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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1912-4-25, Page 7G: 1 'IMPORTANCE OF !AEU NOT THE IUNI) PEOPLE CARRY IN THEIR 'HEADS. If It Wasn't for Thetis Civilization • Might Come to a Vend Si op, Simplicity in the chief character- istic of the nwst useful things the world possesses, and few among them are more simple than wheels. Their mechanism can generally be grasped in a moment, but in spite of their almost Childish construction they are man's, best frieuds—friends 00 whom he confidently relics for a thousand and one duties. Tudeed, to such an extent do we put our faith in them. that it is beyond the power of the human mind to irna- gine what the world woukl bo like if wheels be.eame non-existent. But there is no clanger of such a calam- ity befalling us, for we may he pretty sure they will continue to re- volve in some shape or form until time shall be no more, says the. Lon- don Globe, Their origin mast certainly date back to that problematical period• which is known in the vernacular as the mist of antiquity, Even the Garden of Eden probably contained the germ of the, idea, for the near- est approach in nature in traveling on wheels is to be found in. the movements of certain round gourds. These, when dry, roll along the ground rapidly, and so transport their concealed seed to a distance. In the 83rd Psalm is this passage: "Make them like unto a wheel," which is said to refer to the wheel- like running of the' gourds. It is by no means unlikely that the first wheel made was suggested 'fat primi- tive man by the action of these par- tieular gourds, for not once nor twice, bub over and over again, in- ventors have found inspiration in the FAIRYLAND OF NATURE. Nevertheless, be their origin what ib may, the fact remains that they have withstood the whirligig of time as well as the ingenuity of man; nothing has ever been invent- ed to stff>plant them for the particu- lar and ,special offices which they fulfill. They are as permanently fixed in the human economy as the everlasting hills or the eternal sea. Undoubtedly, animals as the motive power of every variety of vehicle will one of these clays be dispensed with far that purpose, When that time arrives wheels will still be as indispensable es they are now. Of a truth, wheels Have never had a real rival, and even Edison has not devised anything to 'take their place, while the weird imagination of our novelists, scientific or other- wise, has not hit upon a means of mechanical locomotion where wheels are conspicuous by their ab - Bence. Although to the casual observer wheels may seem unimportant and insignificant, the morn closely one investigates the subject the mora one's wonder grows at the amazing and absolutely necessary part they play in the drama of life. It will be found that in some shape or form they are Mixed up with almost everything connected with the world's work, and with a good deal of its pleasure, too. Indeed, there can be no question that. the outward march of civilization has been not a little due to their influence, and, undoubtedly, the growth of the Bri- tish Empire 'owes a considerable debt to them, while most of the comforts and conveniences wo en- joy are the outcome, for machinery IS TITE LEADING FEATURE in every kine] of ;manufacture, and what would Machinery be like with- out ithout wheels'1 'Therefore, it cannot be considered exaggeration to say that they are the very backbone and mainstay of the world's activity and life. Even that planet on which we live can almost be called a wheel, as'it is ever revolving, slowly but surely, in the fashion of a wheel. And al- most everything that is used as a means of mechanical locomotion runs on wheels—our fosofathers travelled in coaches and post - chaises, we go hither .and thither by trains, motors, bicycles, carringes and steamboats of all kincls, and to .each and all of these wheels aro a sine qua non, But to help in loco- motion is by no moans the solo mis- sion of the wheel, fair most things of daily use and -utility-are largely ,controlled and worked by its in- strumentality. Iu fact, 000 could demonstrate that, directly or in- •directly, .almost everything is in- •debted to 11 for. it is often a very modest piece of machinery, doing' its work out of sight, but not the, less ,efficiently because it is not always seen on the surface of things. For instance, miraoles arc enacted for its by wheels fn connection with the •clay's work; We find the proper hour to leave our couch by their power in the form of a watch or elect: Wo bindle out of bed and set_downto breakfast, when we find that the food we oat at that meal would. not have been there except .through THE ATI) OF WHEELS- Til. 1, Ilion their inst1'ume1telity takes Uu A Real 'estate Mortgage Bond Secured on Central City Real Estate valued at over $1,490,000. The 'total mortgage indebtedness, against this property is. only 40% of the valuation, Tihe Bonds are issued in denominations of $500 and $1,000 each and trill pay the investor 6%%. Write for full particulars. Murray,Mather cgther & Co, Toronto Conn - I Trusts Building Toronto to the city or wherever we want to go, arid they are, in some way or other, concerned with every kind of business in which men are engaged. It will thus be seen that western nations live more or less in an auto- matic age, but we have not yet adopted a mechanical means of con- ducting our devotions, such as the praying wheels used by the Hamaist Buddhists, who assume that the effi- cacy of prayer consists in the multi- plicity of its repetition. These in- struments are of various ages, from small cylinders turned by hand to huge ones driven by water or wind. Long strips of paper, with a written or printed formula repeated hun- dreds or even thousands of times, are wrapped round these cylinders. As the cylinders revolve the paper rolls uncoil, and so the prayer is said. A traveler in Thibet speaks of a praying wheel holding 1,400 thin leaves, on each side of which the, prayer is printed ten times. "This gives 28,000 prayers, all of which are put to the worshipper's credit in the world to come, if, with the touch of his fingers, he makes the wheel revolve once." TINTED WRITING PAPER,. Oculists have often collect atten- tion to the fact that the eyes are easily fatigued by the reflection from white paper, especially when the ,surface is under a strong light. Since green is known to be the color most restful to the oyes, it is a common practice to use wall -papers and dr'apeties of that color in libraries and private studies. For writing -paper, however, green is an unsatisfactory color. It imparts a reddish appearance to the writing, and hakes 1t hard to read. Yellow writing -paper is not open to the same objection. In strong daylight it is softer than pure.. white paper, and in artificial light is not too dark. Black letters on a yellowish background show clear and dis- tinct. Many mathematicians use yellow paper in figuring long and difficult calculations, and many writers have adopted it for manus- cripts. I.t has the additional merit of cheapness. TEA AND COFFEE HURTS One in Three. It is difficult to make people be- lieve that tea and coffee are a poi- son to at least one person out of every three, but people are slowly finding it out, although thousands of, them stiffer terribly before they discover the fact. A Now - York hotel 'man says: "Each time after drinking coffee I became restless, nervous and ex- cited, so that I was unable to sit five minutes in one place, was also inclined to vomit and suffered from loss of sleep, which got worse and worse. "A lady said that perhaps coffee was the cause of my trouble, and suggested that 1 try Postum. (Tea is just as liittinful as coffee because it contains caffeine, the sante drug found in coffee)'. I laughed ab the thought that coffee hurt me, but she insisted so hat'cl that I finally hacl some ' Postum made. I have been using it in place of coffee eves since, for I noticed that all my for- mol' 11ervousness, and irritation dis- appeared. I began to sleep perfect- ly, and the Postum tasted as good or better than the okl coffee, so what was the use of sticking to a beverage thab was injuring islet "One day on an excursion up the country I remarked to a young lady friend on her greatly improved appearance, She explained that som0 time before she had chit using coffee and taken Postum. She had gained a number of poundo and her forn.het' palpitation of the heart, humming in the ears, trembling of the hands and legs and other dis- agreeable feelings had ,,lisappeared. She recommended nae to quit cof-1 fee ali•cl take Post= and was very much .surprised to rind that 1 Ind .' alrc.ildy made the cih.ange. "She said her brother had also received great benefits front leav- ing off coffee arlcl taking on !Jos - Wm." "There's a rea80n, Site read the above fatter? A now 000 appears front. bale 12 lime, TI1os era 1 genuine: tris, and run of human hfte're4ts 1 OORIEERLYTOR INTOLETTEI INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL OF ONTARIO. 'rho Movement AgalnSt Vies -Visit Of the Duke of connauM3ht--commies on Horse Raping, Etc„ Etc, (We have arranged for a weekly letter about Toronto affairs, whiult, wo believe; will be of great Interest to m207 01 our readers, Those letters will bo from the pen of one of Canada's foremost j0urna' lists, a man who 11 o covered soma of the world's, greatest happenings and now oc• eaolee a loading position oa one of the Toronto dailies.) The cmlyenlug here et what 1s termed a World's Purity Conference rails at- tention 'to a striking development of the last two or three years. 'there aro now organized bodies for the sunpres01011 of the white Slave traffic, for the education of the young in questions of sex, for the suppression of the Soutal Evil, and vari- ous allied matters. Anyone who has handled copy in a newspaper 01Mire will recall that en to two o1' three years ago. a reference to these matters in the news of the day was exceedingly rare. Now they are of daily occurrence. The change indicates that a new movement of great proportions against an old form of vice has been inaugurated. One of the snookers at the recent con- vention complained that be had been do- 0efred as to 'Toronto the Good." lie said that on the strength of a written statement emanating trent the Morality Department he had cited Toronto all over America as an illustration of a at, which did not toloraiethe social evil. NOW he found that statement was untrue. Another American speaker took a rotund out of the prose. The tone of the news- papere, he said, woe at its lowest ebb. In this he was quickly corrected by a To- ronto clergyman, who said that whatever might be the ease In. the United States, the criticism did not apply in Toronto. One reason why the convention was not bigger and why 1t did not create a bigger stir is to he found In the fact that while the vast majority of Torontonians sym- pathize warmly with the ends aimed at, v0r7 few of them care to diemise the questions in public, and some even clues Mon the desirability of brass band me - Diode in a campaign of this character. THE DUKE IS COMING. Society is making elaborate prepara- tions for the second visit of the Duke el Connaught to Toronto, which is scheduled to take plane during the Woodbine race meeting in the last wok of May. His Royal Highness Is an enthusiastic patron of horse racing, and his attendance at the function tlus year is expected to make the event the most brilliant in :he history of the Jockey Club, The entertainments which will accompany his visit are likely to be of a less public nature than on his first sojourn in Toronto last autumn. They will take the formof luncheons, dinners and small parties, in private houses and e111hs. While society 301 rejoice et the pres- ence of his Royal Highness there will. in other quarters, be criticism of his lending his support to horse racing, at the pro. nouneod .gambling element at is 0e0o- etated tdith it. And it is just possible that before the visit is concluded this criticism may find open expression in formal language from more than one quarter. LOTS 011' HORSE RACING, Apart from His Excellency's responsi- bility in the natter, it is interesting to note what a hold horse racing now has established on this Province. With the chartering of two new raping associations this year, Ontario alone is likely to have no less then 112 days of racing, as fol. lows: Woodbine, Toronto ., 14 days Dnifortn Park, Toronto .... 14 days Hamilton ...... ...... ..... 14 days Windsor.... .... .... ... 14 days Port Erie" ........ ...... .... 14 days Ottawa .. ... .. ... .... 14.days Thoruclife, Toronto :,.. ... 14 days Longton ,,.,.. „ ............ 14 days The lost two named, being newly organ- ized, may not be in shape to Bold meets this year, but the other fixtures are cer- tainties; each track holding two weeks of ooven days each, one in the first' half of the season, the other in the second.. No two tracks, with the exception of •Dnf- forte, a hall miler, which is a Bart of a poor relation to the others, will be open at the same time, so that the horses and the whole paraphernalia will, at the con- clusion of one meet simply mor on to the next. In sporting circles the circuit is known as the Merry Go .Round." TORONTO 1010102 ON BETTING. There are probably few eities in North Amnerioa where gambling on horse roe. rag .has a stronger holdthanIn Toronto. This gambling is by no means coughed to the few weeks each season when there is racing in Toronto, though no doubt it is fostered by these mean. There aro several thousand men in Toronto who follow the ranee" every day, the whole year round - Not only do they keep in ulnae truth with the events 071 Canadian traclts, bat they follow the results all over the American coutinOnt. 137 strange con. trast with Canada there are Duly two or three states in the Commonwealth which permit gambling, on 1,10111g, Kentucky and Maryland being the chief of those, Even California, 3111011 used to furnish the winter eirenit, has banished the pastime, so that now the enthusiast ban to lay his winter beta on riming in far away Moxieo. It is not merely an aea.demio intoreet he takes on these far Away events, He. bets his good money on thorn, and hun- dreds of wagers aro laid in Toronto every day, even allthrough the winter months, Despite the vigilance of the law the fn. ellities aro nt hand for the betting. There in even a direct telegraph wire 0onneet04 with n11 the tracks for furnishing speedy results, 3111011 even boats that of the most enterprising newopanrre. L'rmll Toronto there results are aashod to various points thl'ongteut the Province, so that two or three minutes after a horse race is run 111 sae Juarez, motion, Ontario knows all about it.. NEW HOSPITAL TAKES SHAPE. Toronto's much heralded new General Hospital, whtrh is beim, tweeted at a mist of 33,500,015 is now taking shape. One of the. buildings, the.Pntlmloginnl building, is completed, and is now in use by classes at t110 tlnlve,'stty, Several others ore eomplotcd, a0 far as the exterior work is concerned, andall the. othe ,a ore on the way. Tbn group of buildings which occupy the blocks on the sentll side of College street aro already looking quite im»resolve. Tho site Is 725- feet by 620 feet in size. Now that over halt of the three and n half million (fellers has been sport- some interesting iltecoverles have been made, Altholgb the original estimate of nest 1700 31,400,000 0 is now round tint the amount now available will not be enf•. 2cicnt, and the problem amuses worry, Another odd fart is that the institution will have very little increased annolnmo. mitten rev the imb110 ever the old lion - Mini, and it is iiiought that the old build- ing on Rmamrd street east w111 have to In, retained an an oast end hospital. Tho now institution will Have 440 beds for nub - lie patients and 90 private beds, bindienl 101 are discosnd t0 011010100 o1 the round that the new hospital wi11 pot tit c; rnodnrn ns it eight t0 he, They any lint the plasm that .it will be the Mies; n America is n pretty '61011 aloin1 to tnalto for it. He who lends money without so - 'lefty borrows trouble.• ( Many it span has been thrown in' he shade from standing in his own r ight, MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS SEASONED TRUST 0110 WELL. MANAGED 1.0011 COMPANY SHARES GOOD, But Avoid the New Ones and Those Not Well Managed -Hydro -Electric Nes Put Public Utility Shares Sadly Out of Favor -Navigation Shares Depend Large• ly on Good Fortune, a Thing Investors do Not Count on -What to de When Soaking Advice. The articles contributed by "'Investor" aro for the sole purpose of gelding 5100• Declive lnvestars, and, if possible, of 087 ing them from losing money through Mooing it in "wild-ept" enterprises. The Impartial and reliable ohmmeter of tho information may be relied upon, The writer of these articles and the publisher of this paper have no interests toservein connection with this matter other than those Of the reader. (By "Investor") After bank storks the Canadian inves- tor hue a long list to choose from. So far, in the ronetry's history, the well man. aged trust companies' and loan eompan- ieo' shares have been entirely satisfac- tory -far more so :than bank shares --and very profitable; though 20002110es of ra- ther narrow market, But the .danger of making the mistake and buying shares in some of the ill -managed or new companies lo great enough to make it scarcely wise to give these a prominent plate. Pnblto utility companies' shares were at ono time prime favorites with the Cann• than investor; but the competition of the Hydro -Electric Commission of Ontario has put these stocks out of favor. And, tudeed, an investor was unfortunate who held shares in the smaller companies, 8111 as the London Electric, in which compe- tition by the government has wiped out about 90 per mint. of the shame value. Before the Hydho-Eloetrio entered Lon. don the stock 01 tb,I},., London Electric Company sold as high Rfs 134, in 1299, and 97 in 1904. Since then it has sold around 16, and it is doubtful if one could get much more for it: I know one widow unfortunate enough to have 25 shares, which cost her about 33,10500, now worth but little more than 3350. No doubt the march. of progress justifies this; but we can feel sorry for. the victims -and not invest in public service shares ourselves. Railway shares -and of these we really have but O. P. it. and Its subsidiary, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste, Marie - owing to their being dealt in chiefly out- side Canada aro too opeoulntive-not frau point of view of security, but hecanse of their fiuotuating market. C. P. R„ for ex- ample, has moved down and up - over 20 points each way since the fall, and "Soo" about 1110 same, so that an investor -except one of the most hardened sort - would be quite uneasy. Of course, the yield is low -just 4 per cent. on C. P. R. - while the prospect of appreciation in the long run. say tea years, is. high. These are features that should appeal only to the wealthy investor who alone can af. ford to sacrifice something in the way of safety and income tor the sake of speculative possibilities. Lake navigation companies are'proper- ly divided into two classes, the passenger nd package freight boats, and the "hulk" freighters. During the past few Years the bulk freighters, those that carry such cargoes as grain, coal and ore. which is dumped into the hold loose. and trans- ported in the cheapest possible way. have done a very unretnuner•otive business. There has been plenty of freight, but competition has been so keen that in some instances they have scarcely made ex- penses. The passenger boats, on the enn- trary, have been making new records for earnings .each vent. Shares in the com- panies controlling these vessele are not particularly attractive to the careful in- vestor, as so much depends on good for. tune, The loss of a boat, though covered by insurance, means heavy loss of earn- ing power until it is replaced, and so, unless one is in very close tench with the business these shares are on the whole not a desirable investment. At times, however, investments in navigation stooks have been highly profitable, as witness the move in Niagara Navigation. Tbls company, however, is a brilliant excop- tiou to the average, There is ono class of shore investment to which. in most of the instances above given these criticisms do not apply, We took up some time ago the question of preference shares, and the preference shares in practically .an of the nineties of companies mentioned -where such shares exist -form- very desirable investments. when chosen with the same care with whiult one would choose a bond, Wo .will 11002 deal with indnotrisl stocks. While industrials are no more, if as much, worthy of consideration than mese of the classes considered in this article, there have been so many ,cases where unwary investors have purchased them unwisely, and so many industrial companies have issued preferred shares of quite decided merit that they will be given an article to themselves. It will be gathered from the foregoing that the writer does not consider corn,. moa shares a proper investment for those who cannot afford to take :themes. 000 might go farther and say that no ono who is not in daily tench with market and general. conditions should over make stock investments, except on the moat ex- pert disinterested advteo. And wheu seek- ing ndviro give the expert the fullest in. formation as to what your object is in seeking 1t. Too often n. broker is asked If n certain stook is n 'good buy," when for a speculator. it to, and for a perinan- ent investor it is decidedly not, If you can't trust your financial adviser with in. formation about yourself certainly don't trust him with your motley. Get one you can trust. - WOMAN DOCTORS IN SIBERIA. A number of influential Siberians are petitioning the Ministry of Eau - cation in St. Petersburg to allow women...to be admitted to the medi- cal faculty in the University of Tobolsk, writes the Moscow corres- ponclent. of the London. "Standard. The petitioners point -out that there is a trick .field for women doctors in Siberia, where ib is often difficult for settlers to get medical aid. There are many Mohammedans in the country, and it is explained that only women doctors eau come to their help in illness, as they do not permit men to see their Wives and daughters, Many women have en- tered the medical profession in Rus- sia proper, and there are a great many Women practising dentists;v, a, - department department of surgery which does not seem to have attractions for the English tt'omali. WOMEN NEED CIN PILLS. Port Dngerin, le, 3. "1 was troubled with Kidney Disrns0s for several years. Sly bank was weak, I had terrible he danhes and was a0 rest: lees that 1 could not sloop nt 1(1Rht. At last a friend told me nboot. Gin Pil1a. i nt nneo, got a box hid after taking. ;hero, 7 rem better --after three boxes 1 wile "2111114L D"1LCO1IBS2" Write ns for '0re2 sample of Rin P111s n try. Then eget the Ng:rasr size boxes t ,your dealer's or three: from ns - 60n n hex, 6 for 4540, )toner refunded ifDiu'ilia fail t0 aura. National none iC hemolora on. of Canada, -Limited, Dopt, aorbnto, ,j,/,• � ikr / • IKINGAIMU Vie{ I /,/,'I '' :d ^ -= �l-.00 UiIEd�C PfOf1Ul 9��� ELIZABETHAN DANCES. In Many a Great Ileal of Kissing Introduced. When Elizabeth was Queen of England the style of dancing in vogue is hest described as being of the homely or domestic style. Pre- vious to the Reformation there were no really national donees at court, but after that period there was a change, until in Elizabeth's reign such dancing had reached its most popular epoch, says the London Standard, The names of the dances then in vogue have such quaint names (some of which are familiar tc> us from childhood games) as "Hunt the slipper," "Kiss in th•e ring," "Here, we go round the mulberry bush, " and many others. There seems to have been a great deal of kissing introduced into these dances, which were more or less games, and doubtless caused much merriment. That was in Tudor times, of course, when customs were different from what they are now, The Pavane was a most famous and stately dance and admirably suited' to the dress of the period, when the ladies bore ' themselves proudly in rich gowns of stiff bro- cade, and the gentlemen looked equally magnificent with .their rich- ly plumed hats, gayly colored cos- tumes and jewelled swords. Irl reality it was more of a procession than a dance, so slow and stately were the measures. Of Spanish origin, the Pavane came to France, where it was ex- tremely popular, and at one time the dancers while going through .the various figures used to sing: Appreche clone, ma belle, Approche-toi, mon hien; Ne me suis plus rebelle„ Pnisque mon coeur est Lien : Pour mon anhe apaiser, Donne -moi un llaise.r-- ancl kissing formed a suitable ac: companiment to the words. This, then, evidently was another of the "kissing" dances then so popular. Later on this part of the dance was eliminated and the dance gained increased stateliness. Another dance is the Galliard, which is a lively dance, being one of the "dances hautes" popular in the sixteenth century. These dances hacl usually a skipping step and were in corutradistinctien to the `•dances basses," which were more courtly and dignified. No success is worth anything that is ton by thrusting down others or taking unfair advantage of them. 6/ INTEREST AND SAFETY q Price Bros. and Company Bonds pay 6 per cent on the investment. They offer the strong security of first mortgage on 6,000 square miles of pulp and timberlands—which areinsured at Lloyds against fire. The earnings of the Company at present approximate twice the bond interest. The new pulp mill in course of construction will double this earning power. Purchased at their present price they pay interest at the rate of 6 per cent. The best posted investors in Canada and England have purchased these bonds. Owing to the security and increasing demand of the products of the Company, these bonds will unquestion- ably increase in value. If you have money to invest write us for complete information, SECURITIES CORPORATION LIMITED BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING • - - YONGE AND QUEEN STREETS B. M, WH1TE TORONTO Manager MONTREAL -0U ESce-HALIFAX-OTTAW A LONDON (ENG,) Offering of $50,000 of Stock of The Alliance Investment Co. a i of Calgary, Alta. Divided into 5.000 Shares of $10.00 each, par value, At $12.50 per share. From the Company's Annual Report, 31st December, 1911: Capital Paid-up - - - At credit Profit and Loss Account taking Real Estate, Holdings at cost - - - - - At credit Profit and Loss Account taking' Real Estate Holdings at Market Value (Independent con- servative valuation after allow- ing for cost of Marketing) - - $343,779.50 M 0 $193,977.40 - $028,310.38 a av �e�asyl i MElitt."ga-iteraegam.a.' 113L% Enquiries as to the Company's standing and the integrity and ability of its Directors (of whom the President, Managing Director and Secretary -Treasurer devote their time exclusively to the Com- pany's business) may be made of the Bank of Nova Scotia, Mont- real. 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We joined forces as a result of a chance meeting on the confines of the Happy 'Valley, and sojourned together as nomads for several weeks. But it was Rot until we had dwelt in intimate companionship, for many days that it was gradual- ly borne in on me that this quiet, - retiring weather-beaten Scotsman was one of the pioneers in whose tracks the British Empire has been built up. Apprenticed to the merchant ser- vice as a lad, he. had only just ob- tained his certificates when it, so Happened that he found himself aboard a tramp steamer in the har- bor of Bombay at the moment when a commercial mission was being or- ganized, which was to form a corol- lary to the political mission under Sir Douglas Forsyth, which had re- cently visited Kashgar, then the metropolis of a flourishing khans -be under the sway of the celebrated Yakcob Beg, THE ONLY EUROPEAN. A relative. of Dalgleish's was in- cluded in the personnel of this com- mercial mission, and when the pro- posal was made to him, the young sailor gladly threw up his post on the ship and attached himself to the party who were, about to take a caravan over the Himalayas and to thrust themselves into the Heart of Central Asia. The mission in due course made its way to Yarkand, with the ap- proval of the autocrat ruling over Kashgar, the, capital. Relations were established with the mer- ehants of this remote region hidden behind the burden of the mighty - hills, and when the time, was ripe for the party to return to India, Dalgleish, who was still a mere boy, was left behind in charge of goods remaining unsold, and in the capa- city of a representative of the, cpm-- pany remaining on the spot with whom the association might occa- sionally be able to communicate. For two or three years he remain- ed in Yakoob Beg's dominions with - the acquiescence of that potentate, the solitary European in a 'vast stretch of country which had been torn from the Celestial Empire and transformed into an independent Moslem state by the greatest man who had arisen in Central Asia since the days of Nadir Shah. ARMY COMMAND OFFERED. But the Atkhalik Masi, as Ya- koob Beg was called, was already in the afternoon of his life, and evil times were approachiug. The Chi- nese were preparing to recover pos- session of the territory which he had wrested from them when in his prime. Intrigue followed and Ya- koob Beg died. During his exile Dalgleish had acquireda remark- able knowledge of Turkish, Persian and various Central Asian dialects, he was known and trusted by the notables, and so lar was invited by Null Beg to tale command of the Kashgar'ian army. He, declined this honor, having learnt that he would assuredly be assassinated by rivals desirous of the post were he to accept , but the refusal was taken in bad part by the Emir, and from that time he. knew that his life was in danger. The haslsgari'un forces eventually offered but a feeble opposition to the Celestial soldiery, and after they had suffered two or three re- verses neat' the frontier they practi- cally abandoned the struggle, Dal- gleish diel not, however, wait tosee the end, Am are that he was regarded with sn0pic•i,n in a land which was now %ta ,s state of anarchy, HE FLED 0\E NIGHT with a. single faithful servant, and succeeded in rea1cing This way back over the niornitains to :Kashmir a, few day's before the int.:skiillg army captured iiashgar and then moved ' 00 Yades nd. .1 silent, se.lf-rentained man, the Indinn government for a long time failed to realize that here .was an expert whom they could use on se- cretservice., and alienthey do - (tided to turn his knowledge and ex- perience to account lois 'days were already 010) 0i', numbered, It would appear that he was en - 1'0.1~"021 t111 00(210 <ri11111001 01' scall-oOl- ole] jnunc�y when, a few yenro after helmet been wandering in 0011an1n,10 among the hills allich Zook down upon the Vale, of :Ramis. be 11000 Murdered on the !Cardamom Pass,,