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Such ls` Fgmo. 1Text of President (Mrs) Mc- Kee : Address Delivered at the Alliston Con- vention. _ In. theynaine of G6d`we have set -up_our banners and as soldiers of the cross` we greet you once more. V It is fit that omte a year, in annual convention, we take stock and under- stand how` our business stands, and see whether or no our credit and our cash; as represented` by working unions and_ unions not working, by members paying and by members non-paying, by achievements in the- cause of moral reform, `or a half- dead organization which has a name 5to live but is in reality dead, be the stock in trade which calls us to take laccount to-day. `reason for thankfulness; the In the world abroad there is great king- doms of this world are rapidly be- coming the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ. -A world-wide re- vival is the cry. On the lips of the Christian everywhere Let it begin in my heart is the prayer which is most needed. The uttermost parts of the earth are calling the Macedonian cry, and according to your faith be it unto you is the admonition to the working Christian. China is passing through the throes of a new birth, and seeking for the light of life "and hope in Christ Jesus. Japan s ad- vance has been rapid, and her bril- liant victories by land and sea have opened up" the way to Christian ef- fort and western civilization. The empire of `Russia has suffered for her oppression of and tyranny over her people, and an awakening is being wrought which will pave the way for the Gospel of Peace, and that land of noble men and fair women will reach a plane of orbit in the march of pro- gress which will bring them to God, and the cause of freedom. `Condition of the Franchise Move- ..__._L 5 world is responding to the call. Ad- vanced thought is seen_ as well as felt in` advanced legislation and a more 4 just and equitable con- sideration of the claims of the op- pressed. Not by any means is it the least that we see - 19 women elected to the. parliament of Finland, a country subservient to Russia, but uin a condition similar to our own, able to make her own laws, thus be- ing self-governing. In our Mother- land the cause of right is doing bat- tle for an existence and will win out." The sulfragist represents ad- ment. The world for Christ! and the d V! vanced thought and stands for equal- ity of the sexes and the power to \ vote. On the continent of America d are the organizations which stand in C the ring line of reform, the `W. C. 1 T. U., the Suffrage Association, Na-`f tional Council of Women, and kind- t red societies, which labor for the ad- I vancement of" woman's cause, and 1 the good of all mankind, without re- 1 gard to class, creed or color. In the -, Dominion of Canada are to be found, L `still, the melancholy remains of the I barbaric instinct which bars our wo- 1 men, and lowers the standard of , right among men, as a natural con- sequence. For the old truism holds , good that a nation's honor and standing is as high as her women 1 a.nd have a corresponding signifi- ( cance. This must be the basis of i the regard in which we are held by , the nations around us, and is the re- sult_of our indierence and want of thought. The banner province of the Dominion, as we love to call On- tario, must be more in earnest in the things concerning the future of the country, and -more alive to the im- lportance of the place held by her women, if we are to stand the criti- cism of the modernized advanced thinker. Why should we be behind Finland, Australia, Ireland, or the several States of the neighboring Republic, which have come forward ,nobly, giving justice to their women? The remedy is in a great measure in . our own hands. We are not yet suf- ciently in earnest, nor are we so, aggressive or persistent as we ought to be in pushing our claims, in edu-C _ eating our sons and daughters to the importance and righteousness of- equal surage, and of the moment- i ` ous issues which could a-nd would be . settled by giving women legal legis- lative power. _We bring this matter more to your notice at this time be- ` - cause we feel that when all other de- partments of the C. fl`. U. are "worked, and their need understood, the basic principle which will accom- ' plish all the rest is contained in the Woman's Franchise question. ' _ Prohibition of Various Evils. The prohibition of various: and `sundry evils. has always ,.emanated fromthe purity of Him who ruleth in the Heaven` of -Heavens, and the! Church militant should-be ready to` endorse the methods of her founder. She is, or ou.ght_to be, the motive , 'power zfar goodpin. _tl_ie__worl_d. ,_ Ii?! 7 ._ aggregate membership_ is, V. in tV_is -. country, 2,209,392. This membership ~_ `is in I,2oo_ churches. The VOtlIl_g ._ strength of the Church, niilitant is 5'4o,oo_o.` -`Opposed to thes_e_are liquor _es_tablishments. .G1Vlng_ t Cm can, approximate number of Voters. . lithe;-e. would jpi.-ol__>ably. be about 6o,- ;. "I3.-t.i165llg`l'll'._,0f, ,th-S9 gures. ;_,_v.hQw.~;;,-_u_,. .13, gag legend` .-we sooften se_,_iri'"f:I:h,e Pioneer,_- .-_The_ Church .i9u1d.:;b=!nIsh the `*3 *5. '- Th.` g;gi,.' "grime. .Cliu_tg;l1...`1,I,5-#3. her i I ha" __, . , _lJ' me . _ ` " U`tiisf .kate.`toy.1>t`ditiO!Ia; 1!: iie. J6f:`: virir-:t,!, natty; `the- ' "' ..Vl..;.l{`11l!1'et_h Inn` ci.fi7.~evef!.. -LI... *.t..'a.4.r" Jtanuxualu Ul. CVCI] cvu. uuuvl. uu. ;sun-. It is the dutyof the -Church to bend every epergy to_ou_t1aw the bar. Thepnly relationship which can cic- istfhctween the Church` and the sa- lqoiti oiiany Q other; evi1"_is that of. re- T1,hH` f_`a n`t a.gdn im.` May the Gteat ` ` " A`_(3hurg:henable_ h_=_er `mix;-I WHITE `mnaomzns. breadth, any principle of justice, or the law of love, to ght to the end in this war against the evil of the li- censed `beverage liquor traic. A Christian's conductmust glorify God- This is the nal aim of all rational action. Can any man, therefore , handle an agent which debauches the body, destroys homes, degrades so- ciety , and call himself a Christian? The claim of the licensed victualler to be called such is absurd- Alcohol _ ..'_;_ - --.1. -__.l _-- _I_.2,-1- .|.u us. \.aA1\.u DI-l\.ll Io auauxuo LLIUUIKUI is not a food; and no drink contain- ing alcohol can be considered as im- proved in food value by the percent- age of alcohol contained in it. The delusion re food value in beer has long been exploded among up-to- date thinkers. The following is a. concise statement based on the re- searches of leading chemists:-- Beer drinking is an isidious enemy which fastens itself upon a man. and .may speedily become his master, clogging his liver, rotting his kid- neys, decaying the muscular powers of his heart and arteries, stupefying and injuring his brain, choking his lungs and bronchials, loading his body with dropsical uids and un- wholesome fat. No man can drink beer and escape such consequences in a greater or lesser degree, accord- ing to normal or abnormal conditions in the system to begin with. The members of the Church of. Christ can have no fellowship with any business that, followed to its logical sequence, degrades its votaries into victims. No partnership by licensing can be entered into by a consistent Christian. We must make straight paths for our feet, that that which is lame may not be turned out of the way. Let each of us so examine himself and see if his conscience be clear, and his skirts clean where the weak brother is considered. Commercial and Social Inuences. doing more aggressive work in the work of temperance reform than the moral reformer. There is no place in the strenuous life of the business world for the stupeed brain of the drinker of alcoholic beverages. No company- employing men in respons- ible and critical enterprises can af- ford to employ other than the most thoroughly reliable and alert men. Buyers and sellers must be sober, to keep in with the wholesale houses. Telephone and telegraph operators `must be sure of their nerves and keep their centres strong. In no de- partment of business life is there a place for the drowsy brain or un- steady hand. But the Trade de- mands support, and boys must be sacriced to support it; if not boys, then girls and women, and we have the appalling fact of an increase of drnkng among our women. This ' The commercialism of to-day is is a manifestation of the basic prin- ciple of equality between the sexes. Ifr men will not rise above the dual code of morals, women will sink to the low level. And this sinking to the low level is fostered by cham- pagne at afternoon teas and social functions, by the brandy chocolates and other medicated drops con- taining intoxicants which are passed over the counter to our girls for pure candies. We warn all guardians of our young people about these adul- terated and poisonous confections. Local Option. In the meantime our duty is plain to. my mind. It is to try for local option wherever possible, show the Government that the three-fths ma- jority is an unjust handicap. It is not necessary that you should wait . for some one else to move. Start yourselves, get the ball rolling, and ' others will help to push. The rst l thing to be done is to hold public _meetings. All necessary information may be received on application to the ' ofce of the Ontario `Alliance, 53 I Confederation Life Bldg., Toronto. mccms, clams ucsusnn mass 1oe.porpaoIIot.oo-spackotuforzlo. wllllaotuumoloooaoon. * FLY PADS Let me bespeak a. renewed earnest- ness in _the work of the -W. `C. T. U. and a deeper consecration to the cause of God and Home and Native Land. `the wpy._,AYer $ Hair Vigor is That : too had! We had no- tlced it was looking pretty thin and rough of late, but naturally did not like to speak of it. By I regular hair grower, a per- leer lull` tonic. The hair` nope` caught; out, grows. hater, keep: son and smooth. ! ;Ayer s ? Halt 3Iiot ,c1m-i= 15% YGW air 'c/<?~ WILSON'S 711-uuuaoI..u.u-oam1' um than all. no and flies lying about when uootl as directed. 1 I [ALL 1 `...uuoX'd rm one 11 \ y. and omenu . Junezh. Jmym Ana, lth htron-_ ; pawn: LBarrie. . V |?ricesf Vork. I Ieth-` I IN Wu, Mt l_I\_K.'}J`l\.- .-...._, ...., agined as being little _tiny folk about louror tive feet in height, and as he- `mg,absolt1tel;v lthy and dtsgustlrtg iitlicir liabits and persons, and in every way Illurc like beasts than.men id \\'umt`Il. Tliis, however, IS a myincnrrcct itlczi tn holr`. of the Es- quiniuiix 115' :1 wlmlc, for they are 3' 21 very tine race, and one can- totliclp zulmiring them, if one is called to live zunongst them, on ac- tountuf the \\'(iI1(iI'fL1i way in which lheyarc able In endure hardships of mextreine kind and overcome the my and great ilifctilties with which theyare surrounilctl, in battling with tteelcniciits fut` a mere existence. Therc is 21 certain strength of char- titcr, mu. about the Esquimaux,| which is (h)ub[lL`>>` :1 product of the harL th;e_v are living, and whiichg f.'l'l 5i.' mi. . ~,.......,..... :3 ..A.. ...... .... to take you if I can in im- "l'.am the northmost part of wiiation Own country, to distant isl'r and I want to help You til 1'11g of what the people, 50 Ct 1} ivjng there are like, V etlg of the power of the ,1 st them. 6-` f1mI(jar$d is a wild, barren tract -Bms it is about four times_,the ,{c0lll1t1 ;the Brltlsll Islands,and yet fcolaht go from north to _ squth, mg. to west and not nd a sing-'| lrlnw vvherc. All is barren rock tree MB for about ten months in lldC0\'f`3'ith/iCC nad snow. 'There tleY`*`,,mt,;,~e`5 and lichens grow- `.`m1\. 5ho:*]tcI't (l spots, and also F3 1 mi] owers such as the Arc-. tfeii'siii3 1)ht oilicrwise there is no 6(pIg[1)g'.gf()\\'lll of any kind. E9 . . . this reat country is The ii&i(t1>l5'r`f1, grefter part of the lltl0l1' t(l1\`.11;i[ might be called a great lwvrlrier: ice stretching out from It-cfloast We fty miles or more to! `E: and reiideriiig. it impossible for; Welsto force a passage through .;cIh3ii once :1 year when this ice nk; up. On this account, all liv- ingtivitliiii tlizit cuiiiitr_y are cut Off W1Comllllllllciltlull with the outer wmfor twt`l\'C' monthts, letters, Wisgona, etC.. being received once \ hi this Laiid_of the Great Night, ' has been ulteii called on. account glvery little (if the sun being seen lortliree Illulltlls`. live the Esqui- mux, aii t`XL`t`t`(llllgly hardy race. that is zi great deal of misunder- ttaiidiiig in popular ideas with _re- prdtu tlicse people. fhey are im- .m'.mI at heing little tiiiv folk about I--uu um: Ln) (l.|L IIVIUS, auu wuxuug I:1akcsth<: Iis if you make himymlr fxncnul. from the Christian tandpoillt HT n[}1cr\\ iS, a very re- liable and true friend. | A-\ow tI l(`> Ji. in common I'1th_a111hg rc.~1 uf the human race, llavem thcxr n\\'n blind way, all down ,71`l1t11c centuries, been seeking ;iI_frQu `But they have not found in1U1,CIl).1" (gml I5 H111) ful1y_revea1t}d 6;` ?1r 1.~,t. :1}\ `flit: Esqmrnaux: 1n "=mrc}1 mr (J`)d have become re- 83.rd1c-5501 the (j:g<) Spirit, in whose Xlitenms fhnv 1\..I.. .....1 .1. -_- 1.---.. 5" 9 and wj D81` wm De,` n- _ ,,,, ... H. \J` xistence they bcl 8% up an evil spi whom they hrwc Whom they grunt] Si5`i|_\' conceive wl` $5 Us. and wh uh: tr<')ub1c l1]) `0r:h}\ ca_n in `p `D ns cv . ,tl1ercfm-, ?u0fSdng.;u1d "mun. 1 ,-`W3 _teH _'r.n1 that in_ the worSh1P' j 1 evil Spirit the main idea` seems lbe that. living mi, she is better Std with the performance 0fvV1'I.f 5` With that uiiich is .g`00da .3}n.`,1r.i OW. when the various ig!"`_31_tm M . miles are hcid in her - -Vh0110} vg m1?Y1y at the commencement Qf. h0stVarious hunting .-seasons, ' _7V0lting, `vicious and licentlotls W35 are Curried cm at H19 incri.i a 7 v--J -uuno. ll I\1II6.U`.f ;. character 11 '. %0d.dea1 ' 0} msta dlt Is at itk on VI 6, of Son] . u c :' {fended 6 other mdmdual, = t e" rehglon. :. f1' and C case. H proceeds to invest_igat` nder X1111 33) that the sick pcrson - and 6 curse of Sedna and'1must_. . ~ the w ;. ingplflrson 1s draggegi outside.Ath}- gperha 3. to perxsh In the_.sVn'9W V ' S "1 some ca_ses.-oc:a.;;_rigQ, N or old pegme amigo-it L Again, there A " I 3' E. ' p0Werful ecessarily results .1 of cruelty and brutal- j Ce, a person may.-be f ` once supposed that the ` . in Some way` in the laws The Conjurer .:s_.7 e 15 supposed to1=pO"s;'sesS- . Dirit. which ' a at h1s.wxl1.pas_; -.t. Sedna and .return's. to he Wing her will. Inh many 0rd having `gone; forth}: `Iug variou-S -~ `I-uC.L;UII1l'IlCI1CelT.|CIlvF ~h5trev0lt' hu.t`.ng "SeaS.n.S' ' -ceS mg. `vycmus lxcen_t1ou_S {ion Ofafle czLrr1e_d on at the _SU such he LOHJUFOTS. r_el1gx9p_ necessanly results` Fm ::1ff`al1of brutal- 1 may tell ynll this evil C-1-U - In a most interesting. addresS , on sunday evening 5 min Wait? the following descnptxon of ~ m1s1on WdrI{ ~ uimaux Of B3fn 5 Land : E. W. Greenshield 1, JULY 4; in the worship I Hm m..:.. :.n...- ...........` Baffin : Land, n fough I icatianaq and by ' acquire: I ss of A u curse and sentence. of dea;t'h*is passed upon him. -So great is the faith in the existence of TSedna,. and `in the truth` of what the Conjuror has said that such _a man -will often take it for granted than I-.. :a M A:- wen - uucu. auuu _a. man W111 orten take it- for granted that he is to die, _and he will pine away, taking no'fu rthe"r in-' terest in anything, until death comes and puts an end to his wretchedness. Often on the outskirts ofthe settle- ments a small snow-house or seal- skin tent will be found scarcely large [enough for a person to crawl` inside. On entering such a place, one would see there a _poor_ woman, clad in rags. nan 1.] VVUI ll 1ca.u_|cf.` of some man who has dxed under the `curse of Sedna, and is therefore her- self accused. She isnot permitted` to enter ot-herpeop1e s houses, or to. be fed by them, or_to receive clothing from them, because the clothing _mus't l--_.,.... .-..r- u y\-IBUIL LU crawl 1118106. entering there `poor rags, or,at least' in what had once been a suit of seal-skin orideer-skin cloth- ing, but is now simply a bundle of dirty worn leather.` `She is the widow Inf snmp rnnn mkn L... .::...: --.._:-.7 -- ..vu.:. puvsaa, UUVGIUDC LILC ClUtnlnvg `be made from the skins of animals `created by Sedna, and therefore her iwrath woud again beexcited. These widows have,"` therefore, to exist in the best way they can, often picking up what has been, thrown away by other Esquimaux. It was in the midst -of such cit- cumstances, and amongst such a peo- DIR fhf 1'11`! rniceinn :91 Da$n n T -.---1 -......m.u--\.a,.auu ausuugsl sucn 8. D60- ple that the mission in Ba.Fn s Land was started by Rev'.`E.}J. Peck, now about twelve years ago. The- diffi- culties to face were enormous, and our brethern of those days often went in practical fear of their: lives. They worked hard day after day, a little church was built and the Esq- uimaux gathered together `there for teaching. They wouldoften crowd `I1 fn know #11:: nZn......... .. uvuwsnl-I5a &l.l\ry VVUHIU. Ultcll `m to hear the smgmg and mus1c. fqr they are passlonately fond of musx | A I n an-ir (`Acne-:nI-3.-.n I-.4. . _ . A A . . ._ LL \V-J flu: yaa_a1t{11aLcIy iuuu OI II1l1SXC| " of an'y_description, but as soon as the | "` preaching commenced there wouldbe 5- disturbance and opposition `created by some of the Conjurors and others present. Five-years went by and there seemed to be no results what- ever, except that some of the people were anixous to learn reading and writing because they could under- stand the great advantage fo_f `the white man over them in.this respect. During these years, however, the four. Gospels had been in process of translation into the Esquimaux ton- gue by the Rev. E, J. Peck, and |these having been nally printed in England by the British .and Foreign !Bll)lC Society, were placed in the !hands of the Esquimaux and they `were able to read and study for them- `selves the message of the Gospel of P t v "Christ. They could compare that ; Gospel with all that they had every, been taught from their earliest days ,3 of Sedna, and they began to say, I` "These words are very good, oi-,3`; | these words are beautiful. .Finally,lq ll by the power_ of the Spirit of God, there were changed lives, and one or two made publicprofession of their faith in Christ and of their decision to become Christians. In the midst of much persecution, they remained . rm in their purpose and obtained a-( _.great inuence over their people.li _lTo-day, some of these early 'Christ- 2 ; ians of Bafn s Land are preachers i ;,of that same Gospel amongst theirli -town people. To-day,.pi'actical1y' the ( giWhOl population` around our mission fare professed Christians. I do not - say that they are all Christians in re- ality, but the inuence of those who are Christians has been such that a `man. could not pursue anevil course with impunity as in the old days. We see. here, again , how the Christian|` leaven has leavened the whole lump. Not only around our mission station 1 . has `the work made progress, but in l . distant places, two or three hundred l '. miles from our centre, `the Gospel has 1 ,`spread, through circulation of the ; Scriptures and the simple teaching. of ' native: Christians. ` There are ; Christians in some of vthes_e:plac_es, who have, perhaps, never seen a_ mis- . sionary. 4 In,,`_on.e_.,_,district,.which I visited with dogs~and,sle_i`ge about a year ago, which>I ,..P3}d..,,..V!.$1`.`.E9: about ifotir =`years` " before " and had re- ceived much OppOS1tf0112 the C0n.l!_H' forbidding`, the people to,_:o ine -hear. me, I ..,was .iiI?9lcdmdE'f"*h31`t11) - rand was mad? :1)? .Ihfld5?`}`i1 "they G-irejoicedfifitliat - p.l17'a`,d -`~once- more . 'TC0!i1e'..~."_ilm0n8$: 1 `E ??? xpiacpaabouc o`rj_',_g;{O i2H5`%1!i`th~`m9T"*? i'ng`,a_nd it wasvery dark as wencame over the frozen sea. t0.tHl} 003 0'1: tl},,,,, $h;Q}'., i` a . Ah.-uahns-zi.-" 1} ~icei-cli~wair9!td;:"t' 4.l. ..J -4 _` - ... i neys-,e 'a'n`d"_`he reached and iworlced, ie;vve,r!.`yfaifhfIa1.s' . I` - n ,'T `anion-gst thesf` 'pebpjle' `andfthere was, :-."}'?ry`;1`3uch;ab1*'?.`?:`"' - Ice-C111`!-'a.I'0un7u THC auu1_c_., .un..u.;.,.., the noise of.our dogs.~ancl the~shout- ing, many of the men.turned. out to see what was the matter, and, nd- ing out who had arrived, climbed quickly down the- steep cliff of ice and, manning my sledge, hauled it by main force up on to the land. They then shook hands and invitedme to stay in the best house I "could find there amongst them, We requisi- tioned. a_ desertedytradings station and ` made. use of `it as a temporary church, and into this place thepeopleesimply crowded, and gave `most "eai"nest and reverent i attention at .. every service-. One of our` native Catechistsf from our-central station was with rne_-as dog-driver, and 3 guide, on`; t_lies]e.VJ i5ur- .. 5 audit. , teccfhally \ ~ `J. Qa. ur:.m__ ' 'VR :Ih;j1-a;d'Ei{'z:hvv cam; ._of all V these changes?` Sirnply4t_h_e GO?l: O _ whsh is! 0 % 1. . .*.`:.1'-3* `UWII Gill` yluuvu , #1 :*h **tt:mst% P=' tV bring. tq,_;;co1le'ge:'-;tlie latter said: Nf`ver lmind.7,the;;-books. _Brin'g . a.` goti; istolsf.- _ Thevckstudents` were in ha it." of; .iseti't1i,n`:t`-, those` little aairs either: just beforeorjust after morning ~ prayers. All the distinguish- ed Irishmen of the eighteenth century .. ;rfI8_le-' dueusgr aouesu.i _'as : n;u_1;..,as- it` did _ in ~ were dl'191,i8ts'. Curra , Grattan, Sheri-- dan, Ba.r rington, Fitzgibbon, " Flood, O'Connell, were often out, and la- ter the O _Gorman Mahon had twenty- two affairs his credit. _.l.`he bar led` the list. , ` my . -Lord chancellors and masters of the rolls fought like cornetswof horse. Lord - Norbury fought Fighting. Fitzgerald and two others, ` besides .frightening Naper Tandy. as the "Irish historians tell us. Galway was _,great with the pistol, Tipperary with the sword; Two English nes lames, Major Park and Captain Creed, went to Ireland to nd foemen worthy. of . _their steel and` found them in -Mr. 3 .?I3tthew and Mr.` Macnamara, who` 0. ght with them in a private room at an inn,wounded them nearly unto death, nursed them back into health and were rewarded with their friend- ship. Colonel Barrington and Mr. Gil- bert, two middle aged married men, had a desperate duel in 1759` because they. did not wish to leave an un- settled quarrel as 0, legacy for their children. They fought on horseback with sword, pistol and skeen," or Irish bowie knife. First the pistols were red, Barrington receiving some of the charge in his face, but he rushed on Gilbert, killed his horse with his broadsword, dismounted and. putting his skeen to the other s throat, called upon him to ask for his life on pain of death. Gilbert agreed to shake hands and be friends, but without condition or apology. Barrington consented. 17-:..L.c:.....n r.<:.....-_-n.: _ __;_n u___-_,_ uun 1 xax5 bun UUHDUH I.-Cu. 1` Fighting Fitzgerald, a well known character. a. cousin of the Earl of Desmond,. an Eton boy, an Oxford graduate and an officer in the Sixty- ninth. foot. fought eighteen duels and was thought by many to be mad. He hired a gang of ruians, waylaid and killed a gentleman on the king s high- way and was hanged at Castlebar. Among others he encountered Martin of Gralway. the Rev;.- Richard Bate and Captain . Harvey Ashton, afterward killed at Madras in a. duel with C01- onel v Allen. The Ashton duel and another fought `by Clive with :1 Cal- cutta civilian indirectly helped Brit- ish arms 'to many victories. The first made, way for a. Colonel Wellesley, afterward better known under another KIIDKJI IVK}I\l lII.\I\;| F\llllV'll Lllllll (hIl\lI1llL7l n:"'m to an iy~mo1`tant ,command be- fore Serin.'ap.9.tan~ lf_ne second had. 33*; displaying the d_r-..=,.erate courage of Clive. secured him a military appoint- rn:-.nt in a time of emergency.-Corn- hill Magazine. ' Be-/i Found Half Frozen In Fish Room ' of Trawler. A re_ma_rkable- story of a. stowawa}/ s 'experience was toid by the skipper of the steam; trawler King Edward, which arrived in Aberdeen from a" voyage to Iceland recently. The King Edward left Aberdeen about three weeks ago, and on her run north call- ed atvgLonghope. On the trawler con- .tinuir'm her journey, one of the men ion deck was `considerably alarmed by `strange noises coming from the sh- room. He reported the fact, and when the vessel was about 54 miles off Longhopethe `mate decided to go into the- hold with a view of nding out `the Lcause of the noises, and on doing .._-.I- .. .-.6.-...4-Iinn Jiannnni-v `Bile cause U1 mu: uuinca, ....,...c so he made a startling discovery. -Crouched in the corner of the sh- 'room, -and almost fgozen, was a boy about 10_years of age; The boy was immediately removed to e deck, land taken` below to the cab n.- On re- covering suiciently to be able to give an account of how he managed to get into the shroom the boy stated that he had `long wished to `go to sea. and seeing the trawler lying in Longhope awn; U [A harbor, he thought he had a favor- able opportunity of gratifying his wish. When the boy- had` fully recov- |ered the skipper of the King Edward (Robert. etteborough) asked him if l` he wishe trawler, and on the boy intimating that he did, he was allowed to re- main `on board. On the vessel s return I to go to Iceland on the 1 i journey she called at Longhope, where . the boy was landed. much to the_ de- light of his parents, who had given lup all hope of ever seeing him again. . . R_angoon s Latest Luxury. Rangoon s latest luxury; the elec- ary popularity, and is being put to iuses undreamt of in more conven- tional lands. A wealthy Burmese lady having died on April 3. her rela- tives" decided to have her body con- veyed to the cemetery by electric tram. . Six cars were hired, and with a band" playing the British Grena- diers, the party bowled along at 12 miles an hour the three miles to the cemetery. Rice and owers were scattemd by the funeral party as they proceeded rapidly on their way, to 1 their great delight`-of .the" children en. ro . A Burnian never makes a melancholy party at a funeral, but `is the rst time -in the history of y,Ran`zo_o that electric cars have '_tor a ' funeral procession. Node, `it ' ' . the natives are peti- for a special type of car to ant-`tl1`e*-dernand "in" this `dir'e`cti_o_n. - `:`.;~' tric tramway, is enjoying extraordin-' ` ll Caught~aTurt|o _. While recently, 03 the coast of ;_Ka`.thuwar. _.-India, from a` small ' ` ` Vomcer, after having pull at his `line, so _ `S99. binc pulled ' "3 `.9*!*.m- ._A low * t9..Lhss.' statprisoe L _ixi'=un(f-a-_1ih1_f -thh STORY OF A STOWAWAY. THE ' Igysil *con`E. THE} xoargm ADVANCE MN ->; . -rt`-" " . , a'n'gers ?`oi*':Driiii2k=-Rt L7 '|}._fi`i}issh- ` . _ r. : .. are given in: the annual" re- -folf .l906,._of.- the `Prison Commis- ,_epti'ons..into ordinary prisons in "Scot- `-land in 1906 was 6jo,1_15.ot these, 42,- ' -T 121 were. males`, and this number has- been exceeded only twice, namely, in- `190.1` and The females numbered` 17.994. which shows a rise on the pre- V vious. year. but`; reductienon the pre- ceding ve`years t average. The curious `parades is put forward that material. `prosperity tends to, foster crime. The year was a good one as regards em- plofment insthe coarser kind of labor, an the Commissioners experience topfroduce, an increase oficrimes con- nected with drink. The short histories of prisoners which they have com- piled tend to conrm this. They re- cord some of the .main features of the lives of 60 males received at. one of the prisons. and show. that, except in two cases, the breakdown has been closely associated with drinking - to excess. The time when he first goes to work and earns wages .seems to be a dangerous epoch, say the Commission- ers; in the life of a lad who is not dians; and there is room for further development of the benevolent socie- ties which in such circumstances take the :boy in hand when he leaves school, see him apprenticed to a trade, and continueto look after his home surroundings for some years, until he is fairly started in life. The evil of tens of thousands of prisoners for of- fences which may be grouped under the head of disorder, but `Jhe Com- missioners nd drink closely. allied with serious crime. From a recent in- vesti~q rir~- of fty cases of a serious ' under the partial inuence of drink, and 26 per cent. of them were com- mitted on Saturdays, when there should have been more money in the pockets of the working classes than on another day. The most deplorable fact, however, in connection with pri- son statistics is the large number of v.')ers`on.s who are every year reported . . ;'3FE"?t,st i : `interesting dtai1a' ;to the treatises` of `crime_ and-the` treatment . : sioners for" Scotland just V issued. The. report states that the` number of re-. 5 has been that such circumstances tend . well looked after by his natural guar- excessive drinkingprovides not only` nature it has been ascertained that; half of the crimes were` perpetrated f "s "mvinz apnoared in prison for the first time. They number generally about 13.000. and it is this steady sup- ply of new pri`-Sinners which maintains the hisrh population of the `prisons. Until this stream `of new prisoners is cher~.`"`d there is small prospect of o.v~-- m-~terin_l improvement in the criminal records. `Admiralty Anxious About Increasing ?` Numbers of Runaways. For some time past rumors of a large number of desertions from the ships composing the First_ Cruiser Squadron _that has lately been visit- ing American waters have been in cir- culation, and these are now conrnf- ed by the oicial announcement is suediroxn the Admiralty to the effect that no less than 90 men deserted their ships "during this cruise. '1`he admiral commanding the squadron now been called upon to prepare an exhaustive report upon the cir- sumstances leading up to these eser- firms so far as they can be discovered, and thiswill at once be most carc- rfully considered by the Board of. Ad- miralty. For the past two or three years the number 05 naval Adesertions has been on the increase, and consid- erable anxiety is now being shown by the authorities over this matter. These desertions are by no means conned to one` class. but engineer :'nt`.*'*s. seamen, and stokers are alike TL 3... Ln]:n--AA `K-56 an Anv-rm -_.__-.__-.I 4 1111`-' "I3. 5!.`.aluc|.', cusu auuncla nut: ounnc r~.rw~-rned. It is believed that a com- ` mittce of naval experts will shortly be assembled at the Admiralty. under the m'r.w~".ency of one of the Sea Lords. to discuss the whole question, and to devise means for preventing deser- tion in the future. The opinions of the dmirals commanding. the different "eets in commission will beinvited Eor the guidance of thls committee. ughiie . officers on the retired list_wil1 be asked to` give the com- "xittee their views. In the meantime, it is understaad that questions-are to be asked in bnt`.`. Houses of Parlia- ment _on,the subject. Tt is said on very good authority that King Edward purposes paying a. visit, which must needs be full of dip- lomatic interest, to the Emperor of Russia. The meeting will, if the pres- ent plans are adhered to, take place in the Baltic under much the same` circumstances as that of the` Kaiser` and Nicholas II. some "eighteen months ago: ' M D .... nan Wvnnnunw :1-n nnu-f:n11'nv-_ ELIUILLIIU agu. The Russian Emperor V is particular- ly grateful to King Edward for the manner in which .the latter has car- ried outvhis promise to stand by Rus- sia in the time of her trouble, and that therefore the coming meeting is liable to b..a.r mitfule results both of reawakened confidence. and proved. Erievidship. . . I `IA ' Tau-o;;`n`ovu ~ A -DQ138331` 1 Luruutuup. M. 'Isvolsky.i the Russian Minister of State. -has received instructions to do everything possible to bring about better -relations: between Russia and England, and his first active move in that direction was intentionally made public in A_ the long-standing . Persian question when -directions were given to" all Russian Consuls to alter their traditional tone of enmity to England and reverse the same by doing every- thiv-~ to conciliate -. Btitish..col-, A Londonvin-`;'v'vs-V1;-ax-11;`-Ivnjan Whd hiss been eta ing at Stratfbrdaoxi-Avon says he as his landlady one day: "Who `is that Shhkeapeatei "of whom` one bears no. `mnchzjvdown hero? 2 Wai he ~ a very rea.t man?"A To whioh"ah'e `1f_e1Sli9d_-. ",I4or.'. air.,?e_gom? vthought *no_thgng" <>_n""_ if-` few` ye! -tl --f"--_It aZ the. ;an.%_.'as. .xnado;:-'iI'n. us" ` - " " -city 3 .`, .- _,.~,.. ..,.,.,,g _ ,~_[- ._~~_-',<`. 3j:_"': - TTHE1 Penmous bma NAVAL DESERTIONS. Edward to Visit Czar. is hot)`: m'3$a"xu'b.. .-.1: .1. .-.-~ e brigotes cg. now lit 1- su es for ` following