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never has yielded to Toronto in the
matter of banking capital.
Under the Canadian system of branch
banks the head institutions have
branches anywhere they can find bust
ness and the branch banks of Montreal
are found from one end of the Domin-
ion to the other. Consequently the city
is in close financial touch with every
part of the Dominion. All it's financial
resources in the present war are back
of the Dominion government.
1t is no reflection on the fnanciai
strength of Montreal to state that since
the war began investors in the united
States have relieved the strain some
what. A Montreal municipal loan of
100000 was taken by American IN
vestors and local capital to that
amount was left free for employment
in war purposes.
for recruits before they are sent to the
front. The Canadians are as quick to
become soldiers as are Americans. but
it is not the policy to send the volun-
teers abroad without preliminary
training.
Sometimes unfavorable comparison is
made between the activity of a mill
tary character displayed in the city of
Montreal and the Indifference which is
declared to prevail in the city of Que
bee. There is no basis for a compare
son of this kind, since the conditions
are in nowise similar. The talk never
theless draws attention to what is
under cover the subject of much Bit
ter feeling.
This is the attitude of the French-Ca-
nadians as a body to the war.
The question Is to some extent a po-
litical one and therefore to be treated
cautiously by an outside observer. 1t
is also to some degree a racial and re-
ligious one. and consequently one to
be handled with conservatism.
Much yelled and some open criticism
has been made on account of the dis
proportionate number of recruits or
volunteers from the strong French
Catholic province of Quebec as COM
pared with the number from the equal
ly strong Protestant and excessively
loyalty English province of Ontario.
Up to recent date figures were given
out to show that Ontario, with a pop
ulation approximating 100000. had
contributed more than $4,000 volun-
teers. while Quebec, with 100000 in
habitants, had contributed a fraction
under $4,000 recruits.
On this. showing the percentage was
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ed with something moving across the
room. The phenomena was soon ex-
planned. The old women had not only
hidden the pigs under the bed in order
to save them, but had tied up their
hens in bag and had slowed them
away, too.
We We're greatly amused when the
women told us that the Union boys had
added insult to injury by ordering them
to prepare dinner for them and have
it ready when they returned, after car
ryinS off all the provisions. OF course,
the Union soldiers were teasing them.
Fortunately We had brought some
things from Washington, and with the
fish and oatmeal, which We're still to
be found in the little ca bin, the other
nurse and myself prepared quite a BAN
quet. The soldiers were pretty much
surprised when, on their return, they
not only found generous layout, but
also had two white-capped nurses serve
them.
Just were returning to our
tents we heard, far Off. mournful sing
ing, and very soon there appeared q
long line of negro refugees from the
other plantations. carrying long poles
and huge packages on their heads. AS
they came they chanted sad hymns. l
remember their favorite one. because l
copied it, just as they sang it that
day"
From her desk Mrs. Brinton brought
forth A yellowed bit of paper. covered
with verses in dialect, several of which
were:
Po' Ut brack sheep dat strayed away,
Don los in de win an de rain.
An de Shepherd He say. oh, hireling.
Go fetch dat sheep again
An de hireling say, Oh Shepherd,
Dat sheep am brack an bad
And de Shepherd He smile like dat lii brack
sheep
Was de o>liest lamb He had
An de Shepherd 90 In de dark where de
night was cold and bleak,
An de III brack sheep He fin it an lay it
against His cheek
An dat Ill brack sheep was me.
Later we took the transports and
got down in front of Richmond, where
we remained until the last guns were
being fred in the rebellion" said Mrs.
Brinton. continuing her narrative.
Il never shall forget the sight when
we first arrived. There was long
stretch of tents. with the men lying
on the ground, their heads pillowed on
the sand. The men were raven2usly
hungry, as they had. man fashions. not
been able to prepare for themselves
the proper food. That was a hard
period of my service, for l was the
only woman there. the other nurse
having been sent elsewhere. 1t was a
difficult task cooking for about 100
men. and especially with the limited
facilities and provisions on the field.
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which may have been torpedoed and
may have been blown up by a mine,
was in the regular transatlantic serv-
ice between Montreal and Great Britain.
Were the full disclosure made of
Montreals war activities possible a
prominent place would be given to the
ten underwater craft which were said
to be shipped in parts by Charles NJ
Schwab to Montreal and assembled
there into the actual submarines which
crossed the Atlantic. But this is one
of the subjects on which information is
not given out.
X
!: x
Montreal in the financial sense comes
near to being center of Dominion
rather than of provincial finance. This
always has been the case. Some of the
strong Canadian banks have their
headquarters at Toronto, but Montreal
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nous influence with the French-Ca-
nadians in behalf of England and
France. 1t is stated that he is soon to
take the stump. IL his health will per
init. and join issue directly with Ed
tor Bourassa and the French Canadian
element which is participating in the
anti-war crusade. When the greatest
of French Canadians and the greatest
statesman that Canada has produced
take the platform to address recruit
ing meetings. something like real
test of the sentiment of the French
Canadians will be had.
There is censorship in the Dominion.
and the question may be asked how.
under censorship. an anti-war cru
SADIE can go on. But the censorship
has its limitations. The censor NOT
long ago reported that the attitude
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

FRENCH CANADA, industrially. IS
IL contributing it's share to the
conduct of the war. Financially
& it also is sharing in the profits
from war orders. Whether it is supply
ing its quota of recruits is a subject Of
controversy.
BY French Canada usually is UNDER
stood the province of Quebec. though
the racial border line is not drawn
along provincial boundaries, since there
is a French Canadian element in On
tario, and also in the maritime prov
inces.
Industrially, the province of Quebec
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bedside, discovered that he was suffer
ing from blood poisoning in it's wors
form. He Immediately threw off hi:
sash and gloves-the officers were ar
rayed in regimentals ready for parade
and commenced to work over him Il
save his life. But the surgeon soof
learned that he could not help him ant
so ordered that his sister be sent for
He died soon after she arrived.
Il had grown very fond of the splen-
did young fellow, and it was with nc
small amount of grief that | placed a
little bunch of wild flowers on his
breast as they placed his body aboard
the train for home. Some time after
ward | received a letter from his sister
telling me that, while they had been
on the road five days. the flowers were
as fresh as when first picked when the
funeral procession arrived at its desti-
nation.
Mrs. Brinton nursed many famous
generals and officials high in the ranks
during her army work. One of these
was Gen. George Taylor of New York.
Il was called at 10 o'clock one night
in August of 1862, to attend the gem
eral, whose leg had been amputated.
says Mrs. Brinton. His brigade was
sent against a heavy force, and his in
fantry. cavalry and artillery were
moved down like sheep. I shall never
forget the terrible grief of his young
daughter. who. with the generals wife.
was at his bedside when he died two
days later.
But while much of my life during
those sad years was filled with pa
thetic death bed scenes amid great suf-
fering, it was not without its pleasant
hours. On one occasion. having mum :
Der of men from Maine in my ward
who were to go home for a rest, | was
selected to escort them. At every stop
I was given an ovation, for army
nurses were greatly loved and respect
ed. l was presented with many gifts
on that trip which l treasure to this
day.
The Union boys were not the only
friends l had On one occasion when
wounded man was brought in. l
leaned over his bed. and placing my
which regiment he belonged to. He
murmurad:
oh. mel am only Johnny Reb,
and then he looked very much surprised
when l replied:
Every one is treated alike We became
very good friends while he was con-
valescing."
OF all the anecdotes related by Mrs.
Brinton the one relating to Abraham
Lincoln is perhaps the most unusual.
One Oh my pdtleHIS WOTSHlptu
coin. though he had never met him"
she said. HE was constantly speaking
about him, and saying what a wonder
full man he was. On his recovery he
learned that his brother had been
wounded and taken prisoner. When he
went to visit him, the prisoner begged
his brother to bring lawyer to him.
as he believed that he was dying. and
wanted to make a will bestowing his
belongings to his sweetheart AS he
u,as nretfy low his young brother start
ed out on a run in search of a lawyer.
In his hurry he collided with a tall.
homeIy man coming from the opposite
direction.
"'You almost knocked me down. the
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I'VE didn't have water fit to drink.
1t was brought a mile in pipes and de-
posted In great open tanks, and thus
was most impure. AS 1 worked ex-
tremely hard and was unable to get
sufficient rest in a tent where the
groans and cries of more than a hun
dred sick and wounded never ceased,
my health soon became undermined,
working. The ambulances never stopped
coming in with their loads of suffering
humanity. and some woman had to be
on hand to nurse them.
"One day a poor, forlorn man came to
me, asking for food. Where do you be-
long" l asked him. Don't belong no.
where. missy he replied. Use only been
digging graves two weeks. He was
half starved. The next day a man
whose tongue had been partly shot
away. and who could not eat. was
brought to me by a comrade, begging
me to attend him. / had to wait on him
as mother does on baby. and feed him
with a spoon. These were only a few
of the many frightful cases l had and.
after caring for them part of the day.
and cooking all the food for the men
out in the hot sun the remainder of the
day. my strength finally gave out and
July 8, 1864, I was placed on a trans
port, and sent to Washington for rest.
Another interesting period of my
nursing career was when. in November
of 1863. I was stationed in the Armory
stood where the fisheries are now To-
Gated. and consisted of long row of
dormitories, holding about fifty soldiers
each. The nurses were women who had
volunteered their services, without
compensation.
THE busiest night of all while there
was after the battle of Rappahannock
station. Wounded men were literally
piled into the rooms. All night long
they carried them in. When | entered
my ward next morning my eyes fell on
two long rows of sufferers. The floor
was strewn with canteens. knapsacks,
piles of blood stained clothes, boots and
shoes riddled with bullets. and here and
there a pale, WORKOUT nurse asleep on
a pile of garments.
'In one of the beds ! spied a little
fourteen-year- old drummer boy who
had been wounded. He was such a
child that 1 felt ] had to mother him,
and so paid more heed to him than
did to any one else. But soon l had TO
transfer my attentions to one of his
older comrades who had had both his
arms shot away. and therefore had to
be fed and waited on constantly. He
seemed to be getting on nicely. but on
the following Sunday when the officers
made their usual trip of inspection. DR..
Bliss, the head surgeon, passing his
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THE HISTORIC CITADEL OF QUEBEC,

the terminus of important transconti-
mental railway systems it serves the
whole Dominion.
Montrears Importance as a shipping
point has been greatly increased by
the war Little is said of the ship
ment of munitions and of all forms of
war supplies. because it is not the
policy to give publicity to those mat
tiers. But Montreal in all it's history
never has seen such activity as now
exists.
The imperial government in the be-
ginning Communicated such of the YES
sells of the transportation lines as it
needed. Others were not directly COM
Wandered, but have been used
transports either by the imperial or by
the Dominion authorities. The several
steamship lines have continued to serve
general commerce and have maintained
their passenger and traffic service with
little impairment. The HeSperian,
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uesBg Profits War Whether
Should Be cead-Qu
Canadian and English Branch Banks
the French Canadian Situation Editor and Political
Acknowledging Consumption.
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but war conditions have been even
more satisfactory in the market
sense, since they have enlarged the de-
mand for hay and forage products as
well as for all other food products.
Taking the province of Quebec as
whole it probably gains as much as any
part of the Dominion from the demand
created by the war.
Montreal. from its geographical posi-
ton and it's industrial resources. has
become the most important city of
the Dominion in relation to war sup
plies. Geography makes it much more
than Il mere outport for the province or
Quebec AS the head of ocean naviga-
ton through the st. Lawrence and as
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Mrs Emma Bnn Young Girl First Took Up Work for Wounded Alex
Followed Life Filled With Travel
Adventure Work PyExpeences Battle 2arpahan
mock Staionn Washington Hospta-An Anecdo Of Lincoln
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-HERE is one woman in Wash
iugton who is looking forward
III eagerly to the encampment of
q the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie She is little, gentle, gray-haired
person of eighty-three, and anection-
ately calls many of the veterans my
boys" because, as an army nurse during
the civil war. she administered to them
when they were occupants of her wards.
Her name is Mrs. Emma S. Brinton,
and she lives at 1414 18th street. She
is a member of the Army Nurses Asso-
citation. II longevity is due to an active
life as many declare, then it is no Won
der that Mrs. Brinton smiles happily
as she repeats the trite saying: Il am
only as old as I feel
There are few women whose lives
have been filed with as much travel,
adventure, work and play as has this
woman's. Even in her early girlhood
she rendered service in the stirring
days of the civil war. She has crossed
the ocean thirty times. travelled all
over Europe and this country, conduct
ed lecture tours. was a delegate to the
peace congress in Budapest. a delegate
to the international womens congress
in Berlin. Germany; did newspaper
work handled missionary work among
the freedmen of the sea islands and
has been engaged in club work. being a
member of a number of organizations.
These are but few of the many in
terests which have filled her life.
II is her experiences as war nurse,
however, of whNch she is most proud.
The four years spent caring for the
wounded, she declares. were crammed
full OF never-to- be forgotten expert
snces. AS she told of the things which
occurred during the history-makSeg
epoch, II was hard to realize that the
aged, tender-eyed woman with the
softly waving white hair. who. though
time has been kind to her. shows that
she is nearing the century mark, was
ever in the midst of so much turmoil,
suffering and strife.
Il was in my early twenties and liv-
ing in Boston when DR.. Bellows gave a
lecture there, in which he outlined the
great need for army nurses COM
nenced Mrs. Brinton. who was Miss
then. as she settled back in low
rocker, a piece Of odd Russian en-
broidery work in her hands.
L was present, and was greatly i'm
pressed by what he said. The next
morning ] called on him and told him
that ] wanted to offer my services in
the war to care for the wounded SOL
diers. He said that 1 was far too
young, and l LETT him bitterly disap-
pointed. But I was persistent. and my
heart filled with the great desire to be
of service, l wrote him a letter to his
address in Washington, pleading to be
llowed to help. He wrote to me, and
one of the sentences in his letter was:
My dear young lady, il you are still
in as earnest a mood and feel the same
as you did when you wrote that elo-
quent letter. come on at once, for we
need you
Il left at once for Alexandria. was
assigned to work in q hotel. which had
been converted into a hospital. and the
dining room and parlor was my ward
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nch Canada Contributing Her Share to the Wa

nadians in the present emergency.
They always have been somewhat cold
on the question of war on behalf of
Englandfbut it might be assumed that
their racial sympathies would influence
their views now that England is al
lied with France and Frances national
life is at stake in the struggle with
Germany.
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Even the government of Sir Wilfrid
Laurier took little stock in the plans
for building Canadian navy. but
events seem to have justified their in
difference to it The position of the
French-Canadians as expressed by
many of their leaders besides Editor
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-HERE is one woman in WASH
ington who is looking forward
eagerly to the encampment of
y the Grand Army of the Repub-
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-03-23

A marriage license was issued
Saturday by Deputy Auditor c. b.
Moon TO w. II. Conboy and Miss
Clara Belknap, both Of this city.
Later in the day the couple APP
peared before Justice of the Peace
William ID. Keeton, who united
them i'm marriage. They Will re-
side on Mr.. Cowboys farm about
three miles east of this city.
Emma Dairy through her at
torney William ID. Keeton has
started an action in the district
court asking for a divorce from
her husband Charles Dairy on the
grounds of failure to support.
The papers in the case were filed
Monday.
Among other court papers filed
Monday was a demurrer to the
complaint in the case of Geo H.
ufkin vs.. w. E Moody, which is
an action to foreclOse mortgage
Attorney c.. S. Malone of PlummeI
represents the defendant, Moody
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-03-23
City i'm Brief

Meet me at the Hotel Normoyle
at Occur d'Alene.-adv If
Attorney Roy L. Black of Occur
d'Alene was in the city Saturday
on business.
For private room and board in
uuire second door west of Tele-
phone Office, Mrs. R. Maskell. 2t
w. f. Becker, manager of the
Milwaukee store, was Spokane
visitor Sunday.
A brick store building for rent
cheap. Call at this Office. adv
H. B. Davis was a business Wis
itor in Spokane Monday.
For fishing tackle that will
catch fish go to Alcorn's. adv
For saIe-Modern five room
house on Sixth street; 2 lots,
A Bargain if taken at once. IN
duire at this office. ad IT,
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-03-23

The Ladies Aid Of the Presby-
terrain church will hold a bazaar
and sale April first in the base
'ment of the church. A light
lunch will be served. The pro-
ceeds will be devoted to making
a payment on the church loan and
ii is hoped that there will be a
good attendance.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-03-23

The C. C. C. CluD held its reg
ular meeting March 18th at the
home of Mrs. II. r. Taylor. Roll
Call response was zone way in
which our town may be beauti-
fed The lesson on the I'M
provement of Towns and Cities
was taken up with Mrs. w. +.
Clark as leader. The next meet
ing will be held at the home OF
Mrs. Fred Russell April ist.
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Alcorn's candies are always
fresh. adv.
Mrs. J. NJ. Warren and Mrs.
Lulu Hamilton were Spokane
visitors Monday.
For Hire-Two heavy teams for
logging; with a driver. Inquire
Oleson Mercantile Co., Herrick If
George Croonquist returned
Sunday night from a visit to Spo-
kane.
Call at Slay's before you fur
nish your home. We handle
everything of value, new and sec
ond hand store. adv II.
Ii. H. HilsOn, manager of the
Journal of Occur d'Alene was a
business visitor in the city Sat
urday.
For school supplies go to AL
cOrn's.
Benjamin Zeitzer of Clarkia re-
turned Monday evening from
Wallace where he was appointed
as administrator by probate juice
Il. E. Weniger to settle the es-
tate of Nathaniel Burt Maneck'
lcr Clarkia.
Bargain-Must sell seven lots
west of Hospital. Easy terms
BOX 40, Beverly Wash. M.3I
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The social meeting of the
Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian
church will be held in the base
ment of the church Thursday af-
ternoon. The hostesses are Mrs.
Baker and Mrs. Croonquist. All
are invited to come.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-03-23

H. J. Butler, NJ. d. of Garneill,
Montana, who with his wife and
baby has been visiting his brother
in-law, DR.. J. l.. MullenbrOOk,
left for Spokane Sunday to spend
week or two.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-03-23
LOUIS AMsRoscH

Teacher of the art and tech
mic of vIoIin playing. Ger
tined by the Royal conserva-
tory of Music, Leipzig, Ger.
At St MarIes on Tuesdays
pupils accepted; for Informal
dion see Miss Florence sren-
nan or Mr.. B. r. Seiwert,
Mounta9n Wow Hotel.
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present it at once and it will be
paid.
Alcorn's for fine stationery. ad
Geo. E. Preston and j. w Nc
Crea of Occur d'Alene we're in the
city Monday on their way to
Marble creek on a fishing trip.
Let Alcorn fill your prescrip-
tons. adv
Bert Randall of the Economy
Store is a business visitor in Spo-
kane today.
The Rebekah lodge will give a
dance on Easter Monday, April
5th. Keep the date in mind. If.
Mrs. Frank Randall is a Spo-
kane visitor today.
For SaIe-Rhode Island Red,
laying hens, also setting hens.
A. II. Barr, Townsite. adv If.
Attorney H. J. Hull was in
Occur d'Alene Monday on legal
business.
Misunderstanding by the day or
piece. Sallee & Keen, Phone
iib-5rings. adv 81.
Sheriff C. w. Leaf was a Occur
d'Alene visitor Saturday.
Ten ceres of fruit land for
sale OF trade. Address P. o. Box
i54. adv. Apr. ?
Attorney E N. LaVeine return
ed Friday from Occur d'Alene
where he had been spending sew
eral days attending to some
cases in the district court. While
there he filed a suit for divorce
for Thomas T. Kerl against his
wife Isabel L. Kefl.
County Auditor shepherd spent
Saturday and Sunday at his home
in Plummer returning here Mon
day.
William Abbott of Fernwood
was in the city Saturday as a
witness in a lawsuit in justice
court.
Jack Cox of Occur d'Alene was
a business visitor in the city Sat-
urday.
Am now ready to do dress-mak-
ing at my PENTHOUSE one block
west of brick yard. Phone No
1884. Vina NJ. Clint. adv
DR.. j. l.. Mullenbrook, osteo.
path, corner Fifth and College
avenue, one block east of cit!
hall Phone i5i. At
DIT. J. L. Mullenbrook, osteo-
, path, corner Fifth and Colleg'
avenue, one block east of cit.
hall Phone ISL. At
D DR. p. w. Polly, who for the pas
] two months has been ASSISTING
D his brother-inlaw, Dr.. Mullen
= brook, left this morning for hi
= home in Emmett, Idaho. He wa
S accompanied by Mrs. NJ. J. Dave
:. Of Garneill, Montana, who ha
r. been visiting her daughter, Mr..
# Mullenbrook, for the past tire
weeks.
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w. w. O'Dell was a visitor here
from Occur d'Alene Sunday.
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For Sale cheap-One horse,
buggy and harness. G.. l.. Stock
ing's Harness Shop. adv IT,