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I ♦ WIRELESS OPERATORS In order to meet a wide-spread domanJ tlio Marconi Comi)r.ny has decided to open a ' SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION at Us Head Office, 137 McGlU Street, Montreal, under Its imm«dlate and authoritative conirol. the first of Its kind in Canada, t'nrlvalled oppor- tunities for travel are offered tv young men with ambition and energry who desire to adopt Wireless Operating as a profession. An experienced Instructor Is in charge of the School and a Standard Marconi Ship Set la in use for practical instruction. Day and ei'Sning classes. Enrol Immediately for the Fall Session. Write for proapeetua. MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO.OF CANADA MONTREAL LIMITED RUSSIA IN THE SUMMRTIME VERY MUCH HOTTER THAN IT IS IN ENGLAND. Russians All Live Free-and-Easy Out- door Lives in Warm « Weather. I suppose it will surprise many people to learn that Russia has a hot jummer, hotter than the usual sum- mer in England, more sunshine, bluer ekies. It is this which explains the rush of townsfolk every end of May to the country writes Hamilton Fyfe from Petrograd. They will no stay in th^ towns. rhey say it is unhealhy. They speak as if all the plagues raged during the !iot weather which is not, you must understand, so hot as all that! Still, Moscow is detestably dusty and the Petrograd canals smell worse than asual, and for all reasons it is pleas- anter to be in the country. So off go all who can to their "datchas" (sum- mer homes) to enjoy the sunshine and the clear sky and the soft, warm airs that are blown from the sun- baked south. It takes a long time to get rid of winter. Well into April, sometimes into May, he keeps his grip on the rivers, the earth is still under snow. Gradually the snow melts, the ice breaks up and floats away. The dark earth appears and very quickly looks as if it had been lightly dusted over with a green powder. It recovers quickly, for the snow has kept it warm. The trees are not so soon themselves again. They have been exposed to the cruel winds, the sav- age, silent, paralyzing frosts. For a month after wintt?r has gone they are black and bare. Life comes back to them only when they have been well warmed by the sun. Last year they were not in leaf until June. Much Outdoor Life. There is a passion in the summer here. One only feels this in countries which have a long, hard winter. The earth seems to rejoice in its freedom. There is a lu.xuriance of growth which is scarcely known in England, a sud- den rush of life, a glory of light and warmth and splendor. Ask any Rus- sian living abroad what he most misses antl he will tell you "The White Nights." All through June. with a little overlapping on either side of it, sunset and sunrise are so near together that there is no dark- nt s Last night I was sitting out of doors reading at eleven o'clock. We dine at half-past eight, and after strolling about the garden, or watch- ing the after-glow flame in the sky and reflect its glory in the Gulf of Finland, we say, "It must be getting late." Someone looks at a watch. It is midnight! Who could have guess- ed it? We go reluctantly to bed, our rooms quite light still, until with hesi- Many are not aware of the ill effects of tea or cof- fee drinking until a bilious attack, frequent headaches, nervousness, or soir.e other ailment starts the n think- ing. Ten days off both tea and coffee and on posTun â€" the pur J food-drink â€" will show anyone, by the better health that follows, how tea or coffee has been treating ther i. "There's a Reason" for POSTUM Sold by Grocers. Canadian Postum Csreal Co., Ltd., WlndBor. Ont tating hand we draw curtains over â-  the windows. It seems a sham? to i shut out those w onderful "White ^ Nights." ; It is a happy life, that of the Rus- I sian "datchnik" ("datcha" dweller). Very simple and primitive, utterly ; different from English country-house I life. To begin with "datchas" as a I rule are wooden houses, only meant • for summer habitation. All winter ; most of them stand empty. When they are to be occupied again serv- ants (£0 down, light fires, clean them up. Then the furniture is sent by road, piled up on carts. Not too much of it. Just enough for comfort. Ap- pearances are not considered. I No Formality. I There is no state or ceremony. One lives out of doors as much as possible or on glassed-in balconies which are j ' but one slight remove from the open air. Outside every "datcha" are set benches, both in the garden, if there is one, and in the road. Upon these it is customary to sit and talk for hours. Dress is sketchy, and often scanty. Meals are at odd times, and can be prolonged or cut short at will. For example, a Russian hostess will say to the parlor maid "See if thfe cook has anything else to give us," or it may be, "Never mind about the chickens and the souffle, Masha. Just bring us tea. We have had enough to eat." S I Most English people, accustomed to the formality and state of our coun- try houses (delightful also in their way), would be revolted by the go- as-you-pleaee life of the "datcha." But it is of a piece with everything else. With the wild gardens, grow- ing as they please, letting nature be their garder er. With the sergeants so smiling and friendly and cheerful, but, judged by our standards, so in- competent. With the free-and-easy manners of the "datchniki," deter- 1 mined to make their summer as cora- i plete a contrast as possible to their winter existence in town. From j September to May they live in almost I hermetically sealed houses. They I take no enercise, breathe as little I fresh air as they can. Their com- I plexions grow wax-like, their eyes . dull. From May till August they get as near nature as they can. Instantly their appearance alters. They look healthy lind strong. They feel vig- orous ard normal. All the result of fresh ai;i. .> I BUi'H FIRES IN ONTARIO. I What the Canadian Forestry Associa- tion Says .Vbont Them. The frightful loss of life and pro- perty from forest fires in Northern Ontario need not be accepted by the people of the province as whilly due to unavoidable causes. Evidence thus far received indicates that the huge conflagration had its beginning in "slash" fires started by settlers for the purpose of clearing their lands. For many years the menace of settlers' fires during excessively hot spells has been increasing, largely for the reason that no machinery of any sort existed whereby a settler's so-called "liberty" of burning down lives and property could be curtailed. Investigation shows that both in Ontario and Quebec, the settler and not the railways primarily, must shouUier a very large part of the re- sponsibility for annual forest fires, with a considerable contribution also from campers, fishermen, prospectors, etc. The laws of Quebec, British Colum- bia and Nova Scotia place heavy pen- alties of fine or imprisonment upon any settler who starts a fire during the season of danger, April to No- vember 15, without a written permit from a qualified forest ranger. This places no unreasonable hardship on the settler and, on the other hand, is a necessary guarantee for the ' safety of lives and immensely valu- : able timber in his neighborhood. ] What is the situation in Ontario? I There is neither law nor regulation to prevent a settler letting loose confla- ' grations in any way and at any time â-  lie may select. No ranger has author- I ity to advise or interfere with a set- tler in the employment of fire. Under a watchful and modern for- est administration, the recent period of abnormal drought would have found every settler under a prohibi- tion to set out fires of any sort. There was no such prohibition. Settlers' fires were started at the heigh of the danger season. Hundreds of lives, entire towns, and incalculable amount of growing crops and timber growth have been swept away and the whole Claybelt seriously set back in its de- velopment. The real business of forest rangers and the Governments responsible for them, is to stop fires from starting. Ontario, particularly in the Northern clay belt section, now so severely de- vastated, has practically no real ran- ger patrol carries on no preventive campaign, and offers no opposition to the wholesale use of fire by set- tlers for stripping their soil of tree growth. In th Spring of this very year, the Canadian Fore.stry Association, through their Secretary, met the .As- sociated Boards of Trade of the Te- miskaming District at a meeting in Haileybury and asked that joint ac- tion be taken to .stop the extravagant and dangerous burning of the north- ern forest areas by settlers. Some of the members of the Associated Boards frankly opposed any interfer- ence, asserting that many of the settlers favored free-running fire.s, and would not support such a meas- ure a.s wa.s proposed. Other members of the Board took a more favorable point of view, but no joint action was taken. From February to June, 19 lo, through the representations of this Association, twenty-two of the lead- ing Boards of Trade of Ontario ask- ed the Ontario Government to bring legirdation to control settlers' fires and also to reorganize the entire for- est protection service of the province. The reply of the Minister of Lands and Forests to these communications was to the effect that the matter would be considered. But it is being considered too late. Ontario forest protection service stands urgently in need of three main reforms, which, year after year, have ben urged upon the Governments by the Canadian Forestry Association, the Commission of Conservation and other bodies. 1. Remodelling of the ranger ser- vice so as to give real protection to the forest wealth of the province and supply a fair return in service ren- dered for the money spent thereon. Ontario's system is recognized gener- ally as out-of-date and inefficient 2. Employment of inspectors in the ratio of at least one inspector to ten rangers, so as to get the maxi- mum degree of actual forest protec- tion. Over an area of 10 million acres of timber lands under license, Ontario has just eight supervisors, each being required to manage, on an average, 36 men, an impossible tusk. 3. Sufficient rangers must be pro- vided to competently patrol the Clay- belt region, most of which is now un- der tree growth, and these ran.ijers must have authority to control the burning operations of settlers so that holocausts, such as that of recent date, shall have less opportunity to recur. Are You For "Pre- paredness"? The best preparedness for man or woman is the preparedness that comes from living in harmony with law. In Sum- mer cut out the heavy foods that tax bodily strength and vigor. Eat Shredded Wheat Biscuit, the food that con- tains all the body-building material in the whole wheat grain in a digestible form. For breakfast or luncheon with berries or otlier fruits. HITTING THE TRAIL. Rarest of Sport in the Selkirka. Rockies or Made in Canada Great Luck. "Here you are, sir," cried the haw- ker, extending a bouquet. "Bjy some beautiful flowers for your sweet- heart." "Nothing doing," respond- ed the young man. "I haven't got a sweetheart." "I see," was the prompt rejo-nder of the hawker. "Buy some flowers for your wife?'' "Wrong again! I am not married." "Well, then, guv'nor," exclaimed the re- sourceful hawker, "buy the lot to cele- brate your luck!" Kiaord's Ualment Iiombemian'i 7ri*nl Many .Shots Needed. A girl who iiad just become en- gaged to a young "sub." was telling her best friend that he'd threatened t<3 shoot anyone who dared to kiss her. "He'll need a machine gun, won't he dear," was the rather point- ed comment. Sore GraDulated Eyelids. Eyes intiaincd by expo- lure to Sun, Oust and Vtlqi ^ quickly relieved by Murint JtyeBsmctJy. NoSmaning, iust Eye Comfor!. At Your Drug:Ei«t'« 5flc per Sottle. Marine £)• gahfeiDTubei2Sc. ForDookoIlheEyeFreeask Dniegists orMiu'lic£yeSeaiGdyCa..Ctilcagi Canada is a land of trails. Trails over mountains and hilTs, across prairies and through forests, ; by the banks of rivers beyond num- ber and across country toward a dis- ' tant sky line. Trails made by red ' men, and by nature. j But the mounO.iin trails are the most alluring of them all, and hitting trails is the rurest of sport in Rock- I ies or Selkirks, all the way from the i Kananaskasis Pass on the east to the I Yale gateway on the west. I Hundreds of miles of excellent) I trails have been made in the Canad- I ian mountain ranges by the Canad- i ian Puciflc Railway and the National i Parks department of the Canadian Government. Most of Aem are made for pony use, and mounted on one of , these sure-fdoted little beast ies of the ': west, you can be an explorer of the ; wilds and revel in the experience. j Every mile of the devi«us way is a way of varying charm, evL-ry turn of I the trail reveals new wonders. Many trail trips are now made in loops. There is the one from Glacier station up the Cougar Valley to t>he caves and back by a loop route and over a pass that brings to view some of the sublimest scenery in the Sel- kirks. The literal ups and downs of this unique scenic route, as the rail- ways would say, add to the interest, now in the l)ed of the valley, closed in by trees and huge plants like fhe De- vil's (.'lub, now climbing a thousand feet from which superb views are had of the kingly peaks iiKe Sir Donald. The trail traveller will rind another region of infinite variety and att-rac- tivcness in the series of trails radiat- ing from Field and leading up the Yoho Valley to the Yoho Glacier field as its upper end. Lake Louise will also provide de- lecbable trail paths, especially that leading to Paradise Valley and its circle of giant summits, and Sentinel Pass, leading to the valley of the Ten Peaks, while in the Rocky Mountain Park and Banff, the routes are multi- plying year by year. Yes, trail hitting is raio sport. I repeat, and no countrj- in the world pfl'ords greater facilities for its en- joyment? than our own Canadian mountains. â€" F. Y. An Object Lesson. "^ '' Mrs. Saft came in from a chat over the fence with her neighbor, and her face was hard and red. "Cumi; here, Tommy!" she com- manded her yoang son. "I am going to punish you, but open the windows first!" "What for?" sad Tommy, begin- ning to weep. "Well, I hiive just heard that that cat across l-he road .-aid I have no authority over you, and I want her to hear you getti-.g a whipping. Come here, sir!" SHOES. Cool.Cosy and Comfor\sh\s BY E^/'^r.T OF WL FAMILY SOLD CY ALL GOCrO SHOE DEALERS SEED POTATOES SEKD blurs at onr,_». latl.fns. roT.VTiiE.S, IRISH COB- Dflewarp, Cariimn. Order Supply '.Itnlted. Wrlie for luo- H. \V Dawson Unimpton. 1JKOK1T ZrBWSPAFBBS FOa SAI.E -NEWS -.MAKINt; .NEWS .\ND JOB for f^ule in kooJ Ontario townH. The most usef'jl ami liiterpstlnd ot" ;ill li>i.'<!i:fwse!« Full Inr-trinalion -••a applloanon to V^'llson PubliplilnR Com- pany. "J West .A.iflalde Street. Toronto. KISC=I.I<AVBOUS SUMMER COMPLAINTS KILL LITTLE ONES. At the first sign of illness during the hot weather give the little ones Baby's Own Tablets, or in a few hours he may be beyond cure. These Tab- lets will prevent summer complaints if given occasionally to the well child and will promptly cure these troubles if they come on suddenly. Baby's Own Tablets should always be kept in every home where there are young chililren. There is no other medicine as good and the mother has the guar- antee of a government analyst that they are absolutely safe. The Tab- lets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. « SNEEZING SUPERSTITIONS. Strange Beliefs and Customs ot the Long .Vgo. Sneezing, (roni very remote times, has been held ominous. Our forefathers went to bed again again if they sneezed while putting on their shoes! A snce:;o to the right was deemed lucky; to the left, of evil portent. To sneeze near a burial place was very unlucky. Tradition has it that sneezing was at first a fatal signâ€" every human be- ^ ' ing sneezed but once, and then died â€" , but Jacob petitioned the Creator to ; remove the sneezing ban, and succeed- ' ed. Thence arose the once universal j custom of saluting a sneezer with | I "God bless you!" or "May you live j j long!" The custom still obtains in ' some parts of the Continent. In England not only was a sneezer blessed, but friends raised their hats I to him as well! In an old book, "The : Code of Conduct," it was directed that J "if his lordship sneezes ye are not to I howl out 'God bless you!' but bow to him handsomely." All over the world the sneeze was recognized. Whole nations were under orders to make ex- clamations when their king sneezed. Sneezing was believed to be a sure cure fur hiccough, and was also look- ed upon as a sign' of sanity. If an- cient and universal belief goes for anything, it is good to sneeze. _ * Shape Didn't Matter. Butcher â€" Will you have a round steak, ma'am ? Mrs. Youngbrideâ€" I don't care what shape it is so it's tender. Sure Scheme. Young Wife â€" "I am determined to learn at what hour my hjsbajid comes home at) night. Yet, do what I will, i I cannot keep awake, and he is al- ways careful not lo make a particle of noise. Is there any drug which producer wakefulness'.'"' Old Wife â€" "No used to buy I'-ugs, ' Sprinkle the floor with tacks." K««p Xlnard'* X>lsmii«nt In tli* tiooa* He Won. A Scottish m-nister once noticed a crowd of urchins clustered around a dog of doubtful pedigree. "What are you doing, my little boys?" he asked with fatherly interest. "Swappin' lies," volunteered one of the boys. j "The fellow that; tells the biggest one gets the pup." "Shocking!" c.xclaim- I ed the minister. "Why, when I was i your age I never even thought of tell- ing an untruth." "You win," chor- ' used the urchins, "The dog's yours, ' misfrsr.'' ALLIES' POWER EVIDENT. , Those Who Know Most Fear Least. .Says Lloyd George. Lloyd George has sent the Liver- pool Post and Mercury the following message: "The beginning of the third year of the war opens out a prospect which was not visible except to th<).~e of strongest faith :t year ago. ] "In .\ugu3t, Un."), those who knew j the dilficulties and the means at the t command of the allies to surmoum , them had grave apprehensions as to the course of the war in the coming months. Now those who know the most fear the least. "We have now the equipment for victory in men and material. The great battle of July has demonstrated that our armament is, to say the least, equal to the best our foe can command, and that our men are bet- ter than the best he can put into the battle line. Eoch month sees our armament intreu.-iing and our men improving. "Let the nation be of good heart. Its sacrilices for humanity are great, but its services tor humanity arc greater." CA.NCIIR. TL.MOKd, LV.\1P8. iSTC Internal and external. euraJ with- out pain by our home treatmenL Writ* us b«f< re too late Dr. I Jliii:ia MeUU-aJ Co.. Limited. Colllnewool. ' n: Becom* • R -glat* oci Nu'-io and reoelvfl pay while lenrvln« TJio Beth Xarael Koapl'nl ot Saw Yoi-» CJ'.r Pounded td»0 Acoraiiitwl i» ill. N.w V.Mk .-<t.>l<, t ucilj. u Dipt. 01T«r» » t^i»-inMl '>u*-i'» f y»»r •'OUKMI tr»lm c riT artrt.* » til •lim»no«»tn1 roiJi.Uiislifm. App'lr»nfc. niun hfcte I** .M*! ttlru •cbiKtl lliltnicH' n r !t» •«lti««« I -ndl rqn Tfcl^itt F.ir p«rlii^il •. ftililrrtt B' tl- Ttr. •' H. .pitb;, ^ .T.ff.r»,-ii Hi , »w V k Antstita's 'zi RenuxHR BOtlti. 0.\ DOG DISEASES And How to Feed M.i;\-1 Tree \o »n.T adilrvs.3 bjr ee !t> nn.T diltlrvs t:i\) .*.iit!ior H. CLAY CLOVER CO., Ir.f. 118 Wert 3::f Street, New York Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. | Gentlemen, â€" I have used MIN- ARD'S LINI.MENT on my vessel and in my family for years and for the every-day ills and accidents of life I consider it has no equal. I would not ! start on a voyage without it, if it cost a dollar a bottle. i CAPT. F. R. DESJARDIN. Schr. Storke, St. .A.ndre, Kamouraska. Salving His Dignity. Mr. Poewee -Madam, yui/ children laugh at me every time I pass, Mrs. Kidmore â€" You mustn't mind those, silly children. They giggle at every foolish little thing they see. Ontario VijleriEar? Collep Under tha Control of tlis Depart- ment ot AfTPicultiiro ol On'ario ESTABI.ISBEO 1362 .VHiliated with the Univer- sity of Toronto. CoUer* will r«-oucn on Monday. tho and of Cclober, 191S. 110 Unlvei-sHy Ave.. Toicu'.o, Can. CAZiSlfDAB ON APFIiI0ATI3N [. II. fl. mm. U. u.. Fiiiicai! >t: The Canadian National Exhibition was opened on one occasion by a woman. Lady Kirkpatrick performing th;it function in 18U7. aunard'a Llnbuent naed by Fbyslolana, The title "Canadian National Ex- hibition" was adopt?d by the Exhibi- tion Association in 1904. Previous to that time it had been known as the "Industrial Exhibition," Storage Batteries Generators Magnetos Starters â- â€¢ad tham for prompt â- â€¢pain to CANAPIAW a T O B A O B BATTXHY CO.. IirBSITES 117 Btmoo* St., Toronto. Wlllard Aceata. Ask for Mlnard'a and take ao ot&ai Has Curious History. Edwardea Square, in London, which is among the first of the western squares to be opened for the use of wounded soldiers, had a curiously warlike origin. Leigh Hunt, who lived in the square for many years, asserted that it was built by a far- sighted Frenchman at the time of the threatened Napoleonic invasion, and that he adapted the large square and small cheap house to the pro- menading tastes and poorly furnished pockets of Napoleon's ofl'icers, who, according to his speculation, would certainly bo on the look-out for some such place when the conquering army entered London! Camel-Like. Out! on Egypt's sands the Territor- ials were camped. The captain of the company wiis all that a captain shuuKl not be. He was short and stout and round of .shoulder. Needless to say, among his men he was known as "Humphy.' One night, on retJ.nn- ing t^J camp, the sentry let him go unchallenged, and so roused his mili- tary wrath. "What the Blue Alsa- tian mountains do you mean ?" he snapped out. "Why didn't you de- mand the countersign?' The sentry trembled v'th fear so badly that his wits got shi-ken. "Badad, sir," he I stammered, "I thought you was a c-c-c-amel." â- â€¢ I .A, man can drink himself tighter I than a woman can lace herself. ' The grouch is a barnacle on health and happiness. If you would adyance at your full rate of speed scrape off the barnacles. Gold Your iViine On Farm You '-an iloublu yoi slorltiK up KooJ Kii'i pr..rits by f'ied in .1 BlScLL SILO 'Stunmer Feed al! Winter Iiong" .â- ^i-i'-mirt. ml V inult IQ kBOP slhiKi- tr<;.-*ll, -e.vi'ei- ami g-jod to the lll.st. P'lllt of Sck'Cl- .-.1 limber treated with W'loii nriL-iervullvoa that prevent der-iy. Th.3 iiiSSKLl. .-iM.') has atronii. ripiJ walls. itlr-llKht iloorn. hoops of hfiiN y .steel, tsolil hy doalrrs or ;iuiIroi*.s us direct- t'ttft fr.'i' I'oUier, Writo T. B. Biaaell Co., IiCd. "ipt I mora, Ontario. .\ii Imputation Scorned. "I believe you're afraid of work!" i "Afraid of .it!" replied Plodding ' Pete. "I ain't even acquainted witdi I iC I Mi:Giiin3i|J;or Sa:8 Wlieclock Engine, 150 H.P., 18x42, wifn double main driving belt 24 ins. wiae,aDdDyDarao30K.W. belt driven. All in first class coniition. Would be sold together or scp irate- ly ; also a lot of sliafimg at a very great bargain as room is required immedi- ately. S. Frank Wilson & Son3 73 Adelftidft Street West, Toronto. EO. 7. ISSUE 34â€" IS,