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Low Colonist Rates Pacific Coast DAILY SEPT. Zith to OOT. 8th Prince Rupert, B. Vancouver, 'B. C. | Victoria, B. C. Seattle, Wash. Portland, Ore. San Francisco, " Los Angeles, Calif. San Diego, Calif. . Mexico City, Mex. J . And other points at rates in pro- portion. Ask for full particulars. J. P. HANLEY, Railroad and Steamship Agent, Cor, Johnson and Ontario Sts, ' | COLONIST | FARES (One- Way Second Class) From £0 Boa in Ontario to- certain points in Alberta British Columbia California Montana Oregon Washington Arizona Idaho, etc. Sept. 24 until Oct. ». and Welln ton Sts. CANADIAN NORTHERN THROUGH SERVICE TO TORONTO, OTTAWA AND QUEBEC (Dally Except Sunday) THE BEST WAY TO Port Hope, Cobourg, 'Tremton, Pie ton, Belleville, Napanee, Kingston, Brockville, Smith Falls, Hawkes- bury, Joliette, Grand Mere, and all intermediate points, PE re 1197. A t---------------------------------------- For Rall and Steamship Tickets and all information, apply te M. C, Dunn, City Ticket Agent, or R. H. Ward, Station Agent. Memory will cherish no more delighiful impressions than those of your trip dowy the St Law- fence by the Royal Line. Stop. Bi or over at old Quebec--Views of historical points--habitant villages, fishing bosts-- the pleasant 3 days' river sail is literally crowded with bright colored pictures fuli of movement, interest and charm. Booklets--write to 52, King St, East, Toronto. Ontarior Prom Montreal From Bristol 6 Royal Edward Oct. 21 oct. 20 Royal George Nov. 4 Nov. 3 Royal Edward Nov. IS CANADIAN SERVICE From Southampton From Montreal Sept. 23 ASCANIA Oct. 10 Steamers call Plymouth Rasthound Rates: ASCANIA----Cabin ( KE bound $57.50 up. Westhound 47.50 up. Third class Eastbound bound $35.00, Apply Local Ticket Agent or THE ROBERT REFORD CO. Limited, Gen- pi Agents, 50 King Street. East, Tor. onto. Buy The Best Our cream is pure and Yholesome. Man customers ' have darned to order by phone. We deliver in time for meals. Give us a trial order. George Masoud, . Telephone Fi NGESS ST > : We Do Not "HOLD YOU UP" in Prices 8 are 'Plumbers who have ---- "Aur profession, who do ony pro rior yo 4d who falf, equitable prices oa ® work wi ® 40. - pee AN OLD MAID'S SCHEME: ose There was a situation. There is always a situdtion when there is an old maid around. They exist to make situations. Young Dr. Charles Westover had set up practice in the suburban vil- lage of Roselands, and Miss Helen Flint, aged somewhat over thirty, and living in her brothér's family, three miles away, had heard favor- able reports regarding his looks and 'family connections. She was only doing her duty in hearing reports of newcomers. No old maid worth a pinch of salt ¥ill shut her eyes to a good thing after she had reached thirty. Seeing no chance to meet the doe- tor socially, Miss Helen got up a sore throat and drove into Roselands to have the young M.D., examine and prescribe for it. She was a patient, but. an agreeable one. The sore throat, for which a gargle of hot vinegar was prescribed, did not in the least hinder her from being en- tertaining. As she drove homeward sli# 'could almost flatter herself that she had made an impression. Old maids are credited with being sharper than a serpent's tooth, but there are exceptions. This was one, A quarter of a mile from the Flints lived the Rowlands and there was Miss Kitty with her hazel eyes and brown curls to chum with Miss Helen, Young girls do ebum with old maids sometimes, and the two talk romance together. As soon as Miss Helen reached home she flew over to her chum te tell her all about the doctor. It was interesting. It was palpitating. It was romantic. It never occurred to that young woman of over thirty that she might have a rival in her chum. She just laid her cards on the table, face up, and gave away her plans. After all, it can't be said that any act of Miss Kitty's brought about the state of déspair and the desire for revenge that finally raged through the. old maid's system. . Miss Kitty sprained her ankle while racing af- ter the family rooster over the snow and Dr. Westerover was sent for to apply liniments and 'bandages. That's the way he came to know her and come to a certain decision. The *'chum-talk," was now on the other side, and although Miss Helen smiled she had a feeling way down in her heart of tomahawks and butcher knives, And to maintain her grip she got a'cinder in her eye and drove in to have the doctor pick it out" He found it and extracted it and was very friendly, but at the same time he praised Miss Kitty's eyes instead of those of the patient, also her. face and her curls. And now, what does an old maid do when she swears by the beard of her father and the eyebrow of her mother that she will have / dire re- venge on a good-looking girl half her age? She doesn't send poisoned candy or lurk in ambush with the bread knife. She waits for provi- dence to come along and help her. Miss Helen waited. While waiting she drove intg the doctor's to have her right ear examined for a little deafness, and her left lung tested for decay, and the M.D., was invited out to the Flint mansion to dinner, and found time to go. It was after- ward he cast his. eyes across the landscape to the house ofthe! Row- lands. A week later came the day of re- venge. Miss Kittye was to be paid out for spraining that ankle and say- ing that the doctor was one of the nicest men she ever met. She got up one morning with toothache. She was hardly up before she had a ban- dage on her jaw. After picking away at breakfast a catnip poultice was put on. It was while she was wear- ing this and shedding tears and her hair flying and her eyes red that Miss Helen came in: Providence had placed a club in her hands. That tooth must come out at once or be filled. At any rate, Dr. Westover must see it. There was danger of lockjaw, blood poisoning and several other serious things, and 'delay might mean death. " "No, the doctor must not be tele- phoned for. H¢ might be out and unable to come for hours, or have the office full of patiemts. Miss Kitty must be bundled up and driven in just as she was. Miss Helen would drive her. The snow was going, but 'there was yet enough for the cutter. And poo? Kitty was scared and flus- trated and went like a lamb to the slaugther. She had never felt worse or looked more @ismal. Just let Dr. tousled curls, those red-rimmed ha- zel eyes, those wan cheeks without the slightest color, that human frame with garments pinned or but- toned or tied on mest any old. way, and pouf! it,would be a positive re- lief and pleasure for him to turn to the other face and form. It was a keen morning and the air carried the pony back to other days. He ambled and baiboled and minced. He stood on his hind Jegs and squealed. He stood on his fore- legs and kicked in 'the dashboard with his heels. Then he ran #way, It was Miss Helen's rig and she was the driver and she had a suffer- ing girl under her care, but @fter the pony had run half a mile out she jumped. She was going to live to marry Dr. Wentworth. = Then, with the lines trailing and all the world looking good to' him, the pony dashed onward and eventually brought up to the door of. the doc- tor's office. Miss Kitty bad sat tight, and come through all right, but a mile or more back on the highway an old mald was picking herself out of a snowbank and talking to provi- dence-in a most ungrateful way. "Why --why, Miss "Rowlands!" exclaimed the doctor as he rushed from his office. "I've got--got the toothache!" she sobbed hysterically. "And the pony ran away with you and frightened you half to death! Just a m e till I secure ' him. Now let me help you into the office. Toothache, eh? Why on earth didn't you telephone for me to.eome out?" "Miss Flint--she--she---"" "Oh, there, don't try te explain. Take a sip of this brandy and then Lrg Hel [We'l to 'laughing 'about Misx Flint. Westover get one good look at those | doctor held up his finger and can- tlonea: vf "Hang on to yourself Wd don't get hysterics." "I'm all right now, but I was You ought to have seen her when she sailed out of the cutter!" The doctor grinned. "And I know just how I look, and I can't help laughing about that, » The doctor laughed with her. "And say---say----say my tooth has stopped aching!" And at that they both again. Then the doctor, removed the cat- nip poultice, examined the tooth that had ached, and gave the girl some- thing to rub onvthe gums. Then he stepped out of doors for five minutes and Miss Kitty arranged her hair a bit, and was smiling at the improve ment when the doctor entered in company with Miss Helun, who sus- pected where the pony would bring up and hurried on afoot. "Your poor, read suffering girl--' she began, but stopped at that, and the doctor filled in. "I think she will suffer no more. May I hand you to the cutter?" ' The drive home was a very sober affair. Miss Helen sat as stiff as a crowbar, Miss Kitty Hardly grinned, and the pony thought he was attend- ing a funeral. It was when the How- land's house was reached and Miss Kitty alighted that the old maid opened her mouth to say: "Well, Miss Chit and deceiver, you've got him, I suppose, hut don't you ask me to be one of the brides- maid's! I should feel insulted!" laughed Poor Crop. I've an' | Shucks, tomaters The City Farmer planted three cans of not a sign of anythmg yet ! A Mean Trick. iy I The reported breakdown of the Germans' food supply at the front re-| calls a story told in connection with | the siege of Kimberley. | The officer in charge of the mess | one night announced to his brother | officers that there was a shortage of | meat, "The joint before me," the colon- el said, "is beef. The joint at the ot- her end of the table is horse-flesh. Please say which of the two you will take. For myself, I shall take some of the other joint." With this single exception all the officers present asked for a cut from the joint in front of the colonel, and they watched with great interest the colonel apparently enjoying his pla teful of horse-fielsh. After dinner one of the lieuten- ants remarked to the colonel: "Well, I suppose it will be horge- fiesh for us all to-morrow?" '"No," ¥eplied the colonel, 'not necessarily. I made a little slip at dinner. I ought to have said that the beef was at the other end of the table, and the horse-flesh before me!" NEW INDUSTRY ESTABLISHED - TRON, MISSISSIPPI RIVER? -- Clam Shells of Various Colors Now Made Into Buttons and Ornaments. Argonaut Magazine An dustry which now assumes large proportions, and around which clings a peculiar flavor of romance, has developed on the Mississippi riv- er, where hundreds of men are em- ployed in gathering mussel shells in commercial quantities, Buttons, pins and other ornaments made out of the shells of the Mis- sisaippi mussel are found in all parts of the world. The pearls which are found in these mussels are popular among Jewelers, and some command handsome prices, Of the thirty different varieties found in the Mississippi there are two colors, white and pink. The white shells are the only ones used for button-making, the pink having too many. different shades, which could never he matched in color. The most numerous sort is known in the plam-digger's parlance as "the nigger head." These are the best for making buttons. The shell is only of one shade of white and is very easily sorted. Another 'kind very siniilar to the "nigger heads" are known as "muskets." The fifkt two varieties grow in beds, which sometimes cover 400 to 500 acres, 'and are from four to eight feet deep. They multiply, one on top of the other, until they reach within.two feet of the surface of the water at low water mark. The bed is always in deep water and in protected places, such as the mouth of a bay or slough. Gracefully Ducked. At a social affair recently the talk turned to graceful ducking, when Congressman John M. Nelson of Wisconsin smilingly remarked that the esteemed John Smith was a past grand exalted ruler along that line. Some time since the esteemed Smith rambled into a bazaar that was given for the benefit of chartiy, and eventually stacked up againsta booth where a beautiful woman was selling roses, "Won't you buy a rose?" sweetly asked the pretty one, addressing Smith. "Here is one for $5." "I am very sorry," politely ans- wered Smith, with a negative shake of his head, 'but the price is a little too high," Whereat the charming woman co quetishly Kissed the rose, and again extended it toward Smith. "There!" said she, entrancingly "You will certainly wish to buy it now." "Ah,- no, my dear young lady," impressively replied Smith, with a profound bow, "The rose is now pri- celess.""--Philadelphia Telegraph. Vienna's Present Favorite. At present the most popular song in Vienna --clamored for by theater and mucis-hall audiences every night is "Prinz Eugen der edle Ritter," which tells how the 'noble cavilier'. Prince Eugene of Savoy, laid siege to and recaptured Belgrade from the Turks in 1717. This song, which like "Marching Through: Georgie," bears clear internal evidence of a camp origin, was, in fact, written by a soldier serving at the siege under Prince Leopold of Dessau, the drill-sergeant of the Prussian army. London Chroni¢le. A Plamondon Manufacturing Co of Chicago, has. received an order to furnish $1,000,000 new .nachine ry for industrial plants in Manche: ter, England Heretofora machinery of this class has been furnished by Ger- many The Anaconda Copper Mir ing com pany reduced its quarterly dividends to-day from 75¢ to 26¢ a snara pay- able on October 14. ' CASCARETS FOR COSTIVE BOWELS, SOUR STOMACH, COLD OR HEADACHE That awful sourness, acid and foul gases; pit of the stomach, the heartburn, nervousness, nausea, bloating after eating, feeling of fullness, dizziness and - sick headaehe means your stomach' is sour--your, liver is tor- | pid--your bowels constipated It isn't your stomach's fault--it isn't | bed¢hing of "of [indi that pain in the | indigestion--it's biliousness constipation. Try Cascarets: they sweeten the stomadh, remove the sour, fermenting food and- foul gas- es; take bile from the liver and car- ry off: the constipated waste matter from the bowels. Then your stom- ach trouble, headache, bad cold and all such misery ends. and ASCARETS \ WORK WHILE YOU SLEER __ AA A A A OIL LEASES EXTENDED. The Minister of the Interior Agreed to Plan. Calgary, depression caused by -the war, all leases to: gas and petroleum rights are to be extended one year. The movement to secure the extension was started by Robert Goodwin, who circulated a petition amon the leaseholders, which was forwarded to Mr. Bennett, M. P., The member took the matter up with the minister of the interior, and. was assured that extensions would be granted. The effect of this. decision 1s that all leases of date March 2, 1914, which is the date of a very large pro- portion of 'the leases, will be in ef- 2 ««t without further payment of ren- als until Maren 2, 19186. Toronto Railway Decrease, Toronto, Sept. 25--The * gross earnings of Toronto Railway com- pany for August were $507,912, ora decrease of $30,409. This is the first decrease on monthly earnings for the year. The figures for. July were $515,883. Dividend Passed. New York, Sept. 26--United Light & Railways Co., which has passed, or, as an officer of the company ex- pressed it, indefinitely postponed the dividend on its $6,898,700' common stock, due October 1st, operates a number of electric light and power, street and interurban railways and gas plants in Illinois, Iowa, Tennes- see, Michigan and Indiana. In 1912 it took over control of the Tri-City Railway & Light Co. Ohio Copper Fails. New York, Sept.' 25--The Ohio Copper Mining company, a main cor- poration with authorized capital of $8,000,000, in which F. Augustus Heinze was one time a guiding spirit, filed a voluntary petition in bank- ruptey this afternoon. The assets the petition recites, are'$1,343,000; the liabilities, $1,668,000. A' Large Deficit, New York, Sept. 25--It is estimat- ed that the net earnings of the Steel corporation for the third quarter will "be around. $21,000,000, or about $500,000 more than, reported in the-second quarter. If this fore- cast proves correct, then the corpor- ation will again have to report a de- ficit of around $5,000.000, which would mean a total deficit of ap- proximately $16,500,000 for the first nine months of 1914. 32.500 to Fund. Montreal, Sept. 25--Directors of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber company yesterday voted the sum of $2,500 to the Patriotic fund. This with the amount already subscribed by the company's employes, makes a total of $6,783. Directors Voted Beet Sugar Crop. Washington, Sept. 25---The agri- cultural department estimates that the beet sugar crop this year in the United States will be 4,873.000 tons, against 5,659,000 tons last year. Want New Yor: Funds. New York, Sept. 25--1It is estimat- ed that close to $700.000.000 has been sought in New York since the beginning of the war by Canadian railways industries and munjcipali- 1 ties. | rinancial Notes. At New York it was decided at a | meeting of the directors. of the In- | ; the common stock ternational Harvester corporation not to declare the usual dividend on of the corpora- sion in view of the existing Euro- jean conditions, : During July the exports of agri- culture produce totalled $15,846,000 18 against $11,497,000 for July 1913 Kxports of animal produce Iso jumped from $5,412,347 to $7,391,- 197, and manufacturers from $4, 07,000 to $5,857,000. One of the largest incorporations at 'Ottawa for some time was that of the International Petroleum com- pany, Ltd., of Torontq, which is ask- ing wide powers in regard to the de- velopment of nina) gas, oil, chemi- calyand miners fields. It has a capital stock of £4,000,000. The Winnipeg Paint & Glass Co, Limited, has postponed the payment of the half-yearly dividend on its pre- the half-yearly dividend on its pre- ferred stock. Major E. C. Norsworthy, Montreal was elected a director of the Canada Cement company. Major Norsworthy is at Valcartier with the Royal Scots and is shortly leaving for the front, The Ames-Holdén-McCready com- pany has deferred the quarterly pre- ferred dividend due October 1st. The directors will await the result of the fiscal year before making any fur- ther disbursements. DUTCH NUNS NURSING WOUNDED GERMAN SOLDIERS. The Red Cross Hospital at Maestr ich, where German soldiers are being ds. Sisters uf Charity of Holland. 'The ward ; Sept. 25--Because of the | B THE " STAND BANK OF €ANADA AEAD OFFIC . TORONTO H. E. 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