Q-.~. .lr-.¢ , _ .l~*"Edwa rd . M ` dune'--#`f~=-= V - a\¢»¢4» . Q’ . . ._ _ gp-no. . “' ‘- ' ' f "’ -D-<.c.,r,j" -Y-~ - < . _ -It 3 .1 .4 Q .~~, :dive rybod. . ...The Guardian” ....1 4' ` » ' _ " A 'f'-‘~-~-1 -1-` '-'~--- » ---M7-~ _,.,-'~'._-'~'~__~~»'-;_»--::~ -*L -~ Y _ _ .,f_- ___,_ __.__._A,,__,_ _ _ _____;_ Devote_d_ id. ` thef'Lit attire. _ Hist I'-lFo 'I .land 1.... *is ;qarf-_.~:.n» . qf_i_drinz|.aewEdé we. "Is or ' ~ - Tiil5.CilAiiL0 WW G RDI LY rounp num . \ _ ' "`=' =- -if V-f Ve.,-e~;,,Y-.-;_=*__ = _,_ _ w.mBt‘.r°wr.o..lm..rn...l cHARLo'r'r1:TowN, PRINCE EDWA D 1sLAND, CANADA, sa ruanav JULY 14~ 1906 ..Cr.».. ‘ ’ ,_ 'L _ ' ‘i s1Nol.ic corgrnrgwnbognqfslim ‘ . , i ' . il. .._.;: . ,l_:;--1L»~__-3,, __ , _ , . _ il l ' r ii . , _ ' Succeeding 5/ze PRINCE Mao i: Guns -rnwaan lsr. MAGAZINE ~< feng Issued Every Satur- day Morning. ~< ~< ~< 1, ,.~ r \ _ HE following is the adventurous career of an Island boy, which is so full of incident as to be worthy recital. Prof. Howlett is now Principal ofthe Plymouth Mass High School and has been visiting his parental Geo. and Mrs. Howlett at Dundas. Prof. Howlett was born lin St. Georges thirty two years ago. ,I-Ie ran away to sealn a Gloucester fishing vessel when only fifteen, but on their first. trip South the vessel was wrecked on Cape Cod, the crew having a narrow escape from drown- ing. Young Howlett then wont to Bcs~ of ton and worked in a shoe shop for tw a carpenter for three years. He, however, determined to get a college education, Qulnocy, Msss;Farm|ngton, New Hamp- shire; and Plymouth Mass High Schools: , i years; he then spent another summer on` the Island fishing, and went back toi Boston wherelle worked at the trade of and studied at Waterville, Maine, and at’ Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, from where he graduated aslld. A. in 1900, making over i,l0‘Z, in all his studies. He has since taught at Wi tsrville, Maine: Professor Howlett is a splendid speaker, having taken the Grout Prize for Oratoryln his college, with a speech on the Hague Place Congress. He has since delivered many addresses, and was selected to deliver the Memorial Day address to the Grand Army of Veterans at Farmington last. year, and it was pro- nounced by the newspapers of that place as the most eloquent ever given there. Prof. Howlett is also a prominent Free- Mason, and Odd-Fellow, and a staunch lover of his native Island. ` being Principal of thc two latter schoolsl 4._ -or » ~ i l ., ‘Has increased aliyonr love for the noblo and truc- , Hua extended his hand as a comrade should do, And has helped you to joy when condl_ tions were blue- Let him know it! If you feel that a woman has brought you more near To the blessings and glories that strnngth_ cn and l.:l\ce|~, ‘i i Anil Ull|"lA_d y0\lr soul into God’s utmos- __m _ _ ___ __ W _ _ A A _ phcre-i that they had lifted the wing of thc wood- Lot ner know nl °°°k 0" thu MBL with a Hauling uno me If you know efoutslders whose word or whose pen Has amused up your courage to ilntilo again, _ _ Has unfolded your thought to the limit- less kin Ami inspired you to me for clit .nrt for mon - Let 'cm know it! F 3 _-Bosroa J ouns.\i.. no-~-f Lr;'r»r:M nNow rr ' ~._~f~~e=.r e s'r1p.R1N,o CAREER , : _ or AN ISLANDER :iz :S ' ~v,'_- \ > ~ .- ,y c rl-44 o 6’/we is it' v__.<~ ri » \ _ o 1’ kv' 4 ‘. 0° "__, o a D » . o°°°o rr .svn 0 _v ., W, D *”f/A \ in if ._ \3 /’ *luv WOODCOCKS AND ef s BY R. Jenkins ' ...~r._ , 'r A_, xv /J .' ~._,__.» 1 o °¢ o . QUESTION asked by The Gnny. A dian seine time ago; Do wood. “Wk 00"? l-hell' Young! having been satisfactorily ansvrerrd by an eye* witness of the feat-, I would now ask; do wood cock carry their eggs! mother bird was sitting on them at the tLme. I approached the nest. and plno-oil Some ot the neighbours' boys reported bird did not stir. S0 I thought I would trv it too. I cut u small switch and was just in the act of lifting her wing when she started oil and seemed much alnrined, "°L Willmillil for the remainder of the tiny. llut when I next visited the nest ull the clrgs had been removed. lt seemed to me a reasonable snpposl tion that the woodcoek had removed them herself, but of this I could not be sure. and would like to have the question iinswcrurl, Emly in M“Y °f ifhis Your I was shown il, , Li wood cock s nest with four eggs. Thell i HM "\Wl\k°’.“l'ilY0u|' heart to the joy of “W hand WithiD\15h0“|d Sill' three inch- them under these conditions docs not` nf” hem; es °f her hem” she new “W“Y- deserve to bc called n sportsmnn I “U1 Pl\Sl1S9ll to know that this flnci game bird is not so rare as we would sup- posr._ Iam sure they would no muull more plentiful if so many of them were A few summers ago two young men of my acquaintance were roaming through the woods one day, and chanced upon nimt they supposed was a wounded wood not shot when they eomcte drink nt the 1-ack, with back and wings broken and pools after ami before suinet. Its quite si common sight to see two or three and sometimes even n dozen drinking at a pool near thc roadside ln thc dusk ol the evening and the man who would shoot The telephone and tclegraph wires also ure very destructive to these birds. 'l`hcy` generally fly about iiftccn or twenty feet from the ground, and these wires seem to - bcjust in the right piacc to can-li ihem,i when on the wing. Tile bill which isi very long strikes the wire which runs up' and delivers a death-dealing blow and is-i more to be dreaded by the wood cock ' than the shot of thc average sportsmiimi as u wood cock is generally quite sail-, fer' a half dozen shots at least from any but ai marksmen that I have seen who have tried to bag them. This bird, like many others can practice deception very nicely. _generally used up. One of them started to pick the poor bird up,: but it would move away and when he came iD ills place whcrc it was, it was not there, B0 they put on more speed but'st,ill could not catch lt; finally one of them removed his boots and sprinted across the open iield. Alter running two or three hundred yards, thc \\'ood cock suddenly revived and started back to the l»u.~.h, without a halt, leaving the young man standin with a very subdued look on his face. I would like to ask if any of the readers 0f'1`i\c Guardian ever saw a white Wood cock ‘culled Albino. About thirty years ago l Suu' one nearly white. I have shot many hundreds oi those birds and am safe in saying have seen thousands. but this is the only white one, ispeckicd) I cversnw and think they must be very rtrc. ~-‘ull ui 1i::1ii;;Iii{fii 1 _ HE beauty of country homes ami 'the'ir'nlce surroundings has such ' ` sn_`attraotil»|i"for`tha people wno l|_y§_{||;_Q1)|g}p»,that, with the cxocption nf chumh, they seldom meet together in_ large numbers. But during the month of, July, which ls. perhaps, the pleasure month lu'-‘Prince--IE~lwar1i Island, the peoplagoforth, bent on real cn_io_vm`cnt. Of the dlffcreqt kinds of entertnlnmmit indulged in to make happy this part ofthe year, there is none' more famous than the Tea party. A _ The lea par|.y,` as near us we bell find cut, takes its origin in a littie oben “UT party where' teawas served, something like nu'r/iuodern lawn party. The chief drink at that party was tea and as thc l oldpebple were very fond oflhat drihk these parties grew ln popularity as well aslo size. ~» 'In the forenoon `of'bne of these July days you take a horse and buggy _ami start to the tes party some five miles away. You could not wish a bettdr rnorning, The' freshness and growth of the grass, flowers, and trees, is- beautiful ly contrasted to the dead heat of the great' snn's rays. A nice cool` breeze, gently' stirs tho frees and grasses and cdoling and purifying the` air. Everything seems glad. The people you meet wear a pleased look; in fact, ‘seine ofthe older ones are so happy about the ineatiher that they’ can- ,notlet you pass withotitigivlng vent t.o ihelrjoycus feelings by saying “A nice day.. _ . . . . isa beautlfulgreen field with u grove of shady maples on the south and one of spruce on the west. In the wood arc some tents and temporary buildings. There is a large crowd present. Old men may be seen talking who have not met for fifty or sixty years, and durlngl that time have travelled over the greater part of the world, old women nursing and blessing their grandchildren, middle-. aged mea with their wives and young children, young men in the bloom of youth, young women in their gllyest clothes gracefully ‘walking round, or swinging in the dizzying dances. Children running to and fro with their little hands and mouths full of dalntics. The sports are called on. The racing is very exciting for a few minutes but it don't last long. The football and-baseball games are interesting. The football, partlculariyls very lively at this time. The country boys show that they are is Playing and the dancing going 0,, HH, ly- Over in the tents many are ulremiy 0.Y0|“ H0 Sllurpur than his tongn¢_ Th, the horizon and left behind the western Wkillkihcir “|.ea.“_ There, women are / _ f L//qs W our GRAFT young Indies whuuhe is “___ h __ l’in\‘osi without a change in its political s ing L csc pin. _ nm Waning by their l0__e__b_ __cm_y _U ____. complexion. Here, too, was acily which i them know _when the" basket comus __n__l knows no boss but itself; which takes the i . ready to receive compliments from tiiel """'L°'YStem "5 H mum' °f °°“"°e~ “mil ‘ nnotlgneen i without any law enforcing lf; a city uhlch And now as the sun has dropped below kt-cps its oilicinls in oiiiceas long as they: pf” b ' A cnr wrrn ‘NSY nttendlmz to the wants of their-| I iii ) . . . lllI1_ny customers. After the sports arcl finished other kinds of amnsemcnis arc' _ T' ” “R5” “P i-'lid day passes on to evening. ‘ _ _ _In °°llll\‘lYat£_0__ll _With a'l£a pzlriy lin: ‘ERE ‘V585 l-_D_\_9{_l1,9`9li_'icll\\'i\houti C h‘"°3“h°° 9|9°'iU Kfliilllil Will? general y UUYFUDGIDU'-»»al5`_ieast we would i bmw! llfitll pie or basket of onke anti smile at such irregularities as those are sold nf, the tw ,m,.,y_ T|___i-li.»ini~i»tiic Giaswegian; s ,council which! Auctioneer ls “sham looking _mm _“__ ___`; lcimws no Partly Politics and elected at t.‘iin.~crvatlve to succeed a Liberal as Lord will stay or as long as 'they serve the con» i sky filled with all the splendor of a settingi victions of their constituents; n city] sun and, as the shades cf night, nr., un which makes its enterprises pay, and pay i _ _ _ _ _ ,__ f°idill|`-', the Dpople withdraw to their-l big, and watches its finances as prudcntlyi The_ se:.t__of:t_._beya parts? is lrreared. Itmade of.good stuff. Besides this the band homesfand the tea party is over. l ns thc most conservative banking-house; _ _ '\ /"| » » ,-, _, ,_ ll ‘lily lu Vlhlclx it is the ambition of every citizen to serve without pay and without return save in the approval of his fellows. Here. too, is a city which knows no favor, no friendship, no politics, in the choice of its servants. "Wanted, o Town Clerk. The Corporation cf Glassow,” so thc newspaper advertisement runs, “in- vites applications forthe ofiice of Town Clerk, which is about to become vacant. The salary will be $10,011() a yen;-_" Hero was the most important salaried oiiice within the gift ofthe council, an office which combines the duties of the city solicitor as well as all the clerical duties oi the city, hunting for the man, much as o. German city looks for n lord mayor, les for a president or a_,-minister. Ths_ corporation was offeiing its lniluentialpost to the candidate from all Great Britain best qunliilrd to ilil it. liere, too, isaciiy in which all citizens are united demanding oiliccnt. service undsecuringiha city in which the privileged few who own thc franchise corporations in America and the un- privlleged many who are scckirlk' n Job are united with thc city rather tim" against it. For Gla.-gow oilcrs nv franchises whose values run into the millions as a tempting treasure to igiimble for. - From “Glasgow," by Frederic C. Howe or an American college or church scnrch. ~ in the July Scribner. 1"' e TETCWN GUARDIAN SHORT STGRY T l .. . ___ ei §” . it » @i`§oT&§i`§§’;$hiN t$ ny new _ ' "nom, im. by usa-Mnlmmecs. The Very New ° Throughout the block it was known that Mrs, licGlnnis,.was as onsociable as she was thrifty While the other wo- Q-" ' o 0" . ,. ` t d i so 1 ui windows or me es I 'igiildnxgrxil andxgrssipgd or hung clothes ' across the court and qunrreied ever the __ I = | §`~ itil itil 'tg Q _\ _, _ _, ,'y. rt, i~_t h ' '-..._ ~ ` .l~"i"‘”1=°'°f.~ f i6 if :P . if.: Q , v . n _ B". ». -af U 8"", C __ I length of line, Mrs. McGinnis went quietly about her own business with- out a word to any of them. Indeed, some of her neighbors looked at her with awe., for in a tenement where gvorythlng is known. the news soon \ ’ ' Z I spread that Mrs. McGinnis ,went out by the day to wash for people who moved in high circles of society. \ ' l Life went very cheerfully for lirl. ' McGinnis. She had many things to be ` A ‘ “m ' Yi A 1| r _ _ .__ .5 _t IcGinni|sl to 'ill D0therln|" thankful fer. Her two rooms were al neat as energy and soap couid= make them, ber husband was sober and in- gqnu-ions, and thq were putting away 7 `fl¢!.bl¢ in the bank each month. She nkfai toe, that there were no “mg” g onto( up thakiteben. she “ferr or swam- . my at iiv¢?::x-oss the bail. "’"*~|’°m°“|°$¥,` glgpjgfqua Mrs. McGlnlih 'tl WDM liens vnTe`i\!\’ai|RiI all Mrs. ille- Ginail owl! hu'\‘ll1 vvsitito IUC home and open the wrapping on the kitchen fable. "Eben would be cuffs and necks and trousers ll (ood as new for Mr. McGinnis, and auch waists and skirts lor herself that she was able to set the styles for the whole neighborhood. Her only near rival in this was Mrs. 0’Bhaunessy, who appeared one Suu- day in a red plush hat nodding with green plumes. The following week Mrs. McGinnis _.went to church in n pink satin waist that had once been the bodice of a reception gown. It was elaborately trimmed with chiffon and artificial rosebuds and had elbow sleeves which displayed, Mrs. McGin- nis’ muscular arms, ruddy .from-much contact with strong suds. Yet ii' there was anything ludicrous in the picture she presented she was entirely uncon- scious of it, and the gorgeousness of her apparel settled her supremacy as a leader of fashion. . _ .Bntfthe feudzbetween herself and lf_rs.,,()',_Sbauae|sy still continued.. Mrs. 0’B_haunéssy used ga strut_ up the aisle “for all the wurroi like an owld,%en" with her numerous- progeny/tra log behind' bel,--'add she wauld""oEo`t n glance over ber shoulder ntl( ;_‘Me- Gi is. Were not lar famtileiff not asf-¢§iyli|h;og?|;g.satlnptrlistq? One 'svenln Mrs. llcfiinnil ___ home with-I ian-per bualidhm ' _ i. "Shure, we a whole new w"_ _ .will be havlll." lie~|aid,blsl - “1lm»t.\n¢.exeitod I-~ea\llldifé li i I I V f m °"'°" "”“"°°'°'“~'xl:"""° »¢rm|st~x¢»¢nni¢c¢»u.xa¢;»,.rae, mark that she wal Kill 'U9 hm "UQ vacuo; nniielnlao W six, yon‘ii look lolko the hnyerr ul! lm wand herds when htjfme. 3 pq, pines at mem" to 4|! It ' ' ` can f- .. * i9”-iii: ' in an ur im ery net' i&§|igg|':lIi|.I|¢r scrubbing d0i\_ up in a bundle and rurried under ` _ sus it in moi. nr OIC will make 1' iin`¢%tle.v$\I lllll\iut.,o'smunn¢u mlm! an liqwtitmo' l\Ailt¢oQwith|fl" I ¢ti|il;:men‘lf!nidPat,aad I ' , " ' ' KHP- .5°m°""“"' ‘""°"gh tm _ held lp something that neither ef ihen iiifflli 'Ii llilllfl. ~ °f rf :::;.:°:i‘..".‘§ -s-»-1°-=» -f-_-- ur 1-~= -~~ ,.___-` _- . vvithomuch iarnlil _ _ , _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ *A __ A, W ~ . irsbpiiln _m“w“_’____ #:_______#_v___w___, with lace cuffs and a wide lace collar. There were little black silk stockings, too, and patent leather slippers with] gilt buckles. Mn: McGinnis looked nt the outilt spcechlcssly. “Ye mightseli it," said her husband. i “Indnld, and I'll not," said Mrs. lilc- _ Ginnie. | “Ye can give it to Mrs. 0'Sbaunessy, then," hnznrded Put. " 'Twill fit one of bor youngsters." l “Is it out of your mind you_ are?" , cried Mrs. McGinnis. "To think I'd be ‘ giving this suit to the iolkcs of them! ` What would .her red headed spnlpccns i be doing with a lace collar and cuffs, I'd lolkc to know?" And Mrs. McGin- ; nis snorted indignaniiy. To her mind ` these clothes were meant for a prince- llng, and none but a princeilng should wear the-m. f That night. as she lay sleepless, she was haunted by visions of a ilttio iig- ure in a black velvet suit. Now he sat i by the kltrben table, his fair hair shin- , ing under the lampiight; new he was | walking by her side to church, so aris- tocratic that none of the tribe of 0'Shouncssy could hold a ,candle to him. Suddenly _nngnesscd longings and tender-ncsscs began to stir. She wou- dored how it would seem to have some ‘ one to oracle in me twnlgm, to reel ri drowsy head against her breast. If would be sweet, she thought, to wake him in the ning and ses bil face, all warm nuguiihshed with slumber, hi: curls in a tangle about his neck. Later, when be w 0, older, be would go tc school and s%:d first in his class, while the little 0' aunessys would he nl~ ways, slwnyo_at the foot. And, soothed , hy this plelsant reflection, Mrs. Mc- Ginnis fell asleep. Yet even her drcnms were broken by the putter of tiny foci in patent leather slippers with gilt buc- ics. k With morning came n resolve which l she did not los at to imnlrt N PIG l is .r 2 ' ' _ .‘ (ff -. ._ . ,...,,,_,., _ ~ 1 _ If ~‘*"' "~' il"-N 0:-i'»Jv»J,`{»`° U l J 4 Q, lg" ¢ |' .rI'. in nf* and by noon sim set rr-soluievy mff on hcr quest, carrying n lcttor from the priest in one hnnd and dress suit vase in thc other. The sister nt St. Mar- gnret`s Orphan asylum ivns slvciistnm- ml to many sinrtlin:.,' rcqulrcmvnis. but surely none were cw-r more astonish- ing than Mrs. Mi-Glnuls' dcmnml. for n boy to fit a black velvet suit! As to his nge or parcntugc Mrs. McGinnis did not seem to care. So long as the suit fitted that was all she nskcd. Then followed a strenuous bait hour for seine of the little orphans. There were mnny boys of assorted sizes. Tlmrc were thin boys and fat boys, dark boys and fair boys, but a psood fit scemcd hopeless. Mrs. Mc iinnls watched the proceedings with n trou- i bled cyc. "Look nt him," she would wnil. “IIc's that chunky hc‘ll bo . bursting the scams if be moves an inch!" or ngnln, "Begging your pardon, 'tis no bean polo I’m after wanting!" Sho tried two more asyiums, with no bcttor results. Despair settled down upon ber. Was tho, surprise she had planned for Mrs. 0’Bhaunessy never to bo? Must she go home bullied and de- t fffilffrtl Mill iIiV° UP Hil hope of the sen- sation sbc had planned to create? And n deeper feeling than all these tugged at ber heart* The world seemed so fllil °f ¢l1||¢ll'l!l'l. and there was not even one for her! A sob rose fn her ` un-oat es one began to fold up the velvet suit, . “P” “UU t “VIII you with many f-lllllllr sho slid huskiiy t_o,.ths sister la -chlrce "tor thorn not vm or mem ull! Ml ihohilit at all, at alll” And even as the spoke there appeared be- fore her me mlm er lm- lm moss- 41'°lm--Dine and ua with crap corn °f_ me-eureka eauavuaousi ni 1. ducked umm nmun imma sr .Yeast _ _ 0 child smiled slgagingly at Mrs, “WNFR who fait 5 lmht .Wave of linllilillllllill over-her `8iich"a broth ofa' boyl Here at last was one who would It not only the velvet suit, but s. niche that had long been vacant in her heart. “What is your name, dear?" said Mrs. McGinnis tenderly. "Norah," said the child. It was not at all the answer Mrs. McGinnis had expected, and the good woman gasped. Bat there was a wist- ful svvcciness about the child which (Wal not to be resisted. The lcvc light of awakening motherhood shone in Mrs. McGinnis’ eyes. “Will you be my little gurril, dar- llnti" she whispered. The night that Noi-_ah onaliy arrived Pat was as delighted as his wife. llc thought be had never seen a “prctilcr little colleen." The next morning was Sunday and the McGinnises enicrcd church somewhat late, Pat in the lend. iwearlng a tall silk hat Ind stepping .very jauntlly, Mrs. McGinnis nr-xt. moving with a notable rustic, and by ner ciao e beautiful mills girl .rinse black velvet coat, heavily trimmed with lace, was the admiration of all lio- holders. lt was a day of triumph fer Mrs. McGinnis. She beamed on the Whole world. She even beamed on lilrs. 0'Slmuncssy when they met face to face on the church stops. "The top of the morning to you, Mrs. 0'Shauncssy," quoth Mrs. McGinnis. "It‘s well you'rc looking this fine tiny, and all your family. Shure, it's a large one, therc's no denying it! llut (with a glance of pride at Norah) it‘s myself that has always preferred quality to qunntltyl” Gave lifm Hin Timo. A Kentucky congressman felis an in- teresting tale of the execution of a noted desperado in that state some years ago. Just before tho sheriff nd- justed the noone he asked the Milli "Mb, I think not," began the col- victed ons, when he was interrupted by a cheerful voice shouting: | "Bay, Bill, if you aia't got anything ' special to say would you mind giving i me fifteen minutes of your time just ' to let these good people know that I am a candidate for their sutfrages, ann"- ’ "Hold on, there!" shouted the sheriff. ' "Who's thai?" i "John Blank," volunteered some ons. i naming a rising young polillclilll. Wil* has since represented his state for l l number of years in the house of repre- sentatives at Washington. | "woo ala so my lr wrsr' wnisvwl the condemned man to the sheriff. ; “They say it's John Illunk." "l thought I recognized John's voice," the desperado calmly rcmnrkcd. “Walk he can have my time. nil of it. but I0 nbcad and hang me first and lei: lib talk afterwsrd.”--I.ippin<‘0il'8. q|y¢,"1. W" conslrlnel Useless. ' No commercial commodity can shot! I a greater increase ln value, pecuniary , or utilitarian, than giyccrin. Orililrl' l ly a waste product climinnted in (lil manufacture of soap, candies and mu dicinai planters, a nuisance to U11 manufacturer and a source of ebstrutr tion and pollution to river and lewerr it is now largely in request in limos! every branch of indnstr!~ 3° SP0” i' the demand that the candle and other works can no ions!! yield ihv l'l‘fl"i|’°4 supply ef' this commodity. Ind “"‘ "0" not only manufacture it on n inriic scale, but import it. lt is u.-1-il in med- icine, fl the lrrs, in perfilmory, ln ill! m|nuf¢¢¢qN of beer, in onli:-o print gn' fn me preparation of Icuiher ant. ng an antiseptic. Large qunntiilcs are umuniiy absorbed in thc- prodm-tlnn of nitrogiycerin, dynamite and eillcr cb piolives. _,.~_ _. question whether the man had an!- '~ f _____;“ '__,_._.__. Sworn Average camtiléliilii net. 3°, Daily and in-weekly om l &iiPFv:' o"b` »s 112:51 isrfiive ~we.. .»...._,,.¢¢ 5 4 l i i l