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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-1-15, Page 7JAN. 15 1897 NOTEs AND UQMI1fPtN7'S. With 41 the world talking It is dit- fieult to say whether the habit of eon- versation is on the wbolo diininishiug, or whether the decline is confined to the cities, Certain it is that It is Mush lees general in the latter local- ities than it was forty years ago, Tbere is still, of course, a vast deal of dialo- gue, but conversation for information and to draw out and compare the bear- ings of the same subject on the minds of different people, has greatly decreas- ed. A good deal of this decrease is, no doubt, due to the lack of leisure, the pressure of business life leaving little time for the interchange of ideas beyond that absolutely necessary. Mon are more dispoeeci to regard time given to avoidable conversation as wasted, wvhilo the enlargement of society brings the friends witb whom they are inclined to converse together more infrequent- ly. The evenings, the only time when they have any leisure, are given up to social functions or entertainments in which anything more than dialogue is not required, or find them too weary to engage in conversation save of the thinnest kind. The multiplication of newspapers also serves to diminish the necessity of con- versation, and in consequence, the in- clination to make sacrifices to secure it. As everybody reads the papers, ail know the same things, and comment on tbem seems perfunctory and dull.. The papers do the work that conversation used to do, giving not only the news, but opinion on it. Instead, therefore, of seeking each other's society to ob- tain news and opinion, as they wero forced to do a generation and a half ago, mon now run through several pa- pers and form their own judgment from what they read. The use of con- versation has thus diminished, as well as the time for it, the result being a growing habit bf reticence, and the general shallowness and uninteresting- ness of talk. Instead of conversation in any true sense -that which discless the lines of agreement and disagree- ment on any subject -we have only dia- logue, or narrative, or anecdote. Con- versation is so little cultivated for its own sake, the desire to know the view- point of others toward a special sub- ject and to compare it with our own is so small, from lack of stimulus, that our soolal intercourse has become dull and wearisome. We had rather tell stories or gossip`u No doubt a good deal of the dulness and uninierestingnss of conversation 1s, among men, due to a preoccupation or weariness, whieh prevents them from giving any proper expression to their talk. For it is the manner and ex. pression with which one converses rather than' what is said, which produces the effect upon one's interlo- cutor. An interesting conversation may be maintained, within proper limits, up- on any subject, provided sufficient ex- pression is thrown into it to give a dis- tinct impression of the feelings and character of the speaker, Leigh Hunt once recommended the introduction of ' the subject of catling into a Caging con- eersatien, both because everybody can talk on that subject, and because it would be sure to show the taste and feelings of those speaking upon it. It is not the subject matter that at- tracts in conversation, so much as the characteristic way in' which it is treat- ed, the impression produced with respect to the temper and oheractar of the speaker, his cultivation, discrimination, sprightliness or phlegm. Inevitably a tired man, or one preoccupied with bus'- ness affairs, is more or less indifferent to manner and expression, and by so - much as he is, he diminishes the impor- tance and attractiveness of his talk, and increases the general disinclination to converse. Whether the habit of conversation will improve can be, ot course, only matter of conjecture, but there is much reason to believe that ie will. The gen- eral diffusion of education should contri- bute to its recrudescence, as also the greater liberty given the young in the matter of talk. The growth of club life in cities and towns, and the increase of social meetings among women, re- sulting from their larger engagement in semi,publio affairs, should also tend to promote the habit. The revival must, however, depend most upon the increase of leisure, relief from the pres- sure of business being essential to the developments oe the power of interest- ing conversation; With the growing sharpness of competition in all direc- tions, it is difficult to see how it is to be obtained, but as the laboring classes are scouring shorter hours, the read- justment may give leisure, to the cul- tivated in time. In that event, we may eepoot a revival of the sociability of tun generations ago, and with it the devel- opment of a new taste fox conversation which should owing to the spreadof education, and the greeter complexity of affairs, reach a higher standard than aver, 7L remains true, of course, that .not every one has the ability to converse well, and that the power is a gift ra- thet than eomething to lidroduced by cultivation. .11 can be developed, .but it is not tine product of Genera.11 does not belong always to the educated, nor .lo the good-tempered, nor to the meek - needed, end is not infrequently the pas. session of the shallow and the cynical. But, everybody can converse In a way and can increase his power by oxereisc, Mm acquiring felinity of expression and the i habit of thinking clearly for himself, d Leisure would! give the oeportunity for the this exercise, and should se came again, to mon may become good talkers and give be to convaeeation something of the char- to mbar •of. 'an erel as they once dict to th totter writing. The chances that they L may do so are the better because with the improved health of this eneration t. gg' hag tome'lto ler temper, and to good eonversatioe kindness of heart is a'ed prime requisite, T g E BRUSSELS ti Qj S Ty INE NEW8 RI A NUTSHELL filE VERY LATEST' FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER, Interesting Items About Our Own Country, Greet Within, the UMW States, and All Parte of the (lobe, Coudeneed and Maarten for Bow Readtea. CANADA. The ourtew bell was rung for the first time in Ottaeva on New Year's night. The London Y, M. C. A. Hall, cost - tug $30,000, was opened with a New 'Year's reception. Tha Manitoba winter is becoming uncertain. A'regular thaw, with rain' is reported at Winnipeg. A London West Methodist minjster, Rev. Richard Hobbs, denounces skat- ing as "an evil pastime." Tenders have been received at' the Depeet'rnent of Railways and Canals for new pier work at Port Dalhousie. General Manager hays and other officials of the Grand Trunk inspected the company's new oar shops at Lon- don. It is expected that Mr. Laurier will be made an Impsrial Privy Councillor at the coming celebration ot the Queen's long reign., The Hamilton Iron & Steel Company hos closed down the smeltimg works for a while, it having a plentiful supply et material on hand. The engagement is announced of Miss Mysste Brown, of Nashville, `Tenn., and the Han. Archibald Majoribanks, the brother of Lady Aberdeen. The cattle which were destroyed at Belford, Que., on November 7 were suf- tering from tuberculosis and not pleu- ropneamonia, as reported.. Detective Silas le, Carpenter of the Canadian secret service has been ap- pointed chief of the Montreal detective force to succeed Chief Cullen, Robert Geese,. a ten -year-old London troy, was rescued from drowning in the %Thames by a .companion named Lewis Fedderson, nine years old. Mr. David MacLaren, of Ottawa, who to going to Australia on a business trip, will make enquiries while there as to the trade requirements of the south- ern colonies. The will of the late Lieut. -Governor Fraser was probated at Erederiekton. The estate is entered at $11,500, which is bequeathed to the deeeased'a family and near relatives. Land Commissioner Hamilton of the C.P.R. says that the sales of Mani- toba lands exceed all records the past few months. The demand is good and farmers are paying up well. Major Kitson, the new commandant of the lioyad Military. College, Xingsion, in company with Major-General Gascoigne, on Thursday mornuog had a long inter- view with the Governor-General. The Cauadian-Australian Royal Mail steamship line, the vessels of which ply between British Columbia and the Aus- tralian colonies, is about to place a new steamer of 4,350 tons register on the route. The C.P.R. Company propose to in- augurate their entrance into Hamil- ton and Buffalo by planing two trains on the road of exceptionally fine work- mapship, which will maks the journey In very fast time. Word has been received from London announcing the serious illness of Lieu- tenant -Governor Kirkpatrick. lis will undergo an operation in a fortnight,and Mrs. liirkeatrick will leave Toronto im- mediately, to join her husband, Mr. Alex. Abbey, one of the oldest and most respected residents of Port Dalhousie, Ont., died on Sundae'', aged 85. He had lived in Port Dalhousie and followed his oscapat.ion of shipbuilding fax upwards of half a century. Mr. Gildersleeve, general manager of the Rtehelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, believes that navigation could be prolonged two or three weeks at each .end of the season by employing' powerful ice breakers an the river. Mr, Alex, Lanotot and bus son Fred- erick ws'ere stabbed at Montreal. by a gang of Italians, who waylaid them near their home. The elder Lanotot• died of his wounds and the younger is in a precarious condition. iwo of the Italians have been arrested, Sir James Grant, who was physician. to the Princess Louise during her rest- clence in Canada, and who recently was granted the honor of a, long Interview with her Majesty, says be laces no credence in the report to a New York paper as to the alarming state of the Queen's health. There is a movement on foot among a number of Toronto sportingmen to make's pool for the purpose of sending Champion Jake Gauclaur and .Eddie Dornan, Ned llaulan's nephew, abroad, It is proposed that enough money be raised to send the pair to England.. and probably Australia, and give them all the backing they want, GREAT BRITAIN. Sir Alexander Milne, Admiral of the British fleet, is dead. He was ninety years of age. Visitors to Ilawardeen say that they have not seen 'vir'. Gladstone in better health for some tune. Lone on was enveloped in a heavy black cog on Saturday and business was practically suspended.; . Sir Charles Tupper has postponed the date of his departure from England for Canada until February 4. Lord William Beresford met with a serious accident on the halting (told last Wednesday, and now lies in a pre- carious condition. Tan lees,claron (the Bev. John Watson, D.D,) says the rtehst class to ,America aim ata close 'imitation of English country house life,. It is reported that during the past fif- teen months nearly fi,fl:een thousand persons in England have become con- verts to the Remit Catholip (church. lit is believed that the question of closer relations with the colonies will malty a portion of the Queen's speech at tato opening o1 'the Imperial Parlia- ment. There was a large meeting held at the Mansion Rouse, in Dublin .on 'Tues- day afternoon, at which resolutions were passed demanding that the Im- perial Government romody the finan- cial injustice done to Ireland. Senator L. de Several, the Portuguese ister for Foreign Affairs, has been in Knight Grand Cross of the Or- er of St. Michael tend St, George for services he rendered to Great Bri'. .n 50 the settlement of the dispute' swoon England and Rr;azil see the owmemslsip of the smaller of o two Lalonde of Trinidad, wheoh Par- ole as arbitrator, awarded to Brazil. UNITED STATEe, The Bank of Superior, Wis., has OU - LU doors. Moorngsport, Pa., was almost wiped out by a oyelane. Four persons were killed in the wr'eok. The maleters of Milwaukee claim dist corn and abemiecls have pravtloally supplanted barley in the prodnotion of beer. Isaac 'Zenker, convicted in New York of arson in the first degree was sen- tended on Wednescley to thirty-six years in prison. ]Lira. Henry Ward Beecher on Sun- day morning fell and broke ter hip. As she is eighty-four years s,1 age hos re- covery is doubtful. Newark, N J„ is in darkness. Both/ sections of thio People's Electric Light and Power Company's plant 'hove been destroyed by fire, Wlrtle the Canadian nurses et present employed in Buffalo !hespitals will not be deported, care will be taken not to increase their number. President Cleveland 'bus pardoned James Burwell, alias Ohdrles Sberwoed, convicted of bringing counterfeit bills into the United States from Canada. ',Contracts for the construction of two Japanese cruisers were signed seU Washington by representatives of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco and Cramp & Sons. Assistant District Attorney John P. McIntyre, of New York, has resigned his position and sailed to England to take part in the defence of Edward J. Ivory the alleged dynamiter. 1I. C. Henry, the millionaire contrac- tor, boa secured the contract to build the approaches to the Great Northern Railroad tunnel through the Cascade Mountains. It will take six months to do the work. The steamer Commodore cleared at the Jacksonville, Fla., Custom house on Tbursday evening witha cargo of arms and ammuc Mien for the Cuban insur• gents. Clearance papers were issued notwithstanding that a formal protest was made by the Spanish Consul. Commeroial reports from the lead- eaes tNew otkek al general quietess in all lines frad, In addition to the usual holiday dullness, depression_ has been somewhat added to loamthcompances, Trous hese fres ailfures tbks ove been principally in the West, and the result has been to create a feeling in some quarters of distrust and suspi- cion which the circumstances are not considered to warrant. The number of commercial failures for the year just ended have been more numerous than en any previous year except 1893. GENERAL. Plentiful rains are reported to have fallen over large areas of India. M. Clemenceau, the distinguished French statesman, is .seriously ill. !the Porte has received serious news of military disaffection in the provinces. Reports that Macen, the Cuban lead- er, is alive are becoming more positive m tone. It is said the will visit the United States soon to restore confi- dence in this cause. The filibustering steamer Commodore, which sailed from a United States port with munitions of war for the Cuban insurgents, sank near Mosquito Inlet. Her crew landed in Florida. One of the Coreaan who was recent- ly arrested at Seoul on the charge of attempting to restore the Xing to the palace from the Russian Legation is re- ported to have been executed without a trial. The trial of Sofia of the alleged assas- sins of Stambnloff, formerly Premier of Bulgaria was concluded on Wednesday. Two of the prisoners were found guilty, was. given rt sentences. The third Senor Canovas del Castillo, the Span- ish Premier, says that Spain would not accept the intervention of the United States in Cuba nor introduce reforms until the rebellion is confined to the eastern portion of the island. Gen, Weyler, in a very boastful in- terview asserts that the Province of Pinar el Rid tee been subjueseea by him, and that the insurgents are lack- ing in valour and other elements to make the uprising a. success. The wife of the insurgent Col. Mira - bel arrived at Xey Welt, Fla., on Wed- nesday. She claims to liavccome direct from the insurgents' camp, and de- clares that Gen. Mateo, whom she has been nursing, is not dead, but is in a fair way of recovery. The Junta in New York dos not believe the story. TALIKING DOGS. A Washington 1'ug, \Phil*' Con Say Ono Word. Perhaps the most intelligent dog in Washington is owned by Mr, Kotze- bue, the Russian Minister. It is an Esquimau, a descendant of the fam- ous dogs owned by Lieut. Peary. It got a fall last spring which resulted in a slight lameness. The dog was placed on a soft mnttrss and tend, ed with the most loving care. The injury was each a small affair that the physician began to wonder at the slowness of the recovery. Aftera few days he could find nothing wxong with the creature, who had a good ap- petite and was apparently web, only he refused to rise tram hie south and walk, At last the physician made up his mind that it was a deliberate case ot sham, that the clog enjoyed the care he got as an invalid so much that he was loath to' go back to his old life. So, one day, bis doctor put him on Ins ltiislf3oneconclusion and spoke thhh d come to when he saw the animal walk off with the utmost ease. Washington is the home of another wonder in the shape of a deg, It is a pug owned by Miss Ellis. One is al- most afraid to announce what its chief ovcomplisbment is, but impossible as it may sound, the actual fact is the dog is a talking dog, and says "Mamma' with, ea Mob distinctness as talking dolls display. It is a marvel of a doqq wise beyond belief, and, althotugh 11 does not say anything but "Mamma," it looks as though it could Say almost anything i Y g C it had a mind to, Care of the teeth of dogs norms aaa important branch of medical treat- ment, Many dogs have their teeth cleaned regularly, and, of course, near- ly all old dogs halo their teeth extraet- ed. In a few cess the teeth have been filled, but this industry is not carried on with dogs to the extent that it is with horses. MONSTRB BLOCK 0111 MARBLE, From the Hawkins County, (Tenn,) marble quarries an old colored man Wito regularly hauls the output to Whitesburg threw the other clay a btoelt weighing 25,200 pounds, .Ile used 12 mule teams; 'The bleak contained 140 feet, and hie pay,wiitcb is by the foot,' animated. to $49, RIVALS NIAGARA'S POWER' onnwat GREAT MANUFACTURING SCHEME ON THE SI. LAWRENCE. Cdttttfnlisls rel' 1 e Igen NV tii'hlelt They t'au Secure an immense *'ores, for aluminas: I'Onpoecs. A New York correspondent wrltest -A selietne has been consummated for the development of from one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand bora! power by the eonstruelion of a canal between the St. Lawrence and Grass rivers, in the town of Massone, St, Lawrence County, N. Y., which bids fair to rive! the one now in operation at Niagara Faltlss. An act which became a law on May 9, 1800, incorporated a number of persons as the St. Lawrence Power Company, permitting them toecnstruct and oper- ate a canal for the purpose of supply - Mg and transmitting electrical or other power as they may see fit. This act attracted little attention at the time, bat a careful perusal shows it to have a very wide scope. The charter permits the company to acquire tate to lends by condemnation proceedngs, with the waters, casements, or rights therein. They may also enter upon and use the ground or sole under any street, highway, road, railway land, or public ground, within 5t. Lawrence County, N. Y., for the purposes specI- fied, and may change the ;.ovation or surface grades of any Street, highway, or road, and such right shall be con- tinuous for such purpose, including the relaying, repairing, altering, or ex- tending its works, provided tlrat suit- able bridges be maintained, and the sur- face of the roads kept suitable for pub- lic travel. Several other provisions in the chapter, which is Chepter 484, Laws of 1893, show it to be invaluable. The corporate existence of the com- pany in fifty years, Those interested have acquired the lands necessary truths scheme, and in- terested capital with which to oarry it out, As the peen wi11 enable the owners to generate MORE HORSE POWER than can be done with the present tun- nel at Niagara Falls, where millions of dolders have bean spent, it will readily be seen that the scheme is a gigantic One. It is understood that English capital has been interested within the past few weeks, and that the request for power has been made which wir4 exceed the full capacity. As the company has as- quired nearly one thousand eight hun- dred acres of land in the neighborhood, the chances are that the heretofore quiet town of Massena will shortly see a boom whish wird attract as widespread atten- tion as those of Buffalo, Depew, and Ni- agara lealls have within the last few yeare. The locality is on the Iines of the New York Central and Grand Trunk Bail:ways, and is within easy access of the forests of Canada and the Adiron- daaks. The country is pecu'ldarly ad- apted for a plan of this sort. The Grass river has its source in the Adiron- dacks, and empties into the St. 'Lawrence two miles below the lower end of Longi Sault Island. seven miles below lilas- seaa. Its course for several miles above its mouth is substantially parallel with that of the St. Lawrence. and unity from, three to four miles distant southerly, from it. At the point where tine inlet to the canal will he made in the southern bank of the St. Lawrence, about seven -eighths of a mile below the head of Long Sault reload, the surface of the St. Lawrence is FORTY-SEVEN FEET HIGHER than the surface of the Grass river. Be- tween the two rivers is a high plateau which ends at the Grass River in an abrupt bluff fifty feet high. Between, the b'nee and the uorth bank of the Grass River is sufficient lowland which affords location for milts and industrial estabeishments of any desired size and construction. The mills will be built on rock foundations, and the turbines placed wherever bhe greatest convenieuee may demand. The supply will be by direoti pipes from the canal'. and the tail races wail Gourmet with Grass River, which wi15l serve the same purposes for which the expensive tunnel at the Falls was built. The canal will be carried along the bluff for a mile or more, giving a direct fall upon the turbines of forty feet, The St. Lawrence -Grass river power development ;has certain tCeaturs in common with those at Sauiit Ste. Malde and Niagara Fates. There is at each the same absolute assurance of regu- larity of flow. The 'volume of the stream is so enormously larger than the volume to beused in developing the greatest sanount of power suggested, as to make that velume substanteally con- stant. Surveys have been made, plans drawn, and an engineer is already at work on the ground. Messrs. Stewart & Com - any ot Wall street, iso the owners, Com- pany art is consulting engineer, and. Lieut. ,aures Patton is designing the eieetricel plants. PREMATURE BURIAL. A New Soclety Mr Its Preweddeu-Seise Mutat Literature Issued. Ono of the queerest of the many pe, culler organisations recently establish, ed in England is 'The Assoei0Lion for the Prevention of Premature Burial. To judge from the leaflets and pam- phlets Issued by the association, its members have been through a long course of dime novels and have now set themselves the task of malting in- nocent citizens' flesh creep. Rhysiei- aus say that the circulation of such rubbish ou'g'ht to bo forbidden, because it is calculated to drive weak, nervous, and hysterical people into fits; but the association is desperately to earnest, and, is not to he stopped by mild i e- moaetranees. Tho most practical idea of the association is for the establish. matt al public mortuaries for the re- ception of the bodies of those in regard to whose decease there is the loot unt certainty, and it is proposed to intro. duce a biil nt the next session to pro. vide this long -felt want." c SPORT IN BRITAIN. A curious light is thrown on British sport by the following advertisement, P UNLIKE HER F EDI 1NE.' POINTS THE WAY TO PERFECT HEALTH Sent*' American Nervine. The Great Ilealth Restorer of the Century. Sielmess Cannot Copt With It. Has Cured the Worst Cases on Rec- ord. Cures at the Nerve Centres and Thus Cares Permanently. A Wonderful Specific in A11 Cases of Indigestion Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Nervousness and Generiml Debility. Iles No Equal as a Spring Medicine. There is a great deal of uncertainty in the methods adopted to remove dis- ease.. Doctors aro not free from this Rind of thing themselves. The poor pa- tient bas to put rip with a good deal of experimenting. The diseneeter of South American Nervine falces too serious a rim of life to play pranks of this kind. He does net think that these Memo bodies at oars should be fooled with. He hes recognized that they are subject to disease, brit, by scientific methods, be has learned that just as the watch is to be put in perfect repair only when the mnin-sprieg is kept in running- order, so n'ith the indivicbinl,lie remains in per- fect health only when the nerve centres are Rept Imitated nut strong. What disease is more distressing than indigestion or dyspepsia? Some simple remedy uwy be given to cause relief for the moment. Norvine is un indisputably sueeessfel remedy for the worst cases of indigestion. because it toneless the source or all stomach troubles -the nerve cert. i� tree. Indigestion exists because the vital forces have become diseased and. are weakened. Norville builds up the ' nerve centres, from which come those forces, removes the causes of indiges- tion, and then builds up the health com- pletely. How many systems are run dowse through nervousness. A. stimulant may, give ll lreroubls, Nervinease, but e bas curt ed mos des- perate oases of nervousness than any other medicine anywbere. And it does' so for the same reason that it cores in- digestion, The nerve centres are de- ranged, or there would be no victims or nervousness.Nervine rebuilds and strengthens the nerve tissues, and hence its marvellous powers in diseases of this kind. In the spring 01 the year the strong- est su'rf'er from general debility. The: blood, through neglect, has become im- poverished, and the whole system gets out of order. We speak of it as a spring medicine. Nervine restores the exhausted vital forced that have led to this tired, don't -care, played -out, miser- able condition. No one can take a bot- tle of Nervine at this season of the year without disease quickly giving way to abounding health. The moral is plain, simple and readily understood. Ir you would not trifle with disease, then you will take South Amer- lean Nervine, which will not Mille with you. Sold by Deadman & McColl MACHINE GUNS. A New Automatic Terror -Four Nine. round Sist in Three Seconds -The thinner to tiali�ly. A new machine-gun, which, it is con- fidently expected, will cause more dam- age 'to life and property than any oth- en quick -firing piece hitherto known to science, was introduced to public no- tice, and its construction and capabil- ities explained, the other day, by Mr. iuiram S. Maxim in a lecture at the Royal. United Service Institution, at London. A sample of the gun was on view in an ante -room of the institu- tion. It wves pointed out that this was the flint fully automatic gun above 1 1-2 incus which had been an unquali- fied success. With this new terror, a gunner who knows his business can deal out four nine -pound shots in a shade under three seconds, without even so much as taking his eye off the ob- ject to be attended to or his finger at the trigger. The danger of death to the gunner by the explosion of a cartridge while the breech is open bas been rendered impossible by the appli- cation of a simple device which pre- vents the gun being opened until the ahaege has been fired. This may seem a slight matter, but Mr, Maxim holds that nowadays, when the full metal pressure of the scientist es being brought to beer on the invention of new machines for the rapid annihilation of an enemy, the risk of accident to those who work the complicated me- chanism is bound to increase. Fence the emphasis laid by the lecturer upon the feature of the new gun. For the rat, the paper dealt with autotnatio guns from the date of the sneaker's first attempt (and failure) up to the present ora of perfected meehamsin. Numerous estrateons served to render the leo- lure still more interesting. MACHINATED MACHINATIONS, o Nothing shall part us, sbc murmur - An hour elapsed. Go, she said. ;In that brief hour she had grown cold through the maohinatione of a eruct father, Yon see he machinated, with the furnace, out mg off all heat from the front arlor. which recently appeared in the Cork TBNDER II.EARTED. Constitution: "Rod Deer -The Carbery Runt is anxious to dispose o1 two red ,Landlady -You loop at that coffee as deer which they have hunted for past if you'd like to throw it out of (the Seasons i mast sell, .ns they know this lvindow. country too well no other fault. Ates Boarder --0, no. 7 never abuse the 1 Clonakilty:' weak, ply Secretary of int, FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS. DUN 9 SINC DER THE0®®KC'SBESTFRIEND LARGEST SALE 154 GANAbA. BRITISH TRADE. 4Y'e0pet'ots state or the phntneeA--There Will lee it Surplus. Fm' the nine months expired of the .British fiscal year the Customs show, a net increase 01 52,105,000, compared wt idu the correspondeng period of 1805. 1 The excise duties increased 53,055,000; with title correspeadimg period of 1595, Chancellor of the Exchequer for the nine months ten million dollars more then the budget estimated for the whole year, and promise another $500,- 000,000 budget. Yet, with the ever- increasing demand's for the army and navy and doles to the landlords and Church schools, the oxpenduture growe as fast es the revenue. The income tax now stands at one shilling and eigb,tpence, almost a war rate, while the free breakfast tattle seeme as far all es ever, A41 signs show, despite the fair trade and preferential tariff Maria - lets, tlaet trade is expanding steadily, if not rapidly, Railway receipts ea- eraased 510,000,000, or 4 per cent. dur- ing the year, British investors have been asked to subscribe 8750,000,000 to the new loans and companies, of which $90,000,000 represents 'breweries and distilleries, 880,000,000 cycling, and 526,- 000,000 motors. Last year's total was e500,000.900. The emodnzction of the shiplmilding yards Wee 1,816,000 tons, or 100,000 tans above the best previous year, 1880. This is equal to 5,000 tons of earryitag capacity launabrod daily. , SURE TO SUCCEED. Professor --What makes you think that, your son is likely to extol in tnaihematiee 8 Father-Bcoause he has always fig. tired successfully to get out of work and study,