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Without FooHBr     4-r Yet Alive
Home.-rFew men have lived to tell a stranger tale_ than that ofMichael Cairolp, who has just been extricated from the earth-(i nake rui ns": at Palermo after • liavirig been imprisoned for twen-j \ v-fi.ve days without food. Cairo-loi« recovering from,the effects of his experience which he was al.lt! to--describe fl.s follows:
"When, the earthquake occui r( (j   I  attempted to escspfe bu found myself blocked -within stable ruins.   Beneath the .stab] a  cellar  was  being  excavatec from the rocks.   I made my way into this excavation and so avoid ed being crushed to death.
"From the moment I enterec the cellar I saw no more ligh and I believed I had becorrn blind as my mind could not con ceive that the ruins covered the cellar so completely as to prevent
a single ray of light from penetrating throiigK. For. a long time — i. cannot say how long -— my despair.increased until I became almost freniied. I shouted-with all my strength untij>rfell into an apathetic condition, almost like a comar^^This saved my life, forbad J continued my des-perateT^efforte to free myself 1 must have died from exhaustion.
' !By feeling about with my hands in the darkness, I found a wet spot and moistenedv my burning lips. This revived me; and with my hands I dug a hole in which water collected and I was able to drink.
"Thus I managed to exist — how long I know not as I lost count of the days — untfl of a sud den I heard voices above me. Saidlone, 'All fareSdead.' Another answered, 'Quite so, but let us recover what we can of our property.'-    [
' I aroused myself to make a supreme effort and screamed 'I am ali ve here in the cellar: Michael Cairolo.' ¦ ^hbse above me, I am told, thought it was a ghost; but 1 continued my cries and convinced them that a lining man .was imprisoned  in^the.. ruins. Then came my^rescue, and in ^about three hours I was free.''7
Duties of Post Office Staff at the Front.
Mr. George Rieliol, a noted Eng lish athlet^now serving in the pos offic<e>tft.ff'at the front, describes lii Rfles as follows :          ;
".Our work  liere is  to regulat<
the whole of the mail traffic between
home «nd  the   front.    There   are
thousands of (separate units, com
parties, sections, squadrons, troops
batteries',  trains,  signals,   aircraft
anti-aircraft,"and fly ing  corps, am
munition   trains,   parks,  columns-
tc.,  making up  an   army.   Tin
whole i& one vast beehive, continu
ally on the inove.   Our position is
his :   We are  stationed at the spo
where the railways serving the vari
ous divisions and corps brandies off
and our business  is   to   regulate
lirect, and re-direct all mails going
up and down country in accordance
with curren^movements, of which
we are advised by wire from general
headquarters at all hours of the day
and night.
As  the  troops  are   continually
location,, you' may is no sinecure, for ]
noving  their
guess my jofcf mve inaugurated a system of record-ng every movement of every unit, n order thnt~our work here shall be
as accurate as o this, I am the section
goodness
Eighf-
our Day vs
Nine-Hour Day
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In discussing before the eral Industrial Cpmmissioif" the pnosand.;condorthe^eight and
ne hourly, H^nry Ford,- the automobile manufacturer of Detroit, stated that by substituting the eight-hour day for the nin :- hour day, the efficiency of his men had been increased "from 15 to 20 per cent, in the amount of work produced. That is to say, each man on the average has done more work by more than one-sixth in eight hours than he used to> clS in nine. And furthermore, the daily absences from work have decreased from ten per cent, to three-tenths of one per cenk--<~" -,„.. f
This seems to indicate that the proper division brihe^ty^enty-four hours is into eight hours for work, eight hours for rest and eight hours for recreation. There can be no doubt as to the beneficial efiect of such an arrangement in promoting effective longevity. ¦          ,; :\ ¦.         '   .
 All this should be1 surprising, But^wiii not be so to those who have paTd close attentfon to the influence> exerted by themind on the efficiency of the body. The feeling of fatigue, > whichrte sol  destructive of efficiency.^ is psy-Ghoiogical rather than physiolo-'  gical.                            X y^-
The result of Mr. Ford^s first year of experimentation foreshadows for him aji highi place among sociological reformers.
Shopkeeper-Candles'Wupln price today, yknow, Mrs. O'Flynn, onac- of the w.r.   '"¦ ¦•¦-.'-¦   ' ."....-.;••-;
y
 Gerin«ns! "Khting     ^
 Why can't theyje
A dangerous spot in the Upper Fraser Canyon, where a number of lives and many tons of freight were lost djirifig construction of the G. T. P.
to be Used on the Farm
e.  In addition sole interpreter to
lie usual  staff
n addition, records, aiujxfffl in
 spare (?) time as miarfcrniaster o the depot- (:150>inen-), looking f       ll h   fli      lihi^tlbth
 other
fter all the feeding, ng, 'sleeping:,  sanitary rrangenients.
'I always vaa a pretty rapid work-
•, but 1'vd-had to hustle .some lsite-y, I c«vn assure you'. My only diffj-Altyis that, with so much work, 1 nrunable to get as/much exersise si should like, forwhenj^go otit t isiusually on a breakneck: journey
v the motor cycle-car, with iilxmt
dozen different missions to, per-onn, ranging from borrowing a ravelling postoflice wagon from the PQ3toffice Jiere to getting a leaking oof mended.    However, with it all
am quite well and happy, and have put oh, I suppose, about 10 pounds n weight. But for Ijeing awaj Scotland when the war broke 0.1 hould have got niy: eoiniuisiJM ight 1 avyayr -l»nt as it is, I 1 nractically been promised it \\\\ iie next army conies outx, when I liall reap a welcome reward .^^    ,
We have only had two men killed o far, and^four wounded, but about ortyvhave had more or less serious lness, and six have "gope^iider"
that, although wejjtvtlie R.B.P.S. re soldiers in eyeryCway, we have a
Amsterdam, via London. - Pris
oners of war in Germany will be used  to carry  on   agriculture work, under-a-Tdeci9ion of the military authorities, according to the Telegraaf.   It has been de cided,  the paper says,  to plac groups of from 80 to 100 prison ers at the disposition of the far mers.   These men must be lodg edand fed by those for whom they work, and a stipend of ten pfennig (2 1-2 cents) a day wil be paid. The authorities are sai to have urged farmers to take advantage of this opportunity as
the economic welfare of country is dependent upon production of large crops.
th th
t.T.-R Preparing for
Rupert Fish Trad
Tnat the Grand Trunk Pacifi Rail Way is adding 50 new ref rig erator cars to its present equip ment, in order to handle the rap idly increasing amounVof fish being shipped from"Prince Ru
pert, was .the^statement made a short time agoj>y Supt. Norman"
he Canadian   Express  Co. which^Kandles  all the exprei rnat£e.r of the G. T. P. are already under co and the first of thj in Winnipegon^il 20.   After that,, delivery^vvill be at the rate of two>9^weekt  the whole num delivered by May 15.
No expense is being: spared in the construction of thenewcare^ andT every facility to increase ;heir efficiency will be included. Attached to passenger trains, ;he cars wil|,be'^able to^..- ..„.. n Eastern Canada or the Eastern States in just as fresh a condition as they leave,t
Each of the cars will have a niinimtim capacity of ten tons, orlOO boxes. The fish are packed in crushed ice.                     '~
Fish shipments from Prince lupert have increased, great-y during the past few months. In December, 27 car-oads were shipped; in January a otal of 75 carloads was reached, and an even greater number, it s expected, will go forward dur-ng February.                           :
retty eafejjirie on the w^iole."
t^JleaTy for Season of Year
'Taking into^eonskleratioii^ that his is the slack season of the year,
rans-atlantic travel is unusually £avy. We are booking all, the wssengers wo-ean handle with the otninaiulf and-the in-
xjatsatouf ications- are \hat this aire^ivill continue.
co, re t
state of af-Mr. J.
hi Allan Line, he situation.
 thb week, out lined
Mr. Xutt  pointed out that, with 11 the modern   liners'under  requi-ition to the Imperial Government, he comi)any was severely >ed in maintaining Anything like heir usual, first-class service.    He ouitTexpress no opinioii" as to when lich fine steamships as the Alsatian nd Galgarian would be released ib he mercantile tracle.   Tlie^e magnificent ships have, been stripped of all their luxurious fittings, and are now iii commission as scoutxcrmV ers, the Alsatian being thejlagship of the mercantile cruiser squadron, under theN command of Admiral De Chair.     Even  when" these- vessels are released/froin ^Government service, it. will take at least six months to refit Ihem for the passenger trade. The feature of present-day travel from Canada to the IJniited Kingdom is the extraordinary number of iiiechanics booking passages to the' dLCl   ^^h^iijficL
"TWILIGHr SLEEP' NOWJILL THE RAGE
"Twilight sleep;' baby exhibitions and "twilight sleep" lectures are all the rage in Chicago and New York just now. It is the. German method of painless childbirth, which is induced by the administration /of a drug. Eminent dbstetricians_.Jn the United Stsates testify to an extremely low rate of infant mortality with the "twilight sleep" entry into the world.        '-¦     :
Untif last week the "twilight sleep" treatment had been used only in childbirth cases. Two Chicago physicians decided to test its eifRcacy for other purposes. While under the influence of the drug, a. Chicago minister had his appendix removed,'and another epileptic man hacf a,sec^ tion of his shin bone fitted into his depressed skull./^Neither of the patients felt liny pain.
'Twilightr^leep" is produ^ecT by scopolamin and depresses the heart less than other a^thesja.-No nausea ensues^and there is hot the nskpf^tieunionia and kidney- ^umie^jncident to the use o^chlorpf6rrn. The success ojxthe £hicago cases will promote
the-tfse of twilight sleep materi-cannot cash-tfua
Payin>Telier — I cheque, madam.
She-Why
Paying Teller— money here to,jneet iC.
She - Th^n  can't you
isn't enough meet iThaif-
Senrice
The Trunk
resumption of the Grand  Pacific Steamship Company's semi-weekly service be-
;ween Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle, .whereby the '/Prince RupWt" would e-merge from retirement, is being planned. by the officials of the
ine: The double-weekly service ivill be inaugurated about April
st, and before that date the sailing scheduled of the coasting
teamships  Prince George  and
rince Rupert will be announced.
GARDEN SEEDS.
governments
nominal demand for this class of
labor.
The time is-tvt hand fdrthepur-tiase of seeds for your vegetable and ower gardens, your farms and anches. Try. Steele Briggs Seeds lis time.
Do not forget the x)th national and provincial are asking that a greater area tlian ever be put to seed this ye;xr to help supply the needs of the armies abroad and the wants pf the people. This is as it should be, and while we arfc thus helping the .empire each and every,person throughout the Dominions who has a little garden patch can raise enough for his own wants and thus help in the economy of living in other directions, by saving at this end, iii providing for the wants of a greater population no doubt, to come, (o these "la»;ds next year.   •  X..x-            . ... ; ¦   . ,
"What are you smiling about?" Mk-
^          just thinking,"  replied J«-
phtt. "how lucky it was we could go •head and buildzthirjirk^nhout^iriliF ing for an appropriation  fjrona Con-,
	
January	1st,
1015.	
Victory follow* •     the flag.
We .wish you health, and wish you wealth",
¦     And many a merry day, And a happy ho art to play the part
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THROUGH   STANDARD 8LECPEK
Woil               L68ve^dmorton Tuesdays and Fridays"—   10-00 p.m.
West Bound— Amve Prince George Wednesdays & Saturdays 8 00 p^otT Leave    „         ,,            ,,                 ,,        18^5^7, "
Arrive Prince Rupert Thursdays and Sundays  6-30 p.m.
No. S   ¦ -     '  Leave Prince Rupert Wednesdays and Saturdays 10 a. m.
East Bound- Arrive Prince George Thursdays and Sundays 8-30 a.m. Leave.   ,,     •    ,,     -      »t                 .»        8-45  ,,
Arrive Edmonton Fridays and Mondays           8-30 a.m.
CONNECTIONS ATEDMONTON  FROM  ALL POINTS  EAST
Travel via the
BEST NEW RAILWAY EVER CONSTRUCTED.
Our Agents will be pleased to furnish any information desired, v^
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 District P»M«n»er Agent, '
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: .Automobiles forWre. Machinery Repaired.    Skates Sharpened. -*\bi               Lathe Work.       I
CITY GARAGE
South Fort George.
HARRY COUTTS,
. MOMUBTOR.
Drum mono a M«Kay,
Machinists.  ;»
Launches Overhauled and Repaired.  Storage. //      Gasoline Oils and Accessories.       >

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