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Newmarket Era , May 3, 1901, p. 1

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m0wxmmrp J 1 VT1 i A- 1 v- I Y v AM ADVERTISER tojow to Ma to all other Newmarket Opt Friday May 3 No sent of York unless In advance tf J TERMSJUS per If paid in adTancc NEEDS TV j at Binns Hardware brooms Good Quality better 25c tbe Queen 35c BRUSHES in Paint Stove scrub and TACKS HAMMERS All Styles and Prices whitewash Carpet Whips best lbs for Clothes 10c each Frame Clamps 5c each Carpet Stretchers 50 and Wash Tubs All sizes Wash Boards 15 and Clothes Pins Selected Rubber Blinds 30c Cornice Poles 30c complete PAINTS Ready every can guar- anteed Get Color Card 15c per can Ovei and Done Port on Hudson Bay and what they should shoot to supply S fi A shades A V GENERAL T1NSMITHING NEWMARKET The Staff of Life is Bread The Best of it is made at am so glad that the trouble and care- The trials that used to vex me sore And cut thru my heart nor spare The part will return no more v- For the the tears lha6 once oppressed My anguished soul with their weight of woe The terrible dread and the vague rest Are over and done ago Oh bitter the tear drops once were shed When overwhelmed with a mighty And to face with our precious And white hands folded the breast across Never but once can we feel blow That shattered our idol home from its throne Never but once such grief can we know As we stand by a grave alone AH those heartaches that once were ours All tbe terrible grief and pain The early blights of our choicest flowers Will never hurt us so much again T For age has brought us a Adreadnaughtjacket for daily wear And up on the heights ours lives are spent And not in the depths of dark de spair jacks If believe it your Neighbor she uses it Choice Naval J Bananas to per doz J And though in the future be overcast J And storms prevail it is bliss to know That the troubles and trials that vexed our past Are over and done with long ago f The Office Specialty Mfg Limited WE SELL Parlor Suites Board Room Tables Parlor Tables Library Tables Tabourettes Couches and Sofas Roman Chairs Reception Chairs Hall Chairs and Settees Bedroom Chairs Arm Chairs Fancy Rockers Office Tilting and Arm Chairs Umbrella Stand and Card Re- Dining Chads Morris Chairs Office Peaks and Filing De vices The Office Specialty Mfg Co BAY STREET TORONTO Factory 1 III House The Nova Scotia Steel Company will commence work on a steel and Iron plant about the 1st of May LIFE becomes worth living You may In your Library and give your orders for the day to the butch er the baker the grocer and the many other tradesmen items forgot ten in earlier orders may be added and amendments made in short the possession of a Telephone is a Prac- ljcal SOLUTION of the problem of Comfortable housekeeping The Bell Telephone Co of Canada MEN AND Women to travel fcod of Mild uadlng- Sal ary jtnr and all payable in No required Give refer ence endow en velope For Pan It It d aa oKUi ft aU Cool rati nwtX It at Mnftf UurftBcs uiapMUrciiTsmlud Oar Wp from aw ready mad pat I Im aoci tdr The PAGE CO f Five Thousand Wiles by Canoe and EXPLORATION IN THE SUBARC TICS OF CANADA y By J Tyrrell Civil Engineer The start was made in the fore part of January last year and the various members of the expedition along with boats and baggage were transported by rail across the continent to the extreme northwest terminus of the Canadian Pacific at Edmon ton The region for which this ex ploring party were headed was the great unknown barren ground rounding Great Lake and from thence eastward to Hudson Bay Part of this unknown country had been explored by Mr Tyrrell and his brother two years previous their route in both of these other expedi tions lying more to the eastward The party was under the direction of Mr J Tyrrell civil engineer and Dominion land surveyor of Hamilton Ontario His principal assistant was Mr of Ont who kept track of the survey Dr Bell of the Geological Survey was second in command Besides these there was also Archdeacon who acted as interpreter and chaplain to the party He had already spent several years as a missionary on the coast of Hudson and had two years previous saved the lives of both the Tyrrell brothers when they werie in a perishing condition jammed in drifting ice one hundred miles north of on Hudson Bay Mr Perry Acres also a Hamilton man who had previous experience in north western life was the cook of the party Perhaps the most serviceable all was one Pierre French a half breed from near Mont real Pierre had accompanied Mr Tyrell on a similar expedition to the barren lands in and had made considerable reputation for himself by bringing the canoes thru very rough water and difficult places A few years ago out of utter he ran the famous Lachine rapids in a birch bark canoe on Christmas day before thousands of spectators Some years ago he also made a reputation by being a voyager the Egyptian campaign under Lord On one trip alone Pierre successfully shot i rapids He proved himself to be a reliable guide an earnest worker and a faithful friend To him was given the selection of another boat man from the same Indian village and his choice was one Henry Mon et Jimmy is known as the gteatest hunter and in the great lone lands He comes from accompanied Mr on two of his previous trips in this part of the great north Land Two years previously when making a tramp hund red miles from Fort Norfolk House this same Jimmy many times sdved the whole party from starvation by his sure aim Deer seen at long range that others would miss Jimmy would bring down almost every time and if need be his great strength enabled him to follow the deer thru thickets for hours and he would seldom stop till he had overtaken the game The seventh roan of the expedition was John Harper also a who made many trips thru the barren grounds and who also lived on shores of Hudson Travelling by rail these seven men started out for the Hudson Bay Com panys house at Lac la Here they put their provisions and baggage on to sleds drawn by dogs of which they bad twentyfive fine ones which were hitched to the sleds tandem fashion The sledloads averaging not over two hundred and fifty lbs they were able to travel rapidly northward up the clear water river to the point where it joins the Atha basca river at Fort From this point to Lake Athabasca they followed the river of the same name the princi pal post the Hudson Bay Trading Company in that district Then con tinuing down Great Slave River they reached Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake The distance by this time was about nine hundred miles from Edmonton Mr Tyrrell had in the previous summer ordered his canoes shipped with six months provisions to this point on the Hud son Bay Companys steamer which had arrived ahead of him all in good time The opening of navigation was expected to begin about the 1st of July and it was desired to reach Artillery Lake before that time there by avoiding portaging their boats over a large number of very heavy rapids From here on for a distance of five hundred miles there has never been a survey made and no positive information existed in reference to the country excepting such as was learn ed verbally from Indians and on their trips of the two previous years In this country Mr Tyrrell found large herds of reindeer sot large in deed that it was impossible to esti mate the number In many instances he says they covered the ground as far as the eye could see in almost all directions and the photographs that are published accompanying his report of corroborate his state ment As these deer must be depend ed on very largely for tile food of the expedition Mr Tyrrell and his party seized the opportunity shooting them often as possible and when more meat secured than could be kept in a condition it was dried for future use For months he says he was never out sight of reindeer and almost every day lor weeks he saw immense herds that must have numbered in the thousands Besides reindeer musk ox Arctic and timber wolves Arctic foxes polar bears etc were found in large numbers A visit to Mr Tyrrells house in Hamilton would give the reader idea of the amount of game kilted as every where are to be seen the of Arctic animals all of which have been killed by himself or his party From Artillery Lake eastward the route lay thru an entirely unknown country until they reached Aberdeen Lake where he had been in August From here out to Hudsons Bay a distance of five hundred miles the shore was surveyed on both the north and the south sides Chester field Inlet a long arm extending in land for a hundred miles or more con tains salt water and has a heavy tide so that navigation half the day would be aginst the tide the balance with it were met in large numbers and from them the party se cured some information as well as sketch maps of the country they were going to The object of the expedition was to explore behalf of the Canadian Government the entire country re porting on the geological botanical and zoological condition of the region and to determine as well what the mineral resources might be For many weeks in the barren land they were without wood of any kind there being none whatever to be found and in this time they used alcohol ol which several gallons were taken along for that purpose Further to the westward timber was found in considerable quantities and while in Umber regions the discomfort of camping in that cold country Is very much decreased The party was of course well provided with guns and ammunition and depended largely on their larder Sir Tyrell at first found it very difficult to persuade the Indians to ac company him in the lands of the as Indians consider this other tribe to be very savage people who would surely kill and devour but these thoughts were dispelled on meeting with the for he scribes them as a quiet and friendly people and does not believe Would injure any one unless on great provocation Tbey found at one of these camps a white man who bad gone hunting in tbe north in and had lost his way living ever since with the as one Of them This white roan was out again to Edmonton with the I party The distance covered by Mr Tyrrell and party was about five thousand miles and the time occupied was something over 11 months of which there was no opportunity whatever to receive any news of the doings of the world This eight months was a time of long suspense for the friends of the party who very well knew the difficulties in the way and the dan gers to be met The discomfort of home friends was probably augmented by the knowledge that in the whole party had almost perished from starvation and cold while down the west coast of Hudsons Bay in open canoes as the winter season was coming on He describes the as a peo ple living almost entirely on raw flesh the only fire being used that to keep their houses warm in winter These northern people spend the surii- months in skin tents by the side of open water where they can fish for seals Their summer houses look very much like the Indian tepee formed with poles in the shape of a cone and covered on the outside with deer skins- Unlike the Indian tepee however the summer house has no opening in the top as this is not required where there is no smoke or fire Their winter houses are con structed entirely of snow and are warmed by burning seal oil in a stone vessel To do this a wick is formed of the sinews of deer skin and an in genious contrivance to regulate the amount of heat and light is provided in this way Hanging above the lamp and suspended from the roof is another chunk of seal fat the oil of which melts and drops into the stone vessel By hanging this either high er or lower the amount of oil for burning can be regulated These snow houses are lighted by setting in a large block of clear ice in the side the roof of the dwelling and ventila tion is provided by a small opening in the roof The doors are made either by hanging a piece of deer skin in front of the opening or by building a long snow passageway diminishing in size towards the outside entrance prevents the cold from driving In Although still a young man Mr Tyrrell has spent about twrfveyears in this exploration work and the ex posure and hardships of this northern climate do not seem to have impaired his health The most valuable infor mation from all these Journeys has been gained in conversation with the Indians on previous trips as well as from sketches made on the sand and in the mud by the Mr Tyrrell is very well acquainted with the language having lived with them for two years while mak ing a survey of the Hudson Straits some ten years ago This last exploration is believed to be the longest ever made thru the un known regions of northern Canada since the date of the Franklin expedi tion The distance of five miles was divided about evenly be tween snowshoelng and The most northerly latitude reached was about degrees Montreal Wit ness Sharks flesh can be had all the time in the New York Capetown South Africa has a six feet eight and a hair inches high Electric power generated on the Yuba River miles away was used operation of street cars in Oakland California Ludwig has it is said discovered a method of producing il luminating coal gas at two pence per thousand feet A westbound freight ran into an open switch at Fireman Grieves was killed and Engineer Mar tin badly injured About ten cars were piled up Pittsburg Pa April at the corner of Carson and Southside today cost one life a property loss estimated at consumed over a dozen buildings and rendered a score of families homeless County SEMIANNUAL MEETING V the evening Rev A gave a profitable and interesting address from the topic The cause which will make the Century from the FirstThe public lands of the U S are exhausted In hundred years the population of the has increased from si to seventy millions in round numbers Half of what has been public lands has been bought up and held by capitalist The other half is settled upon so nothing re mains for future migrations The tide of population which had rolled from the Atlantic to the Pacific- must now spread itself to the North and South of Canada ami America In the nest hundred years the population of Canada now about that of S at the beginning of the last century Will have reached that by that country if it does not exceed it SecondrThe awakening of China the greatest fact of the 10th century and Ue development of Japan Some races had been deported some absorbed and others extinguished Tbe Chinese are too numerous for any of these fates British Columbia is being largely populated by them They are finding their way to the Eastern provinces and making their presence felt in the world of labor Third The opening of a canal cut ting the Americas FourthThe opening up of new ter ritory and industries in Canada Fifth England Canada United States and Australia all AngloSax on will soon control the entire Pa cific coasts and revolutionize the busi ness of that ocean Sixth Our resources- British Colombia forms one of the four great timber areas of the world We have mountains of coal and ore The mighty cattle ranches of the foothills of the Rockies and the vast wheat fields of the Territory are sufficient to feed the world Workers in all these branches of in dustry must be found in the next de cade and must be found by What need in this vast army for edu cation and evangelization and yet less is spent on these than on tobacco Here lies one of the great fields of effort of the What an im mense proportion of the future voting force for Canada Will their vote be for a pure clean country or for the debasing influence of drink and to bacco The speaker closed with a warm tribute to the in their efforts to uplift humanity all over the world The Ministerial Association had de cided that instead of short addresses from each of their members Mr Camp should be given fifteen minutes Mr Camp being a recent arrival from the spoke from figures re lating to drink and crime in that country No nation or individual can waste resources and still remain in full strength People waste opportuni ties and make shipwrecks of their lives Of all waste of resources the drink bill was the worst The drink bill of the U three titles the wheat bill This would buy good farms or would pay the National Debt in two years On the basis of the price of Government lands each glass of whiskey drank would pay for square feet of land An evening out of an average moderate drinker would pay for a strawberry or potato patch of- reasonable dimen sions Of paid by an employer of la bor on a certain Saturday evening in marked money was on Monday morning paid into the banks by hotel and saloonkeepers How much went to the support of the families of these employees In one State 13558 cases of crime were committed by drinkers only 556 by abstainers The contractor gazes with pride on the building completed by him the painter or sculptor stands enraptured at his work of art Who ever saw a saloonkeeper go to a prison and gaze In rapture at his finished work May the carry on this work and fight till every man goes to the polls determined to vote for no man not committed to total prohibition It was felt that if Mr Camp was a fair sample of the Temperance workers of the Junction clergy we had been de frauded of our privileges and must hear the rest so Revs and Parker were called on for brief addresses Mr made an amusing appeal as to the unfairness that after hav ing for centuries past to listen to the women in the privacy of their homes should now be told that they might speak for two minutes The other gentlemen made equally York most successful School of Methods Co Press Supt J 1 Oar Toronto better The alleged Aurora bank robbers horsethieves and post office burglars were all committed for trial on Thurs day of last week The authorities doubt about the prisoners be ing guilty Toronto has 363 officials in its em ploy in the various departments of civic service The city has spent over so far this year caring for its small pox patients The Steamer will com mence making regular trips between this city and on the of May two trips daily The city Treasurers statement for shows that the corporation re ceipts from the Street Railway Co the year figures up 128 That is quite a nice item towards corpora tion expenses The Metropolitan has the use of Newmarket Streets for all time without a cent at feast it was So reported in the Legislature at the last session Cute fellows those Me tropolitan operators Another case of smallpox developed in the city during the past few days The patient is Walter Davidson aged years There are now six small pox patients in the city isolation quarters The first official practice of the To ronto Lacrosse Club was held at last Saturday afternoon Over members in uni form The first beetroot sugar company to be incorporated in Canada is the Sugar Co It was ga zetted last Saturday High Park street car service again commenced for the season oh Satur day and oil the same day the swimming baths were opened at John J who was visit ing in the city and came from Salamanca while laboring un der temporary insanity jumped a third storey window on Saturday and received such a shock that he died at the hospital next day A fatal accident took place in Brunswick Ave on Saturday An aged paralytic man named William Archer while lighting his pipe set fire to his clothing and before aid could reach him he was so badly burned that he died at the hospital a few hours after the accident Hon Mr Ross Ontarios Premier left on Tuesday for a couple of weeks rest He went to St Catharines and is taking the sulphur baths there During his absence AttorneyGeneral Gibson is acting Premier The Commissioner of Crown Lands Hon J Davis has also been con fined to the house thru illness dur ing the past week but he is back to this week j Provision has been made for build ing new British warships Four deaths took place among the recruits for the South African Constabulary on the steamer Mont- fort Even in Egypt the land of the Pharos the sugar beet promises to supplant sugar cane which latter pro duct has been a staple article of ex port for these many years Far India and Australia the United States and Canada have entered the beet raising arena with their almost limitless possibilities Thus the con quering march of the sweet beet root continues around the globe while cane sugar is scarcely holding Its own present data for 1900 are re liable then the sugar cane output has actually decreased despite Cubas reviving cane sugar industry Your Throat Gargles cant go back for enough sprays dont reach deep enough but air you breathe touches every part Then why not put some healing medicine in air and let them go along together That is what VapoCreso is for It puts the healing cine right on th places that most need it You now see why it quickly cures sore throat chilis hoarseness whoopingcough and asthma VpoCteolM MM The vipoHietMil Lamp which a time and a of booklet booklet free upon i3o and told by humorous and so concluded i W-

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