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on Milwall" to Commercial 'Docks & vari: Jingu then a je; the hull low in dre he ot) hone eo T ain rangest of ak" : 'from. 'bank {0 bank mn its first and only voyage i" 'wah the rp, elovis: GRA, 5 the East: Ferr Woks. Arrived in The - Doek®, she caused a feeling | of conternution 'and alarm, liar 'was 'hey appearance. stn of "lins¥s, masters of sail: §, mutes who had visited |. me---none * in 'say "port 'had |' en '% vessel such' as this. even 'the stl wit for once was silenced ign. sailors were given to uader- the latest 'torpedo-boat ineer said, "You can Apeculations were "ad TRhe: leviathan waa to 8 alongsid one of the grain stan: in 'dock. - Bomewhere from the upper par art of each lower four: 413 tubes of metal or armadil © hose:pips were let down into the grain: in she steamer's hold, barges were bremght wp to each side of the eleva. Sor at the base of each tower--some oh sacks are standing little groups of men assembled on platforms ex. nt just undet the six shoots pro- ng overhead--smoke 'was seen to {8iuing from the taller and blacker "of the three 'cliimpeys; and then, a low, deep, regular sound was heard-- oo! heujh! heujh!"--like the pling of some enormous animal th each breath from the top of the two chimneys came filmly 1 much aa rings of smoke are wn by a cigarette-smoker--ihe {pur t air-suction cylinders in the bald e the elevator had been set at work 'few socconds' later, through onn of six shoots over the heads of the ithe group of dockers, swish! came grain. 2481h., equivalent to a sack of four bushels "of " wheat, weighed checked autoprafically up in the "Swish! swith!" as one shot another "dglivered the grain, fo be. shot jn bulk into the arge beléw' or put into a sack and \ 'then tumbled overboard. _-- elevator: was designed to deal ith 130 tons ol grain. an hour, but, : ~ her trial. 211 tons of grain passed i h the weighing-machines in © one hour. Yet still another surprise 'was in. store. Twa: tanks, traveling 'on rails, had lately been put en a Ballers high up ow the face of.an acent warchouse, fifty or sixty feet: ove the ground. None of the en- era quite knew what these tanks. been placed there for, or why' the. ttle zallery with its railway 'Had n built. These tanks were con nected by fwo stouter tubes to points' under the centres of each tower, men clustered on the little plat and the cornghoots were un- od. 'No barges moored them- ves against the elevator's sides. steam in the boilers down in the id of 'the elevator "was under full 'pressure, two small wheels on the us pe 'of the air-cylinders were fanaa re the' machine for suction. jadtin 'set in motion. No filmy rings red at the top of the two iimneys--what was happening? 'The grain, sucked up out of the Ship, was Being blown, by the exhaust ig from fhe cylinders, 'up the two Wipes into the, receiving tanks and shot into the warchouse--this at the ag of 160 tons an hour. So fast did eleva blow the grain that it found impossible to deal with it any ordinary 'warehouse. Ro of uch am elevator is of twelve td a oat towers, g wos] gon are made of 1' plates; and the Tollowing are the ripal measurements: Length of 1, 122 feet; breadth, 27 feet; depth, feet & inches © dratight, 11 feet; ht above waterline, 62 feet; dis fcomoent, 'T0000 tons. The suction il 3h. ta ihe dnch, and. the I ok ar air-cvlinders, By & Teront eompound sir Cor HOY work. Fup fo 600 hop. 350 h.p. aut for suction only: i» air-cylinders sekhaust the ait the canisters. "Air thon strives push up these pipes, whose ends 8 down in the hold of the vessel~ fill the vacuum cause Lars. But as the ends bos are in the grain. that drawo up with the is suf. "io 'the canistors, the grain downwards by means of half: 'over the entrances of i : jnside , he Sagisters, while aif, is fiow the grain, "sat 'through the pipe at the wf eagh canister, down th 'out at the exh grain meanwhile passes throtigh wks. which are simply urhatiles revolving at & of twenty-two rewelutions. | uf many people do ot have to be into etmek but, to: the con- ih to come back' for may dind the politi: ley by | Gudint Horoscopes of King George a and Queen Mary. The stars are favorable. lo. a: glor: ious ga by King George and Queen | Mary. At least, that is the conclusion Same 0 by the «editor of "Modern strology," who bas - casting haroscopes of their Maje 4 : Rohe ently King George Ae ue defect however. This is his lack of diplomacy "He loves the straight 'and direct road.™ ways the' wsttologiea expt, oad can rely sufficiently upon his ai miamacy' wit need 33 be nahi 'of omy will need td be his aduiirable wife; whose in this direction ig shown by the MOON: in whiunction witht Jupiter at her birth. He will suffer from severe headaches at times, also stomachic troubles, but have no real organic dis- ese. He loves temperance, is pas. iD) ly jong of vhis children. and firmly believes in of Pilitual things. eo ie itl prac and an i od queen. ere 1s her charac t dicaied by Hi "has a strong yon Jian dscided i, with a quiét, firm, and "de termined nature. In dispo jes gpen, frank, truthful, and self, contained.' She is very faithful in all ber friendships, constant' in her af fs, a wg judge of human natiire, and ra degsiv in her es: "of the LAR of others. The -- 'and. all who suffer 'will be glad Yo dinow, that Queen Mary's chief con: ¥n_ will be thd wellare of her people dod nurse and an excellent moth. oh 'she; is :a¥mpathetic towards the sorrows 'of others. A Mart. will ip many réspects be. a 'remarkable Qufern, and the na tion 14 fortunate in hiving ole so cap: "abla ang compbient to help the King thequgh his great, responsibilities." Regarding the , young. . Prinee . of (Wales, it is propheeed ihat his mar riage will take 'place in 'hig twenfy- third vear. "He will thus marry un: | der: the' most favorable auspices," | days the same: authority "and will be blgssed with a beautif f and good wile The. horoscope denofes execptional ability; 'and the mind being so vers infwitite and recentive he will absorb Rogwip ge quickly, turning' his atten- tion £6; original. and "uneonventional ought, and cultivating a love of mu. afc and fhe fing arts, also metaphysics and 'mysticism; A Strenuous Life. A remarkable career has been that of Captain Pentecost, commander of the Cunard liner Saxonia, who has retired from the £omPaNg 8 wie He was born in Sydney, N.S;W., join: ed the Cunard in 1896, being Ny . ed commander in 1904. While in Bur. ma he was attached to the ITrrawaddi flotilla. He holdf the Brazilian cap- tain's certificate, also a first master's certificate for the inland waters of Ber: muda." Captain Pentecost"s escapes from death have beén as varied as his nautical career. On three occasions he fell from aloft while at sea, was washed overboard twice during gales, and ance, off the Cape of Good Hepe, he had a narrow escape from deown- ing. The damage to his body in these accidénts included the breaking of all the lower ribs on his left side and the fracture of one of his arms three times. Notwithstanding these . experiences, the captain, who is now. in the prime of life. looks robust and fit for. many more strenuous years, : King of Missabotti. Tobg. an old and degrepit aboriginal, said to 'be 125 years: ul age, recently died "in 'the blacks' camp at Bowra- ville, NSW. The. deceased was a vary old man. To. the oldest inhabi- tants: of the Nambuaca River he has always been regarded as exceptionally ancient.' When the sixties were young, Mr.'W. F. Ballivan, who claims to be she first, white settler in the district, selacted an area of land in Bowraville. Toby 'was then worn with age. and was ally 70 or"80 years old. A quarter of a century aco the gentleman mention- ed: presented Toby with, a brass plate, 'on which was engraved, "Toby, King of Missabotti,"" and he wora that plate continuously until the day his death. At the time of the IR tion the deceased was the head man amongst. the loéal blacks, and hence: forth he was known as the "King of Missabotti." - local rumor weaves quite a tale of romance about the old man. Presenting Cullinan Jewels. Sir Richard Sslomon, High Com- missioner of the Union of South' Af tics, had the honor the other week, on 'behalf of the Government and ple of the Union of South Africa, of resenting to Her Majesty the Queen, in commemoration of the Union of the South African colonies, six diamond: mounted as ornaments and cut out of the well-known Cullinan' stone, which was discovered early in: 1806 in the Premier Diamond mine. near Pretoria two largest of thesd diamonds. which are gonsidered by experts to be of atchless quality, one weighing 92 'the other 62 carafs. have been Naunted 8s a pendant. Three, aver Aging ubsut; 90 'edrhfy each, have been tod. .as a Small 'péndant, and the Sixth diamond. as-a Ting. Tt ---- It Generally ls. Greally to the pride and pléazure of | his father. Lord Rosebery's second: son, the Hon. Neil Primrose. was elected to Parliament for a division] in Cambridgeshire. : During the coniast, however, refer. ence was constantly made to Lord! Rosebery's oppesition to the budget, which his son supported. { On one occasion thé candidite was asked whether this action on the part of his father did not amount to "hit. wie helo the belt." "Exastly," wid Mr. Primrose, "Bat when one's father does hit one, it'is generally below the belt." An Asiatic Railway. * The hope of Shigaors a for a great 'trunk ling aay ™ nning from this southern lay peninsula V 1 hay Bn to Burma and 0 India and a branch line through ' "hina. Some day that yealinad. Within a radius 000 miles 'of 'the litfle istand on which Singapore is built there is a papulition of 700,000,000. There's always trouble when the un- rly tongte and the noruly hands acts in conjunction. It seems to be the 1 way of the world ta get our isulis in the dress parade ahead of gus virtues, moment of 'a ¢hinoce weeting: What Al Is. Fair, He Said, and_His' Sweetheart Agreed. By KATE WM. CLEARY. Dorid was sioging us she caute fiylng down the wide stairgray and out into the warm brilliancy of the young day. for it wits midswwomer, the time of roses, of fragrance, of romance. And Doris seemed the veritable spir- it of ft all=at least so thought the yonng 'fetlow witching her from bis seat under the wréat eln. Bat it was net till she was quite close to hiw-that she was aware 'of his presence. The gay little chanson she had been liking ceased, null 166 pretty." startidd color deepened ih ter soft cheeks." : "Bon jour!" she cried blithely and paused in. ber Aralunih-like Aight "Mercy! © What a morning to be por: ifig ovér a book! Why, instead you should®= 9 "f° row! He had risen and was towerlog before her, 'straight and pon nyt 4 wav with an air that was that of a soldier than fn student. "Yon think 1 should prefer to cultivate Dame Nature," There was a quizzical flicker in the gray; ¥ black lasbed, black browed eyes that met, ber accusing gaze. "1£°§0n 'will put down that book you! 'mayswalk with me as far as the abode | of' Abs: Molinda Parsons, who is ex-' pecting uje this morning to write ber monthly letter' to lier son in the. Phil ippines." "The permission Is tempting, fesse Jothu Jardive, "but Freddie" = "Oh, 'if you prefer Freddie's society to. mine!" The little ¢lin with the dimple went up in the mr. "But l'm.paid to teach your brother. Miss Ware." be hasteoed to espiaio. "And pot 10 accompany we. 1 quite uilderstand," And then, witli much dignity of demeanor, ¥Good worning JL Jardine," 4 "Good morning." bi replied ruefully. Bus they quizzieal smile was dunciog again in bis nandsetne eves 'as Miss Ware flashed open ber parasol. whisk ed up the skirts of her embroidered batiste and turned loftily away only to pause when she bad 1akeh a tew steps and look 'back over ber shoulder with eyes Tull of infinite reproach. here's that dog at Brown's and- he might bite, And--and it's hard to get over the pasture stile--alone. Aud' --a pitiful quiver in her voice clinched the sincerity of ler assertions="l1 am afraid of spakes--and tbere may be snnkes. Freddie saw one last sum- mer." There was no questioning the telum- pliant truth of the tinal declaration Nor was refusal longer possible. Con- quered, Jobo Jardine found himself walking along the avenue, adjusting his long stride to the gait of Miss Do- ris Ware, who, now that she had ber own way in persuading the most stub- born individual with whom she had ever come in contiter, was radiant and bubbling over with merriment, Since six months before their act quaintance began the little dirt, belle, beauty and heiress had vainly tried all ber graces and fascinatious on the seri- ous and stately instructor of her hois- terous young brother. It had seewned so. hatural since she was a sehoolgir in short dresses 10 have admirers by the dozen that the difficulty she expe tienced of bringing Jardine to her feet piqued het and wade her more thay evel determined te make hil capitu- Inte. She would buve speved her pan sy purple" eyés very wide indeed aud have been lonestly amazed bud any one accused ber of being heartless She would bave said that no ove meant to be serious. Anyhow all knew --for it was an open secret--that sbe was 'vot free. Her marriage bad been arranged --ol. ages ago--by pareuts | and lawyers and solicitors and that kind of people. It wus'purely a war. riage of convenience. But it nppeared to Le very convenient indeed aud quitd satisfactory all around. Some day, when stie was old.' very old~--perhaps twenty-four ot thereabout --Lord Lessington would come sailing over the sea und wed ber and bear ber back over the billow to a wagniticent historic old 'bome in Sussex, and she would be h great lady and lead a good and 'beautiful life and De" happy for ever aud ever, which. as ber heart had never been touched and she was ony a wild and Winsome liftke maiden, seemed quite right apd natural, Ouly of Inte she had begun to. won- der why ber eyes would droop when suddenly encountering those of "the man beside whom she vow walked. rattling ou in light. dncousequent fash. fan. She wus furious whew she found hev: cheeks grow "Durning bot at the con: there is was hg'to' vey Ahnt her heart had come to ee lel" wien in bis pres tly' lie =onimoned all her 4 psa 10 coticeat! this strange new unrest. Homeward bound an hour latér! they secured their mail at the village. In the green gloom, gold pierced. of the forest pathway tbe girl' sat down to read her letters. [banivg against a tree, grave aud silent. Jawline stood watching ber. : "Oh," she cried out saddeuly and turned very pale, "he is coming! His fawyer writes he f= coming! Of, | didn't think he'd come for years and years!" There was downright dread in the eyes that looked piteousiy up at fier companion. "Lord Lessington is soming." x He unodfed. "You've never scen BIE" he nsked. "He Is old. | smppose. anil ngiy dnd altogether detestable!™ "No--oh, no! It was all arranged But they soy he .is young and good ° ois, very rich, of vaurse, L didn't wigs I'd mind--and now." El tae, 'tembling. The teass~Drinméd over 'dnd ran dow ihe checks fron: which the rose hloont had faded, "le will be 'hete today, and I-soon 1 will bave to wary him," his voice thrilled ber--tlnt in ! sett: wee "Don't you How -you do know. my ddrBog-that you, are going to warty foe?" Then he bad ber in his arms and was holding 'ber close in their strong ¢ apd sheltering embrace. For an Instant or tivo she did not resist. The sweet shock of it atl, the sense of being protected. more than all the ecstatic knowledge of _her own heart, overwhelmed ber. [lis kisses were on her cheeks, her lips, aud his passionate words in Lér ears. "No, no!" sbe cried ind drew away. "1t isn't right! 'I must marry Lord: Lessiugton. It was all arpanged ug ago. 1 pever objected. 1 didu't know"-- "That--no, 1 shap't touch yeu again unless vou cone to me. You didn't know Jhat you were going to fall in fove with me!" Her color came back with a rush. "Is this," she faltered--"is this-- love?" . : . He laughed, a low, contented, joyous inugh * "p "¢ill answer that only with you-in my Ark, "Come!" She 'Hesitripd. Aware of a' 'bewlider: ing sense of happiness, she still besi' tated, 'But his exes" compelled her. She tdok a step forward, and again bis Arms JAnfolded ner." It was with dread of the battle to be possessing ber. that Doris Ware beard 'the first diver' bell 'that evening. But it was a 'determibell young lady who held her bead highiand went down the stair! way to meet the English nobleman' whom it had been decided Sfionld make her hig wife. Would her alway indulgent father be furious to learn she was to marry a less. tutor? Would her weak, ambitious. mother weep and 'protest? What mattér?'| She would have him whom she loted ~loved--loved! ya "Go inl" Her parents; nid at the foot: of the stairs, Kissed yer. "Go in, and God bless yotl beth; He. is"waiting.' Go to him." 'Then the sfender figure, all 1d Showy draperies of clinging lace, was oil ing up the room. "1 gw sorry to haves tell yo, Lord Lessington"-- she began, but the words she would have spoken were never said. v The tall, bandsome man fn evening dress bad her held tightly to his teart, and the arms that closed around ner were those that had been her ref-' uge that morning in the forest. "John," she whispered, "John!" "Cedric John Jardine Dynely, Lord Lessington," he corrected 'her. "Be- loved. I've won you! I've served for vou, if vot as long as Jacob Served for Rachel," as faithfully. It's fair<all's fair, swéétheart, in love and war!" Defended a Little Boy. Nine-year-old Robert came home feom school one day with a dirty face and a torn stocking and a generally disheveled appearance. There was a buwp ou his forehead which he was manfully trying to conceal by pulling his cap down over Lis face, "Why, Robert, what have you been doing® How did you get Lo dirty? And what has happened to your face?" asked his motber, Robert looked, mysterious. "Oh, I've been tryin' to keep a little boy from bein' licked," he replied, with an offhand air of accustomed virtue. His mother was delighted. "How fine and brave of you, dear," she 'cried. - "That is what you must al- ways do. You must always stand up for the little boys. I am sure you are goiug to grow up to be a hero. You are # splendid little wap, and wother is proud of you. Who was the little boy ' : "Xe." replied Robert. "I broke Jim- my Andrews' pencil box, and be tried to wollop me. It was an awful Gght. He won."=Philadelphia Tiwes. The Other Half. A man owes 4 cents. He pays 2 cents one day,' 1 cent the next, one- half eent the next, and so oh, one- hall each day of the debt. though en tha fourth day he only owes owes, one-quarter of a cent, if he should be endued with the gift of im- mortality and he should continue to pay the debt at the same ratio, he could never pay all of it. There would always remain that half of the former day's payment, provided he had coun- ters small enough to make the pay: ments. New so Wales' Population. The official estimate of the popula of New South Wales at the end of March was 1,665,830. ¢ men in one all' more or Women spect--they vain. are are re- less The World : es Doctors KEPHALDOL Here are a few. 0 pintons Sahdassed by 'prominent BritiSh and" physitians who have tested" onary dol, the great pain rellever which has just been introduced Into Canada. "These are extracts from letters on file in our Home Office, whose genuine-! ness is guarantesd by a $5,000000 bond. : . "Kephaldol--! have found ithe above drug very useful in alleviating pain due to various causes, and that without mental or cardiac sion.' "Kephaldal has given satisfactory results in Neuralgia and Sciatica. "1 found Kephaldol most jeflica- cious in facial Neuralgia." "} have found your orepiiration Kenhaldol champion for Headache and La Grippe." it a8 one of the best remedies. in 'pidemic La Grippe and most useful a an cages of Rheumatic otjgin.' "Wherever | have used Ke¢phaldol hate found it satisfactory, "especial: dy in chronic Rhedumtith Cet a Sec pekase of frofn Your Pins it. Rephaluol Lin- ited 31 Latour St, 3 tring. ' Wephaldol Now al-' depres- 18 PERSIAN your choice. pay ' FUR' ings, beaver clo Dc 20 per cent to 50 fered. ! COATS, 1s all lengths and sizes. 0 FUR TRIMMED COATS, Gera Otter Collars, beaver top wool lin. ing, a first class Sa in every way. All sizes." Your choice $15.00. TS, Otter and 'Persian Lamb AIL "sizes, your choice $60.00 Fur Caps, Fur ot Muffs, Stoles, Fur Coats, All Mazufactured Fur econ. discount. Our sale std ds [unequalled for the greatest. genuine bargains ever of- $199.50 muskrat lin- Collars, en 7 "ROBIN. ADAIR" Famous Love Song Had 'Its 'Original In Eighteently Contry. "Robin Adair s abe of gheze old- fashioned love songs wifich' Aas lived for more than a centu and has re. tained its popularity probably more by reason of it retty. and plaintive mel vy than t words written by iy Caroline Keppell. It old- fi hioed. for it must be confessed that a lady of to-day would scarcely lay aside her modesty to the extent that, did Lady Keppell, to tell Robin how mich she was enamored of him, In spite of what may be the feeling of a4 young woman in love at present, she would hardly dare to address thé ob- ect of her afiection in such endearing terms and then piiblish that confes- sion tg 'the Ww 1... She affirms that, the "town : dul] without him" the ""as- sembly stupid," and t} she can "ne'er forget hin: prayed for him. tried to make limrjcalous by con- fessing that "many had wade love to her;" "apd endad beaging him to "come ta ber heart azain Tt was nearly a bentury aiid a halt ago sinee 'there "lived in Dublin a young Irishman named Robin Adair. Wt the time Re was sthdying for the medical profdssion in that city, and getting into some of trouble. the wxact nature of wi bi lt clear, he vax compelled to leave the city. He started for Tondy n, but on arriving at Holyhead he {ound that his purse would not pay Yor the journey by conch, and so he set off on foot. He had not sanogdar when he came upon an overtugned carriage, the owner of which happened lady of fmahion The lady had received mary n wd Mr me cended her set hie} was resumet] in the arpriase for that happened to be the lady's destin. ition ap whl as that of Adair. Arriv- pz at the méstropolis, Robin himself ir the sion of a check for a hundred rwineas and an invita- Xion to visit his fellow-traveler as of- ten pleased. With the placed at his disposal, his rpedical studie ed an cxeellent practice « 'One night Robin' was at given by his benefactress, wherp he met Lady Caroline Keppell, second daughtdr of the Earl of "hemarle. On Doth tiles it was a case of leve at firgt sight but itscourse was naturally far from smooth. On the part of theady's family the idea Bf such a mesalljanee wis t to' be thought of, and €very means was taken to disillusionize her She came home, and a residenge at Bath, was tried. Tt was all to no pur- gpsef . What's this dall town to' me Robin's not mear. Al, lag is 2 not to be a some slight tical student pro- ekerdci i% art *the ving Presey robin 1 hound journey a, place Hosa a the to, reluctantly The® Grand Intelligence to-day of the union. was consented and in Magazine. of Univeral {hbhée whe are in nrasted mdy read the following wronicle swent i "Februury 2nd; 1758 "Robin" \d#ir, Exq to the Ri Hon. the Lady Caroline Keppell." Shortly after the 'marriage Adair frac made" IdspectorsGeneral of Mili tary Hosoitals, and lgter on, the King having taken a fancy to him, he was appointed Roval Surgetn-General and Surgeon' of Chelsea Hospital. Adair lived until 1790, but Lady Caroling died mans years before in giving birth to her third child." A son of the union, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, died in 1855. The tune to which "Robin has always been sung' is of Irish origi, having been composed by Gerald O'Daly, ons of the native harp- ers, and first associated with a song entitled "Eileen Aroon.* 1ts popular ity in England dates from the second halt of the eighteeth coniury, about "which time "it was much sung' by} Tenducei, the Ttalian vocalist: = i ---- Origin of the Safety-Pin. An historian of invention tells us that to the wails of a long-suffering infant we owe the boon of the salety- pin. Here fx the story: A little boy, naméd Harrison, an English black- smith's son. had to look after his baby aht Adair" | 149-157 Byogk St. eves eve well-known | | of Hindustan. in having | { its viet. London as | found | money | he complete od | ind soon' acquit. | dance | brother. The baby often cried, and JOUN McKAY, Limited, Kingston's s Reliable Fur House Sia oi s its tears were usually traced to pin punctures, The boy nurse tried a long time to bénd the pins in such a fori that they could be used with safety. to his brother's flesh. In this he. failed; but his father, the -black- smith, perceiving the" ntility of the idea that the lad had been at work on, took it up on his own" account and eventually turned out the safety- pin that is in use today all - over the world. Whether tha safety-pfn would. have still remained in: oblivion but for the tormenting of one little English baby no one knows, of course. -------------------------- Will Need Forbearance. king at Cape: Town recently, Mr. Malan, South Afriea's Minister: of Education, said that the th-work- ing of the Union required from every- one restraint and toleration. Other- wise they would be laying up 'for themselves not union, but a hell. The two great principles 'Which must be observed, were--firstly, the equality of the twe predemihant zices, and the equality of their languages: and, se- oondly, the recognition of the Union ad an integral pert of the Empire: In that spirit the sfogernmeny would work. Wanted to Be a Sacrifice. One of the strafigést petitions ever received by a police magistrate has been presented at Calcutta. A youn Jengali, with his forehead covere with heavy caste marks, entered the witness-box during the hearing of ap- plications, and handed to the magis. trate a stamped paper praying for an order to have his life 8acrificed before the goddess Kali for the benefit of the | Government, and also for the people It added that the comet which had been appearing nightly in the heavens was a very bad sign, and the petitioner' who signed himself Prani Nath Sadhoo, wished to bécome The magistrate declined, and told the Bengali to go home and pray to "avert the: evil happening: which might follow the comet, as that might prove more efficacious than the | loss of his life. Australian Military Training. The compulsory training of lads the Commonwealth between ihe os 3 of fourteen" and eighteen wears will probably cornmence on or about Jan- uary 1st next. The only persons, who will 'be exempt from the pew system will be those who live at lohg distance from comvenient centres of population The Commonwealth iw to be divided up into distriéts for the purpose of the training. In each 'of these districts thore will be a militia area officer who will be assisted by two permanent stafi sergeants The staff sergeants will be in charge of the drill instruc tion, and the militia officer will carry out the administrative work. It is proposed to appoint the militia area officer next month, and they will then be required fo attend a special school of instruction. - -- is 110 Years Old. Naw Zealand has an Intevesting old pioneer in Henry Burling of Waika: uae, Henry 18 110 yanrs "of age. and Yeane from England ite 1840. Just to show the voung fellows how to do it in the small township where he re. sides he opened. the football season last year by "'kic ov By off' at the open: ing game. Mr, g and his grandson both draw vin old-age pen sions, His eldest som is eighty-five, but cannot draw the pension as he' is too well off. The grandson is well over sixty-five. Wireless In Polynesia. The Australian Government has de. cided to adopt the re ations of the confetence of representatives of the Admiralty, the Commonwealth, New Zealand, and Fiji for linking up thé British islands LX the Pacific by wireless telegtaphy, ¢ scheme pro- vides for the establishment of high- wer stations at Sydney, Doubtless Ba (New Zealand), Suva, and Ocean nd, and medium power stations in the Mew Hebrides andthe Solomon Islands, all to be controlled by the ernment. y Britain's Exodus. Last year 222755 people Jeft the United Kingdom toy Canada, the Unit. ed States and. Anstralia. 'New YorkiFrit Store Sweet Oranges, 16¢, 20c and 30c a dozen. "\ Malaga Grapes, 20c a 1b, , Bananas, 16c and 20c dosen. Figs, 15¢ a 1b, Dates, 10c a 1b. 814 Princess St. Phone 1408 urniture! Furniture! 15 to 20% off all Xmas and Fancy Goods WN SES A RO ARR Ln . J. REID Leading Undertaker Phone 577 ~ Wanted Her Money Back The clerk was at a loss and floor-walker minced up and took pare tin the conversation. "Now, how about my money back 7! demanded the red-faced lady. "We return money when cases justify. What is it--ribbouos, shoes?' "Naw. It's a hook "Haz the book heen read ©' "Oi course." "Umi. We ean't return books, you know." The ved faced lady. grew purple.' "You aim to have only satisfied customers, That's the way you ad vertise. | Ain't it now ?"' "Yeu, 'madam " "Then why can't you take this no- vel back and return mv money 1 "Ia he book damaged in any way sparred # the foorwalker. "Print imperfect, or anything like that "Can't say it is" "Then why, Arve vou not with the novel " "Why 1 don't ends." ~~ Judge n a an money on satisfied ike the way it 3 CASTORI. IA