London journal, Modern 8o once ore favors its readers This wedding, too, | first lessons in English were received from an old Scoteh farmer, to whose house young Laurier used to go for | family worship. Bir Wilfrid is very advanced in all his ideas, and some time ago he publicly expressed him- self as beng in favor of woman': suffrage ber of the audience. "if you give us thie vote, you will find that we shal! vote for you and the Liberal party." "Oh, no doubt," replied Sir Wilfrid with a knowing smile. "You are just like the men. thing first, and when you have got "Well," said a lady mem- | |} things may feel quite safe with a box ¢ Plunging Ahead in popularity among those men with a taste for what's best in tobacco, are fragrant Black Cat 10 "os {QC The delightful mellowness of the sun-cured Virginia tobacco in these carefully rolled cigs arettes has won them ever increasing popu- larity--both at home and abroad. Our up-to-date Canadian factory is run- ning full capacity all the time in a tremendous endeavor to supply the demand for these high-class, low-priced, satisfying smokes. Ask your dealer about them- today. At All Good Tobacconists CARRERAS & MARCIANUS CIGARETTES, Limited Montreal, Canada Ate Unwisely ? x Sometimes people do,. and suffer, because the stomach balks, relieve the discomfort at once. und help digest the overload. The lover of good 2 3 NA-DRU-CO Dyspepsia Tabidta at hand. c. a box. If your druggist has not stocked them yet send 50c. and we 34 will mail them. National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited, + + . + Montreal wo A ---- a Almost every American LIPTON'S TEA OVER 2 MILLION PACKAGES SOLD WEEKLY The destruction of, house fly is a public duty. Board of Health is carrying on a crusade against him. His fiithy origin and habits, and the fact that his body iis generally laden with disease producing germs; makes him one of the greatest enemies of the human race, You want some. | it, you will show your gratitude--if | you don't forget it." Better Homes For Working Men. Ottawa has a Model Homes Asso- ciation which proposes to help work- : FLY PADN ing men to get cheap and suitable plans for the houses which they are to build in the Capital City. The underlying idea is that the working men will get better homes and the City of Ottawa will have more pleas- ing workingmen"s houses. It is pro- posed to select a certain number plans from a large number which have been submitted from all over the Dominion and to supply copies of these model plaus at a nominal price. - The City Coun eil has made a grant to the 'associu- tion and some private funds are avail able. has offered and a to give a site of | by architects | In addition, Controller Hastey | thousand dollars in cash to the asso. | ciation for the erection of model home. Gas to Burn. The visitor to the Canadian town of Medicine Hat is struck by sight of street lamps burning in the day. The reason is that the city ob tains the whole ol its light and heat. ing from the patural gas stored in the caverns of the earth beneath. The City Council, having an inexhaustibio supply of gas, has found it cheappr to let the street lamps burn all day than to pay labor to light and tura 4 is said that not a ton of coal is used in the town in a year, the lighting, heating of buildings and the cooking of food all being done by she natural sepply of gas. A Wireless Feat. . One hour by wireless from Glace Bay, Cape. Breton, to Dakar, on the coast of French Western Africa, is the astonishing feature accomplished by the Glace Bay wireless station. Tie message was flashed to the Eiffel ww. er at Paris and from there relayed te Dakar station, the whole operation | taking only sirty minutes. You do not find the genuinely good man in throwing bouquets The man who can drink or let it does mot, as a usual thing, let the | the first | ! i | | If the housekeepers of Canada will use WILSON'S BEAVER "BEAVER FLOUR" is the unfailing friend of the housewife. It saves her the trouble of keeping two kinds of flour--one for bead and another for pastry. Being a perfect blend of Manitoba Spring wheat and Ontario Fall wheat, it gives to bread the rich, nutritious properties of the former and the lighter qualities of the latter, making a large white loaf of delicate texture and exquisite flavor. Pastry, biscuits' aiid cakes, mide with BEAVER FLOUR cannot be excelled. Ask yout Grocer for it today. 107 DEALERS-Witte for prices on Feed, Coarse Grabs and Caress. The T. H. TAYLOR CO. Liinited, Chatham, Ont.