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bomfoet on great improvement in the steerage passage tho present immigration movement is remarkable in one or two features that are worthy of notice first it is a revival of what may- le called an luiuaj flow of new set tlers people who have had their attention drawn to canada by tho propoganda of the agents of the gov ernment the steamship lines and tho canadian pacific hallway assisted by tho public press they are therefore in the majority of cases unlike those who have in the last twenty ycarseeul grated to canada as they have nearly j1 followed re latives or friends who had precoued them in other words they had some uncle aunt or cousin to go to when they caino to canada doubtless this is still true of a large number coming but the great majority are original settlers seeking homes on virgin soil coining to cultivate land that plough or spade never turned ip before amongst theni oro pooplo comprising the best- elemont of our british agricultural population mostly knglish and scotch and who come furnished in many cases with monoy sufficient to found their new homes or in many other cases only with brawn and muscle to win their way in tho new country- on tho last allan liner to arrive were a hundred and sixty scotch plougluuen theso being the fifth batch of about the dine number brought out by one of tho most enterprising of the govern ment agents himself a scotchman who understands the class of- people with whom he is dealing these eight hundred strong willing fellows oro in themselves a val u ablo addi- tionjtp the j population fof jjhe do- ceylon tea is the finest tea the world produces and is sold only in lead packets black mixed and green pan tex drinkers try sahdx gteen tea aktntals go to punerais follow masters to their resting place last provisions in wills and tho last requests of dying men often account for strango funerals a funeral in a small eastern city attracted atten tion recently although it differed on ly slightly from the usual kind on tho velvet pall which covered tho there aro very few cleans fng operations in which sunlight soap cannot be used to advanb age it makes the home brighl and dean ib t i wo- she has ft tey she is too clover to tnlk of mans rights she takes thorn she wears frocks that match her hair she does not dye her hair to match her frocks she helps hor husband to build up a future for himself aud never seeks to rako up his past sho believes that a theory is the paper fortress of the immature and that a- clergyman f still be a coffin was a largo white handkerchief ips ik on which rested a couple of small 1 knows that mcn l bird cages each with a canary in- f a w kdlookn sit they mean that sho is well dressed it was a bright sunny day and th tho do know it 1 she does cot insist upon her 1ms- trin ion and doubtless they will make thej remark northwest in that section of tho where they settle and just as those who emigrated to canada in tho times of distress at homo growing out of tho crime an war and the famine in ireland wore followed by thousands who in later years camo to join these so tho most- promising part of tho pres ent flow of pooplo lies in tho prom ise of the many more who may como after them to join them here and this may stretch over ten or a dozen years much however we may say everything will depend on the suc cess attending the present now com ers doubtless a certain percentage will be disappointed and- return if they- can with doleful reports of their misadventures every one who has the interests of canada at heart should lend their influence towards making the number of such unfortu nates as small as possible and to this end men with schemes for col onizing jshould hot bo encouraged bodies of immigrants brought to- gother without any dominant or definite aim to bind them together and make them willing to mako suc- rifices for each other are nearly al waysforedoomed and this is certain if mercenary motives are at tho bot tom of tho enterprise such move ments bear the same relation to oibnizing that a cloudburst does to the gentle steady rain tho ono destroys- the other fructifies and blesses the land it is with immigration as with all other movonients there is danger in it being overdone at ono time that tho people may come in larger num bers than they can bo absorbed eco nomically into our population but large- as the movement this year has keen ft is learned with satisfaction that for those who woro able and willing to work work has been found and these constituted the citkat majority second the manner in which they have boen brought across the ocean is in striking contrast with the way tho people of two generations canic over many there aro still alive andsoino- of whom jiayo achieved wealth and distinction here who came over in the steerage of tho old- time emigrant ship a steerage in which tho only separation between tho sexes was sometimes a canvas curtain and tho sleeping places such as tlio passengers thcmsolvcs could provide on the bare deck as re gards tho food it was served out to thorn once a week uncooked of course if in their sickness they lost it or were unable to prepare it they starved thofr low physical condi tion from lack of nutriment made them an easy prey for the ship fev- which was induced by tho bad vontilation of tho steerages and tho entire nbsonco of proper sanitary conditions nowhero can thcro bo found during the wonderful period that marks the victorian era greater improvements than in our oceangoing ships then a vessel ofjsoo tons was considered a large ship now a steamer 01 lt- 000 tons is not by any means tho maximum but nearer tho average of the transatlantic liners kven down to twontyfivo years ago tho steamers were lighted with hero and there an oil lamp most of the pas sengers berths were on the orlop dock below tho water lino and in rooms containing four rows two tiers deep of berths equal to thirty- two persons in oach room now in wellappointed lines the rooms sel dom over are fitted for more than eight iersons and these aro for fam ilies most of them nro for four while some aro for two persons only tho cubic space nnd deck itmcc per passenger in fully twico as great on british ships os it was twentyflvo years ago tho smoking lamp has disappeared foreer and olectriclty has taken its place every room and public place being thus lighted the sakrranypnoyrsions for third class passengers the name trag has vory propery been droppeclhihows tho same car nnd forethought privacy nnd protection from u weather as well as thor ough eleanlinea is tho aim of tho toanagcra and la realized and ap- ttretd by th jtusenjrera tho attention of all passersby was attracted towards tho gloomy pro cession tho funcrul was that of a bird fancier who just boforo his death had mado his wife promiso that his two pet canaries should ac company his coffin to tho gravo lit tle hits of crnpo wero tied round iheir cages the woodwork had also been stained a dark color which gave them a peculiar appearance the death of a famous dog fancier near albany n y was followed by a funeral in which half the attend ants belonged to the canine species each of the human mourners leading by a string some favorite animal of the fancier the dogs behaved as though they perfectly understood tho real naturo ofithe ceremony in which they were assisting it is not uncommon for tho favorite horse of a military ofliccr to take part in the procession at his mas ters funeral this sentimont also finds expression among other classes of society a cab horso in sioux city la followed his former driver to tho grave and in london recent ly forty of his horses followed the hearse which contained a toaming contractor all the animals were draped with black cloth undertakers seldom discourage theso strango funeral displays un less they are likely to interfere with the amount of their bills the man agers of cemeteries are generally less considerate nnd itis probably in consequence of the unfavorable eyo with which they regard any depar ture from ordinary funeral routine that funerals aro now as a rule conducted in a more decorous man ner than formerly band eating up tho cucumber sand wiches left over from one of her pur- ties sho eats them herself and suf fers in silence she is not such a fool ns to fancy that anyone is ever convinced by ar gument she does not reason she loves sho does not believe that a man can love only once or only one she herself prefers loving much to loving many she knows that overy real woman is the ideal woman tho fact being hat dvory ideal of the ideal woman is wholly dependent on tho idealist nnd overy woman who is idolized is idealized philadelphia bulletin robust and ruddylooking he is sec retly admired for ms wonderful constitution x sujjposo you fled the london season very fatiguing t says tho provincial host to his guest unsus pecting that the life at brixton or cluphum or some other equally re spectable suburb where his greatest excitement is to lose his morning train and his chief amusement a rubber of whist with his neighbor over tho way the ricked city tho wickedness of london and tho inherent vice of londoners are firm ly rooted notions in the provincial mind which take a sood deal to eradicate they draw genoral con clusions from tho police court news j nnd the society divorce cases which aro altogether too sweeping wo have our little failings and our lit tle inconveniences but after nil a man may go home from the city to his suburb in spito of tho vivacious hooligans aiid a lady may do her shopping in bond street or oven in high street kensington without fear of being kidnaped in broad daylight but tho provincials on their flrst visit to london take a little time to shake oft their nervcftisnoss of such things nevertheless tho londoner is much envied for living in the centre of civilization eimjjame mi esnest grant took dodds kid3stey pillsthey be- hoved the cause acting the part now ivenry says the bride i want you to undorstuiwdistiiicip ly that 1 do not wish to bo taken for a bride i am going to act ex actly as if i were an old married woman so dearest do not think mo cold and unloving if i treat you very practically when there is any body by i dont believe i can pars for an old married man said henry am so fond of you that i am bound to show it 1 am sure to betray myself xo you mustnt its cosy enough and i insist that you ie- imvo just like all old married men do po you hear well darling ill try but i know i shall not succeed on the first evening of their ar rival at their hotel the bride retired nnd tho groom fell in with a whist parly with whom he sat playing cards irntil four oclock in tho morn ing his wife spent the weary hours in weeping at last he turn ed up and met his griefstricken bride with tho hilarious question well nlnt i doing tho old mar ried man like a daisy she never referred to the subject again and everybody in future knew that they had just been married babys vitality tho vitality of infants and young children is at its lowest point dur ing tho hot weather more children die in summer than at any other season this is becauso tho little ones suflcr more from bowel troub les are nervous weak sleepless nnd irritable prompt action often saves a valuable little lifo und troubles of this kind can he promptly mot nnd cured bygiving the llttlo ones babys own tablots which- should bo kept in overy homo ready foromor- gencfes theso tablets speedily re lieve and promptly cure nil stomach bowel and othor hot weather ail ments and givo sound refreshing sleep mrs p forguson 105 mans field street montreal says my baby was attacked with dysentry and was hot and feverish lgavo him babys own tablets and they promptly cured him boforo this ho had been rather delicate but since using tho tablets ha has been bettor and stronger lovory way j theso tablet can ae given with an absolute certainty that they will do good to all children from a now born upwards they contain no opi ate or poisonous soothing stuff sold by medicine dealers or mailed at 35 cents n box by writing direct to dr williams medicine co brock- villo ont- the ideal woman this is somebodys idea of tho ideal woman wo have an idea this world is no place for sue nn ideal save as she is idealized in the idea f the idealist an ideal woman is one without nn ideal not only is she ensy to livo with but she is worth living for she has no history ho had backacho and urinary troubles for twelve years bo foro he used tho great kidney remedy montreal july 127 special ernest- grant 287j urbairi street this city is among thosa who nover let an opportunity pas3 to say a good word foruodcls kidney pills he has his reasons for this and here they aro in his own words i had been troubled with uack- achq and kidney disease for twelve years says mr grant my urine was very dark and high colored i would lose my rest at night on ac- countof having to rinc sft often to urinato i could get nothing to holp mo i triod several romedies but all failejd until i used doddv kidney pills when i had taken four boxes i was ahlo to go to bed and take my rest my backache left me and i was cured it hasnover como back when podds kidney pills cure the disease nover comes back they ro- movo the causo tab cooem at home idea op the londoner held by provincial english men believes tho city dweller is sophisticated and privileg ed person in spito of railways nnd cheap ex cursion tickets the provinces arc still provincial and london to many hundreds of thousands of worthy british citizens is but a city of hearsay it is curious what entirely erron eous ideas of the httlo wnys and manners of tho londcrcr are ac quired by those who livo beyond the ttmtlcles of tho longlimbed monster kven the most straightforward nnd unassuming porsori who lives within ton miles of charing cross is cloth ed with a certain mysterious glam our when ho has put a hundred miles betwixt him and tho great city ho is endowed with tho vir tues of one who bus lived near tho seats of tho mighty and who has seen things strange and wonderful says tho london mall tho average provincial for in stance who has a prodigious re spect for royalty is impressed with tho idea that oil londoners constant ly have tho privilege of seeing tho king nnd queen ignorant of tho fact that thcro aro thousands almost millions of people living in london who havo nover caught oven a dis tant glfmpso of their majesties por- sonst tho samo idea is very general li the provinces with regard to prom inent public porsons such as cabi net ministers leading divines not ables of tho bench and bar and so on whon i was on a sojourn in the north of england i used con stantly to iks interrogated as to tho personal characteristics of such pooplo and surprise was evinced if i had to confess as was often the cose that i had nover set eyos upon tho person in question but i thought you were a lon doner someone would say doubt fully yos so i am well then surely ycfli have scon soandso 1 then tho londoner however rc- spcctablo in his habits and virtues in character is supposed to terww more than ho ought to do about the world tho flesh and tho devil it through ill health or a sedentary life ho is pole and wornlooking it is put down to hard living if ho is what a privilege to live in touch with the britirih museum v says tho country clorgyjiinn with a sigh of envy i suppose you drop in there constantly how glorious to livo within a penny busrido of the national gal lery i says tho artistic voung lady what a profound influence it must exercise upon ones mind to pass so often beneath tno sliadow of st pauls and to meditate in tho dim religious light of westminister abbey says tho earnest young thinker of north country and the provincial youth roveling in tho romance of scott and harri son a ins worth wishes to goodness he could spend his half holidays at the towor of london like tho lucky londoner neglected privileges what a little they know of that lucky londoner i i do not sup pose one in a thousand has over entered the portals- of tho british iikusoum and the idea of dropping fn constantly would seem an excel lent good joko to tiie average cock ney who would just as soon drop in to wormwood scrubs prison as for tho national gallery i have been there many a time and found tho only visitors to be a few enthus iastic foreigners londoners as a rule only use the gallery as a con venient shelter from the rain whon passing through trafalgar square and then they stay beneath tho por tico without troubling to go inside to provincial vcoplo who take an interest in political ajtdfra and most provincials are keen politicians tho glory of london and tho hap piness of londoners consist in hav ing the house of parliament ir tlwir x all those names familiar in their mouths as household wordo the duke of devonshire lord lansdowno mr balfour mr chamberlain and so on are surrounded with tho gla mour of great xonown it is one of the chief ambitions- of provincial people to see these great persons in the very flosji to hear them spenk in the house where tho laws of eng land aro made and unmode and which is tho shrine of great histor ic memories yet a strango and almost pathe tic feeling of disappointment comes over tho provincial when he first gets on order from his member and goes through tho turnstilo into tho strangers gallery is this the house how small how unimpressive it takes him a little time to re cover from the preliminary shock libs imagination aided by newspap er prints had conceived something mjich more vast nnd spacious with crowds of members sitting in ser ried ranks tho government suppor ters divided by a groat gulf from tho front bonch and tho front oppo sition bench kad loomed- largo and imposing and after all there is nothing to be seen but rows of plainlooking seals on which a few old fogeys are sitting in all sorts of ridiculous attitudes for all tho world as if it were a town council meeting and worst of all tho member from tho borough of mill- town is- nowhero to bo seen glad to get back the samo disappointment awaits the provincial with regard to lon don generally from his earliest childhood ho has heard great things of tho magnificence of london and of tho woalth nnd grandeur of lon doners yet when ho comes up to town hkfc a man revisiting tho scones of his childhood everything scorns shrunk and insignificant even st pauls is not so vast and im- presstvo as his imagination had pic tured it and as ho wdcs on tho omnibus down fleet strcot and tlio strand ho ifl surprised by the moan- noss of tho buildings compared to those which liad existed in his mlnds eye carting blue ribbon tea to colombo when blue ribbon tea is hermeticafly sealed in lead it is carted from the upland districts of the interior of ceylon where only the best tea grows to colombo there to be shipped to canada a queer cavalcade it makes but it carries the richest creamiest most delicious tasting tea in the universe veal loaf potted turkey deviled hani ox tongue c omcur made ready to serve aro u 5 government inspected keep in the house for emergencies for sup pers for sandwiches for any time when you want something good and want it quick kudiom lllattrat nookt oood thftirto est wnt 1 r hand fir 2o ntrop for lug atlft ox ch world in color ubby mcneill libby chicago 111 te3 tl taxing amuskmtcnts rusnia haaprohnbly the most cur ious tax in the world it is called tho amusement tax and was in stituted a year or two ago to found an institution for the poor untdor tho title of the empress mario foundation the lax is laid up on ovcry amusement ticket sold and tho managers raise the price ac cordingly already more than 1- 000000 roubles have been raised in uiis wnv should be the motto in purchasing- household articles- more especially in wooden ware paeims and is are the goods it pays the housewife to purchase juet as good means taking chances insist on yonr dealer- supplying you with those boaring the name cane 1 xtewnsork t7 popularly priced esbhbbbaa v 0 c richards co bear sir i havo used min- ards liniment in tho livery stalile for over a yoar nnd consider it ilia vory bcitfor horso flosh i can got and strongly recommend it geo hoioh livery stables quebec i cant bear that mrs torkcr she knows too much it is not what slio knows but- what sho wants to know nnd is trying to learn that annoys me mliiards liniment for sale everywhere physician your heart seems to be affected you must cither stop smoking or givo up your fflrl patient thats easily remedied doctor hand mo my pipe please english spavin liniment ptnot u hard toft or cauonicd lamri ndblmuh from faormi bltd ipatio curb iplfnu rfoc boao iwaanej atlnev ftlni tqrvftod iw0lln throat cquzhau ed totw by of onobott wrranied fllotauh car over tho niqtt wondorful known- wife im tired to death been having tho babys photograph taken by the instantaneous process hus band row long dd it toko wife about four hours 0heapest new y0bk excursion fiver planned goes via lackaw anna august 11 all trains to advertise its scenery service and equipmentthe lackawanna hailrond will on aug 11 put pn snlo tlckots at buffalo at 5900 tho round trip good for 15 days returning this is the longest limit ever given choice ofllvo trains leaving buffalo at 245 and 8 nm 530 845 and 1130 pm if you want a ton hour trip it will cost 950 on the lack awanna limited ho finest train in icrvicc for our canadian friends special diagrams will bo sent to geo barzard- 38 yongo strcot to ronto where bookings can be made what ever yon do mavo reservations now for particulars of thla j and other excursions wrilo fred f fox d f a buffalo n y jack how- do you manage to keep your clothes looking so nice ooorge i buy new ones occasional- iy- mlnards liniment relieves neuralgia assaa mabol yes dear i will bo h helpmeet to you and try to lighten tho daily troubles nnd worries ol your lifo ns best i can arthur but i havo nono darling mabel oh you old goosel i mean when wo aro married of courso for over sixty vr uk urrhsroirs8ootilima8rrur hu ha used by nllllonsol raothn for tbilr children hll tibia lieoolhes the child i ofteru the sums ltrap cure ilnd oolla rrsnlttcs the tiomech sad bowel snd le the eret remedy tor imerrhcc twenty sr cents botue sold brdrunrt throushout the world be euro end udormluwihblowsbootrirka8vnur 2374 sho pooplo do not often marry their first loves as no doubt you havo noticed he no i supposo thoy dont often at loast not moro than once lovers yz wise head disinfect- lint soap powder dusted in tho bath softens the water and dlsioi fects george norvously id liko ovor so much to marry you kitty bjtt i dont know how to propose kitty promptly and practically thats all right ocorgo youve finished with mo now go to papal mlnards llnimentxures dandruff mother you naughty boy youvo boon playing with theso sniff chil dren again wellington no i haint inal i jus been fighting om mincrds lloloieot cores burns etc it is sad murmured the musing thcorizer to think that as a groat statesman once said every man has his price yes admitted tho intensely prnclicaly workor nnd it is a sad fact that half tho timo ho cant get it babsmbbsesba in all caurltrties- ridoutioh maybee os bay 8ttobonto send for hmntltioolc ort ftnt ap dominion line steamships modlreel to xlterpool boetonlto lirer- pool porusod to lirerpool yuquetne- town z t srlor soconjiuodstieni fuateroocs tren to the wvwjd8loon end thudclsie eotororaoueijoii rwemrod 11 jruculr spply to my cjm vrhe company or blclerde muu k co dtonuttca ittfuutst boiton m munlrte wild portland nvolontuo principal count for ivettmng tho patent lnfltod ir patl traratfcnm a nccoes itlioid tbo ports temah ppslllon that with tolr play ihr must heal ill lull nrlrorafettblo to erar and your eonndtno urmtoredtu moment h it sdlustod you can dtocnrit only from lb jolt and truss jl hernia specialists iuj spadln aro toronto writ now v 2247 oranges lemons we have the best patents hith a mumon eoliotoriorrteou cauda lf bwudf j toonto mm jeijilloe carpet dyeing laienaist thle i pedlly wtlw the s british amerioan dyeinq oo send pirucolrs by sol ad we ars won t evjsfy mdrse of wj kewlreal x m we have mexicans- california navel valencia and seville 3er a 1st aiarass carload erey week all the jaboye at market prices we can also handle your buitor egysrs poultry maple syrupand other produce to advan t s tajfo for you flflf cawsoh c0mhi88i0h cpn umltod 0orweit market it tokonto m infants delight toilet soap best for best for bi folks little folks john taytoe co perfumers and soap makers t0k0n20 sue no 3103