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The Brussels Post, 1913-9-25, Page 6RAll G HIO IIPJERIO WON I) 31'CL THIN GS THAT ARE BEING DONE. Wealth retired OM Latin/sly to clic Raking of a City Be-4tlltiftrl Ie.. this bread country a few peo- ,- tile who live have rarely heard of S. Amerlve and'who never think of it save perhaps as the supposed home of ,baleen l,eiegs not quite up to their own standard and in whom, therefore, there would he little reason .to become interested. But ble drive of macadam, separated by aornatirees a traveller dips down in- lawns and groves of royal palms, to the domain of sane one of aur while there are walks fur pedestri- southern neighbors and he brings ens along the water's edge. back strange and marvellous tales. The Avenida Central runs Then another traveller returns and through the heart of the business he has his experiences to relate, district from one indentation of the And by the mere force of repeti- bay across to another, Before its lion, from accredited individuals, construction its route was a maze the fact finally gaius.lodgment in of narrow, foul-smelling- streets oc- the memory that something IS do- • eupied chiefly by the poor. Sewage ing in that vast and, to our percep- drained off in open gutters. The tions, rather vague expanse of em- buildings were ramshackle and inent domain stretching far below tumble-down. It made of the prin- the tropics. There are tales of a cipal section of Rio de Janeiro mu beautiful city, of public works, o£ eyesore and an abomination to eiti- othe a, began her awakening,Her statesmen realized her tremendous resources and knew that capital sod immigration could Make her one of the great nations of the world. With that motive, therefore, the work of improving Rio de Janeiro began, Eventually the improve- ments cost $200,000,000. The city now gives an imposing impression of wealth and prusperite. 1,1 has a growing millionaire colony and is Uradually coming into) its owu as a eeea for tourists. The City's Water front, many miles long, which formerly was 0 fever swamp, has become one of the most rnaguiticent boulevards en earth, protected from the bay by a seawall, it is a winding doe - engineering feats, of the vast rest- less endeavor of some unknown peo- ple to express itself in terms of the almost everlasting. zens and visitors. Dr. Muller projected the Avenida Central straight through the centre of this slum and alley district. Im- v, , IN� i' 0 ' ARAILWAY. ,ail It 1 REBELS I C v ,lila , I MEXICAN r A mong the figures to be seen on the front of the locomotive is a woman rebel, fully armed, and an actual combatant, Brazil has within the last - few mediately he fell afoul of the pro- DIS N.i77FE ELEMENT. An English Naval Afl1.is's Experi- Years come into relative affluence ,perty-owners, most of then rich through the cultivation of her great men renting their premises. Back- enee On Art Arab Steed. Plateaus by swarming immigrants ed by the government's right of em - and by the construction of difficult inent domain, he expropriated a railroads, that rendered this cult).- ury such a sum as to bring the net vatiun possible and profitable, and property owners according to their doubtless by other important means sworn valuations for taxing par- es well. Nations are as different in their tendences and their predilec- tions as are individuals, And Bra- zil in her late acquisition of abund- ant resource has been developing traits and characteristics that cense us to pause—briefly—and curiously view the southern scene, says the American Contractor, Au Attractive City. It is a scene of beauty and grand- eur. It is the picture of a city en- meshed in squalor and want, ris- ing from the marshes, shaking off the rags of• poverty and unsightli- ness and emerging into the Iight of modern day with all the insignia and distinction of Gloss and with all the accompaniments of landscape and vista which art can mid to won- derful natural possibilities. Rio de yaniro has become perhaps the must attractive city of America, at- tractive in that sense, not to •the North American, but to the travel- ler from abroad, who may gauge and decide impartially. The man who has done more for Rio de Janeiro than any other in this great forward stride is Dr, Lauro Muller, minister of foreign affairs of Brazil. It was Dr. Mul- ler who built up industry and trans- portational facilities in Brazil as they had never existed before. It was he who conceived and executed the idea of the famous Madeira- Mamore railroad, setd to be the most difficult piece of railroad con- struetion ever completed. It crosses the heart of the great Amazon jun- gle, carrying freight around 200 miles of unuavigable rapids and cataracts. In its oonstruotion the tropical fevers of the jungle were so destructive that, for a time, or until the prophylaxis could be found, the project had to be aban- doned. It was he who foresaw the commercial possibilities with Para- guay an built the connecting line, poses. Work on the project began in Bashaw" of Egypt. 1904. More than 3,000 laborers, gyp•. divided into day and night shifts, Having gone through this diplo- began the task of demolishing 1,000 matte conference, we prepared to depart. When we got to the door, we found throe elegantly capari- soned horses, one for Sir Lowe Popham, one for me, and one for Captain Collier. After Sir Howe was mounted, I got on my Arab A seaman on horseback is like the bi 1 fish out f water. John proverbial THE WORLD ID REVIEW, u - , Snrman Carden was one of a I wages and Prices, group of English naval officers who The report of the British Board of in 1802 visited Cairo, There they Trade on reut and prices la of unusual interest and ie commanding great attem paid their respects to the 1`Grand teen. It sets forth two things clearly. One is, that the rise' in ere:es, as has been recognized before this, is a world-wide phenomenon. The other is, that certainly in so far as Britain ie concerned (and holding true. probably, tor other coun- tries) wages have not kept pace with prides. In Britain the increase la the cencent,of vhlen sincee 5 n been has only boon from 2 to 5 per cent. That is the simple. explanation of the Labor unrest which hes marked recent years on both sides of the Atlantic. In syndicalism we are probably not witnes- sing (as its prophet® would have us be. Neve) a new philosophy and tactics of so. buildings. In less than two nears the completed Avenida Central was dedicated, a broad pavement 105 feet wide, flanked by the finest pub- licbuildings in the city. Moreover, the work was accomplished almost steed a dark iron gray, which without ultimate cost to the got'- seemed as docile as could be, imag- ernment, The property adjoining fined. As coon as Captain Collier the street, bought by the govern- ment at low prices, greatly advanc- was on his Arab, and outside the ed in value after the construction of Palace gate, a salute of twenty-one the avenue. Tho sale of this pro- guns began, and to my utter dis- perty brought into the public treas- may (since I was not an expert ury such a sum as to bring the net horseman), my .Arab began to cost of the avenue within $1,000,000. jump, sidewise, and right on end, and in various ways, at the dis- Beautiful Avenue Central. charge of every gun. As I was not Along each curb is a row of state- used to this kind of motion, I con- ly palms; their graceful trunks as srderecl what was to be dune for smooth and perfect in outline as though carved by a sculptor. Also in the centre of the street is an aisle of safety. for pedestrians. In .this aisle artistic electric lamp -posts al- ternate with decorative trees. The smartest shops in Rio are now lo- cated along the Avenue Central. Cafes are everywhere, the tables encroaching upon the wide mosaic sidewalks. At street intersections the corners are rounded, the build- ing curve being of some length, giv- ing an odd but pleasing effect. Tra- vellers say that even Paris has no finer boulevard, Many of the municipal buildings are now located on the Avenida Central. Among these is the opera - home, the largest and most magni- ftoent'in both Americas. Here, too, are the handsomeest national li- brary, the school of fine arts and other beautiful buildings. The boulevard contributes greatly to- ward making Rio de Janeiro the show place of the Western Hemis- phere. Recently the name_ of this d b It h t l e street has been changed to Avenida BIe was godfather to agriculture e, Rio Branco, in honor of the late Brazil : made it a source of lusuBaron de Rio Branco, who was Sen- hor Lauro Ivluller's predecessor as minister of foreign affairs. Brazil has given an example of construc- tive statesmanship that is worthy of emulation. ions wealth and in the promotion of industry he has been no less ac- tive. to put into effect en enlight- ened policy toward immigration and sought ever to,advance the interests of hie country. Wonderful Natural Advantages. But to the tourist ire is best known for what 13e has done for Rio de Janeiro. This was probably the most ambitious pity beautiful pro- ject ever carried to sucoeasful com- pletion by any municipality, Money was spent with what would seem reticles lavishness, yet so prudent was the directorship of the great work that the improvements cost far less than public works ordinarily do, • Few cities in the worse have such wonderful natural scenic advant- ages es has Rio de Janeiro, It is situated on a wonderful landlocked bay which, by the early explorers, was thought to be the mouth of a Feat river. Tho hay is studded with islands,,, some rearing sheer preci- pices hundreds of feet above the water. The mountains Come out ab- ruptly .almost to the edge of the bay. Most of the city is built around the bases of these heights, the buildings and streets trickling through the low passes incl the city spreading out again when the lower leu of the land breadline just as a flood would fill the lower places, ' are fed to the subject or injected Fifteen ye,ars age the oily had 1 into his circulation and this causes The Stoutest Timber. One of the most remarkable of the many valuable hard woods of Australia is yate. According to the Engineer, this tree apparently fur- nishes the strongest timber known, Its average tensile strength is twenty-four thousand pounds to the square inch, equal to that of east iron. Many specimens are even stronger, and one was tested up to seventeen and one-half tons to the equare inch, a tensile strength equal to that of wrought iron. The tree sometimes grows to a height of one hundred feet, and ie often more than two and one- half feet in diameter. Iiow X-Ba)re JIave, Improved. When the X-rays were first adopted for making radlographs fee surgical purpposes they would show only such things as the bones, and bullets or other foreign objeots in the body, Now pieturee of this sort are being made of nearly every organ o! the body, Salle of silver, lead, bismuth or other met- als whish aro opaque to the rays taken little or no advautegc of its location. The streets Were nitr'ibW, with rough pavements and open,. noisome hewers, The water front was 0 nosquito •breeding swamp. .A.s the City, is almost under the equa- tor, (ho death rate, uttde.r etich eon di:tione, was high, A.' decade or so ago Brazil, .under the loaderotb. p of I)e, Muller and the various organs to past shadows that are recorded on the X-ray plates. Customer i "I must say, welter, this 10 the first time I've ever had a really Antler steak here," Wait- or (ag�3hast) i "awl graelous, I musthave given you the prolnrie» tor's poilicril", ofel reconstruction. Under a new name, and though somewhat novel methods, the old process of readinatiug wages to tenth of a second during a whole, prices is at work. But there is no real reason for supposingthat the foundations week, This ,slight difference would of society are 10 greater peril today than mean nothing to the average per. in preceding periods of 000nomic road• justment. son but Miss Belleville communi- cates Word for the Ex•Con0101. even as slight a difference as this to her clookmaking clientelle. A. plea for the ex -convict is made by Although parried all over London Mrs Bollington Booth, lire. Booth de• g' cries the view that "once a thief, always on 'the train, bus, electric tram, a thief." she cites numerous oases of ex. Mian Bellevilie'�s chronometer has convicts who are now good citizens, e joyin the esteem of their fellow -men, never been known to deviate more than fifteen ,secends efrom Green- wich tiine in one week. Miss Belleyflle's unique occupa- tion is •a sort, of a. family occupation and hasa history. Henry Bello- 'ville, her father, about half a cen- tury ago., obtained permission from the astronomer royal to hurry from the observatory, where he was'em- plcyed., to chronometer makers in order to give them the' correct time. At Mr. Belloville',s death his wife took up his work, end now his daughter is carrying on..the busi- ness of bringing',tiane to the watoh- makers. may Count for mono than Other abnity or knowledge, Jivery'body velem good mltnnors 1n other 000plc. and when it. tomes to the bestows of furors,or to the gift of appointments, the iuevtable ten. Honey le to prefer the applleaut whom mannersrte- 1. eeni19,0111 beet. selfconsolou01505, ua15 tuatiuctrvel:v•produeee the impreaslon that he is. what milled culled 'straight,' it le ate toniehing what n verY v[tul nee01 110 005See500. flood mammon ludtoute at onoe respect for oneself and censideratlon for ()there,`. and it is not 01101 to name any othee two qualities which are more pleasant to meet with. They era the product of tlto right sort of eduestlotr--the education which eonree example-AIM that otintnloots them is worth little o nothing reality, however wide and: accurate it May appear to he. This is a troth whtgh there to 101110 danger of forgetting Just now, and it le as well that Lore. Itneobery should tan attention to it. No man ,cue bettor qualifications for preaching a lay sermon oat such a subject and hos words might well be printed as a pamphlet and ircu e d broadcast throughout our sehoo THE CIL111IPIOIi TIMEKEEPER. A. London Women Who Inherited the Joh. "London's champion timekeeper," That is the unique title carried by Miss Anita Belleville. There is no similar office 1ike.it in any other part of the world. Miss Belleville, the owner of the odd title "London's champion time- keeper," acts as purveyor of the correct time in London. Every week she calls at the Greenwich Observatory with a chronometer, which is one of the meet perfect specimens in the world and is a triumph of watchmaker's art. At tl b t the h to • time, after which Miss Belleville carries the watch around to ler *clients so that they may set their i watches., clocks, end chronometers by ie. Watchmakers, who must have accurate time in order to test their watches, form the greatest number of her petrous. Mies Belleville has been able with her wonderful chronometer to bring time down to finer distinc- tions than any other .method made possible, She is far more exact than the eke -brie docks that are"sot from a central station. A few days ago, when nested at the observa- tory, Mies Belleville',s chronometer was found to have varied only erne - leo �ser'vs. cry ie c r'oriorne' r l0 checked aecordling to rho official surely I could not long keep my. she pleads fora chance for the man who seat, It suddenly struck me that I had better have recourses to a large piece of water close to the palace, for I felt that I should have a better chance an my accustomed element than, on the hard stones by which the road was bounded. I directly clapped the .shovels (the Arab stirrup iron) into my Arab and went slap into the water, a.nd thus kept the 'horse •above the girths until the salute was finish- ed, when I rode him out perfectly quiet. This freak caused very great amusement to a large assem- blage of natives arid others who witnessed it. GROWING STRONGER. Apparently, with Advancing Age. once made a misstep but who now wants The ex -Convict nowadays is often, bur• deued not only by his own sin but- also by the toogreat zeal of prison reformers. Tho reformers keep on insisting that most prisons are schools for crime, and even an honest man when confined in them to suretoturn criminal; This de• stroyewhatever conedenoe a broad mind- ed employer might be willing to repose, in the ex•convict. In their eagerness to help • those in the prisons the reformers unwottingly blacken the Character of every ex-eonviot, Mrs. Booth's plea for a chance for the ex -prisoner who wants to. reform—a plea inspired not by mere sentimentality but by, rccorde and figures ehowing that a unstop once does not make a men a °rim- inal for lite -should do much toward dim posing employers more favorably to the man with a jail record fighting for hon• eat rehabilitation. The Craze for Luxuries, - The craze for luxuries to one of the pre. tailing ills of the times. It is perfectly natural for men and women to want the good things of life, but it is mighty bad Polley for them to attempt to get these thin when they have not got the moans, "At theage of 50 earn I col- TtT foot is emehae(aed by a repor Y from a certainoily whish eay6 that many lapsed Prem excessive coffee drink- . residents bavo saorfaced their homes in order to indulge in the luxury of motor- ing, The story of a man selling bis home for the purpose of purchasing an automobilewas formnerlyregarded as a good joke far the vaudeville artists, but. now it bee •become a tragic fact. The report may be exaggerated, --abut there is no reason to.doubt that thous• ands of persona go to the wall everyyear in a vain and foolish attempt to live be.. yond their means. The desire to Imitate those who aro richer than themselves is the rook on which many an . otherwise. happy home is wrecked. Luxury once tasted seems to get in the hlood, and the only remedy le a determined effort to get back to the simple life. ing," writes a Weatern man. Tea is just as injurious, because it con- tains caffeine, the same drug found in coffee. "For four years I sham- bled about with the aid of crutches or oane, moat of the time unable to dress myself without help, , "My feet were greatly swollen, my right arm was shrunken and twisted inward, the fingers of my right hand were clenched and could' nob be extended except with great effort and pain. Nothing seemed to give me more than temporary relief. "Now, during ell this time and for about 30 years previously, 1 drank daily an average of 6 coups of strong coffee—rarely missing a meal. "My wife at last took my, ease into her own hands and bought some Postern, Sloe made it accord- ing to directions and I liked it fully as well as the best high-grade coffee, "Imeirovernen:t est in at once. In about 0 months I began to work a little, and in less than a year I was very mach better, ianproving rapid- ly from day to day, I am now in far bease health than most mart of my yeare and apparently growing stronger with advancing age, "I am busy every day at some kind of work and am able to keep up with the, prooesslon without a eons, The arm And hand that }veru once elmost useless, now keep far ahead in rapidity of movement and beauty of penmanship," Name given by Comedian Postum Co., Windsor, OM, Write for copy of • the little hook, "The I1oad to WoliviH a. t' rostum canes in two formai Regular Pesten; -- must • be, well boiled. Instant Poston 15 u eolsjblo powder. A teaspocnfltl dissolves quielkly in cup of hot water and, with the addition of cream end sugar, makes a cleliciotts beverage, instautly; ("There's a reason" for Postern. Hudson Bay Company. In the year 1670 Charles II, granted a charter to Prince Rupert and seventeen other noblemen and gentlemen, tuoorpor. sting them as the 'Governor and Com- pany of Adventures of England .Trading into the Hudson Bay." Their principal trade was' in the fore of the animals of that immonee and at that time untapped country,.Shrewd dealers in furs were sent to the various poste which wore establish• ed at different points and thus the prim aisle of bartering and haggling was in. troduced lute Canada, The aborigines of the north had to be eherp indeed to beat the keen•eyed Scots who were cent out to handle this and of the business of the company, Unemptoyment insurance. The great British social Inetuanco sot was it, part au act against destitution through urietnploment. This part was par ose y limited to a few skilled and Well-paid trades; it was felt that anent- ploymeut insurance had to be carefully treed. The trades covered were building, enqlneering and vehicle oonetrasction. Tito first annual report on thin feature of telae WC was published a few days aro. now hoe the scheme worked? Remark- ably, ncwording bo all testimony, . 10myloy ere and eneeloeves aliko ars pleased With t, There is now a balance of abo 400 s' 000,000 in thep special fund. About 00 Mall c5e9ited inklitark10 money, out of otal number of 2,500,000 enrolled; but it a ex lamed that the periods of idleneei ave L•tpeon very short. Great Britain, lit sot, as been enjoying L s ' extraordinary . tie1erity of late, and those has been lit. tie idleness and .pale pauperism, This, of course, implies that, the lineal• loymeut Inettrance featilre tins not been ted What, LoverelY is asked, tivtll teR ba fln tt ;tare Vs* tome, with muo lt petsendheavY da Maud on thofood Ohe answer is that the longer roeperity lade the larger rytl7 be/saeeineperid available_ for relief during Al any rata, theextension of unerisploy moot ineuranee itl generally. Ltvere ,' and moresdtradee w111 he finiupdtd before Meg, vara litiletr011111e, there Doing cund ourts iannd reierces G: bass oft donbtttil °lairds. Good tvtanncrle, Lord Olose of , recently' s•ddreseed rho boys off the uhhtesrd ranutemar School on the subject of manners and in the course or hie Mee4 iliuniiosting n ke oil -feted seine pregnant teethe Ile Idid par0teu• lay stress on the feet that in, the num 5144050 et encase ie, let* gees Manners TILE VIRTUE OP THE LEAD PACKET. The last process test undeegoes at the gardens is firing, to exihauut all moisture, as moisture is fatal to quality, The tea is then muoh drier then the air, It is thea quickly placed in the airtight lead packets, or lead -lined chests; which are soldered up and made airtight. When chests' of tea come into the possession of some dealers, they, unthinkingly, cut the lead open and leave the tea exposed to the moist air for weeks, while ,all the time it is fast decaying, Romeo bee, tea,. however preserved, de- cays with age, but it will lose more in a week exposed to the air than in six months in a lead packet. That is why "SALADA" tea is sold only in sealed lead packets: its native purity and garden fresh What She Meant. • She—Mr. C'lumsoy doesn't dance evenly, He—Whet do you mean/ She—He dances mostly on your left foot. ' Madge and Alfred had just had a row. In a fit of temper he rema>;k. ed: I was a fool, when I married you." lees, ,dear,'' she replied, I knew at :clic timet but I thought you wouldt improve. Alfred now thinks twice oro he speaks, iWl,i.n4,LrQn 9P(I1,Np.ripN>,slP1G0 L'13ILLEro oCOo oANY 11MI FOR MAKING SOAP SOFTENING TER DISINFECTING CLOS TS9DRAI & ir...K HER PARISH When Eliza Thompson began to work at Crawford & I)aaly's, 201110-1, teen yeses ago, she wars young, R with friends and pleasures, and shove all, hope—the drowra of be., ing happy s)lus+ time i but the girls' she know left one by 41110, and the e gills who took their places were harder' and harder to get acquaint- ed with, until she dually awoke to the bitter rca,liza'titn that they • thought her `old," They were not Unkind; it simply did not mem to them that they could have anything in ec0nlmon with her. Saucy little ,Lunette Fraser called her "Stater Thore peon .' It did not exactly htu•t—Aun•ette's sauciness never hurt,. But rine was lonely. A customer in beautiful furs came !lip to the counter, Eliza, Thompson stepped forward, but Annette and Lou Stone were ahead of her. Lou won, and Annette turned away whit a pout. "A good sale lost," she remark - !ed. "She 1s the kind that buys ' things by the dozen, 'There's ono lot your parish, Sister Thompson." I Sister Thompson turned, It wars one of those customers who, some- how, always fell to her lot; the kind that bought one spool of twist or three buttons, It was hooks and eyes this time, and a, der•nieg- needle. Sister Thompson helped her patiently. "I waited for you," the customer said, shyly. "You're always so kind. Some of them don't earn when it's fust a few cents; and it makes yen dread to asl..—whon you're poor." The little shabby woman welt away with her five -cent purchase. Sister Thompson looked abet; her with startled eyes, How stupid she had been not to see! The next six months were the happiest Elisa Thompson had had for a long time. There were so many poor and timid shoppers who . came to the notion counter ; to her- self ahs called them by Anvette'a saucy name --Jeer parish. And then, without warning, the blow fell, The firm were very sor- ry; they recognized her years of faithful service, but her sales had fallen off, and they must out down the farce as the summer came on. Stunned and disarrayed, Eliza Thompson faced e new terror. Somehow she had never before thought of discharge as a possibil- ity, And it was the beginning of summer, when all the stores- were "laying off." • What should slio dol In three days she looked ten years older. The fourth night there was a tap at the door. "Sieber Thompson!" called An- neete's gay voice. "Why, Sister Thompson 1 Don't, dear, don't 1 Listen—you're conning bank—do you heat' 1 All the poor, and the haat, acrd the blind have been ask- ing for you. Presently we began to eonnt the times they asked, and then we told the boss. You'll got a letter to -:morrow, but I wanted to tell you first;!" And ao Eliza Thorepeon went hap- pily back teller "parish." -Youth's -Companion. DRUNK ON S'PRAWBERRIES. Drunketutess Can Be Developed • 'Apart Prone Alcohol. Those who cannot resist the temp- tattoo of too many a0,rawberries should not be surprised if they are attacked with "fruit drunkenness," for it is" an extraordinary fact that the excessive eatrtg of strawberries often results in many of the senso.- tione connected with alcohol' at. - tacking the- eater. Theee symp- tems-consist of giddiness, headache, blurred sight and 000a•sionally dou- ble vision, 'says London Answer's. For strawberries eantaiu fax more acid than most of the other !mite in season at •tiro same time, end this juice acts very quiolcly OD the nervous system, especially is the Cade of stout and full-blooded people. 111xcessivo rhubarb eating can also produce cym toms of in- toxiceionlacing to the excess of oxalic :add which lurks in this fruit. But this is only one of anany ways in which symptoms of •tlrrnkonness (an be developed, apart 1rpm ex- cess of alcohol. It is quite possible to beeoatto temporarily intoxicated by excess of emotion, whether it be •sorraty, joy or music, , The errplansttion is that deep emotion dcran.gee the nerve den- :.ores, which ere thrown oust of uni- son with each curer, uta that ;loch actions as walking and talking.' be- come difficult. An invalid who lives on diet for some cansiderablo time, and then suddenly Aces allege meal, film quite easily gels' syahp- • tome of drueicntinese on a chop or steak, Strong Coffee on an empty steal- aeh so peorattoes ievults Similes Co aleohol, whilit the filmes of ter• petlrtintt. arevery :liable to :render you ,light-eaded; Potently six ineii were induced to it veiling eon- ditiou while unloading it cargo of this spirit freer, e, bergs. et 13riatol,' "Yore avant to got married, orti fifteen dollars a Week. What ate you thinking of 15l ''ho;girh"• DRAINING ENGLAND. lucre/tee in Emigration front -Bri- tain Causes Seri0ns Concern. Tho emigration from the British Isles has increased in au marked a manner in the last few years that Englichmon begin to feel serious concern es to the effect at home, says the New York Times, ' During a recent debate in the House of Commons . the Colonial Secretary admitted that for this concern there was subsrtenttial reason, Farmers cannot got the labor they need, and skilled artisans are be- coming more seance, The total of emigration ]las been multiplying by more than 5 within 5 yeses, advano- ing from 50,000 to 288,000. This is wholly out of proportion to the in- crease of population. The annual leas in 10,000 of population hes risen from 12 to about 00. Apparently the rate is increasing, being 9 per cont. larger for the first quartgi• of this year than for the first quarter of 1912, 16 is little ooniifort for landlords to know that the ooantryside has been -stripped largely for the bene- fit of the sister• States across the Flee, though, from the Imperial point of view, that is, of course„ e distinct advantage. Canada took about 135,000, or one-half of the total, and Australia, and New Zea- land took some 80,000, '.Nous 80 per cent, of the emigration from tlho United Kingdom was really migra- tion within the Empire. Only about 40,000 came to the United Steles. The tide of migration toward Can- ada is in response to systematic and vigorous effort to attract it by the Dominion authorities end those of 'the several provinces. Naturally, the Englishmen who intim sought new homss across the seas have on the whole beon of the more capable and enterprising clans. Others bane not been encouraged or welcomed, the laws. of Canada .anti tho Austra- lian •Comnioowealtb giving Consid- erable disoretion as to adlmissions. The result in .England is distinctly a tendency toward deterioration in the energy and capacity of the Blass from which tabor is obtained. Whe- ther this disadvantage is offset by the growth of rho overseas. States is a pretty grave question. The London Times remarks 1 "The coincidence of a huge and ever -rising tide of emigration with n. rising and unsatisfied demand for competent labor at (home is a fact whits)) cannot be regarded without misgiving. There is something wrong with a country whero that ]tappene. If it oontinues, emigra- tion will not strengthen the Em- pire, which cannot fulfil its mission unlees it is sound at the heart," "I shouldn't mind tneself if they closed the 'Ruh/4' a couple o' hones sooner. Wot I ilea in, if'. a man ain't full by, 'alf-past ten, 'e ain't trying." —Punch, ite�atis ottee treeeeree assesi,.aweriereeeo lse!.cetew l» pie l9t,7t@ A{ e HONEST TEA IS, THE BEST POLICY L��AAll �,,g ��VYOil�tE:ST SQA HGvB LE TIq LD ipv4o,ptrsrmaN f(titiswwatdW t/110vOm1tt ■