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ESCAPES FROM SIBERIA 8W1SS PROFESSOR MAKES BOLD OASU FOR UBEHTY. ne Prelerred the Risk ol Being KUIwI by Cuardt to a Living Tomb. An exciting and remarkable story d c«cttpe Irom Siberia « r^la'ed by M. Miiiirlce Gi.'tirl, ihe Swiss proKsror v/lio uiwxpcc^e ily reu'tjid to Ihi' home 't hib pur nl.s lit Mjrges, in the cnnt^in of Vniii, SwitzorluiiU, a few days ago, aJirr a scrips of IhriUing oxpc-rlences. M. Gehri wa.? born nt Morgcs on April 11, 1885. and sTer a brilliant career, he doclde ! o Jeo-nw a sch ol- niHSlcr, en I accepleJ a p st as jr f "S- for of Fiench ot Ih • Oymnase Je Gl'o- mlr, in Ih^ govfimmtnl of Volliynil, Rujis a. He to k up b'.s diillos In the S ring of 1905. and N>p«n (o study t!i« political problems of Rdss^Ji with cn- Ih'Siaym. The B>-mpat!iy hi fell with th'iso who were trying th^lr utnioat to br.ng about ret. i mi of the bws and to alleviate 'he cond U ns under whicti the vn.sl mijorly of (he people lived soon atlra:ted the allcnilon of th? aii- Ihorilies to the young Swiss master. He was in symnatny with the efforts of Itie Rfrormprs: and as Ihe son of a free country, in which It Is no crime to erenk openly, he did not hesil-«lo fo *xoress \\\a ipinons. Hs cl-arly-de- llned views arused the sMsplclos of the polic. lie was riosely watched, «nd on Aug. 28. 190C (o'd s'.ylc), he \vai arrested as a Re 'iliiton »l. SENT OFF TO SIBERIA. Political <.ffeind>r8 in Rus.sia have Ut- ile cha.ce of (.btnining a hcurin;| â€" much Ibjs in oblui-ting justiceâ€" aini on April ^. VMT. nflor n trial whli-li was a mero mockery, he was senlenccd Ui transportation for l.f<'. On Aug. 3 fie set out lor S beria with a hMid of other prisoner-;. The pris<;ners w<.to carr.ed by train us for as Kriisnovarsk, In the basin of the Y»nl.';6.', where they detrained n order o complete the jour- ney by road on foo'. Day after day they tramped on. weary and foo'soro, tut as they advanced further iMid fur- ther from c'.v 1 zalion. the guards, sul- len and tetoitic.ss us Ihoy were, became Uss careful in their supei-vLsion and Ic^s strict. Dci bll S3 Ihay tli'.ughl th 4 o- Cfti>o was lmp.'>«sblo â€" and Indeed the inal^rity of the prisoners, Ji-ftjiondoiit and In despair, bad no heart to make an attempt. But while most of the others wera re- Eigned to the r fale, M. Gehri was keen- ly alive to evprythinj; that wn.<j taking place. He saw that Ihii laxity of Ihe giards made nn attempt to escopo pos- sible, and he resolved to watch for and to seize the (Irsl favomhla opr^ptiinity. Success moani life and libsrly, Instead of n livinp lonib; failure would not nial<e his pos'tion mufh worse. And If he happened lo be killed while mnk- ing the nllcinpl â€" well, his troubles â- would be over. The opportunity cemo on .Sr>pt. 17, when they were nlxiut half-wiy be- tween Krasnoyarsk an,1 their dcstinn- 11' n, Ihe penal .setllen-enl, and M. Gehri and two others, 'o whom he hod con- fl'ied hus Intention, selzel It with ^olh hands. While the guards were drink- ing. Ihe three mnn crept out into the dnrknc-s. de'ermlned lo make a bold dash for liberty. allhouBh they had very little, if n*iy, Idei of Ihe direction tliey should take. .\nd in orier to m/il-e pur-iult more dilUcult. they separated almost at once. FINALLY REACHES JAPAN. Aflor many advenlur-^s, M. Gehri reached. Vladlvoslock. and finally Ja- pan, whence he leUgraph'id for money to pay his passage home lo Swltz.r- innd. Ho .'^et sail on Niv. 16, on lo'rd the Mes.sngeries Maril me-s liner T<«nk:n, and arrived home, a few days ago snfe end sound, and not much upset by the terrible experiences he had had. Iliq rcliirn was quite unexpected, and svh n hi. reached home his parents were won- dering whon, if ever, ihcy would sc« Mm again. BABY'S OWN TABLETS SAVE A LITTLE LIFE Mrs. T. aiborn, Korton Mills, Vt.. writes: "I do not think ttnough can ho m.d In praise of Baby's Own Tablel-i I nm satisfied that our baby would not have been alive to-day If it had iiot loen for th« Tablets, as he wai ec weak end sick that he took no not<ce o' anything. In this condition I t;Q\o him Ihe Tablet* and they have mad? hini a brighl-eycd, laughing baby, the pviilo of our home. He is one year old, i'.n ; ntne teeth, and Is now as well as ony baby can be. Ho slls and plays nearly all the time and lets me do ni/ work without worry. I would say to a'l mothers who have sick babies give them Baby's Own Tablets a.s I did mine, and you will have healthy, happy ba- bies." The Tablets will cure all the minor ailments of little ones and ore abs<jlulely «afe. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a bo.x from The Dr. Williama' Modlcine Co., Ei-ockvUle, Ont. « â€" â€" â€" AUTOMA-nC TF-LEGRAPRING. Invention to Increase the Speed ot Op- erating. The English postolPice olTiclals have installed at the Central Telegr.io>i of- fice in Ixindon a series of U'legrtipli Instruments which enable Ui<igr:jph meissages to be sent at a vast;/ in- creased rate of speed. Instead of only forty w-ords a minute being tap.J^i <miI by a flrstrCloAs telegraph opcritor, the postal authorities in London a'e now enabled to send out 120 words a min- ute, and wlial H equally as imi>irtant an advantage is the fact that thu new 6>-sleni makes a complete and en^ily- read lyiMwrll'.en copy of every niewaye sent out of this huge ofllce every 24 hours. The tremendous increase in the speed sacr.flces nothing to accuracy or clejr- ness in sending. The new method em- ploy i»d woiks a.* folkiw-s:â€" Messages for outgoing sending are typewrillen on specially constructed machines, which also operate a queer-looking machine that punches holes In a long, paper j tape, a good deal resembling the tap*' j that comes Into every stock broker'.s : oinoc with the transactions typewritten <in them of the day's stock sales. This machine make* these perforations with five puncturing rods. N'lw dozens of messiges are punched Into Ihcse strips, and then thu while paper uncoils Into a secmil machine, which Is driven by elccliicil/, and works three or f<uir times as rapidly as Is possible to the l«--st trained human hand. ThU machine is connected by an eloc- Irlc current with a machine that r.»- ceives the Impression from the holes punclied out. The roc-^ivlng machine 8 mply reverse.' ihe operation perform- ed 111 the I/indon office, and the .sho<'t of pnoer tape r<imes out punctured just liko the one in Ihe sending olTlee. This when fed Into an ekctrleally- drlven lyewriler made to correspond to the different hols ptmch»d In the poner tape reprodu''P« Iho exact words Iv^i'-wrlllen in the flr.st. mnchlne In Ih^; I.'ndon office. This does ;iway with either a receiving or .sending telegraph orverator of the old style, who has to Ian, tap, lap with a key. Not one man In lO.nno ever gels a chanci' to look a gift horse in live mouth. Rei!,mter, girls, tlie soitson for hus- band hunting Is o|)cn all this year. F*w men nppreclnlo how much a wo- man apprcciatoa ninsculine opprccial'on Poverty may not "bd a crime, but it U the cau.sc of many. N<^lhlng worries a girl more, than laWlng <iii fle.sh while she is Ihe vic- tim of \inrequlttp<l love. Whon a woman lias to make her hat do for another .sca.son, .she u-sunlly say: "I don I find the new hats very templ- ing." The Hostessâ€" "Aren't you going to give us a .song. Captain Slasher?' The r.:iplainâ€" "I'm aiire Iheru's no need with «!l thtSf clever people here." The Jlostessâ€" "Rut wo want a liUle vai'lety, j-ou knowl" <&^^«i»««»««O«»4>««4»0><>«»<fr«i»< Rapid changes of temperature are hard on the toughest constitution. The conductor passing from the heated inside of a trolley car to the icy temperature of the platform â€" the canvasser spending an hour or so in a heated building and then walking against a biting wind â€" know the difficulty of avoiding cold. Scoff* s Emala/on strengthens the body so that it can better withstand the danger of cold from changes of temperature. It will help you to avoid taking cold. ALL DRUQGISTSi BOo. AND BI.OO. END OF INDIAN CONGRESS WILD DI.SORDER ABOm* fXECTION OF PRESIDENT. lltD London Dally News Coritsppiid- cnt's Account oi the Stormy QOM. The London Dally News, In a recent Iss'ie gives the following vivid descrip- I'on <.)f Ihe riotous close of recent In- dian National Congress: â€" "The recent Indian National Congress broke up amid scenes of the wildest disorder. The delegates gathered In quiet and orderly fashion. The pavil- ion was filled lo overflowing by one o'clock, when .Mr. Surondra .Nalli Dan- nergee rose for the purpose of second- ing once again the abortive r<«olution biiought forward for Ihe election of Dr. Behari Chose as president of the Cxin- gress. Mr. Bonnerjee's speech was re- ceived with constant ch«erlng, bul a reference which he ma.le lo Lord Cur- zon evoked some hoollnf. "The acting chairman put the rcso- lutiion to Ihe Congress amid a storm c'. cheers with which protests were mingled, and declared It lo be carried. EVERYBODY SHOUTED. "In Ihe meantime the ferment In the body of the hall had Increased lo fever pilch. Every delegate was on his legs imd shouting with all his might. Dr. Beharl Chose, standing on the table, rung Ihe bell vtolenlly, and made fer- vid appeals by word and gesture for the restoration of order, bul in vain. Dr. Rutherford expostulated with Mr. Tilak, who, however, persisted in his refusal to give way. After ten mlnules of l-u- mult, stlolis began lo wave threaten- ingly, and some ugly rushes were made for the platform. "Very soon the whole body of dele- gates were swaying forward, and driv- ing back the section of the Moderates who were wedged near the platform. The leaders of the advancing throng spee.llly gained a f<^<ithold on the steps of the platform. The Cxingrew volun- teers essayed lo beat them back with sticks and chairs, but the re.sislanco was feeble, and Ihe voluntoers were nwept away ns Ihe platform was car- ried by the assailants, whik« tlie previ- ous occupants decamped in haste. CHAinS AS MISILES. "As they d«^arted chairs began lo hurtle through Ihe air, and within a few moments the body of the hall was given up lo a general melee. At last Iho ftlruggling mob sought escape. Wild rushes were made through the flimsy walls of Ihe pavillion, which split In all directions. Men tumbled l.cad toivmost through the gaps, and bolted Into the pary shrieking for the police. POLICE CALLED IN. "C<-in.slables hurried Into the build- ing, and liniilly sticceeded in quieting Ihe mob. Several men were arrested. Many were injured in the flgliling. Some had badly cut heads, the result of blows from sticks. Mr. Pierce, an English journalist, was .slightly hurt In helping Dr. Ghose to escape. SCE.NE OF DESOLATION. "The pavilion, when calm had been restored, presented a lamentable spcc- Indc. Frnfim«-nts of broken tables and clKiirs were piled in heaps upon the platform, the background lo which was formed by the shreds and strips of the rent canvas. "All Ihe persons arrested have boon released. A statement signed by the leaders of Iho .M<ideralo parly was Is- sued, announcing that the Congress had been adjourned sine die under painful cir'uinstances, and convening a iivecting next day of all delegates 'n agreement with the principle that the altainiuenl of colonial self-government by .sirlclly constilulioiial means shou'd I •; the goal of their political aspiration, and Uuil meetings for the promotion <-f such an aim should be obnducted in an orderly manner." OPPOSE LICENSE BILL. Movenicnl in England in Defence ol Public House. "A Plea for Uye. Preservnllon of the Threatened Public IIou.se." This. In ef- ftxjt, Is Ihe purport of the manlfoslo of protest issued with 1,051 signatories, by tho Rritish National Freedom De- f«-nce t.eagiie, who claim to be support-_ cd by "vast pu'ldic opinion, opposed lo extreme and ropi-cwivo legislation." 11 is anlk;ipiited that Ihe Rrllish Cov- ornment will introduce another Licen- sing Dill this fcssion. and Ihe manifes- to ideads thai the public house, "so often the only possible meeting place for so- finl movements of all kinds â€" clubs, friendly societies, trade unions, etc â€" should lie inado as commodk>us and (Ximfurltiblo ns possible." Employes at several Ixindon theatres, trade union swrelaries, and scores of ropreseiilativo Forasler.s and Oddfo'- lows support Iho nionifeslo, which de^ Clares that "wc yield to none in our desire to c::lermlnat.' tl-.e evils of drun- Konnass,' nad "a workingman is as cai>- aldo of rcslsliiig temptation as an M. P." Sheâ€" "Did you ever slop to figure cut how many hals in a y<ar you* rmW buy with the money you throw awny on cIgarsT' lle-"I have, dear. I could buy about flfly for myself, bul only about three for you," STEERS BO.\T BY MUSIC Wonderfal New Invention Invented by an Englisbman. The aAlounding feat of steering a boat b> s.nging to it has t>ccn accomplished ly means of mechanism invented by Mr. John Gardener, of Fleetwood, Eng- land. It is well known that vibraltons are produced by sounds. .Mr. Gardener has £iiccce<led in condensing Ihe minute I ut widespread force ol these \ibrations, and has thus obtained power which, through a simple electrical mechanism of his own, ho turns lo many uses. He sing.s, on a certain musical note â€"it must be a fixed noteâ€" by ttie side of a pond, and the rudder of a little model boat, filled with Mr. Gardeners mechanism, turns and steers her round. Or, at his pleasure, he can start or slop the proj)eller by the same mechanism. Mr. Gardner can fire a gun, light a lamp, or ning a bell at a considerable distance by means of his invention. Tliero is a fur more important fu- lure before it, he claims, ix.wever, than is shown by those miner feats. Water is an exoillent .sound conductor, and by means of his inventionâ€" which prac- tically amounts lo a very elaborate sys- tem of me hanical sound signalsâ€" .Mr. Gardner beVevcs he will "be able Ui en- sure almost comple-lo safety for ves- fiiLs on the sea. Tho booming of a sirbmergeJ bell tlipough the waler from a Ughlshlp wouW set mechanism at work in the subm«rg«d receiver of an approaching ship, which could be made to blow a whist'o or give warning in some other unmistakable way. Tlius the human element, with Its chance of error, as well as the difllcullles of fog, would bo removed. .Submanine wireless telegraphy â€" of incalculable value to war vesstls â€" can also, Mr. Gardner claims, to cslablshed by means of hi.s invention. Mr. Gardner will, in fact, give music a power which it has never pos.sessej since "Orpheus with his lute made . . . the mountain lops .... bow themselves when he did sing." * Gl NNERY IN THE NAVY. Very Satisfactory Impravement in the Sbc|Dtinu ol the BrUisb Fleet. The "Result ol Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns" for 1907, issued re- cently by the British Admiralty slwws a further and very satisfactory Improve- nient in the shooting ot the fleet. A tabl-o at the beginning sums up the pro- gress uchiovcil between 1808 and 1907, and proves it to have been almost mira- culous. Tt>el2n. (.'un hits nearly three limes las often as it did In 1898; Ihe 9.2, a very powerful weapon, hits ten times as often per minute; the Gin. gun hits Ovc limes and a half as often. The pcr- crntage of hits to shots fired has risen from 31.0 in 1898 to 71.12 in 1900, and 7'J.I3 in 1907, and the hits arc now much nKire quickly made. TtM> best gunnery fk;et in the China .Squadron with 59.78 points per man firing. Its flagship, tho King Alfred, hold.s last year's record, and her best shot is LcaJing-.'^eamen S. Dawson. Shooting for two- mlnutc-s, her two 9.2's made fifteen hits, and her sixteen 6Ln. guns, firing each for one minute, made ninety-six hits. Tho best firing with the ISin. gun was made by the Formidable, flagship of the Mcdilerranean Fleet, which with her foiu- guns in 2?i minutes obtained eleven hits, or one per gun p*>.r niinuio, cut of sixteen rounds flrod. The Dread- nought made 0.91 hits per gun per min- ute, though In anolhor trial slve obtained a much Ijcllcr result. Remarkable shoot- ing was also sctvleved by the Rrltannla, Albermarle, King Edward YIL, and Ex- mouih. When comparing Ihe results with former years, allowance must be made for Ihe fact llwt last year Ihe target was much reduced In size by painting a bullseyo in llM) centre. Only hits on the bull scored in 1907, but to enable the figures for the vartons year to be compared, Ihe hits outside the bull were rooorded. The following table shows th« first flvo fleets In order (f merit, and the best ship in each fket. Points Fleet. per in«n. Best Ship Score. 1. Ch'na 59.7 King Alfred . .71.7 e. Atlantic MO Albion 63.3 3. MixlileiTan'n42.9 Pr'ce of Wales 62.9 i. Channel 34.8 Vengeance . . .49.5 6. Home 34,2 Achilles 76.3 ♦ Til© Inhabitants of Roeslon '(Nolls) were much alanned at tho apperancc c{ a ghost who clunks his chains, bul on some of Ihe braver spirits attack- ing the apparition. It was found lo be n while d-onkey chained lo the ground. A Frank Statement P*-nfna it ti« Btst MttUcin* fn tkt World. I RECOMMEND PE-RU-NA. MR. EMILE MAROIS. MR. EMILE MAROIS, 1879 Ontario slrcet, Montreal, Canada, writes: ".Alter taking nine bottles of Peruna, 1 find that 1 am cured. "1 still take it occasionally. For n» it is the best medicine in the world. "I have i-eoommcnddd it lo a number of persons.'' Mr. J. C. IIer\'u» Pclletier, Dept. da I' Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario, writes: "Tho Peruna is particularly effica- cious in the cure of catarrhal affections of tho lungs and bronchial lubes. "Six bottles cured mo this winter of bronchitis. I am completely restored and 1 owe thanks lo the Peruna. "I have recommended this reu>edy to a large number of my friends aflllcted with tho same trouble, and they have verified my good opinion ol this val- uable remedy." MR. SLOWKS'GTONS BANK ACCOLTVr. Surprised to Discover That He lias One and is Going to BuBd II Up. "How time flies for one thing," said Mr. Slowinglon, "and for another, this rx.1 being a proverb or a saying or any- thing of that sort bul just a statement of fact, I've been rich for a long Um* without knowing anything about it. "Close on to twenty years ago I put $.1 in a savings bank and then forgot al- about 11â€" maybe because at that timo I didn't have any nxire money to put in; but day before yesterday I came across that okl bank book In the bot- tom of a trunk, and it was sure enough a pleasant surprise. I'd got money in the liank. "And then I thought I'd take Iho book down and get 11 written up, got the in- terest put down and have the additional fun of looking at thatâ€" see how much it had come to and all that sort of thing, you know; so yesterday I goes down to the bank and hand.s In the book, and the clerk t«kes it and looks at it and says: "'You re just in tlnvc; this account would have slapped drawing interest in about three months more. You know, accounts on which no de^sits are made slop drawing interest after twenty years.' "And then he goes over to a desk and tuts Ihe interest down, this taking him only about a minute, for you see they keep all the accounts written up on books of the bank, and then he brings It back to me and say* pleasantly: " 'Now you better put in another dol- lar before the lime's up, and then the account will be good for another twentjr years.' "And 1 put in the dollar right on Ihe S[X)t; bul I'm not going to kit it run •o for another twenty y<^ars; Ihis lime I'm going lo keep that book In sight, and lui tfoing lo feed the account a lit- tle occasionally and see it grow. 1 like the looks of that interest." During Ihc hearing of a case of child suffocation at the Ixindon city coroner's court, Dr. Waldo remarked that over 1.500 such ca.ses wero brought lo his allenlkm annually. He odvocaloJ (i more general \tse of the "cat," Visil;irâ€" "Tomniy, is your mamma at home?' Truthful Tommyâ€" "Well, she kid tho girl lo say she was oul if you came, but she said she'd whip me i( 1 ever told lies!" There is Only One ^^Bromo Quinine'^ Thmt Is Laxative Bromo Quinlna IMED iwr HMMLO OWER TO OUH A 0010 M OMT OMr. : I Alwftjrs remember the fall nMne. Look for this slgnatore on vnrj box. 85«. S%S^