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Ronte.—Many long !mere will pass
before the historical bells that sang
the glories and mourned the sorrowe
of the Republic of Venice will be
heard again echoing over the lagoons
ablaze with the red glow a the set-
thig The fallen Campanile of
St. Mark will take at least a quarter
of a century to rebuild,
Meanwhile the great piazza, the
heart of Venice, remains desolate
without the Wwer that constituted its
eharacteristic feature. Not that the
Campanile's absence is felt by the
new crowds a sightseere who visit
Venice to -day, judging by "the photo-
graphs specially taken to meet the de.
eland of the hurried tourists and from
which every trace of the tower as well
as the few stones left standing at
its base lias been carefally obliter,
ated.
"But this is. not, the Square a Bt.
Mark as I have always seen it,"
some lover and old visitor of Venice
may object, .
"No, it is not, sir," answers the
photographer. "It represents the
square as it is. We sell no others,"
The intending purchaser turns
Dr, Thompson M. P, for Yukon, yes -
around, and loo'king at the square sees
the site where the old Campanile once
stood and where the new one is to.
rise. The spot is surrounded by high.
scaffolding, and he may even hear
the sound. of builders at work, Be.
sides, his guide will hasten to assure
him that the Government is deter-
mined to rebuild the tower, and so
the tourist, ignoring or forgetting how
things are done in Italy and how
many towers, churches and historic
buildings destroyed by fire, floods,
earthquakes or the hand a man are
awaiting to be rebuilt, puts off buy-
ing the photograph until his next
visit to the Queen of the Adriatic
when, he is convinced, the Square of
St. Mark will again have its tower,
The loss a the Campanile is not
irresparable; time demolished it, but
man will rebuild it, Italians say with
convietion; end there is nothing to
do but to wait and hope that they
are right. But the very men who ap-
pear determined to rep.air the injuries
of time, area unconsciously perhaps,
causing a great deal of damage to
Venice, as they are bent on improv-
ing by means of new laaildings 4 city
that is regarded thrbughout the entire
world as unique and perfect,
There is a project about a bridge
that is to join the lagoons with the
mainland so as to enable carriages
to drive to Venice, and there are plans
for new tenement houses and hotels,
A brand new peseherias or fish mar-
ket has. been built elOse to the Ponte
di Rialto, and a huge palace—it is
called a palace because all the houses
on the Grand Carial.are palaces, but
this latest addition resembles more
a barrack than a palatial residence—
now rises close to the Chiesah della
Salute and hides its view from several
points on the canal. , •
On Easter Day, 1172, the Doge Vi-
tale Michiel II. was ,murdered and
the assassins after committing the
-crime found refuge in the houses and
narrow alleys on the Riva degli Schia-
vont close to the prisons. Some time
passed before they could be found and
arrested, and the Government of the
republic, suspecting that the houses
that harbored them belonged' to ac-
complices, ordered their demolition
and deereed that in future only wood-
en houses could be built on the spot
and that the new buildings should not
exceed a certain height. The crime
is now forgotten, but the houses built
in the place of those demolished in
1172 and still mostly of wood and so
low and modest that the great mass
of the ducal palace and prison towers
monumentally above them unmarred
by comparisons and tinoffencled by
nearby architectural contrasts.
But a projeet has been presented and
favorably received by the municipality
to build a hotel laver than the neigh-
boring Daniell and reproducing the arch-
itecture of the ducal palace in place of
the old wooden houses of the twelfth
century. Still another hotel, large and
several storeys high, and the Industrie
del forfasiiero," or foreignere trade, is
highly remunerative in Venice, is to be
built Instead of the beaUtiful cloister of
San Gregoria, *which evidently is doomed
to disappear.
All these new buildings and hotels are
built very quietly, almest on the sly,
One stone is placed on the other until
a wall is raised; then the ancient or
historic house behind it is removed; the
wall rises higher and higher until some
day the new takes the place of the old.
A protest in one of the newspapers, a
letter to the Fine Arts Department, per-
haps a few words of regret by a member
of Parliament, and there the matter
ends.
The cloister or the low wooden house
of 1172 is not rebuilt, as they say the
Campanile will be, because the old does
not take the place of the new. Italy
is progressive and deity improving, and
the disappearance of an old stone makes
her look still inore niodern.
Besides, it is a. well-known fact that
antiquities are for the foreigners and
there are so many of them, especially in
Venice, that the remove"' of a few Will
.not be felts the. morc AO tl.g the new
buildings that supplaht the old are pur-
posely dark in. color, and modern archi-
tects strive to reproduce anelent archi-
tecture and tosaelittite marble by means
of stucco, thus giving the buildings a
deceptive appearance of age.
But the genuine specimene of the and-
ent Ilyzentine arthitecture which forin-
erly were to be seen in many side streets
and which illustrated the earliest style
of Vetietian building have ahriest all dis-
appeared and their doors windows, iron-
work, painted beanie and pavements
have enriched dealers -of antiques.
Another type of houses, those with
jutting roofs supported oft barbicitne,
having only one storey and a shop on
the ground floor, houfses similar to the
one thet Shyloek is supposed have in-
habited, is also beeonting very rare.
There are still a few left, at Santa Gins -
tine, At, Rae and San Filippi e
eMno, but hidden by new constructions
and oft repeated repairs and alteratioes,
and seareely to be recognized.
A short distance from Venice is the
Island of Tpreello, isee a the Oihti
tourists are expected to see. Onee It
was a flourislung.eity rieh in villas and
churchesi to -day it is only a„ ruin. There
is still the Riddle Pelaee, the Chureli
of $anta Maria, built in 100a, and the
temple of Santa Vosea, dating back to
the ninth century, but idl are in ruins,
their walls craeked, their arches broken
and. their frescoes covered under white-
wash. When the tide is high the whole
island is, under water. Nothing has been
done to avert the entire collapse and dis-
appearance of these monuments.
"" run& are lacking, and as Torcello is
under the juriadietion of the munimpal-
ity of Rurano, the proceeds of the en-
trance fees charged to visit the Palace
of the Doges, ,the only money Oaf is
ever .a,pplied toward the restoration and
reparation a national monuments, caa-
not be'employed to save the island from
ruin. Some day in the neer future a.
wall will slowly rise armed the island,
until every vestige of chunk and. palace
is hidden; then when the wall is roofed
over a sign will be put up with "Hotel
Torcello" written in large letters; win-
dows, balconies and doors will be open-
ed and gradually the island will. become
A hotel:
The tower of St. :Mark is to Merebuilt,
ve are told, and perhaps it will be, but
the old churches, palaces, cloisters. aud
houses that Iwo- made place for new
buildings are lest forever, aed in the
near future one will have to be satisfied,
to see Venice in 'the paintings of BOHM
and Carpi:x*1o; that is, unless these too
are to disappear,
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HEALTH FOR THE BABY
A mother who has since used Baby's
Own Tablets for her children will al-
ways use them for the minor ailmenta.
that come to all little ones. The Tab-
lets are the best medicine in the world
for the cure of indigestion, colic, con-
stipation, diarrhoea, teething troubles
and breaking up colds, And the mother
has the guarantee of a government au-
alyst that this -medicine contains eo
poisonous opiate or narcotic. Mrs.
F. Gay, St Dleanors, P. E. I., says: "I
have used Baby's Own Tablete with the
best of results and know of nothing to
equal them for the cure of stoniach and
bowel troubles. I do not feel safe unless
I have a box of Baby's Own Tablets in
the house." Sold by medicine dealers or
by mail at 25 cents a box, from -the Dr.
Willia,ms' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
A MILLION A MINUTE.
What It Sometimes Costs to Cut Down
a Train Schedule.
To save a few minutes an the sehedule
of trains a ralleoad is often compelled
to spend millions of dollars in improve-
ments. The experts figure out that the
New York Central and the Pennsylvania
are spending in their big terminal im-
provements $1,000,000 for each minute
sa,ved.
According to Moody's Magazine, the
Pennsylvania, an the last few years hes
built bridges, bored through mountains,
atunneled rivers and actually blown the
heads off five or six mountains to
shorten its track and lower its grade.
The grand total of expenditures of
'this one road for these time •sairing ian-
provements approximates $220,000,000.
Between Pittsburg and Philadelphia
hardly a mile of the old track remains,
and the same can be said of the 105 mile
track between Philadelphia and Harris-
burg.
About '$70,000,000 was spent to lower
grades between the two former cities,
seeing thereby about ninety minutes in
the regular runetileg time, averaging
neaely $800,000 for each minute saved.
This -engineering feat included the dy.
namiting of half a dozen mountains,
the "straightenhig of traeks and lower-
ing of the grade over some 354 miles.
The filling of ravines, digging new chan-
nels for streams, bridging rivers and
tunnelling hills and small mountains
were all included in this stupendous and
costly task.
Likewise between Philadelphia and
Harrisburg the time allowance for ex-
fpress trains bias been reduced feom.
three hours to one hour and fifty-five
minutes at a total cost of something like
$13,000,000.
This section was the cheapest saving
of time on. the tvhole system, averaging
only $100,000 a ,minute. The. saving of
three minutes to Trenton on the other
hand cost over half a million dollars, or
about $200,000 a minute.
The econmay of • such huge expendi-
tures appears more in the freight de-
partment than in the paseenger. Heavy
grades and numerous curves are the
bane of all good railroad` managers.
The famous Lucin cutoff on the Sou-
thern Pacifieis another instance of cost.
ly engineering for the -purpose of say-
ing minutes. The old time front Ogden
to Lucie has been cut front six to four
hours by building • a great highway
across the Great Salt Lake.
The Lucin cutoff cost millions, and
was one of the engineering feels of the
century, but it saved 120 minutes at an
approximate eost of $35,000 for each
one. But the atetual economy appear
again more M. the freight depertment
than in the passenger.
33y the old route the freight trains bad
some short grades to climb of ninety
feet to the mile, and frequently three
and four powerful lecomatives had to
haul the trains up these steep grades.
To -day a eingle engine ean take the
train across the new highway system
at far less expenditure of cold than sev-
ere could do by the original route.
The saute road is now engaged in tuts
netting the Sierras at an approximate
ees' of $5,000,000, and half as much
more in straightening the ttacks west
of New Orleans.
The Ranta Ye has also been engitged
in this .battle of minutes:. The Dein eut-
off in New Mexico will shorten the line
neerly seven miles between Teak° and
Rio Purest, but more important than the
time, it will avoid elimbing some 7,000
feet to eros's the Raton Mountain. The
grade up the °Id line is One of the steep-
est iri the country„ reaching in many
places 185 feet to the mile.
The Missouri Pacific w4s origiwity
A New Orleans woman was thin.
.Secause she did not extract sufficient 0
nourislunent from her food. 0
She took scove.i. zinattion.
Result: 0
She gained a ,pound a day in 'weight.
Cal
DAUGDISTSt get. AND $1.00
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Indat on shout as crooked a line as one
could draw on the map, Awl Wended in
thew numeroue mime were steep gattles
iliat made freight hauling an expensive
matter. Vor five years now the preseut
maitagers have been pouring millions Ins
to the line to straighten out the eurves.
cut down the grades and aborten the
toute between important Points.
In this process. the cost lute often aver-
aged. a nullieo dollars a mileattud for
each minute gained a cool half million
dollers had to hO expended.
It le eetimated by railrond constiale-
tors that nearly $700,000,000 has- been
Spent, the last few years in tunnels,
bridges, improved grades and cuteffe
for the purpose of saving time and ex-
pense.
ROMANOFFS' VAST WEALTH.
Richest Royal Family in Europe—,
Sources of Their tncome.
Tile Imperial femily of Russia is the
richest royal family in Europe, mid de-
rives its wealth from three sourcee—the
State treasury, the Imperial domains
(formerly Church lands), and the eo-
celled "cabinet properties," The State
',Creamy provides for the Ozer as the
Sovereign.; the Ihmerial domains are the
joint property of the members of the
House of Romaneff, but administered
by the head of the holism; the "Cabinet
propertiea" are the personal posseasions
-of the reigning sovereign RS such, '.
No deta of any klud iire available for
estimating the amount of property held
by the Czar and other members of his
house in their privatesaepaelty aa lath-
viduals, It is known to be very wash).-
erable both in land and in gold, says the
Pall Mall Oazette, but is very rightly
treated as a purely private matter,
'Ilse State treasury littp out a million
and a half sterling a year for the needs
of the imperial h.ouse, principally for the
maintenance of the palaces and the offia
Male a.nd servents attached to them. The
reigning Eutptess, for example, has- an
allowance of 420,000 a year, the Dow-
ager Empress the same. Every child
bora to the Czar receives from birth to
the age of 21 nearly £4,009 a year, while
the heir to the throne receives =nuttily,
in addition to maintenance of palacee,
Z10,000. Daughters receive a dowry of
one million roubles, or a hundred thou-
sand pounds, when they marry. The fig.
ure6 under this head are comparatively
modest, and. the totaTexpenditure chitty
ed to the Treasury is lees taan 1 per
cent. of the annual budget,
ma Imperial domains, the mein source
of the wealth of the Romanoffs, were
Originally Church. lands. la the Middle
.Ages the Church in Russia was not only
the repository of all the learning in the
land, but ite bankers and usurers also,
and 'the wealth amassed in the course
of centuries was enormous. The ,Rus -
Wan Church• is not poor now, but the
bulk of its vast possessions passed to
the House a Romanoff a century ago.
The Imperial domains comprise 21,328;-
000 acres, an area larger than all Ire-
land.
About two-thirds of this area is for-
estrout of whieli a good revenue is made,
The timber exported from Archangel is
known all over the world, while the es-
tate of Bleovezh, thatainagnificant for-
est where are still preserved herds of the
aurochs, annually provide fOr sale 2,-
000,000 cubic feet of timber; another
estate in Yologda province predates
200,000 of thsa largest timber tree4 annu-
ally for the sawmills there
The 'other taird of the area comprised
in the Imperial domains something larg-
er than air Wales, is llighly cultivated
land. The -largest vineyards, producing
the best wine in Russia, belong to the
domains, and about a, hundred and. fifty
thousand pounds' worth of wine is sold
annually from this source. In the pro-
vince of Samara is a sugar piantation
the factory on which produces 1,500 eons
of rugat evety year.
Mineral wealth is worked in a hun-
dred spots; 1,509 flour mills, a thousand
fisheries, not for sport but as an article
of trade, a hundred. wharves on various
rivers and 850 trading oonc,erns of var-
ious kinds are emong the minor under-
takings belonging to the Imperial do-
mains. Bat the greater part of the cul-
tiva.ted area is rented. to others, 15,000
lots for purely agricUltural purposes and
10,000 for the higher forms of cultiva-
tion, fruit, vineyards, etc.
The clear profit derived from these
various sources is over two millions
sterling per annum. During the past
hundred years, since the Church property
was converted to the Imperial use, a
sum of twenty-five millions sterling has
beim paid out to varidus members of
, the Imperial house, Tinder the head of
Iinperial domains is also, included certain
capital accumulatea by various emperors
and to this must be added the five and
a quarter millions sterling. reeeived from
the. peasants Who were serfs on the Im-
perial domains as the Free of their free-
dom.
The third source of ineoine is the "Cab-
inet properties," which belong to the
reigning Czar personally as Czar, The
only figures obtainable for assessiag ehe
value of this, the greatest source of press:
ent and future wealth, is the area of the
landed property, which is 115,000,000
acres, or about the size of France. This
ptoperty is almoet entirely in Siberia,
but it includes the best and largest of
the geld and silver, Mines, worked and
unworked, besides a. faburone amount of
unexplored wealth bath above and be-
low the surface. Copper, iron, platinum,
and other emes, besides gold and silver,
are only awaiting the openieg up of this
unexplored territory, the elks of France,
to yield many more millions annually,
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BEOMO Quinine Tablet*.
Druggists resund =Rey if it tails to cure.
W. altievt'a signiuture us on each box. too.
Sudden Flight.
The Chicago man who had read so
muesli about the famous Southern Flyer
on the far southern road looked out
of the teach window and imagined., he
was riding on a trolley ear in it crowded
city street.
"Leak here, Pete," he exclaimed, when
the porter eame through, "is this the
oelebrated Southern Flyer'?"
"Dat's what it am, sail," replied the
knight of the whiskbroom with a low
bow.
`How fast are we going?"
"'Bout eighteen iniles' an hotuth, eel."
"Then why in thunderation do you
give it such a luOicrous name as South-
ern Plyer?"
The portet latnated.
"Well, Alt'll tell ye', boss, De tolinlit
dey tall it a fiyeh ran beltesO it's liable
to fly off de tn.& at any
cage News:
A lorge area of peat land has been
rowel in Madison dounty, Montana,' The
owner of a farm in via peat regioe. has
experimented lu 'drying the setet, rind
samples of the fuel ditteibuted Vir.
giftift City ha.vo met with mach favor.
The fuel will be prepared in large qua.
tity wed can be sold at tt low figure. A.
wet famine, due to leek of ears, has
been threatening the region mid the Oa
covery of so thettp end effielent a eubsti.
tute just nt this time is toutoidered a
gotieend.
BANISH PIMPLES
AND ERUPTIONS
Everyone Neal ft Tonic in Spring
to .Purify ea Build Up the
Blood.
11 you Want new health and strength
M. spring you must build up your blood
witb, a tonic medieine. Indoor life dur-
ing the long winter niOntlui is responsi-
ble for the depressed conaition and feel-
ing of constant tiredness which affects
People every *prim, This eon-
dition means that the blood is impure
end watery. That is what coulee pim-
pies And unsightly eruptions .in some,
.others have twinges of rheumatism, or
the eharp, stabbing p.ains of neuralgia,
Poor appetite, freenent headaches and a
desire to avoid exertion is• also due to
bad blood. Arty or all of these troubles
can be banished by the fair use of such
a tonic Medicine as Dr, Williams' l'ink
Pills. Every dose of this medicine helps
to make new, rich, red blood, whieh
drives Out impurities, sthuulates every
organ, strengthens every nerve and
brings a feeling of new health and new
energy to weak, tired out, ailing mea
end women, Here is proof that Dr, Wil-
liams' Pink Pills is the greatest of all
.ePring medicines.. Mr. Henry Baker,
:Chipman, N, eve: "Last spring svas
se weak and miserable that 1 could hard-
ly drag myself about, My appetite was
poor; I did not sle,ep well, and dreaded
Work.. My blood was in a terrible con -
tittle; tvhich caatsed pimples . and small
boils to break, out all over me,. These
would iteh and pain and cause me meth
trouble. I tried several medicine% but
without tim least benefit, when one daY
a friend asked me why I dia not try Dr.
William" Pink Pills. Pre spoke so high-
ly of this medicine that I decided to take
his advice mid give the pills .a triel.
got a. helf dozen boxes and the result
Was that by the time they were finished
I felt like' an altogether different man.
They purified, my blood, built up my
whole 'system, and I have not had 'a
pimple. on My flesh, not a siek day since.
For this reason I can highly Teems -need
Dr, Williams' Pink Pills as a blood,
builder and purifier." Sold by. all 'medi-
c:in:a dealers or by mail at 50 cents a bot
or six boxes for $2.50 from the Dr.
William% Medicine' Co., Brockville, Ont.
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PASSING TO THE LEFT.
An English Custom Which Puzzles
You Wben You Meet it in Canada.
When, you go abroad you expect to
find things different aan honie and
you try to take advantage as a matter
of course, Se England, When you
learn that railroad trains pass to the left
.and noe to the right, as with us, and
when you find that the same rule of
the road applies hi city streeti and coun-
try highways and byways, you may be
inconvenieviced, but you try to remember
and get along somehow.
this left-handed state of things existing
go tO OMAR. and find
But When you
you are bewildered. There has been no
ocean_trip to prepare you. You pass
from Yankee soil to Canadian soil with-
out knowing when, and somebow you
expect to find the ordinary affairs of
life moving along es you have been ac-
customed.
One day you are in Portlanch Me., the
hext in St, John, New Brunswick. You
face the direction in which you wish to
go and stand beside the right hand trol-
ley track waiting for a trolley car. The
tar comes, but if is ping the wrong
way—for you. Then you shift to the left.
But the next day, when you are out in
the country, you have forgotten the
trolley car episode. You go driving. An-
other team approaches: You tug gently
on the dexter rein expecting Dobbin or
Madue or whatever the beastiets name is
s •
to turn out. .
But you get no response. On the con-
trary. The , argument is .not concluded
when the horses stand face to face and
the one you are driving says :unkind
things about you to his brother of the
shafts.
By that time you have remembered
mid after an apology .you proceed.
The matter is especially puzzling since
the driver% aeat is on the right. But
the Canadians find this handy. There
the men do most of the talking and
when two teams are passing the horses
are checked and the men find them-
selves close together.
With us, in like case, the women have
the preferred positions from a conversa-
tional standpoint. Aed that% as it
should be.
Railroafe trains don't pass to the left
In Canada. In fact, they don't .pass at
all' except at sidings. There is only one
track,—New York Sun. • ,
• •ss:
The Good Tripe' of Britain.
Man -Y people have a strong -partial*
for tripe, and it isnot specially onveni-
ent to those who on account of defective
teeth or for other causes require a soft
ineat food. Tripe comprise:I the first
stomach or "paunch," the seeond stOmach
or "honeycomb," and the fourth atom.
aeh or "reed" of tlie ex, together with
the rectum or •``roll." Formerly the
houseltelder Used to buy tripe directly
front the butcher and give it many hears
boiling at home. In the present days
however, tripe as purchased has almost
always been prepared. by the tripe holler.
The mime surface is scraped off and
the tripe is boiled in cop•pers, In Lan-
cashire about feu's- hours' boiling le usu-
ally given, the peritortettm is stripped,
and the tripe, after soaking in cold wa-
ter, is ready,* consamption at local:
tripe shops, it is Usually served
cold 'with appropriate coedinteuts. In
London and the south tripe is consider-
ed a winter dish, to be eaten hot,. and
gets soMe additional boiling in water or
milk when being prepared for the con,
Butner, Tripe intended for London ate
is usutilly boiled for two or two and a
halt hours by the tripe boiler. The
quantity of ttipe derived from sielifitals
bred in this tOuntry trom imported.
animas sleughtered at the ports of ar.
rival is estitnated at some 0,000 tons
Y°TlitrileY* importation of foreige tripe is
tonsiderable, and estimated to have
melted already some 100 torts yearly.
Part Of thie le frozen tripe from ,Argen-
tine, prepared. by tripb 'boilers
•
in this eountry in the same way as home
prodeved atm. Argeutlue trips hes ilt•
tie flavor, and luta ma.de its way thief-
ly by its greeter cheapness, Apart from
its peseeesing greater liability te &cone
positioe than fresh home prepared tape,
it floes not appear to possess Any ape -
qualities wideli make, it ohjectiou-
able front the publie health s!olut of•
view, The ease is otherwise, hOwerer,
with tripe imported from the Mated
Statee and Capada In kegs containing
mentions of. boron or sulphurous acid
compoundse-Lancet.
A WICKER LIFE BOAT.
RS Inventor Claims it is Unbreakable
and Lighter Than Wooden Craft;
A, lifeboat that Itns more than mere
novelty to commend it to the attention
of the wafering community has recently
been constructed by C. (I, Vos, of
Rotterdam. Its °Minis are essentially
prectical and there is nothing about this
Dutch invention, to. suggest ,the Meta:stip
--a characteristic too often encountered
in lifeboat patents,
In point of fact there is nothing un-
usual in the model favored by •illa de
Yea; it is in the adoption of a new
nuaterial of conetruction- thet the value
and interest of his iuvention lie, Its
hull is reed° of cane or plaited wieker-
worlc, and the inventor, who is already
well knewn in Rolland for his marine
auxiliary patents, claims for this new
method. of lifeboat buileieg many ad-
vantages over other and older forms,
Ito first and foremost advantage is
obviously ite practicelly unbreakable
character. This has already been put
to a severe test in a collision which tie -
mined on the River Maas some months
ago between a Belgien sailing yacht and
a Dutch motor boat. The ,violence of
the collision was cousiderably mitigated
by the fact that this wicker lifeboat lay
between the two craft, and as it turned
out acted as a, sort of buffer, sustaining
no other danuige _thee the breaking of
the mast and stays.
It is unsinkable, it has no rusting
materials and therefore requires no paint.
It is not liable. to leakage, and in addi-
tion to being much lighter than ordinary
wooden boats it has more room for stor-
ing provisions and water, Finally, it
costs less money than the usual type of
boat—Shipping World.
• .
The Vagabond,
Witoe agreer,atwnvorgel_onoodsln, eittoszer yaont1.18.00,no
Juno) for the gentleman,—znind your eye!
Oyer the table,—look out for the lamp!
The rogue is growing a little old;
Five years we've tramped through wind and
Andlves
And ate acid drank and starved together,
aietphr tzt
doors when nights were cold,
We've learn,ed whoh comfort Is, I tell yol
A bed on the floor, a bit of resin,
.A. fire to thaw' our thumbs (poor fellow), .
• The paw he hoids up there's been frozen,
Plenty of eatgut for my fiddle
(This outdoor business is bad for the
striegs),
Then a few nice buckwheate, hot froni the
griddle, •
And Roger and I set up for Icings!
No, thank ye, sir, never drink;
Roger . and I are exceedingly moral,—
Aren't we, Roger?—lee him wink? .
What a pity, sir, that dogs can't talk!
Ile understands every word that's oak',
And he knows good milk frora water and
I wonder I've not lost the respect
chalk. •
The truth is, sir, now I reflect,
I've been so sadly given to grog
(Here's to you, sir!) even of my dog.
But he sticks to me through thick and thin;
And this old coat, with its empty pockets,
And rags that smell of tobacco and gin,
'He'll follow while he has eyes in his sockets.
There fsn't another creature living
Would do it, and prove, through every dis-
aster.
BO fond, so faithful, and so forgiving
To such a miserable, thankless master!
No, sill—See hint wag his tail and grin!
By George! it makes'inY old eyes water!
That is, there's something in this gin
That chokes a fellow. • But no matter!
We'll have some music, if you willing,
And Roger (hem! what a plague a cough
is, sir!) •
We'll'haVe some music, if you're willing,
Stand straight: 'Bout time! Salute your
officer
Put up that pawl Dress! make your rifle!
(Some dogs have arins, You see!) Now hold
your
Cap while the gentle,man gives you a trifle
To aid a poor'eld patriot soldier!
Mareldilait Now show how the rebel shakes,
When he stands up to hear his sentence.
Now tells us how many drams It takes
To honor a jolly new acquaintance.
rive yelps,— that's five; he's, mighty know-
ing!.
The night's before us, 1111 the glasseei
Quick, sir! I'm lib—my brain is going!
Some brandy,—tbank you,—therel it paseesl
,
Why not reform? , That's easily said,
But I've gone through scene wretched
treatment,
'Sometim,es forgetting the taste of bread,
And scarce rem:ushering what meat meant,
That my poor stomach's past Worm;
And there are limes when, mad with think-
- ing.
I'd sell out heaven for something warm
To prop the horrible inward sinking.
Is there a way to forget te think?
At your age, sir, home, fortune, Mende,
A. dear girl's love,—but I tOok to drink,—
Tho.same old story; you knout how it ends,
/1 you would have seen these classic feat-
ures.—
You needn't laugh, sir; they were not then
Such a burning libel on God's creatures;
I was one of your handsome men!
If you had seen her, go fair and riling,
Whose head was happy on this breast! •
If you could have heard the songs I sung
When the Wine' went round, YOU wouldn't
11Vom door to deer, with fiddle and dog,
have guessed
Tbat ever I, sir, should be straying
Ragged and pennilege, and playing
To you to -night for a glaze ot grOgl
She's married since,—s. parse:Os wife;
'Twee better for her that we should putt, -
Better the soberest, prosiest life
Than a blasted home and a broken heart,
I have seen her? Once. I was weak and
spent.
Oti the dttsty road a carriage etoppeil;
But little she dreamed, as en ehe went,
"Wholeseee. her fingers drosi-
ped!
'MeV° set me talking, sir; I'm sorry;
It maket! Me wild to think of the &angel
What de you care for it beggar's story?
Is it amusing? You find it strange?
I had a mother so pseud of me!
'Twat, ellus died before—do you 'know
If the happy spirits heaven ban see
The rain and wretchednene here below?'
AnOther glass, and streing, to deaden
This Man; then Roger and atilt start
wonder, hes be such a thimieb leaden,
Aching thing in place of a heattt
fie is sad gometimet, raid would Weep if he
And hireselt a gder, reepootable cur,
Muhl,
No doubt renternberin,g Mange that
virtuous keinve, With plenty cif food,
I'm better now; that glass tstas Warming.
You rascal! Wilber yetir lazy feet!
NVe met be fanning end performing
rot tensest end bed, or stove la the Btreet,
Not a very gay lite te Iced, yeti think?
But soon we shell go' where lodgings are
Me.
And the eleenens need neither victuals hot
The sooner the better for fteget end atill
Trowbridge,
Finesse.
mr. Qailihy balled. up biti Wife by tele.
phone.
"Arabella," he said, "I'd like to' bring
a friend home to dine with us this even.
Have sometithig good,"
"All right," responded Afro. Quitiby.
* * * * * *
"lam," !she said, "you told nie you
were going to britsg frienO to take dies
ner with us, end I've had. myself eat to
get a good meal . Where it het"
"Arabella," answered Mr. Quini/t "I
mid I'd like to bring a friend, touldelt
fled, any to bring, If dither reedy
let's eat. lam Intugry,"
rootworgoraossmmiwowiiiioi
I
THE RELATIVE VALVE4 OF .
iCASEIN AND FAT i
etelaitioasserallsese41411110. 011.
Ilelletia No. 100, front the Wiscouein
eXperiment bastion,. cleseribea 0,A Simple
rest for fauteiti in Milk, and .tix Relation
to. the Dairy Industry." At the outset
ete would say, onee for all, that it seems
to be Another case of "I told you so."
The couclusions reaehe4 by ate author
of the -Bulletin are the Mule Rfi those
we put forward about 15 years ago. Title
seems quite a long tithe to 1%4 before
one's viewe on tta important question
are accepted by others, bet it la at leaist
mine satisfaction to know thee the truth
will out in aome Cases before it. Man
shuffles off this mortal coil. If we could
see a few men, repentieg because of tlio
staud they took in this eontroversy fif-
teen .years ago, we should be ready to
exclanu, like one of ola, "Now let thy
servant &pert in peace, for mine eyee
heve wen,' etc, The following extrwts
from the introthictiou in tlie bulletin
aave a more or less familiar look:
"But the propoeition that the per-
eentage of Mt is also a ineastfie of the
value of nearly all milks for cheeee
production has not been generally ac-
tepted. - .•
'this clearly shows that for cheese
production, the amonnts of caseM and
tet should be kaown to both producer—
the man who owns the cow—aud the
man who buys the mills,
"In the milk of individuel cowathere '
is certeinly no definite. and constanCre-
lation between the amounte. of fat and
casein,
"Oa ehe basis of cost of production,
,ilii,,
it..., lair assumption that it has ceus-
k4
ed ,,4eeder as mueli to prodece a
pc; . V casein as a pound of fat. The
protei s to which casein belongs are
nitrogenseoutaining bodies, and are the
farmer's most axpeneive nutrients.When
the farmer sena caseinhie is selling nitro-
gen; but When he sells fat he Bello Ms
cheapest source of nutrients, the air and
water. It appears that there is some-
thing irrational and unbalanced in the
relative commercial values of these taro
products. :From the farm point of vietv,
the gale of casein represents a greater
agricultufal drain than when the fat is
sold, and fyom this viewpoint alone it
would appear that these two milk con-
stituents sheuld at least have a closer
commercial valae,"
With all of whichswe heartily agree,
yet we find persons talking and writ-
ing as if the value of milk for all ,pur-
poses depends upon the fat contained.
We trust that the management of our
fairs will not concede any more points to
thoie who are_continually clamorlrig for
more value to be placed on milk fat.
For butter production fat is undoubtedly
the constituent of milk which determines
its value, and for butter making, fat is
alt that we need consider. But the mak-
ing of butter is _a comparatively small
industryin the Province of Ontario. The
great bulk of the milk is used directly
as a food, 'or is . manufactured into
cheese. All public tests, based on pro-
duction, shtiuld. take into consideration
the Met that the bulk of the milk pro-
duced in Ontario is used for the manu-
facture of cheese, To place too much
importance on the fit alone is more or
less an injustice. This is not written in
a contreversial spirit, nor with the ob-
ject of "hitting" anyone, btit with the
hope that those responsible will see the
justice of the foregoing, and not cater -
any further to the "fat," cry.
The writer goes on to say: a'One aM-
mal may yield a milk containing 2.7 per
cent. casein and 0 per cent. fat, while
another producee a milk of 2.7 per cent.
casein and 4 per cent. fat; and. still an-
other a milk carrying 3,5 per cent. casein
and a per cent. fat. Expreseed in an-
other way, we have milks where, for
every 100 pounds fat, there .may be any-
where from 40 to 73 pounds of casein. ,
Surely it is clear that, for cheese pro-
duction,- a milk carrying for every 100
pounds of fat 73 pounds of casein would
yield -More cheese than one containing
but 40 poutde of casein."
,One more quotation: "Anothersmatter
of considerable importance in the dis-
cussion of the relative amounts of casein
and fat in cows' anilk presents itself, and
that is the relative commereial values of
these two constituents. Both casein and
fat are important foocbe casein belong-
ing to that generally more expensive
class of nutriente—the -proteids, and
Popularly Called the flesh -builders. Yet
at prevailing tnices at our creamery a
pound. of fat is worth 25 cents, while a
pound of easein, as allowed for skim
milk, at 30 cents a hundred, is worth 12
cents, If eve allow the same value for
fat in cheese as it commands in butter,
then the casein per pound in cheese is
worth 18 cents. On, theatheory that the
feeding or nutritive value rof these two
constituents depends on the amount of
heat they can produce, the fat could have
about double the value of casein, but
nutritive value and heat -producing capa-
city are not with certainty to be so
closely eo-related,"
We should like to einphesize the latter
part of the pheeding sentence. In our
humble opinion the method of valuing
goods according to the heat produced is
far from satisfactory. As anyone knows,
the proteids or Muscle formers are the
meet expensive forms of foods.. The
workingman in Great Britain has found
Canadian cheese at sixpence a pound the
vett, cheapest muscle -former he ean buy;
He rimy not know much about the chem.
istry of feed, but he knows that cheese
"keeps up his =sale" better than any
other food, considering cost, hence he
buys and eats eheese In large quantities.
If he could not get it ut Sixpence lte
would be willing to pay mote, but none
can blame him for getting it as cheaply
as possible. We look for the time when
farmers will be ready to pay as xnueh
for cheese as for prime cuts of beef. It
Would pay to have the food value of Can-
adian dairy produets demonstrated week*
ly in Beth a place as the Exchange build.
ing iii Martchester Eng., ana• at other
points.—Prof, IL li, Dean.
-too's. -
LEAP YEAR PROPOSALS.
The first intimation te reach Toronto
of Ailis Rot& modus eperandi of seeking
a wealthy wife mane in -press despatehes
last night front niw York, Chicago,
Bitightunton and several other United
States cities, whose 'Mayors had receiv-
ed Mr. Roes' letters of request, and. heel
emninurneated. their ontents to the
loot newspaper men. A reporter who
vieited Mr, Ross late last mght at an
addrese on Shaer street had an inter-
esting donvereation With that euterpris-
hig gentlemen. Over a pipeful of tobatee
Air. Ross told his end of the story and
tiefeeded his action in the matter.
His fiat expression was of snrprise
Hutt the letters had so soon fonna their
way into the press, but he essarea the
reporter that they were written iii per.
feet good Nth, and thet his intentions
Were honotable iti the matter.
"Ilie position from my pOint of view
is this," he stikl, "1 heve isOmething
to offer in exelienge for something
theft / want. I think there stes many
people in the world 'Wild have what I
want, end are willing to exchange it
for what I have to offer, If I were
a man wiling pods 1 weuld use the
Advertiging eeltnens, .of a uovnutpor
to find buyers for my ware*, know
very few people here in Toronto who
engem the description of the lady I
have advertised fort and I )4°C
Intim; the papens extent' the envie
of my Acquaintenee, that's All."
The newepaperman admitted. the
foree.of the argument, bat poixited out
010 it WAS an unusual ineth0.1 he had
employed.
"I take oredit to myself for think.
ing out the method," seid Mr. Rage.
"I, couldn't Afford to eavertige In the
Weenie ef ate press all over the
world, but by thie method, the. papers
will da it for nut for nothing, .tas to
its being nomad, I don't worry ;shout
that, I have follewed the sett for
tnost ef my life, and a aailor (Wasn't
bother About the conventions la the
way that a landsmen does. I may es.7
that have visited every oue of the two
hundred eltiee to witielanty letters have
gone,"
Uf his pommel history Mx, ROSO 4e.
tinned to speak, more than to say that
he had come to 'Reroute: from Chicago
year ago last October, that he was
known, to the 13ritish Ambaseador
Washington, 'and had served ite ext of-
ficer oa a British transport during the
South African war,
About ids eystein he appeared to be
enthusiastic, and Urged that one ad-
vantage it had was that by obtaining
replies through the local Mayors, the
opportunities for getting replies from
.undesirable parties was greatly les-
sened. -
Mr. Ross is in appearance about
thirty years of age, well built, of •
medium height, good looking, and
speaks well, with a slight- Scotch ac-
cent, His one regret over the mat-
ter was lest his landlady might be
perturbed over the publieity his ef-
forts to find au "affinity" have
aroused.
THE STAGES OF LIFE.
Dat gers Which Threaten Every Hus
man Being.
The question, "What faiths?" has been
asked many times, but it has seldom
been answered in the manner chosen by
a Parisian medical man in the French
Journal of Health.
He has defined life M terms of die -
ease, and hie analysis proceeds thus:
First year—Infantile complaints and
vaccination.
Second year—Teething, croup, infantile
cholera and convulsions.
Third year—Diphthe:Iria, whooping
cough and bronchitis.
Fourth year—Scarlatina aiM mening-
itis.
year—lfeasles.
By now, he says, half the children are
dead. The others live on as follows:
Seventh year—Ivlumps.
Tenth year—Typhoid.
Sixteenth year—Chlorosis and spinal
irritation.
Eighteenth year—Neurasthenia.
Twentieth year—C,ephalagia, alcohol-.
ism and vertigo.
Twenty-fifth year—Marriage (included
emong the diseases).
Twenty-sixth year—Insomnia (proba-
bly the first baby).
Thirtieth year—Dyspepsia and ner-
vous asthenia,
Thirty-fifth year—Pneumonia.
`Forty-fifth year—Lumbago 'and failing
sight.
Fifty-fifth year—Rheumatisra and
baldness.
'Sixtieth ,year—Amnesia, loss of teeth,
hardening of arteries.
SLxty-fifth year—Apoplexe.
Seventieth year—Amblyopme deafness,
general debility, loss of tone in the di-
gestive organs, gouty rheumetism.
Seventy-fifth year—Death.
What He Wanted to Say. '
"Hello !"
"Hello!"
"Hello, confound you! What do
you want?"
"Is this 6445?"
"Of course! Why don't you go
ahead and talk?"
"Oh; you needn't get mad about
nothing."
"Well, my time's worth money!
can't stand here all day jabbering
'hello' to somebody!"
"This is about the first time I ever
used a telephone, and—"
"Did you call me up just for prac-
tice?"
"No, of course not."
"Did you call me up to tell a funny
story ?"
"No, I—"
"Well, why don't you go ahead then
with your business?"
"You don't give me a chance. As
I was sayine—"
"There yju go again! Say, how
long are yon going to keep me stand-
ing here?
"You can sit down if you want to 1".
"I'll eit down on you if this is sup-
posed to be a poke! Who are you,
sir?"
"My name is Brown. I moved in
directly opposite you a few weeks
ago,"
"Well, Brosvn, I'm semi. I have
spoken so harshly 'to you, but I'm not
feeling just up to the mark to -day.
Hope you" will pardon me."
"Oh, certainly,"
"What was it you wished to say to
me?"
"Why, I wanted to tell you that
your &fuse is on fire."—Success.
Does Ma Wish She Waa Pa?
"I wish I had a lot o' cash,"
80.: pa, one winter's night;
"I'd go down south and stay a while
Where days are warm an' bright."
He set an' 'watched the fire die
Till ma brought Mule some fresh pine knots
An't made a cheerful blaze.
"I wiSh I had a Million shares •
I' stock in Standard Oil,"
Sel!trapama; Wtioleuldicue'ettle"boail,thing'"
An' rotted hot bisenits, fried some ham
An' eggs (smett good, you bet!)
Petaled cheese an' doughnuts, made the tea,
The. pa—set daft an' et!
Next, irons the letmge, Vie heard a snore:
lItisw.eaveinaitnislinitolontalre,"
Sez pa; "I'd have a snap."
Ma did the Menet!, shook the elOth,
Brushed up put things away,
An' fed the eat, then started up
Her 'phut* for baking lay,
She Washed an' put sotne beans to soak.
An' set some bread to rise:
'Unstrung dried nipples, goalcod `em, too,
Ali ready tor her pies;
She broliglit IRON) reed, put out tho
Then darned four pairs o' eticka:
Pa woice, An' ses, "Its tirne fdr bed;
Ma. have you WOund both clocks?"
—MarY IP, Hutebison, In bluets WoMan'll
Munn Companion. •4 •
Ohildren's Shoes,
Never on any aecount ahotild chit -
Aron be allowed. to wear boots or shoes
which are not absolutely comfortable.
If boots are at all tight or too short,
eorns, of course, will be one inevitabls
result; but, what is a still greater
evil the child WilI acquire an awk.
ward gait, whieh will probably cling
to it all its life. Care should be taken,
too, that boots tire tiot buttoned too
tightly round the ankle, as this will
often cause great suffering to ths
little wearer.
A
,
NO Tax Rodger He.
Mrs, laarguson-efleorge, the personal
property asiieseor Was here thie morn.
Mr. Ferguson—All right, Laura. You
elm go now and order that new furni-
ture any time you phew."
Soma. SIKOces,
"Donee that lest =pato stery
yours made hit with nie."
"tiled to bear it, Naggirs. First time
It ever bapperied, WAS it the plat Of
the stOry that Caught you, or the axecu-
lion of it?"
"Neither one. 11*-wita the nqveity of
it, There was; ne bridge playing er
automobile riding la it, aud the hero
didn't smoke eigaroot%"
The Professors
The Metter -1 have just had a strange
ease,. A young woman while datteme
last night nearly mined ir tendon in her
foot.
The Prefeaser-ei see. Strained .one of
her terpslettord4.
A HINT.
my darling, if I were te Ole Whet
Would Mu 40?
dORT't know, I'm SUM, aeorge; I never
thought of Mit. rOUN1 10C* Into nty 'Beak
of Minato" and read the Masa for young
widows.
Oultered Curiosity,
The chauffeur was taking Ms load 'if
touriste for a ride through the refill-
enee portion of the metropolis soul
pointing out Ns them the stately mane
eioas of the n•abobe.
"I've often beard," said the portly
dowager with the ,diemonds, 'of these
Oliver 'Wendell homes. Would you mind
allowing na one of 'ern?"
. EXOBLIANY CARPI OF IT,
She—Your wife has very nice hair, She
mullet take good care, of it. -
He—She does; she locks it evory night.
The Proper Term.
MI'S. XeWed-,-IttstRad of laing nie'pin.
money, my husband puts, -it in the sav-
ings bank for me.
Mrs. Oldwed----Sort of cafety-pin mon-
ey, as it were.—Chicago News,
SYMPATHDITIC.
Meille—lie triad to loss met
Maud—How impudent! '
McIlle—But he WAS interrupted!
Maud—How annoying!
The Bachelor Brand.
"I don't believe you have a heart?' re-
marked the leap -year girl, who had
failed to win out.
"Oh, yes 1 have," replied the hardened.
bachelor. "My physicien tells me I have
a tobacco bearta —Chicago News,
The Ends.
Knicker—The railroads have spent a
lot of money on terminals.
Bocke•r—And now they are trying to
make them meet.
•She (indianantly)—You had no bud -
nem to kiss me.
He—Bat it wasn't business.; it was
pleasure.—Pick-Me-Up.
She Made a Distinction.
"You should not play with your bro-
ther% tey soldiers," corrected. Ethel's
mother. "You are getting to 'be too
old," "I'm not playing with the private
soldiers, mamma," answered Miss Ethel;
"I am playing with the officers, as.Sis-
ter Belle does." .
His Misfortunes
"I was a celebrated pianist and a great
success with the public," confided the
sadeyed man to his companion, "but I
luid a misfortune that threw me out of
favor with my andiencee- and cut off
my revenue as a performer."
"What was your miefortune?" asked
his friend.
I "My hair fell out!"—From the Bohe-
mien.
Astronomy;
"Uncle Wilyum, did you pall see a
starfish in yo"sperience?"
"No; I can't say ebber did. I neb-
scrutenized a star froo teleseup
siffieient hoss-powah to detee anything
dat small."
A Notable Pine.
The teacher had been reading to the
plass about the great forests of Amer-
ica.
'And now, boys," she announceraiter-
ward, "which one of you can name the
pine that has the longest and sharpest
;needles?"
Up \volt a, hand in the front row.
"Well, Tommy?"
"The porcupine, ma'am."
AND THEN HE woicet
The Colonel—Do you believe in dreninsl
Little Jones—No; married one.
His Status.
Nell—So that's his photograph, is it?
Why, he's it regular swell." „
Lil—Yes, he's pretty regular. lie
eontes here six evenings in the week.
Reverse English.
"Johnny, don't stuff •yonrself Jo: If
you 'eat proyerly you'll live long.'"
"Xothhe in that, paw. I'd ruther eat
long an' live properly."
AN` OBSTACLE REMOVED.
alvrays want nly own way in everything."
we could uot be bappy.tagetber. 'Vett know
"No, Herbert, 1 Inu sorry; but I am SIMS
area, ins, dear girl, you could ge on 'want-
ing it after we wege marfed."
Hytmeties,
Vitheil Dr. Andre, the clever hypnotist,
closes -the eyes of the charming young
'Win with a simple wave of the hand,
we wonder if their thoughts turit in the
direction of hairdressing peelers, and
elaborate coiffures tvhilst wider the in.
Ounce, to the result of the Marcel
wave]
A Gentle Hint,
"Life at best is but a gloomy prisot,"
said the moralising bachelor.
"$o much the worse for mert who de -
I Mere t ely choose solitary eonfinement,"
remarked the girl alto hnd her trap set.
—From the Apsii &Menden.
I rofilurte.
Tf t'ori IlaVO It belt of grefting„
Pilfering, burglarious feeling,
flo end plunder while you sleep;
What you cabbage ;i•ou may keep—'
"risn't .steitling.
• Orthographieal Romance.
They were retutniug from the spelling
bee.
"Afr, Spoonamore," she said, "why did
you that easy word? You smelled
'home!' with a '11.?"
, know it," he an -morel "Ile feel.
leg mem over nte nit at once that just
rouldn't get along without '11,'
Daley."
With whieh ahl story he won hea,