art‘. vilidfisfll I E AMA. Ila-r. lI-Irhe ‘House doblymmons today adopted, a ro- loltltion providilll that “the gov- ‘mment should; consider the ex- "fluency of unending the income m w; by increasing the amount o; aggmplldll for eaoh child from hundred to five hundred dol- lm m; by exempting altogether. the father of five children, under 8mm,” years of age who has an “w,” o; jogs than $5.001). Joseph Armgflmru, fawn, chambly ver fgffiiltEuu everyone who 111111 ildren knew that ‘it cost mo"! ch $94) g year to ibring u? 11 mm 3e‘ had figured it out and {and that it cost far more @1181! g 0r: wear 611111112 . 0g gpsipg are ln the air. signs . 1;*.&1'°.i’::‘"=.‘:;1:l.“.:; - _ ~ ao m Poman sledded m ta be seen ‘halal ‘ $0.151; me city en route for Rus- . mo m prepflntion for the fisiuing mason. Nobody has yet arisen to declare that he 1m heard the son! of the first r0111". 11111 111 M‘? 781° lhe icicles thatoverhuns 1111‘ P1P vlnclal Building all winter are gone. and i116 5°13 a" 11111111115 marbles around Q1199“ 9111"" school. l-f "Matthias" comes-can spring b3 flip D8111!!!" . In the rSpring a young mans mm’. lightly Vriofis its studious tendency, and the urge is to ‘roam in the sunshine. We have not ad- vanced that far yell. 89111118 1111111 there is still a mutter of twenty 111‘ thirty feet of snow through which ‘the railway trains are P81181118. 111111 that 1n some sections they 111° not passing at all. The sedate memlbers oi the Le- gislature are not yet all seated- ‘rhey are dribbling in by vwos and throes from the rural districts. as trafilffc conditions allow. But a few more days of sunshine will work wonders with the snow ‘bar- ricado. Bast Thursday, rwhlch was a wen] Spring day. many country people weroto ‘be seen shopping and driving through the streets, which have a muck)‘ fliliwfiflnco. not at all pleasing, but which are in good travelling shape neverthe- less.‘ it is surprising what a little sunshine can do to alleviate that I l mbihltted the resolu- l |T-lTNll BITME T lX TTIT $500, the law at present provided for an- exemption of $2,000 for a married marl. The idea evidently was that this amount was neces- sary for the proper upkeep of a man and his wife, if this amount was necessa y surely the exemp- {tiom for each child was quite in ade quota. He was in favor of a sane selective immigration policy but he firstly believed that the most de- sirable citizen was one that was born and brought up in Canada. Hon. W. S. Fielding, Minister of Finance, said he was constantly re oelvlng demands for exemption ‘from other taxes. rHe promised to consider Mr. Archambaults sugges tion. "Soil Robbery On Farming C. E. MacKenzle. If one were to look in a diction- ary for a definition of Agriculture, the result would be something like this: ‘Cultivation of the soil for food products, or for valuable growths of field or plot. fBut all agriculture is not. good cultivation; that ls, not farming that pays. There is prac- tised in some parts of our province s system of agriculture that is lit- tle short oi robbery, it is n mining of the soil on such cultivation in- tended to work to the advantage oi‘ the so-cnlled farmer. without re- gard to thsrights of the soil, with reference to future plant growth or fertility. df a business man is in business for a number of years, haviugbuilt up a good trade with the surround- ing country he does not attempt to rob those with whom be deals. He does not attempt to got 111F511 amounts of his cuaiomersflmonoy without giving something in return. A course along the above lines would soon ond in disaster to such a business; thc cutting off of fut- ure business would soon show the merchant that to continue would only spell ruin. I This some thing holds good on the farm. The farmer ls or should be a business mun. and like thc manufacturer, tho wholesaler or the retailer, he must plan to give something of vnlue in return for the crop which his fertile fields yield him. depleted cvcn in our best soils and it seems that many so called farm- l-l-red, pessimiistlc feeling which we have been nursing since De- camber. We have still. no doulbt. ,B°1111! dirty weather to go bhroullh ~118- fore urmrlhir‘ got ahead of the versiflors, who shod their winter silence at the first opportunity and burst info discordant, but cheerful song. ers who scratch (it is merely scratch) the hack of good old mother earth year by your are apt ,to forget this one great truth. Con tlnuous cropping cannot kccp cosh y “to bQn-g fldemomlng in unless fertility is rc- Spring, but the Spnlug Ode has, “an. gnmpnged early, in unim- m plants must have sufllclcnt food or‘ ‘turncil to the soil ln some wiry. All they will develop sickly, puny expended. ‘The supply of plant food ‘may he! ‘rm: CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN. Child Welfare Qrtieloo on child \ Pa" Wells" n“ m‘! the consular: ‘"1"’ Wflkly m rm. c°1'""'1- Furnished b ~ . y the 14ml lflllolrin This Olly. “Newman-ion With other forms EIEEEBZEuEEtE-ydeath l" "fly ten ‘m Dominion bbi of a" deaths m the twentydlve gee“ the ages of one-half areagu Immrflve nearly The prim e to cblislimptlom is a m‘ osce 01w“ o! consumption known“; "1119 c 1°11" 01 Vfeileiatfon zen a 9 lllbercle bacillus or 111- W111Ch obtains entrance int the "$111111 by the inhalation of ino fective dust, r l, ' footed food. o y the u“ °E 1"‘ 8031"’ rim" 9r bacillus is derived f"! Y £10111 Persons or animals suf- 11g rom some form of Tubercul- 01.’ Tuberculosis, osis. It is contained in th particles of the dried expgcgntit- tlon; in the minute droplets spray. 9d 131° 111° 1111' 11y u consumptive 1111911 washing or sneezing; and in the milk and flesh of tuberculoug animals. which are often unwitting. 1V used for food. The invasion of the germ is inc. ilitated by a great variety of con- 1111-10118. such as (1) living in over crowded, ill ventilated, dark. dirty 1001115; (2) linsufflcient or infected food; (3) Alcoholism and other forms of dissipation; (4) A long neglected cold and various other debilitating sicknesses. PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY PATIENTS iIn the common interest the ‘bcslt place for a consumptive is n Sana- torisim. If this be impracticable, ho should be under constant medical supervision. 1 It is essential for the protection of their own families, and to pre- vent the spread of tho disease among others, that the following, precautions be observed:- a. A consumptive must not ex- psotorate about the house, nor in the work-shop or office, nor on the floor of any cab, or other convoy- ance; nor on tho sidewalk; nor in any place of general resort. b. Ho should use a soft Japan- ese ‘paper handkerchief or n plccu of cheesecloth that should niicr- wards be burned. c. In the slckroom the patient 'El|]EH ITT THE In a. Trenchani: and G Capital out 0f the Throne. Speaking 'w..i.i.-..-..1-..y aficrmion in the Provincial Legislature on lhvl Draft Addrues, "Mr. J. D. Stewurz,‘ K. 0.. provincial leader of 1-111‘- 1-111’ cral Conservative party, dclllvcw-d a scathing (lcnuucintion of the shlftless policy of the Bell admin- istmllcil ond of thc pa-lliflbk‘ 111-- ien’! now bolng made to cun- vcrt every public pleasure ai-nto 11111111 col capital with on eye to the forth. O-OFWQQ 5Q should use a. waterproof paper spit- ting cup, which should be ‘thrown ‘into the fire. and |fresh one at least cvery Tfour hours. If a metal or china s-pit- ,tlng-cup be used, thc contents [should be thrown into the fire. um] ',lho cup itself should die boiled for1 half uh hour. d. Tho patient should much as possi-blo in tho open air; should wear outer clothing which plants with little return m lsborfmay beeneily washed: slwlllil 11111 mu unit nluy with ihu .~.\|| kiss or be kissed on the lips; nnd This has been 8. devil of a _long|m0si always costs more to grow aihls hands lhcforn eating. winter, and the collar, wherein was wont to repose our liquid nourishment. has been depleted. oven of coal. We have iolt the flinch extremely, and do not feel shame in ‘yadmilhtiug that another month a; zero weather would have made serious inroads into our constitutions! gods nature. We hsvd not heelrcomoenea by the cxigontiffis (if business to risk storm-stayed coma. at Bordon or olsewh .5, but we have been un- able to escape listening to the imigwifnded‘ oonilplaiuils ‘of ‘those has‘ fortunate pbople who did, and the ‘tales looked variety. and eventually became unbearably te- dious to ‘us. We began by pityung them. and ended by piting Super- intendent arson-no the railway oylflolals who. ‘n'o doubt, had to listen to them a great deal often- or. Allvestern wheat growen-pro- verfhfally a grtrmfblor, ls said to hwe grumbled at a bountiful har- vest because of the burden it im-- nosed upon the land. A more cheerful philosophy we have lis- ionsd to from an Island farmer, who remarked only the other day that when all this here snow melts it will help the crops along fine. We know nothing about agricul- s:“‘"~..‘.:“‘~ 0r euhrno’, spr ecy But we enlibctlbsfto the hopeful anirit which dictated, it. -- 1' Quid Nuns This IsOne Place _v AI--. ' "m, _ Tanks Haven t Told JIOBCOW, March l0.—-A tribe so vrimitivethut it believes that Am- ericans live on the bottom of the world and an therefore in dark- 1111". has been f9 d in the moun- tsin villages of‘ lb ‘Daghestan by Dr. ll‘. A. Golder, of the Hoover Foundation. Theropoople. Dr. Golder said up‘- 0n return hers. thiha um Ameri- cans do their plowing while-weir- 111! liplldo ‘down. with oxen to when horns handles are tied. Be- lievlng that‘ the worm .is tablo- ‘hllld. Wltllgtboplolves on tip toll. they feel that the Americans are in- deed unfortunate. because they are lot-cod to u» in sin-nu night. Dr. Golddi‘ dfll Ill. in many 111 greeted him \I_ o, rain, gitvdiurio below. . tho arrives by way = o‘); .. the ladder ' W111 l_l~ ‘ the Czar of “ . in.“ asserted. i... ' » p‘ - tend you ~ ..'.., 1'” -i diduere 4» w 111.111 11. 1'" P poor crop than it will ‘bring when marketed. “There is a remedy for thc above. As it pays to iced both man and horso well, so it pays to feed the crop. Then. former, do not rob. ‘Grow crops, not for sale in the raw state. but manufactured to the high- .est degree of which your plant is icapable. lIf -it is not equipped with ‘the machinery to turn out the high- ly finished article which is in de- mand, and which yields the best returns, than it is up to you as owner to equip it. ‘Now, brother farmer. did you ever ask yourself the following question, or ono nearly like it? ‘if not. get busy. What (loos it need to mako the farm a manufacturing centre and change if. from an ox- ‘haustod, soil-fertility mlno. operat- ed on a small scnle nt small profit. or at a loss, to u. thriving plant turning out largo quantities of fin- ished products at n proflt——a real farm‘! llf you will allow mo i will try ‘to answer the above question to the ‘best oi‘ my ability. First neod is a thinking man. us working man- ager; and second. a good 1~ivo stock as the best machinery to manufac- ture tho hay, grains, roots and fodder which the farm has produc- ‘ed into high-priced meats and milk and dairy products, and at tho some time b a-ble to rntnrn the larger Dart o the forilllty taken out by the crop hack to the ‘$011.80 that it ‘wf-l-l produce greater‘ crops next year. Thus a good manager, good ‘live stock, and a proper ra- tion of crops will keep the farm up to the standard for fertility. -'I‘his is farming in reality. Which are you doing, farming or mining? Think about it. Spring‘ Weather Hard On Baby The Canadian Spring weather-l one day mild and bright; the next raw and blustery is extremely hard on the baby. Conditions are such that the mother cannot take ,the little one out for the fresh air so much to be desired. He is confined to the house which is often over- heated and badly ventilated. He catches cold; his little stomach nnd bowels become disordered and the mother soon has a sick baby to look after. To prevent this an oc- casional dose of Baby's Own Tah- ‘lets should be given. The? 1981111119 1tho stomach and bowels. thus i119" vsntiniror relieving colds, simple (overs, colic or any other of the many minor i s of childhood. The e. Consumptlves should V not swallow their phiegn since by so doing the disease may be conveyed to parts of thc body not alrcudy in.- footed. PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE HOUSEHOLD 1. All rooms occupied b) a pa“- lent should have as mucn sunngut and fresh air as possible. 2. Well persons should ‘not sleep in the same bed with a consump- tive. and when possible not in thc same room.‘ 3. The floors of rooms occupied by conaumptives should not bo cur- peted, but should be paln-icd or covered with ollcloth. 4. Floors, woodwork and furni- ture should be wiped daily with n duster, moistened with u disinfect- ant. Floors should ncver bo dry swept. 5. All ‘bed-clothing and body lin- en should be changed and cleaned frequently. 6. The table ware used my n consumptive should be kept -hy lt- self and may be sterilized by boll- fag. 7. A room which has been oc- cupied by n consumptive should‘ not be used again until it has been thoroughly clcancil and disinfected. 8. in the event of death from consumption, ndvlcc should be sought from the Board of Health ro- garding the best way to dirinfect the house. DISINFEOTION 1. For washing the face and body use catholic soap; tho hands and hair should be frequently cleansed with a strong alkali soup. Patients should not wear. beards or moustaches. 2. All washable clothlng.,hand- kerchiofs, coverlets. sheets and pil- low cases should be disinfected by iboiling for half ail hour in strong soap suds. after, which they should ibo thoroughly, washed in the usual we . 3E Iieddinit. clllllflll. curtains. wearing apparel and all similar ar- ticles which cannot be washed, bo- longing to or used by a patient. should be disinfected in an eillc- ient steam dislnfector, where such is available. _ ' i. In order to remove or des- troy the dried infective r1‘ ‘ go. the disinfectant nihlt be applied directly to the inflated surfaces oi the room, and may he spoiled by washing, in-nshius or rsrarins- s. Among other ohomiosl 91'9- l replaced by n1 tweniyq llvc us v lic Affairs he Shows the Weaknesses of the Bell Administration and its Palp- able Attempt t0 Make Cheap Political ITPPITSITITTN ‘ [IISBTIS E5 THE EPEEIJH‘ ......MZI.-‘.E.?IT.... ritical Review of Pub- Speech from the‘ uliniz. l ihcreforu congrntulzlln him upun thc splendid beginning of n1.- llo|1.~:4~.cl4-:uling. lit-fore nu- ofhm- your rolls by the pcoplc will vnnlplctr: ilic houscclenning which h4- lms commenced “i wnuld.llkc i0 llcal with mal- ir-rs referred to in His llonor‘s address, but I hardly know wheth- i-r it is safe lo do so in view of sumo rclnnrks made by our friclllls OO¢O+OOO §§§§90+O44 O-§-§-&-’ O-OOO-O-O 03-04004- THE MODERN 0-0-04 7 Q0 0Q- The Life of Florine Taylor The dope Monster in his devast- ating march spares neither color. race nor creed. All are as one bc- forc him. His sinister presence ls felt in thc marble halls of the rich and powerful as well as the humble home of the day laborer, and thc hovel oi‘ the drlficr. No matter to him whether his vicllm is whit».- uf bluck, as long as enough slaves arc forthcoming t0 food his lilsnflnblc mow. The door of the Examiner's room in the Superior police station open- ed to admit another prisoner, an- other vlctlm oi‘ ‘the insidious cf‘- fecta of the narcotic drug evil. She came in awkwardly, a. fright- ened appeallng look in her largo brown eyes, yet showing more out- ward composure than any of thc prisoners who had preceded her. She said her name was Florine Taylor. She was a ncgress. Four pairs oi‘ sympathetic eyes were ‘bent upon nor as she seated herself, faced hcr questioner and began to relate the story of‘ hcr life. A life that had known imilling but disillusionment and (lisnp- pointment, cheated by death nt ev- ery turn. A story which had its in- ceptfon in the humlble parsonage of an African minister in Ccntcrville, Iowa, and come to an Inglorious end in a steel barred coll in the Superior police station. She told u talc of n strict up» Ibringlng by good Christian parents. of the death of her [other when shc was u littlc girl, of the shilrp struggle for existence made sharp- or by tllc handicap of her color, oi‘ drudgery, poverty and squalor. of thc lovc of u young colored mlivlnity‘ student and finally oi‘ the surrend- er to the insidious wiles of the Dope Monster. A surrender brought on, she sold, by thc pains of un incurable stomach trouble. "My father was pastor of the Af- rican BILDITSI. congregation ut (len- fcrvlllc, Iowa," shc hogan, "and I was born ihcrc twenty-seven yours vino. Father" haul u vcry snmll con- gregation, his salary was cxtrcnu-ly THE YANKEE No I-w-nl rvcordrad in the history 41f i’. in‘. lulnnd approaches the Yunltr-u Gal.- ot‘ 1851 in destructive effect. ihc catastrophe being so named owing to the prdpcrty and lives destroyed having mostly bclnngcd to thc States 0f New England. Some two gcncratlons have passed since thestory, and only .1 few of those now in life's whirl of activities have a correct lfllllfl o! the astounding destruction. No fun! account has appeared in fbook form, rtllil the following paper gives facts as fully as possible. Thc mm oi‘ New England curly discovered the valuable lflsllcrics -in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the industry was at fits greatest expansion at the time o! the storm. The vessels cmploycd were from sixty to one hundred tons, cuch luwiog from ton to thirteen persons on board. There existed a rivalry among the commands. with respect to appearance, -and on a bright, breezy morning a score of these vesselst withl Ivhfto spotless sails proceeding our of some harbor was n scene to remember. Every- thing on board was kept scrupulous- 1y clcun. and when thc crows weni usfiorc their gentlomztnly appearan co guvc no hint of their unsavory business. Though nll were rated as fishermen, not a fcw wort gentlcmctfs sons, students ‘at college, teachers in public schools and college professors with academic degrees. spending vacat- ion at this health-giving work. The Storm Friday, October 3. was singularly warm and mildl for ‘the sea-son. The srun _rosc in srllcndor, ond (luring the forcnoon was surrounded b; a lra'u of pcculla-r brlglutness, thr orb ‘becoming obscured about mid- clftcrnoon. when the clouds to north- ‘wcst ‘uS-Sllmfifl on extraordinary zlppcnluirctl, and seamen declared they tutti nevcr seen any-thing slmil or. The sea had a strange, glassy look ltS if ccvcred with oil, and b0 fnrc lllghll a hclovy s\vc‘l cmnc from thc cast wlrich, in absence of wind was a tnystory. ‘Distant objects looked nigh, and illstant sound won lro.-lr:l with ulnar-lug llldlstfrlclrlcss Scar-birds flow uvcr thc fund, utter irug screams n5 if scuddfng about in n. gain. When night drmipvd its curtain: illn 4T'1I'T(il(?S5-l could almost be felt mmlcst und 1i was only by flu.- ox- er-clsc oi‘ thc grcitfosi. (mm and, thrift. that wc munugcfl lo kccp '4 4 4 4» 4 l 4 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 l V _ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 D , VIR. J. u. STEWART, K. c. t 1, Leader cf ihc Opposition t ‘ 4 i 4440-1440009009090a001vooevovovovvovooovvooo-v; . E _ _ . 4 "(ruining gvllilllll r-lcciion. ill‘. .|l|.- T':|ll'lill in Till-sf sue. it Slctvnrt spolu- for about All 1.1.‘. ircfvlroli to in ilic Spr-cch (rim: flu- As n ‘half-starved horse or n halfqwhfifl 0011811111: or 111111911111: 111111111'1i'i‘lir<.r1c. for of llu- zulfln-ssa, upon flu (‘rvllll- ublu nmnur-r in which Llwy hull ‘w- qui-t-tml lhcmsclvcs. Sn fur as thc IlllH/lfl‘ (Mr, Irving) nu.» con- Tcorncd the only rragrvilulllv: thin; is thu-t thc liousc did not luau". Ifrom him cficncr. In this ru-l ;spcct he sets an exumplt- which mlglit well he followcd by wilful‘- hou. gentlemen on Tlis side nf the and thc fuir und which he handled his subjects- "I think everybody will all-UTE". continued Mr. ‘Stewart, "that i118 very early environment oi‘ us all hns a greut den l In dc wihh our character uml hublis in riff-r llfc. We are then in thc most forlnotlvc cxumgift- I ficull (ml) puinl. mil fh-ut the cnily training of my hon. friend “'21s Ti‘.l'(‘lVi‘(| win-n ll<~ .‘ on inls side of llu‘ lmu.-u-.- 'l‘h4= days of his puliilvill in- fancy won» spf-ni horn. This .will in :1 lnrgr‘ mvus-l ure r-cour‘. for flu‘ Elll‘llll(liTI'f1T modest and fnmk \\':1_\' in ullioh he 11101011 tho rcply l0 ilf4- 5T1‘ "F11 from fhn Th-roilc. llv lmd lv-urn- ed his lesson ul tho luoi v1‘ 111.1’- hon-zrnbllo product-sour in tho leadership of file Orivofiilioll. W11" now giaccs ihn Hem-h of‘ this Province. Ailybufly.‘ wlm inns I'v- colved his poliliv-zil irzriniill.’ 1111111 him will ncvcr go wry 11n- mix-any’ afterwards. "The hon. gcntlculnn who suc- ondcd thc nddrcss (Dr, Alr-Nr-llll ‘s n stranger in thc llousv. l was much lmpressoll with his mldrva-s-T But ho has y4-f in lcarn about mil-l tics. I» trnsi, whvn nll ilu- mom- hers nrc scnfvrl tlmt lw \\'i'l lw‘ found scaled ovcr bore. so Tim: his early training also will lml ho; nogletied-nml illul. Tin wild h- zbicr to sea political things from flu-l 1110px‘: viewpoint. l think iln-n‘ ho will hccomr‘ a vcry sruf-fqs-Aful legislator.” Needed Houscclesnlng, "l_\v'sh ciao in congrnininfi- my hon. friend the lvndm- of flu‘ izov- crnmmit upon thc lliIp|'Il\'\‘1T mid ombulllshcd appcxirnnc-o 0T this Chamber. It Ilfillilflll it. Any room which has rcctrlvcd tho prof.- sure oi hot nir this room has izui (luring tho past thrco ynnrs would certainly bc tho bcitcr of .1 rf-nuv- when cnnbolic acid cannot cflsliy he procured, caliling hot water mired with lye. plentifully nppllod with n stiff scrubhng brush will answer every purpose. Dsrationl held for ‘i111! W"? Tablets are s d b? 111941111111! ‘a1’ . lrt! 1111 1 " “ ' solution . of on! 8111 M l I = ,_ .1 ' 1 . 3 A 5 VNUITII. while o strong solution of _is deoifhbie. care *' t be tak- - the in admirers fur-ll H0130 in his modesty. his ln-vviiyu sumo mnnnvr in| ‘fnrnlors of thc pinvlntrc. “I ,w<- huvc 11ml an aubunduut TIIITVOM . . ‘lmlil lhcru, or ‘nliull l " lllzii r-rlnu- of “lcsc NTlIjCSTQ" illomvi-r. liSSllllllilL! that thc 7.\')l4'il'Tl Ellilllliflillvvlllvlll of thc govr-riinlcnt .111 its lo‘ wlzliirv. ])l‘ill.§l'1llll,I may‘ :11. riuips Tn- pvrllliticll ii in“? m. unurlw. ‘ so pm- “ y, are aware we am fed man is a failure, so is a crnlfi-"TWHYB 110111 11 1111111111111111111-‘1’ "V", lfl Lil» lfltrnrllirzltiry i‘l'lll'ili;' .\lr. the y"; 1n ‘h, "em 311g yeaygmwlthotrt food for plant growth, or lflllifl 111011111 111111 _BV0111 Cflllfzhlug m Sim-wart took occ. iim m iliili mu. » welcome vpflpgl 5min; Hap’ than‘ such is present in an unnvzlilnblg thc direction oi another pcrnflilLfrlira Air.‘ .l. U. Irving un-l fir. J. ya yet invisible signs of Summer! farm. and thc result is that it ol-land finally. the patient should w=1a11'1“.-M\=.~1‘11l. llmnnrvcr and >‘"-*“I1‘1- iitnfivfe if» our lortuirziic posi- fimi‘ znul our ulnuulnnt hzirvcst fillll Tour thnnks dur- in Divine Provi- drrt-v, I fcvl that nll will ugroc upon that. 'l‘his liitlc province of ours lius indccd been siugir‘ lorly fortunate in tlicsc blessings. Especially during thc war, no part of our country or Enrpire escaped ccononlfcaily so fortunately as we (lid and in thc some wily we have USClllliltl much of tllc hardships of The aftermath of war. But insomucir us our present econo- mic conditions compare with past conditions. I do not know thut we lmvc vcry grout causc for con- grutulntionz-i. 'l‘hcsc conditions luivc induwl boon nlorc sovcrc in 110E101] “m! Hm ‘mmhm w“ "W" EVE this prnvinci» than (luring Dust "m “Uflf 1° 1111;. , 11 h“! "TIMES yours. Wu lmvv haul 2| grc-ut num- m "u" lmmnql m“ ""3111 h“ ‘Md or TlO-l‘ of \"lllll‘llii‘l'CliiT failures and we 1111i‘ lilgisfuilvc (:lll‘t'l‘l'.<. zmd 11:4 an lmvc htul hard liincs ftlnuug thc True. but what of‘ ihn market? Wimt of thc slrlngcilvy of ihc money nlurlu-t? All in nll. thc conditions llfu not such as file-y should b0. or its it Illlllrlvi’ of incl. us W0 would |laxpcvt that flu-y would hc. The Emigration Problem. "Whnt is this Government doing lo (foal with thcsc conditions ivhlch cxlst and which have cxiat- I'll during thc past your I would llkv f4) soc tho rcsults- of u census lulu-u now. I hellcvc tlurrl- fins Tim-n -u grcaicr cxoilus during lllr- [lfisl your than ever bc- forc in thc history of the Prov- inco. Tho newspapers have been fillml with nclvo-rtlsmnonts of farms mid farm stock for sale, thc propcrty of tllosn pcopiv who 2m.- 1911111112 us, Whuf. has ihls gov- ornnlcnt dunc to rival with this" condition. Our own suns are ihv proper class of ponlllr- to iulvv horn li‘ ivc ("all kccp thom. llns tln- (luvcmmr-nt done anything tn Tlnvc tllcy carried out. any sugircstltlns manic to tllem mi lilo floor of the Ilnusc? We cntlnof oi‘ coursc lmpc t" kocp nll our native people ut Immc. ‘it is part of lhc gcnlus of iln- Anglo-Snxonswunl our people arc lirrgcly ihlswtn rrmigraic; to jnurni-y cvcr towards lhc scitin! sun; t0 move wcsiwzlld; and a lllillllwr of our young mun. por- llnps the best of ‘ihcm, will coll- ilnuc to lcavo us in spite of any- thing we mlghtwlo. It is thcrc- forc always well to soc that. their places are filled. immigration within the Empire! That is one of the burning subjects of the day it was enuphaeimd not long ago by members of the British Mission who visited us. The question is being debated IOHOUITy at the pro- eottim in the British House of body and soul together. I I was ihconly child. I rccclvcd .' nlecply religious education and n _ jbroughi ~up nmlcr the strictest supervision. My onrlicsi rccullcc-l ,tion is that. of lvztrning my prayers. _.-....__ at my nloihr-Ws kilccn. hiy moihcr1whcllc of ‘Saturday "Loffling was 2t wonderful woman. always, l not hr- \\'TS(' to risk coinl|1ll-§(~l1ecrl'ul and good natured ilcspiitqhcgau to abate, li-flOi‘ having cou- lllcr Cilllmlllllll fight | ugninst lhc- gpiilch of povuriy. The comforter} h; uhzit if. really is——t-,:c1und strength of fuihcr and dnugli-fi111101111l i1>Z1>1‘111‘1i11‘1¢11-10<1. 01‘ 111F110 01 tcr. Whcn ll was scvcn ycnrs old my father was cullmi to bccmne thc minister ol‘ n much lztrgur (EOIIKPG: Tgaliioil in Kailszis City. The new: ‘congregation mount an increased Tsulary to him and bcticr living con- ditions for all oi‘ us. Al. lust we fell rtliat we were to outer n. new 1pm‘- lod of life. My mother who had al- ways placed her trust in God, felt that her prayers had been answer- ed, and so it wns with every pleas- ant prospect that we prepared to move to our new surroundings. Five happy years were passed in Kansas City. Years of comparative prosperity and good living. I went to school every day, progressed FLORINE TAYLOR. (Colored Arrested In Narcotic Raid at Superior, Wis, Doc. 16. 1922. Dope Addict. woll in my studios and was propor- lng to cnisr high school, wllcn we were visited with our first tcrrihle affliction. My failicr r-uirtrzicforl typhoid ievor and two trucks lutcr was fiend. ll was thc only child. it was up fo mo tn get out and help support mother. I was only fourlcon yours old. Itook ll pnsillon us IIIIPSO muld in the homo of u wvulth)‘ Kansans City family by ilu- nnmc nl' Kollogg. Shortly nfler my father's iflontlnucd on Paco 111 nlmni. it? What stops hnvo they taken‘! Aro thcy making any move whatever to fill the gaps left by the young fnrmnriL-and the old- er farmers too who have left this province for other lands. There are some matters in the Speech which effect the Dominion generally, such as the removal oi ‘wars rcrccptilllc. such the intensity. Iiy snvcu Ol (light .1 light air from northeast ‘accompanied by vcry liilf! ruin. both wind and ruin steadily increasing. so that by mid nightlife wind hnd risen to a gale with a perfect downpour as company. There was no lull no! :il>ut:lnrni during that night, the‘ till vnboui. Sunday noon. when flu.- wind tfnued at least forty flours. Thcrc was no moans of estimating tho Llm avuul, Iblll mariners who h-nd bccu muliy years on the ocean dcclaircn’ UPC)‘ ncvcr wlfncssscs uny- THE TALE ITT ANTI HIS l John Bell. he was a fisherman Of credit and renown, Who came away from Summerside To dwell in Charlottetown. And here they made him Captain John, And found him boat and crow, And sent them sailing on the deep To see what they could do. Jim Johnston they appointed unsto, Walt IJCil was made the -cook. While Cyrus Crosby took the oars And Nash the fogllorn took. Woll pleased they were as out they ' went lipon ‘the rolling main; "This is the life!" they sang, and swore They'd not go home ugain! '%ar~-w- But storms arose and bait ran short The blllows loudly roared; They blamed the Captain, resolved To throw him overboard. and “But who will steer tho ‘boul, and ~ who'll Divide the fish?" nskod Bell. “You've no one here among you all Cnn do it half so wcil.” Yet a new Cnptnin they must have. They all (icclarcd. ‘bu! who‘! And so they fell to canvassing Among the lucklcss crow. "Jim Johnston couldn't sicor o ruff Across a ford," one cried; "And Freddie Nash can only blow. And whom have you beside?" "Walt Len? lic couldn't drive n bull And keep him going straight! A nice mess you will have if you Glvc him tho ship ol‘ stale!" I "Steve llcsslan" "No slrec!" yell- ed one, "Wv-‘vo too much wind zilrcufly; ‘That's whaifs the mutter. ll.'s the wind - That keeps her so unsteady." George Hughes‘! Oh. Saunders? Brad bell-ans’! Jim McIntyre? Bob Cox? But to them all came the reply, "They'd drive her on the looks!" And so they wrangled, so strove To find a substitute they PAGE NINE lTllE TTT TTITT ' A Dramatic Incident in Island History, Re- printed From An Old Sketchbook. thing approaching the gale in force and continuance, while the rain was more like what is seen in the tropics. The Disaster I’. id. island lies in form of I crescent, its concave side to thi north. On Friday, October 3, an unusual numiberpf vessels were smtieicd over the bay. but no iiish were caught. About four o'clock in the afternoon the fleet pointed to sea as if apprehensive of danger. but there was no wind and when wdnd came there was‘ darkness and no lights to direct. Vessels that were a sufficient distance from ‘rand succeeded in rounding North Cape info safety. but the others (bolng oaughrt in the bend) were licrfoctly helpless. Ono can imagine thc frightful conditions-absolute darkness wit-h a furious gale driving the doomed vessels on shore. Of the fZc-et that on Friday were scattered about in the offing on Sunday not one was afloat. , Sunday, October i, will long ‘be remembered on the Island of Prince Edwfard—whnt uproar, what ‘disaster! The outlook was truly app- 3.'|lll1;’—\'053013 by t/he hundred bolng (lashed on shore. their crews in a desperate struggle with the foo of mankind. The dim morning light revealed a war of thc elem- ents and the wrecking cf wilutovel‘ came in their way; mountain waves rioting in nmddened career. the beach a maelstrom of foam. the rain almost a deluge, the noise like t continuous, ‘pool of the most awful thunder, while the land shook with the tremendous impact, both wind ‘and waves clapping their. ‘funds in riotous mirth nt the work of destruction. Dlvested of mourn- 'ul datnllls the commotion was truly sublime. great roiling billows being wrecked on the strand with a w-nsh. cafsily heard tcn mllcs away n the country. Ii was on Saturday and the ‘orcnoon of SiLrid-ay that the de- struction took place, and people on ‘shore watched the vessels approach- ‘ng their doom while powerless to give any aid. At Itustico n dismant- rr vessel grounded at some disillu- ~c; the crew fcsptoncd lines t o inlpzy ‘casks, wh-lch bolng thrown ')Vi3l', floated to land where the lncs acre fastened and four men ;ot ashore. Shortly afterwards a trcmcurlons uawn lifted iho hull bodilyklrlvlng it so ilcnr thc bank ilmt thc (itllers were saved. »Nc-n‘ thc sumo place three vcssc" came ashore wivhin a mile of cnch other. with thirty-six mortal, remains. Some vessels came ashore with bodies fastened in the rigging, _ their clothes in shreds. At llracud-io tile schooner “Fair Play" was driven‘ ashore. minus seven men, among thcn thc captain his Three sons and n. lirothcr-lu-‘Iaw. The "Fmuklin Dexter." of Dennis. Mrtliilf. came in with ten bodies. Thc vcsscl belonged t0 a Captain \V‘Ttrk.;=1n, his ‘four sons and o. nop- flonihrucrl on Page li infirm BE TIIIK E55 nuw And so they brought the boat to on ‘With ‘Captain Bell still steering; Their friends aill met them on the shore; But there wasn't any cheering. Bold Duffy jumped ashore, and cried. "This host's nnl. worth two figs, Lot hcr rot hero, she's well iussur- it With Brother If. T. Illggs." The boat was battered fore and aft, And leaking like a basket. All know that something haul gone wrong. But didn't care to ask it. "We did our best." cried onc and nll The others joined tho chorus; "V\'e'vo done more for ourselves and you Than all who've gone before us." "We gathered taxes by the score!" (At this there was some laugh- ter) _ "We paved the roads with concreto which We ‘bought from Creel ‘McArthur. ‘The poor inmates of Falconwood. Both sexes and nll ages. We well supplied with boots and shoes I We bought ut Brad. ix-Pagefs. f"An.l lest those creatures should got sick. And needlessly abuse us. Wr- fcd ihunl well with drugs and things. Wr. bought at George E. Hughes‘ "We goit u bull from Walter Loa, That didn't cost a dime: And everywhere that Walicr went That bull went every limo. "What more could human bolng do Than we have done for you‘! And now, please vote us in again. With the some boat and crow." "You're fired!" cried the angry crowd; "We wont no more of you. You've wrecked the boat, brought no fish; You are a worthless crew. 7°11 "So now go home. go my back; 0o ‘way back and sit down!" The angry crowd ieered at the For Captain Bell among the crew 1 Rev-organ HIP" men GIOW , __ ansorovfstatlir 4r w. s-ur ... FQ-ivflni _-l- - ..- IF.‘ ___;f _ . V ..