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The Brussels Post, 1913-1-9, Page 6PREACHING 0:FORE ROYALTY RING GEORGE PREFERS SIIORT SERMONS. Clergyman Was Very Nervone When Ito was Commanded to Preach. "I have /tad the honor of preaeh- ing before three of our sovereigns," said a weld -known clergyman, "and I can assure you I have never found any duty mare pleasant. Nervous? 'Well, I must admit I had a bad at- tack of nerves the first time—but never since, "I shall never forget the day on which I received my first command to preach at Balmoral. At first I was inclined to think it must be a practiced joke. for I was not aware that Queen Victoria even knew of my existence. As, no doubt you know, this honor is for the most part confined to the royal chaplains, a select and august body from which I was, in my own opinion at Feast, as far removed as from the stars. However, it seems that Her Majesty bad read a volume of nay sermons, and was good enough to wish to bear me preach. And thus the honor came to me quite unsought and quite unexpectedly, At Balmoral Castle. "So on the Saturday before the day of my ordeal, I made the jour - and our present sovorcign. On these'] on eater occasions the services heve or bean invariably at Orathie cherish, where I have found my august hearers quite as gracious and kind as Queen Victoria. Ring Edward was always particularly chanrniug to me, and put me completely at my mase with the very first words he addressed to me. 'You gave ns an admirable sermon, Mr. —' he said to me at dinner the same evening, 'and none the less admirable be- cause it was short. I always fool sorry for my predecessors, who had to listen to sermons three hours long, like those of Dr, Barrow, of whom, you may remember, Charles II. used to say, he was the most unfair preacher in England, be- cause he exhausted every subject and left no room forothere to come after hit.' ' "Our late King was a miracle of punctuality. He always entered the church almost to the second, and he followed the service with the closest attention. I mould always hear his responses quite distinctly among all the others in the crowded church. and I can still in fancy, hear his voice above the rest as he sang one of Ms favorite hymns, such as On- ward, Christian Soldiers. Bing George's Confession. "And Ring George is just as de- vout and punctilious as his royal father. When he is at Balmoral he not only attends Crathie Church every Sunday, but expects all his guests to do the same, As a rule, he drives from the castle in a Ian - eau drawn by two greys and pre- ney to Ballater, feeling pretty much ceded by an outrider; and he wears as „an must feel on his way to regimental dress, as becomes the the gallows, and from Ballater Ring of Scotsmen, His guests ride drove through the glorious High- land scenery to Crathle, where I found a warm hospitality at the matte. If I had been one of the Queen's chaplains I should have gone .straight to the castle, and I was glad, as an outsider, to be spared this honor, which world cer- tainly have oppressed a man so un- used to Ring's, palaces "On the following morning, with, Y confess, nay heart in my mouth, I presented myself at the castle or walk as they please. He, too, is the soul of punctuality and rever- ence, and, like his father, he has a marked partiality for short ser- mons. "The last time I preached before him he tate when thanking me for my services; 'Do you know, Mr. I behaved very badly when I heard your first sermon a. good many years ago. I was guilty of the grave impropriety of falling asleep, and had begun to more when my brother gave Inca tamely dig in the where a most genial and courtly gentleman -in -waiting took me in ribs. I hope I aim behaving better towand condo nct-d me to the vestry nw r " adjoining the service room. Here I put on nay black gown and ner- vously glanced through my manus- MORE GOLD PRODUCED. eript, with ari eye on the slow-mov- ing hands of my watch. It wee dis- Authority Holds Production to tiectly a 'bat) quarter of an hour' Have Reached the Maximum. that i spent in the vestry, tortured with nervous fears, and I was thankful when the thine came to en- ter the chapel, which, of course, I had never seen until then. "As I made my way to the read- ing -desk a glance took in the plain bare roam, so unlike what I had an- ticipated; the royal servants at the back, and the rows of vacant seats in front, reserved for the castle guests and tie members of the royal family, with a comfortable arm- chair set a little apart, evidently for her Majesty herself. Dining Witli the Queen. "Quickly the vacant seats were filled by court officials and distin- guished guests, among whom I re- cognized Sir Michael Hicks Beach and the Earl of Fife. Half -a -dozen or so young princes and princesses followed, and after a slight pause a From the present outlook in the geld mining industry of the world, good production will have reached its maximum within the next twelve months, and it is possible that 1912 will show a positive decrease, says H. C. Hoover in a recent article. Continuing with a review of the various countries in respect t,o their future gold production, Mr, Hoover says; "The placer gold of Europe was practically exhausted in Roman times. Lode mining there is a small industry and every foot of ground is known. In Asia the Chinaman has washed the gravels from Siam. to Tibet and Mongolia centuries ago. In lode mining I can say from three years of exploration there that he has long einem exhausted the mines down to water level, and if mines do exist. it will be a very slow busi- ness finding them. I do not myself ECM!. PJI.I3E fa PARI3 Irousio IOLIjEIR Z1'I.iX PAY FOR HEEPING OUT APACHES. Opera, Monceau and Champ$ Ely. sees Quarters Will Be Pro* tented, On New Year's night Parisian (France) householders and shop- keepers were relieved by the inau- guration of a special police protec- tion with a. force of 150 night guards. The organization of the service has already been completed after some weeks of preparation, and, it is said, after five years of impatient waiting by such citizens as have found the many bandit epi- sodes a disturbance to their sound- ness of sleep and their enjoyment of evening walks. The initiative for the organization of the night guard was taken by several members of the Chamber of Deputies, some Sena- tors, presidents of Chambers of Commerce, and prominent citizens: - The system determined upon it based on a study of the work of night guards in several European capitals, The Guards will be privately paid by subscrib- ing residents or property -owners in the districts to be guarded, which are the opera quarter, Monceau and the Champs.Elysees.5 The re- cruiting of men has been strict, only ex -soldiers of a specified sta- ture, of excellent record, habits and so on being eligible, the regular police requirements standing as the model for those of the; employers of the new private policemen. The functions of the night guards will be simple and limited. In gen- eral they will assist the regular po- lice, although they are not allowed to wear an official police shield. Each guard will have a territory or beat of ten houses except a few spe- cial stationary' men on "peg post." When doing patrol duty the guards will go in groups of two or three, as the regular police do. On the dis- covery of a burglar, highwayman or similar serious breaker of the peace they wilhblow their whistles to call for the regular police before inter- fering on their own account. Every subscriber to the fun which sup- ports the guards will likewise be provided with a whistle so that he can call for help at any moment. It is provided also that householders may use the guards to see that ahil- dren or servants leaving their homes in the evening are set on their way properly and are Not Molested In the Street. It is provided, however, that the guards in no way shall be used as private police for getting informa- tion, etc. Of course, the guards are at the disposal of any person in the street who may be in trouble, be he suhsariber or not. The guards will he armed with re- volvers, iron tipped rods and poliee dogs. Their uniforms are without capes or cowls eo that there may be no interference of clothing with freedom of action and so that they mar glance behind their backs quickly, a thing which is not easy to voice announced 'The Queen,' and believe there exists in Chinn or do when a cowl obstructs the view. her Nfniegt{ entered, a small, dark- Central Asia a district of such im- The revolver is worn at the right clad figure, walking slowly, but portance as to materially affect the hip and under the overcoat, so that with an impressive dignity, suplx,f•t- question, for no greater illusion ex- Apaches may stand little chance of ed by a sick, and escorted by two ists than that m the Chinaman hes getting it out of the guards' posses - Indian attendants. She took her seat in front of vie and the service began. By this time 1 had quite recovered my self-possession, re- assured by the simplicity and home- liness of my surroundings, and 1 felt every whit es muck at. horse as among my own people. "Of the service itself, there is little to be said. It was very sim- ple and very reverent. The singing of the two hymns, which were ac- companied by Princess .Beatrice on the harmonium, and in which the Queen joined in a low, sweet voice, WWII hearty, and her Majesty, who remained seated through it all, fol•• lowed the service and my sermon with the clpsnst attention. -once, —e -•• ,aken I verdured on a rather humor - 0118 remark. smiling up at. me. The ble: ash n pronounced, g rn un' ted r p nth® Gee old Scottish style, with out- stretched arms. the queen, with a any prejudice against mining for gold—when he can make a profit. And he can make lode mines pro- fitable by hard labor on which we could not earn a cent with the finest machinery ever built." , COMEDY Tf A1'AL.S.CE. Auntriala Emperor's Breakfast Stolen by a Sweep. The theft of the Austrian Emper- or's breakfast at Budapest one Horning recently caused great ex- citement in the palace, The Em- peror operation rises at 3.30 a,m. and break- years at St, Petersburg, Lorelei),fasts immediately after undergoing Vienna, and Berlin, in none of cold water treatment. The palace which towns are night crimes sa fres conk, like the other servants, rises at 2 o'eloek, as the Emperor is ire- eluent as in Paris, In Spain the d }d f rh a> tofPt im- patient l m n t 1,t ofhitt teh 1t an 1,• n to of o- Adea g r v. The Y Emper- p er mani•1 c chat or's attendants rang the bell for actor •stili governs the breakfast on the dais in question movements of citizens after sun- - Hours of duty will be from 10 o'clock until 5 on Summer nights. and from 8 in the evening until 7 in the morning in the winter time. Later the service will be augmented by bioyele guards. Paris has had no special night guards since the old days of the niehtwatehman who served both aa police and crier of news or an- nouncements. Systems of semi-offi- cial uieht policing supplementary to the service of Regular Foreeo " slight and and the conk went to the larder to down, the historic sereno of )1admitt g gracious inclination of fetch the cold meat which he had and Toledo being the closet Inad- the h••nd to me, walked out and prepared overnight: To his horror ern reprechrotion of sucherse pntei- was followed at respectful intervals he found that a large ham and friss fes u'i tllor'a bass guarelian in by the remainder of the congrega- other ]neat had disappeared. 'The "Die Mei<•tersinger," to mintier], tion, when 1 returned to the vestry, Book, suspecting a plot, informed only one of a lone tra+lition of town feeling quite pleased with myself the Emperor's detective, and the walchcrs and "less' and tames tbrenew stich a happy palace was quinkly surrounded and experience, Before, I }efta gentle- a strict search made, Traces of ""'"'"''''''''''''''''s men -in -waiting entered with a corn- sooty- boots were found ort the ire Openc•1 with mend to join the'royal dinner -party laid floor of the larder while black s a V 11 g si tnlr Company in the ,c -'ening, an order which 1 morn Intelsat fin er marks here. seen on the white, from date rm. would • gladly have been spacial. pu'igated s!.c)'f, Accounts is cet,„ d to luta However, Gibs, too, proved very ,cjllgpirion lel] an a chimney sweep in tarsi Witlt Jrawn. Agreeable and mach less formidable t Is credited — JANUARY, employed in the palate, and deteo- AHrtS4, .fur,, and o_TonBR at the than I had anticipated; and at its rate of CO0ICltlgitrn, when we adjourned to tame of to his flat found him in the drawing -room, her MOWS' said the act of eating the breakfast pre- "ar 4. % ,eaest� 1 ' pared t . the ed ,1 111 Emperor. p gar. a fo P p They re- w t'.r bind anda Y gracious words Accounts stay be opened by, to me about my sermon, Which, glee at the so the palace much ref the inti] and are subject to cheque sitid. had both interested and touch- at yt s simple sweep wag of the i withdrawal, One Acllnr opcas an rd her, myxtorY. Th„ sweep was arrested account. with a member of the fire brigade�^ A Rings '1avorlte ffyntn. whose duty if was to stand on guard Ile Union ; ]'ust in the kitchen, I "Only once more had I the honor to preach before Queen Victoria, when she 'delighted one by recalling plyy /teeter sermon anct saving that "Has your wile a good mefnoryY" had been �dY, of greLt c onfort to her� "Splendid.lsnd id . S hehasn't•for m_ it enut I have since preached quite a. a single ane of those beio e-mtirki - let tunes before King I1.dvartage promies made. Remembered Them MI. Company, Limited ieraple binding. on, mowed lldattraou+t tar„ Teeenta; ma "15 at $1 /SO OrA��'Aa Rseette,a Writs tor naroblet. IMIIMMiefeetaftelataletrgesteteeteserearset THE' UNION BANK. Ilolds Its Fortyelghth Annual Meeting. Progress in all departments of the Bank's activities marks the 48th Annual Report recently issued by the Union .Bank of Canada. The Annual Meeting of this Bank was held in Winnipeg on December 17th, and was presided over by Mr. John Galt, the President. This was the first year in which the Annual Meeting was held in Winnipeg, the change from Quebec taking place during the past year. The statement shows net profits for the year of $706,832, which com- pares with $062:000 for the pre- vious year. The net profits for the year 1912, together with $47,000 de- rived as premium on new tock is- -sued and $71,000 carried forward from the previous year, made Wet - 000 available for distrib$82 ution. Four quarterly dividends at the rate of 2 per cent, each absorbed $397,000. The sum of $242,000 was transferred to the rest account, $100,000 written eff bank premises account and $10,- 000 contributed to the officers' pen- sion fund, leaving a balance of $75,000 to be carried forward, Net earnings for the year were slightly in excess of 14 per cent. on the average paid-up capital. A further examination of the report shows that gains were made in every de- partment of the Bank's activities. Its paid-up capital was increased, and now stands at $5,000,000. Its rest account was also augmented, and now stands at $3,300.000. Large gains were also made in deposits, current loans and total assets. The deposits now total over 555,643,000, a gain of 510,000,000 during the year. Of the amount, $41.,219.000 is interest berering and $14,423,000 non-interest bearing. The current loans at over $45,000,000 show a gain of $7,000,000 during the year, while the total assets, amounting to TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE INTERscTINC NITS OF OoseJP 115014 THE QUEEN erre. Ne crest issue in the Municipal Cam peIon—Mayor Hocken Had Easy Up. Witten—sir Jamie Whitney —eollday Trade inset Issue was up foroeteten thio year WAS e, question fregi nutty asked by alai. tore during the Municipal campaign. The answer had to be"none." Civic govern - meat in Toronto at present is a gnestisnt Of administration rather than of policies or issues. As a result the contest ..s oa many previous occasions became merely a trial of personal strength between the vnriouo candidates. The task of canvassing a big city like Toronto is of course tremendous, and earl. our devices were utilized for covering the ground. Anything like a personal canvas is impossible, although it is said one Board of Control aspirant, Controller Mc- Carthy, had the city divided Into 600 gee. tions and had a permonul friend working each motion, No one elect attempted any thing no complete. sweeties Votes. The personal letter is widely used, Even these run Into a tat of expense. Ono can- didate, it was reported, need 126,000 letters, a number sufficient to cover every voter in the olty twine and perhaps three times. It is doubtful if thpee lemma and cards got many votes, although the cost of send. 100 out 126,000 letters would be 1150,260 00 for poetago atone. It le said that some can. dilates for Alderman spent suns running into the thousands of dollars and thea did not get elected. As the salary of an Alder. man is ouly 0300 it le evident that the honor is valued highly 511 same quarters at least. A Controller get, 61,600 a year, but nexpeuses alone ttMr J. Jet Wain rd probably furnishes an exception to this rule. Ile is an assiduous glad hander. but does not believe in spending hie pros- pective salary. The great ilroblem of the candidate is to get his name before the public. A per - metal •tqu catntauce of a thousand men Is a pretty wide acquaintance, and where there are 40 or 60,000 voters It is evident that candidates man be known to only a few. It is for this reason that a man who Ss once sleeted ands it fairly easy to hold his meat if he wants to, IIs gets so much Publicity during youthrough bud blunder$, people think ho must be a groat man. Acclamations .Are Rare. It eras altnoat too much for Mayor Bock• mu to expect to get an election by aoola• motion. As matter or fact acclamations for the. Mayoralty in 'Toronto 'have been nee ugly rare, the honor accredited to $89,400 000, show the large gain of i big, Geary last year belle the Bret of its keen is a very long period. There have $11,000,000 over the Retires for the been a number of virtual aovlamatione. previous year. Another feature of I For example, in 191! Mr. Geary, altho, gh he hal tivo t too t 0, 0 l re over 30,000 the report worthy of special men- votes aaatnat about 3,000 for hie two op, tion is the large proportion of I poncnts combined. Then in 0909 Joseph gold, silver, Dominion notes and Oliver had no serious opposition although other quickly available assets. These bear a very large proportion to the liabilities to the public. The Union Bank of Canada is rapidly forging to the front, and is occupying a continually larger place in the business affairs of the country. The fact that the current loans for the year amounted to over $45.000.000. or a gain of $7,000,000 ever the previous year, indicates that the Bank is doing a continually larger share of the country's busi- ness and is catering to the business needs of the communities where its branches are located. The fact that it opened 43 branches during the year is another indication of its con- tinual expansion. The Bank has now 285 branches making it one of the best equipped banks in the Dominion in this respect. The address of President Galt was a splendid review of the finan- cial and industrial conditions pre- vailing in the country at the present time, and showed that the officials of the Bank kept in the very closest touch with the progress being made by the Dominion, An interesting feature of his report was the relat- ing of the history and growth of the Union Bank and the reason for the transfer of the head office from Quebec to Winnipeg. He showed that eight and one-half years ago when the present General Manager took charge the Bank's capital was just one-half what it is to -day, the reserve fund less than one-third, and total assets considerably less than one-third. AItogether the re- port and the addresses of the Presi- dent and General Manager form one of the best combinations issued by any bank this year. e• The Best Time of Life. Dean Swift was 59 when he wrote "Gulliver's Travels," John Stuart Mill 56 when his essay "Utilitarian- ism" was published, though the bulk of his work had been done a few years beforo-thet, time. At 44 Sir Walter Scott, the man of "dou- there were against him three candidates, one of whom was -Phomas Davies, who was this year nominated against Mayor Hoes. en. On that occasion Mr. Davies got over 9,000 votes, as against Mr: Oliver's 26,000 Occasionally freak candidates make a eurprlsingly good run. Por example. on one occasion to the long ago the late E. A. Macdonald was elected Mayor, though by most people be was regarded as a crank candidate. The most striking Mud. tretinn of the curious motives which sometimes govern eleeto1e wee furnished in 1907 when J,eenh Liudala, an unheard- of Sootaliet running against the sitting Mayor, lir. Coateworth, came within striking distance of being elected. There arc always plenty of crank candi- dates in . Toronto. When they are not running for the Mayor's chair they are in the Board of Control or Aldermnnie race. There are generally g or 10 of them in every Municipal contest. Thomas Davies can hardly be clamed as a crank candidate, He is a man of some substance and ability, but generally re- garded as lacking the qualtt1catione and experience whtoh will entitle him to the Chief Magistracy of the city. Poor Place for Meeting. Toronto has little reason to be proud of its annual nomination meeting. Follow. Eng Municipal custom the event takes place In the 'Down Hall, but unfortunately there le no proper ohamber in that pile. The fact ie that the Assembly nett on the top floor of the building has mayor been finished. It is a bare barn of a room without furnishing other tbatt a little bit of dragged bunting and without heat. Here the nomination meeting Is held This is the only use the room is put to from one year's end to the other. Very few etcetera find it worth while to attend the proceedings, and there are no doubt scores of .nomination meetings throughout the Province whieh are more largely at- tended. - The system of holding Municipal oleo. Mons on New Year's Day seems to suit a great many -people, though it work, a hards11M to a substantial number, incited. Yne newspaper men, who have the firet, and in many #••,sets, the best holiday of the year, abeolutely destroyed by reams of the fact that there is so molt to do following the casting of the ballots, It is generally supposedthat the system of holding the poll on that day instead of on the first Monday in January was deviser] knd probably put through by forme friendly to the Temper. ance campaign. The result of the system is to close un all bars and liquor Shops on o holiday which one often marred by a great deal of drinking. Thosewho have the day ensiled, however, wonder if some. means 50010 not be found of keeping the bare closed on that day and at the same time have voting on another day, sir dames. Whitney, the Premier, has returned to his office from a flying visit to England apparently in thelseet of health and in good form for a tmtlrring session. His first and practically his only nut quietus one an return sagitation for radical changes in the Assessment Act. 'Air, Rowell, the leader of the Opposition, is devoting a great deal of time to his l't uition, not go 01, 011 in a party sense as bile ctignificathon" worthy in his nnrebo lamthmboItonnoleRepictitatotne ancestry and worthy in himself— lenders or este .rtrtiee to attend mettle published his r Waverldvan d then mammal, nn dnu51io functions of melons e mods. s Preparing see .he for p c e o all sort P i'Cgt Of hisimmortal g 9 O mortal volumes were , DD tsnilorings and delivering them is exceed, written when the man was past 40, hely arduous work. but If well done Is work .of a Brent dere] of value to the eom- Between the ages Of 54 anti 59 Mhl- workrnunrty and Into it Mr. Rowell has thrown tern composed "Paradise Lost." .hlmsolf enthnsiaeticnily, Cowper was pant 50 when "The Holiday Trading Mud. " " „ Toronto looks forward to 1913. as tikoty Task anti Joint allelessaw the to be a banner year. Bounding prosperity heist, and Defoe almost 60 when his continunto es. Tt wan an inentraticn to go. "it,nbinson Ceased" excited tit% ad Ord Bee peseieOf hbuyteee ObriatmaaGp'resent:. miration O£ the world. 'El Son Att elaeeea Pram tiro wot•kfug roan to the noire could bo seen to to of the Shirt" and "The Bridge of muttlminio 3 g „ each other at the vitriona $maniere and all Slgl,s U1(11Cai.e the CLtlminating seleotivg g[Pte am if menet/ Wna n0 ehj cot period of Thomas Hood's, ou,reer. Tha nnlyrtnud upon thgqnnanniaibnrfzen is the nosenll5 aPtermmtt Orf the 13alk6. Fie was 4(i yriars old when he wrote war Ono n„tt,ority rtdi,Ymntea that sans,. ' ” memo i them. Darwin's Origin of ,See- 0 n capital has boon destroyed, 'rile „ fray Mont, that the money etringeecy nP Dies synchronized with hit half- tete llnet ',amennn may deaelaq and can. Century birthday, while the "Des- tit+ua in 191x, anti if it dea59 thero'nay be t, same sive bnnit. 'Visitors from the tvost cent of Man followed twelve years are mare apomictic et the rt tui " • later. ever and evper.t 1913 to bo Lho higgesL goat yet. If that, nrnves t e bo flue ogee, it means another year, et tenet, 00 good 1 times tor 'Toronto ted Ontario, A Friend. Money! 'Shot's something. Made to spend ; But a friend stays with you To the end. Bank of England. The Bank o 1 f England, nd on p .arm stns 1 (? 5 t numerous privileges granted by Royal Charter, has the right of sell- ing beer without a license. Tho bank could, if it wished,, open a public -house in Threndneedlc St., and, like the modern hostelry, turn its "parlors" into a saloon bar. Whet t a sal also e a would Bank of England beer have, e, delivered ed rut Customers' houses, with the signa- +ture of the thief c10(110r as a'guar- anteo cin every cask or bottle, What tWon t tDo. "Money wo n,t do everything,8 "What now, foe iestanee5" "It won'f, keep a, Cook who liner made up her mind to quit," CARRIAGE FACTORIES, UO FIRST MDRTGLE 00303 ASSETS t Net Acetate 04,078,000 Bond lama ,.,, .,600,000 01,5:5,000 EARNINGS Maniocs, 1911 0162,466 Band Interest Charges 30,000 6124,465 SUMMARY Bind issue, 24 p. e. of Assets. gond Interest Corned 6 Times, WHITE FOR PARTICULARS J. A. MACKAY & COMPANY •.IM TED Royal Bank Bul!dleg, TORONTO n, n. nOVd*RR, Manager: Guardian Building, MONTREAL ACROSS THE SEA IN BALLOON. Germans Say It '1Vi11 Soon Be Pos- sible to Make -the 'Trip. Crossing the Atlantic by airship will be possible in a short time, ac- cording to a company of German capitalists who recently formed a company to exploit, as a means of long-distance travelling, a new type of dirigible balloon devised by Herr Berner, a well-known German engi- neer. The new crest is proudly called the aerial cruiser. Plans for the realization of this scheme are now well under way and have already advanced to the point of choosing the site of a hangar on the European side of the Atlantic, the exact location of which, how- ever, is kept a secret for the mom- ent. In the near future, New York will be visited by Ernest Gunther Hensel, the representative of the company. Mr. Hensel's visit will be to ascertain where would be the most suitable landing place for aer- ial cruisers bringing their load of passengers from Europe, The in- ventor and those backing him assert that not only will the new balloon carry more than three hundred peo- ple and make the journey in two and a half . days, but they also maintain that safety and comfort will be the chief features of the journey, The ship will have its own power for rising or descending which 'will perm't the doing away with ballast and take no account of the loss of gas. The average speed is estimated at suety -seven miles an hour. The air- ship will have a lilting force of 210 tons, which will enable it to carry 216 passengers with a crew of 102. The total cost is calculated at $465,- 000. A Man's Mother. Your mother's life has not been easy Yvur father was a poor men, and from the day sire married him she stood by his gide, fighting as a woman must fight. She worked not the eight or ten-hour day of the union, but the 24-hour day of the poor wife and mother. She cooked and cleaned and scrubbed • and patched aged nursed from dawn un- til bedtime, and in the" night was up and down getting drinks for thirsty lips, covering restless little sleepers, listening for croupy coughs. She had time to listen to your stories of boyish fun and fro - lick and triumph. She had time to say the things that spurred your ambition on. She never forgot to cook the little dishes you liked. She did without the dress she needed that you might not be ashamed of your clothes before your follows, Remember this now while there is yet time, while the is yet living, to pay back to her in love and' tender- ness some of the debt you owe her. You can never pay it all. C �I1 THE , INEVIPAl(L1. Magistrate --You say the an died a natural. death? Witness Yes, your worship, Extreme Il08eety. ye Magistrate--But T thou h h 0 g t Stanley—Barnard Was shot? Y rd id honesty guy' Witness$ foo lin was. but he was way r pi'aoti9' dg on the trombone at the W°y he -x +cd heard` hlld ci the tatno.--It1Q4a. t;lke tilt pooredf ulnbralla in eerie mek. ANTEDATING THE "COVE N" SKULL MMARRS OLDEST AGE OS' D UMAN HISTORY. Part of the Invaluable Rae Iliad Veen Thrown Away By Workmen. Portions of the oldest skull thee has yet betel dieoovel•ed were laid before the Fellows of the Geological 1 Society in London by Charles Dao son and 1)r. Arthur Smith Wood. ward, of the Natural Eiatory Mw. teem at Kensington, According to Dr. Woodward, whose 'deductions received the sup. port of the society, the skull belongs to the "lower pleistooeue period,' "• which cannot be aeeurately ,moon• pnt-d in terms of years. It is the oldest example of the human skull that has come to light, and is far older than the skulls which are pre. served in France, Germany and Pwaselgiumthe of the "pave men," wbick Oldest Type of bias Known. The portions of the skull exhibi- ted were unearthed during the past summer by Messrs. Dawson and Woodward with pick, shovel and sieve from a dried-up pond in Sus- sex. Four years ago some old gra- vel diggers near Piitdown Common g p skull intact. They smashed it and tossed the pieces away. Mr. Dawson, who is an amateur geolo- gist, happened to be then in the diss trict, a.nd one of the men gave him a fragment which he immediately recognized as part of a human skull. He began prospecting for the remainder of the skull, and found other pieces in the Autumn of 1911, which decided him and Dr. Woodward to make a systematics search this past spring, The gravel pit was in a pond, and search was only possible when it was dry. Piece by piece the frag- ments were recovered, and one evening Mr. Dawson found half the lower ,law. Afterwards the pond was refilled, and the search discon- tinued until next summer. The por- tions found have enabled the finders to have the skull reconstructed in plaster, "The discovorey," says br. Woodward, "confirms in a striking manner The Theories of Seienoo. Boyd Dawkins discovered flint implerneuts long ago, and described a rime of men who existed before the known cave dwellers "whom he called "river driftmon." There have been no relics of their skele• tons heretofore found which wosild prove that such a race ever ex- isted, but these remains establish the fact and bring us a, considerable step nearer towards tracing the buman beginnings. "It is impossible to fix the date of the skull, but a dim conception of its antiquity may be gained when I state that the gravel in which it was embedded may have been car- ried there by a stream whieh le now the River . Ouse, , which has since out for itself a channel eighty feet deep, a mile distant from the spot. In the gravel, too, were relicts of an elephant, mastodon, hippo• potamus and red red, betides flint implements anterior to these used by the cave dwellers." VOLCANIC DUST 1tlq AIR. Turbidity of Atnlosphora Ba 11.0» counted for By Seientlato. From many points in America and Europe oome reports of an unusual turbidity of the atmosphere, which began last summer .and stilt eon tinues. This is manifested in a marked diminution of the intensity of 'solar radiation, so measly red with the pyrheliometer, abtaormal dist pincenaent of the neutral points oP atmospheric polarization, a hazy appearance of the sky, and the pre - knee of Bishop's ring around the sun', From Dublin Sir John Moore wrote last August : 'T hesk is s con. stately covered with a thin Rim of uniform cloud in which no halos de- velop, and through which the sun, moon and stars thine with a sub- duedl, sickly brightness," Observe ere in Russia, Switzerlatld, Sweden and Germany, as well es America, report an unusual lack of Weenies* in the sky. There seems to be every reason to attribute these phe- nornena to the preemies: in •the up per atmosphere of an inlmenoe pall of dust meting from the oensosive eruption of Ratmai volcano, in Alaska last ,lune. Similar affects were observed after the eruption$ of Reekai•oa and Ment Pelee, and in those cases basted for seine years, .!'Ile Wrong Wart* 1Ilehos. 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