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“THOUSANDS ARE WASTED] ¢ ETY PEOPLE. Poor People Live in London. —<Bociety people are often accused | have ef not knowing what to do witt m do not “ene sees the thousand spent pecklace, strawberries, $1, ae for ey “tes ior a dress, bed: 500 for a brand-new com- ls that eos! Bee a ate ten” 6a) is SPECIAL FLATS FOR PETS. well-known yy woma: have man; lishments’’ euped cially. eac! end is feeding her new-born -on hot water and biscuit. ef cannot afford. as This i but one of the contrasts era y Mr. W. B. pe aes 10 &, his _ boo! “Wealth and Want. a petich ‘draws such 8 powerful pic- terpane, aid brocade canopy. first sight it was thought to be for THE QUEER CRAZES OF SOCI- What Rich People Spend and How tet Bees It might also penne what a rdo with their money, when ae and fancies, says*Loudon Tit- Ten thousand aie pas z Se s 5,000, x plexion, $500 on Lise massage and : he “‘upper rid of ther spare thou- sets apart he whole of the top floor lon house for her pets, ‘There are elaborate “‘toilet estab for dogs, +h, while a mother in the "want Mk she if what society people spend w the poor i A stort time ago there was ex- hibited in a shop window in Ox- "ford Street a costly brass bedstead, with down quilt, embroidered coun- At guests, on was spent in decora- 2,000 5 “ menus, $2605 950; and extras brought the to- ae unemployed w: tside a shelter all night in order crust of bre: mug ae Sone ah beg a ticket for a bowl Cates PD Sania darlings” o ay splendid houses in West- with: palatial SF cons lav- while. there are 807, 763 ees with children océu- ms; and homeless ea Bee if doth. sem “The rich pay enormous rents for town residences. known er Lane. The rents of eoret: and thind floors are $15,. 0 each ; for wu fourth floor, $12,- th floor, dias 000; and for t! The sixth tor can—at a price—b eared by any of our. eaders we want to go in for. “high”? thi n|ing; it only costs $6,250 per an- num, EAST AND WEST: The wealthy do not hesitate to P rtable | apartments hotels, while destitute women ildren are supposed to ‘‘enjoy’’ floor bunks London shelters, which: are unfit for human beings. cigars aré sold which cos e S200 I for fifty, or 5 each, while hun- Greds of tailors in Scho ‘slave every day of the year for $125. — WHAT IS A “DREADNOUGHT?” Has Made all Obsolete. The vessel which has given, her /o the modern type of heavily- armed battleship, was launched in 1906, and all older t: a me woman who mov = society recently spent no less: than -only. no’ $5,000 for a dress. For a mant! coy aiies fox Bey $3,000, while the material for 3,000 ene s wear will ie aS Roya igi of a ty ihe: eat cot was for a . These ? pampered pets of the iy are oe ott treated on a par with their own children. $50,000 FOR A DRESS. # Some remarkable illustrations i are given the society ladies in the matter of dress. in the ee embro’ idered aroused when ladies spend $2,500 to they. will aceebuuy Court dregs for one ev- cost $125. per ‘et, as Mr. Northrop points ut, not two miles away thousands Moreover, her gu tive range of over caverta male: The Dreadnought is fitted w. turbine engines, giving her a see of 21 knots, the King Edward class steaming 13/4 knots. The eruiser-battleships of the Invincible ass, er, have a speed o! knots; and it will be remember a that last August’ the seein with the Prince of Wales on board, actually equalled the record of th Mauretania by steaming ftom land ee je lives making men’s trousers’ at 10) to land (Belleisle to the fastnet: 4 ecnts, "ae aes mae nightdresses in sixty-seven hours, an average of at 50 cents per doz 5.13 knots per hour! “Lhe newer At'a recent flower ceria in the 000 worth of orchids alone. 500 each. ings which separate the Tem Aition of outcast humanity. “Brice of the record-breaking o chid—$6,352.50—if expended in Beant meals would starving people with a dinner SPENT ON BANQUETS. Sumptuous repasts oy $0 500 per plate. At a Christ Gardens from the sth aie E apna? erent Prov ide 76,230 in the Metro: polis have been known to cost from nner given in London to poe Dicsddouahte are to have a speed 2 knots. Temple there was exhibited $500,-| of 99 Some ‘of these orchids were valued at $2,- One man bought six for $17,900. Just cies the iron rail- The displacement of the largest vessel of this class, the fudroy- ant (now building), is 20,000 tons, as against the =Deneanpuelts 8 a ple | so the King kdward VII. pea 00. As the advent of bets monster battleships has rendered earlier e bsolese the ‘“mys- ship Invincible and her sis- | {ors have consigned armored crui- sers of earlier date, such as the Minotaur (which was onl three years ago), to a metaphorical r= scrap-heap! Ships of the Invin- cible class eae ‘Probably in time of war, be e s. “eruiser- - Patieships, ™ far digtateed sete o head off the ene- Tood § Libhy’s Cooked a Corned Beef There’s a marked distinc- Cook Beef and even:the best that’s sold in bulk. Evenly and mildly cured end scientifically cooked in Libby’s Grea Kitohon, all the natural flavor of the fresh, prime beef is retained. It is pure F ‘wholesome, delicious and ready to serve at meal time, Saves work and worry in summer. Other Libby “Healthful” _Meal-Time-Hints, all ready to serve, are: Poorless Dried Beef Sausage w Chow Mixed Picklos “Purity goes hand in hand with Products of the Libby brand”’. { ‘Write for free Booklet,— }, “How to make Good ‘Things to Eat’. Products offer fight, whils' metal (eight 12-inch guns) would for anything but a Dread- now “It is Ett Jeast a question whether, in the humid air of the North Sea, twelve-miles’ ran; the so-called “‘second- class” battle- ships of tl Edward type would be able to use their 9.2 and 6-incl and ssibly they qukt Tanodsiste ces alle’ world that they wero very far from obso- ete, ather, too, the TaINtioht battleship mig be sunk or puts out-of action by a tiny tor- at or Mibniarine, eine the ready pass deed, butt twenty-one battleships of a date prior to 1897 now remain on the active list. oO alse. FROG INDUSTRY IN FRANCE. t is in France oe the fis. was first generally us or food, and it is in that a that ‘te ae dustry of frog farming one been most largely develop e green frog exisits abbndantly throughout France wherever there are mars! es, ponds cr tod ey margins of riv- and left for a year or two co Bates abun- ce planted either living or iy form ‘of eggs, which hatch wh x becomes warm in Ay fish, | jandlord has opened vorne flats in| Premed, 2 malt of Sir Other War Vessels} s it <)|he felt sure © | vieted comoborated 4 sion to the force will be t A CANADIAN’S TRIUMPH t- WORK OF SIR PERCY GIROU- ARD IN NIGERIA. The Former Governor of the Colony Was Banqueted in London. A farewell dinner was given re- cently at the Gaiety svestauraat, |/ London, by Northern’ Nigerian oe cials to Sir Percy Girouard on relinquishing the government Northern Nigeria to ste up His oP pointmen| mander-in-Chief x the Host Ate Protectorate. is) cmet Justice of Nesters Nigeria, o & airman, in proposing the ercy Girouard, said tt the occasion ceed the tener ance of a connection between the Governor and themselves of the ‘most pleasant and satisfactory des- - |eription, When he took up the office of Governor Sir was stranger a hard work or high offi- , but it w: of Sir Teetioe int London construction of the Bae Kano Rate ir Perey Girouard cut himself Jaoek fron ell beedlitione anterior: rights, establis! in ewnership she eer the soil, and had , provided a source of revenue tee Protectorate which in the fulness of time would enable tho Government to dispense with most, if uct all, other forms G irouard, who was cor- paid a tribute to the BS ak Hoe by Sir Frederick Lugard aes and after Bano-Kano aid ie did not think they fo success- fully their first year’s w if a for the assistance iven by the uRe: Dempster Co: pany and Sir ed Jones. Wita regard to the tind tenure in North- ern Nigeria, it had been based pri- marily on old native dows and cus- toms ani ire to accoré fair ee ie thai. commercial undertakings which desired to de- velop the country on reasonable ines. He was hopeful that this e| policy would meet with the Winey of the home authorities. If it di they would see oat benefits from it. It was merely a change A COMMUNAL SYSTEM of tenure, such as was prevalent in most par of tenure w for the Hs Ania of the people and did not allow for the personal S| greed of Ae pte Bua pran hapetal that under such a system revenue wou Nigeria to such an extent as would allow of the practical exclusion of all other forms of taxatio: never been the object of ‘himself or of his redecessor, Sir Frederick Lugard, to obtain revenues which were legitimately due both to the native Governments and to the Central Government by. the BE oes whose rights and interests they felt them: selves bound to look after: (Cheers. ) whether been faithfully carried out, was need of patience in deal ve the natives... If they. Ace 0 frog-march those people over biecs of centuries in a few short years we should lose, he would not call it the loyalty, for that was not a wor was applicable to the case, but the lection we ought certainly to gai ¢—__—_— THIEF AS AAA Ee Had Beon Active o1 on London Force ver a Year. The fact that a convicted thief has been acting as a policeman in London since April last was reveal- + the London sessions. After John the force on April 26, entish Town eee pcb Suspicion did not tall ou Fuller, on other policemen. n one ¢ase a vest was removed from one locker to another, appar- with the object of casting was Gack Gelangiag to a detective, His finger-prints were taken, and it was discovered that in 1905 he was bound over for steal- ing a bicycle, and that in 1906 ne underwent three months’ impri stealing a ban! ers or bays that contain fresh or} onmen slightly ooskial’ Water. Ube -best| Poe wee satatedsthat the: ceberence outfit for frog raising. is one: or| es he produced igi Soined the more shallow pouds or recervoits| force were satisfactory, and that filled with grasses and other water| fe had left the army with a go plants should be so sitnated| char acter. A selene who had been pr ent when Fuller was Rr tl e8- reviously con- 6 finger-print evidence, and sentence of twelve a aie sites as passed. Fulle ha strongly protest- a his irnceanse, left the dock smil- in i is Hades rood that in conse- moe-of the case the finger ae Be ‘all (atthe: avplicantt for admi taken Kindly mention the name of this paper in writing to advertisers, ed|in a man and it is sometimes di WAS HOT BED OF PIRACY a LONG KONG, CEDED BY CHINA TO GREAT BRITAIN. Metropolis of 350,000 Inhabitants 0 Once Infested by Thousands of Pirates. Previous to 1841, when it Pulated, and, aside from the shel- spacious har afiorded shipping, and the pure, frashavator its lumpid streams supplied to «hantmen, it was of little import- en ‘ince British occupation, however, it has grown to be one the busiest sea ports in the world. it is the most easterly station of the British Empire on the voyage ron thetwock!: eai-ia/ tho point ‘of union of the great mail steam- ers of England, France, and Ger- many from Europe and the east ae the splendid vessel that takes s point and a2 nificent steamers to the Sandwich eek Canada and the United 350,000 POPULATION. The city of Victoria—popularly known as Hong Kong, being use iterchangeably with the name of upon _._ |the island—is a modern metropolis AN ENTIRELY NEW SYSTEM, | of 350,000 Mnininete Tt is built with the result that they sy to-day. {92a semi-circular narrow, plai The Pa of + railway | Skirting the end of the harbor, was one his titles fo fame as|With houses scattered over the Governor. Another was the ques-|®teP incline behind. extending to tion of the settlement of the land |!the very peak, a height of over two rom the harbor nts a picturesque wbold rock-like background. aight especially is this view most. wattractive, rith myrii ling wavelets and lesser numbers up the slope of t! those at the crest eee the sky, the hea- allen to earth Es rplash into the placid waters of the sea, ONCE HOTBED OF PIRACY. For cena Hong Kong was the hotbed of piracy. Thousands of it | pirates intested this and the near- by islands an upon the trading vessel's as thoy plied be- tween Canton, the principal port of Southern China,, and the other ports of the wor + became neccessary for aioe Bai hese waters to c sramhient aoe alos ah ie pirates here grew to be a seneant 5 occurrence. Nor were thes gagements mere child’s Sings tae Gfien the waters ran red with blood ed eatin oh li es were sacrificed. One such battle is recorded in which twelve eee pirates were Even to-day piratical depre- dations are occasionally reported from the inland rivers, and as late Santon was attacked, the captain nd mate shot, the passengers locked up, and he ship Fortunately the engineer was not injured, and he, with the aid of the passengers, man- age hring the steamer into Some of these pirates were siterwand spore ehended be- headed, fe war against piracy in and sects Hong: ae has been a long and hard oj Be aE CENSUS IN CHINA. China is preparing to take a cen- sus of her 400,000,000 people. The census is to be a thorough one, ani after it is fone the facts and figures are é pretty. well wp. to date. One piovition of the regula tions for offic: “After the completion-of ee fesiee all births, deaths, marriages, fet adoptions must be reported by the head o the family to the local census ofifes ov police-station ; records of families must be revises every six months, and reports m made annually to the board ot the interior by the directors gener- al of the census from the various maepiacet + Pain is a Punishment.—Pain is a portunity and takes up its ab. cult to eject at... Dre Thotnas’ Ee- ect ie Oil will drive it out in short ler. ain cannot stay where it fs used, but immediately flies away. “You have saved my life!’’ said the old man whom the young hero had just peel out of the river. “"As’a reward, you may marry my daughter there. * The hero glanced at the daughter, then bent again cver the old man. “What are you doing?’ asked the pargiezed fa- ther. . “Going to drop “you in mer | side her hi BABYS HOLD ON LIFE. Baby’s ore Tablets cost 25 cents ought now may save come suddenly. that her little Cue are safe. I you have not got a box of see get one without delay. Do no’ wait until trouble comes, it a too late. Sold by medicine dealers or by ie box from The Dr. Williams’ Medi- cine Co., ike? Ont. SENTENCE TSERMONG. eee manners adorn good mo- ae § faith in luck that makes the t. tN thing i is saved that is withheld in selfishne io life 1s hopeless so longs ib oe others happiness. Truth is always too big to be bounded by one man’s vision. he sorrows of earth _gamot be cured by sighing for hea: Nothing can make up for the los- ses that come from self lov A aa Sentct religious tos is due |} D the | ma to eypperaiell enthusii ‘orearmed y be best nee of faith in ihe malt fight. Of all promises the worst to break are the ones we make ourselves. A man may cover up his sins, but he cannot escape vies the sinner. A great man never has time to wait for an aaieaee aha he never needs to. who carries his idol before him smells blames it for leading him let your religion make good and you will not need to worry about, making others good. When a man is waiti: the Lord he is most likely to te Soe a for some of his children. The transition from winter’s co! a strain u duces internal complications, al- ways painful and often serious. A common form of disorder is dysen- tery, to which many are prone in the spring and Sune The very best Feu to us bis painful amputee aes Kellogg’s Dysentery Cord i is a standard remedy, (os every- where. Mrs. C.—‘‘Good morning, Brid- get. I hope your plea and mis- tress have not rgotten that they’re coming to dines “he me ox ht.” Cook—‘‘Indad. they’ve not; they’ve order nda peed earty ‘at home at six o’cloe! It is an undisputed fact that one packet of Wilson’s Fly Pads has. actually killed a bmshel of house flies. Fortunately no such quantity can ever be found in a well kept house, but whether they he few or many Wilson’s Fly Pads will kill them all. Bae EZRA SAYS: a good many bumpers on cers. It?s a hull lot better to turn out tar a than to try to turn ’em all dow When all other corn mcepareliony fail, try Holloway’s Corn Cure. No ain whatever, and no inconveni- ence in using it. THE OROSSWAYS. From one man’s point of view an- other man may be all right in his way provided he isn’t in the way o! the first man. Success FOR SIXTY. SARE Tule i the record of Perry Painkiller, 4 Sure cure. for diarrhoea, md all bowel complaints: diva Peaubstitutes, there ig but {one .\ Pain kitler.""—Perry Davis’ —25e. and 500. It HURTS. Blox—‘‘Bixby" claims that he al ways tells the trutl Knox—“Yes; he seems to have a mania for stirring up trouble.” If every housekeeper would use Wilson’s Fly Pads freely dw the Summer months the house fly peril would soon be a thing of the pas' were younger,” said the rich old _man, “I. believe I mist win you for my wife.” “Yes plied the cold Macuortanndle sidering his sixty-five say, fifteen years o' These. two desirable (abe | tions, pleasant to the taste and a the same time effectual, are to. Me found in Mother Graves’. Worm Ex- terminator. Children like it. eS EES, TELL TIME IN NIGHT. Persons awakening in the night are invariably curious about the time, and the new venience has for its object the gra- atthe head of th sired may be placed under the pil- astieing 4 maintained he office of Placing this osrament a button the quarter ‘hour and the minutes past the Tear er indly mention the name of this pine! in writing to advertisers, at 25 cents a rid in subdiing nos [Jet him have i BREADLESS FOLK, In Some Parts of the World Bread is Seldom Seen. “Baked spares of bread are prac- | eally wi south And the agricultural districts of oe mania, says the ers’ Week, In the villages of the O} of very many miles from i hd in ae and in many parts of the Tyr In tis north of Italy the peasan- Scotch porns ut i is cut and ee out with in, Tt is eaten cold. as often as it is hot, and is in every sense aa Italian peasant’s daily bread he modern Rumanians are held te many scholars to be descend- ed from a Roman colony, in other words to be the St of the Itali- ans, and curiously enough a varia- tion of the polenta called mama- liga is the national dish of Ru- mania. 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