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The Brussels Post, 1908-6-18, Page 2• '43:4-V+t(4-Xii-04.):(+A-HCI+rt+ 44,1+3;(04I-I4:44.3ti+I:I+O+X(+3:I+0-1414-A A Elousc of ystor OR, TFIE GIRL IN BLUE A'S A-49:L4•04-Ce40-ert+0+3:(44:f-efeei. 4-3:(4*4-3:(4-1:L4-0+04-3:43+ Kf-44:431$ CHAPTER X11,—(Continued). And so we gessiped on, crossing the Park ane entering Kensington Gardeles —those beautiful pleasure grounds that aswaye.seem so neglected by the majority of Londoners—while the sun sank and disappeared in its blood -red aftergloev. She spoke of her life abroad, declaring that she loved London and was always pleased to return to its wild, turbulent life. She had spent some time in Paris, in Vienna, in Berlin, but neither was half as interesting, she declared, as Lon- don. "But you are not a Londoner, aro you?' I asked. "No, not exactly,' she responded, "al- though I ve lived here such a long time that I've become almost u Cockney. ere you a Londoner?" "No," I answered; "len a countryman, born and bred." "I heard the Colonel, remark that other night that you had been afflicted be blindness for some time. le that Se?" I responded in the affirmative. "Terrible!" she ejaculated, glancing al me with those wonderful dark eyes of hers that seemed Lo hold me in fascina- tion and look me terough, and through "We who possess our eyesight cannot imagine the great clisadaventages under which the blind aro plaeed. How for, tenets that you aro euredi" 'Yes,' I explained. "The cure is lit - tie short of a miracle. Tho three great- est oculists in London an agreed that was ineurable, yet there one day came to me a man tvho said he could give me hack my siglit. 1 allowed him to ex- pertment, and he was successful. From the day that I could see plainly he, curi- ously enough, disappeared." "How strange! Did he never come and see you afterwards?" "No. He took no reward, but simply discontinued his visits. 1 do not even know his real name." "How extraordinary!" she observed, greatly. interested. "I really believe that there is often mere romance and mystery Jit real life than in books. Such a air- men -Aare° appears absolutely bewilder- ing," • "If to you, Mies Anson, then how much more to mel I, who had relin- quished all hope of again looking upon 'the world and enjoyipg life, now find myself actually in po.ssession of my vls- len and able to nib,: with my fellow -men. Place your self for a moment, In any po- attion. and try to imagine my constant thankfulness.• "You must feel that a new life is open- ed to you—that you have begun a fresh existences' see observed with a true touch of sympathy in her sweet. voice. Teen she added, as if by afterthought, "How many of us would be glad to cow mence life &Mehl" The torte in which she uttered that sen- tence seemed incengrueus. A few mo- ments before she had been all brightness and gaiety, but in those words there vibrated a distinctly gloomy note and makes you wish to end your pie - sent We and commence afresh," I Sald gravely, "To myself, ignorant of the cir- cumstances, it would seem as though yea repented of some •act or other." "What do you nsean?" she gasped quickly, looking at inc with a strange expressaon in her drak eyes. "I do not repent -4 repent nothing!" 1 saw that I had made a grave mistake. In my fond end shortsighted enthusiasm I had allowed myself to speak a little too confidentially, whereupon her natur- al dignity had instantly rebelled, 1.1 once 1 apologized, and In an instant she became appeased. "I' regret extremely that you should have such a weight of anxiety upon your heart," I said. "If I can do anything La assist you, rely upon me." "You are extremely kind,' she answer- ed in a gloomy tone; "but there is no- thleg—absoluiely nothang." "I really can't understand the reason why, with every happiness around you, you should find yourself thus plunged In this deepair," I remarked, puzzled. Your home life is, I presume, happy enough?' "Perfectly. I am entirely my own mis- tress-. save in those things which might break through the ordinary convention. elides of life. I must admit to you that 1 am rather unconventional sometimes." 1 had wondered whether, like so many other girls, she had some ireafinary grieva,nee in her home; but no, finding that this was not so, it naturally occur- red to me that the cause of her strange desire to live over again arose through the action of some faithless lover. How many hundreds of girls with wealth and beauty, perfectly happy in ell else, are daily wearing out their lives because ce the fickleness of the men to whom they have foolishly given their hearts! The tightly laced corsets of every eight girls in ten conceals a heeek filled by the re- grets of a love long past; the men smile airily through the wreaths of their to- bacco -smoke, while the women, in those little Ms of melancholy which they love to indulge in, sit and reflect in silence upon the might-have-beens. Is there, I wonder, a single one of us, man or wo- man, who does not remember our first lose, the deep immensity of that pair of eyes; the kindly sympathy of that face. which in our immature years we thought cur ideal, and thereupon bowed the knee in tvershtp7 If such there be, then they are mere unrefined boors without, a spark 01 romance in their Telma or poetry within their soul. Indeed, the -re- grets arising from a long -forgotten love &dimes mingle pleasure with sadn&es and through one's whole life form cher- iehed memories of those flushed days of a buoyant youth. To how many of those who read these lines will be recalled vivid recolleations of a summer idyll or lopg ago; a day when, with the dainty er many °hie& of their affeetions, they wandered beside the Moe sea, or on the banks of the tranquil, willow -lined river, or perhaps hand-in-hand strolled beneath the great old tercet trees, whore the sun - Surely you do not desire to cogs light glinted and touched the gnarled menoe your life again?" I said. trunks with grey and gold! To each She sighed slightly. weal come back the sweet recollection of "All of us have our burden of regrets, a sunset hour now long, tang ago, when she answered vaguely, raising her eyes they pressed the lips of the one they for en instant to mine, and then lower. loved, and thought the rough world as ing them. resy es that summer afterglow. The We appeared in those moments Id regret of those days always remains— grow confidential. The crimson end often only a pleasant memory, but, alas' orange was fasi failing from the sky, it sometimes a lamentation bordering upon was growing dark beneath the shadow despair, until the end of our clays, ef the great elms. and already the Inc "And may I not know something, how. 01 &tr.-et-lamps out In Kensington Gors ever little, of the cause of this applies - were twinkling through the foliage on &on upon you?" I asked of her, after we our left. No one was In We vicinity. had walked some distance in silence. and we were walking very slowlv, for. "Yeti tell me that you desire lo wipe out truth to ten, 1 desire,' to delay our earn the pest and commence afresh. The rile. ing until the very last moment. Of all son re this interests tee," I added. the leafy Rees in giant London, there "I clonle know why you should interest is none 53 rural, Se romantic, or so plc- yourself in Inc,' she murmured. "It is turesque in summer as that portent of really unnecessary.' Kenstngten Gardens lying hetet., en "No, no," I exclaimed hestily. "M - Queen's Gate and the Broad Ws k. Save though Out, acquaintance has been of but for the dull roar of distant traffle, ine brief duration, 1 an bold enough to be - might easily fancy one's self far M the !eve that you count me among your cou.ntry, a hundred miles from the sound friends. Is IL not so?'' of Bow Bells. 'Certainly, or I would not have given "But you are young. Miss ,ensene 1 your permission to walk with me here.' observed philesophically, after a brier she answered with a sweetness which pause. "And if 1 may be permitted to showed bee unostentatious delicacy of say soyou have scarcely begun I live character, your Me. Yet you actually wish to me- 'Then, as your trend, I beg of you to mento afreshr rorese whatever eenfidenre in me you "Yes,' she responded briefly, "I do. may think fit, and to be assured that 1 Strange, is it nor will never abuse R." "Is the past, then, so full of bilternese?" "Confidences are unneceesary betWeen I asked, the Colonies siren ra warning lis." she responded. "1 have to bear 111Y reourrtng to in at Lite same inament, grief alone. ' 115 bitterness l meth:mei with re. "Your words sound strange, coming grets," she answered eueeity, in 0. low frem One where1 had thought so merry voice and lIght-heareci," 1 said. "1310 you, young, bright, ilnjpy, nd "Are you, then, ignorant of the facial- talenied, who need itt think rt the trills ty it woman has of concealing her sor- t!1 everyday life, sholild suiely have 110 rows behind an outward ,show of gaiety regrets so deep as to cause veu this —that a' woman always possesses two enxtely and despair," I said with a feel- countenances. the Mee and the mask?" Ing of tenderness. a'l ain ten years aced- 'You are scarcely complimentary to er than you, therefore I may be permit. Your own sex," 1 answered Wifil a smile, ted to speak like this, even though my "Yet that is surely no reason why you words Mite &soundPreSumptuous.,slimed be Balls wretched and down -heart - "Continue," she exclaimed. "1 assure ed.' you tied In iny present positron I appra tier Manner puzzled me, tor enre the Pato any words of syrnapathy." commencement of our conversation she "You have my deepest sympathy, Mise had grown. strangely nieltinchely—on- Arisen; 01 111011 assure you, 1 declared, teens unlike her own bright self. 1 detecting in her words a desire to eon- tried So obtain from her some clue to fide in ma "If at yous age you &reedy the Callan of her sadness, but In vain. desire to recommence life, your past can. My shine aequelnlance with her did net not have been a happy one," warred me pressing upon her a subject "It has been far from happy," she en- which was palpably distasteful; never - steered in a strange, mechanical yoke. theleee, it seemed to me more than "Sometimes 1 think that I am the un- strange that sho should thus acknow- happiest, w anian in ell the world," ledge to 1101 her SOMW at n. moment "No-, Pe,' I hastened 14) rea5alire her, when any other woman would have it all, when In heatable, imagine that eractlsed coquetry. our burden is coveter than that sif any "1 can only suffer in ellerice," she hos of our foliewe, and that while others re- sweetie', when 1 risked her to ten me O)10. upon us alone fall the graver ms- ennething or the cause, of her Lanham*, kennel." 11e5;;„ "1 talettr, I know," she said, "But n "Emma 7173, depression this evening. 1 pleasant fate andan els of carob -emcee knew that tea you 1 must seem a hypo - Palms condo& the Mose ea/meowed elmndrine, bill, 1 will promise you to heart, 11 is so frt ley 1531',' Weer the I1lesk-•;1 ever we neve epees "And yetir sorrew causal eseu tegret, (mired In quick apprehension. "1 cer- ta,nly hope that we shall meet Nein, many, many times. Your wards would snake 11 appear as though &Joh meeting is improbable." lhlak It is," sho answered simply. 'You aro very kind to lave borne with Inc like this. she added, her manner quickly eheraging; "and if we do meet, arailiclitorTyyet to have &lethal' In of mei- "Yes, Miss Anson," 1 saki, hailing itt the path, "lie us inesot again. Remember that we have lo-dey comenneed a friend- ship --a friendship which I trust will last always," But be slowly &mace: her heed, as though the heavy sadness of her heart stilt possessed her. "Frieedship may exist between us, but frequent meetings are, I fear, Snipes - "Why? You told me only a moment ago that you were your ewe mistress,' I observed. "And so I am tra most things,' she an- swered. "But as far ns meeting you, we can on'y leave that to chance,' "Why?" "Please do not endeavor to force me In explanations,' she answered with thanmess. "I merely tell you that fre- quent meerngs with you ate unekely— that Is all." We had walked on, and wore nearing the gate leading out into the High Street, Kensington, 'Mother words, then, you are net atto- gether pleased with my companionship?' "No, really," she laughed sweetly. "1 didn't say that. You ham no reason to jump at such concluston. I thank you very much indeed for your words of sympathy." "And you have no desire to see Inc 'again?" I interrupted, in a tone of bit- ter disappointment. "If such were the case, ours would be a very extraordinary frienciehip, wouldn't it?" and she lifted her eyes to mine with a kindly look. "Then I am to take it that my com- panionship on this walk has not been distasteful to your I asked anxiously, She inclined her head with a dignified air, saying, "Certainly. 1 feel that this evening I have at least found a Irene pleasant thought when one is com- paeatively friendless." "And as your friend --your devoted friend—I ask to be permitted to see you sometimes," I said earnestly, for, linger- ing at her side, I was very loth to part from her. "If I can ever be of any as- sistance, cemanand me." "You are very kind," she answered, with a slight Verner in her rake. "1 shall remember your words always. Then, putting forth her well -gloved hand, as we stood upon the kerb of the High Street, she added, "It is getting late. Weve taken such a long lime across the Park that I must drive home' and she made a gesture to a passing hansom. "Before we parts' I said, "I will give you a card, so that should you require any service of mo you will know where Itt write;" and, as we stood bemnatie the etreet-tamp, 1 drew out a card and, with a pencil I took from ley vest-pocket, scribbled my address. In silence she watched, but just as 1 had (Intellect she su'.denly gripped my hand, uttering a loud cry 'of amazement. "What's that you have therer.she de- mandee. "Let are see itP Next instant—before, indeed, I could he aware of her inlention--she had snatched the pencil from my gawp, and was examining it closely beneath the gaslight. "AM" she gasped, glad/1g at me in alarm. "IL is—yes, it is hist" Tho small gold apeman which I had in- advertently used was the one I had taken from the pocket of the dead unknown on that fateful August night. (le be Continued.) HEALTH NOTES. Figs split open form excellent poul- tices for to:le and small absce see To prevent bilious attacks take a glass ef hot water every morning the first thing. Inhalations of vinegar will stop had masers of nausea and vomeing. Wet s seonge with vinegar and held to nose of patient. It is the greatest mistake in the world ever to eat a heavy meat when tired, indigestion is sure to be s& up, and the food :roves naurishis the body. Foo neuralgia I .used a nutmeg with a baby ribbon lied Lo it and bung around my neck next to the sk'n. The neuralgia gradually wore away and 1 haven"t had it tor two yeass.—Mrs, F. E. 11 there Orange juice is a simple remedy for ivy ro stoning, Bathe the affec'el pari el the body. The Itching and burning will ece..e and in a few days the skin pests wittihut any further spreading. Thin peeple require plenty of sleep, Your sucoess for this year depends on ant should le cies 1(11 net te overwork how yOu do spring work. See to it that ami ;them n11 sheul I avoid worry. Eat everything ts done just right, cereeirs, the sweet and starehy vegetables Have a box at the barn to receive all an 1 hues; drink milk and cream, and the odd bolts, hinges, handles end such absaa'n Lona tea and coffee, things. There surely 'ii1 he many times To all suffering from ringwerm rub when you will go and hunt in that box the part wall vinegar (hat onions have kir something you need, been pekli cl In. It has never MIMI. to During the process of producing each cure the worst Ca'aS, but must be rub- amp the progressive 'armee sees points becl with it several times a day. The at which he can make the labor a 111. flavor out, of the maims kills the germ. to lighter next year, the cost of produc- Hang si liandkerchrof beg at the head lion a little less, and the quality of the of the bed with'neeach of tnvaltd, Keep crop a little bel.i.er. a supply of .clean bendivivehiefe en table The man with a stout heart, willing near by. Sobel handkereht fs can be Minds, the intelllgenoe to dived, and the cl.oppect in, beg and a fresh cne taken es patiente to overcome difficulties and the wanted. In thls way many e call Item philosophy lo accept misfortune, cheer - the patient and many a step by the fully, will succeed no matter where he nurse can be saved. (Inds himself, but, in every instance, It Cure for Colds -Take ono pint Af hot is the man that stays that. wins, Water, ten •di s of spies of camphor. Does the spring work crowd you? Do mix well and drink as hot 11.4 1.0 sible, net get into a fret, Remember the keit- Then lake a itunther of deep /meths, eel holm* is bum 1mply by laying one holding long. You will he sueprIsee 10 bridle upon Another. Lay. out; before- fInd how platy this will cure yew' bane, a definite amount of, work for each cold, For levee take fornMen ‘vh:to flour day—not more th_ndue anyoucin hn edoornifto.rtayholuy a50(1povvder the affeetel parts, This Ore through witha will Native Itchingwill be surprised hen short time to Anti neliave Pain,—Take five cents' wal-te haw steadily everything is moving, and ot borswax and equal parte of mutton hoW coal", Leos tallow. molted together In a pie pan, 4. Then take a ammo piece of new do - mastic cotton, lay cloth in pail ,rif men - ed wax and tallow *until the 'cloth is thoroughly 801,01,111M, Apply 110teaa Ises, s'liale to the a Meted part. The same moth can be used a teenier of times by re- hianng Oa he oven or en Map of red'. eter, iiii/SefeAAAAAieseseesAio~wat"ssifiset ONTHEFj kAsseeAnoNfeAssissewSesAMesiiseeeN THE COSTLY THREE-YEAR-OLD STEER. A most Important phase of economical beef production is emphasized in a con- tribute:an to "The Farmer's Admeate" from Tiles. 13, Scott Is Sone Middlesex Co;, Ont., who outline their method of ,rearing calves, to be turned oft es finish- ed beeves around ten months of age, at weights of 860 to 900 pounds, Only well- bred alms of Shorthorn blood are raised, liberal use being made of skim milk, on which the calve -s are pushed rapidly for- ward, without losing their calf flesh. Ties system results In the production of plump baby beeves, which outclass all other ma- terial for building up a butchers' trade, That there is profit In raising than, no eau who has tried it properly will doubt, providing, always, that the calf is out of oow capable of squaring her own maintenance account at the pail, so that the younger Is not handicapped at the start by a heavy bin charged up against him for Ills mother's board. 11 Is in the production of these milk -fed beeves that ihe dual-purpose cow makes her best showing in profit. For their production, perfection of beat type is not of so much importance as In the case of animals in- tended for marketing at a nurturer age. In fact butchers will often lake well-fed FTeisteins at this age at the same pleae offered for Shorthorns, although, as a general thing, the latter breed will give hest satisfaction for the purpose. Jersey and Guernsey steers should be avoided, The writer hes raised many veal -beeves of various strains of breeding, and has found that, with a fair start on whole milk, tapered to skim milk at two or three weeks old, the calf being then fed aliout a gallon or more (warmed), three times a day, until four or five months old, and then a smaller quantity until ready for the block, weights of 800 to 900 pounds could be easily attained by eleven or twelve months with the use of a very tittle bran and calleake meal, combined with good clover hay, ensilage, roots and miscellaneous roughage. The calves were tuvariably kept In a comfortable base - meld stable for the first six menthe, at least, and usally the whole tweive-montle being tied or stanehloned only at feed - in. 11113e. The stable was always kept clean and reasonably dry. This is Im- portant. Fall calves are preferable to these dropped in spring, and the favorite time for marketing is May or Stine, when feet almost invariably commands the best price of the year. Sometimes the calves have been sold at considerably less and sometimes considerably over a year, acording as might be necessary to strike Ile best market, for they were fit to kill at any age. Of course, many may try this plan and fall through lack of pales and kindly in- terest in their charges. 'rho greatest secrets lies not in the feed, but in the feed - Mg and general care, although the feed is certainly important, especially the skim -milk part. By allowing a proper Lion of whole milk sucked from the cow and by using skim milk more liberally than the writer of this article has been accustomed to do, Messrs. Scott have 'se- cured exceptionally rapid gains. The prevalent practice described by them, of rearing pot-bellied, bloated, scouring, stunted spring calves on a grass lot, with separator emilk or whey to drink almost from the first, with flies to pester, and not always shade' to protect, is an ideal way to dissipate all hope at ever making them good doers and a source cif profit to the conununity. Some feeder, buying them at two and a half or throe years for three and a half or four cents a pound, may scrape a small profit out of his speculation through the increased value per pound given to the original carcasses, but his profit will not compen- sate for the loss incurred by the farmer who raised the feedersnicest were close- ly calculated, it would be found that the ultimate returns of such a beast ordin- arily amount to asorey price for the WW1 feed, pasturage and care bestowed upon Pm from birth. The only hope of coin- ing out even is dirt-cheap pasture, and there is very little such that could not he turned to far better account. The three-yeareld feeder or stocker has no place in a well -ordered system of eget- cultuee. Eighteen or twenty months should be the limit of age tor marketing cattle for the domestic trade, while ample weights for .exporters should be attained el twenty-four to thirty,. It is a matter of more intelligent business perception, more liberal feeding, . and better herds- men. e—etteeni,"Ssa 1 Sietelleielete1-11+14eltektietels+4141 telekel-e-HeleneelellebeHi ealnalS itjltOrQd elleviot effects are new. Some of the new 'Cheviot designs are Striped veils ere having 11 wonderful g FADS AND FANCIES, The modern ehetnise Is attached to e yoke of teal lace. The Paristenne Is wearing a pink nar- tey over her, lingerie. The coat with body and sleeves in one highly favotied this seaeon. Lung angel :sleeves, dreoping ever sliigeillgovns iitt‘ielet: sleeves, erc seat in late The combination of sewed cover and 1,1elitlitn egoatecieiyLavritr.m s akes only two gar- oTen is the most popular Mathes for „citing people's ahoes; glin metal Is the election for the older ones. 1 Many of the smartest new linen waists item a tiny bit 01 color In sprays eat- eroideeed between fucks and plaits. For cool morneags in summer a dress - mg sack twee of some veiling fabric or talibitiiyly flowered challics would be prac- ITha meet beautiful of the evening shades are found in inexpensive meter - Me Line glee baler service than ninny of the costly ones. Blue is unquestionably the faillionable rotor of the season, and mines in such .1 number of ehteles LS& all may find a. ;tillable selection, The one feature Lied almost all Liao km a hot summer morning than one of ! the new fiche frocks that ate made !IOW Wats have in common is the &M- ailed Cloak and malmsey effect that has l thousand different varlatiens. Nothing could he more col and dainty The Wide or over drapery he a feature prorninent en fashionable gowns this spine, and the influence of Ovarian lines and empire :styles is also noticeable to marked degree, The Watteau colorings with dove for ths groundwork and sprigged azure and pink designs upon it aro, for girlish mil- linery schemes extremely lovely, and will be made much tat $easom Dull blue, dull green, and vielel—that sympathetic color—am meai often used iu touelies 01 no iwattlery. Embroidered does of yarrow; sizes are again a much feature, bailthe embroidery runs toward deliciew rather Illan elaboration. The Muchea of subdued or vivid colors which are features of this year's white, gowns area Seen on jumper dress.es of white or eau linen; skillfully aPpliede they are the most ettredire, and give e elerachar which would eftentimes be lack- ing. cheeses, but the models of linen are par- gehnee or 5110m. whito lan trimmed and ticulaSfy altrateivie and shown over Itueal of all kinds will he mead in jumper Silk voiles and lightweight woolen ma- iumil embroidered, look suggestively summer-like. Lime bails and dangles of Irish emelt& lace are one of the distinguishing touches of the lemmata(' lingerie gowns. These little bails are mead lavishly to edge sleeves and draperies and to outline over- el:Iris—In fact, anywhere that they can be applied they are found. Skirts of jumper (Moues are again cut on the side pinned model or occasionally circular, As these frocks ere for informal wear, the skirts aro always walleMg length. They are mos1 often mode with- out trimming, except for hies fetes, al- though sometimes touches of embroidery are elsereelly applied Inward the barn. An invenlein that helps one to melee puffs of one's own hair without (ten- ch -11y COfliCs in the shape of a wooden roller, which haat a groove in 0110 stele and Is accompanied by half a dozen big &tidy pies. The hair is wound around the roller, the ph Is slipped through the groove and relight, and the roller is ee- reeved and the hair pulled out in a glossy puff. ,1&t- 101 Tr Try a Seasonable Diet and Give Your Stomach a Chance. Shredded Wheat With Strawberries will be found wholesome, appetizing and much more nutritious than meat ; also with raspberries, peaches and other fresh fruits, It Will Tone Up Your Liver and Stomach, Sold by all grocers /1 '.... r " ,44:41 • V.. ,1, .. a '.. Var-...**Y' . e "04:71. ' .Mk... tie i . v .. 1 as o aii' se . "s. s '6 ,...A.,NiY,.. . eisa,,saMetea,s4 se- eser ' 43 BRITAIN TO BE DOOMED AN ARTICLE AFFORDING FOOD FOR mums Tuoucrr. A Writer Who .ThinIcs the Oulleolc is . Very Sorilous for the British Empire. Will the "Decline and 11011 1 lbo Brit- ish Empire" oorne to he written years hence, es of Dome many years ago? One noed not be a Tariff lieformsr lo recog- nize that the rapid advance of ones 05. 140115 lutist some time Mille about a backward movement, In our own COM^ try. and men of great judgment think Lhat that time is near, says a writer in Lc noon ArISWel'S. There are two ominous signs visible at presente-one is the crowding of the p-eople in every civilized stele fete 1110 towns, which means that those count - tries will soon be making for themselves the things which they have beim& from us up to now, to other sigu 15 emu more serious. IL is the tendency to manufacture raw material in, the place where it Is produced. Oliviously. if that praotlee spreads to cotton, wool, jute, elle, and krothee, our clays as a great nation are numbered. MADE ON THE SPOT, Lot us see what Is happening. Not so minty year5 age we Neje 110513' en our own matches. Now they mostly come from Sce.rellnavia. Wely? Because It is cheaper to make them where the raw material exists, in the form of pine for- ests, We assn made most of our reaper, and a good past of the supply for ether ccuntries. But since paper came 1,0 be made from grasses and wood -pulp a great change has oceurreel. 111.0 easier and cheaper to rnanufactere the raw material in the coanecry Web products 11 than to ermine it and do the Mall 11 - Maturing here. We !wee some instruc- tive figures on this point, In 1805 we - imported 531,000 tons of raw material , for paper. Ten years rider our import was 806,000 tons. Thad's all right as far as It goe.s. But. itt the former year we imported 3,001,000 cwt. of manufactured paper, and in the latter year no less than 8,061.000 cwt., Thus the increase in raw material was only 51 ev aside but the increase in the readysnade paper was 161 per cent, Another distressing example of this law is that of wood manufactures. Doors, window -sashes, one other wed - seed( are now being brought le this country, ready made, in large quantities. It is cheaper Lo make thong where the wood grows. So that, while our imports of unmaraufaetured wood have increased only 44 per cent. In len years, our hip pools of manufactured wood have gone up 158 per cent. Follow up this idea, and 11 1,0 easy to see what 1011 taltbnalely happen. WE LACK RAW MATERIAL. FARM NOTES. When the Average weer= leis trouble JOY. • What joy there le in rod and gun! In trap and snare what per* delight! Te main and bruise, le Stab and stele The lesser ereetures In their flight! it's rot to say 11 isn't right A lite to take or bleed le 50111, Sem man was matte to shieW his might, It la laded a Joy to kill. with her hoed she consults a milliner Husbands of ,preity. WoMen ora apt Why do you speak so vaguely?" M. frisked at a doctor', tea bit one Petal than ornatnentaL We depend, on foreign countries and the Colones for three-fourths of our bread, and ne.arly` half out' meat; for all if our tea, 'coffee, 1000a, sugar, dried fruits, w:ne, and tobacco, and for a largo part of our eggs, cheese, butler, mar- garine, condensed milk, etc. The money with which we buy these ie the poi's of eke' experts. But cur e.,, learis COnaist, largely of raw inatarie, brought hole abroad, end menutacturs heOreu'r me& valuable eyport. Ls seem goeds—net far short of $5a10,0e0,00x 'I Pen -fourths of the raw material orne NMI the Unitld Status. We gel a goe, quertely from egypt, end some front le seta iand ether placros, But We could grow an octave of raw materiel al. 110111, euppose that the producing countrice trice to manufacturing their 001 00, who: will beeeme of the anthems of North ceentey itars? This LS 110 dream. The Gelled Sits cotton factories are in, creasing rimidly. One day they will usc 511 Ili it law material at tome. As tie Amore:ails get skill they will equal out makes, and SUPPLY TI1E wenn, for 11 Is almost the universal rule that rave material cam be meet cheaply manufactuved in the place where it is produced. Japan, tlif. papers say, is b.cld ng for aur cuttnn trade in the East. and Wa know wheat marvellous thlngs Peen can d •1101 it lees, it will have the cellon al its doors. But the same thing will happen to wool, jute, and silk, Already our silk and erten trades have gene bareicward. because other countries are using their raw materiel, And to this sronnection, it :s unpleasant to know that we ale shipping textile machinery in great quanntees to all the civilized world. \Vool, linen, silk, and jute rnanufee- tures account for 1i170,000,000 worth 01 expotts. If they go, then wa shal have that much btss with whish le purchase food. We largely export leather, paper, and other manufactures. But here. ogle, Nes depend en foreign eouniries tar the raw materiel. And one has only to g:anoe nt the statt:sties of manufactures 171 teese eounlres le see signs that wt, shall not always be able to buy the raw material, even If we could 5311 it when manufeetured. • HOW WILL IT END? What will be the issue of it all? For o long time we 5111111 have coal and iron. These are emetically our raw Ma- terials (produced at home. Bid our ex, port of these, together with mach ilery,• inIplementi, earthenware. end other things on which we can always •deptanci, will trot le war 11 nlora Than 5625.000,- 010 Lo $750,000,000. Add the frieget we gel hy our ships, and the Interest on money invested abroad, and we have an annuli income of 81,000,000,0G0, or a it - Ile more. With that we could not pay for the ferelen 10111 we have to NY. It costs las at present abed $1.250,000.000. And how shall We purchase the cotton, wed, and &Lk for our own teethes, the wood for our houses end furniture, the oil Mr our laint-5, the materials for paint and paper, anel all the other things which the sell and climate of this coun- try will not let us peeduce? The conclusion is chylous, At some period not very far &slant this country will not be able lo support its present prpuietton of forlyfour Winona.. The barthsele will have to decrease. Wo shall emigrate by the 01111:on, as the Italians are doing. And when that hap- pens wo shall be at the mercy of at le.ast. the Iwo future giant nations 01 1110 world —Russia end the Unite! Slates. Even a cheap young men mey cost his parents a lot of money, 1 - - eiRMEENzmnsmausmmeamai=mammet MAN FACTURERS iNTENDINO To LOCATE IN TORONTO WILL FIND Ideal Manufacturing Premises um TRUTH BUILDING Plats 2,000 to 10,000 Square Peet Each LOWEST RENTALS, INCLUDING Steam Power, Heat, Electric Light Fire Sprinkler System, Lowest Insurance. Most Central Location. Four Large Freight Elevators. S. Frank Wilson & ons, 7381 Adelaide St., West tillallffillinewszelimmumasiminanimpuffinvizamensmszEttir PRINTERS (A CAMPBELL PRESS ia-vvv• zwEriraoutrimizenv 43x56 inch bed, cost illa,soo, 'Will be Sold for $400 Cash 'In order to make room or larger and faster machines, It is in good 'running order, as it has just heed thoroughly overhauled by a competent ithachinist, The Wilson Publishing Co., Limited /3 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Fashion 11 hits. 50011 numbers for seashore wear. Teo women who is nonce se ion nor ea slight as she -should be aeldeves height and slenderness lay the graceful outline of the tunio tent trolls into Me' long lines of her, train. IL gives her dignity, grace, dislinction—n touch that rakes her be- yend the ordinary and the irssIgnifleance hele tveierylthIN les Itb31Toinr•Oe tto1 aheeon LI aerial g-eves111:11(11ilits' to cling, even to the discarding of lingerie find the substitution el satin lie ickerheck- ere and slips. The Paquin establishment has produced another new skirl, guile as eccentric as the Mel one. The plaits have Oiliest disappeared and are merely sug. gosbcd in the draptaig of the cloth, The new skirt is quite as narrow and matte as frank as the original. • The woman who will declare thet lho present fashions ase unbecoming is un- graceful. Not only are they beautiful in themselves, but they are so de:sleeted teat, handled by 1,110 CIV' women, they become pliant mediums concealing bed piints and emphasizing good olive,. Tho woman who finds that the closely filled princess gown ts unflatteringly truthful ati its revelonon of her figure can lake refuge be Groolan draperies and empleo and mandarin effects that lend them- selves achnisably to little eonquetries 01 tireSS. Nocostume In recent, Yawls has brought to women such a boon of conifortecom venience, and beconengness as has the summer prineass.dress. The simpleness <1 these"thele dlesees' consists merely of it !Aimee Welst and Mart joined at the waistline by a belt 1118(10 01 the leaning that Is used to finish the neek and sleete. Inisebnd reeilTikIle)ei. ont'1 thefliv117dI rss teetleclf; gores of the skirt and jumper being 1(1 one, with a side section of each joined at the Waistline, the belt terminating et each side Of the continuous gores. A comparatively plain linen or silk jumper dress will become nude dressy worn with a laeo or emproidered net gulnlp, IAPA--"N CAVA41,471Y 11)13SE, Japan has bought and le buying large ntlethete of Normandy homes for the new cavalry regiments of the empire. Trine \Vlt1Thi15 et t10Ltlflg racal 1114 preferred, Many hOrsca of the Wotan breed nre also being purchased for the laptinese stifrice.