THE CHARL , _ . 1 ~ . ._ _. _ -.-- .. _ ' .~., __ _..._ .ii-,..-_-» i ’ :_ 7.51. `lr‘,'_ 1"*-'.‘~..~_~-i‘.-.\= vw ~ - ~ ._ - . _..- -_ . ,_ ._ ._ ._ ._._-. _ _ -.__-~.:-'. -'=-' . H ..'~»..~ ~ -»'»i_'. ve.-~. '- . i - . ~' '_ "’.f"' " " '~‘ v, ‘ '- _ _ ' _ - .V »j»-`~_' _'AF-' >.`,_K!`ff_?"'”-_ " _'._." _f1.,~5’_, -_ "`* _r_~_'.- ,' ‘ _,V is '_.'~.:,~l ’[“`-__.§,:__. :?lj_ l";"'-",.' '_,.;»'»v~'_ ‘ ' "_ ‘»‘ ' '_ ‘ ' - ` < ' . _ . ~ _ . ‘ ‘ ff -_ ~ . ‘_ _ _ . , _ _ ,7 THE .mr or msrso wnau you mu ni A oscar sunny "How much can you live on?" ask- ,.1 the employer _ .-1 d0n't know", the newly employ- ed responded doubtfully. .iwyii make it fifty a month," sald me employer. "I lived in twenty-live in my dal'-" ` The new emPl0¥e checked a remin- der tliiit those times were_ just before the civil war. Bo that is how he be- came an expert on the quick lunch He ate in quick lunches of several kinds. In some'there are printed bills Di liire, in others, a retired prize lighter thunders on your eardrum: “Beef -stew- hum-an'-roast-beef-hash _imin-and-eggs-aggs-pliiln-boiled-(sled) scrambled-(long breath) -pie-shred- deli-wheat-calves’-liver-tee.-coll'ee-mi1k- wnt'll-ye-have! " Sometimes you are served by pom- piiiioured C(`rcasslans;_ but at several places the banqueter is herded behinri ,i brass rail before ia counter heaped with "jellles smoother than the crea- my ciird and lucent syrups tinct with cinnamon." He is hurled resistlessly forward; other diners hurry in front .ind crowd him from behind. He ciiunot avail himself of that Lucul- liiui deliberation, that artistic dis- criminutiou which makes the perfect iiienl. _ LEAIINS TO PLAY THE PIANO BY OBSERVATION. people just about *as ridiculous and' yet it is true, vevertheless. Some time :igo it young friend of my son culled wiiile w were at dinner, and, refusing to join ns, lie went into the music room to wait until we hi-id tin- islicil. He hsdn't been there long be- lerc there floated out to us the in- troductory bnrs of one of the Hun- gurinn lthapsodics, thc second and ii luvorite of mine. I listened intent- ly, und as the music continued turn- cil to my Boll and aBl{ed, ‘IB that Roy plnyinil?" -"‘Sciirch mo,' responded the boy with ii puzzled look on his face. ‘If it is lie's certainly been modest about his niiility in that line. I didn't think he could play a jewsharp. "Well, whoever it ‘was played the iwleetioii through to the end, and, ivliile it lacked a certain amount of individiinlty in its expression, it was iiccurutely rendered and, on the whole, a very creditable performance. llnving finished my meal I went into BWUIE into a rollickin 1; t, waited unobserved until bla)-lii:il)'¢:l::1_ pleted it. Then, going over to him, I B0-ld. ‘W|lY, ROY I had no idea that You ever 'studied music.” " ‘Never did,” he answered with ral-he\r‘ a glieepish smile. “ ‘ ou on’t mean to t,ii Played that lihapsodle bry li? Y0ll?’ I asked. ' " 'N0.' he replied, ‘bv sight, you see, some time ago my ann; i,0,,gh¢_ one of those player-piano things and inter monkeying with it for hun., awhile I figured out that I might learn to _ play some of those things by hand if I watched where the keys went down and practiced on them 'l"hat's all there is to it ' drove aunt crazy sometimes, but I’ve got a lot of stuff in my fingers now and am lciirning more every day-"' "Aria it was the truth. 'rue iioy Wuld Play a number of selections, some of them in a stilted fashion and others which he was more farniil iigr in better style,,_ and it is n SIWPEG thluz that he is actually dev- @ 0111111! _a certain amount of individu- ality with his ‘pieces by sight’ and unless one knew it, as I do lwoiiiii never believe he had learned them by U1? Player piano method. He hns sin-_ prised all of his friends, and 'I know a iiuinbet of others who are following, his P1811. mme. but all learning to PIHY-” m L_ CHOOSE DEATH BY BULLET. Why d condemned inurderers choose shooting in preference to hang~ lull," Since the State of Utah passed a liiw)givlng convicts this choice Ar- thiii lrntt, waiden of the Utah state DFlS0n, has not hurl one who would- 20 to the gallows (ln one occasion a murderer refused to makes clioiec hanged. Warden Pratt hns been tourini, Cnlifornin. with Governor William Silly and party of Utah Pratt was warden of the Utah pcnitciiti-ary when it wins a government prison, f»Wf’lltY-two years ago Eight years ago he was appointed warden, :ind since that time has made it one of the model prisons of the country. The recent legislature authorized the employment of convict labor on state liiirhways As it result of this Utah will build u road fioin the state line of Idaho to the liouiidnry of Arizona, ii distance of 500 miles. As an experiment n hundred convicts will hrst be worked on this improve- ment As an iiiduccnieiit they will rc- ceive .i bonus of practically one day off their sentence for each day‘s lu bor perfornicd. Warden .Pratt hopes for the success of this experiment.. “Utah has a law which allows ii condemned murderer to choose eitlier hanging or shooting as n inode of dy- the music room and entered just in. time to see that friend of my son’sc Shooting is thc more humane. It is Yard. seated on ii chair, and, il he de- slres,_ is blindfolded. Five men arm- ed_ with _rifles are then ninrchcd to |within ten paces of the man. Four |uf the rifles contain ball cartridges. 'l‘hc_fifth has ii blank shell. A target |ls pinned over the heart of the con- demned man, all five guards take careful aim, iuid ut a signal the vol- ley is fired. The ordeal is over in a siispciise and suffering last for many few moments, whereas in hanging the _ . It took- quite awhile, of course, and it- nearly minutes." THE SUIh}N'l‘lFIU AGE. When l wus married to my wife I sliureil lici" swcct iloniestic hors; We led ii simple coiiiiti'y life, Audi were contented with our neigh- mrs. la- In` all the jobs ii lioiiiiowile finds I :il\i/:iys was iiilcptwiiiil cei'tnin;; I lixod the catches on the blinds And qiielled the savage window cur- tuin. ' 'l"o lit ii stovepipc in the wall, To :nuke a sliclf or mend ii tnblc- 'Thcnc really were not tasks at all To one nicclizinically aible. llut when we moved to town, nlns! 1 found- niy talents inilcli diminish- ed, ' ' A city miiii min-it join si class In ciigiiiccriiig ere hc’s liiiishcd. I fear the iiiciiiiileinveiit light, I cniiuot iiiciiil the i~iiiliatoi'; It never i-iceiiis to bc iiiiitc i'i|.:lit, Our chcniiciil rcfi'igoi'atoi‘! I cannot uuilcrstiinil the ’plioiio, ' 'l‘lic vurziiiini clr-nnci' has mo giieus- ing; _ , , ` li.-\.__ R., ofaafg,-i\_§’,if*___,;-~_:._i ___ _ -___-ibmgé-.igé ,nf l__`_,ii_.'-J_,_,_ii_ ff ”` \\-- "li _Y.’,'r_-_» ~ .' off .fix oiinty, but in the peniteiitinry yard. _-%,.__ ._ -‘ _ i1'|. _ _ - » _ _ _ '_ __ - - ,_ _ _ » - - _ _ , _ . . ._ _ _ . . . . .- .. -:_-_=;_g,-~-~--;_¢;__-_-¢»-\-,;=;;;_- “ _ _ ~ »----~-~~-I -~---~- ~“' ~"-*'°"-'_ ' Y: ' but now I fuss about and blunder; A nsnosnoiisooufrnsor A man six feet high with the' side of his head wrapped in flannel, went into a dontlst's consulting room the other day and sank wearily into ii chair. In response to the dentist’s "What can I do for you?" the large man said: . “[ have u toothachc that is break- ing my heart, and I think that I ought to have a tooth drawn; but, you see, I haveri’t been to a dentist since I was a boy, and I want to ask you n few questions before you go to work. "I want to know whether you fast- en one hand in the victini's hair and bruce n knee against his throat, and then draw his tooth ns though you were pulling the cork from n hcer bottle with ii, coi‘l|screw'?”‘ “Why that would he murder. You feel no pain at all.” ` “’i‘hat’s what the dentist told me when I was a boy. I want to know whether you use ii. jimmy to draw a tooth' when the pinccrs foil, und also whether you will replace free of cliarge, any sections of the jaw that may he removed iliiring `thc. opera- tion.” "Then you may go alicud: 'hut I have nfrioiirl :it the _foot of thc stair- way. He is ii larger mini tlinn I nm, :ind he can punch ii hole tlirougli*a street. door willi his fly; and if I yell once he is coniing up here eight steps 1-. . .. ._ __ ‘___ _._ _. Irufiizii "nil" 8! ii-_i» 'l‘lio popular route between Queiicc, lvloiitrviil, 'Fhoiisand Islands, Toronto und Niagara Falls. Elegantly equip- ped and thoroughly- up-to-date stea- niers, leaving Quebec dull-y except Suiiiluy, during May at 6.00 P. M.for Moiitrcul. Froiii June lst., until Oc- l.o|ier 7th., daily except Siiiiiliiy. (loniiiiciiciiig June lst., steniiiors leave Montreal for 'I‘oi'onto daily ex- cept Sunday nt 12 o'clock noon. For time tables and further particu- liirs write, M. l'. (i()NNOl.LY, Gciiciwil Agent, Quebec. Jos. ir. iioi.AN, C. P. A., Montreal. 'riioivi/is Huiisv _____ _'Z-._ -_-d _ _ "I lnive given up the idea that there ig no royal road to learning," remar- 0 _ _ lied ii. man prominent in business and _ _ seciul circles to a friend the other ' _ _ _ diiy. _ _ ' “What is it?" inquired the other. _ l "Iiciirncd to do Mexican drawn work ' tliroiigli a course in a correspondence ~ - , I7.. . _ _ , _. 9"_',‘I;f:)pe' but it will sound to most and the Judge sentenced him to be .' ' ` I -_ -»-- - _ --- - i- ri 3 f-»- _. ,-_ - _~ -_ =-. wg-, »-\.,_ .':‘.- '.»=.-'vi wg. . __ go up the street to the veterinary I’l`t0HIBI'I‘lQN. ' 1- "Wanted-Hi h .links that one is not _ and dance and sing, without huitinz So far we have not had a man who The ilreless cooker makes me groan, at a time to knock down the _anyhodyi we know an the mics |01- hns chosen hanging. Once a murder- The electric iron is distrcs`sing.` csllin with you. Do you want to go being goo,-]_ though sick abed “mi ,.|d ei' refused to make a choice and the iiheu 7" and feeble and tired; will someone llldgc sentenced him to be hanged. I once was handy with my tools, -“I uni afraid not. You had better iplense rise and explain how we can `he good, though full of pnysical elec- Painless und iiistiuitiiiieoiis. The con- Too lute to learn these iiiodcrii rulei~i|isui'gcoii." tricity and moral dynamite and llelullcll man is led to the prison 1 simply pity the bills-and wonder. ---i spiritual flame. I would like to insert this want nd. in the morning paper of the unlveriie’ i H p,-(,h|i,iti,,n has every m-giimciit in* ashamed of the morning after. Spices its favor. The advocates, however, that leave no poison in our body, re- ovu-lnok one ¢_hing_i,umm, nature, _niorse in our soul, nor bad taste in And the particular element in_human f nature to which Ireler, is the nccee-_g -4 ' _ sity inboi'n in the average healthy |human animal to "bust loose" once ,in a while. People as a rule do not fdrink because they like the taste. §'l‘hat is the end ol tho' drinking hab- it, not its beginning. They drink-be* »cause they want to escape from the realm of huindrum and want large- ness, liberty -and cxaltntion. l)rlnk is a short cut, and of course a bad one, to high, rosy and sparkling feelings. Prohihiting this is of little'value un- less you give something in its stead. Give” men a better was to _i:lUfY. f0I` they are incapable of resisting the temptation to he glorious. mul _lf they can find no other way they will get gloriously drunk. 0, for n prophet to appear and teach us how to plnyl How 110 Bl10\1l» _ » "1-ai- _i i Valuable Property On Euston Street Foir'S~a-le at Auction I mn iiistriictcil by Mrs. J.W. Mit- chell to sell at auction on the pi'em~ ises _ On Wednesday,-June Zlef l9ll at I2 -o’clock (sharp) her valuable property sitiinteil on the north side of liluston Strcctlictwecn Prince and Great (iorirgo Streets. This iillords n. rare cliniice to secure- ii licniitiliil property in one of the best residential' localities in the city. Furniture, eie. On the suhie dny, commencing ntl 2 o'clock' p. in. I will sell' all the hoiiseholii furniture coiiiprisiiig pur- lor, dining room, hall, bedroom and. kitch'en fiiriiitnrc, dishes and iiteiislls. Sale to continue until everything is disposed of. _ Upper Pownal Street Prop ert I will also sell hy aiiction _ On Tliursday, June 22nd, l9ll _ at I2 o’elocli noon (sharp) the property situsiteil on the corner of Upper Pownal Street (or Spring Park lioad) and Victoria Avenue. or in lots to suit puichasers " This highly bred and lioaiilifiil Trolling Eiinlllon will he for scrvicc at l‘nrk Stables, Euston Sl, Clizirlotleloivii season iriii at a fee of Tun dollars cnsh or iioiu :it iinir: 'of lirsl service. Rcliirii privilege freo li!! mares proves in foal. llorrlar lins no cq-.iul in Maritime l‘i'ovirici:s nm! no siipcrior in America as a sire of beauty, iudividn. 'xy and speed, opportunities clnsidcrc-l. His fcehas been placcdnl a figiire limi no breeder however careless or inriiflcroni can afford io overlook who has his our. inleres! at heart. Bori- ‘ 'l‘cnil+~r fur Station lluildlnzs" will be if-reiveil at the office of the l'or_ri~ io.-.sinners oi' the ’l`_rar.= eontiiientul Rail- \ .ii :ii Ottawa until i. o’clock noon_ ol thi- li' il fini' _ol.`lune=. l9ii,_fnr the erection cii.~taiioii 'ind other buildings. required along the line of the Transcontinental lliiilwny as set forth below: _ '-I.-r:lii~.»i i.-From .l'|nst»gr Rock in tlin l’ro\'inci: of New Brunswick westward l.o the Quebec- oonnunrr-_ _ .S`ecii».ii 2:.-_-From Mile 161.5 to Mile 19| i>u.é ze as Sei = is Rl of )iif:irio. - _ _ Si~i:tion '_' -~l"r_oni the iliiisionnl yard at Uiwiliui-i. Ontario, eastward fora distance oi \..| iiiilvs. i.\.`i=<:‘ioii s_ Froni Mon. .iii to Nngndogan. ii ilu- l'ro\'i|i<:i». of New liriinswic . _ Sr lion ll- l""-' ii lllilu 1255.5 to Milo 159 \\'i».~. -»l' l\loiir‘t\»ii: _ _ Lhniisziiid .ape-e_ific:il fins may ba se_oii :in.l full iiifuriiinl.i'>n olitziiiiafl at t_lin_nlfir-e oi 1\i.'. liorrloii Llrani. Uliiei l<.n_r:inei_-r, i>l_i:i\\~.~_- Uiiizirio, unc.” 'it the iolluwingdis~ ti'|r~i_oli.i'os: - _ _ .~§i»f‘.tion i.--Mr. C. I) Foss, District l‘lii»iiiPf»r,St Johli. N.B. _ I .‘s‘oi~i.oNi». '.l, 1),( iini‘l _'i --IMF. Doiicel, )islri<~t Ciiirint-er uv if. . . _ Ho.-lionli,~Mr. l\lo|eswog'th, Dis- lrii-; lCrii:iiioei‘. Norlli Buy. On_tnrio._ _ ='r»i-iioii 7--Mr. l_5` ll. l’on|in, District l-]|igiii|~or, Si. Boniliici-, Mini.- 'l`i-iiilors must br- ii-_idly on the lornis .siipiilii-il by the Coniinissioiii-.rs and _must ho sigiicil and senloil by ull the parties to llii- lvnili-r. nml \\'il|iessPd» Hllfl he HC' i-oiiiimiiii-1| by un neiepteil _choline on ai i-.liiiriiiri-fl bunk of the )nininioii__ of Cun- nilai. iaairrililu to the orilr-_r of tho lninmis- 1. of tho 'l‘i'unscoi1tiiiental Railway i olvnerls stahl,” at G"""}Vlue'_ i l'i`i‘iIIli(.sl1llliiif»<|ii:i| to if-ii Ver ecnl. <10 p. c.) ol '1‘crrne1 Suuxle service $i..oo, see- win- :iiiioiiiii ..i ine if~i~er. '|‘lii- right is i'er~ier\‘eil to reject any or all tenders' ll' ‘I r ° 0" ° P. ii. RYAN. Secretary. "1 he "'oiiiiiiissionoi's of tlii~'I`rniiscoritinen- I. l lt; 'lwn_V. _ l):i'li-dlilt Ottnwn this 12th day ol' Mny uni _ _ _ Ni-\\'sp_:im-.rs inserting this z\ilverl`.isc- mont without authority from the L/om niissio|ii=r_s will not be paid lor it. 5-20