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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1919-11-20, Page 6e Ii ! LL A Rcmante of Darte er. Next instant Martin had snatched/ the battle from the great, brown,. t brawny )antis trod shattered it on a reek. Itut the there- enetaaa the etaaff troll already dere its deadly work, and tianefeemed 1•'n;^:ut Into n raging wild b est !et it't a howl of fate hr hit gut with all his might. Rig great tilt smashed into elmem'e face, nail as the latter went down the huge convict manumit upon him. •1'11 square it this tune!" he hissed,! { with no meta. holding Martin by the thr,'',t with enc heed, with the ether he soar •incl up a great, jagged clunk of anima. Til v, bele thing had happened so , gu,cicly thet onl\' Bowen. ryas near enough to interfere. Losing hie head in the ex.'ltem,ult, he dro,lue) his rifle, and, eeleiree Fagen by the arra, tried to pall him oi}. Ile had not reeeoned upon the maddened eonvict'e enormous st-entete •tan dropped the etone, ewe/1g mond, •till on his kneee relight Bowen rc.und the eau t• and h•.nlee him to the ground with much fry htti'ul fe eee tint he lay there as atoll as pear Martin himself. Another instant :t l Martin': brain; mu;t have been ieglied ]et, when a yeti.!! el td figure shot. I m tin•., Tonka of the staring convicts, e d dere' him- self, barehanded, epee t . m ddened giant. So fierce was the fere!' of his reeh that Fagan lost hie baitinee :omit went over sideways, ays, Pu. ..i Holt --for ,-cucza.-_=c� r;_r'm ..5. s.s ,- ->• .me• '-z cin - , z •.c, as,•, „cam r it Acne he --on top of hi,n, bow..-e..eter..>..�r.-e e.c.s..,..ic.;..._... :.._.. ._ ge._. eeem. _ -... .. -.rc.. t, no !nub kept watch an he 7eleme end ler a time all !vent well like a th'y twig brealchy", and Fagan, 71 7111,0 a tlnru!erbolt. Return ng wilt a snarl of fury, had rolled the 0 lee- me:notes one evening., Alantin plus y convict, now almost unenn- el !Mune letter from hie mother, screw, on his back, with a broken -ed et Ceelnee Stanton, in North collar -hone. I r NOVO' dreaming ter an in- Once, twice the gnarled fist deecend- The veal; li ; pron at leer: -int ‘7:11:011 curl edit 1411 u_innt n t,,:a bare y alo e n a ' ell ' tors L the eaettal1., tit r i,e:t, r t t th • c n 'a 1 t: r' ee 1... 4 .etl t "::.1‘21' n_. F' l-! i ti lettee .} v n - "lr ±, 1 un. m n elmet_aI! e ,,.c halt , �uat ten?" •?' - .. "1.•: -!!!:then that Pr 11 ar 1•' 1; re- plied is ru b ing. "Jeo e ..n:i I set- tled 1 d it List nn 11 ' 1'n' .,i” . to hear it. '1 n." said ,: I n h : ' Je x I' I , 1,ran s o 1tele. 0:1-1 1111'.'!! 1 _ i - t and tee. P., I .ti, al al!!!!t:t t 1: I thcualt wee e 1•. the re -ening!'" For a second or two there was n wild and frantic struggle; then came a snap ;_, •,1 cl'n a Holt, T 1 tl.-., ...1 t 1 e 1 ' r I T'F'.11 t d! u l f ul me!! i> one, C7 n n:r e not the Feat mem it 'me dont ' Feet seemaged1 null "eV!.1 'i - enemee t ,mer rt al.tc , I n teaI tial in.•. I got a new rartt ',hie morn- ing, They've c 1 me No. le," "I t i in you i said Pridham. r rty Fagan in it." eli ee was a farm parte Their job wee; clitahlae a piece of reelaimed moorland, mei the ground was full of ro gel Llaees oc granite, which had to be dug out one by one. Most cf the rocks were too heavy to be lift i one mate, and often titre: or emir were neteclad to tackle a hig lump: - Holt was hoe, eho:vlag two men how to gee a ntene out of one of the trenches, when a sharp cry made him! turn quickly. Jupp. a miserable little rat of a man, was rolling on the groaud hugging his foot, his face twisted with pain. "Fapron !1 a.m.!? fall m my foot on pntr0ose l" moaned ,Jupp. "He 1 ! ,to 1 league towering, black Inea farbi!dal :, : here the hotel. - ed man, Bowen, Martin's assistant -warder, came striding '.lp. ".Tupp is quite right, I saw it my- self." y- self" Ilolt turned on Fagan. - "P11 have none of this in my Nifty," he said. "I shall report you." Holt was ae geed as Les word. and Fagan got two day=' cells, with "A" diet, and lost a member et' narks. He looked as dangerens ns i± caged gorilla when be came bnek to work, but Holt, READY TO SERVE AND GO D TO ll' K. CANAMAN S CI Li ■ uiL�ti . W. CI. ARK! µ10o .:int of the terrible news it contained, ed upon the unlucky Russell's face, cnene i it eagerly. The shalty, tear- .mashing it out of all semblance of egetoed writ'nc was almost illegible, humanity, Then the first of the guards .i it was only by degrees ththat he reached him, the butt of a rifle thud- - ee r•a_l at f brother Rowell was ded on the brute's head, and Fagan , r l on the charge of killing a keeled over and lay like a log. eet_ 1,e -.,,r in a midnight affray, ('olonel Peyton's face was grimmer Th. `hole was heavy enough in all than usual as he took down the details 10. bat blare wag v:aree to with which Martin furnished him, e !Mee 1 r .' 1cll ons committed to the- Presently he looked np. e.geeme. t•:••d. and sentenced to five • "This whisky -who left the flask out ,r e n .l servitude. in the open field? Have you any idea?" Memel mei re enc, not even Jessie.' "None whatever, sir:' r . 1 the r nre tell her anything,' "How came it that you did not see fme t Russell, n order to ire his it?" mmilt emen .lieereme, had chosen to "It was 110101• a rock, sir." m. !gm an,d eneencei undm the name, !'i.ou are supposed to have eyes for h,.,„te everything of the soh, °ey d'is`h had not yet done its worst to ton's anger made hint even more Martin Holt, for Ruesel1 was emit to severe than usual. "How can I trust t n 'andand by a refinement of an officer who fails to see a flask of reel . _chs t•,uel :, drafted in Party spirit left right among his men? ll, The poor fellow was utterly loyal. Not by a. word or sign did he betray his relationship Martin would have giver; wo'lde to apply for an exchange, but to do so would 1110011 leaving Jes- ale, and that he -imply could not do. Rt .ell was married, and, of course, hes wife was left without support. Martin did his hest for her, but this stopped his saving to furnish the house which he and Jessie were hoping f or. One night Martin, coming back from a call. on Jessie, met Pridham, and the two fell into step. "When are you Going to be mar- ! rich?" asked Pridham, :'We haven't settled yet," answered M lath. Well, don't be •too long about it," advised Pridham, "That beggar Crump ;Imo been saying that you're only play- ! •top with the girl." "1.'1 break his neck if I hear him!" exelohned Martin, with sudden anger.; I "He'd be the better for a good ham-; mering," admitted Pridham, turning awry tr,werds his .ottage, which was' outside the prison. "But be carh.eful,! Holt! Don't do anything foolis" In •spite of Pridham's good advice, { Martin was boiling as he strode to-� ;cards the bachelor quarters, which were 1n a block by themseh•eo, close to' the prison gate. I As he entered be meta man coming ' out, a tall, dark man with a sallow face thin lips, and dark, deep-set eyes.' i It was Oliver Crump. Both pulled up short, "I hear you've been blackguarding me behind my back," said Martin hot -i ly. Crump smiled unpleasantly, "Your ceniettenee rust be troubling, you if you believe everything you. hear!" he sneered, Martin became cool—dangerously! cool. "Never mind my conscience. If, you've anything to say about ole, -say' it to my face; that es, if you're not afraid to.' Cramp lost his temper. "Afraid of you! I'd hammer you into a cocked hat as soon as look at you."; "'unppose you try," suggested Mar-, tin softly. Crump's answer was a heavy blow aimed at Martin's jaw. Martin swung. We head aside, and as Crump lurched' forward, hit him under the ear. Caught, off his balance, Crump crashed against Nit! wall, then falling heavily to the, floor, lay still. Martin waited a moment, There was! no one about. With a great- effort he; picked up his enemy, swung his body! over his shoulder, carried him jntn; Crumbs quartet's, and dropped him on the bed, Next moment Crump's eyes opened, and never had Martin seen anything like the malevolent glare in them, "You swine!" he said hoarsely. "I'll be even with you if it takes me a year. Getout of my roam!" Martin shrugged bis shoulders. "If that's the way you take it—" he said. and went out. One fine, cold morning Party 10 was busy, us usual, at the ditching, when Martin noticed pagan edging out of his place, and at onto ordered him back. Fagan sulkily elneyed, and Mar- tin passed on to the end of the line. Suddenly be heard his assistant - warden. Bowen, cry out leap'an's num- ber in eharp tones. Wheeling round, be saw that the giant had rushed forward right out of the line, and snatched up from undo' r feat bout 1:r sonnethiug which glittered in the pale sun iihine. It was a half-pint flask- full of some yellow livid—spirit, aro donht, "rapt thee down. Pagan!" he 01Mnt- ed. For i:newcr, Fagan defiantly plucked the stopper out of the bottle, and flinging his head back, began pouring the fiery stuff down his throat, Martin's heart sank to hie hoots. Iris }moat went dry, Woe he going to he _legratted? • 1f so, goodrhye to all his hopes. "l�Tall, what: have you to say?" asked the colonel hardily, Martin did not !trainer. Before Colonel Peyton could speak again there wits a kaiook at the door. "Come in!" said the governor. Prtdhnm entered, and with him Jupp, l'agnn's miserable victim. "'eh!: man has a tom tnunieation to ntal t sir," sae! Priehnm, "Ile saga he know; ttho left the deck in the ileble. The colonel el ared at Jupp. <Ylio was it?" he asked, more mild- ly. 'It ons 111r. Cramp, sir—Warder Crump, It's the truth I'm a -telling, sir," yr It ol1 the little lag earnestly, "You see. 1 Mae. in Party 111 no longer, 1 helps with the cows, I were a -taking 'em out after milking just ai'ter sun- rise, when I Feed Air. Crump 0 -cross- ing that there newtake, and 1 wnt hed him t: -laying .curetting dmril under that very etene. The light was on it, mei I seed it glitter." i'he colonel qtr •tialled Jupp keenly,. but the little man stuck to his story. Send for Crump," ordered the eot- cnel Mere w'ae 0 long delay, Then the mc. eenger ret lined. "We !ain't find him, sir. They say he took the feet train to Plymouth." Crump had somehow got wind that his plot had been blown upon, and had; bolted. Prison governs're sometimes know more of what is going on than wardm'e sueneet, and the colonel had rtehahty heard something of the eival.ry be- twecn Crump and Martin. - At any rate he said not another word about punishing Mortin. What he slid say was that "Drew" had behaved with great gallantry, and that he meant to lay the facts before the Home Secretary. Martin went away much cheered, and resolved to let Russell ;clow as soon as his brother had recovered con- ' aciousnese. I Ten days later word flew round the iprison that an order had come from j the Home Offim that hi considerntien of his gallantry the rent of Drew's • sentence was remitted, and that as soon as his hair was grown again he wouldabe released. Martin was the first to wire the good news to his I mother. I A month later Martin married Jes- rie Drake. (The End.) Mlnara's riniillent Cares Cotes, nt0. • 9 - MDS phg.P0 A priest at a welding in aid Bo iy- loula 3 iby- lonin used to take a thread from the garment et' the bride and another from that of the htelegter'o These he'tied together into n knot, and prowled it to the bride as it symbol of the binning nature of the union between her end her husband. Bence the expression,' "•tying the knot." An Eight -Hour Day for Babies- I may as well ruggest another uplift, An eight -hoot day for babies. Wl.y !tamely, the elimination of marketing not? Everybody else has 'em. This from the baby coach. In many coaches is an age of uplift and organization, the -visibility of the baby is nil. The There are societies of every sort for coach itself might be an Italian push- preventions, benefits and rights; laws cart and the mother a vegetable vend - governing the time and conditions or, for all the passerby may' know, under which men and women may Moreover, it is a sacred invasion upon work; laws insisting upon a proper infant right.. Ignominously the poor treatment of bow wows, horses, don- baby is trundled along with the family keys, pigs, and even lobsters. Com- dinner an top of him—forced to view placently the old world rubs its hands the scenery through celery tops and and inquires, "Everybody happy ?'4 salad leaves—to say nothing of the Decidedly riot! What about that unclassified morsel of humanity, neith- er man, woman, minor nor animal? What about the baby? This is, I re- peat, an age of uplift, but the only uplift he gets is a playful toss in the air. What of his rights, benefits and preventions? He has about as many weight of potatoes and other sundries upon his small toes. If, truly, this is an age of uplift, let it include our littlest citizen. "Let the right of the baby be looked into and his voice he heard and understood. Away erith grown-up excuses and reasons. His first two years should be at the present time as a Chinese gold• of uninterrupted tranquillity; his place, dayfor fish—the rightlive,and the home. An eight-hour r to bo fed m g to he displayed to the greatest ad- babies. 'Ono will join their voices to vantage. his and to thine? He has raised his voice in his own behalf many times, but the trouble is he speaks a foreign language various- ly interpreted and but indifferently understood. If he cries, according to parent parlance, he is either hungry, uncomfortable or in a temper, more supposedly the latter, It is no use. IIe has raised his voice —now I raise mine. An eight-hour ` day for habiee, shorter hours, longer naps; away with social duties ancll visitings. Gaze upon him. There he lies,, crumpled down in an exhausted heap' upon a hard and eo'set-proof lap, or dangling in head -rolling impotence • over a rough -coated shoulder with a' mouthful of fur for a pacifier, a spec -1 tacle of speechless .infelicity. 1 I have often caught these little tray - eters regarding me with an expression of morose resentment. Peering out of their lace bonnets, always tiskew, the accusation in their eyes is unmistak- able. "Give us our right," they signal gloomily. gloomily. "Down with train rides, sleiigh ri•lee, shopping, movies and visits.- An eight-hour day," Uneasily I avert my eyee and reflect anew upon "man's inhumanity to--habies." .Added to the ante -tom' habit is they exhibition evil 1trg ly the outgrowth of parental pride, At all hours of the day and night the tnhy is rudely awakened and 1 o'ciught out like a new' hat or bonnet for it..+?,cel on, made to. laugh and l.;olc n!, peaty pr:.tties and be jostled up end 'b it Just abet 0 a, a Anyway? A! side chew 1 an inci ,!t? Frankly,: it is ins,"1 1 it 11 1 n +s the manners of ham ilIr' they egt 1- !in ra,wreups one wool•'. ihielt 131 eled like, certain Lr t;' . 1 t f 1:':!, i, "' "Simko btfer t t'.: n ' Thee 1 iuotile thing ! to be c rgtete l Nvite tee eight.; Ire e n )e ' f 1 the i; c of Ebeling, 11c .one oto,iv look ltttlel,. They ..et, And while we arc en tl:ie .abject,• Harare's Liniment 010000 Alunttlerla. AIt exti•erlely simple :piing clip ilas been patented to be slipped under a door to hold it open. All tirades. Write for prices. TORONTO GALT WORKS a. J. CLIFF • - TORONTO 1 "lender the magnetism of friendship I the modest elan b wnac+ bold; the Mio, • eonfidet I; -the lazy, active; or the is -• potuuus, prudent and -peacefel;'' I Thncker'ay. - - • The clothes you were so proud of when nervi—can bo made to appear new again. Fabrics that aro dirty, shabby or spotted will be restorcl to their former beauty by sending them to Parker's. - i (�� Fye , �rlas E.11 an r� did G� r .� er_ is properly clamci at PA'Rkfm,rJ' S Parcels may be sent fest or E::pr ss. We pt:y carriage one way on all orders. • Advice upon cleaning or dyeing any article will be, promptly given upon request. .r ', i [Fa r (*b ,;" + e' v:'f ` F i'^• i/'i - as Cleaners and Dyers, 791 Yonge St. Toronto CVH'7nV.-a`i^rtTi93YFSL-•-^^,P'irs.a�....:ttJ 1,00 5'O O' Malmo Tion Creamy Lotliee of BA.i; d'ee OWN SOAP coftcns } and whitens, rc frcehes and deli, cetr-1y aroutatizcs the skims. Albert 5e15s t.ittittd, barn., *rcntroal +.y, .. d 810 CORN SYRUP The Syrup icy, Pancakes A golden stream of Crown Brand Corn Syrup is the roost delicious touch you can give to Pancakes! $n the Kitchen, there is a constant call for Clown. Brand Corn Syrup for making puddings, candies, cakes, etc. Sad the day when you are too big to enjoy a slice of bread spread thick with Crown Brand! Could that day ever come? Ward it off! Grace your table daily with a generous *jug of Crown Brand Corn Syrup, ready for the dozen desserts and dishes it will 1 ruly "crowrn". IDS Mee' Sold by Grocers everywhere—in 2, 5, 10, and 20 pound tins. The Canada, Starch Coe L' triiteel Montreal '1 WHEU DOES ALL ',1' GOO GO I\CL .,l<o::-T 3 LOST YEARLY l;lY WEAR AND TEAR. Erw,n t :0, .c Amount! of Golds is Now Used in Jewellery -- h crenae in Wealth. In .184ti the whole world produced Inuit :ht a thirty uiiliion 5(110'0 worth 1 of gold. Then tbn California gold- tlehis were di::cnvtloil, and inn faitr yei rs prnttuvt101 had looped to ninety 01tltiomrs s year, in 151(0 if !viae one hundred end twenty millioiii by tho end oi' the century it was three liundre:cl ulflliuna, while today the geld Maws of the world are turning ont rely iteery five hundred minion eollei's worth of gold we,ry 510 0, Within about soveety yeere the out - mit of gcild bit hten u i Altai by ee0 1111ell,. yet 10 the 0.i.,tc period of time the imputation iii' tiic, world lies , imcrea,ved by only ninety per cram. This being sun it might will he bltitg- inerl that there would now Ito more than enough gold for tate world's pur- poses, and itt the pr rt nt 111,t01 would have eontea eently ?eerecis led in value. As a nutter of fact, netting of rho kind has happineel, la the last. place•, whllo the 110111;i i 0 r f tho world at large has anir laeced,tot by about Meat! per •rant mmieg tile rd•'iod ' mentioned feel rt melii toe:,rties Me doubled, end mere t! t o n iteehl e. It is the nail d emu:tele!, ' that ma ' gold as a medium fir malmeee end as their basis of re t! nc;'. Next, the indite Mal wealth alth of these' countries has ii rinn•u•u:•ly, and thert•fnrn th:•h• ,pc• T1e rcgvire a great deal vier gold.for nerve! (et of coin, SpItOrai 1 1 a e \ lit,' •m ,R Q woe working en a ;lac, mime' mer cur- ! I'eiley have cosh UP to the .i A.:lltl- nt:l, the )!lest of the. e bein • 511 1n. - Swallowed Up by Jewellery. a• . third and e..1J , meet tl ill .. 1 1 tont point or all is 4.110 enormous amount of gold new neve in industry. For the art.: such as jewellery, ;;old plate, gold leaf, for purposes of orna- ment and dccorttint, the world is now using three times as mucin gold in n year as the thole amount produced in 1840—that is, about ninety million dollars worth. The waste of gold is another factor which keeps down the supply. Few people consider how great is the waste of gold by wear and tear. Pack two thousand half-soveriegns in a bag and send them on a journey of a thousand `' miles: at the end of that journey one half -sovereign's weight of the gold is clean gone, It is in the shape of dust adhering -to the inside of the bag. In the course of one year's ordinary use a sovereign loses one anct a -half Per cent, of its weight. Careful calcu- lations go to show that the annual loss which actually takes place by wear and tear of gold coin ern be no less than twenty millions of dollars. x111 this prodigious sum Is dissipated into fine dust, and utterly lost. Every ship that gods to the bottom talces with her a certain amount of gold. It may be only a few dollars worth, or—as in tho case of the ftuno0s Lutine—a million may 110 lost in a minute. Every fire that occurs means a des. traction of gold, and there is never a minute, day or night, when scores of human habitations are not burning. Loudon alone has 5i400 tiros Yearly. Besides all this, there is the 'natter of hoarding. In countries where banks. are nut found in every town, the People who have gold hide or bury it, In many eases they die without reveal- ing the secret of the hiding -place. In this way India alone swallows u1) more than two and a lutlf million dollars worth of gold yearly. China inure dont this, while Africa is itt pre0ent absorb- ing gold in thio way at the rate of 1 more than five million dollars a year. The looney la paid as wages to the' IKafilr laborers at the 011005, and by thorn carried away to their in'aels, whence it never returns, A New Use For the Aeroplane. The Department of Agricullnre at Ottawa has diseoveree a new use for the aeroplane. The Entomological Branch is investigeting the mosquito in the Lower Fraser valley in British Columbia, By using the aeroplane the country' can he surveyed in order to map out the swampy areas and outer breeding places that are readily lo- cated h1 photographs taken 110111 over- Meati, according to a statement by Dr, C. Corston Hewitt, Dominion Entomo- logist, that appeal,; in thee October i,gricultural fermotte, The aeroplane was need In nua,lhi ti tt comprehensive survey of the ecanpllcnted water syn;- tern of the )'Meer River 10111 the ad - reported of prn.uaneut and tem- pOrnry outer in tbiiL df•trict. A flight reported by lit. il.e.witt has demon- strated the persii)i1ty of using this machine also for molting nurveye of timber that is being killed or has al• ready been destroyed by vellum 111- aecty It; use, it is believed, will help very greatly in the ingomolefeleel work with 01100 1110. 1010 bcinc: carried on 1 by the Federal Department of Agrieai- i tare, lerencil aneho•ities esthnitte. that 1 in cue y •'30 of the ended eoldit•rt wise ere, ! ,}!at country married a French 1•, ..ten. �e-.. 0 cr D� o . Ilse :,t.�q�•' Y. I til your 4 COOkery ., ( •t. .d.,i' z 1: Bovril gives richness and flavour to soups, gravies, and all mad : dishes. - When you are cooking, keep the bottle. where you can see it. Bovril not only makes the d'sh more enjoyable, but also gives it additional food value. The body" -'building power of Bovril has been proved by independent scientific investigation to be from to to 2,0 times the amount taken. Use u ovri1 in yo i i lug cookery n AC b CVH'7nV.-a`i^rtTi93YFSL-•-^^,P'irs.a�....:ttJ 1,00 5'O O' Malmo Tion Creamy Lotliee of BA.i; d'ee OWN SOAP coftcns } and whitens, rc frcehes and deli, cetr-1y aroutatizcs the skims. Albert 5e15s t.ittittd, barn., *rcntroal +.y, .. d 810 CORN SYRUP The Syrup icy, Pancakes A golden stream of Crown Brand Corn Syrup is the roost delicious touch you can give to Pancakes! $n the Kitchen, there is a constant call for Clown. Brand Corn Syrup for making puddings, candies, cakes, etc. Sad the day when you are too big to enjoy a slice of bread spread thick with Crown Brand! Could that day ever come? Ward it off! Grace your table daily with a generous *jug of Crown Brand Corn Syrup, ready for the dozen desserts and dishes it will 1 ruly "crowrn". IDS Mee' Sold by Grocers everywhere—in 2, 5, 10, and 20 pound tins. The Canada, Starch Coe L' triiteel Montreal '1 WHEU DOES ALL ',1' GOO GO I\CL .,l<o::-T 3 LOST YEARLY l;lY WEAR AND TEAR. Erw,n t :0, .c Amount! of Golds is Now Used in Jewellery -- h crenae in Wealth. In .184ti the whole world produced Inuit :ht a thirty uiiliion 5(110'0 worth 1 of gold. Then tbn California gold- tlehis were di::cnvtloil, and inn faitr yei rs prnttuvt101 had looped to ninety 01tltiomrs s year, in 151(0 if !viae one hundred end twenty millioiii by tho end oi' the century it was three liundre:cl ulflliuna, while today the geld Maws of the world are turning ont rely iteery five hundred minion eollei's worth of gold we,ry 510 0, Within about soveety yeere the out - mit of gcild bit hten u i Altai by ee0 1111ell,. yet 10 the 0.i.,tc period of time the imputation iii' tiic, world lies , imcrea,ved by only ninety per cram. This being sun it might will he bltitg- inerl that there would now Ito more than enough gold for tate world's pur- poses, and itt the pr rt nt 111,t01 would have eontea eently ?eerecis led in value. As a nutter of fact, netting of rho kind has happineel, la the last. place•, whllo the 110111;i i 0 r f tho world at large has anir laeced,tot by about Meat! per •rant mmieg tile rd•'iod ' mentioned feel rt melii toe:,rties Me doubled, end mere t! t o n iteehl e. It is the nail d emu:tele!, ' that ma ' gold as a medium fir malmeee end as their basis of re t! nc;'. Next, the indite Mal wealth alth of these' countries has ii rinn•u•u:•ly, and thert•fnrn th:•h• ,pc• T1e rcgvire a great deal vier gold.for nerve! (et of coin, SpItOrai 1 1 a e \ lit,' •m ,R Q woe working en a ;lac, mime' mer cur- ! I'eiley have cosh UP to the .i A.:lltl- nt:l, the )!lest of the. e bein • 511 1n. - Swallowed Up by Jewellery. a• . third and e..1J , meet tl ill .. 1 1 tont point or all is 4.110 enormous amount of gold new neve in industry. For the art.: such as jewellery, ;;old plate, gold leaf, for purposes of orna- ment and dccorttint, the world is now using three times as mucin gold in n year as the thole amount produced in 1840—that is, about ninety million dollars worth. The waste of gold is another factor which keeps down the supply. Few people consider how great is the waste of gold by wear and tear. Pack two thousand half-soveriegns in a bag and send them on a journey of a thousand `' miles: at the end of that journey one half -sovereign's weight of the gold is clean gone, It is in the shape of dust adhering -to the inside of the bag. In the course of one year's ordinary use a sovereign loses one anct a -half Per cent, of its weight. Careful calcu- lations go to show that the annual loss which actually takes place by wear and tear of gold coin ern be no less than twenty millions of dollars. x111 this prodigious sum Is dissipated into fine dust, and utterly lost. Every ship that gods to the bottom talces with her a certain amount of gold. It may be only a few dollars worth, or—as in tho case of the ftuno0s Lutine—a million may 110 lost in a minute. Every fire that occurs means a des. traction of gold, and there is never a minute, day or night, when scores of human habitations are not burning. Loudon alone has 5i400 tiros Yearly. Besides all this, there is the 'natter of hoarding. In countries where banks. are nut found in every town, the People who have gold hide or bury it, In many eases they die without reveal- ing the secret of the hiding -place. In this way India alone swallows u1) more than two and a lutlf million dollars worth of gold yearly. China inure dont this, while Africa is itt pre0ent absorb- ing gold in thio way at the rate of 1 more than five million dollars a year. The looney la paid as wages to the' IKafilr laborers at the 011005, and by thorn carried away to their in'aels, whence it never returns, A New Use For the Aeroplane. The Department of Agricullnre at Ottawa has diseoveree a new use for the aeroplane. The Entomological Branch is investigeting the mosquito in the Lower Fraser valley in British Columbia, By using the aeroplane the country' can he surveyed in order to map out the swampy areas and outer breeding places that are readily lo- cated h1 photographs taken 110111 over- Meati, according to a statement by Dr, C. Corston Hewitt, Dominion Entomo- logist, that appeal,; in thee October i,gricultural fermotte, The aeroplane was need In nua,lhi ti tt comprehensive survey of the ecanpllcnted water syn;- tern of the )'Meer River 10111 the ad - reported of prn.uaneut and tem- pOrnry outer in tbiiL df•trict. A flight reported by lit. il.e.witt has demon- strated the persii)i1ty of using this machine also for molting nurveye of timber that is being killed or has al• ready been destroyed by vellum 111- aecty It; use, it is believed, will help very greatly in the ingomolefeleel work with 01100 1110. 1010 bcinc: carried on 1 by the Federal Department of Agrieai- i tare, lerencil aneho•ities esthnitte. that 1 in cue y •'30 of the ended eoldit•rt wise ere, ! ,}!at country married a French 1•, ..ten.