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Date 1912-03-27

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reh 27th 1912 Wednesday March 27th 1912 EAUTY EN QUEEN AL'S COURT English Clergyman Paints Curzon ae t e ngland. in Royal State. The Gaekwar of Baroda, who came: into unpleasant notoriety during the Delh Durbar, owing to an alleged indigulty towards the European Kihg, 4s the subject of a book by the Rev. NG WIFE -ROWE S HEIR ce Edward St Clair Weeden, Churctr 3 Type of of England clergyman. A Year with stic of pe he Geakwar of Baroda, Mr, Weeden ain, 5 has called bis book, but he would appear to be amply qualified to speak of the noted subject of his book, for he has known the Gaekwar intimate- ly for twenty years. Any unpleasant impression of His Highness person- ality must surely: be dispelled by the person who exerts an extraordinary yolve; when he s in good health and spirits everyone is gay and bappy, ' exposition at Earl's es who is twenty-three, gt; of the most beauti- iglish pociety, She has pe of face which is the best strain of the tall, grareful Sgure s off q suspicion of pearing. ui ill make an ideal n. Her duties in that course; Be mainly of- cd in a gorgeous me- she will be enthron- stand to receive the r-clad knights who en- 1 to awand the prizes. ste re is first cousin of her th exe descendants of iiral Earl Howe, who a peerage Ibp bis vic Frencly in the eigh- Lord Curzon of Ked- ried Mary Leiter of of a colaterial Hramdx we all go about with long faces and hushed yolces. of my life. the book is founded. abounds in bright and interesting de- scriptions of Indian life and scenes. The magnificence itself to description. get some intimate glimpses. His French Cook, The food first-class restaurant in flattering portrait he paints of the Mabaraja, whom he describes as a Influence on those around him; he is the gun around which they all. re- when he is anxious and depressed a feeling of depression . pre- vails, and when he is il the light of the brightest day seems clouded, and Mr. Weeden spent a year with the Gaokwar some time in the last de- cade, when he says, I had the time Tt is on this visit that The book with which the Gackwar, the ruler of two: millions of mon, and with a fabulous revenue at his disposal, is surrounded, lends The numerous palaces which the Maharaja owns are done ample justice to by the author. Of their domestic arrangements. we excellent, and is sent up every day by the principle caterer in Bombay. The two chief meals of the day breakfast at eleven which I always have with the Maharaja; are yery much what you would get at a London Prin e s or the Carlton; they are pre- Luxurious Life of Gaekwar of Baroda Flattering Portrait of Man who Caused so Much Comment at Durbar when Presented to His Majesty An Imposing Person Though the Gackwar has more pal- aces than he knows what to do with he ts building (or perhaps, by this time has completed) a new ono in Bombay. It is magnificent building rot white astone, enriched with rare marbles, mosaics, and carved wood- work. It had, at the time of Mr. Weeden s visit, already cost more than. 5,000,000, and was likely to cost half as-much again before it was fin- ished. Even the Gaekwar - seemed rather unwilling to think of the bill. T asked him, writes the author, what he was going to call it, and he sald the White Hlephant would be rather good name. Which seems to show that His Highness possesses a nice sense of fumor. Tiger Shooting de Luxe Mr. Weeden describes one sporting expedition he made with the Mahara- ja. Ten motor cars were employed forthe journey into the jungle, and hundred miles of new roads had been made for them, so as to avoid the tiring journey on elephants or in carts over the rough country roads, The tigers were slaughtered from platforms built in the trees, and ap- proached by leaders, The tigers were driven towards the machans, as these platforms are called, by an army of beaters, and the arrange- ments for-locating the came were Nery complete. Telephone wires had been lald through the jungle in all directions, and shikarig, placed in ev- ery part of it; then when one of them discovered a tiger he sent a message immediately to headquarters and steps were taken accordingly. I believe, writes Mr..Weeden, compla- coily, that this is the first time that the telephone has been used, for this purpose. as ah It will come as surprise to many people, who are accustomed to re- gard Indian women as the least ema- neipated of their sex, to learn that the wife of the Maharaja not only rides and rides astride but also takes part in tiger hunts, and on one MEDIOINE HAT DAILY Niws OCEAN RATES RISE RAPIDLY Benefiting Ship Owners Is Check to De- velopment of Commerce. A restrictive tendency, character-) atic of trade conditions recently pre- vailing, if the sharp rise in ocean) frelght rates, says the Wall Street Journal, The great commercial de- velopment of the past fow years his been based largely upon the constant fall in transportation costs; for it is not long sifice nearly all bulky com- modities, owing to the high cost of moving them, had-to be cdnsumed within a few hundred miles of thelr source of production. The rise in oc+ ean means Tetrogression so far as it af- fects the develapment of commerce. How sharply rates have risen is well illustrated by the following tar- itfs on various kinds of freight mov- ing trom New York to London: 1911-1910 -s rate rate Grain per bushel .... 12.75 7.55 Cotton per ton ...... 7.84, 5.60 Canned meats, bacon * and lard, per ton... 4.35 3.77 Lard in small Packages per ton... :-: .., 618 4.89 Butter per ton, in re- frigerator space .. .. 9.78 5.98 Cottonseed ofl per bar- Fel... sc: 97.88 76.09 Dried apples per ton .. 5.43 4.35 Beef and Pork per ton. 4.35 3.80 Copperage stk. per 40 GUY FD cnn ee GRSL. SRT Lumber per ton... -. 441 3.58 Higher rates now prevail not only between New York and London, but also between practically all other in- ternational centers, and on freight moving in both directions, For rea- sons which shippers do not clearly explain a Sharp demand for space de- veloped in the world's ocean trade somewhat more than a year ago, and in consequence freight rates have made this great advance. The aver- age increase in the foregoing rates is 29.05 per cent. and while on Un- ited States export trade the addition- al cost is generally paid by the for- eign consumer, in the case of their import trade it Is paid by themselves. Just what the total ocean frelght bill of the United States amounts to nobody knows, but it has been con- servatively estimated at about 50,- 000,000, this figure being based upon the Tates in force prior to the advance esa pention wit Somemgerorier factory ft may be to the shipowners, days ago by H, B, Callin. one of the WHAT THE RAILWAY MEANS 10 SETTLERS IN THE FAR NORTH History of the Past has Story of been Cont Unrealized Hopes. Something of ths significance of the policy of northern railway develop- ment, to the settlers of the Peace River and Spirit River country to be carriet-out bythe Alberta Provincial Legislature, was revealed in conver- oldest of the old-timers of the front- der land who has-been Spending a few days in Edmonton , purchasing sup- Hes and stock in preparation for the Beason's work say8 the Edmonton Capital. + According to Mr. Calkin the his- tory of the past has been for the nor- thern settlers one of unrealized hopes, of railway rumors which have proved unfounded and brought disappoint- ment In their train, He himself has lived in the north for eleven years past. Year after year, he informed the Capital man, the-settlers hopes have been buoyed up by such reports, Year after year they have struggled on against heavy odds. Railway pro- Ject has succeeded railway project, and still until the beginning of the present year, himself and. his fellow pioneers seemed in fair way to pass the greater part of Hfetime before they could hop to be brought into touch with the main commercial art- ries of the continent by the advent of the iron horse. Soon after I went ml to the north, said Mr. Calkin, the Tumor was af- loat that the Grand Trunk Pacific out- let to tidewater on the West would be by way of Pine Pass. We banked on that report. Tealize our fortunes, We had under- gone hardships, and put money into the development of the country and seemed in a fair way to reap at least a share of the harvest of Canadian prosperity. When the G.T-P. choose the Yellowhead, many of our people who had put all they had into the de- velopment of the country were left financial condition. They have been compeled to submit to hardships such: as our city men idiers who accompan as in a precarious Beauty at the touma- e central Sgure of a ny of peers, pooraises ble folk, numbering all dressed as londs, heralds, ete., making nicture from mediaeval pared by a French cook and served under the experienced eye of .a1 Eng- hole, who was butler to Lord Ampt- hill when he was Governor of Ma- dras, I was rather frightened of him JARVIS HURT. at first, but he has now set me at sree ease, and generally makes a point 27. Amelius Jarvis, c of pouring me out a glass of water, Toronto financier re n a fall following the Is, but is recovering me some other little tion. whirkey and hock, W for the Dally New: at dinner, with liqueurs afterwards; or twelve cigarettes a week. such as chairs, Baroda, fashifoned of gold or silver, and in the midst war, ity of his white robes, his finger, never with Bir Elephant s Gold Necklace But the: Maharaja does not inyari- ably cultivate this Spartan simplicity of attire. When in royat state, he is an imposing person. Here is a pic ture of hini attending a Mobammedan - festival. He was magnificently dressed, a great plume of diamonds waving across his puggari, a spien- did collar of pearls and diamonds hanging around TECK, of India blazing with Jewels on his breast, and priceless rings flashing on his hands; as-with one he return- ed. salutes of his subjects, and with the other grasped his jeweled sword hilt. He was mounted on an enorm- ous elephant, decorated with a mas- aive gold necklace, gold cases for his tusks, gold anklets and earrings an elephant s earfing being the size of a breastplate and gvlder- bells. From his back to the ground bing a won- .- derfal plece df cloth of gold, the size of a large drawing room carpet. Only a few of the elephants can bear the weight of the golden am- bari, or throne, for the carrying of which they Nave to be specially fed. It fe as big asa small motor car, end it takea* wenty-four strong men to bait on to the clephant s back. lish maitre d'hotel, Mr. Pluck, avery imposing person, in a fine dark viue coat with a velvet collar and gold with a ribbon in his button- bringing me the mustard or showing atten- n.. When there are English guests there are the usual kind of drinks, with seltzer at breakfast and champagne and port/the Wall Street Journal. but when We Sre alone we all-drink water, which is very good, and kept Beautifully cool in silver flagons. The Mabaraja never drinks-anything but water, and only one glass of that half an hour after each meal, as he does not want to grow stout, most In- dians being, inclined to run to fat. He ises tea and coffee very sparing- ly, ang does not smoke more than ten Silver in this happy principality 1s no more accounted than it was-in the days of Solomon. Everything thet we are accustomed to see made of wood tables; beds, water jugs and so on, are,. in i: all this splendor we are told, the centre of the object of all this wealth and luxury, there sits the homely figure of the Gaek- almost pathetic in the simplic- without a Jewel on his dress, without a ring on en a shilling in his pocket. A man 80 careless about money that until a few years ago he did not trouble to know one coin from another, utterly indifferent to the value of the treasures which fochtina omimetos ot ie world in, ts tueenet sculntinnt Coeeeee Surround him, except in so far as they are beautiful, useful and seem- occasion accounted for five of the bag. WERLD S TRADE FOR St 1S A RECORD Has Doubled Itself During the Last Fifteen Years The world s international trade has doubled In,value in the last fifteen years, and shows 1911 a larger total than ever bef recorded, says The bureau of statistics of the department of com- merce afd labor at Washington pub- lishes each month the latest available data on the trade of each of the-prin- cipal countri s of the world. A com- parison of these monthly figures 0g) 1911 indicates that the trade of those portions of the year for which figures are available show an increase of be- tween 5 per cent and 6 per cent over the corresponding period of last yer; and should this gain-be-shown-in the figures for that part of the year not Yet reported, the total international trade of the world would approximate 19,000,000,000 of exports and 18,500- 900,000 of imports. The International commerce of the world, showing aggregate. value. of imports and exports of all countries for which trade statistics are avall- able (th tgures vetow-representing: billions: Year, 1896. Imports Exports Total 8,807 7,716 16,523 1901 .. 10,839 9,625. 20,464 1904 12,811 11,822 24,333. 1907 15,988 14,341 1910 16,007 *1911 17,000 ese figures indicate that the in- 1911 aggregated approximately thir- ty-tive billions, against thirty billions in 1907, twenty four-billions in 1904, twenty billions in 1901 and sixteen billions five hundred millions in 1906. These figures are in all cases a com- bination of both imports and exports for all the countries for which are available, and sincg all articles exported from one country become the imports-of-some other country, the value of the merchandise actually moved may be assumed to be approx- halt the- um obtained-by a totalization of the imports and exports. Keep needles dry and shiny and the thread clean. Have an emery in every work bag or in the absence one s hair can be utilized. Thread or silk kept on Spool cases grows dusty and the outer layer; if soiled, should -be dis- carded. 4 To prevent the lace yolk of an eve- ning dress from being sofled-by con- tact with the skin, Ine the yoke by hand with-x-pleee-of ohiffon. When soiled by perspiration this ts easily ripped out and a clean piece substit- Shilolis ure data 1911 this amounts to 3.29 per cent. How considerable this item is may be inferred from the fact that, althou- gh gross profits in industrial . busi- ness are large, it take a geduinely good businers to pay a net profit equal to 3.29 per cent. of the gross sales. - The advance of 29.05 per cent. means an additional cost of about 14,575,000, and raises the average freight rate which the United States has to pay to about 4.25 per cent. of) the gross value of its imports. TO REVEAL SECRET - OF ANCIENT CITY Expedition Starts to Com- plete Excavation of Quir- igua-in- Guatemala. vAm important move bas been made which: is to lead to: the uncovering of the secrets of the first of the ancient cities of America. The city, which has been buried by the accumuleltion of salt and tropical arowch since the days when Rome flourished; is Quiri- gia, which lies in the heart of the tropical jungle, im the Matugua Val- ley, about fifty-six miles inland from. the Atlaotic Ocean, im Guatemaia, Central America. . The man who is to supervipe the mainder of the work of, excavating tiris qucient city is Hdgar L. Hewett, dircctor of American-archacology, of the Archacological Institute of Ameri- ca The expedition s t ont-reeentiy with Mr. Hewett's departure - from New York, end will depart from New Orleans to Puerto Barrios and from) there fo the site of the ancient city, The work of excavation thas been going on fora year. Already, apcord- ing to the explanations of Mr. Hew. from which the jungle bas been clear- ed away are. the largest ever found. America. oad Sottia df these, said Mr. Hewett enthusiastically, stand more tham yf above tlie sifface of the ground, and are covered-with scul- pttired figures and hieroglyphic in- scriptions: The walls of the palaces anil temples have just been brought to light, and will now be tomipletely ex- cavatel. The graat unsolved problem of America is the resting of these Ricroglyphics. What records may be wmtraced in these ancient writings are will go far toward making known the/ Tistory of the-eivilizetion of America bolore its discovery by Columbus. It is thought that the old city of Quirigua is contemporaneous with Rome, and that its downfall may te approximately placai at the sume Idate as the downfaf of the Roman Empire. - Steets which aro wearing in the middle should be cut right through the centre, the weakest parts should be cut away, and the sleet rejoined with the sides now forming the cen- tre. If a sheet 1s too much worn to be-re-made t will cup up into towels for gtuss and china. ss on-tretmports of te calendar year ean hardly conculve of. hers have tough experiences down their-lands. passed through while come fresh rumors of failway deve- lopment. And yet prospect of r lief seemed no brighter. Many of us expected to For my own part I was not badly situated, but ot- Every year since that time have T was in the north in January when news of the government railway policy came the. plains. Acreage for Subdivisions We have the finest acreage Proposition ever offered. Come in if you are Interested and talk it over. NORTH YULLL, Give Us Your Listings 950 Lot 4. bik, D. East Allowance. 500 60 ft, bik. 10. 3600 50 ft, cor, blk. 18. COUSINS AND SISSONS 600 Pair, blk. 19. . - 680 Patr, bik. 2 We Have Buyers. BUSINESSES FOR SALE General merehandive stoek, fixtures and location SNAP. 700 50 ft, bik. 700 50 tt, bik. 13, 900 50 ft, bik. 81. 1476 50 tt, dik. 91 650 50 ft., bik. 99. CENTRAL PARK 950 50 ft, bik. 3. 800 37 ft, bik. 5. 700 50 ft., bik. 21. 600 Lots. 14-15, bik. 21 YUL sourn 14, TOWNSITE SCHOOL ANNEX 825 50 ft, corner, Beautiful view. WILL STUDY NEW RACE OF PIGMIES Expedition -to Bring Back Information About Dimi- nutive People of Dutch Guinea. Fresh and interesting information regarding the habits and conditions of life of a curious plgmy race will be sought by the new expedition to Dutch New Guinea which is now be- ing planned in London. This strange Tace of people were firat seen by. white men when the recent expedition under Captain C. G. Rawling, pene- trated-Mnto-the heart of the tslagd. Rawling s expedition comprised six Englishmen-and was sent out by the British Ornithologists Union. Their objective was a long range of snowy mountains, called the Nassa range, but between: them and it lay sixty. miles of absolutely unexplored coun- try, and of the most difficult kind to negotiata Dense forest covared most of it, intersected with rivers, which for one half of the year were, torrents and the other half nearly arled up river beds. : The pigmies were first discovered near the Kapare River, one of the immense streams which, rising in the Nassau Mountains, make thelr way down to the sea. The Japanese sol- Victor Rosewater of Nebraska, who has become acting chairman of the Republican National committee, is a native of Omaha and s 41 years old. He began hig newspaper career on the Omaha Bee in 1893, and since 1906 he has been editor of that publication. His entrance into national politics dates from 1908, when he was elected as delegate-at-large to the Republic- an national convention from Nebras- ka, and since that time he has been the represeritative of his State on the Republican National Committee. Ilinole leads all the States in 1tb- erality th payments of its governors, overtopping even New York. It pays ts governors 12,000 a year, while New York, Ohio, California, Pennsyl- Yania and New Jersey pay 10, chase took place, which ended. in their being captured, and two days iater two more were surprised and - surrounded. They proved to be sturdy t men averaging about four feet eight inches high, and much better devel- oped than the tribes encountered in They were also indust- tn. T need hardly say that our peo- Tious, and decidedly more intelligent ple were overjoyed. ing of the bonds of we have been waiting. lusive railway project but a definit Policy is to. be carried into effect. Tt was in. the spring of 1901 that Mr. Calkins first tasted the flavor of He was a member of organized by . C. frontier Jife. the survey party Fairchild. Mr. Fairchild s task wa: the sub-dividing of a concession gran: ted to the Jesuit mission by the Dom- inion Government between the Peact cand the Smoky, a concesion 36 mile: square, kin returned to the north with th sam party, and he has been estab- lished there as a farmer and rancher, ever since. His partner Is W. S. 0. English and the ranch is now stocked with some 75 horses, many of them of g Early last win- ter they purchased a registered Clyde from a High River man. The ani- enga on-the-tralt and died. Nothing daunted Mr. Cal- the registered class. mat tontracted in iy retarm ton, and last week cond imported stallion from R. Spork of this city for 1500. The- Spirit River (on: The guaraniee- the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia rail- way will give us the relief for which For the first time we.can be satisfled that no il- Phe following year Mr. Cal- purchased a se- settlement has They had neatly constructed huts, and after some time it was discover- ed that they had ,words in their lang- uage to denote numerals up to ten, words entirely lacking from tbe lang- vage of the plainsmen. Although the most strenuous search was made, only solitary huis could be found. Strangely enough, no children and only one Woman, who was being s- corted to her new Dome*from her: wedding, were seen. 2 i SELELSEEA ELSES - POLITICS AND POLITICIANS co See eee eee ease e West Virginia. Republicans will meet in Huntington, May 16, to name delegates-at-large to the national con- vention. : William J. Bryan will address the Jefferson Club banquet In Des Moin on April 3. Having satisfactorily disposed of the presidential choice, Missouri De- mocrats are turning-thefr attention 2 8 ie presidential nominations. BOW population of some 200 souls, nis intention to campaign Nebraska, according to Mr. calktiag oPnere-arete oven and Washington next month two grist mills at Peace River Cros- 8 ich pay 1.10 a bushel for oats and 2 a bushel for wheat and from: 1.00 *to 1.50 for wh at, As to cll- matie conditions, he declares that the prospects of wheat maturing are bet- ter in Spirit River than in the Edmon- ton district: in nims-years, sai our wheat crop frozen only twice, and oats only once. There are somie 400 acres now und r sing w he, we have had crop in Spirit River alone, deep hem or tuck. When your thread persists in knot. ting unthread your needle and thread It will cease it from the other end. to trouble you, It'ls essentiel nowadays for the wo- man of fashion to have corset set, one pair for the tallor-made, with ex- fended bust in braisslete effect, tall- or-made, another pair with medium Dust for the afternoon gown, and a special corset with low bust and long Ings over the hips for the ev totlet. z fn When turning in hems on wiry or sheer materials like Swiss, it is often much easier to take a warm iron and press them-down by the eye; which s - generally accurate for long distances. entirely a matter of sytculation, but) thie gives better results in many cas- unquestionably the reading of them e, than measuring, a8'a wiry Swiss will slip in spite of you when you at- tempt to measure a curately for a primaries in those States. The Marquette Club, for more than quarter of a century a strong factor in Republican politics in Chicago, bi closed.its doors atid has been merged with the Hamilton Club. was secretary of the navy in Prest- pointed chairman of the advisory committee of the eastern branch of ithe National Taft Bureau. South Carolina, which-cast 3963 vot- es for a Republican President in 1908, will have 18 delegates to the Repub- lican national convention, while Con- necticut, which cast 112,815 votes at the Same time, will have but 14 dele- gates. lt; The Nebraska voter who goes to the polls at the State primary next month and Yotes on every constitutional am- - endment and for the necessary candid. ates to fill every position on the tick- et Will be obliged to make nearly 100 crosses. Among-the-Enited -Btates senators who have announced that- Governor Woodrow Wilson seems to be the strongest Democratic candidate in aight are Senator Newlands of Neva- da, Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, Benator Culberson of Texas, Senator O'Gorman of New York. Senator Gore of Oklahoma and Senator Gardner of, Maine, to the contest for the governorship. Indiana, -whten tong was regarded as one of the pivotal States; is attrac- ting .less attention than usual in the Senator La Follette has made known previous to the presidential preference Generai Benjamin F. Tracey, who dent Harrison s cabinet, has been ap- bearers, spled a couple of the little people one day in the hills. The pig- pretty mles bolted at once; and an exciting holding i PHONE. 66 Piano Moving A Specialty apid liable Wardrobe LADIES SILK DRESSES WAISTS, GLOVES, ETC. Wholesale and Retail e will sell Beef.at the Market Square from 8 to 12 in the morning, the prices will be per Ib 10, 12 cents. Also the rest of the day we will call at residences. Be eareful and remember the prices. Post Office ever day or in evenings Phone 587. 25 Ibs for the price of 24 tbs. easonable DRY CLEANED, Send orders to M-W-F-206-2wks Tasker Transfer Co. LIGHT and HEAVY DRAYING 864 Toronto Street. Prices. te We can supply you with the latest improved Loose Leaf Systems at Eastern Keep the money-at home. Get our prices before sending out of the city for these goods. 5 We carry a full stock of Binders , Indexes, Ledger Sheets, Account Forms, etc. for this work. We make a speciality of Loose Leaf Binders, in Cor- duroy and Leather, Canvass and Leather, Canvass ete., and can make them any size Job Department Medicine Hat News, Ltd.

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