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\. t ‘. ll. -4 ~ ere. :WM POOR CAUSE FOR STRlKES WERY SLIGHT REASONS sons- TIMES sror worm. Moustache or no Moustache Caused a Strikeâ€"Poor Coli'cc Started Another. All the world over, higher wages and fewer hours of work have been the great basis of a strike, but there are exceptions. In last year’s Paris strike of waiters, the great question of the day was whe- ther the waiter be allowed to grow a moustache or remain cleanâ€"shav- en. The masters insisted on a close shave, but the employees struck for beards and moustaches. As one might expect in Paris, a march was compOsed, called, “Le. Marche des Loufiats”â€"-“loufiats” being Parisian slang for cafe-waitâ€" The march was sung by the strikers. The waiters on the French liner Champagne struck Work out of, sympathy with their Paris colleagues. When the boat sailed without them the stokers struck work out of sympathy with the waiters; but, as the stokcrs were in danger of arrest for dis- obedience on the high seas. the waiters, to save their friends from durance vile, returned on board. Strikes have been known to ocâ€" cur in workhouses, generally speak- ing, under such circumstances that it is imPOSsible to sympathize with the strikers. POOR COFFEE, and not enough of it, was a priâ€" mary cause of the unemployed strike at South Ockendon. The colâ€" ony is that of the West Ham Disâ€" tress Committee, and the superin- tendent explained that many of the unemployed objected to the food. One man, on being served with a bloater for his breakfast, asked for vinegar. On being told there ,was none, he sent the fish back, andsaid, “Then you can keep the thing!” Objection, too, had been taken to the dumplings. The men complained that they were not given any sweetâ€"puddings, or milk- puddings, “except when the com- mittee came down.” In the strike of Italian laborers at Argenta, so resolute was the en- tire population in its resistance to the farmer proprietors that 1,700 babies were sent away to be nurs- ed, that the mothers might be left free to assist the strikers. The extraordinary sight of mil- lionaires’ sons stripped to the waist, loading the brewery wag« gons and stoking the fires, was witnessed in the brewery strike at St. Louis. The saloonâ€"keepers had to stop the jug. trade at this time, so that the bar customers might not be DEPRIVED OF SUPPLIES. Strikes have been known to preâ€" W “My youngest boy, 3 years old, was sick with fever last June, and when he got better the doctor prescribed lScott’s Emulsion, and he liked it so well that he drank it out of the bottle, and is now justu plump and strong as any child of his age any- where . . . two bottles fixed him OK.”â€"â€"MR. JOHN F. TEDDER, Box 263, Teague- Freestone Co., Texas. SEBTT’S .EMlllSlflll is the greatest help for babies and young children there is. It just fits their need; It just suits their delicate, sensitive natures; they thrive on it. Just a little does them so much good and saves yop so much worry. You owe it to them and yourself to make them as strong and healthy as possxble. Sco'r'r‘s EMULSION Will help on better than anything else; but be sure to get Scor’r’s. It’s the best, and there are so many worthless imitations. m ALL DRCGGI‘STS 1-. It ddsr has lust written us anoths r letter about mehor-indnw'e children. Let us send you his letters and other information on the subject. A Post Card. mentioning this vapor. is sumciunt. SCOTT d: BOWNE :25 “’Won 3:. w. 1mm [out attractions to the eye symbolic of anythin but. misery. One of he most charming pro- cessions seen in a strike was at Vienna, in the spring of last year. Five thousand drcssmakcrs, garbcd in the latest modes, marched in rows of four along the Ringstrassc. They were led by smiling police, and crowds in the street showed their delight at the march of beauty. Among those strikers were many of the belles of Vienna. It was in Vienna, too, and at about the same period, that 7,000 bakers came out for higher wages and a nine-hour day. On broad be- ing imported from neighboring towns, the shops were sacked, loaves being piled in the streets and fired with petroleum. The Imperial Court had to go without its rolls in the morning, and the hospitals were in such straits that the nurses had to turn to and make flour and riceâ€"puddings. To the delight of the children, pastry had to be SUBSTITUTED FOR BREAD. When the French Provision Trades Union decreed a strike on April 11th, 1907, Paris immediateâ€" ly took fright, and began to store large quantities of provisions. At one large shop on the Boulevard de Sebastopol no fewer than 750 hams were sold before eleven o’clock on the morning of April 9th. At another store, a lady, ac‘ companied by her two sons, a mans servant, and two womenâ€"servants, made an onslaught. on everything. Large sacks of flour were delivered at private houses, and sheep were kept in reserve, ready to be killed. I The strike leaders threatened to call out 50,000 men, and starve Paris into submission. On leav- ing off work, the journeymen bakâ€" ers intended to mix soap-and-water with the dough, to prevent the mas- ters from making bread them- selvesâ€"London Answers. -â€"’!‘â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" SEAWEED A FERTILIZER. Orkney Islanders Prefer It to Farm- yard Manure. Seaweed is a valuable fertilizer. The Irish peasants prefer it to maâ€" nure, and the farmers of the Ork- ney Islands formerly let farmyard manure accumulate unused on ac- count of its inferiority to seaweed as a fertilizer. The seaweed that is brought ashore or drifts there is dried and burned and the ashes are spread over the land. The ashes contain a good proportion of potash and phosphates, and some kinds of weed also yield nitrates. These three substances are the life of veâ€" getation, and for this reas n the ashes of seaweed are an idea food for crops. Some years ago a French sea cap- tain attempted to organize a com- pany to send ships to the Saragossa sea, where they could easily colâ€" lect big cargoes of drift weed and bring it to France to be burned for the fertilizing ashes. Capital~ ists told him, however, that they did not think it would pay to carry the weed so far and the money was not raised. It is asserted by some authorities that the great deposits of nitrate of soda which are sent from Chile to all parts of Europe and the United States to be spread over the farm lands were formed by the decay of huge masses of seaweed when the land was sunk under the sea. Undecomposed parts of sea- weed,.1t is said, are still found there. The attention of the Cape Colony Government was recently called to the fact that very large quantities of seaweed are constantly being washed ashore along the northwest coast, and at last accounts the Government had sent for samples of the weed to determine its value as a fertilizer. Sir Humphry Davy was one of the first to recommend seaweed as a fertilizer about a century ago. For generations the inhabitants of the Channel Islands have gained a fair living by collecting and burning the weed and selling the ashes as manure. These ashes are also largely used in the British Isles and along the Norwegian and French coasts. The seaweed thrown up on the. shores in the neighborhood of Cape Town has long been regarded as an expensive nuisance. The city government has for years been pay- ing teamstcrs to collect the stuff, haul it away and bury it. amount of weed thus disposed of has been about 1,500 tons a year. The city authorities have novv soon a new light and are spreading the news among the farmers that the weed is a very valuable fertilizer. >'<__â€"._. . Mother (in a \cry low voice) â€"â€" ill. Can't you say something: nice to cheer him up a bit.” (in an earnest voicc)â€"“Gran(lfa- thcr. wouldnt you like to have soldiers at your funeral?” TRADERS BANK PROSPERITY. It is very comforting to Canaâ€" dians to review the history of the“ past eighteen months and compare the manner in which their coun- try has come through the dangers of the recent panic, with the trouâ€" luauking standpoint. Tho perfec- tions of the Canadian banking sys- tem and the services which it has rendered to the Dominion as :1. whole and to individual Canadians are not always adequatcly appreci- ated by the Canadian people. We are apt to accepL as a mattcr of course such unobtrusive. smoothly working business institutions. One of the greatest banks this very excellent system of ours is the Traders Bank. In fact, in point of capital it is our sixth largest banking institution. The reputation of its management for conservative, save pl‘ogrcssivencss has been amply borne out by the business of the 24th fiscal year which was completed on December Blst, 1908. The Annual Shareholders’ Meet- ing was held in the head office building, Youge street, Toronto, on January 27th. The statement of the year’s operations presented by Mr. Stuart Strathy, the Gener- al Manager, shows a position of exceptional strength and very large profits on the year’s business. The high esteem in which the Traders Bank is held by the general pub- lic is evidenced by the large in- crease in deposits. This is parti- cularly noteworthy in view of the disturbed financial conditions of the past tWelve months. The net profits of the past year amount to the large total of $500,- 217.60, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts and reschâ€" ing accrued interest. The amount, together with the premium of $100 on the issue of new stock, and the balance, $25,364.39. at cre- dit of profit and loss account, brought forward from last year, gives a total of $525,688.99. This was disposed of by the payment of four quarterly dividends at 7% per annum, amounting to $304,699.40, and by writing off $20,000 from bank premises and furniture for depreciation and transferring to Officers’ Guarantee Fund, $5,000, and to Pension Fund, $5,000, and carrying forward to Profit and Loss, $190,982.49. The amounts now on deposit have reached a. total of $25,385,- 117‘.02. The liquid assets of the Bank now amount to over 30% of the liabilities to the public, while the total assets have reached the large amount of $34,859,590. The address of the President. Mr. C. D. Warren, as well as that of the General Manager, Mr. Stuart Strathy, reflected an opti- mism that is most encouraging and a caution that is admirable to the last degree. The shareholders and depositors of the Traders Bank are indeed fortunate in having as pre- sident of their institution a man of the business expcricncc and great ability of Mr. Warren. '1'! SUCCESSFUL SENTENGES CRIMINALS WHO WERE REAL- LY CUBED. Moderate Methods in Dealing With Law-Breakers is Being Tried. There was a timeâ€"and not 5) very long ago, eitherâ€"when the law took the broad View that a criminal was incurable. Therefore. he or she was hanged out of hand, and the State put to no further trouble or expense. But the world has grown more humane. Mare moderate methods prevail, and the aim is now reformation, not venA gcanee. In New Zealand, for instanze, they have passed a new Act deal ing with habitual criminals. About a year ago a man named Sparrow, who had been previously convicted twenty-seven times, was the first to be declared a. habitual criminal, and was scntcnccd to be sent to a rcformatory, and kept there until be reformed. They have a similar law in New South Wales, and it Works very The . “Tommy. your grandfather is very Tommy . well. You may object that you cannot tell when a. habitual has (reformed. These old gaolbirds are {cunning to the last dcgrec. But Lit must be remembered that when ltlicy are released. it probation. and after suitable em- ployment has been obtained. STRANGE. BUT EI'FIZL‘TIVE. A Brooklyn magis‘ratc had be- a few months ago. a ‘ of abandoning his This was his vcrâ€" 'i fore lv ‘ mun ac:- wife and child. dict: “I sentence you to take your blcsome times experienced in the. United States and other countries older but less fortunate from the; in' is only 01). Wife and little girl to Coney Island (the New York seaside pleasure re- sort) once a week, to kiss your wife at least once a day, and to give 1101‘ six dollars of your weekly earnings. I further suggest that :you occasionally buy her a bunch :of flowers. or other little gift. On no account. are you to allow your ‘mothor-inâ€"lmv to intcrfcro in your domestic affairs. This scutenco is ‘of four wccks' duration. At the cud of that timc you are boll) to appear here and I‘z'purlv; and if you havc not bccn obedient I shall punish you for contempt of Court." At the end of the stipulalcd period the Cullplfl did appear. Tbc iman was carrying the litlle girl. Both looked happier and more pzospcrous. The magistrate callcd them into his private room, and congratulated them both. He has kept an eye on them since, and Iquito recently declared that it was the most successful sentence which he had ever passed in his life. In Scotland, prior to the union with England, baukrupts were compelled to wear partiscolored garments-vgrey and yellow, not unlike the modern convict-dress. The result was that there were singularly few Scot-smen in those days who failed to pay their debts. At present bankruptcy is an un- known offencc in China, for the sentence is invariably immediate, and sometimes painful, death. A CURE FOR GAMBLERS. Some years ago there was an ex- traordinary outbreak of gambling in Russian Manchuria. Men spent all their days playing games of chance, and work was utterly negâ€" lected. The authorities tried fines and imprisonment in vain. At last they made a new decree, and the next batch of gamblers were sen- tensed to wear iron rings riveted round their necks. The result was splendid. Gambling ceased as if by magic. It was the object of a character in a. wellâ€"known play to make “the punishment fit the crime.” This was never better accomplished than by the Buildings Commissioners of Chicago. Visiting Marshall Field’s huge stores on July 9th, 1906â€"the largest department store in the worldâ€"~their inspector found that the management had failed to put signs in prominent places, markâ€" ing the exits. Thcy at once closed the whole place, and closed it re- mained for three hours, when the mayor of the city, Mr. Dunne, perâ€" mitted it to be reâ€"opened. This compulsory closing is calculated to have cost the firm something like $20,000, and the result was that every firm in the city bestirred it- self to have its exits properly marked. W ._..4_.__‘ CROWS ON A SPREE. Sitting in an Indian garden one day, and irritated beyond measure by the petty larcencies and effron- tery of a party of Iidian crows. the writer was tempt-ed for once to put them to the proof in tlus matter, says the London Globe. They had taken the bananas from the table in front and the biscuits from the plate at his side with shameless persistency. So a few more biscuits were procure-d and surreptitiously soaked in rum. It was not long before half a. dozen crows came down and cleared the plate as usual. The spirit worked very promptly upon them, and 111 .ten minutes they were all in a state of semi-intoxication. While :1. few made futile efforts to reach branches overhead others essaycdi to perch on the roof ridge of the nearest bungalow and helplessly failing, rolled into the gutters. __ .____,,,_ -_ _ _ . WWWMoeofit LITTLE LIVES LOST HOW TO SAVE THEM. l The annual report of the Registrarâ€"General for On- tario shows that for every thousand children born one hundred and eleven die be- fore they reach the age of one year. Most of these deaths are due to disorders of the stomach and bowels, and most of these little lives could be saved if mothers kept always at hand a safe and simple remedy like Baby’s Own Tablets. These Tablets cure all stomach and bowel troubles. but bet.- ter still an occasional dose will prevent these troubles coming on. Mrs. N. Shaffer, The Brook. Ont. says:~ “I have used Baby‘s Own Tab- lets for stomach and bowel troubles and always find them satisfactory. I feel that ~ my little ones are safe so long I have this medicine 0 «crewman WWWWW «D‘eowoo +o¢o+omooo+ 00900-0 Woo-W in the housc.” Sold by mc- ‘9 ~ dicinc (lcalr‘rs or b, mail a: 2 95 cents a, box from The Dr. 6 Williams’ Medicine Co., ‘i Brockvillc. Out. 3 goaceo‘ooooeocosotow _. l l l r ‘othcr ill effects. .leLC1‘\'.’:ll‘(lS: i ! Agitsiion TONIC TREATMENT FOR ll‘llllGESTlON .â€" The Unly Sensible Way to (lure Stomach Troubles and Give New Health. When the stomach is feeble the fund lies in it. undigested, decays and thrown off poisonous gases that diztcnd the walls of the sto- mach, and causes serious interior- cucc. with other organs, especialâ€" ly w1th the action of thc heart. and lungs. Those poisonous gusvs have They are absorb cd by the blood and so weaken and corrupt it as to cause aCln’“; in remote parts of the body and the formation of unhealthy tissue everywhere. General bodily weak- ness and loss of weight is the reâ€" sult. The nerves and the brain are disturbed, and discomforts such as dizziness, hot flashes, sleeplessncss, irritability and deâ€" spondency originate from this source. Experience shows that these troubles vanish just as soon as the stomach is made strong enough to digest the food. In other words it needs a tonic that Will rouse it to do the work of changing the food into nourishâ€" ment. The tonic ought to be one that will agree with the most. deli- cate stomach, and this is exactly what Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills do. Here is a bit of strong proof: Miss Lizzie Macdonald, Harbor- auâ€"Bouche. N. 8., says: “Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills have done for me what no other medicine did or ap- parently could do. For almost three years I suffered untold ag- ony from indigestion. I would have the most distressing pains in the stomach after catmg.’ I could not sleep at night and I would rise in the morning feeling tired and worn out. I lost in weight and was al- most reduced to a shadow. I was under doctor’s treatment almost constantly, but with no benefit. One day I read the testimonial of a lady who had been cured of dyspepsia. by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and decided to try them. The first two or three boxes I took did not show any apparent relief and I began to fear the medicine would not help me, but as I had bought a- half dozen boxes I decided that I would use them up anyway. To my joy, before they were all used I began to improve and I got three boxes more. By the time I finishâ€" ed these I was again in the best of health, and had gained 12 pounds in weight. I have not since had a twinge of this terrible trou- ble. and am more grateful than words can say for what Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills have done for me.” You can get Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills from any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Wil- liams’ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. )J WARSHIP’ S SEA RCHLIGHT. ‘ On a dark night no warship would be safe from torpedo attack but for the scarchlight. The full moon lights up a torpcdo~boat so that it can bc llrcd at when nearly a mile away. To produce the same illumination with the most power- ful artificial light, an electric arc of 160,000 candleâ€"power, placed three-quarters of a mile high, would be needed, if the aid of mir- rors were not available. But with this light, and an ingenious ar- rangement of mirrors, it is possible to surpass the moon. Searchlights are now made which throw light a distance of sixtyâ€"three miles: but objects can be seen only a few miles from the source of the light. The effect on the enemy is most demor- alizing. When the bright beam is suddenly thrown on the eye the pupil contracts violently; when the beam is removed the eye can see nothing. If this be rcpcated a few times, it takes all the nerve out. of a man, sott‘ at only the best-trained and most courageous can continue the attack. A JAPANESE LOVE TRAGEDY. A Japanese woman believes that there is marriage in heaven; so that, if she is compelled to marry one man while she loves another, or not to marry where her lu\'e goes out, she will be united to the man she loves in thc world beyond. At Mimogori, a young girl named Mimi has jll:l. been arrested for attempting to stab ll('1‘ 1m 01'. nom- md Emu. because the suv. no chance of bciug united to him in earthly matrimony. It was her intention to kill him. and take her qul life 1’ they \‘nglltl l;:l\(‘ the grout ‘ 4 il‘tht llcu mg to v.l1f‘u: lie-arch. is the antidote for stag- naiim,