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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1903-3-26, Page 6API UNSOUGHT WEALTH; 'Or The tlystery of a Brother's Legacy. 44-1‘144÷-14,44,1%44-44,14,14,14 44•44+144444'4071444+' CHAPTER XIV,. "William Lloyd kene, turned out to be the clerical gentleman of the Sphinx's Cave. He entered the wit- aess box .as though he were fully conscious of the importance of the occasion — a little too conscious, perhaps. Mr. Fairlight watched him with his eagle eye — or eye -glassed eye, which was the same thing. Mr. Skene belonged to the florid order of nten; he was big and bulky, with large black whiskers, a red face, and let -black hair, which was • parted down the .middle; he was clad in shining apparel, the gloss on his "superfine blacks" suggesting that be at least received, if ho was not "worthy" of, his "hire." He brought his hat with him — a glossy "topper" — and seemed to experi- ence a certain amount of difficulty in knowing what to do with it. He finally consigned it, with great urs banrity, to the usher who bore the book, who immediately rubbed the nap the wrong way by bringing it into contact with his gown. Ills bearing, in taking the oath, was, if we may so describe it, one of proud humility; ho peeped over the edge of the beak at the magistrate in front of him; then he put his hands be- hind his hack, and thrust his chest well forward, in the village infant school style. Then the superintendent began. "Your name is William Lloyd The ,magistrate interrupted the Skone?" witness in a way to which the sever - "It is." end gentleman was evidently un- accustomed — it disconcerted him so my pocket also. With your per- mission I will read it aloud," "Give itto. I'll ate. read it for Sou•,. The magistrate did read it, with some, difficulty, and in a some- what inaudible tone of voice. " 'Important notice: In the course of this afternoon's entertain- ment M. and Madame----' What's. the name?" "Nuavotchky,,, "Never saw such a name in my life! — 'will introduce the Devil's Dian.onil!' What's this rubbish?" "I was about to e» -plain—" The magistrate addressed the su- perintendent with sudden ire. I "Ilow long are you going to let • your witness go drivelling on? Make him keep to the point! We're not here to foal with programmes!" "I believe that you will find, your Worship, that what the witness is referring to does bear upon the case." ! "Oh, does it? Then why doesn't he go on?" 1 The witness went on. "I was about — perhaps your Wor- ship will allow me to tell. the story in my own way?" "Tell what story your own way, sir?" "The circumstances were rather peculiar. To make the matter quite clear to the comprehension of the court it will be necessary—" "What are you?" "I am pastor of the Primitive Me- much. Mr. Mansell threw himself tha dist Chapel, in Shorrolds Road, back in his seat and extended his Turnham Green. I am also a re- arms on either side of him. .vival preacher." f "Ts the man making a speech? Su - "Where were you yesterday after- perintendent Bray, if this man is noon?" "I was at the Sphinx's Cave." "Tell the court what you saw there. Mr. Skene put his hands, which "Will you tell the court what hap - were large and plump and white, on pened •d'uring that portion of the en - the rail in front of him, and began tertainment to which you are allud- to sway his body gently to and fro, ing?" doubtless in the way he was wont i "The curtain drew up." The wit - to do when he commenced his ser-nesepaused. His visage was dis- mons. 'Meetly soured. "The curtain drew "I went to the Sphinx's Cave yes- • up," terday afternoon, accompanied by I "Well, the curtain drew up! Come, my wife, who is here in court---" we're getting on! I suppose, if we "Then she had bettor get out of wait long enough, the curtain will court. I must ask you, sir, to or- draw down again." der that all the witnesses for the Laughter in the court. The mag - prosecution do attend outside.".strate was a famous wit and hum - Mr. Mansell ordered as Mr. Fair- { orist in his way. light suggested, and the discomfited' "The curtain drew up," repeated witnesses went out in a crowd. i the witness, taking firm hold, with i "Go on," said the superintendent. both his hands, of the rail in front But the witness's plumes were a of him. little ruffled. "As I was saying, I went to the Sphinx's Cavo yesterday afternoon, a.ccompauied by my wile—" "Has he learnt it by heart?" in- vited Mr. Fairlight, in a stage a- side. "No, sir, I have not learnt it by heart. I must ask you to allow me to continue." "I allow you to continue! What do you mean by addressing me, sir?" "I heard you make a remark." "You will hear me make a good many remarks before you leave that box." "I think the witness may con- tinue," meekly .nurraured Mr. Man - The witness continued. "To see an entertainment of magic r,nd mystery — of conjuring, in Mort. There was an item on the programme — I have the programme in my pocket." "Let me look at it," said the mag- istrate. The programme was hand - ;d up, and the old gentleman spent t couple of minutes in deciphering :ts contents. "Is this the pro- gramme?" "That is the programme; but the Item to which I am about to al- lude is not in the programme." "Not in it! Then what did you give me this thing for? — wasting time!" "I was about to explain: The Item to which I allude is referred to mn a printed slip which was enclos- xd in the programme. I have it in your witness, why don't you exam- ine him?" The superintendent acted on the nra.gistratc's suggestion. ".E.Tow many times, Superintendent Bray, are we to be told that the curtain drew up?" "What happened when the curtain drew up?" asked the superintendent. "The thrse prisoners were on the stage." "What did they do?" "They performed some tricks with a diamond." "Then what took place?" "M. Nurvetchlcy asked people from the audience to come upon the stage to see if they could find out how the tricks were done." "Did anybody go on the stage?" "Yes, two persons — Mr. Percy Leicester and a gentleman whom I have since been told was a Colonel Dewsnap." The superintendent interpolated a remark or two. "Perhaps, your Worship, I should have previously explained that the murdered man, Mr. Percy Leicester, was well known as a gentleman, who spared no pains in exposing the pre- tentions of so-called spiritualists." "Were there any such pretensions set up here?" "Mr. Skene, tell the magistrate what was stated from the stage up- on the subject." "M. Nurvetol.ky claimed for the diamond certain mysterious powers, and in affect alleged that the tricks were not tricks at all, but bad a supernatural origin." "I see, and then he asked some of the audience to come up and inquire into the truth of his allegations?" "That. is so: but although M. Nur- vetchky invited them, I perceived ir aps T s�s est afgau al that Tells of Approaching Pneumonia or .er.ous Lung Trouble— Prevent Furvher Trouble by Ustrlg Dr. Chase's Syrup of Ltnscod and Turpentine. When it hurts to cough, when soughing or a long breath causes pain, or a feeling of soreness in the chest, when the linings of the thlroat and bronchial tubes feel raw and sore, when you feel that the cold which you expected to wear away is getting the better of you, turn to Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine, and you will. get prompt relief an;d cure. Mr, John Claris, coachman, Port Hope, Ont., writes: "Being expos- ed to all sorts of weather I fre- quettiy catch cold. Last winter I was se bad with a cold I could not speak above a whisper, and had great pains in the chest. At last I feared it would develop into con- etumnlpti.on if I did not succeed in get- j4ing proper treatment, ' "A friend advised me to try Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Tur- pentine, and I began to improve be- fore I had taken halt a bottle. One bottle cured my cold, which, I be- lieve, ''*fold }za t"e ,proven: cry: 'esrja. ous if I had not used this medi- cine." Mrs. F. Duyer, of Chesterville, says: "My little girl, of thu•ee years, had an attack of bronchial pneumonia, My husband and I thought she was going to leave the world as her case resisted the doc- tors' treatment. I bought a bottle of lir. Chase's Syrup of Linseed anis Turpentine from our popular drug- gist, W. G. Bolster. After the first two or three doses the child began to get better, and we are thankful to say is all right today after sev- en weeks' sickness." As a prompt cure for croup,, bron- chitis, whooping cough, astluna,, and all throat and lung affections, Dr, Chase's Syrup of Linseed and TUR:- pontine 15 wonderfully effective: It is not a mere cough mixture, but a thorough anal far-reaching medicine, which acts on the whole system, and drives out disease; 25 cents a bot- tle, family size (three times etc much) 60 cents, at all dealers, or I'ldmansae,, :Bates & Ctx'c, Ton ata. that Hookham, who. was stated to be the owner of the stone, resented their coming very xuuch," "So much," said the superintend- ent, taking up the strain, "that you thought it necessary to warn Mr. Leicester?" "So xnueh that I, seated in My seat, called out to Mr. Leicester that if he was not careful the man would do him a mischief. I called out twice," "Did Mr. Leicester hear yo'u?" "Certainly. Everybody in the hall heard me. I shouted." "Did Mr. Leicester persist in try- ing to find out how the tricks were done?" "He did, He was determined to expose the fraud. I never saw greater determination. It was that which irritated Hookhaxn." "What happened then?" ""rho stage was filled with, a thick smoke." "How was that?" "It was a trick, AU at once Hookharn rose from his seat, sprang at Mr. Leicester, and caught him. by the throat," "Do you mean to say that this took place right in front of you without you offering the slightest interference?" This from the mag- istrate. "I should havo stated that when I called out for the second time, and saw that Mr. Leicester paid no at- tention to any warning, I rose from my seat and prepared to leave the hall, with .ny wife. I cried out that I, for ono, would no longer countenance with my presence so scandalous an. exhibition. Other people rose at the' same time I did. When Hookham actually attacked Mr. Leicester, Mrs. Skene and my- self were on the very point of leav- ing the hall—we were at the door." "But there were other people there. Do you mean. to say that they saw a man being murdered be- fore their eyes and that no one moved a hand?" "The whole thing occupied only a second or two. There was a great smoke and a great confusion. Before people were able to realize what was happening the whole thing was over, and the smoke had cleared away." "Wbat happened when the smoke had cleared away?" "Mr. Leicester was lying on. the floor. Hookham was on a chair, his clothes all torn, and the blood running from an open wound on his cheek. Mr. Leicester was lying on his face. Colonel Dewsnap turned him on to his back; he cried out that he was dead. I went on to the stage and denounced the mur- derer." "Let me understand you." The magistrate, who appeared to have taken the conduct of the examina- tion entirely out of the superintend- ent's hands, settled his spectacles on his nose and eyed the witness with his most inquisitorial glance. "Who was on the stage besides Hookham and Leicester?" "There were M. and Madame Nur- vetchky, and there was Colonel Dew - snap." "Well, anrd did they stand quietly looking on while this man was being murdered?" "I don't know what they did. My whole attention was engaged by Mr. Hookham." "But they must have seen what was taking place?' "Certainly." "And could have interfered if they had chosen to?" "I should say so—certainly." "You say they were on the stage —how large is the stage?" "It is a very small stage. Both the Nurvetchkys and Colonel Dew - snap were standing within Ave or six feet of the actual spot • on which the murder took place." "And yet they never interfered to save this man?" "There was no interference offered of any kind." "Would there have been time to save hint if they had. interfered?" "I should say so. If they had caught hold of Hookham, as they certainly might have done, Mr. Lei- cestor might be living now." . The magistrate leaned back in his seat and thrust his hands into his trousers pockets. His air seemed to say that he, at any rate, had done his part. The superintendent asked a few questions. "You saw Hookham. seize Leicester by the throat?" "I did." "You have no doubt of that?" "Not the slightest." "The smoke was not too thick to prevent you seeing?" "It was not." "Did he seize him with much vio- lence?" "With great violence. I never saw such violence. As I have said, in his passion he screamed like some wild beast." "Judging from his manner, what should you say was Hookham's ob. ject in attacking Leicester?" As he asked this question, Super- intendent Bray glanced at Mr. Fair - light from the corners of his eyes, as though he dared his challenge. But that gentleman, as though un- conscious of the Superintendent's glance, sat motionless, his eye -glass- ed eye fixed on the witness. "Ho meant to murder him." Sensation in the court. "You have no doubt of that in your own mind?" "Not the slightest." The superintendent sat down, and Mr. Fairlight rose. (,To Be Continued). SUPERSTITION DIES HARD, A very, unusual event has been wit- nessed at Luffincott, a small parish bordering on the Tamar, says Lon- don Tit -Bits. An agrieultural labor- er sat in the church porch on a Sun- day and collected half a erown in pennies from the congregation, the thirtieth donor giving a silver half- crown and receiving the twenty-nine pence in change. A ring is to be made from the silver coin, which will, it is supposed, euro the collec- tor of fits. This is one of the an- cient beliefs which die hard in the remoter parts of .Devon and Corn • FOR FARMERS • Seasoiiable end Profitable of tiil!!tsthe forSoll. tiao Busy Tilldrs• 0141t.4tilf•oitelifiee**•03E.•044(44k0*44-.44 KEY TO I"ROFI''.PS IN POULTRY. The vigor of farm poultry must be kept up in order to have profitable stock, as weak inbred stock does not thrive ry e or laywell There ole i8 a mistake made in calling for extreme- ly heavy weights in a breech, Select birds about the standard weight for the chosen breed, and get them thick fleshed . and solid. Avoid a knock-kneed or crooked -banked bird, and a low comb is preferable in dressed birds. The active, alert hen is the layer. Select eggs from • your best layers for hatching, and use pure breeds by all means, as they dress more uniformly and give the best all round satisfaction. A goad poultry house has the following quailiications ; Warmth, dryness, brightness and cleanliness. Have a four -inch . dead air space lathed and plastered, not too much glass, low ceilings and all furniture movable. Permanent fixtures are of- ten lice harbors. A. good house could be made cheap by 2x4 stud- ding, lathed inside, coiled outside with studs and cheap lumber ; tar paper on two or three thicknesses and inside walls shingled ; put paper on sheeting under shingles. Give but little feed, and make them take lots of exercise. A very light mash of clover chaff, bran and oats ground fine, mixed stiff, is used in the morning, as it is readily heassins.milated by the fowl. Do. not feed more than a quart to a dozen FEED ALL GRAIN IN LITTER and for noon give vegetable and meat in some form. Boil odds and ends of meat rather than feed to dogs. Keep them well supplied with grit and clean water. The secret of winter eggs is com- fortable roosting quarters, meat and exercise. Young hens lay better than old ones, and some strains ex- i cel in egg production. Hatch chicks as early as possible. The early ones catch the worm for either egg basket or market. Don't feed chicks till from twenty-four t9 thirty-six hours old. Then give them stale bread soaked in sweet milk and squeezed. The best feed we have ever used is one-third cornmeal, two- thirds bran, .mixed stiff in milk, either skim or whole. Sour milk will not hurt after they are a week or ten days old. Don't let food stand. They will relish mashed po- tatoes, oatmeal, dry or cooked, for a change, and meat in some form. If they can't get green grass, give them other vegetable food. ICeep them busy and growing. The whole secret of successful poultry raising is in the first six weeks' good vigorous growing. The market requires attention if best prices are to be obtained. Don't allow male birds with laying hens, as few peo- ple relish the idea of buying eggs with chickens in .the shell. - Have eggs clean and sorted for size and color. In every town or city a per- son who can guarantee eggs fresh and sweet can command a premium from customers. The cities and tourist trade would be more profit- able if the proper quality was pro- duced. It is astonishing to see the black -skinned stuff that is offered for sale in the cities. The English market would take 510,000,000 worth of dressed poultry every year. SALT FOR PIGS. Writing to a contemporary on the question of giving salt to pigs, Mr. T. V. Pettifer•, F.R.C.V.S., expresses the opinion that salt, even in small quantities, is highly dangerous to this particular animal, and he urges that "no salt at all be given to pigs," owing to their peculiar idiosyncrasy in respect to its action. He says :—"Soda and soap, or washing powders, aro almost as dan- gerous, and, in fact, alkalies in gen- eral. These are employed very ex- tensively in large establishments for cleaning and washing up. These solutions find their way to the swill - tub and hog -tub, and with very grave results, for I have seen on one occasion. 20 pigs dead at one place from salt poisoning, and on another three fine sows dead, and another ill from drinking soapsuds from a drain. For many years I have lived in a largo pig -breeding district, and in the course of my duties as veterinary inspector, cases of salt and soda poisoning among pigs are very frequently seen. There is no doubt but that many cases that were said to bo swine -fever years ago were due to this cause, for the symptoms as also post-mor- tem appearance simulate that dis- ease to a groat extent." There fa nothing new in this pronouncement it is the experience of a great many veterinary surgeons called upon to inspect or treat diseased pigs, and is confirmative of much that has from time to time appeared in these columns on the subject. But we have "Old Readers" who forget, "New Readers" who actually , ad- mit the fact, and "Novices" in pig - keeping and feeding, and to these this authorative condemnation of salt for pigs may be both new and useful. No one pretends that a min- ute quantity of salt will lay the pig out dead in a few minutes, or carry With it any serious risk of cutan- eous or intestinal disease which may bo mistaken for the symptoms of swine fever; but salt is neither ne- cessary nor beneficial to pigs, and there seems no reason whatever for giving any. About the danger of any quantity of salt, and that sit is poisonous to pigs in quantities that would be innocuous or beneficial to other animals, there aro en record too litany authentic cases of pigs be- ings killed by salt to permit of this being entertained fora moment, ATTACK THE WEEDS, A.- few hours' work in spraying or dusting plants, in order to destroy insects or disease, may not only cavo crops this year, but also great- ly lessers, the work of next season, but suck labor must be applied at the right time. The same with weeds, which produce millions of seeds. When they are allowed to grow until nearly matured before they are destroyed they take front the land the plant food that should sustain the crop grown thereon. If the destruction of weeds is done whenthey are small they are then out of the w before bofo e they can harm. the crops and the soil. When the farmer postpones his attack on weeds ho incurs the risk of not bye ing able to eradicate them, at game critical period of their existence,, and the pests will then have done dam- age by depriving the crop of mois- ture and plant food when the season is most propitious for growth. It is the lessening of the work next year that should always be kept in view. Profit on the farm is not made in a year, but in a series of years. Work done at a loss to -day may bring a fair profit during the next season. Tho most profitable work is spraying to destroy insects and the keeping down of weeds and grass. GRAINS OP GOLD, He who flatters you is your en emy.—Carda.n. He who lives but for himself lives but for a little thing.—T3arjand. We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly.—Vol- taire. - He is the happiest who renders the greatest number happy.—Desmalus. The more honest a man is the less he affects the air of a saint,—Lava- ter. Experience is a keen knife that hurts, 'while it extracts the catraet that binds.—De Fined, Strong thoughts are iron nails driven in the mind, that nothing can draw out.—Diderot. To forgive a fault in another is more sublime than to bo faultless one's self.—George Sand. The most completely lost of all days is the one on which we have not laughed.-Ohamfort. To OIntment ie ahcerta n and absolute cure for each and every form of itching bleeding and protruding piles, the manufacturers have guaranteed it, See tes- timonials in the daily press and ask your neigh- bors what they think of it, Yon can use it and get your money back it not cured. 60o a box, at all dealers or EDM. Nsoz ,BITFs & Co., Toronto. Dr, Chases Ointment MAKING OF FIR GROVES THEY CAN BE MADE TO ORDER IN A MONTH. Marvels of Modern Forestry—Big- Tree Planting Is Very Successful. Strange as it may appear, it is possible to plant a tree, or a hun- dred trees, and go bird's -nesting in the branches within a month. That is not fancy, but fact. Should you have bought a house in the country, rejoicing in the name of "The Firs" or "The Limes," and there is not a fir or a lime within ten miles of the tradesmen's entrance, the defect can easily be remedied by doing as Mr. C. L. Blair, the American multi- millionaire, has done (always sup- posing, of course, that with. you money is no object). This gentleman has lately been building a 52,500,000 mansion at Blairaden, near Far Hills, and was much concerned to find, after pur- chasing the land, that the place was almost destitute of his favorite trees —firs. He consulted an expert and asked what could be done. The man of science airily replied: "Want a fir grove? Certainly! Can't let you have it completed before April next, as we are extra busy just now making .a miniature Sherwood For- est, but I shall bo able to promise it you by the first." It wasn't a joke either, as the date might have suggested, for the expert and his men have gone to work with such good will that the house is already half surrounded by a grove of full-grown fir trees, and the work will probably bo completed by THE END OP MARCH. To provide a sufficient number of fir trees for this grove an entire for- est was purchased by Mr. Blair at Chester, a place some six miles from Blairsden, at a cost of 525,000. The trees are magnificent specimens, and had to be removed by rail — a cost- ly undertaking; for though the dis- tance to their new home was short as the crow flies, to reach Blairsden by rail the trucks had to go via the Central New Jersey to White House, and from thence to a point half way between Gladstone and Pea Pack by the Rockaway Valley Railroad. From that point a branch line had to be built to the estate, so that the trees could be taken the whole distance without being transferred. Two trucks were required to carry each tree, and the estimated cost' for the entire work, including the branch line, will amount to very little short of 5200,000. Blairsden, when com- pleted, will be one of the show places of America. The laying out of the parks and drives alone is said to have exceeded. $5,000,000. The lir grove will be by fax the finest in New Jersey. Itis due to the genius of Mr. John A. Wilkins, of Indianapolis, that big - tree transplanting has become such a success in America. Mx'. 'Wilkin's device is unique and simple. Pre- paratory to removing the tree the lower part is encased in a, steel grid about SIX PEET IN DIAMETER, To this are hinged some fourteen curved shovels of 5-16 inch plow steel. These shovels aro thriven into the ground, their edges meeting un - dor the roots. Then with bars across the hinges the operators se- cure. them to the •grating and .'. the deg.e'eS, the wintar 711.' .heumatism Ctrdm Mrs. {Moffat Had to Take Ilyper4 darmio Injections to RoIkluO Her Pain. PERMANENTLY CURED BY MUNYON'8 RHEUMATISM CURIE. "There is no punishment too severe for those who deceive the sink."-- MITNY'ON. "I would have spells of rheumatism, and at times it would give me great dis- tress in niy back and side. Many a time I have had to take an injection to relieve the pain. I Obtained a vial of Munyon's Rheumatism Cure at (the fres distribution, and I am naw feeling quite well.. I .have had no pains since, and can move around freely and naturally. I am very glad to give my experienee, for the .benedit of ancone who may be suff- ering In a similar manner,"—Mfrs. F. Mos fact, 128 Mutual street, Toronto. MIDNY0N'S REMEDIES. Munyon's Pile Ointment cures price 26c. Munyon's Eye Cure cures weak eyes, price 25c. Munyon's Vitalizer restores lost power to weak men. Price Sl. FREE MEDICAL ADVICE. Personal letters addressed to Prof, Mtn. ion, Philadelphia, U.S.A.. containing de. tails of alekness,will be answered prompt. 1y and free advice aa to treatment wiU be given. tree is encased in its steel basket. Then comes the work of lifting the tree from its bed. A combination of wagon and machinery, which Mr. Wilkins calls the transporter, is ad- justed about the tree, and the whole thing is lifted out by the cross bars. When the tree reaches its destina- tion it is let gently down into the hole prepared for it. Tho machinery is removed without loss of any of the earth, and the roots aro left in- tact. During last year forty one -hundred - year -old oaks in full leaf were car- ried a. distance ,of thirty miles in Mr. Wilkin's transporter, and so little did they feel their journey that their leaves remained on the branches rather longer than usual. Mr. Wilkins is fully prepared to supply beautiful shady lawns at a few days' notice or convert a corn- field into a pine forest within a month. Tian, TORONTO NEWS SAYS: "The Massey -Harris Company not only occupies a foremost place among Canadian manufacturing houses, but the amount of capital invested in the business, the number ;of men which it employs, and its vast operations, entitle it to a place (among the great industrial concerns of the continent. Outside of the 'United States, where the high tar'if makes it practically impossible for a foreign company to do business, the Massey -Ran is binders and mow- ers are known and appreciated wherever agrioulture is carried on under nzodern conditions. . The com- pany has had, and has yet, many keen rivals, even far the trade of the Dominion, and it is entirely owing to the merit of the implements which it turns out that it has been able to build up the world-wide trade which it now possesses. The heads of the Company are among the most experienced and enterprising business men in the Dominion, and the ... suc- cess which has attended it ever since its establishment is, no doubt, largely owing to the fact that they have always been on the alert for improvements, and have never rest- ed satisfied with their agricultural machines, no matter how well they might work, while there remained any chance of increasing their' effici- ency. Those who remember the old factory in which the company con- ducted its business for a number of years, have only to look at the im- mense workshops of to -'day, cover- ing acre after acre of ground on King street west, to realize the en- ormous development of this busi- ness. But, besides the Toronto fac- tory, there is one in Brantford as well, and the two employ nearly twenty-five hundred men. It will be readily seen that the output of so much labor must be enormous, es- pecially when the fact is taken into consideration that the machinery used in the manufactory is of the very highest grade, and that every time -saving and labor-saving inven- tion which tends to cheapen or has- ten production is employed. In Australia and South Africa the Mas- sey -Harris binders are nearly as well known as in Canada, and the an- nual increase in the trade with those colonies shows conclusively that they aro making their way into general favor. The Massey -Harris imple- ments have played no inconsidera- able part in building up Manitoba ,and the Northwest, and have done magnificent service out there fn lightening the labor of the pioneer and softening the hardship which must necessarily be feared by those taking up homes in a new and un- settled country." Surinam has the smallest range of temperature of any place in tho world. The summer average is 78 WERE THERE NO ALCOHOL SOME OF ITS VICES AND Il'S VIRTUES. Misery and Crime Would. Almost Disappear, But Doctors 1\114;:' Use It. There are 24 ten ort consumers of alcoholic liquor in Great :Britain, and they spend on an average $85 each every year on drink. If alcohol did not exist, or were suddenly to disappear, the people 1eof the United Kingdom would save 5805,000,000 a year. In 'other words, all the work- ing families in the kingdom would be about one-fifth better off than they are at present, says London Answers, Another advantage of Tho absence of alcohol would be that Britain's prison bill would drop in an amaze ,ing fashion. Ij7 is calculated that two-thirds of all crime and insanity arise from over -indulgence in alco- holic drinks. Now our police cost the country 580,000,000 yearly, our lunatic asylums 57,500,000, and our courts of justice (in salaries alone) another 52,500,000. We also pay out more than 540,000,000 yearly M poor relief, quite half of which would be saved to the country by the disappearance of drink. There would thus be a further saving 01 550,000,000 a year to the United Kingdom, in addition to the 5805,- 000,000 already mentioned. So much for the advantages of there being no alcohol. , There is another side to the shield, More than one-third of our whole Na- tional revenue comes from Excise. The amount so raised last year was over 5177,500,000. All, or nearly all, this money would have to be raised in other ways. We might have to pay a 25 cent tax on tea, and 12 cents on every bottle of ginger -beef. The money at present invested in the brewing industry is GIGANTIC IN AMOUNT. It as reckoned at 51,150,000,000. If alcohol suddenly vanished, all this valuable plant would be practically useless. The whole business of the country would be disorganised. Also the rates and taxes levied on this vast amount of property would have 'to be raised in some other fashion. Nearly 200,000 people make a liv- ing out of the brewing and distilling industries, and considerably over 750,000 depend directly on the sale of drink for their livelihood. New. work would have to bo found, there- fore, for almost 1,000,000 people. But alcohol is not used for drink- ing purposes only. In the form of methylated spirit, or spirits of wine, its use. is extending into dozens of varying industries. Without alcohol we should be cit a loss for some simple and clean material for boiling our tea -kettles where gas is not available. The perfumery industry would practically vanish with the disap- pearance of alcohol. Nearly all scents are made in infusing the scented oils obtained from flower - petals and fat in alcohol. The value of the scents used yearly in Great Britain set at over $25,000,00b, and this is less than one-tenth of what the world at large uses. Still worse would be the case of the doctor, the chemist, and drug- gist were alcohol wiped from the Pharmacopoeia. The tinctures which compose the majority of useful medi- cines are almost all prepared BY TT -1111 AID OF ALCOHOL. Doctors prescribe these tinctures .made with dilute proof spirit as caustics, irritants, stimulants, and tonics. It has been nothing but our foolish fiscal regulations with regard to the importation of pure alcohol that has given• over the drug and allied trades into the hands of Ger- mans and Americans. The painter and decorator would be at his wits' ends to find a sub- stitute for alcohol. What else could the varnish maker use to dissolve the resins of which he uses such quantities ? The instruinent maker would be lost without alcohol. Al- cohol has the rare and curious pro- perty of refusing to solidify even under fire most bitter Arctic cold. It is therefore invaluable for use in thermometers and similar instru- ments employed in climates where mercury becomes solid with frost. Collodion is indispensable to the photographer. Collodion could not be prepared without the use of al- cohol, so it may almost be said that the whole science and'•industry of photography depends on alcohol. So, too, do the manufacturers of sulpholine chloral, of artificial bil- liard balls, and of the new modified cordite powder. Finally, natural .historians would have .much diffi- culty in finding any substitute for spirits as a means for preserving in- tact and perfect specimens which would otherwise bo lost to science. ONLY A. PUPPY YET. The youth had just left college, and his ambition, like his collar, was high. At home the all -engrossing subject was the young mans future career, and he was discussing with his par- ents which of the professions stood most in need of his genius. Tho father's idea of his son's abil ity was disgustingly low. "I think," said the old man, "that you had better adorn one of the stools in my office." The young man drew himself up, and the high collar grew tight as he strove to swallow his righteous an- ger. Folding hi arms, he asked: "Am I a dog?" "No; but you'll grow!" came the eruching ,response. Foreman of the hoe ed -in jury (im- patiently) — "The rest of us are agreed, and you would see the case as wo do if you lied an ounce of brains." Obstinate Juror (reflect- ively) -- "Put ffdiat's just the trot - hie, '. 'I've gi4 ea •z . tlx:art .act ounce;'. Y -"'":!--• 1.1 .,-- 0