it _h 8.. Loni C0111- I, .iiYALn}? ANIS`? V . .mons;:% ". 1 and empfdfs `i.rIO"t` `their Sitting: u.'p`onr thrgngg with c_ro v ns' upog their heads. '_1`hey":,_ work hard, hardetffghgn most'.men of.: business, and in thi(r;[ho'urs.V bf leisure they play very. much*`as' other men` play. -Royal sport is often organized -.. -'l, o_n a"l` ordinary gmortals, just. as -President Roosevelt~ s bear hunts are organized -_._--,... _,--- _.-_ v_--..- `v.an.aJll\r\' arger Scale fh n the Sport of mote elaborately than "those of prie;-.. ,.vate individuals, bpt this is the only dirence. , _ " V-Hill-'CI'Cll,.CCa 7 05 'fm0narc`hs town vast, iistgafg, I-,C5l1;,.\VI1ici1:there is plenty of roon}a;ii_ 3-0'1lP9'! 1l.1'il1t3?;:_ for the preservation _ of~'"` 1558789-me,-j Edward of Englagdr ih".i.`5' :Scotland,on whiclta, the grouse; andthe deer live in peace `and multiply I extraordinarily under the fostering care of `experienced game-keepers. The German Emper- or has great `forests iii which bears and wild boars roam at large. The Czar of .Russia has many miles of `forests devoted to game, and the French republic maintains, for the use of its _President, a line. park at Rambouillet, where the game is well. pre,served,'and where `some ne shoot- ing is had. King Victor Emmanuel III. of Italy has splendid preserves at Castel Porzfano, half an hour by motor from Rome, which contain both-marsh and forest. thus providing good gunning for all kinds of game, from snipe to wild boar, The `Spanish King, Alfonso XIII., one of the youngest of Europe s rul- ers, does his shooting at El Pardo, his preserves, near Madrid. It is here he entertains his royal guests if their bent be hunting When h_ e him- self is visitihg some other monarch such as Kaiser Vi/illiam, Alfonso does a lot of shooting, his record invari- ably being such as any sportsman of royal or plebeian birth might well be proud of. He takes a keen interest in pigeon shooting, and has won sev- the trophy presented by the Due de Montpensier to the San Sebastian Royal Sporting Club, The money - that he won was presented by him, to charity. His neighbor, King Car- los of Portugal, is one of the most famous shots with rie and revolver in all Europe. -u .- - Q I ileral notable competitions, including Most monarchs keep yachts, some of which are great, .luxurious,_floa_t- `ing palaces upon which they live` in as much comfort as at home, but- others are sailing vessels which re- quire the skill of a mariner to run Ithem, and these they enter in regat- itas, handling the helms themselves in races in which the tradesman and lthe emperor meet on equal terms. `As in so many_other sports, King iEdward and Kaiser W'illiam lead as sailors The former has long been a lmost conscientious follower and sup- porter of the yachting game, as pre- sident of the ruling body of England, [the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, 'which he has headed at various times, las owner of some of the most fam- 'ous yachts in history, such as the ll-Iildegarde, Formosa, and Britannia, lall winners of the famous Queen s |Cup; the Aline; as donor of numer- I ous cups for international competi~ tion such as the Kings Cup annually `raced for_ by the New York Yacht :lClub at its I\ewport regatta. Ed- `; ward, moreover, is a practical yachts- '.man, and holds a master mariners igcerticate, and can sail any kind of l bo`at. Of late years he has used larg- v er craft for pleasure cruises, such as 3 the Albert and Victoria, and the E, newly completed Alexandra. l '1`: r` T" r- State of Ohio. City of Toledo,} 88 Lucas County. ' Frank -J. Cheney makes oath that he ikaenfor Banner of the rm of F. J. Cheney &C'b.. doln usinees in the City of Toledo. County an State aforesaid. and that said arm will pay the sum of [One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of -Catarrh that cannot be cured bf-_. the use of Ha1l s`Catarrh. Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY, I .~ sw'onn'o. me-um subscribed m,1:< .pteu_en_be;t,l1h _ `ay. _-_'.. :- . A ---. ...s_...~.~'.'.i...\L pear . - nvtory Hall : Cctarrh cure is taken mm-n`a aotsdiroctly-on the blood and mucous 5 of.d_It4!`:btem. Send fortentimonials 1 _ '1".J.- cmmmr` kg l The Germon Emperor is not far behind his _ English relative as a. yachtsman. He, too, can sail any kind of boat, whether sail or steam propelled, as the American-built Meteor, the magnicent Hohenzol- lern, which is almost an armored cruiser, or any of his numerous other craift. William is an advocate of Cor- inthian yachting, and has proved this by his iterest and support of the Son- derklasse races held at Marblehead last year` with Gemran contestants and this past summer at Kiel. His interest, however, is not limited to these smaller boats. He gave a cup for the international yacht race across the Atlantic ocean, held in 1905 and won, by the appropriately-named schooner Atlantic, owned by Wil- lson Marshall, one of New'York s `leading yachtsmen. Ana Italy s king and Don Carlos of Por- tugal, who has recently surrendered his royal `yacht to the -Government for a cruiser to cut down expenses; the Czar,-with his two million dol- l lar'Polar Star, and the Standart, Leo- pold II., King of the Belgians; Os- car of Sweeden, and the King of Siam` are other monarchs who seek recre- ation: in yachting. King Alfonso is another conspicu- ous royal yachtsman, who owns a. magnicent oating palace, but who prefers to sail a small boat himself, as he did last summer when the Am- erican -Sonderklasse bo`ts raced off the Spanish coast after nishing their unsuccessful invasion df Kiel s wat- ers; --"To add to the interestthe. in- dustrious young King presented a trophy and then competed for and won it himself, only to lose it on the handicapping. ` --us on . no-\ saenfor '- 9 ty an ch ,. llrdb ::-f- I .'A`. > u in i&&~`.11!'.)`- re- 0d` 1ad its red DTe\ rffs. E1 LILL- vell 6 Dunlop Street, near 5 Points. A - I \ \/'iVnnipeg '1\-}cgran1:-There is no jtncr body vi 111:1] anywhere than the mm wh are In charge of our rail- way trains. Fr;>1n the president of the road to the brakeman on a freight t1`.L'_V are all picked men. The unt zarc soon V\'CcdL'(1 out. I Tliesc men carry a tremendous loud of respomibility for the lives of their fellow incn, responsibility which they are often compelled to exercise uiider emergency conditions. Their `mm lives are iikely to be in danger at ;my momcm and the trainman de- Vclops what is perhaps thesnest type of character, namely, to be reckless "of himself but careful of others in 1l`.C discharge of duty. I1` - ed: ad 351' .-.H\ \/ ""J' Train service has produced as many `heroes as the sea. If this heroism is mt equally celebrated it is merely lhccausc poetic appreciation, which ispl the soul of literature, has been asleep. for three quarters of a century.;; n`: -v I i There is-a good deal of syrnpatihyn i `felt for the protest made by-the irainmen against what they claim is haersecution in the case of accidents.` Criminal negligence and .cr.i1_ni1_1alA carelessness are rare offences among them. When discovered they should be severely dealt with,but surelyionily. after, not before, discovery._ ` 'T`1..,.....'L.... `L-ru A ' ibe surely 03113 `One discovery. I _ _ _ f--to` fru1tt1"leeS1IS_ tiilggggtr wha_'e_.,"te There has been a tendency VIS!b.,19:~.`m5t 5V' i39y-cg x`sga;::'t6`.a.ltfr`-' to hold the men in charge of a.tram yggioots Of ,t,1'9_ ..t'=haigf;.;and_j.whn_ responsible for an accident 5131191?` ate f{_`}.3%,',3.':`..;T*,;=<`c5;;:.`f5`E;7:57i\i"i3` because they were in: charge at'i`.7'-`_t_h:"yE-f`.:..he 5.?;1:7e-`:9 . ` time it occurred. It is_a crue1,..\_IV1f_.0T$ `i".`9-,5,`? "i`;_!t-.<.- ` " and unjust tendency. Acc1d_:,f5 1fW*'?`~: x w should be investigated re1atively.,`,I:A't0 Vt???` all the causes `which may hav'e:`.C0 tributed to them,_ They` a're_,,soL vestigated, -but what the '~;t;1',3 object to is any presumption" which they have to clear'_-the ` that they have been guilty,=o,fi; an aceidentgthrough` havin: " .char1ze* of; '3 vs min. Tim-A-r TRAINMEN AND ACCIDENTS. and accomplishr RETIRIN oar ell) ad. eal in E ch`; cpiendid new Tomato - are giver. away free At the annual meeting of the Que- bec Fruit_ Growers, W. T, Macoun, Horticulturist` of the Dominion Ex- perimental Farm, -Ottawa, read a paper on winter injury to fruit trees. llvlr. Macoun declared that in the `ag- gregate millions of dollars have been lost `in Quebec since the beginning of fruit growing by damage caused in winter. So great has been .the dam- age that the fruit-growing industry of that province has been seriously injured. _-And what is true of Que- bec is true also of a large part of 1 Ontario. Much of this loss would, Mr. Ma- coun said, have been preventedehad only the hardy varieties. of trees been planted. In order to develop the hard- iest varieties; Mr. Macoun recom- mended that nurseries make a speci- alty of graftin ' on crab stock for trees intended or the colder parts. of the Dominion. Something has al- lready been `done, by nurseries along this line, in making enquiries irorn `the Central Experimental `Farm, which is located in one of the cold- est sections of the Dominion, ass to the trees which do best there an_d"i_n advising th`eir.`agents to c push the. _sale only of such -trees in }the parts of -the Dominion where tender trees` cannotpbe grown. D ` -' A WINTER INJURY TO FRUIT TREES spaw- `Roof Killing} ` ` {:22 M r. protects the roots, This cover crop checks growth in the fall and there- by hardens the bark and renders it \_Nhere trees hove been injured by the splitting of the bark they can be saved, if the damage is not too great, by. covering the injured part with grafting wax. . Trunk Splitting and Sun Scald. Trunk! splitting is due to the same '/cause as bark splitting, and can be less susceptible to sp1itting_ by frost` prevented in the same way that dam- age in the form of bark splitting can be prevented. a `Sun scald is another frequent cause of injury. This can be avoided to a large extent by- having the trees headed low and thereby exposing only a short trunk to the ray of the sun. Another means of protection is by slanting young trees to the south- west when planting, thereby allow- ing the sun to strike the trunk only a short time in the day. " E:}{th` iiajii}y'*i `gggsed by ice lodged in `the crotch of the tree, and the means of preventmg thus is to _have as little crotch as possible, by training a central. leader. cr\o-Vin 6 u n A n n ~ n ..a 4.... -..n..I.......A `L.-. I.|uAIA|A.I5 (.1 \,\.llI.|(l.1 l\o(l\A\-lu Some trees again are weakened by overbearing, and are thus more sus- ceptible to injury than if this weak- ening had` not occurred. The obvious remedy for this is to prevent over- bearing by thinning. I`......I, J........... in A..- 4... LL... 1...... AI uxu; 1115 L1} |.u1A-nil-I5. I Trunk injury is due to the loss of moisture in winter, where trees are exposed to cold drying winds. One of the, most effective protections against this is_ the planting of wind- breaks to check the `force of" these Wialds-. . . . t I A minor injury to trees is in the form of injury to leaf or fruit buds, or both. This occurs when the buds swell too early in the -spring, and af- terwards are injuriously affected by late frosts. A partial protection against this can be afforded by white- washing. A still better protection is toyplant only such trees as'are hardy in the bud. ' 5 Lsting ;nUiu~ in" V"mr: mus 'o1`v. VTHE NORTHERN ADVANCE ..., tle re- Mr., A. Smith is visiting` his Sis`tersV in Toronto. . TnDr. Fred Hamlin was from Toronto over` Xmas. ' 3ooou` * nun uoooooooouoooo.` oo_ " X I E; Todd is visiting To- ronto f1"iends. ' ` . TM:-s. (G. is `home after a month s stay in London. ` " is{/{.r{i's`Ts.T1s /IX} V -1:h;>-r;1-1->;;J;: of Midland is visiting friends here. 1:- V : Miss Iflazieit _;3fm-'1"-oro'11to `is? thel guest of Mrs. J. Wood. ` V ` V. "" ' ' "s"""" 1 _-Mr. 'VV1l]1son of Aylmer is staying With his slster, Mrs. Jos. Nattress. [W Robertson of Toronto spont the holidays with her sister, Mrs. .H, Dollery. `~ Born-'+-At Toronto; on Dec. 29th, 1907, a son to Mr. and `Mrs-. J. A. T\/I . RT 331 , V, Mr._ and Douglas Tew are spendmg New .Year s in Toronto. ., -v. -.--v- -__ Leo._Do ltox(1of Toronto was_a goliday vrsxtor at his home on Bay t_ . , . . . _ w. - `Mr. 1Wi11 McMorran of Depot Har- bor spent `Sunday with friends in this Ward. Messrs. H. Hepburn and: F. Bruce of Lindsay are holiday guests of'A1d. McMorran. , I Mr. Fred. Walker of Richmond,` TQue., is visiting his brother, Mr. i Russell Walker. - ` Mr.wN. E. Doll returned from the are residin'g here. i The Misses Waiton `were2home| Vfrom Lindsay and Hami1ton f0r a few days last Week. > The L. A. of . the Presbytefian Church meets to-day, Thursday, at the home of Mrs. Pearce, Essa `St. Mr} and Mrs. G. -Cummings enter-| tained two nieces from Detroit dur- ing the holidays. Their son George was home from Chapleau. Miss Winnie McLennan'of Toron- to spent a couple of days this week `with her grandmother, Mrs. McLen- . nan, Essa 'St. for ple. 1 The `Sick Children s Hospital, To-I ironto, was remembered by the mem- `hers of St. George's S. `S. at their `Xmas. festival to the amount of $6.50. Mr. and Mrs. Leeming and child- iren of Hamilton, who have been the guests of Mr. C. Catcher, left on Tuesday for Toronto, to spend New Y`ear"s. 1 Miss Ethel McDonald, organist of iSt. George's Church, yvas presented [on New Year`s Day wxth a purse as! a mark of appreciation by the con- gregatlon. A pretty wedding took place on Christmas Day in St. George s ;Church, when Rev. Canon -Murphy united in matrimony Mr. Alexander Harley and Miss Margaret Fenni- more both of the 6th Ward. For_ her untiring pains in trainingi the children `and others,'taking part in the-"'<:a,ntata, ``Santa `Claus on TTir_r1e,_"""_Agiv:en in -- the Presbyterian: _iChutch`,-- Xmas ; night, Miss Minme _ M`pL,e1'1naxi was? presented with a }b__e.3tit_iu1. jewel,-` case! of " 'nd-painted V chmai my. be; 3-i_ri"e`nd"s~, 9 For the rst time in years the earn-l ings of the Grand Trunk show` a de- crease amounting to $44,500, for the week ending Dec. 21. -Upon this fact railway men are building up an in- tcresting speculation as to "recipro- 7 cal demurrage. To-day shippers are not calling for cars. The railways have plenty of them, and they are idle. A. prominent oicial declared that if the railways are to be penal- ized for not having cars ready when the demand is made for them, why should not the shippers bened when the railways have cars lying idle for waint of business. Railroads of the United States and Canada have spent approximately half a billion dollars for rolling stock the past year. This covers only the cost of products of car building con- ceins, and does not include cars and ilocomotives constructed in the rail- road shops. According to'The Rail- road Gazette, the effect of the nan- cial slump will be felt by the car builders this year. Orders for new equipment, to be delivered during 1908, have fallen off greatly. The total number of cars built in the United States and Canadaduring I907 i_s 289,645, against 243,670 in 1906. Of those built last year 284,188 were freight cars, and 5,457 passenger coaches. The output ofylocomotives was 7,362, against 6,952 in 1906, _ `Some of the railways declare that `it_ is quite impossible to get along without a good deal of Sunday work, as they cannot handle ..all the busi- lness that presents itself in six days of the week. It is probably true that the business cannot be attended to`_ satisfactorily. with` the present fa- cilities. There is, -- however, another remedy for othe difficulty, other than working on Sunday, which does not seem to l_i'ave,suggested i'tself"to. the railway directors Let the plant be `improved, better; locomotives; and -mo_re cars be built, more en" em- ployed, and `no doubt everyt 'ng that needs totbe done can be attended! to without; breaking `the. Sabbath in a ;wholesale_ way . .A railway ] that j is notorious for its. 1.Wa`nt r of "equipment, afor; Its. rattle,-t'ra.p'_engines;"and_, poor -cars .should. not seek to; excuse _ itself l.fbr1a`i-braeh of.,thiei.I;ord s` ,Day; Ac't' ' ybllr ipliidinpgy the-eeessity ' of working S*3;?'s19S, =4. `Y'f.`-PWfth`,Era; _ law: a < _M'cNeil-.T THE BUSY SIXTH .ng en nd cu- ail- ore uld gin in o Dollery nd bride havei their honeymoon and I__n__ 1.-.... I mans 05* Non: mom nAii1iE RAILWAY QUARTER. . Alonzo Haines as Harry, Mr. Phil `The Xmas. .proceedings. were com?- menced by the singingof `a` Welcome} Chorus. Throughout; the, variou rnir ches,drills and choruses were very nfe. Due applause was given each and all of the various performers, who too their different. -parts so well.` `Mr. McDonald as Amos, -Mr. Will Mc- I.Fayden as Herman and Mr. H." Moore as the. Baker `were all good; The feminine roles `were admirably -lled by Miss May Watt -as Vivian, Miss Violet_ Mi'ngay- as" Lorna, V-Miss Tena Gibbons as Zorra, Missllna `l .I.....:..._. .. I).-.....`l A- IA --- 124.41.. I f ea}i. Ts May,- Hui: Mss Edith Whitebread made a de- IIS LVLID9 LI cided hit in a quaint song," she having a particularly , sweet voice- .MiS.5 Dixon had assigned to her the part of teacher, ands was dressed. in cream with heliotrope bonnett. There were twenty dainty fairies who had. as their King and Queen Mr. Haines iBow;en and ~-Miss Jennie Ambrose. One littlefairy was left sleeping on the stageafter the rest had retired and she had to be wakened by a wee tot, Miss May Scott, who was very gentle and sweet in her manner. A `chorus and drill, Sing and Laugh, followed. This was led by Miss "May Brown, assisted by Misses Constable, Moftt, Aiken, L. Murray, A, Allen and E. Johnson.. All of these young ladies were attired in red Mother Hubbard dresses with Mother Goose bonnets. Before they had disappear- led, the Grumblers were on the,c `scene, greatly shocked by their ac- 6 tions. The- female element were l Misses M. 'McLennan, N. -Mingay, T. l Ness, S. McMillan and Efe`Fergu- t `son, all gowned in severest black ` and Quaker bonnets, and were most 5 dignied. The gentlemen wore frocklz coats and silk hats,'which were quite 2 elaborate in comparison with the 1 plain gowns of the fair sex. Messrs. 1 Phil, McDonald, A. Haines, 1-1. 1 Moore, H. Bowen and D. C. Camer-it on comprised the quintet. In this 1 part a poor, forlorn looking cou- : . p1e- appeared who did not leave their . fcards. At this juncture, a merry mak- 1 . ing crowd of tinkers loomed in sight, 1 among whom were Ed. McMillan, f G. Stundin, H. Gartner, A. Stundin, ` ` J. Gilchrist, R. Ferguson, W . Gates, 1 ' G. i\lcKinley, J. Marlin and P. and ' G. Newman. As the poor city walfs, - Miss Vera Moffitt and Master H. . Ferguson did admirably. Miss 3 Agnes Gilchrist favored with a lulla- 1 by after which there was a splendid-; , chorus and drill of jolly boys, namely,| Messrs. H. and D. Moore, W. 1\lc-i f I*ayden, O. Peters, A. Haines, P. Mc- 1 Donald, H. Bowen and C. Ferguson.l During the evening s performancel Mr. Herb. Johnson, -2113 inimitable` ' Jimmy Fax, was very much in evi-1 de_nce, attired in a becoming redl n suit,_and after the boys drill he sang A Jay bird s song" which was re- y ceived with much appreciation. The] r "Grumblers re-appeared here. Santa` i. also, and he was kept busy at the! phone taking various messages. 3 EVENTS or THE WEEK 'n-____, in. 1. ! The characters and those by whom` ` hey were represented in the drama.` A Trip with Santa Claus," were as follows: Mr. Santa, Mr. Cecil Ferguson, dressed as the dear old` gentleman himself; Mrs. Santa, Miss! Marie Thompson, who- was quaintlyl gowned in the fashion of long ag0;i Frosty Jack, H. Moore, in a white`, (.34. ....'a.`l.. _A..Z-- _..- A - " "On the first night of the presenta- tion many were unable to gain ad- mittance. Accordingly, , on Friday, evening the performances were re- peated; There have been successful Xmas. entertainments in connection with the Presbyterian S. S, before,I but this one eclipsed-them all. Pro-' [ceeds $110. ..v...._, .,...\.u, 1.1. AVJ.\JlJ1L, 111 d. W1llLCg suit with frostings to correspond? with his name; The Mischief Maker,l Mr. Haines Bowen, in a red suit;l Charity, Miss Jennie Ambrose, in al becoming white dress w h crown ofi blue and gold; Peace, ,'Miss `Sadie! Mci\Ii llan, in cream crepe de chene with silver crown; . Goodwill, Miss Ethel McMorran, attired in pale blue mulle with crown of gold; L`ove, Miss Grace Allen, costumed in pale blue chiffon, with crown; Fairy Kind Heart, Miss Eva Moore, in deepest black. Mr. A. Haines was fur-clad, while the chief Teddy Bear, Mr. Dalton Moore, and the ten little Polar Bears wore costumes suitable for the character_ Mr. Ed. McMillan sang a solo just here, after which the old fashioned clock in the corner struck twelve, which was a signal for all to join hands and sing Jingle Bells. At the close Santa Claus came on the scene with his ladened pack. Following the distribution of presents, the scholars favored with" a Good Night song. 1 The Rssian Duma voted $7,560,900! for `famine relief. . j ' t "i2{}.""1}a1'e}"Sma:h died af don-: A Ari epid eniiT<`: W0-f .pneumonia, grip and typhoid {ever has broken out in Pittsburg. ` | wriUtT for alleged libel against The ._Globe was__ issued by Dr. Beattie -N_bx_tt. _ V -V'l7`ll1e second-Thaw trial will C1 mence at New York ngxt week. A c E VVri_t;v for the bye-elections ` in i South % Huron and 'Stanstead will be 1'-issuer`! .ths TweekT._ I` .Vefyf'_;I:ast;uctive ires /occurred at North Battleford, Sask., and `Rich- "3V33'.iIf9.`." .`82 Ont % ] `-`I117-us. :)4:;:_1-<;:es4',-f"~Ottawa, his little .sMrsq`T-HartrickA of Hespeler and ~v`Mr"vhhn'-5 `KT-.;:.d... ..'\:...;. 1--.. qvga v5au4`_ Llallpllb U]: 1.lC3Pc1Cr au Lg;-s, Ypomanshof Napzknka,-Man., lost t .;ex`r, lives '11: res caused` by accxd_- ,c 3'! MQNDAY, DEC. goth`, (Continued `From Page Three)