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SALTED HERRINGS.

LOCAL COMPANY GETS DAMAGES,.

In the Supreme Court this morning, beforo Mr. Justice Gomporta, Mossrs. W. G. Hum phroys and Company woren ward ed $10,941.79 damogos against Tai Loong and others for broach:

of contract.

TWO-MINUTE TALKS A Dally Tonle

·BY ROBERT POWER

TOO SMART !

Too smart! This is the vordist found out, may pass inustor as a Truth records upon some lives very clever follow. Comninorcial Mr. Alabaator, K.C., appeared which started with every ad- honesty is a prized possession for any nation, and for years it for the plaintiffs and the action vanlage,

Cloverages in one thing. Cun has boon tho boast of our Nation was not dofonded, Mr. Justice (lompartz allowing counsel to sing is another. But sometimes of Shopkcopors that commercial it is diMoult to say where ono fair-doaling is our mótio.. Thus procood er parte,

Mr. Alabastor said that defon-bogies and the other ends. Time, the man who, by various crooked! dants entered into three contracts however, provides the anid test, ways, tries to get rich quickly, to purchase largo, quantities of and will separate the honest from is not only lowering his own moral standard' but is assisting: Canadian Halled herrings in the dishonest. Novombor and December last Not long ago a young man stood to depress the commercial codo your. They were to be delivered in the dock at an Assizo Court, of the community.

Wo hear much of clavor men, In those months. Owing to bad He was about to be sentenced for

fortunes weather, the Vancouver pack-fraud. Before doing so the Judgo who have amassed ors coulddorstipply thanked-for-the-racord-of-tho-quickly by taking-some-of-the- contracts prisoner. Said the detective: short cuts towards Prosperity, were varied by correspondiner. He is wonderfully clever taking They may soom-to-succcod, and, When they arrived in February, personality, and twas had a fine perhaps they are objects_of But, in time, thoir trus defondants refused to tako de-education." "It is true." said envy, livery and plaintiffs wore obliged the prisoner with bowed head, character is revealed, and then

all them by auction

But I have been a fool to not all their "cleverness" can suvo thom, from the contempt of private treaty, resulting in a loss myself"

What u pitiful confession! honest mon. as above.

Judgment was entered accord-Talents made usoloss, not because

Ts I not pitiful, that many a ingly.

of opposition from without, but man has had to echo the bitter froni cupidity within.

ery of the young man who stood

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life made non-effective because of to myself!" · To come to grief in that fatal bias. Cleverness had circumstances over which you boon-directed-into-the-wrong-have-no-control-is-not-holl-so A Chinoso employee of the chusnel until it developed into bitter as to reflect that your ruin Kowloon Dock Co., who waitedsmarinoss" and ounaing. The has boon accomplished by Self! till all thu other workmen loft the copper shop and then entunning man will work hard to "I have no one to blame but my

bring his crooked schemos lo por self" sald, a man who wont to ploces of copper from a big sheet fuction, but is not smart enough prison for a long sorios of frauds. and concealed thom in his shoes, to see that, after all, Honesty is was this morning fined $25, or the best policy. one month's hard labour, by Mr.; E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy.

Sorgeant Terry told his Wor- ship that there was quite a lot of this Jarcony going on, and quantities of copper Woro frequently being missed.

Mr. J. Osbourne, of the Dock Co., said that defendant was one of the Company's oldest hands | and but for this offence had a very good character.

s Worship, passing sentence, anid that he would take into con- sideration defendant's long servico and clear character, and also the fact that he admitted the offence.

TEASERS

Early in the Morning The drawing whose a city scene her for RUTINI Take from ojas to twa minutes to fund it over, and in that tiene dek est un hingy errons by passe b. Of course, the tag has not riungh stard stripes, but riimant ut asistake. The fate and the sign on th Landing Gluminateil. Tito moon setting.." Hearing these farts ja mand. e ahead with the problem.

This "teaser" will be “chyked" ty- "terrent,

Yesterday's Toasor Matern Botes which may be mygalied.

Street. THY MEETPt, are:

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lace, court, way. Puthor

wage not he used. To -LZERIA UN many latern is exertional: four- Jer, very good: eleses, good: right,

In business we frequently moot the smart man who, until he is

I thought I was very clever, but now I see how mistakon I was."

He who prides himself on his smartness, is his own enemy!

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH LADY MURDERED, IN MEXICO

Mexico City. August-1.

Mrs. Evans, whose name was mentioned in the dispute between |the British anal. Mexican Governments over Mr. Cummins, has been shat dend, at Texmelucan Puebla, on the roud trading to her chazienda..

The murderers are believed to be Agrarians, spurred OR by anli-foreign agitators.

Mrs. Evans was shot in the left side and fell from the wagon.. Her hair enught in the wheels and the body was dragged some distance, the face being badly muflluted.

Mr. Strauss, German manager of the

seriously estate, was injuried. The assailants escaped with the pay-roll, two thousand dollars-Reuter,

The Evening Standard recently supplied further details con- | cerning Mrs. Rosalie Evans, the Englishwoman whose persecution by The Mexlean Government caused the difference between Mr. Cun- mins and the Mexican Government and led to the severance of relations between Britain and Mexico,

Mr. Cummins has resolutely stuck to his guns throughout, and the story of Mrs. Evans during that time, as the Prime Minister phrase it. has been an exceedingly romantic one."

Ms. Eenna was born at Brownsville, Texas, and murried a | young English emigrant, who had gone out there to farm—Mr. II. E. R. Evans. Some 18 years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Evans crossed the Mexican frontier and bought a wild,-uncultivated-fract, -an hour's railway journey from Mexico City;"at-Puebla. --With│n_five sears they had made their farm a valeable commercial crucern.

Directly war broke out Mr. Evans, who was somewhat younger than his wife. joined up and went to France, where he was killed. He had left his wife in charge of the farm and properties in Mexico. She forthwith, took upon herself the entire panagement, and went about with a horse-whip in ber hand and a revolver) in her belt.

Farmers in the immediate vicinity were attracted by thei succes she obtained. She carried out new developments and! increased her staff. Four years ago the Tarm was attacked by one of the wild and roving hands which infest Mexico. Mrs. Evans took ramunmund of her own "armed" forres on the farm and scattered the attackers,

There was then little doubt that this and attacks which followed

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years depredations and robbery were attempted, but Mrs. Evans. always on the alert, met with much success in leading her troops," and has never personally been injured.

Thirteen months ago, between 159 and 2000) armed men arrived und demanded the surrender of the fauna and properties to the Mexican Government. This force again she scattered. Meanwhile A writur in the London Daily Str. Comming was continually directing the attention of the Mexican Telegraph refors at length to the Government to these outrages, but beyond the temporary protection many attractions of Finland, the

Land of is Thousand Lakes. It attered from time to time by Government guards the anomalous is a land of rugged grandeur and position of Mrs. Evans, her workers, and her properties remained: Last summer the Mexican Government appropriated her froedom, and as women there the same!. share the hardships, so they share property by official proclamation, but who Was promised due com also the privileges of the men. pensation.

work of some kind.

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Nearly ovary woman doca Mrs. Evans absolutely declined to obey. Instead of that, she whole place was put in a state of defence and the garrison increased. reorganized her forces, and under a young American ex-officer the

who has now complained of Mr. Cammin's rudeness, to demand Attacks were repeated, and she went personally to the President,

adequate protection. While she was in Mexico City her property was burnt and destroyed, and many of her followers were killed.

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land they labour with the mon, and in the factories, on thu wharves, in the municipal gar dons, and ovon on works of readmaking, the women employ- ed outnumber tho mon. Thog are to be found in olerical oc cupations, in shipping offices, banks, and railway stations, and at the University all professions Evans to stop cultivating her farm; but she remained on her farm, except the Church are open to riding about and directing operations with horsewhip and revolver, women students.

Many

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With courage and determination, she began the work of restora- tion. Every effort locally, by diverting water supplies, by destruc- tion and robbery has been made for the last six months to get Mrs.

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Lieutenant Wade's descent into the sea was due to the connec- 4th., 1914, and picture paper Olustrations of the earliest war scenes ting rod of the oil pump breaking. The wings were severely constitute the must striking feature in the press references to the damagert in the descent and the airmen drifted about in the rough yens for four hours before being picked up by a British trawler.

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