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.11‘, _ , MEAT INSPECTION. _ ~ , w’ —'-—

~ s. _ The need of meat inspection, or rather the

crime of delaying it so long, was well exemplified last Inarketday when the Inspector, Dr. K. W. McKinnon (‘Ame upon a tuberculous carcas of beef that was about to be sold at a private residence. The owner, who had no suspicion of anything wrong had observ- ed the law in having the internal organs of the ani- mal attached to the carcas. The carcas looked like good meat but the lungs were putrid with tuber- culosis. A section of the diseased lungs was seen by a number of citizens, among them a represetnative of the Guardian. The Inspector ordered the carcas to be destroyed.

This is one lesson showing the danger of using uninspected meat. The" owner of the carcas was thoroughly honest; not know a diseased lung when he saw it. , hundreds of others also the prospective customer?

lllglllful acceptance by all vlRSSCS lot people and‘ the manifest bless» ‘Ings it was to bring to the Govern- ancnt and the country.

hundreds of Others he didlLiberal ilell Government it was to Likelhrlng this special and longed for

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l The Government's holy horror of lnn external audit of their accounts. jund their agonizing fear lest a reli- iu-ble statement of the country's fi- innnces be placed before the people ‘Iis well known to thinking men. ‘iHon. F. J. Nash, however, has spill- ied the fat in to the fire. To change ‘the metaphor, inadvertently or other- ‘ wise he has let one of the Govern- iment kittens escape from the bag. l\Vindlng up (m0 of his flights m ignindeloquent imagination, he des- Fcended to terrn flrnia and reveal-

cd the care worn skeleton of the

l Liberal cupboard. lie was revell- ling in the glories of the newly fledg- led Taxation Act, portraying its de~

To the

hlcssillg. At the end of this your they will he able to honestly say

' families and what the result would have been no one

was about to buy it knowing nothing of the danger. 1th,,“ [hpy ha... m“ able ,0 m“ s ' l Had there been no inspector that carcas of good look- mo. crnds IIICPI, nnd "we WILL as

ing beef would have been sold to probably a dozep ilgBl-PI ‘l0 PIWJSENT THE PvBl-lll lACUOIIiNTS 'I‘() THE (70llN'l‘l'tY

l\\"l'l‘ll0ll'l‘ BTANTPULATWON OR

knows. Many know, however, that for many years EFRANGLFWAATIONJ,

past mylsterious cases of tuberculosis have developed in the city for which neither environment nor family history could account. Meat inspection certainly did not come too soon.

Dr. McKinnon states that this was the first case of tuberculous beef that has come to his notice since

his appointment. Several carcases of pork were condemned by him-, however, as unfit for human eon- sumption because infected with tuberculosis. n _

Too much care cannot be exercised in the use of “Aclxgn":“::?£lf°}h:::‘ meats; the only guarantee is the Inspector’s stampgknm, n, w,“ o, me ﬂnauce, a, Similar precaution should be taken in the use of milk j flfly member of the Government, and the inspection should cover not only the fat con- ihnll lf they hh<l the smallest amount

tent but the health of the animal producing it. °‘ "m" “llmge "WY w°“"" M" placed the facts before the people.

Talk of courage! If they were cour- ageous they would first prepare their tax measure, which they found

Th6 HOll. Ml‘. Bell, the HOII. Ml‘, L83‘ and Olllleryncgpssiiry for their purposes of honorable members of the government gave as one of l shﬂl<llhs~ mill so 1° ills lleohle with the reasons they had for increased taxation that the a" "Mm ““"e"‘°"‘- “d "hm"

. . _ _ jibe question for their decision at §21((t)!(‘)30€(’)%l1(!2tllOfl expendituie alone would amount to ‘mp pom Now my gamut, m": , .

lonly, nnd that is publication of their

Principal J. D. Seaman whose veracity is un-lpims and schemes, ufill exposurcof questioned and who has made a thorough study ofuhclr dlllllltllly lo the Country. They the school requirements of the province, published a m ‘““‘ “l “mm”? C°'”“‘“" °°‘"' letter in the Guardian of April 27th in which hem“

Mr. J_ D. Stewart, tiebuting ihe tax bill, vigorously criticised the ilziim by Government speakers of "courage" in introducing this Tux Act. Courage is the last thing they can lay clnim to, if they only pos- sessed it to‘ a small degree they ivonld hnve gone to the people lust your with llic plain truth. They

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General At Toronto

PREVENTED TURKISH com. mmozn FROM FULFILLING ms sotzmu AGREEMENT.‘

TORONTO, May 5.—ln his nd- dress before Empire Club last week Major-General‘ Sir Charles Townsheucl spoke very highly o: the Turk as a foem and also as host, as far as his personal exper-

iences during his captivity in Con- stantinople were concerned. and he

stated that in his belief the Turk wns not responsible for the awful atrocities and hardships that the British troops, captured at Kut were subjected to. “I cannot speak too highly of‘ the chivalry of the. Turkish commander," he stated, "and when l was "completing the terms of my cnpitulation, he sign» ed a statement stating that my men were to receive the best of treat.- nient and would not. be forced to

fact that they were more skeletons.

l nm ﬁrmly convinced that all the

horrors were due to the German staff officers, who surrounded the

‘Turkish lender in the field find that so niucli pressure was brought to bear on him that he could not do otherwise. It can easily be seen tlmt tbc German staff wanted to humiliate the British ns much ns possible in the eyes of the people of llic countries that they intend- ed to rulc us soon as they won the war. As far as] ani concerned l“,

treatment was most honorable and I did not know of the men's treat-

ment until 1917."

lliajor-(Ieneral Townshend wns given a grent reception when he rose to speak, and ho said that he would follow the president's wish and tell about ‘ltfesopotamia, al- -tliough he hiid nlready told the story several times in this city. In

thanking the club for the reception tendered to him, which he termed

"truly British." he said: "When one crosses the border he soon realizes that it is Dritnin that he

llll‘ llllbllﬁ. hut every one is not sufficiently acquainted with political tnctliods of financial cookery to probe into tbc facts. The Govern- ment has taken advantage of this to‘ send out a dish of figures to suit the occasion. Without. a- big dc-

showed that under the government's new programmei An amusing incident, showing the whole additional outlay required is $54,890. As ‘CYQVI-‘Flllllent srhchhrhhhntl stupid- the payment of this extra amount begins on July 1st, fif- dwllf Yfmilgd “l” ti“ only half of that amount or $27,445 will be requiredlM-‘f’ °' °‘ "° W” °“' °“' . . . , . l. Cox placed n notice on the or‘ for this yeah. Principal Seaman s calculation has do, boakiﬂm, he Wm,‘ ask w. not been controverted and, from the data he gave, lain qupsllgngl and what “cum his figures look conclusive. k ment has been repeated in the House more than once ‘ "l" "lllmlf" v by the promoters of the new taxation measure, re- f“ “ "‘°""’°’ “' "m "emmve M“ . . a rlglii at any time tn ivliatever peated with no attempt at details and apparently]mmnna,,on he M5,,“ mm, m)", ‘vlth little "egard for Qccllfacy- _ ltln (lﬂlllrllllﬂiit. lie also, as a. If the new taxation measure IS to be exacted itl nicinhcr, Should know hvlorc hand would be best for all concerned that it be built oniwhhl the Govcrhlhsht hrcvesﬂl l" the solid foundation of fact. The taxes are goinglf‘?‘_“]““l"“‘“"ﬁ“‘: °""l"l“‘|“‘='"‘('l“’ to be real enough while they last,’let the foundationiw“ m mime e‘ t” p“ fm or ‘r _ _ . . . ‘ _ . ‘on tlie older book and seek this be real ‘llsoi Othelwlse Somethlng “(llhhappell dklnilllfilrnliltlﬂn through the channels to what happened that historic building that WaS-oi‘ the House? “n looks m if my erected on the sand. Andi. as history has an un-illhh- Frlvlhl floss hot cnlny the comfortable habit of repeating itself, a storm m:iy.f'°""“““°" °i "'“ °"“““g“°s' "h" come and the winds may blow and beat upon them”

L keeping him in the dark" us in , , _ _ _ their movements and "l do not fabric of taxation and those who are building it andl lvglldvr if m.» ruinor is true tlml GlTBYG Wlll b6 a Elie has ihiuatencd to resign." ‘This ‘is an encroachment on the prlvllcgtis

THE Smgpﬂnx land the rights of this Iiouse and I ' l

.--- ' icon assure l)y lion. friend that we ' ' , , _ on this side of the lliouse will do If promises are to be relied upon the estimates n“, m, n, Dunne, m“, 1,, m,

are to be brought down early this week, presumably rights."

today or tomorrow. If this promise is carried out , I

there is a possibility of finishing the work of thej,0;};;“jjjjj“’,j’f,jf'if,,1j‘f,,"{§f§‘f,,§§j sesson early next week. It is necessary that the act- ten,» ,",,,;, p,,,,,;,,,, placvd hGfore1h“ pualfinanciztl position of the province should be known f‘f)llfrll'y, coining from a member m with at least approximate definiteness before thelllll’ Gllvfllllllrhl- l" ll imflml-‘l "m" taxation billis completed and the leader of the oppoqTm“ “Fm”, "“"‘ ""“‘““l‘*°" ‘m’ sition made it clear to the government that he andfalfalfa;“S1é;“§::::“b::n his colleagues would insist on a thorough financial‘ house-cleaning‘ before the province is committedl finally to the proposcil taxation. There has been a singular aversion on the part of the government to submit a full financial statement; they have given an account of the part, of the year under control of the late government but have persistently refused‘ to. make any satemcnt rcgzirtling the four months of; their own incumbency. They made veiled promises! of an audit covering the latter period but it has not yet materialized. The province wants everything done in the open; there has been too much camou- flage up to now. The province is now about to be committeed to very heavy taxation but before that is done all the cards must be placed on the table, face

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Dillv Selections Guardian Readers

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ik-nﬁ-Mii-i" KEEP SMILING

Nothing on earth can smile but man! Gems may flash reflected light, bu‘; whnt is n illnmonil-flnsh compared to an eye-flash nnd ll mirth-flash? Flowers cannot smile; this is a charm that even they can- not. clnini. It is the prerogative of mun; it is the color which iovo

‘Ip- woars, and chcerfulness and loy - thcsc three. it is n light in tho

_ windows of the face. by which the

\ [TA l1 5T1 '|'|§'|‘l('§. heart signiﬁes it is at home nnd

'L_.-" whiting. A face that cannot smile

is like a face thiit cannot blossom. and dries up on the stalk. Laughter is day, and sobriety is night, and a smile is the twilight that hovers gently by both-more bewltcbing than oltberr-lienry Ward Beecher.

The report of the Registrar General on births, marriages and ‘deaths has been tabled in the legis- lature. According to this report there were, during the year 574 marriages divided as follows: Roman Catholics l97;_ Presbyterian 126; Methodist 5o; Baptist Episcopalian 14; Christian 5; other de- nominations 1. There were 1027 birth , 522 male. Tiiiiiiiiivli? ‘iiatlt tigtiiiilistiiliiﬁ"Qﬁlttiii" males number 173 and females 111 a total gain of AIwlllllgfgsllgadllislealleetilli’:211:‘.‘PM 284. The most noteworthy cause of death are cancer ' heart disease 82; influenza 47; tuberculosis 47.

"Give me the eyes of faith to see Behind the clouds of sorrow. My Father's hand still gmding me

On to the bright tomorrow. And onlwurd still, through good and i

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NGVGPtlTQlGSS the SL3lL€~ the Government DTODOSPKI llllllllg lh fabric of an imaginary deficit would -Tlie Hon. gPnltlﬁlllﬂnlvﬂnlgh

ficit they would be on the roclm for an excuse for their extravagant taxation. Tho-t (leficit had to he prepared, for the situation would be untenable. An externabnudit must be supressod because it would lift the veil, (lisclose the truth and the

into air. it is, according lto their own admission not properly placed before the country. and taci- ily acknowledge as a creation of “.\fiAN'fif‘illL~.-\TION AND STItANGg IYLATION." l

l The comparison made by Mr. ll.

D. hfcLeiin, of the confidence games

of the Government pnrty with the‘. ‘imethods of the noted bandit Dick Vfurpln, was well pointed for thc- goccaslon. Gaining the confidence lot‘ the roadside traveller with pre licnsions of friendship be would l, lure hinItQ some quiet by-way ‘and ithcre rob film of his holdings, The llllllvrlllﬂ played the same ganie with -the electors, warned them of tho ilzingcrs nf TAXATION which those wicked 'l‘orics were going to im- pose, then when they got the whip hand of the situation commence to rife their pockets of everything in

sight. ITANGIBFLE AND INTAN- (IIBLE. One thing well done is better

than many lnuimmi up half mini-ti processes. If our Government knowing their limited capacity to deal with important questions had concentrated all their brain power llllon one object nnd endeavoured to, make a success of it, they might have evolved a something which, ai- tliough like a solitary chick with a clocking ficn inlght have had some beauty or comllness to commend it to public approval. If, for instance. the road nct was allowed to stnnd aside until next season giving the new (Yoinlnissioncr it summer of practical experience which would qualify him to better remodel the system and perfect his illll, ‘noth lng would have been lost and much gnineil by doing so. The Education llill rcrltilrctl immediate attention. lt wns of nniple importance to en- Rage the whole session of a legis- lature where only a few hours of practical work manages to‘ squeeze in between the rifts nnd pauses of gas and wind. The whole question could be dealt with as it should have been. leaving n0 imperfect. or unfinished portions. The subject lot technical’ agricultural education lnow nn exceedingly live question should have been fully gone into and the nct framed to make every provision to give it effect. lf the Government had abandbned their other needless projects and wind- puffed chimeras and given to the people a perfected education act they would have at least one thing of which they could prpudlyboast.

lnllrch lmo pllpljvlty, owing g0 me gvompriscil the best wliiie troops in

/ . is in. We don't sisngto hear my more that a man is ntnAult-ralinn. a New, Zsulander or Canadian. we want to know he is British and that is nil." In referring to his connec- tion with Csnada, he said that it

dated back to thu beginning of the British regime. as it was his

great great grandfather that rec- eived the surrendor of Quebec, and it wns n younger brother of this general who caused, as the speak- 0i‘ humorously put it, "a bit of u. stir in these parts” by passing the Stamp Act in 1769.

Tribute ‘to the Troops

lie sketched the opening-months of the campaign in Mesopotamia up until the time lie had reached Amara nnd had [eturned from a conference with the commander- in-chlef in India, where he had been told that his task was to re- mnln stationary until more‘ rein- forcements arrived. He paid n great tribute to his force, which ai- though only some 13,000 strong,

the lndlun Army. The Native troops were all that could be de- sired, but towards the end of the siege their morale became weak, in direct contrast i0 the white sol- diers, who improvcil in morale nnd discipline as tlie hardships increas- ed. ' lie received oiufers to proceed on tdllugilatl and although he was ccrtnin that his force wus- inad- equate for tho unilertaking, he ob- eyed orders, and at first lie wns as- tounded to see the success lie was having, but finally fresh Turkish troops from the Caucasus caused him to retreneh and then retire to Kut. On the way buck he halted his force and administered a severe tic- fent tirtbe Turkish advance guard, which permitted him to reach his destination without further moles- tation.

Told to Remain at Kut

From study of history he knew that n besieged force very seldom escapes from surrendering and he informed his superiors that he could continue his retreat until lic met with reinforcements, but was instructed lo remain at Kut and that. he would be relieved within two months. He thrilled his hear- ers with a graphic description of the hnrdslhips of the siege, the shortage of food, sickness, and the ever-increasing number of (tzisual-l ties. "The supply of food by ﬁll‘l‘tl~ plane to n garrison was not ghen a sufficient test," be stated “to

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prove whether ii is feasible or not as the Germnns held the superior- ity of tho air." lie related how the nssuultbn his position on Christ- mas Day would hnvc been success- ful but for the Turkish commander- uot. sending fresh troops to the aid of the assaulting party which hail gained an entrance. The failure of the attack had its effect on tlie Turkish morale and never again were the officers able tn get their men to face the ﬁre of the Dnﬂsll garrison. '

Finally, when there was no more food, and his men were so weaken- ed by sickness and lack of food

‘he wns advised by his superiors to

make the best terms possible.

lie spoke at. length on his im- prisonment in Constantinople and explained the workings of (llploin- zicy that brought about the capllu‘ liition of Turkey and lhcn in short order, Austria nnd (lermnny. "It has been slated that I was in Lon- don several times during the time of my captivity as a representa- tive of the Old Turqs party, but. of course, that is perfectly untrue."

0F GENERAL INTEREST

WETTEST PLACE IN 8.

For such a little nrchipolngo, the Hawaiian Islands offer remarkable varieties of climate. Parts of them have little annual rainfall, whereas on some 0f llic lofty mountains there is an almost continuous down pour through the year. Thus llic island of Kauai runs up to n peak nourly ii mile high (inaccessible except. to experienced mountain climbers), and upon its lofty slop- es there foil during ﬁve recent years an nnnual iivernge of 47G inches oi‘ min-nearly forty feet, that is i0 sny! This, however, is not n maximum for that wettest spot on earth. ln 1911i and again in i918, as shown by United Stat- es weather burcnu rain-gauges fifty feet in dopih of‘ water i'ell from the skies upon that one mountain 10p.

WHERE RATS ARE WELCOME.

Con] mines nnd other mines nre always full of rats, which become exceedingly tame nnd saucy, being never killed or molested by the miners. The latter believe that to kill one would bring bad luck. Indeed, it may be said that rats are very useful in mines. They do good service as scavengers; and, whnt is more important, they give warning by their actions of the presence of dangerous gases. being more sensitive to them than

wmsn beings. When a "cave-ln’

is about to occur, the rats often give timely notice, scnmpering ab- out in an unusual manner. l)oubt- less the preliminary cracking 0t the rocks alarms them.

ANIMAL FLY TRAPS.

An alligator on a bright, sun- sliiny day will lie on it niud~bzmk in the sun with its mouth wide open. lt. is not asleep neecssnrily, it may be thinking or just merely loafing. Flies and other winircil insects, ititrneted by.its saliva, ga~ thei" in swarms upon its tongue, just. us though the latter were u. great sheet of fly-paper. When a sufficicntpiumbcr have collecteilit closes its jaws suddenly, and with a gulp the llttlc torments disiip- pear, affording at. once revenge and an agreeable flavor.

A CITY OF WELLS

Only ll. devout lndinn pilgrim would core to ilrink of the water of the holy wells of the city of Ben- nrcs, for ancient. usage requires that ﬂoral offerings be thrown in- to the well, nnd us these ilccu,\'_ they nmke the water unfit for drinking. io While men's ttisic. '1 An attempt was nncc nnidi- by; tho British (lovcrninent to clean! up some of these wells in tho in-' forests of health and sanitutlon,l but t.he effort did not. please the: l

Hindus. They hnd come hundreds of miles to drink this wntcr, and they wnnted t.o enjoy tho full bend: tit of taste and scent._ i

The most mysterious of the wells is the Well of Fate. Anyone who looks into the Well of raw} exactly at noon and falls to sec iiis' shadow is said t.o be doomed to iiicl within six months. Oi‘ course. ll‘ the silent prophecy is unfavorable, the spirits can usually be bought off by offerings ‘at the temple, con-

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Another troll} tledicalcd to the spit-ii of healing. Pilgrims not only drink oi tho wntr-r of this well, but also bnthc in it to make sure 0i‘ the water's power being transferred to them.

'l‘ln~ most holy of all the wells is the Well of Knowledge, which stands noau" Ilcnaros‘ most sacred shrine, the Golden 'l‘eniplc, ‘and is said to bu the dwelling-place ol‘ ii very lllllillflilnl god.

Fully hull" a million pilgrims tour llic uw-lls of llcnzires cvvry _vc:ir, tirinking in germs of every dis- ease known in India.

PRIMITIVE FERRIES 'I‘lierc are rivers in India which are subject to sudden nnd heavy floods, and ovcr these it is neces- sary tn innlninln u fcrnv-hoat ser- vice. In some cases tho method of

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tronvcying n person across the rivl, er has remained the same for isv- emf centuries, as in the following case. A cord having been fnsteniiti‘ to it iurgc, elongated gourd, and l’. smaller gourd being also tied toll. the native gets nstriiic ,and laying |his breast upon the larger gtlllltlh ‘paddlcs himself across with hands and feetzwomen. too, still, themselves of this slngulni" conttli! vaneo. under the escort of a fall?" man, who, similarly mounted, uttli his charge in tow, citrrics her but] oi, with perhaps u child in ".0" his bond, nnd conveys thrill lllllfll across. ~<oan ~--- WilLL SEND TEAM T0 ENGLAND ‘l'l‘llA'(‘.A.N. Y. May Trforlltll University yesterday llvllllllllell accepted an invitation to senil'_ running team to England for" international cross-country "i" with a joint Oxford and (iainliilrllt team of hurries during the Cllflll’ HHS holidays. ,

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Odd lot Women's bools_$1.ll8. Misses $1.85 and $2.25.

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