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"l^i =^ WARSHIP ''^'***»tfc ) I V < « « \ (â-  ^ 51:. H. H. S. INDOMI AMONG WOBl .Britain's S«a Fighk. tioa of Dreadnoui Lnsitania. H. M. 8. Indomitable is the io^. â- cf the hour. The record which she Las established for warsiiips on her passage from Quebec to Cowes will j^robably stand for a long time. Cer- tainly it did not need tho embel- linbments with which some of the papers tried to adorn it, says a London letter. Taking the figures which suited tbem, they wished to make the of- ficial record a 25.1 knot passage. The King, however, has ordered that the passage shall be reckoned from land to land, from South Point, Belle Isle, to Land's End, and with this the average worka cut at 24.8 knots. At one time for four consecutive hours she steamed 2&4 knots. Her average from Belle Isle to Faatnet, off Cork, was 25.13 knots. The average for the whole voyage from Quebec to Cowes was 21.4 knots. During the whole time she was in wireless communication with one aide or the other, sending and re- ceiving messages at a distance of 1,600 mHea and establishing a re- cord for ship borne messages. The true significance of these figures can be appreciated only in conjunction with a consideration of the class of vessel to which the In- domitable belongs. At present she is still unique in the world's navies, but she has two sister vessels just being completed for sea, the Invin- cible and the Inflexible. These v^es- sels do not come under the desig- nation of either battleship or crui- ser. HER ARMAMENT. Except the Dreadnought there is no battleship in the world as heav- ily armed as the Indomitable and in no fleet in the world is there any vessel larger than a torpedo boat destroyer which approaches her in speed. She may be called a com- bination of the Dreadnought and the Lusitania and is more heavily armored than battleships of the Hoyal Sovereign class, which ten years ago were considered models of completeness in protection. She has a belt of Krupp cemented armor, seven inches thick amid- ships, and carries eight 12 inch guns ef a new and most powerful type, so mounted that the^- can all Ic brought to bear on either broad- side. Each gun weighs 58 tons and fites an 830 pound projectile with an initial velocity of 3,010 feet a second. At 3,000 yards the shell can make a hole through 23 inches of wrought iron and at a range of nearly three miles can penetrate Vjy^ inches of iron. These guns are carried in four turrets, protected with 10 inches of armor ; are controlled electrically, working with the greatest swiftness, ease and accuracy. By the end of the summer Great Britain will have three of these mi^ty vessels actually in the ser- vice^ and in a couple of years the squlidron of four will be complete, rejffesentiug an expenditure of $29,000,000. Yet this enormous cost \.t( more than $7,000,000 for each ves- Eti is regarded as an economical ex- penditure. The four ships of the Indomitable class will mount as many big guns as eight battleships of the older de- sign, costing some $5,000,000 each. They will need only about half the number of officers and men, while the cost of repairs, general upkeep and stores will also, it is estimated, only amount to about half. CAN MAKE 27 KNOTS. The Indomitable was laid down by the Fairfield company at Govau in March, 1906, and launched late in March, 1907. In April, 1908. she was handed over for her trials. Full particulars of these have not been revealed. The contract speed was 25 knots, but it is believed that she actually attained 27 knots for > considerable period. Her voyage from Quebec shows that she can easib' maintain more than the con- tract 25 knots. Her displacement as given in the Navy List is 17,251 tons, but it is probable with tho sinkage to deep load displacement due to maximum coal and storage supply â€" she took on 3,000 tons of coal at Quebec, and carries oil fuel as wellâ€" that she bas something like 21.000 tons. Her length at the water line is 330 feet, 80 feet longer than any preceding cruiser, her beam is 78 feet 6 inches, draught about 26 feet. The eight 50 calibre 12 inch guns are mounted in pairs in barbette •arrets. One turret is forward, another abaft, and the other two •midships, placed in echelon. With this arrangement they can all be ftred «a aither broadaide, or broad quaicP merce pr^ for smaller c. give an answi. while the condi defence are not 1 Indomitable class decisive influence with smaller cruisei SAVE THE CHIi Mothers who keep a Baby's Own Tablets in tht may feel that the lives of thei. rle ones are reasonably safe dun thA hot weather months. Stomac troubles, cholera infantum and d' rhoca carry off thousands of lit ones every summer, in most cr because the mother does not ' a safe medicine at hand to ^ promptly. Baby's Own Tablets cj these troubles, or if given occasion ally to the well child will preven the trouble coming on. And the mother has the guarantee of a gov- ernment analyst that the Tablets contain no opiate or harmful drug. Mrs. Geo. Mineault. Jr., Mont Louis. Que., says: â€" "Before giving Baby's Own Tablets to my little one she suffered greatly from colic and stomach troubles, and cried a g^eat deal. The Tablets soon cured her and she is now a plump, healthy child who does not look as though she ever had an hour's illness.'"' Y«u can get the Tablets from any dealer in medicine or by mail at 25 cents a box from the Dr. Williams' Me«iicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ONLY ONE THUMB LEFT. Tie X-Ray Martyr Has to Use a Dummy Uaad. Dr. Hall Edwards, th.-^vtt^ ,',^9^: ham (England) X-ray ms ^ as the result of two op* Tor dermatitis, has now one . o left to take the place of a pair of liauds, has had a wooden apparatus af- fixed to the stump of his right hand. Between this and the syUtary thumb, he is able to hold lit'-'^t ar- ticles. "For instance," said the doctor, "I can hold my cigarette, or when my food is cut up finely I can he»p myaelf with a spoon or a fork. But the most gratifying part of my gen- eral condition is the relief I get flora pain. Before the last opera- tion the only relief I had from the terrible gnawing was when I fell asleep from sheer exhaustion. I am still very weak, but these spells of freedom from pain are making a new man of ma." Dr. Hall Edwards, although ne- cessarily compelled to take things quietly, is able to supervise his pri- vate practice, and is also continu- ing his work at the Birmingham General Hospital. He intends to devote as much time as possible to the preparation of papers, lectures and articles, and at the present time he ia «btaining data for his treatise on X-ray dermatitis. The doctor is hopeful in regard to the future. At times he suffers much pain from J- * stump •â- >? the left arm, but the tun -g I'.vay of the diseased portion of the right hand has been attended with very beneficial effects. In the course of time an artificial hand will be fitted on to the stump, and Dr. Edwards ir looking forward to the day when ne will be able to do a little of his own correspondoncci once again. a h pai lioa^ uL ue Arge le re- gattas -. Henley. lO entered his 8th inst., ei-;oys £ being the only M. who has held his ; reigns, tjortion of the Roman Ifct long, 10 feet deep, and jches wide, has been un- ^elow tne surface of a ihe city of London. * Mr. Thomas Whenman, <^, Hampton W"ick, left a tOOO threepenny pieces, daughter 1.000 on her ro years ago. nd Railway paid in the nrsi miM^' this year $2,219,380 for the coai^ntJ' coke it used for loco- motive jjowerâ€" $380,000 mere than in the safiie half of last year. ColwyniPay is proud of the dis- tinction ^^having the only female liq^Mocf^catsman" on the Welsh t'fr-^t- "^^^ probably the only one 'in E^g'*'*'^' Miss Lizzie Williams. The*, longest pier in England is that o^v^outh End. It is 6,600 feet iu longtB", '"'Wt will in time be ex- ceeded by . '-nister-on-Sea pier, which is" to*""*, w^^oh built, 7,000 feet long. During this ^e*' 'n the city of London Corpora*>'^"c^i.^*^ metery at ^ >^ .OlS crema- ig for her house ."^ knows that what seems s ofteo "cheapest in tiie end." aan wiio will urge hex husband J -loroughly good overcoat because J sfev^iul season's wear out of it, oftea 4 some unknown sewing machine for rself because of its "bargain" price. ^ Now the Singer Sewing Machine costs very little more than thrown-tc^ether, catch* penny machines. Yet €me Singer will out* last seweral of the ordinary kind. 9 The Smger has earned the reputatioa of running as smoothly at die end of its twentieth or thirtieth yeai as the day it was bought. Considering this, the Singer is ia the end the cheapest machine to own* Sold oaljr by Singer Sewing Machine Company TORONTO MONTREAL V rNNIPcQ HI â- an.iLng^ CIUunb«n 533 laard of Trad, f.iig M4 Main Str»et iOM -sv* he crema- In proportion, more female pris- oners have previous convictions against them than have male pris- oners. There is no cure prescribed in the doctor books for a mean dis- position. A man would have but little time f' r anything else if he loved his neighbors as t,h/»J love themselves. Envelopes were only invent h1 one hundred years ago. Previous to that the letter was folded up and sealed. ,;- The cow-trea of Venezuela >>)Hs milk 80 similar to that of th? c<«w that it is used by the nati'es at food. "My face is my fortune, sir," she said. "That being the case," rejoined the cynical bachelor, '.you are in no danger of being married for rour money." anor Park tb tions, bringing 50 since the opt torium in 1906. <#•'. At a fete opent V Wootoo- liuder-Edge by the Vuchess of Beaufort, the exhibits^-^re chil- dren's pets. One was a? ^^'> *o tame that it would come tP^* ^*" when the owner signalled V" **P' ping. Mrs. Catherine Stewart P' Canterbury, left £l a year will to the rector of Cavendi* folk, for the purchase of ho _ buns for the Sunday school chil and their teachers on Good day. â- The rector of Brierley Hill, Staf fordshire, has decided in future n t to allow weddings to take plact his church on Sundays, as Sun weddings often caused disor crowds to assemble, who th^i0>Co&- fetti everywhere. The now nave which^has been erected at the Abbey of fiexham on the site of an older strmN^ure was dedicated and consecrated^ on the 8th inst. The restoration hSS. °^ carried out at a cost of $lW'<^ defrayed by public subscription^ * N GETTING EVEN. She had refused him, and he stood twirling his moustache and looking quizzical until she was in a tearing temper. "What are you standing there for?" she demanded, stamping her foot. "Well. I am wondering." he said, slowly, "whom are vou going to marry, since you won't marry me!" "It's none of your business," she flamed, angrily. 'Oh. yes it is," he drawled. "At any rate, I'm interested. I shouldn't like you to marry a fel- low I didn't think well of, you know since 1 came near marrying you myself. ' ' It seemed to her that she should faint with indignation. "You never came near marrying me," she at length managed to gasp. "I didn't think even of mar- rying you, and as to whom I do marry, you have nothing to do with it I shall marry anybod,v I please !" "That's just it," he returned, thoughtfully; "suppo-^e you don't please anybody?" Then there v.as nothing left to her but raving hy- sterics. Mak* Your Stomach Happy with SHREDDED WHEAT and -frosh fruits. An ideal summer food, wholesome, nourlshinsi delicious. CONTAINS MORE REAL NLTNiriENT THAN MEAT OR LQQS 1054 SOLO BY ALL UR0CER5 FROM ERIN'S 6REEN ISLE NEWS BY MAIL FUOM IRE- LAND'S SHORES. Happenings in the Emerald Isle ol Interest to irish- uieo. A fine specimen of an otter was captured on the banks of the river Koe, near Limavady. enagh Guardians have granted eusion of £45 per year to Mrs. I'J^ard who had been matron of ,tt^"^nion for 32 years. ^ ^^jjp" y^jfljFein party in Dublin have under*S(i"*i^'-'''a*'i''° f <!»''>' paper, provide^''"^>' •â- '*? obtain a sum of $40,000 to>t*''* "*'"**• T. F. Kiely. the ^1 known ath- lete, has purchased fw auction for £470 the farm known as Eruit Hall, containing 1S4 acres, noar that town. Kells Rural District CoiT""!! have elected as their architect and en gineer, laj^^^O'Connell mainhamwov^^Dublin, at of £140 per year. I>«ring tho progress of ce at Newtonstewart, named %r?5*M»rtin was of Kil a salary down and horses, and jured. Christopher Egan other boy named Jo Dublin for London, in tramp to Liverpool, was ly shot by his companion recover. Dr. David Trotter, for years in the service of a horse a girl knocked by two bly fatally in- with an- oley, left ding to idental- may McCavanagh, whose premises ea tend along Grosvenor road froia CuUingtree road to Grosvenoi place, occurred recently. A goods guard named Terenca Wade, a middleaged man. was run over b^ a train at Ballinasloe sta- tion, one of his legs being complete- ly severed below the knee, and al- so the foot of tho other. The Sisters of Mercy in charge oi the Balliua Unioa Hospital, County Mayo, have intimated their intention of vacating that charge, owing to the bad treatment they have been subjected to by the Guardians. Another cattle drive took place i">a Coolbuck farm near Riverstown, recently. The owners of a numbei cf the grazing stock have taket them away for good, as they got tired of tracing them after the "drives." ^ â€" _ A well-known doctor who dabbles in literature reoeutly published a poem. Shortly after its appear- ance he was conversing with a lady celebrated for her wit. "Well, doc- tor," she remarked, "so I hear you have taken to writing verso." "Oh, merely to kill time." "Indeed! Have you disposed of all your other patients V ' A woman is always explaining that her photogrpah doesn't do her justice. Most girls are aware that big bows on their shoes make their feet look smaller. Turkey can produce more cases of longevity than any other coun- try. Union, has resigned his positioi»| • • . owing to failing health. His most i Some men marry poor girls and recent appointment was at Suui-Vttle down, and some marry rich ' widoVs ai\a settle up. It is easier to^i^d a man to drink than it is to drivKiAim away from it. merhilt dispensar;*. Hamilton Mchaffey, son of the petty sessions clerk, William Me- haffey, Ballvmena. has received in the north of Italy a position as man ager of a large carding and weaving concern. . • Otit of LW representations consid- ered for Liborers' cottages at the j recently hi'ld inquiry in Mohill workiio"''i". 78 have been directed , ... be built kv the local Governaeiit The finest tea grown »n the world jjj^rtl. is the Ei^andard oi quality used in 'a (ire which destroyed the fia:; piepanng "Ralada" Tea !>^>''« »..d wv store at Eelfa'st of Mr. U. only in scaled leaa packcta 1 • emi /