Lincoln oruPeace^ In tlie American civil warrmen ke Fuid and Bryan were shout i n g for -peace, at one| the South's compromise. wittentipn .to terms or -Lincoln" such holt stage,, on oii-some. paid , no ow noise. himself a, gre^t pacifist, lio-saw noi meaning" in the word "peace" if,it meant a peacesof slavery 7nore cruel thanwar. "No living man," he said, "loves peace more than 1 do, but it may be necessary to1 put the foot down firmly. The only call Of humanity now is to conquer peace through- unrelenting warfare1. War, and war alone, is the duty of us all." . That/is the way any man with a spire/in him and :l. conscience in him feels' -no win this country. „ _ ,=^ ' ^¦influential persons," especially as tho civil war dragged on in %A, urgfed Lincoln to treats He "was ready enough to treat, but only on his r.'w.n terms, the terms that* had to be met sooner or later, "the-integrity of the whole I'nion^and the abandonment of slavery." Mr. Asquith similarly "has stated our terms—the end of Prussian ism and the union of 1 umanity in justice and national freedom. Then will be'peace. 600% for Christmas We have a large number-of the latest books, many of them being the rhost recent publications. ^Nothing is more "suitable iot a Christmas present than a good book.-Panama News Stand. October Timber Cut Tho tiiTiber'statement for] the month of.Qctober.'Vfea.ued by the ncpartrneiH of'Lands, show that 'lli'5 total "scale of saw logs for SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING REGULATIONS Coal mining rights.of the Dominion,j' in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al- v berta, the Yukon Territory, - the .North-West Territories and in-a portion of the^Province of British .Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years renewal for a further term of 21 years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent.or Sub-Agent of the dis- ¦' trict in which, the rights applied for j "are situated. . . . j In surveyed territory the land -must j, be described by sections, or legal sub- \ ( divisions of sections, and in-\ urisur-j, veyed territory the tract applied,for', shall be staked out by" the applicant./, himself.j '!-" #\s Each application mus^t' be accompa- j' nied by a&fee of $5 which will be' re-, * funded if the rights applied for are not availableT~but. not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the^fherchant-able output of the mine at/the rate of j five cents per ton. ^ • The person operating: the mine shall furnish they Agent with sworn returns-accounting/fan the full-quan-' tity of merchantable coal mined vand ¦ pay the. royalty/thereqh. If the coal j' minijig.rights^are not^being operated,!, such returns^should be furnished at j least once/a yean. . ^, V . The'lease will include the coal mining j, rights rtfily, rescinded /by Chap. 27 of | ( 4 5 George V. assented to 12th June, i{ tow - ' ¦ ¦¦ /."'•¦ \ • ' Oi full information application-] 1 made''.to the Secretary of < of the Interior,-Otta- 1 or to /ixny Agent or Sul»-Agen,t j 1 MM* poles, and ¦ 14.859 COTds or ties, shingle bolts and fence^ posts. The isawlogs scaled in tlie various districts are as follows :—Van-. cou ve r. 30.252,78f/feet; Cran-:brook, 9,689,487/eet; Nelson./$;< 4Cl.713r-feet;/lslandf 4,267;i56 feet; Princ^t.,;Bupert,^;lT637,ld3 feet; Vemcm,!74B.248"feet. Cran-¦brook ^istrict 'recorded^ 49,175 lineal/eot,,-plies aifd" poles; Van-cou/or,-• ^1.40p lineal feet; and 5'on 20,340 lineal feet. " Timber sales) recorded during the___month cover an estimated total of 7.656,000 feet sawlogs to produce a total estimated revenue of stO,81,7, "... v;: \ ' „ I > Deputy M^iBte^op-ttjje'interior, • N^.—Unaufliorizfed.; publication-of i this^advertisement will not be paid | fo^.-83575^':, >\ • ] HERE AND THEflE. The sight of' Eurdpearl monarchies asking the United States to advise the Chinese to-,,remain -a republic would have; interested Thoinas Jefferson. * , j -And a year ago the Kaiser was to have dined in Paris. 5 ' ¦A rather facetious Americaitj ,- writer says the Allies should try sending a book agent through the Dardanelles. If he fails they might asJve 11 give up. " . The in an who"Krands.rnarriage ••v failure forgets the massif evi^j dence to the contrary?" ¦~±;~ ¦ \ ^ . -% ¦ '. ~ "~~: . ' -. ¦ J^'hc,chronic kicker is disliked, but lie receives more attention than the meek chap anyway,. Trunk Pacific 191S-1916 ^ Christmas %. and Blew It Tear's I Holidays g Fare arid One Third For Round Trip Between all stations on "the C?rand Trunk Pacific Railway in- Manitoba -(Winnipeg and West) Saskatchewan and British Columbia.. DaiEes of Saley. KOP. CHRISTMAS : IDecember 22nd to j 25th, 1.915, bo^h days inclusive. FOR NEW YEARY December 1915, to January. 1st, days inclusive. ^subscription price of theiferald, the old- , est establishedpaper in^ this district, is ONL $liOPei Ogilvie's Ro^al Household Canada's Best Flour Kennedy, Blair & Co., Linyted, SOUTH FPHJT GEORGE, DISTRIBUTERS. ! Just Stop and Think of the risk ancl^ijiGonvenience of burning coal oil. Why nqjf be up-to-date? Have your house wired, itcosts but a trifle'.morex^Rates on application at bur office - Rooms-7¦'-& 8yPost Building George Street, and at-the .pla'rit, South Fort George.,. Wxe have a stock of lamps, shades, ftxtifyes, irons, andN 'handle all utility devices. .; Northern TelephoneHfe Power Co., Ltd, Electric light Service and Power Furnished. House Wiring and Electrical Fixtures of all kinds. . '¦¦¦¦ ¦ .-> y ' 1 '1' • ' - \ Phone 19- Flour Rings, South Fort George.. \. ' '¦¦¦**¦#• 'Phone 10, Prince George. - * -: To all persons sending ma year's subscripti&h we will send the Herald j.The man who Upraises the baby, ; wins the^'njo^her's smile.' Witirj sif many, aldermatiic^candid|atesl in3he field it look,s as. though Mot her ist about to 'assujife the smile that won".t'come of. The- best Chj-istmas a man e'Ghrisi.mas he gives.' "For Tickets, "ReVervations and full I particulars,' apply/to any Grand Trunk Pacific Agent, or Train Agent. ' *¦ '<:¦ .. ^ ¦_••¦• ..¦•¦ '¦'¦-; r.- ¦'. r ' ¦; ¦ -;.;- W/ J. QUINLAN, - v: ' •-: District'Passenger Agenf, WilNMIPEG, Man! h Johnson & Finlaison Pioneer. Coal and Wood Dealers ."PEMBINA" BEST-.(SOAL Mined in the Wesf. . Beware of Inferior Grades., ' I ' -""" Our1 Motto is -Full Measure." " . Phone 90 Yard: Queen Street Dating subscriptions irom'-the beginning of the New Pdd/ic| fe Many will ^rern^mbeij the; im l^rtatjon into Alaskaa-fjew years j iijro bfjwelve hundred anj3^fifty:| ir<2indeer. To-day there are'sixty-"j (iyevthousandr^ -t, \ '¦~^~}-q-~'-I1--- ^ ;';5 ,^r-. ~'~ \If human \ education had^had itH-ri^h'tft^l place in the schools of TtlvisrlaridVrfrdmtrie^first, ^therct Vwpuld be .no' -Indian-problem tp-dhi, no such black pages pl'our lii story 'as Hell the story ufthe :\yijiile;man's cunninj?, treachery arjd inliumani,tyl:m!^d?5__his- fel- ¦¦ i^.¦¦•nJ : Reniember- That love wehjetis more than gold ! , Help Us spread the news' to young" anid j Friendship bought and soldi !. > ' LeaVoa th^givet.cold;'.. •... . ' The right gift ^. ..-- j Is the bright gift, >¦¦¦ ~- - , %, '•' The:kind thought and.cheer;"~^% ' ~7. Send your loving heart, \>. , v. ,A That's-the "greatest part.v ; :'.v ;S6~willrGhri'»tmas-Qrown--ifill the year ! • • . — JOSKPHINE pASKAHj BAcfON. >s not require a^bbtanist ize a^blooming idiot. ^' Shot and Shells Shotguns and Rifles Ammunition and Traps. E V E $ YTH1NG FOR THE SPORTSM AN - SEE OUR DIS-JI^I.AY OF DUCK DECOYS^ Kennedy, Blair & Company, Limited DRUGS V MEDICINES—PRESCRIPTIONS. ¦~i- :?- ^- .-:[ ' >-~->^- '. _' ¦ "^- ' - Cig;irs, .•('i^jiipttt'S', 'Pol Kicotfr, at Wliplesa.lu and Rota il." "-i Slut ioijiirjY ¦Mtigaz'n.Ris-,.r.Ni!\vsiKii.K'rs, ('oHfe<.'tioi}g,-andv \ ' ^\ - r*. -Toilet'lirticloi*. ; . \ Fort George Drug Co., Ltd. Laselie Avenue, South-Fort George. :: George Street, Prince George. | • r __L: GRAMOPHONES RECORDS