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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-3-21, Page 2Vel THE WHITE OP' B.. t r lel 1i i,i: toWelt r4 P.'7trl�s� .i "'I have been thinking very sari ly,"' be said, "about wham I should eek to be ' heat man,' "Xoe see, Doi - Wee, ol{r wedding will ba Suite a county affair. I have theughtt et ask- ing Sir Karl 4ll'anmare. I Ilia° him better than any one else. What do yon think," She was silent for same time. She ,ryas eking her own heart, it she had strength enough to bear this; and the answer was "No." She meant to be a good and true wife to the: generous sus- No woman, he argued with hltnoeif However, would ever i§how any open preference for man. lie must sure- ly be mistaken,: He thought at times that the wisest precaution would be not to go to Beaulieu, and resolved to be on Ids !guard against Lola ea Fer- ras. d3ut he bed yet to learn how clever a ?woman the be when she has an object in ,view, Notwithtstanding his resolve not to go to Beaulieu without very urgent reasons, every day Lola !guild some noble-boarted man at her eide—tray excelse„ to request his preeence, lIa- to hien in thought in word,and in dame de Ferree had bad some slight deed; but she would rather that this difficulty with the board, and at Lola's other man :yore not near when she uttered the vowel she meant to keep: "Would 1.1 not be better," she said, at last, in a clear, cold voice. "to ask one of your own relatives? After all, Sir Karl has nothing to do with us." I "Perhaps you are right," be replied -"at least, If you prefer it, your wish shall be law." 1 "1 011o111d prefer it," ehe said, "Ask QUO of your cousins from Aldershot, You told me you had t:wo stationed there." He was deligblted at the interest she showed, and agreed meat heart- ily to her proposal. That evening the lettere were written, first to the Misses Fielden, and then to . Miss de Torras. 1 It so happened that Lola received hers on the same morning that Sir Karl rode over to see madame on busi- nees. He heard her laugh as she opened the letter and road its con- tents. , "What do you think I have here?" the said, "A pressing invitation to be chief bridemaid at Dolores's wed- ding! Are you going, Sir Karl? What curious turns in life fate gives us 1" she went on, watching the handsome faro as she spoke. "I am getting kntwledge fast. When I came back from Germany Ithought Ishould be sure to marry first; and Iused to picture half the girls in the neigh- borhood weeping tears of envy at my good fortune. But now—" He was amused in spite of himself. inexplicable aversion for her. "But now?" be repeated. "What ie " you are in 00 !hurry to go away," the difference between then and she said to him. "Sit down and let noxi," , us discuss this affair. Shall I accept "Now, I sea my rival, the white the invitation or not ?" rose, married first, and I shall have ," yew must be the best judge of to weep tears of envy myself." that," be replied. "Do you know," cried Sir Karl, im- "Some people say that it is unlucky petuously, " that I can never tall to be a bridemaid" she remarked. when you are besting and when you are serious 4" „I have a great inclination to tempt "And, do you know ,Sir Karl, that fate. Will you be there, Sir Karl?" I do not even know myself ? The "In what capacity 4" Ile asked. wise man says, 'Know thyself.' I " The capacities in this case are very should think there is no girl living limited," she laughed. "Thera are but who knows herself less than I do..four—father, bridegroom, 'best man,' I am never sure of myself. I am a and guest. The last character is the mass of contradiction. I have _good only one in which you could appear. impulses—I feet surd of that—but Ido Are you going in that ?" not carry them out. I have lofty as- "No,' he answered, gloomily; snot Irations, too, and there are times even if I should be invited—and that Bben I long to do great deeds." is not very likely." , He thought as he looked at her that "Then I shall lose all interest in the best thing for bar would be to the affair, and the wedding festivities marry some man who would be able will be dreary enough. Why will you to mold ber character; for himself, not go, Sir Karl ?" he should feel afraid to undertake such a charge. In spite of her vivac- ity, he felt that there were depths in her nature unknown even to ner- self-depths of passion, great capabil- ities for good or evil; and he wonder- ed in a half -dreamy fashion what would become of ber, and bow her life would end. Sir Karl had begun to naveen un- pleasant kind of feeling that she cared for him more than he liked. He tried to put the idea from him at first, tried to laugh at it; but it,was in vain—the uncomfortable conic - tion grew daily. She $aid so many things upon which he could put but one interpretation. suggestion she ,had appealed to Sir Karl for his help, whish' ho moat cheerfully gave hers but be now found that it necessitated .frequent inter- views with madame. He had resolved that be would be very guarded In his words and .ac- tions with Lola; but he was no meta for the girl. She sung to him and amused hien with .witty stories. She was an admirable mimic,, too, and her caricatures' of some of their neighbors often startled him. Madame herself was all kindness and hospitality, so that once in the charmed circle it was not easy to leave it. Indeed, since he had beard of Dolores's engagement, he bad once or twice asked himself if, he could not love Lola. She was ex- ceedingly beautiful, well born, well bred, well educated; with her as mis- tress of Scarsdale, he knew be should never have one dull moment in his life. There was everything to recom- mend her, added to which he felt sure that she liked him more than passing. well. Yet there was something about her—he could not tell what—which repelled him. Although be admired her, he shrunk from her, and bad a curious feeling of distrust; ber very cleverness mode her at times repug- nant to him. Ile could not account for the feeling, nor could he overcome it ; hb only knew that it existed. So it happened that, on the day wleen she received the invitation to Dolores's wedding, he felt a strange humor. Then she returned to the ori - t, 11 s ub a ori- ginal jo " 1 should /Marine," she eat "that all over the county lva ;Shell have re- jolci:ng and festivities, i1amine nem. Puna to bale e grand ball ho honor of the wedding, Lady Fieldeu has ar- ranged to have a -fanny bald; and I', hear that the TOuko of Raeford will provide a aeries of brilliant entertain menta. He ie Lord Rhyaworth's great set friend. What will you do incele- bration of the event,. Sir Karl?" " Nothing at all," be replied, ab- ruptly. " The wedding does net Don genu me fn the least, Why should I olalebr'ate the event, as you call lt4" "It would look kind and neighbor- ly," s1* said. "If you. do not, you will melee people think ;you have game na- tion for 11," "I am not invited ; even if I were I should not go, as I have said." "Not if I urged it?" she interrogat- ed archly. " No, not even then," be replied has- tily. Be did not want her to think that he would do anything he disliked himself for the sake of pleasing her. There must never be any mistake about the footing he was on with her. Shewas quick enough to see that she had startled him, and that ha was not pleased with what she bad said. She changed the subject adroitly, and went on chatting in her usual piquant style +Intil he was quite in a good She thought that would make him yield; but it bad quite a different effect: The bare idea of all these festivities was hateful to him Mie felt that he could never join in them, His heart was sore and desolate • even with notate dusky beautiful face so near him and with her dark eyes, filled with a soft, dangerous llght, looking into his, With every minute that passed be saw more and more clearing that in losing Dolores he had lose all that made life attractive to him and with her dark eyes, stay there until be bad forgotten all about Dolores Cliefden ; it would be by far the best course for many rea- sons. Then he would also avoid vis- iting at Beaulieu and in the mean- time, as he devoutly hoped, it was more than probable some one might appear who would take the fancy of the beautiful French girl. All these. thoughts passed swiftly through his mind; eo that, when Lola looked to him for an answer to her question, he sak, hastily: "The real reason wily I do not an- ticipate taking any partin the wed- ding festivities is that I am going to Paris, and I am not sure how long I shall remain there." "To Paris 1" she tried. There was no mistake about emo- tion ; mo -tion; the letter boa held fell to the ground, her fano grew white, as with the pallor of death, the light left her eyes, and for a fete moments it seem- ed as; though she would faint. Resew it all, and muttered to himself be- tween his teeth; that he (had not made his resolution one minute too soon. " Do you really mean that you are going to Paris, Sir Karl?" she said, recovering herself. "Why should you go there ? How cruel of you! Do you not know how much we shall all miss you? Do not go 1" Ise tried to laugh lightly; but in truth be was ashamed of being, as it were, wooed. " I shall miss you so ranch, Sir Karl11 she added, coaxinglyy. "Do not go. It lightens the day for me when I see you. T do not know how Ishould bear the long weeks and months if you were not beret' He could hear the vibration of pas- sian in her voice; he saw that in her eyes which be bad never read in any woman's eyes before. "You will not miss ma so much;" he replied. "Yen have so many friends." "I grant it—many friends; but none like you, Sir Karl. All of them put together are not equal to you. 1 I— Oh, do not go to Paris 1 I do not know what to say to you; but do not gal" The beautiful face was all shadow- ed with pain, the dark eyes filled with tears. Whatever were her faults throughout tho winter months. The Lola had a deep and sincere affection average through the coldest weather is about fifty degrees below zero, and it sometimel dawn to silty. With the atmosphere perfectly still, how- ever, this is bearable, but when there le any wind, venturing out df. doors is cut of the question. The earth in this country is froz- en to a great depth. Excavations have been made to upward of a hun- dred feet, and still the ground has been found as hard as it was near the surface. During the summer months, when the sun can be photographed at midnight, the weather is naturally a Miele warmer, and ice,of which there is a superabundance through- out the winter, is at a premium, To supply this demand the moss -covered marshes between the foot hulls and beach are penetrated and the ice- stratas lying under the mots is min- ed and brought to the town. Here is a never -failing supply of material for cold, drinks. It is there the year round, and the summer's sun, though hot, 'has little effect upon it even near the surface, and, a foot or two down, '320210 at ail. Asked if mining could be done in winter in this country, Mr. Gadd stat- ed that it was 'not 'possible, owing to. the extremely bigh price of anal. Last winter they pail as high as $125 per ton for coal, and at this price it was impossible to the it for thawing ma- chines. Uric:r 3 idIn t Gives Rise to Painful and Fatal Complica• tions—The Liver and Kidneys Responm sible for the Presence of This Poison. The most dreadful result of endiges- the kidneys to unusual effort, and 60 tion Ls the overcrowding of the liver help them temporarily to remove the by crowding on to it the mass of un- exaese of uric acid. Dr. Chase's Kid- digeeted food. Tailing to do its work nay -Liver Pills strengthen bath the .under those conditions, there is ee11 in lever and kidneys. Dy their invlger- the system more uric acid poison than the kidneys can !Possibly remove. r The outcome of this state of affairs is the formation of uric acid stones in the kidneys and bladder, a most excruciating and even dreadfully fatal ailment. I IAn early and marked indication of presence of uric acid, In the blood to a deposit similar to brick duet in the urine. This is accompanied 080 - ally by pain or irregularity in urinat- ing and weakness or aching in the small of the back. , The cause. of brie acid is a derang- ed liver, whish failsto convert ,undi- gested food into urea. Permanent entre can only be effected by a treat- went such as Dr, Chase's Kidney -Liv- e,r. Pills, which, net directly on both the liver and kidneys. I, mere kidney renieV.ne oniy'gtimuleee sting effect on the liver they enable it to do its duty perfectly. sad so remove the cause of uric acid ; at the same time they tone the kidneys and en- liven them in their task of removing this poison from the body. "But culpase that I am absent for some years," be said, "Are they thine that you Want at Deer" Q:ba seine tempest of emotion !wept over her lace, "r will wish," she a;pswered In a strange :yoke, "until yen bring them, You will Dome bank some day :home must have some tie for you, You will come bade and it may please you to find me waiting for them—and for yen." Her voice'wee full of tenderness— full of:pseion, and love abono in her eyes. Flo was simple, frank and hone sot. las said to iijmself that, it she really eared fog !elm, it was cruel to lest her continue in the delusion. He had better Any something that would open her eyes at once to the truth; but in trying to be diplomatic he made a terrible mistake. " I hope to find yen very happy when I come back," be acid. "In all prob- ability you will be the wife of 'tome wealthy, kindly man, mistress of a fine establishment, and a queen of so- ciety!' Ea paused startled and awed by her manner. She stood before bleu and raised to his a floe white and full of pain with eyes 'half blinded with, in- dignant tears. "You wish me that 1" she said. " You hope that ,when you come home. I may be the wife of some other man .the mistress of some other home ?" "Certainly " he replied, deeply em- barrassed. "What better fate bould I desire for you?" "You wish it ? Remember this and carry the memory of my words away with you. T would rather be dead than that such a thing snould bap - peat i" I To 130 Continued. , GOLD FIELDS OF CAPE NOME. E,thliatcd That Output of Cold. This rear 11111 Total 5115,000,000. "I am of the opinion that the out- put of gold from 'Alaska, the Cape Nome country, in the year 1901 will exceed $12,000,000, and further, I con- sider this a molt conservative esti- mate." • Such is the prediction of 01r. C. J. Gadd, of Cape North, who for the first time in: some years it wee enjoying a bit of Eastern. civilization. Mr. Gadd, who is an Englishman, has the true Anglo-Saxon love of roaming, and has spent the better part of ten years in th egold-fields of the Kootenay, the Yukon anal Alaska. Mr. Gadd was at Man producers. who contribute the Dawson City when the Cape Nome largest quantity of foreign cheese to fever struck the country, and, in tom the English markets, and whose pro- mowith hundreds of others, derma dues:at presentstands highest in re- putation there, to submit even,to some immediate temporary loss on their fodder milk rather than make any prospected over a good. sharp of AI- i fodder cheese at all either at the be - asks, reaching up 0068 the Arctic gunning or the end of the seasons, as Circle, as far as the Shores of the Are-, they will assuredly reap a substantial tic Ocean advantage in the higher prices and in - Of the results ofobs own work, Mr.creased reputation they will after - Gadd is well pleased. Three of them, . wards obtain for their full grase working together, two men shovel!+"g goods. ha, and. one man at the tailings, clean- In advocaiir g this policy this As - ed np $;6,000 twenty-one days, and sedation does not forget the :diffi- this, he considers is by na means' eans phe 'cults, the farmer is faced with in nomenal for this cons ry. M'r. Gadd disposing of his stable fed milk. It was of the opinion that there was $ would be better, if necessary, to throw splendid -opportunity for hydrauiia this class of milli away rather than mining. It had been practically manufaetuae it into cheese ; but such hitherto all surface wort * g. The a sacrifice is not necessary. While it finds, so far, have teen limited to a seems impossible to mannfaature a very moderate depth not running up from the increased taxation on a1- over five or xis feet under the surface.first-class article of cheese from stn- AS TO THE CLIr''e4TE. ble fed milk, it Las been proved that cos might be expected,the cold in by scrupulous cleanliness and Bolen- all parts ,of this country is intense title methods a very fine article of "0" 4- OthCFara g000kolv 1 I TO FACTO.L1YMEN. ` Gentlemen,—Th—ThellToptroal Bettor and. Obeese Aesticiati ee desiree to draw the serious attention of ,Canadian Dairen:um to the undesirability of manufacturing in Canada any obeese at all from redder milk, either at the beginning or the end'of the eeaaona, believing tide to he in the interests of all olassos, from the, farmer to the exporter, oonneeted with the manu- facture of full prase cheese,. , It requires no argument to prove that 1f our cheese le to be sold at re- munerative prisms during the season of produotLon, it is essential that there should be no large quantity of the previous seaeon's production: deft over at the commencement of the new sea- son. It must therefor& be in .the com- mon. interest or all boncerned to eee that no impediment is placed in the way of the fees sale and free con- sumption of existing stod'ks oe cheese during all the period up to the arrival of new fall grass geode' on the mar- ket in 'Canada, even at the cost of some immediate loss of money. Now, the eiiperienoe of resent years proves that the average world's production of full grass cheese, which is sold on the English markets, consisting chief- ly of Canadian, States and New Zea- land makes, besides the English; home make, is as large al can be consumed in one season at profitable prices. Take for instanee the present Roam?. Tho total shipments from Canada and the States from the let May, 1900, to the end of January,: 1901, have amounted to about 2,900,000 boxes, while the English make is estimated to be some 15 per cent. larger than that of the previous season. This large produc- tion has left a stook of Canadian and Amerioanh cheese on hand at this date which it will take four months full average consumption to clear off. If in addition to this large stock a large quantity of fodder eheeee should be made from new milk this Doming spring, it is easily seen that the re- sult will esultwill inevitably be a large surplus of cold cheese left over on the Eng- lish markets in June, which will 'cer- tainly bave : the effect of retarding the sale and seriously lower the price of •new grass goods this doming sea- son. For these reasons 11 seems to be only the`part of wisdom for Cana - r_ and lame have, Iwo rou'txh ends, SIN - LAO the' obeegp' a very bad'. appearance an aRReotltheir 'mine, Ali phew might eaaily have a good appearance if the maker would take his obese out of the boort early in the morn= ing of the day following the date of manufacture, mien off any unevenness, put hie cheese bank to prune with the MO reversed, and leave them there until the attornoon, thing press' rings to keep the Whoosh from pressing up bet*een the boor and the follower. Cheese Boxes,—These oheeso,boxes generally in the aro disgraoelully poor, and Faetorymen should insist upon beip'g supplied ,with a better box in future. In the box that is at tangent being supplied, the sides are too thin, which causes them to break and the bead and bottom, is frequent- ly made of too many pieces, wbioh oauaes' them to fall out; and insuffl- tient nailing of* these is a common complaint, RVe ask the Taotorymen to insist upon getting boxeslwith sides from ono -fifth to one-quarter'wef ae inch' in thickness, with not more than two Preens in the top or bottom, and with the top and bottom pieces pro- perly ,nailed, These pieces should be made of well dried material, so that they will not shrink away from the bands and`weaken the box., 'Whey.—Another objectionable prao- tice !teems ' th be growing in many districts of the country, and that is the practice of carrying whey back from the factory to the farm in milk cans, whipb 'gives to the cane a bad smell, and this is' too often communi- cated to the mill!, and does a great deal to -eauso bad flavour in the cheese. Where the farmer desires to make use of his share of the whey, it is "strongly recommended that he carry with him in hie waggon a bar- rel or other Dane than his milk cane to convey the whey the farm. Under no circumstanoes should _whey be con- veyed in milk' cans. Butter. -Canada must go more largely into the manufacture of fancy butter, since it is evident that we aro note making ab, many theses as can be consumed in one season at profitable prices. Thera is abundant room for expansion in butter making, provided only the best quality is made. All hope of doing an export trade ofany importance' in dairy butter must be abandoned. Nothing but the best Creamery butter will sell freely and Profitably. There is proof enough that fancy butter can be made in Can ada, but much progress must yet be made ere our average quality will stand as high as that of Denmark or Australia.. We aro especially behind these countries in regard to packages. Only the best. obtainable should be bought, uniform in style and size, and where boxes are used, no more and no less butter should be packed than will test 50 lbs. when delivered in Mont- real. 1 . for the "farthest north" mining coun- try. This was upward of two years ago, and since then he has mined and for Sir Karl. Be tried to speak carelessly, but he was touched by her emotion; yet the more s.nre he felt that she loved him, the more unconquerable was his feeling of distrust and vague dislike. " You are very kind to think 60 much of me," Jae bald, lightly. "I must go to Paris, however, But I shall not always remain there. T shall come back to Seal -side, some day, Isup pose." " 1 hope you will not be awaylong,", she said; and he saw that her lips; were colorless and quivered with pain. His impulse as a man bating to see a woman suffer was to speak kind, consoling words; but lie reflected that any show of sympathy to ber might be dangerous; and so they remained im silence for some minutes until Lola bad regained her. composure. WhaO she speke to him next, it was in a quiet, matter-of-fact way; -all emotion, all agitation had vanished. She perceived at once that if she was to win him it must not be in that fashion. " You are not thinking of going yet, Sir Karl," she said—"not just yet, I hope?" " It will take me some littletime to get my affairs in order," he replied " bat I'ehall go as soon al I can." " We shall see You again, shall we mot? fI should like to give you one or two commissions in Paris, if you will accept them," , " shall he well pleased to render you any service,'' bo answered ; "and to himself he added, "Except that of falling in love with you," quarrel was at its height. There "Thank you. It is seldom that anything s00ma to be trouble in the air, have, ta chanes ofgetting of en arras at alt sir said ills soprano, from there. The Hama of De Torras Not p ', Tho : Is proscribed Ln franca. I will write ber byes snapping Lrouble18 In No treatment was ever so encoesotul as Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills in correetleg derangements of. the kid- neys and liver, and so avoiding the de- paelts of uric acid, which cause rheu- matism or stone in the kidneys and bladder. Dr. Chase was the 111.81 to conceive of a combined treatment act- ing at once en both the great filter, trig systems of the body, and the sue- nese of hie prescription, Dr. MAWS liidnay-Liver Pills, hos been phenom- enal. One pili a dose, 05 bents a box, aft all doalerd; or tildtaatusoe, i3,atee & Co,,, Toronto:_,✓ CBNTUN '8 INHERITANCE, WHAT' TTWI'URY RECED ANATlan, HI:: ,' iI wra11 rens t Added L,llormously 00 file World's Mater/a4 1'rosperllY end doavealenee—We Are. New Colifronted '!With u1vmtly, Il: one turps to various inven- tione oR the nineteethenth century that have so completely. transformed ,in dustriee, added many now: ones, Chang,, ad the modes of life of stations and sddod enormously to materiel pros- perity and convenience, as well as in- creased the moans of enjoyment al must beyond expression, the list in onngsaanrde ointcemptboaubglhet 1ofheao sienlevnene hiss!!, but as science id not meohaa- rem, but a body of borrelated print plea, The one is law, the other an illuetration of its validity. , We received, the ;horse and ox; we bequeath the locomotive, the automo- bile and the bicycle. 1 We received- the geese quill ; we bequeath the fountain pen and type. wr{ter, We received the scythe; we be- queath the mowing machine. We received the &akle ; we bequeath' the -harvester. i We received th'e towing and knit ting needle; we bequeath the owing and knitting machinate We received the 'hand printing press; we bequeath the cylinder prees. We received the typesetter; wo bo- queath the linotype, We received the sludge ; we bequeath the steam drill and 'hammer. We received the flintlock musket I we bequeath automatic Maxima. We received the sail ship; six wa'eke to Europe ; we bequeath the steamship, six days to Europe. IWo received gunpowder ; we be- queath nitroglycerin. We received the hand loom we bequeath the cotton gin and woolen mill. 1 We received the loather fire bucket ; sae bequeath the team tire engine. We reoaived wood and stone struc- tures ; we bequeath „twenty -storied steer structures. We received the etalroase; we be- queath the elevator. j We received Johnson's Dictionary, with 20,000 words ; wo bequeath the modern dictionary with 240,000 words. We received 22 000 000 speaking the English language ; wo bequeath 116- 000,000. Wo received th'e painter's brush and ease''; we bequeath lithography and photography. We received the loadatono; we bo- queath the electro -magnet. ;We received the glass electric ma - thine; we bequeath the dynamo. ;We received the tallow dip; wo be- queath the areligbt and the 'incan- descent. ;We received the four -inch aohroma- tto telescope; we bequeath the four - foot lens. We received two dozen members of the solar system ; we bequeath 500. We received a million Mars ; we be- queath 100,000,000. We received too tinder box ; we be- queath the friction match. We received ordinary light ; we be- queath Roentgen rays. We received the beacon signal fires; we bequeath the telegraph, the tele- phone and wireless telegraphy. , hatter can be made from this milk, for which there is always a good de- mand for export, at good prices. This Association, therefore, strongly re- commends the factorymenas far as possible to provide themselves with alternaitvo machinery for making both butter and . cheese and where it is not possible, for the farmer' to work up his fodder milk into butter it is strongly recommended that he should put it into stock. There is a substan- tial profit to the farm in feeding to the stock the skim milk from the creamery, or even the full Intuit where necessary, in the consequent enrich- ment of the soil, besides the price ob- tainable from;stock itself. the I am, Gentlemen, Yours truly, P. W. McLagan, President. NOT THERE., Ily stars i ejaculated the leader of the choir, Happening in when the out the list for p+0u. tho basal PENSIONING THE OLD MEN. Australian Colonies Introducing System Of 0111 Age re11910119. The agitation for old age pensions in the Australian colonies bas attract- ed considerable interest of late. New Zealand ani! New, South Wales have led the way in this matter; oath colony having a rather elaborate scheme,, while Victoria fellows a little more timidly. Sir William Lyme's scheme in Vic- toria, ictoric is at least bold in scale. He will will give a petrel= of les. a week where New Zealand gives only 7s. and is prepared to reduce th'e age line to sixty years. Ile recognizes thrift, too; the possession of a small income is not to be regarded as a disqualification for a pension. (Che scheme when in full operation, will cost the colony be- tween $2,000,000 and $2,500,000 per an- num, and never before, in the history of civilization. did a community of a little over 1,000,000 people make so magnificent a provision for its aged. Sir William Lyne expects to recoup himself part of the cost of the old age enthrone by a reduction in the vote for public charities, but this will probably prove a delusion. What real- ly inspires him with. the financial cour- age to attempt so bold a scheme is the febt that, when the New South Wales. tariff is brought up to the general fis- cal standard of Australia, there will be a magnificent surplus. which will be paid into the State treasury. A GIANT UNDERTAKING. The cost of these schemes outruns all calculation. Mr. Seddon reckoned that his pension scheme would cost $400,000 per annum. %Already the -ex- penditure has reached $1,000,000 per minute. 0'he cceit for the other col- oniee willtieocsearily be greater than that for New. Zeeland. Mr, Seddon cal- culated that there were 20,000 per- eons in. New, Zealand' over sixty-five years of age. re Vittoria there aro 64,000 persons% over that age -line. In New South Wales, with a lower mgt limit, the number of claimants will be still greater, and, with a higher rate, the expenditure meet far outrun than of Now Zealand, On the New South Wales scale Great Britain would have to spend eornethine like. $60,000,000 tior annum in old -age pensions. ' WHIM, THEM' LIVE, MEMORANDUM TO FACTORYMEN. Curing of Cheese.—The Montreal Butter. and Cheese 'Association desires to call the spacial attention of Fac- torymen to the uncured condition of most .of the eheese coming to Moat- real. It has become the practioe of h'actorymea to send their cheese to Montreal before'tbey are sufficiently. cured, and if ;we are to hold the good reputation we have gained, this bad practice must he stopped, and cheese must beheld ,i,o the factorise at least twoweeks for fast buring cheese and longer for slow eur%ng oheese,,or in all cases until the cheese are cured. Factories should bo Sobrovided that the temperature of :the uur{ng room can be maintained at or near 00 de- grees Fahrenheit, othoru,ise cheese are injured, by heat; be Bummer and cold in autumn. , elppearanco of Cheese.—A. large ftweriLy--015 prr cant: of Cllr an- lire population, of the world, lives on. der British swa7, 0 per cant ether number of the tbeoso arriving in lluselan rulr., 0 under l:'reneh and Montreal have a0 least one,rbugh end, nearly 6 under Amerleaii Wo received the weather unannounc- ed ; wo bequeath the weather bur - San. ;We received less than twenty known elements ; we bequeath eighty. lWo received the products of cis tentcountries as rarities ; the be- queath them as bountiful as bomo productions. We received 'history as events re- membered and recorded; we bequeath the kinetoscope. We received the past as slant; we bequeath the phonograph," and the voices of the dead, may again .be heard. We received pain as an allotment to man ; we bequeath ether, chloro- form and cocaina. We received gangrene; eve bequeath antiseptic surgery. We received the old oaken bucket; we bequeath the driven well and the water tower. We received decomposition Melees - 171 we bequeath cold storage. `We received foods for immediate consumption ; we bequeath the can- ning industry. We received butter solely from milk; we bequeath oleomargarine. We received the hedgerow and the rail fonce; the bequeath the barbed wire 10400. We received cement stool ; we :bo- queath Bessemer steel. , We reeelvod unlimited dependence epee muscles; we bequeath automa- tics meohanlsm. The account is clearly not exhane- tive, but ono tbing more ought to be added. Physical research had brought ire to en apparent boundary. d'he knowledge we have of the nature of matter and o1 the ether seems to im- ply that the format is a form of ea orgy of the ether in the ether, and as the latter is friobiciiiless no mechan" les of the energy wo know and meas- ure is' competent to organize a first. atom. It implies the existence of oth'• or energy,' other modes of action and non -compulsory activity—that is, din• telligence controlling factors bellied all that We Dail the visible universe, There 0110 14 aontrooted neat% attn.,. ity, .