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your staff many tiresome trips, unnecessary disappointments much expense. 5 Many progressive business houses have found that by a systematic and persistent use of the Long Distance Teiephone travell- ing expense _can b: 20 to 80 per cent. V Why not adopt this principle in your business? Telephone rst! Try to gure out where the Long Distance Telephone can save you precious time! can be reduced anywhere from iCAN ARREST DRUNK g . IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE I i|Law So `Amended That Man Can Not Be Protected By L.0. ` Hotelkeepers. ' A drunken man can be arrested in -any pu'b1ic rplace in a local op- tion muni-ciipality under an amend- ment made at the last session of the Leg'is1a:ture which was prorogued recently. Under the law as it o1'.igina11`y stood; a man was immune from arrest in -a local option hotel or restauerant \but the minute he staggered out on the street he was liafbleto arrest by a police ofc=.1". In public places in rto and -cities under local option it is said to have been customary for the proprietors, if they were not i11 sympathy with local option, to protect t-he man who `Was intoxicated. The exact word- ing of the amendment to section 141 of the Liquor License_Act reads 1- 11: Ach__L1:- ..\1nnr\ nine in- U16 IJIQUUI lJ1U\3LlCU_A..L\.|J zuuuuv as follfowsz Public place shall in- clude any ,pla;ce,_ building or public `conveyance to which the public halbivtualy resort or to which the pnibli`c generally -are ad'mi'tted einhcr freely or upon payment of any charge or free 091` iby the purchase of tickets- or otherwise. - in` V1 familiar ow used consider- ery am- Major -illia fol: wxj Made in Canada by Lever Brothers l,imited.-Toronto. _ .l. CB, 01.1 We1l,'I 11 bet he gave his fam- ily lots of trouble._ He certainly was 3 young` 'tougl1.--Judg?c. c 4 . _ ` `Vvalter . ls Yes, Sir. 7 7 save yourself _and Bad Boy this veal `? Vealilh 4/W - -I. 11;. STREET vsu u... from 0!` I lJl_\.1.l.l16.u .LL\I'.L.LL _v;:|.u' 93 of war. The alhes Won `battle E 7 me, rbattle. The Danes ` were ed from_ the entire eld, which iii: O0(.up.ied by Qur . troops, . the ` W pely ~.n1aintt~a;in1ng-. the `lines. [enemy ha (1 ags I followed the- ` `V in` an. %W1th p Don the map. If only the `wmpaigll _ _ f . bmchery 1n1ght_ end he ore . F.red-_ erickvs pegmnent was ordered 1nto_ the eld! Thls `fear h1mg- over .me like 3 swOTd' Gtf Dazmocles. . I d`l`e8Jd-' ed the night lest_ the monrnmg. wogld bring the malwchmg -order. Fredendk _ mm Amut he saw What was ,OthQ']` is cn`fe1-ed; if one :position `ins : .on `[1 V}3\-my one was -overjoyed and re-' 1hou;1'11't it b-ad luck. But I received eYe,1t5; my `dear, and "cease pro'oest- mg 1 believe the war will continue " for force was sent $0 the front in the beg:i1111i11-". my regmlent Win 3 have to 30111. . Two months and yet no results! -Oh, \ \'}1_\'b would not the _cruel_ game be settlred in one ght hke a duel? But go, if (:11 -battle is `lost, an- M11 up, zmother is Vtaiken, and so g '11 one side or the other is an- ni11i1aIed.- or.'b0th .e:s:'hau's-ted. . on April 14 the last.` stronghold" was takml, and imn1ed'.1.ate1y a peace (mlforem-e `z1ssen1b1-ed in London. 1i{.m1, .5;1_\'(`. 1_w1'11-ans, some of my }1us`ua`1n`.`s c01I11".1(1{ S, `who had. hoped to : I110 __r1ory-.V The1r wwes the 110\\'s of ". of'h0sti1i- `.1.-.~" with ;_:'1~e;1t _]0)', and wrote 1: _..__ ..T\3.~n~..w\' 11-iclaynrn ' _fz11\>w'p11. I165` \`.JH_l _'..'L'{iclL- _;u,;,_ , uuu. ...v.... in 1115' diary "Disarm! Dislarml. Fo1'0\`01'." I` addecll vdespxondxrg, and in 1.1-;'1y}<'()ts. "['-t0pia._ ' ` V The >ndm1 conf-erencse dragged on mm 111unth;s` .with~0ut, agreement, and Ihonw.-ame the orders to Fred- (-ri<-k's v1`vgi11)(*11t to march, with _T\\'I1`E_\_"f{l1I1` hours for leave-takin-g.` Thv 1,-irth of our\1\i\bt1e child Was" hourly ox1:ec'tcd.T and kit was as if We `}i=`t}l. z1.\_\'zI1ted dea-th upon our --I 1 . 0.1 ,1 Jcux \\ \ AA- - We Vere"overwhelxned * with the nm:_r1V1it11J.c of the approachmg evlls. "To us it was neither parbriotic nor _ 11c-ruiv to help hew down -the Danes, " and in (::1.~'(- our parting was for. ever. wlmt. vxc-use of sta 0e.c0uLd3 re- (~m1L'i1<* us `to this terrible samice? To sh-?'<-11I the common cause df }nzn1:mit_v migrht `be justied, `but to `rush into" _ba_tt1e with E! disttant Throrw-ing away life, and` 1101110. and ffzunily, because of: the - more p1o of prinees---i-t was` too mf:m1m.-! T Why _n1u_st . Austria-n snhlu-rs` lean; home to `help -set this ]J<:tty prime on his petty "throne? \\'h,\'{ Why? How treasonuabl-e and H21.~1-h<*1_1131I.~j -to ask such a question M I`.I1mo1'rr and Pope! Neither MUM or muld unsnver. V I l4Alx'rtl\'; uAL\L .;.vtru- _...__ - Thx- M-5_v~i111m1t 'was to_ march aat I-s-11. W4 had not slept: for h'OuII`.S LT-st .\\`t_* .<"11H!.11 waste a moment. We smw \'21in1_v to `comfort -each `other. In who m_y:~: of morning llghlt I mm wnmm 1 SAVEQ FRUM BYLydia E. Pinkham s Vege- ' table Compound--Their ~ T Own Stories HereTold. ' , ' J -1 think 1` Edmonton, A1ber _ca, C3 "v thank it is no more than rlght fr me to . - d L die you for what your kmd advlce an 5' . dhave E. Pinkham s Vegetable C`P`m done for me. I (1111 " L,_ _'..... t` UUHC .lUI.' me. , ` ' 13 When I wrote to you some t1_me 38 1 was a very sick woman suf`fe1:1n_g f1'm female troubles. I had organ mamf mation and could not stand or walk any distance. At last I was conned 110 my _ bed, and the doctor said I_would h_9aV`; to go through an operatioI_1; but ,5E o refused to do. A friend adV199dLYd"" as Pinkham s Vegetable C0mP`md' Pal now, after using three bottles of 1t,_ . feel like a new. woman. I most heartily` recommend your medicine` to .811 Wm;n who suffer with female troubles. Ih_9'Vo also taken Lydia E. Pinkham s L1V?11; . Pills, and think they are `Z199 1 never be Without the m8d1m,~mth1. ' house.--Mrs. FRANK EMS!-EV Co ' I umbia Avenue, Edmonwn,A.A1b9rt. " 1 The Other C.ll_80-11 l : r> ' Beatrice, Neb.--Just 8fi1:: 3`..y'-"-at riage my left side 1388811 .t9VfP`9 me Im" the pain got so severe ' a1:_;_1'-.I!A1_.3_. - sueredterribly with it.;_I;;v181t doctors and each one"waI1`5:,d. *9 - `on me but I would not A eration. I heard 01;. : 1 Pinkha.m's Vegetabl ~` doing for otherswl itles of news Under V the Title `V Disarm thls Novel won for its author the Nobel Peace Prize. j A Famous Story e - shell$ Yay with he Fish-3 f 1' `be car- CI-IA'PTE,R 11; n `yourself to f~ace'the and protest- eve war ms sent 115:. so. regimen-t APRIL %29t1;,:A.V?1351 ;f?w%% ' ',bl; .':h1- he bub .L1.L\I|.I.J.J..l&l5' vvvuuu ng What Byfh L H` V '. BARONESS V ON SUTTNER` realized that my hour" had coi, and with tears of uncertainty we +n1Io- 1-u1~nao11vz-an - n-.-an-6 . 1:`..-..J....I..1_ J~__ . nu u awn. _vvyuo vu. 'u.uUUJ,uaJ.*Ll.'L\.y `WU tore our-selves apsaar-t," Frederick dies-` p-era`te' lest the next . momenst might rob him of `both .vv\ife and child.` The next _morning the *O1mutz papers contained `the ollow-in-g ac- count :- ` - ` ` . yYesterday;'1;he --t=h V'Regimen_.t left town . with ying -colors to gain fresh lamels in the sea~girt brother- land. The joy of ` battle inspired every heart, etc., etc. , I lost my child," `and for "Weeks `la._v between life and death, dream- ing all-the agonies of war and! tor- eture. In my delirium I cried, e`,`Dis- arm! Disamm! Help! Help gs all for the sake of justice and mercy, n 1nnTav., "7 J-\JaL It'll. i he1ip!\ `When I regained conscieusness, my father` ,and |Asun-t Marie stood at my bedside. ' - ` l\ -.4. u . > ...n ed till all danger is , past. `From. Is he a1ive.?'_Have letters come 3 were my rst questions. Yes, quite a ' heap df` letter ..had' accumulated. O-ne'wIas marked: Nvort to T'be' open-I this I ttake extracts :- `Today -we met the `enemy for the : rst time, having marched `_throuag*h conlquerezll territory until now, with 1 the Danes retreating`, fast; Every- 1 where are /the ruins and remnants W of battle.` The landscape `is torn M with - shell` land piled with graves. '. So the victors march on to new `j `victories. _To-day we took the enemy s position ' and. leaving `a - nbuxrnitntg villa-ge Ibehirndv us. While 1 friend and fee were absorbed in the tumult, I could only think of you, . and that -perhaps you were lost.` The enemy withstood `us aburt two hours, and we did] not pursue. - We collected sour ewounded and cared for them as well as We could. The dead, some among them still pos- t sibly alive, we lburied, but-' the wounded and injured we must leave. 1 behind to :bleed a slowly to death and , starve. And -"We, fhu-rrah, we must 'push on into the jelly, dashing war.` '! ' . "L -1, I By Spcial `Arrangement AVVAR i Our next will -pi'ohiaIh1;i1he aUpi't>eh-l ied battle, for two great army `corps -are a.bo'urt;- to clash. Then -the V loss .~ will run into thousands, and the artillery will mow them down. 'W?hat a strange way of doing things! It would be better if the two enemies each had a weapon, which with one \b1ow would rwipe oult either side. Perhzaps such Ib1*as1ts would tend to `put a stop -to war.." Ief bothAfo rces were `equally _ dea-dy, then force could no longer `be employed to set- tle dispuites, for .`both dispgrbants would be -wiped out. A 1, iieiiif `WU 111 ua u would have -put .L\J savv- sa i;1to ;some of therm, who must drag out la, miserable agonized V deaitth. AMy horse is sad-dled. Farewell, ` my Martha,` if you are -still alive. -- A--nun One or two letters I found ouf. a later date:-,- " `-* ' T am nnlnn'.l';.| later date I-,- I... The day is ours. _ I am unhurt. t The -rs-t is good news for -papa"-and *1 the_ `last for you. I cannot fmget nt fohart. for mhomds the (game day has c '=brouxg'ht unt , `le gri . ' ` -1 Another letter :-- 1 Imagine my asA o0q1.is-hmen-t. Riding :1 near me _ act the head _o:E ' a d?etac_h- 1 ment W62: Ait _C'orne11a s 9n15e:951, I (}ort3 ar.1 ` eyO-11-I1g`Sltesl"lS{ 1e` -himself with `enthusiasm, but how a `his oor m*oither_. 1,'nus~t `suer! Thatg .\ [P . I [evening I sent for him to` come to\_ I `s}`1'a11;~wih the cross of honor. `.`And' ~ mvff ua11nt;.:11ow. does sh - -like .. - it ? ?= -_;`_``Oh,`." just gas. aa11.Wome_n--Elie . ,a__.._..;....`..r.:..si+.:1`vari1r.h tears. It 3" "U11, Just: as an vv g-mu. _tried to damp` my` spirits with tea-a:;s', but I amt enchanted, delighted! '-A3w- < ful, I gmaxnt, tbwt maazgvniioentt. It is - gratifying to- feel that I 'uam[11in:g `ma.n s highest dhlity, with God s .he1*p, " `for king -and country. To megit death so c_'ose1y;_. (to `dhazllepge hi-m -falce. tot face, .sg_ndi *y;t?r1'1ot. be .stouioh- P Led, ,._it"V*11s__ me`.;.__w1'i12h`.-ithg:-tg1 .V 'f ;'c'rf V " `la. -rt`:-his A tpeosure Locf.o1"1e As '1:izfe.' ` . `C1- .J.'L ~; II, - -. -"LL` _ `I , , A Q, .,`I T 1 -4. -`7.5os`??;`13h:5i`.liO3i. -on, Land` `I' let 1: $111.?"- i Wis; Amy rsftyew campaign ' .'131_16. ysameelyoezgiperiencejz Epic? Yes, A lllat -isffthen very-` Word! with which 1 me >90 ea , i train our - school 1 Iboys inmo soldiers. . We ,-throw it in- . `to t_heirI exeimable` young? brains, . whiuh p makes .qru.i-at domestic bliss f 7 seem stwpid . -`nonsense, when they ' i are. longing for heroics. _ With me nthis `attitude has so completely van- -ished, that `I could h-a~r'd-ly .realize GottIfriedr s `state ' of mind. I had -so early realized it -all as so - inhu- man, `that - it was no longer a re-' ' wlation from .the_ kingdom of Lusci- 'fer, hurt gross `barlbari-ty` and `bestial- ity. `Only he wlho is drunk. with the passion for jhloods -and destruc- t tion can hriumphanmly split votpen -the defeneeless head of an enemy. I never he joy of battle, be- lieve me, my dear Wife, I never did. ' ' ' -1- 11-1. 1.1 A ,'-_... \.uu_. V ~*Gottfrie& is delighted that Hwearei` ghting together as lbrohens in the samejust Cause (as if every cause were not. called rilght `by the powers commanding). -We Gerrnanns are brothers! Yes, that was proved 'by the Thirty Years and the Seven Years . Wars, I su1g1gest:ed ironical- ly, Gottlfried paid no attention. Together We will} conquer every enemy. Yes, _until the Prussians `declare .War against the Austrians. Not to `be thought of! Impiossifble! What, when ;we have V fought and` hleci together? - I_ warn `you "north- :_ _'_.........,...Z.-L].. -.... wen]-:4--1 nn1- vnuorf- ing is impossible in political , mat- tens. _ The _fr.iendships otf dynastical rulers, are `as changealble as `the ephemeral y. ' I `write this, not Fbeoause I `imagine you in -all your"ill' condi- tion will {be able to tread" it, but be- cause I have "a premonition that 7 I shall not outlive this campaign, and I want to leave `my convictions lie- hind me. The sine-r-e reeotions of honest, humane soldiers should not be falsi-e-(lvor sink into the silent -grave with them, unspoken and un- revealed. I have` here spoken i`t, .th-is quiets my eonscienvce, I can die 111 'pc'd.ct:. V . . This Taibesst letter" was ve days`~ old`, ve unsrpeakaJb1e` days of dead. . Though `Frederick was `yet uznhurnt, 1 `mv iaI"1x_ieti-es" left me no comfort. - My father was obliged to return to \ Gr1rm.'iwtz,' and Aunt Marie remain-9 ed to keep me consoled with her orthodox ideas of destiny, provi- dence, and divine` me1*cy--sm-all oomlfort with `so `few -letters coming from the seat of war. My father `made inquiries, tburt could get no i inzformation, almhou-gh F-zrederisck was ' not in the list of the dead._ Thus Ithe day-s iduragiged on. `One afternoon I lay `half. dream- ` ing on the sofa, where I had begged - J.-'L_ 3-134. ..1.....n ..'1UTn mroniznncc crnri. ' UV vu my-v --v--... . anxiety h=ad overpowered my imagnmtion andi reasonatbleness that I Was `full of eetinlg vizsion-ary sen- saltions, and springing up in terror , _ ._.`I I .4'LL ...-V`.-.~vnvn I\ \1~n Hllzlollb, Zulu a1uu_15u-15 uy 45. .,.,...v. at some slight movement in the` room, I -suddenly thought I saw Frederick in the doorway. _ Oh, -my `F-nederi-ck, my lost one, I gnoaned. What? could it be his real voice? ,fT'hen -real arms were mhrown around me eaxgel-.ly. ,-_._.. ....n '-T -urns (111- 5: "(1.1'lJULl}!\1 111'U UwE,\.1~xJ. The dream came true, `I was ifplded in my hu-sband s loving Aiter 0u.r'1's1: expressions of had sui'bsided',1 F'1'ederi`ck told us 1 1 , 1 1 - _, .... 4. ---,......,T.nJ 3 n -r\` .Il'dU buruciuvu, .L'ul.U\.l\:rl.A\,1\ nun. u- ---... he had been left wounded in a peas- 1 an~t rs hut, the regtitment A marchinlg : fon an-cl repontinsg himi mi`ssi1ig. ` -This repo-1'.t_;.'ha d not rewdhede us, and ' when he was vs-ufcxienvtly recovered `he hastened home wirtahourt waitinzgi to Write, for the war -was practical- ly at `an end. We spent the sum- mer` again at -fa,-ther -s country seat, where the entire family assembled, r including ibrother Otto, home `from = M1iJ1iitaryeAcademy, and `Cousin (`Jon- L rad, wuhose regiment _1ay`no;t far > away. A ' T __.._. ,].`A.,.......-17..-"J; +n no-r-cnnn a.'wu,y. T I was -determined` to persuade : -hutslbiand to quid: the `sewice, for had grown so. one in our fee1i1 and interests that .w'ha:t was In '1 1-1:... -1-.A nan: vrrrlmiv r and lIl L'I"USl:B vuwu Ivvuxwv vvuu u.;...uv `was surely lhlis also, and Why, if new wars were again to threaten, need "we go _t3h-rousgh su-ch"h'orro rs aiga-in? A `Besides , Rudolf W819 now eleven years old; and it should be our de- light, -in our a'eti.1fement,_..to educate and `train this little man ' -a-ceordiing `I !_J'L..,...L :.J;.....1- `In 11:31] _a\731c I-and T;I'i11I1 U111: .uuuAU 111_'u'AL us.~u....---5 to our `highest ideasls. ,He had never `been.-given -over to nurses and. tu- 5 atorrs, fO1`.'iJt was my rpridie to watch : every phase of his development. n 1 his grorwling -appetite '-for knowledge ' we `had: never permitted ou-rselvesd to ` rbel`-1 him a falsehood, but `his _ques- ' tions were not .-always answered- ` fuilly jenoulgh, to `surt; him. He ac- = eomrpanvied us on our dvaily `walks, and foten `his 'que9tIions, `demanded ` L the .u11ikn<'rwaib1e so I we answered, >C,W'e do not dk!1OW. ?. A This did new 2 s_a3t1i-sfy him-,` and "he used to put 5 these questions to others of-' -whom` he - drecei ed quite decided 1 answers. One I 1; . - ....;.........1,'..;(1` .+.n'nlrrmhn.n.v. recelvea quilte '(l'BU1'u`Uu. auavvcso. vuu ; day. he ,rem'ar1-.ke'd - gni`umpha_nt`1y,`< You `do not how old the '5 moon `is, `bud: I do. It is six th~ous- i -and years o1d---rememiber that. : .Fmede1`.ick and I lnoke at each 1 other silently, and a whole volume of-.tp1"'o17est lay in what glance sand ' 't}a_t si_1',e1'1ce.: m V 1 ,_ 7 I 'se1`-ioudly _Ob;ie'cbed ~the.\ soldiier ` ; whi A his tgrandlfather and ~ 1 played wirthVhim.1 "Thus '.`th'8 ~ -i`d` aLs Tc1;Miin1g_ 1)hefren'em5' - 9. w'i-m_ut my ` W '--a.I_1_d < 5 . `U\I5|I.l-1`:-I. 3 ' J. vv uu.g;r V ..._v-..... political . fljiendships dy'n`ast_ica _1 rs are `as the ,`|',,99 woods the cm- mals on L P?-imh \ R ,l11(l-Zllvlg wuup. L _ _ ~ .`1Y_o`1_~'V_ little 'Ita1.i_an,` 111 ia`.sh1ng . the. ne ".~p}'1ppy; , '0IV-I`AaPTE-R I-II. NORTHERN ADVANCE? il m-i1'1e And i y011v`._jhieartless. litt_1e2 .Aus-.: sh $&n, ;l he s.a`1d..* laying .'9n-{two or pi fee ovis, Rudolf began, to T blub- ti _be1_'7and7tl1e Italian and-`Dane 7 - - joylully away, . - . nm_ 3, I_;hope you arefnot `angry that in _I struck your boy, Martha; I hate d the lasl1,al1)ut I cannot endure seeing ` ~a`:::;: 1.:;;::??f`~ a `_`Only people can be hurt, then `I . whimpered the -boy. _ - ' . -That is. still. Worse. , V ~_ But yo1_1..went out to beat` the - Italians and Danesl , - '- - They -were our enemies L` Then one may hate those? -c Turning away, Frederick, said: L. _And_ `to-morrowitheh priest will tell 1 . gim that We must lo_ve_our enemies. d - uch logic! Then: to'Rudolf:,n r No, it is not because We hate .: them that we strike, . but because 1 7 2 they, strike us. A 3 Why do they want to strike 3 us. . ' 5 3 Because We--no,' go and play, 3 Rudolf,- he interrupted himself, i 1 There is no way out of `the tangle. 1 You must never do it `again, and We will forgive you. L. We often had distinquished` visi-E y tors from Vienna. They discussed' 8 the political situations, and thus I` was `enabled to follow the entire =! Danish engagement to the end. Af- d ter all these victories it must be I. decided ' What would be done With- ;- all these Duchies. Would the fam-I Ll ous Augustenburg receive his por-1 Le tion`! Not at all, for an entirely new pretender claimed it. It Was not ' enough that there was as 2 lA(rV1__-`I-,.L--...-...77 .-.y.R 4) fl-rntr-nnl not enougu uwu, uuuxp Ivuvu vv I Glucksburg and a Grrotropl. and Whatever" other lines of succes- sion to '-lay claim, but Russia pre- sented a candidate. Againste Augustenburg Russia ` pitted an 4Oldenburge.l ` But, nally there a were no burgs at all tophave the Duchies, but they v'vere to be divid- ed among the allies, and tl1e.ex-` penses of the War was to be borne by the defeated. This was hard '-to understand. The land had been de- vastated, its harvest trampled un- der, its sons were i_ moulderinga in their graves,- and now it must pay the costs. Was not some reparation due to them`? ' ` l T --- -~--J I-Ln nnnun-r-co_`l uuuc LU bucxu; I One day -I opened tion' VVhat- news Schleswig-Ho1steinZ 1 (f'l\`l.... 'I.-.4-nnL ~p\[\11yQ DClllt:W1,`;-.u.u1punu ; I ``The latest news is, that V011] Buesti has addressed a demand to? `the Assembly, asking by Whatright the Allies can accept the surrender ; of these provinces from a king`. whose sovereignty has not been recognized `by them. ' _ H A.,..J :4 45 0 vnrv 1'ma.Qnnal)le buv&a:sa4w\n - -_ `* ".7 -- ~~~ L And 1t`1s _a very reasonable . question, " I remarked. You do not understand these ] matters, chil(, said my` father.` It is not treasonable, but an im-, "pertinent trick on Von .Buest s part.|~ Do not -the Duchies belong to us"! because we have conquered them? We should not have concluded_ peace, but conquered the whole of! Denmark and turned it over to thel German Alliance. Why do that, papa, you are such a patriotic Austrian, What do you care for the German Federa- l tion `I . I I -r-r __ -__ ............J4-An +114-3+ nnr 7Have you `forgotten that our Hapsburgs _were German Emperors once, and may become so aga1n`! (11171 _L :', ......,... .-.mnn+ flnrmanc 7 Q 5 % lost Lombardy. r1 2- Why do not `all. the European` UIIUL, u L A u ; n - ~ V . _ _ _ _ What if some great Germans! lcherished a like dream? suggestedl IgFrederick. ' is - As Bresser said,` Let us hope that the settling of this affair will not be a cource of discord between the- `powers. For every War, has within it the seed of future ` wars, as one act of violence has -led to` lanother -since the beginning. Some days later a bite of news was reported: King \Villiam of \ Prussia visited our Emperor at .> Schonbrunv. They met with em- , L braces, the Prussian. eagle was - hoisted, and the Prussian national` 3 airs were played, with triumphal - hurrahs from A the people. I Was. ' very happy, for it put to shame the . evil prophecies that the two powers * might get into a quarrel again. My father rejoiced, for the saw in this alliance a means of ireconquering -Will you tell me, I cried out to the assembled `guests onevday, e States form an alliance? Would .no'tm.th_at be the simplest Way? n`.-gun nnrvnr` g;~p .llUL l;Il_i1l: UK: but: Dllllrlzbuu vv . The gentlemen [shrugged their shoulders; smifed superior `smiles and did not answer; . I probably had`said one of those silly things with which ladies are apt to ven-V ture_ into the `realms of" higher` I4I.A.L\: a.. politics. ` ~A1*-bour Day is" not olbservedlz in Canada`,-.to the extent which i-`ts im'- po-ntanoe warranrbs; V `The people of Canada must. ever keep` in mind their depenvdence cup- on her `forests. W=iVo1i A large _areas 'sui11alb`le. onl1'y zfor. forestry purposes, it is essential. that the value of trees V and their prdtec-t`ion should be thor- oughly upon Oanadians. e W11i1e_j`A-n'bo1u- Day -is e dbserved in the rural and. in same city ' . sdhoo, .'i1;s`,`reeugn;i4tioi1=- aby - the gen- ~ er_a11L' Vb1ic_`_ is ,1io`t `as general -as it - ee In, ximvince eofee-Ohmios - i 5 . `1)"([)qvi?.-il`iIni[fJ(i_ A (To _13e Continued) A Ri7BOIUR DAY- HEN) ucuuxuu uv wow-.. . 3 Germans! suggested] . ` son .` of \_Vebber, rk VVeb- ` of M9.- daughter the conversa.-`I 1n regard to `their .. Day. 1 a 1 pi : g : ',and'* 7:;1i ocfj. `shade . trees, lithe` prepamatioai a'o%wer' and 7 ii" vege.ta`b1e_'g-ardens, "and the thorough ` cleaning, up offhomes and Sl1-l'1`01]J1d - ' should. be advocated as spe duties for the day; _ r V - i Arbour Day has its? justication` cial . _ in the value of trees, from whattever A poi-nt of View they may -he consid- ` ered.` .N-othiing contributes so much to make` the world a `pleasant place` ` . to live in as:.-`trees. The -true home 2 feeling is not satised without the nee of the trees, with their , 'shelter_ and shade, their beauty of form and leaf, their blossom and : frulit, their varyinzg shades with the l passing of the seasons, and their ' . fulness of colour in, the -autumn :,days. They also afford homes and a shelter for our `feathered friends- e the `birds, during their annual visits to us.- . There is nothing which will add beauty and value to a home or the` schoollhouse more than the presence of trees; there is likewise nothing 2. whidh adds more -to the comfort of d the pedestrian than shade trees on `the roadside. The way may be long L4! and dusty, `but under the cool shade d ' of the trees relief is '-found. I! ht `is to be hoped, therefore, that re. the celebration of A'11`oou~r Day will E- `become more -general, that the e planting and eare of trees and ,h - shrufbs around sohoolhouses, homes, 1- I public spaces and '-by roadsides may. r- 2` have the effeet7 of developing al l B '7 I '7 .y keener ` appreeiation of` the value ts and lbeaurty of trees; and that in axthus enlarging the field of Aznbourl {D*ay aetimisti-es, greaxter interest may` s- be created in the protection of our! e- Canadliian orests from the reckless! st destruction by fire and -the axe with in Whic-h they are threatened. ` A JUSTLCE 4 I When Bil-ly Boozer zbea-`cs his wife, 'we.pu~t him in a cell, and there he] leads a pleasant life and likes it passing well. We ll ahi-s plate with homely f-are {When soulndsi the (Mn- ' 4~ -- ~--Ar- n-nr] nnn +`nOr+ 1`I'1`I`.l.|l0 I110 IlU1!1U1'y- 1"a.1"U _ wuou cu~u.uu.: rue u... ner gong, and see that while he I lingers -t`here,. his _life s =a grand j Sweet" Song. `We hand!` him ma`ga- ` _zines and hooks, `and papers day by i day, so he can loaf in cosynooks and `read _the hours away. Saweet. Women call and hand? him tracts, and cheer {him up so wellvthart he forgets the - `ugly fact rt`-hat put him in the cell. Mveanwh'i`le his wife, with blacken- l 1 ed eye, is toiling To e`r a tulb;- she has lite toil with sob andsiigh to get-the `children ' grulb. Her `huslband, sen- 'tence-d %by the -court earns money when 'he s `free, andr chou.gh 'he is a- yell-orw sport, he f us "his family, Because he llled V himself with ale, `V and >starte household strife, we lock him in our cosy jail and pun- ish `kids and wife. He has the rest , _.,'._- J _._:.&L J-:vrv\t\ +n VAQA an Wilt`. -..|..l.C 110,0 I/11L: Jbuu |he11on-g desired, wubh time to read land sleep, and While the; woman,`- `sick and tired, `must watch and wait and Weep. Thus ows our justice %in a ri`11-~11he kind we keep on tap; the innocent must pay the `bill, while `sinners ? have a. .sna~p.--VWa1t Mason. . v The Bell Telephone Co. of Canada. Why Not Telephone? Q If you would just remember to observe this rule of first using the Long Distance