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Publicity and t„,,E'rimee forest. Two or three months later, and
after the guards had been witherawri, .
watt ivere guaraing all approaches to th
ce
he (droned through the tome. end found •
, trenches emong the trees, were the eon
tins and their contents had been burtea,
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A gentleman of this city, "globe-trot-
ter". by ileefesSion, says that in all the
earth there is no contrast so strong as
that between the native city ancl the
foreign settlemeut 0,t. Shanglita• The two
ere separated only by ft wall, but in the
latter the streets are broads the pave-
ments wide, kept scrupulously clean, trees
afford sande by eity during the sunnier,
the houses are haudsome and. of modern
construction, nncl, Above all, there is,
from dealt until dawn, an abundance of
light from thousands of gas lamps and
electric globes. Pass alto Shanghai
through the Wall by any one of the
many gates, and the contrast is instantly
apparent, The streets are narrow, side-
walks ere altogether lacking, a glitter in
the centre is usually filled with foul
/water from tbe houses, all sorts of ani-
mal awl vegetable refuse litter the pave-
ments, and after the sun has gone down
every street and alley is in total dark-
ness. Robbery, home -breaking and Blur
-
der are of nightly occurrence; he who
stirs abroad alone takes his life in his
bends; those compelled to go from one
part of the city to another either slip
quietly along, trusting to escape the
notice of the foodpads, or go in parties
escorted by torelebearers and attended
by guards with drawn swords.
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tae uative and the foreign, is a matter
principally of light. Streets well lighted
are safe; dark, narrow thoroughfares
are simply all encouragement to mime.
:What light is to the foreign settlement
at Shanghai publicity is to any city or
community desirous of maintaining a
proper standard of public and private
morality. Criminals of the lowest class
shun the light just as criminals of a
higher type shun publicity. For there
are grades in. criminals. The thieves who
waylay peaceable citizens and beat them
Into insensibilty were turning their pock-
ets inside out are not to be classified.
with, the gentlemanly, well-dressed, pol-
itely -spoken scoundrels, who, under pre-
tence of safeguarding the money of the
public in financial institutions, take ad-
vantage of the confidence reposed to en-
rich themselves at the expense of their
dupes. Some think the footpads are
better then the gentlemanly defaulters
because more straightforward and direct
in their methods; but that is another
question; the main point is that both the
f'• footpad and the defaulter are deterred
by light and publicity. Keep the streets
well lighted. and highway robbery is re-
duced to the minimum; turn the search-
light of publicity on suspicious financial
operations, and those who are manipu-
lating for their own benefit money en-
trusted to theta for safe -keeping at once
shrink from enterprises which will not
bear the scrutiny of criticism.
Thugs, burglars, sneak thieves, pick-
pockets care nothing for the opinions of
their fellow -men. They are not deterred
by newspaper notoriety. Some of them
• glory in it. The "king of the footpads,"
in his prison ecu, is eager to read what
the newspapers say of his exploit which
placed him in jail; in the haunts of
crime, law -breakers read with gusto the
misdeeds of themselves and their asso-
ciates. They erect their own standards.
The criminal who resists arreat, kills an
officer, then dies "game," is the hero of
the thieves' lodging house, and while
other desperadoes may submit to hand-
cuffs rather than run the risk of being
shot by an officer of the law, they none
the less admire the brute courage which
prefers death to conviction and peniten-
tiary stripes. The would-be criminal,
however, who has associated with honest
men and has enjoyed a measure of their
ale. respect and esteem, has ea_horror of the
publicity tbat would result from an ex-
posure by the newspapers. He dreads the -
mention of his name by the journals that
revel in sensation;
he sees in imagination .e
the headlines in huge type with width i
the yellow press ndvertise their thrilling
news; he knows that however guarded f
his pecnlation, discovery is at any time a
possibility, and ultimately becomes a cer-
tainty. The violations of fiduciary trust
are unfortunately too common as it is, t
but who shall say how much more fre-
quent they would be were it not for the h
fact that newspapers of a high class,
managed by men of unquestioned intege
rity, continually mount guard over the. t
public welfare, and refuse to be cajoled
or coerced into silence when the interests e
0 probably .never 'mow, just as it will
, Neter know who ordered the murder or
1 by whose hands .the unfortunates per-
isited. Yet this is but one of the many
s .stupendous crimee perpetrated in e coma
try where newspaper publicity is un-
known.
1 Three years ago, a French tramp
steamer authored not far front Seraglio
• ' point in elte harbor of Constantinople.
t After the cargo had been diseherged, pre -
of the community or of any consiecrabl
portion are imperiled.
In fulfilliug the mission of giving to
the world clay by day the history of the
preceding twenty-four hours, the repti
table daily newspaper often omits many
items which among certain classes
might add to that spice which is the va,
riety of news as of life, but the respon
Ale editor never forgets that he has it
responsibility of tue smell weight, ani
therefore refrains front publishing not
a few pieces of intelligence simply from
the fact that absolute confirmation may
not at the moment be obtainable, and,
be prefers to retain 11, name for reliabil
ity • and accuracy rather than cultivate
a questioneble reputation for enterprise
This fact,aowever, of self-restraint la
holding his Reath when he might, ever
without straining a point, cater to the
curiosity and inquisitiveness of his read
ers, is of itself greatly in his favor who
be (toes speak, for then his utterance is
of one with authority and the readers
of Ids journal recogitize the fact that
whatever he prints has been carefuliy
considered, passed upon with delibera
tion by critical Ininds and is therefore
prepared to stand the test of the keen
est scrutiny.
Several notable instances have recent-
ly been furnished of the value of legiti-
mate newspaper enterprise in exposing
to the public view the methods by which
rich corporations, no matter of what
character, are enabled to accumulate
wealth greater than the dreams of avar-
ice could imagine. In every case of
investigation it has Appeared that the
money was made by methods which the
directors and managers were anxious to
keep secret. It is impossible to believe
that the vest fortunes accumulated by
the managers of trust operations, could
be honestly acquired and the general im-
pression of dishonesty is strengthened
by every fresh revelation. Herculean
efforts at concealment are of little avail
however, against the enterprise and in-
dustry of an honest press, endeavoring
to get the truth, for In one way or an-
other the facts are extracted from even
the most reluctant trust magnate, snd
when they are the panic among evil-
doers of high station is just as pronounc-
ed as when a journal of low degree ex-
poses the shortcomings of petty officials
or divulges the hiding place of a gang
of housebreakers.
There is, however, as any one can read-
ily observe, a merited difference in the
methods of handling what may be call-
ed sensational news, just as there is in
selecting what matter shall be ,printed.
"He may run that readeth" the head-
lines of the yellow journal when it treats
its readers to a sensation or when it
endeavors to make a sensation out of
an occurrence of trivial importance,
whereas the reputable paper treats the
same affair with due regard, not only
to its relative value, but also to its his-
toric importance when compared with
other occurences chronicled in the same
issue. The yellow journalist has no per-
spective of vision; he Is like the short-
sighted miser, to whom a dime held elose
to the eye obscures a dollar a yard
away. A social scandal, involving two
or three people of local social import-
ance to the sensation mongers of the
press than the isue of a battle destined
to turn the courses • of history and to
be remembered in song and story for
thousands of years. It is true that the
social scandal may for the moment in-
terest the readers of the low newspaper
more than the story of the battle, but
this fact only proves how large is the
class whose views of life and the doings
of the world are circumscribed by neigh-
bothood lines. Publicityrevents mime.
The maxim is true in a general applica-
tion, but the kind of publicity afforded
y the sensational journal aed the notel-
et who reveals in stories of criminals
and their ways, is far more likely to
ester thee to binder the perpetuation
of criminal acts. When a train robber
becomes a "bandit king," boys and young
men of criminal tendencies will aspire
o noteriety as train robbers. now
nany boys and young men have thus
eels deliberately and carefully educated
as professional criminals is difficult to
say, but the process is still going on and
hus is the criminal class increased.
In. the affairs of nations and of goy-
rnments, as of individuals and of cor-
porations, the fear of publicity is a most
powerful deterrent to evildoers. At the
paratione to depart beganit but when the
anchor was drawn up, brought with it
the bodies of two men, tied back to back,
' their arms and legs eecurear bound and
' a heavy weight, attached to their feet,
1 They were young men, dressed in Turk-
ish costume. The young Turkish move-
' . meet WAS then in full swing in Constan-
tinople, but the people of Constantinople
l I were coenizant of the feat that when-
ever a "young Turk" became prominent
in polities, he mysteriously disappeared
;
and: was bested of no more, The French
eaptein foxing trouble with the Author-
ities, IA his anchor drop, cut the cltain
; and departed. as quickly as possible.
I About that tline tunarecle of "young
Turks" disappeared. What became of
- I
them is a question that lute not yet been
answered, but. in Constantinople there is a belief that if the seraglio guards
, I were to tell what they knew or the eddy
near the point were dredged, the sectet
of their disappearance would speedily be
mete clear, Such things are possible only
in countries where there is no freedom of
the press and vintually no publicity given
to the nets of those in official lite. The ;
peaulations wItialt have become the dis-
gram: of the Russian aristocracy, the '
bribery which is the commonest of inci-
dents in the official circles, not only of
Russia, but of Turkey ,of Persia anaot
China, might not indeed be entirely sup-
pressed by publicity, for even in our own
country there have been public lender- ;-
era who dared the risk of exposure, but
in the countries earned the thievish
grand duke, the bribe -taking vizier, the
peculating official of every rank could
not fail to be deterred when the electric
light is turned upon him and his meth -
Nervous Women close of a Cabinet meeting in Washing -
Their Sufferings Are Usually
Due to Uterine Disorders
Perhaps Unsuspected
A MEDICINE THAT CURES
3. Can we dispute
Kr. the well -known
f act that Canadian
Women are ner-
vous?
How often do we
hear the expres-
sion, "I am eo ner-
vous, it seems as if
I should By ; " or,
41.j °we' me." Little things
"Don't speak to
annoy you and
make you irritable; you can't sleep,
you are unable to quietly and calmly
perform your daily tasks or care for
your children.
The relation of the nerves and gen-
erative organs in women, is Sr) close
that nine -tenths of the nervous tos-
tratzon, nervous debility, the blues,
sleeplessness and nervous irritability
arise from some derangement of the
organisni which makes her a woman.
Pits of deptession or restlessness and
irritability. Spirits easily affected, so
that one minute she laughs, the next
minute weeps, Pain in the ovaries and
between the slidulders. Loss of voice;
nervous dyspepsia. A tendency to cry
at the least provocation. All thio pointt3
to nervous prostration.
Nothing will relieve this distresteing
eandition and prevent months of pros-
tration and suffering so surely as Lydia
B. Pinicham's Vegetable Compound.
Mise Lelah Stowell, of 177 Welling.
ton St., Kingston, Ont., writes:
Dear Mut l'inkhanu—
" Your medicine is indeed a Godeond to tut.
firing woraert, and I only with that they all
knew what it can do for them and there
would be noneed of their dragging out
,stisemble Brea in Agony. euffered for
Vass with bearirtg-aa extronle nerv.
Waned, and eterneiating headaehes, but
fa* bottlei3 of your Vegeteble Compound
made life look now and Molnialtig to Me, I
*alight and happy and I do not know what
eiohnete h, and I have enjoyed the beat of
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*ins into thouseads of hones and hearts"
Will not the yobs/nes. of lettere from
women made strong by Lydia IL Pink,
Lanes Vegetable Compound tionVince
till women of ita 'virtues/ Surely yeti
CatiuotIVIAh to remain oleic and weak
sad discouraged, exhanated each day,
*hen you out as easily oursd as
litho *mem
ton a statement is usually issued to the
representatives of the prese concernine
th
subjects under discussion and thee
conclusion arrayed at. True, this rule is
not invariable, for there are times when
the poblie inetrests require that a veil
of privacy shall be drawn around the
official discussions and acts of those high
in authority. Such privacy is :recognized
as legitimate. When one of the Houses
of Congress wishes to consider subjects
on which information may be had from
documents in the possession of the execu- '
tive departments, the request for the
papers is limited by the Condition of its
consistency with public polley. Generally
the documents are furnished; sometimes •
they are withheld on the plea that the
governtnent's polley might be embarrass-
ed by their publication. To all practical
purposes, however, the deliberestions of
the Cabinet and of the6.'enate, even in
executive session, are public. This is as
it should be in a free country with a rep-
resentative form of government. But
who cah say what was discussed or what.
determined by the last commit tut Teter-
okoe-Selo, or at the last conference of
the Satan with las Ministers? If the
Russian. people could gain an iden of the
deliberateons of their rulers, it is pos-
t ruble that the number of revolutionlete
might be increased threefold in a 'day; if
the Moslems only knew what was done
in• the recesses of theeelidiz Kiosk, it is
tot unlikely that, as formerly, they
might be treated to the spectacle of the
head. of a. and vizier thrown over the
palace gate.
Secrecy of method and Action is the
method by whieh the bureaucrat of Rus-
sia Mid the tyrant of Conetantinople
maintain their power. A few months ego
the housebolders on both sides of a 'W-
ing thoroughfare in Moscow were ordered
Ott a certain evening to ritmain indoors;
to extinguish their lights,elose their
shutters And, draw down their blinds. Ere
midnight the sereet wee lined with a
double line of eoldiers. Sentinels in the 1
cross shade ordered away all persone
Who appeared, The eorrespondent of MI
newspaper, anxious to aseertain
what might, be the hereon of this vernark-
able demand, peeped through a elosea
shutter, mut 111 the moonlight, brightly
eellected from the snow, beheld a grew -
some proeeseion. ektany carts, driven by 1
eolillera, went past, eitelt vehiele hearing ,
two coffins. In all, he •eountea eighty-six
coffins. The processioft wended its way . 1
front the gates of the tareralift through
the street out, of the city. The, next day t
the torrespondent undertook to trace the
route of the eoffirt-Wen earts, with thelr v
squadron of eseorting Cossaeks. Two I
miles fromtlie. eity the trttelts left the e
biginvitv. tuning_ toward a forest 'at te
Illenle distance front the main.load. The e
EVERY INFUSION
is a Luxury
Ceylon Tea is used in millions of teiii)C0
daily. Are you using. It?
Sold only in sealed lead Peckets, lay all grocers.
Higlieet Award, St. Louie, I904.
investigate. But tradition and the unan- eisnieeninenetn-e-e-senne-alesse-nesne-ear
4nloilii assertions of the people among
statements as to his age extremely prOb-
.able, •
wboin he had always lited made the , S
d
. tauard Apple Box
I
This question of longevity depends lit.
en• a
tie on one's personal habits. Millen% live Fruit growers and box makers should
with' even temperament and regular bear in mind the amendment to the Act
habits and yet rarely reach 70. Otherregulating the size of fruit packages re.
of stormy lives and habits pass far be- cently passed, legalizing it minimum
' yond three -score and ten with no more standard box, This box has a minimum
1 I warrant or reason than in the thee of iof IO xlix20 inches inside ineasure•
the appearance of a. stupendous genius meet. There is no specification as to
, like Shakespeare, born of humble an- the thickness of the material other than
I cestry in an obscure provincial town. It that it shouhl be strong and seasoned
is a mysterious question of a certain wood. It is 'recommended, however,
, quality of vitality beyond the common, that the ends should be at least tate-
, an aggregation of .chemicalelements eights of an inch thick and the sides at
; caotrabboinnginigntienrvefteirst.ai 11Brainee e tseedemtnsd to
h
l dunavles least three-eightsth of an inthick, and
there should be Ito objectionable odor
, nothing to do with developing it anY to the wood.
: more than a genius for longevity has to There are no specifications as to what
do with developing brain. The greatest grade of fruit shall be packed in boxes
' minds, the phenomenal, meteor-heoe gen- The market reports, however, would dis'
-
, ius, very rarely passes the meridian of courage the shipment in boxes of any-
; life, while the man with Phenomenal thing but apples of the very highest
' vitality, like Thomas Parr, is noted only grade; the rest of the fruit can be more
for his physical vitelity. Our modern economically shipped in barrels.
scientists and ethical' philosophers have
not yet reached the mystic secret of
great longevity, The most they can do A MOTHER SE
is to bold out the hope that all who are
born of woman May reach three -score
and ten by means of sanitation and In every part of Canada you will fin
stun t ar
p u y laws. . But that will not be
mothers who speak in the highest praise
in our day. of Baby's Own Tablets. Among these
is Mrs, James Konkle, Beatinville,
ELECTRIC BULBS. ' who says: "I have used Baby's Own Tab-
lets for over three years, and I would not
— .
RHEUMA- 1 PAINS
Driven Out of the System b
Dr, Williams Pink Pills
`•••.".
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Gas to- Drive 'Mean Liners.
Engine Builders Working Dot' A New Mntine Motor to Displace
Steam,
One of the leading questions in mech.
ordeal engineering of the present day is
the extent to which, the steam, engine
will be supplanted by the interne' com-
bustion motor, in which the explosive
force of the gases produced by the
porization or decomposition of the fuel
is used instead of the expansive force
of the steam produeed by the heat of
combustion acting OP water,
In motor or power boata and automo-
bile vehicles, where liquid. fuel is avail-
able, the internal combustion eegine has
-obtained recognized aupremacy, while the
gas engine burning blast furnace gases
or illuminating or fuel gas, or prOdilePr
gas made in adjacent apparatus, shows
under some conditions great economy
anel in eertaie favorable instances re -
quires only half the amount of fuel de -
mended by steam to produce a geom.
out put of power.
Such success has been secured already
with gas engines that it le now demon-
atrated that it is far more economical
to use a so-called producer plant to
transform coal into gee and then use
the gas in a gas motor than to burn the
fuel under the boiler of a steam engine.
Accordingly, with the experience gained
from constructing large gas engines tor
power plants an land, It Was but natural
that engineers should consider whether
the same efficiency could not be secured
in marine gas engines.
If the conditions demanded in this
class of machinery could be met the ad
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pheres, and this is used also to coMptette
the explosive- mixture of gee and air be-
fore igUition.
The eligine presents a number of cents
plex features width liave been worked,
out systematieelly, Ana it is mended
thet In a litearner equipped with as en-
gines ,of 20,e00 horse -power, which 14
approximately the power of the enginee
of the St. Paul, the economy over the
best turbine or reciprocating engines
would be 50 per cent. or an annual
saving in the coot ef fuel if under
steam for 2,500 hours of n year, of ;Po
000, not to mention the expenses anti
deluxe incidental to more frequent coat-
ing, cost of operation, etc,
In the case of an ogler) of 10,000
horse-pewer it was computed that,. wait
the saving in the initial cost, watch iii
not inconsiderable, the saving incidental
to the operation of a gas engine would
amount in the first year to more than
$100,000, or 10 per cent, of the cost of
the vessel.
While the gas engine for marine pule
poses is still in tae experimental stege,
yet from theoretical cliscussions and pre,
liminary trials it seems to promise great
results, and it is hardly unreasonable
to expect that the developritent of Ma'
rine engines of the Internal combustion
' type of large size will fa as rapid and
satisfactory when once It is begun as
the development of the gasoline launch
and. motor boat.
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vantages of the gas engine would be even
more striking than on land. Thus the
absence of smoke would be As valuable Fruit Crop Report.
for a naval vessel as it would be agree-
able for the passengers on a liner, wItile
d the fact that a pound of fuel would. car-
ry a gas propelled steamer twiee as fer
as one using steam would increase the
radius of action of a war vessel and
, would result in substantial economies
for the merchantman.
I Furthermore, there would be no need
' of a force of stokers for the furnaces on
I the gas propelled ship, as the little hand.'
be without them. Th'ey have donemore
Eighty Operations Needed to Complete for my children than any. medicine I
Thera for Lighting Purposes, bave ever used.. M little girl now four
unscrew an incandescent lamp from its rears old, was always troubled with
be of the simplest construction—an ordinary though other medicines helped her tem -
glass bulb with a fine wire inside—and it Nrarily, Baby's Own Tablets were the
seems incredible that such a trifling little thing needed to cure her. I also gave the
tablets to my baby from tirae to time
Y article should have passed through eighty
different operations before it reaches your since the was two days old, and they al -
socket and glance over it. It appears to ndigestios and constipation and al -
'My life was absolutely made mire-
erable by rheumatism,' says Mr. Geo.
1. Hilpert, of West River, Sheet Har-
bor, N. S. "I am employed every spring
as a river driver and in consequence
am exposed to all sorts of weather and
exposure in the cold water. A few yeaaa •
ago while engaged at niy work I was 1
seized with the most acute pains in my
bath and joints, I became almost a crip- •
pie and could scarcely move about. I had
medical aid, but it did not help me.
Then I began taking a remedy alleg-
ed to be a euro for rheumatism, and
1 used ten dollars worth, but derive
; absolutely' no benefitt The consta,n
auffering I was in began to tell on ln
hitherto' strong constitution and I be
came so badly run down that despaire
of ever being in good health again. Then
a friend called my attention to Dr.
liams' Pink Pills, and although some
s what skeptical I deckled to try them
I had only used a few boxes when be
gan to feel better, and after 1 had. used
something over a dozen boxes I was
again in good health. Every tsvenge
of the trouble had left me, and although
I have been subject to much exposure
since, have not had a twinge of the
old pain. I can honestly say that -Dr
William's Pink Pills cured me after oth
er expensive treatment had failed."
Rheumatism was rooted in Mr. Hil
pert's blood. The cold, and the wet
and the expoeore only started. the
pain going. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
cured because they drove the poison-
ous uric acid out of the blood. and filled
the veins with that new rich blood teat
no disease can resist. These pills actually
make new blood, and that is why they
cure common ailments% like rheumatism,
sciatica, lumbago, anaemia, indigestion,
beadathes and backaches, kidney and liv-
er troubles and nervous troubles sueh as
neuralgia, St. Vitus dance'and paralysis.
.And it is this. same way that thy cure
the irregularities and secret troubles of
women and growing girls. No other med-
icine eon do this, and ailing people will
save money and speedily get good health
by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at
once. But you must get the genuine
with the sfull name, Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People, on the
wrapper around each box. Sold by
all ineaieine dealerti or sent by mail
at, 50 cents box or Rik boxes for
$2.50 by writing the Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
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NOTABLE CASES OP OLD A,GE.
Thomas Parr, One of the Most Remark-
able in Modem. Times.
"Old Parr" and his family, all things
considered, is the most remarkable au-
thentic example of longevity on record.
Thomas Parr, "the old, old, very old man
of Winnington, in the parish of Alder -
bury, in Shropsbire," was born ha the
reign of Edward in the year 1483.
lie lived 152 years ana 9 months, and
died at Westminster Nov. 15, 1035. It
may be generally misumed that when
an Individua has lived. in one cornniunity
a lifetime and obtained the reputation
for great age there is it •stibeta.ntial basis
of truth in suet a reputatioe, especially
when there are strong corroborative
fads in favor of it In the ease ot "Old
Parr, amopg other such hicitlental fads,
the following may be quoted; "Buell WAS
the fame of this centenarian for extreme
age that Thomas, Earl of Arundel and
Surrey and earl matsbal of England, pro-
posed to him a journey to London as a
curiosity, provided him with a litter
awl honest and entertaited hini there
free of cost until tits •deittli semi aftet,
Crowds of people thronged the roads to
see the old num peas.
Again, it is of record that he made
three suecessive leases of twenty-one
years each for a dwelling, or sixty-three
years, and then renewed the leaee for
if, The 'last lease terminatea atter
more than fifty years, showing a eons
timed occupinicy of the same house,
after lie reached maturity, or more tbait
113 years.
Thie bengevity was hereditary in the
family of "Ohl Parr." His son lived to -
the age of 113, las grandson to 109, and
tbs great-grandson to 124. There is no
ubstantial reason to doubt these fade,
tatieh occurred tt eivilized and intel
igent eoun try,
I myself have seen and talked With a
lreek monk on the Island of tido who
VAS 130 years old, ITe spoke with some
ivaeity fted deseribed well-known events
le bad witnessed more than a century
artier. Of his vett age there was no
uestieg. AA to whether Walt pre- •
isely -130 years old, had no time to
hands,
two years old, and
No less than forty tests and examinations
facture, aiii)d a list is shown of 117 possible Would be hard to find. The Tablets ar
required to produce a good one. Almost all
vf gl vu itt14 itnoclIcae calarme pettiClvhafelninofa' all minor ailments of
certainly
infants and young
tiofrisededt ithea a life-saver." These tablets cur
of the bulbs used by the different late children. They contain no poisoning
eueitiese aitending their manftfacBTure having of giving an overdose as there is with
ways worked like a charm. She is now
aro made durin,g the process of menu- a more healthy And
sling of fuel could be done largely with
lmachinery. Even more important would
be the great saving be weight, since while
, the gas engine may be slightly heavier
than a reciprocating steam engine, the
• producer weighs Iess than the boilers
and there is a great gain the the weight
of water saved.
1 There is also a saving in space, and this
e saving as well as that in weight and in
e fuel acts in two ways; either inore apace
is released for cargo transportation,
with a consequent in crease in earning
capacity, or more fuel, bought at cheap-
er markets, can be carried.
With the gas engine there is no great-
, er amount of auiciliary machinery re-
quired than with steam
taattiulaocturerLaiiti:rs stoteeliull ha, oraLeofailtie- soothing stuff, and there is no danger
proved an effectual barrier to nearly all liquid medicine. Sold by all druggists or
semisitehrs. ridAu
Ilougloioratquretolamoforio.ctcoormie! sent by mail at 25 cents a box by writ -
lets lamps!a da there is not now in ing The Dr. Williams Mediae. Company
the United States one factory which makes Brockville, Ont.
ite own glass. One firm tried the expert- - _ _
ment several years ago, but gave it up atter ABOUT PRINTERS' ERRORS.
i ki CO 000
These bulbs come to ttut lampinalter in Misprints—frinters' errors—make a
shape quite different from that of the fin- subject that every writer loves to dis-
ished article, a large piece of tube being
left on where the lamp enters the brass ellSS. Usually in the discussion the print -
d socket, and the operation they undergo is er is heavily blamed, but there is imoth-
tustin tuantheLtstluromrt Jae:
iii er side to the question—the printer's
tt, lir yeaglefihnineegnfas0.0
Y tube, this being for the purpose of exhaust- side—and this workman, could he get it
- ing the air when all the other operations are hearing, would easily show that to one
d sdAPeleWitle curled wire inside, tho heating error that he makes there are a thou -
of which by the eleetric current causes sand errors he corrects.
- the incandescence and light, is called the The printer, though, has difficulty in
.. filament, and it was this tiny thread that being heard, for the writer always has
gave a most striking illustration of the _
• spiencli'd determination and perseverance of the floor. At it literary club the other
-- Thomas Ening° in 'Ps exwinle.ntal illvel: night a, group of writers discussed print-
ttetitions. Atter trying several nunureo uir
ferent materials without satisfactory re- ers' errors, and many. and marvelous
suits, he sent letters to 'United States Con- were the eases in point whith they
suis in all parts of the world, requesting cited.
samples of bamboos, reeds., and other vete. "Longfellow," said one, "after he fin•
table fibres, and he followed this up by dia.
ished his translation of Dante, could
andpa te h lunge i vsielvt zeerdal eeoxupnl torrieerss to 0 : te)va recelin 3w, 01 tro
hardly wait for the book to come out,
.
and ;title stgeelni lvtionrde tobi.e arritili.s°,1 °TIT When it did come out las first copy
- , itvoeor three were found to be of any use, reached him one inericiiienigigilytlendlelateghwicties
At the present time most of the filament at breakfast. With a
. Wed is clean, raw cotton, dissolved in hot opened the book, and the first thing he
concentrated zinc chloride. At the consist.
eye fell on was a misprint, it is said
ency of molasses, this is run through glais
that et this Longfellow swore—it was
Tdies " Ti: ed'e and :1,z,ree VI 1.1)1 1;:quig`di one of the few occasions where the good
rent, ie in 1)1 - r le z i ,
a wound on a forin of graphite t gte • - , . .., ”
man was Known to use protanicy„
num
deeiel pi r edlenuertev ne edanedn eetwist.he nAd tinyetmpeitifht:
Frenchman who revised the works of his
"Grimm tells us," said another, "of a
anlent, which then goes through a process
called the 'blacksmith.'
tohfCeoePbarpubelbe°,11iwzthiinaegs'enadreof
d ^1"..ed the revision appeared it contained 300
nwexhtteshOlsertehdet tOmelt4hde fraavraoriitsetahuetioion
re. When the first volume '
, II ntil 131liocww&ir Tho al; Ts then ext.= of
throeuugh the ehort tube on the lower 1 errors and misprints. Grimm claims
pa* of the bulb, which in its turn is ed together, and the bulb thus hermetically
Molt.
fit of
Sealed. Next comes the mounting in the rage which this caused him."
"The printer who makes th ercontacts and the plaster of parts filling. or 'machine' printer," a publisher said.
brass cap, the attaching of two little brass emost
• Incandescent lamps are made in Vent "ThiS felicity has too much self -corn -
platinum clips, and the film is inserted in
variety of shapes and strength. There is
the tiny "bulb used by jewelers for per-
sonal decorations—starfpins and hairpins,
emitting a light no stronger than a vigor -
cos firefly. Lamps of from one-half can -
Ole Dower up to 180 candle power are Made,
and on eingenioue form contains two nia-
nients, one of normal size the other very
small, so that by turning it switch either
sixteen candle power or two eandle pawer is
obtained from the same lamp.
There has been strong otimpetition among
lamp ManUraeturers, which has resulted
in the Invention of most remarkable ma-
chines and appliances foe doing the work.
On an article—requiring eighty different
operations and which sells from 11 to 14 cents
finished, the slightest saving in cost at aay
sae point means much to the manufacturer.
earlyitt the S. Lite
amount of 'platinum wire used cost mare
than a finished lamp now sells for, and
although the demand far platinum Itas in-
creased so euormously as to place its valtie
above that of gold, the changes in the de-
signs of the lamps and methods of makieg
Mehl have been so treat as to reduce the
quantity of platinum required to a value of
about 1. otint,
Nlne.teathe of the work is performed by
girls'and is almost entirely of a clean,
light, and interesting nature, The factor.
les are necessarily well arranged, well
lighted, and well ordered, and all this is
reflected in the bright hearty appearance
of these well-dressed mild mostly good.look.
Int women, whese bandhvork 18 contributing
perhaps more than any other lite of
manufacture to the luxury, pleasure and
comfort Of up-to-date living.—Chicago Chron-
c .
11 icle.
e can't make out the word
carbon monoxid (24 per cents), carbon
'cosmic' he puts 'comic' instead, and lets dioxid (5 per cent.), hydrogen (17 per
it go at that. He will set up 'plant' for
cent.), and nitrogen (54 per cent.). It ean
'planet,' for 'battle,"seared sol- be made from anthracite coal or coke in
dim' for scarred soldier,' and so on, It the smaller sizes, or from lump coal, and
was a machine printer who made `NO it is interesting to note that certain of
cross, no CrOW31; read 'No cows, no the leaner coals that are deficeent
cream.' in
steam producing properties can be era -
A number of famous misprints were played most advantageously in the gas
then quoted. Among them was th" producer.
phrase from Proctor's "epectroscopie The action of the producer consists in
Analysis" which should have read: raising to incandeseence by means of an
"Lines bands and saria I tl
•
there is is far less complicated. •.the
pumps are driven by electricity, and this
same form of energy is utilized. for power
and for illumination, in the case of the
pumps being much more economical than
steam
That such considerations should prove
aderactive to engineers is apparent at
first glance, and accordingly it is not
difficult to understansl why in England
and Germany considerable attention re-
cently has bene te.n pried tones itt . the designing
pelfannrarnd a gas motor take the place of
a producer
boilers and recipropating engines or tur-
bines. In Germany the most important
work itt this field, perhaps, has been donp
by 11 Capitaine, who has spent many
yaws in the study of the gas engine and
,producer and has -carried on a large num-
ber of •experiments of great practical
value.
He has prepared designs for several
vessels el considerable size, and has actu-
ally constructed launches and barges in
which his engines have been tested. Ris
method is to use a number of single act-
ing cylinders, as iu gas engines a ntlinher
of small units are more economical than
a single cylinder and piston of large size.
The principal advantage aaserted for
a gas engine built on this principle is
that it can be operated at a compara-
tively high rate of speed, while at, the
same time the reciprocating parts and
the flyivheels are of smaller mass. Fur-
thermore, such engines are more auseep-
itible of regulation, and involve it smaller
initial outlay. The individual parts of
the motor are small, and are accessible
for cleaning and repairs.
The s fro tl
, n re Violetet
of spectra," but which did read: "Links,
bonds and stripes for violet kinds of
1 spectres." Another was the tract title
; which should have been "Drunkenness
1 is Folly," but which was "Drunkenness
Iis Jolly." A third wag the newspaper
paragraph (it appeared at the height of
a' qtmrrel between England and the Ein-
1 erald Isle) which said that Sir Robert
, Peel and a few guests were shooting
1 peasants in Ireland, Filially there was
Iquoted a good specimen of the nonsense
which misplaced commas ereete. Mit
1 specimen was this:
. "lie entered on his head, Ids helmet on
his feet, his sandals on Ms brow, it cloud
in his right hand, his sword in las e,ye,
an angry glare. Ire sat down."
Natural
Flavor
oodPro
1110 holstiting ihAv6r nsdfitalstringt quality of LIMIVS POITCD AND PTIVItIll) l'AVATS 04
due to the eldll oi the Libby theta and to Clio perm, sad stteactlt of the Insrodionte used,
Libby's Virg food Products. .
rot ilrealtreot, Dinner ts.rid &keeper,
eorned Duel Ficksh Brisket Beet Boneless Chiekert
Vesi Loaf Soups. V iennu. Sekusts.gis
rhir be6 toady, rotreetre -Sloop Geb6ei, 444 inam
Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago
.4".."4,".04...A.A...."‘","kowivv•
an blast the fuel at the bottom ot the
producer so that by combustion carbon
dioxid results. ThIs passes through the
heated coal and becomes carbon monorail,
which is a combustible gas:
Steam from a small boiler may be in-
troduced. at the grate, and this on pass-
ing through 'the coal becomes deeompos-
ed, its hydrogen going to enrich the car-
bon monoxid, wiele its ovygen combines
with the carbon and eventually forms
earbon monoxid, The gas is washed,
cooled antl purified, and after being mix-
ed with air forms an explosive Compound
which is Used in the eylinder.
The effect of suction in the cylinder is
to draw from the producer an even sup-
ply of gas, and the successful use that
has been made of the &dee has inereased
largely the efficiency of the gas enguie.
The consumption of Con' in a gas engine
amounts to from one to two Or more
pounds per horse power Der hour, and
when it is realized that the same amount
of power generated. by steam requires
from three to five and a Mai pounds of
coal, thessuperier quality of the gas tit- i
gine is apparent.
Herr Capitaine has constructed it t
launch equipped with a 25 -horse -power
gas meanie which is about 30 feet in a
length, with 7 -foot beam, while a vessel
for Meant reiginee for similar power I
would lie at least 58 feet in length and a
of 14 feet beam. The steamboat eonse• it
queutly you'd have nearly four times --
the ilieplacement and much greater re -
A4 the gas engines are at present de-
signed and construetea it is thought that
1,000 liorse.powor is the limit for the
satisfaetore working of it marine gas
motor. British engine builders hae.e un-
dertaken the eonstruetion of founeylin-
iler marine engines- of 000 lieree-petver
ana sie-eyliteler marine engines of 000
lease -power, so tbet within a short time •
a !mug:led:I Iloilo/Istria:Mt of the tit fi-
eitewe said meni,4 of the gas propelled
seesel may be bad.
Tit the meantime herr Capitaine tuts
aneheil out Miele a new nee mei hos
pt 'pared !dans tor a marine engine of
from 2,11(10 tit 8,500 horse -power, inatead
of using the pressum tif the atniospaere
for the return :stroke •of the piston, be
emplost air compressed 10 three Onto*,
Dominion of Canada, Department of Ag-
riculture, Fruit Division,
The general conditions for fruit of alt
kinds are excelleat. Th winter, though
cold, has not resulted in exceptional dam-
age to trees and vines. The only serious
losses are from tree -girdling bp mice, and
the mutilation of trees by the heavy
snow -fall in the lefaritime Prcivinces.
Minor losses by winter -killing in eastern
Canada are reported in cases of trees in-
jured but not killed outright by the win-
ter of 1903-4, as well as in cases of trees
that were overloaded in 1904.
Apples—Reports are•almost unanimous
that the show for bloom is excellent, It
must not be forgotten that the critical
period of "setting" is ncit yet reported
over any large area. The weather has
been very unfavorable for pollination ter
the past two weeks in, western 'Ontario.
It is also too early to report on fungus
and the most destructive insects.
Pears—Pear bloom is most abundant.
Plums--Ilie commercial plum sections
all report •th-e outlook favorable. The
light crop last year, as well as the good
'weatlter tl , I
placed the plum trees in excellent condi-
tion for a large crop this year if insects,
frosts or fungus do not -intervene. It
is not too early to make preparations for
an exceptional crop and prevent a repeti-
tion of the disastrous losses of 1903.
Peaehes—The new plantings have
scarcely balanced the winter -killing of
1899 and 1903, so teat even with a favor-
able outlook for this season on heeithy
trees the aggregate crop will riot be
large.
Other Fruits—Cherries and bush fruits
are all in good condition. Strawberries
are reported in fair ,00ndition but with.
some winter -killing. The spring frosts
to date have not seriously hurt :the crop
except in very limited areas. Raspberries
pronuse well, but no over-productien.
Spraying—The spraying demonstra-
tionsca the Departments of Agriculture,
Dominion and Provincial, together with
the teachings of the fruit growers' asso-
ciations, are making an impression.
Spraying is more general than ever be-
fore. Power sprayers operated by pri-
vate
aitspeacrtitns.
es for hire are reported in sev-
erForeign Countries—The report of the
apple crop in the United States would
indicate a, medium to good crop. The
English plum crop is medium, with a
prospect of being less than average.
1:9
CURRENT'S GENERAL USE,
India's Street Cars Are Nearly All
Electrical,
The self-opinioned. Anierican should
he study the progress in electricity, as
exhibited in practical applications
abroad, would suffer many disillusion-
ments. It would come as it shock of sur-
prise, perhaps, to learn that in far-off
Indio., a country famed neither for its
railroads nor the progress in electricity,
over 95 per cent. of the passenger ears
are lighted by electricity, and that while
the climate makes fans a necessity,
these, too, are electrically operated. Go-
ing over to Italy, where the mechanical
arts are not supposed to have attained
the degree of eefinement that is ex-
pected in Italian art, many developments
in power plants and electrie railroading
are encountered that are in the front
rank of progress. Electric locomotives on
the Valtellina, lines haul trains of ten
eonehes and are operated entirely by
compressed air, that is to say, the throw-
ing of switches, the raising and lowering
of the trolley poles, the braking, etc.,
are all performed by this motive power.
The rheostat control is replaced by the
use of amid' auxiliary motors, one on
each axle, in atithtion to the high-tea-
sion power teeters, and. these smaller
motors add their combined power during
the starting of the train and furnish
all the power during the periods of
stow runuing. The tine 10 116 miles long,
and power is supplied from a hydro-
eleetric plant at 20,000 volts to sub -statin, Where it is stepped down to
working pressure of 3,000 volts. ,An ef-
fective block system, which cuts off the
current from the section tthead, is alt
uteresting safeguard on this line. When
eleetric power for any reason is cut otf
he line, the air brakee are applied au-
tom/Weeny, briuging the train to a
top without any actin on the part of
he motorman, twee are a few of the
levelopments filet are te be found here:
na there abroad whirl; do not find par-
llels in American praetiee.
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