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'AN UNSOUGHT WEALTHI
Or The Mystery of a Brother's Legacy.
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C PTER Xappearance go.'.
',
He was a tall man, sparely built, "May I trouble you to explain
what you mean by 'so far as ap-
yet poseeesing a breadth of thest
"P
which denoted strength. He .carried pearances go •
himself with a slight stoop, His It is a perfect stone.; What
mean you will possibly discover for
lace was clean Shaven, and Ms large.
brown es deeply in Ms yourself before you have coacluded
eywere fixed
nit I your experiments —if yon intend to
, _head. Ile bad a trick of fixing
selattee, on anything which caught his trY anY's'
attention, which is found in short- As he said thin Mr. Sehwabe mail-
. sighted people, though he woe not
ehort-sighted, and which made the
object stared at wonder if by any
possibility this man could blink.
"M. Nurvetthkv," — his voice was
aaotber peculiority. :He habitually
spoke with almost femininea gentle- it'
ess, awl yet so clearly thAnd Mr. Schwabe smiled again,
aat his
"1 ant obliged to you." Mr. Let -
words traveled farther than the tit- '1
turned to M. Nurvetchky, "1
terauces of more uproarious speak -
suppose, M. Nurvetchky, that the
ere — "do we widerstand you to say
wonderfal thiugs this stone has done
that what we have just now seen
la the hands of others it will be
owed nothing to ;.sair connivance?"
- • I
4 4Certainly.''
ed.
"I suppose there is no doubt that you are really burned."
it is a diamond?" Mr. Leicester chewed Dis hand to
-None whatever. As I have said, the people.
it would be cheap at twenty thou- . "It has learned me in the palm."
sand pounds if it were possible to "Mr. Leicester," observed M, Nur-
vetchky, "will shortly explain. to
you how it was done," -
"'if you will take iny advice, sir,"
said the clerical gentleman at the
bath, "you will come off the stage.
They will work you a mischief it you
11
do not take eare."
, eee
—he paesed: shall, be happy"
he paused, again — "I .shall be hat-.
There was •a •eonvulsi..Vetwitching
of the must -ties Of his .faCe, • rsis Ups
were tightly closed. . The • he raised
his hand and flung the diamond
from him to the iloo•r.
wonder ht.sor they managed to
do that?" .
• Rio VOiee, :as be asked the, ques-
tion, was. Still gentle and courteous.
Ile stood. with Msarm stretched
out in front... him„ gazing; at "the
°pea pxiim. Madetue Nun:etc:bay,
movedto him. . • .
"Has it . burned . you? I warned
yout lt seems resolved to leavea
brand .oti. every One that toueb.es it,
Oh. your poor handl"
been- Continually interrupted ,in the
observation tbett I was about to
make to you, Mr. fiookbani, to the
effect thatal shall: be happy---"
The flame began to gyrate. SIOW-
ly at first; then with ever-inereasing
Velocity, As it went whirling
round, it threw out sparks, as a
gigantic ca•therthe wheel might throw
out a great rain of fire.
Leieestor," cried the Colonel.
Iolni,W,lonle
inOgonanet eefttlirT.,,parks had fal-
e"My dear riewsoap, you are Sure-
ly not afraidt Consider how great
a portionof my life I ,have spent in
looking for something which Might
be honestly called remarkable, At
last it seems that I have stumbled
upon somothing, by the merest
She bent over Mr. Leicester's hand chaace — one alwilys stumbles upon
and smoothed it softly with her ownthe most important discoveries by
"Supposing you show it to the chance --•• which may be said to an -
audience," suggested M. Nurvotebley, saver that, description. You would
ae sleepy and as bored as before, not have me give up my search just
but drier thaw ever, "Let them at that monient when I am within
have the satisfaction of seeing that measurable distance of success?"
"Mischief! 1 hope they'll realm -
That it is not trick?
As to that I cannot inform yon. bee that my name's Truelove if they
" a "
If it is a ;triek we are not the You had better try."• , want 10 make arrangement for your They began to see each other
But how I proceed to try? burial."
performers, The dianiond has acted ow sthrough a hetet. The clerical gen-
.
Mr. Leicester's tones were quietly
pleasant. But it seemed as though
thepeople were beginning to be test-
icles in theh• seats.
"As 1 was observing, Mr. Hook -
ham," continued Mr. Leicester, "I
shall be 31(11APY----"
A. faint, ;white smoke began to
accompany the sparks which were
issuing from the revolving sheet of
flame — it faiat, white smoke of pe-
culiar pengence. It stale from the
stage into the hall. It mounted to
the gallery. People began to cough.
"Suppose yen :address yourself to From which remark it appeared. tleman turned to a lady who accom-
the owner of the stone? I can only re- that Mr. Truelove had not yet res
"Will you allow Inc to come on the
peat io1- assurance that I myself tired from, the ellery. Mr. Lei -
stage?" know nothing of the Iiititter, either cester seemed to pay no attention to
tWith the greatest of pleasure. num means mischief; look tit bun,
pained ,
Hester, come away. That old
Turning siowt
We shall be glad to have t'
you. • So 1 one s whi a either 'speaker. • y-
.,
11‘ or the other.
'Mining to- round he advaaced to where tbe now!'" -•And e indeed Mr, Hookham
keen an inquirer as yourself cannot I s'"'• wcis was -staring with a strange in -ten-
' 'wards Mr. Hookham Maclaine Nur- diamond had found a resting Place sity at Mr. Leicester and the rcvolv-
11111 to arrive ilt t. i
yeteliky touched him on the arm. upon the carpet.
1
al. Nurvetcbley's tone was it little "I do not think, my friend, you . "As I was sayiag, Mr, Hookbom,
i
grouad it is on which I shall be happy" — he stooped to
dry. As Mr. Leicester was about to ;kaaw what
accept this invitation Colonel Dew.; you are 'venturing. You see this, pick up the stone. There was a re -
and this." She touched port as though the stote,had" gohe
Snap rose from his seat and caught !thid this,
3,6,111 by the arm.
:the scars on her neck and bosom, off pop. It was perhaps the sadden-
-I thiuk if I were you" — he , and ler poor burnt hair. "That ness Of the tbing which induced him
which is now so eocil to you, to withdraw his hand. "I shall be
stroked 'his moustache and peusede- 1 stoma
"I'd leave this thing alone." : has done all this, as you saw with happy—" He dagain advanced his
"Colonel, you come with me." your own eyes. And see, it has hand. There 'was another report.
That was MrLeicesters answer. burnt me here as wellen She held Possibly more prepared for these lit-
. '
The Colonel laughed — a little odd- out her hand and showed hint the tle pleasing C011\1118 011 he did not
ly. mark of a scar. "Yon absolve us flinch, but, tbe stone did. As he
fuston, had the result of griietine the
from all blame, you. take upon your- was about to grasp it, it gaxe a
"I don't mind if I do." people, at least for the moment'',
One after the other they ascended self all risk in this that yon are little spring and was beyond the
' the steps which led to the little about to dor
reach of his hand. "I sha"As I was observing, Mr. Hook -
ll be hap- ham, 1 .shall be happy" — the smoke
gangway and moved towards the "I absolve you 'from all blame. 1 r -.-',
ryAgain he made a snatch at
suddenly 'increased in volume — "I
stage. Willy Penton eeemed to ob- nmet dree my weird, Madame." it—again thete was a report .-- and
"Mr. Hookhant, let me present •to again the stone had hopped away. shall be happy" — so 1101180 had the
' t t I en, left behind. he wee smoke become that it obscured tho
persons on the stage, but through it
issued, audible to every creature in
the hall, the clear, well-bred tones
of Mr. Leicester's voice — "I shall
be -happy to buy your diammfd."
There was silence just for an in -
my goose cooked, not for no one.stan. People p
le looked at each °til -
It was MrTruelove in the gal- siris yours?t
I
er's faces, so much, that is to say,
'' "I understand . , " .
• , to declare his happiness. He had I
- iery, "M. Nurvetchky addressed the ''Yes, sir, it is mine." got so far when a ring of flame I as they could see of them, for the
committee of inspection. • "You claim for it magic pewees?'' ' sprang up around. him like one 011 smoke 1/1 the hall as on the stage,
NV
ing flame.. "At beast, O will not
stay •to _see it done."
• There were symptoms of some-
thing like a panic. Mr. Leicester,
,who seeined ,quite at his ease in the
curious ,position le occupied, ap-
pealed to their common sense.
"What are you running from? A
conjurer's trick? Don't be so • fool-
ish. Sit down, and see it out."
The an'wxi
'as hich ae distinctly
audible, even in the gathering con-
quite ready to cut a figure on any
you Mr. Leicester, a famous gentle-
uddenly the diamond ceased its
!
"Can't I come,. too?" .It was a curious place for an inmr. Leicester 111111 it in his band.
"I think," said Mr. Leicester; troduetion. Mr. Leicester bowed. !
Mr. Hookham merely looked at him m
;triuph. Now, Mr. Hookham, as
"Lei, me outI ain't going to
askance. Mr. Leicester beld out the , I was about to remark I shall be
-
S
etage. remarkable antics. In an instant
hnye it." he etaid, with quiet
that perhaps you'd better not."
, stay here! I ain't going to have diamom • that this diamond, 1 It seemed that he was fated not
"Well, gentlemen, what is it you Madame Nurvetcliky interposed. .those haloes which NVO see In old,
wish to examine first?" "I? I claim for it nothing.n :pictures' encircling the heads of
. Mr. Leicester replied— tIf you want to produce some i saints. It in no way touched his
"Perhaps you will let us examine manifestations — I think that I may; body, but it girded him round about
this table " I call them so — offer to buy it," I as with a belt .01 flame. He paused,
began to be thick and suffocating.
Then a scream rang out the
scream of it human being. Then
there was silence again.
Then a curious noise began: It
came from the stage. It was like
The Colonel seemed to think the to look at it, withea curiosity which
"I don't think you will find the the hall with the tumult of a deafen -I
"Take Care! •
"I wonder— how that's done? he
proceeding. superfluous. The words were boomed through!nne-he eanea excusable. the yelping of Mlle strange beast.
It seemed, from the sound, as
'
secret there." hag crash of thunder. And when , said, in that quiet, contemplative though somewild animal. had a.p-
Apparently satisfied with the re- at last something approaching et- . voice of his.
1
sult of his proceeding's, he advanced lence had retureed, it was the Col- I "Pertaps you will be able to of -
to M. Nurvetchley. onel's voice that was heardifer an explanation as yeti go on
"NOW, Sir. with your permiseion, , "That's the third time of asking. : Keeping his eyes on the thin cir-
peered upon the ,stage.
How long it lasted. that uncom-
fortable visitation from the unseen
visitor — if it. was a visitation, and
I will examine the diamond." INow look out for ructions. . cular eed line, Mr. Leicester coin there was a visitor — no one in the
It showed none of the signs of The Colonel smiled, but he was the tinued addressing Mr. Hookham. hall would have been prepared to
. It seemed to those there that
evince:only CI 011 in the building who 1 -As I ;was observing, sir, I shall saY
aversion to him which it had
ed to the ladi. tseemed inclined to do so. be happy" — pause, instant appear- it lasted hours. Possibly it only
tI suppose M. Nurtetchket V011 `'Alr. Leicester, don't you think ance cti t secoud bolt of flame, lasted seconds.
Just as speedily as it came, it
went away. All waa
(To Be Continued).
base no microscope of any kind :you had better act mean the warn- .about half -way up his body — I
;
licuein?•' ;Inge and take care?" . shall he happy" — anether pause,
"I have a jeweler's glass." I "Madame- Nurvetchky, I bate and the third belt appeared, about,
M. Nurvetthky took one from his , heard that sort of thing done be- tile regio)1 of his knees.
pocket and handed it to the speaker. :fore, though 1 will do you the jus- i -Let me entreat you, sir, to
Mr. Leicester fitted it into his eye. 'dee to admit that 1 have not heard pause. That old man means to
•With its aid he long and carefully i it done quite so well:" 4 work you mischief."
peered into the inner mysteries of ; The lady smiled. She favored him • The clerical gentleman had risen
the diamond. After be had peered ;with one of her sweeping cvrtseys. , in hie eeet and 1N -as pointing at Mr.
for (mite it minute he came to the I "Mr. Leicester, the risk is yours. •' I•Tookhant. Mr. Hookham's ' atti-
front of the stage. He spoke to I "As you say, Madame, the risk is tnale did seem singulae. Ffe was
Mr. Schwabe. . mine," 'bent alnioet double, his hands were
"I think you said, you were a dia- 1 Yes= ghdgfter asdgftrt ei•rtfgrtttt knitted together in . a convulsive
mond merchaatr' ! "Yes; and I wonder what percent- i clasp, Ids eyes scented starting:from
"I am. Here is my card." age an ineurance office would want, ' his head. He would not have Made TI -1-1', BUREAU; DRAWER.
"T ---------1 think, too, you I to take it?" , • ct bad picture of a man engaged in . . . •
N. A. W. CHASE'S
CATARRH CURE 506
is sent direct to the diseased
parts by the Improved Blower.
Heals the ulcers, ;dears flirt Sr
passages, stops droppings in the
throat and permanently curea
Catarrh and Hay Pover. Blower
free. All deatera, or Dr. A. W. Chase
tiedIcIne Co., Toronto and Buffalo.
said that erou had already examined This -was from the -Colonel. ' the act of cursing his enemy. His IDoNot Close It With Your Knee,
this diamond, You are sure — you Leicester proaeded to address the • 1001(s seemed to strike Mr. Leicester. l Madam.
[ - w",
will excuse my putting it in that ; owner of the stone.
Would you ork me a mischief?
way—but you are quite sure that f "I understand that if 7 wish your he asked, Danger lurks now in so many
this is the one that, you examined?" ; diamond to (10 any more of those : The 11(1 man stared as though the ' quarters that ,nobody will be sur -
31 am quite surewonderful things we have already words had roused him for a fit of in- i
prised to learn that there is it cer-
"," ; :
"May I ask if you have noticed ; seen, I must offer to but it, I am i tonSe ptain peril even in as homeless an in-
lire-occupation.
, ..
aan. peculiarity in the formation of : afraid that so valuable a stone is I "I? 'Work
yen e mischief! terstitution as a bureau drawer'Can-
the atone?" ' beyond the range of my limited ; The old man looked round the hall less it is carefully -used this institu-
"If you.mean, has it a .flaw, it has 1 means; but, at , the some time, w
T th frightened gave one tion is capable of causing all kinds
- ' i , eees—it
to see I of trouble. Listen to the: testimony
stonesif ot the most pe
, nrfect tonet
s, hrus M. Nurvetchkss with ever -in- i quite an uncomfortabie feeling
, his acit was o whitean
fe. s, d dran n ofawic:1311s1.-0s1i1cNivain ognettlitiertso4ubtiteecti.jabit 01
none. It is one of the most perfect I shall be happy — I shall he happy"
:and . Latineed. Ile turned to .1.4.r.
closing the bereati drawer by the
I ever saw. it is perfect so far as creasing dryness; as it seetned. T
i Leicester. "Give me that stone!"
"Give me the stone!" not realize the harm that.may . re-
pi•essure of the knee," he. said, "do
I
suit from this practice. I have "Not I. The experiments ere pro -
I
known many serious cases of water ceeding admirably. As M. Nurvet-
on the knee that were eaused in this
;chliy remarked, if I go on I shall
I dou Mites be able to explain exactly
i Ile force required to shut • a
how it's done. .As I was observing,
pny____,, drawer in thisiway is slight and
Mr. Itookharn, I shall be ha one. scarcely notices the contact of
. The three belts all at once united
. the knee with the drawer. But the
, and, became a con flan ou s sheet at knee joint is a delicate streeture
flame, Mr. Leicester was standing
1114.se )lay easily- be caused
in a circle of flame some three feet and a b
deep — shaped something like a bar—that will lead ultimately to very
serious cense( uences I have had
Unleas tho Nervous Energy Daily Consumed is Made
good by Rest and Sleep Physical and Mental
Bankruptcy is Inevitable—Dr. Chase's Nerve Fcod
Sleep is as necessary to life as is
hood or, water. A single night of
wakefulness unnerves most people,
,and when sleeplessness becomes
chronic it soon leads to mental and
paysical collapse, prostration, pasta
lyeis or Insanity,
• Sleeplessnese is an unmistakable
symptom. of nert•OUS exhaustion.
Opiatea may. give temporary relief,
but have a terrible reaction on the
nervous system. 1)r. Chase's. Nerve
Wood cures sleeplessness, just as it
canes nervoas headache, nervous aye-
pepsia, •irritability, restlessness and
aril the other symptoms of nervous
exhaustion, by actually increasing
the nerve force of the body,
To the nervous and exhausted, who
feel that they are losing their grip
on life, find it difficult to Concen-
trate their thoughts, and to remain -
ter what they hear or read ; to the
desponderit and discouraged, Dr.
Chare's Nerve rood comes, nrieging
new hopes and ambitions. Ily not-
ing youw
r eight While tieleg it yon
\ tan prove that new, firm flesh and
\eitieele ere being added to your
ltadat t the 04010 thee you will
feel the thrill of new. rich blood in
your veins, and new vigor and en-
• ' one vet e ie.
W. Haveken, of 3 Roden on his feet, "1 preterit against this
Place, and •who is'employed exhibition going on!"
Haight's Candy Works Toronto W
,
"hy do you protest?" ingeired
Ont., states : M. Nurvetebny.
-That old man means mischief!"
The clerical gentleman brought
down his bond with a bang on the
back of the seat in front of him,
with so forcible as bang that the
young lady who occupied it sprang
up with a little scream,
"Iaicester," mum' the tiol-
one', "I think yoe'd better come.
awey."
"I have 'warned Mr. Leicester that
the risk is bis;" this from Madame,
Nurvetchky, with one of twee elo-
quent gestures of hers, which were at
the same tinie, so full of graee.
Mr, Leicester looked first at the
clerical gentleman, then at the Col-
onel, then at Mr. Hookhaan, • Who
had again assumed ono of his 'pecul-
iar attitudefa and at the lady last of
all, •
he said, • "the. rik sis
mine." He glanced down at the
flame which 01101143 Ilim. "X have
• •
rel with both the ends knocked out. many ,patients who front indulging,
"I protest!" cried the Clerical gen- in this habit have brought on ill-
-Umtata, who had remained erect up- lenses that lasted from one month
"I was troubled for a lolls time
With very severe headaches. I was
very nervous, had no appetite, and
could not rest or sleep well. The
regular use of Dr: Chase's -Nerve
Food hae greatly Improved my ap-
petite. I gaol) ,splendidly, and the
headaches are entirely' gone. As a
metier of feet, .1 feel Eke a different
person, and can iteommend thie
medicino very highly, as I know it
has been the 111051250 11 curing' me"
The blood -making, •nerve invigot•at-
ing influence of Dr. .Chase's Nerve
road commends it to all Who are
Weak and exhausted, Gradually and
naturally it builds up the system,
and, being coMposed of powerful re-
atoratines, its efreets are as certain
as the laves of nature. Fifty cents a
box ; 6 boxes for $2,50. At all
denials, or reilmanson, Bates 4c1 Coe
oronto,
to six. So my advice to all women
is to lean 'over and shut the drawer.
"It is better, although it may
seem more troublesome at the min-
ute. The leaning over, instectd of
being a, disadvantage, is really an
excellent means of exercise, ctad no
way of closing a drawer is so dan-
gerous as to push it with the
knee."
LONDON'S POVERTY.
There are in London 200,31)00 hu-
ma11 beings who have to subs* on
food that falls, fai• sheet of the
dietary required for 'meson inmates,
and 30,000 who are homeless,
• Old Dr. Urimsbaw (to medical stu-
dent)—“And now, remember that to
a physician. humanity Ls divided in-
to two classes." Studeet — "And
what are. they, doetor?'' Old Dr.
Grimehaw "The poor Man Whom
be cures and the ',rich ;man whom he
doctors,". • '
A FEW PERTINENT PAOTS
IIPON T1= CEMENT INDIISTRy
OP THIS COUNTRY,
Reoplo in the Rosa). Districts
• 'Should 'Look Into This
Matter.
Itt view of the great Dumber of
cement comp:take :being formed for
Which the public, intietiy .fartnere
cued persens. haying it,i1I SEA iti
the rural districts ate being asked
to provide the money, anything
width themes ligh1 upon the subject
Will be read with interest. We re-
print Isom the Peterberough Ex-
aminer the following
Much discossion is 1101v going pn
In the press on the slibjectof the
threatened enormous o'lerprociO c tion
of cement ia Canada. We notice in
a recent issue of The Times a refer-
ence of the opinion of Thigitieer Rush
on the subject. A few facts relative
to this will not, we trust, be with-
out interest to your readers. ln
the year 1009 the cnnsumption of
cement in Canada reached its highest
point, namely, 1,040,000 barrels.
Of this 645,000 were made in Can-
ada and 400,000 barrels imported.
Prior to 1:).02 only three companies
were engaged in • this manufacture,
In the .year 1902 no less than five
additional compauies got under way..
Several of thein, however, did little
more than get Started and supplied
only Minot 100,000 barrels, In the
year'71903 we shall have all the old'
factories in operation and with
largely increased 'outputs, and also,
the five new companies above men-
tioned. The output will then be for
1903, 1,660,000 barrels, that is to
say over 600,000 barrels more than
the total conetunption of last year.'
In view of these facts you will per-
ceive that the warnings contained in
the Monetary Times and Nail and
Empire as to tho danger of overpro-
duction were well timed and should
be carefully heeded by the investing
public. But when we toll you that
in addition to the five ileNV com-
panies so started last year we have
ten new companies now being float-
ed in the country which are to have,.
according to the promoters, a com-
bined capacity of 10,200 barrels per
day equal to an annual capacity of
about 8,500,000 barrels, the utter
folly of putting money into more
cement enterprizes will be apparent.
Here is a list of the ten new com-
panies with their promised output :
Barrels
per day.
The Manitoba Portland Ce-
ment eo., o,f Winnipeg ...... —1,000
The Western Canadian Port-
land Cement Co. 1,00
The St. Mary's Portland Ce-
neclat Co 1,0
00
The Colonial Portland Cement
Co., Wiarton.. 1,000
The Raven Lake Portland Ce-
ment Co 1,000
The Blue Lake Portland Cement
Co., Brantford... ...... 600
The Superior Portland Cement
GeoKingston • . 90
Portland Ceinen
i
Th
Go
1,000
'The Belleville Portland Cement
Co., 0000
The International Portland Ce-
ment' Co.', Hull... .. 1,000
--
Making it daily product of.10,200
It is clear then that whatever mo-
ney is made in Canadit out of the
cement industry hereafter, will be
made in promoting companies and
not in operating them. It Ls alleged
that gentlemen who two years ago
floated the Durham Company cleaned
up half a million of dollars out of
the floatationon a capital of 1,000,-
000. The same gentlemea are found
proinoting, in different parts of the
country,. several new companies on
a scale still more ambitious than the
Durham Com.pany. For instance the
Belleville Portland Cement Co. is to
have' it capital of two and a half
millions. of dollars and. an output of
two thousand, barrels per day. Can
they be putting any of their own
money•in then'. ? If the floatation of
the Durham .company could yield the
promoters a half a Million of dollans
the thought of what there 'must be
in store for the floaters of the Belle-
ville Co, with a capital of two and
a half millions, fairly makes once
mouth water.; These promoters .far
sorpass Engineer Rush, as dispensers
of satisfaction. They gravely assure
us that cement can be made in this
country and profitably exported to
the 'United States notwithstanding
• tbe Auterican. duty and notwith-
standing the fact that malty all
cement machinery comes from the
United States and is subject to
heavy charges for freight and duty
and that the coal for burning the
cement is all imported from the
-United States and costs here double
'what it costs there and that the
actualecost of bottling cement alone
is more than they pretend they can
Make cement for. • ,
But then, let the promoters take
courage—asucker is born' every inin-
Me and the fciols are not nearly .01
dead yet,
,
POINTED PAtAORAPHS.
Occupation is the best tinle an -
Some men know just, enough to
make fopls or themselves.
'Some societiee spend a dollar in an
effort to raise a dime for charity.
Taking a bitable and taking a
drop are not. synonymous, but one
often leads to the other.
Children's idea of a father ie a
man who Dever puts geavy on their
platewhen they want it.
• A. lot of trouble is :Stirred up by
people who insist on saying things
when they have nothing, to say.
Next to knowing Wheel .to grasp an
opportualty the most important
thing is to liTIONV When 20 let go of
12.
A New York woman is Suing her
Umlaut(' for divorce, on the ground
that he is a fool. He says the Melt)
fact that he Married her peevents
hina frOne eettiog up ober defense,
OANADA'S GIANT BEMS
•
00,1YIME3iTS BY ST. .TA1TES'
GAZETTE, QP LONDON.
Tells Struggling Crofters to Come
• to This Land of Oppor-
tunities.
A. recent issee of the St. dailies'
• Ciezettc commenting on an article
which appeare in the sante issue on
"The Advance of Canada," saYs
Evidence has lately been for
fiaBBIllg GRIMINALS.
,A GREAT MANY or THEIYIAj
MEN 017 CULTURE,
Some Build lYfission Halls, Write
• Plays and collect Buts
terities,
It is quite a mistake, said an ex.
official of New Scotland Yard to a„
writer in London Tit -Bits, to im-
agine that great criminals are i•eal-
ly men of debe,sed tastes, and .,,)l-1,_
01. the uxtruurdinurY 11)1)1(1 10), out culture or refinement. As a,
p0iftsCtityn:dat
ai: by yanslattlesis'ijeactfuraatti
let;sidwY0)0eultt.cultured
eatiglienttillye
far the most satisfactory coodition
of things prevailing in .i.tny part, of
the British ICilipire at the Present
time, And itsbrightest feature is
that not only is theve no reason to
doubt its centinuance, but the pros-
pect of a vast, indeed an almost
/limitless expansion is opened up by
the reports of the undeveloped pos-
sibilities of the country. Such acs
counts of tho country as we publish
may gladden the hearts of sojourn-
ers tin the Olcl Country who hear
doleful stories, and see arotted them
hopeless scenes, •of overcrowded cities
unemployed workfare, and struggitha
industries.
NEEDS NO PITY,
No man he England, especially if
Ile be yo un et active, and , enterprise
Mg needs tlie pity of his fellows no 1
n
torious embezzler,' who for years he,d.
matter what his circumstances May 14"T" robbing MS employers ither
be ; for Canada is holdbig out an' city at the rate of many thousands
it year, He lived in the simplest
style in a small house at Highborn
and practically gaye away every
p'
counsel who prosecuted them; and
many,n1 them aro men of noted phil-
anthropy. -
Take for iristaime, the rail-
way clerk who defrauded his em-
ployers out of .$200,000. He had a.
positive mania for charitable work
of esery kind. When his day's work
at the office was . over be would"
spend hours in exploring the slums
and relieving. the distress he fouled
ther0With a lavish hand. In theser •
poverty-stsicken distSicts lie was
simply worshipped: and regarded in
the light of a benevolent angel; and
it Was cbarecteristic of the man
that he was arrested in the very .aet
of clisposiag of the balance of his
ill-gotten gains in charity.'Then there was B --s, another no-
invitation to him to come over to a
land enjoying a climate preferable to
that of the mother country, inhabit-
ed by people of Ids own race, and "Y he had.He gave large sums
affording the certainty f a . eons, to cbaritable. societies, built and
•o
supported two Mission halle, and
fortable livhig and the fair possibil-
ity of' fortune to all who choose to
work for it. The sons of struggling
crofters from Scottish islands and
Irish congesteci districts have but
to enter the Dominion to obtain'
steady farm employment for a year
or two, during which period they
can with, care and .thrift earn en-
ough to start farming on their own
account. Then in Manitoba of -the
Northwest' Territories the settler
can procure for the asking it farm of
generous land of 160 acres on terms
which after three years and with
onlyhthe expense of a eegistration
fee 'of two guineas will make him
the absolute owner of the soil he
tills. For those who possess a'
small amount of capital the road to
a comfortable livelihood is open
without even, this short preliminary
apprenticeship.
OUR ONE NEED.
The one need of the country is
men and women. Population is now
streaming into Canada from the
United States ; and the question for
Englishmen to ask themselves is
whether they are going to let this
magnificent colony be peopled and
developed by American citizens and
American capital, while we in tho
Mother Country sit twirling our
thumbs a,nd lamenting our over-
crowded conditions pad the lath; of
opening for our sons. Lately we
published an account of art enter-
prising scheme of an Anglo -Canadian
clergyman, who is taking some three
thousand British settlers to the
Northwest, thus setting an example
that other i would do well to follow.
How striking has been the advance
of Canada may be gathered from
recently published statistith. The
number of homestead entries,. for
example, increased during 1902 as prosperous careers. In. a singleayear
compared with the previous twelve he spent $250,000 on picialtes q•-• at
months from nine thousand odd to least twenty times as much as his
upwards of tweateatwo thousano, re- "honest" income; andthe always had
presenting some E0,000 people and his house full of men of the brush,
more than three and a half millions whom be entertained,
of acres. The banks of the Dominion LIKE SO MANY PRINCES.
ten the same tale. Theclearings of
the past year show an increase of
$500,000,000, the largest increase
in the whole history of the colony,
while the volunie of business in other
seemed aever so happy as when he
was relieving poverty and distress.
A very semarkable criminal. was
it clerk in it London insur-
ance office, who by it clever system
of
MANIPULATING PASS -BOOKS
gat as much. as $250,000 in his
pocket in a single year. Although
his salary was only $1,000 a year,
be lived in one of the most expertl
sive houses in the West -end, gave
lavish entertainments, and was re-
garded as a millionaire patron of
the arts.
ge had it passion for all things
theatrical, and was lessee of more
than one London theatre, where he
produced plays with a prodigal dis-
regard of expense, engaging none
but the best corepanies. In this
way he squandered his money at the
rate of tens of thousands it year un-
til the crash came, and he found
himself in the dock at the Old Bai-
ley. Even when he was sentenced to
ten years' penal servitude he showed
no sign of contrition.
"At any rate," he said, philosophi-
cally, "I have made good use of the
money, ann, it will be some time ben _
fore My productions are forgottea,A "t—
it is a curious and interesting fact
that men who rob their fellows in
this colossal way rarely spend the
money in purely- selfish forms, but
usually- in pursuit of some hobby
which benefits others. Take the caso
of the fraudulent solicitor,
whose name is still execrated by
scores of victims. His hobby was
art, and every penny that he could
raise b37 his dishonest practices went
in the purchase of pictures. He
was a perfect Providence to un-
known and struggling artists, many
of whom, I know, he started on
4tr'
channels similarly
BROKE ALL RECORDS.
.That Canada •should be becoming
the granary of the United King-
dom is wholly satisfactory, since
we cannot produce sufficient cereals
in these islands for oar own support;
but when we learn that her exports
to the mother country of' dairy pro -
.duce, fruit, bacon and other pro-
ducts which our own faxmers, with
enterprise and knowledge and with
sixth assistance as the Government
eould render, might be expected to
supply, our gratification is less un-
qualified, As NVO have more than
once insisted lately this is .a matter
131 which Inegland especially needs
to give ear to the injunction to
etvake up given us 1)31 the Prince in
the :light of his colonial experienee.
R--, again, whom I dare say you
will remember, got through nearly
$150,000 in an incredibly short
time, tatho'ugh he wasfonly' a trans-
fer clerk on a fest dollars a week.
His ambition was to be recognized
as a great playwright, a nineteenth
Shakespeare; and in circlet
eteonti.talyso
the funds to produce his
masterpiece he trafficked in the
share -certificates tbet, Passed
through his bands. Several of his
dramas were produced. in this way
in London, with the most expeneive
of casts and furnishings, and they
were well spoken of by the pros's.
,Possibly, if he had pursued more
honest methods, he might, iO-clay
have been a successful dramatiet. But,
of course, hie bubble burst, and he
was arrested while banqueting with
S01)10 of the Men Who fawned on him
and pocketed his stolen gold.
Charles Peace ,was never happier
than when plae•Ing his on.
Which he was an expert. Hanmad,
But the chief lesson . to be learnt one of the meat pallous and cold -
from the leas to Which we call at, hearted murderers in the annals of
tention ie, we repeat, that our great crime, was alearned antiquary,
colony in North America is offering who -"spent his days in the barmlese,
to Englishmen t6 -day such an open-, if dry, environment of musty books
ing as has not perhaps been pre- and relics.
sented as an outlet far the energies Hooker, another famous murderer,
of filcessititcseahheed:hto llzilev
ialixet'I‘Iealst
icet was an entemologist, as
I
.isould meet, and he was actuelly ar-
leoking a man of science as you
hemisphere.
GOOD FOR WEDDINGS. :mina and when Roper, the great for -
tested with a butterfly lie. in his
r.hhe success of the reiglish berring ger and coiner, was run to earth et
1)211111(11)10 effect an the matrimonliaei Mgt lio was found with a half-com-
„.
market. On a. recent Sunday !posed bynm on the table before him
,
flehing continues to have a
banns of ito fewer than twenty,.
the awn on his shelves were voltunes of
throb fisher couples were published
in Buckle parish (thumb, lialiffebire.
On the previous Sunday the num-
ber was sixteen. At other fishing
hamlets long the northeast coast of
Scotland the SU mess Of the fishing
coainues to result in a large: nem -
bar or wd 1ingS. •
:MEDICAL 13TJ1313LES.
Doctors have invented anew form
Of bubble. Neuralgia, sciatica, and
ltenbap:o are known to be affections
of the ends ol the nerves which lie
jest ender the skit of the painful
region. It'has been discovered that
by ihjecting air under the sidle the
ends of the nerves are lengthened
Old the pain relieved. The bubble of
air is pressed by the fingers and
unified to mOve about entil all parts
are ;relieved. In disloeations, fraca
tures, eyed bettlees the saince trtata
Want has giVOZ. eeliego
manuscript verse,all of a, highly
moral and elevatiag tone.
„ NO BATH, NO WIFE.
Among the Turk, tall money
forme an item in every marriage
contract, the husband engagieg to
alloy his wire a. certain sum for
bath ing purp o SOS. 81101114 it be
withheld she has only. to go before
the cacti and: turn her slipper ;upside
down, col0 if the complaint be not
then redressed it is a grotmel
divorce.
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44,
SEA BIRDS.
Tile cries of sea birds, especi
seagells, are very valuable as Tarr'
signals: 'The birds cluster together
on the cliffs end coast, and their,
cries warn boatmen that they tere
imar land. SOr110 rtP3I'S ago, in the
Isle of Man there teas a line tor
ohoourbg sUeb, birds„