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Port Perry Star (1907-), 8 Feb 1934, p. 2

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Cad x H Heavy Penalties - Imposed at London Child's Attacker to Get 15 ~ Years and 15 Lashes-- Graves Gets 5 Years London, Ont.--Found guilty 'by a jury of committing a crimit al offence against an 1l-year-old girl, Frank Stresser, 22, was sentenced to 156 years in the penitentiary and 15 strokes of the lash by Mr. Justice Patrick Ker. win Saturday. The lash was to bo administered during the first year. The jury was out but a few. min- utes after the little girl had given her 'evidence and the case had been completed. When they returned with the verdict; the judge pronounced sen- tence almost immediately. The child whom Strasser attacked took the witness stand to identify her assailant and. declared that he had given her little brother five cents to go away. The brother succeeded her in 'the box and added the weight of his 'testimony, declaring that the man in the dock was the perso who had given him the nickle. "GRAVES SENTENCED. E. 0. Graves was condemned to spend five years in Portsmouth Peni- tentiary by Mr. Justice Kerwin, foi- lowing his conviction on a wman- slaughter charge: A London salesman, Graves was found guilty of having performed an illegal operation from which, a 21-year-old Londou girl died with blood poisoning. . In pronouncing. sentence Mr, Jus- tice Kerwin stated that if Graves had been & younger man he would have gent him to the penitentiary for three times as'long. Graves is 63 years old. Graves "took the sentence calmly. He was taken back to the county jail, where he will be held until his trans- fer to the penitentiary. At the trial, Wciman Sommerville, K.C., Crown Prosecutor, produceu a statement allegediy made by the girl on her death bed ir which the Crown claithed she named Graves as the man who performed an illegal operation on her in" October," She died on Decem- ber 2 in Victoriz Hospital. Graves cenied Hperating on the girl. He claimed he had never scen- la in his life. . - ee ee Waiter to the Prince "of Wales in Canada © + Faces Murder Count Montreal, Feb. 4.-~Arraigned on the chargé of murdering Mrs. Sarah Jn. right 85, of Winnipeg, William James Kelly, 54; ww waiter iti was delegated by 'the Canad'an Nuiiohal Railways to act as special waiter to the Princo fo Wales during his 1927 Canadian visit, was hoglked for preliminary hearing next Tuesday. The alleged slayer was > arraigned before Judge Maurice Te- trean Saturday. oe Piison Terms Cut ar ; By Prince's Visit Cape Town, South Africa, Fob 4-- The Union government to-day an- "nounced that in honor of Prince George's visit to the country it would "remit three months on the unexpired portion of any prison sentence passed . previous to to-day for crimes. other than violence. i PiMite Minister J. B. M. Hertzog sent a radio message to the Prince aboard. the Carnarvon Castle, extend. [3 {living in Norfolk now, and no two are ing a hearty welcome on behalf of the people of the Union, Tai: oy Women, Two Children - - "in Bed With a Worm Ca'gary.-- Police found a "worm" in bed with "Mrs. Harry frychuck and her two children, at-Rospdale, Alta, It wasn't the wriggly kinfl that usually evoke sereams from wgmen and little s girls, It .is known tofthe trade as a } heating coil or "woprf," an integral part of home-distifling equipment. Po- lice also fouffd Harry Arvychuk on a 'potind north, and now he has to serve six months in jail for being in possession of a still, unlawfully. Mast Which Flashed War Signal Crashed in Flames Grimsby, Eng'and, Feb, b,--The Ad- miralty's 440-foot wireless. mast which flashed the historic war signal to tlie British fleets on August 4, 1914, crashed in flames Saturday afternoon after burnfug for 24 hours, : 'fhe flameg were visible for many miles on land and out at sea, in a wonderful epectacle, No one was hurt and the origin of the blaze was un- known, , en Tr Two Miners Die In Howey Blast One is Instantly Killed, Second 'Succumbs Later Port Arthiir, Feb, 4. = Two lives were lost in an accident at the Howey Mine, in the Red Lake district of Northwestern Ontario, it was learned tonight when delayed advices reached the lakehead. ~ Emilo Fabbro- was killed Wedneg- day when he was caught hy a delayed Bufta, aco adly that h ik later fn hospital at foux Lodkout, where he was removed | police received détails of from Constable A. L. Ron: «investigated, | blast at the 1,000 foot level, ~Joscph | fra, iy wag injured so House of Representatives Naval Com. | Shave may be determined shortly by 3 : EE EE a.-ne st 'Snow Blockades Still Numerous Provincial Plows Are Battling Drifts on Many Routes Toronto, Feb. b. -- With miles of snow-piled Kiug's Highways eti'l ahead of them, provincial road plows are battling through drifts in many parts of Western Ontario, } | The heavy snow of Saturday night aggravated the situation where block- ades already existed, but closed no additional roads, 3 On No, 6 Highway a plow is slowly making its way from Arthur to Owen 'Sound, and may reach there this morning. From there jt still must break trail on No, 10 down to Orange: ville, and then from Owen Sound to- ward Barrie, No. 9 from Arthur to Walkerton and north into Bruce county is block- ed, and few cars are moving in eith- er Bruce or Grey. From Toronto to Bracebridge ig open, but north of Bracebridge the going is heavy. From Toronto toward Ottawa and Montreal is clear, except for occasional drifts near Belleville and Cornwall. The Sau!t Ste. Marvie'Toronto road is blocked, 2 Stage and Screen Star : Is Married Fourth Time Scarsdale, N.Y.--The marriage of Pauline Frederick, stage and screen star, and Joseph A, Marmon, who gave his address as Washington, D.C., was disclosed last week. : The record shows the actress gave her age as 50 years and her residence as El Camino Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. She said she had been married three times and that these marriages had ended in divorce. : Marmon said he was 58 years old, that this was his first marriage and that his address was Army and Navy Club, Washington, D.C, 0h A Long-Lived Family tion of the longevity of different fam- ilies, I give you the ages of the fam: ily' of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hall. : "All nine of us were born in the County of Norfolk, Ontario. All are more than ten miles apart: John, 83 years 8 months; Charles, 81 years 4 months; Nelson, 79 years; J. W,, 77 vears; Ira, 69 years; Phucbe, 67 years 1 month; Irank, 63 years; Maggie, 6t years. 1 month; Herbert, 66 years four months,-- (Irom the Globe Let- ter<Box). . -------- British Minister of Agriculture to Marry Miss K. Tennant London.--=The enagement of Major Walter Elliot, 45, Minister of .Agri- culture and Fisheries, and youngest member of the British Cabinet, to Miss Katherine Tennant, daughter by a -second marriage to the late Sir Charles Tennant, has been announced. Miss Tennant is a half-sister of Lady Oxford and' Asquith, ; It will be the second marriage for Major Elliot, who has been mentioned as a possible choice for Prime Min- ister 'uncer the next Conservative rule in. the United Kingdom. His first marriage ended tragically when his wife was killed on the third day of their honeymoon while mountain climbing on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. Woman Politician Decides 'Her Place is in the Home Washington.p-The situation of* be- ing simultaneously a Cabinet wife in Washington and a Republican Legis- lator in Illinois has become "too com- plicated" for even energetic Mrs, Har- old L. Ickes--and so she announces she wouldn't run again, "Three times in three weeks I went out there and back!" said the wife of the US. Minister of Interior, imme- diately 'after announcing "with deep regret" her decision to cease repre- senting the Chicago residential-indus- trial-suburban district that thrice elected her. PARLE Several of her reasons simmered down to the old-fashioned tenet that, after all is said and done in these fem- irristic "times, a wife's place is with her husband, " Practice on Tee Worse Than Crossing Behind Driver, Court Ruling Chicago.---Legal opinion is precise on the following golf etiquette: It is poorer form to practice on the tee than to cross the tee behind the driver. A Superior Court jury made this point a matter of record Saturday when it awarded Migs Lillian A, Heur $1,260 damages from Charles Naselll, an insurance broker, Miss Heur ask- ed $20,000 damages on the grounds that Nasellj accidentally struck her on the head with his club which he wag swinging In practice as she crossed the -tee behind him. 1,184 More Planes For U.S. Navy Voted Washington, ~ The United States mittee voted to give President Roose vit blanket authority to provide an alr plane contingent for the navy com- mesurate with a treaty-limit fleet, in. ee |? Having seen at various times men-| . When Sir William Mulock, "Chief Justice of Ontario and Chancellor of the University of Toronto, celebrated his 90th birthdiy recently, all walks of life honored the venerable urist as congratulatory telegrams poured in from all parts of Canada, Father of Peuny Postage in this country and organizer of the federal Department of Labor, this new recruit to the ranks of nonogenarians was discovered writ. ing briefs when cameramen of Associated Screen News set up their sound-equipment in the study of Sir William's. Toronto home to record his comments on the great changes in the Canadian sceng which the noted jurist has experienced during his long life, --(Photo by Associated Screen News.) il : an Changes Rumored In Children's Aids Retirement of Kelso in March May Lead to Reorgani- zation Toronto, Teb, Bb. --Retirement saperannuation of J. J. Kelso, veteran superintendent . of children's aid societies for the Ontario Government, may lead to a reorganization of the system ard the putting into force of more sir :eent supervision for inde- pendent -«ocieties, it was. reported yesterday, retire in March, Conditions alleged to have prevail ed at the Windsor children's shelter are taid to be responsible for the de- termination of the government to en- force more stringent -regu'ations. J. A. Ellis to Make Up Shortage in Payment London, Ont--Mayor George Wen- ige will call on J, A, Ellis, secretary of the Unemployment Relief Fund, to collect the one cent difference between the amount for which the city of Lon- don applied--$42,627.47--and the am- ount the. city received. * "We need every cent we can get," the mayor jested, when he learned that Mr. Ellis was reported to have Offered to make good the amount out of- his own pocket. *, 2X3 Refuses to Pay Taxes Because She is Not Allowed to Vote Hamilton, ermuda.--For the fourth year Mrs, William Eldon Tucker, hedd of the Woman's Suffrage Society of Bermuda, refused to pay taxes on her property, assessed at several thousand pounds, for not being allowed repre- seiitation in voting. ; 7 As a redult her chattel goods were seized and auctioned off by the sheriff. i , "3 2 Aus Wot Necessity 3 for 'Doctor, Says Court Montreal.--An automobile is not a necessity for a doctor in the ractice of kis profession, Mr, Justice L. Surveyor decided here last week, Dr: R. Gott- leib sought to have his car exempted from seizure for debt, arguing it was a necessity in making sick-calls, ; -- West's Stone "Goddess" Has Future if Bona Fide Regina. -- Saskatchewan's reputed stone "goddess" discovered some years ago near 'North Battleford and thought to be a sample of Mongolian sculpture will be placed in the Saskat- chewan 'museum if it proves to be authentic, J. F. Bryant, Minister of Public Works, has announced. A thor- ough investigation will be made in the spring. : \ Priest A rinse ts Winnipeg Snowfall 9,029,800 Tons Winnipeg, -- Winnipeg has been blessed with a lot of snow this winter, Statisticians got 'busy Jan. 81. and figured that, roughly, 50 inches have fallen since winter began. Over the 16,000 acres that form Winnipe@®pro- per this represents a total of 9,029,800 ton of snow: ] ------ ie May Establish Price For Haircuts, Shaves Winnipeg.--What the Winnipegger pays for a haircut or a "professional" the city's Municipal and Public Util ities Board, At any rate, thé Mani- toba Master Barbers' Association at a, meeting here decided to petition to this. volvig 1,184 new planes coating $95, 000.000, ; effect, Existing prices are too low, they averfred, Shi onl Mr, Kelso is slated tof. 1 chief of police, said today. "I've been Mother Plays Carrie Nation Role for Son Carterville, TH.--This county, once heralded as "Bloody Williamson" be- cause of its KI Klux Klan gang and political. wars, but peaceful of late, was agog recently over a modern Carry Nation. A A quiet church worker, Mrs. Chas. Gower, told how she raided, single- handed, an alleged gambling place across the street from the post-office here, and, after demolishing almost] everything in sight, took her married son home with her, after gathering up all the money in sight. "The officers wouldn't~ raid that place," she said, "so I did it. And' they can expect me back if ever I find my son there again." "I'm still trying to find out some- thing about it," Norman Walker, night on the job for fourteen years and never heard of open gambling here." "Why," asserted Mrs. Gower, "those fellows running that place were so bold that they visited civil works ad- ministration projects, told the workers where they were running a game and invited them-to come in." : Business is Good, = © Night Shift Starts Fort Erie, Ont.--A Fert Erie firm "manufacturing proprietary medicines, largely for export, has returned to pre-depression schedules and is now operating with a night shift. Althougn the firm did not reduce wages or staff during the depression, the night shift vas instituted in. view of increased -brders and renewed confidence in busi- ness outlook. : ve », oe Protect Skin From po 4 Wind on Cold Days If. zon have a delicate skin, be care- ful not to wash just before going out into cold air. The soap and hot water abstracts the natural oil from the skin and the biting wind soon 'causes it to crack, ' RA Glycerine has long been a favorite remedy against chapping and it is use- ful in this way, but it should not he forgotten that it causes some skins to irritate. « _--e RS , APH January Total ~ Bestin4 Years Toronto Customs Revenue Shows Biggest Gain + Since Last July Toronto.--Taking 'in $564,733.50 on Jan, 81, the Toronto customs and ex- cise offices ended the first month of the year with the biggest January's revenue since 1930 and the biggest gain since the monthly totals started to increase last July, Toronto's customs and excise reve- nue for January totalled $3,388,785.93. This is an increase of $474,116.40 over the revenue for January, 1938, and the increase is exactly $100,000 larger than the increase recorded in Decem- ber, 1983, = °° ; The monthly gains have been steady and increasing since last July and ac- cording to J. H. Bertram, collector of customs and' excise, every indication points to further substantial gains for some months to come, : The January totals since 1931 are as follows: 1081, $3,112,868; 1952, $3,- 063,851; 1038, $2,86h,610; 1934, $3, 888,736. Pg Pi ATE . Following are the monthly gains recorded since last July: July, $102, 442; August, $561,670; September, $195,701; October, $284,333; Novem No New Credits For Old Debtors Likely to us. Senate Action Affect All Nations Be- hind in Debts Washington, -- The United States Senate repagsed the Johnson Bill, this time with administration support, to deny new credits in this country to all nations behind in their debts to the Uited States Goverment. The retalla- tory measure was approved and sent to the House of Representatives. The measure first was passed un- animously Jan, 11 with only a handful of senators on the floor, hut had been held up since by a motion to recon- sider by Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, the majority leader. Rob- ingson worked out the amendments with the state departmént and John- son and proounced the bill satisfactory to the administration. : As repassed, the bill provides penal- ties up to $10,000 and five years' im- prisonment for any person or corpora- or loan money to any foreign govern- default in whole or in part on its obli- gations to this government, ; The amendments approved would exempt refunding issues replacing old ones and exclude countries in default only on private debts; such as certain Squth American Republics. ~The bill was interpreted by its sup- porters as applying to about 18 na- tions, including those which have niade only small "token" payments, like Great Britain, ag well as France and. others which mie in complete de- fault, eA ah Sentiment in the house was said by tire bill. < ei "Ff Blind Hen Cduses ; Arrest of Two Thieves A blind hen is credited by Geneva, N.Y, police with having brought about the arrest and conviction of two men who admitted "huge thefts of poultry from farms over a period of several months, - Antonio Alameda, 34, .and Antonio Prada, of the village of Odes- sa, have been sentenced to spend not less than two and a half years and not more than five years ir Attica State prison on the eharges. ] A woman who looked over a large flock of. chickens found on property where the two men were, exclaimed; "My heavens, there's that old 'hen that's bifn one eye," and it proved flock of 125 chick- * fp a < Coal Mining Will Be Res N.S. Halifax,--Anthracite coal mining will shortly be resumed in Nova Sco- tia, Hon. Michael Dwyer, Minister of Mines, announced recently, pumping operations. would be started soon at the Kempton ming, near Truro, flood- ed for two years.) : About 100 miners will go back to work when operations begin, it is esti- tion to buy or sell any new securities | ment or its subdivision which is ind Démogratjc leaders to be strong for|' 'ton, . Off to New York 2 --_-- y - Leave Unannounced--Studio * Officials Annoyed by . sence . : "Hollywood, Feb. 4.--Rouben Mamou- lian and--possibly--Greta Garbo were en route to New. York today on an un- announced mission. oe ' Although it was known that the European film director was on an east. bound train, all that was learned de- finitely about the Swedish actress was she did not answer her telephone, Ofticials of the studio where where both are under contract said they had been unable to reach Garbo since last Friday, -the day Mamoulian left for New York, They expressed the be- lief, however, that if both were on their way east it was by different trains. Mamoulian is scheduled to start a picture starring Anna Sten at the Sam Goldwyn studios March 1, and on the same date Garbo is to begin a picture at her own lot, co The actress and director aroused romantic gossip last month by a va- cation motor tour through Arizona and New Mexico, during which they made exaggerated but unsuccessful efforts to maintain a disguise. Garbo's studio officials indicated they were annoyed by Mamoulian's abrupt departure, They had asked him to appear at the Hollywood pre: mier of Garbo's picture next Friday, hoping he would persuade the diffident actress to do likewise. She never has made an announced public appearance ere, The Markets: PRODUCE QUOTATIONS, ~ Toronto dealers Saturday. were pay- ing the. following prices for produce; Eggs--Prices to farmers and coun- try shippers. Ungraded, cases return- ed, fresh extras, 26¢c; fresh firsts, 24c; pullets, 20c, and seconds, 8c. Buter--Ontario, creamery solids, No, 1, 26¢; No, 2, 25%e. _ Poultry, 'A grade; alive--Spring chickens, over 6 lbs,; 11c; over 5 to © Ibs,, 10c; over 4 to 6 Ibs., 9c; over 2 to 4 lbs, 8c. Broilers, over 1% to 2 Ibs, 10c. Fatted hens, over 5 lbs, 11c; over 4 to 6 lbs. 10e; over 3 to 4 lbs, 8c, Old roosters, over 5 lbs., "Tc... White ducklings, over 5 lbs, 12¢; do, 4 to 5 lbs,, 11c. Colored, 2c less. Guinea fowl, per pair, T5c. Poultry, A grade, dressed--Spring chickens, over 5 1bs,, 16c; over 5 to 6 1bs., 16¢; over 4 to 6 lbs., 13¢c; over 2 to 4 lbs, 12c. Broilers, over 1% to 2 lbs, 16¢c. Fatted hens, over 5 lbs, 13c; over 4 to 5 lbs, 12¢; over 3 to 4 lbs,, 10c.. - Old roosters, over 5 lbs, 10c. White ducklings, over 5 Ibs. 14c; do, 4 to 5 lbs. 18c. Colored, 2¢ less. Young turkeys, over: 8 lbs, 17c.. B grade poultry, 2c lb. less than A. C 'grade, 2c lb, less than,B. * = WHOLESALE PROVISIONS. Wholesale provision dealers are quoting the following prices to retail ealers: buttsy 16c. : : : . Lard--Pure, Hierces, 10%ec; tubs, 11c¢; pails, 11%c; prints, 11%e, Shortening--Tierces, 9%ec; tubs, 10c; pails, 11c; prints, 1034c¢. 'GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Following are Sunday's closing quo- tations on grain transactions for car lots, prices on basis c¢.i.f. bay ports: "Manitoba wheat--No, 1 Northeru, T1%e. ov mixed feed oats, 27¢, Manitoba barley--No. \ 47%c; No. 1 feed screenings, 310° South African corn, 78e. # . Ontario grain, -approximate prices track shipping point--Wheat 77 to 79¢. LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS. ' Steers, up to 1,060. lbs, good and choice, $4.756° to $5.50; do, med., $4.25 to $4.75; do, com., $3.26 to $4; steers, over J,050 lbs., good and, choice, $5 to $5.60; do, com, $4 #6; heifers, good and choice, $4.7 $6.26; do, med., $4.25 to $4.50; do, com., $3.26 to $4.1 fed calyes, good and choice, $7 to $7.26; do, med., $56 to $6.50; cows, good, $3 to $3.65; do, med., $2.75 to $3; do, com., $2.26 to $2.60; canners and cutters, $1 to $2; bulls, good, $2.75 to $3.26; do, com., $2.26 to $2.50; stockers and feeder steers, good, $4 to $4.60; do, com., $3.25 to $3.75; milkers and. springers, $30 to $45; Garbo and Director | Voice of the Press i; 1 ten 'is just.as active mentally as' -Pork_--Hsams, 21c¢; shoulders, 17¢c; ei pork loins, 21%c; picnics, |, calves, good and choice, veals," $8 to $9; do, com. and med, $5 to $7.50; grassers, $2.50 to $3; hogs, bacon, f.o.b., $9 to $9.15; do, off trucks, $9.50; do, off cars, $9.90; good ewes and wether lambs, $7.50 to $7.76; do, med, $7 to $7.26; do, bucks, $6.50 to $7; do, culls, $5 to- $6.50; sheep, good light, $3.50 to $4; do, heavies, $2 to $3.25; do, culls, $1.50 to $2 ' CAR me Many Horses Suffer From Bot Fly Pest Goro Bay, Feb, 4.--More than 135 horse§ have been treated for the bot mated. Operators of the pit are con- fident it will produce a good grade of a considerable tonnage of United: Nova Scotia, | Sm Abas irein V.C. is Appoint © Sergeant-at-Arms Regina, Feb, 2, -- Saskatchewan's | only living winner of the Victoria! Cross in the Great War, Major George H. Mullin, Moosomin, will carry the mace at the coming session of the legislature, Major Mullins appoint ment "as sergeant-at-armg was offici- ber, $282,374; December, $374,480; January, $474,116. = san .} ally announced today. fly on Barrie Island during' the past few weeks; it. was reported:here. The | coal by which they expect to displace Animals; suffering: from the 'insect favor from Britain. pest, were well starved bhefora treat: ( suffered from colic after the treat: en, ha : All Available Bushmen Are Absorbed into Jobs Port Arthur~--~While city. laborers. are seeking direct relief from the city council, all experienced bush workers in the Thunder Bay area are employ- 'ed, it is announced, by Don Clark,' president of the Lakehead Timber- men's Association. jonly two or thrge years ago turned a. in fact, CANADA. Pi "Sir William Mulock. | Sir William Mulock, Grand Old Man of the Canadian Bench, recently | observed his 90th birthday, ; the 'ablest jurists Canada ever pro- One of duced, Sir William at fourscore' and most men are at the half-century mark, All Canadians wisked him many happy returns of the day.--Lopdon Free Press. : a > Thirteen. Brooklyn court has rendered judg: ment in a lawsuit which had been: going on for thirteen years, The plain- tiff, who won, will now have different ideas about the number thirteen from 'the defendant.--Kingston Whig-Stand- ard, Killing More People. The National Safety Council of the United States reports that in 1933 there were 30,600 persons killed in highway accidents. That was less than the high figure reached in 1928, when the deaths totalled 33,676. . "Aud yet no person seems to have become unduly alarmed. The cars are allowed to run just the same, and: there is no talk of taking them off the roads, The killing of people seems to be accepted as something which is to be expected.--St. Thomas Times: Journal, #3 Spinach Got a Good Start, When an editor can't find anything else to do he can start and look at statistics. Readers always like to get a few figures and facts and it gives a paper a, certain standing to publish them. The Kingston Whig-Standard editor was impressed by prunes and he wrote; f { "Consumption of prunes in United States has taken a great rise in fe- cent years, but it has not yet become a rival to spinach as the subject of jest." : We have become convinced' that jesting is'not going to halt the march of; spinach, The spinach crusade pé&: away to a good start. The doctors spoke of a certain vitamin ft con. tained which could not be secured elsewhere; health clinics favored stok: ing away great bales of the stuff, and men who write health articles for the. newspapers chipped in and:began tell. ing the masses what spinach would _; do for them. People have the notion that they need more vitamins. They 'have 'fio particular idea what vitamins will do to them or for them, and that is why spinach managed' to skewer Jdtself- on popular fancy. "You can jest at spinach if you like, but you can't spot it. The people are all for it; if you detest the stuff that makes no difference; the rule is that it's: good for you. All that is neces- sary to_make any particular thing popular is- to have the right people say {it contains vitamins,--Stratford Beacon-Herald, Paying In a Tip. In Kansas City a minister was paid with a fake $5 bill after he had per- formed a marriage ceremony. This = recalls the experience, some years ago, of a Brantford mihister. He had suc- cessfully tied the,knot when the groom side and whispered e hadn't any money for.a 'fee, he could show him how to fix neter so that it wouldsonly halt - y 'regigter~--Brantford Expositor. Manitoba oats--No. 2 C.W., 40%c¢; ;Tes ; 4 No. 3. CW, 87%c; No, 1-feed, 36%c; | ----------a 4 Saying It With Flowers. If there were such a thing at Huron 1 College. as a chair of Christian Char- ity, undoubtedly it should be filled by Principal: Waller, who in the annual ooklet for alumni writes =a-2ailowes "Ynfortunately our library: accommo. dation is by no means adequate, and books are sometimes bhorrdwed Ini the: absence of the librarian without any =~ memorandum being: left of the trans.' . every ane of the recipients, of this letter, who has at any time been .. at Huron College, would look over his shelves and. see if by any accident there are some of the college library books. which should be returned and at the same time if there are any: belonging to myself."--Woodstock® 7. ;Sentinel:Review. THE EMPIRE, How Britain Did It. : To determine the precise causes of an industrial revival is never a simple task, hut, unquestionably, the policies - of Britain's © National Government have played a large part in her con. valescence, © British manufacturers are certain toddy of the home mar.' ket, and' the tariffs have 'provided Britain with an exceedingly valuable weapon of bargaining. States which . action, I should be very gratefu®.ff. '. 331 # { » stony face to all the demands-of Brit: ish Governments and manufacturers for easier access through their tariff walls are pleading now for a similar Her commerce with Germany, with: the Argentine States anthracite now brought into! in8 but some were réported to have and with Russia has been, or is be ing, brought to a condition of equi libffum. The Ottawa Conference hag given her a hold on the Dominions, whose attitude to British manufactur. ers: formerly had been little differ. ent from that of foreign nations; and all parties are deriving solid benefits from their bargain.--Weekly Irish Tings, = <= IRARY SN pL : -- Celi The law is severe and cold; justice 3 | [EE

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